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Central Paramilitary Forces(CAPF), were awarded ShauryaChakra, the third highestpeacetime gallantry medal, onthe occasion of the RepublicDay. In all, the Presidentapproved 409 Gallantry andother defence decorations forthe armed forces personnel.

Also, President’s PoliceMedal will be conferred on

over 1,000 police personnel forgallantry and distinguishedservice. These include fourPresident’s Police Medals forGallantry; 286 Police Medalsfor Gallantry; 93 President’sPolice Medal for DistinguishedService, and 657 Police Medalfor Meritorious Service. In thelist of police personnel listed forthe honour, the Jammu &Kashmir Police has the maxi-mum names at 108, followed bythe Central Reserve PoliceForce (CRPF) at 76.

Squadron LeadersSiddharth Vashisht and NinadMandavgane, pilots of IndianAir Force (IAF) Mi-17 heli-copter that was accidentallyshot down in Budgam onFebruary 27 last year, wereposthumously awarded VayuSena Medal (Gallantry). LastOctober, IAF Chief Air ChiefMarshal RKS Bhadauriaacknowledged the helicoptercrash was a case of friendly fireand was a “big mistake.”

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Afour-storey building hous-ing a coaching centre col-

lapsed in Northeast Delhi’sBhajanpura on Saturdayevening, killing five people,including four students, andinjuring 10 others. Around 30minor students were attendingclasses on the first two floors ofthe coaching institute, when theroofs of the upper two floorscaved in, trapping the students under debris, officials said.

The deceased has beenidentified as Kirti (10), Deeshu(14), Krishna Bharti (9),Farhan (6), all students, andUmesh (30). They weredeclared brought dead at theGuru Teg Bahadur (GTB)Hospital. Deceased Umesh wasthe younger brother of Shankar,who owns the building andruns the coaching centre.

“The fourth floor of thebuilding was under construc-tion when suddenly the uppertwo floors of the building col-lapsed. Some of the studentswere rescued by locals, while 13

others were rescued by thefire department and police,” asenior DFS official said, addinga call regarding the tragedy wasreceived at 4.30pm.

Laxmi, the mother ofdeceased Krishna and injuredNitin, said, “My children werestudying there from past sixmonths. They should not havemoved them to the third flooras we heard from the otherlocals that the constructionmaterial was there. I lost myson Krishna and Nitin isinjured. He is admitted at theGTB hospital.”

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deceased Farhan, said , “Mydaughter who is in Class VIIIcalled me to inform about theincident. I rushed to the spot.I climb up the stair and Imyself took out my child fromthe debris after around one anda half hour. He was not breath-ing. We took him to hospitalwhere he was declared broughtdead.”

Taking note of the incident,Delhi Chief Minister ArvindKejriwal tweeted: “Receivingbad news from Bhajanpura.Praying to God for everyone’ssafety. I will reach the spotsoon.”

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The Prime Minister’sOffice on Saturday reviewedIndia’s preparedness to dealwith the deadly syndrome andmounting global concern overgrowing number of cases in theneighbouring countries.

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convicts in the 2012 Nirbhayamurder and gang-rape case, onSaturday moved the SupremeCourt seeking judicial review ofthe rejection of mercy petition.

“A petition has been filedunder Article 32 for judicialreview of the manner of rejec-tion of the mercy petition interms of the judgment of theSC in Shatrughan Chauhancase,” said Vrinda Grover, whois representing Mukesh.

Earlier, a Delhi courtrejected charge that Tihar jail didn’t hand overdocuments to convicts to filemercy pleas.

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women who give upblossoming careers,celebrityhood and presence tonurse their children andfamilies. Tat their is adisclaimer that it is a purelyfictitious story, takes away themirth attached to sportingmovies. But having said that,Kangana kind of glides intothe role of a yesteryearkabbadi captain nowengrossed in raising her cutechild and cuter husband, atthe expense of theinternational kabaddi mat anda career all her own. She

makes the movie and hercharacter entirely believablethough you might want tocredit director Ashwini Iyerfor not even once playing tothe gallery.

The movie and its musiccomes with a Dangal kind ofrustic influence though this isBhopal not Haryana that theaction is centred around. Thefilm holds on to the chords ofsensitivity not just for thewoman who gave it all up forher premature child but alsofor the gentle relationship shehas with her husband and thescenario from where she isdrawn out to dream again, toperform again, this timeagainst all odds.

The pace of the movie isslow and steady and despitethe fear of it getting hijackedby ennui, Iyer keeps her calm

and let’s the proceedings fallout of the home and thestadium without much of afuss. Richa Chadda asKangana’s friend and co-player now turned coach, is abreeze adding interestingmoments to the filmwhenever it starts to flag.However, the role of thisstraight speaking Haryanvigirl, is slim in the film andthat makes you yearn forsome more flesh on her beingthan the footage permits.

Same is the story withNeena Gupta who could havebeen much more than aladdoo-making nani she isreduced to being in the film. aword about Jassie Gill. He iscool as the side spouse. It isKangana all the way to yetanother performance of theday.

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If one is looking for astory that is a littlebeyond dancing, love

thy neighbour and how onethink of others and theirplight, then Street Dancer3D is not the film that willhold one’s attention forlong. But this doesn’t meanthat the movie has nothingto offer.

There is some greatdancing. Those who are farremoved from this art form,it will amaze them no endto where dancing standstoday — from flips to headspins that will spin yourhead to break dance stepsthat one would havethought would actuallybreak bones.

Then there is the musicand songs. It is a film ofdance, so yes, there aresome noteworthy music

and songs that will remainwith you till the nextchartbuster is released.

Then there is VarunDhawan, Shraddha Kapoorand Nora Fetehi. It goeswithout saying VarunDhawan is a great dancer.he is most certainly giveTiger Shroff a run for hismoves. Nora Fatehi isfantastic. But the surprisehere is Shraddha Kapoor.Her size zero and moves aretruly great. Efforts ofchoreographer Rahul Shettyneeds to be lauded.

The icing on the cake isthe presence of PrabhuDeva all through. Usuallyhis appearance is in bits andpieces and only a few dancemoves. There is a treatwaiting for all those whoare his fans and love theway he dances.

Street Dancer 3D holdsground, even though havebeen better dance moviesby Hollywood.

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Being an actorits our

responsibility to beaware what ishappening in oursociety and spreadawareness insociety wheneverpossible. I keep onwriting inspiringpoems which willrevoke patriotismin people towards the country. I believe incleanliness and I always carry a smalldustbin in my car. Whenever I amtraveling, I put collect all the waste in it.I am celebrating Republic Day andIndependence Day both since schooldays. I still remember every republic dayin the morning we used to go for prabhatferi — all of us used to walk in the schoolarea with our flag.

— Paritosh Tripathi

Being an actor Ifeel we are

much responsibleto spreadawareness in oursociety. Becausepeople follow usand it becomeseasy to send amessage throughus. In our showTaarak Mehta kaOoltah Chashmah we always try to bringin important issues like save water,cleanliness, girl education and others. Ibelieve in speaking up about anything thatyou feel is wrong.

— Neha Mehta

January 26 alwaysbrings back various

memories of a time,when as children weused to dress up to bea part of the flaghoisting ceremony andactually realised thevalue that this day holds in India's history.Being a proud Indian, I have always haddeep respect for our Indian culture and thevalues that have been inculcated in us overthe years. However, I feel that we are stillmiles away from being the kind of nationthat can make every Indian proud to be acitizen of India. As an Indian, I pledge toextend a hand towards the development ofwomen and several orphaned children ofour country in the smallest ways that I can.Via small measures, I pledge to bring abouta change in the perception and mentalityof today’s society towards its women andhow they can help our nation progress.

— Shubhangi Atre

Being patriotic issynonymous with

celebrating theimportant milestonesof the country andRepublic Day is onesuch day, but let’s notlimit our patriotism to just this day.Today I pledge that as a responsiblecitizen I will stand up against any injusticethat happens before me, be it the mosttrivial of matters. We need to aim atmaking India the most amazing and

beautiful nation that we all dream of. Myfondest memories of this day were that ofwhen we used to celebrate in school. Wewould dress in tricolour uniforms and putup performances filled with skits anddances.

— Sarika Bahrolia

Republic Dayholds a special

place in not onlymy heart but inthe heart of everyIndian. This is thehistoric day whenour Indianconstitution cameinto effect. As akid, I got to know what the day is about,but as an adult is when I realized the trueimportance of this special day. Just like myshow, I also want to spread the message ofeducation and equality across the country.

— Meera Deosthale

For me, RepublicDay is a reminder

of equality. As a kid,we would participatein patriotic songcompetitions inschool. I rememberthis one time whenour class won.Although I am not agood singer, Iremember singing with all my heart.Even today whenever I listen to a patrioticsong, it fills my heart with pride. I wish tosee a day when there is complete genderequality across the country.

— Akshit Sukhija

All set to up the josh today is theWorld Television Premiere of the

biggest action blockbuster of the yearSaaho. Directed by Sujeeth, Saahoshowcases a power struggle amongstthe crime lords to rule over theunderworld. This action entertainergives the audience an opportunity tosee the Bahubali superstar Prabhas stepaway from his royal prince avatar todon the role of a swanky undercoveragent. With a gripping storyline andhair-raising action sequences, thismovie marks the debut of Prabhas inBollywood opposite the stunningShraddha Kapoor.

The movie also features ChunkyPandey, Neil Nitin Mukesh and JackieShroff in crucial roles. So, this Sunday,get ready to witness the ultimatebattle between the underworld andpolice with the biggest action thrillerof the year Saaho at 8 pm only on ZeeCinema.

The film ropes in some of the bestnames in the industry like Shankar-

Ehsaan-Loy, Guru Randhawa, TanishkBagchi and Badshah to create afabulous jukebox for the movie. Withsongs such as Psycho Saiyaan, EnniSoni, Bad Boy and Baby Won’t You TellMe, the music album of Saaho went onto be a chartbuster.

Comprising of a catchy dancenumber like Psycho Saiyaan, toincluding Enni Soni which was labelled‘the love anthem of the year’, to thebeautiful diva Jacqueline Fernandezgrooving to Bad Boy; the music albummade sure listeners had the songs onloop.

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With the finale episode of Arrow airing onJanuary 29, 2020, on Colors Infinity, the

show that spawned the Arrow verse, gave us someof the most interesting twists in the last fewepisodes. However, one of the most surprisingchanges was for Dinah Drake aka JulianaHarkavy. In the recent episode, we learnt that shewoke up in the future following Oliver’s funeralin 2020 and that she discovered that Dinah Drakedidn’t exist in this new reality. The cliffhanger haskept us counting the days till the final episode.

Juliana Harkavy opened her heart out on howshe felt on the first day of shoot for the finalseason. She reminisces: “I am always terrified onmy first day of work, no matter how long I’ve beenworking on a show. That was the primaryfeeling I felt. And then, there was almost a senseof nostalgia. You want to make it special and youwant to make it count because you know the showwon’t be there forever.”

Juliana further expressed about the evolutionof her character through the series when askedabout her character Dinah’s relationship with ZoeRamirez, “I love their relationship, although Ihaven’t seen how it progresses into season eightat this point. It’s such a lovely relationship forDinah, though.”

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In what could be an alarmingsign for the farmers of

Punjab, presence of locust hop-pers in small numbers orgroups (of five to 20 hoppers)have been found in districts of Fazilka, Sri Muktsar Sahiband Bathinda.

The surveillance by thescientists of PunjabAgricultural University at PAURegional Research Station atAbohar and officials of the Statedepartment of Agriculture hasrevealed the presence of thelocust hoppers, a Governmentstatement said on Saturday.

The statement said thesehoppers in small number orgroups do not cause any eco-nomic damage to agriculturaland horticultural crops unlessthey appear in swarms thatcomprise of hundreds of thou-sands of these hoppers.

“Recent surveys have con-firmed the presence of locusthoppers in small numbers inVillages of Gumjal,

Dangarkhera, Punjava,Panniwala Mahala, Arachiki,Bhangarkhera, Roopnagar,Bareka, Bakainwala, Haripura,Khuian Sarvar of districtFazilka and in Raniwala,Midda, Aspal, Virk Khera,Bhagsar and some other vil-lages of Sri Muktsar Sahib,” thestatement said.

Officials said the currentexcursions of desert locust hop-pers are well monitored and suit-able control measures are inplace. They said these small non-breeding adult hopper groups donot carry serious threat and are

not expected to cause econom-ic damage to crops.

The farmers have beenadvised to be vigilant for thedesert locust in their areas andneed not to panic or opt forspraying of pesticides.“Whenever and wherever thepopulation of desert locust isfound exceeding the econom-ical threshold level (10,000adults/ha and 5-6hoppers/bush), immediate con-trol measures are pressed intooperation by the LWO andState department officials,” thestatement said.

Locust hoppers are easilyidentifiable; the young imma-ture adults being pink in colorwhile the old ones become

dark grey or yellow with darkpurple to black mandibles.

Dr PK Chhuneja, HeadDepartment of Entomology at

PAU Ludhiana, said the currentspotting of locust hoppers insmall numbers in Punjab donot carry serious threat but we

need to guard against freshincursions from across theborder, in view of expectedpost-winter temperature riseand availability of crop vegetation over large contigu-ous area.

“The farmers of borderdistricts of Punjab need to bemore vigilant and inform thePAU or State department ofAgriculture officials or thenearest Locust Circle officefor any new incursions ofdesert locust, so that controlmeasures, if required can betaken up to control the men-ace,” he said.

Officials said Locusts arethe short-horned grasshopperswith highly migratory habit,marked polymorphism andvoracious feeding behavior.India has not witnessed any fullblown locust cycles after 1962,however, during 1978 and1993, large scale upsurges wereobserved.

They said localised locustbreeding has also been report-ed and controlled during theperiod 1998, 2002, 2005, 2007

and 2010. Since 2010, situationremained calm and no majorbreeding and swarm formationhave been reported. However,solitary phase of desert locusthas been reported from time totime at some locations inRajasthan and Gujarat. TheLocust Warning Organization(LWO) undertakes regular sur-veys in the scheduled desertarea of Rajasthan and Gujaratto monitor the presence ofdesert locust and ecologicalconditions. During the survey,an assessment is made to deter-mine, if the locust numbershave crossed the economicthreshold level (ETL) which is10,000 adults per hectare and5-6 hoppers/bush that mayrequire control.

Officials said imma-ture/maturing adults/swarmsof desert locust have beenobserved in some districts ofRajasthan and Gujarat sincelast month. “Appearance oflocust in winter months is anew phenomenon and may belinked to climate changeevents,” the officials said.

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Giving a gift to the employ-ees and pensioners of the

state on the 50th Statehood day,Himachal Chief Minister JaiRam Thakur on Saturdayannounced 5 per cent DA forthem from July 1, 2019. Thiswould ensure financial benefitof over Rs 250 crore to theemployees and pensioners.

Presiding over the func-tion, he said the Golden jubileeyear of the Statehood would becelebrated by organising 51programmes throughout theyear in different parts of theState to trace its developmen-tal journey, urging people to bepart of this celebration.

The Chief Minister hoist-ed the National Flag and tooksalute from the march past bycontingents of Police, Home-guards, NCC cadets, NSSCadets, Scouts and Guides andschool Children. AssistantSuperintendent of Police AshokRattan led the Parade.

Thakur also unveiled theGolden Jubilee Plaque on theoccasion to mark the 50thStatehood day. He said theState during these 49 years haswitnessed unprecedenteddevelopment in all spheres,credit of which goes to theactive support and cooperationof the people of the Statebesides able leadership pro-vided by the successiveGovernments.

He said the present StateGovernment completed twoyear in the office on December27, 2019, and significant effortswere made to provide benefitsof developmental schemes to allareas and sections of the Stateby launching innovative andnew welfare and development

oriented schemes.Thakur referred to new

schemes such as Jan Manch,Mukhya Mantri Seva SankalpHelpline, Himachal GrihiniSuvidha Yojana, Himcare andSahara, pointing out that thesehave yielded good results andHimachal Pradesh has emergedas the second best State in thecountry in overall performancedue to effective implementationof welfare schemes. The Statehas achieved first place in the‘State of the States’ Award in the

fields of education and health,he added.

Expressing concern overthe increasing cases of drugabuse particularly amongst theyouth, Chief Minister said thatthe State Government hastaken concerted steps to checkthis social vice.

He said that for this theactive participation of every cit-izen is required.

The Chief Minister alsohonoured the participants ofcultural programme and

Parade Commanders on theoccasion. A colourful culturalprogramme was also held onthe occasion.

Irrigation and PublicHealth Minister MahenderSingh Thakur, MLAs InderSingh, J.R. Katwal, SubhashThakur, Rajinder Garg, ChiefSecretary Anil Kumar Khachi,Director General of Police SRMardi, Director Informationand Public Relations HarbansSingh Brascon, amongst othersattended the function.

Chandigarh: Even as Haryana on Friday observed NationalGirl Child Day, the same evening a shocking news came tolight from Panipat where a 15-year-old girl was allegedly gan-graped in a moving car by two youths in Model Town area.Four persons are reported to be allegedly involved in thiscrime, two of them have been arrested. Talking to The Pioneer,the Panipat Superintendent of Police Sumit Kumar onSaturday said that as per preliminary inquiry, two accusedwho are adults, identified as Ashish and Vishnu were alleged-ly involved in gang rape of the minor and both have beenarrested. After lodging an FIR, Police are investigating thecase to find out the involvement of other two persons whowere also allegedly involved in the same crime.

The SP said two accused Ashish and Vishnu have beenbooked under Section 365 (Kidnapping) and 376-D (Gang Rape)of IPC and also under Section 6 of the Prevention of Childrenfrom Sexual Offences Act. The police have also recovered thecar used in the crime. The Police officer said that she has beenadmitted in the hospital and her statement would be recordedbefore the magistrate on Monday. A team led by a woman sub-inspector has been formed and they are investigating the casethoroughly. “Things will become clearafter thorough investi-gation,” the Panipat SP said.

Police sources said in a state of unconsciousness, the minorwas thrown near a park late on Friday evening. When theaccused youth was throwing the minor student from the car,a few people saw it and caught the two youths in the car. Shewas then admitted to a local hospital. The victim did not returnafter attending a tuition class on Friday. The family memberssearched for her and later they came to know that she was foundlying unconscious in the Model Town area.

Police sources said the victim went to her tuition at around5 pm on Friday. One of the youths known to her called her nearDAV park to celebrate a birthday. Four youths, who were hav-ing liquor in a car, forced her to take liquor and she fainted. Shewas later taken by two youths in a car and allegedly raped inthe moving vehicle. After committing the crime, the accusedleft the girl near the park where her scooter was parked.

Ironically, despite claims of the State administration of tak-ing measures to check crimes against women, it is only increas-ing. The Women’s Commission of the state received seven com-plaints of gang rape from various parts of the State over the lastsix months. As many as 99 rape cases were reported atCommission from April 15 to December 15. PNS

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The Himachal Governmentwill conduct a survey in

the state to ascertain the exactnumber of persons with dis-abilities, Rajiv Saizal, SocialJustice and EmpowermentMinister said while presidingover the first meeting of HPState Advisory Board onDisability.

Saizal said Chief MinisterJai Ram Thakur was verysensitive towards the prob-lems of disabled people.

He said the governmentwas implementing the Rights of Persons withDisabilities Act 2016 and it’srules have already beenframed.

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The Punjab Government onSaturday asked all district

hospitals to put in place nec-essary arrangements to tackleany emergent situation in viewof the outbreak of novel coro-navirus (nCoV) in China, andsaid a team of doctors will be stationed at theAmritsar international airportstarting Monday for screeningpassengers.

“A panel of doctors will besitting at the Amritsar inter-national airport from Mondayonwards (for screening of pas-sengers). If any passengercomes with symptoms will be

screened at that place and ifrequired, next steps will betaken,” said Dr GagandeepSingh, State ProgrammeOfficer, Integrated DiseaseSurveillance Programme(Punjab).

“We have two internation-al airports — Amritsar andMohali. There is no flight (fromChina) at Mohali but Amritsarairport does have some con-necting flights which have halt

at China and Hong Kong.“Our civil surgeons have

taken meeting with the officialsconcerned at both airports andthey have been alerted,” he said.

Amritsar was among 12designated airports in the coun-try where the Centre had issuedadvisory for coronavirus.

He said advisory would bedisplayed at the airports forpassengers for self-reporting oftheir illness. “If symptoms are

there, then passenger will beexamined,” he added.

Singh said all the districthospitals and medical colleges had been alerted forputting in place the necessaryarrangements.

They had been asked tohave separate isolation wardsand ventilators support.

Chandigarh: The ‘’Punjabbandh’’ call given by radical Sikhoutfit Dal Khalsa and SAD(Amritsar) against the CAAand the NRC evoked lukewarmresponse in most parts of thestate barring Amritsar onSaturday.

Markets and commercialestablishments remainedopened in most parts of the stateas protesters at a few placesfaced opposition from shop-keepers for trying to forciblydown the shutters of their shops.

Protesters carrying blackflags and placards against theCitizenship (Amendment) Actand the National Register ofCitizens (NRC) took out protestmarches and raised slogansagainst the BJP-led government

at the Centre.The impact of the shut-

down call was visible inAmritsar as traders kept theirshops and commercial estab-lishments shut.

The protest remainedpeaceful, officials said.

Carrying placards that read‘’Punjab Rejects CAA, NRC’’and raising slogans against theUnion government, the demon-strators, led by Dal Khalsapresident H S Cheema andspokesperson Kanwar Pal Singhassembled at Bhandari bridgeand took out a protest rally.

Cheema said by observingthe ‘’bandh’’, the people of thestate had registered their protestagainst the CAA and NRC, theRSS’’ agenda of ‘’Hindu

Rashtra’’ and also reiteratedthat Punjab would not be partof a “theocratic Hindu state”.

Terming the law as “divisiveand discriminative”, KanwarPal Singh said accused PrimeMinister Narendra Modi andUnion Home Minister AmitShah of “suppressing” the voic-es of protesters

“We are determined to con-test and challenge the govern-ment’’s autocratic attitude,” hesaid. He added the Governmenthad “betrayed” Sikhs by notreleasing prisoners who hadserved their sentence. The DalKhalsa leaders said a largenumber of Muslims, Hindusand Sikhs participated in theprotest and spoke in one voiceagainst CAA. PNS

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Haryana’s power distribu-tion companies Uttar

Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam(UHBVN) and DakshinHaryana Bijli Vitran Nigam(DHBVN) have started sup-plying 24-hours uninterruptedelectricity to another 201 vil-lages in the State.

With this, total number ofvillages on 24-hour supplyreaches 4463, which is nearlytwo-third of the total numberof villages.

A spokesman of DISCOMssaid that UHBVN is supplyinground-the-clock electricity in2637 villages through its 528feeders. Chief MinisterManohar Lal Khattar hadlaunched ‘Mhara Gaon-Jagmag

Gaon’ scheme in 2015. Under this scheme, old

power cables in the village arereplaced with new armouredcables, old and non function-ing meters are replaced and vil-lagers are urged to pay the out-standing electricity bills.

As soon as the line lossdecreases, supply to the villageis increased in a graded man-ner leading finally to uninterrupted supply on urbanpattern.

Currently hundred per-cent villages in nine districts -Pachankula, Ambala,Kurukshetra, Yamunanagar,Gurugram, Faridabad, Sirsa,Rewari and Fatehabad - are get-ting 24-hour electricity supplyas part of ‘Mhara Gaon JagmagGaon scheme.

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Haryana Chief MinisterManohar Lal Khattar on

Saturday called upon the man-agement committees of privateschools to assist in improvingthe educational standard ofgovernment schools by adopt-ing the schools in their sur-rounding areas.

Addressing the gatheringafter laying the foundationstone of the new building ofLions Public School near villageDhankot in Gurugram, he saideducation has a major role toplay in character building. Hesaid the State Government ismaking conscious efforts toraise the educational standardsin the State while the privateinstitutions are also contribut-ing to the same, so both thegovernment and private insti-tutions are partners in this task

and have the same objective.He said that the manage-

ment of private schools shouldadopt neighbouring govern-ment schools and help themimprove their standard of edu-cation. He made it clear that theresources at government schoolswill be provided by the stategovernment while the patternwould be that of private schools.For this, he has instructed theofficers concerned to sign MoUswith the management of theprivate schools. He said thatsome private schools in Karnalhave also adopted 50 govern-ment schools and said thatother institutions should alsocome forward to adopt govern-ment schools in other districts.

The Chief Minister saidthat the CongressGovernment’s ‘No DetentionPolicy’, according to which nostudent should be declared as

failed until Class 9 had led toa decline in the standard ofeducation in the governmentschools. He informed that thepresent government took cog-nizance of this and startedconducting monthly tests,which has led to an improve-ment in students.

Khattar said loan will beprovided to help children pur-sue higher education, addingthat the education loan facili-ty will be available soon to stu-dents for pursuing higher edu-cation without giving collater-al guarantee.

He informed that two cen-ters are being run in Jhajjar andPanchkula to prepare talentedchildren of government schoolsfor competitive examinations.He said that around 200 chil-dren of these centers appearedin the IIT pre-mains, of which72 have been selected. This is

a good start. Giving 3 D’s for-mula to the students, the ChiefMinister said that they shouldwork hard with Dedication,Discipline and Determination.Mr. Manohar Lal said thattomorrow’s India depends ontoday’s students. At the sametime, he called upon the teach-ers to work on improving thelearning level of students, ofwhatsoever caliber he or she is.

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Chief Minister Hemant Sorenwhile wishing the people of

Jharkhand on the eve ofRepublic Day, said that this dayshould be taken as a pledge. Sothat with people’s cooperation,the Government can accept thechallenges presented as anopportunity to make Jharkhanda better and developed State, hesaid addressing people inDumka on Saturday.

The CM told the officials ofvarious departments in Dumkato send a list of vacantGovernment land, old and dilap-idated Government buildings inthe cities. Now constructionwork will not be done onGovernment lands without thepermission of the government,he said.

Soren has reiterated theresolve that the cities ofJharkhand will not be allowed tobecome concrete jungles. “If weremain united, no one can spoilthe harmony here. I hope thatthe people of the State would bean integral part of the State andheldp the government,” he said.

“We have got many chal-lenges. History is witness to onething that we have been con-stantly moving ahead of thechallenges. I have accepted the

challenges this time too. It istaken as an opportunity. It is justthe beginning. There are manythings to be done. We will com-plete the development planswith complete sincerity so thatwe can make Jharkhand the dream of the peo-ple of Jharkhand,” said the CMwhile addressing people at theinaugural function of the swim-ming pool in Dumka.

The Chief Minister saidthat for the development ofJharkhand, where there will beneed of a talk, it will be done.Where work needs to be done,there will be only focus onwork. The government doesnot believe in populist promis-es but talks of turning its inten-tions into reality,” he said.

The CM said that the sub-capital Dumka has been hiswork place, but unfortunatelythe area is still very backward.Proper development of SanthalPargana area is his priority. Theinauguration of the swimmingbridge is a beginning in thisdirection. In the coming days,people will be provided all thenecessary basic facilities andplans will be implemented forthe development of the area.

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Over 1,000 police personnelwill be conferred

President's police medal for gal-lantry award and distinguishedservice on the eve of RepublicDay. These include fourPresident's Police Medals forGallantry; 286 Police Medalsfor Gallantry; 93 President'sPolice Medal for DistinguishedService and 657 Police Medalfor Meritorious Service. In thelist of police personnel listed forthe honour, the Jammu &Kashmir Police have the max-imum names at 108 followedby the Central Reserve PoliceForce (CRPF) at 76.

The tally for the UnionTerritory police, involved incounter-terrorist operations inthe Kashmir Valley, alsoincludes three President'sPolice Medal for Gallantry(PPMG), out of the total fourof these top category decora-tions announced this time.

According to the Ministryof Home Affairs, three fromJammu and Kashmir Policeand one from CRPF willreceive the highest honour.Both the forces are engaged incounter terror operations innewly-created union territory.Abdul Jabbar (IPS), Gh. Hassan

Sheikh (DeputySuperintendent of Police) andAsif Iqbal Qureshi (Constable)from Jammu & Kashmir andLate Constable Utpal Rabha(Posthumous) will receive thehighest police gallantry awardfor their valour during counterterror operations.

Out of 286 police person-nel who will receive secondhighest honour for valour -Police Medal for Gallantry,total 105 personnel fromJammu & Kashmir Police and75 from CRPF will receive themedal. Jharkhand Police hasbeen given 33, Odisha police13, Delhi Police 12,Maharashtra Police 10,Chhattisgarh eight and BiharPolice get seven Police Medalfor Gallantry.

CBI Joint Director DSShukla, an ace investigatorwho headed a team thatdeported the first Indiannational from the UAE besidescracking several cases, is among28 officers of the agency whohave been awarded thePresident's and police medalsfor meritorious service. DeputySP Ramaswamy Parthasarathy,who famously climbed thewalls of former FinanceMinister P Chidambaram'sbungalow in Jor Bagh to arrest

him in the INX Media case, hasalso been conferred with themedal. Superintendent ofPolice Binay Kumar of specialcrime unit, who has a knack ofsolving complex murder casesincluding infamous Kherlanjimurders of 2006, PawanrajeNimbhalkar murder,Rinehskhem Kharsohnoh mur-der case of Meghalaya, KavitaRani murder case of Meeruthas been awarded Police Medalfor Meritorious Service.

According to the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), 15 officials were awarded thepolice service medal on the eveof Republic Day. Second-in-command-rank officer RatanSingh Sonal, Section Officer CDurai Raj and deputy inspec-tor generals AS Rawat andNishith Chandra were amongthe officials decorated withthe distinguished and merito-rious medal. Inspector GeneralDK Dimri, DIG SK Sharmaand second-in command-rankofficer RK Joshi were alsoamong the recipients of themedal.

According to the ministry,29 CISF officials, includingfive from the fire wing, havebeen decorated with differentpolice service medals on theeve of the Republic Day. The

awardees include seniorCommandant Vishnu Swarup,Commandant HK Brahma andAssistant Commandant AbdusSalam. Officers awarded thedistinguished service medalinclude Deputy InspectorGeneral Sanjay Prakash,Assistant Commandant HarishSingh Karmyal, Assistant SubInspector Rajender Babu. Fiveofficials have been decoratedwith the fire service medalsincluding ASIs Rashpal Dassand Darmiyan Singh.

A total 93 police personnelwill receive President''s PoliceMedal (PPM) forDistinguished Service andmaximum are from IntelligenceBureau with eight medals. FourSSB personnel have beenawarded the PMG thisRepublic Day for killing adreaded Naxal commander inJharkhand who was wanted forfatally ambushing an SP-rankofficer of the state in 2013.

Four officers & personnelof National Disaster ResponseForce (NDRF) have beenawarded with the Police Medalfor Meritorious Service.

A total 657 personnelreceive Police Medal forMeritorious Service and max-imum are from Uttar Pradeshpolice with 72 awards.

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Congress-ruled Rajasthan onSaturday became the third

State to pass a resolution urg-ing the Centre to revoke theCitizenship (Amendment) Act(CAA) even as the partyannounced its plans to move aresolution in the Assembly inKerala, where, interestingly, it isin Opposition, to seekGovernor Arif MohammadKhan's recall for "violating" alldemocratic principles and"publicly questioning" the prideof the legislature. TheGovernment said the passing ofthe resolution is a conspiracy todivide the country and is notacceptable, the BJP accusedthe ruling Congress of pursu-ing appeasement politics.

Governor Khan welcomedthe recall plans but said what-ever he did is part of his dutyas per the Constitution and asinterpreted by the SupremeCourt also. The Governor'sstatement came hours afterLeader of Opposition RameshChennithala said the party willmove a resolution in theAssembly seeking his recall.Chennithala said that he hasgiven a notice to Speaker P

Sreeramakrishnan seeking hispermission to move the reso-lution in the Assembly underthe rule 130 of the legislativebusiness.

Left-ruled Kerala andCongress-ruled Punjab werethe first two States to pass sucha resolution. The RajasthanAssembly passed by voice votethe resolution urging the Centreto repeal the CAA. The resolu-tion also asked the Centre towithdraw the new fields ofinformation that have beensought for updation in NationalPopulation Register (NPR),2020.

"It is evident that the CAAviolates the provisions of theConstitution. Therefore, theHouse resolves to urge upon thegovernment of India to repealthe CAA to avoid any discrim-ination on the basis of religionin granting citizenship and toensure equality before law for allreligious groups of India,"Parliamentary Affairs MinisterShanti Dhariwal said whilemoving the resolution in theHouse. Congress-ruled MadhyaPradesh and Chhattisgarh arelikely to follow suit soon eventhough a section of party lead-ers like Kapil Sibal, Salman

Khurshid have pointed to thefutility of such exercises.

Leader of OppositionGulab Chand Kataria ques-tioned the right to challenge theAct in the State Assembly. "TheCongress should stop doingappeasement and vote bankpolitics," he said.

Union Minister Gajendra SShekhawat said the passing ofresolution in Assemblyamounts to murdering thedemocracy. "Assemblies aregoing beyond limited autono-my granted by Constitution bypassing these resolutions. Thisis a conspiracy to divide thecountry and is not acceptable."

For his part, reacting toCheninthala's remarks, Khansaid: "Everyone is entitled totheir opinion. I am the consti-tutional head of the state. It's myduty to advice, counsel, encour-age and warn the government.It's part of my duty as per theConstitution and as interpret-ed by the Supreme Court also."

Khan also ruled out anyconfrontation with the gov-ernment, but reiterated thatthe state's move to approachthe apex court against CAAwithout informing him wasnot right.

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With the objective to give aboost to ties between the

two countries, India and Brazilon Saturday signed 15 agree-ments and unveiled an actionplan to further broadbase strate-gic ties after talks here betweenPrime Minister Narendra Modiand President Jair MessiasBolsonaro, who is the chiefguest for the Republic Dayparade on Sunday.

The action plan includestwo countries firming up spe-cific goals for deeper coopera-tion in areas of defence andsecurity, trade and commerce,agriculture, civil aviation, ener-gy, environment, health andinnovation and vowed to worktogether to conclude an agree-ment to deal with internation-al terrorism.

The major focus of thetalks between Modi andBolsonaro was on boostingbilateral trade and investment asboth the large economies werehit by global economic slow-down.

In the this backdrop, the 15agreements will provide forcooperation in a wide range ofareas including oil and gas,mineral resources, traditionalmedicine, animal husbandry,bio-energy and trade and invest-ment.Terming Brazil a valuablepartner in India's economicgrowth, Modi, while summingthe outcome of his talks withBolsonaro, said "Your visit toIndia has opened a new chapterin ties between India and Brazil."

"Despite geographical dis-tance, both India and Brazil aretogether on various global issuesas there is convergence in ourviews," Modi said in his mediastatement in the presence ofBolsonaro.

Bolsonaro said the twocountries have further strength-ened the already strong ties bysigning 15 agreements whichwill provide for cooperation ina range of areas.

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Congress leader JairamRamesh-headed Adhoc

Committee of the Rajya Sabhahas recommended separateadult section on streaming plat-forms like Netflix and socialmedia platforms like Twitter andFacebook where under-agedchildren could be disallowed. Itsaid social media platformsshould also have mechanism forage verification and restrictingaccess to objectionable/obscenematerial.

The Committee recom-mended 40 changes including inthe Protection of Children fromSexual Offences Act (POCSOAct), 2012 and the InformationTechnology Act, 2000, IndianPenal Code and making moni-toring apps mandatory on alldevices to prevent sexual abuseof children and to contain accessto and transmission of childpornography content on thesocial media.

The Committee soughtinclusions of a clause in thePOCSO Act, 2012 under which

advocating or counseling sexu-al activities with a person underthe age of 18 years through anywritten material, visual repre-sentation or audio recording orany characterisation is made anoffence under the Act.

It also sought another clauseto be inserted in the POCSO Actprescribing a Code of Conductfor intermediaries (online plat-forms) for maintaining childsafety online, ensuring ageappropriate content and curbinguse of children for pornographicpurposes. The Committee rec-

ommended a new section beincluded in the IT Act 2000, pro-viding for punitive measures forthose providing pornographicaccess to children and also thosewho access, produce or transmitChild Sexual Abuse Material(CSAM). The Committee alsorecommended that social mediasites and apps are required toissue age restriction warnings atthe point of accountcreation/sign up that advisesparents not to assist minors inthe creation of underageaccounts.

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Against the backdrop ofprotests against the new

citizenship law, though withoutdirectly referring it, PresidentRam Nath Kovind on Saturdayurged people, particularly theyouth, to remain non-violentwhen fighting for a cause andstressed on the need to "holdfast to constitutional methods"of achieving social and eco-nomic objectives.

In his customary addressto the nation on the eve of 71stRepublic Day, Kovind cited

Mahatma Gandhi's gift of'Ahimsa' (non-violence) to thehumanity and said that his tal-isman for deciding whether anact is right or wrong "applies tothe functioning of our democ-racy".

Stressing that both thegovernment and the opposi-tion have "important roles toplay", the President said "whilegiving expression to their polit-ical ideas both must moveforward in tandem to ensurethat development of the coun-try and welfare of its people arepromoted consistently".

Earlier, on the occasion ofthe 10th National Voters Day,Kovind lamented that there aresome voters who do not under-stand the importance of theirright to exercise franchise andreminded them that in sever-al countries people had tostruggle to get it. PrimeMinister Narendra Modi, VicePresident M. Venkaiah Naiduand other leaders across thecountry extended their greet-ings to the people on the daywith the theme being ''ElectoralLiteracy for StrongerDemocracy''.

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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday hitout at the Centre alleging that anyone who

opposes the ruling BJP's "agenda of hate" isdubbed as an "Urban Naxal".

A day after the Centre handed over theBhima-Koregaon case to the NIA, Rahul attackedthe central agency saying its "stooges" can nevererase "the symbol of resistance". "Anyone whoopposes the MOSH agenda of hate is an 'UrbanNaxal'.

"Bhima-Koregaon is a symbol of resistancethat the Government's NIA stooges can nevererase," he said on Twitter.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA)took over the probe into the 2018 Koregaon-Bhima violence on Friday, a day after theMaharashtra Government held a review meetingwith senior Pune police officers to take a call onpursuing the matter.

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The Congress on Saturdaynodded the formation of a

jumbo Pradesh CongressCommittee for Uttarakhandwith 22 vice presidents, 31general secretaries and 98 sec-retaries.

The new committee wasapproved by Congress presi-dent Sonia Gandhi after sheaccepted the recommendationsmade by senior party leadersin-charge for the state and inconsultation with senior lead-ers from the state.

Sunil Gulati has been madethe new Treasurer of theUttarakhand PCC.

Among the 90 special invi-tees to the committee are for-mer chief minister HarishRawat, Indira Hridesh, KishoreUpadhyay and others.

The Uttarakhand PCC isheaded by MLA Pritam Singh.

New Delhi: Border guarding force SSB hasput on hold payment of arrears and otherallowances to its troops for January andFebruary owing to “paucity” of funds, officialsources said on Saturday.

All arrears will be released to the employ-ees in March, they said.

They said the headquarters of the para-military force here has alerted all its forma-tions in the country that the funds are "hard-ly sufficient" to pay the regular salary of thestaff for the months of January and February,therefore no other bills for the about 90,000personnel strength force will be entertained.

According to a latest order accessed byPTI, the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) hasinformed its field units that no arrears of payor allowances like leave encashment claimswill be given for January and February dueto paucity of funds.

Owing to this condition, the order issuedon January 23 under the 'most immediate' cat-egory said "no other claims except regular(salary) bills of January and February will beentertained".

When contacted, officials said while thesalary of the force personnel will "absolute-ly" be not affected for the current and the nextmonth, all arrears will be released to theemployees in March.

"This is a routine and temporary exercisedone to tide off fund crunch at times. It hashappened in the past as well. All arrears andother payments will be cleared by March," asenior official said.Last year, a delay in gov-ernment sanction of additional funds of Rs800 crore for the CRPF had prompted theparamilitary force to order temporary stop-ping the ration money allowance (RMA) forits troops. PTI

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Kathmandu: Nepal onSaturday became the first SouthAsian nation to offer to "medi-ate" between India and Pakistanover Kashmir and cross-borderterrorism with a NepalGovernment source underlin-ing the importance of dialoguebetween the two arch-rivals toresolve their differences thatcould also lead to the revival ofthe SAARC.

Tensions between Indiaand Pakistan have spiked sinceIndia abrogated Article 370 ofthe Constitution to revoke thespecial status of Jammu &Kashmir in August last year.India's decision evoked strongreactions from Pakistan, whichdowngraded diplomatic tiesand expelled the Indian envoy.

"Peaceful talks and discus-sions are the best ways toresolve any problems. Theremay be contradictions and dif-ferences but it can be resolvedthrough dialogue. If necessary,we can play the role of themediator as Nepal is an inde-pendent, neutral and peaceloving country," the source saidhere.

The source, however, saidthat better solution to resolvethe issues would be to developbetter dialogue between twocountries.

"We can be instrumental,

but it will be better (for the twosides) to develop direct contact,"the source told a group of vis-iting Indian journalists.

Earlier this week, USPresident Donald Trumprepeated his offer to "help"resolve the Kashmir issuebetween India and Pakistanduring his meeting with PrimeMinister Imran Khan on thesidelines of the WorldEconomic Forum in Davos,Switzerland.

New Delhi maintains thatthere is no scope for any third-party mediation between Indiaand Pakistan over Kashmir.

"When we come together,sit together and share viewsthen things will be resolved. Inevery situation, we have to sittogether and try to resolve theproblem otherwise things canbe deteriorated," the Nepalesesource said.

Expressing concern overthe uncertainty prevailing overthe South Asian Association forRegional Cooperation(SAARC) summit, the sourcesaid the eight member group-ing should be revitalised andmisunderstandings should beremoved.

"SAARC is not dead. It isalive. Only thing is that we havenot met. Hope we can revive it,"he said.

The last SAARC Summit in2014 was held in Kathmandu,which was attended by PrimeMinister Narendra Modi.

The 2016 SAARC summitwas to be held in Islamabad. Butafter the terrorist attack on anIndian Army camp in Uri inJammu & Kashmir onSeptember 18 that year, Indiaexpressed its inability to partic-ipate in the summit due to "pre-vailing circumstances". PTI

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Thiruvananthapuram: While thecountry will celebrate its 71stRepublic Day on Sunday, Kerala willwitness a massive protest led by theCPI(M) led Left Democratic Front inthe form of a State-wide humanchain, demanding withdrawal of thecontroversial CitizenshipAmendment Act.

The LDF has organised the 620km long human chain fromKasaragod in north Kerala toKaliyakkavilai in the southernmostpart of the state and expect about 60to 70 lakh people to participate in it.

The human chain will be formedat 4 PM following which the pream-ble of the Constitution will be readout.

"All the leaders of the ruling frontwill join the chain at various parts ofthe state.

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayanwill join the protest inThiruvananthapuram.

We will read out the preamble ofthe Constitution and then take anoath to protect the Constitution,"LDF convener A Vijayaraghavanhad said.

Senior CPI(M) leader SRamachandran Pillai will be the firstlink of the human chain at Kasaragod,while M A Baby will be the last linkat Kaliyakkavilai.

"We have invited all the promi-nent personalities in the state fromall walks of life. We also expect UDFleaders to join us in the fight to pro-tect the Constitution,"Vijayaraghavan had said.

The Left front has been in theforefront of anti-CAA protests inKerala and had organised variousprotests across the State. PTI

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New Delhi: Former UnionMinisters Arun Jaitley, SushmaSwaraj and George Fernandes,Olympian boxer Mary Komand former Mauritius PrimeMinister Anerood Jugnauthwere among seven prominentpersonalities awarded thePadma Vibhushan on Saturday,the Home Ministry announced.

Famous classical bhajansinger from VaranasiChannulal Mishra andVishveshateertha Swamiji SriPejavara Adhokhaja MathaUdupi, who passed awayrecently, have also been giventhe highest Padma award —Padma Vibhushan.

Former Defence MinisterManohar Parrikar, industrial-ists Anand Mahindra and VenuShrinivasan, Olympian bad-minton player PV Sindhu, for-

mer Nagaland Chief MinisterSC Jamir and Jammu &Kashmir politician MuzaffarHussain Baig have been award-ed the Padma Bhushan, aHome Ministry statement said.

The awards are announcedon the eve of Republic Day.

Jaitley, Swaraj, Fernandes,Parrikar and VishweshaTeertha Swami have beenawarded posthumously, the

officials said.This year the President

has approved conferment of141 Padma awards includingfour duo cases (in a duo case,the award is counted as one),the statement said.

“Thirty four of theawardees are women and thelist also includes 18 personsfrom the category ofForeigners/NRI/PIO/OCI and

12 posthumous awardees," itsaid.

Padma Awards - one of thehighest civilian Awards — areconferred in three categories—Padma Vibhushan, PadmaBhushan and Padma Shri.

Sixteen people have beengiven the Padma Bhushan and118 the Padma Shri.

Padma Vibhushan isawarded for exceptional and

distinguished service; PadmaBhushan for distinguished ser-vice of high order and PadmaShri for distinguished service inany field.

Prime Minister NarendraModi congratulated the Padmaawardees, saying they includeextraordinary people.

"Congratulations to allthose who have been con-ferred the Padma Awards," he

tweeted.From Bollywood, film-

makers Karan Johar and EktaKapoor and actor KanganaRanaut have been awardedPadma Shri.

Singers Suresh Wadkar andAdnan Sami, as well as veter-an TV actor Sarita Joshi havebeen conferred with the fourthhighest civilian award of thecountry. Six sports personsincluding cricketer ZaheerKhan, current Indian women'shockey captain Rani Rampal,former Indian men's hockeyplayer M P Ganesh, shooter JituRai, former Indian women'sfootball team captain OinamBembem Devi and archerTarundeep Rai have been givenPadma Shri.

Naukri.Com founderSanjeev Bikhchandani, indus-

trialist Bharat Goenka, tech-nocrat Nemnath Jain have beenconferred the Padma Shri.

The award has also beengiven to Lucknow-based his-torian and journalist YogeshPraveen and Assam-based his-torian Jogendra Nath Phukanhave been awarded Padma Shri

There are 21 'unsung'heroes who were given PadmaShri this year includingJagdish Lal Ahuja, who servesfree food to patients andattendants outside PGI hos-pital in Chandigarh;Mohammed Sharif fromFaizabad, who has performedlast rites of over 25,000unclaimed bodies' and veteri-narian from Assam KushalKonwar Sarma who is knownfor treating elephants.

Seventy-two-year-old

Tulasi Gowda from Karnataka,who earned the sobriquet"encyclopedia of forests"because of her vast knowledgeof diverse plants species inspite of lacking formal educa-tion, has also been given theaward, it said.

Sathyanarayan Mundayoor,known as Uncle Moosa ofArunachal Pradesh, who hasbeen promoting education andreading culture in remote areasof Northeastern states for lastfour decades; Abdul Jabbaraka 'voice of Bhopal' (posthu-mously), known for fighting forthe cause of victims and sur-vivor of 1984 Bhopal gastragedy; and Usha Chaumar, aDalit social worker working inthe field of sanitation inRajasthan, have also been giventhe award. PTI

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Hong Kong on Saturdaydeclared a new coron-

avirus outbreak as an “emer-gency” - the city’s highest warn-ing tier - as authorities rampedup measures to reduce the riskof further infections.

The announcement cameas city leader Carrie Lam facedcriticism in some quarters overher administration’s response tothe crisis.

Of the five people whohave tested positive for thevirus in Hong Kong so far, fourarrived via a newly built high-speed train terminal whichconnects with the mainland.

That led to calls from somemedical experts and politi-cians to limit, or even halt,arrivals from China, the epi-centre of the outbreak with 41people dead.

Lam held emergency meet-ings with health officials onSaturday morning after return-ing from Davos.

“Today I declare the liftingof the response level to emer-gency,” she told reporters.

Schools and universities,which are currently on a LunarNew Year break, would remainclosed until 17 February, Lamsaid.

All mainland arrivals toHong Kong will now need tosign health declaration forms,she added, while public eventsincluding a new year gala andnext month’s marathon, wouldalso be called off.

“We haven’t seen seriousand widespread infections (inHong Kong), but we are takingthis seriously and we hope to beahead of the epidemic,” Lamsaid.

Ho Pak Leung, a microbi-ologist at the University ofHong Kong, said closing themainland border would be the“single most effective mea-sure” in containing the virus.

Transport links with themainland should be re-opened

“when the epidemic is con-trolled, when HK officials areawake, when there are enoughmasks and hand rubs for allHong Kong citizens,” he wroteon his Facebook page.

Hong Kong has a recentexperience of deadly viral out-breaks.-Nearly 300 people werekilled by SARS in 2003, atragedy that left a profoundpsychological impact on one ofthe most densely populatedplaces on earth.

The city’s ability to combatthe crisis was hampered bymoves in mainland China tocover up and play down theoutbreak, leaving a lasting lega-cy of distrust among manyHong Kongers.

Animosity towards themainland has intensified inrecent years as Beijing tightenspolitical control over the semi-autonomous territory.

The outbreak also comes ata sensitive time for Lam, whohas record low approval ratingsafter seven months of pro-democracy protests.

“We must stand united so

that we can prevent and controlthe disease,” she said, in a nodto the political unrest.

The often violent protestshave battered Hong Kong’sreputation for stability andhelped tip it into recession, withthe recent virus outbreak com-pounding the city’s economicwoes. Hospitals are alreadystruggling with the winter fluseason, but officials are isolat-ing anyone with a history oftravel to central China andthose exhibiting respiratorytract infections that look sim-ilar to the virus.

So far some 300 peoplehave been tested and moni-tored for the virus.

Quarantine centres havebeen set up in remote holidayparks for anyone found to havecome into close contact withpeople who tested positive.

On Saturday, officialsannounced a newly built butstill-empty public housingblock would be used for med-ical staff on the frontline whodid not want to risk returningto their families.

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China on Saturdayannounced plans to build

a second hospital within halfa month to treat more cases ofthe deadly coronavirus as thefast spreading virus continuesto wreak havoc in the countryand abroad with 41 peopledead and more than 1,300infected, dampening theChinese New Year celebra-tions.

The confirmed cases forthe first time crossed the1,000 mark and rose sharplyto 1,287 as of Friday with 237people in critical conditionbattling for their lives inChina, the National HealthCommission said on Saturday.

Almost all provinces,including Beijing, are report-ing steady rise in the numberof cases mostly of people whotravelled from Wuhan, theepicentre of the coronavirusoutbreak.

The pneumonia situationhad resulted in 41 deaths,

including 39 in central China’sHubei province and one innorth-eastern provinceHeilongjiang, the health com-mission said on Saturday.

Additionally, a total of1,965 suspected cases havealso been reported, it said.

China on Saturday said itwill build another 1,300 bedmakeshift hospital in Wuhanin the next 15 days in additionto the 1,000 bed hospital beingbuilt in the city in 10 days,state-run People’s Dailyreported.

The feverish pace at whichthe hospitals are being builtindicate that China apparent-ly is preparing to treat farmore patients considering thespeed at which the virus isspreading.

The virus has spread toHong Kong, Macau, Taiwan,Nepal, Japan, Singapore, SouthKorea, Thailand, Vietnam andthe United States as ofThursday.

Japan on Friday reporteda second confirmed case.

A chinese doctor report-edly died of the novel coron-avirus on Saturday morning,the first fatality among healthworkers since the pneumonia-like illness first surfaced in lateDecember, state-run ChinaDaily quoted online newswebsite Paper.Cn as saying.

Liang Wudong, a 62-year-old doctor with the otolaryn-gology department who treatsconditions in the ear, nose andthroat at Hubei XinhuaHospital, was suspected ofcontracting the new virus onJanuary 16. The hospital thathe works is in Wuhan.

On Jan 18, he was trans-ferred to Hubei JinyintanHospital, which has receivedthe majority of infectedpatients, and died at about 7am on Saturday, the report said.

Previously, the WuhanMunicipal HealthCommission said on Tuesday

that 15 medical workerswere confirmed as contractingthe virus, with one suspectedcase.

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Pakistan health author-ities on Saturday said a

Chinese national suspect-ed of coronavirus wasadmitted in isolation at amedical facility in Multanin Punjab province.

Feng Fen, 40, was liv-ing in a camp withChinese workers nearMultan after returning fromChina’s Wuhan city 10 days ago.

Feng was brought to

Nishtar Hospital on Fridaynight, National Institute ofHealth officials said.

“One suspected case isadmitted in isolation inMultan right now. His clini-cal condition is stable and itdoes not seem to be a case ofnovel coronavirus. Relevantsamples have been taken,” theNIH said.

Earlier this week,Pakistan setup counters atthe airports to screen pas-sengers coming from China

for coronavirus.Thousands of Chinese

nationals work in Pakistan on

various projects includingunder China-PakistanEconomic Corridor. ManyPakistan students study inChina.

Foreign OfficeSpokesperson Aisha Farooquisaid there were approximately28,000 Pakistani students allover China. “In Wuhan alone,there are close to 500 Pakistanistudents,” she said, adding thataround 1,500 traders fromPakistan travel to China fre-quently.

The death toll due to thecoronavirus rose to 41 in Chinawith 1,287 confirmed cases,China’s National HealthCommission announced onSaturday. Of the confirmedcases, the condition of the 237persons is critical.

The coronavirus hascaused alarm as it is similar toSARS (Severe AcuteRespiratory Syndrome) whichkilled hundreds of peopleacross mainland China andHong Kong in 2002.

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Police at a roadblock on theoutskirts of Wuhan turned

away cars trying to leave thevirus-stricken city on Saturday,as other anxious residentstrapped inside spent the LunarNew Year stocking up onmasks and medical supplies.

Authorities have prevent-ed anyone from leavingWuhan, the city of 11 millionpeople at the heart of the viraloutbreak which has so farinfected nearly 1,300 peopleand killed 41 others.

AFP saw a steady trickle ofcars approaching the road-blocks around 20 kilometres(12 miles) east of the city cen-tre on Saturday morning, onlyfor police in fluorescent jack-ets wearing masks to tell themto turn around.

The barricade, at one ofthe tolls for highways exitingthe city, was blocked with redand yellow plastic barriersand cones.

“Nobody can leave,” apoliceman told AFP.

A stray dog ran across theempty road in front of theroadblocks, which wereshrouded in grey fog and driz-zle.

AFP journalists only sawtwo vehicles allowed to pass theroadblock, including a whitevan which an officer said was“buying medicines” and wouldlater return to the city.

Authorities extendedtransport bans to 17 othercities around Wuhan in a gar-gantuan effort to control theSARS-like virus, restrictingtravel for around 56 million inHubei province.

While there are restric-tions on anyone leavingWuhan, a few people wereallowed to enter the citythrough the barricade:Desperately needed medicalworkers whose holidays werecut short to help overwhelmedhospital.

An empty bus was allowedto pass the roadblock intoWuhan after showing docu-mentation to the police at theroadblock.

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House impeachment man-agers on Friday night con-

cluded their argument beforethe Senate to remove USPresident Donald Trump fromoffice, saying he misused hisposition and indulged inobstruction to the Congress.

The house managersclosed their marathon 24-hourargument spread over threedays with an impassioned pleathat the trial be fair.

The ruling RepublicanParty enjoys 53-47 majority inthe 100-member Senate.Democrats, who have majori-ty in the House, have allegedthat the Republican leadershipin the Senate will be partisanduring the trial.

“I implore you - giveAmerica a fair trial. She’s worthit,” said Chairman of the House

Permanent Select Committeeon Intelligence Adam Schiff.

Trump is only the thirdpresident in American historyto have been formallyimpeached by Congress.

From Saturday, Trump’sattorneys would begin pre-senting their defense. Like theHouse managers they too have24 hours over the next threedays for their argument in

support of the president.Trump has asked the

Senate to dismiss both thecharges against him. He arguesthat he has done no wrong.

In his concluding argu-ment, Schiff outlined what hethinks Trump’s attorneys willsay.

“So what do all thesedefenses mean? What do theymean collectively when youadd them all up? What theymean is under Article 2, thepresident can do whatever hewants. That’s really it, strippedof all the detail and all the histri-onics, what they want us tobelieve is the president can dowhatever he wants under Article2, and there is nothing you or

the House can do about it,”Congressman Schiff asserted.

On Saturday, Trump’steam would present their argu-ment for three hours.

“I guess I would call it atrailer, kind of coming attrac-tions would be the best way tosay it. Obviously, we have threehours to put it out so we’ll takewhatever time is appropriateduring those three hours, kindof layout with that case will lookout like, but no, next week iswhere you’ll see the full pre-sentation, but there will beplenty to see,” Trump’s person-al attorney Jay Sekulow toldreporters. In an interaction withthe media, he slammed Schiff.

“Adam Schiff just said thatthis idea of the solicitation offoreign interference isdeplorable,” he said.

“I wonder if he thought thatabout the fact that the Clintoncampaign had sought when it’scompletely corroborated, it’suncontested, that (the) Steeledossier who is utilising bothsupposedly assets that a formerBritish spy had in Russia to getinformation on the presidentthen candidate. Was that notforeign interference? Was that

not an attempt for foreign inter-ference?” he asked.

The Steele dossier is a pri-vate intelligence document per-taining to alleged misconduct,and co-operation betweenTrump’s presidential campaignand the Russian governmentduring the 2016 election.

“So you can get on yourhorse and act haughty andproud about it,

but you know what? Let’slook at what the evidence says.And here’s what the evidencesays. There was foreign involve-ment, but let’s not forget whereit originated from. Let’s not for-get, and we haven’t even begunto put on our case yet. We stillwill not begin until, actually,tomorrow morning. But I wantyou to think about this. Wheredid that foreign intelligencecome from? Foreign informationcome from?” Sekulow asserted.

“It came from connectionsfrom the Federal Bureau ofinvestigation, the numberthree, whose wife happened towork for Fusion GPS, whohappened to be hired by theDNC to happen to do an inves-tigation on Donald Trump,” heargued.

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Iran is not ruling out negoti-ations with the United States

even after an American dronestrike that killed a top Iraniangeneral, the country’s foreignminister said in an interviewreleased Saturday.

Mohammed Javad Zariftold Germany’s Der Spiegelmagazine that he would “neverrule out the possibility that peo-ple will change their approachand recognize the realities,” inan interview conducted Fridayin Tehran.

There has been growingtension between Washingtonand Tehran since in 2018,when President Donald Trumppulled the United States out ofthe nuclear deal with Iran.The U.S. Has since reimposedtough sanctions that have crip-pled Iran’s economy.

But Zarif suggested Iranwas still willing to talk, thoughreiterated his country’s previousdemand that first the U.S. Wouldhave to lift sanctions.“For us, it doesn’t matter who issitting in the White House, whatmatters is how they behave,” he

said, according to Der Spiegel.“The Trump administra-

tion can correct its past, lift thesanctions and come back to thenegotiating table. We’re still atthe negotiating table. They’rethe ones who left.”

Trump has maintainedthat the 2015 nuclear dealneeds to be renegotiatedbecause it didn’t address Iran’sballistic missile program or itsinvolvement in regional con-flicts.

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Iran condemned Saturdaywhat it called the “illegal and

inhuman” treatment of itsnationals by US border secu-rity officers, after reports a stu-dent was deported despitehaving a valid visa.

“Such absolutely discrim-inatory measures that onlyhappen over people’s race,nationality or religion areagainst international humanrights laws and principles,” for-eign ministry spokesmanAbbas Mousavi said.

“These individuals werequestioned by America’s bor-der security over their politi-

cal views and beliefs, andtheir social media accountswere forcefully entered,” hesaid in a statement.

US media reported onMonday that an Iranian stu-dent headed to a Boston uni-versity had his visa cancelledat the airport and was deport-ed by immigration officials.

Tensions have soaredbetween Tehran andWashington since a US dronestrike killed Iranian generalQasem Soleimani in Baghdadon January 3.

Iran retaliated five dayslater by launching a wave ofmissiles at US troops sta-tioned in Iraq.

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The closure of Libya’s majoroil fields and production

facilities has resulted in lossesof more than USD 255 millionin the six-day period endingJanuary 23, the country’snational oil company saidSaturday.

The closures came whenpowerful tribal groups loyal tomilitary commander KhalifaHifter earlier this monthseized several large exportterminals along the easterncoast as well as southern oilfields.

Hifter controls the easternand much of the southern partof the country.

The moves were meant tochallenge Hifter’s adversaries inthe west, the UN-backed, but weak rival Governmentthat controls the capital, Tripoli.

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Rescue workers raced againsttime Saturday to find sur-

vivors under the rubble after apowerful earthquake claimed22 lives and left more than1,000 injured in eastern Turkey.

The magnitude 6.8 quakestruck on Friday evening, withits epicentre in the small lake-side town of Sivrice in Elazigprovince, and was felt in neigh-bouring countries.

Interior Minister SuleymanSoylu said 39 people have beenrescued alive from collapsedbuildings in Elazig province, witha further 22 people estimated tobe trapped under the rubble. Hesaid the death toll had risen to 22.

Among those found alivewas a pregnant woman whowas rescued 12 hours after thequake hit, state news agencyAnadolu said, while an AFPcorrespondent saw an indi-vidual saved 17 hours later.

Nearly 2,000 search andrescue personnel were sent to

the region while thousands ofbeds, blankets and tents havebeen provided, the Turkishpresidency said. The rescueefforts have been taking placein freezing temperatures aswood and plastic were burnedto keep crowds warm.

Hundreds of people wereanxiously waiting on the otherside of police barriers includ-ing a man who gave his nameas Mustafa.

“I have three relatives inthat building: one man, his wifeand her mother. They are stillunder the rubble,” the 40-year-old told AFP.”May God help us,we can do nothing but pray.”Iwas home during the earth-quake. It lasted for so long, itwas like a nightmare. I froze inthe living room when it hap-pened, my wife and our twochildren were screaming andrunning around,” he said.

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Airline passenger fatalitiesaround the globe has

declined sharply over the pastdecade as new research hasrevealed that the fatalities rateis now one death per 7.9 mil-lion passenger boardings, com-pared to one death per 2.7 mil-lion boardings during the peri-od 1998-2007, and one deathper 1.3 million boardings dur-ing 1988-1997.

The commercial airlinefatality risk was one death per750,000 boardings during1978-1987, and one death per350,000 boardings during1968-1977, said the study pub-lished in the journalTransportation Science.

“The worldwide risk ofbeing killed had been droppingby a factor of two everydecade,” said study authorArnold Barnett, Professor atMassachusetts Institute of

Technology (MIT) SloanSchool of Management.

“Not only has that contin-ued in the last decade, the (lat-est) improvement is closer to afactor of three. The pace ofimprovement has not slackenedat all even as flying has gottenever safer and further gainsbecome harder to achieve,”Barnett said.

The new research alsorevealed that there is dis-cernible regional variation inairline safety around the world.

Nations housing the low-est-risk airlines are the U.S., themembers of the EuropeanUnion, China, Japan, Canada,Australia, New Zealand, andIsrael, showed the results.

The aggregate fatality riskamong those nations was onedeath per 33.1 million passen-ger boardings during 2008-2017.

For airlines in a second setof countries, which Barnett

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Home favourite NickKyrgios went five setsto ensure an

Australian Open showdownwith Rafael Nadal on Saturdayas a series of shocks causedcarnage in the women’s draw.

Kyrgios sur vived thelongest match of his career tobeat Russia’s KarenKhachanov 6-2, 7-6 (7/5), 6-7 (6/8), 6-7 (7/9), 7-6 (10/8),collapsing on his back afterthe fifth-set tie-breaker.

“That was insane — I’vegot no words to show I’m feel-ing right now,” he said, afterthe 4hr 26min marathonmarked by his trademarktweeners and exchanges withthe umpire.

“This is just epic man, Idon’t even know what’s goingon. My legs feel about 40kilos each.”

The outspoken Aussienow heads into a last-16 clashwith Nadal, with whom he hashistory after calling him“super salty” following criti-cism from the Spaniard lastyear.

“Whatever happensbetween us, he’s an amazingplayer, he’s arguably the great-est of all time,” said Kyrgios.

Top seed Nadal had acomparatively easy rideagainst his Davis Cup team-

mate Pablo Carreno Busta,racing through 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 inwhat he called his “best matchof the tournament so far”.

While the men’s Big Threeof Nadal, Roger Federer andNovak Djokovic are all stillalive, it’s a different story inthe women’s competitionwhere six of the top 10 seedscrashed out in the thirdround.

After Serena Williams andtitle-holder Naomi Osaka fellby the wayside on Friday, sec-ond seed Karolina Pliskovabombed on Saturday with a 7-6 (7/4), 7-6 (7/3) defeat toAnastasia Pavlyuchenkova.

“I was about 40 percenttoday of my game,” lamentedthe Czech.

RESURGENT MUGURUZASwitzerland’s Belinda

Bencic, the sixth seed, wononly one game againstEstonia’s Anett Kontaveit, theworld number 31, as she wentdown 6-0, 6-1.

And a resurgent GarbineMuguruza, a two-time Major-winner, thrashed fifth seedElina Svitolina 6-1, 6-2. Tenthseed Madison Keys lost toMaria Sakkari on Friday.

“I was very concentratedand focused on what I want-ed to do, it all went fast myway,” said Muguruza, whoraced through the first set in

just 23 minutes.Croatian 19th seed Donna

Vekic also crumbled to lower-ranked opposition when shelost 7-5, 6-3 to Poland’s IgaSwiatek, who is returningfrom a stress fracture in herfoot.

However, Wimbledonchampion Simona Halepstayed on course with a 6-1, 6-4 victory over Kazakhstan’sYulia Putintseva.

“I’m sure that for youguys (media) it’s a little bit ofshock when the top-10 play-ers are losing,” said Halep,shrugging off the exodus oftop seeds.

“But it’s life and we cannotbe 100 percent every day.”

The Romanian fourthseed will now play Belgium’sElise Mertens, who won inthree sets against CiCi Bellis— ending the American’sGrand Slam return from long-

term injury.Angelique Kerber, the

2016 champion, beat CamilaGiorgi 6-2, 6-7 (4/7), 6-3 to setup a meeting withPavlyuchenkova, the Russian30th seed.

Elsewhere, Germany’sAlexander Zverev dismissedFernando Verdasco 6-2, 6-2,6-4 to set up a last-16 clashwith Russia's Andrey Rublev,who remained unbeaten thisyear with his 2-6, 7-6 (7/3), 6-4, 7-6 (7/4) win over DavidGoffin.

Austrian f ifth seedDominic Thiem camethrough 6-2, 6-4, 6-7 (5/7), 6-4 against Taylor Fritz, GaelMonfils beat Ernests Gulbis 7-6 (7/2), 6-4, 6-3 and StanislasWawrinka, the 2014 champi-on, progressed when John

Isner retired in the second set.

BOPANNA WINIndia’s Rohan Bopanna

and his Ukrainian partnerNadiia Kichenok moved intothe mixed doubles secondround on Saturday.

The Indo-Ukrainian pairbeat Lyudmyla Kichenok ofUkraiune and Austin Krajicekfrom USA 7-5, 4-6, 10-6 inone hour ad 15 minutes.

They will next take onAmerican Nicole Melicharand Brazilian Bruno Soares.

Bopanna was supposedto pair up with compatriotSania Mirza but the latterpulled out due to a calf injury.

Veteran Leander Paes isalso competing in the mixeddoubles with JelenaOstapenko.

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India are unlikely to change awinning combination but a

few changes in the bowlingdepartment won’t come as asurprise when the visitors takeon New Zealand in the secondT20 at the high-scoring EdenPark today.

Jasprit Bumrah was the onlybowler on either side to concedeless than eight runs per over atthe peculiar shaped ground withshort boundaries in the seriesopener on Friday.

Both Mohammad Shami(0/53 in 4 overs) and ShardulThakur (1/44 in 3 overs) weretaken to the cleaners with NewZealand batsmen using theirpace to collect boundaries at will.

Since Shami is expected toretain his place in the playingeleven, Thakur might make wayfor Navdeep Saini. However,Saini, with his extra pace, toocould go for big runs at the smallground.

It remains to be seenwhether India stick to threespecialist pacers and two spin-ners combination or bring in anextra tweaker in Kuldeep Yadavto partner Yuzvendra Chahaland Ravindra Jadeja.Washington Sundar is the theother spin option India have.

If India do play an extratweaker, all-rounder ShivamDube will be third fast bowlingoption.

Considering the conditions,Jadeja and Chahal had done adecent job on Friday, conceding50 runs off 36 balls and takinga wicket each.

Additionally, Chahal andKuldeep are yet to play togeth-er since the ODI World Cupended. With the batting bearinga settled look, the team manage-ment might be keen to take apunt on their reunion.

On the batting front, ViratKohli was a pleased skipper asthe much scrutinised middle-order delivered for the teamunder pressure. Shreyas Iyersolidified at his position at num-ber four with an unbeaten 58 off29 balls.

It was a near perfect start ofthe tour for the away teamwhich chased down 204 with rel-ative ease to go 1-0 up in the five-match series.

Ahead of the Indian team'sdeparture, there was concernabout constant shuffling, muchlike the ODI experimentationahead of the 2019 World Cup.

Iyer's form has put paid to allthat chatter. The batsman has fig-ured in all of India's 12 T20Issince September last year, aver-aging 34.14 in 11 innings withtwo half-centuries and strike-rate154.19. With his match-win-

ning temperament at Eden Park,Iyer has stitched down a spot inthe batting line-up for good.

As Manish Pandey andDube alternate in finishingduties, aided by K L Rahul'swicket-keeping skills, India'sT20 batting line-up finally seemsset in the short term barringunforeseen changes.

New Zealand were left pon-dering about a shortage of 10-15runs to their total as well asmissed chances in the field thatallowed the visiting batsmen toget away with a high scoring rate.

Partly, it also had to do withIndia's surprisingly quick adap-tation to the awkward conditionson offer at Eden Park.

In turn, the Black Capsthemselves now have to come toterms with India's adaptation ifthey are to prevent an early 2-0lead within three days. India hadalso won here in February 2019,albeit it was a three-match T20Iseries they had eventually lost 1-2.

Irrespective of the result,the tide seemed to turn for thehosts in terms of their battingform. Senior batsmen KaneWilliamson and Ross Taylordefied recent criticism to scoreattacking half-centuries. It com-plimented their top-order's runs,albeit they only finished with apar score.

India won key battles duringtheir innings in that new bats-men at the crease were able tomaintain the momentum previ-ously generated. It is somethingNew Zealand cannot simply fixwith a change in personnel. Assuch they will be hoping the likesof Colin de Grandhomme andTim Seifert to come good.

There is a school of thoughtin the hosts' camp thatWilliamson should open thebatting in T20 cricket, thus tak-ing advantage of the powerplayovers. Given the lightning startprovided by openers MartinGuptill and Colin Munro, thisseems infeasible for the nextgame, atleast.

New Zealand expect to fieldthe same eleven, avoiding anytemptation to take a look at all-rounders Scott Kuggeleijn andDaryl Mitchell.

Both teams enjoyed a day offon Saturday in lieu of the tightschedule and sterner battlesahead.

Eden Park was only an esti-mated 60 per cent full on Fridaydespite New Zealand Cricketanticipating more gate collec-tions owing to the Indian team'spopularity.

It remains to be seen if thescheduled late-starts (7.50-8 pmlocal time) continues to have animpact on match attendancesduring this T20I series.

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A radio buzzing in a corner, the trans-mission is unclear, the signal seems tobe wavering. I adjust the antennae thatwe have fixed near the roof of the room.The voice on the side becomes better. Bythis time, I had repeated this ritual sev-eral times. However, the crackling com-mentary of the cricket match on theother side made up for all the hardwork and irritation. Both my youngerbrother and myself are stuck with theradio for the whole day. Our parents arenot at home. My mother wanted to callour grandma and therefore she went tothe post office to book a trunk call. Itwould take few hours of waiting beforeher turn comes and she can speak overthe government run public land phone,before returning home. We had thewhole day to ourselves. It took longerthan expected for our parents to comeback home. They could not find a taxinear the post office and had to walk fornearly a kilometre before they found atransport. Poor mom, she had to cookthe dinner after a long day. Meanwhile,India had lost the match. We spent thewhole evening helping our mom in thekitchen. Another uneventful day hadcome to an end. But we had someexcitement coming-up. Sunday was justa day away when we will catch anotherepisode of ‘Star Trek’ and by that timewe should also be getting a letter frommy cousin brother who was sharing oursecret encryption code, as he hadpromised in his last letter. This was toprevent elders from finding out the con-tents of our letter. And yes, he was alsosending some photos from his recentvacation...

When I tell this child-hood story of mine tomy son, after listeningto me with rapt atten-tion, he tells me that

there are technical flaws in my story.What? Technical flaws! I find hisexpression amusing, he finds it evenmore. He asks me: ‘Why were you lis-tening to the radio and not streaminglive cricket over the Internet?; Why didyour parents go to the post office tomake a call and not use their mobile tomake a video call?; Why did your par-ents not call an Uber instead of walk-ing a long distance?; Why didn’t youorder food over an app instead of let-ting your tired mom cook the dinner?;Why did you wait for Sunday to watchyour favourite show and not stream itover Netflix?; And why were you wait-ing for days for a letter instead of usingWhatsApp or Instagram?’

Not his fault, how will his genera-tion that has been born in the cradle oftechnology and rocked by social mediahandles understand the times when wewere children. They were born in atransformed world where on one handrapid advancements in technologyhave opened the realm of possibilities,including space tourism, whereas onother hand the same technologythreatens our very existence.

On one hand, the world has beenbrought closer than ever before withnetworks that defy limits of distance,and on the other hand, it has beenfragmented by economic, political andreligious conflicts. Everyone has morefriends than before, yet there is dearthof human connection. Today, they takemore photos than Kodak films wouldever allow, share them over Instagram,yet they will never know the nostalgiaof opening an old dusted photo album.

Zeners or Generation Z, born year2000 and after are a unique generation,shaped by transformed times. Theirformative years are shaped by a worldthat offers them tremendous opportu-nities and tools on the plate, yet theuncertainty and volatility of the samemakes them highly vulnerable. Howdo you otherwise explain the contrasts,when a 17-year-old boy discovers aplanet on the third day of his NASAinternship but on the other hand a 12-year-old girl kills herself after beingseverely cyberbullied.

Ronit has so much information on

his tablet that he can crack the mostchallenging quizzes, yet all that mattersat the end of the day are his grades inschool where he finds no use of hisknowledge of the world.

The high potential, high intelli-gence and high ability of this genera-tion is true on one hand, but in theworld that they live in, they find theirhomes changing, pressures mountingand the world becoming more preda-tory. They find themselves prey to anx-iety, depression and vulnerable to poormental health. Their susceptibility isoften disproved by many terming it asjitters of growing-up, but such peoplefail to count the transformed environ-ment that actually magnifies theirchallenges.

While writing the book ‘The Life ofZ: Understanding Digital Pre-Teen andAdolescent Generation’ I had the oppor-tunity of talking to countless zeners,their parents, teachers, tutors, childcounsellors, child psychologists, pedia-tricians and I came across such con-trasting stories. There are a group ofschool children who have turned theirschool project into an entrepreneurialjourney while there are many othersstruggling to realise their dreamsbecause they find low acceptance oftheir ideas with their elders.

There are also parents likeSubalaxmi who after understanding theaptitude and personality of her childhas dared to homeschool him, and herson, Akash, has excelled in many waysincluding being invited by a well-known scientist to work in his lab.There are parents like Mukta andSudhanshu, who have supported their

five-year-old daughter in her pursuit ofart and their five year old daughterKamakshi’s name has entered the Indiabook of records for being the youngestMandala artist. Interviewing Bollywoodcelebrity kids like Jannat Zubair (of TVseries Phulwa fame), Ricky Patel(Tubelight with Salman Khan), JineetRath (Talash with Aamir Khan) theirlife stories are interesting and filled withinsights on parenting this modern gen-eration. But, I also came across parentstorn apart by trauma whose onlytwelve-year-old son killed himself inBangalore, depressed by bullying andhis inability to share his anxiety; anoth-er parent who lost their child whokilled himself unable to cope with arelationship stress.

Being a parent of a teenage zenermyself, and in the profession of teach-ing and dabbling with social psycholo-gy, I can understand that parenting,teaching or counselling the zeners isnot at all an easy task. This generationis nothing like we were as kids or evenwhat millennials were when they weregrowing-up. They live in a differenttime, grow in a different environmentand mature early in many ways, yet aresusceptible to falling prey to onlineand offline predators.

There is a need to understandthem and their life issues that are oftencomplex. Without doing the same, thepath is that of ignorance. Recently Icame across a message shared in zeston a WhatsApp group. It read:“Today’s 13-year olds have relationshipstress. When I was that age, I used toclose the fridge door slowly to see howthe light goes off.” This was shared by a

40-something person, parent of azener. Some thought this was funny,but frankly I do not find it funny at all.This is just an evidence of how less weunderstand this generation.

I would not blame the zeners, ortheir parents, teachers or whoevermanages them. Often, we are ourselvesconfused or our thoughts are not inte-grated and zeners get confused by thevarying voices. Take little Ishaan’sexample. He studies in an alternateschool. Ishaan loves reading storybooks. But of late his mother has toldhim that she will not buy him storybooks as they need to care for theenvironment and save paper. Ishaandoes not quite like reading story bookson a digital reader. Anyways, he stud-ies everything academic on the tabletand even writes his notes on that, playsgames on mobile, but when it comes tostory books, he like them printed. Hehas read in his books that environ-mental sustainability means notadding non-biodegradable wastes,keeping the surroundings clean andrecycling wherever possible. Ishaan didnot quite fathom how buying storybooks is not caring for the environ-ment and is quite vocal about his dis-agreement.

During his recent visit to the pedi-atric ophthalmologist, the doctor toldhim to reduce exposure to digitaldevices as it is not good for his eyes.He hardly knows what it is to writewith a pencil or a pen as he uses stylusinstead. He remembers a physicianwho visited his school for medicalcheck-up of kids told his class thatwriting is not only important to have a

good handwriting, but it is also like anexercise that strengthens finger mus-cles and improves general health con-dition. Ishaan does not know whetherto believe his mother or his teacher orhis doctors.

Who do you really blame here?Hard to tell. But one thing is absolutelyclear that the older generation has toassume responsibility. The contrastingstories also make it clear that rightunderstanding and right guidance ofthe older generation can do wonders,but failure is seldom an option. Theparents/teachers have to stop project-ing their childhood or their issues onthe present generation pre-teens andadolescents; make a concerted effort tounderstand the times that they live,empathize with them and their lifeissues; and then manage them. Onlythen the efforts will be synchronised athome, at school and in the society atlarge, and we will be able to connectwith this generation and raise them tobe functional happy adults.

Zeners make close to 32% of theworld population and together withmillennials hold the key to our futureand the future of this planet andhuman civilization. Any short-sighted-ness in understanding them will becatastrophical, to say the least.

The writer is an award-winningauthor of the book, ‘The Life of Y:

Understanding Millennials asEmployees and Consumers’. His latest

book ‘The Life of Z: UnderstandingDigital Pre-teen and Adolescent

Generation’ (SAGE India) releasedrecently on Amazon

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When travelling abroad, trav-el insurance is no longerconsidered optional.

Escalating costs of healthcare, theftand loss combined with availabilityof affordable insurance makes it a no-brainer.

Take an example of a couplehoneymooning in Thailand withplans for sightseeing and adventuresports. While a regular insurancewould cost a few hundred rupees, anyhealth emergency and evacuationcould end up costing tens of thou-sands of dollars. Hospitals, even inAsia, can easily cost US$ 500 a day.Stolen papers, wallets, baggage —stories all too common for most trav-ellers — are also covered in mostplans. In the case of such travels, careshould be taken to ensure that acci-dents during adventure sports arecovered in the policy they purchase.

A variety of customised travelplans are region or risk-specific, like

it is mandatory for an individual tohave a Schengen travel insurance pol-icy or a health insurance plan alongwith the Schengen Visa. Schengentravel insurance policies generallyinclude benefits like emergencymedical expenses, repatriation, acci-dental bodily injury, death or perma-nent disability, extended protectionfor the family, etc in Schengen coun-tries. Meanwhile, to provide aneffortless globe-trotting experience tosenior citizens there is comprehen-sive travel insurance that has addi-tional benefits like cashless medicalservices, medical concierge services,state-of-the-art health care facilities,distress allowance, etc. Many trav-ellers are unaware that their travelinsurance can be extended if theirstay is prolonged. Different insurersoffer specific extension periodsdepending on the travel destinationand the type of traveller.

There are niche products in the

market as well, depending on thekind of travel you are planning: cov-erage for races and adventure sportslike bungee jumping, mountaineer-ing and parasailing, plans that covermedical costs pertaining to pre-existing conditions by offering awaiver to the exclusion, kidnappingetc are some of the value add-onsavailable for policies. We’re hearingof policies that will cover “ cold feetcancellation” for guests heading to adestination wedding, or inconve-niences related to being hijacked —a daily benefit if you are delayed inreaching your destination due to this.

A good idea when choosinginsurance policies is to first take alook at what is covered in your exist-ing plans — sometimes your home-owners or renters’ policies will covervaluables, or your health insurancewill cover emergencies abroad. Next,look at any risks you are taking onthe trip(s) you are covering (scuba

diving, hiking, cruises may requirea niche policy), and then choose apolicy that covers them all.

Another thing to consider whilebuying a travel plan is to keep an eyeout for the deductible. The deductibleis the amount that the policyholderagrees to pay if they need to make aclaim. The insurance company thenreimburses the costs over and abovethat amount. With most travel insur-ance policies, the deductible isapplied to emergency medical carecosts. It may also extend to baggageor trip cancellation/interruption cov-erage. Insurers usually offer a rangeof deductible amounts. Generally,higher the amount, the greater thediscount on the premium. So, addinga deductible is especially beneficialfor people paying high premiums-e.g., those staying abroad for monthsat a time. The growing trend is forpolicies that have a zero deductible,meaning there will be no out-of-

pocket expenses if a claim is filedwith the insurance company. Incountries with extremely high med-ical costs, like the United States, find-ing an insurance plan with a zerodeductible is always wise and almostimperative.

In the event of buying insuranceonline (obviously the most conve-nient option), the customers shouldconsider checking the travel insur-ance coverage, quote for the travelduration, claim settlement ratio andease of contacting customer care.Fine print matters — accidentsunder the influence of intoxicants arenot covered, acts of war or terrorismare often not covered — but for allpurposes, if you don’t have time togo through the various checklists,remember that the important thingis to be covered.

The writer is an insuranceexpert; CEO & co-founder,

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Spectators gathered along Rajpath towitness the Republic Day parade onJanuary 26, 2015 were surprised tosee the tableau of Jharkhand. Eversince the state was formed, it was

perceived to be the land of jungles and a richtribal culture. Beyond that were its indus-trial cities like Jamshedpur and Bokaro, butlargely, it remained unexplored.

The 2015 tableau of Jharkhand was are-creation of a few terracotta temples andthe face of an unknown Goddess enshrinedin one of those temples. It created a hugewave of interest among the audience pre-sent, as well as those who watched the tele-vised version. For many, it was their intro-duction to the terracotta temples of Maluti,a small village in Dumka district ofJharkhand. Up till now people were onlyfamiliar with the Bengal terracotta temples.This small village Maluti has 72 terracottatemples, most of which are embellished withexotic panels of baked clay.

Few months later, Maluti attractedattention once again, when in newly builtRanchi airport, tourism department ofJharkhand placed a huge poster of Malutiwith an objective of encouraging tourismin this almost unknown heritage village.Today, Maluti is counted among the uniqueheritage spots of India.

No where else can one find an instancewhere within a radius of 1,150 ft, a few gen-erations of zamindars have built more than100 terracotta temples instead of palaces andpleasure chambers. Even in Bengal, a statethat houses several world class terracottatemples, there is no such distinctive a vil-lage. Incidentally, Maluti is just a few kilo-metres from Bengal border and its dwellersspeak Bengali and not Hindi. The villagecult and customs are more Bengali thanJharkhand.

Though not much information orknowledge is available on these temples, thelocal folklore/legend has it that this placewas known as Mallahati, a zone owned byMalla dynasty that ruled Bishnupur ofBengal. It is the same place that housesmany world famous terracotta temples.

The place, it is believed, derives its namefrom a local Goddess named Moulakshi,who has no reference in Hindu mytholo-gy. It is assumed that this Goddess camefrom Tantrik cult of Buddhism in which sheis described as elder sister of Tara. Later, shemay have been adopted by the Hindus astheir Goddess and started attracting devo-tees. Based on this information, manybelieve that this place was once influencedby Vajrayana Buddhism, in which shadowof Tantrik cult is said to be profound.

A website claims Adi Shankara visitedthis place when he was touring India in hismission of re-emerging Hinduism overBuddhism. The conversion of a BuddhistGoddess into a Hindu Goddess may be atestimony of that forgotten past.

Legend has it that in the 15th century,a new rule was established by an orphannamed Baj Basanta, who got a huge tax freeland/property as gift, courtesy the thenSultan of Bengal, Alauddin Hussain Shah(1495-1525).

It is said that once during his huntingexpedition, Sultan lost his pet falcon andwas deeply depressed. Basanta, the village

boy, salvaged the falcon and got the birdback to the Sultan. Happy to have his fal-con back, Sultan rewarded Basanta with asizable land. The boy thus got famous as BajBasanta.

Baj Basanta founded his capital at aplace named Dumra. His several genera-tions ruled the area as prominent tax col-lecting landowners.

In 1680, Baj Basanta’s great grandson,named Rajchandra, was killed in a battlewith another king of Rajnagar in Birbhum.Following the incident, his four sons shift-ed their capital to Mallahati. They found theplace to be very peaceful. Once settled, thefamily branched into four and startedexpanding by building a plethora of tem-ples. It is believed that all four branchesstarted founding temples instead of build-ing palaces and pleasure houses.

Gradually, in the next 200 years, a timecame when it was found that the village had108 temples dedicated to various HinduGoddess and almost all decorated withexceptionally beautiful terracotta panels.Today, only 72 temples can be found inMaluti. Rest are either grounded or in adilapidated condition.

These 72 temples are situated in 4 clus-ters in the village and one needs to take nar-row lanes and beaten tracks to visit all. Itis a different matter that the village is verysmall and thinly populated, and so it doesnot take much time to visit all clusters. Poormaintenance and lack of public awarenesshas marred the charm of the place to a greatextent.

The first cluster is known as Madhyambari. The second and third clusters are locat-ed very close to each other and appear asone. They are known as temples of Rajbariand Sikhir bari. The last group of templeswhich are in equally bad condition is knownas Chayer taraf. Apart from these temples,there is a hexagonal rasmancha.

While all temples were originallyembellished with terracotta, due to weath-ering and random defacing of walls, manyof these temples lay painfully bare now. Inmany temples, panels are continuouslycrumbling. The temples have developedcracks and wild vegetation grows uncon-trolled. In a few temples, walls are defaced

with writings and cattle roam inside. Sometemples are still in use and hundreds of peo-ple continue to cause damage to its rich artworks. During Diwali, on occasion ofKalipuja, fairs are organised at temples clus-ters, attracting large crowds. These fairs areyet another cause of continuous damage tothe temples.

The beauty of the terracotta panelsfound on the walls of Maluti temples is dis-tinct from the panels found on the walls ofthe various temples of Bengal. In Bengal,apart from mythology and epic references,various social aspects also feature in terra-cotta panels, whereas in Maluti stories ofRamayana appears to be the main theme.

The central arch and its surroundingareas are all decorated with the battlesequence of Lord Ram and ten-headedRavana. In some panels, Ram is shown onthe shoulder of Hanuman, whereas, in sometemples the same warrior is shown fight-ing on his feet. In some panels, Ram sportsa manly moustache. In a similar manner,Ravana is also visualised in different formsand shapes. He has his usual ten heads andten hands but his postures are distinctivedifferent and vary from temple to temple.

While Ram is accompanied by Laxman andHanuman, Ravana is followed by demonwarriors elegantly dressed up and spirited.The panoply and shoes of Ravana in everytemple are beautiful and distinctive. In somepanels, Ravana can also be seen fightingalone on foot.

Some of the divine figures are veryunique and not commonly found in otherterracotta temples. Musicians, flyingdemons, foot soldiers with naked swords etcare in plenty on each front wall of temples.Social sequences like a royal man onpalanquin, worshiping, goat sacrifice andso on are also found aplenty.

The numbers of panels on the side wallsand back wall, however, are unusually fewand appear to have been removed. A rowof small chariots is carved under every fig-ure of Ram and Ravana. These rows of char-iots are placed just on the apex of mainentrance and again, those are very richlydecorated with warriors fighting withdeadly weapons, either on horses or ele-phants. Beautiful floral designs with vari-ous hindu motifs are etched all over the wall.

Mahishasurmardini Durga is anothercommon feature to be found on these ter-racotta decorated temples. Here, she mountsan animal which neither looks like a lionnor a horse. However, some panels depictexcellent horse statues. In some panels, sheappears with Laxmi and Saraswati on hereither sides and in some, she is depicted byherself.

Even though these temples are largelybelieved to be made of terracotta, there isa contention that these panels may actual-ly be carvings on a very soft type of sand-stone, locally known as phool pathar.Which is a possibility because in Birbhumdistrict of Bengal, some temples are actu-ally decorated with phool pathar and arecommonly confused for terracotta.

The locals have also been using thehexagonal roof less rasmancha (platform)to celebrate Holi and Raas Utsav of Radha-Krishna, which is causing considerableharm to the structure.

Temples of Maluti follow the Bengalschool of temple architecture but sadly notmuch variation found in that. Most of thetemples are made in charchala style, that has

single pinnacle with four sides slopes. Onlya few temples are made of atchala and deulstyle. So a monotony grips while taking atour. However, the thrill of photography seesno bound of satisfaction when one gets tocapture a plethora of similar looking tem-ples in a single frame.

As for now, the temple village ofMaluti is a victim of sheer negligence fromthe government side. The village remainedlost to world and even to the people of itsown state, the undivided Bihar, as well asBengal even before 1979 when ASI officialnamed AK Sinha first undertook a projecton this village and submitted a detailedreport of his work

Despite this report, no basic minimumamenities were built in Maluti and the placedid not find mention in any of the tourismpromotional literature. In 2009, GlobalHeritage Fund surveyed this village andmarked it as one of the fastest vanishing her-itage of the world. Even after that, no majorGovernment fund was sanctioned to pro-tect these temples.

It is heartening to see that the presentgovernment is atleast making that effort topromote it as a unique heritage site of thestate. At an individual level, a local residentnamed Gopaldas Banerjee who has beenobserving the gradual decline of the her-itage has done excellent work to record andprotect these temples. As someone born andbred in the village, Banerjee had heard var-ious legends and stories from his early child-hood and has penned several authenticbooks on the subject. He was recently felic-itated by Jharkhand Government for hiswork of recording history.

The temples of Maluti are a burning tes-timonial to India’s rich yet hidden heritageand if proper protection and exposure is notgiven these beautiful structures, all will belost. Their dilapidated condition is onlyworsened by overgrown vegetation andmassive water leakage from the roof and thewalls. A few of the temples have alreadycrumbled owing to neglect and many areawaiting the same fate. Though somerestoration work has started recently, but noamenities can still be found for the tourists.It would be a pity if these temples are lost— a sin beyond pardoning.

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Novel (new) coronavirus (termed“2019-nCoV”) — a new strain of virus

from China — has the world on edgebecause it’s a close cousin to viruses thatkilled hundreds in separate outbreaks.While it’s too early to tell if this latest threatwill prove as deadly, health authorities aredrawing on lessons from that grim past.

WHAT’S THE LINKThe new virus comes from a large fam-

ily of coronaviruses, some causing noth-ing worse than a cold. But in late 2002, acoronavirus named SARS erupted insouthern China, causing a severe pneu-monia that rapidly spread to other coun-tries. It infected more than 8,000 peopleand killed 774 — and then it disappeared,thanks to public health measures.

In 2012, another coronavirus dubbedMERS began sickening people in SaudiArabia. It’s still hanging around, causingsmall numbers of infections each year. TheWorld Health Organization has countednearly 2,500 cases of MERS in the WestAsia and beyond, and more than 850deaths.

So far, deaths from the new virus havebeen a small fraction of the roughly1,300 confirmed infections, most of thosecases in China.

WHERE DO THESE VIRUSESCOME FROM?

SARS and MERS came from animals,and this newest virus almost certainly did,too. The first people infected visited orworked at a seafood market in the Chinesecity of Wuhan.

SARS initially was traced to civet catssold in a live animal market, but later sci-entists decided it probably originated inbats that infected the civets. People cancatch MERS from infected camels,although again, bats likely first spread thatcoronavirus to camels.

That animal-to-human jump is ahuge concern for all kinds of viruses. Everyso often, new strains of bird flu make the

jump from Asian live poultry markets topeople, for example.

“These wildlife markets are a risk,” saidDr Ian Lipkin of Columbia University, whoassisted the WHO and China during theSARS outbreak and advises Saudi Arabiaabout MERS.

HOW SIMILAR ARE THEY?Experts can’t yet tell whether the new

virus called 2019-nCoV — it stands for

“novel coronavirus” — is more like SARSor MERS. Genetically, they’re all closelyrelated but “they really are different virus-es,” said Dr Anthony Fauci, infectious dis-eases chief at the US National Institutes ofHealth.

One indication of a virus’ danger ishow easily it spreads from person to per-son. Unlike SARS, “it looks like it doesn’ttransmit through the air very easily andprobably transmits through close contact,”

said Dr David Heymann, who headedWHO’s global response to SARS.

And while it’s too soon to be sure,Heymann said the new virus appears mostdangerous to older adults who have otherhealth problems. .

Complicating matters, if this newvirus is fairly mild, it may be harder to stemthe spread. That’s because people whoaren’t sick enough to see a doctor and thusdon’t learn they should be isolated could

keep spreading it, noted Neil Ferguson ofImperial College London, who has consulted for WHO. Nor is there any wayto know yet how often people become infected but show no obvioussymptoms.

“We may see more mild cases as thesurveillance intensifies,” WHO spokesmanTarik Jasarevic said Friday in Geneva. “Sothe issue is not so much really numbersthat we know will go up.”

HOW WILL PEOPLE KNOWTHE DIFFERENCE?

Since symptoms are similar — fever,cough and in more severe cases shortnessof breath or pneumonia — it’ll take a med-ical test to tell. There is one, but healthauthorities in China, the US and elsewhereare working to make it more widely avail-able. Given that it is flu season in China,too, it’s “all the more impressive that theywere able to recognize this outbreakquickly,” Dr Brian Garibaldi of JohnsHopkins University said.

Precautions that hospitals often use forflu season and for other infectious diseasesshould help for this, too, Garibaldi added.For example, in many US hospitals peo-ple are given masks if they arrive with afever and cough during flu season. And alegacy of the 2014 West Africa Ebola out-break — which also resulted in infectedtravelers — is that doctors and hospitalsare supposed to ask about recent foreigntrips.

HUNTING VACCINESWhile there is no vaccine — or spe-

cific treatment — for SARS or MERS,Fauci said it is technically possible to cre-ate a vaccine against this new virus. NIHdid develop a potential vaccine candidatefor SARS. It proved safe in a small first-step study in people but never was testedfurther because by then, the outbreak wasending.

This time around, scientists havemore of a head start. Just weeks after thefirst unusual pneumonias were reported,Chinese scientists mapped the genes of theviral suspect and shared them with worldhealth authorities.

Now, NIH is among several groupsworking to create a vaccine for the newvirus, using newer and faster technologythan was available during SARS. Faucihopes to begin first-step safety tests inabout three months, but something ready for real-world use would take farlonger. AP

������� ������������������ �����������Sebastian Kurz, the youngest

Chancellor of Austria at theage of 33, has just taken over asthe Chancellor of the countryfor the second time. ThePeople’s Party, known as Öster-reichische Volkspartei (OVP),he represents, is primarily acentre-right political party.However, it regards itself as aprogressive centre party whichis the successor of the ChristianSocial Party, established wayback in the 1890s. In fact, theOVP came into being imme-diately after the reestablish-ment of the Republic of Austriain 1945.

Kurz became active in thepolitics of the OVP since theage of 16. As a law student inVienna, he was elected to thepost of the chairman of theyouth wing of the party. By2011, he left his studies to joinas a junior Interior Ministerand rose up to the rank ofForeign Minister in 2013, onlyat the age of 27. In 2015, whenthe whole Europe was plaguedby massive immigration fromwar-torn nations of West Asia,he proposed a plan for imme-diate integration of these immi-grant communities into themainstream. But then he wasall in praise for Hungary’s fire-brand populist leader andPrime Minister Victor Orban.That was the time he was allagainst absorbing more immi-grants from the troubledregions of West Asia and NorthAfrica, such as Syria, Iraq,Libya, etc.

Also, Kurz credited Orbanfor closing the Balkan immi-gration route in 2016. It mustbe noted here that though theopposition in Hungary accus-es him of backsliding when itcomes to democratic freedoms,but he has remained unde-terred in his shaping of a newpolity what he likes to call as“illiberal democracy”. Howeverthe critics simply brand it as asemi-authoritarian state. Withthis kind of a liking, Kurz hasfully endorsed a strong rightturn in Austrian politics and ofcourse change of tactics incoming elections.

Afterwards, he was electedchairman of the OVP in May2017. Surprisingly he led theparty to victory by garneringmore than 31 per cent of thevotes and became theChancellor with the support

from the far right FPO partyfrom December 2017 to May2019. His coalition govern-ment fell only when his coali-tion partner and its leaderHeinz-Christian Strache wererocked by the historic Ibizagatescandal. Therefore, the partythis time has dropped its for-mer coalition partner, the FPO.The OVP was forced to stayaway from this tie-up as theleader of the FPO, Strache, wascaught offering bribe to awoman who posed as the nieceof a Russian oligarch. And allthese took place in Ibiza, oneof the Balearic Islands of Spainlocated in the MediterraneanSea. The Ibizagate trimmed

down the voting share of theparty to only 16 per cent, asharp fall from 26 per cent inthe last elections. The OVP haswon 37 per cent of the votes, upfrom 31 per cent from the lastelection.

It is interesting to know thepolicies and programmes of theparty as they are simply goingto shape the future of Austria.The party is insisting on animmediate ban on theIdentitarian Movement (alsocalled as IBOe) once launchedby the far-right. In fact, itcame into light even before thegeneral election in September.Further the OVP leader AugustWoeginger repeatedly remind-

ed his party colleagues and theAustrian public that the ban onthe Identitarian Movementwould be a condition for mak-ing the next coalitionGovernment of the country.The IBOe is famous for its anti-immigration agenda. But ithas faced crisis as its leaderMartin Sellner is accused ofreceiving money and exchang-ing e-mails with the suspectedperpetrators of gun attacks onmosques in New Zealand, inwhich 51 people died.

Thus finally, the OVP hasstitched an unlikely coalitionwith the Green Party, headedby Werner Kogler. Interestingly,the Greens achieved a historic

win in this election by gettingmore than 13.9 per cent of thevotes. But ironically, Kurz hasbeen stressing for a proper cen-tre-right coalition deal sincethe beginning of the snap pollthat was held in September2019. In that case, the FPOcould have been the logicalpartner to deal with and forma government of their mutualinterests. On the other hand,the FPO was seriously dis-turbed by internal differences.And the party also indicated inthe recent past that it couldvery well go back and take theposition of an opposition party.

Further, the old coalitioni.e. OVP-SPO (Social

Democratic Party) that sur-vived the most parts of thepost-World War II periodseemed to be completely unvi-able today. This coalition isdeeply unpopular among theAustrian electorate today, par-ticularly among the young-sters. At the same time, Kurz,the new chairman of the party,has been criticising the newpower-sharing system devel-oped by both these parties asProporz. Hence, there was nooption left for Kurz, exceptaligning with the Greens.

For the first time inAustria, a female majorityGovernment has come topower this month. And in the

Cabinet of 17 Ministers in thisC o n s e r v a t i v e - G r e e nGovernment, 9 are womenministers. Kurz calls this coali-tion as the “best of bothworlds”. But some say that itwould be difficult for him tosurvive such an unusual tie-up.The reason behind is that howsuch a coalition of centre rightand centre left would survive?It would be difficult for boththe parties to further theirown interests. There are highchances that their supportersand sympathisers would soonbe disillusioned in the days tocome. The ideological gapbetween the Greens and theOVP is too big. The OVP hasa set agenda to cut taxes, dereg-ulate, and reduce public expen-diture whereas the Greenswould like to go for new taxeson inheritance, carbon emis-sions and capital gains, want toengage in huge public infra-structure projects for buildingpublic transportation networksacross the country. Again theGreens will find it really diffi-cult to support Kurz on issueslike tough stance on illegalimmigration, slashing publicfunds for refugees and deport-ing asylum applicants uponreceiving a negative noticeeven if they have jobs and suc-cessfully integrated with theAustrian society. Both the par-ties have strong differencesover education and welfarereforms. His going with theGreens is a critical misreadingof his long-term strategies.The ideological flexibility thathe is displaying at the momentis simply overstated. He willsimply pay for it in the nearfuture. Many thought he is rais-ing an illiberal democracy ofOrban type in Hungary. Butinstead, it seems he is trying tocling to power even with thehelp of the Greens. His brandof politics may soon lose steam.And if cracks appear in thepartnership, this will onceagain push Austria into a newuncertainty only.

Whatsoever it may be, peo-ple in Austria are just thinking‘schau ma mal’ i.e. Let’s see. Itis very apparent that it is acoalition that Kurz never want-ed and many say that it isunlikely to last.

(The writer is an expert oninternational affairs)

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endeavour since his session with me. Hewas advised to reflect upon his innerframe of mind in a meditative mode,identify the inherent fault lines,acknowledge them, and make necessaryamends from the root level throughfresh educative inputs. He did reflect fora while, but not in a meditative mode. Infact, he used to seek guidance on how tomodify his conduct. As also, on how torelate to his parents so as to keep themin good humour. The saner side of himwas then driving his thought process, aswould Jupiter beneficially aligned tomind signifying Moon may mean.

He, thereafter, began consciouslyevading getting into unnecessary argu-ment with his parents, unlike earlierwhen he would react to everything.That helped improve his relationshipwith parents over a period of time, butnot without intermittent bouts ofaggression. His habit tendencies wouldthen temporarily overtake his thoughtprocess. But after offending them, hewould regret, seek clarification onwhere and why he went wrong, and as

advised, say sorry to mend fences.Remember, habits die hard, and wouldnot spare you unless the thought-seedsto which they are rooted in the innerrealms of mind, are resolved from thebase level. That is only possible throughself-reflection in meditative mode.Otherwise, when caught unguarded, theinherent tendencies will come intoimmediate play, and evidently to one’sdetriment.

On work front, he was not contend-ed with just his family business, whichbeing considerably big demanded full-time engagement. His sense of insecuri-ty played heavy on his mind, coming asit may with the Sun placed adverse toSaturn. The trigger was, not beingnamed a director in the company,whereas his first cousins were inductedinto the board of his uncle’s company.He felt that he was being denied his due.He was afraid that because of tempera-mental differences with parents, hewould be deprived of his legacy. It couldnot register in his mind that they werein fact grooming him in a way thatbefore he was handed charge, he getstime and space to get over his attitudi-nal limitations, so that he could lead

with prudence and patience. The man in hurry wished to hur-

riedly create something of his own. Trueto his nature, he was toying with manyentrepreneurial ventures. For, mind sig-nifying Moon is posited in a Mercuryowned sign, a planet identified withmultiplicity. He was advised to take upone project at a time, take it to its logi-cal end, stabilise it, before getting intoanother venture. But given his habit, hekept arguing to prove his point andwon’t listen.

He tried to enter into partnershipwith one start-up company that wasassisting him in one of his projects. Butthe promoters refused. That raked uphis ego, as would the Sun placed adverseto Jupiter imply. He could not digestrefusal and thus got trapped in his ownbind. In reaction, he rushed throughpartnership with another start-up com-pany that was also assisting him in hisproject, just with the intent to outsmartthe other company. Made dispropor-tionate investment despite stiff resis-tance from his associates. Later, herealised that the return he expected maytake some time. He forgot that anymaiden venture has to go through meandown time before giving returns. Hethen lost his nerves. Following which,

he on the strength of money powerbegan playing all tricks in his hand totake over the company, which met withstiff resistance from the original pro-moters. Eventually the partnershipbroke off and he lost heavily.

If all that would not be enough, hespent heavily in branding himself. Hisillusionary perceptions made himignore all advice to wait till his venturetook off well, as would the Sun oppositemischievous Neptune imply. Beingyoung, he had enough time in hand forimage building. But he was in a hurry torough shoulders with the bigwigs in theBusiness world. In the process he wentout of proportion to pay a hefty sum tobecome a member of an Internationalorganisation.

Now, because of economic down-turn, on completion of his project, hisproduct line is not moving on expectedlines. Consequently, he is now undersevere financial pressure, making it dif-ficult to push through his product in themarket.

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