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T welve days after Paksitan- based Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) carried out a deadly ter- ror attack in Pulwama killing 44 CRPF men, Indian fighter jets on Tuesday pre-dawn exe- cuted pin-pointed punitive strikes deep inside Pakistan ter- ritory against terror groups’ training camps eliminating around 300 of their cadre. India termed the action as “pre-emptive” and “non-mili- tary” to deter JeM from carry- ing out suicide attacks in the country. It was not clear whether JeM chief Maulana Masood Azhar’s brother-in- law Maulana Yusuf Azhar, alias Ustad Ghouri, was killed in the IAF attack. Precision guided ammuni- tion and missiles were used to destroy the JeM’s biggest terror camp in Balakot in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province (KPK) located at the tri-junction of Pakistan Punjab and KPK. Using air power for the first time since the 1971 war with Pakistan, India conducted “intelligence-led” operation. In fact, the IAF was not allowed to cross the Line of Control (LoC) even at the height of the Kargil war in 1999. The punitive strikes were carried out by at least 12 Mirage-2000 jets at 3.40 am. The terror camp in Balakot is located about 60km as the crow flies from the LoC in Uri in Kashmir, sources said. The actual bombing at the terror camp was over in 90 sec- onds and at least five to six Mirages were in Pakistani ter- ritory for not more than six to seven minutes. The entire operation including the Mirages taking off from various locations close to the LoC to confuse the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) lasted about 20 minutes and all the aircraft landed back safely. The Pakistan Army alleged the strike was futile. “Indian aircraft intruded from Muzafarabad sector. Facing timely and effective response from PAF, they released pay- load in haste while escaping which fell near Balakot. No casualties or damage,” said Major General Asif Ghafoor, Director General of Inter- Services Public Relations (ISPR), which is the media wing of the Pakistan Army. Sources said at least two Mirages flew in a loop after radars picked them up in order to confuse Pakistani defences. Two other Mirages flying at low level slipped through the radar net and targeted the terror camp, sources said. The Mirages also used elec- tronic warfare to jam the enemy radars to enter Pakistani airspace and deployed the same tactics when PAF scrambled their F-16s near Balakot. Also, some SU-30 MKI, the frontline fighter jets, were deployed close to the LoC to take care of any retaliatory action by the PAF besides air borne early earning commu- nication system aircraft hovered in Indian ter- ritory to feed real time situation about Pakistani defences to the Mirage formation, they said. At least 1,000 kg of explo- sives were released by the IAF jets to destroy the camp. While the mother base of Mirage-2000s is at Gwalior, more than 1,000 km from Balakot, the jets selected for the mission were shifted to some forward bases in Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab and Haryana shortly before the designated time. Mid-air refuellers pro- vided fuel to the jets to sustain them for long in the air. The Mirages also took off from various airbases to avoid Pakistan intelligence network, they said. Giving details of the strikes and terming them as “non-mil- itary” apparently since the tar- gets were not military, Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale said here credible intelligence was received that the JeM was plan- ning to carry out other suicide attacks in India after the Pulwama bombing. Related reports on P5, 6 A fter the IAF successfully carried out the mission to destroy terror camps in Balakot on Tuesday, the Indian defence establishment is on guard to thwart any retaliation from across the border. Officials said the next 48 hours are most crucial as Pakistan might be forced to carry out some action in a “tit for tat” to assuage its domestic audience, which is questioning the lapses in Pakistan defences to detect the fighter jets which penetrated deep inside the country. In the fast evolving sce- nario post Balakot attack, the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi took stock of the situation and defence preparedness to meet any challenge from Pakistan. Since India does not have any terrorist camps, Pakistan can resort to airstrike only by targeting military or civilian targets. This could be an open declaration of war, which Islamabad could ill afford given its global isolation and miser- able economic situation. Given that constraint,. Pakistan will try to ramp up pressure all across the 750km Line of Control (LOC) in Jammu & Kashmir and International Border stretching from Jammu to Punjab, Rajasthan and Gujarat. All these States are now on high alert. The Army is on alert across the LoC as it is the first line of defence there. All the airbases of the IAF are also following the drills to prevent any aerial attack. Reports indicated that many high value targets like fighter jets were shifted to underground hangars to avoid detection by Pakistani satellites. Most of these airbases are in Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Jammu & Kashmir, sources said. Also, the IAF has taken all offensive measures to respond in case Pakistan vio- lates Indian airspace from any direction, they said.s I ndia on Tuesday reaches out to world powers on its airstrike on the Jaish-e- Mohammed’s (JeM) biggest terror training camp at Balakot in Pakistan and briefed envoy of 12 nations about its “pre- emptive measure”. Top sources said External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj also spoke to her coun- terparts in the US, China, Singapore, Bangladesh and Afghanistan and briefed them on the airstrike on the JeM training camp. In her telephonic conver- sation with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Sushma explained the reasons behind the strike and conveyed that the action was specifically target- ed at the JeM camp. She also spoke to Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and apprised him of the “non-mil- itary, preemptive airstrikes”, the sources said. Sushma is scheduled to brief the Chinese Foreign Minister and Russian Foreign Minister on Wednesday. Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale and other Secretaries have been briefing separately to foreign envoys, including envoys of the P-5 countries — the United States, Russia, China, France and the United Kingdom. Envoys of Sri Lanka, Australia, Maldives, Afghanistan, Bhutan, Turkey and Indonesia were also briefed about the airstrike. Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne also issued a stern warning to Pakistan saying that Pakistan take “urgent and meaningful” action against ter- rorist groups in its territory, including Jaish-e-Mohammed which has claimed responsi- bility for the 14 February bombing, and Lashkar-e- Tayyeba.” Churu (Rajasthan): In his first public address after airstrikes on terror camps in Pakistan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the country is in safe hands and that he will not let the country down. The PM stressed that noth- ing was above the nation. “Today is a day to pay homage to India’s bravehearts. Today, from the land of Churu, I want to assure the people of the country that the country is in safe hands,” he said at a public rally here. The PM, however, did not make a direct reference to the strikes. Recalling his address at the 2014-Vijay Shankhnad Yuva Sangam, the Prime Minister said today was the day to reiterate the senti- ments. P akistan on Tuesday strong- ly rejected India’s claim of targeting terrorist camp in the country and causing heavy casualties even as it vowed to respond “at the time and place of its choosing” and raise the issue at the United Nations and other international forums. At a hurriedly called spe- cial meeting of the National Security Committee (NSC) hours after India’s airstrikes inside Pakistan, Prime Minister Imran Khan asked the armed forces and the people of his country to remain prepared for “all eventualities.” “The forum (NSC) strong- ly rejected Indian claim of tar- geting an alleged terrorist camp near Balakot and the claim of heavy casualties. Once again Indian Government has resort- ed to a self-serving, reckless and fictitious claim,” said a statement issued after the NSC meeting in Islamabad. The country’s top civil and military brass “concluded that India has committed uncalled for aggression to which Pakistan shall respond at the time and place of its choosing,” it added. It also invited the world media to see the facts on ground and proposed a visit to the site. Citing sources, Geo TV reported that Pakistan will raise the issue of India’s “violation” of the LoC at the United Nations, the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation and other inter- national forums. T he terrorist training camp in Balakot was targeted by India after intelligence indi- cated that scores of terrorists of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) and other terror groups had shift- ed there after the Pulwama attack to escape any action by the Indian security forces. Earlier, these fidayeen and fighters were lodged in launch pads close to the Line of Control (LoC) to infiltrate from multiple points in Jammu & Kashmir through South and North of Pir Panjal mountain ranges. Elaborating upon the rea- son for zeroing in on Balakot, located at the junction of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), Pakistan’s Punjab and Balochistan, officials in the security establishment said this camp is the main centre of JeM and some other terrorist organ- isations. The camp is headed by JeM chief Maulana Masood Azhar’s brother-in-law Maulana Yusuf Azhar. However, it is not yet con- firmed if he was present in the camp when the IAF targeted it, sources admitted. Balakot is located in a hill- top forest far away from civil- ian population and military establishments and therefore a “sitting duck target”, for the Indian forces to avoid collater- al damage for punitive action, they said. At least 325 terrorists and 25 to 27 trainers were at the camp when the Indian fighter jets attacked and it was the biggest camp operated by the Pakistan-based JeM which had claimed responsibility for the February 14 suicide attack on a CRPF convoy in Pulwama that martyred 44 jawans. In fact, JeM chief’s son Abdullah had also undergone training in militancy at the same camp, they said adding new recruits are imparted training in handling weapons. T he terror “facility at Balakot” that was struck by Mirage fighter jets at 3.30 am on Tuesday was headed by Maulana Yousuf Azhar or Mohammed Salim, the brother- in-law of Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar. Maulana Yousuf Azhar is believed to be one of the hijack- ers of Indian Airlines Airbus IC-814 in December 1999, which led to the release of Masood Azhar and two other terrorists by New Delhi in exchange for passengers’ safe- ty after a seven-day crisis. The Balakot camp of JeM was a joint training camp of the Pakistan Army’s terror proxy that also trained some fighters for al-Qaeda and some of the recruits of East Turkistan Islamic Party which is active in the Xinjiang province of China. Many of these fidayeens and recruits are also suspected to have been killed in the deep strike by the Indian Air Force. Yousuf Azhar, who headed the Balakot-based Jaish-e- Mohammad terror camp, is wanted by the CBI in the IC- 814 hijacking case with a pend- ing Interpol red corner notice (RCN) against him since 2000, officials said. J harkhand hailed the Government on Tuesday for its prompt action against cross border terrorism. Cutting across party lines and ideolog- ical walls, politicians, activists and the commoners of the State wholeheartedly praised the airstrike that reportedly neutralised over 300 militants in Pakistan and Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) in the wee hours of Tuesday. Chief Minister Raghubar Das saluted the valour of the Indian Airforce and lauded the Narendra Modi-led Government at the Centre for showing the world that India was not ready to tolerate ter- rorism anymore. “This is new India. It will not spare terrorists and their patrons. Today’s airstrike has yet again proved that our coun- try is in safe hands,” Das tweet- ed on Tuesday. Continued on Page 2

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Page 1: (ˆ˘˘ˆ) ˆ * ˜˙$.%ˇ˜˚+0123 +,-. /0 ) 1 1 + -2 ) -- 3 452-%2 ......chief Masood Azhar. Maulana Yousuf Azhar is believed to be one of the hijack-ers of Indian Airlines Airbus

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Twelve days after Paksitan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad

(JeM) carried out a deadly ter-ror attack in Pulwama killing44 CRPF men, Indian fighterjets on Tuesday pre-dawn exe-cuted pin-pointed punitivestrikes deep inside Pakistan ter-ritory against terror groups’training camps eliminatingaround 300 of their cadre.

India termed the action as“pre-emptive” and “non-mili-tary” to deter JeM from carry-ing out suicide attacks in thecountry. It was not clearwhether JeM chief MaulanaMasood Azhar’s brother-in-law Maulana Yusuf Azhar, aliasUstad Ghouri, was killed in theIAF attack.

Precision guided ammuni-tion and missiles were used todestroy the JeM’s biggest terrorcamp in Balakot in KhyberPakhtunkhwa Province (KPK)located at the tri-junction ofPakistan Punjab and KPK.Using air power for the firsttime since the 1971 war withPakistan, India conducted“intelligence-led” operation.In fact, the IAF was not allowedto cross the Line of Control(LoC) even at the height of theKargil war in 1999.

The punitive strikes werecarried out by at least 12Mirage-2000 jets at 3.40 am.The terror camp in Balakot islocated about 60km as thecrow flies from the LoC in Uriin Kashmir, sources said.

The actual bombing at theterror camp was over in 90 sec-onds and at least five to sixMirages were in Pakistani ter-ritory for not more than six toseven minutes. The entireoperation including theMirages taking off from variouslocations close to the LoC toconfuse the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) lasted about 20minutes and all the aircraftlanded back safely.

The Pakistan Army allegedthe strike was futile. “Indianaircraft intruded fromMuzafarabad sector. Facingtimely and effective responsefrom PAF, they released pay-load in haste while escapingwhich fell near Balakot. Nocasualties or damage,” saidMajor General Asif Ghafoor,Director General of Inter-Services Public Relations(ISPR), which is the mediawing of the Pakistan Army.

Sources said at least twoMirages flew in a loop afterradars picked them up in orderto confuse Pakistani defences.Two other Mirages flying at lowlevel slipped through the radarnet and targeted the terrorcamp, sources said.

The Mirages also used elec-tronic warfare to jam theenemy radars to enter Pakistani

airspace and deployed the sametactics when PAF scrambledtheir F-16s near Balakot.

Also, some SU-30 MKI, thefrontline fighter jets, weredeployed close to the LoC totake care of any retaliatoryaction by the PAF besides airborne early earning commu-nication system aircraft hovered in Indian ter-ritory to feed real time situationabout Pakistani defences tothe Mirage formation, theysaid.

At least 1,000 kg of explo-sives were released by the IAFjets to destroy the camp.

While the mother base ofMirage-2000s is at Gwalior,more than 1,000 km fromBalakot, the jets selected for themission were shifted to someforward bases in Jammu &Kashmir, Punjab and Haryanashortly before the designatedtime. Mid-air refuellers pro-vided fuel to the jets to sustainthem for long in the air.

The Mirages also took offfrom various airbases to avoidPakistan intelligence network,they said.

Giving details of the strikesand terming them as “non-mil-itary” apparently since the tar-gets were not military, ForeignSecretary Vijay Gokhale saidhere credible intelligence wasreceived that the JeM was plan-ning to carry out other suicideattacks in India after thePulwama bombing.

Related reports on P5, 6

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After the IAF successfullycarried out the mission to

destroy terror camps in Balakoton Tuesday, the Indian defenceestablishment is on guard tothwart any retaliation fromacross the border.

Officials said the next 48hours are most crucial asPakistan might be forced tocarry out some action in a “tit for tat” to assuage itsdomestic audience, which isquestioning the lapses inPakistan defences to detect thefighter jets which penetrateddeep inside the country.

In the fast evolving sce-nario post Balakot attack, theCabinet Committee onSecurity (CCS) chaired byPrime Minister Narendra Moditook stock of the situation anddefence preparedness to meetany challenge from Pakistan.

Since India does not haveany terrorist camps, Pakistancan resort to airstrike only bytargeting military or civiliantargets. This could be an open

declaration of war, whichIslamabad could ill afford givenits global isolation and miser-able economic situation. Giventhat constraint,. Pakistan willtry to ramp up pressure allacross the 750km Line ofControl (LOC) in Jammu &Kashmir and InternationalBorder stretching from Jammuto Punjab, Rajasthan andGujarat. All these States arenow on high alert.

The Army is on alert acrossthe LoC as it is the first line ofdefence there. All the airbasesof the IAF are also following thedrills to prevent any aerialattack. Reports indicated thatmany high value targets like fighter jets wereshifted to underground hangarsto avoid detection by Pakistanisatellites.

Most of these airbases arein Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan,Gujarat and Jammu & Kashmir,sources said. Also, the IAF hastaken all offensive measures torespond in case Pakistan vio-lates Indian airspace from anydirection, they said.s

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India on Tuesday reaches outto world powers on its

airstrike on the Jaish-e-Mohammed’s (JeM) biggestterror training camp at Balakotin Pakistan and briefed envoyof 12 nations about its “pre-emptive measure”.

Top sources said ExternalAffairs Minister Sushma Swaraj also spoke to her coun-terparts in the US, China,Singapore, Bangladesh andAfghanistan and briefed themon the airstrike on the JeMtraining camp.

In her telephonic conver-sation with US Secretary ofState Mike Pompeo, Sushmaexplained the reasons behindthe strike and conveyed that the

action was specifically target-ed at the JeM camp. She alsospoke to Chinese ForeignMinister Wang Yi and apprised him of the “non-mil-itary, preemptive airstrikes”,the sources said. Sushma isscheduled to brief the ChineseForeign Minister and Russian Foreign Minister on Wednesday.

Foreign Secretary VijayGokhale and other Secretarieshave been briefing separately toforeign envoys, includingenvoys of the P-5 countries —the United States, Russia,China, France and the UnitedKingdom. Envoys of Sri Lanka,Australia, Maldives,Afghanistan, Bhutan, Turkeyand Indonesia were also briefedabout the airstrike.

Australian ForeignMinister Marise Payne alsoissued a stern warning toPakistan saying that Pakistan take “urgent andmeaningful” action against ter-rorist groups in its territory,including Jaish-e-Mohammedwhich has claimed responsi-bility for the 14 Februarybombing, and Lashkar-e-Tayyeba.”

Churu (Rajasthan): In his firstpublic address after airstrikeson terror camps in Pakistan,Prime Minister Narendra Modion Tuesday said the country isin safe hands and that he willnot let the country down.

The PM stressed that noth-ing was above the nation. “Todayis a day to pay homage to India’sbravehearts. Today, from theland of Churu, I want to assurethe people of the country thatthe country is in safe hands,” hesaid at a public rally here. ThePM, however, did not make adirect reference to the strikes.

Recalling his address atthe 2014-Vijay ShankhnadYuva Sangam, the Prime Minister said today wasthe day to reiterate the senti-ments.

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Pakistan on Tuesday strong-ly rejected India’s claim of

targeting terrorist camp in thecountry and causing heavycasualties even as it vowed torespond “at the time and placeof its choosing” and raise theissue at the United Nations andother international forums.

At a hurriedly called spe-cial meeting of the NationalSecurity Committee (NSC)hours after India’s airstrikesinside Pakistan, Prime Minister

Imran Khan asked the armedforces and the people of hiscountry to remain prepared for“all eventualities.”

“The forum (NSC) strong-ly rejected Indian claim of tar-geting an alleged terrorist campnear Balakot and the claim ofheavy casualties. Once againIndian Government has resort-ed to a self-serving, recklessand fictitious claim,” said astatement issued after the NSCmeeting in Islamabad.

The country’s top civil andmilitary brass “concluded that

India has committed uncalledfor aggression to whichPakistan shall respond at thetime and place of its choosing,”it added.

It also invited the worldmedia to see the facts onground and proposed a visit tothe site. Citing sources, Geo TVreported that Pakistan willraise the issue of India’s “violation” of the LoC at theUnited Nations, theOrganisation of IslamicCooperation and other inter-national forums.

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The terrorist training campin Balakot was targeted by

India after intelligence indi-cated that scores of terrorists ofJaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) andother terror groups had shift-ed there after the Pulwamaattack to escape any action bythe Indian security forces.Earlier, these fidayeen andfighters were lodged in launchpads close to the Line ofControl (LoC) to infiltratefrom multiple points in Jammu & Kashmir throughSouth and North of Pir Panjalmountain ranges.

Elaborating upon the rea-son for zeroing in on Balakot,located at the junction ofKhyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK),Pakistan’s Punjab andBalochistan, officials in thesecurity establishment said thiscamp is the main centre of JeM

and some other terrorist organ-isations. The camp is headed byJeM chief Maulana MasoodAzhar’s brother-in-lawMaulana Yusuf Azhar.However, it is not yet con-firmed if he was present in thecamp when the IAF targeted it,sources admitted.

Balakot is located in a hill-top forest far away from civil-ian population and militaryestablishments and therefore a“sitting duck target”, for theIndian forces to avoid collater-al damage for punitive action,they said.

At least 325 terrorists and25 to 27 trainers were at thecamp when the Indian fighterjets attacked and it was thebiggest camp operated by thePakistan-based JeM which hadclaimed responsibility for theFebruary 14 suicide attack ona CRPF convoy in Pulwamathat martyred 44 jawans.

In fact, JeM chief ’s sonAbdullah had also undergonetraining in militancy at thesame camp, they said addingnew recruits are imparted training in handlingweapons.

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The terror “facility at Balakot”that was struck by Mirage

fighter jets at 3.30 am onTuesday was headed byMaulana Yousuf Azhar orMohammed Salim, the brother-in-law of Jaish-e-Mohammedchief Masood Azhar.

Maulana Yousuf Azhar isbelieved to be one of the hijack-ers of Indian Airlines AirbusIC-814 in December 1999,which led to the release ofMasood Azhar and two otherterrorists by New Delhi in

exchange for passengers’ safe-ty after a seven-day crisis.

The Balakot camp of JeMwas a joint training camp of thePakistan Army’s terror proxythat also trained some fightersfor al-Qaeda and some of therecruits of East Turkistan Islamic Party whichis active in the Xinjiangprovince of China. Many ofthese fidayeens and recruits arealso suspected to have beenkilled in the deep strike by theIndian Air Force.

Yousuf Azhar, who headedthe Balakot-based Jaish-e-Mohammad terror camp, iswanted by the CBI in the IC-814 hijacking case with a pend-ing Interpol red corner notice(RCN) against him since 2000,officials said.

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Chief Minister Raghubar Dassaluted the valour of the IndianAirforce and lauded theNarendra Modi-ledGovernment at the Centre forshowing the world that Indiawas not ready to tolerate ter-rorism anymore.

“This is new India. It willnot spare terrorists and theirpatrons. Today’s airstrike hasyet again proved that our coun-try is in safe hands,” Das tweet-ed on Tuesday.

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Nuvoco Vistas Corp Ltd(formerly Lafarge India

Limited), one of the country’sleading building materialsmanufacturers, bagged theFICCI CSR Award for 2017-18in the Women Empowermentcategory at the 17th edition ofFICCI CSR Awards ceremonyheld in New Delhi. They wereawarded for their project‘Aakriti’, which has broughtabout economic empowermentof women in the community byengaging them in sustainablesources of livelihood.

The project has beenimplemented in theNimbaheda block ofChittorgarh where, over time,400 women from neighbouringvillages have been trained intailoring and associated skills.The project runs across five vil-lages of Mangrol, Bhawaliya,Unkhliya, Arniya Joshi,Nimbaheda in Chittorgarh.Project Aakriti has managed totransform the lives of womenand their respective house-

holds by empowering them.Their financial independencehas led to them have a strongervoice in dometic decision-making; while additionallyimproving the overall quality oflife through better access toeducation, nutrition intake andasset creation. The projectstarted as a pilot in 2014-15when Nuvoco upgraded thestitching training centre to a‘Production Centre’.

Speaking on the winJoydeep Chatterjee, chief ofprojects, CSR & corporateaffairs, Nuvoco, said, “Aakritihas been one of our most chal-lenging projects as it requiredchanging highly conservativemindsets while also identifyinga sustainable source of liveli-hood that was also consideredacceptable for women in thatmilieu.

It is also one of our signif-icant initiatives in enterprisedevelopment, which is thrivingand self-sustaining. Viewedagainst this backdrop; theFICCI Award is an importantvalidation of our efforts.”

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Neeraj Kant, managingdirector, The Indian Steel

& Wire Products (ISWP) Ltdhas been elected as theChairman of CII JharkhandState Council for the year 2019-20. His name was announcedat the first meeting of thereconstituted CII JharkhandState Council held inJamshedpur on Tuesday coin-ciding with the AnnualMeeting of CII Jharkhand StateCouncil 2018-19.

Neeraj Kant has a B TechDegree from The IndianInstitute of Technology, Kanpurand did his MBA from theEdinburgh UniversityManagement School. He has awide experience of Marketing& Sales in the Steel Industry,both in the public as well asprivate sectors. In his tenurewith Tata Steel Ltd. during last15 years, he has made signifi-cant contributions in severalpath breaking initiatives. He iswell known for his steel mar-ket understanding and businessleadership.

Sanjay Sabherwal, manag-ing director, Metaldyne

Industries Limited has beenelected as the vice chairman ofCII Jharkhand State Councilfor the year 2019-20.

Sabherwal graduated fromBITS Pilani in 1986, with a BE(Hons) in ChemicalEngineering and a MSc (Hons)in Economics. He joined TheTinplate Co of India Ltd inJamshedpur as a GT. Sabherwalis an entrepreneurial bug andset up a 1-man Industrial goodsdistributorship in 1988. He setup the first Manufacturingfacility for auto components in1992. The company, MetaldyneIndustries Limited, is now a JVwith a US company from 2000with an eye towards engineeredproducts & international mar-kets. It is currently a global sup-plier to multiple OEM’s likeFord, Nissan, Volvo andCummins in 12 countries, withbackward integration infoundry.

Coinciding with its AnnualMeeting, CII Jharkhand organ-ised a Session on BuildJharkhand: Responsible.Inclusive. Sustainable.Entrepreneurial. The sessiondeliberated on buildingJharkhand with the benefitsgenerated percolating to allsections of the society so thatthe state can play a significantrole in India’s growth story.

The session was addressedby Tarun Daga, managingdirector, JUSCO, S K Behera,vice chairman & managingdirector, RSB Transmissions(I) Ltd, Pankaj Malhan, deputychief executive officer,Electrosteel Steels Ltd (AVedanta Group Entity), KillolKamani, Chairman, CIIJharkhand State Council &managing director, SamarthEngineering Co Pvt Ltd, NeerajKant.

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The South Eastern Railway(SER) on Tuesday issued a

list of trains which will remaincancelled due to the ongoingmodernisation and safety relat-ed work in various sections ofHowrah-Mumbai route.

The Hazur Sahib Nanded-Santragachi Express willremain cancelled on two days-March 4 and 11 for the mod-ernisation work which alsoincludes upgradation of the sig-nalling system. TheSantragachi–Hazur SahibNanded Express will remaincancelled on March 6 and 13.

The LTT-TatanagarAntyodaya Express will remaincancelled on March 5, 9, 12and 16 while the Tatanagar-LTT Antyodaya Express whichtoo runs on the Howrah-

Mumbai trunk route willremain cancelled on March 3,7, 10 and 14.

The Sambalpur-RourkelaPassenger will remain can-celled till March 14 fromFebruary 26. The Santragachi-Chennai Antyodaya Expresswill remain cancelled on March11 while the Chennai-Santragachi Antyodaya Expresswill remain cancelled on March14.

Chief public relations offi-cer of South Eastern Railway,Sanjay Ghosh said they havealready informed the authori-ties concerned. After the mod-ernisation gets completed,speed of mail and expresstrains travelling in Howrah-Mumbai main line would beaugmented.

Meanwhile, passengerstraveling to Mumbai are facing

harrowing times. Due to can-cellation of trains they have nochoice left to travel to other

places. Due to this, the rush inother trains has increased somuch so that the authorities

have issued a no-room fortrains.

Authorities at

Chakradharpur railway divi-sion informed that a circularhas been issued in this regard.

Located on the Howrah-Mumbai main route Tatanagaris an important station. Severalimportant trains travel viaTatanagar, including the high-profile Rajdhani Express andDuronto Express. The stationsees a daily traffic of 90 mail,express and passenger trains,besides a footfall of more than60,000 passengers.

Tatanagar station directorH K Balmuchu said that theygot an official circular regard-ing the railway job.

"We are spreading the mes-sage for the passengers so thatthey are aware about the deci-sions. The block would beundertaken for modernisationwork of railway tracks andsignalling system," he added.

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Heavy rain accompanied byhailstones lashed the city

on Tuesday afternoon.According to the sources, somehailstones even weighed to 50gram. It came as a surprise formany local residents as theyclaimed to have experiencedhailstorm for the first time.

“We have never seen suchrain during recent past. Theywere bigger in size and hard aswell. We were frightened andtook shelter wherever we foundplace,” said a local resident ofSakch. Sources said, rainaccompanied with hailstonescontinued for nearly hour.There has been no report onany damage to property orcasualty so far.

Indian MeteorologicalDepartment had warned ofthe strong likelihood of thun-derstorm accompanied by hail-storm over a wide area of thecountry, including Jharkhand,over the next three days.

Currently, wheat, mustard,gram, peas, cauliflower, cab-bage, tomato and French beansare growing on fields, said anexpert. "Hailstorm will putpoor farmers in trouble," he

said. Earlier too, we haveseen farmers weepingafter their crops werepelted by hail.

People, who thoughtthat it was time to bidadieu to sweaters andpullovers, were in for ashock when it turnedchilly this evening. The

hailstorm brought the city to agrinding halt with reports ofwater-logging and damage toproperty coming in from sev-eral areas.

The hailstorm continuedfor an hour and disrupted life.Windscreens of a number ofcars, window-panes andasbestos sheets of severalhomes were damaged. A thinlayer of ice covered the roadand trees uprooted.

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BERMO: Two people werekilled while one was injuredafter their bike lost balance andhit the divider on Bokaro-Ramgrah highway, late onMonday night. Police said thatit seemed that the driver of themotor-bike was under theinfluence of alcohol whichmade him lose control of thevehicle.

According to the police, thedeceased has been identified asManoj Kumar Manjhi (24) andPahlad Soreon (22) while theinjured has been identified asVisay Tuddu, all three nativesof Kochagoda, and TardBalidih. "The incident tookplace at around 10.15 pm whenthe trio was riding back hometowards Bandhdih from Toll-plaza. Manoj was riding thebike when the incident tookplace," said a senior policeofficer.

All the three were rushedto the hospital where the twowere declared brought dead onarrival while Visay Ruddy issaid to be critical. He is under-going treatment atBGH,Bokaro, police said. PNS

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The Jharkhand Revenue,Registration and Land

Reforms department is all setto roll out the National GenericDocument Registration System(NGDRS) across the State inthe first week of March.

The NGDRS is a system forland record maintenance andregistration developed by thedepartment of land resources ofGovernment of India andNational Informatics Centre(NIC). The system will enablethe Union Government tomaintain a uniform land recordregistration system across thecountry. The Centre had direct-ed all the States to implementthis system by the end ofMarch this year.

“We conducted a meetingon Tuesday to discuss rollingout the project across the Stateas soon as possible and if we getpermission from the Centre, wewould most likely launch it on

March 1,” said IG Registration,A Muthukumar.

He added, “A pilot projectwas launched in Jamshedpur inOctober 2018, which is run-ning successfully now.” Withthe launch in Jamshedpur,Jharkhand had become thefifth State in country to suc-cessfully start the project afterPunjab, Andaman & Nicobar,Manipur and Goa.

The NGDRS would helpproperty buyers know the cir-cle rate for land across thecountry and will also helpthem understand type of landand such land which cannot besold like government land,tribal land, mortgaged landand others.

Muthukumar said, “Anyperson can visit the NGDRSwebsite of a respective state and

get to know about the landrates and types. This will makeit easier for investors to knowwhere they can easily get land.”

Also, once the system isimplemented, the propertybuyers will not have to visit theregistration office several timesto get their property regis-tered. The entire process, rightfrom applying for registry topaying stamp duty and courtfee will be made online. Peoplewill get an appointment date onwhich they will have to appearat the registrar's office, only forthe final signing of documentsand registration.

While the NGDRS systemonly enables online registrationand maintenance of landrecords, the State departmentis also working on uploadingthe old land record details. “Wewill upload all land recorddetails on cloud till 1947 foreasy access. Almost 70 percentwork has already been done,”the registrar said.

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From Page 1Tuesday was one of the rare

days when even the Oppositionparties were all praise for theruling government.

The Jharkhand MuktiMorcha (JMM), a staunch crit-ic of the Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP), issued a statement laud-ing the airstrike hours after thenews of India’s retaliatoryaction against Pakistan wentviral.

“All the 130 crore Indiansare proud of our brave airforceofficer’s valour. Today’s airstrikehas confirmed that we are safeas long as our brave soldiers areprotecting us. We salute oursoldiers and their families,” apress communiqué from JMMsaid.

Lauding the attack, Leaderof Opposition Hemant Sorensaid that the Indian Airforcehas made the country proudand they deserve appreciationfor their bravery.

BJP State PresidentLaxman Gilua termed thisattack as the beginning of theend of terrorism. “Now, neitherterrorists will be spared northeir patrons. This is Narendra

Modi’s prompt and effectivegovernment. It will not tolerateterrorism,” he said.

BJP spokesperson PratulShahdeo said that under theleadership of Prime MinisterNarendra Modi, India willuproot terrorism and eradicateit forever. “Days are gone whenterrorists used to escape afterattacks. The country has takenpledge to take revenge of eachmartyrdom.”

Meanwhile, president ofJharkhand Pradesh CongressCommittee, Ajoy Kumar saidthat the Indian Airforce’s strikeis a tribute to the soldiers mar-tyred in Pulwama attack.

“The Congress party hasalways stood in support of ourbrave soldiers. They deservemore than appreciation fortheir bravery and valour,”Kumar said.

Commoners were out on

the roads on Tuesday cele-brating the airstrike as a victo-ry of India over terrorism.Carrying the tricolor in hands,several youths gathered at theAlbert Ekka Chowk in Ranchiand celebrated. They burstcrackers and garlanded thestatue of Paramveer AlbertEkka, which stands proud atthe heart of the town.

The excitement of BJPworkers knew no bounds. Theygathered at the party head-quarters in Harmu and litearthen lamps as a mark of trib-ute to the Pulwama martyrs,whose sacrifice was avenged onTuesday. Urban DevelopmentMinister CP Singh also joinedthe revelers at Albert EkkaChowk in the evening as theentire city bathed in the colourof patriotism.

“Our soldiers have avengedthe sacrifice of Pulwama mar-tyrs and made us all proud. Weoffer our complete support toany such counter-terrorismaction that the IndianGovernment takes,” said formerCM and Jharkhand VikasMorcha (Prajatantrik) chiefBabulal Marandi.

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Jharkhand this year has beenhit by the worst ever Swine Flu

outbreaks of all times. A total of40 H1N1 positive cases havebeen reported in the State so far,with the number of patientsalmost doubling in less than aweek.

By now, the highest numberof Swine Flu cases reported herein a year was 35 in 2017, saysfigures with the IntegratedDisease SurveillanceProgramme (IDSP).

In past five days, the num-ber of patients tested positive forH1N1 Influenza has shot upfrom 26 to 40, IDSP StateSurveillance Officer RakeshDayal said on Tuesday.

While Simdega continues tobe the worst-hit district in thestate, Ramgarh has registered itsfirst case of Swine Flu this year.

According to the latest data

with the IDSP, there are a totalof 32 patients in Simedga, fourin Jamshedpur, three in Ranchiand one in Ramgarh. Moreover,at least 30 more blood samplesare likely to be sent for lab teststo Kolkata by the end of thisweek, sources said.

Simdega, which witnesseda surge in Swine Flu cases from20 on February 21 to 32 onTuesday, is under special sur-veillance, Dayal said.

“The virus was most prob-ably carried to Simdega fromoutside. A majority of cases havebeen reported from one partic-ular block in the district,” hesaid. Simdega’s Civil Surgeon Dr.Pramod Kumar Sinha said thatmost of the cases of Swine Fluin the district were reportedfrom the same area. Nearly 20cases were reported fromThethaitangar block’sTukkupani village, he added.

“We have issued an alert inthe district. All the hospitalshere are being regularly inspect-ed,” said Kumar.

The figures are particular-ly alarming since they have

witnessed a rise of nearly 1000per cent already compared tolast year. In 2018, Jharkhand sawonly four cases of Swine Flu andone death due to the disease.

Jharkhand has already wit-nessed a Swine Flu death thisyear in the State capital. HiteshKumar, who worked in themerchant navy in South Korea,died of Swine Flu in the city onJanuary 25.

Kumar returned to Ranchiin mid-January after being takenill and lived in an apartment onKanke Road. After complainingof high fever, chills and severebody aches, he was admitted inMedanta Hospital in the lastweek of January.

The Health Departmenthas issued strict instructionsthat no hospital in Jharkhandshould take any case of sus-pected Swine Flu lightly.Hospitals in all the 24 districtshave been asked to immediate-ly report if any patient’s symp-toms mimic that of H1N1 Flu.Besides, Swine Flu kits have alsobeen made available in all the 24districts.

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Women Doctors Wing,Indian medical

Association, Jharkhand andHealth Department will joint-ly hold a ‘Mega Women'sHealth Camp’ and ‘Jyoth se JyotJalaao Abhiyan’ under ‘Visionfor Young Rural Jharkhand’ atPrimary Health Centre,Pachamba in Maoist affectedGiridih district on February 27.During the camp screening ofeyes of patients who are losing

sight due to diabetes, glaucomaand cataract will be done.

The camp will be inaugu-rated by Health MinisterRamchandra Chandravanshiand Koderma MP RavindraKumar Rai on February 27.And, with this the GiridihSadar Hospital will become9th government hospital inthe State, where machines forscreening and treatment ofcervical cancer will be available.During the camp those patientswho would need injection intheir eyes for treatment will begiven free injection and lasertreatment at Kashyap Memorialeye Hospital in Ranchi.

For every woman comingto the camp, iron and follic acidand calcium tablets will be

provided free of charge. Tabletsor Kit 2 and Kit 6 will be dis-tributed free of cost to thosewomen who would be found tobe suffering from Leukorrhea.

Through the team ofRanchi's gynecologist, trainingfor all the government gyne-cologists of Giridih, Koderma,Hazaribagh and Chatra hasalso been arranged and theCivil Surgeons of Giridih,Koderma, Hazaribagh andChater have been issued ordersfor the same by theDepartment of Health. All thegovernment gynecologistsposted in the respective fieldwill be deputed in the GiridihSadar Hospital on February 27.

“Be careful if you haveirregular menstrual secretions,ie Leukorrhea, i.e. white bleed-ing from the genital organs orpain in the lower part of theback, stomach bloating andswelling in the stomach under

the stomach, trouble in urine,then this cervical pre-cancersymptom It is possible. Getyour free check-up and treat-ment from the team of gyne-cologist in the camp,” saidWomen doctors wing IMA,Jharkhand chairperson DrBharti Kashyap .

Diabetics, glaucoma andcataract patients will be treat-ed at Kashyap Memorial EyeHospital under AyushmannBharat.

For this, it is necessary forall patients to bring AyushmanBharat Golden Card. Thosepatients who do not have aGolden Card are required tobring the Aadhaar card or vot-ers id casrd along with theration card.

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Union Minister of State forFinance, Shiv Pratap Shukla

today directed the banking sec-tor not to show laxity in imple-menting government schemesintroduced by Government ofIndia in terms of banking sec-tor. Shukla, who was on day-long visit to State Capital, gavethe direction while participatingat the State-level workshop onfinancial institutions employ-ment generation in context ofPrime Minister EmploymentGeneration Programme(PMEGP), at Arogya Bhavan.

During the programmeorganized on the aegis of VikashBharti Shukla said, “Thereshould not be any obstructionson part of banking sector inimplementing Central schemes.The Union Government hasgiven full freedom to bankingsector with full transparency inthe working. The banking sec-tor should come forward in dis-bursing loans so that large num-ber of people gets benefittedwith the schemes.”

The Minister claimed thataround 13 crore people havebeen provided Micro UnitsDevelopment & RefinanceAgency Ltd. (Mudra) loanssince the scheme was launchedin April 2015. The Mudra loanis provided to non-farming andnon-corporate micro and smallenterprises. These enterprisescan avail loans up to �10 lakhunder the scheme.

Shukla said, “An amount of�2 .75 lakh crore has been dis-

bursed under the Mudrascheme to 13 crore people.”Highlighting the efforts ofPrime Minister Narendra Modiin finanacial inclusion of peo-ple, Shukla said that for the firsttime any government concep-tualised the idea that everypeople should have a bankaccount and in this direction,Jan Dhan accounts were openedfor people coming from eco-nomically weaker section ofsociety.

Since the Jan Dhan schemewas launched in 2014, around34 crore Jan Dhan accountshave been opened wherearound �90,000 crore has beendeposited in the Jan Dhanaccounts.

At the workshop, the bank-ing sector and other financialinstitutions also elaborated theirprojects for state. The Khadi andVillage Industries Commission(KVIC) is to disburse �61.92crore as subsidy money amongthe people coming up to set up

industries. The subsidy amountof �61.92 crore will be disbursedamong 2477 units.

KVIC director, J.K Guptasaid, “The commission with anattempt to promote entrepre-neurship among people espe-cially among women, SC/SThas decided to offer 35 per centsubsidy in setting up village andcottage industries in rural areas.Similarly, in urban area thesubsidy amount will be upto 15per cent.”

The KVIC has set up morethan 100 units under which sub-sidy will be provided to theinteresting people to set up vil-lage and cottage industries.Some of sectors where subsidycan be provided includes settingup units for dairy production,fisheries, among others.

Vikas Bharti SecretaryAshok Bhagat; DGM, SLBC, VLakra; RBI AGM, C Tigga,Chairman, Vikas Bharti KKNag, DGM NABARD, PC Daswere present on the occasion.

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Based on 39 indicators ofhygiene such as availabili-

ty of hand-washing units, cleandrinking water, Mid-day meal(MDM) shed, soak pit, rainwater harvesting facility anddustbins in schools, the covet-ed Mukhyamantri SwachhVidyalaya Award was launchedby Minister HRD, Dr. NeeraYadav during a State level eventorganized here on Tuesday.

The ‘MukhyamantriSwachh Vidyalaya’ awards havebeen instituted by theGovernment of Jharkhand intechnical support withUNICEF to recognise govern-ment schools that have a set offunctioning and well-main-tained water, sanitation includ-ing hygiene facilities and haveadopted certain behavioralchanges to promote sanitationin schools.

A few behavioural indica-tors such as presence andaction taken by trained teach-ers and members of the ChildCabinet (Bal Sansad) in schoolshave also been included.Following the above indicators,the schools are ranked on 5, 4and 3 star.

Dr. Neera Yadav, Minister– HRD said, “In 2018, about2200 schools in Jharkhandwere rated as 4 stars or 5 starscategory as per the nationalstandards of the SwachhVidyalaya Purskar. TheDepartment of Education hasset an ambitious target ofbringing 5000 schools to thislevel in this financial year.”

The Government has pri-oritised the construction oftoilets at household level.According to experts, toencourage safe sanitation prac-tice from an early age, there isa crucial need to strengthensystems for social behavioralchange communication(SBCC) on hygiene as well as

the operation and maintenance(O&M) of toilets in schools.

Therefore, it becomesimportant to build the capaci-ty of teachers, communitymembers, school managementcommittees, Child cabinetsand the staff of the Departmentof Education to help ensure toi-lets are used and maintained inthe long run.

Chief of UNICEF,Jharkhand Dr. MadhulikaJonathan, said, “In next threeyears, UNICEF will focus onthose schools which are notranked or ranked as 1-star, tobring them to the 3-star cate-gory as per the national guide-lines. UNICEF will supportthe Department of Educationin capacity building, planningand monitoring for enhancingWASH facilities in schools.”

All participating schoolswill be rated through theJharkhand Swachh Vidyalyamobile application, which will

be jointly developed by theDepartment of SchoolEducation and Literacy andUNICEF. Schools can file theirnominations through this appfrom April 15 to June 15, 2019.The winners will be declaredon October 15 that marks theGlobal Handwashing Day.

AP Singh, PrincipalSecretary, Department ofSchool Education and Literacysaid, “The Department hasprepared a standard operating

procedure for WASH friendlyschools with support fromUNICEF which will be usefuldocument for all schools.

The Government mayallow private schools to applyfor these awards soon where 5best private schools will beselected based on the 39 indi-cators.”

The Award will be given to119 government schools everyyear. During the programme a‘Success stories compendiumon Best Practices in WASH inSchool was also released whichhighlights some of the goodpractices in water and sanita-tion adopted by Jharkhandschools.

The programme wasattended by Poonam Srivastava,Joint Director, Director JEPCUmashankar Singh, DistrictEducation Officers (DEOs),District Superintendents ofEducation (DSEs), teachersand school students.

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Chairperson of JharkhandState Commission for

Women (JSCW), KalyaniSharan, gave strict directions todispose the pending cases atwomen’s police stations acrossthe state immediately.

In a review meeting withthe officers in charge of women’sPS across the State, Sharanwent through the details ofcases in last three years, with aspecial focus on cases related todomestic violence and witchhunting. The other commoncases registered at women’s PSincluded dowry and live inrelationships.

Sharan informed that whilemost of the police station offi-cers submitted the requireddetails, some could not do so asthey were recently posted at thenew PS. Such officers have beengiven a 10 day time to submitthe case details of last three yearsto the commission via e-mail.

Sharan said, “Some caseswere pending since three yearswhich is definitely not accept-able. In fact the law says thatdomestic violence related casesshould be disposed within sevendays. I have directed all the OCsto take immediate steps and dis-pose all cases as soon as possi-ble with all transparency.”

Officers in charge of around

three police stations did notshow up at the meeting, a showcause notice will be served towhom by the commission.

“A copy of report of themeeting will be sent to the direc-tor general of police, home sec-retary, DIG and to all the OCs,”Sharan said.

The chairperson heldanother review meeting with theChild Development ProjectOfficers (CDPO) of Kolhanregion to discuss cases of atroc-ity against women under them.

“I was shocked to know thatthe CDPOs had no idea thatthey have to deal with the casesrelated to atrocity againstwomen. I have directed them toconduct regular meetings withwomen police stations, angan-wadi sevikas and school teach-ers to know about such cases atblock level,” Sharan said.

She added, "The CDPOshave been asked to contactsuch women who do not tellabout the atrocities they facedue to shame or fear of society,and encourage them to speakout about it."

The chairperson also direct-ed all the CDPOs to write let-ters to the deputy commission-ers of their respective districtsfor organizing awareness pro-grammes and nukkad nataksabout atrocities against womenand women empowerment.

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The State Cabinet today gaveits approval for merger of

merit scholarship and merit-cum-means scholarship undera single Chief Minister MeritScholarship scheme and issuedthe guidelines under whichscholarship can be provided tobeneficiaries. The scholarshipis provided both at State as wellas district level to students(both boys and girls) studyingin class from 1 to 12. In Statelevel, �12,000 per year is paidto students, while at districtlevel �6,000 every year is paidto students.

Principal Secretary ofCabinet CoordinationDepartment SKG Rahate said,“The State Cabinet today gaveits nod for merger of twoscholarships and issued guide-lines for the implementation of

the scholarship of students.”As per the guidelines

approved by the Cabinet, indistricts having seven or lessthan seven administrativeblocks, 100 students will beprovided scholarships.Similarly, number of districtshaving eight to 12 administra-tive blocks 150 students will getbenefits of scholarships. Fromdistricts having 13 adminis-trative blocks, 200 studentswill be selected for scholar-ships. Students from Class 1 to12 will be provided scholar-ships.

The Cabinet also gave itsnod for hike of �1,000 fromexisting �600 per month in var-ious pensions’ schemes ofDepartment of Women &Child Development and SocialWelfare. The Department ofWomen & Child Developmentand Social Welfare have eight

schemes out of which three arecentrally funded schemes,while five schemes are statesponsored. Around 20,29, 738people are covered under theeight pension schemes.

Amitabh Kaushal,Principal Secretary,Department Of Women, ChildDevelopment & Social Securitysaid, “The three centrally fund-ed pensions schemes are IndiraGandhi National Old AgePension Scheme, IndiraGandhi National WidowPension Scheme and IndiraGandhi National DisabilityPension Schemes.”

Kaushal said, “Earlier, Rs600 per month was paid underthe schemes out of which thecentre share was �200 whilestate share was �400. With thehike, the centre share remainsthe same but the State share hasgone up to �800 per month.”

Kaushal also said that eli-gibility criteria for the schemetoo have been changed. Earlier,those having an annual income

of � 72,000 were entitled to getthe benefits of the scheme,and the beneficiary had tosubmit income certificate everyyear. But with change, thosecoming under Deen DayalAntyodaya Yojana can auto-matically are considered asbeneficiary of different pensionschemes.

The State Cabinet also gaveits nod for creation for policesub division in Palamu districtand two police stations inDeoghar district. Bishrampur

has been created as new policesub division, while pathrol andKhaga has been created as newpolice stations. The StateCabinet also gave its nod forremaining the North KoyalIrrigation Project to SahidNeelamber Pitamber IrrigationProject.

The State Cabinet also gaveits nod for construction of 15state highways projects.Altogether 23 proposals weregiven nod in today’s Cabinetmeeting.

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Following the successful com-pletion of ‘har-ghar-bijli’

under the Saubhagya schemethe Government and its agen-cies working in the field ofpower generation and supplyare now eying to place mini andmicro grids in Jharkhand. Thegrids would be localised andmay be energised through solaror personalised hydel plants.

The grids have come onpriority next for the agencieslike Jharkhand Bijli VitaranNigam Limited (JBVNL) andJharkhand Renewable EnergyDevelopment Agency (JREDA)which have taken a lead inensuring power connectionsto every household eventhrough standalone solar sys-tem.

“Localised power genera-tion is the need of the hour,especially in the State like ourswhere large part is inaccessiblein nature and tough to erectpermanent power grid. We are

coming up with a draft mini-grid policy which would be pre-sented before the Governmentfor final approval. Mini gridsare necessary so that far flungvillages can be fed with powerfrom the supplementarylocalised sources,” said JREDADirector cum ManagingDirector of JUSNL NiranjanKumar addressing a seminarorganised by Center for Energyand Environment Development(CEED) on Tuesday.

Feedbacks coming in afterthe State attained completeelectrification this December bytaking power connection tothe last village suggest thatelectricity demand is set to gotwo to three folds in the nextthree to four years.

Moreover the JREDAmodel is making availablepower to six to eight hours a dayonly through its battery basedsolar system, both by grid orstandalone. JREDA has beengiven responsibility to cover 212villages where grid connectiv-

ity was not possible.“We need additional power

to feed the grid presently and infuture also. Since main grids aredifficult to reach to hundreds ofvillages the mini-grids based onalternate sources of power canplay a complimentary role. Thisway we can also replace the tra-ditional source of power withgreen sources,” added NiranjanKumar.

As per estimates demand ofpower is all set to reach 6000MW in the next four-five yearsin Jharkhand which, the thinktank at the Government levelbelieve, would be requiringdecentralisation of power.

“Solar farming right up tothe village level is going to bepromoted. We have seen theCenter backing ‘Kusum’ schemeaggressively.

If farmers would take upsolar farming and producepower more than their person-al consumption then thereshould be a localised grid to dis-tribute it locally. We have cou-ple of years with us when themini-grids can be in place.This also pave way for privateinvestors to come,” said ProjectDirector with JREDA ArvindKumar.

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The first mechanised slaugh-ter house constructed on

the outskirts of the Capital Cityinvolving a hefty sum ofRs.15.55 crore has been lyingnon-operational for over oneyear from now. Inauguratedwith an aim to provide hygien-ic meat to the city residents, theabattoir has been facing sever-al stumbling blocks ever sinceits formal inauguration.

Left in a total muddle, theproject has been shelved yetagain in the wake of an ongo-ing court case. Meanwhile, arepresentative of MicroTransmission Systems (MTS),the company managing theoperation and maintenance(O&M) of Kanke Abattoir hasblamed the Ranchi MunicipalCorporation (RMC) for notpopularising the service amongthe local dwellers especiallyamong the poultry shop own-ers here.

The members of MeatSellers Association had recent-ly filed a petition in JharkhandHigh Court (HC) requesting toput a stay on the operation ofAbattoir citing different reasonsparticularly loss that will beincurred upon them and thedistance issue.

The next hearing of thecase is scheduled on March 6,2019.

“Only after the final deci-sion of Jharkhand HC, theproject can be started herenow. The upcoming electionsmay also adjourn the date of itsoperation further. At present,the service there is at a com-plete standstill,” said a repre-sentative of MTS, a Noidabased firm that has got thecharge of operation and main-tenance of Kanke Abattoir.

The company’s represen-tative further added, “MTS -Solutions by far has faced a lossof Rs 30 lakh from the timewhen it was started. The heavybalance due involving month-ly maintenance charge, elec-tricity bill and cost of labour-ers is yet to be cleared. Theresponse towards the abattoirhas been extremely poor eversince its induction here.”

In addition, according tothe company representative,the Civic Body has failed mis-erably in curtailing the sale ofpoultry products alongside themajor roads, despite chalkingout a detailed proposal toensure the closure of meatshops running at every nookand corner of the State Capital,a year ago.

Besides the abattoir, themunicipal corporation is yet toensure the construction of 10mini-slaughter houses at agiven the distance issue thathad been raised predominate-ly by the chicken and meat sell-er’s association members.

On the other hand, playingthe same old broke records,RMC Officer (Health) Dr.Kiran Kumari said that at thistime, the court case pendingwith the Jharkhand HC is amajor impasse in renewingthe service of the mechanisedslaughter house.

“The members of meatsellers association includingall individual poultry sellerswere repeatedly being told toadopt a mechanised systeminvolving hygienic process forslaughtering the animals forsale. Since, the matter is nowpending in the court; hence,nothing can be done at thismoment. RMC is ready with aplan and is awaiting court’sdecision,” added Dr. Kumari.

Earlier, the venture facedmajor obstacle in getting the‘Consent-to-Operate’ letterfrom the Jharkhand StatePollution Control Board(JSPCB) in 2017.

The abattoir situated atArsande, Kanke had to strug-gle hard for roping in a com-petent O&M agency for a longperiod.

Later on, the civicguardians had to face immensedifficulty in starting the oper-ation of abattoir after facingrounds of protest from themembers of meat sellers asso-ciation.

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The Centre on Tuesdaybriefed all the political par-

ties over the pre-dawn strike bythe Indian Air Force on terrorcamps deep across the Line ofControl (LoC) following whichthe leaders cutting across partylines congratulated the IAF onits operation targeting terror-ist camp in Pakistan.

The Congress said that itwill support security forces intheir endeavour to finish ter-rorism coming into India fromoutside. Earlier, Congress pres-ident Rahul Gandhi too hadtweeted, “I salute the pilots ofthe IAF.”

After the Government’sbriefing, Congress leaderGhulam Nabi Azad said theopposition parties extended“full support” to the govern-ment and security forces in thefight against terror.

External Affairs MinisterSushma Swaraj briefed theleaders, who included CPI(M)’sSitaram Yechury, TMC’s DerekO’Brian, Omar Abdullah ofNational Conference andBhartruhari Mahtab from BJD,on the air strike carried out inthe early hours. NCP’s PrafulPatel, BSP’s Satish Mishra andBJP ally Ramdas Athawale alsoattended the meeting.

Union Ministers RajnathSingh and Arun Jaitley, bothmembers of the CabinetCommittee on Security likeSwaraj, were also present. Swarajalso briefed the opposition lead-ers about her telephonic con-versation with US Secretary ofState Michael Pompeo over theIndian air strikes on JeM terrorcamps in Balakot.

Azad while talking tomedia after the meeting saidthat political parties laudedthe IAF strikes to destroy ter-ror camps in a “clean” operationas there were no civilian casu-alties. “We will support oursecurity forces in their endeav-our to finish terrorism cominginto Indian from outside. Thegood part was that it was a very

clean operation,” he said. “We have appreciated the

efforts by the forces, theyalways have our support to endterrorism. Another good thingis that it was a clean operationin which no civilian died andterror camps were specificallytargeted,” said Azad.

Swaraj said, “I am happythat all parties in one voice

praised the security forces andsupported the Government’santi-terror operations.” In thelast all-party meeting also, con-vened in the wake of Pulwamaattack, the opposition partieshad said they backed the gov-ernment calling upon to take allnecessary action in the after-math of the terror attack killingat least 40 CRPF soldiers.

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Despite his public appear-ances throughout the day

on Tuesday, Prime MinisterNarendra Modi only madeindirect references to the aer-ial surgical strikes by the IndianAir Force (IAF) against the JeMin Pakistan — first at an eventat Rashtrapati Bhawan, then athis rally in Churu and later atan event at ISKCON here.

Early in the day, he soughtan apology from the audienceat the Rashtrapati Bhawan forbeing late as he was “busy” with“some other work”. He hadchaired a meeting of theCabinet Committee onSecurity at his official residencearound 10.00 am before rush-ing to the Rashtrapati Bhawan,where President Ram NathKovind conferred the GandhiPeace Prize for 2015-2018.

The event at theRashtrapati Bhawan was tobegin at 11.00 am, but starteda little late.

“First of all, my apologiesor being late. The programmestarted late as I reached here(Darbar Hall of RashtrapatiBhawan) late. I was busy insome other work and I waslate,” he said while addressingthe gathering.

During the day at a rally inChuru in Rajasthan, the PrimeMinister again made an indi-rect reference to the actionacross the border by the IndianAir Force.

“Today is a day to payhomage to India’s bravehearts.Today, from the land of Churu,I want to assure the people ofthe country that the country isin safe hands,” he said.

The Prime Minister beganthe address by asking the peo-ple to raise slogans of ‘BharatMata ki Jai’ and said he under-stood very well the sentiment,excitement and enthusiasm ofthe people present here.

Later in the day, at Delhi’sISKCON temple, he said,“Manavta ke dushmano sedharti ko bachane ke liye prab-hu ki shakti humare saathhamesha rehti hai. Yahisandesh hum poori pra-maanikta ke saath dusht aat-mayon, asuro ko dene kaprayaas kar rahe hain.”

New Delhi: Sending out a hugemessage to Pakistan, BJP presi-dent Amit Shah on Tuesday saidsurgical strikes after Uri and nowair strikes in self-defence, bothhave given the message to theworld that for the security of thecountry, India’s soldiers andGovernment can go to anyextent. “Pure desh ko sukoondene wala samachaar aaj subahhi aya hai, ye maang pure deshbhar ki samvedna thi ki aisikaryawahi honi chahiye kidobara Pulwama jaisi ghatnakarne se pehle dus baar sochnapade.(The news that providedrelief to the entire nation wasdelivered this morning. It wasthe appeal of the entire nationthat a befitting reply must begiven, so that anyone shouldthink twice before carrying outan attack such as Pulwama),”Shah said at a public rally inGhazipur.

Earlier, Shah congratulatedthe Indian Air Force (IAF)’steam which carried out theairstrike across the Line ofControl (LoC). “I congratulateand salute the bravery and val-our of our armed forces. Today’saction further demonstratesthat India is safe and secureunder the strong and decisiveleadership of PM NarendraModi,” Shah said on Twitter.

Union minister Prakash

Javadekar was the first promi-nent voice from the governmentto react on the strike. “This wasa necessary step for the securi-ty forces. The entire country isbacking the forces now”.

The BJP president said“New India” under the primeleadership of Narendra Modi“will not spare any acts of ter-ror, their perpetrators andpatrons.” Today’s strong actionshows the will and resolve of aNew India. Our New India willnot spare any acts of terror andtheir perpetrators and patrons,”Shah said.

BJP general secretary RamMadhav also lauded both thepolitical leadership as well asthe forces for the operation.“Every Indian who had d (the)pain n (and) anguish of d (the)martyrdom of our forces isgreatly relieved and delightedthis morning. Salute to d (the)Air Force for a meticulousoperation. Our forces r (are)world class anyway. It is dpolitical will of our PM n(and) team that made all d (the)difference,” he tweeted.

Former Madhya Pradeshchief minister Shivraj SinghChouhan hailed the air strikeby the Indian armed forces onterror launch pads in Pakistan.Chouhan, said, “The drive toeliminate terrorism has begun.

Anybody with ill intentionagainst India will meet thesame fate as the Jaish terrorists”.

Union Minister GajendraShekhawat was also quick topost his reaction. His tweet wasmore political. “This is Modi’sHindustan, it will not onlyenter your house but will strikeat you (Ye Modi ka Hindustanhai, ghar mein ghusega bhi aurmarega bhi). Air Force carriedout aerial strike early morningtoday at terror camps across theLoC and Completely destroyedit …every drop of blood will beaccounted for. This is just abeginning…. will not let thecountry down (Ek ek katrakhoon ka hisab hoga. Yeh tohek shuruat hai, ye desh nahijhukne dunga),” he tweeted.

Minister of State forExternal Affairs VK Singhtweeted saying that India willretaliate ‘harder and stronger’every time it gets attacked.

In the MaharashtraAssembly, Chief MinisterDevendra Fadnavis passed anunanimous resolution con-gratulating the IAF for carry-ing out the air strike on terrorlaunch pads in Pakistan. For itspart, the Haryana Assemblycongratulated Prime MinisterNarendra Modi and the armedforces for the “surgical strike”across the Line of Control.PNS

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Defence experts on Tuesdayhailed the IAF’s pre-dawn

air strike on a Jaish-e-Mohammed’s terror camp inPakistan with some saying “themessage had been communi-cated strongly”, while a formerAir Chief said India needs to beon guard as Pakistan mightreact soon.

The operation drew reac-tions from various defenceexperts including retired officersin the armed forces.

Former military secretary LtGen (retd) Syed Ata Hasnaintermed the operation “an appro-priate response (delivered) witha sense of proportionality”.

It was a nonmilitary, pre-emptive strike and “we havegone deep”, so no scope fordenial from Pakistan side, hesaid.

“We have only targeted aterror camp. No civilian area ormilitary installation weretouched by us. Also, our mea-sure is such that onus of esca-lation will now be on thePakistani side,” he told PTI.

“Besides, the internationalcommunity will continue tostand by us for the same reasonand the traction gained formdiplomatic and other means willcontinue to have impact,” said

the former general officer com-manding for the 15 and the 21Corps.

Lt Gen (retd) Ajai Singh,former colonel of the PoonaHorse, an over 200-year-oldregiment, had mixed feelingsabout the air strike.

“It is like a double-edgedsword. While the action hasaroused our nation and fostereda sense of patriotism, by thisstrike, we have alerted Pakistan,”he told PTI.

The 84-year-old veteransaid, he has participated in1962, 1965 and 1971 wars.

“The message has been sentto them, but we have alertedPakistan, and now they will getcautious,” he said, adding, “Weneed a master plan to handle thesituation.”

Former IAF chief, Air ChiefMarshal (retd) S Krishnaswamycomplimented the governmentfor taking the stand, but cau-tioned there might be “reaction”from the Pakistani side.

“It is a natural to have areaction (from Pakistan). I’ll besurprised if Pakistan doesn’treact in the next 48 hours...Theycannot resist certain temptationof a tit-for-tat,” he said.

The former chief of air staffalso said that there is “nothingcalled absolute safety, and weneed to be on guard”.

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Within hours of confirma-tion of an Indian aerial

surgical strike inside Pakistan,microblogging site Twitterturned into a virtual battlefieldwith both Indians andPakistanis taking on each otherusing memes, Bollywood ref-erences wit and humour andeven some serious tongue lash-ing. It was the Indians, howev-er, who fired thicker and faster.

In no time, hashtags like#surgicalstrike2, #indias-trikespakistan, #indiastrikes-back were topping the trendinglist. Memes, videos and one-liners came thick and fast.

One of the most populartweets from India was atweaked version of a dialoguefrom the Bollywood film “Uri:The Surgical Strike”. “How’s theJaish?/Dead Sir,” several twitterusers wrote and many othersretweeted. The oft-quoted dia-logue from the hit film is,“How’s the josh? High Sir.”

A tweet by PakistanDefence posted Tuesday mid-night -- “Sleep tight becausePAF is awake.#PakistanZindabad” -- alsobecame the butt of jokes forIndia’s twitterati.

“PAF: Sleep tight because

PAF is awake. Reply from IAF:3:30am, Jaag ke kya ukhaadliya? (What did you achieve bybeing awake?)#Surgicalstrike2.”

Even politician OmarAbdullah couldn’t help butjoin in. Retweeting PakistanDefence’s post, he wrote, “Thisone will be filed under ‘tweetswe wish we hadn’t put out butcan’t delete now’. Don’t worrywe all have them just not onthis scale perhaps.”

Some tweets also took ajibe at Pakistan’s rejection ofIndia’s claim over destroying aterror camp. “When Americakilled Osama, they claimedthat Osama wasn’t in Pakistan.

When India killed the ter-rorists of 26/11 attack, theyclaimed that they were notPakistanis. When India tooksurgical strike, Theyclaimed/claiming that noth-ing has happened. #surgical-strike2,” a tweet read.

Famous scenes fromBollywood films also came inhandy for Twitterati who usedthem as memes to expresstheir pride and excitementover the IAF’s achievement.

A tweet by Aam AadmiParty’s handle shared an icon-ic scene from “Border” whereSunny Deol is seen giving a

thumbs up to pilot Jackie Shroffflying the fighter aircraft. Usersalso posted a scene from theSalman-Govinda starrer‘Partner’ to convey their “itnikhushi” — a famous dialogue inthe film.

Videos of celebrations inKolkata and Gujarat showingpeople distributing sweets andbursting crackers were doingthe rounds on social media.

Pakistanis mocked India’sclaim that the strikes in Balakotallegedly killed around 350terrorists. Many tweets circu-lated pictures of bombingshared by Major General AsifGhafoor, director general of theInter-Services Public Relations(ISPR), the media wing of thePakistan Army, captioned,“Payload of hastily escapingIndian aircrafts fell in open.”

According to these tweets,what the Indian Air Forcebombed was not a terror campbut simply trees.

“My name is tree and I amnot a terrorist.#Surgicalstrike2,” a tweet read.Sharing the same images, a userwrote, “#SurgicalStrike2 myfoot Indian’s April Fool day.”

Another post read, “Areyou sure! that ..These trees aret e r r o r i s t . . . ? ? ? ? ? ?#Surgicalstrike2”.

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Leaders across the party linescame forward and hailed

the Indian Air Force for strik-ing the JeM terror camp inPakistan. Several Oppositionleaders even took to socialmedia to express themselvesover the airstrike development.

NCP chief Sharad Pawarsaid any retaliation by Pakistanwill prove that it provides shel-ter to terrorists. The formerdefence minister lauded theIndian Air Force for the strikes,adding India’s defence forceshave made citizens feel proud.

It would not be proper topoliticise the air strikes, Pawarsaid. Targeting Prime MinisterNarendra Modi, he said the IAFhad carried out such strikesearlier also, but there was nopoliticisation (of the same).

“The credit always went tothe Army. Now if the credit isbeing given to Prime MinisterModi, then credit should alsobe given to RSS chief MohanBhagwat,” he said.

“Being a former defenceminister, I was sure that thosewho committed the dastardlyattack in Pulwama would have topay for their actions soon,” Pawarsaid. He said the IAF took pre-cautions to ensure the air strikewas done in such a way that therewas no international backlash.

Delhi Chief MinisterArvind Kejriwal, KarnatakaCM HD Kumaraswamy,Madhya Pradesh CM KamalNath, Congress leader ShashiTharoor and RJD leaderTejashwi Yadav were among theopposition leaders, who extend-ed support to the armed forces.

Kejriwal postponed hisindefinite hunger strike call inview of the prevailing Indo-Paksituation. “In view of prevailingIndo Pak situation, I am post-poning my upwas for full state-hood of Delhi. We all stand asone nation today,” the DelhiCM posted on Twitter. Earlier,Kejriwal saluted the pilots ofthe IAF after it carried out thestrikes in Pakistan.

West Bengal Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee also hailedthe IAF for carrying out airstrikes in Pakistan. “IAF alsomeans India’s AmazingFighters. Jai Hind,” Banerjeetweeted.

Congress leader andPunjab Chief MinisterAmarinder Singh hailed it as agreat job by the Indian AirForce. “The IAF strikes havesent the much needed signal toPakistan and the terrorists it’sharbouring — don’t think youcan get away with acts like thePulwama Attack. Bravo to theIAF men and my full supportfor the action,” he said.

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The Mirage 2000 aircraftdeployed for conducting

deep strike on Pakistan’s deepstate i.e. the camps of terrorgroup Jaish-e-Mohammed inPakistan was chosen due to itslethality and precision in thestrikes.

As per the lethality countof Mirage 2000, 30 to 100 peo-ple can be killed every 30 sec-onds and a conservative esti-mate here suggests about 400people could have been liqui-dated in the raids includingtwo IC 814 hijack case mas-terminds, 25 terror comman-ders and trainers, some ofwhom are suspected to havebeen former Army officersbesides 325 to 350 trainedfidayeens being readied forhitting Indian interests.

The Mirage 2000 are thestrategic bombers capable ofdelivering an array of bombsand missiles including nuclearand laser-guided ones withcapability to hit long-rangetargets with “pin-point” accu-racy.

India inducted the Miragejets about three decades backand the fleet is undergoing up-gradation and enhancementswith a budget of Rs 20,000crore. The multi-role, single

engine jet is a single-pilotfighter with a range of about1,500 km.

The Dassault-manufac-tured jet can travel at morethan twice the speed of soundat Mach 2.2 (2,336 kmph). It iscapable of flying at an altitudeof 59,000 ft. A commercial jet-liner usually flies at 35,000 to40,000 feet.

Interestingly, the Rafale,manufactured by the sameDassault, is now in the midstof a massive controversy evenas the Mirage 2000 is garner-ing lavish praise from all quar-ters.

The aircraft was preferredover other options as it iscapable of conducting long-range engagement of targetsand the assessment of successwas estimated to be 100 percent, sources said.

The Mirage also is fittedwith the state-of-the art radar

system, control system andflight navigation system withvirtual display of the functionsto aid the pilot.

The Indian Air Force hasabout three squadrons ofMirage 2000 fighter jets man-ufactured by HAL underlicence from French aerospacemajor Dassault Aviation, themanufacturer of Rafale multi-role fighters being procured byIndia.

A number of equipmentand platforms of the IAF werealso used in the deep opera-tion, first inside Pakistan afterthe 1971 Indo-Pak war.

The Mirage 2000 was firstcommissioned into the IAF in1985, when it was christened asVajra (thunderbolt). India ini-tially bought 36 single-seaterMirage 2000 and 4 twin-seaterMirage 2000 after US suppliedF-16 fighters manufactured byLockheed Martin.

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Hours after Indian fighterjets pounded Jaish-e-

Mohammed terror-trainingcamps at Balakot deep insidePakistani territory decimatingone of the biggest terror basesin that country and killingseveral hundred terroristsincluding some of their topcommanders, Bengal ChiefMinister Mamata Banerjee onTuesday came out in openpraise for the “amazing fight-ers” even as her party leaderssuch actions were long overdue.

Conferring a new appella-tion on the Indian Air Forcepilots for their exceptionalbravery in penetrating deepinto the neighbouring countryto eliminate a highly potent ter-ror training facility of the JeMfunded and run by thePakistani armed forces,Banerjee wrote on the TwitterIAF was another name of

India’s Amazing Fighters.“IAF means India’s

Amazing Fighters. Jai Hind,”Banerjee tweeted in the wake ofthe pre-dawn strike at Balakotwhere terrorists from JeM,Lashkar-e-Toiba and HizbulMujahideen were being trainedsince 2000.

About a dozen fighterMirage 2000 fighter jets pound-ed terror targets deep insidePakistan in the small hours ofTuesday.

Reacting to the Tuesday’s“pre-emptive strike” a senior

Trinamool Congress and also aState Minister said, “such anaction was long overdue,”adding the Narendra ModiGovernment should have beenmore alert so as to avoid theattack on a convoy of Centralforces at Pulwama in Kashmirkilling 41 personnel onFebruary 14.

“One hopes Pakistan willretrace its steps in future beforeaiding such terror strikes inIndia,” the leader said echoinghowever the Chief Minister’searlier statement that therewas no need to drum up a war-chorus. “War-mongering andreacting to a situation are twodifferent things,” the leadersaid.

The Chief Minister hadearlier attacked the ModiGovernment for “playing withthe blood of martyrs ofPulwama” why the CRPFjawans were not sent by air inview of intelligence reports.

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Hostilities between India andPakistan peaked on

Tuesday along the Line ofControl in Jammu & Kashmir,following fresh exchange of fir-ing at different locations, inRajouri and Poonch sectorsshortly after fighter jets flattened'terror factories' deep insidePakistan in punitive strikes.The jawans of the Indian Army,already in a state of high alert,maintained tight vigil to preventany strike by the Border actionteam of the Pakistan army in theforward areas.

After the Pulwama terrorstrike security of all the vitaldefence installations in theregion was beefed up and highalert was sounded to preventany strike by heavily armed ter-rorists in the region.

According to groundreports, Pakistan army violatedceasefire agreement at five dif-ferent locations in the last 24hours in twin border districts.

Five Army soldiers wereinjured and two houses dam-aged as Pakistani army resort-ed to heavy mortar shelling on55 forward areas in Jammu,Rajouri and Poonch districts onTuesday, officials said, hoursafter IAF jets struck a JeM ter-ror camp across the LoC.

Situation along the

International border acrossJammu frontier remainedpeaceful even as local residentswere directed to stay alert andexercise caution in the wake ofprevailing security situation.

Defence PRO, Lt-ColDevendra Anand, in Jammusaid, "Pakistan army initiated'unprovoked' firing in BabaKhori and Sunderbani areas ofRajouri early Tuesday morning".

He said the firing continuedfor over two hours between 5 to7.30 a.m in the forward areas.Indian army retaliated strong-ly and effectively, he added.

In Poonch, similar inci-dent of firing reported between

1.20 a.m and 2.30 a.m in Gulpurand Deegwar sectors.

Lt-Col Anand said, fresh firing sparked off tensionsin the region Tuesday eveningas Pakistan army shelled mortars targeting forwardIndian posts.

"At about 5.30 p.m Pakistaninitiated unprovoked ceasefireviolation by heavy shelling withmortars and firing of smallarms along LoC in Akhnoor,Nowshera and Krishna GhatiSectors". He said, Indian armyretaliated strongly and effec-tively. Earlier in the morning,large number of border resi-dents, living in the direct line offire in frontier Poonch district,woke up to 'bizarre' sounds offighter jets hovering over the

skies. Initially, these border resi-

dents could not make out whatwas going on in the forward areabut at day break they realisedIndian fighter jets were return-ing after carrying out the suc-cessful operation.

Waqar Younis, a resident ofShahpur village in Poonch said,"i woke up around 3.30 a.m afterlistening to loud sounds offighter jets" .

"I had no idea what wasgoing on in the area. I felt littlescared as we are not used to lis-tening to such 'bizarre' sounds".

He said, "in the morningwhen i came to know Indian AirForce jets had launched anoperation to target terror campsof Jaish-e- Mohammad terror-

ist outfit inside Pakistani terri-tory i could relate the things".

Another resident of Poonchcity Advoctae Sanjay Raina said,"We are used to border skir-mishes in the area but thesound i heard early Tuesdaymorning was different. I couldnot sleep properly as jets kepthovering over the Poonch skiesfor longer duration. It was veryunusual.We are used to move-ment of helicopters in the areabut haven't seen fighter jets inour area in the recent times."

Despite mounting tensionin the area cross LoC trade wenton smoothly via Chakan-Da-Bagh crossing point along thePoonch-Rawlakot trade route.

According to officialsources, "35 truck loads of fooditems including Tomato, freshfruit were dispatched toPakistan and 15 truck loadswere received at the Trade facil-itation centre in Poonch".

Deputy Commissioner,Poonch Rahul Yadav said, " weare monitoring the situation onground zero on hourly basis. Hesaid, as of now no specific advi-sory has been issued to the bor-der residents to relocate to saferplaces in the wake of escalatingtensions between India andPakistan". Rahul Yadav said, "wefollow standard drill in theevent of escalating tensionsduring cross border firing. Hesaid, "we have already identifiedseveral places to accommodateborder residents".

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Maharashtra’s political lead-ers, organisations and

Bollywood celebrities onTuesday joined the nation inapplauding the strikes by theIndian Air Force against biggesttraining camp of Jaish-e-Mohammad" in Balakot acrossthe Line of Control (LoC) inMuzafarabad in retaliation forthe Pulwama terror attack.

Welcoming the IAF’sstrikes on terror camps inPakistan, Maharashtra ChiefMinister Devendra Fadnavissaid: “By launching a success-

ful strike on the terror campsoperating from the Pakistanisoil, the Indian armed forceshave displayed their might.The retaliation that was on themind of each and every Indiansince the Pulwama terror attackhas happened”. Stating that PMModi had kept his word that thesacrifices of the jawans killed inthe Pulwama attack would notgo in vain, Fadnavis congratu-lated the IAF for its strikes onterror camps in Balakot. “I amproud of Indian armed forces.They have proved that the sac-rifices made by the jawans inPulwama will not go waste”.

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Family members of theCRPF personnel, who lost

their lives in Pulwama attack,on Tuesday said they havefound some solace in theairstrike against Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists butpressed for efforts to wipe outthe menace of terrorism "onceand for all".

"We were expecting astrong response to Pakistanfrom India and this has beendone now. Our loss is irrepara-

ble but we are satisfied withwhat has been done," saidMahesh Gurjar, a cousin ofslain CRPF soldier Narayan LalGurjar.

Narayan Lal, a native ofBinol village of Rajsamanddistrict, is survived by wife andtwo minor children. He wasamong the five victims fromRajasthan who lost their livesin the February 14 attack byJaish-e-Mohammed.

Vikram, younger brotherof another victim Jeet Ram,said, "A step has been taken butwe want that the menace of ter-rorism should be ended once

and for all."Hailing from Sundarwali

of Bharatpur district, Jeet Ramhas two young daughters.

In Shahpura town of Jaipurdistrict, people burst crackersat the cremation site of CRPFsoldier Rohitash Lamba, whowas bid a tearful adieu bythousands of mourners lessthan two weeks back.

"There is satisfactionamong the people of the coun-try. Government's decision isappreciable as the action waswithin 13 days of the terrorattack," said Jitendra Lamba,younger brother of Rohitash.

Slain CRPF jawan HGuru's native village Gudigerein Mandya district, about 100km from here, too burst intojubilation on hearing about theIndian Air Force's early morn-ing attack on the JeM terrorcamp.

Villagers took out a marchand a tricolour was unfurledatop his house as a mark ofrespect. "We have been insist-ing on peace but peace is nota solution anymore. They haveto be completely destroyed. Myson will rest in peace only ifthey are wiped out entirely,"said Guru's father Honnaiah.

With tears in her eyes,Guru's wife Kalavathi toldreporters: "I salute the Indianarmed forces. I am happy withthis action. I feel that thisaction will give peace to themartyred soldiers. I am proudof my Indian armed forces."

Darshan Singh, father ofCRPF jawan Kulwinder Singhof Rupnagar district in Punjab,said the IAF action "gave solaceto the family".

He, however, said had thisaction been taken before thePulwama attack, the lives of 40CRPF jawans would have beensaved. PTI

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Hours after Indian fighter jetsbombarded Jaish-e-

Mohammad-run terror campsin Balakot area of Pakistan,PDP Chief and former StateChief Minister Mehbooba Muftiwent berserk while reacting tothe news break on her twittertimeline.

"Todays IAF strikes were fol-lowed by mass war hysteria ontwitter & news channels. Mostof these people are ignorant whohave suspended the use of com-mon sense. But its disconcertingthat educated privileged peopleare cheering on at the prospectof a war. This is true jahaalat",Mehbooba wrote inviting sharpreactions from her followers.

She maintained she willcontinue to bat for peace thansacrifice countless lives to satis-fy collective egos and misplacedsense of pride and patriotism.

"If my aversion to unneces-sary retaliation & subsequentwar makes gullible people ques-tion my nationalism then so beit. I would rather bat for peace& save lives than sacrifice count-

less ones just to satisfy collectiveegos and misplaced sense ofpride & patriotism", Mehboobatweeted.

In another tweet Mehboobawent on to claim that Pulwamaattack has undoubtedly vitiatedthe nation’s atmosphere."Pulwama attacks has undoubt-edly vitiated the nation’s atmos-phere.People are baying forblood & want revenge. But letsnot forget violence begets vio-lence. Having said that in whichpart of the world does advocat-ing peace and not wantingsenseless violence make one atraitor"?

Another mainstreamKashmiri politician OmarAbdullah initially raised ques-tion marks over the IAF strikesbut as the day progressed heanalysed it in perspective.

"If this is Balakote in KPK it’sa major incursion & a significantstrike by IAF planes. However ifit’s Balakote in Poonch sector,along the LoC it’s a largely sym-bolic strike because at this timeof the year forward launch pads& militant camps are empty &non-functional" Omar tweeted.

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New Delhi: Jubilant peoplecame out on streets and march-es were held on Tuesday as thenews of the IAF's strike on a JeMterror camp in Pakistan waswelcomed across the country,with political leaders as well asgeneral public lauding thearmed forces for the actionwhich came in the aftermath ofthe dastardly Pulwama attack.

The sentiment echoed inState Assemblies with the legis-latures in Haryana, Maharashtraand Chhattisgarh passing reso-lutions prasing the IAF action.

In Jammu & Kashmir,youths came out on the streetsto celebrate in Kathua, Samba,Poonch, Rajouri andUdhampur.

"I feel this action will givepeace to the martyred soldiers...I salute the Indian armedforces," said Kalavathi, whosehusband H Guru fromKarnataka was among the 40CRPF jawans who died in theFebruary 14 terror attack inJammu & Kashmir. PTI

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New Delhi: The SupremeCourt on Tuesday transferredthe probe into the killing ofrationalist M M Kalburgi to theSIT investigating the murdercase of journalist-activist GauriLankesh after KarnatakaGovernment said there werecommon links in the two cases.

Kalburgi, a former vice-chancellor of Hampi Universityand well-known epigraphist,was shot dead at his residencein Kalyan Nagar in Dharwad,Karnataka, on August 30, 2015.

Born in 1938, he was aSahitya Akademi award-win-ning writer of old Kannada lit-erature.

The state Crime

Investigation Department wasprobing Kalburgi's killing andthe SIT was investigating themurder of Lankesh inSeptember 2017 in Bengaluru.

During the hearing, thetop court said the SIT probeinto Kalburgi's killing will bemonitored by the Dharwadbench of the Karnataka HighCourt.

A bench of justices R FNariman and Vineet Saransaid if killings of Kalburgi,Lankesh and social activistGovind Pansare and rational-ist Narendra Dabholkar arelinked, it should be probed byone agency and monitored byone High Court. PTI

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The Ministry of Housingand Urban Affairs (HUA)

has spent has spent six timesthe money used for urbanrejuvenation in the 10-yearUPA rule and asserted that it isnot going to stop at just 100smart cities. As many as 15smart command and controlcentres (SCCC) worth �2,771crores in 15 smart cities havebeen completed and workorders for setting up 31 inte-grated command and controlcentre have been issued. In 18cities, it is under tenderingprocess. Due to this, crime ratehas been decreased in thesesmart cities.

According to HUA, smartroads in 21 cities worth �795crore have been completed,work orders amounting to�7,626 crore have been issuedin 54 cities and tenderingworth �5,942 crore is underprogress in 40 cities undersmart city mission (SCM). Asper latest data, smart wastewater projects in four citiesworth �326 crore have beencompleted, work ordersamounting to �5,342 crorehave been issued in 41 citiesand tendering worth �3,860crore is under progress in 23cities.

"Similarly, smart water

projects in 20 cities worth�1,135 crore have been com-pleted, work orders amountingto �9,382 crore have beenissued in 49 cities and tender-ing worth �4,239 crore isunder progress in 29 cities.Impactful projects in 18 citiesworth �232 crore have beencompleted, work ordersamounting to �4,610 crorehave been issued in 37 citiesand tendering worth �3291crore is under progress in 20cities," the HUA Ministry said.

Earlier, addressing the"Second National ApexConference of CEOs of SmartCities", the Union HUA min-ister Hardeep Singh Puri saidthe amount spent on urbanrejuvenation in the 10-yearUPA rule, from 2004 to 2014...It's around �1.5 lakh crore. Themoney spent between June2015 and February 2019 is sixtimes that amount. It's around�8.6 lakh crore.

Puri said that the rapid rateof progress of the mission is ananswer to the "cynics andnaysayers who doubted whatwe are doing". "Till September2017, projects worth �21,500crore were tendered. The valueof the projects tendered sincethen is �1.22 lakh crore," hesaid and claimed that India'sSmart City Mission is one ofthe fastest implemented pro-

jects in the world."This is only the beginning.

As we become a $10-trillioneconomy by 2030, we are notgoing to stop at 100 cities, wecannot. These 100 cities willbecome the template that thisis how you do it," Puri said.

On the Swachh Bharatmission, Puri said theGovernment achieved the tar-get of constructing five lakhcommunity and public toiletswell before the October 2,2019 deadline.

The Minister added thatthe goal of constructing 67 lakhindividual household toiletswould be accomplished by nextmonth.

"We were told one croreadditional dwelling units wereneeded to be built under thePradhan Mantri Awas Yojanaby 2022. As of February 2019,we have sanctioned 79 percent of them," Puri said.

He also stressed the needfor people to make behaviour-al changes, saying smart citiesneed smart citizens.

"Smart cities at the end ofthe day need smart people andsmartness in terms of peopledepends on behavioralchanges," he said while express-ing disappointment over com-muters not using a helmet insmart cities like Surat andRajkot.

New Delhi: The SupremeCourt on Tuesday asked thecontending parties in the polit-ically sensitive RamJanambhoomi-Babri Masjidland dispute in Ayodhya toseriously consider mediationfor a permanent solution evenif there is "one per cent chance"of success.

Observing it was looking atthe possibility of "healing rela-tions" between the parties, afive-judge constitution benchheaded by Chief Justice RanjanGogoi also said it would pass anorder on March 6 on whetherto refer the dispute to a court-appointed mediator.

The suggestion for anoth-er round of mediation, howev-er, drew a mixed responsefrom the parties to the decades-old dispute.

The proposal was mootedby one of the judges, Justice SA Bobde, during the hearingwhen both the Hindu and the

Muslim litigants were spar-ring over the veracity of docu-ments related to the case whichwere trans-lated bythe UttarPradesh Government and filedwith the apex court registry.

"We are considering it(mediation) very seriously. Youall (parties) have used the wordthat this matter is not adver-sarial. We would like to give achance to mediation even ifthere is one per cent chance,"said the bench, also comprisingJustices D Y Chandrachud,Ashok Bhushan and S ANazeer.

"We would like to knowyour (both parties) views on it.We do not want any thirdparty to make a comment tojeopardise the entire process."

"This, we have done keep-ing in mind that the period ofeight weeks that we haveallowed to the parties to go

through the translations of theoral and documentary evi-dence could be effectively

utilised to tryand resolvethe issues in

the manner indicated above,"the bench said.

"We have suggested to theparties that during the inter-regnum a court appointed andcourt monitored mediationwith utmost confidentialitycould be initiated to bring apermanent solution to theissues raised in the cases," itobserved.

The bench noted in itsorder that lawyers representingthe legal heirs of original liti-gants M Siddiq and MohdHashim and Nirmohi Akharaare "in broad agreement" withthe suggestion of the courtabout mediation while counselappearing for Sri Ram LallaVirajman, Mahant Suresh Dasand Akhil Bharat Hindu

Mahasabha have "not con-curred" with it.

"Do you seriously thinkthat the entire dispute for somany years is for property? Wecan only decide property rightsbut we are considering thepossibility of healing relations,"it said.

"Keeping in mind that themediation suggested by thecourt is in terms of the mandateunder section 89 of the CPCand in an appropriate case itwill always be open for thecourt to invoke its power, wedeem it proper to observe thatthe mediation suggested is onlyto effectively utilize the time ofeight weeks that would betaken to make the cases readyfor hearing," the bench said inits written order.

Senior advocate RajeevDhavan, appearing for MSiddiq, said they were agreeableto the "very important sugges-tion" of mediation but said the

court should fix a time framefor mediation as the disputewas a "knotty issue".

"We will also have to fix thetime frame after talking to themediator," the bench said.

Senior advocate C SVaidyanathan, appearing forRam Lalla Virajman, said theydid not agree for "anotherround of mediation" as suchattempts have failed in thepast.

"In the earlier mediation, itwas accepted that Lord Ramawas born in Ayodhya but not atthis (disputed) site. Mediationhas been tried not once but sev-eral times," he said.Senior advo-cate Ranjit Kumar, appearingfor one of the parties, saidthings have not worked duringearlier round of mediation and"everybody wants that the mat-ter should be decided by theSupreme Court".

"Mediation is not possibleso this court should decide the

matter," Kumar said.Dhavan referred to the

mediation held between 1991-93 and said, "In the largerinterest, this court is saying doit (mediation) again. From ourside, we are agreeable".

At the outset, the apexcourt said it can proceed withthe hearing if there is consen-sus among the parties withregard to the veracity of thetranslated documents. Thebench referred to a report filedby the secretary general of theapex court on the status of doc-uments pertaining to the casewhich said that "the recordconsists of 38,147 pages ofwhich 12,814 pages are in Hindi,18,607 pages are in English, 501pages are in Urdu, 97 pages arein Gurmukhi, 21 pages are inSanskrit, 86 pages are in otherlanguage scripts, 14 pages con-tain images and 1,729 pages arein combination of more thanone language script". PTI

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"879�8"�������New Delhi: The SupremeCourt on Tuesday agreed tohear in open court the petitionsseeking review of its Decemberverdict that dismissed pleaschallenging the deal betweenIndia and France for procure-ment of 36 Rafale fighter jets.

A bench of Chief JusticeRanjan Gogoi and Justices S KKaul and K M Joseph, in itschamber hearing, allowed theprayer of former Union minis-ters Yashwant Sinha and ArunShourie as also activist lawyerPrashant Bhushan that thereview pleas be heard in opencourt.

"The prayer for open Courthearing is allowed", said thebench which also consideredthe review petition filed byAAP MP Sanjay Singh through

lawyer Dheeraj Singh.Besides two review peti-

tions, the top court is alsoseized of some applicationsincluding the one filed bySinha, Shourie and Bhushanseeking perjury prosecutionof government officials forallegedly misleading the courton the issue of pricing and pro-curement process.

A day after the Decemberverdict, the Centre had movedthe apex court seeking correc-tion in the judgement where areference was made about theComptroller and AuditorGeneral (CAG) report andParliament's Public AccountsCommittee (PAC), saying "mis-interpretation" of its note has"resulted in a controversy in thepublic domain". PTI

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Islamabad: Residents in thequake-prone Balakot town inPakistan’s Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province onTuesday said they were wokenby “loud explosions” andthought a fresh tremor musthave hit the region whenIndian Air Force jets poundeda large terror training camp.

Balakot town in Pakistan’snorth-western KhyberPakhtunkhwa province wasdestroyed during the 2005Kashmir earthquake and wasrebuilt with assistance fromSaudi Arabia.

Residents in the moun-tainous area town told BBCUrdu they were woken by loudexplosions.

Residents in several townsnear Balakot reported hearingexplosions early on Tuesday.

Mohammad Adil, a farmerin Jaba village, said he and his

family were woken at about03:00 by “a huge explosion”.

He said they thought anearth quake must have hit theregion.

“Then we heard jets flyingover. We went to the place inthe morning. There was ahuge crater and four or fivehouses were destroyed,” he

said.In a pinpointed and swift

air strike that lasted less thantwo minutes, India poundedJaish-e-Mohammed’s biggesttraining camp in Pakistan earlyTuesday, killing up to 350 ter-rorists and trainers who weremoved there for their protec-tion after the Pulwama terrorattack in Jammu & Kashmirthat killed 40 CRPF soldiers.

The pre-dawn operation,described as “non-military”and “preemptive”, struck a five-star resort style camp on a hill-top forest.

Pakistan Army spokesmanMajor General Asif Ghafoor,however, said the strikes causedno casualties. He tweeted thatPakistani jets were scrambledand forced the Indian fighterplanes to make a “hasty with-drawal”, dropping their payloadin an open area. PTI

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In 1948, Pakistan’s Ambassador to theUnited Nations, Sir MuhammadZafarullah Khan, declared that onApril 1, 1948 India turned off thewater of the Indus river which used

to flow into Pakistan… India exercised thiscontrol upon the waters of rivers flowingthrough its territory…India turned offevery drop of water which Pakistan had for-merly received.

Surprisingly, no one in the audiencehad the presence of mind to ask how canthe flow of rivers be suddenly switched offlike a tap in the kitchen? The Indus riversystem issue was, thus, raised first with athunderous lie. Negotiations between Indiaand Pakistan began thereafter but yearswere wasted in wrangling as to where,between officers of what qualifications andrank should be involved in the talks.

The river waters issue was dramati-cally articulated again by former PrimeMinister of Pakistan, Huseyn ShaheedSuhrawardy, in 1957. In his words, quot-ed from the Dawn by Prof Shashi KGulhati in his book, ‘The Untiring Indian’,“Canal waters and Kashmir are the twoprongs of India’s grip on us. There is nothing we can do. India is so powerfulthat everybody wants to be its friend,including America. If Bharat decides tocut off water, Pakistan would be withinits rights to fight for water supply butstopping of water will be greater aggression than our fighting.”

The distinctive feature of irrigationdevelopment in this basin, during about100 years preceding the Partition, was thata development of 26 million acres of inten-sive irrigation, by far the largest irrigatedarea on any one river system in theworld, had been based entirely on the run-of-the-river with no storage at all, rightlyearning the compliment of being one of theproudest achievements of human endeav-our. The first four years after Partition hadbeen marked by abortive bilateral discus-sions between India and Pakistan, leavenedwith threats and recriminations. Thenmajor developments took place in 1952.First, the World Bank, interested in theeconomic well-being of both countries,offered to serve as a mediator to help solvethe dispute.

A working party of engineers of India,Pakistan and the World Bank was consti-tuted. The World Bank team consisted ofLt General Raymond Albert Wheeler, for-mer Chief of the US Army Corps ofEngineers, Pakistan nominatedMohammad Abdul Hamid and repre-senting India were Ajudhiya Nath Khosla,Chairman of the Central Water and PowerCommission, and ND Gulhati, who assist-ed him.

The working party had begun itswork long before. Everyone agreed on itsultimate objective. In the words of GeneralWheeler, it was to develop a comprehen-

sive long-range plan for themost effective utilisation ofthe total water resources of theIndus river system for thedevelopment of the region.Pakistan wanted the discus-sions to be limited to the threeeastern rivers only, keepingthe three western rivers total-ly for itself; India wanted toconsider the flow in all the sixrivers. The Pakistani plan com-prised largely a statement of itsirrigation requirements, whichadded up to three times thetotal supply of the system.

On February 5, 1954,General Wheeler presentedthe World Bank’s proposal.But not necessarily from thesame source as before. It divid-ed the six rivers into two parts.All the water of the three east-ern rivers would be for theexclusive use of India. And allthe water of the three westernrivers (Indus, Jhelum andChenab) would be for Pakistanexcept for some specific with-drawals allowed to India.

The World Bank proposalpresented in February 1954,stipulated that: (1) The entireflow of water of the three east-ern rivers would be for theexclusive use and benefit ofIndia after a brief transitionperiod during which Pakistanwill construct link canals that

would bring water from thewestern rivers to replace thewater then being supplied to itscanals by the eastern rivers andIndia would contribute fundsfor the construction of theselink canals; and, (2) the flow ofwater of the three westernrivers would be largely for theuse and benefit of Pakistan.

Six years later, when theIndus Waters Treaty wassigned, India could irrigateannually 70,000 acres fromthe Indus, 400,000 acres fromthe Jhelum and 231,000 acresfrom the Chenab, over andabove the uses as on April1960, and, according toGulhati’s book, couldimpound, for specified purpos-es, 3.0 million acre feet on thetributaries of the western riversand 0.6 MAF on the Chenabmain, apart from storage insmall tanks and for flood con-trol in the Jhelum main. Thisis the maximum quantity ofwater India’s latest decision cancause Pakistan to lose.

Pakistan never wanted thata solution to the Indus watersdispute should emerge throughnegotiations. It was notinclined to view the problem asa technical one. It wanted totake the issue to theInternational Court of Justiceand seek adjudication. If not

that, then it would try to pushIndia into seeking a solutionthrough arbitration. India,however, did not wish anyoneor a group, least of all thosewho were not familiar with thetechnicalities of river basindevelopment, to thrust a solu-tion upon it.

It soon became apparent,however, that bilateral dia-logue with Pakistan was notmaking any progress and sowhen the World Bank offeredits good offices to assist the twocountries to negotiate a settle-ment, it accepted that offer.

The key point in acceptingthe Bank’s offer was that itwould serve as a good officerthat is a facilitator and notassume the role of an arbiter.The World Bank mostadmirably stuck to this role formany years and went throughvery difficult times. Even whenit seemed that negotiations wereon the verge of a breakdown, iturged the two sides to contin-ue the dialogue. After six yearsof playing such a role, in early1960, the Bank began to see thelight at the end of the tunnel.

There was a basic differ-ence in the approach ofPakistan and India vis-à-viskeeping the issue in the publiceye. Pakistan was the down-stream riparian state; rivers

flowed into it from India. Itwas, thus, in a weaker position.It felt necessary to arouse sym-pathy for itself from the inter-national community by main-taining a public posture of acountry that was at the mercyof India. From the very outset,it established a publicity front,one that followed its leaders’populist stance of making lit-tle distinction between, on theone hand, an Indian actionactually taken or planned and,on the other hand, theextremes to which India, as anupper riparian, might go.

After the Treaty had beensigned, some leaders felt that insigning it, India had appeasedPakistan by yielding too manyconcessions; that the division ofwaters was much to the advan-tage of Pakistan. In a reply inthe Lok Sabha, PanditJawaharlal Nehru asked: “Howis this House now to judge thequantum of supply or thequantum of money to be given?I confess I cannot judge it off-hand. I am distressed that amatter of this importance, anissue that concerns not only thepresent but the future shouldbe treated so lightly and casu-ally and in such a narrowminded spirit.”

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Sir — Now that the Indian AirForce has given a befitting replyto Pakistan by carrying out airstrikes on the biggest Jaish-e-Mohammad training camp atBalakot inside Pakistan, killinga large number of terroristsover there, all diplomatic andeconomic relations withPakistan must end till the country stops assisting terrorgroups.

M KumarNew Delhi

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Sir — Three orders passed by theSupreme Court in 2016, 2018and 2019 do not question thethree-tiered verification processthat forest rights claims under-go as part of the 2006 ForestRights Act. On January 29, 2016,a three-judge Bench held that “ifthe claim is found to be not ten-able by the competent authori-ty, the result would be that theclaimant is not entitled for thegrant of any patta or any otherright under the Act, but such aclaimant is also either required

to be evicted from that parcel ofland or some other action is tobe taken in accordance with law.”Statistics from the Ministry ofTribal Affairs, which is the nodalagency under the 2006 Act,show that lakhs of titles were dis-tributed to genuine claimantseven as several lakh claims wererejected across 20 States.

MD Hasibur RahmanKarnataka

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Sir — The major fire that brokeat the Bandipur Tiger Reserve inKarnataka is worsening with nosigns of let-up. With butterflies inthe officials’ stomachs of the for-est department, an all-out efforthad been made to douse the firebut to no avail. Even as thedepartment was grappling in the

dark to check the raging fire, itreceived a shot in the arm with thestate government sending out anSOS to the Indian Air Force todeploy choppers to douse the fire.

It is distressing that pristineforest landscapes are beingreduced to ashes. It is true that thehot summer wave has causedverdant vegetation to go dry. Thismay have accelerated due to thespread of fire. Elsewhere in the

country also, sporadic cases ofwildfire are being reported. Theforest departments of respectiveState Governments must be pre-pared to deal with wildfires. Swiftaction can avert greater catastro-phes and save our forests.

TK NandananChennai

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Sir — West Indies batman ChrisGayle must be congratulated forbreaking the long-standing recordof Pakistani cricketer ShahidAfridi of the highest number ofsixes in international cricket. Hedid so in West Indies’s first one-day international against Englandin Barbados. He has now 477 sixesacross all formats, while Afridi has476. Moreover, Gayle achievedthis feat in his 444th match whileAfridi did so in 524 games. Gayleis the kind of player who chipsaway his opponents’ chance to winthe longer he stays at the crease.One hopes that he plays interna-tional cricket for years to come.

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When it comes to business, be it small orlarge, cash is the king, always. Whethera business is growing or struggling, man-

aging cash flow effectively is absolutely essentialand for many, it’s the key to business survival. Theimportance of cash can be understood from thefact that over 60 per cent of businesses that fail arestill profitable but they just ran out of cash.

On overusing the working capital, a businesscan witness a cash crunch that can prevent pay-ments to its suppliers, purchase of raw materialsand salary payments to its employees. Delaybetween the time when a business pays to its sup-pliers and when money is received from the cus-tomers is the problem. This requires effective cashflow management to survive and grow. Therefore,maintaining a level of working capital, that allowsa business to make it through crunch times andcontinue operating the business, is crucial. Simplyput, cash flow management means delaying out-lays of cash as long as possible while encouragingcustomers to pay as quickly as possible.

So, what is cash flow? It’s basically the move-ment of funds in and out of one’s business.Typically, businesses track cash flow eitherweekly, monthly or quarterly. Essentially, thereare two kinds of cash flows: A positive cash flowoccurs when cash entering into the business fromsales, accounts receivables and so on is more thanthe amount of cash leaving the businessesthrough accounts payable, monthly expenses andemployee salaries. A negative cash flow is just theopposite situation and occurs when the cash out-flow is greater than incoming cash. This gener-ally means trouble for a business.

It is not possible, however, to look at the prof-it and loss statement (P&L) and get a grip on cashflows. Many other financial figures feed into fac-toring cash flows, including accounts receivable,inventory, accounts payable, capital expenditures,and taxation. Effective cash flow managementrequires a laser focus on each of these drivers ofcash in addition to profit or loss. Rules of account-ing define profit simply as revenue minus expens-es. However, a smart business owner understandsthe fact that whether one earned profit or not isnot the same as knowing what happened to yourcash. An astute businessman should know whenthe business will become profitable, not becauseit will affect the cash flow — because it won’t —but because it gives one an early goal to strive forand a ready-made target for projecting future cashflow. Negative cash flow and negative profits makefor a grim combination. Focus your efforts on man-aging cash flow with an eye towards reaching thatmoment when you realise your first profits.

Since cash flows are very important for thesmooth running of any business, one should alwaysfocus on improving and managing cash flow anddevelop strategies to manage problems:

Short-term financing: This type of businessfinancing such as a line of credit can be used to makeemergency purchases or to bridge the gap betweenpayables and receivables. Many banks issue busi-ness credit cards that can be used to pay vendors.

Long-term financing: Large asset purchasessuch as equipment and real estate should usuallybe financed with long-term loans rather than withworking capital. This allows a business to spreadpayments over the average life of the asset.

Speed up recovery of receivables:The main mantra of any business shouldbe to bill early and collect quickly. Toguard against late payments, bill asearly as possible and make those invoic-es as clear and detailed as possible.Instead of waiting until the end of themonth, generate an invoice as soon as thegoods or services are delivered. For bigorders, one can consider progressiveinvoicing while the goods are manufac-tured or services delivered. It’s easy to losetrack and then neglect to follow up onan overdue account. Experience showsthat the longer one remains out of con-tact with a customer, the less likely he/sheis able to recover the amount owed. Onecan even incentivise customers who paytheir bills rapidly by offering discounts.

Liquidate cash tied up with assets:Does your business have equipmentthat is no longer in use or inventory that’sbecoming obsolete? Consider selling it togenerate quick cash. Idle, obsolete andnon-working equipment takes up spaceand ties up capital, which can be usedmore productively. Equipment that hasbeen owned for a longer period will usu-ally have a book value equal to its salvagevalue or less. So, a sale might result in ataxable gain. Excess inventory can quick-ly become obsolete and worthless as cus-tomer requirements change and newmaterials are introduced. Consider sell-ing any inventory, which is unlikely to beused over the next 12 months, unless thecosts to retain it are minimal and the pro-ceeds from a sale would be negligible.

Delay your payables: This maysound obvious but is often neglected.Unless there’s a worthwhile incentive topay early, figure out how late you can payyour vendors without risking late fees or

harming your relationship. This keeps thecash in your account and out of your ven-dor’s until it absolutely has to be there.

Identify business risks and preparein advance: There are many risksinvolved in running a business. Seriouschallenges should be expected at somepoint in the future. You need to consid-er a number of scenarios such as “Whatif a big order suddenly comes in?” “Whatif a big order is cancelled?” or “What ifthat important client goes missing whilestill owing me money”? This kind of riskanalysis should become a part of the cashflow budgeting process.

Monitor inventory efficiently:Analyse inventory movement to deter-mine which items are selling and whichones are duds that soak up working cap-ital. Try to keep inventory levels lean sothat working capital isn’t tied up unpro-ductively and unprofitably.

Always keep buffer money: Oncethe break-even point is found, one mustensure that the business has enough cashto fund working capital needs. It’sadvised to keep three months worth ofoutgoings in the bank for a rainy day.That may be a thing of the past but ifthat’s the case, make sure you have abuffer of some sort, either personal fundsavailable or an overdraft or revolvingcredit facility.

Implement better systems to man-age cash flow: Many businessmen pro-crastinate to invoice customers. Some donot invoice as soon as they deliver theproduct or services or do it just at themonth end. Many do not even know howmuch is owed to them by their customersor how much they owe to suppliers.

If you are one of them, it’s time tostart implementing an efficient process

to manage cash flow. You can use a sim-ple spreadsheet or an accounting soft-ware. But its important to have some sys-tems in place.

Cut costs, control cash outflows:The best way to control cash flow is tostay on top of expenses. When we startmaking profits, we often tend to ignorecost-cutting opportunities. Unmanagedoutflow could be a silent business killer.

Do not focus on profit but on cashflow: It has been found that 90 per centof SMEs do not have a cash flow planfrom day one, despite having forecasts ofprofit margins for years ahead. This is acommon reason for early business fail-ure. If cash flow is in order, profit will bein order. A lot of businesses do not makeit past six months. They might have beena profitable business eventually but theyneed to have good cash flow to survive.

Young businesses should work withreliable, quick-paying clients initially,even if it means smaller clients and slim-mer profits margins. Small businessowners should learn one principle earlyin the life: Cash is king. Building andkeeping an adequate stockpile of cashprovides maximum opportunity andflexibility to any business while enablingits owners to sleep soundly at night.

Without cash, profits are meaning-less. Many profitable businesses onpaper have ended up in bankruptcybecause the amount of cash coming indoesn’t compare with the amount of cashgoing out. Firms that don’t exercise goodcash management may not be able tomake the investments needed to com-pete, or they may have to pay more toborrow money to function.

(The writer is Assistant Professor,Amity University)

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Delhi Chief Minister ArvindKejriwal is back with his oldgame of street-level confronta-

tion with the Union Government asa part of his political strategy. Thistime, his indefinite fast — that wassupposed to start from March 1, buthas been postponed — is to get fullstatehood for Delhi. Can he achievethis objective? It looks difficult becauseno party at the Centre wants to givefull statehood to Delhi.

In the last two decades, both theBJP and the Congress have promisedstatehood to the capital city but whenthey came to power at the Centre, theissue took a backseat. Delhi being aspecial State, its land and law and ordercome under the purview of the Union

Home Ministry. The Chief Ministerwants them under his Government’scontrol but the Centre will never partwith these powers as there are sever-al hiccups — financial and political.

Like West Bengal Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee, Kejriwal is best atconfrontational politics. There hasbeen a constant tussle between himand the Centre ever since the AamAadmi Party (AAP) Governmentcame to power in 2015. Earlier in hisfirst term, he went on dharna and evenheld Cabinet meetings near the RailBhavan on the pavement.

Last week, Kejriwal declared in theAssembly: “From March 1, I will begina hunger strike. I am going to fast tillwe get statehood. I am ready to facedeath.” The demand was one of thepromises made by AAP in the run-upto the 2015 Assembly polls. “Ab aarya paar ki ladai hai (this is going to bea decisive battle),” the Chief Ministersaid, announcing his decision. Prior tothat, Kejriwal had declared in publicmeetings that if the AAP got seven outof seven seats in the Delhi Lok Sabhabattle, his party would ensure thatDelhi got statehood within two years.

Kejriwal is also prodding the peopleof Delhi to come to the streets to par-ticipate in the agitation for statehood.

The immediate provocation forthis decision was the Supreme Court’sverdict last week, which held that theCentre and not the Delhi Governmenthad the power to order investigationsagainst corrupt officers in the capital.The court also left the decision to ahigher Bench as to who should con-trol the officers. Prior to that, in Julylast year, a five-judge ConstitutionBench ruled that Delhi cannot beaccorded the status of a State but said

the Lieutenant-Governor has no“independent decision-makingpower” and must act on the “aid andadvice” of the elected Government.

Kejriwal is not happy with thesejudicial pronouncements. Therefore,he is building up this issue as a partof his campaign for the upcoming LokSabha poll and also to divert public’sattention from his Government’s fail-ures. He claimed that statehood wouldprovide two lakh jobs in the DelhiGovernment, pucca houses for everyDelhiite, regularisation of contractu-al Government employees and new

schools and universities.Though Delhi is going for polls

in 2020, Kejriwal’s compulsion is toraise the issue now because of theparliamentary polls. AAP has per-formed well on sectors like health,education, water, electricity andunauthorised colonies and is quitesure of support from the lowermiddle class and poorer sections butKejriwal is not sure about prospectsin the Lok Sabha poll. What betterway than sit in dharna on behalf ofthe people. This way, he can impresson the people that he is the only onewho is taking care of their interests.

Second, Kejriwal may also need aface-saving formula at some point oftime later if he continues with the fast.He knows he can expect Banerjee andAndhra Pradesh Chief MinisterChandrababu Naidu, with whom heis on excellent terms, to come to Delhiand persuade him to end the indefi-nite fast. Are they not together in theproposed mahagathbandhan? He hascome much closer to them and this isa part of taking on the Centre. Theyare all equally interested in embarrass-ing the Modi Government.

Kejriwal is not the only onefighting the Centre as PuducherryChief Minister V Narayanasamy,too, has been locked in a turf warwith Lt Governor Kiran Bedi overthe latter’s negative attitude towardsvarious proposals of his govern-ment. He had been sitting in dhar-na since February 13, outside the RajBhavan, demanding that the LtGovernor approve his cabinet’s pro-posals.

Kejriwal should realise that con-frontational politics will not gethim anywhere. The country is tenseafter the Pulwama terror attack andhe has chosen a wrong time to pressfor his demands. What happens if alimited war with Pakistan startsbefore that? What is important isgovernance and this is where he isweak though he puts the blame onthe Centre for his failures. Pressingfor Delhi’s statehood is somethingthat cannot happen in a day. Kejriwalshould realise the difficulties on theroad to it. As a Chief Minister, hismantra should be governance first.

(The writer is a senior political com-mentator and syndicated columnist)

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Fiscal deficit touched 121.5per cent of the full-year

revised target of �6.34 lakhcrore at the end of January onaccount of lower revenue col-lections, Government datashowed on Tuesday.

The fiscal deficit, or the gapbetween the Government’sexpenditure and revenue, stoodat �7.70 lakh crore duringApril-January of the currentfinancial year ending March.

At the end of January 2018,the deficit was 113.7 per centof the Revised Estimate (RE).

The Government had bud-geted to cut the fiscal deficit to3.3 per cent of GDP or �6.24

lakh crore in 2018-19, from3.53 per cent in the previousfinancial year.

However, in the InterimBudget 2019-20, the fiscaldeficit was revised upwardsmarginally to 3.4 per cent ofGDP or over �6.34 lakh crore,on account of additional out-lay of �20,000 crore for fund-ing income scheme for smallfarmers.

According to the datareleased by the ControllerGeneral of Accounts (CGA),the revenue receipts of thegovernment totalled �11.81lakh crore or 68.3 per cent ofRE till January in 2018-19,compared with 72.8 per centduring the same period last fis-

cal.According to RE, the

Government expects to mopup �17.29 lakh crore revenueduring the current fiscal, from�17.25 lakh crore budgetedoriginally.

Tax revenue was 68.7 percent of RE, compared with76.5 per cent in the compara-ble period of the previousyear.

According to the CGAdata, the total expenditure ofthe Government at January-end was �20.01 lakh crore or81.5 per cent of RE. The totalexpenditure for the currentfiscal has been raised to �24.57lakh crore in the RE, from thebudgeted �24.42 lakh crore.

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Reliance Industries chair-man Mukesh Ambani has

broken into the top 10 richestlist globally with a networth of$54 billion, while his youngerbrother Anil has paled into theoblivion having lost over 65percent of his networth,according to a report.

The Hurun Global RichList 2019 is topped by Amazonchief Jeff Bezos for the secondyear in a row, while the seniorAmbani is placed 10th with anetwork of �3.83 lakh crore,thanks to a rally in RIL shares,which had topped the �8-lakh-crore-mark last month.Ambani owns almost 52 per-cent in Reliance.

Anil Ambani, held in con-tempt of court by the SupremeCourt last week for not paying upEricsson �540 crore, has lost over$5 billion, from $7 billion sevenyears ago to $1.9 billion this year,even though both the brothersgot off with more or less sameamount of inherited wealth.

“Having started off similarlyafter the break-up of the fami-ly wealth, Mukesh added $30billion to his wealth in the pastseven years, while Anil has lostover $5 billion during the sameperiod,” says the Hurun report.

The other wealthiestIndians are Hinduja groupchairman SP Hinduja withnetworth of $21 billion, Wiprochairman Azim Premji is atthird with a networth of $17

billion, says the report releasedTuesday.

Cyrus S Poonawalla, chair-man of the Poonawalla groupthat run Serum Institute, witha networth of $13 billion is notonly ranked as the fourth rich-est Indian but also breaks intothe top 100 global ranking.

Steel giant ArcelorMittal’sLakshmi Mittal stands at fifthposition, followed by KotakMahindra’s Uday Kotak ($11billion), Gautam Adani ($9.9billion) and Sun Pharma’s DilipShanghvi ($9.5 billion).

Cyrus Pallonji Mistry andShapoorji Pallonji Mistry, bothwith wealth of $9.5 billioneach come in the ninth and the10th position, respectively,thanks to their 18.4 percentholding in the country’s largestconglomerate Tata group.

According to the list, SmitaCrishna, a third- generationheir of the Godrej family, topsthe female billionaire list with anetworth of $6.1 billion, whileKiran Mazumdar Shaw ofBiocon is the richest self-madefemale entrepreneur ranked 671with a wealth of $3.5 billion.

“Since 2012, this is for thatfirst time that India has slippedto the fifth rank in the HurunGlobal Rich List. An under-performing rupee and a lack-luster stock market resulted inthe country losing one-third ofthe list,” Hurun Report Indiamanaging director and chiefresearcher Anas RahmanJunaid said.

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The Reserve Bank of India(RBI) Tuesday said it

would infuse �12,500 croreinto the system throughopen market operations.

The RBI said it hasdecided to conduct purchaseof certain Government secu-rities under open marketoperations (OMOs) for anaggregate amount of �12,500crore on Febr uar y 28through multi-security auc-tion using the multiple pricemethod.

The decision on OMO isbased on an assessment ofprevailing liquidity condi-tions and also of the durableliquidity needs going for-ward, it added.

“ There is an overal laggregate ceiling of �125 bil-lion for all the securities inthe basket put together.There is no security-wisenotified amount,” RBI said.

It further said the eligi-ble participants should sub-mit their offers in electron-ic format on the RBI CoreBanking Solution (E-Kuber)system between before noonon Thursday.

The result of the auctionwi l l b e announced onThursday and payment tosuccessful participants willbe made during bankinghours on the following day.

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Aludecor held a discussionsession between key indus-

try thought leaders and stake-holders to exchange ideas andshare knowledge about thebest construction practices.

At the panel discussiontoday, stakeholders congregat-ed to disseminate information,gather knowledge, exchangeideas, debate innovative per-spectives, solutions and prod-ucts for fire safety and security.

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Telecom regulator Trai willrelease its recommendations

on the regulatory frameworkfor over-the-top (OTT) servicesin couple of months, its chair-man R S Sharma said Tuesday.

“We already have a paperon OTT (over-the-top). We willcome out with appropriate rec-ommendations and regulationsin near future. Couple ofmonths from now,” Sharmatold PTI at the Mobile WorldCongress 2019 here.

The telecom sector atMWC has been displayingtechnology and sharing theirplans around 5G services. Thebusiness of 5G will be domi-nated by data-related businesswhich is expected to blur dif-ferences between services pro-vided by Internet companiesand telecom service providers.

The sector has been talkingabout same set of rules for com-panies providing similar services.

Last week, global industrybody GSM Association

Director General Mats Granrydsaid globally telecom compa-nies should be regulated at parwith Internet firms as they areplanning to move beyond pro-viding just connectivity toadopt data-centric businessmodel with “intelligent con-nectivity” with 5G coming in.

He said India is the onlycountry that has announced togradually end mobile call ter-mination rates — a move thatwill end price arbitragebetween online players pro-viding calling and messagingservice and telecom operators.

Talking about evolution ofnew technologies and impacton regulatory jurisdictions,Sharma said, “Regulatory sys-tems will continue to developas technology develops. Ourapproach is regulator shouldnot become hindrance.”

Besides this, Sharma said alltelecom operators will have to putin place blockchain based systemto curb pesky call and messagingmenace from March 1 and noextension will be granted to them.

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To address issues regardingfuel requirement of

National Waterways, InlandWaterways Authority of India(IWAI) and Indian OilCorporation Ltd (IOCL) haveinked a pact, the governmentsaid Tuesday.

The Memorandum ofUnderstanding (MoU) willprovide for an understandingover general modalities ofmutual cooperation leading toaddressing futuristic demandof any form of energy forInland Waterways and asso-ciated services.

“IWAI and IOCL signedan MoU today for jointlydeveloping infrastructure forfuels, lubricating oil, LPG,Natural Gas and any otherrelated fuel and gas for meet-ing the requirement ofNational Waterways,” theMinistry of Shipping said ina statement.

The MoU covers devel-opment of infrastructure forreceipt, storage, dispensingand supply of fuels, lubricat-

ing oils, Liquefied PetroleumGas (LPG) (for domestic &commercial use), Natural Gas(NG) and any other relatedfuel and gas.

In addition, the MoU willalso cover infrastructuredevelopment for setting upConsumer Pump (for sup-plying fuels to vehicles, loco-motives, machiner y andequipment etc) and RetailOutlets (for fuel & gas) atTerminals/ Multimodal ter-minals, the statement saidadding, this will further leadto development of businessactivities along the NationalWaterways.

“IWAI and IOCL haveagreed to conduct techno-economic feasibility studiesfor preparation of detailedland requirement, storagefacilities and other supportinginfrastructure with details ofthe cost,” the statement said.

These studies will bebased on the traffic potential,proximity to the local indus-tries and waterways and itsconnectivity to rail heads.

IWAI will extend all nec-essary assistance in sharinginformation, providing nec-essary inputs and availabledata / information relating toNational Waterways and itsterminals with IOCL forimplementing projects, it said.

IWAI will also provideland to IOCL on long termlease basis for developingfacilities at existing termi-nals within the approvedguidelines of land lease poli-cy of the Government, itadded.

As per NationalWaterways Act 2016, 106 newNational waterways have beendeclared in addition to exist-ing 5 National Waterways.

The development of newNational Waterways is beingtaken up in a phased man-ner based on the feasibilityreports and detailed projectreports.

Also, the capacity aug-mentation of NW-1 has beentaken up under Jal MargVikas Project (JMVP) withthe technical and financialassistance of the World Bank.

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The micro, small and medi-um enterprises (MSME)

sector provides the banks witha lending opportunity of $70billion, says a report.

The MSME sector has beendown in the dumps since thenote-ban and the soon-to-be-followed implementation ofthe uniform tax regime GST,forcing millions of units todown shutters causing huge joblosses.

This has made the govern-ment force the Reserve Bank tooffer a special dispensationlast month under which thebanks were allowed to recaststressed MSME loans under Rs25 crore outside the NCLTroute.

“Small and medium unitstogether have a potential of tak-ing $70 billion in formal cred-it from banks,” industry lobbyAssocham and Ashvin ParekhAdvisory Services said in a jointreport Tuesday.

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Sebi Tuesday barred JKSProject Ltd, its 19 past and

present directors as well asthree promoters from securitiesmarkets till further orders for“prima-facie’’ violating publicissue norms.

Besides, the regulator askedthe entities not to dispose of theassets or divert funds raisedfrom public.

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The EU on Tuesday called onNew Delhi and Islamabad

to exercise “maximumrestraint” after Indian war-planes attacked a militant campin Pakistan, sending tensionssoaring between the nuclear-armed arch-rivals.

“We remain in contact withboth countries and what webelieve is essential is that allexercise maximum restraintand avoid further escalation oftensions,” EU spokeswomanMaja Kocijancic told reporters.

India said its warplanesattacked a militant camp wherePakistan-backed fighters werepreparing suicide attacks on itscities, killing a “very largenumber” of militants from theJaish-e-Mohammad (JeM)group.

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Australia on Tuesday urgedIndia and Pakistan to

“exercise restraint” and engagein dialogue to ensure issues areresolved peacefully even as itasked Islamabad to take “urgentand meaningful” action againstterrorist groups including JeMoperating from its soil.

Australian Foreign AffairsMinister Marise Payne’s state-ment came hours after Indianfighter jets struck Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM)’s biggestterror camp in Pakistan in apre-dawn attack.

The Indian Air Force (IAF)bombed terror camps at mul-tiple locations across the Lineof Control (LoC) on thePakistani side in a pre-dawnstrike, 12 days after the

Pakistan-based terror groupJeM carried out the Pulwamaattack in Kashmir.

The Australian govern-ment is concerned about therelations between India andPakistan, Payne said.

“Australia urges both sides to exercise restraint, avoidany action which wouldendanger peace and security inthe region and engage in dia-logue to ensure that theseissues are resolved peacefully,”she said.

“The Australian govern-ment is concerned about rela-tions between India andPakistan following the horrif-ic terrorist attack in Jammu andKashmir on 14 February, whichAustralia has condemned.

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North Korean leader KimJong Un and US President

Donald Trump arrived inHanoi Tuesday, ahead of a sec-ond summit closely watchedfor concrete steps to dismantlePyongyang’s nuclear pro-gramme.

After an initial historicmeeting in Singapore in June that produced only avague statement about denuclearisation, analysts saythe second date must delivermore in the way of tangibleprogress.

The summit itself isshrouded in secrecy and therewas still no official word even

on the venue when Trumptouched down in Air Force

One late Tuesday. The twoleaders were expected to havean informal dinner onWednesday before more formaltalks on Thursday.

Trump made no commentto reporters on his aircraft buthad previously tweeted hishopes for a “very productive”meeting, reiterating that NorthKorea could enjoy economicriches if it gave up its nuclearweapons.

“With completeDenuclearization, North Koreawill rapidly become anEconomic Powerhouse,” tweet-ed Trump. “Without it, justmore of the same.”

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China on Tuesday urged Indiaand Pakistan to “exercise

restraint” and asked New Delhito carry out its fight against ter-rorism through internationalcooperation, hours after Indianfighter jets struck Jaish-e-Mohammed’s biggest camp inPakistan in a pre-dawn attack.

When asked for China’sresponse to India’s air strikes onterrorist camps in Pakistan,Chinese Foreign Ministryspokesman Lu Kang told themedia here that “we have takennote of the relevant reports.”

“I want to say that India andPakistan are both importantcountries in South Asia. Asound relationship and cooper-ation between the two serves theinterests of both the countriesand peace and stability in SouthAsia,” he said. “We hope thatboth India and Pakistan canexercise restraint and do moreto improve their bilateral rela-tions,” he said. India bombedand destroyed Jaish-e-Mohammed’s biggest trainingcamp in Pakistan early Tuesday,

killing a “very large number” ofterrorists, trainers and seniorcommanders, officials said inNew Delhi.

On India’s assertion that itwas a “non-military pre-emptivestrikes” directed against trainingcamps of the terrorist groupswho are carrying out violent actsin India, Lu said, “as for India’sclaim on taking action againstterrorism, well fighting terrorismis a global practice”. “It needsnecessary international cooper-ation. India needs to createfavourable condition interna-tionally for the same,” he said.

To another question, hesaid Pakistan Foreign MinisterShah Muhammad Qureshi hasspoken to his Chinese counter-part Wang Yi on the Pulwamaterror attack in Jammu andKashmir. “During the phonecall, Wang listened carefully toPakistan foreign minister’s noti-fication and proposals on theissues and reaffirmed his opin-ion that the two sides need toadvance their cooperation in thecounter terrorism for peace andstability in the region,” thespokesman said.

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Pakistan on Tuesday sum-moned India’s acting High

Commissioner here and con-demned the “violation of itsterritorial sovereignty” byIndian fighter jets.

In a statement, the ForeignOffice said that at “approxi-mately 02.54 hours (localtime), 8 Indian aircraft wereeffectively intercepted by thePakistani Air Force jets andforced” to return.

The Indian jets “random-ly released their ordinancewhich landed in an uninhab-ited remote area,” it added.

“The Acting ForeignSecretary summoned theIndian Acting HighCommissioner and strongly

condemned the Indian viola-tion of Pakistan’s sovereigntyand territorial integrity,” itsaid.

It said that the “baseless,reprehensible Indian claims oftargeting a large terrorist campand resultant causalities toplacate Indian domestic audi-ence and electioneering werestrongly rebutted.”

The Acting ForeignSecretary categorically statedthat Indian “aggression was athreat to regional peace andstability and would get a befit-ting response by Pakistan at atime and place of its choosing.”

The official also con-demned the “baseless” Indianallegations against Pakistan’sinvolvement in the Pulwamaterror attack.

London: The British Gover-nment has called on India andPakistan to pursue diplomatic s-olutions in the wake of the Pu-lwama terrorist attack in J & K.

UK Foreign SecretaryJeremy Hunt held telephonicconversations with ExternalAffairs Minister Sushma Swarajand Pakistan Foreign Minister.

Shah Mehmood Qureshion Monday, the UK Foreign andCommonwealth Office (FCO)said in a statement. “The ForeignSecretary highlighted the UK’sconcern about the enduringthreat to regional stability fromterrorism.

“He encouraged Pakistanand India to improve coopera-tion and find diplomatic solu-tions that will create greater sta-bility and trust in the region,” theFCO said hours before Indianfighter jets struck Jaish-e-Mohammed’s biggest camp inPakistan in a pre-dawn attack.

The Indian Air Force (IAF)bombed terror camps at multi-ple locations across the Line ofControl (LoC) on the Pakistaniside in a pre-dawn strike, 12 daysafter the Pakistan-based terrorgroup Jaish-e-Mohammed(JeM) carried out the Pulwamaattack in Kashmir. PTI

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Pakistan Army confirmed thatIndian fighter jets dropped

“four bombs” during an opera-tion on Tuesday but down-played its significance, saying theIndian attack was repulsed andwhile going back the aircraft“jettisoned their payload.”

Army spokesman Maj GenAsif Ghafoor also said that Pakistan will “surprise”India with its response that willbe in all domains including“diplomatic, political and mili-tary.” “Prime Minister ImranKhan told the army and the peo-ple that get ready for any even-tuality. Now it is time for Indiato wait for our response. Wehave decided. Wait for it,”Ghafoor said.

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Iran’s foreign minister saidTuesday he hoped his sudden

resignation would reinforce theposition of his fellow diplomats,hinting at a dispute with thesecurity apparatus and hard-lin-ers over the conduct of thecountry’s foreign policy.

Mohammed Javad Zarif ’sresignation sent shockwavesthrough Iran, where tensions arealready running high overAmerica’s withdraw from thenuclear deal he helped negoti-ate with President HassanRouhani.

The Tehran stock marketdropped 1,927 points Tuesday,down some 1.16 percent. TheIranian rial, which has rapidlydepreciated amid uncertaintyover the deal’s future, stoodaround 135,600 rials to $1. Ithad been 32,000 to the dollar at

the time of the deal.The state-run IRNA news

agency said Zarif told colleagueshis resignation would aid in“restoring the ministry to itslegal position in foreign rela-tions.” The remark appeared tobe aimed at other bodies with-in Iran’s government. Zarif wasnot present for a meeting withSyrian President Bashar Assadon Monday.

Assad was warmly receivedby Supreme Leader AyatollahAli Khamenei as well as Gen.Qassem Soleimani, the com-mander of an elite unit of theRevolutionary Guard.

Later on Tuesday, and with-out mentioning the resigna-tion, Rouhani praised Zarif aswell as Oil Minister BijanZanganeh and Central Bankchief Abdolnasser Hemmati assoldiers on the battlefield againstUS pressure.

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The Taliban andWashington’s peace envoy

are close to reaching an agree-ment on US troop withdrawalfrom Afghanistan, aspokesman for the Islamicinsurgents said Tuesday amida new round of talks with theUnited States.

Suhail Shaheen, thespokesman, said the deal willalso include guarantees thatAfghanistan will not be usedagain as a staging arena foranti-American attacks.

His remarks came duringthe second day of talks in theQatari capital of Doha with USenvoy Zalmay Khalilzad whohas been trying to negotiate aresolution of the 17-year war inAfghanistan, America’s longest.

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Business school predic-tions for the last twoyears have already sung

paeans to emerging technolo-gies such as artificial intelli-gence, internet of things andvirtual reality in modern class-rooms and the disruptionsthey bring to education. 2019has already recognised thosetrends and given them theirdue pedestal. What is new in2019 is that there is renewedfocus on the MBA degree's rel-evance to society and whetherit has become out of sync withcurrent industry practices.

Pursuing an MBA requiresconsiderable personal andfinancial commitment. One ofthe most obvious questionsthat today's generation asks aB-school is that when college-dropouts can go on to becomebillionaires why should oneneed an MBA?

A recent employer surveyin the US reveals that employ-ers search for five key skills intheir target managerial per-sonnel — ability to work witha variety of different people,ability to build, sustain andexpand networks of people,ability to solve complex prob-lems, ability to understandthe impact of digitalisation onbusiness and the ability toprioritise and deliver time-bound results. As can be seen,these are typical soft skillswhich rarely form part ofbusiness curricula and are dif-ficult to teach in classroom

environments or even simula-tions.

Some of the expectationsaround an MBA are patentlyunreasonable. For example, anumber of students have beenled to believe that an MBA isa golden ticket to a high-pay-ing job, which it isn't. The factremains that your career willdepend on the body of workyou are able to present to aprospective employer.Employers are looking to hirepeople with not only the rele-vant skills and competencieswhen they hire an MBA butalso one who has demonstrat-ed success in managementthrough relevant experience.And only a handful of businessschools will give you real-world laboratories to practiceand hone skills ancillary toyour core competencies.

Given below are the toptrends that MBA programmeswill be looking to deliver in2019.�New disciplines to take cen-ter-stage: Entrepreneurship,analytics and design-thinkingare predicted to be the 3 topareas in which demand willincrease manifold this year.Digital media and luxurymanagement are other emerg-ing areas where specialisationis a key requirement for entry.As per naukrihub.com, a qual-ity control manager's salaryranges between �5,49,320 to�8,77,720. A pharma productmanager earns from �4,47,620

to �1,051,550 and that for abusiness analyst, between�5,02,830 to �9,45,630.�Business schools will bemore responsive to society:Social upheavals in today'senvironment continue to ques-tion established institutionsand their relevance to socialrealities. Business leaders too,being an inherent part of the

community, will be pressed tobecome more responsive andresponsible to needs such asenvironmental regulation,CSR and other collaborations.Industries ranging from phar-maceuticals and energy toFMCG and fashion, all arebeing pressed to prove theirinvolvement and contributionto the society at large.Adequate training and prepa-ration will be called for thoseroles.� Increasing relevancethrough collaborations withGovernment and industry: Inaddition to continued global-isation on one side with easeof mobility and inter-con-nectedness of joint academicand student exchanges world-wide, while on the otherside,some countries have start-ed to look inwards towardsnationalisation. This has led tochanging trading relations,resulting in redesigning oper-ations and strategies for manybusinesses. MBA programmes,therefore, will be required torespond to such needs, whereunderstanding the govern-ments and the industry will beimperative. �Despite the presence of tech-nologies such as AI and digi-tal twinning, personal inter-actions will continue to trumpdigital interactions as thethings that make a businessrelationship sustainable arestill developed over lunch orface-to-face cues. Negotiations

and transactions will have thebest chance of success overtechnically enhanced face-to-face interactions.�Embedding technology inthe classroom: Apart fromthese new trends, classroomsare already being supple-mented by digital lectures,notes, AI-enhanced assess-ments that personalise thelearning pace according tothe comprehension capacitiesof individual students, VR-powered simulations modelwhat would happen if deci-sions were to be implemented.Automation, robotisation andblockchain skills are invaluableto the evolution of industry 4.0and those possessing suchskills will be at a distinctadvantage.

The MBA degree has notlost relevance despite its beingoverused and non-uniformstandard of education in India.As Professor, Dr Jyoti PrakashNaidu, Dean of Research &Devlopment, JKLU's PinnacleMBA program, says, “Thecrucible of experience in acomprehensive MBA programteaches one the language ofbusiness and should cultivatein the learner the ability toinspire others to action.” Theskills and capabilities the MBAoffers to society and businessare still generating greatimpact and will continue to doso in the coming future.%�������������(���&����+���������!�,*

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The University School of ManagementStudies(USMS), IP University organ-

ised two-day long management festivalBiz Buzz 2019 at its Dwarka campus.

According to faculty Co-ordinator ofthis festival Dr Shilpa Jain, apart fromvarious events like case developmentcontest, business plan contest, mockstock, best finance talent, best mar-keting talent, best hr talent, standupcomedy, brush it up, treasure hunt,debate on management topic, businessstrategy game, outdoor events like com-edy show, DJ night and star night werealso organised on the occasion for all twodays of the festival.

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The new chairman of NationalBook Trust, India (an

autonomous organisation underthe Department of HigherEducation, Ministry of HumanResource Development) hasbeen appointed on 21 February2019. Professor Govind PrasadSharma, distinguished educa-tionist, took over as the newchairman.

Born in the year 1939,Prof.essor Sharma has served asthe Principal of GovernmentP.G. College, Madhya Pradesh.

Later, he was appointed as theAdditional Director of HigherEducation (Gwalior ChambalDivision) and has also been theDirector of Madhya PradeshHindi Granth Akademi.

Having worked extensivelyin the field of education, Sharmahas also worked in the capacityof Vice Chairman of MadhyaPradesh Board of SecondaryEducation as well as Chairmanof Madhya Pradesh TextbookWriting Standing Committee.

In addition, Sharma haspublished numerous researchpapers.

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programme (old and newsyllabus) and Professionalprogramme held inDecember 2018, has beendeclared on Monday,February 25 to all the region-al and chapter offices of theinstitute throughout thecountry.

In Executive programmes(old syllabus) examination5.24 per cent candidatespassed in Module I and 9.60per cent in Module II, whilein Executive Programme(new syllabus) examination5.38 per cent candidates

passed in Module I and 4.76per cent n Module 11.

In Professional pro-gramme examination 12.86per cent of candidates passedin Module I, 14.74 per cent inModule II and 13.06 per centin Module III.

The next examinationsof Company Secretar yExecutive programme andProfessional programme willbe held from Saturday, June 1to Monday, June 10, 2019.

The last date for onlinesubmission enrollment appli-cations together with the req-uisite fee is March 25, 2019.

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Sheffield, UK is invitingapplications for its newMSc Biological Sciencescourse starting in September2019.

The programme pro-vides training in the breadthand depth of whole-organ-ism biology, allowing stu-dents to develop a wide rangeof knowledge across the dis-cipline via the general bio-logical sciences pathway, or tospecialise within one of threemajor areas through dedicat-ed pathways in — evolution-ary biology, plant and cropscience, and biodiversity andconservation.

Duration: 12 monthsEligibility: Holders of a

three year bachelor degreewith a minimum of 60 percent or first class from a rep-utable university in BiologicalSciences or other relevant sci-ence subject.

Fee: The annual fee foroverseas students is £24,600 in2019.

How to apply: Log on [email protected];https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/aps/biological-sciences.

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TKWs Institute ofBanking & Finance, NewDelhi invites applications forits new academic session ofPost graduate diploma inBanking & Finance with spe-cialisation in InternationalTrade Finance.

This programme starts byproviding fundamental clari-ty and then advances toexpose the participants to allessentials of banking &finance.

With Certif icate inInternational Trade andFinance (CITF), a studentcan easily seek jobs in tradedepartment of a bank. Theexam for this certification isconducted by InternationalChamber of Commerce(ICC).

Eligibility : Minimumqualification for securingadmission to PG Diplomacourse in Banking & Finance

is gradu-ate in any stream with 50 percent marks, students awaitingfinal year results may alsoapply.

How to apply: Fill anonline application form andpay �1000 application fee,online or by visiting the insti-tute.

L ast Date to apply :March 19, 2019.

Fee: The annual fee foroverseas students is £24,600 in2019.

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Academy is inviting applica-tions for Jewellery Design,Bachelors of Fine Arts:Fashion Design, Bachelors ofFine Arts: Applied Arts,Undergraduate Diploma InAccessories Design (FashionAccessories), Fashion Design,Interior Design andCommunication Design.

Duration: Three years forBachelors of Science, Fouryers for Bachelors of FineArts, Four years Bachelors ofFine Arts: Applied Arts andTwo years for undergraduateDiploma In AccessoriesDesign.

Eligibility: Students whohave passed or will appear forthe qualifying examinationsunder the higher secondary(Class XII) from any recog-nised Board of Educationsuch as AISSCE/IB/ICSE, orequivalents can apply.

How to Apply :Prospectus along with theapplication form can beobtained for �1000 from theacademy or by post enclosing or log on to http://www.diain-dia.co.in.

Contact: 18001039383,0120-4097100.

L ast Date to apply :Design Entrance Exam (DEE)on April 28, 2019.

Holistic approach in moderneducation has become quin-

tessential for students across theworld. The days of thestereotype educationsystem and limited sub-ject study are long gone.Today, it is important forstudents to observe,study and explore dif-ferent facets of societyand cultures for their all-rounddevelopment. The inclusion offoreign educational trips in edu-cational curriculums not onlynurtures humanitarian qualities instudents but also brings forththeir expertise and develops newskills.

Educational trips to thediverse nations give studentsexposure to new landscapes,wildlife, and topography. Morethan that, the act of philanthropy,volunteering for underprivilegedones, volunteerism, volunteertourism, or voluntourism duringthese foreign educational tripsfacilitate a ‘socially impactful jour-ney’ for students.

Some of the key benefits,which make these foreign educa-tional trips and volunteering activ-ities an integral tool for all-round

development of students are:�Adapting to foreign culturesfacilitates creativity and buildsperspective: Volunteerism duringthe educational trips isn’t just anattempt to make a difference, infact, it also helps students tounderstand and adapt to foreigncultures and learn their traditionalvalues by helping them in creat-ing a better life. The experience ofcultural immersion creates a newperspective of life in studentsand gives wings to their creativi-ty in a longer run. A chance tospend time with natives andindulging in humanitarian activ-ities create awareness of underly-ing connections and build newassociations.

�Invokes curiosity and facilitatesidea flexibility: Curiosity canlead to a generation of revolu-tionary ideas and change the wayof life. Foreign educational tripsinstill great qualities in studentsand open a new horizon for themto explore. This gives curiousones a chance to explore theirinterest areas and develop theirexpertise. �Kickstarts an interest in newcareer avenues: What can be bet-ter than realising your true poten-tial and exploring possible careeravenues during your educationaltrips? By taking a step out of thecomfort zone and finding yourtrue strengths and weaknesses,you can become a better human

and a successful person in thefuture. The process of skill devel-opment and upskilling duringvolunteering activities help stu-dents in molding a better future.�Teaches the skill of networkingand opportunity to learn multi-ple languages: Embarking onforeign educational trips effi-ciently breaks the myth of lan-guage barriers. Apart from gain-ing better command in English,the global lingua franca, studentsalso get a chance to learn nativelanguages of their host countries.It turns into one of the best prac-tical exercises for students tointeract with speakers of differentlanguages and learn more abouttheir cultures, to realise the dreamof a global family. �Increases understanding ofworking as a team: Apart fromskill enhancement and diverse cul-tural experience, one of the impor-tant lessons that an educationaltrip brings is — benefits of work-ing as a team. When people fromdifferent cultures and back-grounds come together to workfor the underprivileged in unison,the enthralling adventures turninto life’s most memorable expe-riences. Students working inteams, collectively steppingtowards one motive to benefit oth-ers and serving society help intheir evolution into more humbleand compassionate human beings.

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Engineering is the most preferredprofessional course among students

— the right choice of engineering dis-cipline can help you to reach the topof your career. The engineering indus-try is vast and there are plenty of nich-es among which students can decide,based on their interest and passion.

This is the reason why students aremore desirous to pursue streams inengineering which are always indemand. Civil engineering is one suchdiscipline which is ‘evergreen’ and ver-satile. Students can pursue differentroles such as quantity surveying,nuclear engineering, waste resourcemanagement, structural designs andothers.

In short, civil engineering is aninnovative career choice. A degree incivil engineering helps the students tosecure well-paid jobs in this particu-lar sector.

Civil engineers with their greattechnical skills, core-knowledge ofthe discipline and understanding ofconcepts are always in-demand.

According to research conductedby the Royal Institute of CharteredSurveyors (RICS), India is expected toface a demand of approximately 4 mil-lion civil engineering professionals.With steady urbanisation and mod-ernism, we can expect an enhancedcareer scope for civil engineering stu-dents in India.

After procuring a degree in civilengineering, the individual is capableof working in top multinational com-panies like Larsen & Toubro,Gammon, HCC. Civil engineers canlook for international projects incounties like the USA, UAE, Chinawhere the demand is considerablyhigh.

Why civil engineers are here to

stay?Presently, the civil sector is expe-

riencing a huge boom, hence it is high-ly sought-after. A significant increasein the number of private players andthe need for unique infrastructure andmanagement of resources has createdimmense employment opportunitiesfor skilled civil engineers.

The global value of the civil engi-neering market is $7.84 trillion for theyear 2017. It is expected to rise furtherby 5.6 per cent between the year 2018to 2025. The rise in urban populationis the key factor which boosts the civilindustry.

This is the best time to pursue civil

engineering as the construction indus-try of India is on the rise. Globalisationhas created a drastic civil upturn indeveloping nations. As per the WorldBank estimation, urban population inIndia is expected to grow further. This,in turn, has put pressure on the civilsector, facilitating extremely demand-ing numbers for civil engineers in thecountry.

In conclusion, civil engineeringremains the fastest growing, compet-itive engineering discipline, whosedemand continues to grow year afteryear with a consequent rise in urban-isation.

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The University ofSheffield, UK is offering 50international UG MeritScholarships in 2019. Thescholarships are competitiveawards worth 50% of thetuition fee for an undergrad-uate degree programmestarting in September 2019.The scholarship is availablefor new international (non-EU) students who meet theeligibility criteria.

You will be able to applyfor a scholarship via MUSEfor applicants. You mustreceive an offer by April 19,2019. The results will beannounced by 16:00 (UKtime) on Friday May 31,2019.

Eligibility: Must bescheduled to commence atthe University of Sheffield inSeptember 2019. For tuitionfee purposes you must beself-funded and eligible topay the overseas tuition fee.You must not be a sponsoredstudent.

For more informationvisit: https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/international/enquiry/money/ugmerit

Application deadline:The deadline is 16:00 (UKtime) April 26 2019.

Strathclyde BusinessSchool, Glasgow is offeringup to four partial, merit-based tuition scholarships

for applicantswith First Class Degrees

(or overseas equivalent of aUK First Class degree).

Two awards of �8,500 areavailable for a non-EU can-didate and two awards of�6,500 for an EU candidate.

Eligibility: Candidatesmust be self-funded (ie: notin receipt of any fundingfrom any other scholarships,employer sponsorship etc)and already hold an offer ofa place on either the MScInternational Master ProjectManagement or GlobalMaster in IndustrialManagement for September2019 entry.

The scholarships will beawarded on merit, ratherthan financial need, to can-didates who demonstrate intheir Masters Programmeapplication excellent acade-mic performance (currentand/or previously gained);any relevant extra-curricularor professional experienceand career development andwho will contribute to theoverall academic, culturaland experiential profile ofthe programme cohort.

For more informationvisit: [email protected]; https://www.strath.ac.uk/studywithus/scholar-ships/strathclydebusinesss-choolscholarships/manage-mentsciencescholarships/mscinternationalmasterproject-managementdeansexcel-lencescholarships/

Application deadline:The application deadline isJuly 14, 2019.

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According to a report by theBritish Council, over the years,the Indian design industry has

grown exponentially. It’s estimatedthat by 2020, the design market isexpected to be at �188.32 billion. Yet,only a fifth of the market has beentapped into at this time. However, slow-ly but surely the country is starting toembrace design outside of tradition.Today, designers are backed by astrong educational background. Thismakes Indian designers a mix of talent,insight, and experience.

Since the growth in the industry,many organisations have also startedrealising the importance of gooddesign. According to BrandRecruitment, a marketing recruitmentsolutions company, the design indus-try is categorised into three differentsections: In-house design; design busi-nesses and freelancers

Today, a large number of businesseshave in-house design teams. Theseorganisations are the ones that soak upmost of the talent from the talent poolof designers. Design businesses havealso managed to scale up, and a lot ofdesigners choose to work alongsidethem to help the business scale evenhigher. Yet another set of designersdecide to work as freelancers. Thesefreelancers could work with anybodyfrom an in-house design team todesigners working with design busi-nesses. At the end of the day, a freelancedesigner is essentially a single personorganisation.

However, every designer workingin big in-house teams, small designbusiness, or as a freelancer needs topossess a certain set of skills. Let’s takea look at a few that monster.com rec-ommends for designers:

Communication: designersexpress ideas with the help of text andimage. Consequently, communicationskills are crucial to the job. However,communication is essential in designin other ways too. Designers have toconnect their ideas to organisations,clients and employers. It commandseffective public speaking skills for pre-sentations and writing skills for pro-posals. Designers must also be able to

communicate with clients and employ-ers via phone, email, and sometimesthrough a video call.

Creativity: Designers need to becreative masterminds. They have tocommunicate ideas through text andimage creatively. They have to createsolutions for their clients with creativemeans; for instance, they may have topromote an organisations missionwithin a website or design an illustra-tion that encourages the sale of a prod-uct. All of this requires creativity, as wellas creative problem-solving skills.

Time management: Digital Artsonline, UK says that most designers arecontinually balancing various projectsat once. Because this is such a standardpart of the job, it's essential that theypossess strong time management skills.Designers should be able to multitask,juggle multiple tasks over long periods,and meet all set deadlines.

According to a report published byConfederation of Indian Industry,India is embracing design like neverbefore. With the increase in design edu-cation, it has brought about a radicaltransformation in the industry. Theyouth also is willing to develop theirskills and translate them into a suc-cessful career since their talent can nowbe backed up by prestigious educationalinstitutes.

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The Chicago University recent-ly announced that its inter-national students do not have

any mandatory requirements toreport SAT or ACT scores. Manyother universities have eased out theSAT requirements over the years,and we expect that in anotherthree-five years it would mostly bedone away with.

As it is, SAT/ ACT scores arenot an important criterion when itcomes to admissions in top uni-versities in US. While most uni-versities say that they do not havea recommended range of SATscores and many good universitieshave varied SAT/ACT scores amongtheir successful student applicants,going down to even extremely lowscores like 1200/1600. Plus, SAT isone among the many parametersthat a university judges an applicantupon. A case in point is MIT,among the most rigorous selectionprocess. The MIT engineering appli-cants get selected from a range ofcriterion ranging from a researchproject, makers’ portfolio, human-ities and art portfolio, academicsover a four-year time horizon,SAT/ACT scores, co-curricular andextracurricular activities includingleadership positions, sports andathletic ability, etc. All of them (andsome more) coalesce to create theunique story for each of the appli-cant which gets you in. Clearly, SATis a very small portion of this storyand as such should not be over-emphasized. Chicago University’s

decision is just another validation ofthe point that is veering US uni-versities away from generalisedtests like SAT/ACT.

There are some definite advan-tages of a generalised test score likeSAT/ACT for a university. Clearly,not all boards or marking philoso-phies are similar. IB, A levels, dif-ferent boards corresponding tocountries/States — there are somany variations that it is extreme-ly hard for someone to assess a stu-dent on a common yardstick. Insuch a scenario, generalised testscores provide a ready escape andgive universities a common way ofassessing a person’s academic capa-bility. To that extent, as a commonplatform to assess students acrossvariety of parameters, SAT/ACTscores remain a meaningful mech-anism.

However, SAT/ACT testing suf-fer from the same problems that anytest suffers from. It captures a stu-dent’s performance on a given daywhich may not capture his poten-tial/capacity correctly because of anumber of reasons. Poor or excep-tional test taking ability (not poten-tial), it being a bad/good day, the testitself are amongst the many variablesthat leave the outcome from the testcircumspect and indicative at best!Universities are cognizant of thisand a blip in the form of SAT/ACTperformance on a given day asopposed to a different story in youroverall academic profile would notget undue weightage. Additionally,

SAT/ACT allow you multipleopportunities to improve your scoreso the performance on a given daywould not determine your future.

An entrance system which isholistic has anyways been assessingperformance and potential acrossa range of parameters for a verylong period of time. Giving theassessors one less variable(SAT/ACT scores) would notimpact their ability to judge. Agood example is the ability of thesame assessors to validate the nar-ratives and applications of 'home-schooled' students. In these cases,application-assessors don't haveaccess to much of standardized datathat any normal school studentshave. Despite that they have beenable to successfully assess and roll-out offers to many of these stu-dents. In fact, Stanford, Cornell andmany of the top IVYs have rolledout record number of offers tohome-schooled students. Again,this is clearly indicative of the factthat schools will judge your capa-bility with or without SAT/ACTscores.

Many of our students havebeen very adventurous with theirSAT scores. Some of the flat-outrefused to take the SAT tests - oneof them shared the link of the busi-ness that she had created (a 5 MM$ business at the time of her appli-cation), another posted the code ofa successful algorithm that he hadsold to Airbnb. In each of thesecases (and many more), the appli-

cation was extremely powerful(notwithstanding the lack ofSAT/ACT scores.) Consequently,these students received admitsfrom some of the top universitiesincluding Stanford, Cornell,UPenn, MIT and Princeton.

Apart from Engineering, ifyou look at Economics and Designapplications, the relative value ofSAT/ACT scores become increas-ingly clear. While it can be arguedthat in the case of design applica-tions, there is an art portfolio thatgives a sense of the student’s capa-bility; that is not the case withEconomics/Business applications.Most students do not take subjectSATs and while many still take thegeneral SAT/ACT, it seemscounter-intuitive to think thatSAT/ACT scores determine entry.More so, when many of the topscorers receiving as high as1580/1600 were denied admis-sion.

In summary, we posit thatyour narrative determines yourentry to a university and not yourSAT/ACT scores. These scores arevalue additive in so much as they(may) support your story but noth-ing more than that.

Our general advice, thereforeis to focus on building your story— something which is moredurable and harder than gettingbetter SAT/ACT scores. That iswhat shall get you into a great uni-versity.

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India all-rounder KrunalPandya on Tuesday insist-

ed that the team has not lostmomentum despite losingthe series opener andinstead taken a lot of heartfrom "almost defending"126 at Vizag.

Krunal was the bestspinner in the game whilepacer Jasprit Bumrahbowled brilliantly in hiscomeback game to take thematch into the final overafter a pedestrian battingperformance.

"It was a great bowlingeffort. Everyone chipped inand we almost defended thelow total. We just have to bemore cautious about ourbatting," said Krunal ahead

of the secondT20." T o m o r r o w

(Wednesday) is a veryimportant game as we are 0-1 down but I would not saythat we have lost momen-tum. We lost the other nightbut we are not losing con-secutive games. I am surewe will do well," said the 27-

year-old.Krunal said it would be

nice to have some part-timeoptions in the team consid-ering India only played fivespecialist bowlers in Vizag.

"All the five bowlerswho played are all qualitybowlers. All are match win-ners on a given day. If you

have options it is good butwhatever is there we are finewith that."

Krunal also praisedAustralia for their effort onSunday.

"History says they are acompetitive side and weknow that they will give 100percent every time theystep on the field. We aremindful of that.

"The wicket looks goodhere. It will be better thanVizag for sure. So we expectmore runs," he said.

Krunal knows that hemay not be in the team'sWorld Cup plans anddespite the focus being onfinalising the squad for the50-over mega event, he saidthe second T20 is a "veryimportant game".

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In-form Australian pacer PatCummins on Tuesday could not

help but praise another fast bowleron the top of his game — JaspritBumrah, saying the Indian's paceand accuracy has made him a seri-ous threat in all three formats.

Cummins has beenAustralia's standout fast bowlerover the last 12 months and haseven made some useful contribu-tions with the bat, including in thefirst T20 against India, when hegot a crucial four and a double onthe final two balls to pull off athree wicket win for his team.

Bumrah, on the other hand,brought back India into the gameby taking two wickets in the 19thover conceding just two runs. Inhis comeback game, he showedhow invaluable he has become forIndia in all three formats.

"He is obviously a class act.Two of the basics he does reallywell is that he bowls fast and he

bowls accurately. Anyone whodoes that in world cricket will posea real challenge for the batsmen.He has got a great slower ball,seems to have a great cricketingbrain, executes his skills reallywell," Cummins said.

"He has done really well in allthree formats and the one to watchout for,added the Auusie speedsterahead of the second and final T20.

The 25-year-old from Sydneyhimself has become invaluable for

his team after maintaining his fit-ness over the past two seasons.

"I haven't seen too manymemes (of myself on socialmedia) but really happy withhow my game is going at themoment. So many things havefallen into place. Playing quiteconsistent cricket has helped,"Cummins said.

"I have not played too muchwhite ball cricket, so looking for-ward to more of it. It is a biggerchallenge with the ball not swing-ing as much as the red ball."

Australia are a game awayfrom a series win in India and ifthat happens, "it will be a hugeresult", feels Cummins.

"It (leading a series) has nothappened for us in a while in anoverseas series. Especially in aplace like India which is so foreignto Australian conditions, againstone of the best sides in the world.It will be a huge result for us, yeah.But we know will have to reallyplay well to beat them tomorrow."

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Asurprise selection in the first T20I,Australia's Peter Handscomb says he

wants to don the gloves in ODIs too andis willing to work on his fitness to man-age the workload of wicket-keeping andbatting in the middle order.

Handscomb was picked ahead ofregular wicket-keeper Alex Carey in thefirst T20I, giving a boost to his hopes ofmaking Australia's World Cup squad.

"I can keep and all, I just need to makesure I'm fit enough and strong enough that

if we keep first in a 50-over game I canstill go out there and bat at four or five andmake sure I'm still running hard betweenthe wickets and doing everything right bythe team," Handscomb said.

Carey is likely to be back in the teamfor the five-match ODI series butHandscomb wants to continue donningthe gloves during rest of the tour if givena chance.

"T20 is not too bad, it's sort of overand done with pretty quickly. One-day-ers can be a bit tougher. Especially inIndia with a bit of heat and up to thestumps a lot more on spinning wickets,"he was quoted as saying incricket.Com.Au. "So it can be tough butit's something I am looking forward tohaving a crack at."

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The focus remains firmly on theWorld Cup but India would also bedesperate to ensure that a home

series does not slip out of their grip whenthey take on Australia in the second andfinal T20 International on Wednesday.

The below-par 126 with the bat atVizag on Sunday denied bowlers a decentshot at securing a win even though theJasprit Bumrah-led attack did all it couldto keep the home team in the game till thefinal over of the match.

India skipper Virat Kohli has alreadysaid that his squad composition for theWorld Cup in May-July is "more or lesssorted" but has not ruled out rewardingstandout performances over the course oftwo T20s and five ODIs.

Considering the captain's currentframe of mind, both K L Rahul andRishabh Pant are likely to feature in mostof the games against Australia.

India rested opener Shikhar Dhawanto give game time to Rahul, who grabbedthe opportunity with both hands bysmashing 50 off 36 balls in his comebackgame.

With the series on the line, it remainsto be seen if Dhawan is brought back intothe side to open alongside Rohit Sharmaor the team retains the opening combina-tion which featured in Vizag.

"Anything is possible now. We wantto give game time to Rahul and Pant tofigure out what we need to do in the WorldCup," Kohli said after the first T20.

While Bumrah showed his class aftercoming back from a break, the other pacerin Umesh Yadav leaked runs and was notable to defend 14 in the final over.

India could replace Umesh withSiddharth Kaul or bring in all-rounder

Vijay Shankar to beef-up the battingdepartment.

The hosts played with a long tail inVizag and that impacted their final totalfollowing an inexplicable batting collapsefrom 69 for one in the ninth over.

Pant, a strong contender for a WorldCup berth, will be itching to perform aftergetting out cheaply on Sunday, and so willbe Dinesh Karthik, who is left with justone game to make a compelling contribu-tion before the World Cup.

All eyes will once again also be onMahendra Singh Dhoni the batsmanwho struggled to an unbeaten 29 off 37balls.

He was able to silence his critics witha solid showing in Australia and NewZealand but his rather slow innings onSunday has got the tongues waggingagain over his waning finishing abilities.

Debutant leg-spinner MayankMarkande (0/31 in four overs) did not pickup a wicket but bowled well according toKohli. The 21-year-old might get anoth-er game.

Australia, on the other hand, will befancying a rare series win against India inrecent times, especially after losing the Testand ODI series at home to Kohli's team.

They would be happy with theirbowling on a slow surface in the first gamebut made a mess of the 127-run targetafter cruising at one stage.

Australia somehow got over the linebut they know that India won't be serv-ing the series win on a platter and willcome hard at them at the ChinnaswamyStadium.

Captain Aaron Finch would love to beback among the runs and the team will beexpecting another blinder from GlennMaxwell, who hit 56 off 43 deliveries inVizag.

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Roger Federer began hischarge for a 100th career

title by dispatching PhilippKohlschreiber 6-4, 3-6, 6-1 ona windy centre court in the firstround of the DubaiChampionships.

Second seed Federer had todeal with a tricky opponent andstrong gusts at the AviationClub in front of nearly 5,500fans at the Aviation Club, need-ing all three sets to make it pastthe opening round.

The Swiss, a seven-timeDubai champion, had to go upa gear in the third set toadvance to a second roundmeeting with FernandoVerdasco after GermanKohlschreiber made a match ofit by winning the second.

"I'm just happy to getthrough, it was tricky condi-tions out there," the 20-timeGrand Slam champion saidafter his 14th straight win overKohlschreiber, his friend andpractice partner.

"Philipp caused me a lot oftrouble and we played in swirlyconditions. All of a sudden it(the wind) could stop and you

could be a break down. Thatalso plays in your head a littlebit.

"I know the game'sthere. It was just really dif-ficult conditions tonight."

Federer, who is seed-ed behind Kei Nishikori,swept the opening set afterbreaking in the first game butwas pegged back.

Kohlschreiber, ranked 31stin the world, made a match ofit in the second, breakingFederer three times on his wayto taking the set 6-3.

The final game of the set

was a nine-minute thriller,with the Swiss seed savingthree set points before

Kohlschreiber levelled thematch with a volley win-ner.

But Federer cruisedto the third set and the

next round.

�������� ������#�Top seed Kei Nishikori

dispatched "tricky" Benoit Paire6-4, 6-3 on his debut at theChampionships on Tuesday.

Asia's top player and theworld number six will meet

Huburt Hurkacz in the secondround at the Aviation Clubafter the Pole beat French qual-ifier Corentin Moutet 6-3, 7-5.

Nishikori has shaken uphis longtime schedule this sea-son and is playing Dubai forthe first time for a welcomechange of ATP scenery afterlimiting himself in the past toNorth American venuesincluding the defunct Memphisevent and Delray Beach.

Victory over the unpre-dictable Paire who is prone tothrowing and smashing rac-quets in moments of despair,lasted for 81 minutes.

"It's never easy playingBenoit, of course. Great serve,great backhand. Tricky play-er. Good dropshot, goodtouch," was Nishikori's analy-sis.

"The key to the first setwas the (eight-minute) long(third) game in the first set.

"After I got that one, I wasmore confident — but if hebroke back, anything can hap-pen.

"It was a good match, it'snever easy with this wind. Ithink played good enoughtennis today."

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Anish Bhanwala could not make up forManu Bhaker and Heena Sidhu's fail-

ure to reach the women's 10m air pistol final,finishing fifth in hisevent on a lacklustreday for India in theISSF World Cup onTuesday.

Anish, who wasplaced fifth in the qual-ification too, shot a totalof 14 to finish outsidethe podium in the six-man final of the men's25m rapid fire pistolcompetition.

The International Shooting Federation(ISSF) has offered to reimburse all theexpenses of the winner and runners-up inthis event since its Olympic quota status waswithdrawn after Pakistani shooters weredenied visa in the wake of thePulwama terror attack.

Gaayathri Nityanadam andSunidhi Chauhan also failed to qual-ify for the final in the 50m rifle 3 posi-tions at the Dr Karni Singh ShootingRange.

Hoping to make up for her meltdown inthe 25m pistol final, the 17-year-old Bhakerwas in for more disappointment, finishinga lowly 14th with 573 in the qualifications.

The more experienced Heena Sidhu suf-fered a similar fate and was placed 25th with571.

Shooting in her maiden World Cup,Anuradha, employed with the Indian Navy,was 22nd with 571.

Hungary's Veronika Major (245.1) wonthe Gold medal in women's 10am air pistolahead of Taipei's Chia Ying Wu (238.4) andKorean Bomi Kim (218.3).

In the day's other event, the women's50m rifle positions, India's Nityanadam was36th with 1163, while Chauhan was 49thwith 1156.

Nina Christen, from Switzerland, wonthe 50m rifle 3 positions event with a scoreof 457.1 points, beating Silver medallist ShiMengyao of China, and Kazakhstan's Bronze

winner Yelizaveta Korol.In the day's last final, men's 25m

rapid fire pistol, Olympic championChristian Reitz of Germany claimed theGold medal with 35, shooting a perfect5 four times out of the six series.China's world champion and world

number one Junmin Lin claimed the Silverafter scoring 31, while the Bronze went toKorea's Junhong Kim (22).

The two Olympic quota places went toSwitzerland and the China.

With Wednesday's mixed events notoffering Olympic quota places, hosts Indiawill have to be content with only one 2020Tokyo Games berth from the tournament.

They will now have to wait until the nextWorld Cup to secure quotas.

When asked what went wrong, Heenasaid she got too engrossed with the tourna-ment since it was being held at home.

"I think last one and half months we havebeen thinking so much about this match, Ithink most of the people got too emotion-ally involved. It played on our minds," Heenasaid.

"I got too engrossed while trying toohard instead of just sticking to the process,"she explained.

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Alexis Sanchez and Romelu Lukaku must both taketheir opportunity to impress as an injury crisis cuts

through Manchester United's squad, Ole GunnarSolskjaer says.

Both players have struggled for form for much ofthe season, with Sanchez having started just one PremierLeague match in 2019, and Lukaku having gone 10matches without scoring.

The two forwards were heralded as major signingswhen they arrived at Old Trafford, but neither wouldnow be considered an automatic starter.

However, United's squad is stretched to the limitas they prepare for Wednesday's Premier League tripto Crystal Palace, with 10 players either unavailable ordoubtful because of injury.

That list includes four frontline forwards, AnthonyMartial, Jesse Lingard, Marcus Rashford and Juan Mata.

Lingard and Mata both had to be substituted dur-ing the first half of Sunday's 0-0 draw to Liverpool, whileRashford played to the finish despite an ankle injurycaused by Jordan Henderson's challenge early on.

France forward Martial missed the game with agroin problem. Caretaker-manager Solskjaer, though,is confident Sanchez and Lukaku have the quality toimpress if given a sustained run in the team.

Sanchez did little to impress after replacingLingard, but Lukaku did make an impact after beingmoved from a central position to a wide role in orderto reduce the injured Rashford's workload.

"It's a chance for them to play to their potential.Reputation is one thing, but potential is high," said Ole.

"The two are good mates and they link up well

together, so this might be a chance for those two togeth-er to find some form and give us a selection headachefor when everyone gets fit.

"Rom created our two biggest chances againstLiverpool. "It's a different position for him, butRashy's injury meant we had to leave him standing upthere and running in behind. He couldn't do too muchdefending work.

"Rom's attitude and workrate were fantastic.Hopefully Alexis and Rom can step up."

Solskjaer confirmed Martial would not be riskedagainst Palace, although he could return for Saturday'sPremier League home match against Southampton Clubcaptain Antonio Valencia, meanwhile, is several weeksaway from a return after aggravating a calf injury.

United also have Matteo Darmian, Phil Jones,Nemanja Matic and Ander Herrera on the sidelines soSolskjaer has called up academy graduates AngelGomes, Tahith Chong and James Garner for the Palacetrip.

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Chelsea goalkeeper KepaArrizabalaga has been fined a

week's wages by the club afterdefying manager Maurizio Sarriand refusing to be substituted dur-ing the League Cup final onSunday.

"Although there was a misun-derstanding, on reflection, I madea big mistake with how I handledthe situation," Kepa said in a state-ment on Chelsea's website whichannounced the fine.

The club simultaneously pub-lished a statement from Sarri inwhich the manager said the pairhad spoken following the row,which occurred in extra time of thematch which Manchester City wonon penalties.

"He has apologised to me, histeam-mates and the club," saidSarri.

"It is up to the club if they wantto discipline him according to theclub rules, but for me this matteris now closed."

Sarri, who reacted furiouslywhen Kepa refused to be substitut-ed after needing treatment in theclosing stages, said the incident hadbeen a "misunderstanding".

"There was a misunderstandingyesterday but (Kepa) realises hemade a big mistake in the way he

reacted."The team performance as a

whole was extremely positive andit is a shame to see how this inci-dent has overshadowed our effortsin what was a very competitive cupfinal."

Kepa, the club's record 71 mil-lion ($ 93 million) signing fromAthletic Bilbao, refused to leave thefield to be replaced by WillyCaballero. Sarri then stormed off

down the tunnel in anger beforereturning.

"I wanted to take the timetoday to apologise fully and in per-son to the coach, to Willy, my team-mates and to the club," said Kepa,24, whose fine will be donated tothe Chelsea foundation.

"I have done this and now Iwant to offer the same apology tothe fans. I will learn from thisepisode and will accept any punish-ment or discipline the club decidesis appropriate."

Sarri is under increasing pres-sure with Chelsea losing four oftheir past seven games in a run thathas seen them drop to sixth in thePremier League, crash out of the FACup and lose the League Cup final.

There is little time for Sarri andhis team to regroup with third-placed London rivals TottenhamHotspur visiting Stamford Bridgeon Wednesday in the PremierLeague.

Meanwhile, Mike Dean hasbeen removed from fourth officialduties at the Bridge to avoid furtherconflict with Tottenham managerMauricio Pochettino.

Pochettino marched across thepitch following Saturday's defeat atBurnley to confront Dean in a heat-ed exchange that earned him animproper conduct charge from theFootball Association.

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Manchester City bagged the firstsilverware of the season by

winning the League Cup finalagainst Chelsea but manager PepGuardiola will be cautious about themidweek league encounter with hispredecessor Manuel Pellegrini.

Mid-table West Ham are the vis-itors to the Etihad Stadium onWednesday as City return to leagueaction following their penaltyshootout win at Wembley.

But celebrations after a highlysatisfactory Sunday afternoon forGuardiola, with title rivals Liverpoolonly managing to pick up a point ina draw at Manchester United, weremuted by the post-match newsfrom the City dressing room.

Brazilian midfielderFernandinho (groin) and centraldefender Aymeric Laporte (ham-string) both collected injuries atWembley that Guardiola said wouldsideline them for several weeks.

Even allowing for the depth ofa City squad assembled for vastsums, it would be hard to pick twoless replaceable performers for themanager to lose at such a pivotalstage of the campaign, with his sidechasing an unprecedented quadru-ple.

Fernandinho, in particular, hasbecome one of Guardiola's mostdependable lieutenants at the Etihad,one of the few players whose nameis guaranteed to be in City's startingXI every week.

Since his arrival in 2013, Cityhave won more than 70 percent ofthe games in which he has played,a percentage that drops below 60 inhis absence.

Most recently, when City suf-fered shock consecutive defeatsagainst Crystal Palace and Leicester,Fernandinho, 33, was absent.

Ilkay Gundogan and FabianDelph are logical potential replace-ments in the defensive midfieldrole but, despite their status asinternational players, they cannotmatch Fernandinho's poise andtackling ability .

Danilo played in that role withReal Madrid and is another poten-tial replacement while Guardiola haseven spoken about playmaker KevinDe Bruyne playing in a deeperposition.

������� ���������Fernandinho's all-round excel-

lence even saw him selected at cen-tre-half by Guardiola for the recenthome win over Arsenal and the lossof Laporte adds to the manager'sconcerns in that department.

Veteran Vincent Kompany hasstruggled for fitness and form formuch of the season although JohnStones is close to returning from hisown injury lay-off.

The fixture list before the inter-national break in mid-March looksbenign, with City facingBournemouth, Watford and Germanside Schalke after Wednesday's visitof West Ham.

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Clement Lenglet describes it asthe fixture that "freezes time"and believes this week's

Clasico double-header could stilldefine the seasons of both his ownBarcelona, and Real Madrid.

The two clubs will meet twice infour days at the Santiago Bernabeu,on Wednesday in the second leg oftheir Copa del Rey semi-final andthen on Saturday, in a battle of firstagainst third in La Liga.

Even victory is unlikely to pro-ject Madrid back into the title racebut for Santiago Solari's side,momentum is at stake, their steady,if not unwavering, resurgence poisedfor a potential double boost ahead ofthe campaign's decisive months.

Barcelona's priority may be theChampions League and their hold onLa Liga too tight to shake off but itsays something for the magnitude ofthe Clasico that Lenglet still feels itssignificance.

"This month is pivotal," he says."There is the Champions League

and these two games against Real,when we can qualify for a cup finaland then gain or lose points on themin the league.

"We have to manage them prop-erly. It could be pivotal for the restof the season." Madrid hold a slightadvantage in the cup, having takena creditable 1-1 draw from the open-ing leg last month at the Camp Nou.

Barca were without Lionel Messi,whose stunning hat-trick againstSevilla on Sunday was surely one of

his best, but Madrid's showing con-firmed their transformation from thebroken team that were thrashed 5-1by the Catalans in October.

"The dynamics are completelydifferent now," says Lenglet.

"These are the European cham-pions. They have turned the tide."

������������������Madrid and Barca look under

threat in the Champions Leaguefrom the likes of Manchester City,Liverpool, Paris Saint-Germain,Juventus and Atletico. Yet in termsof quality, the Clasico remains foot-ball's greatest grudge match.

"As players, weare in our little bub-ble but when wecome out, we realiseit is a different game

from the others because of thepower it has around the world,"Lenglet said.

"It's a game that seems to freezetime."

Lenglet is in a position toappreciate it more than most. Onlythree seasons ago, the 23-year-oldwas playing for Nancy, the Frenchclub where he was first given hischance.

He spent 18 months at Sevilla,enough to persuade Barca to pay his35.9 million-euro ($40.6 million)buy-out clause last summer.

"I could never have imagined I'dcome so far so quickly," he says. "Iwent to Seville, and for me that wasa big jump.

"No disrespect to Nancy, but

they were worlds apart. To then beat Barcelona a year and a half later,I could never have imagined it."

He has been thrown in at thedeep end, with Samuel Umtiti onlyjust recovering from a knee injury,allowing Lenglet to be fast-trackedinto the role of Gerard Pique'spartner-in-chief.

Many are predicting a call-up tothe France squad next month.

"We live with the best players inthe world and that makes you learnquickly," Lenglet said.

"I'm more thoughtful now aboutwhen to release the ball, when toclear and when to keep it, when tobe more patient. It's about manag-ing the game."

It helps to have Messi too,Barcelona's captain fresh from scor-ing his 50th career hat-trick lastweekend.

"I remember when I firstarrived, he said hello, gave me a lit-tle hug — I felt immediately at ease,"Lenglet said.

Messi may not play both gamesagainst Madrid, after being disrupt-ed recently by a thigh strain, but hisinfluence on youngsters like Lengletis total.

"He is a technical leader," saidLenglet.

"On the field he makes the dif-ference so often, in almost everygame. He's a leader through hisexperience. He watches football,knows all types of football and hasmastered it to perfection.

There's only one Messi andwhen he gives advice, you listen."

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There is "nothing left in hock-ey" for him, says former India

men's coach Harendra Singh, whois now planning to shift loyaltiesto football as he finds 'TheBeautiful Game' quite similar to his"first love".

The seasoned coach was lastmonth removed after India's lessthan impressive performance inthe World Cup. He was urged totake charge of the junior squad butHarendra refused to accept thatposition.

"Hockey will always remainmy first love. Whatever I amtoday is because of hockey. Butnow I have nothing in hockey, soI decided to enhance my knowl-edge and what better than in mysecond love football," Harendrasaid.

The 50-year-old said he is a bigfootball fan and admires the 'Tiki-Taka' short passing style of Spanishfootball, which according to him

is quite similar to the Indianhockey team's tactics. The Spanishteam won its maiden World Cuptitle back in 2010 relying heavily onthe 'Tiki Taka' style of play.

"I am big soccer fan. I closelyfollow Arsenal and Manchester

United (in the English PremierLeague). Spain is my favouriteinternational team because theirstyle of play with short passes isvery close to Indian hockey," hesaid.

The junior World-Cup win-

ning coach has already approachedDelhi Soccer Association PresidentShaji Prabhakaran to help him inhis new pursuit.

"Hockey and football coachingare quite similar and I feel it is idealfor both hockey and footballcoaches to share their knowledge.I want this break to develop mycoaching skills in football.

"I want to start from thescratch so I have decided to obtainthe 'D' license of AIFF (All IndiaFootball Federation) and in thisregard, I have sought help fromShaji Prabhakaran," he added.

Harendra cited the examplesof former hockey coach-turnedfootball manager Bernhard Peters,the legendary Ric Charlesworthand Roelant Oltmans — all ofwhom tried their hands at morethan one sport.

Peters had a successful careeras a hockey coach in the GermanLeague and also went on to win theWorld Cup with Germany in 2002and 2006 before switching to foot-

ball where he was the SportingDirector of Bundesliga clubs likeHoffenheim and Hamburg.

Charlesworth was a formerfirst-class Australian cricketer andHigh Performance Manager ofNew Zealand Cricket. He also hada glorious playing career with themen's hockey team before coach-ing both the women's and men'steams. He guided both the teamsto World Cup and Olympicmedals.

In between Charlesworth pliedhis trade in Australian FootballLeague as Performance Consultantwith Freemantle Football Club,while until 2002 Oltmans was theTechnical Director of Dutch foot-ball team NAC Breda.

"Who knows what happens infuture? You might see me explor-ing options in football. In Europe,switching from hockey to footballcoaching and vice versa is quitecommon. You have BernhardPeters, Charlesworth and Oltmansfor example," Harendra said.

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Jose Mourinho wants his next clubto be one where "internal empathy"

exists and not "internal conflict" hetold the Daily Telegraph on Tuesday.

The 56-year-old Portuguese —sacked by Manchester United onDecember 18 after a series of bust-upswith senior players and poor results— said the club where he had felt thisthe most was Serie A side InterMilan.

He guided them to a ChampionsLeague, two league titles and anItalian Cup in two seasons therefrom 2008-10.

Mourinho said money is not thepriority admitting since he left Unitedhe had turned down a lucrative offerfrom an unnamed club because "Iwant high-level football and ambitionsat the highest level".

However, he says that comes sec-ond on his list of ingredients for tak-ing a job.

"I don't want an internal conflict,"said Mourinho, who has down theyears earned a reputation for con-fronting senior players at clubs he hasmanaged.

"I want internal empathy. Andthen your conflict is on Sunday on thepitch when you play against somebodywho wants to steal your three points.

"That's the moment of the con-flict."

Mourinho, who enjoyed a goodfirst season with United landing theEuropa League and League Cupbefore things turned sour winningnothing last year, says structuralempathy is obligatory for him.

"I want to work with structuralempathy. A club is a structure, a com-plex structure where the manager isan important part of that structure buthe is not the structure.

"I want to work with people thatI love. "People I want to work with, thatI am happy to work with, with whomI share the same ideas.”

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In a bid to raise the standards of umpir-ing and officiating in the country, Hockey

India on Tuesday announced it will con-duct an online test on March 29.

The online Test is designed as part ofa program for professional development ofthe umpires and technical officials.

It will help them enhance their skill-based and knowledge-based expertise. It isalso expected to illustrate the officials'knowledge levels of International HockeyFederation (FIH) rules and regulations.

The online test will focus on testing thepractical and theoretical knowledge of theFIH Rules of hockey.

It is mandatory for any candidateappearing for this test to be registered witha Hockey India Permanent/ AssociateState Member Unit.

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