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Unite to defeat BJP in LS poll,

Subakrithu: Masi 18 AMRIT KAAL PLAN
Tithi: Dasami
Star: Thiruvathirai
Rahukalam: Planned cities will
Stalin tells opposition parties
1.30 pm to 3 pm
Yamagandam:
6 am to 7.30 am
PRAYERS
Fajar: 5.14 am
decide future: PM
SHASHI BHUSHAN | DC
Luhar: 12.27 am NEW DELHI, MARCH 1
Asar: 3.34 pm ■ Who should not win matters most, CM tells leaders on his b’day Asserting that India’s
Maghrib: 6.18 pm G. BABU JAYAKUMAR, position in the world
Isha: 7.29 pm D. SEKAR | DC
CHENNAI, MARCH 1
WHY NOT STALIN would have been com-
pletely different if 75
Counting of votes Chief Minister M.K. Stalin AS NEXT PM, ASKS planned cities had been
developed since
in Erode East, gave a clarion call to all
opposition political par- DR ABDULLAH Independence, Prime
Minister Narendra Modi Prime Minister Narendra
3 states today ties in the country to come
together on a single plat- G. BABU JAYAKUMAR,
on Wednesday said that
well-planned cities will
Modi addresses a post-
Budget webinar on ‘Urban
Chennai: All arrangements are in form along with the P.A. JEBARAJ | DC determine the fate of the Planning, Development
place to count votes on March 2 Congress and defeat the CHENNAI, MARCH 1 country. and Sanitation’, in New
for the bypoll held to Erode East BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha Addressing a webinar Delhi, Wednesday
Assembly constituency. The vote elections since the prime Why not M.K. Stalin as the on the subject of “urban
counting exercise is set to begin at concern of the nation at (From left) RJD president and Bihar deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav, SP president next prime minister? This development with a focus services in the existing
8 a.m. and expected to be com- the moment was not who Akhilesh Yadav, DMK leader T.R. Baalu, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Tamil was what former Jammu on planning", the sixth in cities are the two main
pleted before 5 p.m. Counting of should win but who Nadu water resources minister Duraimurugan, National Conference president Dr and Kashmir chief minis- a series of 12 post-budget aspects of urban develop-
votes will also be taken up for the should not win. Farooq Abdullah and Tamil Nadu health minister Ma Subramanian government in a ter Farooq Abdullah said webinars organised by the ment, the Prime Minister
election held to the state assem- Making a spirited accep- show of solidarity on the 70th birthday of Chief Minister M.K. Stalin (fifth from left) in when asked if the Tamil government, the Prime highlighted the signifi-
blies of Tripura, Meghalaya and tance speech at a function Chennai on Wednesday. — E.K. Sanjay Nadu Chief Minister had Minister lamented that cance of urban develop-
Nagaland on Thursday. (Agencies) organised in Chennai on an opportunity to become only one or two planned ment in every budget of
the occasion of his 70th was not important as to would help win the ideo- that his birthday celebra- the prime minister in the cities have been devel- the country.
GST collection in birthday on Wednesday,
Mr Stalin made it clear
who would form the gov-
ernment after the polls
logical battle.
As far as Tamil Nadu
tions had turned into an
occasion marking the
event of the opposition par-
ties uniting and defeating
oped in the country in the
75 years since India's
He informed the partici-
pants that an incentive of
Feb 1.49 L crore that there was no question
of having a post-poll
because the priority was
to defeat the BJP that had
was concerned, he urged
his supporters and cadre
starting point for the for-
mation of an alliance
the BJP-led NDA in the
2024 Lok Sabha elections.
Independence. He noted
that India’s position in the
Rs 15,000 crores has been
declared in this year’s
New Delhi: GST collections rose 12 alliance and vehemently divided an India that was from all over the state who mainly because all the Dr Abdullah was replying world would have been budget for the standards
per cent to over Rs 1.49 lakh crore disagreed with the sugges- united once. had gathered there in leaders who spoke ahead to questions from the completely different if 75 of urban development and
in February, the finance ministry tion in some quarters that Pointing out how the large numbers to ensure of him – Congress presi- media at the Chennai air- planned cities had been expressed confidence that
said on Wednesday. February the coalition against the unity between the that all the 40 Lok Sabha dent Malkarjuna Kharge, port on Wednesday as he developed in the 75 years it will provide impetus to
2023 witnessed the highest cess BJP should be formed Congress and the DMK seats in the state and the Jammu and Kashmir Nat- landed from Delhi to take of its independence. planned urbanisation.
collection of Rs 11,931 crore since without the Congress, too. had helped them win a neighbouring Puducherry ional Conference leader part in the 70th birthday The Prime Minister reit- The Prime Minister
implementation of GST. The col- Politically on the same series of elections consis- put together were won by Farooq Abdullah, Samajw- celebrations of Mr Stalin erated that well-planned mentioned that all state
lections are, however, lower than page with the leaders of tently, he told the leaders their coalition in the same adi president Ahiklesh that saw a few other lead- cities are going to be the governments and urban
the second highest Goods and national parties who had on the stage at the YMCA fashion in which the DMK Yadav and Rashtriya ers of different political need of the hour in the local bodies can make
Services Tax (GST) mop-up come down to felicitate grounds in Nandanam to had triumphed under the Janata Dal leader and parties also taking part in fast-paced environment of their contributions
recorded in January at over Rs him from Jammu and take the message of unity leadership of M. Bihar Deputy Chief it. He said the DMK bring- India in the 21st century. towards a developed
1.57 lakh crore. The collection Kashmir, Delhi, Patna and to the other political par- Karunanidhi in the 2004 Minister Tejaswai Yadav – ing a few opposition lead- Underscoring that the nation only when they
reached an all-time high of Rs 1.68 Lucknow, the DMK presi- ties and enable the forma- Lok Sabha elections. had expressed the same ers on a single stage was a development of new cities develop planned urban
lakh crore in April 2022. — PTI dent made it clear that it tion of the coalition that He said he was happy views. ■ P7 wonderful beginning. ■ P7 and the modernisation of areas. ■ P5

SC panel on stock
markets today
New Delhi: The Supreme Court is
BBC must follow Indian RSS: SC to hear TN plea tomorrow
scheduled to pronounce on
Thursday its order on a batch of
PILs on the recent Adani Group
shares crash triggered by the
Hindenburg Research’s fraud alle-
laws, EAM tells UK min
SRIDHAR
New Delhi: The Supreme
Court on Wednesday agr-
eed to hear on March 3
Tamil Nadu government
plea against Madras high
ing a bench also compris-
ing Justice Pami dighan-
tam Sri Narasimha, upon a
mentioning by senior
advocate Mukul Rohatgi
permitting the RSS to take
out its route march in
Tamil Nadu on resched-
uled dates. Mr Rohatgi
apprised the court that the
out its route marches in
various

roads.
districts
across the state on public

The Tamil Nadu govern-

gations. A bench of Chief Justice KUMARASWAMI | DC court’s order permitting seeking an urgent listing, route march is on March 5. ment has flagged Article
D Y Chandrachud and Justices P S NEW DELHI, MARCH 1 the Rashtriya Swayamse- said that it will hear the The court said it will take 19(2) to hold back permis-
Narasimha and J B Pardiwala is vak Sangh (RSS) to take plea on March 3. it up on Friday. sion to RSS to take out its
likely to deliver its verdict over All entities operating in out its route march in dif- The Tamil Nadu govern- On February 10, Madras route march saying that
setting up of a panel of domain India must fully comply ferent parts of the state. ment has approached the High Court directed Tamil reasonable restrictions
experts for strengthening existing with relevant laws and Chief Justice of India Supreme Court against the Nadu police to grant per- can be imposed for main-
regulatory measures for stock regulations, external D.Y. Chandrachud head- Madras high court order mission to the RSS to take taining public order.
markets. — PTI affairs minister S.
Jaishankar on Wednesday
Reconsider release “firmly” told his British
counterpart James STEEP HIKE IN
of prisoner, TN told Cleverly after the visiting
foreign secretary raised
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar with UK Foreign
Secretary James Cleverly during a meeting, in New LPG PRICES FOR
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has the issue of tax searches at Delhi, Wednesday. — PTI
directed the Tamil Nadu govern- BBC’s offices.
Mr Cleverly, who is on a COMMERCIAL,
G-20 foreign mins’
ment to reconsider the issue of
premature release of a Sri Lankan visit to India to attend a
convict, who has undergone nearly
35 years of incarceration. The top
meeting of the G-20 foreign
ministers, raised the issue
HOME USERS
court was hearing a plea filed by
petitioner Rajan who has chal-
lenged the state’s February 12,
during a bilateral meeting
with Mr Jaishankar.
Mr Cleverly “brought up
meet to start today New Delhi, March 1:
Cooking gas LPG price on
Wednesday was hiked by
2021 order rejecting his prayer for the BBC tax issue with the SRIDHAR to media queries, said it Rs 50 per cylinder — the
grant of premature release in EAM on Wednesday,'' KUMARASWAMI | DC was up to Russia and Chi first increase in rates in
terms of the February 1, 2018 poli- sources said, adding, that NEW DELHI, MARCH 1 na to answer whether tho almost eight months —
cy. — PTI he (Mr Cleverly) was firm- se two nations are no lon that came within days of
ly told that all entities The main meeting of the ger accepting references end of polling in three
operating in India must G-20 foreign ministers’ to Ukraine that they had northeastern states and
comply fully with relevant will kick off on Thursday, agreed to in the G-20 Bali was sharply criticised by
laws and regulations. when Prime Minister Na- Summit Declaration in the opposition. A 14.2-kg
COUNTER POINT Last month, the Income
Tax department conducted
rendra Modi is likely to
address the gathering.The
November last year. New
Delhi signalled it would
LPG cylinder in Chennai
now costs 1,118.50. It will
survey operations at the two sessions on Thursday stand firm on the consen- be Rs 1,102.50 in Mumbai,
BBC’s offices in Delhi and will be chaired by exter- sus adopted by all G-20 Rs 1,129 in Kolkata and Rs
Mumbai as part of an nal affairs minister S. nations in Bali as far as Rs 1,103 in Delhi.
investigation into alleged Jaishankar. India on references to the Ukraine State-owned Indian Oil
tax evasion. ■ P7 Wednesday, in response conflict were concerned. Corporation (IOC), Bharat
Petroleum Corporation
Ltd (BPCL) and Hindustan

Bharadwaj, Atishi to replace Petroleum Corporation

Ltd (HPCL) said Rs 1,103
was the rate for a 14.2-kg
non-subsidised LPG cylin-

Sisodia, Jain in Delhi cabinet der. Oil firms also hiked

the price of commercial
LPG, used in hotels and
BHASKAR HARI SHARMA net following the resigna- stint of the AAP govern- restaurants, by `350.5 to
NEW DELHI, MARCH 1 tion of two key ministers - ment. `2,119.5 per 19-kg cylinder.
- Manish Sisodia and Ms Atishi, who repre- Separately, aviation tur-
AAP legislators Saurabh Satyendar Jain. sents the Kalkaji con- bine fuel price was cut by 4
Bharadwaj and Atishi are Mr Bhardwaj, who is stituency, has been a key per cent in line with soft-
all set to become minis- also the party's national member of Mr Sisodia's ening international rates
ters in the Delhi cabinet. spokesperson, is current- education team. She had of the fuel.The government
Chief Minister Arvind ly serving the Delhi Jal also contested the 2019 doesn’t pay any subsidy to
Kejriwal has forwarded Board as vice-chairman. Lok Sabha polls from the most non-Ujjwala users
their names to the lieu- The legislator from East Delhi constituency and this is the rate that
tenant-governor for Greater Kailash was also and lost to the BJP's they will have to pay for
appointment to the cabi- a minister during the first Gautam Gambhir. ■ P5 buying cooking gas refills.

Centre suspends FCRA licence of CPR

DC CORRESPONDENT tion of laws. Suspension India in September last year. auditor general of India. alleged violation of laws,
NEW DELHI, MARCH 1 was ordered following cer- CPR, a non-governmental According to CPR's website, the officials said while
tain prime-facie evidence organisation (NGO), in a its founder is Pai Pani- Oxfam’s FCRA licence was
Union home ministry has that certain provisions of statement today, said that it ndiker and former mem- suspended in January last
suspended the licence un- the FCRA were not followed continues to cooperate fully bers of the governing board year, after which the NGO
der the Foreign Contribu- by the CPR, the officials with authorities, is in com- include former prime min- had filed a revision petition
tion Regulation Act (FCRA) privy to this development plete compliance with the ister Manmohan Singh, for- with the home ministry.
of prominent public think said on Wednesday. law and is routinely scruti- mer chief justice of India With suspension of the said
tank Centre for Policy The CPR was under scruti- nised and audited by gov- the late Y.V. Chandrachud. licence under FCRA, the
Research (CPR) for six ny after income-tax surveys ernment authorities, inclu- The FCRA licence of CPR CPR will not be able to rec-
months over alleged viola- on it and also on Oxfam ding the comptroller and has been suspended over eive funding from abroad.
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SHORT TAKES
EPFO dt outreach prog
Ban on buses plying into IIT-M, Denmark to work on
held in Chengalpet,
Kanchi
Kanchi may affect tourism climate change mitigation
DC CORRESPONDENT
Chennai: EPFO, Regional T.SUDHEESH | DC also affect coach tourism Association (ATGA), said ience to the tourists as CHENNAI, MARCH 1
Office, Tambaram, successful- CHENNAI, MARCH 1 activities, including sight- that most of the tourists most of them come to
ly conducted the district out- seeing, lunch, and visits to who come to Kanchipuram not only to The Indian Institute of
reach programme “NIDHI Tourists are bearing the silk weaving centres. Kanchipuram want to visit temples but also take Technology-Madras (IIT-
AAPKE NIKAT 2.0” and brunt of the new traffic The local administration visit temples and silk in silk weaving centres. M) on Wednesday
ESIC’s “SUVIDHA SAM- regulations after the local is aware of the new regu- weaving centres. The new Most of the travellers announced four projects
AGHAM” meeting on police banned tourist lation that the police are traffic regulation would want to buy the famous to undertake various
February 27 in the industrial buses from entering enforcing. When we asked disrupt free tourist flow. Kanchipuram silk saree researches in areas of cli-
areas in Chengalpet and Kanchipuram town. It has about this, a police officer The tourist comes spend- as well. The new regula- mate change mitigation
Kancheepuram districts for been a week since the new countered by asking if a ing a substantial amount tions will affect these busi- and enabling green transi-
redressing the grievances of regulation came into person could walk 4 km in as travelling coach nesses. The authorities tion in collaboration with
PF subscribers, employers, force. Vehicles like Madurai, can’t do the expenses. If the police must find solutions to the industry and acade-
pensioners and insured per- tourists buses and tempo same in Kanchipuram don’t allow these vehicles solve the tourists' prob- mia in Denmark.
sons. Officials of EPFO, ESIC travellers have to stop at This mindset is not good to enter the town, then lems due to the new regu- The agreement in this
and deputy inspector of least two km away from for Kanchipuram as a tourists must hire taxis or lation, he said. regard was signed at an
labour department, conducted the town, forcing tourists tourist destination and for autos, which will be an A police officer with the event at IIT-M Research
multiple sessions explaining to walk down busy roads development of tourism in additional burden for office of Kanchipuram Park (IIT-MRP) in the
various provisions, benefits under a scorching sun. Tamil Nadu. It appears them. They won’t choose District Police Chief said presence of Crown Prince
and new initiatives of the con- M. K. Ajit Kumar, South there are vested financial Kanchipuram as their that the new regulation of Denmark Lars
cerned departments. India MICE Association interests behind this rule, favourite destination. It was brought due to heavy Aagaard, Denmark minis-
Sri.Desikan, SS has explained (SIMA) spokesperson said and they are benefitting will affect the entire traffic with heavy vehicles ter for climate, energy and
the theme of the month “with- that the new regulation from the same. If the ban tourism ecosystem in creating traffic snarls utilities, and Freddy
drawals’ under EPFO. has triggered a serious is implemented strictly in Kanchipuram. The across town. The police Svane, ambassador of
Regional PF Commissioner safety concern for the coming months, it may authorities should consid- are unable to deal with the Denmark to India, among
Sumit Kumar Grover interact- tourists. Famous temples force tour operators to er this matter seriously traffic congestion. “We other stakeholders.
ed with the participants and like those for Ekamb- remove Kanchipuram as a and get this solved as early can’t do anything for the The three projects are
clarified their doubts and areswhar, Kailasanathar destination for coach as possible, Asoka said. tourists when it comes to on IIT-M Energy Consorti-
redressed their grievances on and Kamakshi are not tours. Senthan Amuthan, a traffic regulations. um’s vision of enabling
the spot. R.Hariharan, within walking distance of P. Asoka, president, local tour operator, said it Everybody must follow energy transition towards Crown Princess of Denmark Mary Elizabeth receives a
EO/DNO and J.Pugazhendhi, each other. The ban will Approved Tour Guide’s would create inconven- the rules,” the officer said. a low-carbon future. The memento from WRD chief secretary Sandeep Saxena
EO, organised the pro- study will focus on accel- during the anniversary celebrations of pump manufac-
grammes, stated a press erating technology devel- turer Grundfos, in Chennai, on Wednesday. — DC
release. opment through industry-

Why omit Thapalpetti DANISH CROWN

PRINCE CALLS
a c a d e m i a - g ove r n m e n t
partnerships, and collabo-
rations with global part-
ners to develop technolo-
Danfoss, IIT-M
metro station, asks HC ON GOVERNOR
gy solutions.
Lars Aagaard said that
Denmark was paving the
way for investments in sign agreement
T. SUDHEESH I DC the next hearing of the major hub of the area.’’ Chennai: Denmark new technologies. “We see
CHENNAI, MARCH 1 case is scheduled. The case was heard on Crown Prince Frederik great potential in sharing DC CORRESPONDENT, Henrik Christian on
“The fight is for a gen- February 27 by a Bench Andre Henrik Christian mutual knowledge with CHENNAI, MARCH 1 Wednesday.
The residents of uine cause and for the led by Acting Chief and his wife Crown India and its bright engi- Purushothaman said
Madhavaram have future of youth. We Justice T Raja and Justice Princess Mary called on neers, which can help in Danfoss, a world leader the industry-academia
approached the Madras strongly believe that legal Bharat Chakravarthy. Tamil Nadu Governor R implementing these tech- in food, infrastructure, partnership was a true
high court against the route is the only option to Aruna Giri, a resident in N Ravi and first lady nologies. India has pro- climate and energy effi- embodiment of what the
Chennai Metro Railway force the CMRL to return the area, said that CMRL Laxmi Ravi here, the Raj posed an ambitious plan cient technologies, has green strategic partner-
Limited (CMRL), seeking to their original plan. The had given a reason that Bhavan said on to establish 140 GW of collaborated with the ship aims to achieve.
inclusion of Thapalpetti Thapalpetti Metro station they changed the plan as Wednesday. wind energy by 2030, of Indian Institute of “Through our associa-
Complete shopping as a metro station in the
alignment for phase-II of
will cater to thousands of
youth, who mostly work
part of cost cutting and
reducing the length of the
On a brief visit to the
city, the Crown Prince
which 30GW would be off-
shore and rest onshore.
Technology- Madras (IIT-
M) for promoting
tion with IIT-M, we aim
to prioritise research and
experience at SOUQ the project. Following the
case filed by the residents
in the IT corridor in the
southern part of
line.
“But we will be deprived
discussed strengthening
bilateral ties between
Tamil Nadu has identified
15 offshore locations to
research in water and
energy sectors. The
appropriate technology
interventions with spe-
market of Palaniappa Nagar with
support from other neigh-
Chennai. We will keep
fighting until the CMRL
of water sources once the
project is done as it will
Denmark and India.
"Crown Prince
establish wind turbines.
Denmark is collaborating
agreement was signed
between Ravichandran
cial focus on water and
energy sectors. It is para-
Chennai: The SOUQ Market, bouring associations, the realises the importance of block the water stream. Frederik and Crown on a plan to establish the Purushothaman, presi- mount for us to establish
Edition-4 a 10 days Arts, high court directed the having a station at We have been paying Princess Mary of first wind farm offshore in dent, Danfoss India, and strong partnerships with
Crafts & Handicraft exhibi- CMRL to file an affidavit Thapalpetti and go back water tax annually for Denmark were received Tamil Nadu’, said Mr Prof Manu Santhanam, world-class universities
tion, was held between citing the reason for dele- on their existing plan of years. All of the residents by Governor Ravi and Aagaard. Dean, IIT–M, in the pres- such as the IIT-M to meet
February 17 and 26 at the tion of Thapalpetti metro omitting the proposed sta- also pay property tax. We the First Lady of Tamil S. Krishnan, Additional ence of Denmark Crown future expectations,’’ he
CERC Exhibition Ground station in phase-II. tion,” he said. do not want compensa- Nadu Laxmi Ravi at Chief Secretary, depart- Prince Frederik André said.
Kalakshetra, Thiruvanmiyur The residents, in the “The CMRL shocked us tion, but CMRL needs to Rajbhavan. They dis- ment of industries, invest-
Chennai. petition, said that with their latest plan of go back to their original cussed enhancing coop- ment promotion and com-
The exhibition displayed eth- Thapalapetti was includ- shelving the earlier plan,”he said. eration between the two merce, said that Tamil
nic and contemporary arts and ed as a station in the approved DPR plan citing He added that the CMRL countries," Raj Bhavan Nadu continued to be the DENMARK TEAM LAUDS METRO WATER
crafts, clothing, handloom Detailed Project Report less footfall and many official came and marked said in a tweet. leader in renewable ener-
sarees, jewellery, home décor, (DPR) prepared by the other unconvincing expla- the places after they were Earlier, the Danish gy. ‘’More than 50 per cent Chennai: Christian Vindahl Vind, Permanent
furniture, and handicraft CMRL in December 2018 nations. Multiple requisi- issued some notices. “We emissaries led by Crown of the installed capacity Secretary of State, Ministry of Environment,
products direct from the arti- and later it was deleted tions and representations don’t understand why Princess Mary along in Tamil Nadu was from Denmark, along with his team visited Tertiary
sans and craft persons from without giving a proper to stakeholders both to the they changed the align- with Danish Minister renewable energy sources Treatment Reverse Osmosis Plant in Koyambedu on
across India. Also on display reason or explanation. Central and state govern- ment? They had fixed the for Foreign Affairs Lars with potential for expan- Wednesday and discussed with Chennai Metropolitan
were Lucknow chikankari, S. Jayachandran, secre- ments and to CMRL alignment years ago and Lokke Rasmussen visit- sion in wind, solar and Water Supply and Sewerage Board. (CMWSSB) offi-
Manipuri pottery, Jodhpuri tary, Palaniappa Nagar through various channels based on this they had ed the office of green hydrogen. All of cials on how they provide safe drinking water to pub-
jutis, kalamkari prints and Civil Association, said evoked no response. The compensated the project Grundfos, a leading this needs to come togeth- lic and how sewage water is treated. The Denmark
wall hangings. With over 110 that the high court had CMRL too was unconvinc- affected residents. Now pump manufacturer er in a way that works for team appreciated their work. Board’s Executive
stalls, the SOUQ Market gave directed to issue notices to ing with their less patron- they suddenly diverted which celebrated 25 the local economy of Director Rajagopal Sunkara, Chief Engineer M.Jaikar
complete shopping experience. all the concerned depart- age explanation despite the plan to the residential years of operations in Tamil Nadu, India and the Jesudas, Superintending Engineer A.Radhakrishnan
ments and officials before Thapalpetti being the area,”he said. the country. — PTI world in total, ‘’he said. and other officials were present.

DC CORRESPONDENT Corruption and Human ties on Monday to organise organisers of the event. ual in the future. It is the tion department is also mendation letter from a for-
FAKE DOCTORATES: CHENNAI, MARCH 1 Rights Council, the issue of
fake universities and takers
an honorary doctorate dis-
tribution event in which a
‘’Even a reputed universi-
ty has now been cheated by
high time the University
Grants Commission (UGC)
informed. The fake doctor-
ate award distribution func-
mer Madras high court
judge.
ANNA VARSITY After the Anna
University courted con-
of D. Litts, provided by fly-
by-night universities which
music director was one
among the recipients.
fake universities. The hon-
orary doctorates should be
brings new guidelines for
conferring honorary doc-
tion will also be a lesson for
other universities,” he said.
‘’We are also verifying the
authentication of the letter.
FILES POLICE troversy following rent-
ing out its auditorium
are rampant in Tamil Nadu,
is back in focus once
After facing criticism
from various quarters,
given only by accredited
universities and not to pri-
torates to individuals. We
have lodged a formal com-
The university officials
said they allowed to con-
The organisers did not men-
tion that it was an award
for distribution of D. again. Anna University Vice- vate organisations. plaint with the police for duct the function at the function in their request
COMPLAINT Litts by
International
the
Anti-
The university auditori-
um was used by private par-
Chancellor R. Velraj sought
strict action against the
Anna University will not
let the hall to any individ-
strict action with regard to
the issue. The higher educa-
auditorium after the organ-
isers produced a recom-
letter,” said the vice chan-
cellor.

Hindlehar released at HCAS College Day June 20, 1992, horror still makes
Chennai, March 1:
College Day for the academic
The

year 2022-23 was held on HCAS

campus on Wednesday.
tribesfolk of Vachathi shudder
Principal Dr. S. Thirumagan, OP ARULN I DC Recently, the Madras high court reserved lage, and alleged they
welcomed the gathering and CHENNAI, MARCH 1 orders on a batch of appeals filed by the con- recovered 40 tonnes of
put forward the laurels won in victs who were officers/staff in the revenue, buried sandalwood and
academics, co-curricular and About three decades ago, police and forest departments. Justice P looted huts and houses.
extra-curricular activities by Vachathi, near Harur, in Velmurugan, who had reserved the orders, After two months, the vil-
students and faculty during Dharmapuri district, was noted that he would travel to Vachathi on lagers were released from
the academic year. Director Dr. a nondescript village, March 4 Salem Central Prison. On
Susan Verghese, who presided located on the scenic July 14, 1992, the Tamil
over the event, interacted with Sitheri foothills. But on Nadu Tribals Association
the students and shared the the ill-fated day of June officers. As many as 50 forest protection squad team comprising Basha
secret of happiness and 20, 1992, the hamlet occu- accused died during the and one of the team mem- John, president of the
stressed on the need for being pied a place on the map of course of the investiga- bers, forester R Selvaraj, association, P
social and establishing connec- ghastly mass crime by the tion. The remaining were was injured. He was given Shanmugam, general sec-
tions with people that last mindless acts of govern- sentenced to various types first aid, and was taken to retary, and M Annamalai,
throughout life. ment authorities, who of punishment ranging a hospital on a bullock CPI(M) leader and twice
College magazine Hindlehar were supposed to guard from one year of simple cart arranged by the vil- MLA from Harur con-
2022 was released by Director and protect people. Now, imprisonment to 10 years lagers. stituency, visited the area.
Susan Verghese and the first even after three decades, of rigorous jail term. The The officials abused the On July 18, 1992, A
copy was presented to Deputy the tribal people are officials filed writ peti- villagers, calling the Nallasivam, CPM state
Director (Academics) Dr V. J. unable to come out of the tions challenging their women sluts. Ransacking secretary and Rajya Sabha
Philip. shock of the nightmare. convictions. the village, they raped member, submitted a
Felicitation and certificates of Recently, the Madras Thirty years ago, 2,000 women, and made them memorandum to then
merit were presented in due high court reserved orders villagers in Vachathi con- urinate in front of them. Chief Minister J.
acknowledgement to the on a batch of appeals filed sidered Perumal, then 50, The victims include chil- Jayalalithaa demanding a
longest serving principal of by the convicts who were as the village president dren of 13 or 14 years. The judicial inquiry and seek-
HCAS Dr S. Thirumagan and From left Dr. S. Illanjiam officers/staff in the rev- even after completion of women and children were ing immediate relief for
faculty member, who had com- (VP-Academics), Dr V. J. Philip enue, police and forest his tenure. On June 20, abused and beaten and the the victims. About 18 rape
pleted 25 years of service at (Deputy Director -Academics), departments. These gov- 1992, 269 government offi- temple was vandalised, victims lodged a com-
HCAS, Dr S. Illanjiam and Dr. Susan Verghese (Director) ernment servants were cials, comprising 155 for- huts razed, and cattle and plaint against the raiding
Jayanthi Margaret having 20 and Dr. S. Thirumagan convicted for raping 18 est department officers, goats butchered. They party at the Harur police
years of service. (Principal) hold the college women, assaulting men, 108 policemen and six rev- dumped the carcasses in station. In 1995, the
Besides, best outgoing stu- magazine Hindlehar released killing cattle, and causing enue officials descended the community wells. The Madras high court
dents in terms of academics at the College Day event on damages to the properties on Vachathi. They began officials also threw bicy- ordered a CBI investiga-
and sports, best NSS volun- Wednesday. of people in the tribal vil- searching for sandalwood cles, pump sets, vessels, tion. In April, 1996, the
teers, best NCC cadet and best lage. The officials, who and the forest protection and grinding stones into CBI filed a chargesheet
academic performers in every went berserk, raided the squad, led by then assis- the wells. holding all 269 members of
department were honoured. village in the name of tant conservator of forests Around 6 pm, 120 vil- the raiding party as
Department of bio- technolo- (Right) Cultural programme investigating a sandal- T Singaravelu, conducted lagers, mostly children accused and the
gy and department of manage- staged by students. wood smuggling case. the raid in the morning to and gangraped women, Dharmapuri principal dis-
ment were presented with tro- Justice P Velmurugan, recover “smuggled sandal- were taken under custody trict and sessions court
phies for their stellar success who had reserved the wood” buried in to Harur forest office. The convicted all the 215 sur-
during Carnival 2k23. orders, noted that he Vachathi’s fields, and women were forced to viving accused persons (54
An array of cultural pro- cultural fest and the college. would travel to Vachathi thrashed Chinnaperumal, thrash Perumal with a of the accused had already
grammes enthralled the audi- The Vice-Principal on March 4. a farmer working in his broom and those who died).
ence. The principal along with (Academics& Research) and Earlier, the CBI which field, accusing him of refused to do so met with The judge imposed sen-
a few faculty members sang a convenor of the event Dr S investigated the case had helping the smugglers. A severe beating. tences ranging from one
fantabulous song envisioning Illanjiam proposed vote of filed cases against 215 peo- scuffle followed when the The next day, the person- year to 10 years of rigor-
the success of the upcoming thanks. ple, including four IFS villagers questioned the nel went back to the vil- ous imprisonment.
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SHORT TAKES PM, leaders wish Stalin on his 70th b’day

Pet dog show, free vax Chennai, March 1: DMK Kejriwal) greeted Stalin.
drive at Mathakottai on president and
Minister M K Stalin
Chief Chief Minister M.K. Stalin
planting a sapling on
CPI general secretary D
Raja, Tamil Nadu Cong-
March 11 turned 70 on Wednesday
and his party and support-
Wednesday. — DC ress Committee president
KS Alagiri, MDMK chief
DC CORRESPONDENT ers are celebrating his Vaiko, CPI leaders includ-
THANJAVUR, MARCH 1 birthday across Tamil ing State Secretary R
Nadu with fervour and Mutharasan, CPI(M) State
The Society for Prevention of Prime Minister Narendra Secretary K Balak-
Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) Modi and a host of leaders rishnanIndian, Union
here will organise a pet dog wished him on the occa- Chief Minister' are among Muslim League leader KM
show at its sterilisation centre sion.President Droupadi the choice terms used by Khader Mohideen,
for dogs at Mathakottai on Murmu and Vice DMK and Stalin's admir- Viduthalai Chiruthaigal
March 11, said Dinesh Ponraj President Jagdeep Dhan- ers to hail him on his Katchi president Thol
Oliver, Thanjavur collector, on kar wrote to Stalin, greet- birthday. Thirumavalavan were
Wednesday. ing him on his birthday. Gold rings to newborns, among a string of leaders
Anti-rabies vaccination will Stalin cut a cake in the saplings to farmers, blood who called on Stalin here
be done free of cost for the pet presence of party leaders donation camps, hosting to greet him.
dogs. Certificates and prizes led by veteran community baby shower Chairman emeritus,
will be given. Dogs from other Duraimurugan and he events, assistance includ- TVS Motor Company,
districts also can take part in laid wreaths at the samad- ing providing notebooks Venu Srinivasan and
the show. ‘’The idea is to pro- his of former Chief to students, community CMD of TAFE, Mallika
tect country breeds of dogs, Ministers M Karunanidhi lunch, eye care service by Srinivasan called on him.
create awareness about pre- and CN Annadurai on the holding eye camps are CPI(M) top leader
venting cruelty to animals and Marina beachfront and among the many dozens of Sitaram Yechury, Union
love towards pets. An entrance visited the reformist state-wide events that are Minister of State L
fee of Rs 250 has been fixed for leader Periyar E V being organised by the Murugan, PMK founder
pets,’’ said the collector. Ramasamy's memorial DMK to celebrate Stalin's leader S Ramadoss,
He inspected the sterilisation here and offered floral birthday. Makkal Needhi Maiam
done to pet dogs at SPCA. tributes. Governors of Tamil chief and actor Kamal
Later, he planted palmyrah
seeds at the programme initi-
ated by the Clean Thanjavur
The CM planted a sap-
ling and gifted saplings to
party workers and others
Nadu and Telangana R N
Ravi and Tamilisai Soun-
dararajan respectively
Haasan, superstar Rajini-
kanth spoke over phone
and conveyed their wish-
NH to be widened by
Movement (CTM). Narmada,
Dean of Government veteri-
nary college and research cen-
who visited him.
Prime Minister Modi,
Union Home Minister their birthday wishes to 'Dravida Nayagan' which
and Chief Ministers of
Telangana
Chandrasekhar
(K
Rao),
es.
Aadheenam
Kundrakudi
pontiff
Ponnambala Adigalar was
removing Wellington
tre at Orathanadu,
K.Tamilselvan, Joint director
of animal husbandry, Edward
Amit Shah and former
Congress chief Sonia
Gandhi spoke to Stalin
him.
Modi and Rahul Gandhi
tweeted, extending their
means 'Dravidian hero'
and Dravida Perarasar
(great Dravidian emperor)
Andhra Pradesh
Jagan Mohan Reddy)
(YS

Kerala (Pinarayi Vijayan)

among others who greeted
Stalin. #HBDMKStalin70
was trending on Twitter.
bazaar encroachments
Arogyaraj of SPCA, and Dr over phone and conveyed greetings. and 'Dravidian model and Delhi (Arvind — PTI
Radhika Michael, president of B. RAVICHANDRAN I DC Sources said that
CTM, were present. OOTY, MARCH 1 notices were issued to 52

Man held for cheating BJP ups ante against naming The encroachments in
Wellington bazaar, near
persons who have
encroached into the NH
boundary along the
` 400 cr by travels co Nagercoil municipal HQ after MK here, along the Ooty-
Coimbatore NH will be Wellington bazaar. Once
in Thanjavur M. ARULOLI I DC warned of a people's
removed soon to widen the
NH to enable more traffic
the encroachments are
removed, the width of the
DC CORRESPONDENT KANYAKUMARI, MARCH 1 movement if the build- with ease. NH will be widened
THANJAVUR, MARCH 1 ing was not named after For a very long time, the
The Kanyakumari dis- ‘Kalaivanar’. residents as well as the its stance and issued notices
The Tiruchy economic wing trict BJP has accused Or the inauguration motorists are suffering as to the encroachers to
police have arrested Vadivelu the DMK government of function should be can- the encroachments and remove the encroachments
(36), son of Palanimuthu, in trying to name the new celled,’’ said Mr extensions of buildings on on their own or face action,
connection with cheating of building for the Radhakrishnan. the highway at Wellington quite a few people have
people by Rahat travels of Nagercoil municipal The over 50-year-old bazaar narrowed the width begun to remove their
Thanjavur to the tune of `400 corporation after for- auditorium named as of the NH by over 100 encroachments and disman-
crore by way of collecting mer chief minister M. ‘Kalaivanar kala- meters, causing frequent tle the structures built on
deposits and promising divi- Karunanidhi, against iarangam’ on Balamore traffic snarls and conges- both sides of the NH.
dends. people's wish of naming Road at Vadasery in tion. Though, during the Sources said that notices
A police team led by Lilly it after noted son of the Nagercoil was demol- past several years, the high- were issued to 52 persons
Grace, DSP, arrested Vadivelu soil ‘Kalaivanar’ N.S. ished, despite public way administration took who have encroached into
at Thanthondrimalai in Karur Krishnan. The new protest for construction efforts to remove the the NH boundary along the
district on Wednesday. municipal corporation of a new building for encroachments on the NH Wellington bazaar. Once the
Vadivelu was manager of building is expected to the Nagercoil munici- limits in Wellington bazaar, encroachments are
Harish coach bus body be inaugurated by Chief pal corporation. nothing tangible happened removed, the width of the
builders ltd at Plus-2 students appear for practical exams at a government school in Thoraipakkam Minister Stalin during The local DMK wants as the encroachers and NH will be widened further
Thanthondrimalai of Rahat on Wednesday. — DC his visit to the district the new building ready those who extended their with necessary strengthen-
travels.. He is said to be this week. Former for inauguration to be residential premises deep ing and improvement works
involved in cheating people by Union minister and BJP named as ‘Kalaignar into the NH limits failed to in Wellington bazaar limits
the travels. Nearly 6,300 com- veteran Pon Karunanidhi’ building. respond. to ensure hitch-free traffic
plaints have been received by
crime branch police. The case DC IMPACT Radhakrishnan has Now, as the NH toughened movement.

was shifted to the economic

offences wing, Tiruchy. The
police seized Omni buses oper-
ated by Rahat travels recently.
Vadivelu was produced
Conservation centre at Reconsider issue of premature
before court and remanded in
custody.

2.92 lakh cattle

Longwood Shola soon release of SL national: SC to TN
B. RAVICHANDRAN I DC Shola is very pristine and shola conservation centre New Delhi, March 1: The ing a plea filed by petition- that trials of the co- The bench said it is not
vaccinated in Thanjai OOTY, MARCH.1 a symbol of shola forest
conservation in Kotagiri
at the Longwood shola.
This will pave way for
Supreme Court has direct-
ed the Tamil Nadu govern-
er Rajan who has chal-
lenged the state's
accused were separated
and his premature release
the case of the state or the
Centre that there are any
DC CORRESPONDENT In the wake of a report in limits in the Nilgiris. raising saplings of these ment to reconsider the February 12, 2021 order would be a hindrance to other offences committed
THANJAVUR, MARCH 1 Deccan Chronicle on There is rare shola varieties to be issue of premature release rejecting his prayer for the conduct of fair trials. by the petitioner.
February 28 about the no proposal to deface its planted in the jungles to of a Sri Lankan convict, grant of premature It said the apex court “Therefore, considering
Around 2.92 lakh cattle were ecologists expressing con- existing nature. Shola pep up shola forests who has undergone nearly release in terms of the order of March last year the overall factual sce-
vaccinated in Thanjavur dis- cern over proposed con- forests are very ancient in species diversity. This is 35 years of incarceration. February 1, 2018 policy. ref ers to an affidavit filed nario and nationality of
trict against foot and mouth structions in the origin and very unique to an attempt not only to con- The apex court, while not- “We direct the State of by the state which records the petitioner, the case of
disease from March 1 to March Longwood Shola reserve the upper reaches of the serve shola species vari- ing that the petitioner Tamil Nadu to reconsider that the petitioner's con- the petitioner for prema-
21, said Dinesh Ponraj Oliver, forest at Kotagiri near Western Ghats. eties in a single place but intends to go back to Sri the issue of premature duct in jail has been satis- ture release will have to be
Thanjavur collector, on here, which was bestowed ‘’The forest department also to help this place Lanka as and when he is release of the petitioner in factory. reconsidered by the state
Wednesday. the prestigious Queen’s had already made efforts become an education-ori- released, directed that he the light of what is The bench further noted government in the light of
He inaugurated the vaccina- Commonwealth canopy in the past to collect shola ented eco-tourism spot to shall be shifted to an observed in this order that the counsel appearing the policy dated February
tion drive against the disease recognition for conserva- forest species in Kodaik- enable the tourists and appropriate transit camp within a maximum period for the Centre has stated 1, 2018 or any other rele-
under the National Animal tion, the forest depart- anal and efforts are being other visitors to take les- as may be decided by the of three weeks from before it that on verifica- vant policy which is appli-
Disease Control (NADCP) ment affirmed that no done to raise shola species sons on the importance of state. today,” the bench said in tion, it was found that the cable to the petitioner,” it
third phase at Mathakottai concrete structures will saplings in a nursery shola forests and their A bench of Justices A S its February 24 order. petitioner is a citizen of said.
panchayat. He said that vacci- come up in Longwood there. Likewise, now, the contribution to bio-diver- Oka and Rajesh Bindal It observed that the peti- Sri Lanka. “In the meanwhile, we
nation will be done by veteri- Shola as the department is forest department is tak- sity and mountain ecolo- noted it has been stated tioner has been convicted, “From the orders which direct that the petitioner
nary doctors and veterinary taking steps only to estab- ing efforts to collect vari- gy. This apart, an eco- before the court that the sentenced to life imprison- are passed earlier, it is shall be shifted to appro-
assistants in all the villages lish a Shola Conservation ous species of shola tree friendly watch-tower will state government has set ment and has undergone crystal clear that as and priate transit camp as may
during the special camp. Four- Centre there with an eco- species and assemble be erected in the up transit camps where approximately 35 years of when there is an order be decided by the state
month-old calves of cows and friendly wooden struc- them at Longwood Shola. Longwood Shola to enable foreigners who have over- incarceration. releasing the petitioner, government,” the bench
buffaloes and milch animals ture. For which a Shola conser- the tourists to have a stayed in India and The bench noted that the he intends to go back to said, while granting a
will be vaccinated. D. Venkatesh, conserva- vation centre in a wooden panoramic view of the refugees have been accom- petitioner's prayer for pre- Sri Lanka. If he is shifted week time to state to shift
NADCP began in January tor of forests in the eco-friendly structure is Longwood Shola forests modated, and if a direc- mature release was con- to a transit camp, the state him to an appropriate
2021. The idea is to completely Nilgiris-cum-field direc- planned at Longwood from a single spot. Steps tion is issued to that effect sidered and rejected by government can ensure transit camp. The bench
eradicate the disease by 2030. tor of Mudumalai Tiger Shola forests. About 180 will also be taken to by the court, the petition- the state on two grounds -- that he does not move out, has posted the matter for
The programme is vaccination Reserve, said that there is shola species varieties improve the waterways er can be shifted there. seriousness of the crime till he goes back to his own further hearing on March
in 10 phases at an interval of a misconception among were identified till date in that originate in the The top court was hear- committed by him and country,” it said. 27. — PTI
six months from 2021 to 2025. environmentalists that various parts of the state Longwood Shola which
This is the third phase, said huge concrete structures along the Western Ghats. supply drinking water to
the collector. are going to come up in Attempts will be made to around 18 villages around
Longwood Shola. But, it is
not the fact. Longwood
collect all those species
and display them in the
the shola,’’ Mr Venkatesh
explained. 4 men held with TRADE CHAMBER SEEKS
HARDWARE TECH PARK IN KOVAI
electronic detonators Coimbatore, March 1: The Coimbatore chapter
of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
(ICCI) on Wednesday appealed the Tamil Nadu

near Coimbatore government to take up with the Centre the possi-

bility of setting up an electronic hardware tech-
nology park in the city.The technology park
Coimbatore, March 1: tors and two motorcycles would help encourage entrepreneurs in estab-
Four people were arrested while a thorough inquiry lishing manufacturing units of electronic hard-
on Wednesday morning for was underway to gather ware equipments.
allegedly carrying electronic details about the motive The entrepreneurs can also explore setting up
detonators with no valid doc- behind purchasing such prospective hardware technology parks in other
uments in their possession explosives. parts of the country and export the produced
near here, police said.A team Meanwhile, a 36-year-old electronics goods, the trade chamber said.
of Coimbatore Rural Police man was arrested near This will also generate more employment
was carrying out vehicle Coonoor in the hill district of opportunities, ICCI said in a memorandum sub-
checks in Karamadai, Nilgiris for possessing coun- mitted to Additional Chief Secretary, TN
around 35 kilometres from try-made bombs reportedly Industries Department, S Krishnan, here.
here, at 5 am when it noticed used to hunt wild boars. ICCI President B Sriramulu said the traders
the four men on two motor- Based on information face a lot of difficulties in getting trade licences
cycles discussing something about illegal possession of and the chamber suggested the government to
in a suspicious manner and country-made bombs, police form a panel with representatives of trade and
called them for questioning. rushed to Prakasapuram industry organisations to reduce the problems
The police team spotted the and arrested Kannan, who faced by them and ease the procedures.
detonators kept illegally in had 10 such bombs in his The memorandum also wanted the government
their possession in the vehi- possession, police said. to expedite the land acquisition process for the
cles. A probe revealed that the expansion of the Coimbatore Airport.
Preliminary inquiry man was a member of a gang — PTI
revealed that two persons which is involved in using
from Coimbatore purchased such bombs in the
the detonators from Salem Aruvankadu area for hunt-
and regularly sold it to the ing, and five bisons had
other two men, natives of recently died following
Kerala, at higher rates, explosions near the animal's
police further said. habitat, they said.
DIG Muthusamy offers sunglasses, hats and butter milk to traffic cops to beat the summer heat in Vellore on Wednesday. Police seized the detona- — PTI
— K. Senthil Nathan
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pg 4
PM wants to stop all good
work being done
in Delhi: Kejriwal
New Delhi, March 1: Delhi
chief minister Arvind
Kejriwal on Wednesday said
Cong leaders
the entire country is proud
of former AAP ministers give memo to
Manish Sisodia
Satyendar Jain and alleged
they were arrested just to
and
L-G for probe
“stop the good work being
done” in the national capi-
against Sisodia
tal. Addressing reporters DC CORRESPONDENT
after a meeting with AAP NEW DELHI, MARCH 1
MLAs and councillors, the
chief minister challenged Former Congress MP
the BJP: “AAP is a storm. Sandeep Dikshit along with
We will be unstoppable Delhi’s former ministers
now and our time has Mangat Ram Singhal and
come.” Kiran Walia on Wednesday
He alleged that Mr gave a memorandum to lieu-
Sisodia’s arrest in the tenant-governor office to
excise policy case was just probe former deputy chief
an excuse, and asserted that minister Manish Sisodia in
new ministers would carry the snooping case under the
on the good work of the gov- Sedition Act.
ernment at double the The memorandum states,
speed. “To acquire a capacity to lis-
“Prime Minister Narendra ten to conversations, gather
Modi wants to stop the good intelligence and information
work being done in Delhi. and to ‘spy’ on people and
But I want to tell people that institutions in the National
the work will happen at dou- Capital territory that
ble the speed. Atishi and includes Government of
Saurabh Bhardwaj, who India, the Defence establish-
will soon join the Cabinet, ments.”
are educated people who
will carry on the good work
at double the speed,” Mr
Kejriwal said.
On whether there will be a
deputy chief minister, Delhi
CM said, “If the need arises,
we shall see.”
AAP leaders Mr Sisodia
and Jain, who resigned
from the Delhi Cabinet,
were key faces of the city
government and were
instrumental in steering the
national capital through the
Covid-19 crisis.
The AAP’s second-in-com-
mand, Mr Sisodia was
arrested by the Central
Bureau of Investigation on
Sunday in connection with
alleged irregularities in the
formulation and implemen-
tation of the Delhi excise
policy for 2021-22.
— PTI
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pg 5

SHORT TAKES
Planned cities will
House of close aide of SC TO ORDER ON PANEL
OF EXPERTS IN ADANI,
decide future: PM
FROM PG 1
Atiq Ahmed bulldozed HINDENBURG ROW TODAY
New Delhi, March 1: and Exchange Board of
“Urban planning will deter-
mine the fate of our cities in
Amrit Kaal and it is only well-
Prayagraj (UP), March
1: Authorities here on
Wednesday demolished
Atiq fears will be killed The Supreme Court is
scheduled to pronounce
on Thursday its order
India (Sebi) are fully
equipped and are on
job, the central govern-
planned cities that will deter-
mine the fate of India. Our
cities will become climate-
the house of an associate
of jailed former MP and
gangster Atiq Ahmed,
in encounter, moves SC on a batch of PILs on
the recent Adani Group
shares crash triggered
ment had expressed
apprehension that any
unintentional message
resilient and water secure who has been booked in PARMOD KUMAR Ahmed has said that he by the Hindenburg to the investors that
only with better planning," the the sensational Umesh Pal NEW DELHI, MARCH 1 and his entire family have Research’s fraud allega- regulatory bodies in
Prime Minister said. murder case, for allegedly been roped in as accused tions. India needed monitor-
Mr Modi urged the experts to carrying out illegal con- Samajvadi Party leader in Dhoomanganj in A bench of Chief ing by a panel may have
come up with innovative ideas struction. Atiq Ahmed has Prayagraj in the murder Justice D.Y. some adverse impact on
and highlighted the role that Prayagraj Development approached the Supreme of one Umesh Pal. Chandrachud and the flow of money into
they can play in areas such as Authority secretary Ajit Court seeking direction to The petition by Atique Justices P.S. Narasimha the country.
GIS-based master planning, Singh said the house the Centre to protect his Ahmed further says that and J B Pardiwala is The Centre had told
the development of different belonging to Zafar Ahmed life and restraining from the “chief minister of the likely to deliver its ver- the bench that it wanted
types of planning tools, effi- has been bulldozed and a being shifted from State, without any investi- dict over setting up of a to provide details such
cient human resources and sword and two firearms Ahmedabad Central jail to gation merely on the basis panel of domain as names and the scope
capacity building. recovered from there have Prayagraj or any part of of suspicion, has made a experts for strengthen- of the panel's mandate
The Prime Minister under- been handed over to the Uttar Pradesh. statement on the floor ing existing regulatory in a sealed cover .
lined that transport planning police. Other household Atiq Ahmed — an of the state Assembly measures for stock mar- Stock market regula-
is an important pillar of the items have been kept at an alleged history sheeter is that the Petitioner kets. tor SEBI, in its note
development of cities and that adjacent vacant plot, facing a number of crimi- (Atiq Ahmed ) will be While reserving its filed in the top court,
the mobility of our cities where Atiq Ahmed had a nal case. destroyed and eliminated order, the top court on had indicated it is not
should be uninterrupted. palatial house that was The petitioner Atiq completely.” February 17 had in favour of banning
Talking about the metro con- razed after attachment in refused to accept in a short-selling or sale of
nectivity in the country before a criminal case by author- the mafias in the state after As per Singh, the action sealed cover the borrowed shares, and
2014, he pointed out that the ities last year. Umesh Pal, the prime wit- was taken on Wednesday Centre's suggestion on a said it is investigating
present government has The action by Prayagraj ness in the 2005 murder as the house was con- proposed panel of allegations made by a
worked on metro rail in many Development Authority case of the then BSP MLA structed without getting its experts. tiny short-seller against
cities and overtaken several (PDA) came days after chief Raju Pal, was shot dead map (naksha) passed from Observing that it the Adani Group as well
countries in terms of metro minister Yogi Adityanath along with a security man the authority and a notice wanted full transparen- as its share price move-
network connectivity. had on the floor of the escorting him on a busy regarding the same was cy for protection of ments.
He emphasised the need to Assembly vowed to destroy road here. issued in the past. — PTI investors, the top court Till now, four PILs
strengthen the metro network had also ruled out the have been filed in the
and provide first-and-last-mile possibility of any sit- top court on the issue
connectivity. Mr Modi also
noted that the widening of
roads in cities, green mobility,
Bharadwaj, Atishi to replace ting judge overseeing
the functioning of the
proposed panel.
by lawyers
Sharma, Vishal Tiwari,
Congress leader Jaya
M.L.

elevated roads, and junction

improvement have to be
included as part of transport
Sisodia, Jain in Delhi cabinet Stressing that statuto-
ry bodies like market
regulator Securities
Thakur and Mukesh
Kumar, who claims to
be a social activist.
planning. FROM PG 1 Bhardwaj are inducted stop the good work being
On the issue of waste man- into the Cabinet, minis- done in Delhi. But I want
agement, the Prime Minister Mr Kejriwal, mean- ters Raaj Kumar Anand to tell people that the
pointed out that work is under- while, called a meeting and Kailash Gahlot will work will happen at dou-
way to free the cities from of AAP MLAs and coun- take care of the portfo- ble the speed. Ms Atishi
heaps of garbage through cillors of the Municipal lios that have fallen and Mr Bhardwaj, who
waste processing. He noted Corporation of Delhi at vacant following Mr will soon join the
that it will open a room full of his residence to discuss Sisodia's resignation. Cabinet, are educated
opportunities for recycling for the party's strategies. He While Mr Gahlot has people who will carry on
many industries. asked the AAP leaders to been given the addition- the good work at double
begin the door-to-door al charge of finance, the speed," Mr Kejriwal
campaign to inform the PWD, along with some said. On whether there

Girl jumps to public that Mr Sisodia

and Mr Jain were sent to
other departments, Mr
Anand, who is also the
will be a deputy chief
minister, he said, "If the

death after tiff

jail after the BJP-led social welfare minister, need arises, we shall
Union government will take care of educa- see."
tion, health and other Meanwhile, local BJP
with classmate
became “disturbed” by
the success of Delhi's departments. and Congress units in
health and education Speaking to the media, Delhi took to the streets,
AKSHAYA KUMAR SAHOO models. “If Mr Sisodia Mr Kejriwal said that demanding that Mr
BHUBANESWAR, MARCH 1 and Mr Jain join the the entire country is Kejriwal resign over
BJP, they will walk free proud of Mr Sisodia and alleged corruption
A girl student of Veer Surendra tomorrow,” Mr Kejriwal Mr Jain. He alleged both charges against his min-
Sai University of Technology said. were arrested just to isters.
(VSSUT), Burla in Odisha’s Delhi L-G V.K. Saxena, “stop the good work Delhi BJP working
Sambalpur district died after according to his office, being done” in the president Virendra
reportedly jumping off Power has received the resigna- national capital. The Sachdeva asked if,
Channel Bridge on Tuesday tion letters of Mr Chief Minister chal- according to Mr
night. Sisodia and Mr Jain and lenged the BJP: “AAP is Kejriwal, his ministers
The deceased student was forwarded them to a storm. We will be were "innocent", why the
identified as Chinm- President Droupadi unstoppable now and Supreme Court did not
ayee Priyadarshini Sahoo of Murmu. Mr Sisodia was our time has come.” He give them any relief and
Rampur Madanpur area. As arrested by the CBI on alleged that Mr Sisodia's their resignations were
per the sources, Chinmayee was Sunday over alleged cor- arrest in the excise poli- accepted. "In the last
a student of the information ruption in the formula- cy case was just an eight years, several min-
technology department of the tion and implementation excuse, asserting that isters in the AAP gov-
varsity. She attended the univer- of the Delhi excise poli- the new ministers will ernment have resigned,
sity’s convocation programme cy for 2021–22. Mr Jain is carry on the good work most of them on corrup-
on February 28 and received her currently in Tihar Jail of the government at tion charges. Mr
degree. in a money laundering double the speed. Kejriwal should resign
case. "Prime Minister on moral grounds," he
Till Ms Atishi and Mr Narendra Modi wants to claimed.

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Threat to Punjab growing:

Centre needs to act swiftly
F
ears have been expressed for some time about the resurgence of ter-
rorism in Punjab. This followed from reports of weapons being
dropped from drones, the inference being that the source had to be
Pakistan, given the geography. Captain Amarinder Singh, when he
was Congress Party’s chief minister in the state, would frequently raise
this issue with the Centre. Since then, the situation appears to have got
worse.
On a continual basis in the state there have been incidents of masses of
men wielding firearms and other weapons going on the rampage. There
are said to be 70-odd armed gangs on the loose. When armed gangs roam
without fear of attracting penal action, the situation can turn alarming if
corrective steps are not taken at the earliest.
In a state where unemployment is high and the youth are in the grip of
the drug menace, the situation can lend itself to be harnessed by unwhole-
some causes. When religion is thrown into this volatile mix, and married
to strong nativist ideas suggestive of secession, the situation is apt to raise
red flags in a state that was swept by a decade of insurgency and intense
terrorism in the 1980s. Worries on these
When governments counts appear to have intensified since the
show resolve, it may arrival of the AAP government on the scene
last year.
be expected that The most recent incident of violence was
Sikh religious witnessed on February 23 when a young Sikh
institutions such as man, Amritpal Singh Sandhu, accompanied
the Akal Takht and by hundreds of armed followers, stormed the
What Congress must do LETTERS
SAVE NATIONAL BIRD
Mere slogan shouting would

if it is to lead Opp. front

not serve the purpose. One
police station at Ajnala in Amritsar district to wishes there were more
the SGPC may secure the release of one of his men who had
summon the been taken in on kidnapping charges. The examples of rescue and
restoration work carried out
resources to firmly police caved in although a handful of them at Radhapuram, Tirunelveli
propagate were injured in the fighting. The arrested man district as on Feb. 20. The
moderation was released. The excuse for inaction was that Some regional parties That is the lesson to be
the attackers had brought with them the Guru taken from the experi- veterinary treatment given
are fighting the BJP ence of parties in the in time to the wounded pea-
Granth Sahib, the Sikh holy book, and police
action might have caused desecration of the scripture. As a consequence,
the marauders have walked away scot free. No criminal cases have been
Anand K. Sahay politically. The
Congress’ combat is
inter-war period
Europe when the fight
in cock at Radhapuram and his
being released soon after-
registered. The state government hopes there will be no further incidents ideological. That is was fiercest against fas- wards into the forest is a
cism, with fascism win-
Far & Near
of this kind. the difference, and good example. I am afraid,
This is a ridiculous expectation. Amritpal, returned from Dubai barely ning. The anti-fascist
six months ago, has proclaimed himself the head of a secessionist outfit the BJP understands parties bickered. particularly at Lord
called Waris Punjab De (The Inheritors of Punjab) on the basis of Sikh this only too well and It was not understood Subramania festival time,
communalism, exactly the element that had stoked ambitions in an unlet- will fashion strategies that only that party can such as on Skandasashti and

T
tered cleric called Bhindrawale in the ’80s and caused a chain of events he tumultuous nist Opposition parties accordingly to win be leader which works Taipusam, numerous pea-
leading to Army action inside the much revered Golden Temple in welcome the merged to form the the hardest in shaping a cock quills are sold by ven-
Amritsar and the subsequent reprisal assassination of then Prime Bharat Jodo Janata Party. In one over the less sturdy... popular front or a united dors in and around
Minister Indira Gandhi. What’s also egregious is that Amritpal Singh Yatra received stroke, the many parties front. The situation at Subramania and Siva tem-
made a public declaration that the Union home minister would meet the right through of the Opposition gave up present is indeed dire, ples in Kochi, Chennai, and
same fate as the former PM. its five months sprang their personalities and Bihar CM Nitish Kumar, and the following quota-
It is evident that the state government finds itself at sea in this situation. from its needle-sharp programmes, so that in though many regional tion from George Madurai.
The state police had been demoralised even before the AAP government focus on the issues of every constituency, espe- leaders have also lately Orwell’s famous book When questioned as to how
came into being. Since the end of 2021, Punjab has had four directors-gen- opposing communal poli- cially in northern and amplified on the charms 1984 serves to illuminate they procured such an
eral of police. A demoralised force can be inspired to step up when given tics and the need to deal western India, there was of Opposition unity in the situation: “Every abundance of feather, the
adequate backing by the political authority. effectively with the crisis a single Opposition can- one form or another. record has been sellers replied, "Moulting" as
When governments show resolve, it may be expected that Sikh religious caused by unemploy- didate to challenge the Mr Kumar noted the destroyed or falsified, the source. But I suspect
institutions such as the Akal Takht and the SGPC may summon the ment and high prices in Congress, and there was BJY had been “quite suc- every book rewritten, peacocks are ruthlessly shot
resources to firmly propagate moderation. We cannot countenance a ordinary people’s lives. no splitting of the cessful” but it was time every picture has been using muzzle-loaders. Here,
destabilised situation in Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab, both bordering And yet, generally speak- Opposition vote. for the Congress to take repainted, every statue
regions, especially when Chinese soldiers are already sitting inside our This is the much- “appropriate decisions”, and street building has
as responsible citizens, we
ing, the non-Congress
territories in Ladakh. parties, mostly caste- talked-about “one and if these were taken been renamed, every ought to remember, some
based regional outfits, against one” principle. the BJP’s tally in the 2024 date has been altered. people may be acting hand
in glove with poachers.
Ensure growth benefits all sections were left cold by BJY,
even if some gain by
keeping the BJP at bay.
The Congress was routed
in the 1977 election as a
result, and the Janata
Lok Sabha election could
be driven down to less
than 100.
And the process is con-
tinuing day by day and
minute by minute…”
P.R. Krishna Narayanan,
Chennai

T
he key economic numbers are finally out. The Indian economy, These parties mostly Party was grandly victo- The Congress’ 85th ple- Some regional parties
according to data of the Union ministry of statistics and programme seem in a hurry to go rious. But the JP govern- nary session in Raipur are fighting the BJP
implementation, has expanded by 4.4 per cent in the October- back to business as ment collapsed in no under its new president politically. The Cong-
December quarter of the current financial year 2022-23 over the year-ago usual. Their leaders time. The many deep Mallikarjun Kharge was
just days away when the
ress’ combat is ideologi-
cal and simultaneously
GRANT TO WOMEN
period. seem to regard the BJY contradictions among
In absolute numbers, the gross domestic product or GDP at constant as an unremarkable JP’s several constituents Bihar CM spoke. We now political. That is the dif- CM MK Stalin has stated during
prices in Q3 2022-23 was `40.19 lakh crores during October-December 2022, event and look to get couldn’t remain hidden have the Congress’ resp- ference, and the BJP his election campaign at Erode
as against `38.51 lakh crores in the same period in 2021. The economic back soonest into the for long. Switch back to onse from Raipur: that understands this only that his poll promise of giving
activity during the July-September 2022 was `38.80 lakh crores. rhythm of “jod-tod ki today. It is amply clear the party will work for too well and will fashion Rs.1,000 every month to women
Compared to the July-September quarter, the economic activity in the rajniti” — the politics of that the “one against the unity of secular strategies accordingly to family heads of ration cardholders
October-December 2022 quarter grew only by 3.58 per cent. The exception- alliances and alignments one” principle just can’t forces just as it had done win over the less sturdy could not be fulfilled till now as the
ally small difference in the economic activity of the second quarter and the against the BJP, state- be worked. In fact, in var- to bring about the on the secular side. previous AIADMK government
third quarter is worrisome because the October-December period is con- wise. This is done in the ious states the regional Congress-led UPA secu- For the Congress to sig- had "looted" the treasury and left it
sidered to be the festive season, when people intend to splurge in India. name of “Opposition parties have mostly lar government in 2004- nal seriousness of enter- “empty". He promised that the
Considering the muted growth in economic activity in the festive season, unity”, which is elevated grown at the Congress’ 14 (that had important prise, it must prepare a same would be fulfilled in March
the economic recovery appears to be not evenly spread out in all segments to the level of high demo- expense, not the BJP’s. positive contributions to concrete blueprint of 2023 as this was a promise by none
of population in the country. cratic principle, suppos- Until three decades ago its name, which have action on the ideological, other than the son of Muthuvel
The festive season wasn’t so joyous for many sections of people, if one edly to ward off the the Congress was a hege- almost wholly been lost political, social and eco- Karunanidhi. Has a miracle
goes by the Reserve Bank of India’s quarterly report. According to the cen- aggressive advance of monic presence across now, including the aver- nomic fronts. It is not occurred that the treasury of the
tral bank, banks had seen only a 16.8 per cent growth in the loan off-take the communal agenda. India, and the regional age rate of growth of enough to make declara- government were filled just before
in the October-December quarter — the festive season — compared to the However, life has parties combined happi- around seven per cent tory statements or emo- the Erode elections.
17.2 per cent growth witnessed in the July-September quarter. shown that the Index of ly with the BJP and its per annum in a 10-year tive appeals, as during M.C. Vijai Shanker, Chennai
Domestic two-wheeler sales stood at 39 lakh in the October-December Opposition Unity (IOU) earlier Jan Sangh to oust period — a record for a the BJY or at the Raipur
2022 quarter compared to 42.18 lakh in the pre-Covid October-December
2019 quarter. These data points suggest uneven recovery from the Covid-
in elections that psephol-
ogists exalt doesn’t hold
the Congress from its
perch, despite the saffron
country with a democrat-
ic form of government).
plenary. It can work
wonders to lead by TALL LEADER
induced economic upheaval in the country, in spite of the contact flow of as a theorem in a country party’s Hindutva credo. The meaning is clear example. Chief Minister M.K.Stalin rose to
inspiring news on the economic front. The government should also remain like India, as behind Basically, this means if enough. The Congress is If the Congress can the top by dint of hard work. He
vigilant to protect economically-weaker sections of the society from the each voter lurks a socio- the Congress does well in in no mood to cede the actually implement some filled M.Karunanidhi’s shoes
after-effects of the pandemic. logical factor, such as states where the local leadership of any anti- ideas of its action blue- admirably and he endeared him-
caste. In a Uttar Pradesh parties are entrenched, it BJP government to a print in the three states self to the people of Tamil Nadu by
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KAUSHIK MITTER K. SUDHAKAR and Samajwadi Party regional parties are like- ration of leaders of sever- tion with ordinary women and people living on the
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n Punjab, the Ajnala episode, the re- Central deputation. triated Rajesh Khullar. While some believe ment to the country’s farmers. The agricul-
emergence of the dreaded ‘K’-word and For the unversed, it is important for every that Mr Iyer had wanted to relocate to the US, ture ministry has ensured that
the rise of another radical ideologue have IAS officer to go on a Central deputation for others say that the Haryana government was the scheme, which was launched in February
raked up memories of a past best forgot- at least two years so that there is no hin- keen to utilise Mr Khullar’s services in the 2019 but is being implemented since

Dilip Cherian ten. The situation is fluid and it does not help drance in the upcoming promotions. Some state. Make of that what you will. December 2018, was able to transfer benefits
that the administration has been shown up as officers also prefer to go on a Central deputa- Meanwhile, for B.R.V. the Centre’s decision to more than three crore beneficiaries, even
meek and submissive. Further, the senior tion at a time when they are not on good is a clear sign that he has not fallen out of during the worst moments of the coronavirus
Dilli Ka Babu babus in the state, be they IAS or IPS officers,
are not sending encouraging signals to the
terms with the serving state government. Is
that the reason for this current stampede to
favour as presumed by many babu watchers
after he had turned down the chair of the
pandemic.
Sources say that babus in the ministry, par-
public — at a time when the Bhagwant Mann the exit door? India Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO) ticularly agriculture secretary Manoj Ahuja,
government needs to show that it is still in when he was about to retire last year. have largely been successful in providing sig-
charge. ON NITI AND SOME ABRUPT CHANGES The entire episode, however, underlines the nificant benefits to farmers to boost their
Sources have informed DKB that there is a The announcement to replace Niti Aayog view that in the Modi Sarkar, a favourite incomes and contribute to agricultural

Exodus of babus sort of stampede among senior IAS and IPS

officers to leave Punjab and move to the
Centre on deputation. Reportedly, at least
seven IAS officers have applied for central
CEO Parmeshwaran Iyer with former com-
merce secretary B.V.R. Subramanyam came
as a surprise to many babu observers. Mr
Iyer was appointed to the post in July of last
babu will always remain a favourite,
and the government will do whatever it
deems necessary to place the right
person in the right place. And quite likely we
growth. Of particular significance is the cre-
ation of a farmer-centric digital infrastruc-
ture that has ensured the benefits of the
scheme reach all the farmers, primarily

from Punjab amid deputation, whereas five-six officers have

already left the state and gone on deputation.
These include Sibin C. (2005 batch), and
year, so his abrupt removal after a mere eight
months is difficult to decode. But there are
those who claim to have read the coffee
will see similar moves in the days and weeks
to come.
small and marginal farmers, across the coun-
try without any involvement of the middle-
men. While the Modi Sarkar will inevitably

‘Khalistan’ uproar Kumar Saurabh and B. Srinivasan, both from

the 2011 batch.
Among the IPS officers already on Central
deputation are Dinkar Gupta (NIA head),
grounds. Some believe that there was some
degree of unease inside Niti Aayog after the
completion of Amitabh Kant’s tenure.
Whatever, there has to be a compelling rea-
AGRI BABUS ENSURE SUCCESS
OF PM’S KISAN INITIATIVE
When Prime Minister Narendra Modi
released the 13th instalment of financial ben-
laud its own policy for its positive benefits for
farmers, the babus in the agriculture min-
istry deserve credit for its success.

Samant Goel (R&AW chief) and Harpreet son behind this move. efits worth `16,800 crores to over eight crore Love them, hate them ignore them at national
Sidhu, who was earlier the head of STF. Mr Iyer now moves to Washington, DC, as eligible farmers under the PM-Kisan scheme peril, is the babu guarantee and Dilip’s belief.
Apart from these, ex-DGP V.K. Bhawra and executive director, World Bank, for a period earlier this week, it continues what is seen as Share significant babu escapades dilipcher-
some other IPS officers have also applied for of three years, replacing a prematurely repa- a major shift in direct support by the govern- [email protected].
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BBC must follow Indian laws: EAM UNITE TO DEFEAT BJP IN LS POLL, STALIN TELLS OPPN PARTIES
FROM PG 1 Ukraine. If the war were to other country for up to two FROM PG 1 Making a mention of

Meanwhile, in a statement,
end today, the effects of the
exacerbated food insecurity
years”. He also announced
the “creation of the UK’s first Dr Addullah gave a ‘wake
Rahul Gandhi’s recent
Bharat Joda Yatra that
WHY NOT STALIN AS NEXT PM, ASKS DR ABDULLAH
the British high commission would still run into 2027,” the Tech Envoy to the Indo- up’ call to the political par- concluded in Kashmir, he FRO PG 1 Abdullah said. and unite the nation
said Mr Cle verly would “call high commission said. Mr Pacific region, who will boost ties as they had a lot more said that it gave hope to Aimed at saving the Asked about the prime together.” It was then the
Russia out at the G-20” for- Cleverly discussed “progress ties with India as a priority”. to do for realising the the youth. “We all belong unity of the nation that ministerial candidate, he question was asked what
eign ministers’ meeting on on the UK-India 2030 Road On the “creation of the UK’s desire to live together to each other and we was known for its unity in said “when we all unite were the chances for Mr
Thursday and discuss the map, which aims to bolster first Tech Envoy to the Indo- once again with dignity would get back our dignity diversity. That was why and win the election, it Stalin and the Kashmiri
“impact of Russian aggres- the two countries’ ties in def Pacific region,” the BHC said, and peace, referring to the by fighting together,” he they were trying to unite will be at that time they leader said ‘Why can’t we
sion on Ukraine”. ence and security, trade and “This envoy is the second of secular spirit of the coun- said and stressed that the the country from Kashmir will decide who is the best come to that. What is
“On Thursday the foreign investment” in the meeting its kind to be announced by try where people of all people formed the country to Kanyakumari, Dr man to lead this nation wrong with that?’
secretary will attend the G-20 with Mr Jaishankar, it said. the UK (after the appoint- faiths lived without any and not the armed forces.
foreign ministers meeting to Meanwhile, during a visit to ment of a Tech Envoy to the differences. Making a He also called upon Mr the country. accused the BJP of not destroy all institutions, he
work with partners to IIT Delhi on Wednesday, Mr. US in late 2020) and demon- swipe at the BJP govern- Stalin to serve the nation Mr Kharge mentioned addressing the problems said and asked all like-
advance global efforts on food Cleverly marked the “open- strates our commitment to ment for trifurcating as a whole and not just the the rising unemployment but polarising the society minded parties to unite
and energy security, climate ing of the Young the region and tech-diploma- Jammu and Kashmir, he state. among the youth, 23 crore and also referred to the first and fight and win the
change and development. He Professionals Scheme, an cy. The new Tech Envoy role said he had never heard of Dr Abdullah said that people being pushed to trend of governors elections in the name of
will also continue to call ambitious new partnership will boost the UK’s status as a states being made into the country was in a diffi- poverty and soaring infla- appointed in various secularism, liberalism
Russia out at the G20 and between the UK and India science and tech superpower. Union territories for the cult situation and that tion affecting the common states behaving like and freedom of expression
work with partners to miti- which allows up 3,000 British The envoy will work with our normal practice was to there was need for saving people as some of the indi- spokespersons for the and then think about the
gate the global impacts of and 3,000 Indians a year the partners in the region on upgrade Union territories the 140 crore people from cations of the country fac- BJP. prime ministerial candi-
Russian aggression in right to live and work in the areas of shared interest. into states. the crisis that had befallen ing difficult times. He The BJP wanted to date.
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SHORT

INDIAN FIRM
TAKES
Polls in Pak Punjab, KP
SOLD BARRELS
TO MYANMAR
Bangkok, March 1: An Indian
state-owned arms manufactur-
within 90 days, says SC
er has shipped artillery barrels
to military-ruled Myanmar, an
PTI dissolved assemblies in Jan. to press for early elections
activist group said on Islamabad, March 1:
Wednesday, warning they cou- Pakistan’s Supreme Court
ld be used by the junta in its on Wednesday ordered the
crackdown on dissent. election commission to
Myanmar has been in turmoil hold elections in the Pun-
since the generals toppled jab and Khyber Pakhtunk-
Aung San Suu Kyi’s civilian hwa provinces within the
government two years ago, end- 90-day period as mandated
ing a brief democratic experi- by the Constitution.
ment. The Punjab and Khyber

TIT FOR TAT: IRAN

Pakhtunkhwa assemblies
were dissolved on January
Sri Lankan port workers protesting against the newly increased income tax block 14 and 18, respectively by
OUSTS 2 GERMAN traffic outside the entrance to the port in Colombo, on Wednesday. — AP/PTI the Imran Khan-led Pakis-
tan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)
DIPLOMATS party as part of its bid to

Dubai, March 1: Iran on

Wednesday declared two Germ-
an diplomats as personae non
Daily life hit after Lanka force early general elec-
tions in the country.
The court launched suo
motu proceedings last
gratae and ordered them to le-
ave the country, accusing Ber-
lin of interfering in Tehran’s
judicial affairs.
unions hold day-long stir week regarding the delay
in the announcement of a
date for elections in the
two provinces. A five-me-
The move came after Germa- Colombo, March 1: The mber bench headed by
ny expelled two employees of
the Iranian embassy in Berlin
one-day token strike orga-
nised by Sri Lanka’s trade
SIRISENA’S PLEA TO FREE HIM FROM chief justice Umar Ata
Bandial issued the split
An official from the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics uses a digital device to collect infor-
mation from a resident during the first ever door-to-door digital national census in
last week in response to Iran
sentencing a German national
unions on Wednesday to
protest the government's
’19 EASTER ATTACK CASES REJECTED decision, passed by a maj-
ority of three, with two
Lahore, on Wednesday. — AFP

to death. massive tax and utility Colombo, March 1: A Sri In January, the Supreme judges expressing reserva-
“The two German diplomats
are being expelled due to
Germany’s irresponsible inter-
ference in Iran’s internal and
rate hikes has brought da-
ily life in the crisis-hit is-
land nation to a grinding
halt and disrupted servic-
Lankan court on Wednes-
day rejected former presi-
dent Maithripala Sirisen-
a’s plea to free him from
Court ordered Sirisena to
pay SLRs 100 million as
compensation to victims
of the attack. He was giv-
tions over the admissibili-
ty of suo motu action by
the top court.
The decision paved the
Security up for IMRAN PARTY
SUSPENDS ‘JAIL
judicial affairs,” state media
quoted Iranian foreign min-
istry spokesman Nasser Kana-
ani as saying.
es in key sectors like air-
ports, ports and banking.
The trade unions belong-
ing to various sectors cal-
all cases related to the
2019 Easter Sunday attack
that killed 270 people.
en six months’ time to pay
or face contempt of court
charges. — PTI
way for elections in the
two provinces, currently
run by interim governme-
nts. The respective gover-
1st digital census BHARO TEHREEK’
Lahore, March 1: Imran

TURKEY POLLS TO
led the strike after defying nors, empowered to set the Lahore, March 1: Paki- The results of that count, Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-
an essential services ord- January, Wickremesing- 15 per cent last year. election dates, have demu- stan launched its first- which was done manual- e-Insaf (PTI) party on We-
er issued by President Ra- he, also the finance minis- Tax hikes are widely rred, apparently due to ever digital population ly, were never announced dnesday suspended its
BE HELD IN MAY, nil Wickremesinghe and
urged his government to
ter, hiked corporate taxes
to 30 per cent from 24 per
believed to be on demand
by the International Mon-
political reasons.
The court also ruled that
and housing census on
Wednesday in an effort to
over complaints about
errors and exclusion.
“Jail Bharo Tehreek” (co-
urt arrest movement) aft-
SAYS ERDOGAN withdraw its tax hikes. In cent, after raising VAT to etary Fund. — PTI President Arif Alvi’s orde-
rs to hold elections on
securely gather demogra-
phic data on every indivi-
The digital census resul-
ts will be announced next
er the Supreme Court ord-
ered the election commis-
Ankara, March. 1: President April 9 will be binding on dual ahead of the parlia- month, according to Paki- sion to hold polls in Punj-
Tayyip Erdogan indicated on
Wednesday that elections will
be held on May 14, sticking to
his previous plan for the vote
25 CHINESE
PLANES, 3 SHIPS Nepal Cabinet the Punjab assembly but
not on the Khyber Pakht-
unkhwa Assembly, as the
latter was dissolved by the
mentary elections this
year, officials said.
The digital count will
provide data for policy
stan’s Bureau of Statisti-
cs which is conducting it
amid tight security. On
Wednesday, census work-
ab and Khyber Pakhtunk-
hwa provinces within 90
days of the dissolution of
the assemblies as stipulat-

rejig deferred
with a date just over three mo- governor, while the for- decisions, which now are ers fanned out across Pa- ed by the Constitution.
nths after a devastating earth-
quake killed more than 45,000
SENT TOWARD mer was not.
“If the governor has dis-
based on the 2017 census,
which counted the popul-
kistan to collect the data.
In addition to policy deci-
The Punjab and Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa assemblies
people in Turkey.
“This nation will do what is ISLAND: TAIWAN solved the assembly, then
it is the governor who will
ation at 207 million peop-
le. It’s also meant to beef
sions on such matters as
education and health, the
were dissolved on Janua-
ry 14 and 18, respectively,
necessary on May 14, God will- Kathmandu, March 1: reported. “The constitu- announce the election up security and avoid an- information also will be by PTI as part of its bid to
ing,” Erdogan said in a speech Taipei, March 1: China With the crucial presiden- tional and legal provision date,” ruled the apex other morass like the one used for the next parliam- force early general electi-
to lawmakers from his ruling sent 25 warplanes and tial election in Nepal just for the Prime Minister to court. — PTI that beset the 2021 census. entary elections. — AP ons in the country. — PTI
AK Party in parliament, in an three warships toward nine days away, Prime Mi- seek a vote of confidence
apparent reference to elections Taiwan on Wednesday, nister Pushpa Kamal Da- will be followed within
GREECE TRAIN
China poses ‘existential’
seen as representing his bigge- the island’s defence min- hal Prachanda will seek a the given timeframe,”
st ever political challenge. istry said, as tensions re- vote of confidence and Sharma said.
There had been conflicting main high between Bei- reshuffle his Cabinet only “But we are currently
signals over the likely timing of
the presidential and parliamen-
jing and Taipei’s main
backer Washington.
after the polls, a media re-
port on Wednesday quot-
focused on the presidenti-
al elections.” With the El-
CRASH KILLS 36,
tary elections.

ISRAELIS STEP UP
The ministry said 19 of
those planes crossed
into Taiwan’s air defen-
ce identification zone
ed officials as saying.
Prachanda is preparing
to reshuffle his Cabinet to
fill as many as 16 ministr-
ection Commission issui-
ng an election code of co-
nduct with effect from
Wednesday until March
threat, say US lawmakers MINISTER QUITS
Tempe, March 1: Gree-
ce’s transport minister
PROTESTS OVER while the ships were
continuing to operate in
ies, which fell vacant aft-
er three political parties
19, the Cabinet can only
be reshuffled after that.
Washington, March 1:
Top American lawmakers SIRHAN SIRHAN BEFORE BOARD
Kostas Karamanlis has
resigned after a train
LEGAL OVERHAUL the Taiwan Strait. It said
Taiwan responded by
pulled out of his govern-
ment, as part of his effor-
Nepal’s second largest
party in Parliament —
have described China as
an “existential” threat to BLINKEN WRAPS UP RFK ASSASSIN RETURNS
crash that killed at least
36 people.
Tel Aviv, March 1: Israelis pr- scrambling fighters, dis- ts to keep the fragile CPN-UML — on Monday the US during a first hear- CENTRAL ASIA TOUR TO PAROLE HEARING A passenger train car-
otesting a contentious govern- patching ships and activ- coalition together. withdrew its support to ing on China by the Repu- ● US secretary of state ● Two years ago, a Califo- rying hundreds of peo-
ment plan to overhaul the judi- ating coastal missile de- Government spokesper- the “Prachanda”-led gov- blican-majority House of Antony Blinken is wrap- rnia parole board voted to ple, including many uni-
cial system were set to step up fence systems to “closely son Rekha Sharma said ernment following a rift Representatives. They versity students return-
over backing the Nepali ping up a brief tour of free Robert F. Kennedy’s
their opposition on Wednesday, monitor and respond.” Prachanda will seek a also called for an all-out ing home from holiday,
with large demonstrations and China stages such vote of confidence and Congress’ candidate for effort within the country Central Asia in Uzbeki- assassin, but the governor collided at high speed
road closures expected in what incursions on a near- reshuffle his Cabinet only the presidential poll, plu- and in coordination with stan. He met Uzbek of- overturned it. Sirhan Sirh- with an oncoming freig-
protest leaders have dubbed a daily basis, part of what after the presidential pol- nging the Himalayan nat- its allies to successfully ficials a day after war- an will once again appear ht train in a fiery wreck
“national day of disruption.” are termed “gray zone" ls on March 9, the Kathm- ion to another spell of po- address the challenge pos- ning all five Central before the board at a hear- in northern Greece, that
A parliamentary committee tactics. — AP andu Post newspaper litical instability. — PTI ed by the Communist Pa- Asian nations about the ing in a San Diego County injured another 85, offi-
is moving forward on a bill that rty-led China. dangers posed by Russ- prison to ask cials said on Wednesday.
would weaken the SC. The Kne- The US has routinely ia’s invasion of Ukraine. to be let out. Multiple cars derailed

Ukraine fiercely resisting

sset is set to cast a preliminary and historically described and at least three burst
vote on a separate proposal to Chinese behaviour as agg- into flames after the col-
protect PM Benjamin Netanya- ressive. The name of the US secretary of state Antony lision just before midni-
hu from being removed from newly constituted commi- Blinken said he will not meet the ght on Tuesday near the
his post over calls that he can- ttee is House Select Com- Russian or Chinese foreign minis- town of Tempe as the pa-
not serve as premier while on
trial for graft. Protesters bloc-
ked the main highway between
Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.
Russia’s Bakhmut assault mittee on the Chinese
Communist Party (CCP).
“This is not a polite ten-
nis match. This is an exis-
ters at this week’s G20 meeting.

chairman of the House with a sense of urgency.

ssenger train was emer-
ging from a highway
underpass.
Rescue crews illumina-

AIRLINE WEBSITES
Moscow, March 1: Ukrai- tential struggle over what Select Committee on the Our policy over the next ted the scene with flood-
nian forces are fiercely life will look like in the Chinese Communist Par- ten years will set the stage lights before dawn on
resisting a Russian attem- 21st century — and the ty (CCP), told his fellow for the next hundred,” Wednesday as they sear-
SWAMPED FOR HK pt to seize the small city of
Bakhmut and are throwi-
most fundamental freedo-
ms are at stake,” Congre-
Congressional colleagues
in his opening remarks on
Gallagher, a former
Marine and intelligence
ched frantically through
the wreckage for sur-
TICKET GIVEAWAY ng massive extra reserves
into the bloody battle, Ye-
ssman Mike Gallagher, Tuesday. “We must act official said. — PTI vivors. — AP

Hong Kong, March 1: People vgeny Prigozhin, founder

Tinubu wins Nigeria prez vote

hoping to take advantage of a of Russia’s Wagner merc-
Hong Kong scheme to give enary force, said on Wedn-
away half a million free airline esday.
tickets faced hours-long online Prigozhin’s men have
queues on Wednesday, as the spearheaded the assault
Asian financial hub bids to woo in eastern Ukraine for mo- Abuja, March 1: Ruling his lawsuit ultimately was ition candidate Abubakar
tourists back. nths with Moscow regard- party candidate Bola Tin- dismissed. won 29% with almost 7 mi-
The city government last ing Bakhmut, which it ca- Military medics work on a Ukrainian soldier, wounded ubu was declared winner On Tuesday, the two lead- llion. Third-place finisher
month launched a campaign to lls by its Soviet-era name on the front line, at a medical stabilisation point in the of Nigeria’s presidential ing opposition parties had Obi took 25% with about
reboot its reputation as “Asia’s of Artyomovsk, as a usef- Donetsk region. — AFP election early on Wednes- demanded a revote, saying 6.1 million, according to
world city”, after years of strict ul stepping stone to seize day, with the two leading that delays in uploading the results announced on
pandemic-related travel restri- bigger cities like Krama- its first major prize for zhin said in a short audio opposition candidates alr- election results had made live television by the Ind-
ctions and a crackdown on torsk and Sloviansk. more than half a year message released by his eady demanding a revote room for irregularities. ependent National Electo-
political dissent. Ukrainian commanders after some of the bloodiest press service. in Africa’s most populous The ruling All Progressiv- ral Commission.
On Wednesday, Hong Kong have warned in recent fighting of the war. “Tens of thousands of nation. Bola Tinubu es Congress party urged Tinubu “having satisfied
became one of the last places in days that the situation on “The Ukrainian army is Ukrainian army fighters Election officials’ overn- the opposition to accept the requirements of the
the world to drop its outdoor the ground is getting throwing extra reserves are putting up furious ight announcement was and Peter Obi. Abubakar defeat and not cause trou- law, is hereby declared the
mask mandate, which city much harder as Russia st- into Artyomovsk and try- resistance. The bloodiness likely to lead to a court also finished second in the ble. Tinubu received 37% winner and is returned el-
leader John Lee said was a sign eps ups its attempts to en- ing to hold the town with of the battles is growing challenge by his main op- last vote in 2019, then ap- of the vote, or nearly 8.8 ected, said election chief
it was “resuming normalcy”. circle Bakhmut to claim all their strength,” Prigo- by the day.” — Reuters ponents Atiku Abubakar pealed those results before million, while main oppos- Mahmood Yakubu. — AP

JAPAN: SAME-SEX
MARRIAGE BAN NEW | RESEARCH Cardiovascular diseases accounted for 17.9 million deaths all over the world in ’19
NOT PREJUDICE
Tokyo, March 1: Japanese
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida
said the country’s ban on same-
sex marriage is not discrimina-
Daily 11-minute walk can reduce early death risk
London, March 1: Just 11 could be prevented if eve- activity a week. Cardiovascular diseases, For some specific cance- ty, such as walking or
● PHYSICAL ACTIVITY,
tory, insisting that constituti- minutes, or 75 minutes a ryone managed at least If you are someone who such as heart disease and rs, the reduction in risk cycling, is good for you,
onal freedom of marriage only week, of moderate-intensi- half the recommended lev- finds the idea of 150 minu- particularly when it is stroke, are the leading ca- was greater — head and especially if you feel it
envisions heterosexual unions, ty physical activity such el of physical activity by tes of moderate-intensity moderate-intensity, is use of death globally, res- neck, myeloid leukaemia, raises your heart rate. But
a comment that triggered criti- as a brisk walk would be the UK’s National Health physical activity a week a known to reduce the ponsible for 17.9 million myeloma, and gastric car- what we’ve found is there
cism he is backtracking despite sufficient to lower the risk Service (NHS). bit daunting, then our fin- deaths per year in 2019, dia cancers were between are substantial benefits to
his recent apology and meeting of diseases such as heart Physical activity, partic- dings should be good news, risk of cardiovascular while cancers were respo- 14-26 per cent lower risk. heart health and reducing
with LGBTQ people. disease, stroke and a num- ularly when it is moderate- said Dr Soren Brage from disease and cancer. nsible for 9.6 million dea- For other cancers, such as your risk of cancer even if
Kishida’s Liberal Democratic ber of cancers, a new intensity, is known to red- the Medical Research Co- ths in 2017. lung, liver, endometrial, you can only manage 10
Party, known for its conservati- University of Cambridge uce the risk of cardiovasc- uncil (MRC) Epidemiology Seventy-five minutes per colon, and breast cancer, a minutes every day.”
ve family values and reluctan- led research has found. ular disease and cancer, Unit at the University of find that 75 minutes a week of moderate activity 3-11 per cent lower risk “Moderate-intensity
ce to promote gender equality In a study published on and the NHS recommends Cambridge. week is manageable, then was found to be enough to was observed. physical activity is that
and sexual diversity, opposes Tuesday in the British that adults do at least 150 Doing some physical act- you could try stepping it reduce the risk of develop- Professor James Woodco- which raises the heart rate
legalisation of same-sex mar- Journal of Sports Medici- minutes of moderate-inte- ivity is better than doing up gradually to the full ing cardiovascular disease ck from the MRC Epidem- and makes us breathe fast-
riage and other measures of ne, researchers conclude nsity activity or 75 minut- none. This is also a good recommended amount, he by 17 per cent and cancer iology Unit said: “We er but still able to speak
equality for LGBTQ people. that one in 10 early deaths es of vigorous-intensity starting position if you said. by 7 per cent. know that physical activi- during the activity.” — PTI
 SPECIAL
DECCAN CHRONICLE | THURSDAY | 2 MARCH 2023 | CHENNAI
pg 9

Metaverse in focus Father of cellphone

MARTIN COOPER ALSO HAS HOPE IN NEW TECH
OTHER STORY

at MWC tech fair sees dark side of it

Barcelona (Spain): I Barcelona (Spain): The
‘Secure Our City’ to climbed into the front seat
of the air taxi, buckled the
man credited with invent-
ing the cellphone 50 years
start India campaign seat belt and braced as the
aircraft lifted off. The
ago had only one concern
then about the brick-sized
from city futuristic cityscape of Bu-
san, South Korea, dropped
device with a long anten-
na: Would it work?
Chennai: Secure Cam IT away, and a digital avatar These days Martin
Solutions, a UAE-based securi- popped up on the wind- Cooper frets like every-
ty solutions provider, has screen with a message. body else about his inven-
launched the India leg of I couldn't answer as a tion’s impacts on society
‘Secure Our City’, a campaign wave of motion sickness — from the loss of privacy
to equip cities with free CCTV hit me. The virtual reality to the risk of internet
camera systems from Chennai. goggles combined with addiction to the rapid
The campaign was launched by motion-simulating seats spread of harmful con-
Mr. M K Narayanan, former pitching back and forth tent, especially among
Governor of West Bengal. and side to side made it kids.
“Security is a major concern feel like I was actually “My most negative opin-
for most people today. The gov- hovering and manoeu- ion is we don’t have any tion, Cooper used the look like, Cooper is
ernment and the police are vring in the air. They also privacy anymore because Dyna-TAC prototype — attuned to the industry’s
actively involved in improving made me so nauseous I everything about us is which weighed 2.5 pounds current challenges, par-
security for citizens. However, had to close my eyes for now recorded someplace and was 11 inches long — ticularly around privacy.
there is also a need for citizens the rest of the three- An ATM for buying SIM cards is pictured at the stand of French multinational compa- and accessible to some- to call to his rival at Bell In Europe, where there
to do their part in protecting minute journey. body who has enough Labs, owned by AT&T. are strict data privacy
ny Thales at the Mobile World Congress (MWC), the telecom industry's biggest annu-
themselves and their families. Welcome to the meta- intense desire to get it,” “The only thing that I was rules, regulators are con-
al gathering, in Barcelona on Wednesday. — AFP cerned about apps and
This campaign will go a long verse — sort of. said Cooper, who spoke worried about: ‘Is this
way in achieving the same,” South Korean company can meet, work and play — The definition of the company Orange's meta- with AP at the telecom thing going to work?’ And digital ads that track user
says Narayanan who was SK Telecom's air taxi doing everything from try- metaverse has been hard verse demonstration , industry’s biggest trade it did,” he said. activity, allowing technol-
India's National Security mockup was one of the ing on digital clothes, to pin down, adding to the where users were trans- show in Barcelona, where The call helped kick- ogy and other companies
Advisor from 2005 to 2010. eye-catching demonstra- holding a virtual meeting scepticism. It is not the ported to a futuristic he was receiving a life- start the cellphone revolu- to build up rich profiles of
Ahead of the launch, Secure tions at MWC , or Mobile or taking a trip online. same as virtual reality neon-hued technoscape time award. tion, but looking back on users.
Cam India also opened its new World Congress, the But doubts about the via- and its cousin, augmented with lightning bolts, giant Yet the 94-year-old self- that day Cooper acknowl- “It’s going to get
office at the Courtyard by world's biggest telecom bility of the metaverse reality, said Tuong robots and a falcon carry- described dreamer also edges, “we had no way of resolved, but not easily,”
Marriott in Chennai. “We are industry trade show . Tech have been creeping in as Nguyen, a Gartner analyst ing a green orb in its marvels at how far cell- knowing this was the his- Cooper said. “There are
finally ready for India. We companies and wireless the initial hype wears off. specializing in emerging talons. phone design and capabil- toric moment.” people now that can justi-
believe that India is on track to carriers at this week's Sales of virtual reality technologies. A dancing figure ities have advanced, and He spent the better part fy measuring where you
become the third largest econo- expo in Barcelona dis- headsets in the U.S. “So AR and VR very appeared, representing he believes the technolo- of the next decade work- are, where you’re making
my by 2027, surpassing Japan played advancements to slipped 2% by December closely related to the meta- the movements of a real- gy’s best days may still be ing to bring a commercial your phone calls, who
and Germany and a GDP sur- connect people and busi- from the previous year, verse in the same way that life dancer wearing ahead of it in areas such version of the device to you’re calling, what you
passing US$7 trillion by the nesses online, increasing- according to NPD computers are related to motion-capture gear. It as education and health market, helping to launch access on the Internet.”
end of this decade. A safe and ly in new virtual reality Research. Reality Labs, the Internet,” he said. was a dazzling display, care. the wireless communica- Smartphone use by chil-
secure society is imperative to worlds dubbed the meta- which makes Meta Quest "Think of it instead as though what consumer “Between the cellphone tions industry and, with dren is another area that
achieve this growth, and we verse. headsets, posted an oper- evolution of the Internet, purpose it had was not and medical technology it, a global revolution in needs limits, Cooper said.
want to be very much a part of Visitor Mark Varahona ating loss of $13.7 billion which changes the way immediately clear. and the Internet, we are how we communicate, One idea is to have “vari-
this growth journey,” says also felt woozy after trying in 2022. that we interact with the Miguel Angel going to conquer disease,” shop and learn about the ous internets curated for
Ahmad Al Marar, the compa- the flight experience but is Meta has said it plans to world." Almonacid, Orange’s net- he said Monday at MWC, world. different audiences.”
ny’s partner in Abu Dhabi and still considering buying a hire 10,000 engineers in So how should SK work strategy director for or Mobile World Congress. Still, Cooper said he’s Five-year-olds should be
MD, Secure Cam IT Solutions. virtual reality headset, Europe to work on the Telecom's flight simulator Spain, said it demon- Cooper, whose invention “not crazy” about the able to use the internet to
Secure Our City campaign the hardware needed to metaverse. When asked be defined? “Technically, strates how new 5G net- was inspired by Dick shape of modern smart- help them learn, but “we
will also be expanded to other enter any immersive digi- for an update, the compa- it's not metaverse, but works will eliminate lag Tracy’s radio wristwatch, phones, blocks of plastic, don’t want them to have
cities in India in a phased man- tal universe. “I was think- ny said, “Our expansion kind of metaverse,” said for metaverse users watch- said he also envisions a metal and glass. He thinks access to pornography
ner. “Chennai is considered ing to buy it before coming in Europe was always a Ken Wohn, a company ing something happening future in which cell- phones will evolve so that and to things that they
one of the safest cities in India. here. And maybe now I long-term one planned manager. far away. phones are charged by they will be “distributed don’t understand,” he
With more public awareness will buy them," he said. over several years. We South Korea's biggest The metaverse might be human bodies. It’s a long on your body,” perhaps as said.
and participation we are sure “They look quite nice.” remain committed to telecom provider teamed more suited to practical way from where he start- sensors “measuring your As for his own phone
the city can move to the top The metaverse exploded Europe." up last year with purposes in the work- ed. health at all times.” use, Cooper says he
spot in safety ranking, says in popularity after The “metaverse has not California’s Joby Aviation place, analysts said. Cooper made the first Batteries could even be checks email and does
Rijoy Thomas, CEO of Secure Facebook founder Mark gone away,” said Ben to develop an electric air “That’s where we’ll see public call from a hand- replaced by human ener- online searches for infor-
Cam India. Zuckerberg in late 2021 Wood, principal analyst at taxi service to the country. traction first because the held portable telephone gy. “You ingest food, you mation to settle dinner
Secure Cam plans to install pronounced it the next big CCS Insight. “But I think One day the air taxis barriers aren’t as high,” on a New York City street create energy. Why not table arguments. However,
its CCTV cameras for the thing for the internet, there’s a lot more scepti- might operate said Gartner's Nguyen. on April 3, 1973, using a have this receiver for your “there are many things
Secure Our City campaign. renaming his social media cism about what role it’s autonomously, using high- For example, a worker prototype that his team at ear embedded under your that I have not yet
“The registration process and empire and socking tens going to play, particularly speed 5G wireless connec- could use augmented real- Motorola had started skin, powered by your learned,” he said. “I still
the camera installation is of billions into the idea. in the consumer domain tions, Wohn said. ity glasses to pull up diag- designing only five body?” he imagined. don’t know what TikTok
expected to kick start from He portrayed it as 3D beyond the obvious areas It was a different experi- nostics or an instruction months earlier. While he dreams about is.”
April 2023,” says Emil Jose, community where people of things like gaming.” ence at French wireless manual. — AFP To needle the competi- what the future might — AP
COO, Secure Cam India.

TLM kits for kids with AS SHE TRIES TO AVOID PRISON

disabilities
DC CORRESPONDENT
Elizabeth Holmes of Kobe Bryant family settles its LA
CHENNAI, MAR. 1

The National Institute for Per-

sons with Multiple Disabilities
Theranos has 2nd child county photo lawsuit for $28.5 mn
(NIEPMD), Chennai, collabo- Los Angeles (US): The when the helicopter they
rated with MOBIS India family of the late Kobe were aboard crashed into
Foundation to distribute San Jose (US): Disgraced Bryant has agreed to a hills in Calabasas west of
Teaching Learning Material Theranos CEO Elizabeth $28.5 million settlement Los Angeles on Jan. 26,
(TLM) kits worth Rs 4.14 crores Holmes is citing her with Los Angeles County 2020.
to 10,000 children with intellec- recently born child as to resolve the remaining Deputies and firefighters
tual disabilities across the another reason she should claims in a lawsuit over responding to the crash
three states of Tamil Nadu, be allowed to delay the deputies and firefighters scene shot phone photos of
Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat. start of a more than 11- sharing grisly photos of the bodies and the wreck-
As part of this pan India ini- year prison sentence the NBA star, his 13-year- age, which Hashmall
tiative, the 150 TLM kits were while her lawyers appeal old daughter and other argued at trial were an
distributed at Special school in her conviction for duping victims killed in a 2020 essential part of assessing
Gandhi Nagar, Ahmedabad investors about the capa- helicopter crash, attor- the situation. But the pic-
and 3000 kits are allotted for bilities of her failed com- neys and court filings said Vanessa Bryant, centre, Kobe Bryant's widow, leaves a tures were shared, mostly
Gujarat. The TLM kits act as pany’s blood-testing tech- Tuesday. federal courthouse with her daughter Natalia, centre between employees of the
efficient teaching tools for spe- nology. Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes, centre, The figure includes a left, soccer player Sydney Leroux, centre right, in Los county sheriff ’s and fire
cial educators and foster a ger- The birth of Holmes’ walks into federal court in California in 2022. — AP file newly agreed upon pay- Angeles, in Aug. 2022. The family of the late Kobe departments, including by
minating ground for different- second child was con- ment from the county of Bryant has agreed to a $28.5 million settlement with some who were playing
ly-abled children to be able to firmed in court docu- conspiracy. District Judge Edward $13.5 million along with Los Angeles County to resolve the remaining claims in video games and attend-
grasp theoretical concepts ments filed last week in The start of that trial Davila to delay the start of the $15 million a federal a lawsuit over deputies and firefighters sharing grisly ing an awards banquet.
with ease. advance of a March 17 had been delayed so his nearly 13-year prison jury awarded Bryant’s photos of the NBA star, his 13-year-old daughter and They were also seen by
NIEPMD established in 2005, hearing about her bid to Holmes could give birth to sentence. A hearing on his widow, Vanessa Bryant, at other victims killed in a 2020 helicopter crash. AP file some of their spouses and
under the Government of remain free during an her first child, a son. request was held earlier a trial in August. in one case by a bartender
India, Ministry of Social appeals process that could Holmes had both children this month, but Davila The agreement resolves battle to hold accountable County, called the state- at a bar where a deputy
Justice and Empowerment, take years to complete. with her current partner, hasn’t issued a ruling yet. any future claims by those who engaged in this ment “fair and reason- was drinking.
Department of Empowerment The filing didn’t disclose William “Billy” Evans. Holmes isn’t citing her Bryant’s three surviving grotesque conduct,” able” adding, “We hope Li told jurors that the
of Persons with Disabilities, the date of the birth or the She met Evans after her two children as the only daughters, related issues Bryant’s attorney Luis Li Ms. Bryant and her chil- close-up photos had no
continues to excel with com- child’s gender, but the 2016 break-up with her reason she should be pending in state court, said in a statement. “She dren continue to heal from official or investigative
mitment to achieve the objec- news isn’t a surprise. former lover and business allowed to stay out of and other costs. A pro- fought for her husband, their loss.” purpose, and were mere
tives set by the Government of Holmes, 38, was pregnant partner, Ramesh “Sunny” prison during her appeal. posed settlement order, her daughter, and all those Kobe Bryant, the former “visual gossip” shared out
India touching the lives of at the time of her Nov. 18 Balwani, who was convict- Her lawyers contend that which a judge must in the community whose Lakers star, five-time NBA of a gruesome curiosity.
thousands of families. sentencing in the same ed on 12 counts of fraud an array of mistakes and approve, was filed deceased family were champion and member of Hashmall argued that the
S. M. Abinaya, handling San Jose, California, and conspiracy in a sepa- abuses made during her Tuesday in federal court. treated with similar disre- the Basketball Hall of sheriff acted swiftly and
CSR at NIEPMD, has facilitat- courtroom where a jury rate trial. trial make it likely her “Today marks the suc- spect.” Fame, was traveling with appropriately when he
ed this pan India CSR project convicted her on four Balwani, 57, is also try- conviction will be over- cessful culmination of Mira Hashmall, the Gianna and seven others ordered the photos delet-
with an aim to nurture inclu- felony counts of fraud and ing to convince US turned. — AP Mrs. Bryant’s courageous attorney representing LA to a youth basketball game ed. — AP
siveness and learning and
development of children with
special needs.

English cricket confronts

racism scandal
Murakami’s 1st novel in 6 years to hit stores in April
Yorkshire (UK): A long-awaited Tokyo (Japan): A new Haruki withheld because many up Bird Chronicle” and “1Q84.”
hearing examining racism alle- Murakami novel will be pub- Murakami fans say they prefer His latest, “Killing
gations which brought shame lished in April and the publish- to start reading his books with- Commendatore,” sold more The front
on English cricket’s most suc- er is saying little about it out knowing what they are than a million copies. cover of
cessful county team started except that the Japanese manu- about. A library devoted to Haruki
Wednesday, with past and pres- script is around 1,200 pages and It is unknown if the new Murakami’s writings, scrap- Murakami’s
ent internationals set to give the plot involves “a story that novel is related to Murakami’s books and record collection new novel
evidence to a disciplinary had long been sealed.” 1980 story with the same title opened in 2021 at his alma “The City
panel over the next week. It is “The City and Its Uncertain that was published in a literary mater, Waseda University, in and Its
the next stage of a scandal that Walls” will be released on April magazine but never released as Tokyo as a venue for literary Uncertain
erupted when Azeem Rafiq, a 13 in both print and digital for- a book. research and cultural exchange Walls.”— AP
former player at Yorkshire, mats, Shinchosha Publishing The novel is Murakami’s first and a gathering spot for his
went public alleging he had Co. said in a statement on since “Kishidancho Goroshi,” fans.
been the victim of racial hara Wednesday. The availability of or “Killing Commendatore,” Murakami is an avid music
ssment and bullying across two an English translation is not was released in February 2017. collector who appreciates gen-
spells at the club between 2008- yet known. A perennial candidate for the res ranging from classical to
18. Rafiq’s complaints reached In a brief promotional and Nobel Prize in Literature, jazz and rock, and music serves
the British Parliament — cryptic teaser, the publisher Murakami, 74, published his as an important motif in many
where he testified through said: “Must go to the city. No debut book, “Hear the Wind of his stories. Since 2018,
tears to legislators and called matter what happens. A locked Sing,” in 1979 while running a Murakami has hosted a
English cricket “institutionally up ‘story’ starts to move quietly jazz bar in Tokyo. His 1987 “Murakami Radio” show on
racist” — and led to Yorkshire as if ‘old dreams’ are woken up romance “Norwegian Wood” Tokyo FM in which he plays
losing sponsors and briefly the and unravelled in a secluded became his first bestseller, some of his favorite music and
right to stage international archive.” It added that the book establishing him as a young lit- provides occasionally humor-
matches at its home, is a “soul-stirring, 100% pure erary star. Known for his magi- ous commentary and music
Headingley Stadium, over its Murakami world.” cal realism, Murakami has also trivia. He has also sometimes
response to the scandal. —AFP Staff at the publisher said penned bestsellers such as “A spoken out against political
details about the plot are being Wild Sheep Chase,” “The Wind- leaders.
 THURSDAY | 2 MARCH 2023 | CHENNAI
pg 10
GST kitty in Feb stands at `1.5L cr, stays over `1.4L cr for 1 yr Car sales stay
quick `1.4L-cr GST collection on growth India IT sector
revenue to hit
BITES becomes new normal trajectory
in February
MICHAEL GONSALVES $245b in FY23
INDICATORS % MADHUSUDAN SAHOO tributed to the cess pool.
PUNE, MARCH 1
SANGEETHA G
Sensex 59,411.08 0.76 ● GST COLLECTION in
with agency inputs February indicates a “Indian automakers Car sales in February CHENNAI, MARCH 1
Nifty 50 17,450.90 0.85 NEW DELHI, MARCH 1 reported solid domestic continued to grow at a
growing self-reliance sales for vehicles which healthy note with auto Indian technology indu-
S&P 500* 3,958.26 -0.30
The Centre has collected within the domestic also fuelled collection of majors such as market stry’s revenue is set to
Dollar (`) 82.50 0.19 about `1.5 lakh crore market and is a posi- compensation cess during leaders Maruti Suzuki touch $245 billion in the
Pound Sterling (`) 99.36 0.45 gross goods and services tive sign for the Indian February,” Mohan said. and Hyundai leading the financial year 2022-23
tax (GST) in February economy, observed ICRA chief economist show, along with others with an incremental net
Euro (`) 87.40 0.31 2023, which is 12 per cent Abhishek Jain, KPMG Aditi Nayar said the such as Tata Motors, revenue addition esti-
Gold (10gm)* (`) 55,875▲119 0.21 more than the tax collect- in India Partner, sequential dip in the GST M&M, Kia, Toyota Kirlos- mated at $19 billion dur-
ed in same month last Indirect Tax. collections in February kar reporting growth ing the year, said indus-
Brent crude ($/bbl)* 83.71 0.31 year. The monthly GST 2023 is partly on account sales volume last month. try body Nasscom, add-
IN 10-Yr bond yield 7.419 -0.038 revenues collected by the of the boost to the However, Honda Cars ing that the industry ● WITH CONTINUED
government is more than import of goods). in the month of February January figure from the and MG Motor saw revenue will touch $500 investments by the
US 10-Yr T-bill yield* 3.93 0.016
`1.4 lakh crore for 12 KPMG in India Partner, 2023 is `62,432 crore for quarter-ending inflows for decline in their sales dur- billion by 2030. government and
* As of 8:30 PM IST straight months in a row, Indirect Tax, Abhishek CGST and `63,969 crore the month of December, ing the same period. Despite the global enterprises in emerg-
the finance ministry state- Jain said this indicates a for the SGST.” which were remitted in Maruti Suzuki said its headwinds, the technol- ing technologies,
ment said on Wednesday. growing self-reliance The cess collection of the following month. passenger vehicle sales in ogy industry in India is India’s domestic sec-
Bill Gates praises As per the statement, the
gross GST revenue collect-
within the domestic mar-
ket and is a positive sign
`11,931 crore was the high-
est since implementation
of GST.
N.A. Shah Associates
Parag Mehta said the
GSTN portal gives a lot of
the domestic market grew
10.1 per cent on a year-on-
set to witness steady
growth in FY2023 to $245
tor emerged as the
great propeller.
India’s digital
ed in the month of Febru- for the Indian economy. year basis to 1,47,467 billion with a cross-cur-
ary 2023 is `1,49,577 crore According to the finance AMRG & Associates sen- data and information to units, up from 1,33,948 rency impact of two per
of which CGST is `27,662 ministry statement, “The ior partner Rajat Mohan the authorities to cross units it sold last year. It cent. This reflects an Krishnan Ramanujam,
connectivity crore, SGST is `34,915
crore, IGST is `75,069
crore (including `35,689
government has settled
`34,770 crore to CGST and
`29,054 crore to SGST
said enforcement action
by tax authorities against
pan masala and tobacco
verify and detect suspi-
cious transactions. “Even
the spending by the con-
also said that it took all
possible measure to min-
imise the impact of a
incremental net revenue
addition estimated at $19
billion. The growth has
chairperson, Nasscom
said.
India’s massive digital
Bill Gates on Wednesday said crore collected on import from IGST as regular set- manufacturers in the past sumers have increased shortage of electronic been across segments of infrastructure played a
India has “great” digital net- of goods) and Cess is tlement. The total revenue few months could have led substantially leading to parts. IT services, BPM, soft- key role in driving
work and high levels of smart- `11,931 crore (including of Centre and the states to higher collection of increase in collections on Sales of its archrival ware products, ER&D India’s domestic tech
phone usage with “very good” `792 crore collected on after regular settlements taxes and thus con- ongoing basis,” he said. Hyundai jumped seven and domestic market. adoption. With contin-
connectivity and added this per cent at 47,001 units Revenue from Indian ued investments by the
will be the cheapest 5G mar- against 44,050 units sold service exports too is government and enter-
in the previous year. “The expected to touch $194 prises in emerging tech-

Manufacturing posts robust growth

ket. Gates appreciated India’s
competitive private market, overall sales numbers are billion in reported cur- nologies, India’s domes-
reliable and low-cost connec- showing a positive trend rency, a growth of 9.4 tic sector emerged as the
tivity, and went on to say this across segments,” Tarun per cent compared to great propeller.
will be the cheapest 5G mar- Garg, COO at Hyundai FY22. Growth in exports Domestic revenue is
ket. “India has great digital MADHUSUDAN SAHOO seasonally-adjusted S&P the long-run average. Motor India, said. is seen across all the growing 13 per cent from
network and high percentage NEW DELHI, MARCH 1 Global India Manufac-tur- “After slipping to a 26- Sales at Tata Motors major markets — the US FY22 in rupee terms.
of people using smartphones.” ing Purchasing Managers’ month low last November, jumped 7 per cent at growing at 10.4 per cent The industry employs
India’s manufacturing in- Index or PMI was at 55.3 in input cost inflation surged 43,140 units, including and APAC at 10.1 per over 5.4 million work-
dustry sustained a robust February, almost similar in every month since. The electric cars last month, cent. force, creating 2,90,000
growth in output and new figure of 55.4 in January, latest rise was historically up from 40,181 units it “Despite global head- new jobs in FY23. With a

CIL production orders in February, acco-

rding to a monthly survey.
which signalled a strong
improvement in the
subdued, however, and
among the weakest in aro-
sold last year.
Sales at Mahindra and
winds and some modera-
tion in demand, the
36 per cent digitally
skilled workforce, the

rises 14% during

The companies contin- health of the sector. The und two years. The survey Mahindra grew 10 per industry value proposi- industry remains on the
ued to scale up input pur- headline figure was also showed some reluctance cent at 30,358 units last tion of resilience, agility top in terms of AI skills
chases, while job numbers above its long-run average and it also continued to among manufacturers to month, up from 27,663 and a transformation penetration, the second
Apr-Feb period expanded only fractional-
ly amid a general lack of
of 53.7.
The survey also said that
accelerate with firms
mentioning higher prices
pass on cost increases to
clients, with output char-
units it sold last year.
Sales at Kia soared by 35.8
partner for global enter-
prises, enabled the
largest in terms of
Artificial Intelligence,
pressure on operating input cost inflation accel- for electronic compo- ge inflation easing since per cent with total sales of industry to strengthen Machine Learning, Big
capacities, the survey erated to a four-month nents, energy, foodstuff, January,” said Pollyanna 24,600 units last month its leadership in core Data Analytics talent
showed on Wednesday. high but there was a softer metals and textiles. De Lima of S&P Global against 18,121 units dur- and emerging areas,” pool globally.
As per the survey, the upturn in selling charges However, it stayed below Market Intelligence. ing the yearago period.

Super rich’s wealth Axis buys Citi’s consumer Need to shift to

profit model via
State-owned Coal India Ltd
produced 619.7 million tonnes
(MT) in the April-February
shrinks 10% in 2022 biz in India for `11,603 cr R&D: Mandaviya
period of the current fiscal, RAVI RANJAN PRASAD Optimism for FALAKNAAZ SYED New Delhi, March 1:
registering a year-on-year MUMBAI, MARCH 1 wealth creation in MUMBAI, MARCH 1 There is a need to shift to
growth of 14.3 per cent. The 2023 is high despite the a profit model through
maharatna firm had produced Total wealth held by ultra Private lender Axis Bank enhancing research and
turbulence and aggre-
542 MT of coal in the year-ago
period. “With a quantum gain
high net worth individu-
als or UHNWIs shrank by gate decrease seen in MARKETS END on Wednesday said that it
has completed the deal to
development capabilities
in the pharmaceutical
2022... There is an over-
of 77.3 MT CIL is well on its
way to breach the production
10 per cent globally in US
dollar terms during 2022, a arching drive towards LOSING STREAK buy Citibank India’s con-
sumer businesses for a
sector, chemicals and fer-
tilisers minister Mans-
drop of some $10.1 trillion, investing in debt rather final cash consideration at ukh Mandaviya said on
target of 700 MT of FY’23,”
Coal India Ltd (CIL) said in a this could shift investor
strategies in 2023 towards
than equity because it AFTER 8 DAYS `11,603 crore ($1.41 bil-
lion). The deal was worth
Wednesday.
The minister, who chai-
statement. represents better value
real estate and debt funds, RAVI RANJAN PRASAD `12,325 crore when it was ny, Citicorp Finance shoring or global business red the first ever govern-
said Knight Frank’s — KNIGHT FRANK MUMBAI, MARCH 1 announced in March 2022, (India) Ltd, comprising support rendered from ing council meeting of
Wealth Report for 2022. but the valuation dropped asset-backed financing centres in Mumbai, Pune, the National Institutes of
WEALTH REPORT
ONGC board gets
Although four in ten Indian stock market due to Citi’s customer business, which includes Bengaluru, Chennai and Pharmaceutical Educat-
UHNWIs saw their wealth ended the eight-day losing attrition and a fall in commercial vehicle and Gurugram. ion and Research, empha-
increase in 2022, the ic slowdown under way streak on Wednesday on deposit base. construction equipment In April 2021, American sised on the importance
new director for report said the overwhel-
ming trend was negative.
across Europe and the
anticipated downturn in
positive global cues, high
GST collection at `1.5
The transaction com-
prises the sale of the con-
loans, as well as the per-
sonal loans portfolio.
banking major Citigroup
announced its plan to exit
of research and innova-
tion for the growth of the

production “The fall in wealth is

unsurprising given the
dramatic pivot in mone-
the United States as high-
er interest rates take their
toll.”
lakh crore and robust
growth in manufacturing
sector in February.
sumer businesses of
Citibank India, which inc-
ludes loans, credit cards,
With the closing of the
sale, Citibank would be
exiting from its credit
from the consumer bank-
ing business in India as
part of its global strategy.
pharma industry.
“Research and innova-
tion are necessary for the
ONGC now has a director for tary policy that culminat- “In the year ahead, 19 The Sensex gained 0.76 wealth management and card and retail businesses “Axis Bank will not need sustained growth of the
production after two director- ed in the worst perform- per cent of UHNWIs inte- per cent or 448.96 points to retail banking operations. in the country. It will, to raise any fresh capital pharmaceuticals sector.
ships were merged as part of a ance for the traditional nd to invest directly into close at 59,411.08 while The deal also includes however, continue to focus to fund the deal. Our capi- Our focus must shift from
larger board revamp. The post blended portfolio since the income-producing proper- Nifty-50 closed at 17,450.90 the sale of the consumer in India on institutional tal adequacy remains self-sustenance model to
of director (production) has 1930s,” the report added. ty, with 13 per cent set to up 146.95 points or 0.85 business of Citi’s non- banking business besides strong,” said its MD and profit model through
been created after merging Exchange rates had a sig- take the indirect route. In per cent. banking financial compa- continuing to focus on off- CEO Amitabh Chaudhry. expanding research base,
director (onshore), who is in nificant impact as the terms of sectors in dema- Broader market outper- creating industry connect
charge of all oil and gas fields strength of the dollar was nd, healthcare leads,fol- formed the benchmarks and ramping up infra-
located on land, and director
(offshore) who looks after all
offshore assets. Pankaj Kumar,
director (offshore), will be the
unrivalled, driven by the
US Fed’s one of the fastest
cycles of rate hikes in his-
tory and as very few cur-
lowed by logistics, offices
and residential,” said
Liam Bailey, global head of
research, Knight Frank.
by a big margin with BSE
Mid-cap index up 1.35 per
cent and BSE Small-cap
index up 1.38 per cent.
Irdai seeks policy for mentally-ill structure,” he said in an
official statement.
The expertise of human
resources must be
first director (production), rencies saw appreciation “Prime residential has Market gained on the FC BANKING BUREAU abilities. These groups are In other words, insurers utilised along with imple-
ONGC said in a statement. against the US dollar. been the best performing back of domestic institu- MUMBAI, MARCH 1 often excluded from obtai- may widen the scope of mentation of best prac-
“Optimism for wealth sector. HNWIs have sought tional investors buying ning health insurance this product, but in no tices from other institu-
creation in 2023 is high out mixed-use single equities worth `1,498.66 The Insurance Regulatory leaving them vulnerable case can the scope of the tions, he said. — PTI
despite the turbulence and owned towers or com- crore while foreign port- and Development Author- to financial and health product be narrowed

EU’s carbon tax

aggregate decrease seen in pounds of villas which folio investors sold a sma- ity of India (Irdai) has risks, making it difficult down. “The insurers are
2022,” the report said
adding, “while HNWIs
can be broken up to sell
individually.”
ller quantity of shares
worth `424.88 crore.
made it mandatory for all
non-life insurers and
for them to access essen-
tial healthcare services.
directed to put in place a
Board approved under- Adani secures
to impact India’s across Asia-Pacific are There is an overarching “Nifty-50 snapped an health insurers to launch The regulator has asked writing policy that ensu-

metal exports
looking for growth, preser-
vation is the number one
goal in Europe and
drive towards investing in
debt rather than equity
because it represents bet-
eight-day fall helped by
positive Asian cues,” said
Deepak Jasani, head of
health insurance policies
that can provide coverage
to people with mental ill-
insurance companies to
come up with a model pol-
icy, setting out the mini-
res that no proposal from
these categories of popu-
lation is denied for reason
$3-b loan from
The carbon border adjustment
mechanism being implemented
America – perhaps unsur-
prising, given the econom-
ter value, the report
added.
retail research, HDFC
Securities.
ness and or those afflicted
with HIV/AIDS, or dis-
mum scope and parame-
ters for product design.
of these disabilities or ill-
ness,” it said. sovereign fund
by the European Union will Hong Kong, March 1:
have an adverse impact on
India’s exports of metals such
as iron, steel and aluminium
TAKE | OFF India needs many 20-seater aircraft to connect smaller cities in hinterland Adani Group has told
creditors it has secured a
$3 billion loan from a sov-

Canadian firm eyes India’s small aircraft demand

products to the EU, the GTRI ereign wealth fund, two
said. The EU is introducing the sources with knowledge
carbon border adjustment of the matter said, as the
mechanism (CBAM) from embattled conglomerate
October 1 this year. CBAM will seeks to ease debt con-
translate into a 20-35 per cent Toronto, March 1: De interview in New Delhi on craft. Hindustan Aerona- ports and water aero- cerns after a short-seller
tax on select imports into the
EU starting January 1, 2026.
Havilland Aircraft of
Canada, a leading manu-
Tuesday on the sidelines
of the Airline Economics
utics Ltd. made-in-India
plane is used by the armed
dromes, in addition to
opening 1,000 new routes
AVIATION TO TURN PROFITABLE attack.
The credit line from the
facturer of turboprop Growth Frontiers India forces, while Alliance Air by next year. It is also giv- ● Domestic airlines industry is expected to fly sovereign wealth fund
planes, is aiming to win 80 conference. has one. Another rival is ing subsidies to airlines to back into profitability next fiscal, for the first time could be increased to $5
per cent of India’s small- Small planes are key for Textron Aviation Inc., offer passengers cheaper since the outbreak of Covid, according to Crisil. billion, the sources said,
Printed & Published by plane market as the coun- India, the world’s fastest- with IndiaOne Air using fares on regional routes. citing a memo that was
K Sudhakar on behalf of Deccan try seeks to bolster con- growing aviation market, its nine-seater Cessna SpiceJet is in talk with ● The industry may pare its net loss by as much circulated to participants
Chronicle Holdings Limited. Printed & nectivity in far-flung cor- to connect tiny towns, Grand Caravan EX. De Havilland for five Twin as 75-80 per cent year-on-year to `4,500 crore this as highlights of a three-
Published at Deccan Chronicle Presses ners and over rugged ter- hilly areas and islands Better access to regional Otter seaplanes, typically fiscal, compared with `17,500 crore last fiscal. day investor roadshow
situated at SP-3 Developed Plot, rain. that have a budding popu- travel could help revive found in the Maldives shu- that ended on Wednesday.
Industrial Estate, Guindy, Chennai. The company is expect- lation of first-time flyers. tourism and air traffic in ttling tourists to resorts. ● Strong recovery in passenger traffic and easing The identity of the sov-
Editor: Kaushik Mitter, RNI Reg. No. ing India to have as many Airbus SE estimates India India after the pandemic SpiceJet could deploy the cost pressures are supporting this turnaround in ereign wealth fund was
TNENG/2008/25473 Air surcharge Re 1. as 120 small aircraft that will need 2,210 aircraft by gutted travel. The govern- seaplanes to reach remote not disclosed in the
© All rights reserved. Reproduction in operating performance of airlines.
seat less than 20 passen- 2040, with most of them ment has allocated `4500 parts lacking runways memo. A third person
whole or in part without written per-
mission of The Editor, Financial
gers in the next 10 years, being smaller jets. crore under a regional and ground transport like ● The projections are based on analysis of three said Adani’s management
Yogesh Garg, the manu- De Havilland will face connectivity programme Andaman and Nicobar airlines that account for 75 per cent of domestic told investors it was from
Chronicle ® is prohibited.
facturer’s Asia Pacific competition from the 19- to develop 100 inadequate- Islands, Garg said. air traffic. the Middle East region.
sales director, said in an seater Dornier 228 air- ly served airports, heli- — Bloomberg — Bloomberg
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DECCAN CHRONICLE | CHENNAI | THURSDAY | 2 MARCH 2023
pg 11

IN SPIN WEB
FA CUP | FIFTH ROUND
SHORT TAKES
Allrounder Jadeja
achieves rare feat City in quarters,
Indore: Star allrounder Ravindra
Jadeja on Wednesday entered
the record books, becoming Foxes bite dust
Kuhnemann’s five-wicket haul puts India in trouble
only the second Indian player
after Kapil Dev to take 500 London, March 1: Phil
wickets and amass 5,000 runs Foden struck twice as THE RESULTS
in international cricket. The 34- Manchester City eased
year-old achieved the rare feat Indore, March 1: into the FA Cup quarterfi- Bristol City 0
on the opening day of the third Indian batters’ long- nals with a 3-0 win Manchester City 3
Test between India and standing struggles against Bristol City, while (Foden 7, 74, Kevin De
Australia when he trapped against spin were thor- 2021 winners Leicester Bruyne 81)
opener Travis Head leg-before oughly exposed before suffered a shock 2-1 defeat
for his 260th wicket in Test Australia applied them- against second tier Stoke 0
cricket, which took his overall selves on a rank turner Blackburn on Tuesday. Brighton 1
tally to 500 wickets across the to take control of the Pep Guardiola’s side (Ferguson 30)
three formats. third Test on a frantic were never in danger of a
Jadeja has so far claimed 189 opening day of the giant-killing in the fifth Leicester 1
wickets in 171 ODIs at an aver- match here on round tie at Ashton Gate (Iheanacho 67)
age of 37.36 and in the shortest Wednesday. thanks to Foden’s brace Blackburn 2
format the left-arm spinner has Left-arm spinner and a late strike from (Dolan 33, Szmodics 52)
51 dismissals to his name in 64 Matthew Kuhnemman Kevin De Bruyne.
appearances. (5/16) picked up his Guardiola saluted the Fulham 2
As a valuable batter who has maiden five-wicket haul impact of England for- (Palhinha 21,
bailed India out from tough sit- as Australia skittled ward Foden, who is start- Solomon 56)
uations both at home and away, India out for a paltry 109 ing to recapture his peak Leeds 0
Jadeja’s stocks have been on a shortly after lunch on form after an inconsis-
constant rise in Test cricket. He day one. Virat Kohli top- tent season.
has scored 2,619 runs in the scored for India with 22 “His career was always duced another clinical
longest format at an average of off 52 balls. up, up, up. This season he finish past Max O’Leary.
36.88, with two of his three Trailing 0-2 in the struggled a bit and was a De Bruyne got the visi-
tons — including the career- series, Australia came bit down. But now he’s tors’ third from long-
best of 175 not out — coming out with a strong resolve back for the best bit of the range in the 81st minute
over the last 12 months. — PTI and purpose to end the season,” Guardiola said. to ensure the smoothest
day at 156 for four, taking “His impact has been of nights for the six-time
a 47-run lead. amazing. Football pays off FA Cup winners.
Harman to lead Ravindra Jadeja (4/63)
took all four wickets for
when you work like he
does.”
Leicester were booed off
after Blackburn ended
Mumbai Indians India including that of
stand-in captain Steve
City will hope for anoth-
er boost on Wednesday
the Foxes’ bid to reach a
second FA Cup final in
Mumbai: India skipper Smith (26 off 38) before when Premier League three seasons.
Harmanpreet Kaur was on close of play. leaders Arsenal, two Brendan Rodgers led
Wednesday officially Usman Khawaja (60 off points ahead of the cham- Leicester to the club’s
announced as the captain of 147) was the standout pions, face Everton in first ever FA Cup triumph
the Mumbai Indians team ahead performer for Australia their game in hand. in 2021, but Rovers pun-
of the inaugural edition of the as he tackled the skill- “We’re still alive in ished woeful defending
Women’s Premier League full Jadeja and R three competitions. We’ll from the Premier League
starting here on Saturday. Ashwin with a straight see what happens in the side to shatter their hopes
Harmanpreet, who recently bat and soft hands. future,” Guardiola said. of emulating that run.
became the first female player Marnus Labuschagne City took a seventh With Leicester 14th in
ever to complete 150 T20I dur- (31 off 91 balls), who was minute lead when Riyad the top-flight, just three
ing the ICC T20 World Cup bowled off a no ball Mahrez crossed to the far points above the relega-
2023 in South Africa, was early in his innings, post, where Foden fired tion zone, Rodgers made
bought for ‘1.8 crore by Mumbai rode on his luck to share into the roof of the net. six changes to the side
Indians at the auction last a 96-run stand with Foden doubled City’s beaten by Arsenal at the
month. WPL will be held this Khawaja, the highest lead after 74 minutes as weekend and paid the
month in Mumbai across two partnership of the Julian Alvarez flicked price for his gamble.
venues — DY Patil Stadium and series for the visitors. towards Foden, who pro- — AFP
Brabourne Stadium. “We are Though the usually
thrilled to have Harmanpreet as accurate Indian spin-
the captain of Mumbai Indians’ ners were not relentless
first-ever women’s cricket with their lines and
team,” said team’s owner Nita lengths, Khawaja and
Ambani. Mumbai Indians will be Labuschagne rectified
coached by former England the “sweeping” mistakes
captain Charlotte Edwards and they made in Delhi by
the legendary Indian fast playing straight and
bowler Jhulan Goswami will be trusting their defense.
the team’s bowling coach and When India were bat-
mentor. Former India player ting, the pitch seemed Australia’s Matthew Kuhnemann (second from left) celebrates with his teammates the dismissal of India captain
Devieka Palshikar will be the unplayable but Khawaja Rohit Sharma on the first day of the third Test in Indore on Wednesday. — AP
batting coach, while England’s and Co. showed the way
Lydia Greenway will be the to the home team.
fielding coach. — PTI

AIFF bans player

Khawaja’s gritty knock
also had a couple of
drives on the off-side. He
was also not shy of play-
Pitch offered more turn ASHWIN NOW
WORLD NO. 1
than we expected: Coach
ing the reverse sweep
for age fraud but mostly played

New Delhi: All India Football

Federation (AIFF) disciplinary
straight.
The southpaw hardly
put a foot wrong in his
TEST BOWLER
committee has imposed a four- crafty knock but when Indore, March 1: The Dubai, March 1:
year ban on Tripura player Ayuk he did, he had to pay for Indian team didn’t factor SCORECARD Veteran Indian off-spin-
Jamatia for age fraud, forgery it. In the 43rd over of the in excessive turn on offer ner Ravichandran
and falsification. The AIFF dis- innings, Khawaja went as it was a bad day in India 1st Innings: Rohit Sharma st Carey b Kuhnemann 12, Ashwin on Wednesday
ciplinary committee met on for the sweep from office despite playing spin Shubman Gill c Smith b Kuhnemann 21, Cheteshwar Pujara b Lyon jumped to the top of the
1, Virat Kohli lbw b Murphy 22, Ravindra Jadeja c Kuhnemann b
February 23 and unanimously around the off-stump off being one of its strengths, Lyon 4, Shreyas Iyer b Kuhnemann 0, Srikar Bharat lbw b Lyon 17, latest ICC men’s Test
decided to invoke Article 62 of Jadeja and ended up giv- batting coach Vikram Axar Patel not out 12, Ravichandran Ashwin c Carey b bowling rankings,
the AIFF Disciplinary Code in ing a catch at deep mid- Rathour claimed on Kuhnemann 3, Umesh Yadav lbw b Kuhnemann 17, Mohammed replacing England pacer
the matter of Jamatia, Player of wicket. Like Nagpur and Wednesday. Siraj run out (Head/Lyon) 0. Extras: 0. Total (in 33.2 overs) 109. James Anderson.
the Friends Union Club, Tripura Delhi, the game is set for The ball turning square FoW: 1-27, 2-34, 3-36, 4-44, 5-45, 6-70, 7-82, 8-88, 9-108. Ashwin gained two
“for age fraud and the offence another three-day finish in the first hour of play, places after taking six
of forgery and falsification, thus and a 100-run lead on attracted a lot of attention Bowling: Mitchell Starc 5-0-21-0, Cameron Green 2-0-14-0, wickets in India’s
punishable under the article.” this surface will be with many criticising the Matthew Kuhneman 9-2-16 -5, Nathan Lyon 11.2-2-35-3, Todd emphatic victory over
Murphy 6-1-23-1.
“In view of Article 62 of the worth gold. nature of the surface. Australia in the second
code, the committee has decid- India were also guilty However, Rathour main- Australia 1st Innings: Travis Head lbw b Ravindra Jadeja 9, Usman Test in New Delhi. Manchester City’s Kevin De Bruyne (right) celebrates
ed to suspend the player from of bowling four no-balls. tained that playing on Khawaja c Shubman Gill b Ravindra Jadeja 60, Marnus Anderson dropped to with Phil Foden after scoring against Bristol City dur-
taking part in football matches Earlier, having lost turners at home remains Labuschagne b Ravindra Jadeja 31, Steven Smith c Srikar Bharat second place after
b Ravindra Jadeja 26, Peter Handscomb batting 7, Cameron ing their English FA Cup fifth round match at Ashton
for a period of four (4) years seven of the batters by the team’s strength. England’s stunning loss
Green batting 6. Extras (b-9, lb-4, nb-4) 17. Total (for 4 wkts, in Gate Stadium in Bristol on Tuesday. — AP
from the date of the order,” a the end of the opening “It is a challenging wick- 54 overs) 156. to New Zealand in the
statement in AIFF website said. session, India could add et for sure. More turn Wellington Test.
only 25 more runs to than what we expected. FoW: 12-1, 108-2, 125-3, 146-4. The 36-year-old

Juventus fight to
“The player has been directed
to deposit a fine of `2,50,000 their total with May be because of the Bowler: Ravichandran Ashwin 16-2-40-0, Ravindra Jadeja 24-6- Ashwin first claimed the
(Rupees two lakh fifty thousand Kuhnemann ending moisture, the ball turned 63-4, Axar Patel 9-0-29-0, Umesh Yadav 2-0-4-0, Mohammed top honour among Test
only). The player has been with career-best figures sharply in the morning. Siraj 3-0-7-0. bowlers in 2015, and has
given the right to file an appeal in first-class cricket. We could have made more returned to the top spot
against the present order in
terms of Article 117 of the code.
“The AIFF Player status and
registration department is
If it wasn’t for Umesh
Yadav’s 17 off 13 balls,
India would have strug-
gled to get past the 100-
runs for sure but I don’t
think anyone played poor
or rash cricket. We just
had an off day as a batting
“Of course you can get
out as a batting unit at
times but we do prefer to
play on turning tracks.
than we expected and we
saw that.
“To be fair to curators.
They hardly got time to
on several occasions
since then.
Ashwin bagged big
wickets in India’s win in
win Turin derby
directed to cancel the player’s run mark. The only unit,” Rathour said. That is our strength, that prepare the wicket. They Dehli, removing Marnus Paris, March 1: Paul
registration in CRS (Centralised wicket that came India’s When asked about the is where we are really had a Ranji season here Labuschagne and Steve Pogba made his first THE RESULTS
Registration System).” — PTI way in the afternoon ses- risk of playing on turn- good as a unit. To be fair and it is pretty late it that Smith in the same over appearance of the season
sion was of Travis Head ers, Rathour said they this is a one off wicket. was decide the game will of the first innings as Juventus twice came Juventus 4
(9), who missed a could be at the receiving “I don’t think the earlier be shifted from before returning to pick from behind to win the (Cuadrado 16, Danilo
Record scorer straight ball from Jadeja
to be trapped lbw. — PTI
end at times but remains
the team’s strength.
two wickets were bad
wickets. It is may be drier
Dharamsala. They did not
get enough time.” — PTI
up Alex Carey for a
duck. — PTI
Turin derby 4-2 on
Tuesday.
45+1, Bremer 71,
Rabiot 81)
Fontaine dies Earlier in the evening,
Cremonese, who had not
Torino
(Karamoh 2,
2
Paris: Just Fontaine, the French
soccer great who scored a
record 13 goals at the 1958
World Cup, has died.
INDIA’S TOP TRIPLE-JUMPER
AISHWARYA GETS 4-YR BAN
Jaiswal’s brilliant double won all season, upset
Roma 2-1 as
Mourinho received a red
card, and the visitors
Jose
Sanabria 43)

Cremonese
(Tsadjout 17,
2

hundred props up ROI

He was 89. Fontaine’s former missed a chance to finish Ciofani 83-pen)
club Reims announced his the 24th round inside the Roma 1
death on Wednesday. Fontaine New Delhi, March 1: India’s top triple-jumper Serie A top three. (Spinazzola 71)
took six games to achieve his Aishwarya Babu has been banned by the National Pogba played for the
feat at the 1958 World Cup in Anti-Doping Agency’s (NADA) disciplinary panel first time since returning
Sweden, when he was a last- for four years for using a prohibited anabolic Gwalior, March 1: ● Jaiswal's 213 off 259 (0/103 in 24 overs) and left- to Juventus last summer utes left. Three minutes
minute inclusion on the French steroid. The 25-year-athlete was dropped from the Yashasvi Jaiswal reaf- arm spinner Kumar when he came on as a later, Bremer gave
squad. Birmingham Commonwealth Games in 2022, along firmed his status as the
balls was well Kartikeya (0/90 in 20 68th-minute substitute Juventus the lead for the
Entering the tournament, the with sprinter S Dhanalakshmi after testing positive next big thing coming out complemented by overs). against Torino. first time with another
Moroccan-born Fontaine was a for the steroid, which is on the World Anti-Doping of Mumbai’s famed bat- opener Abhimanyu Both spinners failed to Another Frenchman, header from a set piece.
little-known forward outside of Agency’s (WADA) prohibited list. ting stable as his superla- Easwaran’s 154 (240 hit the right length Yann Karamoh, gave vis- French midfielder
the French league. Yet he tor- Aishwarya has time till March 6 to file an appeal tive double hundred pro- balls) after skipper throughout the day and iting Torino the lead after Adrien Rabiot completed
mented opponents with his against the ban after receiving the ban notice from pelled Rest of India to a Mayank Agarwal were short on most occa- a first-minute corner. the scoring with 10 min-
speed and finishing touch — NADA’s Appeal Panel on February 13. commanding 381 for 3 missed out on a run- sions. Since they failed to Juan Cuadrado levelled utes left.
and even with someone else’s The athlete, who had tested positive for Ostarine against Madhya Pradesh feast on a batting stop the scoreboard from with the help of a deflec- Pogba’s last competitive
boots. He had to borrow a pair — a drug that falls in the category of selective on the opening day of belter. ticking, there was no pres- tion after 16 minutes. appearance was for
of cleats after damaging his androgen receptor modulator (SRAM) — was tested Irani Cup, here on sure on batters with as Antonio Sanabria Manchester United in the
own boots in practice. during the National Inter-State Championships on Wednesday. many as 47 boundaries restored the Torino lead Premier League in April.
Fontaine scored four goals in June 13 and 14, last year in Chennai. Jaiswal’s 213 off 259 succession during the fag and five sixes being hit on after 41 minutes when he He went off injured early
the third-place game against Aishwarya had won the triple jump gold in the balls was well comple- end of the day. the day. met a cross with a sharp in the first half of a 4-0
West Germany, but could have championships with a national record-breaking mented by opener While Easwaran reached MP bowlers toiled hard first-time shot that sur- loss to Liverpool and did
had five if he had taken the lunge of 14.14 metres. Abhimanyu Easwaran’s century way before but stand-in skipper prised Wojciech Szczesny not play again last sea-
penalty kick. Having been provisionally suspended in July last 154 (240 balls) after skip- Jaiswal, the Bengal right- Himanshu Mantri had no at the near post. son. He rejoined Juventus
The highest scorer at the World year, Aishwarya has already served six months of per Mayank Agarwal hander paled in compari- answer to Jaiswal. — PTI Danilo levelled in added in the summer but
Cup is now acknowledged with her four-year ban. missed out on a run-feast son to Mumbai south- BRIEF SCORES time, his powerful header injured his right knee in
the Golden Boot. Fontaine set NADA said the substance Aishwarya used was an on a batting belter. paw’s regal shot selection Rest of India 381/3 in 87 overs
from a corner bouncing July. The return of Pogba
the record when FIFA did not “anabolic steroid” listed under WADA’s 2022 prohib- The duo added a whop- and the manner in which (Yashasvi Jaiswal 213, across the line off the last summer generated
present a specific award for the ited. It added that the athlete had not taken a thera- ping 371 runs for the sec- he dominated the two MP Abhimanyu Easwaran 154, post. great enthusiasm among
tournament’s top scorer. peutic use exemption (TUE) for it. — PTI ond wicket before both spinners — off-break Avesh Khan 2/51) vs Madhya Pogba replaced Enzo Juventus supporters.
— AP were dismissed in quick bowler Saransh Jain Pradesh. Barrenechea with 22 min- — AFP
 GAMES
DECCAN CHRONICLE | CHENNAI | THURSDAY | 2 MARCH 2023
pg 12

DJOK & ROLL!

INDIAN WELLS & | MIAMI MASTERS
SHORT TAKES
Windies hit back
against Proteas Nadal withdraws
Centurion: The West Indies col-
lapsed, then hit back dramati-
cally before the close on the
second day of the first Test Djokovic finds ‘another gear’ to down Machac in Dubai opener
due to hip injury
against South Africa at Los Angeles, March 1:
SuperSport Park in Centurion Dubai, March 1: Novak Rafael Nadal will miss the
on Wednesday. Fast bowler
Anrich Nortje took four wickets
Djokovic was made to
work in his first match
ALCARAZ, NORRIE ATP 1000 events at Indian
Wells and Miami, the 22-
inside four overs as the West
Indies collapsed to 212 all out,
giving South Africa a first
since winning
Australian Open last
month, needing three
the
WITHDRAW FROM time Grand Slam champi-
on confirmed on social
media on Tuesday.
innings lead of 130. But the
West Indies bowlers grabbed
close sets to move past
world No.130 Tomas
ACAPULCO OPEN “I am sad that I won’t be
able to compete at Indian
four South African wickets Machac in Dubai on Acapulco (Mexico), Wells nor Miami,” Nadal
before the close, leaving the Tuesday. March 1: Top-seeded said in a tweet which
hosts reeling at 49 for four, an Undefeated so far in Carlos Alcaraz withdrew came after Indian Wells
overall lead of 179. West Indies 2023, and carrying a 17- from the ATP 500 tourna- officials announced he
were looking reasonably solid match winning streak ment in Acapulco on had withdrawn from the
at 169 for three 40 minutes coming into the UAE, dat- Tuesday with a right tournament in the
after tea with top-scorer ing back to last year’s ATP hamstring strain as fifth- California desert that
Raymon Reifer and Roston Finals, Djokovic showed seeded Cameron Norrie starts next week.
Chase building a patient part- signs of rustiness in his 6- pulled out citing fatigue, “Very sad not to be
nership. But both batsmen were 3, 3-6, 7-6 (7/1) win over organizers said. there. I’ll miss all my US
out off consecutive balls. Reifer the Czech qualifier. Both had been on the fans but I hope to see
fell for 63 when he was caught Djokovic, who this week order of play for Tuesday, them later this year dur-
behind off the last ball of a has broken Steffi Graf ’s just three days after ing the summer swing.”
Marco Jansen over. Chase all-time record of 377 Britain’s Norrie rallied to The news comes after
edged the first ball of Kagiso weeks at world number beat an ailing Alcaraz 5-6, the Spaniard said in late
Rabada’s next over to first slip one, recently recovered 6-4, 7-5 in the Rio Open January he expected to
and was out for 22. Then Nortje from a muscle tear in his final. miss six to eight weeks
took over. He had earlier ended left hamstring, which he That result had left with the hip flexor injury
a stubborn partnership between sustained in Australia on world number two he sustained at the
Reifer and Jermaine Blackwood his way to a record- Alcaraz with fresh fitness Australian Open.
and he steamed in to take four equalling 22nd Grand concerns after he was “We wish Rafa contin- Rafael Nadal
more wickets, finishing with five Slam title. repeatedly seen by the ued healing, and hope to
for 36. It was his fourth five- It was an impressive per- physio. see him back at the BNP matches.
wicket haul. West Indies lost formance from Machac, “I have a grade 1 strain Paribas Open next year,” He said in Melbourne he
their last seven wickets for 43 who was facing a top-10 in my right hamstring Indian Wells tournament had had the problem for
runs. First innings century- opponent for just the that will keep me out for director Tommy Haas “a couple of days” but at
maker Aiden Markram got fourth time in his career. several days, according to said in a statement. that point had not
South Africa’s second innings The two players hit a the tests we did this Nadal, who said on received a diagnosis.
off to a fast start as 31 runs combined 78 winners dur- morning,” Alcaraz said in January 26 that tests had Nadal, whose stellar
were scored in the first four ing the two-hour 27- a tweet. “I’m really sad I confirmed a moderate career has been marked
overs. — AFP minute affair. But it was can’t compete here, but muscle tear in his left hip, by injuries, was adamant
Djokovic’s 28 unforced now it’s time to think posted video on Twitter that he would continue

Pogba returns as
errors that at times about recovering and showing him training in playing.
proved costly. being ready as soon as the gym. Last year Nadal was

Juventus win
“Tomas definitely didn’t possible. I hope to see you “Took my time off, start- undefeated heading into
play like 130 in the world all soon!” ed rehab, gym and physio- Indian Wells, having post-
today,” said the 35-year- The 19-year-old had therapy as instructed by ed victories in an
Paris: Paul Pogba made his first old Djokovic. returned to competition the doctors,” he said. Australian Open tune-up
appearance of the season as “He was giving me all with a victory in Buenos “Getting ready to come in Melbourne before ral-
Juventus twice came from kinds of trouble, but I Aires a week earlier, end- back the in the best condi- lying from two sets down
behind to win the Turin derby guess when it mattered, I ing a four-month injury tions.” to beat Daniil Medvedev
4-2 on Tuesday. Earlier in the found another gear. layoff. That likely means for in the Australian Open
evening, Cremonese, who had “Physically, you can He needed heavy strap- the clay-court season that final.
not won all season, upset Roma always be better. I did ping on his right thigh starts in mid-April and He won the ATP tourna-
2-1 as Jose Mourinho received a struggle with injury for midway through the sec- leads into Roland Garros, ment in Acapulco and
red card, and the visitors several weeks and it took ond set of the final in Rio, where he would be chas- reached the final at
missed a chance to finish the me a bit of time to get when he collapsed from a ing a 15th French Open Indian Wells, where he
24th round inside the Serie A used to holding the rac- 3-0 lead as Norrie stormed title in May. was stunned by American
top three. Pogba played for the quet. I haven’t played back. Nadal, who made histo- Taylor Fritz in the final
first time since returning to much tennis coming into Norrie, who had fallen ry as the first man to win as he battled a rib injury.
Juventus last summer when he Dubai, so I’m hoping as to Alcaraz in the Buenos 21 Grand Slam singles He returned to win his
came on as a 68th-minute sub- the tournament progress- Aires final, claimed the titles at the 2022 22nd Grand Slam title at
stitute against Torino. Another es, I can raise my level of biggest clay-court title of Australian Open, hobbled Roland Garros, a record
Frenchman, Yann Karamoh, tennis.” his career in Rio. out of this year’s edition that Novak Djokovic has
gave visiting Torino the lead Djokovic and Machac The left-hander leads in January after just two since matched. — AFP
after a first-minute corner. Juan traded breaks in games the ATP Tour in match
Cuadrado levelled with the help four and five before the wins this season with 18,
of a deflection after 16 minutes.
Antonio Sanabria restored the
top seed struck again and
consolidated his advan-
compared to three
defeats. “Unfortunately I ITF WOMEN’S | OPEN
Torino lead after 41 minutes tage for a 5-2 lead. It was have to withdraw from
when he met a cross with a
sharp first-time shot that sur-
prised Wojciech Szczesny at the
near post. Danilo levelled in
all the Serb needed to
wrap up the opening set in
37 minutes.
That didn’t deter
Acapulco,” Norrie said on
Instagram. “It’s one of
my favourite tourna-
ments, so it’s really tough
Ankita, Kaur lead
Indian challenge
added time, his powerful head- Machac, who outlasted Novak Djokovic of Serbia plays a shot against Czech Republic’s Tomas Machac for me to withdraw.”
er from a corner bouncing Djokovic in a lengthy during the Dubai Duty free tennis championship in Dubai. — AFP — AFP
across the line off the post. exchange to break early in
Pogba replaced Enzo the second set to open up a vived the scare and held. The match fittingly went Arnaldi. they change the balls, the
Barrenechea with 22 minutes 3-0 gap. Machac received treat- to a deciding tiebreak, Medvedev, competing in balls are like apples,” said Bengaluru, March 1: ● The 15-year-old
left. Three minutes later, Bremer The 22-year-old qualifier ment for a right wrist which Djokovic comfort- Dubai for the first time Medvedev. The 15-year-old Brenda Brenda Fruhvirtova,
gave Juventus the lead for the valiantly covered all cor- problem mid-game at 0-1, ably secured to set up a since 2019, picked up tro- “They are so, so big. Fruhvirtova, who quali-
ners of the court and ben- deuce, in the final set, second-round meeting phies in Rotterdam and You’re kind of playing
who qualified for the
first time with another header fied for the Australian
from a set piece. French mid- efitted from 16 unforced before successfully hold- with Dutchman Tallon Doha coming into the like padel. You hit the Open main draw and is Australian Open main
fielder Adrien Rabiot completed errors off the Djokovic ing serve, but soon fell Griekspoor. tournament. ball. Whoever hits it with the youngest player in the draw and is the
the scoring with 10 minutes left. racquet to force a decider behind 1-4 to an oppor- Earlier, third seed Daniil The Russian former angle... You don’t feel like top-250, will be the star youngest player in the
Pogba’s last competitive against the five-time tunistic Djokovic. Medvedev extended his world number one had you’re controlling the attraction along with top-250.
appearance was for Manchester Dubai champion. Back-to-back errors off winning streak to 10 con- voiced his concerns over game anymore.” home favourites Ankita
United in the Premier League in A smooth volley winner both wings from Djokovic secutive matches as he the Dunlop ball in use at Medvedev will next take Raina and Karman Kaur ● Fruhvirtova had
April. — AFP from Machac gave the helped Machac narrow began his quest for a third tournaments like the on Kazakhstan’s Thandi when the ITF become the fifth-
Czech an early look at the his deficit and they were title in as many weeks Australian Open, Doha Alexander Bublik in the Women’s Open begins youngest qualifier in
Morant, Grizzlies
Djokovic serve but the soon on level terms at 4- with a 6-4, 6-2 victory over and Dubai this year. second round. here on March 6. the Australian Open
world number one sur- all. Italian lucky loser Matteo “Last two games before — AFP Fruhvirtova had history. The Czech
maul Lakers
become the fifth-youngest
qualifier in the player is the younger
sister of world number

TN’S SAVITHA MOVES INTO QUARTERFINALS

Australian Open history.
Los Angeles: Ja Morant pro- The Czech player is the 54 Linda.
duced a second-half scoring younger sister of world
spree as the Memphis Grizzlies number 54 Linda. destinations in the coun-
exploited the absence of Raina (ranked 241) and try,” said KSLTA secre-
LeBron James to beat the Los DC CORRESPONDENT quarterfinals): Boys: [S1] (KA) bt Vignesh 4 (Retd.); [S2] Lukshitha Vijayakumar (TN)/Arya Thandi (ranked 267) will tary Maheshwar Rao.
Angeles Lakers 121-109 on CHENNAI, MARCH 1 Rudra Batham (MP) bt Kumaraguru (TN) 6-2, 6- Gopinath (TN) bt Thirumurthi (TN) 6-4, 6-4. lead the Indian challenge Former world No. 30
Tuesday. After being restricted Veer Mahajan (MH) 5-7, 1. Girls: [S1] Savitha Gaddam Geethika (AP) Girls: Lukshitha Gopinath at the KSLTA Stadium. Misaki Doi of Japan,
to six points as the Lakers took Top seed Savitha 6-1, 6-2; Niyanth Bhuvaneswaran (TN) bt 6-1, 6-2. ( T N ) / S a v i t h a “It was a great time for France’s Amandine Hesse
a 49-46 lead into the break, Bhuvaneswaran of Tamil Melavidayal (TN) bt [S8] Aylin Miriam (KA) 6-2, 6- Doubles (Quarterfinals): Bhuvaneswaran (TN) bt tennis fans during the and Valentini
Grizzlies star Morant erupted Nadu had it easy against Krishank Joshi (MH) 6-1, 0; [S5] Aahiya Singh Boys: Athray Rajaprakash Sai Sanjana Reddy (ATP) Bengaluru Open Grammatikopoulou of
with 28 points in the third quar- Karnataka’s Aylin 6-3; [S3] Hruthik (KA) bt Adya Chaurasia (TN)/Rithik Jeyanth (TN) (AP)/Jahnvi Tammineedi and we are ready to bring Greece are among the
ter to tip the contest decisively Miriam 6-2, 6-0 and Katakam (TS) bt Raghav (KA) 6-4, 6-2; Deepti bt Tanish Vepanapalli (AP) 6-0, 6-0; Aahida another week full of other international play-
in Memphis’ favor. The Memphis advanced into the girls’ Sarode (MH) 6-2, 6-0; Venkatesan (TN) bt Goli (KA)/Mohith Reddy (KA) S i n g h ( K A ) /A a d i y a exciting tennis action ers participating in the
win snapped the Lakers’ three- quarterfinals of the Navin Sundaram (TN) bt Joshita (AP) 6-1, 6-1; 2-6, 6-4, 10-7; Rudra Ritesh(KA) bt Jemima with KPB Trust ITF event. The main draw will
game winning streak and put YMCA-TNTA AITA Shounak Rajratna Suva Karthika Padmakumar Batham (MP)/Navin Rebecca (TN)/Banu Women’s Open. This begin from March 7 while
another dent in the team’s national under-14 tennis (MH) 6-2, 7-6(2); [S5] (KA) bt Deepshika Sundaram (TN) bt Kishore Aswin(TN) 6-2, 6-4; Adya underlines the status of the qualifying matches
recent resurgence following the series on Wednesday. Fazal Ali Meer (TN) bt Vinayagamurthi (TN) 6- Sriram (TN)/Darsh C h a u ra s i a ( KA ) / P o o j a Bengaluru and KSLTA as will be played on March 5
injury to James on Sunday. In the boys’ Round of 32 Daksh Deepak Patil (MH) 4, 7-5; Swarna Shree Das Khedeka (MH) 6-1, 6-1; Nagaraj (KA) bt Aylin one of the premier tennis and 6. — PTI
James, who is reportedly facing match, Tamil Nadu’s 6-0, 6-2; [S4] Anurag (WB) bt V. Heera (TN) 6- Krishank Joshi Miriam (KA)/Yahana Arora
multiple weeks on the sidelines Niyanth Melavidayal Shourya Agarwal (MH) 2, 3-6, 7-5; [S3] Shravya (MH)/Daksh Patel (MH) bt (KA) 7-6(5), 6-4; Karthika
after injuring his right foot in a
Lakers victory over Dallas, was
thrashed Krishank Joshi
of Maharashtra 6-1, 6-3 to
bt Kishore Sriram (TN) 6-
1, 6-0; Mannan Ashok
Soundarya (TN)
Akshara Senthilnathan
bt Abel Joe Manoj
(KL)/Bryan Moses (KA) 6-
Padmakumar(KA)/Shravy
a Soundarya (TN) bt ALL-INDIA INTER-UNIVERSITY | CHESS
seen wearing a protective boot progress to the next Agarwal (MH) bt Arya (TN) 6-1, 4-0, (Retd.); 0, 6-2; Mannan Agarwal Swarna Shree Das
on the sidelines as his depleted round. Thirumurthi (TN) 6-7(9), Pooja Nagaraj (KA) bt (MH)/Shounak Rajratna (WB)/Ritisha Choudhary
team-mates slipped to defeat. Results: Singles (Pre- 6-2, 6-2; [S2] Diganth Vasundra Balajee (TN) 5- (MH) bt Varun (KA) 6-0, 6-0.
The Lakers were also without
the injured D’Angelo Russell,
and the absence of the team’s

BISMAH STEPS DOWN Dhoni one of the best

two most assured ball-handlers
was keenly felt, with the Lakers
coughing up 26 turnovers for 41
points. Morant received scoring
support from Xavier Tillman
with 18 points, while Jaren
Jackson Jr. and Desmond Bane
added 16 points apiece for the
home side. Morant said he had
AS PAKISTAN SKIPPER
Lahore, March 1: competitive 149 in the T20 tacticians: Du Plessis
been determined to produce a Bismah Maroof has World Cup, remaining
big second half after a wayward stepped down as Pakistan unbeaten at 68 runs. But Bengaluru, March 1: realised he was not going being you, then people
first-half shooting performance. women’s cricket team India overhauled the tar- Former South Africa cap- to be a leader like former will see through it, maybe
Anthony Davis led the Lakers captain, ending a nearly get with six balls to spare tain Faf du Plessis Proteas skipper Graeme not when you’re doing
scoring with 28 points while six-year stint of leading to win by seven wickets. believes Mahendra Singh Smith or Dhoni, he decid- well but definitely when SRM IST, winners of the all-India inter-zone
Lonnie Walker IV added 21 off the side. The veteran batter has Dhoni, among others, ed to just be himself. you are under pressure, or inter-university chess tournament held at Manipal
the bench. — AFP Maroof ’s last assign- played 124 WODIs and 132 helped him mature as a “I think what was really under-performing, the Academy of Higher Education.
ment as captain was the WT20I so far, of which she leader, adding that the for- good for me to go through real you will reveal itself.”
Regd. No. TNENG/2010/35692 ICC Women’s T20 World led the team in 34 ODIs (16 mer India skipper is tacti- (during his career) was Du Plessis said during

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Cup in South Africa
where the team failed to
make it to the semi-final,
wins) and 62 T20Is (27
wins). Bismah will, how-
ever, remain available for
cally one of the best in the
business.
Du Plessis had two long
the conviction that I am
not going to be Graeme
Smith as a captain, I’m
his debut season with
CSK, he used to spend a
lot of time with former
SRM WIN INTER-ZONE CHESS
situated at SP 3, Developed Plot,
losing three of the four selection as a player, the stints with IPL side not going to be Stephen New Zealand captain and DC CORRESPONDENT Manipal Academy of
Industrial Estate, group games, including a Pakistan Cricket Board Chennai Super Kings — Fleming as a captain, I’m Chennai coach Stephen CHENNAI, MARCH 1 Higher Education,
Guindy, Chennai - 600 032. thriller against arch- (PCB) said in a statement 2011-2015 and 2018-2021 — not going to be MS Dhoni Fleming, just picking his Karnataka.
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Ph Nos: 22254747, 22254748, 22254750, rivals India. on Wednesday. before he moved to Royal as a captain. In order for brains on captaincy and SRM IST emerged win- Adamas University and
22254751 The 31-year-old had Her replacement will be Challengers Bangalore as me to be true to who I am trying to imbibe the ners of the all-India inter- University of Madras fin-
Editor: KAUSHIK MITTER played a pivotal role in announced in due course, captain last season. as a person, I need to be nuances of leadership. zone inter-university ished second and third
guiding Pakistan to a said the PCB. — PTI Du Plessis said when he me. Because if you’re not — PTI chess tournament held at respectively.