1. India has signed four agreements with Seychelles to increase cooperation in the Indian Ocean region. India views Seychelles as a reliable friend and strategic partner.
2. Both countries agreed to strengthen bilateral cooperation in areas such as maritime surveillance, renewable energy and infrastructure development. They will also establish a navigation chart and electronic navigation chart.
3. India and Seychelles will further boost mutual cooperation in the direction of Blue Economy by sustainably utilizing natural resources in the Indian Ocean and strengthening their economies. Both countries also agreed to form a joint working group in this context.
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NEW DELHI: Extra care
must be taken to
alleviate suffer-
ings of the poor
triggered by eco-
nomic slow down
which has become
unavoidable post
demonetisation+ ,
President Pranab
Mukherjee said on
Thursday.
Demonetisation,
while immobilising black
money and fighting corrup-
tion, may lead to "temporary
slowdown" of the economy,
the President said addressing
the Governors and Lt Gover-
nors through video-
conferencing from
Rashtrapati Bhavan here.
"We all will have to be ex-
Take extra care to lessen
suffering of poor post note ban
India’s space agency ISRO
will launch a record 103 satel-
lites--all but three of them for-
eign--at one go on a single
rocket in the first week of Feb-
ruary in what will be a major
feat not attempted by any coun-
try.
As India looks to grab a
larger slice of the lucrative
commercial space market, 100
of the 103 satellites set for
launch by ISRO’s workhorse
rocket PSLV-C37 in February
from from its Satish Dhawan
Space Centre in Sriharikota in
Andhra Pradesh belong to for-
eign nations, including the US
and Germany. “We are making
a century by launching over
100 satellites at one go,” S
Somnath, Director of the Liq-
uid Propulsion Systems Centre
of the Indian Space Research
Organisation (ISRO), told a
plenary session on the second
ISRO to launch record 103
satellites at one go in February tra careful to alleviate the suf-
fering of the poor
which might be-
come unavoidable
for the expected
progress in the
long term,"
Mukherjee said.
He said that while
he appreciates the
thrust on transi-
tion from entitle-
ment approach to
an entrepreneurial one for
poverty alleviation, he is not
too sure that the "poor can
wait that long". "They need to
get succour here and now so
that they can also participate
actively in the national march
toward a future devoid of hun-
ger, unemployment and ex-
ploitation," the President said.
day of the ongoing Indian Sci-
ence Congress here on
Wednesday.
The space agency had ear-
lier planned a launch of 83 sat-
ellites in the last week of Janu-
ary, of which 80 were foreign
ones. But with the addition of
20 more foreign satellites, the
launch was delayed by a week
and will now take place in first
week of February, Somnath
said. He, however, did not
specify the number of coun-
tries that would launch its sat-
ellites in this mission, but said
it includes nations like the US
and Germany.
“These will be 100 micro-
small satellites, which will be
launched using a PSLV (Polar
Satellite Launch Vehicle)-
C37. The weight of the payload
will be 1350 kgs, of which 500-
600 kgs will be the satellite’s
weight,” Somnath added.
The launch will be a major
feat in country’s space history
as no exercise on this scale has
been attempted before.
Last year, ISRO launched
record 20 satellites at one go.
The highest number of sat-
ellites launched in a single mis-
sion is 37, a record that Russia
set in 2014. The US space
agency NASA launched 29.
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi’s pet South Asian satel-
lite project, meanwhile, will
take off in March.
The South Asian satellite
will be a part of GSAT-9, which
will be launched in March this
year, M Nageshwara Rao, As-
sociate Director of ISRO said.
The communication satel-
lite was to be launched in De-
cember 2016, but was slightly
delayed as some other satellites
are to be launched before that.
Sources said talks with Af-
ghanistan to have the country
on-board for the project is in
its final stages. Envisaged as a
gift to its neighbours, the
project, earlier known as
SAARC satellite, faced stiff re-
sistance from Pakistan. The
neighbouring country wanted
it to be launched under the ae-
gis of the SouthAsian regional
forum. It later backed out of the
project. Apart from India, the
satellite will benefit Sri Lanka,
Maldives, Bangladesh, Nepal
and Bhutan.
Stressing on availability of
employment opportunities in
the agriculture sector, Union
Agriculture Minister Radha
Mohan Singh said that due to
sophisticated development in
agriculture sector, employ-
ment opportunities have been
generated for the skilled youth
in the fields of agri-warehous-
ing in agriculture, cold chains,
supply chains, etc.
“Youth are getting job op-
portunities in dairy, poultry,
meat, fisheries, horticulture,
micro-irrigation, etc. Self-em-
ployment opportunities also
have been enhanced in these
fields which require skilled
Govtplansjobcreationinagrisector
youth,” Singh
said while ad-
dressing a na-
tional work-
shop on agri-
culture devel-
opment through
skill develop-
ment on Thurs-
day.
Outlining
the developments in agricul-
ture, Singh said that such a
scenario has never been ob-
served before in respect of
overall development in vari-
ous fields of agriculture. “The
ministry is working to give
reality to the motto of PM
Modi – Kaushal Bharat -
Kushal Bharat. Apart from
production focused agricul-
ture, the ministry is taking
steps to make agriculture a
farmer focused,” the minister
said.
Next CM Akhilesh
Hours after staking claim to
the Samajwadi Party symbol in
the Election Commission,
Mulayam Singh Yadav de-
clared in Lucknow on Monday
evening that son Akhilesh
would be the next chief minis-
ter of Uttar Pradesh, reports
Pervez Iqbal Siddiqui. Sources
said Mulayam would meet
Akhilesh at 10am on Tuesday.
Mulayam's statement is be-
ing seen as an attempt to win
over Akhilesh and isolate his
cousin, Ram Gopal Yadav .
Earlier in the day , Mulayam
wrote to the Rajya Sabha chair-
man asking for Ram Gopal's
seat to be moved since he had
been expelled.
Rs 119cr for EDMC but no
end to garbage crisis
The Delhi government an-
nounced on Sunday that it
would give the East Delhi
Municipal Corporation Rs 119
crore to pay pending salaries
but the civic agency and strik-
ing sanitation workers rejected
the amount as insufficient, re-
port Alok K N Mishra and
Paras Singh.
As the strike entered the
third day, large parts of east
Delhi were covered in garbage.
Shakarpur, West Vinod Nagar,
Preet Vihar and parts of
Patparganj were worst
hit.Private trucks engaged by
EDMC to lift garbage were
nowhere near adequate.
Delhi's new lieutenant gov-
ernorAnil Baijal on Sunday in-
spected the state of cleanliness
in the city.Accompanied by se-
nior officials of the south cor-
poration, DDA and Delhi Po-
lice, among others, the LG
drove along major roads of
south Delhi. He asked officials
to remove construction waste
from roadsides and free up
parks from encroachments.
He also asked for an
“implementable“ parking
policy at the earliest.
Baijal later tweeted: “In-
spected Saket area with MCD,
LG hits the road for cleaner S Delhi
police and DDA today for
ground reality check of clean-
liness efforts... Regular inspec-
tions to continue. Commis-
sioner South MCD to be the
Nodal Officer for coordination
amongst agencies... Keeping
the city and its public spaces
clean and ensuring organised
parking will be amongst my
high priorities.“
An immediate impact of
Sunday's inspection was the
cleaning up of a park across the
road from the Saket malls. The
park has been an eyesore for
several months.
5. 5 New Delhi, 09 Jan - 15 Jan 2017
Delhi/NCR
In a major step
aimed at making
Connaught Place con-
gestion free, the Centre
has decided to ban ve-
hicular movement of
cars and buses in the
heart of Delhi for three
months starting first
week of February.
According to Urban
Development Ministry
official, the ban will be
part of a pilot Smart City
project that will be
launched next month
and will aim at reducing
pollution and conges-
tion in the area.
As part of the
project, the inner and
middle circles of
Connaught Place — the
imposing commercial
area built by Edwin
Lutyens in 1933 — will
be barred to traffic, a
senior official said, add-
ing that park and ride
services on cycles and
battery-operated ve-
hicles will be offered
from the surrounding
Cars, buses banned in CP for
3 months starting Februaryparking areas at Shivaji
Stadium, Baba Kharak
Singh Marg and Palika
parking.
“Commuters would
be provided free of cost
ride facilities through e-
rickshaws or other bat-
tery-operated vehicles.
These vehicles will
ferry passengers to their
nearest destination,
which will help shop-
keepers of the area to get
their customers at their
doorstep. Shopkeepers
of the area are most wor-
ried over the move.
They fear that it would
hit their businesses as
customers won’t prefer
to take much pain for
visiting a shop,” the of-
ficial said.
“This is a very ab-
surd idea. CP is a com-
mercial centre, not a
tourist destination. The
moment inner circle will
be made vehicle-free,
the outer circle will be
choked. We have al-
ready seen a demo on
the Yoga day,” saidAtul
Bhargava, president,
New Delhi Traders As-
sociation (NDTA).
The total parking ca-
pacity at these three lo-
cations is 3,172 and
only 1,088 vehicles are
parked on an average,
the police said.
The Ministry of Ur-
ban Development said
the three-month
“pedestrianisation” of
the area — which has
some of the city’s most
recognisable heritage
structures — will test
the effects on traffic,
management of re-
claimed parking lots,
and record the experi-
ence of the pedestrians
and shop owners.
At a meeting on
Thursday to discuss the
Smart City Project,
Union Minister
Venkaiah Naidu also
discussed the possibility
of landscaping, devel-
oping water bodies,
side-walk cafes, public
plazas, holding light and
sound shows and street
festivals. The minister
said the vehicle ban is
meant to offer a “con-
gestion free, accident
free and crime free” ex-
perience to visitors.
At the meeting, the
NDMC and Delhi Po-
lice officials stated that
pedestrianisation could
be promoted by declar-
ing the middle and inner
circular roads of
Connaught Place ve-
hicle-free by providing
effective “park and
ride” services from de-
fined major parking ar-
eas.
Responding to a
query of the minister as
to by when the people
would feel the impact of
it, NDMC chairman
Naresh Kumar said the
results on ground could
be seen in the next four
to five months. “Cycle
hiring, battery operated
vehicles, etc, would be
deployed effectively for
the benefit of those
parking vehicles at
specified slots to reach
the business district and
also for the benefit of
those using public trans-
port besides senior citi-
zens, women, children
etc to move in the busi-
ness district,” the offi-
cial said.
In a major decision aimed
at addressing needs of diplo-
mats, the government on
Wednesday gave its nod for de-
velopment of a new diplomatic
enclave, that is all set to come
up in Dwarka. The second such
enclave dedicated for diplo-
mats would be developed at
34.87 hectare of land in Sector
24 of Dwarka. The first such
enclave for diplomats is in
Chanakyapuri, wherein embas-
sies, consulates of almost ev-
ery important country are situ-
ated.
Paving way for a second
diplomatic enclave in Dwarka,
the Cabinet, which is headed
by Prime Minister Narendra
Modi, approved transfer of
34.87 hectare of land from
Delhi Development Authority
to Land and Development Of-
fice (L&DO) under the Urban
DDA to allot land for new
diplomatic enclave in Dwarka
Development Ministry. This
land would be transferred to
diplomatic missions and inter-
n a t i o n a l
organisations for
building their chan-
ceries and embassies.
A senior ministry
official said: “Given
that embassies of sev-
eral countries are
situated in different
colonies of the city due to non-
availability of land for them in
Chanakyapuri, they have been
demanding permanent land for
a very long period. The pro-
posal was biting the dust for
several months and now the
decision has been finally
taken.”
The official further said:
“After L&DO takes posses-
sion of the allotted land, it
would be developed by Cen-
tral Public Works Department
to build infrastructure. The de-
veloped plots would be
handed over to the Ministry of
ExternalAffairs, which would
be allotted to the concerned
countries to building their
consulates or embassies.”
The meeting with JNU
Vice-Chancellor M Jagadesh
Kumar on Wednesday, held
after a long time, has failed to
resolve the issues between the
authorities and the students
community, JNU Students
Union (JNUSU) President
Mohit Pandey said here.
JNU students’ meet with V-C Jagadesh
Kumar fails to resolve vexed issues
“The V-C (M Jagadesh
Kumar) didn’t give us any as-
surance. He just heard what we
said. We met him to show that
JNU students do not believe
only in protests, which is a
measure of last resort,” he said
on Thursday.
“We asked him to revoke
the suspensions of the 12 stu-
dents and to roll back the in-
crease of weightage to viva,
which unduly gives the univer-
sity a chance to exercise preju-
dices,” Pandey said.
During the meeting the stu-
dents also asked the Vice-
Chancellor to stop using
“threats” against students and
to engage more in dialogue
with them.
“We asked the V-C to do
away with his threatening tac-
tics already. We believe in
talks, but the other party is not
willing. There have been many
vice-chancellors before him
but none as supercilious as
him,” Pandey said.
According to him, the
The South Delhi Municipal
Corporation (SDMC) has initi-
ated a scientific mechanism of
collection, transportation and
management of garbage and
waste with the help of Infra-
structure Leasing and Financial
Services (IL&FS) by deploying
a number of fixed compact
compressors and different kind
of tippers; green waste manage-
ment by using wood chippers,
SDMC initiates scientific method of waste management
construction of more and more
public toilets, discouraging
open defecation and training
citizens and Resident Welfare
Association(RWAs)onthepro-
cedure of segregation of the
waste. SDMC is also going to
set up the first biogas plant at
Goyla Dairy in the Najafgarh
Zone, spread over an area of
two acres. The project, devel-
oped by the agency itself, will
be constructed on the Public
Private Partnership model, an
official said. SDMC Mayor
Shayam Sharma said: “We are
also going to set up the first bio-
gas plant in Delhi. The project
willalsohelpprovidecleangas-
eous fuel and organic manure
from cattle dung, kitchen waste
without any harmful discharge
in environment. We will also
use kitchen waste in the plant.”
The differences between
the Delhi government and
Delhi State Public Schools
ManagementAssociation over
nursery admission guidelines
for 298 schools on DDA land
is only adding to the worry of
helpless parents of kids eligible
for admissions.
Earlier, the meeting be-
tween members of the Delhi
State Public Schools Manage-
mentAssociation and Director
of Education, Delhi govern-
ment, remained inconclusive.
According to sources, the
file for nursery admissions in
the 298 schools will be re-
viewed by the LG’s Office on
Friday. Atishi Marlena, who is
the advisor to the Delhi gov-
ernment on affairs of educa-
tion, stated that even though
the Delhi government has pro-
vided their suggestions, it is
ultimately the Office of Lieu-
tenant Governor which will
take the final decision.
Marlena added that 75 per-
cent of the admissions to 298
schools should be based on
close distance criteria. She
also rejected the claims of the
state interfering in the au-
tonomy of the private schools.
Talks between govt
and 298 schools
fail; students, par-
ents left in lurch
6. 6 New Delhi, 09 Jan - 15 Jan 2017
National
This to bring to your atten-
tion that India is one of the very
few nations that has not rati-
fied Convention 182 on Worst
Forms of Child Labour. In
June, 1999, after intense delib-
erations, delegates of the Inter-
national Labour Conference
unanimously adopted a historic
convention prohibiting the
worst forms of child labour.
Nobel Peace Laureate
Kailash Satyarthi has earnestly
called upon the Government of
India many times to take pro-
active measures, which would
Greetings from Kailash Satyarthi
Children’s Foundation!
help bring the legal framework
of our country in line with the
provisions stipulated in Con-
vention 182, on worst forms of
child labour.
With reference to the above
please find attached a brief
document on International
Labour Organization Conven-
tion 182 on behalf of Mr.
Kailash Satyarthi for your kind
perusal and reference
Like in the past, we look
forward to your support in cre-
ating mass awareness for the
cause.
Vice-President M Hamid
Ansari on Wednesday said that
former President Dr APJ
Kalam was a “man of technol-
ogy” who not only contributed
to the progress of defence re-
search organisations but also
had a way with younger people
and motivated them.
Speaking after releasing the
book ‘The People’s President
A P J Abdul Kalam’, written
by SM Khan who had served
as Press Secretary to Dr Kalam
during his presidency from
2002-2007, the Vice President
said the book presents an
insider’s account of Dr
Kalam’s life and was an impor-
tant document chronicling dif-
‘Kalam was an unconventional
Prez, a man of technology’
The East Division Police
has solved a very Heinous
crime by arresting all the six
criminals within a week who
has gropped and molested a
women on the early hours of
new years eve.
First major case after the
New Year's day Praveen Sood
and his team arrested four ac-
cused as notorious criminials
within 48 hours and within a
week time they arrested all the
six accused and successfully
solved the case of taking over
as the city's police commis-
sioner.
A heinous crime by this
gang has shaken the whole na-
tion as many held protest
against the ministers for their
derogatory coward and sick
statement against women .
Home Minister of
karnataka Dr G Parameshwara,
said that it is common on
Christmas and new year as it
happens in Delhi and blamed
the western style dress code.
Samajwadi party minister
Abu AZMI said that girls are
Kammanahalli Molestation case Solved , Six
Criminals Arrested By East Division Police
Ant and men are sugar and
even he gave a coward and sick
statement and blamed western
dress as short dress as Nudity
people from all over the coun-
try took on social media and
slammed the minister by drag-
ging her daughter in law .
BJP Mahila Morcha headed
by MP, Shobha Karandalje
with other MPs with other min-
isters like Shruthi,Tara,Pramila
Nesargi with many more
staged a protest against the
Karnataka government near
Mahatma Gandhi statue at
maurya circle,for the lapse in
law and order in the state .
The arrests come three days
after a CCTV footage surfaced
showing two scooter-borne
men accost a woman while one
molests her.In the footage, one
of the two men is first seen
approaching the woman, forc-
ing himself on her and drag-
ging her to the scooter, before
pinning her down. As she re-
sists and tries to free herself,
he pushes her down on the road
and he and the pillion rider
both escape from the scene.
ferent aspects of the former
President’s life.
“Dr Kalam always showed
an eagerness to reach out to the
younger generation and stu-
dents,” he said. It was in July
last year that Dr Kalam col-
lapsed following a massive
heart attack while delivering a
lecture in Shillong.
Union Finance Minister
Arun Jaitley described Dr
Kalam as an “unconventional
President” with an “unconven-
tional mind” who always had
a vibrant air of positivity
around him.
“He was not cynical and
exuded positiveness and was
very positive about India’s
bright future and wanted to see
India as a developed nation by
2020,” the Finance Minister
said.
Jaitley also recalled his nu-
merous interactions with Dr
Kalam during his presidential
tenure at the Rashtrapati
Bhavan, saying his style and
simplicity charmed the people.
SM Khan said that he had
made an attempt in the book to
pen down various facets of Dr
Kalam’s life during his tenure
in the Rashtrapati Bhavan. Dr
Kalam was an inspiration for
scientists and it was his vision
of the series of missiles that
producedAgni, Prithvi,Trishul
and Nag, Khan recalled.
NEW DELHI: The Su-
preme Court has asked the
Election Commission to spell
out the time frame within
which it would introduce Voter
Verifiable Paper Audit Trail
(VVPAT) in EVMs to make
election process more transpar-
ent.
The paper trail system is
meant to supplement the ex-
isting procedure of voting
and it allows the voters to
verify their respective votes.
Under this system, a printout
will come out after a voter
casts his vote, appraising the
voter that his vote has been
rightly registered. The print-
out is to be deposited in a
box which can only be used
by the ECI in case of elec-
tion dispute.
The court in October
2013 directed the commis-
sion to introduce paper trail
in election process as allega-
tions were being made from
time to time that EVM ma-
chines were prone to be tam-
pered. It said that paper trail
was an "indispensable re-
quirement of free and fair
elections.
"The confidence of the vot-
ers in the EVMs can be
achieved only with the intro-
duction of the paper trail.
EVMs with VVPATsystem en-
sure the accuracy of the voting
system. With an intent to have
fullest transparency in the sys-
By when will you introduce
paper trail in EVMs, Supreme
Court asks Election Commission
tem and to restore the confi-
dence of the voters, it is neces-
sary to set up EVMs with
VVPATsystem because vote is
nothing but an act of expres-
sion which has immense im-
portance in democratic sys-
tem," the court said.
It had asked the poll panel
to put in place the new mecha-
nism in EVMs in a phased
manner as it was not possible
to upgrade all machines at one
go. "As the commission has to
handle ten lakhs polling
booths, we permit the ECI to
introduce the same in gradual
stages or geographical-wise in
the ensuing general elections.
The area, state or actual
booth(s) are to be decided by
the ECI and the ECI is free to
implement the same in a
phased manner," the court had
said.
But the commission has not
been able to implement apex
court's order in true spirit dur-
ing the last three years and the
court has now agreed to hear a
contempt petition filed against
the Chief Election Commis-
sioner.
A bench of Justices Ranjan
Gogoi and L Nageswara Rao
has asked the commission to
give an undertaking to imple-
ment its order and also the
timeframe within which paper
trail would be introduced
across the country in all elec-
tions.
The National Green Tribu-
nal today took the Ministry of
Environment and Forests
(MoEF) to task over its recent
notification exempting real es-
tate projects from obtaining
prior environmental clearance
(EC) and restrained it from
granting any fresh permissions
under the new regulation.
"You can't do legal blunders
and get away with it," a bench
headed by NGT Chairperson
Justice Swatanter Kumar said
as it pulled up the MoEF for
not "applying its mind" while
NGT asks MoEF not to act
under new notification
amending the notification pub-
lished on December 9, 2016
exempting building and con-
struction projects of all sizes
from the process of environ-
ment impact assessment (EIA)
and prior environmental clear-
ance before beginning con-
struction.
For smaller projects (less
than 20,000 sq metres), it even
has a "self-declaration" clause,
which will ensure issuance of
permission from urban local
bodies.
For larger projects of more
than 20,000 sq m size, the EC
and building permission will
be given by urban local bodies
simultaneously in an "inte-
grated format".
"Why don't you (MoEF) do
something constructive for the
system. There is a way of do-
ing things.
"We don't un-
derstand why do
you do these funny
things....
"If you wanted
to amend the no-
tification, you
could have sim-
ply said that
though the new projects are
not required to take EC, but
each project when cleared by
local authorities would have
certain conditions imposed
on it.
"You tell your ministry and
all others not to act under the
new notification, otherwise we
will stay the notification. "You
can't do legal blunders and get
away with it," the bench said
while granting liberty to the
petitioners to approach NGT if
a single permission is granted
under the new notification. The
matter is now listed for next
hearing on January 12.
7. 7 New Delhi, 09 Jan - 15 Jan 2017
Happening
PHD Chamber’s “Swachh Paryavaran Campaign”
hosts Recycling Awareness Workshop
New Delhi : PHD
Chamber’s “Swachh
Paryavaran Campaign” under
the aegis of PHD Chamber of
Commerce & Industry hosted
Recycling Awareness Work-
shop to conserve resources &
environment.
The activity which took
place at Ahlcon International
School, Mayur Vihar was at-
tended by around 1000 stu-
dents. On the occasion Mr.
Ashok K. Pandey, Principal
said “I would like to congratu-
late the team of the campaign
for addressing this pressing is-
sue as each one of us should
take the onus to ensure clean
environment.
Our motto “Global Per-
spective Indian Values” is a
driving force to pitch our stu-
dents and their thoughts and
creativity with their counter-
parts in the different time zones
of the world.This particular
workshop by PHD Swachh
Paryavaran Campaign is an
path breaking initiative for stu-
dents to imbibe a habit change
within themselves.
PHD Chamber Swachh
Paryavaran Campaign activi-
ties lay emphasis on recycling
drive in Schools and colleges
which is aimed at social trans-
formation of young minds.
This campaign is supported by
Ministry of Environment, For-
est & Climate Change under
Government of India.
This campaign aims to im-
part a powerful message to the
society on CLEAN ENVI-
RONMENT by empowering
schools to become agents of
social change. Students are
becoming ambassadors to pro-
mote the idea of recycling
waste and making environment
Eco-friendly.
The recycling awareness
workshop under “Swachh
Paryavaran Campaign” has
been conducted for over 20000
students in various Delhi
Schools by imparting them
knowledge of waste segrega-
tion and recycling of plastics,
paper, glass, metal, cardboard,
old exam papers etc among
other waste material.
Papa and Thapa have be-
come the latest comedy sensa-
tion in Sony Sab’s romantic
miniseries Khatmal-E-Ishque.
With the lead couple, Kapildev
and Lovina united, the families
of both have come to meet and
greet as well. Mr. D’Mello
(Akhilendra Mishra), who is
'papa', is always very suspi-
cious about everything related
to Kapil’s father Hanuman
Singh Dinkar (Sharat Saxena).
Papa and Thapa both feel
that they have seen Hanuman
Singh before, but don’t quite
Meet the perfect detective ‘Jodi’ of Papa
and Thapa in Sony Sab’s Khatmal-E-Ishque
remember where. Then, Thapa
suggests that he thinks
Hanuman Singh is the most-
wanted smuggler that papa has
been looking for 15 years!
They then undertake a mission
to uncover the truth about
Hanuman Singh. Their journey
has been one hell of an enter-
tainment joyride till now.
They constantly look for
clues against Hanuman Singh
but end up being caught in
some embarrassing situation
themselves!They are so doubt-
ful about everything that they
don’t even trust the sweets of-
fered to them, they make
Kapil’s family taste it before
they eat anything.
Akhilendra Mishra who
plays the role of Mr. D’mello,
the female protagonist’s father,
said, “Our Jodi is meant to cre-
ate a lot humor, we both set out
with a feeling that Hanuman
Singh Dinkar is a criminal.
From our theatre days I have
realized that the timing has to
be bang on with both charac-
ters, only then it is successful.
The comedy timing for me and
Dhruv while shooting was
bang on! Hope the audience
enjoys the humor.”
Charuu Sharma a trained
classical singer enthralled the
audience with her Musical
Ghazal Performance at an
Evening toWelcome 2017 pre-
sented by Shivaay entertain-
ment on Sunday, 8th January
2017 at India International
Centre, Lodhi Gardens. Sitar
Recital Ms. Veena Chandra
(Professor of Indian Music,
Skidmore College USA), Vio-
MUSICALPERFORMANCEBYSINGERCHARUUSHARMA
lin recital by Ustad Asghar
Hussein (Dilli Gharana), and
Sukhmoy Bannerji also per-
formed with Singer Charuu
Sharma.
Charu Sharma, a versatile
singer is trained by Sh. Manek
Lal Verma and Indu Prakash
Trivedi of Dilli Gharana said,
“This event was mainly to pro-
mote our rich musical heritage
and bringing ghazals gayaki
back in form. Generation next
could connect to ghazals
mainly because of legends like
Jagjit & Chitra Singh, Mehdi
Hassan Saab and the likes of
Farida khannum. There is a
dire need to keep it alive. Some
of the esteemed guests present
were Ms. Uma Prabhu, Ghazal
Singer Pamela Singh, Designer
Mayyur Girotra, Ms. Neelam
Pratap Rudy, Pro.Vidushi Uma
Garg, Bollywood Actor Shiva
Kumar, Ms. Ratan Kaul,
Shahana Mukehrjee,
Aashmeen Munjal to name a
few.
The New year had a pious
beginning when World Broth-
erhood Organization (WBO)
celebrated Guru Gobind Singh
Ji’s 350th birth anniversary on
1st January 2017. WBO mem-
bers offered their service by or-
ganizing Langar sewa (free
Food) for all. Over 7000
people were served the langar
of Puris and potatoes while the
shabad gurbani played along-
side. WBO president Mr. SS
Marwah, General Secretary
Mr. Jagdeva, and other man-
Guru Gobind Singh Ji’s 350th
Prakash Diwas and New Year
agement committee members.
were present at the occasion to
take part in the service
alongwith other WBO mem-
bers.
The Langar stall was orga-
nized at Rajender Nagar in
Central Delhi enroute the
grand Nagar Keertan (religious
procession) taken out by
DSGMC to mark the birth of
10th Sikh Guru Gobind Singh
who formailsed the Khalsa
panth.
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9. 9 New Delhi, 09 Jan - 15 Jan 2017 National
Ministry of Railways has
decided to implement 1st phase
ofAadhaar based ticketing sys-
tem for PRS tickets (both
counter and e-tickets) for se-
nior citizens. The detailed pro-
cedure is as under:-
1. From 1st January,
2017 to 31st March, 2017 re-
quirement of
Aadhaarverification for getting
concessional tickets for senior
citizens shall be on voluntary
basis.
2. From 1st April 2017,
for getting concessional tick-
ets for senior citizens,Aadhaar
based verification shall be
IMPLEMENTATION OF AADHAAR
BASED TICKETING SYSTEM
FOR PRS TICKETS FOR SENIOR CITIZENS
Mandatory.
3. Verification shall be
optional during the implemen-
tation of 1st phase if senior citi-
zens want to purchase ticket on
full fare.
4. There shall be no
change in procedure as regards
concession to senior citizen in
unreserved ticketing.
5. With effect from 1st
April 2017, during journey se-
nior citizen passengers shall
carry any of the original docu-
ments includingAadhaar Card
as notified from time to time
for the purpose of identity
proof.
From our side we will put
in lots of efforts to solve prob-
lems in Bengaluru city . We are
committed to maintain law and
order and prevention of crime.
And it's our responsibility and
priority to provide safety for
women,senior citizen and chil-
dren . Controlling traffic will
be another of our priorities.
Praveen Sood IPS took
charge as Bengaluru city's new
commissioner of Police on
Sunday .
Along with Praveen Sood,
Dr.Malini Krishnamurthy took
charge asAdditional Commis-
sioner of Police West, S Ravi
took Charge as Additional
Commissioner of Police for
crime, Hemanth Nimbalkar
took charge as Additional
Commissioner of Police
East,Ajay Hilori took charge as
DCP East,Chandragupta took
charge as DCP Central .
The karnataka government
has appointed 1986 batch
Karnataka cadre officer previ-
ously held the post of ADGP
administration. He succeeded
Praveen Sood is the New Bengaluru
City Police Commissioner
"Prevention of crimes against women and senior citizens will be my top priority".
by N S Megharikh who has
been transferred to head the
anti-corruption bureau.
Born in 1964, Praveen
Sood is a graduate of IIT Delhi.
He joined the Indian Police
Service in 1986. He started his
career asAssistant Superinten-
dent of Police of Mysuru in
1989. Subsequently, he served
as Superintendent of Police of
Ballari and Raichur, and as
Deputy Commissioner of Po-
lice, Law and Order,
Bengaluru.
In 1999, he proceeded to
foreign deputation as Police
Advisor to Government of
Mauritius for 3 years.He got
exposure to European and
American Police during his
stint in Mauritius.
In 2003, he took a sabbati-
cal for pursuing Post Gradua-
tion in Public Policy and Man-
agement from Indian Institute
of Management, Bangalore
and Maxwell School of Gov-
ernance, Syracuse University,
New York.
He was posted as Commis-
sioner of Police of Mysore city
during 2004 to 2007. He fo-
cused on transforming haphaz-
ard and unregulated traffic
situation in Mysore city
through awareness campaigns,
mechanical and engineering
improvements and better en-
forcement. He was also instru-
mental in arrest of Pakistan
origin terrorists during his stint
in Mysore.
He took over asAddl. Com-
missioner of Police of Traffic,
Bangalore in Feb 2008 and
continued till September 2011.
A strong supporter of technol-
ogy driven traffic management,
he is instrumental in establish-
ing most advanced Traffic
Management Centre at Banga-
lore city.
He has been decorated with
Chief Minister’s Gold Medal
for excellence in service in
1996, Police Medal for Meri-
torious Service in 2002 &
President’s Police Medal for
Distinguished Service in 2011.
Besides he is recipient of
Prince Michael International
Road safety Award in the year
2006 for his contribution to-
wards road safety & traffic
management and national E-
Governance Gold Award for
“Most innovative use of tech-
nology for Traffic Manage-
ment” in the year 2011.
As Additional Director
General of Police Computer
Wing his immediate challenge
was to implement CCTNS i.e.
Crime & Criminal Tracking
Network System all over
Karnataka by networking all
Police Stations up to Delhi and
ensuring data entry and re-
trieval of all information in
police stations and higher po-
lice officers online in real-time.
HRD Minister, Shri Prakash Javadekar,
launches Lok Sabha Member Dr.
Patasani’s Reflections of The Su-
preme at MBD Group’s Stall
New Delhi: The Union
HRD Minister, Shri Prakash
Javadekar, today launched the
book Reflections of The Su-
preme, authored by Prof. Dr.
Prasanna Kumar Patasani,
Member of Parliament, and
published by MBD at MBD
Group’s stall (Numbers 434–
457, Hall No 11) at the New
Delhi World Book Fair 2017.
Present on the occasion were
Mrs. Satish Bala Malhotra,
Chairperson of MBD Group;
Ms. Monica Malhotra
Kandhari, Managing Director
of MBD Group; Ms. Sonica
Malhotra; Joint Managing Di-
rector of MBD Group;
Harinarayan Rajbhar, Member
of Parliament, Lok Sabha, and
Prof. Dr. Prasanna Kumar
Patasani, Member of Parlia-
ment, Lok Sabha.
Dr. Prasanna Kumar
Patasani is a lawyer, philoso-
pher, poet, and Member of the
sixteenth Lok Sabha of India.
He represents Odisha’s
Bhubaneswar constituency and
is the Vice President and
Founder Member of Biju
Janata Dal. Dr. Patasani cap-
tures his spiritual journey and
experience when he was being
trained in meditation at the
Maharishi Institute of Creative
Intelligence, Rishikesh.
Speaking at the launch,
Ms.Monica Malhotra
Kandhari, Managing Director
of MBD Group, said, ‘We are
pleased to publish Dr. Prasanna
Kumar Patasani’s book that
beautifully captures his jour-
ney within and connects with
the supreme through the pow-
erful medium of meditation.
We are hopeful that the read-
ers across most age groups will
enjoy this book. We are also
grateful that the Honourable
Minister Shri Prakash
Javadekar agreed to launch the
book at our stall.’
While felicitating Ms.
Sanjana Sarin, the winner of
MBD Group’s Young Authors
Contest ‘Unleash Your Cre-
ativity’, Shri Prakash
Javadekar appreciated MBD’s
efforts to encourage young
writers and provide them a
platform to showcase their
work. He also advised young
writers to keep writing their
stories and ideas regularly as
it will enhance their thinking
process and bring out their cre-
ativity.
11. 11 New Delhi, 09 Jan - 15 Jan 2017
National
The Supreme Court
on Thursday refused to
expedite the hearing of
Aadhaar cases challeng-
ing the constitutional
validity of the scheme
but observed that data
collection by private
agencies is not a good
idea.
A bench headed by
Chief Justice J S Khehar
made the remarks after
senior advocate Shyam
Divan sought urgent
hearing of the plea cit-
ing privacy concern.
“We are not inclined
to give immediate hear-
ing as there are limited
resources but biometric
Data collection by pvt agencies
for Aadhaar not a good idea: SC
data collection by pri-
vate agencies is not a
great idea,” the bench
also comprising Justices
N V Ramana and D Y
Chandrachud said.
Divan, who repre-
sented one of the peti-
tioners, said that these
matters needs urgent
hearing as there is
individual’s privacy
concern as biometric
datas are being collected
by private agencies. The
apex court had on Octo-
ber 15, 2015 lifted its
earlier restrictions and
permitted voluntary use
ofAadhaar cards in wel-
fare schemes that also
included MGNREGA,
all pension schemes and
provident fund, besides
ambitious flagship
programmes like
‘Pradhan Mantri Jan
DhanYojna’of the NDA
government.
The social welfare
schemes, aimed at
reaching the door steps
of the “poorest of the
poor”, were in addition
to LPG and PDS
schemes in which the
apex court had allowed
the voluntary use of
Aadhaar cards.
A five-judge consti-
tution bench had put a
caveat in its interim or-
der for the Centre and
said that Aadhaar card
scheme is purely volun-
tary and not mandatory
till the matter is finally
decided by this court,
this way or the other
way. It had said that that
a larger bench was re-
quired to be set up for
final disposal of the pe-
titions that also include
the question as to
whether the right to pri-
vacy is fundamental
right.
Cloud computing is a criti-
cal component for ensuring
success of Digital India, the
flagship programme of the
NDA government, and access
to cloud networks is crucial
and requires safe practices,
experts said on Thursday.
Pamela Kumar, Vice-Presi-
dent, Cloud Computing Inno-
vation Council of India,
Bengaluru, said the Digital In-
dia programme has several key
aspects like digital lockers
where individuals can store
their information online.
MeghRaj Cloud Comput-
ing- Government of India’s ini-
tiative to harness the benefits
of Cloud Computing-- is also
a very crticial component of
Digital India programme.
‘Cloud computing
crucial to Digital
India, need safe
practices’
In a rare case of its kind, an
underweight, three-year-old
child was given a new lease on
life when doctors successfully
implanted a liver in him fol-
lowing a 12-hour surgery in a
Mumbai hospital on December
12, last year.
Shubham Gurav, who
weighed barely 10 kgs, had
been diagnosed with cirrhosis
of liver with an organ trans-
plant being his only hope of
life. But, unwilling to give up
on him, doctors at the Sahyadri
Hospitals successfully
matched the boy’s father’s liver
and – with a team preparing for
Doctorssuccessfullyimplantliveronunderweight,3-yr-old
this rare surgery on a 3D Model
of the donor liver on CT scan -
-transplanted a slice of it in the
child using ‘High Magnifica-
tion Microscopic Surgery.’
Other problems that were
overcome included transplant
anesthetists - Dr Manish
Pathak and Dr Dinesh Babu --
facing a huge challenge in
maintaining the child under an-
esthesia for 12 hours because
of Shubham’s tiny veins and
wind pipe. Due to this reason,
the prescription was given in
milliliters and along with small
doses of medicines in manag-
ing fluids and blood product
administration.
Earlier, unable to meet ex-
penses when the child’s unex-
plained weight loss, failure to
thrive, loss of appetite and ab-
dominal swelling followed by
tests confirmed liver cirrhosis
and need for a liver transplant,
the father, Ajay Gurav, who
works in an electrical company
in Mumbai – was fortunate to
find an NGO that raised funds
and contact with Sahyadri Hos-
pitals to successfully carry out
the operation. Describing Liver
Cirrhosis in children as a rare
disease, the lead surgeon Dr
Bipin Vibhute – a Liver Trans-
plant & Hepatobiliary Surgeon
-- said: “This was a challeng-
ing case due to Shubham’s
weight and tender age, as a pae-
diatric liver transplant – being
more complicated than an adult
liver transplant -- requires
multi-disciplinary approach,
cutting-edge infrastructure and
experienced staff who are
specialised in dealing with pe-
diatric patients.Apart from sur-
gery, the major challenge is the
intensive care in the post-op-
erative period. Both father and
son are now well and we are
proud of the entire team who
has made this possible. Today,
Shubham walks freely, plays
and smiles a lot!”
Home Minister Rajnath
Singh on Thursday lashed out
at Hurriyat leaders in
Kashmir after their
refusal to hold talks
with members of the
all-party delegation,
saying the separat-
ists’ behaviour
showed they do not
believe in
K a s h m i r i y a t ,
insaniyat (humanity) or
jamhooriyat (democracy).
Singh asserted that “the doors
and windows for dialogue” on
Kashmir were always open but
ruled out any talks with Paki-
stan on the issue in near future
saying, “Let us first talk with
the people within our country”.
“Some members of delegation
went to meet Hurriyat leaders
in their individual capacity. We
neither said ‘Yes’ nor ‘No’ (to
the move). “The information
given by the delegates (about
how the members were treated)
Home minister Rajnath Singh
lashes out at separatists
makes it clear that it is neither
Kashmiriyat nor insaniyat,”
Singh, who is lead-
ing the delegation,
told reporters on the
second day of its
visit. “The mem-
bers had gone to
hold talks but by re-
fusing to talk, they
have shown that
they do no believe
in jamhooriyat as well,” the
Minister said, coming down
heavily on the separatists who
on Wednesday snubbed at-
tempts by MPs like CPI(M)
leader Sitaram Yechury, CPI’s
D Raja, JD(U) leader Sharad
Yadav, RJD’s Jay Prakash
Narayan and AIMIM leader
Asaduddin Owaisi to reach out
to them. At hardline Hurriyat
leader SyedAli Shah Geelani’s
residence, the gate was not
even opened for the MPs while
people shouted slogans out-
side.
NEW DELHI: Following
the media reports about the
amount of scrapped Rs 500 and
Rs 1,000 notes that has been
deposited back to the
banks by the Decem-
ber 30 deadline, the
central bank of India
today said that they
the process of count-
ing notes hasn't been
completed yet.
The RBI said the
aggregating of ac-
counting entries
made at the various
currency chests still requires to
be reconciled with the actual
cash balances in order to elimi-
nate accounting errors and
double counting.
"The periodical SBN
(specified bank notes) figures
released by us were based on
aggregation of accounting en-
tries done at the large number
of currency chests all over the
country," an RBI said in a state-
Is 'most' scrapped currency really back?
RBI says it is 'still reconciling figures'
ment. "Now that the scheme
has come to an end on Decem-
ber 30, 2016, these figures
would need to be reconciled
with the physical cash balances
to eliminate accounting errors
or possible double counts etc.
Till this is completed, any es-
timate may not indicate the ac-
tual numbers of the SBNs that
have been returned," RBI
added. The RBI is taking all
steps to complete the process
expeditiously so as to release
firm figures of SBNs received
at an early date.
Vice-President M Hamid
Ansari on Wednesday said that
former President Dr APJ
Kalam was a “man of technol-
ogy” who not only contributed
to the progress of defence re-
search organisations but also
had a way with younger people
and motivated them.
Speaking after releasing the
book ‘The People’s President
A P J Abdul Kalam’, written
by SM Khan who had served
as Press Secretary to Dr Kalam
during his presidency from
2002-2007, the Vice President
said the book presents an
insider’s account of Dr
Kalam’s life and was an impor-
tant document chronicling dif-
ferent aspects of the former
President’s life. “Dr Kalam al-
ways showed an eagerness to
reach out to the younger gen-
eration and students,” he said.
‘Kalam was an
unconventional
Prez, a man of
technology’
13. 13 New Delhi, 09 Jan - 15 Jan 2017
Health
Early stimulation
helps give a boost to the
brains of babies, accord-
ing to a new study which
contradicts the belief
that children’s develop-
ment is determined by
their genes and could
not be influ-
enced.
Researchers from
NorwegianUniversityof
Science andTechnology
(NTNU)inNorwayused
advanced electroen-
cephalogram (EEG)
technology for many
years to study the brain
activity of hundreds of
babies.
The results show that
Babies exposed to
stimulation get brain boostthe neurons in the brains
ofyoungchildrenquickly
increase in both number
and specialisation as the
baby learns new skills
and becomes more mo-
bile.
Neurons in very
young children form up
to a thousand new con-
nections per second. The
research also shows that
the development of our
brain, sensory percep-
tion and motor skills
happen in sync and that
even the smallest babies
must be challenged and
stimulated at their level
from birth onward.
Babies need to en-
gage their entire body
and senses by exploring
their world and different
materials, both indoors
and out and in all types
of weather.
The researchers
emphasise that the expe-
riences must be self-pro-
duced;itisnotenoughfor
chil-
dren merely to be carried
or pushed in a stroller.
“Many people be-
lieve that children up to
three years old only
need cuddles and nappy
changes, but studies
show that rats raised in
cages have less den-
dritic branching in the
brain than rats raised in
an environment with
climbing and hiding
places and tunnels,” said
Audrey van der Meer,
professor at NTNU.
“Research also
shows that children born
into cultures where
early stimulation is con-
sidered important, de-
velop earlier than West-
ern children do,” said
van der Meer. She said
that the brains of young
children are very mal-
leable and can therefore
adapt to what is happen-
ing around them.
If the new synapses
that are formed in the
brain are not being used,
they disappear as the
child grows up and the
brain loses some of its
plasticity.
Van der Meer men-
tions the fact why Chi-
nese babies hear a dif-
ference between the R
and L sounds when they
are four months old, but
not when they get older.
Since Chinese chil-
dren do not need to dis-
tinguish between these
sounds to learn their
mother tongue, the brain
synapses that carry this
knowledge disappear
when they are not used.
Babies actually man-
age to distinguish be-
tween the sounds of any
language in the world
when they are four
months old, but by the
time they are eight
months old they have
lost this ability, accord-
ing to van der Meer.
Since a lot is happen-
ing in the brain during
the first years of life,
van der Meer says that
it is easier to promote
learning and prevent
problems when children
are very young.
Sharing sweet treats at
workplace may be c o n -
tributing to several
health problems
such as obesity and
poor oral hygiene,
experts in the UK
have warned.
It may be a case
of managers want-
ing to reward staff, colleagues wanting to celebrate or people
bringing presents back from their holidays that sees sugary
snacks going into the workplace, said Professor Nigel Hunt,
dean Faculty of Dental Surgery at the Royal College of Sur-
geons in the UK.
However, it was detrimental to employees’health and they
should make a New Year’s resolution to “combat cake cul-
ture” in 2017, he said. “While these sweet treats might be
well meaning, they are also contributing to the current obe-
sity epidemic and poor oral health,” Hunt said.
“We need a culture change in offices and other work-
places that encourages healthy eating and helps workers avoid
caving in to sweet temptations such as cakes, sweets and
biscuits,” he said.
However, 2016 Great British Bake Off runner-up Jane
Beedle said that cake could “bring joy to the office”.
“I don’t think a little bit of homemade cake is going to
kill anybody,” Beedle told BBC Radio 2.
The Faculty of Dental Surgery has released tips to cut
down on sugar consumption in the workplace by consider-
ing low-sugar alternatives and reducing portion sizes.
‘Workplace cake culture’
may fuel obesity risk: experts
Are your toddler’s fingers and hands move-
ment slow? Is his/her ability to relate to and in-
teract with others as well as problem-solving
skills delayed? Blame it on your obesity, re-
searchers say.
The findings showed that apart from health
related issues, children of obese mothers were
nearly 70 per cent more likely to fail tests of fine
motor skill – the ability to control movement of
small muscles, such as those in the fingers and
hands – by age 3, when compared to children of
normal-weight mothers. Children with obese fa-
thers were 75 per cent more likely to fail mea-
sures of social competence – an indicator of how
well they were able to relate to and interact with
others by age 3. Those born to extremely obese
couples were nearly three times more likely to
fail tests of problem-solving ability by age three.
“Our study is one of the few that also includes
information about fathers, and our results sug-
gest that dad’s weight also has significant influ-
Parent’s
obesity may
delay
develop-
ment in kidsence on child development,” said lead author,
Edwina Yeung, from the Eunice Kennedy
Shriver National Institute of Child Health and
Human Development in the US. However, it
is not yet known how parental obesity might
increase children’s risk for developmental
delay.Animal studies have indicated that obe-
sity during pregnancy may promote inflam-
mation, which could affect the foetal brain and
could also affect the expression of genes in
sperm. If the link between parental obesity and
developmental delays is confirmed, physi-
cians may need to take parental weight into
account when screening young children for
delays and early interventional services, the
researchers said.
Milk is essential for develop-
ing strong bones and teeth, but
somepeoplesimplydon’tlikethe
sight of it. Add flavours or
coloured ice cubes or prepare
shakes to make milk tastier, says
an expert.
TanyaJoshi,SeniorDietician
andNutritionistatdairycompany
Freshmen’sValley,suggestshow:
* There are various flavours
availableinthemarketlikefruity,
chocolate, strawberry, butter-
scotch,vanilla,caramel,roseand
pan.Forahealthieroption,gofor
natural flavours like cardamom
milk,cinnamonandnutmegmilk,
mint flavoured milk, turmeric
milk and honey milk.
* Mix a few drops of differ-
ent food colouring as per your
preference.
* Coloured ice cubes can be
one of the most interesting
ways to draw maximum atten-
tion of those who are reluctant
to drink milk. Add a drop of
food colouring to your regular
ice cubes to make a colourful
drink.
Make drinking
milk more
enjoyable