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Delhi Riots

The never ending brotherhood and now

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Are our little friends being pushed to the edge of extinction?

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TAC Feature Input- Samachar Agency of India

Oh, little sweetheart…. this is a line of a song. But if you would like to understand it deeply, then it has a watchful weight in today's time. Superstar Rajni Kant's recent film 2.o was based on the importance of birds in human life. This film explained in a very good way that birds are as important to our lives as food for us.

According to recent news, Pakistan is troubled by some special insects these days.

These insects are spoiling the crops of Pakistan. The problem has become so high that these grasshoppers (insects) attack in Pakistan has been declared as an agricultural emergency.

Now let's talk about the importance of birds.

So birds have become necessary not only for the film but also for Pakistan. As per a report, China is giving one lakh ducks to Pakistan to deal with these insects those wiping out a huge amount of cultivated crops. Experts behind the scheme of sending ducks believe that a duck can eat two hundred grasshoppers a day and they are more effective than pesticides.

However, according to reports, some researchers have also questioned this plan.

It is not that only Pakistan is troubled by Grasshoppers. In some parts of India, crops are being destroyed by the swarm of Grasshoppers. According to reports, tens of millions of locusts are also licking crops in East Africa.

If we talk about India, birds of various species are found in India. The sudden decrease in the number of these birds can be considered a matter of concern. Which may create an ecological and environmental imbalance? According to a United Nations report on migratory birds of India can be considered very frightening.

This figure of extinction is expected to increase further in the future course of time. If seen, the way the environment is being damaged by humans for their selfishness does appear to have less time for various birds to exist in this eternal world.

For this, there is a great need to create a conducive environment for birds to live on their lives in our country for which all of our State and Central Government need to be alert but not let as lax.

Not long ago, when the disappearance of ‘House Sparrow’ in the country, had gone a screaming situation by our environmentalists including the concerned government.

In 2008, Late Chief Minister of Delhi, Mrs. Sheela Dixit also had had the grief over this issue of extinction of ‘House Sparrow’ in Delhi. After that, everything became normal.

While celebrating World Sparrow Day, on March 20, there is a concern about this.

As per an agreement by the United Nations with India concerning the migratory birds,867 kinds of species of Indian birds have been studied and analyzed.

This report should not be taken lightly by our Government.

In this report, data has been studied for more than twenty-five years. In this, it was found that 261 species of birds have recorded descending that is more than 52% decrease.

Besides, when the data is viewed in

a shortt e r m context, eighty percent of 146 species have been recorded as decreased species.

According to this report, due to tampering with the environment, it has had the highest impact on the migratory sea birds. The 75 percent reduction in the Western Ghats can also be considered a concern.

The positive aspect of this report has also been revealed that the number of the national bird, peacocks of the country has also been increased drastically.

According to this report, the number of ‘House Sparrow’ has decreased in the cities but above all its number has

not decreased so much. This concern cannot be considered only for India, almost a million species around t h e world are on t h e verge of extinction.

Many misfortunes stand before the migratory birds. The rapid rise in temperature is believed to be the biggest reason.

In line with the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, stringent steps are not being taken by the governments of the countries for the negative conduct of industrial policies and industries. At the same time, protecting them from predators of birds is a big challenge. Concrete steps also need to be

taken to stop the illegal trade of birds.

More than three billion birds went missing in North America. If a report published in a sciencebased magazine about five months ago is to be considered true, then birds make the environment better, their tweet makes the mind cheerful, but humans can be considered com-

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pletely ignorant of this danger.

Whenever such figures are revealed, the unprecedented competition started by NGOs and governments showing their love for these unfortunate birds. After a few days, everything starts to become normal as if nothing would have happened.

As the area of forests is decreasing and the concrete forests are standing on empty places in the cities, so are the trees being cut down.

If the trees will no longer there, then where will the birds make their nests!

With the increasing population, the area of the garden is also shrinking. Trees in people's residential buildings have also been destroyed. Indiscriminate felling of forests has severely affected the birds' habitats. Apart from this, the waves emanating from mobile towers are also not less than a threat to them.

Warnings have been issued several times in this regard, but these warnings also sound like warnings written on tobacco products.

One more thing to note down is that when poison like pollution has affected humans, then the effect of it on relatively sensitive birds can be easily gauged. We remain unaware of even knowing this better and clear.

It is evident from all of these reports that if the number of birds is decreasing rapidly, then in the coming time it will not be less than any major crisis for humans. There is still time to aware and warn people across the globe about all the concerned causes of Global warming and climate change which eventually creates very dangerous situation moments of ecological imbalance and environmental degradation, world wide.

Delhi Violence: Differences in Brothers 3

|| Anjan K Samal

The particular place at Maujpur Chowk in the national capital, from where Kapil Mishra, AAP’s slapped BJP leader warned the agitators of CAA with the ultimatum in the presence of Delhi police on last February 23 seems the epic center of Delhi-Riot. From where Mr. Mishra warned "We are going now till Donald trump’s India tour ends, but after that, we will not listen to anybody including Delhi Police. If the paths meant for public convenience will not empty, then we must come back.”

Apart from this, ’Hindu Sena’ another radical Hindu outfit warned by giving an ultimatum to clear the path.

These are some hate statements that tell the whole story of violence in themselves.

The irresponsible statements of Kapil Mishra that he uttered in front of a senior officer of Delhi Police if would have taken seriously at that time by the concerned authorities than such unwanted violence could not have occurred that fractured the united brotherhood in the national capital of India.

It is not just about Kapil Mishra.

During the Delhi elections, some BJP leaders knowingly voiced religious slogans targeting a particular religion which should not be termed only as of the part of the election but it also reflects the ill mindsets of our present leaders.

BJP put forward Hindutva and promoted the politics of vote in the name of religion in the last Assembly election in Delhi. The result of which did spread the unfortunate violence in Delhi.

That slogan of Pravesh Verma, “desh ke gaddaro ko, goli maaro ... “ is also a prime reason behind the Delhi riots which the government and appropriate concerned authorities may or may not justify.

Till the riots, the mental state of Delhites was cooked with such an atmosphere that deteriorated faith and brotherhood between two communities living in Delhi.

The riot ignited when Trump, the most powerful man in the worlds was on a tour of India.

In the Delhi riots, very terrible pictures of violence have come to limelight. In these riots, all the ‘Laxman Rekha’ of Humanity and Human Rights crossed. The people who have suffered the riots are now telling those horrifying days of Delhi’s riots ridden moments.

How did the riots ignite?

Demonstrations were going on in various parts of Delhi for the last several days to protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).

Apart from Shaheen Bagh, people were protesting in Jafrabad, Kar-

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dampuri, Chand Bagh, Khajuri Khas, Wazirabad and Yamuna Vihar areas.

On Saturday-Sunday, 23 Feb, the protesters in Zafarabad moved away from the service lane and sat under a flyover nearby the metro station. The atmosphere worsened when former MLA and BJP leader Kapil Mishra, along with some people in support of the Citizenship Amendment Act, availed their angry presence at Maujpur, about a kilometer away from Zafrabad.

After this, there were reports of clashes between CAA supporters and those who were protesting.

Recorded videos were shared on social media, raising slogans from both sides.

The atmosphere started to get worse from Monday, 24 February, when some people sat at the Maujpur Chowk in support of the citizenship law. After this, people also took to the streets in protest against the citizenship law at the Kabir Nagar area. Around 10 pm stonepelting began to take place among the people gathered at Maujpur Chowk and Kabir Nagar. This sequence continued till one o'clock in the day.

Private residential buildings and religious sites were also attacked in Jafrabad, Gokulpuri, and Bhajanpura amid stone-pelting. Amid deteriorating conditions, head constable Ratanlal was injured in Gokulpuri due to bullet and stone injuries, who died during treatment in the hospital. And DCP Shahdara Amit Sharma was injured and taken to the hospital.

When Delhi reverberated with religious slogans

Amidst the violence, the slogans of 'Jai Shri Ram' and 'Nara-e-Takbir' and 'Allah-Hu-Akbar' were nothing but these slogans worked as if the panic button the ignited the riots further. Hearing these slogans, people were forced to lurk in their homes and panic did spread several residential areas.

PM's peace appeal

During these riots, no public leader came forward to communicate with the people. It was the common complaint of the common people that if a big leader, a parliamentarian, an MLA could reach out among their people, they could have been prevented from spreading the riot.

About 3 days after the riots started, Prime Minister Narendra Modi appealed for peace. The PM tweeted and wrote, "Peace and harmony is our basic spirit. I appeal to the brothers and sisters of Delhi to maintain peace and brotherhood at all times. It is very important that the conditions are normal and peace should be restored at the earliest."

Congress President Sonia Gandhi sought the resignation of Home

Minister, Amit Shah. She also alleged that the violence in Delhi was the result of a ‘Pre-planned Intrigue’.

Delhi Police surrounded by many questions

The riots that broke out in Delhi within such a little span that put every Delhite under astonishment.

Delhi Police that canned vigorously on the silent protesters of JNU and JAMIA was found silent as if a mute spectator. It’s the reason for which Delhi Police was also accused of not taking the right action at the right time to prevent the riots, which even the police rejected.

Many such videos came out in which Delhi Police was seen supporting some rioters. The rioters were throwing stones in front of the police and the police became a silent spectator.

The video of the vandalism of Delhi Police also gone viral, in which Delhi Police personnel were beating 4 boys on the road and directing them for singing the national anthem. One of them also has died.

The deceased family has accused the police of discrimination and deliberate killing.

Apart from this, some videos have also surfaced in social media, in which the police themselves have been seen providing instructions to the rioters for stone-pelting.

Delhi High Court and Supreme Court also strictured that the police did not work professionally. There was no need to wait for someone's order for action for the sake of restoration of the law and order...

High court intervention that ceased violence?

The Delhi High Court was the first to initiate cooling of Delhi when it was burning in the fire of riots and

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communal violence.

In the Delhi High Court, Justice S. Muralidhar and Justice Anoop Bhumbani heard a petition late night in connection with the Delhi violence and ordered instantly for the necessary treatments of the victims.

The petition filed by human rights lawyer Surur Mander was heard even at the residence of Justice S. Muralidhar during the midnight.

Surur Mander had pleaded with the court in his petition that the Delhi Police should ensure that the injured could be taken from AlHind Hospital in Mustafabad to GTB Hospital and other government hospitals so that they could get the necessary treatment.

Justice Muralidhar heard the matter late at around 12:30.

The bench of Muralidhar and Justice Talwant Singh heard another petition.

This petition was filed by social activist Harsh Mander, in which police action was demanded on the provocative speeches of the leaders.

After the hearing, the High Court reprimanded the Delhi Police for not taking action against other BJP leaders, including Kapil Mishra, in the case of inflammatory speeches.

The High Court directed in this midnight hearing that FIRs should be registered against three BJP leaders Anurag Thakur, Parvesh Verma, and Kapil Mishra. The court said that FIRs should also be registered based on other videos.

The High Court said that FIRs should be registered against three BJP leaders Anurag Thakur, Parvesh Verma, and Kapil Mishra.

The court said that FIRs should also be registered on the basis videos surfaced during the riots.

After this, Justice Muralidhar was transferred to Haryana High Court with immediate effect.

Could the police stop the riots?

The Supreme Court had questioned the functioning of Delhi Police and urged that Delhi Police did not professionally do its work. Police do not need anyone's order for the sake of maintaining law and order. This comment of the Supreme Court becomes very important at a time when the Delhi Police was being viewed with suspicion.

1984: Sanjay Suri, who wrote the book about The Anti Sikh Riots, has told the BBC that the role of Delhi Police in the violence has also been questioned. The Delhi High Court has expressed displeasure over the lax action of the police.

The court has lashed out at the Delhi Police for not filing FIRs on the provocative statements of leaders like Kapil Mishra, Parvesh Verma, and Anurag Thakur and for not investigating the video on violence those did spread in social media. The court also has lashed out on Delhi police for not taking immediate action to curb the violence.

Apart from this, senior journalist Rahul Bedi, who covered the 1984 riots, also term the inaction of the police. According to BBC News, he told, "The involvement of police in riots does not always mean that they also will start killing and brutalizing people along with rioters. The involvement of police riots does not mean to give free hand to criminals and anti-socials for igniting any communal atmosphere. The involvement of police in riots does not mean to provide immunity to rioters for protecting them. " Now even many such statements surfaced on social media in which Police look like a mute spectator.

Many victims and eyewitnesses have accused the police of not taking prompt action.

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International Women’s Day

By Vinod Kumar

Chungneijang Mary Kom Hmangte (born 1 March 1983), better known as Mary Kom and magnificent.

Mary is an Indian Olympic boxer hailing form Manipur. She is a five time World Amateur Boxing champion, and the only woman boxer to have won a medal in each one of the six world championships. Nicknamed Magnificent Mary, she is the only Indian woman boxer to have qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics, competing in the flyweight (51 kg) category and winning the bronze medal. She has also been ranked as No. 4 AIBA World Women's Ranking flyweight category. She became the first Indian woman boxer to get a Gold Medal in the Asian Games in 2014 in Incheon, South Korea and is the first Indian Woman Boxer to win Gold at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

On 26 April 2016, Kom was nominated by the President of India as a member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament. In March 2017, the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, government of India, appointed Mary Kom along with Akhil Kumar as national observers for boxing. Mary Kom won the Gold Medal in Asian Boxing Championship. She defeated Kim Hyang-mi of North Korea in the title match.

Early life

Kom was born in Kangathei village, Moirang Lamkhai in Churachandpur district of rural Manipur in eastern India. She came from a poor family.

Her parents, Mangte Tonpa Kom and Mangte Akham Kom were tenant farmers who worked in jhum fields.

In school, Kom participated in all types of sports including volleyball, football and athletics. It was the success of Dingko Singh that inspired her to switch from athletics to boxing in 2000.

She started her training under first coach K. Kosana Meitei in Imphal.

Thereafter she trained under the Manipur State Boxing Coach M. Narjit Singh, at Khuman Lampak, Imphal. Kom kept her interest in boxing a secret from her father, himself an ex-wrestler, as he was concerned that boxing would hurt Kom's face and spoil her chances of marriage. However, he learnt of it when Kom's photo appeared in a newspaper after

Awards and recognitions m The International Boxing Association (AIBA) awarded Mary Kom with the first AIBA Legends awards for "premising boxing career" m The International Boxing association (AIBA) announced Mary Kom as the brand ambassador for 2016 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships m Padma Bhushan (Sports), 2013 m Arjuna Award (Boxing), 2003 m Padma Shri (Sports), 2006

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she won the state boxing championship in 2000.

Awards and recognitions

Mary Kom set a new standard in amateur boxing without ever competing in prefessional boxing. In 2015, Kom became the first amateur to surpass several prefessional athletes in India in earnings, endorsements and awards. She is the first amateur athlete to win the Padma Bhushan.

Personal Life

In the meantime, Mary Kom had the tied knot with her love interest, K. Onler Kom in 2005. She had met Onler in Delhi in 2001 when he was working for the Kom community's welfare. The couple gave birth to the twin sons, Rechungvar and Khupneivar. However happy her new family was, the new members needed her support, which is why she had to take a break after their birth.

Media and popular culture

Her autobiography, Unbreakable, was co-authored

by Dina Serto and published by Harper Collins in late 2013.

In 2014, Priyanka Chopra played the main role of Mary Kom in Mary Kom, a biographical film about her life, Although the mother tongue of Mary is Kom, a Sino-Tibetan Language, the movie is in Hindi.

The movie is directed by Omung Kumar and was released on 5 September 2014.

Association with social causes

Kom is an animal rights, activist, and supporter of PETA India, Starring in an ad to call for an end to the use of elephants in circuses. "Circuses are cruel places for animals where they are beaten and tortured. As a mother, I can imagine what animals go through when their children are taken away from them to forcefully perform in circuses. It's said, "Kom has been quoted in the media.

Next Aim in Life

Mary Kom are going to take part in Tokyo Olympics 2020. Mary Kom has been included in a 10-strong athlete ambassadors group.

Mary Kom will represent the Asian block in the group.

m Contender for Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, 2007 m People of the Year-Limca Book of Records, 2007 m CNN-IBN & Reliance Industries' Real Heroes Award 14.4.2008 Mon m Pepsi MTV Youth Icon 2008 m 'Magnificent Mary', AIBA 2008 m Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, 2009 m International Boxing Association's Ambassador for Women's Boxing 2009 (TSE

30 July 2009 Thur) m Sportswoman of the year 2010, Sahara Sports Award. m Bronze Medal in 2012 London Olympics.

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Pratik Waghmare

The ongoing student protest isn’t an unusual or rare occurrence in our society. But the mainstream media seems rather reluctant to call a spade a spade since they found a better narrative and a new villain in Amulya Leona who is now being associated with the so-called tukde tukde gang. The media is comfortably using her as a catalyst for TRPs. It wasn’t long ago in 1974 when the likes of Narendra Modi or late Arun Jaitley were themselves active participants in various resistance movements. In fact one such protest in Gujarat related to mess charges took a very monumental shape and while it shouldn’t be an inspirational reference but everything right from intense traffic jams to harming government property seemed occupational and justified by the protesters. No chief minister announced for any compensation back then which reminds of a recent situation in Uttar Pradesh when people were protesting against CAA-NRC. Today students of every other academic institution including JNU, IITs and other colleges have come out against the expensive fee structure and have been protesting within their democratic rights as

citizens. But the mainstream media (which very well includes Whatsapp) is questioning the entire movement by making these students accountable for wasting the taxpayers money by not attending the academic lessons and protesting against the government policies. In the backdrop of the falling economy and various other problems, a student from Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) gave

a befitting reply to such queries.

During one protest against the unaffordable fee structure in IIMC, the student exclaimed, “We don’t have enough money to spend on our education and so we depend on the taxpayers to be able to complete our education and become a taxpayer ourselves. Even we’d like to contribute to the growth of our country someday.”

If someone is studying on the ex-

pense of a taxpayer’s money, what is wrong in that? The very reason why tax collection came into existence as a system was to provide assistance to create a better society where every individual seizes the best opportunities and makes this country great. Now if these students are demanding an affordable fee structure, why would it appear as wasting of the taxpayer’s money to the mainstream media? There are

other forms of tax apart from the regular income tax which one pays inevitably whether it’s in the form of buying milk packets or a television set. If somebody envisions an affordable education system, why would it bother you in the name of tax wastage?

This is the only way forward to reduce poverty in the longer run when kids from poor families achieve good education, seek employment and become a taxpayer themselves. A critical question arises when such student protests are labelled nonsensical, useless and misleading. The constant media labelling of such protests as mere distraction weakens the entire purpose of demanding affordable education for all. Criticising the protests is welcomed but putting the kids accountable by throwing allegations deprives each one of them of their basic rights. Instead, issues like the fees hike, CAA or NRC have made them more aware of their constitutional rights as well as duties. They are infused with a fresh sense enthusiasm when it comes to society, polity and financial policies in the country. If this rage of rationality and awareness brings students to join politics then probably Indian politicians wouldn’t we looked down upon as they usually are.

Corona knocking at your door

TAC News Two positive cases of corona virus, which have become synonymous with fear in the whole world including China, have been reported in India. One case was found in New Delhi, while the other case was found in Telangana. Currently, both patients are undergoing treatment. The health department says that the condition of both is stable.

It is being reported that the person in Delhi who has been tested positive for Corona had recently visited Italy, while in Telangana, Corona positive person had come from Dubai.

In the meantime, all of us need to know what are the initial symptoms of corona and the solution to avoid them.

These people have been the victim of acute respiratory disorder. In this situation, a kind of fluid gets filled in the lungs and oxygen does not reach. A person dies due to kidney failure.

More danger to old people?

Doctors say that this virus is more dangerous for older people. People having their ages more than 48 are lethal if are caught under this virus.

These are preventive measures:

What is the beginning of symptoms?

The genetic material of this virus can be identified by polymer chain reaction (PCR).

How to identify a virus?

Who is more threatened?

The initial symptoms are very common in a person infected with the coronavirus. During this time the person gets a fever and is very tired. Also, the patient has a dry cough. Apart from this, many people have also seen complaints like diarrhea.

During the coronavirus, a lot of problems start to occur in the throat of the human being.

Chest scanner: Some patients infected with the Coronavirus, when tested with CAT scanner, showed some spots in their lungs. In medical language, it is being called 'ground-glass'.

Only 25 percent of people infected with the coronavirus has been admitted to the ICU.

This virus infection spreads rapidly by coming in contact with the affected person. So use masks and keep a distance from crowded places or groups. mClean your hands with soap and water or alcohol. mWhen coughing and sneezing, cover your nose and mouth with a tissue or Avoid making close contact with people who have cold or flu-like symptoms.

In this case, earlier, one was being treated at Kanjangarh Government Hospital in Kasargod, while the other student was treated at Alappuzha Medical College Hospital. Both were discharged from the hospital after improving their health.

Thousands of unprecedented death worldwide due to this killer virus Corona infection is growing rapidly outside of China, even in Iran and Italy. In these two countries, the death toll from the corona is increasing continuously Corona continues to wreak havoc in China.

So far more than 2800 people have died in China from Karona, while more than 79 thousand people are still infected with the Coronavirus. Corona, which started from Wuhan in China, has spread in many countries across the world.

Earlier, three cases of coronavirus were reported in Kerala. The three infected people were treated separately and kept in hospital.

Later on, they were discharged from the hospital after getting out of infection.

In Iran, the number of people infected with corona is increasing very fast in which there are 978 people in the grip of Corona. In Iran, 54 people have died, while in Italy 29 people have died infected from the Coronavirus.

While 2 people also have been confirmed dead in the USA. As per the latest report 14 Italian tourists and 1 Indian test positive in the tests conducted at Delhi's AIIM along with 6 suspected cases reported from Agra.

Justice Delayed is Justice Denied

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The much talked saying concerning legal point of view, ’Justice delayed also justice denied’ is now would likely to be the fact as per the ground reality of legal aspects in ‘NIRBHAYA’ case.

Tomorrow, Day after tomorrow and within a week and fortnight, every such dates fixed by the court of laws for all the convicts of ‘NIRBHAYA ‘ case but some times in the name of Curative Petition and some times in the name of Mercy Petition, the day fixed for their hanging slipped one date to another.

The hanging date that fixed on March 3, 2020, also slipped ahead even after the court dismissed the Curative petition of a convict named Pawan Gupta.

After the slap of dismissal of Apex Court’s judgment on the Curative Petition filed by the Pawan’s advocate, the last option of Mercy petition was filed by Pawan Gupta which is the prime cause of the delay of hanging again.

Isn’t it the truth of’ Justice Delayed is also Justice Denied’.

It seems the justice system of this nation also playing with the emotions of NIRBHAYA’S family.

Death warrant deferred and the delay after delay in NIRBHAYA case stunned our countrymen waiting for another date to be fixed for these demons hanging for their brutal and inhuman crime against the daughter of this country.

The father and mother of NIRBHAYA who have been knocking the doors of Justice from top to bottom still fight for justice which yet to be delivered by our independent judiciary system.

In this case of spontaneous frustration, NIRBHAY’S mother does question the cause of delay with her distress ridden mindset.

Only Pawan Gupta, among the 4 criminals sentenced to be hanged, had the option of mercy petition.

Pawan had requested to convert the hanging to life imprisonment.

His lawyer AP Singh demanded a hearing in open court. To this, a 5-judge bench headed by Justice NV Ramana said that there is no question of reconsidering the sentence.

Of the four Nirbhaya convicts, only Pawan has the only legal option for mercy petition. The remaining three convicts Vinay Sharma, Mukesh Singh, and Akshay Thakur have already used all the options. Earlier, the Supreme Court had dismissed Pawan's plea to be a minor and his review petition thereon.

Nirbhaya's mother Asha Devi said before the hearing, "I am shocked by the inaction of the courts."

m First Death Warrant (January 7 of 2020): Order to be hanged at 7 am on January 22, pending execution of mercy plea of a convict. m Second Death Warrant (January 17 of 2020): Order to be hanged at 6 am on February 1, Court on January 31 deferred hanging indefinitely. m Third Death Warrant (February 17 of 2020): On 3 March at 6 in the morning, the order for the convicts said - We have legal options OF Mercy Petition left now.

Fourth & Final Death warrant March 20 of 2020 at 5AM, early

in the morning.

On the night of December 16, 2012, 6 people had raped inside a moving bus to a paramedical student in National Capital. Nirbhaya died during treatment in Singapore on 26 December due to severe wounds.

The Republic of India still waits for justice even after 7 years of this heinous crime against the daughters of India where one of the famous tag line of our present government is ‘BETI BACHAOBETI PADHAAO’(Save your daughter and Educate your daughter).

As per the law, in the case of Mercy Petition, the justice system of India has to wait for 15 days and after the dismissal, the death warrant only can be issued again.

A big question does arise here, why did not the Mercy petition filed by the accused Pawan Gupta dismiss on the same day of dismissal of Curative petition by the court on 3rd March 2020 for the sake of justice to NIRBHAYA. It didn’t happen so but justice delayed again as the President of India rejected the Mercy Petition of culprit Pawan within 48 hours of his filling.

At last, the four convicts, Mukesh Kumar Singh(32), Pawan Gupta(25),Vinay Sharma(26) and Akshay Kumar Singh(31) are to be hang date 5:30 AM on March 20 of 2020 as per the new and last death warrant issued by the court of law after all the options were wiped out during the process of hearing of Nirbhaya case in our justice system.

Laws of our nation also should be altered as per the need in such sensitive case by which the faith of common men in our justice system will be restored not partly but wholly, else such delayed of our justice system may loose the faith of common men who even trust our independent judiciary system more than our elected Government.

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Farewell Justice Murlidhar

|| Dharmendra Singh

Justice Murlidhar came to limelight when he had a midnight hearing on the issue of communal violence in the National capital. He had directed to file immediate FIR against BJP leaders who had made inflammatory speeches. During this hearing, he also reprimanded Delhi police for the negligence.

On March 5th, Justice Murlidhar of Delhi High Court was given a farewell.

He has been transferred to PunjabHaryana High court. During his farewell ceremony, thousands of lawyers and bystanders bid him farewell and listened to him. Lawyers were standing on the stairs and balcony for listening to justice Murlidhar.

Justice Muralidhar is the same Judge who had ordered the immediate registration of FIR on BJP leaders who were accused of making inflammatory speeches at the time of hearing of Delhi’s communal violence case.

The entire venue of the farewell was packed with lawyers and others. Many people also shared the picture of his farewell ceremony on social media sites.

In the farewell, justice Murlidhar urged that when justice prevails, there will be victory and therefore stay true to justice.

Justice Murlidhar opened a secret of the incident regarding the speedy hearing of the Delhi riot case. He told,” When I got the call from the petitioner’s advocate, I was at my residence. I at first asked Justice Sistani what to do, knowing that the Chief Justice is in left. Justice Sistani clarified that he too is officially on leave.

Then I had to look into the matter.”

During the farewell, lawyer of Delhi Government, Rahul Mehra called justice Murlidhar,” highly intellectual, courageous, honest and unstable judge” and bid his farewell to justice Murlidhar by singing the song of Rabindra Nath Tagore.”Ekla Chalo Re”.

The matter on which he had ordered to lodge an immediate FIR on BJP leaders, later on, transferred before a bench headed by the Chief Justice. During this, he had had to express his strong displeasure over the attitude of the Delhi Police stating that Delhi Police did not show promptness in taking action against BJP leaders who made inflammatory and hate speeches that ignited Delhi’s communal riots.

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Yet another budget that does not budge anything

TAC News

The present Haryana government that was formed by an unprecedented coalition of BJP and JJP at the last moment has presented their first budget.

Alike every time both the positive and negative reactions of the budget came to limelight.

The coalition government claimed that this budget is historical as always.

On the other hand, the Opposition mentioned the budget as anti-people in which the former Finance Minister Captain Ajay Yadav called this budget as the most useless budget

in the history of Haryana.

Every year there are comments in favor and against the budget that prepares by the existing government but the true color of the budget and its impacts on common men becomes public later on.

If you consider the budget for the last several years, then the things that have done as per the budget are not satisfactory.

It’s evident to describe that, a lot of provisions are promised in the budget for education, health, best infrastructure and for the betterment of the public.

But over time, the budget remains beyond the ground reality.

The budget remains only the budget. The

budget never meets any expectations of common men in reality. If you understand in common parlance, then the budget has become just an excuse to comment.

Above all the budget has remained a juggernaut of data. Some such provisions are made in the budget every time, which in reality cannot be fulfilled.

If you understand the budget of almost all the states and the central government for the last 5 years, you must observe the promise of the creation of smart cities by all those power corridors which never shaped in reality.

But the truth of present days does reveal that in the last 5 years no state has created a single smart city despite 5 budgets in these years.

The hanging of Nirbhaya convicts is one of the much-talked news at this time, in this case, it was announced to create a Nirbhaya fund for the safety of women at the time of the Nirbhaya case and the budget was also allotted.

But there was no groundwork on it in the budget. According to the budget, somewhere funds were not allotted to the states by the central government from the Nirbhaya Fund, and somewhere funds those were given to the states were not spent by the state governments concerning any such issues.

Nirbhaya Fund shows that how many provisions a government should make for the safety of women in the budget, the budget looks like something else as per the ground reality.

The same thing applies to the field of education as well. Every year a provision is made in the budget for the improvement of new

schools, smart classes, teachers. But still, the level of education has not increased according shown in the budget.

Haryana is in debt of two lakh crores

If you look at the budget, the debt over the state of Haryana has increased year after year in the last 5 years. The debt of the people of Haryana has been increasing continuously for the last 4 years. Last year, the debt on Haryana has increased from 176832 crores to 198700 crores. The government is more confident in taking loans than increasing income. If the government looks at the chart of revenues and expenditures, then the biggest means of earning the government is only by borrowings.

About on 32% of the government borrowings, As many as 28.6% of the government’s total revenue goes to repay the government's debt.

The work of a good government is to reduce the debt by increasing the sources of revenues.

But astonishingly, here the government is primarily dependent on debt. The government borrows for every good project. Despite this, the present BJP government has no hesitation in taking more loans. The government says that Haryana has not crossed the danger line that has marked as per the national standard of taking loans. Last but not the least is that, despite all of these situations, still the Haryana Government eyes on taking more loans as per this year’s budget planning.

Sonbhadra’s Gold Reserve: Fact or Fiction?

Limty Khare

The news of getting 3000 tons of gold in Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh was floating on social media that has become fiercely viral. Instead of knowing the truth that whether the reported amount of Gold availed or not, people across the country including media houses found busy debates and discussion concerning many concerned issues associated with it. Even now the naming of ‘Sonbhadra’ is also being associated with many ancient sayings as if some untold story.

Let us know if this is a reality or just a rumor.

The whole matter of this story of ‘Gold Reserve’ came to the limelight after a piece of leaked information came to the public domain during an official communication between the Mining department and the District Magistrate of Sonbhadra District in the state of Uttar Pradesh.

In this letter, the prospects of 2943.26 tonnes of gold in ‘Sana hill block’ and 646.15 tonnes in ‘Hardi block’ were mentioned.

In both these blocks, the possibil-

ity of having 3000 tons of gold was expressed in that official communication. Normally, it happened, as soon as this letter was leaked, a relentless process of rumors started.

Someone has told the truth that avoid rumors, those don’t have wings! Those make fly the devils those have no home to reside !!

The matter of getting gold reserves spread around the country alike a furious jungle fire.

Different types of stories about ‘Sonbhadra’ unveiled which was created in our society. Even many claimed that in the ancient period it was believed to have a Gold Reserve in this area for which this place was named ‘Sonbhadra’. It is said that many decades ago, people knew that there is a gold repository in Sonbhadra.

As soon as this thing came out, our social media also started Vomiting only gold and gold. People also started saying that ‘Son Chiraiya’(Bird that lays Golden Eggs) status of India is coming back once again. You must have known that India had immense gold reserves.

This store was plundered heavily in the invasion of the Mughals and the.

The country, therefore, was also

called ‘Son Chiraiya’(Golden Bird).

When this matter began to be highlighted as it did trend in Google, then the Geological Survey of India (GSI) was forced to come forward and clarify that it was wrong to have 3000 tons of gold.

GSI later on clarified that there is only 160 kg of gold reserve in these places of Sonbhadra District.

Along with this, there was also a lot of talk on social media that poisonous snakes protect this gold store like the story of an old Bollywood film. According to the survey of scientists, it is also being said that poisonous snakes have been found in these hills.

In addition to Russell viper, cobra and some other poisonous snakes have been found, which are said to be difficult to escape if they bite someone.

The GSI report also said that a large gold repository has not been found in the Sonbhadra area. GSI had carried out excavations and surveys in the area from 1998 to 2000, but the information was not shared with the Mining Department of Uttar Pradesh as its results were not very promising.

GSI had informed at that time,

about 52 thousand tonnes of ore deposits are there, not the gold. With this, only 3.03 grams of gold per tonne ore is expected to be found in Sub Block H of Son Pahadi.

GSI has expressed the hope of getting around 160 kg of gold after going through a long process.

If seen, the process of converting it into pure gold after getting gold reserves is an extremely long and heavy mechanical process which is also required for this.

It is proved that the biggest gold reserves in the country are in the ‘Hutti mine’ in Karnataka. After this, Andhra Pradesh ranks second in gold production in the country.

Apart from Jharkhand, Kerala, gold mines have also been found in the heartland of the country.

According to the information given by GSI, seven new gold deposits were found in the country beneath the surface of India last year.

There were signs of gold deposits in the ‘Singhbhum’ area around ‘Jojodih’, ‘Otia’, ‘Tabo’, ‘Bhangam’, ‘Phuljhri’, ‘Morchagora’, ‘Lukapani’, and; Ichagarh. In this way, the number of known gold reserves in the country has now increased to 17.

It is said that the country currently has about 626 tonnes of gold reserves. It is being said that the reserves found in Sonbhadra can be five times more than these gold reserves. Currently, gold mines in Karnataka produce about 88.7% of the country's gold. Gold is mined in ‘Dharwada’ and ‘Raichur’ districts in Karnataka.

The matter of getting three thousand tons of gold reserves is very important in itself. At the moment nothing is being officially said, everything seems to be airborne.

It is too early to say anything about whether such a large number of gold reserves are there or not, but the media should have taken care before showing anything in this matter.

But who shall tie the bell around the neck of social media is a very important question here. Many such fake pieces of information float in our social media without any proof by which this kind of situation often arises from time to time.

There is a great need to rein in this trend of social media.

(The author is the editor of Samachar agency of India.)

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Art Inauguration

Soul Touching Night

Recently at the SAU Art Gallery of the South Asian University was the Inauguration of a Group Exhibition “Deceptive Rhapsody’ Presented by Neha Talwar and Anirudh Tripathi from Artux Society, An exhibition displaying exquisite and recent artworks of prominent and emerging contemporary artists. Chief Guest of the evening was Dr AVS Ramesh Chandra, President (Officiating) South Asian University and Sandeep Marwha President AAFT and Film City. Many well known artists were spotted at the Inauguration to name a few were Rashmi Khurana, Neeraja Divate, Amit Kumar Das and Gitanjali Kashyap.

Diksha Thappar & Rashi Mongia Diksha Jain & Deepika Gupta

Neha Talwar & Dr AVS Ramesh

Anirudh & Sandeep Marwha

Gitanjali & Rashmi Khurana

Kapil & Lovleen Kapoor

Rajeshwar & Neerja Divate

Ritu & Amit Kr Das

Recently Lina Dewan and Rahul Dewan hosted a conceptual Sufi Night at Locura Plate & Pour at South Extension Part 1. The evening had a special menu created of delicious cocktails and appetizers for all the Guests. The DJ glued all the guests to its Sufi Music Collection where many Delhi’s Socialites were spotted having a Gala time to name a few guests present were Poonam Sethi, Vandana Vadhera, Rashmi Sachdeva, Sona Sharma, Sonia Jetley.

Ankit Nagpal and Nataliya

Anjali Gupta & Kanika Ahuja

Rahul Dewan and Lina Dewan

Shadan Ahmad and Zeenat Iqbal

Rinu Chabbra and Pooja Chabbra

‘India Fashion Awards’ by Rajnigandha Pearls

An award or felicitation is a symbol of recognizing one’s effort in the journey towards a remarkable destination, which ultimately sets goals and agendas for the next generations to follow Conceptualised by Team Talent Factory and presented by Rajnigandha Pearls India Fashion Awards in association with DLF Avenue, India Fashion Awards is a platform that recognizes the efforts of those unsung heroes who have devoted a major part of their lives for the fashion fraternity and brought fame to the country.

India Fashion Awards recognises creativity and innovation celebrating exceptional contribution of individuals whose imagination and creativity have broken new ground in fashion, the brands and businesses that have made a significant contribution to the fashion community in the past year in India and the amazing artists who curate the glamorous fashion shows. Rajnigandha Pearls India Fashion Awards in Association with DLF Avenue curated by Talent Factory established a benchmark with its debut edition on 20th February, 2020.Rajnigandha Pearls, as the title sponsor, takes immense pride in the fact that this fashion awards could draw the attention of the style enthusiasts.

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Rahul Dev

Sophie Choudry

Shahnaz Husain

Mr. Santosh Gangwar

Smt. Maneka Gandhi & Naveen Jindal

Neelam Pratap Rudy

Manish Malhotra

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International Women’s Day

Is India Inc Cracking the Gender Diversity Code?

Sukhdeep Aurora,

Chief People Officer – ANAROCK Property Consultants

The importance of gender diversity in the workplace is a pretty well-accepted fact now.

While more and more companies are addressing the need to bridge the gender gap in their respective businesses, there are many instances where gender diversity has remained a ‘buzzword’ with only nominal lip-service paid to the urgent and current need for a diversified workforce.

India Inc., at certain functions and levels, still remains less than accepting of women at the workplace. Successful women are still an exception rather than the norm as they continue to struggle with the chauvinist thinking that has moved out of Indian homes and society and into our workplaces. To say this may be politically incorrect but if the ugly truth is not bared, there cannot be progress.

That is not to say that some positively seminal progress has not been made. Many Indiabased MNCs adopting their global entity’s gender diversity norms, as well as quite a few leading consultancies and technology firms, are actually the flagbearers of gender diversity in Indian workplaces.

It is worth noting that though India women’s share in the engineering space has definitely gone up to around 40% at the education level, this does not reflect in the employment numbers. In fact, women in the technical field, especially conventional engineering, are still in abysmal numbers. A larger malaise starts at the recruitment process itself, before managerial roles and those with higher responsibility come into the picture.

While most Indian companies have their hiring programs geared towards attracting female talent, the statistics are still dismal when it comes to critical parameters such as the gender ratio in important roles. If we consider the technology field, the percentage of female employees in software testing is higher than that in core programming, reflecting an alarming trend towards relegating female employees to ‘less critical, lower complexity’ jobs.

All talk and no action?

On the one hand, more and more employers in India are acknowledging the crucial role a diverse workforce plays in a thriving, growthoriented business, its stakeholders, and the community it operates in. On the other hand, much of the steam pumped into diversity and inclusion initiatives is lost in events and other showcasing activities, with little reaching the final and most critical stage - execution.

Indian companies, particularly tech firms, are trying to work towards their diversity mandates through higher incentives for referring women candidates, hiring women on a break from full-time work, offering special benefits for better work-life balance (child care, etc.). However, true change can come about only when diversity is part of a business’s ethos and not a mandate.

Dramatic as it may sound, true inclusion is a matter of faith. A business must believe in the immense power of a diverse workforce that brings together different backgrounds, generations, and groups with their unique take on challenges and their solutions.

How far does the root of gender inequality in India Inc. run? Is it related to a weak talent pipeline affecting hiring, or a lack of employer sensitization affecting employee morale?

Inclusion does not stop at hiring. Inclusion must be a way of thinking and only then can it truly promote women in workplaces. Globally, and in India specifically, women are seen to leave the workforce before they reach midmanagement level. Efforts made to include them in the workforce are as important as ensuring they continue in the workforce while navigating evolving roles on the personal front—as they go through milestones/events in life (such as marriage, parenthood and caregiving for the elderly).

account of the trust factor they are able to bring to the table. On the back of their unique qualities, many women have risen to head big teams across verticals and across industries.

The discussion has to move beyond roles and fields where women are apt. They have ably and consistently demonstrated that they can contribute equally if not better than their male counterparts. Enough studies have proven that women bring ‘left-of-field thinking’ to work, which has more to do with new ideas and creative intelligence.

Studies suggest that the early 30s are a common age group for women to leave full-time jobs. While this could be a result of life events, the exodus can be stemmed by giving their careers proper direction prior to the break.

Supervisors/mentors have a crucial role to play here. A professional is more likely to come back to work when he/she knows what is expected of him/her and what growth trajectory he/she can expect in the future. In the absence of a clearly-defined career path, an employee coming back after a break would clutch at straws trying to fit roles, and employers will potentially have a low employee engagement issue on their hands.

The last factor of import is to create a more sensitized work environment that is truly inclusive. Going beyond lip service, a workplace that truly empowers women by understanding their unique needs while channelizing their talents can be considered as genuinely gender diverse. Workplace policies to support women are truly the enabler that can address the gender bias in the Indian context.

In India, a lot of good intent is still lost in execution. Even when policies are in place to provide flexi-work to employees with demanding commitments outside the office, lack of sensitization at peer and supervisor level makes it taboo for employees to explore these options. Until businesses internalize these policies to the point where flexibility in time and place of work is treated matter-of-factly - rather than as a favour being bestowed - they cannot demonstrate truly inclusive behaviour.

This gap in theory and practice has given rise to India’s notoriously wide gap between employer and employee expectations - the former believe that they are doing enough, and the latter are unable to bring their true selves to work for fear of being stigmatized as unprofessional.

Women’s unique career patterns

We’re nowhere near the global gender diversity trends

Globally, the gender diversity discussion has moved forward to creating specific roles for women and discussing the roles of coloured women at the workplace, discerning a deeper understanding of the issue. In India, on the other hand, we are still content with celebrating the relatively few women in leadership roles and not doing enough to foster more of them.

India clearly does not have a problem with lack of talent. Some organizations’ Human Resources divisions have clear mandates to seek both genders for available openings. In fact, some go out of their way to hire women employees, preferring them over men.

A pertinent question then arises – are these equal opportunity employers or are they going overboard in their quest for redressing the gender imbalance? We have seen a similar dynamic playing out in the field of Indian law, which is now apparently overcompensating for decades of unabashedly male-centric legislatures by going in the diametric opposite direction on many fronts.

I would say - To each his own. Let firms set up their hiring policies as per their guidelines, but the right balance needs to be struck.

Even with all the right policies in place, where does India Inc. continue to get it wrong?

A larger issue at hand is the fact that corporate workplaces are still geared towards males than females. The second issue is a larger one – that of mindset. Plainly put, women are not entrusted enough with managerial roles.

Many are stuck in administrative and lower level posts. To my mind, this is also an element of gender diversity that does not get much airwaves, largely because we are stuck at talking about the percentage of women at the workplace. However, this downward bias towards the roles of women is of equal importance.

To restrict women to sales or client interface work is also in itself sexist as much as it is regressive. That said, they are much more successful in such roles than men primarily on

Going beyond lip-service

What can be done to improve execution of inclusion policies?

Increasing gender diversity in the workplace through strategic initiatives can be effective in the following ways:

m Boosting employee morale m Sensitizing the workforce to the need for inclusive behaviour, m Bringing the inclusion perspective into strategic discussions around operational priorities conducted at the Csuite level

Until now, policies around inclusion appear to have remained restricted to the printed word for Indian em-

ployers. These policies need to be woven into the fabric of an organization for employees from diverse backgrounds to feel secure about discussing their work-life dynamics and successfully delivering on expectations - both inside the workplace and outside.

Equally importantly, it is the business at the grass-roots level that needs to lead the agenda on gender diversity for an organization to see real action and movement happening on the ground. HR can be a strong partner and help in executing the agenda through establishing policies, processes and supporting infrastructure - but establishing a culture of inclusivity begins at the top and has to be a business goal and key metric.

Most organizations forget to involve men while designing initiatives around women inclusivity. Given the workforce configuration today, more often than not men are occupying positions of authority and decision-making.

Since they are not involved in such initiatives, they miss out on being sensitized to problems that women face at the workplace - and on a key factor in bringing about change at the ground level.

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book review The Summer of Long Life

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Mortals have an inherent quality of fascinating towards futuristic events. The beauty of this fantasy is that it has been independent of time and place. Whether it be the people of primitive era or the modern people who believe more in permutations and combinations, all are soaked in this fantasy. The concept of time travel is one such fantasy which has further fuelled this curiosity to find which seems unfathomable in the current context.

Mr. Laha, has very beautifully applied the concept of time travel in order to create a clever and witty masterpiece. Amalgamating two time periods in his work through the skin of Sharat & Niharika

is completely an innovative approach in taking a dig towards two societies simultaneously. Mr. Laha not just makes us aware Shreyan Laha of the fallacies of those so called good old days through the eyes of Sharat but also takes us into the happy-go life of Niharika in an amazing style. Not just the protagonists are unaware of each other as expected but what amazes the readers that Mr. Laha has cleverly avoided the Indian melodrama of past birth and rebirth. The time travel of billions of years acts as a very fresh perspective and creates a consistent curiosity in the mind of the readers.

The time travel spanning between two centuries along with life on another planet gives an extra kick to the readers. The beauty with which Mr. Laha has touched the various subjects in a single read makes A Year Without Summer makes it not just a must but a mesmerizing read.

Book Review by Vartika Sinha

Book: A Year Without Summer Author: Shreyan Laha Publisher: Bigfoot

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Gesticulating Gender Norms at its Peak

The mere mortals have been referred just mere owing to their lack of control on broader aspects! Those aspects which are an important aspect of any mortal yet they hardly had any say over it. Even though they hadn't got over the obsession of altering those aspects and what could be a vivid example than gender orientation. Mankind has been full of such malaises which have left no stone unturned to spread their diseased mentality towards a particular gender. This obsession hadn't get

overshadowed even in this ultra-modern society and at such a dark phase of humanity, Pink Gender by Anandajit Goswami comes as a beacon.

The satirical take on the gender orientation wrapped up in a mystical thriller makes it an exciting read. Starting from a movie theatre and flourishing in a counselling room of a police station keeps us hooked up throughout it's narration. Mr. Goswami through his subtle characters take a dig on our socio-cultural dilemma where the nature of your gender orientation determines the gravity of your misdeeds. Whether it be the talks of policemen or the other officials, Mr. Goswami with his narration in the form of a drama keeps it's readers into an engaging tone. The various aspects which gets deciphered are quite relatable in this society which is still rotten in the age-old adage and the courage of Mr. Goswami is worth applause. The Pink Gender as the title suggests delves us into a morbid account of gender orientation and its innovative and blunt take on such aspects makes it a must read!

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Pink Gender: The Extended Author: Anandajit Goswami Publisher: Bigfoot Publication Price: 149/Pages: 150

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Pulping the Senseless Patriarchy through Powerful Perspective

Mrs. Pillai had put forward a master stroke through her protagonist, Divya Nair. From creating an entertaining masterpiece, she hadn't deviated from her original subject which she has bluntly dealt with without any shed of escapism in her narration.

Whether it be the tenderness of Aditya towards Divya or the traumatic experience of an abusive marriage, each and every aspect has been tackled with equal finesse. Mrs. Pillai had avoided it from being just a out and out family drama as through the skin of Mrs. Nair, she takes us on a voyage of love, loss, hope, betrayal, agony, fear, courage and all other emotions which are a Bina Pillai part and parcel of every mortal. The fighting spirit of Mrs. Nair takes us into a reality check of this modern society, where still we are not ready to consider our nuptial partner as a partner in true sense, leave aside the sensibilities attached with it. It becomes imperative to come out of the shadow of How much is it common in this mortal these senseless traditions as Mrs. Pillai has world to suppress people on the name of aptly symbolizes in her title, 'Under The priorities? Those priorities which are just the Mango Tree'; as we are still under a heavy leftover of our own diseased mentality, blanket of bavardages which needs to be which have blossomed over generations and shed away. come handy in garnishing our idiosyncrasies. Those aspects which are hidden Book Review by Ashish Raj under the mask of traditions are basically superstitions to feed our egoistic subconBook: Under The Mango Tree scious mind! Had it not been the case neiAuthor: Bina Pillai ther the better half of the society would have Publisher: Bigfoot Publications been on the brink of beastility of these disPrice: 225/eased males who consider themselves not Pages: 236 less than a god.

Reminisce of the lost land

The uniqueness about this book is that it is read as written by a French lady, with the creation of a character named Louise. As the title of the book suggests, it is a little walk of the lost World, that once was a promising era.

Louise is a French lady, born in Nice. A working woman, struggling with her personal life and professional career. She is bearing the pain of being away from her family and her beloved daughter had hit her soul, yet she was ambitious with her attempts in making a documentary film to be featured at Cannes Film festival, which did make her take several hard decisions in her life.

Through the eyes of Louise, one is taken through the enthralling journey into the past, the royality, the palaces, and their festivities, which had left her spell bound. It was of course different from her experiences about the people back at Nice. She felt connected with the people here, at the same time felt isolated, thinking about her own past.

Louise comes across some amazing and unheard secret stories about the rulers and

Diwan in parallel. She finds the world of Diwan and his family fascinating, and she is drawn to understand their life style.

The book is in two sections Louise's emotional experiences during her stay in the fort, while the later section is the expansion of the stories related to the Diwan's family, and the hidden aspect being , that she is assisted by the present Maharani, but her name does not appear anywhere.

Overall, it is a small book, yet wonderful, collection of stories, rich memories , though nostalgic.

The book has captivated some

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Heena Vijayvergiya great insight on Indian heritage from a forigen eye.

Paperback: 126 pages Publisher: White Falcon Publishing; 1st edition (24 July 2019) Language: English ISBN-10: 9389085772 ISBN-13: 978-9389085778

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Immortal Soul of Music In the latest installment of bringing all music connoisseurs, artists and enthusiasts under one roof, Pracheen Kala Kendra, headquartered at Chandigarh, excelled yet again at the heart of the capital. Triveni Kala Sangam's auditorium brought the who's who of music and society as a whole who came to extend their congratulations to the awardees of Nakshatra Samman Samaroh, a special Life Time achievement award ceremony honoring veteran musicians acknowledging their timeless contributions during their lifetime. The six 'Nakshatra Samman' Awardees were all respected gurus and exceptional personalities in their fields who have produced numerous talented disciples, inspired legions of musicians and performed extensively in and around the world. The two things that were common among the awardees were that they served the cause of Music and Dance throughout their lives, and secondly the fact that everyone had been associated with Pracheen Kala Kendra and helped them reach the heights it is now today, since its initial years. The honorable awards were bestowed upon Pt Deepak Chatterjee (Renowned Vocal maestro) Guru Dilip Saha (Kathak virtuoso), Pt Baldev Raj Verma (sought after vocalist), late Guru Satish Kaushik (Kathak exponent) and late Pt Jagdish Mohan (World Renowned vocalist) and Ustad Usman Khan (Sitar Maestro)

The evening kicked off with a breath-taking musical trio performance by young artists from Kolkata, who mesmerized the audience as well as proved resoundingly that the legacy, the art and the craft of Indian Classical Music will be immortal. The audience who came to witness senior artists were so impressed about the whole performance of the three unbelievably good and promising musicians, that the wave of applause went on much after the conclusion of their performance. Soumyajit Paul playing Sitar, Archi Bhattacharya on Vocals with Rupak Mitra on the Tabla mesmerized the august audience with a performance on Raag Yaman, an evening Raga. Their onstage chemistry, their matching of wavelengths, their versatility and their perfection of every note, beat, and tihais were in stark contrast of their such young age.

This inaugural performance set the mood for a respectful and humble Nakshatra Samman Samaroh.

Following the ceremony, the main event of the evening, Ustad Usman Khan's Sitar Recital commenced and from the word go, the listeners knew they were in for another treat. Every note was filled with murchhana, every barhat and every taan showed elegance, displayed expertise and experience. The fact that maestro Ustad Rafiuddin Sabri accompanied him on Tabla added to the delight of

the jam-packed audience. The rendition of Raag Charukeshi which Ustad Usman Khan performed, had the traditional Alaap Jod Jhala, followed by Vilambit ektaal, Madhyalaya and Drut set to Tintaal of 16 beats.

Every intricate taan that was played on Sitar

by Usman Khan Sahab was equally matched by the magical fingers on tabla by Ustad Sabri. It was unimaginable that the two artists had never before played together. The drut laya was equally entertaining and was soothing to the year, and people forgot that Ustad

ji was in his 80s.

The event was attended by dignitaries such as Sh Naresh Sirohi (founder, DD Kisan Channel) eminent musicians like Pt Chetan Joshi (flutist), Ustad Asghar Hussain (Violinist), Sh Ajay Jha (Mohan Veena), Sh Subrata De (Sitarist), Sh Debasish Adhikary (Tabla) and numerous others and noted art critics. The Sammans (awards) were given by the Registrar of Pracheen Kala Kendra, Guru Dr. Shobha Koser (SNA Awardee Kathak Maestro) and Sh Naresh Sirohi to the awardees.

The lumaniaries of literature lit the Musical evening with Jass Manak’s & Sunanda Sharma stage of Ignus'20 at IIT Jodhpur New Delhi: Pacific mall brings the festival of the year- Dhol Fest on 21st February 2020 at Tagore Garden. Grooving to the beats of Sandal and Jaani Teri Naa as super hit singer Sunanda Sharma & Prada & Lehenga fame Jass Manak blow all away with their live performances at Mirchi Dhol Fest.

The last evening of the thrilling show saw a power-packed performance by Prada singer Jass Manak and Sandal singer Sunanda Sharma who made the crowd dance their hearts out. They both made the crowd go crazy with their songs.

Youngsters were cheering out loud for both the sensational singers when they sang a few of their hit numbers. Jass Manak and Sunanda Sharma highly appreciated the spontaneous response that they received from the audience and they also believe that the crowd of Pacific Mall has a great taste in music and they both love performing here.

Mr Abhishek Bansal, Executive Director, Pacific Group said, “We thanked both the sensational singer to give their live performance and make the evening of Pacific Mall so cheerful. It is surely a beautiful evening to be remembered in the journey of Pacific Mall. The crowd danced to the Punjabi Music and dhol beats and kept grooving as they belted out the songs.”

Vrinda Singh

Manju The Book Launch and Book Signing event by The Literary Mirror was successful at IGNUS'20 of IIT Jodhpur. The enthusiasm of the youth in the event was worth seeing. Rajasthan's Literature, Art, Culture got a glimpse of the festival. The event was attended by Nitish Raj, Editor-in-Chief of The Literary Mirror and Senior Editor Vikash Saxena. The event was attended by New Delhi Poetess and Shaira Manju (Mahi Rai), Krupa Somani, Author of the bestselling

Krupa Somani book Dating Jia, and Vrinda Singh, Author of the bestselling book 5 Minutes. The book

by Manju (Mahi Rai), Alfaaz-e-Mahi, was pre-launched. Mahi, while sharing her Haale-Dil with IITians, highlighted the situation of women in the present times. On the other hand, Author Krupa Somani made her point through Dating Jia. Author Vrinda Singh also interacted with IIT students through her book Five Minutes and all the authors presented self-signed books to the readers.

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Basic Necessities - Still the primary agenda of anyelection in 21st century Karamvir Kamal

The development of any state or the entire nation is based on fulfilling its bare necessity of all the basic public amenities intact.

It is quite unfortunate that still in this 21st century, battles of democratic Elections are fought on the issues of basic amenities like education and electricity.

It’s a separate thing that in the recent past some elections were fought in the name of caste and religion. Elections of states even fought on the issue of the entire nation’s development.

Let it…If the matter is the development of the state than we should concentrate our talk on the issues of mere the state.

Recently, the state government of Haryana has tabled it’s budget in which the government claims of including all the needed issues of all the sections of people in the state without any discrimination.

So it’s loud and clear that in this people’s friendly budget there must be something new and good for people of all the sections of Haryana society.

In vice versa, the opposition has termed this budget worthless alike every time they did in the past.

But, the Budget and the ground

reality always differ.If we observe the provision of the budget along with the concerned department, then the government along with the common men must able to aware of the truth of a wide difference between the budget and it’s implementation.

The budget is always based on the revenue and expenditure of the government. It has been observed many times, states are always lost to improve in their revenues. In these losing ground of revenue, states never have done better to make the reach of a huge amount of revenue in front of their planned budget.

The government always looks laggard either in the collection of Electricity Bill or in any kind of government recovery. Electricity providers are private companies but these private entities in fact nurtured by the concerned state government.

The Electricity department when is not able to recover all the pending electricity Bills, consequently the governments provide funds to the Private company which is absolutely tax payer's money of the concerned state.

Also in the case of education, our states still aren’t able to provide better educational facilities.

It includes a lack of proper infrastructures and availability of

numbers of trained teachers in schools in addition to the availability of needed numbers of books and study materials to all the school goers.

In opposite, Privately owned schools always are remained in profit. Therefore, common men of our country take more interest in Private schools rather than Government Schools.

In the state of Haryana, it is evident to inform that there are as many as 175300 teacher’s posts still remained vacant both in private and government schools. But still, 33000 vacant posts of government school teachers yet to be filled up. Still, there is a lack of seat arrangements for school goers along with the poor infrastructure of government schools

which reflects no budget still able to promise and provide a better educational system.

Let’s talk about the Health sector of Haryana!

The state of Haryana still lacks a better health facility for its citizens. Alke this year’s budget, previous budgets might have termed the best but in reality, still, the state lacks a better Health facility as per the need of the people.

Medical facilities, now a day not only costly but also owned mostly by private entities. Every year, the health budget is increasing, but its facilities have not been increased accordingly as per the time of need.

Last time, when the BJP government was formed, the government had declared the opening of new medical colleges in every district of Haryana, but even after 5 years of the reign of this government, only the work order of 4 such medical colleges has been issued.

Mere 3500 posts of doctors have been approved in Haryana where the population of about 25 million. But as per the ground reality, the entire state barely needs as many as 27000 doctors.

When NITI Aayog recommends the Haryana’s Health Budget should be up to 8%, as per the recent years budget it is just 4.5%.

Tips to Make Your Team Successful For any team to flourish, it requires harmony, companionship, one vision and a great leader who could ensure all of these are available. A successful team is one which efficiently splits tasks and effectively manages time. If your team has some of these traits, you are good to go but if you have them all, your team is unbeatable and smart.

But what makes a team so great? What are those elements which could enhance the team performance? How could leaders be better at their job?

Here are three most important team-building tips that a leader must know: 1. Build relationships, relationships will build team We are social animals – we desire companionship and constructive relationships just as much we need food and water. In other words, the better our relationships, the more joyful and progressively profitable our work life is. Great working connections give us a few more advantages: our work becomes progressively pleasant. Additionally, people tend to accept changes that organizations need to actualize, and this way they can become progressive and innovative.

In addition, great relationships at work give organizations an opportunity: rather than investing time and energy in dealing with negativity, we can, rather, center around concerns that matter the most. Clients, suppliers and

key stakeholders are overall fundamental to an organization’s well-being. In this way, it's essential to create and keep great relations with other colleagues.

How can you establish a good relationship with your team? a.When you form good relations with your partners, you structure an incredible network that encourages you to work and become more successful. If you believe the individuals you work with, you can be transparent in your messages and activities, and you know they are always "watching your back." b.The better and more viably you speak with people around you, the more extravagant your connections will be. Every great relationship relies upon open and fair correspondence. c. Give importance to colleagues so they could feel their assessments are considered and that they can altogether accomplish the hierarchical objectives. d. Invest in your colleagues’ personal development. People often leave bad environment more than for a higher renumeration. It is essential for an individual’s growth to keep learning, stay creative, and recognize their latent talents. e. Devote a sometime of your day for relationship building, even if it's just 20 minutes.

Take out time to recall one thing each one of you is thankful for. This helps in creating an encouraging and opportune environment.

2. Be transparent A transparent working environment supports fear-free environment, one that urges everyone to be open about their accomplishments and shortcomings and would overall be able to make a more secure, progressively positive atmosphere.

Here’s how you can promote transparency at work: a. Whether you need to tackle a rumor or gossip, transparency can help in busing these sorts of myths. It suggests that you are not hesitant to be open and honest and will set an example where other colleagues can come clean if they have any concerns. b. As a leader, you likely must make careful choices. At any point you make a choice, be careful and let your team know why you have made specific choices. c. What's far better than clarifying your choice, is to include your team in the procedure. You can do this in a several ways. At times a quick survey regarding the matter can be enough to make others contribute. Also, you could hold a meeting to get ideasto settle on a group-based decision.

3. Communicate down the hierarchy, loud and clear Among different advantages, open communications constructs kinship and trust between colleagues, ensures straightforwardness in the environment, empowers employee manage-

ment, supports confidence, and encourages organizational development.

Here are ways you can ensure communication: a. In order to ensure smooth management, it is advisable to let your team participate in the projects, give new thoughts, ask more questions and raise concerns, etc, if any. This will assist you with remaining in direct contact and minimizing any need to depend on email or formal gatherings. b. Time spent in between work meetings helps in building positive connections between colleagues. c. Ensure your team participates in group discussion when they see the leader doing the same. Model the ways of communication you need to see by respecting them and asking for genuine feedback. d. Town Hall Meetings gives way to open conversation among workers and leaders. As such, it makes organization increasingly available for associates at every level. Such gatherings can be offered on a quarterly basis.

Building a successful team is no cakewalk.

The process is about establishing trust among each other and with the right set of skills, a leader can convey, assist, and create a healthy working atmosphere.

By Vidhya Sam,

HR HEAD Adrenalin eSystems

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Haryana CM presents his first budget as the Finance Minister

presenting his first budget as a Finance Minister Haryana Chief Minister Mr. Manohar Lal, on one hand, laid stress on education and self-reliance, to utilize the energy of the youth and on the other hand, he also shown government’s seriousness on the health of the people of the state.

To take forward the vision of “Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan, Jai Vigyan” by the Late Prime Minister Mr. Atal Bhari Vajpayee, the government has laid stress on promoting education in the field of science and technology.

Around 15 percent of the budget has been allocated to the education sector. The Chief Minister Mr. Manohar Lal has hoped that with the government investing in the education sector the private sector is also likely to invest in it and the aim of spending the 6 per cent of the

GDP on education will be achieved.

The government has also decided to open 4,000 playway schools for children of 3 to 5 years. It has also been decided to start 500 new crèches for children of the working woman across the state. With a view to improving the quality of education and learning, the government has decided to set up a new Adarsh Sanskrit Senior Secondary School in the year 2020-21, blockwise, in 98 blocks. In this way, 119 government model Sanskrit schools will be available in the state for the students who want to study in English medium in the year 2020-21. At present, there are 418 primary schools which are "Bag-free (no school bags) and are English medium". The government has decided to establish 1,000 more such

‘Housing for All’ department coming up Haryana Govt. has decided to set up a new department namely ‘Housing for All” so as to bring all housing schemes being implemented by different departments, boards and corporations under one roof.

This was announced by Chief Minister, Mr Manohar Lal who is also holding the portfolio of Finance Department while presenting the State Budget for the year 2020-21 during the ongoing Budget session of Haryana Vidhan Sabha.

He said that under the Pradhanmantri Awas Yojan-Rural, 4549 house has been constructed in the year 2019-20 and 5,860 houses are under construction. A total amount of Rs 43.67 crore has been spent on it. He said that for the year 2020-21, an outlay of Rs. 32 crores has been proposed under the scheme. Similarly, an outlay of Rs. 255 crores has been proposed for the Pradhanmantri Awas Yojan-Urban.

The Chief Minister said that housing schemes being run by

various departments like BPL / EWS category by Housing Board Haryana, Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban of Urban Local Bodies Department, Rajiv Awas Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana- Rural of Rural Development Department, Awas Agrim Yojana for Haryana Building Construction and other Construction Workers registered by Haryana Building Construction and other construction Welfare Boards, Ashiana Scheme of Haryana Shehari Vikas Pradhikaran and various other schemes like Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Navinikarnal Scheme for the repair of houses would be brought under the purview of the Department of Housing for all.

He said that the government would also overcome the difficulties in the allocation of 100 yards plot to the beneficiaries of Mahatma Gandhi Grameen Basti Yojana. With a view to facilitate the beneficiaries in construction of their houses, they would be linked with the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Rural, he added.

new schools in those villages where more than two government primary schools are functioning. In order to increase the educational level and learning, the government has decided to conduct a board examination for Class 8th from academic session 2020-21.

In addition to promoting science subjects in colleges, soil testing will be encouraged in all government colleges and polytechnics to connect science with agriculture so that a society with a better scientific temperament is developed and more job opportunities are generated. From the next academic session, ten more state-level science classes will be started in government colleges. New courses related to emerging areas of science will be started in all colleges and universities. In the year 2020-21, under a new scheme, it is proposed to recruit science promoters to increase the interest of students in the subject after Class 10. Similarly, with a view to increasing interest in science among students, it has been decided to convert all 1,487 Government Senior Secondary Schools, where Faculty of Science is available, into smart schools in the year 2020-21.

To promote technical education and skill development, 24 new model industrial training institutes will be set up in the year 2020-21 with solar energy backup, dual system of training, latest equipment,

fully trained staff, internet connection and all facilities. In all, 31 new courses of diploma/undergraduate/postgraduate level will be started by Shri Vishwakarma Kaushal University during the academic session 202021. In order to provide employment to the trainees from the industrial training institutes in the state, the curriculum of these institutes has been changed to provide training according to the needs of the industries.

In order to provide more employment opportunities to the competent youth in government departments as well as private organizations, a special placement cell will also be set up for competent youth, which will create special employment and skill opportunities for them. A single portal for all types of short-term skills will be launched so that the information about the appropriate skill and the concerned training center is a click away. With this, the government will also get a consolidated database of all the skilled youth, which can later be linked to the new employment portal. To increase employment opportunities, 2,000 modern sales centers will be set up at identified locations across the state on the lines of VITA and Hafed for the sale of food items along with packing and branding.

In order to develop Haryana as a sports hub of the country, sports infrastructure has also been aug-

Emphasis to improve Sports facilities in the state

Haryana Minister of State for Sports, Mr. Sandeep Singh said that as per the popularity of the specific sports in a particular area of the state, the emphasis is being given on providing good playgrounds on a priority basis. Apart from this, sports facilities are being increased in stadiums in a phased manner.

The Minister said this while answering a question raised during the ongoing Budget session of Vidhan Sabha here today.

The Minister made the House aware that the highest number i.e. 47 international players playing seven sports has emerged from Jind district. He said that a big Sports stadium is situated at a distance of 8 kilometers from the village Hatt of Safidon Assembly Constituency and seven games are played in this stadium.

He said that instead of building new stadiums, it is necessary for players to have playgrounds and similarly it is also important to provide sports facilities. He said that without good playgrounds players cannot practice and without practicing they cannot nurture their talent.

The Sports Minister said that wherever the Panchayat will provide land, first playgrounds will be constructed so that the players continue the practice. He said that sports nurseries of various games have also been opened in the schools so that budding sports talent can be nurtured even at the school level.

mented in the state. In this series, the first sports university of any state is being established in Rai, Sonepat. To motivate and encourage excellent sportspersons, it has been decided to increase their daily dose allowance from Rs 150 to 250, which will benefit 4,000 players.

The Haryana Excellent Players (Recruitment and Service Conditions) Rules, 2018 have been enacted to provide jobs in a transparent manner. The sportspersons will be given reservation of three percent in first, second and third class posts and 10 percent in fourth class posts through direct recruitment for eligible players. High Performance Training Center will be opened to ensure the excellent performance of the players in various sports competitions.

Sufficient number of hostels will also be constructed for the players.

In addition, to increase the capacities of youth and harness their energy in nation-building, the number of youth boards and the activities of registered youth circles are appropriate in the budget.

With a view to strengthen the spirit of "Haryana Ek-Haryanvi Ek", on the basis of "Ek BharatShreshtha Bharat", different districts of Haryana combine and interconnect at least 4,000 children every year on a reciprocal basis. A new scheme for visiting the culture, heritage and historical sites of the districts will also be started from the year 2020-21.

More Govt. Girls colleges to be setup in the state

Education Minister Mr. Kanwar Pal said that the present State govt. has established 52 government colleges in the State, out of which 30 colleges are for girls only, while buildings of 16 of the new govt. colleges have been completed and work is going on at the rest.

He also informed that at present there are 157 government colleges in the state out of which 8 colleges are in Jind district alone.

Education Minister informed that the classes of the proposed Government Girls College in village Pillukhera of Jind district for the current academic session 2019-20 are being held in an alternative building, while the construction work of this college building will soon be completed and the classes will be started in this building only.

He further explained that about 8-10 acres of land was required for the construction

of this college building. For this, a piece of land measuring 8 acres belonging in village Jamani has been identified for the construction of the building by the local administration and the construction work will be started 6 months after taking possession of the proposed land.

The State Government aims to open at least one college within a radius of 20 km.

Answering another question, he said that the State Government has proposed to open a government college in Hodal Assembly Constituency. For this, a layout plan of the land is being prepared; construction work will be started soon. He also informed that classes for this college will start from the upcoming academic session 2020-21. Till the construction of the college building is completed, the classes of this college will be held in the Government Senior Secondary School Mandoli.

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Tax saving: late, but not too late reduced salary back in your account in the coming days.

Yes, your salary which has been deducted as tax, you can get it back as a tax refund. But for this, the work which you could not do in the last entire year must be done only in this month.

If you feel that your salary for this month of March will be deducted as tax, then you should do some planning now. Everything you have to do is to be taken before 31 March.

Sanjay Chopra

Chartered Accountant

January to March is very important for a salaried person. This is the time when a salaried person has to start saving his salary for the coming months. At this time, a slight mistake can cut the salary you get next month.

Yes, we are talking about tax deduction in the month of January to March.

Most of the tax of employees is deducted by companies during the month of January to March. By the way, companies start deducting tax in the ratio of salary from April-May. But even then the employees submit their final saving documents till December -January. After this, the process of deducting tax initiates.

Here, the deduction of tax is directly related to a reduction in salary. By the way, to keep the salary well balanced in these months, an employee should start efforts from April itself by saving a little along with deducting a little bit of tax.

But many times there is such compulsion that even if we want, we are not able to save according to the need. As a result, we get a cut in the salary of February-March. Many times, the entire salary for the month of March goes into tax.

As a Chartered Accountant, I would like to suggest to all salaried individuals that they should start planning their tax savings from

the month of April itself. But now the last month of the financial year i.e. March is going on. Now the job of the company is to reduce your salary by deducting tax. This is a diesel Compliance for the employee. Which is necessary for the company but a matter of worry to an employee Although it will be termed late, it is not too late that nothing can be done now. At this time, no one can save your salary from being reduced. But here I can give you some such tips and suggestions so that you can get your

What can you do now?

The first thing that can be done to save your tax in this month of March is to submit the receipt of an insurance policy paid or receipts of school fees including any other investment in the last financial area which you had deposited.

By March, each company is required to calculate the tax of its employees. Therefore, if your salary comes under the tax net and you have not shown any savings or investment, then your salary must be deducted.

But this does not mean that you can no longer get your salary deducted as tax. For this, the most important thing you have to do now is to do some investment. You could not make any investment in the last financial year, that is why your salary is being reduced now.

But you make your investment before 31 March.

But you make your investment before 31 March. In the next financial year, which is

called Assessment Year in the language of income tax, you can show your savings in tax deduction and rebate accounts while filing returns.

Saving will reduce your tax. You can get excess tax deducted as an income tax refund. As an investment for taking a tax refund, you have to invest in any mutual fund, fixed deposit account (which is tax-exempt), a house property loan, property loss, PPF deposit, any kind of insurance in the name of you or your family. You can invest in medical expenses too in addition to any government investment scheme etc.

This way you can get back your highly deducted tax in the name of refund in the coming few months.

Now the online services for both income tax returns refunds are easily available. If you file the tax returns correctly as per the format given, there must not much delay in getting the refund.

Dear taxpayers, one can term these tips, a little but this little advisory can help you to get the refund of your highly deducted Income tax if you will keep these tips in your mind and do accordingly. Now you must not feel as much sadness in deduction of your salary.

Yes, the month of April is about to come, so start planning for your tax for this financial year including the coming financial year along with remembering the bare need of your savings.

SRMIST alumni bags plum jobs, Microsoft becomes top recruiter with a 41.6 Lakh per annum offer

TAC Delhi: SRM Institute of Science and Technology (SRMIST) has shown splendid performance on the placement arena with more than 8200 students getting job offers in the present placement season. This year's placement figures managed to surpass the previous year's achievement where 3020 offers were received from big four IT companies namely TCS, Cognizant, Infosys and Wipro.

With this, the prestigious educational institution based at Kattankulathur near Chennai in Tamilnadu has managed to break all records with regards to placement. That is

not all, about 625 companies are said to have made more than 1965 dream and super dream offers to its students. Super dream offer is where pay package is about Rs 10 lakhs per annum and a dream offer has a pay scale of about Rs 5 lakhs per annum.

At the end of the first day in this years' placement season, TCS made 1437 offers, Infosys made 1315 offers. About 1175 offers poured in from Cognizant and Wipro made 822 offers, said Director, Career Centre at SRMIST, Sriram S Padmanabhan. Apart from this, TCS has made 183 offers under ‘Digital

Track’ (7 lakhs per annum). This is the highest number of offers made by these four companies in any single campus in the country, he said.

Good performance with regards to placement is expected to continue as more companies are likely to visit the institution as the present placement season will continue till April/May this year.

The highlight of the present placement is an offer from Microsoft.

This stood to be the highest with Rs 41.6 lakhs per annum. Other top recruiters are Amazon (18 offers of 32 lakhs per annum), Barclays (25 offers of 10 lakhs per annum) and startup Udaan (4 offers of 30 lakhs per annum). Organizations like Veritas and Pay Pal have made internship linked placement offers.

Spelling out the secret behind the impressive the performance he said at SRMIST we help engineering graduates to integrate scientific and engineering principles to develop products and processes that contribute to economic growth, advances in medical care, enhanced national security and many other sectors.

Sriram further says having a vibrant engineering education not just helps the civic, economic and intellectual activity of a country but also the graduates themselves. Added to this, we arrange mock interviews and impart advanced computing

skills to students as they prepare for the placement season, all these factors help students to prepare themselves better to handle placement interviews.

It is owing to these factors that top companies are always attracted towards SRMIST, he says. The cosmopolitan composition found on the SRM campus is also a plus point with us. This also helps attract top companies to their premises.

SRMIST is indeed a landmark in the map of India, it is situated at Kattankulathur, a village which is 35 kilometres away from Chennai.

The prestigious educational institution is spread across 250 acres and has a student strength of over 20,000. The institution began in a humble way in 2002 and has moved ahead with time registering various achievements in the field of higher education.

Currently, students from all corners of India come to the premises with a motive of accessing quality education in the field of engineering, arts, medicine, management and humanities. The state-of-art laboratories for engineering and technology students help in enhancing the practical knowledge of the subjects they study.

The campus of SRMIST also houses a full-fledged medical college, hospital and research centre beside a School of Public Health

which is a nodal centre for implanting the National Family Health Survey in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.

The fountainhead of this institution Dr T. R. Paarivendhar, a farmer turned educationist who believes quality education must be accessible to all. He is also a Member of Parliament and philanthropist.

SRMIST is accredited with the highest grade of A++ by NAAC and graded as Category I university with 12 B status. All Engineering, Pharmacy, Architecture and MBA programmes are approved by AICTE. The institution has secured the third rank in the Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA) and is ranked globally by QS and rated with ‘4 Star’ globally and awarded India centric QS IGAUGE Diamond rating.

The highlight of education at SRMIST is the semester abroad programme. This enables students to do internships at Harvard and other top-notch foreign universities.

Achievements of the esteemed institution are not limited to delivering quality education but also are considerably spread on the research domain. SRMIST has been undertaking cutting edge research in frontier areas with more than 224 government-funded research projects at an outlay of Rs. 115 Crores since 2007. It has 12 international patents also.

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More Super luxury air-conditioned buses to hit the roads in the state

Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Manohar Lal who is also holding the portfolio of Finance Department said that to increase the number of super luxury air-conditioned buses in the State, the State Government is in the process of purchasing 18 super luxury AC multi-axle buses by March 31, 2020.

Mr Manohar Lal disclosed this, while presenting the State Budget for the year 2020-21 during the ongoing Budget session of Haryana Vidhan Sabha here today. He announced an outlay of Rs 2307.44 crore for the Transport Sector in the budget estimates for the year 2020-21.

He said that the purchase of 867 standard non-AC buses meeting BS-VI emission standards is in the pipeline.

Apart from this, on online bidding system basis, the department has also in-

CBI to investigate the missing children matter in

cluded hundred of buses in the fleet under the kilometer scheme.

The Chief Minister said that transport system of Haryana is one of the best transport systems in the country, which is committed to provide safe, affordable, efficient and reliable transport services

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Meeting of District Road Safety Council to be held every quarter

to its people. He said that our existing fleet of 3602 buses including 38 Volvo/ Mercedes Super Luxury Air Conditioned Buses provide transportation facility to about 9.66 lakh passengers by covering a distance of about 10.5 lakh kilometers daily.

He said that as a social responsibility, free / concessional travel facility is being provided to the people of 41 different categories in the ordinary buses of the State Government. This also includes free travel up to 150 km for girl students from their residence to educational institutions and for this 36 buses are plying on 20 routes in Karnal, Kurukshetra, Yamunanagar, Ambala and Panchkula districts. Apart from this, we have also started 181 special bus services on 163 routes for the convenience and safety of girls / women.

Haryana Deputy Chief Minister, Mr. Dushyant Chautala has called upon all the MLAs of the State to attend the meeting of the District Road Safety Council to be held every three months so that the MLAs can bring important issues related to road safety to the notice of the State Government and further prompt action on the same can be ensured.

The Deputy Chief Minister, who also holds the portfolio of Public Works (Building and Roads) Department, said this while answering to a question raised during the ongoing Budget session of Vidhan Sabha.

While replying to a question raised by an MLA re-

garding the fire safety arrangements made by the State Government on Highways and link roads in the State, the Deputy Chief Minister informed the House that police patrolling vehicles have fire protection devices and the possibility of fire in the bushes usually increases on the roads when farmers burn crop residues in their fields.

He also called upon the farmers not to burn crop residue and take advantage of the subsidy being given by the Government. He said that there are fewer incidents of fire in the trees along the road and the matter comes under the Forest Department.

taking out the coach and staff salaries and the prize money being given to the players and other heads from the Sports department’s budget, while the amount is certainly less to build an international cricket stadium.

The Sports Minister also made the House aware that the Mahabir Stadium, in Hisar district is a good stadium where 15 games are played and more than 20 players have made their mark at the International level, while 12 coaches are appointed in this stadium.

Haryana Deputy Chief Minister, Mr. Dushyant Chautala said that on the basis of a survey conducted

by PGIMER Chandigarh, the supply of fortified flour through Public Distribution System (PDS) in Naraingarh Assembly Constituency of Ambala district was started as a pilot project and presently fortified flour is also being distributed in five other districts of the State.

The Deputy Chief Minister said this while answering a question raised during the ongoing Budget session of Vidhan Sabha here today.

The Deputy Chief Minister, who also holds the port-

folio of Food Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department, informed the House that according to the survey the women in the State were found anemic and therefore it was decided to distribute fortified flour. He said that fortified flour includes nutritional supplements like folic acid and iron.

He said that as no complaint of any adulteration in this flour was reported and after a thorough investigation as per Indian food safety norms, it is sent for distribution in the depot. He said that if a member has a complaint about a particular depot in the State, it will be investigated.

115 crore for renovation of Raja Nahar In- Fortified flour to be supplied the state through Public ternational Cricket Stadium in Faridabad across Distribution System (PDS)

Taking stern cognizance of the matter related to missing children in Panipat district, Haryana Home Minister, Mr. Anil Vij has said that he would request the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to investigate the matter.

The Home Minister shared this information while answering to a question raised during the ongoing Budget session of Vidhan Sabha.

The Home Minister made the House aware that when he was chairing the meeting of District Public Relations and Grievances Committees in Panipat, that time also matters was reported to him. While in this regard, the Minister also presented detailed information on the Table of the House.

Haryana Minister of State for Sports and Youth Affairs, Mr. Sandeep Singh said that an amount of Rs 115 crore will be spent for the renovation of Raja Nahar International Cricket Stadium in Faridabad, while 40 work of this stadium has been completed. The stadium was constructed in the year 1987 and eight one-day international cricket matches and six women's one-day international cricket matches have been organized here.

The Sports Minister

In Haryana, under the 'Mhara Gaon Jagmag Gaon' scheme 4463 villages are getting 24 hours power supply of 1048 RDS feeders of 11 KV in 9 districts namely Ambala, Panchkula, Yamunanagar, Kurukshetra, Faridabad, Gurugram, Rewari, Sirsa, and Fatehabad.

This includes 2637 villages of 528 feeders of Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam and 1826 villages of 520 feeders of Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam.

Haryana Power Minister, Mr. Ranjit Singh shared this information while replying to a question asked during the question hour of the ongoing budget session in Haryana Vidhan Sabha, here today.

He made the House aware that

with the aim to provide sustainable power supply to rural areas at par with the urban areas of the State 'Mhara Gaon Jagmag Gaon' scheme was launched in July 2015.

Under this scheme, to improve the service quality, activities such as replacing naked wires with AB cable, replacing defective or electromechanical meters, shifting power meters outside the houses, maintenance of distribution transformers and maintaining the LD system are running by the State Government. Under this, one-time replacement or re-installation of the meter will be done on the spot and the meter will not be sent to M&T Lab for further testing.

4463 villages getting 24 hrs elect. under the 'Mhara Gaon Jagmag Gaon' scheme

shared this Information while replying to a question asked during the question hour of the ongoing budget session in Haryana Vidhan Sabha.

He said that along with constructing big stadiums it is also very important that more efforts should be made for bringing the sports talent from grassroots into the mainstream.

He further shared that to build an international cricket stadium, an expenditure of about Rs 200 crore is required.

He informed that only Rs. 130 crore is left after

More buses to be added to the fleet of Panchkula depot

Haryana Transport Minister Mr. Mool Chand Sharma said that presently 124 buses are in the fleet of Haryana State Transport Depot, Panchkula, out of which 82 buses are in Panchkula Depot and 42 buses are in Kalka Sub-Depot. Apart from this, 20 buses under the Kilometer scheme and 20 minibusses of State transport will also be added to the fleet of Panchkula depot by March 31, 2020.

The Transport Minister shared this information while replying to a question asked during the ongoing budget session in Haryana Vidhan Sabha, here today.

Mr. Mool Chand Sharma said that taking the State Government’s 'BetiBachao-BetiPadhao' campaign forward, special bus service is being run for girls on 193 routes. Under

this, presently 15 special buses are also being run from Panchkula depot for girl students.

He informed the House that the State Government is committed to provide safe and consistent transport services to the people of the State. In order to provide better services to the people, new buses are being purchased along with replacing the old buses. Apart from this, buses are also being taken under the Kilometer scheme.

Responding to a question asked by an MLA, Mr. Mool Chand Sharma, who also holds the portfolio of Mines and Geology Department informed the House that the tractor is used for agricultural purposes and the same is not valid for the transportation of mining material. Vehicles used for

commercial purpose are examined by the department and there is no restriction on vehicles used for agriculture, he added.

The Minister stated that as agricultural tractors fall in the category of non-transport vehicles therefore these vehicles do not require a permit for being a non-transport vehicle under Section 66 of the Motor Vehicles Act. He said that according to Haryana Motor Vehicles Rule 52A, farmers in the State are exempted from payment of fees for registration and renewal of tractor combine harvester. Further, as per section 16 of Haryana Motor Vehicles Taxation Act, 2016, agricultural tractors, agricultural trailers and other agricultural machinery are exempted from payment of motor vehicle tax, he added.

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