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As a result of hectic selling over the five days, the market capitalisation of BSE-listed companies have eroded by a whopping Rs 19,50,288.05 crore to Rs 2,60,52,149.66 crore. On Monday alone, the market capitalisation of BSE-listed firms tanked by Rs 9,13,651.88 crore. Interestingly on January 17 this year, the market capitalisation of BSE-listed companies had reached a record high of Rs 280 lakh cr. "Fears of higherthan- expected rate tightening by the Fed and the heightened tensions on the Russia-Ukraine border had created the perfect storm that spooked the markets. FPIs have been stepping up their sales during the last several day's," said VK Vijayakumar, Chief Investment Strategist at Geojit Financial Services. Jabalpur Bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court on Monday issued a notice to state government, seeking reply on conducting offline exams for college students.The court’s notice came after hearing a petition filed by the Law Student Association, MP. The court has asked the state government to submit its reply before the court in . one day One of the petitioners, Vishal Baghel said that the court was informed that RGPV University was conducting exams online while the rest of the universities of the state were hell-bent to conduct exams in offline mode. “We informed the court that Covid-19 cases have continuously been increasing in Madhya Pradesh,” Baghel said, adding that the court has asked the state government to explain as to why exams are being conducted amidst corona scare. # # # Covid-19 cases continued to show a reverse trend on Monday as the positive cases dropped to 1963 i.e. 702 less than the prvious day's figure. However, three deaths due to Covid has increased the concern of the health department. These 1963 cases were found positive out of 10,213 . samples tested on Monday The positivity rate too decreased to 19.22%. Total number of positive patients reached 1,88,179 and 1412. 2,104 RECOVERED Along with drop in positive cases, large number of patients was recovered on ! ! # " Monday i.e. 2,104 patients. The active cases also decreased from 22,964 to 21,820 on Monday . 3 DEATHS REPORTED The 3 deceased-- 2 men and one woman-- were suffering from comorbidities. They were admitted in hospitals. 2027 CASES IN BHOPAL Bhopal reported 2,027 new cases out of 7,003 samples . tested on Monday Hizbul threatens to disrupt R-Day In yet another case of recorded messages from the international phone calls received by the Supreme Court lawyers on , Monday the Pakistanbased terror group Hizbul Mujahideen threatened to disrupt the Republic Day celebrations in Delhi. It gave a call to the Kashmiris to leave the Valley and rush to Delhi and raise the ‘Kashmiri flag’ on Wednesday to protest the abrogation of Article 370. Another message by the same outfit blamed the Supreme Court for “injustice to Kashmiris” by doing nothing on the revocation of the special rights given to the erstwhile state of J&K under Article 370. A number of calls have been made to advocates in recent weeks provoking the people of J&K to target R-Day The calls were re. portedly issued by SJF chief GS Pannu, who supporters to asked “block” Modi in Punjab. NGOs’ FCRA cancellation hearing today MP No.1 in implementation of PM's Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana The Supreme Court yesterday posted on Tuesday the hearing on cancellation of registration of around 6,000 NGOs by the Home Ministry under the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010 (FCRA), without which they are deprived of receiving foreign funding. Justice AM Khanwilkar said: “Today (Monday), we are in two-judge composition. Let it be heard on Tuesday by a three-judge bench. It will be there in the list.”Ten of the 12 benches on Monday comprised two judges each in view of many judges down with Covid-19 since last week. On Tuesday, there will be three benches headed by the Chief Justice, Justice Uday Umesh Lalit and Justice Khanwilkar, while Shivraj invites industrialist Mahindra to MP for shooting Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has invited industrialist Anand Mahindra for shooting in Madhya Pradesh. The invitation was extended through twitter after Mahindra tweeted an old photo when he came to shoot a documentary in the state. Posting an old photo with a camera, Mahindra wrote, "Easy to answer this. I wanted to be a filmmaker and study film in a college. My thesis was a film I made at the '77 Kumbh Mela. But this pic was while shooting a doc- umentary in a remote village of Indore…" Mahindra, Welcoming Chouhan wrote that the industrialist was always welcome to Madhya Pradesh that has turned into his favourite destination for filmmakers. The chief minister said, "This is indeed a revelation! If you ever decide to go behind camera (as a hobby of course! We want you behind the wheel at @MahindraRise forever), you are always welcome to Madhya Pradesh- a favourite destination of global filmmakers." Replying to the CM, Anand Mahindra wrote, "I may take you up on that offer." nine benches will be of two judges each and one singlejudge bench of Justice Hrishikesh Roy. Since the case was last heard by a three-judge bench, Justice Khanwilkar expressed difficulty for hearing by a twojudge bench. The case will come up before the bench of Justices Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and CT Ravikumar, which had heard the instant case last time. Diggy, Pawar test C-positive BHOPAL: Congress' Rajya Sabha MP Digvijay Singh tested corona positive on Monday . Singh tweeted informing about his health status, “I had cold and cough, so those who were in my contact in last two to three days back and are having cold and cough, bodypain with fever, should go for RT-PCR test.” NCP boss Sharad Pawar tested positive for Covid. Pawar said: “I have tested Covid-positive but there is no cause for concern. I am following the treatment as suggested by my doctor,” he tweeted 'Pak wanted Sidhu back in govt' ! Amarinder Singh on Monday said that he had got a message from Pakistan to reinstate Navjot Singh Sidhu in his government because he was an “old friend of their prime minister”. Singh, who has floated a new party after leaving Congress and is fighting the Punjab Assembly polls in an alliance with BJP, said he was told that Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan will be grateful if he can keep Sidhu in the government. “After I dropped Navjot Sidhu from my government, I got a message from Pakistan that he is an old friend of their prime minister and he would be grateful if you can keep him in the government. If he (Sidhu) doesn't work, then you can remove him,” Singh said during a press conference at BJP headquarters to announce a seat-sharing arrangement. Decks cleared for govt medical college Free Press initiative for government medical college in Ujjain is bearing fruits. The state government has decided to make budgetary allocation for it in 2022-23 fiscal. Sources on Monday told Free Press that bowing to the demand and the pressure exerted by Ujjain people, the government has finally given nod to a full-fledged medical college in Ujjain. Absence of a medical college in Ujjain despite being divisional headquarters has brought a bad name to the government and local leadership as people suffered during the two Covid-19 waves. Moreover, when government decid- ed to sanction Rs 250 crore each for medical colleges at five district headquarters viz Neemuch, Mandsaur, Rajgarh and two more places recently it , added fuel to the fire. For these places, the Union government too had agreed to provide matching grant as per the norms of Medical Council of India. Since Ujjain has a private medical college and its neighbouring Indore and Dewas districts also have advanced medical facilities, city's claim for government medical college was never taken seriously by the government and political leaders. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said here on Monday it was a matter of pride for Madhya Pradesh that it has become No. 1 in implementation of PM’s Sukanya Samriddhi Yojna. The CM said the scheme was useful in fulfilling the PM’s resolved of Beti BachaoBeti Padhao. He said, “It is our responsibility to help our daughters to fulfill their dreams. MP has made the achievement of opening about 23 lakh accounts under the Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana, in which a total amount of more than Rs 4238 crore has been collected. Surely the tendency of savings is developing among the girls. There will be continuous efforts for their empowerment.” He said more than 568000 Sukanya Samriddhi accounts were opened in state in this fiscal. MP secured the first place in the country The scheme . had given a new direction to the em- powerment of daughters of the state. For this the postal department also deserved congratulations. He said guardians and daughters had given full support to the scheme.Chouhan said the most successful 7 years of Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana had also been completed. The cooperation of banks had also been commendable. Surely, successful completion of 7 years of a plan was also a matter of satisfaction for all of us. As per official statement, CM had urged all the DMs to connect other eligible girls with this scheme.