3 %3 3 !" " % 3 ()' " - +.(,) - ,'-/( !% ! # $ # ! & % ‘CAPITAL OF CLEANLINESS AND SWAD is way ahead of its time’ Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on Monday dubbed Pravasi Bharatiyas (Indian diaspora) as “national ambassadors” on foreign soil and said that they echo the voice of a powerful and capable India when the world evaluates their contributions. At the inaugural function of 17th PBD convention in Indore, the PM said, “I call all Pravasi Bharatiyas as brand ambassadors of India. You all are “Rashtradoots”. Your role is diverse. You are brand ambassadors of India’s heritage, Make-in-India, yoga, India’s cottage industry and handicrafts, and at the same time India's millets.” Guyana President Mohamed Irfaan Ali was present as chief guest and Suriname President Chandrikapersad Santokhi was special guest even as Governor Mangubhai Patel, external affair minister S. Jaishnakar and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan shared dais with the premier. Addressing the gathering, Modi said, “The nation has entered the Amrit Kal of India belongs to all of us, says Guyana President the next 25 years. Pravasi Bharatiyas have a signifi. cant place in this journey India’s unique global vision and its important role in the global order will be strengthened by you.” achieveHighlighting ments of the country in recent years, PM Modi said India administered more than 220 crore free doses of vaccine to Indians, built Tejas fighter jets, aircraft carrier INS Vikrant and nuclear submarine Arihant. He added that 40 per cent of the world’s real-time digital transactions are being done in India and the country has capability of launching hundreds of satellites at one go! “The message of India has its distinct importance… The world is keenly watching the country (India) with great curiosity for what and how it is doing to,” day Modi said, adding that the strength of the country is only going to get a boost in the future. He appealed to the Indian diaspora to enrich their knowledge not just about India’s culture and tradition but also about the na- & 2,/*0( 2,0(1 ! 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' & $'/ ' "&+, ,! * & # NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Monday granted Central government time, till March 15, to make payment of arrears of One Rank-One Pension (OROP) to all the eligible pensioners of the armed forces. General R. Attorney Venkataramani, representing the Centre, submitted before a bench headed by CJI DY Chandrachud that the tabulation process has been completed by the Comptroller General of Defence Accounts (CGDA). He further added that the tables have been sent to the Ministry of Defence for final approval. The bench, also comprising Justice P.S. Narasimha, asked the central government to ensure that armed forces pensioners receive all arrears expeditiously and there is no further delay The AG submitted that . by March 15, the money will start flowing into the accounts of 25 lakh pensioners of armed forces. The bench allowed the exservicemen association to move an application if they have issues in connection with the payment of arrears. The Centre, last month, moved the apex court seeking extension of time till March 15, 2023 for payment of arrears of OROP scheme to the eligible armed forces pensioners. In March last year, the top court, in a verdict, said OROP scheme is a policy decision and the court finds no constitutional infirmity in the OROP principle as defined by the communication issued by the government on Nov 7, 2015. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan's one-toone interaction with more than 300 industrialists will open the door to investment in the state. Many industrialists have given applications for oneto-one discussion with Chouhan. Industrialists from Maharashtra, Karnataka, Delhi, Punjab, Telangana and other states will interact with him at the Global Investors' Summit (GIS). It is expected that the Chief Minister's interaction the with business houses will open the road to setting up industries in the state. Chouhan will speak to the Tatas, the Birlas and other big industrial houses. These industrialists have been given all the information about the state before their one-to-one interaction with the CM. The department of industries of the state has sent information about the land bank, industrial policy and other related issues to those industrial houses. Against this backdrop, the government expects Response lackadaisical, delayed: Kochhars get bail DGCA showcause notice to A-I Aviation regulator DGCA on Monday said that the response of Air India has been lackadaisical and delayed with regard to two incidents of passenger misbehaviour occurring on Air India flight AI-142 on from Paris to New Delhi on December 6, 2022. The DGCA on Monday said that Air India didn't report the incident until the regulator sought the incident report from them on January 5. "After perusal of the reply submitted by M/s Air India through email dated January 6, prima facie it emerges that provisions related to handling of an unruly passengers as per DGCA CAR Section 3, Series-M, Part-VIA have not been complied with. It has been noted that the re- sponse of the airline has been lackadaisical and delayed," it said. Two incidents of passenger misbehaviour occurring on Air India flight AI-142 on December 6 from Paris to New Delhi came to the notice of the DGCA. One passenger was caught smoking in the lavatory was drunk, and not , listening to the crew. Another passenger allegedly relieved himself on a vacant seat and blanket of a fellow female passenger when she went to the lavatory . MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court on Monday granted bail to former ICICI Bank CEO and MD Chanda Kochhar and her husband Deepak in a loan fraud case, noting their arrest was not done in conformity with provisions of law. The couple was arrested by the CBI on Dec 23, 2022 in connection with the Videocon-ICICI bank loan case. They are presently in judi. cial custody A division bench of Justices Revati Mohite Dere and P K Chavan directed the Kochhars to deposit a cash bail amount of Rs one lakh each with one or more sureties of the same amount. that the state may get some good investment proposals through the GIS. The officials associated with industries and other departments have been asked to stay at Indore during the GIS, so that proposals put forward by the industrialists can be discussed and sorted out on the spot. The government is getting most of the proposals for investment in textiles. As many people get employment in this sector, the government is showing keenness for setting up units in this area. The govt has received 12 proposals for setting up units in food processing before the GIS. It will discuss those proposals at the summit. NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday sought assistance of Attorney General R. Venkataramani on a plea seeking direction to the Central government and state governments to take against action forced religious conversions. A bench, headed by Justice MR observed Shah, that religious conversion is a serious and important issue and it should not be given a political colour. The bench, also comprising Justice C.T. Ravikumar, sought the AG's assistance on a petition filed by advocate Ashwini Upadhyay against religious conversions by force, allurement %# %" $% #" $" & # "" " $ ! CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi on Thursday staged an unprecedented walkout from the state assembly following a face-off with Chief Minister MK Stalin over the former's customary address to members of the house in its first session of the year. In his address, Ravi skipped a few portions of the draft prepared by the government, prompting Stalin to move a resolution to expunge from records all " $ " " # ## etc.Justice Shah told the AG: "We want your assistance also, as Attorney General for India... it is a conversion matter, religious conversion by force, allurement or some other things, these are allegations... we are not opining anything, whether it has actually happened or not, we are just considering". "What should be done in such a case?... there is a difference between right to freedom, right to religion, and right to convert anything by allurement, if that is happening, then what will happen, what should be done... What further corrective measures can be taken... we want assistance from AG," he added. & & # " ! such comments made by the governor that didn't conform to the draft. It is customary that the governor adheres to the draft of his speech prepared by the " " government. The incident on Monday marked yet another low point in an already tenuous relationship between the governor and the political executive in the southern state. The high drama on the floor of the House soon snowballed into a heated debate online between the supporters and critics of the ruling DMK, even as "#GetOutRavi" trended on Twitter, with many calling for the ouster of Ravi from the gubernatorial post. Pant accident: Govt's advisory to blur gory, ghastly images '3,700 dams will lose 26% capacity due to sedimentation by 2050' The Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on Monday issued an advisory to all television channels against reporting incidents of accidents, deaths, and violence, including violence against women, children and elderly in manners which grossly compromise on "good taste and decency" and impacts small children. THERE WAS A CRUCIAL ISSUE OF INVASION OF PRIVACY WHICH COULD BE POTENTIALLY MALIGNING & DEFAMATORY, SAYS ADVISORY The advisory has been issued after several instances of lack of discretion by television channels were noticed by the Ministry . The ministry cited the accident involving cricketer Rishabh Pant in which the ministry said, "showed the distressing images and videos of a cricketer injured in an accident, without blurring". The Ministry has said, "Television channels have shown dead bodies of individuals and images, videos of injured persons with blood splattered around, people, including women, children and elderly being beaten mercilessly in close shots, continuous cries and shrieks of a child being beaten by a teacher, shown repeatedly over several minutes, including circling the actions thereby making it even more ghastly, without taking the precaution of blurring the images or showing them from long shots." A round 3,700 dams in India will lose 26 per cent of their total storage by 2050 due to accusediments mulation of which can undermine water security, irrigation and power generation in future, warns a new study by the United Nations. The Central Water Commission, had in 2015, reported that among 141 large reservoirs which are over 50-years-old, one quarter had lost at least 30 per cent of their initial storage ca. pacity Trapped sediment has already robbed roughly 50,000 large dams worldwide of an estimated 13 to 19 per cent of their combined original . storage capacity The study by the UN University Institute on Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH), also known as the UN's think tank on water, shows that 6,316 billion cubic metre of initial global storage in 47,403 large dams in 150 countries will decline to 4,665 billion cubic metre, causing 26 per cent storage loss by 2050. The loss of 1,650 billion cubic metre storage capacity is roughly equal to the annual water use of InIndonesia, China, dia, France and Canada combined.