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26 years old manjumps into sea from MV Nicobar

Port Blair, Dec 16: A 26 yearold man today jumped intothe sea from the vessel MVNicobar near Ross Island atabout 12:00pm for committingsuicide.

According tosources, the vessel left theHaddo port for Kolkata at10:30 am in the morning, andas the vessel reached nearRoss Island at 12:00pm theman jumped into the sea.

Co passengers whosaw the man jumping into thesea, immediately informed

the matter to the seamen of thevessel, and on information the

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Port Blair, Dec 16: Good newsfor sports lovers, the nextAndaman Marathon 2015will be held on 1st February (See page 2)

Sick vessel MV Afra Bayupset Passengers; Protest

infront of DSS office


Port Blair, Dec 16: Large num-ber of passengers from PaniGhat today staged protestagainst sick vessel MV AfraBay’s horrible service.

Residents ofPanighat upset by slow and

horrible service of MV AfraBay this morning refused toboard the vessel at Pani Ghatand demanded a fit vessel inPani Ghat and Port Blair sec-tor. The passengers allegedthat the vessel not only makesdeafening noise but also takes30 minutes to reach Port Blair,which is just 15 minutes away,

resulting in delay to schoolkids and office goers. More-over according to passengerssea water comes inside thevessel during every sailing.

When agitating pas-sengers demanded a fit ves-sel, the MV Afra Bay report-edly went back and after

Andaman Marathonon 1st February 2015; ACCI

2015.In a press conferenceheld at the conference hall ofTSG Emerald hotel, Mr G.Bhasker, President, ACCI saidthat like previous years ACCIis organizing Andaman

(See page 7)

Major protest at Port Blairairport for cancellation of Spice Jet flight


Port Blair, Dec 16: Dream va-cation to Andaman Islands ofmany tourists today turnedsour when they found theirSpice Jet flight to Chennaiwas cancelled without anyprior notice.

Large number of pas-sengers, who found them-

(See page 2)

(See page 7)

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Marathon in 2015, but thereare some changes in thedates because last yearACCI faced a lot of problemsdue to rain in November.

He said that be-cause of rain ACCI haschanged the dates for theconvenience of runners

“As usual the mainsponsor for this event ismakemytrip.com and wehave a lot of co-sponsorsalso,” Mr Bhasker said.

Further addressingthe media Mr Mohd Jadwet,Chairman of the advisorycommittee, ACCI said thatmore sponsors will be join-ing the even as ACCI’s bud-get for the event is quite highthat of last year.

“This yearAndaman Chamber of Com-merce is conducting thismarathon in associationwith Andaman Administra-tion and all its departmentslike Sports, Youth Affairs,Education department, theHealth Department, the Po-lice department plus theAndaman & Nicobar Com-mand, which provide allpossible support every yearand also provide runners.

This year we are givingample time to all runners sothat they can start practicingand I am also happy to in-form you that this time weare expecting 20-25 foreignprofessional runners. In re-cent marathon at Pune therewere nearly 180 foreign run-ners and they all were in-formed about the AndamanMarathon and after doingDelhi, Goa, Kolkata they aregoing to come here and weare offering them seats inour chartered flights. TheLG has told us that we cantake seats for them in ourchartered flights so that wehave quality runners so thatwe can get that kind of mile-age. Our Lt. Governor willflag off the marathon,” MrJadwet added.

Further Mr Jadwetadded that Rahul Bose willcontinue to be AndamanMarathon’s brand ambassa-dor. “He has always showedhis keen interest in this pro-gram. The total prize moneythis time is 7 lakhs and wewill be distributing this indifferent events.

The first majorevent is “Run for Fun”

Andaman Marathon.... (From page 1)

Port Blair, Dec 16: As perthe direction of the PrimeMinister of India, Mr. BishnuPada Ray, the Member ofParliament in second phasehas nominated D. K. Roy(Retd. Head Master of Edu-cation Department), R/o

MP nominates Roy foroverseeing Swach Bharat Abhiyan

in Rangat Tehsilwhere the running will startfrom Cellular Jail to NetajiStadium and this event willbe “open to all” like anybodyold or young can join thisevent, we are hoping for moreand more people for joiningthis event.The other main category isHalf Marathon where most ofthe professional runners willbe running the first prize forthis half marathon will be Rs1lakh, 2nd prize will be Rs50000 and the third prizewill be of Rs 30000 and therewill be special prize for theislander who will come first.The third event will be 10Kwhich is the most popularevent where more than 300-350 participants take partand there is a special prizefor senior categories Maleabove 50 and female above50,” Mr Jadwet further added.

He said that the reg-istration will start from 25thof December and will beclosed on 25th January.

The forms are avail-able in the stadium as wellas in the office of ACCI. Theregistration fees for 10K is Rs300 and 21K the registrationform costs Rs 500.

Smriti Niwas, OppositeBlock Office, Rangat forunder taking the Mission ofMr. Narendra Modi, thePrime Minister of India on“Swach Bharat Abhiyan” inRangat Tehsil, of A & N Is-lands.

Sick vessel...sometimes the same vesselcame back to pick up the pas-sengers, giving excuse thatno other vessels are availablefor them.

Fuming passengersreached DSS building and

demanded an explanation.After which the Director ofShipping Services Mr.Rajender Kumar and theDeputy Director of ShippingServices Mr. R. Veeriahspoke to angry passengers

and informed that the DSSdoes not have any other ves-sel in spare for the sector.However the director prom-ised to make necessary repairsin the vessel, wherever pos-sible.

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Drug-resistant malaria:Next big global health crisis?

There have been some casesin Myanmar when after test-ing positive for malaria andgetting a 3-day course ofdrugs - which helped end thefever - patients have contin-ued to be plagued by head-aches and on testing still werefound positive for malaria.

Experts say that suchcases could be an indicationof drug resistance to the mos-quito-borne disease, which hasbeen spreading in Myanmarand other countries in whatthreatens to become the nextbig global health crisis if itmarches on to Africa and In-dia.

According to theWorld Health Organization(WHO), malaria death ratesthough dropped by 47 percentbetween 2000 and 2014worldwide, but it still killedsome 584,000 people in 2013,most of them in sub-SaharanAfrica. The success in fight-

ing malaria is due to the use ofcombination therapies (ACTs)based on artemisinin, a Chineseherb derivative, which is nowunder threat as malaria para-sites have been building up re-sistance to the drugs.

Myanmar, which hasthe largest malaria burden in theregion, is the next frontier in thespread of resistance toartemisinin, experts said.

Positioned betweenthe Himalayas and AndamanSea and bordering China andIndia - home to 40 percent ofthe world’s population -Myanmar is in a unique posi-tion to halt the spread of resis-tance to India and Africa.

According to theWHO, before being identifiedin Myanmar in 2008, signs ofresistance were found in Cam-bodia and since have also beenconfirmed in Vietnam, Laosand Thailand.

According to a modelpublished in the Malaria Jour-nal last month, the economicand human cost of failing to stopthe spread would be huge.

An extra 116,000deaths per year would occur ifartemisinin resistance is notstopped. Medical costs couldexceed 32 million dollars peryear, while productivity lossesfrom a rise in cases and deathsare estimated at 385 million dol-lars, according to the study.

The partner drugs inACTs in Myanmar are stillworking, but they are alreadyfailing in western Cambodia, anindication that the clock is tick-ing fast in the fight against drug-resistance.

Some 60 percent ofMyanmar’s 51 million peoplelive in malaria-endemic regions,many of them migrants andpeople in hard-to-reach ruralareas. WHO data shows thatthe number of people dyingfrom the disease fell sharplyafter ACTs became widelyavailable but Myanmar still re-corded 333,871 malaria casesin 2013 and 236 deaths.

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Port Blair, Dec 16: Shri M.Arumugam, Chairperson,PBMC visited Gandhi Park,Ward No. 14 to-day the 16thDecember 2014. He was ac-companied by AgricultureOfficer, Assistant Engineer-III(Wks), Junior Engineer-V(Wks) and Junior Engineer-III(Elect)of the Council.Chairperson issued directionsto the Engineering wing toinitiate action for widening ofwalkway and fixing checkertiles on the footpath. For the

Chairperson PBMC visits Gandhi Parkconvenience of the generalpublic those who visit GandhiPark he was also asked toinitiate action for fixing up ofatleast fifty benches at vari-ous places in the Gandhi Park.

Further, the Chairper-son directed the Engineeringwing of the Council to initiateaction for fencing of vacantland available near Gandhipark to ward off encroach-ment and to take up the mat-ter with District Administrationfor allotment of vacant land in

favour of PBMC for undertak-ing various developmental ac-tivities. Taking a strong noteon the dilapidated condition ofthe road in the Gandhi Park theChairperson, PBMC directedto initiate immediate action forresurfacing of road insideGandhi Park for the expedi-ency of general public as wellas tourist visits Gandhi Park.At last Chairperson, PBMCdirected Agriculture Officer tofacelift the existing site officeof Agriculture Officer.

Port Blair, Dec 16: In viewof the hectic tourist season,the Directorate of Tourismhas further strengthened thetourist information and facili-tation services. The Tourist In-formation Center (TIC) cumTourist Help Desk has startedfunctioning from 8.00 AM to8.00 PM on all days irrespec-

Tourist information, facilitation servicestive of Sundays/holidays in theDirectorate of IP&T. Touristscan get tourist informationthrough the Tourist HelpDesk.

Boat tickets forHavelock, Jolly Bouy, RossIsland, North Bay & ForestPermit for Jolly Bouy/Redskin,tickets for Sound & Light

show at Ross Island, etc be-ing provided through the Tour-ist Information Center. ContactNo. of TIC is 03192-232694.Tourist can also get informa-tion by email addressed to ac-commodation6@ gmail.com.All tourism services providersand tourists are requested toavail this facility.

Port Blair, Dec 16: On cred-ible information Police partyfrom PS Bambooflat and OPWimberlygunj comprising ofSI Mohd. Elias , SHO PSBambooflat, SI DeepakMukherjee, I/c OPWimberlygunj, HC/2333 P.Abdul Salam, PC/1193 P.HNaushad, PC/1905 A.K Roy& HG/Majeed under the su-pervision of ShriMohd.Aslam, SDPO (Bambooflat)intercepted Bolero pick-upvan bearing registration No.AN01 F-8588 atPadaukBagicha and found 50nos. padauk pieces being car-ried in the van.

Police Seize Illegal TimberThe driver of the ve-

hicle was unable to produceany document with respect topurchase/transportation ofwooden pieces. Forest Offi-cials were called to the spotwho identified the woodenpieces to be padauk. 50 nos.padauk pieces along withBolero Pick-up van wereseized under relevant sec-tions of Indian Forest Act,1927.

The seized articles &driver P. MoideenKutty R/oModel Village Wimberlygunjhave been handed over toRange Officer, Mannarghatfor further legal action.

Port Blair, Dec 16: The PCCPresident Kuldeep RaiSharma has requested the LtGovernor for sending of oneKhadim Ul Hujjaj with thegroup proceeding for Haj. Inhis letter Kuldeep has statedthat from all States of Indiaone Khadim Ul hujjaj are be-ing sent from the respectiveState Government who as-sists and takes care of theperson proceeding for Haj atMecca.

“But in Andamanand Nicobar such arrange-ment does not exist. Lastyear, a person out of thegroup sent for Haj fromAndaman was missing for

Kuldeep urges Administration tosend one Khadim Ul Hujjaj with

group proceeding for Hajmany days. Though he waslater traced out but in caseone Khadim Ul Hujjaj waswith the group, such strenu-ous situation could have beenavoided,” Kuldeep said in hisletter.

Hence Kuldeep RaiSharma has requested the LtGovernor to consider oneKhadim Ul Hujjaj from ANAdministration for the wel-fare and well care of thepeople of these islands pro-ceeding to Haj pilgrimage.Lakshadweep Administra-tion is also considering sucharrangement, Kuldeep hasadded in his letter of re-quest.

Port Blair, Dec 16: IndiraGandhi National Open Uni-versity, one of the Mega-Uni-versities in the World, an-nounces extension of datesfor Admissions to its DistanceEducation Academicprogrammes for the Aca-demic Cycle commencingfrom January 2015. Theprogrammes include BPP,BA, BCOM, BSC, BTS,BCA, BLIS, MCA, MEC,MEG, MSO, MPA, MHD,MPS, MLIS and various

Last Date For Admission to IGNOUPrograms For January 2015 Session Extended

other Certificate and Di-ploma Programmes.

The last date to fill inthe application forms with latefee of Rs. 300/- has been ex-tended upto 31st December2014. For details, visitIGNOU Website -www.ignou.ac.in. or contactIGNOU Regional Centre,Port Blair, JNRM Campus.Prospectus can be obtainedfrom Regional Centre,PortBlair or any of its Study Cen-tres at Mayabunder, Hutbay,

Car Nicobar, Kamorta &Campbell Bay in person forRs. 200/-, or by post by send-ing a DD of Rs. 250/- infavour of IGNOU, NewDelhi, to Registrar (StudentRegistration Division), IndiraGandhi National Open Uni-versity, Maidan Garhi, NewDelhi-68. It can be down-loaded from the Universitywebsite www.ignou.ac.in.Acommunication from IGNOURegional Centre, Port Blairsaid.

Panel Discussion on Make in India by AIR, Port BlairPort Blair, Dec 16: All In-dia Radio Port Blair will bebroadcasting a panel dis-cussion on the topic ,“Make in India - Problemsand expecta t ion”. T he

programme will be broad-cast on 17 .12 .14 a t0715hrs.

Pa r tic ipants a r eMs. Reshmi Kr ishnan,Secreta ry ( Indus t r ies ) .

Shri. G. Bhasker ( Presi-dent ACCI ) , Shri. AnilGoel( Member SSI Units).The discussion is moder-ated by Shri.P.S.Saighal,Programme Executive.


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EDITORIAL.....

India's first nuclearsubmarine heads for sea trials

NEW DELHI: Over 40 years afterIndia began its hunt for nuclear sub-marines, the 6,000-tonne INS Arihantquietly sailed out of the harbour atVisakhapatnam on a misty Mondaymorning to begin its extensive seatrials.

While it was "a baby step"towards making the country's firstindigenous nuclear submarine fully-operational, given that INS Arihantwill now first undergo a whole hostof surface sorties and then "dived"ones with test-firing of its ballisticmissiles over the next 18 months, itdid mark a significant milestone to-wards building a long-awaited cred-ible nuclear weapons triad.

India has the Agni ballisticmissiles and fighters jury-rigged todeliver nukes but the triad's under-water leg has remained elusive so far.It will be in place only once INSArihant followed by its two under-construction sister submarines - onechristened INS Aridhaman and theother just S-4 at present - are readyto undertake "deterrent patrols" byprowling underwater for months atend ready to let loose their missiles ifrequired.

The launch of INS Arihant'ssea-acceptance trials (SATs), whichwere flagged off by defence minis-ter Manohar Parrikar and Navy chiefAdmiral Robin Dhowan, comes a dayafter TOI reported the submarinewas all set for them with its 83 MWpressurized light-water reactor attain-ing 100% power and the completionof its long-drawn harbour-accep-tance trials (HATs).

The real test during the SATswill be the test-firing of its K-15 sub-marine-launched ballistic missiles(SLBMs), which has so far beentested only from submersible pon-toons around a dozen times. The 750-km range K-15 - INS Arihant cancarry 12 in its four silos -- is dwarfedby the well over 5,000-km SLBMspresent with the US, Russia andChina. But an over 2,000-km rangeK-4 SLBM, tested for the first timein March this year, is also in theworks.

The criticality of SLBMs fordeterrence can be gauged from thefact that even the US and Russia areensuring that almost two-thirds of thestrategic warheads they eventuallyretain under strategic arms reductionagreements are such missiles.

Already armed with fivenuclear and 51 conventional subma-rines, China too is now on course toinduct five JIN-class SSBNs(nuclear-powered submarines armedwith long-range ballistic missiles) with7,400-km range JL-2 missiles.

The Indian Navy, in turn,wants at least three SSBNs and sixnuclear-powered attack submarines(SSNs) in the long-term. It currentlyoperates one SSN in the shape ofINS Chakra, obtained on a 10-yearlease for Russia for around $1 bil-lion, while negotiations are underwayto acquire another such boat. Whilethese submarines have short-rangecruise missiles, they are not armedwith nuclear missiles because of in-ternational treaties like the MissileTechnology Control Regime.

Dishing out BSLike Martin Luther King, Jr. whofamously said that he had a‘dream’, K Chandrasekhar Rao,chief minister of the newly-cre-ated state of Telangana, also hasa dream. Though he is no King,Rao’s dream is truly kingly in itsgrandiosity: he wants Hyderabadto host the Olympics in 2024. Per-haps it is with this in mind that hisgovernment has launched aprogramme to reclaim some30,000 acres of Bhoodan landfrom illegal occupants, who re-portedly are developers and indus-trialists from Seemandhra, ac-cording to the chief minister’sdaughter and TRS MP, KKavitha.“My father always hadgrand plans”, Kavitha is quoted assaying, adding that the newbornstate will have no problem raisingresources for the mega event evenafter the TRS government fulfilsits promise of granting farmers aloan waiver of between Rs 15,000and Rs 17,000 crore.hether the cityof the famous Charminar andequally famous biryani does infact actually manage to host evena mini olympics without a capital‘O’, in 2024, or anytime else in theforeseeable future, is a differentmatter.

Chandrasekhar Rao’sgrand scheme once again high-lights a common trait of all ournetas, whichever state or politicalparty they represent: they’re ex-perts at dreaming big dreams andbuilding castles in the air.Soon af-ter she had routed the communistsfrom their stronghold in Bengal,Mamata Banerjee claimed thatshe would transform Kolkata into‘another London’. She wentabout this laudable objective bypainting the town not red but blue,which by some logic known onlyto her was the first step in this

transformation.When China an-nounced, not long ago, that it wouldsoon put a Chinese astronaut on themoon, some of our own literally andmetaphorically spaced-out netas an-nounced that, let alone the moon,India would put an Indian on theplanet Mars.It has been said by scep-tics that the capacity to talk big is ininverse proportion to doing little: thebigger the talk, the less the actualwork done. However, this is an un-charitable, even a cynical view.

Our big-talking politicos areonly taking a leaf out of a very oldbook of statecraft, dating back toancient Rome.

When the populace got dis-affected by the general state ofthings, the rulers of the Eternal Citywould provide them with free breadand circuses, as a diversionary tac-tic. By dreaming and talking big –about the Olympics, or London, orMars, or whatever else – our netasare following an age-old politicalexample: promise aam janata themoon, and fob it off withsixpence.Unlike the Roman patri-cians of old, our netas can’t affordto give free bread to the public – thecost of atta being what it is – butthey can, and do, give us plenty offree circuses, or tamashas.

Their tall claims on whatthey’ll do on our behalf help to keepour heads in the clouds, from wherewe can’t see the muck and mud thatwe’re walking on.So even ifChandrasekhar Rao and his govern-ment can’t really bring the Olympicsto Hyderabad in 2024, maybe thehype and hoopla that has become thestock in trade of our netas can takeIndia to the Olympics with a newsport of their own creation: dishingout BS.

What does BS stand for?Why, Big Speech, of course. Whatdid you think it stood for?


Govt to make food adulteration law more stringentNEW DELHI: Responding toconcern expressed in the LokSabha over rampant foodadulteration the governmenton Monday said that it wouldreview laws to make themmore stringent. Union healthminister J P Nadda said thata task force had been set upto recommend changes in theFood Safety and StandardsAct. The task force is ex-pected to submit its report in45 days. "We propose to com-prehensively review the FoodSafety and Standards Act,Rules and Regulations to ad-dress the concerns of courtsin matters relating to foodadulteration and the numer-ous representation receivedfrom food business operators.It is also proposed to revisit

the punishment stipulated formilk adulteration and make itmore stringent," Nadda said,responding to Calling Atten-tion by P V Midhun Reddy(YSR Cong) and SatyapalSingh (BJP).

Amid concernsvoiced by law-makers overthe "slow poison" in the formof food adulteration, unregu-lated use of pesticides andantibiotics, especially in poul-try products, Nadda termedit as a "serious health hazard"and said government willstrengthen manpower and in-frastructure to tackle thechallenge.

"Time has come torevisit current laws. Twodays ago, we formed a taskforce. It will give its report in

45 days," he said, adding thata mechanism has to be de-veloped which is continuousso that it could deal with theproblem even as new meansof adulteration are reported.

Noting the growingburden of non-communicablediseases (NCD), he said con-taminated food items are areason behind it.

The poor implemen-tation of the existing FoodSafety and Standards Actwas also a problem, Naddasaid, blaming state govern-ments for it.

Reddy and Singhsaid almost everything con-sumed by people from waterto milk and food productswere contaminated. Theyexpressed concern over the

use of oxytocin injection tomake cows produce moremilk and demanded swift ac-tion to curb the menace.

Nadda said 13,571out of 72,200 food samplesanalyzed in 2013-14 were

adulterated, resulting inlaunch of 10,325 civil andcriminal cases, and assuredthe House that the govern-ment was committed to curbwhat Singh described as a"crime with humanity."

Bans causing decline ingutka consumption: WHO study

Mumbai: There are strongindications that state-levellaws banning gutka are lead-ing to a decrease in its con-sumption, with nearly 49 per-cent respondents admitting tohaving consumed less sincethe ban, according to a WHOstudy.

Conducted by theWorld Health Organisation(WHO) country office forIndia in collaboration withJohns Hopkins Bloomberg

School of Public Health, thestudy said that the state-levelbans also led to the product'sreduced availability.

"These findings havea strong message that regu-latory mechanisms are effec-tive and can have a positiveimpact on the consumptionpattern," Nata Menabde, theWHO representative to India,said in a statement.

"The study has re-vealed that product bans did

impact use. Of the respon-dents who continue to usepre-packaged gutka, half (49percent) reported they con-sume less since the ban."

"I am also happy tolearn that there was high de-gree of unanimity (90 percentof the respondents) that thegovernment should ban themanufacturing, sale and dis-tribution of other forms ofsmokeless tobacco," sheadded.

Mumbai: RR Patil suffers heartattack, admitted to hospital

Former home minister of thestate and Nationalist Con-gress Party (NCP) leader,RR Patil was admitted in theintensive care unit of BombayHospital in New MarineLines after he suffered aheart attack on Saturday.

After Patil, 57, suf-fered a heart attack on Sat-urday at his residence. A doc-tor immediately gave him a

cardiac massage and rushedhim to Bombay Hospital.Patil is admitted under thecare of renowned cardiacsurgeon Dr BK Goyal.

"An angiographywas done but it does notshow any blockages. It is in-comprehensible as to whatcaused the heart attack. Weare keeping him under ob-servation, and doing more

investigations to ascertainwhat caused the attack,"said a doctor from the hos-pital.

The heart a t tackcomes at a time just whenPatil was recovering from asevere dental ailment forwhich he was admitted fora prolonged period atBreach Candy Hospitalcouple of weeks ago.


Climate policy pledges fall shortof 2 degrees Celsius: Researchers

Washington: A new researchhas revealed that pledges toreduce emissions in China,Europe and the US give animportant step forward, buthave fallen short of 2 degreesCelsius.

The study was con-ducted by a team of six Eu-ropean research institutions,using six different modelingtools.

The study looks intoseveral key negotiation issueson the road from the climatesummit in Lima to the one inParis 2015.

It shows that climatefinance can cover investmentgaps and alleviate distribu-tional tensions.

R e s e a r c h e rMassimo Tavoni said that thepledges made so far lead toearlier emission peaking inmany countries, with 1-1.5degree Celsius less totalwarming than without thesepolicies, but not sufficient tomeet the 2 degree Celsiustarget.

Tavoni added thatunder the proposed commit-ments, cumulative CO2 emis-sions in China would be re-duced by half and yet, to-gether with those of the otherAsian economies they wouldexceed the total emission bud-get compatible with 2 degreeCelsius - about 1000 Gigatons

CO2.Tavoni continued

that reducing emissions whilelimiting costs requires a sig-nificant contribution from de-veloping countries, whichcould create unfair distribu-tion of costs. Compensatorymeasures could addressthese.

The study finds thatfinancial support in the orderof 100-150 billion US-Dollarper year by 2030 couldachieve efficiency and coverthe total investments in lowcarbon technologies neededin developing countries for the2 degree Celsius target.

Fiscal revenues frominstruments such as carbon

taxes could also cover theclean energy investmentgaps.

“The IPCC AR5 re-port has clearly highlighted thelevel of global effort neededto stabilize the climate, but aquantitative assessment ofthe regional implications ofpost 2020 climate policies,which brings together differ-ent modeling tools was miss-ing,” added Tavoni.

The study is directlylinked to the ongoing climatenegotiation process and high-lights the challenges on theroad from Lima to Paris.

The study is pub-lished in the journal NatureClimate Change.


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WagonR hits Maruti800 at Nayagaon; No injuries

Port Blair , Dec 16: AWagonR car today hit aMaruti 800 car at Nayagaonat 5:45 pm. According to re-ports, while taking a rightturn the driver of theWagonR did not notice aMaruti 800 coming fromfront and while taking aright the drive hit the lightof the Maruti 800 car.

It is learnt that there

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was some compromise be-tween the two drivers. Luck-

ily no one suffered any in-jury.

26 years old... (From page 1)

ship engine shut down tolook for the person.

Sources alsoclaimed that the personstarted swimming towardsthe shore after jumping intothe sea.

A strong watch waskept by the seamen of theship while the person was

swimming.Later the person

reached the Dugnabad sea-shore, near Loknath Templeby swimming.

A team of PoliceMarine Force and Policereached the spot and tookthe Person to the G.B. PantHospital.

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selves stranded in Port Blair,without any lodge or hotelbookings, today staged pro-test at Port Blair InternationalAirport against the Spice JetAirlines.

Passengers allegedthat the staffs of Spice Jet kepton giving them misleadingupdates about flight arrivaltime. “Everytime they gave anew arrival time to us, forc-ing us to cancel our nextflight tickets and get a newticket. Surprisingly theychanged arrival time twicecausing huge loss to us for re-cancellation and new tickets.Finally they said that theflight won’t come. Is this somekind of joke,” said an angrypassenger.

Later passengerwent to Secretariat to meetconcerned secretary but theywere sent to Airport Author-ity of India after a long wait

but later AAI officials askedthe passengers to meet offi-cials in Secretariat.

“There was no one tolisten to our problems. Whowill refund our money? AtPort Blair we don’t have anyhotel bookings where will we

go?” questioned a passengers.Later at the evening

the passengers were asked toevacuate the Airport becauseof security reasons. However,with the help of travel agentsthey somehow managed shel-ter at Port Blair for tonight.

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DATE -16-12-2014

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Five lakh bogusLPG connections cancelledKOCHI: About 500,000 bogus or inac-tive LPG connections in the state havebeen cancelled following stringent normsinsisting on linking Aadhaar as part ofthe Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) sys-tem.

Officials of oil marketing com-panies (OMCs) told TOI that consum-ers who had multiple connections wouldalso have cancelled or surrendered theiradditional cylinder to bring the total num-ber down to 75 lakh from the 80-lakhfigure recorded last year.

Asenior official of the IndianOil Corporation (IOC) said OMCs arecollating more data on the break-up ofinactive and multiple connections. Offi-cials were of the view that more con-sumers would cancel or surrender mul-tiple connections by February 15, thedeadline set for linking Aadhaarbankaccounts with LPG consumer number.According to the State Level Bankers'Committee even though 93% of the 75-lakh-odd LPG customers have Aadhaar,only 78% have linked it with consumernumbers. Interestingly , only 68% havelinked their consumer number, Aadhaarand bank accounts to receive LPG sub-sidy .

Though most of them had initi-ated the process in the first phase,

sources said the progress was very slowwhen the scheme was reintroduced onNovember 15. Only 1.4% gave theirAadhaar details to dealers and 1.7% theirbank accounts during the last 15 days.OMC officials, however, are hopeful thatthe pace of registration will pick up incoming days.

"The deterrent could be multipleconnections many have as they don'twant to lose them. But eventually theywill have to let go once the DBT exer-cise is complete," said an IOC source.

But the latest phase of the ex-ercise is not giving many hassles toOMCs. "We've not received any com-plaint about delay in getting subsidies oramount being remitted other accounts,"sources said. Almost all issues have beensorted out, said M Sangeethkumar, gen-eral secretary of All India LPG Distribu-tors' Federation, Kerala chapter.

Record ManmohanSingh's statement in coalblock case: Court to CBI

NEW DELHI: A special court hear-ing the coal block case involving in-dustrialist Kumar Mangalam Birlaand others here on Tuesday askedCBI to record the statement offormer Prime Minister ManmohanSingh who was then holding the coalministry portfolio.

Special Judge BharatParashar asked Central Bureau ofInvestigation (CBI) to record thestatement of Manmohan Singh in thecase.

The court also ordered CBIto conduct further investigation in thecase and posted the matter for Janu-ary 27.

"I have ordered further in-vestigation. I desire that statement ofthen coal minister (Manmohan Singh)be recorded beside other officials,"the judge said.

READ ALSO: Why wasManmohan Singh not examined, spe-cial court asks CBI

The CBI had booked Birla,former coal secretary P C Parakh,and others on charges of criminalconspiracy and corruption in the coalblocks' allocation in October 2013.

But the central investigatingagency filed a closure report in the

case Aug 28, saying: "The evidencecollected during investigations didnot substantiate the allegations lev-elled against the people named in theFIR (first information report)."

The court, earlier, sought toknow on what basis did the CBIdraw its conclusion to close the caseand what kind of investigation it hasconducted.

READ ALSO: SC refuses tobring Manmohan Singh, ex-coal min-isters under scanner

The court also sought clari-fications from the CBI whether anelement of criminality was involvedin allocating the coal blocks to theBirla-promoted Hindalco firm.

Special public prosecutor RS Cheema, in the last month's hear-ing, had told the court that it couldtake cognizance of the CBI's closurereport filed Oct 21 as there was noprima facie "evidence against theaccused to show their involvement".

The court on November 25has asked the investigating officer ifofficials at the Prime Minister's Of-fice (PMO) and the then coal minis-ter were examined. The officer saidsome PMO officials were examinedbut the then coal minister was not.

Shiv Yadav talks "dirty" in jail nowNEW DELHI: A 70-year oldundertrial has complainedabout the Uber cab driverShiv Yadav who has beenlodged in the same cell withhim in Tihar's jail number 1.

"Sir, I don't want tolive with this man. He alwaystalks dirty. Either shift him toanother cell or please shift mesomewhere else," theundertrial said about Yadavwho is facing rape charges.

Yadav was sent intopolice custody on December11. He was kept alone in acell for the first night. Later,he was shifted with an eld-erly and other two inmates to

avoid any untoward circum-stances.

He is even beingmonitored by CCTV cam-eras.

When the elderlycame to know about Yadav,he started maintaining dis-tance with him. After threedays, he complained to theofficers. Jail officers aremulling over the issue.

Sources say thatYadav doesn't seem stressedor concerned given thecharges he has on him. Hesleeps comfortably and evenbrags about his stories withother inmates.

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