Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Heung-Min Son scored a scorcher of a goal against West Ham United but the Korean wasn’t in a celebratory mood after the draw as he felt his side deserved more from the game.

“I’m really upset not to get the three points, everyone is. We deserved more,” Son insisted in his post-match interview with Sky Sports.

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It was largely one-way traffic at Wembley Stadium on Thursday night, as West Ham didn’t have a single shot on target in the first-half with Hugo Lloris a virtual spectator for most parts of the game.

The Hammers’ first shot on target, however, was an unstoppable one as Pedro Obiang scored a contender for goal of the season and Son absolved Lloris of any blame for the opener.

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“Sometimes football is like this. Their goal was a great strike, Hugo (Lloris) could do nothing about that,” the in-form Korean winger stressed as he continued, “After that we showed good mentality, came back strong and created chances. We fought until the last moment. I just feel sorry for my team-mates and the fans who came to support us.”

Spurs, who had beaten Swansea 2-0 away on Tuesday, will now shift their focus to the FA Cup, where they take on AFC Wimbledon on Saturday before hosting Everton in the Premier League on January 15.

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The Lilywhites are effectively out of the Premier League title race but remain in contention for the UEFA Champions League spots (top-four), as the fifth-placed Lilywhites are just three points of Liverpool, who are in fourth place.

The Congress on Thursday alleged that Narendra Modi government is not serious of getting the triple talaq bill passed in Rajya Sabha and was running from debate, and its only policy was to “divide the society”.

Noting that the established tradition of Rajya Sabha is if any motion is left unfinished, it is taken up the next day for discussion from there, party leader Pramod Tiwari said: “When the House got adjourned yesterday (Wednesday), all the 18 opposition parties including Congress were demanding that there be voting on sending the bill to the Select Committee.”

“Today they (the government) should have started the proceedings with triple talaq. They did not do it. BJP has neither the policy nor the intention to get the triple talaq bill passed in Parliament,” he told reporters here.

Tiwari said even BJP’s allies like the AIADMK, the Telugu Desam Party and other independent parties like the Biju Janata Dal and the Indian National Lok Dal are not with them on the issue.

The deadlock on the triple talaq bill in the Rajya Sabha continued on Thursday with the government rejecting the opposition’s insistence on sending the bill to a Select Committee for detailed scrutiny.

With no agreement, the government placed the bill in the bottom in the list of business, which the opposition strongly objected to and demanded that its motions for referring the bill to a Select Committee be taken up immediately.

Senior Congress leader P. L. Punia alleged that the BJP and the RSS ignited violence in Maharashtra’s Pune district on January 1.

“The Maharashtra government failed to control the violence there. We demand immediate arrest of the two accused named in the FIR for allegedly instigating violence in Pune,” he said, asking why the government was protecting the accused linked to Hindutva outfits.

“We demand legal action against those who were trying to disturb harmony,” he said, adding that the violence was spreading to other states like Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh.

Power-starved Meghalaya on Thursday Wednesday added 40 MW power by formally commissioning the New Umtru Hydro Electric Project in Ri- Bhoi District bordering Assam.

The commissioning of the 2×20 MW power project at Dehal is expected to ease the power deficit in the state.

Meghalaya, which was once a power-surplus state, has now become power-deficit. Against the peak hour demand of 650 MW, the state generates only 186.7 MW, which is exclusively hydel-based power.

Commissioning the project, Chief Minister Mukul Sangma said that the state has added substantially to its power generation capacity and encouraged the Meghalaya Power Generation Corporation Ltd to further look at potential areas where small hydroelectric projects can be developed so as to improve the state’s overall energy scenario, particularly in remote areas.

He called for an integrated approach in optimum utilisation for the optimum benefit of the people, suggesting that the concept of water harvesting, water conservation can be integrated appropriately with power projects for optimum benefit.

Sangma also informed that the state government is committed in bringing down the losses of Meghalaya Energy Corporation Ltd and encouraged in bringing people ples’ participation for timely realization of the tariff across the state.

Till a decade ago, Meghalaya generated surplus power and sold it to neighbouring states. But today, the state shells out about Rs 20 crore for purchasing power every month.

The situation may not improve in the near future as many of the hydel power projects under construction are running behind schedule.

A delegation of BJP MPs on Thursday met Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh to demand a probe by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) into the killing of a Hindu activist in Karnataka and other such deaths in the state.

Lead by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Shobha Karandlaje, the delegation requested the Home Minister to intervene in the matter and ensure a probe by the counter-terrorism agency into the murder of Deepak Rao, who is reportedly 21st person to be killed in Karnataka in the recent past.

According to police, Rao was hacked to death in the Dakshina Kannada district on Wednesday when he was returning after collecting some documents from his shop owner Abdul Majid. He was riding a motorbike on his way to work when four assailants came in a car, waylaid him and attacked with a sharp-edged weapon.

Karandlaje alleged involvement of radical Islamist outfit Popular Front of India (PFI) in most of the killings.

“This is the 21st murder in Karnataka. Of these, 12 were committed by ‘jihadis’. The organisation is active in Karnataka because the state government is supporting it. It should be linked to national security and terrorism. The cases should be probed by the NIA,” Karandlaje told reporters after the meeting.

She accused the Congress-led Siddaramaiah state government of trying to hush up the cases and not disclosing the forensic report of another slain activist, Paresh Mesta.

Mesta was killed in Uttara Kannada district’s Honnavar town in December 2017.

She also charged the state government with supporting the Islamist group for “vote bank politics”.

“Siddaramaiah himself called the PFI and its political body, and asked them to support the Congress in the next elections,” she claimed.

BJP MP Pralhad Joshi also demanded on Thursday in the Lok Sabha a probe into the murder of Rao by the NIA while raising the issue during the Zero Hour.

He accused the Congress government in Karnataka of turning a blind eye to the killings as it “wants to adopt the Kerala model” of governance where BJP members “are being targeted”.

“I demand an NIA inquiry into all these cases,” Joshi said.

West Ham United man Pedro Obiang and Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Heung-Min Son scored contenders for Premier League Goal of the Season in a 1-1 draw between the sides at Wembley Stadium on Thursday night.

With a number of key personnel, especially in the attacking department, missing, David Moyes set up his Hammers side to frustrate their fancied opponents and his players followed his gameplan to perfection up almost till the very last minute.

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Pedro Obiang scored with West Ham’s first shot on target, and what a shot it was. The Spaniard collected Manuel Lanzini’s pass some 30 yards out, near the left flank and surged forward before letting fly with a venomous shot that left a sprawling Hugo Lloris with no chance in the 70th minute.

Spurs, to their credit, didn’t panic and continued to dominate the game as they had earlier and eventually broke through with a world-class strike of their own. Heung-Min Son, who had been his industrious self throughout, got the ball with some distance between himself and the Hammers goal but let fly with Mark Noble backing off.

Adrian, who had been keeping Spurs at bay with a series of excellent saves, was well-beaten for once with three minutes on the clock to silence the few, but raucous Hammers travelling contingent.

The first-half had been much less eventful than the second, with the away side clearly content to defend deep and Spurs were largely limited to half-chances despite seeing almost 75 per cent of possession.

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Referee Mike Dean had a dim view of two Spurs penalty shouts as Mauricio Pochettino’s men were forced to settle for a result that saw them fail to capitalise on arch-rivals Arsenal’s 2-2 draw with Chelsea on Wednesday night.

The Lilywhites remain in fifth place, three points behind fourth-placed Liverpool and will next face AFC Wimbledon in the FA Cup third round on Sunday before resuming their Premier League campaign with a home clash against Everton on January 13.

West Ham, who have climbed to 15th place with the draw, will be delighted by the result considering Spurs’ dominance and will be confident of progressing to the next round when they take on Shrewsbury on Sunday in the FA Cup.

The Hammers’ next Premier League clash is an away trip to Huddersfield Town on January 13 and David Moyes’ men will approach that tie with plenty of optimism, especially if they can welcome some of their injured back into the fold.

Students at the Manav Sthali International Wing showcased their learning journey through the programme ‘Superhumans’ which depicted varied aspects related to the human body and wellness.
The International wing was transformed into a super specialty hospital and students took charge as doctors, fitness experts and therapists.

Students of Class IV put together an interesting role-play related to the Casualty ward, where a patient is brought in suddenly and is given CPR. The students dressed up as certified CPR trainers, demonstrated the10 steps of giving CPR.

Visitors were educated on how to check a patient’s pulse, heart-beat and other vital signs before starting the emergency procedure. Visitors were informed how the CPR process can save a person’s life. The students also acted as nutritionists and advocated a healthy lifestyle. It was a gripping experience for both students and visitors.

WhatsApp users in India sent a record over 20 billion messages to exchange greetings on New Year’s Eve, the Facebook-owned company said on Thursday. The messages were sent between 12 a.m. till 11.59 p.m. on December 31.

“New Year’s Eve was WhatsApp’s biggest messaging day ever, closing out a successful year for the company that included the introduction of several new features,” WhatsApp said in a statement.

The Indian users had sent 14 billion messages through the platform on New Year’s Eve last year.

The top five popular features of WhatsApp included video calling, live location, delete for everyone (messages), new album view for photos and “Status” which saw over 300 million daily active users.

WhatsApp currently has over 200 million monthly active users in India.

Globally, WhatsApp hit a new milestone with more than 75 billion messages sent by its users. The 75 billion number included 13 billion images and five billion videos.

The messaging platform registered these numbers despite the fact that users in India and other parts of the world went into a tizzy after WhatsApp went down at midnight on New Year. It was restored in two hours.

Three PWD engineers have faced action over the delay in implementation of one of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s dream projects in Kedarnath.

The salary of one engineer was put on hold and he was transferred to another district. Adverse entries were ordered for two others in their service records.

The Uttarakhand public works department engineers faced this action over the construction of a trekking route from Rambara to Kedarnath via Garud Chatti.

In his early days, Modi used to stay at Garud Chatti en route to Kedarnath whenever he visited the holy township in the Uttarakhand Himalayas.

After Modi shared his Garud Chatti memories during his Kedarnath visit last year, the little-known place created a lot of curiosity.

As the trekking trail to Garud Chatti was lost in the 2013 disaster, the process of restoring the old pilgrimage path was then started.

Garhwal commissioner Dilip Jawalkar took action on Wednesday against the three engineers at a review meeting on Kedarnath reconstruction in Rudraprayag.

Despite regular instructions from higher authorities, the engineers had not prepared a project report on the roadwork from Rambara to Kedarnath. They also failed to get a geological survey done.
The engineers had also not uploaded the tender documents for the project.

Garud Chatti is located four kilometres from Kedarnath. During the 2013 floods, the trekking route to the place was lost in a landslide.

At present Garud Chatti can be reached from Limcholi through a temporary pedestrian bridge made of logs over the Mandakini river.

There are stories about Modi spending time at the Swami Ramanand Sant ashram at Garud Chatti. Some stories say he spent a few days there, others say he may have been there for up to two years.

Swami Abhiramdas Tyagi, the mahant of the ashram, and Modi’s brother Pankaj also visited Kedarnath on 27 October. They discussed with the reconstruction team ways of connecting the ashram with a trekking route.

Hundred of pilgrims took refuse at the ashram during the 2013 disaster.

Police have booked Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mevani and JNU student leader Umar Khalid for making provocative speeches ahead of the Bhima-Koregaon clashes and denied permission to a meeting they were to address in Mumbai.

The newly elected MLA and Dalit leader Mevani and the Jawaharlal Nehru University student Khalid were scheduled to be among the main speakers at the now-cancelled All India Students’ Summit 2018 under the aegis of Chhatra Bharti.

Mumbai police on Thursday denied permission for the meeting. Their preventive action followed a decision late on Wednesday night by Pune police to book the two leaders for their speeches at the Bhima-Koregaon village on 31 December.

They were charged under sections 117 and 153A of the Indian Penal Code for “fomenting communal disharmony through provocative speeches” at an event at the village near Pune.
The FIR was lodged at Pune’s Vishrambaug Police station on a complaint by two local youths, Akshay Bikkad and Anand Dhond, who claimed they did not belong to any organisation.
Sources said the Mumbai police decision to scuttle students’ meet in the city was a follow-up action prompted by the FIR filed by their Pune counterparts as more details of 31 December meet were gathered by them.

According to intelligence sources, the Bhima-Koregaon conference called “Elgar Parishad” (roughly translated as ‘war cry meet’) was also attended by Naxal or pro-Naxal activists.
The Pune police case is that the speeches incited violence and arson on 1 December when thousands of people assembled in the village to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Bhima-Koregaon battle

In that battle, British forces with the participation of the Mahars inflicted a defeat on the Peshwas.
The FIR cites extracts from the speeches by Mevani and Khalid in which they allegedly asked people to rise against “present day Peshwas” ~ a barb directed at the Maratha community.
In next day’s violence, a 28-year-old Maratha youth was killed and 12 other people injured.

The alleged call for an uprising is being cited by Pune and Mumbai police as a cause of violence not only in these two cities but across Maharashtra.
Meanwhile, as Dalit anger calmed down, the Gujarat MLA tweeted, asking people to shun violence and maintain peace. He also appealed to Maharashtra government to ensure that the “rule of law” prevails.

Triple talaq crusader Najia Ilahi Khan joined the state BJP today in presence of BJP president Dilip Ghosh and BJP leader Mukul Roy. Earlier Ishrat Jahan, one of the petitioners in the triple talaq case also joined the BJP.

Speculations are rife that advocate Khan could be the Lok Sabha bypoll candidate from Uluberia Parliament constituency.

BJP president Dilip Ghosh today said chief minister Mamata Banerjee and her party instead of concentrating on development issue for the minority community is playing appeasement politics rather.

Ms Khan complimented Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP for waging a fight for the dignity and rights of Muslim women and said the Bill against the practice of triple talaq was a big boost to all the muslim women who are fighting for their self respect and unalienable civil rights.

Ghosh also today accused chief minister MamataBanerjee of practising ‘soft Hindutva’ to stop consolidation of ‘Hindu votes’ in favour of BJP. He said the TMC practices Muslim appeasement and it has started backfiring in several parts of the state.

“If we go to temple we are branded as communal. But if Trinamul leaders visit temples, they are secular.

“The Trinamul is practising soft Hindutva in Bengal to stop the consolidation of Hindu votes in favour of BJP,” Ghosh said.

Another BJP senior leader expressed hope that the joining of Ishrat and Khan into the party will rejuvenate minority women which will also strengthen the vote bank of the BJP.
Ishrat was one of the five petitioners who approached the apex court in the triple talaq case. Her husband had divorced her over phone from Dubai in 2014 by uttering ‘talaq’ thrice.
The controversial Islamic practice was struck down by the Supreme Court on 22 August last year and had ordered the Centre to frame appropriate laws for the same within 6 months.
The government has introduced The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2017 in the Lok Sabha which was also passed by the lower house after a detailed discussion.
The Bill makes the pronouncement of talaq-e-biddat “void and illegal.” The Bill entails jail term for upto three years and fine in case anyone pronounces triple talaq on his wife. This Bill also makes the pronouncement of talaq-e-biddat a non-bailable offence.

The Bill will be introduced in Rajya Sabha this week and after assent of the upper house will be subsequently sent for the President’s approval.

However, a senior BJP leader said the central leadership will take the final decision to fix the candidate for Uluberia Parliamentary constituency. Trinamul selected the wife of the former MP Sultan Ahmed as the candidate from Uluberia Parliamentary constituency.

Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee today slammed the BJP-led Central government for allegedly excluding the state’s tableau from the Republic Day parade which was based on the theme of unity.

Stating that Bengal believes in togetherness of all faith, she alleged that the BJP is dividing people on the basis of religion.

“This year the proposed theme for our Republic Day tableau was unity. I think that is why we have been left out,” Banerjee said after inaugurating ‘Jaideb Kenduli Mela 2018’ here in Birbhum district.

In an obvious reference to the BJP-RSS, the chief minister said, “Saffron does not match everybody. If we find anyone misusing saffron colour, we will raise our voice.”
She said her government has brought several artistes to showcase the state’s tableau which was not included in the parade.The state government patronised over 2 lakh artistes representing various forms of art and culture. Some of them even participated in the state government’s advertisement.

The chief minister cautioned the people of Birbhum district against any activity by some Maoist groups in the neighbouring area. She also announced a number of development programmes in the district.The chief minister said atrocities on Bengalies in Assam will not be tolerated by her government and will be defended at any cost.

“Despite all these odds against us so far the state government has provided jobs to 81 lakh people, free health services and medicines have been provided to the people of the state.”
She also stated that West Bengal is the only state where about eight crores people get rice and wheat at Rs.2 per kilograms, fifty lakhs people get that in half price.

“The people of Birbhum approached me with the issue of re opening the closed stone quarries. I have assured them that a committee of Group of Ministers and secretaries will work out a policy for reopening the closed stone quarries,” she added.

NASA has said the logo it has released for use in observing the 60th anniversary of its establishment as a US government agency in 2018 represents its quest for knowledge.

A crescent moon, a ringed planet and a field of stars amid a nebula of light blue represent the agency’s scientific underpinnings, particularly the enduring quest for answers to age-old questions about the workings and evolution of our planet, solar system and the universe, NASA said on Wednesday.

NASA considers its birthday to be October 1, the day the agency opened for business. The logo depicts how NASA is building on its past to soar toward a challenging future.

“NASA” and “60” are stacked, bold and tall, atop the continental US, the curvature of Earth, and the light of an approaching dawn.

This placement, according to NASA, captures the spirit of a metaphor about knowledge and discovery, often attributed to 17th century physicist Isaac Newton: “If I have seen further than others, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.”

Similarly, the agency too was built from the legacy and expertise of giants in government-sponsored research and development, it said.

The light blue and white arc just below the alphanumeric elements recalls the sunrise, seen 16 times each day aboard an Earth-orbiting spacecraft, and symbolizes opportunity yet to come through exploration of the Moon, Mars and destinations far beyond, NASA said.

The Global Bengal Business Summit this month is about to witness participation of representatives from around 10 eminent French companies while several events are in line on account of Bonjour India 2017-18- a four month long voyage across India, in Bengal.

Addressing a Press conference, the French Consul-General in Kolkata, Mr Damien SYED said, “The Global Bengal Business Summit is going to witness participation of representatives from around 10 renowned French companies.

France is a partner country for this year’s summit. We are looking for more opportunities in Bengal. Bonjour India has provided a perfect platform to celebrate the bilateral and cordial ties between both countries.”

Bonjour India which started in last November and would continue till February this year, covers around 100 projects in 33 cities across 20 states and union territories. In this edition, Bonjour India is coming for the first time in Chandernagore to celebrate the French connection.

It would focus on conservation of heritage buildings in Chandernagore that are on the verge of being brought down or collapse due to lack of conservation. The Statesman had earlier reported that few of the buildings have already been razed down by promoters while others are yet to receive the heritage status.

A workshop is being conducted as part of the ‘Bonjour India’ endeavour named ‘Know your French Heritage’ which is being spearheaded by UNESCO awardee conservation architect Ms Aishwarya Tipnis.

Speaking on the matter, Ms Tipnis said “Conservation of heritage should be a collaborative approach with collective effort. Our attempt to conserve the French buildings in Chandernagore has been on for the last seven years. It is time when heritage conservation should transform from ‘expert driven’ to ‘community led’ and to make it successful, we are including all the citizens of Chandernagore to be a part of this endeavour through crowd funding.”

Ms Tipnis has been instrumental in implementing the restoration workshop for the Registry Office or ‘House of the Moon’ which was declared unsafe and set for demolition. There are around 99 French buildings in Chandernagore out of which around 11 have been granted the heritage status.

Talking on the issue, Mr SYED said “It is disheartening to find that these buildings are either being razed down or lying in a decrepit condition. However, the community residing there is being made further aware through participation in these workshops.”

Fabrice Plancon, director, Alliance Francaise, Kolkata said “ On 12 January , the Ambassador of France in India , Mr Alexandre ZIEGLER and his delegation will take a boat ride to Chandernagore and participate in the workshop in a first ever restoration exhibition on the Strand.

The evening will showcase ‘Metajingle’-a multi-disciplinary Indo-French performance mixing juggling , dance and poetry by Francois Chat followed by a closing dinner in the presence of a designated minister from the state government.”

The Institut francais, the Consulate general of France and the Alliance francaise du Bengale will organise 20 events in Kolkata and Chandernagore including unique ‘adda sessions’, seminal debates, jugglery, jazz concerts, theatre and virtual exhibitions .

The Bhima-Koregaon strife and the caste violence in Maharashtra again made waves in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday, with Opposition members expressing serious concerns over continuing atrocities against vulnerable sections like Dalits and minorities in different parts of the country. During a brief discussion on the issue soon after the Upper House met this morning, the
Rajya Sabha members condemned the violence against Dalits in Maharashtra and other parts of the country and demanded an impartial and speedy judicial inquiry into the Bhima-Koregaon episode. Some members also appealed for peace and unity in the society.

The issue had on Wednesday rocked both Houses of Parliament and triggered political fireworks outside Parliament too, with the Congress-led Opposition attacking the ruling BJP and the RSS over it. They had also gone after Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his “continued silence” over atrocities against Dalits across the country.

Accusing the RSS and certain Hindutva outfits of allegedly sparking the caste violence in Pune’s Bhima-Koregaon that spread to other parts of the BJP-ruled Maharashtra, the Opposition had then also demanded an inquiry by a Supreme Court judge into the incident. Hitting back, the BJP had charged the Congress with “stoking” the caste conflict to divide the people for political gains.
Initiating the discussion on the issue in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday, Congress MP Rajani Patil alleged that the violence against Dalits had taken place on the watch of the Maharashtra government. Alleging that Hindutva outfits were behind the Bhima-Koregaon violence, she demanded action against them and pressed for setting up of a Commission to probe into the entire episode.

NCP president and former Maharashtra Chief Minister, Sharad Pawar apprised the Upper House of the history of the Bhima-Koregaon event and the sentiments of Dalits associated with it. He said over the past 50 years no violent incident has taken place there during its anniversary on 1 January every year, but this time stone-pelting was carried out targeting Dalits participating in it.
Pawar said the state administration should have been more vigilant as a large gathering was expected in Pune. He made an appeal to all sections to come together and bring about peace and harmony in society.

DMK member Kanimozhi said the Maharashtra violence should not be looked as an “isolated incident”.

For another day, the Rajya Sabha witnessed Government-Opposition confrontation over referring the Triple Talaq Bill to a Select Committee but failed to resolve the issue as the House was adjourned over the Opposition demand for taking up the Bill before any other listed legislative business. Leader of the House Arun Jaitley raised the issue of the validity of Opposition motions for referring the Bill to a Select Committee, again. Deputy Chairman P J Kurien repeated his ruling of Wednesday that the motions were valid as Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu had allowed them.
However, Kurien said while ruling on the validity of the motions, he had not given any direction on the listing of the Bill for Thursday. In such a situation, he maintained, the Government had the right to decide when to take up the Bill. Unless the Government agreed, he could not take up the Bill.

As the Government wanted the listed GST (Compensation to States) Amendment Bill discussed first, the Opposition raised a noisy protest, forcing the Deputy Chairman to adjourn the House for the day.

After listening to heated arguments from both sides on the issue of referring the Bill to a Select Committee, Mr Kurien said the Opposition motions were not only valid but were now the property of the House.

Law and Justice Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad had moved “The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2017 in the Upper House on Wednesday. The Bill makes instant divorce by any Muslim man to his wife a cognizable offence punishable with imprisonment up to three years.

As Jaitley said the Congress-led Opposition was opposed to the Bill, Leader of the Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad “we are not opposed to the Bill. We are for the Bill. But you must provide a solution in the Bill who will feed the family of the convicted person during his three-year jail term. There is no provision for that in the Bill.”

As the House was adjourned abruptly on Wednesday, after the Deputy Chairman declaring the Opposition motions as valid, the Opposition on Thursday insisted that the Talaq Bill be taken up immediately to “complete” Wednesday’s unfinished work. This was just as the House reassembled after lunch at 2 p.m.

Tottenham Hotspur host London rivals West Ham United in what promises to be a fiery Premier League encounter and the lineups for the clash at Wembley Stadium have been revealed by their respective managers.

#THFC: Lloris (C), Aurier, Sanchez, Vertonghen, Davies, Dier, Sissoko, Eriksen, Dele, Son, Kane. #COYS pic.x.com/oSJv9Fb2HK

— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) January 4, 2018

Mauricio Pochettino has sent out his team in a 4-2-3-1 formation with star striker Harry Kane returning to lead the line. The Premier League’s top scorer is supported by Dele Alli, Christian Eriksen and Heung-Min Son while Moussa Sissoko and Eric Der start in the in midfield pivot.

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Serge Aurier and Ben Davies are the preferred fullbacks, while Jan Vertonghen continues to partner Davinson Sanchez in the heart of defence ahead of custodian Hugo Lloris.

3️⃣ changes for the Hammers and Chicharito starts… pic.x.com/R9YYyhjgD0

— West Ham United (@WestHamUtd) January 4, 2018

For West Ham, injuries seem to have forced David Moyes’ hand as Aaron Cresswell and Marko Arnaoutovic miss out from the matchday squads.

The Hammers are trotting out in a 3-5-2 formation, with Spanish custodian Adrian retaining his place between the sticks ahead of a three-man defence of Declan Rice, Angelo Ogbonna and Winston Reid.

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Mark Noble anchors the midfield and is joined by Pedro Obiang and Cheikhou Kouyate with Pablo Zabalete and Arthur Masuaku featuring on the flanks while Manuel Lanzini plays just off frontman Javier Hernandez aka Chicharito.

Spurs have won four of their last five games and will bid to close within a point of fourth-placed Liverpool with a win against the Hammers. With the Premier League title out of their grasp, the Lilywhites are in the race to make the top-four and will know nothing less than three points will do at Wembley.

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West Ham have shown signs of a revival under new manager David Moyes and the West Londoners know the tie against their crosstown rivals is a massive one as they are perilously close to the relegation zone at the moment.

In 16th place, a point head of 18th-ranked Stoke City, the Hammers could shoot to 11th place above Huddersfield Town if they are able to grab three points on Thursday.

Tottenham Hotspur: Lloris (c), Aurier, Sanchez, Vertonghen, Davies, Dier, Sissoko, Eriksen, Dele, Son and Kane.

West Ham United: Adrian, Zabaleta, Reid, Rice, Ogbonna, Masuaku, Kouyate, Noble (c), Obiang, Lanzini and Chicharito.

Match kicks-off at 2000 GMT/01.30 IST.

India is blessed with 300 days of sunshine in a year and is making long strides towards becoming a solar superpower. The National Solar Mission was launched in 2010 with an ambitious target of deploying 20 GW of grid connected solar power by 2022. Solar is one of the eight missions of the 2008 National Action Plan on Climate Change. But the target was changed to 100 GW by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2015. Out of 100 GW, 40 GW is targeted to come through rooftop solar installations by 2022.

Finding open spaces to install solar parks in Indian cities is difficult. Rooftop solar installations can be installed on the roofs of buildings. Rooftop[AR1] solar benefits the environment. The most important benefit is that rooftop solar installations can provide electricity to areas not connected to the grid, such as remote locations or where the terrain makes it difficult to install power stations.

India has a total installed solar capacity of 1861 MW as of September 2017. Thus, there is a huge gap between the currently installed and expected capacity by 2022. Considerable efforts have been made by regulatory commissions, agencies and the government to develop the rooftop solar photovoltaic (PV) sector.

To accelerate the deployment of rooftop solar power in the country, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has proposed to bring distribution utilities/companies (DISCOMs) to the forefront in implementing the Grid Connected Rooftop Solar (RTS) Power Programme by providing them financial support. Such support will be linked to their performance in facilitating the deployment of RTS.

MNRE hopes to install increasing amounts of rooftop PV annually, growing from 5000 MW in 2017, 6000 MW in 2018, 7000 MW in 2019, 8000 MW in 2020 and 9000 MW in 2021. In December 2015, the central government approved the central financial assistance (CFA) for implementing ‘Grid Connected Rooftop and Small Solar Power Plants Programme’. CFA meets up to 30 per cent of the benchmark cost/tender cost (whichever is lower).

Under the programme, only residential, institutional and social sectors are eligible for CFA. As of January 2018, 2047 MWp (Mega Watt peak, a solar power measure in the photo-voltaic (PV) industry to describe a unit’s nominal power) rooftop capacity plants have been sanctioned under the programme and about 845 MWp rooftop capacity plants have been installed.

MNRE has identified the major issues for slow progress of installing rooftop solar systems. DISCOMs have been reluctant to participate because of revenue loss, lack of state policies and lack of uniform regulation. To addresses these issues, MNRE proposes that DISCOMs be made solely responsible for implementing the rooftop solar programme. DISCOMs will provide approval for installation, manage the distribution network and have billing interface with the rooftop owner.

Since DISCOMs already have direct access to their customers, MNRE hopes that RTS client acquisition cost would be reduced substantially. An incentive scheme has been suggested since DISCOMs would have to incur some additional spending in implementing the programme.

MNRE proposes to bring DISCOMs to the forefront in RTS implementation by providing them performance-based fiscal support. The incentives may be provided for each MWp capacity of solar rooftop that is added by them in their distribution network. It is also proposed that CFA will be provided only for installation of RTS plants in residential sectors.

DISCOMs will submit cumulative capacity of grid connected RTS plants (in MWp) installed in their jurisdictional area as of 31 March 2018. This number will be taken as the installed base capacity for the first year. The incentives will be given on incremental RTS capacity installed by the DISCOMs.

The proposed target for the commercial and industrial sector is 20000 MW. The target for the government, residential, institutional and social sectors are 50000 MW each.
Central Financial Assistance for residential installation of 5KW or less is Rs. 18000/kW calculated at benchmark cost of Rs. 60000/kW. For all other sectors the rate is Rs. 5500/kW. The benchmark cost of the PV system includes PV modules, inverters, minimum storage batteries, cost of meters, cost of civil works, foundations, installations, operation and maintenance for a period of five years.

The scheme would be in operation until March 2022.