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The Press and offices of The Pioneer will remain closed on Friday, December 25, 2020, on account of Christmas. The next edi- tion of the newspaper will appear on Sunday, December 27, 2020. T he Union Health Ministry on Thursday allayed fears that new strain of the coron- avirus has entered India and said that to be sure of its pres- ence, it is necessary to establish a genome sequencing, which could be done only through designated labs identified by the Government. “There is no proof that the new variant has entered India, and it is too early to jump to any conclusions,” said a state- ment here by the Ministry even as new Covid positive cases of the UK flyers contin- ue to be reported from various airports in the country. The Ministry also said that the genome sequencing of pas- sengers from the UK has not been completed yet. “Genome sequencing has not so far been done in respect of the 15 passengers of the 590 who landed in Mumbai from the UK on December 22. Therefore, it’s incorrect to say that the new strain of the coro- navirus has entered India until it is established by a designat- ed laboratory, “ it said. Notably, as many as 22 pas- sengers flying from the United Kingdom to different cities in India over the past few days have tested positive for coron- avirus. As per experts, nearly 50 per cent of these UK travellers could be potential carriers of the new more infectious Covid- 19 strain. Meanwhile, the Health Ministry has reviewed the sta- tus of passengers coming from the UK to India and directed States and Union Territories to send samples of those found coronavirus positive to six lab- oratories identified for genome sequencing. “The respective States and Union Territories have been advised to access the details of the passengers from the UK to India from the online portal AIR-SUVIDHA and Bureau of Immigration,” said the state- ment. The laboratories that have been identified for genome sequencing are, the CSIR- Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology in New Delhi, the CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology in Hyderabad, the DBT- Institute of Life Sciences in Bhubaneswar, DBT-InStem- NCBS in Bengaluru, the DBT- National Institute of Biomedical Genomics in West Bengal and the ICMR-National Institute of Virology in Pune. This week, NITI Aayog member (health) Dr V K Paul also said that there was no need to panic over the mutated vari- ant of SARS-CoV-2. Paul said the mutated strain detected in the UK will have no impact on the potential of emerging vac- cines. “As of now, based on our discussions, deep understand- ing of data available and our deep assessment, there is no need to panic but it is a cause to be more vigilant,” he said. So far at least 20 air pas- sengers from the United Kingdom have tested positive for coronavirus in India. The swab samples of infected patients have been sent to Pune's National Institute of Virology, in order to check if anyone had been infected from a different virus strain. On Wednesday, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan reviewed the status of travellers coming from the UK to India who were found Covid-19 positive before the temporary flight bans came into effect from December 23. The States for which the detailed review was carried out included Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Goa, Punjab, Gujarat and Kerala. New Delhi: The Hyderabad- based Bharat Biotech, which is developing the country’s indigenous coronavirus vaccine in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), has again applied to the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) for the emer- gency use authorisation. New Delhi: The Delhi Government is fully prepared to receive, store and adminis- ter Covid-19 vaccine to 51 lakh priority category persons in the city in the first phase of vaccination, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Thursday. D espite the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare issuing detailed stan- dard operating procedures (SOPs) with regard to travellers from the United Kingdom, two passengers who tested pos- itive on arrival from London at the IGI Airport in Delhi went missing from isolation centres and reached their hometowns in Andhra Pradesh and Punjab. According to reports, five passengers went missing after landing from the UK, but three of them were traced by Tuesday night and admitted to Lok Nayak Hospital in the nation- al Capital. According to officials, a 46- year-old woman, teacher by profession, arrived on Monday and tested positive for Covid in a Rapid Antigen Test at the Delhi airport. Her 22-year-old son tested negative. She was handed over to the Safdarjung Hospital. However, she fled from the hospital and reached Rajahmundry via the AP Special Express in the wee hours on Thursday. Meanwhile, the process to bring back the passenger has started. Railway police and health officials took her straight from the railway station to the hospital. In the second case, a man who recently flew down from the UK and tested Covid-19 positive escaped from an iso- lation centre in Delhi and reached Ludhiana where he checked himself into a private hospital. He is from Amritsar’s Pandori village. He was sent back to Safdarjung Hospital on Wednesday night. When asked, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Thursday said the State Government will speak to air- port authorities. Continued on Page 11 A day after the farmer unions remained resolute in seek- ing repeal of farm laws and asked the Government to send a concrete proposal for talks, the Centre on Thursday threw the ball back in the farmers’ court and invited them for talks. The Centre asked them to give the details of issues on which they want to have par- leys. The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare has asked the farmer unions to give it a date and time for talks saying it is open to dis- cuss all issues. Joint Secretary of the Ministry and CEO PM-KISAN Vivek Aggarwal had written to 40 farmer leaders on Thursday reiterating the Government’s commitment to reach “logical solutions”. He said the Government is ready to discuss whatever the farmer unions want in addition to all the issues which were on table during earlier rounds of talks. The Government has made it clear that it would not be “logical” to include in the agenda any new demand relat- ed to minimum support price (MSP), which is out of the purview of three new farm laws. In a three-page letter, Aggarwal said, “I again request you that the Government has been discussing all issues with open heart and good intention to end the protest and will con- tinue to do so. Kindly suggest a date and time (for the next round of talks).” “The Government has respectfully and with open mind held several rounds of talks,” the letter further stated. “The talks will be held at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi at a ministerial level,” Aggarwal said. The letter comes a day after farmer unions, protesting for nearly a month now, wrote to the Centre, stating they were open to talks, but the Government must offer a con- crete proposal first and no negotiations will take place till the Government “draws up a new agenda”. This time the letter was addressed to Samyukt Kisan Morcha, which is an umbrella body of 40 farm unions and not to Darshan Pal like an earlier letter by Aggarwal. The letter also talked about various objec- tions raised by farmers, includ- ing the MSP and the points discussed between the two sides in five rounds of meetings thus far, including one each on December 1, 3 and 5. Continued on Page 11 A day before Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to address farmers across the country, the BJP on Thursday claimed that “nine crore farm- ers” will listen to the Prime Minister and asserted that “bar- ring a small section” most of the farming community is standing with Modi on the agricultural reforms. As the stand-off between the agitating farmers and the Government runs into third- week and the confrontation seem to be intensifying, Union Ministers and BJP leaders have accused the Congress and other Opposition parties of “mis- leading” the farmers and “speaking with a forked tongue” on the farming reforms. Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javedkar said, “the Congress is using farmers” and has “always worked against their interests.” “I challenge Rahul for a debate on the issue...Congress gave farmers only 53,000 crore and that too through the banks whereas Modi delivered 1,20,000 crore directly in farmers bank accounts,” said Javadekar. BJP RS MP and spokesper- son Sudhansu Trivedi in anoth- er Press briefing said Rahul is telling lies as it is him “who spoke about the need for doing away with the APMC system.” Continued on Page 11 C ongress and Left Front on Thursday finally stitched an alliance for the upcoming Assembly elections in West Bengal next year. “Today the Congress high command has formally approved the electoral alliance with the Left parties in the impending election of West Bengal,” West Bengal Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury took to Twitter to announce the major political development in the State where the BJP has started a high pitched poll battle. While the CPI(M) central committee had announced in October that it was ready for alliance with the Congress to fight against ruling the Trinamool Congress and an aggressive BJP, the process was delayed due to Bihar Assembly elections and as the Congress leadership went incommuni- cado in this regards. In 2016 Bengal Assembly polls, the Left Front and the Congress together had won 76 out of 294 seats in West Bengal after garnering about 38 per cent vote share. The Left Front received 26 per cent of the votes, while the Congress got only 12 per cent. Despite such a low vote share, the Congress won 44 seats, while the Left Front managed to bag only 32. In the meeting last month, the State Congress leaders had unanimously argued for the alliance. The Congress high command took special note of the party’s decimating vote share in Bengal, which was down to 6.29 per cent in 2019, while the BJP’s was 40 per cent and the TMC was 43 per cent. CPI(M) central committee had decided in October that the party and the Left front would have an electoral understand- ing with the Congress to fight against the ruling TMC and an aggressive BJP in West Bengal, where both the CPI(M) and Congress have been facing an existential crisis. In November, after Rahul Gandhi’s online meeting with Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury and other State party leaders, sources had said the party would begin seat-sharing talks with the Left Front after Congress president Sonia Gandhi gives the green signal. Continued on Page 11 I ndia has challenged in a Singapore court a verdict of an international arbitration tri- bunal that overturned its demand for 22,100 crore in back taxes from Vodafone Group Plc, sources said on Thursday. An international arbitra- tion court had on September 25 rejected tax authorities’ demand for 22,100 crore in back taxes and penalties relat- ing to the British telecom giant’s 2007 acquisition of an Indian operator. Two sources privy to the development said India had 90 days to file an appeal against the tribunal award, and the same was done in a Singapore court earlier this week. This appeal also sets the stage for the Government to challenge the order of a three- member tribunal at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague that asked India to return $1.4 bil- lion to British oil and gas com- pany Cairn Energy plc. The Government had used a 2012 law, that gave tax authorities the power to reopen past cases, to seek taxes from Vodafone and Cairn over alleged capital gains made sev- eral years ago. Both Vodafone and Cairn had challenged the tax demands under bilateral invest- ment protection treaties and initiated the arbitration. Continued on Page11 C hief Minister Yogi Adityanath will hand over flats of 415 square feet area to 1,040 poor urban people at the rate of just 4.75 lakh. The total cost of the flat will be 12.59 lakh and out of this, 7.83 lakh will be given as a grant by the Central and the state governments. The allotment of these flats will be done as per Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) guidelines and through the District Urban Development Authority (DUDA). As many as 14 states had applied to the Union Housing and Urban Affairs ministry for these EWS houses Under the Global Housing Technology Challenge India (GHTC India). All preparations have been completed for the construction of the proposed light house project (LHP) in the Awadh Vihar Yojana along the Shaheed Path. The light house project will be implemented in a 34.50 square metre carpet area. Under this programme, 14 storey towers will be built and 1,040 flats will be given to peo- ple belonging to the weaker section.

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    The Press and offices ofThe Pioneer will remainclosed on Friday, December25, 2020, on account ofChristmas. The next edi-tion of the newspaper willappear on Sunday,December 27, 2020.

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    The Union Health Ministryon Thursday allayed fearsthat new strain of the coron-avirus has entered India andsaid that to be sure of its pres-ence, it is necessary to establisha genome sequencing, whichcould be done only throughdesignated labs identified bythe Government.

    “There is no proof that thenew variant has entered India,and it is too early to jump toany conclusions,” said a state-ment here by the Ministryeven as new Covid positivecases of the UK flyers contin-ue to be reported from variousairports in the country.

    The Ministry also said thatthe genome sequencing of pas-sengers from the UK has notbeen completed yet.

    “Genome sequencing hasnot so far been done in respectof the 15 passengers of the 590who landed in Mumbai fromthe UK on December 22.Therefore, it’s incorrect to saythat the new strain of the coro-navirus has entered India untilit is established by a designat-ed laboratory, “ it said.

    Notably, as many as 22 pas-sengers flying from the UnitedKingdom to different cities inIndia over the past few dayshave tested positive for coron-avirus. As per experts, nearly 50per cent of these UK travellerscould be potential carriers ofthe new more infectious Covid-19 strain.

    Meanwhile, the HealthMinistry has reviewed the sta-

    tus of passengers coming fromthe UK to India and directedStates and Union Territories tosend samples of those foundcoronavirus positive to six lab-oratories identified for genomesequencing.

    “The respective States andUnion Territories have beenadvised to access the details ofthe passengers from the UK toIndia from the online portalAIR-SUVIDHA and Bureau ofImmigration,” said the state-ment.

    The laboratories that havebeen identified for genomesequencing are, the CSIR-

    Institute of Genomics andIntegrative Biology in NewDelhi, the CSIR-Centre forCellular and Molecular Biologyin Hyderabad, the DBT-Institute of Life Sciences inBhubaneswar, DBT-InStem-NCBS in Bengaluru, the DBT-National Institute ofBiomedical Genomics in WestBengal and the ICMR-NationalInstitute of Virology in Pune.

    This week, NITI Aayogmember (health) Dr V K Paulalso said that there was no needto panic over the mutated vari-ant of SARS-CoV-2. Paul saidthe mutated strain detected in

    the UK will have no impact onthe potential of emerging vac-cines.

    “As of now, based on ourdiscussions, deep understand-ing of data available and ourdeep assessment, there is noneed to panic but it is a causeto be more vigilant,” he said.

    So far at least 20 air pas-sengers from the UnitedKingdom have tested positivefor coronavirus in India. Theswab samples of infectedpatients have been sent toPune's National Institute ofVirology, in order to check ifanyone had been infected from

    a different virus strain.On Wednesday, Union

    Health Secretary RajeshBhushan reviewed the status oftravellers coming from the UKto India who were foundCovid-19 positive before thetemporary flight bans cameinto effect from December 23.

    The States for which thedetailed review was carriedout included Maharashtra,Karnataka, Telangana, TamilNadu, West Bengal, Goa,Punjab, Gujarat and Kerala.

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    New Delhi: The DelhiGovernment is fully preparedto receive, store and adminis-ter Covid-19 vaccine to 51lakh priority category personsin the city in the first phase ofvaccination, Chief MinisterArvind Kejriwal said onThursday.

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    Despite the Union Ministryof Health and FamilyWelfare issuing detailed stan-dard operating procedures(SOPs) with regard to travellersfrom the United Kingdom,two passengers who tested pos-itive on arrival from London atthe IGI Airport in Delhi wentmissing from isolation centresand reached their hometownsin Andhra Pradesh and Punjab.

    According to reports, fivepassengers went missing afterlanding from the UK, but threeof them were traced by Tuesdaynight and admitted to Lok

    Nayak Hospital in the nation-al Capital.

    According to officials, a 46-year-old woman, teacher byprofession, arrived on Mondayand tested positive for Covid ina Rapid Antigen Test at theDelhi airport. Her 22-year-oldson tested negative. She washanded over to the SafdarjungHospital. However, she fledfrom the hospital and reachedRajahmundry via the APSpecial Express in the weehours on Thursday.

    Meanwhile, the process tobring back the passenger hasstarted. Railway police andhealth officials took her straight

    from the railway station to thehospital.

    In the second case, a manwho recently flew down fromthe UK and tested Covid-19positive escaped from an iso-lation centre in Delhi andreached Ludhiana where hechecked himself into a privatehospital. He is from Amritsar’sPandori village. He was sentback to Safdarjung Hospital onWednesday night.

    When asked, Delhi HealthMinister Satyendar Jain onThursday said the StateGovernment will speak to air-port authorities.

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    Aday after the farmer unionsremained resolute in seek-ing repeal of farm laws andasked the Government to senda concrete proposal for talks,the Centre on Thursday threwthe ball back in the farmers’court and invited them fortalks.

    The Centre asked them togive the details of issues onwhich they want to have par-leys. The Ministry ofAgriculture and Farmers’Welfare has asked the farmerunions to give it a date and timefor talks saying it is open to dis-cuss all issues.

    Joint Secretary of theMinistry and CEO PM-KISANVivek Aggarwal had written to40 farmer leaders on Thursdayreiterating the Government’scommitment to reach “logicalsolutions”.

    He said the Government isready to discuss whatever thefarmer unions want in additionto all the issues which were ontable during earlier rounds oftalks. The Government hasmade it clear that it would not

    be “logical” to include in theagenda any new demand relat-ed to minimum support price(MSP), which is out of thepurview of three new farmlaws.

    In a three-page letter,Aggarwal said, “I again requestyou that the Government hasbeen discussing all issues withopen heart and good intentionto end the protest and will con-

    tinue to do so. Kindly suggesta date and time (for the nextround of talks).”

    “The Government hasrespectfully and with openmind held several rounds oftalks,” the letter further stated.“The talks will be held atVigyan Bhawan in New Delhiat a ministerial level,” Aggarwalsaid. The letter comes a dayafter farmer unions, protestingfor nearly a month now, wroteto the Centre, stating theywere open to talks, but theGovernment must offer a con-crete proposal first and nonegotiations will take place tillthe Government “draws up anew agenda”.

    This time the letter wasaddressed to Samyukt KisanMorcha, which is an umbrellabody of 40 farm unions and notto Darshan Pal like an earlierletter by Aggarwal. The letteralso talked about various objec-tions raised by farmers, includ-ing the MSP and the pointsdiscussed between the twosides in five rounds of meetingsthus far, including one each onDecember 1, 3 and 5.

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    Aday before Prime MinisterNarendra Modi is set toaddress farmers across thecountry, the BJP on Thursdayclaimed that “nine crore farm-ers” will listen to the PrimeMinister and asserted that “bar-ring a small section” most ofthe farming community isstanding with Modi on theagricultural reforms.

    As the stand-off betweenthe agitating farmers and theGovernment runs into third-week and the confrontationseem to be intensifying, UnionMinisters and BJP leaders haveaccused the Congress and otherOpposition parties of “mis-leading” the farmers and“speaking with a forkedtongue” on the farmingreforms.

    Union Information andBroadcasting Minister PrakashJavedkar said, “the Congress isusing farmers” and has “alwaysworked against their interests.”

    “I challenge Rahul for adebate on the issue...Congressgave farmers only �53,000 croreand that too through the bankswhereas Modi delivered�1,20,000 crore directly infarmers bank accounts,” saidJavadekar.

    BJP RS MP and spokesper-son Sudhansu Trivedi in anoth-er Press briefing said Rahul istelling lies as it is him “whospoke about the need for doingaway with the APMC system.”

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    Congress and Left Front onThursday finally stitchedan alliance for the upcomingAssembly elections in WestBengal next year.

    “Today the Congress highcommand has formallyapproved the electoral alliancewith the Left parties in theimpending election of WestBengal,” West Bengal Congresschief Adhir RanjanChowdhury took to Twitter toannounce the major politicaldevelopment in the State wherethe BJP has started a highpitched poll battle.

    While the CPI(M) centralcommittee had announced inOctober that it was ready foralliance with the Congress tofight against ruling the

    Trinamool Congress and anaggressive BJP, the process wasdelayed due to Bihar Assemblyelections and as the Congressleadership went incommuni-cado in this regards.

    In 2016 Bengal Assemblypolls, the Left Front and theCongress together had won 76out of 294 seats in West Bengalafter garnering about 38 percent vote share. The Left Frontreceived 26 per cent of thevotes, while the Congress gotonly 12 per cent. Despite sucha low vote share, the Congresswon 44 seats, while the LeftFront managed to bag only 32.

    In the meeting last month,the State Congress leaders hadunanimously argued for thealliance. The Congress highcommand took special note ofthe party’s decimating vote

    share in Bengal, which wasdown to 6.29 per cent in 2019,while the BJP’s was 40 per centand the TMC was 43 per cent.

    CPI(M) central committeehad decided in October that theparty and the Left front wouldhave an electoral understand-ing with the Congress to fightagainst the ruling TMC and anaggressive BJP in West Bengal,where both the CPI(M) andCongress have been facing anexistential crisis.

    In November, after RahulGandhi’s online meeting withAdhir Ranjan Chowdhury andother State party leaders,sources had said the partywould begin seat-sharing talkswith the Left Front afterCongress president SoniaGandhi gives the green signal.

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    India has challenged in aSingapore court a verdict ofan international arbitration tri-bunal that overturned itsdemand for �22,100 crore inback taxes from VodafoneGroup Plc, sources said onThursday.

    An international arbitra-tion court had on September 25rejected tax authorities’demand for �22,100 crore inback taxes and penalties relat-ing to the British telecom giant’s2007 acquisition of an Indianoperator.

    Two sources privy to thedevelopment said India had 90days to file an appeal againstthe tribunal award, and thesame was done in a Singapore

    court earlier this week.This appeal also sets the

    stage for the Government tochallenge the order of a three-member tribunal at thePermanent Court ofArbitration in The Hague thatasked India to return $1.4 bil-lion to British oil and gas com-pany Cairn Energy plc.

    The Government had useda 2012 law, that gave taxauthorities the power to reopenpast cases, to seek taxes fromVodafone and Cairn overalleged capital gains made sev-eral years ago.

    Both Vodafone and Cairnhad challenged the taxdemands under bilateral invest-ment protection treaties andinitiated the arbitration.

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    Lucknow (PNS): To galvanise theparty workers and strengthen theCongress base in the rural areas,Congress general secretary PriyankaGandhi Vadra on Thursday askedparty office-bearers in Uttar Pradeshto spend at least 20 days in districtsassigned to them. Vadra made this callwhile addressing the UPCC executivemeeting through video-conferenc-ing. Besides UP Congress presidentAjay Kumar Lallu, AICC secretariesDheeraj Gurjar, Zubair Khan, SachinNaik, Bazirao Khade and RohitChoudhary, and over 800 party mem-bers and workers attended the virtu-al meeting.

    Stressing that building up theparty organisation was the primaryresponsibility of every office-bearer,Vadra asked them to start spendingtime in districts from January 3 andstay there for 20 to 22 days. She saidthe first and foremost aim of the lead-ers should be to ensure they addedmore people in the party and built thecadre stronger in order to fight elec-tions. Vadra said that each office-bearer would be given charge of onedistrict. Sources said that the office-bearers would be accountable for theorganisation in the district allotted tothem.

    Allahabad (PNS): Deputydirector of industries and twoother experts from Kanpurand Noida arrived in Prayagrajon Thursday to conduct aninquiry into the IFFCOPhulpur ammonia leakagetragedy. Chief Minister Yogi

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    In a sensational incident, a BSc stu-dent was raped by some unknownboys in a moving tempo in Etah.

    The local police registered acase and sent two accused to jail ona complaint filed by the victim’s fam-ily.

    According to reports, the studenttook a tempo for her college onWednesday morning along withsome girls accompanying her.

    As the tempo reached college, allthe other girls left the vehicle alongwith the victim but suddenly theboys pulled her back into the tempoand sped away. Later, the boys gang-raped the girl in the moving tempo.

    In the meantime, the other girlstudents accompanying the victiminformed their teachers about theabduction. Subsequently, the tempowas chased and intercepted about 5km ahead. The girl was rescued andadmitted to a hospital while the twoboys were nabbed from the tempoand handed over to the police.

    Police arrested both the accusedand sent them to jail for allegedlyraping the girl.

    In Rae Bareli, a woman was sex-ually exploited on assurance of mar-riage.

    Reports said that a woman hail-

    ing from Unchahar town of RaeBareli lodged a report with the localpolice, alleging that her neighbourNarendra Kumar Yadav had cheat-ed her in the name of marriage andraped her.

    A case was registered and theaccused was arrested.

    In Shamli, one Shameem, sexu-ally exploited a 16-year-old minorgirl after calling her to his house.When the girl, who is mentallyretarded, objected, the accusedassaulted her and threatened her withher life. The local police nabbed theaccused on Thursday and sent himto jail.

    Meanwhile, a case of honourkilling was reported from Deoria.

    Reports said that Pankaj Mishra(25), hailing from Darauli area ofSiwan in Bihar, was having an affairwith a local girl but her parents wereagainst it.

    Finding no other way to end theaffair, the girl’s parents married herto a youth hailing from Nonarpandeyhamlet of Bankata in Deoria.

    On Wednesday evening, the girlcalled her lover Pankaj to her in-laws’house. However as the in-laws caughtthem together, they brutally assault-ed Pankaj till he died.

    Later, when Pankaj’s father AnilMishra learnt about the incident, he

    lodged a report against the girl andhalf-a-dozen of her in-laws, includ-ing her husband. The police sent thebody for post-mortem and weremaking further investigation.

    Meanwhile, an alleged gang-grape victim in Shahjahanpuraccused a police sub-inspector ofraping her when she went to apolice station to get her complaintlodged. ADG, Bareilly, AvinashChandra has ordered an inquiry onthe complaint of the woman, whomet him on Wednesday.

    The 35-year-old woman, a resi-dent of a village under the Jalalabadpolice station, told reporters onThursday that on November 30,while she was on her way toMadanpur on foot, five men came ina car, forcibly dragged her to anearby field and raped her.

    She alleged that when she wentto the Jalalabad police station, a sub-inspector present there took her tohis room and raped her.

    The woman said after failing toget her FIR registered, she met theADG who ordered an inquiry intothe incident.

    Circle Officer Brahmapal Singhsaid he had been asked to probe thematter and an FIR would be lodgedif the charges levelled by the womanwere found to be true.

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    Claiming the Bharatiya Janata Partygovernment to be farmer-friendly,Sugarcane Development and SugarMills Minister Suresh Rana said thatduring the tenure of the Yogi Adityanathgovernment, a record payment of caneprice of more than Rs 1,12,829 crore hadbeen made.

    “So far, it is the highest payment insuch a short period. This payment ofRs.1,12,829 crore is Rs.59,462 croremore than the combined cane price pay-ment of the previous three years. Even,this cane price payment made duringthe tenure of the present government isRs.17,614 crore more than the combinedcane price payment of the previous fiveyears, which was of Rs.95,215 crore,”Rana said in a statement here onThursday.

    He said sugarcane farmers wereeven paid Rs.5,954 crore during thelockdown period.

    “Due to lockdown, when most ofthe sugar mills of other states wereclosed, all the sugar mills of UttarPradesh continued their operations.For the prevention of coronavirus andto ensure social distancing after decla-ration of the lockdown, 100 per cent

    cane purchase was ensured through‘SMS Gannaparchies’ in place of print-ed ones,” the minister said

    “In this tough time, the governmentensured employment generation by re-opening two closed sugar mills inPipraich (Gorakhpur) and Munderwa(Basti) of the cooperative sector alongwith 27 megawatt capacity co-genera-tion plants,” he said.

    Both these mills will produce highquality sugar and this sugar will fetchmore price which will facilitate caneprice payment.

    “In the previous years, 30 sugar millswere closed while this governmentstarted operation in three closed mills,including private ones,” the ministersaid. Rana said that the sugar mills ofthe state crushed a record 3,262 lakhtonnes of sugarcane in the last threeyears, which was 355 lakh tons morethan total sugarcane crushing of the pre-vious four years.

    “In the last three years, the averagesugarcane productivity of the stateincreased from 72.38 ton per hectare to81.10 ton per hectare. Now the farmersare getting additional production of 8.72metric ton per hectare,” he said, addingthat even there was a record productionof 365 lakh ton of sugar in three years.

    Lucknow(PNS): The suc-cession of land and property(varasat) campaign of the YogiAdityanath government hasproved to be an instant hit withthe rural population as over 1.35lakh applications have beenreceived so far in the first eightdays. The varasat campaignbegan on December 15 and will

    continue till February 15, 2021.It aims to end the long-pendingland disputes, especially in therural areas, and will also put acheck on land mafia who gen-erally target disputed land, espe-cially in the rural areas.

    The campaign will also puta check on the irresponsiblebehaviour of lekhpals, who gen-

    erally do not take interest inland-related matters and areignorant about land disputes

    It may be mentioned herethat on every Tehsil Divas, mostof the complaints relate to landdisputes and in the police sta-tions also most of the cases andcomplaints in the rural areas arerelated to land disputes.

    “Out of the total 1,08,920revenue villages, revenue offi-cials have already visited 51,804villages and have gone throughthe land records (khatauni). Asmany as 1,35,686 applicationsrelated to natural succession(varasat) of lands and propertieshave also been received,” aRevenue department official

    said. In the campaign, the dateof receiving applications is fromDecember 15 to December 30and a provision has been madeto examine and report the casesreceived by the lekhpal con-cerned from December 31 toJanuary 15, 2021. From January16 to January 31, 2021, the rev-enue inspector will arrange a

    meeting of the village revenuecommittee to organise and passthe orders. “For any kind ofinformation, the applicant cancontact the helpline number0522-2620477 or the ChiefMinister’s Helpline number 1076and can also sent a mail [email protected].,” theofficial said.

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    Montessori School celebratedChristmas with fervour andenthusiasm on Thursday. AtRajajipuram Campus I, severalpresentations delighted the audi-ence. CMS founder JagdishGandhi was also present on theoccasion. St Joseph Inter College(Thakurganj) organised a pro-gramme to celebrate Christmason Thursday. DPS, Indiranagar,also hosted fun-packedChristmas and new year celebra-tions for students of pre-nurseryto class II. The students weredivided into six groups. Theirexcitement was evident as theyparticipated in the fun gamesheld on the spot. SKD Academyalso celebrated Christmas DayAtal Bihari Vajpayee’s birthanniversary at all its five branch-es. Due to Covid pandemic, onlya few students were present inthe school premises.

    2�������Nolita Meghwani, a class

    VII student of City MontessoriSchool, Indiranagar Campus,was awarded a gold medal inthe national-level inter-schoolonline competition called‘Brainobrain Wonderkid- 2020’,bringing laurels to the institu-tion.

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    Lucknow (PNS): With themicro, small and medium enter-prise (MSME) sector poised tobecome a growth engine interms of providing jobs, self-employment and in turn givinga boost to the economy, theUttar Pradesh governmentclaimed that employmentopportunity would be providedto about one crore people byallocating loans to 20 lakhMSME units by March 2021.

    “The MSME sector hasbeen a major booster for over-all growth of industrialisationand implementation of infra-structure projects. The govern-ment will be giving loans to 20lakh MSME units throughwhich employment for onecrore people can be generatedby March 2021,’’ AdditionalChief Secretary (MSME andExport Promotion) NavneetSehgal said here on Thursday.

    Speaking as the mainspeaker at an event organised byTaleem-e-Tarbiyat, Sehgal saidthat every man was an entrepre-neur in himself. “If a person hasideas, training and capital, thenanyone can start a business. Theidea could be about ODOP (one

    district one project) but if oneworks according to his idea thenhe will be able to generateemployment,” he said.

    The additional chief secre-tary said that the UP govern-ment had been providing loanson easy terms and conditions.

    “If the entrepreneur hasfeasible project ideas he cancome for loans as the govern-ment is facilitating the samethrough banks,” he added.

    Mentioning the immensepotential of livelihood in thetourism sector, Union TourismMinistry’s Additional DirectorGeneral Rupinder Brar saidthat this potential would be fur-ther expanded after ongoingaugmentation of infrastructureand after the end of COVID-19pandemic. “The Central andstate governments wouldtogether make Ayodhya themost beautiful city in the world,”he said. Avadh University Vice-Chancellor Prof Ravi ShankarSingh emphasised the need offinancial literacy. He said finan-cial literacy was a new type ofeducational revolution andUttar Pradesh is constantlymoving in this direction.

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    In what can be termed goodnews for all those whoundergo painful invasive pro-cedures for diagnosis of dis-eases, the Centre of Bio-Medical Research (CBMR)has developed non-invasivebio-markers for cancer, kidneydiseases, sarcoidosis and acuterespiratory distress syndrome.

    CBMR director Dr AlokDhawan said that with thesebio-markers, they are going forvalidation from a large num-ber of institutes so that theycan be recognised as standardmarkers in the medical proto-col. He said there are biggerplans for the institute whichwas involved in the research,that was primarily applied,translational research anddirectly impacted patient care.

    Dhawan said the institutehas already had a success storyin cochlear transplants wherethrough the functional MRI,they can tell the patientswhether the transplant will be

    a success or not. “This hashelped the poor patients in agreat manner because suchtransplants are very expensiveand if the patients knowbeforehand whether the trans-plant will be successful ornot, they can save money,” he said.

    Dhawan said the institutehas a nuclear magnetic reso-nance (NMR) machinethrough which metabolitespresent in body fluids can helpin establishing whether theperson has cancer, chronicdiseases even before the onset.The study is also termedmetabolomics.

    Prof Neeraj Sinha fromthe institute said their teamhas developed bio-markersfor the diagnosis of prostatecancer and a number of kid-ney diseases. “Through thesample of urine, we can diag-nose prostate cancer and kid-ney diseases,” he said. Sinhasaid they have also been work-ing with the critical care unitof SGPGI and developed a

    bio-marker that shows when amild respiratory distress con-verts into acute respiratorydistress. “The diagnosis forthis is done through a sampleof blood serum,” he said.About the science behind thediagnosis, he said: “Throughthe NMR spectroscopy, wecan map the molecules in thesample provided. We needvery little of the sample orbody fluid that could be just500 microlitre, and we studythe concentrations of mole-cules in the sample. If there isa disease in the body, it getsreflected in the concentrationof molecules,” said Sinha said.

    Dinesh Kumar, who is anassistant professor at CBMR,said they have developed abio-marker through which itcan be differentiated if thepatient is suffering from TB orsarcoidosis. “Normally thesymptoms between the two arevery similar and confusionsprevail in the diagnosis ofsarcoidosis for which a painfullung biopsy is carried out. But

    we can differentiate through abio-marker for which werequire only serum,” he said.

    Dr Alok Dhawan said theinitiation of the research is atwo-way process, wherein thedoctors of SGPGI have alsobeen approaching them withtheir curiosity to know what ishappening with the patientsand the institute alsoapproaching the hospital.

    He said they are planningto get validation of these bio-markers with institutes likePGI (Chandigarh), AIIMS(Hyderabad and Jodhpur). Hesaid they are already workingwith SGPGI and mulling col-laboration with other insti-tutes. The CBMR director alsopointed out that the NMRmachine’s data could bereflected in less costingmachines that could help intertiary care management atdistrict level in the state. Hesaid he would also approachthe chief minister and seniorofficials to make a presenta-tion in this regard.

    in Lucknow on Thursday. In hisaddress, Khanna lauded theefforts of NABARD for prepa-ration of potential linked cred-it plans for all the 75 districtsof the state and aggregatingthem to form credit potentialprojections for under-prioritysector activities. The ministeradvised all the banks to adopta positive and systematicapproach for lending to farm-ers as actual credit is consistent-ly falling short of the lendingtargets under agriculture andallied sectors. This, he said, isimportant in an agrarian statesuch as UP which has morethan 65% agriculture depen-dent population. Stating thatproviding hassle-free and ade-quate credit to farmers is themost important priority of theCentre and UP government,bankers may adopt a positiveand systematic approach indealing with loan cases.

    Emphasising that the UPgovernment has formulatedthe novel ‘One District, OneProduct’ approach for MSME

    sector, the state havingimmense traditional potential,he exhorted the banks toactively extend financial assis-tance to this segment undervarious schemes such asMUDRA loans. He also saidthat there should be objectiveand stricter monitoring of sanc-tion and disbursement of loansto the priority sector at variouslevels of banks and the con-cerned line departments of thestate government.

    He also stressed on creditdeposit ratio of the state at leastup to the national level withspecial emphasis on districtswhere the CD ratio was below40%. He said that with finan-cial assistance from NABARD,the state government is goingto bring additional 13.6 lakhhectare area under irrigationwhich would provide spurdevelopment and create addi-tional credit demand.

    He also advised banks towork closely with NABARD forextending loans to other keysectors, SHGs, joint liability

    groups and farmer producerorganisations (FPOs).

    The minister congratulat-ed NABARD for its develop-mental work through water-shed development, tribal-WADI development, skilling ofrural people and FPOs inunder-developed areas of thestate. Khanna also felicitatedfarmers, women, NGOs andbanks for their impactful workin the areas of watershed andtribal development, SHGs,FPOs, financial inclusion etc in‘Gramin Samriddhi SammanSamaroh’, which immediatelyfollowed the seminar.

    He told the banks thattheir customers-centricapproach in rural areas isimportant for creating positiveperception in the society intune with the welfare objectiveslaid out by the Central and stategovernments. Khanna alsohanded over sanction lettersfrom NABARD for multi-ser-vice facilities in 100 primaryagriculture credit societies andmobile van to an FPO.

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    Pressure mounted on theLucknow police investigat-ing the murder case of formergram pradhan Sujeet Pandeymurder in Mohanlalganj afterBSP leader Satish Mishrademanded a probe by SpecialInvestigation Team (SIT) orCentral Bureau of Investigation(CBI) on Thursday.

    Mishra, along with otherBSP leaders, reachedMohanlalganj and talked toSujeet’s son Ajay to seekprogress of the investigation.

    The BSP leader told medi-apersons that the bereavedfamily expressed dissatisfac-tion with the investigation intothe case so far. Mishra said thekin of the slain ex-gram prad-han have been living under fearand need proper security. Heasked the state government toprovide security cover to thePandey’s family.

    “Experts are required tohandle the case and expeditethe investigation as the

    Lucknow police have failed tomake any progress five daysafter the incident. The bereavedkin are apprehensive that theymay well be harmed if theaccused are not arrested soon,”Mishra said.

    He said he came to knowthrough media reports that aproperty dealer, Ashok Yadav,was sprayed with bullets inMohanlalganj in a similar fash-ion. “Traders and business-men are apprehensive of theirsafety after the Sujeet Pandeymurder case. Speedy probeand arrest of Sujeet’s killers canallay the fear among thebereaved kin, and thus a CBI orSIT probe is the need of thehour,” Mishra said.

    Pandey was also a traders’leader in Mohanlalganj and wasa very popular person in thelocality. His wife is the currentgram pradhan ofMohanlalganj. Police claimedthat they had got some vitalclues related to the murder andwere close to nabbing theaccused. The police said they

    were probing the case keepingin mind political rivalry anglebesides money and propertydisputes. The police said theyhad got some clues about thesuspects and were keeping aclose eye on their movement.

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    Cash and mobile phoneswere stolen from a shop inThakurganj police station areaon Wednesday night. The shopis located near a hospital onCampwell road in Thakurganj.On Thursday, Anand KumarChaurasia of Triveninagar inHasanganj got a call from hislandlord Maya Devi, whoinformed him about the theft.

    “I reached the shop andfound the shutter jacked up. Ientered the shop and foundseveral phones, memory cardsand mobile phone accessoriesstolen,” he said. Police saidthey have secured the footageof CCTV cameras installed inthe area and were scanning thesame to identify the thieves.

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    Rajesh Kumar has takencharge of Public RelationsOfficer (PRO) in the BanarasLocomotive Works (BLW) hereon Thursday. Prior to this, hewas working as Chief PublicityInspector in BLW itself. He didhis Bachelor of PhysicalEducation (BPEd) fromMahatma Gandhi KashiVidyapeeth (MGKV) andreceived his Master of PhysicalEducation (MPEd) andDiploma in Yoga from BanarasHindu University (BHU). Healso received his diplomas inPhotography and Journalism &Mass Communication fromRajarshi Tandon OpenUniversity, Prayagraj apartfrom getting PG Diploma inYoga from Jain Vishwabharatiin Rajasthan. He also obtaineda Master’s degree in Journalism& Mass Communication fromThe Global Open University.He is a national player of Yogaand worked as a Yoga instruc-tor in UP and as a judge atNational Yoga meet. He isequally popular among officersand employees.

    CONTOURA VISIONLASIK SURGERY NOW

    AVAILABLE AT KASHINETRALAYA: In good news,the Kashi Netralaya has nowfacility to conduct surgery ofcornea through modernContoura Vision Lasik Surgery.

    Earlier, the hospital hasbeen conducting the surgery ofcornea through LasikTechnology for the last sixyears but this year, the surgerythrough Contoura Vision hasbeen started this year, the headof Kashi Netralaya Dr R Singhinformed adding, the hospitalalso conducts TransEpithelialPRK (Stream light) successful-ly.

    Only 20 points of cornea

    are studied in Lasik Surgery butin Contoura Lasik, 22000points of cornea could be stud-ied, he informed adding, theaberrations of eyes in poor con-dition could be removed inContoura Vision Lasik Surgerywhich is not possible in gener-al Lasik Surgery.

    The treatment of eyes isdone in Visual Axis inContoura Vision and contraryto this, the treatment in gener-al Lasik is done in PapillaryAxis.

    The general Lasik is likereadymade cloth while theContoura Vision is like tailormade Lasik Surgery, he saidadding, there is more chance tobring the vision back in thissurgery comparatively to spec-tacles and contact lens which isalso called as super vision.

    The hospital conductssurgery with both machinesContoura Vision/ Epicontoura/Topplyzer and Oculyzer andthe hospital is first in the statein this direction, he informedadding, the visual quality isvery good in the surgery of thistechnology. The visual qualityof Contoura Vision is not onlybetter than general Lasik butalso the Smile, he informed

    adding; this technology is alsoapproved by the US FDA.

    CYCLIST KILLED INMISHAP: In a road accident,a cyclist was killed when hecame under the wheels of aspeeding truck in Goithahanvillage, under the Pandeypur-Lalpur police station onThursday and it led to roadblockade by villagers alongwith family members demand-ing compensation to thedeceased families. They endedroad blockade after the assur-ance by police officers.

    According to the informa-tion, the deceased identified asVinod Kumar (28) of Murdhanvillage was going to some-where on cycle on Thursdaymorning and when he waspassing through Goithahanvillage, a speeding truck hit thecycle and he fell down andcame under the wheels of theheavy vehicle.

    After the accident, thetruck driver managed to escapefrom the scene.

    Seeing this, the local vil-lagers rushed to the spot andblocked the highway keepingthe body on the road. Theydemanded compensation tothe family of deceased.

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    Asorry state of cattle indairies of UP has beenrevealed in an investigativereport ‘Cattle-Ogue’ byFederation of Indian AnimalProtection Organisations(FIAPO), an apex animal rightsbody. Recently, 22 dairies hav-ing 795 animals were investi-gated in two districts including10 in Varanasi and 12 inPrayagraj and found that tomeet the high milk productiontargets, the animals were over-exploited, thereby resulting incruel dairy practices.

    ‘Such practices also reducethe average lifespan andincrease reproductive diseasesand udder infections. The lifeof a dairy cow lasts for anaverage of 10 years in a dairy

    establishment as compared to25 naturally,’ said FIAPOExecutive Director (ED)Varda Mehrotra, informingthat among these dairies sevenhad Holstein cows while fivehad Jersey and nine crossbredcows and these cows aregenetically selected to producean unnatural average output of20 litres per milking, per day,per animal.

    The situation has not beenchanged much as FIAPO’s2017 report had revealed howmost cows raised in the dairieswere intensively confined,leaving them unable to fulfiltheir most basic natural needs,such as nursing their calves.They were treated like milk-producing machines, pumpedwith antibiotics and hormonesto produce more milk. The

    report underscored that whilecows suffered in such set-ups, humans who drank theirmilk had increased theirchances of developing heartdisease, diabetes, cancer, andmany other ailments, said theED, adding ‘we’ve repeatedlyseen, documented and sharedwith the government the con-ditions of animals in dairies ofUP for last three years. Sadly,nothing has changed. Cowsand buffaloes continue to lan-guish in horrific conditions,which are a breeding groundfor many diseases. Hedemanded that the govern-ment must act on the infor-mation we have made avail-able to them.

    According to the FIAPO,the dairies compromised ani-mal comfort and didn’t clear

    the debris causing accumula-tion of scabs of dung on theanimals’ bodies. Also, ani-mals had a mild to mediumswollen hock joint indicatingbruises due to friction withthe concrete floor, or their legsbeing tied up while beingmarked.

    To add to that, 50% of thefarms didn’t have proper ven-tilation for the animals. Thosewith ventilation were farmswith just a shed overhead,which wasn’t sufficient to pro-tect the animals during heavyrains and cold weather. Fromhousing, availability of drink-ing water, practices aroundlactating cows and calves,availability of clean feed, to theuse of antibiotics or steroids,the state of the animals wasdespicable.

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    All the local churches havebeen glittered with attrac-tive lighting arrangements onthe eve of Christmas here onThursday. However, due to theprevailing coronavirus pan-demic, famous three-dayChristmas Mela at St Mary’sCathedral is not being held thisyear. Besides, the liturgical ser-vices (Mass) scheduled to beheld on December 24 mid-night, was held after the duskand concluded before 9 pm inall the churches of the Dioceseof Varanasi. The Bishop EugeneJoseph and other dignitarieswere present and greeted all theChristians a happy Christmas.

    Meanwhile, rush of people

    not only of Christians but alsoof other communities wasseen in many markets to pur-

    chase articles to decorate theirhomes on the occasion.Various types of articles and

    gifts were sold. There was alsoa high demand for cakesdecorated with attractivedesigns.

    Though every year, theDiocese of Varanasi celebratesthe festival in a grand manner,this year it has decided toorganise it in a simple mannerfollowing the COVID-19guidelines.

    In concrete action of sol-idarity with the weakest peo-ple, the Diocese will hold afestal celebration for a limit-ed number not more than 100people, representing the var-ious communities and NGOs,on January 2 next year at StMary’s Cathedral from 9 amto 1 pm keeping social dis-tance in mind.

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    The number of corona-infected patients in the dis-trict has crossed 28,000 with 59new positive patients found inthe last 24 hours. While the fig-ure of the infected has reached28,042, the number of peoplewho lost their lives due toCovid infection has increasedto 368 with the death of onepatient during treatment. A

    total of 77 people becameinfection-free on Wednesday.

    According to Nodal Officerfor Corona Dr Rishi Sahai, thescope of testing is beingincreased every day. There is adecrease in the number ofinfected people. The number ofserious patients among theinfected is extremely low. Fourdays later, a Covid infected withother diseases died duringtreatment.

    According to CMO DrPrabhakar Rai, there has beenan increase in the number ofpeople who are healthy thanthe infected. On Wednesday, 32patients recovered from theirhomes. In this way, 20,273patients have become infectionfree in home isolation. So far6,745 patients have been dis-charged from Covid hospitalswith 12 patients.

    According to the Nodal

    Officer for Corona Dr RishiSahai, to prevent coronavirusinfection, arrangements havebeen made to conduct a screen-ing of those coming fromabroad or other states. Tenteams have been formed fortesting on getting the informa-tion. Efforts are made tocheck every person comingfrom outside so that the infec-tion does not spread, added DrSahai.

    ALLAHABAD: The Christmasprogramme was held withgreat pomp in the ChristyMemorial School and Collegewhich is affiliated to CBSEBoard and located at HathiganKarma.

    Keeping in view the safetyof the students and threat ofCOVID-19 epidemic, a pro-gramme was organised withcollege staff and the other dig-initories following the Covid

    guidelines.Chief guest Chairman

    Vinod B Lal cut the cake andcongratulated everyone forChristmas. He said that due tothe blessings of God and thehard work of teachers andstaff, this school has gainedfame in a short time by provid-ing quality teaching and moralvalues education. He said thatthe online education beingprovided by Christy School

    would also help the children ofrural areas to advance in thefield of technology and beready for the future challenges.Vinod B. Lal also honoured allthe teachers and staff by givingthem Christmas gifts.

    Principal Neha Pitamberled in inaugural prayer, whileCoordinator Vishal Charlesread the Bible verse.

    The village head ofPurvakhas Shakil Khan praised

    the college and said that thechildren studying in this schoolhave a distinct identity and theyare illuminating the name ofthe village along with the col-lege. The manager, KamalMasih led in closing prayer. Onthe occasion Vice-ChairmanAnkush V. Lal, Dr RamakantDubey, Dr Ashwani Kumar,Deepak Wesley, Dr DonaldMani, Dr B Mehra along teach-ers and staffs were present.

    ALLAHABAD: We are livingin a culture of selfish individ-ualism and indifference. Whatwe see all around is the cult ofthe individual: me, me, me, mycareer, my fulfillment, my inter-ests, my will, my needs, myhappiness, and doing it my way.Globalisation with its marketand media has cemented thisindividualism. It turns individ-uals into isolated monads. It iscentered on the self and its grat-ification.

    The cultural ideal of thewestern developed world isthe self-made, self-sufficient,autonomous individual whostands alone , not needinganyone else. Freedom and hap-piness are equated with inde-pendence and self-sufficiency.This requires having one’s ownmoney to maintain this kind ofindependence. Hence thecareerism and feverish busy-ness that characterise the pre-sent day autonomous lifestyle.Individualism leads to indiffer-ence and apathy towards oth-ers. But in other cultures likeIndian- interdependence, socialcoherence, togetherness, com-munity, sharing, hospitality,reliance upon one another areappreciated. Here one’s identi-ty is defined not in terms ofindependence but in relation toone’s family, friends and thecommunity. A person becomesa person in and through otherpeople and not by indepen-dence, not needing anyoneelse. But today due to theexplosion and expansion infor-mation technology with unbri-dled consumerism and selfish

    individualism there is a weak-ening of our spirit of solidari-ty and togetherness, in otherwords, we are losing our pre-cious cultural capital. As soci-ety becomes ever more glob-alised, it makes us connectedbut does not necessarilymake us sisters and brothers.Experiencing the other asmy sister and brother makesus compassionate and merci-ful.

    Solidarity is being one withthe other through deep identi-fication. Solidarity is ultimate-ly the expression of inner sen-sitivity and compassion, and itexpresses itself in sharing, gen-erosity, readiness to sacrifice forothers and foster good of thecommunity. Here lies our truefreedom, not in independencebut being with others throughdeep identification. Freedommeans solidarity. It is move-ment towards the being withother in which we find theunity of the human and thedivine. Solidarity is gracebecause here one identifiesoneself with others and one

    gives oneself against the cultureof individualism, a selfish with-drawal into one’s own self.Synergy of solidarity andtogetherness can pave the wayfor greater unity of humanfamily across many bordersthat divide us. Today more thanever the hope of humanity liesin human solidarity andtogetherness. Christmas invitesus to preserve, strengthen andpromote this culture of solidar-ity and togetherness.

    In the contemporary timesof global individualism andindifference, solidarity is animportant experience forunderstanding and experienc-ing incarnation. ‘The wordbecame flesh and dwelt amongus’ (Jn1:14). This sutra is theheart of our Christian faith. AtChristmas we celebrate Jesusbecoming one flesh with thehuman family. The fundamen-tal event of Jesus’ offering ofsalvation is his becoming onein flesh with the human fami-ly. God became human, one ofus, one like us, one among us,one with us, sharing ourhuman lot. The beginning,middle and end of salvation issolidarity. The very life of Jesusis supreme testimony to humansolidarity and togetherness. Inhis life, solidarity begins withidentification, and expandsthrough innumerable acts ofhis oneness with the people andends with the communion-meal with his disciples and hissupreme sacrifice on the crosswhere he was totally one withthe poor and the outcaste. Amother identifies with her child

    that she can say ‘whatever youdo to my child, you do to me’.Jesus tells St. Paul while he waspersecuting the earlyChristians,’ I am Jesus whomyou are persecuting’. In the lastjudgment scene, Jesus says‘Whatever you do to the leastof sisters and brothers you doto me’ (Mt.25).

    It is not only building sol-idarity with the human familyespecially with the poor and thelittle ones but in a multi-cul-tural and multi-religious soci-ety like ours it also meansacceptance of pluralism anddiversity. India is a beautifulSangam of different races, lan-guages, cultures, religions, tra-ditions and ideologies.Christmas invites us tostrengthen and celebrate thisunity in diversity which is thesoul of our culture and civili-sation, spirit of our constitutionand the secret of our democra-cy. Today we need toenlarge our identity toinclude others in our embraceas they are and notas we would want them tobe. Festivals unite, they bringpeople together across the bor-ders like caste, creed, ethnicaffiliations, language etc.Christmas is such a beautifulfeast that brings people togeth-er irrespective of caste andcreed. May the Baby Jesus inthe crib inspire and strength-en us to build solidarity andtogetherness to work for thegood of the human familywhich will surely result inpeace and harmony in ourcountry.

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    BP Singh and AbhayNandan, both officers wholost their lives in the ammoniagas leak at IFFCO, gave life tomany of their employees. It wasbecause even after knowing thedanger of death, the two offi-cers reached the spot andturned off the gas leak. Thissaved the lives of over 20 peo-ple working there. Had it beena little longer, the accidentwould have been much bigger.

    Production was going on atIFFCO's P-1 plant on Tuesdaynight. Late night both officerswere present in the urea-1 andammonia-1 control room.Suddenly the siren sounded, astampede like situation pre-vailed there. Gas leakage start-ed. Going there meant dangerto life. Still, IFFCO AssistantManager Urea BP Singh andDeputy Manager of Sight

    Abhay Nandan reached out tostop the gas leak. Where theleak was taking place, morethan one and a half dozenemployees working weretrapped.

    Going inside meant to facethe danger of life. Knowing thisfact, the officers did not careabout their lives and frantical-ly started trying to take out thepeople trapped there. But theyfainted due to the grip of gas fora long time. His life was lost buthe saved many lives. Employeeswhose lives have been saved inthe accident said that the twoofficers, regardless of theirlives, tried to take out theemployees and stop the gasleak.

    Around 20 people wereworking during the ammoniagas leak at the P-1 plant ofIFFCO Phulpur unit late onTuesday. To save the IFFCOpersonnel trapped in the gas

    leak, the Chief OperatorAmmonia, who was on dutythere, and Dharmveer Pal, trea-surer of IFFCO EmployeesUnion, stayed. They too, with-out caring for their lives,dragged the four stranded com-panions out there with full vigiland managed to save theirlives. Both were sick due to gasgrip. They have been admittedto the hospital at the IFFCOcampus from where the doctorsdischarged them in the after-noon.

    How did this accident hap-pen suddenly at the P-1 plantof IFFCO Phulpur unit late onTuesday. This had become atopic of discussion throughoutthe day. According to IFFCOofficials, as soon as peoplearrived on the duty of C-Pali,shortly after, the tide radius ofthe ammonia pump suddenlybroke and its plunger went outand within a short while a huge

    gas leak started. It was report-ed that the leakage was very fastdue to the pressure of 230 KG.Due to which both thedeceased officers working thereand 18 other employees werealso trapped in the gas leak.

    The atmosphere of thecampus was extremely turbidon Wednesday and Thursdaydue to the death of two officersand the sickness of 18 otheremployees after a gas leak atIFFCO's P-1 plant late onTuesday. People residing inthe colonies discussed through-out the day about the incident.At the same time, people werefrightened about this incident.IFFCO has witnessed severalincidents in the last two years.The families of the employeesand officers living there arevery scared. They say that itwould be very dangerous tostay here if accidents like thishappen.

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    Under Operation Mafia, thePrayagraj DevelopmentAuthority on Thursday demol-ished a building of AbidPradhan, a hardcore criminaland close associate of mafiadon Atique Ahmed. This unau-thorised building was situatedin Mariyadih area of Bamrauliunder the Dhoomanganj policestation.

    Abid is considered to bethe 36th target of the PDA in107 days since OperationMafia has been launched. On

    Thursday morning when theJCB machines of the PDAreached Dhoomanganj, andmoved towards Mariyadihwith heavy police force, peoplestarted guessing as to will bethe victim of the operation.The journey of the team cameto a halt at the Bamrauli build-ing of Abid Pradhan who atpresent is moving freely onbail.

    Criminal of the top orderand very close associate ofAtique Ahmed, Abid Pradhanis facing two dozen criminalcases including BSP MLA Raju

    Pal murder, and killing of hiscousin sister and driver.

    He, however, developeddifferences with Atique Ahmedafter the Deoria Jail incident inwhich a builder was thrashedbrutally by Atique’s associates.Later Zaid, son-in-law of Abidhad lodged an FIR againstAtique.

    The building which hasbeen razed to ground onThursday, was raised withoutan approved blue-print.

    SHOPS REMOVED: ThePrayagraj DevelopmentAuthority officials initiated

    action against the shops andkiosks raised near AllahabadHigh Court crossing HanumanMandir on Thursday. JCBmachines of the PDA removedthe shops amidst oppositionand slogan raising.

    The crossing is to bewidened under Smart Cityplan, but some lawyers anddevotees are opposing demo-lition of the above temple.The PDA had demolished theboundary wall of the temple afew weeks ago, and onThursday it removed the near-by shops.

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    As many as 55 new patientshave been detected in thedistrict on Thursday, increas-ing the total number to 20,828.The day also saw one moredeath, increasing the toll to 349.During the day, the follow-upnegative reports included 42and all of them have beenrecovered from home isolation,increasing the number to17,151. As no patient was dis-charged from any hospital, thenumber remained at 2,903.The total number of patientswho have been recovered so far

    is 20,054, leaving 425 activecases. The recovery rate is96.28 per cent, while the mor-tality rate is 1.67 per cent.

    Chief Medical Officer(CMO) Dr VB Singh hasinformed that in the first reportof the day, 32 positive patientswere found out of 2,378 reportsreceived. Till then, the total testreports received were 4,97,632and the results of 3,007 areawaited. Out of them, 4,76,827were negative, while 20,805positive. The total number ofsamples collected was 5,24,033.Earlier, two males aged 58 and76 from Durgakund and

    Samneghat respectively suc-cumbed to COVID-19 at SirSundarlal Hospital, BanarasHindu University (SSH BHU).With the addition of threenew red zones, the total num-ber of hotspots has increased to2,622 including 199 red zones.Three green zones have beenconverted into red zones again.There are 2,423 green zoneswith seven new ones.

    Meanwhile, mass / groupcorona antigen tests continuedat the static booths and stationsof the district under the direc-tion of District Magistrate(DM) Kaushal Raj Sharma. All

    the 115 tests were found neg-ative at SSPG HospitalKabirchaura apart from 160 atDistrict Women's Hospital, 22at CHC Shivpur, 37 atVivekanand Hospital Bhelupur,115 at LBS Hospital Ramnagarand 85 at SSH BHU. Apartfrom this, all the 42 tests atVaranasi Junction (Cantt) rail-way station and 30 atManduadih were also foundnegative. Along with this, sam-ples of 100 people were sentfrom SSPG, 149 from Women'sHospital, 24 from Vivekananda,100 from LBS and 65 from SSHfor RTPCR investigation.

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    Adding another feather in itscap, the Microtek Collegeof Management & Technology(MCMT) has been honouredwith the prestigious ‘AwadhSamman’ by UP Government.

    The general secretary ofinstitution Neeraj Rajhanshreceived the award from theDeputy Chief Minister KeshavPrasad Maurya at a functionheld in Lucknow.

    The award is given to theinstitutes of UP andUttrakhand for the remarkablecontribution in the fields of

    education and service. The college imparts educa-

    tion to students keeping therequirements and abilities whatthe multinational companieswant while selecting any for thejob, said the Chairman andExecutive Director of the col-lege Dr Pankaj Rajhanshadding, the college also makesarrangement of training to thestudents in commercial centres.

    The college makes availableinformation about courses tothe students on regular basisthrough online, virtual labora-tories, high & tech labs andmicrotek app, he informed

    adding, more than 85 percent college students got jobin multinational andnational companies on specialpackage.

    The courses of BBA, BCA,B.Sc, M.Sc (Math, Physics,Chemistry, Zoology, Botany,Computer Science, Bio-Technology), B.Com, M.Com,etc are run in Kerakat premis-es of the college, which is affil-iated to the PurvanchalUniversity, he informed adding,the college is running thecourses of BBA, BCA, B.Comand BCom (Hons), at itspremises in Barai village of

    Badagaon. The college alsoimparts training of skill devel-opment, sponsored by variousministries of CentralGovernment, time to time andafter the training programmes,the students get job throughplacement programme. Thecollege also makes efforts tobenefit the students by makingavailable the proper knowledgeif they want to become entre-preneurs, he informed adding,the central government is alsorunning PMKVY for the poorstudents and residential pro-gramme BDUGKVY free ofcost.

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    The railway administration byrevising the timings andstoppages of the following trainsalready being run for the conve-nience of passengers is extend-ing them. However, their coachcomposition will remain thesame. All coaches in them will beof reserved category and pas-sengers will have to follow theCovid-19 prevention guidelines,CPRO PK Singh said.

    LTT-GKP BIWEEKLY SPL:The run of 02165 LokmanyaTilak Terminus (LTT)-Gorakhpur biweekly special hasbeen extended from January 4 toFebruary 1, 2021. As per the revis-ing timing and stoppage the 02165LTT-Gorakhpurbiweekly specialwill leave LTT every Thursdayand Monday at 06.00 hrs, Thaneat 06.20 hrs, Kalyan at 06.40 hrs,Nashik Road at 09.10 hrs, Manmadat 10.05 hrs, Jalgaon at 11.50 hrs,Bhusaval at 12.35 hrs, Itarsi at18.10 hrs, Jabalpur at 22.00 hrs,Katni at 23.30 hrs, the second dayfrom Satna at 00.45 hrs, PrayagrajJn at 04.20 hrs, Janghai at 05.48 hrs,Bhadohi at 06.18 hrs, Varanasi at07.05 hrs, Mau at 08.32 hrs, DeoriaSadar at 10.17 hrs and reachGorakhpur at 11.25 hrs. During thereturn journey the run of 02166Gorakhpur-LTT bi-weekly spe-cial has been extended fromJanuary 5 to February 2. The02166 Gorakhpur-LTT specialwill every Friday and Tuesdayleave Gorakhpur at 15.45 hrs,Deoria Sadar at 16.32 hrs, Mauat 18.00 hrs, Varanasi at 20.20hrs, Bhadohi at 20.58 hrs,Janghai at 21.28 hrs, PrayagrajJn at 23.30 hrs, the second daySatna at 02.20 hrs, Katni at03.35 hrs, Jabalpur at 05.00 hrs,Itarsi at 08.55 hrs, Bhusaval at13.25 hrs, Jalgaon at 14.00 hrs,Manmad at 16.00 hrs, NashikRoad at 17.00 hrs, Kalyan at

    19.50 hrs, Thane at 20.15 hrsand will reach LTT at 20.50 hrs.

    LTT-MANDUADIH SPL:The run of 02167 LTT-Manduadih daily special has beenextended from January 1 to 31,2021. As per the revised timing andstoppage, the 02167 LTT-Manduadih special will leave LTTdaily at 22.45 hrs. Kalyan at 23.30hrs, Nashik Road at 02.15 hrs,Bhusaval at 05.50 hrs, Khandwa at08.20 hrs, Itarsi at 10.50 hrs,Jabalpur at 14.30 hrs, Katni at 15.55hrs, Satna at 18.00 hrs, Manikpurat 19.22 hrs, Prayagraj Chheoki at21.12 hrs, Varanasi at 01.35 hrs onthe third day and reach Manduadihat 01.55 hrs. During the return jour-ney the run of 02168 Manduadih-LTT daily special has been extend-ed from January 2 to February 1,2021. As per the revised timing andstoppage, the 02168 Manduadih-LTT special will daily leaveManduadih at 10.10 hrs, Varanasiat 10.35 hrs, Prayagraj Chheoki at13.45 hrs, Manikpur at 16.05 hrs,Satna at 17.15 hrs, Katni at18.35 hrs, Jabalpur at 20.10 hrs,on the second day Itarsi at 00.50hrs, Khandwa at 03.25 hrs,Bhusaval at 05.15 hrs, Nashik at08.55 hrs, Kalyan at 11.35 hrsand reach LTT at 12.30 hrs.

    LTT-GKP DAILY SPL:The railway administration hasmade changes in the timingsand stoppages of 01015/01116LTT- Gorakhpur-LokmanyaTilak-daily special. The 01015LTT-Gorakhpur daily specialwill be run from January 1 toApril 8, 2021 as per thechanged time and stoppage. Asa result the 01015 LTT-Gorakhpur regular special willdaily leave Lokmanya Tilak at23.59 hrs, Thane at 01.00 hrs,Kalyan at 01.20 hrs, NashikRoad at 04.05 hrs, Manmad at05.05 hrs, Chalisgaon at 06.10hrs, Pachora at 06.35 hrs,Jalgaon at 07.25 hrs, Bhusaval at

    08.00 hrs, Raver at 08.35 hrs,Burhanpur at 08.50 hrs,Khandwa at 10.15 hrs, Khirkiyaat 11.12 hrs, Harda at 11.40 hrs,Timarni at 11.55 hrs, Itarsi at13.10 hrs, Hoshangabad at 13.30hrs, Mandi Deep at 14.25 hrs,Habibganj at 14.50 hrs, Bhopal at15.10 hrs, Vidisha at 15.57 hrs,Ganjbasoda at 16.27 hrs, Bina at17.20 hrs, Lalitpur at 18.01 hrs,Jhansi at 19.15 hrs, Orai at 20.42hrs, Kalpi at 21.12 hrs, the thirdday Kanpur Central at 00.15 hrs,Unnao at 00.44 hrs, Aishbagh at01.52 hrs, Badshahnagar at 02.14hrs, Barabanki at 02.47 hrs,Gonda at 04.02 hrs, Mankapurat 04.26 hrs, Babhanan at 04.52hrs, Basti at 05.22 hrs, Khalilabadat 05.46 hrs and reach Gorakhpurat 07.05 hrs. During the returnjourney 01016 Gorakhpur-LTTdaily special will be run fromJanuary 3 to April 10 as per thechanged timing and stoppage. Asa result the 01016 Gorakhpur-LTT daily will leave Gorakhpur at17.45 hrs daily, Khalilabad at18.26 hrs, Basti at 18.55 hrs,Babhnan at 19.20 hrs, Mankapurat 19:46 hrs, Gonda at 20.25 hrs,Barabanki at 22.05 hrs,Badshahnagar at 22.43 hrs,Aishbagh at 23.35 hrs, Unnao at00.55 hrs, Kanpur Central at01.35 hrs, Kalpi at 02.47 hrs, Oraiat 03.16 hrs, Jhansi at 05.38 hrs,Lalitpur at 06.45 hrs, Bina at 07.45hrs, Ganjbasoda at 08.20 hrs,Vidisha at 08.48 hrs, Bhopal at10.05 hrs, Habibganj at 10.20 hrs,Mandi Deep at 10.35 hrs,Hoshangabad at 11.30 hrs, Itarsiat 12.00 hrs, Timarni at 12.45 hrs,Harda at 13.02 hrs, Khirkiya at13.30 hrs, Khandwa at 14.40 hrs,Burhanpur at 15.35 hrs, Raver at15.55 hrs, Bhusawal at 17:00 hrs,Jalgaon at 17.30 hrs, Pachora at18.05 hrs, Chalisgaon at 18.45 hrs,Manmad at 19.40 hrs and stop-ping at Nashik Road, Kalyan andThane and reach LTT at 00:10 hrs.

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    On the directive of SP Yashveer Singhand ASP Dr Awadhesh Singh policeapprehended one accused along with 53kg of illegal ganja. Orai CO SantoshKumar said the accused JitendraKumar, a native of Basrauli villageunder Moth police station in Jhansi, wasarrested from Ajnari underbridgeunder Kotwali Orai police station. Police confis-cated 53 kg of ganja, a stolen scooty (UP-93/A0137), �170 and two cell phones from him. He saidpolice had filed an FIR against the accused. Duringinterrogation he had disclosed that few others

    were involved in the illegal sup-ply of ganja which they got fromBarhampur district in Odisha, theCO said and added all the accusedwould be behind bars soon. Theteam which made the arrest com-prised inspector Sudhakar Mishra,SOG incharge inspector PraveenKumar, surveillance incharge S-IAjay Kumar Singh, S-Is Kulbhushan

    Singh, Chandan Pandey, Vijay Singh and MohitYadav besides Anjali, Satyendra Kumar, ShailendraChauhan, Karmveer Singh, Gaurav Bajpai, JagdishChandra, Niranjan Singh, Vinay Chauhan, NeetuKumar, Manoj Sonkar and Shree Ram Prajapati.

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    General Manager of NorthEastern Railway (NER)Vinay Kumar Tripathi onWednesday did a thoroughinspection of Lalit NarayanMishra Central RailwayHospital here. During theinspection the inauguration ofthe newly-installed Mars-30 highfrequency 400 milli ampere X-ray machine in theRadiology department was done by unveiling theplaque. On the occasion Medical Director, RailwayHospital Dr Kumar Umesh, PCE Satish KumarPandey along with senior doctors, senior railwayofficers and paramedical staff of Railway Hospitalwere present. GM inspected the ICU, ICCU, dial-ysis unit, cardiac lab, operation theatre, phys-

    iotherapy centre, dia-betic cardio unit, med-ical intermediate ward,covid unit, covid ward,pathology etc. Afterreceiving informationabout treatment andfacilities being given topatients he gave instruc-tions for necessaryimprovements in them.

    He obtained information about available medicalequipment at the hospital and stressed on availabilityof advanced ones. The GM directed to make avail-able necessary medical equipment, medicinesand other facilities for the treatment of patients. Heexpressed satisfaction over cleanliness and main-tenance there besides good treatment being pro-vided to the patients from available resources.

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    Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) of VaranasiDivision of NER Vijay Kumar Panjiar inspect-ed several stations, including Bhatni, Siwan, Mairwa,Kusumhiand Deoria Sadar, along with senior divisionalofficers and members of Business Development Unit(BDU) on Wednesday with an aimto attract more traditional and non-conventional freight loading,increase speed of goods trains andensure safe traffic movement. DRMinspected goods loading/unloadingsides, sheds and condition of approachroads at different stations apart from dis-cussing matters related to freightimprovement with BDU members.During his hectic inspection, he firstreached Bhatni Jn and after reviewingthe progress of ongoing projects and passengers’ ameni-ties, Panjiar asked the officers concerned to acceler-ate the pace of development works. He then reachedMairwa station inspecting the facilities being givento traders at goods shed there. He instructed the offi-cers to ensure proper cleanliness, widening ofapproach roads, adequate lighting and better facil-ities to labourers there. Later he inspected Siwan goods

    shed and asked the officers concerned to completegoods traffic-related works on time. He instructedthem to increase width of approach road towardsPachrushi side, extend goods loading/unloading ramp,improve lighting in the shed, ensure better facili-ties in restroom for labourers and proper arrange-ment for water. After Siwan Panjiar reached

    Kusumhi railway stationand inspected goods sidingand coal godown. He sug-gested sprinkling of waterto reduce pollution causedby coal dust. At the end of hisinspection, DRM reachedDeoria Sadar where apart frominspecting the railway station,he visited the health unit andinstructed the authorities con-cerned for cleanliness and bet-

    ter maintenance. He inspected the goods shed.Panjiar said NER is trying to provide maximumfacilities to its traders and in this direction theBDU has also been set up on Varanasi division.He was accompanied by SDOP Rohit Gupta, SDCMSanjeev Sharma, SDE-I JK Singh, SDME(C&W) SPSrivastava, SDEE (General) Satyendra Yadav,SDS&TE TrimbakTiwari and other senior officers.

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    UP Minister of State forEnergy Rama Shankar SinghPatel at a programme organisedto mark the birth anniversary offormer PM Chaudhary CharanSingh at Jila Panchayat Hall on Wednesday saidthe need of the hour was that the farmers shouldavail themselves of the facilities of governmentschemes to increase their income and contributeto the nation. Speaking as the chief guest he urgedthe farmers to adopt ways under which the farm-ing could be linked with horticulture and fisheries

    too. He said the government wascommitted to doubling theirincome. MLA Ratnakar Mishraemphasised on organic farming.Agricultural scientist, BHU, Dr ShriRam Singh, deputy director, agri-culture, Ashok Upadhyay, besides

    assistant director, fisheries, too gave tips to farmersto increase production and ways to earn more. Thefunction started with the garlanding of ChaudharyCharan Singh’s portrait and concluded with the hon-ouring of progressive farmers. The farmers threw lighton life and policies of Chaudhary Charan Singh. Thevote of thanks was proposed by CDO Avinash Singh.

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    Kanpur DivisionalCommissioner RajShekhar, while addressing theKanpur Nagar Nigam officials,expressed concern over thefailure of the municipal cor-poration to start constructionof 60 sanctioned roads out ofthe total 929 roads approvedearlier and directed them tocomplete the work in 90 dayswith strict marking of workcode at each construction site.

    He said there digging fortubewells was going on unabat-ed all over the city, especially inthe multi-storeyed buildings,

    and directed the local admin-istration should prepare a pro-posal and forward it to the gov-ernment at the earliest to pre-vent the misuse of groundwa-ter.

    He pointed out that hun-dreds of hoardings were ille-gally put up in the city anddirected the KNN to ensure QRcoding of the hoardings with-in one month.

    He said despite the deci-sion taken in the past meetingthat QR code would be put upon hoardings, no progress hadbeen made in that direction.

    The divisional commis-sioner said that the properties

    which came under KNNshould be marked with prop-erty coding and mapping bedone at the earliest. He saidsome of the mapping work hadbeen done partially and itshould be completed within thestipulated time frame.

    He said in the next twomonths dry and wet garbagewould be collected separatelyfrom all the 110 wards.

    The divisional commis-sioner said that the process ofincluding 19 villages underKanpur Nagar Nigam wasgoing on and thus more safaikarmacharis would be neededto attend to the newly-created

    wards. He said the KNNneed to send a proposal forincrease of safai karmacharisstrength.

    He said Raiin Baseras(shelter homes) did not haveCCTV and thus it should be setup immediately to ensure thesafety and end the misuse atseveral places.

    Prominent amongthose who took part in themeeting included KanpurMunicipal CommissionerAkshay Tripathi, additionalmunicipal commissioner, JalKal general manager, chieffinance and accounts officer,chief engineer.

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    The State Bank of India hasalways been the forerunnerin corporate social responsi-bility and in fact it is ingrainedin the bank’s culture. The banknot only provides the largestand the best banking to cus-tomer but also makes mean-ingful and measurable impacton the lives of economically,physically and socially chal-lenged people as well. Thebank is committed to serve thecountry and continue with itsCSR activities.

    This was stated by SBIDGM Divyanshu Ranjan whileflagging off a well-equippedambulance and handing overthe keys to District MagistrateAlok Tiwari.

    He said the SBI spent oneper cent of its profits on CSR.He said in the current COVID-19 times it was the need of thehour to have more ambulancesto meet the needs of the peo-ple and thus the bank haddecided to provide a well-equipped ambulance. Hehoped it would be a fruitfulexercise of the bank.

    Addressing the gathering,the DM said the SBI was

    famous as ‘Bank to EveryIndian’ and had always been inthe forefront in CSR. He addedthat at critical times the bankhad always helped liberally.

    He said the role of the SBIin COVID-19 times had beencommendable and the districtadministration was full of grat-itude for their gesture. He

    appealed to big houses to comeforward and as part of CSRhelp in this critical times.

    He said the bank had alsodistributed food items, clean-liness kit and provided this inthe containment zones. Hesaid the bank had providemobile ATMs for containmentzones . He said it had also pro-

    vided two ventilators andPPE kits. He hoped that thebank would continue to help inthe similar manner in futurealso.

    Prominent among thosewho took part in the functionwere Vishwanath Mishra, RajivLochan, Vinay Kumar Shakyaand Diwakar Mani.

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    Minister of State for HigherEducation NeelimaKatiyar, while addressing a vir-tual session of IndiaInternational Science Festival,said all the lands belonging toschools, colleges and gram sab-has would be digitised to endall frauds and land-grabbingincidents.

    She said no one then wouldbe able to grab governmentlands.

    Katiyar said this would bedone through remote sensingand it would be under the pos-session of the district admin-istration.

    She said the government,in a bid to promote researchwork, was giving scholarshipsand financial helps and in theyear 2019-


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