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F armers protesting against the three farm laws at Delhi borders for around 40 days are fully prepared to take out a tractor rally on Thursday. However, the inclement weath- er, because of which they had deferred their tractor rally by a day, has continued unabated. Even as their talks with the Government have failed to resolve the issues, the farmer unions on Wednesday said scores of farmers are gathering at borders for the tractor rallies on January 7. The farmers said the Thursday tractor rally is a rehearsal for the Republic day show. Meanwhile, All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee (AIKSCC) has urged farmers to take out trac- tors parade in all districts of the country on January 26. Several rural women in Haryana’s Jind district are receiving training to drive trac- tors for taking part in a “trac- tor parade” in the national Capital on January 26 against the three new farm laws. Women hailing from three villages — Safa Kheri, Khatkar, Pallwan — in Jind are learning to steer the tractor wheel. Sikim Nain Sheokant, pres- ident of Jind-based Kisan Ekta Mahila Manch, said though some of the women can drive tractors in the fields for farm operations, they do not have experience of road driving. “We want women to drive tractors on highway on January 26 without any help,” she said. Sheokant said several vil- lagers were also helping them out by offering their tractors and providing them required training. Women are undergoing training at a toll plaza on Jind- Patiala National Highway for handling tractor-trolleys on road. The protesting farmers have declared toll plazas “free”. “We are getting the train- ing for driving a tractor for par- ticipating in the tractor parade,” said a woman who has been receiving the lesson. She feels the new farm laws are not in the interest of the farming community. “Several other protests also have begun in support of the farmers’ demand. A sit-in has begun with more than 500 tractors marching into Baraut area of Baghpat district. In Chennai, a massive dharna was held and tribal protests are planned in Odisha,” AIKSCC stated. The body blamed the Central Government for not being serious about talks and solving farmers’ problems. “In the 7th round talks held till now, we have stated we want repeal and nothing else. The Government too has ‘under- stood that the demand is for repeal’ and said it will have to undertake ‘further consultation’. Yet, several Ministers and BJP leaders are putting a spanner in the wheels,” they said. “Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar had announced he will be talking to other farmer unions who sup- port the laws. Already this exercise to manufacture sup- port has been undertaken and has achieved very poor response. Taking cue from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the BJP leaders from MP and Punjab have said demands are unjustified,” they said. “While Nitin Gadkari tar- geted the need to improve food production and feed India’s largely hungry popula- tion, he attacked MSP, saying it is higher than market rate, even when the Government says MSP will continue. Ministers should know that India is host to 33 per cent of the world’s hungry popula- tion,” said the AIKSCC. Continued on Page 11 A fter lakhs of birds died in several States and thou- sands were culled, the Centre on Wednesday identified 12 epicentres of avian influenza, or the bird flu, outbreak in Kerala, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh and issued advisories to other States to contain spread of the infection in chickens, ducks, crows and migratory birds. Over 69,000 birds, includ- ing ducks and chicken, were culled in Kerala while the Madhya Pradesh Government banned chicken supply from Kerala and other southern States for next 10 days. The bird flu outbreak has been report- ed barely a few months after India in September 30, 2020, declared the country free from the disease. The Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying on Wednesday alerted States to keep a vigil on any unusual mortality among birds and to report immediately to take necessary measures as there is a possibility of bird flu spread- ing to humans and domesti- cated animals. The Ministry has also set up a control room (011-23382354) in Krishi Bhawan to keep watch on the situation and to take stock on daily basis of preventive and control measures undertaken by State authorities. The avian influenza cases have been reported in many States like Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana, and Gujarat, while Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Delhi, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu are on high alert. “After confirmation of pos- itive samples from ICAR-NIH- SAD, avian influenza (AI) has been reported from the fol- lowing States (at 12 epicentres): Rajasthan (crow) — Baran, Kota, Jhalawar; Madhya Pradesh (crow) — Mandsaur, Indore, Malwa; Himachal Pradesh (migratory birds) — Kangra; Kerala (poultry duck) — Kottayam, Allapuzha (4 epi- centres),” said the Ministry. Continued on Page 11 I n a stark reminder of the Delhi’s 2012 Nirbhaya case, a 50-year-old anganwadi worker was gangraped and murdered allegedly by a priest and his two accomplices in Budaun district of Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday. While the priest is on the run, his two accomplices were arrested on Tuesday night after the post-mortem report con- firmed rape, police said on Wednesday, adding the woman’s leg and a rib bone too were found fractured and there were injuries in her pri- vate parts. The incident, which trig- gered an uproar in political cir- cles, took place on Sunday and the matter came to light that night when the priest and his accomplices took the body to the victim’s home, saying it was found in a dry well in the tem- ple premises. Taking cognisance of the incident, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath ordered “strongest possible action” in the case even as Opposition parties attacked his Government, terming the incident “horrific” and “shame- ful”. The CM has directed the ADG Bareilly zone to report back to the Government on the incident and action taken against the accused. The CM has also said that STF would be assisting the district police in the investigation. The National Commission for Women too took note of the incident and decided to send a team of its members to probe the incident. About the incident, Budaun’s Senior Superintendent of Police Sankalp Sharma said, “The post-mortem report confirms rape and there are injuries in her private parts and a fracture in the leg.” She suffered a rib fracture too, he added, citing the autop- sy report. The SSP said the station house officer (SHO) of Ughaiti police station has been sus- pended for “delay in informing higher authorities, laxity in taking action, dereliction of duty and failure in taking speedy action”. Four teams have been formed to nab the priest, the SSP said. Continued on Page 11 A t least four workers were killed and six others seri- ously injured following leakage of carbon monoxide gas at the Coal Chemicals Department of Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) on Wednesday morning. While six of the victims were taken to the RSP dispen- sary, four workers, identified as Ganesh Chandra Paila (55), Rabindra Sahu (59), Abhimanyu Sah (33) and Brahmananda Panda (51), were admitted to the ICU of the Ispat General Hospital (IGH) where they died while undergoing treatment. Hours after the incident, the RSP authorities suspended two senior officials, Deputy General Manager Gopabandhu Barik of EMD Department and DGM Nabendu Das of CCD Mechanical Department for their alleged negligence. Also, the authorities decided to pro- vide job to one family member of each deceased. While opening flange bolts of the gas line of the gas mix- ing tank at the site A of the plant, some entrapped gas gushed out affecting four work- ers of the contract firm, Star Construction, critically. Meanwhile, a high-level committee has been formed to enquire into the cause of the accident. The plant is func- tioning normally, informed official sources. Rourkela Ispat Karkhana Karmachari Sangh president Himanshu Sekhar Bal demand- ed adequate compensation to the families of the deceased and injured. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in a tweet said, “Deeply saddened to know about the tragic loss of lives in the gas leak incident at Rourkela Steel Plant. My thoughts and prayers are with bereaved families in the hour of grief and pray for the speedy recovery of those who are hospitalised.” T he Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to examine controversial new laws of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand regulating reli- gious conversions due to inter- faith marriages. A bench headed by Chief Justice SA Bobde refused, how- ever, to stay the provisions of the laws and issued notices to both State Governments on two different petitions. The pleas, filed by advocate Vishal Thakre and others and an NGO ‘Citizen for Justice and Peace’, have challenged the constitutional validity of the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Religious Conversion Ordinance, 2020 and the Uttarakhand Freedom of Religion Act, 2018 which reg- ulate religious conversions of inter-faith marriages. At the outset, the top court asked the petitioners to approach the Allahabad High Court after Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said that it is already seized of the matter. Continued on Page 11 D emocrat Rev Raphael Warnock on Wednesday secured a crucial win in the senatorial race, becoming the first Black senator from Georgia and bringing his party within the reach of a majority in the US Senate ahead of President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration. Multiple news outlets on Wednesday morning projected 51-year-old Warnock, a senior pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, winner against Republican Senator Kelly Loeffler in the Georgia Senate runoff. He is the first African- American to represent Georgia in the US Senate. He is also the first Democrat to win the Senate race from Georgia in 20 years. The control of the Senate now boils down to the other Senate runoff from Georgia wherein Republican incum- bent Senator David Perdue is trailing against Democrat Jon Ossoff, when reports last came in. The special elections were held on Tuesday. Both President Donald Trump and President-elect Joe Biden had campaigned for their respective candidates. The 100-member Senate now has 50 seats for the Republican Party and 49 to the Democrats. The result of the Perdue vs Ossoff is yet to be called in. In the event of both Republicans and the Democrats having 50 seats in the Senate, Vice-President- elect Kamala Harris is in her capacity as the Vice Chairman, who presides over the Senate meetings, would cast the cru- cial vote in favour of the Democrats. P etrol price on Wednesday neared all-time high after state-owned fuel retailers hiked rates after a nearly month- long hiatus. Petrol price was raised by 26 paise per litre and diesel by 25 paise a litre, according to a price notification from oil mar- keting companies. After this increase, petrol in Delhi climbed to 83.97 per litre from 83.71 previously. Diesel rates rose to 74.12 per litre from 73.87. In Mumbai, diesel touched an all-time high of 80.78. This is the first price revi- sion in nearly a month and rates are now near an all-time high. Highest ever rate of 84 a litre for petrol in Delhi was touched on October 4, 2018. Diesel too had scaled to an all-time high of 75.45 a litre on October 4, 2018. On that day, the Government cut excise duty on petrol and diesel by 1.50 per litre in a bid to ease inflationary pressure and boost consumer confidence. Continued on Page 11 A fter suggesting the Centre on December 17 to put on hold the three controversial farms laws and form a panel to go into the issues raised by protesting farmers, the Supreme Court on Monday noted that there has been no “improvement on ground” and posted the matter for hearing on January 11. A three-judge Bench head- ed by Chief Justice of India SA Bobde said the intention of the court is to encourage and facil- itate talks between farmers and the Government. To this, Attorney General KK Venugopal informed the Bench that “there are chances of the parties coming to some sort of an understanding”. “We understand the situa- tion and encourage consulta- tion. We can adjourn the mat- ters on Monday if you submit the same due to the ongoing consultation process,” the Bench said. The Bench was hearing a petition filed by advocate Manohar Lal Sharma challenging the validity of the three farm laws. The court also issued notice to the Government on a separate petition filed by advo- cate Sharma, challenging the Third Constitutional Amendment of 1954 which included Entry 33, concerning food and essential commodi- ties, in the Concurrent List. “This is one of Sharma’s startling petitions... He says you [Government] have been com- mitting illegalities since 1954,” Bobde told Venugopal in a lighter vein. Continued on Page 11 S hapoorji Pallonji and Company Limited has emerged as the lowest bidder for the Central Vista Avenue/Rajpath redevelopment project quoting 477.08 crore, which is 4.99 per cent less than the estimated cost. Tata Projects quoted the second-lowest bid amount of 488.78 crore. Continued on Page 11

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Farmers protesting againstthe three farm laws at Delhi

borders for around 40 days arefully prepared to take out atractor rally on Thursday.However, the inclement weath-er, because of which they haddeferred their tractor rally by aday, has continued unabated.

Even as their talks with theGovernment have failed toresolve the issues, the farmerunions on Wednesday saidscores of farmers are gatheringat borders for the tractor rallieson January 7. The farmers said the Thursday tractor rallyis a rehearsal for the Republicday show.

Meanwhile, All India KisanSangharsh CoordinationCommittee (AIKSCC) hasurged farmers to take out trac-tors parade in all districts of thecountry on January 26.

Several rural women inHaryana’s Jind district arereceiving training to drive trac-tors for taking part in a “trac-tor parade” in the nationalCapital on January 26 againstthe three new farm laws.

Women hailing from threevillages — Safa Kheri, Khatkar,Pallwan — in Jind are learningto steer the tractor wheel.

Sikim Nain Sheokant, pres-ident of Jind-based Kisan EktaMahila Manch, said thoughsome of the women can drivetractors in the fields for farmoperations, they do not haveexperience of road driving.

“We want women to drivetractors on highway on January26 without any help,” she said.

Sheokant said several vil-lagers were also helping themout by offering their tractors and providing themrequired training.

Women are undergoingtraining at a toll plaza on Jind-Patiala National Highway forhandling tractor-trolleys onroad. The protesting farmershave declared toll plazas “free”.

“We are getting the train-ing for driving a tractor for par-

ticipating in the tractor parade,”said a woman who has beenreceiving the lesson.

She feels the new farmlaws are not in the interest ofthe farming community.

“Several other protests alsohave begun in support of thefarmers’ demand. A sit-in hasbegun with more than 500tractors marching into Barautarea of Baghpat district. InChennai, a massive dharnawas held and tribal protests areplanned in Odisha,” AIKSCC stated.

The body blamed theCentral Government for notbeing serious about talks andsolving farmers’ problems. “Inthe 7th round talks held tillnow, we have stated we wantrepeal and nothing else. TheGovernment too has ‘under-stood that the demand is forrepeal’ and said it will have toundertake ‘further consultation’.Yet, several Ministers and BJPleaders are putting a spanner inthe wheels,” they said.

“Agriculture MinisterNarendra Singh Tomar hadannounced he will be talking toother farmer unions who sup-port the laws. Already thisexercise to manufacture sup-port has been undertaken andhas achieved very poorresponse. Taking cue fromPrime Minister NarendraModi, the BJP leaders from MPand Punjab have said demandsare unjustified,” they said.

“While Nitin Gadkari tar-geted the need to improvefood production and feedIndia’s largely hungry popula-tion, he attacked MSP, saying itis higher than market rate,even when the Governmentsays MSP will continue.Ministers should know thatIndia is host to 33 per cent ofthe world’s hungry popula-tion,” said the AIKSCC.

Continued on Page 11

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After lakhs of birds died inseveral States and thou-

sands were culled, the Centreon Wednesday identified 12epicentres of avian influenza, orthe bird flu, outbreak in Kerala,Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh,Gujarat and Himachal Pradeshand issued advisories to otherStates to contain spread of theinfection in chickens, ducks,crows and migratory birds.

Over 69,000 birds, includ-ing ducks and chicken, wereculled in Kerala while theMadhya Pradesh Governmentbanned chicken supply fromKerala and other southernStates for next 10 days. The birdflu outbreak has been report-ed barely a few months afterIndia in September 30, 2020,declared the country free fromthe disease.

The Ministry of Fisheries,Animal Husbandry & Dairyingon Wednesday alerted States tokeep a vigil on any unusualmortality among birds and toreport immediately to takenecessary measures as there is

a possibility of bird flu spread-ing to humans and domesti-cated animals. The Ministryhas also set up a control room(011-23382354) in Krishi

Bhawan to keep watch on thesituation and to take stock ondaily basis of preventive andcontrol measures undertakenby State authorities.

The avian influenza caseshave been reported in manyStates like Kerala, MadhyaPradesh, Himachal Pradesh,Rajasthan, Haryana, andGujarat, while Jammu &Kashmir, Punjab, Delhi,Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu are on high alert.

“After confirmation of pos-itive samples from ICAR-NIH-SAD, avian influenza (AI) hasbeen reported from the fol-lowing States (at 12 epicentres):Rajasthan (crow) — Baran,Kota, Jhalawar; MadhyaPradesh (crow) — Mandsaur,Indore, Malwa; HimachalPradesh (migratory birds) —Kangra; Kerala (poultry duck)— Kottayam, Allapuzha (4 epi-centres),” said the Ministry.

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In a stark reminder of theDelhi’s 2012 Nirbhaya case, a

50-year-old anganwadi workerwas gangraped and murderedallegedly by a priest and his twoaccomplices in Budaun districtof Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday.

While the priest is on therun, his two accomplices werearrested on Tuesday night afterthe post-mortem report con-firmed rape, police said onWednesday, adding thewoman’s leg and a rib bone toowere found fractured and there were injuries in her pri-vate parts.

The incident, which trig-gered an uproar in political cir-cles, took place on Sunday andthe matter came to light thatnight when the priest and hisaccomplices took the body tothe victim’s home, saying it wasfound in a dry well in the tem-ple premises.

Taking cognisance of theincident, Chief Minister YogiAdityanath ordered “strongestpossible action” in the case evenas Opposition parties attackedhis Government, terming theincident “horrific” and “shame-

ful”. The CM has directed theADG Bareilly zone to reportback to the Government on theincident and action takenagainst the accused. The CMhas also said that STF would beassisting the district police inthe investigation.

The National Commissionfor Women too took note of theincident and decided to send ateam of its members to probethe incident.

About the incident,Budaun’s SeniorSuperintendent of PoliceSankalp Sharma said, “Thepost-mortem report confirmsrape and there are injuries inher private parts and a fracturein the leg.”

She suffered a rib fracturetoo, he added, citing the autop-sy report.

The SSP said the stationhouse officer (SHO) of Ughaitipolice station has been sus-pended for “delay in informinghigher authorities, laxity intaking action, dereliction ofduty and failure in takingspeedy action”. Four teamshave been formed to nab thepriest, the SSP said.

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At least four workers werekilled and six others seri-

ously injured following leakageof carbon monoxide gas at theCoal Chemicals Department ofRourkela Steel Plant (RSP) onWednesday morning.

While six of the victimswere taken to the RSP dispen-sary, four workers, identified asGanesh Chandra Paila (55),Rabindra Sahu (59),Abhimanyu Sah (33) andBrahmananda Panda (51), wereadmitted to the ICU of the IspatGeneral Hospital (IGH) wherethey died while undergoingtreatment.

Hours after the incident,the RSP authorities suspendedtwo senior officials, DeputyGeneral ManagerGopabandhu Barik of EMDDepartment and DGMNabendu Das of CCD

Mechanical Department fortheir alleged negligence. Also,the authorities decided to pro-vide job to one family memberof each deceased.

While opening flange boltsof the gas line of the gas mix-ing tank at the site A of theplant, some entrapped gasgushed out affecting four work-ers of the contract firm, StarConstruction, critically.

Meanwhile, a high-levelcommittee has been formed toenquire into the cause of theaccident. The plant is func-tioning normally, informed

official sources.Rourkela Ispat Karkhana

Karmachari Sangh presidentHimanshu Sekhar Bal demand-ed adequate compensation tothe families of the deceased andinjured.

Chief Minister NaveenPatnaik in a tweet said, “Deeplysaddened to know about thetragic loss of lives in the gasleak incident at Rourkela SteelPlant. My thoughts and prayersare with bereaved families inthe hour of grief and pray forthe speedy recovery of thosewho are hospitalised.”

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The Supreme Court onWednesday agreed to

examine controversial new lawsof Uttar Pradesh andUttarakhand regulating reli-gious conversions due to inter-faith marriages.

A bench headed by ChiefJustice SA Bobde refused, how-ever, to stay the provisions ofthe laws and issued notices toboth State Governments ontwo different petitions.

The pleas, filed by advocateVishal Thakre and others andan NGO ‘Citizen for Justice andPeace’, have challenged theconstitutional validity of theUttar Pradesh Prohibition ofUnlawful Religious ConversionOrdinance, 2020 and theUttarakhand Freedom ofReligion Act, 2018 which reg-ulate religious conversions ofinter-faith marriages.

At the outset, the top courtasked the petitioners toapproach the Allahabad HighCourt after Solicitor GeneralTushar Mehta said that it isalready seized of the matter.

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Democrat Rev RaphaelWarnock on Wednesday

secured a crucial win in thesenatorial race, becoming thefirst Black senator fromGeorgia and bringing his partywithin the reach of a majorityin the US Senate ahead ofPresident-elect Joe Biden’sinauguration.

Multiple news outlets onWednesday morning projected51-year-old Warnock, a seniorpastor of Ebenezer BaptistChurch in Atlanta, winneragainst Republican Senator

Kelly Loeffler in the GeorgiaSenate runoff.

He is the first African-American to represent Georgiain the US Senate. He is also thefirst Democrat to win theSenate race from Georgia in 20years. The control of the Senatenow boils down to the otherSenate runoff from Georgiawherein Republican incum-bent Senator David Perdue istrailing against Democrat JonOssoff, when reports last camein. The special elections wereheld on Tuesday.

Both President DonaldTrump and President-elect Joe

Biden had campaigned fortheir respective candidates.

The 100-member Senatenow has 50 seats for theRepublican Party and 49 to theDemocrats. The result of thePerdue vs Ossoff is yet to becalled in.

In the event of bothRepublicans and theDemocrats having 50 seats inthe Senate, Vice-President-elect Kamala Harris is in hercapacity as the Vice Chairman,who presides over the Senatemeetings, would cast the cru-cial vote in favour of theDemocrats.

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Petrol price on Wednesdayneared all-time high after

state-owned fuel retailers hikedrates after a nearly month-long hiatus.

Petrol price was raised by26 paise per litre and diesel by25 paise a litre, according to aprice notification from oil mar-keting companies.

After this increase, petrolin Delhi climbed to �83.97 perlitre from �83.71 previously.Diesel rates rose to �74.12 perlitre from �73.87. In Mumbai,diesel touched an all-time highof �80.78.

This is the first price revi-sion in nearly a month andrates are now near an all-timehigh. Highest ever rate of �84 a litre for petrol in Delhiwas touched on October 4,2018. Diesel too had scaled toan all-time high of �75.45 a litreon October 4, 2018. On thatday, the Government cut exciseduty on petrol and diesel by�1.50 per litre in a bid to easeinflationary pressure and boostconsumer confidence.

Continued on Page 11

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After suggesting the Centreon December 17 to put on

hold the three controversialfarms laws and form a panel togo into the issues raised byprotesting farmers, theSupreme Court on Mondaynoted that there has been no“improvement on ground” andposted the matter for hearingon January 11.

A three-judge Bench head-ed by Chief Justice of India SABobde said the intention of thecourt is to encourage and facil-

itate talks between farmersand the Government. To this,Attorney General KKVenugopal informed the Benchthat “there are chances of theparties coming to some sort ofan understanding”.

“We understand the situa-tion and encourage consulta-tion. We can adjourn the mat-ters on Monday if you submitthe same due to the ongoingconsultation process,” theBench said. The Bench washearing a petition filed byadvocate Manohar Lal Sharmachallenging the validity of the

three farm laws.The court also issued

notice to the Government on aseparate petition filed by advo-cate Sharma, challenging theThird ConstitutionalAmendment of 1954 whichincluded Entry 33, concerningfood and essential commodi-ties, in the Concurrent List.

“This is one of Sharma’sstartling petitions... He says you[Government] have been com-mitting illegalities since 1954,”Bobde told Venugopal in alighter vein.

Continued on Page 11

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Voicing concern over cor-ruption, Governor of Uttar

Pradesh Anandiben Patel saidit tarnishes the image of thegovernment. It is the responsi-bility of the government toensure quality work, the gover-nor said while talking to ThePioneer here on Wednesday. Ina freewheeling interview, shetalked about various issuesranging from empowerment ofwomen to child education andfrom giving human touch tovarious government decisionslike adopting TB-inflicted chil-dren to the government’s per-formance. She commendedChief Minister Yogi Adityanathfor improving law and orderbut had a word of caution forcorruption in governmentfunctioning. Following are theexcerpt of the interview:

As a governor, how do you seeUP?

When I was in Gujarat, weused to see leaders of UPwielding guns. It was some-thing new for us and we usedto think why it is so because inGujarat, we used to roam freelywithout any fear. When I camehere, I realised that law andorder was a big issue. Evenelected representatives actedlike criminals. Sometimes theyeven grabbed someone’s land orhouse, and there was no one toraise a finger.

Chief Minister YogiAdityanath has brought achange. He is strict and it wasneeded because there is a feel-ing in UP that the powerful cancommit crime and go scot-free.A message should go acrossthat MLAs and MPs are equal-ly guilty if they commit acrime, and the CM has beenable to convey this messageeffectively.

Government has expediteddevelopment but must ensurequality work. Corruption sul-lies the image of the govern-ment. In the Muradnagar inci-dent, the construction costwent up from Rs 42 lakh to Rs65 lakh and the contractoreven paid Rs 16 lakh asbribe. Stern action should betaken against such contractorsand officers. The CM hasordered recovery from suchofficers and this is a gooddecision.

Is Gujarat model in UP possible?

All the projects of a statecannot be replicated in anoth-er state, as every state has dif-ferent social and geographicaldynamics. But the scheme ofmaking fertilisers and medi-cines from cow dung, whichhas been very successful inGujarat, can be replicated in

UP. Kanha Upvan has pre-pared a project under Gujaratmodel and will be started in UPas a pilot project. It will help incleaning the villages and gen-erating employment at the vil-lage level.

How do you see family touchto Raj Bhawan?

When I came to UP, Ifound the employees of RajBhawan a neglected lot. Thekitchen used to be dirty. Beinga woman, I wanted it to beclean. There was no communi-cation among the employeeswith officers. I took the initia-tive and met family membersand heard their complaints.They even told me about leak-ing toilet roofs. I called the offi-cers and initiated repair work.I threw open the campusground for children so that theycould play there. I also pur-chased sports equipment. Now,the children of our staff andsecurity personnel play togeth-er. I believe the Raj Bhawancompound is a village and weshould have activity in this vil-lage. You cannot close the doorand prevent interaction amongpeople.

How to give a human face tothe gubernatorial post?

If you want to bring a pos-itive change in society, educate

the children. If you want pros-perity, provide quality educa-tion. Children inculcate goodhabits in primary schools.Catch them young and givethem good education becauseeducated children do not takepart in illegal activities. WhenI came to UP, I heard about TBcases. I decided that employeesof Raj Bhawan should adopt aTB-inflicted child. This schemehas clicked. Besides, I believereading habits should be incul-cated in children. We initiatedthe project in which over 9-10lakh children participated.

What is the importance ofimprovement in education?

During the previous gov-ernments, the education wasprobably handed over to thosewith no vision. They did not setup infrastructure. How canyou expect a government tobuild huge infrastructure inthree years? However, the Yogigovernment has taken up thecudgels and is now setting upuniversities one after another.Education should not be priva-tised and government shouldrun the education system. Theuniversities have problems asthey have hundreds of affiliat-ed colleges under them. Theyare facing financial burdenand the government shouldsupport them.

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The Election Commission of India (ECI)on Wednesday announced the schedule

for the biennial elections to the 12 seats ofupper house of the UP Legislature, the legisla-tive council. The polling will be held on January 28.

According to the UP’s chief electoral officer(CEO) officer, the term of the 12 seats is end-ing on January 31. The notification for the bien-nial polls will be issued on January 11 and thelast date for filing of the nominations will beJanuary 18.

Scrutiny of papers will be done on January19 and candidates can withdraw their nomina-tion papers till January 21. If required, pollingwill be held on January 28 from 9 am to 4 pm,and counting of votes from 5 pm. All membersof the UP Assembly are eligible to cast their votesin this election.

The ruling BJP is set to win 10 seats whilethe SP may win one seat on the basis of its pre-sent strength in the assembly.

Among the outgoing members, six are ofSP, two of BSP, three of BJP and one disquali-fied. The present chairman of the legislativecouncil, Ramesh Yadav, who is from SP, will also retire.

The members whose tenure will expire areDeputy CM Dinesh Sharma, UP BJP president Swantra Deo Singh and LaxmanAcharya, Nasimuddin Siddiqui (disqualified),Dharamveer Ashok, Pradeep Jatav, AhmedHasan, Ashu Mallick, Ramesh Yadav, RamJatan Rajbhar, Virendra Singh and SahibSingh Saini. In the legislative council, theSP enjoys the majority with 55 members in thetotal strength of 100 while BJP has 25members.

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The Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) ofthe Uttar Pradesh Police conduct-

ed raids at several places across the stateon Wednesday to nab RohingiyaMuslims, said to be staying illegally andallegedly involved in terror funding.

Around six accused were roundedup during the raids conducted inKhalilabad in Sant Kabir Nagar, Basti,Aligarh and other districts. Lastweek too, a raid was conducted at ashop in Gorakhpur after the owner’sinvolvement in terror funding sur-faced.

According to sources, a juniorengineer was taken into custody inKhalilabad and the ATS sleuths recov-

ered forged documents and other indis-criminate things from those detained.It was alleged that the JE used to makefake passports and three of his associ-ates (Rohingya Muslims) were nabbed.The sleuths also tracked financialtransactions to the tune of Rs 1.5 croreto the bank account of the JE in ques-tion. The JE was identified as AzizulHaq aka Azziullah from BhakhiraChamarson in Sant Kabir Nagar. Heoriginally hails from Myanmar. Hemanaged fake passports and brought hismother, sister and two brothers toIndia in 2017.

Earlier in March 2018, the ATSsleuths had arrested ten persons fortheir alleged links with Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and involvement in terror

funding. “Ten persons were arrested from

Gorakhpur, Lucknow, Pratapgarh andRivan (MP) by the ATS. They wereinvolved in terror funding on Pakistan’sdirectives,” the then ATS IG AsimArun told reporters. Those arrestedwere identified as Naseem Ahmad,Naeem Arshad, Sanjay Saroj, NirajMishra, Sahil Masih, Uma Pratap Singh,Mukesh Prasad, Nikhil Rai aliasMusharraf Ansari, Ankur Rai andDayanand Yadav.

“A member of LeT used to remainin contact with them and ask them toopen bank accounts with fake namesand direct them as to how muchmoney is to be transferred to whichaccount. Indian agents used to get 10%

to 20% commission for that. Till now,transactions to the tune of over Rs 1crore have come to the fore,” he said. Heclaimed that the arrested persons hadlinks with the LeT and some of themeven knew what was happening.

“Some them clearly knew what theywere doing while some considered it asa lottery fraud,” the officer said,adding that a detailed probe was onand more arrests were likely. The roleof the bank staff would also be probed,he said.

ATM cards, Rs 42 lakh in cash, POSmachines, magnetic card readers, threelaptops, passbooks of different banks,a country-made pistol and cartridgeswere recovered from the possession ofthe accused, he said.

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Opposition parties attacked the UPgovernment and termed the

Budaun incident as horrific and shame-ful. The Congress compared it to the2012 Nirbhaya incident of Delhi.Congress leader Priyanka GandhiVadra hit out at the Yogi Adityanathgovernment, alleging that there wassomething wrong in the intentions ofthe administration on the issue ofwomen’s security. Tagging a mediareport, Gandhi tweeted: “In Hathras,the government administration did notgive an ear to the pleas of people. Thegovernment saved the officials and sup-pressed the voices of the victims.”

“In Budaun, the police stationofficer did not listen to the one plead-ing and did not even examine theplace of the incident. There is some-thing wrong in the UP government’sintentions on women’s security,” sheadded. The UP Congress alsocame down heavily on the governmentand said that ‘Mission Shakti’ hasfailed. The party asked Adityanath toapologise to the women of UP forbetraying them in the name of MissionShakti.

Congress state president AjayKumar Lallu termed the incident ashorrific and shameful for humanity.“How many more Nirbhayas? Howmuch more of this monstrosity? Whenwill the Adityanath government wakeup? Where are our awakened journal-ists?” the party spokesman said in atweet in Hindi.

Taking to Twitter, the Samajwadi

Party said: “50-year-old Anganwadiassistant, who had gone to offer prayersat a temple in Budaun, gang-raped andmurdered. Those in power who onlymake false claims of women securityshould drown themselves. The guiltyshould be punished at the earliest, andjustice should prevail.”

The Bahujan Samaj Party alsocondemned the incident and attackedthe government over safety of womenin UP. Party chief Mayawati said thatthe culprits should be brought to thebooks and stern action must be takenagainst them.

The Communist Party of India(CPI) also condemned the Budaunincident and said the Yogi Adityanathgovernment has failed in checkingcrime incidents. Party leaders expressedshock at the police working, saying thecops initially refused to register acase. State secretary Dr Girish said the50-year-old woman had gone to offerprayers at a temple for good health ofher husband.

“Which kind of Ram Rajya is it?As if the similar incidents in Hathras,Balrampur and other districts were notenough, the Budaun incident has shak-en people to the core,” he said. Headded that if the incident had takenplace at some other religious place, theBJP workers and leaders would havegone amok.

CPI (ML) leader Sudhakar Yadavsaid the government should step downas it was an incident akin to Nirbhayacase. “The police saved the miscreantsand refused to register a case in thisconnection,” he said.

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UP Chief Minister YogiAdityanath on Wednesday

reiterated his government’sresolve to double the income offarmers. He launched an initia-tive called ‘Kisan KalyanMission’, dedicated to the farm-ers’ welfare and growth.

Kick-starting the pro-gramme from Dadupur villagein Sarojininagar block ofLucknow, the CM hit out at theprevious governments forbeing apathetic to the problemsof farmers and listed a slew ofpro-farmer schemes imple-mented by the Central and UPgovernment for overall welfareof the farmers.

Regretting that lakhs offarmers lost their lives from2004 to 2014 in the country dueto the callous attitude of theprevious dispensations, theCM said: “Lakhs of farmerscommitted suicide between2004 and 2014 because no onewas there to take care of them.After our government came topower, the farmers are usingnew farm technologies and areon the path to progress.”

“Atmahatya se aamdani(from suicide to income) hasbeen the motto of the UttarPradesh government for thefarmers and it is being mani-fested by scores of schemes forthem,” he said, adding: “Hadthe growth in farm sector takenplace in the last 70 years, theModi government would nothave required to take up thetask of doubling the income offarmers in the last six years.”

Invoking the ‘Jai Jawan,Jai Kisan’ slogan, the CM saidthe farmers remained margin-alised owing to the politically-motivated approach of the pre-vious governments, mainly ofCongress.

“The farmers have got thebenefits of Prime Minister

Narendra Modi’s policies andschemes. Modi worked for thewelfare of farmers and intro-duced PM Crop Insurance pol-icy, wherein farmers can easi-ly apply for the damages causedby animals and get insurancecover,” Yogi said.

The CM said it was to thecredit of Modi that he imple-mented recommendations ofthe Swaminathan Commissionafter coming to power. “Everyyear, a sum of Rs 6,000 is beingsent into the accounts of 2.30crore farmers of UP and thesmile on the faces of farmerstells the story of India’s prosper-ity,” he said while asserting thatboth the Centre and UP gov-ernment are committed todoing their best for farmers.

He pointed out that in2017, the first Cabinet decisionwas taken to waive farm loansto the tune of Rs 36,000 crore,benefitting about 86 lakh farm-ers. Complimenting the JalShakti department for taking

forward the pro-farmer agen-da of the government, he saidthe government is working onother major programmes forthe benefit of farmers.

“When our farmers arehappy, the country will behappy. The goal is to makefarmers aware of the govern-ment’s plans related to farming,animal husbandry and agricul-ture. In this sequence, farmers’welfare centres are being run byour government to provide allfacilities to farmers at oneplace,” he explained.

Hitting out at the opposi-tion, Yogi said: “When thecountry is making rapidprogress, many people do notlike it. This is the first timewhen vaccination programmesare being run for diseases likebrucellosis of the cattle. Asmany as 2,35,00,000 farmers ofUP are getting the benefits ofPM Krishi Samman Yojanaeven as many states do not havesuch a big population.”

Laying emphasis on prop-er marketing mechanism offarm produce, he said: “If thegodowns are built at villagepanchayat level, the crops caneasily reach the market ontime.”

Summing up with a wordof advice for the farmers, theCM said: “Ignore the mislead-ing and misinformation cam-paign by some elements infurtherance to their ulteriorpolitical interests.”

Under the ‘Kisan KalyanMission’, various programmeshave been organised for thewell-being of farmers, such asexhibitions of agriculture andassociate sectors, including theproducts of livelihood mis-sions and MSME sector unitsMeetings on a regular basis willbe organised for the farmers inwhich scientists, progressivefarmers, and workers associat-ed with the Agriculture depart-ment will explain scientificfarming. They will also provide

information about the schemesof the government. Also, farm-ers will be benefitted fromvarious schemes of the agricul-ture department.

Under this programme,the UP government also felic-itated 100 progressive farmersfrom all 75 districts of the state.The Agriculture departmentselected these farmers as rolemodels for local farmers fromevery district who will inspirethe local farmers by sharingtheir success stories. Theirdatabases will also be preparedby the government. OnWednesday, the ‘Kisan KalyanMission’ programme wasorganised in 303 out of 825blocks. The programme in 303and 219 blocks is scheduled tobe held on January 13 and 21respectively. Under this mis-sion, farmers of every block willbe given the benefit of ‘KrishakUphar Yojana’. The programmewill conclude on the occasionof ‘UP Diwas’, January 24.

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Yes, I cook my food myself,said Governor Anandiben

Patel. “One should not besurprised because when I wasthe chief minister of Gujarat,I used to cook my food thereas well,” she said.

“Mahila hain to kitchenmein jaana chahiye (a womanshould always go to kitchen),she said, adding: “Generally Icook my own food butwhen I get late, I prepare roti

and daal but get subzi andrice from the Raj Bhawankitchen.”

“In Gujarat, during rainswe eat pakora, which is calledbhajia there. Here too, I cookpakoras during rains and evensend some to my officers ifthey are willing to savourthem,” the governor said.“Even when I go to Gujarat, Igo to the kitchen. My daugh-ter-in-law asks me to relax butI help her by chopping vegeta-bles,” she said.

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>���?��������������+��#4�3Lucknow (PNS): Liquor Sellers’Welfare Association (LSWA)distributed blankets and masksfree of cost among 500 poor andneedy persons in a function heldat Hanuman Setu onWednesday. Joint secretary ofthe association Anil Kumar,ADM (Disaster) Vipin Kumar,ADM (East) KP Singh andDeputy Commissioner (Excise)Jinendra Kumar handed over theblankets to beneficiaries. Districtexcise officer Vinesh KumarSharma, traders’ leader SandeepBansal and excise inspectorsalso took part in the programme.

General Secretary of theassociation KL Maurya said theprogram was held with an aimto help the poor brave the chi-illy weather conditions. He saidthe association would organisesimilar functions at KGMUTrauma Centre, Civil hospitaland Charbagh.

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“They should remain alertand if any dead bird is found,samples should be sent to theHigh Security Lab in Bhopal.They have been asked to iden-tify poultry farms in theirrespective districts and carryout random sampling ofhealthy birds for effective sur-veillance. We have started send-ing samples of healthy birdsfrom the state and instructionshave been issued to send atleast 20 random samples ofbirds for testing to Bhopal,” hesaid. Srivastava said they haveestablished a control room atthe directorate at the state cap-ital for effective management.He said people should notpanic and but remain alertand if any bird dies, it shouldbe reported to the controlroom so that the disease or thepotential of disease could bechecked at that point. “If birdsdie in large numbers, should bereported to the control room ofthe Animal Husbandry depart-ment,” he said. He added thatpeople should eat meat afterboiling it because the virus diesat high temperature.

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The final dry run for theCovid-19 vaccination will

be carried out across the stateon January 11, a couple of daysaway from the launch of launchof actual vaccination on theoccasion of Makar Sankranti.

The final dry run will beheld across the state at around1,500 vaccination centres wherethe first lot of beneficiaries willbe administered the vaccine inthe first phase.

Chief Minister YogiAdityanath, while directing theofficials to examine the entireprocess during the final dryrun, said that the Healthdepartment, after completingthe data of the first prioritygroup, should now begin feed-ing of the data for the secondtarget group.

The Health departmentwill be starting on January 10Mukhyamantri Arogya Mela atall the CHCs in the state.

Yogi said effective manage-ment of prevention and treat-ment of Covid-19 should bemaintained and it should alsobe ensured that medicine, med-ical equipment and back-up ofoxygen are available in abun-dance in the Covid hospitals.Testing work should also becarried out with full capacity,he added.

“Contact tracing and sur-veillance play an importantrole in breaking the chain ofCovid-19 infection and shouldbe carried out with full steam.People should be continuous-ly made aware about preven-tion from Covid-19 and forthis, various publicity mediumsand public address systemsshould be used comprehensive-ly,” he said.

The CM said that ‘MukhyaMantri Arogya Melas’ will be

organised again from January10 at the rural and urban pri-mary health centres. Peopleshould be made aware aboutprevention from Covid-19 atthese melas and eligible personsalso be provided AyushmanBharat scheme cards, Yogi said.

The CM also issued direc-tions for completion of all thearrangements for the mela ontime. On Tuesday, the secondCovid vaccination dry run wassuccessfully held in all the dis-tricts.

Meanwhile, the number ofpositive Covid patients in thestate came down to 11,939 onWednesday and it was after sixmonths that the number ofpositive cases came down to the12,000-mark. The recovery ratein the state has furtherincreased to 96.55 per cent,with 5,69,959 patients recover-

ing from the virus in the stateso far. A total of 8,441 patientshave died so far.

In Lucknow, 118 personstested positive for coronaviruson Wednesday while 187patients recovered, taking thenumber of recoveries to 75,777.Lucknow’s death toll stands at1,121 while there are 2,418active cases in the district. Thefresh cases included 13 fromRae Bareli road, 12 fromChowk, 11 from Gomtinagarand 10 from Indiranagar.

Immunisation officer MKSingh said that in Lucknow,they are preparing a micro-planfor vaccination.

The first dry run onJanuary 2 was conducted at sixhospitals while the second at 12hospitals, including CHCs.

A senior health officialsaid the dry runs focused on

better coordination as the vac-cines are brought by police.Arrangements were made forthe number of vehiclesrequired, route chart, names ofthe drivers and their mobilenumbers, physical verificationof cold chain points, presenceof guards at the cold chains,and contact numbers of thoseallowed to enter the cold chainpoints. The Covid cases havegone down immensely in thedistrict and there are no clus-ter areas as of now, the officialsaid.

Indiranagar, Gomtinagar,Aliganj, Chinhat andSarojininagar have seen a dropin the number of cases lately.

Member of KGMU’s Covidtask force Dr Surya KantTripathi said they are gettingqueries from people regardingvaccination. “Even as the wait

for the guidelines continues, itis likely that pregnant women,breastfeeding mothers and chil-dren will not be administeredvaccine because in all the clin-ical trials across the world andin India, pregnant women orchildren were not included,” hepointed out.

However, he said thosewho have already been infect-ed by the coronavirus are eli-gible candidates for the vaccine.“Once a patient recovers, theantibody titre finishes afterthree months and hence it isimportant to get vaccinated,” hesaid.

Dr Tripathi said that twoweeks after the second dose ofvaccination, one develops asufficient titre of antibodies. “Ifyou get vaccinated and do notfollow social distancing andwear mask, you can easilycatch the infection and spreadit too. People have to under-stand that getting vaccinateddoes not mean precautionsshould be avoided,” he said.

Meanwhile, head ofMicrobiology department,KGMU, Dr Amita Jain saidtheir lab has crossed the 10-lakh mark in terms of thenumber of samples tested forcoronavirus infection. The test-ing of samples began in Marchlast year. Genome sequencingwill also be done in the wake ofthe new strain of coronaviruswhich was first detected in theUK. “The genome sequencingmay begin by end of thismonth,” Dr Jain said.

Genome sequencing isbeing carried out across theworld, with scientists alsoputting this information inpublic domain so that compar-isons can be made in differentcountries. The UK strain inparticular has raised the impor-tance of genome sequencing.

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The Department of Scienceand Technology under the

Ministry of Science andTechnology has sanctioned amega project called ‘ScienceTechnology and Innovation(STI) Hub in North India’ toProf Naveen Kumar Arora,head of the department ofEnvironmental Science,Babasaheb BhimraoAmbedkar University, forremediation of saline soil andresolution of other agricul-ture-based fundamental prob-lems in villages of UP, six vil-lages of Uttarakhand and sixvillages of Himachal Pradesh.

BBAU spokespersonRachna Gangwar said that

Prof Arora is the principalinvestigator of the project andwill lead the other threeregional partners for thesmooth running of the projectand to deliver desired outputsin the villages.

Prof Arora’s team has ben-eficial and unique bacterialstrains that are capable oftransforming soil from salineto fertile through biologicalinterventions. He has alreadygained remarkable success inturning barren soil into fertilethrough the use of developedbiofertilisers. Since 2014, heand his team are applyingtheir developed biofertilisers insome of the villages forenhancing the productivity ofsaline soil and its results have

been commendable. The landwas reclaimed through biolog-ical means and now the farm-ers are doing cultivation ofeven salt sensitive crops inthese regions. This developedbiofertiliser showed very goodresults in restoration of theproductivity of saline soil incomparison to any other syn-thetic chemicals. The results ofthis biofertiliser are well visi-ble and several research papershave been published by theProf Arora’s team.

She said that this made abase for the proposed projectand received funding fromthe Department of Scienceand Technology, New Delhi.

This project will also helpin increasing farmers’ income

and through development ofentrepreneurs and start-ups.The focus of the project is todevelop biological tools andprovide its benefits to thefarmers, especially the SC/STcommunity, through regularawareness and training pro-grammes in selected regions ofthree states as they lack prop-er resources and modern sci-entific, technological inter-ventions.

Gangwar said that theobjectives of the projectinclude monitoring and assess-ment of soil and water samplesfrom the selected regions andto provide awareness and solu-tion of problems to local pop-ulation for soil and water con-servation.

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Three persons suffered pel-let injuries after the hand-

gun of a security guard went offin Aminabad on Wednesdayevening. Police detained thesecurity guard and the cash vandriver for negligence. Moresections of IPC will be addedif any unlawful act on the partof the detainees is ascertainedduring investigation. Theinjured were admitted to ahospital where they were saidbe out of danger. The victimswere identified as Abdul Haq ofSarojininagar, Rishabh Kumarof Alambagh and Mohammed

Khaliq of Wazirganj.As per reports, a cash van

hired by a bank taking cash toAminabad got stuck in trafficjam near Bombay Furniture onLatouche road around 4 pm.After waiting for some time,the security guard, identified asRadheshyam ofAmbedkarnagar, got downfrom the cash van with hislicensed handgun around hisshoulder. When he was gettingdown, the handgun fell off hisshoulders. Since the handgunwas loaded, it went off and thepellets hit three commuterswho were behind Radheshyam.

Chaos erupted soon after

and there was a stampede-likesituation on the road. Shop-owners said they were initial-ly under the impression thatsomeone had attacked the cashvan for loot.

“The commuters startedrunning helter-skelter and scat-tered all over the road in theprocess. Several of the shop-owners downed the shutters infear and the road wore a desert-ed look. After a while, hugepolice force reached the scene,”the shop-owners said. A policespokesman said the cash vandriver and security guard hadbeen detained and were beinginterrogated.

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Bhadohi: A Bhadohi-basedcarpet exporter, facing theallegations of sexually exploit-ing a 30-year-old woman foraround eight years on thepretext of marrying her, sur-rendered before a court hereand was sent to jail, police saidon Wednesday.

A non-bailable warranthad been issued against thetrader on January 2 followingwhich he surrendered beforethe chief judicial magistrateon Tuesday after coming toknow of it , Bhadohi’sSuperintendent of Police RamBadan Singh said onWednesday. The courtremanded him in 14-day judi-cial custody, he said.

The case against the trad-er was lodged at Aurai policestation on April 28, 2019 onthe complaint of woman, a

school teacher, he said. Thewoman had said she knew thetrader since 2011 and had gotintimate with him followinghis promise to marry her.

She said the trader estab-lished physical relationshipwith her on the pretext ofmarriage and raped herrepeatedly for nearly eightyears without actually marry-ing her, the SP said. Duringthe period, she twice became

pregnant, but the accused gother pregnancy terminatedafter administering someintoxicating substance to her,he said.

In her complaint, thewoman had also said the trad-er had entered her home onApril 22, 2019 and threatenedher family members with direconsequences if they do notstay silent on the issue of hisrelationship with her, the SPsaid. “A case was registeredagainst the trader under var-ious sections of the IPC. Theaccused had been abscondingsince then and was able tosecure an interim bail fromthe Allahabad High Courtwhich was later quashed afterthe woman challenged it,” theSP said. Efforts were on by thepolice to arrest him, the SP said. PTI

Lucknow: Moderate rainsalong with thundershowerswere observed at isolatedplaces over western UttarPradesh while very light rainsand thundershowers occurredat some places in the state’seastern parts on Wednesday,the Met department said.

State capital Lucknow

recorded a minimum tem-perature of 12.7 degreesCelsius, while Allahabadrecorded 14.6 degrees Celsius.The lowest minimum temper-ature in the state was 6.2degrees Celsius recorded inEtawah and Banda. Dense tovery dense fog is very likely tooccur in the morning at isolat-

ed places over eastern UP onThursday.

Rain/thunderstorms arevery likely at isolated placesover western UP and theweather is most likely to remaindry over eastern UP on January8. For January 9, the weather ismost likely to remain dry overthe state. PTI

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Meanwhile, four people,including two children, diedand five were injured when atruck collided with their carand overturned on it inHathras on Tuesday. Ninepeople from Alwar inRajasthan were headingtowards Kasganj to take a dipin the Ganga.

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In a suspected case of gangwar, three unidentified mis-

creants opened a burst of fireon a former block pramukh ofMau and his companion whowere travelling in an SUV atKathauta crossing underVibhuti Khand police stationarea on Wednesday night. Adelivery boy of Zomato alsosuffered injuries in the incident.

The deceased was identi-fied as Ajeet Singh aka AjeetLangda of Mau while his aideas Mohar Singh. The Zomatodelivery boy was identified asAkash. Commissioner of PoliceDK Thakur said the incidenttook place between 8:30 pmand 8:45 pm. There were threemiscreants on a motorcycle.“The exact number of shotsfired is yet to be estimated. Itis believed that the assailantsshot 25-30 rounds using pro-

hibited bore pistols. The policerecovered 9mm cartridges fromthe scene. Ajeet and his aidemay have been attacked bytheir friends-turned-foes oversome monetary dispute or forsupremacy,” Thakur said.

He said Ajeet was named inmore than 15 cases and he wasexterned from Mau onDecember 31 by the districtadministration. “Ajeet has fivemurder cases registered againstin his name,” Thakur said.

He refused to comment onreports that Ajeet was an eye-witness in a case and he wasshot dead over that. “We arefinding details regarding his

enmity with people in Mau andneighbouring districts. A teamhas been formed to crack thecase. Mohar Singh is said to beout of danger and he is beingquizzed,” he said. Police teamswere scanning CCTV footageto get the sequence of events.

The area wore a desertedlook and police did not findany person when they reachedthere for investigation. TheCP himself reached the place tooversee the investigation and hesought details from his subor-dinates. While the police weretight-lipped, sources said itwas a gang war between twomafia groups in eastern UP.They said Ajeet was in supportof one of the groups and it costhim his life. “The police talkedto criminals lodged in the jailat present and others to get aclue about the miscreants, butfailed to get any vital clue,” thesources said.

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VARANASI (PNS): Inresponse to the call given byPrime Minister Narendra Modito double the income of farm-ers, Kisan Kalyan Mission wasformally launched in only twodevelopment blocks of the dis-trict on Wednesday. The pro-gramme will continue tillJanuary 21. District presidentof Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)Hansraj Vishwakarma inau-gurated Kisan Mela, seminarand exhibition at Chandpurunder Kashi Vidyapith devel-opment block (Rohania assem-bly constituency).

Speaking on the occasion,he said that both the centraland state governments aredetermined to double theincome of the farmers. PraisingYogi government, he said thatafter coming to power in 2017,the first decision taken by theCabinet was waiving loan offarmers upto � 1 lakh and loansworth �36,000 crore of 86 lakhsmall marginal farmers in thestate were waived off. He alsohailed the PM’s decision tocheck black-marketing by sell-ing Neem-coated urea.According to him, prior to theYogi government only 10 lakhmetric tonnes (MT) of wheat

was purchased by the earliergovernment but during thepresent government, 46 lakhMT and 52 lakh MT of wheatwas purchased during the firsttwo years respectively. Therewas also a record purchase ofpaddy apart from paying �112,000 crore including dues of� 12,000 crore of previous gov-ernments to sugarcane growers.Not only this, during the pre-vious government 11 and 19sugar mills were closed downrespectively but since Yogicame to power 18 sugar millswere either made operationalor strengthened their capacity.At Kisan Mela, Agriculturedepartment provided assis-tance for solar pumps to thefarmers including DwarkaPrasad (Misirpur), Hira Lal(Korauta), Subhash (Ramna),Shyam Dhani and Radhani(both of Mudhadev), ShivKumar (Saraidagari) andUmashankar Singh (Kuruhua).Similarly, Munna Lal andSubhavati Devi of Ramsipur,Kamal Patel (Lakhmipur),Jaganwata (Lakhmipur),Ashish Rai (Korauta) andPradeep Kumar and LalBahadur of Ramsipur, wereprovided grants by the

Horticulture department foronion seed production.Besides, grant money wasmade available to Siyaram andVijay Shankar of Kuruhua forturmeric production.

U B I H O L D S P R O -GRAMMES: Under its DigitalIndia Campaign ‘Main BhiDigital’, the Union Bank ofIndia (UBI) organised pro-grammes at its branches andregional office in Mau. Duringthe programmes, the bank offi-cers linked the beneficiaries ofPM Swa-Nidhi Yojana withdigital platforms and the QRCode was distributed among375 beneficiaries of thisscheme. The beneficiaries werealso motivated for the digitaltransaction. It is noted here thatthe buyers can make cashlesspayment by scanning QR Codeof sellers through UPI Appavailable in mobile phones.The regional head of the bankSunil Kumar said, there arewide possibilities of digitaltransaction in India and it canbe properly used in the ruralareas and digital revolutioncan also be brought at nation-al level by this and added, thechallenges in digital transactioncan also be faced. This is like a

blessing for the poor and it willalso help in taking the econo-my of the country to cashlessand also the risk in the trans-action of cash could also belowered, he said, appealing tothe people to use it. The DigitalIndia campaign is run by theGovernment of India and it willhelp in checking the corruptionand also enhance work skillthrough transparency, he saidadding, there is immense pos-sibilities of Digital India inrural areas as the new employ-ment can be generated and thenew India could be developedwith the use of e-literacy.

SMS, INDONESIA VAR-SITY SIGN MOU : AMemorandum ofUnderstanding (MoU) hasbeen signed between School ofManagement Sciences (SMS),Varanasi and Al AsyariahMandar University, Indonesiaon international collaborationand cooperation in academicand research related activities.This MoU was signed by theSMS Director Prof PN Jha andDean Prof Raj Kumar Singh,Rector of Al Asyariah MandarUniversity Prof Hj ChuduriahSahabuddin and Director ProfMuthmainnah.

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As many as 51 new COVID-19 patients have been

detected in the district onWednesday, increasing the totalnumber to 21,469. The day alsosaw one more death, increasingthe toll to 366. During the day,the follow-up negative reportsincluded 46 and all of themhave been recovered fromhome isolation, increasing thenumber to 17,748. As no per-son has been discharged from

any of the hospital, the numberremained at 2,931. The totalnumber of patients who havebeen recovered so far is 20,679,leaving 424 active cases. Therecovery rate is 96.32 per cent,while the mortality rate is 1.70per cent.

In the first report of theday, 35 positive patients werefound out of 2,698 reportsreceived. Till then, the total testreports received were 5,34,277and the results of 3,199 areawaited. Out of them, 5,12,824

were negative, while 21,453were positive. The total num-ber of samples collected was5,60,749. With the addition oftwo new red zones, the totalnumber of hotspots hasincreased to 2,655 including181 red zones. Two green zoneshave been converted into thered zones again. There are2,474 green zones with sevennew ones. Meanwhile, mass /group corona antigen testscontinued and all the 116 testswere found negative at SSPG

Hospital Kabirchaura apartfrom 90 at District Women’sHospital, 31at CHC Shivpur, 62at Vivekanand HospitalBhelupur, 235 at LBS HospitalRamnagar and 95 at SSH BHU.Apart from this, all the 47 testsat Varanasi Junction (Cantt)railway station and 31 atManduadih were also foundnegative. Along with this, sam-ples of 112 from SSPG, 29 fromVivekanand and 201 from LBSHospital have been sent forRTPCR investigation.

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Governor and Chancellorof Mahatma Gandhi Kashi

Vidyapeeth (MGKV)Anandiben Patel onWednesday emphasised on get-ting agricultural technologyand education reached to fieldfrom laboratories and exhort-ed the students of agriculturescience to benefit the farmerswith these. Meanwhile, whilemaking an inspection of thecentral jail the Governor direct-ed the jail superintendent tomake arrangement of two e-rickshaws to take the incapableand old-aged jail inmates to thejail gate from the barracks.

Inaugurating the Faculty ofAgriculture Science &Technology on Bhairav Talabcampus of MGKV inGanagapur here, the Governorsaid, there is need to get theagriculture technology andeducation developed in univer-sities and research institutesreached to fields from the lab-oratories and the students ofthe faculty should benefit withthese to villagers and farmers.A total of 10 Farmer ProducerOrganisations (FPOs) are beingrun in the district which is aconstructive initiative to upliftthe status of farmers and thecampus should lead in consti-tuting this organisation hereand the students should estab-lish contact with the farmers

and have dialogue with themregarding the use of latest tech-nology in producing the food-grains, she said.

Gandhi was in favour ofrural development as theprogress of villages will pave away to develop the nation, theGovernor said emphasising onimparting knowledge of newtechnologies to small farmers.The fields of agriculture andanimal husbandry generate themaximum employment, shesaid and laying an emphasis onorganic farming and added, thefoodgrains produced by usingthe fertilisers and chemicalcauses the cancer and otherdeadly diseases. There was useof compost urea about 25-30years ago but at present, thefarmers are taking interest in

organic farming as it incurs lowcost and gives better produc-tion after one-two years, shesaid adding, the burning ofstubble causes pollution andthus the government hasimparted technique to farmersto make compost from it. Thedrip irrigation is a bettermethod of irrigation and thegovernment also providesgrants for it, she said adding, itis now a good news that thegirls are also coming forward inthe field of agriculture and ani-mal husbandry which is a pos-itive indication.

The pond is very usefulwith heritage and it should notbe turned into a place of dump-ing the garbage. There is a needof pure air, water and thoughtfor the life and the govern-

ments at Centre and in the stateare running schemes to providepure drinking water at eachhouse, she said adding, thegram pradhan should lead theactivities related to develop-ment works, social works andpublic-use and ensure the par-ticipation of villagers in theseworks for the development ofvillage. The education andhealth of girls should be the pri-ority of each family and thevarious schemes being run bythe government have enhancedthe respect of women. Now thewomen have become confidentand self-reliant financially, shesaid and added, the girls arecoming forward in each andevery field which is a good signof empowering India. Earlier,the V-C of MGKV Prof TNSingh welcomed the Governorwith angvastram and memen-to.

Meanwhile, the Governorvisited the central jail and gar-landed the statue of great mar-tyr Chandra Shekhar Azad.When she got informationfrom the jail superintendentthat the incapable and old-agedjail inmates are brought to thejail gate from barracks on foot,the Governor directed him tomake arrangements for two e-rickshaws in jail to take themto the gate. She met the jailinmates and also inspected thecow shelter besides observingthe products made by them.

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The reduced speed of coro-na infection spread is

relieving. At the same time, thenumber of healthy people hasdecreased once again. OnTuesday, a screening of 6,144people was conducted in thedistrict and of them, the reportof 39 people, including anADJ, came positive in 24 hours.About 31 people beat corona.One infected died during treat-ment.

According to CMO DrPrabhakar Rai, the scope oftesting has been extended toidentify the infected. Covidtesting work has been started inthe Magh Mela area. A total of39 new cases of infectionreported in 24 hours. Homeisolation of 25 people wascompleted among 31 people

who beat corona. Six peoplewere discharged from Covidhospitals.

A total of 714 patients areadmitted in Covid hospitals ofthe district, out of which themaximum 44 patients areundergoing treatment at L3Covid Hospital SRN. With thedeath of one infected onTuesday, the figure of thosewho lost their lives to coronainfection has reached 380.There are now only 443 activecases in the district.

The Covid testing report ofthree police personnel includ-ing the head wireless operatorin the Magh Mela Police Lineshas come positive. Accordingto the Nodal Officer for CoronaDr Rishi Sahai, among theinfected are a CRPF constable,Railway reservation supervisorand others.

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Prayagraj's month long MaghMela is soon going to be set

up in Sangam area. Despite thecoronavirus infection period, itis estimated that millions ofpeople will come from all overthe country to take a dip in theconfluence of Ganga, Yamunaand mythical Saraswati. Insuch a situation, the CentralPollution Control Board

(CPCB) is testing the waters ofthe Ganga and Yamuna. Theteam inspected two ghats of theGanga and a ghat in theYamuna and collected samples.Examination of these sampleswill show how much purity isin the water. After this, therewill be an effort to provideclean water to the devotees whocome to bathe during the MaghMela. Regional Officer ofPollution Control Board

Pradeep Vishwakarma said thatthe water quality of the riversis being tested regarding theMagh Mela. Samples takenfrom the waters of the Gangaand Yamuna will be sent fortesting. At the same time,another team is also testing thedrains and sewerage of thecity. They said that till now thedrains have been found to be incompliance with the standard.During this, Dr RB Singh,

Shivam Singh, Ramjash etcwere present in the team.

The Central PollutionControl Board is eyeing thecity's 18 drains and seven STPs.The team of Central PollutionControl Board is monitoringthem regarding the Magh Mela.Dr RB Singh, scientist of theCentral Pollution ControlBoard, said that the water qual-ity of the rivers is being testedregarding the Magh Mela.

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Covid vaccination wasrehearsed on 138 health

workers on Wednesday underdry run drive. The processwas completed in three stagesaccording to the COVID vac-cination protocol. Ten peoplewere tested after being vacci-nated. During this, doctorswere also present with trainedstaff. About 150 health work-ers were called at six centres inthe district for the drivealthough 12 workers could notcome due to some reasons.

Three centres have beenselected in the urban areas ofthe district and three in therural areas for the drive ofCovid vaccination. Here themock drill of vaccination wasto be done from 10 to 4 o'clock,though the rehearsal ended at2 o'clock at each centre.Information of the employeeswho did not attend it is beingcollected.

During the drive of Covidvaccination, a woman medicalworker at Moti Lal NehruMedical College in the urbanarea, Superintendent DrSushma Srivastava at Colvin,Dr Vandana, Director at JeevanJyoti Hospital, was the first ben-eficiary of the trial vaccination.In the rural areas, superinten-dents during mock drills inKotwa, Jasra and Pratappurbecame the first vaccine ben-eficiaries.

The microplan of the coldchain was effective in trans-

porting the Covid vaccine tosafe centres during the drive bythe Health department.Vaccines were transportedfrom cold vans to box centresbefore 10 o'clock. DrMahananda Yadav at MLNMedical College ImmunisationCentre, Dr Rahul Singh, NodalOfficer at Geneva JyotiHospital, Superintendent DrSushma Srivastava at ColvinHospital, ACMO Dr TirathLal at Kotwa, ACMO Dr AshokKumar at Pratappur andACMO at Jasra Dr BN Singhkept monitoring throughoutthe time.

Arrangements were madein three chambers under the

Vaccination Protocol at all thecentres selected for Covid dryrun. Verifiers in the first cham-ber with police personnel, vac-cinators with assistants in thesecond, then teams in the pres-ence of doctors with healthequipment, oxygen, medicineswere placed in the third cham-ber for supervising monitoring.

Three in Colvin, two inJeevan Jyoti, one in Jasra, threein Pratappur, one each at MLNand other centres werescreened for vaccine after-effects and rehearsal of treat-ment. Nodal Officer Dr Rahulinformed that after the vaccine,treatment has been arranged incase of symptoms like dizzi-

ness, rashes, itching, fever.During the dry run, CMO

Dr Prabhakar Rai, NodalOfficer for Covid vaccinationDr Rahul Singh visited thevaccination centres set up inselected hospitals in urbanareas and reviewed the prepa-rations. According to CMO DrRai, reports of every centrehave come.

The challenge is to bringthe beneficiaries to the vacci-nation centre. CMO DrPrabhakar Rai said that ‘We areready for the first phase ofCovid vaccination. Instructionshave been given to rectify theproblems where they croppedup during the dry run’.

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The Prayagraj SSP SarvaShreshtha Tripathi turned

tough against two sub-inspec-tors and placed them undersuspension for dereliction ofduty. The suspended sub-inspectors are Vinay VikramSingh, incharge of KhuldabadSabzi Mandi police outpost,and Rajol Nagar ofDhoomanganj police station.

The SSP found them guiltyof not investigating cases prop-erly and unnecessarily delayinginvestigations.

ROBBERS DEPRIVESALESMAN OF CASH: Inthe trans-Ganga area ofKaundhiyara, three Apache-borne robbers deprived a petrolpump salesman of �32,000 atpistol point at 11 pm onTuesday. The criminals alsoshot at and injured oneAbdullah near girls school inMakunpur Bazar Kaundhiyarawithin half an hour. The mis-creants first reached petrolpump on their Apache andasked the salesman Vivek Pal tofill petrol worth �100. Whenthe salesman asked for money,they whipped out a pistol and

snatched away the bag contain-ing �32,000 in cash and hismobile phone. The policereached the spot and startedinvestigation, but they had torush to girls school on receiv-ing the information that somemobike-borne criminals hadfired at Abdullah, 30 of Patti.The miscreants made a success-ful escape from the scene,while Abdullah was first takento a nearby hospital, fromwhere he was referred to theSRN Hospital of Motilal NehruMedical College, Prayagraj.

CRUDE BOMBSLOBBED ON SHOPOWN-ER: Crude bombs were lobbedon a sweet shop near GT-Jawahar crossing under theDaraganj police station onTuesday night aiming theshopowner Vishal, son ofRajendra Prasad Vaish ofAlopibagh. One of the threebombs exploded, but no seri-ous damage was done. Thepolice reached the spot anddefused the other two bombs.

It is learnt that PrinceMishra and Rohan Mishra hadvisited the sweet shop, butrefused to make payment afterenjoying refreshment. When

the shopowner Vishal asked forthe payment, they threatenedhim and disappeared from thescene. On Tuesday night threebombs were lobbed on thatsweet shop from the flyover topat 11.30 pm. The police reachedthe spot and registered an FIRagainst Prince and RohanMishra.

BASNA CULVERT COL-LAPSES: Damaged bridgesand accidents have createdtraffic problems in Prayagraj.The Phaphamau bridge onPrayagraj-Lucknow highway,which had developed a snag acouple of days back wasrepaired but immediately afterthat the Basna culvert col-lapsed and traffic came tostand still in that area of trans-Ganga segment.

To ease traffic problem, thepolice diverted traffic towardsShastri bridge which connectsPrayagraj from Varanasi. Thevehicles had to take extra roundof several kilometres owing tothis diversion. Adding fuel tofire a huge trailer truck overturned on the Shastri bridge onWednesday blocking trafficflow.

Officials are of the view

that the Phaphamau bridgehas been repaired, while theBasna bridge is being widened,so Phaphamau will face trafficproblem till a bypass is not con-structed. Work is on to con-struct a bypass there. Traffic isbeing regulated at Shastribridge, and cranes have beenpressed to remove the trailertruck from the bridge.

RAIL MADAD: The pas-sengers can overcome theirapprehensions by using an app'Rail Madad' before traveling.Complaints related to trainsand stations can be lodgedthrough this app. It also pro-vides a platform for makingsuggestions for improving pas-senger and freight services.

In fact, in the last twomonths between September 5and January 4, 121 pairs of ini-tial and other special trainsrunning in NCR region havebeen amended. For this, alongwith the publication of news,system-generated SMS is alsobeing sent to the passengers atthe revised time. Before travel-ing on any particular train, it isbeing suggested to use a singleand comprehensive portal 'RailMadad'.

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Eminent thinker KNGovindacharya received the

Bharat Ratna MahamanaMadan Mohan Malviya SmritiSamman-2020’ at a functionheld at conference hall of VedicScience Centre, Banaras HinduUniversity (BHU) under theauspices of BHU unit ofMahamana Malviya Missionhere on Wednesday. Eminentsocial worker and propagator ofSwadeshi Govindacharya wasthe chief guest of the functionorganised under MahamanaMalviya Jayanti celebrations.

Speaking on the occasion,Govindacharya narrated sev-eral interesting events of thelife of Malviyaji saying that hewas a person who hadimpressed a large number ofpeople through his acts and

behaviour. According to him,by laying the foundation stoneof BHU, Malviyaji had start-ed renaissance of Indian cul-ture and he had created aware-ness among the people

through popularising educa-tion. He was a great politician,spokesman of Sanatan knowl-edge and tradition, socialworkers, advocate and jour-nalist.

Presiding over the func-tion, Chancellor of BHUJustice (retired) GirdharMalviya said that by givingthis honours toGovindacharya the organisa-tion has given a constructivemessage to the society andexpressed hope that in thefuture also the organisationwould give the award to suchgreat personalities.

In the beginning, unitsecretar y Dr PrabhakarUpadhyay welcomed the guestand introduced the chiefguest. The appreciation lettersin Hindi and Sanskrit wereread by Dr Madhavi Tiwariand Prof Upendra KumarTripathi. The award carriesangvastrum and cheque of�51,000. The function wasalso attended by dozens ofsenior professors and others ofBHU.

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All-round performance of ‘Man ofthe Match’ Bhanu of Electrical

TRD department, who scored 54 runsand claimed three wickets, went in vainas his team lost the Inter-departmen-tal T20 cricket match to Engineeringdepartment by 29 runs. In fourthmatch of the tournament being playedat NER Mini Stadium here on Tuesdayunder the joint aegis of the ManoranjanSansthaan and Divisional SportsAssociation (DSA),Varanasi Division,North Eastern Railway (NER), electing to bat first Engineeringdepartment made 187 runs losing all wickets in 19.5 overs, withAjit contributing 35, Abhishek 32 and Vijay 31. Bhanu took threewickets while Arvind two for TRD department.

In reply, TRD team could only manage 158 runs losing eightwickets in 20 overs. Bhanu contributed 54 runs and Zafar 31.For Engineering department Subhash took four wickets.

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The Government of India’sminiratna company,

Northern Coalfields Limited(NCL), Singrauli, at the CETISports Complex at its head-quarters held the Inter-AreaLawn Tennis Tournamenttrial recently. On the occasionits Chairman-cum-ManagingDirector (CMD) PK Sinha, aswell as company’s Director(Personnel) Bimlendu Kumar, Director(Technical/ Operations) Dr Anindya Sinha,Director (Technical/Project & Planning) SSSinha, General Manager of all areas andother officials and staff were present and par-ticipated in the games. Speaking on the occa-sion, CMD NCL said the company is com-mitted to improving the quality of life of its

employees by promotingsports. He called upon allemployees to includesports in their daily rou-tine. In the trial of theInter-Area Lawn TennisTournament more than20 players from all theareas and units partici-pated in which playersselected in different agegroups will be sent to theCoal India level, Inter-

Subsidiary Tournament. To further promote fit-ness of NCL personnel, efforts are being madeto develop the sports culture in the company.Under it NCL is continuously developing itsinfrastructure. Significantly, NCL has modernstadium and sports complex as well as in theheadquarters, Jayant and Bina areas ultramod-ern lawn tennis court.

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During the SampoornSamadhan Divas organ-

ised in the district on Tuesday,out of 363 as many as 24 caseswere disposed of. At Sadartehsil Additional DistrictMagistrate (Land Revenue)Harishankar Yadav held themeeting in which out of 120cases only five could be dis-posed of and most of them wererelated to land records and it’smeasurements. In Lalganj tehsilthe day was held under thepresidentship of sub-division-al magistrate (SDM) Jang

Bahadur Yadav where out of 63only one matter could be dis-posed of. The complaints wererelated to illegal possessiondespite measurements, illegalconstruction, irrigation etc. TheSDM formed teams and direct-ed the CO and revenue officialsto visit the places and settle mat-ters without delay. At Madihantehsil a women tried to immo-late herself. Reports said MunniDevi of Varanasi had been run-ning from pillar to post for overa year for measurement of herland located in Balaharaa villagein Madihan tehsil but to no avail.On the intervention of tehsildar

Noopur Singh the matter wastaken into cognisance for prop-er action. ADM (F&R) UPSingh has taken action againstthe lekhpal and other staffwho were found guilty duringpreliminary inquiry. InChunar tehsil CDO and DMincharge Avinash Singh heldthe meeting and directed theExecutive Officer (EO) NagarPalika Chunar and revenueofficials to solve the problemsof the complainants. He alsomade available a tricycle to aDivyang, Bhaiyalal Prajapati, aresident of Peervaji Shaheed inChunar, on the spot.

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The railway administrationfor the convenience of pas-

sengers will run the 06093MGR Chennai Central-Lucknow Jn bi-weekly specialtrain from January 12 to 30every Tuesday and Saturdayand 06094 Lucknow Jn-MGRChennai Central bi-weekly spe-cial train from January 14 toFebruary 1 every Thursdayand Monday. All coaches inthese trains will be of reservedcategory and passengers trav-eling in them will have to fol-low the Covid-19 preventionguidelines, Chief PublicRelations Officer (CPRO)Pankaj Kumar Singh said.

The 06093 MGR ChennaiCentral-Lucknow Jn bi-week-ly special train will everyTuesday and Saturday fromJanuary 12 to 30 depart fromMGR Chennai Central at 05.15hrs, from Sullurupeta at 06.30hrs, from Nayadupeta at 06.55hrs, from Gudur at 07.15 hrs,from Nellore at 07.45 hrs, fromKavali at 08.25 hrs, fromSingarayakonda at 08.50 hrs,from Ongole at 09.15 hrs, fromChirala at 10.00 hrs, fromBapatla at 10.15 hrs, fromNidubrolu at 10.45 hrs, fromTenali at 11.40 hrs, from NewGuntur at 12.25 hrs, fromVijayawada at 13.40 hrs, fromErrupalem at 14.45 hrs, from

Khammam at 15.30 hrs, fromDornakal at 16.00 hrs, fromMahbubabad at 16.25 hrs, fromKesamudram at 16.45 hrs, fromWarangal at 17.30 hrs, fromJammikunta at 19.00 hrs, fromPeddapalli at 19.30 hrs, fromRamagundam at 19.48 hrs,from Manchiryal at 20.02 hrs,from Bellampalli at 20.30 hrs,from Sirpur Kagaznagar at21.02 hrs, from Balharshah at22.45 hrs, from Chandrapur at23.05 hrs, the second day fromSewagram at 01:05 hrs, fromNagpur at 02.15 hrs, fromMultai at 04.15 hrs, from Amlaat 04.32 hrs, from Betul at 04.52hrs, from Ghoradongari at05.35 hrs, from Itarsi at 07.50hrs, from Bhopal at 09.35 hrs,from Bina at 11.50 hrs, fromLalitpur at 12.36 hrs, fromJhansi at 14.10 hrs, from Oraiat 15.25 hrs, from KanpurCentral at 18.35 hrs and reachLucknow Jn at 20.20 hrs.

On the other hand, the06094 Lucknow Jn-MGRChennai Central bi-weekly spe-cial train will from January 14to February 1, every Thursdayand Monday depart fromLucknow Jn at 16.20 hrs, fromKanpur Central at 18.00 hrs,from Orai at 19.35 hrs, fromJhansi at 21.40 hrs, fromLalitpur at 23.10 hrs, the sec-ond day from Bina at 01.05 hrs,from Bhopal at 03.05 hrs, fromItarsi at 04.50 hrs, from

Ghoradongri at 05.55 hrs, fromBetul at 06.43 hrs, from Amlaat 07.06 hrs, from Multai at07.25 hrs, from Nagpur at09.50 hrs, from Sewagram at10.53 hrs, from Chandrapur at12.20 hrs, from Balharshah at13.45 hrs, from SirpurKaghaznagar at 14.30 hrs, fromBellampalli at 15.05 hrs , fromManchiryal at 15.28 hrs, fromRamagundam at 15.40 hrs,from Peddapalli at 15.55 hrs ,from Jammikunta at 16.20 hrs,from Warangal at 17.10 hrs,from Kesamudram at 17.50hrs, from Mahbubabad at18.05 hrs, from Dornakal at18.30 hrs, from Khammam at18.50 hrs, from Errupalem at19.45 hrs, from Vijayawada at21.15 hrs, from New Guntur at22.00 hrs, from Tenali at 22.40hrs, from Nidubrolu at 23.05hrs, from Bapatla at 23.25 hrs,from Chirala at 23.40 hrs, fromOngole on third day at 00.32hrs, from Singarayakonda at00.56 hrs, from Kavali at 01.24hrs, from Nellore at 02.25 hrs,from Gudur at 04.00 hrs,Nayadupeta at 04.20 hrs,Sullurupeta at 04.40 hrs andreach MGR Chennai Central at06.50 hrs. A total of 17 coach-es, including two of SLRD,five of general second class,eight of sleeper class, one of air-conditioned third and AC sec-ond each will be attached inthis train.

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The Bansgaon police arrestedtwo accused on charges of

theft from Tulsihawa Pokharatrijunction on Tuesday. Theaccused were later identified asDilip Yadav, a resident of Baluaalias Gopalpur village and VishalSahni under Bansgaon police sta-tion, a resident of Nagar Panchayatward No 7. Besides on clues pro-vided by them as many as ninestolen bicycles were recovered bythe police. They were produced inthe court from where they weresent to jail. Meanwhile StationHouse Officer (SHO) of BansgaonJai Narayan Singh said two bicy-cle thieves had been arrested andsent to jail.

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The NCL under Corporate SocialResponsibility (CSR) in the nearby rural

areas from time to time byorganising medical campsgets free health examinationof local people done besidesdistribution of essentialmedicines among them. Inthis sequence the CSR andmedical team of Nigahi areaof NCL organised a freehealth examination andmedicine distribution campin Khatkhari gram pan-chayat. In it Nigahi area medical officer Dr PPaswan and his team conducted the free healthexamination of the villagers who had come thereand gave nutritious food, vitamin B complex,

tonic of iron and calcium besides protein pow-der to 40 pregnant women and 25 children.Through the camp a total of 110 patients werebenefited who after examination were given

medicines. Thosewho came to thecamp were advisedto use face masks,wash hands withsoap frequentlyand follow socialdistancing guide-lines in order toprotect themselvesfrom Covid-19infection. In

organising the camp Nigahi area’s CSR and med-ical team as well as Anganwadi workers who camefrom various Anganwadi centres of Khatkharigram panchayat extended their support.

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The Kanpur DivisionalCommissioner, Raj

Shekhar while visiting theBilhaur solar power plantdirected the NTPC and districtadministration officials toensure the pending few smallissues of land aquisition andcompensation resolved in thenext 15 days. He also directedthat one land exchange of thegram sabha was also pendingat the administration level anddirected the ADM LA to get itcleared within the next oneweek.

He said Uttar Pradesh wastaking lead in generation of

clean energy and making theenergy future secure and saidthe 225 MW worth �1100crore, spread on 1125 acreland Bilhaur solar power plantwas one example of such amega project. He said the pro-ject was executed by UPNEDAand the project was awarded toNTPC by global bidding. Hesaid the project was beingimplemented as separate unitsand the first was 140 MW plantwhich was awarded to NTPCin November 2018 which waslikely to be completed byJanuary-end. He said the sec-ond was awarded to NTPC inMarch 2019 which will becompleted by March 2021.

Shekhar said this solarplant was largest in north Indiaand the project cost was around�1,100 crore (around � 5 croreper MW solar power ). He saidit was spread across four vil-lages of Bilhaur Tehsil. Headded that the clean and greenenergy will boost the powersupply scenario in the region.He also directed NTPC officialsand SDM Bilhaur to identifyworks of public importance inthese four villages and then toget it done under CSR byNTPC in the next 6 monthsperiod.

The DC directed them togive priority to public workslike community toilet in the vil-

lages, solar street lights , cleandrinking water supply inschools, renovation of schoolsunder Kayakalp project, hand-pumps at public places,SMART classes etc.

He also directed NTPCofficials to give priority tolocal people in allotment ofworks of unskilled and semiskilled nature through serviceprovider so that the local peo-ple were benefited by the pro-ject. He also directed them tochalk out the plans according-ly.

Later Shekhar distributedblankets to 50 needy people ofthe area under CSR activities ofNTPC.

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The Kanpur DivisionalCommissioner, Raj

Shekhar while chairing theDivisional Road SafetyCommittee meeting at hiscamp office on Wednesdaysaid in order to make move-ment on road safe the govern-ment was committed to ensureinnovative methods to bringdown the accident rate in andaround the division. He saidthe officials concerned need toensure that whatever improve-ment and safety measures hadbeen taken at the black spots (accident-prone areas) shouldbe surveyed, photographedand its reports be submitted atthe Commissionerate byJanuary 20,2021.

He said the major cause ofconcern was the unautorisedcuts on the highways of NHAIand National Highways anddirected that they be surveyedproperly and its report be sub-mitted within seven days andalso directed the officials of theNHAI to ensure that theyshould present valid docu-ments as proof that these ille-gal cuts on highways had beenclosed in the right earnest. Healso directed that on at least fivekm distance on highways 1033Hoardings should be set up forquick help. Shekhar directedthat at the toll plazas on thehighways there should be prop-er medical facilities to attend totrauma cases and ensure therewere ambulances equippedwith oxygen and other life sav-

ing equipment. He said thesefacilities need to be crosschecked by other officials aswell. He also directed thatthere should be other essentialfacilities at the toll plaza. Hedirected that in case of anaccident help and ambulanceshould reach the spot between10 and 15 minutes at the most.

He said all the PHCsshould be identified so thatthey are kept ready with essen-tial to carry the injured to thecentre for immediate treat-ment. He said at sudden cutsand narrow culvert, etc reflec-tor boards of the particularsigns be put up and ensurestrictest action against all theoverloaded vehicles especiallycommercial vehicles. He saidanother way to reduce road

accidents was proper roadrepair and upkeep of the roads.He said stray cattle should betrapped and kept in shelterhomes and this should be takencare of by the KanpurMunicipal Commissioner.

The DC directed that strictfitness of school buses be car-ried out and said fine andaction be taken against four-wheelers which did not use seatbelts and two-wheeler riderswho failed to put on helmets.He said on all such roadswhere there were encroach-ments they should be removedand sign boards be put up.Prominent who took part inthe meeting were KMC,Akshay Tripathi, SecretaryKDA, SN Singh, RTO SanjySingh and Rakesh Singh.

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The Central Indian RegionalCouncil (Institute of

Chartered Accountants ofIndia) as part of its socialresponsibility and keeping inview need for blood specially inthe pandemic period decidedto hold a mega blood donationcamp on January 14, 2021.The blood donation campswill be held in 47 branches, 23chapters spread over 101 placesin seven states of the country.The mega blood donationcamp had kept a target of10,000 units of blood and stu-dents and along with membersin all the seven states willmake combined effort to meetthe set target.

Addressing the pressper-sons at ICAI centre, the presi-dent and CA Devendra KumarSomani said the mega blooddonation camp will be inau-gurated by the Lok SabhaSpeaker Om Birla along withAK Gupta and NN Jambosaria.He said all local MPs , MLAs,ministers will be participatingin the blood donation camp tomake it successful. He said ral-lies were being taken out tospread awareness among themasses regarding blood dona-tion camp and the need todonate blood. He said it washeld at NOIDA on January 4,Lucknow on January 5 and inKanpur on January 6. He said

in Ranchi will be held onJanuary 7 and Raipur onJanuary 8 and in Indore onJanuary 9.

Addressing the pressper-sons noted chartered accoun-tant and vice-president,Abhishak Pandey (Abhishak)said donating blood was anoble cause and a selfless actwhich helped save lives. Hesaid giving blood to someonein need was a gift, and just asimportant as donating organssince it’s like offering someonea chance at live. He said it wasa myth that blood donation washarmful for their body He saidblood donation refreshed thehuman system as as one donat-ed blood the cell count wentdown which led to new cellregeneration and this was cer-tainly a healthy process. He saidit was the bounden duty ofevery health person to ensure

that one donated at least oncein a year.

CSJMU TO HOLD FDP:The Vice-Chancellor of theChhatrapati Shahu Ji MaharajUniversity, Kanpur, ProfNeelima Gupta, addressing anacademic meeting on Tuesdaysaid the varsity had decided tohold a special 15 days FacultyDevelopment Programme toimpart training to the teachersin view of the changed patternof vocational and professionalcourses at the graduate andpostgraduate level.

She in view of the drasticchanges in the courses and thepattern on imparting educationit engendered the need to givespecial training to the existingteachers. The courses likeBTech, MBA, MCA and HotelManagement has undergone asea change. He said not onlythis the affiliated colleges fac-

ulty will also be provided sim-ilar training later. She said thevarsity runs over 24 profes-sional coures and over 5,000students had been enrolled tothese courses.

She said the new courseswill have additional chapter forboth first and second yearterms and thus necessaryarrangements had been madein this direction. She said theuniversity has also invited sug-gestions from the faculty andadded that for the newAcademic Council soon a sanc-tion will be received. She saidduring the lockdown andunlock period virtual sessionshad been conducted and oncethe teachers were trained thatnew courses will be taught atthe new model.

The V-C said apart fromthis the varsity was planning tomodify and improved course atthe graduate level. She said top-ics related to skill developmentwill be linked to the BA, BScand BCom.

She said the faculty devel-opment was a mandatory pro-gramme and each memberhad to mandatorily undergothe training.

She said in the NewEducation Policy more changeshad been recommended andthus higher education wasabout to go in for drasticchanges and to bring it at parwith the West.

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Chief Medical Officer DrAnil K Mishra said 23

more people tested positive ofcoronavirus infection inKanpur Nagar during the past24 hours.

With this, the tally of con-firmed coronavirus infectionsdetected in the city reached32,457 on Wednesday evening.

The CMO said 8 COVID-19 patients were discharged. Hesaid one COVID-19 death wasreported in the city during thepast 24 hours.

Dr Mishra said 398 activecases were undergoing treat-ment in the city at present. Hesaid 3670 samples were takenin the city on Wednesday fortesting.

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$(��!�������KANPUR (PNS): Thieves maynot be afraid of police but theyappear to have lot of fear ofcoronavirus. On Tuesday night,they committed theft in a shopin Avas Vikas-3 under theKalyanpur police station bywearing PPE kits. Scooty-bornethieves stole cash and goodsworth lakhs of rupees by dis-mantling the shutter of ‘HomeHub’ and escaped. Duringinvestigations, police foundthem arriving on scooty andcommitting theft in PPE kit inthe CCTV footage. DeepakTripathi of Avas Vikas-3,Kalyanpur, runs his shop‘Home Hub’ near his house.Late on Tuesday night, twoscooty-borne thieves wearingPPE kits broke into his shopand remained there for about20 minutes. They removedaround � 1.50 lakh cash fromthe counter and other essentialitems from there. Employeesopened the shop onWednesday morning andinformed Deepak Tripathiabout the incident. StationHead Officer Ajay Seth on thebasis of CCTV footage, effortswere on to nab the scooty-borne thieves. He claimed tosoon arrest them. It was sur-prising that the shop is situat-ed on Panki-Kalyanpur roadhardly 500 metres away fromAvas Vikas-3 police outpost.Earlier on December 27 night,the house of a bankman AnkurBharti was also burgled inAmbedkarpuram when he hadgone to Agra with family mem-bers to meet his relative.Miscreants had taken awaycash and goods worth around� 5 lakh from there. Police wereyet to workout the case.

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The acting Director of DrVirendra Swarup

Educational Foundation, DrArpit Awasthi addressng thefelicitation ceremony onWednesday said the group ofinstitutions had carved a nichefor itself in field of quality stud-ies. He said students of thisgroup had not only excelledand become successful in Indiabut even abroad as well. Heextended his wishes to theoutstanding students for theirfuture endeavours. The topperswere given medals and certifi-cates of merit.

The toppers felicitated wereAshish Pathak, Priyanshi Dixit,Nishta Bhagwani, Keerti,Ritima Katiyar, ShubhamSisaudia, Poorvi Sharma,Sonali Gupta, Kirti Agarwal,Nandini Aditya Dwivedi,Sakshi Kapoor, AnshulAgarwal, Sagar Dhawan, PriyaTiwari and Ramandeep Kaur.FOUNDATION DAY : TheUCO Bank Regional Office,celebrated 78th FoundationDay on Wednesday. TheRegion Chief, TB Mehta, con-gratulated the staff and employ-ees and explained the bank’svision and mission and lateradministered oath to the staffto ensure they would workdevotedly for the bank’s uplift.He said the bank was alsofocused on social service andwas quite aware to its CSRduties . He said the bank wasgiving its best services to itsclients. He said to fulfil thedreams of PM’s Digital Indiathe Bank had introduced UcoPay, e-wallet, UI, Uco MobileBanking, Uco e-banking, feecollection for its customers. Hesaid in future also the UCOBank will be providing thebest services to the customers.

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Concerned over the resigna-tion of lateral entry bureau-

crats, Prime Minister NarendraModi conducted a ‘rare’ directinteraction with seven JointSecretaries (JS) who joined theGovernment of India after quit-ting private sectors 14 monthsago.

Modi interacted with theofficers after The Pioneer report-ed on December 16, 2020 aboutone of the nine Joint Secretariesresigning from the service andchoosing to get back to an MNCabroad. He was a JS in theCommerce Ministry

Sources in Department ofPersonnel and Training (DoPT)said the PM urged the officers tocontinue working for the coun-try with a lot of zeal as the nationlooks towards their expertise indiversified fields and which cancontribute in the shaping of an

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The Congress onWednesday appointed its

senior leaders including ChiefMinisters Ashok Gehlot andBhupesh Baghel as observers tooversee the party’s electioncampaign management for theupcoming Assembly polls inseveral States and a UnionTerritory. Assembly electionsare due to be held in the Statesof Assam, West Bengal, Kerala,Tamil Nadu and the UT ofPuducherry by the middle ofthis year.

An official communica-tion from the party saidCongress president SoniaGandhi has appointed theleaders as senior observers foroverseeing the election cam-paign management and coor-dination in states whereassembly elections are goingto be held in 2021. Theirappointment is with immedi-ate effect. They will dischargetheir duties in close coordina-tion with AICC general secre-taries and in-charges in therespective states, the partysaid.

Rajasthan Chief MinisterAshok Gehlot, former Goachief minister LuizinhoFaleiro and Karnataka’s formerdeputy chief minister GParameswara have beenappointed as senior observersfor the Kerala assembly polls.

Chhattisgarh ChiefMinister Bhupesh Baghel, theparty’s general secretary

Mukul Wasnik and seniorleader Shakeel Ahmad Khanhave been appointed as seniorovservers for the Assamassembly polls. For the elec-tions in Tamil Nadu andPuducherry, senior party lead-ers and former union minis-ters M Veerappa Moily and MM Pallam Raju, besides sittingcabinet minister inMaharashtra Nitin Raut havebeen appointed as seniorobservers.

For the West Bengalassembly elections, seniorparty leader B K Hariprasadand Alamgir Alam, besidesPunjab minister Vijay InderSingla have been appointed asobservers. The party is keen toretain power in Puducherryand is seeking to wrest powerback in Assam, Kerala andTamil Nadu. The Congress isin the process of finalisingseat-sharing with its allies inthese states, the statementsaid.

The Congress is also con-testing the West Bengalassembly polls in alliance withthe left parties and final seat-sharing arrangements arebeing worked out in the state,it said. The party’s electoralfortunes were on the declinelast year when it lost power inMadhya Pradesh after itsleader Jyotiraditya Scindiaand his supporting MLAsswitched over to the BJP. TheCongress also lost the assem-bly elections in Delhi andBihar last year.

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Showcasing their “success” inthe Gram Panchayat polls

in Karnataka, the BJP onWednesday claimed that thepeople have rejected theOpposition’s politics of “liesand hypocrisy” in the ongoingfarmers’ agitation and assert-ed that voters had put theirfaith in Prime MinisterNarendra Modi’s “develop-ment politics”.

Addressing a press confer-ence here, BJP spokespersonand Rajya Sabha memberRajeev Chandrasekhar allegedthat opposition parties havebeen trying to instigate groupsof citizens as he referred tofarmers’ protest against threefarm laws and also the earlieragitation against the

Citizenship (Amendment)Act.

Noting that he is speakingin the context of a string ofelections in Karnataka, he saidthe BJP has been winningthem, be it assembly bypolls orMLC elections or the recentrural body polls.

This “overwhelming”mandate in favour of the BJPagainst some opposition par-ties’ politics of “lies andhypocrisy” shows people’s trustin the leadership of Modi andChief Minister B SYediyurappa, he said.

People have backed themeasures taken by the centralgovernment for the agriculturesector, he claimed.

The BJP leader said theGovernment is sincere in itstalks with farmer unions to

end their protests and saidcommitment to farmers is an“article of faith” for the party.

Over 55.4 per cent grampanchayats in the state areBJP-supported and 53 per centmembers are BJP supporters,he claimed.

This result has comeagainst the backdrop of oppo-sition parties’ “falsehoods” tomislead farmers, he said.

Since the BJP came topower at the Centre, the partyhas won 14 of 17 Assemblybypolls and emerged victori-ous in all four MLC seat elec-tions, he said.

Over a month, the BJP hascited results in a number ofelections across the country toassert that the farm laws enjoysupport from a vast majorityof farmers.

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The India MeteorologicalDepartment (IMD) on

Wednesday forecast densefoggy weather and poor visibil-ity from January 7 to 10 innorthwest India. The mini-mum temperatures are likely tofall by 4 to 6 degree Celsius innorthwest India during thenext 4-5 days. The western dis-turbance that was affectingnorthwest India has currentlymoved eastward, for which theeffect will be mostly over west-ern Uttar Pradesh.

“Due to abundant moistureavailable in lower tropospher-ic levels and other favourablemeteorological features, denseto very dense fog is very likelyin some to many pockets overplains of Northwest India in themorning hours of 07th to 10th

January,” the IMD said. “Theminimum temperatures arelikely to fall by 4-6 degreeCelsius over plains ofNorthwest India during thenext 4-5 days. Cold wave con-ditions are likely over the plainsof Northwest India during11th-13th January,” it said.

Under the influence ofwestern disturbance from

January 2 till January 6 (today),significant rainfall occurred inplains of northwest India, dueto which, there is a significantamount of moisture across theregion. The ongoing spell ofrainfall over southern parts ofIndia is expected to continue atleast until Saturday. Therefore,the states of Tamil Nadu,Kerala, and Karnataka areexpected to keep receivingscattered to fairly widespreadshowers and thunderstorms.

According to IMD, atrough in low-level easterliesruns from the east-centralArabian Sea off Karnatakacoast to south MadhyaMaharashtra. This active east-erly wave spell is set to causescattered to fairly widespreadrains, thunderstorms, and light-ning over southern peninsularIndia during the next 4-5 days.

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The Central paramilitaryjawans will now use Khadi

durries procured from KVIC aspart of the vocal for local cam-paign. The Indo-TibetanBorder Police (ITBP) has signeda memorandum of understand-ing (MoU) with the Khadi &Village Industries Commission(KVIC) for supplying 1,71,520numbers of Khadi Durries forCentral Armed Police Forces(CAPFs).

The cotton khadi durriesfor CAPF jawans will be pro-cured in a purchase order worthRs 8. 73 crore. The ITBP hasbecome the first paramilitaryforce among the Central ArmedPolice Forces (CAPFs) to havesupplies from the KVIC.

The MoU was inked byVinay Kumar Saxena,Chairman, KVIC and AnandSwaroop, Inspector General ofITBP. Vivek Bharadwaj,Additional Secretary, PoliceModernisation, Union Home Ministry also attendedthe event. The ITBP had

signed an agreement with theKVIC in July last year for pro-curement of 1,200 quintal ofmustard oil with a total finan-cial implication of �1.73 crore.It was decided during a meet-ing held at the Ministry ofHome Affairs (MHA) of theDirectors General of theCAPFs in October, 2019 thatuse of Terry Khadi uniformand other items of swadeshiorigin should be made avail-able to the CAPFs. The gov-ernment was celebrating the150th birth anniversary ofMahatma Gandhi in 2019.

During the visit of HomeMinister Amit Shah inDecember, 2019 to the ITBPForce headquarters here, anexhibition stall was preparedto exhibit the KVIC products.

“The ITBP had suggestedthat durries, blankets, towels,mustard oil, yoga kit, hospitalbed sheets, pickles and similaritems can be purchased forjawans of the Force throughKVIC,” ITBP SpokespersonVivek Pandey said in a statement.

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Union Home MInistry onWednesday asked Tamil

Nadu Government not to allowopening of cinema theatres withfull capacity and asked to keeponly 50% of the seating capaci-ty. In a direction Ministry ofHome Affairs (MHA) directedthe state to reverse their earlierorder and “immediately issuenecessary order” to bring theirguidelines in line with the MHAguidelines. “Government ofTamil Nadu order of permittingincrease the seating capacity ofCinema/theaters/ multiplexesfrom existing 50% to 100% isdilution of MHA order. Statesand UT shall not dilute guidelinesissued under DM act in any man-ner,” MHA said in a statement.

“Govt of Tamil Nadu isrequested to immediately issuenecessary order to bring their

Guidelines in line with the MHAguidelines dated 28 December2020 and inform compliance tothis Ministry,” the ministry fur-ther said. Home Secretary wroteto Tamil Nadu Chief secretary toissue orders aligned to MHAguidelines, allowing multiplexesto operate outside containmentzones with up to 50% occupan-cy. On Monday, Tamil NaduGovernment had permitted toincrease the seating capacity ofcinemas, theatres, multiplexesfrom existing 50% to 100% fol-lowing COVID19 protocols. Theorder comes days after actors andtheatre owners requested ChiefMinister Edappadi K.Palaniswami to allow theatres tofunction at their full capacity. Asper the COVID-19 safety proto-col, since last October, the the-atres in the state were allowed tofill up only 50 per cent of theirseats to ensure social distancing.

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The Supreme Court hasexpressed its exaspera-

tion at the inability of thevirtual court system to worksatisfactorily in the apexcourt, saying it is becomingvery difficult to continuewith the proceedings in anappropriate manner.

The court also notedthat there were no suchproblems being faced in thevirtual court system in theDelhi High Court next door.

The apex court is hear-ing matters through video-conferencing since Marchlast year amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

“We at the inceptionmust note our exasperationat the inability of the virtu-al court system to work sat-isfactorily in the SupremeCourt while there is no suchproblems in the Delhi HighCourt next door!,” a benchheaded by Justice SanjayKishan Kaul said in itsJanuary 5 order.

“We have been since yes-terday trying to cope withthe problem of disconnec-tions, resonance of voices,even when there is singleperson arguing. It is difficult

to understand this despitemore licences stated to havebeen taken. The only voicewe hear is the resonance ofour own voices!,” said thebench, also comprising jus-tices Dinesh Maheshwariand Hrishikesh Roy.

The bench directed thesecretary general of the apexcourt to look into the issue.

“We thus direct the sec-retary general to look intothis issue as it is becomingvery difficult to continuewith proceedings in the vir-tual courts in an appropriatemanner,” the bench said.

The top court madethese observations whilehearing a plea against theDecember last year orderpassed by the ChhattisgarhHigh Court.

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Aday after Congress MPShashi Tharoor sought a

cancellation of the RepublicDay parade in the light of theCoronavirus pandemic andBritish Prime Minister’s deci-sion not to visit India, BJP’snational spokesperson SambitPatra on Wednesday slammedhim for making the demand.

In a sharp riposte to theCongress leader, Patra asked asto why Rahul Gandhi’s foreigntrips are not cancelled insteadand also lambasted him forreferring to Republic Day as amere ‘festivity’ in his tweet.

“Mr Tharoor, Republic DayParade is not just any“Festivity” that it ought to becancelled! Further Rahulcouldn’t cancel his festivities &continues to travel to “farther”

destinations often but theCongress wants Republic Dayto be cancelled?”, tweeted theBJP leader.

Issuing a statement on call-ing off the visit, the UK govern-ment had said , “The PrimeMinister spoke to PrimeMinister Modi this morning, toexpress his regret that he will

be unable to visit India later thismonth as planned.In light ofthe national lockdownannounced last night, and thespeed at which the new coro-navirus variant is spreading, thePrime Minister said that it wasimportant for him to remain inthe UK so he can focus on thedomestic response to the virus.”

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Prime Minister NarendraModi held a video-tele-

conference with GermanChancellor Angela Merkel onWednesday and briefed her onCOVID-19 vaccine develop-ment in India, while alsoassuring her of the country’scommitment to deploy itscapacities for the benefit of theworld.

A Prime Minister’s Officestatement said Modi appreci-ated the long-standing role ofChancellor Merkel in provid-ing stable and strong leader-

ship at the European and glob-al stage, and thanked her forguiding the growth of theIndia-Germany StrategicPartnership.

The two leaders discussedkey issues of mutual impor-tance including the responseto the COVID-19 pandemic,bilateral ties, regional andglobal issues, particularlyIndia-EU relations.

The prime ministerbriefed Chancellor Merkel onthe developments in Indiawith regard to vaccine devel-opment and assured the chan-cellor of India’s commitment

to deploy its capacities for thebenefit of the world, the state-ment said.

“He conveyed his bestwishes for early containmentof the new wave of infectionsin Germany and otherEuropean countries,” it said.

Prime Minister Modi alsowelcomed Germany’s deci-sion to join the InternationalSolar Alliance (ISA), andexpressed his desire to furtherstrengthen cooperation withGermany under the platformof Coalition for DisasterResil ient Infrastructure(CDRI).

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AMuslim body moved theSupreme C our t

Wednesday seeking it bemade a party in the batch ofpleas challenging the consti-tutional validity of contro-versial new laws of UttarPradesh and Uttarakhandregulating religious conver-sions in inter-faith mar-riages.

The top court earlier inthe day, issued notice to thetwo states, while agreeing to

examine the validity of theirlaws.

Jamiat Ulama-I-Hind inits application said that sim-ilar legislations are also beingenacted or planned by vari-ous other states which alsoneed to be declared uncon-stitutional.

It has said that the ordi-nance passed by the UttarPradesh government waspromulgated in the back-drop of statements issuedby the Chief

Minister claiming that

his government was workingto bring a strict law to curbincidents of “love jihad”.

“That as is evident by thestatements made by theChief Minister of UttarPradesh, the impugned ordi-nance was promulgated tocurb incidents of “love jihad”which is a terminology usedto describe inter-religiousmarriages, which they allegeinvolves the conversion

of the woman - either byforce or guile - to marry aMuslim man”, it said.

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‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’.One of the Joint

Secretaries who participated inthe interaction with Modi onDecember 20, however,termed the interaction as “rou-tine”. “It was a routine firstinteraction after the first batchcompleted a year in variousoffices of the CentralGovernment,” he stressed.

While Modi was inquisi-tive about the feeling, workculture and acclimatisation ofthe private-professionals-turned-bureaucrats, one ofthe JS posted on his socialmedia profile that “the PM’senergy level even after a longday in office is inspiring andinfectious”.

Those who interactedwith Modi on that day wereAmber Dubey, who leftKPMG and joined CivilAviation Ministry, SujitBajpayee, who left NHPS tojoin the EnvironmentMinistry, Dinesh Jagdale, theerstwhile CEO of PanamaRenewable Energy Group who

was posted in the NewRenewable Energy Ministry,Kakoli Ghosh, who joined theagriculture ministry, SaurabhMishra in Financial Services,Rajeev Saksena in the eco-nomic affairs department,Suman Prasad Singh in theRoad Transport Ministry andBhuhan Kumar in theShipping Ministry.

Launched with much fan-fare by the Narendra ModiGovernment in 2018, the lat-eral entry scheme for senior-level officers drawn from var-ious professions and expertisesuffered a setback when ArunGoel resigned.

Sources close to Goel saidafter having served for abouta year at a very powerful posthe called it a day due to toomuch of “bureaucratic grind”in the system. Modi had him-self announced senior-levelbureaucratic posts in severaldepartments for people whoare “talented and motivated”and willing to contribute tonation building.

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Trinamool Congress MPAbhishek Banerjee again

slapped a libel notice on UnionMinister of State BabulSupriyo for making defamato-ry remarks against him andhas asked him to apologisewithin 72 hours.

This is the second suchincident, as Supriyo is alreadycontesting a previous defama-tion suit filed by the same peti-tioner. A civil court issued aninjunction order against theMinister last December direct-ing him not to use libelouslanguage against Banerjee.The MP has threatened theUnion Minister with contemptproceeding for his latestremark.

The immediate trigger forthe legal action was a remarkmade by Supriyo who said thatthe alleged “Bhaipo” (nephew)being referred to by the oppo-sition parties including theBJP leaders while referring to

corruption charges was noneother than Abhishek Banerjeewho is also the nephew ofChief Minister MamataBanerjee.

The Minister had earlieraccused Banerjee of benefitingfrom the coal and cow smug-gling racket against which aCBI investigation was on say-ing the oft repeated wordBhaipo stood for none otherthan the junior Banerjee.

The CBI investigating therackets has been after twobusinessmen Lala and Mishrawho had alleged connectionwith the Trinamool Congress’topmost echelon and whoreportedly acted as a mediumof money transfer in the mutli-crore cow and coal scam.Properties of both the busi-nessmen, who have goneunderground, been sealed.

Meanwhile, in a relateddevelopment the ChiefMinister on Wednesday paida sudden visit to the RajBhavan meeting Governor

Jagdeep Dhankhar for morethan an hour. With no love lostbetween the two constitution-al authorities the meeting isseen as extraordinary as it tookplace after a gap of about 11months.

In fact the Governor madea circuitous attack on the StateGovernment and the rulingparty on Wednesday morningsaying political violenceshould be shunned and Bengalshould present itself as a vio-lence free state insofar as theconduct of elections were con-cerned. He also criticized theway the national BJP leaderswere referred to as “outsiders”by the TMC leadership inBengal.

Elsewhere more TMCleaders continued to speakincoherently --- the latestbeing Rathin Chakrabarty theMayor of Howrah.

Alleging that all was notwell in the Trinamool schemeof things Chakrabarty saidwhile reerring to the resigna-

tion of State Sports Ministerand former cricketer LaxmiRatan Shukla “the issues thathad to be addressed had neverbeen addressed despite atten-tion of the top leadership wasdrawn to solve them … this iswhy many people are todayquitting the party.”

On whether he was think-ing of quitting the party hequoted the famous words ofSri Ramakrishna Paramhansasaying “jato mat, tato path”implying there are as manyroads as here are views.

Apart from Chakrabarty,senior Minister RajibBanerjee’s conduct too contin-ued to bother the TMC lead-ership with the said leadercontinuing to skip the Cabinetmeeting besides maintaining acold silence. “He is not intouch with any enior leaderneither has he clarified hisstance with the Chief Ministerafter speaking in public aboutthe ongoing nepotism in theparty,” a TMC insider said.

Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress onWednesday accused the BJP of producingfake news items and described saffronparty leaders visiting West Bengal fromoutside the state as “tourists” who have noidea of its heritage and language.

Senior TMC MP and party spokesper-son Dr Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar alsocharged the BJP with seeking to cling topower by “killing people, instigating riotsand dividing people”. “They (BJP) are flushwith cash. They have deployed someyoungsters in a big building to churn outone fake news after another,” she said.

Referring to certain videos and newsitems being circulated on social media,Ghosh Dastidar described them as “fakenews produced from the factory of theBJP”.

She alleged that the saffron party isbringing in leaders from outside the statewho utter “wrong Bengali words with dis-torted accent. In West Bengal, the BJP hasturned into a party of tourists.”

These “visitors” are ignorant of the her-itage and traditions of West Bengal as theysit on the chair of icons like RabindranathTagore and place their own photo abovethat of the Nobel laureate poet in festoons,she alleged.

Ahead of Union Home Minister AmitShah's visit to Bolpur close to Santiniketan,which is famous as the RabindranathTagore's abode for long years, in December,hoardings with his picture above that of thebard in the same frame appeared in thetown causing outrage. The hoardingswere later removed.

“Tagore had composed the song,'Amar Sonar Bangla' (My Golden Bengal).The BJP is also promising to make a sonar

Bangla (after coming to power in the state).But these people are insulting the state andits people by distorting Bengali words bypronouncing them incorrectly.

“They have no idea about the sacrificeof thousands of Bengalis for the language.They only know how to vandalise the bustof Vidyasagar and sit on the chair used byTagore,” Ghosh Dastidar said.

A bust of the iconic social reformerwas desecrated in a college in Kolkata dur-ing Amit Shah's roadshow in May 2019.The TMC alleged that BJP activists werebehind the incident.

Shah had also visited Visva-Bharatiuniversity in December and went to theRabindra Bhavan, a museum, and theUpasana Griha (the prayer hall) andother buildings on the campus.

There were reports on social mediathat Shah had sat on Tagore's chair dur-ing the visit. However, it was not confirmedby the university authorities. Stating that several BJP lead-ers from outside Bengal are visiting North24 Parganas district in which her con-stituency Barasat is located, GhoshDastidar said, “They may not be aware thata revolutionary like Titumir was born onthe soil of district, they don't knowBengal.” Syed Mir Nisar Ali, better knownas Titumir, fought against the British rulersin the 19th century.

The senior TMC leader described theBJP as a comparatively young and compar-atively inexperienced party” to have cometo power at the Centre. “In its six years inpower, the BJP has devastated the econo-my and circumvented the rule of law. Theywant to cling to power at any cost - bykilling people, instigating riots, dividing

people,” she alleged.The BJP government in Uttar Pradesh

“had prevented the Trinamool Congressparliamentary party delegation from vis-iting Hathras to meet the family of theraped and murdered Dalit woman. Onethousand police personnel stopped 3-4MPs. Here, they can go anywhere theywant. Such curbs don't take place inBengal,” she added.

To a question on senior CPI(M)leader Ashok Bhattacharya's claim thatBCCI President and former Indian crick-et captain Sourav Ganguly, who recentlysuffered a mild heart attack, was underpressure to join politics in poll- boundWest Bengal, Ghosh Dastidar said that theTMC did not exert any such pressure onhim. The physician MP, however, said thatstress might have contributed to cause sucha situation. The economy of the countrywitnessed 23.9 per cent negative growth inthe first quarter of the current fiscal dur-ing the BJP rule at Centre, while 43 percent more employment opportunitieswere created in West Bengal during thepandemic, she said.

Ghosh Dastidar claimed that 77 lakhmarginal farmers were benefitted from 'Jaldharo jal bharo' project in Bengal by get-ting job cards, pisciculture in waterbod-ies and cooperative fish farming. She saidnumerous Kisan mandis were set up tohelp farmers get proper price for their pro-duce and 99 per cent of farmers got KishanCredit Card in North 24 Parganas district.“In contrast, 45-46 farmers have died sofar during the ongoing agitation on Delhiborder. But the Centre is unresponsive totheir demand for withdrawing the threeanti- people farm bills,” she said. PTI

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After remaining groundedfor four days during a

fresh spell of snowfall betweenJanuary 3-6, Srinagar Airportauthorities on Wednesdayannounced the flight opera-tions would begin from January7 to clear the rush of strandedpassengers.

The information wasshared by the Srinagar AirportAuthorities along with imagesof ongoing snow clearing oper-ations.

Large number of touristswere stranded in different partsof Kashmir valley after a freshspell of snowfall grounded allthe incoming and outgoingflights since January 3. As theweather conditions improvedpartially on Wednesday thesnow clearing operations werelaunched on war footing toclear the runway for flight

operations. The Twitter handleof Srinagar Airport posted atweet which stated, “TheAirport Authority of Indiaexecutives at Srinagar Airporthave been working very hard incoordination with Beacon staffand continuously monitoringthe area to avoid snow accumu-lation in apron area keeping inview that stranded passengersmay reach to their destination.“Ironically, travelers hoping tovisit the cold desert region ofLadakh may have to wait a lit-tle longer.

The snow clearing opera-tions in the newly createdUnion Territory of Ladakhwere being done manually at analtitude of 9800 ft above sealevel. This interesting piece ofinformation was shared by theAirport Director, Leh Airporthimself.

In a series of tweets, theAirport Director said,”At 9,800

ft above sea level, Leh Airportwoke up to a snow covered val-ley. With temperatures as lowas -12°C, the snow removalprocess from the apron of KBRAirport is done manually inextreme temperatures”. Postinga picture of an ongoing inspec-tion visit, the Airport Directorin his second tweet said, “AAILeh officers in the process ofinspecting snow removal fromLeh Airport apron so thatflights can be operated. Snowremoval at Leh Airport is donemanually presently. Talks forprocurement of snow removalmachines at headquarter level”.

According to the MeTdepartment the temperature inLeh hovered around -10degrees celsius on Wednesday.“Day's maximum temperaturewould hover at -7°c, whileminimum temperature is pre-dicted to be -14°c”, the MeTdepartment report said.

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In what could be a majorembarrassment to the

Government of Kerala as wellas the police, the Kerala HighCourt on Wednesday set asidethe verdict of the trial court inthe infamous Walayar SexAbuse case and ordered retri-al of the case.

A bench of Justices AHariprasad and M R Anithalambasted the Kerala Police,prosecution and the Protectionof Children from SexualOffences (POCSO) Court atPalakkad for goofing up thecase through lackadaisicalprobe and trial.

The High Court also setaside the acquittal of all thefour accused in the case. Theyhave been asked to presentthemselves before the court onJanuary 20. But Pradeep, oneof the accused had committedsuicide after the trial court ver-dict. All the accused arereportedly CPI(M) activistsand associates of party leaders.

Two Dalit sisters aged 13and nine respectively atWalayar in Palakkadu districtwere found dead under mys-terious conditions in Januaryand March of 2017. The autop-sy had found that both thegirls were victims of ‘cruel sex-ual abuse’.

Though there wereenough hints and evidencessuggesting foul play behind thedeaths, the police looked theother way and did not pursuethe case by applying the mind,said the verdict. The justicessaid the POCSO Court judgesand the police needed basictraining in dealing with caseslike this.

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Pakistan’s overall criminaljustice system on terrorismis a creaking sham, not justowing to the complicity of

the politico-military-clergy triad butalso due to the compromised natureof the two essentials of any crimi-nal justice system, i.e. prosecutionand the judiciary. Despite variousAnti-Terrorism Acts (ATAs), Anti-Terrorism Courts (ATCs) and evenmore grandiloquent NationalAction Plan (NAP) — the convic-tion rates in terror cases in Pakistanremain abysmally low, if at all theconvictions take place. The judicia-ry has historically been an integralpart of the Pakistani establish-ment’s machinations as exemplifiedin the mid-50s when Chief JusticeMuhammad Munir had propound-ed the “doctrine of necessity” tolegalise General Ayub Khan’s extra-legal takeover of the country by sug-gesting that “which is otherwise notlawful is made lawful by necessity”.But the fickle nature of intrigues andinter-institutional one-upmanshipcan result in the judiciary taking onthe politicians and Generals also —not necessarily to uphold the law butpursuant to their own institution-al turf wars. A special court tryingthe former Pakistan Army chief andPresident, Pervez Musharraf, hadstunningly announced for him thedeath penalty by majority votes(which was later overturned); and,more recently, the Pakistani ChiefJustice had rejected a petitioner’slast-minute withdrawal plea thathad initially challenged the exten-sion of the Pakistan Army chief ’stenure. It was followed by a tensethree-day drama which kept thepoliticos and the Generals on thetenterhooks. The wheels-within-wheels of manipulation and vestedinterests by all the competing armsof governance have ensured the per-petuation of the rot that facilitates“terror nurseries”.

Pakistan is precariously poisedto potentially get “blacklisted” forsupporting and financing terror andis under constant review by thewatchdog agency, the FinancialAction Task Force (FATF). But a fewweeks ago, the Sindh High Courthad set aside the provincialGovernment’s detention orders per-taining to the four terrorists held forthe abduction and gruesome mur-der of US journalist Daniel Pearl.The horrifying case of the journal-ist’s decapitation had shocked theconscience of the internationalcommunity but the provincial courtdeclared it “null and void” and notwarranting “any sort of detention”.The acting Attorney-General of theUS, Jeffrey Rosen, indignantly

remarked that the “separate judi-cial rulings reversing convictionand ordering release are anaffront to terrorism victimseverywhere”, and the family of thejournalist called it a “travesty ofjustice”. For its part, India is wellversed with the Pakistani judicialsystem as a similar fate wasbestowed upon the likes of HafizSaeed, Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhviand the other masterminds of theMumbai 26/11 carnage who areoften “detained”, “kept underhouse arrest” and even “sen-tenced” to appease the interna-tional community and keep theFATF proceedings from reachingharsh and punitive action, but areable to indulge in their nefariousactivities nonetheless.

Intelligence sources hadnamed the terror and Sunni-supremacist organisation,Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, as being oneof the key participants in theDaniel Pearl murder case. Thedilly-dallying, obsequiousnessand the long rope afforded by thecourts to such organisationsensure that they continue tothrive irrespective of their crimes.The complicated history of thePakistani military and its intelli-gence agency, the Inter-ServicesIntelligence (ISI), in nurturingand supporting such outfits fromtime to time has always ensuredthat there are crucial “contacts”and “sympathisers” within themilitary and the additional pusil-lanimity by other levers like thejudiciary, completely enfeeblingthe anti-terror commitmentsthat exist only in name.Unsurprisingly, last week, the

same Lashkar-e-Jhangvi and ISIL(ISIS) cadres were said to havekilled 11 Hazara Shia coal min-ers after abducting them, tying uptheir hands and shooting them incold blood — another statisticwas added to Pakistan’s bloodysocietal violence that isunmatched in its brutality, andapparent acquiescence andleniency from the Government’sside, at the same time.

To add insult to injury in thelamentable circus that besetsPakistan, Minister for HumanRights Shireen Mazari inconceiv-ably said: “India-funded terror-ists in Balochistan are gettingmore desperate as developmentcomes to the province!” The real-ity of the supposed “develop-ment” in the region barely masksthe fact that the persecuted ShiaHazara community, from whichthese miners had come, is hud-dled in two heavily guardedghettos in Quetta and surround-ed by high walls and barbed wire,after hundreds of them werekilled in sectarian violence overthe past couple of decades. Forthe religious minorities and the“deemed minorities” like Shias,Ahmediyas and several others,justice is a far cry.

Even if the odd individualwishes to stand up for justice andfor upholding the constitutionalprovisions, the societal regressionthat envelops the Pakistani judi-cial system is all-pervasive andpowerful, as was seen when theproud murderer Mumtaz Qadri(who had killed Punjab GovernorSalman Taseer in broad daylight)was showered with rose petals bythe resident lawyers when heattended court. The judge whofinally gave Qadri the death sen-tence had to face an impromptustrike by the District BarAssociation, had his office van-dalised and was forced into exileout of the country, fearing for hislife. Further, the witness protec-tion programmes in Pakistan arecompletely ineffective as “influ-ential” bodies routinely and

brazenly ensure intimidationand retractions, and people aresimply too scared to testify.

The patent sophistry ofascribing the booming terrornetwork in Pakistan onto the so-called “non-State actors” is abogey that has lost all credibili-ty. No such apparatus or ecosys-tem can survive for so long withsuch impunity despite so manyActs, laws and military exercis-es aimed at “uprooting terror” —unless the elements of the law-makers (politicos), law enforcers(police/paramilitary), military,religio-social leaders and thejudiciary themselves are hand inglove with the perpetrators.Indeed, many a time these terrorelements also turn onto their one-time benefactors to settle scoresand, therefore, the disentangle-ment of the murky terror wiringsis not very obvious, linear or sim-ple, given the multiplicity of theindividual and institutional cross-support afforded to them fromtime to time. Therefore, PakistanPrime Minister Imran Khan’sunconvincing posturing as the“victim of terror” is akin to cry-ing wolf as the Frankensteinianreality convinces nobody. Thequartet of Pakistan’s military-politicians-clergy-judiciary cannever come clean or abort theirinter-linkages with such ele-ments. But they will do well toremember that the slippery slopeof terror spares absolutely no one.

(The writer, a military veteran, is a former Lt Governorof Andaman & Nicobar Islandsand Puducherry. The viewsexpressed are personal.)

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severe cold and rain at Delhi’sborders cannot be ignored insuch an apathetic manner. Thefarmers are adamant on theirdemands for the repeal of threenew farm laws and a legal guar-antee on the Minimum SupportPrice (MSP) but the PrimeMinister Narendra Modi-ledNDA Government is in nomood to concede to their

demands. Keeping in view thelarge section of people from allwalks of life supporting theagrarian protest, theGovernment must take it seri-ously and resolve to end thestalemate, else it would prove tobe counterproductive for theincumbent regime.

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All of us are aware from the days of our child-hood that the highest mountain peak in theworld is Mount Everest and it was named

after George Everest. It was only much later thatone came to know that Sir George Everest was theSurveyor-General of India and the peak was sonamed as he had “discovered” it to be the highestin the world. As the Surveyor-General he had hisoffices at Dehradun and used to stay in Mussoorie.He left India in 1843, almost 200 years ago, but hishouse in Mussoorie is still being preserved and isnow a place of tourist interest.

The truth, however, is somewhat different. Itis indeed a fact that Sir George Everest was theSurveyor-General of India from 1830 to 1843, butit is also a fact that during his tenure, MountEverest, as we know it today, was known only aspeak XV. Everest had neither initiated the processof measuring the height of this peak, nor was heinstrumental in its naming, which was done muchlater, long after he had proceeded to England, toenjoy his retirement after 1843.

Located on the border of Nepal and Tibet,peak XV was worshipped as a holy place byTibetans, who called it Chomolungma, the moth-er goddess of the world. In Nepal this peak isknown as Sagarmatha, meaning the peak of theheavens. Even these days this peak is addressed byits traditional names both in Tibet and Nepal, whilewe have followed what was given to us by the Britishi.e. Mount Everest. In fact the name Everest wasgiven by Colonel Sir Andrew Waugh of BengalEngineers, who succeeded Everest as the Surveyor-General of India from 1844 to 1861. The circum-stances under which peak XV was named as MountEverest are rather peculiar and reveal a very biasedhandling of the matter so that the entire credit wentto the British officers of the East India Company.

Going through the historical records of theSurvey of India Volume IV, 1830 to 1843, pertain-ing to the tenure of Everest, one can at a glanceobserve that he had shown no interest in peak XVduring this time in office. It was his successorAndrew Waugh, who made the official announce-ment of peak XV being the highest-known peakof the world in 1856. The measurements had ofcourse been initiated much earlier and finalised byour own Radhanath Sikdar.

Recognising the work of the brilliant mathe-matician Radhanath Sikdar, the Government ofIndia issued a postage stamp in his honour in 2004.However, his work is of such great importance thatissuing a postage stamp and then forgetting abouthim does not do justice to him or his contribution.Ironically, it was Everest, who recruited Sikdar inthe Great Trigonometrical Survey and becameextremely fond of him. Volume IV of the HistoricalRecords of the Survey of India, pertaining to histenure, has the following mention about Sikdar.

“Radhanath is high in favour with everybody,and universally beloved in the GT Survey. You willnot know him for the same person when you seehim again, for he is no longer a puny stripling, buta hardy, energetic young man, ready to undergoany fatigue and acquire a practical knowledge ofall parts of his profession...

“There are few of my instruments which hecannot manage; and none of my computations ofwhich he is not thoroughly master… Eventuallyhe will furnish a convincing proof that the apti-tude of your countrymen for the practical, as wellas the theoretical, parts of mathematics is in no wise

inferior to that of Europeans.”“Of the qualifications of the young

man himself I cannot speak too highly.In his mathematical attainments there arefew in India, whether European orNative, who can at all compete with him,and…even in Europe those attainmentswould rank very high.”

Later, on account of a special tech-nique developed by Sikdar for accuratecomputation of heights and distancesthrough spherical trigonometry, he vir-tually became indispensable to theorganisation and rose to become theChief Computer in the office of theSurveyor-General of India. In that posi-tion he moved from Dehradun toKolkata in 1849. As to why AndrewWaugh gave the name Everest, eventhough he had left the scene long ago, isan interesting piece of history.

Had Sidney Gerald Burrard, a laterSurveyor-General of India, not acknowl-edged the good work of Sikdar througha research paper published in 1904 in thescientific journal Nature, these factswould not have come to light. He pub-lished in detail various steps taken for themeasurement of peak XV.

This, in a way, also exposed themachinations of Waugh, who had triedhis level best to take credit away fromSikdar. It is human nature that, in casesomething important is achieved, onetries to take or give credit to someone butin this case Waugh specifically men-tioned that Sikdar had nothing to do withthis work, indicating his bias.

Later, he could be seen placatingSikdar by telling him that he should behappy that the peak had been namedafter his mentor. Waugh also gave theadditional charge of the IndianMeteorological Department to Sikdar,raising his salary to �600 per month,

which was unheard for an Indian in thosedays. Clearly all these efforts were to keephim happy but away from the core of thesurvey work.

Burrard’s publication in Naturespecifically mentions that the ChiefComputer (who was Sikdar) fromKolkata (then Calcutta) had informedWaugh in 1852 that the peak designat-ed XV had been found to be higher thanany other highest measured peak in theworld at that time.

The raw data from theodolites takenfrom seven observation stations at Jirol,Mirzapur, Janjpati, Ladiva, Haripur,Minai and Doom Dongi was collected atthe trigonometrical survey at Kolkata.This was processed by Sikdar who thenconveyed to Waugh that peak XV hadbeen measured at 29,002 feet taking themean value of all the observations.Considering that the scientific instru-mentation available at that time was onlyof a rudimentary nature, the level of accu-racy reached was almost 100 per cent andthis figure has not undergone any majorchange despite the current state of tech-nological progress.

Significantly, after years of debate,China and Nepal recently agreed on aprecise elevation for Mount Everest. Thenew agreed height of 29,031 feet wasannounced at a virtual ceremony. Sucha minuscule change in the height of thepeak despite the sophisticated technol-ogy used is a great proof of Sikdar’s excel-lence.

Correspondence between Waughand Sikdar reveals that Waugh did pri-vately acknowledge the achievement ofSikdar, but did not recognise his work onrecord and in public. In his letter datedAugust 25, 1856, Waugh wrote to Sikdarthat he was glad to hear that naming thepeak as Everest had given the latter a lot

of satisfaction. Thus it is clear that thename Everest was given to ensure thatSikdar, who could have been the right-ful claimant for credit, did not object ashe was extremely fond of Everest whohad recruited him in service. This infor-mation would have remained obscure,but for the research paper of Burrard in1904. Later, Professor Meghnad Sahaacknowledged this feat in 1938 by giv-ing Sikdar full credit. Earlier KennethMason in 1928 had recognised his workas also John Keay in his book, The GreatArc.

Changing the name of MountEverest to Mount Sikdar Everest will per-haps do full justice to Sikdar and give himworldwide recognition which was legit-imately his due, long time ago. We do nothave to seek anybody’s approval for sucha change as the rationale is well-docu-mented. Even if the world continues tocall it Everest, in India, we could still callit Sikdar Everest.

On several occasions, achievementsof Indian scientists have not been recog-nised. For instance, Sir JC Bose couldhave got the Nobel Prize for Physics orat least shared it with Marconi for hiswork on the wireless and radio.

SN Bose could have got the NobelPrize way back in 1932 for his work withEinstein on the Bose-Einstein conden-sate but at least he was recognised,though belatedly by the naming of theGod particle, Higgs-Boson after him.Naming Everest as Sikdar Everest wouldbe a recognition of a scientist whose workhas stood the test of time. Besides itwould also justifiably add to our nation-al pride.

(The writer is a former PoliceCommissioner and ex-Governor ofUttarakhand. The views expressed are per-sonal.)

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The rapidly spreading new strainof the COVID-19 virus indi-cates that the fight against the

pandemic and its fallouts is far fromover. The UK has announced a com-plete lockdown until mid-February inorder to cut the spiralling infectionrate, while India is also witnessing asudden spurt in cases of the new strainin various States. These develop-ments are bound to take a heavy tollon an already beleaguered economy.However, humanity has not lost hopeand believes that the global economywill bounce back.

The socio-economic destructionin the wake of the COVID-19 pan-

demic brought the Indian economyto its knees. Unemployment rosesharply from 6.7 per cent in March2020 to 26 per cent in April 2020. Thistranslates to nearly 140 million peo-ple losing their jobs in a shockinglyshort span of time. The same periodalso witnessed a fall in business activ-ity from 82 per cent to 44 per cent,eventually followed by the largest-everGross Domestic Product (GDP) con-traction of minus 24 per cent in theFirst Quarter of the Financial Year2020-21.

In fact, India suffered a stagger-ing loss of �32,000 crore per day dur-ing the first 21 days of the lockdown.These tremendous economic revers-es need the intervention of innovativemeasures such as an increased focuson marginally leveraged areas such asthe ‘Blue Economy.’

The World Bank defines theBlue Economy as sustainable use ofthe global oceanic resources for eco-nomic growth, improved livelihoodsand for sustaining a healthy oceanecosystem. Originally coined byBelgian economist Gunter Pauli in

2010, the term ‘Blue Economy’ holdstremendous environmental and eco-nomic relevance for the Indian econ-omy which holds fifth position in theworld.

Judicious development of theBlue Economy is critical for thecountry’s efforts to revive its crippledfiscal health. This sector will not onlyhelp resurrect the comatose economybut can also lead to sustainablegrowth in the coming decade andbeyond. With many traditional sec-tors currently stagnated and boggeddown in the recession, India urgent-ly needs an eco-friendly and long-term sector whose economic poten-tial has not yet been fully realised.

The oceans abutting India’s near-ly 7,000-km-long coastline have thecapacity to provide just what thenation needs. According to theMinistry of Earth Sciences, current-ly the Blue Economy in India com-prises just 4.1 per cent of the GDP,which demonstrates the need to scaleup this sector.

India already has robust tradition-al oceanic activities such as fisheries,

tourism, maritime transport and soon. For the Blue Economy, theGovernment can increase its focus oncertain emerging areas such as mar-itime renewable energy, seabed extrac-tive activities, marine biotechnologyand bioprospecting. Of all theavenues, bioprospecting is the mostexciting because it has the potentialto become a long-term economicresource as it involves eco-friendlyexploration and harnessing of plantand animal species from which med-icinal drugs, biochemicals and other

commercially valuable material can beobtained. With a sea of opportunitieswaiting to be tapped, the BlueEconomy can prove to be the nextlevel of growth for India but at thesame time, we need to exerciseextreme caution in order to ensurethat any harm to the environment orthe delicate marine biodiversity is notonly predicted beforehand but alsoavoided properly. For instance, bio-prospecting can sometimes causeoverharvesting of individual specieswhich leads to their extinction. It caus-

es immense damage to the environ-ment as the role of any particularspecies in the ecosystem cannot bereplicated by any other breed. TheGovernment must also ensure that theprivate sector enterprises engaged inthe Blue Economy abide by strictnorms and regulations for safeguard-ing the marine ecosystem. Only thenwe will be able to have environmen-tally responsible economic growth forour nation.

As a first step towards leveragingthe oceans for responsible economicgrowth, India needs to up the explo-rative extent of the oceans under itspurview. This area definitely needsimprovement. Furthermore, theachievements and potential of BlueEconomy-related activities mostly gounreported which results in lessawareness among the citizens andinvestors regarding its potentiality.Therefore, it does not attract privatesector enterprises or investments andthese conditions are detrimental to itsdevelopment and growth.

The Blue Economy can turn theproverbial economic page for India as

it entails multiple socio-economicbenefits. It can not only help in liveli-hood generation, providing energysecurity and improving the health andprosperity of coastal communities butcan also increase the ecologicalresilience of the oceans surroundingIndia. If piloted properly, the BlueEconomic development drive willhelp India achieve its SustainableDevelopment Goals by 2030 andalso pave the way for marine sectorservices to assist the Indian economyto become a $10 trillion one by 2030.But careful planning and implemen-tation are needed for these goals to beachieved. Oceans constitute over 70per cent of the Earth’s surface and iftheir vast resources are harnessed witha sense of responsibility and duerespect for the environment, they canprovide infinite assets for our econ-omy. India is gifted with abundantoceanic resources making it possibleto power the country’s future with theaid of the Blue Economy.

(The writer is an environmentaljournalist. The views expressed are

personal.)

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TATACONSUM 609.55 615 595.2 604.8ADANIGREEN 1096.55 1110.95 1080 1106.55VENKYS 1625 1625 1542.2 1558.95VOLTAS 842 877.5 835.15 869.3JUBILANT 876.55 920.4 867.15 908.45NCC 63.45 63.7 59.6 61.65TATAELXSI 1990 2017 1946.95 1995.2BSOFT 269.8 272.35 255 259.35M&M 739.3 746.45 731 736.4SPICEJET 93.9 95.5 92.4 93.45HDFCLIFE 717 720.25 705.25 718.6PAGEIND 28650 29422.75 28417.3528771.35HAVELLS 949.9 953.35 934.2 946TATAMTRDVR 78.5 79.9 77.25 78.85SRF 5700.25 5790 5642.35 5708.2HINDPETRO* 223.1 225.85 217.4 220.9LAURUSLABS 360.95 363.7 353.2 355.8GRASIM 947 989 947 984.15SANOFI 8150.05 8213.9 8106.05 8126.35MOTHERSUMI 169.75 170.1 163.55 166.4BIOCON 466 469 453.75 460.05INOXLEISUR 314.95 340.7 314.95 333.65EICHERMOT 2674.8 2674.9 2609.6 2643.1BEML 1001 1040 976.15 991.85DABUR 544 544 530 533.75HSCL 46.2 48.5 45.9 47.7INDUSTOWER 258 270.9 255.25 261.5PCJEWELLER 26.9 29.2 26.35 28.6PIIND 2256.55 2290.55 2215 2227.25RADICO 464 484 461.7 482.3ASTRAZEN 4610 4610 4419.95 4467.7DEEPAKNI 1018.7 1042 1006.2 1033.4GODREJPROP 1423.95 1472.9 1408.15 1460.75HAL 931.1 960.1 931.1 943.7GLENMARK 519.7 525.55 511.75 520.25LTTS 2510 2619 2412.55 2496.9VINATIORGA 1227 1340.45 1215.6 1322.9HFCL 27.15 27.6 25.9 26.75GODREJCP 765 765 739.2 745.1INDIGO 1744 1744 1710 1730.85GMM 3782.95 4040 3778.3 3861.3SBILIFE 906 914.3 900.7 909.9PIDILITIND 1802 1803.3 1770.9 1793.95BLISSGVS 201.5 207.1 194.75 203.15DIVISLAB 3860 3885.55 3818.2 3876.9BAJAJ-AUTO 3485.15 3526 3437.7 3464.6APOLLOTYRE 188.15 189.8 183.8 186.45GMRINFRA 27 27.35 26.4 26.7GREAVESCOT 99.95 102.1 95 96.9PFC 119 120.35 117.2 118.7MARICO 422 425.75 415.15 418.5MFSL 705 716.55 698 709BOMDYEING 77.8 80.2 76.65 78.4KTKBANK 62.3 63.9 62 62.7COFORGE 2880.25 2908 2760 2799.25MAHSEAMLES 324 330 319.5 324.25UBL 1181.55 1236.4 1180.8 1220.65NESTLEIND 18500 18606 18437.8 18510.6RAYMOND 351.7 355.45 342.3 347.05TORNTPOWER 321.85 333.8 321.3 330.1CADILAHC 490 490 475.4 481.7BANKINDIA 51 52.45 50.65 51.3BALKRISIND 1680.1 1691.8 1650.35 1674.15IRCON 92 94.2 91.05 92ABBOTINDIA 15780 15784.75 15480 15565.2GRANULES 356.05 362.75 353.1 357.65INDIACEM 176 176.1 168.05 172.75CENTURYTEX 430 431.45 413.1 417.7SIEMENS 1615 1634.8 1602.6 1619.45

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ICICIPRULI 510.15 518.65 504.7 510.25BBTC 1307 1353.8 1295 1302.85AARTIIND 1337.2 1349.9 1280.2 1292.1SYNGENE 635.4 640.05 614 616.95BERGEPAINT 796 796 775.65 783NOCIL 158 159.35 147.5 151.3GUJGAS 394.45 397.15 380.2 385.95EMAMILTD 427.05 455 427.05 450.55PERSISTENT 1560 1595.7 1513.9 1541.8JINDALSAW 83 84.2 79.3 82.25HUDCO 43 45.3 42.5 43.3CHAMBLFERT 243.65 247.15 237.75 244.9JSL 89 91.9 85.55 87.3APLLTD 1101 1107.8 1053.55 1069.95SPARC 204.9 205.3 191.8 195GMDCLTD 61.25 62 58.5 59.3VGUARD 196 213.25 195.7 204.75RELAXO 920 927.65 865.6 898THYROCARE 989 1006.1 946.15 958.1COROMANDEL 826.95 827.15 808 815ARVINDFASN 166 173.1 165 171.3SOUTHBANK 9.32 9.49 9.15 9.28ABCAPITAL 88.7 90.5 87.3 88.55TVSMOTOR 493 495.6 481.7 487.9UNIONBANK 32.25 32.5 31.75 31.85OIL 114.5 115.8 112.25 113AMARAJABAT 988 993.6 966.9 979.15SWSOLAR 279.4 279.4 258.55 268.4INFIBEAM 83.65 86.9 82.5 83HINDCOPPER 61.8 62.95 59.25 62DIXON 13773 14880 1377314461.85RITES 279.9 284.9 278.35 280.75BIRLACORPN 731.75 747.35 729 743.7CSBBANK 225 231 225 227.35BASF 1664.9 1788 1664.9 1694.1AAVAS 2022 2050 1887.6 1913.6ABFRL 167.05 168.65 164.55 166.75SHREECEM 24100.65 24921.75 23865.4 24807.9GSFC 82.5 84.25 81.2 82.15LALPATHLAB 2372 2404 2327.9 2351.25JKPAPER 129 132 123.75 125.05TORNTPHARM 2805 2851 2770.25 2789.55INTELLECT 334.9 342.75 321.65 324.15CROMPTON 379.95 385.4 373.45 383.65PHOENIXLTD 765.65 776.6 758.25 768.5DELTACORP 157.7 161.1 155 155.95COCHINSHIP 391.8 392.25 381.55 384.85NAM-INDIA 313 314 302.25 305.75GALAXYSURF 2201 2249.9 2183.1 2241.8MEGH 86.8 88 82.6 83.45INDHOTEL 124 125.2 122.4 123.35MMTC 30 30.7 28.8 29.4LEMONTREE 43 44.8 42.85 43.35DCBBANK 126 126.5 122 124ADANIGAS 373.65 378.4 365.65 369.35COLPAL 1600.3 1613.5 1586.7 1597.55ICICIGI 1585 1625 1578.55 1607.55SOBHA 412 425.9 408.3 410.9GRAPHITE 313.7 315 303.5 307.5PRESTIGE 279.2 286 275.05 280.85DHANUKA 786 815 784.15 793.15ISEC 460 468.2 451 455.2CGCL 313.15 316 308.8 314.95RAJESHEXPO 486.9 488.5 477 480.9NATCOPHARM 965 978.1 936.95 954.2HEG 949.65 955.45 925 932.75IDFC 38.6 38.6 36.95 38.25RCF 54.75 55.9 53.9 54.3ASTRAL 1785.45 1796.4 1700 1723.85IEX 221.8 224.4 217 221.25WOCKPHARMA 529.55 531.45 511.8 518.55TV18BRDCST 30.9 31.35 30.25 30.5VIPIND 386.9 387 373 381.8SUPRAJIT 202.5 222.9 199.45 218.7STLTECH 199.5 199.5 188.65 193.4DALBHARAT 1120.95 1208.6 1118.5 1172.9CUB 184 186 181.4 182.9FLUOROCHEM 640.35 649.7 612.65 620.4SUMICHEM 325.85 334.75 313.55 319.2ENGINERSIN 78.25 79.15 77.2 77.5J&KBANK 24.5 25.2 23.8 23.95ERIS 597.45 625 591.6 597.6BAYERCROP 5555.5 5773.95 5529.1 5694.85NHPC 24.8 25 24.1 24.35JSLHISAR 152.55 158.7 148.3 153.7MCX 1789 1789 1711.7 1741.1JKCEMENT 2092.5 2202 2051.9 2190.15KNRCON 345 345 328 336.25TATACOMM 1112 1114 1069 1074.05GNFC 228.3 230.5 222.45 224.35AFFLE 4030 4030 3903.9 3947.75TAKE 57.05 57.6 53.6 55.55JKTYRE 78 78.25 75.8 76.3RALLIS 292 298.7 291.05 297.15HAWKINCOOK 6044.4 6100.95 5895 5917.65WHIRLPOOL 2598.2 2608.2 2521 2540.5TRENT 680.05 683.75 672 676.75SWANENERGY 133.15 135 131.6 131.9KANSAINER 623.35 631.5 609.5 613.13MINDIA 21800 22073.3 21250.1 21365PRSMJOHNSN 93 93.4 87.1 88.4IFCI 9.42 9.78 9.35 9.45CEATLTD 1170.95 1174 1125 1143.7JAICORPLTD 94 95.95 91.8 93.45ATUL 6590.25 6678 6554.9 6577.35APLAPOLLO 875.95 900 875.95 887.4CARERATING 530 533.75 509 514.55BALRAMCHIN 170.65 176.15 170 174.05IPCALAB 2166 2185.55 2134.85 2150.45

ALKEM 2999 3002.25 2972.95 2982.7ABB 1293.7 1316.4 1291.7 1296.25CESC 633 638.9 619.5 622ENDURANCE 1420 1453.1 1415 1438.8SUNTECK 357.95 357.95 344.85 347.8GRINDWELL 770 780 723.6 745.85BAJAJELEC 629 648 622 632.55SFL 1939.65 1969 1887.1 1924.55PNBHOUSING 373.55 377.7 364 367.3NBVENTURES 63.55 64.7 61.4 61.8BAJAJHLDNG 3111.1 3125.6 3085.05 3106.2FORCEMOT 1373.05 1419 1370 1384.2GSPL 221.4 221.4 210.1 213.1EIHOTEL 96.5 98.15 95.25 96.3IIFL 113.85 118.7 113.85 115.85KEI 470.85 489.9 468.25 479.65VAIBHAVGBL 2830 2867.8 2753.15 2774.55FINEORG 2500 2649.25 2500 2547QUESS 525.05 542.95 521.55 526.5DCAL 142 142 138 139.9AJANTPHARM 1680 1708.95 1668 1704.05KPITTECH 144 145.45 133.55 136.6MIDHANI 200.1 203.8 199 200.2GHCL 214 218.95 211.4 214.4BALMLAWRIE 127.6 129.6 125 126.3CENTRALBK 14.1 14.22 13.91 14.01WELSPUNIND 72.95 73.85 69.8 70.5ECLERX 906 933.25 886.05 903.05WELCORP 135 135 130.25 132.8WESTLIFE 434.6 439.3 429.95 431.4GEPIL 289.5 294.6 287.35 288.75ADVENZYMES 324 334.6 324 327.8PFIZER 5220 5220 5160 5168INDIANB 88.15 89.75 87 87.7EIDPARRY 345.1 347.95 334.2 335.45SONATSOFTW 408 412.05 387.85 400.65PGHH 11091.8 11250 1101211199.85JSWENERGY 67.7 68.5 66.85 67.15LAOPALA 238 242.35 235.65 238.9CHENNPETRO 111.25 113.05 107.5 108.9UJJIVAN 279 285.75 278.3 279.8LINDEINDIA 989.9 1019.3 979.45 1007.3JCHAC 2837 2844.05 2679 2711.85ZYDUSWELL 2139.95 2139.95 2056.4 2087.35WABAG 207.2 213.85 203 205.75GODREJIND 420 427 418 421.55CCL 267 268.05 259.8 260.75KAJARIACER 724 724 704.45 710.15BAJAJCON 230 231.05 217.35 224.15VTL 1087.8 1161.05 1043.5 1046SCI 90.25 90.25 88 88.55MOIL 150 154.3 149.3 151.35MINDACORP 95.6 98.5 93.45 94.6OFSS 3452 3475 3335 3365.6HIMATSEIDE 149.35 153.45 146 150.8CYIENT 551.9 551.9 523.4 536.5AVANTI 524.6 529.9 515.3 519.4TATACOFFEE 108.3 108.65 106.05 106.6VBL 968.3 974.95 952.05 961.95ASHOKA 94.7 95 92.15 93.8EQUITAS 68.5 69.15 67.75 68.15TIMETECHNO 52.4 53.4 50.05 51SIS 420 428.5 420 424.65DEEPAKFERT 162.7 162.95 157.55 158.9HONAUT 37590.3 38225 37329.3 37836.2FCONSUMER 8.43 8.44 8.25 8.3JTEKTINDIA 96 96.85 88 91.45LAXMIMACH 4790 4890.45 4650.2 4759.6INDOCO 319.9 326.65 315 321.8GODREJAGRO 536 542.7 531.35 534.45PTC 60 61.1 60 60.15FINCABLES 365.05 369.95 364.2 368.2EDELWEISS 72 72.3 70.1 70.7TTKPRESTIG 6253.1 6304.9 6153.1 6176.6TASTYBIT 11790 11950 1161611692.85UCOBANK 13.05 13.25 12.83 13NLCINDIA 56.5 56.65 55.25 55.6METROPOLIS 2109.95 2144.9 2063.9 2090REPCOHOME 244.5 246.15 237 239.65SKFINDIA 1755.55 1780.7 1733.5 1760.9JAMNAAUTO 62 62.15 59.95 60.15SJVN 25.9 26.15 25.45 25.65TNPL 133.15 135.5 126.8 130.65PGHL 6970 7141.5 6900 6925.6OBEROIRLTY 586.1 592.2 575.1 587.1BLUESTARCO 815 824 792.45 812.25SHOPERSTOP 204.55 208.45 200.3 202.1LUXIND 1661.65 1710 1612.25 1651.35HEIDELBERG 230 231.75 225 228.5KRBL 249.5 251 242.5 243.55KPRMILL 879 879 849 869.25IOB 11.44 11.45 11.11 11.18AEGISLOG 258 258.95 251.5 253.1GUJALKALI 345 351.2 342.75 344.05TATAMETALI 645 653.15 630 632.85IFBIND 1211 1214 1146.95 1163.35TEAMLEASE 2758.05 2798 2710.1 2785.15PARAGMILK 113 114.4 110.7 111.6UJJIVANSFB 40.1 40.3 39.6 39.75NESCO 556.9 564.85 546 559.45SYMPHONY 1050 1067.1 1031 1039.45SUPREMEIND 1720.6 1762.75 1720.6 1757.1HATHWAY 33.1 34.25 32.65 33.25UFLEX 385.5 385.6 373.5 375.45ITDC 329.9 333.15 320.7 324.2VARROC 406.6 411.15 395.65 399JKLAKSHMI 345.95 346 337.5 341.6ORIENTCEM 90.7 90.7 85.6 88ITI 127.8 130.2 126.25 128.25

ALLCARGO 132.05 134.55 132.05 132.95STARCEMENT 107 108.05 104.5 106.3HERITGFOOD 296.95 302 292 297.05BLUEDART 4049 4060 3967.4 4002.5IRB 117.5 117.5 113.4 113.8CERA 3639.95 3639.95 3424.45 3478.3GLAXO 1589.75 1602.85 1586.5 1598.6REDINGTON 132 133.5 130.65 131JAGRAN 46.35 46.45 44.55 45.1MINDAIND 410 412 393.6 396.75

CAPPL 506.6 510 500 502.45VSTIND 3685.45 3733.35 3651 3669.5TIINDIA 848 848 810 813.7MAHABANK 13.75 13.75 13.1 13.35ZENSARTECH 240 241.4 233.65 235.25SCHNEIDER 88.7 89.4 84.9 85.55TCIEXP 970 999.35 963.5 979.15KEC 378 381.8 370.2 370.9VRLLOG 208 208 201 204.5CARBORUNIV 411.15 412.3 401.1 404.3JBCHEPHARM 1085 1085 1051 1055.6GET&D 133.5 134 127.6 129.3AKZOINDIA 2468.7 2501.7 2418.85 2444.2GPPL 95.8 95.8 92.05 92.45POWERINDIA 1311.15 1314 1255.5 1263.95TIMKEN 1325 1334.25 1315.5 1321CREDITACC 799 799 760 763.7TATAINVEST 1030 1031 1015 1019.7SUDARSCHEM 485.25 489.65 484.05 484.9FINOLEXIND 663 663 644 648.25GDL 123.5 128 123.1 126.05TVSSRICHAK 1894 1919.75 1863.1 1866.85NIACL 130 130 126.05 126.55JYOTHYLAB 149.75 151.45 146.7 147.6SHK 124.05 124.2 120.2 121.4ASTERDM 173 173.4 166.4 167.25GRSE 198.05 204.2 193.6 196.2GILLETTE 5922.6 5922.6 5819 5860.15GICRE 142.75 142.75 138.9 140.2SPANDANA 773.5 775.65 755.15 761.35MOTILALOFS 613.2 613.65 600 601.2SUNDRMFAST 559.35 563.8 536.75 540.45ORIENTELEC 242.15 243 236.2 240.65SOLARINDS 1109 1129 1102.85 1123.9FDC 334.25 335.25 328.75 330.15NILKAMAL 1540 1550.55 1521.1 1524.85AIAENG 2002.5 2017 1975.95 1987.65EPL 258.55 260.35 256.6 259.15CENTURYPLY 245.4 245.75 241.05 244.15GESHIP 284 284 275.85 278.65THERMAX 956.1 970 942.9 962.35CHOLAHLDNG 586.65 597 576 585.2RATNAMANI 1635 1635.75 1562.6 1582.9MAHINDCIE 175.15 175.15 170 171.4TVTODAY 225.2 228.3 221.95 223.25NH 458.95 460 448 452.75MHRIL 214.5 221.7 213.55 217.05DCMSHRIRAM 393.3 394.65 387.5 389.25VMART 2547.95 2547.95 2445 2460.75DBL 392.65 397.6 389.3 391.4SHRIRAMCIT 1082.25 1095.25 1067.9 1074DBCORP 84.8 85.1 82.8 83.95BRIGADE 257.85 258.3 250.05 251.7INDOSTAR 344.95 344.95 326.65 328.55IIFLWAM 1067.3 1095.25 1025.05 1028.3MASFIN 939.15 939.15 911 931.55CRISIL 1945 1945.65 1904.3 1915.95ESABINDIA 1890.75 1939 1874.1 1896.7SOMANYCERA 342.5 344.35 337.8 339.55MAHLIFE 372 374.75 367.15 371.25SHANKARA 350.2 350.45 344 345ORIENTREF 248.95 248.95 239.15 243.95GARFIBRES 2335.95 2344.25 2254.4 2277.9KSB 652.2 658.05 641.5 643.55GULFOILLUB 735.05 735.9 714 717.95SCHAEFFLER 4602 4627.95 4550 4593.55NAVNETEDUL 85.55 85.85 83.15 83.85MAHSCOOTER 3818.45 3820.45 3730 3753.85OMAXE 82.65 82.65 80.3 80.65WABCOINDIA 5609.85 5628 5560 5566.9TCNSBRANDS 442.75 444 437.75 438.75MAHLOG 422.65 423 420 421.75

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SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGENIFTY 50 14,240.95 14,244.15 14,039.90 14,146.25 -53.25POWERGRID 188 197.6 187 195.8 7.8HINDALCO 250.75 260 247.75 259.2 8.9GAIL 130.8 136 130.5 133.9 4.6SHREECEM 24,084.00 24,947.40 23,850.00 24,699.00 803.5BHARTIARTL 515 531.75 513.1 528.2 14.2GRASIM 960 989.5 955.05 985.85 24.55ONGC 98.9 99.3 96.25 96.95 2ULTRACEMCO 5,360.00 5,468.50 5,300.00 5,443.15 101.95ICICIBANK 538.75 550.6 535.85 544.9 7.65JSWSTEEL 397.2 407.35 395.75 400.5 5.25IOC 93.35 95.6 93.2 94 1DIVISLAB 3,847.00 3,889.30 3,815.55 3,883.50 41.4TATAMOTORS 194.45 197.6 190.65 194.9 1.7SBIN 283 289.15 281.4 283.9 2.15LT 1,308.00 1,330.00 1,300.00 1,314.65 8.35HDFCLIFE 713 720.5 705.4 717.8 4.05SBILIFE 906.55 915 901 910.65 5.1TATASTEEL 684 696.65 675 684.15 3.6KOTAKBANK 1,973.90 1,979.00 1,948.40 1,969.95 10.2HEROMOTOCO 3,081.30 3,123.60 3,046.00 3,074.00 6.8ASIANPAINT 2,801.30 2,822.45 2,780.00 2,799.95 6.1NTPC 98 99 97.25 97.8 0.2SUNPHARMA 604.1 610.95 596.15 604 0.55UPL 471.95 481.9 467.15 471.65 0.4TITAN 1,578.00 1,621.35 1,561.85 1,569.60 -1.35DRREDDY 5,286.90 5,315.00 5,226.00 5,282.00 -4.9WIPRO 405 417.4 403.3 405.9 -0.4COALINDIA 135.4 137.3 133.8 135 -0.15BRITANNIA 3,568.00 3,602.00 3,510.00 3,541.65 -9.45CIPLA 829 834.4 815.25 825 -2.25NESTLEIND 18,510.05 18,600.00 18,430.00 18,490.05 -68.2MARUTI 7,654.00 7,749.00 7,555.50 7,625.25 -30.2INDUSINDBK 924.95 936.75 909.4 918 -3.65HDFCBANK 1,435.00 1,440.00 1,413.10 1,419.80 -6.9BAJAJFINSV 8,900.00 8,900.00 8,636.00 8,774.95 -45.9TECHM 1,004.00 1,026.00 983.35 996 -7.85HDFC 2,664.70 2,665.00 2,619.00 2,631.00 -20.85BAJAJ-AUTO 3,492.65 3,527.00 3,435.90 3,462.35 -30.3INFY 1,300.00 1,302.00 1,268.05 1,282.50 -11.3ADANIPORTS 501.8 504.95 489.5 495 -4.45M&M 741 746.45 730.45 733 -7.1BPCL 392.6 396.95 382.55 388 -4TCS 3,100.00 3,113.50 3,037.20 3,053.00 -40EICHERMOT 2,668.00 2,672.00 2,610.00 2,639.55 -35.35HINDUNILVR 2,445.80 2,450.00 2,401.60 2,414.65 -35.9HCLTECH 997.9 998 966.1 976 -15.35BAJFINANCE 5,130.00 5,168.35 4,990.30 5,020.95 -98.05AXISBANK 662 667.15 649.15 651.55 -12.9RELIANCE 1,965.90 1,966.00 1,905.15 1,915.50 -50.6ITC 211.45 211.5 204.5 205.3 -6.15

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Housing sales fell 37 per centyear-on-year during the

2020 calendar year while grossoffice space leasing declined 35per cent on low demandbecause of the coronaviruspandemic, but demandimproved significantly in thelast quarter to cross pre-COVID level, property con-sultant Knight Frank Indiasaid on Wednesday.

In its ‘India Real Estate -Residential and Office UpdateH2 2020’ report released onWednesday, the consultantreported that sales of residen-tial properties fell 37 per centto 1,54,534 units in 2020 acrosseight cities as compared with2,45,861 units in the previousyear. Similarly, the gross office

space absorption declined 35per cent to 39.4 million sq ftfrom 60.6 million sq ft.

However, both housingsales and gross office leasingduring October-December2020 were higher than the cor-responding period of the pre-vious year. The sales of resi-dential properties in the fourthquarter of the 2020 calendaryear rose to 61,592 units from58,402 units in the year-agoperiod on pent-up and festivedemand, while office absorp-tion increased to 17.5 millionsq ft from 16.4 million sq ft.

As per the annual data,housing sales fell in all eightmajor cities during 2020, withdemand falling most inAhmedabad and least in Pune.In the office market,Hyderabad witnessed maxi-mum decline in leasing activ-ities and Ahmedabad the least.

Knight Frank India trackseight property markets --Delhi-NCR, Mumbai, Chennai,Kolkata, Bengaluru,Hyderabad, Pune, and

Ahmedabad.In the residential proper-

ty market, housing sales fell 18per cent in Pune to 26,919 unitsduring 2020 from 32,809 unitsin the previous year, whileMumbai saw 20 per centdecline at 48,688 units from60,943 units. The Maharashtragovernment’s decision to tem-porarily cut stamp duty on reg-istration of properties led tohigher sales in Mumbai andPune region during the lastfour months of the 2020 cal-endar year, the consultant said.

Housing sales in Delhi-NCR decreased 50 per cent to21,234 units in 2020 from42,828 units in the previousyear, while demand slumped 51per cent in Bengaluru to 23,579units from 48,076 units.

In Chennai, sales fell 49per cent to 8,654 units in 2020from 16,959 units in the pre-vious year. The sales of resi-dential properties inHyderabad declined 38 percent to 10,042 units from16,267 units. Kolkata saw 21

per cent fall in sales to 8,912units from 11,266 units.

Ahmedabad was worst hit,with sales down by 61 per centto 6,506 units in 2020 from16,713 units in the previousyear."Despite the on-goingpandemic, the H2 2020 salesgrowth in some cities is fairlyencouraging. In Q3 2020, thereal estate market started wit-nessing revival signs, furtherrecording a significantimprovement in home salesduring Q4 2020," Knight FrankIndia CMD Shishir Baijal said.

Out of the total salesnumber in the second half of2020, he said Mumbai andPune contributed around 50per cent in home sales.

"This marvellous perfor-mance can be largely attributedto the state government’s deci-sion of reducing stamp duty inMaharashtra. The other stategovernments would need tojump into the bandwagon oroffer something similar to bol-ster demand across their mar-kets," Baijal said.

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The non-food componentin the price basket will

continue to keep inflation at ahigh level and result in a "longpause" in interest rates, a for-eign bank said on Wednesday.

The central bank is likelyto pare the pandemic-drivenemergency response as well, thereport by Singaporean lenderDBS said.It can be noted thatthe high inflation driven by thefood prices has forced the RBIto go for a status quo in ratesfor the three consecutivereviews of the bi-monthly pol-icy meetings, even as growthcontinues to be in the negativeterritory. The RBI expects theGDP to contract by 7.5 per centfor FY21.The bank report saidover a six month period, foodinflation is likely to ease, butnon-food may be sticky onaccount of rigidity in domesticfuel taxation, marginal hikes inmanufacturing costs aftermonths of the shutdown, com-

modity price rises, telecomprice adjustments and return indemand impulses in certaincore categories.The recent rallyin commodities lends to freshcost-push impact, especiallyindustrial metals, it said, point-ing out that generic steel hot-rolled coil futures are up byover 80 per cent since late-September 2020, while on oil,Brent crude rallied 30 per centin the December quarter.

"While India’s CPI inflationis expected to ease, 2021 aver-age inflation will stay above the4 per cent target. Room for out-right rate cuts is, thereby, lim-ited, but the central bank willsettle into a long pause, with abias to anchor rates throughstrong dovish guidance," asper the report.

It added that an upcomingreview of the inflation targetsis "unlikely" to result in a mate-rial change. The 4 per centinflation target given to theReserve Bank of India is up forreview post-March.

New Delhi:WhatsApp hasupdated its terms of service andprivacy policy regarding how itprocesses user data and part-ners with Facebook to offerintegrations across the socialmedia giant’s products. Usershave received in-app promptsinforming them of the updatein terms of use that take effecton February 8, 2021.

The message to users notedthat the key updates includemore information aboutWhatsApp’s service and how itprocesses user data; how busi-nesses can use Facebook host-ed services to store and man-age their WhatsApp chats; andhow WhatsApp partners withFacebook to offer integrationsacross the company products.

The message added thatusers will need to accept theseupdates to continue usingWhatsApp. When contacted,a WhatsApp spokesperson said,"As we’ve previously talked aspart of WhatsApp’s business

vision in October 2020, inorder to enable small busi-nesses better, we are updatingour terms of service and pri-vacy policy as we work tomake WhatsApp a great way toget answers or help from a busi-ness." The spokesperson saidthe updated terms of serviceand privacy policy includeadditional information on howthe company handles user data.

"Our updated Terms andPrivacy Policy provide moreinformation on how we processyour data, and our commit-ment to privacy. "For exam-ple, we’ve added more infor-mation about more recentproduct features (like catalogs/add to cart feature, etc) andfunctionalities, how we processyour data for safety, securityand integrity, and added moredirect links to user settings,Help Center articles and howyou can manage your infor-mation," the spokesperson said.

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Prime Minister NarendraModi will interact with

leading economists and sec-toral experts on Friday to delib-

erate on measures that may beincluded in the upcoming bud-get for promoting growth, amiduncertainty on multiple frontscaused by Covid-19. The meet-ing, being organised by the

government think tank NitiAayog will be held virtually andwill also be attended by NitiAayog Vice Chairman RajivKumar and Niti Aayog CEOAmitabh Kant. The meeting

assumes significance as accord-ing to the Reserve Bank ofIndia (RBI), India’s economy isprojected to contract 7.5 percent in the current fiscal end-ing March 31, 2021.

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Agriculture MinisterNarendra Singh Tomar on

Wednesday said a large num-ber of farmers from across the

country are coming out insupport of three farm lawsand urged protesting unions tounderstand the sentimentsbehind reforms broughtthrough these legislations.

He also expressed confi-dence that the protestingunions will focus on farmers’interests and help the govern-ment reach a solution throughconstructive dialogue.

Speaking to reporters aftermeeting a group supporting thelaws, Tomar said the govern-ment is committed towards allfarmers of the country andtheir interests.

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Colombo: India on Wednesdaycalled on Sri Lanka to meet theexpectations of its minorityTamil community for equality,justice, peace and dignity with-in a united country for its“own interest”, as part of thereconciliation process.

During a joint media inter-action with his counterpartDinesh Gunawardena, ExternalAffairs Minister S Jaishankar,who is in the island nation forhis first overseas visit of theyear, underlined India's back-ing for Lanka's reconciliationprocess and an “inclusive polit-ical outlook” that encouragesethnic harmony.

“As we promote peace andwell-being in the region, Indiahas been strongly committed to

the unity, stability and territo-rial integrity of Sri Lanka. Oursupport for the reconciliationprocess in Sri Lanka is long-standing, as indeed for aninclusive political outlook thatencourages ethnic harmony,” hesaid.

“It is in Sri Lanka's owninterest that the expectations ofthe Tamil people for equality,justice, peace and dignity with-in a united Sri Lanka are ful-filled. That applies equally tothe commitments made by theSri Lankan government onmeaningful devolution, includ-ing the 13th Amendment to theConstitution,” Jaishankaradded.

The progress and prosper-ity of Sri Lanka will surely be

advanced as a consequence, heasserted.

The 13th Amendment pro-vides for devolution of powerto the Tamil community. Indiahas been pressing Sri Lanka toimplement the 13th amend-ment which was brought inafter the Indo-Sri Lankanagreement of 1987.

His remarks assume sig-nificance in the backdrop ofmoves by the ruling Sri LankaPeople's Party (SLPP) allies tomount a public campaign forabolition of Sri Lanka's provin-cial councils system.

The SLPP's Sinhala major-ity hardliners have been advo-cating a total abolition of theisland's provincial council sys-tem established in

1987. The issue of Tamil recon-

ciliation process had also fig-ured prominently at a virtualsummit between PrimeMinister Narendra Modi andhis Sri Lankan counterpartMahinda Rajapaksa inSeptember last year.

Modi had pitched for fullimplementation of the consti-tutional provision by the SriLankan government to ensuredevolution of powers to theminority Tamil community.

While expressing India'scommitment to help enhanceLanka's capability to deal withgrowing maritime challenges,Jaishankar said New Delhi alsolooked forward to the earlyreturn of the Indian fishermen

detained in the island nation.Jaishankar said India-Sri LankaJoint Working Group hadrecently met and discussed alloutstanding issues related tofisheries in an open and candidmanner. “We naturally lookforward to the early return ofour fishermen,” he said.

Indian fishermen, appre-hended in Sri Lanka forallegedly poaching in its terri-torial waters, were providedconsular assistance by theConsulate General of India inJaffna last week.

The Indian HighCommission here said it was intouch with the Sri LankanGovernment to facilitate theearly release of the detainedfishermen.

India and Sri Lanka lastweek held through video con-ferencing a meeting of thejoint working group on fish-eries and discussed the issuesrelated to fishermen and theways to overcome challengesposed by the COVID-19 pan-demic.

Fishermen from bothcountries are arrested fre-quently for inadvertently tres-passing into each other'swaters.

Jaishankar is on a three-dayvisit here from December 5 to7 at the invitation of his SriLankan counterpartGunawardena.

This is the first visit by aforeign dignitary to Sri Lankain the new year. PTI

-�������������3��$������ �� <� �����������4�����Colombo: Assuring that Indiawill always be a “dependablepartner and reliable friend” ofSri Lanka, External AffairsMinister S Jaishankar onWednesday said the country isopen to strengthening its rela-tionship with Colombo on thebasis of “mutual trust, mutualinterest, mutual respect andmutual sensitivity”.

Speaking at a joint mediabriefing here with his SriLankan counterpart DineshGunawardena, Jaishankar alsosaid that the coronavirus pan-demic has not been able to dentthe bilateral relationship andthat the two countries are now

looking at post-COVID coop-eration.

“COVID hasn't been ableto dent our bilateral coopera-tion. In fact, high level contactswere maintained and indeedstrengthened during the pastyear and the virtual summitbetween our prime ministerswas a high watermark for us in2020,” he said.

Jaishankar, who earlier metPresident Gotabaya Rajapaksa,said he discussed cooperationfor post-COVID health andeconomic recovery. “India willbe a reliable partner in SriLanka's development,” he said. PTI

Beijing China's Governmenton Wednesday accusedWashington of misusingnational security as an excuseto hurt commercial competi-tors after President DonaldTrump signed an order ban-ning transactions with pay-ment services Alipay andWeChat Pay and six otherapps.

Tuesday's order escalateda conflict with Beijing overtechnology, security and spyingaccusations that has plunged U.S.-Chinese relationsto their lowest level in decades.

It followed confusion infinancial markets after the NewYork Stock Exchangeannounced last week it wouldremove three Chinese phonecompanies and then withdrewthat plan Monday. AP

Washington: President Donald Trump has signed an exec-utive order barring transactions with eight Chinese appsincluding Alipay and WeChat Pay to protect America'snational security, citing the steps taken by India to ban morethan 200 Chinese connected software applications.

Trump's order said action is needed to “deal with thenational emergency” caused by the “pervasiveness of thespread” of apps created and controlled in China.

The ban against the eight Chinese apps -- Alipay,CamScanner, QQ Wallet, SHAREit, Tencent QQ, VMate,WeChat Pay, and WPS Office -- will come into effect in 45days from Tuesday.

“The pace and pervasiveness of the spread in the UnitedStates of certain connected mobile and desktop applicationsand other software developed or controlled by personsChina, to include Hong Kong and Macau (China), continueto threaten the national security, foreign policy, and econ-omy of the United States,” Trump said on Tuesday.

“At this time, action must be taken to address the threatposed by these Chinese connected software applications,”Trump said in his executive order.

The orders follow two others Trump signed in Augustbanning dealings with the popular video app TikTok as wellas the main WeChat app.

Trump said that India has banned the use of more than200 Chinese connected software applications throughoutthe country. PTI

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London: A British judge onWednesday denied bail toWikiLeaks founder JulianAssange, ordering him toremain in a high-securityprison while U.K. Courtsdecide whether he will be sentto the United States to face espi-onage charges.

District Judge VanessaBaraitser said Assange mustremain in prison while thecourts consider an appeal byU.S.

Authorities against herdecision not to extradite him.

The judge said Assange“has an incentive to abscond”and there is a good chance hewould fail to return to court iffreed.

On Monday, Baraitserrejected an American requestto send Assange to the U.S. AP

Geneva: The head of the WorldHealth Organization said onTuesday that he is “disappoint-ed” Chinese officials haven'tfinalised the permissions toallow a team of experts intoChina to examine the origins ofCOVID-19.

WHO Director-GeneralTedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus,in a rare critique of Beijing, saidmembers of the internationalscientific team began departingfrom their home countries overthe last 24 hours as part of anarrangement between WHOand the Chinese government.

“Today, we learned thatChinese officials have not yetfinalized the necessary permis-sions for the team's arrival inChina,” Tedros said during anews conference in Geneva. AP

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Ajoint session of the USCongress, presided over

by Vice President Mike Pence,on Wednesday is scheduled tocount the result of theNovember 3 presidential elec-tion and officially confirm theElectoral College votes won byPresident-elect Joe Biden andVice President-elect KamalaHarris.

However, a large numberof Republican lawmakers,including more than 100members of the House ofRepresentatives and over adozen Senators, are expectedto raise their opposition to thecounting of votes and electionresults.

“When the Congressmeets tomorrow, this resound-ing victory will be recognised,and Joe Biden and KamalaHarris will be officially

declared the next Presidentand Vice President of theUnited States,” House ofRepresentatives SpeakerNancy Pelosi said in her “DearColleague letter” on Tuesday.

Observing that the JointSession should be a solemnoccasion, Pelosi said there areno speaking roles during thesession, except for announcingthe votes of the states.

“If Republicans bring achallenge to a state, we thenbreak into separate House andSenate sessions to debate. Thestate delegations and our lead-ers – Representatives ZoeLofgren, Jamie Raskin, AdamSchiff and Joe Neguse – havebeen working on ourDemocratic presentation ofthe Constitutional, historicaland thematic justification forrespecting the will of the peo-ple,” Pelosi said.

Washington: Vice President Mike Pence has toldDonald Trump that he lacked the power to challengePresident-elect Joe Biden's victory in the November3 election despite the US president's insistence thathe did not, according to a media report.

The New York Times reported on Tuesday thatPence delivered the message to Trump during hisweekly lunch with the president.

Pence is set to preside over the US Senate onWednesday as it receives the results of the state-by-state Electoral College that determines the winnerof presidential election.

Biden, a Democrat, beat Trump 306-232 in theElectoral College and in the popular vote by morethan 7 million ballots. Trump, a Republican, has notconceded the election, reiterating unverified claimsthat the presidential polls were rigged.

Dozens of lawsuits by his campaign challeng-ing election results have failed in US courts.

“Vice President Mike Pence told PresidentTrump on Tuesday that he did not believe he hadthe power to block congressional certification ofJoseph R. Biden Jr.'s victory in the presidential elec-tion despite Mr Trump's baseless insistence that hedid,” the daily reported, citing unnamed peoplebriefed on the conversation. Trump, however, hasdecried the report as “fake news”, asserting that Pencenever told him what the report said. PTI

Washington: Thousands of supporters of DonaldTrump have converged here to attend a massive rallyto be addressed by the US president on Wednesdayin protest against what he alleges to be a rigged pres-idential election.

“Washington is being inundated with peoplewho don't want to see an election victory stolen byemboldened Radical Left Democrats. Our Countryhas had enough, they won't take it anymore! Wehear you (and love you) from the Oval Office.MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” Trump saidin a tweet on Tuesday.

Trump is scheduled to address the rally at about11 a.M. The rally is being held at the same time,when in a joint session, the US Congress is sched-uled to count the votes of the Electoral College andcertify the results of the November 3 presidentialelection.

Trump, the Republican incumbent, has notconceded the election, reiterating unverified claimsthat the presidential polls were rigged. Dozens oflawsuits by his campaign challenging election resultshave failed in US courts. Biden, a Democrat, is setto be inaugurated as the 46th US President onJanuary 20.

Thousands of Trump supporters gathered at var-ious places in downtown Washington with postersand banners “Stop the steal” to “Trump is my pres-ident.” US media feared a violent clash betweenRepublican and Democratic supporters. PTI

Brussels: The European Unioncalled for the immediate release onWednesday of the 53 former law-makers and pro-democracyactivists who have been arrested inHong Kong after beingaccused of violating a new securi-ty law.

The mass arrests, including offormer lawmakers, were the largestcrackdown on Hong Kongs democ-racy movement since the law wasimposed by China last June to quelldissent in the semi-autonomous ter-ritory.

EU spokesman Peter Stanotold a press conference that thearrests send the “signal that politi-cal pluralism is no longer tolerat-ed in Hong Kong.”

He added that the security lawis being used “to crush dissent andstifle the exercise of human rightsand political freedoms.” AP

Hong Kong: Hong Kongpolice arrested 53 former law-makers and democracy pro-ponents on Wednesday forallegedly violating the newnational security law by par-ticipating in unofficial electionprimaries for the territory'slegislature last year.

The mass arrests, includ-ing of former lawmakers, werethe largest move against HongKong's democracy movementsince the law was imposed byBeijing last June to quell dis-sent in the semi-autonomousterritory.

“The operation today tar-gets the active elements whoare suspected to be involved inthe crime of overthrowing, orinterfering (and) seriouslydestroy the Hong Kong gov-ernments legal execution ofduties,” John Lee, Hong Kong'ssecurity minister, said at anews conference.

He said those arrestedwere suspected of trying toparalyze the government, viatheir plans to gain a majorityof the seats in the legislatureto create a situation in whichthe chief executive had toresign and the governmentwould stop functioning.

In a video released byformer lawmaker Lam Cheuk-ting on his Facebook page,police turned up at his houseand told him he was “sus-pected of violating the nation-al security law, subvertingstate power.” Police told thoserecording the video to stop orrisk arrest.

The legislative electionthat would have followed theunofficial primaries was post-poned by a year by HongKong Chief Executive CarrieLam, who cited the publichealth risks during the coro-navirus pandemic. Mass res-

ignations and disqualifica-tions of pro-democracy law-makers have left the legislaturelargely a pro-Beijing body.

Lee said the police wouldnot target those who hadvoted in the unofficial pri-maries, which were held inJuly last year and attractedmore than 600,000 voters eventhough pro-Beijing lawmakersand politicians had warned theevent could breach the secu-rity law.

All of the pro-democracycandidates in the unofficialprimaries were arrested,according to tallies of thearrests being reported by theSouth China Morning Post,online platform Now Newsand political groups.

At least seven members ofHong Kongs DemocraticParty — the citys largest oppo-sition party — were arrested,including former party chair-

man Wu Chi-wai. Formerlawmakers Lam, Helena Wongand James To were also arrest-ed, according to a post on thepartys Facebook page.

Benny Tai, a key figure inHong Kong's 2014 OccupyCentral protests and a formerlaw professor, was also arrest-ed, reports said. Tai was one ofthe main organizers of the pri-maries.

The home of JoshuaWong, a prominent pro-democracy activist who isserving a 13 1/2-month prisonsentence for organising andparticipating in an unautho-rised protest last year, was alsoraided, according to a tweetposted from Wong's account.

American human rightslawyer John Clancey was alsoarrested on Wednesday.Clancey was the treasurer ofpolitical group Power forDemocracy, which was

involved in the unofficial pri-maries.

“We need to work fordemocracy and human rightsin Hong Kong,” Clancey saidas he was being led away bypolice, in a video posted bylocal online news outletCitizen News. P o l i c ealso went to the headquartersof Stand News, a prominentpro-democracy online newssite in Hong Kong, with acourt order to hand over doc-uments to assist in an inves-tigation related to the nation-al security law, according to alivestreamed video by StandNews. No arrests were made.

Lee also pointed to a “10steps to mutual destruction”plan among those arrested,which included taking controlof the legislature, mobilisingprotests to paralyse societyand calling for internationalsanctions. AP

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Niti Ayog members say Governmentcan’t buy and store food, whileGovernment says procurement will con-tinue, said the AIKSCC.

This dichotomy should end, it added.“Meanwhile on the call issued by the

AIKSCC and the Sanyukt Kisan Morcha,several mass programmes have beenplanned. People all over the country shallburn copies of the three Acts on occasionof Lori and Makar Sankranti. January 18shall be observed as Mahila Kisan Diwasand we have also decided that sit in andrelay fasts shall continue,” said theAIKSCC.

Since the farmers arrived at the nation-al Capital’s borders, the Delhi TrafficPolice has been posting alerts on its offi-cial Twitter handle to inform commutersabout road closures across the city.

In a series of tweets on Wednesday, itsaid Singhu, Auchandi, Piau Maniyari,Saboli and Mangesh borders were closedfor traffic movement.

“Please take alternate route via LampurSafiabad, Palla & Singhu school toll taxborders. Traffic has been diverted fromMukarba & GTK road. Please avoid OuterRing Road, GTK Road & NH-44.

“The Chilla and Ghazipur borders areclosed for traffic coming from Noida &Ghaziabad to Delhi because of farmerprotests. Please take alternate route forcoming to Delhi via Anand Vihar, DND,Bhopra & Loni Borders,” the traffic policesaid.

It said Tikri and Dhansa borders arealso closed for traffic movement.“Jhatikara Border is open only for LMV(Cars/Light Motor Vehicles), two wheel-ers and pedestrian movement,” anothertweet read.

According to the traffic police, peopletravelling to Haryana can take the routes

via Jharoda (only single carriageway),Daurala, Kapashera, Badusarai, RajokriNH-8, Bijwasan/Bajghera, Palam Viharand Dundahera borders.

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Venugopal, however, wondered how aperson could challenge a constitutionalamendment in a writ petition.

The Supreme Court had on December17 refused to interfere with the ongoingagitation against farm laws by farmers fromPunjab and some other States who haveblocked certain entry points to the nation-al Capital for weeks, saying it was their fun-damental right. The court had asked theCentre to consider to put on hold the threelaws and form a panel to go into the con-cerns raised by the farmers.

Later, Union Agriculture MinisterNarendra Singh Tomar said those farmerunions, which are protesting against thefarm laws, will understand the idea behindbringing laws for reforms in the agricul-tural sector and actively arrive at a solu-tion after discussion.

“The Government of India is com-mitted to the welfare of farmers. We meetthose who are supporting the laws andthose opposing it. I am sure that farmerunions who are agitating will understandthe idea behind agriculture laws and theywill think about the welfare of farmers andactively arrive at a solution by a positivediscussion,” Tomar told reporters.

Meanwhile, the All India FarmersAssociation (AIFA) headed by formerPrime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri’sgrandson Sanjay Nath Singh onWednesday extended support to the threenew agriculture laws against which 40farmers’ unions have been protesting at

various borders of the national capital forover a month now. Singh, in a represen-tation, made to Tomar made some sug-gestions to the Centre that would be of helpin negotiating with the protesting farmunions in the next round of meeting to beheld on January 8.

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The Health Ministry has deployedmulti-disciplinary teams to AvianInfluenza affected Alappuzha andKottayam districts in Kerala, andPanchkula District in Haryana.

The Health Ministry has also issued anaction plan which says dead birds shouldbe handled with utmost caution and sci-entific supervision. As per the action planon Avian Influenza, the Ministry has sug-gested the affected States for strengthen-ing the biosecurity of poultry farms, dis-infection of affected areas, proper dispos-al of dead birds/carcasses, timely collectionand submission of samples for confirma-tion and further surveillance, intensifica-tion of surveillance plan as well as the gen-eral guidelines for prevention of diseasespread from affected birds to poultry andhuman.

“In India, the disease spreads mainlyby migratory birds coming into India fromSeptember - October to February - March.The secondary spread by human handling(through fomites) cannot be ruled out,” itsaid.

To allay fears about transmission of thedisease from poultry to humans, UnionMinister for Animal Husbandary, GirirajSingh, on social media advised people toproperly cook eggs and meat before con-suming them.”In some places there havebeen reports of migratory and wild birdsdying from bird flu. Cook the meat andeggs completely before eating. There is

nothing to worry. All possible help is beinggiven and states have been alerted,” Singhtweeted in Hindi. His deputy SanjivBalyan said that five states have reportedBird flu but there has been no case of trans-mission of the Avian Influenza to humansin India.

Accordingly, an advisory was issued tothe States of Rajasthan and MP on January1 to avoid further spread of the infection.As per the information received fromMadhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, controlmeasures have been taken as per the guide-lines of the National Action Plan of AvianInfluenza. “Another advisory has beenissued on January 5 to HP advising it totake measures to avoid further spread ofdisease to poultry. As per the reportreceived, Kerala has already initiated con-trol and containment operations at epi-centres and culling process is in operation,”it said.

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The bench said that this is not thetransfer petition where it can transfer toitself all the cases on the law after one ofthe petitioner said that the issue should beexamined by the top court.

Senior advocate CU Singh, appearingfor the NGO, referred to the judgement ofJustice (retd) Deepak Gupta and says thatsimilar laws are being made in variousstates.

He sought stay of the provisions of thelaw and said that people are being in themiddle of wedding ceremonies.

Singh added that some of the provi-sions of these laws are oppressive and hor-rible in nature and requires prior consentof government to marry which is absolute-

ly obnoxious.The bench said that it is issuing

notice and sought response from both thestate governments within four weeks.

When Singh insisted for stay of pro-visions, the CJI said that now stay is soughton some provisions without hearing thestates. “How can it be done?” the benchsaid.

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“The 50-year-old woman, who hadgone to a temple on Sunday, was founddead under mysterious circumstances.Family members of the woman haveaccused the temple mahant (priest) and hisaccomplices of raping and murderingher. Based on this, a case was registeredagainst the accused. Two of the accusedpersons were arrested on Tuesday nightwhile the mahant is still absconding,” hesaid. Four teams have been formed to nabthe priest, the SSP said. Following the inci-dent, Bareilly ADG Avinash Chandra toovisited the crime spot and announced areward of Rs 50,000 on the arrest of theabsconding priest.

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Alongside, state-owned fuel retailerscut prices by another Re 1 a litre, whichthey recouped later.

However, no tax cut is under consid-eration as of present, a senior governmentofficial said on Wednesday.

Though petrol and diesel rates are tobe revised on a daily basis in line withbenchmark international price and foreignexchange, government-controlled fuelretailers have been moderating rates since

the pandemic broke out. They first did notpass on to the customers a reduction inprice warranted from the slump in inter-national oil rates witnessed due to demanderosion beginning March 2020.

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Apart from Shapoorji Pallonji andCompany Limited and Tata ProjectsLimited, NCC Ltd and ITD CementationIndia Limited hadqualified for the open-ing of financial bids.ITD CementationIndia Limited quoted the bid amount ofRs 490.59 crore while NCC Ltd quoted Rs601.46 crore as the bid amount, accordingto Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.

The Rajpath redevelopment projectincludes large scale stone work, construc-tion of underpasses, underground ameni-ties blocks and horticulture work.The workmay be completed before the 2022Republic Day parade.

In September last year, Tata Projecthad won the tender work for the con-struction of the new Parliament building.

On Thursday, the Supreme Courtgave the green signal to the Central Vistarevamp project, holding there was no infir-mity in the grant of environment clearanceand permissions for change of land use.

Official said that the historic Rajpathwill go for redevelopment work soon afterhosting the Republic Day parade onJanuary 26.

In its notice inviting tender, theCentral Public Works Department(CPWD), which is executing the CentralVista project, said that the redevelopmentwork of Central Vista Avenue will be exe-cuted in a phased manner so that someparts of Rajpath are available for visitors.

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Everyone is hoping that 2021will bring relief and it is

more important than ever.Taking a big leap, Bhuvan Bamhas launched Youthiapa 2.0, anincubator for the young and dri-ven youth of today to carry thefun energy while preserving alittle spice. The house ofBBkiVines’s official merchan-dise seems to not want to reston past laurels.

The idea of launchingYouthiapa 2.0 was simply to beable to express individuality,identity, boldness, and self-awareness, the characteristicswhich are predominant in theyouth. An interesting newbrand logo represents a “V”hand gesture which adds anoth-

er dimension to the brand’sidentity. It accurately describesthe youthful zeal and enthusi-asm in today’s generation. Thecollection features pieces suchas sweatshirts, hoodies, T-shirtand more which are colorful yetmature.

Staying true to the brandname, Youthiapa has remaineda consistent resource for aneveryday streetwear wardrobe.This offset carries the brand

message of “For The Youth, ByThe Youth” and is made ofpieces that have not only beendesigned to look stylish but alsoresonate with our favorite mem-ories of childhood.

Launching the collectionfor the consumers, BhuvanBam said, “Youthiapa 2.0 encap-sulates versatile and easy to wearpieces. The designs and thecolours are such that it reverber-ates with the youth. This is the

clothing that makes sense forthem today. It’s what they wantto wear, whether it’s for work,college, or [a reflection] of whatthey’re seeing on the street.”

Rohit Raj, partner atYouthiapa, said, “Every piece ofclothing features unique, signa-ture prints. Youthiapa has foundits niche as a go-to place forstreetwear staples among ourgeneration. Keeping that inmind, we have launched a cap-sule collection which will caterto a new generation of youngshoppers. As the name goes, thedesigns are developed by theline’s target audience: a hand-picked group of young, on-the-rise talent. In all its literal sense,it is ‘For The Youth, By The

Youth.’ The response has beengreat so far that we are planningto team up with experts to forayinto fragrances. That is some-thing we are really excitedabout.”

Youthiapa has erstwhilepopularly mastered the bal-ance between usability andaddressing cultural, nationaland world issues through itstongue-in-cheek fashion. It’strending slogan ‘Hustle KaroBhasad Nahi’ has caught a lot ofattention among the industryand his fans. The slogan trans-lates as a message to teenagersto galvanise and work hard,without creating any chaos —something Bhuvan considershis life’s motto.

The only underrated groupof individuals who canchange a Brideszilla to a

total Bridechilla are her squad ofloyal bridesmaids! And we doknow the importance for allbridesmaids to match up to thecharm and charisma of the bride,while not completely outshiningher!

But if you’re caught between

the madness of organising wed-ding favours and planning activ-ities and overlooking details ofvarious functions, you shouldn’thave to fret about one morething, that is looking your bestduring all the ceremonies.

It is for this reason, we pre-sent to you the ultimate list ofoutfit ideas that all bridesmaidscan take cues from for every

occasion during your bestfriend’s wedding!

EVENING OF THEENGAGEMENT

Kickstart the weddingfestivities with romanticcolours, flowy fabrics anddainty embroideries incontemporary silhouettes,such as Ridhi Mehra’s.Style your regal ensemblewith minimal jewelleryand clean pulled-back hairto complete the poshavatar!

HALDI CEREMONYServe some serious

fashion goals with warmtones, lehariya prints andimmaculate floral embroi-dery for the auspicioushaldi ceremony by design-ers Sukriti & Aakriti andGulabo Jaipur. Add thatremarkable touch to yourtraditional ensemble bystyling your dupatta overthe shoulders for a demurelook.

RITUAL OF MEHNDIChannel a vivacious

vibe for the ritual as youare caught between collat-ing all the mehndi favours

and other wedding frenzy!Gulabo Jaipur’s bright pas-tels with floral detailingand intricate thread-workreflects the essence of tra-ditional chic while Sukriti& Aakriti’s revival ofphulkari evokes a sense ofpride in our hearts — bothof which are apt for themerriment around themehndi ceremony.

SANGEET SHENANI-GANS

What can be morebreathtaking than a sareeor a lehenga for your bestfriend’s sangeet ceremo-ny? An opulent pre-drapedpant or lehenga saree byRidhi Mehra! Beautifulpearl embroidered blous-es, ruffled hems and chif-fon plush fabrics in richhues embody al l thedreamy and fun shenani-gans of the sangeet orcocktail evening.

THE SACRED VOWSBe it dolling up in the

prettiest of lehengas oradorning the most gor-geous floral jewellery,bridesmaids today are allgame for making spectac-

ular style statements,(sometimes even co-ordi-nated) for their closefriend’s pheras. Sukriti &Aakriti’s resuscitation ofthe intricate craft ofphulkari commemoratesthis special occasion whilebeing an absolute treat forthe bohemia admirers.

RECEPTION UNDERTHE STARS

As you save the bestfor the last, the evening ofthe reception demands acertain amount of extrav-agance, so no shying away!Instead, slip into thosegorgeous jewel-tonedlehengas, embellishedblouses and elaboratelyembroidered sarees andshararas to complementthe grandeur of the night.Even better, pair your min-imal looks with navratnaornate belts like RidhiMehra’s or strikingly mag-nificent dupattas by Sukriti& Aakriti.

So go big or go homefor your best friend’s wed-ding festivities this won-derful winter season asthere is no time for it suchas now!

The 2021 Grammy Awards will nolonger take place this month in Los

Angeles and will broadcast in March dueto a recent surge in Coronavirus casesand deaths.

The annual show would shift fromits original January 31 broadcast toMarch 14, according to a joint statementreleased from the Recording Academyand CBS, which broadcasts the ceremo-ny. The statement said the decision wasreached “after thoughtful conversationswith health experts, our host and artistsscheduled to appear.”

“The deteriorating COVID situationin Los Angeles, with hospital servicesbeing overwhelmed, ICUs havingreached capacity, and new guidance fromstate and local governments have all ledus to conclude that postponing our showwas the right thing to do. Nothing ismore important than the health and safe-ty of those in our music community andthe hundreds of people who work tire-lessly on producing the show,” read thestatement from Recording Academyinterim CEO Harvey Mason Jr, CBSexecutive Jack Sussman and Grammys

executive producer Ben Winston.“We want to thank all of the talent-

ed artists, the staff, our vendors and espe-cially this year’s nominees for theirunderstanding, patience and willingnessto work with us as we navigate theseunprecedented times.”

The Grammys will be held in LosAngeles at the Staples Center. LosAngeles County, the epicenter of the cri-sis in California, has surpassed 11,000COVID-19 deaths and has had 40 percent of the deaths in California. It is thethird state to reach the 25,000 deathcount.

An average of six people die everyhour from COVID-19 in Los AngelesCounty, which has a quarter of the state’s40 million residents. County healthofficials fear the incoming Christmas andNew Year’s surge.

The new Grammys date coincideswith the scheduled hosting of the ScreenActors Guild Awards, which is typical-

ly held at another downtown Los Angelesvenue, the Shrine Auditorium. Thatshow honors the best performances infilm and television.

The Daily Show host and comedianTrevor Noah is set to host the 2021Grammys, where Beyoncé is leadingcontender with nine nominations. Shescored nominations for song and recordof the year with Black Parade, which shereleased on Juneteenth, while Savage —her No. 1 collaboration with Megan TheeStallion — picked up bids for record ofthe year, best rap song and best rap per-formance.

Beyoncé’s Black Is King, which airedon Disney+, is nominated for bestmusic film while Brown Skin Girl, a songdedicated to dark- and brown-skinnedwomen, is nominated for best musicvideo. Her daughter Blue Ivy Carter singson Brown Skin Girl and also earned aGrammy nomination.

Taylor Swift, Dua Lipa, Roddy

Ricch, Jhené Aiko, Post Malone, RenéeZellweger, Billie Eilish and her produc-er-brother Finneas also scored nomina-tions. First-time nominees include TheStrokes, Megan Thee Stallion and HarryStyles.

Since the pandemic, a number ofawards show were postponed and laterrevamped due to COVID-19 restrictions.The BET Awards was the first majorawards show during the pandemic andwas a success thanks to its artsy, highlyproduced, well-crafted pre-taped perfor-mances. The MTV Video Music Awardsfeatured Lady Gaga winning awards andperforming onsite in a mask, and theLatin Grammys pre-taped several per-formances the week of the show, hand-ing out some of its awards to the win-ners who attended the show.

Performers at the forthcomingGrammys will be announced at a laterdate.

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The new strain ofCoronavirus has becomea major cause of con-

cern,” said Rajasthan ChiefMinister Ashok Gehlot. “Anykind of negligence towards it canland us in a huge crisis. We needto pay special attention to thetravellers coming to the statefrom other countries, includingthose affected by the virus.COVID tests and intensivescreening of the passengersshould be done. Due to the newstrain, a terrible situation hasarisen in England and lockdownhas to be imposed again. Takinglessons from this, we need totake extra precautions.Necessary ideas should be sentto the Central Governmentfrom the state regarding theimportant measures soon,” headded.

Gehlot also highlighted thatwith the best management andcooperation of the people ofRajasthan, the situation is cur-rently under control. The recov-ery rate has increased to an all-time high of 96.31 per cent. Withpositive cases being zero insome districts, the situation isgetting better. In view of this, he

advised to open schools forclasses from 9 to 12, universityand colleges, coaching centresand government training insti-tutes from January 18. Medical,Dental, Nursing andParamedical colleges were alsodirected to open from January11.

The institutions will have 50per cent attendance on the firstday and the remaining 50 percent on the second day. Teacherswill be given necessary trainingby the Health Department forprevention of compression. TheChief Minister said that all thehealth protocols, includingmasks, should be taken care ofin all institutions. They shouldbe governed under the guide-lines and SOPs of the Centre.

Medical and Health

Minister Dr Raghu Sharma saidthat special vigilance is beingdone in the state regarding thenew strain of Coronavirus. Themedical department is sendingcontact-tracing and screening ofpassengers from the UK as wellas sending them to the ICMRlab in Delhi for a sample test.

Principal Secretary, HomeAffairs, Abhay Kumar said thatthe number of positive cases inthe state has reduced. In such asituation, it is possible to conductintensive monitoring of peoplecoming from other countriesincluding the UK to preventcontraction of new strains.Government Secretary Medicaland Health Siddharth Mahajansaid that the maximum numberof active cases in the state onNovember 29 was 28,758, whichcame down to 8,189 on January4. Similarly, the number of pos-itive cases per day, whichreached 3,314 on November24, came down to 457 onJanuary 4. He also informedabout the preparations beingdone for providing vaccinationin the state.

Vice Chancellor ofRajasthan Health Sciences

University, Dr Rajababu Panwarsaid that it is necessary to be vig-ilant in the state regarding thenew strain. He said that in ourcountry, the risk of new strainwill be reduced due to goodimmunity levels of the people.

Principal of SMS MedicalCollege, Dr Sudhir Bhandarisaid, “The traffic from the affect-ed countries should be kept toa minimum. Also, effective scan-ning should be done at theentry point of all passengers. Heinformed that the facility oftesting new strains is currentlyavailable in eight institutions inthe country. In three weeks, thefacility of investigation will alsobe available in Rajasthan.”

Medical expert Dr AshokPanagadia said, “Due to the con-tinuous effort by the state gov-ernment, the concentration ofCorona in the state has beencontrolled and the death rate hasbeen very low. He also stressedon giving necessary training tohealth workers for vaccination.Other specialist doctors of SMSMedical College also expressedtheir views regarding the newstrain, vaccination and healthprotocol.”

The Ghaziabad district of Uttar Pradesh iscounted in the sensitive and developing dis-

tricts of the country. To solve the departmentalproblems of the citizens of Ghaziabad, the dis-trict administration has established an integrat-ed control room. The special thing is that nowcomplaints related to the functioning of 19 dif-ferent departments of district administration canbe easily registered under one roof. The DynamicDistrict Magistrate, Ghaziabad, Dr Ajay ShankarPandey, shares more. Excerpts:

Ever since you were appointed as theDistrict Magistrate of Ghaziabad, you havebeen facing one challenge after another butdealing with them successfully. Who would youwant to give credit to?

I took charge of Ghaziabad District on July15, 2019. It was a big challenge for me to suc-cessfully complete the Kavar Yatra. After this, themovement against the NRC and CAA, theremoval of Section 370 and the decision on RamJanmabhoomi brought challenges to the law andorder. Apart from this, the biggest challenge wasCOVID-19. During this time, it was a huge taskto provide treatment to the victims and also savethe district from rumours, but succeeded in tack-ling these challenges by way of self-confidence,public support and the support of its adminis-trative officers.

What steps have you taken to curb corrup-tion in government departments?

When I had joined, initially, there were a lotof complaints regarding corruption in the city’sgovernment departments. For the same, we madeaction plans regarding the lands so that the com-mon man can complain and his name can stayconfidential. This way, there will be no threat tohis safety. We kept a black box in the Collectoratepremises and kept the key with ourselves.Through this black box, the public filed theircomplaints in a confidential manner and afterinvestigation of these letters, many major casesof corruption were revealed. Required action wasalso taken against many officers and employees.

What about the smart development ofGhaziabad metropolis. What were the stepstaken?

I feel the National Highway of Delhi and

Meerut-Expressway should be constructed as thecountry’s first rapid rail project. We are tryingto clear all the hurdles for the progress. The con-struction of Dasna-Meerut Express was ham-pered at more than 252 points, which wereremoved after mutual discussion. Disputesrelated to land of farmers were also settled. Itsconstruction was to be completed on November30, 2020, but due to the pandemic, it had to beextended. Now, the project will be completed bythe end of this month. As far as the Rapid RailProject is concerned, land has been made avail-able on Meerut Road after talking to farmers forRapid Rail Depot.

Do you want to talk about any importantscheme which is yet to be launched for the pub-lic?

After getting the green signal from ChiefMinister Yogi Adityanath, work to establish anintegrated control room in a district has begun.However, due to the pandemic, the first integrat-ed control room was established in the state,which received a very good response. Now, theintegrated control room, the problems of the gen-eral public related 19 departments, includingmedical, health and family planning, education,railway, food and logistics, disaster and relief,agriculture and pollution will be addressed. Thecontrol room will be constructed in Raj Nagar.

The ICAR-Central ResearchInstitute for Jute and

Allied Fibres (CRIJAF),Barrackpore, is dealing withresearch and promotion ofscientific production tech-nologies of jute and alliedfibre crops in the countryand now playing leadershiprole in promoting sustain-able jute based eco-farmingand eco-friendly conversion ofagricultural waste into wealth.

During last fifteen daysICAR-CRIJAF and CRIJAF-KVK, North 24 Pgs, haveorganised awareness and sen-sitisation porgramme, quizand painting competitions topropagate the message ofcleanliness and sustainableagriculture among the stu-dents, farmers and generalpublic.

The emphasis was givenfor waste recycling, vermi-composting, organic agricul-ture and by product utilisationwith special reference to juteand allied fibre crops. Being anatural fibre institute, ICAR-CRIJAF has taken many ini-tiatives on Swachhata partic-ularly in disseminating theknowledge to make wealthfrom the waste, which will ful-fill the dream of clean envi-ronment vis-a-vis higherincome for the farmers.

The institute is dedicated

to support the governmentmission on Swachha Bharatand is making all efforts inrealising the dream of cleanand green India.

India, which uses about14 million tonnes of plasticannually, lacks an organisedsystem for management ofplastic waste, leading to wide-spread littering. Realising theconsequences of plastic pollu-tion, which can handicap thesustainable developmentalgoal, Prime MinisterNarendra Modi’s call on min-imising the consumption andban on ‘single use of plastics’in the country has creatednationwide awareness to gofor alternate to plastics. We arefortunate that jute of whichIndia is the world’s largest pro-ducer is the best alternative toplastics.

In coming decades, it isexpected that a number of jutemills and mini-jute plantswill be seen engaged in a bigway in the production of juteand jute blended yarns formanufacturing jute bags. If abiodegradable jute bag is usedinstead of a regular plasticbag, it can reduce the amountof waste formed significantly.Consumers can be encour-aged to always carry a jute bagto put their items in whenthey go to the market.

In its 50 years of existence,Taparia Tools Limited (TTL),a hand tools manufacturing

company, has deployed everyknown right method to marketits products across the country.This was necessary as it initial-ly had formidable competition,mainly from tool manufacturesin the unorganised sector andother Indian companies. TTLtoday commands almost 70-75per cent market share in theorganised sector. Marketing ahigh quality hand tool is quitea task, says the CMD of the �500crore TTL in a market.

Taparia Tools Ltd, an ISO-9001 accredited company, start-ed manufacturing hand tools in1969 in India in technical col-laboration with a reputed com-pany by the name of AB Bahcoof Sweden. The company has awell laid out fully equipped fac-tory located at Nashik. All themanufacturing facilities requiredfor production of hand tools areunder one roof.

The company’s research anddevelopment department ismanned by mechanical engi-neers and metallurgistsequipped with latest CADdesign facilities from its incep-tion. It has laid high emphasis onthe quality of its products.

Taparia Tools are guaranteedagainst manufacturing and rawmaterial defects and are replacedfree with no questions asked.

The factory has a fullyequipped Quality AssuranceDepartment and laboratory formeticulous and continuous test-ing of materials up to the finalfinished product. All tools arebuilt tough for prolonged useand are tested to conform tostrict highest international stan-dards.

The company has receivedaward for export excellencesince 1974-75 onwards. Over theyears, TTL has developed anetwork of over 300 distributors.It has also expanded its retail

network to over 1 lakh storesacross the country. In addition,for direct marketing, the com-pany has prepared a database ofmanufacturing companies thatdo bulk purchases of hand tools.There is also an ever-increasingdemand for newer and heavierindustrial hand tools such aspipe wrenches, truck wheelspanners, flat and ring andcombination spanners.

Seeing the recent trend ofquality conscious consumersopting for ‘do-it-yourself ’ tools,the company has launched avariety of home tool kits.Taparia believes that hand toolsare an extension of a humanhand.

Rajasthan Chief MinisterAshok Gehlot gave instruc-

tions to maintain special vigi-lance in view of the death ofcrows and other birds. The birdflu (Avian Influenza) caused bythe virus H5N1 is contagious

and fatal. He said that specialincidents should be monitoredin dense bird sanctuaries. Theincidence of death of birdsincluding crows in 46 districtsof the state is a matter of con-cern. Veterinarians and bird

experts analyze these incidentsclosely and keep adequatearrangements to prevent them.

The Chief Minister saidthat people have special asso-ciation with birds here. Due tocarelessness and non-adher-

ence to protocol, this virus canalso affect humans. In view ofthis, special care needs to betaken.

Gehlot informed that atpresent there is no informationfor the spread of this disease in

chickens in Rajasthan. So far,625 birds have been reporteddead in the state, out of which122 samples have been sent toa laboratory in Bhopal. Avianinfluenza virus has been con-firmed in 29 crows.

During this pandemic,lifestyle for children across

the world has drasticallychanged. They are now mostlyconfined within the four walls oftheir apartments with variousrestrictions and are compelled tofollow the new normal. Severalexperts dealing with childrenpsychology have raised seriousconcerns over the expected neg-ative impacts of the new restric-tive lifestyle on children in par-ticular. Being worried with suchconcerns, Ruhail Choudhury, anacclaimed corporate lawyer anda social activist, who also spe-cialises in Child Rights fromHarvard University, created a

digital platform for kids acrossthe globe to share their talentand creativity. He want them toengage in constructive commu-nication and various develop-mental activities. Ruhail hasbeen involved with various socialactivities particularly relatingto the welfare of children formore than a decade now.

The digital platform pro-vides news and articles related toeducation, health and commu-nity development exercisesinvolving school students. Thewebsite also aims at developingfriendship among children ofvarious nations and therebyensures international peace and

friendship in future. To facilitatesuch objectives, it also recognis-es icons from all over the world,who have not only championedmeans of attaining global peacebut have also contributed in bet-terment of society.

The website managed toget global icons of peace —Danish Ambassador To India,Freddy Svane, CGO Tata Sonsfrom Delhi, TanmoyChakrabarty, Senior Advocate,Supreme Court of India, AnoopBose, James Strock, Lawyer andWriter from California, andAcclaimed Journalist andFormer Sheriff of Calcutta, UtpalChatterjee from Kolkata.

In many parts of the country, the lack of prop-er irrigation avenues limit farmers to culti-

vate their land only once a year. The district ofKeonjhar was no different from other parts ofthe country and in the entire district, not morethan 15 per cent of the land was sown morethan once.

To cope with the challenge of limited irri-gation, District Mineral Foundation (DMF)came up with the novel concept of using theriver Baitarini for the benefit of the farmers.The river passes through different blocks in thedistrict and being a perennial river, the flow iscertain even in summers. Building upon thegeographical advantage, the DMF launched aproject called Surface Based Solar Lift Irrigation.

Under this project, farmers with continu-ous land were formed in groups and provided

with Lift Irrigation Points. The water was lift-ed using renewable source of energy and solarpanels were installed for lifting the waterthrough 5 HP pump. Once such solar basedsurface lift point covers more than five acresof land. About 125 such points are installedwithin the district with a cost of about �5.5crores. Another 74 points are yet to beinstalled.

“We used to cultivate only once a yeardespite a channel of Baitarini flowing near ourfields. The solar lift irrigation point has helpedus to cultivate the land even in summers. Also,we have started growing vegetables as we nowhave any assured source of irrigation, which wenever had earlier,” said Janardhan Dehuri, afarmer in Bhatunia village of Padmapur, GP ofSadar block of Keonjhar.

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Towering paceman KyleJamieson completed an 11-

wicket match haul onWednesday as New Zealandthrashed Pakistan in the secondTest to become the world’stop-ranked team.

Jamieson was nearunplayable in Pakistan’s secondinnings in Christchurch, finish-ing with 6/48 to go with his5/69 in the first innings, asPakistan were all out for 186during day four’s final sessionto give New Zealand victory byan innings and 176 runs.

The win, which saw themsweep the series 2-0, also con-firmed New Zealand had over-taken Australia as the world’snumber one Test side.

Pakistan resumed the dayat eight for one, needing to batfor the better part of two daysto salvage a draw but they werenever in the hunt.

Trent Boult captured thefirst wicket when he had night-watchman Mohammad Abbasout for three in the fifth overand after that the day wasmainly about Jamieson, whorecorded his best match perfor-

mance.Although he is the junior

member of a pace attack head-ed by higher-ranked veterans

Tim Southee and Boult, the 26-year-old has rapidly advancedto playing a senior role.

In his sixth Test after mak-

ing his debut against India 10months ago, Jamieson hastaken 36 wickets at a stunning13.27 average and with four

five-wicket hauls to his credit.After Abbas departed,

Abid Ali and Azhar Ali lookedto be laying the ground workfor a solid third-wicket standand moved the score to 46when the 2.3 metre (6ft 8in)Jamieson went to work andremoved Abid Ali for 26.

After using his height tocreate extra bounce and forceAbid Ali on to the back foot,Jamieson whipped up a fullerdelivery and the batsman’sattempt to switch to a drive wassliced to backward point wheresubstitute Will Young took aone-handed, diving catch.

In a potent middle session,Jamieson had Haris Sohail andAzhar Ali caught behind, andbowled Pakistan captainMohammad Rizwan as hemoved through his repertoire.

Sohail did not get his feetmoving as he poked at a risingdelivery on 15 and was caughtbehind.

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Having touched nadir and zenith ina span of 10 days, AjinkyaRahane’s India will look to start

afresh against Australia with the big-hit-ting Rohit Sharma’s presence adding anew dimension to what promises to bean enthralling third Test starting here onThursday.

The Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG),despite being witness to some extraordi-nary batting performances from thetouring Indian sides over the years, hasnot exactly been a happy hunting ground

with six defeats. The lone win came agood 42 years back.

If Rahane’s side can go 2-1 up andensure the retention of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, it will be one of thefinest hours in the history of Indian crick-et. Making it even more special is the factthat the side has been without twoworld class performers and a senior paceragainst a nearly full-strength Australianteam.

Seldom has an Australian battingunit, that boasts of a player of SteveSmith’s calibre, looked so circumspectand literally intimidated by an Indian

bowling unit, which isn’t operating at full-strength.

Pacer Navdeep Saini will make hisdebut here, replacing Umesh Yadav whowent home following an injury.

The pressure is understandable asAustralia are literally pushing a 70 percent fit David Warner out there in themiddle to combat fire with fire even ashis statements make it clear that he is notat all comfortable with the idea.

And in this backdrop, enter RohitSharma, whose last couple of monthshave been loads of off-field drama.

First it was his absence from the ini-tial part of the tour due to a hamstringinjury sustained while playing the IPL.

Then his subsequent quarantine fortwo weeks in a Sydney apartment.

And when he finally united with histeammates, an excited fan inside aMelbourne restaurant led to an inquiryagainst him and four other teammates forwhat was called by the local media, apotential bio-security breach.

But the white-ball legend has learnt

the art of being unfazed, which was evi-dent from his intense net session onTuesday when he was comfortably facingthe first team bowlers like RavichandranAshwin.

His mere presence has added springin the strides of the team and the young-sters in this current set-up swear by him,the reason he replaced Cheteshwar Pujaraas vice-captain after just one Test.

The Sydney track has traditionallyfavoured the batsmen as Sunil Gavaskar,Ravi Shastri, Sachin Tendulkar and evenPujara and Rishabh Pant, who got cen-turies here during last tour, will vouch for.

If Rohit and Shubman Gill can givethe team a good start, the under-pressurePujara will be much more relieved whileplaying his own defensive game.

Rahane, after one of his more copy-book hundreds constructed in adversityduring the last game, will enter the arenawith more confidence while facing theAustralian quartet of Mitchell Starc,Josh Hazlewood, Pat Cummins and

Nathan Lyon.KL Rahul’s injury has given Hanuma

Vihari one more chance despite hisreturns being as underwhelming asMayank Agarwal, who has been forcedto make way for Rohit.

But it is Australia’s wobbly battingthat will again be put to test by Ashwinon a track, that has traditionally helpedspinners.

With 10 wickets and a new-foundconfidence, Ashwin has won both on andoff-field battle against opposition’s keyplayers such as Smith and MarnusLabuschagne.

It’s not just the wickets that he hasscalped but the manner in which theintelligent Chennai engineer has man-aged to create doubts in the minds ofworld class batters is worth its weight ingold.

As much as Australia needs Smith tobe back in form, they would also needsomeone like Travis Head to deliver as hehas failed to get a hang of both pace and

spin.Jasprit Bumrah, who is still some

games short of 20 Tests, will be leadingthe pace attack and is expected to showthe way with his bagful of tricks.

Whether it’s Siraj or Saini, whoevershares the new ball will have their taskcut out as they aim to match the higheststandards set by the likes of MohammedShami and Ishant Sharma.

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David Warner’s mere pres-ence makes Australia a

better side and fills the other 10on the park with exuberanceand energy, skipper Tim Painegushed on Wednesday as theopener looks set for return toTest cricket when the thirdmatch against India beginshere Thursday.

Warner missed a lot ofaction since India arrived as hesustained a groin injury duringthe second ODI.

He is still not hundredpercent fit but Paine’s eulogiesbore a testimony to team’s des-peration to get their openerback in the wake of their bat-ting unit’s flop show in three ofthe four innings so far.

“Hopefully, if he gets in andgets away, that puts pressureback on opposition right away.Regardless of whom we areplaying, we are a better teamwhen David Warner is in thatteam from the runs he scoresor the energy he brings into thegroup,” Paine said.

“He protects our middle-order a bit with Marnus(Labuschagne) and Steve com-ing in. Other guys comingwhen bowlers are a bit tired, it’san advantage. So David has gota huge role for us,” his skippersaid even as the senior openeris battling against time to getcloser to full fitness.

There were multiple adjec-tives used by Paine in praise ofWarner, who is an enforcer,who can lift the other playerswith his impact performance.

“David has been awesome.Fills the guys with lot of con-fidence, He is a player you lovehaving on your side. Always gotplenty to say, really energetic,professional and I have alwaysloved playing with him,” Painecouldn’t stop raving about theman, who was hated by hiscountrymen after his role in theball tampering scandal.

However, Paine refused tobelieve that Australia’s battingformula had gone for a tossduring the first two games inWarner’s absence.

“I don’t think so as batting

formula is very individual. Youdefinitely want to bat longperiods of time but how you doit is up to the player.

“David is known as a dash-ing opening batter but if theconditions are not favourablehe’s got to respect that. Inshort, he likes to be aggressiveand no doubt about that but hehas got great hand-eye skillsand he can often score quick-er than others,” the glovesmansaid.

While Paine said that theywon’t be naming the squadimmediately, he did dropenough hints about young WillPucovski making his debuthaving recovered from concus-sion suffered during a warm-upgame against India A.

“Will has been fantastic aswell. He has been out of thebubble for a couple of weeks.He is fresh and batting well inthe nets, looks ready to go if heis called upon,” said Paine,confirming that if he plays, hewill open the batting.

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Jose Mourinho reached hisfirst final as Tottenham man-

ager after Son Heung-min andMoussa Sissoko clinched a 2-0victory over Brentford in theLeague Cup.

But he will have to wait 110days before Tottenham conteststhe final against either of theManchester clubs, with Cityplaying United in the othersemifinal on Wednesday.

Second-division teamBrentford knocked out fourPremier League sides to reachthe semifinals, but giftedTottenham an opening goal inthe 12th minute when Sissokowas left unmarked for a header.

But Tottenham took untilthe 70th minute to extend itslead when Son lifted the ball intothe net after Harry Kane andTanguy Ndombele combinedfor the breakaway.

Brentford, which had beendenied an equalizer when aVAR review spotted— througha forensic examination offootage — that Ivan Toney wasmarginally offside with his kneebefore scoring.

The west London club fin-ished with 10 men after Josh

Dasilva’s high studs-up challengeleft Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg witha gash on his left shin.

And Mourinho, who wonthe League Cup three timesacross spells in charge of Chelseaand Manchester United, willhave a chance to deliverTottenham’s first trophy sincewinning the competition in2008.

The song Spurs are on theirway to Wembley was played onthe final whistle at Tottenham’sempty stadium. The final hasbeen pushed from February toApril 25 in the hope that fans

will be allowed in — unlike anysporting event now in the coun-try. A return to Wembley will befamiliar for Tottenham, whichused the north London stadiumas a temporary home from 2017to 2019 while its new stadiumwas being built.

But Spurs haven’t contesteda final there since losing to aChelsea side managed byMourinho in 2015 in the LeagueCup.

This is the only trophyTottenham has won — also in1999 — since lifting the FA Cupin 1991.

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The entire Indian badmintoncontingent cleared the

Covid-19 test on Wednesdayand is set to begin trainingahead of the Yonex ThailandOpen, starting next week.

The Indian team, part of theGreen Zone, consisting of play-ers and all stakeholders such asumpires, line judges, personnelfrom BWF, BadmintonAssociation of Thailand, medicalstaff, and TV production crew,were tested after arrival inBangkok.

The Asia leg in Bangkokconsists of two Super 1000events — Yonex Thailand Open(Jan 12-17) and Toyota ThailandOpen (Jan 19-24) followed bythe $1,500,000 HSBC BWFWorld Tour Finals (Jan 27-31).“The Asian Leg in Bangkokreceived a boost with all 824 par-ticipants in the Green Zonequarantine bubble testing neg-ative for Covid-19,” BWF said ina statement. “Players are nowcleared for training under strictsafety protocols.”

The Indian team, compris-ing Olympic hopefuls PVSindhu, Saina Nehwal and B Sai

Praneeth, have been allottedtraining timings. The playersalso had their first gym sessionin the afternoon. “Indian Teamwill be resuming their trainingfrom today, the Gym timingsallotted are from 2-3pm and thetraining time is 7-8PM,” BAImedia tweeted. The players willalso now have access to physioin their rooms but they will haveto take prior appointment as partof the protocols in place.

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top seeds have been forced topull out after one of them,Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo, test-ed positive for coronavirus, theBWF said. The withdrawal ofSukamuljo and Marcus FernaldiGideon, affectionately known asthe Minions, is the latest loss forbadminton’s restart tournament,which is already missing thestar-studded Chinese andJapanese teams. Sukamuljodeveloped coronavirus symp-toms last month including a lossof taste and smell and a mild flu,according to the BWF website.After testing positive he has beenrecovering in isolation at hishome.

Colombo: The England crick-et team all passed coronavirustests after all-rounder Moeen Aliwas found to have Covid-19 andhave been cleared to startrestricted training in Sri Lankaon Wednesday, a spokesmansaid.

Moeen was found to havethe coronavirus shortly afterthe squad arrived in Sri Lankaon Sunday and has been put inisolation in a hotel away fromthe other players.

The result was an earlyblow to preparations for the twoTests in Sri Lanka that start in

Galle on January 14. But theplans in the secure bubble inHambantota in the south of theisland are now largely back ontrack.

“Good news from the campall PCR tests from yesterday arenegative except for Moeen Ali,and we can start controlledtraining this afternoon,” said anEngland spokesman.

Chris Woakes, who hadbeen a close contact of Moeen,tested negative but will contin-ue to isolate in his room. Thetourists must undergo a thirdtest on Thursday.

London: Arsenal’s out-of-favour German midfielder Mesut Ozilis in advanced talks to join Istanbul club Fenerbahce, Turkishmedia reported on Wednesday.

Ozil is expected to sign a three and a half year deal with the19-time Turkish champions, the privately-owned DHA newsagency reported.

The reports came after the 32-year-old, a World Cup win-ner with Germany in 2014, fanned speculation by tweeting a pho-tograph of himself in Istanbul with the words: “This city ... #throw-back #Istanbul.” Sports daily Fanatik reported that Fenerbahcechairman Ali Koc and team director Emre Belozoglu flew toLondon to persuade the player, who is of Turkish origin, to makethe move. Other reports on Tuesday said Ozil was in talks withMLS side DC United. AFP

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The ever inquisitiveRavichandran Ashwin,

who has a knack for learningnew things, and much-improved batsman RavindraJadeja have stood out for Indiain the first two Tests againstAustralia, skipper AjinkyaRahane said on Wednesday.

While Ashwin is current-ly leading the wicket-takers’chart with 10 scalps, Jadeja’shalf-century and the hundredplus stand with skipperRahane in the second Testformed the cornerstone ofIndia’s eight-wicket win inMelbourne.

Asked about the hallmarkof Ashwin’s greatness, Rahanesaid, “He is always looking tolearn new things. He has goodskills but is always looking tolearn new things, and that’swhat makes Ashwin great.”

The captain couldn’t be

more happier with the TamilNadu tweaker’s success.

“I hope that he continuesfor next two Test matchesand do the job for us,” saidRahane.

If Ashwin’s improvisa-tion has impressedRahane, he is mightypleased with Jadeja’s Testmatch application whichadds the necessary bal-ance the team hasoften lacked.

“As a bats-man RavindraJadeja hasimproved a lotand that is a mas-sive point as ateam’s perspec-tive,” Rahane said.

“When you know thatyour number seven cancontribute with the bat,that becomes really easyfor you to actually getthat (decent) total

and obviously in the field, youhave seen him taking somebrilliant catches.

“So yes his addition inthe team helped us a lot

and he has been really fan-tastic and it is really greatfor us,” he said.

Happy with RohitSharma’s addition to

the playing XI, theskipper informedhat his deputy hashad some sevento eight net ses-sions as he gearsup for his firstTest in 13

months.“He is

batting reallywell in thenets. He hashad goodseven-eightsessions. Hecame to

M e l b o u r n e ,

started his practise straightaway when our Test match gotover,” Rahane said making itclear that Rohit will open theinnings.

The SCG wicket aids spin-ners and that’s why Rahanedoesn’t want his team to takechances while facing NathanLyon.

“Yes, we have good spin-ners but Nathan Lyon is theirquality spinner, who has donewell here, so we don’t want totake anybody lightly,” he said.

While signing off, Rahanewith a note of caution remind-ed one and all that Melbourneis history now.

“As I said earlier, whatev-er happened in Melbourne itis history now. Australia is avery good team, especiallywhen playing in Australia.They are a dangerous teamand we respect that. We justwant to be in the moment andstart well tomorrow.”

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