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JKCA Scam No Let-Up In Cross-LoC 51% Turnout “Don’t be afraid of the ED Attaches Properties Shelling In Last Phase shadows, that only means Jammu:For the second con- there’s a light nearby.” secutive day Saturday, Indian People Have Reposed Faith In Democracy —Evanescence Of Farooq Abdullah and Pakistani troops exchanged heavy gunfire along the Line of With Overwhelming Participation: SEC New Delhi: The ED on Saturday Control (LoC) in Poonch district attached residential and com- 12 Properties To Be Sealed of Jammu and Kashmir. Observer News Service Commissioner (SEC) K.K. Sharma mercial properties worth nearly Twelve properties of Farooq Abdullah A a defence spokesperson said on Saturday Rs 12 crore of former Jammu and ordered to be sealed include Residential here said that Pakistani troops Srinagar: The last phase of Addressing a press conference Kashmir chief minister Farooq Building on the land at Estate Sonwar violated the ceasefire on District Development Council here, the SEC said that polling Abdullah in an ongoing case of al- (Gupkar Road), Tehsil Srinagar (South), Saturday with unprovoked fir- (DDC) elections held across 28 con- was peaceful in the poll going 28 LG Pays Tributes To leged money laundering, draw- District Srinagar, Four Commercial Build- ing and mortar shelling on for- stituencies in Jammu & Kashmir constituencies of DDC including ing strong reaction from his party ings on the land at Estate Kothibagh, Tehsil ward posts and villages along recorded nearly 51 per cent vot- 13 in Kashmir division and 15 in Ninth Sikh Guru National Conference (NC) which Srinagar (South), District More On P8 the LoC in Poonch district. The er turnout, J&K State Election Jammu division that More On P8 Jammu: Lieutenant Governor said these properties were “largely Indian Army retaliated befit- Manoj Sinha remembered the ancestral” and he would challenge tingly to silence the Pakistani great sacrifice of the ninth Sikh the action in a court of law. Properties Attached Largely guns, he added. More On P8 Guru Sri Tegh Bahadur Ji on his Among the properties attached Ancestral: Omar Martyrdom day. is a house on Gupkar Road where In his message, the Lt Gover- the 84-year-old leader has been Former chief minister Omar Abdullah on UN Probes nor said, “I bow to Dhan Sri Guru residing for several decades. The Saturday termed the provisional attach- Targeting Of Tegh Bahadur Sahib Ji, Guru Ji’s house is said to have been built in ment order of properties belonging to his sacrifice for upholding the prin- the 1970s by his father late Sheikh father by the Enforcement Directorate as Observer Vehicle Male voters stand in a queue outside a polling booth in Budgam district ciple of freedom of conscience Mohammed Abdullah, the erst- “baseless” and wondered how an ancestral United Nations: The UN is during the last phase od DDC elections on Saturday. KO Pic: Abid Bhat and vision for inclusive society while state’s chief minister, and property could be seen as More On P8 investigating an incident where will be remembered till eternity” is said to have been inherited by a vehicle of the United Nations Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji Farooq Abdullah. Military Observers (UNMO) in 2 Candidates Hurt LG Praises Voters, taught us about humanity, The action, which comes hours ED Move A ‘Political the Chirikot sector along the In Group Clashes Election Machinery equality, courage, sacrifice, after the eight-phased District Line of Control (LoC) was hit dignity, and religious freedom. I Development Council (DDC) elec- Vendetta’: Tarigami by an unidentified object , a Poonch: At least fifteen peo- Jammu: Lieutenant Governor, call upon all to imbibe his teach- tion was over, has been taken by Senior CPI(M) leader and former legislator spokesperson for the Secretary ple, including two DDC can- Manoj Sinha on Saturday con- ings in our life, he said. the Enforcement Directorate (ED M Y Tarigami on Saturday said attach- General said Friday. didates were injured in four gratulated the voters of Jammu in connection with its probe in ing the property of National Conference “At this stage, I believe that different incidents of group and Kashmir and the election Army Vehicle Mows the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket president Farooq Abdullah is part of vindic- the details we have are in fact clashes in Poonch during the machinery for the successful Association (JKCA). More On P8 tive politics practiced by More On P8 that there was no one hurt but last phase of district polls on conduct of first-ever District Down Minor there has been More On P8 Saturday. More On P8 Development More On P8 Srinagar: A minor girl on Sat- urday sustained critical head injuries after being hit by an army vehicle at Bumhama area MINUS 6.6 DEGREE CELSIUS of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. Eight-year-old Muddabirah Srinagar Records Second Coldest More On P8 Ismail came under an army vehicle in her native village December Night Of Decade Bumhama on Saturday evening due to which she sustained seri- ous head injuries, news agency GNS reported. The injured girl, report said, was removed to the nearby sub-District Hospital for treatment. However, the doctors there referred her to a tertiary Srinagar hospital for advanced treatment. The report quoted an un- named police officer as saying that the driver has been ar- rested and the vehicle seized. “An FIR number 356/2020 has been registered in this regard under sections 279, 337 and For Classes further investigations taken up in this regard”, the official said. Trooper Suffers Heart 5th to 12th Pass Attack On Poll Duty A boy warming his feet using traditional Kashmiri firepot (Kangri) Srinagar: An Indo-Tibetan in Srinagar outskirts on Saturday. —KO­ Pic: Abid Bhat Border Police (ITBP) trooper suf- fered a heart attack during poll Srinagar: The second lowest December as recorded overnight, it had plummeted duty in north Kashmir’s Bandi- night temperature in ten years was record- to minus 7.7°C on 27 December 2018 and pora district on Saturday. ed in Srinagar as the cold wave continued was the lowest in 28 years. The trooper identified as Ajay its firm grip across the Valley, the weather- On December 7, 1990, the minimum of B-Coy suffered a heart attack man said on Saturday. temperature had settled at minus 8.8 and collapsed on the ground The mercury in the summer capital degree Celsius in Srinagar, the official during election duty in Hajin of the J&K plummeted to minus 6.6 °C, said. The lowest ever temperature in area of the north Kashmir dis- making it the second-lowest December December was minus 12.8 which was re- trict on Saturday, news agency night since 2010. While mercury on 27 corded on 13th of the month in 1934, the KNS reported. The trooper was December 2010 settled exactly the same official said. More On P8 removed to the nearby medical facility for treatment. Quoting an unnamed official, the report said that the condi- tion of the trooper was stable. Covid-19 3 Injured In Car-JCB Collision J&K Reports 4 More Deaths Srinagar: At least three persons Srinagar: Coronavirus claimed the Bemina here. Among the three fatali- sustained injuries after col- lives of four more people in Jammu ties reported from Jammu division, lision between a JCB and a and Kashmir on Saturday, even as two were residents of from Samba and car in Kokernag area of south 301 fresh cases of Covid-19, includ- one from Kathua. Kashmir’s Anantnag district on ing 13 travelers were detected across With these deaths, the total fatal- Saturday afternoon. the Union Territory during the last 24 ity count in J&K reached 1837—1165 Ghulam Hassan Shiekh, hours, taking the total number of in- in the Valley and 672 in the Jammu Qaisar Ahmad Shiekh and Aijaz fected people to 118006. region. Srinagar district with 441 Ahmad Decca, all residents of Among the four victims, three were deaths tops the list followed by Jammu Deesu Kokernag were injured residents of Jammu division and one (342), Baramulla (170), Budgam (106), when the car they were travel- from Kashmir Valley, officials said Pulwama (88), Kupwara (88), Anantnag ling in collided with a JCB in Saturday. The victim from the Valley (82), Doda (60), Bandipora (58), Deesu village on Saturday was a 52-year-old woman from Udhampur (55), More On P8 afternoon, news agency GNS reported. The trio, the report said, were removed to sub- district Hospital Kokernag, PM To Roll Out SEHAT Scheme Next Week wherefrom they were referred Prime Minister Narendra Modi will roll out the Social Endeavour for Health Ads to GMC Anantnag for advanced and Telemedicine (SEHAT) scheme in Jammu and Kashmir on December 26, C treatment. an official spokesperson said here on Saturday. He said Financial Commis- M

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Security (In Account Rs) invited in 02 Cover System for Exploration for Construction of production tube 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Entrance Examinations well at the following location/site from registered water well drillers/contrac- 1. Supply of 3.00 Lacs 6000 /= in 300/= Non 20 Eligible tors as per the details given in tender document. Razer Sharp Shape of Refundable in days suppliers/ Material and CDR Or FDR shape of DD in dealers (BOPEE) S. Site Estim Cost of Cost of EMD Time Valid- Class of Pro- other machinery in favour of favour Secretary No ated Tender of ity of Contract gramme items for RSGC Turf Manager RSGC or Bank Subject: - Provisional Merit list of the candidates Cost Document com- Rates Srinagar RSGC Challan SB-12341 pletion J&K Bank Brain applied for admission to Post Basic B.Sc. Nursing courses Branch Nishat -2020 and objections, if any, thereof. 1. Exploration for Rs. Rs.500/- Rs.12,440/- 30 180 Registra- CAPEX Srinagar Special conditions : - Construction 6.22 (Five Hundred (in the Days Days tion of In case the offered bid is below 60% of the advertised cost or more, such bid / bids will of Production lacs only) (Non- shape of CDR/ machine I. Reference: - Notice No. 068-BOPEE of 2020 dated 28- be out rightly rejected. Tube Well at Refundable) FDR pledged drilled Pro- In case more than one bidder has quoted equal bid amounts or bids are found to a “Tie” 11-2020. Takanwari to Executive duction II. Ist lowest will from draw of lots. Eidgah District Engineer Jal wells 1. The bidding documents consisting of qualifying information, eligibility criteria, specifications, Srinagar. Shakti PHE Drawing, bill of quantities (B.O.Q) set of terms and conditions of contract and other details are Notification No: 062 -BOPEE of 2020 Ground Water appended and is also available from the departmental website www.jktender.gov.in as per the Division Sri- Dated: 19-12-2020. scheduled date given below. nagar 190011) The Board vide Notification No. 029-BOPEE of 2020 2. Exploration for Rs. Rs.500/- Rs.12,440/- 30 180 Registra- CAPEX 1 Date of Issue of Tender Notice 18.12 .2020 4:00 PM 2 Period of downloading of bidding documents From 18 -12 .2020 to 26. 12 .2020 (4.00PM) dated 09-09-2020 invited on-line Application Forms Construction 6.22 (Five Hundred (in the shape Days Days tion of 3 Bid submission Start Date 16- 12. 2020 4:00 PM from the eligible candidates for admission to Post Basic of Production lacs only) (Non- of CDR/FDR machine 4 Bid Submission End Date 26 - 12 .2020 4:00 PM B.Sc. Nursing Course-2020 in various institutions of UTs Tube Well Refundable) pledged to drilled Pro- 5 Date & time of opening of Bids(Online) 28 .12.2020 11:30 PM in the office of Turf of J&K/ Ladakh. The Board has published list of eligible at Logripora Executive duction Manager RSGC Srinagar candidates who have applied for Post Basic B.Sc. Nurs- District Baram- Engineer Jal wells ulla. Shakti PHE General Conditions: ing courses 2020 vide Notice No. 068-BOPEE of 2020 Ground Water 2. The successful bidder shall submit original Demand Drafts/CDR or FDR and copies of GST Registration dated 28-11-2020 where under the candidates advised Division Sri- Certificatesand PANin person within two days from the opening of the bids failing which proceeding as warranted to remove deficiencies till 07-12-2020 (up to 03:00 nagar 190011) under rules shall be initiated in the matter. p.m). In response, the Board had received documents/ 3. The bidders will provide email ID and complete postal address including cell numbers. 4. The date and time of opening of Bids shall be notified on Web Site www.jktenders.gov.inand conveyed to the deficiencies from few candidates. The Board accordingly Tender Receiving Authority: Executive Engineer JAL SHAKTI PHE Ground Water bidders automatically through an e-mail message on their e-mail address. The bids of Responsive bidders shall be prepared a provisional merit list of the candidates which opened online is annexed as Annexure "A" to this notification avail- Division Srinagar. . The bids for the work shall remain valid for a period of 120 days from the date of opening of Bids able on official website of the Board www.ikbopee.eov. Note: Document Cost : Rs 500/= (500 Hundred only) (Non-Refundable) in the 5. The earnest money shall be forfeited, If:- 6. Any bidder/ tenderer withdraw his bid/ tender during the period of bid validity or make any modifications in the in only. The interested candidate(s), if any, can submit shape of Treasury Challan/receipt deposited to Account Head 0215 in favour of terms and conditions of the bid. his/her representation physically with the Board office Executive Engineer Jal 7. Failure of Successful bidder to furnish the required performance security within the specified time limit. 8. Failure of Successful bidder to execute the agreement within 15 days after fixation of contract. Jammu / Srinagar during working days up to 23-12-2020 Shakti Department PHE Ground Water Division Srinagar( at Saddar Treasury Sri- (4:00 P.M) against the position assigned to him/her in 9.Bids must be accompanied with the cost of tender documents in shape of demand draft in favour of the Secretary nagar) on account of (The firm shall specify the name of work for which apply) Royal Springs Golf Course Cheshmashahi Srinagar and Earnest Money/Bid Security in Shape of CDR/FDR pledged the list, failing which no claim whatsoever shall be en- to Turf Manager RSGC Cheshmashahi Srinagar (tender receiving authority) tertained under any circumstances after the prescribed Critical Dates / Information. 10. Payment shall be made to the agency as and when funds are available with the department. date and time. Note:- 1 Publishing Date 19-12-2020 11. The date and time of opening of bid shall be as above as notified on Web Site www.jktenders.gov.in and will 1. The provisional Merit List of the candidates has be conveyed to the bidders automatically through an e-mail message on their e-mails addresses. The bids of 2 Period of Downloading of Bids 19-12-2020 (11:00 A.M) to responsive bidders shall be opened online on same website at the office of the Turf Manager RSGC Srinagar as per been prepared on protrata basis of aggregate 24-12-2020 (1:00 P.M) schedule. marks obtained in the qualifying examination i.e. in 3 Period of Submission of bids 19-12-2020 (11:00 A.M) to 12.The bids for the work shall remain valid for a period of 120 days from the date of opening of technical bids. GNM course. In case of tie between candidates, the 13.The earnest money shall be forfeited if;- same is resolved by taking into account the date of 24-12-2020 (1:00 P.M a. Any bidder /tenderer who withdraw his bid/tender during the period of bid validity or make any 4 Date of opening of Tender. 24-12-2020 at (3:00 P.M) modification on the terms and conditions of the bid. birth of candidate's i.e candidate older in age is pre- b. Failure of successful bidder to furnish the required performance security within the specified time limit. ferred first. c. Failure of successful bidder to execute the agreement with 20 days after fixation of contract. 2. The intending candidates shall keep ready their all Executive Engineer, d. Suppliers/Dealers/ Contractor who participates in bid should be registered for the respective class of relevant documents including domicile certificate, No: PHE/GWD/3875. (Jal Shakti) PHE Ground Water Div. contract with document proof thereof. Sd/ as required by the concerned Principals at the time Dated:17-12-2020 Srinagar. No:- RSGC/TM/2020-21/292-94 Turf Manager of admission to their respective colleges after allot- DIPK-10667/20 DIPK-NB-4671/20 Royal Springs Golf CourseSrinagar. ment of seats to them. Dated: 18 .12.2020 3. The candidates must remain in touch with the of- ficial website of the Board so as to be abreast of the final schedule of the counseling which shall be Government of Jammu & Kashmir [email protected] held physically at BOPEE office Jammu/Srinagar si- Fax @ 01951-275340 multaneously and shall be notified separately after OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER (R&B) LANDSCAPING Phone No: 01951-275340 the deposition of objections/documents, if any, re- ceived from intending candidates mentioned in the DIVISION KMR. ENGINEERING COMPLEX, RAJBAGH, SRINAGAR Govt of Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory Provisional Merit List. TENDER NOTICE 4. In case no objections are received within the cutoff NIT NO.E-72/2020-21/LSD/SRINAGAR/JAMMU OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE date by the Board, the Provisional Merit List shall be deemed to be treated as final. DATED:- 17/12/2020 FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, E-TENDERS (IN SINGLE COVER SYSTEM) ARE INVITED ON PERCENTAGE BASIS OFFICER MUNICIPAL However, the candidate(s) who have not submitted FROM APPROVED AND ELIGIBLE CONTRACTORS REGISTERED WITH J&K STATE GOVT., CPWD, RAILWAYS AND OTHER STATE/CENTRAL GOVERNMENTS FOR THE FOLLOWING WORKS:- COMMITTEE BEERWAH their domicile certificates as of now are directed to pro- duce the same at the time of counselling. S. Name of Work Est. Cost Cost of T/ Earnest Time of Time & Date Class of Con- Head of DESTI QUOTATION Errors & Omissions Excepted. No (Rs. In Doc. (Amt Money/ Bid of Opening of tractor Account Lacs) in Rs.) Security (Amt tender No. BOPEE/Exam-35(iv}/2020 in Rs.) For and on behalf of Hon’able Lt. Governor Union 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Territory of Jammu and Kashmir the Dasti Quotation (Dr Sunil Gupta) 1 Beautification/Landscaping on Dr. Ali Jan Rs11.887 Rs. 600/- Rs.23800/- 35 Days “BEE, CEE State Controller Of Examination, Road at various spots. Lacs 23.12.2020 &DEE” Class Sector affixed with Rs.6/ revenue stamps are invited for J&K Bopee at 11.00AM Contractor” 4059 registered suppler/dealer for supply of below men- DIPK-NB-4690/20 Dated: 19-12-2020 tioned items .which should reach to this institution 2 Face lifting by way of repairs Rs.6.282 Rs.300 Rs.12600/- 20 Days “CEE &DEE M&R of undersigned by or before 23-12-2020 up to 2.00 ,cleaning,washing & painting to existing Lacs 23.12.2020 Class Contrac- 3054 grill fencing ,tree guards and Kerb stone at 11.00AM tor” Pm the quotation will be opened on the same day Syed Ali Rizvi of central verge on ESF road from Sangar- and any other subsequent day convenient to the mal shoping complex to Gousia Hospital of Syedpora No More incl.repair and fixing of new tree guards opening authority in presence of Quotationers who With profound grief we announce the sad demise of Syed Ali Rizvi, on Bab Demb eastern /western foreshore wish to be present the quotation must be accompa- father of Hojjjatul Islam Aga Syed Muzaffar Ali Rizvi of Syedpora, road incl. STP Naqushpora link part 2nd. Zainageer. 3 Beautification Development central Rs.6.26 Rs.300/- Rs.12600/- 20 Days “CEE &DEE State nied by CDR for an amount of Rs. 1000/-pledged to A noted Quranic teacher Rizvi passed away after brie illness on verge at SMS road from Ashai bridge to Lacs 23.12.2020 Class Contrac- Sector Executive Officer Municipal Committee Beerwah. Friday evening. During his lifetime he has taught scores of stu- Masjid Bilal Nigeen club by way of Grill at 11.00AM tor” The undersigned reserves the right to reject any or dents the basics of Islam. He was famous for his calligraphic style fencing. 4059 of writing. Many religious, social and political organizations have all of the questioners with out assigning any reason expressed grief over his demise and expressed sympathy with the thereof. bereaved family. Position of Funds: -Available. His congregational Fateha Khwani will be held on 21st December Administrative approval: -Accorded. S. No Particulars Rate per items Monday at Syedpora Sopore. The Bidding documents Consisting of qualifying information, eligibility criteria, specifications, Drawings, bill of quantities (B.O.Q), Set 01 Brooms Sticks Rate per Quintal BEREAVED of terms and conditions of contract and other details can be seen/downloaded from the departmental website www.jktenders.gov.inas 02 Shoes Rate per No per schedule of date given below:- XX 03 Penja Rate per No 1. Date of issue of Tender Notice 17.12.2020 04 Winter Gloves Rate per No 2. Period of downloading of bidding documents 17.12.2020 06.00 PM Number Plate Lost 3. Bid submission Start Date 17.12.2020 from 06.00 PM 05 Phora TATA Rate per No 4. Bid Submission End Date 22.12.2020 up to 06.00 PM After returning from a trip to Noorbagh from my residence at 5. Deadline for receiving the Hard copy (Original e-challan Hard copy to be submitted by the successful bidder (L1) only within seven Nabdipora Hawal on Friday (18/12/2020), I found the rear bum- or Treasury challan/receipt and EMD) days after Financial evaluation. Terms and conditions:- per of my car (Maruti 800) missing along with the registration 6. Date & time of opening of Bids (Online) 23.12.2020at 11.00AM in the office of the Executive Engineer R&B Land- 1. The rates offered by the agency shall re- plate (JK01R 1829). I scouted the area for it but could not find it. scaping Division, Rajbagh, Srinagar Later I reported the incident to PS Zadibal and am now informing Bids must be accompanied with cost of Tender document in shape of e-challan or Treasury challan/receipt (Non-refundable) and Ear- main unchanged and valid through all the contract public through this notice, so that I am not to be deemed respon- nest money /Bid security in shape of CDR/FDR/BG(BG validity should be 45days more than bid validity days) pledged to Executive period sible for any misuse. Engineer R&B Landscaping Division, Rajbagh, Srinagar (Tender receiving authority). (The BG validity should be 45 days more than bid 2. The payment shall be released only after suc- Syed Aijaz Ahmad validity days) (The date of Ernest money/bid security, & Cost of tender document(Challan) should be Car owner JK01-R 1829 between the date of start of bid and bid submission end date). cessful and satisfactory satisfaction to be issued the Contact: 7006650244 1. The date and time of opening of Bids shall be notified on Web site www.jktenders.gov.in and conveyed to the bidders auto- storekeeper of this institution. R/o Nabdipora Hawal Srinagar matically through an e-mail message on their e-mail address. The bids of responsive bidders shall be opened online on same Web Site in 3. Further details can be hard from Office of XX the office of Executive Engineer R&B Landscaping Division, Rajbagh, Srinagar (Tender receiving authority) 2. The bids for the work shall remain valid for a period of 120 days from the date of opening of bids. the undersigned on any working days . 49.All other terms conditions are as per PWD Form 25 (Double agreement Form) PUBLIC NOTICE 50.The Employer can cancel the NIT/LOI/ALLOTMENT at any stage without any reason. MC/Bru/Actt./2020-21/ 1636-40 I Mohamad Huzaifa Pandit S/O Mohamad Ashraf R/O Alnoor No: -LD/3128-36 Dt.17/10/2020 Colony Chanapora have lost the following certificates: Dated:-17-12-2020. Sd/- Executive officer 10th , 12th, BA, MA, & SET. Executive Engineer Municipal Committee Now I am applying for the duplicate. If anyone has any objection, R&B Landscaping Division, convey it to concerned authorities within seven days of publica- Rajbagh, Srinagar Beerwah tion of this notice. DIPK-10628/20 DIPK-NB-4669/20 XX

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RN ANG News Sunday | 20-12-2020 03 Srinagar Smart City Holds Orientation DIAL-EMMA ...SRINAGAR-LEH ROAD DAY 12 • TRAFFIC POLICE : 9419993745, 01998-266686 • PCR: 0194-2452092,2455883 Programme On Empowering Children In Need • PDD: 0194-2450213 Strong Winds Lead To • FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES : There Is Need For Shared Values In Ecosystem Of Society At Large: Justice Magray 2479488,2452222,2452155 SRINAGAR: A day-long orientation • CAPD: 18001807011 Snow Accumulation, programme on "Empowering Chil- • SMC HEALTH OFFICER: 9469409081 dren in Need of Care & Protection" AIRPORTS was Saturday organised by Srinagar Hamper Traffic Smart City Limited (SSCL) in collabo- SHIEK UL ALAM AIRPORT: 01942303311 ration with the District Legal Services RAILWAYS GANDERBAL: High speed File Pic Authority Srinagar. The programme winds at Zojila Pass hampered was held at SKICC. • SRINAGAR: 0194-2103259 traffic movement on Srinagar- Justice Ali Mohammed Magray, • ANANTNAG: 01932-228243 Ladakh highway on Saturday. Chairman Juvenile Justice Commit- • BARAMULLA: 0194-102029 HIJRI Official sources said that tee, High Court of Jammu & Kashmir, • BIJBHERA: 01932-228243 CALENDAR traffic movement on 434 KM was the Chief Guest on the occasion. • PAMPORE: 01933-294132 strategic Srinagar-Leh high- Other dignitaries who were pres- • PATTAN: 01954-293507 way remained suspended for ent on the occasion included Abdul • QAZIGUND: 01951-296153 the 12 consecutive days on facing a lot of difficulties, after Rashid Malik, Member Secretary, Ju- Saturday due to strong winds which the vehicles had to be venile Justice Committee, High Court 04 near Zojila Pass. returned to Gagangeer. Jammu & Kashmir; Sarmad Hafeez, Kashmir and even gave out the alarming dren who need our care and protec- HIGHWAY STATUS JAMADI The highway was closed The official said that due to Secretary, Youth Services and Sports figures of drug addicts presently in the tion. He also thanked the dignitaries • Sgrr-Jammu highway - (Open) for traffic on 6 December fol- strong winds at Zojila pass, Department; Hial Bhat, Adminis- Kashmir valley as published by United present on the occasion and empha- • Mughal Road - (Closed) -UL- lowing heavy snowfall par- three feet of snow has accumu- trator Child Protection Specialist, Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. He sised on the collective efforts to im- ticularly at Zojila, Meenmarg, lated on the road while the Bor- UNICEF Kashmir; and Bashir Ahmad was of the view that drugs availability prove the lives of the children. • Srinagar- Leh- (Closed) AWWAL Sonamarg, Matayan, Zero der Road Organization is facing Lone, Administrator Voluntary Medi- and the lack of accountability by parents All dignitaries also spoke on the occa- Point and other adjacent areas. difficulties in clearing snow. care Society, Jammu and Kashmir. is a serious concern today. sion. They emphasised the importance 1442 Sources said that hundreds The Border Road Organization Justice Magray while deliberating on Justice Magray also stressed upon of nurturing the talent of Kashmir and of vehicles have been strand- (BRO) has set up a camp in Zo- the occasion emphasised the need for the officials to listen to the genuine protecting the children from addictive This Day in History ed on both sides of the high- jila near Bajri Nallah, Sonamarg, shared values in the ecosystem of the grievances of the aspiring sports use of social media and other social evils. way for the past twelve days. where workers are operating. society at large. He was of the view that persons and to take care about their The participants were of the general view A traffic police official said According to the SDM Drass children with special needs or otherwise needs so in more and more youth are that a Smart City in real terms should • 69 - General Vespasian’s troops occupy Rome after that a number of vehicles from Asgar Hussain due to snow during their growing up years need the attracted towards sports. have ample green spaces, amusement • 1448 - Pope Nicholas V appoints Rudolf of Sonamarg were brought back accumulation the road has basic value system to be engrossed in He said that keeping the famous parks, skill development and entertain- Diepholt, Bishop of Utrecht, as cardinal. to Gagangeer. He said that due been closed while men and their personalities. In this regard all the quote “As the Child, so the Nation” in ment facilities for the children and youth • 1522 - Suleiman the Magnificent accepts surrender to freezing temperatures in machinery have been pressed government officials, teachers, parents, perspective the society at large should of the valley. Utmost care should be tak- of the surviving Knights of Rhodes, who are Sonamarg, the drivers were into service to clear the road. friends and relatives need to take the col- take care and protect its children and en in providing the online safety to the allowed to evacuate. Eventually settle in Malta, lective responsibility of the society which advised the officials to provide ad- children and prevent cyber bullying. become known as the Knights of Malta. would inculcate the mannerism and the equate facilities to the children and The list of children who were • 1585 - English fleet & Robert Dudley, Earl of discipline among the children especially youth of the city so that the Srinagar “achievers” and have made the society Leicester, reach Vlissingen. PRAYERS the youth of Kashmir. He talked about can be called as Smart City in real terms. proud in their respective fields was also • 1626 - Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II and Artisans Of J&K Need Immediate the community responsibility in taking In his welcome address, the Deputy announced and they were facilitated Prince of Transylvania Gabor Bethlen sign Peace of FAJR a step forward towards incorporating the Commissioner Srinagar, Dr Shahid on the occasion by the chief guest. Pressburg (Bratislava). Help To Craft Sustainable Future: NC values in the society at large. Iqbal Choudhary, who is also the CEO Amongst the achievers two young- • 1661 - Corporation Act enforced in England. 6: 02 SRINAGAR: National Conference (NC) rehabilitation programme the entire The chairman of the Juvenile Justice Srinagar Smart City City Limited, sters Syed Muzaffar Ahmad and Kabra • 1669 - 1st jury trial in Delaware; Marcus Jacobson on Saturday said GOI has failed to sector has been neglected. No substan- Committee also insisted on adding on stressed upon the need to organise Altaf spoke about their experiences in condemned for insurrection & sentenced to ZUHR provide support to artisans of Jammu tial financial aid has been doled out to nutritious diet for the needy children. such events more routinely to that self life and how they were able to achieve flogging, branding & slavery. 12: 28 and Kashmir to craft a sustainable fu- the ailing sector to start afresh. Nothing He highlighted the growing menace of checks would be made on achieving heights in their respective fields of be- • 1688 - Prince William of Orange’s troops arrive in London. ture, saying the indifferent attitude of substantial has been worked out by the drug addiction amongst the youth of the goals towards empowering Chil- ing an advocate and a sportsperson. • 1694 -Frederik van Brandenburg flees Schweiben ASR the government has plunged the en- government to ensure universal interest • 1699 - Russian Tsar Peter the Great ordered Russian tire lot into despondency. subsidy on loans to the people New Year changed from Sept 1 to Jan 1. 3:48 With nearly zero sales now for associated with the trade. Government of Jammu & Kashmir • 1780 - Britain declares war on Holland. over a year, the artisans and crafts- There is immediate need for • 1790 - 1st successful US cotton mill to spin yarn MAGRIB men associated with handicraft sec- easy access to a minimum OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY GENERAL (Pawtucket, RI). tor have become cash strapped said two –three months of working • 1830 - Great Britain, France, Prussia, Austria and 5:29 Party’s senior leaders Mubarak Gul, capital - either as grant or zero Russia recognize Belgium. Shameema Firdous, Irfan Shah, Mu- interest loans to be repaid until MANAGER JKPCCGovernment UNIT of Jammu 8th, & Kashmir BARAMULLA. • 1860 - South Carolina secedes from the Union (US ISHA hammad Syed Akhoon and Muham- when their cash flows. Besides OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY GENERALPRESS MANAGER NOTE JKPCC UNIT 8th, BARAMULLA. Civil War). 6:55 mad Syed Akhoon in a joint state- that a loan waiver could go a Press Note • 1879 - Tom Edison privately demonstrated ment while expressing concern over long way in helping the entire NOTICE INVITING TENDERS incandescent light at Menlo Park. the plight of craftsmen associated lot to tide over the economic Fresh NIT No. 57 /e-tendering of NOTICE 2020-21/DGM/8th/Bla/JKPCC/ INVITING TENDERS Dated: 17-12-2020 • 1880 - Battle at Bronker’sSpruit, Transvaal: with handicrafts sector. slump. If the government does Fresh NIT No. 57 /e-tendering of 2020-21/DGM/8th/Bla/JKPCC/ Dated: 17-12-2020 Farmers beat Britten. According to a statement, the lead- not wake up to the challenges For and on behalf of the Managing Director, J&KPCC Ltd. e-tenders (in Double Cover System) are • 1892 - Pneumatic automobile tire patented, ers said the incumbent government faced by the people associated invited on item rate basis from approved and eligible contractors registered with J&K Govt., CPWD, Syracuse, NY. has left the artisans high and dry by with the sector, our heritage of • 1900 -Giacobini discovers a comet (will be 1st Railways and other State/UT/ Central Governments/ for the following work:- comet visited by spacecraft). not addressing their genuine woes on thousands of years will be lost S Est. Cost of Earnest Time of Class of Call account of the decrease in production forever. A timely intervention • 1915 - Russian troops overrun Qom, Persia No Name of Work Cost T / DOC Money Completion Contractor and sale cycle due to the successive from the central government • 1917 -Cheka formed - Soviet state security force and (Rs. In (In Rs) (In Rs) In days clampdown and lockdown. will assist the artisans limp to- forerunner to the KGB, under Felix Dzerzhinsky after “In the post COVID-19 lockdown wards renewal,” they said. Lacs) decree by Lenin. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 • 1922 - 14 republics form Union of Soviet Socialistic 73.85 1600 147700 60 days AAY 2nd Republics (USSR). Sanitary work upto first manhole • 1924 - Adolf Hitler freed from jail early.

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Subject: - Closure of e-NIT for Supply From KO Archives of Almumina Ferric Grade-IV conforming to IS 299:2012 with upto date amendments. Qaum Ka Gam Khateyhain, Ref: 1. This office NIT No: PHE/ Dinner Key Saath M&P/01 of 2020-21/e-Tender Dated: 18-05- OBSERVER NEWS SERVICE 2020. SRINAGAR: The Iftar parties being hosted by every Tom, Dick and Harry in 2. DPC meeting held on 13-11- this capital city these days have become a source of avoidable inconvenience 2020 circulated vide No: JSD/Misc/16857- to the general public. Amazingly the ‘worthy,hosts are least bothered by what their lavish feasting by debit to the empty state exchequer meant to the city 58 dated: 13-11-2020. dwellers at a time when they hurry back to their homes after a day's work. Residents of various downtown localities here had a taste of their rulers' indifference on Saturday when they found the ¬busy Maulana Azad Road As per the DPC Decision in its meeting held blocked to vehicular traffic for most of its stretch. Lo and behold, it was the on 13-11-2020 circulated vide No: JSD/ peak hour forall the commuters to rush back home to join their waiting, Misc/16857-58 dated: 13-11-2020, the generally anxious, families over Iftar. Location of what is known as the Banquet Hall in the premis¬es of the erst- above referred e-NIT stands short closed. while chief minister's official residence on the main Civil Lines artery was the rea- son why vehicular traffic was di-verted towards Regal Chowk for onward journey through the equally crowded SP higher secondary school. Traffic police authori- No: PHE/QC&PD/ 6155-58 ties may know better why its own ‘one way’ restriction was eased to choke the Sd/- awfully narrow roads. Obviously, caught in a nasty traffic jam, hundreds of people on fast found them¬selves helpless at the Iftar time. Mercifully, some citizens Executive Engineer, came out to serve some eatables to the stranded hundreds on the road. Dated: 16-12-2020 QC&PD Jal Shakti "The ministers and bureaucrats hosting the Iftar parties at state expense should hang their heads in shame for subjecting innocent people to inconvenience dur- HMT Srinagar No; SBOTE/NC/20 /2001-2005 Er. Mahmood Ahmad Secretary ing the holy month", an agitated downtown resident was heard saying. DIPK-10654/20 Dated: 18/12/2020 DIPK-10653/20 J&K, BOTE Jammu (KASHMIR OBSERVER, 20 DECEMBER, 2000) NEWS Sunday| 20-12-2020 4 Khashoggi’s fiancée urges 15 children killed in Biden to release CIA’s Afghanistan bomb blast classified report into murder Agencies Gilan district, about 120 kilo- Agencies would stop selling weapons to metres from Ghazni city, the the kingdom if he won. GHAZNI: At least 15 children provincial capital. Ankara: The fiancée of slain Most political pundits were killed when a motorbike Taliban and government prominent Saudi dissident and Saudi dissidents, who laden with explosives blew up forces have regularly clashed journalist Jamal Khashoggi are living in exile, agree that near a religious gathering in in the province, where the has called on US President- Biden would seek to shake up eastern Afghanistan on Friday, insurgents control several ar- elect Joe Biden to release the relations with Riyadh in his officials said. eas. Thirty security personnel CIA’s classified report on his first weeks in office, in con- The children had gathered were killed last month when a gruesome murder as soon as trast to Donald Trump’s pos- at a home in Ghazni province to suicide car bomber struck an he enters the White House. ture toward Saudi Arabia’s recite verses of the Holy Quran, army base near Ghazni city. Hatice Cengiz said the in- de facto leader. a regular activity on Friday, The government’s talks telligence assessment, which But there is also skepti- when the blast took place. with the Taliban — which has never been released but cism such an ideal would hap- Violence has surged in Af- opened in September in the Qa- media outlets suggest that it pen, and issues like how far ghanistan in recent months tari capital of Doha — are cur- concludes with “medium to Biden will go and what specific despite the government and the rently on a break until early high confidence” that Saudi issues he could influence re- Taliban launching peace talks to January. Crown Prince Mohammed main a matter of question. end the country’s grinding war. The country has witnessed bin Salman (MbS) ordered the “I think [releasing the clas- “Unfortunately, as a result an increase in fighting, with killing, would “greatly assist” sified report on Khashoggi’s of this incident 15 people, all chil- the Taliban accused of trying to in finding the truth behind murder] is an easy one for the dren, were martyred,” said Wa- get an upper hand in the talks hedullah Jumazada, spokesman through violence. US Drug Regulator Investigating 5 for the province’s governor. Afghan forces have also No one immediately battled a number of attacks claimed responsibility for blamed on the militant Islamic Allergic Reactions After Pfizer Shot the attack and Jumazada State group in recent months. said an investigation was Between January and Sep- Agencies dient in the Pfizer vaccine - as gies should be safe to receive underway into why children tember this year, more than well as the Moderna Inc vac- the vaccine. It said only people were targeted. 2,100 civilians were killed and New York: The US Food cine authorized on Friday - who have previously had se- However, Taliban spokes- more than 3,800 wounded in the and Drug Administration "could be the culprit" causing vere allergic reactions to vac- man Zabihullah Mujahid sent a violence, according to the UN is investigating around five the reactions. cines or ingredients in this message to the media claiming mission in Afghanistan. allergic reactions that hap- Marks said that allergic re- particular vaccine should that the explosion was caused by Outgoing US President pened after people were ad- actions to PEG could be some- avoid getting the shot. the remains of unexploded ord- Donald Trump has pushed to ministered Pfizer Inc and what more common than pre- On Friday, the FDA said nance in the area, which the chil- end America’s longest war, BioNTech SE's COVID-19 viously understood. the Moderna vaccine should dren had allegedly picked up and with Washington signing a vaccine in the United States The cases in Alaska were not be given to individuals brought to the merchant. deal with the Taliban early this this week, a top FDA official similar to two cases reported with a known history of a se- Mujahid gave a lower year committing to pulling all Khashoggi’s fate, British daily president to do. The ramifica- said late on Friday. last week in Britain. vere allergic reactions to any death toll, saying 12 children of its troops from the country newspaper The Guardian re- tions will be profound,” Safa Al Dr Peter Marks, director of Britain's medical regula- components of the shot. were killed. by May 2021. ported on Friday. Ahmad, a Saudi journalist and the FDA's Center for Biologics tor has said that anyone with The regulator is also re- Ahmad Khan Seerat, The Taliban have primar- She noted that publication human rights campaigner who Evaluation and Research, said a history of anaphylaxis, or quiring that appropriate medi- spokesman for the provincial ily targeted government forces of a declassified version of the has lived outside the kingdom at a press conference that the severe allergic reactions to a cal treatments for immediate police force, confirmed the in rural areas since signing the report would prove Biden is since 2014, said. allergic reactions had been re- medicine or food, should not allergic reactions must be blast, which he described as a deal, in which they pledged to determined to make good on Bruce Riedel, a former CIA ported in more than one state, be given the Pfizer-BioNTech available when the shot is ad- Taliban attack. He added that hold talks with the Afghan ad- a campaign promise to get ac- analyst and senior fellow at including in Alaska. COVID-19 vaccine. ministered in case of an ana- 20 others were wounded, in- ministration. Afghan Pre­sident countability in the Saudi dissi- the Brookings Institution, also Marks also said that a But the US Food and Drug phylactic reaction. cluding children. Ashraf Ghani has called for dent’s 2018 slaying. said, “I think it is highly un- chemical called polyethylene Administration has said that Pfizer could not be imme- Interior ministry spokes- the next round of negotiations “I am calling on the presi- likely. To protect sources and glycol (PEG) that is an ingre- most Americans with aller- diately reached for comment. man Tariq Arian earlier said to be held in Kabul, saying it dent-elect to release the CIA’s methods it would need to be the group had gathered to re- was inappropriate to meet in assessment and evidence. It highly redacted. Such a docu- cite Quranic verses in remote Doha’s “luxurious hotels”. will greatly assist in uncover- ment would not be very satis- ing the truth about who is re- fying. To do otherwise would Massive cyberattack targets US, sponsible for Jamal’s murder,” be to reduce significantly our Cengiz said. ability to monitor activities.” Zoom To Cut Short 40-Minute Time During the presidential Agnès Callamard, the UN hits other countries election campaign, Biden special rapporteur on extra- Limit For Christmas, New Year emerged as an outspoken critic judicial killings, who investi- Agencies sidering rebuilding their servers systems such as electric power of MbS. He said during a Dem- gated the Khashoggi murder, and other equipment. grids and other utilities. ocratic debate that he would said she believed the report WASHINGTON: A devastating “Everyone is in damage as- The US Cybersecurity and make Saudi Arabia “the pari- could be released without cyberattack on US government sessment now because it’s so big,” Infrastructure Security Agency ah they are” if he was elected. compromising CIA sources or agencies has also hit targets world- Dickson said. (CISA) said US government agen- He also said the United States methods. wide with the list of victims still “It’s a severe body blow to cies, critical infrastructure enti- growing, according to researchers, confidence both in government ties, and private sector organiza- heightening fears over computer and critical infrastructure.” The tions had been targeted by what security and espionage. threat comes from a long-running it called an “advanced persistent Microsoft said late on Thurs- attack which is believed to have threat actor.” CISA did not iden- Google blames Gmail, YouTube day that it had notified more than injected malware into computer tify who was behind the malware 40 customers hit by the malware networks using enterprise man- attack but private security com- outage on error in User ID system which security experts say came panies pointed a finger at hackers Mallika Soni | Bloomberg Corp. has exposed companies from hackers linked to the Russian linked to the Russian government. including Microsoft Corp. and government and which could allow US Secretary of State Mike oogle diagnosed a wide- multiple US government agen- attackers unfettered network access. Pompeo also suggested involve- spread outage that cies. A Google spokeswoman “While roughly 80 percent ment by Moscow on Monday, say- knocked out major ser- said on Friday that the internet of these customers are located ing the Russian government had Agencies early January. vices earlier this week, giant has found no evidence in the United States, this work made repeated attempts to breach The coronavirus pandem- Gsuch as Gmail and YouTube, as a the SolarWinds hack affected so far has also identified victims US government networks. London: Friends and fami- ic has roared to new highs mistake with its system for identi- Alphabet or Google’s systems. in seven additional countries,” President-elect Joe Biden ex- lies kept apart by COVID this around the world during a sec- fying people online. About 15% of requests sent Microsoft president Brad Smith agement network software made pressed “great concern” over the Christmas and New Year will ond wave, forcing many people Alphabet Inc.’s Google to Google’s cloud storage ser- said in a blog post. by the Texas-based IT company computer breach while Utah Sena- not find their virtual gather- to stay home and plan gather- has several tools that enable vice were disrupted during the Smith said the victims were SolarWinds, with the hallmarks of tor Mitt Romney blamed Russia and ings over Zoom cut short by ings with friends and family it to verify and track also found in Canada, Mexico, Bel- a nation-state attack. slammed what he called “inexcus- the usual 40-minute limit for over the Internet instead. logged-in users. In gium, Spain, Britain, Israel and The National Security Agen- able silence” from the White House. free subscribers. "Whether coming together October, the com- the United Arab Emirates. cy, the secretive US military in- Romney likened the cyberat- Zoom Video Communica- on the final day of Hanukkah, pany began moving It’s certain that the number and telligence operation, called for tack to a situation in which “Rus- tions Inc, whose technology celebrating Christmas, ringing those tools to a new location of victims will keep grow- increased vigilance to prevent un- sian bombers have been repeatedly has become a feature of house- in the New Year, or marking file storage system, ing,” Smith said, echoing concerns authorized access to key military flying undetected over our entire hold get togethers in 2020's so- the last days of Kwanzaa, those and in the process voiced this week by US officials on and civilian systems. country.” Senator Marco Rubio told cially distanced world, said it connecting with friends and misreported por- the grave threat from the attack. “The recent SolarWinds Orion Fox News: “It is massive. It is still, was removing the time limit family won't get cut short," a tions of the data, ac- “This is not ‘espionage as usual,’ code compromise is one serious ex- I would argue, probably persistent. for its free accounts on all Zoom spokesman said. cording to a Friday even in the digital age,” Smith said. ample of how on-premises systems It is still ongoing... It’s a grave risk meetings globally for the holi- Alphabet's Google Meet has post. That caused “Instead, it represents an act can be compromised, leading to to federal, to state, to local govern- day season. already said free users would several of its services to go Monday outage, the company of recklessness that created a seri- abuse of federated authentication ments, to critical infrastructure, to This covers the Christian not have to limit conversations down for 47 minutes Monday said. The cloud division offers ous technological vulnerability for and malicious cloud access,” the the private sector.” celebrations of Christmas Eve to 60 minutes till March. morning, a rare technical mis- an identification service simi- the United States and the world.” NSA said. CISA said the computer in- and Christmas Day, the end of Microsoft Teams and Cis- step. lar to one from Okta Inc. John Dickson of the security firm Analysts have said the attacks trusions began in at least March Hannukah for Jews and Kwan- co's Webex, who have usage Google’s explanation On Tuesday, Google’s Gmail Denim Group said many private pose threats to national security 2020 and the actor behind them zaa marked by African-Amer- grow during the pandemic, comes amid heightened cyber- service had another disruption. sector firms which could be vul- by infiltrating key government had “demonstrated patience, op- icans, as well as New Year's have so far not announced security vigilance. A hack on The company attributed this to nerable are scrambling to shore up systems, while also creating risks erational security and complex Eve and New Year's Day. All of any relaxation in meeting software provider SolarWinds an issue with data migration security, even to the point of con- for key infrastructure controls for tradecraft.” them fall in late December or length caps.

NEWS MAKERS Myanmar gang-rape victim wins COVID-19 Vaccine Can Turn People Joe Biden to receive COVID vaccine on Monday legal battle with military Into "Crocodiles": Brazilian President nited States President-elect Joe Biden will receive his first dose fter being gang-raped by rasilia, Brazil: Bra- But the Supreme Court on of the coronavirus vaccine on soldiers, steely eyed Thein zilian President Thursday ruled that the vac- Monday, his press secretary an- Nu went up against Myan- Jair Bolsonaro has cine was obligatory, although Unounced, as Vice President Mike Pence, mar’s powerful military in a launched an attack could not be "forced" on people. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McCon- Amonths-long fight for justice – a fight Bon coronavirus vaccines, even That means authorities nell and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that paid off with a rare legal victory. suggesting that the one devel- can fine people for not being became the highest-ranking government Her three rapists were jailed for oped by Pfizer-BioNTech could vaccinated and ban them from officials to receive their doses on Friday. 20 years with hard labour, a sentence turn people into crocodiles or certain public spaces, but not Biden’s incoming press secretary, Jen she hopes will give other survivors the bearded ladies. force them to take it. Brazil has Psaki, on Friday said that Biden’s wife Jill, courage to speak up and challenge the The far-right leader has recorded more than 7.1 million will also be getting an injection on Monday military’s impunity. been sceptical of the coronavi- cases and almost 185,000 deaths and that Vice President-elect Kamala Har- Lodging a legal complaint pitted the rus since it first emerged late from Covid-19 amongst its 212 ris and her husband, Doug Emhoff, are 36-year-old mother of four against Myan- last year, branding it "a little in the United States and Britain. million population. expected to receive their doses the week mar’s most powerful institution, whose flu." This week he insisted he "If you become superhu- Bolsonaro said that once after next. Psaki told reporters that Biden soldiers have long been accused by would not be vaccinated, even man, if a woman starts to grow a vaccine has been certified would be receiving the shot in public, as rights groups of using rape as a weapon while launching the country's a beard or if a man starts to by Brazil's regulatory agency Pence did, in an effort event aimed at reas- of war in the country’s conflict zones. Nu – who has been given a pseudonym mass innoculation program. speak with an effeminate voice, Anvisa, "it will be available suring Americans the shot is safe. The crime was committed in June to protect her identity – told the AFP "In the Pfizer contract it's very they will not have anything to for everyone that wants it. But President Donald Trump, who fre- in northern Rakhine state – the site of news agency. clear: 'we're not responsible for do with it," he said, referring to me, I won't get vaccinated." quently downplayed the severity of the vi- a nearly two-year battle between the Her victory came after an initial any side effects.' If you turn into a the drug manufacturers. "Some people say I'm giving rus and feuded with his top public health military and the Arakan Army, which denial from the military, which said crocodile, it's your problem," Bol- When launching the im- a bad example. But to the imbe- officials, has so far largely remained out is fighting for more autonomy for the she made up the allegations, and she sonaro said on Thursday. munization campaign on ciles, to the idiots that say this, I of sight five days into the largest vacci- ethnic Rakhine population. still faces the glare of widespread so- That vaccine has been Wednesday, Bolsonaro also tell them I've already caught the nation campaign in the nation’s history “Many women like me have al- cial stigma, including from her hus- undergoing tests in Brazil for said it would be free but not virus, I have the antibodies, so – one that could eventually put an end to ready endured the same thing,” Thein band who refuses to speak to her. weeks and is already being used compulsory. why get vaccinated?" the raging coronavirus pandemic. News Sunday | 20-12-2020 05 Chinese President Xi Appoints Only 25% Of Lalu Yadav's New General For PLA’s Kidneys Functioning, Says Son Western Theatre Command Tejashwi Yadavw Amidst Ladakh Standoff

RANCHI: Leader of the Opposi- tions and are talking not only tion in Bihar Tejashwi Yadav met to doctors at RIMS but some Farmers at the Singhu border. Tribune file his father and Rashtriya Janata renowned doctors of Delhi and Dal (RJD) supremo Lalu Prasad our family doctors. We have re- Yadav in Ranchi on Saturday. quested them to see Lalu Ji once Talking to reporters at the because it becomes serious BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Ladakh since May. Rajendra Institute of Medical when kidney functioning is re- Jinping has appointed a new Not much is known about Protesting Farmer Unions Sciences (RIMS), he said, "You duced to 25 per cent," he added. General as the Commander of Gen. Zhang, especially his as- all know that only 25 per cent A few days back the physician the People’s Liberation Army’s sociation with Western Theatre of Lalu ji's kidneys are func- under whom Lalu Yadav was Western Theatre Command Command, as he reportedly tioning. I have not met him for getting medical treatment con- which oversees the Sino-Indi- served mostly in other theatre To Decide Next Course Of the last 4-5 months. We have firmed that his kidney function- an border, amidst the military commands of the PLA. come to meet Lalu ji today for ing is reduced to 25 per cent standoff in eastern Ladakh. He succeeds 65-year-old Gen. the first time after the Bihar which may lead to any emer- President Xi, who heads the Zhao Zongqi who headed the elections." gency situation anytime. Central Military Commission Western Theatre Command dur- Action In '2-3 Days' It was Mr Tejashwi's first visit Meanwhile, he hit out at the (CMC), the overall high-com- ing the 2017 Doklam standoff after the results of the Bihar Nitish Kumar government and mand of the two million-strong where the Indian Army stood up armer unions protesting are here for our rights. We are in the not come forward for the talks then. Assembly elections where the said, "Kidnappings are taking People’s Liberation Army (PLA), against the PLA’s plan of laying a against the three agri laws on process to decide our stand follow- The apex court, which made it clear Mahagathbandhan fell short place in broad daylight in Bihar. appointed Gen. Zhang Xudong road close to the Indian border Saturday said they will decide ing the court's order," he also said. that the issue of farmers' protest and to attain the majority figure The government seems to have as the Commander of the West- in an area claimed by Bhutan. their next course of action in Thousands of farmers have been the right of others to move freely and ultimately the National failed completely. At the time of ern Theatre Command, accord- The Ladakh standoff also Fthe next two-three days, after the Su- staying put at several Delhi border would be dealt on priority at the mo- Democratic Alliance returned election, we used to say that Ni- ing to the official media here. happened under the watch of preme Court earlier this week point- points for the last 23 days, demand- ment and not the validity of the laws, to power. tish ji is tired. The government Xi has promoted four senior Gen Zhao. It began in May after ed out it was thinking of setting up an ing a repeal of the new agri laws. also said it was thinking of setting up "We need to take precau- is tired," Mr Tejashwi said. Chinese military and armed po- China dispatched thousands of "impartial and independent" panel Meanwhile, All India Kisan Sabha an "impartial and independent" panel lice officers. Among them was troops which were mobilised of agriculture experts and peasants' (AIKS) on Saturday claimed that 33 of agriculture experts and farmer Gen. Zhang, Commander of the for military exercises to eastern unions to resolve the deadlock. farmers participating in the ongo- unions to resolve the impasse. Western Theatre Command of Ladakh borders, sparking a new Farmer leader Shiv Kumar Kakka ing protests have so far died since The top court said it was of the the PLA, state-run Xinhua news round of tensions with India. said discussions among unions are November 26 due to accidents, ill- view that the farmers' right to protest Villagers Perform "Last Rites" agency reported on Friday. India and China have held currently underway to decide their ness and cold weather conditions. should not infringe the fundamental The other officers who were several rounds of talks at the strategy, adding that they are also According to AIKS, 'Homage Day' right of others to move freely and in promoted include Guo Puxiao, diplomatic and military-level to seeking legal opinion on the matter. will be observed in different parts of getting essential food and other sup- To Python Killed In Road Political Commissar of the Lo- resolve the prolonged standoff. "Our meetings are being held for the the country on Sunday to pay tributes plies as right to protest cannot mean gistic Support Department of At the latest round of foreign next course of action. We are hopeful to those farmers who lost their lives. blocking the entire city. the CMC; Li Wei, Political Com- ministry-level talks on Decem- that in the next two-three days, we will Earlier this week, the Supreme The apex court, which said it was Accident In Tamil Nadu missar of the PLA Strategic Sup- ber 18, the two sides said that have clarity on whether we should be Court had acknowledged the right of worried with the way things are going KRISHNAGIRI: In a rare show port Force and Wang Chunning, they have agreed to continue part of a committee as suggested by farmers to non-violent protests and on, was told by both the Centre and one of empathy, a group of villag- Commander. work towards ensuring complete the court," Kakka told PTI. mooted the idea of putting on hold of the farmers' unions that the negotia- ers performed the last rites to The new appointments at the disengagement of troops in all Another leader Balbir Singh said the contentious farm laws to enable tions are not happening at the moment. a 12-foot long python killed in top of the PLA Western Com- friction points along the LAC. The farmers will not call off their pro- negotiations with the agitating farm- It also said the farmers cannot a road accident here, giving it mand come in the midst of the meeting also decided to hold the tests until their demands are met. ers, which was opposed by the Centre, keep on protesting without talking some of the respects reserved standoff between the Chinese next round of military dialogue "We are ready for a long haul. We which said the agriculturists would to the government. for human beings in their final and Indian military in eastern at an early date. --- PTI journey. A few passers-by clicked self- ies with the dead reptile, some Pakistan Summons Indian CDA After others stood as mere spectators, but a group of villagers who noticed the serpent had other in these parts to a dead man or SAD DEMISE UNMO Vehicle Targeted Along LoC ideas. woman. With profound grief and sorrow it is to in- akistan on Saturday summoned baseless and factually incorrect. han Haq, commenting on the inci- The python was run over by Earlier, rose water was also form that Ghulam Mustafa Shah of Nishat, India's Charg d'Affaires Gaurav The FO said that the UN Observ- dent on Friday, said: I believe that a truck when it attempted to sprinkled on it. Srinagar left for heavenly adobe on Friday PAhluwalia to register a protest ers were on their way to Polas vil- the details we have are in fact that cross the road, at Nadar Kottai A video of the people's act afternoon (18th December). The deceased after a United Nations Military Ob- lage to meet with the victims of there was no one hurt but there has near Bargur in the district on went viral. was a well known trader and the owner servers (UNMO) vehicle was targeted ceasefire violations when their ve- been a vehicle damaged in an inci- Saturday morning, according to "This is unusual. Such funeral of M/s Zero Point Footwear, Lalchowk. The in the country's Chirikot sector along hicle was targeted. While the vehi- dent and the mission is currently local people. processions for pythons are un- mourning will be held for 3 days only and the Line of Control (LoC). cle was damaged, the two UNMOs investigating the incident. Some of them decided to give common. This was done for the the congregational Fateh khawani will be The Indian diplomat was sum- remained unharmed, it said. Official sources in New Delhi have a "decent" burial to the python, first time by some villagers who held at their ancestral graveyard Gupkar, moned to the Foreign Office (FO) here Military sources in New Delhi have said the reports emerging from the garlanded the snake, paid their wanted to display to the python Nishat on Sunday, 20th December at 11 AM. a day after the Pakistan Army accused rejected the allegation, saying reports Pakistani side regarding attacks respects to the reptile, draped equal respect and unwavering the Indian Army of "deliberately" tar- of targeting the UN vehicle are not true. on the UN vehicle by Indian troops it in a white cloth, carried it love one expresses to human -Bereaved geting the UNMO, an allegation dis- Meanwhile, in New York, United along the LoC are completely false, in a procession and "laid it to beings," Krishnan, a villager, missed by India as completely false, Nations Deputy Spokesperson Far- baseless and factually incorrect. rest," all rituals generally done said. North Kerala On High Alert After 11-Yr-Old Boy Dies Due To Shigella Bacterial Infection orth Kerala has been put health department traced the pres- on high alert after an ence of the bacteria from the water N11-year-old boy died and body in the siblings’ house. 20 suspected cases of shigella According to health experts, bacterial infection were reported shigellosis is an infectious disease in Kozhikode on Saturday, district caused by the shigella bacteria, medical officer Dr Jayashree said. which triggers stomach pain, di- She said the death took place aorrhea and fever in those infected. two days back and later 20 peo- in a couple of days and investiga- in the area on Friday. Last year over Though a worldwide problem, ple with symptoms, mild diaor- tion is on to locate the main source 40 children of the West Lower Pri- shigella is more often seen in de- rhea and fever, were admitted in of the infection. She said health mary School, Keezhppayyur, were veloping countries, especially in various hospitals. Most of the in- experts have said the infection hospitalised after they complained crowded locations such as schools, fected were people who came in spread through water and food of vomiting and diaorrhea. The day care centres, nursing homes direct contact with the deceased. and keeping good hygiene was the presence of shigella bacteria was or regions with poor sanitation. In State health minister K K Shaila- primary way to check the spread. confirmed in the stool samples of some cases, people infected with ja said the health department will Worried health authorities have at least two of these students, who the shigella bacteria do not have conduct a health camp in the area super chlorinated all water bodies recovered later. Later the district symptoms, but are still contagious. NEWS MAKERS 'No Evidence': Two Men, Arrested Under UP's Anti-Conversion Law, Freed MORADABAD, UP: A Muslim man and was taken to a shelter after the men family as he received a tearful welcome. his brother, arrested and jailed under were arrested; the government had The men were handed over to the po- Uttar Pradesh's new law against "un- denied her claims that she was given lice after a group of people from a right- lawful" conversion, were freed this an injection "to induce miscarriage". wing group, the Bajrang Dal, accosted morning after spending nearly two The men were freed after a court them and the 22-year-old woman at weeks in prison in Moradabad district. ordered their release, news agency PTI the marriage registration office and The UP Police was unable to find any reported, amid heightened sensitiv- stopped them from going ahead with evidence of forced conversion against ity about "Love Jihad", the right-wing the registration formalities. them, said sources. conspiracy theory that Muslim men try In a nearly one minute long video, The man was arrested - along with to seduce Hindu women to have them widely shared on social media, the men his brother - earlier this month after convert their religion. from Bajrang Dal can be seen surround- he tried to get his marriage registered "What can I say. We married with con- ing the woman at the police station. with a 22-year-old Hindu woman in sent. I spent 15 days in jail. I am very happy "Show us the permission you have from Moradabad's Kanth area, about 350 km today," the man said after stepping out of the DM (District Magistrate) to convert from state capital Lucknow. The couple the prison. When asked if he felt the police your religion," a man is heard telling was heckled by a right-wing group, the had misused the new law, he refused to her, as at least two policemen, one of Bajrang Dal, and the pregnant woman comment. A video showed him meeting his them with a baton, looks on. Surendra in ‘The Hindu’ BAB in ‘ TheS Srinagunar Times’ day Observer

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s hatred for Muslims be- me to a hospital [on December 11]. Af- ter at satisfying a woman’s desire. not wish us away.” comes increasingly en- ter a blood test, I was admitted and they Therefore, if a Hindu girl experiences She added: “The state already trenched in Indian state gave me injections, after which I start- intimacy with a Muslim boy, she falls plays a significant role in our lives, policy, the latest atrocity is ed bleeding.” She said she lost the baby madly in love, and even the honour of but if it starts to legislate our choice Amaking it illegal to love them. after another set of injections. her family becomes a secondary con- of mate, aren’t we doomed? We of- V IVEK M ENEZES Earlier this month, Madhya Pradesh This is not the only case. In just sideration.” ten assume that there is progress in Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan over two weeks since the rules came Srivastava and Irani responded, thought, and society becomes more (he is a senior leader of Narendra Mo- into effect, several different interfaith more or less: “So what?” To which open and accepting. But this is a huge di’s BJP) put it this way: “Government weddings have been halted, with the Chetna said: “The Hindus are sleep- move backwards, against everything belongs to everyone, all religions and bridegrooms -- always Muslim -- ar- ing. The way things are these days, we believe about our democracy, and It should be noted castes. There is no discrimination, but if rested and hauled away by the police. [love jihad] will only culminate in nar- our freedom. If young people in India someone tries to do anything disgusting A few days ago in Kushnigar, 39-year- shaghar or mass extermination.” today are increasingly hearing that these noxious with our daughters, then I’ll break you. old Haider Ali was jailed -- and, he It should be noted these noxious you have to stick to your own kind, If someone plots religious conversion or says, beaten with a leather belt while prejudices are not exclusive to Hindus. that non-mainstream relationships prejudices are not does anything like love jihad, you will be being tortured for hours -- on the mere Earlier this year, the Syro-Malabar are illegitimate or wrong, and if it now destroyed.” suspicion that his 28-year-old bride Church -- which represents millions becomes illegal too, then we’re surely exclusive to Hindus. Chouhan’s braggadocio came after Shabeela Khatoon was not originally of adherents in Kerala -- officially com- headed towards losing all of our basic giant Uttar Pradesh (its population of Muslim (in fact, she was). plained that Christian women are be- freedoms. It’s tragic.” Earlier this year, the Syro- 200 million is larger than Bangladesh) Instead of learning from this in- ing targeted for marriage and conver- In just a few weeks, India Love Malabar Church -- which promulgated the Prohibition of Unlaw- stant catastrophe, other BJP-ruled sion by Muslim conspirators, and “are Project has attracted almost 30,000 ful Religious Conversion Ordinance states are scheming to implement even being recruited to Islamic State followers, and an unstoppable bar- represents millions of banning “unlawful conversion from identical legislation. They have fig- (the IS terrorist group) through this.” rage of private messages and pleas one religion to another by misrep- ured out that anxiety about Muslim Happily, as you might expect from for assistance. Ramani told me: “We adherents in Kerala -- resentation, force, undue influence, men is an unbeatable political trump the wildly pluralistic social and cul- were forced to evolve fast when cou- coercion, allurement, or by any other card, especially across the “cow belt” tural landscape of India, there have ples began writing to us for help. officially complained that fraudulent means or by marriage.” of North India where education and been innumerable objections, com- Now we have a database of volunteer This extraordinary legislation human development is abysmally low, plaints, and acts of defiance against lawyers and counsellors, and we just Christian women are defines “allurement” as “offer of any even by poor regional standards. these regressive trends. One of the tied up with the mental health team temptation” including “gratification” -- That mindset is neatly encapsu- most poignant is the India Love Proj- at The Listeners Collective (thelisten- being targeted for and designates “any aggrieved person” lated in Mihir Srivastava and Rahul ect on Instagram and Facebook, start- erscollective.org).” marriage and conversion including “parents, brother, sister, or Irani’s Love Jihadis: An Open-Minded ed up by veteran editors Niloufer Ven- Since ILP went live, Venkatra- any other person who is related to him/ Journey into the Heart of Western Ut- katraman, Priya Ramani, and Samar man says, she learned “that we are by Muslim conspirators, her by blood, marriage or adoption” as tar Pradesh, which spends some pages Halarnkar (the latter two are married not alone in our thinking, and there “competent to lodge a First Informa- dwelling on Chetna Devi -- aka Yati to each other), to celebrate “love and are an overwhelming number of like- and “are even being tion Report” that could lead directly to Maa Chetnanand Saraswati -- the head marriage outside the shackles of faith, minded people. That hate is not the arrest and imprisonment. of the Hindu revivalist organization caste, ethnicity, and gender.” conversation this country wants to recruited to Islamic State Entirely predictably, these aston- Akhand Hindustan Morcha in Meerut. Venkatraman told me: “All hear. I think it feels good for every- ishingly ill-considered (and many ar- She told the authors her “scien- around us we’re seeing this unaccept- one to hear a story about how some- (the IS terrorist group) gue, outright immoral) new laws have tific theory” that “since Muslims as a able and disheartening increase in one else acted from the heart. immediately resulted in immense pain. community are relatively poor, they the demonizing of interfaith marriag- “There is a substantial audience out through this.” The very first couple detained -- Rashid live in small houses without privacy. es. As a product of an interfaith mar- there that is seeking alternative choices, and Pinki Ali of Moradabad -- report- Young children, therefore, witness riage myself -- and married to some- and wants to challenge the mainstream edly suffered the miscarriage of their their parents in the act of sex very one of another faith -- I feel that this narrative. I think where there was little first child. Pinki told the BBC: “When early on. Since they are initiated into is very personal. We, the offspring of hope, I’ve learnt to have hope.” my condition deteriorated, they took sexual intimacy early, they are bet- interfaith marriages, exist. You can- The Dhaka Tribune Doomsday Is Creeping Most epidemics do not just happen; they are a result of what we do to nature

However, a disaster is commonly understood as a sit- ANAM ITR A ANUR AG DANDA uation where severe disruption occurs at scale, over a short or long period of time, causing widespread human, material, economic or environmental loss, ost people alive today are unlikely to which exceeds the ability of the affected community have experienced a single year resem- or society to cope using its own resources. bling 2020, both for the rapid spread of It is therefore not difficult to see why we are so the SARS-CoV-2 virus and the response ill equipped to deal with slow-onset hazards and di- Mto it worldwide. On the last day of last year, Chinese sasters despite the knowledge that these affect more health officials informed the WHO about a cluster people on aggregate than sudden-onset disasters do. of 41 patients with a mysterious pneumonia and on It has to do with the way disaster is conceptualized December 8 this year, a 90-year-old grandmother in and defined, besides lack of political attention. the United Kingdom was the first person in the world In India, the Disaster Management Act, 2005 de- to be vaccinated against the virus. In the interim, fines disaster as “a catastrophe, mishap, calamity or worldwide, about a million and a half succumbed to grave occurrence in any area, arising from natural or the new virus. The current global death toll stands at manmade causes, or by accident or negligence which about 1.6 million; about the same number of deaths results in substantial loss of life or human suffering are attributed to the combined effects of ambient or damage to, and destruction of, property, or dam- (outdoor) and household air pollution in India annu- age to, or degradation of, environment, and is of such ally. Air pollution causes about seven million prema- a nature or magnitude as to be beyond the coping ca- ture deaths every year. pacity of the community of the affected area.” Notice We may or may not witness such alacrity ever that ‘occurrence’ is the operative word and the terms again to deal with a pandemic but we now know that used are characteristic of sudden-onset disasters. it is possible. A fraction of this zeal and speed direct- Under such a framing, how can response precede the ed at halting biodiversity loss since the Convention sudden-onset event with grave consequences? More- on Biological Diversity entered into force in 1993 over, the specialized agencies dealing with disasters may have changed the course of the year, 2020. operate in a ‘fire-fighting’ mode that requires bursts At the Rio Earth Summit in 1992, the CBD was through multiple steps, including the initial inva- of energy and action over short periods of time after opened for signature in recognition of the fact that bi- sion into a new host known as ‘spillover’, the produc- We may or may not which ‘everybody goes home’, but slow-onset hazards ological diversity was being lost at an unprecedented tion of transmission stages within the new host and, witness such alacrity ever require attention over longer time frames and there rate. The rate of loss of species has accelerated since finally, the establishment of the pathogen in the host is no ‘going home.’ It is also politically problematic to then; the global rate of species extinction is already population as a whole. Once spillover of the pathogen again to deal with a pandemic assign the same attention to slow-onset hazards and at least tens to hundreds of times higher than it has into a new host has occurred, high densities of that but we now know that it is disasters as the sudden-onset ones since constituents averaged over the past 10 million years. Loss of bio- host species facilitate pathogen establishment and do not see the creeping hazards and their impacts. It diversity tends to increase pathogen transmission transmission within the new host. Disaster that was possible. A fraction of this zeal is, therefore, important that constituents make them- and disease incidence. Most epidemics do not just in the making over these stages has now manifested. and speed directed at halting selves aware of the creeping hazards and demand ap- happen; they are a result of what we do to nature. In The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian propriate legislative and policy action. Only then will the case of pathogens, if loss of diversity causes an Affairs defines slow-onset disaster “as one that does biodiversity loss since the disasters be re-conceptualized and the emphasis shift increase in density of competent hosts, it will very not emerge from a single, distinct event but one that Convention on Biological from response to preparedness; but then politicians likely increase transmission. There are at least a emerges gradually over time, often based on a conflu- Diversity entered into force in will lose their mojo of being rescuers of a hapless pop- dozen examples of pathogens for which species loss ence of different events.” The pandemic, premature ulace. The recent election-time promise of providing leads to increase in total transmission. deaths due to air pollution and the impacts of climate 1993 may have changed the free Covid-19 vaccine is but one such instance. Pathogens that establish in new species do so change would all qualify as slow-onset disasters. course of the year, 2020 Telegraph India Opinion,Think! Analysis, Essays Sunday|20-12-2020 Perils of Capitalism

uman minds can be corruptive in nature and capitalism grows on the manipulation of human minds. People walking barefoot yet glamorising luxurious and top notch Hbrands are equally responsible for creating a great Jawaad Nishaat & Sheikh Imran disparity of classes among people. If we go back in history to see how the cavemen sur- vived without brands and luxuries will somehow open the debate for corruption of minds and how it is cre- ated. Here we are talking about the avarice mentality To keep up for making money and dreaming about luxuries. Here we are proposing something which usually with their leads to the creation of unnecessary social classes based on our fantasies and our ephemeral attitude to- hegemony these wards material. Material accumulation to an extent is necessary for the survival of the people but mak- powerful capitalists ing it a statement of pride and dividing people on the have established de basis of their possessions is a case we should plaintiff and the court of law should be based on humanitarian facto colonies around grounds rather than sordid grounds. St. Augustine, from early church warned about three sins, if com- the world either through mitted can prove fatal for mankind which are lust for power, sexual lust and lust for money. Though he military might or had ambivalent views about lust for power and sexu- led to the creation of capitalism it robbed us of many This exploitation has also led to men/women losing al lusts explaining as under controlled manner these things which were otherwise sacrosanct and sacred their value and a few wealthy individuals thrive through tactical breaking of the two sins can still be somewhat neutral to the society to us. When the feudal society was replaced by mod- tactical exploitation of the poor majority in most coun- but as far as lust for money is concerned he was clear ern bourgeois society it established new systems of tries in which developing and underdeveloped countries barriers of international for his condemnation. oppression and exploitation, with the help of modern remain the worst affected. Today we even are witnessing market in turn leading The Greek philosopher Aristotle described pro- technological advancements the latter has proved to a deterioration of the values and honour which were at- duction of goods to satisfy physical wants such as be more intense and dangerous than the former. tached to different professions earlier. the local small scale food and clothing as useful economic activity. Farm- It started a trend of colonisation and imperialism Famous German scholar Karl Marx in his Com- ing, raising livestock and manufacturing were all where the powerful nations took control of less mili- munist Manifesto rightly wrote, “The Bourgeoisie business of different productive in contrast, trade (exchange of goods for tarily advanced countries and drained them off their has stripped of its halo every occupation hitherto another) , hire (which lent out goods for money) and resources for centuries. honoured and looked up to with reverent awe. It has countries to suffer. usury, which lent out money for money, produced Its worst effects can be examined in Asia, Ameri- converted the physician, the lawyer, the priest, the nothing that satisfied physical wants. This journey cas, Africa and the Caribbean, there are nations in poet, the man of science, into its paid wage labourers. from basic needs to brand glamourising mentality these parts of the world who despite winning their The bourgeoisie has torn away from the family its has derailed human consciousness to a point where freedom from their occupiers are yet to recover from sentimental veil, and reduced the family relation to a misery and exploitation has been ostracised from hu- the economical degradation and drainage of resourc- mere money relation”. man dictionaries. es they suffered at the hands of the powerful alliance In such a situation when such treatment with We have forgotten that all men are equal and we of bourgeois for centuries. common working class men is already being meted are almost convinced on the dictum that some are The Industrial revolution which started in Brit- out with it becomes meaningless and senseless to more equal than others, beautifully described by ain is a best example of abuse of humans by powerful glorify and idolise something whose foundations are George Orwell in his book Animal Farm. How needs capitalists at that time, the working conditions of the based on the basis of exploitation of others. The worth got converted into deplorable brands is a story con- workers was pathetic, child labour was a rage and the of professionals as well as a labourer is reduced only structed through feudalism and is now continued wage disparity on the basis of gender was a normal to a shaft which is rotating and withering away itself through capitalism. thing. The West developed and created luxuries at the to keep the machine of capitalism going. Some needs were basic and some were created expense of the human resource enslaved from Asia, This exploitation has not only disturbed a global just to sell products by calling them luxury. Irony is Africa and Caribbean, after establishing themselves equilibrium of parity it has also intruded into the that most people buy into this idea of business and as the superpowers both in the matters of military families and taken away the sanctity of this other- are directly or indirectly contributing to the widen- might, arms race and economically this alliance of wise revered institution. ing of the parity between classes. People justify their bourgeois needed a market to survive and maintain The corruption which has contagiously multi- fealty attitude towards big brands as marvelous and their hegemony so capitalism was promoted through plied among us is a major concern because it can be their desire to have them is so great, with the help of various methods and manipulations like branding of instrumental in promoting a culture of exploitation, a ladder which their feudal forefathers have left for luxuries which most of the people in the the world inequity, deplorable poverty at one end and enor- them in this world is one of the way outs for them. countries cannot afford. mous accumulation of possessions at the other. Homo They start exploiting their vassals and transform into The continuous exploitation of the proletarians Sapiens are the most intelligent amongst its prede- bandits who are not only morally corrupt but they even didn’t spare the modern world of the hegemonic cessors, individuals are duty bound to discover this also imbue their desires to go to any extent for that advancement of the powerful countries. To keep up characteristic in them and draw a line between the matter. Remedial measures are far from discussion with their hegemony these powerful capitalists have exploitative mercenaries and the exploited proletari- as we are not even ready to call it a disease created by established de facto colonies around the world ei- at using their ration and intelligence. us because we are parochial in nature. Rightly said ther through military might or tactical breaking of We can’t just be mechanical parts of a large ma- by famous Pakistani writer Habib Jalib in his verses the barriers of international market in turn leading chine which only spin us to an extent resulting in com- the local small scale business of different countries plete elimination of ourselves in the process of benefit- Khuda se dekho kitna dar raha hun to suffer. The unholy alliance of capitalists advanced ting an idea which doesn’t really care about us. Tijori jaeb donun bhar raha hun into the Middle-East, created a situation of unrest Padosi bhooka hai teesra din hai and chaos thereby established their military pres- The author can be reached at Mein chawthi baar umrah kar raha hun. ence there which is an undeclared form of colonial- [email protected] ism and imperialism in quest of greed and acquiring As the feudal hegemony diminished and its ruins more and more.

ahangir’s course is directed by a woeman had conveniently perished, married Jehangir. Her and is now, as it were, shut up by her so ascent up the ranks of the harem had been rapid. that all justice or care of anything or pub- Review Amid the women, she set about winning over the lique affayres either sleeps or depends on Persian matriarchs with know-how and respect for Jher, who is most unaccesible than any goddesse her lineage. Before her new husband, she was witty or mistery of heathen impietye.” So wrote in 1617 and audacious, displaying the grit of a huntress the disgruntled Thomas Roe, then British ambas- Empress Ruby Lal and not failing to massage his ego. sador to the Mughal court, of the influence of the Paintings from the time show a pair taking a emperor’s 20th wife, Nur Jahan. Men everywhere, moonlit walk in the Palace Gardens, engaged in it seems, were threatened by the rise and reign of The rise and reign of a self-made Mughal queen. the hushed and secret tete-a-tete of lovers. Nur women, their racism and misogyny tied together Jahan encouraged the emperor’s penchant for in knots. travel, not least because it allowed her to escape It is the disentanglement of some of these that A compelling feminist historiography of the the constraints of the court in Agra and to deepen Ruby Lal attempts in Empress, a luminous biog- her relationship with her husband. The two (ac- raphy of a woman dabbed out of history, first by 20th wife of the Mughal emperor Jahangir companied by servants, horses, elephants, tents vengeful successors to her husband, the emperor Jahangir, then by colonialist historians and ulti- Rafia Zakaria mately“ by nationalists who wanted to write their What Lal presents own history of the empire. What Lal presents is the story of a woman from the imperial harem is the story of a woman without the usual obsession with the harem as a from the imperial harem realm of cheap erotic associations. It is a captivat- ing account, its depth of detail recreating a world without the usual whose constraints of lineage would seem to pre- obsession with the harem clude the advance of an unknown, self-made, wid- owed queen. Nur Jehan was born Mihr-un-Nisa to as a realm of cheap noble but refugee parents, Asmat and Ghias, who erotic associations. It is a fled Iran following Ghias’s fall from favour in the court there. It was a hurried exit; the two and their captivating account, its retinue had to join a commercial caravan despite depth of detail recreating the fact that Asmat was visibly pregnant. The baby, the intrepid empress-to-be, was born by the a world whose constraints side of the road, near the town of Kandahar, her of lineage would seem to birth “a moment of pleasure to the caravan com- munity amid the hardships of the road”. preclude the advance of an unknown, self-made, book jacket Propelled by the optimism and ambition that widowed queen is such a part of migration, then and now, Ghias and Asmat managed to make good in their new and carpets) went everywhere, from overnight home. Their noble Persian lineage and the connec- trips to melon fields to months-long excursions to tion of a cousin led them, in just a few years, into the gardens of Kashmir on the edge of the Himala- courtly circles. The Mughal monarch at the time yas. All was well until it wasn’t. Nur Jahan’s “rise was Akbar, the second of the Four Great Mughals; to power had been relatively swift”; her fall was a man deeply committed to exemplifying a reli- It may well have been on just those visits that languished in Bengal with only her wet-nurse Dai “even swifter”. gious and cultural cosmopolitanism unparallelled the audacious Mihr encountered the young Prince Dilaram for company and her husband away on Lal’s book is an act of feminist historiogra- in the era. Lal translates what this meant for those Salim, who would eventually obtain the title Je- military campaigns. He returned long enough to phy. Beyond its excavation of the achievements of raising daughters within the ambit of the court. hangir. There are multiple versions of the pair’s get her pregnant and a few years after being wed, a queen deliberately “effaced from the record”, it Girls of nobility were not educated in the tradi- first rendezvous. All agree that it must have been Mihr gave birth to a daughter called “Ladli” or usefully portrays Nur Jahan as an imperfect char- tional sense, but were well taught in lore and leg- momentous, so much so that the emperor Akbar, “loved one”. Back at court, Prince Salim became acter, though an exceptionally courageous one. In end, ritual and tradition, not to mention the man- irked at his already betrothed prince’s infatuation, Emperor Jehangir, an aesthete renowned as a a world and time in which a woman’s power de- agement of relationships that could translate to hastily helped to arrange Nur Jehan’s marriage to “sensuous person with no fewer than 300 young pended on the men she could manipulate, Nur Ja- social mobility. By the time Mihr, the Nur Jehan another man. In a seeming instant, the 17-year-old and beautiful women attached to his bed”. None han deployed charm, wit and threat in the service to be, reached puberty, her mother had managed Nur was sent off in 1594 with her new husband to were enough, apparently, to make him forget his of her own influence. invitations to visit the royal harem as guest of the the far-flung province of Bihar, where he filled an childhood sweetheart. emperor Akbar’s Persian wife Salimeh. imperial post. For the next 12 years, Mihr-un-Nisa On 11 May 1611, Mihr-un-Nisa, whose husband The Guardian C M Y K C M Y K ------8 “It is time to show the doors to to doors the show time to is “It According to the report, the areas in the areas the report, to According dis Shopian South Kashmir’s report, the per as year, this June “Political outfits like the NC, PDP the NC, outfits like “Political asserted that progressive Gupta changes He said the progressive According to BOSE, Hornbill (Core Hornbill BOSE, to According that reads notification The BOSE The data as per the report, also re report, as per the The data a truck during the day, Earlier highway the on movement Traffic ing region under direct control of control under direct ing region holding ofthe Centre, DDC elections, elimination of and stronger militants vigil along the borders. indulge which political groups such and sway in anti-national activities the death-knell,” towards innocents he said, claiming that the over ofwhelming response people and that turnout shows voter “massive win the DDC polls to the BJP is going majority”. with a thumping jects shall be set from the revised the revised shall be from jects set ofcourses and an for syllabi study including examination nual, regular who candidates of private those fresh in upcoming exams. appear to are ule under which traffic plies alterna ule under which cities. the twin capital from tively veals that militants and joint forces en and joint forces that militants veals in 7 gunfights in Kashmir capitalgaged these gun where The areas Srinagar. place included Lawaypora, fights took Batamaloo,Malabagh, Zoonimar, Kani Mazar Chowk, Barzulla, Pantha and Rangreith, Nawakadal that witnessedBudgam gunfights in included Behramporayear ongoing the Charar-e-Sharif Nawhar Chadoora, In Baramulla and Aribagh Mochwa. ofdistrict Kashmir these ar North eas include Shatlu Rafiabad, Armpora Sopore, Reban Sopore, Hardshiva Sopore, and Kreeri Nowan Sector, Naugam Chang Mohalla Keran, Pattan. Yedipora Kralgund Ganawpora Handwara, in frontier areas and Machil Handwara witnessed gunfights. Kupwara district trict also witnessed gunfights in Melhora, Reban,Keegam, Wachi, Mool Chitragam, Turkawangam, and Kutpora Chakoora Sugan, Kilora, of district South Another villages. 5 witnessed only Kulgam Kashmir’s while in Anantnag en encounters Bijbehara, in Sirhama rage counters Kharpora, Sangam, Arwani, Ronipora, Watargam, Wanghama, and Kokernag. Pinjora Reban, month in Kashmir. the bloodiest was mil 45 kill to managed Forces Joint in this month. A Para-military itants also killed in June in was trooper of village Bandzoo Kashmir’s South district. Pulwama Party (PDP), alleging that the two two (PDP), alleging that the Party of loose a rein loot parties had “let state”. and plunder in the erstwhile opposing the BJP are and Congress of the sake for opposition otherwise or issue to reason no valid have they dedication party’s the saffron contest he said. people,” towards place in Jammu took which changes the Prime Minister and Kashmir after Modi-led government Narendra convinced have power came into party only is “BJP the that people nationalism, public values which the most”. and development good of contentious include abrogation and Article 35A, bring Article 370 allotted to theory examination and theory examination to allotted assessment the internal 20 marks for it reads. of the classes,” both English Snapshots and Course) General the are (Supplementary Reader) English books 11th for general new been published are that standard, standard, 12th the for and NCERT by Course) and Vistas (Core Flamingo respectively. (Supplementary Reader) papers of sub the both the question Kangan, Goripora Barsoo, Goripora Kangan, Bandzoo, Gusso, Meej, Dangarpora, Samboora Zadora, Kamrazpora, Hakripora Dadoora, Pampore, Awantipora, Noorpora Kakapora, Tikan and Shar Shali Khrew, Begpora, said. the report village, on movement vehicular restore to on are said, adding that it is they the highway, hours. four nearly take to expected in Ramban,turned turtle at Nachlana of blockade the a temporary causing highway. of in view one-way to restricted is and project four-laning the ongoing allowed were vehicles accordingly, Jammu this morning to Srinagar from announced sched as per the already ------Jammu and Kashmir The Board of Board The School A landslide struck the struck landslide A The eight-phase DDC elections, “This as a great will be written re He said the DDC polls, which chiefdeputy former The minister The board in this regard issued in this regard The board “The reads, notification BOSE The and scheme syllabi per the new “As 77 encounters raged in different in raged encounters 77 in encounters the nine deadly In alone killed in were militants Seven in Kashmir Valley Some villages Bhoomat road the hit landslide The suffered vehicles The officials said two have agencies maintenance Road mocracy in the Union Territory. in the Union mocracy abro post exercise democratic first of and bifurca gation special status year, last tion of state the erstwhile with nearly concludedon Saturday their exercising per cent electorate 51 in the final phase. franchise ofelection in the history Jammu and herepeople the Kashmir because has won,” that democracy shown have to his gratitude said, expressing Gupta the people of Jammu and Kashmir for participating in the DDC polls. turnout in voter a “massive” corded only not all the eight phases, have of over the victory democracy proved but also “openedguns and bullets, of Gupkar leaders who ex the eyes the people ofploited the Kashmir and de years 70 the last for valley them of their due rights”. prived Conference the National attacked Democratic and the Peoples (NC) Landslide Blocks Banihal Highway, 100’s Of Vehicles Stranded Banihal: BOSE Revises Gen English Syllabus For 11, 12 Classes Srinagar: revised on Saturday Education (BOSE) of English subjectthe syllabi General classes of standard and 12th 11th for Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh UT’s. of lies which a copy a notification, agency—KNO.Besides with the news also the BOSE in syllabi, change of the assessment criteria changed these classes. of and textbooks General syllabi and 12th classes 11th English for in UT and changed been revised have of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.” of assessment, 80 marks shall be Massive Turnout In DDC Polls BJP For Democracy In J&K: Victory Senior BJP leader and formerJammu: Gupta Kavinder deputy chief minister turnout said the “massive” on Saturday Council Development in the District (DDC) elections of Jammu and Kashmir de for victory a decisive had proved 86 Encounters In J&K In Encounters 86 People Dead Left 203 Personnel Militants, 20 Security 178 Year 2020 Among Those Killed In Srinagar: witnessed 86 gunfights in at least 203 people leaving year the ongoing five militants, dead, including 178 and 20 personnel of policecivilians armed forces. and central some of in which ofparts the Valley Hizbulincluding militants, the top Commander, Operational Mujhadeen Dr Sehrai, Junaid Naiko, Reyaz Asif Dar, Nawabi, Saifullah, Sajad Commander Hind Ansar Ghazwatul Bhat, IED expert Tahir Koka, Burhan Wani, Zubair Faujibhai, alias Ikram and Jaish Kashmir Chief, Qari Waleed forces, state the killed by were Yasir Saturday. KNT reported agency news mil said,17 the report Jammu division, also killed. and 3 soldiers were itants jurisdic the under fall that areas The tion of and witnessed Jammu region included Khari- gunfights this year of areas Rajouri, and Nowshera Taharat and Nagrota. Kishtwar Doda, Dachan Jammu. In thegunfightstwin of Nagrota ferrying driver gunfight, the truck recent escape from to managed Jaish militants absconding. and is still the spot than one gunfight.witnessed more Khrew, included Zantral These areas and and Melhora Meej Pampore dis in Shopian. Among 10 Pinjora Ganderbal trict of Kashmir Valley, Kashmir witnessed noin Central ingunfight at all, though militants attacks. carriedthis district out few district Pulwama South Kashmir’s number ofwitnessedlarge gun fights. These gunfights in the dis in Charsoo, Gulshanpora trict raged Chewlora Tral, Kuchalman Tral, Saimoh Tral, Tral, Machohoma Tral, Awantipora, Hari Pari Khrew, Zantral national Jammu-Srinagar 270-km-long on Saturday in Ramban district highway of hundreds Jammu- leaving evening, officials stranded, said. bound vehicles block completely area, Chanderkote in all-weather only the ing the highway, of rest with the Kashmir linking road said. they the country, debris, being after hit by some damages escapedbut their occupants unhurt. and efforts machinery, men and pressed ------A biker died on spot after be A biker Ladakh has recorded one more one more Ladakh has recorded Giving district wise break-up of cas wise break-up district Giving have said 465 patients they Moreover, However, he said, Gulmarg was the sec the was Gulmarg said, he However, conditions, people harsh weather Due to mainly has forecast The weatherman The statement said ED probe has found has found said ED probe The statement re JKCA 2005-2011, It said between when Dr 2006-January “Between 2012, as well instrumental was “Abdullah regular existing It said that “despite “One dormant bank account in the name Kulgam (53), Rajouri (54), Kathua (48), (53), Rajouri Kulgam were travelers thirteen Meanwhile, A meteorological department officialA meteorological a plunge also recorded The temperature With this death, the fatality figure in in With this death, the fatality figure patients The officials said 32 COVID Police sources said a Tavera Vehi said a Tavera sources Police constructed by Abdullah on a “grabbed”on a Abdullah by constructed the agency land of the government, forest “mis Abdullah ED alleged The alleged. sion and the remaining 136 from Kashmir from 136 sion and the remaining Valley. the officialses, reported Srinagar said, 7, Kupwara 11, Budgam 14, Baramulla 61, 10, Bandipora Anantnag 14, 14, Pulwama Jammu Shopian 2, 1, Ganderbal 5, Kulgam Kathua 9, Doda 7, 6, Rajouri Udhampur 97, 4, Ramban Samba 8, Poonch 1, Kishtwar 14, cases of 8 new Covid-19. Reasi 11and var from discharged and were recovered Jammu Division from ious hospitals—184 Kashmir Valley. from and 281 sort, recorded a low of a low minus 9.6 degrees sort, recorded previous the from up degrees two Celsius, nights. two after place in Kashmir Valley ond coldest destination tourist the famous Pahalgam, of a low mi recorded which of the Valley 9.2 on previ Celsius against nus 9.5 degree 5.9°C, minus ous night. Qazigund recorded minus minus 6.0°C and Kokernag Kupwara 6.0°C. from of The water a lot problems. facing are a lot places, causing in many has frozen taps the people who most to of inconvenience in the morning. late their activity start ly also Some portions of were the Dal Lake The scheduled the cold wave. due to frozen made have cuts and unscheduled power the inhabitants. for things worse Jammu and Kashmir and over dry weather ‘Chillai- post days, few next Ladakh for period of win the 40-day harshest Kalan’, begins which on December in Kashmir, ter the cold While it will end on January 31, 21. that in after continues even however, wave, ‘Chillai-Khurd’ Kashmir with a 20-day-long ‘Chillai- (small cold) and a 10-day-long cold). (GNS) (baby Bachha’ used” his position as the president ofused”position as the president his the appointments and made in the past JKCA BCCI sponsoredthat body so sports the in funds could be laundered. the tune of than funds to more that “JKCA been siphoned, in which have Rs 45 crore the tune to cash withdrawals cludes huge corresponding no with ofcrore, 25 Rs justification”. funds from crore Rs 109.78 a total ceived ac cricket conducting various the BCCI for state. in the erstwhile tivities of the President JKCA, was Abdullah Farooq ille he misused his position and clout by of appointments gal office JKCA at bearers the for financial powers gave he whom to funds.” purpose of of laundering JKCA as beneficiary of funds of the laundered alleged. the agency JKCA,” bank ac six new bank account of JKCA, of opened parking for JKCA were counts funds and siphoning of the same.” also made was of Kashmir wing of JKCA EDthe purpose,” same the for operational “layered” funds were said, adding the JKCA in transfers inter-bank of complex way by transfer and also by all the bank accounts fol bank accounts, personal several to siphoning of by the funds. lowed Ladakh Records One More Corona Death Leh: death and nine fresh coronavirus-related cases, taking the infection tally to 9,252 and death toll to 124, officials said on Saturday. of the 81, while rest district reached Leh place deaths had taken 43 COVID-related of the district since the outbreak in Kargil disease in March. after successful treat discharged were ment, taking the number of recovered to 8,654, which is 94 per cent patients of the total cases in the Union Territory, number of cases dropped while the active and 93 in Kargil. to 474 —381 in Leh J&K Reports ... J&K dies in NowgamBiker road accident Srinagar: on Srinagar-Nowgam a vehicle ing hit by late evening. on Friday Bypass cle (JL01M/5869) hit a motor-cycle one Irfan Aijaz by (JK01AK/3138) driven Nowgam. of Aribagh Khan, a resident he was died on spot yet Though the biker doctors declared shifted to hospital where A case in this has him dead on arrival. at police station Nowgam been registered has been seized. while the vehicle Srinagar Records ... Ganderbal (42), Shopian (37), Samba (36), Ganderbal (42), Shopian (37), Kishtwar(21), (22), Ramban (21), Poonch (13). and Reasi cases reported Covid-19 fresh among 301 officials hours, 24 said.in J&K in the last Jammu divi from were Among them, 165 said that today’s minimum temperature in temperature minimum said that today’s the below degrees five almost was Srinagar this time ofnormal for the year. with of parts in other the Valley overnight skiing re famous the world Gulmarg, ------Sunday | 20.12.2020 | Sunday While the book value of these attached While the book value of properties The attached at Abdullah The house at Bhatindi (Jammu) has been The authority decides on the merit ofThe authority The accused can further appeal against “the at the ED statement, to According On December 1, the Pakistan army vi army the Pakistan On December 1, He said the BJP government must realise realise must He said the BJP government forc secular democratic It is time for firing and The LoC has witnessed heavy soldiers of two the 27, On November 26, a Junior Commissioned On November Attaching the property of Farooq of the property Farooq Attaching The media reports about ED attaching ED attaching about The media reports The sources said there was no firing from no firing from was said there The sources of are UN vehicles Since movements PTI, Haq by a question to In response was that a vehicle aware simply We’re also Indian military sources Separately, that the UN MilitaryIndia maintains The central probe agency issued a pro agency probe The central a vehicle damaged in an incident and damaged a vehicle “At about 5 pm, Pakistan initiated the initiated 5 pm, Pakistan about “At casu ofreport no any was there said He the central government to kill dissent to government the central has at Directorate The Enforcement hospitals so that the public does not face face the public does not so that hospitals official the added. inconvenience, any ferent places in J&K,” the agency said in a the agency places in J&K,” ferent statement. their market crore, is Rs 11.86 properties be about Rs 60-70 to is estimated value pa NC officials said. The 84-year-old crore, the ED in this by has been questioned tron case a number of being times, the last in at Srinagar. October (prime Road Residency and at Gupkar Road land that on state locations) are upmarket has been obtained on lease, it said. tached properties include three residential residential three include properties tached in Srinagar, houses -- one at Gupkar Road in Tanmarg at KatiporaTehsil another village and one at Bhatindi in Sunjwan building at commercial “A ofJammu.” has also in Srinagar Road posh Residency been besides attached dif lands at four visional order for attachment of attachment the prop for visional order of Money erties under the Prevention an which (PMLA) against Act Laundering appeal could be filed the adjudi before ofcating authority the PMLA within six month period. the ED ac and ifthe attachment it okays the confiscate to proceeds agency the tion, said asset. ofthis order the adjudicating authority of authority the PMLA the appellate before court, the trial high court and by followed Court. the Supreme ment, Tarigami said. ment, Tarigami numbering in an increased of casualties among the psychosis a fear and triggering of areas. residents border ticed by the Central government to kill dis to government the Central ticed by the country across sent and disagreement surfacedtimehas a case at present the and concluded, just when the DDC polls have the CPI(M) leader said. of and intimi the dangers witch-hunting designs . vindictive from dation and desist their voice raise the country to es across designs of such the BJP govern against alty on the Indian side. result weeks, few last the during shelling shelling forward by the ceasefire olated along the LoC. A BSF sector in Rajouri posts killed in the shelling. was sub-inspector killed when Pakistani were Indian Army and shelled fire for opened heavy troops in Rajouri sector in Sunderbani posts ward district. killed and a was Officer of (JCO) the Army by in shelling injured critically civilian in Kirni and Qasba sectors troops Pakistani of Poonch. ment has been unnerved by the support ment has been by unnerved Gupkar Alliance for of Peoples’ people to concluded in the just (PAGD) Deceleration Council (DDC) polls, Development District PAGD here. said in a statement Tarigami parties mainstream ofalliance an is seven the PDP Conference, National including the Abdullah. and the CPI(M), and is headed by politics prac is partAbdullah of vindictive tached assets worth Rs 11.86 crore of crore Rs 11.86 worth assets tached in and others chiefthe former minister laundering money connection with its financial alleged irregu to linked probe Kashmir Cricket larities in the Jammu and Association. is nothing Abdullah ofproperty Farooq as the BJP govern but a political vendetta ment of the LoC. PTI ED Attaches ... UN Probes ... baseless and false, completely are Control incorrect. factually on Friday. the Indian side in that sector not does the question in advance, known said, firing, the sources such arise of any baseless. are adding the allegations of sides what both said the UN is aware about the at this stage been saying have incident. an unidentified I said, no hit by object. Like harmed in this incident but a ve one was are we and damage, some sustained hicle the incident. investigating the Pakistan by the allegation rejected Nations United of targeting “Reports Army. said a military source. true,” not are vehicle es in India and Pakistan, Group Observer its has outlived tablished in January 1949, the Shimla after utility and is irrelevant establish and the consequent agreement No Let-Up ... ED Move ... the mission is currently investigating the investigating the mission is currently Farhan incident, UN Deputy Spokesperson Delhi Haq said. Official in New sources the from emerging said the reports have on the UN attacks regarding side Pakistani ofLine along the troops Indian by vehicle unprovoked ceasefire violation by firing violation by ceasefire unprovoked in mortars shelling and arms small with the official said. Kirni and Malti sectors,” and disagreement across the country. across and disagreement ------“We have four incidents in the area to in the area incidents four have “We He directed chief medicalHe directed officers Dulloo also asked the officers utilise to Jan Bharat Ayushman the Regarding The financial commissioner asked the the managing direc Dulloo also directed Omar expressed wonder that the prop wonder Omar expressed “There can be the sei for no justification know came to He said that his father tipped the media was surprisingly “Not Khan said that all the injured are stable stable are injured Khan said that all the Strengthening the 3-Tiers of Panchayati ofPanchayati the 3-Tiers Strengthening of J&K voted voters and first-time “Youth The LG further said that the polling sta “I thank all the on-duty officers/officials He added that with the culmination of the people of J&K that we “I reassure place for effective roll-out of roll-out the scheme effective place for proceeds ofproceeds “crime”. who is the Omar, In a series of tweets, be in to is presumed He said everyone Srinagar, Residential Building / construc Building / Residential Srinagar, the incidents ofthe incidents stone-pelting. pedited so that maximum people take its pedited so that maximum people take benefits, said. the spokesperson of the process registra expedite (CMOs) to is so that no family tion under this scheme left out. the services of the Common Service Centre successful for effectively (CSC) operators the scheme, ofimplementation SEHAT said. spokesperson the financial commissioner Yojana, Arogya the officers that all Indoor see directed to reg Department (IPD) cases are Patient besides under this scheme COVID istered patients. and principals of different administrators utilise the services of to medical colleges so that maximum effectively Mitras Arogya under the Ayushman covered people are said. the spokesperson scheme, Bharat oftor the J&K Medical Supplies Corporation the for medicines keep available to Limited tion at Katipora, Tehsil Tanmarg (District (District Tanmarg Tehsil tion at Katipora, Eidgah, Tehsil Zoonimar, Baramulla, Tanmarg, Tehsil Katipora, Srinagar, District Khallamulla, Tehsil Baramulla, District Ganderbal, Village Ganderbal, District Bahu, District Bhatindi, Tehsil Sunjwan, (Gupkar Sonwar Jammu, Land at Estate (South), District Srinagar Tehsil Road), Tehsil Kothibagh, Land at Estate Srinagar, where Srinagar, (South), District Srinagar is lessee, Balance Abdullah Farooq Dr. at Marla Kanal& 15 leased land out of 10 (South), Srinagar Tehsil Kothibagh, Estate at Rs 6,46,99,259, valued Srinagar District holds 1/3rd Abdullah Farooq Dr. where Bhatindi (Jammu), Sunjwan, Village share, Dr. land occupied by and Forest State 04 No. (State Khasra Abdullah, Farooq Land), 05 &06 Nos. (Forest Land), Khasra Sunjwan, House at Village Residential on Jammu, Bahu, District Bhatindi, Tehsil Sunjwan, Land at Village and Forest State 04 No. (State Khasra Bhatindi (Jammu), 05 & 06 Nos. (Forest Land) and Khasra Land). trial “unlike a fair nocent and is entitled to in the court of the media or the court of BJP social media”.managed dating ancestral largely are erties attached one recent with the most the 1970s from 2003.built before basic test the very fail because they zures ofproceeds as the been ofacquired having he said. beingthe ‘crime’ investigated,” of in about the attachment his properties the JKCA into investigation the ongoing the media. through matter he had before the seizure off regarding official or documenta notice any received he said. tion,” day in which around fifteen includ people around which in day PA Dr. injured.” got DDC candidates two ing said. Khan, BMO of Mendhar sub-division and out of with minor injuries and danger been one among them has shiftedonly to some specialised for treatment. a hospital PM To Roll Out ... Properties Attached ... 12 Properties ... 12 Properties LG Praises Voters ... Praises Voters LG Union (DDC) elections in the Council Territory. elections were in J&K, the DDC System Raj time in the UT and the the first held for the DDC Elections has been to response as per an official he said, encouraging, very spokesperson. he said. tomorrow,” and better new for tions across the UT witnessed long queues the UT witnessed queues long tions across out and people came of voters enthusiastic numbers, with the voter in large vote to in the tradition even turnout percentage man registering areas percentage low ally held earlier to as compared increase ifold elections, and Panchayat Parliamentary of that faith itself the peo which manifests ofple demo Jammu and Kashmir in the deepened. has process cratic determined and commitment their for of conduct the smooth efforts the for all, I thank and DDC elections and above of the people partic J&K for congratulate enthu ipating in the elections with such siasm and zeal and making the elections Sinha as per an official success,” a massive said. spokesperson DDC elections, the people of J&K will, for em see a truly time in history, the first entailing democracy grassroots powered decision funding and decentralized direct making in the planning and development of areas. rural the better towards work will sincerely onahead ofment march will J&K and all without any the path of peace and progress discrimination”, Sinha added. by the prime minister and also to ensure ensure and also to the prime minister by ex is ofdistribution process the that card vice president of the National Conference, of Conference, vice president the National “is in Abdullah, Farooq said his father, and will fight all his lawyers with touch in the one place that these baseless charges - a court ofmatters law”. ------page page front front news “ Congress candidate from Mendhar-B, Mendhar-B, from candidate “ Congress of the life protected to “Sensing threat in damage also suffered vehicles Many However, fourth and the major inci and the major fourth However, He said that the people of Jammu and of the role political recognise to I want about the possibility of the On a question said that counting of Sharma Further, “Jammu division recorded an average an average recorded “Jammu division 29.91% “The recorded Kashmir Division the SEC said wise details, district Giving he said, in Jammu division, Similarly, held were elections the that said SEC The that a very note to promising “It is very was Sharma further said that re-polling the SEC said, that further details, Giving be done He said that the same would He further added that the poll timing thanks to The SEC further expressed a piv has played “The Administration Officials said that voting under the last under the last Officials that voting said a scuffle took constituency, In Mankote of areas Mendhar-C Kalaban and Jagal “At of area at Salwah Meanwhile, witnessed 50.98 per cent of The polling. from from dent took place at Sakhi Maidan area area Maidan Sakhi at place took dent where DDC constituency of Mendhar-B at Sakhi Maidan polling station re-polling voting bogus suspected after ordered were during the 7th phase. reported was Sakhi Maidan to way on was Khan Parveen stone came under heavy when her vehicle of her and two her PSOs in pelting leaving officials said. jured,” one of her PSO resorted leader, Congress the attackers,” away scare firingaerial to to officials said. date and independent candidate entered entered candidate independent and date in a scuffle. otal role in making the elections a success role otal made it happen. In actually have as they officials have government the Kashmir that ensure cold to the chilling braved comes out successful,” process democratic Sharma said. participated Kashmir “overwhelmingly” their thus reposing in the election process process. and democratic in democracy faith participating for parties and independents in these polls. Also, I thank the government including the police and CAPFs machinery their efforts, Sharma said. for the success polls in the UT after assembly ful culmination of the DDC polls, Sharma of election is the mandate said, “Assembly the ECI (Election Commission of India). It is (as comment. But, they me to right for not and polls) will happen sometime sembly it.” for steps the ECI will take constituen Panch and Sarpanch for votes poll in the eighth phase to went cies which is being conducted. ing stations including 1028 from Kashmir from including 1028 ing stations Jammu division. from and 675 division dis with Poonch turnout of 72.71% voter of percentage the highest trict recording with district Reasi by followed 83.58% Sharma with 77.31%,” and Rajouri 81.92% said. with Kupwara turnout voter average polling at the highest recording district with 56.56% Bandipora by 63.80% followed 44.60% recorded district and Baramulla he added. polling,” the polling per that in Kashmir division 35.12%, was in Budgam recorded centage Pulwama 11.20%, Anantnag 8.66%, Kulgam in registered 8.50% and 8.58%polling was Shopian. record was of 73.65% poll percentage in Kathua, 73.42% ed in Samba, 73.93% Kishtwar, in cent per Ramban,in 73.45% in Doda and 70.33% 60.49% in Udhampur, 69.39% in Jammu district. time the first for 280 DDC constituencies to in Jammu and Kashmir. observed participation ofgood people was and enthusiasm among the people could the in view be peak keeping on its found have to going are that these elections fact ru the in scenario developmental the on “Besides he said, adding community,” ral Halqas and 12153 Panchayat these, 1088 elections,” to went constituencies Panch from candidates contesting after ordered candidates political parties, other several complained about unlawful and voters at some polling during polling activities ofstations Mendhar and Shopian DDC create to Besides, attempt Constituencies. at some polling stations. ruckus has been polling done at four the re-polling of (Bufliaz DDC constitu stations Poshana ency) today. Hajama of stations polling 17-PS two in DDC and 32-MS Gallian (Mendhar-A of polling stations two constituency), 29-Sakhimaidan & 30-GMS Sakhimaidan be DDC Constituency) (Mendhar-B of stations polling Balpora two at sides Shopian-II) on 21st (DDC Constituency December. the count 2 pm whereas be 7 am to would beshall ing done on December22, 2020 of the DDC constitu along with the rest the encies as per the schedule notified by Election Authority. Health department, the Administration, Parties, Political J&K Police, Security forces, Media and help for candidates contesting free conduct peaceful, transparent, ing to elections. and fair 2 Candidates ... 51% Turnout ... 51% phase was held in Mankote and Mendhar-C and Mendhar-C held in Mankote phase was on of district constituencies Poonch Saturday. Mohammad Ashraf, where place at Chajjla of and three his an independent candidate were stones after injured got supporters on their vehicles. pelted scuffle near polling stations constituency, of supporters PAGD place between took in and an independent candidate candidate at Kalaban injured persons got two which an official said. area,” and one at Jagal in the injured got four-person Mendhar-C, candi ofsupporters morning after PAGD SEC said that polling was held in 1703 poll 1703 held in SEC said that polling was Business Sunday | 20-12-2020 09 LG Inaugurates Experience 'Why India' To 'Why Not India': Centre Cum Sales Outlet Of JKI PM Modi On Change His Reforms Have Brought rime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday hard sold his government's reforms spanning from Pmanufacturing to taxation to la- bour, saying they have changed the world perception about the country from 'why India' to 'why not India' and went on JAMMU: Lieutenant Governor, tion reaches its full capacity. to quote record foreign invest- Manoj Sinha inaugurated the On revival plan of JKI, the ment during the pandemic as a “Experience Centre cum Sales Lt Governor was briefed that testimony to that. Outlet” of Jammu Kashmir In- the revival plan is being im- Speaking at industry asso- dustries (JKI) Ltd worth Rs 6.50 plemented while focusing on ciation Assocham's Foundation been given to boost domestic ca- crores, at Shaheedi Chowk, making the organization a Week event, Modi also said ag- pabilities and capacity, he said. Residency road here today. profitable and viable entity, riculture reforms brought by his The Prime Minister called on Advisor to Lt Governor, Sh. besides providing livelihood government six months back the industry to make all efforts Baseer Ahmad Khan; Commis- support to the marginalized have started benefiting farmers. to make India self-reliant. sioner Secretary Industries and sectors of the society, espe- "There was a situation in the "Reforms have changed glob- Commerce Department, Sh M.K. cially those associated with past when investors would ques- al perception from 'why India' Dwivedi. Divisional Commis- the cocoon rearing and pro- tion 'why India' (for investing in to 'why not India'," he said. "The sioner Jammu, Sh. Sanjeev Verma; duction of wool. the country). With reforms (of world trusts the Indian econo- Managing Director JKI Sh. Sanjay Accordingly, the revival plan India Requires Rs past six years) and their effects, my. Record FDI and FPI during Handoo; senior officers of the con- of JKI has focused primarily its proposition has changed to pandemic testimony of that." cerned department were present. upon revival/modernization/es- 'why not India'," he said. Modi asked the industry to Speaking on the occasion, the tablishment of units associated He cited scrapping of 1,500 adopt the best corporate gover- Lt Governor observed that the with the silk, wool and joinery 80,000 Cr For Vaccine old and obsolete laws and nance and profit-sharing practices. Experience Centre cum Sales sectors only, it was informed. farming new ones that in tune He also said investment in Outlet would lead to a substantial It was also informed that with the changing investment research and development increase in the sales of the prod- with the establishment of order as an example of his (R&D) must be increased and ucts being manufactured by JKI Experience Centre cum Sales Distribution Next Year: Sii government's outlook. the private sector must scale and would also play an important Outlet, the units associated "Earlier investors cited high up investments. role in making the organization a with silk and joinery sectors une-based vaccine-maker approval, Dr. Satish D. Ravetkar, nually. So, we can roll out this tax rates to say Why India but "There is a great need to in- profitable and viable entity. in the Jammu division have Serum Institute of India, Executive Director of Serum In- vaccine fast. He said that it will today (corporate) tax rates are crease investment in R&D. In It would facilitate the people been made fully functional which has partnered with stitute of India said, "The fund- be easier for all manufacturers to so competitive that they say the US, 70 per cent of invest- who found it difficult and cum- under the revival plan. It AstraZeneca to manu- ing for such large scale distribu- plan their production" ‘why not India’," he said. ments in R&D is done by the bersome to visit the manufac- would increase market vis- Pfacture the Oxford-AstraZeneca tion would be huge, and India Alluding to the menace of coun- Previously, a web of regulations private sector, in India the same turing units of JKI located in the ibility and boost the sales of vaccine, on Saturday said that should be ready with a funding terfeiting, he said, "We have expe- and rules were cited by investors is done by the public sector. A Industrial Estate of Bari Braha- furniture and joinery items, the country would require a of around Rs 80,000 crore for rience in counterfeiting and in this to ask why to invest in India but big chunk of this is in the IT, mana, Jammu, he maintained. silk and woollen products be- massive funding of Rs 80,000 next one year for distribution of Covid-19, this is bound to happen easing compliance burden in the pharma and transport sectors. The Lt Governor stressed ing manufactured by Jammu crore for distribution of the CO- the Covid-19 vaccine." as there is a huge demand for it. new labour laws have made them Today the need is of increasing to formulate a viable market- Kashmir Industries Ltd. VID vaccine for the next one year. The Executive Director added We have to establish machinery say ‘why not India’, he said. the private sector share of in- ing strategy and to open sale The facility located in The Central government plans that India would further have and system to control this." Red tape previously made in- vestment in R&D," he said. outlets outside Jammu and the heart of Jammu city, at to vaccinate nearly 30 crore to ensure adequate power sup- India has eight Covid-19 vac- vestors say Why India but a red More R&D funds should be Kashmir. He directed for con- Residency Road constructed people in the first phase of drive. ply that could help maintain the cine candidates, including three carpet is now making them say set aside across sectors such stituting a three members with a project cost of Rs.6.50 It will be offered to one crore temperature required to keep the indigenous vaccines, under dif- ‘why not India’, he said. as agriculture, defence, space, committee to finalise Brand crores, has a total floor area of healthcare workers, along with vaccine safe in the remote areas ferent stages of clinical trials “From a non-existent culture energy, and construction. names of silk and woollen 11000sq.ft and is spread over two crore frontline and essen- of the country. which could be ready for autho- for innovation to a new ecosys- "Today when we are on mis- products by organising a pub- three floors. It also houses fa- tial workers and 27 crore elderly, "It is a huge challenge, and all rization in near future. tem promoting and nurturing sion mode to make local-global, lic competition to get sugges- cilities like display cum sale of mostly above the age of 50 years the stakeholders have to work It includes AstraZeneca and startups has given the world we have to react fast to geopoliti- tions for the brand names. furniture and joinery items, with comorbidities. together to take up the challenge Oxford university developed and confidence to say ‘why not India’. cal developments. A mechanism He further impressed upon of- silk and wool products being Three vaccine candidates - of such large scale operation," he Serum Institute of India manu- "Earlier there was so much has to be developed to see how ficers of JKI to work with high zeal manufactured by JKI, parking Serum Institute-Oxford's Cov- said at NASSCOM's webinar on factured Covishield, Covaxin by government interference that India can meet any sudden spurt and added efforts so that utilisa- space, fire fighting system, ishield, Bharat Biotech's Covaxin 'Vaccine Trials - Optimizing the Bharat Biotech Limited, ZyCoV-D investors said ‘why India’. Today in demand in the global supply tion of raw material and produc- lifts besides others. and Pfizer vaccine are in the fray Supply Chain', emphasizing on the by Zydus Cadila and Russian vac- the faith reposed by the gov- chain," he said adding there was for emergency use authorization. need for a clear communication cine candidate Sputnik-V. ernment in the private sector a need for better coordination The Central Drugs Standard Con- from the Central government. The list also contains NVX- and encouragement of foreign between the Ministry of Exter- trol Organisation (CDSCO) has Dr. Ravetkar said, "Everything CoV2373 by SII, HGCO19 by Ge- investors have made the same nal Affairs, Commerce and Trade, sought additional data from the starts with government getting neva, and two unlabeled vaccines- people say ‘why not India’," he and industry associations. Budget 2021: Finance Minister Serum Institute as well as Bharat into action. IT-enabled supply Recombinant Protein Antigen said. He stated that new India is "I would urge you to give Biotech to get approval. chain management should be based vaccine by Biological E Lim- pushing towards AatmaNirbhar suggestions on how to react Speaking about the logistics established as at Serum Institute ited-and Inactivated rabies vector Bharat (self-reliant India). fast and respond on global Promises 'Never Before' Like of the vaccine after it is granted we produce 1.6 million doses an- platform by Bharat Biotech. The government's main focus transformation, how better is on manufacturing and pro- mechanism can be devel- Union Budget, Seeks Inputs duction linked incentives have oped," he told India Inc. inance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday prom- Dwivedi Holds Meeting With Construction Fised a "never before" like Tourism Department Gears Up To Union Budget as the government looks to steer the pandemic-bat- Agencies Of Major Development Projects tered economy and push growth. Celebrate Christmas, New Year While investment in health, JAMMU: Commissioner Secretary, of construction material for the proj- eries authorities for extending the Secretary Tourism Reviews Preparations medical Research & Development Department of Geology and Mining, ects . He maintained that the major validity of NOC. (R&D) and developing greater M. K. Dwivedi, today convened an projects of Railways, National High- Regional Officer NHAI informed For Winter Season skills to handle telemedicine is officers meeting to discuss and fa- way , AIIMS and other prestigious that they have been issued Disposal SRINAGAR: With the onset of Win- said winter activities and celebra- going to be critical, livelihood Parliament on February 1, 2021. cilitate availability of key construc- projects need proactive facilitation Permits by the Department for the ter and on the eve of Christmas and tions should be organized across challenges would have to be seen The minister said that to revive tion material to various construc- by all the stakeholders for timely ex- Ring Road work. the New Year, Jammu and Kashmir various Tourism destinations, so in a newer canvas with newer growth, support has to be extend- tion agencies especially involved ecution. Various issues and require- Regarding the STPs, Dwivedi issued Tourism is all geared up to celebrate that Tourism stakeholders and perspective on vocational train- ed to those areas which have been in execution of major development ments of the construction agencies instructions for immediate process- and organise various gala events in Tourists present there are able to ing and skill development. disrupted badly due to the COV- projects. were elaborately discussed in the ing of STPs after these have been duly the coming weeks across various participate and enjoy in the festi- "Send me your inputs so that ID-19 pandemic as well as to those Commissioner Secretary informed meeting and instructions issued for submitted to the Mining Department. Tourism destinations in both the val's and colorful events. " The up- we can see a Budget which is a areas which are now going to be that the Department has taken sever- speedy disposal of issues. NHIDLC requested for inclusion of Kashmir and Jammu Divisions. coming Christmas and New year Budget like never before, in a the centres for newer demand and al measures to streamline the system Chief Engineer, R. K. Hedge, CHOD, the Agency within the ambit of S.O. 345. In this regard, Secretary Tourism, should be celebrated in a manner way. 100 years of India wouldn't newer engines of growth. of Mining Leases. Complying with the KRCL requested for issuance of fresh The Fisheries department was in- Sarmad Hafeez on Saturday chaired befitting the occassions" he said have seen a Budget being made "Considering our size, population directions of NGT to put in place leas- STPs in district Reasi. structed to immediately issue neces- a meeting at TRC Srinagar to review Secretary, Tourism added that fol- post-pandemic like this. "And and potential that India hold for good es with environmental clearance, the Director, Geology and Mining, Vikas sary NOCs for pending cases of PSUs the preparations for these events. lowing the opening up of Tourism that is not going to be possible growth and building of economy, I Department has successfully carried Sharma informed that 6 STPs were and other cases as grant of leases Director, Tourism Kashmir, Di- sector in July, 2020, after months of unless I get your inputs and wish wouldn't hesitate here to say that we out transparent e-auction in all the earlier issued and the issuance of fresh have been held up for the same. rector, SKICC, CEO, Gulmarg Devel- lockdown, Tourism Department im- list, clear observation of what has shall be the engine of global growth districts across the UT, he added. He STPs has been fast tracked besides the The meeting had also detailed as- opment Authority, CEO, Pahalgam mediately started organising vari- put you through the challenge... along with a few other countries. We said that the whole process of grant extraction at Kanthan and Pai Khad sessment of equirements of AIIMS Development Authority, Joint Direc- ous events across various Tourism Without that, it is impossible for will be a significant contributor to of Lease and securing Environment sites are being operationalized. project at Vijaypur and decisions tor, Tourism, Joint Director, Youth Destinations to send a message to me to draft something which is global economic revival," she said. Clearance has been fast-tracked and Representing IRCON, Chief Engineer were taken up for meeting the same Services &Sports, Divisional Sports the intending tourists that the UT going to be that Budget like never Further, Sitharaman said that the position on ground is improving. (North), B. S. Tomar raised the issue that to ensure expeditious execution of Officer, Srinagar, Manager, J&K Cable is ready to welcome and host them. before, a Budget which is being while providing more funding for He said that the objective of the the Department of Fisheries has issued this significant project. JKPCC and Car Corporation, Gulmarg and se- He said the Department also orga- made after a pandemic," Sithara- infrastructure, it would be impor- meeting was to give impetus to ma- NOC with validity for six months only, JKML were asked to provide mate- nior officers of the Tourism Depart- nized interactive meets with Tour- man said while addressing the CII tant to bring in private partnerships jor developmental projects of Na- which is grossly inadequate and needs rial to AIIMS, IIT and other important ment were present in the meeting. ism stakeholders across the coun- Partnership Summit 2020. for not just providing buildings and tional importance and improve the to be extended to atleast 3 years. projects as their leases are likely to Secretary, Tourism urged the of- try including with the Travel Trade The Union Budget for 2021-22 hospitals, but also for providing the co-ordination at various levels to ef- M. K. Dwivedi advised IRCON to get operational soon which shall ficers to work as a team in order to Fraternity of Kolkata, Maharashtra, is scheduled to be presented in capacities to run these hospitals. fectively make seamless availability formally take up the issue with Fish- ease the position for these projects. achieve the desired outcomes. He Gujarat and other States. NEWS MAKERS Training Program On Mushroom Cultivation PM Modi Lauds Tata Group For Its Role In India's Development rime Minister Narendra and marshal our efforts to do what Held At Khonmoh Modi on Saturday praised you have set ourselves to do. SRINAGAR: The Department of Ag- themselves in self employment unemployed. Tata Group for its role in "It is now our job as industry, to riculture Production and Farmers generation activities. Mushroom Development Officer, India's development. follow this, to show the benefits of Welfare today organised a training he Project Coordinator said that Srinagar informed that Zewan village PSpeaking at the Assocham Foun- this leadership which I am quite program regarding Mushroom Cul- mushroom cultivation has commer- of Block Khonmoh has been adopted dation Week 2020 event, Modi confident we will do," Tata said. tivation on “Commercial Scale and cial dimensions which can uplift the by the department as Mushroom vil- said in the last 100 years the in- Thanking the Prime Minister for its Sustainability,” under centrally socio-economic status of growers. lage under PMKKKY and had estab- dustry chamber has witnessed ups leading the country through this sponsored scheme Pradhan Mantri He impressed upon the concerned lished 52 mushroom units and all the and downs of India's development, difficult period, Tata said "I think Khanij Kshetra Kalyan Yojana (PM- Officers to ensure that all the inno- units are running successfully. including the country’s indepen- if we all stand together and follow KKKY) in the mining affected area vative steps are being taken to pro- He said that the beneficiaries of dence struggle. what you have said, what you have of Khonmoh. mote the mushroom sector. the village were given various inputs, "Tata Group has played an impor- done and what you have shown, The Project Coordinator Mush- He said that there has been a training and awareness to update tant role in India's development," we will have a situation where the room, Farooq Ahmad Shah inau- record breaking yield and pro- and engage them in the mushroom Modi said after presenting the 'As- try from front during the difficult a lockdown, you got a lockdown, world will look at us and say this gurated the training camp. He said duction of mushrooms in the cultivation activity on a full time ba- socham Enterprise of the Century time of pandemic and hoped that you showed the country as one Prime Minister said it could hap- that the main objective of conduct- year 2020-21, and urged upon the sis besides motivating others. Award' to Ratan Tata, marking the the industry will now take forward that responded to shutting out of pen and he made it happen". ing such training camps is to give mushroom experts and scientists Meanwhile, the programme was contribution of the business group the benefits of his strong leadership. power and lights for few minutes, Meanwhile, salt-to-software con- technical knowhow on commercial of the department involved with attended by beneficiaries, edu- in the nation's progress. "Yes there will be periods of dis- you made that happen. glomerate Tata Group was among cultivation of Mushroom on scien- the scheme to organize special cated unemployed youths of min- Speaking at the event, Tata Group content, there will be opposition, “It's not cosmetic, it’s not show- "multiple" entities that earlier this tific lines with main thrust on sus- training programs on scientific ing affected areas and other senior Chairman Emeritus Ratan Tata but there is never any dithering or manship, it has put the country week put in preliminary bids for tainability so that the youth engage cultivation of mushrooms for the officers involved with the scheme. thanked Modi for leading the coun- any ... running away ... You want together showing we can stand up buying loss-making carrier Air India. C

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Pfizer's vaccine must be stored at ultra-cold temperatures of minus 70 degrees Celsius How Moderna's COVID-19 Vaccine (-94 Fahrenheit). Once thawed, it can only be refrigerated for 5 days. The vaccine requires a special shipping container packed with dry ice Compares To That Of Pfizer's to keep it at the proper temperature.

The following is a compari- Moderna's 28 days apart. Very Fahrenheit) for up to six months. allergic reactions to a medicine US regulators authorized Moderna Inc's COVID-19 vaccine for son of the two vaccines and few participants who received After it's thawed, it can be kept in or food should not get the Pfizer/ emergency use on Friday, a week after granting the first US what to expect as both become the vaccine in either trial got sick a refrigerator for up to 30 days. BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. available: with COVID-19 and almost none But the US Food and Drug authorization to Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE's coronavirus shot. got seriously ill. Side effects and safety Administration has said it should How are the vaccines similar? Data the companies have sub- Neither of the two large-scale be safe for most Americans with Both vaccines use messenger mitted to the Food and Drug clinical trials of the vaccines allergies to receive the vaccine. RNA (mRNA) technology, which Administration suggest that they turned up any serious long-term Will masks still be needed? contains instructions for human start offering partial protection side effects. But the vaccines do More data is needed to un- cells to make proteins that mimic against COVID-19 around two have slightly different short-term derstand exactly how effective part of the coronavirus. The in- weeks after recipients receive side effect profiles. either vaccine is at preventing structions spur the immune sys- their first dose. While the vaccines have not virus transmission. While they tem into action, turning the body been compared head-to-head, are both highly effective at keep- into a virus-zapping vaccine fac- How are they different? Moderna's vaccine appears to ing symptoms and severe illness tory. No actual virus is contained be associated with slightly more at bay, we do not know if they in the vaccines. Cold versus ultra-cold severe cases of fatigue, headache prevent someone from becom- Both the Pfizer/BioNTech and The main difference between and fever in the day or two fol- ing infected. Until that is known, Moderna vaccines target the the two vaccines is the tempera- lowing the second shot, espe- experts say, masks will still be crown-like spikes on the surface ture required to keep them stable cially in people younger than 65. needed to ensure that vaccinated of the coronavirus that it uses to long-term. Although not seen in its clini- people do not spread the virus. break into healthy human cells. Pfizer's vaccine must be stored cal trial, Pfizer's vaccine has been Will Americans get to choose? The spikes also give the family of at ultra-cold temperatures of linked with a few cases of severe At this point, with vaccines viruses their distinctive name. minus 70 degrees Celsius (-94 allergic reactions as it has been in short supply, few people will The vaccines appear to be Fahrenheit). Once thawed, it can rolled out in the UK and the have the luxury of expressing similarly effective. Pfizer and only be refrigerated for 5 days. United States. At least two health- a preference of which they re- BioNTech's vaccine was around The vaccine requires a special care workers in Britain and two in ceive. The US Centers for Disease 95 per cent effective at preventing shipping container packed with Alaska have reported severe aller- Control and Prevention has rec- disease symptoms in its late-stage dry ice to keep it at the proper gic reactions soon after receiving ommended that the first doses trial, while Moderna's vaccine temperature. the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine. be given to healthcare workers was around 94 per cent effective. Moderna's vaccine can be Britain's medical regula- and residents in long-term care Both are given in two dos- stored at standard freezer tem- tor has said anyone with a his- facilities and most states plan to es; Pfizer's 21 days apart and peratures of -20 Celsius (-4 tory of anaphylaxis, or severe do that.-Agencies Study suggests social holidays Scholarships improve overall well-being This Week Social holidays improve holiday makers' by revenues from the state-owned gambling holidays strengthened feelings of equality The study explored subjective well-being Kashmir Observer in association with Buddy4Study.com overall satisfaction with life, as well as satis- game company, Veikkaus. The researchers among families with children. Earlier studies and experience of inclusion among 299 Finnish presents scholarships available for the meritorious students faction with the quantity and quality of their were surprised to discover that besides an have shown that disadvantaged parents are respondents who had been selected for a social of Jammu and Kashmir. leisure time, and social life, according to a new increase in overall life satisfaction, social well aware that their children are missing out holiday. The researchers surveyed the respon- study from the University of Eastern Finland. holidays also increased, for instance, holiday on things that are possible for most of their dents both before and after their holiday. IIT Ropar Dept. of Chemical Engineering The study analysed the effect of social makers' satisfaction with their employment peers. The study also included a control group of 72 holidays on holiday makers' subjective well- and economic situation. "It is possible that "Going on a holiday away from home is, respondents whose application for a social holi- Junior Research Fellowship 2020 being and experience of inclusion. going on a holiday away from home makes in itself, a very unequal phenomenon. This day had been rejected and who had not gone on Description: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Ropar invites applications Social holidays refer to holidays that are people look at their life in a more positive is often illustrated by examples of children a holiday away from home at their own expense for IIT Ropar Dept. of Chemical Engineering Junior Research Fellowship granted to disadvantaged persons or fami- light, which may be reflected in our results. sharing their holidays memories in school. during the review period. During the review pe- 2020 from master's degree holders. The fellows are required to work on lies usually on economic, social or health- Social holidays are all-inclusive and not hav- Some children may have travelled abroad riod coinciding with the summer holiday season, the SERB sponsored project titled, “Spatial stress correlations in strong col- related grounds, allowing them to go on a ing to buy groceries can have a very concrete and visited theme parks, whereas others the control group's experienced equality and loidal gel and its connection to yielding/plasticity”. holiday away from home that would other- effect on some holiday makers' financial don't necessarily have anything to say about satisfaction with their social status decreased, Eligibility: The fellowship is open for candidates who hold a mas- wise be beyond their reach. Different coun- situation," Project Researcher Elli Vento from their holiday: they've simply stayed home which for its part highlights the significance of ter's degree in Chemical/ Biochemical/ Petroleum/ petrochemical/ tries have different systems of funding so- the University of Eastern Finland says. without any possibility for activities typi- holidaying away from home has for experienced Polymer Engineering OR hold a master's degree by research in Chemical/ cial holidays, and in Finland, they are funded The researchers also found that social cally associated with holidays," Vento says. well-being and inclusion. -Agencies Biochemical/ Petroleum/ petrochemical/ Polymer Engineering or Technology with a GATE or CSIR UGC NET qualified score. Experience in numerical simulation/ solid mechanics/ colloidal systems/ rheology/ soft matter will be an added advantage. Prizes & Rewards: INR 31,000 per month Last Date to Apply: 31-12-2020 New study suggests link Application mode: Via email only Short Url: www.b4s.in/observer/ITJ7 between pregnancy loss and DMRL-DRDO Junior Research Fellowship/Research Associateship 2020 health of fathers-to-be Description: Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) invites applications for DMRL-DRDO Junior Research Fellowship/Research he findings of a new study School of Medicine (California, may have an important impact on Associateship 2020 from BE/BTech/PhD degree holders. suggest that more than a USA), who led the research, said: the pregnancy.” Eligibility: For Research Associateship, the candidates must be below 35 Tquarter of pregnancies might “It’s been known for some time that The researchers analysed data years of age. They must hold an ME/MTech degree with first-division with be ectopic or end in miscarriage the health of mothers has an impact from US insurance claims cover- conception. There were 785,809 to the pregnancy losses that we 3 years of experience or hold a PhD degree in Metallurgical Engineering/ or stillbirth if the father-to-be is on the developing foetus and events ing 958,804 pregnancies. As well live births and 172,995 pregnancies observed; for instance, we know Material Science and Engineering. unhealthy and has three or more at the time of birth. This is the first as metabolic syndrome, they gath- (22%) lost to ectopic pregnancy, already that paternal smoking and For JRF, the candidates must be below 28 years of age. They must hold medical conditions such as obesity, study to suggest that pregnancies ered information on other medical miscarriage or stillbirth during the diet can affect sperm quality.” a BE/BTech degree in Metallurgical Engineering/ Materials Science diabetes, high blood pressure or sired by men with increasing num- conditions such as chronic obstruc- period of the study. Limitations of the study include: and Engineering/Materials Science/Materials Engineering/Materials high cholesterol levels. bers of medical conditions are at tive pulmonary disease (COPD), As expected, pregnancy losses in- potential lack of detail and accurate Technology with first division. In a retrospective study of nearly higher risk of ending in miscarriage, depression and heart disease. creased with the mother’s age and diagnoses inherent in obtaining in- Prizes & Rewards: Up to INR 54,000 per month plus HRA a million pregnancies between ectopic pregnancy or stillbirth. They also calculated the burden the number of other medical con- formation from insurance claims Last Date to Apply: 02-01-2021 2009 and 2016 in the US, pub- “In the group of men we studied, of chronic disease for all patients, ditions she had. However, the as- databases; pregnancy losses that Application mode: Via email only lished today in the journal Human the risk of losing the pregnancy which included age and medical sociation with the health of the fa- did not result in a medical claim, Short Url: www.b4s.in/observer/LDR3 Reproduction, researchers found was 17% in couples where the fa- history of problems such as heart ther and pregnancy loss remained. for instance, early miscarriage, ------that if the father was diagnosed ther had no components of the failure, heart attack, diseases of the The risk of losing a pregnancy also were not included in the database, Mi Scholarship for Class 11 and 12 Students 2020-21 with metabolic syndrome, which metabolic syndrome but increased blood vessels, kidney and liver dis- increased with the age of the father. although the frequency of mis- includes these medical conditions, to 21% in couples where the father ease, cancer, stroke and dementia. The mechanisms by which the carriages, still births and ectopic Description: Xiaomi India invites applications from students studying in there was an increased risk of the has one metabolic syndrome com- They adjusted their calculations to father’s health might affect the risk pregnancies observed in the study Class 11/12 and undergraduate level. The scholarship is meant to support mother losing the pregnancy. ponent, 23% where he has two, and take account of other factors that of pregnancy loss is not known. were similar to estimates for the meritorious students who belong to underprivileged sections of the society. Compared to men who had none 27% where he has three or more. could affect pregnancy, in par- Prof Eisenberg said: “We hy- general US population; as the find- Eligibility: The scholarship is open for Indian nationals only. The appli- of the components of metabolic “While this study cannot prove ticular, the mother’s age, health, pothesise that the father’s health ings include only privately insured cants must be studying in Class 11/12 or undergraduate (any stream) level. syndrome, the risk of pregnancy that poor paternal health is a cause weight, and whether or not the fa- and lifestyle could adversely affect and employed parents, the findings They must have secured at least 70% marks in their previous qualifying loss increased by 10%, 15% and 19% of pregnancy loss, it shows there is ther or mother smoked. the genetic make-up and expres- might not be generalisable to other examination. respectively for men with one, two an association. 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WITH THE WAY INDIA BATTED & BOWLED IN THE 1ST SUNDAY innings, they were in the driver’s seat, but the Aussies came back really 20 DECEMBER 2020 “hard this morning. That is the beauty of Test cricket. 11

WE HAD A LEAD OF 60-ODD when we arrived, and then just “collapsed. We played two days of good cricket to get in a position and then just lose it in an hour. It really hurts.” INDIA SLUMP To Lowest Ever Score As Australia Clinch First Test devastated India crashed to catches as the bowlers found the edge. for the birth of his first child, leaving his The carnage left Australia, who scored got for the veteran who fell without scor- Cameron Green as he attempted a cover their lowest ever score of 36 “I didn't expect it to come that quick, I stunned team to face three more Tests, 191 in the first innings, needing 90 to ing. Cummins, the world's number one drive. on Saturday as Australia ran was expecting a real dogfight,” said skip- starting in Melbourne on Boxing Day, win, with out-of-form Joe Burns hitting a Test bowler, sent down a delivery that At 19 for six, India were in real danger riot to win the opening Test per Paine. “To hang in, give our bowlers without him. Ajinkya Rahane will as- confidence-building 51 not out, including had to be played and Pujara caught an of making their lowest ever score and Ain Adelaide by eight wickets after Josh a chance, and then turn up and start the sume the captaincy. a six to win the match. edge that carried to wicketkeeper Paine. when Wriddhiman Saha (4) chipped a Hazlewood and Pat Cummins produced day the way we did, full credit to our “It's very hard to put those feelings into Matthew Wade made 33 and Marnus It left India on 15 for three, and it only Hazlewood delivery to Marnus Labuscha- a bowling masterclass. bowling attack again. words,” said a disconsolate Kohli. Labuschagne six with Steve Smith not got worse with opener Mayank Agarwal gne and Ravi Ashwin was out next ball it India started the third day of the “It's nice to get off to a good start. “We had a lead of 60-odd when we out one. back in the pavilion five balls later for became a reality. pink-ball Test on nine for one and with Chuffed with the way we bowled in arrived, and then just collapsed. We In trouble nine, again caught by Paine on Hazle- A four from Hanuma Vihari spared a 62-run lead, looking to build a com- this Test.” played two days of good cricket to get Cummins wasted no time removing wood's opening delivery. them some shame, taking India past petitive second innings total for the It was an incredible Indian collapse, in a position and then just lose it in an nightwatchman Jasprit Bumrah for two Hazlewood and Paine again com- New Zealand's all-time low. But Vihari hosts to chase. with no batsman reaching double fig- hour. It really hurts.” in the second over of the day, temping bined to get rid of Rahane for naught, (8) didn't last much longer, caught by But their hopes were left in tatters by ures during a capitulation that lasted less India's previous Test low was 42 him to push at a slower ball that popped after which Cummins picked up the Paine with Hazlewood again doing the a wicket with bounce and deviation as than 22 overs, in contrast to their battling against England at Lord's in 1974. Their back up to him. massive wicket of Kohli. damage to complete an excellent five- Hazlewood took 5-8, including his 200th first innings' 244. 36 was the joint fourth lowest of all That brought the stubborn Cheteshwar The superstar batsman had smacked wicket haul, before Mohammed Shami Test wicket, and Cummins 4-21. That included skipper Virat Kohli, time, with New Zealand's 26 facing Eng- Pujara to the crease. He saw off an over Cummins for four but was gone the next was forced to retire hurt after a Cum- Wicketkeeper Tim Paine claimed five who fell for four and now heads home land in 1955 at Auckland the worst ever. from Cummins, but that was as good as it ball after a review, caught by debutant mins thunderbolt hit his right arm.

Getting Bowled Out For 36 Is The OTP To Forget Is Comparing India’s 2 Lowest Going To Create Headaches 49204084041: Cricket World Test Totals: 1974 Vs England For India, Feels Hazlewood Reacts After India Collapse & 2020 Vs Australia To Its Lowest Test Score

ADELAIDE: With shock and score was 42 against England - 165, 191, 242, 124,244,36. amazement, the cricket fra- at the Lord’s in 1974. Clearly India needs to improve ternity reacted to the night- Batting great Sunil Gavaskar its defensive skills. Easier said mare that the Indian team felt the Australian pacers were than done in today’s environ- endured in broad daylight be- brilliant. ment.” fore crumbling to its lowest- “... It’s not fair to blame Australian spin leg- ever Test score of 36 here on the Indian batsmen end Shane Warne Saturday. for the way they got said: “Wow!! India’s much-vaunted bat- out because it was What a bowl- ting line-up was blown away just simply superb ing display that by the menacing pace duo of bowling by the was from Pat ndia's lowest Test innings the ongoing day-night Test. Pat Cummins and Josh Hazle- Australian bowl- Cummins & total of 36 on Saturday at Then, India were reduced to wood as Australia recorded a ers,” Gavaskar told Josh Hazle- the Adelaide Oval against 19/6 on Saturday which is their convincing eight-wicket win Channel Seven. wood here in Australia is in many ways lowest at six wickets down. In inside two and half days in the While pointing Adelaide. Just Idifferent from their previous that Lord's Test, India lost their opening Day/Night Test. out the current outstanding. lowest of 42 that Ajit Wadekar's sixth wicket at 28. “The OTP to forget is batsmen’s Have to team managed in 1974 at Lord's The fiasco at Lord's, which 49204084041,” former In- defen- against England. was hosting the second Test of dia opener Virender Sehwag s i v e Though there was one major the series, had followed a Test tweeted in reference to the similarity -- India did not lose all loss at Manchester by 113 runs. batsmen’s sequence of scores 10 wickets as the No. 11 on both The ongoing Test at Adelaide is in the second innings. occasions was injured. the first of the series. None of the Indian batsmen To start with, the Lord's in- In that Lord's Test, at least one managed to reach double digits. nings came after the Indian batsman managed to get into Sehwag’s idol, Sachin team was already under the double figures with Eknath Solkar Tendulkar, conceded India cosh following on in the face of managing an unbeaten 17-ball 18, were outclassed. a 327-run deficit. England had hitting a six and two fours. “With the way India bat- hammered 629 in the first in- In the innings at Adelaide, no ADELAIDE: India will feel the Hazlewood scripted one of their ted & bowled in the 1st nings and India could reply with Indian batsman could get into aftershocks of crumbing to their biggest wins in recent times. innings, they were in 302 in their first. India already double figures with Mayank lowest Test total of 36 heading The pacer though cautioned the driver’s seat, but the had their backs to the wall en- Agarwal's nine being the highest. into the remainder of the four- his teammates that the win was Aussies came back really tering the second innings back India's worst play on Saturday match series against Australia, history now and they must look hard this morning. That then, unlike this time when they came during a phase of just un- Adelaide Oval's wrecker-in- forward to the coming matches. is the beauty of Test cricket. frailties, former batsmen Sanjay feel for the Indian batsman went into the disastrous second der six overs between the last chief Josh Hazlewood said on "It is probably a fresh start to a It’s NEVER over till it’s over. Manjrekar observed: “36 will no as never saw that coming - it innings with a 53-run lead in ball of the eighth over and the Saturday. degree for the batters and bowl- India was outclassed in the doubt be looked at in isolation & was one of those days where first innings. In fact, nine runs fourth of the 14th over when Virat Kohli leaving for pater- ers, and they have a player com- 2nd half. Congratulations to should be too, but here’s India’s the batsman nicked every- were already added to the lead they lost five wickets for just nity leave from the second Test ing for Virat and they have got Australia!” Tendulkar wrote. totals in last 3 Tests (2 in NZ) thing & didn’t play and miss for the loss of just one wicket on four runs. They lost four wickets will also add to the visitors' some class players on the bench India’s previous lowest Test when the ball has moved around at all! Unbelievable...” Friday night, the second day of at the team total of 15. woes, according to Hazlewood, to be honest, so good players are who snared five wickets in mere going to come in and we will 25 balls to help his team post an have some plans for (them) no eight-wicket win in the opening doubt," he said. Day/Night Test and take a 1-0 Mohammed Shami was taken lead in the four-match rubber. to a hospital for scans after be- IFA Shield: Real Kashmir Defeat George Telegraph In Final "Getting bowled out for 36 ing hit on the hands and Hazle- eal Kashmir FC clinched man Adefemi broke the deadlock even better. It feels good to save a is going to leave a few head- wood said the visitors would their maiden major trophy (38th minute) from a penalty but decisive penalty in a big final like aches here and there and their have to dig deep into their re- by lifting the IFA Shield after the Georgians restored parity in the this," Samanta said. best batter (Virat) is leaving as serves if the India pacer was beating George Telegraph second half with a terrific solo run Listen to the latest songs, only well, it is going to leave a bit of ruled out of the second Test. R2-1 in the summit clash on Saturday, by substitute Gautam Das (50th). on JioSaavn.com whole," Hazlewood said at the "It is obviously a blow, we though the 127-year-old tournament But 10 minutes later, skipper Just before the I-League starting post-match press conference. don't know how bad it is yet, we was held without some of the coun- Mason Robertson snatched the on January 9, it turned out to be a Kohli's absence is also an op- will wait and find out how much try's top sides. In fact, in recent years, lead for the Snow Leopards with perfect pre-season outing for the portunity for others to prove damage has been done. most of the top clubs have not taken a towering header. Snow Leopards and coach David their mettle after the forgettable "But he (Shami) is a class part. This year, four I-League teams There was more drama in store Robertson was all excited. outing at the Adelaide Oval. bowler and he has shown in this and eight Calcutta Premier League at the Saltlake Stadium as the Real "We are really happy after win- "...But they have got plenty of game, so they might have to dig sides took part in the competition. Kashmir captain conceded a penalty ning the historical IFA Shield. We class batters on the side-lines to deep in their arsenal to cover Besides RKFC, Mohammedan Sport- in the 80th minute when he brought know the history of this Shield. come in, not of Virat's class. But him but we probably expect him ing, Gokulam Kerala and Indian Ar- down Vivek Singh inside the box. We were confident of winning the in terms of the series, it is great to play. rows were the other I-League sides. But, Real Kashmir goalkeeper Mit- was brilliant under the bar and it team to win this historic tourna- IFA Shield and at last we did it. We to be one up, it is better than be- "I am not too sure how bad it Fresh from a hat-trick against hun Samanta turned out to be their was his second save of the day to be ment. We feel good and we will didn't look at it as a preparation for ing one-down, as we found out is, to be honest," he said when Mohammedan Sporting in the hero, diving it to perfection to deny awarded the Man-of-the-Match. go into I-League on the back of the I-League but it was a different last time," he added. asked whether injury to Shami semifinals, Nigerian forward Luk- Tanmoy Ghosh's spot kick. Samanta "It is a great moment for the this championship and try to play tournament for us," the coach said. It was in the company of pace would give the Australians a colleague Pat Cummins that psychological edge. PTI C M Y K C M Y K ------12 C o OME erg H

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