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  R                          789)85 been a top priority for the cur-   rent Government since it came nion Home Minister Amit to power in 2014, he said.   UShah on Saturday Decentralisation and devolu- informed the that tion of power have taken place Statehood will be given “at an in the Union Territory follow-    appropriate time” to Jammu & ing the revocation of Article Kashmir even as he reiterated 370, Shah said, noting that   that the Centre’s commitment panchayat elections saw over 51 is to bring peace and develop- per cent voting. Panchayats   789)85 ment “first” in the Union have been given administrative Territory. and financial powers for local nion Finance Minister Replying to the debate on development, something they UNirmala Sitharaman on J&K Re-organisation lacked earlier, he added. Saturday said the Union Budget (Amendment) Bill, which Now people chosen by the 2021-22 has set the pace for includes the AGMUT cadre in masses will rule J&K, not those aatmanirbhar and hit #$             !" the Jammu & Kashmir, Shah born to “kings and queens”, he hard at Congress leader Rahul told the Lok Sabha that the said, attacking dynastic parties Gandhi for his “hum do, healthcare capacity building have patience to listen to replies Modi Government’s top prior- in the region. Even our rivals humare do” barb saying he is and development of agriculture on allegations levelled against ity is nothing but the develop- could not allege any wrongdo- becoming a “doomsday man” infrastructure, among others, the Government. ment of the region. ing in these polls which were for the country by constantly which are expected to have a “We need to recognise “You people are asking me conducted fairly and peaceful- insulting Constitutional func- multiplier effect on the econo- these two tendencies of the what happened after scrap- ly, he said. tionaries and creating fake nar- my. Congress party... this makes it ping Article 370 in 17 months                   Work on two AIIMS in the ratives. With regards to increasing clear that their belief in a while forgetting how three    !" region has begun, and the Replying to a debate on the allocation for rural job guar- democratically elected families ruled the State for 70 Kashmir valley will be con- Union Budget in the Lok antee scheme, Sitharaman said Parliamentary system is com- years!” said the Home Minister Narendra Modi Government is Premachandran. The Rajya do with Statehood, and Jammu nected to the railways by 2022, Sabha, the Finance Minister the Government will allocate pletely finished,” Sitharaman reiterating that the Statehood committed to bringing peace Sabha has already passed the & Kashmir will be accorded the the Union Home Minister said. said the challenges of the Covid more funds for Mahatma said. will be given in “appropriate and development in the region Bill. status at an appropriate time, He also gave assurance to the pandemic did not deter the Gandhi National Rural Responding to former time”. first,” said Shah. Taking a dig at Shah at one Shah reiterated. people of Jammu & Kashmir Government from undertaking Employment Guarantee Congress president’s speech “You people don’t read the Slamming the Opposition point, Chowdhury said, “You He said the region’s Union that “no one will lose their reforms for maintaining long- (MGNREGA) scheme for on Thursday, during which he Bill properly. This is just about for objecting to the posting of claim all development in Territory status is temporary land”. The Government has term goals of the country. 2021-22, if needed, as against spoke about farm laws but not AGMUT Cadre inclusion in Hindu officer in Muslim-pop- Jammu & Kashmir has been and then took a swipe at the sufficient land for develop- “The reforms undertaken Budget estimate of 73,000 on the Budget, she said, “He is J&K and Ladakh. This Bill has ulated region, Shah said, “I am done by Narendra Modi. Please Congress and other parties — ment works, Shah said. will lay the path for India to crore. probably becoming a dooms- nothing to do with Statehood. amazed that you people are also claim Dal Lake was also which had backed Article 370 The Bill seeks to replace the become one of those fastest- Hitting out at the day man for India.” You people during debate just now talking about secularism created by Modi,” said of the Constitution that gave Ordinance to merge the J&K growing economies in the Opposition, she said the The Minister said that the talk on Article 370. It is gone. but what kind of secularism is Chowdhury. special status to Jammu & cadre of civil services officer world, she said, adding the Government under Prime Congress leader laid the “foun- It was only a temporary clause this?” The Home Minister also Kashmir — saying this was a with the Arunachal Pradesh, Budget has set the pace for Minister Narendra Modi dation” but did not speak about which you people kept for 70 He was replying to the slammed some Opposition temporary provision but they Goa, Mizoram Union Territory India to become aatmanirbhar”, “works for common people the Budget during the discus- years and now asking me when objections against the Bill members for their claim that continued with it for over 70 (AGMUT) cadre. Shah said the she said. and not for crony capitalists.” sion on it. the Statehood will be given raised by Opposition leaders the proposed law negates the years before the Modi Government expects that The Finance Minister said In her sharp riposte to “I wanted to know from back. I am telling you the Adhir Ranjan Chaowdhury, hopes of the region getting Government annulled it in around 25,000 Government the Budget has laid emphasis Rahul, she said the former the Congress why it took a U- Statehood will be given on an Assaduddin Owaisi, Manish back its erstwhile Statehood. August 2019. jobs will be created in J&K by on increasing capital expendi- Congress chief was creating turn on the farm laws but no appropriate time. The Tewari and NK This legislation has nothing to Jammu & Kashmir has 2022. ture, raising allocation for fake narratives but does not reply came,” she said.  (        !" # #   $          !"#$% &'(               )      *         789)85 The study interviewed     around 2,500 respondents,  L ! !   789)85 Day violence, over 500 police said that 122 farmers had so ndia has one of the worst including 1,647 respondents "M! "   ! personnel had been injured, far been arrested by Delhi Iroad safety records in the from low-income households, " &      rotesting farmer unions on while a protester had died. Police in connection with 14 world with a total of 1,50,000 432 from high-income house- !     PSaturday demanded a high- On January 26, thousands of the 44 FIRs, adding that fatalities and 4,50,000 injuries holds and 420 truck drivers in    "    ' level judicial enquiry into the of protesting farmers who SKM will provide legal and in road accidents every year, the four selected States (Uttar violence during the tractor reached ITO from the financial aid to all the arrest- resulting in social-economic Pradesh and Bihar represent-       rally in Delhi on January 26 Ghazipur border clashed with ed farmers. losses equivalent to a shocking ing Low-Capacity States and     and the alleged “false” cases the police. The SKAM leaders claimed 3.14 per cent of GDP every Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra   " ( ! slapped on the peasants. Driving tractors, many of that “false” cases were being year. representing High-Capacity !  )     Addressing a press confer- them reached the Red Fort and slapped on farmers charging As per World Bank report States) across urban and rural  &   (   ence at the Singhu border, hoisted a religious flag there. them with serious offences like released by Union Minister areas.  *+  Samyukta Kisan Morcha lead- At the press conference, dacoity and attempt to murder for Road Transport and The qualitative part of the  ! ,  -*+  ers asked farmers who are get- another leader Ravinder Singh to “harass” them. Highways Nitin Gadkari on study included focus group    .'/+ & !! "  ting police notices not to Saturday, India has one per cent discussions with road crash  '      appear before the force direct- !     %#& # ' of the world’s vehicles, but it The study, released by centage terms, the number of survivors and their family  "   "    ly and instead approach the accounts for 10 per cent of all Gadkari, reveals that more accidents decreased by 3.86 per members and in-depth inter- L    !M legal cell constituted by the + ,-    % ( road crash victims. than 75 per cent of poor cent in 2019 as compared to views with adolescents aged   ' unions for any assistance. And more alarming is the households in India reported a 2018, while accident-related 14-18 years. Kuldeep Singh, a member : Three more men )    fact that 70 per cent of the fatal- decline in their income as a deaths decreased by 0.20 per “We have taken a number   !"  of SKM’s legal cell, said that a have been arrested in connec- #  ities are in the age group of 18 result of a road traffic crash. cent and those injured of positive initiatives to reduce    retired judge of the Supreme tion with the violence during to 45 years. The financial loss for the poor decreased by 3.86 per cent. road crash deaths in India.   ""   Court or high court should the farmers’ tractor parade in New Delhi: The Delhi Police’s With the National Road amounted to more than seven The World Bank report With the support of all stake-     012 "  probe the incidents to unravel north Delhi’s Burari area on Crime Branch on Saturday Safety Month underway, the months’ household income, highlights the disproportionate holders in our society, I am  "    1&.*3 the “conspiracy” behind the Republic day, police said on took actor-activist Deep Sidhu World Bank in association with while it was equivalent to less impact of a road crash on committed to reducing road  "  & January 26 violence and the Saturday. The accused — and another accused Iqbal the SaveLIFE Foundation, a than one month’s household poor households that pushes crash deaths by 50 per cent by "   !    alleged “false cases” against Sukhmeet Singh (35), Gundeep Singh to Red Fort to recreate national non-Governmental income for rich households. them into a vicious cycle of 2025,” Gadkari said in his  !" !  the farmers. Singh (33) and Harvinder the scene of events that unfold- organisation focused on road As per the Road Accident poverty and debt. address during the release of &    According to SKM leaders, Singh (32) — were identified ed at the historic monument on safety, released the compre- Report, 4,49,002 accidents took It sheds light on the links the report in the presence of "  '5& 16 farmers who had partici- with the help of CCTV footage Republic Day during the hensive report on “Traffic place in the country during between road crashes, poverty, Hartwig Schafer, World Bank  !"    pated in the tractor parade are and technical probe following farmer’s tractor parade, a police Crash Injuries and Disabilities: 2019, leading to 1,51,113 deaths inequality, and vulnerable road Vice-President for the South (6/"  ' untraceable. In the Republic which raids were conducted. officer said. The Burden on Indian Society.” and 451,361 injuries. In per- users in India. Asia region. ,#     ./ '  *##    # 0(      1    +& ## 5<>7?<   :;<=  ;<858 ;;:8)@;< espite the Odisha PURI:The inside pictures of /&/3&1+1 DGovernment’s request not the Jagannath Temple in to conduct panchayat elections have again gone viral on social in the bordering villages of media exposing poor frisking  1++ ;<8 Kotia gram panchayat under at the shrine’s entrance points. Pottangi block in Koraput dis- The Shree Jagannath of the shrine. <8;A8< trict, the Andhra Pradesh Temple Administration (SJTA) The lapses in security came Government went ahead with   <:58 =7) elections, withdrew their filed an FIR at the Singhadwar to the fore after two pho-   5=789< its plan amid tight security in papers and all villagers assured police station seeking action tographs clicked from the the disputed region on On Friday, Koraput observations, the Court has he conspiracy by Andhra not to vote. against the social media user Dakshina Dwar (south gate) of he State registered 59 new Saturday. Collector Abdaal Akhtar had also observed that should the TPradesh to intrude and As per the assurances, for violation of the temple the templer were circulated on TCovid-19 positive cases in In the presence of Andhra written to his Andhra’s State of Andhra Pradesh go forcibly hold elections in Rayagad block’s Gangabad, rules. The complaint was Instagram with the photo and 15 districts, increasing its total electoral officials, voting began Vizianagaram counterpart ahead with its plans as regards Gangapada panchayat of Madhiakhal, Manikapatan, lodged against Shalini Passi, video sharing the social net- tally to 3,36,101 on Saturday. at 6 am in five villages, Madkar, appealing not to conduct the the subject mentioned above, Gajapati district in on Burusingh and Amaringi vil- who belongs to Haryana. working site. Out of the new cases, 34 Daliamba, Barnapadu, elections in the disputed region necessary consequences will Saturday failed. lages’ locals boycotted the polls, “This act is an offence The photographs were were quarantine cases and 25 Patusineri and Konadara, and as the matter is currently sub- follow. The same was pro- Due to timely efforts of said the Sub-Collector. under Section 30-A(4)(c) of posted by the Instagram user were local contacts. continued till 3 pm. judice in the Supreme Court. nounced in the presence of Gajapati Collector Anupam However, it was alleged Shree Jagannath Temple Act, Shalini Passi on her profile on The day’s highest nine People were seen in long “I am to bring to your counsel for the State of Andhra Saha, not a single person cast that some votes were cast in the 1955. Besides that, by publish- February 3. With the circula- cases each were registered in queues since the morning to attention that in Contempt Pradesh. A copy of the associ- vote.Administrative and police names of people of Gajapati ing the photographs in social tion of the inner photos of the Sundargarh and Bargarh dis- cast their votes even after Petition No. 172/2021 arising ated case documents have been officials of Odisha led by Sub- district with fake identity media, the culprit has endan- temple on the social media, tricts. efforts by the BDO and out of Original Suit No. handed over to the counsel for Collector Sangram Sekhar proofs.The Andhra Pradesh gered the security of the tem- they went viral. The active cases stood at Tehsildar of Pottangi to con- 10/1968 (The State of Odisha the State of Andhra Pradesh,” Panda protested the action of police also misbehaved with ple and such activity has hurt Though mobile phones 787 in the State and the cumu- vince the them not to partici- Vs. M.Hari Jawaharlal and the Collector wrote in the let- the neighbouring State. electronic mediapersons and the sentiments of millions of and cameras are banned in the lative samples tested were pate in the electoral process, Others), the Hon’ble Supreme ter. Besides, earlier, they held deleted the footages they had devotees,” the FIR stated. Jagannath Temple, a series of 80,01,701. which was a “conspiracy” by Court of India has been pleased However, the Andhra frequent meetings with the collected in their cameras. The The fresh incident had put similar violations of restriction However, 100 patients the neighbouring State. to issue notice to the State of Pradesh Government con- villagers of Gangapada pan- district journalists’ association the temple security personnel has been made allegedly by recovered on the day, taking the Security personnel of Andhra Andhra Pradesh and post the ducted the panchayat polls to chayat, following which two condemned the highhanded- in the dock for alleged poor devotees as well as servitors in total recoveries to 33,3451 in Pradesh were deployed at the case to Friday, the 19th claim its jurisdiction rights women candidates, who had ness of the Andhra Pradesh frisking at the entrance points past. PNS the State. polling stations. February, 2021. In its oral over Kotia. filed their nominations for the police.      01 &2 A SAD UNNECESSARY DEATH 

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Odisha Government (SUJOG) to requirements of citizens, state of the art green field air- scheme, the The dissidents, who would ship. But he did not keep his was launched by Housing & architects and technical per- port at Brahmapur and for Odisha reportedly leave for New Delhi Former MLA Devendra word and, on the other hand, Urban Development Minister sons while providing a soft- rapid industrialization includ- Government is shortly after February 15 to Sharma telephoned AICC gave tickets to very weak can- Pratap Jena on Friday. ware-based verification of ing development of tourism setting up air- meet the party high command, Odisha in-charge A Chella didates, who wanted to fight This transformative e-Gov building plans and details for industry and railway infra in ports in are of the firm view that the Kumar and appraised him polls with their own money. initiative is intended to provide compliance with the various Ganjam district Rourkela (which is just 90 km Odisha both are jointly adopt- Congress cannot face the about the meeting and urged The dissidents are also of the most advanced ICT- rules as defined in the ODA Senior member ODF from Jharsuguda airport), ing a different policy of shift- upcoming polls to the urban him to ensure that a new State the view that the fact that enabled services to urban citi- Act, 1982. Laxmi Narayan Padhi, senior Utkela, Puri (which is only 56 ing of responsibility to each and rural bodies and then the party chief is chosen at the ear- Patnaik’s younger brother zens. The system envisages a member of Bahumukhi Samaj km from ), other for the establishment of general elections in the State if liest to save the organisation. Soumya Ranjan Patnaik The OBPAS has been iden- seamless integrated workflow Mangal Kendra Manas Patra, Paradip and Jaypur. But airport here. Members of the Patnaik continues to be at the Chella Kumar, according to the joined the BJD on the eve of tified as a key reform agenda to between various Government ‘Utkal Samaj State Secretary Brahmapur city which is the ODF expressed their deep con- helm of the organisations. dissidents, assured that he the 2019 elections and became fast-track approval of online departments.H & UD Principal Saroj Pattnaik, ODF members second largest urban cluster in cern for this approach while They feel that the Congress would do whatever possible in a BJD candidate has sent a building plan applications. It is Secretary G Mathivathanan V Someshwar Rao, Ajay Sahu, Odisha and commercial as well discussing with Patro. The is getting weaker at the grass- the interest of the State party wrong message to the an end-to-end online system informed that the department Pritish Panigrahi, Abibhavak as educational hub of south Speaker asked local MLAs to roots level by the day in view unit. Congress rank and file about for the entire building plan would migrate all its urban ser- Sangha president Madhusudan Odisha has been neglected and raise the issues in the Assembly of the strongly-ensconced rul- Pointing to the Congress’ his sincerity in leading the approval processes, including vices to the SUJOG platform Sahu, Divine Charity presi- the Department of Civil and promised to look into it ing Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and miserable performances in the party. automated building plan draw- very soon. dent Biranchi Narayan Sahu Aviation and Government of personally, sources said.  #       32          :  Q  ) $$$   +R    (  ,   7>?<5     , Secretary Hemant Sharma as level, which could be possible chief guest, who assured all due to various policy measures ?8 BALESWAR: A King Cobra olice busted a sex racket fol- 9    support of his department to adopted by the Government was grievously injured in a fight Plowing a raid on a house in address the issues on top pri- resulting in a lot of interest of )8 ;7<;7 with its arch rival a mongoose Akharia village under Odagaon   ority. He informed about the investors. in a forest near the block of Nayagarh district on Government’s move under the Notably amongst the   5=789< Panchalingeswar Temple in Saturday afternoon.Two women leadership of Chief Minister industry representatives pre- Nilgiri in Baleswar district. engaged in the flesh trade were   5=789< Naveen Patnaik to ease out the sent were from Hindalco, JSL, ongress student wing The incident was filmed in rescued from the house and a various processes so as to ESSARMINMET, MAGNUM CNational Students’ Union mobile phones by locals. middleman was arrested.For he inaugural executive attract more investment in the and many others. of India (NSUI) staged a rally The cobra was trying to the past few days, residents of Tcommittee meeting of the large sector which would help Director Industries in Bhubaneswar on Saturday escape the deadly attack of the the village were alleging that the newly-elected office-bearers of entrepreneurs of the State to Sadique Ahemed, another demanding resignation and mongoose by climbing onto a sex racket was operating from the Utkal Chamber of come forward for more MSME guest of honour, offered time- arrest of Minister Pratap Jena tree while the latter was pulling the house. On the basis of their Commerce & Industry (UCCI) units and create a proper ly redressal of any issues that for his alleged involvement in arrested protesters at Raj Mahal Cabinet colleague Pratap Jena, and biting the serpent’s tail. complaints, a team of the was held on Friday with its ecosystem and give a stimulus would be brought to his notice. three political murder cases in Square. who is involved in massive cor- Being informed about the Odagaon police raided the president Brahma Mishra in to the State’s industrialisation Outgoing UCCI president his Mahanga constituency. The NSUI leaders who ruption. incident, local tourist guide house.A police official said that the chair. Mishra committed to which is now on a fast track. Ramesh Mahapatra was felici- The rally, which started were arrested included State Nawaz also stated that Manoranjan Das reached the the rescued women have been take care of the requirements of IPICOL MD Nitin B tated by the chief guest for his from the Congress Bhawan president Sayeed Yasir Nawaz Minister Jena should be spot and rescued the cobra, kept at a short stay home while all stakeholders. Jawale, guest of honour, yeomen service to the UCCI and moved towards the official and national secretary Rosan brought to the purview of the which was later provided treat- the investigation into the case The event was attended informed the recent recogni- for almost a decade. residence of the Minister, was Lal Bitu. They alleged that the investigation into the murder ment at the Nilgiri Veterinary was on. State Industries Principal tion to the State at national stopped by police which also Chief Minister is shielding his cases without any further delay. Hospital. =    &'()$ *  , , : R Q) R  +  0)    '        0        8+'     4<     5=789<   5=789< he alleged noncooperation he Anti Narcotics Cell on Tof Odisha BJP MPs in rais- TSaturday seized a huge ing the withdrawal of heritage cache of ganja worth Rs 3.5 byelaws for two temples in crore from Mumbai when the Ekamra Kshetra with the contraband was being smug- Union Government triggered a   5=789< occasion. gled in an auto-rickshaw. fresh row on Saturday. In her address, UNICEF The cops also arrested two While a delegation of the ommunity Radio Stations State Chief Dr Monika Nielsen persons in this connection. BJD MPs met Union Minister Cplayed an important role appreciated the genuine efforts However, prime accused of Parliamentary Affairs   5=789< Yogi Adityanath in the event in during the coronavirus pan- of community radios in Lakshmi Pradhan, who is from Pralhad Joshi and his deputy On request of Chief proposed draft notification that Lucknow organised by the demic by being instrumental in addressing grassroots issues Odisha, and owner of the Arjun Ram Meghwal demand- Minister , a prohibits construction work he Odisha Government’s Computer Society of India communicating with people like nutrition, child marriage godown were absconding. A ing withdrawal of the contro- delegation of BJD members around Ananta Basudeba and T‘Drink from Tap Mission’ (CSI), which is the largest asso- through broadcasting and nar- and trafficking, violence against search operation was underway versial bylaws framed by the met the Union Ministers in Brahmeswar Temples. ‘Sujal’ under the 5T initiative ciation of information tech- rowcasting. “They in fact mit- women, dispelling dogmas, to nab them. Reportedly, the National Monuments New Delhi over the issue seek- On Friday, the Chief has won the Award of nology professionals in the igated the myth of Covid-19 etc. She praised the UNICEF’s ganja weighing 1,800 kg smug- Authority (NMA) for Ananta ing withdrawal of the NMA Minister had demanded the Excellence in 18th CSI SIG e- country. Sujal was launched on misconception among the partnership with community gled from Odisha was taken to Basudeb Temple and bye-laws for two ancient tem- Centre to withdraw the bylaws Governance Award event 2020 October 13, 2020 by Chief minds of people,” said Rajya radios for its far-reaching a godown at Vikhroli. Ganja is Brahmeswar Temple, BJP ples in Bhubaneswar like the that would affect livelihoods of on Friday. Minister Naveen Patnaik to Sabha member Amar Patnaik, impact at the grassroots level. smuggled from Odisha and Bhubaneswar MP Aparajita Puri Shreemandir. the Lingaraj Temple servitors. The prestigious award provide assured quality drink- who was addressing a gather- The community radio stored in this godown fre- Sarangi refused to join the However, such an attitude Earlier, cutting across the meant for Smart Water ing water fit for direct con- ing of Community Radio prac- broadcasters highlighted their quently. Sources said that team. of the Parliamentarian in a party lines the Parliamentarians Management being imple- sumption from the tap to all titioners from across the State best practices through their around five to six tonnes of Kendrapada BJD MP non-political issue for interest from Odisha had met Union mented in Puri city was households in urban areas. on the World Radio Day on presentations on Covid-19. ganja are smuggled to had of the State dragged her into a Minister of Culture Prahlad amongst 178 nominations The mission is a flagship ini- Saturday. Various radio formats like Maharashtra from Odisha requested her personally to controversy again. Singh Patel for withdrawal of received from across India. tiative by the Water The Community Radio songs, drama and discussion every month. The Mumbai become part of the delegation, Notably, the State bye-laws for Puri Shreemandir WATCO Managing Corporation of Odisha Association of Odisha (CRAO) formed the USP of communi- police are in contact with the but she declined, said Anubhav Government and servitors of following which the NMA Director of Pradipta Kumar (WATCO) under the Housing organised a day-long meeting ty radios in reaching the Odisha police to nab Lakshmi in a tweet. the Lingaraj Temple are rolled back the draft notifica- Swain received the award from & Urban Development of radio stations to mark the unreached. Pradhan. demanding roll-back of the tion. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Department. 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The inaugural function informed that Laxman com- University status tered with Covid-19 vaccines. professor, Microbiology Dr of the campaign was held Boudh, Gajapati, Kandhamal, gaps among them,” said cam- mitted the crime after the vic- also to the Proposed by a team of Sumanta Sahu. here. The programme is to be Nayagarh, Mayurbhanj, paign convenor Aruna Prasad tim turned down his marriage Ravenshaw VIMSAR doctors a week back, During the survey, the implemented in 17 districts of Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Dihudi. proposal. Recently, Laxman University. many scholars, scientists, free- the project has received nod team would observe serocon- the State by volunteers of the Deogarh and Sambalpur and Odisha Sramajeebi Manch had managed to break the MP Bhartruhari dom fighters and politicians. from the State Government’s version on the people who Atmashakti Trust, Odisha slums of Bhubaneswar. convenor Anjan Pradhan said, marriage proposal of the victim Mahtab on Friday sought in The university has 27 depart- Health Research Committee. have received Covid-19 vac- Sramajibi Manch and Odisha The students mostly “During the lockdowns, we by sending the nude photo of Parliament that the Centre ments and 23 PG departments. The VIMSAR in collabora- cines. Seroconversion is the Mahila Sramajibi Manch. depend on Government had started a Mission 3-5-8 the girl to her fiance. should declare the Ravenshaw It offers PhD, DLitt and under- tion with scientists of the time period during which a Former Odisha Minister schools and could not access campaign where we provided However, later he posted University as a Central graduate honours courses in 28 Regional Medical Research specific antibody develops and of Finance Panchanan online education during the remedial classes in 82 blocks the photos in social media. University. departments,” Mahtab stated. Centre (RMRC), Bhubaneswar becomes detectable in the Kanungo stressed the need for lockdowns due to the lack of of 17 districts where 4,364 Based on the FIR of the victim, “The Ravenshaw He pointed out that while would conduct the research for blood. The study would help regular monitoring and eval- resources such as a smart schoolchildren of Classes-III, the Rajnagar police registered University is the youngest one there are sch multiple univer- over a period of 12 months. A calculate the number of people uation and skill development phone, TV or where internet V and VIII by offering them a case, arrested Laxman and in Odisha. But it has a long his- sities in different states, only team of doctors would do the required to be vaccinated to of teachers. connectivity is erratic which remedial classes to bridge produced him before the JMFC tory. Founded in 1868, the one Central University in study among the VIMSAR achieve herd immunity so that The Mo Chatashalee ini- pushed them at the periphery learning gaps so that they court under various sections of higher education institution Odisha is run in Koraput. healthcare providers who have the pandemic can be con- tiative would cover 1 lakh stu- of education. “This initiative can be at par with their peers. IPC; Section 6 of POCSO Act has been a college for 147 Two days ago, Kandhamal already been vaccinated. Around trolled, said Dr Mishra, adding dents in the districts of which will have 100 days of The result was quite encour- and Section 67 of IT Act. He years and a university for 15 MP had 400 to 500 vaccines would be that the research would provide Koraput, Malkangiri, learning will serve as an alter- aging and helped us run this was remanded in jail custody years. It has been training stu- demanded that the Utkal observed during the survey. additional data in support of Nabarangpur, Rayagada, native learning avenue for the large-scale education pro- after the court rejected his bail dents from Odisha and beyond. University be declared a The team of doctors the vaccine, which would be Kalahandi, Nuapada, Balangir, children to bridge learning gramme.” plea. The academy has given birth to Central University. includes principal investiga- essential in the long run.  -

8,      . 1    97  R.;& :(  $&&!& =  $ 22 BHUBANESWAR: The India    day. project was yet to take off. has not yet been executed, the Meteorological Department The BJP staged protest The BJP has also asked, party slammed. The letter fur- (IMD) Regional Office here on P   " recently at the foundation stone “What about your promise to ther said that it had also been Saturday forecasted light to laying places, to remind of the the people of Rourkela before announced that Rourkela moderate rains for several dis-   betrayal of the BJD and its last election on establishing 2nd Government Hosptal would tricts in Odisha on February 16 supremo. branch of Xavier Institute of get district level hospital status and 17.The IMD said light to  The letter said during 2014, Management here? Chhend and poor persons would be moderate rain is likely to occur the Chief Minister had laid the Central Park which was provided treatment at Hitech at one or two places over the foundation stone for the declared seven years ago is yet Medical College with Rs 10, but districts of Nuapada, Bargarh,  =7)Jual Oram, Rs on February 16 and lay foun- likely to occur at one or two most often while not a single foundation stone for a Medical 10 crore had been granted for dation stone for 271 new pro- places over the districts of project could see the light of the College at Kuanrmunda but the Vedvyas hanging bridge, which jects in the district. Rayagada, Gajapati.  !* 010 :  )  5) .      8      34.        ( ) JHARSUGUD: Health and   5=789< Chalak, OdishaSameer ?878A;7A87;7   5=789< Family Welfare Minister Naba Mohanty, SAKSHAM national KishoreDas on Thursday ded- three-day National president Dayal Singh Panwar 7;< A;8) n a unique initiative to cre- icated the newly-built rural AExecutive Council meeting , general secretary Kamala Iate awareness among people park near Kusumdihi Chowk of SAKSHAM along with State Kant Pandey were on the dais.  on the occasion of the 32nd under Kolabira block in secretaries of all States of SAK- Chairman of National 5)<: Road Safety Awareness Month, Jharsuguda district. SHAM at Utkal Bipana Council for SAKSHAM three crew members of Capital Das praised the efforts of Sahayata Samity (UBSS) Unmesh Andhare, national awan Anand Patri of Kalyani had requested India’s Minister Region Urban Transport district officials and the local Campus , Mancheswar was advisor, MSJE, Government of Jvillage under the of External Affairs for taking (CRUT) dressed up as mytho- panchayat for constructing the inaugurated on Saturday. India Dr Sukumar Kare and Dhamanagar police station in early steps, like interacting logical characters Yamraj and park, which would benefit the Monk Brahmananda media advisor of SAKSHAM district has been lan- with his Pakistan counterpart Chitargupta and disseminated people of Kusumduhi locality. Saraswati, the founder of Kriya Om Prakash were also present guishing in a jail in Pakistan for for Patri’s release in a letter road safety messages among Among others, district Yoga Ashram, Pranta Sangha on the occasion. years. Patri, who had been December 12, 2020. Bhadrak Mo Bus captains and com- Collector Saroj Kumar Samal, inducted in the Indian Army in MP had muters. DRDA PD Tapiram Majhi, 1955-56, participated in the also sent a letter to External The ‘God of Death’ and his by the crew while travelling in rules before they start their Block Development Officer 1962 war with China and in Affairs Minister and the Chief ‘Registrar of Karma’ travelled in Mo Bus. duty,” said CRUT General Bijay Say, Sarpanch Anjan the war with Pakistan in 1965. Minister. But there is no Mo Bus on various routes and A commuter said, “It is a Manager Dipti Mahapatro. Patel, Zilla Parishad Member He became a war prisoner progress in the issue. Patri’s sensitised the crew members to good attempt by CRUT to sen- “As normalcy prevails, our Lipsa Naik joined as guests. in 1965 and has been lan- family members are now high- wear seatbelt, halt at designat- sitise their own crew members ridership has also increased guishing in Kot Lakhpat ly agonised and still hopeful ed stops only and avoid drunk- to follow the traffic rules.” gradually. At present, 169 buses Central Jail in Lahore ever that he would be released. en driving and talking over “Obeying traffic rules are operating on 25 routes since. Earlier Chief Minister As per the Geneva phone while on duty. should be a responsibility of all with around 85,000 footfalls Utpal Roy, Member, Convention, a prison of war The duo further requested concerned. Every day, a group daily. We are hopeful of having International Human Rights (PoW) cannot be detained for the commuters to report if of 10 captains are counselled over one lakh commuters per Council (India Chapter) and more than 12 years, but Patri they notice any traffic violation about do’s and don’ts of traffic day soon,” she added. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is yet to be released. 8+(   Q. Q'.    ).%$  +R  = :       R    %    5=789< #    igital Learning  /  DCentres (DLCs) have high transfor- 0"10 mational values for tribals. These centres ) help develop the capacities and capa- bilities of tribal com-   5=789<    =< Government’s claim of record munities as well as procurement in the current other local groups, he 14th Guru Debaprasad ormal life in western Kharif marketing season thou- said Odisha Skill TAward Festival organized NOdisha was disrupted as sands of farmers have not been Development by Tridhara a started with the BJP observed a three-hour able to sell their paddy to the Authority (OSDA) great enthusiasm and excite- ‘Chakka Jam’ in the region on Government. Subroto Bagchi during ment among the art connois- Saturday protesting non-pro- Neither the Government first ever district level seurs at Rabindra Mandap on curement of paddy and prob- officials nor the ruling party Industry and MSMEs Saturday. the inaugural evening was ular Bhajans include Aisi Lagi lems faced in mandis by farm- leaders are coming to the man- sensitisation workshop at by the and Marketing Society The festival will continue Odishi dance drama Lagan, Main Nahi Makhan ers. dis or listening to the farmers’ Rayagada. Collector Saroj Kumar Mishra (ORMAS) and Sparsh Social till February 15 whose main “Sankhipta Ramayana” by the Khayo, Rang De Chunariya, Jag The protest started at 10 problems. The workshop that marked who after interacting with the Foundation, Bagchi advised to motto is to showcase and pro- senior dancers of Tridhara. Me Sundar Hai Do Naam, etc. am a continue till 1 pm. They demanded that the the presence of many eminent youths in the digital learning adopt technologies to reduce mote Odishi dance, a synthet- The dance was choreographed He was accompanied by Pandit Vehicular movement was Government should immedi- personalities hailing from var- center, appreciated the efforts physical pressures on the ic gharana taking to the essence by Guru Gajendra Kumar Prosenjit Poddar in Tabla, Prof paralysed as BJP members and ately procure the farmer’s pro- ious sectors was organised of Sparsh and JK Paper and women as they are true trans- of tribal and folk traditions. Panda and music was given by Jabahar Mishra in flute, Pandit supporters blocked National duce or they would face the jointly by the Rayagada District assured all supports to expand formative elements of society. At the outset, Lifetime Guru Pandit Haramohan Ramlal Mishra in Sarangi, Highways, State Highways and music in the oncoming State Skill Committee, Rayagada this program in the district . General Manager (CSR) Achievement Award was pre- Khuntia. Kousik Mukherjee in keyboard other routes under five Lok Assembly session. Sambalpur District Administration and Interacting with Dal JK Paper and Sparsh Social sented to Bhajan Samrat Padma The second presentation of and Arindam Ghosh in guitar. Sabha and 37 Assembly con- MLA Jaynaryan Mishra, Leader OSDA) in collaboration with Producer Groups of women in Foundation Prafulla Kumar Shree Pandit Anup Jalota for the evening was Bhajan and The art connoisseurs were cap- stituencies in . of Opposition Pradipta Naik Sparsh Social Foundation and Angur, set up by Odisha Dhal facilitated the pro- his lifetime contribution in the Ghazal by Bhajan Samrat tivated by the superb presen- The BJP leaders alleged and other senior leaders were JK Papers. Livelihood Mission (OLM) / gramme. field of Indian classical music. Padmashri Pandit Anup Jalota. tation of the evening’s musical that despite the State present. Bagchi was accompanied Odisha Rural Development The first presentation in He presented some of his pop- programme. ,* .    *%       , .:26 ,>,#  $   $      ! 88 . !    5=789< The objective of the chal- lenge is to invitee solutions   7<7?=< lectropreneur Park, from innovators, entrepre-     EBhubaneswar and neurs, startups, enthusiasts, ormer MP and Pradesh Bhubaneswar Smart City Ltd. students, research communities FCongress working presi- (BSCL) have organised a Pan to come up with alternative dent Pradeep Majhi on Friday India idea hackathon for Smart ways of fulfilling the specific alleged that crores of rupees City Solutions namely Smart needs and products or service have been misappropriated City Challenge and Outcome in making the city life better through fake coupons, bank for Urban Tansormation and bringing transformation  )<;9;A8< norms decided by the With the help of Magistrate passbooks and ATM cards (SCOUT 2021). through disruptive technolo- Government after Janaki and Badamba Tehsildar in pres- done in the names of poor The contest has cash prize gies. <7 Pradhan retired from duty. ence of local police personnel, farmers. up to rs 3 lakh, 2 lakhs and 1 The SCOUT 2021 was But afterwards, an UGC the Sub Collector by breaking Addressing a farmers’ rally lakh for the winner, 1st runner launched STPI Director ;7 87 scale holder Jyotirmayee Dash open the locks of the Principal here, Majhi accused the district up and 2nd runners-up respec- General Omkar Rai, Director claimed for the Principal post chamber and his almirahs administration of shielding the tively. Besides there are indi- General, BSCL CEO Prem    5?<5 due to her seniority and filed a handed over the charge to Dash corrupt officials who are vidual cash prize of Rs 50,000 Chandra Chaudhury STPI, IT case in the Orissa High Court. in the early hours of January 22. involved in the huge corruption each to six best PoCs against Secretary Manoj Mishra and rincipal Kumaresh Rath of The court referred it to the However, on the very same day in buying paddy and creating each problem statement. other senior officials. PMohan Subudhi College of Higher Education department on a petition of Rath, the Orissa fake papers in the names of   5=789< fessionals in the corporate Badamba has appealed to the to settle the dispute. The HE High Court gave direction to ignorant farmers. world. He also focussed on the denizens of Badamba and some department referred the matter the president of the College Majhi said Rs 150 crore has ice Chancellor, National recent (Amendment) in the staff and students not to make to Athagarh Sub Collector to Governing Body who is the been embezzled in the district’s VLaw University Odisha Companies Act and how these any disturbance in the smooth decide the seniority. same Sub Collector to let Rath paddy market and brokers in Prof (Dr) Yogesh Pratap Singh are relevant and important for running of the college. The Sub Collector without continue in the post of mandis are involved in these inaugurated a two-day seminar economic set up of the coun- The college has opened contacting the present Principal. Later, the Sub fake transactions. of the ICSI Bhubaneswar try. after ten months due to Covid- Principal in-charge recom- Collector called Kumaresh Rath He demanded immediate Chapter on the theme Chairman, Bhubaneswar 19 pandemic. However, he wel- mended the HE department for and arranged for him to con- action against all corrupt offi- “Spectrum of Opportunities Chapter OCSI CS Rajendra comed constructive proposals the UGC scale holder as tinue in the post of the cials and bank staffs. He said in Corporate Era” on Saturday Kumar Kar gave welcome As per the report, Rath, a State deserving one for the post of Principal. In this juncture, some corruption cannot be done here. address while former Government scale holder Principal. staff by instigating the students without the tacit nexus between Prof Singh highlighted Chairman, EIRC CS senior Lecturer was appointed Accordingly the HE began agitation in and out side the Departments like Civil the increasing and different role Priyadarshi Nayak, secretary as Principal in-charge of MS department sent appointment of the college against Rath. Supplies and bank and LAMP played by legal and Bhubaneswar Chapter CS College of Badamba at least two letter in favour of Jyotirmayee The issue was politicised also. staffs. Company Secretary pro- Ajaya Kumar Majhi addressed. and a half years ago as per the Dash to take charge from Rath.  +3

0&; 2  $/.#$3 /    $     " $               . ( 8  789)85      fter holding meetings with manders of the two countries, Aa number of stakeholders the defence ministry said on engaged in the agriculture sec- Friday. filed chargesheet against six tor including Amul, ITC and The statement by the min- Hizb-ul-Mujahideen terror- Farmer Producer istry came hours after Congress ists for their role in this Organisations (FPOs), the leader Rahul Gandhi alleged attack. Supreme Court-appointed that the Government has The accused Naveed expert committee is likely to “ceded” Indian territory to Mushtaq Shah alias Naveed reach out to protesting farmer China and raised questions Babu is a former constable of unions to take their viewpoints over the agreement on the dis- Jammu and Kashmir police. over the three farm legislations. engagement process.   789)85 He had decamped with arms Top sources said that the com- The ministry also dubbed and ammunition in 2017, mittee is expected to invite agi- as “categorically false” the asser- he National Investigation when he was posted as a tating farmers for discussion $    789)85 off, militaries of Indian and tion that Indian territory is up TAgency (NIA) on guard in FCI, Budgam. After after next week. The protesting agrarian laws but also gave sug- China reached an agreement to Finger 4 in the Pangong Tso Saturday filed a supplemen- deserting the force he had farmers under the banner of    gestions to improve the imple- he parliamentary standing on disengagement in the north area, adding the permanent tary chargesheet against Hizb- joined the terrorist group Sanyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM)   % mentation of the laws. Tcommittee on defence and south banks of Pangong posts of both sides in the area ul-Mujahideen terrorist Hizb-ul-Mujahideen and - has refused to talk to the com-    0 The Committee has held intends to visit the Galwan lake that mandates both sides are “longstanding and well- Naveed Mushtaq Shah, alias became an active terrorist, the mittee -continue to protest at  $  nine rounds of deliberations Valley and the Pangong lake in to cease forward deployment of established”. Naveed Babu, before the NIA said. Delhi’s borders - Tikri, Singhu, with stakeholders engaged the eastern Ladakh region troops in a “phased, coordi- “India has not conceded Special NIA Court, Jammu “Investigation has estab- and Ghazipur for over 80 days.     45/ 6 directly or indirectly in the which has been witness to a nated and verifiable” manner. any territory as a result of this under various Ranbir Penal lished that accused Naveed On the other hand, BJP      agriculture sector so far. The violent stand-off between the On Thursday, Defence agreement. On the contrary, it Code sections and Explosive Mushtaq Shah was actively MP Subramanian Swamy took $     three-member committee has troops of India and China, Minister Rajnath Singh made has enforced observance and Substances Act besides involved in the planning and to Twitter on Saturday to crit-     been holding consultations sources said. a detailed statement in respect for LAC and prevent- Kashmir Public Property execution of the attack on the icise the Centre’s treatment of  with stakeholders, both online However, it may seek the Parliament on the disengage- ed any unilateral change in the (Prevention of Damage) Act CRPF convoy in Banihal the farmers’ agitation saying the and in person. permission of the Government ment pact. status quo,” the ministry said in and Unlawful Activities along with other terrorists farmers’ agitation may soon The SKM has planned six before visiting the strategical- According to the agree- the strongly-worded statement. (Prevention) Act. Riyaz Ahmed Naikoo, Rayees become an international issue with 12 farmers’ unions and mahapanchayats or mega gath- ly-located areas, they said. ment, China has to pull back its The MEA also said the two The case relates to an Ahmed Khan and Dr. as human rights groups plan to Farm Produce Organisations’ erings of farmers over two The 30-member commit- troops to east of Finger 8 areas countries have agreed to con- attack on the CRPF convoy at Saifullah Mir who were sub- approach the International (FPOs) and representatives of weeks as part of its efforts to tee, chaired by senior BJP in the northern bank while the vene the 10th round of senior Tethar, Banihal, Ramban dis- sequently killed in encounters Labour Organisation of the 18 State and Union Territories add more numbers to the leader and former Union Indian personnel will be based commanders meeting within trict in Jammu and Kashmir with security forces,” it said. United Nations. He further of agriculture departments and protest sites. On Friday, maha- Minister Jual Oram and of at their permanent base at 48 hours after complete disen- by a terrorist who had explod- The deceased terrorists alleged that Chinese media are sought their feedback over the panchayats were held in which Congress leader Rahul Dhan Singh Thapa Post near gagement in the Pangong Lake ed an explosive-laden Santro Sahil Abdullah Bhat, Adil distorting the farmers’ agita- farm legislations in the past two Moradabad in UP and Gandhi is a member, intends to Finger 3 in the region. area to address the remaining car on March 30, 2019 with Bashir Sheikh and Zubair tion. “Our I&B Ministry should days. Bahadurgarh in Haryana. visit the eastern Ladakh region Similar action will take issues, and added that no date the intention of killing secu- Ahmed Wani were actively see that it is effectively coun- The three-member panel Three mahapanchayats will be in the last week of May or June, place on the south bank of the has been set for Working rity personnel and waging involved in preparation of tered since Chinese media has interacted with a large organised in Sri Ganganagar, the sources said on Friday. lake as well, Singh said. Mechanism for Consultation war against the Government the explosives that went into influence in our neighbour- number of farmer unions, Hanumangarh and Seeker in The decision to visit these India has not “conceded” and Coordination (WMCC) on of India. the making of the IED. hood is considerable now,” he farmer producer organisations Rajasthan on February 18, 19 areas was taken in the panel’’s any territory to China by firm- India-China border affairs. In this regard, a case FIR Charges have been abated tweeted. (FPOs) as well as senior offi- and 23 respectively. Besides, latest meeting, they said. ing up an agreement on the dis- The agreement on disen- No 39/2019 dated March 30, against the deceased terrorists “The agitating farmers cials of state agriculture mar- one mahapanchayat will be Gandhi did not attend it. engagement process in gagement in the north and 2019 was registered at Police involved in the conspiracy. groups have been given invita- keting boards and private man- organised in Sirsa in Haryana The panel’’s visit to the Line Pangong Tso in eastern south banks of Pangong lake Station Banihal, Ramban. The Charges have been tions in the past but they dis to understand their points on February 22 to decide the of Actual Control (LAC) Ladakh, and other outstanding mandates both Chinese and NIA re-registered the case as framed by the NIA Court refused. Now, the committee of view on the contentious further course of the agitation. depends on the approval from “problems” including in Indian sides to “cease” for- RC-3/2019/NIA/JMU on against the six accused will again try to reach out the farm laws. According to the At present, the talks between the government, the sources Depsang, Hot Springs ad Gogra ward deployment of troops in April 15, 2019 and took over chargesheeted earlier. agitating farmers to seek their agriculture ministry, during the Union Government and the added. will be taken up at the upcom- a “phased, coordinated and the investigation of the case. Further trial is continu- view points, “sources said. The discussion, they not only gave farmers’ unions have come to After a nine-month stand- ing talks between military com- verifiable” manner. 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Marathi, Tamil, Bengali, Telugu, displays besides ban on sale of 1,06,00,625 people have recov- 486 in Tamil Nadu. Six states account for 80.58 per now. passive smoking poses a serious The study found that more Malayalam, and Kannada) loose cigarettes and have high- ered so far with 11,395 patients A total 12,143 daily new cent of the new deaths. On February 9, India had health hazard. than nine in ten Indians are of across the country. er penalties,” said Ashim Sanyal, getting discharged in a day. cases registered in a span of 24 Maharashtra saw the maximum reported 9,110 new cases, the “The majority of the respon- the opinion that the Centre “It is very encouraging to see Chief Operating Officer, The Ministry said 81.93 hours, it said, adding that 86.01 of 36 casualties. Kerala follows lowest this year so far. Last year, dents supported banning smok- should strengthen the existing the overwhelming support from Consumer VOICE. per cent of the new recovered per cent of the new cases are with 18 daily deaths, while the lowest 9,633 cases were ing in all public places, elimi- tobacco law and ensure its strict people for strengthening the Tobacco use is the leading cases are observed to be con- from six states. Karnataka and Punjab report- recorded on June 3. nating special smoking areas in implementation across the current tobacco control law. preventable cause of disease centrated in six states with Kerala continues to report ed 8 deaths each. The recovery rate has airports, hotels, and restaurants, country. The Government has started the and premature deaths globally Kerala reporting the maximum the highest daily new cases at For over two weeks, the increased to 97.32 per cent, banning the sale of loose ciga- Support for the law is high amendment process of tobacco and in India more than 10 number of single-day recover- 5,397, followed by Maharashtra country has recorded less than while the fatality rate is down to rettes and bidis and advertising across all demographic and geo- control law COTPA 2003 which Lakhs people are losing life ies, with 5,332 newly-recov- with 3,670, while Tamil Nadu 15,000 new infections daily. 1.43 per cent. The ministry tobacco products at selling graphic areas irrespective of is an important step towards every year due to tobacco relat- ered cases. A total o f2,422 peo- reported 483 new cases. Also, the daily Covid-19 death also informed that 7,43,614 points,” said the survey which age-group and gender, with improving public health. ed diseases. ple recovered in Maharashtra in Further, 103 deaths were toll has been below the 200- samples were tested on Friday.   *2&         /  # P    $   . 44'(5 $  3 O+  + . / P /*    789)85 the Congress are not baseless.  3    Quoting a report by Oxfam, ongress on Saturday Chowdhury said, “ We want   +    789)85 Cslammed Union Finance to ask the Finance Minister Minister Nirmala Sitharaman how does she explain that the he Union Health Ministry over her remarks on former lockdown made India’s bil-   789)85 hours was allocated for Ton Saturday said that no Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, lionaires 35 per cent richer, General Discussion on Union case of serious or severe describing him as a “dooms- while 84 per cent of house- he first phase of Budget Budget 2021-2022, the House Adverse event following immu- day man” for India. The party holds income suffered a loss TSession of Parliament, debated for 14 hours and 40 nization (AEFI) or death has said that she is an angry and 1.7 lakh people lost their which commenced with the minutes. As many as 117 been attributable to vaccination Minister who has ruined the jobs every hour in April, 2020 Address of the President of Members took part in the till date even as it said that the economy. alone.” India on January 29, conclud- General Discussion on Union second dose of the vaccination Speaking to the media “How does she explain ed on Saturday. The overall Budget 2021-2022. 173 have kicked off for the benefi- after Sitharaman’s speech in that income increase for productivity of the Lok Sabha Members participated in Zero ciaries who have completed 28 Lok Sabh, Congress leader in India’s top 100 billionaires remained at 99.5%, according Hour discussions. Several mat- days after receiving the first Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan since March 2020, which was to Lok Sabha Speaker Om ters of urgent public impor- dose of vaccine. Chowdhury said, “She is not enough to give each of the Birla. tance were raised by the Deaths reported so far in Finance Minister but is an 13.8 crore poorest people a Birla, while interacting Members during Zero Hour. cases where vaccination has angry minister. She is dan- cheque of over 94,000 each with the media in Parliament House lost an effective been conducted to date is 27. gerous for the Indian econo- Finance Minister’s misplaced House said that the Budget time of 43 minutes due to dis- There are 3 deaths reported in my. She along with Prime priorities include tax conces- Session of Parliament ran ruptions. the past 24 hours who had Minister (Narendra Modi) sion for corporates in finan- smoothly and transacted 49 women MPs partici- taken vaccination at some point has ruined the economy of the cial year 2019-20 that important business even pated in the discussion on in time in the recent past, country and their only motto amounted to over 1.4 lakh beyond midnight. Motion of Thanks on Health Ministry added. is ‘Hum do, hamare do’. crores. Instead of creating The first part of the Budget President’s Address and On Saturday alone, 84,807 Lashing out at the Finance jobs, they used money for Session, 2021 has been highly Budget.   789)85 ried out at least one of the four One Nation One Ration Card vaccinations (provisional fig- Minister, Chowdhury said trimming up their balance productive, the Speaker said. He said, despite the House stipulated reforms and have System ensures availability of ure) were completed till 6 pm. that the allegations made by sheets.” The Speaker thanked the sitting late beyond midnight, a unjab has become the 13th been granted reform linked ration to beneficiaries under Meanwhile, India has vac- Leader of the House the Prime large number of women PState in the country to suc- borrowing permissions. On National Food Security Act cinated close to 80 lakh bene- Minister, Leaders of all politi- Members remained present and cessfully undertake “One completion of One Nation One and other welfare schemes at ficiaries against COVID-19,     cal parties, Members of participated in the proceed- Nation One Ration Card sys- Ration Card system reform, any Fair Price Shop across the the ministry said. Till 8 AM on Parliament, media and officers ings, raising many important tem” reform. The State has these 13 states have been grant- country. February 13, a total of ! ! ! " and staff of the Lok Sabha issues. become eligible to mobilise ed additional borrowing per- The reform especially 79,67,647 beneficiaries have Secretariat for the smooth Responding to questions additional financial resources of mission of Rs 34,956 crore by empowers the migratory pop- been administered shots under Upadhyay seeking uniform conduct of the Lok Sabha. regarding disruptions in the 1,516 crore rupees through the Department of Expenditure. ulation who frequently change the countrywide COVID-19  789)85 grounds of divorce on the basis Birla Said that during the House, Lok Sabha Speaker said Open Market Borrowings. Out of these, 13 states have their place of dwelling to be self- vaccination exercise. that personal laws cannot be first part of the Budget Session that the ultimate objective is to According to the Ministry of implemented the one nation reliant in food security. One Out of these, 5,909,136 are he All India Muslim tested on the anvil of Articles 2021, Lok Sabha sat for 49 strengthen democracy. So, it is Finance, permission for the one ration card system, 12 Nation One Ration Card healthcare workers and TPersonal Law Board (AIM- 14, 15, 21 and 44 of the hours and 17 minutes against the responsibility of all same was issued by the states have done ease of doing System is an important citizen- 2,058,511 are frontline workers. PLB) has moved the Supreme Constitution. the stipulated time of 50 hours. Members to ensure that demo- Department of Expenditure. business reforms, 6 states have centric reform. Its implemen- A total of 1,64,781 sessions Court against a plea seeking “The applicant would like The Discussion on the Motion cratic and ethical standards are The other 12 States which done local body reforms and 2 tation ensures availability of have been conducted so far. “uniform grounds of divorce” to submit that the expression of Thanks on President’s maintained in the House and have completed this reform are states have undertaken power ration to beneficiaries under On day 28 (February 12) of for all citizens of the country, and ‘Custom and Usage’ in Address took place for 16 rules are followed scrupulous- Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Gujarat, sector reforms. National Food Security Act the vaccination drive, 4,62,637 keeping with the spirit of the Article 13 of the Constitution hours and 39 minutes and 130 ly. Haryana, Karnataka, Kerala, Total reform linked addi- (NFSA) and other welfare beneficiaries (healthcare work- Constitution and internation- does not include faith of a reli- Members participated in the The Speaker said that the Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, tional borrowing permission schemes, especially the migrant ers- 94,160 and frontline work- al conventions. gious denomination embedded Discussion. time lost due to disruptions has Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Tripura issued so far to the states stands workers and their families, at ers- 3,68,477) were vaccinated The AIMPLB has opposed in personal laws,” the plea said Lok Sabha Speaker also been compensated by the House and Uttar Pradesh. at Rs 76,512 crore. any Fair Price Shop (FPS) across 10,411 sessions, the the plea filed by advocate and while seeking impleadment in informed that whereas 10 by sitting beyond schedule time. Till now, 17 States have car- The implementation of across the country. ministry said. 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Fellowship (MGNF) pro- partnered with Kerala Institute skilling,” Skill Development shared from a Punjabi-lan- Previously, the Oversight gramme in all the districts of of Local Administration to and Entrepreneurship Minister guage online platform and Board had undertaken five the country. conduct capacity building pro- Mahendra Nath Pandey said. contained insinuations against cases, including one from India So far the programme grammes for district officials SANKALP (Skills Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh wherein a user had called for was working across 69 districts, from Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Acquisition and Knowledge (RSS) and Prime Minister violence against French and the ministry “is now Puducherry and Lakshadweep. Awareness for Livelihood Narendra Modi. 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Procurement operations clocked a net profit of 240 cr Pantnagar, in Uttarakhand paise per litre and diesel by 36 the national capital. of seed cotton (Kapas) under for the 3rd quarter ended Dec from Delhi via Dehradun from paise a litre, according to a price Kharif marketing year MSP are going on smoothly 2020. The net profit has jumped February 16, the airline has notification of state-owned fuel starts from October. “In the across many states. “Till by 123% over the previous said. retailers.This took petrol price ongoing Kharif Marketing February 12, a quantity of quarter of current fiscal, which The airline will be deploy- to an all-time high of 88.414 Season (KMS) 2020-21, 91,35,211 cotton bales valuing was 107 cr.The net profit for ing its 70-seater ATR 72 aircraft a litre in Delhi while diesel rate Government continues to pro- Rs 26,643.55 crore has been the nine months ended Dec to operate the route, Alliance climbed to 78.74.In Mumbai, cure Kharif 2020-21 crops at procured benefitting 18,90,736 2020 has grown more than Air said in a late night release petrol price soared to 94.93 MSP from farmers as per exist- farmers,” it said. ten-fold to 364 crore as against on Friday. per litre and diesel price jumped ing MSP schemes, as was done Thousands of farmers, 35 cr in corresponding period According to the airline, its to record 85.70 a litre.In 5 days in previous seasons,” an official especially from Punjab, of last year. The total income in flight 9I-645 will depart Delhi this week, price has gone up by statement said. Haryana and parts of Uttar Q3 of FY21 witnessed sub- at 9.50 am and arrive in 1.51 per litre for petrol while The government has pur- Pradesh, are protesting at stantial growth, clocking 2,415 Dehradun at 10.55 am, from diesel rate has risen by 1.56 a chased 638.57 lakh tonne till Delhi’s borders for over two cr compared to 2,137 cr in Q3 where it will depart for litre.The relentless hike in prices February 12, up 16.25 per cent months seeking repeal of the of FY20. On sales front, the net Pantnagar at 11.45 am and has been criticised by the oppo- from 549.30 lakh tonne in the three new farm legislations, sales of alumina hydrate for Q3 arrive there at 12.30 pm. sition parties, including corresponding period of the introduced by the Centre last of FY21 was 3.44 lakh tonnes The return flight 9I-646 Congress that has demanded an previous marketing year. year, saying those are pro-cor- compared to 3.33 lakh tonnes will depart Pantnagar at 1 pm immediate cut in taxes to ease “About 91.69 lakh farmers porate and can weaken the achieved in the corresponding for Dehradun, where it will the burden on the common have already been benefitted mandi system. period of last year. arrive at 1.50 pm. man. /       9:;     

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I wanted to Rohit had scored six Test hundreds prior to #-,,  <  ';  "  R “We knew how the pitch was edged it wouldn’t carry and land in bat as long as possible since the pitch this knock but he will be the first to admit that in !0 "       prepared and we knew that it would safe place. Those were my ideas and is going to show a lot of wear and terms of conditions on offer and the quality of   8  G     turn. So we had a good few train- thoughts.” tear from days two and three.” attack he faced, the seventh one would be at the     12+&  ing sessions before today and According to Rohit, sweep is a The Hit-Man didn’t want to rate top of the list.  & 12.* trained according to what were sup- percentage shot, which takes the any of his hundreds even though he On a hot Saturday, Rohit did two things at one )" !:  & ! " posed to expect today,” he said. condition of the pitch out of the would know in his heart that this go.  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If “I am not going to rate any of batting than he made it look with 18 fours and two &:   C3'66&  "  ' Getting on top of the bowler and you play that shot, there is not much my knocks because every knock sixes in his 231-ball knock. making sure you are ahead of him. that the bowler can do from there or comes under different kind of pres- Secondly, he put all the naysayers in their place Little adjustment based on that. pitch can do from there. sure and this came under different by scoring runs when it mattered the most. a classical off-spinner’s delivery from Moeen — “If it’s turning, then how much “It was a percentage shot to play circumstances. Joe Root was marvellous with his sweep shot flighted outside the off-stump and enticing him of it... Things like that before mak- as he was bowling outside off- “I am not the person to rate any during the first Test but Rohit was simply mag- to go for a cover drive only to find his defence ing decisions on shot selection,” the stump and lbw doesn’t come to play. of my knocks. Little disappointed to nificent with his execution on a doubly difficult breached. white ball vice-captain said. Only an odd ball he was bowling on get out like that but happy that team track on which he gave England spinner Moeen If Rohit played those sweeps in a regal man- Moeen Ali had troubled the the wicket where I wanted to use my is in a good position,” he said. Ali (26-3-112-3) a lesson in controlled aggression. ner, Rahane was no less classy in his drives — the The way Rohit put a big front-foot stride out- front and back-foot punches off the pacers and side the off-stump to sweep deliveries off both those lovely cut shots off the spinners were delight- Moeen and Jack Leach (26-2-78-2) will not be for- ful to watch. gotten by all who were fortunate to witness the Call it irony, Rahane chose a wrong delivery innings. from Moeen for playing the sweep and Rohit’s defence was spectacularly solid and was bowled in the process. #  "&# offence as assured as a safe house. He hit nine boundaries in a half- ' %()*$+  Knowing fully well that the track would start century that came after a barren run   0  + 9 8 crumbling with the passage of play, Rohit attacked of seven innings. This was after he sur- at the first go, picking 80 runs in the first session, vived an umpiring howler from Anil Chaudhary. something that will perhaps play the biggest role But then, he was destined to be in Rohit’s in the final context of the game. shadow on a day when determination became his It started with a cover drive off Stuart Broad primary capital. ")     $   ! $ " and then there was a pulled six over mid-wicket It wasn’t the easiest of conditions but for  -  9       ;! off Ben Stokes. India’s Hit-Man, difficult has always been the   "<   /   # $  ! "  ;!    While skipper Virat Kohli (0) was done in by easiest route. /    "//=! "<   /  /  !" Q9'$$&(! '    D0    / 

 5877 However, the visitors appeared to clarify that they were appealing for a :.( $(((R ngland spinner Jack Leach, who catch off the glove and not the bat. Efound himself at the receiving end Seeing the replays on the big screen, of a third umpiring error on the open- Root was left unimpressed and the skip-  5877 ing day of the second Test, compared per also raised the matter with the on- the DRS to football’s Video Assistant field umpires. Chaudhary turned down jinkya Rahane has always Referee (VAR), saying it is “still contro- that too. Amade himself counted versial”. Rahane was, however, dismissed by when the team has been in England were on Saturday left frus- Moeen Ali before he could capitalise on testing situation which is a tes- trated and their captain Joe Root miffed the lifeline. timony to his class as a bats- after a blunder by Anil Chaudhary On the stumping decision against man, feels second Test centu- denied them the wicket of India vice- Rohit Sharma, which also did not go in rion Rohit Sharma. captain Ajinkya Rahane after a DRS their favour, Leach said it was touch and Rohit and vice-captain review. go. Rahane added 162 runs for the “We were trying to get the third “Well Ben (Foakes) didn’t say it’s fourth wickets as India scored umpire to roll it through, they were definitely out, he wasn’t sure about that 300 for 6 at stumps on the first checking the LBW, we knew that would one. And then when we saw, we were day of the second Test. have been not out. We were just trying hoping... It was touch and go,” he said. “Ajinkya, he is one of our to get them looking at what happened Leach added, “They said they were over of the day when a Leach delivery Asked about his thoughts on how top players. He has done after the ball hit the pad. checking it, then the LBW picture kissed Rahane’s gloves on the way to the the day panned out, Leach said it was extremely well and played “It is a bit like the VAR today, still came up, we were saying no, no. We forward short-leg fielder Ollie Pope. a hard outing but felt they were still in some crucial knocks (over controversial, (but) it is what it is,” Leach wanted to check the other one. I got the As England appealed for a catch off the game. the years). He has time and told reporters at the end of the day’s play. impression that they hadn’t checked it. the gloves, it was turned down by the “It was a hard-fought day, we had again shown that when the batsmen who are currently runs because already the The Decision Review System (DRS) “There is nothing I can do about it, on-field umpire before Chaudhary also to be patient throughout. We got a cou- team needs a batsman to stand batting (Rishabh) Pant and rough patches have been cre- referral, which they had lost after at that time I was angry but to get rejected the review thinking that the ball ple of wickets towards the end and it was up, he has done that many Axar (Patel), make as many ated.” Rahane was adjudged not out by the Rahane’s wicket in the next over made had landed outside the leg-stump and good. With the new ball tomorrow times,” Rohit was all praise for third umpire, was later restored to things little easier.” that the visitors had appealed for an morning, we can get a couple of wick- his fellow Mumbaikar, who England as per ICC playing conditions. The incident took place in the 75th LBW. ets quickly and get back. scored 67 on the day. No doubt their stand was ?  @   crucial in the context of the match and Rohit acknowl- edged that.       3. “Three wickets had fell before lunch and at the time  5877 myself on this wicket. The key he came to bat, it was crucial was to use good footwork,” for us to build a partnership. he strategy was to make Rahane said after the opening We have seen many times, TEngland bowl to India’s day’s play. when the team need runs, he strengths, said home vice-cap- “We had the strategy (on (Rahane) has shown his bats- tain Ajinkya Rahane on the sweep), we did discuss the manship and made runs in Saturday, quite pleased that game plan on this, and want- difficult times,” added Rohit. his and Rohit Sharma’s plan of ed to make them bowl to our Rohit was slightly using the sweep shot to good strengths, good that the plans annoyed that there were even effect worked out just as they came off. talks about Rahane’s form had envisioned on day one of “I thought the first 20-30 since he didn’t get runs in the second Test. balls were important. Then seven successive innings. Having registered 1 and 0 you get an idea on the pace and “I don’t understand why in the series-opener, Rahane the bounce, you’re never in on these talks take place? But, found form with a 67-run this wicket, so it was important anyway, his knock was very knock, while Rohit shone the to be positive,” he added. important for the team at brightest among Indians with At stumps, Rishabh Pant that point and our partnership an effort of 161, which includ- was batting on 33 and giving was also necessary for the ed some mesmerising stroke- him company at the other end team and we took the team to play. was debutant Axar Patel on 5. a comfortable position till The two added 162 runs Rahane felt anything above tea, because I believe 350 will for the fourth wicket. 350 in the first innings on this be a good score on this wick- “We knew that it was going track will be a challenging task et,” added Rohit. to turn from day one, obvious- for the opposition batsmen. Rohit expects Rishabh ly (it was) good to win the toss. “Another 50-60 runs from Pant and Axar Patel to bat as Rohit said it was important to here will be good, Rishabh is long as possible. be positive on this wicket...I still there, another partnership “We still have four wick- wanted to be positive, back or two will be good,” he said. ets left and we hope that the      -./#$#

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n 2005, India facilitated the his- toric Peace Agreement between the Maoists and the Seven Party Alliance in Nepal, ending a decade-long war waged against Nepal’sI centuries-old monarchy. A 2432+1-135 decade and a half later, Nepal and India hit the lowest point despite the two countries share close socio-cultur- al, political, economic, and strategic hidden push for a Hindu Rashtra in ties. Similarly, Karan Singh, who had Nepal backfired on India. India cannot successfully convinced King deny that its shortfalls are due to Gyanendra to accept the people’s short-sighted strategic interests and demand and pave the way for democ- lack of promised deliveries to Nepal. racy in 2006; visit by the Foreign For instance, in 2016, the Eminent Secretary S. Jaishankar to Kathmandu Persons Group (EPG) was formed to at the eleventh hour to convince the revise the 1950 Treaty and smoothen Nepal Government to accommodate border management. Still, five years the demands of Madhesis, was termed since its formation, the final report of as the ‘wrong advice.’ What led Nepal the EPG continues to dust in the to shift from ‘special relations’ with Prime Minister’s Office. Nepal also India to ‘conditional relations’ and waits for India to exchange the demon- forge strategic ties with China? etised Indian currency stuck with the Many such questions seek an Nepal Rashtra Bank. answer as one begins to unfurl the In contrast, the “Chinese have Roti-Beti relations between India and acted purely on national interest”. Nepal amidst ongoing India-Nepal There has been no compromise on fiasco. China’s security concerns looming The book entitled The Backfire in from a critical border between Tibet Nepal: How India Lost Plot to China by and Nepal. From cracking down the US-based Nepali journalist Sanjay 2008 free-Tibet movement to the sign- Upadhya helps find these answers. The ing of Mutual Assistance Treaty in book provides a detailed account of Criminal Matters in 2019, and Nepal’s Nepal-India relations in the last fifteen unequivocal support to ‘One China years. In his previous books, Nepal and Policy’, China has shown an uncom- the Geo-Strategic Rivalry Between promised bargain in Nepal. On the China and India from Routledge in other hand, India continues to misread 2012, and The Raj Lives: India in Nepal how Beijing sees Nepal — both in from Vitasta in 2008, Upadhya had terms of China’s visions of the past and carried ground-breaking works on the future. This complicates the core India’s colonial past and its impact on trilateral challenge: ensuring that Nepal, and Nepal’s geo-strategic loca- Nepal is not sucked deeper into the tion between two Asian giants. Unlike Sino-Indian vortex, only to be scorned his previous research works, The for aggravating the Asian giants’ Backfire in Nepal is a journalistic rivalry. account of Nepal-India relations focus- As the events unfold between India ing on China’s diplomatic and strategic cism was a beneficial ‘New Nepal’ President, Prime Minister, and Chief of Parliament, Oli was seen taking a and Nepal, the book could not have success in Nepal in recent years. China. the Nepal Army, allowing the former moderate view of India. However, it been timelier. The book becomes a Divided into seven chapters, the Between 2005 to 2020, Nepal has to make public appearances in these changed very soon after he reiterated must-read for policymakers, journal- book provides a timeline of events in forged new transit, trade, security and offices and advise on administrative Kalapani, Lipulekh as Nepalese territo- ists, researchers intending to know India-Nepal relations beginning with strategic ties including Belt and Road and political matters. Millions of mili- ries, and relocated Ayodhya in Nepal. recent developments in India-Nepal the 2006 peace-building process in Initiative and first-ever Joint-Military tary assistance from China have helped On the other hand, despite a tur- relations as it covers history and the Nepal which was officially overlooked exercises with China. Chinese invest- Beijing buy diplomatic immunity to its bulent relationship, India’s humanitari- most recent events. That said, the book by the United Nations Mission in ment in Nepal accounts for more than citizens involved in scamming, phish- an assistance to Nepal helps ease the falls short on the analytical front. The Nepal to facilitate inclusion of the for- sixty per cent of the total Foreign ing, and trafficking in Nepal. tensions. Noteworthy, India was the author has also avoided dealing with mer Maoist fighters into the Nepal Direct Investment in Nepal, which was While previous administrations in first country to reach on the ground dates which makes the reader seek dig- Army, their arms surrender and peace- once topped by India until 2014. Nepal strike a balance between India after a major earthquake had hit Nepal ital support that breaks the rhythm. ful conduct of first Constituent China’s annual aid to Nepal had also and China including Prachanda who in 2015. India has also supplied a mil- Overall, unlike history books, the Assembly elections in 2008. In the sec- reached USD 128 from a meagre USD stood as a staunch critic of alleged lion doses of Covid-19 vaccine and books’ language keeps the momentum ond chapter Provisional Posturing, the 20-24 million in the past decade. The Indian ‘expansionism’ since 1950, KP other medical assistance including for a reader until a few scattered pages author has beautifully portrayed the number of high-level visits from China Oli has used India’s 2015 unofficial medicines, ambulances, and medical of the last chapter: All in Mind, often free-Tibet movement of 2008, which to Nepal including President Xi’s in border blockade to his advantage in appliances. However, India continues repeating the arguments. The book is got China worried as it hosted world October 2019 amidst border row evoking ultra-nationalism based on 5 8?  to misread Nepal’s political develop- pocket friendly and most recent athletes for the Beijing Olympics. The between India and Nepal over anti-India manoeuvrings. Oli also ments. additions to the literature in India- unconditional support from a new Kalapani and Lipulekh, have provided holds India accountable for his ouster 09 2  Prime Minister Modi’s 2014 visit Nepal relations with a focus on China Maoist Prime Minister Pushpa Kamala China with an ultra-edge in the politi- in 2016 from the Government, and  0   after seventeen years gap by an Indian factor. Dahal alias Prachanda in cracking cal and foreign affairs of Nepal. Most with his present tenure, he continues :4;$ Prime Minister to Nepal helped India The reviewer is ICSSR Doctoral down on the protesters and arrest of importantly, the Chinese Ambassador to be revengeful. Meanwhile, post- “dispel many traditional Nepalese mis- Fellow, School of International Studies, Tibetan refugees amidst global criti- to Nepal has direct hotlines with the December 13 dissolution of the (! 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It is inter- women alone.’ resolution of Bandana’s woes at her in- these portraits of liberated women tance.’  esting to note that in the movie it is a car The first knock on the edifice of laws’ till the appearance of an uncle, the reflect each other across the corridors of But most of all you read this book to ?, ':''  &"    accident which kills him and there are this stultifying tradition comes from nomad-like Somnath babu, who takes Bengali fiction. marvel at the many roles a strong  !  " other such departures from Basu’s origi- her son Abhiroop, still a child, who her away from the Bhattacharjees. Calcutta, from the decaying splen- woman like Bandana plays as she juggles  &(  "     (' nal plot. Immediately after the husband’s suffers convulsions and the doctor Still, back at her own home, things dour of the ‘north’ to a ‘south’ of between mother, daughter-in-law, 5 &  &"   & death the weight of patriarchy, personi- makes it clear that his mother’s sudden won’t be easy as with the kindly uncle’s Hindustani classical music concerts and oppressed widow, and finally an emo-  (0 0   fied here by the father-in-law and the transformation into a white-sari clad passing and Abhiroop’s coming of age, busy flowing streets is also a character in tional connect with her son’s art teacher  "'; &  !  acquiescing members of the joint family ascetic is the cause. Despite their reluc- new tensions begin to simmer which the background of this finely crafted Sudipto Sarkar. Which of these will    "&?, !    of her in-laws, come to bear upon her. tance, her in-laws have to relent and might very well tear her apart. Bani Basu novel and often you want to linger and redeem which will break her apart or is  !     '  0 Bandana is pushed into a life of forced make some concessions in allowing her develops her characters with love and a enjoy the passing scenery — the passage it some totally new calling, a wider street !      O & austerity and abnegation where she has to wear a coloured sari but soon new kind of academic rigour which would of time itself, as the river of the narrative that will finally let her discover herself  "( & "  0( ! to wear white saris, live like an ascetic situations bring the clash with ortho- appeal to students of literature while draws you along: behind many masks? This engaging ( & &  & "& and have frugal meals on the floor from doxy out in the open. pleasing the seeker of a good story. It is ‘The concert came to an end after novel has some answers which speak to " "  &  &"   a plate of white marble. 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injiang has become an Mandatory Birth Control: The XAchilles hill for China. CCP’s Campaign to Suppress The indigenous Uighur people Uighur Birth Rates in Xinjiang” of this western province, the released by the Jamestown largest of the administrative Foundation, based in regions of the People’s Republic Washington in June 2020, says, of China (PRC), have had the “Natural population growth in history of discord with the Xinjiang has declined dramat- authorities in Beijing as the ically; growth rates fell by 84 strategically located Xinjiang per cent in the two largest  1%%'('% borders with eight countries - Uighur prefectures between )1'#1>51'17 Mongolia, Russia, Kazakhstan, 2015 and 2018 and declined Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, further in several minority '75#'#?%(4= Afghanistan, Pakistan and regions in 2019. In 2020, one '55#51'5%' India. Uighur region set an unprece- Uighurs are the Turkic- dented near-zero birth-rate >5#1=#?91@(17$ speaking Muslims and Islam is target: a mere 1.05 per mile, #51' an important part of their life compared to 19.66 per mile in and identity. Importantly, they 2018. This was intended to be 1(4#??7'17' regard themselves as cultural- achieved through family plan- %(4='55#5' ly and ethnically closer to the ning work.” people of Central Asia than the It has been found that =1'5( people of mainland China and intrauterine contraceptive (*41%'5(' are one of largely persecuted devices (IUD), sterilisations (&'#5'%1@17 Muslim minorities in Xinjiang, and forced family separations including Kazakhs, Uzbeks, came into force since a sweep- (4>#%*=&5)% Kyrgyz, and Hui. Though ing crackdown started in the #1%(4=>5(='=% administratively, the region, region in the later part of 2016. known as Xinjiang Uighur Thus, Xinjiang has become 191@(17>5#1= Autonomous Region (XUAR), a draconian police state. The (1*1?'5('*(1% is autonomous like the Tibet local witnesses account of Autonomous Region (TAR), its intrusive state interference of 1#5*5'#=(17 administrative control is pure- the state into the reproductive '*4#75(>#? ly in the hands of the Central autonomy of the Uighurs and Government. There are Uighur other minority groups in the '57#1 minorities also in China’s XUAR. And this kind of a prac- neighbouring countries such as tice has become ubiquitous Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and across the region. The Uighurs Kazakhstan. And some of Islamic terror in this restive Islamic practices like fewer And China, denies all such alle- third, stability in the region is for the XUAR, has dramatical- feel that one fine day all will be Uighurs are living in Australia. province. In the name of fight- mosques and religious schools. gations raised either by foreign critical to the safe rolling out of ly enhanced the security appa- exterminated from their home- The historic ties between ing terror, the Communist Even the Government depart- governments or prominent the signature project of Xi’s ratus of the province. land. Xinjiang and Beijing have been State is creating complete para- ments in Xinjiang have banned human rights groups. China prestigious Belt and Road There has been a wide- Recently, a legal opinion troublesome since the begin- noia among the locals. But the Muslim civil servants from has often blamed the East Initiative (BRI) or One Belt ranging international cam- has been published in Britain. ning of its accession to the many say that the ethnic ten- observing fasting during Turkestan Islamic Movement One Road (OBOR); strategic paign against Beijing for mas- And it has also clearly claimed PRC. The region had inter- sion brewing in Xinjiang is due Ramzan. A report published by (ETIM) and its followers for all crossroad for trade and invest- sive violations of human rights that Beijing is carrying out the mittent autonomy and occa- to economic and cultural fac- the Amnesty International stat- sorts of violence and sepa- ment in Central and South of the Uighur Muslims in this crime of genocide against the sional independence before it tors long aided by the author- ed that the authorities crimi- ratist activities carried out both Asia, West Asia and further to western province. Washington Uighur Muslim people. Thus became an integral part of ities in the mainland. nalised what they labelled “ille- in Xinjiang and in other parts entire Europe. has officially declared that international pressure is China in 1949. However, an The gargantuan develop- gal religious” and “separatist of China. In 2013, a car However, much more than China is committing genocide mounting against China today. East Turkistan State was ment projects propelled by activities” and clamped down ploughed into a crowd and all these, at the moment and and crime against humanity on Will Xi regime listen to all 9"9" declared before 1949, but it Beijing, both to eradicate on “peaceful expressions of burst into flames in the historic even for future, Xinjiang is sit- the Uighur Muslims. these? Of course not, for now. could not sustain and finally, poverty and to attract huge for- cultural identity”. Tiananmen Square in Beijing. uated on the border areas of Just before Joe Biden took However, the best such con- the region had to be merged eign direct investment (FDI), This aptly demonstrates Even incidents of mass stab- India’s Ladakh region. The up the reins of the Presidential certed effort must come from with the PRC, then under the have brought a bunch of young how Beijing has come up with bing in Kunming and Yunnan eastern part of Ladakh became office, then Secretary of State international organisations iron rule of legendary Mao and technically qualified Han severe measures both to control Province in the past accompa- a disputed area between both Mike Pompeo said, “This geno- such as the UN, top human Zedong. But then a major fil- migrants from eastern parts of the assertion of the Uighur nied by killing of dozens by India and China since the cide is going on…and we are rights agencies and all the big lip to the separatist movement China to the XUAR. And the identity and to change the suspected Uighur separatists occupation of Aksai Chin in witnessing the systematic Western nations. came after the breakdown of central administrative author- demographic structure of the and their agents have alerted 1962 by the latter. And today, attempt to destroy Uighurs by China’s growth is not detri- the Union of Soviet Socialist ities have specifically promot- province. Beijing to spread a reign of ter- India’s border conflict with the Chinese Party State. Since mental to the global economy, Republics (USSR) in the 1990s. ed the Hans so as to attract With the coming of Xi ror over Xinjiang. China that has been continu- at least March 2017, the local but it must be ensured that it Also, these movements more of them to the Xinjiang Jinping to power in 2012, the In fact, the separatists’ ing in eastern Ladakh almost authorities dramatically esca- stays in the international arena received an indirect support province. This has fast changed state agencies in connivance killing spree has spilled out of for a year has made the XUAR lated their decades long cam- a law-abiding nation. The from the rise of independent the demographic scenario of with Chinese Communist Xinjiang today. And this has more strategically important, paign of repression against Uighurs must be saved from Muslim States across the the region. At the same time, Party (CCP) officials are fast fast becoming a serious con- than the TAR, for Beijing. Uighur Muslims and mem- physical elimination at best by Central Asian region. With the commercial and cultural making the province a fortress. cern for both the CCP and the So from this, it can safely bers of other ethnic and reli- the Chinese state. They all massive crackdown from the activities of the Uighurs have In this process, the central Chinese state. be said that the political boss- gious minority groups, includ- have the right to live the way Chinese State, the separatist been systematically curtailed by government is making several Therefore, this province es in the Communist Party may ing ethnic Kazakhs and ethnic they want. Their basic rights movement and its leaders could the Chinese State. This has vocational training centres in of China is on the top agenda tighten the security and mobil- Kyrgyz.” and freedoms must be restored hardly make an impact on the fuelled tension between the the name of maintaining skilled of both the domestic and for- ity of people in Xinjiang more The veracity and the scale and respected by Beijing. Else status of the province. local Uighurs and the Han workshops for the local eign security agencies. The than ever. of these intensive atrocities more resistance will grow for Why the XUAR is again migrants. Further the author- Uighurs. But many activists reasons are: first, the constant Interestingly, China has have confirmed as reported by sure from the Uighur commu- turning into a boiling point for ities have gradually increased across the globe say these are resistance coming from the been trying to impose strict the locals and some of the nity. China? surveillance and control over like concentration camps for local Uighurs; second, Islamic security control across research organisations of glob- Today, the Chinese state is religious activities by imposing torturing the Uighurs and pun- extremism that is gaining Xinjiang. Since 2016, Chen al repute. In a report called (The writer is an expert on all out to prevent the growth of draconian restrictions on ishing the erring elements. ground around the region; Quanguo, the Party Secretary “Sterilizations, IUDs, and international affairs)

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