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Sources said the s the standoff between the quarters across the country. talk between the Government Sources said the Government is in touch with Afarmers and Centre con- The protest will go on as and the agitating farmer Government and representa- Sanyukt Kisan Morcha’s lead- tinues over agriculture laws, usual,” he told reporters. unions is likely to be held soon. tives of farmer unions are in ers and other moderate farm- farmers are going to block the “There are groups that are Union Minister Som touch to hold the next round ers leaders to chalk out a strat- Jaipur National Highway-8, ending protest and saying they Prakash, who is among the of talks after the nationwide egy to end the stalemate. which passes through are in favour of laws passed by Government representatives protest on December 14. Earlier, Haryana Deputy Gurugram, on Monday. the Government. We want to negotiating with farmers According to sources, Chief Minister Dushyant Following which the Delhi clarify that they are not asso- protesting against the three Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Chautala, who met Defence Police has upped security on ciated with us. new farm laws, indicated that Rakesh Tikait said if the Minister Rajnath Singh,                            the national Capital’s border Agriculture Minister Narendra      !   "# with Haryana. Singh Tomar and Food, On Sunday heads of all Railways and Commerce farmer unions declared that Minister Piyush Goyal on      now they will observe a one- Saturday to discuss the farm- day hunger strike on Monday, ers’ protest, has stated that he farmer leader Gurnam Singh was hopeful that the logjam Chaduni said here on Sunday. would end in the next 24 to 48 #$%&     Farmers said the hunger strike hours. between 8 am and 5 pm on Chautala’s Jannayak Janata Monday is part of the farmers’ Party (JJP) counts farmers as  Central Reserve Police Force has devotion to duty, the CRPF has plan to intensify their agitation an important constituency and been scripted by its bravehearts penned ‘The Shaurya from December 14. has faced prickly questions  who served the nation with Unbound-Tales of Valour of the The announcement by about his alliance with the sheer grit, indomitable courage, Central Reserve Police Force’. farmers’ unions to block the BJP amid the mounting   and unflinching commitment to The book is a collection of Jaipur-Delhi highway comes protests. duty, the CRPF said in a state- 13 most exemplary acts of val- amid protests by thousands for Earlier, a delegation of 29  !"   ment. our of CRPF bravehearts who the last 17 days at the various farmers led by BKU (Mann) “The acts of valour of these were awarded with Chakras. other border points of the leader Guni Prakash from   '()*(+,& fearless men and women have On the anniversary of the national Capital, including Haryana and a delegation of 90 been recognised with more attack on the Indian Parliament, Singhu and Tikri, against the farmers’ leaders from he story of valour, grit and than 2,000 gallantry medals — Birla released the English and laws. Farmers are demanding Uttarakhand meeting with Tcommitment of the CRPF the highest among any Central Hindi version of the book that the Centre withdraws the Union Agriculture Minister jawans has been compiled in a Armed Police Force,” it said. which includes tales of insur- legislations.Addressing a Press Narendra Singh Tomar was rare collection, which was With the belief that every mountable gallantry, of conference at Singhu border, also the part of the back door released by Lok Sabha Speaker citizen deserves to know and Constable Kamlesh Kumari where the farmers have been channel diplomacy. Om Birla on Sunday coincid- take pride in the stories of these Ashok Chakra (posthumously) camping in agitation for over According to farmers’ ing with the anniversary of the acts which serve as true exam- and four Shaurya Chakra recip- two weeks, Chaduni said the +   ,   &    ,   ' P     ! ,    !   leaders, differences erupted Parliament attack. ple of courage, patriotism, ients while retaliating the attack leaders will observe the hunger . /    among the farmer unions. The glorious history of the integrity, discipline, and selfless on Parliament in 2001. %&'()              # / .  ! R     -,.'*&/.0, *&   ' unjab Deputy Inspector PGeneral (Prisons)   !,1!.'().0 #  Ministry data, the area under is the biggest contributor of the Lakhminder Singh Jakhar on      wheat cultivation is down by food grain to the national Sunday said he has resigned   ense fog enveloped the cap- 60,000 hectare in Punjab, 1.2 buffer stock. Wheat is expect- from the service in support of Dital city and several other     lakh hectare in Haryana and ed to be sown over nearly 35 farmers who are protesting 23345 places throwing normal life out 2.25 lakh hectare in Rajasthan lakh hectares in Punjab with an against the Centre’s three new of gear in the State in the early    '()*(+,& so far.Data showed that total output target of nearly 170 farm laws. hours on Sunday. wheat cultivation in Punjab was lakh tonnes. Normally, wheat Jakhar said he tendered his   !,1!.'().0 Visibility was reduced below tion would continue on Monday. ith the farmers protesting at only 33.3 lakh hectare so far sowing starts in the last week resignation to the State 200 metre in Bhubaneswar affect- Shallow to moderate fog very Wat the Delhi/NCR bor- in the current rabi season as of October in the State. Government on Saturday. ike in the State as a ing vehicular movement on the likely to occur at a few places in ders against the three new against 33.9 lakh hectare last Interestingly, in absence of In his resignation letter to Lwhole, capital city National Highway severely. the morning over the districts of farm laws, wheat cultivation year. Similarly, Haryana has adult males, women have taken Principal Secretary (Home), “I Bhubaneswar on Sunday “As forecasted, dense fog , Kandhamal, Koraput, back home in their States of reported wheat cultivation in the charge of irrigating fields, would like to inform you of my registered more coronavirus continues in Bhubaneswar city Nayagarh, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan only 22.04 lakh hectare against sprinkling fertilisers in them, considered and introspective cases in comparison to the seven were quarantine area. Airport observatory report- and at one or two places in the has taken a hit in the current the 23.06 lakh hectare last year. tending cattle, milking cows decision to stand with my last several days. cases. One more person ed visibility of 200 metres at 6.00 morning over the districts of rabi season. Rajasthan has reported and chopping fodder for them farmer brothers who are peace- A total of 41 new succumbed to the disease am today morning,” informed the Khordha, Puri, Kendrapada States like Madhya Pradesh 25.05 lakh hectare under wheat with their children’s help, while fully protesting against the Covid-19 positive cases on the day, pushing the Regional Office of IMD here. Bhadrak, Kalahandi and Boudh. and Maharashtra, from where cultivation as compared to the keeping their spouses and adult Farm Ordinances, 2020 which were reported, taking the total toll to 229 in the city. Foggy conditions prevailed in A yellow warning for dense not many farmers have partic- 27.29 lakh hectare last year, a sons assured all the while not are detrimental to interest of city’s total positives’ count to However, 26 persons Baleswar and Bhadrak district fog has been issued for Nayagarh, ipated in the protests, have reduction of 2.25 lakh hectare. to worry about the chores back farmers and their future gen- 31,145, including 346 active recovered on the day, taking which affected the road and rail Boudh, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, sown more wheat or rabi crops Wheat is the biggest rabi (win- home and focus on their erations.” He wrote that he was cases.Out of the new cases, the city’s total recoveries to traffic. However, the weather Kandhamal, Rayagada and this year. As per Agriculture ter sown) crop of Punjab and protests. himself a farmer. 34 were local contacts and 30,549. office forecasted that fog condi- Koraput districts. $%     & ''"( *+  ,       #     ' ) '* -  .    ompared to the last so district reported the day’s the State’s total death toll !! '()*(+,& councillors of the BJP “smashed   '()*(+,& is fine and I have been fol-   Cmany days, an increased highest 47 new cases followed mounted to 1,803.Two deaths new CCTV cameras, installed lowing all the guidelines for     number of new Covid-19 by Sundargarh with 44, each were reported in elhi Government sources by the AAP Government, to JP president JP Nadda home isolation on the advice cases were reported in the Khordha 39, Sambalpur 27, Khordha and Mayurbhanj dis- Dalleged that BJP leaders protect their privacy”. Bwho has just returned of doctors.  "#"$%& ' State on Sunday. And the Bargarh and Mayurbhanj 26 tricts while Sundargarh holding demonstration out- A video of the alleged inci- from West tested pos- “I request everyone who  " " ()( death figure continued almost each, Cuttack 24, Baleswar 21, recorded one. side Chief Minister Arvind dent went viral on social media itive on Sunday for the has come in contact with me same. Jharsuguda 18, Jajpur 16, Till date, Khordha district Kejriwal’s residence demanding purportedly showing some Covid-19. in the last few days to please  ) ' As many as 393 persons Ganjam and Puri 14 each, has reported the highest 310 payment of funds due to the people gathered outside the Nadda said he has been isolate yourself and get your-   *+" tested Covid-19 positive on Rayagada six, deaths followed by Ganjam party-ruled municipal corpo- CM’s residence and one of following all the guidelines for self checked,” Nadda tweeted the day in 27 districts and the four, Balangir two and Boudh with 245 fatalities, Sundargarh rations damaged CCTV cam- them smashing a CCTV cam- home isolation. in Hindi. "*,&' State pool, pushing the total one. 155, Cuttack 137 and Puri 110. eras at the spot on Sunday era fixed on the boundary “I got the test done after Prior to this, Nadda was & " # +,# tally to 3,23,757 in the Nine cases were reported However, 386 patients evening. wall. A police complaint in this experiencing the initial symp- on a two -day tour (December State.Of the new cases, 228 from the State pool.Five more recovered on the day, taking North Delhi Mayor Jai regard has been filed, toms of corona and the report 9 & 10) of the for   !,1!.'().0 were from quarantine while persons succumbed to the the total recoveries to 3,19,069 Prakash, however, said women Government sources said. came back positive. My health the party poll campaign. 165 were local contacts.Angul disease on the day, with which in the State.           

     Union Territories, including cent. Also, the Andaman and even adults. Dr RK Dhamija, underlined importance of       $ Jammu & Kashmir, Nicobar Islands and Professor from Delhi-based breastfeeding in this regard,    !&- !. Maharashtra, Gujarat, Lakshadweep recorded the Lady Hardinge Medical pointing out that it prevents     .. + Mizoram, Tripura, highest percentage of obesity College said that children are babies from getting obese and        &- Lakshadweep and Ladakh among women at over 40 per “not eating healthy” and “not undernourished. “It is well    O  have registered many fold cent. getting enough exercise,” leav- known babies in India are            increase in cases of obesity Men and women were ing them obese. either undernourished or get-        !   ! among children below five counted as obese whose body He warns that obesity is ting obese in some sections of        /  years of age in comparison to mass index was found to be likely to get worse during the the population. Breastfeeding     NFHS-4 conducted between over or equal to 25.0 kg/m2 Covid-19 pandemic which has provides a double duty action    2015 and 2016. while children’s obesity was restricted kids and elders to prevent both these prob-   '()*(+,& The data reveals that only counted in terms of weight- inside the homes. “Many chil- lems,” he said. He cited a  P      Goa, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, for-height. The present NFHS dren are moving less and eat- WHO study involving 16 O  P  here has been a drastic rise and Daman and Diu registered was conducted on 6.1 lakh ing more and that too junk countries that says breast-    !   "#   Tin obesity among children a drop in the number of over- sample households, involving food,” he said adding that this feeding reduces child obesity !      under five years in 20 out of weight children under five Mizoram 10 per cent, Jammu Territories registered a rise in household-level interviews to may result into various ail- risk by up to 25 percent. L    M    the 22 States where a study was years of age. and Kashmir, and Sikkim 9.6 obesity among women while collect information on popu- ments like diabetes and The NFHS results of 17 &     conducted, according to the “About 13.4 per cent chil- per cent each,” as per the data. 19 states and UTs recorded an lation, health, family plan- breathing problems. He sug- States and five Union    latest National Family Health dren under the age of five were Not just children, rise in increase in obesity among ning and nutrition related gested adopting health lifestyle Territories have been released "  Survey (NFHS) with experts found to be obese in Ladakh obesity has even been record- men. indicators. including eating health foods now as phase-one. The phase- " "  attributing it to lack of physi- which was highest among the ed in adults in the latest sur- Kerala and the Andaman Doctors have blamed ris- and physical activities. two results covering other "    cal activity and unhealthy food 22 States and Union Territories vey in comparison to NFHS- and Nicobar Islands recorded ing obesity on unhealthy food Dr Arun Gupta from States will be released next    habits. According to the surveyed, followed by 4. According to the survey the highest percentage of obe- choices and lack of physical Breastfeeding Promotion year, the Union Health NHFS-5, several States and Lakshadweep at 10.5 per cent, data, 16 States and Union sity among women at 38 per activities among children and Network of India (BPNI) Ministry had said.    !"#$#$   

      *'1  %   #        2   % 'P %   !,1!.'().0 no control over private schools. agitation would be intensi- But according to the Odisha fied, warned the OPAF mem-   !,1!.'().0 had instructions or guidelines embers of the Education Rules and its reso- bers. :=3 following which educational MOrganisation of Parents lution on September 29, 1996 Among others, OPAF sec- he Biju Janata Dal (BJD) institutions, places of worship Associations’ Forum (OPAF) the fee should be charged as retary Mitarani Sahu, Sai Twould hold two crucial were closed. on Sunday gheraoed the res- per the service provided. International School parents’ meetings ahead of the party’s 44=: 4 Sports activities and large idence of School and Mass But the Government did forum secretary Nilamadhab foundation day scheduled on public gatherings were also Education Minister Samir not inform the court about Mohanty, Naresh Kumar Sahu, December 26. banned to prevent any spread Ranjan Dash here protesting this. This proves that the Naryana School forum’s While a party executive ?3:6226 of coronavirus. These deci- the hefty fees charged by pri- Government has a nexus with Subhrajit Mohanty, Nihar body meeting would be held on sions of the Government were vate schools. the private schools. If the Routray, Young Phoenix December 20, a State council appreciated by all sections of The agitating members Government doesn’t solve the forom’s Shantipriya and meeting has been scheduled on  !,1!.'().0 society, said Orissa High Court alleged that the schools like Sai parents problems soon, the Swagatika Das were present. December 21, informed senior senior advocate Subrat Kumar International, Young Phoenix, BJD leader Debi Prasad Mishra he Covid-19 pandemic out- Nanda. Naryana and BJEM are debar- at a Press conference here on Tbreak has brought the Due to the Government ring the children from online Sunday. world on its knees and a num- strict enforcement of guidelines classes, not providing them “The party is all set to hold informed. Chief Minister ing.Some political drafts would ber of international and nation- under the instructions of Chief with report cards and issuing its 24th foundation day on Naveen Patnaik, who is the be received and proposals al sporting events have been Minister Naveen Patnik the various threats to the students December 26. The BJD, which party supremo, has approved would be approved at the State either cancelled or postponed. infection rate and fatalities in when they were not able to has emerged as one of the the meetings on the scheduled council meeting, he said. In this scenario, it has now the State has declined signifi- deposit the fees. biggest regional parties in dates. Besides, discussions would come to light that the Odisha cantly. When the parents met the India, will complete 23 years of He has directed to observe be held elaborately on the Cricket Association (OCA) is So, the Government should Minister about the issue he its foundation. the party foundation day in future course of action to going to conduct inter-district not grant permission for any reportedly said, If you are not Ahead of the occasion, the blocks, NACs and ULBs, he strengthen the party organisa- cricket matches. sports events in 2020 to OCA able to pay the fees why are executive body and State coun- added. BJD general secretary tion at the grassroots level. This has led to apprehen- or any sports till the pandem- enrolling your children in pri- cil meetings of the party will be Sanjay Dasburma said that all The party would decide its sions that the players and their ic is completely kicked out, said vate schools. held at its State headquarters on party MLAs, MPs and mem- strategies to fight elections families would face the risk of Nanda, who has sought the The State Government has December 20 and 21, respec- bers of the State council would against other parties in the physical harm and even death. Chief Minister’s intervention submitted an affidavit in the tively, in Bhubaneswar,” he attend the State council meet- State, he added. Earlier, the State Government on the issue. Orissa High Court that it has       ,'  ,  /!     #$ !       3 2:3; 2:3<6:3 4;6=746 3?3 643 3:A2       +

  !,1!.'().0 30,844 crore. And only four on the floor of the Assembly maintained the level of 2018   !,1!.'().0 $ #   months left; so the target to (OLA), while presenting collection as on November 30.     here is a huge reduction of receive Rs 68,299 crore in Supplementary demand for By November 30, 2018, collec- he Commissionerate TCentral grants for Odisha, financial year of 2020-21 is approval. So how the State tion of Own Tax Revenue was Tpolice on Saturday night   which has turned out to be a unlikely. Reduction from Share Government will be able to Rs 18,509 crore and by sealed as many as four bars major concern for the State, Tax is almost - 21 per cent and mop up resources to fund a November 30, 2019, it was Rs here for violation of the Covid-   which requires more funds for on Central grants, it is - 21 per- State Budget of Rs 1.61 lakh 19,917 crore. 19 guidelines. ('*0..*. fighting Covid-19 pandemic cent. crore with shrinking Central However by November 30, According to reports, a and speeding up development However, by November 30, release is a pertinent question. 2020, the State has collected Rs total of 10 bars under the n a certificate forgery case, the projects. 2018, Odisha received Rs Under this backdrop, the 18,922 crore.Though growth Laxmisagar police limits were IRDC (Central) directed the The State used to get more 33,860 crore and as on Odisha Government is trying over 2019 is less than nearly 5 raided by cops, during which district administration here to than Rs 60,000 crore from November 30, 2019, the State hard to collect Own Tax and per cent, however due to two bars, Swagat Bar and file FIR against a Nalco-based Share Tax and grants from the had received Rs 37,651 crore Non Tax Revenue in an organ- Covid-19, collection could have Mohanty Ba, were found vio- engineer and his brother for Center to the State. So, a lion's from Share Tax and grants ised manner so that the situa- been poorer but due to an over- lating the Covid norms by obtaining caste certificates share of the Budget is funded from the Centre. So, the State tion can be managed to some drive, level of 2018 was main- openly serving liquor. The fraudulently. by the the Union Government. has received much less amount extent. With Covid-19 pan- tained, officials say. two bars were sealed while a The RDC (Central However, it is slowing down than 2018 level High inflation demic economy has slowed While in 2020-21 it has fine of Rs 4,000 was imposed Division) passed the order over past few years as in 2019- and grossly slowing down of down and collection of Own been targeted that Rs 56,000 on each. against Kartik Chandra Pal, son 20, the State received Rs 54,602 Share Tax and Central grants is Tax and Non Tax Revenue crore will be collected from Besides, the police raided Ajit Bar, were found allowing sealed. A total of 72 persons, of Purna Chandra Pal, of crore.As on November 30, 2020 the cause of worry for the looks to be a hard task.A review Own Tax and Own Non Tax six bars under the Capital and gatherings of customers including customers, were Ramnagar village under Jamboo on both Share Tax and grants State. Finance Minister reveals that due to overdrive, revenue, achieving the target Kharavel Nagar police limits amounting to violation of the penalised with a total fine of Marine police station following count, Odisha has received Rs Niranjan Pujari admitted this the Odisha Government has seems difficult, admit officials. where two bars, Mad Mule and Covid guidelines and were Rs 28,000. the State Level Scrutiny Committee (SLSC) gave its final orders against Kartik, implicat-    @#     #O  ing him in a forgery case.      $)*    Kartik is working as an    / ""    Swabhiman Anchal in engineer in Control and district on Saturday. Instrumentation of CPP, Nalco,  "       ./ The incident took place when an in Angul. He was found guilty   #.+.'/&0& operation by Special Operations of possessing fake caste certifi- ()*!  ) vision close to their place.”  !,1!.'().0 Group (SOG) jawans was under- cate in the inquiry. Rural consumers can avail the +, wo Maoists, including a way in the area. The ultras, One Basant Kumar Sethy ,  !   physical services of ‘Mo Seva ith an aim to improve and Twoman, were killed in a gun spotting the security forces, the president of SC/ST Forum of Kendras’ at gram panchayat   Mallick(17),Bablu Mallick(16) Wboost intellectual and battle with security forces in the opened fire, following which Kendrapada, had filed a com-   !,1!.'().0 level. It would help in improv- and Sarat Mallick(16) had set innovation skills of kids, social Gajalmamudi area of the jawans retaliated. plaint petition through the ing the consumer coverage      out for Bhubaneswar first and organisation, Bandhu, is organ- General Manager of Nalco by he Odisha Computer and overall commercial per- later to Tamil Nadu. ising an online competition the RDC –cum-Chairman of TApplication Centre formance of the discoms , he     They started working in ‘Ankurayan-2020’ from State Level Scrutiny (OCAC) and the power distri- added. the mill since September 18, December 16 to 18 in eight dif- -% P Committee(SLSC) Central bution companies (discoms) Electronics and IT   where they were forced to ferent categories. This will be the Division ,Cuttack on May 4, Nesco, Wesco and Southco on Secretary, Mishra hailed the ('*0..*. work for 12 hours a day. But 15th Edition of Ankurayan com- 2017 alleging that Kartik had Saturday signed an agreement web portal and highlighted they were not paid their wages petition by online mode.  % %  availed SC reservation benefits for online electricity bill pay- that, "ODISHAONE" portal he poverty-stricken family and when they demanded the Interested Odia speaking to get the job in Nalco though ment through the would be a common frontend Tmembers of four Dalit money after waiting for three partipants residing anywhere  !,1!.'().0 he belongs to Kumbhakar(OBC 'ODISHAONE' web portal interface to provide more than minors of Baro and months, the mill owner went can log on to www.band- & SEBC). www.odishaone.gov.in. 200 citizen-centric services. Uchharpada villages under berserk and started torturing huodisha.in/ankurayan for he Kalinga Nippon Buddha After getting compaliant in The agreement was signed He hoped that the system Kendrapada block sought help them. details and register online. TSangh observed the first this regard , the case was sent to in presence of Gridco will be adored by the con- from the district administration The mothers of the four This year the competitions death anniversary of the Dhauli District Vigilance Cell of Chairman and-Administrator sumers, for the lucrative two to rescue their children from a victims on Sunday met the will be held in Drawing, Creative pagoda’s chief monk Rev Kazuo Kendrapada for conducting an of three distribution companies percent rebate for online pay- Tamil Nadu carton making District Emergency Officer on Writing, Recitation, Yo da on Saturday. inquiry. The Investigating Saurabh Garg and Gridco ment option and alternate pro- mill owner who has kept the behalf of the district Collector Photography, Debate, Jhotichitra, Members of the Japan ceremony with prayers and Officer of District Vigilance cell Managing Director Trilochan vision of around 9,000 physical minors captive for demanding and urged to take step to bring Craft out of Waste(Sarjana) and Buddha Sangh visited Yoda’s distributed food to the visitors later submitted inquiry report to Panda. and Electronics and IT touch points throughout the their wages. A local middle- their wards back home. Even, Rangoli. All participants will be final resting place in Japan in memory of Yoda. joint Director ,SSD and mem- Secretary Manoj Mishra. State. man,Kalandi Mallick, had the parents also demanded divided in two groups – while the Kalinga Nippon The Sangh’s employees bers Convener in 2018. Panda said that the initia- With the minimisation of taken the four minors to work before the district Collector to Senior(From Class 8th to 10th) Buddha Sangh expressed their were provided with new clothes But in inquiry report ,it was tive would be a win-win propo- human interface, efficiency of in the mill in Salem district of take legal action against the and Junior (From class 1st to loving sentiments with flowers by its secretary Liu Kuo Yung found genealogy and other rel- sition for all stakeholders utilities and transparency in the TN promising them a salary of middleman. When contacted, 7th). For any further details or near his relics buried in the in the presence of the Sangh evant details report was lacking including the consumers, who system as well as quality of con- Rs 17,000 per month. district Collector, Samarth clarification participants can sacred place at Dhauligiri,The development coordinator Rabi for which DSP, Kendrapada was would be be benefited through sumer service would improve, The victims, Somanath Verma, said steps were afoot to Contact - 9439273299, Kalinga Nippon Buddha Sangh Maharana and member again directed to inquire into the hassle-free collection pro- Garg said. Mallick(17),Tusar rescue the victims. 6370144929, 9547460266. held a special remembrance Dinabandhu Pradhan. alleged matter on June 6, 2018.      !   

           al life of the society. Creating of production of horticulture ing easy availability of modern proper cold storage network for and vegetable produces which equipment, water, power, bank- agreed to amend the laws to invites situations like the pre- the APMCs are under close present criteria of contract safe preservation of produces of are perishable in nature, in ing finance, fertilizer, seed, safeguard MSP and APMC sent one. supervisions of Agriculture, farming. perishable nature and improv- order to prevent their wastage fuel etc as 50 per cent of land and Mandi system. The farm- Agriculture is a State sub- Horticulture and Cooperative If private players in mining ing transport connectivity from during high productions and in India is still dependable on ers apprehend that the new ject but the States were not con- department officials which are and coal sectors are regulated, farm gate to market area and preventing their distress sale. monsoon and the cost of inputs farm laws will weaken the sulted in formulating the law. easily accessible to farmers in why not in agri-sector touch- reducing cost of inputs was Corporate houses, private is beyond the reach of small MSP and the APMC structures Agro scientists available in 70 which voice of farmers has a ing 70 per cent of population? need of the hour, not corpora- investors and private players farmers. and throw them at the mercy agro universities spread over dominant role in such bodies The new farm laws facilitate tization. could be engaged to build such Agriculture has every of private players. the country could have been because of locational position marketing without any licence If there are middlemen in cold chains and food value potential to increase country’s The Kisan wing of BJP associated in framing the farm and close proximity between and anyone with a PAN card APMC structure there would chains in suitable areas, since GDP and generate employ- before the party came to power laws that concerns 70 per cent them. can act as a trader to purchase be more middlemen of invisi- farmers cannot create such ment. The Centre would do used to demand full imple- of India’s population. The RMCs being nearer to agro produces directly from the ble nature under corporatiza- provisions due to lack of tech- well to leave the subjects to the mentation of Swami Nathan Before enacting the laws if farm gates, the farmers had farmers which in reality may tion and it would be difficult nical expertise, fear of mainte- States by playing the role of a Committee report which dealt the Centre had consulted the strong bargaining power with give rise to multiplication of to rein in them.Our farmers nance cost and poor return. facilitator to ensure remuner-    with remunerative MSP and farmer bodies, perhaps the regard to price and marketing middlemen between the cor- may be poor or lack educa- Onions at peak sessions are ative MSP and developing easy access to inputs for sus- present situation would not place which they apprehend porate sector and the farm tional qualifications but they sold at Rs 10-15 at farm gates interState transport and infra- he massive and peaceful tainability of the farming sys- have occurred which natural- would be troublesome with gate. have expertise in handling and the middlemen who collect structure for food value and Tprotest movement by farm- tem. But now, some of the rec- ly fueled suspicion among the weakening position of the These laws would virtual- marketing of their produce. and preserve for off sessions, cold chain. Hope both sides ers against farm bills of the ommendations are ignored by farmers since they are the real APMCs and Mandis. ly turn APMCs irrelevant and The Centre would have sale back at much higher price. will show their sagacity to Central Government at a time the NDA after assuming power. stakeholders. The farmers holding small lose their existence. Small and done well by strengthening The other thing what the resolve the ongoing problem in when they are supposed to be The new farm laws have Every State has huge mar- holdings would easily become marginal farmers would suffer available infrastructure by Centre ought to have taken care the greater interest of public. in the fields for post harvesting vitiated the agro-atmosphere of ket infrastructure which have vulnerable to various market in dispute resolution process bringing further improvements of is about making MSP remu- works is historic in many ways, the country. The one-upman- grown and stabilized over the pressures and there is possibil- due to inequity between the like transportation and cold nerative. (The writer is a former namely for the scale, determi- ship attitude and agenda driven years and are close to farm ity that the corporate houses two contractual parties that is chain for safe preservation of The movement of the Deputy Speaker of the Odisha nation and non-violence qual- policy of the Central gates and easily accessible and may exploit small farmers private players and small farm- such agro produce in its role of farmers has given another Legislative Assembly and a for- ity of the protest.The Government in taking policy accountable to farmers which under pre fixed pricing term in ers. Farming is never a capi- a facilitator for post harvest opportunity to review on the mer Member of the State Government which initially decisions without prior thread- are under the administration of contract farming, depriving talistic enterprise which is a managements by planning at need of making a comprehen- Planning Board, Ph: appeared adamant had dis- bare discussions on the objec- the local agricultural marketing them of higher price in post people oriented vocation least one cold storage in each sive agro policy to bring more 9437412877. played flexibility and even tives and the consequences committees. The activities of harvest situations under the deeply rooted in socio cultur- Block on the basis of quantum area under cultivation, by mak- [email protected])                                                                                                                                                !        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Now 500 farmers He expressed doubt over be directed to take up Lakhanpur Coalfields. he said were draconian by NEP Bill and GST etc have organisations are continuing meeting the timeline of the Brahmani bridge work along According to the informa- December 9 evening. The persons arrested were identi- nature and would make the hindered the development of the strike despite the biting project given the slow speed with road work simultane- tion provided, on December 8, papers which were made on the fied as Md. Sadaktula alias financial condition of farmers the nation, he alleged. cold wave in Delhi, which at which the construction ously, he urged. trucks number OR23B 8634 December 8 were also used the Babu (28), Susant Prasad Bhue insecure. State Congress Kisan shows the level of discontent- and OR 09Q9221 left the following day. (35), Ashok Kumar Sahoo (32), While during the UPA Committee president Amiya ment they have against the Lakhanpur coal mines to go to After getting information MCL security staff Mahesh regime, the MSPs for farm Kumar Pattanaik speaking on Central Government, Patnaik their destination with necessary from the sources, the police Kumar Bhoi (25), Ajit Kumar produces were enhanced, the the occasion urged everyone to said. !   documents but did not reach rushed to spot and arrested Jadab (19) and Chandan NDA Government led by make the massive rally on Among others, Ganjam the destinations and sold the both the drivers with their Kumar Jadab (25). Modi is set to dilute the MSP December 14 successful in Kisan Congress president coal to a brick kiln owner. trucks. According to Lakhanpur system, Naidu lamented. district and block level. Brundaban Khatei, Sibaram The next day, these trucks After interrogation, the police station in-charge, Pabitra Agriculture contributes The State Government too Patra and Manoj Sahu were #  in connivance with the MCL's vehicle owners, security per- Kisan, all the accused were sent immensely for the GDP of the failed to relieve woes of the present. security personnel managed sonnel and loading operator to the Jharsuguda Court and country but ironically the farmers. Rather the ruling Town Congress president to get the coal load on the were arrested by police. The the two trucks were seized. Government was ignoring the BJD was keeping mum on the Basant Kumar Panda presided. " ,+   4   $ ,    2 %      !.0/.0, the mythological episode the Bali Yatra in Cuttack, involving the killing of King Paradip and Bhubaneswar had he famous 11-day-long Kansa in the hands of his been cancelled this year due to 3   Tannual Dhanu Yatra at nephew Lord Krishna. Earlier, the pandemic. Bargarh would not be held this year due to the Covid-19 situ-   .10 some passersby persuaded her ation, informed district not to do so. She stood on para- Collector on Sunday. igh drama unfolded on the pet for around five minutes, A decision in this regard HBaitarani bridge in the during which passersby were was taken at a meeting Panikoili police limits area in continuously convincing her between the Collector and Jajpur district when a young not to take the extreme step. members of the Dhanu Yatra woman stood on the parapet of Later, a youth grabbed her Committee held at the DRDA the bridge and was about to body.According to reports, the hand and made her come office. jump into the river from the newly-married woman hail- down. The woman was then Notably, the Bargarh bridge on Saturday. However, a ing from Khantapada area in handed over to the Panikoili Dhanu Yatra is considered as certain mishap was averted as Baleswar district climbed police. 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Brahmapur MP   !0.,#.10 of the meeting was to assess Mission Shakti Gruha in non- tiatives though community he Brahamapur Municipal Chandrasekhar Sahoo, MLA the performance of ULBs in slum areas, smart street lights, participation.   !0.,#.10 election, outgoing chairman TCorporation (BeMC) Bikram Panda, Ganjam rincipal Secretary, Housing implementation of various revenue augmentation etc The ULBs were directed to and senior lawyer Bhagaban observed the Swacchata Collector Ganjam,Vijay Pand Urban Development, urban initiatives that are were extensively reviewed and gear up to the occasion of he elections for the office- Sahu and outgoing secretary of Movement Day on Friday Amruta Kulange and BeMC G Mathi Vathnan recently vis- extensively underway. a target was set against each Swachh Survekshan 2021 and Tbearers of the prestigious the Ganjam Bar Association emphasising on various Commissioner Sidheswar ited Hinjilicut to review the The progress in imple- activity. try to achieve top positions at Ganjam Bar Association were lawyer Sudhanshu Sekhar aspects of cleanliness includ- Baliram Bondar graced the progress of various develop- mentation of various key The Principal Secretary, the national level. held on Saturday in the court Panda were present. ing hygiene, waste manage- function as guests. ment works. urban initiatives i.e. JAGA H&UD stressed upon focused While reviewing the urban premises. While Kapileswar The election was conduct- ment and sanitation. Various prizes were dis- This was followed by an Mission, urban wage employ- and timely implementation of water supply, the Principal Pattnaik was elected as presi- ed peacefully. Mention may be On the occasion, citizens, tributed to RWAs, market intensive review meeting on ment initiative, construction the urban initiatives. Secretary directed the engi- dent, Basanta Kumar Rout was made that a total of 1,098 hotels, market association, associations and hospitals for the performance of the 23 and operationalisation of The Director, Municipal neers of Public Health to elected as vice-president. RK lawyers exercised their fran- hospitals, resident welfare ensuring cleanliness. urban local bodies (ULB) of Micro Composting Centres Administration, directed all ensure 100 per cent coverage Maharana and Sreedhar Sahu chise out of 1,333 enrolled for associations,Government Debate and painting com- three districts, i.e., Ganjam, and material recovery facilities the ULBs to improve perfor- to all households in all ULBs were elected as secretary and the State Bar Council. Lawyer organisations and students petitions were also organised Gajapati and Kandhamal held in ULBs, creation of Parichaya mance in revenue augmenta- by March 2021. The Collectors joint secretary, respectively. Prof (Dr) Krushna Chandra participated as part of an ini- for the students. Finally, every- under the chairmanship of (Multi Purpose Community tion and ensure the imple- were directed to periodically The election was conducted by Panda congratulated newly tiative to raise awareness on body took a pledge to keep Mathi Vathnan. The objective Centres) in slum areas, mentation of the various ini- review the same. Nayana Mahapatra. During elected office bearers. the importance of cleanliness their surroundings clean.   ,- +  , ' , '   -+  1 %                 %     $  !    .0.*& 3   (<',.0   !.+().0 hectares and non paddy in n the high-profile Kujang around 88,000 hectares. IBar Association election man, his wife and their   !.+().0 morning after buying a gift for tresses were laid on cultiva- The meeting to discuss was held in the court premis- Aminor daughter sustained a wedding ceremony when Stion of pulses and oilseeds policy and planning for the es on Saturday, Gatikrushna critical injuries as a truck n a tragic incident, two their motorcycle dashed against for the current Rabi season ensuing Rabi crop, 2020-21 Satpathy was elected as pres- rammed into their house locat- Iminor brothers were killed the dumper. Both sustained with the objective of doubling was attended by District ident. ed on the side of NH-20 near when the motorcycle by which critical injuries in the mishap the income of the farmers in Agriculture Officer Prasanna Among others, Nrusingha Sathighara Sahi under the they were travelling and a and were rushed to a hospital the agriculture strategy meet- Kumar Mohapatra, Deputy Charan Pradhan, Sanjaya Keonjhar Town police limits dumper truck had a head-on by locals. However, the doctor ing held on Thursday. Director Horticulture Gobinda Kumar Behera, Mamata late on Saturday night. collision on State Highway-57 at the hospital declared them Emphasis too was laid on Chandra Lenka, senior scien- Adhikari and Pabitra Mohan The driver of the speeding near Satasulia Chhak under the brought dead. line sowing, use of organic tist of Krushi Vigyan Kendra, Nayak were elected vice-pres- goods truck lost control over Kamarda police station in Irate locals staged a road fertilisers, proper use of water Sunil Mohapatra among others. ident, secretary, assistant sec- the wheels, following which it Baleswar district on Sunday. blockade by burning tyres and irrigation facilities, edu- Deliberations too were held retary and treasurer, respec- rammed into the house of the by locals and rushed to the the house. Police reached the The deceased were identi- demanding compensation for cating farmers about quality of to aware farmers about the tively. victims, who were sleeping. Keonjhar District Headquarters spot and started an investiga- fied as Kishore Das (16) and the family of the deceased and soil etc. availability of seeds, fertilisers Besides, eight lawyers The wall of the house collapsed Hospital for treatment. The tion.On the other hand, locals Swadhin Das (11) of the Banida construction of a speed-break- while the target for culti- and pesticides etc in subsidised were elected to the executive and fell on Mahesh Patra, his house was severely damaged in staged road blockade by burn- area under the Jaleswar police er at the spot. The driver of the vation in the Rabi season is in rates and the Government's body. Out of the 185 voters, wife and their seven-year-old the incident while the truck ing tyres demanding compen- limits. According to reports, the truck fled the spot after the 1.13 lakh hectares of land encouragement for innovative 168 cast their votes. daughter.They were rescued overturned after ramming into sation for the victims. duo was returning home in the accident. including paddy in 24,000 farming etc.     

(NDPS) Act, 1985, produc- stress. They say it has its use in drugs which are injurious to strong anti-liquor campaigns. dear ones die due to alco- the ban stating that liquor ban paigners question that tion, plantation, consumption, medicines and hence, ganja health'. In 1977 when Morarjee The Nisha Nibaran Abhijan is holism. There is not a single was causing huge loss in rev- Government never calculates and procurement are so far production will be highly prof- Desai became the Prime here in full swing. A centenar- woman who would not like to enue. The deaths due to liquor the cost of human miseries and banned in India. itable to our farmers Minister in the Janata Party ian freedom fighter , Padma banish alcohol. It is the prime poisoning still remain accidental deaths, besides that These are cognisable In many Western countries Goverment, he desired for Charan Nayak appeals for a cause of domestic miseries, unchecked in Odisha .The vic- of domestic violence, rapes, offences as per provisions of including the USA cannabis liquor free India. But reportedly Nisha Mukt Odisha and calls poverty, ruined health and tims are mainly poor people. social indignity and ethical this act which can put one in has been legalised and ganja he felt hurt when his plan of for a ban of sale of liquor, the physique. Besides, consump- Most of them consume locally and moral degeneration caused jail for maximum 20 years. and bhang consumption is also total prohibition was not consumption of which hurts tion of spurious liquor results brewed alcohol laced with urea by the alcohol drinks. The rev- Recently, there have been associated with our culture. In accepted by his own Cabinet personal growth and causes in a series of deaths in several for a better kick. enue loss could be managed made high profile arrests of festivals like Holi and folklore colleagues as they feared about unnecessary conflicts. But it is villages in Odisha. Hooch Over a time this proves through other channels. some Bollywood actors and of our Lord Shiv, it is used, they revenue loss. of no avail so far. deaths also occur in different lethal for them, with belly and When the Bombay actresses on the charge of con- claim. They apprehended that Infact, there has been an States. hands swollen, awaiting for Provincial Government in suming and possessing even a And therefore, if India revenue loss due to prohibition anti-liquor law duly passed in In May 1992, liquor deaths death. It is not due to any mys- 1939 declared total prohibition few grams of ganja. amends the NDPS Act reclas- would impair the develop- 1956 by Naba Krushna in a serious scale took place in terious disease. It is instead, due in Bombay, Gandhiji on March Now, India's vote in the sifying ganja as non-dangerous mental work. But for a Choudhuri, the Gandhian Cuttack. More than 200 people to excessive alcohol consump- 26, 1939 wrote a letter to the UN favouring ganja to be drug as per the decision in UN Gandhian like Morajee Bhai, leader and former Chief died after drinking illegally tion and alcoholism. Bombay Government giving reclassified from illegal to legal now, many believe, it will prohibition was not an eco- Minister of Odisha. But the brewed poisonous liquor. As In fact, sale of liquor gives thanks - 'Handsome is that ..  has raised eyebrows. There is adversely impact both our rural nomic issue; it was an issue of subsequent Governments have many as 600 people were hos- more money to the handsome does. speculation that ganja related and urban lives. It will be real- social purification and ethical failed to enforce it. Fear of rev- pitalised. Many of them Government of Odisha. The Bombay will be looking he United Nations activities may be decrimi- ly worrisome upliftment. enue loss looms large in them. became permanently blind. It State's excise revenue has beautiful not for sea beach TCommission for Narcotic nalised in India soon. The Indian Constitution Almost four decades after, A question is repeatedly was one of the biggest tragedies increased by about 24 times in alone. Bombay will , henceforth Drugs has now decided to Of course, for the last sev- prescribes for a drug free and the Nitish Kumar Government asked why Odisha needs a of its kind in India last 20 years to the tune of be beautiful for liquor and remove cannabis, marijuana, eral years, there have been liquor free India. According to in has set an example by functional anti liquor law ban- Women organisations in approximately Rs 4,000 crore drug free slums with happy weed, ganja from the list of demands to legalise cannabis in Article 47 in the Directive declaring Bihar as a dry State ning the sale and production of Odisha then fought for a total since the year 2000 when it was human faces. And campaign dangerous narcotics and India India. Some think tanks in jus- Principles of State Policy of the with imposition of total prohi- liquor. It needs because free sale ban on sale and manufacture of Rs 135 crore only. The for prohibition is not one time has voted in favour of the tifying their demands give the Constitution of India,' the State bition in addition to Gujarat of alcohol has created havoc in liquor. The then Government Government, therefore, opens event. It is a continuous one’ decision in the UNO. It is grounds that the level of intox- shall endeavour to bring about which has been declared dry villages, mainly in adivasi and headed by Biju Patnaik in 1994 the outlets to sell the liquor and astounding. ication consuming ganja is not prohibition of the consumption earlier. slum areas. imposed a ban on liquor sell- has created Beverage (A Gandhian author and In Narcotic Drugs and so high and dangerous; its except for medicinal purposes In Odisha for over the last Women are the worst suf- ing. But the subsequent Corporation to regulate it. columnist, lawyer, Puri, Mob: Psychotropic Substances consumption reduces pain and of intoxicating drinks and of several years, there have been ferers. 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While com- ally Bodoland People’s Front’s Liberal (UPPL) has won 12 The BTC is an autonomous memorating the great sacrifice (BPF), which has three seats, the BJP nine, while the district council covering the of those defenders of the tem- Ministers in the Sarbanand Congress and the Gana four districts of Kokrajhar, ple of our democracy, we Sonowal Government, to join Suraksha Party (GSP), headed Chirang, Baksa and Udalguri, strengthen our resolve to defeat hands with it to form the BTC. by Lok Sabha MP Naba which fall under the Bodoland the forces of terror,” the The BJP and BPF had contest- Sarania, got one each. The Territorial Region. President tweeted. ed separately. BPF emerged as the single Addressing a press confer- “We will never forget the Prime Minister Narendra largest party with 17 seats. ence here, Union Minister cowardly attack on our Modi and Union Home Shah said the BTC win is Prakash Javadekar said the BJP Parliament on this day in 2001. Minister Amit Shah promptly vindication of his party’s com- which had one seat in the out- We recall the valour and sacri- congratulated the BJP’s Assam mitment to the development of going council has now won fice of those who lost their lives unit along with ally UPPL for the North-East. “NDA secured nine seats this time round. protecting our Parliament. the win. a comfortable majority in “We are winning, be it in India will always be thankful to “NDA is committed to Assam Bodoland Territorial Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, them,” the Prime Minister said serving the people of the Council polls. Congratulations Rajasthan or Telangana.. BJP is in his tweet. Birla, Deputy Chairman, Rajya and Matbar Singh Negi, both CRPF Constable Kamlesh the World Trade Center the Northeast. I congratulate our to our ally UPPL, Chief winning and Congress is los- The Vice President said ter- Sabha Harivansh and Defence Security Assistants of Rajya Kumari, who first spotted the same year, the Vice President ally UPPL and BJP Assam for Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, ing,” said Javadekar. rorism is a serious threat to Minister Rajnath Singh paid Sabha Secretariat, Kamlesh terrorists and kept tracking said in the first year of this mil- securing a majority in the State Minister Himanta Biswa The elections in 40 con- democracy, individual free- tributes to the martyrs who laid Kumari, Constable, CRPF, and informing about their lennium, the most populous Assam Bodoland Territorial Sarma and party’s Assam unit. stituencies in the region were doms and global economic down their lives while defend- Nanak Chand and Rampal, movements in the Parliament democracies of the world, India Council (BTC) election,” Modi I thank people of Assam for held in two phases on advancement which are the ing Parliament from the ter- Assistant Sub-Inspectors, Delhi House complex, the Vice and the USA, were at the tweeted. their continued faith in Prime December 7 and December 10 core values of present day civil- rorist attack. Police, Om Prakash, Bijender President said that her bravery receiving end. The 40-member new Minister’s resolve towards while the results were declared isation. Homer Minister Amit Singh and Ghanshyam, Head was instrumental in quickly Observing that in the last Council will be headed by developed North East,” tweet- on December 12. In a Facebook post, Naidu Shah, Minister of Social Justice Constables, Delhi Police and putting down the terrorists’ two decades several such UPPL Chief Pramod Boro, ed Shah. said December 13 is a stark and Empowerment and Leader Deshraj, Gardener, CPWD, game plan. attacks of different degrees Sonowal told reporters after a “We’re going to stake claim Pyramid Borough reminder of the menace of of the House Thaawarchand had sacrificed their lives while “She fell to the barrage of were witnessed by humanity, meeting with the representa- to form the next BTC. Pramod terrorism and its professed Gehlot and Leader of the defending Parliament against the bullets pumped into her Naidu cautioned that the only tives of all the three parties. Boro, UPPL will be the next BPF chief Hagrama antagonism to democratic val- Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad the terrorist attack. and became a martyr, leaving agenda of terror outfits is to Boro is the former president of BTC chief. UPPL urged JP Mohilary appealed to BJP to ues and economic aspirations. also paid floral tributes. Naidu said their acts of sac- a saga of inspiration and com- disrupt the democratic and All Bodo Students’ Union and Nadda (BJP president) to extend its support in forming Earlier, he along with It was on this day in the rifice will forever be etched in mitment to fight for the coun- economic fabric of the world was a signatory of the peace include them in NDA,” Sarma, the BTC, but the latter chose to Prime Minister Narendra year 2001, that nine persons the minds of our countrymen. try,” he said. and force humanity into a dark accord earlier this year. Assam’s Minister and NEDA ally with the UPPL and GSP. Modi, Lok Sabha Speaker Om namely Jagdish Prasad Yadav Praising the courage of the Referring to the attack on era. .     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A‘Monitoring of communi- Development and Cooperation Gamma Consultants said that Health Organisation (WHO) “We need to rapidly step up ty wastewater for early sig- (SDC) and conducted by a wastewater has emerged as a said recently with heart disease ing and treating cardiovascular prevention, diagnosis and treat- nalling the spread of COVID- consortium of scientists, acad- good indicator for the presence topping the list, killing more diseases, cancer, diabetes and ment of NCDs,” said WHO 19’ has found that monitoring emicians and policy scientists of SARS-CoV-2 as confirmed people than ever before. chronic respiratory diseases, as director-general Tedros   '()*(+,& laborated with PolicyMap, Inc. of community wastewater is an from The Energy and by several research studies Strokes, chronic obstructive well as tackling injuries,” the Adhanom Ghebreyesus. to develop interactive maps for early, cost-effective, unbiased Resources Institute (TERI), across the globe. “With that pulmonary disease, lower res- WHO said in a statement. It however remains in s countries across the globe viewing numbers and the pro- community-level indicator of Mu Gamma Consultants Pvt background, we set out to con- piratory infections, and neona- Heart disease has been the fourth place in Africa, despite Ashift focus on Covid-19 portion of individuals at vari- the presence of COVID-19 Ltd (MGC), SRM Institute of duct this study in Chennai tal conditions were among top world’s leading cause of death the number of deaths on the vaccination exercise, ous levels of risks across U.S. and also of ‘hotspots’ within a Science & Technology which confirmed that the level four conditions. for the last 20 years. “However, continent dropping from more researchers at Johns Hopkins cities, counties and states. community. (SRMIST). of presence of SARS-CoV-2 Just a decade ago, the it is now killing more people than one million to 435,000 Bloomberg School of Public These maps will allow local It can alert asymptomatic The study analysed the virus in community waste- WHO’s new Global Health than ever before,” the WHO over the 20-year span. Health have developed a new policymakers to plan for vac- infections in the community presence of SARS-CoV-2 in the water is directly correlated to Estimates show, that NCDs said, with nine million fatalities The new estimates found online “Covid-19 mortality cination, shielding high-risk through real-time community community wastewater of dif- the spread of COVID-19 in the made up just four of the top 10 in 2019 — up by two million that in low-income countries, risk” calculator to help health individuals, and other targeted sewage detection and guide ferent catchments in Chennai, community,” said Dr Girija causes of death. It also point- since 2000. communicable diseases took a authorities prioritise certain intervention efforts. decisions about where and the first-of-its-kind in the said. ed out that people were living Heart disease represents heavier toll, accounting for six groups for vaccination. “Although we have long when to impose or relax more region. A total of 156 samples Jonathan Demenge, Head longer lives — but those extra 16 per cent of total deaths from of the top 10 causes of death, “Our calculator represents known about factors associat- targeted restrictions on move- were analysed in the STPs of of International Cooperation, years were not necessarily lived all causes, with strokes claim- including malaria (sixth), a more quantitative approach ed with greater mortality, there ment and activity. It can poten- Chennai City, SRM campus SADC, India, was also part of in good health. Good news is ing 11 per cent and chronic tuberculosis (eighth) and and should complement other has been limited effort to tially also alert a second and and Chennai Metro Area dur- the webinar on Friday where the that HIV/AIDS dropped from obstructive pulmonary disease HIV/AIDS (ninth). proposed qualitative guide- incorporate these factors into subsequent wave of the pan- ing partial and post lockdown study report was unveiled. the eighth leading cause of six per cent. Global average life lines, such as those by the prevention strategies and fore- death in 2000 to the 19th in Diabetes has entered the expectancy was more than 73 National Academy of Sciences casting models,” Chatterjee 2019. top 10 causes of death follow- years in 2019, compared with and Medicine, for determining said. The calculator based on group. the tool is updated on a week- Covid-19 is likely to figure ing a 70 per cent increase in the nearly 67 in 2000, with the individual and community He and his team developed the model is available online The calculator allows users ly basis to incorporate infor- in the 2020 top 10, WHO offi- number of deaths since 2000. biggest gains in the least-devel- risks and allocating vaccines,” their risk model using several for public health officials and to calculate mortality risk of mation on state-level pan- cials said, with the death toll Bente Mikkelsen, the WHO’s oped regions. However Bochen said study lead author Nilanjan Covid-19-related datasets, interested individuals alike. It individuals by combining demic dynamics. having passed the 1.5 million NCDs chief, said that although Cao, from the WHO’s data and Chatterjee, Bloomberg including from a large U.K.- enables a user to determine information on individual- “People may understand mark on December 3. insulin was discovered nearly analytics department, warned Distinguished Professor in the based study and state-level individual risk based on factors level factors with community- broadly that with a preexisting The top 10 causes of death 100 years ago, fewer than half that healthy life expectancy departments of Biostatistics death rates published by the such as age, sex, race/ethnici- level pandemic dynamics, as condition such as obesity or accounted for 55 per cent of of the people who need it have was not increasing at the same and Epidemiology at the Centers for Disease Control ty, and medical history and can available from a large variety of diabetes, for example, they are those fatalities. They fall into access to it. rate. Bloomberg School. and Prevention, and then val- be used to define risk for a forecasting models. Thus, at higher risk, but with our cal- three broad categories: cardio- Mikkelsen said the most The NCD Alliance global The new risk calculator is idated the model for predict- group, such as for a particular when a big wave of infections culator they should be able to vascular, respiratory and efficient way to protect people partnership said the report presented in a paper published ing community-level mortali- community, corporation, or hits a population, the risk esti- understand their risk in a way neonatal. The figures “clearly against NCD risk factors was depicted a “devastating toll” on in the journal Nature Medicine. ty rates using recent deaths university, based on the mix of mates for individuals will rise that takes multiple factors into highlight the need for an inten- “to increase the tax on tobac- human life that could have The researchers also col- across U.S. cities and counties. relevant factors that define the in that community. Currently, account,” Chatterjee said. sified global focus on prevent- co and sugar-sweetened bev- been prevented. ! :'  +#   , .  ,$ /       &     - '()*(+,& who owned a relatively   ?  greater number of livestock,   > $ ,  eplanting Banj oak trees as compared to other house-  '()*(+,& Following this circular, they Rand conservation of exist- holds, perceived a reduction said, he was intercepted by ing patches of the species in the available resources in he Enforcement Directorate authorities at the which are sleeping and feed- the nearby forests due to their 1  T(ED) has arrested a member Thiruvananthapuram airport ing sites of local langurs in the intensified use of the nearby of the PFI’s student wing, Rauf on Saturday following which the fragile high-altitude Garhwal Himachal Pradesh and forest areas for livestock Sharif, after he was apprehend- ED was alerted and the Himalayas can help mitigate Uttarakhand in the western The researchers found fodder. the ensu- ed by authorities at the central probe agency picked conflict between humans and Himalayas in India, to Nepal that villagers, who owned rel- Hence, the researchers ing polls Thiruvananthapuram airport in him up. the primates in the region, in the East. atively more suggested that this increased amid the Kerala, official sources said on Sharif, they said, was plan- researchers have said. The study noted that agricultural land and had livestock-driven pressure on COVID- Sunday. ning to take a flight to a foreign In a first-of-its kind study, main food source of the lan- good production throughout the forest compels wild her- 19 pan- They said Sharif has been destination from the airport. published in Global Ecology gurs was oak during the fruit- the whole year, had low inter- bivores to compete with live- demic sit- placed under arrest under sec- The ED is probing Sharif’s and Conservation journal, ing season, but also that 22 actions with langurs due to stock for food. uation. tions of the Prevention of the role with regard to some suspect the researchers tried to inves- per cent of their feeding time their low dependency on nat- “This may also help Jain will Money Laundering Act (PMLA) monetary remittances received tigate the reasons responsible was spent on cultivated crops ural resources for their live- explain the reportedly higher also look on Saturday and a Kerala court by him in the past and it had for crop-foraging by any high- around harvest time. stock. crop damage to households into com- has sent him to judicial custody. recovered “incriminating” doc- altitude langur species and To better frame a human- However, farmers with that had more cattle and had plaints of The ED is expected to move for uments linked to him during the suggest important steps for langur conflict-mitigation relatively less agricultural land their perceptions of signifi- opposition his custodial remand on recent country-wide raids it the mitigation of conflict over strategy for this particular and low productivity cant loss of resources in the parties, the Monday. conducted against the PFI, its resources between the non- landscape, lead author dependedvillage managed forests. sources Sources said Sharif, report- chairman O M Abdul Salam, human primates and humans. Himani Nautiyal from Kyoto significantly on livestock for “Agricultural land, annual   '()*(+,& added. On December 14, West ed to be the general secretary of Kerala state chief Nasarudheen Oak is the dominant tree University, Primate Research extra income and thus relied crop production and live- Bengal State Election the PFI’s student wing-- campus Elamarom and others. species found in the Institute, Inuyama, Japan said more on the neighboring for- stock populations thus head of the Assembly polls Commission will have an inter- front of India—was “evading” The PFI, formed in 2006 in Himalayan zone and depen- it was important to under- est for emerged to be the strongest Adue in April-May next year, nal meeting with district mag- ED summons in connection Kerala and headquartered in dency of local communities stand the peoples’ percep- grazing their cattle and col- predictors of crop damage by Deputy Election istrates. with a criminal money laun- Delhi, had called the raids a on oak forests for livelihood tion of langur crop-foraging lecting fodder for them. langurs in the Mandal valley,” Commissioner In-charge of With the introduction of dering probe being conducted gimmick and an attempt to is quite high and as these and obtain a more “This high pressure on they said. West Bengal Sudeep Jain will be new election procedures in against the Kerala-based Islamic divert attention from the farm- dense forests are in wane, detailed picture of langur the surrounding forests is The other researchers visiting the State on December Bihar Assembly elections amid organisation Popular Front of ers’ issue. Sharif’s role in con- Himalayan langur (HL) are habitat resource use by likely to have been a driver for were VirendraMathur from 17 to review preparedness for the pandemic, it may be pre- India (PFI). nection with movement of being forced to raid the agri- monitoring their feeding and langurs to forage more on Indian Institute of Science the Assembly elections. sumed that West Bengal elec- The ED, sources said, had funds in the aftermath of an cultural crops. sleeping site activity. agricultural crops in these Education and Research, Sources said that Jain is tion too will have a change in got notified a look out circular alleged gangrape and death of a Langurs are leaf-eating The study was conduct- areas at times of the year Mohali, Anindya Sinha from scheduled for a two-day tour rules if the pandemic persists. against Sharif after he allegedly Dalit woman in Uttar Pradeshs’ primates, found along the ed in the five villages of the when natural food availabil- National Institute of during which he might also Election to the 294-member skipped multiple summons Hathras district is also under the Himalayas, ranging from Mandal valley, Chamoli dis- ity in the forest was low,” said Advanced Studies, Bangalore, visit . He will be state assembly is due in April- issued by the ED under the scanner of the ED, sources said. north-western Pakistan, trict, Uttarakhand frequented the study. Indiaand Michael A.Huffman, reviewing the preparedness for May next year. PMLA. through Jammu and Kashmir, by the langur troops. Moreover, respondents also from Kyoto University.    !"#$#$   #    %&' ( ,-./   %   )*+ ""!     $  & 51.51 per cent of District at 51.08% and Bandipora    .##1 said, launched in the area after the .##1 polling”. with around 47.66% polling, he “The two Pakistani ter- suspicious movement of a He also informed that polling added. wo heavily armed Lashkar- rorists of LeT outfit who were heavily armed group of mid fresh spells of snowfall was held in 2071 polling stations Sharma said that the people 0  Te-Tayyeba (LeT) terrorists gunned down at Poshana area terrorists was recorded in the Aover 51 per cent voter including 1208 from Kashmir have once again reaffirmed their were gunned down while one in Poonch have been identified area. turnout was recorded during the division and 863 from Jammu faith in democratic system by of their local associates was as Sajid and Bilal . Two AK 47 DGP said the newly infil- sixth phase of polling during division. actively participating in the caught alive by the joint team Rifles , one UBGL and one trated group of terrorists were District Development Council SEC further informed that process underway to strengthen Muzaffarnagar (Uttar Pradesh): Two persons have of security forces during an Thuraya Satphone have been on their way to Shopian via the polls in Jammu and Kashmir on Jammu division recorded an aver- the same.Giving district wise been arrested for allegedly raping a seven-year-old girl in encounter in Dugran, Poshana recovered from their posses- Mughal road when they were Sunday. age voter turnout of 68.56% with details, the SEC informed that in a village under the Budhana police circle. area along the Mughal road in sion”. intercepted by the security Addressing media persons Poonch District recording the Kashmir Division the polling The minor had gone missing for some hours, after Poonch on Sunday. Earlier, Director General of forces and given an opportu- in Jammu, the State Election highest percentage of 76.78% fol- percentage recorded in Budgam which her family started searching for her. This is the first such inci- Police Dilbag Singh in a state- nity to surrender. Commissioner (SEC), K K lowed by Rajouri district with was 30.99%, Baramulla 34.56%, She was found unconscious and bleeding on the roof dent along the picturesque ment said that a group of ter- Singh said it was another Sharma Sunday said, “Polling was 74.03% and 74.02% voting Anantnag 24.06, Kulgam 37.74%, of a nearby house, late on Friday night. Mughal road,covered with a rorists had recently infiltrated attempt by Pakistan to send in peaceful and people participated recorded in Reasi district. The Pulwama 8.16% and 4.60% Circle officer (CO) Girija Shanker Tripathi said, “A thick blanket of snow, where an from Pakistan and had been Lashkar-e-Toiba and Jaish-e- enthusiastically despite severe lowest turnout in Jammu division polling was registered in case has been registered against the two accused under encounter took place while trapped in a gunfight near Mohammad terrorists to cold conditions in Kashmir divi- was in Kathua district which Shopian. the Indian Penal Code Section 376D (gang rape) and the the terrorists were moving Mughal Road in Poonch dis- Kashmir to disturb the ongo- sion and some hilly areas of recorded 60.95%. Similarly, in Jammu division provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual towards Kashmir valley. trict. ing democratic process and Jammu division”. The Kashmir Division poll percentage of 70.01% was Offences (POCSO) Act.”In his complaint, the minor's Confirming the same, the The first contact was estab- show its desperation with the He said, “Polling took place recorded 31.55% average voter recorded in Samba, 72.04% in father alleged that the accused took her to a nearby house twitter handle of Inspector lished with the terrorists huge participation of the across 31 constituencies includ- turnout with Ganderbal district Udhampur, 71.34% in Ramban, and raped her.He said they left her on the roof of the house General of Jammu and Sunday afternoon during a Jammu and Kashmir people in ing 14 in Kashmir division and 17 recording the highest polling at 62.93 in Doda and 66.32% in in an unconscious state. The victim is undergoing treat- Kashmir police, Jammu range cordon and search operation the ongoing elections. in Jammu division that witnessed 58.45% followed by Kupwara Jammu district. ment at a local hospital. IANS  %' !   % 0   7       .    A    .#1   . . <+.. December. the Halisahar murder police Vijaybargiya said the way Chief cy and the way the police have      The angry remarks came said. Minister Mamata Banerjee was been reduced to an Panaji: Every place in Goa, .20653:43 ;:8) ith two more saffron hours after the assassination of Both the murders took trying to terrorise the opposi- impotent force “there is no which is linked to the histori- 3:2;:4=323D0 60 " cadres falling to alleged two booth-level BJP leaders at place days after alleged ruling tion there was a desperate need other way but to do retaliate… cally significant events, includ- A35473 6 :3 W 06=:7;"       Trinamool attacks, angry Halisahar in North 24 Parganas party supporters attacked the for deployment of central forces If this violence does not attack ing the liberation of the State ;:D32  3D353:# Bengal BJP leaders and Purbasthali near Burdwan. convoy of party president JP in the State. then there will be counter from Portuguese rule in 1961,   "     have recommended imposi- While in the first case, a BJP Nadda near Diamond Harbour “It is clear that Mamata retaliation post December and will be identified, spruced up #,          tion of President’s Rule, deploy- worker Saikat Bhawal was on in South Parganas damaging Banerjee is trying to scare the BJP will not be responsible and conserved for posterity,       ment of Central forces and Saturday beaten to death and the vehicles of Vijabargiya, away the opposition with vio- for that.” Chief Minister Pramod Sawant Kovind is scheduled to launch  .#1   even retaliatory measures six others were injured when Mukul Roy and other senior lation … she is trying to ter- The TMC leadership said said on Sunday. the 60th anniversary celebra- -  +    against the ruling party alleged TMC workers attacked leaders. rorise the right thinking peo- the BJP was trying to coerce the “This is a matter of pride tions by inaugurating a cultur-     goons. them during a door-to-door Condemning the series of ple to retain power and perpe- State administration and pre- for Goans... Every place linked al event in Panaji on       While party vice president campaign of the party, in the attacks Roy said “though my trate her oppressive rule … pare a prelude for engineering to incidents of historic impor- December 19. Sawant also said "O       Mukul Roy on Sunday second case Sukdeb party colleagues may not back there is no other way but to communal riots before the tance right from Shivaji's that all freedom fighters would  ";A    demanded “immediate impo- Pramanik was found murdered my demand and though my deploy central forces in large next year’s Assembly elections. (arrival in Goa) to freedom be felicitated on the occasion ..#1     sition of Article 356” in the by alleged TMC men for lead- senior leadership may not sup- numbers throughout the State,” Reacting to the BJP leadership’s fighters who contributed to and one event would be held in      ;   State, all India general secretary ing a party procession against port me I personally feel that he said. comment Bengal Minister the liberation of Goa will be every state and Union Territory "   Kailash Vijayvargiya recom- attack on BJP chief JP Nadda’s the current deterioration in law Dilip Ghosh however went Firhad Hakim said the “BJP identified, beautified and con- of India to mark the anniver-     .#1     mended deployment of Central convoy. and order situation in a step forward suggesting leaders are trying to humiliate served for the future,” Sawant sary celebrations, which will ;A    1 B forces. Known for his aggres- Trinamool distanced itself Bengal demands the imposi- “brickbat for a brickbat.” He Bengal which is a peaceful said. stretch for a year. #&# sive statements State party from the twin attacks, but BJP tion of Article 356… I think said “the way our all-India state… there is no violence here Goa was liberated from The Goa Government has     "       president Dilip Ghosh went a MP Arjun Singh alleged that ‘356 should immediately by president’s convoy was … violence takes place in 451 years of Portuguese colo- sought a grant of Rs 100 crore     "& " step further saying the Trinamool goons killed clamped in the State.” attacked … the way our men Madhya Pradesh’s Chambal nial yoke by the Indian armed from the Centre for      TMC would get the taste of its Bhawal. Three TMC workers Another senior leader BJP’s are being killed and their hous- and other BJP-ruled States like forces on December 19, 1961. the 60th anniversary celebra-       own medicine post were arrested in connection of observer for Bengal Kailash es looted” with great frequen- UP.” President Ram Nath tions. IANS $%  =@ /      %'  /  '  !#+.        *    "  "   $ , 3"'    , 1     .##1 President Omar Abdullah tweeted, “I’m glad to hear they are all OK because the   !.0(&++=C1.00.*(,D $  & across 294 Assembly seats. The jobs but they have failed to do traditional Shikara, decorated wood- water must have been freezing cold. It’s a   .+&/.0, P<+.. people would be asked to fill up any justice about that. Aen boat, ferrying BJP workers and few strange time to be campaigning on Dal lake JP MLA Rajesh Mishra has landed in the form and get themselves “Prime Minister Narendra media persons turned upside down in the especially when you consider there are no he IT Park is going to be Bcontroversy after he took away a baby fter Trinamool Congress registered so as to merit an Modi promised 2 crore yearly freezing cold waters of Dal Lake during a elections in Srinagar at the moment”. Tdeveloped in the district from a child shelter without any paper- Achief Mamata Banerjee it is entry into the job market that jobs before parliamentary elec- boat rally in Srinagar on Sunday. Meanwhile addressing a Shikara rally, after the Defense Corridor on work or permission, attended his son's the BJP’s turn to introduce the would be created by the BJP tions but instead of providing Central BJP leaders including MoS BJP national general secretary Tarun the land located in Kwarsi vil- wedding and turned the baby back the fol- characteristic Hindi-heartland after coming to power. jobs they are rationalizing Finance Anurag Thakur, National Chugh Sunday said that J&K would soon lage near Wisdom School. lowing day. politics in Bengal. “The Mamata Banerjee them … not only this they are Spokesman and star campaigner Syed move on from terrorism to tourism after Recently, SDM Anita Yadav The incident took place last week, but The saffron outfit on Government has failed to pro- privatizing the job-creating Shahnawaz Hussain, and National General all the discriminatory laws become inef- freed 17000 SQ.M of govern- came to light on Saturday evening when Sunday promised 75 lakh jobs vide jobs though she has sectors like the Railways, BSNL, Secretary and Incharge J&K affairs Tarun fective. ment land from the possession a child shelter official spoke out. for the youth of the State repeatedly claimed that she Coal India, selling away trains Chugh were seated in a separate boat. The Chugh said the entire economy of J&K of the builders. The child, in this case, is the 'miracle should it come to power in has given 2 crore employ- and laying off workers … and trio escaped unhurt. had been destroyed by the Abdullahs and Two acres of this land has baby' who was rescued after being buried 2021. In that pursuit the party ment… the job assurance card now they have come here to Local BJP leaders Altaf Thakur, Mohd Muftis to protect their petty political inter- been marked for the IT Park. At alive in an earthen pot in the cremation on launched what its leaders will help us get the measure of befool the people with job Yousaf Sofi were raising slogans during the ests. When the rest of India had been pro- the same time, it has been ground in October last year. called “job assurance card” employment in the State and promises. Voters of Bengal are rally when one of the boats turned turtle gressing with the development programmes decided to build a house for Superintendent, Primrose Edmond, of which will be distributed the amount of jobs we will have not fools. They are mature in the Dal Lake. and policies of Prime Minister Narendra policemen of Mahuakheda the Warne Baby Fold, a shelter in Bareilly, house to house in the coming to create for them,” BJP MP enough to see through their Swift action by the fellow boatmen and Modi, J&K kept floundering in the back- police station. After the estab- said, “Last Sunday, BJP legislator Rajesh days. from Bishnupur Soumitra bluff … First ask the Prime others present in the vicinity saved the day yard under the shadow of guns and bullets. lishment of IT Park in this loca- Mishra came and took the baby with him The card would bypass the Khan himself a Trinamool Minister to fulfill his promise for those who lost balance and fell into the Constant violence in J&K had made the tion adjacent to the city, the without any paperwork or permission. He official employment exchange turncoat said. and then promise jobs in icy cold waters. The BJP workers and media people of J&K laggard in the country. entire district including Tala went to his son's wedding, took photos procedures, sources said adding The card is likely to contain Bengal.” men were examined by the team of doc- He regretted that all these years divi- Nagari will benefit including with her without any Covid-19 precautions it was a private political initia- a slogan “Aar noi annyay… aar Incidentally the ruling tors to rule out any injury while their equip- sive and disruptive forces aided and abet- the employment opportuni- and returned her to the centre a day tive that would be fulfilled by noi bekartotto (no more injus- Trinamool Congress recently ment including camera units suffered ted by the Pakistan ISI kept spelling doom ties in the IT sector for the later.” the party when it came to tice … no more unemploy- launched a programme to dis- damages. for the people here. “Their education, youths of Aligarh. Primrose further said, “No one is come power next year. ment).” tribute progress report card The election rally was organised by the health, jobs went to dogs because the mafia UP Electronics allowed to take the baby away. Only par- The card would contain Reacting to the job card that the party enlisting the Srinagar based leaders of the Bharatiya Janta of Abdullahs and Muftis deprived them of Corporation Limited, an STPI ents registered with the Central Adoption columns such as name, address, lure, TMC spokesperson Kunal development projects the Chief Party to consolidate their vote bank in and their welfare and did not allow them to company to develop the park, Resource Authority can adopt and then age, qualification, WhattsApp Ghosh said the BJP had come Minister has under taken in her around Dal Lake area. prosper,” Chugh said adding that the peo- had written a letter to the DM take the child. I was not in a position to number etc and would be dis- to power in Delhi with an past more than two decade in Reacting to the incident, former Chief ple should vote for the BJP in the DDC recently demanding 2 acres of say no when he took her because of his tributed in most households assurance of providing crores of power. Minister and National Conference Vice polls. land for the IT park. political influence.” 4 1     &+     1  )232 )        B   . #1#!.& %      n a drop in the infected cases and Ifatalities in Maharashtra, as many    <-,& known for his honesty and integrity, is Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh): A spiracy to promote conversion as 3717 people tested positive for being targeted by the ED by summon- public interest litigation (PIL) of the Hindu women. the Covid-19, while 70 people died s Kerala goes to the third and last ing him for questioning. Despite petition has been filed before In his statement, the Chief of the pandemic in various parts of Aphase of the polls on Monday to Raveendran’s illness, they are harassing the Allahabad High Court chal- Minister had referred to a sin- the state. elect the local bodies, a sense of panic and threatening him. Raveendran lenging the constitutional valid- gle bench judgment of the A day after the state recorded has gripped the CPI(M)-led LDF and would not run away from the ED,” said ity of Uttar Pradesh govern- Allahabad high court in the case new 4259 infected cases and 80 the Congress-led UDF. Both the Fronts Vijayan. ment's ordinance against reli- which observed that religious deaths, the infection tally came have entered into “strategic alliance” M Sivasankar, the former principal gious conversions. conversion just for the sake of down by 542 to touch a daily tally with the SDPI, the political wing of the secretary of the Chief Minister has been The court is yet to admit the marriage was invalid. of 3717, while the deaths dropped Popular Front of India and the Welfare imprisoned for more than a month now. plea. The petitioner pointed out from 80 to 70. Party of India of Jamaath-e-Islami The ED has reportedly collected details An advocate, Saurabh that a few days later, a division With 3717 fresh infections, the respectively. Chief Minister Pinarayi of the ill-gotten asset amassed by Kumar, has moved the court bench of the high court over- total infected cases climbed from Vijayan in his message to the party Raveendran during the last 15 years. stating that the Uttar Pradesh ruled the single bench 18,76,699 to 18,80,416. Similarly, cadre said that despite the efforts of the According to ED sources, it has in pos- Prohibition of Unlawful verdict. with 70 new deaths, the Covid-19 BJP-led Central Government to spread session the details of the illegal finan- Conversion of Religion The division bench in this toll in Maharashtra rose from 48,139 falsehoods against his Government, the cial deals of Raveendran. Though Ordinance, 2020, is both moral- case held that the right to live to 48,209. LDF would sweep the polls across the Raveendran, known in Government ly and constitutionally invalid. with a person of his/her choice As 3083 patients were dis- State. and party circles as “super chief min- He has requested the court irrespective of religion pro- charged from the hospitals across A notable feature of Vijayan’s mes- ister” was issued summons thrice by the to declare this law as 'ultra fessed by them, is intrinsic to the state after full recovery, the total sage was that he has toned down the ED, he avoided the notices citing health vires of the Constitution'. the right to life and personal lib- number of people discharged from criticism against the Opposition issues. Besides, the petitioner has erty. The division bench had the hospitals since the second week Congress. “All opposition parties in the Interestingly, the BJP, yet to take requested the court to direct the observed this while holding of March this year rose to 17,57,005. country, including the Congress, are roots in the State, is in a buoyant mood authorities not to take any coer- the single bench judgment as The recovery rate in the state being selectively targeted by the BJP as the party has fielded Muslim women cive action in pursuance of the 'not good in law'. dropped marginally from 93.46 per Government at the Centre with the help as candidates in Malappuram district, ordinance which was promul- It has also been submitted cent to 93.44 per cent. of investigating agencies. They have a predominantly Muslim region. “There gated last month. that these provisions give the With 12 new deaths, the Covid- hoisted false and fake cases against the are six Muslim women candidates According to the petition, state policing powers over a cit- 19 toll in went up from Pune district, which continued rose from 2,47,212 to 2,47,645, Opposition and this is a dangerous fielded by the BJP-led NDA and this has Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister izen's choice of life partner or 10,965 to 10,977, while the infect- to be the worst-affected city-district while the total deaths climbed from trend,” alleged Vijayan. come as a surprise. All of them are con- Yogi Adityanath had, on religion and are thus positioned ed cases went up by 606 to trigger in Maharashtra, saw the total num- 5396 to 5399. The Chief Minister said he would testing in the Lotus symbol and solic- October 31, 2020, made a state- against the fundamental rights a jump in the total infections from ber of cases increase from 3,61,674 Of the 1,17,02,457 samples sent write to the Prime Minister soon to it votes in their own names,” said Siji ment that his government will to individual autonomy, priva- 2,90,030 to 2,90,636. to 3,62,312, while the total number to laboratories, 18,80,416 have test- inform the latter about how investi- Karuthedathu, a writer based in bring a law against 'love jihad', cy, human dignity and person- Meanwhile, the number of of deaths in Pune increased from ed positive (16.07 per cent) for gating agencies like the Enforcement Malappuram. He said the BJP has a term used to discredit mar- al liberty guaranteed under “active cases” total cases in the state 7619 to 7626. COVID-19 until Sunday. Currently, Directorate were harassing honest offi- nothing tyo lose while the other two riages between the Muslim men Article 21 of the Constitution rose from 73,542 to 74,104. The Thane district remained in the 5,12,587 people are in home quar- cials in Kerala. “C M Raveendran, my fronts are upset over the develop- and Hindu women, and (right to life and personal lib- fatality rate in the state stood at 2.57 third spot --after Pune and Mumbai antine while 4403 people are in additional private secretary, a man ments. described it as part of a con- erty). 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The first                   * ( *$(- were told by the Prime Minister saw the Prime Minister say that It should be obvious to the BJP option for most people, if the -     #         :J$        that the public was being misled. the public is being misled on ;<0&',(#< and the Prime Minister that Government had paid attention,    -  +  $          *    Similarly, when people brought for- OROP. 0(-(' these concerns are genuine and is to be involved as stakeholders ward evidence of how during The most recent application which is why we see tens of in the decision-making process.     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Since the introduction of 0&#(#&'&(0 BJP and the Prime Minister intelligence of all Indians.       -   0     "       with the old, the Prime Minister the three Central Government could not resist relying on the The Prime Minister is right            %   (+    ( once again said that we were being farm laws that were passed in a -<1+*'<0(& old faithful theory that the farm- about a few things though. We misled. At no point, however, has controversial and frankly unde- 0(+=&'/<',( ers are being “misled”. are currently not only misled but                   ( the Prime Minister taken any mocratic fashion in the Rajya This pathetic explanation is also misgoverned and misun-                           questions from the Press or from Sabha on September 20, the <+*,(<0=,. forwarded by many in the pre- derstood. If the Prime Minister        #               the public or taken the opportuni- protesting farmers have consis- sent administration and not wants to attribute blame on ty to rescue our misled public. tently maintained their protest ,(;.0#(0.0( just by the Prime Minister. For who is responsible for our piti-        %     *$S   Instead all we got was an introduc- and have marched in large num- !(&'/N#&+(*O example, a BJP Union Minister ful state, his Government would   *   0      *           ( tion to what future years proved bers demanding that the Central said that the farmer protests are be a good place to start.        (             :         was the BJP’s go-to explanation Government roll back the con- essentially being motivated and (The author is former IPS behind a protest or any sort of push troversial farm laws. The sponsored by Pakistan and and member of the Congress *        $          *     back from the general public — Congress has highlighted and China. 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The BJP is trying hard to " "  @IJJB2JJJK B     "    B bank when it could have been             *57+(            wrest power in the 2021 Assembly     .@  ;+"         B taken over by one of the big five?  3LM5     "          89           %    elections by hook or by crook. Today the Government of India is I strongly feel that the BJP is & /"O    "B /"O   B B     selling its banks. Tomorrow it                    ( playing dirty games by trying to      ;"    1        B may even resort to selling one of        $           unseat a democratically-elected        /"  "   "  B )   its States.   " "     "       " # ""     %                  Government which is nothing It is just like parents selling but the murder of democracy. The (       "   "      their children to overcome the #                   ( need of the hour is for the BJP-led    "    " B TV Jayaprakash family's financial problems. The                :     Government to stop this vendet-          Pallakad right and honourable course of     *            3;2  ta politics as the day is not far when action with regard to the remain- it may backfire on them. It is cor-    sionate towards society and have this again and remain content with ing six Government-owned banks                     ( rectly said that nothing or nobody an attitude of gratitude as we have our existing vocabulary. is to go for another merger exer-                  <22(=22     is permanent in power. If the Sir — This refers to the editorial seen the plight of migrant work- cise. Our PSBs are peace-loving  *57+(6;       "    1216   (    Centre doesn't immediately stop ‘Year of the pandemic’. 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To acquire essential gadgets, they                 P ( ten half of rural finance.” It is now universally ,.#<<; ered to improve one’s status within the A safe and smart savings account will need to borrow at prohibitive Q                acknowledged that the most fundamental instru- ,((<+(&' households and communities. can transform the lives of people. rates of interest that keep them on the        ment of personal finance is the piggy bank. 010.+.'* Savings involve little risks and not Accumulation of money also serves as debt treadmill since there is no other -                ( The tide is now turning, sparked in part by 10!.'&'*&. much expertise in financial manage- a form of self-insurance and enhances option. Financial institutions ought to                microcredit’s discredit. We all now know that <<.0( ment. Even in traditional societies, no the sense of well-being. They are a gate- realise that they owe poor people a safe, # 89S $       62       there may be families who have the intelligence 10>&>&'/ matter how oppressed women are or the way to self-employment and job cre- flexible entity to save. With credit                to benefit from loans, but there may be many who <'.>&'/ level of their literacy, they are often ation. Lower-income families can con- alone, they cannot free them from the can be ruined. When they miss loan payments *10&'/ stewards of the family’s savings. Sadly, vert savings into home purchases, edu- tangled web of poverty. Putting money                 ( because a lingering illness keeps them away from most people do not put aside enough cation and microenterprise. Despite away is a vital prerequisite for the eman-    #           ( ,&-0&& their business, they get into a regular default ,.';1++= money. That is because humans suffer conventional wisdom, the underprivi- cipation from poverty. We must think                 cycle.This soon leads to acute indebtedness and from economic myopia: The failure to leged actually do save, even if it is just beyond the standard microcredit                ( makes life stressful for the entire family. ,& give adequate weight to future benefits a few rupees each day. model.                   On the contrary, every family in the world )&*<# over immediate pleasures. The importance of savings for the One of the lessons imbibed during              can benefit from the habit of stashing small &'<) This is because, the self-discipline poor is also demonstrated by the many the current pandemic is that there is no                 ( amounts of cash away. Given the variability of .0&-1+.0+= required to save is greater and the con- ingenious (but often costly) ways they substitute for savings, given the fact that                    ( their income, the poor are vulnerable to sickness, &';+1('-&'/ sequences of failure are worse. The find to put money aside. They use a most of the people, in rural and urban   "              death and natural calamities, which can be a drain =<1'/ instinct for gratification of immediate variety of informal mechanisms like India, too are surviving on savings dur-       #           on finances and may even prevent families from (<+( pleasures overrides the urge to put hiding cash at home, loaning funds to ing this crisis. Thankfully, this wisdom hanging on to accumulated assets, including pro- &'&'*&. money away in a savings account for a relatives, participating in rotating sav- is now particularly influencing young             >    ductive ones. rainy day. This is particularly true of ings groups with their neighbours, people. Earlier the usual refrain was      (          ( These shocks can quickly sink families into men. The key to effective financial engaging deposit collectors and so on. “young people don’t save enough.” It     "           #  ( a financial mire. As a result, the poor lead pre- inclusion is a safe and confidential sav- However, for a variety of reasons, most represented the conventional wisdom                %   carious, anxiety-ridden lives with the risks ings account for every woman. The such mechanisms fail to meet the about our millennials. This is now               looming much larger than opportunities. The older ones always advise the younger needs of the poor in a convenient, cost- changing. This cohort of young people                   benefits of microcredit are often extolled, but debt women to keep a store of value that effective and secure manner. is putting away more funds, though for                   remains debt; it always increases the risk and bor- other family members do not know As a consequence, when poor short-term goals. Millennials now have # *   7             P  S rowers are sometimes overstretched. Savings can about. When there is an emergency, households are provided a safe, easily a savings discipline that the preceding   Q # ,             help people manage such risks conveniently, with they will understand your wisdom accessible opportunity to save, their generations lacked. It is heartening to             a smaller monetary burden. And savings do mat- and appreciate you. The poor require commitment to saving, and the see people realising the wisdom of ter, especially to women. little compulsion to save. They simply amounts they manage to put aside, are putting some cash aside. Stuart :            %    Credit can be both, an opportunity and a risk want a reasonable mechanism to do so remarkable. In fact, Indian households Rutherford put it pithily long ago: “The               for low-income families. Though it is necessary and the assurance that they will be able contribute to about 60 per cent of the choice to save rather than to consume 12222        +       ( to open the doors of self-reliance, but this can to access the nest egg as per their needs. country’s savings. However, like every- is the foundation of money manage-    *57+(        ( also be a barrier. You can dig yourself into a fair Households normally put away money thing this year, the Coronavirus pan- ment.”   amount of debt, and that prevents you from mov- in order to have an insurance against demic that crippled the economy took (The writer is a well-known devel- @          B ing up financially. It may become a deepening emergencies, for religious and social a toll on much-needed savings, too. The opment professional) 1                         954!>,2

was asked to remove the callipers he penury, their tales of woe went (ABC), Television Rating Points Suffice to say, the media’s job is my is missing which has invited dis- uses for walking, resulting in humil- unheard and unheeded. The address- (TRPs) and pay-per-click (PPC) are to highlight the issues pertaining to content among the rights activists. iation and harassment. This was in able mechanism for the differently the decisive factors, determining the PwDs. However, disability rights Moreover, even though India is a sig- direct violation of his fundamental abled from governmental apparatus news value and coverage these days. are being violated time and again and natory to the United Nations rights under Articles 15 and 21 of the is potentially developing an urban- Suffice to say, the ethical compass of the media remains a mute spectator. Convention on the Rights of Persons Constitution. And this is not an iso- rural dichotomy. Diversity, equity the news media, especially that of The media’s disconnect with disabil- with Disabilities (UNCRPD), the lated incident. Scores of PwDs face and inclusion remain a distant dream television channels, has gone com- ity throws up numerous questions. Indian media does not heed the humiliation at the hands of their fel- for the PwDs who represent 2.21 per pletely awry. It is only around December and guidelines on reporting on disabili- &&.++.!<1 low citizens in the country on a daily cent of India’s total population. Despite the Accessible India January, when the International Day ty that have been brought out by the .0=<+&&- #256#8 ,662 basis. Hence, it is not surprising that The media, being the fourth pil- Campaign, accessibility to public of Persons with Disabilities and the International Labour Organisation -!= 7)4-54+2 the media, too, ignores the plight and lar of democracy, has the responsi- institutions remains well-nigh World Braille Day are observed on (ILO).     ( daily struggles of divyangs in India. bility to highlight the issues that the impossible. Several Government December 3 and January 4, respec- News value and media ethics  " It was only because Satendra Singh marginalised sections of society, establishments are not PwD-friend- tively, that some token coverage is should not be swayed by ABC, TRP he insensitivity of the people of was a high-profile person that his including the PwDs, face in the coun- ly. Women with disabilities are dou- given to the woes of the differently and PPC, which are market driven. !  O   the country towards the differ- nightmarish experience was report- try. Particularly during such uncer- bly marginalised and the gender abled. Despite the growing level of There should be a holistic approach    &    Tently abled is nothing new. In ed extensively across the country. tain times that leave them more vul- inequality dimensions have come to activism on rights of the PwDs, the in the mainstream media towards     2014, Satendra Singh, a person with Even today, the situation has not nerable than before. the fore like never before. coverage largely remains sporadic coverage which can contribute to   disabilities (PwD) faced humiliation changed much in India. While scores However, the lack of objective While the PwDs in urban areas and the emphasis is on the rehabil- ensuring the rights of the PwDs in     "   at the Hyderabad Airport while of differently abled people are strug- reporting, a plethora of paid news, have a voice at least, unfortunately, itative model of disability. one of the largest democratic coun- undergoing a security check under gling for survival during the ongo- unethical engagement with the pub- the differently abled residing in Newsrooms and reporters pan- tries of the world. Media literacy is  "      the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security ing Coronavirus pandemic, the news lic and advertising agencies, high- rural pockets are facing double dis- India are facing flak for their man- the pressing need of the hour and we (!   (BCAS) guidelines. The disability media is chasing celebrities like decibel and manufactured television crimination. The inclusive approach nerism and lack of sensitivity and cannot ignore it for too long. !   "#  "   rights activist, who was on his way Kangana Ranaut and her ongoing debates leave little space for genuine to address their issues has been awareness on disability issues. The (Biswal and Chakraborty are       to speak at the International spats with actors and politicians of problems of the common man, leave diluted. This has further posed a language used is yet to be socially and Assistant Professors at SIMC and      Conference on Evidence in Global all hues. alone the highly-marginalised PwDs. threat to achieve the United Nation’s politically inclusive. The narrative on SIBM respectively and are working at Disability and Health, in Hyderabad Even though the PwDs were in Instead, Audit Bureau of Circulation sustainable development goals. the gender and rural-urban dichoto- Symbiosis International, Pune) C      D    !"#$#$  ? * R 0*  -& 

Washington: Shortly after dent-elect has several more parents. President-elect Joe Biden’s vic- Cabinet posts to fill, and has But those choices were tory last month, Cabinet hope- made history with some of his announced after African ful Marcia Fudge pointedly early selections. Americans, Latinos and Asian noted that Black people are He nominated retired Americans in Congress voiced often typecast into positions Army Gen. Lloyd Austin to be concerns that their perspec- such as housing secretary. the first Black person to lead tives may not be fully repre- On Friday, Biden the Pentagon, while picking sented in the new administra- announced Fudge, a prominent California Attorney General tion. Some nominees will face Black congresswoman from Xavier Becerra to be the first other hurdles, most notably Ohio, was his nominee for that Latino to lead the Health and Austin who needs a waiver to very role. She was introduced Human Services Department. fill the civilian role leading the alongside Biden’s pick for the His nominee for U.S. Trade Pentagon. That’s a step some job she initially sought, head of envoy, Katherine Tai, was born Democrats have historically the Agriculture Department. in Connecticut to Taiwanese opposed. AP That went instead to Tom Vilsack, a 70-year-old white process is far from certain. warned about the Vilsack pick man who already spent eight “There’s a lot of pressure, in particular. years in the position during the and part of the reason you saw Vilsack has been criticised "    Obama administration. such big turnout is that people for the firing of department Those nominations high- are eager for change from the official Shirley Sherrod, who is light the competing priorities Trump years,” said Democratic Black, during his last stint at the      Biden is facing as he fills out the strategist Karen Finney. “That USDA, a move he later apolo- !      "     +   >  ,   1 top ranks of his administration. creates a lot of high expecta- gised for. NAACP President Washington: His time in the On Wednesday, the He’s pledged to nominate the tions.” Derrick Johnson warned Biden White House rapidly ending, Department of Defense most diverse Cabinet in histo- The challenge won’t get that the Vilsack selection could President Donald Trump is announced that China hawk ry and restore experience at easier. Biden is facing a decision hurt Black turnout in the crit- rewarding some supporters Michael Pillsbury would 7   !  beleaguered federal agencies. on attorney general that will ical Georgia contests. and like-minded allies with become the chair of a board He’s seeking to reward loyalists come under intense scrutiny “Vilsack could have a dis- the perks and prestige that that gives Pentagon leadership       ! who have stood with him from Black leaders, who want astrous effect on voters in the come with serving on federal advice on how to enhance throughout his lengthy career someone with a background in state of Georgia,” NAACP advisory boards and commis- national security. Pillsbury has and give opportunities to new civil rights advocacy, and President Derrick Johnson told sions. served as an outside adviser to ! ).,&'/<' who lost the November 3 elec- Buchanan told AFP that four voices in the Democratic Party. Republicans who are demand- Biden during the meeting, On Thursday, Trump the president on China. tion to Democrat Joe Biden but people had been stabbed and Each of his nominees has ing political independence as which was private. Audio was announced his intention to And on Tuesday, Trump our people were stabbed is yet to concede. were now hospitalized “with to win confirmation in a nar- Biden’s son, Hunter, faces a fed- leaked to The Intercept, which nominate two authors who said he would appoint his for- Fand one shot as rallies back- Washington State Police serious injuries.” The New York rowly divided Senate that could eral investigation into his released excerpts. wrote books that flattered him mer counselor and 2016 cam- ing President Donald Trump’s said in a tweet late Saturday Times reported that 23 had be controlled by Republicans, finances. Biden bristled at such con- to a board that makes recom- paign manager, Kellyanne baseless claims of election fraud that a shooting had taken place been arrested throughout the depending on who wins two Some of those tensions cern, saying, “Let’s get some- mendations on education Conway, to serve on the board led to clashes in major US cities after clashes near the capitol day. runoff races in Georgia next emerged last week during a thing straight, you shouldn’t be research. Another author who of visitors to the U.S. Air Force on Saturday. building in Olympia, and that There was no indication of month. The GOP has barely meeting between Biden and upset.” “What I’ve done so far helped write a favourable book Academy. Going to the same Scuffles broke out in many a suspect had been detained. whether any of the victims acknowledged Biden’s victory civil rights leaders who pressed is more than what anyone else about the president was chosen board will be Heidi Stirrup, an places between rally-goers and In the US capital, DC Fire had been involved in the so the cooperation of its sena- the incoming president to has done this far,” he added. “I for the same board a few days ally of top Trump adviser counter-protesters who turned and EMS Department com- protests, on either side of the tors in the confirmation diversify his Cabinet and mean what I say.” The presi- earlier. Stephen Miller. AP up to criticise the president, munications chief Doug divide. ##0* &   ,!!:;    1   )"   3 8&9     R   "P    , Washington: The 2020 presi- on!” The actions of Trump and Kabul: Separate bomb and Tehran: Iran on Sunday sum- today the French ambassador Telegram had spread the tim- dential election is over. But his allies have exposed a strik- gun attacks on Sunday left at moned the German envoy to to Tehran over European reac- ings of the 2017 protests and President Donald Trump’s ing reality about America: least three dead in Tehran after the European tions to the journalist’s execu- embarrassing information about baseless efforts to undermine it, Many lawmakers in one of the Afghanistan’s capital, local Union condemned the execu- tion, IRNA added. officials that directly challenged and the consequences of those nation’s two major political police said, a day after a barrage tion of an Iranian journalist “This is a barbarous and Iran’s Shiite theocracy. undemocratic actions, will parties are either willing to of mortar shells shook the city. whose work helped inspire unacceptable act,” the French Those demonstrations, linger in America for far longer. back efforts to overturn a free A sticky bomb attached to nationwide economic protests Foreign Ministry said in a which began at the end of It is increasingly clear that and fair election or unwilling to an armored vehicle in northern in 2017, Iranian state media has statement, which also con- December 2017 and continued there is no fact, no piece of evi- speak out against such a cam- Kabul killed two, and wound- reported. demned the hanging as a “grave into 2018, represented the dence and no court ruling that paign. ed at least two others, accord- IRNA said that an Iranian blow” to freedom of speech in biggest challenge to Iran’s rulers will dissuade Trump from try- That lays the predicate for ing to Ferdaws Faramarz, a foreign ministry official sum- Iran. since the 2009 Green ing to mislead Americans politicians to question the spokesman for the Kabul police moned the German ambas- Zam had been living in Movement protests and set the about President-elect Joe integrity of any election if the chief. No further details were sador because of EU state- exile in France, before his kid- stage for similar mass unrest in Biden’s victory. results don’t go a party or a can- immediately available. ments on the exiled reporter napping and conviction in Iran. November of last year. And Trump has hardly didate’s way, a dangerous Faramarz also said that an Ruhollah Zam, 47, who was Iranian state television The initial spark for the been alone in that effort; notion that is likely to further Afghan Government prosecutor hanged on Saturday. referred to Zam as “the leader 2017 protests was a sudden numerous Republicans have erode Americans’ trust in gov- was shot dead in eastern Kabul. Zam was being held in jail of the riots” in announcing his jump in food prices. Many stood with him or stood by ernment and test the durabili- The prosecutor was on his way 1,          ,     ? 3 in Iran after Iranian authorities execution by hanging early believe that hard-line oppo- silently, including 126 GOP ty of the nation’s democratic to his office when he was 1,   !   1 seized him while he was trav- Saturday. In June, a court sen- nents of Iranian President members of the House who institutions. attacked in Kart-e Now neigh- eling in neighbouring Iraq last tenced Zam to death, saying he Hassan Rouhani instigated the backed a bid to get the Supreme With the sitting president borhood, the police spokesman educational institutions that ing a second, amid a country- year. The German Foreign had been convicted of “cor- first demonstrations in the Court to invalidate Biden’s vic- leading the way and friendly said. No one immediately killed as many as 50 people, wide spike in violence. The Ministry on Saturday expressed ruption on Earth,” a charge conservative city of Mashhad in tory in four key states. The media outlets standing by to claimed responsibility for the most of them students. extremist group claimed its shock about the circum- often used in cases involving northeastern Iran, trying to court emphatically rejected the amplify his claims, the result attacks in Kabul. The Islamic The Sunday attacks hap- responsibility on its affiliated stances of Zam’s sentencing espionage or attempts to over- direct public anger at the pres- case Friday night. is that millions of Americans Sate group has claimed respon- pened as a day earlier the IS Amaq News site, saying it fired and what it described as his throw Iran’s government. ident. But as protests spread Trump responded on will likely remain convinced sibility for multiple attacks on militants hit the capital with a 10 Katyusha rockets toward the “abduction from abroad” and Zam’s website AmadNews from town to town, the back- Twitter late Friday, “The Biden’s victory was illegiti- the capital in recent months, barrage of mortar shells, killing capital’s Hamid Karzai forced return to Iran. and a channel he created on the lash turned against the entire Supreme Court really let us mate and the election was including horrific attacks on at least one civilian and wound- International Airport. AP Iran will also summon popular messaging app ruling class. AP down,” but he vowed to “fight fraudulent. AP    ,   %<    % 1 $     '   -    -   ,          *  '&      51 Lagos (Nigeria): Hundreds of Dubai: Bahrain said Sunday it Bahrain said over 7,700 Dallas: Charley Pride, country Nigerian students are missing Lahore: The Pakistan approved the use of a Chinese signed up to take part in a trial music’s first Black superstar, has after gunmen attacked a sec- Democratic Movement, an 11- coronavirus vaccine, following of the Sinopharm vaccine in died of complications from ondary school in the country’s party Opposition alliance seek- its earlier approval of a vaccine the kingdom. The kingdom coronavirus at age 86. northwestern Katsina state, ing the ouster of “puppet” made by Pfizer and its German earlier said it plans to give the Pride, known for hits like police have confirmed. Prime Minister Imran Khan, is partner BioNTech. public free coronavirus vac- “Kiss an Angel Good Mornin’” The Government Science set to hold its final rally here on Bahrain’s state-run news cines, but has yet to answer any and “Is Anybody Goin’ to San Secondary School in Kankara Sunday, despite a ban on the agency said the Sinopharm questions about its pro- Antone”, died Saturday in was attacked Friday night by a gathering of more than 300 vaccine would be available in gramme. Dallas, Texas, according to a large group of bandits who shot people owing to an increase in the island kingdom off the The Sinopharm vaccine statement shared on the singer’s “with AK 47 rifles,” Katsina believed to have more than 600 COVID-19 cases across the coast of Saudi Arabia in the has been approved for emer- official website. State police spokesman Gambo students. country. Persian Gulf. gency use in a few countries Born a sharecropper’s son Isah said in a statement. “The police, Nigerian A number of workers of It offered few details and the company is still con- in Sledge, Mississippi, on Police engaged the attack- Army, and Nigerian Air Force the Pakistan Democratic though on study results of the ducting late-stage clinical tri- March 18, 1934, Pride emerged ers “in a gun duel which gave are working closely with the Movement (PDM) have vaccine, in line with the United als in 10 countries. Morocco is from Southern cotton fields to (some of) the students the school authorities to ascertain reached Minar-i-Pakistan. !        3      Arab Emirates, which last week gearing up for an ambitious also become the first Black opportunity to scale the fence the actual number of the miss- They broke the locks of its    3    &,    9 3   !   1 announced the vaccine was 86 COVID-19 vaccination pro- member of the Country Music of the school and run for safe- ing and/or kidnapped stu- main gate, placed chairs and per cent effective. The Emirati gramme, aiming to vaccinate Hall of Fame. ty,” Isah said. dents,” said Isah. “Search par- have installed lights for by former prime minister and Ulema Islam chief and PDM statement provided few details 80 per cent of its adults in an Veteran country singer and About 400 students are ties are working with a view to Sunday’s much-hyped power PML-N supreme leader Nawaz head Maulana Fazlur Rehman but marked the first public operation starting this month Pride’s friend, Dolly Parton missing, while 200 are account- find or rescue the missing stu- show of the Opposition. Sharif from London, his daugh- and PPP Chairman Bilawal release of information on the that’s relying initially on the was among the first to pay trib- ed for, Isah said. The school is dents,” he said. AP The rally will be addressed ter Maryam Nawaz, Jamiat Bhutto Zardari. PTI efficacy of the shot. Sinopharm vaccine. AP utes on social media. PTI 9   ,      ! P   :   ", ,  @?

Colombo: Sri Lanka has a solution. Khartoum: Sudanese Prime region of 6 million people. recorded the highest number of The COPA directed the Minister Abdalla Hamdok on The UN refugee agency elephant deaths in the world Department of Wildlife Sunday arrived in Ethiopia, said more than 50,000 due to the human-elephant Conservation to set up a his office said, amid a growing Ethiopians have fled into conflict, according to a media National Coordinating refugee crisis that has seen remote areas of Sudan, first report. Committee with all relevant more than 50,000 Ethiopians straining the generosity of local The island-nation’s institutions as soon as possible flee conflict in the Tigray communities and then chal- Committee on Public Accounts to reduce the human-elephant region into neighbouring lenging the capacity of human- (COPA) had ordered a special conflict. Sudan. itarian groups that have hurried audit into the human-elephant The Committee pointed Ethiopian Prime Minister to set up a system to feed, shel- conflict by renowned elephant out that although 4,211 km of Abiy Ahmed greeted his ter and care for the refugees. expert Dr Prithviraj Fernando, elephant fences had been con- Sudanese counterpart at Addis The influx of refugees adds the head of the Centre for structed by 2016 to control the Ababa’s airport, where Hamdok to Sudan’s economic and secu- Conservation and Research. human-elephant conflict, they arrived with the acting rity burdens. The transitional In a meeting of the COPA number of elephants killed in and other relevant agencies to had become inactive in a short Sudanese Foreign Minister government has already been held recently, it was also dis- conflict with humans in Sri work together on a more effi- period of time due to improp- Omar Qamar al-Din and top struggling under the weight of closed that Sri Lanka ranked Lanka was 407 as against the cient programme to resolve the er maintenance. intelligence and military offi- decades of US sanctions and number two globally after India previous annual average of human-elephant conflict in Sri Although 86 million cials. mismanagement under former where highest number of 272. The number of people Lanka, which has become a rupees is spent annually for the “I look forward to having against the regional govern- Ethiopia, which is the linchpin ruler Omar al-Bashir, who was human deaths were reported killed also increased from an serious problem. maintenance of the electric productive discussions on ment in Tigray. However, clash- of the strategic Horn of Africa, ousted from power last year. due to the human-elephant average of 85 humans to 122 He also said that despite fences, the committee pointed political, humanitarian and es between Ethiopian federal and its neighbours. Eastern Sudan, which conflict, according to Daily per year in the country. 60 years of efforts to resolve out the need for the Wildlife security matters of common and regional forces have con- The conflict has alarmed borders Ethiopia’s Tigray News. COPE Committee the human-elephant conflict, Conservation Department to concern,” Hamdok tweeted. tinued. the international humanitarian region, was the scene of bouts COPE Committee Chairman Vitarana and other no significant progress had monitor whether this mainte- The visit came two weeks The fighting, which start- community since the eruption of tribal violence in recent Chairman Tissa Vitarana said members emphasised the need been made and that a new nance is being carried out on a after the Ethiopian leader ed early in November, has in violence has largely cut off months that claimed dozens of that in the past 12 months, the for the Wildlife Department approach was needed to find daily basis, the daily said. PTI declared victory in the fight threatened to destabilise from the world the Tigray lives. AP    !"#$#$ @    #  & !  37=44

  2,05,563 crore to about 81 lakh @J5+.,-0<0( in the resolution plans under chased bonds and commercial       >7 accounts under the Rs 3-lakh the ''Resolution Framework for papers worth Rs 27,794 crore  694=  crore Emergency Credit Line .'-&<'(*.'* COVID-19 related Stress'' issued by 67 NBFCs under the New Delhi: The Finance 9    During 2019-20, the gov- Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS) along with sector specific revamped Partial Credit Ministry will take a call on 1   ernment proposed to make Rs 11: for the MSME sector that was  35@+., benchmark ranges for such Guarantee Scheme (PCGS). residual Rs 14,500 crore capi-    70,000 crore capital infusion impacted by disruptions caused -0<0( parameters. "PCGS 2.0-Purchase of tal infusion in the public sec-     into the PSBs to boost credit for NewDelhi:Finance Minister due to the coronavirus pan- Talking about progress of portfolio of Rs 27,794 cr tor banks (PSBs) in the fourth     a strong impetus to the econ- Nirmala Sitharaman took stock demic. *&!10(* other schemes, the finance already approved by banks...Rs quarter of this fiscal, sources      omy. of progress made under various While 40 lakh MSME ministry said Rs 775 crore 25,000 cr. Disbursed from said. -     % However, the government schemes under the three accounts have received Rs 1'*(0(-+/3J have been released to Small Additional Emergency Following the financial refrained from committing any Aatmanirbhar Bharat Packages 1,58,626 crore till December 4, Industries Development Bank Working Capital Funding for performance review after the   % capital in the Budget 2020-21 (ANBP) to help revive econo- Rs 3 lakh crore collateral-free Rs 500 crore as on February 29, of India (SIDBI) under the Rs farmers through NABARD (as first half, sources said, it was    for the PSBs, hoping that the my hit hard by the outbreak of guaranteed loans - budgetary 2020, which were less than or 1,500 crore 'Interest Subvention on December 4)," it said. found that Punjab & Sind     >  lenders will raise funds from COVID-19 pandemic. provision of Rs 4,000 crore equal to 30 days past due as on for MUDRA-Shishu Loan'. New front loaded refinance Bank, out of the 12 PSBs, was  A.B= % the market depending on the Following announcement made for the Scheme in First February 29, 2020 are eligible, Of this, Rs 206.73 crore facility of Rs 30,000 crore sanc- in need of Rs 5,500 crore to 1    requirements by the Prime Minister, Supplementary Demand for the ministry said. already disbursed to Member tioned by National Bank for meet the regulatory require- 3 C- 1 In the last financial year, Sitharaman presented the Grants for FY 2020-21. The loans provided under Lending Institutions (MLIs) Agriculture and Rural ment. %>   Punjab National Bank got Rs details of the Rs 20.97 lakh Announcing ECLGS 2.0 will have a five-year as part of the first tranche for Development (Nabard) during So, the government   %.$1 16,091 crore, Union Bank of crore ANBP 1.0 in a series of Aatmanirbhar Bharat Package tenor, with a 12-month mora- immediate release of interest COVID-19 to Regional Rural approved capital infusion    India received Rs 11,768 crore press conferences from May 3.0 last month, the Finance torium on repayment of prin- subvention benefit. Banks and Cooperative Banks. through preferential allotment while Canara Bank and Indian 13-17. It was followed by Minister had said that Rs 2.05 cipal. With regard to the Kisan This is over and above Rs of equity shares in Punjab & Bank got Rs 6,571 crore and Rs AatmaNirbhar Bharat Package lakh crore sanctioned and Rs The entire scheme (ECLGS Credit Card (KCC) scheme, 90,000 crore to be provided by Sind Bank last month. burden on them due to one- 2,534 crore, respectively. 2.0 on October 12 and the third 1.52 lakh crore disbursed under 1.0 and ECLGS 2.0) valid till another tweet said, it has cov- NABARD through the normal The fund was approved time restructuring being Allahabad Bank received tranche on November 12. ECLGS 1.0. March 31, 2021, it said. ered 1.69 crore farmers with refinance route during this from Rs 20,000 crore cleared by undertaken as per the RBI Rs 2,153 crore, United Bank of Sitharaman on Friday con- As part of the Some of the sectors iden- sanctioned credit limit of Rs year. Parliament in September for guidelines to help the industry India got 1,666 crore and cluded a comprehensive review Aatmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan tified by the Kamath 1.54 lakh crore as on December "Central Board of Direct capital infusion of PSBs as part tide over the risk of default due Andhra Bank received Rs 200 of ANBP with the Secretaries 3.0 (announced on November Committee for one-time debt 4, 2020. Taxes (CBDT) has issued of the first batch of to subdued business environ- crore. These three lenders have of various Ministries and 12), ECLGS Scheme has been restructuring included power, As part of the refunds of over Rs 1,45,619 Supplementary Demands for ment in the COVID-19 been merged with various Departments concerned over extended through ECLGS 2.0 construction, real estate, tex- Aatmanirbhar Bharat Package, crore to more than 89.29 lakh Grants for 2020-21. With Rs crisis. PSBs. three days, the Finance for the 26 stress sectors and tiles, pharmaceuticals, logistics, the government has announced taxpayers between 1st April 5,500 crore going to Punjab & Besides, sources said there , Bank of Baroda got a cap- Ministry statement said on health care sector with credit cement, auto components and to cover 2.5 crore farmers 2020 and 8th December 2020. Sind Bank, the government is would be a clarity on NPA ital infusion of Rs 7,000 crore, Sunday. outstanding of above Rs 50 hotel, restaurants and tourism. under the KCC scheme with a Income Tax refunds of Rs. left with Rs 14,500 crore. recognition as the Supreme Indian Overseas Bank received Sharing details of the crore and up to Rs 500 crore as The RBI had in August set credit boost of Rs 2 lakh crore 43,274 crore have been issued When the performance Court may decide on interest Rs 4,360 crore and UCO Bank progress made by various on February 29, 2020. up the committee headed by through a special saturation in 87,29,626 cases & corporate review post third quarter num- on interest case by then. NPA got Rs 2,142 crore. Punjab & schemes under the ANBP, the Under ECLGS 2.0, entities former ICICI Bank chairman K drive. tax refunds of Rs. 1,02,345 bers takes place, sources said, recognition process has been Sind Bank received Rs 787 statement said, banks have with outstanding credit above V Kamath for suggesting finan- It further said that public crore have been issued in by that time banks would have halted by the apex court till fur- crore and Central Bank of sanctioned loans worth Rs Rs 50 crore and not exceeding cial parameters to be factored sector banks (PSBs) have pur- 1,99,554 cases," it said. PTI clear idea about additional ther order. India got Rs 3,353 crore. PTI < "         "    O9#   /       ,  P

New Delhi:Petrol prices march price of the two petroleum prod- touched Rs 83.71 a litre on prices rising by Rs 2.65 per litre ,,/ Addressing the virtual ses- scheme is a game-changer for ported both labour intensive towards all time high levels has ucts remained unchanged. Monday. But the March has and diesel by 3.41 a litre. sion, 'PLI for Exponential the manufacturing sector and and cutting-edge technology been temporarily halted by the OMCs have gone on a pause been halted ever since then with Petrol prices had been stat- #:

Mumbai: With a view to effec- banknotes in circulation has offices (IOs)/CCs.    tively deal with increasing cir- been witnessed in India as well," "The proposed ABPC is   ,  ,  !       New Delhi: GST authorities culation of banknotes, the the document said. expected to provide for storage have arrested as many as 140 per- Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has The volume of banknotes in and dispatch of fresh banknotes New Delhi: Businesses will said. While businesses file Mumbai: The Real Time Gross NEFT is a popular mode for sons, including five chartered decided to set up an Automated circulation has increased three- and storage and processing of now get complete auto-popu- GSTR-1 of a particular month Settlement System (RTGS) for small-value transactions. accountants, in about a month's Banknote Processing Centre fold from March 2001 to March soiled banknotes to/from the lated monthly sales return form by the 11th day of the subse- high-value transactions will RTGS, which began its oper- time on charges of issuing fake (ABPC) in Jaipur for receipt, 2019, and is expected to rise fur- identified CCs/bank branches GSTR-3B, GST Network said quent month, GSTR-3B is filed become available round-the- ations on March 26, 2004 with a invoices, and have now trained storage and dispatch of curren- ther in the years to come. covering the jurisdiction of the on Sunday. in a staggered manner between clock from 00:30 hours Monday soft launch involving four banks, their guns on entities transport- cy notes. Besides, supply of banknotes states being catered," the docu- "For ease of taxpayers, now 20th-24th day of the succeed- onwards, making India one of presently handles 6.35 lakh ing under-valued goods. The functions of the ABPC by the presses has increased ment said. It has also projected the system will auto populate ing month. the few countries in the world to transactions daily for a value of In its nationwide drive will also include processing of about four times from March storage capacity requirements for GSTR-3B (monthly) on the Also, the facility of com- operate the system 24X7. Rs 4.17 lakh crore across 237 par- against fake invoice frauds since banknotes received from cur- 2001 to March 2019 and is the ABPC in Jaipur -- fresh note basis of details filed in GSTR- munication between taxpayers In October, the RBI had ticipant banks. the second week of November, rency chests (CCs) and bank expected to increase manifolds. stock (daily average) at 1,883 mil- 1 and auto-drafted ITC state- has been enabled on the GST announced that RTGS will be The average ticket size for the Directorate General of GST branches, and destruction of "This has necessitated a lion pieces during 2024-25, 2,950 ment GSTR-2B from portal. EY Tax Partner available round-the-clock on all RTGS in November 2020 was Rs Intelligence (DGGI) have also soiled banknotes in an auto- relook at the present system of million pieces during 2029-30 November 2020 tax period Abhishek Jain said GSTN has days of the year. 57.96 lakh, making it a truly large unearthed cases of GST evasion mated manner, said the RBI's cash management and a need is and 6,853 million pieces during onwards," Goods and Services enabled the facility for suppli- "RTGS facility becomes value payment system. by way of transporting under- Request for Proposal (RFP) for felt to automate the handling of 2039-40, and soiled notes at Tax Network (GSTN) said. ers and recipients to commu- operational 24X7 from 12.30 am RTGS uses ISO 20022 for- valued and unaccounted goods, engagement of consultant for banknotes for receipt, storage, 7,718 million pieces during 2024- Based on the supplies nicate with one another over tonight. Congratulations to the mat which is the best-in-class they added. comprehensive consultancy ser- retrieval, processing and destruc- 25, 11,568 million pieces during return GSTR-1 filed by busi- the online portal itself. teams from RBI, IFTAS and the messaging standard for financial Revenue Department vices for establishment of ABPC tion, in line with the global 2029-30 and 27,757 million nesses, GSTN will auto-popu- "This shall enable the busi- service partners who made this transactions. The feature of pos- sources said some companies of at Jaipur."Cash remains an changes, adopting modern tech- pieces during 2039-40. late the liabilities, while input nesses to raise a red flag to their possible," RBI Governor itive confirmation for credit to Delhi and Himachal are under important mode of payment for nology," the document said. “The facility may be tax credit (ITC) would be pop- suppliers/ recipients in relation Shaktikanta Das said in a tweet. beneficiary accounts is also avail- investigation for under-valuation most Indian citizens, notwith- One of the desired activities designed to store the daily aver- ulated from system-drafted to various discrepancies at their India will become one of the able in RTGS. "Round the clock of goods and its transportation standing the growth in digital at the proposed ABPC would be age fresh note stock requirement statement GSTR-2B. end, as well as receive their com- few countries in the world to availability of RTGS will provide through transporters of payments. In fact, the banknotes automated receipt and storage of and hold a stock of about 15 days "If the total liability of a ments. This development by the operate its RTGS system round- extended flexibility to business- Ludhiana and Jalandhar. in circulation have been con- fresh banknotes received from of soiled banknotes and provide particular period is negative on GSTN should facilitate better the-clock throughout the year. es for effecting payments and will During searches and sur- currently growing with the rise the printing presses, automated commensurate processing and account of debit/credit notes, reconciliation of GST credits RTGS on 24X7X365 facili- enable introduction of addi- veys, the field formations have in digital payments. The global retrieval and dispatch of fresh destruction capacities," it said. the same will be auto-populat- between suppliers and recipi- ty comes within a year of RBI tional settlement cycles in ancil- seized unaccounted goods as trend of increasing volume of banknotes to the identified issue PTI ed as zero liability," GSTN ents," Jain added. PTI operationalising NEFT 24x7. lary payment systems. PTI well. PTI ;"/F"   !  #"   .   S.     -    "    1;       "  New Delhi: India's airline indus- Hyderabad and Pune.From a should be on nation building and Furthermore, SpiceJet's cargo      "$ %"  % try which was heavily battered by pure business standpoint, the stamping our reputation global- arm, SpiceXpress launched a   S.   the pandemic's onslaught is now integration of cold-chains, logis- ly as a reliable ally and business new specialised service, Spice "  "  "'%% New Delhi: Domestic indices gearing up to take the fight tics and the last-mile delivery will partner. Pharma Pro, dedicated to trans- will track macroeconomic data back to the virus via lending the boost the revenue stream of the "Besides, Suman Chowdhury, porting Covid vaccines, medi- Ahmedabad: Vipul announcement and global events key logistical support for anti- sector. Chief Analytical Officer, Acuite cines, blood samples and tem- Chaudhary, former Chairman like the US Fed interest rate deci- Covid-19 vaccine deployment. Lately, the segment has Ratings & Research contended perature-sensitive cargo.With of Gujarat Cooperative Milk sion for its movement this week, The industry is expected to become a lifesaver for the indus- that: "It is unlikely that such an Spice Pharma Pro, SpiceXpress Marketing Federation analysts said."This week, domes- play a vital role in the country's try."Cargo operations have activity will have strong profit has said that it has the capabili- (GCMMF) has been arrested tic markets will be waiting for impending anti-Covid offensive already gained pace for the air- margins at least in the initial stage ty to transport extremely sensi- for his alleged role in a Rs 14.8 major data points like inflation via vaccines.Already at an lines in the absence of adequate since it is expected to be viewed tive drugs, vaccines, blood sam- crore embezzlement case and import-export updates. advance stage of planning, the passenger traffic. And depend- more as a corporate social ples and medicines in controlled involving bonus of employees "The trend in global mar- industry and especially its lead- ing on the economics for the vac- responsibility (CSR) particular- temperatures ranging from of a Mehsana-based dairy enti- kets will be guided by develop- ing players have formed dedi- cine, air transportation is a prob- ly by the government. minus 40 degrees Celsius to ty to which he was connected, ments in Brexit deal talks and cated teams, new specialised able option," said Kinjal Shah, "On their part, some airlines (plus) 25 degrees Celsius. police said on Sunday. updates on the expected US logistical arms to safely and effi- Vice President, ICRA."This can plan to deploy a dedicated num- On its part, AirAsia India has Chaudhary was arrested stimulus package," said Vinod ciently transport veils across definitely be an additional rev- ber of freighters, while others marshalled a dedicated cargo ser- on Saturday from Gandhinagar Nair, head (research) at Geojit India and potentially around enue stream for the airlines. have formed a new logistics' arm. vices team for evaluating the spe- for allegedly embezzling Rs Financial Services. the world. "According to Vasudevan S. A case-in-point is airline major cial logistics requirement, such 14.8 crore that was meant to New Delhi: The Indian advice, the existing mail express Siddhartha Khemka, head Notably, the airline indus- , Partner, Aviation, KPMG in SpiceJet, which has tied-up with as temperature controlled con- give bonus to employees of Railways on Sunday refuted special trains including festival (retail research) at Motilal Oswal try has the capability to quickly India: "It is a huge business and logistics' firms to provide seam- tainers, that may be needed for Dudhasagar Dairy coopera- claims about issuance of unre- or holiday specials, clone spe- Financial Services, said, "The transport the temperature sen- revenue generation opportunity less end-to-end cold chain solu- transportation of vaccine and are tive in Mehsana, of which he served tickets, saying that there cials which are running on fully overall trend of the market sitive vaccines across the coun- for India and can create new jobs tions for Covid-19 vaccine deliv- evaluating various measures to was a former chairman, a state has been no change in policy to reserved basis (as on date) remains positive as it is showing try from the pharma hubs of as well, but the larger focus ery. support the same. IANS CID (Criminal Investigation run all Express trains, includ- shall be continued as fully resilience on the back of abun- Department) official ing festival specials and clone reserved only, by issuing dant liquidity, positive develop- said. specials, as fully reserved trains reserved tickets for second ments on the vaccine front and > 13         An FIR was lodged against only, by issuing reserved tick- class coaches and passenger signs of economic recovery." Chaudhary and others, includ- ets for second class coaches portion of SLRs also. He, however, added that the New Delhi: Gems and jew- This would mean that gems form, through courier. ellery is applicable only on their ing Dudhsagar chairperson coaches and passenger portion "Permission has been given market may consolidate at these ellery exporters have been per- and jewellery exports could be The Regulation 2(2) (a) (iv) imports, CBIC has clarified. Ashaben Thakor, vice chair- of SLRs coach.It clarified that to zonal railways to issue unre- levels for some time given stale- mitted to send their goods done through courier services reads as "These regulations Earlier, the Gems and man Modhjibhai Patel and "permission" given to zonal served tickets is meant only for mate in US stimulus and con- across the globe to their buy- following all other regulations shall not apply to the following Jewellery Export Promotion managing director NJ Bakshi, railways to issue unreserved suburban and limited number cerns over probable no-deal ers using the convenience of in place for such exports. imported goods requiring test- Council represented before in CID Crime police station in tickets is meant for suburban of local passenger trains oper- Brexit talk.During the last week, cost effective and reliable couri- Doubts had arisen over ing of samples thereof or ref- CBIC seeking clarification on Gandhinagar, the CID said in and limited number of trains. ating on few zones. the 30-share BSE benchmark er services. use of courier services for erence to the relevant statuto- whether gems and jewellery is a release. In a statement, the Railway "It said that running of index jumped 1,019.46 points or The Central Board of exports as Regulation ry authorities or to experts allowed to be exported through They were booked under Ministry said: "There has been trains, norms of travel and 2.26 per cent."Indications are in Indirect Taxes and Customs 2(2)(a)(iv) of the Courier before their clearance, namely courier under the Courier various sections of the Indian no change in policy to run all reservations are constantly favour of some consolidation in (CBIC) has issued a circular Imports and Exports precious and semi-precious Imports and Exports Penal Code (IPC) and the express trains including festival evolving under Covid times. the index and it would be clarifying that extant regula- (Electronic Declaration and stones, gold or silver in any (Electronic Declaration and Prevention of Corruption Act specials and clone specials as Further changes, as and when healthy for the markets," Ajit tions do not restrict exports of Processing) Regulations, 2010 form". Processing) Regulations, 2010 for breach of trust and crimi- fully reserved train only as they happen, would be Mishra, vice-president (research) gems and jewellery through the places a restriction on imports Thus, the restriction as also the Courier Imports and nal conspiracy among other yet. informed to all concerned of Religare Broking Ltd, said. courier mode and such restric- of precious and semi-precious imposed by Regulation Exports (Clearance) offences, it added. PTI Accordingly till further accordingly. IANS PTI tions only apply to imports. stones, gold or silver in any 2(2)(a)(iv) on gems and jew- Regulations, 1998. IANS    !"#$#$   .

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The series-opening day-night Test criticism holds no merit.  =*'(= man’s spot in the side. against Australia, as batsmen Whenever you are playing But then there is an extremely stylish KL Rahul, often find spinners “difficult to against a team, your own he Indian cricket team will head who has been sweating it out at the nets under the read” under lights. team’s performance matters into the first day-night Test watchful eyes of his skipper. Kuldeep, who represents the most. Tagainst Australia with a lot of opti- Rahul gives multiple options both as an open- Kolkata Knight Riders in the “So instead of looking at mism and happy selection dilemmas, er and a middle-order batsman. IPL, will be in reckoning for the other team — who they having managed to tick most of the The fact that he has experience of 36 Test match- the day-night match starting have in their squad, and who boxes before drawing the three-day es won’t be lost on the decision-makers when they December 17 at the Adelaide they don’t — it makes more pink-ball dress rehearsal against sit back and pick the playing XI for the Adelaide Oval. sense to talk about your own Australia A here at Sydney Cricket opener. “I feel it’s difficult to read team.” Ground on Sunday. If the day/night warm-up game is any indica- spinners at night, because if a Kuldeep has so far played Australia A gave a better account of tor, then Rishabh Pant, after his 73-ball hundred, spinner uses variations it’s not six Test matches, including two themselves on an eased out third day is the primary contender for donning the big gloves. always easy to spot the seam against Australia. Provided track, despite being reduced to 25 for The selection will be purely on Pant’s ability to position of the ball. That can the fast bowlers strike form, 3, ending on 305 for 4 riding on Ben turn the game around in a session with his batting, be an advantage for us,” he told India can win again, he said. McDermott and Jack Wildermuth’s which unfortunately his senior and more accom- KKR.in. “We did well, and hence centuries. Both the batsmen survived a plished keeper Wriddhiman Saha is not really capa- It will be India’s first day- we won the Test series. If our barrage of bouncers under lights from ble of. night Test overseas, having fast bowling works well and we Indian pacers. As far as bowling is concerned, Jasprit Bumrah, played their maiden one in perform as prolifically with the The talented McDermott (107 off Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav and Kolkata in 2019. will have to be patient when bat as we did the last time, we 167 balls), younger son of Craig Ravichandran Ashwin look all set to start the Test “I have never experienced playing Test cricket. Mental will win this time too. McDermott who was India’s tormentor match. a pink ball match outside toughness is very important. “Yes, their team has now during the forgettable 91-92 series, While Umesh and Ashwin were not played in India. So, it will be exciting to “When switching to the improved with the return of along with his skipper Alex Carey (58, the second warm-up game. It was more about check- see how it goes.” longer format, you sometimes the experienced David 111 balls) added 117 runs in a counter- ing the other pacers and letting Bumrah and Shami He added, “It’ll be unfair tend to try too many things Warner, Steve Smith and the attacking fourth wicket partnership to add miles to their legs. to say spinners haven’t domi- too quickly. Wickets don’t likes of Marnus partially save the game. On the third day, both bowled 13 overs each nated in Australian condi- come easy in Test cricket, so (Labuschagne), who has real- Rookie Wildermuth (111 off 119 respectively and rightly conserved their energies for tions, there have been many patience is the key.” ly done well for them in recent balls) also got his ton and added 165 the big battle allowing back-up pacers Navdeep Saini instances when spinners have Kuldeep also slammed times. runs with McDermott but Virat Kohli (0/87 in 16 overs) and Mohammed Siraj (1/54 in 17 done well Down Under. It suggestions that India’s first- “But last time too, their and Ravi Shastri, watching the proceed- overs) bowl longer spells without much success. completely depends on how ever Test series win in team was good but we played ings from the dug-out, will be happy McDermott looked a stylish player with some quickly you adapt to, and read Australia during their last tour some really, really good crick- with multiple options that emerged attractive drives on the off-side and Wildermuth the conditions. was made easy by the absence et to win. Looking forward to from the game. under lights negotiated the short ball well enough, “A lot of us, having played of Steve Smith and David the challenge once again, it’s In the first hour itself, the probable picking up a few runs in the process. so much T20 cricket of late, Warner. going to be a great contest.” first Test opening pair of Joe Burns (1) and Marcus Harris (5) was sent back by Mohammed Shami (2/58 in 13 overs). O    While out-of-form Burns shuffled @   !   ! across to a straight delivery and was caught plumb in front, Harris was set *7' S,  up nicely with a leg-slip and his flick  =*'(= up game, he did get a chance to bat at team needs,” he said. landed into Prithvi Shaw’s hands sta- number 4 and 5 along with seasoned pros Having been in Australia for a month  .*(+.&*( tioned for that particular shot. he reticent Hanuma Vihari has slow- like Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane along with two first-class matches under The lack of runs from the two open- Tly but surely cemented his place in the “At number four, I always feel you their belt, Vihari said the players are now ustralian team will be bolstered by the return of ers will certainly increase the Australian Indian Test team and is confident of con- have more time than you think. In well-prepared to tackle the pace and AMitchell Starc for the first Test against India as team’s worries. tributing to the team’s cause, saying he is domestic cricket, I have always batted bounce of Australian tracks. “First two the senior speedster has been phenomenal in pink Shubman Gill’s composure and well-equipped to execute plans in the tra- number three, so I am a bit familiar bat- games, if you see we are leaving the ball ball games, said his pace bowling partner Josh technique opening the innings would- ditional format. ting up the order,” he said. very well and trying to acclimatise to con- Hazlewood. n’t have gone unnoticed compared to Vihari scored a hundred and also got “Obviously, batting with Pooji ditions here. Going into the first Test, we The left-arm pacer, who has the top bowling fig- Shaw’s loose batting during his two a wicket with his part-time off-breaks (Pujara’s nickname) is completely differ- are very well equipped with pace and ures in the pink ball with 42 wickets at an average knocks in the game. against Australia A in the pink ball warm- ent. We always have a good communica- bounce of the wicket,” Vihari said. of 19.23 in from seven D/N Tests, will rejoin the squad There is a lot of time at Gill’s dis- up game. He looks set to bat at number tion and he tells me what the bowler is Asked about skipper Virat Kohli, here on Monday after his ‘compassionate leave’ due posal and the upright stance with an six in the first Day/Night Test at Adelaide. trying to do,” he observed. Pujara and Ravichandran Ashwin, Vihari to family illness. ability to get his body behind the line “In 2018, it was my second overseas His assessment of Rahane is that the said the veterans are sweating it out in the “He’s obviously a huge part of our team and attack. of the ball like any top international tour (after England) and it was a good Mumbaikar is more flamboyant and has nets and are ready to come out all guns Everyone knows his numbers with the pink ball. We batsman does, gives his team a lot of challenge for me back then. Although I a good grip on game situations. “Batting blazing on Thursday. welcome him with open arms,” Hazlewood said dur- hope going into the series. contributed a little (back then), I feel I am with Ajinkya, he is more flamboyant and “They have been practising everyday ing a virtual news conference on Sunday. Similarly, Hanuma Vihari strongly more well equipped with my game and he has also got a good sense of game sit- in the nets and have been putting in the Starc was withdrawn after the first T20I last week kept himself in the hunt with a hundred pretty sure with my gameplan as well and uation “....But coming to bat at number hardwork. We have played a Pink Test after learning of a family illness, but Cricket Australia that again reflected his patient approach. looking forward to the Test series,” Vihari six is a total different game situation. You before this as well so they are used it and on Sunday has announced that the Aussie pacer was With his handy off-breaks, one such said after the end of the warm-up tie. have to bat with the keeper or an all- are practising every day. Being profession- ready to return. delivery got rid of Carey, he can be a While he will be batting at number rounder or the bowlers. I enjoy batting als they are the will be very well- “I think he would be fine. Nothing goes to plan. good option for the sixth specialist bats- six in the Test match, during the warm- at both position and it’s about what the equipped.” He is a professional player and would have been doing everything he could have over the last week. He will be ready to go and jump straight in,” Hazloood said # K. @J"3JB23 when asked if a two-day preparation is enough. .    With vice-captain Pat Cummins, Hazlewood, Starc and spinner Nathan Lyon, the Aussies would        tournament for the Syed Mushtaq have full strength, even as their batting faces some ! )(++&'/<' at the start of the day to take the remaining  A##,  Ali Trophy,” Shah wrote to state question marks with injury woes to opening duo of two wickets and end the West Indies first units. David Warner (groin) and young gun Will Pucovksi est Indies captain Jason Holder held innings at 131. “By Saturday, January 2, 2021, (concussion). Woff a venomous New Zealand attack Tim Southee mopped up the tail to fin-  '()*(+,& teams will have to assemble in their All-rounder Cameron Green, who bats in the as the tourists survived to be 244/6 at stumps ish with 5/32 to go with the 5/34 by Kyle respective hub. From Sunday, middle-order, too faces injury concerns after suffer- on Sunday on day three of the second Test Jamieson, who was not required to bowl on he BCCI will start its much- January 10, 2021, tournament will ing concussion from a Jasprit Bumrah hit during in Wellington. They require a further 85 runs the third morning. Tdelayed domestic season with the start and the final will be played on Australia A’s tour match in Sydney last week. with four wickets remaining to make New Faced with a 329-run deficit, the West Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy from January 31, 2021.” Asked about the disruptive preparation, he said: Zealand bat again and avoid a second Indies second innings was already waver- January 10 to 31 in six different states Shah, however, said that a deci- “It’s been an unusual one. Pretty much every guy was innings defeat. ing at 73/2 by lunch with Trent Boult where bio-secure hubs will be cre- sion on Ranji Trophy and the Vijay playing soon after the IPL and Against a four-pronged pace attack, accounting for Kraigg Brathwaite (24) and ated. Hazare Trophy will be taken once the we struggled in the limited rated by the West Indies as “one of the best” Darren Bravo (4). The participating teams will be group stage of the Mushtaq Ali gets overs cricket. in the world and who continued to get Campbell and Shamarh Brooks put on expected to report to their respec- over. Feedback from members will “It’s been a little bit dif- bounce and movement off the pitch, the 89 for the third wicket but just as they looked tive hubs on January 2. be factored in. ferent but every International tourists lost seven wickets in the first two comfortable the West Indies lost their way It is learnt that BCCI secretary It is understood that Mushtaq cricketer is sort of ready. We sessions but only one after tea as Holder losing three wickets for three runs. Jay Shah has e-mailed all the state Ali is being held because the BCCI had a few days out in the mid- launched into the bowling. He was not out Neil Wagner accounted for Brooks units that Mushtaq Ali will kick-start wants to have a mega players’ auc- dle of Adelaide Oval and still 60, with eight fours and two sixes, when bad (36) and Kyle Jamieson removed Roston the domestic itinerary although tion in early February ahead of the have some sessions to go light ended play an hour early. Chase for this second duck of the match and there is no clarity as to when the next IPL which may have nine or 10 before the game. We will be all Joshua da Silva, in his debut Test, was bowled Campbell for 68 and the West Indies Ranji Trophy will start. teams. ready to go not out 25 with the pair adding an unbeat- “It’s difficult. It’s one of the best bowl- went to tea at 158/5. “After having gone through your As far as one more tournament and it’s en 74 for the seventh wicket. ing attacks in the world right now in Test But the only wicket to fall in the final responses and in accordance with is concerned, it could well be the been a West Indies opener John Campbell eked cricket and in their own conditions,” he said. session was that of Jermaine Blackwood, the feedback received, I am pleased Vijay Hazare Trophy instead of the good out 68 runs in the second innings but said “When they bowl they put us under bowled by Boult for 20 before the stubborn to inform you that BCCI is planning Ranji Trophy as it can be organ- prep so it was hard going in New Zealand conditions tremendous pressure.” resistance of Holder and da Silva ensured to start the domestic season 2020-21 ised in a shorter span of time far.” where the ball does a lot. New Zealand needed less than five overs the Test went into a fourth day. with the scheduling of the T20 like Mushtaq Ali Trophy. 9    %   1      ! - !     -    ,<+ ! #.*0&* ! #.'-,((0  &+.#.!.* eal Madrid reignited their La anchester United and RLiga title push on Saturday akistan sustained a major injury blow ahead of next MManchester City did their beating leaders Atletico 2-0 as Pweek’s three-match T20 series against New Zealand Premier League title ambitions their city rivals suffered a first when its captain Babar Azam was ruled out because little favours in a drab 0-0 draw league defeat of the season. of a fractured thumb. at Old Trafford as Chelsea’s Real, who salvaged their Azam sustained the injury on his right thumb at challenge also suffered a setback Champions League campaign in Queenstown on Sunday during team’s practice session. in a 1-0 defeat at Everton on midweek by making the last 16, The Pakistan Cricket Board said in a statement that Saturday. moved to third in the table, three Azam will not be able to attend net sessions for at least The pressure on United points behind Atletico. 12 days after scans confirmed the fracture. manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer It was a disappointing night “During this period, the doctors will continue to was ramped up after his side for Diego Simeone’s side who had monitor Babar’s injury before confirming his partici- crashed out of the Champions boasted a 26-match unbeaten run pation in the first Test,” the PCB said. League with a midweek defeat in the league, stretching back to The T20 series begins at Auckland on Dec 18, fol- at RB Leipzig. February. lowed by matches at Hamilton (Dec 20) and Napier The beleaguered boss des- That was a run which consist- (Dec 22). The first Test begins on December 26. perately needed an uplifting ed of 17 wins and nine draws. Real “I have spoken with Babar and he is sad to miss result in the derby to win back Manchester City that’s the ‘NOT GOOD ENOUGH’ coolly slotted away the spot- had been the last team to beat the T20 series,” Pakistan head coach Misbah-ul-Haq some support, but there was lit- best performance we have A penalty was the dif- kick. Atletico in the league. said. “We have a long season of cricket ahead and we tle for either side of the had. Not the best result but ference between the sides Chelsea hit the post twice “We confirmed the round in midweek, strug- now hope that he regains complete fit- Manchester divide to get excit- the best performance,” at Goodison Park as through Reece James and improvement we showed in gled to make any impression ness as early as possible so that ed about as both teams failed to Solskjaer said. Everton fed off the atmop- Mason Mount from shots out- many areas against Sevilla and star striker Luis Suarez he can return to competitive fire. A draw leaves United shere created by 2,000 fans side the box, but were limited and Borussia, and gave was an anonymous figure up cricket.” United have won just one of still one point above City but the for the first time since March without the creative spark of another good display,” said front. It’s a second injury blow their last four games in all Red Devils are now eighth with to arrest their slide. the injured Hakim Ziyech and Real coach Zinedine Zidane, Real went 2-0 up after 63 to the Pakistan team after competitions and have only Pep Guardiola’s men ninth. Ancelotti’s men had won Christian Pulisic. reflecting on his side’s wins minutes with Kroos again opening batsman Imam- one win at Old Trafford in six “The important thing is we just once in their previous A first defeat in 18 games, in the past week which have the provider. His pass eventually ul-Haq fractured his left Premier League games this didn’t concede,” said Guardiola seven games after a flying excluding penalty shootouts, helped turn around the season. fell for Dani Carvajal who thumb, also in a practice ses- term. after his side kept a club record start to the campaign had leaves Frank Lampard’s men His team were in front after 15 unleashed a 30-metre drive which sion, on Thursday. However, Solskjaer defend- sixth consecutive clean sheet. taken them top of the table in still two points adrift of minutes when Casemiro headed hit the post but was diverted into All-rounder Shadab ed his side’s performance as United were awarded a early October. Tottenham and Liverpool who home a corner from Toni Kroos. the net by the helpless Oblak. Khan will lead Pakistan they restricted City to just penalty two minutes into the The only goal came on 22 can extend that advantage to That was reward for Real’s early The ‘keeper was credited with in the T20 series in the one big chance when David second half when Kyle Walker minutes when Dominic five points with win on pressure which had seen Karim an own-goal for his troubles. It was absence of Azam, pro- de Gea saved from Riyad kicked Marcus Rashford, only Calvert-Lewin was wiped out Sunday. Benzema denied by a fine save only the fourth goal conceded by vided he recovers Mahrez midway through for the decision to be overruled by a rash challenge from Victory lifts Everton up to from Jan Oblak moments earlier. the usually water-tight Atletico from groin injury sus- the first-half. by VAR as the forward had Chelsea goalkeeper Edouard seventh and back to within one Atletico, who also made the defence in 11 league games this tained on Sunday. “In my time against strayed offside in the build-up. Mendy and Gylfi Sigurdsson point of the top four. Champions League knockout season.