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3 DELHI Govt crackdown on MCDs’ due funds: Centre, farmers set to resume Three lakh BJP 7,000 GST evaders, booth workers 185 arrested conduct Jan HIGHLIGHTS Jagran Abhiyan talks over agri laws, MSP today n The government netted a n A day before the crucial seventh round of talks between the n Farmers from Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, and Uttar record GST collection of Rs Centre and protesting farmer unions, Tomar met Rajnath Pradesh have been protesting the Centre's laws for over a 1.15 lakh crore in December 2020, helped by the action Singh discussed the govt strategy to resolve the current crisis month despite the cold weather and COVID‑19 pandemic. against tax evaders along­ New Delhi: new farm laws had a diffi- side pick up in the economy. he Centre and cult morning on Sunday due n The government netted a farmer groups are to overnight rains. record GST collection of Rs set to resume talks The continuous down- 1.15 lakh crore in December Ttoday to break the pour led to waterlogging at 2020, helped by the action deadlock over the the con- agitation venues and water- against tax evaders along­ UP­STATE tentious agriculture laws proof tents did not help New Delhi: side pick up in the economy. 5 being protested by thou- much. rmed with data sands of farmers at Delhi's Farmer leader Abhimanyu analytics and in- days. Thrre are few large J&K mainstream borders. Kohar, who is a member of formation from companies which too are parties have A day ahead of the re- the Sankyukt Kisan Morcha, Aagencies, the gov- found involved in taking sumption of talks, the farm- said farmers have waterproof ernment has launched a fake bills through multiple become 'favourite ers had to face heavy and tents, but that they cannot massive crackdown on GST layers, thereby evading whipping boy' continuous rainfall on Sun- protect from biting cold and evaders, initiating action GST and income tax. So day morning. waterlogging. against 7,000 entities in- they have also been for all: Mufti Farmers from Punjab, "The situation is very bad cluding arrest of 187 -- a booked,'' he said. Haryana, Rajasthan, and at protest sites due to rain campaign that contributed The action against those Uttar Pradesh have been which has caused waterlog- to buoyancy in tax collec- who try to misuse the sys- protesting the Centre's laws ging. There is so much cold tion, Finance Secretary tem, he said, has been for over a month despite the after the rains, but the gov- Ajay Bhushan Pandey said based on collating informa- cold weather and COVID-19 ernment is not able to see on Sunday. The govern- tion from various agencies pandemic. our misery," he said. ment netted a record GST such as Income Tax De- Two of their main de- Gurwinder Singh, who is collection of Rs 1.15 lakh partment, Customs unit, mands is the withdrawal of camping at the Singhu Bor- crore in December 2020, FIU and GST department SPORTS the laws and a legal guaran- der, said there is waterlog- helped by the action against and banks. ''We have taken 6 tee for minimum support ging at some places as civic tax evaders alongside pick action against 7,000 price (MSP). However, sev- On Sunday, Tomar met agriculture minister in the brate the festival of Lohri on facilities are not up to the up in the economy. evaders out of a tax base of Full Indian eral rounds with the delega- Union defence minister Ra- erstwhile Atal Bihari Vaj- 13 January by burning mark but asserted that the Pandey said action 1.20 crore. Hence our suc- squad, including tion of Union ministers, led jnath Singh and discussed payee cabinet, has emerged copies of the newly intro- weather will not dampen against fake invoicing cess rate is very very high," by Agriculture Minister the government strategy to as a key troubleshooter and duced agriculture laws. the spirit of farmers who racket in last one- and-a- said Pandey, who is also the isolated five, Narendra Singh Tomar, resolve the current crisis at is working mostly behind Farmers brave cold have been protesting for half months has led to ar- Revenue Secretary. He said have failed to yield a con- the earliest, sources as say- the scenes on this issue, the weather, water-logged over a month. rest of 187, including five the Income Tax Depart- travelling to sensus. ing. Tomar discussed with report added. tents. Waterlogged tents, "Despite facing several chartered accountants and ment immediately follows Sydney together The two sides are sched- Singh "all possible options" Meanwhile, speaking to soaked firewood and blan- problems, we will not move one company secretary. up on all the cases booked uled to hold the seventh to find a "middle path" to reporters on Sunday, kets, and cold conditions — from here until our de- ''Many of them including under GST fake invoice be- round of talks at 2 pm on resolve the crisis. farmer leaders at the Singhu farmers camping at Delhi mands are met," he said. some managing directors cause the tax implication is CONTD ON P-2 7 BUSINESS Monday. Rajnath, who served as border said they will cele- borders in protest against are in jail for last 40-50 higher. Agencies AP faces debt Cong questions First time burden of India approves Oxford's, Bharat such arrogant Rs 3.73 lakh cr: CAG nod to Covaxin; Biotech's COVID‐19 vaccines govt in BJP hits back New Delhi: HIGHLIGHTS power: Sonia HIGHLIGHTS ndia's drugs regulator n on Sunday approved The DCGI granted the ap­ n Some Congress leaders, in­ Oxford COVID-19 vac- proval on the basis of recom­ cluding Anand Sharma, Shashi cine Covishield, manu- mendations by a COVID­19 Tharoor and Jairam Ramesh, I Subject Expert Committee factured by the Serum on Sunday raised serious con­ Institute, and indigenously (SEC) of the CDSCO n MARKET cerns over the grant of ap­ developed Covaxin of Prime Minister Narendra proval to Bharat Biotechs Modi termed the approval a SENSEX NIFTY Bharat Biotech for re- COVID­19 vaccine for re­ stricted emergency use in decisive turning point in 47868.98 14018.50 New Delhi: stricted use, saying it is pre­ the country, paving the way India's fight against coron­ 117.65 36.70 he BJP on Sunday mature and can prove for a massive inoculation avirus. dangerous. GOLD SILVER hit out at the Con- drive. to a healthier and COVID- n JP Nadda said, Time and gress after some of The Drugs Controller free nation. Congratulations New Delhi: 50,235.0068,120.00 again we have seen when­ its leaders ques- General of India (DCGI) India. Congratulations to In a scathing attack on the 84.00 15.00 T ever India achieves some­ tioned the approval process granted the approval on the our hardworking scientists Centre over the farmers' thing commendable ­ that will US DOLLAR EURO for Bharat Biotech's basis of recommendations and innovators," he protests, Congress presi- further public good ­ the Con­ 73.4925 89.3232 COVID-19 vaccine, with by a COVID-19 Subject Ex- tweeted. dent Sonia Gandhi on gress comes up with wild the­ 0.03 party president J P Nadda pert Committee (SEC) of This paves the way for the while Covaxin has been in- "It would make every In- Sunday said that for the ories to oppose and ridicule POUND 99.9863 alleging that whenever the Central Drugs Standard roll out of at least two vac- digenously developed by dian proud that the two vac- first time since independ- the accomplishments. India achieves something Control Organisation cines in India in the coming Bharat Biotech in collabora- cines that have been given ence such an ''arrogant'' WEATHER commendable the opposi- Jairam Ramesh who com- (CDSCO). days. tion with the Indian Coun- emergency use approval are government has come to 7:15 AM tion party comes up with pared him with Nazi propa- "After adequate examina- "Serum and Bharat cil of Medical Research made in India! This shows power that cannot see the Sunrise ''wild theories'' to ''ridicule'' gandists. tion, CDSCO has decided to Biotech vaccines have to be (ICMR). the eagerness of our scien- sufferings of 'annadatas', 5:38 PM Sunset the accomplishments. Nadda accused the Con- accept the recommenda- administered in two doses. Prime Minister Narendra tific community to fulfil the and demanded that the Moonrise 10:49 PM Union Minister Hardeep gress and other opposition tions of the Expert Commit- All the three vaccines have Modi termed the approval a dream of an Aatmanirbhar new farm laws be immedi- Moonset 11:40 AM Singh Puri also took a parties of trying to cause tee and accordingly, to be stored at 2-8 C," he decisive turning point in Bharat, at the root of which ately withdrawn uncondi- swipe at the opposition panic among people to fur- vaccines of M/s Serum and said. India's fight against coron- is care and compassion," he tionally. In a statement in Maximum Minimum leaders, saying they are on ther their ''failed politics M/s Bharat Biotech are The Serum Institute of avirus. said in another tweet. Hindi, she said govern- 18oC 12oC a quest for permanent po- and nefarious agendas''. being approved for re- India, the world's largest "DCGI granting approval He also saluted the front- ments and their leaders litical marginalisation. His ''Congress and the Opposi- stricted use in emergency vaccine manufacturer, has to vaccines of @SerumIn- line workers who have been who ignore public senti- Today’s Prediction o o dig, however, drew a sharp tion is not proud of any- situations," DCGI Dr V G tied up with AstraZeneca to stIndia and @Bharat- leading the country's fight ments in a democracy 21 C13C retort from Congress leader thing Indian. Agencies Somani told the media here. manufacture Covishield, Biotech accelerates the road against the virus. Agencies cannot govern for long and it is now quite clear that the protesting farm- Gen Rawat reviews India's military ers will not bow in the face 23 dead, 15 injured in roof collapse of the Centre's policy of ''tire and pushover''. preparedness at Arunachal Pradesh ''There is still time, the at Ghaziabad cremation ground New Delhi: Modi government should n Rescue workers sifted through the build‑ n The CM Yogi directed Meerut's Divisional t the end of his leave the arrogance of ing's rubble for hours to ensure that more Commissioner and Additional Director General of two-day visit to power and immediately victims were not trapped there. the police zone to submit a report on the incident various forwards withdraw the three black Aposts near the Line laws unconditionally to Ghaziabad: Iraj Raja said. At least 18 of of Actual Control in end the agitation of the wenty-three people, the dead had been identi- Arunachal Pradesh, Chief of farmers who are dying in most of them at- fied by the evening. Defence Staff Gen Bipin the cold and rain. This is tending a funeral, Uttar Pradesh Chief Min- Rawat on Sunday said he Rajdharma and a true Twere killed and 15 ister Yogi Adityanath ex- was satisfied with the ''high tribute to the farmers who others injured when the pressed grief over the loss of morale and motivation'' of have lost their lives,'' roof of a shelter at a crema- lives. He announced Rs 2 the armed forces personnel Gandhi said. The Modi tion ground in Uttar lakh as financial relief for who will ensure ''certain government should re- Pradesh's Muradnagar col- the families of each man victory if challenged or developed technology & the ward most air maintained'' member that democracy lapsed on Sunday, police killed. The chief minister given the opportunity'', ac- defence preparedness to posts in Dibang Valley, means protecting the inter- said. Several people had also directed Meerut's Divi- cording to the Army. Gen face any challenge,'' the Lohit sector and Subansiri ests of the people and the taken shelter under the re- sional Commissioner and Rawat's visit to key loca- Army said in a tweet. ''CDS valley since his arrival in the farmers-workers, she said. cently constructed structure ensure that more victims were Disaster Response Force Additional Director General tions in the frontier state said that he was satisfied by state on Saturday morning, ''Along with the people while it rained. not trapped there. (NDRF) unit then reached of the police zone to submit a came amid the nearly eight- the high morale and moti- according to the Army. On of the country, I am also The dead, all of them The local people were the the spot, pulling out the report on the incident. month-long Sino-India vation of all ranks who will Sunday, Gen Rawat inter- disturbed seeing the condi- men, were mostly relatives or first to arrive at the crema- dead and the injured from Union minister V K Singh, border standoff in eastern ensure certain victory if acted with personnel of the tion of the 'annadatas' who neighbours of Jai Ram, who tion ground in Muradna- the debris. Apart from the who is a Member of Parlia- Ladakh. challenged or given the op- Army and Indo-Tibetan have been agitating for 39 was being cremated at that gar's Ukhlarsi village in 23 dead, 15 people were ad- ment from Ghaziabad, and ''CDS complimented sol- portunity,'' it added. Border Police (ITBP) de- days at the borders of Delhi time, officials said. Rescue Ghaziabad district, adjoin- mitted at different hospi- several senior police and ad- diers for adopting innova- The Chief of Defence ployed along the Subansiri in the bitter cold and rain workers sifted through the ing the national capital. Po- tals, Ghaziabad (Rural) ministration officials visited tive measures for Staff visited several key in- valley, it said. in support of their de- building's rubble for hours to lice followed by a National Superintendent of Police the accident site. Agencies surveillance through locally stallations including ''for- Agencies mands,'' Gandhi said. 2 NATIONAL TOP STORY, DELHI, MONDAY 04, JANUARY, 2021 Centre, farmers DMK will waive set to resume Cong raise concern over grant of permission education talks over agri loans if voted laws, MSP today to power: Stalin FROM PAGE-1 for restricted use of COVID-19 vaccine Erode (TN): According to an IMD official, The DMK would waive edu- heavy rainfall was reported New Delhi: quirement, he said. ''The tocols on phase 3 trials are cation loan taken by stu- in areas across Delhi and enior Congress Health ministry needs to being modified. ''Bharat dents for higher studies once minimum temperatures have leader Anand give cogent reasons for dis- Biotech is a first-rate enter- the party comes to power increased due to clouding and Sharma on Sunday pensing with the mandatory prise, but it is puzzling that after the Tamil Nadu As- easterly winds. Sraised concerns over protocols and requirements internationally-accepted sembly elections, which are "Safdarjung observatory India's drugs regulator in this case, since it involves protocols relating to phase to be held in April-May. recorded a minimum tem- granting permission for re- the health and safety of 3 trials are being modified The DMK president and perature of 9.9 degrees Cel- stricted use of Bharat those frontline workers who for Covaxin. Health Minis- Leader of the Opposition in sius.., with 25 mm rain. Biotech's COVID-19 vaccine will be vaccinated under the ter Harsh Vardhan should the Tamil Nadu Assembly M Palam observatory recorded and asked the government restricted category,'' he said. clarify,'' he said on Twitter. K Stalin made this statement a minimum temperature of to explain why mandatory ''The DCGI statement is The issue was earlier on Sunday while addressing 11.4 degrees Celsius with 18 protocols and verification of puzzling and the govern- dealt in-depth by the Parlia- a gathering at V Met- mm rain. Rain with hail data has been dispensed ment must must reveal the mentary Standing Commit- tupalayam village in Erode storm is expected until 6 with. India's drugs regulator final data of global efficacy tee on Home Affairs. The west constituency where a January," the official said. DCGI on Sunday approved trials and the final trials in panel has recommended to people's grama sabha meet- Bharatiya Kisan Union Oxford's COVID-19 vaccine UK which has been shared the government that any ing was held. (Ugrahan) leader Sukhdev Covishield and Bharat officially by UK's MHRA fol- vaccine against COVID-19 He alleged that the pres- Singh at the Tikri border said Biotech's Covaxin for re- lowing a government to gov- should be granted emer- ent AIADMK government is arrangements made by stricted emergency use. ernment agreement signed gency use authorisation corrupt and that all the Min- farmers to brave the cold Sharma, who heads the between the two countries only after proper consider- isters found guilty of it weather are not helping Parliamentary panel on which should be put in pub- ation and conducting its tri- would be taken to task. The much because of rains and Home Affairs which dealt lic domain to avoid any con- als on a sufficient sample DMK leader further said un- subsequent waterlogging. with the issue at length, said fusiuon on the proven size. employment problem has Veerpal Singh, a protest- the issue of granting autho- efficacy of the vaccine,'' In its report submitted on been increasing in the state ing farmer, said their blan- risation to the vaccine use Sharma also said. An expert panel of India's thorisation application for gency authorisation in case December 21 to Rajya and the standard of educa- kets, clothes and wood are needs to be taken carefully He said the news of the central drug authority had the Oxford-AstraZeneca of one vaccine which is still Sabha chairman and Vice tion declining. soaked. as no country has dispensed imminent arrival and rollout on Saturday recommended vaccine Covishield. This undergoing phase 3 trials President M Venkaiah "Our clothes are soaked with the mandatory phase 3 of the nation-wide vaccina- granting permission for re- paves the way for the roll- and that has raised bonafide Naidu, the Parliamentary Maha govt could due to waterlogging caused trials and verification of tion drive is ''truly uplifting stricted use of Bharat out of at least two vaccines concerns as that would in- Standing Committee noted by rains. Besides, we are fac- data. and reassuring'' for a coun- Biotech-developed indige- in India in the coming days, volve the health safety is- that the CDSCO has given collapse over ing difficulties to cook food As per submissions made try paralysed by the pan- nous COVID-19 vaccine Co- while two more are in ad- sues. no emergency use authori- as rain water has also soaked before the expert panel, demic. It is also a tribute to vaxin in emergency vance stages of develop- Another senior Congress sation in the past, and sug- Aurangabad firewood. We do have an phase 3 trials have not been our scientists, researchers situations. ment. leader Jairam Ramesh also gested that all necessary LPG cylinder but not every- completed and therefore, and institutions, who have The recommendation Sharma said there are raised concerns and asked and mandatory require- renaming: one here has it," he said. the data on safety and effi- established India as the came a day after the panel some concerns expressed by Health Minister Harsh ments must be duly fulfilled Dharmveer Yadav, who is cacy has not been reviewed, largest vaccine manufac- cleared the Serum Institute the news of recommenda- Vardhan to clarify why in- and all trial phases com- Athawale camping at the Ghazipur which is a mandatory re- turer of the world, he said. of India's emergency use au- tion for restricted use emer- ternationally-accepted pro- pleted. Palghar: border protest site, said Union minister and RPI(A) farmers will not move an leader Ramdas Athawale on inch from their agitation TMC should reflect Beware of JD(S), Kumaraswamy warns BJP Sunday said the Uddhav venues. Thackeray government in "We are ready to face any Bengaluru: as a bundle of lies reports Maharashtra could collapse problem, be it heavy rain or on its setback, BJP's Former Karnataka Chief that JD(S) would join NDA over the renaming of Au- storm, but we will not leave Minister H D Ku- and he would be made a rangabad and asked the rul- this place in any condition maraswamy on Sunday union minister. By spread- ing alliance to not get until our demands are met," rise in Bengal: Owaisi warned the BJP to beware of ing such news, BJP was try- involved in a controversy on Yadav said. Kolkata: Later, while talking to a JD(S), as he accused the rul- ing to poison the minds of the issue. Addressing a press Rainwater also entered AIMIM chief Asaduddin news channel, he said his ing party of systematically JD(S) workers and support- conference, he expressed con- camps at Burari ground and Owaisi on Sunday said TMC party was yet to decide if it spreading imaginary news ers, he said. fidence that a BJP-RPI gov- the protesters were seen supremo Mamata Banerjee, would contest the elections on about his party joining the ''BJP should understand ernment will soon be in power draining the water out and instead of pointing accusatory its own or forge an alliance NDA. In a series of tweets that this is immoral politics,'' in the state, and this alliance rearranging their belongings fingers at his outfit, should in- with another outfit. The the JD(S) legislature party he added. Recalling that his would also win the BMC polls to prevent from soaking in trospect and ascertain how the AIMIM chief, however, chief also accused the BJP of father H D Deve Gowda, scheduled for 2022. water. BJP managed to clinch 18 Lok stressed that he has the sup- attempting to erode its while stepping down as The mayor of Mumbai will Sukhwinder Singh, joint Sabha seats in the state. port of 'peerzada' Siddiqui of party's base by planting such Prime Minister in 1997, had be from the BJP and the secretary of Kisan Mazdoor Owaisi, who was here to hold Furfura Sharif -- a much- rumours, and said the party rejected support from BJP's deputy mayor from his Sangharsh Committee Pun- a meeting with Muslim cleric revered shrine in Bengal's ''does not need BJP's friend- tallest leader Atal Bihari Va- RPI(A), the Union minister jab, said, "This is the time Abbasuddin Sidiqqui, rejected Hooghly district. ship.'' ''BJP has realised after jpayee, Kumaraswamy said of state for social justice and when we sow wheat. We TMC's claims that his party Rubbishing the TMC's the gram panchayat results he was not someone who de- empowerment predicted. work in our fields during was a ''B-team of the BJP'', and claim that the AIMIM helped that all its attempts to finish sired a Ministerial post. Athawale also backed the night and early hours in Pun- would eat into anti- saffron the BJP-led NDA win the off the JD(S) have failed. The Deve Gowda led 13 farm laws introduced by the jab where the temperature is camp votes. Bihar assembly elections, he This is the reason why Minister Yediyurappa's sen- ''issue based understanding'' party United Front coalition Centre and said they were even below the mercury is ''We are a political party; we said his party had contested BJP was trying to play the iority, he said the intention with BJP, while dismissing government tumbled after beneficial for cultivators and here. This would not hamper will establish our presence and 20 seats in the neighbouring phoney drama of alliance. of JD(S) was not to be an op- talk about his party's possi- the Sitaram Kesri-led Con- protesters would not succeed the courage of farmer." fight the elections (in West state, of which it won five and This is the reason why it is position party just for the ble merger with the saffron gress withdrew support in in getting them repealed. Gurmel Singh from Patiala Bengal). ''... Bharat ke siyasat the Mahagathbandhan nine, systematically spreading sake of opposing. party. ''Many have tried to 1997. ''For now, no party He also supported con- district of Punjab, said, "We ka mai Laila hu, aur mere while the NDA managed to imaginary news about JD(S) ''If BJP indulges in a mis- divide JD(S) after enacting a needs anyone. We don't struction of a mega port in have not been affected by the Majnu bahut hai, usse koi bag six constituencies. ''The joining NDA. information campaign, that drama of friendship and it is need BJP's friendship. We Vadhavan in Palghar claim- rains. We have covered our faraq nehi parta (I am like TMC should introspect and This is absolutely false,'' bonding, respect and intent BJP's turn now,'' he said. want the development of the ing it would generate em- tractor trollies completely." Laila from the popular folklore find out what worked in BJP's Kumaraswamy tweeted. will get hampered. The BJP ''Who from JD(S) had ap- state and our workers,'' he ployment in the region and Avatar Singh from Ambala who has many admirers, but favour during Lok Sabha elec- Claiming that he shares a should beware about JD(S),'' plied for an alliance with said, adding that the results asked those protesting district of Haryana said, "We that doesn't matter),'' Owaisi tions. The party should better bonding with Prime he added. BJP? Who had proposed an of gram panchayat elections against it to rethink their op- had made our arrangements told reporters, hinting that analyse why its members were Minister Narendra Modi Kumaraswamy's attack alliance, for BJP national has buoyed the prospects of position.. considering the possibility of many parties wish to benefit leaving...'' Owaisi said. than many state BJP leaders came after he recently spoke general secretary Arun JD(S) and organising the rains. The grain is com- from his political endeavours. Agencies do and has respect for Chief about JD(S) having an Singh to reject it? He termed party was his only goal. PUBLIC NOTICE pletely safe and under the To be known to all that I, Vinod tent. But the rains have only Kumar Saxena, Vivek Kumar Saxena, created mud due to which Every farmer-labourer part of Prasar Bharati’s digital channels both S/o Ram Saran Das, and Renu people are facing difficulty in Saxena W/o Vinay Kumar Saxena, all walking. We are cleaning the R/o Flat No.187­B, Block­A­4C, DDA area and trying to clear wa- movement a ‘satyagrahi’, they record 100% digital growth in 2020 LIG Janak Puri, New Delhi terlogging." New Delhi: plication ‘NewsOnAir’ Underscoring the sub- Allottee/Purchaser/Mutatee of DDA Will burn copies of new Digital channels of Prasar added more than 2.5 million stantial digital audience for LAB (Housing) LIG Flat No. 187­B, will take back their rights: Rahul Block­A­4C, DDA LIG Janak Puri, farm laws on Lohri, say Bharati have registered users with the platform reg- news from the Northeast, New Delhi has applied for the con­ farmer leaders New Delhi: the farmers protested hav- more than 100 per cent istering over 300 million the ministry said Northeast version of aforesaid property from Accusing the Centre of Congress leader Rahul ing to grow indigo with growth in 2020, with Pak- views. service of All India Radio leasehold to free hold in DDA, the being "stubborn" over the Gandhi on Sunday com- barely any payment for it. istan being the second high- Live Radio streaming (AIR) News was also in the original Demand Letter Possession issue, farmer leaders also pared the ongoing farmers' The Congress has been est digital audience for broadcasting over 200 top 10, and incidentally Letter, Possession Slip, Electric and said that they will observe protests against the three seeking the repeal of the Doordarshan (DD) and All streams emerged as the crossed the 1,00,000 sub- Water NOC has been lost. An online the birth anniversary of Ne- new Central agriculture-re- three new farm laws, alleg- India Radio (AIR), the gov- most popular feature, it scribers’ digital milestone. FIR to this effect has been lodged on taji Subhas Chandra Bose on lated laws with the Cham- ing that they will ruin farm- ernment said on Sunday. said. “Amongst the most popu- 02.01.2021 vide LR No 3159/2021. Any person(s) claiming any right, in­ 23 January as Azad Hind paran agitation during the ing and the farmers. The The Ministry of Informa- “Besides DD National and lar digital videos during terest having any objection or found Kisan Diwas'. British rule, and said every Congress is also supporting tion and Broadcasting said DD News, the other chan- 2020 are Prime Minister’s in possession of original document "We will celebrate the farmer-labourer part of the the farmers' agitation the channels across Door- nels in the top 20 digital interactions with school stu- may write/contact with above Lohri festival on January 13 current movement is a against the legislations. darshan and Akashvani channels of Prasar Bharati dents, Republic Day parade named person at above address by burning the copies of farm 'satyagrahi' and they will After the sixth round of for- clocked over a billion digital are Marathi News from DD 2020 and a rare video of within 15 days from the date of pub­ laws, farmers' leader Man- take their rights back. ''The mal negotiations on views and over six billion Sahyadri, Kannada pro- Shankuntala Devi from DD lication of this notice and can per­ jeet Singh Rai added. Rai country is going to face a Wednesday, the government digital watch minutes in the gramming on DD Chan- National archives, circa sonally contract Deputy Director also urged people to hold Champaran-like tragedy. and farm unions reached year. dana, Bangla News from DD 1970s,” the statement said. LAB (H) LIG or director LAB(H) LIG, D Block 3rd floor, Vikas Sadan INA, protests in support of farm- British were 'company Ba- some common ground to re- “Interestingly during Bangla and Telugu pro- A dedicated Prasar New Delhi­110023. ers across India from 6 to 20 hadur' back then and now solve protesting farmers' 2020, Pakistan accounted gramming on DD Saptagiri. Bharati YouTube channel January. Modi-friends are 'company concerns over rise in power for the second highest digi- “While DD Sports and for all Sanskrit language Lohri is mostly celebrated Bahadur','' Gandhi alleged in 1917 was led by Mahatma tariff and penalties for stub- tal audience for DD and AIR Akashvani Sports have cre- content was launched in PUBLIC NOTICE in north India, marking the a tweet in Hindi. Gandhi and is considered a ble burning, but the two content after domestic audi- ated a steady digital follow- 2020, wherein all Radio and Public at large is hereby informed beginning of the spring sea- ''But, every farmer- historic event in India's in- sides remained deadlocked ence from within India, with ing with live commentary, TV content being produced that my clients Smt. Meenal Grover, son. Bonfires are a special labourer of the movement is dependence movement. It over the main contentious the United States close be- Prasar Bharati Archives and in Sanskrit language across W/o. Ameet Groverr, D/o. Late Sh. characteristic of the festival a 'satyagrahi' who will take was a farmer's uprising that issues of the repeal of three hind,” the ministry said in a DD Kisan have been steady DD-AIR nationwide net- Brij Mohan Khanna, Son Sh. Akshay Another farmers' leader back their rights,'' the for- took place in Champaran farm laws and a legal guar- statement. digital performers featuring work are uploaded for easy Grover & her Daughter Ms. Teeana Onkar Singh said, "Today is mer Congress chief said. The district of Bihar during the antee for minimum support It said during 2020, in top 10,” the statement access to viewers, it said. Grover all R/o. 20/39, Top Floor, Old the 37th day of our protest. Champaran Satyagraha of British colonial period when price (MSP). Prasar Bharati’s mobile ap- said. Agencies Rajinder Nagar, New Delhi ­ 110060 The government should hereby disowns and severe all rela­ tionships with their Husband/Father leave its stubbornness. In namely Ameet Groverr S/o Sh. C. L. these conditions, the farm- MP govt orders closure of COVID centres; Cong questions logic Grover R/o. Vikaspuri (Complete ad­ ers, including elders, have dress not known) have disinherited been sitting on protest, but Bhopal: questioning the rationale lectors and health authori- open these centres with Bhopal?'' Hitting back, CM ''If needed, these COVID him from their all movable and im­ the government is not con- The Madhya Pradesh gov- behind the order. ties, a policy decision has prior permission of the Chouhan said, if required, care centres will be opened movable properties. Anybody deal­ cerned about it." ernment has ordered clo- Defending the decision, been taken to shut the state government. these COVID care centres again, but there is no justi- ing with him shall be dealing at "As the temperature is de- sure of all COVID care Chief Minister Shivraj COVID Care centres from Meanwhile, Nath will be opened again. fication to keep them open his/her own risk and consequences creasing, we have tried to centres in the state, except Singh Chouhan said the the first day of New Year tweeted: ''Deaths due to ''Does Kamal Nath want for the sake of keeping and my clients shall not be liable for any acts and deeds of the aforesaid arrange the waterproof tents. those in Bhopal, from Jan- pandemic is under control due to low occupancy of coronavirus continuing in COVID centres to remain them open,'' Chouhan said person in future i.e after the publi­ We are also trying to arrange uary 1 in view of the low in the state and there is no beds. the state. The statistics of open always? The COVID- in a statement. As on Jan- cation of this notice. the blankets and warm water. occupancy of beds, as per justification to keep the These centres were set infection is increasing 19 situation is fully under uary 2, the total number of Arrangements for 1,000 an official order made COVID care centres open up across the state for daily. Even the assembly control in the state. coronavirus positive cases PARAMVEER DESWAL women have been made near available on Sunday. This ''just for the sake of keep- lodging COVID-19 pa- session was cancelled due Arrangements are already in Madhya Pradesh stood Advocate the KFC with a tent and the decision evoked a sharp re- ing them open''. As per the tients. The order also to fear of coronavirus and in place for providing ade- at 2,43,302 including Lawyer’s Chamber No. 497, mattresses, farmers' leader action from the opposition state government order stated that in the case of the Shivraj government quate treatment (to pa- 3,627 fatalities, as per Western Wing, Tis Hazari Court, Harmeet Singh Kadian said. Congress, with its state dated December 31, 2020 rise of infected patients, closed all COVID care cen- tients). Home isolation is health officials. Delhi­110054 M­9899010146 Agencies unit president Kamal Nath and directed to district col- health authorities can re- tres in the state except also provided. Agencies

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TOP STORY , D ElHI , M ONDAY , 04 J ANuARY 2021 MCDs’ due funds: Three lakh BJP booth workers conduct Jan Jagran Abhiyan Staff Reporter Thus the garbage col - New Delhi ElHi Staff Reporter The North Delhi Munici - lected is straight away New Delhi palN Corprotrahtio nD (NMortCh udnispdoseedr int athke ceoms - n a bid to put pressure DMC) has undertaken the pactor which is a close on Delhi Chief Minis - propcesrso ofc pehasssin go ofuDt phasing out ter Arvind Kejriwal to dhalaos with compactors container. At the immediate release of tdo henasulrae othser ew is into h scaomem timpea thce tNoorrth s Rs 13000 Crore dues of dumping of garbage DMC has started is to tIhree municipal corpora - Staff Reporter government is wilfully not around these collection tion, around three lakh BJP New Delhi releasing the dues of Rs. points. beautify the areas karykarata on Sunday ran Mayor of north Delhi Jai 13000 crores to make cor - Thus the garbage col - near dhalaos by im - Jan Jagran Abhiyan de - PrakNasho onr Stuhnda yD oregaln h- ip oMratiaonys foinarnc iJalaly i crip - lected is straight away dis - manding under the leader - ized a public awareness cam - ple so that corporations can posed in the compactor proving greenery and ship of Delhi BJP Presi - pPaigrn at Gkalai Bsahhuji ino Sardgar aneiithsere dos a npy duevebloplmiec nt which is a close container. placing some mo3dels dent Adesh Gupta. Bazar area demanding from work for the citizens nor can At the same time the made out of waste The party workers dis - the Delhi government re - pay salaries to their em - North DMC has started tributed leaflets among 50 lease oaf dwues aworrthe Rns 13e00s0 s pcloayemes onp tiamei. gn is to beautify the areas materials. lakhs people containing the crore of all three municipal Prakash said that this is near dhalaos by improv - details of corporations’ out - The party workers distributed leaflets among 50 lakhs people corporations. our constitutional right and ing greenery and placing earlier there was a dhalao. standing funds. containing the details of corporations’ outstanding funds Prakash said that the Del - we will take it. He said that some models made out of These efforts are to im - State BJP President hi government owes Rs we will continue with this waste materials. prove the environment Adesh Gupta launched Jan from the Kejriwal govern - children, pension of retired Kejriwal to his senses and 13000 crore to the three fight till the Delhi govern - Such beautification and beautify the areas so Jagran Abhiyan, from his ment, despite heavy rains employees, salaries of doc - he will have to release the corporations for which pub - ment releases the due funds projects are being under - that citizens can enjoy the residence in West Patel Na - and severe cold, all the tors, pension of elderly and rights of the sanitation lic awareness campaign is of the corporation. He said taken in areas like pocket environment and may gar, by raising placards and karyakartas including their widows, maintenance of workers, doctors, corona being run in various places that Aam Aadmi Party is -10, sector -7 and sector- take selfies. also distributed leaflets. families are carried out Jan parks are affected but CM warriors and teachers of throughout Delhi so that the playing politics by not re - 3 in Rohini, said the offi - The selfie point is de - The booth karyakartas Jagran Abhiyan all over Kejriwal is doing nothing the corporations," Gupta citizens get to know that leasing the due funds of the cials concerned, adding veloped from the waste took out placards outside Delhi. with the problems of Del - further said. how the Delhi government is corporations so that they the North DMC is beauti - material which is used for their residence and de - "CM Arvind Kejriwal is hiites,"said State President Leader of Opposition not releasing the due funds can take advantage of it in fying the areas which had the purpose of recycling manded the dues of the playing the role of a villain Adesh Gupta. Ramvir Singh Bidhuri said of corporations. the upcoming corporation earlier been eyesores due and improvement of the corporation from Kejriwal by withholding the fund of Gupta said that the Ke - that even in adverse cir - He said that the Delhi elections. to littering of garbage or environment. Similarly, government. the corporations and has jriwal government is show - cumstances, the Corpora - unserviceable toilets. in ward no. 57, one li - State President Adesh made the life of the corpo - ing dictatorship by not giv - tion's doctors, nurses, their duties towards Del - ing the rightful money of It has already developed brary has been developed Gupta said that, we are de - ration employees difficult. ing constitutionally allo - health workers, sanitation hiites with exceptional these Corona warriors, a selfie point in ward no. at the place of dhalao af - manding the right of the Delhi's sanitation system, cated funds to the corpo - workers and all Corona service. But the Kejriwal thereby show ing insensi - 53 adjacent to the com - ter closing it near the sec - corporation employees mid-day meal of school rations. "We will bring CM Warriors have discharged government is not releas - tivity. pactor installed where tor-18 market.

Staff Reporter juries and was taken to New Delhi GGS Hospital, where he Staff Reporter with this, East Delhi Mu - A 27-year-old man was was declared brought New Delhi nicipal Corporation has start - beaten to death by a dead. Mayor of east Delhi Nirmal ed Segregating and Collect - group of miscreants af - A PCR call was made Jain has appealed to the ing garbage at source cam - ter an altercation in West about the fight, following people not to throw garbage paign. Delhi's Khyala, police said which the hospital also Heavy rains on the streets. He said that This waste is being used in on Sunday. informed police around the people should hand over making gas, electricity and Police said Satender, 3.38 am that Satender thEe daomsesttic Dwastee tlo hricki- Mayor appeablriscks ocr tiiltes.i Tzhee inenrt ms a - 27, of Janata Colony in had died. lash Delhi, shaw dwellers and house - terial of Ghazipur landfill S2hi7vaji- yVihrar- oandl dhis man beaten to death afte"A rca sse ocf muurfdferl he as keepnerso whto ctololect gtarhbagre ow garbage osinte i s sbetinrg uesede ats soil in friends Nitin, 26, and been registered. The po - water from door to door so that it different projects. Pardeep, 27, had an al - lice is looking into the can be utilized properly and Swachh Bharat Mission, em - The EDMC has deployed tercation with one Vicky, motive behind the crime," logging in the area can also be kept phasis is being given on mak - numbers of Trommel ma - 26 around 1.30 am on said Deepak Purohit, clean. ing the country clean and chined to process the legacy Sunday near the Andh Nagar here. plices assaulted Satender, Deputy Commissioner of some areas Jain said that under the garbage free. In compliance waste of Ghazipur. Vidyalaya in Raghubir Vicky and his accom - who sustained serious in - Police, West Delhi.

New Delhi Heavy rains lashed across the national capital on Sun - day leading to water log - ging in some parts of the city. According to a meteoro - Staff Reporter the manufacture and supply New Delhi rising levels of dust and logical department official, New Delhi Delhi Zone has of goods without issue of The Delhi Assembly''s en - Road dust is a major ensuing air pollution the minimum temperature The Central GST Delhi been making sus - any invoice with the inten - vironment committee has contributor to caused by the manual in the city settled at 9.9 de - West Commissionerate has tion to evade tax, as well as summoned the commis - Delhi''s pollution, sweeping of roads carried grees Celsius, while the max - unearthed evasion of GST tained efforts to in transporting, removing, sioners of the three BJP- yet the Municipal by the corporations, she imum settled at 15.8 de - by way of manufacture and check evasion of depositing, keeping, con - rDuleed mlhuniic iApals csorepomra - bCloyrp'sor aptioanns oef l sumadmded.ons MCD grees Celsius. clandestine supply of GST, leading to cealing, supplying, or pur - tions here over the prob - Delhi (MCDs) are The MCD commission - The humidity oscillated gCutkGha/SpanT ma sDala/teoblac h- i West Commissioneracthaesin ga anry grooeds isn vtios la - lem ocf dousmt pomllutiiosn, sasik o- ners over duste rps hoavlel aulsot bieoenn asked between 100 and 82 per co products without any detection of Rs tion of the provisions of ing them to appear on not deploying me - by the committee to file a cent. registration and payment of 4,327 crore in the Section 132(1)(a) and (h) of Monday. chanical sweeping, report on the implemen - The Safdarjung observa - dutoy. ne for duty evasion soadaf k aatthra, toobauccon leadves RCGsST A8ct,3 2017, w chicrh are Road dust is a major the committee''s tation of NGT orders and tory, which provides official On basis of the search at current Financial etc. valued at Rs. 4.14 crore cognizable and non-bail - contributor to Delhi''s pol - chairperson and TERI recommendations, figures for the city, recorded the premise of manufac - Year and 15 per - approximately. able under Section 132(5) lution, yet the Municipal use of mechanical sweep - 14.8 mm rainfall at 5.30 pm, ture, it was found that ille - On the basis of evidence being punishable under Corporations of Delhi AAP MLA Atishi said ers, and steps taken to while the Palam weather gal manufacturing of sons have been gathered, stocks seized and Section 132(1)(i) of the said (MCDs) are not deploying in a statement on eliminate manual sweep - station recorded 5.3 mm Gutkha/pan masala/tobac - arrested in these confessional statements Act. mechanical sweeping, the Sunday. ing of roads in Delhi. and Lodhi Road recorded co product was going on, matters. recorded the total duty eva - The Delhi Zone has been committee''s chairperson 18.6 mm rainfall. evidenced by a godown, sion is estimated to be ap - making sustained efforts to and AAP MLA Atishi said chines as mandated by the PUBLIC NOTICE The MeT department has machines, raw materials The finished product of prox. Rs. 831.72/- crore. check evasion of GST, lead - in a statement on Sunday. National Green Tribunal," Public notice is given to the general public that my client namely Shashi forecast cloudy sky, light to and manufactured prod - gutkha is being supplied to Further investigation is in ing to detection of Rs 4,327 "MCD is responsible for she charged. Kumar Raghav S/o Santosh Kumar moderate rain or thunder - ucts at the premises. various states in India. The progress. crore in the current Finan - rising dust levels in Delhi. The envir onment com - Raghav R/o H. No. C-10/40, Yamu - storm accompanied with Around 65 labourers were searches resulted in seizure One person has been ar - cial Year and 15 persons A TERI report shows that mittee had received sev - na Vihar, North East, Delhi-110053 gusty winds 20-30 kmph found working at the illegal of finished gutkha and raw rested in the matter on the have been arrested in these MCD is not using the me - eral complaints from dif - and his wife namely Shashi Bala, on Monday. It also predict - factory. materials such as chuna, basis of his involvement in matters. chanical sweeping ma - ferent parts of the city on have severed their all relations ed possibility of hailstorm at with their son namely Shakti Singh Raghav S/o Shashi Kumar Raghav isolated places. R/o H. No. C-10/40, Yamuna Vihar, The maximum and mini - North East, Delhi-110053. They mum temperatures would have disowned / disinherited him be at 18 degrees and 10 de - from all her movable and immov - grees Celsius, respectively, able properties and my clients shall not be held responsible for any act on Monday, it said. of them. If he will do any illegal act Heavy rains led to water and tries to illegally trespass the logging in Pul Prahladpur New Delhi above property necessary police Underpass, Vasant Kunj and The National Capital Re - New Delhi action as per law shall be taken Swami Nagar. gion Transport Corporation The Delhi High Court has di - against them and my clients will not be responsible for any illegal According to an official (NCRTC) has awarded a rected the Delhi University Chinese firm gets contract for act done by Shakti Singh Raghav. from Delhi Fire Service, two contract to a Chinese com - (DU) to provide a timeline Arun Saxena men trapped inside a truck pany, Shanghai Tunnel En - forH declCara tiaon sof rkesuslts , Dis - U to provide timeline (Advocate) due to water logging at Pul gcineoering Csotmrpauny cLimtiiteod, n of underground stretch suance of mark sheets and Delhi High Court & Supreme Court Prahladpur underpass were for the construction of a holding convocation on an Ch. No. 618, Western Wing, Tis rescued by their team after 5.6-kilometre underground annualf baosisr fo r rstuedesntsu. lts, mark sheets and Hazari Court, Delhi-110054 of Delhi-Meerut RRTS project M.No.7503830432 they received a call for as - stretch, from New Ashok The high court said DU sistance. Nagar to Sahibabad, of the hshalol filel ad cominprehgen sicve oaf - nvocation for students Taking to Twitter, the Del - Delhi-Meerut RRTS proj - fidavit providing the timeline PUBLIC NOTICE hi Traffic Police alerted com - ect. and procedure regarding Public at large is hereby informed that my client MR. JAGDISH CHAN - muters about traffic con - The NCRTC, which is ex - these issues so that students DER S/O SH. DEEP CHAND R/O gestion at Pul Prahladpur ecuting the country''s first are not inconvenienced every a prescribed timeline… ," former DU students, seeking 1092, Near Syndicate Bank Bi - Underpass owing to water Regional Rapid Rail Transit semester and are not forced Justice M Prathiba Singh direction for issuance of de - jwasan Village, Main Road Bi - logging. System (RRTS), said the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut Meerut RRTS project amid to approach the court for said. gree certificates on an urgent jwasan, South West Delhi-110062, "Traffic is affected at Pul contract was awarded fol - corridor have been awarded a standoff between India obtaining their transcripts, The high court said the basis to enable them to pur - have disowned/debarred/discard - ed his son's namely Mr. Sanjay age Prahladpur Underpass due lowing the set procedure and the construction is go - and China along the Line of mark sheets and degree cer - earlier affidavit filed by the sue higher education. about 38 years, his wife Mrs. Nisha to waterlogging. Kindly and guidelines. ing on in full swing to com - Actual Control (LAC) in tificates, as was done in this university was not satisfac - It asked the university to age about 37 years(daughter in avoid the stretch," it tweet - "Approvals have to be tak - mission the project in time," Ladakh. matter. tory as no specific timelines provide a timeline for dec - law) from entire movable/immov - ed. en at various levels for bids an NCRTC spokesperson The 82-km-long Delhi- "This court is of the opin - have been given for the is - laration of results after con - able property due to their hostile A report by the South Del - that are funded by multilat - said. Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS ion that in order to ensure suance of digital degree cer - clusion of the last exam in a behaviour and being out of control. hi Municipal Corporation eral agencies. This bid was A controversy had erupt - corridor is being funded by that there is a comprehen - tificates and for tran smission particular semester for un - Further he will not be responsible/liable for any acts, said water logging occurred also awarded following the ed in June last year after the the Asian Development sive, streamlined procedure of data to Digilocker and der-graduate and post-grad - deeds done by them. in parts of Vasant Kunj, set procedure and guide - STEC emerged as the lowest Bank (ADB) and procure - for declaration of results, is - the affidavit was "quite cryp - uate courses, for issuance of M. R. JANGID Swami Nagar and Masood lines. bidder for the construction ment is governed by the suance of transcripts, mark tic". mark sheets/ transcripts or (ADVOCATE) Pur dairy where heavy rains "Now, all the civil work of the 5.6-km tunnel on one guidelines of the bank and sheets and degree certifi - The court was hearing a making them available on - CH. No. 528, DWARKA COURT also led to falling of trees. tenders of the 82-km-long of the stretches of the Delhi- the government. cates, etc. DU ought to have batch of petitions by doctors, line after the results. COMPLEX, DWARKA, SECTOR-10, NEW DELHI-110075 Page-6_Layout 1 03-01-2021 20:33 Page 1 4 TOP STORY , D ELHI , M ONDAY , 04 J ANUARY , 2021 Breaking Time O Sudoku What to do Giving 'Corona Certificate' to students from large classes of colleges and schools without exams is not a good move. Fill in the grid so that every row, every column, and every 3x3 box contains the digit 1 to 9. Every puzzle has only chools from Kerala, correct solution. Karnataka, and As - sam have been re - opened from 1 Janu - ary. All government schools Sand coaching centers across the state will be opened from 4 January 2021 as per the or - der of the Bihar government. Schools will be opened in Maharashtra for students By Priyanka Spaurabh infriomo 9th tn o 12th standard from January 4. These will strictly follow the Kovid-19 In the Corona era, guidelines. Earlier schools Reopenin iUtntar Prgades h,o Punjfab, schools should not be fatal virtual classes have Madhya Pradesh, Andhra made the Internet Pradesh, Jharkhand, and an important link for Sikkim have already been education, but we partially opened. Although have also learned some states have decided not to open schools yet, the Solution, Sudoku that there is a large government of the national section in the coun - capital Delhi says that it is try. Has neither a not right to open schools smartphone nor a until the Kovid-19 vaccine is computer nor inter - introduced. Given Corona's essary in rural areas as online Now when students and The tenth and twelfth ex - myth that children are new strain in Mumbai, it education is mostly absent. teachers return to school, aminations are an impor - rarely affected by the dis - net facility, from has been decided to keep Due to which there have with their incomplete edu - tant turning point in life. ease, which is prevalent as which we came to the school closed till January been cases of their wages. cation, the school will have to These exams determine the an epidemic. But obstruc - know that online 15. There will be neither sec - Closure of schools world - be ready to focus on the future of students. Some - tion in key services and in - education is right in ondary and higher secondary wide to curb the spread of health and well-being of the one has to move forward in creasing poverty rates is examinations in West Bengal Kovid-19 has revealed sev - communities. It will be a the field, these exams are de - the biggest threat to chil - the time of crisis but this year, nor will schools eral health risks, with the different challenge. It will cided by them. Passing stu - dren and if the crisis per - it cannot be made a open. most impacting on children. be a big challenge to com - dents without exams would sists for a long time, it has substitute for tradi - Now when schools and Many children missed school plete their learning gap with have played with their future. a profound impact on chil - tional knowledge colleges are being opened meals. Negative effects of cleanliness with rotation. It is not a good move to give dren's education, health, classes. slowly, what kind of precau - mental health were seen on Students have four months. 'corona certificate' to stu - nutrition, and well-being. tions need to be taken, what him. According to data from This year there will be ex - dents from large classes of Children's vulnerabilities precautions need to be tak - the Indian Council of Med - aminations in a changed pat - colleges and schools without increased during this peri - en because the Corona epi - ical Research (ICMR) on the tern as the syllabus has been examinations. In the Corona od, as health services were demic is not yet over. Uni - dashboard of the National reduced by 30 percent for era, virtual classrooms have disrupted and schools re - THE WISDOM TREE versities and schools across Council for Disease Control, classes X and XII. Board ex - also made the Internet an mained closed, giving chil - By Suveen Kumar the country were closed in 11.89% of Kovid-19 cases in ams will be taken only on a important link for educa - dren free mid-day meals in mid-March when the central India are under 20 years of reduced syllabus. Parents tion, but we have also schools for disadvantaged government announced the age. School closures in India are also concerned that be - learned that a large section of children. With the opening closure of educational insti - have affected 247 million fore these exams, schools the country has neither a of schools, it may now hap - Ever wonder how much layer. tutions across the country as children enrolled in primary attached to different boards smartphone nor a comput - pen that the school does someone misses you? Ever Just because someone part of measures to prevent and secondary education of education are preparing to er nor internet facility. not become the main driv - wonder how much some - misses you that doesn’t the spread of coronavirus and 28 million children who take the pre-board exami - From which we came to er of community broad - one thinks of you? Ever won - mean they want you and infection. After that, a na - were attending pre-school nations. Pre-board exams know that online education casting and the chil dren get der how much someone just because someone wants tionwide lockdown was im - education at Anganwadi cen - will be taken online. School is right in a time of crisis, a good environment inside wants you? The common you that means they will plemented on 25 March. ters. Kovid-19 poses a serious people say that by taking but it cannot be made a the school so that they can answer for the Ldeiffesresnot nm i–ss y1ou1. Sometimes people From June 8, the govern - threat to India's effort in online examinations, chil - substitute for traditional avoid the effects of corona questions is- how much they miss you because they don’t ment started gradually re - neonatal mortality (NMR) dren will be corrected by knowledge classes. We will and can also study. Never - need you. Every time they seem to find someone to fill ducing restrictions under and infant mortality (IMR), catching the mistake. This have to open schools, after theless, we have to take full find someone similar to you that gap, and sometimes 'unlock'. Amid the epidemic, which have seen improve - will show the ability of chil - all, otherwise, the gap of precaution so that along with they will think you, every people want you because there is some opposition ment in recent years. Gov - dren. education inequality already the school opening, we do time they find someone they just want someone to across the country to open ernment schools across the At this time, parents going on will increase fur - not make any big mistake. just opposite of you they fill that gap. Love is not schools and PUCs, while country have already lacked should not only provide full ther. ------Priyanka will miss you, every defined by how much many people believe that better access to water qual - support to children in Worldwide, 1 in 9 chil - Saurabh, Research time they find some - someone misses opening of schools and col - ity, sanitation, and hygiene preparing for school exams dren and adolescents re - Scholar, Poetry, Inde - one who reminds someone, it is de - leges with security measures facilities, are closed and fa - but should also teach them ported Kovid-19 infection. pendent Journalist and you they will re - fined by how you has become especially nec - cilities are not available. how to face life's challenges. These numbers break the Columnist member you. love them while Even if some - you have one seems them. You to have don’t win replaced by mak - you, ing even

India, being its The Covid pandemic disrupted life of countries in all their dimensions – economic, social, po - immediate neigh - litical and diplomatic. if someone seems to have someone miss you, you win he year 2020 ended dependence. In 2020, India is fast gathering a critical made them forget you, even by making someone thank bour, faced the leaving a mixed bag became WHO chair, which is mass in terms of a security if someone seems to have you. menace of Chi - of pain and promise not an executive position, and strategic actor in India- them change - your giving Missing doesn’t define you for everyone and but gives us the space for Pacific. Certainly, 2020 has will remain with them. The as the source of love but the nese expansion - each sector of the state. health diplomacy. New Del - been a major inflection point intensity of your impression source of pain. When some - ism at its TIf we reflect on the year hi has been in regular touch for Quad. will go fading, they memo - one misses you like any - gone-by in terms of India’s with other developing coun - On cross-border animosi - ries of the moments will go thing you hurt them like northern border. foreign relations, physical tries and has been supporting ty, the cornerstone of Pak - blurring, but no matter how anything. Making someone diplomacy clearly went into them in terms of medical istan’s foreign policy is ter - much your form of giving miss is sin in disguise, act of a tail-spin; yet in some areas, supplies and capacity build - rorism of non-state actors. deforms it will always have unkind and process of emo - some commentators would ing. Pakistan thrives on anti-In - its existence, remember or tional grind. say it has been a story of Prime Minister Modi’s hy - dia rhetoric and actions. The forgotten, kept or forsaken Moral: Missing some - success and satisfaction. I per-active foreign visits have terrorist attacks sponsored by but it will always have its one has virtual love and would like to assess it on the been the defining moment Pakistan on Indian Parlia - space reserved on its own real pain. basis of how our foreign pol - for India’s foreign policy. ment, Mumbai, Uri, icy combated the 3Cs – Due to travel restrictions, Pathankot and Pulwama Covid, China and the cross- 2020 dramatically changed one of the first countries to Modi didn’t step out of the have drawn international at - border issues. all that with Beijing at - impose a strict lockdown country. But he has been hy - tention and response, given The Covid pandemic dis - tempting to alter the Line of across the country. Although, per-busy again in summit New Delhi’s stance. 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TOP STORY, DELHI, MONDAY, 04 JANUARY 2020 5 SHORT STORIES Bird flu alert in Parts of J&K mainstream parties have become UP witness Rajasthan after rains ‘favourite whipping boy’ for all: Mufti crow deaths in Lucknow: n Accusing the Centre of pushing Jammu and n The PDP leader said, they are prepared for a Rain and thundershowers occurred at a few places in Kashmir's mainstream parties "to the wall", Mufti "long and arduous political fight" for the restora­ several districts western Uttar Pradesh on Sunday while Banda was said sadly, these parties have become "scapegoats tion of Article 370 of the Constitution which was the coldest place in the state and everybody's favourite whipping boy" "illegally" abrogated. where the mercury dipped to 5.4 degrees Celsius. Srinagar: Very light rains also oc- ccusing the Centre 'Probe agencies curred in parts of eastern of pushing Jammu Uttar Pradesh, with the me- and Kashmir's carrying out ‘audit’ teorological department pre- Amainstream parties dicting thunderstorm in "to the wall", former chief some places of western UP minister Mehbooba Mufti on Monday. on Sunday said sadly, these of my father’s grave' State capital Lucknow parties have become "scape- Srinagar: Enforcement Directorate recorded a minimum tem- goats and everybody's "Let them prove a single (ED) to the PDP chief''s perature of 11.6 degrees Cel- favourite whipping boy". case, I am ready to face the claims. Jaipur: A bird flu alert The Animal sius, while Allahabad regis- Nevertheless, the PDP consequences," said PDP Referring to the alleged has been sounded in Ra- Husbandry Department tered a low of 9.8 degrees leader said, they are pre- chief Mehbooba Mufti about bunglings in Jammu and jasthan after the presence of has set up a state­level Celsius and Muzaffarnagar pared for a "long and arduous the cases being probed by Kashmir Bank during her the dreaded virus was con- control room and sent 9.6 degrees Celsius. political fight" for the restora- various investigating agen- tenure as the chief minister, firmed in dead crows in Kanpur recorded 10.6 de- tion of Article 370 of the cies, including the NIA which Mehbooba said, "What Jhalawar and more avian its teams to the districts grees Celsus, Varanasi 10.0 Constitution which was "il- has arrested a senior leader bungling? Let them prove a deaths were reported in oth- for effective monitor­ degrees Celsius, Gorakhpur legally" abrogated. of her party on terror fund- single case where I or anyone er districts, including Jaipur, ing, they said. 8.6 degrees Celsius. Orai "Sadly, the mainstream ing charges. close to me has indulged in officials said. and Shahjahanpur both has become a scapegoat and The former Jammu and any kind of financial misap- The Animal Husbandry the bird flu virus was de- recorded 7.1 degrees Cel- everybody's favourite whip- Kashmir chief minister also propriation. I am ready to Department has set up a tected. sius. ping boy," Mehbooba said. not have seen lakhs of people sion to scrap Article 370 and said it is mortifying that the face the consequences." state-level control room and So far, the death of 100 The weather is most like- "Truth is we will spend on the streets protesting bifurcate the erstwhile state probe agencies are running On the arrest of Parra by sent its teams to the districts crows has been reported ly to remain dry in parts of our entire political lives fire- against laws like CAA or farm left people "totally shocked an "audit" on the mausoleum the NIA, she said, after hav- for effective monitoring, from Jhalawar, 72 from over eastern Uttar Pradesh fighting accusations from bills," Mehbooba said before and betrayed". of her father Mufti Mo- ing "failed to prove any cor- they said. Baran, 47 from Kota, 19 on Tuesday, the weather Delhi of being pro-Pakistan asserting, "What was It further alienated the hammed Sayeed. ruption charge against me, On Sunday, seven crows from Pali, seven from Jodh- department said. and from Kashmir of being snatched from us unconsti- people of Jammu and Kash- In her first reaction after they are resorting to other were found dead at the icon- pur and seven from Jaipur. too pro-India and anti-Kash- tutionally will have to be re- mir from the country, "com- her party''s youth wing leader ways of maligning me by ic Jal Mahal here, taking Department Secretary UP registered mir," she added. turned, but it is going to be a plicating the Kashmir issue Waheed Parra was arrested linking me to terror fund- the toll to 252 in the state. Arushi Malik said the Cen- Mehbooba emphasised long and arduous fight". further", she said. by the National Investigation ing". The Principal Secretary, tre''s guidelines are being 769 new that the PDP and six other The former chief minister "Those like us in the main- Agency (NIA), Mehbooba "Waheed is a great advo- Animal Husbandry, Kunji followed and an alert has mainstream parties which said the results of the recent stream, who believed in a said the probe agencies have cate of democracy, recon- Lal Meena, told reporters on been sounded in all dis- COVID‐19 recently came together to District Development Coun- resolution to the Kashmir been burrowing through ciliation and dialogue. He Sunday that the deaths due tricts. form the People's Alliance cil (DDC) elections, in which issue within the Indian Con- government files and her has motivated thousands of to bird flu have been main- “The situation is not cases of Gupkar Declaration the PAGD won 112 seats out stitution have been put on the bank accounts for the last youths to join the main- ly reported among crows, alarming, but we are vigi- Lucknow: (PAGD) had resolved to fight of 280, were a clear rejection defensive. two years and found nothing. stream. All these charges are with most of them from the lant, ensuring that this virus The COVID-19 death toll in for the restoration of the of the abrogation of Article "The road ahead has to be She said, "It''s mortifying figments of their imagination Kota and Jodhpur divisions. does not enter domestic an- Uttar Pradesh rose to 8,403 erstwhile state's special sta- 370 by the people. reconciliation, dialogue with and disgusting that they are to force me to change track “The virus is dangerous imals. The guidelines are on Sunday with 17 more fa- tus through only democratic "DDC elections were a sud- all the stakeholders and dis- now running an audit on and parrot their narrative," and necessary guidelines being followed and dead talities, while 769 new cas- and peaceful means but the den challenge thrown at us cussing various options for the mausoleum of my late fa- she said. have been issued. All field animals are buried as per in- es pushed the infection tal- "government of India is still and we were denied a level resolution without compro- ther. How much lower will Parra was arrested by the officers and poultry farm structions,” Additional Di- ly to 5,88,171, an official pushing us to the wall and playing field. We took it head- mising the sovereignty of the they stoop?" NIA in November for al- owners have been asked to rector Bhawani Rathore statement issued here said. criminalising dissent". on and fought it unitedly to country, but at the same time Sayeed died in 2016 and legedly getting in touch with remain vigilant. Effective said. Of the new deaths, two Article 370 accorded spe- deny any democratic space to fulfilling the aspirations of was laid to rest in his ances- Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists monitoring is ensured at all Over 75 samples from each were reported from cial status to the erstwhile BJP and its proxies and pre- people," she said. tral graveyard at Bijbehara in seeking support for Mehboo- sites, especially in wetlands, various places have been Lucknow, Gorakhpur and state of Jammu and Kashmir. vent them from disempow- Asked about the PDP's al- south Kashmir. ba during her Parliamen- Sambhar Lake and Kaila sent for testing, he added. Bijnor. "Nothing is set in stone," ering our people. liance with the BJP to form There was no reaction ei- tary elections. Devi bird sanctuary," Meena Chief Wildlife Warden Of the 769 fresh COVID- the PDP leader remarked "But the BJP, by making the government in the erst- ther from the NIA or the Agencies said, adding a control room ML Meena said the depart- 19 cases, Lucknow recorded when asked if she realistical- Article 370 an issue in the while state, Mehbooba said has been set up at the state ment has sounded an alert, 134 cases, the UP govern- ly expected any government elections, turned it into a "...my father (Mufti Sayeed) 2018 and that she could rule in Jammu and Kashmir. level. and the field staff has been ment said in the statement. in India to reverse the abro- referendum. So people, by put everything at stake and "sense that they (BJP) felt I This was followed by the ab- He said the crow deaths asked to be more vigilant. In the last 24 hours, as gation of Article 370 by Par- voting en masse for our al- tried to engage BJP through was being soft in dealing rogation of the special status were reported on December Avian influenza has been many as 1,179 COVID-19 pa- liament on August 5, 2019, a liance, have made it clear an alliance for a larger with the situation". of the erstwhile state and its 25 from Jhalawar. Their confirmed only in Jhalawar, tients recovered from the decision that was widely wel- that they reject August 5, cause...." The BJP pulled out from bifurcation into union terri- samples were sent to the but directions have been is- disease, taking the overall comed across the country. 2019's illegal decision," she She said she was not dis- the ruling alliance with the tories of Jammu and Kash- National Institute of High- sued to track every instance, recoveries to 5,66,910 so far. "Had Parliament's deci- said. appointed by the BJP's deci- PDP in June 2018 leading to mir, and Ladakh. Security Animal Diseases especially near water bod- The count of active sion been ultimate, we would Mehbooba said the deci- sion to break the alliance in the imposition of Governor's Agenceis (NIHSAD) in Bhopal and ies., he said. COVID-19 cases in the state stands at 12,858, it said. In the past 24 hours, over 1.60 lakh health Centre to provide liberal funding to make Rains lash 1.31 lakh people were tested Punjab, for COVID-19, while so far, workers will be first to 2.43 crore tests have been J&K power‐surplus region: Union minister conducted in the state. Haryana get COVID‐19 vaccine Jammu: cannot move ahead. Power is Chandigarh: Mayawati tating that Jammu the fundamental require- The minimum tempera- in Punjab: Minister and Kashmir is a ment to improve quality of ture rose on Sunday in welcomes challenge as far as life and industrialisation...if most parts of Punjab and Chandigarh: ulation drive. Sproviding round-the- you do not have power, you Haryana following rains Around 1.60 lakh health To a question on the clock electricity to consumers cannot achieve development in both the states. approval for workers in Punjab will re- timeframe of the vaccina- is concerned, Union minister and if there is no develop- Chandigarh, the joint ceive a COVID-19 vaccine tion drive, Lal said it will R K Singh on Sunday said the ment, you would not be able capital of Punjab and COVID‐19 in the first phase, Health depend upon the availabil- Centre would spend 'liberal- to generate employment,' he Haryana, recorded its min- Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu ity of vaccine. ly' to tap the immense po- said. imum at 11.4 degrees Cel- vaccine said on Sunday. He said the state has the tential of the Union Territo- Singh said when he took sius, six degrees above nor- Lucknow: Principal Secretary capacity to administer 4 ry in the sector to make it a over as the power minister mal, an official of the India Bahujan Samaj Party supre- (Health) Hussan Lal said lakh vaccines in a day. power-surplus region. and came to Jammu and Meteorological Depart- mo Mayawati on Sunday the data regarding 1.60 lakh He further said that the However, he said a con- Kashmir in October 2017, ment said here. congratulated the scientists healthcare workers have al- state has around 4,000 ducive atmosphere to facili- he was surprised to see that Amritsar, Ludhiana and associated with the coron- ready been uploaded on the trained vaccinators. tate large-scale investments the work on centrally-spon- Patiala recorded their re- avirus vaccine and urged CoWin portal -- an online "If we get a large number and improving the work cul- sored schemes like the Deen spective lows at 11.3, 11.1 the Centre to make it avail- platform for monitoring the of doses, then we can also ture are imperative to bring Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jy- and 11 degrees Celsius, up able for the poor free of cost delivery of COVID-19 vac- use doctors, pharmacists, Jammu and Kashmir at par oti Yojana had not started to eight degrees above nor- India''s drugs regulator cine. dental doctors and nurses with other parts of the coun- even after a lapse of three mal. on Sunday approved Ox- Talking to reporters, the as vaccinators,” he said, try, after it lagged behind years. The minimum tempera- ford COVID-19 vaccine Co- minister said, "...the vaccine adding that the state has due to 'corruption' during 'Various such schemes are ture in Pathankot, vishield, manufactured by which is coming will first be enough storage capacity for the previous regimes. tric Power Corporation be held accountable as to yet to be completed. We need Adampur, Halwara, the Serum Institute, and in- given to 1.60 lakh healthcare COVID-19 vaccine. 'It is painful that Jammu (NHPC) for the implemen- where the money pumped by to improve the work culture Bathinda, Faridkot and digenously developed Cov- workers in the state." A state-level vaccine store and Kashmir, despite having tation of the 850-MW Ratle the Centre had gone. Com- and speed up the work on Gurdaspur settled at 12, axin of Bharat Biotech for re- Giving details of the vac- has been set up in Chandi- the best available resources in HEP and 930-MW Kirthai-II pared to other places in the these schemes, which are 9.1, 11.3, 5.4, 8.5 and 3.3 stricted emergency use in cination process, Lal said garh, officials said. the country to generate pow- HEP and the execution of the country, Jammu and Kash- meant for the benefit of peo- degrees Celsius respec- the country, paving the way that after health workers, Punjab has already con- er, is lagging behind in pro- Sawalkot HEP (1,856 MW), mir was getting more funds, ple,' he said. tively. for a massive inoculation vaccine will be adminis- ducted a dry run for vacci- viding round-the-clock elec- Uri-I (Stage-II-240 MW) and but the centrally-sponsored The minister said Jammu In Haryana, Ambala, drive tered to around three lakh nation in Ludhiana and tricity to consumers...the pre- Dulhasti (Stage-II-258 MW) schemes saw very slow and Kashmir has the re- Hisar and Karnal recorded In a tweet in Hindi, frontline workers, including Shaheed Bhagat Singh Na- vious governments are di- power projects, worth Rs progress,' he said. sources and potential to their respective minimums Mayawati said, "The policemen, paramilitary gar. rectly responsible for the 34,000 crore, here. Without naming anyone, achieve surplus power gen- at 9.4, 7.2 and 10 degrees ''swadeshi'' anti-Covid vac- forces, sanitation workers The mock drill of the dis- present state of affairs,' Singh Singh also said there is no he alleged that leaders of po- eration. Celsius, up to three notch- cine is welcome and con- and disaster management tribution and administra- said. other place in the country litical parties have deceived 'There is a need to create es above normal. gratulations to the scien- volunteers. tion of COVID-19 vaccine The Union minister of where barbed wire is being people to fill up their coffers, an atmosphere where people Narnaul, Rohtak, Bhi- tists. A request to the Central Thereafter, the Principal was being conducted in Pa- state for power was speaking used to provide electricity to build mansions in London, from outside will come for in- wani and Sirsa recorded government is that along Secretary (Health) said, tiala on Sunday. after the signing of a Memo- consumers. Rome and Paris but left Jam- vestments here. The Centre their minimums at 9.5, 9.4, with all the health workers, people above 50 years and Punjab has so far wit- randum of Understanding 'The lack of development mu and Kashmir backward. will spend liberally to make 5.9 and 8.3 degrees Celsius if the extremely poor people those aged below 50 with nessed 1.67 lakh coron- (MoU) between the Jammu over the past seven decades Singh said electricity is key Jammu and Kashmir a pow- respectively, up to five de- get the vaccine free of cost, co-morbid conditions will avirus cases and 5,364 and Kashmir government is because of the previous for the development of any er-surplus region,' Singh said. grees above normal. then it will be appropriate." be covered under the inoc- deaths. and the National Hydroelec- governments. They should region. 'Without power, you He said the Union Terri- Agencies Govt should commence with COVID‐19 vaccination after making concrete arrangements: Akhilesh Lucknow: take the shot, prompting a gency use in the country, z Yadav had on improvement at later stage In a tweet in Hindi, she Samajwadi Party president sharp reaction not only from paving the way for a massive Saturday termed the anti­ cannot be taken. A specific said, "The ''swadeshi'' anti- Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday the ruling party but also from inoculation drive. date for vaccinating the poor Covid vaccine is welcome said the COVID-19 vaccina- NC vice-president Omar Ab- In a tweet in Hindi, Yadav Covid vaccine to be rolled people should be declared." and congratulations to the tion programme is a "sensi- dullah. said, "The anti-Covid vacci- out in the country as a While Yadav asked the scientists. A request to the tive process", and the gov- The fresh remarks by the nation is a sensitive process. "vaccine of the BJP" and government to tread with Central government is that ernment should not to treat SP chief come on a day when Hence, the BJP Government said he would not take caution, Bahujan Samaj Par- along with all the health it as "cosmetic" event as it is India''s drugs regulator ap- should not consider this as a ty supremo Mayawati on workers, if the extremely matter of lives of people. proved Oxford COVID-19 ''sajaawati-dikhaawati (dec- the shot, prompting a Sunday congratulated the poor people get the vaccine Yadav had on Saturday vaccine Covishield, manu- orative-cosmetic) event, and sharp reaction not only scientists associated with the free of cost, then it will be ap- termed the anti-Covid vac- factured by the Serum Insti- commence it only after con- from the ruling party but coronavirus vaccine and propriate." cine to be rolled out in the tute, and indigenously de- crete arrangements are also from NC vice­presi­ urged the Centre to make it Yadav''s remarks on Sat- country as a "vaccine of the veloped Covaxin of Bharat made. This is a matter of dent Omar Abdullah. available for the poor free of urday had prompted an in- BJP" and said he would not Biotech for restricted emer- lives of people, so the risk of cost stant retort from BJP leader 6 TOP STORY , D ELHI , M ONDAY , 04 J ANUARY , 2021

Full Indian squad, including isolated five, travelling to Sydney together

New Delhi he entire Indian cricket con - The five players -- vice- tingent, including the five play - ers who are in precautionary captain Rohit Sharma, isolation, will travel to Sydney opener Shubman Gill, for the third Test against Australia to - stumper Rishabh Pant, gTether in the same chartered flight on Monday. The five players -- vice-cap - pacer Navdeep Saini tain Rohit Sharma, opener Shubman and batsman Prithvi Gill, stumper Rishabh Pant, pacer Navdeep Saini and batsman Prithvi Shaw -- have not been Shaw -- have not been barred from barred from travelling travelling with the team despite an on - going investigation into an alleged with the team despite bio-security protocol breach by them. an ongoing investiga - Cricket Australia, in a media release tion into an alleged bio- on Saturday, said it is probing the matter jointly with the BCCI after a security protocol video of the players at an indoor restau - breach by them rant was posted by a fan, who identi - The players had gone inside because it every fine line written,'' another BCCI fied himself as Navaldeep Singh on was drizzling. ''This guy, without per - official said. ''There is a professional has closed its borders for people trav - Twitter. ''If you carefully read the CA mission, shot a video and then paid the team of people who have to ensure that elling from New South Wales due to the statement, they never said that it's a bill which no one asked him to and af - every rule is being followed and it was rising cases of COVD-19 in Sydney breach. They said that they are seeking ter that for publicity put a screen grab Dongre's duty to ensure that players are and surrounding areas. to determine if it's a breach. of bill,'' the official said. told that they can't get into an indoor However there will be an exception Bambolim ''So there is no restriction on these ''You want to tell me that Cricket Aus - area,'' he added. made for the Test match and players Two-time champion Chennaiyin FC Placed at seventh spot, five players travelling with the team to tralia will be taking a decision based on -Brisbane Test on as of now- will be in a stricter bio-bubble, similar would look to get back to winning just above their Mon - Sydney. The entire team is flying to - a purported video of a person who first The Australian media on Sunday to the one in the IPL. It could well hap - ways when they clash with Hyder - morrow afternoon,'' a senior BCCI of - lied and then retracted his statement,'' claimed that the fourth Test in Brisbane pen that in order to play the Test abad FC in an Indian Super League day’s opponent, Chen - ficial told a news agency on conditions he added. What was Administrative has been jeopardised as the tourists are match in Brisbane, the Indian team (ISL) match at the GMC Stadium, naiyin will are coming of anonymity. It is understood that the Manager Girish Dongre's role? For reluctant to travel there in view of would have to be in a stricter bio- here on Monday. Placed at seventh controversy has not gone down well BCCI, the man under scanner is ad - stricter quarantine rules. But it is bubble from Sydney itself which would spotC, jusht abeoven thneir Maonidyay'is onppo -FCin tuo tphe acogntaesitn afstetr with the travelling team and it is not ministrative manager Girish Dongre. learnt that the fourth Test, starting at make for a hard quarantine (hotel-sta - nent, Chennaiyin will are coming into two consecutive draws amused with how Cricket Australia Dongre is an employee of the BCCI and the Gabba from Janauary 15, is on as dium-hotel) of around 15 days. the contest after two consecutive draws. has so far handled the issue. is supposed to handle and also keep the of now. However, as of now BCCI has not iPnoor cfinoishning shais csostt CeFCn int th e Hoyff adftere a brrigahtb staart. Wdin sF oveC r SC ''Had the gentleman (the fan) in the team abreast about the COVID-19 The border restrictions between New taken any call on asking CA to shift the games so far and they have given away East Bengal and Odisha FC apart, question not lied about hugging a play - protocols. South Wales (venue of third Test in Test match from Brisbane to Sydney. goals from set-piece situations which they had draws against the formidable er (Rishabh Pant) on social media, ''The players are not supposed to car - Sydney) and Queensland state gov - ''It's a fluid situation. Let's wait for a few would not please the coach Csaba Las - Bengaluru FC and ATK-MB. this mess wouldn't have happened. ry the protocol sheets or remember ernment is a problem. Queensland more days,'' a BCCI official said. zlo as team has two wins, two losses However, things haven't gone Hy - and four draws so far. ''We are work - derabad's way since and lost three ing on it. We conceded all together sev - games which has pushed the teaam to en goals, five from set-pieces. The last eighth place in the points table. The game was a clean-sheet and we have to team allowed FC Goa to score twice in continue in this way. We have good last five minutes and poor defending players who can defend,'' Laszlo said at would be a worry for the Hyderabad the press meet ahead of Monday's think-tank. game. Up against an attack-minded CFC, Kolkata tion, a hospital spokesperson said the Influential midfielder and captain the Hyderabad line-up, especially the BCCI president and former India cap - medical board is not thinking about the Rafael Crivellaro will miss Monday's defence would be facing a huge chal - tain Sourav Ganguly, who underwent option of bypass surgery. game due to injury sustained following lenge. The CFC coach Laszlo isn't tak - angioplasty after a ''mild'' heart attack, ''Our expert panel will decide about a tackle by Pronay Halder in the game ing Hyderabad FC lightly and said is stable and his health parameters are the future course of treatment tomor - against ATK-MB on December 29 and they had been playing really well, Saina and Co. normal, doctors said on Sunday. The row,'' he said. ''He has taken breakfast, his absence would be felt. Laszlo said adding ''every team must be careful to cricket icon was diagnosed with three read news papers and chatted with the Portuguese attacker Isma was set to re - play against them.'' The Hyderabad blocked coronary arteries on Saturday, hospital staff in the morning. turn after an injury enforced break and team has suffered three losses on the leave for following which a stent was inserted in A routine ECG was also conducted... that could be good news for them. bounce and coach Manuel Marquez one to remove the blockage. His oxygen support has been removed,'' In Crivallero's absence, the onus would be hoping for a turnaround Thailand, S''Hoe hadu an urnevaentfvul las t nGight and nguly stableon,e o f dthe deoctorcs treiatsing Giaongulyn told would be on the likes of winger Lal - quickly as play-off hopes could slip presently Afebrile (not feverish)... He is reporters. Meanwhile, fans of the cele - lianzuala Chhangte and midfielder away quickly. sleeping now,'' a bulletin issued by the per cent, it said. brated former cricketer were seen hold - Anirudh Thapa to rise to the occasion Marquez said CFC boasts of several Sindhu to fly private ohospnital w hfereu Ganrgulty ish ad - erDoc toars sanid thgey wiill obe depcidinlg oan singt poysters thsat roead 'oComn e back dada' and provide the thrust to the CFC at - good players and they would need to mitted, said. His blood pressure is conducting another angioplasty after as - outside the hospital, which saw a bee - tacks. The form of Hyderabad FC, on step up if the side has to return to win - from London 110/70 and oxygen saturation level is 98 sessing Ganguly's condition. To a ques - line of visitors like Saturday. the other hand, seems to have tapered ning ways.

New Delhi The Indian badminton team, including Olympic hopefuls Saina Nehwal, B Sai Praneeth and Kidambi Srikanth, on New Delhi Sunday left for Thailand to compete in Tokyo Olympics hopeful Manu Bhaker back-to-back BWF World Tour Super on Sunday left for Bhopal to continue 1000 events. While Srikanth had par - her practice at MP State Shooting Acad - Vasco ticipated in the Denmark Super 750 in emy during the time the capital's Dr. SC East Bengal finally made the right October, for the rest of the squad it will MKarni aSinngh urang e Bwill hbe aoccukpieed r to practice moves to beat a lacklustre Odisha FC 3- be first event in nearly 10 months, af - with selection trials for rifle and shot - 1 and secure their first win in their maid - ter the COVID-19 pandemic had shut - gun shooters. The 18-year-old pistol ace, en Indian Super League season here on down all tournaments globally. a Commoinnweal thB Gamhes oandp Youath l ahead of Sunday. In the basement battle, the Red- Olympic silver medallist P V Sindhu Olympics gold medallist, will train in and-Gold scored through Anthony Pilk - is set to fly out of London on Sunday to Bhopal from January 4-10, before re - ington (12th) and Jacques Maghoma play her first tournament since the posrtineg folr eher cseletctiono trianls h erte orn ials at KSSR (3S9th) Cto give thEem a 2a-0 cusshiont at haBlf engal strike right coronavirus-induced break. She will January 11. ''She has left for Bhopal as time at the Tilak Maidan. reach Bangkok via Doha. Apart from she cannot train at the range in Tugh - The Kolkata heavyweights main - Denmark Open, SaarLorLux Super lakabad as the selection trials for rifle tained their high intensity before their 100 was the only other event to be held and shotgun shooters will be held there. latenst Noigertian erecsruit tBrioght defeat Odisha FC last year since the BWF was forced to And her trails will run from January 11- Enobakhare sealed the issue with a suspend the calender after the com - 16, so she left in order to continue her terrific 88th minute strike. Odisha FC pletion of the All England Champi - practice,'' Manu's father, Ram Kishan (two points) pulled one back through onships in March. Bhaker, told a news agency. target there in place of an archaic man - Diego 3Maur-icio1 in th,e insjurye timce ure first ISL win All eyes are now on the two Super The champion markswoman had ual machine that was breaking down (90+3rd minute), but it was not enough 1000 events -- Yonex Thailand Open been training without a break for frequently and hampering her Olympics as they suffered a sixth defeat to remain (January 12-17) and Toyota Thailand months now and will be attending a preparation. at the bottom of the 11-team table, Open (January 19-24) as the world's camp in New Delhi after the conclusion Meanwhile, the core group of Indian winless in last eight matches. again, and this time he denied a Diego best returns to action following a pro - of the trials. The camp is expected to run shooters for the Tokyo Games will con - SCEB's win in their maiden ISL sea - Fowler pressed Mauricio header from the right side of longed break. The team also consists of from January 30 to February 26, after verge here on Tuesday for selection tri - son came in their eighth match as they the box. Olympic-bound men's pair of Satwik - six days of quarantine in view of the als in rifle, pistol and shotgun events, af - climbed to ninth place ahead of Kerala Enobakhare in place East Bengal went on to double their sairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, COVID-19 pandemic. Prior to the up - ter which teams for the year's first two Blasters with six points, while Odisha re - of Maghoma in the lead with Matti Steinmann providing the besdies doubles exponents Ashwini coming trials, Manu had been practic - ISSF World Cups will be picked. The se - mained winless. Everything fell in place assist to Maghoma who made a pow - Ponappa and N Sikki Reddy. ing non-stop at the Karni Singh range lection trails will be conducted by the for the Robbie Fowler-coached side 73rd minute and the erful run and got past two OFC de - ''After a long wait we get back on after attending a full-fledged camp at the NRAI at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting from the start. 22-year-old Nigerian fenders before making a fine finish court soon at Thailand Open!!! excited same venue, which got over on De - Range in Tughlakabad. Fowler made two changes to his line- from an acute angle. Luck, too, eluded much,'' a picture of the squad, posted cember 17. ''If she has to succeed at the While the trials for shotgun will be - up as Surchandra Singh and Sehnaj scored on his debut in the Odisha team on more than one oc - by Satwiksairaj on instagram, read. H Tokyo Olympics, she knows she cannot gin from Tuesday, the ones for rifle and Singh were replaced by Milan Singh and what was a fine team casion and, in the 57th minute, Jerry's S Prannoy, Parupalli Kashyap, Sameer afford to miss a single day's practice, and pistol will start a day later. The country's Raju Gaikwad. It was the season's debu - shot from an Onwu assist hit the up - Verma, Dhruv Kapila, Manu Attri were so the non-stop training,'' Ram Kishan top shooters are expected to be present tant, Gaikwad, who initiated the goal- effort by the SCEB for - right. among others who left for Bangkok said of her daughter who competes in at the trials. ''The performances of the scoring move with a nice long throw-in wards. In the 61st minute, Jacob Tratt's from Hyderabad via Dubai on Satur - 10m and 25m pistol. shooters in the trials will be taken into near the post. header bounced to beat the SCEB goal - day. Before the National Rifle Association consideration while selecting the teams The ball bounced in towards the far of spectacular saves to ensure they re - keeper Majumder but not the wood - ''First tournament after a long time... of India (NRAI) had resumed its camps for the first two World Cups, so it is very post where Pilkington capitalised on a tained their lead. work. Fowler pressed Enobakhare in looking forward to the tournament... after the coronavirus-forced hiatus, significant as the Tokyo Olympics are defensive lapse to rise above the man at Manuel Onwu directed a perfect place of Maghoma in the 73rd minute Thailand Open 2021,'' Kashyap wrote Manu had been training at her also scheduled this year,'' an NRAI of - the far post before calmly heading it in. header goalwards but Majumder avert - and the 22-year-old Nigerian scored on along with a picture of him and wife makeshift range at her home in ficial said. The selection trials will end The goalkeeping, too, was spot on from ed the danger in the 17th minute. Two his debut in what was a fine team effort Saina. Haryana. She had installed an electronic on January 18. Debjit Majumder who effected a couple minutes later, Majumder was at it by the SCEB forwards. WORLD-BUSINESS TOP STORY, DELHI, MONDAY 04, JANUARY 2021 7 11 coal China’s new defence law expands Pak cancels 2,00,000 miners from fake citizen ID cards Pak's shot power of its military headed by Xi held by Afghan refugees dead in Islamabad: "We would defeat such Pakistan has cancelled disinformation against our Balochistan Beijing: National Defence Law (NDL) velopment interests' as a rea- about 200,000 comput- country and state institu- Karachi: hina has revised its were passed by the Standing son for armed mobilisation erised national identity tions," he said. At least 11 coal miners from National Defence Committee of the National and war in the law would cards (CNICs) fraudulent- The Pakistan Democrat- Pakistan's minority Shia Law, expanding the People's Congress (NPC) on provide legal grounds for the ly held by Afghanistan ic Movement (PDM) - an Hazara community were Cpower of its armed December 26 last year. The country to launch a war in the refugees. alliance of 11 Opposition killed on Sunday after gun- forces headed by President Xi revised law came into force legitimate name of defending Speaking to reporters in parties - has been formed men kidnapped them and Jinping to mobilise military after the key conclave of the national development inter- his home town Rawalpindi against the Pakistan Army's took them to nearby moun- and civilian resources to de- ruling CPC in November last ests," Chen said. Zeng Zhip- on Saturday, Interior Min- interference in politics and tains, where they opened fend its national interests year finalised plans to build ing, a military law expert at ister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed installing "puppet" Prime fire on them in the restive both at home and abroad. a fully modern military on Soochow University said one said: "We have data of 1.5 Minister Imran Khan southwestern province of The new law, effective from par with the US by 2027. of the big changes of the law million Afghan refugees through a manipulated Balochistan, according to January 1, weakens the role By the year 2027, which was the downgrading of the having legal status and election. media reports. of the State Council, China's marks the centennial of the State Council's role in for- about 800,000 Afghans Already, a case was being According to police, the Cabinet headed by Premier Li founding of the PLA, China mulating the principles of living in the country ille- registered against Jamiat miners were on the way to Keqiang, in formulating mil- will build a fully modern mil- China's national defence, and gally." He said corruption Ulema-i-Islam Fazl leader work at Machh coal field itary policy, handing deci- itary, a goal that is in align- the right to direct and ad- in the issuance of visas was Mufti Kifayatullah over his when the unidentified gun- sion-making powers to the ment with the national minister the mobilisation of being tackled and the gov- remarks on the army, he men kidnapped them and Central Military Commis- strength and will fulfil the fu- its armed forces. ernment was providing on- said. opened fire on them after sion (CMC), the overall high- ture national defence need, "The CMC is now formal- line visa facility to citizens Rashid, who took charge taking them to the nearby command of the two mil- official media reports earlier ly in charge of making na- of 192 countries. as interior minister last hills, the Express Tribune re- lion-strong People's Libera- said. The revised law specif- tional defence policy and "To eliminate the month, said unnecessary ported. Six of the miners tion Army (PLA) headed by ically stresses the need to grounds to respond to the ing for Beijing to enhance the principles, while the State chances of corruption, we checkposts were being died on the spot and five who Xi, Hong Kong-based South build a nationwide coordi- challenges of accelerating leadership of the CMC when Council becomes a mere im- have launched online visa abolished in the capital and were critically wounded died China Morning Post report- nation mechanism for the confrontations between Chi- the PLA is going out to de- plementing agency to provide service as there are chances a new police force, Eagle on the way to a hospital. ed on Sunday. mobilisation of state-owned na and the US. Deng Yuwen, fend China's national inter- support to the military," of corruption in manual Squad, equipped with the According to media re- Xi, 67, has emerged as the and private enterprises to a former deputy editor of ests across the world," Deng Zeng, who is a retired PLA processing of visas," he latest technology would be ports, an initial investigation Communist Party of China's take part in research into the Communist Party publi- told the Post. Chen Daoyin, a lieutenant colonel, said. "It's said, adding that over raised soon to provide se- has revealed that the at- (CPC) most powerful leader new defence technologies cation Study Times, said the former professor of Political a big contrast when com- 200,000 visa applications curity in Islamabad. tackers identified the miners after its founder Mao Ze- covering conventional amendments aimed to le- Science and Law at the pared with developed coun- were received for online He also said five police as being from a Shia Hazara dong, holding the posts of weapons, as well as the non- galise and formally apply the Shanghai University, said the tries like Israel, Germany visas in a single day. officials involved in the community and the gun- CPC General Secretary, head traditional domains of cy- "special" nature of China's changes showed the regime and France, which prefer to Meanwhile, Rashid said killing of a 22-year-old stu- men took them away, leav- of the military besides the bersecurity, space and elec- political and defence system had gained the confidence to put their armed forces under persons targeting the dent this week in Islam- ing others unharmed. Presidency with prospects of tromagnetics. when dealing with situations legitimise its long-standing civilian leadership. Even in armed forces were doing so abad were arrested. A heavy contingent of police, a life-long tenure. He is the Military and political ana- that could harm the regime at principle that "the party com- the US, the civilian-led de- at the behest of foreign The killing shocked the Frontier Corps, and district ad- only civilian leader in the lysts said the new NDL aimed home and abroad. mands the gun" and stamp fence ministry plays a more countries and action would people as the youth was ministration officials reached CMC, packed with high-rank- to strengthen the country's "China's political nature is its "absolute leadership over- important role than their be taken "within 72 hours" targeted when he failed to the site after the incident. ing military officials. military leadership under Xi, very different from many armed and reserved forces". military top brass, the Joint against those making "anti- stop the car when signalled Prime Minister Imran The amendments for the providing it with the legal countries...it's not surpris- "The move to include 'de- Chiefs of Staff," he said. army" remarks. by the police. Khan condemned the killing of 11 coal miners and termed the incident a "yet another Iraqis chanting anti‐US slogans mark year since Soleimani killing cowardly [and] inhumane act of terrorism".' “The fam- Baghdad: States in the last days of Pres- about a major conflagration. The gathering coincided slogans such as "America is and said it was Israel that nuclear-capable B-52 bombers ilies of the victims will not be Tens of thousands of Iraqis ident Donald Trump's ad- Washington had accused with increasing tensions the Great Satan". needed to be on alert for to the Middle East in a mes- left abandoned by the [gov- chanting anti-American slo- ministration, and many in Soleimani of mastermind- between Iran and the Reflecting continuing re- possible Iranian strikes on sage of deterrence to Iran last ernment],” Khan tweeted. gans streamed to Baghdad's the crowd demanded revenge. ing attacks by Iranian-aligned gional strains, Iranian For- the anniversary of week, but the bombers have “Have asked the FC to use all central square on Sunday to Soleimani, leader of an militias on U.S. forces in the United States in the last eign Minister Mohammad Soleimani's death. since left the region. resources to apprehend mark the anniversary of the elite overseas unit of Iran's region. days of President Don­ Javad Zarif on Saturday The United States blames On Saturday evening thou- these killers and bring them U.S. killing of top Iranian Revolutionary Guards, was Demonstrators gathering ald Trump's administra­ urged Trump not to be Iran-backed militias for reg- sands of mourners gathered to justice.” Balochistan Chief general Qassem Soleimani killed on January 3, 2020, in at Tahrir square in response to tion, and many in the "trapped" by an alleged Is- ular rocket attacks on U.S. fa- on the highway that leads to Minister Jam Kamal Khan and Iraqi militia command- a US drone strike on his con- calls by an assortment of mili- crowd demanded re­ raeli plan to provoke a war cilities in Iraq, including near Baghdad airport, where has condemned the incident er Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis. voy at Baghdad airport, an at- tia groups known collectively venge. through attacks on U.S. the U.S. embassy. No known Soleimani and Muhandis and sought an inquiry report The gathering coincided tack that took US-Iranian as the Popular Mobilisation forces in Iraq. Iran-backed groups have were killed, in a simulated fu- from the authorities con- with increasing tensions be- hostilities into uncharted wa- Forces (PMF), which are by Iran, waved the Iraqi flag An Israeli official dismissed claimed responsibility. neral procession staged in cerned, the daily reported. tween Iran and the United ters and stoked concern mostly backed and trained and chanted anti-American the accusation as "nonsense" The U.S. military flew two tribute to the two men. BUSINESS Govt invites CCI to have regional preliminary Andhra Pradesh faces debt presence; more streamlined bids for 26% strategic sale burden of Rs 3.73 lakh cr: CAG processes: chief Chairperson Ashok in BEML Amaravati: In the month of No­ debts,'' a senior IAS officer Kumar Gupta New Delhi: he Andhra Pradesh vember alone, the gov­ noted. Senior bureaucrats The government on Sun- government's gross ernment borrowed Rs point out that the state will day invited preliminary bids debt burden has in- 13,001 crore to foot have to shell out close to Rs for strategic sale of 26 per Tcreased to Rs the freebies bill. 35,000 crore per annum cent stake along with trans- 3,73,140 crore by the end of Against the targeted Rs from the next fiscal only to- fer of management control November 2020. CAG's lat- wards interest on the existing in defence PSU BEML. est accounts revealed that 18,434.15 crore for the loans. ''Govt has issued the from April to November entire financial year, ''Given our own resources, PIM/EOI for disinvestment 2020 alone Rs 73,811.85 the revenue deficit the Central grants and out- of 26 per cent equity share crore was borrowed from shot up to Rs 57,925.47 going towards salaries, pen- capital of BEML Ltd along different sources as against crore by the end of No­ sions and the various doles, with transfer of manage- the annual target of Rs vember itself. we will be required to raise ment control. Disinvestment 48,295.59 crore for the whole more loans even for debt will be through a two stage year. so far secured Rs 10,000 servicing. That's what you competitive bidding In the month of November crore from SBI, Canara Bank call the classic debt trap,'' a New Delhi: sponding to the challenges process,'' DIPAM Secretary alone, the government bor- and Punjab National Bank, top bureaucrat lamented. As it seeks to become more arising out of such unfore- Tuhin Kanta Pandey tweet- rowed Rs 13,001 crore to Finance department sources Former Finance Minis- nimble as well as strengthen seen events. ''Going forward, ed. foot the freebies bill. Against added. The administration is ter Yanamala Ramakrish- its prowess to clamp down in 2021, you may expect CCI Bidders can submit their the targeted Rs 18,434.15 waiting for the SBI to release nudu expressed anguish on unfair business ways, the 2.0 where processes and pro- Expression of Interest (EoI) crore for the entire financial five years (till 2019 March), had imposed taxes and cess another tranche of Rs 3,000 over the state's financial Competition Commission of cedure will be reviewed and for buying the stake in year, the revenue deficit shot it peaked to Rs 2,58,928 totalling around Rs 21,000 crore loan as yet another cy- condition as the fiscal deficit India (CCI) plans to further streamlined. Also, paperless BEML by March 1, as per up to Rs 57,925.47 crore by crore. From April 2019 to crore on people, citing short- cle of freebies starts with the was about to touch Rs streamline processes and filings and virtual meetings the Preliminary Informa- the end of November itself. November 2020, Rs fall in revenues due to Covid- Rs 6,500 crore Amma Vodi 1,10,320 crore. ''In the last also have its regional pres- will become a new norm. tion Memorandum (PIM) The state government bor- 1,14,212.81 crore was taken induced lockdown. scheme under which over 19 months, the government ence. CCI will also have its re- issued by the Department of rowed Rs 9226.375 crore on as loan from banks and oth- Despite the lockdown dur- 43 lakh mothers would be borrowed Rs 1.5 lakh crore The CCI, which has the gional presence...,'' he said. Investment and Public Asset an average per month so far er sources, with Rs ing the first quarter of the fis- paid Rs 15,000 each for besides imposing a tax bur- mandate to check anti-com- Recently, the watchdog Management (DIPAM). during the 2020-21 financial 1,06,866.25 crore of it se- cal, the states revenue sending their kids to school. den of Rs 75,000 crore on petitive practices and also en- streamlined its combination At the current market year. The current borrowing cured by the Y S Jagan Mo- touched Rs 46,589 crore by But only Rs 14,000 will be people. courage fair business ways regulations by doing away price, a 26 per cent sale trend indicated that the state han Reddy regime since November, just about Rs actually paid to the mothers This, despite a six per across sectors, has been with certain disclosure re- could fetch about Rs 1,000 government may raise a loan June 2019, the sources said. 4,500 crore short compared as the government will cent growth in revenue in making various efforts to quirements relating to non- crore to the exchequer. of at least another Rs 30,000 In the first eight months of to the corresponding period deduct Rs 1,000 towards the first six months of the bolster its functioning as a compete agreements. This Shares of BEML closed at Rs crore by the end of March the current financial year, in the previous year. The Toilet Development Fund. current fiscal,'' Yanamala regulator. was part of efforts to con- 974.25, on Friday. BEML 2021, taking the total bor- the state government in- state also got Rs 8,000 crore ''The way things are going re- pointed out. AP has now Responding to a query on tribute to improving the ease is involved in sectors like de- rowing to over Rs 1.04 lakh curred a revenue expendi- extra in grants from the Cen- minds me of a Telugu movie become the state with max- key learnings for the regula- of doing business in the fence, rail, power, mining crore in the 2020-21 finan- ture of Rs 70,082.90 crore, tre compared to the corre- we were shown during train- imum borrowing and min- tor amid the coronavirus country. In 2020, the CCI re- and infrastructure. cial year, sources in the Fi- almost all of which went to- sponding period. ing in the Lal Bahadur Shas- imum development because pandemic and plans in the ceived around 85 combina- The company's total rev- nance Department said. wards the numerous freebie The government created a tri National Academy of Ad- of the 'crooked policies' of new year, its Chairperson tion filings and 74 of them enue from operations was APs debt burden was Rs schemes of the ruling YSR new entity called State De- ministration. It's something Jaganmohan Reddy, the Ashok Kumar Gupta said were approved, including Rs 3,028.82 crore in fiscal 97,000 crore at the time of Congress. Earlier, the Ja- velopment Corporation ex- like Appu Chesi.. Leader of Opposition in the that regulators need to be three with remedies. 2019-20. SBI Capital Mar- bifurcation in June 2014. In ganmohan Reddy regime clusively to raise loans and it which means living off Legislative Council said. nimble and dynamic in re- Agencies kets has been appointed as the advisor by the Govern- ment of India (GOI) for ad- CAG writes to Finmin, seeks performance audit details of PSU vising and managing the proposed strategic disin- New Delhi: partment of Financial Serv- through bonds was Rs analyse the impact of capital over possibility of PSU banks ers did not receive the requi- India, Indian Overseas Bank vestment of BEML. The Comptroller and Auditor ices, Ministry of Finance, 70,000 crore. For the current infusion in PSBs and how it raising about Rs 1 lakh crore site capital to meet their cap- and Bank of India were also BEML has an order book General of India (CAG) has seeking various information, fiscal, the government has has been able to improve the from market by 2019. ''The ital adequacy requirements,'' significant beneficiaries with of Rs 9,795 crore as on written to the finance min- including rationale for dis- earmarked Rs 20,000 crore financial parameters such as rationale for distribution of CAG had said. 8.77 per cent, 8.61 per cent, March 31, 2020. The gov- istry seeking details about tribution of capital among for the capital infusion into Return on Assets (ROA), Re- government of India capital The Centre infused Rs 7.88 per cent and 7.80 per ernment has 'in-principle' the ongoing performance au- different PSBs, sources said. the PSBs. Of this, the gov- turn on Equity (ROE) and among different PSBs was 1,18,724 crore in PSBs during cent of the total capital infu- decided to disinvest 26 per dit of government's massive The Government of India ernment allocated Rs 5,500 rate of growth of advances, not found on record in all cas- 2008-09 to 2016-17. CAG sion, respectively. Punjab & cent stake of BEML through recapitalisation excercise of made capital infusion to the crore to Punjab & Sind Bank sources said. In its last report es. Some banks which did not had said. Of this, SBI re- Sind Bank and Indian Bank strategic sale with transfer of public sector banks (PSBs). tune of Rs 90,000 crore in in November 2020 for meet- released in July 2017, CAG qualify for additional capital ceived the maximum capital received the lowest capital in- management control. The CAG is doing performance 2017-18. This rose to Rs 1.06 ing the regulatory require- had pointed out some short- as per decided norms were infusion of Rs 26,948 crore, fusion, at 0.20 per cent and government holds 54.03 per audit on recapitalisation of lakh crore in the following ment prescribed under the comings in distribution of infused with capital, a bank which is nearly 22.7 per cent 0.24 per cent of the total cent stake in the company.. PSBs after 2016-17 and it year. During the last financial Basel III guidelines. capital to various banks. was infused with more capi- of the total capital infusion. funds infused. Agencies has written a letter to the De- year, the capital infusion The audit may be going to It had also raised doubts tal than required, while oth- IDBI Bank, Central Bank of Agencies FILM TOP STORY , D ELHI , MONDAY , 04 J ANUARY , 2021 8 Penning Thoughts! Kriti Sanon Takes Up A New Katrina Kaif, Vicky Habit This New Year Kaushal Celebrate New Mumbai thinking...we keep it sim - hishek Jain's upcoming riti Sanon has ple. But as we grow up, comedy "Second Innings". Year Together In Alibaug never been a we learn to behave and The film also stars Paresh new year resolu - mask. We feel something, Rawal and Dimple Kapadia tion person, but we say something else," and is scheduled to release in 2021 there is one habit wrote Sanon who is keen to next year. Mumbai Kshe would like to imbibe. "declutter, uncomplicate" Speaking about her pro - hile She has bought two diaries and write down her fessional journey, the ac - ru - to express her state of thoughts. It's akin to med - tress will be next seen mo mind. The actor wonders itation for her. alongside Akshay Kumar ur why vulnerability, sadness, In case you missed it, in the action-comedy mills have been rife about fear, anger, frustration and Kriti Sanon was tested pos - Bachchan Pandey and will somethinWg brewing between insecurity is considered a itive as she returned from be seen in Laxman Katrina Kaif and Vicky sign of weakness. Chandigarh where she had Utekar's Mimi where she Kaushal, they are keen to "As kids, we cry, scream, been shooting with actor plays the role of a surro - keep their rumoured ro - laugh, speak without Rajkummar Rao for Ab - gate mother. mance under wraps. The lat - est news on their front is that they ushered in 2021 togeth - er in Alibaug. Kat was ac - companied by sister Isabelle, Jacqueline All Set and Kaushal was with actor brother, Sunny. The four are said to get along fabulously. To Have A Tight It is also believed that the Kyun Kiya, Sarkar, Namastey ter alongside Katrina. duo celebrated Christmas to - London, Apne, Partner, Wel - For the uninitiated, Vicky gether, where brother Sunny come, Singh Is Kinng, New Kaushal kickstarted his acting Kaushal also accompanied York, Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab career in Bollywood opposite Schedule In 2021 the leading actor, including Kahani, Raajneeti, Zindagi Shweta Tripathi with Karan Johar, Ananya Pan - Na Milegi Dobara, Jab Tak Masaan. The actor was last Mumbai jam packed. followed by Bhoot Police, day, Ishaan Khatter and Hai Jaan, Dhoom 3, and seen in Bhanu Pratap Singh's ew year is here With two of her many films Kabir Khan. Zero. Bhoot Part One: The Haunt - with lots of the lined up currently. A Katrina Kaif celebrat - On the professional front, ed Ship. Kaushal is all set to new hopes source close to Jacqueline ed 17 years in Bollywood Katrina Kaif has Tiger 3, play a titular role in Shoojit and sur - revealed her busy sched - with her debut Boom Sooryavanshi and horror- Sircar's Sardar Udham Singh, prises but for our ule for this January say - which released back in comedy Phone Bhoot, which Aditya Dhar's Immortal Ash - NBollywood’s Ms. ing, "With the start of the 2003. The actress was is directed by Gurmeet Singh. watthama, and Yash Raj Sunshine year Jacqueline directly later on seen in films The film stars Siddhant Film's comic caper, opposite Jacqueline jumps into shoot for like Maine Pyaar Chaturvedi and Ishaan Khat - Manushi Chillar. Fernandez, Cirkus till around the mid it has of January and then brought she will immediately with it go on to the sets of more Bhoot Police, so she really doesn't even have a day of break in the entire month." Ever since the Alia Bhatt, Ranbir Kapoor, Deepika lockdown had lifted slightly, the hard Padukone And Ranveer Singh's working actress had been constantly working Ranthambore Trip Just A Coincidence? without any breaks so start much so that she cele - of the brated the big occasions year, from Diwali to Christmas, the everything on sets shoot - ing and now the new year seems to bring in more of work such schedules for the and hardworking star. Jacqueline has 4 big- ticket films in her kitty to shoots. shoot for keeping her busy Not only is as a bee since the lock - the actress down relaxed even a little. not com - For some of these she will plaining be reuniting with her old but is all co-stars like Saif Ali Khan Mumbai the more tal - for Bhoot Police, Akshay s snapshots of Alia happy to be ented Kumar for Bachchan Bhatt, Ranbir shooting ac - Pandey and Salman Khan Kapoor, Deepika non-stop as tress for Kick 2, while we will Padukone and her very first starts also get to see her in a new Ranveer Singh from their month of the shoot pairing opposite Ranveer RAanthambore trip do the 2021 looks for Cirkus Singh for Cirkus. rounds, there's talk about the couples choosing the same lo - cation to ring in 2021. It is Punjabi Stint said that they had done the bookings, unaware of the For Janhvi others' presence. They prefer to term it a co - Kapoor incidence, but a rather Mumbai strange one, considering they ollowing the play, were travelling with their it's now all work for families. Yet, no one had a Janhvi Kapoor. The clue about the destination actor, who rang in till they got there. the New Year at Manish Mal - Rumours were also rife hFotra's star-studded bash, that Alia and Ranbir will fi - will commence work on the nally be making their rela - Kiara Advani Stuns In A Beach Hindi adaptation of the Tamil tionship official on the trip. film, Kolamaavu Kokila Those rumours, however, Wear In First Post Of 2021 (2018), directed by Siddharth were unfounded. Mumbai In her maiden post of event of Laxmii, co-star Ak - Sengupta. Kareena and Karisma's he year 2021 has 2021 on Instagram, she shay Kumar gave the audi - A source from the unit dad, veteran actor Randhir already begun but a shared a stunning pic - ence a hint about her rela - says, "Janhvi will fly to Pun - Kapoor, in an interview said, lot of Bollywood ture in a red beach wear tionship. On the sets of The jab for the film which will be "It is not true. If Ranbir and celebrities are still and could be seen smil - Kapil Sharma Show, when shot over 45 days in a [bio] Alia were to get engaged to - in holiday mood and one of ing and in a jovial mood. the host asked Khiladi Kumar bubble. They roll on January day, my family and I would Tthem is Kiara Advani. She's whether the actress was re - 9, and plan to shoot across have also been there with reportedly in Maldives holi - beach wear and could be seen garding her marriage, to various regions. Even though them. Ranbir, Alia and Nee - daying with her Shershaah smiling and in a jovial mood. which Kumar was quick to in each location, a different tu have gone there for holi - co-star Sidharth Malhotra. We wonder if the picture and quip- "Yeh badi Siddhanto set of restrictions are im - days and to bring in the new In her maiden post of 2021 her mood were captured by wali ladki hai." The actress, posed, strict safety protocol year. The news of their en - on Instagram, she shared a the Aiyaary star! listening to his response, will be maintained." gagement is incorrect." stunning picture in a red During the promotional couldn't stop laughing.