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stituencies that went to poll in 5 pm, the Commission said. In tions will decide the electoral Raghopur, from where RJD the phase two of Bihar elections the corresponding constituen- fate of RJD leader and leader and chief ministerial ihar witnessed moderate on Tuesday recorded 53.51 per cies which went to poll in the Mahagathbandhan’s chief min- candidate of the Opposition Bturnout in the second phase cent turnout and the figure was 2015 Assembly polls, the isterial face Tejashwi Yadav Grand Alliance Tejashwi Yadav of the Assembly polls on likely to go up as voting con- turnout was 55.35 per cent, the and more than 1,450 other can- is contesting, has recorded 54 Tuesday, but the rural vs urban tinued beyond schedule in sev- EC said. didates. per cent polling, as per the EC divide was clearly visible on the eral places, the Election While rural pockets of Polling began at 7 am, but data. polling booths that gave hope Commission said. Bihar, especially those domi- the time for its conclusion has Hasanpur, from where Lalu and despair to the respective The combined voter nated by the Yadav and Muslim been extended by one hour till Prasad’s elder son Tej Pratap alliance in the State. turnout in the two phases was voters saw impressive turnout, 6 pm to facilitate Covid-19 Yadav is in the fray, has record- The 94 Assembly con- recorded at 53.79 per cent till the situation was just the oppo- patients and those with symp- ed an estimated 54.25 per cent site in the State capital Patna, toms of the disease to exercise votes till 5 pm. Fifty-one per which has been a BJP bastion their franchise during the final cent voting was recorded in for decades. Patna saw a hour. The process, however, Parsa from where JDU’s turnout of just 48 per cent concluded early in the Maoist- Chandrika Roy, the father of where as Muzaffarpur record- hit areas. Tej Pratap’s estranged wife ed nearly 60 per cent polling. Vaishali district’s Aishwarya, is contesting. If the BJP has to worry because of lower turnout in Patna , then the JD (U) has its '())*+,- %% own share of concerns because of the second lowest turnout of ! . / across the US, with retailers 51 per cent in Nitish Kumar’s boarding up their stores to home district of Nalanda. The .+*)- mericans were voting in head off any damages as JD(U) had won five out of Alarge numbers on Tuesday America braced for possible ! seven seats in the district in the Chhattisgarh. in one of the most divisive bit- unrest and violence in a bitter " # $ % 2015 Assembly polls. In Madhya Pradesh, A ter presidential elections in and divisive presidential race. West Champaran clocked mid reports of violence at total of 355 candidates, includ- decades in which incumbent About 600 National Guard up before polling stations, in 59.69 per cent voting, East Aa few places, Madhya ing 12 Ministers, are in the fray Republican Donald Trump is troops have also been desig- particularly in the key battle- Champaran 57 per cent, Pradesh recorded 66.37 per in these bypolls. The stakes are challenged by Democrat Joe nated to help respond to ground States like Pennsylvania Sitamadhi 58 per cent and cent voter turnout in the cru- high for Chief Minister Shivraj Biden. Amidst a resurgent protests around the country if and Wisconsin. Seohar 46 per cent. The urban cial bypolls for 28 Assembly Singh Chouhan, former CM Covid-19 pandemic, nearly requested. Everyone, of course, The timing of the start of district of Bhagalpur saw a seats. The highest polling per- Kamal Nath, Jyotiraditya 100 million people have already is concerned about the election the polling differs from State to turnout of 54 per cent. In rest centage was recorded 83.69 per Scindia, and Narendra Singh cast their ballots in early vot- results and what plays out after. State, mainly due to the differ- of the districts, the turnout var- cent for two seats in Nagaland, Tomar in the bypolls. ing, putting the country on There is an estimated four ent time zones. People mostly ied between 54 to 48 per cent. followed by Telangana 81.44 Congress veteran course for its highest turnout in million Indian-American pop- in the East coast started trick- Ground reports suggested per cent. Digvijaya Singh questioned a century. 239 million people ulation of which about 2.5 ling down to the polling sta- that youth voters turned up in According to the Election the use of Electronic Voting are eligible to vote this year. million are potential voters in tions as many States opened up large numbers to cast their Commission, the poll per- Machines (EVMs) in India, The mail-in ballots could the November 2020 presiden- the polling stations at around votes. centage was 51.57 per cent in saying the device is prone to take days or weeks to be count- tial elections. 6 am (4.30 pm IST). These Incidentally, Grand Uttar Pradesh, 51.3 per cent in hacking. ed in some states — meaning Over 1.3 million Indian- States include Virginia, New Alliance chief ministerial can- Karnataka, 68.08 per cent in According to the EC, the a winner might not be declared Americans are voters in key York, New Jersey, and Maine. didate Tejashwi Yadav has been Odisha, 81.44 per cent in average voting percentage in in the hours after polls close on battleground states, including Polling in California starts at 7 aggressively wooing the youth Telangana, 62.51 per cent in the 2018 Assembly polls in Tuesday. Texas, Michigan, Florida and am (8.30 pm IST). voters with the promise of 10 Jharkhand, 68 per cent in these 28 constituencies, most Security has been tight- Pennsylvania. Trump in the wee hours of ' ( lakh Government jobs. Haryana, 57.98 per cent in of them in the Gwalior- ened at the White House and Large lines were seen and Tuesday urged Americans to % # # $ $) The second phase of elec- Gujarat and 71.99 per cent in Chambal region, was 72.93. major commercial avenues hundreds of people had queued vote for him. 0 1 12 R / % +2 3 R 1 Boudh seven and Gajapati 5 / 1) four.Besides, 31 cases were ! reported fromState pool.With / 43,332 new Covid tests done " ! . 22+ during period, State’s cumula- tive tests rose to 46,45,192. :9: ; Meanwhile, 12 more per- sons died of virus and total toll mid ongoing tension at he State on Tuesday wit- rose to 1,352, Health Athe Line of Actual Control Tnessed a further decline in Department said.Khordha dis- (LAC), the Malabar series of the Covid-19 positive cases. trict saw death of three persons naval exercises among the ive people died, including With 1,201 new cases reported (including two in navies of India, the US, Japan is taking part in the exercise for The 2+2 ministerial level Fan assailant, and 17 others from across all 30 districts and Bhubaneswar), Dhenkanal two and Australia commenced off the first time. China all along dialogue between India and the were wounded in a shooting in State pool, positives’ tally rose and Cuttack, Sundargarh, Visakhapatnam in the Bay of resisted the Australian partic- US here last week had the heart of Vienna hours to 2,94,415. Jagatsinghpur, Bhadrak, Bengal on Tuesday. ipation claiming that the Quad expressed satisfaction over the before a coronavirus lockdown % & & Of the new cases, 798 were Kalahandi, Baleswar and Australia is participating countries are trying to mili- Malabar exercise. It will see all started, Austrian authorities ' % $ % detected from quarantine and Nuapada have registered one for the first time after India tarise the coalition and pose the four Quadrilateral coun- said on Tuesday. The dead 591 were local contacts. each. brushed aside China’s objection threat in the Indo-Pacific tries exercising together for attacker was a 20-year-old reported. In total, 17 people the dead assailant, who had Khordha district recorded the The deceased in Khordha on its inclusion. Australia was region. In 2007 Australia was the first time. Austrian-North Macedonian were being treated in hospitals, roots in the Balkan nation of highest 142 cases followed by were a 75-year-old woman, a keen to take part in the joint invited for the Malabar event Reacting to the beginning dual national who had a pre- with gunshot wounds but also North Macedonia, had a pre- Cuttack 101, Sundargarh 100, 72-year-old woman (both of exercise and the US and Japan leading to strong protest by of the prestigious exercise, vious terror conviction. cuts. vious conviction under a law Kendrapada 80, Bargarh 71, Bhubaneswar and a 59-year-old — the two other Quad nations China. China said it hoped that the Two men and two women “It is now confirmed that that punishes membership in Balangir 70, Angul 69, Baleswar woman. — also favoured its inclusion. The Malabar exercise start- exercises would be conducive died from their injuries in the yesterday’s attack was clearly an terrorist organisations. and Nuapada 59 each, Puri 58, The deaths in Dhenkanal Held annually, this year’s ed in 1992 as a bilateral drill to the regional peace and sta- attack on Monday evening, Islamist terror attack,” Kurz The attacker, named as Mayurbhanj 55, Jagatsinghpur were of a 43-year-old woman Malabar exercises will be held between the Indian Navy and bility instead of the contrary. Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said. said. “It was an attack out of Kujtim Fejzulai, was sentenced 53, Bhadrak 52, Keonjhar 49, and a 68-year-old woman. The in two phases. the US Navy in the Indian Chinese Foreign Ministry The suspected attacker was hatred — hatred for our fun- to 22 months in prison in Jajpur 46, Jharsuguda and other deceased were a 69-year- The first phase is from Ocean. Japan became a per- spokesman Wang Wenbin told shot and killed by police. damental values, hatred for April 2019 because he had Subaranpur 35, Sambalpur 34, old man of Nuapada, a 70-year- November 3 to 6 in the Bay of manent participant in the exer- a media briefing in Beijing “we Vienna’s hospital service our way of life, hatred for our tried to travel to Syria to join Kalahandi 27, Malkangiri 25, old woman of Sundargarh, a Bengal, while the second phase cise in 2015. The annual exer- hope that relevant countries’ said seven people were in life- democracy in which all people the Islamic State group. Nabarangpur 24, Nayagarh 22, 45-year-old man of Cuttack, an will take place in mid- cise was conducted off the military operations will be threatening condition on have equal rights and dignity.” He was granted early Dhenkanal 20, Kandhamal 18, 82-year-old man of November in the Arabian Sea. coast of Guam in the Philippine conducive to peace and stabil- Tuesday after the attack, the Interior Minister Karl release in December under Koraput 13, Ganjam 11, Jagatsinghpur, a 61-year-old The current edition is Sea in 2018 and off the coast of ity in the region instead of the Austrian news agency APA Nehammer later told APA that juvenile law. Rayagada 10, Deogarh nine, man of Bhadrak. unique as the Australian Navy Japan in 2019. contrary”. "#$ " "$ )6 %%& 6# (,-)/-,)5 33-/37(0-5(-/.. !"#$ 7 %! 8!2 7-5/-5),((-/3..-74-.50 !# 7-54-.5( ,-.537-4/-5/0 ( % $%% 0 +,/ " .-5(-)3/ ((-/(3.-4(-0/. "% " %& '( ! 9# 3-7.-550 .-47)3-0.-.47 ,-7 )*- /. done on each voter before entry 8 9: ' & ! ) 8 3-0(-(5( (-0,4 5-,3-.30 0 /( % to polling booths. Those voters 3-45-4), ! 5-,4-4,) found having high temperature :9: ; "$ % 8;< were given a token for voting :9: ; #:!% 5-70-07) .-4(55-3/-(55 between 5pm and 6 pm, he said. he Covid-19 positive cases ! **& # /-)3-3(0 (-340/-74-005 :9: ; Voters used masks and main- o check spread of coron- Tdeclined further in State "$! && '&( !%! /-3/-04, (-50(/-/5-3(5 tained social distancing at the Tavirus due to harmful capital city Bhubaneswar with : /-(7-),3 (-(47 /-(4-700 he Baleswar Sadar and booths. They were given a glove effects of the firecracker fumes, 69 new cases detected on TTirtol Assembly con- for signing ballot documents the State Government on Tuesday. With this, the city’s ## /-4.-5,( )53(-)7-45) stituencies together recorded and pressing voting machines. Tuesday prohibited sale and develop respiratory problems,” total positive tally rose to P"$" ;<#! /-4/-//4 (-)5,(-75-7)) an average 70.45% voting in by- Before leaving booths, they bursting of crackers from read the notification.Every year, 29,379, which included 1050 #,!-! &#% (-)4-0(5 /-/47(-,,-5)( polls by 6 pm on Tuesday. returned gloves.Many Covid November 10 to 30.Wide-scale people start bursting firecrack- active cases. The percentage of voting is positive patients gave votes cracker bursting is especially ers even before Diwali which The new cases were 55 New Delhi: Achieving a sig- "< (-.0-,55 5-.53(-0)-037 likely to increase further as vot- through postal ballots. There witnessed during Diwali cele- continues even after the Kartika local contacts and 14 quaran- nificant milestone in the 6# (-.5-573 /-).3(-,/-5,, ers were in queues at many were wheelchair systems for bration, which is scheduled on Purnima festival. tine cases. The local contacts fight against coronavirus, polling booths to exercise fran- physically handicapped voters November this year.A notifica- The incessant bursting of included five cases from Saheed India’s active Covid-19 cases chise, said said Odisha Chief at each booth, he said. tion regarding the ban on crackers releases copious Nagar, four each from have fallen below 5.5 lakh # Electoral Officer (CEO) Sushil Responding to a question, crackers was issued by the amount of harmful fumes- Rasulgarh, Nayapalli and and now comprise merely !" Kumar Lohani. Lohani said EVMs, which Special Relief Commissioner’s nitrous oxide, sulphur dioxide, Tankapani Road and three 6.55 per cent of the total $ " ! & Tirtol witnessed 69.9% vot- developed technical snags, were (SRC) office. “Though Covid carbon monoxide, which each from Old Town and Patia. infections as the number of ' ,-./0!'## $ ing while Baleswar Sadar either repaired or replaced cases have plummeted, still the severely impact people having Meanwhile, two more per- recoveries crossed 76 lakh, !! !"# ' !"###& () ! recorded 71% voter turnout by immediately.“We have not danger is very much present in respiratory problems and the sons succumbed to the disease the Union Health Ministry !$ %& "& "#-' 2 6 pm, said Lohani.He said vot- received any report of vio- the State. other vulnerable groups. on the day, pushing the total said on Tuesday. The slide in !#"' # $$' #! !"* $'## 3-45-4),- ing had begun at 7 am and con- lence of any kind at any booth. The winter season is Such pollutants can further toll to 170 in the city. However, active cases is supplemented # ## "# # $ '' !% *" !##" tinued beyond 6 pm in view of Voting has been conducted in approaching during which the aggravate health conditions of 180 persons recovered in the by an exponential rise in & () ## !# # *#% !!+## the presence of voters in peaceful manner,” claimed elderly, children, persons with Covid-19 positive persons, said city on the day. taking the total recoveries, it said. ! # !! ## %# #!% #2 booths.Thermal screening was Lohani. co-morbidities and others the notification. recoveries to 28,138. *! * + ! + !"# #
* 4 , " 0 ! * + 4 R56 8 ! pared to June 30, 2019 CD ratio it has increased only by Rs are extending credit more with which was 62.43 percent. This 2,167.68 crore for which CD 123.97 percent of their deposits, is in very low in comparison to ratio has decreased from 62.43 while public sector banks are the national CD ratio of 74 per- percent to 55.79 percent with extending only 47.35 percent of :9: ; journals PLOS Biology on products from bioresources. cent.A higher CD ratio is con- one year. their deposits. %! October 16. The Stanford Subsequently, he worked as a sidered good for State economy, Only three districts MSME Sector, which is ! anjib Kumar Karmee, University scientists have cre- postdoctoral fellow at the :9: ; as it shows that people are able Jharsuguda, Jajpur and Boudh facing tough time due to Covid- SPrincipal Scientist of the ated a database of over 100,000 RWTH Aachen University, to utilise the deposited amount have achieved CD ratio of more 19 pandemic has received C 9; Sardar Patel Renewable Energy top scientists of the world on Germany and at the Delft lop-sided credit-deposit with banks in productive works. than 60 percent, while 12 dis- cumulative credit of Rs Research Institute (SPRERI), the basis of different standard- University of Technology, The A(CD) ratio in Odisha has While total deposit as on tricts have registered CD ratio 42,120.85 crore as on June 30, n elderly woman collapsed Anand, Gujarat, has adorned ised citation indicators, name- Netherlands. come as a serious concern for June 2020 was Rs 3,58, 531.33 below 40 percent.Those dis- 2020.However, banks are busy Aon her way to a polling the most coveted list of "World ly, information on citations, H- The institutions where he the State Government as it has crore, advance utilised in State tricts are Angul, Deogarh, in mobilizing more deposits booth during the Tirtol by- Ranking of Top 2% Scientists" index, co-authorship and a has held appointments include a direct impact on growth of the is Rs 2,00,034.07 crore. Total Sambalpur, Kandhamal, from institutions of State election in Jagatsinghpur dis- among Indian subcontinent as composite indicator. National University of State. deposit as on March 2018 was Malkangiri, Gajapati, Ganjam, Government. trict and later died at a hospi- per a subject-wise analysis con- All of these scientists were Singapore, City University of Major worry is the CD Rs 2,75,511.08 crore and cred- Puri, Kendrapara, Officials admit that more tal on Tuesday. ducted by a team of scientists classified into 22 scientific Hong Kong and North-West ratio is falling year after year, it was Rs 1,92,113.66 crore.This Jagatsinghpur, Keonjhar and than Rs 10,000 crore of funds According to reports, at the Stanford University led fields and 176 sub-fields. The University, Potchefstroom, while the State Government is speaks volumes that commer- Mayurbhanj. were parked in banks, which Nagari Sethi of Redhua was by Dr John PA Ioannidis. SCOPUS data provided by South Africa. stressing on more credit for the cial banks are mopping up Total agriculture advance as Department of Finance has heading towards the polling Dr Karmee’s worldwide Elsevier was used for analyses He joined the SPRERI, people during the Covid-19 large chunk of money from the on June 30 was only Rs been taking up with the station when she collapsed. rank in the biotechnology dis- with data freeze as on May 6. Anand in 2018 as a principal pandemic. In the recently held State as deposits. 59,811.08 crore, while Odisha is Drawing Disbursing Officers She was rescued by her family cipline is 726 and C-score is The subject-wise ranking of top scientist and is currently head- State Level Banker’s Committee However, they are not predominantly an agricultural (DDO) so that these unutilised members and rushed to 3.207. He is among the top 2% scientists from India (all ing its Thermo-chemical (SLBC), the issue came up for obliging people to reap benefits economy State, where 63 per funds will be utilised in devel- Redhua Community Health 1.442%. fields) is available online: Conversion Division. discussion, where the State of credit for which CD ratio is cent people depend on the pri- opment programmes. Centre for treatment. As The database entitled http://shorturl.at/bdix8.Dr Dr.Karmee is a native of Government officials raised falling year after year. It can be mary sector. While cooperative More than Rs 3,500 crore woman’s condition deteriorat- “Updated science-wide author Karmee earned a PhD from the Tebhapadar in Odisha’s concern over a lower CD ratio. observed that there is an sector banks are extending parked funds have been with- ed, she was then shifted to databases of standardised cita- IIT Madras in 2006. His PhD Subarnapur district. His father In fact, CD ratio of Odisha is increase of deposit mobilization more credit than their deposits, drawn and it is being utilised for Jagatsinghpur District tion indicators” has been pub- research was on the preparation Biswanath Karmee is a retired falling and it is quite low 55.79 by bankers to an extent of Rs public sector banks are worst developmental projects, sources Headquarters Hospital, where lished in one of the reputed of biodiesel and value-added teacher. percent as on June 30 as com- 41,596.03 crore, where as cred- performers. Cooperative Banks said. a doctor declared her dead. / 0 '++1$ ' !
/ pleted in three years from 2014 made by the company ought to ter recently.At the initial stage, ducting classes and examina- “If false allegations continue to to 2017. However, its comple- have given good amounts of the local police didn’t give tions. The VC had taken disci- be made against the VC, then tion was delayed by three years revenue to the Central and much importance to the FIRs plinary action against the no good staff/educationist will and the project cost rose to Rs State exchequer. as it was convinced that the ‘unruly’ staffs. come to head the VSSUT. The 410 crore, which has raised eye- But it is alleged that GST complaints were the handi- Three ladies who are wives glory of the institute will be brows in experts’ circle now. has been evaded in purchases 2) work of some staff who were of the suspended staff lodged adversely impacted,” said a “A three-year delay is not a and sale of various goods as suspended for negligence in FIRs in the local police station senior staff. big time gap for completion of most of these transactions have duty. that the VC sexually harassed A woman staff said that :9: ; hydro power project. It is not been made allegedly through " People of Burla and them. Even a woman staff some staff are continuously understood how the project cash. 6:9; Sambalpur Township are well made an allegation that the VC targeting the VC, the Dean and ven as the Baitarani Hydro cost increased by more than Even though the project aware of the incident and the abducted her and her daughter. the HoDs as they are sincerely EPower Project is set to be double of the initial cost,” said has been set up in Odisha, the he FIRs lodged against groupism among the VSSUT “We know what is what. instructing all teaching staff not inaugurated near Anandpur an expert. company has not set up an TVSSUT, Burla Vice- teaching staff. But on an Police is capable enough to to make any negligence in in Kendujhar district on Sources said the project has office for the project in the State Chancellor Prof Atal instruction from the know the truth behind the teaching. November 7 by Chief Minister been mainly funded by the which has been questioned by Choudhury with allegations Chancellor office, a team from FIRs,” Burla PS IIC Bibhuti Despite repeated attempts, Naveen Patnaik, many ques- Central Government’s Indian many.“Many departments are of his involvement in sexual Bhubaneswar and the local Bhusan Bhoi said adding, “But the VC could not be contacted tions have arisen on the Renewable Energy linked to the project. ple,” said the expert. Many harassment of wives of some police conducted an investiga- police are conducting the inves- as his cell phone was found enhancement of project cost Development Agency Equipments and materials concerned people have now teaching staffs and a lady tion recently. tigation as per the guidelines.” switched off. It is learnt that he and alleged evasion of GST on (IREDA), Power Finance worth hundreds of crores have demanded that the Crime teacher in the institute are It is learnt that some staffs When contacted, some is on leave. Sambalpur SP purchases. The initial cost of Corporation (PFC) and India been purchased for the project. Branch or the CBI conduct being discussed afresh as a resorted to a cease-work in the senior staffs termed the FIRs as Kanwar Vishal Singh said, “The the project was approved at Rs Infrastructure Finance There is no office of the com- investigations into the allega- team from Bhubaneswar VSSUT last year, when anoth- baseless and meant to harass case is under investigation. So 167 crore and it was targeted Company Limited (IIFC). For pany here to answer different tions in the interest of the accompanied by local police er group didn’t cooperate with the VC who wanted to bring nothing more about it could be that the project would be com- such a big project, purchases questions being raised by peo- State. made an inquiry into the mat- them and were helpful in con- the indiscipline staff to track. revealed.” ++, - " #%#& 8 7 %! # ' + & ) . )&& " $ #' $ ( " 2#D ( ('' "% $ *# # !$ $ %#"*#+ :9: ; cerned, Rs 4,121.16 crore 1) ) through 67,103 accounts has 9; ; nion Financial Services been sanctioned to ' #$ USecretary Debashish MSMEs.This is one of highest n industrialist was imposed :9: ; P Panda has appreciated the credit efforts in recent times, Apenalty of Rs 10,000 in efforts of the Odisha thanks to continuous moni- Sundargarh district by s the State Government :9: ; Government in facilitating toring by Principal Secretary Kuanrmunda forest range on Aattaches “Top Most credit to MSMEs and other sec- MSME Sahu. So far as financ- Monday for cutting down trees Urgent” tag for preparation of he Rama Devi Women’s tors.Addressing the State Level ing to MSME sector is con- in his factory premises and also Health Care Workers (HCW) TUniversity here released its Bankers’ Committee on cerned, as on June 30, 2019, from roadside in front of his database, 98 per cent of data department-wise toppers’ list of October 29, Panda appreciated there were 13, 74, 656 accounts, factory without taking per- about these workers have been Post Graduate (PG) and 8 ; the action of Principal which were extended credit mission. He was instructed for made available, pointed out a Undergraduate (UG) exami- Secretary Finance Ashok worth Rs 40,241.30 crore and plantation of trees in those senior official of the nations on Tuesday Sushree body of a man was found Kumar Meena and Principal as on June 30, 2020, it has risen places. According to sources, Department of Health and Subhasmita Nayak of Aon the roadside at Secretary MSME Satyabrata to 16,10,532 with an amount of the Forest department had Family Welfare. Chemistry Department has Chhanagiri village under the Sahu. Rs 42,140.85 crore, sources planted trees on road side at ACS Health and Family emerged as the Best Graduate Jankia police station in Both the senior officials said. Kuanrmunda-Hatibari road in Welfare PK Mohapatra moni- in UG with 9.37 % CGPA. The Khordha on Tuesday.The worked in tandem to extend Micro enterprises having Sundargarh district. tored the latest data available till toppers have been announced deceased was identified as more and more credit facilities 10,99,057 accounts received PThe Rohit Refractory and November 1 and it came to fore from 24 UG courses and 11 PG Sheikh Suleman of the village. to the entrepreneurs and they Rs 17,388.08 crore, small enter- Mineral is situated at the that out of approximately courses. Though the reason monitored credit efforts taken prises having 2,02,829 accounts Kuanrmunda-Hatibari road. 3,02,708 HCWs, data has been :9: ; conducted a raid and inter- Earlier on October 30, behind his death was yet to be by bankers in Odisha. Panda got credit of Rs 15,278.70 crore While cleaning inside factory, made available for 2,95,349, cepted the two cars, Vento and results of the final semester ascertained, it was suspected while appreciating the efforts and medium entreprises with some workers of factory had which makes 98%. In a crackdown on ganja Venue, near Bankuala . exams of Arts, Science, that he was murdered over a assured all-out support for the 72,770 accounts got Rs 7,574.53 cut down some trees inside the There are 3,638 healthcare ssmuggling, the When the two car occu- Commerce (UG and PG) past enmity and the body State Government, which is crore as on June 30, 2019. factory premises and had also facilities both in the Commissionerate police on pants failed to produce docu- streams had been announced. was dumped on roadside. very serious about restoring As on June 30, 2020, cut down about eight trees of Government and private sector Tuesday seized 14 kg of ganja ments supporting possession of The total pass percentage was Police have sent the body economy both at State level and 13,81,714 micro enterprises 8-9 feet on roadside in front of in the State, out of which 3,463 from two costly cars here and the contraband, the cops seized 89.46 % for PG exams. for postmortem and started at individual household level. have been extended Rs the plant. have submitted their details, arrested two persons in this the contraband along with the Similarly in UG, the pass an investigation. For this State has been 21,054.43 crore, while small After getting information which comes as 94%. Earlier, connection. cars. The police were further percentage was 90.06 % for Two persons have been focussing on credit flow to enterprises with 1,79,905 about the cutting of trees, the Government of India com- Sources said the contra- interrogating the accused duo Arts (Honours), 94.48 % for detained by police for ques- farmers, Mission Shakti Self accounts, got Rs 15,398.74 Kuanrmunda forest range offi- municated that Covid-19 vac- band item was being smuggled in connection with the incident Science (Honours), and 74.21 tioning in this Help Groups and MSMEs.So crore and medium enterprises cer Swadhinata Sahani had cine would be available soon; to Bhubaneswar from and trying to ascertain any % for Commerce (Honours). connection.Several criminal far as performance under Atma with 48, 819 accounts were called owner of Rohit so, preparation of database of Kandhamal via Brahmapur. involvement of others in the The pass percentage in BEd cases were pending against Nirbhar Bharat Package is con- extended Rs 5,667.68 crore. 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As was expected, there Programme (UNDP) and the The polling percentage was would be a close contest UN Volunteers India organ- nearly 71% till the latest report. between the BJP and the BJD ised the District Youth Following a scuffle between while the results would be Parliament 2020 for Nuapada BJP and BJD supporters at known on November 10.aThe from October 29 to 31 under Odangi, BJP supporters lodged voters had new experiences the leadership of UNV-district a complaint with the Haldipada during this polling as they had youth coordinator, NYK Asis police that at the behest of BJD to undergo thermal screen- Kumar Thakur to provide workers, some people were without documents. In anoth- by locals of Badakhua, where it had come to distribute money. ing, sanitising and wearing platform to the youths of the trying to cast votes in a booth er case, a woman was nabbed was alleged by the BJP that she However, no money was found masks and hand gloves. district and promote youths' participation in politics at all levels, from the grassroots to the national stage. ;= ' R Youths from diverse back- O3 4 ground and experience from all blocks of Nuapada District 7 % actively took part in the par- liamentary session on various 5 )(5 local and national issues. Owing to ongoing Covid 19 global pandemic, the DYP :; was organised virtually over Zoom. Youths were trained for Development Dr K Gireesan following all parliamentary ll the tribal people living in the first two days on various highlighted the features of procedure.Soumya Prakash Athis country are naturally parliamentary procedures and youth policy, perspective of Joshi played the role of the Hindus. All these tribes, who on the final day, the DYP was youth development and dif- Speaker of Lok Sabha, Nafisa have been living in this ancient organised. ferent platforms for youth Bano and Chandrika Deep land of Bharat since time "The District Youth engagement. From UNV India played the role of Leader of the immemorial are basically and Parliament is a platform for National team Debjani House and Leader of essentially Hindus, unless and young people to discuss, Samantaray and Ankit Jaiswal Opposition respectively. until they are converted to debate and devise solution to addressed the young legislators Dr Tarun Pradhan, lec- some other foreign religion, the identified problems con- to boost their morals. turer of chemistry, Khariar being impacted by imported cerning them, their sur- Young parliamentarians Autonomous College, Khariar, faith." rounding and society at large," from both the ruling and Santosh Kumar Mund, lectur- These were the assertions said State director, NYKS opposition party discussed at er of Geography, Boden :;69; leader Mamata Bisoyi, Ganjam made by All India Shraddhaa try are certainly Hindus even And Minority Communities Odisha Bimal Patrick Shah length on five major themes i.e Degree College, Boden and Zilla Parishad VC Snehalata Jagaran Pramukh of Vanavasi now, in spite of several adverse Employees' Federation" (BAM- while delivering his inaugur- National Education Policy, Prabodh Hota, lecturer, DIET, he 36th death anniversary Panda, Rabi Maharana, social Kalyan Ashram Ramesh Babu. factors.Elaborating on the trib- CEF) is intentionally trying to al address as chief guest of the End violence against women Nuapada were distinguished Tof former Minister worker Trinath Maharana The Vanavasi Kalyan Ashrama al issues, Babu said that there create divisions in the tribal occasion. in all forms - "Mahila jury members of youth par- Karmabeer Brundaban Nayak attended the meeting. In after- is a leading tribal organisation are about 62 different tribal society by misleading them, he While addressing the par- Swabhimaan", Improving the liament. was observed here on Sunday. noon, ‘tila tarpana’ was offered working for the welfare and communities spread over some exhorted all concerned to be on ticipants, special invited guest, employment landscape Based on the performance, Members of the Brundaban in the Neelakantheswar Temple well-being of the tribals across 55 districts of the country. guard against such nefarious Associate professor and for- "Saksham Yuva l', Gitarani Duria and Ramesh Nayak Smruti Committee along tank. MP Chandra Sekhar Sahu the country. They are all Hindus, excluding, designs of these elements. He mer HOD of School of Transforming Indian agricul- Nag were selected to represent many local leaders and digni- too garlanded statue.Speakers Babu, on Sunday, was of course, those who, owing to stressed the need of Hindu con- Governance and Public Policy, ture - "Atmanirbhar Krishi" Nuapada district in the taries offered floral tributes at recalled contributions of Nayak addressing a well-attended different reasons, have sciousness among different sec- Rajiv Gandhi National and Promoting health, welness National Youth Parliament his memorial at the for all round development of meeting of Janajatis in here. embraced some other foreign tions of the society. Institute of Youth and fitness- "Swasth Yuva" 2020. Neelakantheswar Temple and Ganjam district. Stating that whichever thought- religion. While social activist garlanded his statue at They remembered Nayak’s process, faith, civilization or All these tribal people, Govind Chandra Mohanta was Kamapali Square. role in establishment of the culture has its origin in India who are still continuing with the convenor of the pro- P % 6 SMIT Group president Dr Odisha’s first College of is Sanatan Dharma or Manav indigenous Indian culture and gramme, former CDMO Dr + 9 + Bhagaban Gantayat presided Pharmaceutical Sciences at Dharma or Hindu Dharma traditions, should therefore Chandan Murmu, Santhali 7 over the commemoration meet- Mohuda in 1979. His contri- and all the original inhabitants enumerate themselves as writer Govind Majhi and RSS 8 4 : ing held at Hilpatna. Former butions as the founding presi- of this land are Hindus. Hindus during the upcoming Vibhag Pracharak Tapan Nayak 8 MLA Dr RC Chyaupatnaik, dent of SMIT Group of He proclaimed that about census, he said. were the chief guest, guest of &69 sion of their projects but after Jamula Satyanarayan, senior Institutions were also remem- 95 crore people out of the Pointing out that the honour and special guest, the hearing was over, the com- scribe Pramod Panda, BJD bered. total population in this coun- organisation named "Backward respectively. ow, it has been a fashion by pany didn't bother to look 68 ; Nthe corporate house to after the interest of the local make big promises at the time people. n a major development in the 5% of public hearing for the expan- Moreover, it is alleged that Icase of death of the sion of their projects but once the company continued its Malkangiri Collector’s Personal public hearing is over ,they for- expansion by illegally Assistant (PA) Deba Narayan get all their promises. encroaching upon reserve for- Panda, his wife Banaja Panda This has come to light on est land and adivasi land and has moved the Court of District 65 October 31 when one when there was public uproar & Sessions Judge here and Abhimanyu Das working as SI against the pollution and ille- filed a murder case against was seriously assaulted in a gal encroachment of land, the Collector Manish Agarwal and " # # #P& police-public conflict and the company quelled the stir with three staffers of the office. police, in return, arrested six the help of local police. Accepting the petition, the tribals. Of late, there has been a court has fixed November 11 as C;9 9 Sources revealed that some change in the ownership of the the next date of hearing in the two years back Jagannath Steel company and the new compa- case.Deba Narayan was found ith Diwali just a few days and Power Limited situated at ny management of Jagannath dead near the Satiguda Dam on Waway, the potters family Olibur near Barbil, when PK Steel and Power has been December 28 last year. in Jharsuguda district are Alluwalia was its Managing installing pipe line on the land Later, the mystery shroud- preparing eco-friendly earthen Director, had promised to ful- owned by adivasi people of ing his death intensified as lamps (diyas). However, with fill different promises of local near by Hajipur village which some objectionable graffiti the ongoing Covid 19 restric- villagers raised during the pub- was strongly objected by the blaming the Collector for the tions, they have little hope of lic hearing held for the expan- villagers. death was found on the bound- doing a good business. ary wall of the Collectorate. While some of them were Graffiti with ‘Collector Killed found remaining busy in 5 7( ' Panda’ and ‘Corrupt Collector’ preparing soil and others were 8 texts were spotted on the giving shape to various clay - boundary. materials in the earthen & Police had initially regis- machine. The women folks O P tered a suicide case and later an were found engaging them- 8 Covid nodal officer engineer 6:9; unnatural death case into the selves in firing hearths and Rashmita Mishra, Executive incident. Family members of keeping the finished products he 35th Natraj Kumarostav officer Atanu Samanta and : he Vigilance police on the deceased had alleged that in proper order. The clay pot- Twas observed on virtual Dhenkanal town police officer TTuesday caught they were being threatened by ters of Jharsuguda like Ramesh, mode here on Sunday. in charge Namita Nayak, pre- he Dharmagarh police have Madhusmita Mohapatra, Forest cops while investigation was Harish, Kanu Charan, Inaugurating the traditional senting flower bouquet, shawls Tdetained two persons for Guard of Sambalpur Sadar underway. Bhagwano and Sukanti along cultural festival, MP Mahesh and Natraj momento. allegedly performing sorcery to Forest Range, red-handed Alleging lack of trans- with their family members and Sahu admired the incessant The Natraj students preformed trace a ‘hidden treasure’ at while she was demanding and parency and efficiency in the children were engaged in effort of Natraj since last 36 Odishi and Sambalpuri dances Rankabahal village in accepting an illegal gratification investigation process, Banaja preparations of earthen lights years, in creating cultural tal- on the occasion. Kalahandi district on Monday of Rs 36,000. Panda eventually moved the and pots in full swing. ents of national and interna- The meeting was presided night. Mohapatra demanded court. Although many potters like tional repute. over by Natraj vice president The detainees were identi- bribe from one Parsuram She further alleged that them had made a large number Chief guest Sahu felicitat- Protima Sinha. Felicitating MP fied as Jogeswar Bachha and Mirdha of village Beherani her husband might have been of diyas and stocked them ed Dr Rajkishore Sethy, Dr Sahu, senior journalist Krushna Sarat Sarkhel.According to Basa to process his bill for con- murdered after he came to during the lockdown to meet Monica Dash, senior nurse Kumar Mishra lamented over reports, nine persons were dig- struction of VSS building and know about the alleged the Diwali need, but they are Sandhya Rani Dash, Draupadi banning cultural activities. ging a pit at a farmland in the execution of plantation works involvement of the Collector in now struggling to get orders. cost. The orders for diyas start- demic has ruined our business Rout, laboratory technician Members Satya Narayan Kar, village and resorting to witch- in village Beherani Basa by corruption. The CCTV footage "We used to get good earnings ed coming before one month this time,” a clay potter family's Susanta Kumar Pany, Ayush Madhusudan Rout and craft with a belief of unearthing members of VSS under Odisha of the Collector’s office has every season but this time we and we used to send all deliv- head Jagannath Rana (78) of doctor Chandan Mahallick Panchanan Mallick coordinat- the ‘hidden treasure’. In the Forestry Sector Development been tampered with, she fur- are unable even to cover the eries before festival but the pan- Brajrajnagar lamented. ,Dhenkanal Municipality ed the event. meantime, locals reached spot. Project (OFSDP). ther alleged. #!+ '". $&# $ '' " $#( ( % '$ !' $ ##!% !' " # are not on the table as envis- According to reports provided al laws in India that protect our lence against women in our women but this alone cannot aged. The growing violence by the National Crime Records daughters from violence and country is a cause of concern. keep our daughters safe on this espite the Odisha against women in our country Bureau (NCRB) in 2018 about abuse and ensure their equi- According to the NCRB report, planet. What is needed is more 8 ;9 DGovernment’s various is time and again testing us if 109 children are sexually table and rightful position in every fifteen minutes one rape sensibility towards their equi- path-breaking decisions to at all humanity prevails and abused each day in India, total- society. is reported in India, then per table space and even more unabeda Women’s Higher place women in better posi- how far we provide space for ing about 39,827 cases the Protection of Children day about ninety-six rapes importantly that they should SSecondary School Principal tions both in policies and their our girls and women to prove same year. Such numbers have from Sexual Offences Act or would have been registered. be treated as human being Pabitra Kumar Bedanta (53) social lives, safety and securi- that undertaking. clearly outcast the heinous POSCO Act specifies justice to Despite the Government’s above the gender tagline. was arrested on Tuesday for ty of girls and women go for a If we are in 2020, and side of mankind creating an children against crime like efforts to promote gender Our daughters have never allegedly sexually harassing a toss. concerned about our daugh- environment completely unfit sexual assault, sexual harass- equality and ensure equal par- down-performed whenever woman computer operator of According to a report of ter’s safety while they are step- for a girl child. ment and others. ticipation and representation they are provided an opportu- the institute. 2018 by the NCRB, Odisha has ping out of home, then this But that is not it, as NCRB The Ministry of Women to build a more cohesive and nity but we hardly break any As per a complaint lodged 37 rape cases under 18 years of means that we are not yet has also released the number of and Child Development has equitable society, our patri- barriers whenever equitable by victim Suchitra Patra with age. And when we talk about ready towards building up a rape cases which is about also devised other policies like archy mindset has been a space for them is in discourse. the Sunabeda police, Bedanta crime against girl children, gender-equalled society and 21,401 in 2018, which have the Prohibition of Child major bottleneck to progress in Therefore, we still need to had been paying her Rs 5,000 her to remove her from the job child marriages are also not far especially when our agenda surged to top in no time. Marriage Act of 2006, the this line. recognize their potential to out of her monthly salary of Rs for not agreeing to his propos- from the scene as 1,785 cases focuses on re-imagining a bet- The highest number of Commissions for Protection of In the recent Hathras bolster our efforts to think 10,000. al, she stated, adding that he were registered between 2014 ter world with inter-genera- cases being registered in Child Rights Act (CPCR), 2005 gangrape incident, the beyond the stereotypes so that The accused asked her to engaged three hired goons to and 2016. tional equity for women in the Maharashtra at 2,832 followed which provide subtle protec- Government action is a sheer our daughters can become the have physical intimacy with snatch away her mobile in By now, our society should society. by Uttar Pradesh at 2,023 and tion to our daughters in a soci- example of our historic negli- voice of social transformation him for payment of the rest Semiliguda. have grown older from the Crime against women, then by Tamil Nadu at 1,457. ety wrapped in drama of gence for women’s rights and and can lead the way to make amount, she alleged.The prin- Acting on the complaint, orthodoxical superiority of deep rooted patriarchy as well Across the globe, laws are inequitable space. dignity in our society. Better a society where social injustice, cipal, who hails from police arrested Bedanta under male counterparts to the mod- as gender based violence can- the front-line barriers that Despite legislation that has policies provide avenues for patriarchy and overcome the Oukhanda village under relevant sections of the IPC on ern and vibrant society of not go along with our efforts in protect every citizen from the ensured safety and security policymakers and our legal challenge that come their way Kendrapada district’s Derabish Monday night and forwarded equal rights but still the things nurturing an equitable society. acts of crime. There are sever- for our girls, the growing vio- system to give justice for to excel. police limits, used to threaten him to court Tuesday. !"# # "
; . : / ) 8 ) 1+ .% 6 New Delhi: In a major boost tion of the extreme cold : ! ! E6 to India’s preparedness to weather clothing will help take on the Chinese on the the Indian Army troops to get Line of Actual Control through the harsh winters in itting out at (LAC), the Indian Army has the Ladakh sector. HPrime Minister received the initial consign- The Indian side has ontinuing his attack on the Narendra Modi and ment of extreme cold weath- deployed two additional divi- CRashtriya Janata Dal (RJD)- Bihar Chief Minister er clothing from the USA for sions on the LAC that have Congress-Left alliance which, he Nitish Kumar, for- its troops deployed on the sets for troops deployed in been brought to the sector alleged, wants people not to mer Congress chief China border. entire Ladakh including both from plains and a mountain raise the slogan “Bharat mata ki Rahul Gandhi on “An initial lot of extreme western fronts in Siachen and division which has been jai”, Prime Minister Narendra Tuesday alleged they have Modi, Ambani and Adani cold weather clothing from Eastern Ladakh sector. training for high-altitude Modi on Tuesday again claimed “looted” Bihar, and claimed on Dusshera. The truth (of the American defence forces This year, there was an operations for many years that Bihar had made up its mind that the people have decided to these laws) has come out in have been received and are additional requirement of now. to re-elect the National vote them out of power. Punjab. It has come out in being used by our troops around 30,000 of these sets as India is getting a lot of Democratic Alliance (NDA) Addressing a poll rally in Bihar as well.” there,” government sources close to 90,000 troops are equipment from America and reject the proponents of the reelect the NDA Government,” the Prime Minister asserted Katihar, Rahul criticised the He said demonetisation told ANI here. deployed in the region in including a number of assault “jungle raj. the Prime Minister, who is the “they’ve been rejected by the NDA Government over hurt the poor but benefited the The sources said that the view of the aggression by the rifles for the special forces as Touring the State for the main face of the NDA even state.” demonetisation, migrant crisis, big “chosen” corporate and Indian Army maintains a People’s Liberation Army well as the SiGSauer assault fourth time after the start of the though it is led by Chief Minister Spearheading the NDA GST, handling of the coron- GST has harmed small shop- stock of 60,000 of these (PLA) along the LAC. rifles for the infantry troops. no-holds-barred election cam- Nitish Kumar in Bihar,” Modi attack, Prime Minister has so far avirus pandemic and the three keepers. extreme cold weather clothing The emergency acquisi- Agency paign last month, Prime said while addressing a public held 12 rallies in the state. new farm laws. The Congress leader fur- Minister counted the advantage rally. The BJP is fighting on 121 He said neither Modi nor ther stated that at least 20 per of a “double-engine” “Those who brought jungle seats while its alliance partner Kumar did anything to help cent of the maize produced in Government versus “Jungle- raj into Bihar (RJD)... their and Nitish Kumar’s party JD (U) migrant labourers when they the country comes from Bihar, & 6 raj” and its “yuvraj” — RJD associates... what do they want? is contesting on 122 seats. were walking thousands of but “do you get the right price? leader Tejashwi Yadav. Do you know? They want that Prime Minister, has, so far kilometres to return to their What did Modi ji and Nitish Modi’s last leg campaign you don’t chant ‘Bharat Mata ki in his rallies did not speak home during the coronavirus ji do to get you the right was on amid voting in 94 of the Jai’. On this auspicious land, against Lok Janshakti Party induced lockdown. price?” "# ,:; State’s 243 Assembly seats for the where Goddess Chhathi is wor- (LJP) leader Chirag Paswan “The Congress had “Every youth of Bihar second of the three-phased state shipped, is it possible that peo- who has been denouncing arranged buses for the move- knows that Narendra Modi polls, the biggest in India since ple won’t chant for the nation,” Nitish Kumar and even threat- ment of migrant workers. We and Nitishji have together lent means and by making issuance of equity and prefer- the novel coronavirus pandem- he said. ening him with a jail term “if LJP are not in power so we could looted Bihar. They have misrepresentation, got allot- ence shares on high premium ic started. Without taking names, The to be in the power in Bihar”. not do it for millions, but we destroyed Bihar’s small shop- he Enforcement ment of Marki Mangli –II, III pursuant to application and The last phase of the poll in Prime Minister continued, “One LJP is seen to be the B-team helped as many people as we keepers. TDirectorate has attached & IV coal blocks. As much as allocation of coal block and Bihar is on Saturday. group says- ‘Don’t chant- ‘Bharat of the BJP in the contest keep- could,” he said. And now the youth and assets worth 169 crore of 9,21,748 MT of coal was benefited to the extent of Tejashwi has also been hit- Mata ki Jai’, other one says it ing in mind the post-poll cal- Rahul Gandhi also claimed the farmer of Bihar have Topworth Urja Ltd in connec- extracted illegally during the 96.72 crore. ting back at Modi by demand- gives them a headache. Now, culations. the PM and the Bihar CM have decided to vote for Grand tion with a money laundering period 2011-12 to 2014-15 and ing to know why the unem- they’ve come together to seek “Some people have a prob- failed to fulfil promises on Alliance,” he added. case relating to coal block allo- there was illegal gain to the ployment rate is at 46.6 per cent votes from the people of Bihar. lem... they say ‘why does Modi development and job creation. Gandhi is scheduled to cation scam. extent of 52.50 crore by in Bihar despite the double They don’t want you to chant ‘Jai win elections?’... Modi wins elec- “I want to ask all the youth address another rally during The ED had initiated inves- extracting the coal from these engine Government and the Sri Ram’.” tions because he works to resolve who are here that Modi ji had the day. tigation under Prevention of allocated coal blocks namely reason of migration from the The return of the “double- the issues of all the (poor) said he will give two crore jobs Earlier in the day the Money Laundering Act Marki Mangli-II and Marki state. engine” government will help mothers and sisters... That’s why every year, Nitish ji said the Gandhi scion urged people to (PMLA) on the basis of an FIR Mangli-III, the ED said in a The Prime Minister the state progress at a faster pace, they bless Modi... This son has same, but where are the jobs? vote so that a new government registered by the CBI against statement. addressed rallies in Forbesganj Modi said, in an attack on the dedicated his life for the poor,” Why are the youth unem- of their choice can be formed. Topworth Urja & Metals Ltd. Further, there was benefit and Saharsa districts for the opposition’s chief ministerial the Prime Minister said in his ployed today,” he said. The Congress leader was (formerly Shree Virangana to the extent of 20.40 crore on third and final phase of polling candidate Tejashwi Yadav, who poll rally. He also alleged that farm- addressing public meetings at Steels Ltd.) and its Directors account of sale of excess power in Bihar Assembly election often mocks Nitish Kumar over He took a dig at the ers are angry with Modi over Katihar and Kishanganj dis- under Indian Penal Code (IPC) generated out of captive power “Bihar has given a clear the phrase. Congress and said the party “has the three recently enacted agri- tricts of northeast Bihar where Sections relating to criminal plants and sold to the con- message, on the basis of the ini- Repeating his “double reached a stage where they don’t cultural laws. “And that is why the third phase of poll is conspiracy, cheating and nected grid, it further said. tial information we’re getting, yuvraj” jibe at Tejashwi Yadav even have a total of 100 seats in farmers in Punjab burnt the scheduled to be held on forgery among others. The company also gener- that the State has decided to and Congress’s Rahul Gandhi, parliament” effigies of Narendra November 7. The firm, through fraudu- ated the share capital by $ 2 ) 9:6;<8:04;+=90,9 #" !+ '& + #&#+ 6 2 ) % 1#'# $ $! 2 " "( "$ said. < Covering 112 Aspirational Districts for PDS, ICDS and MDM would mean require- ment of nearly 130 Lakh MT of - Fortified Rice, for which FRK supply capacity in the country a convict in any criminal case. needs to go up?to nearly 1.3 Lakh A bench of Justices L MT. ?If the entire PDS (NFSA) Nageswara Rao, Hemant Gupta rice supply which is of the order and Ajay Rastogi said, “We of about 350 Lakh MT is to be don’’t want to exercise our juris- fortified, then there has to be an diction at this stage but we are uninterrupted supply pipeline of not happy that recommendation FRK from the industry of the made by the government is order of about 3.5 Lakh MT. pending for two years”. At a high level meeting Further, there are nearly he Supreme Court on The bench was hearing a chaired by Union Consumer 28,000 Rice Mills in the country TTuesday expressed unhap- plea of 46-year-old A G he Ministry of Consumer Affairs minister Piyush Goyal, which need to be equipped with piness over the pendency of a Perarivalan who has sought TAffairs has asked the Food the FCI has been asked to come Blending Machines etc. for mix- plea by a convict seeking par- suspension of his life sentence Corporation of India (FCI) to tie up with a comprehensive plan for ing of FRK with?normal rice. don in the Rajiv Gandhi assas- in the case till the CBI-led up with rice mills for increasing procurement and distribution of FCI has been asked to tie up with sination case for over two years Multi-Disciplinary Monitoring supply of fortified rice via ration fortified rice in all the Districts the rice mills in different regions with the Tamil Nadu Governor. Agency (MDMA) probe is com- shops and other welfare of the country under Integrated for necessary investments in The top court asked the pleted. the festival season so that there schemes as 112 aspirational Child Development Services this regard. counsel for petitioner A G During the hearing, the is no surge in cases. “It is districts of 15 states have been (ICDS) and Mid-Day?Meal Rice can be fortified by Perarivalan, who is serving life bench told senior advocate here’s a major fall in week- important to follow the strate- identified for distribution of for- (MDM) Scheme from 2021- adding a micronutrient powder sentence, whether the court can Gopal Shankarnarayanan, rep- Tly new Coronavirus cases, gy of Test - Track - Trace - tified rice. Five states including 2022. It was felt that “there is a to the rice that adheres to the exercise its jurisdiction under resenting Perarivalan, that “the in fact dropping below 40,000 Treat. Let us keep our focus on Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, need to scale up the supply of grains or spraying of the surface Article 142 of the Constitution Governor has to act on the aid on Tuesday. But as there is an this strategy even if our num- Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Fortified Rice Kernels(FRK), of ordinary rice grains in sever- to request the Governor to and advice of the council of increase in infections in States bers are coming down,” Chhattisgarh have already start- whose availability currently is at al layers with a vitamin and min- decide his plea of pardon filed ministers. But if the Governor like Manipur, Delhi, Bhushan added. ed the distribution of fortified a meagre quantity of 15,000 eral mix to form a protective under Article 161. Article 161 does not pass order, what the Maharashtra and Kerala, the India’s COVID-19 case- rice in their identified districts. tonnes per annum,” the ministry coating. empowers a Governor to pardon court can do, you tell us”. Centre advised people to go for load mounted to 82,67,623 testing even if they note the with 38,310 fresh infections, slightest of Covid-19 symp- while the death toll reached toms. 1,23,097 after 490 new fatalities & 0!+ &0 “There are few States were reported, the data updat- where active cases are on a rise ed at 8 am showed. && &( & in November as compared to A total of 76,03,121 people " !'# 0#* ' " October. Manipur has now have recuperated from the 3,500 cases from previous infection so far, pushing the ( ( 2,000. Cases in Delhi have national recovery rate to 91.96 increased to 33,000 from per cent, while the case fatali- to show that various symp- $!# . 26,000. In Kerala, cases have ty rate stands at 1.49 per cent. toms related to Covid-19 increased to 86,000 from “More than 11 crore occur in symptom groups. 77,000,” Rajesh Bhushan, COVID-19 tests have been oronavirus infection They identified seven groups thought that hot Union Health Secretary said on conducted so far. The cumula- Cleaves behind significant of symptoms such as “flu-like summer temperatures could Tuesday. tive, weekly and daily positiv- changes in the immune sys- symptoms” (with fever, chills, ontrary to the general reduce its spread. However, during the same ity rate is constantly declining tem even after 10 weeks of fatigue and cough); “com- Cperception, temperature Then later, in India which period, Maharashtra, and stands at 7.4 per cent, 4.4 recovery, researchers have mon cold-like symptoms” and humidity do not play a is now witnessing winter sea- Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and per cent and 3.7 per cent said. In their study published (with rhinitis, sneezing, dry significant role in coronavirus son, it was predicted that Uttar Pradesh were the top respectively,” the health secre- in the journal Allergy, they throat and nasal congestion); spread, scientists have said, cold would result into states which registered a tary said. have identified seven groups “joint and muscle pain”,; “eye explaining that whether it’s pike of the Covid-19 cases. decline in the number of V K Paul, head of the of symptoms including “flu- and mucosal inflammation”; hot or cold outside, the However, research led by Covid-19 cases. National Task Force on like symptoms” with fever, “lung problems” (with pneu- transmission of Covid-19 The University of Texas at “We’ve observed a declin- COVID-19, urged people to chills, fatigue and cough, monia and shortness of from one person to the next Austin in their new study ing trend for weekly new cases follow Covid-appropriate “common cold-like symp- breath); “gastrointestinal depends almost entirely on found that temperature and over last 7 weeks. There’s major behaviour and asked them to toms” with rhinitis, sneezing, problems” (including diar- human behaviour. humidity do not play a fall in weekly new cases. Health get themselves tested if they dry throat and nasal conges- rhoea, nausea and headache); They said that taking trips significant role in coronavirus care systems are not unneces- observe any symptom of the tion. The findings could play and “loss of sense of smell and spending time away from spread. sarily burdened with Covid-19 viral disease. a significant role in the treat- and taste and other symp- home were the top two con- “The effect of weather is cases. There’s less pressure on In these times, even the ment of patients and in the toms”. tributing factors to Covid-19 low and other features such as network of hospitals,” Bhushan smallest of symptoms, such as development of a potent vac- “In the latter group we growth, with a relative mobility have more impact said at a press briefing here. cold, cough and sore throat is cine. found that loss of smell and importance of about 34 per than weather,” said Dev He further said that the COVID-19 unless proven oth- The study which was con- taste predominantly affects cent and 26 per cent respec- Niyogi, a professor at UT Covid-19 recovery rate is near erwise. “It might be other flu ducted by a team of MedUni individuals with a ‘young tively. Austin’s Jackson School of 92 per cent and cumulative too, but if we miss even one Vienna scientists led by immune system’, measured The next two important Geosciences and Cockrell positive rate is 7.4 per cent. positive case, that may result in immunologist Winfried F by the number of immune factors were population and School of Engineering who “Cases per million population thousands of cases,” Paul said. Pickl and allergologist Rudolf cells (T lymphocytes) that urban density, with a relative led the research. “In terms of are at 5,991. Covid-19 deaths “I request you to kindly get Valenta (both from the have recently emigrated from importance of about 23% and relative importance, weather are at 89 deaths/million popu- yourself tested if you have any Center for Pathophysiology, the thymus gland. This means 13% respectively. is one of the last parameters.” lation which is lower if com- symptoms of Covid-19. We Infectiology and that we were able to clearly The study is published in Co-authors are Sajad pared globally. Active cases have facilities to carry lakhs of Immunology) involved 109 distinguish systemic (e.g., the International Journal of Jamshidi, a research assistant are around 5,41,000 now,” he tests. People who you came in convalescents and 98 healthy groups 1 and 3) from organ- Environmental Research and at Purdue University, and said. contact in the past 8-10 days individuals in the control specific forms (e.g. groups 6 Public Health. Maryam Baniasad, a doctor- The Ministry also advised they must self-quarantine group. and 7) of primary COVID-19 Earlier, at the onset of the al candidate at Ohio State people to continue following themselves and not expose The researchers were able disease,” says Pickl. coronavirus pandemic, it was University. Covid-19 guidelines during others,” he said. !"# # #
- 34 0 5 7>( 8'? 2 #' $ "# ! :!#8 O# "# < 5 " 671 KOCHI: Monday’s outburst business deals. Department and the bnaming !"!!" ; ; by Chief Minister Pinarayi The ED team is likely to of Sivsanakar as an accused is Vijayan against the Centre and ‘raid’ or inspect the residence an attempt to save the chief " 8 & 61 724/.78/9 :1/1 4 s many as 478 more persons probe agencies like the of Bineesh, but what embar- minister himself,” said 7 /4 8: 28430/8 // Atested coronavirus positive Enforcement Directorate, NIA rasses the CPI(M) is the fact Surendran. The BJP leader ith the arrival of /123 / ; 81/.6#8 / 1 ; ; in Jammu and Kashmir on and CBI brought an unprece- that the latter, who is under charged that one of the con- WEnforcement Directorate .0 43 28 ;32772//; 811. Tuesday, while 578 others recov- dented reaction from the BJP arrest and is in a Bangalore jail, tractors who had been tasked and Income Tax officials to /621 7#2 2<7/ 828 21-year-old woman was admitted to hospital in a critical ered and were discharged from on Tuesday. stays with his father, Kodiyeri with the constriction of resi- Thiruvananthapuram by shifted to one of the penthouse Acondition after she was reportedly abducted and raped in different hospitals in the Union K Surendran, the BJP’s Balakrishnan, the party’s Kerala dential apartments in Thrissur Tuesday evening, grapevine is apartments built by the party J&K's Kulgam district, police said. Territory. Kerala President asked Vijayan strongman. district has gifted five i-phones that the house of Bineesh for senior leaders at Police sources said the woman was abducted and raped by So far, 96,188 coronavirus to cooperate with the investi- Vijayan in his Monday and it has been found that one Kodiyeri, who has been arrest- Thiruvananthapuram. a group of youths in Akhal area of Kulgam where she had gone cases were reported in J&K, of gating agencies which are prob- media briefing had alleged that of the phones was being used ed in connection with financ- But CPI(M) leadership has to attend a marriage ceremony. “The girl was found by locals which 88,718 have recovered. Of ing a series of scams and cor- the Centre’s investigating agen- by a close relation of the chief ing narcotics, may be searched. already initiated discussions who shifted her in an unconscious state to a hospital in Kulgam the new cases, 195 were from ruption charges ranging from cies like ED and CBI were try- minister. “The Vigilance probe Bineesh, son of CPI(M) to opt for an alternative district. Jammu division and 283 from gold smuggling through diplo- ting to subvert the development was ordered by Vijayan to Kerala secretary Kodiyeri arrangement if the ED raids the “She was later shifted to a hospital in Srinagar after attend- Kashmir division. As many as matic channel and LIFE activities of the Kerala derail the CBI probe into the Balakrishnan, has been arrest- residence of Bineesh in ing doctors in Kulgam described her condition as critical,” a 1,502 COVID patients have Mission kickbacks. Government to discredit and massive corruption in this pro- ed by ED and sent to the cus- Thiruvananthapuram. police source said. died in the UT, including 12 who Besides the broadside by tarnish the image of his party. ject,” charged Surendran. tody of the probe agency. The Balakrishnan, ailing for some Sources also said two accused have been arrested so far after succumbed on Tuesday. Of the Surendran, Congress leader Later on Monday, M V The BJP leader further ED has told the Bangalore time now, may be given leave an FIR was lodged in the police station. 5,968 active cases, 1,621 are in Ramesh Chennithala, who is Govindan, a close aide of alleged that the CPI(M) lead- Civil Judge that Bineesh was for the time being and M V Locals blocked the road in the native village of the girl, Jammu division and 4,347 in also the Leader of the Balakrishnan declared that the ers tried to purchase the not cooperating with the probe Govindan, one of his trusted demanding death penalty for the culprits. Kashmir division. Opposition, joined the bout ED would be taught a lesson by integrity and loyalty of the ED and feigning poor health. The lieutenants may be given and asked Vijayan to hand his party. and CBI officials. “There was a digital records seized by the ED charges of the party secretary, over the vigilance department Surendran, who convened unit of the CPI(M) operating in from Anoop Mohammed, one according to insiders in the which he heads as home min- a media meet, charged that the Kochi and Kozhikode of the close aides of Bineesh, CPI(M). ! ister. Vijayan has lost his mental bal- offices of the Customs has brought the ED to Meanwhile the CPI(M) has By evening, a team of ance. “His principal secretary Department and this has been Thiruvananthapuram. launched a synchronised cam- % (3( % Enforcement Directorate offi- has been arraigned as the fifth brought to light. Chief Minister If the ED raids or inspects paign all over the State to cials reached accused in the LIFE Mission knows that the probe officials the residence and business expose the “evil designs” of the C669 the police for violating existing indulged in anti-national activ- Thiruvananthapuram in con- scam by none other than the would soon reach his establishments of Bineesh, it BJP to discredit and tarnish the Covid-19 guidelines under ity. I want to know the reasons nection with the probe into Vigilance Department of the doorsteps and that is the rea- would be an embarrassment to “good works” done by the Jammu-based social activist Section 188 of the Indian Penal behind his detention but here Bineesh Kodiyeri’s involvement Kerala Government. Vijayan son why he shows signs of his father Balakrishnan. The Pinarayi Vijayan government AAmandeep Singh Boparai, Code (Disobedience to order the police guard at the gate not in drug trafficking and his heads the Vigilance upset,” said Surendran. PNS CPI(M) strongman recently during the last four years. who hogged limelight after he promulgated by a public ser- even allowing me to enter the attempted to hoist a Tricolour in vant). police station. He ill treated me the premises of Peoples A police guard stationed at and pushed me when I attempt- " R! Democratic Party (PDP) in the main gate of the Model ed to go inside the complex”, he #8$ 9 & $! #'$8 $ Jammu on October 24-25, was police station in Gandhi Nagar added. picked up by the police from his prevented his father from enter- At Boparais' home, his wife ! residence in Sanjay Nagar area ing the police station premises also alleged ill treatment at the $0 2 #( ; ( $ 2 of Jammu early Tuesday morn- as he arrived there to know the hands of the police men. She Aligarh: Aligarh’s brass idols of turnover of more than Rs 600 ing. On record the local police reasons behind detention of his told media persons, “a large Lakshmi-Ganesh will be wor- crore for artistic sculptures (art- Panaji: Functioning of Goa's drawn services to demand sep- healthcare in times of Covid-19 authorities remained tight lipped son. number of policemen forcibly shiped by people across the ware). Hundreds of small and two Covid-19 facilities were arate accommodation,” South pandemic,” the statement added. and shied away from making a Speaking to the media per- entered our house and without country. Idols have been deliv- big businesses here are associ- affected for brief period after Goa District Collector Ajit Roy On Monday, Resident statement. sons outside the police station, even showing us any official ered or delivering even before ated with this industry. Resident Doctors posted there said in a statement here, adding Doctors at the Employee State Till late evening no official Boparai's father alleged, “my son, order or search warrant they Diwali. Thousands of families struck work on Monday after that doctors had resumed work. Insurance Hospital and South statement was released ascribing who had hoisted a tricolor in the forcibly pushed my husband There is a huge demand for depend on this industry. Here their free accommodation priv- Roy said that while the Goa District Hospital struck reasons behind Boparai's deten- office of PDP and also took out inside the police jeep and took idols of gods and goddesses in Laxmi-Ganesh, Radha-Krishna, ilege was revoked, but they have Resident Doctors were on strike, work to protest against the Goa tion by the spokesman of a Tiranga rally on October 25, him away”. Late evening, Maharashtra most affected by Laddu Gopal, Durga, Saraswati, since rejoined duty, the South senior consultants and government's decision to get Jammu & Kashmir police. was forcibly picked up by the Boparai was released by the the pandemic. In September, Lakshmi Vishnu, Hanuman, Goa district authorities said on Directorate of Health Services them to vacate official accom- Even the family of Boparai policemen from my residence police from Gandhi Nagar police October and November 2020, Rama Darbar, Gautam Buddha, Tuesday. doctors attended to Covid-19 modation or pay rent from their including his father, an ex-ser- without disclosing the reasons station. His father and lawyer the estimated idol business is statues, animals and a variety of “Some disruption in services patients. own pockets. viceman, was also not allowed to behind the same”. Boparai's were present outside the police over 200 crores. artistic sculptures based on at Covid hospitals was reported “The Health Department Goa's coronavirus cases total meet him. Official sources main- father said, “my son has not station to receive him along with Aligarh, famous for lock- tribal and rural life are manu- on Tuesday afternoon as and district administration is 43,954, including 2,215 active tained, Boparai was picked up by committed any crime or his supporters. hardware, has an annual factured. PNS Resident Doctors had with- committed to provide best cases and 616 deaths. IANS " " # '% ! ( % % 5 % 696: a city magistrate’s court, the had registered FIR against the people against the sister Rangoli. information received from any Bandra police issued fresh Kangana and Rangoli after Maharashtra government. “All allegations are based person other than a police = ; ernment incorporated 16 gram he Mumbai police on summons to Kangana to Metropolitan Magistrate Jaidev “Among the charges upon comment on electronic officer, or upon his own knowl- panchayats of the city into the TTuesday issued fresh sum- appear before the investigators Ghule of Bandra 12th court include Indian Penal Code Sec. media that is twitter and inter- edge that such an offence has he atmosphere intensified Municipal Corporation. mons to Bollywood actress on November 10, while they ordered investigations under 124-A (sedition) and spreading views. been committed any magistrate Tfor the three-phase pan- Then it was announced to Kangana Ranaut and her sister asked her sister Rangoli section 156(3) of CrPC into a communal hatred and false- The accused used social empowered under 190 can chayat elections and the create Madarak Nagar Rangoli Chandel to appear Chandel has to a*ppear them complaint filed against hoods. The police have already media like twitter and thorough order an investigation to into a Aligarh will again have delim- Panchayat. Six panchayats were before them on November 10 on November 11. Kangana and her sister Rangoli recorded the complainant’s investigation is necessary by the complaint. itation for the Pradhan election. also included in this and one in and 11 in connection with a The Bandra police had Chandel by Bollywood casting statement,” Sayyed’s lawyer expert. All offences alleged Apart from trying to create The State Government took Chandaus and Pisawa Nagar FIR registered against them for issued first summons to director and fitness trainer Ravish Zamindar said. and levelled against the accused “hatred” and “communal ten- this decision due to the expan- Panchayats. In this way, 24 pan- allegedly creating “hatred” and Kangana and Rangoli and Munawwarali alias Sahil A. “Perused the complaint, are cognizable. Search and sions” between Hindus and sion of the municipality of chayats have joined the munic- “communal tensions” between asked them to appear before Sayyed. heard the advocate of the com- seizure is necessary in this Muslims, the complainant’s about 24-gram panchayats and ipal bodies. Hindus and Muslims and them on October 26 and 27. Sayyed had among other plainant along with the docu- case, in such circumstances I case is that the accused num- three new panchayats in the This includes Manjurgadi, attempting to trigger disaffec- However, the two sisters things alleged that both ments filed on record. On have found it to be proper to ber 1 (Kangana) – through her district. Ramgarh Panipur and tion among the people had bought time from the Kangana and Rangoli had ad prima facie perusal of com- pass order under Section one of her tweets – had alleged- The details of the delimi- Maheshpur partially. against the Maharashtra police by saying that they tried to create “hatred” and plaint and submission I have 156(3) of CrPC,” the Judge ly tried to lower the image of tation are to be submitted to the Now 878 gram panchayats Government. would not be able to respond “communal tensions” between found a cognizable offence has had ruled. chief minister Uddhav government by the Panchayat are left in the district whose Nearly a week after failed to the summons as they were Hindus and Muslims and that been committed by the Among other things, the Thackeray and the state gov- Raj Department by 11th term ending in 2020. up to turn up for questioning busy with their brother’s wed- Kangana had tried to lower the accused,” Magistrate Ghule had section 156(3) of CrPC read ernment agencies but also cre- November. Work has started at The government has issued in connection with the FIR reg- ding. image of Maharashtra chief noted, while directing the with section 190 empowers to ate disaffection among the the district level. the order of delimitation. If istered against them on the a It may be recalled that on minister Uddhav Thackeray Bandra police to register an Magistrate – upon receiving a common people against the Three-phase panchayat more than one thousand pop- basis of an inquiry ordered by October 17, the Bandra police and created disaffection among FIR against Kangana and her complaint of facts and upon Maharashtra government. elections were held in 2015 in ulation of partially joined pan- which, 902-gram pradhans, chayats is outside the body, 1054 area panchayat members then a new panchayat will be #" " and 52 district panchayat mem- formed there. The report is to > bers were voted in the district. be sent to the government by 8 3 ? >*> Nearly 2.5 years later, the gov- 11 November.
; The COVID-19 death toll rose to 347 as two 5 % more patients have succumbed to the infection, t least 137 more people tested Positive for he said. ACOVID-19 in Tripura on Tuesday, pushing West Tripura district, of which state capi- ' : Development Authority has government saying that the the tally in the state to 30,989, a health depart- tal Agartala is a part, has accounted for 181 of caused severe loss” to the Kanjur Marg land belongs to ment official said. the 347 COVID-19 deaths, the official said. DPIIT and the Government of the State Government,” she India” said. 696: “I would request you to Charging that the take necessary steps and to Opposition BJP was out to n a development that threat- direct the collector to withdraw stall the Mumbai Metro-III Iens to trigger a major con- the orders passed in this regard Car Shed project, NCP chief frontation between the Centre in order to protect the interests spokesperson and Minority and Maharashtra Government, of the Government of India,” Affairs Minister Nawab Malik the BJP-led NDA Government Mohapatra stated in his letter said: “Way back in 2002, the has put a spoke into the wheel to the state government. Centre had transferred large of the Mumbai Metro-III car However, the Maharashtra tracts of salt-pan lands to the shed project, by opposing the government is in no mood to Maharashtra government.... Uddhav Thackeray dispensa- back off from its decision to First the BJP said the land tion’s decision to locate the locate the car shed project at belonged to a private owner. metro car shed at Kanjurmarg Kanjurmarg. So much so that Now they are saying that the in north-east Mumbai. the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi land belongs to the Central Nearly three weeks after (MVA) leaders have slammed government. The BJP is mere- the Maharashtra scrapped the the Centre for its efforts to sab- ly creating hurdles for the previous BJP-led Government’s otage the Metro-III car shed Mumbai Metro carshed This is decision to locate Metro phase- project and said that notwith- nothing but the BJP’s conspir- III car shed at Aarey colony at standing the reservations acy to stall the Metro project”.. Goregaon and moved the pro- expressed by the Centre about Hitting out at the Centre ject to Kanjurmarg, the Centre’s locating the project at for desperately trying to stall Department of Promotion of Kanjurmarg, they would go the project, Congress Industry & Internal Trade ahead with the project. Spokesperson Sachin Sawant (DPIIT) has shot off a letter to On his part, Maharashtra said that since 1981, the land the state government opposing Tourism and Environment ownership was with the state the location of car shed project Minister Aditya Thackeray government and accused the at Kanjurmarg would be indirectly expressed his unhap- Prime Minister Narendra “against the interest of the piness over the manner in Modi-led BJP of continuously Government of India”. The which the Centre had tried to creating obstacles for the MVA DPIIT also claimed owner- create hurdles for the Mumbai Government. ship of the 102-acres land Metro-III project by saying NCP MP Supriya Sule there. that the land on which the car charged that the BJP was Lodging a protest with the shed was being built belonged destroying the country’s “coop- state government against the to the Maharashtra govern- erative federal structure” “The move to re-locate the car shed ment. country is now lapsing into an project at Kanjurmarg, DPIIT Mumbai Mayor Kishori undeclared state of Emergency. Secretary Guruprasad Pednekar of the Shiv Sena By opposing the location of the Mohapatra said: “The improp- charged that it was a “conspir- Metro car shed project at er and unilateral action of the acy” against the MVA govern- Kanjurmarg, the ruling BJP at Mumbai Suburban District ment. “An affidavit was filed in the Centre is trying to do Collector and Mumbai Bombay High Court during the injustice to Maharashtra,” she Metropolitan Region tenure of the previous BJP-led said. !"# # @ < # '! "< 0 $'* 2+' > ! = ! !#%+' > !> ++1.-=+*% %& . 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DF D$ 29 D$ #!/ D$ G/!8$ Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw, D$ 2 the legendary Sam Bahadur, who institutionalised the unique mil- # @ H / itary relation that had both polit- 8 S ( ical and strategic ramifications. 4 3 . “When a soldier says he is not afraid of death, he is either lying hardware provided at friend- under the Surya Kiran series 60 per cent while the remain- the Communist Government is ( or a Gorkha,” Sam would say. No ship prices — 70 per cent aid and military exercises are held ing comes from Indian domi- in place. It has been seeking @ two countries are privileged with and 30 per cent payment, in both the countries. The ciled Gorkhas from parity with India, including 2 ( ( similar bonding as the Gorkhas of which over time has become Indian military has become the Dharamshala to Darjeeling. In joint military training which Nepal, who serve and even die near gratis. According to treaty first responder during crisis or 2015, a Gorkha battalion com- started in 2017. China may @ 29$ protecting India’s territorial arrangements, Nepal acquires calamity in Nepal. In the 1990s, posed entirely of Indian object to the use of Nepali $ integrity and sovereignty. The military equipment from there was a horrible aviation Gorkhas was formed. troops of the Indian Army ( " ( strategic military relations are at abroad only when India is tragedy at the Tribhuvan On an average, India recruits against a friendly Chinese two levels — between the two sov- unable to provide them. But International Airport. The IAF annually 1,500 to 2,000 Nepali People’s Liberation Army. An # 71 H / 7AA 2 # % 56 @ ereign armies and the Indian this is not sacrosanct as the US, rushed in several helicopters to Gorkhas with unending queues echo was heard during " ( ( Army’s Gorkha connect. the UK and east Europe have help trace victims of the acci- of aspirants. Indians have offi- Doklam. ( For India, Nepal is geo-strate- provisioned the Army. dent. Similarly, in 2015, after cered the Gorkhas with With the Nepal Communist gically the most important neigh- The Nepal Army was tested the earthquake, the Indian panache and passion that Party in power, the recruitment / $!/ 29$ bour, dominating avenues to the during the counter-insurgency military’s immediate response British Gorkha veterans now issue keeps popping up. One % S 2 I 3 ( Indo-Gangetic heartland. The campaign against the Maoists, was acknowledged by Nepal envy. These battalions have suspects there would be a (8@J. D security concerns emanate from when it initially failed to meet Army chief, General Gaurav won gallantry awards that out- mini-revolt in the countryside the north of the Himalayas and the challenge. The Indian Army Rana. match other Indian regiments for contemplating a sacrilege as have constituted the core worry. provided tactical advice and The second strand of bilat- and those Indians who doubt heinous as stopping Gorkhas @ ( In 1959, the then Prime Minister military equipment in staving eral relations is the recruitment their loyalty should have their from showing off their valour. $ Jawaharlal Nehru had said that an off the threat which ended in of Gorkhas from Nepal in the heads examined. A proposal that had emanated attack on Nepal and Bhutan will a stalemate. As part of tactical Indian Army, which is a con- The Indian embassy has cre- from the Kathmandu Embassy S # ! / ( be deemed as an attack on India. consultations in September tinuation of the British inher- ated a wealth of facilities for the in 1974, recommending this , ( ( The Chinese have made equiva- 2003, the Bilateral Security itance through the Tripartite 1.25 lakh ex-servicemen (10 infamy, was axed in New Delhi 9 G 8 lent remarks. Cooperation Mechanism was Agreement of 1947, whereby lakh if you add families) in with alacrity for its potential to B+71 P 8 Nepal faces only an internal established, which is supposed Nepalese get into British, Nepal, who are exceptionally rob India of a vital strategic threat as the Maoists posed two to meet twice a year. After King Indian and their own armies. organised, disciplined, lately, asset. The serving Gorkhas 8 # decades ago. The hijack of IC-814 Gyanendra staged the royal The British had insulated the affluent after One Rank One and the ex-servicemen com- ! / Q 2 demonstrated Nepal’s fragile inter- coup in February 2005, military Gorkhas from the rest of the Pension (OROP) and behold- munity together constitute the # nal security system. Fortunately, supplies were suspended, Indian Army by not allowing en to India. A special Gorkha one reliable pro-India con- it has no external threat. resulting in a rift between Indian officers to lead them. At cell in Army Headquarters stituency in Nepal that New % . ( In 1952, King Tribhuvan invit- Army chief General JJ Singh the end of World War II, there monitors their welfare. Pay Delhi can count on, especial- ed India to establish a military and the Foreign Office as were 51 Gorkha battalions and pensions account for the ly when India-Nepal relations D 3 ( training mission, which included General Singh pointed out that which were divided between third-largest remittance after have hit rock-bottom. It is this occupying 22 border posts along blocking the flow of weapons the British and Indian Armies. trade and tourism, and this has Gorkha asset and magic that with Nepal Army but Kalapani and equipment would under- Today, the 43 Gorkha battal- remained unaffected by the General Naravane’s visit will % ! / was not one of them. By 1970, mine Nepal Army’s counter- ions, which are larger than the pandemic or other crises. nurture and preserve besides D 2 under pressure from the insurgency operations. Though entire British infantry, which Nepali politicians with creating an ambience for nor- Communist lobby in the palace, overruled, he defended the has two Gorkha battalions, Leftist leanings, especially malising ties. # 2 the training facilities were with- military ties zealously. make up the largest infantry Maoists, have invariably raised (The writer, a retired Major drawn. In 1965, King Mahendra, The bulk of Nepal Army’s regiment of the Indian Army. the question of stopping General, was Commander IPKF @ 8 ( and in 1990, King Birendra specialised training is held in While initially all were recruit- recruitment in foreign armies, South, Sri Lanka and founder requested India to modernise the India and it bags maximum ed from Nepal, gradually the especially the Indian Army. member of the Defence Planning ( Nepal Army, which is equipped 80 training slots. 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F 7AC This is provided under Section 138 of the A :B 3 8 ) ( Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881. The objective :8O ( of all this is to promote the efficiency of bank- & D . ing operations and to ensure credibility in /4(5 ( transacting business through cheques. The 1881 # Act was amended in 1989 to introduce a one-year 9 A jail term that was enhanced to two years in 2003. /.48& 9; # But the offence was made “compoundable”, mean- & -: 934 5A 55 ing that the criminal proceedings can now be dropped if some compromise is reached between 8 ; 75++ ( the two parties. & M9 : 9& ly means an adverse impact on their in 1989 was to add credibility in trans- tinue to dodge the law while a large India, with its huge population, has problems & livelihoods. For traders selling on cred- acting business through cheques. number of non-wilful defaulters con- # that are unique to it and the overburdening of : 9 it, there is a genuine problem of hav- Current realities are so very different tinue to suffer harassment in courts. # " ( resources or institutions is one of them. So, it is (-/44&; ; + ing no security against customer from 1989 when cheque bounce was Public policy is all about balancing con- ( not surprising then, that a total of 346 lakh court & - default. Instalment purchase of goods first criminalised. flicting requirements and expecta- S cases were pending in the country on October 6 : on EMI is supported by post-dated Provision of criminal liability — tions. Creditors would want to have as # 29 this year. Out of this, there were over 251 lakh : 9 cheques, and no one will accept cheques prosecution and imprisonment — on many solutions as possible and pursue S # criminal and over 95 lakh civil cases, of which /4 ;& A if their bouncing is decriminalised. strict liability basis, without the need to all those remedies simultaneously. C6 over 199 lakh criminal cases were more than a Trade will be left at the mercy of civil prove malafide intention, is an identi- However, such an approach has a dele- 11 # year old. A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed & /4(7 - litigation that takes several years for jus- fied deterrent for attracting new invest- terious effect on business sentiment. It by the Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) in 2013 tice to be delivered. Even after the cur- ment. It is in larger public interest to may end up having a chilling effect on S ( had highlighted that out of the pending 270 lakh ; & rent stringent Section 138, more than declog our criminal courts and jails. potential borrowers and consumer court cases, about 40 lakh were cheque bounce ; B 20 per cent of all pendency of cases In Kaushalya Devi Massand vs demand. If fear of imprisonment and # ( cases, involving about 1,200 crore. These cases, ;:9; across the country is only pertaining to Roopkishore Khore case, the Supreme litigation charges along with a fine truly ( # estimated to be about 20 per cent of the total case- &; 6 cheque bounce. Court held that the offence committed had a deterrent effect and resulted in load (2018), are clogging the already overbur- & 9;+ The bankers’ opposition to decrim- under Section 138 of the Negotiable timely payment of cheques, the courts # dened criminal courts. Do we have enough jails 9 inalisation can also be understood for Instruments Act cloaks a civil wrong would not have such a big pending ( and judges to convict every offender? Shouldn’t C C9 cheque bounce against unsecured loans. as a criminal act and the gravity of caseload. And it is this huge backlog of # we have a hierarchy or priority list of offences to & & ;B However, there is absolutely no justi- offence under Section 138 of the Act cheque bounce cases that delays the P/ ! @ be targetted by the prosecution and adjudicat- AA ;L fication for continuing with this addi- cannot be equated with a crime under trial of more serious crimes and at the # 8Q ing systems? Should the debtors, who have 9O tional protection in case of secured the provisions of the Indian Penal Code same time erodes public faith in the already mortgaged movable and immovable loans. While sanctioning EMI-based or other criminal offences. judicial system. PF J Q ( properties, be further subjected to criminal lia- loans, banks insist on mortgage of In Makwana Mangaldas Tulsidas Hence, decriminalisation of B- bility? ;;&B ; immovable property or shares, deben- vs. State of Gujarat and others case, the bounced cheques should be seriously The Government is considering decriminal- ; ; B A tures, fixed deposits and so on. Or they Supreme Court recently favoured pursued. Secured creditors have reme- # / )( 2 ising cheque bounce cases and some other “civil AA & : obtain guarantees from employers for decriminalisation of dishonour of small dies available under the Securitisation ( wrongs.” On June 8, the Finance Ministry sought ; :B deduction from the borrowers’ salary. value cheques. The court suggested var- and Reconstruction of Financial Assets 3 stakeholder comments on its proposal to decrim- ; &9 In such cases, cheque bounce should be ious ways to deal with the situation of and Enforcement of Securities Interest # / % inalise 39 “minor economic offences” created C9 & considered for decriminalisation to overflowing cheque bounce cases pend- Act, 2002 and the IBC, 2016. Cases ! @ under 19 Acts, including non-repayment of loans B 6L begin with. Borrowers — distressed by ing adjudication across the country. The involving secured lenders should be and dishonour of a cheque or automatic electron- the Coronavirus pandemic — have apex court suggested developing a decriminalised except for borrowers / # / / 8 ic debit for “improving the ease of doing busi- been provided some relief by way of mechanism for pre-litigation settlement declared “wilful defaulters” or “fugitive ness and helping unclog the court system and moratorium and deferral of fresh appli- in these cases. economic offenders.” Even in cases % prisons.” However, the decriminalisation propos- cations for insolvency proceedings but The Centre, while decriminalising involving unsecured creditors, the # al has been opposed by the IBA, the the criminal liability under the some defaults, has to balance the inter- criminal cases should be continued Confederation of All-India Traders, the Finance Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, as ests of lawyers, the business communi- against repeat offenders and a more D $ / . ( Industry Development Council, the Federation amended in 1989, 2003 and 2018, ty and the welfare of the public at large, lenient view may be taken of first-time ( of Industrial and Commercial Organisation remains. Normally, for criminal liabil- especially those who are not wilful defaults and offenders. There should be : ; and some Bar Councils. ity to be pinned to a person, presence defaulters. In cheque bounce cases, we very clear articulation of legislative The Bar Council of Delhi has highlighted the of mens rea, malafide intention is a need to find a balance so that malafide intent as to its retrospective or prospec- effect of the pandemic on lawyers in the coun- must. However, in cheque bounce intent is punished while other, less seri- tive operation. To eliminate a large pen- try and how every advocate is facing a financial cases, malafide intention may or may ous offences are compounded. As the dency of court cases, retrospective crisis. The Bar Councils of Maharashtra and Goa, not be there and need not be proved. working of the SARFESAI Act (The application based on a differentiating too, have opposed the proposal to decriminalise A strict liability has been created with- Securitisation and Reconstruction of criterion like secured/unsecured cred- Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act. out going into a cheque issuer’s inten- Financial Assets and Enforcement of itor and wilful/non-wilful defaulters They contended that the offence of cheque tions as a measure to build trust and Securities Interest Act) and the would be necessary and desirable. bounce should not be termed as a “minor” infrac- credibility in cheque transactions. Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) (The writer is former Special tion by the Government in its bid to decriminalise The objective of amending Section have shown, the cases of wilful defaults Secretary, Ministry of Commerce and the same. For lawyers, decriminalisation clear- 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act are very few and such offenders con- Industry) 8 !
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uation in the national Capital as it attempt to access authentic material. tions than facts. Now that the Delhi allegations and conspiracy theories As a former police officer and a unfolded. Disconcertingly, there have It has been my experience in over Police has filed several chargesheets, regarding favouritism and biased inves- concerned citizen, I am hopeful and been allegations that Delhi Police acted three decades of policing in Delhi and including a comprehensive 1,800 page tigation to be based on presumptions confident that the rule of law will pre- under political pressure during the riots. some other AGMU-cadre States and one in an important case related to the and hearsay. It appears that those lev- vail and truth will eventually triumph But after an initial delay/dithering, it Union Territories that there is hardly conspiracy behind the riots, a consid- elling such charges were either spread- in the probe in the Delhi riots. acted swiftly and controlled the situa- any political interference in police erable amount of material relating to ing much misinformation or were Delhi Police did a commendable tion. The National Security Advisor and functioning in these jurisdictions, be it this investigation has come into the simply jumping the gun. In fact, in cases job during the initial three months of ; 6A ; the present Commissioner of Police, in handling of law and order situations, public domain. The investigators have of pre-planned caste or communal riots, the lockdown necessitated by the ;; ; who was specially brought in from the crime control or investigation of crimes. made extensive use of modern technol- it will be highly undesirable and unfair COVID-19 outbreak and earned Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), The police are usually free to act pro- ogy in collecting evidence and have to arrest an equal number of people immense public goodwill. Police per- " !!'2# visited the worst-hit areas of the Capital fessionally in such matters barring been able to get statements of key wit- from both the groups/communities. sonnel served and helped citizens in all !"*!% ! * 1 6:; for a few days, restored order and individual aberrations. nesses recorded before magistrates. Rather the police investigations, arrests possible ways without even caring for *- instilled a sense of security and safety After the inept and biased handling Also, it emerges that the Delhi Police and chargesheets have to be based their own lives or the welfare of their t is a sad fact that 53 people lost their among the public. of the 1984 riots, which badly impact- has filed chargesheets against the strictly on the evidence collected and own families. The lives of 20 police per- " ** 2 lives in the riots in north-east Delhi While the embers of the riots ed its image, the Delhi Police, under the accused belonging to both the commu- the facts of the case. sonnel were also lost to COVID. The $# $ # ' Iin February this year. Nearly 600 were still burning, criticism from var- able leadership of the legendary Ved nities, based on the quantum of evi- The competent court has already police leadership would be well-advised ! " + people were injured and property ious quarters started pouring in regard- Marwah and subsequent illustrious dence adduced during the course of taken cognisance of the matter and the to step up efforts to improve public per- '!%# !2 worth several crores was destroyed. ing lack of transparency and impartial- Commissioners of Police, has been act- investigations. relevant courts will hear both the ception and project a people-friendly % "###"# Countless families had their sources of ity in the conduct of the police. Several ing professionally and competently. It Recently, the police filed a supple- prosecution and the defence. The evi- image by earning the trust and good- livelihood destroyed and some unfor- articles have appeared in the media car- has handled grave law and order situ- mentary chargesheet against nine peo- dence adduced by the prosecution will of the masses. "# # tunate ones lost their sole bread-win- rying allegations of one-sided probes. ations and various communal riots, ple, who were part of a WhatsApp will be subjected to rigorous scrutiny (The writer is former Special ! #"' !# ners. The Delhi Police, too, had its share Motives are being attributed for both, including widespread unrest after the group called Kattar Hindu Ekta, by and witnesses will be examined and Commissioner of Police, Delhi Police and ' !#"!!$ of dead and injured, and I have no arresting or not arresting people. It is implementation of the Mandal adding Sections 153 A and 505 of the cross-examined. The accused and their Member, Public Grievances Commission # "' !# doubt that it has been analysing the indeed sad to see respectable names Commission report. It appears that alle- Indian Penal Code for promoting attorneys will get every opportunity to and Police Complaints Authority, Delhi. !" #+ cause of the tragic course of events and being lent to write-ups castigating the gations of biased investigation in the enmity between different groups in the punch holes in the prosecution’s ver- He is also an Advocate and Consultant how it reacted and responded to the sit- police investigation with hardly any recent riots are based more on percep- name of religion. This has exposed the sion. in criminal matters) !"# # *
Washington/New York: make their own decision and he ,# Security has been tightened at respects the decision of each 7 Q! the White House and major store owner. Washington: Claiming that female president. I don’t think commercial avenues across the “I want to talk about Democratic vice presidential so. I don’t think so. You know, US, with retailers boarding up Election Day and the aftermath. candidate Kamala Harris that’s a good reason not to vote R( their stores to head off any Everyone’s thinking about this wants to be the first woman for sleepy Joe too, right? You damages as America braced for deeply. Everyone’s concerned,” president of the United States, don’t want to do that,” possible unrest and violence in he said adding that the city President Donald Trump told Trump, a Republican, Washington: Joe Biden is pre- Pittsburgh and exhorted the a bitter and divisive presiden- should be prepared for the fact his supporters that this is one said at a political rally in dicting a victory in crowd to “vote like your lives tial race. that the election results will not “good reason” not to vote for Kenosha in Wisconsin, a Pennsylvania on the eve of the depend on it!” Vital government installa- necessarily be a 100 percent his challenger Joe Biden. key battleground state on the election. Biden delivered a speech tions are on high alert while the clear on Tuesday night or even “This wonderful woman, eve of Tuesday’s presidential Speaking at a drive-in rally focused on the need to expand Secret Service has fortified the on Wednesday. PTI she wants to be your first election. PTI in Pittsburgh, Biden encour- health care, address income White House. A “non-scalable” aged the audience to vote and inequality and racial injus- wall has been temporarily erect- said, “I have a feeling we’re tice. After four events across ed around the sprawling pres- Avenue in Manhattan as well as this point. R& ! coming together for a big win Ohio and Pennsylvania idential complex ahead of the across the New York city board- “Everyone, of course, is tomorrow!” The crowd, about Monday, Biden’s voice grew voting on Tuesday. ed up and workers were seen concerned about the election 250 cars gathered in the park- hoarse, but he was still ener- About 600 National Guard drilling plywood onto the results and what plays out after. 9" 5 ing lot of Heinz Field, honked getic, at times pounding the troops have also been desig- stores’ facade late in the night, But I want to emphasise, at this their horns and cheered as he podium for emphasis. nated to help respond to amid fears that Election Day moment, we don’t see a specif- Dubai: Iranian Supreme Leader said in a speech carried live on stormed the embassy, taking spoke. Biden’s campaign insists protests around the country if could bring violence, looting ic challenge. We are ready for all Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on state TV. Khamenei was speak- hostage 52 staff for an eventu- Biden was the headliner at the Democrat has multiple requested. and clashes, similar to the chaos sorts of challenges. A lot of Tuesday the U.S. presidential ing on the anniversary of the al 444 days. There have been no a star-studded pair of rallies paths to victory, but his easi- On election eve, contrac- seen in the summer during preparation has been happen- election’s result will not impact 1979 seizure of the U.S. embassy U.S.-Iranian diplomatic rela- Monday night. Before he est route is through tors were seen busy boarding up protests over the death of ing over the last few weeks,” de Tehran’s policy towards in Tehran, which coincided tions since. Iran this year can- spoke in Pittsburgh, running Wisconsin, Michigan and major stores and businesses George Floyd. Blasio said during a press con- Washington. with the birthday of Islam’s celled rallies and other events mate Kamala Harris delivered Pennsylvania. from New York and Boston in New York City Mayor Bill ference. “Our policy towards the Prophet Mohammad. marking the embassy seizure a call to action at a rally in He’ll be campaigning in the north to southern Houston de Blasio said Monday that he Responding to a question United States is clearly set and “The students’ attack on because of concerns over the Philadelphia that was live- Scranton and Philadelphia on to Washington DC and Chicago has spoken with Police on concerns about violence in does not change with the this den of spies was quite spread of the coronavirus which streamed on a large screen at Election Day, and told the in the east to San Francisco in Commissioner Dermot Shea the city on and after election movement of individuals. It appropriate and wise,” has killed about 36,000 people the Pittsburgh rally. John crowd Monday night, “The the West. and there is no specific reports day and stores boarding up, he does not matter to us who Khamenei said, referring to in the country, the worst hit in Legend played in Philadelphia, power is in your hands, Stores along the posh 5th or specific threats of violence at said every store owner has to comes and goes,” Khamenei radical Islamist students who the Middle East. AFP while Lady Gaga performed in Pennsylvania!” 1 7 ! 2 & => ) that the French force in the repeated deadly Islamic region, called Barkhane, also extremist attacks, has thou- #$% & confiscated weapons and sands of forces in West Africa Kampala: Ugandan police have ' R equipment from the fighters in to help fight extremist groups arrested Bobi Wine, a popular the operation last Friday, which there. singer and opposition presi- 7 Q% %R she said “shows once again that Islamic extremist rebels dential hopeful who is bidding ; ferent religions “should be terrorist groups cannot act were forced from power in to unseat Uganda’s long-time promoted through dialogue, with impunity.” northern Mali after a 2013 leader. A police spokesman did : C rench President understanding, mutual Parly is currently visiting French-led military operation, Wine, whose real name is not immediately respond to FEmmanuel Macron spoke respect and without prejudice Mali’s capital Bamako, where but regrouped in the desert and Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, was questions. Authorities fre- hina has annexed over 150 to the Egyptian and to religious icons.” she met with the head of the now launch frequent attacks on dragged from his car by police quently accuse Wine of plan- Chectares of Nepal’s territo- Palestinian leaders after a El-Sissi said he and transitional government. the Malian army and its allies. not long after he was officially ning rallies that could disrupt ry, according to a leading week of anti-French protests France’s leader discussed Paris: France’s Defense After Mali’s president was Meanwhile, Mali has faced nominated as a candidate in public order, which he denies. British daily whose report was around the Muslim world their countries’ “mutual posi- Minister says French military ousted in August by a military months of political upheaval. presidential elections scheduled Critics say President rejected by the Chinese Foreign and three Islamic extremist tions” in fighting extremism forces fighting Islamic extrem- junta, she urged democratic Under international pressure, for next year. Yoweri Museveni, in power Ministry on Tuesday as a “com- attacks on France. and its supporters. ists in West Africa “put away” elections “as quickly as possi- the junta appointed a civilian- The local NBS Television, since 1986, increasingly pletely unfounded rumour”. Macron is seeking to Macron also spoke with more than 50 jihadists in a ble” and said the current lead- led government to lead the reporting from the scene, said depends on the armed forces to Foreign Ministry calm tensions and to Abbas, who offered condo- recent operation in Mali. ership promised to ensure country through an 18-month Wine was put into a police van assert his authority. Museveni spokesman Wang Wenbin’s straighten out misunder- lences and “his support to Defense Minister Florence them. transition period to new elec- amid violent scuffles between was nominated as a candidate remarks came after The standings while also defend- France in this ordeal,” accord- Parly tweeted Monday night France, which has suffered tions. AP police and his supporters. for president on Monday. AP Telegraph quoting Nepalese ing France’s values. The ing to Macron’s office. politicians reported that China French president’s office said The Palestinian presi- has annexed more than 150 Tuesday that Egyptian dent’s office said Abbas hectares of land in five areas President Abdel-Fattah el- stressed “the need for every- $ ;& % near the border, including by Sissi and Palestinian President one to respect religions and diverting the flow of a river to Mahmoud Abbas both offered religious symbols and not P & claim the previously submerged him support. allow anything offensive 7= land. Around the Mideast and to Prophet Muhammad and Bangkok: A top leader of “When Parliament opens, Reacting to the news South Asia, demonstrators all prophets and religions Thailand’s pro-democracy and if they do not pass the draft report, Wang said: “I want to have expressed anger in while condemning all those protests insisted Tuesday that amendment of the constitution, Brussels: The European Union be resolved,” EU spokesman Northern Ireland, which is point out that the report is a recent days over caricatures who do so.” the student-led movement will we will close Parliament with is considering stepping up its Daniel Ferrie said. part of Britain, and EU mem- completely unfounded of the Prophet published in Abbas also emphasised not back down from its most our own hands,” he said. legal action against Britain A legal fight on top of the ber Ireland. rumour”. French newspaper Charlie “his rejection of extremism, controversial demand, that the The movement wants over legislation that would negotiations only highlights The border was heavily Hebdo and Macron’s policies violence and terrorism,” while country’s monarchy undergo Prime Minister Prayuth Chan- breach parts of the legally how bruising Britain’s with- militarized during the decades toward freedom of expression Macron expressed his “respect reforms. ocha to step down, the consti- binding Brexit agreement that drawal from the European of sectarian violence in and Islamism. for Islam and the Islamic Lawyer Arnon Nampha tution to be amended to make the EU and the British gov- Union has proven to be. Northern Ireland, and the free Macron’s office said in a world,” according to the offi- also told a crowd outside it more democratic, and the ernment reached late last year. The 27-nation bloc said it movement of people and statement that el-Sissi cial Palestinian news agency Bangkok Remand Prison that monarchy reformed to make its The fight over the gov- could now move to a second goods across it is viewed as expressed his solidarity with WAFA. the movement would hold a activities more transparent and ernment’s proposed bill con- phase in the dispute over the essential to upholding the France and denounced the Macron also explained large demonstration in front of accountable. tinued Tuesday as the two U.K. Internal Market bill fol- 1998 Good Friday peace attacks as well as the protests. France’s positions during a Parliament if a draft constitu- The protesters have been sides were deep in negotiations lowing Britain’s refusal to reply accord. El-Sissi’s office said the weekend interview with tional amendment the pro- holding almost daily rallies on a free trade agreement. A to an Oct. 1 legal request There are hopes that the Egyptian leader told Macron Arabic network Al Jazeera in testers are seeking is not around the country, some trade deal must reached with- seeking an explanation for its legal fight would become obso- during a Monday phone call which he called for mutual approved in its next session, attracting upwards of 10,000 in weeks for it to be in place on actions, EU leaders fear that if lete if both sides agree on a that coexistence between dif- understanding and respect. scheduled for mid-November. people. AP Jan 1, when an 11-month the UK bill becomes law, it trade deal. But despite months Brexit transition period ends. could lead to the reimposition of talks, substantive disagree- “This dispute will have to of a hard land border between ments remain. AP 1/ ) ) * the UN, said the Myanmar army is using a penal code set ) n independent human up under colonialist Britain Arights expert working in 1861 to “lock up journal- Warsaw: Poland’s right-wing with the United Nations is ists, students and others for Government is delaying the calling on Myanmar’s gov- exercising their basic right to publication and implementa- ernment and military lead- free expression.” He also tion of a high court ruling that ership to stop persecuting lamented allegations of state tightens the abortion law and supporters of the opposition censorship of some candi- that has triggered almost two ahead of Sunday’s general dates. weeks of nationwide protests. election. Myanmar’s electoral A government official said Thomas Andrews, a for- commission has canceled vot- Tuesday that the leaders are tak- mer US congressman from ing in several parts of the ing time to debate the contest- Maine who is the UN special country facing bouts of ed ruling and find a solution. investigator on Myanmar, unrest. “There is a discussion going called for free and fair elec- on, and it would be good to take tions but expressed concerns some time for dialogue and for about the denial of the vote to finding a new position in this Rohingya Muslims and oth- situation that is difficult and ers based on race, ethnicity or stirs high emotions,” said religion. Michal Dworczyk, the head of Andrews, who as an Prime Minister Mateusz independent “special rap- Morawiecki’s office. AP porteur” does not speak for !"# # ( >
+, $-./ 0 ' $$#'E ! ' !'*"! # !!! "!'! !' #$ & & 12-32 * New Delhi: After recording growth during October includ- per cent to USD 5.98 billion in "! $#" "# #'EA!' positive growth in September, ed petroleum products (53.30 October. During April- India's exports declined 5.4 per cent), cashew (21.57 per October, it declined 49.5 per New Delhi: The Finance In May, the government New Delhi: Private sector com- Washington: Gita Gopinath, tion and large-scale invest- per cent to USD 24.82 billion cent), gems and jewellery cent to USD 37.84 billion. Ministry will soon come up with came up with the much talked- panies offering the benefit of chief economist of the ment in medical facilities, dig- in October on account of dip in (21.27 per cent), leather (16.69 After contracting for six a fresh round of economic stim- about Rs 20 lakh crore the new LTC cash voucher International Monetary Fund ital infrastructure and shipments of petroleum prod- per cent), man-made yarn/fab- straight months, India's exports ulus, Economic Affairs Secretary 'Aatmanirbhar Bharat' eco- scheme to its employees will (IMF), has urged policymakers environment ucts, gems and jewellery, rics/made-ups (12.82 per cent), rose 5.99 per cent to Tarun Bajaj said on Tuesday. nomic package. Both the not have to undertake any to provide more fiscal stimulus protection. leather, and engineering electronic goods (9.40 per USD 27.58 billion in Addressing the media here, rounds of stimulus so far have additional compliance burden, to boost the recovery from the "These expenditures create goods. cent), coffee (9.25 per cent), September. he said that the Department of received more flak than appre- Finance Secretary Ajay Covid-19 pandemic as the jobs, stimulate private invest- Trade deficit in October marine products (8.09 per Federation of Indian Finance has received sugges- ciation from the industry and Bhushan Pandey said. global economy is in a liquid- ment and lay the foundation for narrowed to USD 8.78 billion cent) and engineering goods Export Organisations (FIEO) tions and discussions are on in experts, as many are of the Companies as per statute ity trap. a stronger and greener recov- as against USD 11.76 billion, as (3.84 per cent). President Sharad Kumar Saraf the ministry regarding the next opinion that they are inade- are required to maintain "For the first time, in 60 per ery," she said. imports also fell 11.56 per cent Sectors which showed pos- said the nominal decline in set of measures amid the pan- quate, more so in terms of records of travel and other cent of the global economy -- Gopinath noted that "the to USD 33.6 billion during the itive growth included rice, oil exports during the month was demic. It will be announced by boosting demand. documents submitted by including 97 per cent of importance of fiscal stimulus month under review. meals, iron ore, oil seeds, car- mainly because of huge con- Finance Minister Nirmala A recent Moody's report employees for availing advanced economies -- central has probably never been "India's merchandise pet, pharmaceuticals, spices, tainer shortage and hike in sea Sitharaman, he said. said that that the second round LTC. banks have pushed policy inter- greater" because the spending exports in October 2020 were cotton and chemicals. freight, which upset exports, Bajaj's statement comes of fiscal stimulus amounts to Under the new scheme, est rates below 1 percent. In multiplier, the pay-off in eco- USD 24.82 billion, as compared During April-October particularly for those who have just over a week after he said just 0.2 per cent of the country's employees will have to submit one-fifth of the world, they are nomic growth from an increase to USD 26.23 billion in 2020, exports declined 19.05 negotiated on CIF (Cost, that the Centre is open for fur- real GDP forecast for the finan- to their companies bills indi- negative," Gopinath wrote in an in public investment, is much October 2019, showing a fall of per cent to USD 150.07 billion, Insurance, Freight) or C&F ther measures to boost the cial year 2021 and in total, the cating expenditure of an op-ed article in the Financial larger in a prolonged liquidity 5.4 per cent," the Commerce while imports fell 36.28 per (Cost and Freight) economy. Last month, the two rounds of stimulus bring amount 3-times of the LTC. Times, adding central banks trap. and Industry Ministry said in cent over the same period last basis.Besides, farmers' agitation Finance Minister had also said the government's direct spend- The companies as in past will have little room to further cut "Monetary policy has and a statement. year to USD 182.29 in some of the hinterland states that the Centre has not closed ing on coronavirus-related fis- maintain the records and only interest rates if another shock will remain central to this Major export commodities billion. also affected exports during the option for another stimu- cal support to just around 1.2 submit them to Income Tax strikes, Xinhua news agency effort, but with the world in a which recorded negative Oil imports dipped 38.52 October, he said. PTI lus package. per cent of GDP. IANS Department if sought for. PTI reported. global liquidity trap it is time "It has led to the for a global synchronised fiscal inescapable conclusion that push to lift up prospects for all," !#!#%!# ! A!!##! ;"!#$ ##* the world is in a global liquid- said the IMF chief .3+3(>Q !#2 ity trap, where monetary poli- economist. !'#!#' cy has limited effect. We must In its World Economic *!2!%-$!!'* #P% * !'" '#- 00-# agree on appropriate policies to Outlook report released last '%#*! *"!% climb out," Gopinath said on month, the IMF revised up the 2#$ !9 ' ! %!#(.4 Monday, noting fiscal policy 2020 forecast for global econ- "* '#' *!2 must play a leading role in the omy to a contraction of 4.4 per Mumbai: The rupee pared its New Delhi: Gold prices rose Rs recovery. cent. Despite the upward revi- Mumbai: The Sensex rallied gainer in the Sensex pack, early gains to close almost flat at 55 to Rs 50,735 per 10 gram in Gopinath suggested that sion, the IMF said the ascent 504 points while the Nifty soaring 6.51 per cent, followed New Delhi: The Finance 74.41 on Tuesday due to dollar the national capital on Tuesday, fiscal authorities can actively out of this crisis is likely to be reclaimed the 11,800-level on by SBI, HDFC, PowerGrid, Ministry on Tuesday said that buying by banks and resurging tracking strong global trends, support demand through cash "long, uneven and highly Tuesday, propped up by bank- Sun Pharma, IndusInd Bank, there has been no increase in crude oil prices.The rupee according to HDFC transfers to support consump- uncertain". IANS ing and finance counters, as Titan, Bajaj Auto, HDFC Bank service charges by any public opened sharply higher at 74.34 Securities. global markets marched high- and Axis Bank. sector bank even as Bank of amid heavy buying in local stock In the previous trade, the ;%9;,' er on US election day. On the other hand, NTPC, Baroda decided to withdraw markets and raced to hit the day's precious metal had closed at Rs Encouraging Q2 results and Reliance Industries, Nestle changes made with regard to high of 74.25. PTI 50,680 per 10 gram. PTI foreign capital inflows added to India, HCL Tech, Infosys and the number of free cash deposit ," $ the buying momentum in the HUL were among the lag- transactions in a bank account domestic markets, traders gards, shedding up to 3.75 per per month. *# !#$ 2$ said. cent.Global bourses followed Bank of Baroda had made cer- Rising for the second Wall Street higher as investors tain changes with effect from '##!% $$#'# $ straight session, the 30-share wagered on fresh US stimulus November 1, 2020, with regard BSE Sensex ended 503.55 immediately after the elec- to the number of free cash !%!$ '!%# points or 1.27 per cent higher tions.Bourses in Shanghai, deposits and withdrawals per at 40,261.13. Similarly, the Hong Kong, Seoul, and Tokyo month, a Finance Ministry New Delhi: Markets regulator with the regulatory norms, it broader NSE Nifty jumped ended with significant gains. statement said. Sebi on Tuesday streamlined said in a circular. 144.35 points or 1.24 per cent Stock exchanges in Europe The number of free cash framework for processing of The new framework will to 11,813.50. were also trading on a positive deposits and withdrawals, have draft schemes pertaining to be applicable for all the ICICI Bank was the top note in early deals. PTI been reduced. PTI mergers and demergers filed by schemes filed with the stock listed companies with the stock exchanges after November 17, exchanges. 2020. !# * !%I"!"# The changes are aimed at According to Sebi, stock ensuring that the recognised exchanges will have to provide &$# #< #+ !; stock exchanges refer draft the 'no-objection' letter to Sebi 2# * !%!#$ !%' !!!! ' ! *# !* - ' !!" schemes to Sebi only upon on the draft scheme in co-ordi- ' $ * # !#+ !#%-+#" # being fully convinced that the nation with each !% - ! 6!%- !; !#'!! %!# I"### < !PA!' listed entity is in compliance other. PTI ! ; # !- - # !# $ $# ## !+#'' !*++&+C!-# ! * ! New Delhi: The quantum of borrowing to meet states' GST rev- ; 6!%- -#! $$'# $ !; ! !! enue shortfall has to be "reasonable" considering its economic /+) ! ## ; ! !& !+ !% -' !"' New Delhi: The Indian gov- impact and the Centre will continue to request the opposition- !#' ! $# !##-''" !%- ernment has time till the last ruled states to opt for the proposed borrowing plan, Finance Q7!!$"!!% #"*! $ #+ # 2'' "! $##!% week of December to appeal Secretary Ajay Bhushan Pandey has said. !## !+#*$* $$' #%!% against the verdict of an arbi- He said while extending the loan, the Centre would take * ' $ & !#-!# $ %!##!% tration panel that scrapped authorisation from states that repayment would be made only !- !* !%>* !%- ! $ # #- levy of Rs 22,100 crore tax on from the GST compensation cess which is being collected and - #!' $' #-"* '!! "!'!!# the UK-based telecom firm repayment schedule will be set in such a manner that the col- ###!#'"!%!#+ Vodafone Group Plc using a lections in cess pool post June 2022 would be enough to repay eena AI, an artificial intelli- retrospective law. the interest arising out of borrowing. New Delhi: Prime Minister Lgence (AI)-powered C$" "" Finance Secretary Ajay So far, 21 states and 3 Union Territories have opted for the Narendra Modi will on employee experience platform, 8!;- - ! '-6!# $ Bhushan Pandey, refusing to be borrowing plan proposed by the Centre to meet the Rs 1.83 lakh Thursday chair a virtual glob- on Tuesday announced an $8 "#!%!9*!$$#-##" $$' $ drawn into discussion on for- crore shortfall in Goods and Services Tax (GST) collection of al investor roundtable that will million Series A financing led &!O6!%!%' ! '% - mer Finance Minister Arun states. PTI provide an opportunity to lead- by Greycroft to expand its go- "#!%!9*! !& !+ Jaitley's promise to honour ing global investors and Indian to-market programs and accel- awards in retrospective tax business leaders to engage and erate product development. $""## cases, said the government is !#" ! !#! 8 deliberate with senior policy The round also included a examining all aspects to arrive makers on how to further accel- personal investment from at a decision on whether to ! # # :%:90 erate the growth of interna- Adam Miller (Founder of appeal against the Voda award. .5'9(+(7*! ) tional investments in the coun- Cornerstone OnDemand), "We are still examining try. Alan Patricof (Chairman of various aspects and a decision !C!" * 9 ' The Virtual Global Investor Greycroft) and Jim Moffatt (ex- would be taken in due course," Roundtable (VGIR) is being Chairman/CEO of Delloite Pandey told PTI. New Delhi:Institutional flow of organised by the Ministry of Consulting). In conjunction Asked if there is a time funds in real estate fell 73 per Finance and the National with the funding, Mark limit on the decision to file an cent in January-September at he Government owned Investment and Infrastructure Terbeek, partner at Greycroft, appeal, Pandey said, "All arbi- USD 1.18 billion (around Rs TNational Bank for Fund, the Prime Minister's will be joining Leena AI's board. tration orders if at all have to 8,700 crore) as investors Agriculture and Rural Office (PMO) said in a state- The funding will allow be appealed, have a time limit remained cautious due to the Development (NABARD), the ment. Leena AI to continue its of 90 days. So, we have time to COVID-19 pandemic, according second largest lender to Reliance It is an exclusive dialogue momentum by helping the decide, so will decide." PTI to property consultant JLL India. Commercial Finance Limited between leading global institu- world’s top enterprises to mod- ! !D# !%"* '#' *!2-"!<* ! :!2-: However, the institutional (RCF) with over Rs 1,100 crore tional investors, Indian business ernize their legacy internal #" ##' !$!' #'"###M/AB/4/4 /( investments are likely to rise of secured loan exposure, has leaders and the highest decision helpdesk systems to better their #" #+&+++6 2<"!; -6!& $:!2- sharply in the current quarter given clean chit to RCF and has makers from the government of employee experience. % %2 ! $* I"#" # # and the total inflow could reach removed its Red Flag. India and financial market reg- Traditional internal helpdesk '!' ! ' !#!2 $& ()!'+ to USD 4.8 billion during the NABARD is a part of the ulators, the statement said. systems take longer for employ- +; #$### ! #%! ' ! ' entire this year. Institutional consortium of lenders and is Union Finance Minister ees to get answers from HR !!! '% % 3 ,'!$ flow of funds include invest- signatory to an Inter Creditor Nirmala Sitharaman, Union teams. Leena AI leverages arti- '"!$#' "% #''" *2! !* ments by family offices, foreign Agreement (ICA) executed Minister of State for Finance ficial intelligence to automati- '*/4/4+ -* !" !#%! corporate groups, foreign banks between the lenders of RCF Anurag Thakur, RBI Governor cally answer repetitive employ- !"!!% & () #+& proprietary books, Pension under the June 7, 2019 circu- Shaktikanta Das and other dig- ee queries in real-time and !# # # #"%!'-#' #$ #-# - funds, private equity, real estate lar of RBI on resolution of nitaries will also be present on enables HR to better support '!- '!# $!$#"'"!"##+# etc. PTI stressed assets. the occasion. PTI employees. !!# ! $"!' !%#+ !"# #
#$$' ? @ = / %# 8 ) () () ? ) ! # & ) !"## 2 ( ) ? ! #"''##$" L6) 0 ! 2! % $#' -## A'!!' 8 ; ahindra University’s student, Kartikeya Bhardwaj M(Mechanical Engineering Student, Class of 2020), has cre- ated a deep learning app, Chakshu Face Attendance, to provide employers/institutions/organisations with touchless recording of attendance attributes. Especially relevant in today’s Covid out- break, this app provides a safe alternative to touch-based fin- gerprint attendance systems. The start-up is being incubated at Mahindra e-hub, an incubation centre of Mahindra University under the University’s Centre of Entrepreneurship & Innovation. In big organisations, for attendance, fingerprint or ID scan- ners are the norm. In Covid times, “touchless” technology is the call of the hour since anything that is used by many people may turn out to be conduit for transmission of the virus.In addition, a common issue is that of Buddy Punching, where employees do proxy attendance of their colleagues using their IDs results in huge losses and is an unethical practice that still floats around in offices all over the world. Chakshu.ai has developed Chakshu Face Attendance, a eal estate, tough brimming with tition, those with little or no investment our lives, likewise real estate is also employment generators it is home to Touchless Employee Attendance App that lets an organisation lucrative career option, is not may be very sceptical to carry things undergoing transaction. By studying skilled, capable and experienced pro- Clock attendance through an android device (phone or a tablet), Rgiven the due attention even forward. the minute intricacies of the industry fessionals who are continually updat- using Face Recognition. The Attendance process is Completely against the backdrop of humungous Here one’s wisdom will be instru- and keeping a tab on the lifestyle ed and can make predictions of the touch-Free, and Covid-19 ready. It also eliminates the Buddy growth. The various stigma attached to mental in forming the stepping stone trends, meaningful insights will be gen- future market. Punching problem through SpoofSense: Chakshu’s AI algorithm the profession makes it discouraging of the career. Irrespective of the knowl- erated that will leverage the journey of Looking at the immense potential is trained to detect Spoofing attacks and reject them, thereby mak- for the young graduates to consider it edge and in-depth analysis, the first career in the real estate sector. and scope the industry can offer, for- ing the process secure and trustable. their prospective career. deals are never perfect. Instead of fear- Evolving with time further con- mal education in real estate should be Having the notion that it is tradi- ing the outcome, one should go ahead tributes to the diversification generat- taken seriously by those aspiring to tional and is not backed up with and act because things learnt by own 9(( ing employment opportunities for make future in this filed. Read books, organised structure, adds on to the mistake contributes to a lifetime lesson. various roles entailing project man- article, stay updated with the top poli- " " #B $ #0 ( ambiguity surfacing the industry. But The interaction will build the con- agement, operational strategizing, cies and trends, take classes, explore the sector is perennially transforming fidence, give exposure of handling real space optimisation, sales and market- as many properties as possible to get to cope up with the market competi- time situation. Remember practical ) ( ing, construction, etc. real life feel of the market, in order to ucts to include a broad assess- tion, opening up new doors for job experience is the ultimate outcome of (& Owing to this shift experiential thrive in the industry. ment platform serving educa- opportunities promoting operational years of theoretical knowledge &) spaces are gaining popularity amongst Therefore, before coming to a con- urnitin, a leading provider tion, certification, and licensure efficiency and transparency. acquired. Hence, rather than waiting the customers. This has opened up clusion, in depth research of the Tof academic integrity and programs. 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As the Where modernisation owing to the integral part of future real-estate. $ "4 ? 2 folio of leading academic that best serve their assessment industry is ruled by immense compe- digitisation has smoothly seeped into Contributing as the second highest % integrity and assessment prod- needs. Q$ #'' #; $2 ''$ % % 0 % ! '"!' ! '# !# !'%! "#2 !%#!$$' !!% % %*0 ! $ "! !!"! !-## 8896; !% B"@&#@"B'" here’s a question on every busi- mented. year back, no one would have on intellectual & skill collabora- Tness leader’s mind today: When This shift has taken video con- Aever imagined that striving for tions.As per McKinsey's latest report, will things get back to normal? ferencing solutions and remote col- sustenance will turn into survival for titled, "COVID-19: Implications for While we have no clear-cut answers, laboration tools beyond being just existence. Though pessimism is a business", many organisations are top domain experts believe that it ‘productivity enhancement mea- curse to progressive mentality, for a finding new leaders during this ongo- may not be for some years to come. sures’. They are now integral elements long time, year 2020 will be remem- ing pandemic. Their young managers Bill Gates, the tech-mogul-turned of new-age business models. bered as the bane of the millennium. at mid-level are defying the challenges health philanthropist, believes that 'if In today’s fast-changing market The pandemic caused more pain to and problems of this testing time to we do a brilliant job, we could end landscape, there are tremendous unskilled and semi-skilled workers in achieve better than others. These the novel coronavirus pandemic in growth opportunities. This holds for unorganised sectors. In contrast, tal- organisations are intelligently work- 2022'. The Director-General of the of which around half were in the early vendors that differentiate through ents equipped with specialised skills ing upon the employees' motivation WHO, Tedros Adhanom, holds a stages of adoption. better quality and more scalable, and training programmes are least programmes and management prac- similar view. Healthcare veterans The reasons for this shift are manageable, and secure cloud ser- affected by company redundancy tices. believe that herd immunity could be apparent. Social isolation, remote vices (and devices). The end-objec- policies. With better digital infrastructure the key to getting rid of the pandemic working, and physical distancing tive? Ensuring an optimal meeting The tentacles of Coronavirus are and high penetration of communi- but might take at least a year to will remain an integral part of our experience - regardless of where the pervading across the globe and have cation devices, businesses across the achieve, under high exposure. reality for the foreseeable future. users work. deeply shaken the economies. The world are benefitting their employees One way or the other, we are in Businesses have to adapt to this sea- The world around you has impact is so huge that except a few with bespoke learning programmes for the long haul — and some busi- change by accelerating their digital changed and continues to change at sectors, the majority of businesses and training modules. And, unlike nesses are adapting better than oth- transformation — even those which a rapid pace. The true depth of this were forced to curtail operational cost exorbitant conventions and seminars ers to this new normal. have, up until now, been dominant- transformation extends well beyond through furlough and layoffs. In professionals are enjoying Covid- advanced technologies and prac- involving hefty consultation fees of How businesses are adapting to ly offline — or risk becoming irrel- what you can see most visibly with India alone, more than 40 million proof career growth and their tices. industry experts, venue expenses, and COVID-19 with digital transforma- evant. people wearing masks and using san- people have lost their jobs and tens employers are not apprehensive about In fact, adaptation to Industry 4.0 a large amount of logistics, e-learn- tion? Dhiren Lalchand, a Surat- This behoves us to ask a ques- itizers frequently — but it won't take of millions are receiving deducted offering them handsome compensa- is not only quintessential to make ing encompasses myriads of advan- based diamantaire, recently closed a tion: Are we in a new era of digital you much effort to notice it, whether salaries. Though India is a develop- tions and lots of other benefits. them competent but also to make tages. Besides, e-learning training pro- deal of lily-cut diamonds with Arik collaboration? in your home or at your workplace. ing country, the scenario of developed Recently, while delivering a con- them immune against various unfore- grammes are useful in developing in Antwerp. His secret sauce for suc- We might as well be. In several It shouldn’t be surprising, then, countries is also quite bleak. The vocation address, Prime Minister seen threats. This transformation is both hard and soft skills among cess in a locked-down world? A global studies, an overwhelming that the global video conferencing unemployment list of the world's Narendra Modi, strongly emphasis- impossible without the deployment employees. Detailed and interactive strong focus on quality, coupled majority of people have expressed an market is pegged to be worth more largest economy, the USA, got further es on skilling, reskilling, and of reskilled and upskilled workforce. videos by the seasoned trainers can with a robust, cloud-based video con- urge to not go to their respective than 46,000 crore by 2026. The increased with 30 million more job- upskilling and mentioning them as However, employees reluctant to be replayed n number of times by an ferencing solution. offices. This trend is driving an evo- Indian public cloud market, on the less people. Also, the average salary the need of the hour. The current eco- learn fresh skills will have limited roles individual to derive maximum from Both Dhiren and Arik are a part lution in conventional workplace other hand, is expected to reach of Americans dropped by 12 per cent nomic slowdown has once again to play. On the other hand, organi- a course module. Hence, as learning of a larger industry trend driven by models. Several offices are experi- 63,000 crore by FY2025. More as per a recent survey. proved that upskilling is an effective sations which will facilitate and fos- is the part and parcel of growth and the ongoing pandemic. We are wit- menting with alternate working days interestingly, this cloud-driven dig- In contrast to the growing eco- antidote for unemployment and ter learning for their people, will it cannot be stopped so long as busi- nessing a digital exodus of business- while others are operating entirely on ital transformation is only just begin- nomic upheavals, a trend that is quite underemployment. Business leaders emerge as long-run winners. nesses have desires to survive and es on an unparalleled scale. In a a remote basis. New-age concepts ning — and businesses that most palpable in the international job and recruitment experts in India and Today, to counter the ramifica- grow, e-learning will stay as a bulwark recent NASSCOM survey, 60 per cent such as staggered staffing, rotation- readily adapt to the changing para- market is the improved job immunity abroad also believe that organisations tions of COVID-19 on the world against potential threats. of Indian SMBs admitted to using al shifts, and permanent remote digms are the ones that will achieve of employees who are constantly need to make themselves stronger, economy, there is an urgent need to cloud-based business solutions (such working options are being eagerly the maximum success. up-skilling themselves. Still, such competent, and smarter through adopt an open talent economy based $ 2 ? 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Sustainability (IUFS), India, ful biological/biochemical with its second edition. An last date for registration is Renowned genetics Fliplearn to challenge the tech- professionals. ‘Hackathon 2020’ The Hackathon saw a high recently organised a seminar substances in pesticides or initiative of Somaiya November 15, 2020. expert, Prof George Church, nology prowess of students and was categoriaed into two cate- degree of competitiveness and in virtual platform on fertilizers. Vidyavihar, the international The conference will Professor of Genetics at Engineers and showcase their gories. Category one included Gagan Gupta of The Millennium “Biosecurity and Agriculture”. 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''2!/4(,! ing champions collected 51 runs peting against each other once before run-scorer. *" :%:# %" #+L ## off the last five overs. the summit clash on November 9. All the International players will # "!%2#!% 6"-# ' Needing a victory to make Cricketers from Sri Lanka, making a return to the field after the #'- ! $ "# + # the play-offs, SRH bowlers made Bangladesh and New Zealand will Covid-19 break that followed the $$' !! "!'!$ ''2 $ merry on a helping surface after also participate. Women’s WT20 in February-March. ' "'2 "-M# !# !# their skipper David Warner The Supernovas, led by It will be interesting to see their fit- '!! - !2 $'# # !# decided to put the opposition in Harmanpreet Kaur, have been invin- ness levels, coming back after endur- ! +L #$ 2%+8! !% to bat. cible so far winning all the previous ing a lockdown. D #% $''2-$ * MI skipper Rohit Sharma two editions. They will kickstart the The tournament will also feature &8- D*!# !'* % # (4), who missed the last four tournament taking on Mithali Raj’s Thailand’s opening batter Natthakan #+L !2 D$!#!%" !%# games due to a hamstring injury, + + + & & D @ & ).$->! Velocity in a repeat of last year’s final Chantham, who scored her country’s #5) $ $!<"#*'2# D made a surprise return in his eyeing a third title on the trot. first Women’s WT20 half-century. !%- $ # '" "# $ "!+M team's last game ahead of the a valuable cameo. penultimate over bowled by West Indian all-rounder Harmanpreet was in top form in She became the first Associate crick- play-offs. However, he lasted for Pollard hammered four death overs specialist T Jason Holder (2/25) also pro- the last edition scoring two half-cen- eter to play in the tournament which only seven balls as pacer sixes, three of those came in the Natarajan. duced a tidy spell. turies in three matches and in the is seen as a precursor to a full-fledged Sandeep Sharma (3/34) had final, her blisteriing 37-ball 51 sealed Women’s IPL. him caught at mid-off with a a second win for them. Natthakan will represent well-disguised knuckle ball. India’s T20 captain will look to Trailblazers captained by Indian Sandeep also found the B % return to her majestic form, overcom- opener Smriti Mandhana. stumps of Rohit's opening part- ing a patchy show in the World T20 Trailblazers will also feature vet- ner Quinton de Kock (36 off 29) October 18. He ended up miss- in Australia earlier this year. eran pacer Jhulan Ghoswami, English who played on after smashing ing the next four games before She had a forgettable outing spinner Sophie Ecclestone, and West the SRH pacer for couple of sixes making a comeback on a day averaging a dismal 6.00 from five Indian star Deandra Dottin. P ). ->-> and a boundary. when BCCI president Sourav matches that cost India quite dearly All matches will be held in C $ It was the turn of spinners Ganguly advised not to rush his in the tournament where they fin- Sharjah. Rashid Khan (1/32) and comeback from what he called ished runners-up, after being bowled Shahbaz Nadeem (2/19) to pro- a “hamstring tear”. out for 99, chasing 185. TEAMS vide wickets in the middle- When asked about his fit- There will also be Jemimah Supernovas: Harmanpreet Kaur (c), overs. ness status at the toss, Rohit Rodrigues to watch out for. Jemimah Rodrigues (vc), Chamari Nadeem got rid of the in- said: “Looks like I’m fit and The Mumbai cricketer was the Atapattu, Priya Punia, Anuja Patil, form Suryakumar Yadav (36) fine”. top run-getter (123 runs at an aver- Radha Yadav, Taniya Bhatia (wk), and Krunal Pandya (0) in the With his team already in age of 61.50) in their triumphant Shashikala Siriwardene, Poonam 12th over and then Rashid the play-offs, Rohit could have campaign last season. She was Yadav, Shakera Selman, Arundhati removed Saurabh Tiwary in the taken more rest before adjudged the ‘Player of the Series’. Reddy, Pooja Vastrakar, Ayushi Soni, following to reduce MI to 82 for # 7 & + ).$->! Qualifier 1 on Thursday but the The opposition camp features Ayabonga Khaka and Muskan Malik. five. Just when the partnership star batsman decided to spend Mithali, who will be keen to lead from Velocity: Mithali Raj (c), Veda between Ishan Kishan (33 of 30) ;C Hyderabad despite concerns some valuable time in the the front and avenge their 2019 Krishnamurthy (vc), Shafali Verma, 8 P " + & and Pollard was looking danger- over his fitness. middle after a two-week injury defeat when they lost by four wick- Sushma Verma (wk), Ekta Bisht, 8 P C8 ous, Sandeep removed the kipper Rohit Sharma on According to Mumbai lay-off. ets in a last over thriller. Mansi Joshi, Shikha Pandey, Devika southpaw to tighten the screws STuesday returned to the Indians’ team management, Like Ganguly, India head Velocity will rely heavily on 16- Vaidya, Sushree Dibyadarshini, on the opposition. Mumbai Indians’ playing Rohit suffered a hamstring coach Ravi Shastri had also year-old Indian sensation Shafali Manali Dakshini, Leigh Kasperek, However, Pollard came to eleven for the team’s last league strain in his left leg in the game advised Rohit to not rush his Verma who grabbed eyeballs by hit- Danielle Wyatt, Sune Luus, Jahanara his team's rescue yet again with game against Sunrisers against Kings XI Punjab on return. ting most sixes (nine) in the World Alam and M Anagha. ; 2! ## !%'O! <"## E:&& !%"
Rohit has been out of “Rohit is injured at the to get their best players on the enough to do what is best for him,” “Yes, we are expecting Ishant action since the second leg fix- moment. Otherwise, why park. If he recovers, he plays,” said said the man, who played 424 to be back for the Test matches. CCI president Sourav ture against Kings XI Punjab would we leave out a player the former captain. international matches for India. He has already started bowling BGanguly wants injured due to a left hamstring tear like him. He is the vice-captain When asked about the videos For someone who has played from shorter run-ups and short senior opener Rohit Sharma to and has been left out of the of the national (limited-overs) put out by Mumbai Indians where 113 Tests and 311 ODIs, Ganguly spells. He has bowled at NCA. But tread cautiously while decid- Indian squad for Australia team,” Ganguly told PTI. Rohit is seen batting at the nets, feels that what looks good during as there is a BCCI protocol for fast ing on competing for his IPL tour starting later this month. “We will have to assess Ganguly struck a note of caution training might not hold up in a bowlers, Ishant will be playing the /.;33:%A, team Mumbai Indians in the The BCCI president said him. I don’t know (when he for the senior player. match situation. two first-class games in Australia.” play-offs as he risks aggravat- that the board will do every- can come back). He hasn’t “Yeah, you don’t want him to “...I can tell you that things you Ganguly also backed the D ing the hamstring tear that led thing possible to get an “asset played so far since the time he get injured again. He has a ham- do easily at the practice might be young Rishabh Pant, who has ' E?F (5 ) 3 S(+/), '% to his exclusion from the like Rohit” back in the park as has got injured. We want him string tear and it will get ruptured a bit of struggle during match sit- been under fire for not playing his Australia-bound India squad. that’s their job. to recover. It’s the BCCI’s job again. It will then get longer for uation. The muscles react differ- natural game and scoring at a E?F (3 7 , 4+(4) ' him to come back. But yes, there ently to pressure situations.” strike-rate below 115. & E?F(3 . . 4+(./ '* are people working with him. However on a positive note, “Don’t worry. His bat swing “The Mumbai Indians physio the BCCI president said that will come back. He is a young guy * 11 (3 . . 4+/(3 '* is working with him. The Indian Ishant Sharma’s recovery from a and all of us need to guide him. ! = (5 , . S4+000 ' physio (Nitin Patel) is there. side strain is going well and he He’s got tremendous talent. Rohit himself knows that he has “expects” the senior speedster to Rishabh will be fine. He and 1H (3 , 7 4+(,/ ' got a long career ahead and its not be available for the Tests against Wriddhiman Saha are our two just this IPL or next series for him. Australia, starting mid- best wicketkeeper-batsmen in the 1 (3 , 7 4+300 ' “I am sure he is mature December. country.” % (3 , 7 4+0,) ' F (/ . ? Babar Azam produced a cap- tain’s innings to score his 12th ODI century but was dismissed # in the 49th over by a sharp ris- ing ball from Muzarabani to set up a thrilling finish. Pakistan appeared to have eicester swept into second recovered from 3 for 20 and 6 Lplace in the Premier League for 151 when Babar featured in with an impressive 4-1 victory a century stand with Wahab at Leeds, while Fulham beat Riaz (52 from 56 balls). But West Bromwich Albion 2-0 to Wahab fell at 251 in the 47th finally clinch their first win of over and Pakistan lost two the season on Monday. wickets in the penultimate over Brendan Rodgers’ side are to give Zimbabwe a rare win. just one point behind leaders The Pakistan captain faced Liverpool after winning five of 125 balls from which he hit 13 their first seven games in a top- fours and a six. flight season for the first time in ; the 24-year old Muzarabani Earlier, Zimbabwe made a their history. overshadowed centuries from great recovery after being three Harvey Barnes and Youri already thrashed Manchester peedster Blessing his team-mate Sean Williams down for 22 runs as Hasnain Tielemans put Leicester two City 5-2. SMuzarabani grabbed a five- (118 not out from 135 balls) ran amok, dismissing captain up before half-time at Elland “We were technically bril- for in the regulation play and and Pakistan captain Babar Chamu Chibhabha, Craig Road. liant. We had the quality to play scalped two more wickets in the Azam (125 off 125 balls) and a Ervine and Brian Chari in Stuart Dallas got one back when we had the opportunities. Super Over to help Zimbabwe five-for from 20-year-old fast quick succession. for Leeds but Jamie Vardy’s I thought we were amazing stun Pakistan in the third and bowler Muhammad Hasnain (5 The experienced duo of eighth goal of the season right across the team,” final ODI here on Tuesday. for 26). Brendon Taylor (56) and and a late Tielemans penal- Rodgers said. “This team It was Zimbabwe’s first win Muzarabani returned with Williams then teamed up for a ty wrapped up Leicester’s has got an amazing men- over Pakistan since 2015. The figures of 5 for 49 in the home 84-runs partnership. Later, fourth successive away tality with lots of young, home team has already clinched side’s run-chase and then took Wesley Madhevere (33 from 31 league win. hungry players. It’s still the three-match ODI series, two more wickets in the super balls) and Sikander Raza (45 After the disappointment of very early and most of our having won the earlier two over in which Pakistan could from 36 balls) also provided missing out on a place in the games have been away but we’ve matches. only manage two runs. good support as the left-hand- Champions League last term, had brilliant performances.” Pakistan and Zimbabwe Requiring just three runs to ed Williams resurrected the Leicester have shown they are At Craven Cottage, Fulham now play a three-match T20I win in the Super Over, Zimbabwe innings. capable of mounting another avoided their worst start to a series, starting on Saturday Zimbabwe wrapped up the Williams remained unbeat- top-four challenge. season since 1951 thanks to first here. match in three balls. en on 118, hitting 13 fours and Even a title push might not half goals from Bobby In a high-scoring match, Chasing 279 for a win, one six. be impossible given they have Decordova-Reid and Ola Aina.