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 Ten-day training of innovative activity has to Principal of Swami be made. Ten days of training is to prepare doc- Atmanand English uments and make school Medium School started calendars. He said that children of Hindi medium Raipur, Feb 10: will also come to English medium schools started in School Education the state. Such children Minister Dr. Premsai should get full support. It Singh Tekam inaugurated is the responsibility of the  Near the site of the home-coming cam- the 10-day training of the school principal to in- paign, so far more than 300 Principals at Swami crease the capacity of doubling of rly track naxalites have surren- Atmanand English these children. between Bhansi and dered and even after this Medium School held at There should be an at- Bacheli on the naxalites are not allow- Administration Academy mosphere of English in ing themselves to become Nimora, Raipur. understanding in various schools have emerged in a the school. The laboratory Tuesday evening weaker and ensuring their He told the Principal of subjects also, in Science, new look. There is a lot of and library set up in the presence. English medium schools he himself should try vari- competition among par- school should also be used Bacheli, Feb 11: Poster by Bhairamgar present in the training ous experiments and make ents for entry into them. to enhance the educational Area Committee of CIP(M) that along with the use of his own understanding. The principal has to qualification of children. The naxalites on The 111th anniversary of modern technology in Minister Dr. Tekam ap- maintain the level of these Director of State Council Tuesday evening set on ‘Mahan Bhoomakal’ will studies, modern methods peared in the speech deliv- schools. The ten-day train- of Educational Research fire four vehicles involved be observed with great en- of management should be ered in Hindi and English ing will mainly impart and Training, Mr. D. Rahul in railway line doubling thusiasm and they would used in the running of like a chief instructor. training on issues like Venkat also addressed the work between Bhansi and register protest agaisnt schools. Minister Dr. Tekam said Leadership, School training program. On this Bacheli and this included ‘lone wartwo’ campaign To teach children that 52 English schools are Quality, Office Procedure, occasion, Ms. Mitakshara, one Poklane, one JCB and the incident the naxalites wards the jungle. The con- and would give befitting English, it is necessary being run in the state as Vision Mission, Additional Director of two tippers. threw posters, naxal litera- tractor was also put on reply to attack under that teachers and children per the intention of Chief Educational Calendar, State Educational This incident took place ture and hang a banner alert by the police, but ‘Pratikrantikari Ranniti speak English. The most Minister Mr. Bhupesh Operating Procedure. Research and Training at around pole No. 435/18 near the site of incident. working late in the Samadhan’. The Naxalites important thing that the Baghel. Principal Secretary School Council, Mr. Yogesh at 6:15 in the evening when Prior to this it was on evening proved to be costly are also planning to speed principal has to keep in In order to make these Education Dr. Alok Shukla Shivhare, instructor 20-25 Naxalites lased with Feb 10 the naxalites have for the contractor. up public movement to mind is that all the chil- schools attractive, the said that all the principals Priyanka Tripathi, weapons reached the con- thrown papers to observe At one place where ‘lone save the ‘jal, jungle and dren studying in school services of architects have have to study the new Soumya Raghuveer, Mr. struction site and asked Bhomkal Diwas in Nareli wartwo’ campaign is being jamin’ and by strengthen- can perform well in speak- been used to develop them National Education Policy. Satyaraj Iyer, D. Darshan the engineers and supervi- and registered their pres- launched and on the other ing PLA would intensify ing and reading along with in a new format instead of In order to increase chil- and senior education offi- sor present to move from ence in the 111th anniver- hand the naxalites are public war and put an end good character and behav- the traditional buildings. dren’s self-confidence and cers of School Education the place and set on fire sary of Bhoomakal and protesting those surren- to socialistic, ‘samantwadi’ ior. He should develop his All English medium to speak English, habit of Department were present. these four vehicles. After then they ran away to- dering. Whereas under and capitalists. Uncle brutally axed Collector hails wheat crop taken by farmer Lakhma pays visit Baikunthpur, Feb 10: Collector Rabi season. The crop is seen, Chandan Kumar arrived here to but the conscious farmer head of his neice conduct inspection of the culvert Shivprasad Kawachi has taken to ‘Kavasiras Gouthan’ Taken into arrest within few hours construction site in Dudh river the wheat crop. On being asked near Mankeshri, village to by the Collector, the farmer said observe the progress in construc- that the wheat crop consumes tion work of Kanker bypass of less water and the yield also gets National Highway-30. Near the better, after keeping the wheat said site the farmer Shivprasad for his own family as food. He Kawachi has taken wheat crop in sells the remaining wheat in the his two acre field and it is main- market, which also good income. tained by them. Seeing the informed that wheat crop has Shivprasad Kawachi, Collector Collector said that farmers are Collector inspecting the bypass, been taken by him on two acres Chandan Kumar said that he is also being encouraged by the he also eagerly went there. of field and in about 25 decimals very happy to see wheat crop government to change the crop Collector Chandan Kumar Teak plantation has been done. sown in this area instead of cycle so that farmers can adopt inquired about the crop taken in While being happy to hear wheat paddy. There is abundance of beneficial crops and get maxi- Kondagaon, Feb 10: a police team was formed and the field by the farmer and he crop taken by the farmer paddy in the district even during mum income. search for the accused was An uncle brutally murdered started. his neice with an axe in Gram It was with help of tips from Ch’garh’s new industrial policy attracts investors Konta, Feb 10:  Empowering Makadi under Kondagaon in villagers that the accused villagers to Farasgaon thana and cut-off Asaduram Sori S/o Somaram Raipur, Feb 10: vestment of these units is providing fair price of for- lishment of new food park Industry and Excise Minister her from the neck. It was on Shori, caste Gound, (32), R/o 42 thousand 714.48 crore, est produce to the forest in 110 development blocks Kavasi Lakhma took stock of undertake livelihood report from family members Bhatgaon was taken into The new industrial poli- through which about 65 dwellers. out of 146 development various tribal-oriented works promotion, andn villagers that Farasgaon arrest. When the accused was cy implemented by the thousand people will get The State Government blocks. conducted in Gouthan during a livelihood oriented Police has filed a case and the interrogated he accepted his state government under employment. has announced the The “Chhattisgarh State surprise visit to village ‘Gothan activities accused was taken into arrest crime and informed that he the leadership of Chief Chhattisgarh has wit- Vananchal Industry Food Processing Mission” Kavasiras’. He said that under in few hours and sent to jail. asked for a glass of water from Minister Bhupesh Baghel nessed rapid industrial Package in the Industrial has been extended to 31 the Suraji village scheme of at the rate of Rs 2 per kg, which As per information in this her neice and she refused to is attracting investors. growth during the last two Policy 2019-24 to promote October 2024. State govern- Chhattisgarh government, pro- is making economic benefits. regard, one Gudram Netam, give and on this he lost his During the last two years years. To achieve this the establishment of forest ment has also signed motion of ‘Narva, Garuva, Along with this, Vermi-compost S/o Ayaturam (50) came to temper and cut-off her head 1207 new industries have growth, the state govern- produce, herbal and food MoUs with 05 food process- Ghuruwa Bari’ is definitely is being made from cow dung in Farasgaon thana on Feb 09a from the neck portion using an been set up in the state and ment not only implement- processing industries in ing units. An investment proving beneficial for the rural Gouthan, using which farmer ndn filed a complaint that his axe lying nearby. a capital investment of 16 ed the new industrial poli- backward and most back- of Rs 283 crore and 2434 people. This has not only pro- are producing nutritious fruits 23 year old daughter has been The police finding sufficient thousand 897 crore has cy but also included ward areas. jobs are proposed in the vided new employment oppor- and vegetables by adopting murdered brutally by his step- proof and evidence of crime been made through these amendments in this policy State government is also state. Apart from this, tunities to men, including organic farming. During this brother Asaduram Shori using produced him in the Court and industries in the state. as per the requirement of promoting industries MoU has been signed for women of self-help groups, but period, District Congress an axe and a case under sec- sent him to jail on Feb 10. In More than 22 thousand the investors. The state based on food processing setting up 15 minor forest they are also getting financial President Maheshwari Baghel, tion 302 was registered this action, Inspector SK Sahu, people have got direct em- government implemented to enhance income of produce based units in support. He encouraged the District Panchayat President against him. Seeing serious- Sub-Inspector Vivek Senger, ployment through this in- food processing policy farmers. To this end, the Bastar region. A special women of the group during Harish Kavasi, Municipality ness of the case, it was under DS Thakur, constable Salim vestment. Moreover 104 along with the establish- government has set the incentive package has inspection of the vegetables President Jagannath Sahu and guidance of SP Siddharth Tigga, KK Sahu, Barnu MoUs were signed for ment of food parks in the goal of establishing a food been announced for bio- planted in Gouthan. Public Representatives, Tiwari and instructions of Markam, Nemsingh Markam, mega industrial projects development blocks of the park in each development fuel-ethanol industries Through the initiative of the Collector Vineet Nandanwar, Addl. SP AK Shu that SDOP Annilal Netam and other gave during this period. The state. State government block. For this, land has based on paddy and sugar- government, cow-dung is being Superintendent of Police KL Farasgaon Pushpendra Nayak valuable contribution. proposed total capital in- announced package for been earmarked for estab- cane. purchased from cattle ranchers Dhruv were present. Vaccines Development: Interesting Historical Perspective

ne of the brightest chap- tion and demonstrated its utili- tions. This principle was then after genetic engineering pro- O ters in the history of ty, first with Pasteurella mul- applied to Hemophilus influen- vided the tools for excision of medical science is the impact tocida, the cause of a diarrheal zae. bacterial DNA. Most recently, a of vaccines on human longevi- disease in chickens, then Aside from tetanus and meningococcal group B vac- ty and health. Over 300 years anthrax in sheep and most sen- diphtheria toxoids, several vaccine has been licensed, con- have elapsed since the first sationally rabies virus in ani- cines consist of partly or fully sisting of four proteins identi- vaccine was discovered. It mals and humans. purified proteins. Most inacti- fied by genomic analysis. This started late in the 18th Century By the 1940s, virologists vated influenza vaccines used is the first vaccine developed and from the late 19th century, understood that attenuation today are generated by grow- by so-called reverse vaccinolo- vaccines could be developed in could be achieved by passage ing the viruses in embryonated gy, pioneered by Rappuoli and the laboratory. However, in the in abnormal hosts. Notably, eggs and then breaking up the coworkers by which genomic 20th century, it became possi- Hilary Koprowski and cowork- whole virus with detergents. analysis enables selection of ble to develop vaccines based ers developed rabies and oral Although Pasteur and cowork- proteins that induce protective on immunologic markers. In polio vaccines by passage in ers made inactivated whole- immune responses. Future the 21st century, molecular chicken embryo or mice. A rev- cell anthrax vaccine early in vaccines are likely to have a biology permits vaccine devel- olution happened with the dis- the history of vaccinology, it more complex composition opment that was not possible covery that cells could be cul- was only in the early 1960s that than heretofore, but the princi- before. tured in vitro and used as sub- tion by plaque formation cholera bacilli. This era was later shown to be relatively used to make successful vac- a vaccine was developed for ples elucidated by past suc- The idea of attenuation of strates for viral growth. allows isolation of viruses with marked by competition successful in controlling this cines against Japanese biodefense by the US Army, cesses will have continued virulent infection agents devel- Enders, Weller, and Robbins RNA segments from both virus- between French, German, and serious disease encephalitis and tick-borne based on anthrax protective importance as vaccination is oped slowly over the course of showed that many viruses es. Reassortment has enabled English workers to develop In 1923, Glenny and Hopkins encephalitis antigen protein secreted by the extended to more diseases and centuries. Variolation was could be grown in cell culture, the creation of three major antibacterial vaccines. made diphtheria toxin less Early in the history of bacte- organism to all age groups. It has come a analogous to the use of small including polio and measles, vaccines: live and inactivated Inactivated vaccines against toxic by formalin treatment. riology, morphological studies The revolution of genetic long way since Jenner and we amounts of poison to render and this method was vigorous- influenza, as well as one of the typhoid were first applied by Ramon improved on this dis- and chemical analysis showed engineering toward the end of can be confident that vaccinol- one immune to toxic effects. ly taken up by vaccine develop- two rotavirus vaccines. Wright and Semple in England covery and showed it was pos- that many pathogens were sur- the 20th century has greatly ogists will continue to extract Jenner’s use of an animal ers. The oral polio vaccine of Another discovery toward the and Pfeiffer and Kolle in sible to inactivate the toxicity rounded by a polysaccharide impacted vaccine develop- beautiful melodies from the poxvirus (probably horsepox) Albert Sabin and the measles, end of the 19th century was Germany. Humans were vacci- of those molecules yet retain capsule and that antibodies ment. The first fruit of that rev- orchestra of the immnue sys- to prevent smallpox was essen- rubella, mumps, and varicella that immunogenicity could be nated against plague by their ability to induce toxin- against the capsule could pro- olution was the vaccine against tem. tially based on the idea that an vaccines were all made possi- retained if bacteria were care- Haffkine, using inactivated neutralizing antibodies. In the mote phagocytosis. The first hepatitis B. Two bacterial live- agent virulent for animals ble through selection of clones fully killed by heat or chemical plague bacilli. Live vaccines 20th century, chemical inacti- use of this information to make virus vaccines are adminis- might be attenuated in by cell-culture passage in vitro. treatment. against cholera were devel- vation was also applied to a vaccine was the development tered orally: the Ty21a vaccine humans. This idea played a role The oral polio vaccine is a good The first inactivated vac- oped by Ferran in Spain and viruses. Influenza vaccine was of meningococcal polysaccha- against typhoid, which is a in the development of B.C.G. example, in that the mutants cines were developed more or Haffkine in France, but it was the first successful inactivated ride vaccine. This vaccine con- strain mutated chemically to but is even more obvious in the that occur in cell-culture pas- less simultaneously by Salmon ultimately the vaccine devel- virus vaccine, and experience trolled epidemic and endemic deprive the organism of selection of rhesus and bovine sage that confer inability to and Smith in the United States oped by Kolle using heat-inac- with that vaccine served Salk disease in military recruits. enzymes that contribute to vir- rotavirus strains to aid the cre- cause paralysis were isolated and the Pasteur Institute group tivated cholera bacilli that in his successful effort to Heidelberg and Macleod and ulence, and the CVD103-HgR ation of human rotavirus vac- by selection of clones with low (Roux and Chamberland ) in came into general use. develop an inactivated polio later Austrian fostered the cre- cholera vaccine, which is cines. It was Pasteur and his neurovirulence in monkeys. France. Inactivation was first Formalin-inactivated whole- vaccine and later hepatitis. ation of combinations of multi- unable to synthesize complete Dr. ARVIND NERAL. M.D. colleagues who most clearly Cocultivation of two viruses in applied to pathogens such as cell pertussis vaccine was first Whole inactivated viruses or ple pneumococcal polysaccha- cholera toxin. Both of these Prof. & H.O.D. Pathology formulated the idea of attenua- cell culture with clone selec- the typhoid, plague, and tested by Madsen and was subunits of virus have been rides to prevent invasive infec- vaccines were made possible Pt. J.N.M. Medical College Raipur CENTRAL CHRONICLE, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2021 GPM district to get new identity thru ‘Arpa Mahotsav’: CM RUSH IN THE JAIL seen. Apart from rich cultural the region Pt. Madhav Rao Q Makes declaration to touch of Chhattisgarh in this Sapre more lasting that a new install Dr Mahotsav, there is presenta- Press Club building has been Bhanwarsingh tion of district’s culture as well. dedicated at the cost of Rs 50 The ancient form of state’s cul- lakh here. Declaration to start Porte’s statue in the ture is being presented in new a Horticulture College in the College and School form and the people are feeling memory of Late Bisahudas elated with it. He said that Mahant has already being GPM is a sacred place and in made earlier. In order to Raipur, Feb 10: Chief Minister this place there is water from speed-up development work Bhupesh Baghel said that ‘Arpa Ganges, Narmada, Son and in the district, CM said taht Mahotav’ will give new identity Mahanadi. The first word of many works were started dur- to Gourela- Pendra- Marwahi state’s song begins with ‘Arpa’ ing his last visit. (GPM) district. He said that the Addressing at the conclusion tourism district. On this occa- and in it lie the importance of CM further said that this beauty with this the foundation of two-day ‘Arpa Mahotsav’ in sion Speaker of State entire region. year there is record in paddy of this Mahotsav has been laid Pendra here on Wednesday Assembly Dr Charandas CM said that it was here that purchase on MSP in the state would make it even more mas- Baghel said that GPM should Mahant, Revenue Minister and Gurudev Ravindra Nath Tagore and total 93 lakh MT of paddy sive and it will be expanded in have been formed as district GPM district in-Charge stayed for treatment of his has been purchased in the all forms. immediately after formation of Jaisingh Agrawal, wife in GPendra for one & half state. The amount of money Baghel was speaking on the new state of Chhattisgarh. But Parliamentary Secretary years. No doubt the natural credited into farmers’ occasion of first anniversary of this got considerably delayed. Rashmi Ashish Singh, MLA Dr atmosphere of the region left account is the one which has formation of new GPM district It was on formation of new KK Dhruv, Shailesh Pandey, lasting impression in his writ- never done as on date. being observed as ‘Aarpa government in the state, this Mohit Keketta, Advisor to CM ings and poems. He might have Purchase of paddy from 20.58 Mahotsav’. On this occasion he long-cherished dream of peo- Pradeep Sharma and othe reps created write-up, poems based lakh farmers has been com- made declaration to install ple of GPM was realised and from Panchayat and other upon the lifestyle of the region pleted and in turn farmers statue of Dr Bhanwarsingh fulfilled. He said that with for- institutions were present. and it is by searching for these have been paid a total amount Porte in the College and School mation of district the develop- CM Baghel extended greet- writings that it should be of Rs 17322 crore. With farm- in the district. CM on this occa- ment works will gain momen- ings to people of GPM on occa- read-out in this Mahotsav. ers getting due rate for their There was huge rush of family members outside of Central Jail as they have come to sion laid stone for development tum. This district will be devel- sion of ‘Arpa Mahotsav’ and CM further said that in farming, there is inclination of meet their jail inmates, as it was banned for last few months with start of corona works worth Rs 20 crore and oped with full force and efforts said that in this Mahotsav order to make the memories farmers to take up agriculture pandemic and now it has been opened. Chronicle pic- Shrikant Meshram above for people of the district. will be made to develop it was there is lot of novelty to be of well-known journalist of work. Fraud dupes woman of Rs 23.23 lakh 1.81 lakh health and frontline 10th meeting of Empowerment workers vaccinated in Ch’garh by selling other’s land Raipur, Feb 10: In and 11,845 people in Committee held Chhattisgarh, till now Rajnandgaon. 8400 in Central Chronicle News who claimed to hold power newly purchased land in (till February 8) one lakh Korba, 8000 in Janjgir- of attorney of a piece of her name, she was 81 thousand health work- Champa, 7263 in Jashpur, Q To increase invest- Raipur, Feb 10: In a sheer land in the particular shocked to be told that the ers and frontline work- 7217 in Balodabazar- ment promotion instance of fraud, the ac- area. He even showed the land actually belongs to ers have been vaccinated Bhatapara, 6780 in cused sold someone else’s power of attorney docu- one Mahesh Chhugani against Corona infec- Mahasamund, 6699 in in IT sector land to the complainant by ments authorising him to and the particular power tion. So far, 3984 sessions Sarguja, 6643 in Bastar, tampering with the land solely deal with the land. of attorney used in regis- have been organized for 6499 in Balod, 6289 in Raipur, Feb 10: The 10th documents and claiming Finding the land to her re- tering the land in her vaccination under the Kanker, 6113 in Surajpur meeting of the to have power of attorney quirement and taking the name is a blatant act of vaccination campaign and 5435 health and front Empowered Committee for that land. The accused documents produced by manipulation of the origi- started from January 16 line workers were vacci- for Information in fact even got registered the fraud as genuine, nal power of attorney. in the state. On February nated in Kabirdham. Technology (IT) the land in the buyer’s Kavita Agrawal agreed by Following this revela- 8, 15,792 health workers 4660 were vaccinated for Investment Promotion name and but the fraud buy the land for a sum of tion, Kavita Agrawal con- and frontline workers prevention of corona in- was held at Mantralaya came to light after the Rs 23.23 lakh. tacted Rafi Ahmed and were vaccinated in a fection in Bemetara, 4517 Mahanadi Bhawan on Amitabh Jain has said software development, buyer sought from In due course, the total sought back her money total of 575 vaccination in Dhamtari, 4200 in Tuesday, February 09 that IT companies will be solar modules, LEDs, Data Revenue Department to sum was paid to Rafi which was refused out- sessions in all districts of Gariaband, 3838 in under the chairmanship set up in the state follow- Management, Social get the land transferred Ahmed in installments as right saying that the the state. These include Balrampur- of Chief Secretary ing the standard guide- Signage Fire, Digital Class into her name. The inci- was agreed between them. power of attorney provid- 13 thousand 183 health Ramanujganj, 3642 in Amitabh Jain. The meet- lines. In the meeting, in- Room, Metal core Printing, dent was complained at Hereafter, the accused ed by him is a genuine one. workers and 2609 front- Kondagaon, 3544 in ing reviewed the business vestment proposals re- Medical Electronics and Khamardih police station duly got the land regis- Kavita then complained line corona workers. So Korea, 2917 in Mungeli, activities of various insti- ceived under the policy of proposals related to estab- on Wednesday. tered in name of Kavita the fraud in Khamtarai po- far, 18,954 health workers 2492 in Dantewada, 2009 tutes associated with the Electronics and lishment of units of Light According to police, Agrawal by producing the lice station following and frontline workers in Gourela-Pendra- state information technol- Information Technology in the State. Additional complainant Kavita power of attorney in the which police have regis- have been vaccinated in Marwahi, Sukma In 1869, ogy.Also, various business Supported Services were Chief Secretary Mr.Subrat Agrawal of Kushalpur in registry office. tered an offence under Raipur district. 13,588 1511 in Bijapur and 944 proposals of information discussed in detail for in- Sahoo, Chief Executive 2015 was looking for buy- However, when Kavita Section 420 IPC against have been vaccinated in health care and frontline technology companies principle approval and Officer of CHIPS Mr. ing a land in Avanti Vihar Agrawal contacted the Rafi Ahmed and is now in- Bilaspur, 12,723 in workers were vaccinated wishing to work in nine I.T. companies pro- Sameer Vishnoi and other Colony. In the process, she Revenue Department for vestigating the matter Raigarh, 12,389 in Durg in Narayanpur district. Chhattisgarh were dis- posals were approved. senior officers were pres- met fraud Rafi Ahmed getting transferred the further. cussed. Chief Secretary These proposals include ent in the meeting. Peaceful demonstration held by all Two arrested Two inter-sate frauds arrested from Delhi under Excise Act branches of Indian Bank, Bilaspur Raipur: Two persons naments worth Rs 5.05 6 lakh cash from the first tigation, police obtained have been arrested under Had duped a lakh on January 25 last youth and in return give vital clues from the CCTV Excise Act from separate woman of orna- while she was returning all her ornaments worth grabs on the crime spots. police station areas dur- ments worth home after buying vegeta- Rs 5.05 lakh. The com- Based on these clues, po- ing last 24-hours. bles from Shastri Market. plainant further told police pursued its further in- The first one, identified Rs 5.05 lakh The fraud was complained lice that she was probably vestigation and that led as Purushottam Yadav, in Gole Bazaar police sta- hypnotised owing to them to Delhi from where was arrested by Kharora By handing her tion later on the same date. which did exactly as she they were arrested from a cover loan through police from bundle having According to police, was asked to and then re- locality in Outer Delhi dis- Q For loan recovery ‘Gandhigiri’. Till now, the Chhuhiapahri road after currency note only complainant Premlata youth has been sacked by turned to her home. It was trict.Identified as Gopal from defaulters banks which have been he was nabbed possess- on top and bottom Agrawal of Devendra his employer without giv- here she found that the Solanki and Rahul strict in lending, will now ing 22 bottles of country Nagar had been to Shastri ing him his salary.The sec- bundle of notes given to Parmar, the accused duo Raipur, Feb 10: Indian recover the loan in liquor. The accused was Market for buying vegeta- ond youth then saw the her actually contained a initially refused to have Bank started a peaceful Gandhigiri way.Under this, later booked under Central Chronicle News bles on the morning of earlier youth holding a Rs 500 denomination on committed any crime in demonstration for recovery Indian Bank has started a Section 34-1 of Excise January 25 last. Returning cloth bag. On being asked the top and another on the Raipur but ultimately from loan defaulters in the recovery drive under Early Act. Raipur, Feb 10: Gole from there, she was con- the first youth told that it bottom and in between broke down and confessed morning hours in which Morning Recovery Drive, in The next one, identi- Bazaar police, in associa- fronted by a youth who contains Rs 6 lakh he had were neatly cut papers giv- of duping the woman here. the authorized officials of which a team of bank em- fied as Satya Prakash tion of Raipur Police begged money from her stolen from his employer’s ing them shape and size of However police could re- the bank went to the resi- ployees, wearing slogans Verma, was arrested by Cyber Cell, on Wednesday claiming to be hungry shop. Narrating all these Rs 500 currency note. cover the woman’s orna- dence of defaulter cus- and caps, T-shirts, reached Khamtarai police from brought to the city two since last few days. At the fake stories, those two Following her comments as the accused had tomers and carried out the house of the concerned de- Urkura locality after he inter-state frauds after ar- very moment another frauds took the complaint, police registered an already sold them. recovery work in a peaceful faulters and carried out the was nabbed possessing 50 resting them Delhi and youth arrived there and plainant behind Gupta offence under Section 420, Police have since manner. On the occasion recovery process. The loan bottles of country liquor. procuring their transit re- gave Rs 50 to the earlier Complex on way to DKS 34 IPC and launched an in- brought them to Raipur the bank employees also defaulters of the bank in- The accused was later mand. The accused had youth. He then told the Hospital and they some- tense hunt to nab both the and is now interrogating gave the slogan - ‘No strict clude many prominent and booked under Section 34- duped a woman of her or- complainant that the how coaxed her to take Rs frauds. In process of inves- them further. action, now bank will re- well-known people. 2 of Excise Act. State level seminar on yoga concludes Bikers snatch Two tractors illegally Ashram, Ahmedabad, ad- pedestrian’s cell phone dressed the questions Raipur: Two unidenti- transporting wood seized based on the yoga of the fied bikers on Tuesday participants as part of the night snatched the cell ers of these seized tractors ‘Curiosity’ program. After phone of a pedestrian in under the Forest Produce this, yoga was performed Ring Road no.2 as he was Transport Rules. Forest by Master Abhishek walking back to his Divisional Officer Naidu, student of home. According to po- Vishwesh Kumar informed Kendriya Vidyalaya lice, complainant that special monitoring is Raipur. Subsequently, the Ramnath Singh of being done by the field staff research papers were read Hirapur was walking of Forest Department of in the ‘Research Paper back to his home when at Abhanpur on illegal trans- pect of Yoga was discussed Presentation’ session by about 8:30 pm two rob- portation of wood. Under Focus on to make in detail in the seminar the researchers studying in bers riding a bike bear- this campaign, tractor yoga popular and on the need of yoga for the subject of Yoga. At the ing registration number number CG 05 C 7730 and among people healing. The main theme of closing ceremony of the CG07-VO-2086 came from tractor number CG 05 C the seminar was “How webinar, the keynote ad- behind suddenly at a Raipur, Feb 10: Two trac- 1002 are being seized along much yoga is effective dress was given by Dr. high speed and in a flash tors illegally transporting with illegal woods and ac- Raipur, Feb 04: The three- today?” Subject experts Anant Biradar, National the pillion rider snatched wood in the Abhanpur area tion is being taken under day state-level seminar gave their views on the President, International his cell from the shirt were seized with trolley Chhattisgarh Forest cum webinar organised by challenges and future and Naturopathy Organization, pocket and both of them and wood by the forest de- Produce Rules. The market the Chhattisgarh Yoga suggestions were also New Delhi (Virtual), on the instantly fled from there. partment officials. Action price of forest produce is Commission on the subject taken from the trainees. subject of Yoga and The snatching was com- is being taken on the own- Rs 50,000. of Yoga at the State The main objective of the Naturopathy: Yesterday, plained in Kabir Nagar Resource and event was to connect yoga Today and Tomorrow. police station soon after- Rehabilitation Center at with the overall personali- Subsequently, the officials wards following which One arrested under Arms Act Mana Camp, Raipur con- ty development of the of Chhattisgarh Yoga police have registered an Raipur: Kotwali police on Tuesday night arrested a cluded. The session was masses especially the Commission and State offence under Section teenager under Arms Act from near Tagore Nagar chaired by Dr. Caiptan youth. In the first session Resource and 379, 34 IPC against both Chowk after he was nabbed possessing a knife. Singh, Assistant Acharya, of the last day of the semi- Rehabilitation Center gave the unidentified bikers Identified as Mohammad Shabir Khan, the accused Shri Rawatpura Sarkar nar, Yoga Guru Dheeraj certificates to all the partic- and is now investigating was immediately taken to the police station where University,Raipur. The ide- Vashishta (virtual) of ipants directly involved in the matter further. he was later booked under Section 25 of Arms Act. ological and scientific as- Uttar Vashishtha Yoga the program. CENTRAL CHRONICLE, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2021 Action taken against illegal plotting in Kachandur Road DPC level construction and road structure demolished Central Chronicle News action at these two spots. course) level construction conducted inspection and against the illegal activity. The illegally prepared of a house in Kachandur found that illegal plotting As no person reached Bhilai, Feb 10: The team road structure was re- Road. Action was also was being done at two there to claim the owner- of Vaishali Nagar Zone moved with the help of taken at two different spots on Kachandur Road. ship of the land, the continued its drive Earth Movers. 12 truck- places for illegal plotting. On her instructions, Revenue Inspector of the against illegal plotting on loads of Muramwas also The road structure was the Enforcement Squad area was called in and has the second consecutive seized from the spot. razed to prevent illegal removed the road struc- been asked to provide the day.The BMC team led by It needs to be men- plotting on the main route ture and marking, DPC ownership details of the Zone Commissioner tioned here that Bhilai from Kurud to level construction and ce- land. Pooja Pillai conducted in- Municipal Corporation is Kachandur. ment poles installed on After receiving the de- spection in Kachandur taking regular action Corporation the land. Vaishali Nagar tails, BMC would initiate road area after receiving against the illegal plot- Commissioner Rituraj Zone Assistant Revenue legal proceedings and file a tip off regarding illegal ting. After discovering Raghuvanshi has given Officer Sanjay Verma FIR against the land plotting and sale of land. the illegal activity during instructions to all the said that the complaint of owner. Further, a letter is They found that plotting inspection, the team of Zone Commissioners to illegal plotting was re- being sent to the registrar produce was at initial Vaishali Nagar Zone take strict action against ceived at two places. to stop the division of stages in that area. equipped with Earth illegal plotting, illegal oc- Taking cognizance on land and not to conduct At two spots, markings Movers and Trippers cupancy, encroachment the complaint, Zone registry. Deputy Engineer were done and roads were reached the spot and and illegal construction. Commissioner carried Shankar Suman Markam, constructed with mur- strict action was taken. Acting on the instruc- out inspection and on Zone Health Officer Anil rum on about nine acres The team demolished tions, Zone 2 finding merits in the com- Mishra and other employ- of land. BMC team took the DPC (damp proof Commissioner Puja Pillai plaint, action was taken ees were present.

Fire breaks out at Teenager found dead chemical factory Traffic Jawans and Mitans receive CPR training Bhilai, Feb 10: Fire broke out in the premises of a Central Chronicle in suspicious condition chemical factory early morning on Wednesday. The News Central Chronicle News Vinay Singh Baghel and incidence occurred at forensic experts reached Tethys Chemicals situated Bhilai, Feb 10: Under Bhilai, Feb 10: A teenag- the spot and crime scene in Heavy Industrial Area, the ongoing 32th Road er was found dead in sus- investigation was con- Hathkoj. The fire spread Safety Month, CPR train- picious condition at the ducted. very fast and soon the neigh- ing was provided to the outskirts of village During interrogation, bour factory - Sarthak Traffic Jawans and Umda of Old Bhilai father of the deceased in- Metals was also engulfed in Traffic Mitans at Traffic Police Station area. The formed that on Tuesday flames. On information, po- Tower in Nehru Nagar. It deceased is a resident of Trilok had brought two lice and fire brigade reached needs to be mentioned nearby village parrot chicks. As the the spot and doused the here that Traffic Police Aklordeeh. Police are chicks were very small, flames with the help of foam have nominated Traffic trying to explore Trilok's father asked him base. The owners have not Mitans who reside near whether it is a murder or to keep the chicks back filed the estimate of loss that the Black and Grey Spots some accident. in the nest from where he occurred due to fire. Old of the roads. According to informa- had brought them. Bhilai SHO Vinay Baghel in- Dr Sudhir Gangey from tion, body of Trilok Trilok left house in the formed that the incidence Police Hospital Durg and Chandrakar (19) was evening but did not re- occurred at the premises of Shubham Sahu found lying in the agri- turn back. His body was Tethys Chemicals at around (Technician, Sparsh culture land of found on Wednesday 04:30 hrs on Wednesday Hospital) conducted the Jaiprakash Sahu in vil- morning. The body was morning. The police control training session. They lage Umda on lying near a big tree. It is room received its informa- were explained about in any road accident, first By the time the emer- there is no need to give stopping of breathing, Wednesday morning. suspected that there tion after which police team Cardio Pulmonary of all the injured should gency vehicle arrives, we CPR. If the injured is not the life of injured can be Corporator Ashish might be the nest of par- and fire tenders reached the Resuscitation (CPR). 20 be brought to a solid and should check the injured breathing, then CPR saved. At the end of the Verma came to know rot on that tree and spot. The fire tenders took Traffic Mitans and 30 dry place on the roadside. person and see if he is should be given immedi- programme, Deputy about the incidence after Trilok would have fallen six rounds and managed to Traffic Jawans participat- Thereafter, the ambu- breathing or not. For the ately. Dr Gangey ex- Superintendent of Police which the police was down while putting the control the fire with foam ed in this training. lance should be called in purpose, the pulse of plained the entire (Traffic) Gurjeet Singh called in. CSP Vishwas chicks back in the nest. base and water. Anyone was During the training, Dr and information should hands, feet and neck can process of CPR. He in- expressed gratitude to- Chandrakar, Inspector Investigations are on. not hurt in the mishap. Gangey told that while be communicated to po- be checked. If the injured formed that if CPR is wards Dr Sudhir Gangey Investigations are on. helping a person injured lice. person is breathing, then given within 3 minutes of and other medical staff. Winners of Suraksha Anubhuti -2020 Contest from BSP feted Bhilai Commissioner gets Central Chronicle News was organised by SAIL SafetyOrganization, vaccinated at Shastri Hospital Bhilai, Feb 10: Awards to Ranchi with the objective the winners of Suraksha to capture learnings from Central Chronicle News tion proof with them at Anubhuti -2020 Contest the experience gained the vaccination center. from SAIL-Bhilai Steel from incidents as well as Bhilai, Feb 10: Bhilai After cross examination of Plant were given away by good job and work carried Commissioner Rituraj the identity that it is the Rajeev Sehgal, ED (Works) out and disseminate the Raghuvanshi on same person who is to be at ED (Works) Conference learnings for better under- Wednesday reached the vaccinated, they will be Hall, Sanyantra Bhawan standing and implementa- Corona Vaccination given a prescription which on February 03, tion in other plants and Centre at Shastri Hospital is to be shown to get vacci- 2021.Gaurav Singh, units. in Supelaand got vaccinat- nated. It is noteworthy Shailesh Kumar Topics for the competi- ed. All the formalities re- that the officers / employ- Chandrakar, Anil tion were Electrical Safety, lated to the Covid protocol ees of the corporation Parkhe& Dhanraj Meena Crane Safety and Road were completed prior to played an important role from Blast Furnace se- Safety, which have been the procedure of vaccina- in defeating the Corona cured the 1st prize in ised by SAIL Safety preciated the efforts of Plant by winning awards identified asareas of con- tion. As per protocol, the virus. The contribution of Crane Safety. Organisation, Ranchi in SAIL Safety Organisation, in all the categories. He cern in SAIL. All the hospital staff provided all the frontline sanitation KC Agrawal from SED May 2020. SR Ranchi for organising also motivated the employ- learnings from the compe- the information related to workers in fighting the secured the Consolation Suryawanshi, CGM I/c such a Contest which in- ees tocontinue this as a tition have been complied Covid-19 to the Commissioner getting pandemic has been impor- prize in Electrical Safety, (Iron), GA Rao, CGM turn shall promote passion and participate in in the form of an e-Book ti- Commissioner Rituraj Covid vaccine has sent tant. Now such officers / V Mohan Rao from Elec (COCCD), Tapas safetyawareness among all the available forums. tled 'Suraksha Anubhuti -a Raghuvanshi and admin- across a good message to employees are getting in- (PBS-2) secured the conso- Dasgupta, CGM (BFces), the workforce, and this At the outset, GP Singh, compilation of Case istered the vaccine. the employees who also formation on mobile to get lation prize in Crane Sanjay Singh, GM I/c (PP- will ultimately help in re- Actg. CGM (Safety &FS) Studies/ Experiences and Thereafter, the Bhilai started getting vaccinated. vaccinated. Deputy Safety while Nehru 1), SP Singh, GM (B Fce), duction of accidents at welcomed the dignitaries have been further up- Commissioner was kept The employees who are to Commissioner Ashok Dhruw, Ved Prakash BC Mandal, GM (COCCD), shop floor. and the award winners loaded in SAIL Safety under observation to be vaccinated are getting Dwivedi, Health Officer Rathore and Rahul Ranjan Vivek Khati, AGM (B Fce - Sehgal appreciated the and apprised the house re- Organisation (SSO) infor- check for any side effects message on their mobile Dharmendra Mishra, from CO & CCD secured 8) and other officials were awardees from BSP for garding the details of the mation portal. GP Singh, after vaccination. No side numbers. Employees who Assistant Health Officer the Consolation prize in present on the occasion. participating in the Suraksha Anubhuti - 2020 Actg. CGM (Safety &FS) effects were noted and so get information about vac- Javed Ali and Tushar Road Safety category. Rajeev Sehgal, ED Competition and bringing Contest. The Suraksha proposed the Vote of the vaccination process cination on their mobiles Verma were present dur- The contest was organ- (Works) in his address ap- laurels to Bhilai Steel Anubhuti - 2020 Contest thanks. was successful. The Bhilai have to carry an identifica- ing the vaccination. Malpractice of child marriage needs to be eradicated AICCTU condemns the all-out sale of Vizag Steel plant for welfare of society Central Chronicle News than one lakh employees vate players, and the deci- The agitation has also stands in solidarity with directly and indirectly. the govern- sion has come claimed 30 lives. the struggling employees Central Chronicle News girls suffer more from this mal- Bhilai, Feb 10: The As VSP employs about ment is bla- at a time Nirmala Seetharaman, of RINL against the arbi- practice. Child marriage ends working president of 15,000 permanent and tantly lying where the fu- the Finance Minister, trary decision of central Bhilai, Feb 10: On the direc- the childhood and makes a Centeof Steel Workers 20,000 contract workers and showcas- ture of work- being a Telugu person, govt. We demand to im- tives of District and Sessions negative impact on child's edu- (AICCTU) Bhilai, A and provides indirect ing the loss- ers of all has failed the people of mediately withdraw the Judge Rajesh Srivastava cation, health and protection. Shekhar Raohas in a livelihood to over 65,000 es. other sectors the state. While lakhs of decision of disinvest- (Chairman, District Legal Child marriage has a direct press statement alleged people. The plant thus At the is also pushed farmers are struggling at ment in RINL, to stream- Services Authority), a special impact not only on girls but that Modi government in supports one lakh jobs same time, as towards de- the national capital and line the mining policy,al- awareness campaign was con- also their families and society implementing its agenda and about five lakh peo- per its policy, spair by agitating all over the location of govt owned ducted at village Kachandur as well. Under the Child of rampant privatisation, ple - about a quarter of it is giving amending all country against the simi- captive mines to RINL, and Chhawani by Ramjivan Marriage Act, marriages of a has resorted to yet anoth- Vizag city population. away the Iron A Sekhar Rao the labour lar move of handing over stop selling mined raw Devangan (Additional District male below 21 years of age or er sell out through 100 Rao further stated that, ore to corpo- laws and the farm sector to corpo- materials at throw away and Sessions Judge) and Ajit a woman below 18 years of percent disinvestment. in a series of privatisa- rate companies at throw bringing in four labour rates through the three prices to corporate com- Kumar Rajbhanu (Additional age is classified as child mar- After taking steps to tion steps, union govern- away prices, granting codes. anti-farmer Acts, the panies and secure the fu- District and Sessions Judge) on riage. Child marriage is a pun- handover majority ment is shamelessly sell- mining permissions to VSP which became op- Union government is ture of all employees of Monday. They shared informa- ishable offense under this Act. shares in different public ing most profitable, gov- private companies, while erational in 1992 after the taking this step. Vizag Steel, passing a tion about The Prohibition of Also, adult men performing and govt. sectors like ernment owned indus- on the other hand it is foundation was laid in It is time for Vizag resolution in the floors of Child Marriage Act 2006 and child marriages or those carry- Defence, Insurance, tries which have been a not allocating its own 1977 by the then prime Steel workers to join the assembly condemn- the problems related to child ing out child marriages can be Banking, Petroleum, major support to Indian mines as captive mines, minister Indira Gandhi, hands with the farmers ing Modi govt and also to marriage. punished under this Act with Airways and Railways to economy in many ways to RINL which is a after a prolonged agita- and other struggling join the peoples move- They said that child mar- rigorous imprisonment of two corporates, now it has and is handing them over navratna PSE under tion in the seventies, workers of the country ment against wholesale riage violates the rights of chil- years or fine of Rs One lakh or come up with another de- to their corporate bosses. ministry of Steel. This when people rallied with against the anti farmer sell out. Further AICCTU dren, due to which they remain both, but no woman will be structive step to sell out He alleged that, to give move pushes the future a popular slogan and anti worker brutal calls upon the people to vulnerable to violence, harass- punished with imprisonment. Visakhapatnam Steel away the Vizag Steel of lakhs of employees "Visakhaukku- measures of BJP govt. join workers movement ment and sexual exploitation. The offenses committed under Plant, which is providing (RINL - RashtriyaIspat into insecurity in the AndhrulaHakku" (Vizag A Sekhar Rao men- to stall the privatization Child marriage affects both this Act are cognizable and employment to more Nigam Limited) to pri- hands of private owners Steel is Andhrite's right). tioned that AICCTU of Vizag steel plant. girls and boys. However the non-bailable. CENTRAL CHRONICLE, RAIPUR, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2021 Road construction will Ganpatram Dewangan ease traffic: Dr. Dahria bid touching farewell Q Urban administration minister performs bhumi poojan of 7 roads costing Rs 2.5 crore Central Chronicle News Arang, Feb 10: State STF jawan killed in blast Urban Administration Minister and MLA of Arang Vidhan Sabha, Dr. of IED planted by Naxals Shivkumar Dahria performed bhumi pujan of 7 new roads in the area. Scheme in Arang area, the Chandkhuri have been Last rites performed Under the Chief Minister road will be constructed by made a Nagar Panchayat. Sugam Road Scheme ap- the Public Works On this occasion District Central Chronicle News elite unit of the CRPF, proved by the Public Works Department from the President Mr. Khilesh and the District Force Central Chronicle News School Sal from 23 July Music and hold discours- Department, the comple- Government Building to Dewangan, District Bijapur, Feb 10: A were involved in the op- 1985 to 8 Sept 2008; Pre- es of Ramchartrimanas. tion of these roads, con- the main road. This will Panchayat Member Mrs. jawan of the Special eration, he said. Katagi, Feb 10: Secondary School After retirement, Mr Rao structed at a cost of Rs. 2.20 make it easier for everyone, Lalitha Krishna Verma, Task Force (STF) was on "When the patrolling Ganpatram Dewangan Baijnath from 11 Nov 2008 District Project co-ordina- crore, will ease the traffic. including school students, Mrs. Anita Than Singh, Sunday killed when a team was on way back honoured with to 30 Oct 2009; Pre- tor at Sankul Kendra level; Minister Dr. Dahria per- to travel. He said that devel- District Member Tarini pressure improvised ex- after the operation, President's award was bid Secondary School Sarwa Tulsi Verma- Asst. Distict formed the Bhoomi Pujan opment of villages along Pintu Nirmalkar, Mrs. plosive device (IED), Constable Mohan Nag touching farewell by his from 31 Oct 2009 to 30 Aug co-ordinator; RS Chouhan- of the Chief Minister's with the city is in the prior- Pushpa Pintu Kurre, Mrs. planted by Naxals, went inadvertently stepped colleagues and teachers 2017. Asst. Teacher officer, BRC Sugam Road Scheme at ity of his government. In Dileeshwari Yashwant off in Bijapur district, on the pressure IED con- here on Sunday. During this period Sriram Navrang BRC, Mandir Hasaud, every village of the state, Tandon, Mr. Sanjay police said. nection near Dewangan was born on 18 Ganpat Dewangan re- Principal LP Dewangan, Bahnakadi, Badgaon, Gori, work is going on to provide Sharma, Sarpanch Mrs. The incident occurred Peddagellur, around 450 Nov 1958 in Gram Katagi ceived many awards and Nohar Sriwas, SL Sahu, Bhansoj, Sakri, and Village water in every household Rama Nohar Yadav, Public around 4.30 pm near km away from capital and completed his was presented with Nandlal Dewangan- Akolikhurd. On this occa- through the tap-water representatives and vil- Peddagellur village Raipur, triggering the Primary education from Governor's award on 5 Sankul Coordinator; in- sion, he said that under the scheme. He said that the lagers of the area including under Tarrem police blast that left him criti- Gov Primary School, Sept 2006; with Charge Shekhar Basod, SK leadership of Chief government is constantly Mr. Ashok Banjare, Mrs. station area when a cally injured," he said. Katagi in 1977 and got the President's award on 5 Sharma, Sarpanch Minister Mr. Bhupesh working in the interest of Rambai Murari Yadav, Mr. joint team of security He was rushed to a first appointment as Sept 2007; with Maneshwari Dhruv, Baghel, development works the village, poor and farm- Gopal Dhivar, Mrs. Usha forces was out on an local hospital, where he teacher on 30 June, 1979. President's award and Teacher Manharan are being given momentum ers and labourers. The area Dhiwar, Mrs. Leena Vicky anti-Naxal operation, succumbed to his in- It was oin 22 Nov. 1979, he gold medal on 6 Dec 2007 Dewangan, Jagannath in the state. Approval has will be taken further in the Verma, Shramati Inspector General of juries, the IG said. jointed Govt Primary in New Delhi. Ganpat Dewangan, Umashankar been given to connect all path of development by cre- Rameshwari Bhagwat Police (Bastar range) Nag belonged to School Kurmadar (South Dewangan apart from Sahu, Panna Dewangan government buildings in ating a new Nagar Baghel, Mr. Komal Sahu, Sundarraj P said. 'Black Panther', a spe- Koushal), in Primary teaching students in the and others bid him touch- the state with the main Panchayat. Therefore, the Mr. Hari Banjare, Mr. The personnel belong- cialised unit of the STF, School Lakhmaisatti School was also active in ing farewell and wished road. Under the Chief temples of the Arang re- Dwarka Sahu, were ing to STF, CoBRA- an he added. from 22 Nov. 1979 to 22 linking people with main- him all the best in his post- Minister Sugam Road gion, Hasaud, Samoda and present. July 1985; in Primary stream and used to teach retirement life. Six accused in murder case Development is reaching the inaccessible areas through song and music sentenced life imprisonment Central Chronicle News tion, health, nutrition and livelihood, making com- Central Chronicle News accused Vikas Sahu was Jagdalpur/Konta, Feb mon people aware of the also found to be guilty 10: Once again the benefits in their local di- Bemetara, Feb 10: The under section 170 of IPC evenings in Bastar have alects such as Court held the six accused and was sentenced 1 yr RI become colourful and mu- Chhattisgarhi, Halbi, involved in murder of one and Rs 500 as penalty. sical with the beats of Gondi, Bhatri, Dhurva, Chetan Yadav as convicts In this special case, the Maandar and melodious and Dorla through play first by abducting the vic- prosecution produced folk songs. Art troupes and and music. tim and then hitting him statements of 22 witnesses their performances have Along with the schemes on the head with an iron and on finding all the not only brought back the being run for farmers, rod going to Sutiyapath charges true, the Addl. cultural vibe in the rural youth and women, art jungle and then burning Session Judge Bemetara areas of state but has also troupes are also promoting his body in order to hide Pankaj Sinha (Justice) inspired people of rural the information about the Red ant chutney and mahua dishes any witness. pronounced the verdict on areas to live a better life. works being done for griev- The accused viz. Harish Feb 05, 2021 holding all the They get to know about Q Effective publicity of schemes of government is being done ance redressal, infrastruc- from Ch'garh attracting Delhiites Sahu, Vijay Gandharv, six above accused convict the government schemes in Bastar division with the help of art-troupes ture development, preserv- Siyaram Sayyam, Vikas and total 10 yrs of RI and how to avail them ing the local culture etc, Central Chronicle News Curiosity of people is Sahu, Pawan Nirmalkar, under different acts of through the performances Q Information being provided in local dialects through hike in wages for tendupat- witnessed by the crowd Jaipal alias Palu were IPC along with penalty of the art troupes. interesting plays, songs ta collection, schemes like Dantewada, Feb 10: at the stall. People are cu- found to be guilty under and the punishment of These folk artists have narva, garva, ghurva, bari. Visitors visiting the on- rious to know more section 364/34 of IPC and lifetime imprisonment to reached even the remotest of Abujhmad area of help of art troupes in the Through these cultural going "Aadi Mahotsav about the culture of were sentenced 3 yrs RI all six accused. In this and the inaccessible areas Narayanpur district, local dialect is proving to programmes, promotional 2021" at Dilli Haat here Chhattisgarh. with penalty of Rs 500 case, on behalf of state of Sukma district such as where they have been cre- be really effective. material based on govern- are astonished to find Chhattisgarh's stall of each. They were also sen- government, Addl. PP Jagargunda and ating awareness about the Public relations department schemes published that the food stall of SHG from Dantewada of- tenced 5 yrs imprisonment Satish Sharma of Chintalnar, Gangalur, government scheme ment has been promoting by public relations depart- Chhattisgarh is offering fering delicacies made of under section 120 B of IPC Bemetara conducted the Basaguda in Bijapur dis- through dance, music and the public welfare ment is also being distrib- rare and eclectic recipes Mahua is also a hit and Rs 500 as penalty. The hearing. trict, and even the corners play. Promotion with the schemes related to educa- uted to the villagers. of the tribal-dominated among the lovers of Bastar region. Mahua. The stall offers The menu of cookies, halwa, ladoos, Monkeys causing lots of trouble Chhattisgarh stall is full jellies, jam and other of bizarre recipes typical dishes made up of Shortage of employees putting wildlife, forest at risk For common men in houses and in garden with tribals. Red ant Mahua flower. The imli chutney (chapra), alcohol chutney at this stall is Central Chronicle News them away, they sometimes made of mahua flower, selling like hot cakes. attack or even show anger Bastariya Biryani, Landa "People have been lov- Birkoni, Feb 10: There is lot and starts jumping here and (a local alcohol made of ing our dishes. We have of nuisance and trouble by there. rice) are attracting the kept samples for tasting. wild monkeys in On the other hand, people food lovers looking to ex- After tasting people find Mahasamund city and Allah are even finding it difficult to plore new tastes. it yummy and are buying Garden is not an exception. visit the garden as the Visitors not only taste our products. We have to These monkeys from Monkeys have started enter- the unique chutney but order more stock as nearby areas do not even ing there and since people also are eager to know its these are in high de- spare people living in hous- are eating some or the other recipe. Some of them are mand," says Sangeeta es and enter their houses item, they can be seen even buying the dried red Mandavi, who is from any time and run away with snatching it away and run- ant, which is used to pre- Dantewada in food items or fruits when ning from the police. One pare this recipe. Chhattisgarh. they find children or others such scene, where a visitor doing so. Even in open to the Garden takes a selfie spaces, they create lot of with the Monkey present problems and cause distur- and lack of action on part of Q In Udanti- Seetanadi Tiger Reserve region. tional highway as well. bances in the backyard of concerned department and As per information in Set aside this every year house or in the garden. As & authorities is putting people Q Ranger in-charge looking after North-South this regard from during summer season when someone tried to shove in trouble. Udanti Sanctuary Department, there are there are reports of fire total 22 'beet' in Udanti breaking out in the jun- Central Chronicle News Wild Buffalo, there are Sanctuary and out of gle and this causes huge wild animals like leop- these 10 'Beet-Guards' are loss to wildlife and for- Mainpur, Feb 10: It was ard, peacock, wild rab- looking after all the 22 est. So before start of 36 years back in 1983 that bits, deer, 'Neelgai', 'beets'. There is shortage summer there is need to thick forest area of 'Lakadbagga', 'Siyar', of employees in safe- spruce up working in Udanti was declared as 'Bear', 'Langoor', and oth- guarding of this Udanti this direction in Udanti Sanctuary for protection ers. So with thick forest Sanctuary/ Tiger Sanctuary and ensure of the wildlife and forest cover and wildlife, Reserve for last many supply and availability of and after its declaration Udanti is very crucial for years and since last water in the artificial as sanctuary, the Forest safety and protection of month the post of Forest ponds so that the wildlife Department spent lakhs wildlife and forest. Ranger is also lying va- do not move out of the on its conservation and But due to lackadaisi- cant. jungle premises. development. cal an attitude on part of Incidents of fire What officers say: It is notable here that Forest officers and em- increases during SDO Udanti- Seetanadi Udanti sanctuary is fa- ployees of the region, the summer: Tiger Reserve Manendra mous all over State and safety of this sanctuary The Forest Sidar informed our cor- in country for nurturing is now at stake. Udanti Department has dug respondent that digging and protecting rare Wild sanctuary has been di- more than 50 ponds in- of more than 50 ponds Buffaflo which is also the vided into North and side the Sanctuary in has been done inside state animal of the South Udanti and in both order to quench thirst of Udanti Sanctuary and Chhattisgarh state. these region the post of wildlife during summer here Ranger in-charge The GoI by joining Forest Ranger/ Guards season in Udanti are posted in both North Udanti and Seetanadi is lying vacant. It is Sanctuary. But during and South Udanti sanctuary formed through officers from peak of summer season Sanctuary area. He fur- Udanti-Seetnadi Forest Circle Idagaon all these ponds get dried- ther informed that there National Tiger Reserve and Tourenga Forest up and with no water in is off course shortage of area on 20 Feb 2009. area that charge of rivers and nullahs, the 'beet-guard' and other Udanti Sanctuary is North and South Udanti wildlife start approach- employees in the sanctu- spread over 1842.54 sq. is being looked after, set ing the ponds in nearby ary and information in km area and here apart aside ensuring safety of villages and can be seen this regard has been sent from national animal wildlife and forest of the wandering near the na- to the senior officers. CENTRAL CHRONICLE, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2021 BRIEF Biden Admin welcomes India’s TENTS FOR MIGRANTS Lockdown demand  La Paz: Doctors on emergence as leading global power strike in Bolivia to force coronavirus Washington, Feb 10 (PTI): eration, including through lockdown Health care the Quad, and to address workers in Bolivia’s Describing India as one the challenges of COVID region worst hit by of the most important and climate change, Price the coronavirus pan- partners of the US in the said. Responding to a ques- demic began a 48- Indo-Pacific region, the tion, Price said the US- hour strike to de- Biden Administration India Comprehensive mand a lockdown to said that it welcomes Global Strategic battle the rise in in- India’s emergence as a Partnership is both broad fections. Emergency leading global power and as well as multi-faceted. services and hospi- its role as a net security “We’ll continue to en- tals attending Covid- provider in the region. gage at the highest levels 19 patients are not “India is one of the most of our government to striking but all other important partners in the Ned Price deepen cooperation on specialist medical Indo-Pacific region to us. many fronts, and we are care has been sus- We welcome India’s emer- the strength of the US- confident that the strong pended, said Luis gence as a leading global India partnership and dis- and upward trajectory of Aguilera, the region’s power and its role as a net cussed issues of mutual our partnership will, in medical college presi- security provider in the re- concern, including the sit- fact, continue, he told re- dent. gion,” State Department uation in Myanmar. porters. Spokesperson Ned Price Blinken expressed con- India and the US, he told reporters at his daily cern over the military said, cooperate on a wide US shooting news conference. coup and the importance range of diplomatic and  Washington: One Earlier in the day, he of rule of law and the dem- security issues, including person was killed and said, Secretary of State ocratic process in defence, nonproliferation, four others wounded Tony Blinken spoke with Myanmar. They also dis- regional cooperation in when a man who was his Indian counterpart, cussed regional develop- the Indo-Pacific, countert- unhappy with the External Affairs Minister ments, including the value errorism, peacekeeping, treatment he had re- S Jaishankar, for the sec- of US-India cooperation the environment, health, ceived at a Minnesota ond time in less than a across the Indo-Pacific. education, technology, health clinic opened fortnight. During the call, “Both sides look forward agriculture, space and Aereal view of the Migrants Reception Station (SRM) in Lajas Blancas, Darien Province, in Panama. fire inside the facility. the two leaders reaffirm to expanded regional coop- oceans. Police arrested the suspected shooter, identified as Gregory Aussie court rules terrorists El Salvador opposition Ulrich, 67, who was South Africa approves single shot known to law enforce- can be imprisoned longer proposes president’s removal ment from previous J&J vaccine even before trial results encounters. San Salvador, Feb 10 (AP): Parker, a lawmaker from Johannesburg, Feb 10 (AP): the conservative Nation South Africa will give the unap- Opposition lawmakers Republican Alliance party, Retakes town proved Johnson & Johnson vac- in El Salvador proposed or ARENA. Velásquez pro-  Bangui: Pro-govern- cine to its front-line health care starting a process that posed invoking a provi- ment forces in the workers beginning next week could lead to the removal sion in the constitution Central African as a study to see what protec- of President Nayib Bukele that would allow for Republic have retak- tion it provides from COVID-19, from office just two weeks Bukele’s removal if he’s en a strategic town particularly against the variant before his party is widely found to be physically or northwest of the cap- dominant in South Africa, the expected to win a majority mentally unfit. He accused ital Bangui that had health minister announced in legislative elections. Bukele of sowing hate and been partially held by Wednesday. Zweli Mkhize said El Salvador’s historical cited the Jan. 31 killing of rebels since Australia supreme court. South Africa has scrapped parties from the left and two people leaving a December 27. “The plans to use the Oxford- right appeared poised to Farabundo Martí National town of Bouar has Canberra, Feb 10 (AP): 60-year-old Muslim cleric AstraZeneca vaccine because it first phase of South Africa’s Mkhize. ‘The roll-out of vacci- unite against Bukele who Liberation Front, or been retaken by Australia’s highest court is the first to be incarcerat- ‘does not prevent mild to mod- vaccination drive in which the nation will proceed in the form ran an outsider’s cam- FMLN, rally. Three guards Central African on Wednesday upheld a ed by a so-called continu- erate disease’ of the variant country’s 1.25 million health of an implementation study paign that carried him to working for the Health armed forces and law that can keep extrem- ing detention order based that has spread widely in South care workers will be inoculated, with the partnership of the the presidency less than Ministry were arrested in their allies,” Ange- ists in prison after they on an anti-terror law creat- Africa. The one-shot J&J vac- he said, adding the medical Medical Research Council and two years ago. He main- connection with the Maxime Kazagui told have served their sen- ed in 2017. Australia intro- cine is still being tested inter- workers will be closely moni- the National Department of tains broad popular sup- killings. The proposal has AFP.The government tences. Five of the seven duced the law as the num- nationally and has not been tored to see what protection Health vaccination sites across port, but has battled the support of the leftist typically refers to High Court judges dis- ber of extremists held in approved in any country. But they get from the inoculation. the country,’ he said. ‘This will against the opposition- FMLN and the Christian Rwandan soldiers missed a constitutional prisons on terror-related Mkhize, in a nationally broad- ‘The Johnson & Johnson vac- provide valuable information controlled legislature at Democrat Party. It goes to and Russian paramil- challenge by convicted ter- convictions was increas- cast address, declared that the cine has been proven effective about the pandemic in the post- every turn. ‘We’re either the Legislative Assembly’s itaries deployed to rorist Abdul Benbrika ing and public concerns vaccine is safe, relying on tests against the 501Y.V2 variant vaccination community and facing a criminal or a nut; political committee, which the country as allied who remains in a Victoria grew that some of the of 44,000 people done in South (dominant in South Africa) and thus, ensure early identification we’re facing a deranged is controlled by those par- forces. state prison despite his 15- most-feared of them were Africa, the United States and the necessary approval of breakthrough infections person who is lacking the ties. Together, the three op- year sentence expiring in nearing the end of their Latin America. The J&J vac- processes for use in South should they occur amongst vac- faculties to do the job,’ said position parties control 63 Ousting judges November last year. The sentences. cines will be used to launch the Africa are underway,’ said cinated health workers.’ Deputy Ricardo Velásquez of the assembly’s 84 seats.

 Port Prince: Haiti’s President Jovenel Mexico to require appeals Moise tried to force Surging virus in French African out three judges who were proposed as po- on social media account blocking tential interim na- outpost reveals inequalities tional leader to re- Mexico City, Feb 10 (AP): place him in the lat- Mamoudzou, Feb 10 (AP): Mamoudzou. Then last week, est twist of the coun- authorities shut down The party of President try’s political crisis. Mayotte’s main tourist Mayotte’s economy, ordering Andres Manuel Lopez Moise says his term office stands nearly empty, a people to stay home to com- Obrador presented for in office lasts until lonely tropical outpost over- bat fast-growing cases of the public comment a pro- Feb 2022 — but the op- looking a people-less port. Its virus variant dominant in posed set of regulations on position argues it only hospital, however, is South Africa. ‘How can we live Twitter, Facebook and should have ended overwhelmed. without work, without being other social media compa- last weekend, in a The demand for intensive able to move, without any- nies, a move that drew crit- standoff over disput- care beds is more than triple thing?’ Soilihi asked. icism. ed elections. the supply, as medical work- While ocean waves lap The new law proposed ers fight to contain the French empty beaches and police by Lopez Obrador’s Morena party would open Indian Ocean territory’s worst patrol the quiet streets of Need test the companies to fines of coronavirus outbreak yet. Mamoudzou’s business dis-  Toronto: Canadian up to $4.4 million for vio- Parliament of Mexico in Mexico City. The Mayotte islands are the trict, many people in Soilihi’s Prime Minister lating users’ right to free poorest corner of the Justin Trudeau an- Soldiers carrying medical relief at Mayotte hospital. Bandrajou neighborhood speech. The law would first to the company’s own January of the personal European Union, tucked nounced that starting seem unaware of lockdown apply only to platforms internal committees, accounts of then next week any between Madagascar and the France’s majority-white main- have no running water and rules or social distancing that have over one million which would have 24 President of the United nonessential traveler mainland coast of land and its far-flung multira- where a new lockdown is suf- measures. Clusters of chil- users in Mexico, apparent- hours to affirm or revoke States, Donald Trump, we arriving in Canada by Mozambique in southern cial former colonies. focating livelihoods. ‘We used dren play barefoot on the ly covering only sites like the suspension. Users had already warned on the land will need to show Africa. They have been the The French army is sending to work at the big market to dusty ground, girls carry Facebook, Twitter, could then appeal to tele- risk of the emergence of a negative PCR-based last spot in France to receive in medical workers and a few sell things, to have money to buckets on their heads to Instagram, TikTok or com regulators, and if disproportionate bills to COVID-19 test or face any coronavirus vaccines. ICU beds, but the temporary feed our families,’ said fetch water from a collective YouTube. The proposal they don’t like that deci- regulate information on a fine if they don’t Local authorities feel forgot- aid will only go so far on the Ahamada Soulaimana Soilihi, pump, an older woman at an would allow anyone whose sion, they could then fur- these platforms,’ Jorge have one. Trudeau ten and say their difficulties in islands where masks are a a 40-year-old father of six liv- informal street stall braids a account is blocked or can- ther appeal cancellations Canahuati, president of said customs officers fighting the virus reflect long- luxury, where nearly a third of ing in a shantytown in younger woman’s hair. Almost celed to appeal the deci- through Mexican courts. the InterAmerican Press can’t send Canadians standing inequalities between the region’s 300,000 people Mayotte’s capital city of no one wears a mask. sion. The appeals would go ‘After the blocking in Association. back to the US if they don’t have a test because they are techni- US shows military might in Norway cally on Canadian soil Trump never conceded he lost, but said the fine will sources and where the ice be up to 3,000 melt has opened up new Canadian dollars. shipping routes. This but his impeachment lawyer did month, long-range B-1 bombers capable of carry- Washington, Feb 10 tion. “We will stop the Heavy fighting ing large amounts of air- (AP): One of the lawyers steal,” he said at the rally.  Sanaa: Heavy fighting to-ground weaponry will heading former President “I will lay out just some of between government arrive at Norway’s Orland Donald Trump’s defense at the evidence proving that forces and Houthi air base for several weeks his second impeachment we won this election, and rebels has killed more of training missions with trial did what Trump him- we won it by a landslide. than two dozen people the Scandinavian coun- self has not: conceded Joe This was not a close elec- in the past three days try’s air force, which Biden won the presiden- tion.” in the central Marib United States’ V-22 Osprey, a multi-mission, tiltrotor guards NATO’s northern tial election. There was no wide- province, Yemeni offi- military aircraft with both vertical takeoff and landing. border. “This deployment In opening remarks, spread fraud in the elec- cials and tribal leaders comes in the context of lawyer Bruce Castor said: tion, as has been con- said. The war in Oslo, Feb 10 (AFP): atively calm security situ- global military activities “The American people just firmed by election officials Yemen erupted in ation and diplomatic rela- in the High North, which spoke, and they just across the country and for- 2014, when Iran-allied The United States is de- tions in the Arctic for have increased significant- changed administrations.” Bruce Castor, defense attorney for former President mer Attorney General Houthi rebels seized ploying long-range B-1 decades. But mounting ly in recent years, both He added that Americans Donald Trump (C) in Washington, DC. William Barr. Dozens of the capital and much bombers to Norway to tensions between the West from the West and are “smart enough to pick legal challenges to the of the country’s north. train in the strategically and Russia, particularly Russia,” noted Kristian a new administration if Trump’s defiance. The for- end of his presidency, in- election put forth by A Saudi-led coalition, important High North in a since the 2014 Crimea cri- Atland, a researcher at the they don’t like the old one, mer president repeatedly cluding during a speech at Trump and his allies were determined to restore new show of force unseen sis, has led both sides to Norwegian Defence and they just did.” The disputed the results of the a rally that preceded the dismissed. After the riot authority of President in the region since the beef up their militaries Research Establishment. comments by Castor, a for- election, falsely claiming January 6 riot at the stunned the country, Abed Rabbo Mansour Cold War. “High North, even in the remote High “Nobody in the Arctic is mer county prosecutor in he won in a “landslide.” Capitol, which set in mo- Trump acknowledged that Hadi’s government. low tensions” goes an old North, an area believed to preparing for an armed Pennsylvania, were a sur- And he kept up the base- tion his trial on a charge of a transition of power saying, describing the rel- be rich in natural re- conflict. prising contrast to less claims through the incitement of insurrec- would occur. CENTRAL CHRONICLE, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11 , 2021 BRIEF Narayanasamy meets Prez, seeks Robbers injured J HC orders registration under police Pratapgarh: Three recall of Pondy Lt Governor persons allegedly involved in incidents of New Delhi, Feb 10 (PTI): loot on the highway here have been injured cover for inter-faith marriage Puducherry Chief in an encounter with Minister V Narayanasamy the police, officials Ahmedabad, Feb 10 (PTI): legal services authority. on Wednesday met said on Wednesday. The deputy commis- President Ram Nath Acting on a tip off, a The Gujarat High Court sioner of police, zone 2, of Kovind here and urged him police team surround- has directed that a woman Ahmedabad shall provide to recall Lt Governor Kiran ed Gaurav Pandey, intending to marry a man necessary protection to Bedi for her alleged inter- Sachin Sharma and from a different religion the couple during the ference in the administra- Salman and in the ex- be escorted by police from process of registration of tion in the union territory. change of fire they Junagadh to Ahmedabad marriage, the HC said. Besides, he also flagged were injured, for the registration of It also wanted to know her ‘impeding’ the imple- Additional their marriage here after as to why the woman was mentation of various pro- Superintendent of her parents opposed her precluded from having posals of the elected gov- Puducherry CM V Narayanasamy presented a memo- Police, East, Surendra decision to tie the knot Gujarat High Court any communication ernment. The chief minis- randum to President Ram Nath Kovind at Rashtrapati Dwivedi said. with him. On February 8, through cell phone while ter, who has been at odds Bhavan, New Delhi on Wednesday. a division bench of Marriage Act on February legal services authority. undergoing training at with Bedi over a number of Two nabbed Justices Sonia Gokani and 9, when the one- month no- The woman had taken a Junagadh, when the same issues concerning the UT questing the Centre to re- scheme as decided by his Sangeeta K Vishen heard tice period for the same transfer from a police is permitted to others dur- for long, told PTI he had place Bedi. The chief min- government. J Ranaghat: Two men the woman, who is under- lapsed. training centre in ing post training hours. presented a memorandum ister said he was accompa- “The proposal of the gov- were arrested from a going police training in When contacted for fur- Ahmedabad to Junagadh The court directed the containing the various nied by the Lok Sabha ernment to introduce 10 highway in West the state’s Junagadh dis- ther details about the mar- after her parents objected assistant public prosecu- schemes allegedly impeded member from Puducherry percent quota for students Bengal’s Nadia district trict, through video con- riage, the petitioner’s to her decision to marry tor to ascertain the same. by Bedi. He had a half an V Vaithilingam and his from government schools for allegedly trying to ference. After the woman lawyer said the court has the Muslim man. The order came after the hour meeting with the cabinet colleagues M and holding NEET certifi- hijack vehicles and expressed her willingness kept the matter for further The court directed that a woman told the HC via President. Narayansamy Kandasamy and Malladi cates intending to do med- rob the travellers to marry the Muslim man, hearing on February 12. police woman accompany video conference from also handed over to Kovind Krishna Rao. He said ical education had also while dressing as the court, while hearing a The court directed that her in a special vehicle Junagadh district court the signatures collected among other things, he had been facing hurdles as the women, police said on habeas corpus plea moved the woman be brought in a from Junagadh to that she is undergoing po- from the public by the rul- brought to the notice of the Lt Governor to whom the Wednesday.The duo by the man, directed to police vehicle accompa- Ahmedabad, a distance of lice training there after ing Congress led Secular President the ‘interference’ proposal was sent had for- would pose as women register their marriage nied by a woman cop and around 300 km, along with taking a transfer from Democratic Alliance dur- by the LG in the implemen- warded it to the Centre”, he stranded on the high- here under the Special an official of the district an employee of the district Karanj in Ahmedabad. ing the last few weeks re- tation of the free rice said. way in the middle of the night and hail vehicles passing by,they CHIT FUND SCAM VICTIMS said. A police pa- State Govt examining committee trolling car spotted them at Pairadanga Ghatigachha on report on Clause 6 of Assam Accord National Highway 34 in Ranaghat area, offi- New Delhi, Feb 10 (PTI): Clause 6 reads: cials said. “Constitutional, legisla- A committee, set up by tive and administrative Kaziranga waterfowls the Centre for putting for- safeguards, as may be ap- ward recommendations propriate, shall be provid- J Guwahati: Altogether for the implementation of ed to protect, preserve and 93,491 birds of 112 Clause 6 of the 1985 Assam promote the cultural, so- species were recorded Accord, has submitted its cial, linguistic identity during the two-day an- report to the state govern- and heritage of the nual waterfowl census ment and it is under exam- Assamese people.” in the Kaziranga ination, Parliament was According to the terms National Park and informed on Wednesday. and conditions of the com- Tiger Reserve in In a written reply to a mittee, it will “assess the Assam, PCCF question in the Rajya appropriate level of reser- (Wildlife), Amit Sahai Sabha, Union Minister of vation of seats in Assam said. The total number State for Home G Kishan G Kishan Reddy Legislative Assembly and of birds has increased Reddy said, “The High ernment.” local bodies for the from 34,284 in 2020 to Level Committee for im- The committee was set Assamese people”. 93,491 in 2021, imply- plementation of Clause 6 up for giving recommen- “The committee will ing a rise of 175 per of Assam Accord, headed dations for the implemen- recommend the appropri- cent. This rise in the by Hon’ble Justice (Retd) B tation of Clause 6 of the ate level of reservations in number of birds visit- K Sharma, has submitted Assam Accord that came employment under the ing Kaziranga can be its report to the Assam at the culmination of a six- government of Assam for attributed to improved government. The recom- year-long movement (1979- the Assamese people,” ac- habitat management mendations are under ex- 85) against illegal immi- cording to a home min- Chit fund sufferers participate in a rally demanding to return their money, in Kolkata, Wednesday. and water. amination of the state gov- gration from Bangladesh. istry notification. Two held Karnataka Govt will do whatever J Noida: The two ab- Over 2,400 missing girls from sconding suspects involved in the murder is possible regarding reservation of an elderly couple related to former MP rescued in Jan 2021 Bengaluru, Feb 10 (PTI): mands to revise the reserva- Swami, who is spearheading Madhya Pradesh chief tion for the Panchamasali the Category 2A stir, is lead- minister Kamal Nath Amid demands from vari- Lingayat, Kuruba and ing a padayatra to were held after an en- Bhopal, Feb 10 (PTI): Shivraj Singh Chouhan in- ous communities in the state Valmiki communities. Bengaluru to press for their counter with police in structed the officials con- for better reservation, While the Panchamasali sect demand. Yediyurappa re- Greater Noida. The ac- Madhya Pradesh police cerned to inform parents Karnataka Chief Minister are asking for Category 2A cently ordered the cused were on a motor- have rescued 2,444 minor of the abducted children BS Yediyurappa on status, the Kurubas are agi- Karnataka State cycle and they were in- girls last month under a about the progress and sta- Wednesday said that his gov- tating for the Scheduled Commission for Backward tercepted during campaign to trace missing tus of investigation into ernment would do whatever Tribe tag. The Valmiki com- Classes to prepare a report checking by a Beta-2 and abducted girls, an offi- such cases. was possible within the munity too has been de- on including the police station team. cial said on Wednesday. Chouhan had said par- ambit of the law and the manding that the reserva- Panchamasali sub-sect A total of 3,122 cases of ents of abducted children Constitution. tion for ST be hiked from 3 under Category 2A. Vehicle attacked missing and abducted girls will get an ‘Adhikar Patra’ “We will put in honest ef- per cent to 7.5 per cent. The Kurubas too had re- were pending at the end of Madhya Pradesh Police Headquarters, Bhopal. (authority letter), contain- forts to do whatever is possi- Pontiffs of these politically cently organised a padaya- J Ferozepur: The vehi- the last month, he said. ing information about the ble within the ambit of the influential communities are tra, led by Kaginele cle of Punjab BJP “‘Operation Muskan’ in Madhya Pradesh, he from Karnataka and the action taken by police to- Constitution and law. What leading the agitation, push- Kanakaguru Peeta seer chief Ashwani was carried out in said. Under the campaign, Union Territory of wards tracing the child. has been done in other states ing the Yediyurappa-led gov- Niranjanandapuri Swami, Sharma was alleged- January in which 2,444 about 82 per cent of the Daman, and one from The chief minister also in the country, I can do it ernment to a difficult spot. from Kaginele to Bengaluru ly attacked by some missing and abducted girls missing or abducted girls Assam. said that various crimes here,” he told reporters here Kudalasangama and had organised a mam- unidentified persons were rescued from were found in MP and the Some of the girls were against women have come in response to a question. Panchamasali Mutt pontiff moth rally on Sunday near with sticks and rods Madhya Pradesh and out- remaining were traced to also found in Gujarat, down by 15 to 50 per cent The Chief Minister said the Basava Jaya Mrutyunjaya here, demanding the ST tag. when he came here side the state,” the official various other states. Maharashtra, Uttar in Madhya Pradesh since matter was being dis- for a meeting with from the MP police head- According to the official, Pradesh and Rajasthan, he March 2020. cussed and after consult- local party workers. quarters here said. 141 girls were rescued said. The progress of pro- Last year, a total of 3,337 ing legal experts, the Sharma’s vehicle was Those rescued included from Punjab, eight from ceedings in each case of kidnapped and missing Advocate General and attacked when he 175 minors from Indore, Telangana, six from kidnapping is reviewed minor girls were rescued other important people, was leaving the 144 from Sagar, 115 from Kerala, five from Jammu every three days, the offi- in three different cam- government would try to venue after the meet- Dhar, 107 from Rewa and and Kashmir, four from cial added.In a meeting paigns in the state, the po- do whatever was possible. ing, during which 102 girls from Chhatarpur West Bengal, three each last month, Chief Minister lice official said. There have been de- some protesters had tried to storm it, forc- ing the police to use Madras HC quashes fresh mild cane-charge to ASI unearths Jain temple in Hassan district disperse them. Belur, Feb 10 (PTI): the Superintending notices issued to DMK Archaeologist of ASI, Officials caught The Archaeological Bengaluru Circle told PTI. Survey of India (ASI) has According to him, it could MLAs in Gutka row J Chandigarh: The unearthed an ancient tem- just be a beginning and Chennai, Feb 10 (PTI): Justice A P Sahi and Punjab Vigilance ple of Hoysala era in in there might exist some Justice Senthil Kumar Bureau arrested a Hassan district recently, bigger temples nearby. The Madras High Court Ramamoorthy, while set- senior intelligence an ASI official said on The ASI had been re- on Wednesday quashed ting aside the earlier no- assistant of the state Wednesday. ceiving reports of artifacts the fresh notices issued by tices issued to the DMK police, Satpal, and an Presumably a Jain tem- found around Halebidu, the Tamil Nadu Assembly legislators, had however, inspector of the ple, the ancient structure which already has a mag- Privileges Committee to 18 granted liberty to authori- Municipal with a grand platform car- nificent temple from the DMK MLAs, including the ties for initiation of the Corporation of rying intricate carvings Hoysala period. Among Leader of the Opposition privilege proceedings Phagwara, unique to the Hoysala era, the artifacts discovered MK Stalin for displaying afresh. Palaparneet Singh was found at Shantinatha were the sculptures of a sachets of banned gutka Subsequently, notices for allegedly accept- Basadi near Halebidu in Jain Upasaka measuring in the House in 2017. were issued for a second ing bribes in separate Belur taluk, the officer An idol found at site of ex- two feet in height. Gutkha (chewing tobacco) time in September 2020, incidents. While added. cavation at Shantinatha Hoysala dynasty, which has been banned in Tamil on the eve of the then Senior Intelligence The discovery is signifi- Basadi in Karnataka. ruled parts of the state Nadu since 2013. Assembly session. Assistant was held cant because it shows that from 12th to 14 th century, Senior advocate R Shanmugasundaram for taking a bribe of the Hoysala rulers had pa- “It was a mound meas- had patronised all sects of Shanmugasundaram, who told reporters it was sub- Rs 3 lakh from a tronised Jainism as well. uring 30 metres by 20 me- the prevailing time. represented the opposition mitted in the court that Jalandhar-based The excavation was car- tres. We have dug out the The Hoysala rulers built MLAs, said Justice the MLAs’ intention was firm, Inspector was ried out on January 20 by a plinth of the temple and the Chennakeshava tem- Pushpa Sathyanarayana to highlight the availabili- arrested for accept- team led by Dr G discovered many artifacts ple for Vaishnavites in quashed the notices issued ty of gutka despite a gov- ing Rs one lakh from Maheshwari, Regional and sculptures from the Belur and Kedareshwara by the Assembly commit- ernment ban and there- Phagwara resident. Director of ASI (Southern site. It seems to be a Jain (Shiva) temple for tee. In August last year, a fore there was “no basis” Region). temple,” Shivkant Bajpai, Shivaites at Halebidu. bench of then Chief for the notices. CENTRAL CHRONICLE, RAIPUR, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2021

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Blend of emotional and Chronicle patriotic feelings Established 1974 Volume 46 No. 129 Salute to Prime Minister for first-ever salute at floor of the House (Rajya Sabha) by a Prime Biden-Modi strategic ties Minister to retiring leader of opposition when Narender Modi President Joe Biden and India's Prime Minister Narendra in his highly emotional farewell US Modi have committed themselves to work closely on a speech to Gulam Nabi Azad range of issues from fighting terrorism and upholding territorial recalled telephonic conversa- integrity to defeating the COVID-19 pandemic and rebuilding the tion with him when both these global economy, according to the White House. The call to Modi leaders were Chief Ministers of on Monday was among the first by Biden after he assumed office Gujarat and Jammu-Kashmir to the leader of a country outside the tight network of neighbours respectively, and Gulam Nabi and treaty allies. During their phone conversation, the White Azad at that time shared his House statement said that they pledged to "stand together emotions and anger with against the scourge of global terrorism." "The leaders agreed to Narender Modi on the shocking incident. Gulam Nabi Azad also continuing close cooperation to promote a free and open Indo- gave a fitting reply to his own Pacific, including support for freedom of navigation, territorial in- party-colleagues when he men- tegrity, and a stronger regional architecture through the Quad" tioned that he was much happi- (the regional group of democracies, India, the US, Japan and er to be a Hindustani Muslim Australia), it added. "The leaders agreed to stay in close touch on rather than being a Pakistani a range of global challenges and look forward to what the United citizen. It is noteworthy that States and India will achieve together for their people and for Congress maintained an undue their nations," the White House said. Any new leader's first lot of silence on comments of former overseas visits and phone calls, the latter more so during the pan- Vice President and others who demic, give a realistically accurate insight into his foreign policy openly expressed that Muslims priorities. It is significant that India figured on the first list of in India did not feel comfort- phone calls only by the new US Defence Secretary and the NSA. able. Such respect for opposi- Secretary of State Tony Blinken spoke to S Jaishankar after he tion leader was seen only in era had touched base with counterparts of several non-G20 coun- Commuters make their way along a road amid foggy conditions on the outskirts of Amritsar on February 10, 2021. of PV Narsimharao as Prime tries. If the low ranking in phone calls by US principals to Indian Minister when he trusted the counterparts seemed to suggest that South Asia was not a priori- then opposition leader Atal ty operational theatre for the White House, the anxiety was laid Bihari Vajpayee for leading to rest by the wide-ranging topics covered in the Biden-Modi Indian delegation at a crucial Relevance of Bad Bank special session of the United phone call. The diplomatic bandwidth Biden has sought to cover Nations Human Rights with Modi is much wider than the security-defence straitjacket of NPAs in general and recovery of due to stressed assets may fail to Commission (UNHRC) in Trump imposed on India-US relations. Understandably, climate SATISH SINGH NPAs with the help of IBC reduced follow the minimum capital level by Geneva where a Pakistan-spon- change and rebuilding the global economy are back in the mix. the level of NPAs to 8.5 per cent in March 2021. According to this re- sored resolution was there to Quad, an informal group the US is promoting as a bulwark FY 2019-20. On February 4, 2021, the port, the capital adequacy ratio of censure India on its record of against China, should now embrace all the three pillars it espous- State Bank of India announced fi- 53 domestic and foreign banks can human rights in Jammu and es — political and commercial, in addition to military activity in nancial results for the third quarter be reduced to 14.1 percent in March Kashmir. However political the Indo-Pacific. Modi tweeted, "President Joe Biden and I are of the current financial year, with a 2021, which was 14.9 percent in repercussions of emotional committed to a rules-based international order. We look forward net profit of State Bank of India September 2019. Private banks have exchange between Narender to consolidating our strategic partnership to further peace and down 7 per cent to Rs 5,196.22 crore, raised capital or are in the process Modi and Gulam Nabi Azad as security in the Indo-Pacific region and beyond." Biden had not as compared to the October to of raise. The financial situation of seen by some political analy- mentioned in his first foreign policy agenda-setting speech last December quarter of the last fiscal. the government is distressing due to sists are noteworthy in tune week the Indo-Pacific region, which had been elevated by his In last year, State Bank's net profit the Corona pandemic. Nevertheless, with comment of Ramdass predecessor Donald Trump in the US strategy to face the China was Rs 5,583.36 crore for the same the government is trying to recapi- Athwale that ruling alliance was challenge, or India. But in that speech he had made clear that period. The total income of State talize the public sector banks, but it ready to bring Azad back in China is the prime adversary for the US. In his call to Modi he has Bank of India declined to Rs is almost impossible to recapitalize Rajya Sabha. reaffirmed the importance of the Indo-Pacific region and the ties he budget presented for the work on the 15:85 model and it will 75,980.65 crore in the third quarter, all the weak banks. In such a situa- Subhash Chandra Agrawal, among the Quad, which was rekindled during Trump's presiden- T financial year 2021-22 has bring NPA accounts of all banks on from Rs 76,797.91 crore in the same tion, the financial condition of the New Delhi cy. The White House statement on the call with Modi did not di- announced the creation of a bad one platform. Under this model, period last year. The financial re- banks which will not get the capital New varnish-coated rectly mention China, as it had in readouts of Biden's calls with bank to strengthen the banking sec- banks with NPA from Bad Bank will sults of the third quarter of the cur- is almost certain to deteriorate. In 100-rupee notes Prime Ministers Scott Morrison of Australia and Yoshihide Suga tor, which is the need of the hour, as receive upfront payment in the form rent fiscal are yet to come of other this report, the NPA ratio of private of Japan during which it said that they had also discussed the the income of common people and of 15 percent cash, while Bad Bank banks, but their performance is like- banks has been estimated to in- Union Minister of State for Indo-Pacific. But the mention of support for "territorial integrity" businessmen has come down drasti- will get 85 percent. Initially NPA ly to decline. crease between 3.1 percent and 4.5 Finance Anurag Thakur in in the discussion with Modi can be seen as a reference to the cally due to Corona pandemic. And amount of 2 to 2.25 lakh crores can The September quarter earnings percent. Rajya Sabha on 04.03.2020 threats to India from China in the context of Secretary of State because of this, they are unable to be included in this bank. Bad bank analysis of major private banks Currently, the provision coverage informed that new varnish- Antony Blinken's remarks at his Senate confirmation hearings repay the loan instalments and in- has many advantages. When this shows that contingency provisions ratio of public sector banks is 86 per- coated 100-rupee notes with about "working with India so that no country in the region includ- terest. This is expected to lead to a bank will come into existence, banks have been made due to possibility of cent, as against 62 percent in 2018. longer life will be shortly ing China could challenge its sovereignty. huge increase in non-performing as- will be able to pay special attention decrease in asset quality. The This shows that due to increase in issued on experimental basis in sets (NPAs) of banks. Under Bad to quality assets, which will reduce Corona pandemic has affected stressed assets, the public sector five cities Shimla, Jaipur, Bhuvneshwar, Kochi and Bank, asset restructuring company the possibility of standard accounts about 27 percent of the banks' oper- banks have to make more provision Mysore. But similar commit- Probe on tweets (ARC) and asset management com- turning into NPAs. The cleanliness of ating profit. However, this effect dif- under the NPA, which is affecting ment by the then Union pany (AMC) have been formed. The the balance sheet will also have a fers for all banks based on their seg- the profitability of banks as well as Minister of Finance Namo n a shocking development, the Uddhav Thackeray-led ARC and AMC aim to offer a solu- positive impact on rating agencies, ment, customer base and internal their business adversely. Therefore, Narain Meena on 12.03.2013 in I Maharashtra government on Monday ordered a probe to tion to large stressed credit ac- domestic and foreign investors, de- risk assessment, as well as the after the formation of Bad Bank, it written reply in Rajya Sabha know if celebrities like Sachin Tendulkar, singer Lata Mangeshkar, counts with exposure to more than positors etc. and banks will be able amount of provisions related to the would be favourable for banks, be- about introduction of plastic- cricketer Virat Kohli and others tweeted under pressure by the one bank. Under this, stressed as- to work towards expanding their Corona pandemic in the March 2020 cause they will be able to transfer currency in ten-rupee denomi- Centre in support of farm laws.Maharashtra Pradesh Committee sets will be converted into cash business. According to the Governor quarter. Gross NPA of banks, which the stressed assets to Bad Bank im- nation has not been imple- Congress spokesperson Sachin Sawant held a virtual meeting through auction and recovery. ARC of the Reserve Bank of India, Mr. was 12.5 percent in March 2018, was mediately. The main obstacle to the mented till now. It is better if with Home Minister Anil Deshmukh on Monday, 8 February, ask- will work for the resolution of Shaktikant Das, the gross NPAs of reduced to 9.7 percent in March growth of the economy is the lack of experimental plastic-currency ing for a probe into the tweets posted by Indian celebrities in re- stressed assets, while AMC will banks may increase to 13.5 percent 2019 and 9.3 percent in September capital and bad banks will work to in denomination of rupees ten sponse to the global criticism of the farmers' protest. Several work on valuation of stressed assets by September 2021, from 7.5 percent 2019 and to just 8.5 percent in ensure the availability of capital by may also be done simultane- celebrities including Lata Mangeshkar and Sachin Tendulkar and sale of stressed asset. a year ago. Banks will have to make March 2020, but the corona pan- recovering from NPA accounts. ously to ascertain better of the tweeted with #IndiaAgainstPropaganda and #IndiaTogether, As the government's economic provision of a major portion of their demic may worsen the NPA situa- Banks can give loans to the needy two options namely varnish- after American pop singer Rihanna and Swedish environmental condition is not good, the govern- capital under NPAs if NPA increases. tion in the coming months. only when there is capital. For this coated currency and plastic activist Greta Thunberg posted tweets in support of the farmers' ment will therefore not make any in- This will reduce their ability to lend According to the Reserve Bank's reason, the need of bad bank was currency. Thereafter notes in protests. Home Minister Anil Deshmukh has assured Congress' vestment in Bad Bank nor will the and will also negatively impact their Financial Stability Report, 2020, the being felt in the banking sector for a other lower denominations of Sachin Sawant that the state Intelligence Department will con- government has a shareholding in it. profits and expansion of business. gross NPA level may rise to 14.7 per- long time. It is believed that after rupees 10, 20, 50 and 100 also can be issued simultaneously duct an investigation and probe whether Sachin, Lata Bad bank will buy bad debt from In the financial year 1996-97, the cent by March 2021. If gross NPAs this bank comes into existence, in better of the two forms Mangeshkar and other famous celebrities were pressured to banks at market price, which will percentage of NPAs in loans given to were 14.7 percent by March 2021, banks will be able to focus on in- namely varnish-coated and tweet in support of the Centre. Sawant said, "There is a similar make clean the balance sheet of MSMEs and large industries was 16. this would be the highest level in 22 creasing their business. Also, the plastic currency. However one- pattern in these tweets by celebrities, including Akshay Kumar, banks having NPAs. By the help of However, the subsequent rise in the years. Earlier, in 1999, the gross banks will be able to improve cus- rupee notes restarted on Suniel Shetty, and sportspersons Sachin Tendulkar and Saina this process, banks will be able to economy and the corrective steps NPAs reached 15.9 percent, which tomer service, which will increase 06.03.2015 after a gap of about Nehwal. This shows that there was some communication between raise capital for their business. There taken by public sector banks led to a came down to 14 percent in 2000 the profitability of banks. two decades just for bureau- the celebrities and the ruling party leaders. There needs to be an can be many models of bad bank. decline in NPA levels. In 2007, the and 9.3 percent in the year 2003. cratic craze to be signed by a investigation to check if these national heroes were pressurised There can be one big bad bank for all level of NPA dropped to 2.6 percent. According to the Financial Satish Singh is currently working as secretary-level officer rather by the BJP for such advocacy on social media. If so, these celebri- the public banks or instead of one, Again, the global financial crisis Stability Report, the condition of the Chief Manager in the than RBI governor should be ties need to be given more protection." many bad banks can be created. caused NPA levels to rise. Then, NPA public sector banks may be worse Department of Economic Research discontinued to be printed. That the Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi government is a three- Nevertheless, in the current environ- levels rose again to 11 per cent by than that of private banks. at the Corporate Centre of State Madhu Agrawal, New Delhi horse slow trot, with each horse exerting contrary pressure ment, it seems that this bank will FY 2017-18. However, the recovery According to the report, weak banks Bank of India, Mumbai. against the other two, is well-known. Every other day, the government notionally headed by Uddhav Thackeray provided evidence of working at cross purposes, in the absence of a Central authority to ensure cohesiveness in its policies and approach. The latest case of bizarre conduct is the order given by Maharashtra Home WHAT THEY TWEET! Minister Anil Deshmukh to investigate the tweets by prominent Mumbaikars enlisting solidarity for the farm reforms. Lata Kate Hoey@ Mangeshkar, Sachin Tendulkar, Akshay Kumar and a few others, Jan Jekielek CatharineHoey @JanJekielek responding to the tweets by foreign celebrities such as Rihanna I campaigned for the whole Impeachment: "It's like a and Greta Thunberg, had tweeted in support of the Centre's of the UK to Leave the EU. public-shaming, like the stand.Whether some or all of them were nudged into tweeting by Not for part of the UK to be Communist Party used to the ruling BJP is not a matter of investigation. For nobody has left in the single market make people wear dunce hinted about any pressure, though given the near-simultaneous subject to EU rules with no caps."@VDHanson tweets polite encouragement from BJP leaders cannot be ruled say. Northern Ireland has talks. 2nd Trump not got Brexit - we have out. But how it becomes a matter of inquiry defies common sense. impeachment, the rise of the Protocol damaging the critical social justice & Unless by ordering an inquiry, Deshmukh is warning the Mumbai- economy and treating NI woke ideology & growing based celebrities to be careful, lest the MVA makes their life mis- citizens as second class limits on freedom of erable. Which the MVA, especially the Shiv Sena, is quite adept at. within the UK. speech. What sort of a joke is this that the government undertakes a probe when nobody has complained about, but closes its eyes when an PRO GUWAHATI, MOD, GOVT OF INDIA@prodefgau Opposition leader is paraded with his face blackened and barkha dutt@BDUTT Tamenglong battalion of @official_dgar reached out to children of 'Child Care Homes' run by IWCF Tamenglong, Manipur. Maj Gen Deshmukh's police acts as a helpless spectator? Meanwhile, the With our soldiers at #Uttarakhand Ranjit Singh, SM, VSM IGAR(East) graced the occasion & interacted with the children. Livefist@livefist inspiration for orders on the laughable inquiry into the celebrity Disaster site, who have valiantly and Helo action with naval Dhruvs at tweets most likely came from Sharad Pawar, when the latter relentlessly been working 24x7. the @IndianNavy's TROPEX 2021 There's something about reporting war game. ticked off Tendulkar for comment on a matter about which he had that reminds me why I became a no knowledge. Yes, the NCP boss is right. Rihanna and Thunberg journalist to begin with and at a time hold master's degrees on the Indian farm sector. when I often question that choice, grateful for the reminder. Central Chronicle welcomes, articles, write ups, comments on different issues for PatralekhaChatterjee editorial page (800-900 words), Letter to editor for this page. 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BRIEF Rupee settles on flat Parliament passes bill to note, higher by 3 paise Sensex slips for second Output jumps at 72.84 against USD Mumbai, Feb 10 (PTI): The provide greater autonomy rupee firmed up by 3 paise to day, HDFC Bank top drag settle at 72.84 (provisional) against the US dollar on Mumbai, Feb 10 (PTI): to 12 major ports Wednesday in a restricted trade amid muted trend in the domes- Equity indices closed New Delhi, Feb 10 (PTI): tic equity market. At the inter- with mild losses for the sec- bank forex market, the local unit ond straight session on J New Delhi: JSPL has Parliament on opened at 72.87 against the Wednesday, weighed by reported an 80% jump Wednesday passed a bill greenback and witnessed an selling in banking coun- in its crude steel output that seeks to provide intra-day high of 72.81 and a low ters, as domestic sentiment to 6.90 lakh tonnes (LT) greater autonomy in deci- of 72.88. It finally ended at 72.84 remained subdued despite in January 2021. JSPL sion-making to 12 major against the American currency, a bullish trend overseas. MD VR Sharma said, ports in the country and registering a rise of just 3 paise After swinging 666.64 "We have posted good professionalise their gov- over its previous close. On points intra-day, the 30- numbers in a challeng- ernance by setting up Tuesday, the rupee had finished share BSE Sensex settled higher levels as an opportu- Financial Services. ing environment. With boards. The Major Ports The bill aims to provide able board to take decision at 72.87 against the American 19.69 points or 0.04 per cent nity to book profits through BSE telecom, bankex, country getting back to Authority Bill, 2020 was for regulation, operation on their own. In terms of currency. The dollar index, lower at 51,309.39. Similarly, the day, keeping the bench- capital goods, power and normalcy,we will only passed through ballot and planning of major volume, 70 per cent of which gauges the greenback's the broader NSE Nifty marks volatile. FMCG indices lost as much do better. votes with 84 in favour and ports in India and to vest cargo movement is strength against a basket of six slipped 2.80 points or 0.02 "The market witnessed a as 1.46 per cent, while real- 44 against it in the Rajya the administration, con- through ports while 90 per currencies, declined 0.01 per per cent to close at 15,106.50. slip in its momentum dur- ty,consumer durables, auto Sabha. The Lok Sabha had trol and management of cent in value terms. cent to 90.42. "The USDINR spot Index heavyweight HDFC ing a volatile day as losses and energy ended with Files IPO on September 23, 2020 such ports upon the India has 12 major ports - is trading within the tight range Bank was the biggest lag- in banking stocks weighed gains. J New Delhi: passed the bill. boards of major port au- - Deendayal (erstwhile of 72.75-73.15. Currently, the gard in the Sensex pack, on the sentiment. Auto, re- In the broader markets, Agrochemical techni- Allaying fears of mem- thorities and for matters Kandla), Mumbai, JNPT, market is flat and volatility is shedding 1.77 per cent, fol- alty and consumer stocks the BSE midcap and small- cals company India bers, Ports, Shipping and connected therewith or in- Marmugao, New muted. The upbeat sentiments lowed by Bharti Airtel, remained firm along with cap indices outperformed Pesticides has filed pre- Waterways Minister cidental thereto, be taken Mangalore, Cochin, on account of optimism about a Axis Bank, ONGC, Nestle mid and smallcap indices the benchmark, rising up to liminary papers with Mansukh Mandaviya cate- into consideration. Chennai, Kamarajar (earli- global recovery and inflows into India, L&T,Infosys and SBI. outperforming. 0.71 per cent. capital markets watch- gorically said it was not in- Taking a strong objec- er Ennore), V O local stocks will help Indian On the other hand, Bajaj "US markets remained Global equities remained dog Sebi to raise Rs 800 tended towards privatisation to some members re- Chidambarnar, Rupee to appreciate, but likely Finserv, M&M, Bajaj positive, supported by up- firm, propped up by vac- crore through an initial tion of major ports and marks that it would result Visakhapatnam, Paradip RBI intervention at around 72.80- Finance, TCS and Reliance beat quarterly earnings cine rollouts and US stimu- share sale. The public rather aimed at boosting in ruining of the ports, the and Kolkata (including 75.75 zone may limit the fall in Industries were among the while the trend was fol- lus hopes, as investors offer comprises fresh is- their decision-making Minister said rather it Haldia). These together had USDINR pair," said Rahul Gupta, gainers, spurting up to 2.96 lowed by most of the global looked ahead to a speech by suance of shares powers in order to com- would turn them into handled 705 million tonnes Head of Research- Currency, per cent. According to peers," said Vinod Nair, US Federal Reserve Chair amounting to Rs 100 pete with private ports. world class ports and en- (MT) of cargo in 2019-20. Emkay Global Financial Services. traders, investors used the Head of Research at Geojit Jerome Powell. crore and an offer of sale of Rs 700 crore by promoter and technocrat, Sebi mulling automation of Indian economy to contract by 7% in FY21 E-commerce grows by Anand Swarup Agarwal and other shareholders, inspection, surveillance of MFs Mumbai, Feb 10 (PTI): cast for FY22 at 11 per cent according to draft red (RBI has pegged it at 10.5 36% in last quarter in India herring prospectus. New Delhi, Feb 10 (PTI): Pencilling in a GDP per cent and the economy growth in third and fourth survey at 11.5 per cent and Bengaluru, Feb 10 (PTI): Markets regulator Sebi is quarters, SBI Research on the budget did not offer a Sales mark in the process of implement- Wednesday revised its GDP estimate), but with The last quarter of 2020 ing a project on automation contraction forecast for the caveat that 11 per cent saw e-commerce order vol- of inspections and surveil- the current fiscal year to 7 will be the floor below ume growing by 36 per lance of mutual funds, a per cent. which it cannot fall, he cent in India with move that will help in reduc- The agency had earlier said. Personal care, Beauty and ing the lag in recognition of forecast a 7.4 per cent con- Corporate results so far Wellness (PCB&W) seg- violations, its chief Ajay traction in 2020-21 GDP also reinstate the fact that ment being the biggest saw e-commerce grow by Tyagi said. numbers. In April- third quarter would be beneficiary, according to a 36 per cent and 30 per cent The Securities and September, the economy much better than the pre- report. YOY in terms of order vol- Exchange Board of India Ajay Tyagi contracted 15.7 per cent Soumya Kanti Ghosh vious one. The corporate In October to December ume and gross merchan- J New Delhi: Honda (Sebi) is eyeing a major tech- but the second half may GVA of 1,129 companies 2020 period, PCB&W and dise value (GMV) respec- Motorcycle and nological leap in its surveil- mutual funds, 100 per cent see a surprise 2.8 per cent the second quarter. In has expanded by 14.7 per FMCG & Healthcare tively, while theaverage Scooter India (HMSI) lance and investigation func- inspection of data in place of growth, if the SBI analy- 2019-20, the economy had cent in October-December (F&H) categories' volumes order value declined by on Wednesday said its tions. "Sebi is also in the samples and to reduce the sis turns out to be correct. grown 4 per cent and in compared to 8.6 per cent in grew by 95 per cent and 46 five per cent in Q4-2020 as 350-cc bike H'ness process of implementing a lag in recognition of viola- Soumya Kanti Ghosh, the current fiscal year, it is second quarter (of 3,758 per cent year-on-year compare to same period CB350 has crossed project on automation of in- tion, according to the annual group chief economic ad- on course to tank by 7 per companies ex- telecom) (YOY) respectively, said last year. 10,000 sales mark in spections and surveillance of report. In addition, Sebi has viser at State Bank of cent. On the fiscal gaps, it the Q4- 2020 -E-commerce The e-commerce indus- over three months of mutual fund," Tyagi said in taken several measures to India (SBI) said of the 41 The consensus is -7.5-8 said 9.5 per cent may be on Trends Report', released try had reported a 26 per the launch. HMSI's the regulator's annual report strengthen the regulatory high frequency leading in- per cent with the NSO peg- the higher side. Excluding by Unicommerce and cent order volume growth Yadvinder Singh for 2019-20. Under the proj- framework for debt oriented dicators, 51 per cent are ging it at -7 per cent and off-balance sheet liabili- Kearney. Tier 2 and 3 in Q4-2019 vis-a-vis Q4- Guleria said it is well ect, mutual fund related data schemes of mutual fund and showing acceleration RBI at -7.5 per cent. ties, fiscal deficit will be cities accounted for a 90 2018. The growth acceler- appreciated for its would be ingested in Sebi is ready to initiate more re- which should help the We now expect GDP de- 8.7 per cent gross tax col- per cent YOY incremental ated in light of COVID-19 modern-classic design. database and use of algo- forms if required, Tyagi economy turn around to cline for the full year to be lection estimate based on volume and value growth, and the effects of lock- rithms in order to generate said. The steps taken by Sebi the green from the third around -7 per cent com- revised 2020-21 numbers it said. down led to a massive instances of breaches of reg- for debt mutual funds in- quarter with a 0.3 percent- pared to our earlier pre- and collections till The report, which as- change in consumer FSSAI notifies ulatory guidelines by mutu- clude mandating minimum age point growth which is diction of 7.4 per cent. December show tax collec- sesses the e-commerce habits with many new J New Delhi: Food reg- al funds in respect of several investments in liquid assets likely to surprise positive- Also, Q4 growth will also tions will have a degrowth growth in Q4 2020 with the shoppers and sellers com- ulator FSSAI said reg- important guidelines where and introduction of exit ly when the final numbers be in positive territory at of 8.9 per cent in March sector-wise analysis, said ing online, the report said. ulations to limit the quantitative analysis is pos- load for liquid schemes, are out. around 2.5 per cent, Ghosh quarter on a sequential brand websites reported a Electronics category content of trans fat in sible. Successful implemen- placing restrictions on in- In April-June, the said, adding promptly that basis. But in 2021-22 collec- 94 per cent volume growth witnessed 12 per cent YOY all food items have tation of this project will en- vestment in unlisted and un- Indian economy contract- the projections are condition may top the budget es- in fourth quarter of 2020 growth in average order been notified. With able Sebi to leverage technol- rated debt securities and re- ed by a record 23.9 per tional to the absence of timate of Rs 22.17 lakh as compared to same peri- value (AOV) in addition to gazette of recent reg- ogy to move towards au- view of the sectoral limits cent, but dramatically im- any rise in infections. crore, or 9.9 per cent of od last year. 27 per cent YOY growth in ulation to limit the tomation of inspections of on investments. proved to -7.5 per cent in We retain our GDP fore- GDP. The last quarter of 2020 volumes. content of trans fats in all food items, the Food Safety and Niti Aayog to assess unintended economic impact of SC, NGT decisions FIEO asks Fin Min to relook at ‘harsh’ Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) joins New Delhi, Feb 10 (PTI): tivism by courts and tri- the league of several bunals is also in play," the provision in Budget for exporters other nations globally Government think tank document said. New Delhi, Feb 10 (PTI): fiscation if products entered of exports on payment of having best practice Niti Aayog has commis- The document said that for exportation under claim IGST (Integrated Goods and policies for trans fat sioned a study to assess the objective of the study Apex exporters body FIEO of remission or refund of Services Tax) as originally elimination. the "unintended" econom- is building a narrative to on Wednesday asked the fi- any duty or tax or levy make envisaged in the law. ic impact of select deci- support better sensitivity nance ministry to relook at a a 'wrongful claim' in contra- Until now, till the changes sions of the Supreme of economic impacts of proposed "harsh and dracon- vention of the provisions of are notified in the Act, ex- Profit jumps Court and the National judgments by the judici- ian" provision in Budget 2021 this Act. porters have the option to J New Delhi: State- Green Tribunal and to re- ary and will serve as use- related to customs as it will "The word 'wrongful claim' ship either under bond/LUT owned Bank of India view if the stated objective ful inputs for the training hurt the exporting commu- is subject to various inter- (letter of undertaking) or on on Wednesday report- behind the judicial proof judicial officers. nity and the country's image pretations and will put ex- payment of IGST. Most of ed a more than five-fold nouncements was met, ac- date. "Judicial decisions have The NGT cases deal as a reliable supplier of porters at the mercy of field the exporters were availing jump in standalone net cording to a project brief "This study will ex-post far-reaching economic im- with the sand mining ban goods. formations even if the remis- the IGST payment facility as profit to Rs 540.72 crore document. examine the unintended pacts which are often not case and halt on construc- Federation of Indian sion rates are wrongly calcu- the mechanism of refund for the quarter ended Jaipur-based CUTS economic consequences of taken into account at the tion activities in Delhi Export Organisations lated or dispute about classi- was entirely seamless within December.The bank International has been key judicial/ quasi judi- time of decision making. NCR, the document said (FIEO) President S K Saraf fication of the product under out any transaction cost, he had registered a net asked to do the study on cial decisions and review Some of the recent judg- adding these have been said certain provisions a particular rate arises. "The claimed. If the IGST system profit of Rs 105.52 crore the apex court rulings on if the objective of the judi- ments/orders of the some of the most signifi- brought through the Finance remission rates may be 2 per was functioning seamlessly in the year-ago period. halting consultation of cial decision was met," ac- Supreme Court of India cant cases in the recent Bill have "serious" bearing cent of the product value and and was preferred option for However,total income Mopa Airport in Goa, stop- cording to the CUTS (SC) and the National past that have caused sub- on exports. He said the pro- for such a small benefit, the the exporters, there was no during the third quar- ping iron ore mining in International project brief Green Tribunal (NGT) in- stantial damage to the posed amendment in Section entire goods should not be need to dispense with such ter of financial year Goa, and shutting down document. dicate that the economic economy. 113 of the Customs Act confiscated. We request the option, Saraf said adding if 2020-21 was down at Rs Sterlite Copper's Tuticorin As per the document, to impact analysis of judicial The document noted (which deals with confisca- government to kindly look there are any challenges 12,310.92 crore as plant in Tamil Nadu. highlight the economic decisions is yet to gain that the judiciary needs to tion of goods attempted to be into the newly created Sub- faced by the tax authorities, against Rs 13,338.09 While an email sent to impact, five cases have broader acceptance. take into account environ- improperly exported) needs Section(ja) of Section 113 of it should be discussed so that crore in the same quar- Niti Aayog spokesperson been selected of which "The absence of ex-ante ment, equity, and econom- a relook as it is "harsh and the Customs Act," he told re- an amicable solution is ter of previous year. remained unanswered, three were decided by the analysis of the economic ic considerations while de- draconian". A sub-section is porters. Saraf also said the found rather than dropping CUTS International direc- Supreme Court and the costs associated with a de- ciding cases, and needs to proposed to be inserted in Finance Bill has amended an "excellent" facility extend- tor Amol Kulkarni con- other two by the National cision is further exacer- institutionalise a mecha- Section 113, which states that the Section 16 of the IGST ed to the exporters while en- Disclosure format firmed receiving the man- Green Tribunal. bated when judicial ac- nism for it. goods would be liable for con- Act withdrawing the facility tering the GST regime. J New Delhi: Capital markets watchdog Sebi came out with a Jaguar I-Pace set to launch in India on March 9 Inflow in Gold ETFs surges 45% to Rs 625 cr in Jan new format for disclo- sures to be made Mumbai, Feb 10: Jaguar Land efficient modes of mobility New Delhi, Feb 10 (PTI): Associate Director ments had seen a net in- under the insider Rover today announced that like electric vehicles. I am cer- Manager Research, flow in the entire 2020. Gold trading norms. In its first all-electric tain that members of the Investors put in Rs 625 Morningstar India said the ETFs had attracted Rs 6,657 light of amendments Performance SUV, the Jaguar media, our esteemed cus- crore in gold exchange gold prices have come-off crore last year, much high- to the PIT Regulations I-PACE will be launched in tomers and fans of the brand traded funds (ETFs) in its all-time highs touched er than just Rs 16 crore in- affecting the inclusion India on 9th March, 2021, will thoroughly enjoy the vir- January,45 per cent higher in August last year. The flow seen in 2019. of members of the through a unique and immer- tual experience being offered than the preceding month, showed. month of January also saw According to Srivastava, promoter group, and sive digital launch event. It through this unique, futuristic on expectation that the yel- After witnessing a net fair bit of correction in its gold functions as a strate- designated person in will be open to members of digital experience for the and eclectically designed low metal will perform outflow of Rs 141 crore in prices. "This, along with gic asset in an investor's place of employee and the media, customers and fans launch of Jaguar I-PACE in launch event.” well going forward. November 2020, the Gold expectation that gold may portfolio, given its ability on the basis of feed- and enthusiasts of the brand. India. This immersive & Since its debut, the I-PACE has The inflow pushed the ETF category is once again do well going ahead provid- to act as an effective diver- back received from Rohit Suri, President & engaging digital event will won more than 80 global asset base of gold funds by back under investors' ed a good buying opportu- sifier, and alleviate losses market participants Managing Director, Jaguar provide a peek into a future- awards. It was the first car 22 per cent to Rs 14,481 radar. While it received a nity to investors, which re- during tough market con- and exchanges, the Land Rover India said, “After facing urban metropolis that is ever to win all three World Car crore at the end of January net inflow of Rs 431 crore sulted in net inflows for the ditions and economic relevant disclosure the fabulous response to the practically designed from the titles simultaneously in 2019; from Rs 14,174 crore at the in December, the net inflow category in January," he downturns. This is where formats have been digital launch of the Land perspective of a sustainable World Car Of The Year, World end of December, data in January was even high- added. it draws its safe-haven ap- suitably revised. Rover Defender, we are excit- ecosystem, uses innovative Green Car Of The Year and available with Association er at Rs 625 crore. Barring March and peal, as has been evident ed about curating yet another technologies and supports World Car Design Of The Year. of Mutual Funds in India Himanshu Srivastava, November, such instru- since 2019. CENTRAL CHRONICLE, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2021

TECHNOLOGY ✍ Mayank Sachdeva Best Tech Podcasts to listen to

In 2020, Earth completed its revolutions around its axis milliseconds quicker than average, so time is literally fly- podcasts and also on YouTube. ing by faster. A day in the tech-world feels like a whole week with so many products launches, startup events, and rumours flying every day. The best way to keep up with all tech news is to listen to podcasts while driving to The Test Drivers work (well not right now) or doing your chores. Here are some of the best tech podcasts I listen to keep up: Hosted by Myke Hurley and YouTuber Austin Evans, the Test Drivers is a relatively new show. Austin and Myke spend most of their time talking about the next (present) generation of gadgets. His energy unique perspective on tech makes the pod- your inbox once every two weeks on any major podcast station gaming consoles and foldable phones for reference, almost cast highly engaging. You can view each episode in short clips like Apple or Spotify. every episode of this podcast involves Austin professing his or as an hour-long video on the respective YouTube channels or love for the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5G. But really, this podcast listen to it on the major podcast stations. The Stalman Podcast is hilarious with the hosts sharing anecdotes and talking about Waveform: The MKBHD Podcast A show for “for full-stack creators who take photos, make all tech: old and new, dust collecting or cutting edge. Be sure to videos, and love tech” is how Tyler Stalman, the host, describes hear it out on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and other podcast sta- The Waveform Podcast is definitely one of the best-produced his podcast. His interview styled show means that he is accom- tions. podcasts around. After all, it’s hosted by Marques Brownlee, panied by a guest in almost every episode with whom he dis- better known as MKBHD, and his colleague Andrew Manganelli. cusses their workflow and anecdotes from their time as ama- TechCrunch: Daily Crunch Lew Later Marques is one of the most highly reputed tech reviewers, and teurs. Each episode is quite engaging where he provides some This is the perfect podcast to keep in touch with all the news he gives insights into the tech industry, his journey as a tips for other budding content creators and most of his discus- happening in the tech world. TechCrunch: Daily Crunch This is one of the most entertaining tech podcasts hosted by YouTuber, and now a Podcast host. He is also an avid photogra- sions revolve around photography and videography. Tyler also Podcast’s short format means that every episode is no longer Lewis Hilsenteger aka mega YouTuber, UnboxTherapy. He is pher and a big advocate for Tesla, so expect some of both in interviews major tech YouTubers and covers the biggest news than 4 minutes. It covers all the biggest news and rumours often accompanied by Willy Du and his pet dog, Otis. Lew’s talk each episode of the podcast. Many episodes of this podcast are in the tech industry. Being a professional filmmaker, his from the tech world with the host reading out headlines from show covers everything from the biggest news and rumours interviews with Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, Mark Gurman, reviews of tech products are usually unique. You can catch the the TechCrunch website. As the name suggests is brought to about new products to internet culture and the most obscure Kevin O’ Leary and many more. You can expect an episode in Stalman Podcast anywhere and everywhere you listen to your you daily on your favourite podcast app. Himalayan glaciers sensitive to climate change, rapidly shrinking

Describing the Himalayas a water tower, Jawaharlal Nehru University's School of Environmental Science Professor A P Dimri said with WHAT & WHY increasing global warming, the upper reaches of the Himalayas are warming faster, What is CAPTCHA and leading to more rapid melting of the glaciers. how does it work? We've all seen it when browsing online, but what imalayan glaciers are highly sensi- exactly is it? H tive to climate change and are rapidly shrinking, posing a big threat to the We take a deeper look at CAPTCHA to find out exact- populations that rely on them, accord- ly what it is ing to scientific explanations. Isn’t it funny how you have to prove to a computer Besides the ecosystem services that that you aren’t a robot each time you make a new ac- the glaciers provide, their melting in- count on the internet but have you ever wondered creases the risk of runoffs and floods as why we actually do this, and what actually goes on in recently seen with the Uttarakhand gla- the background? cier disaster that claimed 26 lives and 197 persons still reported missing with What is CAPTCHA? rescue operations underway. CAPTCHA stands for Completely Automated Public The science behind what is currently Turing Test to Tell Computers and Humans Apart. It happening in the Himalayas was fore- is a type of challenge-response test used in comput- casted by the Intergovernmental Panel ing to determine whether the user is human. It’s on Climate Change (IPCC) in its 2019 re- widely used by internet companies to protect them- port that say glaciers would retreat in selves from hacks and spam by bots. the upcoming years, causing landslides and floods. How does CAPTCHA work? Himalayan glaciers play an important The goal of CAPTCHA is to pose a question or task role in South Asia, providing drinking which is impossible for the computer to complete water and water resources for agricul- while also being easy for humans. Take for example ture, hydropower and biodiversity. the distorted word CAPTCHA type which shows an Glaciers in the Hindu Kush Himalaya with our partners on the ground to un- three degrees by mid-century. leading to more rapid melting of the gla- image of distorted words which the user is expected region are a crucial water supply for the derstand what happened in this particu- However, the warming rate is not uni- ciers. to retype. 240 million people who live in the re- lar instance," ICIMOD Director General form either spatially or temporally, it "This has resulted in an increasing gion, including 86 million Indians, Pema Gyamtsho said. says. However, a 2017 study published in number of glacier lakes, which are What are the different types of CAPTCHAs? roughly the equivalent of the country's ICIMOD develops and shares re- 'Nature' warns that even if global tem- formed by water melting from the ice Maths Problem: Users are asked a simple maths five biggest cities combined. search, information and innovations to perature is kept below 1.5 degrees, caps and accumulating at the mouth or problem like “4+6” Another comprehensive report two empower people in the eight regional around 35 per cent of the ice mass stored snout of the glacier. These lakes also be- Word Problems like retyping letters into a box or typ- years ago, the Hindu Kush Himalaya member countries of the Hindu Kush in the high mountains of Asia will be come reservoirs of ice and moraine de- ing the last word from a list of words Assessment, coordinated by the Himalaya region -- Afghanistan, lost. It says that number could increase bris. With an increase in this phenome- Social Media sign-in: Determines if you are a robot International Centre for Integrated Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, up to 65 per cent in a scenario of high non, the breach of glacier lakes poses a or human using your social record. This is very Mountain Development (ICIMOD) notes Myanmar,Nepal and Pakistan. greenhouse gas emissions. severe threat to the communities living popular especially because it helps save time. that eastern Himalaya glaciers have Sounding an alarm, a 2019 discussion Describing the Himalayas a water downstream." With the Himalayan Time-based CAPTCHA: Determines if you are a tended to shrink faster than those in paper by The Energy and Resources tower, Jawaharlal Nehru University's states prone to flash floods and land- human or robot by recording the time it took you central and western Himalaya. Institute (TERI) notes the warming rate School of Environmental Science slides, this disaster prompted calls by to fill out your form. "While there is still some confusion as over the Himalayan region is projected Professor A P Dimri said with increas- scientists and experts for a review of hy- Honeypot: It involves placing hidden fields on the to what exactly caused the flood in to increase in the range of 0.5 degree to ing global warming, the upper reaches dropower projects in the ecologically screen which are invisible to a human but easily Uttarakhand, we are working closely one degree Celsius by 2020s and one to of the Himalayas are warming faster, sensitive mountains. visible to bots, which helps to distinguish bots from humans. No CAPTCHA reCAPTCHA: Users simply mark a checkbox saying “I am not a robot”. A robot normally checks directly in the centre of the box, while a human tends to check somewhere else NASA plans to launch Mars ice mapping mission but not directly in the middle. It is usually very reliable but in case it fails in the first try it offers NASA, in collaboration with three inter- Mars. a different CAPTCHA type instead. national partners, is planning to launch The radar-carrying orbiter would also Invisible reCAPTCHA: It is an invisible CAPTCHA help identify properties of the dust, type, which distinguishes humans from bots by a robotic Mars ice mapping mission, loose rocky material — known as re- analysing their behaviour on the website. It is which could help the agency identify golith — and rock layers that might im- not exactly clear how and what behaviour it potential science objectives for initial pact the ability to access ice. chooses to analyse, but it is invisible to humans. human missions to Mars. The ice-mapping mission could help Confident reCAPTCHA: Humans are prompted a the agency identify potential science ob- simple question like “Click on each image that t could help identify abundant, acces- jectives for initial human missions to has a vehicle in it.” Despite its 96% success rate I sible ice for future candidate landing Mars, which are expected to be designed this is the most frustrating of all CAPTCHA sites on the Red Planet. for about 30 days of exploration on the types but is extremely common as website own- The agencies have agreed to establish surface. ers can edit the pictures and replace them with a joint concept team to assess mission For example, identifying and charac- ads to earn a salary. potential, as well as partnership oppor- terizing accessible water ice could lead Sweet CAPTCHA: Users are asked to match similar tunities, NASA said. to human-tended science, such as ice items with one another, which poses a challenge Under the statement of intent that coring to support the search for life. for robots. they have signed, NASA, the Italian Mars Ice Mapper also could provide a Space Agency (ASI), the Canadian map of water-ice resources for later Space Agency (CSA), and the Japan human missions with longer surface ex- Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) peditions, as well as help meet explo- announced their intention to develop a ration engineering constraints, such as mission plan and define their potential avoidance of rock and terrain hazards. roles and responsibilities. Mapping shallow water ice could also If the concept moves forward, the mis- The international Mars Ice Mapper near-surface ice deposits, which would support supplemental high-value sci- sion could be ready to launch as early as mission would detect the location, enable the science community to inter- ence objectives related to Martian cli- 2026, NASA said. depth, spatial extent, and abundance of pret a more detailed volatile history of matology and geology,NASA said. CENTRAL CHRONICLE, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2021 Fit Axar back in nets, Djokovic holds off Tiafoe, Nadeem set to be dropped New Delhi, Feb 10 (PTI): reaches 3rd round Indian playing XI during the upcoming second Test in Chennai will at least have one change with

Australian Open Australian Serena Williams swept Nina Stojanovic 6-3, 6-0 Jharkhand left-arm spinner Shahbaz Nadeem set to fifth-set tiebreak and three be dropped after a disap- match points before losing pointing performance in 7-5, 6-1, 4-6, 2-6, 7-6 (9) to the series opener opener Marton Fucsovics. Five un- against England. forced errors in the last While Nadeem's replace- seven points of the tiebreak- ment will be decided by er cost him the match. Friday, one can expect all- Serena Williams kept her rounder Axar Patel, who is bid for a 24th Grand Slam now match-fit, to replace singles title on track, mak- him. India were outplayed ing only 11 unforced errors in the first Test that ended as she swept Nina on Tuesday. Stojanovic 6-3, 6-0. "Axar had a minor knee But a 21st trip to niggle and has already Melbourne Park ended started batting at the nets. painfully for her older sis- He is expected to start bowl- ter,Venus Williams. ing during the next couple The seven-time major of days. winner was trailing 1-5 in "He was always first the opening set against Sara choice to play the opening Errani when she landed Test but it will depend on awkwardly on her ankle as skipper Virat Kohli, head she approached the net for a coach Ravi Shastri and volley.She fought back tears bowling coach Bharath before receiving treatment Arun," a senior BCCI New Chepauk strip may offer some turn from day 1 on the ankle, and gamely source told PTI on continued, hobbling be- Wednesday. After one of the flattest decks on offer during the first Test Melbourne, Feb 10 (AP): on winning 6-3, 6-7 (3), 7-6 tween points, before losing Indian captain Virat in Chennai, task will be cut out for Tamil Nadu Cricket (2), 6-3 in a 3 1/2-hour after- 6-1, 6-0. The 40-year-old Kohli didn't hide his disap- Association's rookie curator V Ramesh Kumar and BCCI head Frances Tiafoe had never noon match on Rod Laver Williams was making her pointment when it came to of pitches and grounds committee head Taposh Chatterjee, played a No. 1, had never Arena. The fourth set was 88th Grand Slam main draw Nadeem's performance to provide a track which doesn't make toss so crucial. While beaten anyone in the Top 5, on serve and appeared head- appearance, the most during the post-match pres- currently there was grass cover on one of the adjacent strips, and now he'd just won a ed for another tiebreaker among women in the Open entation where he said that which could be used for the second match, it is a given that tiebreaker against Novak when Tiafoe was given a era. Former U.S. Open Nadeem and Sundar could- their will be fair share of turn. It will be interesting to see Djokovic to level their sec- time violation on his serve. champion Bianca n't keep up the pressure unlike the first Test when there was liberal sprinkling of ond-round match at the He lost his temper, and ulti- of long rallies," Djokovic first time that I'm in this Andreescu, coming back that was created by Jasprit water and fair share of rolling, whether Ramesh and Australian Open. mately the game. He didn't said Wednesday. "I want to kind of situation, I know from 15 months out with in- Bumrah, Ishant Sharma Chatterjee stop watering the track during next three days. If Full of animation in his win another game in the give a hand to Frances for a how to handle these kinds of jury, became the latest top- and Ravichandran Ashwin. a dry pitch is baked adequately in sunshine, there could courtside chair, Tiafoe took match, which finished with very tough fight. It was a circumstances," Djokovic 10 player to be beaten by vet- Nadeem had four wick- always be a case of pitch breaking early. There is always this the court and said what was a double-fault. fantastic match on his part." said in his on-court TV in- eran Hsieh Su-wei of ets in all but gave away 233 school of thought in Indian cricket circles as to why ques- obvious to everyone watch- Tiafoe shook his head, Djokovic served 26 aces, terview."He gave it his all." Taiwan. The eighth-seeded runs in 59 overs across two tions are raised about tracks that offer turn from first day ing: "I love this." then jogged to the net to em- Tiafoe 23. Djokovic had the Dominic Thiem, who lost Andreescu's power was no innings with an economy whereas in places like Chrischurch in New Zealand, the 22- Tiafoe, a 23-year-old brace Djokovic. He'll take edge in terms of winners the final here last year to match for Hsieh's shotmak- rate of close to 4 runs per yard strip couldn't be identified from the outfield. Ditto for American who reached the plenty from this. (56-49) and converted five of Djokovic but went one bet- ing in a second-round upset, over. And if that wasn't Basin Reserve in Wellington where the ball was jagging quarterfinals here two Djokovic bowed, touched his breakpoint chances, ter to win the U.S. Open, 6-3, 6-2. Andreescu, a 20- enough, as a slow bowler, a around from the first hour. years ago, threw everything the court with his hand, and while Tiafoe converted two eased through the second year-old Canadian, seemed total of nine balls at the he could at eight-time then went into his more cus- of his three. round with a 6-4, 6-0, 6-2 win befuddled by the 35-year-old Test match level is consid- Australian Open champion tomary celebrations. After taking a quick look over Donimik Koepfer. Hsieh's unorthodox game, ered to be criminal. sort that out in the nets. However, Washington, who Djokovic. He pulled the "Very tough match. at the stats, Djokovic said he Three-time major winner which includes a two-hand- Nadeem himself admitted Washington bowled 26 was impressive with the crowd into the contest, too. Difficult conditions. While couldn't remember serving Stan Wawrinka, the 2014 ed forehand and an unpre- that he has had some issues overs for 98 runs in the first bat in the first innings, is But it wasn't quite enough, we had sun on the court, it more aces, or seeing more Australian Open champion, dictable mix of pace and with timing of his jump at innings and got a solitary likely to retain his place in with the defending champi- was very, very warm. A lot serves pass him. "It's not the wasted a big lead in the placement. the crease and he needs to over in the second innings. the playing XI. ICC Test Rankings Krunal Pandya to lead Baroda Juventus reaches Italian Cup Kohli down to fifth as Root moves up to third in Vijay Hazare Trophy Vadodara, Feb 10 (PTI): final after 0-0 draw with Inter Dubai, Feb 10 (PTI): with all of them above 850 rating points. For India, India all-rounder Turin, Feb 10 (AP): Inter hardly had any shots India skipper Virat Rishabh Pant's knock of 91 Krunal Pandya will lead on goal. We had the best Kohli was on Wednesday in the first innings has the Baroda squad in the Juventus progressed to chances and (Inter goal- pushed to the fifth spot by helped him become the Vijay Hazare Trophy be- its sixth Italian Cup final keeper Samir) his English counterpart first full-time wicketkeep- ginning February 20. in seven years after a 0-0 Handanovic was the best Joe Root, who rose two er from his country to Krunal had led Baroda draw against Inter Milan player on the pitch." rungs to third in the latest reach 700 rating points as initially in the Syed to win 2-1 on aggregate. It is the second succes- ICC Test rankings for bats- he retained the 13th posi- Mushtaq Ali Trophy but Atalanta hosts Napoli sive season Inter has been men, even as Jasprit tion among batsmen. then had to leave the tour- on Wednesday in the other eliminated in the semifi- Bumrah and R Ashwin Opener Shubman Gill nament's bio-bubble mid- semifinal after having nal of the Italian Cup. It is moved up in the bowlers' progressed seven places to way due to his father's de- drawn 0-0 in the first leg. also out of European com- chart. 40th position while all- mise. The final is on May 19. petition, having finished Kohli, who had had points. It is his highest po- rounder Washington Baroda have picked a 22- Juventus coach Andrea bottom of its Champions scores of 11 and 72 in the sition since Sundar is 81st after mov- member squad for the do- Pirlo has faced criticism in League group. opening Test against September2017 after a fab- ing up two slots. Left-arm mestic 50-over champi- the first season in his man- "We undoubtedly need- England, has 852 points ulous run in the sub-conti- spinner Shahbaz Nadeem onship, and it was shared agerial career but his team ed to make the most of the and down one spot in the nent saw him accumulate too has gained two places to PTI by Baroda Cricket won the Italian Super Cup many chances we created latest chart issued on 684 runs in three Tests, to reach 85th position Association secretary Ajit last year and is still firmly over the course of 180 min- Wednesday. two of which were in Sri among bowlers. Lele on Wednesday. in the hunt for what would utes," Inter coach Antonio Veteran spinner Ashwin Lanka. Opener Dom Sibley is The squad comprises be a record-extending 10th Conte said. and pacer Bumrah have Ahead of Kohli for the another England batsman opener Kedar Devdhar, successive Serie A title. jumped a rung each to be first time since November to gain in the latest rank- who not only performed "I hoped to get to this Juventus' Portuguese for- seventh and eighth respec- 2017, Root is now 36 points ings update, his knocks of well in the Mushtaq Ali stage of my debut cam- ward Cristiano Ronaldo runs tively.Root, who helped his behind top-ranked Kane 87 and 16 helping him rise Trophy, but also led the paign and be in the last 16 with the ball during the team to a memorable 227- Williamson and trails 11 places to 35th, while team to the final, where es batsmen Vishnu of the Champions League, Italian Cup semifinal second run victory in Chennai Steve Smith by only eight their players also made the they lost to Tamil Nadu, in Solanki, Abhimanyusingh have won the Super Cup leg football match beetween that kept England in con- points. With Marnus way up in the bowling Krunal's absence. Devdhar Rajput and young wicket- and reached the final of Juventus Turin and Inter tention for the ICC World Labuschagne also in the rankings presently led by has been made the vice- keeper batsman Smit Patel the Italian Cup, but we ing away and stay fo- Milan at the Juventus stadi- Test Championship final, mix, competition for the Australia fast bowler Pat captain. along with all-rounder haven't done anything yet cused," Pirlo said. "We um in Turin. has reached 883 rating top five slots is intense Cummins. The squad also compris- Babasafi Pathan. so we have to keep work- played well today because Root will probably Madrid wins postponed game break all batting Pakistan hopes to carry test form into T20s against SA team's second goal in a 2-0 records of win over Getafe. Karim Islamabad, Feb 10 (AP): 95-run win in the second Benzema had already England: Hussain test as the Proteas lost scored in the second half Pakistan aims to capi- their last seven wickets and Madrid went on to win talize on its 2-0 victory in for only 33 runs in the for the third time in four the test series against second innings and were games in a match that was South Africa when it bowled out for 274. postponed from the first takes on the Proteas in Waqar was the bowl- round as European compe- the three-match ing coach when a sec- titions finished later than Twenty20 series that be- ond-string Sri Lanka scheduled last season begins on Thursday. routed Pakistan 3-0 at cause of the coronavirus The result of test se- Lahore in 2019. The re- pandemic. With his squad ries will have an impact sult saw Sarfaraz Ahmed depleted by injuries and on the Twenty20 series, being stripped of the suspensions, Zidane was London, Feb 10 (PTI): Pakistan bowling coach South Africa's captaincy and Babar forced to change the team's Waqar Younis told re- players warm Azam was chosen as the formation and use some Former England cap- porters during a virtual up in a prac- white-ball skipper before players out of position. tain Nasser Hussain feels press conference in tice session at eventually being named Nine players were unavail- incumbent Joe Root is "ar- Lahore on Wednesday. the Gaddafi as all format captain Getafe's Uruguayan defender Erick Cabaco (L) challenges Real able for the match at the guably" the country's best I can't predict the ulti- Cricket after Pakistan lost the Madrid's French forward Karim Benzema (R) during the Spanish Alfredo Di Stefano ever player of spin and mate result of the T20 se- Stadium in test series in England league football match between Real Madrid CF and Getafe CF at the Stadium, including captain can break all the Test bat- ries, but you will defi- Lahore on last year. Alfredo di Stefano stadium in Valdebebas, on the outskirts of Madrid. Sergio Ramos, Toni Kroos ting records accumulated nitely see good results. February 9, This time around, and Eden Hazard. Zidane by the nation's batsmen. Pakistan beat South 2021 ahead of Waqar is not underesti- Madrid, Feb 10 (AP): Zinedine Zidane's team switched to a 3-5-2 forma- Root struck 218 in Africa in a test series for their first T20 mating the second-string needed an unusual starting tion and promoted the first England's first innings on the first time in 18 years international South Africa without its It was an assist by a left lineup to keep its momen- senior-squad start for 20- a spin-friendly pitch to with two emphatic victo- of three match T20 regulars -- captain back on a goal by another tum and cut Atletico year-old Marvin Park. Two lead his side to a 227-run ries at Karachi and series between Quinton de Kock, Faf du left back that sealed Real Madrid's lead to five points, other youth players later win over India in the first Rawalpindi. Fast bowler Pakistan and Plessis, Rassie van der Madrid's win in the with Marcelo setting up entered the game Victor Test in Chennai on Hasan Ali grabbed a 10- South Africa. Dussen, Kagiso Rabada Spanish league. Ferland Mendy for the Chust and Sergio Arribas. Tuesday. wicket haul in Pakistan's and Lungi Ngidi. CENTRAL CHRONICLE, RAIPUR, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2021 Gupkar Alliance wins DDC chairperson SOLIDARITY WITH FARMERS polls in two valley districts Srinagar, Feb 10 (PTI): which took place in December last year,the NC The People's Alliance for had won seven seats while Gupkar Declaration the PDP bagged four and (PAGD) an amalgam of six three went to the kitty of political parties seeking independents. restoration of the special In Pulwama district in Constitutional status of south Kashmir, the PDP the erstwhile state of candidate Syed Bari Jammu and Kashmir won Andrabi was elected as the the elections for the posts chairperson, while the NC of chairpersons of the candidate Mukhtar District Development Ahmad Bandh as his Council (DDC) in two dis- deputy, the officials said. tricts of the valley for The PDP had emerged as which the polls were held the single largest party in on Wednesday, officials the district by bagging half said. of the total 14 seats. In the third phase of the Nuzhat Ishfaq Elected Chairperson DDC Ganderbal, PDP's DDC member polls on Wednesday, the Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday. Waheed-ur-Rehman Para -- elections were conducted who was arrested by the in two districts of the the post of the chairper- person, while Bilal Ahmad NIA first and later by Kashmir valley- son from Ganderbal, a Sheikh of PDP was elected Counter Intelligence Ganderbal and Pulwama PDP candidate was elected as the vice-chairperson of Kashmir (CIK) and is yet and the PAGD, which in- as chairperson in the DDC Ganderbal, they to take oath as a DDC cludes the National Pulwama, the officials said. Nuzhat is the wife of member - could not partic- Conference (NC) and the said. In Ganderbal district NC leader and former ipate in the election for the Peoples Democratic Party in central Kashmir, NC MLA Ganderbal Ishfaq post of chairperson and (PDP), won at both the candidate Nuzhat Ishfaq Jabbar. In the DDC polls vice-chairperson, the offi- Congress MLA Indira Meena arrives on a tractor to attend the Budget Session of Rajasthan Assembly, in Jaipur, Wednesday. places. While the NC won was elected as the chair- for 14 seats in the district cials added. Virus threatens China for ‘package solution’ over India’s Bangladeshi court ‘game over’ for sentences to death BMC to set up desalination plant Japan's arcades eight Islamists for bid as UNSC permanent member killing publisher to solve Mumbai’s water woes Beijing, Feb 10 (PTI): ing multilateralism, peace- Dhaka, Feb 10 (PTI): A Mumbai, Feb 10 (PTI): not inviting tenders or ex- keeping operations and special anti-terrorism tri- pression of interest, while China, which has been counter-terrorism, he said. bunal in Bangladesh on The Brihanmumbai appointing the consultant. blocking India's efforts to "As for India's bid for per- Wednesday sentenced to Municipal Corporation "If 900 million litre of become a permanent mem- manent membership to death eight Islamic mili- (BMC) will set up a desali- water leakage is prevented ber of the UN Security the UNSC, I can reiterate tants, including a sacked nation plant with 200 MLD in Mumbai city,is there any Woman playing a game Council, on Wednesday re- China's principled posi- military officer, for killing capacity per day to over- need for additional 200 mil- at the Mikado game iterated its stand on New tion on this issue. China a publisher of books on sec- come water shortage in lion litre from this project?" centre in the Shinjuku Delhi's bid, and called for supports UNSC reforms in ularism and atheism at his Mumbai, an official said on by the municipal commis- Prabhakar Shinde, the district of Tokyo. evolving a "package solu- a manner that increases office in 2015. Islamist mili- Wednesday. The standing sioner will be set up for the BJP's group leader in the tion" that is acceptable to the authority and efficacy tants hacked to death pub- committee of the civic body implementation of the proj- civic body said, adding that Tokyo, Feb 10 (AFP): ven- all to reform the top organ Wang Wenbin of the UNSC, increases lisher Faisal Arefin Dipon, has given in-principal ap- ect, the release said. the ruling party should stop ings are normally the of the global body. Chinese the representation and the owner of Jagrity proval to set up the desali- According to the BMC, the wasting public money. busiest time at Mikado, a Foreign Ministry the UNSC. Asked about the voice of developing coun- Publishers, at his office at nation plant and for ap- desalination plant, with a According to the BMC, M/s retro gaming arcade in spokesman Wang Wenbin's outcome of the meeting tries so that small and central Dhaka's Shahbagh pointment of consultants capacity of 200 MLD water I.D.E Water Technologies Tokyo, but these days the comments in response to a and whether there was any medium-sized countries area on November 31, 2015. to prepare a detailed proj- per day, will require a capi- had submitted an unsolicit- shutters come down question came a day after discussion on India's candi- have a greater opportuni- Anti-Terrorism Special ect report, a release issued tal investment of Rs 1,600 ed proposal, when the civic early, leaving "Street India and China discussed dature for permanent ty to participate in the de- Tribunal Judge by the civic body stated. crore and Rs 1,920 crore in body was thinking about Fighter" fans out in the a wide range of issues re- membership of the UNSC, cision making of the Mohammad Mojibur The committee gave an operational costs for the desalination of seawater to cold. Bright, noisy ar- lating to top UN body. Chinese Foreign Ministry UNSC, he said. Rahman announced the in-principle approval to- next 20 years. Meanwhile, overcome water issues. The cades are still a neigh- China is a permanent spokesman Wang told a "It should be done sentence as six of eight wards payment of charges the BJP, which is in the company had submitted the bourhood fixture in Japan, member of the UNSC while media briefing here that through the widest possible convicts, all belonging to worth Rs 5.50 crore for Opposition in the Shiv proposal as per the but they have been disap- India began its two-year during virtual meeting, the democratic consultation outlawed Ansar Al Islam preparing a detailed project Sena-ruled civic body, has Maharashtra pearing as business is hit tenure as a non-permanent two sides held consulta- and seek a package solu- terrorist group, also known report and Rs 40 lakh for raised questions about the Infrastructure by virus-curtailed opening member on January 1. In tions on Security Council tion that takes into account as Ansarullah Bangla bid documents, the civic need for the project and the Development Enabling hours. August, India is scheduled issues. The two sides ex- the interests and concerns Team (ABT), were present body's statement said. A expenses for the same. It Authority Act 2018, the re- "This is when the place to serve as the president of changed views on uphold- of all parties," he said. in the court. four-member panel chaired also lambasted the BMC for lease stated. usually starts to fill up," laments Yasushi Fukamachi, a manager at IRAN REVOLUTION ANNIVERSARY Mikado, whose 250 vin- Make in Bihar, invest in Bihar: tage machines attract nocturnal students and office workers who have Shahnawaz Hussain tells investors just clocked off. It is approaching 8pm Patna, Feb 10 (PTI): Vajpayee government. and a few dozen gamers "Nitish Kumar's leader- wearing face masks are Syed Shahnawaz ship has succeeded in mak- fighting it out on joystick Hussain, the new ing the power situation classics, eking out their Industries Minister of and the roads in Bihar bet- final minutes of fun be- Bihar, on Wednesday ex- ter than most states. Now fore being shooed out. pressed resolve to usher in is the time to take things to Since early January, Tokyo growth in the sector that the next level," he re- and other parts of Japan has remained largely un- marked. have been under a state tapped in the state, where One of the most articu- of emergency to bring conditions have now be- late spokespersons of the down surging virus cases. come favourable with im- BJP at the national level, Businesses are told to provements in infrastruc- Hussain, who has formerly close early, with possible ture. The senior BJP leader been a member of the Lok fines for those that refuse. and former Union minis- Sabha thrice, was elected But unlike bars and ter, who was sworn in as a to the state legislative restaurants, arcades like member of the Nitish council last month in a Mikado do not receive Kumar cabinet on Tuesday, Syed Shahnawaz Hussain. surprise move by the party government cash as com- was talking to reporters for which Bihar remains pensation for lost income. after assuming charge. from the state, who have ernment. The state is for- the only state in the Hindi Several arcades went Hussain pointed out that been "running businesses tunate to have a chief min- heartland, where it is yet bust following Japan's the coronavirus-induced across the country and ister like Nitish Kumar to head a government. He first state of emergency lockdown and the massive world over" to rise to the from whose rich experi- was fielded, and elected last year, which saw most migrant crisis that came occasion and "make in ence it has benefitted a lot. unopposed, from the seat of them close completely in its wake, have brought Bihar, invest in Bihar". I am here to chip in with vacated by former deputy for two months, and those the issue of lack of indus- "Investors and entrepre- whatever experience I chief minister Sushil that survived are now An Iranian parachuter performs during a ceremony marking the 42nd anniversary of tries and job opportunities neurs can be rest assured have," said Hussain, who Kumar Modi, who has be- struggling. the 1979 Islamic Revolution, at the Azadi (Freedom) square in Tehran on Wednesday. in Bihar into sharp focus. they will get full coopera- had served as a minister of come a member of the He urged entrepreneurs tion from the Bihar gov- state in the Atal Bihari Rajya Sabha. Armed Myanmar group seeks Kabul bombs kill police chief, bodyguard hood; the force of the blast asylum in India, alert at border was so strong that the car flipped upside down, Aizawl, Feb 10 (PTI): tration if Myanmarese killing the city's District 5 refugees are seen entering police chief, Myanmar-based armed their areas. Thousands of Mohammadzai Kochi, and insurgent group Chin members of the Chin com- his bodyguard. The driver National Army (CNA) has munity of Myanmar fled to of the car was wounded, sought asylum for their Mizoram because of the according to two Afghan families in India in the military junta since the late officials who spoke on con- wake of the military coup 1980s, officials said. dition of anonymity be- in the neighbouring coun- Though many have re- cause they were not au- try, an official in Mizoram turned to Myanmar after thorized to talk to the said on Wednesday. The said. Zuali said that she has democracy was restored in media. CNA, the armed wing of forwarded the matter to the neighbouring country, Security personnel inspect the site of a deadly bomb Kabul police spokesman the Chin National Front higher authorities. The dis- thousands of them are still attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday. Ferdaws Faramarz said an (CNF), has asked for asy- trict administration has is- living in the state, they said. hour before that blast, two lum for 40 families, sued an alert against an in- The Chins of Myanmar and Kabul, Feb 10 (AP): ty for the blasts, which other sticky bomb explo- Mizoram's Champhai dis- flux of refugees from the Mizos of India share the were all caused by so- sions took place. One of trict deputy commissioner Myanmar in the wake of same ancestry and culture. A chain of bomb explo- called sticky bombs, explo- them, about 500 meters Maria CT Zuali told PTI. the coup, officials said. With the Myanmar military sions targeting Kabul po- sive devices attached to ve- (yards) away from where "The CNA has communi- Mizoram shares a 404 km taking power, there are ap- lice on Wednesday killed a hicles that are remotely the police car was target- cated the matter to the vil- porous international bor- prehensions in the border district police chief and detonated or set off by ed, wounded four civil- lage council president of der with Myanmar. A noti- areas that many his bodyguard, and also timers. ians. There were no casu- Farkawn, who later in- fication issued by Zuali in- Myanmarese from the Chin wounded five people, offi- The largest of the at- alties in the other blast, formed the Champhai dis- structed all villages to in- state and other regions will cials said. No one immedi- tacks struck a police car in which took place else- trict administration," she form the district adminis- flee to Mizoram. ately claimed responsibili- a western Kabul neighbor- where in Kabul. 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BRIEF ‘GOVT, PARLIAMENT HAVE GREAT RESPECT FOR FARMERS’ AMAVASYA FESTIVAL Old system will continue: PM New Delhi, Feb 10 (PTI): PM attacks ‘confused, divided’ Congress The government and New Delhi: In a sharp dig at the Congress, Prime Minister Parliament have great re- Narendra Modi on Wednesday said its Rajya Sabha and Lok spect for farmers who are Sabha units move in opposite directions, and asserted that such BJP supporters gather at Opera voicing their views on the a "divided" and "confused" party can neither do any good for House in support of veteran three farm bills, Prime itself nor can it think of any solutions for the country's prob- singer Lata Mangeshkar for her Minister Narendra Modi lems. PM Modi's remarks came amid a walkout by members of tweet against farmers agitation, said on Wednesday, and the Congress in Lok Sabha, including former party chief Rahul in South Mumbai, Wednesday. made it clear that those Gandhi, when he was speaking on the three farm laws during who want to continue with his reply to the debate on the motion of thanks to the President Intruder shot dead the old agriculture mar- for his address. "The condition of the Congress party, a very old keting system can contin- party which ruled the country for about six decades, has now Srinagar: The Army shot ue doing so. Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks in the Lok Sabha during the become such that its Rajya Sabha unit moves in one direction dead an intruder near the Replying in Lok Sabha ongoing Budget Session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Wednesday. while the Lok Sabha unit moves in another direction," Modi Line of Control (LoC) in Uri to the discussion on the said. Such a "divided" and "confused" party can neither do any sector of Jammu and motion of thanks to the and Rajya Sabha on the de- son why topmost minis- good for itself nor can it think of any solution to the country's Kashmir's Baramulla dis- President's address to the bate. ters of the government are problems, Modi said. "Nothing can be more unfortunate than trict, police said on joint sitting of Parliament, Seeking to allay appre- constantly talking to this. The Congress is also there in Rajya Sabha, their senior Wednesday. Army troopers Modi staunchly defended hensions on the farm laws, them. There is a great re- leaders are there, they debate with a lot of enthusiasm and killed an intruder near the the three contentious Modi said neither any spect for farmers. express their views. On the other hand, there is the other sec- LoC at Dulanja in Uri in farms laws and attacked agriculture 'mandi' (mar- "After the laws relating tion of the Congress (in Lok Sabha).... Time will tell," the prime north Kashmir on Tuesday the opposition for "mis- ket) has shut down after to agriculture were passed minister said. night, a police official said. leading" farmers, saying the three laws were enact- by Parliament, no 'mandi' He identified the intruder those who are disrupting ed nor has the MSP has shut. Likewise, MSP as Sarfraz Mir, 56, a resi- the House are doing so as stopped, rather the MSP has remained. said, adding agriculture so why did you give. Be it dent of Kundibarjala per a "well-planned strate- has only increased which Procurement on MSP has has been a part of India's issue of dowry or triple Kamalkote, Uri. Mir had gy" as they are unable to no one can deny. remained. These facts culture and the festivals talaq, no one had demand- crossed the LoC in 1990 digest that people can see The Prime Minister also can't be ignored," he said. have all been associated ed laws to deal with them, and then returned in 1992. the truth. "Through their said the government has He said the old agricul- with planting and reaping but the laws were made as games, the trust of the offered to discuss clause ture marketing system of crops. Noting that the they were necessary for Power theft fine people can never be won," by clause of the three farm will continue and those kind of investment farm- progressive society," he Thane: The Thane district he said, amidst protests by laws and if there are any who don't want the new ing needs was not happen- said. court has sentenced a 70- the opposition members. shortcomings it was ready system can continue with ing, Modi said there is a The Prime Minister said year-old man from pow- During his over 90- to make changes. the old system. "Our need to bring investment the NDA government has erloom town of Bhiwandi minute address, the Prime "This House, our gov- farmer should become and modernise agricul- tried everything to bring in Maharashtra to two Minister slammed the ernment and we all re- self-reliant, he should get ture to empower the sector. changes in the country Hindu devotees gather at Sangam on the eve of Mauni years of rigorous impris- Congress as "divided and spect farmers who are freedom to sell his pro- "I am surprised for the and asserted that "if the Amavasya festival during the ongoing Magh Mela in onment and imposed a confused party" for its dif- voicing their views on the duce. There is a need to first time a new argument intention is good, then the Prayagraj, Wednesday. fine of Rs 19 lakh in a ferent stands in Lok Sabha farm bills. This is the rea- work in that direction," he has come --we did not ask, results will also be good". power theft case dating to 2008. In his order, District Judge PP Jadhav Cong will scrap farm laws if U’khand disaster: Drones and more deployed Twitter suspends over 500 a/cs held the accused, Monuddin Mehaboob it comes to power: Priyanka to locate workers trapped in tunnel Shaikh, guilty of offences New Delhi, Feb 10 (PTI): post on Koo said. Koo is punishable under section Dehradun, Feb 10 (PTI): being touted as the home- 135 of the Electricity Act, Twitter on Wednesday grown contender to Twitter. 2003. The section deals Using drones and remote- said it has suspended over The blogpost by Twitter sensing equipment, rescue 500 accounts, and blocked on Wednesday morning had with theft of electricity. teams intensified efforts on access to several others the microblogging platform Wednesday to reach the 25- within India as it partly ac- emphasising it will contin- Pilgrims obeisance 35 men trapped in a sludge- ceded to a government ue to advocate for the right Jammu: The old and natu- choked tunnel since the order to curb spread of mis- of free expression of its ral cave of the Vaishno Uttarakhand glacier disas- information and inflamma- users and that it is "actively Devi shrine was opened ter three days ago and more tory content around farm- exploring options under for devotees after 'Makar than 170 remained missing, ers' protests. Indian law - both for Twitter Sankranti', and since hopes of finding them alive Twitter, in a blogpost, and for the accounts that then, a large number of fading with every passing said it has not blocked ac- have been impacted". pilgrims have paid obei- hour. ITBP and other agencies cut the loose ends of pipes and wires counts consisting of "news The development comes sance while strictly fol- Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra during the Kisan The multi-agency rescue inside the Tapovan Tunnel as rescue operation continues, in media entities, journalists, in the backdrop of the gov- lowing COVID-19 proto- Mahapanchayat at Chilkana in Saharanpur district, Wednesday. operation at the NTPC Chamoli district. activists and politicians" as ernment - on February 4 - cols, officials said on hydel project site has been doing so "would violate ordering Twitter to take Wednesday. Every year, Lucknow, Feb 10 (PTI): She said the party's fight going on uninterrupted 2 listed as missing return home safely their fundamental right to down 1,178 accounts with the natural cave is will continue till the laws since Sunday, when a possi- free expression" guaranteed links to Pakistan and opened for pilgrims after Attacking the Centre are scrapped. ble glacier break in the after being stranded under the country's law. Khalistan supporters that over the new farm laws, The rally is the first in a upper reaches of the The government, howev- were spreading misinfor- Makar Sankranti amid Tapovan: Two persons who were listed as missing in the ava- Congress leader Priyanka series of such farmers' Himalayas triggered an av- er, termed as unusual mation and provocative con- chanting of Vedic lanche and flash floods in Uttarakhand returned to their homes Gandhi Vadra on meetings planned by the alanche and floods in the Twitter's move to publish tent related to farmers' 'mantras' and a number safely on Wednesday after being stranded in different areas of Wednesday told a rally in Congress in western Uttar Alaknanda river system, the blogpost before a slated protest. of other rituals. Ramesh Chamoli district following the calamity three days ago, officials western Uttar Pradesh Pradesh, a year before the with no breakthrough in talks with the IT Secretary In all, Twitter has taken Kumar, Chief Executive said. Suraj Singh from Chamoli in Uttarakhand and Rashid from that if voted to power her assembly elections in the sight, officials said. on the issue, as sought by action against over 1,000 ac- Officer, Shri Mata Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh returned to their homes on party would scrap them. state where the opposition So far, 32 bodies have the US company. counts - 500 as sought by the Vaishno Devi Shrine Wednesday, Additional District Information Officer, Chamoli, At a 'kisan panchayat' party is struggling to re- been recovered from differ- Upon the request of government and an equal Board, said normally pil- Ravindra Negi said. Singh and Rashid were among those miss- organised by the party in vive itself. ent places in the disaster- Twitter seeking a meeting number that were found by grims are allowed from ing after the calamity, as per official records. The duo were the natural cave when the Saharanpur, the Congress The Congress leader hit areas of Chamoli dis- with the government, the the company engaging in general secretary accused was presented with a pair trict. Eight bodies have stranded while they were returning to their villages, the offi- Secretary IT was to engage platform manipulation and number of daily pilgrims cials said. is below 10,000. Prime Minister Narendra of ploughs at the meeting. been identified and 174 peo- with senior management of spam. The government had Modi and other BJP lead- "These three laws were ple are still missing, the Twitter. In this light, a blog late last month sought ers of "insulting" farmers drafted in such a way that State Emergency Control Project and villagers whose penetrate through tonnes of post published prior to this blocking of 257 tweets and Fake currency racket who are protesting against government `mandis' will Centre in Dehradun said. homes were washed away silt, sludge and debris to get engagement is unusual, IT handles in connection with Shahjahanpur (UP): Six the laws. eventually close down, the The missing people in- as a wall of water came to the 25-35 people, who Ministry said in its re- the agitation by farmers people, including a sus- "The three laws are de- farmers will not get the clude those working at hurtling down mountain- were at work inside the sponse on Koo, a home- over the new pro-market pended police constable, monic. If voted to power, MSP (minimum support NTPC's 480 MW Tapovan- sides. 1,500 metre tunnel at grown social networking agricultural laws. Twitter have been arrested for the Congress will scrap price) and there will be Vishnugad project and the A focal point of the res- Tapovan when the waters platform. Government will complied, only to restore their alleged involvement these laws," she said. hoarding, she said. 13.2 MW Rishiganga Hydel cue work has been efforts to came rushing in. share its response soon, the the accounts hours later. in a fake Indian currency notes (FICN) racket, GST frauds Ten Nepalese police said on Scientists develop model to forecast Wednesday. Suspended ICAI initiates ‘Chinese, Indian border nationals held for constable Sanjiv Kumar obtaining Aadhaar and others were arrested timing of Indian monsoon disciplinary action from Banda area here against 25 CAs troops start disengagement Mumbai, Feb 10 (PTI): when they were trying to London, Feb 10 (PTI): farmers could help them warning of a drought or sell a fake 'ashdhatu' prepare earlier for unex- deluge is a valuable time to New Delhi, Feb 10 (PTI) in eastern Ladakh’ Ten Nepalese nationals have (octal metal) idol, Scientists, including pected heavy rainfall or ex- understand the likely im- been arrested here for procur- Superintendent of Police those of Indian-origin, have tended dry periods, both of pact on water availability Chartered accountants' apex Beijing, Feb 10 (PTI): from February 10," Wu ing Aadhaar cards fraudulently, S Anand said. Kumar, developed a new system which regularly destroy and for the farmers to make body ICAI has initiated disci- said in a brief state- the police said on Wednesday. who has been suspended which they say can provide crops in India. provisions to reduce the plinary action against 25 of its The frontline troops of ment. Unit-11 of the Mumbai police's for the past 10 years, was farmers in India early fore- According to the re- threat to food supplies. members for their alleged China and India at the "This move is in accor- crime branch on February 2 had involved in an ATM loot casts of expected variations searchers, the Indian mon- "Better forecasts save involvement in frauds related south and north banks of dance with the consen- arrested an operator and agent incident in 2010 and also in the monsoon season, an soon brings around 80 per lives, and this kind of in- to GST. the Pangong Lake in sus reached by both of an Aadhaar card facilitation committed a loot in advance which may help recent of India's annual rain- depth global analysis is Besides, ICAI President Atul eastern Ladakh started sides at the 9th round of centre in suburban Borivali, an Shahjahanpur in 2013, the duce crop losses. fall with even small varia- only possible when the best Kumar Gupta on Wednesday synchronised and organ- China-India Corps official said. During interroga- SP said adding that he is The researchers, includ- tions in the timing of its ar- scientists and leading re- said a "strong warning" has ised disengagement Commander Level tion, the investigators found currently attached with ing those from the rival potentially having a search institutes work to- been given to such individuals from Wednesday, the Meeting," the statement that they had helped foreign the Government Railway European Centre for huge impact on agriculture. gether for the benefit of the not to indulge in such activi- Chinese defence min- added. nationals including those from Police, Moradabad. Medium-range Weather "Accurately predicting whole planet," Chevuturi ties. Authorities have been istry announced here. The militaries of Nepal and Bangladesh and also Forecasts (ECMWF) in the these year-to-year varia- added. cracking down on fraudulent There was no com- China and India have some Non Resident Indians UK, used their long-term tions is challenging, but The monsoon season in activities, including evasion, in ment from the Indian been engaged in a tense (NRIs) obtain Aadhaar cards by Weather global weather forecasting could be the difference be- India begins around 1 June relation to Goods and Services side on the statement standoff in eastern using bogus documents. system to predict when the tween prosperity or poverty every year, starting in south Tax (GST). In some cases, made by the spokesper- Ladakh since early May Aadhaar, a 12-digit identifica- names of chartered account- tion number, is issued by the High 31Low 14 summer monsoon will for many families," said west India before spreading son for the Chinese last year. The two coun- start, and how much rain- study co-author Amulya across the whole subconti- ants have also come up. Ministry of National tries have held several Unique Identification Authority fall it will bring. Chevuturi from the nent. Against this backdrop, the Defence, Senior Colonel rounds of military and of India on behalf of the govern- MARKET In the study, published in University of Reading in In the study,the scientists Institute of Chartered Wu Qian, and carried by diplomatic-level talks to ment to Indian nationals. NIFTY 15,106.50 the journal Climate the UK. "The forecasting ac- analysed 36 years' worth of Accountants of India (ICAI) China's official media. resolve the face-off. The crime branch traced and Dynamics, they noted that curacy we identified in monsoon data to evaluate has initiated disciplinary "The Chinese and On January 24, the 9th arrested 10 Nepalese nationals SENSEX 51,309.39 the model provided accu- India's main agricultural for the first time the effec- action. Indian frontline troops round of China-India who had obtained Aadhaar rate forecasts a month in regions provides a clear op- tiveness of the ECMWF's The institute has initiated dis- at the southern and Corps Commander-level cards from the duo from BULLION advance for the timing of portunity for this system to latest seasonal forecasting ciplinary action against 25 northern bank of the meeting was held on the Kahdarpada in suburban Dahisar GOLD 48,042 the monsoon in India's make a positive difference system -- SEAS5 -- in pre- chartered accountants for Pangong Tso Lake start Chinese side of the and Borivali on Tuesday, the major agricultural regions. to people's lives," Chevuturi dicting how the Indian their alleged involvement in synchronised and organ- Moldo-Chushul border official said. All of them work in SILVER 69,468 The scientists believe pro- said in a statement. monsoon would differ from frauds related to GST, Gupta ised disengagement meeting point. hotels or at construction sites, viding this information to He believes a month's the long-term average. told reporters. he said. CENTRAL CHRONICLE, BILASPUR, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2021 Road construction will Ganpatram Dewangan ease traffic: Dr. Dahria bid touching farewell Q Urban administration minister performs bhumi poojan of 7 roads costing Rs 2.5 crore Central Chronicle News Arang, Feb 10: State STF jawan killed in blast Urban Administration Minister and MLA of Arang Vidhan Sabha, Dr. of IED planted by Naxals Shivkumar Dahria performed bhumi pujan of 7 new roads in the area. Scheme in Arang area, the Chandkhuri have been Last rites performed Under the Chief Minister road will be constructed by made a Nagar Panchayat. Sugam Road Scheme ap- the Public Works On this occasion District Central Chronicle News elite unit of the CRPF, proved by the Public Works Department from the President Mr. Khilesh and the District Force Central Chronicle News School Sal from 23 July Music and hold discours- Department, the comple- Government Building to Dewangan, District Bijapur, Feb 10: A were involved in the op- 1985 to 8 Sept 2008; Pre- es of Ramchartrimanas. tion of these roads, con- the main road. This will Panchayat Member Mrs. jawan of the Special eration, he said. Katagi, Feb 10: Secondary School After retirement, Mr Rao structed at a cost of Rs. 2.20 make it easier for everyone, Lalitha Krishna Verma, Task Force (STF) was on "When the patrolling Ganpatram Dewangan Baijnath from 11 Nov 2008 District Project co-ordina- crore, will ease the traffic. including school students, Mrs. Anita Than Singh, Sunday killed when a team was on way back honoured with to 30 Oct 2009; Pre- tor at Sankul Kendra level; Minister Dr. Dahria per- to travel. He said that devel- District Member Tarini pressure improvised ex- after the operation, President's award was bid Secondary School Sarwa Tulsi Verma- Asst. Distict formed the Bhoomi Pujan opment of villages along Pintu Nirmalkar, Mrs. plosive device (IED), Constable Mohan Nag touching farewell by his from 31 Oct 2009 to 30 Aug co-ordinator; RS Chouhan- of the Chief Minister's with the city is in the prior- Pushpa Pintu Kurre, Mrs. planted by Naxals, went inadvertently stepped colleagues and teachers 2017. Asst. Teacher officer, BRC Sugam Road Scheme at ity of his government. In Dileeshwari Yashwant off in Bijapur district, on the pressure IED con- here on Sunday. During this period Sriram Navrang BRC, Mandir Hasaud, every village of the state, Tandon, Mr. Sanjay police said. nection near Dewangan was born on 18 Ganpat Dewangan re- Principal LP Dewangan, Bahnakadi, Badgaon, Gori, work is going on to provide Sharma, Sarpanch Mrs. The incident occurred Peddagellur, around 450 Nov 1958 in Gram Katagi ceived many awards and Nohar Sriwas, SL Sahu, Bhansoj, Sakri, and Village water in every household Rama Nohar Yadav, Public around 4.30 pm near km away from capital and completed his was presented with Nandlal Dewangan- Akolikhurd. On this occa- through the tap-water representatives and vil- Peddagellur village Raipur, triggering the Primary education from Governor's award on 5 Sankul Coordinator; in- sion, he said that under the scheme. He said that the lagers of the area including under Tarrem police blast that left him criti- Gov Primary School, Sept 2006; with Charge Shekhar Basod, SK leadership of Chief government is constantly Mr. Ashok Banjare, Mrs. station area when a cally injured," he said. Katagi in 1977 and got the President's award on 5 Sharma, Sarpanch Minister Mr. Bhupesh working in the interest of Rambai Murari Yadav, Mr. joint team of security He was rushed to a first appointment as Sept 2007; with Maneshwari Dhruv, Baghel, development works the village, poor and farm- Gopal Dhivar, Mrs. Usha forces was out on an local hospital, where he teacher on 30 June, 1979. President's award and Teacher Manharan are being given momentum ers and labourers. The area Dhiwar, Mrs. Leena Vicky anti-Naxal operation, succumbed to his in- It was oin 22 Nov. 1979, he gold medal on 6 Dec 2007 Dewangan, Jagannath in the state. Approval has will be taken further in the Verma, Shramati Inspector General of juries, the IG said. jointed Govt Primary in New Delhi. Ganpat Dewangan, Umashankar been given to connect all path of development by cre- Rameshwari Bhagwat Police (Bastar range) Nag belonged to School Kurmadar (South Dewangan apart from Sahu, Panna Dewangan government buildings in ating a new Nagar Baghel, Mr. Komal Sahu, Sundarraj P said. 'Black Panther', a spe- Koushal), in Primary teaching students in the and others bid him touch- the state with the main Panchayat. Therefore, the Mr. Hari Banjare, Mr. The personnel belong- cialised unit of the STF, School Lakhmaisatti School was also active in ing farewell and wished road. Under the Chief temples of the Arang re- Dwarka Sahu, were ing to STF, CoBRA- an he added. from 22 Nov. 1979 to 22 linking people with main- him all the best in his post- Minister Sugam Road gion, Hasaud, Samoda and present. July 1985; in Primary stream and used to teach retirement life. Six accused in murder case Development is reaching the inaccessible areas through song and music sentenced life imprisonment Central Chronicle News tion, health, nutrition and livelihood, making com- Central Chronicle News accused Vikas Sahu was Jagdalpur/Konta, Feb mon people aware of the also found to be guilty 10: Once again the benefits in their local di- Bemetara, Feb 10: The under section 170 of IPC evenings in Bastar have alects such as Court held the six accused and was sentenced 1 yr RI become colourful and mu- Chhattisgarhi, Halbi, involved in murder of one and Rs 500 as penalty. sical with the beats of Gondi, Bhatri, Dhurva, Chetan Yadav as convicts In this special case, the Maandar and melodious and Dorla through play first by abducting the vic- prosecution produced folk songs. Art troupes and and music. tim and then hitting him statements of 22 witnesses their performances have Along with the schemes on the head with an iron and on finding all the not only brought back the being run for farmers, rod going to Sutiyapath charges true, the Addl. cultural vibe in the rural youth and women, art jungle and then burning Session Judge Bemetara areas of state but has also troupes are also promoting his body in order to hide Pankaj Sinha (Justice) inspired people of rural the information about the Red ant chutney and mahua dishes any witness. pronounced the verdict on areas to live a better life. works being done for griev- The accused viz. Harish Feb 05, 2021 holding all the They get to know about Q Effective publicity of schemes of government is being done ance redressal, infrastruc- from Ch'garh attracting Delhiites Sahu, Vijay Gandharv, six above accused convict the government schemes in Bastar division with the help of art-troupes ture development, preserv- Siyaram Sayyam, Vikas and total 10 yrs of RI and how to avail them ing the local culture etc, Central Chronicle News recipe. Curiosity of peo- Sahu, Pawan Nirmalkar, under different acts of through the performances Q Information being provided in local dialects through hike in wages for tendupat- ple is witnessed by the Jaipal alias Palu were IPC along with penalty of the art troupes. interesting plays, songs ta collection, schemes like Dantewada, Feb 10: crowd at the stall. found to be guilty under and the punishment of These folk artists have narva, garva, ghurva, bari. Visitors visiting the on- People are curious to section 364/34 of IPC and lifetime imprisonment to reached even the remotest of Abujhmad area of help of art troupes in the Through these cultural going "Aadi Mahotsav know more about the were sentenced 3 yrs RI all six accused. In this and the inaccessible areas Narayanpur district, local dialect is proving to programmes, promotional 2021" at Dilli Haat here culture of with penalty of Rs 500 case, on behalf of state of Sukma district such as where they have been cre- be really effective. material based on govern- are astonished to find Chhattisgarh. each. They were also sen- government, Addl. PP Jagargunda and ating awareness about the Public relations department schemes published that the food stall of Chhattisgarh's stall of tenced 5 yrs imprisonment Satish Sharma of Chintalnar, Gangalur, government scheme ment has been promoting by public relations depart- Chhattisgarh is offering SHG from Dantewada under section 120 B of IPC Bemetara conducted the Basaguda in Bijapur dis- through dance, music and the public welfare ment is also being distrib- rare and eclectic recipes offering delicacies and Rs 500 as penalty. The hearing. trict, and even the corners play. Promotion with the schemes related to educa- uted to the villagers. of the tribal-dominated made of Mahua is also a Bastar region. hit among the lovers of The menu of Mahua. The stall offers Monkeys causing lots of trouble Chhattisgarh stall is cookies, halwa, ladoos, full of bizarre recipes jellies, jam and other Shortage of employees putting wildlife, forest at risk For common men in houses and in garden typical with tribals. Red dishes made up of Birkoni, Feb 10: There is lot of nui- attack or even show anger and ant chutney (chapra), Mahua flower. The imli sance and trouble by wild mon- starts jumping here and there. alcohol made of mahua chutney at this stall is keys in Mahasamund city and On the other hand, people are flower, Bastariya selling like hot cakes. Allah Garden is not an exception. even finding it difficult to visit the Biryani, Landa (a local "People have been lov- These monkeys from nearby garden as the Monkeys have alcohol made of rice) ing our dishes. We have areas do not even spare people started entering there and since are attracting the food kept samples for tast- living in houses and enter their people are eating some or the lovers looking to ex- ing. After tasting people houses any time and run away other item, they can be seen plore new tastes. find it yummy and are with food items or fruits when snatching it away and running Visitors not only taste buying our products. they find children or others doing from the police. One such scene, the unique chutney but We have to order more so. Even in open spaces, they cre- where a visitor to the Garden also are eager to know stock as these are in ate lot of problems and cause dis- takes a selfie with the Monkey its recipe. Some of them high demand," says turbances in the backyard of present and lack of action on part are even buying the Sangeeta Mandavi, who house or in the garden. As & of concerned department and dried red ant, which is is from Dantewada in when someone tried to shove authorities is putting people in used to prepare this Chhattisgarh. them away, they sometimes trouble. One dies, other injured Q In Udanti- Seetanadi Tiger Reserve region. tional highway as well. as two truck collide As per information in Set aside this every year Four sentenced 10 yrs Q Ranger in-charge looking after North-South this regard from during summer season Mungeli, Feb 10: A driv- Udanti Sanctuary Department, there are there are reports of fire er of the truck died on the total 22 'beet' in Udanti breaking out in the jun- sport when two trucks col- Central Chronicle News Wild Buffalo, there are Sanctuary and out of gle and this causes huge RI, Rs 1 lakh penalty lided in Mungeli oni wild animals like leop- these 10 'Beet-Guards' are loss to wildlife and for- Tuesday morning. The Mainpur, Feb 10: It was ard, peacock, wild rab- looking after all the 22 est. So before start of driver of other truck is 36 years back in 1983 that bits, deer, 'Neelgai', 'beets'. There is shortage summer there is need to absconding. The injured thick forest area of 'Lakadbagga', 'Siyar', of employees in safe- spruce up working in On charges of selling 47 kg ‘Ganja’ were taken to District Udanti was declared as 'Bear', 'Langoor', and oth- guarding of this Udanti this direction in Udanti Hospital through Sanctuary for protection ers. So with thick forest Sanctuary/ Tiger Sanctuary and ensure Sanjeevani 108 and in his of the wildlife and forest cover and wildlife, Reserve for last many supply and availability of Central Chronicle News Patharra. The Kotwali section 8 of an Act and one of the driver Mohit and after its declaration Udanti is very crucial for years and since last water in the artificial police got tip from an under violation of Drug succumbed to injuries as sanctuary, the Forest safety and protection of month the post of Forest ponds so that the wildlife Bemetara, Feb 10: informer and they case under section 20 while undergoing treat- Department spent lakhs wildlife and forest. Ranger is also lying va- do not move out of the Four accused while try- gheraoed all four and (K) and was taken for ment. The co-driver on its conservation and But due to lackadaisi- cant. jungle premises. ing to look for cus- took them into arrest. hearing in the court. A Seetaram is presently re- development. cal an attitude on part of Incidents of fire What officers say: tomers to sell drugs It was on Tuesday all total of 15 witnesses on ported to be stable. It is notable here that Forest officers and em- increases during SDO Udanti- Seetanadi 'ganja' were taken into the four accused Pankaj behalf of prosecutor The case is that of City Udanti sanctuary is fa- ployees of the region, the summer: Tiger Reserve Manendra arrest red-handed by Singh, S/o Srinath were examined and Kotwali Thana area and mous all over State and safety of this sanctuary The Forest Sidar informed our cor- City Kotwali Police and Singh (26), R/o Ashok with case going into it took place near in country for nurturing is now at stake. Udanti Department has dug respondent that digging total 47 kg of Ganja was Nagar, ward No.3 benefit of doubts, the Lelvapara by-pass on and protecting rare Wild sanctuary has been di- more than 50 ponds in- of more than 50 ponds seized from their pos- Raipur and hailing same was put before Mungeli-Bemetara main Buffaflo which is also the vided into North and side the Sanctuary in has been done inside session and in this case from Gram Semara Presiding office Justice road on Tuesday morn- state animal of the South Udanti and in both order to quench thirst of Udanti Sanctuary and the court pronounced thana Khanpur District PK Sinha and he pro- ing. In this a truck loaded Chhattisgarh state. these region the post of wildlife during summer here Ranger in-charge judgment of 10 years to Gajipur (UP); Dheeraj nounced judgment of 10 with cement was coming The GoI by joining Forest Ranger/ Guards season in Udanti are posted in both North all the four accused. Kumar Singh S/o Vijay year RI and penalty of from other side and an- Udanti and Seetanadi is lying vacant. It is Sanctuary. But during and South Udanti IT is notable here that Bahadur (26); R/o Rs 1 lakh to all four other truck and it hit an- sanctuary formed through officers from peak of summer season Sanctuary area. He fur- two years back it was on Katinar (Bihar); Ajmer each under NDPS Act other truck on the by- Udanti-Seetnadi Forest Circle Idagaon all these ponds get dried- ther informed that there 12 July 2018, at around Singh S/o Kanshiram 1985. pass. The impact of colli- National Tiger Reserve and Tourenga Forest up and with no water in is off course shortage of 7:00 pm, four accused Singh (48) R/o Gram In this case from CG sion was so high that the area on 20 Feb 2009. area that charge of rivers and nullahs, the 'beet-guard' and other were keeping 'Ganja' Jora (MP) and State Prosecution- truck running on the by- Udanti Sanctuary is North and South Udanti wildlife start approach- employees in the sanctu- drug in packages of 9 Shubham Shukla S/o Satish Kumar Verma pass entered inside a spread over 1842.54 sq. is being looked after, set ing the ponds in nearby ary and information in kg, 10 kg, 14 kg and 14 Harishchandra Shukla and Addl. Public farm nearby and turned km area and here apart aside ensuring safety of villages and can be seen this regard has been sent kg totalling 47 kg near (26) R/o Gram Jagatpur Prosecutor Bemetara turtle. In this one electri- from national animal wildlife and forest of the wandering near the na- to the senior officers. Jiya turn in Gram (UP) were booked under conducted the hearing. cal pole mid-way also got damaged. CENTRAL CHRONICLE, BILASPUR, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2021

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Blend of emotional and Chronicle patriotic feelings Since 1974 Volume 8 No. 310 Salute to Prime Minister for first-ever salute at floor of the House (Rajya Sabha) by a Prime Biden-Modi strategic ties Minister to retiring leader of opposition when Narender Modi President Joe Biden and India's Prime Minister Narendra in his highly emotional farewell US Modi have committed themselves to work closely on a speech to Gulam Nabi Azad range of issues from fighting terrorism and upholding territorial recalled telephonic conversa- integrity to defeating the COVID-19 pandemic and rebuilding the tion with him when both these global economy, according to the White House. The call to Modi leaders were Chief Ministers of on Monday was among the first by Biden after he assumed office Gujarat and Jammu-Kashmir to the leader of a country outside the tight network of neighbours respectively, and Gulam Nabi and treaty allies. During their phone conversation, the White Azad at that time shared his House statement said that they pledged to "stand together emotions and anger with against the scourge of global terrorism." "The leaders agreed to Narender Modi on the shocking incident. Gulam Nabi Azad also continuing close cooperation to promote a free and open Indo- gave a fitting reply to his own Pacific, including support for freedom of navigation, territorial in- party-colleagues when he men- tegrity, and a stronger regional architecture through the Quad" tioned that he was much happi- (the regional group of democracies, India, the US, Japan and er to be a Hindustani Muslim Australia), it added. "The leaders agreed to stay in close touch on rather than being a Pakistani a range of global challenges and look forward to what the United citizen. It is noteworthy that States and India will achieve together for their people and for Congress maintained an undue their nations," the White House said. Any new leader's first lot of silence on comments of former overseas visits and phone calls, the latter more so during the pan- Vice President and others who demic, give a realistically accurate insight into his foreign policy openly expressed that Muslims priorities. It is significant that India figured on the first list of in India did not feel comfort- phone calls only by the new US Defence Secretary and the NSA. able. Such respect for opposi- Secretary of State Tony Blinken spoke to S Jaishankar after he tion leader was seen only in era had touched base with counterparts of several non-G20 coun- Commuters make their way along a road amid foggy conditions on the outskirts of Amritsar on February 10, 2021. of PV Narsimharao as Prime tries. If the low ranking in phone calls by US principals to Indian Minister when he trusted the counterparts seemed to suggest that South Asia was not a priori- then opposition leader Atal ty operational theatre for the White House, the anxiety was laid Bihari Vajpayee for leading to rest by the wide-ranging topics covered in the Biden-Modi Indian delegation at a crucial Relevance of Bad Bank special session of the United phone call. The diplomatic bandwidth Biden has sought to cover Nations Human Rights with Modi is much wider than the security-defence straitjacket of NPAs in general and recovery of due to stressed assets may fail to Commission (UNHRC) in Trump imposed on India-US relations. Understandably, climate SATISH SINGH NPAs with the help of IBC reduced follow the minimum capital level by Geneva where a Pakistan-spon- change and rebuilding the global economy are back in the mix. the level of NPAs to 8.5 per cent in March 2021. According to this re- sored resolution was there to Quad, an informal group the US is promoting as a bulwark FY 2019-20. On February 4, 2021, the port, the capital adequacy ratio of censure India on its record of against China, should now embrace all the three pillars it espous- State Bank of India announced fi- 53 domestic and foreign banks can human rights in Jammu and es — political and commercial, in addition to military activity in nancial results for the third quarter be reduced to 14.1 percent in March Kashmir. However political the Indo-Pacific. Modi tweeted, "President Joe Biden and I are of the current financial year, with a 2021, which was 14.9 percent in repercussions of emotional committed to a rules-based international order. We look forward net profit of State Bank of India September 2019. Private banks have exchange between Narender to consolidating our strategic partnership to further peace and down 7 per cent to Rs 5,196.22 crore, raised capital or are in the process Modi and Gulam Nabi Azad as security in the Indo-Pacific region and beyond." Biden had not as compared to the October to of raise. The financial situation of seen by some political analy- mentioned in his first foreign policy agenda-setting speech last December quarter of the last fiscal. the government is distressing due to sists are noteworthy in tune week the Indo-Pacific region, which had been elevated by his In last year, State Bank's net profit the Corona pandemic. Nevertheless, with comment of Ramdass predecessor Donald Trump in the US strategy to face the China was Rs 5,583.36 crore for the same the government is trying to recapi- Athwale that ruling alliance was challenge, or India. But in that speech he had made clear that period. The total income of State talize the public sector banks, but it ready to bring Azad back in China is the prime adversary for the US. In his call to Modi he has Bank of India declined to Rs is almost impossible to recapitalize Rajya Sabha. reaffirmed the importance of the Indo-Pacific region and the ties he budget presented for the work on the 15:85 model and it will 75,980.65 crore in the third quarter, all the weak banks. In such a situa- Subhash Chandra Agrawal, among the Quad, which was rekindled during Trump's presiden- T financial year 2021-22 has bring NPA accounts of all banks on from Rs 76,797.91 crore in the same tion, the financial condition of the New Delhi cy. The White House statement on the call with Modi did not di- announced the creation of a bad one platform. Under this model, period last year. The financial re- banks which will not get the capital New varnish-coated rectly mention China, as it had in readouts of Biden's calls with bank to strengthen the banking sec- banks with NPA from Bad Bank will sults of the third quarter of the cur- is almost certain to deteriorate. In 100-rupee notes Prime Ministers Scott Morrison of Australia and Yoshihide Suga tor, which is the need of the hour, as receive upfront payment in the form rent fiscal are yet to come of other this report, the NPA ratio of private of Japan during which it said that they had also discussed the the income of common people and of 15 percent cash, while Bad Bank banks, but their performance is like- banks has been estimated to in- Union Minister of State for Indo-Pacific. But the mention of support for "territorial integrity" businessmen has come down drasti- will get 85 percent. Initially NPA ly to decline. crease between 3.1 percent and 4.5 Finance Anurag Thakur in in the discussion with Modi can be seen as a reference to the cally due to Corona pandemic. And amount of 2 to 2.25 lakh crores can The September quarter earnings percent. Rajya Sabha on 04.03.2020 threats to India from China in the context of Secretary of State because of this, they are unable to be included in this bank. Bad bank analysis of major private banks Currently, the provision coverage informed that new varnish- Antony Blinken's remarks at his Senate confirmation hearings repay the loan instalments and in- has many advantages. When this shows that contingency provisions ratio of public sector banks is 86 per- coated 100-rupee notes with about "working with India so that no country in the region includ- terest. This is expected to lead to a bank will come into existence, banks have been made due to possibility of cent, as against 62 percent in 2018. longer life will be shortly ing China could challenge its sovereignty. huge increase in non-performing as- will be able to pay special attention decrease in asset quality. The This shows that due to increase in issued on experimental basis in sets (NPAs) of banks. Under Bad to quality assets, which will reduce Corona pandemic has affected stressed assets, the public sector five cities Shimla, Jaipur, Bhuvneshwar, Kochi and Bank, asset restructuring company the possibility of standard accounts about 27 percent of the banks' oper- banks have to make more provision Mysore. But similar commit- Probe on tweets (ARC) and asset management com- turning into NPAs. The cleanliness of ating profit. However, this effect dif- under the NPA, which is affecting ment by the then Union pany (AMC) have been formed. The the balance sheet will also have a fers for all banks based on their seg- the profitability of banks as well as Minister of Finance Namo n a shocking development, the Uddhav Thackeray-led ARC and AMC aim to offer a solu- positive impact on rating agencies, ment, customer base and internal their business adversely. Therefore, Narain Meena on 12.03.2013 in I Maharashtra government on Monday ordered a probe to tion to large stressed credit ac- domestic and foreign investors, de- risk assessment, as well as the after the formation of Bad Bank, it written reply in Rajya Sabha know if celebrities like Sachin Tendulkar, singer Lata Mangeshkar, counts with exposure to more than positors etc. and banks will be able amount of provisions related to the would be favourable for banks, be- about introduction of plastic- cricketer Virat Kohli and others tweeted under pressure by the one bank. Under this, stressed as- to work towards expanding their Corona pandemic in the March 2020 cause they will be able to transfer currency in ten-rupee denomi- Centre in support of farm laws.Maharashtra Pradesh Committee sets will be converted into cash business. According to the Governor quarter. Gross NPA of banks, which the stressed assets to Bad Bank im- nation has not been imple- Congress spokesperson Sachin Sawant held a virtual meeting through auction and recovery. ARC of the Reserve Bank of India, Mr. was 12.5 percent in March 2018, was mediately. The main obstacle to the mented till now. It is better if with Home Minister Anil Deshmukh on Monday, 8 February, ask- will work for the resolution of Shaktikant Das, the gross NPAs of reduced to 9.7 percent in March growth of the economy is the lack of experimental plastic-currency ing for a probe into the tweets posted by Indian celebrities in re- stressed assets, while AMC will banks may increase to 13.5 percent 2019 and 9.3 percent in September capital and bad banks will work to in denomination of rupees ten sponse to the global criticism of the farmers' protest. Several work on valuation of stressed assets by September 2021, from 7.5 percent 2019 and to just 8.5 percent in ensure the availability of capital by may also be done simultane- celebrities including Lata Mangeshkar and Sachin Tendulkar and sale of stressed asset. a year ago. Banks will have to make March 2020, but the corona pan- recovering from NPA accounts. ously to ascertain better of the tweeted with #IndiaAgainstPropaganda and #IndiaTogether, As the government's economic provision of a major portion of their demic may worsen the NPA situa- Banks can give loans to the needy two options namely varnish- after American pop singer Rihanna and Swedish environmental condition is not good, the govern- capital under NPAs if NPA increases. tion in the coming months. only when there is capital. For this coated currency and plastic activist Greta Thunberg posted tweets in support of the farmers' ment will therefore not make any in- This will reduce their ability to lend According to the Reserve Bank's reason, the need of bad bank was currency. Thereafter notes in protests. Home Minister Anil Deshmukh has assured Congress' vestment in Bad Bank nor will the and will also negatively impact their Financial Stability Report, 2020, the being felt in the banking sector for a other lower denominations of Sachin Sawant that the state Intelligence Department will con- government has a shareholding in it. profits and expansion of business. gross NPA level may rise to 14.7 per- long time. It is believed that after rupees 10, 20, 50 and 100 also can be issued simultaneously duct an investigation and probe whether Sachin, Lata Bad bank will buy bad debt from In the financial year 1996-97, the cent by March 2021. If gross NPAs this bank comes into existence, in better of the two forms Mangeshkar and other famous celebrities were pressured to banks at market price, which will percentage of NPAs in loans given to were 14.7 percent by March 2021, banks will be able to focus on in- namely varnish-coated and tweet in support of the Centre. Sawant said, "There is a similar make clean the balance sheet of MSMEs and large industries was 16. this would be the highest level in 22 creasing their business. Also, the plastic currency. However one- pattern in these tweets by celebrities, including Akshay Kumar, banks having NPAs. By the help of However, the subsequent rise in the years. Earlier, in 1999, the gross banks will be able to improve cus- rupee notes restarted on Suniel Shetty, and sportspersons Sachin Tendulkar and Saina this process, banks will be able to economy and the corrective steps NPAs reached 15.9 percent, which tomer service, which will increase 06.03.2015 after a gap of about Nehwal. This shows that there was some communication between raise capital for their business. There taken by public sector banks led to a came down to 14 percent in 2000 the profitability of banks. two decades just for bureau- the celebrities and the ruling party leaders. There needs to be an can be many models of bad bank. decline in NPA levels. In 2007, the and 9.3 percent in the year 2003. cratic craze to be signed by a investigation to check if these national heroes were pressurised There can be one big bad bank for all level of NPA dropped to 2.6 percent. According to the Financial Satish Singh is currently working as secretary-level officer rather by the BJP for such advocacy on social media. If so, these celebri- the public banks or instead of one, Again, the global financial crisis Stability Report, the condition of the Chief Manager in the than RBI governor should be ties need to be given more protection." many bad banks can be created. caused NPA levels to rise. Then, NPA public sector banks may be worse Department of Economic Research discontinued to be printed. That the Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi government is a three- Nevertheless, in the current environ- levels rose again to 11 per cent by than that of private banks. at the Corporate Centre of State Madhu Agrawal, New Delhi horse slow trot, with each horse exerting contrary pressure ment, it seems that this bank will FY 2017-18. However, the recovery According to the report, weak banks Bank of India, Mumbai. against the other two, is well-known. Every other day, the government notionally headed by Uddhav Thackeray provided evidence of working at cross purposes, in the absence of a Central authority to ensure cohesiveness in its policies and approach. The latest case of bizarre conduct is the order given by Maharashtra Home WHAT THEY TWEET! Minister Anil Deshmukh to investigate the tweets by prominent Mumbaikars enlisting solidarity for the farm reforms. Lata Kate Hoey@ Mangeshkar, Sachin Tendulkar, Akshay Kumar and a few others, Jan Jekielek CatharineHoey @JanJekielek responding to the tweets by foreign celebrities such as Rihanna I campaigned for the whole Impeachment: "It's like a and Greta Thunberg, had tweeted in support of the Centre's of the UK to Leave the EU. public-shaming, like the stand.Whether some or all of them were nudged into tweeting by Not for part of the UK to be Communist Party used to the ruling BJP is not a matter of investigation. For nobody has left in the single market make people wear dunce hinted about any pressure, though given the near-simultaneous subject to EU rules with no caps."@VDHanson tweets polite encouragement from BJP leaders cannot be ruled say. Northern Ireland has talks. 2nd Trump not got Brexit - we have out. But how it becomes a matter of inquiry defies common sense. impeachment, the rise of the Protocol damaging the critical social justice & Unless by ordering an inquiry, Deshmukh is warning the Mumbai- economy and treating NI woke ideology & growing based celebrities to be careful, lest the MVA makes their life mis- citizens as second class limits on freedom of erable. Which the MVA, especially the Shiv Sena, is quite adept at. within the UK. speech. What sort of a joke is this that the government undertakes a probe when nobody has complained about, but closes its eyes when an PRO GUWAHATI, MOD, GOVT OF INDIA@prodefgau Opposition leader is paraded with his face blackened and barkha dutt@BDUTT Tamenglong battalion of @official_dgar reached out to children of 'Child Care Homes' run by IWCF Tamenglong, Manipur. Maj Gen Deshmukh's police acts as a helpless spectator? Meanwhile, the With our soldiers at #Uttarakhand Ranjit Singh, SM, VSM IGAR(East) graced the occasion & interacted with the children. Livefist@livefist inspiration for orders on the laughable inquiry into the celebrity Disaster site, who have valiantly and Helo action with naval Dhruvs at tweets most likely came from Sharad Pawar, when the latter relentlessly been working 24x7. the @IndianNavy's TROPEX 2021 There's something about reporting war game. ticked off Tendulkar for comment on a matter about which he had that reminds me why I became a no knowledge. Yes, the NCP boss is right. Rihanna and Thunberg journalist to begin with and at a time hold master's degrees on the Indian farm sector. when I often question that choice, grateful for the reminder. Central Chronicle welcomes, articles, write ups, comments on different issues for PatralekhaChatterjee editorial page (800-900 words), Letter to editor for this page. 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No. CHHENG/2012/44065 CENTRAL CHRONICLE, BILASPUR, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2021 Gupkar Alliance wins DDC chairperson SOLIDARITY WITH FARMERS polls in two valley districts Srinagar, Feb 10 (PTI): which took place in December last year,the NC The People's Alliance for had won seven seats while Gupkar Declaration the PDP bagged four and (PAGD) an amalgam of six three went to the kitty of political parties seeking independents. restoration of the special In Pulwama district in Constitutional status of south Kashmir, the PDP the erstwhile state of candidate Syed Bari Jammu and Kashmir won Andrabi was elected as the the elections for the posts chairperson, while the NC of chairpersons of the candidate Mukhtar District Development Ahmad Bandh as his Council (DDC) in two dis- deputy, the officials said. tricts of the valley for The PDP had emerged as which the polls were held the single largest party in on Wednesday, officials the district by bagging half said. of the total 14 seats. In the third phase of the Nuzhat Ishfaq Elected Chairperson DDC Ganderbal, PDP's DDC member polls on Wednesday, the Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday. Waheed-ur-Rehman Para -- elections were conducted who was arrested by the in two districts of the the post of the chairper- person, while Bilal Ahmad NIA first and later by Kashmir valley- son from Ganderbal, a Sheikh of PDP was elected Counter Intelligence Ganderbal and Pulwama PDP candidate was elected as the vice-chairperson of Kashmir (CIK) and is yet and the PAGD, which in- as chairperson in the DDC Ganderbal, they to take oath as a DDC cludes the National Pulwama, the officials said. Nuzhat is the wife of member - could not partic- Conference (NC) and the said. In Ganderbal district NC leader and former ipate in the election for the Peoples Democratic Party in central Kashmir, NC MLA Ganderbal Ishfaq post of chairperson and (PDP), won at both the candidate Nuzhat Ishfaq Jabbar. In the DDC polls vice-chairperson, the offi- Congress MLA Indira Meena arrives on a tractor to attend the Budget Session of Rajasthan Assembly, in Jaipur, Wednesday. places. While the NC won was elected as the chair- for 14 seats in the district cials added. Virus threatens China for ‘package solution’ over India’s Bangladeshi court ‘game over’ for sentences to death BMC to set up desalination plant Japan's arcades eight Islamists for bid as UNSC permanent member killing publisher to solve Mumbai’s water woes Beijing, Feb 10 (PTI): ing multilateralism, peace- Dhaka, Feb 10 (PTI): A Mumbai, Feb 10 (PTI): not inviting tenders or ex- keeping operations and special anti-terrorism tri- pression of interest, while China, which has been counter-terrorism, he said. bunal in Bangladesh on The Brihanmumbai appointing the consultant. blocking India's efforts to "As for India's bid for per- Wednesday sentenced to Municipal Corporation "If 900 million litre of become a permanent mem- manent membership to death eight Islamic mili- (BMC) will set up a desali- water leakage is prevented ber of the UN Security the UNSC, I can reiterate tants, including a sacked nation plant with 200 MLD in Mumbai city,is there any Woman playing a game Council, on Wednesday re- China's principled posi- military officer, for killing capacity per day to over- need for additional 200 mil- at the Mikado game iterated its stand on New tion on this issue. China a publisher of books on sec- come water shortage in lion litre from this project?" centre in the Shinjuku Delhi's bid, and called for supports UNSC reforms in ularism and atheism at his Mumbai, an official said on by the municipal commis- Prabhakar Shinde, the district of Tokyo. evolving a "package solu- a manner that increases office in 2015. Islamist mili- Wednesday. The standing sioner will be set up for the BJP's group leader in the tion" that is acceptable to the authority and efficacy tants hacked to death pub- committee of the civic body implementation of the proj- civic body said, adding that Tokyo, Feb 10 (AFP): ven- all to reform the top organ Wang Wenbin of the UNSC, increases lisher Faisal Arefin Dipon, has given in-principal ap- ect, the release said. the ruling party should stop ings are normally the of the global body. Chinese the representation and the owner of Jagrity proval to set up the desali- According to the BMC, the wasting public money. busiest time at Mikado, a Foreign Ministry the UNSC. Asked about the voice of developing coun- Publishers, at his office at nation plant and for ap- desalination plant, with a According to the BMC, M/s retro gaming arcade in spokesman Wang Wenbin's outcome of the meeting tries so that small and central Dhaka's Shahbagh pointment of consultants capacity of 200 MLD water I.D.E Water Technologies Tokyo, but these days the comments in response to a and whether there was any medium-sized countries area on November 31, 2015. to prepare a detailed proj- per day, will require a capi- had submitted an unsolicit- shutters come down question came a day after discussion on India's candi- have a greater opportuni- Anti-Terrorism Special ect report, a release issued tal investment of Rs 1,600 ed proposal, when the civic early, leaving "Street India and China discussed dature for permanent ty to participate in the de- Tribunal Judge by the civic body stated. crore and Rs 1,920 crore in body was thinking about Fighter" fans out in the a wide range of issues re- membership of the UNSC, cision making of the Mohammad Mojibur The committee gave an operational costs for the desalination of seawater to cold. Bright, noisy ar- lating to top UN body. Chinese Foreign Ministry UNSC, he said. Rahman announced the in-principle approval to- next 20 years. Meanwhile, overcome water issues. The cades are still a neigh- China is a permanent spokesman Wang told a "It should be done sentence as six of eight wards payment of charges the BJP, which is in the company had submitted the bourhood fixture in Japan, member of the UNSC while media briefing here that through the widest possible convicts, all belonging to worth Rs 5.50 crore for Opposition in the Shiv proposal as per the but they have been disap- India began its two-year during virtual meeting, the democratic consultation outlawed Ansar Al Islam preparing a detailed project Sena-ruled civic body, has Maharashtra pearing as business is hit tenure as a non-permanent two sides held consulta- and seek a package solu- terrorist group, also known report and Rs 40 lakh for raised questions about the Infrastructure by virus-curtailed opening member on January 1. In tions on Security Council tion that takes into account as Ansarullah Bangla bid documents, the civic need for the project and the Development Enabling hours. August, India is scheduled issues. The two sides ex- the interests and concerns Team (ABT), were present body's statement said. A expenses for the same. It Authority Act 2018, the re- "This is when the place to serve as the president of changed views on uphold- of all parties," he said. in the court. four-member panel chaired also lambasted the BMC for lease stated. usually starts to fill up," laments Yasushi Fukamachi, a manager at IRAN REVOLUTION ANNIVERSARY Mikado, whose 250 vin- Make in Bihar, invest in Bihar: tage machines attract nocturnal students and office workers who have Shahnawaz Hussain tells investors just clocked off. It is approaching 8pm Patna, Feb 10 (PTI): Vajpayee government. and a few dozen gamers "Nitish Kumar's leader- wearing face masks are Syed Shahnawaz ship has succeeded in mak- fighting it out on joystick Hussain, the new ing the power situation classics, eking out their Industries Minister of and the roads in Bihar bet- final minutes of fun be- Bihar, on Wednesday ex- ter than most states. Now fore being shooed out. pressed resolve to usher in is the time to take things to Since early January, Tokyo growth in the sector that the next level," he re- and other parts of Japan has remained largely un- marked. have been under a state tapped in the state, where One of the most articu- of emergency to bring conditions have now be- late spokespersons of the down surging virus cases. come favourable with im- BJP at the national level, Businesses are told to provements in infrastruc- Hussain, who has formerly close early, with possible ture. The senior BJP leader been a member of the Lok fines for those that refuse. and former Union minis- Sabha thrice, was elected But unlike bars and ter, who was sworn in as a to the state legislative restaurants, arcades like member of the Nitish council last month in a Mikado do not receive Kumar cabinet on Tuesday, Syed Shahnawaz Hussain. surprise move by the party government cash as com- was talking to reporters for which Bihar remains pensation for lost income. after assuming charge. from the state, who have ernment. The state is for- the only state in the Hindi Several arcades went Hussain pointed out that been "running businesses tunate to have a chief min- heartland, where it is yet bust following Japan's the coronavirus-induced across the country and ister like Nitish Kumar to head a government. He first state of emergency lockdown and the massive world over" to rise to the from whose rich experi- was fielded, and elected last year, which saw most migrant crisis that came occasion and "make in ence it has benefitted a lot. unopposed, from the seat of them close completely in its wake, have brought Bihar, invest in Bihar". I am here to chip in with vacated by former deputy for two months, and those the issue of lack of indus- "Investors and entrepre- whatever experience I chief minister Sushil that survived are now An Iranian parachuter performs during a ceremony marking the 42nd anniversary of tries and job opportunities neurs can be rest assured have," said Hussain, who Kumar Modi, who has be- struggling. the 1979 Islamic Revolution, at the Azadi (Freedom) square in Tehran on Wednesday. in Bihar into sharp focus. they will get full coopera- had served as a minister of come a member of the He urged entrepreneurs tion from the Bihar gov- state in the Atal Bihari Rajya Sabha. Armed Myanmar group seeks Kabul bombs kill police chief, bodyguard hood; the force of the blast asylum in India, alert at border was so strong that the car flipped upside down, Aizawl, Feb 10 (PTI): tration if Myanmarese killing the city's District 5 refugees are seen entering police chief, Myanmar-based armed their areas. Thousands of Mohammadzai Kochi, and insurgent group Chin members of the Chin com- his bodyguard. The driver National Army (CNA) has munity of Myanmar fled to of the car was wounded, sought asylum for their Mizoram because of the according to two Afghan families in India in the military junta since the late officials who spoke on con- wake of the military coup 1980s, officials said. dition of anonymity be- in the neighbouring coun- Though many have re- cause they were not au- try, an official in Mizoram turned to Myanmar after thorized to talk to the said on Wednesday. The said. Zuali said that she has democracy was restored in media. CNA, the armed wing of forwarded the matter to the neighbouring country, Security personnel inspect the site of a deadly bomb Kabul police spokesman the Chin National Front higher authorities. The dis- thousands of them are still attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday. Ferdaws Faramarz said an (CNF), has asked for asy- trict administration has is- living in the state, they said. hour before that blast, two lum for 40 families, sued an alert against an in- The Chins of Myanmar and Kabul, Feb 10 (AP): ty for the blasts, which other sticky bomb explo- Mizoram's Champhai dis- flux of refugees from the Mizos of India share the were all caused by so- sions took place. One of trict deputy commissioner Myanmar in the wake of same ancestry and culture. A chain of bomb explo- called sticky bombs, explo- them, about 500 meters Maria CT Zuali told PTI. the coup, officials said. With the Myanmar military sions targeting Kabul po- sive devices attached to ve- (yards) away from where "The CNA has communi- Mizoram shares a 404 km taking power, there are ap- lice on Wednesday killed a hicles that are remotely the police car was target- cated the matter to the vil- porous international bor- prehensions in the border district police chief and detonated or set off by ed, wounded four civil- lage council president of der with Myanmar. A noti- areas that many his bodyguard, and also timers. ians. There were no casu- Farkawn, who later in- fication issued by Zuali in- Myanmarese from the Chin wounded five people, offi- The largest of the at- alties in the other blast, formed the Champhai dis- structed all villages to in- state and other regions will cials said. No one immedi- tacks struck a police car in which took place else- trict administration," she form the district adminis- flee to Mizoram. ately claimed responsibili- a western Kabul neighbor- where in Kabul.