https://www.facebook.com/centralchronicle Raipur, Friday, November 20, 2020 I Pages 12 I Price R 3.00 I City Edition I Fastest growing English Daily of Chhattisgarh www. centralchronicle.in BRIEF 4 JeM terrorists killed in 3-hr-long gunbattle „ On J-K highway Before encounter, IGP made every attempt in Jammu to secure surrender Inspector General of Police Mukesh Singh made every attempt Jammu, Nov 19 (PTI): to secure the surrender of four heavily-armed suspected Jaish- e-Mohammad terrorists before they were killed in a fierce gun- Four suspected Jaish-e- battle on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway early on Mohammad terrorists Thursday, officials said. They said the attempts for their surren- were killed and two police- der were to understand the nefarious designs of Pakistan-based men injured in a gunbattle Artists perform during All on the Jammu-Srinagar terror group JeM. A short video clip, showing the IGP, Jammu, Assam Students Union national highway after a making appeals to the terrorists to lay down their arms, had (AASU) 17th Annual truck carrying newly infil- gone viral on social media, hours after the encounter that took Conference, at Duliajan in trated militants was inter- place near Ban Toll Plaza on the Jammu-Srinagar national high- Dibrugarh district, Thursday. cepted on the outskirts of Combo photos show arms and ammunitions along with other items recovered from four militants killed in an way, ended. Jammu city on Thursday, encounter at Nagrota Ban toll plaza in Jammu. Yatra ends top police officials said. Government Medical ties were recovered from The terrorists had come said the four terrorists about a possible infiltra- Immediately,CRPF and po- he said. In the three-hour- College (GMC) hospital in them. "This is for the first Gopeshwar: The chardham to execute a "big plan" were on their way to the tion bid by terrorists in lice personnel moved to long gunbattle, four terror- Jammu. They were out of in the last few years that yatra came to an end on which has now been foiled, Kashmir Valley to disturb Jammu. "We had kept our search the vehicle and ists were killed and two po- danger,officials said. such a large quantity of Thursday with the closure Inspector General of the District Development all teams deployed at check came under fire from the licemen injured, the police A huge cache of arms, weapons were recovered of the portals of Badrinath Police (IGP), Jammu, Council (DDC) polls sched- points. There were intelli- terrorists hiding in the officer said. The truck, ammunition and explosive from slain terrorists," temple in the Garhwal Mukesh Singh, said. uled later this month, as gence inputs that militants truck. According to the loaded with rice sacks, material, including 11 AK Mukesh Singh said. Himalayas for the winter Reacting to the success Pakistan has been trying may sneak in with large IGP Jammu, the militants caught fire during the en- rifles, three pistols, 24 mag- Asked about the motive season. The temple gates of the security forces, to cause trouble in the po- quantities of arms and were asked to surrender counter. The bodies of the azines, 29 grenades and six of the militants, L-G Sinha were closed at 3.35 pm Lieutenant Governor litical process. Giving de- ammunition," the IGP but they ignored the an- terrorists, hiding in a cavi- UBGL grenades, was re- said given the quantity of after an elaborate ritual Manoj Sinha said, "No out- tails of the encounter, IGP Jammu said. A truck was nouncement leading to a ty within the truck, were covered, the IGP, Jammu, weapons recovered from performed by chief priest side force can derail us Mukesh Singh told a press stopped at Ban toll plaza in gunbattle. Other security recovered. said. the slain terrorists, it of the temple Ishwari from our mission of peace conference in Jammu that Nagrota area at 5 am for forces also joined in result- The two injured police- Besides, medicines, ex- seems that the group had Prasad Namboodri. The and progress." ever since the announce- checking, but the driver ing in a fierce gunbattle in men, Kuldeep Raj and plosive material, bundle of infiltrated recently and closure of the Badrinath In Srinagar, IGP, ment of DDC polls, police left the vehicle and fled, the which terrorists lobbed Mohammad Ishaq Malik, wires, electronic circuits were "planning something temple marks the conclu- Kashmir, Vijay Kumar have been receiving inputs police official said. grenades and fired arms, were admitted to and bags in huge quanti- very big". sion of this year's chard- ham yatra, which had Akshay Kumar started late due to the Three Naxals arrested in Bijapur Bihar education minister resigns ‘Want to take bilateral ties coronavirus outbreak. serves Rs 500 cr Bijapur, Nov 19: (23) was active as a member of „ Over corruption taint defamation notice with India to new heights’ UNICEF campaign military platoon number 10 of Three Naxals, including a Patna, Nov 19: to YouTuber Bengaluru, Nov 19 (PTI) Bhopal: To promote woman ultra with a reward awareness about issues Mumbai, Nov 19 (PTI): of Rs 2 lakh on her head, Bihar education minis- Australian Prime such as newborn care and were arrested in Bijapur immunization on World ter Mewa Lal Chaudhary, Actor Akshay Kumar Minister Scott Morrison district, police said on whose appointment to the has served a defamation on Thursday said his Children's Day on Thursday. November 20, tribal vil- post had triggered a con- notice to a YouTuber from country plans to take bilat- The cadres were apprehend- Mewa Lal Chaudhary lages and monuments in troversy on account of a Bihar, seeking Rs 500 crore eral ties with India to new ed near Peddagelur village corruption taint, on in damages for making heights by working togeth- Madhya Pradesh will "go under Basaguda police sta- blue". "Go blue" is a cam- Thursday tendered his to the JD(U) headed by the "false and baseless allega- er in frontier technologies. tion limits, where a joint team Maoists and carried a reward of resignation, barely three chief minister, had been tions" against him in the "We have plans to take paign launched by UNICEF, of security forces was out on a under which monuments Rs 2 lakh on her head, the offi- days after being sworn in named an accused in a Sushant Singh Rajput our entire relationship to Australian PM Scott Morrison counter-insurgency operation cial said. The two others - as a member of the Nitish five-year-old case relating death case. new heights. and buildings would be on Wednesday, an official said. lighted blue. In Madhya Muchaki Bhima (20) and Kumar cabinet. to alleged irregularities in Kumar, in the legal no- In June of this year we the the Bengaluru Tech Personnel from the District Midiam Lakhma (22) - were Chaudhary, who was al- appointment of teachers tice sent through law firm did just that when my good Summit, 2020 (BTS2020), Pradesh, the campaign Reserve Guard (DRG), Special will cover the fort of militia members, he added. located the portfolio on and technicians at Bihar I C Legal on November 17, friend Prime Minister he said Australia and Task Force (STF), CRPF's elite Security forces recovered a tif- Tuesday,a day after taking Agricultural University, said Rashid Siddiquee, in Modi and I met virtually India have unlimited pos- Mandu and the district unit Commando Battalion for hospital of Dhar among fin bomb, a couple of detona- oath, sent his resignation Bhagalpur, where he was his YouTube channel FF and signed a comprehen- sibilities of working to- Resolute Action (CoBRA) and immediately after assum- the Vice Chancellor. He News, has uploaded sever- sive strategic partnership gether in space research, other structures, said tors, electric wire, Maoist uni- district force were involved in ing charge at 1 P.M., in- tendered his resignation al defamatory,libelous and it elevated our partner- critical minerals, 5G, AI, UNICEF MP's communica- form, bags, Maoist literature the operation, he said. Of the formed sources said. after a meeting with chief derogatory videos against ship," Morrison said. quantum computing and tion specialist Anil Gulati. and other materials from their arrested ultras, Madvi Bhime possession, the official said. Chaudhary, who belongs minister Nitish Kumar. him. In his video address to much more. Suspended Rahul hits out at House panel Bulandshahr: A police CHHATH FEST RITUALS ‘Healthcare workers, people above 65 yrs sub-inspector was sus- govt over high grills Twitter over pended in Bulandshahr will be given COVID vaccine on priority’ district after surfacing of COVID mortality Kamra’s tweets an audio clip in which he New Delhi, Nov 19 (PTI): workers who are corona was purportedly heard New Delhi, Nov 19 (PTI): warriors will be prioritised, „ Targeting SC, CJI demanding money for Expressing confidence then people who are above Congress leader Rahul Gandhi shielding an accused, an that a COVID-19 vaccine 65 years of age, they have New Delhi, Nov 19 (PTI): on Thursday targeted the official said on Thursday. will be ready in the next been prioritised and then Narendra Modi government Sub Inspector Ganga Singh three-four months, Union those from 50-65 years of A parliamentary committee over its handling of the coron- of Arnia Police Station has Health Minister Harsh age have been prioritised. questioned representatives of avirus pandemic and the econo- been suspended with Vardhan on Thursday said Then those below 50 years social media giant Twitter on my, saying while the number of immediate effect, said the government has drawn who have other diseases," stand-up comedian Kunal COVID-19 deaths was among Bulandshahr's Senior up a meticulous priority he said. Vardhan said Kamra's recent "obscene" the highest in the world, its Superintendent of Police plan with healthcare work- everything is being decided tweets targeting the GDP growth was also among Santosh Kumar Singh. The ers and those above 65 years by experts with a scientific the lowest. "Modi government's Supreme Court and the chief SSP said he suspended the on top of the list. point of view. report card: At the forefront in justice of India and sought a sub-inspector after he Addressing the FICCI "We have made a very de- corona mortality, the lowest in reply within seven days, the found the voice in the FLO's national webinar on tailed meticulous plan on GDP rate," he said in a tweet in panel's chairperson audio clip prima facie that 'The Shifting Healthcare this," he said. Hindi. He also tagged a chart Meenakshi Lekhi said on of the erring official. Paradigm During and Post- "What we would have to showing India among the high- COVID', Vardhan said it is do in March-April next Thursday. This came close on est at 95 COVID deaths per mil- estimated that 400-500 mil- year, we have started plan- the heels of Twitter apologis- Blast lion population and the lowest lion vaccine doses will be ning for it from now only," ing in writing to the same Malda: Five persons were at -10.3 per cent in the GDP made available for 250-300 Vardhan said. parliamentary panel for killed and five others criti- growth rate as compared to million people by July- The minister said, "We wrongly showing Ladakh in cally injured in a blast in a other countries in the world. August. "I am confident that have also initiated an inte- China and promising to cor- plastic factory in West Gandhi and the Congress party the COVID-19 vaccine will grated response system rect the error by the month- Bengal's Malda district on have attacked the Modi govern- be ready in the next three- against COVID-19 and will end. Twitter India representa- Thursday, police said. The ment over the handling of the four months," he said. also host clinical trials for tives deposed before the incident took place in COVID-19 pandemic and "It is natural that the vac- all the major vaccines. Sujapur area around 11.30 Devotees offer prayers on the banks of River Ganga during the ongoing Chhath accused it of "destroying" the cine distribution would About 20 vaccines are in dif- Joint Committee of am, a senior police officer Festival, in Prayagraj, Thursday. country's economy due to its have to be prioritised. As ferent stages of develop- Parliament on Data said. "Four factory work- policies. you know the healthcare ment." Protection Bill on Thursday. ers were killed on the spot and one was brought dead AAP govt’s COVID measures to the hospital. Five others have been critically injured 26/11 mastermind Hafiz in the explosion that Fine for not wearing mask raised to Rs 2000 ripped the establishment Saeed gets 10-year jail term apart," he said. New Delhi, Nov 19 (PTI): „ 80 % ICU beds Preliminary investigation „ In two more cases has found that a technical Battling the surge in in pvt hospitals fault in a heavy machine year in the terror financing coronavirus cases in Delhi inside the factory caused cases. He was sentenced to 11 on a war-footing, the AAP raised from Rs 500 to Rs the high- intensity blast, years in jail by an anti-terror- government on Thursday 2,000. The hard line by the Superintendent of Police ism court in February this year announced sweeping AAP government comes Alok Rajoria said. in two terror financing cases. measures including a days after Kejriwal re- The 70-year-old JuD chief is steep Rs 2,000 fine for not peatedly appealed to lodged at Lahore's high-secu- wearing masks, reserva- Delhiites to wear masks rity Kot Lakhpat jail. tion of 80 per cent ICU A police person issues a amid a surge in coron- Weather "The Anti-Terrorism Court beds in private hospitals, challan to a commuter for not avirus cases. (ATC) of Lahore on Thursday Lahore, Nov 19 (PTI) doubling testing centres in wearing mask in a public He announced the slew High 34Low 22 sentenced four JuD leaders, every district and post- place, in New Delhi, Thursday. of measures after meeting Mumbai terror attack master- including its chief Hafiz Saeed, ponement of non-critical Lt Governor Anil Baijal MARKET mind and Jamat-ud-Dawa in two more cases," a court surgeries at health facili- day in the national capital and apprising him about NIFTY 12,938.25  (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed was official told PTI. ties. and MBBS students and the decisions taken by the on Thursday sentenced to 10 Saeed and his two close aides Private hospitals have interns will be engaged to Aam Aadmi Party govern- SENSEX 44,180.05  years in jail by an anti-terror- - Zafar Iqbal and Yahya also been directed to in- tackle the COVID-19 situa- ment. He also appealed to ism court in Pakistan in two Mujahid - have been sen- crease the percentage of tion. political , social and reli- BULLION more terror financing cases. tenced to 10 and a half years non-ICU COVID-19 beds Addressing an online gious organisations to dis- GOLD 50,344 Saeed, a UN designated ter- each, while JuD chief's broth- from 50 per cent to 60 per media briefing, Chief tribute masks among peo- rorist whom the US has placed er-in-law Abdul Rehman Makki cent. The government Minister Arvind Kejriwal ple saying masks very SILVER 62,552 a USD 10 million bounty on, was sentenced to six months will increase the number said the fine for not wear- much reduce the chances was arrested on July 17 last imprisonment. of RT-PCR test to 27,000 a ing masks has been of coronavirus infection. CENTRAL CHRONICLE, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Covid symptoms can DRILLING FOR PIPELINE have fatal consequences CM inaugurates Dai-Didi Clinic with no test: UNICEF Raipur, Nov 19: Novel corona virus  Vehicles of ‘Dai-Didi infection can be extremely fatal if Clinic’ flagged off it is not tested within 24 hours of symptoms appearing and treat-  First of its kind scheme ment is not started. UNICEF health expert Dr. Sridhar said that when a in the country to pro- person comes in contact with a vide medical treat- Covid positive patient, then within ment facility to women the next 5 days, symptoms such as from female doctors cold, fever and decreased ability to smell starts appearing. The virus load is maximum in the person two Central Chronicle News days before symptoms appear. When he does not get symptoms, Raipur, Nov 19: Chief Minister he does not know and the person in Bhupesh Baghel inaugurated contact with him also gets infect- ‘Dai-Didi Clinic’ today on the oc- ed. That is why it is very important casion of Ex-Prime Minister to wear a mask while going out and Indira Gandhi’s birth anniver- keep a safe distance. sary. This pilot project under Dr. Sridhar told that those who Chief Minister’s Urban Slum tors and female medical staff would be expanded in future. Shiv Dahria, Chairman of State are low in immunity, symptoms Health Scheme has been start- would be appointed and treat- Chief Minister said that women Housing Board, Kuldeep Juneja, show up quickly, otherwise in 5 to 7 ed to provide medical treat- ment facility would be provided often hesitate to talk about State Women Commission days, the lungs are affected creat- ment facility to women from fe- free of cost. their health problems, but with Chairman, Kiranmayi Nayak, ing problems for breathing, the male doctors. Chief Minister On the occasion, Chief female doctors and female Mayor Ejaz Dhebar, Speaker oxygen level become very low with flagged off three special mobile Minister Baghel said that Dai- medical staff at Dai-Didi Clinic, RMC Pramod Dubey, Chairman, fever. Lung damage begins 5 to 7 Dai-Didi Clinic under the pilot Didi clinic is the first of its kind women would be able to com- Raipur Development Authority days after developing fever or project for Raipur, Durg- Bhilai scheme in the country which is fortably talk about their health Subhash Dhuppad, Secretary other symptoms. Once the lungs and Bilaspur Municipal entirely dedicated to provide problems and avail the treat- Urban Administration Alarmal damage, the breathing problem Corporation. Chief Minister medical treatment facility to ment free of cost. Chief Mangai D., Raipur Collector starts for patient. The oxygen level took a tour inside the mobile women. At present, it has been Minister requested women to Bharatidasan, Municipal decreases before the patient be- clinic and got his blood pres- started as a pilot project under get maximum benefit from this Corporation Commissioner Drilling in road is being carried out for laying of water pipeline in Kotwali Chowk comes breathless. If correct treat- sure tested. In this Dai-Didi Chief Minister’s Urban Slum clinic. On this occasion, Urban Raipur, along with doctors, area of city here on Thursday. Chronicle pic- ShrikantMeshram ment is initiated at this point, many Special Clinic, only female doc- Health Scheme, which and it Administration Minister, Dr. nurses were present. patients' lives can be saved. Special cleanliness drive in Mahadev Indira Gandhi achieved status of Iron Ex-PM Indira Gandhi’s contribution Ghat and Naraiya Talab Lady with bold decisions: Dr Mahant can never be forgotten: Baghel

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Raipur, Nov 19: Raipur Raipur, Nov 19: Chief Minister Mayor Ejaz Dhebar today Bhupesh Baghel paid a humble inspected ongoing special Central Chronicle News Gandhi on her Jayanti celebra- tribute to former Prime Minister cleanliness drive in tions. Speaking on the occa- Indira Gandhi on her birth an- Mahadev Ghat and Raipur, Nov19: Chhattisgarh sion, the Assembly Speaker Dr niversary today and garlanded Naraiya Talab for Chhath Legislative Assembly Speaker Mahant said that she was her portrait at his residence of- festival. Raipur Municipal Dr Charandas Mahant on known as Iron Lady for her fice. Urban Administration Commemorating the contri- the country with her vision and Corporation (RMC) is car- Thursday paid rich tributes to bold decisions and political Minister Dr. Shiv Dahria, Rajya bution of Indira Gandhi towards determination. By leading the rying out cleanliness of the stairs of Ghat (plat- porator representative and former Prime Minister Indira strength during her tenure. Dr Sabha MP Mrs Chhaya Verma, the country, Chief Minister country efficiently under chal- the Mahadev Ghat of form) on Mahadev Ghat Pradesh Congress secre- Gandhi with floral offering at Mahant also gave credit to her State Housing Board Chairman Baghel said that Indiraji dedicat- lenging circumstances, Indira Kharun river and Naraiya and Naraiya Talab. Zone-9 tary Devendra Yadav, zone the portrait at Central Hall of for the nationalization of Banks Kuldeep Juneja, State Women ed her life for the upliftment of Gandhi gave India a prestigious Talab Ghat. The Mayor president Pramod Mishra, 6 commissioner Dinesh the Assembly premises here. as well as for her poverty alle- Commission Chairperson poor and weaker sections of the position at international-level. instructed the RMC offi- corporator and district Kosaria and zone-8 com- Principal Secretary viation programme and Unity Kiranmayi Nayak, Mayor Ejaz society, and sacrificed her life to Her contributions can never be cers to immediately com- planning committee’s missioner Arun Dhruv Chandrasekhar Gangrade and and Integrity efforts. To follow Dhebar, Speaker RMC Pramod protect the unity and integrity of forgotten. Indiraji is remem- plete the works of disposal newly elected member and other officials were senior officials too paid rich her ideology would be the real Dubey were present on the occa- the country. He said that Mrs. bered with respect in rural and of garbage and painting of Virendra Dewangan, cor- present on the occasion. tributes to former PM Indira tribute to her, he concluded. sion. Gandhi gave a new direction to tribal areas of Chhattisgarh.. RMC remembers SPORTS ROUND UP Govt is working towards Atmannirbharta Indira Gandhi on her 103rd birth India CSR and CHAUNNA Federation partner in Mining & Steel sector: Steel Minister anniversary to promote CSR in Sport & Games  To make India Global be increased in this sector. Mr. Jayanta Roy, Senior Vice Mr. Faggan Singh Kulaste, President, ICRA while present- Central Chronicle News “Today we are excited ties and growth to sup- Manufacturing Hub Minister of State for Steel ing the knowledge report to announce our strategic port programs in the fu- mentioned that India is the Raipur, Nov 19: India  Virtual National Mining talked about the current status partnership with India ture. Through this part- land of resources. While some of the mining sector, key chal- CSR on Thursday an- CSR, one of the largest nership, the organiza- Summit organised by of the resources are available lenges, recent government in- nounced a strategic part- and most reputable CSR tions will be able to reach PHD Chamber abundantly, many need the in- terventions, key opportunities, nership with Board of media in the world. As out to more youths, edu- tervention of international rebooting for reforms 2.0, and CHAUNNA Federation you know, BCFI had actu- cational institutions and Central Chronicle News markets. Under the visionary changes proposed in the for India (BCFI) to create ally started talent hunt- business groups who are initiatives of PM Narendra MMDR Act 1957. He also mass level awareness on ing through various in their time of need to Raipur, Nov 19: The mining, Modi, we are progressing to- talked about the importance of Corporate Social sources and find juggling provide relevant and use- coal, and petroleum sector has wards making India the mining sector in the econo- Responsibility (CSR) and is a major exercise in foot- ful contributions to social been one of the prime focus Atmanirbhar and, for the my, employment generation, Sustainability among stu- ball either player playing development through sectors in terms of develop- distribution of the revenue. He same, there are a lot of re- and its linkage in other sectors dents and educational in- into big or small size sports and games. ment and reforms in the past mentioned that we need to ex- forms and developments tak- as well. stitutions. On the other ground.”, said Ashu “We are proud to an- few years. Our Steel ploit, access, and monetize the ing place in the mining sector. Mr. Sanjay Aggarwal, side, the partnership will Gupta, General Secretary, nounce a new partner- Consumption per capita glob- natural resources at the same Mr. Sameer Visnoi, IAS, President, PHD Chamber of Raipur: Raipur promote sports and BCFI. With the sets of ship with the Board of ally has grown over the years time leveraging technology, Director, Geology & Mining, Commerce and Industry in his Municipal Corporation games among corporate goals in common, CHAUNNA Federation and our market has more capa- transparent bidding process Government of Chhattisgarh presidential address compli- (RMC) today remembered India. through this partnership, for India, an apex and bility deliberated Mr. making India cost-competitive mentioned that the policies mented the Government of former Prime Minister BCFI, an apex and gov- India CSR and BCFI will governing body to devel- Dharmendra Pradhan, Union so that the raw material is should be unidirectional and India for announcing bold Indira Gandhi on her erning body to develop 6 a strive to work towards op 6 a side mini football Minister of Steel, Petroleum & available with ease. have fewer changes so that the structural reforms in the 103rd birth anniversary side mini football format valuable ideas and pro- format in India. We are Natural Gas in the National He emphasized that while impact is longer of the policies. Mining sector that will go a today. The cultural depart- in India. CHAUNNA is vide innovative platforms committed to promote Mining Summit on the theme - India is becoming self-reliant, Talking about the challenges in long way in making India Atma ment of RMC organized a popularizing because the on sports and CSR to sport and games among Reforms for Atma Nirbharta in we need to make India a global the mining sector, he ex- Nirbhar in mining, coal, and function to pay tribute to size of small ground may youths and corporate corporate India. The part- Mining Sector organized by manufacturing hub for which plained that they are mainly in steels sectors. The session was late Indira Gandhi. Mayor require playing an India. nership will also promote PHD Chamber of Commerce we need to monetize the min- land acquisition, forest conser- moderated by Dr. Yogesh Ejaz Dhebar paid rich trib- International / National Both the organizations CSR and Sustainability and Industry. eral resources of the country vation, and environment clear- Srivastav, Principal Director, utes on behalf of the peo- event, with maximum see the opportunity to among youths and stu- Mr. Dharmendra Pradhan and make the process more ance. The government needs PHD Chamber of Commerce ple of the capital to former size 40mt x 25 mt. and dif- strengthen each organiza- dents in India”, said while talking about the re- simplified. We need to make to simplify the process that will and Industry, and was attend- Prime Minister late Indira ferent major means for tions’ mission and pro- Rusen Kumar, CEO, India forms mentioned the bidding this sector more profitable so increase production and make ed by many industry stalwarts Gandhi. RMC cultural de- Sub-Junior to open age. vide greater opportuni- CSR. system has helped in the equal that business investments can this sector self-reliant. around the world. partment head Akash Tiwari, zone-5 president Sampreet ranked No. Mannu Vijeta Yadav, zone- CSCS Blue defeats Green by 4 9 president Pramod 1 in All India Uder-14 First Project of school building by RCRT 241 completed Mishra and several promi- wickets in Sr Selection match nent citizens paid tribute Tennis tournament Chuggani thanked the to late Indira Gandhi and Raipur, Nov 19: Sampreet Agrawal claimed three wickets In Village Parsada, school management to garlanded her statue at Sharma has been given No 1 Harpreet Singh each for Red team whereas Kumhari at the cost have trusted RCRT 241 Kalibadi Chowk. rank in the boys category for the scored century for Shakib Ahmed too claimed two of Rs 20 lakh with this project. He also All India Tennis Tournament Red team wickets. thanked all our past spon- OBITUARY Championship Series Under 14 In the second match under Central Chronicle News sors and the people of being organised under the aegis Central Chronicle News the Senior Selection tourna- Raipur who have year after Shanti Devi Agrawal of Chhattisgarh State Cricket ment, Shahnawaj Hussain Raipur, Nov 19: Today year enthusiastically sup- Sangh (CSCS) here on Raipur, Nov 19: Harpreet Singh claimed 6 wickets with his im- RCRT 241 achieved a mile- ported our cause which led Raipur : Thursday. Imon Bhatt has been scored century to help his team pressive bowling to restrict the stone by completing their to the construction of this Mrs given second ranking among the Chhattisgarh State Cricket CSCS Green to just 210 runs in first project of a school building. Shanti 17 players registered during the Sangh (CSCS) Red score 224 for second innings. Shahnawaj building of an estimated To have successfully Devi sign-in held for the tournament 6 in second innings of the match claimed 6 wickets for 42 runs cost of Rs 20 lakhs at vil- completed a project like Agrawal, here. Nandika Agrawal and against CSCS Yellow at the close whereas Saurabh Majumdar also lage Parsada, Kumhari. Project Convener Project momentous inauguration. this during a pandemic in wife of Mr Arshpreet Kaur have been given of play on day three here. claimed 3 wickets from his 10 The project was started Convener Uttam Agrawal. The RCRT 241 members itself a big achievement for Mulchand first and second ranking among Harpreet Singh scored 109 over spell to put the CSCS Blue under the chairmanship of The national dignitaries performed a puja with the the RCRT 241 team which and moth- 8 girls registered for the tourna- runs from just 98 balls with the in commanding position. IPC Bajrang Goel and suc- present were National school staff and village has whole heartedly been er of Kailash, Shankar ment through sign-in here. help of 17 fours and a six where- Chasing the target of 179 runs cessfully completed by Secy- TR Sachin Shah, head and Corporator pres- supporting the cause of ed- Shiv and Kamal (Shanti Providing the above information as Shashank Chandrakar also for victory, the Blue team scored Chairman Amit Chuggani National V-P TR Moriya ent who congratulated and ucation for the past eight Group) passed away today here, the Tournament Co-ordi- scored 38 runs from just 43 balls the required runs in just 46 over and his team. Philip, National Project Co. thanked the table for gift- years. This monumental in Raipur. Her funeral pro- nator Rupendra Singh Chouhan to put the team in commanding losing 6 wickets. Atul Paul scored The block of four rooms Convenor TR Prahlad ing their village a school achievement by the young cession was taken out said that due to Covid protocol, position. maximum 59 runs for the team was inaugurated today in Kedia, National Project Co building and enabling bet- members of RCRT 241 from her residence (No the players from Chhattisgarh Earlier, the Red team restrict- whereas Amit Yadav also scored the presence of Area 3 AST Convenor TR Rachit ter facilities for their chil- proves their commitment 289) Samta Colony Raipur only are allowed to participate in ed the Yellow to 285 runs in first quick fire 41 runs from just 39 TR Amit Jindal, IPAC TR Bansal; National Project dren. Tree plantation was to make the world a better towards Marwadi the tournament to be held at innings Pariveshdhar scored balls with the help of 8 fours and Prateek Pithalia, AVC TR Convenor TR Nandesh also done in the school place as where there is a Shamshan Ghat in the Union Club and Chhattisgarh maximum 74 runs for the team. a six to help his team register Vedant Agrawal, Area Sancheti also graced the premises. Chairman Amit will there is a way! evening. Club Tennis Court here. Nitish Rao and Siddharth win by 4 wickets. CENTRAL CHRONICLE, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2020

‘CHHATH PUJA’ ACB finally nabs absconding ex-Excise ‘Entry into Raipur only deptt OSD Samudra Singh

worked as Excise Accused of large Commissioner for nine after Corona test’ scale corruption years and after retirement while being in office was posted as OSD in the Central Chronicle News is started rising. Keeping Bilaspur, 219 in Raigarh, same department during this in mind the health de- 200 in Korba, 209 in Was carrying a which he reportedly com- Raipur, Nov 19: If you are partment has decided to Janjgir-Champa, 26 in mitted all these economic of- planning to come to conduct Coronavirus test- Mungeli, 9 in Gourela- reward of Rs 10000 fences. Raipur you will have to ing on borders of Raipur Pendra-Marwahi, 32 in on his arrest Subsequent investigation first undergo Coronavirus district. Coronavirus test- Sarguja, 24 in Koriya, 34 in by EOW and ACB revealed test. Coronavirus testing ing would be done on all Surajpur, 32 in Balrampur, Raipur, Nov 19: A joint that Singh had amassed would be done in all ap- the approach roads in the 33 in Jashpur, 32 in Bastar, team of Anti Corruption huge immovable assets in- proach roads amid deploy- capital. 35 in Kondagaon, 38 in Bureau (ACB) and cluding 20 residences in ment of police force. As many as 2048 people Dantewada, 12 in Sukma, Economic Office Wing Raipur, Bilaspur and People testing negative for tested positive for 13 in Kanker, 6 in (EOW) on Friday finally Anuppur in Madhya Coronavirus will be al- Coronavirus in Narayanpur and 15 in nabbed Samudra Singh, the Pradesh, a farm house lowed to enter Raipur dis- Chhattisgarh on Bijapur. Seven patients absconding OSD of Excise measuring 70 acres and a trict while those testing Wednesday taking the have come from other Department, from his petrol pump apart from sev- positive would be re- tally to 215413 while 14 pa- states. Boriyakalan residence early eral lakh cash deposited in turned. tients including 9 with co- Meanwhile 232 patients in the day. Samudra Singh various bank accounts. District Medical Officer morbidities died, pushing who were undergoing had been absconding ever It was further revealed has sought security forces COVID death toll in the treatment in various hos- since EOW had registered that at least 5000 corruption from the SSP. Teams of se- state to 2646 so far. Raipur pitals across the state have offence against him with re- cases were committed in the curity forces would be de- alone accounted for maxi- recovered and they have gards to large scale corrup- Excise Department while ployed in all main roads mum 222 positive cases gone back to their homes tion committed by his while Singh was in office. CAG in leading towards Raipur whereas 132 cases were after discharge. being in the office. Singh its report had also indicated district. In fact cases of found in Durg, 142 in In addition to this 1170 was also carrying a reward of economic malpractices Coronavirus infection Rajnandgaon, 119 in patients were discharged of Rs 10000 on his arrest. worth Rs 1500 crore in were under control in the Balod, 20 in Bemetara, 61 from home isolation. At It should be recalled that a Chhattisgarh Excise capital for the last few in Kabirdham, 64 in present 18770 active series of complaints were Department while Singh weeks but due to crowds in Dhamtari, 94 in Baloda- Coronavirus patients are Ghats are all set for the ‘Chhath puja’ to be held on the banks of Rivers and ponds lodged against Singh with was at the helm in the de- marketplaces during festi- Bazaar, 68 in undergoing treatment in and a pond in Birgaon has been decorated with colourful lights here on Thursday. the EOW and the ACB with partment and had direct in- val season, the number of Mahasamund, 16 in various hospitals of the Chronicle pic-Shrikant Meshram regards to corrupt practice volvement in all the corrup- Coronavirus positive cases Gariaband, 129 in state. two years ago. Singh had tion cases. Canara Bank celebrates Ch’garh police determined to provide Industry Minister Kawasi State govt declares Lakhma laid the foundation general holiday on 115th Foundation day amenities to personnel ‘Chhath puja’ stone for road widening work Raipur: On occasion of ‘Chhath Puja’ on Nov 20, gen- Q DGP DM Awasthi lays The total length eral holiday has been foundation for hostel of this road is 12.72 declared in all the govern- for head constables, km and widening ment offices and institutions and strengthening on Nov 20, 2020. Orders in this constables work will be done at regard has been issued from a cost of Rs 13.56 GAD of State Secretariat here Q Binay Kumar Das, Central Chronicle News crore. With the con- on Thursday. This order has Following the Divisional Manager, struction of these been declared under state government guidelines Thakur Das Kori, Raipur, Nov 19: roads, traffic facili- government’s ‘Negotiable of Covid-19 Divisional Manager along Chhattisgarh Director ties will be expand- Instrument Act 1881’. with other employees were General of Police (DGP) ed, which will give One arrested Raipur, Nov 19: The 115th also present. On the occa- DM Awasthi on Thursday traffic relief to the Foundation Day of Canara sion a customer interaction laid foundation for a fully the majority of state’s po- from Assistant Sub Raipur, Nov 19: State villagers of the inaccessi- under Arms Act Bank was celebrated in program was also organ- equipped hostel for head lice force and the need for Inspector rank and above Industry Minister Kawasi ble area. Raipur: Saraswati Nagar police grand way at the Bank’s ised. The customers were constables and constables an adequate hostel for is already available in the Lakhma laid the founda- With the pace of devel- on Wednesday night arrested a Nava Raipur Regional also honoured by providing at the Police Lines in capi- them in the capital was capital, he added. tion stone for road widen- opment work in the area, youth under Arms Act from Office following the govern- mementoes. On this occa- tal Raipur. being felt since long. It was The upcoming hostel ing construction work new employment opportu- Bhawani Nagar locality in Kota ment guidelines of Covid sion, Canara Bank, Speaking on the occa- found that police consta- will have 12 rooms, a hall from Gadiras Main Road nities will also be provided after he was nabbed red-hand- 19. The function was inau- Regional Office, Nava sion, the DGP said that bles and constables were and a dormitory. This will to Nagaras,Sonakukanar for the villagers, which ed terrorising the locals armed gurated under the chair- Raipur presented a comput- Chhattisgarh police is de- required to shell out help lodging of nearly and Gorli during his stay will improve their eco- with a knife. Identified as manship of Mr K. er as a motivation to the termined to provide all money from their own three dozen personnel at in Sukma district. On this nomic condition. Gupteshwar Gopal, the Banumurthy, Assistant meritorious girl students of amenities and facilities to pocket during their visit to the same time. The lodging occasion, he wished the President of District accused was immediately General Manager, Regional Lakshminarayan Kanya its personnel all over the the capital. This was an facility will also be avail- people of the region and Panchayat Mr. Harish Office, Raipur. In the said Higher Secondary School in state. It is the head consta- unwanted expenditure for able to visiting family talked about making con- Kawasi and other people’s taken to police station where program, Mr. Neeraj view of Corporate Social ble and the constable rank them as transit hostel and members and relatives of tinuous efforts for the de- representatives were pres- he was later booked under Kumar, Divisional Manager, Responsibility. personnel who comprise mess facility to personnel the police personnel. velopment of the area. ent on the occasion. Section 25, 27 of Arms Act. Six Tehsildar rank officers Chhattisgarh Rajya Gramin Sarguja district bags top award for sanitation promoted as Dy Collector Bank donates at old age home Q Ch’garh announces leadership of sarpanches (Mission Director Swachh Raipur, Nov 19: Six Tehsildar Directorate of Sports & Youth and women swacchagrahis. Bharat Mission) and Sweta rank officers have been promot- Welfare, Tehsildar Tilda in Raipur Swachchata awards Job Zachariah, Chief of Patnaik (UNICEF WASH ed as Deputy Collector here on District Rakesh Kumar Dhruv has UNICEF Chhattisgarh ap- specialist), District collec- Thursday. been posted as Administrative plauded the state govern- tors and CEOs of various General Administration Officer at Chhattisgarh Housing Central Chronicle News ment for its pioneering districts, sarpanches, at- Department (GAD) from Board Raipur and Tehslidar work in the construction of tended the online meeting, Mantralaya has issued orders in Bilaspur Tularam Bhardwaj has Raipur, Nov 19: Sarguja special toilets for persons among others. this regard as well as fresh post- been posted as Deputy Collector district in Chhattisgarh are in 14 areas like men- and health centres in the with disabilities and the ings too have been given to at Bilaspur. bagged the first prize for its strual hygiene, plastic-free state. “We need to ensure third gender. “About 95 per Urban Administration and them. achievements in sustain- initiative, community toi- 100 percent use of menstru- cent of the people in the Labour Minister Dr Shiv Office Superintendent posted ability of sanitation and let, waste segregation, ODF al hygiene protective mate- state use toilet as per the Kumar Dahria has greeted at the office of District Collector Bike lifted promoting menstrual hy- sustainability, innovation rial by women. In India, national survey. The state Raipur, Nov 19: On the occa- the people of Sarguja for top of Baloda Bazar-Bhatapara Raipur: Unidentified lifter giene, plastic-free gram in sanitation, toilet for per- about 38 percent of women has the second largest num- sion of the birthday of Mr. I. sanitation award to Sarguja Ramesh Kumar Dhruv has been escaped with a TVS Jupiter panchayats and construc- son with disabilities and use unsafe clothes during ber of ODF-plus gram pan- K. Gohil, Chairman of district. He distributed the promoted as Deputy Collector bike CG04-HP-9878 outside tion of community toilets. third gender, biogas plants the menstrual period and chayats in the country and Chhattisgarh Rajya Gramin prize money to the winners and has been given fresh posting SBT Tower in Bhainsthan The top prize carries cash and swachagrahi samoohs. in Chhattisgarh the situa- engages over one lakh Bank, Mrs Gohil madam dis- on the occasion of World orders at Baloda Bazar- locality where it was incentive of rupees one This is the first time such tion is not different. women swacchagrahis in tributed saris, kurta pajamas, Toilet Day today, through a Bhatapara District. Similarly parked by owner Nishant crore and a certificate. The awards are given at state Besides, the correct knowl- sanitation. These are com- sweets, fruits, mixer grinders video conferencing from Tehsildar Baloda Bazar- Joshi while working in his district, in the past, had re- level. edge and practices on men- mendable achievements” and items of daily use at the Mahanadi Bhavan here. Mr Bhatapara Amit Kumar office in the complex. The ceived several national Giving away the awards, strual hygiene are critical Zachariah added. Gaurav old age home, Mana Camp. Dahria congratulated District Shrivastava has been posted as lifting was later com- awards for open-defecation to mark the World Toilet for health of girls and Dwivedi, Principal On this occasion, Senior Panchayat President Madhu Deputy Collector at Balod plained in Azad Chowk free status and school sani- Day, T S Singh Deo, the women”, the Minister Secretary of Panchayat & Manager Secretariat SN Singh, Vice President Rakesh District, Tehsildar Sangeeta police station where an tation. Minister for Panchayat & added. The Minister inter- Rural Development depart- Shukla, Mana Branch Gupta, Collector Sanjiv Agrawal has been posted as offence has been regis- Rajya Swacchata awards Rural Development and acted with the award win- ment said that the awards Manager RS Thakur, Kolar Kumar, District Panchayat Manager (Administration) Atal tered under Section 379 are given to individuals, Health & family welfare ners to understand what in- are unique initiative of the Branch Manager Rakesh CEO Kuldip Sharma, all offi- Nagar Development Authority IPC against unidentified gram panchayats, blocks emphasized the need for spired them, sustainability department to promote and Kumar Mishra and a large cers and staff of janpad level Nava Raipur, Tehsildar Raigarh lifter and further investiga- and districts which per- functional toilet and hand- aspects of community toi- inspire people working on number of female staff of and public representatives. Avanti Gupta has been posted as tion is now underway. form well in different areas washing facilities in all lets, management of waste, sanitation at the grassroot Assistant Director at the Head Office were present. of sanitation. The awards schools, anganwadi centres segregation centres and level. Dharmesh Sahu IAS Taran Prakash Sinha ‘Chhath Vratis’ will offer ‘Arghya’ today

to be Jt Secy to CM Q Mahaparva Ayojan Chhath Mahaparva Cleaning of Mahadev Samiti, Mahadev Ghat Ayojan Samiti, Mahadev Raipur: On completion Ghat by CMAS mem- cleaned the Mahadev Ghat Raipur, Rajesh of 9 years of service by bers in presence of Ghat on Thursday and Kumar Singh has ap- IAS officers of 2012 light decoration is being pealed to the people to cel- batch, senior administra- RMC Mayor done there Fasting were ebrate Chhath tive pay-scale has been done for ‘Kharna’ and Mahaparva in their home sanctioned and orders in Central Chronicle News ‘Lohanda’ on Thursday this year viewing the this regard has been is- evening by Chhath Corona epidemic and co- sued by GAD. With this Raipur, Nov 19: Vratis. With this, the 36- operate with the Central order, 12 IAS officers of Members of Chhath hour Nirjala fast of and State Governments 2012 batch have come to Mahaparva Ayojan Chhath Vratis has start- and District Joint Secretary level. Samiti (CMAS) Mahadev ed. The Sandhya Arghya Administration in stop- The 12 officers to get Ghat Raipur along with will be on November 20 ping the Corona epidem- senior administrative Municipal Corporation Singh, Parmanand Singh, and Usha Arghya will be ic. Rajesh Singh further pay-scale are also cleaned Mahadev Ravindra Singh, Pankaj on November 21. Chhath told that due to Corona, Commissioner PR Taran Ghat on Thursday. Mayor Agarwal, Vednarayan festival is the only festival this time Chhath Vrati Prakash Sinha, Rajat of Raipur Municipal Singh, Ravindra Sharma, in the world in which the should celebrate Chhath Bansal, Shiv Anant Corporation Ezaj Dhebar Sanjay Tiwari, Amlesh setting Sun and rising Puja at home and pray to Tayal, Ritesh Kumar inspected Mahadev Ghat Kumar, Gorakhji, Sun are worshiped. Lord Surya and Chhathi Agrawal, Abhijit Singh, on Thursday morning. Ravikant, Ajay Sharma, Chhath festival is also Maiya to liberate Ranbir Sharma, On this occasion, Pankaj Chaudhary, Ajit known as Shashthi Puja Chhattisgarh, India and Puspendra Kumar Chairman of Chhath Upadhyay, Sanjay Singh, and Surya Shashthi Vrat. the world from Corona. Meena, Iffat Aara, Divya Mahaparva Ayojan Manoj Singh, Ranjit This festival is a Hindu Chhath Vrati will offer Umesh Mishra, Sanjay Samiti (CMAS) Mahadev Mishra and other mem- festival celebrated on the food, fruits and various Agrawal and Sudhakar Ghat Raipur, Rajesh bers were present. day of Kartik Shukla types of dishes to Lord Khalko. Kumar Singh, Vipin Members of Chhath Paksha. President of Surya and Chhath Maiya. CENTRAL CHRONICLE, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2020 Union Jal Shakti Minister interacts Durg MLA, Mayor distribute mask and sanitizer to corporators with Sarpanch Geeta Mahanand Central Chronicle News Bhilai, Nov 19: To check Central Chronicle News people in the village are on the preparations being feeling relaxed. During made at the ponds for the Bhilai, Nov 19: On the rainy days, people suf- Chhath festival, MLA Thursday, Union Minister fered a lot due to various Durg (urban) Arun Vora of Jal Shakti Gajendra ailments. Geeta told that and Durg Mayor Dheeraj Singh Shekhawat inter- Swachhatagrahi Didis, Bakliwal went on inspec- acted with the Sarpanch visit door-to-door to col- tion. The duo visited the of Village Risama during lect wet and dry waste. ponds including Pujeri the virtual prize distribu- The wet wastes of the Talab, Kasaridih Talab, tion function of kitchen are fed to the cattle Mata Talab. Swachhata Awards 2020. while other wastes are con- During he visit they Sarpanch Geeta verted into manures and found the Corporator Mahanand shared her ex- sold. Shekhawat highly Arun Singh, Shivendra periences regarding the praised Geeta's working Parihar and others en- ODF campaign. She was over sanitation issues. He gaged in the cleanliness among the nine sarpanch- said that the sanitation and finalising arrange- es selected for Sarpanch campaign is very necessary ments at the ponds. The Sanwad from across the for community health. duo then asked the corpo- nation. Income can also be generat- rators and those coming to and so one needs to be cau- reaching there to offer It needs to be men- and ODF Plus goals on the The villagers of the dis- ber of people suffering ed from this initiative. observe the festival to fol- tious while celebrating prayers and celebrate the tioned here that Union occasion of World Toilet trict received appreciation from diseases in the vil- Compost is now being low the social distancing festival in the open. festival. Minister for Jal Shakti, Day on Thursday. for their efforts in making lage has reduced signifi- produced from the norms at the place while Religious festival Chhath They offered prayers to Gajendra Singh These awards were their village ODF and cantly.Earlier, many cases garbage which was earli- offering prayers and per- Puja is associated with Chhath Maiya and wished Shekhawat and the given at a virtual ceremo- maintaining the status. of diarrhoea were report- er dumped unattended. forming rituals. people's faith. for happiness and prosper- Minister of State, Jal ny organized by the Geeta gave detailed infor- ed in the village which Geeta said that she is They also distributed Therefore, prevention of ity of the city. The duo Shakti, Rattan Lal Department of Drinking mation about the works has now reduced to great working towards main- masks and sanitizers to infection is also necessary were accompanied by MIC Kataria conferred the Water and Sanitation done on the sustainability extent. The problem of taining the ODF status. the corproators present along with Chhath Puja, in-charge Abdul Ghani, Swachhata Awards 2020 (DDWS), Ministry of Jal of ODF. The minister going out to attend na- They are also working to- and the denizens who they stated. Public repre- Health in-charge Hameed on the 20 best performing Shakti and saw the online questioned what changes tures' call during rainy wards increasing the in- were coming to the pond. sentatives of all the wards Khokhar, Devesh Mishra, districts for making sig- participation by Central, are being felt in the village days has been eliminated. come of the people in- They said that the risk of should ensure making of Health Officer Durgesh nificant contribution to- State and District SBMG due to ODF Plus. Due to the construction volved in sanitation getting infected from 'vedi' on the bank of the Gupta and others were wards ODF Sustainability officials. Geeta told that the num- of toilets in all houses, works. Corona is still possible ponds prior to the people present. Mother-daugh- Patan block bags highest number of state sanitation awards ter duo killed in Central Chronicle News Bhilai, Nov 19: On Thursday, the State Swachhata Awards were road accidents given away by the Central Chronicle News 21:00 hrs on Wednesday, Panchayat and Rural they were moving to- Development Minister TS Bhilai, Nov 19: A moth- wards the hospital as Singhdeo. Patan block was er and daughter were Mamta was not feeling the leader in block level killed in a road accident well. While crossing the awards. It received awards which occurred in na- road, they were hit by a to the tune of over Rs 50 tional highway late speeding car bearing reg- lakhs. This virtual event evening on Wednesday. istration number CG07- was organised on the occa- They were hit by a MA-7181. sion of World Toilet Day. speeding car while cross- Both of them suffered Public representatives ing the road. Police have fatal injuries in the from the District Singhdeo said that excel- Panchayat ODF significant work has been was appreciated by the public representatives registered a case against mishap and were rushed Panchayat were present. lent work has been done Sustainability Award done in the Durg district state. Vice President and government officials the accused car driver. to the hospital by District Panchayat on ODF stability in pan- worth Rs 20 lakhs. in the field of Swachhata. Ashok Sahu said that it in rural areas. Award was The vehicle has also been Policemen. Mangalin was President Shalini chayats. Panchayats de- Gram Panchayat The success of this cam- was a big day for pan- given to PP Tamarkar & seized. pronounced brought Rivendra Yadav and Vice serve to be appreciated Patora received the paign was visible in the chayats. Panchayats of Associates for excellent According to informa- dead while Mamta suc- President Ashok Sahu for this. If such work con- Outstanding Segregation prize distribution func- Durg District have been drawing (Layout) of com- tion, the deceased were cumbed to her injuries and other public repre- tinues further, this will be Shed Award of Rs One tion of State Swachhata honored at Raipur and munity toilets, Rs 51000 to Mangalin Bai (45) and during treatment at sentatives congratulated a significant step towards Lakh. Collector Dr Awards 2020. Delhi as well. Tarrighat for menstrual her daughter Mamta Government Hospital. the concerned rural development and Sarveshwar Narendra District Panchayat District Panchayat CEO hygiene management, Rs Verma (27), both resi- Police have lodged a case Panchayats and their of- better health. Gram Bhure congratulated the President Shalini Yadav Sachchidanand Alok said 51000 to Laxmi Self Help dents of Bajrangpara, and further legal action fice bearers. Panchayat Risama re- award winning said that the Panchayats that it was possible due to Group of village Purai for Old Bhilai. At around is being taken. On the occasion, ceived the Gram Panchayats and said that did excellent work, which the active participation of excellent sanitation. Bhilai Mayor’s motivational run with youth Medicines distributed at health camp under CM Urban Slum Health Scheme Central Chronicle News

Durg, Nov 19: The health camps being conducted under CM Urban Slum Health Scheme has come as a relief to the people. Baldev Sahu, a resident of Sarathi Para, Durg had itching skin problem for which he was planning to visit the District Hospital. proved to be very helpful in under CM Urban Slum While on his way, he came saving his time. Health Scheme will be or- across the health camp that A total of 164 patients ganised near the slum was up near the benefited from the camps close to Green Square of Anganwadi Centre under across Guru Ghasidas Gayatri Mandir Ward Central Chronicle News ties. To inspire and moti- though his words saying those trying for recruit- ate confidence in them. CM Urban Slum Health ward, Mohan Nagar ward, (Ward 25), near Ali Garage, vate the youth, Devendra that "goal is never easy, ment in police, army etc. He also said that being Scheme. He dropped the Sikola Basti ward and Padmanabhapur East Bhilai, Nov 19: Bhilai Yadav not only participat- but not impossible. We Ex-serviceman the first citizen of the city idea of going all the way to Sarathi Para under Durg (Ward 46), Durga Manch in Mayor and MLA Bhilai ed in the running practice can achieve our goal Harbhajan Singh has he is with the youth. district hospital and Municipal Corporation. Shanti Nagar, Audhyogik Nagar Devendra Yadav session but also led them through our hard work. taken the initiative to Khwaja Ahmed (State reached the Health Camp. Tests were conducted for 30 Nagar (North) (Ward 17), gave a pleasant surprise through the entire route This may take some time. share his experiences Vice President, Congress He was extremely happy people, 144 people were ex- and Mathapara Ward 4 and to about 300 youth on chart which began at the But we should never give with such youth and Cell), Shambhu Soni, not only to have been able amined and given free near Muktidham in Thursday morning when ground in Sector-02 and up. I am running in front preparing then for physi- Secretary, CG Judo to get examined for the medicines for cold, fever, Gayanagar Mathpara he reached the ground in after covering BSNL of you today, but tomor- cal examination. Mayor Association, Ramakant, problem but also getting sugar, hand and leg pain (Ward no 04). An appeal Sector 02 where these as- square Sector 1, ended in row you will be leading." also participated in exer- Rajendra Singh cricket free medicine. He told that while 13 people were regis- has been made to the ward pirants were busy per- Bhilai Vidyalaya. The venue and occasion cises along with running coach also participated in he was very upset with the tered for Workers Card. residents to benefit from forming physical activi- Devendra motivated them was the training point for with an interest to gener- this run. itching and this camp On November 20, camps the health camps. BSP’s Siyan Sadan ‘A home of our own’ ample facilities providing a busy in their own lives and I'm Q Serving to the needs home for those who are not happy to stay here peacefully, she of retired employees, able to stay with their children, says. do not have an extended fami- Md Yusuf Sabri, who was in Plant elderly couples, ly or simply choose to stay be- Vehicle pool from 1958-1996 and his widows, widowers cause they want to stay sepa- wife Pyari Begum shifted to Siyan rately. Sadan in 2016. Their daughter says Its amazing to have a con- in Balod. Having no suitable place to Central Chronicle News versation with 91-year old BL stay, they shifted here. Officials Dhingra, who joined as from BSP's CSR department come Bhilai, Nov 19: Staying in a gated Assistant Foreman (BF) who is to meet us often and take feedback colony with guards round the clock, very alert, and keeps a track of regarding issues we face here. We having an allotted sunlit room with every resident whether they are happy being here, they said. facilities of a bed, table, chairs, had lunch/ dinner. He makes Ramlal Sahu, one of the guards almirah, fridge and a spacious bath- his own arrangement for posted here since 2011 says that room, getting simple palatable food breakfast and likes to eat Oats. ambient facilities are provided here from Akshay Patra for lunch and Dhingra joined BSP in the year to residents. Safe and secure envi- dinner, a doctor and ambulance on 1957, and he was in training in ronment with monitoring of visitors quick call makes the 20-odd resi- Steel Plant then. His eldest daugh- from Township department. Two of Siyan Sidan in 2010. GB BSP in July 1959 and took VR in partment. She lost her husband due Russia till 1958. He was one of the is available here. A cleaning con- dents of SAIL-BSP's Siyan Sadan ter is now a Senior citizen while the his sons expired in unfortunate cir- Singh recalls that people from his 1991. He used to work in Foundry to a health problem few years after first employees to see the erection tractual staff Joseph is around to swell with pride. Retired BSP em- younger one stays overseas. He sold cumstances. Two of his daughters native village Kallusohol in shop. He is an accomplished singer marriage when her daughter was 3 of Blast Furnace-1. We were all lined help all the elderly residents. ployees have been staying here his home and invested in Bank and stay elsewhere. His son-in-law Gurdaspur district in Punjab who and table player. Having trained months old. An asthmatic patient, up at the Casthouse to welcome Pt Barring the COVID time, Singing since 2010-including elderly cou- Post offices to marry off his daugh- Dalbir Singh served as ex-GM(TSD). were working in the Hirakund dam over 1000 students, his students she is dependent on a dump and has Jawaharlal Nehru in February 1959, programmes, Bhajan Sandhya etc. ples, widows and widowers. ters. He is the unofficial coordinator In 1968, GB Singh married a project were called to work in BSP have even become professors in Arthritis too. Her lone daughter he says. I even shook hands with Pt used to be organized here, he says. A home of our own which is easy of Siyan Sadan and tactfully plays Malayali lady GV Leela. The enthusi- and my friend Pritam Singh brought Khairagarh university. He used to stays in Korba. I moved to Siyan Nehru, he says. I've seen the devel- A novel initiative taken by SAIL- to maintain, has sufficient open this role though he is in his 90's. astic couple are in awe of each other me to work in BSP. Bhilai Steel Plant live in Siyan Sadan with his wife ear- Sadan and I'm satisfied with the fa- opment of BF 1-5 from scratch and BSP's CSR department, Siyan space, a dining hall and common GB Singh who joined BSP in 1958 even now and have learnt to con- has given me everything and I've no lier. He lost his life partner 5 years cilities provided, especially medical retired as Manager (BF) in 1988, he Sadan is serving the elderly with room and a workable kitchenette has worked in Plant Garage, verse in Punjabi and Malayali both. shortfalls. It has supported us from back. Sushila Thakkar, joined BSP in facilities, she says. We were provid- added. He shares that around 3000 respect, gratitude and a sense of with each room, and a TV connec- Merchant Mill, Doodh dairy as a Left all alone to battle their health beginning till our end. 1971 on compassionate employ- ed sanitizers by the management Russians used to be part of Bhilai satisfaction. tion in every room - Siyan Sadan has Dairy supervisor and retired in 1996 problems, the couple moved to Shyam Sundar Barori who joined ment and was in the Medical de- during this COVID time. Everyone is CENTRAL CHRONICLE, RAIPUR, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2020 Govt committed to implement PESA How to improve children’s in ST dominated areas: Singhdev future ... govt machinery only Bhanpratappur, Nov 19: regulation of sale and con- maintains record sumption of drugs, cultur- Social orgnizations keep mum The Chhattisgarh gov- al heritage and its pros- ernment is consulting the perity, management of from Vishalpur. When head and prominent peo- minor forest produce, the officials from Raipur ple of tribal community peace In relation to tradi- took the matter seriously, and panchayat representa- tion and law in terms of local administration all tives and voluntary organ- security and elections, minor were handed over izations for implementing management of biodiver- to their families. On the the PESA law in the sity and intellectual prop- initiative of Child Scheduled Tribe dominat- erty, control and punish- Conservation unit, case ed areas of the state. YC take out bike rally ment, management of nat- was registered against Under The chairman- District Youth Congress ural resources, labor force six and three were arrest- ship of Panchayat and President Pankaj Wadhwani led and human resources, ap- ed. If sources are to be Rural Development a grand bike rally on the arrival proval of development ac- believed, people from Minister T.S.Singhdev , a of TS Singhdev, Minister of tion plan in Gram Sabha Surajpur district was discussion was held on Panchayat and Rural etc. . also in the bus but their Panchayat provision (ex- Development, Health and In the program, MLA Rajesh Soni rare, families send their names were purposefully tension in scheduled Family Welfare Department of Bhanupratapur Assembly children outside for in- deleted to save the skin. areas) in village Chhattisgarh Government and and Deputy Speaker of Surajpur, Nov 19: On come even if they are in- Khairkheda under Youth Congress President Chhattisgarh Assembly the occasion of World terested for studies. What official says Charama block of Purna Chandrakant Padhi Manoj Singh Mandavi, Children’s Day when lot When it comes to open- “ Lot of efforts are Kanker district, in which Koko. Singhdev received his- MLA Kanker and of machineries are active ing of schools, some open being made for the pro- tribal communities of 16 torical welcomed amidst burst- Parliamentary Secretary in protecting the future only on August 16 and tection of children and blocks of Kanker, ing of fireworks. Shishupal Shory, MLA of children in the dis- January 26, it can well be positive results are com- Kondagaon, Narayanpur, Sihawa Mrs. Lakshmi trict, children of Odgi understood how they can ing to fore. Lack of Balod, Rajnandgaon and are being taken, whatever Bhupesh Baghel, action is Gram Sabha and its meet- Dhruv, Parliamentary block who have the right impart education to the awareness is hampering Dhamtari district leaders useful suggestions will be being taken by the ings by the heads of tribal Advisor to Chief Minister to receive basic educa- children. the efforts and all depart- joined, who gave their received, it will be includ- Government of society, standing commit- Mr. Rajesh Tiwari, tion and other fundamen- In between all these ments need to work in co- valuable suggestions for ed in the rules. He said Chhattisgarh to imple- tees of Gram Sabha, for- Member of Scheduled tal rights are moving to- odds, human trafficking ordination. When it the rules to be made for that in the coming budget ment the PESA law, which mation of Gram Sabha Tribes Commission wards cities in search of is active in the area. comes to human traffick- the implementation of the session, there will be an ef- is praiseworthy. fund, approval of conser- Nitin Potai, Members of employment, either due Recently a bus bound for ing if the problem of ed- PESA law. Panchayat and fort to get the rule of Former MP Sohan vation and development of Bastar Vikas Pradhikaran to family obligation or Tamil Nadu was seized ucation and employment Rural Development PESA law passed. Potai suggested to impose natural resources by Biresh Thakur, Zila sometimes out of their in which out of 53 people is solved in far off areas Minister T.S. Singhdev Expressing gratitude to punishment in every Gram Sabha, small water Panchayat President own interest. who were moving out- this problem can be tack- said that the Government Rajiv Gandhi, he said that point of rules to be made bodies in scheduled areas, Hemant Dhruv and Vice Recently some chil- side for employment, 31 led.” committed to implement- during his tenure, the for the implementation of mining of minor miner- President Hemnarayan dren from Biharpur were minor. Manoj Jaiswal ing the law in the PESA Act was made for PESA law. He also sug- als. Leasing, environ- Gajaballa, Ex president Chandni area have gone Alert villagers seize District Child Scheduled Tribes predom- tribal areas, B.D. gested to make rules in the mental protection, pre- Zila Panchayat Subhadra to cities in search of bus Conservation Officer inant areas of the state. Sharma has been a major PESA law for the promo- venting encroachment in Salam, Nawalsingh livelihood. In Biharpur The bus bound for Surajpur Rules are being made for contributor for this law. tion and preservation of scheduled areas, money Mandavi, tribal society and other nearby 22 pan- Tamil Nadu thread facto- the implementation of the Former MP Arvind Netam tribal culture and to pre- lending, hat bazar control, heads and officials and of- chayats where employ- ry was seized due to ( story under MCCR PESA law, for which the said that under the leader- serve the divine places. control of social sector in- ficials of administration ment opportunities are alertness of villagers fellowship) suggestion of you people ship of Chief Minister The structure and work of stitutions and employees, and police were present. Matar Mahotsav is important Meeting between Train Controllers observe ‘Protest Day’ part of state’s culture: Sahu Rambalak Das and DFO agree In support of demands to bridge differences Sambalpur, Nov 19: that it was Lord Krishna who broke ego of Lord On the call of All India Indra and by lifting Train Controllers Govardhan hill, as safe- Association, Train guarded all. It is by offer- Controllers of Sambalpur ing prayers to Lord Shri Division observed Krishna, we all pray for ‘Protest Day’ on ‘ peace and prosperity of all 19.11.2020 in which all the in Chhattisgarh. Controllers performed Chairing the pro- their duty wearing ‘black gramme, Ramji Sahu said badges’ from 00 hours to that the rich art and tradi- 24.00 hrs. tion of Chhattisgarh are There was a meeting or- its true heritage. But with ganised by the increasing urbanisation, Association at Sambalpur grades higher pay than commodities to the every Fingeshwar, Nov 18: and traditional ‘khumari’. we are slowly forgetting where the Controllers ex- the feeder cadres to the nook & corner of the Chandrashekhar Sahu this rich culture of ours pressed their anguish & Controller & special high- Nation. But no insurance On occasion of ‘Matar taking part in the ‘Raut and he held the need to dissatisfaction against er pay structure for Chief coverage to them is de- Mahotsav’, members of Nacha’ and performing preserve it. the inhuman decision of Controller incharge (prin- clared. Hence they also Yadav Samaj organised a prayers to Lord Krishna On this occasion Daundi Lohara, Nov 19: meeting lasted for 45 min- stoppage of Night Duty cipal) to maintain the demand insurance cover- programme in Gram and ‘Gau Mata’ extended Channulal Sahu, Yadav utes in which both the Allowance above pay quality of Controlling in age for Covid-19 pandem- Jogidipa on Monday and greetings to all on occa- Samaj President In presence of collector sides presented their limit of Rs 43,600/-, delay Train Operation. ic. chief guest was District sion of ‘Matar utsav’. Bhagirathi Yadav, Gram Mahobe, a meeting be- views. DFO is asking for in providing their due During the pandemic They met DRM, Sr Panchayat member He said that in ‘Matar Patel - Toran Lal Sahu, tween Sant Ram Balak two buildings in the tem- Level-9 MACP & non im- situation of Covd-19 DOM abd Sr DPO, Chandrashekhar Sahu Utsav’ we all are perform- Dilip Yadav, Shankar Das and DFO Balod ple premises for training plementation of calendar while most of the Sambalpur and handed and it was chaired by ing prayers to Lord Singh Dhruv, Tinku Ram Satovisa Samjadar took purpose but the temple ad- day rest to all the Officials remaining at over memorandum of de- Bodaki Sarpanch Ramji Krishna and cow and it is Sahu, Govardhan Yadav, place in connection with a ministration claim that it Controllers all over India home or working from mands, informs Sahu. an important festival of Rajendra Yadav, Chabilal notice under Section 80 purely for devotees. After though Railway Board home Controllers are D P Tripathi, President First Yadav Samaj wel- ‘Hindu Samaj’, as people Yadav, Pohat Dhruv, sent by the forest depart- discussion it is expected has itself issued orders in working relentlessly risk- of AITC, Sambalpur & A comed Chandrashekhar from all over the village Ramesh Yadav and others ment on September 11 2020 that the matter will be re- 2016. They have been also ing their & their families K Panigrahi, Sahu with garlands, ‘gulal’ take part. He further said were present. and November 07. The solved soon. fighting for minimum two to transport essential Secy/AITCA, Sambalpur. ‘Bhai-dooj’ celebrated Govt issues instructions for with rituals, gifts Rukmani Singh elected as ‘Leader of the week’ precautions from infection Ramanujnagar, Nov 19:  For teaching and it boost their morale and Birkoni, Nov 19: students adopting prepare themselves for the Including Covid-19 during winter season Under international education 21st century. Rukmani On occasion of ‘Bhai-Dooj’, procedure ‘Lakshyavedh’, new teaching aids informed that by using this the brothers and sisters cele- Korba, Nov 19: toms, she asked to get in teacher Rukmani Singh, posted and techniques new technique along with brated the bond of love and touch with doctor imme- in Middle School Patna in under ‘Laskhyavedh’ Shivani Kumari Premlata and brotherhood performing rituals The state government diately. Ramanujnagar Kendra Salhi other colleagues, she taught and girls applied tilaks to their has issued instructions As per the instruc- under Surajpur block, was she informed that Khare Sir on children about how to make brothers and sought blessings in view of corona pan- tions issued by the state elected as ‘Leader of the Week’ the first day taught about videos, dance, ‘rangoli’ and for their longevity. As per tradi- demic during the forth- government, when the (Saptah ka Nayak). ‘Diksha App’ and its usage; shared the video in the group tion, they also gifted each other coming winter season. minimum temperature The programme co-ordina- about ‘CG portal app’ and its and working on this for a with surprise gifts. The festival Collector Kiran Kaushal fall upto 10 deg. Celsius, tor of ‘Lakhshyavedh’ pro- use on the second day and how week’s time gave better of ‘Bhai-Dooj’ was celebrated has appealed citizens of then it is winter season gramme under combined team to use ‘Youtube’ on the third results. right since morning till evening the district to remain on and it generally exists of ‘Lakshyavedh’ Surajpur days from Mrs Priyanka, Mr. day and how to operate and it was festive time in most and this procedure continued in the alert during winter during December to block Ramanujnagar- Mohanlal Ravi, Mr Dhruv and later she ‘Google’ search engine on the of the houses. The visit of many houses from morning till season. January. During this in- Khare selected Rukmani Singh motivated her students to use 4th day and how to use brothers to houses of their sis- evening. Acharya Laxmi She said that as far as tensity of chillness in for the above honour. It is those tips and techniques for ‘Google’ translate’ on the ter continued till afternoon Narayan Vaishnav informed possible one should stay the air is high due to notable here that under studies with modern technolo- fifth day. On the 6th day, she hours. Performing the rituals, that as per tradition, the last at home during winters cool breeze and many a ‘Lakhshyavedh’ programme gy. Mrs Singh informed that was taught about usage of sister first put a ‘pan’ leaf on day of five-day ‘Deepotsav’ is and go out only when it times it turns into ex- and learning the techniques this week she had to learn ‘Bolo-App’ and it complete palm of her brother and applied celebrated as ‘Bhai-Dooj’. On is necessary. Collector treme cold like condi- with 7 tips under 21st century those 7 techniques of learning information and importance ‘tilak’ of sandalwood and this day, sister applies ‘tilak’ to has also asked not to tion. The state govern- educational technique, a from Khare Sir and later had to of it for children. sought blessings for his her brother applying ‘rolli’ and leave elders in the fami- ment has issued instruc- beginning has been made to inform the school children Rukmani Singh informed longevity, good health and hap- singing in melodious voice. This ly alone during winter tions for prevention of prepare teachers and students about this technique and how that in the process of learn- piness. On the other hand, festival is observed on second season and pay special cold for general public, with new educational technol- to use it. ing and teaching, thie chil- brothers also promised safety day of ‘Shukl paksha’ of ‘Kartik attention to them. including labourers, ogy and it is being run under Rukmani Singh informed dren find it more interesting and security of their sisters and maas’ and it is also known as For precaution from daily wagers and those name of ‘Lakshyavedh’. that through her ‘Mohalla to learn using novel technol- gifted nice gifts of their choice. ‘Yam Dwitiya’. There is belief winter season, she ad- living without any shel- Rukmani Singh informed that Classes’, she had taught the ogy and added that it is by Sisters offered coconut fruit that eating out at sister’s home vised to use either ‘muf- ter or helpless persons, she had obtained training school children about this tech- using such Apps, the children and sweets to their brothers increases life of brothers. fler’ or woolen caps and necessary arrange- under ‘Lakshyavedh’ for five nique. Citing about training, find it new way of recreation keep the ears also well- ments for ‘rain-basera’ SHGs receive Kadaknath covered. In case of any (shelter) be made and Matador turns turtle near ‘haf-river’ cheeks for self-reliance effect of winter on legs, sufficient number of fingers, face, ear turn- blankets and other facil- Pandaria, Nov 19: A matador turned turtle near ‘Haf-river’ near Konta, Nov 19: Animal ing red, then they ities. Instructions have the cityon Tuesday morning and none were injured in this. Livestock Development should immediately also being issued for Matador bearing registration No. MP 15 G 4042 was loaded with Department distributed 100 contact the doctor. In saving ‘Rabi Crop’ dur- vegetables and it turned turtle near ‘Haf-River’ turn. It was going cheeks of Kadaknath to 10 case of irregular tem- ing extreme winter sea- from Gourjhamar to Bilaspur vegetable mandi. After the incident SHGs in village panchayat perature, too much of son and changes in the 112 reached the site and the driver of matador Umashankar Patel Kerlapal as part of eradicating Animal Livestock Development shivering or lot of fa- working and timing of received minor injuries. The residents of the region informed that poverty and self-reliance. The Department Dr S Jahiruddin tigue or weakness, diffi- schools and availability women members of SHGs were said, these cheeks are in culty in breathing and of kerosene or heater accidents are taking place near this turn quite frequently and given training for domesticat- demand and useful for many for other such symp- during winter season. few days back only a vehicle loaded with cycle part and other with animals also turned turtle. Since ing hens Deputy Director of types of diseases. it is a blind turn, often many accidents takes place and there are no warning signals here. CENTRAL CHRONICLE, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2020 BRIEF Delay in Prez transition to delay GRAFFITI PROTEST Virus threat  Idlib: COVID-19 in- fections in the last op- COVID-19 vaccination plan in US position-controlled territory in Syria Washington, Nov 19 (PTI): will be first in line, what have been increasing the plan is," he said. rapidly.Spared until US President-elect Joe "There's over 300 million July,the region is Biden has warned that a Americans and beyond now recording 300- delay in transition by the our border that they're 500 infections a day, outgoing Trump adminis- going to have to be taken and the number is tration will put behind the care of. There's a whole lot rising fast. The area, COVID-19 vaccination of things that are we just battered by repeated plan by "weeks or don't have available to us. military offensives months". So much as made available from the government In a virtual roundtable Joe Biden soon, we're going to be be- of President Bashar with healthcare workers hind by weeks or months Assad, is home to on COVID-19, Biden al- nises who the winner is being able to put together nearly 4 million peo- leged that his transition and then they have to have the whole initiative relat- ple, most of them dis- team has not been receiv- access to all the data and ing to the biggest promise placed and living in ing any cooperation from information that the gov- we have with two drug tent camps or unfin- the Trump administra- ernment possesses to be companies coming along ished buildings. tion. prepared," he said. and finding 95 per cent ef- President Donald It does not require there fectiveness/efficiency in Chile protests Trump has refused to con- to be an absolute winner, the vaccines, which is cede the November 3 US Biden said, adding that it enormous promise," Biden  Santiago: Hundreds election and has filed mul- says the apparent winner. said. of people protested in tiple lawsuits challenging "We have been unable to He said it is the only Chile's capital poll results in several get access to the kinds of slowdown right now that Santiago to demand States. things we need to know his transition team is fac- the resignation of "One of the problems about the depth of the ing. President Sebastian that we're having now is stockpiles. We know "We put together I think Pinera over police re- the failure of the adminis- there's not much at all. We a first-rate team that you pression of the coun- tration to recognise - the get to the point where we would all be proud of and try's social protests. law says that the General have a sense of when these we're all ready to go and A motorist drives on the street in front of the Royal Thai Police Headquarters covered with graffiti in the after- Police fired tear gas Services Administration vaccines come out, how doing an awful lot of work math of a pro-democracy demonstration in Bangkok on Thursday. and water cannon to has a person who recog- they'll be distributed, who right now," he noted. keep around 500 pro- testers from ap- proaching the Moneda presidential Australian special forces unlawfully Online G-20 summit lacks glam, palace. The demon- strators blocked the capital's main killed civilians in Afghanistan and maybe results, amid virus Alameda thorough- fare near the palace Melbourne, Nov 19 (PTI): ly sorry for any wrongdo- There were also two inci- Dubai, Nov 19 (AP): Turkey by Saudi agents a for about two hours. ing by members of the dents could be classified as slaying he's denied any in- There is "credible informa- Australian Defence Force. the war crime of "cruel This weekend's summit of volvement in. But an on- Second camp tion" that at least 19 serv- Campbell said the report treatment", the report said. leaders from the Group of line meeting also deprives ing and former Australian discloses a "disgraceful According to the 20 stands out more for what the Saudis of a media spec-  Barcelona: Spain's special forces allegedly and a profound betrayal of Australian media, the lat- it is not than for what it is. tacle to tout their position government is scram- committed up to 39 unlaw- the Australian Defence est report has been based Held online this year be- in the world. bling to manage the ful murders during the Force's professional stan- on over 400 interviews cause of the coronavirus, Beyond putting putting a steady stream of mi- conflict in Afghanistan, ac- dards and expectations". with soldiers and officers the gathering of leaders of kink in Saudis plans, the grants to its Canary cording to a long-awaited The four-year inquiry by from the SAS, a special the world's preeminent pandemic has offered the Islands from West military report into war NSW Court Of Appeal forces unit, and rich and developing na- G-20 an opportunity to Africa by opening a crimes released on Justice Paul Brereton Commandos, Afghan vil- tions will not be an oppor- have been pledged for med- prove how such bodies can second holding camp, Thursday. found there was "credible lagers, special forces inter- tunity for kings, presidents icines and vaccines, G-20 facilitate international co- officials said, as polit- Australia launched the Angus Campbell information" of 23 inci- preters and support staff. and prime ministers to countries have mostly fo- operation in crises but has ical tensions rise in inquiry in 2016, amid re- dents where Australian The inquiry found evi- conduct the intimate diplo- cused on securing their also underscored their the Atlantic archipel- ports from whistle-blowers "These findings allege the Defence Force (ADF) per- dence some Australian macy of closed-door meet- own supplies. A virtual shortcomings. The G-20 ago. The establish- and in the local media of most serious breaches of sonnel were involved in troops in Afghanistan car- ings or pose for memorable summit does spare Crown whose member-countries ment of a second the alleged killing of un- military conduct and pro- the serious crimes, either ried "throwdowns" such as photo-ops. Without red car- Prince Mohammed bin represent around 85 per temporary migrant armed men and children fessional values. The carrying out the offences weapons, radios and pet arrivals, it will not be Salman the possibility that cent of the world's econom- processing center on in Afghanistan. killing, the unlawful or at least being "acces- grenades not issued by the an occasion for its Saudi some leaders may have ic output and three-quar- the island of Gran Issuing an apology to killing, of civilians and sories" to the incidents. ADF but planted next to hosts to dazzle the world's stood him up in Riyadh, ters of international trade Canaria comes amid Afghanistan people while prisoners is never accept- There was "credible in- the bodies of Afghan civil- media. And it is not expect- two years after Western in- was founded in 1999 as a increasing criticism releasing the report in able.'' formation" that 39 Afghans ians to suggest they were a ed to yield a globally uni- telligence agencies said he way for finance ministers from local authorities Canberra, Australia's Campbell also apolo- were allegedly murdered "legitimate target" in any fied response to the worst bears ultimate responsibil- and central bank gover- and human rights Chief of Defence Force gised to the Australian peo- by Australian special post-incident investiga- pandemic in decades. ity for the killing of writer nors to discuss the global groups. Angus Campbell said: ple, saying he was sincere- forces in 23 incidents. tions. While billions of dollars Jamal Khashoggi in economy. No custody  Athens: Greece is Japan on ‘maximum alert’ abolishing the prac- UK care farms lifeline during pandemic tice of holding asy- lum-seeker children after record virus cases London, Nov 19 (Reuters): referred there by their and teenagers who Care farm in UK. schools for animal-assist- arrive in the country Tokyo, Nov 19 (AFP): Care farms nestled in the ed therapy and training without parents or British countryside are in agriculture and cook- guardians in protec- Japan is on "maximum providing a lifeline for ery skills. tive police custody. alert" after logging a people struggling with 'I'd even be dead or in The practice, which record number of daily mental health during the prison if it wasn't for this saw newly arrived coronavirus infections, its pandemic, allowing them place, because in no way I unaccompanied mi- prime minister said to swap therapy sessions would have been able to nors held in police Thursday, though no im- on Zoom for the joys of cope in society if I hadn't stations across the mediate restrictions are fresh air, mucking out come here,' said Abi country sometimes planned. cow sheds and cuddling Edmed, 25, who used to for months at a time The comments came as donkeys. come as a child and is and often along with Tokyo raised its alert level With vital public serv- now a trainee nurse. She unrelated adults, has to the top of its four-tier ices for vulnerable people still comes to help out, as been widely con- system, with local media shut down or reduced to a friend. Edmed said she demned by rights saying the capital would video calls because of so- tional effect on his state tery November day when endured a lot of trauma groups. report a record number of A shopper, second right, wearing a face mask buys sea cial distancing measures, of mind. 'It's made a huge Reuters reporters visited as a child, resulting in infections for a second day food at a shopping street in Tokyo on Thursday. care farms have been impact for me,' he said. the farm, children in her becoming aggressive. Centrifuges shifted running. able to stay open as activ- 'I had a lot of stress is- muddy boots were busy She said the care farm More than 2,000 cases "We are now in a situa- meals in restaurants. ities take place in wide sues, high stress levels, cleaning a cow shed, feed- had helped her to process  Berlin: The head of were recorded nationwide, tion of maximum alert," The country has taken a open spaces. At Future quickfire snaps, anger, ing chickens, guinea pigs her trauma. the UN atomic watch- with nearly 500 in Tokyo. Prime Minister Yoshihide relatively relaxed ap- Roots in the southern just a lot of anger and and rabbits, stroking 'It was actually just dog agency con- While these figures are Suga told reporters. proach to virus restric- county of Dorset, 14-year- that, and lockdown did cows and donkeys, even being able to wander off, firmed reports that comparatively low global- "I ask you, the Japanese tions so far -- even a na- old Liam Holt has found not help me ... I had no driving tractors. go chat to a cow, (I'm) Iran has begun oper- ly speaking, they repre- people, to fully implement tionwide state of emer- that spending time out- control over it. The per- Future Roots has been very known for doing ating centrifuges in- sent a sharp rise in cases principles such as wearing gency in the spring car- doors working with ani- son that was helping me, functioning as a care that,' she said, smiling. stalled at an under- for Japan, where testing is masks," Suga added, urg- ried no obligation for busi- mals and other people I couldn't see her face-to- farm since 2006. Children 'The cow can't tell my se- ground site, but said often less widespread than ing people to wear them nesses to close or for peo- has had a transforma- face.' On a sunny, blus- and young people can be crets.' they had been moved in other parts of the world. even while talking during ple to stay home. from another facility so the country's over- all uranium-enrich- ISIS, al-Qaeda supporters spread ing capabilities have Highway-side eatery in UAE feeds meals to needy not increased. conspiracy theories about COVID-19 Sharjah, Nov 19 (AP): founder Mohammed created an opportunity. US names Shujath Ali said. 'We don't Tens of thousands of peo- At a highway-side restau- want to waste our food, ... ple working in the shad-  Caracas: rant in the industrial out- we want to give it to peo- ows of Dubai's economy Washington has its skirts of Dubai, workers ple in need.' lost their jobs overnight, first ambassador to methodically assemble As small businesses as hotels, restaurants and Venezuela in a decade packaged takeout meals of across the UAE shut down families fired their low- despite the US having biryani rice, dal and this spring due to the coro- wage service workers in no diplomats at its brightly colored chicken navirus pandemic, Ali and response to the lockdown. Caracas embassy curry for people in pover- his wife were getting Unable to draw on state amid a breakdown in ty and desperate to eat. ready to open up theirs. A support in a country that relations. James It's not a soup kitchen or former mechanical engi- links their residency sta- Story's nomination as charity drive, but an ordi- neer, Ali long dreamed of tus to their jobs, many ambassador to nary hole-in-the-wall running his own restau- turned to charity to sur- Venezuela was con- Indian restaurant along- rant, a place where the mi- vive. United Nations, Nov 19 (PTI): cording to a UN report. firmed by a US Senate side a busy motorway in grant workers who power Over its two months of The report titled 'Stop the voice vote. The South Sharjah, one of the seven Taj al-Islam, 50 year old Bangladeshi carwash worker, the plastic and fabric fac- existence, Biryani Spot Groups associated with al- virus of disinformation: Carolina native takes desert sheikhdoms in the 1st left, receives his free food at a restaurant in tories of Sharjah's dusty has mobilized to meet the Qaeda and ISIS are ex- the malicious use of social the job that he will United Arab Emirates. Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Industrial Area 13 could area's growing need for ploiting the COVID-19 pan- media by terrorist, violent carry out from the When other kitchens savor familiar Indian, food aid. The place serves demic to spread conspira- extremist and criminal capital of neighbour- close for the night, work migrants, largely tions asked. 'The current Pakistani and Bengali griddled paratha bread cy theories that the virus groups during the COVID- ing Colombia as Biryani Spot springs into from Southeast Asia. situation is you have a lot food at an exceptionally in- and a range of spiced meat is "punishing the unbeliev- 19 pandemic' was released Venezuela endures a action. The cooks collect Those in need filter of jobless people, a lot of expensive price. and rice dishes for less ers", is "God's wrath upon by the United Nations historic economic leftover food and repur- through the cramped people who are struggling Instead of thwarting his than five dirhams (around the West" and incites ter- Interregional Crime and and political crisis. pose it into free, hot meals restaurant at 10 p.m. to re- here because of their low plans, the pandemic-in- $1.50) during the day, and rorists to use it as a form Justice Research Institute for underpaid or out-of- ceive dinner — no ques- salary,' restaurant co- duced economic collapse for nothing late at night. of biological weapon, ac- (UNICRI). CENTRAL CHRONICLE, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2020 BRIEF SELLING TO DEVOTEES Gang held Use of earphones for working J Mathura: With the arrest of three men, the Mathura police claimed to have bust- online causing infections ed a gang, the mem- bers of which were Mumbai, Nov 19 (PTI): Chavan warned. involved in looting He said the wax inside passengers travelling With the COVID-19 the ear kills the bacteria on highways and pandemic forcing profes- naturally and prevents killing them, officials sionals to work from infection. said. The two injured home and students to at- Use of cotton buds to men — Dharmendra tend classes online using clean ears removes this and Sachin — were earphones, doctors are protective wax covering hospitalised, the po- now getting more pa- and exposes the inner lice said, adding that tients with complaints of part of the ear to bacteri- the third accused, pain, irritation and infec- al infections. This gener- Shivam, is a resident tion in the ears. Nose and Throat (ENT) ally leads to earaches, he of Mathura’s Sadar According to medical department with such said. Bazar,held from the experts, use of head- complaints, he said. Asked how such infec- Kalyanpuri three- phones and earpods for “Most of them are tions could be avoided, he way crossing. long hours in the last working for more than said, “We have been ad- seven to eight months eight hours wearing vising people to remove Forged documents has increased such com- headphones. This is put- earphones from time- to- plaints. ting a lot of stress on time. Fresh air should go J Jammu: The Jammu “All these complaints their ears and unster- inside the ears to keep and Kashmir Police’s are directly linked to ex- ilised earpods or ear- them safe.” Crime Branch tensive use of head- plugs could spread infec- Dr Rahul Kulkarni, booked a father-son phones at higher vol- tion. Continuous listen- head of the ENT unit at duo for allegedly sell- ume,” Dr Shrinivas ing at higher sound vol- St George Hospital here, ing a plot of land Chavan, head of the ENT ume for long hours is said ear problems are not here for Rs 30 lakh on department at the gov- weakening the listening just related to working forged documents, of- ernment-run JJ Hospital ability also,” he said. professionals, but school ficials said. The in Mumbai, told PTI. If people do not change children who have to at- crime branch regis- Every day, five to 10 their habits, they could tend online classes are tered a case against people are turning up at face “permanent dam- also having such com- Vendors sort banana bunches at a wholesale fruits market, during Chhath Puja, in Nadia, Thursday. accused Gandharab the JJ Hospital’s Ear, age” to their ears, Dr plaints. Singh and his son Arjun Singh of Channi Himmat for BJP supporters put up roadblocks Tufanganj ‘bandh’ cheating a man and ‘Congress leadership needs to duping him of Rs 30 Coochbehar, Nov 19 (PTI): lakh over a plot, falling in a prime lo- BJP supporters on cation in Jammu city, clear stand on Gupkar alliance’ Thursday put up roadblocks they said. on the national highway in Lucknow, Nov 19 (PTI): and once again, the double means. Tufanganj town of E-office solution standards of the party Congress chief CoochBehar district during The Congress leader- have come to the fore in spokesperson Randeep the 12-hour bandh called by J Leh: Ladakh ship should clear its stand Kashmir, the chief minis- Surjewala issued a state- the saffron party in the sub- launched e-office so- on the Gupkar alliance in ter alleged. ment saying that the party division to protest the lution for conducting Jammu and Kashmir as Besides leaders of the was against any foreign in- killing of a local party official work in its its “double standards” will regional parties, the signa- tervention in the internal leader. Market closed during ‘bandh’ called by BJP in civil secretariat, di- not only harm national se- tories of the Gupkar al- affairs of India, including The district unit of BJP Tufanganj, CoochBehar on Thursday. rectorates and other curity but will also “put liance also include some in Jammu and Kashmir. blamed the TMC for the offices, according to the entire party in the local Congress leaders, he “The Congress party is not killing of its local leader workers tried to keep the es- porters put up a roadblock an order. dock”, Uttar Pradesh said, adding that senior part of the ‘Gupkar Kalachand Karmakar on tablishments open. Police on the national highway Commissioner Chief Minister Yogi Yogi Adityanath leaders of the Congress Alliance’ or the ‘People’s Wednesday and demanded and rapid action force passing through Tufanganj Secretary General Adityanath said on like P Chidambaram and Association for Gupkar immediate arrest of the per- (RAF) were deployed in town, leading to long Administration Thursday. the Gupkar declaration as Gulam Nabi Azad have Declaration’,” he said. petrators. large numbers in the sub-di- queues of goods vehicles on Department (GAD), The People’s its double standards will talked of restoring Article Adityanath, however, The TMC Coochbehar visional town of Tufanganj both directions towards Ladakh, Ajeet Kumar Association for Gupkar not only harm the nation’s 370. said the presence of district leadership has de- to avert any untoward inci- Assam and Siliguri. Police Sahu issued a circu- Declaration (PAGD), security and sovereignty But the Congress had on Congress leaders at meet- nied the allegation, claim- dent with supporters of later lifted the roadblock lar regarding the im- which has several Jammu but also put the entire November 17 asserted that ings held in Jammu and ing that the killing was the both the BJP and the TMC and cleared traffic move- plementation of e-of- and Kashmir parties as its party in the dock,” it was not a part of the Kashmir on the Gupkar al- result of a clash between confronting each other. ment on the highway, an of- fice in the secretariat constituents, is pressing Adityanath told news per- Gupkar alliance and was liance was a clear indica- two feuding local clubs at Government buses were ficial said. BJP booth secre- of the Union for restoration of J-K’s sons here. contesting the district de- tion that the party’s senior Tufanganj. BJP supporters plying in the sub-division, tary Kalachand Karmakar Territory adminis- special status and state- The Congress has al- velopment council elec- leaders said one thing in put up roadblocks and tried but private buses and other (55) attempted to pacify the tration of Ladakh, hood. “The senior leader- ways played with the pride tions in the Union Delhi and did something to stop shops and markets public transport like au- clashing members of the moved to the new sys- ship of the Congress party of the country and encour- Territory to “expose” the else in Jammu and from opening since the torickshaws were out in two clubs, during which he tem within the next needs to clear its stand on aged separatist elements, BJP through democratic Kashmir. morning, even as TMC small numbers. BJP sup- also got beaten up. three months. Loan fraud DMK alienated Tamil Nadu by not First person from Cholanaikkan tribe in Kerala set for electoral foray J New Delhi: A man Malappuram, Nov 19 (PTI): tions have passed and he was arrested for al- allowing Hindi learning: BJP wants to usher in some legedly procuring Chennai, Nov 19 (PTI): For Sudheesh C, the changes in the life of fel- three home loans primitive living of his low community members. worth Rs 6.70 crore The DMK alienated forefathers including his Saying that his candida- by using forged docu- Tamil Nadu by not allow- grandfather ture was totally unexpect- ments of a house ing learning of Hindi, Maarachathan in rocky- ed, he said he got the seat where he was living BJP’s national women’s caves inside dense forests as it was a reserved ward. on rent. The matter wing chief Vanathi was only hearsay. “My community still came to light after Srinivasan alleged on So, he did not have any faces several odds and my owner of the house Thursday and said leg- vivid memory about how objective is to bring them approached police endary Tamil women his father, Mooppan, had to the forefront of the so- and lodged a com- would be popularised in lived in his early days by ciety. I wish to do some- plaint against the ac- north India by her party. gathering and selling Sudheesh C during election campaign at Nilambur thing to get all children in cused. During inves- After assuming office as small-scale forest prod- block panchayat in Kerala. our community good edu- tigation, police found the president of the Vanathi Srinivasan (2nd L) release a booklet. ucts like wild honey and cation. Good roads and ad- that Sachin was oper- Saffron party’s Mahila frankincense (‘kun- tions. Hailing from re- electoral luck in the three- equate transportation fa- ating the bank ac- Morcha in Delhi, she said and had held various posi- the state from the national thirikkam’ in local parl- mote Alakkal colony, an tier polls, due next month, cility are still our con- counts of Mange in a tweet that her’s is the tions in the state unit of mainstream. ance). But, the 21-year old elephant infested tribal as a candidateof the rul- cerns,” he told PTI. Ram who had died in “only party where an ordi- the party including that of Vowing to would take Sudheesh is now getting settlement located inside ing Left Democratic Front A plus two pass out, 2015. Sachin had nary karyakarta (worker) vice-president and general the “pride of Tamil Nadu’s ready to script a new a dense forest in the dis- (LDF). Sudheesh said hewants to withdrawn the loan from a humble back- secretary. valorous women” to north chapter in the history of trict, Sudheesh is contest- Sudheesh said his com- do all possible things for amount. ground can reach the top In a series of posts on India in Hindi language, the Cholanaikkan com- ing in the upcoming local munity was still away the uplift of his communi- most political office out of her Twitter handle, in she posted her photograph munity, one of the most body polls from from mainstream society ty men especially women Draft rolls sheer merit.” Vanathi Tamil and English, she al- with her colleagues dis- primitive tribes and last Vazhikkadavu division of even after many genera- and children. Srinivasan, who was with leged it was the DMK playing leaflets that por- remaining hunter-gather- the Nilambur block pan- J Guwahati: The draft the Akhil Bharatiya which did not allow learn- trayed personalities like er group in the state, by chayat. He is also one of electoral rolls for the Vidyarthi Parishad in the ing of Hindi in Tamil Avvaiyar besides Goddess becoming its first ever the youngest candi- 126 assembly con- 1980’s later joined the BJP Nadu and thus alienated Andal. member to contest elec- datesin the state to seek stituencies in Assam were publishedy,con- taining 2.24 crore vot- Maha officials asked to ramp up CBI probe demanded into ‘multi-crore ers, including 1.17 lakh first-timers. Publishing the list, testing ahead of second wave scams’ in Meghalaya power Dept Chief Electoral Officer of Assam Pune, Nov 19 (PTI): providing door-to-door Shillong, Nov 19 (PTI): Central Bureau of of the land,” Congress Nitin Khade said the services, those working in Investigation (CBI) to en- spokesperson Zenith rolls have been pre- Though the graph of the transport field, labour- The opposition sure that those involved Sangma told reporters pared keeping COVID-19 cases has shown ers, security guards de- Congress has demanded a be punished under the law here on Wednesday. January 1, 2021 as the signs of decline, the ployed in housing soci- CBI inquiry into the al- qualifying date. Maharashtra government, eties, police and home leged multi-crore scams anticipating a second guards. in the Meghalaya Power Four held wave of the infection, has “Several European Department. asked authorities not to countries are witnessing It alleged there have J Bharuch: Four per- drop guard and take all the second wave of been many irregularities sons, Mohsin Malek necessary steps to deal COVID-19 currently. On and anomalies in the im- (33), Mohammad Ali with any situation. the basis of that there is a plementation of various Nakhuda (29), A circular-cum-advisory possibility we may also get projects that include the Mohsin Khalifa (28) issued by the state a second wave in January- Asian Development Bank and Salim Khan Directorate of Health February,” said the circu- (ADB) funded smart me- (40), were arrested Services last week said the lar. tering project, from Gujarat’s second wave of the pan- It has asked district ad- Saubhagya Scheme and Surat city for al- demic is likely in January- ministrations, municipal Deen Dayal Upadhyaya legedly decamping February, and asked offi- corporations and medical Grameen Kaushalya with cash and gold cials concerned to ramp officers to ensure there is Yojana (DDU-GKY), jewellery worth Rs up COVID-19 testing in the no laxity in laboratory among others. “There 3.32 crore from a state. testings, and asked them have been scam after gold finance firm’s It also asked authorities to do all testings as per the scam in the Power branch in Bharuch to identify potential Indian Council of Medical Department. We demand district. ‘super-spreaders’, like gro- Research (ICMR) guide- an independent inquiry cery shop owners, people lines. by no less than the CENTRAL CHRONICLE, RAIPUR, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2020

SELLING KANGRI ✍ LETTERS CENTRAL TO THE EDITOR Explore other avenues Chronicle The Regional Comprehensive Established 1974 Volume 46 No. 47 Economic Partnership(RCEP) was signed after a decade of serious negotiations and a mega Asian Reluctance to trading bloc was formed. Fifteen ASEAN countries except India overhaul Congress are part of this giant trading bloc. India had pulled out of the pact he internal bickering in the Congress has an air of dreary last year on the grounds that it T predictability about it. After each poll debacle, voices are did not satisfactorily address New raised calling for internal reforms and honest introspection but Delhi's outstanding issues and concerns. Considering that India's they are quickly smothered by a coterie of loyalists to the first ultimate goal has been to get rid family caught in a perpetual denial mode. After the drubbing in of Asian supply chain based on Bihar, where the Congress ended up dragging down the opposi- China-centric trade and that tion alliance, dissensions have resurfaced with senior leaders RCEP will strengthen China’s trading barbs in public and questioning each other’s loyalty to central position in the intra-Asian the party. The latest bout of exchanges involving Kapil Sibal, trade, Indian doubts about the Salman Khurshid and Adhir Ranjan Chaudhary reflects utter dis- pact are justified. However, India array in a party that is yet to figure out what should be the way cannot afford to turn its back on forward. Wednesday saw Kapil Sibal lashing out at Amit Shah free trade in this way. There are many crucial factors that affect over his 'Gupkar gang' remark, registering strong objection to India's free trade. One, domestic the suggestion that the Congress wanted to take ‘J&K back to the demand is not high to strengthen era of terror and turmoil’. The former Union minister may have India's growth. Two, the global exhibited his credentials as a successful lawyer and a suave trade has been disrupted by spokesperson, but the knives are out for him. One of the 23 lead- COVID-19 and US-China conflicts. ers who had earlier written a letter to Sonia Gandhi seeking re- New supply chains, trade con- forms, his demand for a fresh review after the defeat in Bihar nections and trading infrastruc- has triggered a searing counter-attack over the public expres- ture are crucial at this juncture. If India misses out on these, it sion of disaffection. Not known to hold back punches, the could adversely affect its growth. Congress’ leader in the Lok Sabha suggested an exit route for the India must see things in the true dissenters: 'They may set up a new party or join one which they perspective. True, India is not in think is according to their interest.' Sibal and the other 22 'letter a position to rejoin RCEP but it writers' have done precious little for the Bihar campaign or for must explore other avenues that the party as a whole other than repeating ad nauseam that the Vendors carry Kangri (earthen pots covered with wicker used to keep people warm) during a foggy day in Srinagar on will enable it to strengthen free Congress is not an effective alternative. Electoral losses bear Thursday. trade. For example, India could that out. He does find himself on the wrong side of the high com- try the trade agreements with the European Union. Considering mand with remarks that if for six years the Congress has not in- India's geopolitical position and trospected, 'what hope do we have now?' Frustration borne out economic characteristics, it is a of insignificance and inaccessibility is a common injury in the po- deal worth signing. If India delays litical arena. No party is immune from the dynamics of infighting. Confused political picture in India it, some other countries will ben- What is hurting the polity and should be of great concern to the efit from it. Congress is its growing inability to inspire confidence even as BJP has reversed the trend by like Russia, USA and Israel Venu G. S., Kollam the principal Opposition party, forget about being regarded as a BRIJ BHARDWAJ using harsh measures to fight which imposes a heavy bur- Preventive steps serious substitute. Another 'letter writer' criticising the govern- scessinists and abrogating den on us, Real lesson is India ment for staying away from RCEP, which the Congress wanted, article 370 whuch Gave spec- is a large and diverse country to remove all points to the crisis the party is staring at. Much of the predica- cial status to Kashmir.Indian and there are no easy solu- encroachments ment of the grand old party can be traced to its baffling reluc- Constitution talked of India tions. Time BJP realises slo- Increasing beds including in tance to resolve the leadership issue. When Sibal spoke about being a a seecular socialist re- gans alone will not deluver Intensive Care Units (ICUs), ventila- the shrinking space in the party for democratic debate and its di- public but it does not prevent they have to be followed by ac- tors and all other medical facilities rectionless drift, he was voicing a sense of helplessness that has many from talking of mak- tion and work on ground. now planned by central and Delhi gripped many Congress leaders. An SOS from nearly two dozen ing India into a Hindu Rashtra. BJP has been now iin governments are simply eye-wash Congress veterans, including Sibal, a few months ago, seeking Many changes have been power for six years it can curative steps for treating corona- "effective leadership and organisational overhaul" was not only nade like new Citizenship law not continue to blame previ- affected people of Delhi which will remain grossly insufficient till real ignored but the signatories of the letter were also sidelined in a and talk of pushing out non- ous Congress regimes for preventive steps are taken to pre- classic display of intolerance. Sibal, who considers himself a citizens whch have created an problems facing them. A time vent corona-spread in Delhi. Even poet, has been offered couplets of Bahadur Shah Zafar to make impression that India is has come to find solutions daily statistical data given by gov- amends. The advice he has been given is to look within for flaws ndia presents a confused health and her son Rahul changing. The movements for and talk of its own achieve- ernment-agencies regarding new and be prepared for a long struggle. Sibal and his comrades I picture if one were to Gandhi is unable to play role of Common Civil Law, love Jihad ments. Farmers income may corona cases and corona-related would do well to make a difference in their own constituencies look at the political map. On a full time politicalworker, . His and law to check conversion not be doubled but the distress deaths may be far below than actual as an example to the rest of the party. This has been an unmis- one side stands BJP which sister may look like her grand are encouraging religioious has to be tackled and farming figures because these do not in- takable pointer to a deepening crisis in a party that refuses to is growing every day and win- mother but lacks qualities of a fundamentalism. Will these made viable. Jobs have to be clude those going under self-isola- tion in homes without informing look beyond the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty. Though Rahul Gandhi ning one state after another. fighter. Congress party has help BJP to fight adverse found for large number of un- concerned agencies. Real cause is had stepped down following last year’s Lok Sabha debacle and On other hand is Congress many bright workers and state opinion created by economic employed. Agreed India has a uncontrollable crowd all over the declared that no member of his family would head the party, party which has long history level leaders but is unable to slow down and lack of jobs is young population but it has to city in markets, roads and footpaths there has been no attempt by the party to reinvent itself. For a and led the freedom struggle. provide cohesive leadeship to yet to be seen. Recent trends be turned into an asset .Wih for which only and only cause is all- party that presided over the destiny of the country for the most It remains in power in few challenge BJP or Charasmetic have shown that future elec- world environment not in our over encroachments in the city part of its post-independence journey, it is baffling that even fun- states but its area of influence leader like prime Minster tions will be fought on eco- favour we will have to work which make markets, roads, foot- damental issues like decentralisation of power, empowerment of is shrinking. It makes good Narendra Modi. BJP has also nomic issues and emotional hard, Nations instead of open- paths congested. Otherwise city has State units and organisational elections at every level remain un- showing in states but is un- not been able to offer model issues.will not help. ing up doors for trade are very wide roads with footpaths, but addressed. The Bihar mandate reinforces the fact that even able to keep its flock togather of good governance but it has The challenge will come these encroachments make all closing them, A dveloping na- these over-crowded. But political smaller parties like CPI-ML and AIMIM can perform if they are and every days you hear of been able to create an im- more from regional parties tion like India will have to find rulers avoid touching law-breaking organisationally strong at the grassroots level. The Congress, on defections which makes it pression that there is no alter- and not from Congress party, innovative ways to move encroachers because these are real the other hand, pulled down the Mahagathbandhan due to its weaker, native to it. The policy of cre- but one can say if the current ahead . India has developed vote-banks with law-abiding citizens poor strike rate. Despite its ideological commitment to secular, It continues to feature on ating a national divide on trend continues every state many skills in last seventy being in minority. A 1975-emer- liberal and inclusive values, the leadership’s intolerance to inter- political map as challenger basis of religion has also taken poll will be a challenge and years which should help us in gency is urgently required to re- nal dissent, insistence on loyalty to the first family and reluc- but it is unable to catch imagi- roots with leaders like Yogi by the time national election days to come. move all types of encroachments all tance to organisational overhaul and open elections to the posts naion of people. The leaders of Adityanath creating suspicion come , BJP will have to to im- The biggest advantage en- over Delhi. But unfortunate situation have all contributed to devaluing the party’s liberal framework. Congress party attract in minds of many that prove its track record on eco- joyed by BJP is that it is re- is that politicians even opposed Supreme Court order to remove en- crowds who come to hear Congress party tried tp ap- nomic front to remain in source rich with ninety per croachments on sides of rail-track. them but are unable to con- pease minority to use them power.The challenge of cent of donations by Apart from strictly removing all en- vert them into votes to win as a vote bank.The continuous Corona is difficult enough as Corporate Houses coming to croachments, two-day complete India’s challenging elections as its political ma- conflict with Pakistan has we need to improve out health them.It implies ihat its share weekend lockdown from 8 pm on chinery on ground is weak, been used to turn it into anti- srvicces as well as make our in other donations must be Fridays till 8 am on Mondays may be pursuit of justice The ruling BJP has been able muslim sentiment. The rise of cities better. There has been high This helps them to build implemented by making Sunday as to win over many prominent terrorism in different parts of lot of talk of smart cities , but a well oiled election machin- uniform weekly off-day for all mar- ovember 26 will mark the 12th anniversary of the 2008 faces who at one stage world has helped BJP in build- they remain vunerable with ery ,With big buisness houses kets in Delhi and New Delhi like is Mumbai terror attacks. Far from showing any semblance looked promising with ability ing up such sentiments, poor civic structure. India system in Mumbai. System will nei- N backing them because of ther affect business nor tax-collec- of sincerity in delivering justice to the families of 166 victims to change fortunes of Voices in favour of secular- also has serious challenge on their policies this gives them tion because traders and people will from 15 countries, what gets reinforced is Islamabad’s duplicity Congress party. ism have become feeble in defence front with China and big advantage when election have complete five days for trade and obfuscation. When it comes to Pakistan, the more things A major reason for weak- India. At one stage accession Pakistan posing threat on our expenses have touched the and shopping. change, the more they remain the same. Even FATF is made to ness of Congress is its total de- of Kashmir,a muslim majority border. WE have been talking roof, . List of candidates have Subhash Chandra Agrawal, look like a weak performer; easy to work your way around it. pendence on Gandhi family state with India was ad- of self reliance but continue majority with lot of assets New Delhi That the mechanisms championed by the global community which is unable to sustain it vanced aa argument in favour to import most of equipment but party financing remains have failed to make the rogue neighbour act in consonance with Mrs Sonia Gandhi is in poor of Indian secularism but for defence from countries remains important. international obligations, despite its own public acknowledge- ment of complicity as well as the availability of all necessary evi- dence, is disconcerting. The exclusion of key conspirators of the 26/11 attacks from Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency list WHAT THEY TWEET! of 1,210 'most wanted' terrorists only adds to the long litany of falsehoods. The 921-page document contains the names of a se- Apurva@Apurvasrani lect few members of Lashkar-e-Taiba, a UN-designated terror Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri Men cry. Men don't always entity. Included are the crew members of the boats used to exe- @vivekagnihotri love sport. Men love cute the attacks, those who purchased the engine, life jackets, Even after 73 yrs of inde- empowered women; those with better careers. Men financiers who arranged foreign currency to obtain the Voice pendence, 30 yrs of liber- are gentle & loving. Str8 Over Internet Protocol connection for terrorist communication. alisation, 20 yrs of globali- men can be feminine. Gay The vital link is, however, missing. There is no mention of mas- sation, almost 10 yrs of terminds Hafiz Saeed and Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi. The other men can be masculine. full digitisation, why doing Men are good house-hus- two most wanted men for India, Masood Azhar and Dawood business in India is a con- bands; men do the dishes. Ibrahim, are also not listed. It is an exercise mired in deception, stant struggle and a night- On # International Mens hoping to serve little purpose than performing a meaningless mare? Day, wishing liberation for ritual. The Ministry of External Affairs has come out with a all men. strongly-worded reaction, but Pakistan’s non-committal and dis- missive approach only makes New Delhi’s task more arduous. A Geeta Mohan@Geeta_Mohan foolproof case has been presented on the sequence of events, ANI@ANI #Malabar2020 Phase-II Day 2 - High intensity naval operations by platforms of Australia, India, Japan and US navies listing those involved in the planning, on who carried out the ter- Delhi: Woman head constable Bobby Deol@thedeol Seema Dhaka of Samaypur Badli including strike ops & combat training. Underway Replenishment & Seamanship Evolutions showcased high level of rorist attack, and at whose behest. Even this is proving to be in- #Aashram presented me with an receives out-of-turn promotion for interoperability. adequate. Pakistan’s moves on the US-China-Afghanistan opportunity to explore the unex- strategic chessboard makes the road ahead tougher. tracing 76 missing children. "It gives me joy to see children reunite plored ... never thought that such a Howsoever challenging and painstaking, India should and must with parents. I’m happy that the negative role will get me such pos- be relentless in the pursuit of justice. Police Commissioner rewarded itive response .. i thank you all for my work. This might encourage the love and appreciation. Central Chronicle welcomes, articles, write ups, comments on different issues for others also,"she says. editorial page (800-900 words), Letter to editor for this page. It can be sent by e-mail at: [email protected] The letters can be edited or rewritten for clarity of thoughts. 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BRIEF Data centre industry India to see Rs 10,000 cr investment gets nearly USD 400 mn Many IT leaders in India planning Acquisition funding during Jan-Sep in LNG stations: Pradhan New Delhi, Nov 19 (PTI): significant hike in 2021 cloud budgets 50 LNG dispensing sta- Indian data centre indus- tions. try is emerging as an alter- New Delhi, Nov 19 (PTI): “In the next three years, native real estate asset Rs 10,000 crore will be class and has attracted in- Many IT leaders in spent on setting up of 1,000 vestment worth nearly India are planning to LNG stations in the pri- USD 400 million during make significant increase vate and public sector,” he January-September this in 2021 cloud budgets in said. year, according to a report order to facilitate remote  New Delhi: LNG as a fuel, he said, is by property consultant working, according to a Stones2Milestones on poised to bring a transfor- Anarock and Mace. The survey. Thursday said it has mational change in the data centre industry has A research from acquired MultiStory way transportation hap- attracted close to USD 977 Amdocs found that Indian Learning, S2M co- pens. million in private equity enterprises are focusing founder and CEO “There are around 10 and strategic investments on hiring and reskilling Kavish Gadia said Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan dedicates LNG million trucks in the coun- since 2008. Out of this, employees on cloud serv- Stones2Milestones is stations to nation through video conferencing in New try. If we are able to con- nearly 40 per cent or ap- ices. It said 250 senior IT re-affirming goal of Delhi on Thursday. vert even 10 per cent of prox USD 396 million was professionals in India building a world- them (10 lakh), imagine infused between Jan-Sept businesses were surveyed. class full-stack New Delhi, Nov 19 (PTI): single fill, and it being 30- the savings it will bring 2020 period alone, Anarock The survey revealed English ed product 40 per cent cheaper than considering the fact that said in a statement. The re- that 73 per cent of India’s with this acquisition. India will see an invest- diesel. LNG is up to 40 per cent port ‘Navigating the India IT leaders plan to make ment of Rs 10,000 crore in So far, India uses petrol, cheaper than diesel,” he Data Centre Lifecycle significant increase in the next three years in set- diesel, CNG and auto-LPG said. Trends & Perspectives’ their 2021 cloud budgets in Good traction ting up of LNG stations, a as fuels to run automo- LNG as a fuel has almost said that India will see at order to make remote  New Delhi: Tata group fuel that promises to revo- biles. LNG is a new fuel zero carbon emissions and least 28 large hyperscale working easier, and poten- firm Titan Company lutionalise long-haul that can be dispensed from 85 per cent lesser NOx data centres constructed tially,permanent. Ltd on Thursday said transport with reduced outlets similar to petrol emissions, he said. over the next three years. “Upskilling and enterprises will also be have already taken major the company saw good cost and lesser emissions, pumps, and is used not The initial 50 LNG sta- Data consumption of reskilling are going to be hiring staff to help with steps to adopt the cloud. It traction across all its Oil Minister Dharmendra just in long long-haul tions are being set up on Indian increased from 0.3 crucial to shifting work their new cloud and re- said 69 per cent of Indian businesses in the fes- Pradhan said on Thursday. buses and trucks but also the Golden Quadrilateral GB/user/month in 2014 to patterns, with 59 per cent mote working initiatives, enterprises are training tive season and its jew- Liquefied natural gas in running mining equip- highways connecting four 10 GB/user/month in 2018. of India enterprises aim- Amdocs said adding that employees on cloud-based ellery business wit- (LNG), which is super- ment, as bunker fuel, and metros of Delhi, Mumbai, The per capita consump- ing to upskill staff in 40 per cent of enterprises data and analytics skills. nessed a “mid-teens” cooled natural gas, is rail locomotives. Chennai and Kolkatta. tion is likely to hit 25 cloud security practices,” said they will be hiring As many as 77 per cent growth from favoured by long-haul LNG will reduce the cost “In times to come, there GB/month by 2025, and it said in a statement. new data engineers. An of India-based IT leaders Dussehra till Diwali. buses and trucks due to its of operation as well as re- will be an LNG station at total data traffic in the Security and data were equal proportion said they said their organisations “The jewellery busi- higher energy density duce carbon emissions, every 200-300 km on the country likely to touch 21 seen as top concerns will be hiring data scien- were doing enough to con- ness witnessed a mid- than CNG, its ability to Pradhan said at the launch GQ and on all major high- EB (exabytes) per month, around cloud adoption, as tists. The survey found stantly reskill employees teens growth (around give a 600-800 km run on a of construction of the first ways,” he said. the report said. per the research. Indian that Indian enterprises on cloud services. 15 per cent) for the 30 day festive season starting from Moody’s ups FY’21 India growth Sensex tanks 580 pts, Nifty drops below 12,800 Rupee 8 paise lower against Dussehra till Diwali forecast to negative 10.6% over the correspon- Mumbai, Nov 19 (PTI): USD, gold slips Rs 248 ding period last year. New Delhi, Nov 19 (PTI): Equity benchmark Mumbai, Nov 19 (PTI): tive sentiments surround- Moody’s Investors Sensex plunged 580 points ing the progress on the Fund raising Service on Thursday on Thursday, tracking The rupee depreciated 8 vaccine front. American upped India’s growth fore- heavy profit-booking in fi- paise to settle at 74.27 (pro- pharmaceutical giant cast to (-) 10.6 per cent for nancial stocks amid a visional) against the US Pfizer and its German the current fiscal, from its weak trend in global mar- dollar on Thursday, track- partner BioNTech said earlier estimate of (-) 11.5 kets. ing muted domestic equi- they have concluded phase per cent saying the latest After briefly touching ties and strong American 3 study of their mRNA- stimulus prioritises manu- while supporting infra- its record intra-day high of currency. based COVID-19 vaccine facturing and job creation, structure investment and 44,230 in a volatile session, At the interbank forex candidate BNT162b2, and shifts focus to longer- is “credit positive” as it the 30-share BSE index PowerGrid, ITC, NTPC, November, profit-booking market, the domestic unit meeting all primary effica-  New Delhi: Edutech term growth. Last week, presents potential upside ended 580.09 points or 1.31 Tata Steel and Titan were was anticipated, he said, opened at 74.28 against the cy endpoints. platform Udemy on the government an- to growth forecasts. per cent lower at 43,599.96. among the gainers. adding financials wit- US dollar and touched an Meanwhile, the dollar Thursday said it has nounced a new fiscal pack- “We have revised our Similarly, the broader “Domestic equities wit- nessed steep correction. intra-day high of 74.22 and index, which gauges the raised about Rs 371.2 age amounting to around real, inflation-adjusted NSE Nifty hit a fresh intra- nessed sharp fall as fear of Most of the sectoral in- a low of 74.33. It finally greenback’s strength crore from global Rs 2.7 lakh crore, which in- GDP forecast for fiscal day peak of 12,963, before economic restrictions dices ended in red. closed at 74.27 against the against a basket of six cur- edutech and growth cluded production-linked 2020 (April 2020-March ending 166.55 points or 1.29 after closure of public However, traction in mid- greenback, registering a rencies, rose 0.33 per cent funds including incentive scheme for man- 2021) to a 10.6 per cent con- per cent lower at 12,771.70. school system in New York cap and small-cap stocks fall of 8 paise over its pre- to 92.62. Gold prices on Learn Capital. CEO ufacturing units and en- traction, from a 11.5 per SBI was the top laggard resulted in profit booking remained visible, he vious close. On Thursday dropped Rs 248 Gregg Coccari said hanced credit guarantee cent drop previously,” in the Sensex pack, tum- across all markets,” said added. Wednesday, the rupee had to Rs 49,714 per 10 grams this year upended programme for small busi- Moody’s said. bling around 5 per cent, Arjun Yash Mahajan, Elsewhere in Asia, settled at 74.19 against the in the national capital, as everything about how nesses. Moody’s said the In September, the global followed by Axis Bank, Head Institutional bourses in Hong Kong and US dollar. Forex traders investors and traders one lives and works. latest measures aim to in- agency had projected ICICI Bank, UltraTech Business at Reliance Seoul ended in the red, said, the rupee is trading switched to riskier assets crease the competitiveness Indian economy to con- Cement, Bajaj Finance, Securities. After seeing while Shanghai and Tokyo in a narrow range as ris- on new vaccine develop- of India’s manufacturing tract 11.5 per cent this fis- HDFC Bank and Bharti such a sharp rally since closed in the positive terri- ing COVID-19 cases in the ment, according to HDFC DEA approves sector and create jobs, cal. Airtel. On the other hand, the beginning of tory. US and Europe offset posi- Securities.  New Delhi: Max Financial Services Kia Motors India Ltd on Thursday RBI’s swift resolution of Lakshmi Vilas presents Diwali Delight P-notes investment swell to 14-month high in Oct said it has received for its customers approval from the Bank to maintain sector stability New Delhi, Nov 19 (PTI): June, May and April, re- Department of New Delhi: Extending its safety spectively. Economic Affairs New Delhi, Nov 19 (PTI): ance sheet and capitaliza- and convenience commitment, Investments through The investment level for swap of Mitsui tion when considering po- this Diwali, Kia Motors India, a participatory notes (P- had fallen to an over 15- Sumitomo’s stake S&P Global Ratings on tential suitors for LVB,” wholly owned subsidiary of Kia notes) in the Indian capi- year-low of Rs 48,006 crore in Max Life with Thursday said the Reserve S&P said. LVB, which has Motors Corporation, is promis- tal market surged to Rs at the end of March amid the company.Max Bank of India’s swift reso- only a 0.2 per cent market ing its customers a complete 78,686 crore at October- significant volatility in Financial Services lution of troubled share, is the only non-gov- contactless, paperless aftersales end, making it the highest broader markets on con- is the parent of Lakshmi Vilas Bank will ernment-owned bank and personalized vehicle service level in 14 months, on en- cerns over the coron- Max Life. keep contagion at bay and under PCA. Recently, the ownership experience. This hanced global liquidity avirus-triggered crisis. help maintain stability in shareholders of LVB at entails an ‘Advanced Pick and and measures taken by at October-end from Rs Of the total Rs 78,686 the banking system. their annual meeting oust- Drop’ programme, ensuring the government back 69,821 crore as on crore invested through the Integrates businesses The Reserve Bank has The Reserve Bank of ed seven directors of the highest customer safety with a home. September 30. route till October, Rs proposed merging India (RBI) had put the pri- bank, including its manag- no contact pick-up and drop P-notes are issued by This was the highest 68,415 crore was invested Lakshmi Vilas Bank (LVB) vate-sector lender under ing director and CEO. The service and live vehicle tracking registered foreign portfo- level of investment since in equities, Rs 10,047 crore with DBS Bank India Ltd prompt corrective action RBI had to step in and ap- in a completely paperless lio investors (FPIs) to August 2019, when fund in debt and Rs 224 crore in (DBIL). As part of the pro- (PCA, or under watch by point a panel comprising process. Aimed at offering an overseas investors who inflow through such route hybrid securities. posal, DBIL, the wholly the central bank) in three independent direc- exceptional ownership experi- wish to be part of the stood at Rs 79,088 crore. Divam Sharma, co- owned subsidiary of September 2019, and the tors, S&P said. The US- ence, Kia Motors India is also Indian stock market with- The investment through founder of Green Singapore-based DBS search for a white knight based rating agency said it launching a new ‘My out registering them- the route declined in Portfolio said P-notes con- Bank, will inject Rs 2,500 had been on since then. has always viewed the Convenience’ service initiative, selves directly. They, how- September 2020 after wit- tinued the positive mo- crore into the merged enti- “The RBI’s swift resolu- Indian government as which offers personalized vehi- ever, need to go through a nessing growth since mentum in October with  Mumbai: Japanese ty to support its financial tion of troubled Lakshmi highly supportive of the cle maintenance to its cus- due diligence process. March. equity inflows showing a tech major NTT is position. S&P said this Vilas Bank will keep con- banking sector as it has tomers. With both these initia- According to Sebi data, Prior to that, the invest- significant jump. The merging three infra- deal is positive for India’s tagion at bay and help consistently supported tives, the company aims to rede- the value of P-note invest- ment level was at Rs 74,027 numbers will significantly structure-focused banking sector and will maintain stability in the weak commercial banks fine the after-sales experience ments in Indian mar- crore, Rs 63,228 crore, Rs rise hereon with high in- companies in the bring much-needed relief banking system. We be- by promoting the merger by personalizing and digitizing kets— equity, debt and hy- 62,138 crore, Rs 60,027 terest levels from foreign country from next to LVB, which has been lieve the RBI took into ac- of distressed institutions the service process to facilitate brid securities — in- crore and Rs 57,100 crore capital to participate in year to drive revenue struggling for many years. count DBIL’s healthy bal- with stronger lenders. an enhanced user experience. creased to Rs 78,686 crore at the end of August, July, Indian markets. and profit margin benefits, and is target- Deeply concerned ing a 20% jump in top- Tata Motors brings more line for the integrated over steel price rise: Renewables’ share in energy entity,Sharad Sanghi told PTI about entity. cheer to the season EEPC India Mumbai, Nov 19: ing machines, mobile phones Kolkata, Nov 19 (PTI): A recent mix falls marginally to 10.7% in Q2 and fuel vouchers to name a sharp rise in steel prices has a Order bagged Doubling the cheer and fes- few. The offer is valid till 30th “crippling impact” on the coun- New Delhi, Nov 19 (PTI): one of Asia’s leading think  New Delhi: tivities for its customers, Tata November 2020. The campaign try’s engineering exports which tanks. Infrastructure major Motors, India’s largest com- announcement also marks the are facing the most challenging The share of renewables It also highlighted that Larsen and Toubro mercial vehicle manufacturer, momentous 15 years of the global markets in the face of in energy mix came down 3.2 GW of renewables (L&T) on Thursday has announced the commence- iconic Tata Ace, which has another wave of COVID-19 pan- marginally to 10.7 per cent were auctioned in said it has bagged an ment of ‘India ki Doosri Diwali’ been the no. 1 brand of SCVs demic in several major in September quarter this September quarter 2020-21 order worth over Rs campaign, to extend the con- throughout its journey, with economies, EEPC India has fiscal year from 11.4 per as compared to 4.4 GW (ex- 7,000 crore to con- tinued celebrations. over 22 lakh happy customers. said. India’s engineering cent in the year-ago peri- cluding 8 GW sanctioned struct a part of the After its highly successful Tata Motors entire BS6 exports have declined by 14 per od, as per a report. as part of a manufactur- cent in April-October period of Mumbai Ahmedabad run last year, Tata Motors has range of vehicles has been According to the latest ing-linked upsizing of a the current fiscal year, the High Speed Rail launched the campaign to extremely well received by the edition of the CEEW- solar auction from an ear- Engineering Export Promotion (MAHSR), also spread the festive cheer even customers, with over 50,000 CEF’s quarterly Market lier quarter) in April-June Council of India (EEPC India) known as the Bullet after Diwali. Under this offer, BS6 SCVs already on the roads. said on Wednesday. Handbook, the prominent period. Train Project. The the customers of the Small The new range of vehicles “Engineering exporters are reason for the decline was Further, auctions for engineering and con- Commercial Vehicle (SCV) and come with latest technology, deeply concerned over rising the unseasonable and vanilla renewable energy struction company, pick-up range, which includes more comfortable cabins, high- steel prices. The prices have sharp reduction in wind projects gave way to auc- however,did not pro- the Tata Ace, Tata Yodha er fuel efficiency and lower increased from Rs 35,000 per speed in resource-rich month last year, it said. from 11.4 per cent in Q2 tions for blended genera- vide the exact value andthe Tata Intra, will receive total cost of ownership to help tonne to Rs 42,000 per tonne in states Gujarat, Rajasthan, September quarter typi- FY20 to 10.7 per cent in Q2 tion mixes in the last quar- of the contract, but an assured gift through a lucky increase the profit potential for the past six months for a prod- and Tamil Nadu. cally records the highest FY21,” it said. ter. Auctioning blended specified that as per draw, in addition to the excit- its customers. Speaking on the uct like hot rolled coil, an The reduction in wind wind energy generation The CEEW Centre for solar and wind projects is its classification, ing consumer offers. The occasion, Mr. Rajesh Kaul, Vice essential raw material for engi- speed in these states led to every year. Energy Finance (CEEW- aimed at improving the mega project is of bumper offer include gifts President, Sales & Marketing, neering industry,” EEPC India 41 per cent decline in wind “Renewable energy’s CEF) is an initiative of the transmission infrastruc- over Rs 7,000 crore. ranging from gold vouchers up Commercial Vehicle Business chairman Mahesh Desai said in generation in July 2020 as share in the energy mix Council on Energy, ture utilisation with high- to Rs. 5 lakh to LED TVs, wash- Unit, Tata Motors, said. a statement. compared to the same decreased marginally Environment and Water, er capacity utilisation. CENTRAL CHRONICLE, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2020 When Kurta and Kaftan Are Ethereal

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CENTRAL CHRONICLE, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2020 Cheteshwar Pujara hits the Want to go beyond 500 Test Indian players will feel extra pressure nets to prepare for Test series wickets: Lyon with the team as net bowlers, Umesh Yadav and Ravichandran without Kohli in Tests: Ponting Ashwin. The BCCI post- ed a short video of Sydney, Nov 19 (PTI): "The questions that are Pujara's net session on being asked around social media. The India will "not be clear Australia with Pucovski Indian team is al- in their own mind" about and Green, I think India lowed to train in its their batting order after have got a few more ques- 14-day quarantine, the departure of talisman- tions to answer. having arrived here Melbourne, Nov 19 (PTI): ic captain Virat Kohli at "Shami, Jasprit Bumrah last week. The ODI the end of first Test Down will it be Ishant, will it be and T20 series begins Australia's premium spinner Under, feels Australian Umesh Yadav, will it be a November 27 and will Nathan Lyon has missed the great Ricky Ponting. young guy like Saini or be followed by a four- adrenaline rush of Test cricket The 32-year-old Kohli Siraj? match Test series, starting while he was away from the has been granted paterni- "They've got a lot of with a day-nighter from game due to the COVID-19 pan- ty leave by the BCCI to be questions to ask as well. December 17 in Adelaide. demic but says the break has with his wife for the birth And which spinner? While most India players rekindled his desire to go of their first child. They've got a few spinners competed in the IPL, Test beyond 500 wickets in the for- "India will feel that with- in their squad and they've regulars Pujara and mat. Lyon, who is just four out Kohli there (for three got to figure out which one Sydney, Nov 19 (PTI): Hanuma Vihari joined the games short of playing 100 Tests), for his batting and to pick for the pink-ball national team bubble in the Tests, has captured 390 wickets leadership, that'll put all game in Adelaide," Cheteshwar Pujara, who UAE before reaching so far, the most by any sorts of pressure on differ- Ponting said. has not played competitive Australia. Pujara, who last Australian off-spinner. ent players," Ponting was India made history by cricket since March, had an played the Ranji Trophy "I still feel I'm getting better quoted as saying by crick- winning their first Test se- extensive net session here final, was instrumental in and still feel like I've got a lot et.com.au. ries on Australian soil in on Thursday and looked India's historic win over of cricket to offer Cricket "You'd think (Ajinkya) the 2018-19 series. comfortable facing the fast Australia two years ago and Australia," Lyon, who turns 33 Rahane will take over the However, the hosts were bowlers as he geared up for his role at number three on Friday, was quoted as saying captaincy, which will put even now, what their bat- tack will comprise Jasprit Umesh Yadav and then without their star what promises to be a gru- will be of immense value, by foxsports. "Definitely 500 extra pressure on him, and ting order will look like for Bumrah and Mohammed Navdeep Saini are also batsmen David Warner elling Test series against especially after Virat Kohli's and beyond is on my radar." they've got to find some- the first Test. Who's going Shami in lead roles. The part of India's Test squad. and Steve Smith, who Australia next month. departure following the first Lyon will become just the 10th one to bat at that really im- to open, who'll bat at four tourists will call on Ishant With so many options, were were serving bans Pujara batted both at the Test at Adelaide Oval. player in Australian history to portant No.4 spot. when Kohli goes?" Ponting Sharma if he recovers Ponting feels India will for their involvement in side nets and the centre Kohli would be heading reach 100 Tests, in the fourth "I don't think they'll be added. from the side injury sus- have to answer more ques- the 2018 ball-tampering in- strip where he faced Ishan home to be there for the and final match against India in clear in their own mind, The Indian bowling at- tained at the IPL while tions than the hosts. cident. Porel, Kartik Tyagi, who are birth for his first child. Brisbane early next year. ‘SA won’t take knee in home India have good chance of Prajnesh advances to quarterfinals series against England’ beating Australia: Rameez of Orlando Challenger Karachi, Nov 19 (PTI): Orlando, Nov 19 (PTI): Cape Town, Nov 19 (PTI): have to do more, that will be a chat and that they are Former Pakistan captain Prajnesh Gunneswaran South African players open to express their opin- Pakistan Rameez Raja be- reeled off seven games in won't take the knee in their ions." Fast bowler Ngidi lieves India have a "very a row before his opponent limited over series against had lead South Africa's re- good chance" of beating Tung-Lin Wu retired in England at home as they sponse to the BLM move- Australia again in the up- the decider as the Indian have already expressed ment, saying that racism coming Test series as the tennis player entered the their support towards the issue is "something that we hosts are unlikely to pre- quarterfinals of the Black Lives Matter move- need to take very seriously pare venomous pitches for Orlando Challenger event, ment during the 3TC game and like the rest of the the high-profile series. here. in July, coach Mark '3TCricket' match in world is doing, make the The series begins with The fourth seed Boucher has said. South Centurion for the Solidarity stand." However, he received the Day-Night Test in nancial loss in the wake of Prajnesh was leading 5-7 7- Africa will appear in their Cup on July 12. "I have spo- flak for his comments with Adelaide from December the COVID-19 pandemic. 5 2-0 when Wu opted out of first international assign- ken to the guy (Lungi former international crick- 17. "The pitches in The former Test opener the second round contest ment since the COVID-19- Ngidi) who was driving the eters Pat Symcox and Boeta Australia are no longer pointed out that Cricket that had already spanned induced lockdown in whole movement within Dippenaar saying that Ngidi what they used to be some Australia (CA) needed to two hours 30 minutes. March when they host our set-up, he is pretty should also speak up against years back. I mean there is have advantage from the Prajnesh was trailing 5-7 England for three T20Is and happy that we have done attacks on white farmers in less bounce, sideways India series and they know 2-5 at one stage and the as many ODIs, beginning what we needed to do, in South Africa. movement and they are less how important viewership Taipei player was serving on November 27 at particular at that (3TC) "Our new value system is venomous. and gate money is for them. for the match but the Newlands. game," Mark Boucher was about respect, empathy and "And I think Australia "They are already com- Indian kept his nerves and good form into this event. Popko, ranked 172. South African players, quoted as saying by belonging and all of those will want to have full five- plaints in Australia about forced a decider in the It was third meeting be- Ramkumar Ramanathan match officials, administra- ESPNcricinfo. "It's not lead to an environment day Tests against India for the absence of Virat Kohli USD 52,080 hard court tween the two players. had made a first round tors and commentators, in- something that we have to where guys feel free to talk viewership figures given after the first test in tournament by winning Prajnesh had beaten Wu at exit after losing 3-6 4-6 to cluding director of cricket continue to show. It's some- about these hard issues. their requirements," Adelaide." Rameez said CA the next seven games. the Jinan Challenger local lucky loser Nick Graeme Smith, had taken thing that you have to live... They've got the support and Rameez said on the Cricket would want to see Test Prajnesh, ranked 137, event last year but gave Chappell. It was his second the knee while wearing If guys who brought it up respect and empathy from Baaz channel. CA is bank- matches last five days and had reached the final of him a walkover in consecutive first-round de- black arm-bands with the are happy with it, that's every other player," said ing heavily on the India se- they will have pitches ac- the Cary Challenger last Liuzhou. He will now face feat after ending runner-up BLM logo on it at the great, but if they feel we Boucher. ries after incurring huge fi- cordingly. week and has carried his Kazkhastan's Dmitry at the Eckental Challenger. Gayle, Malinga pull out of LPL; Bopara too withdraws ISL success will drive fear

Colombo, Nov 19 (PTI): Punjab. Malinga, Sri but there has been noth- Lanka's T20 skipper, who ing. They are only having of Covid away: Ganguly Chris Gayle and Lasith was supposed to lead the us come to Hambantota Malinga, two of T20 crick- Galle Gladiators, said he this week, and even there Ganguly, who co-owns ATK live sport in India (post-lock- et's biggest draws, have didn't have any training they are asking us to do Mohun Bagan football club, down). It's the beginning of pulled out of the inaugu- since March and it would three days of quarantine. on Thursday hoped that the something very, very good ral Lanka Premier League be tough for him to play a "It's not easy for a success of the Indian Super because life needs to get (LPL) along with England high-level tournament bowler to play at a high League (ISL) in a bio-bubble back to normal. We need to pacer Liam Plunkett, deal- without any practice. level without training. At in Goa will inspire other get back to our lives and ing a huge blow to the "Since the West Indies the LPL they also have sports. The BCCI president keep that fear away," tournament even before series early this year, I matches on back-to-back recently oversaw the Ganguly said in an its take-off. haven't had any cricket, days. So I decided not to successful conduct Instagram live ses- While Gayle and and there hasn't been any play the tournament." The of the IPL in a bio- sion for the ISL's of- Plunkett's withdrawals training for me at all," latest developments from Kolkata, Nov 19 (PTI): bubble in the UAE. ficial handle. were confirmed by their Malinga, who had opted the LPL come a day after "...it's a huge occa- "More than people franchise Kandy Tuskers, out of the recently-con- former Pakistan skipper The start of India's foot- sion being the first getting affected, it's Malinga pulled out citing tweeted without specify- @LPLT20." cluded IPL in the UAE cit- Sarfaraz Ahmed's pullout ball season amid the COVID- also the fear which "inadequate preparation ing the reasons for the The 41-year-old swash- ing personal reasons, told from the franchise-based 19 pandemic has the coun- is affecting people. 'I time", according to a re- West Indian's decision. buckling Jamaican holds ESPNcricinfo. T20 tournament that is try's cricket boss Sourav don't want to go port in ESPNcricinfo. This was followed by an- the record for hitting the "When the draft hap- facing a host of issues in- Ganguly excited as he be- there, I don't "We are sad to announce other tweet, "We are also most number of sixes in pened last month, I cluding player payments lieves a smooth ISL would go want to mix that Chris Gayle will not sad to announce that Liam the T20 format. He was re- thought there would be and contracts. Sarfraz was a long way in driving away among be playing for us in this Plunkett will also not be cently seen in the IPL, about three weeks of to captain the Galle the "fear" of conducting big people'. year's @LPLT20," Tuskers playing in this year's turning up for Kings XI training before the LPL, Gladiators franchise. events across the nation. ICC tribunal finds former Sri Lanka player Rohit begins fitness Zoysa guilty under anti-corruption code training at NCA Dubai, Nov 19 (PTI): gage in corrupt conduct under the Code. Bengaluru, Nov 19 (PTI): fluent 68 in the IPL Already serving suspen- "Zoysa has also been final which his team sion on match-fixing charged by the ICC on be- Australia-bound Rohit won by a handsome charges, former Sri Lanka half of the Emirates Sharma started his fitness margin. Rohit's fit- player and bowling coach Cricket Board (ECB) with training at the National ness has become Nuwan Zoysa has been the International breaching four counts of Cricket Academy here on even more crucial found guilty of three of- Cricket Council said the ECB anti-corruption Thursday. since regular skipper fences under the ICC anti- in a release. code for participants for Rohit is not part of Virat Kohli won't be avail- corruption code by an in- He was provisional- the T10 League and these India's limited overs squad able after the first Test in dependent tribunal, the ly suspended in May 2019 proceedings are ongoing," for the Australia tour and Australia as his wife global cricket body said on on charges of indulging in the ICC said in the release. selectors included him in Anushka Sharma is ex- Thursday. corruption during a T20 Zoysa, who played 30 the revised Test squad pecting. Zoysa was charged league in the UAE. Tests and 95 ODIs for Sri after he played two IPL On Wednesday, senior under the ICC anti-corrup- ICC said Zoysa has been Lanka, was appointed Sri games for Mumbai pacer Ishant Sharma, who tion code in November found guilty of: Lanka's bowling coach in Indians besides the final. is also doing his injury 2018 and has been found Article 2.1.1 for being ducing, enticing, instruct- September, 2015. He Though Rohit said he rehab at the NCA, bowled guilty on all charges after party to an agreement or ing, persuading, encourag- worked at Sri Lanka crick- was absolutely fine, the full tilt under the supervi- he exercised his right to a effort to fix or contrive or ing or intentionally facili- et's high performance cen- BCCI felt he needed more sion of chief selector hearing before an inde- otherwise influence im- tating any Participant to tre, which gave him access time to recover from his Sunil Joshi and NCA head pendent anti-corruption properly the result, breach Code Article 2.1. to current international hamstring injury he had Rahul Dravid. Both Ishant tribunal. progress, conduct or other Article 2.4.4 Failing to players. This only adds to suffered during the IPL, and Rohit will fly to The Sri Lankan remains aspect(s) of a match. disclose to the ACU full de- Sri Lanka's recent strug- triggering a massive de- Australia together and un- suspended and sanctions Article 2.1.4 Directly or tails of any approaches or gles with corruption in the bate over his fitness status. dergo a 14-day quarantine will follow in due course, indirectly soliciting, in- invitations received to en- sport. Rohit had also scored a before joining the team. CENTRAL CHRONICLE, RAIPUR, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2020 State Government’s consent QUAD POWER mandatory for CBI investigation in its jurisdiction: SC

New Delhi, Nov 19 (PTI): risdiction of State con- Punjab, West Bengal, special police cerned under Rajasthan, Maharashtra, The state government's establishment Section 6 of the Jharkhand and consent is mandatory for to other areas DSPE Act," the Chhattisgarh withdrew a CBI investigation in its and consent of bench said. their "general consent" to jurisdiction and the state govern- The apex the CBI. agency cannot conduct ment to exer- court's observa- The appeals challenged probe without its nod, the cise of powers tion came on a judgment passed by the Supreme Court has said. and jurisdic- an appeal filed Allahabad High Court in A bench of Justices AM tion. by some ac- August 2019 against Khanwilkar and BR "It could thus cused, private Fertico Marketing and Gavai said the provisions be seen, that and public ser- Investment Private are in tune with the feder- though Section vants, challeng- Limited and others. al character of the 5 enables the central gov- ing the validity of the CBI The high court had Constitution, which has ernment to extend the investigation against noted that the Uttar been held to be one of its powers and jurisdiction of them in a corruption case Pradesh government had basic structures. members of the DSPE be- on the ground that prior granted post-facto consent The apex court referred yond the Union consent was not taken against the two public ser- to sections 5 and 6 of the Territories to a State, the from the state govern- vants who were later Delhi Special Police same is not permissible ment. named in the charge sheet Establishment (DSPE) unless a State grants its The observation as- and that it was sufficient The second phase of the Malabar exercise in the Northern Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean with the participation of Indian Act, which deal with ex- consent for such an exten- sumes significance as re- for proceeding with the Navy aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya and the American aircraft carrier USS Nimitz carry out Malabar-2020 wargames. tension of powers and ju- sion within the area of cently the governments of case. UK to unveil 'largest military Maha BJP MLA among sixteen booked investment' in Oxford COVID-19 vaccine three decades over transfer of farmers’ money London, Nov 19 (AFP): encouraging’ for older age groups Aurangabad, Nov 19 (PTI): added. When contacted, Prime Minister Boris complainant Dongaonkar Johnson will on Thursday London, Nov 19 (PTI): individuals are adults, but also data from Phase 3 trials. A case has been regis- alleged that Bamb and 15 unveil what is being billed at dispropor- stimulated sim- The UK has already or- tered against Maharashtra others transferred the as Britain's biggest pro- The coronavirus vac- tionate risk of ilar immune dered 100 million doses of BJP MLA Prashant Bamb money collected from gramme of investment in cine developed by teams at severe COVID- responses to the Oxford vaccine, being and 15 others for allegedly farmers into the bank ac- the armed forces since the the University of Oxford 19 and so any those seen in manufactured by pharma transferring over Rs nine counts of those not linked end of the Cold War. In a has been shown to trigger vaccine adopt- younger volun- major AstraZeneca. The crore, deposited by farm- to the matter. "That speech to lawmakers in a robust immune response ed for use teers, said Dr vaccine also has a tie-up ers in a sugar factory-relat- amount is more than Rs parliament, Johnson will in healthy adults aged 56- against SARS- Maheshi with the Serum Institute ed case, into the bank ac- Prashant Bamb nine crore," he said. announce an extra £16.5 bil- 69 and those over 70 years CoV-2 [COVID- Ramasamy, an of India. Professor counts of people not linked However, Bamb said lion ($22 billion, 18.5 billion of age. 19] must be ef- investigator at Andrew Pollard, the head to the matter, police said. tion," an official said. that there was a political euros) in funding over the The findings published fective in older the Oxford of Oxford's vaccine trial Bamb, who represents Bamb and 15 others motive behind the allega- next four years. It follows in Lancet' on Thursday adults, the re- ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 Vaccine Group. team, said he is "absolute- Gangapur constituency in were booked under vari- tions levelled against him. the ruling Conservatives' based on 560 healthy adult searchers vaccine is known as "The next ly delighted" with the lat- Aurangabad district, is ous IPC sections, includ- "The transfer of funds was commitment in their elec- volunteers shows that the note. The team Covishield in India. step will be to est results. also the chairman of ing 420 (cheating), 406 done as the farmers, who tion manifesto last year to ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine is also testing see if this Crucially, the study also Gangapur co- operative (criminal breach of trust), had deposited the money increase defence spending is safe and well tolerated whether the vaccine stops translates into protection found no suspected unex- Sugar factory. He has de- 467 (forgery of valuable se- with the sugar factory, by 0.5 percent above infla- with a lower reactogenici- people developing COVID- from the disease itself," pected serious adverse re- nied the allegations lev- curity, will, etc), 468 (for- gave their consent tion until 2025. Johnson's ty profile in older adults 19 in larger Phase 3 trials she said. actions during this stage elled against him. gery for purpose of cheat- through the power of at- Downing Street office said than in younger adults, and early results from this This means there are of the trial. The 560 "The offence against the ing), 469 (forgery for pur- torney to transfer the the cash boost would "ce- meaning the older age crucial stage are expected now four promising vac- healthy adult volunteers legislator was registered pose of harming reputa- money into those bank ac- ment the UK's position as groups could build immu- in the coming weeks. cines on the horizon after who took part in the phase after a complaint in this tion), 471 (using as gen- counts," he said. The MLA the largest defence spender nity to the disease. "We were pleased to see Pfizer-BioNTech, Sputnik two trials were given two connection was lodged by uine a forged document), said that the complaint in Europe and the second These findings are en- that our vaccine was not and Moderna already re- doses of the vaccine candi- Krishna Patil Dongaonkar 120-B (criminal conspira- has been registered "under largest in NATO". couraging because older only well tolerated in older porting good preliminary date, or a placebo. at Gangapur police sta- cy) and others, the official pressure". UN report cites REMNANT OF WAR US welcomes Japan-Australia ISRO efforts to contain COVID19 military pact as cementing ‘Quad’ pandemic Australia 'will always be with them,' Vice Admiral United Nations, Nov 19 Australia,': Response to China William Merz, command- (PTI): A report by the er of the US Navy's United Nations has cited ef- J Sydney: Australia's Seventh Fleet, which is forts by Indian Space prime minister on headquartered in Japan, Research Organisation Thursday pushed back said during a roundtable (ISRO) to leverage its geospa- over a list of more than briefing. tial tools in assisting the cen- a dozen grievances The agreement be- tral and state governments raised by China regard- tween Canberra and towards containing the ing his country's human Tokyo, Japan's first with COVID-19 pandemic and rights diplomacy, inde- another country since a supporting sustainable de- pendent media and similar agreement with velopment projects in the investment policies, Washington in 1960, country. The UN report saying 'we will always comes as the two coun- Geospatial Practices for be Australia'. William Merz tries work more closely Sustainable Development in with the United States Asia and the Pacific 2020' Tokyo, Nov 19 (Reuters): ple on a Reciprocal and India as part of an in- cites the role being played by Access Agreement (RAA) formal grouping known 'BHUVAN', the national geo- A senior US Navy com- that will more closely as the 'Quad' as they grow portal developed and hosted mander in Asia on align the US allies more concerned about by ISRO comprising of geo Thursday welcomed an through a legal frame- Chinese activity in the spatial data, services and agreement by Japan and work allowing each South China Sea and East tools for analysis, in combat- Australia to tighten mili- other's troops to visit for China Sea. ing COVID-19. The tary cooperation that will training and to conduct The Japan-Australia Government of India and its bolster the United States joint military operations. agreement also came state governments have in a region where China's 'That kind of agree- under similar criticism in taken several steps to con- influence is growing. ment is really helpful and China, with the state- tain the COVID-19 pandemic. Japanese Prime encouraging to everybody backed newspaper the ISRO has assisted in this by Minister Yoshihide Suga in the region. We are very Global Times saying the providing and leveraging A burnt tank lies in a field near the village of Garakhabeyli outside Fuzuli at Nagorno-Karabakh region be- and Australian leader supportive of that agree- United States 'is using its geospatial tools, in particu- tween Armenia and Azherbaijan. Scott Morrison on ment and we look forward two anchors in the Asia- lar BHUVAN the Indian Geo- Tuesday agreed in princi- to exercising along right Pacific region. Platform, the report said. Global COVID infections may be AI, virtual reality can help fast track COVID-19 vaccine New Delhi, Nov 19 (PTI): in Germany,said there is a need to utilise these six times higher than reported From helping in opti- "handy innovations." mising the yield of thera- Citing the example of Melbourne, Nov 19 (PTI): be five times higher than peutics to training staff single-use technologies, what has been officially re- for setting up large-scale Faber said these can help The actual number of ported at the end of manufacturing sites, cut- build manufacturing ca- global infections in the August. The study estimat- ting-edge technologies pacities for the vaccines COVID-19 pandemic could ed the true number of in- such as artificial intelli- quickly.In single-use tech- be up to six times higher fections across a combined gence (AI) and virtual real- nologies, he said, every- than the reported number population of over 800 mil- ity (VR) can be used to fast thing in the manufactur- of cases, according to a lion people in 11 European track COVID-19 vaccine ing process is made out of modelling study. countries, as well as development worldwide, plastic, and is used just The researchers, includ- Australia, Canada, South experts say. once to help users avoid ing those from the Korea and the US, the re- The search for a COVID- any cleaning. Computer simulation shows molecules for vaccine research. Australian National searchers said. 19 vaccine has expanded "It helps customers to University (ANU) and the "We found COVID-19 in- worldwide, with thou- Science Week, a ten-day As vaccine candidates build manufacturing fa- University of Melbourne, Medical staff talk to people at a walk in station at Parafield fections are much higher sands of researchers col- science festival, that AI advance to the final phases cilities much faster, sav- found infection rates be- Airport in Adelaide. than confirmed cases laborating at hundreds of and other technologies of testing in humans, ex- ing a year or even more tween March and August across many countries, laboratories to fight the like machine learning perts said AI would be than a year to build the across 15 countries were shows COVID-19 infection analysis also shows and this has important im- virus that has infected 56 (ML) can make sense of vital for analysing clinical manufacturing process, on average 6.2 times rates in the UK, France, Australia had the best plications for both control million people and the mountains of data and immunological data Faber said during a ses- greater than reported Belgium and Italy are level of detection among and the probability of in- claimed over 1.34 million from several experiments rapidly. sion on current trends in cases. The data, published much higher than report- the 15 countries at the end fection," said study co-au- lives so far. by discovering patterns Rene Faber, from the vaccine research organ- in the journal Royal ed and in the case of Italy of April, but the rate of in- thor Professor Quentin Recently, a panel of ex- that a human brain might pharmaceutical company ised by the Falling Walls Society Open Science, up to 17-times higher. The fection may still have been Grafton, from ANU. perts noted at the Berlin fail to spot. Sartorius headquartered Foundation.