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Rishi Ganga Project down- “This melting of glaciers plants and other activities like and medical teams, as part of stream was waiting to happen has created a potential threat of roads were adding to the envi- the rescue efforts in Chamoli t least 125 people are miss- in the hydel plants dotted frag- water supply for hundreds of ronmental woes. flash flood in Uttrakhand on Aing with the number ile mountainous region of millions of people in countries BJP leader Uma Bharti has Sunday. Three helicopters and expected to rise after an Uttarakhand, environmental- including India,” said the also expressed concerns over specialised equipment were avalanche caused by glacier ists have said. researchers in their analysis, the dam construction spree in also deployed at the mishap site. breach near Reni village in In fact, a 2019 study pub- spanning 40 years of satellite the “ecologically sensitive” Two transport planes of Chamoli district resulted in lished in the journal Science observations across India, region around the Dhauli IAF to ferry NDRF troops and sudden rise in the water level Advances revealed that due to China, Nepal and Bhutan. Ganga river’s equipment are ready at in Rishiganga and Dhauliganga rising temperatures because of While climate change upstream. Hindon. Also 40 marine com- rivers on Sunday morning. mandos will be flown from The Rishiganga hydro Mumbai. power project and NTPC’s $ Special teams of scientists dam on Dhauliganga were also of the Defence Research and damaged in the disaster. . "! Development Organisation According to official sources, ! "#$ . !"#$% (DRDO) were airlifted to mon- the avalanche took place at + itoring avalanches and floods. about 10 am and soon after that Rishiganga project site. About villages migrate seasonally. necessary help.” " for HP’s Kullu, Lahaul and The Indian Airforce has the Government issued alerts five kilometres downstream at The CM said, “President On being asked about the + $ & ,/ ,0! Spiti on the Manali-Leh and also kept several aircraft and in all areas along the the NTPC project under con- Ramnath Kovind called me damage assessment and State’s + Manali-Beas Kund axis and helicopters on the standby, Alaknanda and Ganga rivers struction in Tapovan more expressing concern about the requirements, the CM said at - + * fter a glacial break in the the Udaipur-Killar-Chamba while the Navy has flown spe- from Chamoli district down to than 100 persons had gone to disaster. Prime Minister present the main focus is on + ATapovan-Reni area of road was sent to the Ministry cialist divers of the Indian Haridwar. work. Scores of the workers Narendra Modi also phoned rescuing people and saving L ()"( *" Uttarakhand’s Chamoli dis- of Home Affairs and National Navy to Uttrakhand. At least, Chief Minister Trivendra were able to move away on me twice, expressing concern lives. The State has all the nec- ! trict, the Defence Disaster Management seven teams of divers will help Singh Rawat, along with senior hearing the shouts of alarm as and assuring all the assistance essary resources for rescue and Geoinformatic Research Authority on Sunday. in locating and rescuing miss- officials, reached the affected the flood progressed. required by Uttarakhand. medical treatment, augmented "! Establishments on Sunday Meanwhile, in a relief for ing people, officials said here area in the afternoon to assess Seven bodies had been Union Home Minister Amit by the Centre in response to the issued a fresh warning of an the area hit by a glacier burst on Sunday. The three Army the situation. Talking to medi- recovered till the evening. The Shah also called twice to disaster. When asked about + avalanche in Jammu & in Uttarakhand, the India helicopters were carrying out apersons after returning to flood damaged one bridge at enquire about the situation the possible cause of the disas- $ Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Meteorological Department on reconnaissance missions to Dehradun, the CM said at the Reni and four suspension and assured all help. ter, he said the cause will be !(3 "! + Ladakh, Uttarakhand and Sunday said no adverse weath- assist the rescue teams on time when the disaster struck bridges. The road link to 17 vil- “Chief Ministers of Uttar ascertained later by experts as + Sikkim in the next two er is expected over Chamoli, ground to reach the exact spot about 35 persons and two lages has been severed though Pradesh, Bihar and Gujarat now the focus is on saving days. Tapovan and Joshimath on to rescue stranded policemen were at the residents in seven out of these also called us and assured all lives. 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# 2 02$($ porters are itching to see the back of this Government. And rime Minister Narendra this is why the real parivaratan PModi on Sunday kicked off (political change) will take place his pre-poll campaign in West unlike the one that Mamata Bengal with a scathing attack Didi had promised 10 years ago on Mamata Banerjee but ended up giving a worse Government holding it guilty Government than what the Left of “innumerable fouls” and and the Congress gave,” he said. promising the people of the The people had expected State “optimum good gover- “Mamata (compassion)” from nance” once the BJP comes to the TMC Government after it power. “The people will bring came to power but they got the BJP to power replacing the “nirmamta (cruelty)” instead, TMC Government,” Modi said. he said alleging how the Chief He was addressing a polit- Minister was so intolerant to ical rally at the industrial town criticism that she put those of Haldia in East Midnapore behind bars all those who where he inaugurated a pletho- " % & % % ! raised their voices against her. ra of Central projects worth ' “She is even intolerant 5,000 crore, including Dhobi- $( * + towards slogans like Bharat Durgapur gas pipeline and % ! "#$ Maata ki Jai (hail Mother fishing hub. The PM referred to India),” Modi said reminding lingo of Bengal’s popular sports, like mal-governance, tolabaji show the ‘Ram card’ to the how on account of bad gover- football, and said, “Bengal is a (extortion), general loot, syn- TMC,” Modi said, in an obvi- nance given by the Congress, State that loves football. That’s dicate raj’ criminalisation of ous reference to the red card in Left and the TMC, Bengal why, using some football ter- politics and politicisation of the football. which had a glorious past rank- minology, I would like to say police administration.” “This is why the people of ing among the best developed that the bua bhatija (aunt- He went on to add, “The Bengal have decided to bring States in the country had nephew) dispensation had people of Bengal are watching the BJP by throwing it out of turned into a laggard of ‘committed a number of fouls and very soon, the State will power … even the TMC sup- sorts. ! "
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Electric 2 wheelers would PM2.5 emissions in Delhi, and chase and scrapping incen- tonnes of carbon emissions as # ,/ ,0! achieve cost parity with the two wheelers constitute seven tives across 7 manufacturers compared to an average petrol elhi Transport Minister petrol scooters and bike in a percent of this pollution. namely Hero Electric Pvt Ltd, two wheelers. “To put it simply, he Delhi Police on Sunday DKailsah Gahlot on Sunday maximum of 6 months.” Considering Delhi’s con- Revolt Intellicorp Motors, we need roughly 11 trees to Tarrested a man, aged started the first phase of According to Delhi gov- text, the policy lays special Ampere Vehicles Pvt Ltd, sequester 1.98 tonnes of CO2. around 60, who was carrying a “Switch Delhi” campaign aim- ernment’s EV policy, 23 two- focus on the two-wheeler vehi- Benling India Energy & tech- We can save our environment reward of 50,000 in connec- ing to encourage citizen to wheeler models are available cle segment. nology Pvt Ltd, TVS, Ather, by making this switch and we tion with the Red Fort incident adopt Electrical Vehicles (EVs): and eligible for purchase and The policy offers various Okinawa Scooters, Jitendra owe this to our future genera- on Republic Day. Police said e-bike and e-scooters and view- scrapping incentives across 7 financial and non-financial New EV Tech Pvt. Ltd, and Li- tions,” the Aam Aadmi Party that the accused, Sukhdev ing the city as EV Capital of manufacturers. incentives on the purchase of ion Electric Pvt. Ltd. (AAP) minister said. Singh was arrested from India. Illustrating masses about two-wheelers. A purchase The environmental bene- “The Delhi Government Chandigarh by the Crime The Minister said EV EV policy, Gahlot said by incentive of 5,000 per kWh of fits upon switching to Delhi are has been working tirelessly to Branch team. Policy especially focuses on switching to electric two wheel- battery capacity shall be pro- significant. lay the ground for a successful The Crime Branch of Delhi incentivising the purchase of ers which have very low oper- vided per vehicle to the regis- According to environment transition to electric vehicles in Police is probing the 13 cases two wheelers, which comprise ating costs, an individual can tered owner and subject to a experts, an average electric the national capital. I urge in connection with the 2/3rd of all vehicles in Delhi make annual saving of approx- maximum of two wheeler provides a Delhiites to now switch to Republic Day tractor parade and cause maximum pollu- imately 22,000 as compared to 30,000 per vehi- life time savings of 1.98 electric, make this a mass violence. tion. “Incentives upto 30,000 using petrol scooter and cle. For vehicles movement, take responsibility A senior police officer said can be availed upon the pur- 20,000 as compared to a petrol that are eligible for our environment, and make that the accused Sukhdev Singh chase of two-wheelers listed bike. “An average electric two for purchase incen- our city the EV Capital of was allegedly leading the mob under the policy along with wheeler provides a life time tives shall also India. I assure you, we’re here at the Red Fort on the day of scrapping incentives,” Gahlot savings of 1.98 tonnes of car- receive a scrapping to help you switch to sustain- incident and his presence was said. bon emissions as compared to incentive of up to able transport,” he added. very much active. Gahlot said, “The total an average petrol two wheelers, 5,000 for scrap- So far, a total of 127 peo- *6 ( -*- *627 Independence Day. cost of ownership of an electric which is equivalent to planting ping and de-regis- ple have been arrested in con- 8*8 !) Earlier, the police had two wheeler over a period of 10 11 trees,” he added. tering old ICE two- nection with the Republic Day ((0-")9*))9-*) announced cash reward of 1 years is approximately percent Delhi government’s Switch wheelers registered violence across the national lakh for information that can of that of a petrol scooter in Delhi campaign is an eight- in Delhi. Road tax Capital, police said. --81!9 lead to the arrest of actor Deep Delhi and approximately 54 week electric vehicle mass and registration fees Thousands of farmers *)9 9(*00- Sidhu, Jugraj Singh, Gurjot percent of that of a petrol bike awareness campaign to sensi- will also be waived protesting the Centre’s new ) -*) 8- Singh and Gurjant Singh who in Delhi, as per analysis by RMI tize each and every Delhiite for all electric two- agri laws had clashed with the hoisted flags at the Red Fort or India. Electric two wheelers are about the benefits of switching wheelers during the police during the tractor parade 8*90 " were involved in the act. upto Rs. 2.05 cheaper to drive to electric vehicles. period of the policy. on January 26. A cash reward of 50,000 per kilometer as compared to A study by The Energy and Under Delhi’s EV Many of the protesters, hoisted religious flags on its each was also announced for petrol scooters and upto INR Resources Institute (TERI) policy, 23 two-wheeler driving tractors, reached the domes and a flagstaff at the Buta Singh, Sukhdev Singh, 1.82 cheaper to drive per kilo- shows that vehicle pollution is models are available Red Fort and entered the mon- ramparts, where the national Jajbir Singh and Iqbal Singh for meter as compared to petrol the cause of 28 percent of and eligible for pur- ument. Some protesters even flag is unfurled on allegedly instigating protesters. %& " ' " " ' * " " "" R )) # ,/ ,0! ferent stretches of around 57 # ,/ ,0! such trips taken by the BJP fact of the matter is Delhi KM were covered and nearly councillors or mayors within 48 Government is bearing expens- n order to ensure cleanliness 200 kilograms of plastic waste he Aam Aadmi Party hours. es of many political tours of Iin its area ahead of were lifted from the green T(AAP) on Sunday said that The AAP demands a thor- AAP Ministers including Swachchhta Survekshan-2021, belts falling under the juris- several Bharatiya Janata Party ough probe on such misap- Manish Sisodia to several states the South Delhi Municipal diction of South Zone. (BJP) councillors including propriation of MCD funds,” he like Uttar Pradesh and Corporation (SDMC) launched Sudhakar said that in view Delhi BJP chief Adesh Gupta, said. Uttarakhand under the garb of a plastic waste removal drive in of the Swachh Survekshan, the mayors and officials have taken However, responding to study tours of schools in those all four zones and lifted near- sanitation staff are working several trips inside and outside the charges, Delhi BJP states,” he said. ly 200 kilograms of waste from hard and SDMC is giving extra India on municipal Spokesperson Praveen Shankar Kapoor further said that the green belts falling under the efforts to upkeep the sanitation Corporation’s expense. Kapoor said that the AAP MCDs are in deep financial jurisdiction. condition and in this line night AAP Senior leader leaders are in a habit of exag- crunch due to Arvind Kejriwal Deputy Commissioner of sweeping is also done in dif- Durgesh Pathak said that at one gerating and dramatizing Government’s withholding South Zone G Sudhakar said ferent markets from the avail- side employees of the BJP ruled things to try and malign the funds since 2020 while the 4 # 5 & ! " that in this special drive dif- able resources. MCD are starving and on the political image of BJP ruled two official trips of erstwhile other side BJP leaders are using MCDs. Mayors under dispute are of MCD funds for their trips. “Trips by Ministers of 2018 and 2019 and Durgesh +, “The AAP demands that the Delhi Government or Mayors Pathak has tried to portray as # $4 . 4 %# BJP ruled MCD must publish of MCDs to other cities is a if it is not a matter of 2 trips but a white paper declaring all normal protocol affair and the of 20 unpaid trips. -! .. *) ! / " 8 " # ,/ ,0! " " ix domesticated animals Sdied while forty shanties ' 9 were gutted after a fire broke / seats while alleging that the nomination note of these evidences which are in pub- out near the Harikesh Nagar papers had been rejected even after the end lic domain. “We will bring this collusion Metro Station in southeast " ' of the scrutiny period at the instance of of the SEC with the Congress party and the # ,/ ,0! Gupta on Sunday launched Municipal Corporation Delhi’s Okhla Phase II in the Congress legislators, Cheema said that it State Government before the Governor as party’s campaign for bypolls in (NDMC), Shalimarbagh and early hours of Sunday. Chief ' is now clear that the Municipal Elections well as the courts during the coming days,” he Bhratiya Janata Party five municipal wards. He Rohini-C, and three under the Minister Arvind Kejriwal took had become one in which the state is con- he declared. T(BJP) in Delhi announced launched it by worshipping at East Delhi Municipal to Twitter to express his con- *) testing against the people. Asserting that the atmosphere in the its list of candidates for the Maharishi Valmiki temple at Corporation (EDMC), cerns and assured all possible “Even the Chief Minister Capt State had been vitiated by the free run upcoming Municipal Trilokpuri in East Delhi. Trilokpuri, Kalyanpuri and help to those affected. # 1$ !%$- Amarinder Singh has become party to this given to the Congress goons, Cheema said Corporation Delhi (MCD) The ruling AAP and the Chauhan Bangar, will go for “Concerned about the and gone back on the promise to ensure that only deployment of paramilitary bypolls for five municipal Congress are other main play- the bypolls. news of fire incident at Okhla. emanding municipal elections be free and fair elections made during the all forces can check widespread rigging on the wards, scheduled to be held on ers in the bypolls on five The Shalimar Bagh ward I am constantly in touch with Dannulled at all places where the nom- party meeting recently,” he said. election day. February 28. municipal wards in the nation- fell vacant since death of Renu the fire department and the dis- ination papers of opposition candidates Stating that SAD was not left with any “The SEC should also take note of the The name of the candi- al capital which are being seen Jaju who had won the seat on trict administration, people had been rejected en masse, the Shiromani choice except to approach the courts as well volatile situation and give permission for dates are – Rakesh Goel from as a litmus test before the a BJP ticket in 2017. are being provided with all pos- Akali Dal (SAD) on Sunday called for as Punjab Governor VP Singh Badnore, videography inside polling stations to safe- Rohini N-32, Surbhi Jaju , civic body elections due in The Aam Aadmi Party sible help,” he said. According immediate deployment of paramilitary Cheema said: “It is a sad day for democ- guard against malpractices. Similarly, SEC Shalimar Bagh N-62, Om 2021. (AAP), which is eyeing to cap- to Atul Garg, the Director of forces to ensure free and fair elections at racy that a constitutional authority like the should take note of the start of transfers Prakash Guggarwal,Trilokpuri, Four of the five wards fell ture the three municipal cor- Delhi Fire Service (DFS), it was the remaining places. State Election Commissioner has also in the Education Department which could E-02, Siyaram Kanojia vacant after sitting councillors porations ruled by the BJP medium category fire and “Nomination papers of opposition abrogated its responsibility and is allow- be used to influence the voters,” he sub- Kalyanpuri, E-08, Mohd. Nazir contested assembly polls on since 2012, will be a frontrun- information about it was party candidates had been rejected en ing the Congress party and the State mitted. Ansari will contest from AAP ticket in 2020 and ner in the bypolls trying to received around 2.23 AM fol- masse in Zira where all 17 Congress can- Government to murder democracy in the Cheema demanded that the SEC Chauhan Bangar E-41. became MLAs. regain the four seats held by it lowing which DFS teams were didates have been elected unopposed. state. Never before has the SEC been so should also look into complaints of how Delhi BJP president Adesh Two wards in North Delhi earlier. dispatched for the spot. Similarly, Congressmen have been declared ineffective.” Government departments like the Food elected unopposed in eight out of 15 seats “It is refusing to even take note of sum- and Civil Supplies, Drug Inspectors, and in Guru Har Sahai, seven out of 11 seats mary rejection of nomination papers of Pollution Control Board are being misused ! in Maluka, five out of 13 seats in Mehraj, opposition members and has not taken any to intimidate opponents by Congressmen. four out of 13 seats in Bhai Roopa, six seats action against civil and police officials who “Separate cases should be registered in Mandi Gobindgarh and eight seats in have actively colluded with Congressmen into the cases of violence like attack on the " " Ferozepur. Similarly, nomination papers of indulging in violence against the opposi- residence of the Akali candidate with pis- "# SAD candidates have been rejected on tion,” he added. tols at Bhikhiwind, stoning of the SAD seven seats in Gidderbaha,” said the for- Giving several instances, Cheema president’s vehicle at Jalalabad and violence " mer minister Daljit Singh Cheema. minced no word to say that the SEC acted at Guruharsahai and other places,” he Demanding re-election in all these in a spineless manner by refusing to take demanded. $%$&' # ,/ ,0! exchange of fire when police team received inputs that he #. %.-.%-$ Rajwanti, a resident of Civil he Delhi Police has arrested would come from Wazirabad Lines in Gurugram, told the Ta 30-year-old man, wanted on a Yamaha superbike and 5 " ver 1,500 investors have police that the suspects had for allegedly killing a Delhi would go towards Usmanpur to Obeen duped of 16-17 lured him into investing a mea- Police constable last year, after a commit a crime in the area. # 1$ !%$- Ajnala, Mohali, Zirakpur, form of votes,” he added. spectators,” he added. crore by a fake investment gre amount in their company. brief exchange of fire in the “Police also recovered one semi Mandi Gobindgarh, by the Accusing the company on the pretext of giv- “The duo culprits told the national Capital. The accused automatic pistol of .32 bore and he Bharatiya Janta Party on Congress, showing their cheap Congress leaders of ing huge returns. In connection woman if she invests in their identified as Mohammand three live cartridges from TSunday accused the ruling politics,” said the party murdering the with the matter a case of company she will get 10.8% Hassan, a resident of Loni in Hassan’s possession. Four empty Congress party of using all tac- spokesperson Subhash Sharma. democracy, Sharma forgery was registered against profit in total per month. The Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad dis- shells and the motorcycle were tics to win the February 14 civic He said that the candidates were said that the two accused after a recom- woman fell in their trap and she trict, had been absconding for also seized,” said the DCP. body polls. The saffron party not even given any exact reason Congress was bent mendation of the Economic asked her near and dear includ- the last five months after robbing “On September 7 last year, claimed that the nominations when they asked for the reasons on pushing the State Offence Wing (EOW) cell of ing her husband to invest in the and killing constable Manish Hassan along with three other of more than 600 BJP candi- for rejecting their nominations into the terrible the Gurugram police, the police company and they invested Yadav in September last year. associates had waylaid consta- dates have been cancelled which “clearly shows that the black phase of 1984 said on Sunday. around 9 lakh in the fake Police said that Hassan, ble Yadav in UP’s Baghpat dis- before the civic elections “on District Administration is help- with the help of Those booked have been company via cash or account carrying a reward of Rs 50,000, trict, while he was travelling to the Congress’ behest”. The less in front of the Congress”. farmers. “The Chief identified as Manish transfer,” the complaint told the had been changing hideouts in his village on his bike from party has alleged that the Sharma alleged that the Minister Capt Chaudhary and Mukender alias police. The woman also stated Punjab, Andhra Pradesh, Delhi. The accused had threat- Congress led Punjab Congressmen are publicly Amarinder Singh Mukku. They run a company, in her complaint that the duo Karnataka, UP since the inci- ened Yadav and had asked Government is adopting every flouting law and order. “The and his Congress named Spark Life, based at accused her of showing her dent but he had been residing him to hand over his belong- method to cancel the nomina- Congress has forcibly cancelled leaders are murder- Spaze IT Park, Sector-49 on fake Reserve Bank of India in Delhi for last one month. ings. When Yadav resisted, tion papers of the BJP candi- the nomination papers of more ing democracy Sohna Road in Gurugram. (RBI) letter and told her they According to Pramod Hassan and his associates had dates, foreseeing their defeat in than 600 BJP candidates in every day and According to the police, the will invest their money in Singh Kushwaha, the Deputy shot him and robbed him off the ensuing civic elections. Punjab. The people of Punjab flaunting the law company had no permission ‘EXPEDAI AND AGODA’, an Commissioner of Police (DCP), Rs 20,000 and other articles “The nomination papers of are watching and the people publicly while the from the RBI to run such oper- international company which Special Cell, Hassan was arrest- including his identity-card,” BJP candidates have been can- themselves will give their police is watching ations. The complainant, deals in hotel booking. ed on Friday after a brief said the DCP. celled in several areas including answer to the Congress in the everything as mute
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In Dehradun, the district expressed grief at old 69 wards of the city, the door to door service in order to Had the water reached the magistrate Ashish Kumar the disaster in Municipal Corporation of identify such locals to take plains, the damage could have Srivastava issued a high alert. Chamoli district. Dehradun (MCD) has issued action against them but so far, been much more if the riverside Srivastava reached Rishikesh While expressing notice to Ramky Enviro the company has reportedly residents had remained there. and directed announcements to empathy for the Engineers Limited (REEL). For failed to submit any such list. However, chief minister warn the locals living near the bereaved family members, the touch with senior officials to the last few months, the cor- Informing this, the chief Trivendra Singh Rawat Ganga river. According to DM, governor also praised the agen- ascertain the status of the sit- poration is working efficiently municipal health officer Dr informed that the water was all the departments concerned cies involved in rescue and uation. She was also seeking to improve sanitation facilities Kailash Joshi said that the clean near Rudraprayag -unlike were put on high alert as soon relief operations. She appreci- regular updates about the res- in the city, especially with the MCD has issued notice to the the debris and muck carrying as the administration received ated the manner in which the cue and relief operations. purpose to get the position in REEL Company yet again waters in the affected areas. the news of the avalanche in personnel saved the lives of Maurya said that the dis- the top 100 cleanest city in regarding sanitation issue in old Further, as soon as the infor- Joshimath. The officials people in difficult circum- trict administration, police, India in Swachh Survekshan wards. mation about the disaster was informed that the water level in stances. disaster management depart- 2021. The corporation has also Though the corporation received, the water in the the Ganga rising was a possi- Earlier, on receiving infor- ment, ITBP, NDRF and SDRF recently started door to door deducts charges from the com- Srinagar hydro power project bility in the plains, which could mation about rapid rise in were undertaking rescue and collection service in some of pany’s payment on irregular dam was drained in order to pose risk to residents in prox- water level in the river follow- relief works. People in the the new wards too. However, sanitation facilities from time accommodate more water. On imity of the river. Considering ing the disaster in Chamoli, the affected area should maintain the corporation continues to to time, the corporation will be returning to Dehradun after this, many people living near governor talked to the chief patience and not believe in receive complaints regarding compelled to take action inspecting the affected areas, the banks of Ganga in Rishikesh minister Trivendra Singh rumours, she said. The gover- the sanitation facilities in the against them if they would fail the CM went to the disaster were shifted for their safety to necessary amenities. The district administration of Rawat and sought information nor further appealed to the old wards like roadside dump- to take appropriate action management control room with camps where the administra- administration in Dehradun Rudraprayag, Chamoli and about the situation. The gov- people to follow the guidelines ing and irregular door to door against the notice this time, senior officials to check the sit- tion is providing them with the was in direct contact with the Pauri districts. ernor remained in constant issued by the government. garbage picking service. The stated Joshi. P " # ,-$ . of the students prefer physical Moreover, Ankit Singh from # ,-$ . interaction with teachers. Allen Career Institute, who he coaching centres will Since the new academic year will start their coaching class- he Municipal Corporation Trevive fully only when the will start from April, the stu- es in Dehradun from # ,-$ . with the maximum and min- Tof Dehradun (MCD) will physical classes resume in dents will probably join after February, stated that they are imum temperatures likely to commence the campaign of schools. This was stated by the that only," said Pankaj Kumar definitely getting positive n what might come as a relief be about 25 degrees Celsius removing posters and hoard- owners of coaching centres Samrat of Alpha Beta Gamma response from those students Ifor people in the disaster and eight degrees Celsius ings from public places in the who opined that the operation Academy in Dehradun. The who want to prepare for JEE affected area of Uttarakhand, respectively. Dehradun city from Monday. of the coaching centres in the chief executive officer (CEO) and NEET examination but the state meteorological centre Meanwhile, on Sunday the Gearing up for the forth- State depends on the number of Achievers Classes, Manu the number of school students has forecast the likelihood of maximum and minimum tem- coming inspection of Swachh of students joining physical Pant also stated that most of approaching for classes are dry weather prevailing in the peratures recorded in various Survekshan 2021, the munici- classes in schools. Despite the the parents are terrified to still low. However, the opera- State on Monday. parts of the state were 25.7 pal commissioner Vinay State Government's approval send their children to schools tors of the coaching centres The meteorological centre degrees Celsius and 6.1 Shankar Pandey has formed to operate coaching centres due to the risk of Covid-19 are optimistic that the stu- has issued a warning regard- degrees Celsius respectively in teams to remove such disor- from November last year, the contagion and sending them dents will join classes from the ing the possibility of moder- Dehradun, 22.7 degrees ganised display which can operators of such centres are for coaching classes is defi- new academic year as by then, ate to dense fog in some parts Celsius and 2.9 degrees Celsius adversely affect the ranking of still waiting for the students to nitely not their priority. the State Government would of Haridwar and Udham in Pantnagar, 17 degrees the city in this cleanliness sur- corporation will take action clarified that the corporation is join classes. "Hardly any stu- According to him, when the have administered vaccine or Singh Nagar districts. In the Celsius and 2.1 degrees Celsius vey. According to Pandey, the against the offenders under not taking this initiative due to dents are coming for physical parents will be confident at least will commence the provisional state capital in Mukteshwar and 18 degrees corporation had issued notices the Prevention of Defacement Swachh Survekshan only and coaching classes since March. enough to send their children vaccination process against Dehradun, the sky is forecast Celsius and 3.8 degrees Celsius to the Mahanagar heads of six of Public Property Act, (PDPP), will continue to monitor such We are providing online to schools, they will send Covid-19 for local residents to be mainly clear on Monday respectively in New Tehri. political parties and now the 2003. Moreover, Pandey also activities throughout the year. coaching classes too but most them coaching centres too. too. # 5 85 # ,-$ . He said the network of roads and bridges has been in Q ttarakhand Chief Minister the state in nearly the last four UTrivendra Rawat on years. He also disclosed that an # ,-$ . Sunday performed the Bhumi amount of Rs 630 crore has Pujan and laid the foundation been allotted for beautification n what could be viewed as stone for the construction of of roads in the state this year, Igood news on a day when dis- the much awaited Railway which is three times more than aster struck Uttarakhand, only Over Bridge (ROB) at last year. 15 persons tested positive for Bandaribagh in Dehradun. Rawat said efforts are on to Covid-19 while 35 recovered The ROB will link ease out the traffic pressure on from it in the state on Sunday. Bhandaribagh with Kargi the internal roads of the Four patients of the disease were Chowk and Mahant Indresh Dehradun city and thus bypass also reported to have died on Hospital. Incurring an approx- roads are being constructed. He the day. Meanwhile, 845 persons imate cost of Rs 43.16 crore, the said works are also taking place were vaccinated against Covid ROB will have a length of 779 in the direction of setting up of in 66 sessions on Sunday taking tality rate is at 1.73 per cent. Of Uttarkashi districts. At present meters. Two years target has Neo Metro in Dehradun and the total number of beneficia- the persons found positive for there are 912 active cases of been fixed for its construction. hoped people would get this ries vaccinated to 74,407 in a the disease on Sunday, five Covid-19 in the state. These Addressing the gathering facility in next five to seven total of 1,345 sessions. were reported from Nainital dis- include 141 in Haridwar, 126 in on the ocassion, Chief Minister years. According to the health trict, four each from Dehradun Nainital, 120 in Bageshwar, 113 Trivendra Singh Rawat said the He said the state govern- department, the total cumula- and Haridwar, and one each in Udham Singh Nagar and 105 need for this Bhandaribagh ment was laying special focus tive Covid cases detected in the from Rudraprayag and Udham in Dehradun district. Among ROB was being felt for quite on basic amenities like water state so far are 96,493 out of Singh Nagar districts. Zero pos- the other districts, there are 97 some time and asserted that it and electricity. He said drink- houses are to be connected said. Chamoli, Dehradun Mayor which 92,554 have recovered itive cases were reported on the in Almora, 15 in Chamoli, 13 in will now come up shortly. He ing water connections are being with the drinking water Union Minister for Human Sunil Uniyal Gama and State and 1,668 have died. The recov- day from Almora, Bageshwar, Champawat, 31 in Pauri, 73 in said the ROB will be of great provided in the rural areas pipeline under the scheme and Resource Development Dr BJP Vice President Anil Goyal ery percentage is currently at Chamoli, Champawat, Pauri, Pithoragarh, 21 in Rudraprayag, benefit for locals as well as just for one rupee. “Over four- so far six lakh rural households Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, were prominent present on 95.92 per cent while the mor- Pithoragarh, Tehri and 39 in Tehri and 18 in Uttarkashi. tourists. teen lakh sixty thousand rural have benefited from it”, he Dharampur MLA Vinod the occasion. 0 ""
the so-called Green Revolution If these farmers were brought According to a report pub- in India where farmers sow to the Pesticide Action which originated in the mid- to the streets by the Green lished by the state government seeds of death" focused on the Network, male farmers are 1960s and our governments Revolution, what did it give to a few years ago, 18 people suf- state of Punjab published in more prone to prostate cancer and farmers have been in con- this country? Greenery of the fer from cancer every day in The Guardian on July 1, 2019, and female farmers to ovarian fusion that the country has cre- Green Revolution is worse than this land of the Green the life-annihilating chemicals and skin cancer. The pesticide- ated an impenetrable shield of autumn! Revolution – also known as the that are being sprinkled into borne diseases are not confined food security by creating a Punjab is on top of the country's breadbasket. Punjab crops are classified into class only to cancer, many diseases revolution in agricultural devel- Green Revolution and its final is the state in the country with one by the World Health ranging from kidneys and liver opment. And don't ask about product- cancer. Due to the the highest cancer rate. In Organisation, which are the to those in newborns are agricultural scientists, agricul- Covid-19 epidemic and lock- Punjab, 90 per one lakh people most toxic and banned in most spreading badly on this land of tural universities and agricul- down, the Abohar-Jodhpur suffer from cancer, while the of the countries. All chemicals the Green Revolution. In fact, tural research institutes! Their Express, popular as the 'Cancer national average is 80 (although used in agricultural operations the ‘epidemic’ created by the ‘dance’ of Green Revolution Train', was suspended for another government report are mostly carcinogenic. To Green Revolution is bigger never stopped. In the name of months and cancer patients also claims that the number of cause cancer in the body, these than the Covid pandemic. The the Green Revolution, they haplessly suffered because they cancer patients per one lakh chemicals adopt a variety of vaccine of Covid-19 has been . just keep patting their backs. could not be able to go to population in Punjab is below biochemical tactics, such as by prepared, who will make the The most surprising aspect Bikaner for medical treatment. the country's average). And due disrupting hormones, creating vaccine against diseases spread he current farmer agitation of the present farmers’ move- The characteristic of ‘Cancer ing cancer patients, but Bikaner For about five decades, the to the highest incidence of chemical sensations in tissues, by the Green Revolution? Tis a major event in con- ment is that most of the par- Train’ is that 60 per cent of the remains the first choice of the soil has been so poisoned with this disease, Malwa region is damaging DNA and turning The Governments of temporary India and it would ticipation is that of the farmers passengers are cancer patients patients. a variety of pesticides – insec- known as the "cancer belt" of genes on or off. While all con- Punjab have occasionally been be inappropriate to ignore it. of the states who are the pio- who go to Acharya Tulsi Punjab represents only 1.5 ticides, fungicides, weedicides, the state. An environment sumers of agricultural products compromising on farms that This agitation is being analysed neers of the Green Revolution. Regional Cancer Hospital and per cent of India's geography, herbicides etc. – that the land report of the Punjab State may be victims, the danger to create the means that make from many angles and a debate Punjab, Haryana and western Research Centre at Bikaner but the share of pesticide and of the Green Revolution now Science and Technology the farmers is the most wide- agriculture sick, but never con- is underway on the govern- Uttar Pradesh have written the for their treatment. On an herbicide chemical consump- has turned into an island of Council reveals that 75% of the spread. At the time of use of sidered alternative agriculture– ment's new agricultural policy “glory” of the Green Revolution average, 100 cancer-affected tion by the state is as high as 20 poisons. There is poison in the agri-chemicals that the Punjab deadly agri-chemicals in agri- such as ecological agriculture, and the farm laws. But, nobody in India. And today, a wave of and 200 co-passengers go to per cent. Indiscriminate use of soil- there are also traces of poi- agriculture uses are used in cultural operations, the farm- natural agriculture, organic reached the roots of the agita- utter dissatisfaction among Bikaner every day by the agri-chemicals on seeds, crops, sons in cereals, pulses, fruits, Malwa region alone. Does this ers keep in direct contact with farming, regenerative agricul- tion. Behind the extreme dis- farmers is visible mainly in ‘Cancer Train’. And most of vegetables and fruits and ‘earn- vegetables, oilseeds and spices figure not speak for itself that them and even while spraying ture, agro-forestry etc. And content, agitations and sui- these states. If someone made these all age-group passengers ing’ incurable diseases is not a produced from on the poi- the same agrochemicals are with great care, a fraction of the the farmers of Punjab also cides of Indian farmers, there India self-reliant in the food are the Punjab farmers. Most of hobby of the Punjab farmers; it soned soil. Chemical poisons responsible for making Malwa chemicals enters their bodies in never thought of the option of is a five decade-old black chap- production and put the chest the farmers are small farmers is an essential pre-condition of are dissolved in the winds and a "cancer belt" of Punjab? In the some way or the other. a Green Revolution type farm- ter in the history of agriculture on the food security front, of Punjab's cotton belts – the Green Revolution. Not the waters. Then how can ani- month of March last year, Some studies conducted ing that is poisoning our soils, which is discussed only with a they were also the farmers Mansa, Faridkot, Bathinda, only by inland companies that mals and human beings living pleasant news poured in that by scientists in the medical field waters, air and society. macroscopic viewpoint. from these areas of India. But Sangrur, Muktsar, Ferozepur, manufacture agrochemicals, in poisonous ‘utopia’ be healthy the government would pro- have established the pesticide- Neither the central govern- the farmers who made India Moga and Fazilka. In Punjab, scientists, doctors or govern- and happy! Poor in organic mote organic farming in the cancer links. The cancer of (The author is a former pro- ment nor the Punjab govern- shine have become victim of advanced Cancer Institute and ment planners, now it is well matter and micronutrients, the cancer-affected Malwa region. brain, lungs, kidneys, breasts, fessor of Environmental Science ment nor the Punjab farmers the Green Revolution. On the Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital known even by common men soil has become ‘addicted’ to But how much progress has blood, prostate glands and in GB Pant University of made it an issue. This dark food security front, the coun- have also been opened to pro- that the agri-chemicals are chemical fertilisers and dead- been made, it is still equivocal. ovary caused by dreaded pes- Agriculture and Technology. chapter of Indian agriculture is try holds its flag of pride high. vide medical facilities to grow- extremely hazardous for health. ly chemicals. In an article titled "A State ticides is common. According Views expressed are personal) ! " R
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The Delhi gov- the media in Maharashtra, close coordination and extend in Chamoli district and prayed ernment is ready to send Home Minister Amit Shah all requisite assistance to the for the wellbeing and safety of every possible help to people said that rescue and relief State administration. He people. of Uttarakhand in this diffi- operations by the Centre and emphasised the need to The tragedy was a flash- cult time,” he tweeted in State Government are in full account for all missing persons back to the 2013 flash floods Hindi. swing and three teams of the and ensure that those trapped in the hill State that claimed A part of the Nanda Devi National Disaster Response in the tunnel are rescued at the lives running into thousands. Vice President M On his part Prime glacier broke off at Joshimath Force (NDRF) from nearby earliest. Reacting to the major nat- Venkaiah Naidu prayed for Minister Narendra Modi Trivendra Singh Rawat and said she was deeply shocked in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli areas have reached the spot. Gauba also directed that ural tragedy in Uttarakhand, the safety of those affected. tweeted, “Am constantly mon- assured him of all possible over the disaster. district on Sunday, leading to Soon other teams will also surveillance should be main- Kovind, in a tweet, also said “I join the nation in pray- itoring the unfortunate situ- support to deal with the sit- “Deeply shocked and a massive flood in the reach there, said Shah adding tained till rescue efforts are he was confident that rescue ing for the safety of all those ation in Uttarakhand. India uation arising from the glac- very saddened at the loss of Dhauli Ganga river and caus- that that ITBP Jawans have completed and the situation and relief operations on affected by the flash flood stands with Uttarakhand and ier burst and the resulting lives in the disaster that took ing large-scale devastation also reached there and the returns to normalcy. ground are progressing well. caused by a glacier burst in the nation prays for everyone’s floods. place in Uttarakhand. My in the upper reaches of the state machinery is also active. The meeting was attend- “Deeply worried about Chamoli district of safety there. Have been con- Shah also said teams of deepest condolences to the ecologically fragile The Union Home ed by Union Home Secretary, the glacier burst near Uttarakhand,” the Vice tinuously speaking to senior the NDRF were deployed for families of the deceased. Himalayas. Minister said that he has spo- Secretary of the Ministry of Joshimath, Uttarakhand, that President Secretariat tweeted authorities and getting rescue and relief operations Wishing a speedy and full Over 150 labourers work- ken with the Chief Minister of Power, DG ITBP, Chief IDS, caused destruction in the quoting Naidu. updates on NDRF deploy- of the affected people while recovery for those injured in ing at a power project in Uttarakhand and the Air Members of NDMA, DG region. Praying for wellbeing The vice president said he ment, rescue work and relief additional troops of the force the calamity,” she said on Tapovan-Reni are feared Force has also been alerted. NDRF, Chairman CWC, DG and safety of people. Am con- is sure that the state and operations.” were being airlifted from Twitter. dead, an Indo Tibetan Border Shah said that Prime Minister IMD and Chairman DRDO, fident that rescue and relief Central Governments are try- Union Home Minister Delhi. Delhi Chief Minister Police (ITBP) spokesperson Narendra Modi personally along with other senior offi- operations on ground are pro- ing their best to mitigate the Amit Shah spoke to Bengal Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said his gov- said adding three bodies were called up the NDRF team and cers. Chief Secretary, gressing well,” he tweeted. crisis. Uttarakhand Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday ernment is ready to extend recovered. guided them. Uttarakhand joined the meet- He said that the Minister ing with his team of officers. the actions taken by them “However, there is no Central Water Commission Centre and the State were for surveillance and recon- ment. of State for Home Nityanand Chief Secretary, Government after the incident to evacuate danger of downstream flood- (CWC). There is also no asked to keep a strict vigil on naissance. MD, NTPC has Two teams of NDRF are Rai is monitoring the rescue of Uttarakhand briefed the people and to contain the ing and the rise in water level threat to the neighbouring the situation, and a team from been asked to reach the affect- enroute and three additional operations from the NDRF Committee through VC, on damage caused by the flood- has been contained, as per the villages. At the same time, the DRDO, which monitors ed site immediately,” said teams have been flown in Control Room in the Ministry the ground situation as well as ing due to the glacial burst. information given by the concerned agencies of the avalanches, is being flown in Cabinet Secretariat in a state- from Hindon Air Force air- of Home Affairs. R "%% 1 + 13 + 1 9& # # ,/ ,0! oversight of the Chief Secretary. # ,/ ,0! farmer participation and 3rd he National Green Tribunal The Chief Secretary, while largest in terms of premium. 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Pradesh Government for not issues, may focus on timely Tcrop insurance claims that cations are received on a year- taking effective steps to control completion of the ongoing were rejected by insurance on-year basis. rime Minister Narendra pollution in River Hindon, works, it said. companies under the Pradhan As of now, out of total PModi on Sunday reviewed noting that damage from pol- The green panel also noted Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana farmers enrolled under the situation in Uttarakhand lution is no less than the dam- that the Member Secretary of (PMFBY) multiplied 9 times PMFBY, 84% are small and following floods caused by a age from other heinous crimes. the state pollution control in just two years. marginal farmers. glacier burst at Joshimath in A bench headed by NGT board does not have exclusive According to data pro- “Over the past 5 years, the Chamoli district, and took Chairperson Justice A K Goel charge of the PCB but is also vided by Agriculture Minister Ministry of Agriculture and stock of the rescue and relief said repeated orders will not Special Secretary to the Narendra Singh Tomar in Farmers Welfare has worked work underway. serve any purpose unless the Government, apart from being response to a question in the extensively towards revamp- “Am constantly monitor- administration takes ownership Member Secretary, SEIAA and Rajya Sabha on Friday, in ing the Pradhan Mantri Fasal ing the unfortunate situation of its Constitutional obligation holding other positions. 2017-18, the number of Bima Yojana (PMFBY) in Uttarakhand. India stands to the citizens. “One wonders how one rejected claims was 92,869. In scheme by relooking at the with Uttarakhand and the “It is a matter of regret that person can do justice to the job the next year, 2018-19, the fig- structural, logistical, and nation prays for everyone’s the State authorities have failed holding so many positions ure more than doubled to other challenges. The scheme safety there. Have been con- to discharge their constitu- when even working as Member 204742. By 2019-20, it was was made voluntary for farm- tinuously speaking to senior tional obligation of taking Secretary pollution control 928870 , a whopping 900 per- ers post its revamp in 2020. authorities and getting remedial measures inspite of board requires full time cent increase,” the reply said. The scheme has made it eas- updates on NDRF deploy- attention of the highest author- involvement in view of serious “Insurance companies can ier for the farmer to report ment, rescue work and relief ities in the administration environmental issues awaiting reject some of these claims on crop loss within 72 hours of operations,” Modi tweeted. being drawn to the problem,” attention. various grounds like late inti- occurrence of any event The PMO said in anoth- the bench said. “Independence in working mation of claims, denial of through the Crop Insurance er tweet that Modi, who is in “We had expected that is also bound to be affected claims to non-insured farm- App, CSC Centre or the near- Assam to launch several with the involvement of the when a person has multifarious ers or non-insured crops, est agriculture officer. Claim development projects, Chief Secretary, the procedur- functions, including as limb of # ,/ ,0! sent proceedings are sought to cerned for corrections on non-occurrence of the risk benefit is then provided elec- reviewed the situation in al and inter-departmental coor- the Government, making it be prosecuted is atrocious. August 22, 2020 after one year. etc,” said Tomar. Meanwhile, tronically into the bank Uttarakhand and spoke to the dination issues will be resolved. difficult to work as independent he Supreme Court has The special leave petitions “Thus, the NCB head- to boost the safety of farmers’ accounts of eligible farmer,” it state chief minister. But unfortunately, it has not so regulator,” the bench said. Ttermed as “atrocious” the have been filed after a delay of quarters sat on the file for one crops and ensure maximum said. “Authorities are working happened,” the bench said. “Even the compliance manner in which a “sensitive 652 days,” a bench comprising year,” the bench said, adding, benefit of crop insurance The scheme was to provide all possible support “Thus, instead of keeping report in the present case, on matter” of narcotics has been Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul “We call for an explanation reaches to farmers, the Centre launched in 2016 was con- to the affected,” the PMO the proceedings pending, we behalf of the sought to be prosecuted, and and Hrishikesh Roy said in its from the NCB headquarters as has allocated 16,000 crores ceived as a milestone initiative said. consider it appropriate to State, has been filed by the directed the Narcotics Control February 1 order. to how the aforesaid has tran- for PMFBY for the fiscal year to provide a Modi is on a tour to require the Chief Secretary, said Member Secretary in his Bureau (NCB) to give an expla- The case pertains to alleged spired and what responsibility 2021-22. comprehensive risk solution Assam and West Bengal on UP to ensure remedial action capacity as Special Secretary to nation over the delay in filing recovery of over 5 Kg contra- has been fixed on which offi- This is a budgetary at the lowest uniform premi- Sunday. on expeditious basis. the Government. Let this aspect a plea against the Rajasthan band heroin from a car in cer for such negligence.” increase of around 305 crore um across the country for A glacier broke off in “The action should also be looked into by the Chief High Court verdict in the case. 2013. “We would also like to as against the previous fiscal farmers. Joshimath in Uttarakhand’s include fixing responsibilities Secretary, UP and remedial The apex court, which While referring to the know what steps are being year 2020-21. Integration of land Chamoli district on Sunday, and making entry in the ser- action taken in accordance observed that a petition chal- explanation given by the NCB, taken to streamline the process. The scheme extends cov- records with the PMFBY por- causing a massive flood in the vice record of incompetent or with law in the light of the lenging the high court’s the bench noted that the “glar- The affidavit will be filed under erage for the entire cropping tal, Crop Insurance Dhauli Ganga river and endan- failing officers, who were ear- Supreme Court judgement,” December 2018 verdict acquit- ing gaps which are apparent” the signatures of the Director cycle from pre-sowing to mobile-app for easy enroll- gering the lives of people liv- lier entrusted this responsibil- the bench said. ting the accused persons in a are — the opinion of the spe- General, NCB. The affidavit be post-harvest including cov- ment of farmers and usage of ing along its banks. Massive ity, granting necessary The National Green narcotics case has been filed cial public prosecutor was given filed within four weeks,” the top erage for losses arising out of technology such as destruction is feared. approvals and providing nec- Tribunal (NGT) was hearing a before it after a delay of 652 after six months to the depart- court said and posted the mat- prevented sowing and satellite imagery, remote-sens- More than 150 labourers essary funds,” the bench said. petition filed by NGO Doaba days, noted the “glaring gaps” ment on May 16, 2019 and the ter for hearing after four weeks. mid-season adversities. ing technology, drones, arti- working at the Rishi Ganga The NGT also directed Paryavaran Samiti alleging pol- and said the NCB headquarters draft special leave petition The apex court was hear- According to the agricul- ficial intelligence and power project may have been the River Rejuvenation lution in Kali Nadi, Krishna and had sat on the file for one year. (SLP) is stated to have been ing a plea filed by the Centre, ture ministry, PMFBY is glob- machine learning to assess directly affected, said State Committee of UP to monitor Hindon rivers, resulting in dis- “We find that in a sensitive received by NCB headquarters through the NCB, against the ally the largest crop crop losses are some of the Disaster Response Force DIG execution of action plans for eases and deaths of some inhab- matter relating to narcotics on August 22, 2019 and was high court’s December 6, 2018 insurance scheme in terms of key features of the scheme. Ridhim Aggarwal. Hindon, subject to overall itants of the area. the manner in which the pre- forwarded to department con- verdict. ! " "
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Guwahati: Prime Minister ple of India would not make and conflicts and is now surg- years building of six more treatment while huge num- crore special package has been Narendra Modi on Sunday them succeed.” ing ahead after waiting for medical collages had started bers of people also benefited earmarked for the welfare of said that some forces sitting “I want to tell you about the long years. resulting 1,600 MBBS doctors under the Atal Amrit Abhiyan the tea garden workers in abroad are conspiring against conspiracy hatched to defame The Central government is would come out every year in scheme. Assam and West Bengal,” he India, but the people of the the country. They are saying taking forward the region with Assam. “Entire world is now prais- said. country would not allow them the image of Indian tea has to all sincerity. The region was The Prime Minister ing the way India undertook its Under the Assam govern- to succeed. be defamed worldwide, sys- backward as the people earlier announced that one medical Covid vaccination drives. In ment flagship scheme “Cha Addressing a massive pub- tematically.” stayed far away from the college and one technical insti- this year's Budget unprece- Bagichhar Dhan Puraskar lic gathering at Dhekiajuli in Modi said that in this year's region. tution in each state to be taught dented allocation has been Mela” (cash award fair for tea northern Assam's Sonitpur dis- Budget major thrusts were The recent Bodoland in the mother tongue of the made for the health sector as workers) the state government trict, the Prime Minister with- given in infrastructure devel- accord and subsequent elec- local people. this sector is now our priority transferred Rs 3,000 each to the out naming any person and opment in India and the north- tions to the Bodoland He said that th under con- sector. In 600 districts we bank accounts of 7,46,667 lakh organisation said that the con- east region. Territorial Council are the struction AIIMS in Guwahati would set up integrated labs so tea plantation workers. Union spirators sitting abroad not “With the development of example of “bikash and would be ready within one- that the people can not go far Finance Minister Nirmala only conspiring against India the connectivities, trade and viskwas” (growth and trust) to and-a-half years making away for various testing.” Sitharaman was the chief guest but also maligning the world business would further flour- work together, he added. colour. that the sun rises first in Guwahati a hub of the modern Modi said that nobody in the Saturday's function. famous Indian and the Assam ish. New India would be “Today is a special day for “Every drop of martyrs' Northeast, but the morning of medical treatment not only knows better than him about From the Dhekiajuli pub- tea. Aatmanirbhar Bharat. The new me. Today I got the opportu- blood makes our resolve development had to wait long for Assam it would cater all the the flavour of Sonitpur's red tea. lic meeting, Modi laid the He said: “Some documents India would take Assam to a nity to pay respect to this his- stronger, thus this rich history for Assam and Northeast. eight Northeastern states. “Assam is also developing foundation stone for two med- have revealed such conspiracies new height of development.” toric land of Dhekiajuli. In this makes me take pride on In his 31-minute speech in Modi said that the its world famous tea. Only ical colleges in Biswanath plotted abroad. Despite the The Prime Minister said land, people defeated the Assam.” Hindi, the Prime Minister said Ayushman Bharat Yojana has yesterday (Saturday), crores of Charali and Charaideo and conspiracy, Assam and India that the Northeastern region aggressors. In 1942, people Referring to the song of that since independence for been incorporated in Assam rupees were given directly to launched the 'Assam Mala' would go forward. Let them do has left behind communal ten- here martyred to protect the great singer and composer seven decades Assam has six 350 hospitals benefiting 1.50 the bank account of 7.50 lakh project to upgrade the state their conspiracy, but the peo- sion, terrorism, crisis, hatred, nation and to respect the tri- Bhupen Hazarika, Modi said medical colleges, but in last five crore people in getting free tea garden workers. Rs 1,000 highways. IANS ' ! ! % %> 9! 4 5 Q " .3$! people in the name of Modiji,” Subsequently, the Shiv Sena BJP had contested the elections 5 6 Shah said. had claimed that the BJP had in alliance with the JD(U), ismissing the oft-repeat Speaking at a function after also agreed to share the chief Shah said: “ We had all along Dclaim made to the contrary inaugurating a 300-bed private minister’s post on a rotational said that Nitish Kumar would by the Shiv Sena, Union Home hospital-cum medical college basis, a claim that the then be the next chief minister of 0 Minister and senior BJP leader set up by former chief minis- Amit Shah-led party dismissed Bihar. After the election, we – Amit Shah said on Sunday ter and senior BJP leader saying that no such agreement despite the fact our party had $$Chennai, in the presence of the Sampath said many boxes were “There is a technology said that the Central govern- by him and the Shiv Sena”. assurance to the Shjv Sena on ideological mornings of late Shah Heaped praise on State Health Minister Dr. C. instantly ticked in preferring which has come up, with which ment had identified 39 diseases “I do not do anything in the chief minister’s post”. Balasaheb Thackeray, joined former chief minister Narayan Vijayabaskar, Commercial Tamil Nadu. one can start a cow factory. which are transmitted from private nor have I indulged in It may be recalled that on hands with the Congress and Rane—whose political outfit Taxes Minister K.C. They included the State When I say this people are sur- animals to humans and was backroom politics. Whatever I February 18, 2019, the Shiv NCP to form a 3-party Maharashtra Swabhiman Party Veeramani, MGR University having one of the best infra- prised. Like you have test tube pushing for vaccination to do, I do in the midst of people. Sena and BJP had –at q closed autorickshaw government. merged with the BJP in the Chancellor and former MP, structures in the country, good babies in humans... everyone keep them at bay. I am not scared of any one. door meeting held at When we annulled Article 370, run-up to the 2019 State Dr. A.C. Shanmugam, and governance and peaceful ambi- knows it. We will make test “It is being discussed Whatever I want to say, I say it Thackerays’ “Matoshri” resi- they (Shiv Sena) hesitantly Assembly polls -- for continued Chairman of ‘Naruvi Hospitals’, ence with law and order well tube babies (calves) with because there are 39 diseases in public. I did not make any dence formalised the seat-shar- welcomed the move. Same efforts to develop the latter’s Dr. G.V. Sampath. maintained. embryos in a laboratory,” Singh which are transmitted from such promise to Uddhavji. In ing pact for the following Lok thing happened when our gov- home district of Sindhudurg.. The 500-bed Hospital is a Chief Minister Edappadi K said at the state executive com- animals to humans. You must fact, the Shiv Sena used the Sabha polls in the State. At that ernment decided. .. We were He assured Rane that his party first of its kind in “innovative Palaniswami’s leadership has mittee meeting. have heard about discussions in photographs of Modiiji that meeting, the BJP and Shiv never scared of any one at any would dump or ditch the latter partnership”, with technical actualized this eco-system, he Rooting for 100 per cent the media about bird flu. two and a half times bigger Sena had also decided on a point of time” . under any circumstances, but collaboration with ‘Henry Ford added. artificial insemination to pro- Maharashtra was also affected than their president. The Shiv 50:50 ratio for sharing seats for Drawing parallel with what would treat him with full dig- Health System’, a leading Dr Sampath, in his open- mote the dairy industry, Singh by bird flu,” he said. Sena sought votes from the the State Assembly polls. happened in Bihar where the nity. healthcare provider in the U.S. ing remarks, also thanked K.C. also said that the efficiency and He also said that a free vac- Even as the auspicious Veeramani, for his continuous milk generation cination programme was also inauguration was watched live support and encouragement capacities in cows could be being undertaken to prevent 4 * at the Hospital premises here, for this Hospital project from increased with the help of lab the harmful transmission of to the accompaniment of the beginning, besides com- technology. brucellosis, a cattle disease ‘Nagaswaram’ music, by its plementing the Health “If there is a cow which which can trigger infertility in & ; doctors and staff led by Naruvi Minister, Dr. C. Vijayabaskar yields five litres, we will add humans. & ## 2 1! Hospitals’ managerial team, for making Tamil Nadu the Dr. G. V. Sampath at the leading state in healthcare in / 9" erala, plagued by controversies like gold smug- Secretariat in Chennai earlier the country. ( 3. + Kgling, hawala transactions and allegations of cor- .3$! taken a personal loan of Rs.8 lakh, a ruptions is facing a major social issue which has all private loan of Rs.5.75 lakhs from a the potential to emerge as a cause for communal ten- && he investigations into the abduc- colleague. After his engagement on sion, according to social scientists. $ Ttion and murder of the Indian Jan. 15, 2021, he had taken another The Halal certified business establishments in Bhadohi (Uttar Pradesh):Two Navy sailor, who was found in a half- loan of Rs.9 lakh from his future in- the State have caused heart burning and anxiety !- carpet exporters have been burnt in the jungles of Palghar dis- laws,” Shinde said. among Hindus and Christians who have started arrested for allegedly shooting Varanasi: The Banaras Hindu trict in Maharashtra, have thrown up The investigators are looking questioning the legality of such practice in a secu- Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh): the Vice Chancellor that, if dead two monkeys in Fattupur University (BHU) administra- a shocking finding that as an avid into the mystery behind 13 calls he lar society. R V Babu, leader of Hindu Aikya Vedi The Allahabad University has there is any grievance or dis- under City Kotwali police sta- tion is all set to reopen the uni- stock market player, he had piled up got from a particular number repeat- was arrested under non-bailable charges by the made it mandatory for teach- pute, matter shall be routed tion area. versity and start regular classes debts amounting to Rs 23 lakh. edly demanding the details of his Kerala Police on Friday for questioning the prac- ers to first intimate the proctor through proper channel to the An FIR in this connection from February 22, after a long The Palghar police investigating Raipur-Hyderabad-Chennai flight tice of Halal certification of commercial establish- through the head of depart- proctor. The proctor shall was lodged by Forest Ranger gap due to the outbreak of the case on Sunday came up with the on January 30 and January. 31”. ments. ment and Dean before they examine it and put it up before Richesh Kumar Mishra and Covid-19 pandemic. revelation about the deceased Navy Shinde said that the deceased had “I was arrested for asking people to shun estab- lodge any FIR against a fellow competent authority for nec- arrested persons are Buland The varsity hostels will sailor Surajkumar Mitilesh Dubey assured his colleague that he would lishments spotting Halal certification because in a teacher or over any official dis- essary action. If there is a Ansari and his brother Mohsin reopen from February 17. being in huge debts, came to light return the loan soon either by cheque secular society like ours, there is no space for this pute without prior permission requirement to file FIR, the Ansari. BHU spokesperson Rajesh two days after victim Navy sailor or online transactions. “But we still kind of discrimination,” Babu told The Pioneer over of the competent authority. same shall be filed by the proc- The incident took place on Singh said the Vice Chancellor Surajkumar Mitilesh Dubey was do not know as to why they brought his arrest. An order in this regard has tor or other authorised officials Saturday in the premises of held a meeting with the direc- found in half-burnt, semi-nude con- Surajkumar all the way from Chennai K V Rajasekharan, social scientist who is a pro- been issued by the university of the university.” Eastern Carpets on Station tors of the institutes, deans, dition in a forested area of Palghar to Palghar forests''. lific writer on social issues said the insistence on administration on the instruc- The order bears signifi- Road, which is owned by the Registrar, Dean of student wel- district. Surajkumar succumbed at According to Shinde, Halal certification by one community would lead tion of Vice Chancellor Sangita cance since in the past, some Ansari brothers. fare, Chief Proctor and other Sion Hospital in north-central Surajkumar’s father Mithilesh Dube to polarisation. “It is not advisable to allow Halal Srivastava. teaching and non-teaching According to eyewitnesses, officials and it was decided that Mumbai, where he had been rushed contacted the INS Agrani certification. This is like imposing the practice of The order said, “It has employees have approached one monkey was shot dead on the hostels will open for the last for treatment. Commander Ashok Rai after his one community over others,” said Rajasekharan. come to the notice of the Vice police and lodged FIRs against Friday night and the other on year students from February The Palghar district police have son failed to resume his duty at INS Bhargava Ram, of HAV, said Halal is a term used Chancellor that faculty mem- each other, said a faculty mem- Saturday. 17.The classes will start running formed 10 teams, comprising ten Agrani on January 30, to enquire. to denote meat of animals which were slaughtered bers file FIR against co-work- ber. Mishra said that some in hybrid mode (offline along police personnel each, to investigate “The family did not ransom calls after by Muslims reciting Islamic verses. “Persons belong- ers in official matters without When contacted, varsity's locals made a video of the inci- with online) from February 22. all the angles in the case, including the Surajkumar’s disappearance from the ing to Islamic community consume only Halal chick- taking prior approval of com- public relation officer Jaya dent and posted it on social He said the time table of the motive behind his murder. Chennai airport,” Shinde said. en or meat. Restaurants and eateries serving such petent authority and without Kapoor said, “This is an inter- media after which the police classes will be uploaded on In his dying declaration, Shinde said that the deceased food display the Halal certified emblem. Though it intimating the concerned head nal matter. We will not com- and the forest department team the university's website Surajkumar – hailing from had switched off two personal phones was not in vogue in Kerala, of late most Islamic or dean. It has been decided by ment.” IANS reached the spot. IANS shortly. IANS Daltonganj in Jharkhand – had told on January 31 night with the last establishments have started spotting Halal emblem,” the police that he was posted on INS location indicating Chennai Airport said Bhargava Ram, a spiritual guru. Agrani. He was abducted from vicinity. “that was the reason for his He also said that devote Muslims are particu- Chennai on January 30 and held cap- family to file a missing complaint lar about Halal certification. “Though it was con- tive there by three unknown persons, with Chainpur Police Station in fined to eateries, now it has become mandatory for while he was returning to his work Jharkhand. products like coconut oil and talcum powder to spot station after his vacation. “On February 1, Surajkumar’s the Halal emblem to tell the world that the prod- Upon his arrival from Ranchi to cousin Chandan Dube learnt of the ucts are not Haraam (impure, according to Arab lan- Chennai to join duty on January 30, third number which was active but he guage),” said Ram. Surajkumar was accosted at gunpoint did not answer after which the police Kevin Peter, president, Christian Action for outside the Chennai airport and contacted the two share-trading Social Action (CASA) an umbrella organisation uni- whisked away to an unknown loca- firms. Surajkumar’s father has told us fying all Christian sects, said the trade name Halal tion where he was captive for 3 days. that he had no knowledge of his son’s has created a lot of apprehension among the peo- The abductors allegedly demand- stock-market investments, the huge ple. “We had opposed restaurants and eateries spot- ed a ransom of Rs. 10 lakh from him. loans on his head and related aspects, ting the boards “Only for Brahmins”. The Halal sys- When he refused to pay up the ran- Shinde said. tem is like going back to the days of untouchabili- som, he was abducted and brought to Shinde said that the real motive ty and discrimination,” said Kevin. the jungles of Vevji within the limits behind the murder was not clear yet. Kerala has seen mushrooming of restaurants of Gholdwad of Talasari in Palghar “Our team has gone to Chennai to and eateries in the post-Covid-19 phase. “Traditional district, where the abductors alleged- investigate the case. We hope to eateries have been shut down but the new ones are ly poured petrol on him and set him solve the case as soon as possible,” he all that sell non-vegetarian stuff. This is certain to on fire. The local people alerted the said. destroy the food culture and eating habits of the police subsequently. The investigations have revealed Ketralaites,” said a leading restaurant owner. Talking to media persons on that despite the huge loans he had According to Ram, the spreading of Halal cer- Sunday, Palghar”s District taken, his two accounts in different tified establishments mark the beginning of Business Superintendent of Police Dattatray branches with State Bank of India Jihad or Economic Jihad. “Business and trade sec- Shinde said: “ The deceased had three showed that he had as low a balance tors would become Islamic domains. Kerala already mobiles -- ones of which one was as Rs. 392. “We have learnt that he has Halal residential accommodations,:” said Ram exclusively for dealing in stocks and had transferred rest of the amounts who said this would further lead to loss of employ- shares of which even his family was to two share trading firms through ment by Non-Muslims.”The Islamic verses has to be unaware. which he conducted his deals,” Shinde recited only by Muslims and it will become manda- The deceased (Surajkumar) had said. tory to employ Islamists for the job. " % < = * % = ! "#$ ! " $
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O * ,9- % ,+ - Decimation in its essence is O 6 ( too mild a term to describe what ( has happened to these indus- tries; after all the term was # :% S ( born during the Roman resorts of Kerala or the palaces all year are flying and driving mess — China, lease costs $ 6 6 @ % 6 Republic when commanders in Rajasthan but also major around India. have come down anyway. So, . 6 ( . . S ( executed a tenth of a legion for pilgrimage sites such as Bodh But, to be honest, that is that loops back to the original 19$ # ( cowardice. The industry, in ret- Gaya and Sarnath. just a small slice, the highest question, what can the rospect, would have been happy There is a school of thought end of the consuming class in Government do? The ) ) to have fallen by just a tenth. that argues that domestic India, which is just a miniscule Government cannot buy up 6 / B P:% 6 C D =>;? India’s largest airline operator, tourism will pick up some of proportion of our popula- stocks of the stone inlay work- 9'+ :% 1 Q # :% Interglobe Aviation that owns the slack. And indeed the rush tion. While many of these ers who used to sell to foreign ( and operates IndiGo, recently of tourists to places like Goa is tourists earlier spent their tourists at the Taj Mahal. It can’t announced its third quarter heartening even though — rupees abroad — they are the provide work to the thousands ( 0 3 results where it said they had lost with COVID-19 protocols class of people who have had of guides at India’s several % P(Q a stunning 7 crore per day. And being blithely ignored and the destination weddings or were World Heritage Sites, or even 9'+ ( they are India’s best-run airline potential of another wave of $ 1 0 the chief executives of compa- much of a dole for that matter, # in business. Hotels are barely infections still looming — nies that did expensive off- nor can it help the people who surviving. While some large some of the pictures and videos ( .%($-%., sites — with the wedding and used to arrange high-end lux- # ) chains have managed to ride out emerging from Goa are con- ($( , (!1 conference business being hit, ury trips and who had invest- P*# 9 ' + ( the storm, many smaller prop- cerning, to say the least. That although there are some green ed their savings in the business. Q " erties across the country have said, the influx of tourists into ( .-! /!00 shoots now, the fact is that What it can do, and this shut shop. With no social secu- Goa has helped many thou- !12. , “revenge travel” while helping was proved by the Budget, is rity net, thousands of employees sands keep their jobs and, as yet, the industry is not quite that it can encourage inbound !" find themselves in a financially another outbreak has largely (, 0$12" enough. This is evident in tourism. It can promote India precarious position. been prevented although there ! ,, *(,-. MakeMyTrip’s results for the in a way that other countries But those in the formal sec- are some stories emerging of ( .-! ( ( last quarter (October- cannot. India has some of the tor might have had some sort of people who travelled to Goa December) of 2020: Air tick- best heritage and natural saving. At many major tourist and contracted the virus. 0$1, 0!2,% $ eting was down 62 per cent, beauty. It can reduce taxes on destinations across the country, But, just casual observa- ! ,$-(,!% hotel bookings 66 per cent and aviation fuel to spur flying and it is actually the guy way down tion makes it obvious that bus bookings 43 per cent. local tourism as well. It can in the tourism value chain who there is no raging pandemic in ,;,( .% The industry is looking cut consumption taxes in has been hit the hardest. Think India. Airports are crowded , (, for help but that begs the ques- hotels and India should join of the masseurs in Kerala’s and most flights are packed; tion, what can the Government the list of nations that offer tax ayurvedic spas? Think of the while the railway services are !1(.-, $ do? Sure, some sops on taxation refunds to foreign shoppers. tourist guides at any World still limited, some amount of ;! , ,,-%!% and depreciation for hotels and But, for that to happen, we Heritage Site and think of the travel has returned and, to use airlines could be given. Taxation will still have to wait until this poor people who sold everything the words of Deep Kalra, Chief - (,-,$-, benefits on aircraft lease, as accursed pandemic is past us from cheap trinkets to fancy Executive Officer of India’s 1 1,-!%*( announced in the Budget, and, for that to happen, we shawls; also, the artisans behind largest online travel agency, would help bring down rentals should all line up and wait for the scenes. The collapse of the MakeMyTrip.com, there has $:(,0,$ ( but with the global airline our turn to get the jab. international travel business has been a return of “revenge trav- industry in the doldrums as (The author is Managing hit hundreds of thousands of el” where families sick and well, with the sole exception of Editor, The Pioneer. The views Indians, not just at the beach tired of being cooped up inside the country that started this expressed are personal.) %%& %'%%()%'& SOUNDBITE % 8 / " 5 / ! ' * 4 ? =" ( ) A * Sir— Though the Indian Railways is ! $! known to refurbish its services at frequent 0 ", + "! intervals, its failure to keep the cost-effec- + tive factor in mind is its bane. Finance + A ) A 7 " " 8 Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has given + + " * a huge outlay—1.10 lakh crore— to the " ' " " Railways. The question is, will the lofty A ++ + A #(<)0-( * + ,*+- plans of the Government take off and reach their logical conclusion? As expect- + A K " # ed, the Minister has gone gaga on infra- ! " ) " * % structural development towards safety and comfort of travellers. There is nothing + ) +A & # * . special in Sitharaman’s declaration that the Railways will go all the way in devel- 2 * ++ ++ " + + +) * " !#($)! oping more aesthetic Vistadome Linke + + * + * . *+ Hofmann Busch (LHB) coaches because + " L M - *% ( * 2 % - ++ a lot many mainline trains already pos- / $ " A / " sess these coaches. The LHB coaches are already in use in ! A " 0 ++ (< ) )9*( India since 2000. The automatic train pro- "( % + K$ % tection system, an anti-collision mecha- "( " ( ++ nism, is long overdue. But when will it be ! ++ A ! " 2 + + " 0 put to use is a pertinent question. The "( A J Kannan | Hyderabad ! A 1 2 . ( National Rail Plan for 2030 means noth- " ing unless properly planned. The dedicat- ! " ( ed freight corridors cannot wait more. A 100 per cent track electrification by 2023 supported by Pakistan were looking for transport infrastructure is now embold- opportunities to create unrest in the ening people to switch to private modes N9+ " # is good news. Expansion of gauge conver- !++ " sion and enhanced signalling systems, region. of transport, leading to congestion on ( The internet services were partially roads. Pedestrians and cyclists are left ),( greatly emphasised by the Minister, restored last year, but only 2G internet ser- with no choice with such encroachment K 3 should be hastened. More private sector vices were available for mobile users. But of road space by other vehicles. Public 3 4 involvement, via public-private partner- now as the situation in the Union Territory transport options like buses and Metros < - ( ship (PPP), in upgrading railway stations is getting better, removing the restrictions are also not utilised to the fullest extent + * and running of trains on specific routes on 4G internet is a very good decision to owing to inadequate planning and lack should be ensured. " ! 3 % ensure that the life of normal people gets of foresight. Ganapathi Bhat | Akola back on track at a faster pace. It will pro- The urban policymakers should G + 3 ( mote business in the UT and many local emphasise that the organisations employ- 3 businesses will be able to increase their sales ing workforce that uses private transport " 5 % Sir — Restoration of 4G internet services by online means. It is also good news for should switch to flexible working options (9=-( in the Union Territory of Jammu and K3 students and professionals who till now and thus reduce congestion on roads. As Kashmir after 18 months is a laudable step were not able to get the benefit of most of the workforce has computer- 0 3 by the Government. It symbolises that nor- internet for academic and professional related jobs, a unified policy should be / # 2 6 ( malcy is returning to the region. After the purposes. framed to allow flexible working oppor- > 3 1 2 abrogation of Article 370, the special sta- Krishnansh somani | Ujjain tunities apart from encouraging work ( tus of the erstwhile State was taken away ( from home in busy cities and big metro- and it was bifurcated into two Union plitans. # 6 # Territories—Jammu and Kashmir, and Sir — Cities across the globe are witness- Varun Dambal | Bangalore "! Ladakh. 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Our skill programme Q is churning out unemployable skills and not 3 @3) employable skills, for which there is a huge short- ( age. The private sector has no incentive to impart $.* ( skills to its workers. On the other hand, in coun- tries like Germany, the system of apprenticeship # ) makes it mandatory for the private sector to impart skills to the workers. # India’s education system leans heavily on the- up, let alone thrive. Technical skills jobs that don’t exist yet. Many of throughout the life of a worker. ( oretical learning while practical training aspects such as coding can be taught and these children who are still being Governments should also rein- # involving “working with hands” and “learning by ! !$O assessed more easily while soft educated in the old system will find force the supply of skills by doing” take a backseat. 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This ter, adapt to changes more easily, tasks. Many of the schools and uni- advanced skills, it is also necessary ) is one of the main reasons for India’s demand-sup- -$1(!1$0 have a thorough understanding of versities are structured on the old, to strengthen the ecosystems for ply mismatch where the industry lacks a skilled (-$!!% social dynamics and ultimately hierarchical elitism of colonial basic subsistence skills in smaller % talent pool and youngsters cannot find jobs. $ ,1( progress further in their chosen times and consider students as communities. We can design new- The skill gap analysis reveals that by 2022, the !; 0;!% careers. empty vessels that simply need to generation skills for para-veterinar- 24 key sectors of the economy will generate a N/ -2!%/!( Technical skills are arguably be filled with bookish knowledge. ians, health workers, solar engi- demand for 109 million skilled workers. In sales $ O$ more practical and easily quantifi- As a consequence, such education- neers, water drillers and testers, and in unorganised sectors such as the leather able and are considered important al institutions are disempowering hand pump mechanics, artisans, industry, textiles, fabrication, servicing of auto- N0,$-!%3: for securing a job. The importance students through their outdated designers, masons, accountants, mobiles and so on, automation can never com- !%O($2, $ of imparting skill training to the teaching methods. technicians and computer pro- pletely replace the human workforce. Clearly, what 3$12 ,$(" youth is well-recognised and has The need of the hour is not only grammers who support their fellow is needed is a skill-based ecosystem that includes 3 2! been flagged as a national priority giving adequate skills but also villagers in building and sustaining the right blend of infrastructure, faculty and indus- 2 /0, %, for almost a decade, with significant developing it in such a manner that collective livelihood projects and try participation so as to ensure sustainability and initiatives being launched by the it fosters inclusive growth. We increasing their economic and 1 ( ! -$-,0: long-term income generation. . 0,,(, Government. should focus on the “one lifecycle” social resilience. 6 Numerous challenges are required to be The sad part is that only 10 per approach which encompasses all There is an important role for " 3 ( addressed for skill development in India. The huge /!( cent of the total workforce in the aspects related to skill training, organisations supporting small pro- (% $ 4 number of informally trained workers, who form ! . (-!$0 country receives some kind of skill including employability. Adopting ducers to hone their skills, under- 0 a part of the workforce, have still no formal train- (-$!!% training. The feedback from corpo- this approach will ensure that the stand the marketplace dynamic ) 3 3 0 (% $ ing opportunities. Their skill training is general- rate India and research institutes kind of skills imparted to trainees and to adapt their products for . ly through individual learning and observations, shows a grim reality that about 65- are marketable and linked with jobs. urban markets. They can encour- or by transfer of skills from a master craftsper- 75 per cent of the 15 million It is also important to ensure age and promote environment- ( son to an apprentice. These craftsmen can set up Indian youth who enter the work- that specific skills are not scaled friendly products and processes, # small cottage units but cannot be absorbed in fac- force each year are not job-ready or across multiple areas in the same help in branding, packaging solu- tories where basic technical skills are an essen- suitably employable. There is a huge region as this saturates the market tion and also support primary pro- ! tial prerequisite. gap between what is being taught with limited opportunities for those ducers in transitioning their subsis- With the influx of cheap, machine-made to students and what they need to who are trained. If everyone is tence livelihoods to reach sustain- 3 (# # products, traditional handicrafts are being driven pursue as a successful career. To trained in becoming a blacksmith, able levels. 0 ;> out from market competition even though the narrow this gap, we need to create there will be too many blacksmiths We require a more coordinat- handcrafted products are aesthetically superior. a curriculum that focuses on and not enough jobs. Imparting ed approach from various stake- Traditional craftsmanship is losing value and the imparting the skills that are relevant locally-relevant skill sets like repair- holders if we want to enlarge the market offers poor compensation to the artisans to the times. Thus, teaching and ing bicycles, two-wheelers, solar network of training programmes # $ D for their skills and artistry. The gap between skill curriculum design needs to be lamps or mobiles, running a poul- and ensure that training is closely 3 ( training and employment has widened, leading given a greater priority. try unit, and the like, make fami- aligned with specific demands of to a situation where youth are unable to find the The writer is a Technology is advancing faster lies self-sustaining. the industry. It requires intervention 3(# ( well-known development % . # ( employment that they are aspiring for and professional of than we can adapt, upending the To this end, Governments at four levels: Quality trainers, # employers are unable to find workers who are international repute. job market and delivering unimag- should boost investment in lifelong market-aligned curriculum, assess- appropriately trained for the job. The views expressed inable shocks to both our values learning to retrain, re-tool and re- ment of learning outcomes and ( New rules, new openness, and new connec- are personal. and pattern of thinking. Most chil- skill. For example, Governments effective matchmaking between RI IS tivity require different sets of skills just to keep dren entering school today will do could provide training grants the youth and jobs. / ( ( ( POINTCOUNTERPOINT % $ ( %.# ( % 4 . $63 0 % # # %# ) S # % 4 %2/ 44 / L L# # % $ & # % % ! " # 5 !
vents and developments lenges for decades now which reduced attacks in Afghanistan last September, Prime Minister Indo-Pacific and its role in Among other issues, the first of the last few years have include the pernicious effects of in keeping with peace deals by Narendra Modi pointed out helping other countries during step should be to turn the Emade the world fractured climate change, accidental or it with the previous US that the UN has been facing a the current pandemic. Also its “larger mandate of the reformed and disunited. This has accen- intended holocausts that could Administration. However, there crisis of confidence and reiter- partnerships are not directed world body to prevent wars and tuated threats to security in be caused by enormous stock- is no surety that the peace deals ated India’s call for its reform to against someone else and its security threats” to “Authority some countries and regions. In piles of N-weapons and geopo- will work. reflect present realities. He development programmes are to prevent wars and security the normal course, civilisations litical struggles now mostly in The danger posed by China asked, how long would India, not bound by any malafide threats.” But for this nation have risen and fallen with few '! /'0 the context of terrorism or emanates from the manner in the world’s largest democracy intent. States as members of the surviving exceptions like India aggressive and wrongful asser- which it wants to assert itself with more than 18 per cent of Obviously, permanent reformed world body would and China. But now in the age tion of power by China. aggressively without any regard the global population, be kept membership for India at the have to share shades of their of climate change and nuclear Regarding climate change, for international laws. This has out of the UN’s decision-mak- UNSC is an important ele- sovereignty with the new world (N) weapons, mankind is faced it is a happy augury that the Joe already endangered security in ing structure? Citing historical ment of reform of the world body. This is a necessity and with myriad challenges which Biden Government in the US the Indo-Pacific region. and contemporary reasons for body. Consequently, during its may no longer be an utopia threaten its existence. The has decided to undo the action Immediate to India, the impasse a bigger role for India, Modi current two-year non-perma- given the fact that the first-ever immediate threat the world of the previous regime and between Indian and Chinese UN has helped the world in pointed out its growing eco- nent membership of the UNSC, treaty on the prohibition of N- has been facing is that of the return to the Paris Agreement. troops on the Line of Actual many ways, but its efforts have nomic and strategic clout, its reformation of the world body weapons has come into force. pandemic. The United Nations But N-weapons in the absence Control has strained ties not been adequate to prevent role in peace keeping missions, should be the first priority of The result of a sustained cam- (UN) was supposed to play an The writer is a of any worldwide disarmament between the two powers. wars, terror attacks and blood- its philosophy of working for India’s diplomatic efforts. paign for decades, the treaty is important role in mitigating this journalist, former IIS agreement now pose a far more All these and other dangers shed. Its structure and lack of the interests of mankind, its his- After the world body is com- not supported by all countries but there has been hardly any officer and producer. The devastating threat to mankind. facing mankind, again focus reforms has been the main tory as a non-colonising nation, pletely reformed, there has to be but it is a step forward. A long, joint effort or effective response views expressed are Regarding the danger attention on the mandate of the cause responsible for this. its green initiatives such as the a paradigm shift in giving it a sustained campaign could also by it to fight the pandemic. personal. posed by terror, the US has UN to maintain global peace Addressing a virtual high- International Solar Alliance, new shape on the way to ulti- turn the utopia of a world The world has already been announced that it will deter- after its establishment in 1945 level meeting of the UN its actions for security and mately turning it into a demo- democratic government into a facing some abhorrent chal- mine whether the Taliban has at the end of World War-II. The General Assembly (UNGA) development in regions like the cratic world government. possibility. ! " 2
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EXECUTIONS END THE s enthusiastic crowds of last November’s election was bolder since Monday’s coup, "00*# ( <)- Jpresident to openly oppose Atens of thousands marched marred by fraud, though the while remaining nonviolent in undreds of students the death penalty, has dis- A: While the coronavirus pan- PRACTICE? through the streets of election commission said it support of a call by Suu Kyi’s Hbelonging to the Nepal 0 "0*< "(0 cussed the possibility of demic and election coverage A: Biden can guarantee no Myanmar’s biggest city on had found no evidence to sup- party and its allies for civil dis- Communist Party’s rival faction instructing the Department of dominated the news last year, federal executions during his Sunday to protest last week’s port the claims. obedience. led by Pushpa Kamal Dahal -("-**!0-(19-- Justice to stop scheduling new many Americans who paid presidency by simply telling the coup, their spirits were lifted by The growing protests are a In one of Sunday’s gather- ‘Prachanda’ on Sunday held a 61)9-*)),*60 *- executions, officials have told close attention to the resump- Justice Department never to the return of internet services sharp reminder of the long and ings, at least 2,000 labor union rally here against Prime The Associated Press. tion of federal executions under schedule any. But that would that had been blocked a day bloody struggle for democracy and student activists and mem- Minister K P Sharma Oli’s )" ")**-( If he does, that would end President Donald Trump were not prevent a future president earlier. in a country that the military bers of the public gathered at a decision to dissolve Parliament, -() -*-(- ) an extraordinary run of exe- dismayed by their scale and the who supports capital punish- Separate protests that ruled directly for more than major intersection near Yangon as the rivalry between the two cutions by the federal govern- apparent haste to carry them ment from restarting them. began in various parts of five decades before loosening of University. They marched top leaders escalated. 0=), 6(0 ment, all during a pandemic out. Barack Obama, for whom Yangon converged at Sule its grip in 2012. along a main road, snarling The rally by Prachanda’s < )" - that raged inside prison walls The executions, begin- Biden served as vice presi- Pagoda, situated in the center Suu Kyi’s government, traffic. Drivers honked their supporters came two days after and infected journalists, feder- ning July 14 and ending four dent, did place an informal of a roundabout in the city’s which won a landslide election horns in support. pro-government students al employees and even those days before Biden’s inaugura- moratorium on carrying fed- downtown area. Protesters in 2015, was the first led by Police in riot gear blocked chanting slogans like “We love by 68-year-old Oli and Party’s put to death. tion on Jan. 20, were the first eral executions out when he chanted “Long live Mother civilians in decades, though it the main entrance to the uni- KP Oli”, “Oli is our hero”, “Oli chairman and another led by The officials had knowl- federal executions in 17 years. was president, ordering a Suu” and “Down with military faced a number of curbs to its versity. Two water cannon for the prime minister” staged 66-year-old “Prachanda”, also edge of the private discussions More were held in the last six review of execution methods in dictatorship.” power under a military-draft- trucks were parked nearby. a massive show of strength in the executive chair of the party with Biden but were not autho- months under Trump than in 2014 after a botched state exe- Authorities had cut access ed constitution. The protesters held plac- Kathmandu in favour of Oli. and former premier. rized to speak publicly about the previous 56 years com- cution in Oklahoma. to the internet as the protests During Myanmar’s years of ards calling for freedom for Suu Supporters of Prachanda Defending his move to dis- them. bined. But Obama never took any grew isolation under military rule, Kyi and President Win Myint, on Sunday shouted slogans solve Parliament, Oli said some White House press secre- Executions went ahead for steps toward ending federal Saturday, fanning fears of a the golden-domed Sule Pagoda who were put under house like “We hate you K P Oli” and leaders tried to obstruct the tary Jen Psaki, when asked inmates whose lawyers claimed executions for good. That left complete information blackout. served as a rallying point for arrest and charged with minor “We hate KP Oli for taking the functioning of his government Friday about Biden’s plans on were too mentally ill or intel- the door open for Trump to On Sunday afternoon, howev- political protests calling for offenses, seen by many as pro- country towards the path of and he had no other alternative the death penalty, said she had lectually disabled to fully grasp resume them. Death penalty er, internet users in Yangon democracy, most notably in viding a legal veneer for their regression by dissolving the other than seeking a fresh nothing to preview on the why they were being put to critics want Biden to slam shut reported that data access on during a massive 1988 uprising detention. House of Representatives”. mandate. issue. death. that door. their mobile phones had sud- and again during a 2007 revolt Reports on social media The rally was part of the The ruling NCP has split Action to stop scheduling Lawyers for Lisa Q: WHAT ARE BIDEN’S denly been restored. led by Buddhist monks. and by some Myanmar news phase-wise anti-government over Oli’s call for a new new executions could take Montgomery, convicted of RANGE OF OPTIONS? The demonstrators are The military used to dead- services said demonstrations agitation led by Prachanda and Parliament to be elected more immediate pressure off Biden killing a pregnant Missouri A: The surest way to prevent seeking to roll back last ly force to end both of those were taking place in other Madhav Kumar Nepal against than a year ahead of schedule. from opponents of the death woman and cutting out her a future president from again Monday’s seizure of power by uprisings, with estimates of parts of the country as well, the prime minister’s contro- Both Oli and the rival penalty. baby, said her mental illness restarting executions is to sign the military and demanding the hundreds if not thousands with a particularly large crowd versial decision to dissolve group claim to control the But they want him to go was partly triggered by years of a bill abolishing the federal release from detention of the killed in 1988. While riot police in the central city of Mandalay. Parliament on December 20 Nepal Communist Party and much further, from bulldozing horrific sexual abuse as a child. death penalty. That would country’s ousted leader, Aung have been sent to watch the Saturday had seen the size and hold new elections on the issue is being disputed at the federal death chamber in On Jan. 13, she became the first require Congress to pass such San Suu Kyi, and other top fig- protests this past week, soldiers of street protests grow from the April 30 and May 10. the Election Commission. The Terre Haute, Indiana, to strik- woman executed federally in a bill. ures from her National League have been absent and there hundreds to the thousands, The ruling NCP has been rival faction even announced ing the death penalty from U.S. for Democracy party. have been no reports of clash- but is also saw the authorities witnessing months-long tussle that it had ousted Oli from the Statutes entirely. The military has accused es. cut most access between two factions, one led party at a meeting last month. A look at the steps Biden % $ ()*) +, 5 /;< ) " 142/2) : '*$$% #-./ 0 "" " # /$ !%( “The Biden administra- 1 $ $ tion believes there are more 424 % he Biden administration suitable ways to work with /$ !%( coronavirus cases are Brazil Tis withdrawing the US our partner governments to 0 the game” in terms of antici- (9,447,165), the UK $2$ Deputy Minister Mohibul from agreements with three manage migration across the pating variants of coronavirus he total number of global (3,941,273), Russia (3,907,653), Hasan Chowdhury Nowfel Central American countries region,” Blinken said in a nother 18,262 people in and was making “libraries of Tcoronavirus cases has France (3,376,266), Spain angladesh’s Covid-19 vac- became thee first person in the that restricted the ability of statement announcing the ABritain have tested positive future vaccines”, he told the topped 105.7 million, while the (2,941,990), Italy (2,625,098), Bcination programme began Chittagong Divisionto be vac- people to seek asylum at the immediate suspension of the for Covid-19, bringing the total BBC.Downing Street has con- deaths have surged to more Turkey (2,524,786), Germany on Sunday across the country cinated after the inauguration southwest border, part of a agreements and their eventual number of coronavirus cases in firmed that all British adults than 2.30 million, according to (2,285,003), Colombia with a target to inoculate 3.5 of the inoculation campaign at broad effort to undo the the termination. the country to 3,929,835, aged 50 and older are expect- the Johns Hopkins University. (2,151,207), Argentina million people in the first the Chattogram Medical immigration policies of The secretary of state according to official figures ed to be offered a first dose of In its latest update on (1,976,689), Mexico phase. College Hospital (CMCH). President Donald Trump. said the administration released on Saturday. the coronavirus vaccine by Sunday morning, the (1,912,871), Poland Bangladesh had received Home Minister Secretary of State Antony intends to work with the The country also reported early May.More than 11 million University’s Center for Systems (1,545,530), South Africa the Oxford-AstraZeneca Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, Blinken said Saturday the Central American nations to another 828 coronavirus-relat- people in Britain have been Science and Engineering (1,473,700), Iran (1,459,370), Covid-19 vaccine from the Agriculture Minister Abdur administration had notified reduce some of the insecuri- ed deaths. The total number of given the first jab of the coro- (CSSE) revealed that the cur- Ukraine (1,285,059), Peru Serum Institute of India (SII) Razzaque, Science and El Salvador, Guatemala and ty and poverty that cause coronavirus-related deaths in navirus vaccine, according to rent global caseload and death (1,173,045), Indonesia under grants assistance on Technology Minister Yeafesh Honduras that it had started people to flee in the first place Britain now stands at 112,092. the latest official toll stood at 105,724,227 and (1,147,010), Czech Republic January 21.Health Minister Osman and Public the formal process of termi- while maintaining the secu- These figures only include the figures.Meanwhile, British 2,307,219, respectively. (1,030,112) and the Zahid Maleque has received his Administration Minister nating agreements that had rity of the U.S. Border. deaths of people who died Prime Minister Boris Johnson The US is the worst-hit Netherlands (1,015,757), the first shot of the coronavirus Farhad Hossain have also been part of Trump’s effort to “To be clear, these actions within 28 days of their first pos- said that it is still too early to country with the world’s high- CSSE figures showed. vaccine after the inauguration received their shots. restrict asylum. do not mean that the U.S. itive test, Xinhua news agency talk about ending coronavirus est number of cases and deaths Brazil currently accounts of the vaccination drive Hospital sources said some The agreements, which Border is open,” he said. reported. restrictions as the infection at 26,908,962 and 461,910, for the second highest number through video conferencing 162 people, including minis- had been on hold since early “While we are committed to Earlier on Saturday, Clive levels are still “very high”. respectively, according to the of Covid-19 fatalities at from the health directorate of ters, lawmakers and physi- in the coronavirus pandem- expanding legal pathways for Dix, chairman of Britain’s vac- It was “still early days” and CSSE. 230,034, followed by Mexico Bangladesh.Maleque was cians, will be vaccinated in five ic, required many people protection and opportunity cines taskforce, said he is “very people should continue to stay India comes in second (164,290) on the third place administered the jab at at booths at the hospital.CMCH seeking asylum at the US- here and in the region, the optimistic” that Britain can at home and follow the lock- place in terms of cases at and India (154,918) on the Sheikh Russel Gastroliver Director Brigadier General S M Mexico border to go instead United States is a country meet the target of vaccinating down rules, Johnson said in a 10,814,304. fourth.Meanwhile, the nations Institute and Hospital in the Humayun Kabir, Chattogram to one of the three Central with borders and laws that all over-50s by May. video posted on Twitter on The other countries with with a death toll above 20,000 capital’s Mohakhali area around City Corporation chief medical American countries and pur- must be enforced.” Britain would be “ahead of Friday night. more than a million confirmed are the UK (112,305). 11.30 a.m. officer Doctor Selim Akhter. sue their claims there. &<= ; " $ P 9 $ ! ! . 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Trose by 15.1 per cent to 9Kolkata and 23.63 million tonnes (MT) in FSitharaman on Sunday said when asked about the details. banks and the government is Chennai, petrol was sold at Rs December 2020 compared to *),*),609 9*<8 ("-* the Government will work On the bad bank, trying to ensure the same. 93.49, Rs 89.39 and Rs 88.30 20.52 MT in the year-ago 23@/33 )-0 < with the Reserve Bank for exe- Sitharaman said the govern- The minister also said that per litre respectively. month. 8(*" 0-609 cution of the bank privatisation ment may have to give some the banks are gradually getting Diesel prices also remained Non-coking coal imports plan announced in the budget. guarantee for the National out of the risk aversion, which unchanged on Sunday. Prices of were at 15.63 MT in December Speaking to reporters in Asset Reconstruction had set in during the early days the fuel in Delhi, Mumbai, this fiscal against 14.21 MT in 21, non-coking coal import was the financial capital, Company (ARC), but stressed of the pandemic. Kolkata and Chennai were Rs the same month last fiscal. at 107.07 MT against 128.26 Sitharaman also said that the that this is a solution which has When asked about the 77.13, Rs 83.99, Rs 82.33 and Rs Coking coal imports were at MT during the year-ago peri- government has no plan to come from the banks itself ambitious divestment targets 80.71 respectively. 5.36 MT against 4.47 MT in od. Coking coal imports were form any bank investment and will also be led by them. and the government’s ability to Petrol and diesel prices December 2019-20, according recorded at 33.54 MT during company to house the govern- Sitharaman alleged that push through necessary have largely been elevated amid and a pick-up in consumption to provisional data compiled by the period against 37.20 MT ment stakes in banks. the banks’ non-performing reforms to earn the projected reviving crude oil prices. The in all major economies global- mjunction services. during the same period a year In the union budget pre- assets, which are to be trans- revenues, Sitharaman exuded benchmark Brent crude oil is ly. 5 " However, the country’s ago. Commenting on the coal sented last week, Sitharaman ferred into the National ARC, confidence of hitting budgetary currently around $59 per bar- The last few increases in 4 coal import dropped by 13.5 import trend, Vinaya Varma, had announced the privatisa- are a legacy of the misman- estimates of Rs 1.75 lakh crore rel. pump prices in petrol and " per cent to 160.79 MT in the the MD and CEO of mjunction tion of two banks as part of its agement in the past. divestment. Though firm global crude diesel has taken its price to April-December period of the services, said, “Coal demand disinvestment plan. Bank There is no “phone bank- Sitharaman said the gov- and product price is the reason record levels across the coun- ongoing fiscal compared to from utilities moved up due to unions have opposed the move. ing” happening now, with ernment stands to get up to Rs for the increase in retail price try in all major metro cities and 185.88 MT in the same period higher generation in December. “The details are being favours being sought for any- 30,000 crore from the newly of petrol and diesel in past days, other towns. The last time the also imposed a new agriculture last fiscal. This coupled with a gradual worked out. I have made the one from New Delhi. introduced agricultural infra- it is interesting to note that even retail price of auto fuels were infrastructure and develop- ‘’India’s coal and coke recovery in industrial activities announcement but we are On the Bank Investment structure cess. though crude has been hover- closer to current levels was on ment cess. imports during April- and expectations of further working together with the RBI,” Company (BIC), she said no On the issue of fuel prices, ing just over $55 a barrel for a October 4, 2018 when crude Oil companies executives December 2020 through major firming up of international she said, when asked about the such proposal is on the table and inflation there in because long time, OMCs had gone in prices had shot up at $80 a bar- said that petrol and diesel and non-major ports are esti- prices led to increased vol- proposal. and wondered what resulted in of the duties, Sitharaman said for a pause in price of auto fuels rel. prices may increase further in mated to have decreased by umes.” Mjunction, a joint ven- She, however, declined to the discussion. if the Centre lowers excise, on consecutive days. The current price rise is coming days as retail prices 13.5 per cent over the same ture between Tata Steel and comment on any specific “There is no such discus- states will increase their taxes Crude price have remained largely on account of steep may have to be balanced in line period last year, “ mjunction SAIL, is a B2B e-commerce details about which will be the sion. I don’t know where it is to keep the prices at the same firm for last few weeks in wake increase in central taxes on with global developments to services said. company and also publishes candidate chosen for privati- coming from. At least it is not level and also earn some rev- of unilateral production cuts petrol and diesel and firm prevent OMCs from making During the April- research reports on coal and sation. before me. I am not discussing enues. announced by Saudi Arabia crude prices. The Budget has losses on the sale of auto fuels. December period of FY2020- steel verticals. + 0 +". 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TC Chairman Sanjiv Puri has go up by 5-10 per cent as the manufacturing LED lights, emerging high-growth areas Minister Simonyte is leading in the Indian market in the first and higher earnings growth in “The central bank Iannounced the setting up of Government is going to raise prices of the locally manufac- like fintech, life sciences, digi- Lithuania with “new energy five trading sessions of future.” announced that FPI invest- a ‘Young Digital Innovators customs duty on the imported tured goods will go up. tal technology and pharma- and dynamism” with a focus on February, as positive sentiment Besides, Groww co- ment in defaulted corporate Lab’ comprising of digital components used for their The tariffs on finished ceuticals while offering a high-growth areas for eco- post-Union Budget 2021 founder and Chief Operating bonds will be exempted from natives drawn from across manufacturing, and the domes- good have remained dynamic business environment nomic growth, and the rela- sparked a rally in investment. Officer Harsh Jain added that the short-term limit and the ITC’s businesses to crowd tic makers are approaching unchanged, it added. Hike in to Indian investors, its ambas- tions with India stand high on As per FPI statistics avail- India’s projected growth rate for minimum residual maturity source transformative digital the Government to address custom duty might support sador Julius Pranevicius said on its priority. Lithuania, a promi- able with depositories, overseas the financial year 2022 is requirement under the medi- strategies. the issue urgently. the domestic industry in the Sunday. nent Baltic nation, is a member investors pumped in a net Rs encouraging. um-term framework,” With the objective of Electric Lamp and long term, once the component The Lithuanian envoy said of the powerful NATO as well 10,793 crore into equities and India is also slated to Srivastava said. strengthening its competitive Component Manufacturers’ manufacturing ecosystem in his country has emerged as a as the European Union. Rs 1,473 crore in the debt seg- become one of the few nations This measure will help vitality, ITC is scaling up its Association (ELCOMA) India becomes more estab- burgeoning fintech hub glob- In a historic first for the ment between February 1-5. that recovered from the eco- investors build greater confi- digital interventions across President Sumit Joshi, “The lished. “As ELCOMA, we will ally and Indian companies country that regained its inde- During the period under nomic effects of the coron- dence in the Indian debt mar- businesses and value-chains. government’s decision to go back to the government to wanting to expand their pres- pendence following the col- review, the total net investment avirus pandemic much faster kets going ahead, he added. “Led by the Chairman increase tariff on inputs and address this urgently by corre- ence in Europe can use the lapse of the Soviet Union in stood at Rs 12,266 crore. than most other major For future of FPI flows, he Sanjiv Puri’s Vision to shape a parts used for manufacturing of spondingly increasing the tar- Baltic nation as a “gateway” to 1990, the new government was In the previous month, economies of the world, Jain said there is a strong possibil- new digital paradigm for ITC, LED lighting products will iff on finished goods as well for the larger markets in the formed by three conservative FPIs invested a net sum of Rs said. ity of profit-booking by FPIs at the company embarked on a result in a price increase for this category, in order to sup- region. parties which are all led by 14,649 crore in Indian mar- “The continued good per- regular intervals given the way digitalisation journey in recent locally manufactured lighting port local manufacturers in ensation led by Prime women The main agenda of the kets. formance of the Indian markets markets are headed. years by building digital capac- products in the short term.” the true spirit of India becom- Minister Ingrida Simonyte, government is to deal with the Kotak Securities Executive is being partly fuelled by this The continuation of ity at scale, by adopting cutting- It is because currently, ing Aatmanirbhar Bharat,” said which assumed office in challenges of the coronavirus Vice-President and Head investment from FPIs,” Jain accommodative stance by cen- edge digital technologies to almost all electronic compo- Joshi, whois also the vice- December, is being hailed as crisis as well as to focus on (Fundamental Research) further said. tral banks globally may ensure drive growth and by effective- nents are imported from chairman and managing direc- one of the world’s most gender- growth in futuristic areas for Rusmik Oza said, “The out- Regarding the debt seg- flow of foreign investments ly leveraging digital platforms abroad due to lack of a local tor of Signify Innovations India balanced and young govern- strengthening Lithuania’s econ- come of the Union Budget has ment, Morningstar India into emerging markets, includ- to support wide-spread social component ecosystem in India, (earlier known as Philips ments. Out of 15 members in omy and make it a hub of new sparked a rally and led to FPI Associate Director (Manager ing India, said Srivastava. transformation,” the company said . ELCOMA said that after Lighting India). the cabinet, seven are women innovation and technologies. inflows. Research) Himanshu Srivastava said in a statement. * *1 , 5% " @'A,, " " + % + % * # ,/ ,0! the GeM platform. The volume stood at Rs 2,165.9 crore. of procurement conducted by GeM is focussed on inte- cent and net NPAs lower than However, the collections have + inistries of defence and the ministries of railways and grating with the procurement 5 per cent by the end of the cur- again improved in the month Mrailways and central pub- defence and CPSEs has seen a process of the Ministry of rent fiscal, Rao said there has of January across the banking # ,/ ,0! Octro owns online games lic sector enterprises (CPSEs) steady upward trend since it Railways to bring its procure- been an improvement in col- industry, including our bank. including PlayRummy, Teen are among the largest buyer was rolled out in 2016,” he told ment on the portal up to the # ,/ ,0! lection efficiency as well in Considering, these factors, we nline gaming company Patti, Indian Rummy, Tambola organisations on the public PTI. The cumulative procure- full potential,” he said. January after a dampened are very confident that there OOctro has started expand- and Soccer Battles. The com- procurement portal, GeM, a ment by CPSEs as of January The integration of GeM tate-owned Punjab National December. won’t be any further increase ing its business overseas after pany’s card games involve real senior official said. 15, 2021, stood at Rs 4,737 with Integrated Material SBank (PNB) is expecting to Across the banking indus- (of bad loans). About pro- traction in its casino and card monetary transactions that it Government e- crore. Management System (iMMS)/ recover a substantial Rs 3,800 try, the collections were much forma NPA, we have already games, namely PlayRummy calls a game of skills. Marketplace (GeM) portal was “The cumulative order Indian Railway Electronic crore from Bhushan Power better in October and marked them, we have identi- and Teen Patti, according to a “We have gotten growth launched in August 2016 for value of procurement by the Procurement System (IRePS) is and Steel under debt resolution November, before dampening fied and have done the com- senior company official. on these sides, basically the online purchases of goods and defence ministry is Rs 8,232.6 underway and it is expected in NCLT, which will help it again in December because of plete provisioning, so there The firm’s Chief Marketing card and casino side. We have services by all central govern- crore (as of January 15, 2021) that Railways will be able to achieve the target of Rs 8,000 lack of clarity on NPA recog- won’t be any impact in Q4 Officer Manav Sethi said the also seen some success on the ment ministries, states and and is the highest among all create bids on GeM around the crore cash recoveries during nition from the Supreme (FY21),” Rao said in a confer- move of some state govern- real money gaming side. So, departments. ministries and state govern- middle of February, Kumar this fiscal, its managing direc- Court, he added. ence post bank’s December ments to ban online gaming is why don’t we take these IPs GeM CEO Talleen Kumar ments,” he added. Kumar said added. tor and CEO S S Mallikarjuna In response to a public quarter results. “On the con- helping gaming companies that (internet protocol) interna- said that they are introducing that the continuous engage- The cumulative transac- Rao said. interest litigation during Covid trary, I am expecting reduction are registered outside India. tional. a range of software function- ment with the defence ministry tion value on GeM as of Besides, the city-based times, the Supreme Court had of the proforma NPA what we “By March of 2021, we “That is where our next alities to address the unique and the development of new January 26 was Rs 80,564 crore, lender also hopes to make passed an interim order in have declared as on December would start the user acquisition round of investment in terms and diverse procurement needs functionalities on the platform up from 33,008 crore on good recovery of its exposure September, directing banks not 31, 2020.” The bank has post- for international markets,” Sethi of capital, people and time is of these large buyers. has yielded good results in August 1, 2019. Besides in crisis-hit DHFL, which is to declare accounts as NPA, ed a net profit of Rs 506 crore told PTI. going into. “These steps will enable this financial year. defence and railways, min- undergoing a resolution which otherwise would have on a standalone basis in the He claimed that the com- We have two very clear these organizations to conduct Similarly, the cumulative istries of home, petroleum, process currently. turned dud, during March- quarter ended December 2020 pany has seen 100 per cent tracks -- build an IP that can go their procurement with trans- order value of procurement on finance, health, electronics and Sticking to the bank’s pre- August till further orders. of this fiscal. It had posted a net growth year-on-year, and its global, and the second track is parency, ease and efficiency to GeM by the Ministry of power are major buyers from vious guidance on restricting “So there was an impulse loss of Rs 492.28 crore in the revenue is in three digits of to take our existing IP global- the fullest possible extent on Railways as of January 15 the platform. the gross NPAs below 14 per on identification on NPA. year-ago period. crore on Indian currency. ly,” Sethi said. 54 4 1 *Q$#( 1 $1 / %$ 89*$ *'" ' /$ " ' *'1&. 0 % )* % $% :* *%** 3,%$0.-. outskirts on February 3-5. several state-run and private 3,!
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While the latter is an emo- road transport infrastructure. then saves storage costs by significant- tional drama about the under- ITMS solutions provide a wide access later for further investigation, ly reducing the space used by any video belly of the human drug testing range of applications that process and and to better understand people’s recording and saves network infra- and the world of medical scam, share information to ease congestion, behavioural patterns. structure costs by minimising the the former is an intense, emo- improve traffic management, min- To better understand how it bandwidth of video data being trans- tional, action film. imise environmental impact, and works, we can inspect the technical mitted over the network. The filmmaker is working increase the benefits of transportation aspects of these 360-degree camera round-the-clock to ensure both to the public in general. An ITMS solu- systems. Optimising imagery with low-light the projects are shot and com- tion consists of the following systems: Thanks to its ability to monitor technology, which produces clearer pleted on time. “It’s quite a chal- large areas and provide unparalleled and brighter images with less noise, lenging task to handle these two ECB: Emergency call button system views, the use of 360-degree camera even in low light conditions. completely contrasting pro- PA: Public addressable system technology is growing rapidly. The jects. I am producing both the RLVD: Red light violation detection addition of different camera form fac- Strengthening the cybersecurity of projects and directing Human system tors and specialist certifications have the device, increasing the security level with Mozez Singh,” admits VIDS: Video incident detection sys- further added to the influx of adop- of access to the camera, and encrypt- Vipul. tem tion, taking the technology use far ing video and other data transmission. Talking about the shoot ANPR: Automatic number plate beyond that of just a conventional Operators expect surveillance cameras schedule, Vipul informs, recognition system security camera. But no matter the to be their eyes for what they can’t see “During day time, we are shoot- Overview cameras application, there’s one key element at all times. And in real life, if some- ing the web show and in the Command and control system with zoomed into one part of the scene, the parts of the scene can be viewed inde- that can make or break an entire sur- one’s eyesight isn’t perfect, they use night, we are shooting the film. e-challan software/ hardware/ storage camera has no visibility for the rest of pendently, and without prior config- veillance system: The quality of the contact lenses or glasses to improve My day starts approximately at systems the area and the only video of the view- uration or set up of that view. During technology. Inadequate surveillance their vision. The same concept should five in the morning and ends at There’s no doubt that all of these able area is stored. However, in an investigation, if an event occurred technology can cost organisations apply to video technology: Businesses two at night. After directing the solutions benefit the general public panoramic cameras, even when the in the past, this capability enables secu- time, money, and other resources that should look toward features that web show from early morning greatly. However, let’s delve deeper into operator focusses on any area or rity teams to go back in time to a spe- can thwart their security and business enhance image quality through the to evening, I report to the sets vidual, I have a habit of taking the most popular ITMS solution: zooms in a particular direction, the net- cific event and literally track/follow a goals. That’s why it’s extremely impor- aforementioned factors to ensure that of the film which starts from up the challenge as fun. 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The new putting India under the pump against It is a long series.” ball is around the corner and we a supremely confident England gun- ngland off-spinner Dom Bess Bess ended the day with 4 for are in a great seat at the moment,” ning for victory at the end of third Erated the wicket of India skip- 55 including the key scalps of Bess added. day’s play in the opening Test here on per Virat Kohli as one of the best Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Asked how confident he was Sunday. of his burgeoning career and said Pant and Cheteshwar Pujara. about winning the game, the At stumps, India were 257 for 6 his team is in a “great seat” after The England offie, who is England cricketer said he didn’t in reply to England’s massive first day three of the first Test with the playing his 13th Test and took 12 want to get too far ahead. innings score of 578 with 122 runs pitch expected to spin more. wickets in the recent tour of Sri “The most important thing is still needed to avoid the follow-on “It (Kohli’s wicket) is certain- Lanka, said he was bowling real- to finish off the first innings. We after Pant (91 off 88 balls) and ly up there. He is a phenomenal ly well at the moment. will then see where India are at Cheteshwar Pujara (73 off 143 balls) and a high-calibre player. He is “To be honest, I am bowling that point. India has got Ashwin added 119 runs for the fifth wicket. world-class and one of the best. really well at the moment. We and Sundar who can certainly Washington Sundar (33 batting, It is more about the process. haven’t bowled that much in a bat... 68 balls), primarily a What I am learning and doing is match situation. But, I was actu- “We will come back on batsman converted into 8 getting me to where I want to be,” ally really confident going out Monday and reassess. Hopefully, a specialist off-spinner, ! 5 92: & Bess told reporters after close of has given me a lot of confidence. there. The most important thing we take four wickets. We know was trying to make !,)!'.,!9/*,+.5 play. I don’t want to think about it too is the collective effort. We have that the games over here speed up amends for his poor “I am 23 and maybe going to much in the middle of the game. taken six wickets today. very quickly. We will stick to our show with the ball in keep going. The journey is going We have so much to work on. We “It has step up the game nice- processes and Monday is just a company of Ravichandran Ashwin (8 to be up and down. The wicket have got him out and will try to ly and it is starting to spin. It is new day,” he added. batting, 54 balls), who is never tired of a good on-field scrap, at stumps. With a couple of days’ play still n’t work for both parties. left, it will be interesting to see if Just like they don’t want to England team management decides change Cheteshwar Pujara, whose 73 to give its bowlers some respite if it off 143 balls over nearly four hours, Pant can be sensible in putting team first: Pujara gets a chance to enforce the follow- was in complete contrast to Pant’s # 1,$! whoever is there in the on. pyrotechnics. crease. He is capable of “We have had some soft dis- The Indian team’s ‘PPP’ model — heteshwar Pujara putting the team first missals. The way I got out and how the ‘Pant-Pujara Partnership’ worked Cdoesn’t want Rishabh because whenever he bats Jinks (Ajinkya Rahane) got out. Ash and even more so because the senior Pant to curb his natural longer, then we will and Washington are batting well. player was dispatching those bound- attacking instincts but always end up posting a There is a bit of spin but still a good ary balls during their 119 runs stand would like the swash- big total. So, I am sure he pitch to bat on. Tomorrow will be cru- in just over 24 overs. buckler to be more “sen- will realise that.” cial,” Pujara said in the post-play press But then Virat Kohli, who looked sible” with his shot selec- The senior batsman conference. the Chepauk stands. feel an overriding sense of joy and a touch dejected in the end, would- tion while putting the feels that if Pant is “sensi- The day belonged to the current He dazzled with his brilliance and exhilaration just seeing him hit Leach n’t mind if Pant’s shot had sailed into team’s requirements above ble” and listens to the toast of the Indian team, Pant, who then in an annoying manner, forgot for four sixes few minutes after India the stands. Pujara’s pull had bounced everything else. communication from the smashed five towering sixes — all in that discretion is always the better were down and out at 73 for 4. Or just off Ollie Pope stationed at forward Pant scored a breath- coaching stuff, he can the arc between long-on and deep part of valour while trying to hit off- smack James Anderson through the short leg off Bess only to lob into the taking 91 off 88 balls but avoid those ugly dis- mid-wicket off left-arm spinner Jack spinner Dom Bess (23-5-55-4) over cover region. waiting hands of Rory Burns. then threw it away with a missals. Leach (17-2-94-0). Leach didn’t exact- extra cover against the spin. If one is talking about a Test Bess easily impressed as he got poor shot off Dom Bess. “... And then there ly know what had hit him. This was after dispatching cricket fan then exasperation can take the ball to dip and drift, something “It is his (Pant) natur- “He needs to under- Pujara believes that a are times when he also Sourav Ganguly treated left-arm England’s most successful bowler to over just thinking about the possibil- that worked for him while outfoxing al game so we cannot stand which shots to play, talent like Pant will learn has to understand and the spinners with disdain but what Pant the square leg boundary. ities had he decided to exercise some Virat Kohli (11), who was caught at restrict him much. He which not. He needs to from his mistakes as he coaching staff always showed on Sunday was more of pure, And he found the only man sta- caution. Pant has quite literally forward short leg. can’t be too defensive understand in which sit- has the ability to rectify communicates with him unadulterated contempt. tioned at the deep extra cover — none thrown away Test hundreds four Ajinkya Rahane (1) was bril- because by doing so he uation it is important that and play for the team’s that. He has to put the Leach wanted to target the rough other than Leach, who latched onto times in his short career. liantly caught by Joe Root when a can get out quickly. It is he stays in the crease. cause. team first and be little outside Pant’s off-stump but every it as if his life depended on it. But then that’s Pant. There won’t full toss dipped on him at the final good for his game that he Balancing things out is the “He will learn from sensible at times. He has time he tossed it up, the stocky man It was an innings that can evoke be any middle path and perhaps the moment. This was after Rohit keeps on playing his shots most important for him,” his mistakes. There are done that most of the from Roorkee came out like a raging different emotions depending on Indian team management will now Sharma (6) and Shubman Gill (29 but, at times, he has to be said one of the calmest times when he can be lit- times. There are times bull who had been shown the red rag one’s own perception of Pant. try to mould itself rather than trying off 28 balls) were dismissed by very selective,” said Pujara influences in the Indian tle more patient and build when gets out and looks and hit the spinner with the turn into A Pant fan who loves his craft will to change him which obviously did- Jofra Archer (16-3-52-2). at the end of the day’s play. dressing room. another partnership with ugly.” " " = =8
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