CENTRAL CC PAGE 09 PAGE 11 https://www.facebook.com/centralchronicle Raipur, Monday, December 28, 2020 I Pages 12 I Price R 3.00 I City Edition I Fastest growing English Daily of Chhattisgarh www. centralchronicle.in BRIEF ‘Substitute foreign products with made in India items’ PM pays tributes said. He said many shop- keepers have been selling to Sikh saints products like toys with the emphasis that they are New Delhi, Dec 27 (PTI): made in India and cus- tomers are also demand- An effigy of the year 2020 Prime Minister Narendra ing them. "Indeed, this is a depicting coronasur at Modi on Sunday urged big transformation in Worli in Mumbai, Sunday. people to substitute for- mindset. A huge change eign-made products they has begun in the minds of Driverless train use with items produced our countrymen, that too in India, and said they within a year," he said. In New Delhi: Prime ‘Mann Ki Baat’ should make this resolu- this context, he also made Minister Narendra Modi tion for the country in the products meet global stan- mention of Kashmiri saf- will flag off the country's new year. dards," he said, sharing fron and said that his gov- first ever fully-automated In his last 'Mann Ki feedback from people ernment is working to driverless train service on Baat' radio broadcast of about the campaign. make it a "globally popular the Magenta Line of the the year, he said people Urging people to prepare a brand". The GI tag has Delhi Metro on Monday have supported the 'vocal list of items they use and given it a unique identity, that will herald a new era for local' campaign started find out those which were he said. Noting that the of enhanced mobility by his government as part manufactured abroad, he issue of single-use plastic driven by cutting-edge of its 'Aatmanirbhar said they should substi- could not be discussed technology. With the Bharat' programme and tute them with 'made in much due to the COVID-19 commencement of these asked manufacturers and India' products. "Let us pandemic this year, he as- new-generation trains, industry leaders to ensure find out their substitutes serted that ridding the the DMRC will enter the that world-class products made in India and decide country of single-use plas- elite league of "seven per are made in the country. that henceforth we shall tic is one of the resolves cent of world's Metro The outgoing year saw the use products made with for the new year. During networks" which can spirit of 'Aatmanirbhar the hard work and sweat of his address, he also paid operate services without Bharat' echo in society, he the people of India. You tributes to several revered drivers, the Delhi Metro said. "The call of 'vocal for make New Year resolu- Sikh personalities, includ- said on Sunday. local' is reverberating in tions every year. This time ing sons of Guru Gobind each and every household one has to certainly make Singh, saying their sacri- Mishap In such a scenario, it is a resolution for the coun- fices helped keep our cul- Dhubri: Seven people time to ensure that our try," the prime minister ture safe. were killed and 20 others injured after a passenger 61 Assembly staff, bus collided head-on with Farmers beat ‘thalis’ during a truck on National 5 MLAs test Highway-17 in Assam's COVID-19 positive Kokrajhar district on PM’s ‘Mann Ki Baat’ Sunday, police said. The Chandigarh, Dec 27 (PTI): On eve of session accident happened at Chataguri near Panbari Farmers on Sunday beat Bhopal, Dec 27 (PTI): On area under the jurisdic- "thalis" at a few places in the eve of the three-day tion of Bogribari police Punjab and Haryana during session of the Madhya station. "Local people and Prime Minister Narendra Pradesh Assembly, 61 em- a police team rescued the Modi's 'Mann Ki Baat' radio ployees and officials of the programme as part of their Assembly secretariat and passengers from the protest against the Centre's five MLAs have tested mangled vehicles and new agri laws. While address- coronavirus positive. sent them to hospitals. ing a press conference on Protem Speaker of MP We have got reports that December 20 at Delhi's Singhu ‘Appeal with folded hands to Assembly Rameshwar seven people lost their border, farmer leaders had Centre to repeal farm laws’ Sharma told this to re- lives," a senior police asked people protesting against porters on Sunday. officer said. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal the laws to beat utensils during on Sunday appealed to the Centre "As many as 61 employ- the programme, the same way to repeal the new farm laws and ees and officials of the Terror plot the prime minister had asked said farmers are protesting for state Assembly secretariat Jammu: The Jammu and them in March to beat 'thalis' their survival. In his second visit to have tested coronavirus Kashmir Police Sunday (steel plates). Modi had asked the Singhu border, where thou- positive so far. said it has arrested three people to express gratitude to- sands of farmers are protesting Besides, five MLAs were Pakistan-linked militant wards those at the forefront of against the laws since November also found infected as per associates and recovered combating the coronavirus and last week, Kejriwal said, "I chal- the reports received till lenge any Union minister to have an six grenades from them, extending essential services by now," he said, after taking open debate with the farmers and giving a five-minute standing stock of the preparation foiling a terror plot to it will be clear how beneficial or ovation by clapping, beating for the session that begins attack a temple in the harmful these laws are." border district of Poonch plates or ringing bells. from Monday. and disturb communal harmony. Poonch Senior VORA’S ASHES IMMERSED Superintendent of Police ‘PM ended era of Ramesh Kumar Angral insurgency to bring said the arrested persons were planning to carry flood of development’ out a grenade attack on a temple at the behest of Imphal, Dec 27 (PTI): their Pakistani handler to disturb peace and com- Prime Minister Narendra munal amity in the dis- Modi has the North East in trict. The officer told his heart and so brought a reporters in Poonch that flood of development in the the ploy was revealed region ending era of insur- gency, bandhs and road after Special Operations Union Home blockades, Union Home Group (SOG) of the local Minister Amit Minister Amit Shah said on police along with troops Shah delivers a Sunday. The BJP govern- of the 49 Rashtriya Rifles speech during the ment under Modi has given detained two brothers -- foundation stone a new identity to the region Mustafa Iqbal Khan and laying ceremony of which is now experiencing Murtaza Iqbal of Galhuta several major proj- a new thrust in develop- village -- from their vehi- ects, in Imphal, ment, Shah said at the inau- cle near Basooni in Sunday. Mendhar sector at around guration and foundation 8 pm on Saturday. laying programme of several projects at Hapta Arun Vora, son of late veteran Kangjeibung here. Earlier, Manipur was known Congress leader Motilal Vora, for insurgency, bandhs, and road blockades, but Eclipses immerses his ashes in Ganga river, at now most militant organisations have joined the Indore: There will four Sangam in Prayagraj, Sunday. mainstream and those left would also do so fol- eclipses in 2021, including lowing efforts of the BJP government, he said. one total solar eclipse and one total lunar eclipse, but RELIEF TO COMMON PEOPLE only two will be visible from India, Ujjain-based Jiwaji Observatory's Govt extends validity of motor vehicle documents Superintendent Dr Rajendraprakash Gupt said and Central Motor Vehicle The latest advisory says, on Sunday. He told PTI that Till March 31 Rules, 1989. "The Union "Taking into consideration the first of these events will New Delhi, Mar 27 (PTI): Ministry of Road Transport the need to prevent the be on May 26, and will be and Highways has extended spread of COVID-19, it is seen in parts of West The union transport min- the validity of vehicular further advised that the va- Bengal, coastal Odisha and istry on Sunday extended documents like DLs, RCs, lidity of all of the above re- in the north-eastern states, the validity of motor vehi- permits etc till March 31, ferred documents may be except Sikkim, as the moon cle documents like driving 2021 in the light of need to treated to be valid till March is visible earlier in these licence (DL), registration prevent spread of COVID- 31, 2021. This covers all doc- places than other parts of certificate (RC) and permits 19. Ministry has today is- uments whose validity has the country. "The earth will till March 31, 2021, in view sued a directory to the expired since 1st February, cover the moon by 101.6 per of the ongoing COVID-19 states and Union Territory 2020 or would expire by cent during this astronomi- pandemic. administrations in the re- March 31, 2021." cal event," he said. The Ministry of Road gard," a MoRTH statement Enforcement authorities Transport and Highways said. Earlier through vari- are advised to treat such (MoRTH) had earlier issued ous notifications, it was ad- documents valid till March advisories dated March 30, vised that the validity of fit- 31, 2021, the MoRTH said, Weather 2020, June 9, 2020 and ness, permit (all types), li- adding that "this will help August 24, 2020 in connec- cence, registration or any out citizens in availing High 29Low 12 tion with extension of valid- other concerned docu- transport related services, ity of documents related to ment(s) may be treated to be while maintaining social Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 valid till December 31, 2020.