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Thousands of farm- and this protest is just not lim- Ministry said these comments ers remained at the national ited to northern States but        have encouraged gatherings of Capital’s border points amid across the country,” said '() “extremist activities” in front of heavy police deployment. Ranjeet Singh Raju from our High Commission and “The Government has to Rajasthan.   Consulates in Canada that raise revoke these laws in a meeting Farmers from western issues of safety and security. scheduled for December 5, and Uttarakhand tepping up its protest against “We expect the Canadian otherwise we have decided to stayed put at border SCanadian Prime Minister Government to ensure the give ‘Bharat bandh’ call on (UP Gate) to mark their Justin Trudeau’s remarks about fullest security of Indian December 8 and we will also protest. Following which the ongoing farmers’ stir in the diplomatic personnel and its occupy toll plaza and all vehi- National Highway-9 remained country, on Friday said political leaders to refrain from cles will be passed through closed from Ghaziabad to these comments could have a pronouncements that legit- them without any payment. On on the second consecu- “seriously damaging impact” imise extremist activism,” the December 7, awards will be tive day. Commuters taking on ties between the two coun- statement added. returned back to Government alternate route faced long tries. On Tuesday too, a day by sportspersons and on queues of traffic on their route. India issued this stern mes- after Trudeau’s statement, India December 5, effigies of the The farmers on Friday also sage after summoning had denounced the Canadian Government tried to block the Bhupra and      Canadian High Commissioner Prime Minister’s remarks on and corporate houses will be Apsara border but later the                 to India Nadir Patel here. The the farmers’ agitation as “ill- burnt across the country,” said security forces persuaded the      External Affairs Ministry said informed” and “unwarranted”. Harinder Singh Lakhwal, farmers and the traffic move-   the comments by the Canadian “Such comments are Bharatiya Kisan Union gener- ment resumed.    /0    Prime Minister, some Cabinet unwarranted, especially when al secretary. However, traffic in the in a Press conference the farm- Ministers and Members of pertaining to the internal affairs Bharatiya Kisan Union national Capital remained in ers said in their meeting held Parliament on issues relating to of a democratic country,” the leader Rakesh Tikait on Friday chaos on Friday as Delhi Police on December 3, they clearly   tion towards Minimum are going on, both have agreed Indian farmers “constitute an Ministry spokesperson Anurag said the farmers are hoping that and Police issued advi- told the Government to roll Support Price (MSP) is very on some points. Government unacceptable interference in Srivastava had said. the Government will meet their sory for route diversion. back the farm laws and point- head of the fifth round clear. I assure you that there will of India is in talks with kisan our internal affairs”. On Friday, also demands during the fifth round The Singhu, Tikri, ed out to nine flaws in them. Ameeting on Saturday, the be no change in MSP. unions and the meetings are on This strong statement said, “Comments by Canadian of talks scheduled for Ghazipur, Jharoda Lampur, “If Government does not Centre is hopeful of resolution Discussions are going on and positive note,” Tomar said. He came after Trudeau recently leaders on Indian farmers con- December 5, failing which they Auchandi, Safiabad, Piao agree to our demands, the fur- of the standoff with agitating both sides have agreed on urged political parties not to said, “We’re all very worried stitute an unacceptable inter- will continue their protests Maniyari, and Saboli and Chilla ther course of action will be farmers and may be ready to some points. We will meet politicise the whole movement. about family and friends. We ference in our internal affairs. against the new farm laws. border remained closed for decided tomorrow and we will “bring amendments”, said again on Saturday. I am sure we Tomar said the believe in the importance of Such actions, if continued, will “We have also decided to traffic movement. intensify our protest,” said Union Agriculture Minister will get a solution,” Tomar told Government has no ego and it dialogue and that’s why we’ve have a seriously damaging close all roads connecting to A meeting of farmers Gurnam Singh Chaduni. Narendra Singh Tomar. a news channel. has an open mind. reached out through multiple impact on bilateral ties.” Delhi if demands are not met union took place on Friday and Continued on Page 11 “The Government’s inten- “Continuous discussions Continued on Page 11 means directly to the Indian Continued on Page 11       ,  -  !  . .  &    * ed that the trials are progress- fers disability, or death. But the   ()  ing as the SAEs reported have causality on whether the SAE   no causal link to the trials of is related to the clinical trial has these vaccines. He was replying to be established by an expert *   be “available in the next few       to queries of reporters at a committee of DCGI for the weeks”. webinar. compensation.   #  Without giving away the  # “It has been found that Somani also said that com- price of the vaccine, Modi said things are going on as per pensation of 12 crore has    it will be decided keeping in   processes,” Somani told the been awarded for injuries, view the “public interest in media, referring to the two deaths caused during clinical + '  mind”, suggesting it may not be he country’s top drug reg- incidents of SAEs. trials in last 3 years. high-priced. Tulator on Friday gave clean Compensation is given The SII has brushed aside   “Experts expect that the chit to Serum Institute of when the causality of serious allegations of SAE by the vaccine will be ready within the India(SII) and Bharat Biotech, adverse event is found to be Chennai volunteers claiming he Centre plans to give next few weeks. Once scientists which are facing allegations of related to the trial, he said. that its Covishield vaccine is Tvaccine shots to nearly one approve it, the nationwide vac- serious adverse events (SAE) in An SAE is any untoward safe and immunogenic and crore health workers in the first cination drive will be started in the clinical trials. medical occurrence during the did not cause the neurological phase of the vaccination drive India. Our scientists are very Drug Controller General of trial that may result in the vol- serious adverse effect in the 40- whenever a Covid-19 vaccine confident of succeeding in India (DCGI) VG Somani hint- unteer getting hospitalised, suf- year-old participant. is approved for use in India. their endeavour of making the After this, nearly two crore Covid-19 vaccine. The world is  ./0       frontline workers, including keeping a watch on the cheap-    policemen, security person- est and safe vaccine,” the PM 11*    !"!!" nel, municipal workers and said during the meeting which other essential workers will was attended by about 12 lead-   #$#% " !! receive the vaccination, the ers from prominent political &'()#*  "" Health Ministry told an all- parties.   %) "" ! " party meeting chaired by Prime Modi, who, last week vis- Minister Narendra Modi here ited India’s top vaccine hubs to   %)( " !" on Friday. personally review the develop- $#%  "! About 27 crore senior cit- ment of coronavirus vaccine  % % +) " ""! izens will receive the vaccine on and the manufacturing process  ,#( !! ! !"" priority basis in the third phase also assured that the country of the vaccination drive. has the necessary infrastructure    - " !! Addressing the floor lead- to manufacture the vaccine at &%) +  ! ""! ers of Opposition parties while a large scale. 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None of the ported independent candi- ly high inflation and said the parties could secure the magic figure of 76 out ithin days of it completing its first year in date won the election. economy was recuperating fast of 150 seats. Woffice, the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi BJP, contesting these polls and would return to positive However, the ruling TRS has emerged as the (MVA) consolidated its position in Maharashtra for the first time on party growth in the current quarter. single largest party bywinning 55 seats out of on Friday, as it handed out a humiliating drub- symbol, dented the vote bank The six-member Monetary total 150 seats it had contested. TRS tally came bing to the Opposition BJP by winning four out of the Sharma group in the Policy Committee unani- down to 55 from 99 seats it won in 2016. five Maharashtra Legislative Council seats in the teachers constituencies and mously decided to keep the The BJP which has given a tough fight to biennial elections. ended their overwhelming repo rate — the rate at which TRS right from the beginningof the polls, The BJP, which lost to power to the Shiv clout. The BJP won the seats RBI lends to commercial banks stood second by winning 48 seats out of 149 seats Sena-led MVA Government in November last of Meerut, and — at 4 per cent. Since January, it had contested. The BJP had just 4 seats in 2016. year, found itself licking its wounds, as it lost Bareilly-Moradabad while the RBI has reduced rate by 115 The AIMIM, which stood third by securing its traditional bastion of Nagpur where the BJP supported independent basis points before hitting the 43 seats proved yet again that it remains Congress’ Abhijit Wanjari defeated the BJP’s candidate won the pause button in August on unbeatable in its strong hold Old City. The Sandeep Joshi in the Nagpur Division Graduates’ Gorakhpur- seat. concerns on inflation. Congress failed miserably, it won just 2 constituency, by a comfortable margin of 18,910 Detailed report on P4 Detailed report on P10 Detailed report on P7 votes. Detailed report on P7     ! "#$%$% 16$ Q  R(8  ((2 2-+ 5( 25%)* 4%#2#   ., authorities and industrial committee in every district   ., development authority, will under the chairmanship of the tressing the importance of charting out a future for the n its commitment to provide work in coordination to create district magistrate that will the new education policy in youth, Chief Minister Yogi Iemployment and self- opportunities of employment prepare an action plan at the S Adityanath said that the employment to the youth of and self-employment through district level. National Education Policy Uttar Pradesh, the Yogi skill training and apprentice- The Directorate of Training could help India become the Adityanath government will ship. and Employment will also be ‘world guru’ as envisioned by be launching Mission Rojgar Besides providing employ- organising employment fairs in Prime Minister Narendra Abhiyan from Saturday. ment and self-employment to collaboration with private Modi. The occasion will be youth, employment and self- industries. The cases of “This education policy has marked by handing over employment opportunities employment that have been come after 34 years and it not appointment letters to 39,650 would also be created by pro- halted for some reason will also only focuses on theoretical assistant teachers by Chief viding skill training, appren- be disposed of. aspect of knowledge but also Minister . ticeship, allotment of land, giv- It may be mentioned here takes care of practical knowl- Aimed at providing ing various types of licenses that the state government is NOTICE edge,” the chief minister said employment to 50 lakh youths and permissions, he added. training youth to assist them in while presiding over a pro- by the end of this financial year, For making the campaign getting employment at district viding international-level gramme at the inauguration of this is the first of its kind and successful, all departments, as well as global levels and for courses to 50,000 youth I have changed my name from the 88th Founder’s Week cere- Minister Yogi Adityanath said bat the disease. “There are the biggest campaign in the his- organisations and authorities this, the Uttar Pradesh Skill through the online learning Gule Yasmin to Gule mony of Maharana Pratap that “Maharana Pratap Shiksha talks about the vaccine being tory of UP and the youth will will set up help desks. At the Development Mission is pro- platform Course. Yasmeen. In all future purpose Shiksha Parishad in Gorakhpur Parishad was established by available by next year but till it be provided employment help desks, proper details of Gule Yasmeen W/o Abdul on Friday. Mahant Digvijaynath with the is available we need to be vig- through self-employment, skill programmes related to employ- Islam Add. 131/261 Begum Stating that the education- aim of protecting the self- ilant. People should under- development and training and ment, self-employment, skills Purwa, T.P. Nagar, Kanpur al institutions of the country respect of the country in accor- stand their roles in defeating apprenticeship, according to a training and employment should have the right to decide dance with the ideal of this virus,” he said. government spokesman. through self-employment will the future of the country, Chief Maharana Pratap that was On this occasion, the chief In this regard, Chief be made available. NOTICE extended by Brahmin Mahant minister also talked about Secretary Rajendra Kumar A database of the employ- Avaidyanath”. encephalitis which caused Tiwari has issued guidelines to ment created under this cam- During the event, statues of havoc in eastern Uttar Pradesh the Revenue Board, agricultur- paign will also be created and I nilay sangal w/o Sanjeev Maharana Pratap, Mahant from 1977 to 2017. al production commissioner an app and portal will also be Sangal R/O/229 Eldeco Digvijaynath and Mahant “Every year from July to and infrastructural and indus- developed for this. In addition, UDyan-1 Raibareily Road, Avaidyanath were unveiled. September over 1,500 children trial development commission- all the directorates, corpora- Lucknow have declared that I Talking about the con- had lost their lives to encephali- er, all additional chief secre- tions, boards, commissions, have lost my property number NOTICE struction of Ram Mandir, Yogi tis. But since 2017, the fatality taries, principal secretary, sec- etc. will also nominate a nodal change unit letter 102 Eldeco said that this year was impor- has come down because of the retaries, all departmental heads, officer for their departments. Udyan-I, Raibareily road tant for all of us. He said while government’s efforts and Swachh divisional commissioners and All the programmes of the Lucknow. I JC-353693H Sub/Clk (SD) battling against the deadly Bharat Mission. Inter-depart- district magistrates. campaign will be conducted by Kaliyan Singh Bhadouriya coronavirus, our country has mental coordination has result- Tiwari said under the the industrial development declare that name of my son made many achievements. ed in a 95 percent reduction in Mission Rojgar Abhiyan, var- commissioner and a high level NOTICE has been changed from “The construction of Ram encephalitis deaths,” he said. ious departments, organisa- committee headed by the chief Abhishek to Abhishek Temple in was the Chief of Defence Staff tions, voluntary organisations, secretary will monitor the cam- Bhadouriya dream of Mahant Digvijaynath General Bipin Rawat, who was corporations, councils, boards, paign on a monthly basis. and Mahant Avaidyanath. With the chief guest, said the country local bodies, development In addition, there will be a the launch of the construction was moving ahead on the path NOTICE of the Ram temple, their of development. Stating that dreams too have come true,” he students were the future of the Be it known to all that by mis- said. country, Gen Rawat said, “If they take the date of birth of my wife The chief minister said fulfil their responsibility with Sangeeta has been registered that COVID-19 presented a zeal, dedication and honesty, the as 02.05.1977 in my service tough challenge but “we man- country will progress.” records. Her actual date of birth aged to bring out opportunities He also motivated the stu- is 15.12.1980, and the spelling in the time of the pandemic”. dents to keep high thinking and of my daughter Sakshi Tripathi “Students are doing virtu- have the guts to face obstacles has wrongly been registered as al studies in sync with technol- coming in their way. sakshye Tripathi. Correct ogy,” he added. Referring to Swami spelling is Sakshi Tripathi for all Talking about COVID-19, Vivekananda, Gen Rawat said purpose. Virendra Tripathi S/o the chief minister said that the that if there was no problem in S.D. Tripathi Vill-Tiwaripur, Central and state governments one’s daily routine, one was on PO-Dubaval, Teh.- Phulpur, were making all efforts to com- the wrong path. Prayagraj-221505.

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  ., dead. even as the errant driver sped In another incident, a 22- off. He was rushed to KGMU 25-year-old man, identified year-old woman, identified as Trauma Centre where he suc- Aas Roshan Lal Raidas of Seema of Indiranagar (E-block) cumbed to injuries. His elder Maulili village under was found dead under myste- brother lodged a complaint in Gosainganj police station, rious circumstances on Friday this connection. Police said hanged himself in his room on evening. Police said her broth- they were browsing through Friday morning. Strained rela- ers alleged foul play. She had CCTV footage to identify the tions with wife was said to be got married to Shrikant Verma, vehicle that knocked him reason why he took the a businessman, only six months down. extreme step. Father Rajendra ago. Shrikant had gone to In another incident, three Kumar Raidas said Roshan attend the funeral of a relative persons, including two women, was upset since Wednesday in the afternoon and when he were injured in a road mishap after his wife refused to return came back, he found his wife on Friday. They were identified from her parents’ house. His lying unconscious in the bed- as Alok Kumar, his mother wife, along with their two chil- room. He rushed her to the Kamla Devi and sister Savita. dren, had gone to her parents’ hospital where doctors declared They are residents of Hardoiya house for Diwali and refused to her brought dead. Police sent Bazaar. Kumar, along with his come back. Roshan tried to the body for autopsy. mother and sister, was return- persuade her to come back, but Meanwhile, a 35-year-old ing home after attending a to no avail. He went to bring his man, identified as Salahuddin function hosted by his uncle wife back but she refused to go of Muslim Nagar on Sitapur (mother’s brother) at Kharga along with him. road under Madiaon police Bazaar. Police said an uniden- He returned home on station, was fatally knocked tified bike collided head-on Wednesday and had dinner down by an unidentified speed- with Kumar’s motorcycle. The with his father. He was found ing vehicle near his house on injured were rushed to the hanging in his room the next Thursday night. Police said he community health centre from morning. He was rushed to the was a vegetable vendor and was where Kumar and his mother community health centre returning home. He met the were referred to KGMU where he was declared brought mishap while crossing the road Trauma Centre. (%      #  &   7  

  ., whiskey in the world. The sale of alcoholic beverages has he Excise department is gone up by 38% between 2010 Tmulling to revive and revo- and 2017 and UP remains the lutionise the liquor industry as major contributor,” the minis- the same revenue earning sector ter said. as it was before the pandemic. Additional Chief The revenue generated by alco- Secretary, Excise, Sanjay R hol funds nearly one-fifth of the Bhoosreddy said that under budget of the state and the share the leadership of Chief goes up every year. Minister Yogi Adityanath, the This was stated by Excise department is working strong- minister Ramnaresh Agnihotri ly towards bringing more in a webinar organised by UP impact and forecast aftermath transparency in policy making Chapter of PHD Chamber of of the Covid-19 pandemic on and encouraging ease of doing Commerce and Industry (PHD- the food and beverage indus- business in the state by which CCI) on ‘Reviving the food and try in the state. The virtual they have been trying to beverage industry of Uttar conference was also aimed at reduce the human interface by Pradesh’ on Friday. paving the way for better food maximising the usage of IT The objective of the webinar and beverage industry in the platforms and services while was to discuss and shed light on state. The minister said that ensuring full compliance to the economic rationale behind UP collected a monthly aver- regulatory regime and also by the food and beverage industry age amount of Rs 2,500 crore reducing the number of inter- and the state government’s role from liquor in the last finan- faces at distillery level, as a in it, to discuss the current cial year and the same is result of which the department expected to rise to about Rs is able to increase the number 3,000 crore in the current of transactions up to 30% in financial year. comparison to last financial “In the financial year year. He complimented the 2018-2019, UP collected the salient features of the existing highest revenue from excise excise and molasses policy duty on liquor in the country. and said that the department The excise receipts in financial is on the verge of making a sec- year 2018-19 up to March ond excise policy with moder- 2019 were Rs 23918.47 crore, ations, as per the new indus- which was 38.1% more than try standards. that of the financial year 2017- “Despite lockdown, the 18, thus registering a growth of department successfully issued Rs 6598.37 crore or 38.1 per- 250 beer bar licenses along cent,” he said. with 12 micro-braveries The minister said that the licences and more than a Indian alcohol market is dozen composite hotel licens- expanding at a compound es,” he added. The webinar was annual growth rate of 8.8% attended by more than 180 with wine and vodka showing participants, including policy a very high demand. makers, hoteliers, distillers, “India also happens to be brewers, millers, bottlers and the largest consumer of other stakeholders.     !  "#$%$%

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Additional Chief Secretary (Infrastructure nance against forced religious conver- intent of converting her religion. BJP, contesting these polls and Industrial Development) Alok Kumar sions after a woman eloped with her “Three teams have been deployed to for the first time on party sym- said that in a first-of-its-kind initiative, the UP lover belonging to a different religion. arrest all the accused and recover the bol, dented the vote bank of government had decided to engage highly qual- The police said that the man was woman. We will soon get a breakthrough the Sharma group in the teach- ified professionals from business and manage- already married and had cheated the as we have some important clues,” ers constituencies and ended ment sphere with ample experience for seam- woman. Police in Mau claimed on Ghule, the Superintendent of Police of their overwhelming clout. less integration of investment promotion and Friday that the incident was reported Mau, said. Speaking on the issue, ASP The BJP won the seats of facilitation streams. from Molnalganj village under Tribhuvan Nath Tripathi said that the Meerut, Lucknow and Bareilly- Kumar, who is also member-secretary of the Chiraiyakot police station recently. youth was already married hence a case Moradabad while the BJP- Governing Board of Invest UP, said here on The FIR has been registered under under sections 366, 506 and 3/5 Uttar supported independent candi- Friday that, “In all 44 professionals are proposed sections 366, 506 and 3/5 of Uttar Pradesh law against forced conversion date won the Gorakhpur- to be recruited to enhance the efficiency of ser- Pradesh law against forced religious con- was registered. The couple are yet to be Faizabad seat. The Agra seat vices to investors and industrialists. In the first versions. The police have started taking found and police are on search. went to an independent while phase, five qualified persons will be recruited, action after registering the case. In Sitapur, a man hailing from the Varanasi seat was wrested including a chief operating officer (COO), to The youth, who was allegedly mar- Tambaur locality contacted the local by the candi- lead the investment promotion functions of the ried, eloped with a girl from a different police and alleged that one Zibraiel had date. In Varanasi, BJP had agency under the guidance of the chief execu- faith before her marriage on November lured his minor daughter and eloped supported the independent tive officer (CEO).” 30. As soon as the family members came with her about a week back. He said that candidate, who is runner-up. “Appointment as well as removal of the to know about the matter, they informed the accused was harassing his daughter According to Election COO will be approved by the chief minister, the police. The police said the com- and forcing her to convert her religion Commission, BJP candidate  "      "  " $ "%    who is the chairperson of the Governing plainant alleged that his 30-year-old for marriage. The cops at Tambaur Shreechand Sharma wrested Board of the newly established agency,” he daughter was kidnapped by a person he claimed to have registered a case for the Meerut teachers seat after dent Dhruv Kumar Tripathi candidate was at third place. added. Akin to COO, who must be a post-grad- identified as Shabab Khan aka Rahul, for forced conversion and arrested two of four decades from Om Prakash retained the Gorakhpur- Meanwhile, in the counting at uate in management from a tier-1 Indian or religious conversion. He filed the com- the family members of the accused. Sharma, who is the leader of Faizabad teachers seat. five graduate constituencies, global institute with over 15 years of experience, the Sharma group. Om Prakash BJP candidate Hari Singh BJP candidates were leading in the preferred selection criteria for other posi- Sharma, 85, was winning had Dhillon won the Bareilly- most of the seats. The count- tions of one divisional head, two sector clus- 4<22,4*1 won this seat for the past Moradabad teachers seat by ing started on Thursday morn- ter heads and a manager-NCR have been spec- eight times. wresting it from independent. ing but due to objections filed ified to hire the best-in-class talent and expe- . across the coun- In Lucknow teachers seat, SP candidate Lal Bihari by the opposition candidates, rience. With the objective of hiring exception- Katyayini Pandey, a class IV student try participated BJP candidate Umesh Dwivedi Yadav won the Varanasi teach- the process was delayed. The ally qualified and deserving talent, the state gov- of City Montessori School, Aliganj in this competi- won by defeating independent ers seat by defeating the sitting counting is still on. The polling ernment has decided to offer the market dri- Campus II, has won gold medal in tion, wherein Mahendra Nath Rai. In the last independent MLC. for the 11 Legislative Council ven remuneration to the selected candidates. national-level ‘Brainobrain Wonderkid Katyayini show- election, Dwivedi had won the Independent candidate Akash seats from teachers and grad- It may be noted that the UP government Competiton’. The competition was cased his talent seat as independent. Agarwal wrested the Agra uate constituencies was held on has set up a dedicated investment promotion online organised under the aegis of edu- in mental maths, BJP supported indepen- teachers seat from SP. The BJP December 1. and facilitation agency, Invest UP. cational institution Brainobrain. logical ability, Students of over 1,500 noted schools general knowledge and speed typing # ! *8;4<;

  ., Directing officials concerned to residential block of the university construct various buildings of the will be completed by December n a landmark decision, the Uttar university on a priority basis, the 2021. The construction of the aca- IPradesh government announced chief minister said the construction demic block and hostel will be com- that all the Ayurveda, Unani, work should be carried out in such pleted by June 2022. Guest house, Homeopathy, Yoga, and a way that affiliation of colleges and auditorium and other structures are Naturopathy colleges in the state other administrative work in Ayush scheduled to be constructed in the would be affiliated to ‘Uttar Pradesh University could start from 2021- third phase. Ayush University at Gorakhpur 22. The CM Office on Thursday A hospital will also be con- from next year. took to Twitter and posted that the structed for treatment by these Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath timeline to start teaching session is AYUSH methods. Once the univer- has given instructions to make from 2022-23. sity becomes operational, all the this proposed new university in A budget of Rs 29,987.83 lakh Ayurveda, Unani, Homeopathy, Gorakhpur functional from 2021. has been earmarked by the Public Yoga, and Naturopathy colleges of The chief minister said that the Works Department for the con- the state will be affiliated with it. foundation stone of the university struction (which will be done on “The new university will follow would be laid in the second fort- EPC mode) of the State Ayush the guidelines of the Central night of January 2021. University. Council of Indian Medicine, regard- “All the pre-foundation proce- According to the fixed timeline, ing the establishment of Ayurveda, dures should be completed without the construction of the administra- Yoga, and Naturopathy education- delay so that construction can start tive building, information and eval- al institutions in the University,” the immediately,” he said on Friday. uation centre, hospital building, and official said. 8& 9:  $ +(%42%   #    )2  4(2 )%%32 02 8*)( %B   ., provided to register com- plaints online, the govern- Lucknow (PNS): Punjab National Bank, head- he zero tolerance policy ment received as many as ing the consortium of banks for funding the Tof the Yogi Adityanath 2,88,745 complaints. Gorakhpur link expressway linking with government towards land “Along with government Expressway, on Friday delivered mafia has been reaping lands, the anti-land mafia sanction letter of Rs 500 crore to the UP results ever since its inception task force also takes action on Expressway Industrial Development Authority in 2017 and so far over 67,000 complaints of encroachments (UPEIDA). The cost of the link expressway has hectares of land has been on private lands and the been determined at Rs 2,300 crore and against freed from illegal possession, complaint portal also has the the project cost the consortium has so far according to a government option for making a com- approved credit of Rs 2,250 crore to the UPEI- spokesman. plaint without divulging the DA. The UP cabinet has already granted its “In the last three years, identity of the complainant,” approval for the creation of the bank consor- 22,838 cases related to the he said. tium. The other member banks of the consor- Revenue department and 814 It is also to be men- tium are Bank of Maharashtra, Union Bank civil suits have been regis- tioned that under the ongo- of India and Canara Bank, tered and 4,210 FIRs have ing operation, the police have UPEIDA Chief Executive Officer Awanish been lodged against land seized and razed the proper- Awasthi said that the total loan of Rs 2,250 crore mafia. Over 2,300 land ties of a number of mafia, provided by the consortium of banks would be encroachers have been iden- including Atiq Ahmed, utilised by the authority in the next three years tified as land mafia and 182 Mukhtar Ansari, Yogesh as per the requirement. He said all the mem- have been sent to jail,” the Bhadora, Ramesh Pradhan, ber banks of the consortium had also agreed government spokesman said. Badan Singh, Sundar Bhati, to waive the upfront fee and processing fee for Land belonging to PWD, Vijay Mishra and as many as the loan. He said UPEIDA would repay the loan Irrigation, Education, Forest 17 mafia, including liquor, in the next 15 years in 48 quarterly instalments. and other government cattle and education mafia, The link expressway will link Gorakhpur with departments were a soft tar- have been identified and national capital Delhi through Purvanchal get of land mafia for a long marked by the authorities for Expressway. The expressway is being construct- time and after an option was further action. ed by the UPEIDA. + ' '       P"Q &    !' Lucknow (PNS): Lucknow zoo for a detailed project which Lucknow (PNS): Days after his meeting will be proposing the concept of could be taken up at the board with Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’ in its virtual tour at the advisory meeting. The virtual tours are Mumbai, Bollywood actor Akshay board meeting to be held short- also important in the light of the Kumar has sought permission from the ly. Director RK Singh said they fact that the zoo has several Uttar Pradesh government to shoot his have received proposals in this attractions to showcase. upcoming film ‘Ram Setu’ in regard from some private One of the attractions at the Ayodhya. On December 1, Yogi groups. Singh said that virtual zoo is the Baradari which has Adityanath had met Akshay Kumar in tour becomes important in also seen the shooting of many Mumbai where the UP chief minister Covid-19 times as there has films. The famous song, ‘In assured all cooperation to the Bollywood been a dip in footfall. aankhon ki masti...’, was shot stars and had invited them to shoot in “We have 1,500 visitors there. Recently, a song from the the state. coming in daily this month film ‘Jaan Nisar’ was also filmed Sources said that during that meet- while it was 1,000 in November, there. The other attractions ing Akshay had sought the government’s 500 in October, 200 in include the toy train which was permission to ‘Ram Setu’ in Ayodhya. September. In June and July, the launched on November 14, The approval was given immediately. figures were around 100 visitors 1969 by the then Chief Minister The film ‘Ram Setu’ would be inten- per day. The footfall in normal Chandrabhanu Gupta, and the sively shot at several places in UP, times remains 5,000 to 6,000 per station was named Chandrapuri including Varanasi and Prayagraj, and day, which means that the cur- Station. now Ayodhya has been added to it. rent number of visitors is 25 The golden jubilee of the Directed by Abhishek Sharma, the percent of the normal times,” he zoo was celebrated in the year film ‘Ram Setu’ will be made on Ram said. He recalled that in 1971. A new railway track was Setu to show whether it is real or an December in 2018, there was a inaugurated in February 2014. imagination. During his meeting with footfall of 10,000 per day. The total length of the track cur- the UP chief minister, Akshay Kumar The virtual tours will entail rently is 1.4 kms. The area of the had shown his several projects and an expensive project and finan- zoo is about 29 hectares, and it congratulated Yogi Adityanath for devel- cial support will be required for consists of 152 enclosures, oping the new film city in Noida. that. Singh said they have asked excluding the aquarium.     !  "#$%$%

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haratiya Janata Party (BJP) Bgot a major jolt in the par- liamentary constituency of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi facing humiliating defeat in Varanasi Teacher constituency in MLC election. This defeat is an eye-opener for the ruling party which had its hold on it for the last two consecutive times. Samajwadi Party (SP) can- didate Lal Bihari Yadav bagged a total of 7,766 votes and was declared winner in the seat of Varanasi block teacher quota in MLC election. He defeated his nearest rival of teacher leader of Om Prakash Sharma faction Dr Pramod Kumar Mishra by a margin of 936 votes. Dr Mishra secured 6,830 votes. The SP candidate maintained lead since the first round of counting. Till the end of 11th      $   &   "  ()" "   "    *"   "%  ""     round of counting, Yadav had secured 7,248 votes and Dr as he succeeded in not only reg- previous election in 2014, 33,511 votes, a total of 23,067 Mishra had got 6,830 votes. istering victory but also mak- Singh had represented the con- (68.83 per cent) votes were cast But in the last, as many as ing a dent in a stronghold of the stituency in 2008 and 2014 but in the teacher constituency of 518 votes have been added to saffron brigade. faced defeat this time. Varanasi division. The count- 9;  &   #   the total 7,248 votes secured by The sitting MLC and BJP- The other candidates ing began at Pahadia Mandi at the SP candidate till the end of supported candidate Chet Krishna Mohan Yadav, Dr 8 am on Thursday amid tight the 11th round counting Narayan Singh had to satisfy Jitendra Singh Kumar Patel, security arrangements but it   ,     Department of Medicine of 19,233 people have complet- hampering the preparation of because of the removal and with third position as he could Dharmendra Kumar, Dr Farid took almost 24 hours in com- SRN Hospital has also been ed home isolation. With the Covid vaccination. Now reg- transfer of Dr Mishra in the manage to get just 4,858 votes. Ansari, Dr Brijesh, Rajani, pleting the counting of all ithin the last 24 hours, as infected. On Wednesday, three death of two people, the num- istration of medical institu- counting of last and 12th Singh was MLC from teacher Ramesh Singh, Rajendra Pratap votes. Wmany as 5,253 people doctors at L3 Hospital were ber of people who lost their tions not providing informa- round. With this, the total quota for the last 10 years. His Singh and Sanjay Kumar Singh The assistant returning were tested for COVID-19 in infected. lives due to Covid infection tion within a fixed period number of votes secured by humiliating defeat is a major got 1621, 783, 191, 169, 530, officer Navneet Singh Chahal the Prayagraj district. Of them, A total of 60 people have reached 347. will not be renewed. About Yadav reached to 7,766 and setback to the ruling party in 527, 1973, 1444 and 100 votes handed over the certificate to 60 new cases of coronavirus been infected, including the Dr Sahai said that 65 per- 225 institutions are included defeated Dr Mishra by a mar- the parliamentary constituen- respectively. Lal Bihari Yadav on Friday infection were reported. At manager of a dialysis unit in sons are admitted in SRN in such a list. gin of 936 votes. His victory cy of the PM in which the saf- The election for the con- morning after he was formal- present, the decreasing number a private hospital, a lawyer, a Hospital, 21 in Beli and 20 in CMO Dr Prabhakar Rai gave a reason to bring a smile fron brigade had won all the stituency was conducted on ly declared victorious by the of positive patients every day is teacher at a basic school. A United Medicity Hospital. The issued instructions in this on the faces of the SP leaders assembly seats in 2017. In the December 1. Out of total Election Commission. relieving to one and all. At the total of 26,803 people have number of active patients regard on Thursday. He same time, two infected people been infected with corona in reached 765 after about five informed that the list of died during treatment. the district so far. months. employees has not been According to Nodal According to the nodal Nursing home, clinics, received from about 125 such Officer for Corona Dr Rishi officer, the percentage of peo- diagnostic centers, paramed- nursing homes, clinics etc. 4$ 4  Sahai, CMO Unnao's report in ple who get infection-free is ical institute operators are This is hampering initial the Covid testing on Thursday more relieving than those not serious about the informa- preparations for Covid vacci- has also come positive for the infected. So far 6,458 people tion related to information of nation. However, the registra- second time. At the same have been discharged from the staff sought by the Health tion of the recipients will not        time, a junior doctor of the various Covid hospitals, while department. This negligence is be renewed.   , =   :  rival and BJP candidate Kedar time within a few hours and at where he has stayed. The gun- ! &      & Nath Singh. same time, it would be anoth- ner for his security informed amajwadi Party (SP) candi- Till the end of the fifth er jolt to the saffron brigade. the administrative officer and Sdate Ashutosh Sinha is lead- round counting, Sinha had It is pointed out that out of he was rushed to a private hos- ing in Varanasi Block Graduate bagged a total of 18,679 votes total 2,09,754 voters, a total of pital, situated in above men-    / '   seat till the fifth round count- and took a lead of 2,014 votes 82,498 (39.33) electorates had tioned area. The Divisional ing. The counting continued till on the sitting MLC and BJP used their franchises. As many Commissioner Deepak night. If Sinha maintained lead candidate Singh who secured as 22 candidates contested the Agrawal also reached the hos-   ,     how to preserve Sanatan tradi- during the Kalpavas at the at the increase in revenue with- till the end of counting, it 16,665 votes. The SP leaders election. pital on being aware of this tions in the corona period and mela due to any reason, its out bringing the proposal to the would be another setback to were confident of the party POLL OBSERVER HOS- information. The wife of Singh, ny camp where corona how to protect Kalpavasi from camp would be sealed. advisory committee. They the ruling Bharatiya Janata candidate like its candidate PITALISED: The health con- Neena Sharma was informed Apositive cases will be found infection for a month were dis- It will also be quarantined raised the voice to repeal that Party (BJP) that had lost the Lal Bihari Yadav registered dition of the observer in the about this. She is also an in Magh Mela will be seized. In cussed. under the guideline of COVID- order and to allocate land to the Varanasi Block Teacher seat to victory in teachers’ constituen- counting of Varanasi Block observer in counting of Agra such a situation, Kalpavasi and Officers associated with 19. On this occasion, the Tirthapurohit first in the forth- the SP. cy defeating the BJP support- Teacher and Graduate seat Block seats. He was kept on other devotees performing rit- the Magh Mela administration incharge Meladhikari Vivek coming Magh Mela and to More than 30 hours have ed independent candidate Chet Ajay Kumar Singh deteriorat- life-support system and his uals in that camp will also be informed the Tirthapurohit Chaturvedi, Rajneesh Mishra, stop the rigging of the land passed after the counting of Narayan Singh. ed suddenly early morning on treatment was going on under affected. Hence, the devotees that Kalpavasi who are suffer- Tirthapurohit Subhash Pandey, records of the Tirthapurohit. votes polled to graduate con- In the counting of the sixth Friday and he was admitted at the observation of a team of should not come for Kalpavas ing from any serious disease Ajay Pandey, Rajendra Paliwal, After reaching the Prayagraj stituency of Varanasi division round, the votes of second a private hospital on Maqbool doctors of the hospital. The for a month if they have a lit- should not be allowed to come Santosh Bhardwaj, Rajesh Mela Authority office on these began at 8 am on Thursday last preference are to be counted. If Alam Road. His condition was administration has also made tle physical illness. to the Mela. Tiwari, Amarnath Tiwari, issues, Tirthapurohit also sub- and it continued till night. The Sinha succeeded in maintain- stated to be critical. It was said preparations to take Singh to Those who are fully Only those people come Dinkar Pandey, Manoj Karahi, mitted a four-point memoran- SP candidate Sinha took a lead ing lead till the end of count- that he suffered a heart attack. Delhi by air-ambulance if the healthy, would be allowed to for Kalpavas, who fulfill their Gokul Pathak, Nitin Bhardwaj, dum. in the first round of counting ing and registering victory, he According to the informa- doctors advise for the same. His Kalpavas. Kalpavasi will be resolve by staying healthy Rajesh Pathak, Ashutosh Prominent among those and maintained it till the fifth will give a reason to the party tion, his condition deteriorat- condition was stated to be crit- given entry to Magh Mela only throughout the month. Paliwal, Pradeep Pandey, Lal who submitted the memoran- round counting on his nearest leaders for smiling a second ed suddenly in Circuit House ical till the filling of this report. after their report being received Kalpavasi will get admission Shokha, Virendra Tiwari, dum included Subhash Pandey, three days ago. This was only after bringing the corona Triveni Prasad Mishra, Uday Virendra Tiwari, Narendra requested by the Mela admin- report three days ago. In addi- Narayan Pandey, Surendra Pandey, Dilip Tiwari, Amit, istration in a meeting held tion, corona test will be con- Pandey, Anuj Tiwari among Alok Pandey, Dilip Dubey,   "#     R  with the pilgrims at the ducted throughout the week others were present. Krishna Kumar Pathak, Prayagraj Mela Authority office and fortnight. If anyone was Meanwhile, On Friday, the Shailendra Pandey of the on Thursday. Various aspects of found to be corona affected pilgrims expressed their anger Tirthapurohit Mahasabha.   , =   :  the rights to speak, but it seems that the government does not he heat of ongoing agitation believe in the Constitution, he Tof farmers of Punjab near added.   !  = )  Delhi borders has reached the According to him, though Adarsh Sansad Gram of Prime the farmers are on the streets Minister Narendra Modi at in these winter days, the   ,     junction in 15.50 hours. Hathras Junction, while the This train will now come to Nagepur here on Friday when Central Government continues The time of the Mail other remaining stops will Prayagraj Junction every a section of people staged a maintaining silence. He alleged fter a long gap of eight to Prayagraj Junction before the remain as before. In return, this Sunday night at 10.20-10.40 protest at Nandghar supporting that a government which had Amonths, the railway is lockdown was 9-9.10 am, but train will leave Kalka at 23.55 instead of 12.05 at night. Which the agitation of the farmers. promised to double the income going to start operation of now from December 8, this pm and reach Prayagraj Rameswaram will arrive at 11 Showing their anger, they also of the farmers, is now making Howrah-Delhi Kalka Mail once train will reach the junction at Junction at 4.50-5 pm the next pm on Tuesday night instead of burnt the copies of three farm conspiracy to take away their again. Like other trains, Kalka 11-11.10 am which will reach day. This train from Howrah 12.45. Similarly, this train from laws and raised the demand of land. He said that the govern- Mail will also operate as a spe- Kalka at 3 o'clock in the late will run from December 7 and Rameswaram will run every repealing the laws. The place is ment does not want farmers to cial train. The special thing is night. Earlier this train reached from Kalka from December 10. Wednesday night at 11.55 am not far away from Khazuri get Minimum Support Price that earlier this train used to Kalka at 4.35 am. The train will In the same order, the Express and reach Prayagraj Junction at (Raja Talab) where recently take a positive stand on the come in support of the farm- (MSP) of their crops and it is take 19.25 hours to reach Kalka have 24 coaches as before. The from Manduadih to 10.10-10.35 on Friday night. while addressing a public meet- demands of the farmers, then ers, has said that the activists of one of the main reasons why from Prayagraj but now this train between Prayagraj to Rameswaram is also going to Earlier it used to arrive here late ing, the PM had defended the they would be forced to take to the organisation also oppose the farmers are forced to agitate train will reach Kalka from the Kalka will no longer stop at start from Sunday, December 6. at 1.05-1.30. farm laws strongly. the streets to fight with full the three anti-farmer laws on the roads. They also warned the gov- strength. They also appealed to brought by the Central The others who were also ernment that if their demands the PM to take immediate Government. The action taken present were Shyamsunder, are not met and the laws are action on the problem of farm- by the Central Government on Amit, Panchmukhi, Soni,  )!& <'#  repealed, they would continue ers. farmers going to Delhi is Sarita, Anita, Saroj, Shivkumar, their agitation. They also said Convenor of the Lok shocking and unfortunate as in Asha, Madhubala, Vidya, that if the government did not Samiti Nandlal Master, who has democracy, everyone is given Shamabano, Seema and Sunil.   ,     significant contributions on the girl alleged that she might the occasion of Kumbh-19. have been kidnapped and tul Gupta assumed the At the farewell and recep- expressed suspicion for the Acharge of Additional tion held at Prayagraj division, untoward incident. The police Divisional Railway Manager / Divisional Railway Manager have also become active in the 0 ! +Infra / Prayagraj Division here Mohit Chandra congratulated case of a suddenly missing on Friday. This post was vacant Inamul Haq for his brilliant girl. after the transfer of Additional work as Additional Divisional A 13-year-old girl resident   , =   :  cases. The recovery rate is Hindu University (SSH BHU). pressure. Divisional Railway Manager, Railway Manager / Prayagraj of village under the Karchhana 94.40 per cent while the mor- With the addition of five new ‘Actually, this change in Prayagraj, Inamul Haq to and welcomed the new police station is a ninth stan- s many as 98 new COVID- tality rate is 1.61 per cent. red zones, the total number of temperature brings many North Central Railway Additional Divisional Railway dard student in an inter college A19 patients have been Chief Medical Officer hotspots has increased to 2,522 changes on us as it greatly Headquarters. Manager Atul Gupta. located in Birapur. detected in the district, increas- (CMO) Dr VB Singh has including 214 red zones. There affects our routine and eating Atul Gupta is a 1998 batch MINOR GIRL KID- On Tuesday, she left for ing the total number of cases to informed that in the first report are 2,308 green zones with 11 habits. In the winter, our morn- Indian Railway Engineering NAPPED: A case of kidnap- school on a bicycle. On not 19,488 on Friday. The day saw of the day, 67 positive patients new ones. ing walks and exercises become Service (IRSE) officer, he has a * +   ping of a minor girl has been returning home by evening, her two more deaths, increasing the were found out of 2,782 reports Meanwhile, senior physi- very irregular, along with the postgraduate degree in reported under the Karchana relatives started searching for toll to 315. During the day, the received. Till then, the total test cian of Shri Shiv Prasad Gupta inclusion of strong food in Engineering from IIT, Roorkee. Chief Engineer / Construction, police station of Prayagraj. The her but nothing was found. follow-up negative reports reports received were 4,37,281 (SSPG) Divisional Hospital, our balanced diet, the rate of Gupta started his service from Chief Engineer / Station class nine student had left Information was also taken included 118 and all of them and the results of 1,243 are Kabirchaura Dr AK Singh said infection of flu and pneumonia the East Coast Railway, in var- Development in North Central home to go to school on her from her friends but no one have been recovered from awaited. Out of them, 4,17,824 that the decreasing tempera- increases in winter, as well as ious important posts of Indian Railway. bicycle. When she did not could tell anything. home isolation, increasing the were negative, while 19,457 tures and increasing pollution due to smoke and pollution, the Railways, including Divisional Gupta has been posted as return home, the family was After being exhausted, the number to 15,525. As none of positive. The total number of with the arrival of winter may presence of the coronavirus Engineer, Senior Divisional Senior Divisional Engineer-V upset. family gave the written com- the patient has been discharged samples collected was 4,57,859. escalate the changes of corona may increase its severity man- Engineer. in Prayagraj division. Besides, At first, the family mem- plaint to the police in this from any of the hospital, the Earlier, two males aged 76 and infection and this may be ifolds,’ he said, adding that He also worked on the holding the post of Deputy bers of the girl launched a man- connection. The family mem- number remained at 2,873. 75 from Susuwahi and aggravated further if a person however, with some small posts of Deputy Chief Engineer Chief Engineer / Construction. hunt for her but when they bers have not doubted anyone, The total number of patients Ramghat respectively suc- is already suffering from chron- changes and general efforts, the / Bridge etc. He has also served Working on the post of failed to locate her, they lodged but they have definitely who have been recovered so far cumbed to Covid-19 at Sir ic diseases like diabetes, respi- severity of the epidemic can be in important posts like Deputy Divisional Engineer / a missing report in the police expressed their apprehension of is 18,398, leaving 775 active Sundarlal Hospital, Banaras ratory infections or high blood protected. Chief Engineer / Bridge / Line, Coordination, he has made station on Friday. The kin of something untoward.    ! "#$%$% 6

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They Principal Chief Operations Omkar Singh and via video Manager said that all the works hief Medical Officer Dr AK all the private hospitals were alleged that due to non-pay- Manager Anil Kumar Singh, conferencing Divisional should be completed with qual- CMishra raised doubts over   ,  $  warned that in case they had ment of salary for the past 28 Principal Chief Commercial Railway Manager/Lucknow, Dr ity within the stipulated time- a second wave of COVID-19 in admitted any COVID-19 months, their colleague. Anoop Manager SC Prasad, Principal Monika Agnihotri, Divisional frame. He asked the Divisional Kanpur Nagar and assured the anpur Nagar reported 62 more coronavirus positive cases patients they need to inform Singh Yadav (48), a safety offi- Chief Mechanical Engineer AK Railway Manager/Izzatnagar Railway Managers to review all people that all necessary prepa- Kon Friday evening. Chief Medical Officer Dr Anil K Mishra the CMO office immediately cer, died of heart attack on Pandey, Chief Administrative Ashutosh Pant and DRM / the construction works from rations had already been made said that 62 more people had tested positive for coronavirus about it. He said in case any Thursday. Officer (CAO)/ Construction Varanasi VK Panjiyar partici- time to time and in the chang- to handle any situation if it infection between Thursday evening and Friday evening tak- coronavirus positive case The kin of the deceased RK Yadav, Principal Chief pated. General Manager ing environment according to cropped up. ing the tally of confirmed cases to 30,949 cases. He said that approached a private nursing alleged that the condition of Engineer Satish Kumar Pandey, Tripathi while stating safe rail the utility also make necessary He said the sporadic cases 30 cases were discharged from hospital. He said one COVID- home or hospital. then infor- Anoop had deteriorated after Principal Chief Signal and journey is a top priority of NER modifications in them so that being report in an around 19 death in the city was reported till Friday evening keep- mation should be given then his transfer two days ago and Telecom Engineer Anil Kumar and said that the scheme of the usefulness of the works Kanpur Nagar was an indica- ing the death toll to 788. The CMO said at present 1025 active and there failing which FIR led to his death on Thursday. Mishra, Principal Financial ‘Man of the Month’ award remains. During the meeting, tion that the second wave of cases were undergoing treatment. Dr Mishra said 4144 sam- would be lodged against the The trade union leaders Adviser Tanuja Pandey, should be started for railway various aspects of the work of novel coronavirus infection ples were sent for testing in the city. private hospital. said during the past 15 days, Principal Chief Security personnel doing outstanding passenger and operational facil- would not be surfacing as was Dr Mishra said the UP two other employees of Lalimli Commissioner/ Railway work in the field of safety, ities such as yard remodelling, being feared. Hospital, which now had 300 ICU. He added that the Neuro government has girded up its had also died. Protection Force (RPF) Atul under which the person doing railway track, second entry He said all the private hos- beds and would cater exclu- Science Centre had ICU of 80 loins for COVID-19 vaccina- Anoop Singh’s son Akhand Kumar Srivastava, Chief exemplary work should be door, non-interlocking and pitals and nursing homes had sively to COVID-19 needs. He beds while 10 beds were in tion, first to doctors and para- Pratap said two days ago, his Project Director/Station awarded and encouraged. By ongoing work related to rake been asked to provide the list said this hospital was ready to Children’s Hospital and 20 in medical staff of the entire Uttar father was transferred to anoth- Development SK Mishra, Chief doing it other railwaymen will handling facility, works related of doctors and paramedical handle cases if the need arose UISE Maternity Hospital. He Pradesh. He said the process of er department in Lalimli and Personnel Officer/ also be motivated to perform to level crossing, road over staff within 72 hours failing and said if there was any such said this hospital also had 189 Russian vaccine testing was given some additional respon- Administration Nooruddin, better, he said. Tripathi also bridges and road under bridges which their licence would not need then this hospital would ventilators. continuing in the medical col- sibilities. On Thursday, his secretary to General Manager underlined the importance of the present situation and the set be renewed after December 31, be provided additional doctors The CMO said that in lege and added that out of the condition suddenly deterio- DK Khare, Chief Public counselling and effective train- targets were discussed in detail. 2020. and paramedics and made fully Kanshiram Hospital, there was total volunteers, five had been rated and he was immediately Dr Mishra said in addition functional. a provision of 106 beds out of rejected on health grounds. taken to hospital where he * ( /"%$ $" "! to the existing infrastructure, The CMO further said that which 96 were isolation beds He said in the second round it died during treatment. the government had added a the LLR Hospital had a bed and 10 bed in the ICU. had been decided to take Trade union leaders Raju 8PSS@TQPI9@IU  $. /0#* at 00.40 hrs on the second day, Chakia, Bapudham Motihari, dedicated new Covid hospital, capacity of 360 for OVID-19 He said keeping this in another set of 20 volunteers for Thakur and Ajay Singh blamed Kanpur Central at 02.30 hrs, Sagauli Jn, Bettiah, Naraiya Medical College and cases out of which 160 were view, Kanpur division was well vaccine trial. the Lalimli management for he railway administration is Aishbagh at 04.15 hrs, Narkatiaganj, Harinagar, Anoop Singh’s death. Trevising the timings of spe- Badshahnagar at 04.45 hrs, Bagaha, Siswa Bazar, It may be recalled that cial trains being run for the Barabanki at 05.23 hrs, Gonda Kaptanganj, Gorakhpur, over 400 workers of Lalimli convenience of passengers. As at 06.37 hrs, Basti at 07.47 hrs, Lucknow and Moradabad on have not been paid their salary a result, the following special Khalilabad at 08.19 hrs, the second day reach Anand (4 ! "  for the past 28 months and the trains will be run as per the Gorakhpur at 09.35 hrs, Deoria Vihar Terminus at 07.40 hrs. mill management has turned a revised time. All coaches in Sadar at 10.31 hrs, Siwan at During the return journey blind eye on their problems. these trains will be reserved 11.35 hrs, Chhapra at 12.45 hrs, 02558 Anand Vihar Terminus- category and passengers trav- Sonpur at 13.45 hrs, Hajipur at Muzaffarpur special will eling in them will have to fol- 14.00 hrs, Muzaffarpur at 14.55 December 5 till further notice !!     low the standards of Covid-19 hrs, Samastipur at 16.00 hrs, leave Anand Vihar Terminus at >   # prevention guidelines. Dalsingh Sarai at 16.20 hrs, 14.50 hrs daily, and after stop- Passengers are requested to Barauni at 17.25 hrs, Begusarai ping at Moradabad, Lucknow,   ,  $      obtain information about the at 17.52 hrs, Khagaria at 18.48 Gorakhpur, Captanganj, Siswa timing of the train before start- hrs, Mansi at 19.20 hrs and Bazar, Bagaha, Harinagar, anpur Divisional    ing their journey, CPRO PK reach Saharsa at 20.20 hrs. Narkatiaganj, Bettiah, Sugauli, KCommissioner Raj Singh said. DARBHANGA-NEW Bapudham Motihari, Chakia, Shekhar on Friday said that   ,  $  SAHARSA-NEW DELHI DELHI SPECIAL: The 02565 Maheshi and Motipur and smart classes project was SPECIAL: The 02553 Saharsa- Darbhanga-New Delhi special reach Muzaffarpur at 12.15 hrs. approved for six schools in youth preparing fake doc- New Delhi special will from from December 4 until further GKP-BANDRA Kanpur Nagar and it would be Auments was arrested here December 7 until further notice leave Darbhanga daily TERMINUS SPECIAL: The set up at a cost of around Rs 2.3 on Friday. The police recovered notice depart from Saharsa at from 08.26 hrs, Samastipur at 05067 Gorakhpur-Bandra crore. He said the Smart City fake voter ID cards, caste and 06.46 hrs daily, from Mansi at 09.35 hrs, Hajipur at 11:25 Terminus weekly special will Corporation Limited and the domicile certificates, Aadhaar 07.40 hrs, from Khagadia at hrs, Muzaffarpur at 10.25 hrs, from December 9 leave government were jointly mon- cards along with material used 07.52 hrs, from Begusarai at Sonpur at 11.28 hrs, Chhapra Gorakhpur every Wednesday at itoring the progress of the for preparing fake documents 08.20 hrs, from Barauni at at 12.55 hrs, Siwan at 13.50 hrs 05.30 hrs, and after stopping at work which would be com- from the accused. 09.00 hrs, from Dalsingh Sarai Deoria Sadar at 14.43 hrs, Anandnagar, Siddharthnagar, pleted in time. Addressing media persons, at 09:29 hrs, from Samastipur Gorakhpur at 16.00 hrs, Shohratgarh, Barhni, Tulsipur, The divisional commis- Superintendent of Police (East) at 10.05 am, from Muzaffarpur Badshahnagar at 20.17 hrs, Jharkhandi. Balrampur, Gonda, sioner said smart classes was Raj Kumar Agarwal said dur- at 11.00 hrs, from Hajipur at Aishbagh at 21.10 hrs, Kanpur Barabanki, Lucknow, Kanpur one of the important project ing past few months, he had 11.55 hrs, from Sonepur at Central at 22.58 hrs and reach Central, Orai, Jhansi, Vidisha under the Smart City project been receiving information 12.07 hrs, Chhapra at 13.50 hrs, New Delhi at 05.15 hrs. The Habibganj, Itarsi, Harda, which was on the priority list about use of fake documents Siwan at 14.45 hrs, Deoria 02566 New Delhi-Darbhanga Khandwa, Bhusaval, Jalgaon, of the government and he and to work out the case, he Sadar at 15.40 hrs, Gorakhpur special from December 5 leave Nandurwar, Bhestan, Vapi, and had visited three prominent had set up a special team at 17.00 hrs, Khalilabad at New Delhi daily at 13.00 hrs, Borivali to reach Bandra schools where the work for which succeeded in arresting 17.40 hrs, Basti at 18.09 hrs, Kanpur Central at 18.15 hrs, Terminus at 17.45 hrs. In the setting up smart classes was in Shailendra Sahu from Chakeri Gonda at 19.30 hrs, Barabanki Aishbagh at 20.10 hrs, return journey the 05068 Bandra progress. police area on Friday. to 20.58 hrs, Badshahnagar at Badshahnagar at 20.38 hrs, Terminus-Gorakhpur weekly Shekhar first visited the Apart from fake docu- 21.40 hrs, Aishbagh at 22.15 Gorakhpur Jn at 01.05 hrs, on special will from December 11 Primary Girls’ School ments, police have also recov- hrs, Kanpur Central at 23.50 second day, Deoria Sadar at leave Bandra Terminus at 00.20 Pratham at Khalasi Lines, ered rubber stamps of many hrs, on second day from 02.01 hrs, Siwan at 03.03 hrs, hrs every Friday and after stop- then the MG Nagar Nigam government departments from Etawah at 01.16 hrs, from Chhapra at 04.23 hrs, Sonpur ping at Vapi, Bhestan, Mahila Inter College at Civil the accused. Tundla at 02.40 hrs, Aligarh at at 05.26 hrs, Hajipur at 05.41 Nandurwar, Jalgaon, Bhusaval, Lines and finally the Kailash The raid was conducted 03.52 hrs, Ghaziabad at 05.40 hrs, Muzaffarpur at 06.35 hrs, Khandwa, Harda, Itarsi, Nath Balika Inter College also jointly by the Chakeri and hrs and reach New Delhi at Samastipur at 08.18 hrs and Habibganj, Vidisha, Jhansi, in the Civil Lines. Naubasta police. 06.25 hrs. During the return reach Darbhanga at 09.30 hrs Orai, Kanpur Central, He was accompanied by Agarwal said the accused journey, the 02554 New Delhi- MUZAFFARPUR- Lucknow, Barabanki, Gonda, Kanpur Municipal was involved in preparing fake Saharsa special train will from ANAND VIHAR TERMINUS Balrampur, Jharkhandi Commissioner Akshay Aadhaar cards and other doc- December 8 until further SPL: The 02557 Muzaffarpur- Tulsipur, Barhani, Shohratgarh Tripathi and Smart City uments were required as ID notice depart depart daily from Anand Vihar Terminus special Siddharthnagar, Anandnagar Corporation officials proof by the government New Delhi at 20.40 hrs, from from December 4 will till fur- and reach Gorakhpur at 15.05 0   !  1 % "   "    !  The divisional commis-     departments and other ser- Ghaziabad at 21:25 hrs, from ther notice leave Muzaffarpur hours. The rake composition of sioner said under this project, vices. Aligarh at 22:35 hrs, from at 11.35 hrs daily and after this train will remain as noti- instruments and equipment Tundla Jn at 23.40 hrs., Etawah stopping at Motipur, Maheshi, fied earlier. for smart classes like interac- Shekhar said the whole months. accomplished by July 2021. tive smart board and projec- project would be maintained He added that this was He said this time schools $0"!$)$ !Q  tors, renovation of classrooms, for five years by the firm one of the important projects would be selected on merit 415+" new furniture, LED lighting Smart Classes beginning this and would give a good result based competition from $1$"%%"! etc. were being taken up. He year. He said the firm would in terms of effective learning among the government  % P added that the smart classes also train the teachers and and teaching. schools. 8PSS@TQPI9@IU  '( )#* would provide online educa- staff in the running the smart Shekhar said the Smart The divisional commis- tional contents of NCERT classes project successfully . City Corporation Limited had sioner asked the Smart City    he birth anniversary of first president of India both in English and in Hindi The divisional commis- decided to take up another 10 Corporation Limited officials TDr Rajendra Prasad was celebrated as Advocates’ for nursery to class 12 for all sioner said out of the six government schools under to take a feedback from the   ,  $  Day under the aegis of District Bar Association (DBA). subjects. works, three had been com- this project at an estimated students and teachers on a Expressing their views the He added that the con- pleted and were ready for use cost of Rs 4 crore in the regular basis to improve the anpur Nagar District speakers recalled Dr tents would be updated from and the rest three would be financial year 2021-22. He system and to make it more KMagistrate Alok Tiwari Rajendra Prasad’s contri- time to time. completed in the next two said the project would be productive and effective. along with DIG Parminder bution to the nation and Singh, ADM (City) and district threw light on his life. probation officer made a sur- District Judge Lal Chand prise inspection of single work- Gupta was the chief guest on ing women’s hostel at Surya the occasion. The pro- !'     # Vihar, Nai Basti, Nawabganj gramme was chaired by the and Rajkiya Sampreshan Greh, president of DBA. On the Naubasta. !        %  occasion veteran lawyers, He expressed concern over " *%     + %   )  Prem Kant Srivastava, the failure of the authorities to  " %    ,-- .-- Yashwant Singh and Adya Prasad Singh were honoured    <0( follow the food menu in the %       /   with 11,000, a shawl and a stick for their long and right earnest. He directed the   /% 0  % 1*0 1 outstanding performance in the profession. The vote official there to ensure that the     1  1 2 of thanks was proposed by the secretary of DBA.   ,  $  The district magistrate said December was being Kaya Kalp plan, the teachers food served to the inmates *   %     "" / said under the RTE Act, all observed as Nutrition Month were completing the course was as per the decided menu anpur Nagar District schools had to take admis- by the state government and through Diksha App. He fur- and prepared hygienically and ("! /"!"! KMagistrate Alok Tiwari has sions and schools not follow- thus all the primary schools ther said that in Gaholia vil- served on time. warned schools which have ing the directive would face should establish nutrition gar- lage, the first digital black- The district magistrate said QDPI@@S I@XT T@SWD8@  + ,-( Tiwari and senior supervisors failed to take admissions under disciplinary action. den and they should be board had been installed. He all the CCTV footages need to were present. The safety audit the Right to Education Act and The district magistrate named after the days both in said the course which had not be preserved and produced as eeping the winter weather team inspected the zonal train- has directed the officials con- was chairing the Kaya Kalp English and Hindi and digital been completed on account of and when demanded failing Kand fog in mind the railway ing centre at Ghazipur, held a dia- cerned to prepare a list of the Plan review meeting on photography should be done the lockdown due to COVID- which action would be taken administration in order to ensure logue with trainees and tested defaulters. Friday. He said under the to ensure transparency. 19 pandemic was being taken against the officials. He said the safe rail travel under a planned their knowledge about safety. A He said schools not taking plan all the schools should be He said all the complete up on a war footing to ensure CCTV cameras should remain action plan on Thursday Chief safety seminar was organised in admissions as per the provi- revamped completely. Anganwadi centres should be the course was completed. He functional 24 hours a day. He Safety Officer, North Eastern which various misconceptions of sions of the RTE Act would be He said the pace of the transferred to the Centre. said a move was afoot to also asked the officials to Railway (NER) SN Shah and his employes were removed. The given an opportunity to put plan was slow and advised He said the state govern- ensure that all the villages had ensure health check-up of the team conducted the safety audit inspection of safety audit team reached Ghazipur City station their grounds during a special officials to give it further ment had decided to focus on at least one digital blackboard inmates from time to time. Ankushpur and Ghazipur City rail section. by road and thoroughly inspected berthing meeting to be held at the col- momentum. child nutrition and for this a so that the teachers could The inmates at Naubasta Simultaneously, the training provided to trainees tracks, point machines, signals, height and lectorate soon. The district magistrate detailed plan had been pre- teach the children in a better had made a complaint that as at the zonal training centre at Ghazipur was approach of foot over bridge, platform length The Act makes education said all the leave applications pared. way online. per the menu for Sunday the reviewed. On the occasion, Chief Transport clearance, fire alarm, station working rule, relay a fundamental right of every would have to be routed He said a survey need to He appealed to the vil- officials were not serving non- Project Manager, Gorakhpur Anil Kumar, Chief room, point crossing etc reviewed safety and child between the ages of 6 online through the Human be carried to identify mal- lagers to ensure they availed veg dishes or paneer. Engineer/Works SP Yadav, Chief Rolling Stock issued instructions to the officials concerned. and 14 and specifies mini- Resource Website. He was nourished children and they themselves of the facility and The district magistrate and Engineer/Freight RK Jatav, Chief Signal Engineer Thereafter the safety audit team reached mum norms in elementary informed by the officials that should be given a milch cows improved their knowledge. the officials accompanying him Gyan Prakash, Additional Divisional Railway Ankushpur station through push trolley while schools. It requires all private all the leave applications were from the cattle shelters. He also asked teachers to also visited the kitchen to find Manager (ADRM) Infrastructure, Praveen testing the standard norms of traction over head schools to reserve 25 percent being forwarded through this The basic shiksha adhikari ensure the course was com- out how the food was being Kumar, Senior Divisional Safety Officer Virendra line, power feeder, level crossing gates, curvature, seats on basis of economic sta- website. (BSA) informed the district pleted within the stipulated prepared and found every- Yadav, Senior Engineer-II MK Singh, Senior bridge culverts in Ghazipur City- Ankushpur rail tus or caste for children. The district magistrate magistrate that under the time frame. thing satisfactory. Divisional Signal and Telecom Engineer Trimbak section, PRO, Varanasi, Ashok Kumar said.    ! "#$%$% 6 ) R   11%"1$*21 "%'Q $ %%"$/$3!"+$

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tubble burning has stopped 4"   136  "  Snow but Delhi’s air pollution situation remains serious, Union Environment Minister   fiscation of their assets as abroad under the provisions of Prakash Javadekar on Friday envisaged under FEOA. Prevention of Money said adding that the Central he (Enforcement “In the first phase, prayer Laundering Act. Pollution Control Board TDirectorate (ED) on has been made for confisca- On the basis of (CPCB) has issued a notice to Friday moved an application tion of 15 Indian properties Prosecution Complaint the State Government to take bank account of Kingfisher before the PMLA court in including 3rd and 4th Floor of (chargesheet) filed by ED strict and swift action on the   Airlines Ltd. (KAL). Mumbai to declare family Ceejay House and having before the Special PMLA plaints forwarded to it about The ED had earlier initi- members of Iqbal Mirchi as market value 96 crore ( Court, Open Ended Non activities causing toxic air in he Enforcement ated investigation under fugitive under the Fugitive approx.) & 6 Bank accounts Bailable Warrants have been Delhi and the National Capital TDirectorate (ED) on Friday PMLA based on FIR registered Economic Offenders Act, having balance Rs 1.9 Crore. issued against Asif Memon, Region. said it has seized fugitive busi- by CBI against Kingfisher 2018 (FEOA). The agency has Prayer has also been made for Junaid Memon and Hajra In a message from his res- nessman Vijay Mallya’s asset in Airlines Ltd. (KAL), Vijay sought declaration of Junaid allowing ED to file supple- Memon. idence here, Javadekar said the In its notice, the CPCB has dumping of garbage, construc- France worth 1.6 million Euros Mallya and others on January Iqbal Memon, Asif Iqbal (both mentary applications under Till now, these three CPCB has received several directed the Delhi government tion/demolition activity, “On the request of 25, 2016. sons of Iqbal Mirchi) and FEOA,” the agency said in a accused have been evading complaints that activities like to ensure immediate action on unpaved roads/pits, and resus- Directorate of Enforcement Provisional Attachment Hazra Memon (wife of statement. their presence before the biomass and garbage burning, complaints and take strict pension of road dust,” said the (ED), a property of Vijay Orders have been issued Mirchi)as fugitive economic In this case, the ED has Special Court and the NBWs improper waste disposal, vio- action against industrial activ- notice. Mallya located at 32 Avenue wherein properties worth offenders. provisionally attached assets remain unexecuted, it said lation of construction and ities including tyre pyrolysis, It said the main areas of FOCH, France has been seized 11,231.70 crore (Market value In its plea before the to the tune of 798 crore adding, further investigation demolition waste rules, burning of tyre and other concern are pollution hotspots by the French Authority. The at time of attachment) have court, the ED has sought con- (approximately) in India and is under progress. unpaved roads and dust, which wastes. — Narela, Anand Vihar, value of the seized asset in been attached which was also cause pollution, are still being As per the forecast on the Mundka, Dwarka and Punjabi France is 1.6 Million Euros confirmed by the Adjudicating court to declare accused Vijay Mallya was sent to UK and the of dispersal and misapplication carried out in the national cap- Indian Meteorological Bagh in Delhi and Faridabad, (approx. 14 crores),”the Authority. A Prosecution Mallya as Fugitive Economic Westminster’s Magistrates of the loan funds and prima ital and NCR. Department, air quality is like- Jhajjar, Noida and Bhiwadi in agency said in a statement. Complaint (chargesheet) has offender. The Special Court court has ruled for extradition facie, found that accused Vijay “The situation of air pollu- ly to remain in very poor cate- the NCR. Investigation conducted been filed against Mallya, (FEO Act), Mumbai had of Mallya on charges of money Mallya was involved in a con- tion in Delhi is still serious. gory owing to unfavourable “As per the analysis and under Prevention of Money UBHL, KAL, bank officials declared Mallya as fugitive laundering on December 10, spiracy to launder money. Stubble burning has stopped meteorological conditions for number of complaints received, Laundering Act (PMLA) and others. economic offender on January 2018. Appeals of Mallya to UK but Delhi’s air quality index still disposal of the pollutants for the south, south-west district, revealed that a large amount An application was also 5, 2019. In its order, the court has High Court and later Supreme remains in ‘very poor’ catego- next few days, the notice said. north, north-west, and north was remitted abroad from the moved before the designated Extradition request of observed that a clear evidence Court have been rejected. ry,” Javadekar said. “Incidences of stubble east districts of Delhi and “CPCB’s 50 teams inspect burning (are) almost coming to Jhajjar, Bhiwadi, Gurugram Delhi and NCR every day and an end, and air quality contin- north, Gautam Buddha Nagar   % 7!%!    submits the complaints and uing to remain in very poor cat- and Noida in NCR are the areas  !%  observations from those visits egory, it is important that local that need to take actions to con- to the agencies concerned. Yet, sources are dealt with effec- trol air pollution due to con-     "   P  " some work is done, some not. tively. Based on feedback struction/demolition activities,    Hence, the CPCB has issued a received from 50 teams open dumping of garbage, road   notice to the Delhi govern- deployed in the fields since dust and industrial emissions,” ment,” he said. October 15, sources are open the notice said. "  "   he Supreme Court on TFriday questioned the Centre over delay in sending /$1" *$""$ proposal to the President for commuting the death sentence of Balwant Singh Rajoana, con-   victed in the 1995 assassination case of former Punjab Chief he National Investigation Minister Beant Singh. TAgency (NIA) will probe A bench headed by Chief the recent encounter at Nagrota Justice S A Bobde asked the in the Jammu region in which Centre to apprise it as to four terrorists of the banned when the authority would September 7 last year inti- The top court was hear- Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), a send the proposal in this mating that a proposal would ing Rajoana’s plea seeking Pakistan-based outfit, were regard to the President under be sent to the President to direction for expeditious killed by police. Article 72 of the Constitution. commute the death sentence disposal of MHA’s proposal The anti-terror probe   who are travelling to and from The article deals with of Rajoana. to commute his death sen- agency took over the case fol- petition was filed in the Delhi to get medical treatment power of President to grant The bench, also com- tence. lowing a notification issued by ASupreme Court on Friday in reputed government/private pardon, suspend, remit or prising Justices A S Bopanna Rajoana, a former the Centre. seeking direction to the author- hospitals situated in Delhi are commute sentences in certain and V Ramasubramanian, Punjab Police constable, was The terrorists were killed terrorists and the people with after the incident. ities to immediately remove also affected,” said the plea, cases. asked Additional Solicitor convicted for his involve- on November 19 in Jammu and whom they were in touch with The NIA is already prob- farmers, who are protesting at filed through advocate Om The apex court noted that General K M Nataraj, ment in an explosion outside Kashmir’s Nagrota area in a in Jammu and Kashmir for exe- ing an encounter that took several Delhi border points Prakash Parihar. a letter was sent from the appearing for the Centre, as the Punjab civil secretariat swift operation by the police. cution of the failed terror plot. place on January 31 this year against the new farm laws, It referred to the October Ministry of Home Affairs to to why the proposal has not that killed Beant Singh and The NIA probe will try to The agency’s team had vis- in which three JeM terrorists saying commuters are facing 7 verdict, delivered on a peti- Punjab chief secretary on been sent till now. 16 others in 1995. ascertain the planning and ited the encounter site at Ban were killed by the security hardship due to the road block- tion against blockade of a road final objective of the four JeM Toll Plaza on November 19 forces. ades and the gatherings might in Shaheen Bagh area here by lead to increase in COVID-19 those protesting against ! ! 3P   % cases. Citizenship Amendment Act, The plea has sought the in which the apex court had apex court directions to the said that public spaces cannot     " " ! 5 "  authorities to open the roads at be occupied indefinitely and Delhi borders, shift these pro- demonstrations expressing dis-   Justices A S Bopanna and V drawn if he fails to give any testors to allotted place and sent have to be in designated Ramasubramanian. evidence,” the bench observed. provide guidelines on social places alone. he Supreme Court on Dubai-based businessman The high court, in its ver- distancing and use of mask at Referring to COVID-19 TFriday stayed the verdict of Saxena was extradited to India dict, had said that ED’s plea    the protest place to contain guidelines issued by the the Delhi High Court which on January 31 last year in con- before the trial court for revok- spread of COVID-19 cases. Government, the plea has said had dismissed the plea of nection with the Rs 3,600- ing the approver status was not The petition, filed by law that despite the advisories not Enforcement Directorate (ED) crore scam case relating to the maintainable as his statement   consortium banks. student Rishabh Sharma, has to hold large gathering amid to revoke approver status of purchase of 12 VVIP heli- under section 306 (4) of the It was alleged in the com- claimed that Delhi Police had the pandemic, lakhs of farmers businessman Rajiv Saxena in copters from AgustaWestland. Criminal Procedure Code he Central Bureau of plaint that the accused had on November 27 allowed these have gathered on Delhi borders the AgustaWestland VVIP During the hearing con- (CrPC) had not been record- TInvestigation (CBI) has reg- cheated the State Bank of India- protesters to hold demonstra- and this might lead to increase chopper scam. ducted through video-confer- ed. istered a case on a complaint led consortium banks to the tion peacefully at Nirankari in the number of coronavirus A bench headed by Chief encing on Friday, Additional Section 306 (4) of CrPC from State Bank of India (SBI) tune of 1,800.72 crore (approx- ground at Burari here but cases. Justice S A Bobde issued notice Solicitor General Aman Lekhi, provides for recording of state- against a Delhi-based private imately) by way of diversion / despite that they have blocked It is pertinent to note that to Saxena seeking his response appearing for the ED, told the ment of an accomplice who has company, Jay Polychem India siphoning off bank funds, ficti- the borders of Delhi. in view of the prevention of the on the appeal filed by ED bench that there was a “clear been granted pardon. Ltd. (borrower company) tious transactions, cheating, “Because of the ongoing community spread of the pan- against the high court’s June 8 error” on the part of high The high court had further including its director, guarantor, forgery and criminal conspira- protest at the Delhi borders, the demic disease Coronavirus judgement. court as it had said that pardon said that once his statement unknown public servants and cy among others. roads have been blocked by the (COVID-19), it is very neces- “Issue notice. In the mean- can be revoked only after he under section 306 (4) of CrPC unknown private persons on the Searches were conducted protesters and closed border sary to remove the gathering time, there shall be stay of oper- deposes as witness. is recorded, the ED can again allegations of causing a loss of on Friday at three locations in company and other accused, the points, which have affected and this protest is further ation of the impugned order,” “There is a provision in the move an application for revok- about 1,800.72 crore to the Delhi at the office and residen- CBI said adding investigation is vehicular traffic and people blocking . said the bench, also comprising CrPC that pardon can be with- ing Saxena’s approver status. public sector bank and other tial premises of the borrower continuing in the case.

    #<)!    .#  .2'?)#3 1  "     # #  :9  *1; 0<, # #  #    11 .2 3@)-'-' 33 #   5 /1 ! #%#)&#('#&) 2 Chandrakant Patil respective- ly.    to bridge this gap. '34$5&  235%## However, the Shiv Sena — Nizamabad MLC and CM which leads the MVA in the oters of Hyderabad have KCR’s daughter K Kavitha is yet     State — suffered a defeat in Vthrown a ‘hung verdict’ in to enroll as ex-officio member. Amravati Division Teachers’ the GHMC elections, the results If she enrolls, TRS requires 11 ithin days of it complet- constituency seat, its candidate of which were announced on more seats. This makes TRS to Wing its first year in office, Shrikant Deshpande was Friday. None of the parties could depend essentially on other the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi defeated by an Independent secure the magic figure of 76 out party to bag TRS post. TRS has (MVA) consolidated its posi- Kiran Sarnaik there. of 150 seats. However, the rul- no other option except to bank tion in Maharashtra on Friday, The State Council bienni- ing TRS has emerged as the sin- on AIMIM, its ‘friendly party’ as it handed out a humiliating al elections had been necessi- gle largest party by winning 55 for this purpose. drubbing to the Opposition tated by the end of the tenure seats out of total 150 seats it had AIMIM too has no other BJP by winning four out five of the five sitting members in contested. The BJP which has option except to tie up with Maharashtra Legislative July this year, but the polls were given a tough fight to TRS ) %"       "   TRS as it cannot join hands Council seats in the biennial 2!       % 2! " postponed due to the Covid-19 right from the beginning of the   )5   )5 with BJP. AIMIM with 44 seats elections. 4   )5 pandemic. polls, stood second by winning can easily ensure Mayor post for The BJP, which lost power Meanwhile, the only con- 48 seats out of 149 seats it had of 146 it had contested. help of its 31 ex-officio mem- TRS. However, both the parties to the Shiv Sena-led MVA and former Chief Minister Graduates’ seat, the NCP’s solation that the BJP derived on contested. The TRS suffered Congress won just 2 seats even bers who comprises of party have to strike a ‘deal’ for this Government in November last Devendra Fadnavis’s father Satish Chavan trounced the a day it fared badly in the bien- huge losses in GHMC polls this in 2016. The TDP which con- MLAs, MPs, MLCs, who have similar to Congress-AIMIM year, found itself licking its Gangadharrao Fadnavis in the BJP’s Shirish Boralkar to bag nial elections was that its time. TRS tally came down to 55 tested 106 seats suffered even voting right to elect Mayor. A deal in 2009 GHMC polls when wounds, as it lost its tradition- past. Gadkari, it may be the Aurangabad Division nomiee Amrish Patel won the from 99 seats it won in 2016. more humiliating defeat by fail- total of 45 ex-officio members hung verdict was given. al bastion of Nagpur where the recalled, had won this seat for Graduates constituency seat. by-election to Dhule Contrary to this, the BJP’s ing to retain even the deposit in from TRS, Congress, BJP have Congress and AIMIM shared Congress’ Abhijit Wanjari four terms since 1989 before he In Pune Division Teachers’ Nandurbar Local Bodies seat. tally witnessed steep rise to 48 any of the seats it had contest- enrolled for GHMC Mayor vot- Mayor post for two-and-a-half defeated the BJP’s Sandeep contested successfully the 2014 constituency, Jayant Asgaonkar Patel had given up the seat, seats against just 4 seats it won ed. As none of the parties could ing this time. year each with Congress claim- Joshi in the Nagpur Division Lok Sabha election from of the Congress trounced sit- after he quit the Congress and in 2016. The AIMIM, which secure magic figure of 76 seats If these 45 ex-officio mem- ing the post first and AIMIM Graduates’ constituency, by a Nagpur. ting MLC and Independent joined the BJP, which necessi- stood third by securing 43 seats, out of 150 in GHMC polls, it bers are included in Mayor later. Both the parties will now comfortable margin of 18,910 The three other seats that Dattatraya Sawant. tated the by-election. proved yet again that it remains became imperative to bag voting, the magic figure to bag have to work out similar votes. the MVA won were: Pune The BJP’s debacle in In the State Council, the unbeatable in its strong hold Mayor post by striking a polit- Mayor seat will increase from 76 formula. The BJP’s debacle in the Division Graduates’ seat, Nagpur and Pune Division BJP has a strength of 22 mem- Old City. ical deal. to 98. Out of 45 ex-officio Since the tenure of present Nagpur Division Graduates’ Aurangabad Division Graduates’ seat came as an bers, while the seat tallies of It retained its 44 seats out of TRS suffered the jolt in two members, TRS alone has 31 GHMC Council is until constituency should be seen in Graduates’ seat and Pune embarrassment for the BJP, as other parties are: Shiv Sena-14, 51 it had contested against 44 it ways. It cannot bag Mayor post members. However, TRS February 10, 2021, both TRS the light of the fact that it was Division Teachers’ seat. While the poll results were personal NCP-nine, Congress — eight, won in 2016. The Congress on its own either on its own strength will increase to only 86 and AIMIM have ample time of represented in the past by the NCP’s Arun Lad defeated setbacks for former chief min- RSP, PWP and Lok Bharati failed miserably in GHMC polls strength of winning 55 seats or seats, which is short of magic two months to strike a deal on senior party Minister and Sangram Deshmukh of the ister Devendra Fadnavis and Party — one seat each and yet again. It won just 2 seats out can bag Mayor seat with the figure 98. It still requires 12 seats Mayor, Deputy Mayor Posts. Union Minister Nitin Gadkari BJP in Pune Division State party president Independents: four.    ! "#$%$% 8 4!%/""$4 34%522 642'7#()8(2 %% 1&%()$(2 %% ( +'642'7#()8(2 %%7 $*$6 3<$*4421 1 <  0 .2#        R    ! 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Meanwhile, police in riot gear are anxious to lath- -          P     Q 4  icharge their own brethren. They    ' 2      2  3  ' ' 2  have set up unnecessary road blocks       6C69  2>#S             all around the city, delaying and immobilising traffic.      ( 6C9D  2>#         " -S :: Yet, in the freezing cold, our unions are sympathetic to it. Farm life is tough. Imagine (ECA) to bust hoarders and    .!  ('('S 55 E     6C9:  -    annadattas brace up for the water Attempts have already been waking up at the crack of dawn, recover 75,000 metric tonnes of     9F   #         6C95  6C9:    cannons and tear gas. And in dis- made to classify the agitation as running to the fields each morn- dal. But ECA limits on hoarding tressed times, they have given up a sectarian uprising. ing or any odd hour when the and stocking have been done              8       2># self-preservation and stand united But back to the deadlock, the irrigation and electricity supply away with in the new Acts except         8         3  ' as ever, demanding fair prices and farmers want MSP for crops and & : :  are selectively guaranteed. The for some emergency scenarios. / 3    A/3 B      2>#        resisting a “neo-Company Raj.” For the Government says it can’t do &  &, farmer’s day passes with weeding, Let’s take the example of      2         0       this has indeed turned into a war that. And one doesn’t expect the ploughing, seeding and careful- apples from Himachal Pradesh, between the big agricultural corpo- Government to promise some-   && ly guarding his crop for the sea- which make for a huge cash crop      1       0           2   rations, who are reassuring the thing it is powerless to execute. 0 0 . &   son while debts and bills burden for local farmers. In two decades,   (!"    -         (            public with their propaganda If it introduces MSP as a legal .,$, & ,: the family. When the harvest three big Indian agri-business            2>#             through the corporate media, and right, it would automatically arrives, it brings more losses in giants have consolidated the the farmers, who anyway are strug- overturn the three farm Acts as , $ 0 the absence of remunerative markets. They store almost all the         "              ! gling with input costs higher than farm majors won’t buy into a pro- prices. If it is the middleman now, apples coming out of the State,      P ?  Q     2   0  S    ' the Minimum Support Price (MSP) tectionist market. Additionally, &  it would be the corporations later. dictate the prices and have estab-     ,?        2>#S   0   and now see the rates being driven how will the Government imple- $,$ 0    Effectively, he has no negotiato- lished an oligopoly. Small traders down by the inevitable competitive ment the MSP at the rural mar- ry power either way. When he outside their network exist but           P     Q    ' pricing in an open market. They ket or local level is a big question. &<  :, can’t earn enough, he drinks pes- they are marginal.     O          ,  ( O       ! have some legitimate and practical If, since its inception (1960s), the    ticides or commits suicide. More Up against a techno-mili-        0         2     ! concerns that need transitional MSP has only covered a small than 300,000 debt-burdened taristic juggernaut, one feels that hand-holding that the Government percentage of farmers, what is :& 00 0 & farmers have committed sui- the farmers and their leaders    2>#S                   2  is not quite doing. different in 2020? Hence the $ &.,:&: cide in over a decade. So farm- know their vulnerabilities —    "          3          0   While the farmers’ agitation Government can never make ers are not misled or ill-informed, talks are futile and their fate is         S     '     2># trends on Twitter, the Government MSP a legal right. It may try to  0& & they live the hard reality. As sealed. They know that this uses an old strategy of “divide and trick the farmers with the “grad- Pepsico sued them in Gujarat movement will be their final sac-       .                  rule” to break the unions, whose ing” jargon, stating that the MSP :$ ,: and they are still struggling to rifice, a mass suicide to awaken        '               ! representatives have so far even would only be given for graded & &:,<&  reclaim their dues for sugar, the conscience of our nation.    2>#S 2!  ,           0   refused Government hospitality produce, but by accepting this .,$:  0 they know how corporatisation They have come to Delhi not     '   2  2   2>#  S    ! ! during the talks. The Government deal, Indian farmers would be hasn’t changed their fortunes and with a begging bowl but to pre- has so far called “32 Punjab-based destroyed the same way  =,  required Government interven- sent the pitfalls of an unplanned     !(  '              unions,” leaving out others outside American farmers were. tion in the end. And as their farm liberalisation agenda. And                " 2>#     the negotiating room. Howard Zinn Corporatisation of agriculture in ., $& & = resilience is breaking, city people one doesn’t doubt that they will sniggers at us, as despite his work the US, where factory farming $ . 0  ,$ flippantly discount them as rus- be misjudged and hunted. But for .  ?  "         "   - S     . exposing the American “robber birthed an uninterrupted chain tic, mock their intelligence and them it’s their moral imperative     '  >     2      0   barons” and their modus operandi, of “farm to fork,” has wiped out & yet we dare not face their to rebel, for the sake of their chil- .                       the land of Gandhi is falling prey to rural communities. It all began courage. The policy makers can’t dren, their ancestral lands and    " 2>#                   them. in the 1970s with the dream of answer their questions. Let’s go our civilisation. If the Indian civil- The Government may now becoming big enough to com- back to the isation has to survive we need our  ?                    play favourites, choosing one union mand the world’s food market  2.5 lakh crore dal scam of 2015 farmers to be treated fairly. For                   ! leader over the other, and present a with industrialised processes, when consumers paid the price without them, we are sowing a   4 3  '  " - 3  /3          turbid discourse, buying itself time merging of lands and shifting pri- promise of “making it big,” they by buying arhar dal at 210/kg. new corporate disease that shall to incriminate dissenting leaders, orities to commodity crops. But stretched their resources and It was reported that a cartel of further destroy India. In the  2>#              H "       and in the final stage may even bring in no time there was a glut due were subsumed by food giants. agri-business companies was words of Gandhi, “Strength does           2>#          in “strike-breakers” or pro-establish- to over-production; farmers Barring Punjab and responsible by buying dal at low not come from physical capaci- 2  #               2    - ment farmers’ groups and corporate could never get the commensu- , MSP is already a dis- prices through the supply chain ty. It comes from an indomitable farmers to sign an accord and end rate prices and were driven to tant dream for farmers. Even if network, storing it overseas and will”. Our farmers are possessed   6C9:        S          the matter. But in case the matter debts. They had no option but to some States make MSP the legal then creating artificial scarcity. It by this will and we better listen        -  /3            gets out of hand, one shouldn’t be foreclose and sell out. Now farm- right, corporations have the profitted immensely by selling it to them. 0                    ' - surprised to hear rumours of the ers do not even make up a quar- choice of bulk buying from back to Indians at high prices. (The author is Director, Policy resurgence of the “Khalistan move- ter of the total US agricultural States that don’t do so. What hap- The Government used the power and Outreach, National Seed                 -         ! ment” in Punjab and how farmer production. Buying into the pens to the farmers in that case? of the Essential Commodities Act Association of India)                            /3     2>#     !  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The Centre 1    56 57  55      in The Pioneer on December 4. &(    2 %4%'5%6% 2*%82)(4% must offer middle ground             It is laughable that affluent peo- 233(4%25*%4((% 2*%2#%8*5)(442 3(B immediately and bridge the ple from India are actually think- #% 4%( )% 324%'% +% 4(%6&' %%-25 trust deficit.            3.+(8!9: ing that they can go and get their 23+22#82)(4%233(4%* 3%6&%:*8%'%.2*O%4%  Bhagwan Thadani        "        COVID-19 vaccines from the 2#%#(%4( +%( ))(2 23..&=4'%(( Mumbai               ! UK. Do they not realise that the ('2 ( (+((2 4'%( %482)(4%B Government of the UK will (2 5%(#%%233(4%23.% )825%+% 4(%*4                  obviously prioritise its own peo- %. % #% ('*4B(%#%32'               ple, just as the Indian (4'*5%%)42'%#5))4((% 6 Sir — It is to the credit of the   (       #   Government will, once we have % ( 2)#%%%%(2'*4% % representatives of the 32 farm- the vaccine, too? Maybe this is 52**' (+4*2#()2*% ##%88% '2  #%(4('%(+2%%'% ers’ groups that they refused        4 0    the first time in their lives that 25%% 2'6&%#2( +3(%4*2#()#% %4*%#( 4%23(2)(2 23(7%*' (+6, 4% luxurious meals with Central   5;   #   8 "     the privileged will find out that %%#( %42* ('( )#*%2%34% ('8)%'% %#(2*)#%)#8#(+'(3( 82)(4B Government Ministers and oth-    1    others not as well-heeled can get 82)(4%% 2( %#% 2*+( '2#% ( %2+(2 %4B ( +8*( +%82)(4%2#4(% (3(4( %(+(2 6 ers during the meeting to discuss priority over them, too. (H*% #%*%2332% (44(% 4%2+%%(#% 4% #%)) *4  '2% 2*)# % 42'% 32' % the three farm reforms and *     *-               The unscrupulous travel 282%%+*()23%44*%##*( +()6&%23% 02% '% (423% 4(%32*)52*-*#(4()2%B their problems with the Acts. P!  Q               " ! agents are leading these people 3( #(%(%2*%(#B#%+%%2*%2%442 B %462%02% '% '*('8)%'% %*)( + This was their way of showing             0     > 3   down the garden path by design- 3%(2 32'%44*%#%% 2*+(' 2(B ( )%% #8(((42 4% %(+2)(3% #)(5B displeasure with the ing “vaccine packages.” Getting  #-*#(4()4*( 6 %+* %%#* #%%.2 (*(2 6 Government, keeping their self-        "          ?     ! a COVID shot is not something 2%2842*(#%322+%7#32' '+*'#)'%++ respect intact and expressing                     that is in people’s hands, no mat- %..&=4'%2*)#5%8%%%#32)%(   solidarity with their peers. They     !     #          ter how many “deals” they offer also signalled that they cannot P 1  8 Q         "        to airlines and hotels and how against new farm laws on the (AIMTC), an umbrella body of Delhi, with tractors, trucks and be bought or lured with hand- many “pacts” they make with borders of Delhi, Uttar Pradesh goods’ vehicles operators, is trailers packed with food, water, outs.    !                     hospitals. This pandemic is a and Haryana, from various supporting the growers and has medicines and essential goods. The best part about the   3 2  .             great equaliser and for once States and countries, too. The threatened to stop the move- They are being helped and aided ongoing farmers’ agitation is                      " money can’t buy everything. talks between the Government ment of goods across India. by ordinary citizens who have that they have kept it apolitical Ashmit Aaron and the growers are likely to fail This will be disaster for the come out with cooked food, and taken a united stand.                       Noida as the farmers bodies are asking country, coming at a time when blankets, water and so on, to Raghu Singh         "                for a special session of the economy of the nation is lend the nation’s “annadata” a Delhi         *-              Parliament for a discussion on already in the doldrums. Each hand. Every Indian worth Sir — There is a strong support the three farm Acts. The All- day, more and more farmers are his/her salt is with the impover-  "% 7 (                for the farmers protesting India Motor Transport Congress gathering at five spots around ished farmers. Given the sce- !%&&%5#& 4) 2%%5:3;')!"7 ;    ! "#$%$% 9 4!%/""$4 " " ) )   .     /     .   .     !$" "((""%   -"   .      - ,    "? -, =  =.     "    ..    /-@ 88)(4(2 B5%#2)*(2 4 8*(%# L    - L  *+%23% ' %# (43:%' 1/     #%)8( '88( +) #*% (    && 

                       $    (         R-+'("+S A-  +   '    #  &         &       # "(    "   +  B     !              ( *                 *     -   A*-B         - -           !  A'*B   -  (    !            R-+'("+S " -   #       '*   !     3. - A3 .    -B          !     "   !                                )              ! n 2018, when the Ministry of Women and Child         Development (WCD) attempted to introduce a "            $    Inew Trafficking of Persons (Prevention,                  ! Protection and Rehabilitation) Bill, or TOP Bill, in   !             ! the Lok Sabha, it triggered a strong debate both with-  3.+(8   8           in the House and outside. While some wanted it to            be passed, others were strongly opposed to it. Those for the TOP Bill lauded it because it aimed to have     "        # -  a single legislation to address all forms of human *  A#-*B            trafficking and rectify the current scenario where          A$(-B      each aspect of the crime — from kidnapping, rape,          "    " sexual exploitation, forced labour and bonded labour '  3             — is separately covered by different sections in the                 law. This results in fragmented application of laws,           ,    flawed investigation and failed prosecution as is evi-               ! dent by the NCRB data on prevalence, prosecution           9:7F and convictions of traffickers each year. The com- Sˆyr† hq rtˆyh‡v‚†) (       *- ! mon law, supporters of the TOP Bill argued, would take away the arbitrary distinctions between sex,              labour and other forms of trafficking, which are a               product of moral biases against prostitution and           "        ! non-recognition of the exploitation and torture in : = =,:      6C9J        ! labour trafficking. Further, the new Bill, however ,<     P!  ! S A,#,"B    8 flawed, was an improvement on the existing legal & << . 0 - #  0            framework on human trafficking in India, they .  &   "              argued. 0 &:&       Those who were opposed to it countered that :, .   ( > 6C6C  '  3          the Bill only strengthened the existing flaws in the & B& << . 0 *-   6C6C     (        laws and complicated them further. It pushed for & B However, nowhere in India has any of the idation and violence, the district admin- AHTUs to be notified and functional, with a stronger criminalisation approach, rather than States reported a positive outcome of the istration and police resist in recognising officers exclusively in charge of them.               ! :& , understanding that trafficking was an outcome of ::& 6&  law, either by way of reduction of sex traf- this as trafficking and would rather inter- Non-notification of AHTUs means that              socio-economic problems, disparities in growth ficking of women and children, convic- pret it as “ill-treatment of labour.” they do not have the powers of investiga-         between regions that pushed for migration but did . : , tion of customers who demand children One of the biggest lacunae in the sys- tion, rendering their roles largely notion- Br‡‡vt v‡ t‚vt)           not provide a support framework. Activists feared  & ,  for sex or any consistent conviction of traf- tem is the absence of any definition of al. As a result, the bulk of the trafficking                that the already prevailing rescue-rehabilitation :& &  fickers’ networks to break source-destina- “rehabilitation of survivors of trafficking” cases are investigated by officers from gen-                approach, which gave the police powers of arrests  :& .&B= tion flows of victims for sexual exploita- and what specifically a survivor may claim eral police stations, who confine their 8 - #         ! and incarceration of voluntary sex workers in shel- & B& << . 0 tion. On the other hand, survivors, who as entitlements for recovery and rehabil- probes to the areas in their jurisdiction.     !     !!   ter homes, was perpetuated in the new Bill and that ., &&:  have been through the provisions of the itation. The ITPA offers incarceration in For example, the police team that rescues              it seemed to have learnt nothing from the failures &,  law, have reported grave trauma because shelter homes for up to three years and a survivor of trafficking from Pune  !           of the past. A third group, also opposed to the Bill, ,: of forced institutionalisation in shelter in-house service delivery without any ac- would confine its investigation and pros- pointed out that creating new laws confounds inef- homes. Shelters providing them with non- countability of the service provider ecution to the local brothel but would not  *-            ficient law enforcement and overburdens judicial $, . ,& formal education did not result in better towards recovery, employment or reinte- trace back to the traffickers in the source "             systems even further. So they have no positive bear- educational qualifications. The in-house gration. The Bonded Labour Act provides State where the victim was abducted. As         *- " ! ing on curbing human trafficking, on vulnerable <&&,& vocational training courses on book-bind- for a Central sector scheme for rehabili- a result, such prosecution based on poor              communities, survivors or the implementers of that 0,, ,< ing, sewing, tailoring or jewellery-mak- tation of bonded labour, which focusses probes can be easily challenged by the                 law and its policies. It cited several social legislations  . &:, ing did not lead to sustainable employ- on financial benefits, mentioning noth- defence. AHTUs have yet to be recognised        "     ( ! on juvenile justice and domestic, sexual and caste-  :6 &O: ment generation and when they returned ing about recovery, repatriation, reintegra- under any legislation and State    *-            based violence. Instead of creating new laws, the & & & home, they were left to fend off stigma, tion or rights of legal representation of vic- Governments are under no obligation to                Government needs to allocate budgets and spend : = =,:,< poverty and their health distress on their tims of labour trafficking. What this cre- implement their advisories.   !     8 - #  #  them, strengthen monitoring and implementation   own. A 2014 research on the health sta- ates is a system that can escape responsi- Those who are worst affected by the                   ! of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) Sections that per- & << . 0 tus of survivors of sex trafficking, who had bility towards the future of the survivors inadequacies of the law are survivors of tain to trafficking, the Immoral Traffic Prevention been rescued from Maharashtra, Delhi, by claiming that it has provided rehabil- trafficking themselves. There is truth in                 :$.& : Act (1986), the Juvenile Justice Act and the Bonded @   : Telangana and Karnataka, found that 86 itation services but survivors were not able the contention that unless trafficking sur-   Labour Act. per cent of those tested for psychological to benefit from them. vivors are empowered to assert their enti- By‚ihy r‘ƒr vrpr) (         The WCD Ministry has reiterated its intent to & health were found to be suffering from The ITPA and the Bonded Labour tlements and claim accountability from 1      S      bring in a law on human trafficking and is engaged & B& << . 0 dysthymia, a state of chronic depression Act as well as the IPC fail miserably in offices at the ground level, the best of poli- , 3 A,3B       in revising the TOP Bill. Once the draft Bill is placed .,::&  and anxiety disorder that, the clinicians prosecution of traffickers. The Global cies and laws will remain on paper and              in public domain for comments and suggestions, ,&:$, found, were a result of untreated PTSD Trafficking in Persons Report, 2020, have no impact on the ground. NGOs             ! will the stakeholders re-engage with a few funda- <,  (post-traumatic stress disorder). This observes, “The Government decreased have their own subjectivities, their ideo-          *- 1 ' -  mental questions that have always led to deadlocks > :&0,: indicated the inadequacy of the psycho- investigations, prosecutions and case logical battles and limitations in challeng- *          3      between people of different political and moral ide- social counselling services provided in convictions of traffickers. The acquittal ing duty bearers. "   1   A"1 B  ,      ologies? The central issues in this debate are likely shelters. rate increased to 83 per cent.” Survivors of human trafficking can be to be around the matter of legalisation of sex work India does not have a law on labour A whopping 90 per cent of human the greatest resource in any anti- traffick- A,."'B (             and discernment between sex trafficking and sex trafficking. While Section 370 of the IPC trafficking in India is inter-state, and from ing multi-stakeholder system. Their inclu-   !   "           ! work, approaches in rehabilitation of survivors of was to have provided us with a compre- villages and small towns to cities. The sion in national, State and district-level                 trafficking, the prevention approach and its impact hensive definition of trafficking, it falls Ministry of Home Affairs had recognised anti-trafficking committees will need to           ,3      on migration rights. short of mentioning forced labour in its the need to create an integrated and com- be endorsed by law and policy and not left              Does India need a new law on trafficking? The definition of exploitation. Survivors of prehensive investigation system in 2008 to the goodwill of individual bureaucrats                  Immoral Traffic Prevention Act (ITPA), that was labour trafficking across India report that when it passed a directive to form Anti- or leaders. It’s time that survivors of           4 formed in 1956 and last amended in 1986, has failed there is systemic resistance in recognis- Human Trafficking Units (AHTU) at the human trafficking were respected as            (    to combat sex trafficking. The ITPA’s approach of ing them as victims of labour trafficking district-level, which could pursue inves- equal members in the anti-trafficking             combating sex trafficking is on criminalisation of or of bonded labour. While there is sys- tigations seamlessly between States. This ecosystem and not spoken for by activist                  organised prostitution and providing for institution- temic exploitation of inter-state migrant would take the burden off from the gen- NGOs. alisation of survivors and their rehabilitation in shel- labour being trapped in brick kilns, small eral police stations. However, a recent (The writer is a researcher and advi-        ter homes. 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cine and the country is gearing up defining moment for medical COVID vaccine. The scientists based urgency as well. The Oxford vaccine ed that half dosage was given as an possible without years of expertise to start mass vaccination of its pop- advances in the modern era, they are their work on an existing technolo- is a chimpanzee adenovirus-vectored inadvertent error, Oxford scientists developed by the scientists and the ulation. Meanwhile, the successful a manifestation of the commitment gy they pioneered and patented shot. It uses a genetically-modified underlined that it was a calibrated adequate funding and resource sup- trials of the Oxford-AstraZeneca and shown by scientists and researchers years ago in the Oxford labs. In fact, version of a virus strain that is usu- move. port given to medical research. Moderna vaccines have raised across the world in producing the they designed this vaccine that very ally found in chimpanzees. This Even as the varying accounts These researchers are our mod- tremendous hopes too. While shots in record time. They remind weekend itself in January, staying up modified virus carried with it an ele- raised concerns, the controversy ern heroes, who have made tremen- Moderna and Pfizer have us how investing in medical research all night. At that point it wasn’t even ment of the COVID-19 viral strain also served to remind us how hasty dous sacrifices and given it their all, announced high efficacy in clinical is critical to beating unforeseen clear how fast the virus would that triggers an immune response in trials can result in handling errors. in order to make a difference to trials for their respective vaccines, health emergencies and vital to the spread or how many people it would the human body. It also underscores the need for humankind and create history. In all 55  that is up to 95 per cent, the Oxford- survival of the human race. end up infecting, but these Not without controversies: Oxford-AstraZeneca’s India part- of this, science will be the winner. Let AstraZeneca vaccine can be stored Race against time: The stories researchers saw it as an opportuni- Given the urgency and the compe- ner, Serum Institute of India, to this encourage and inspire our in normal refrigerators. This makes behind the development of these ty to demonstrate rapid vaccine tition between pharma companies, ensure a highly transparent trial for youngsters to be future scientists who ne of the most difficult years it much easier and cheaper to store, vaccines and the speed at which they development against a new viral vaccine development has under- Covishield to dispel any doubt and can make the impossible possible. in recent memory, 2020 has transport and distribute in compar- were done is truly inspiring. Let’s take threat. From here on, within weeks standably been hasty. The Oxford distrust over its efficacy. Countries like India, where the Obeen nothing less than a ison to the other two candidates the case of the Oxford vaccine. Oxford had useable vaccines for lab vaccine trial discovered up to 90 per Funding medical research must shortage of medical research fund- global healthcare nightmare. which would need to be stored at British and Irish scientists Professor tests and clinical grade shots for cent efficacy when the volunteers be top priority: The adenovirus vec- ing has been a perennial problem, However, as the year draws to an minus 20-80 °C. Adrian Hill, Professor Sarah Gilbert human trials. The rest, as they say is were given a half dose before a full tor platform that has been used in the can also learn vital lessons from this. end, there is good news on the hori- Being cost-effective and easy to and Professor Terese Lambe started history. dose booster shot. Interestingly, Oxford vaccine was first developed Notably, the Department of Health zon. Even as an indigenously-devel- store, the Oxford vaccine is being working on this vaccine in early By the beginning of April, the when given two full doses, the vac- in the early 1990s and has since then Research in India was given barely oped vaccine by Bharat Biotech has touted as the most promising can- January as soon as scientists in COVID19 virus had spread to most cine showed only 62 per cent effica- been repeatedly tested and modified three per cent of the total healthcare entered Phase-3 of clinical trials, sev- didate for a country like India, China published the first genetic parts of the world with the UN chief cy. While this serendipitous discov- in continued research and develop- allocation in the Budget 2020-21. eral other international vaccines which has cold chain issues. Russia’s sequence of the virus. Given the Antonio Guterres terming it the ery gave an expected boost to the ment. The current vaccine design India needs to increase funding and have either shown promising results Sputnik V, another such vaccine that novel nature of the Coronavirus, it “worst crisis” since World War II. vaccine, questions remain over the that could successfully use the exist- spend more on biomedical research or are on their way to reach last-stage stays stable between 2 and 8 °C, is was an uphill task but Oxford With deaths mounting and cause of this surprising trial result. ing platform is essentially based on to be able to develop effective drugs trials. In the UK, the Medicines and also being considered viable for University and later the Government economies crashing one after the It also brought to the fore discrep- almost three decades of research and and vaccine solutions for multiple Healthcare products Regulatory India and other developing coun- gave the vaccinologists access to other, the development of this vac- ancy in the narratives of the two testing. With the success of the vac- diseases in the future. Agency (MHRA) has already given tries. unprecedented funding and cine was much more than a health- partnering agencies on the project. cine in sight, it is important to under- (The writer is Executive Director its nod to the Pfizer/BioNTech vac- These vaccines not only mark a resources to find the much-coveted care need, it was an economic While the AstraZeneca team insist- stand that none of it would have been of a pharmaceutical firm)    ! "#$%$% 10  ?! " #$ ,  %  31;;;B     !       <.-   “RBI’s decision to keep pol- Meanwhile, the global oil icy rates unchanged and main- benchmark Brent crude futures  RBI sees price gains in the fiscal banks may not cut interest rates on FDs quity benchmarks rallied to tain an accommodative stance advanced 1.81 per cent to USD third quarter at 6.8 per cent and easing any further. Erecord highs on Friday after for the current and upcoming 49.59 per barrel. eserve Bank of India (RBI) on a bit to 5.8 per cent in January-March. Stating that RBI was ready to take the RBI left the policy rates year is well taken by the market. RFriday left interest rates unchanged Supply-side factors, such as unsea- further measures to ease liquidity, Das unchanged but maintained its The possibility for a further rate        for the third straight time amid persis- sonal rains, labour shortages, higher ser- said the central bank will use various accommodative stance and cut in the near term can be ruled " , tently high inflation and said the econ- vices prices, higher commodity prices instruments at the appropriate time to revised upwards the growth out considering the elevated lev- /  , = omy was recuperating fast and would and higher taxes have contributed to a ensure ample liquidity is available in the forecast for this fiscal. els of inflation. The rupee snapped its two- return to positive growth in the current spike in both headline and core infla- system. Breaching the 45,000-mark “However, positively RBI day losing streak to close 13 quarter itself. tion. He also announced measures to for the first time, the 30-share has ensured ample liquidity paise higher at 73.80 against the The six-member Monetary Policy “Our paramount objective is to lowing three months. deepen the corporate bond market BSE Sensex surged 446.90 support on a timely basis in the US dollar on Friday as the Committee (MPC) unanimously decid- support growth while ensuring that The economy had contracted by a and supervisory measures for the shad- points or 1 per cent to finish at form of open market operation, Reserve Bank of India main- ed to keep the benchmark repo rate — financial stability is maintained and pre- record 23.9 per cent in the April-June ow banking sector. 45,079.55. Intra-day, it touched TLTRO and reverse repo. tained status quo on the bench- the rate at which RBI lends to com- served at all times,” Das said. quarter and by 7.5 per cent in the fol- RBI raised the limit of contactless a lifetime peak of 45,148.28. Globally, renewed US stimulus mark interest rate for the third mercial banks — at 4 per cent. The RBI revised its growth outlook, lowing three months. card transactions to 5,000 per usage Similarly, the broader NSE negotiation and vaccine roll-out time in a row. Since January, RBI has reduced that seeing a milder 7.5 per cent contraction RBI had previously forecast a 5.6 from the current 2,000, with effect Nifty touched a new high of has underpinned optimism, At the interbank forex mar- rate by 115 basis points before hitting in the fiscal year to March 2021 as per cent contraction in the quarter from January 1. 13,280.05 during the session, this will help the domestic mar- ket, the domestic unit opened the pause button in August on concerns opposed to its October forecast of a 9.5 through December, followed by a return Also, real-time gross settlement before finishing 124.65 points or ket to maintain its euphoria,” at 73.81 and saw an intra-day on inflation. per cent shrinkage of the GDP. This to growth in the three months to systems (RTGS) will be available 24x7 0.95 per cent higher at 13,258.55 said Vinod Nair, Head of high of 73.70 and a low of The reverse repo rate, or the rate at after a shallower-than-expected decline March. in the next few days, he said. — its record closing high. Research at Geojit Financial 73.81. which banks lend to the central bank, in the gross domestic product (GDP) in Analysts haven’t been impressed “The MPC decided to continue Rate-sensitive banking, Services. It finally closed at 73.80 a was kept unchanged at 3.35 per cent. the July-September quarter. with India’s fiscal policy measures with the accommodative stance as long financials, realty and auto stocks Sector-wise, the BSE bankex, dollar, registering a rise of 13 The MPC “decided to continue with India entered a technical recession announced so far to reverse the pan- as necessary — at least during the cur- rallied after the policy telecom, consumer durables, paise. On Thursday, the rupee the accommodative stance of monetary last week — it was the first time in demic-led losses. Some say it is up to rent financial year and into the next announcement. FMCG, metal, industrials, had settled at 73.93 against the policy as long as necessary — at least decades that Asia’s third-largest econ- the RBI to do the heavy-lifting in the financial year — to revive growth on a ICICI Bank was the top finance and realty indices American currency. through the current financial year and omy saw two consecutive quarters of short term to get growth back on durable basis and mitigate the impact gainer in the Sensex pack, spurt- climbed up to 2.14 per cent, Traders said sustained for- into the next year,” Governor contraction. A coronavirus lockdown track. of COVID-19 on the economy, while ing 4.20 per cent, followed by while energy ended with losses. eign fund inflows, positive Shaktikanta Das said. between late-March and May led to a But rising inflation potentially lim- ensuring that inflation remains within UltraTech Cement, Sun Broader BSE midcap and opening in domestic equities The central bank’s stance is “to collapse in private consumption and its the central bank’s ability to imple- the target going forward,” he said. Pharma, Bharti Airtel, HUL, smallcap indices advanced up to and weakness of the American revive growth on a durable basis, and investment demand as well as signifi- ment policies to revive economic Das said RBI would undertake SBI, L&T, Axis Bank and 0.44 per cent. currency in the overseas market mitigate the impact of COVID-19 cant job losses, which further curtailed growth. closer scrutiny and auditing of shadow IndusInd Bank. On the global front, equities also supported the local unit. while ensuring that inflation remains spending. Given RBI’s projection of retail lenders and large urban co-operative On the other hand, Reliance remained near record levels “A combination of a weak within the target going forward,” he Das said high-frequency indicators inflation (CPI), the expectation of any banks in a bid to improve supervision Industries, Bajaj Finserv, HCL amid hopes of a fresh stimulus dollar index, optimism on the added. Das said inflation continued to point to a recovery gaining traction, further rate cut is minimal over the next of the financial sector. Tech, HDFC and NTPC closed in the US. vaccine front, renewed round be sticky. with double-digit growth in passenger 2-3 quarters. It will implement risk-based audits in the red, slipping up to 0.86 In Asia, bourses in of fiscal stimulus talks in the Consumer-price growth or the vehicles and motorcycle sales, railway With no change in the repo rate and at NBFCs and urban co-operative per cent. Shanghai, Hong Kong and Seoul United States and robust headline CPI inflation, at 7.6 per cent freight traffic, and electricity con- reverse repo rate by the central bank, the banks that focus on localised lending. During the holiday-trun- ended on a positive note, while inflows give the rupee a slight- in October, was well above the upper sumption in October. likelihood of an immediate reduction in The tighter scrutiny comes after the cated week, the Sensex rallied Tokyo was in the red. ly appreciating bias in the near end of the RBI’s 2-6 per cent target band The GDP, he said, would grow by borrowers’ loan EMIs is less. On the bankruptcy of two major finance firms 929.83 points or 2.10 per cent, Stock exchanges in Europe term,” said Sugandha Sachdeva and it expected the outlook for inflation 0.1 per cent in the October-December other hand, no change in policy rates and the rescue of a couple of banks while the Nifty jumped 289.60 were trading with gains in early VP-Metals, Energy & Currency to worsen. quarter and by 0.7 per cent in the fol- means good news for FD investors as rocked the financial sector. points or 2.23 per cent. deals. Research, Religare Broking.

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9.89 10 9.68 9.77 HAL 851 858.5 835.5 842.6 UJJIVAN 283.45 285.85 275.25 277.3 VARROC 428 443.9 410 439.4 DCAL 147.95 149.85 144 145.9 DIVISLAB 3,710.85 3,739.00 3,665.00 3,709.90 17.55 BANKBARODA 59 59.75 56.6 59.05 SCI 65 66 63.75 64.5 CROMPTON 324.6 333.7 322.9 332.4 PNBHOUSING 383.2 383.3 374 377.95 TNPL 116.95 117 112.25 113.3 POWERGRID 194.2 196.95 192.75 194.35 0.9 SBICARD 848 860 840.4 858.6 JUBLFOOD 2550 2567.45 2539 2562.25 LTI 3323 3326.15 3257.2 3264.6 UCOBANK 13.15 13.3 12.72 12.95 MAHLIFE 335 336 325 328.95 M&M 749.1 764.45 743.2 749 3.15 HINDUNILVR 2136.65 2195 2134.3 2188.15 EICHERMOT 2570 2596.7 2533.3 2549.65 CASTROLIND 129 132.1 128.75 130.75 SUNTECK 322.5 332.75 321.15 327.9 DBCORP 90.8 90.8 86.25 87.65 BRITANNIA 3,637.00 3,672.00 3,612.00 3,650.00 14.05 PRSMJOHNSN 81.8 89.65 81.8 87.5 SPARC 186.1 196.35 185.1 192.1 MGL 1042.85 1055.1 1025 1037.25 AIAENG 2021 2088.2 2011.1 2029.95 EIDPARRY 331.85 339 329.2 337.4 TATASTEEL 624 632.5 614.6 623 2.1 LT 1127 1161.9 1127 1149.25 ASTRAZEN 4558.95 4558.95 4492.5 4507.2 AAVAS 1700 1700 1640 1660.4 SPANDANA 760 765 739.6 742.55 BAJFINANCE 4,870.00 4,958.00 4,815.00 4,877.45 10 BAJAJFINSV 9197 9239.6 8975 9048.75 ABCAPITAL 91.65 93.75 89.9 90.85 JSL 72.5 72.5 69.35 70.4 GRSE 198.35 203.05 195.25 196.8 WIPRO 361.1 362.4 359 361 0.7 AXISBANK 603.55 616.45 603.5 614.55 CENTRALBK 14.16 14.56 13.81 14.24 UFLEX 392 394.55 380.8 390.35 COCHINSHIP 363 367.75 361.4 365.05 NTPC 99.2 99.8 97.5 98.7 0.15 DRREDDY 4932 4957.95 4864.1 4907.3 GNFC 223.4 227.5 219.9 225.35 JAICORPLTD 94.4 97 93.65 94.5 GPPL 93.65 94.25 90.9 92.1 SHREECEM 24,951.00 25,335.00 24,820.30 24,939.00 33.85 RBLBANK 233 239.5 230.45 237.15 HAWKINCOOK 5150 5150 5096.15 5138.2 J&KBANK 24 24 23.35 23.6 TIMKEN 1157.4 1188.9 1122 1127.3 EICHERMOT 2,564.80 2,597.70 2,532.50 2,552.00 2.5 PIIND 2344.9 2377.85 2295 2369.05 WELCORP 129.85 129.85 124.1 126.6 FINOLEXIND 626.35 654.85 622 652.25 ATUL 6210.25 6219.45 6120 6151.7 JSWSTEEL 373 376.2 363.2 370.8 -0.05 SAIL 54.5 56.15 53.4 54.95 BERGEPAINT 665.05 672.8 661.55 671.25 REPCOHOME 267 267 258.85 261.85 ZENSARTECH 216.8 221.45 216.8 218.85 UPL 458.95 463 452.5 454.35 -0.4 SUNPHARMA 550 571.4 545.3 568.85 JUBILANT 803.8 829.6 800.55 820 MOTILALOFS 614.75 649.4 614.75 646.1 GRINDWELL 635.3 655 625.05 646.3 DRREDDY 4,940.00 4,960.55 4,862.10 4,914.00 -9.05 TECHM 910 929.3 907.95 922.6 STARCEMENT 91.05 99.3 91 95.55 PCJEWELLER 17.2 17.7 16.65 17.05 QUESS 524 524 492.7 498.1 COALINDIA 134.2 134.95 131.1 133.2 -0.25 SUNTV 450 461.05 440.25 443.95 COLPAL 1540 1549 1528.1 1541.2 IRB 118.25 122 117.9 120.3 IFBIND 817.7 822.45 800 804.9 HDFC 2,253.95 2,284.90 2,231.60 2,247.20 -6.75 DLF 204.95 212.25 203.05 211.2 NHPC 21.8 22.35 21.75 21.85 SWSOLAR 235 251 235 244.1 REDINGTON 134.2 135.95 133.6 135.4 TATAMOTORS 186.5 188.8 182.2 184.25 -0.6 ASIANPAINT 2410 2443.35 2374.9 2438.75 APLAPOLLO 3550 3747.4 3526.7 3722.25 MCX 1590 1590 1561.15 1566.5 SCHNEIDER 91.7 92.35 87.5 89.65 HCLTECH 866 867.85 854.45 858 -4.2 ADANIPORTS 438.2 458 438.2 453.7 BEML 738 748 730 738.9 ARVINDFASN 134.5 141.4 134.5 136.9 EPL 265 269 260 260.7 BPCL 396.3 398.8 388.8 391.9 -2 HCLTECH 865 867.5 854.7 858.8 SHREECEM 25000 25324.9 24835.9 24909.5 CESC 639 639.8 623.9 628.9 ITDC 272.3 275.9 257.5 264.6 BAJAJFINSV 9,159.00 9,234.50 8,970.00 9,052.00 -62.05 M&M 752.5 763.95 743.25 750.45 DEEPAKNI 848 861 841.95 844.8 ORIENTCEM 79.2 82 77.5 78.4 CRISIL 1989 1989 1935.5 1939.9 HDFCLIFE 652 654.95 640.1 643.25 -4.7 FEDERALBNK 66.25 67 64.35 66 KTKBANK 51.5 52.3 50.35 51.25 IIFL 117.2 120.6 114.1 116.9 NILKAMAL 1440.1 1480.75 1434.5 1441.65 RELIANCE 1,969.00 1,969.00 1,940.00 1,947.70 -16.35 BHARATFORG 543.7 565.6 540.1 552.55 BSOFT 190 191 185.1 188.05 TIMETECHNO 50.8 51.95 48 49.15 FLUOROCHEM 589.1 591 571.5 589 TCS 2706 2738.05 2700 2726 TORNTPHARM 2676.3 2677.05 2632 2664.75 INOXLEISUR 283.5 285 275.5 280.05 KPRMILL 824.95 824.95 798 804.45 CANBK 111.1 113.95 105.75 111.3 IGL 485 489 475.05 478.45 GESHIP 266 290.2 265.2 285.1 KEC 367 369.5 361 362.15 GODREJAGRO 518.35 522.5 516.3 520.1     GODREJPROP 1184 1222 1181.5 1200.1 SUMICHEM 293.35 310 293.35 307.5 RALLIS 289.85 291.7 287.25 289.35 MIDHANI 195 197.4 192.95 193.8 CYIENT 486.45 487 476.5 479.3 ASHOKLEY 96 97.2 94.1 94.75 TATAELXSI 1686 1695 1655 1668 MAHABANK 13.3 14.3 13.18 14.19 IOB 11.1 11.21 10.94 11.02 DCMSHRIRAM 378.5 385 375 377.15 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE MOTHERSUMI 157.8 161.5 156.65 158.75 BALKRISIND 1647 1668.8 1633.1 1649.9 CUB 180.5 181.55 178 179.6 MASFIN 1029.75 1042.75 995.35 1003.05 WELSPUNIND 66.6 67.35 65.8 66.1 NIFTY NEXT 50 31,434.60 31,556.35 31,170.85 31,439.10 119.7 JINDALSTEL 262.15 271.15 257.75 267.3 BOMDYEING 72.35 76.4 71.8 73.45 JUSTDIAL 609.95 609.95 596.35 598.45 COFORGE 2480.05 2491.4 2438.4 2446.4 CREDITACC 808.7 819.25 793.2 795.1 INDIGO 1,658.00 1,752.00 1,647.50 1,738.00 93.95 IOC 90.45 91.4 89.05 90.4 ADANITRANS 431.9 444.6 430 436.1 SWANENERGY 140.2 141.1 135.5 136.4 SOBHA 322.85 330.75 322.1 325.85 TTKPRESTIG 5700 5820.1 5700 5809 BANDHANBNK 379 396 375 394.5 17.9 ESCORTS 1428 1452.85 1412.5 1431.3 MARICO 393.5 398.45 390.9 394.85 MFSL 637 639.8 631 637.45 AJANTPHARM 1566.5 1598.3 1562 1594 NH 391 391 374.6 377 DLF 203.7 212.25 203.05 211 8 POWERGRID 193.6 196.85 192.8 194.35 GRANULES 425.05 430 420.5 421.75 KALPATPOWR 328.15 344.6 327.75 337.9 IDFC 40 40.3 39.45 39.85 OMAXE 72 74.8 72 74.8 PETRONET 258 265.45 257.8 262.9 6.85 TATACONSUM 552 566.9 549.75 563 12.6 BANDHANBNK 378.15 396.1 375.1 393.25 STAR 773 806.85 761.1 795.55 TATAMETALI 615 615 578.5 607.25 NLCINDIA 53.6 54.45 53.2 53.8 LAOPALA 228.6 229.5 225.1 228.3 LUPIN 918 936.55 914.1 936 20.55 VEDL 126.85 129.7 125.6 128.95 FRETAIL 78 78 75.05 76.9 LTTS 1777 1819.95 1767.4 1802.35 TATACOFFEE 109.8 110.4 105.6 107.2 WABCOINDIA 5755 5939.95 5755 5806.9 SBICARD 849 861 840.25 857 18.35 HINDPETRO* 221.95 223 215.15 216.6 PGHH 10920.8 11220.65 10669 10752.05 DEEPAKFERT 155 155.2 151 152.05 NOCIL 144.85 145.6 141.15 141.85 HERITGFOOD 285 286 279 282.7 NAUKRI 4,166.10 4,245.00 4,166.10 4,238.00 80.25 GAIL 120 122.05 118.55 119.75 HFCL 21.55 22.4 20.15 21.25 MEGH 87.4 87.4 83.4 84.75 BIRLACORPN 762 774.3 757 763.4 GILLETTE 5771.85 5807.9 5734 5777.2 BIOCON 435.05 444 431.45 442.2 8.3 NTPC 99 99.8 97.5 98.55 IBREALEST 70 71.65 67.5 69 HUDCO 37.9 38.6 37.1 37.5 MINDAIND 394 408.9 385 391.15 AKZOINDIA 2178.1 2272.45 2178.1 2253.45 CADILAHC 464 475.8 458.05 471.55 8.6 L&TFH 91 91.05 86.85 88.35 BAJAJ-AUTO 3333 3342.45 3290 3312.35 TVSMOTOR 500 503.15 493 497.9 SUVENPHAR 395.9 395.9 378 385.15 TCIEXP 884.4 889.95 869 870.95 UBL 1,076.50 1,105.00 1,072.20 1,089.65 19.65 LICHSGFIN 360.4 362.15 343.3 348.25 BRITANNIA 3655 3670.8 3613.45 3648.15 BAJAJCON 199.5 204.4 197.35 199.8 GMDCLTD 48.75 49.75 47.4 48.45 GLAXO 1560 1567.15 1550 1552.45 ADANITRANS 428.45 445 428.45 435.15 7.35 ADANIENT 448.45 456.4 442.25 446.1 PFIZER 5350 5350 5235.75 5256.25 TRENT 684.9 690.1 668.6 678.1 MOIL 139.05 141.4 135.4 137.95 GULFOILLUB 795.4 795.55 775 785.95 MOTHERSUMI 157 161.6 156.55 158.95 2.45 AUROPHARMA 898.5 909.35 892.6 900.45 DMART 2463.05 2465.8 2415.05 2442.05 SOMANYCERA 299.85 302.1 295.05 300 UJJIVANSFB 38.05 38.4 37.9 38.05 ASTERDM 168.3 169.8 165.6 165.95 MCDOWELL-N 575 581.65 573.1 579.9 8.5 ACC 1724 1732.2 1655 1664 PIDILITIND 1620 1633 1595.2 1606.4 FINCABLES 329.4 344.85 320.6 342.6 FINEORG 2625 2633 2571.6 2586.35 SUNDRMFAST 537 544.7 537 538.7 PFC 114.7 118.25 114.4 116 1.55 MUTHOOTFIN 1180.1 1191 1158.45 1171.8 RVNL 23.8 24.45 23.8 24.05 CUMMINSIND 572.4 582.05 563.8 567.15 RELAXO 733 733 725 726.65 3MINDIA 22586.15 22633.25 22300 22409.05 HINDZINC 239 245 238.5 241.25 3.15 BPCL 396 398.8 389 392.15 TORNTPOWER 333 333 319.35 322.85 VENKYS 1683 1704.55 1662 1670.95 CSBBANK 223.5 228 220.1 224.6 PRESTIGE 290.5 291.55 285.3 289.1 BANKBARODA 58.9 59.75 56.6 59.05 0.75 NESTLEIND 17487 17873.1 17487 17825.9 GUJGAS 348 349.9 337.7 347.65 CEATLTD 1155.55 1174.75 1145 1154.25 APLLTD 1020.1 1025 996 1011.75 MAHSCOOTER 3636 3710.85 3629.75 3652.7 MARICO 392.1 398.3 390.8 394.25 4.6 JSWSTEEL 373.75 376.1 363.2 370.4 PAGEIND 23293.4 24093.3 23293.4 24010.4 JTEKTINDIA 80.1 87.85 80.1 86.6 AVANTI 542 544.6 534.7 536.8 GUJALKALI 345 347 336.6 337.9 BOSCHLTD 13,000.00 13,459.00 12,968.85 13,150.00 143.3 CADILAHC 464 475.85 457.95 471 GRAPHITE 263.25 271 260.35 261.65 ICICIPRULI 480 480 470.25 476.05 THYROCARE 1045 1057.95 1040 1049.2 JCHAC 2220 2225.95 2181 2192.4 HDFCAMC 2,575.85 2,611.30 2,555.05 2,592.00 26.1 AMBUJACEM 262.4 262.95 250.05 252.65 TV18BRDCST 33.75 34.1 31.75 32.7 FSL 75.65 77.05 75.1 75.9 METROPOLIS 2079 2079 1988 1995.3 HIMATSEIDE 128.1 129 124.65 126.05 NMDC 106.1 107.8 103.55 106.55 0.8 BHEL 34.5 35.4 33.75 34.25 RADICO 467 484 467 473.3 HINDCOPPER 43.7 45 43.5 44.5 GICRE 140.5 142 137.75 139.4 VSTIND 3700 3780 3691.9 3756.6 ICICIPRULI 478.8 480.85 470.3 479.95 2.5 CIPLA 762.15 770.3 757.15 766.6 SUDARSCHEM 495 514.8 490 508.35 RAMCOCEM 880 891.3 873.1 888.95 ALLCARGO 129.4 130 127 128.65 SONATSOFTW 347.85 347.85 340.2 343.4 ALKEM 2,865.00 2,897.35 2,834.00 2,862.00 14.15 M&MFIN 169.35 170.6 163.8 167.8 INDIANB 74 74.95 71.15 73.05 ABB 1175 1198.9 1149.5 1155.15 PHOENIXLTD 773 773 742 746.6 WESTLIFE 439 440 426.65 430.6 AUROPHARMA 902 909.4 892.55 901.4 3.25 BERGEPAINT 667 672.7 661.5 671.2 2.35 NCC 49.15 52.3 49.15 51.65 POLYCAB 983.95 1006 978.35 1002.75 BLUESTARCO 835 856.9 820.15 826.1 MMTC 21.4 21.4 18.7 19.9 SUPRAJIT 204.35 206.75 201 201.85 DABUR 502.9 506.8 501.6 502.7 1.2 BEL 115.6 118 114.5 115.6 TATAMTRDVR 78.5 79.6 75.9 77.15 VGUARD 192.6 194 183.75 189.7 POWERINDIA 1290 1338.95 1245 1259.8 CHOLAHLDNG 539.5 545 522.8 532.15 COLPAL 1,544.00 1,548.70 1,528.00 1,540.75 2.1 GRASIM 917 946.3 914.7 930.3 DISHTV 10.9 11.33 10.7 10.97 SYNGENE 574.6 575.6 568 572.35 SJVN 24.15 24.35 24.05 24.15 SIS 465 465.05 448.25 452.6 TORNTPHARM 2,681.90 2,687.35 2,630.50 2,666.25 -3.9 RECLTD 126.55 128.2 125.1 127.3 SIEMENS 1538.95 1554.7 1511.3 1526.95 ABBOTINDIA 15400 15400 15225.05 15245.7 CARERATING 569.4 572 554 556.75 MHRIL 202 205.05 197.35 198.35 BAJAJHLDNG 3,164.25 3,175.00 3,121.00 3,135.15 -7.5 ADANIGREEN 1145.5 1159 1122.7 1129.2 KEI 421 431.75 421 430.35 MINDACORP 82.25 85.6 82.25 84.35 KSB 569.6 594.9 568.6 579.2 THERMAX 927.9 928 902.3 918.95 ABBOTINDIA 15,398.50 15,399.00 15,235.00 15,250.00 -41.1 ORIENTELEC 232 232 224.5 225.45 ECLERX 802 829.75 780 785.25 CANFINHOME 494.5 494.5 482 484.85 BDL 324.6 327.85 321.3 322.45 ERIS 532 533.75 525 530.2 PGHH 10,997.00 11,261.00 10,696.65 10,915.00 -34.1 SOUTHBANK 9.31 9.73 8.51 8.93 HEG 826 854.3 826 837.55 IPCALAB 2261.15 2263.6 2232 2250.25 VIPIND 360 365.8 358.05 359.9 SHRIRAMCIT 1087.85 1120 1053.6 1079.2 OFSS 3,068.00 3,068.00 3,022.25 3,042.00 -10.05 INFRATEL 239.55 239.7 234 237.25 AMARAJABAT 922 931.1 908.65 911.95 CAPPL 483.5 496 478.2 492.75 ADVENZYMES 348.65 354.35 346.7 349.85 GALAXYSURF 1885 1925.75 1885 1920.5 PIDILITIND 1,620.00 1,632.00 1,595.20 1,607.90 -7.15 DELTACORP 155 156 146.75 150.55 UBL 1070.15 1104 1070.15 1091.7 IEX 215.3 217.4 212.25 215.55 JKLAKSHMI 360 368.6 360 362.55 TCNSBRANDS 388.05 410.65 388.05 409.65 GODREJCP 715.1 718.9 707 709 -3.2 SANOFI 7930 7940 7866.15 7896.7 MANAPPURAM 176.7 176.7 171.75 173.7 GEPIL 283.95 283.95 268 281.45 PGHL 6748.95 6925.15 6748.95 6820.45 CERA 3229.15 3235 3203.6 3222.6 HAVELLS 832.9 844.6 826.05 828.5 -3.8 LUPIN 920 936 914.5 932.85 VOLTAS 807.5 826.85 807.5 820.15 AMBER 2325 2345 2302 2324.95 ENDURANCE 1202 1215.35 1162 1167.95 MAHLOG 396 400 390.8 397.85 SIEMENS 1,538.00 1,555.00 1,512.00 1,525.00 -9.25 GLENMARK 490 504.7 485.65 503.4 SYMPHONY 867.85 889.9 831.35 872.8 ASTRAL 1471.8 1529 1458 1515.45 KPITTECH 107.5 109.6 104.25 108.25 SHOPERSTOP 192.5 192.5 184.1 186.75 PNB 36.25 36.7 34.75 35.55 -0.25 TITAN 1418 1440 1414.15 1437.4 BATAINDIA 1575.5 1575.5 1543.45 1563.5 CENTURYPLY 232 236.5 224.1 227.05 JBCHEPHARM 1006.4 1006.4 984 993.8 BRIGADE 232.05 233.25 227.95 231.1 MUTHOOTFIN 1,185.00 1,191.55 1,159.35 1,169.00 -10.1 DIVISLAB 3705.15 3737 3665.75 3711.35 LUXIND 1596.1 1613.5 1577.95 1591.35 GODFRYPHLP 907 913.55 900.15 905.6 VRLLOG 184.35 190 184.25 187.05 IIFLWAM 1004 1005 990.4 1002.9 LTI 3,320.00 3,330.00 3,256.80 3,267.50 -33.15 HEROMOTOCO 3157 3201.4 3152.95 3177.7 ASHOKA 84 89.25 84 86.55 IFCI 7.78 7.78 7.1 7.25 WHIRLPOOL 2178.95 2178.95 2122 2132.35 ESABINDIA 1439.3 1450 1425 1443.05 GICRE 141.35 142.3 137.7 139.3 -1.45 SBILIFE 863.5 870.5 856.5 862.55 GMM 3825 3870 3770 3790.8 PHILIPCARB 176 177.2 172.1 173.3 HATHWAY 32.1 33.75 31.8 33.25 ORIENTREF 223.8 224.3 215.3 216.45 IGL 486.5 489.4 475.1 478.6 -5.5 BOSCHLTD 13011 13550 12816.45 13076.95 GMRINFRA 27 27.2 25.8 26 AARTIIND 1175 1210 1175 1205.25 HEIDELBERG 215.9 218 205 210.95 SOLARINDS 1069.05 1094 1040.8 1062.25 HINDPETRO 221.2 223.15 215 217.35 -2.9 IDFCFIRSTB 37 37.75 36.4 37.1 SRF 5275 5347 5240 5332.4 GREAVESCOT 85.85 87.5 82.65 83.85 GSFC 74.05 74.5 71.8 73.05 VMART 2200.5 2208.85 2166 2177.55 CONCOR 420 420.65 409.05 412 -5.6 MRF 79265.6 79575.6 78239.7 78706.5 FORCEMOT 1209.4 1275.25 1207.9 1259.85 JINDALSAW 76.9 76.9 72.7 73.9 OFSS 3100 3100 3025 3046 SCHAEFFLER 3977.3 3977.3 3900 3919.7 ADANIGREEN 1,150.00 1,159.00 1,125.00 1,129.50 -15.5 RITES 260 274.15 259.1 272.7 WOCKPHARMA 443.05 457.95 439.5 442.15 MAHSEAMLES 313.15 327.85 304.8 315.4 BAJAJHLDNG 3150 3160.45 3124.8 3141.75 TVSSRICHAK 1635 1635.7 1591.25 1630.5 INFRATEL 238.95 239.75 234.05 236.05 -3.5 DMART 2,469.95 2,469.95 2,415.55 2,433.00 -37.85 WIPRO 360.35 362.35 359 360.75 BLISSGVS 178.9 178.9 171.2 171.7 NBVENTURES 58.95 59.3 57.35 57.85 COROMANDEL 792 796.15 775.4 791.25 NAVNETEDUL 82 83.55 80.8 82.05 ICICIGI 1,480.00 1,495.00 1,436.50 1,455.00 -27.1 EXIDEIND 184.9 188.75 184.25 186.8 ENGINERSIN 75.5 77.65 75.35 76.2 KNRCON 305.7 319.85 302.25 314 TATAINVEST 981.95 988.35 970.5 983.8 SFL 1650 1670 1647.85 1652.3 PEL 1,504.95 1,517.40 1,440.95 1,465.00 -27.65 PEL 1502.05 1516.3 1441.65 1468.4 IDBI 39.65 40.3 39 39.7 GODREJCP 715.9 718.7 707.1 709.7 LINDEINDIA 904.55 910.25 887 898.9 RATNAMANI 1679.55 1679.55 1640.8 1647.4 ACC 1,726.60 1,732.95 1,654.55 1,666.25 -51.85 VAKRANGEE 43.3 44.25 41.6 41.6 RAJESHEXPO 476.75 491 475 481.9 RCF 49.85 50.4 49.3 49.8 DHANUKA 767.85 772 751 761.7 VAIBHAVGBL 2130 2143.05 2105.5 2113.55 AMBUJACEM 262 263 249.9 252.6 -8.5 LAURUSLABS 321.9 334.35 317.2 331.65 STLTECH 159 166.5 159 164.1 SHK 138 141 135.45 136.75 AEGISLOG 253 256.45 251.2 252.05 TASTYBIT 11215 11215 11175.5 11200    ! 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Palestinian state in the West and Egyptian blockade since port for their cause, a key reporters at the White House an unbelievable job. And more House Foreign Affairs There was speculation that Bank, Gaza and east Jerusalem. Hamas seized power. It has also source of leverage in any future that his team has found a large importantly, I want to thank the Committee, becoming the first Qatar — which already coop- The foreign minister noted been a key element in a shaky, peace talks. AP number of such votes. 74 million-plus people that African-American to head the “We went through an elec- presidential election over voted, which is the largest Congressional panel that plays tion. At 10 o’clock, everybody Trump, who is continuing his amount of people that a sitting an influential role in shaping said, ‘That was an easy victory legal efforts to upend his vic- President has ever had — 74 the country’s foreign policy. ! O    P  """;;557) P  "  for Trump.’ All of a sudden, the tory. Trump, a Republican, has million-plus...The level of loy- Meeks, 67, would replace votes started disappearing — allowed the official start of alty, I’ve never seen anything fellow Democratic Washington: China is the China was growing its power China’s major public initia- Asia and others pointing to miraculously disappearing. We Biden’s transition to power but like it. All over the country, they Congressman Eliott Engel from “greatest threat” to democracy by stealing US secrets and then tives and prominent companies unprecedented efforts to influ- found much of it, but we found has not yet conceded defeat, know it was a fixed election. It New York as the Chair of the and freedom since World War replacing US firms in the mar- offer only a layer of camouflage ence the incoming Biden far more votes than we need in alleging massive voter fraud and was a rigged election. They House Foreign Affairs II and Beijing was preparing for ket. The Trump administration to the activities of the Chinese administration. almost all of these states. And electoral malpractice. know it, and I appreciate their Committee in the 117th confrontation with the US and has taken a hard line on China, Communist Party,” according The op-ed comes as the I think I can say in all of these However, state election offi- support,” Trump said. Congress next year. intended to dominate the world imposing tariffs on Chinese to Ratcliffe. Trump administration has states, far more votes than we cials and the media have denied When asked if he has con- Meeks, who had paid flo- “economically, militarily and goods and accusing Beijing of The Trump administra- recently taken several punitive need to win every one of them,” such large-scale fraud. Election fidence in Attorney General Bill ral tributes at the statue of technologically”, according to intellectual property theft. tion’s most senior intelligence measures against Beijing, he said in response to a ques- officials in key battleground Barr, Trump said: “Ask me that Mahatma Gandhi at the America’s top intelligence offi- “The intelligence is clear: official’s stark warning was just sharply limiting visas for mem- tion. states have declared Biden the in a number of weeks from now. Gandhi Plaza on October 2, is cial. Beijing intends to dominate the the latest from senior admin- bers of the ruling Communist Democratic leader Joe winner, giving him an unoffi- They should be looking at all of also a powerful member of the Writing in the Wall Street U.S. And the rest of the planet istration officials about China’s Party of China and unveiling Biden won the November 3 cial 306-232 edge in the this fraud.” PTI Black Caucus. 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He sumers to shop, travel and dine ing would weaken the economy offshore gas and oil extraction said he spoke with Fauci earli- out? at a particularly perilous time. that started in 1972 and has er in the day about the need to Economists surveyed by A multi-trillion-dollar aid made it the largest producer in instill confidence in any coro- the data provider FactSet have package that Congress approved the European Union. Non EU- navirus vaccine and the fact forecast that employers added in the spring to ease the eco- members Norway and Britain that “you don’t have to close 450,000 jobs in November. nomic damage from the pan- are larger producers. Denmark down the economy” to combat In normal times, that would demic has largely run its course. is estimated to pump some the virus. be a healthy increase. Two enhanced unemploy- 83,000 barrels of crude oil and Biden says he’d be “happy” But a gain that size would ment benefit programs are set another 21,000 barrels of oil to get a vaccine in public to amount to the weakest month- to expire at the end of this equivalent this year, according prove its safety. ly hiring since April. month. AP to the government. AP #)(@   Q  @ Nicosia (Cyprus): Turkey's Dendias said Turkey opted not what it said was seismic tries conducted military exer- recent moves to de-escalate a to seize an opportunity that research in east Mediterranean cises to assert their claims. clash with Greece and Cyprus European Union leaders offered waters. The warship-escorted NATO stepped in to prevent a over east Mediterranean ener- it in October to ease tensions in vessel's activities in waters potential armed conflict. But *5       "  412    15   * gy reserves are “unconvincing” the region so that the 27-mem- where Greece asserts jurisdic- Dendias said the ship's return and European Union leaders ber bloc could start reshaping its tion prompted a military build- to port wasn't enough. need to take action that will fraught relations with Ankara. up between the two neighbors “Turkey's belated moves in    prompt Ankara to heed inter- Turkey last week ordered and nominal NATO allies. recent days to supposedly de- ,      * national law, Greece's foreign the research vessel Oruc Reis Greece countered by also send- escalate tensions are not    A minister said on Friday. Nikos back to port after completing ing its warships, and both coun- convincing.” AP 2! <   !   =.      *1  ,, Museum is all set to start,” he into a memorial-cum-muse-     said. The UK Ministry of um, which now houses pho-   """ the meeting. Besides them, to snarls during peak morning weighed in on the right to ocal authorities in north Housing, Communities and tographs and belongings of The Prime Minister said Parliamentary Affairs Ministers hours on Friday. peaceful protest. “Canada will Lahore: A Pakistani anti-terror- LLondon have formally Local Government stepping Ambedkar, with the walls the center is talking with the Pralhad Joshi and Ministers of “The Delhi-Uttar Pradesh always be there to defend the ism court has sentenced three cleared the operation of in meant that the government adorned with his famous quo- States on the price of the vac- State in the same ministry border on NH-24 at Gazipur rights of peaceful protest,” said more leaders of Mumbai terror Ambedkar House as a muse- was to decide on the matter tations. cine. This is the second meet Arjun Ram Meghwal and V remains closed for traffic from the Canadian Prime Minister. attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed’s um in honour of the architect based on recommendations It had been an important that the Prime Minister held Muraleedharan, who reached Ghaziabad to Delhi on Friday, Trudeau’s remarks were Jamat-ud-Dawa (JuD) to 15 years of the Indian Constitution from an independent stop on Narendra Modi’s first with the Opposition parties on out to floor leaders for the too,” Delhi Traffic Police said. echoed by other Canadian imprisonment each in two more after it was approved as a Inspector appointed by the visit to the UK as Prime the Covid19 situation since meeting, were also part of the The Delhi Traffic Police leaders, including Conservative terror financing cases. landmark associated with UK’s Planning Inspectorate. Minister in November 2015, the first that took place on April virtual meeting. tweeted, “People are advised to party leader Erin O’Toole, who Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) “one of the founding fathers The Inspector oversaw an but ran into trouble after it 20. Modi said trials on three The meeting commenced avoid NH-24 for coming to called the right to peacefully Lahore Judge Ijaz Ahmad Buttar of modern India” earlier in inquiry into the Indian gov- emerged that the right clear- vaccines are underway in the with a Government presenta- Delhi and use Apsara/ protest “fundamental” to handed down the sentence to the year. ernment’s appeal last year ances for the creation of a country and as soon as scien- tion, giving the status of the Bhopra/DND instead.” democracy. Trudeau was the Abdul Salam bin Muhammad, Camden Council gave the and presented his findings to museum on the site had not tists “give green signal, vaccine Covid19 situation in the coun- The Delhi Traffic Police first world leader to comment Zafar Iqbal and Muhammad final go-ahead for the muse- the minister. been sought. The Indian High will be given.” He hoped that a try and staying that India’s suggested people to avoid the on the farmers’ stir. Ashraf on Thursday. JuD chief um after UK Communities “I was pleased to grant Commission in London re- “safe and cost-effective death rate was low with high Noida Link road for coming to The Indian demarche on Saeed’s brother-in-law Prof Hafiz Secretary Robert Jenrick had planning permission for a filed an appropriate planning Coronavirus vaccine will be recoveries. Modi had on Delhi and use the DND flyway Friday was tougher as com- Abdul Rehman Makki was sen- intervened to grant retro- museum in London to Dr application, which was reject- ready in “next few weeks”. Monday held a virtual meeting instead. As farmers remained pared to Tuesday’s response. tenced to six months imprison- spective planning permission Ambedkar – one of the ed. During an appeal hearing Allaying apprehensions on with three teams working on unyielding on their demand for On that day, New Delhi ment in each case. The suspects for 10 King Henry’s Road in founding fathers of modern in September 2019, the Indian whether India will be able to developing and manufacturing scrapping the new farm laws, refrained from naming the were presented in the court amid Camden, where Dr India and an important figure side argued that the home vaccinate its large population, COVID-19 vaccine. Modi said the police kept the Delhi- Canadian Prime Minister. high security and the media was Babasaheb Ambedkar lived in to many British Indians,” said holds special significance for Modi said India “has a very from the time of fear and Haryana border at Singhu, Taking exception to his not allowed to cover the pro- 1921-22 during his student Jenrick. Camden Council, the a huge section of Indians in good cold-storage chain in apprehensions in the months of Tikri, Jharoda Lampur, remarks, Srivastava on Tuesday ceedings. The sentencing comes days at the London School of local authority which had the UK and outside because it place”. Modi said a special task February and March, when Auchandi, Safiabad, Piao had said the comments were a day after Saeed’s spokesperson Economics (LSE). However, opposed the application, said was where Babasaheb lived force has been set-up to imple- India reported its first COVID Maniyari, and Saboli closed for “ill-informed” and “unwar- Yahya Mujahid was handed the minister’s March order, it accepted the decision based during a crucial ment vaccination in the coun- cases, to this atmosphere of traffic movement. ranted”. The spokesperson down another 15 years in jail by which came at the end of an on additional evidence pro- formative period in his acad- try. A National Expert Group, “hope and confidence” in “Border points at Dhansa, also said, “We have seen some the ATC in a terror financing inquiry following an appeal vided by the Indian authori- emic life. comprising technical experts, December, India has come a Daurala, Kapashera, Rajokri, ill-informed comments by case. PTI against Camden Council’s ties. The council, on the other officials from Central min- long way, he said. NH-8, Bijwasan/Bajghera, Canadian leaders relating to planning refusal, came with a “Whilst we are disap- hand, presented expert wit- istries, state representatives, Palam Vihar and Dundahera farmers in India. Such com- set of conditions. pointed that the Planning nesses to try and establish would work with states. Prime =.""" are open for travel between ments are unwarranted, espe-    “The Camden Council Inspectorate has ruled against that the Dalit rights activist’s Minister said to implement Meanwhile, hundreds of Delhi and Haryana. Badusarai cially when pertaining to the has now given permission the council’s original decision association with the particular the vaccination at a large-scale farmers stayed put at the border is open only for light internal affairs of a democrat- 6 !R for the cycle stand and for 10 King Henry’s Road, we London house was very brief “decisions will be taken collec- Noida-Delhi border for the motor vehicles like cars and ic country. It is also best that approved the Management do accept and respect the and any memorial can be tively”. Modi said the first claim fourth day on Friday leading to two wheelers. Jhatikara border diplomatic conversations are    Plan and therefore the con- decision that has been made moved elsewhere in order to on the vaccine would be of the shutdown of the roads for is open only for two wheeler not misrepresented for politi- ditions attached with the given the additional evidence not deprive the local area of front-line health workers, traffic movement. traffic,” said the Delhi Traffic cal purposes.”  Secretary of the State presented by the appellant at crucial residential and housing elderly, and children. The The protesters, including Police. The closure of borders [Jenrick] order dated 12th the Inquiry regarding Dr space. With all the conditions Prime Minister, however, did some women, are camping at led to diversion of traffic from   ="""    , March 2020 stands complied Ambedkar, who was a major now being met, the property not tell whether the Centre will one carriageway of the Delhi- Mukarba and GT-Karnal road As per the tone and tenor with,” Janeevan John, of figure in Indian and British can resume its operation as a pay for the vaccination across Noida Link Road at the Chilla that led to traffic jams on alter- of the Government, it is open everal thousand combat- Singhania & Co Solicitors History and his association memorial for visitors. This the country. Floor leaders from border, while some are demon- native routes. Traffic in to making some key changes to Sants have been killed in which dealt with the appeals with this property,” a Camden weekend will mark the 64th all parties in Lok Sabha and strating at the nearby Dalit Ghaziabad too was hit. the farm Acts, and would con- Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray process for the Indian High Council spokesperson said. death anniversary of Rajya Sabha were invited to Prerna Sthal near the District Magistrate Dr Ajay sider ways to strengthen man- region, an official with the Commission in London, said The home was bought by Babasaheb Ambedkar, who attend the virtual meeting and Mahamaya Flyover. Shankar Pandey and Senior dis, create a level-playing field fugitive regional government in a statement on Friday. the Maharashtra government died on December 6, 1956, at leaders from prominent polit- Rakesh Tikait, Bharatiya Superintendent of Police, with proposed private markets, has asserted, although claims “The long-awaited oper- for around 3.1 million pounds his home in Delhi at the age ical parties having five or more Kisan Union leader said if Kalanidhi Naithani, said route and freedom to approach high- remain difficult to verify a ation of the Ambedkar and refurbished to transform of 65. than five MPs, spoke in the there is no conclusion in the diversion has been done for er courts for dispute resolutions month after the fighting meeting. Leader of Opposition meeting scheduled for those coming from Ghaziabad in a bid to address the concern erupted between Ethiopian in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi December 5, they will contin- to Delhi. “Apart from this, raised by protesting farmers’ and regional forces. , # # *1B       Azad, Sudip Bandyopadhyay ue their protests against the CCTV cameras have also been groups. The Government also Getachew Reda, a senior from the TMC, Sharad Pawar new farm laws. installed around the venue of assured that procurement at adviser to the Tigray leader, in Lyon: A French retired surgeon western city of Saintes con- the lawyer for the neighbor’s of the NCP, Nama Nageswara Noida Traffic Police in its the movement to monitor the MSP will continue. an interview with Tigray TV accused of sexually abusing cerned four people allegedly tar- family, told the AP. His name Rao from the TRS and Vinayak advisory on Thursday night situation,” said the official. Farmers fear the reforms aired Thursday urged young over 300 young children over geted by Joel Le Scouarnec, 70, will also be added to the data- Raut from the Shiv Sena among suggested alternative routes could pave the way for the people and others in the decades - primarily his patients including two of his nieces, a base of sex offenders, she said. others who attended the video instead of the Chilla road for P//""" Government to stop buying region to “rise and deploy to in their hospital rooms - has young female neighbor, and a During the trial, Le Scouarnec conference. hassle-free commutation. On Monday, speaking at an staples at federally fixed mini- battle in tens of thousands” been sentenced Thursday to 15 child who was hospitalized at admitted he had raped his Union Defence Minister However, the alternative routes, event to mark the birth mum support prices MSPs, days after Ethiopian Prime years in prison in the first trial age 4 in the establishment where nieces. Other legal complaints Rajnath Singh, Home Minister Delhi-Noida Direct expressway anniversary of Guru Nanak, erode their bargaining power Minister Abiy Ahmed of what may be the largest-ever he practiced. Le Scouarnec has against the doctor have piled up Amit Shah, Health Minister and Kalindi Kunj, witnessed Trudeau had spoken in support and leave them at the mercy of over the weekend declared pedophilia case in the country. been found guilty of “rapes” and since the original investigation Harsh Vardhan were present in more than usual traffic that led of farmers in India and private buyers. victory. The trial this week in the “sexual abuses,” Francesca Satta, wrapped up. AP '() * + 52    ! "#$%$%

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Usually, a violent and brutal side actors don’t like to keep them in a box. premiere on a new, pay-per-view OTT proud win of his web series, Delhi Crime, is lent to such films but I found this quite , &O:0, 0&, Now, roles are more layered, etched and platform, Cinemapreneur, for 99 hours at the Emmys that he almost forgets his intriguing and real. It is not just horror,  $$6 :. $& : life-like. For Hussain, a role should speak from December 11. Hussain talks about other projects. He laughs and clarifies, it’s more of a character study in a slow nar- of something he resonates with. “I look at how it is different from the other OTTs “Actually, these days, I keep forgetting rative that blurs the line between realism .,:& &=,= 06 a role fundamentally, what does it offer as and has the potential of giving a cinema- what’s the call for as it could also be for and mystery.” a character — is it black-and-white, lay- like experience post-COVID. “The lock- Delhi Crime.” Hussain believes that when it comes  &&,: 0& ered or more grey? Does it create empa- down shut cinema halls and the subscrip- Well, the series has been a very “spe- to horror, the genre has not been very . &:, = : :  thy in me even while I’m portraying a tions for OTT platforms like Netflix, cial” project for Hussain and he credits it well-experimented or explored in main- dark-shaded character? Do I feel empa- Amazon, Hotstar, etc, surged. However, all to its writer-director, Richie Mehta. He stream Indian cinema. Is there a specific ,   && thy for a dark person? How well is it writ- there, one needs to subscribe and pay a adds, “Richie is a dedicated art lover. I reason why it lags behind? He says, “I’d say ten craftwise? Is the director good enough? monthly charge. Here, it’s quite similar to don’t know anybody else who could have that it’s very difficult to write good    <<&&  Jogi, I’d say, is very unpredictable and going to a cinema hall and buying a tick- done such a great artistic job. He has done scripts. In the Indian filmmaking culture,  & : .&  grey,” he says. et for the film you want to watch.” justice to the issue by portraying it the we haven’t been giving much space, time, The actor earlier revealed that he him- Nirvana Inn, which also stars Sandhya right way. It’s amazing how the series does- energy, resources and money into writing. . &6, (played by Hussain), a boatman who self was “terrified” at the end of it. But Mridul and Rajshree Deshpande in lead- n’t show any abuse, violence or brutality Very rarely, I come across a brilliantly- becomes the caretaker of a mysterious why? He points towards the difference ing roles, became the only Indian film and yet manages to shed light so beauti- written script which is at par with the level =& :& Himalayan resort after a suicide attempt. between a script and the cinematography. selected for the Asian Market Project fully on such a sensitive issue. It’s difficult of Hollywood or the films from the <  ,   :, While the synopsis might be perplexing, “When you shoot for a film, you really (AMP) in Busan and was awarded the to do what he did. It took him four years Eastern part of the country. I am not even the film’s trailer is as intriguing and don’t know what’s going to happen. A Asian Cinema Fund. It also had its world to complete his research. I haven’t seen any comparing those scripts to the likes of &.  &,0 $ Hussain’s description of the mystery script is constantly evolving. Written premiere at the 24th Busan International series in the country so far which has this . However, I was surprised how & .0, & behind it makes one even more curious words might create some visuals in your Film Festival 2019. Getting global recog- level of beauty and reality at the same time, a horror genre script like Nirvana Inn to watch it. He tells us that “guilt” is the mind but they will be different than what nition is huge for any actor. And Hussain and also an artistic rigour to create some- would find me, which is really that good :& =& underlying theme of the film. “That feel- is actually created. When you eventually believes that one should take it “with thing like this.” that it’s acceptable to my kind of aesthet- ing is not easy to play around with but the see the film, you realise how the cine- humility and work harder to keep doing After a moment of pause, he returns ics.” .  .&:&  intensity of guilt in a person has been dealt matography, the background, the set and better,” he says as he signs off, preparing to answer my previous question about his The film, shot in Manali, Majuli , &&, O with in a wonderful way in this film. The even the characters turn out to be — total- for his next morning flight to the UK to forthcoming psycho-horror drama, (Assam) and Chennai, revolves around the plot mixes nightmares with the reality and ly different than you’d imagined. 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He says dence to love “yourself” first irrespective of fatherhood has changed him how you identify “yourself”, all this while deal- emotionally. Vyas, who says ing with a pregnancy and the traditional shift he is emotionally a different of her family life because of her husband’s tran- person after the birth of his sition. It’s a touching story of a couple who son Ved, also quipped how redefine love and acceptance. International Men’s Day is Since Ivanka is a LGBTQ+ activist and a voice quite a forgotten affair as from the community, I was so happy to see her opposed to International involvement and the positive reception of her Women’s Day. feedback. The entire process has been extra- “I think when it comes ordinary and it’s one project i’ll always be to men, living in a patriar- extremely proud to be associated with. chal society, we do not show and extensively talk about How do you think music as a medium helps our emotional side. Being in addressing some of the important social modern men of progressive issues in the country? society who support gender I feel that art has always been a reflection, and equality, we tend to over- in a lot of cases, a mirror to the society and the think and complicate certain lives of people around you. For me, music is things. But I think our next a medium of self-expression rather than just generation will not go “It is funny, we do not even being a genre. Music has the magic to create through this,” the actor said. remember when the a sense of community, it has the power to bring He opened up about his International Men’s Day is people closer and will always be the universal son, who was born on June — which was on November language of love, unity and peace. 3, to establish his context, 19! It is almost ignorable! “He is just six months old However, I just want to It has been two years to the verdict on Section but I feel an emotional shift mention how at times I 377, how do you think our society has pro- happened within me overthink or become over- gressed? Is there still a long way to go? because of parenthood. conscious, being a man in a Even though that was one of the most historic There is no doubt that no patriarchal society. See, days I have had the pleasure to witness, I feel one in the world can com- when my partner comes there is still a long road we have to cover. Our pare the physical and emo- home after a long day and society has progressed and we are more vocal tional effort that a mother asks for a coffee, I happily about equality for everyone but there is a dark offers to a child, she is the prepare it for her because shadow lingering behind the rainbow. I have birth-giver and that is that is natural, but when I so many friends and acquaintances who are still incomparable. We always ask for the same, the thought afraid of the social stigma attached to it and talk about how motherhood crosses my mind, ‘am I are living their lives in fear of being outed. It’s changes a woman, which it doing it out of the habit that the most suffocating thing to happen to any- surely does. But I am saying, woman should serve the one. It will take time but taking that first step fatherhood also changes a coffee, like the way my is important in a journey. Since we have already man!” grandfathers’ generation ell us about your collaboration for this song has the same underlining message hit a milestone, the destination won’t be that “Everything that I do, used to think?” Vyas said. MTV Beats Love Duet, a gender atyp- that the album wants to convey and that’s what N & :  :  far. my child comes first now. I “I do not want to come Tical album. How has the experience I truly love about this collaboration! I am was thinking of investing in under that category but, you been? thrilled to play a supporting character in the <.& ,   ,& What are your forthcoming projects? an expensive cycle before my see, the same action can be Honestly, the experience has been phenome- music video, telling a touching story of two My debut song as a composer came out last child was born, now I am so progressive for one person nal. I am so grateful that the new song, Khud people who are in love but have been living a ,<. ::  ,&, week so the last couple of days have been real- obsessed with my son that I and regressive for the other Ko Hi Paake, is in sync with the vision of the closeted life for a long time. I am sure it will &:,. &6<,  ly interesting. I composed a song for Netflix’s am checking out toys and one. Maybe I am overthink- album. Love Duet has been a path-breaking ini- be loved by the masses and also help influence Mismatched and even had the pleasure of thinking which toy cycle is ing but it is a real thing. This tiative in normalising conversations around perceptions in some way or other. : . :   ,< singing a song in the album. My first interna- more cool!” shared the actor. bell rings in our head at love that goes beyond gender stereotypes. It has tional collaboration with the US-based artist, He notes that we con- times, and that is when you given a platform to some of the greatest artists What was the idea behind the song, Khud Ko : :& ing on a couple of singles and collaborations women and men are not cel- laugh. glad that I got the chance to make a tiny con- It is a song I composed keeping in mind the  0 0O with some amazing artistes and can’t wait to ebrated in the same manner. L5*2 tribution in this journey. It’s a coincidence that internal struggles of someone facing an iden- make more music.    .  

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Her hands     ') ")-< holding two objects, that suggest a   !  slow genes, is a cultural interpre- According to the curator more to showing fearsome god- tation that weaves Hindu mythol- Immos Ramos, from its inception desses trampling over fragile men. ogy, tantric painting and found to the present day, Tantra has Intoxicating perhaps is the 9th- objects together in a sweeping challenged religious, cultural and century sandstone temple relief ode to selfhood. This sculpture political norms around the world. from Madhya Pradesh depicting with those straw-like long projec- A philosophy that emerged in the ferocious goddess Chamunda tions slice through your senses India around the sixth century, dancing on a corpse. Historians with fine-tuned resonance. Kher is Tantra has been linked to succes- have noted that in the 19th centu- telling us that there is a collective sive waves of revolutionary thought ry, Tantra became a tool for Indian need for answers following further from its early transformation of revolutionaries fighting the British questions. Kher also points to Hinduism and Buddhism to the colonial rule with goddesses such angular junctures of mismatched Indian fight for independence and as Kali, becoming the symbol of belief systems as she pairs multi- the rise of 1960s counterculture. independence. ple compositions with more mate- Centering on the power of Among over 100 objects, rially complex, confrontational divine feminine energy, Tantra including the masterpieces of sculptures. This sculpture fits into inspired the dramatic rise of god- sculptures, paintings, prints and the modern mould of women dess worship in medieval India and ritual objects, depicting the histo- artists, who create after deep rumi- continues to influence contempo- ry and evolution of tantric philos- nation. rary feminist thought and artistic ophy since AD 500 — the works of Ramos says Tantra has a con- practice. Presenting masterpieces Indian artists are important. tinuing relevance. “Gender, female of sculpture, painting, prints and power, gender fluidity, religious ritual objects from India, Tibet and ' ("&&() pluralism, mindfulness, well- around the world, this exhibition "* !"$ $ being... These are all topics that are offers new insights into a philos- Among Indian practitioners of very much part of contemporary ophy that has captured our imag- Tantra moving into contempo- form to bring alive the energy prin- British Museum is a hybrid cre- discourse.” ination for more than a millenni- rary fields of Neo Tantra were ciple, which holds that purusha is ation with an inner rootedness. um. Ghulam Rasool Santosh. He infinite, eternal, omniscient, History states the develop-  #!* worked within the Purusha Prakriti unchanging, and unchangeable. ment of Tantra in medieval India She excels and extols with her  "#   $$% principle. His painting has an But Prakriti is what holds materi- coincided with the rise of many mesmeric work. Housewives with &$ equivocal tenor because it com- ality and dynamism, constantly new kingdoms across the subcon- Steak-knives 1985. This image has History and the love for col- bines yogic powers of transcenden- changing and evolving. tinent after the breakdown of two a stark but poetic resonance, con- lectibles combine when you run tal meditation with the form. The Biren De’s luminous penumbra major dynasties, the Guptas in the cerned with the relationship your eyes through the objects on philosophy is what ignites our hails the concentration of the North and the Vakatakas in the between art and politics, and ques- display — four of the earliest awareness and awakens us. chakra, it is his exploration into Southest. Along with political pre- tions of subjectivity in relation to Tantra manuscripts, made in Nepal Purusha is the soul, the self, pure higher realms that evokes many a cariousness, there was a great identity, gender and race. She around the 12th century and consciousness, and the only source moment of deeper intensities. flourishing of the arts. Rulers were draws on temporal relationships loaned by Cambridge University of consciousness. The word liter- Mahirwan Mamtani, another mas- O drawn to Tantra’s promise of power between myth and reality, as spa- Library are stunning. The curator ally means “man.” Prakriti is that ter in the field of Tantra, known for  and public temples often incorpo- tial opposites, she questions the highlights the importance of divine which is created. It is nature in all his magnificent human faces, is not rated Tantric deities as guardians. concept of time itself, and what this feminine power and challenges her aspects. Prakriti literally means about the lower chakra, it is the  constitutes in relation to histories the perception of womanhood as “creatrix,” the female creative ener- union of a higher self. Mamtani’s P !"+$"Q$ ($ and to the everyday idiom of a passive and docile. But there is gy. Santosh uses this in his human work in the collection of the  (# "$ woman in society. 54    ! "#$%$%

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He (Jadeja) batted Yperfect concussion sub- Washington Sundar (0/16 in pace of his deliveries and rounder Moises Henriques (3/22 worked out well for his side beautifully in the last game. stitute after an injured 4 overs), who bowled well in using the flight to good effect. in 4 overs) were brilliant between even though there were no Natarajan looks like he can Ravindra Jadeja did his part Powerplay. Natarajan, whose nerves overs 11th and 15th, which shift- plans to play Yuzvendra improve a lot. (Deepak) with the bat as the duo played ICC match referee David had eased after a decent ODI ed the momentum in favour of Chahal, who proved to be a Chahar bowled well as well. their roles to perfection in Boon allowed the visitors a debut, was right on the money the home team till Jadeja came match-winner after replacing Chahal got us back in the India’s impressive 11-run vic- “like for like” replacement, as and got one to straighten into play with a 44 not out off 23 Ravindra Jadeja in the first game. Hardik’s catch was a tory over Australia in the mandated by the rules, for catching Glenn Maxwell balls. T20I. game-changer as well.” first T20 International here at Jadeja in Chahal even though plumb in-front. During 11th and 15th over, “There were no plans of Man-of-the-moment Manuka Oval on Friday. home team coach Justin If that wasn’t enough, India scored 22 runs and lost having Yuzi (Chahal) in the Chahal said having not made While Jadeja smashed an Langer looked visibly angry. Natarajan snuffed out a frus- three wickets in Sanju Samson (23 game. Jaddu (Jadeja) got a the original playing eleven, unbeaten 44 off 23 balls to And to make matters trated D’arcy Short (34 off 38 off 15 balls), Manish Pandey (2 off knock on the side of the head there was no pressure on him propel India to 161 for 7, his worse, Chahal dimissed two balls) to make it 113 for 4 and 8 balls) and Rahul. and was a bit dizzy and still is,” when he came on as a concus- head injury turned out to be form men — Aaron Finch India didn’t have to look back However, Jadeja (five fours Kohli said in the post-match %    5  & !   1 sion substitute. a blessing in disguise with (35) and Steve Smith (12) — from then on. and a six), who suffered from presentation. ) 2  5P, ).-  @ %A “There was no pressure India unleashing Chahal (3/25 in his first two overs to turn Earlier, vice-captain KL hamstring trouble, launched into “Concussion replace- for me when we were batting in 4 overs) on an Australian the game on its head. At the Rahul continued his impres- Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell ments are a strange thing, added. efforts. and then suddenly I got to side caught completely off- end of it all, he also scooped sive run in the shortest format Starc in the final two overs that today it worked for us maybe Kohli was full of praise for “He (Chahal) came in and know I was going to play. I guard. The hosts could man- the man of the match honours with yet another fifty but it yielded 34 runs taking Indian to another time he wouldn’t have all his players but singled out bowled really well. The pitch have played so many games so age only 150 for 7 in 20 overs. for his superb effort. took Jadeja’s brilliant back-end a par-score at the Manuka Oval. found a like-for-like,” he Jadeja and Chahal for their offered him enough. Yuzi I was mentally fit,” he said.  & R   $ .6/ 0P" .?," ;5  2! !  =   &, just five overs, over the next done.” Williamson was thinking of -   =  . $&, 10 hours and 24 minutes Roach praised declaring came when he ew Zealand captain Kane he faced 412 deliveries, Williamson’s “fantas- sharply lifted the scoring rate  : before just apply my processes, he first one-day interna- NWilliamson hit the high- caressing the ball to all tic” innings but said after passing 200. and the rest will take care of Ttional between South Africa est Test score of his career on points as he picked the the West Indies His next 51 came off 42 he hype around his potential itself,” Pucovski said. and England, scheduled to be Friday with a majestic 251 as balls that needed to be remained confi- deliveries. In one Roach over TTest debut against India has Asked whether there is less played at Newlands in Cape the hosts posted an imposing played and rarely dent. he smacked two fours and a Will Pucovski more excited pressure heading into Australia Town on Friday, was postponed 519 for seven declared on day touched anything “Kane’s six before being given out on than intimidated and the rising A’s tour game against India A after a South African player test- two of the first Test against the else. obviously the 222, caught behind, only to be Australian batsman cannot wait given the injury situation in the ed positive for Covid-19. West Indies in Hamilton. Williamson’s main person recalled when replays showed to take on the visiting bowlers senior team, Pucovski said he Cricket South Africa made West Indies bowler Kemar third double cen- for them, and the delivery was a no-ball. after having watched them on still has to perform to earn his the announcement just over an Roach said Williamson’s tury, which includ- kudos to him, It was Alzarri Joseph who TV “dominating around the place. hour before the day-night match innings was one of the best ed 34 fours and it was a fantas- finally removed Williamson world.” “...You always got an expec- was due to start. he’d seen as the 30-year-old two sixes, extend- tic innings, when he mistimed a short Led by pace spearhead tation or a will to perform, so According to a statement surpassed his previous record ed his New one of the best delivery and was caught at Jasprit Bumrah, India’s much- that doesn’t really change to me from Cricket South Africa and of 242 against Sri Lanka near- Zealand record I’ve seen,” mid-wicket by Roston Chase. vaunted bowling attack features too much regardless of what is the England and Wales Cricket ly six years ago. to 22 Test cen- Roach said. He walked off to a stand- Mohammed Shami, Umesh going on outside,” he said. Board, the unidentified South In reply, the injury-hit turies, three “But, take ing ovation and with the West Yadav, Mohammed Siraj and one day. But it could potential- He also believes that the African player’s positive status West Indies were 49 without more than team- away Kane’s Indies players rushing over to Navdeep Saini. Ravindra Jadeja, ly become a reality,” the right- upcoming four-Test series would emerged from tests conducted loss with John Campbell on 22 mate Ross Taylor. innings and we congratulate him. Ravichandran Ashwin and handed batsman added. be even more intense than the after his team’s final scheduled and Kraigg Brathwaite on 20 “It wasn’t really at were in at the other Three overs later, once Kuldeep Yadav are the three spin The 22-year-old might just last series, which India won. practice on Thursday. after cautiously negotiating the forefront of my batsmen and didn’t Kyle Jamieson reached his options. make the playing XI for the Tests “I remember it being a very The first match will now be the 26 overs to stumps. mind,” the master bats- let the other bats- half-century, Williamson “...It is pretty exciting. starting December 17 as swash- tense series, there seems to be lot a day-game in Paarl on Sunday, After two months playing man said, when asked men settle as long.” declared. Obviously, just challenging your- buckling opener David Warner of momentum shifts, and obvi- when the second match was in the same Indian Premier about achieving his high- “To survive this The tall Jamieson, with his self at the next level is pretty is recovering from a groin injury, ously when two very good teams scheduled. League team as West Indies est Test score. evening definitely unbeaten 51, is proving a exciting in itself,” Pucovski said which he sustained during the come up against each other, that The second match will be a skipper Jason Holder, “You just want to shows a lot of confi- solid performer in his third in an online media interaction. recently-concluded ODI series. seems to be the case,” he said. day-night game at Newlands on Williamson slipped seamless- keep going and try to dence in the team and Test outing and was the only “You watch these boys on “I am probably as mentally “So, I wouldn’t expect any- Monday, with the series con- ly back into the strict demands get yourself and the we will take more con- other batsman to add signifi- TV dominating around the prepared as I can be, it will just thing different this summer, if cluding as scheduled with of the red-ball game at Seddon team in a position of fidence into day cantly to the New Zealand world and sort of never think, be if I do get the opportunity, just anything, it will be even more another day-night match at Park, his home ground. strength, and getting to three.” total on day two. that could be me facing them go out there, and as I said intense. Newlands on Wednesday. Thrust into the Test after 240 the job wasn’t The first signs that =  ,, )       *-%%5( 28()  remier League leaders PTottenham struggled to gain 3%J%(*% the draw they needed in Linz, not keep out. Milan are second in the    0&, the risk of cross-infection with- finishing 3-3 on Thursday Three minutes later, Spurs group, one point behind Lille   0,., :& in the squad. There have been thanks to two penalties, to regained the lead. One of the who also came from behind to he Pakistan cricket team a number of active cases iden- secure a place in the knockout two attacking players, Steven win at home. Burak Yilmaz fghanistan cricketer and Thas been denied the right to tified among the team. Public rounds of the Europa League. Bergwijn was tripped to earn a came off the bench in the 77th ABrisbane Heat import train while in managed isola- health considerations will con- The result in Austria penalty and the other, Dele minute with Lille losing to 10- Mujeeb Ur Rahman has been tion in New Zealand after eight tinue to be foremost in our ensured that Antwerp will also Alli, swept it home. man. The Turkey striker poked taken to a Queensland hospital members of the touring squad response to COVID-19, advance from Group J. Spurs could not keep the home the equaliser three min- after testing positive for Covid- tested positive for Covid-19. whether this involves individ- Elsewhere, Braga, AC lead. Young Frenchman utes later and smashed in the 19. Under exemptions granted uals or teams. Milan, Lille, Villarreal, Dinamo Mamoudou Karamoko winner four minutes after that. The 19-year-old spinner, to visiting sports teams, mem- “We appreciate the chal- Zagreb, Red Star Belgrade, smashed in an equaliser from Celtic’s neighbours city the world’s No 2 ranked T20I bers of the 53-strong Pakistan lenges that this decision will Slavia Prague, Bayer outside the box in added time. Rangers, advanced with 3-2 bowler, was in hotel quarantine team could have been allowed have for the touring team.” Leverkusen, Rangers, Benfica, The draw was home victory over on the Gold Coast south of to leave their Christchurch The decision is a major set- Granada and Eindhoven enough to put Standard Liege. The Brisbane after arriving in hotel to train in small groups back for the Pakistan team ensured their places in the last Tottenham through and Belgians, who need to win, Australia last week. after the third day of their 14- which will begin a three-match 32 with one round of group next week they will host took the lead twice in the Mujeeb reported symptoms day isolation period. T20 series against New Zealand games still to play. Antwerp, who beat first half, but James of the illness and has since been But the positive tests and a on December 18 and a two- They join Leicester, Arsenal, *  "      3  $  * Ludogorets 3-1, with first Tavernier hit a penalty just placed in the care of Queensland breach of isolation protocols by match Test series on December Hoffenheim and Roma who place at stake. before half time. Scott Health to complete his recovery. team members on their first 26. had already qualified. The result, extending Son Heung-min put Spurs In Group H, AC Arfield won the game in The news comes a week out day in isolation has led New The team was issued a For the first time in 270 Arsenal’s perfect record in the ahead on the counter attack in Milan fell two goals behind at the 65th minute, running onto from the Heat’s season opener Zealand authorities to withhold “final warning” after the days, fans were back inside a tournament this season, ensured the 56th minute. home to eliminated Celtic but a pull back to end a crisp move against the Melbourne Stars in the training exemption. breaches of isolation protocol Premier League ground as the Gunners will finish top of With Linz still threatening, rallied to win 4-2 and advance. with a precise low drive. Canberra and means Mujeeb Dr Ashley Bloomfield, occurred shortly after the Arsenal welcomed 2,000 sup- their group with second spot coach Jose Mourinho made a Tom Rogic and Odsonne The tightest group is F will almost certainly miss New Zealand's director-gener- team’s arrival in New Zealand porters into the Emirates for still up for grabs. series of defensive substitu- Edouard scored for the visitors where Alkmaar fought back to Brisbane’s two matches in al of health, confirmed on last week. Close circuit televi- Thursday’s routine 4-1 Europa In Linz, the hosts dominat- tions. in the first 14 minutes, but draw 1-1 with Napoli and La Australia’s capital. Friday the exemption would sion coverage from their hotel League win over Rapid Vienna. ed the first half but only scored Tottenham had three centre Hakan Calhanoglu and Samuel Liga leaders Real Sociedad came Queensland Cricket chief not be granted. showed players breaking rules The sparse crowd in a once, through Peter Michorl. backs, three full backs and two Castillejo responded with two from behind twice to draw at executive Terry Svenson said “I have very carefully con- by mingling in corridors and 60,000 capacity stadium were Spurs, who had not managed a defensive midfielders on the quick goals midway through the home with Rijeka, who picked Mujeeb’s welfare was the prima- sidered this situation,” sharing food. well distanced between two shot on target, won a penalty for field by the 84th minute when half. up their first point. The Italians ry concern. Bloomfield said. Further breaches might stands and in high spirits despite handball in added time. Gareth Johannes Eggestein still found Jens Petter Hauger and lead by two points from “He is a young man far from “At this time, I continue to have led to the team being the Gunners’ poor form of late Bale converted for his 200th a huge hole and lashed in a shot Brahim Diaz, with a clever Sociedad and Alkmaar and host home and we will ensure he is have ongoing concerns about expelled from New Zealand. in the English top-flight. career goal. that Joe Hart reached but could chip, struck in the second half. the Basques next week. looked after,” Svenson said.