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There has not been any direct chayat on the Andhra Pradesh- has gone down drastically, as all developmental expendi- Then, they are going to death or any severe reaction out Odisha border would be which is a major cause of con- tures spur growth and release vaccinate those who have car- of that. They are indeed safe. resolved through discussions cern. Instead of spending more funds in the hands of the peo- diac problems, bad asthma, In a few days, there will be between the Governments of as compared to last year, the ple, pointed out an analyst. cancer and such other vulner- a massive rollout and the com- both States. Government through the del- the neighbouring State where State Government has spent The Government allocated able groups. mon man would receive it very Andhra Pradesh Legislative egation to sort out the grave sit- they face the same situation in over Rs 13,000 crore less dur- Rs 1,14,791 crore of revenue Subsequently, they will soon. Actually, India has the Council Chairman uation. Besides, a discussion schools. Total 230 Odia schools ing last nine months. The less expenditure during fiscal 2020- administer vaccines to people capacity now to produce more Mohammed Ahmed Shariff was also held between two are in Andhra Pradesh where spending by the Government is 21. However, the revenue of 70-year age group, 60-year vaccines. And India is now informed this after a high- State Governments on the lan- 130 Odia teachers are yet to be attributed to the Covid-19 pan- expenditure has also gone age group, 50-year age group. exporting these vaccines to level meeting held in guage-based education issue in appointed.Sharriff assured demic and it has slowed down down with spending of Rs This way, they are going to give other parts of the world which Bhubaneswar on Monday. the bordering villages of Dash that the Andhra the growth. 60,897 crore, which is less 15 vaccines to all the young pop- can very safely be told that it is Odisha School & Mass Rayagada, Gajapati, Government would take care of A detailed analysis on per cent as compared to last fis- ulation and have plans to vac- a sanguine success for the sci- Education Minister Samir Malkangiri, Nabarangpur, Odia students in his State. expenditure during April- cal.The spending in the rev- cinate 15 million people by entific of community of India. Ranjan Dash raised the issue Ganjam and Koraput districts. “I am confident that all the December 2020 reveals that enue sector during 2019 (April- doctor’s profession is February 14, 2021. during the meeting attended by Around 80 lakh Telugu issues between the two States during this period the total December) was Rs 71,697 Apainstaking, arduous but It is only yesterday that the Well, Dr Mishra, what’s Shariff and senior officials of people are residing in these dis- will be resolved,” Shariff said expenditure by the crore, which was more than 23 healing and full of love. Dr UK Government announced your observation of the the Andhra Pradesh tricts. Even as a teacher train- after the meeting.“The discus- Government was Rs 72,968 per cent as compared to 2018. Sailesh Mishra is one with a dif- that by the end of May, all peo- Naveen Patnaik Government’s Government.He informed the ing centre has been set up in sion was held on student issues crore. As compared to last The Annual Budget for ference who has archived ple over 50 years would have programme of vaccination in Andhra delegation about the these districts, language teach- of both the States. year, the Government spent 2020-21 accounted higher cap- expertise and excellence in a been vaccinated. Hence, the your homeland? jurisdiction dispute of Kotia ers could not be appointed due Before the discussion, the lesser funds worth Rs 13,144 ital spending with Rs 35,209 rare field of intensive care, young people will get vacci- panchayat under Pottangi block to technical snags. Similarly, Andhra Pradesh delegation crore. The Fiscal Monitor crore. However, capital expen- pain management and anaes- nated a bit later. Now, different One thing I would like to in Koraput district where the there are many Odia people in had visited many districts to Report of Odisha has revealed diture has gone down by 16 per thesia. He had his MBBS vaccines are coming in. Instead say and appreciate very much people have been facing iden- Srikakulam and Vizianagaram review the ground-level situa- that while during April- cent, resulting in less spending degree from the MKCG of two injections, one new that the Patnaik Government tity crisis since decades. He in Andhra Pradesh. Around tions. The discussion will con- December 2020 the expendi- on infrastructure development Medical College, Brahmapur. vaccine will be given. The started the lockdown early. appealed to the Andhra 4,000 children are studying in tinue further,” Dash told media. ture of the Government was Rs and asset creation. He went to the All India options are many. And this has worked here Institute of Medical Sciences, tremendously. Numbers of New Delhi, wherefrom he You are an Indian. There deaths are coming down here      *  (  obtained his MD. are also other ethnic groups in and life is quickly coming back O1  P In the year 2003, he moved London. Have you noticed to normal.   to the United Kingdom, where any discriminatory practices I have been here for the last   he undertook intensive training there during the time of vac- three weeks and I noticed that       +P 
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 renowned poetess Kuntala was foiled after two candi- motherland to bring joy to the vulnerable ones and their rate last 11 months, people are now &  -$-"&8+ Kumari Sabat, a new Arts block dates from Odisha border vil- lacerated hearts by promoting of death is more as they are opened up to their new leases      and a Science block and a new lages supported by two leading understanding in pain man- of life. I am very happy that the tudents of Classes-IX and XI hostel for the research scholars. parties of the neighbouring agement. Government here at my home Sin the State on Monday &  -$-"&8+ Besides, the Chief Minister State in fray for panchayat He is the first Indian and State has done a commendable resumed attending physical sanctioned a project worth Rs polls under Mandasa mandal of Odia to have been vaccinated job. classes after a break of over 10 t is the only university in 18 crore for the institution Srikakulam district were suc- in London against Covid-19 months due to the Covid-19 IOdisha till now dedicated to which would be spent in ren- cessfully convinced by Gajapati and appreciates the efforts of As an expert overseas situation. women’s education. It carries ovation of the old academic district administration to stay the Government of India and Indian doctor, are you appre- The physical learning the vision of Maa Rama Devi building, hostel building and away from election process. the Odisha Government in hensive of a second Covid would continue till April 30. for the education and empow- open air stage. The YSR party had supported ushering in an era of vaccina- wave hitting India and your The duration of teaching is for tancing as per the Covid-19 erment of women in the State, Higher Education Minister a candidate in Gangabada to tion with an enviable position homeland Odisha? two hours from 8:30 am to protocol is maintained. For said Chief Minister Naveen Arun Sahoo said that without stand in fray for Laxmi Sabar, at the global level. In an inter- 10:30 am from Monday to Classes-IX and X1, there would Patnaik inaugurating four new women’s education develop- but after marathon check and view to The Pioneer, Dr found to be more susceptible to In the UK, we are having a Saturday. There would be no be one unit test in second buildings of the Rama Devi ment of the State and the coun- persuasion by Sub-Collector Mishra, who is currently in the pandemic. Hence, the UK far more debilitating second teaching on Sundays. week of March 2021. The Women’s University here on try is not possible. University Sangram Sekhar Panda, she Odisha, spoke to Sugyan Government of UK, after care- wave and there are more deaths Three periods would be annual class examination Monday. Vice-Chancellor Aparajita withdrew her candidature. The Choudhury at his residence at ful consideration, is preferen- now. According an ICMR taken up daily. There would be would be conducted in the last “Therefore, its responsibility Chaudhury presided over the Sub-Collector too rushed to IRC Village, Bhubaneswar. tially administrating them vac- study, possibly, there has been no recess. The sitting arrange- week of April 2021. Notably, is also unique. How you go function and Registrar Manikpatna and persuaded cines first. herd immunity and more than ments in classrooms have been earlier, physical learning for ahead with your opportunities Shyamali Mohapatra delivered another candidate, Draupadi What’s your experience More Asians are working 20% of Indians might have made keeping the size of a Classes-X and XII students and how you face the chal- the welcome address and Sabar, to refrain from polls. She as the first Odia to have been in the NHS and there are more developed it in the meanwhile. room in view so as to ensure had resumed in the schools of lenges that come in your way Navnit Kaur offered a vote of was a TDP-supported candi- vaccinated in London? health workers, key workers; Hence, hopefully, a second that the required social dis- the State from January 8. will define the future of this thanks. date in the elections. and like others, they are given wave here might not be more There were many vaccines the vaccine at the first consid- delirious and debilitating as I today, but the first licensed one eration. So, you can say there hope so. And now with the vac- @  C &D is the Pfizer biometrics vaccine. is a positive discrimination in cination rolling out to the 3 !   The first country to use this the larger benefit of the vul- masses, we can hopefully keep    was the UK. And the first date nerable ethnic groups. The UK it under control. in which it was used was Government is making sure  , >E  .  December 8, 2020. that these ethnic groups are As a medical scientist, do Among many people vac- adequately protected as their you consider that the pan- &  &-0+ cinated on the day, I had the death rates are found to be demic is nothing but nature’s &  -$-"&8+ singular opportunity as an more. revenge on mankind? r Chandan Bagh, a dentist Odia. I got the second dose Din the District ainted IFS officer Abhay after three weeks on December As an overseas Indian The answer lies in history Headquarters Hospital (DHH) TKant Pathak and his son 30, 2020. It so happened that I doctor, what is your observa- in every century in its Twenties. here, has been missing since Akash Kumar Pathak, who was the first Indian and the first tion regarding the vaccination There have occurred some January 30. Dr Bagh was living were recently granted bail by Odia to have been vaccinated programme here in India kinds of pandemic. In 1720, separately from his parents due the Bhubaneswar Special in the UK. both by the Union there was plague in the global to family disputes. Vigilance Court, have been Government and the State scenario. In 1820, there was While his parents are live in booked in three more fraud Could you please tell Government of Odisha? cholera; and in 1920, there Sakhipara in Sambalpur town, cases lodged at the Golanthara Bhubaneswar Special Vigilance about the UK Government’s was Spanish flu. Dr Bagh was staying in police station in Ganjam dis- Court had granted them bail in mode of vaccination? India has done great things In 2020, there is coron- Shantinagar with his wife. On trict. Police on Monday includ- connection with a graft case and has taken a giant leap in avirus pandemic. Hence, nature early morning of January 30, he ed the two in the three fraud after police failed to submit There are four vaccines in this regard. There are two types in its fury has cleansed a large left his home but did not return. cases that were earlier regis- charge-sheet against the two used in the UK. The first one of vaccines available here. One part of population from our Getting no news of his son for tered against Gopalpur MLA accused in 60 days. is Pfizer biometrics. Then, is Covaxin by the Bharat planate. a week, his father Pradeep and former BJD leader Pradeep The court had directed the Oxford AstraZeneca, Moderna Biotech and the other is So, this pandemic has Bagh lodged an FIR in Panigrahi, who was arrested duo to furnish bail bond of Rs and another one also produced Covishield produced by the given us time for honest intro- Ainthapali police station and last year on the charge of 2 lakh each and two guarantors. )
  
     
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Professor Ranganath Mishra State, an under-trial prisoner Institute of Freshwater SS Giri, Dr S Adhikari, Dr RN &  -$-"&8+ The members decided that the said lack of political will and the (UTP) allegedly cheated a Aquaculture (CIFA) has start- Mandal, Dr HK De and Dr SK demand for merger of suburban step-motherly attitude of the woman inmate after develop- ed an Ornamental Fish Farmer Swain. hief Minister Naveen areas into the Berhampur State Government is the root ing physical intimacy with her Field School at the fish farm of The school envisages CPatnaik on Monday con- Municipal Corporation (BeMC) cause of lack of basic amenities at the Titilagarh Sub-Jail in Bhagirath Roy of Prabhupara empowering over 500 orna- doled the demises of eminent fold would be expedited. and dilapidated infrastructure of Balangir district. village under Sadar block in mental fish farmers in 20 near- cine journalist and writer Discussion were also held on the peripheral areas of the city. As per a police complaint Jaipaiguri, West Bengal. by villages of North Bengal Ranadhir Das, who passed lodged by the victim, who was Inaugurating the school contributing greatly to exten- away at his residence at &  '0 $+ National Safety Council, imprisoned in connection with remotely, Joint Secretary, sion and advisory services Dagarpada in Cuttack on .    Mumbai and the Kalinga Gold a domestic violence case and Ministry of Fisheries, delivery. The ICAR-CIFA Sunday. he 54th Power House Day Safety Award by IQEMS later released on bail about 45 Government of India Sagar Director felicitated Bhagirath Patnaik said that besides T(Foundation Day) of NTPC Bhubaneswar, he told. days ago, accused Tirthankar Mehera appreciated the efforts Roy, the operator farmer, being books like ‘Lohita Sandhya’ Talcher Thermal Power Station “The NTPC Talcher Patel alias Papu had managed in helping farmers of remote the role model for the orna- and ‘Galpa Aji O’ Kali’, Das’      (TTPS) was celebrated on Thermal in continuation to to come to the women’s cell of North Bengal for adopting sci- mental fish farming commu- contribution to the film indus- Sunday. Group General further stop the spread of coro- the jail with the help of some entific aqua farming system. nity in North Bengal. try would always be remem- &  +9 Hariswaradev Vocational Science Manager (TTPS) Devendra navirus joins the nationwide staffs of the prison. Papu, an ICAR-CIFA Director To mark the inauguration bered. The 82-year-old writer Higher Secondary School Nath Tiwari hoisted the NTPC immunization campaign, said accused in a GST fraud case, Dr.Saroj Kumar Swain urged of field school, a daylong train- was suffering from prolonged relief distribution pro- Panasapada College JRC flag on the occasion. Tiwari, adding that recently the had established physical rela- the farmers and farm women ing programme on ornamental illness and undergoing treat- Agramme was organised by Counsellor Laxmidhar Jena, JRC Addressing the gathering, first dose of the vaccination was tion with the woman on the to take up ornamental fish fish farming was organised for ment at his residence. the Red Cross at Brahmapada Counsellor Puri Zilla Schiool Tiwari said the TTPS com- given to the frontline warriors promise of marrying her, she farming and assured them farmers, Government officials Condolences poured in from village under Brahmagiri area of Arun Kumar Bhattacharya pleted 53 years since its com- at TTPS. For periphery com- has mentioned in the FIR, technical support from the and other stakeholders. The different quarters soon after his Puri district. Hygiene kit, masks among others were present. missioning and recently com- munity development, the adding that two staffs of the jail ICAR-CIFA. Swain said the training was attended by 120 demise. Born on September 23, and soaps were distributed to the District Education Officer Puri pleted its 25th years of opera- power station has been under- and a person working at the AFFs piloted by the institute in farmers and farm women. 1938, Ranadhir was a student needy villagers to fight against Niranjan Sahoo and District tion at NTPC. taking various CSR initiatives. ADJ Court were aware about of the Ravenshaw Collegiate Covid-19. Laxman Swain Secretary Mahendra Kumar In terms of rankings, dur- In this regard, 10 the matter. The complainant School and had done his high- (JRCO) gave a demonstration Pradhan thanked honorary sec- ing April 2020-January 2021, Government middle schools further alleged that she was er studies in the Ravenshaw on proper hand washing to retary Indian Red Cross Society the station secured 5th position were identified for the imple- talking to Papu over mobile College before pursuing civil avoid getting sick and spreading Odisha State Branch for proving among all NTPC thermal mentation of Rashtriya phone after her release from engineering in Madras (now germs. support to the needy villagers. power plants, Tiwari added. He Avishkar Abhiyan (RAA) activ- the jail and has the call record- known as Chennai). Dr Ajay Kumar Tripathy stated the NTPC Talcher ities with the objective to ings in her possession. During his later days, he (YRCO) coordinated the pro- Thermal has generated 2,964 improve qualitative learning The woman was also vis- had opened a school to provide gramme. JRCO Puri district MU power with 87.76% PLF in the classrooms. Also, under iting him in the jail at regular training on acting to youths. He Bidyadhar Mishra, YRC coun- during April 2020-January the policy of CSR, donations of intervals. However, the accused was the editor of Odia maga- sellor BJB Degree College, 2021 period. The station also reusable clothes were encour- suddenly started avoiding the zine “Jibana Ranag’ for around Gadaradanga Puri Itishree received the 4th level NSCI aged for distribution to the woman contrary to his promise 45 years. Sundara, YRC Counsellor Safety Award Prasansa Patra by needy people, he told. of marrying her. +    !     "
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alisation which this saint of the Gandhiji described the civili- mould of lifestyle. According to body needed three kinds of The actual concern for a Bahuguna, Baba Amte and style is the root cause of greed soil had remarkably sensed. In sation driven by endless mul- Mahatma, mother earth has nourishment: air, water and balanced environment took a Medha Patekar have tried to and multiplied desires for com- one of his writings in the ‘Hind tiplication of wants as satanic. enough to fulfil needs of all but food. He further stressed that, new turn in 1960s converting tread the track laid by Gandhiji. fort and luxury to a dispro- Swaraj’ in 1909, Gandhiji had He had defined civilisation in not anybody’s greed. The 21st one of the three, air constitut- the same in to a mass move- Time Magazine in its 29th portionate extent. warned about the danger of terms of performances of duties century is reaping adverse con- ed the most essential aspect. ment. As a result, several envi- April issue of 2007 published 51 It has resulted depletion of impetuous industrialisation. in adherence of morality and sequences of industrialisation He observed further that, ronmentalists and activists of Global Warming Guides. The earth’s resources at an acceler- Last year, several regions of exercise of restrains. juggernaut that was set to “Nature has provided it to such environmental protection 51st Guide earnestly suggests ating pace with much higher India were burdened with Though his ‘Hind Swaraj’ motion by western countries an extent that we can have it at turned Gandhiji’s life and ‘sharing more and consuming carbon footprint aggravating unprecedented water crisis. article did not refer to nature or after industrial revolution. no cost”. He, therefore, stated words into inspiration for the less’ for a simplified life in con- global warming. Ironically, This prompted the Prime environment, it exposed the Gandhiji had perhaps with anguish that: “..... modern youths. Gandhiji was a natur- sonance with Gandhian India after independence did Minister Narendra Modi to predatory instincts of modern rightly warned, “God forbid civilisation has put a price al environmentalist. thoughts which still holds good not follow Gandhiji in a mag- speak on water conservation in civilisation. Prophetically, it that India should ever take to even on air”. His exemplary simple per- for the contemporary society. nitude it ought to. his radio talk “Man Ki Baat”. stated that modern urban industrialisation, after the man- He was surely prophetic, as sonal life is a matter of study for The western psyche and culture To-day the mankind is fac- Most youngsters of 21st cen- industrial civilisation encom- ners of the west. The econom- our present generation has to environmentalists till now. He has prompted humans to aspire ing the danger of annihilation tury will find it astonishing that passed the seeds of its own ic imperialism of a single tiny spend much to travel to far off had presciently stated that, if to rule over and exploit nature. which is loudly and clearly fore- in a prayer meeting in New destruction. island kingdom is today keep- places in search of pure air. India followed western model Humans of western world pre- boded by Corona pandemic &  '  Delhi way back in 1947, the He wrote in 1938 that, ing the world in chains. If an Fresh oxygenated air is being of development, she would ferred to use nature as a com- coupled with alarming gallop of Mahatma had advised for rain “the incessant search for mate- entire nation of 300 millions sold in cans as a marketable require more than one planet modity. global warming. It is, therefore, ardar Patel once rightly water harvesting. It was long rial comfort and their multi- took to similar economic commodity. In 21st century, it to achieve the prosperities they In contrast, culture and important to rediscover Sinferred, “We take a short before anyone could think plication is such, an evil and I exploitation, it would strip the is hard to get respiratory respite had attained. society of ancient India Gandhiji’s vision and ideas to range view while he (Gandhiji) about it. make bold to say that the world bare like locusts.” as air pollution has blanketed Noted Environmental remained integrated with put them into practice. takes a long range view.” To address the issue of Europeans themselves will have Air pollution is causing every nook and corner. Philosopher Prof Arne Naess, nature. Indian scriptures always Gandhiji, the great visionary, acute water shortage in Princely to remodel their outlook, if havoc in all parts of the world. In ‘Indian opinion’ dated the founding father of Deep exhorted to be one with nature. (The writer is a physicist had warned about perils and States of Kathiwar region, they are not to perish under the It has become egregious in March 5 1906, Gandhiji aptly Ecology and Ms Patra Kelly, Gandhiji had firm faith in the and lover of environment. He is pitfalls of industrialisation as Gandhiji had advised all rulers weight of the comforts to which India. UN’s call for ‘World remarked that , “A man can do one of the founders of Green first sloka of the ‘Ishopanishad’ chairperson of Aryabhatta well as its resultant environ- of the area to form a confed- they are becoming slaves.” Environment Day’ last year without food for several days Party of Germany that pursues that speaks of omnipresence of Foundation, Brahmapur. He is mental hazards. eration and take long-term What he stated in the was to beat air pollution. It may and live a day altogether with- policies consistent with nature God and insists everyone not to a winner of Prakruti Mitra Almost six decades before measures for planting of trees European context has become sound unbelievable, yet in 1913 out water but it is impossible to and ecology, have also accumulate or steal. award, Green Ambassador human society could draw sys- on vast stretches which could a reality for the whole mankind Gandhiji had raised the alarm carry on without air even for a acknowledged Gandhiji as their Since ages, Indian philos- Award and Kalinga Gourav tematic scientific inferences recharge ground water that to-day. The unprecedented on the same. In one of his writ- minute. If a thing that is so very source of inspiration. ophy has laid emphasis on Award. about vagaries of green house most of the water resource Corona pandemic is also one of ings “Key to Health” he had vital to life is not pure, the result Several environmentalists simple living. 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Aby the Opposition, as the While Speaker Om Birla you wanted this to happen..it is accusing West Bengal Chief Village on the border of Assam The scientists also found Lok Sabha on Monday resumed also appealed to the members to a well-thought out conspiracy of Minister Mamata Banerjee and and Arunachal Pradesh, docu- large tree trunks embedded in normal functioning following an allow the House to function and yours..you reached them there", her party TMC of "politicising" mented by historians as the the youngest flood deposits at appeal by Defence Minister not indulge in sloganeering, said Chowdhury and demand- and "insulting Ram-Sita". Sadiya earthquake in history the exit of the Subansiri River Rajnath Singh, Congress leader Chowdhury too said that this ed a Joint Parliamentary She charged the state gov- and recorded to have caused (Sadiya town is located rough- Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury tradition has been continuing Committee (JPC) on it . ernment with blocking central massive destruction in the ly 145 km southeast of launched a scathing attack on the since 1921 and should not be The opposition MP criti- schemes and pursuing "appease- region almost destroying the Subansiri river), suggesting the Modi-Government, demanding broken. "Our demand was to dis- cised the government for strik- ment polices". Opening the town in 1697 CE. post-seismic aggradation of to know who "leaked" informa- cuss the issue of farmers who ing at 18-year-old environmen- Discussion on the Vote of thanks This finding by the scien- the river following an array of tion on the Balakot-air-strike for have been sitting in the cold on tal activist Greta Thunberg for on the President''s address for the tists from Wadia Institute of aftershocks till six months in an "election benefit" and described the borders of Delhi in protest supporting 'kisan movement' BJP, the MP from Hoogly went Himalayan Geology (WIHG), abortive fashion. it as a case of "treason", He sought against farm laws. It is regrettable when PM himself had, he said, all out in accusing TMC leaders a research institute under the The study of the earth- the Government to constitute a that they are being stopped from extended support in the USA by of "pocketing money" meant for Department of Science and quake at Sadiya standing on a JPC on the "TRP scam" and entering the capital by sharp nails saying " ab ki baar Trump the common public. Technology (DST), could con- whether these events ruptured excavation at Himebasti vil- grassy plain, almost surround- wanted government to provide and barbed wires," he said refer- Sarkar". She said central schemes for tribute to a seismic hazard the surface or remained blind lage, Arunachal Pradesh, India, ed by forested Eastern information on the alleged ring to the reinforced barricad- Initiating discussion from farmers' are blocked by the TMC map of the eastern Himalaya, and how they contribute to the where the most recent event Himalayas on the right bank of Chinese occupation of "1000 Sq ing at the farmers' protest sites. his party on the Vote of thanks government.Chatterjee said: which can facilitate construc- seismic budget of the region, records the imprints of the Lohit River, adds an important km of land" on the Line of In the backdrop of farmers’ on the President''s address, the “2021 is a historic year when tion and planning in the region. which is home to millions of 1697 Sadiya earthquake and site to the seismic hazard Control (LAC) along Ladakh. agitation, Chowdhury alleged Congress leader said merely India enters the 75th year of its This work has been recently inhabitants. analysed it with modern geo- assessment of the eastern Earlier, Singh said that it was that government has created a quoting great people like independence and I pay homage published in the journal Scientists Arjun Pandey, R logical techniques. Himalaya, which will benefit a duty of every member to "narrative" first again Muslims Rabindranath Tagore, Swami to those who lost their lives for ‘Scientific Report’. Jayangondaperumal, György They found the first geo- the inhabitants and help in pro- maintain the tradition of passing and now vis-a-vis farmers that Vivekanand or Netaji Subhash our freedom.The Modi govern- Historical archives refer to Hetényi, Rao Singh Priyanka, logical surface rupture signa- viding better infrastructure the Motion of Thanks to "they are enemies of the country". Chandra Bose does not amount ment has taken many big deci- often recurring earthquakes Ishwar Singh, Pradeep tures in the form of exposed across the Eastern Himalayan President's address. He also said "Why can't prime Minister to following their ideas. sions for the betterment of the along the Eastern Himalaya for Srivastava and Hari B Srivastava deposits associated with rivers foothills which is one of the that Rajya Sabha has already talk with farmers? Why is this He said Prime Minister country like GST and handling which geological evidence is from the Dehradun based insti- and streams deformed by a most densely populated regions passed the Motion of Thanks arrogance ?," he asked. talked about great people but the coronavirus pandemic prop- lacking, raising the question of tute carried out a mega trench thrust fault along a Northeast in the world, said the study. after Prime Minister Narendra He accused that hoisting of their ideas need to be imple- erly.” &"   )6,           

New Delhi:An estimated 6-10 well as death, if left untreated. that some epilepsy syndromes        million people in India live with Also, status epilepticus (SE) can may be especially amenable to active epilepsy (Seizure) but a be a potentially lethal situation,” high rates of seizure freedom large magnitude of treatment added Dr Dhamija. through a surgical procedure; &  "8 )0$9 uments.The arrested accused gap, ranging from about 22 per Dr Nilesh Kurwale, Epilepsy temporal lobe epilepsy, being the Sankar Narayana was produced cent in the urban middle class Surgeon, Coordinator for Bajaj most common candidate,” he he CBI on Monday arrest- before the Competent Court at population and more so in vil- Allianz Centre for Epilepsy, said, according to a report. Ted a junior engineer of Visakhapatnam and remanded lages, about 90 per cent haunts Deenanath Mangeshkar However, it is the stigma Military Engineer Service for to judicial custody for 14 days the patients. Hospital, Pune was of the opin- which is more fatal than the allegedly demanding and “This is because of a string ion that if treatment with anti- epilepsy itself. “The stigma of the accepting a bribe of 32,000 of reasons such as inadequate epileptic medication fails to pro- disease can discourage people from the complainant. demanded 32,000 for certify-     access to or awareness of anti- vide adequate seizure relief, an from seeking treatment for A case was registered ing the bills and asked the com- epilepsy medications, poverty, individual may be considered for symptoms, so as to avoid becom- against the JE, MES (ND), plainant to pay the amount at    =   stigma/ cultural beliefs associat- a surgical work up. “There is a ing identified with the disease,” Visakhapatnam on the allega- his office, it said. ed with epilepsy, insufficient large amount of data to suggest said the WHO. PNS tions that the complainant was It was also alleged that the    health infrastructure, shortage of awarded a contract with certain accused told the complainant professionals trained in epilep- works worth 20,92,470 and he that if he failed to pay the   tology, inequitable distributions   L 
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  3    5J     01#23! .  C   $    &  "8 )0$9 At least 11 States/UTs have     &  "8 )0$9 written reply in the Rajya Sabha. reported less than 40% coverage The first five Rafale jets of IAF ndia has become the fastest of vaccinating HCWs. These &  "8 )0$9 Steel Plant. All private steel plants get he induction ceremony of the were formally inducted into service Icountry to vaccinate 6 million are- Delhi, J&K, Ladakh, Punjab, iron-ore mines. Lakhs of people are Tfirst five Rafale fighter jets into on September 10 last year. beneficiaries against Covid-19 D&NH, Chandigarh, Tamil he Left parties on Monday urged the directly and indirectly working for the the IAF at the Ambala airbase in India has contracted 36 Rafale countrywide, said the Union Nadu, Meghalaya, Nagaland, TCentre to stop the privatization of steel plant. Even the state government September last year cost the exche- jets in fly away condition under a Health Ministry as it termed it as Manipur, and Puducherry while Navratna PSU Visakhapatnam Steel headed by Jagan Mohan Reddy, point- quer 41.32 lakhs, the Government 7.87 bn Inter Governmental a feat achieved in just 24 days. In 10 States account for 75.12 per Plant (RINL). ing out that the plant stands as a testi- informed the Rajya Sabha on Agreement with France in contrast, it said that the USA cent of the total beneficiaries vac- CPI general secretary D Raja said the mony to the will of the Telugu people has Monday. 2016. took 26 days to reach this mark cinated on Monday. private operators in the steel sector are asked the Union government to recon- Elaborating upon the expenses The entire lot of 36 will be whereas the UK achieved this in Total 29 persons have been eyeing on the 23,000 acres of the PSU sider its decision,” said Raja. incurred, Defence Minister Rajnath inducted by next year, Rajnath 46 days. The nationwide Covid hospitalized so far. This com- steel plant and urged the Cabinet “Centre of Indian Trade Unions Singh said the armed forces have a informed the House. vaccination program was prises 0.0005% of the total vac- Committee on Economic Affairs to (CITU) congratulates the workers and tradition for such inductions and launched by Prime Minister cinations. withdraw the 100 percent disinvestment people for their collective initiative to such ceremonies were also held Narendra Modi on January 16 “Of the 29 cases of hospital- decision. CITU general secretary Tapan resist the disastrous move of the while inducting the Apace and N   
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    O At least 60,35,660 benefi- person who is suffering from B/L “Over 50 years ago, 23,000 acres of struggle of the people and workers to delegation level meetings during ciaries were vaccinated through Facial Palsy has been hospitalized farm land were acquired to set up the resist the nefarious move to hand over the ceremony, Rajnath said in the akistan has always resorted to an increase in ceasefire violations after 1,24,744 sessions, as per the at Kerala Institute of Medical steel plant. Farmers were not paid their RINL to private hands and calls upon the house. The talks were held between Pmajor terrorist attacks like the one in Pathankot and Uri in the last few provisional report till 6 pm on Sciences, Thiruvananathpuram, money properly. Now the land is worth working people in general to express sol- the French and India defence min- years, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said here on Monday. However, the Monday.These include 54,12,270 Kerala and is stable. lakhs of crores of rupees. If the present idarity to the ongoing struggle at isters, Rajnath said. Indian security forces were giving a befitting reply he said. HCWs and 6,23,390 FLWs. The “Total 23 deaths have been move is allowed, a private company will Visakhapatnam. Everywhere privatiza- “All new aircraft types in IAF are Making these points in the Rajya Sabha while responding to questions Ministry said that 35 States/UTs recorded till date. These com- take over the steel plant and grab the tion move must be resisted and must not traditionally inducted through a on spike in ceasefire violations, he said 5,133 incidents took place last year conducted the Covid vaccina- prise 0.0004% of the total vacci- land. The Government has made no be allowed to materialize through peo- befitting ceremony... The arrange- in which 46 security men were killed. Replying to leader of opposition Ghulam tions on Monday with eleven nations. Of the 23, nine persons effort to explore all possibilities to run ples’ collective action and intervention ments for this event were made Nabi Azad’s question that such violations were more during the NDA regime States/UT vaccinating more than died in the hospital while 14 the steel plant. No iron-ore mine has in order to defend the nation and the mostly through local resources of as compared to the UPA stint, Singh said the number of violations had 65 per cent of the registered deaths are recorded outside the been allotted to the Visakhapatnam national economy,” said Sen. IAF,” the Defence Ministry said in a increased from 2011 onwards. HCWs. hospital”. " * 6,         " , " ! ,  &  the BCCI has to obtain neces- be included in the SOP and &  "8 )0$9 statement. "8 )0$9 sary clearances from (a) Local submitted to DGCA for The official said a number Administration (b) Ministry of approval. he India-US joint military of aerial platforms, including rones may soon bring Defence (c) Ministry of Home Also, the BCCI has to take Texercise ‘Yudh Abhyas 20’ the newly inducted indigenous Dcricket even closer to the Affairs (d) Air Defence necessary permission regarding commenced on Monday in Advance Light Helicopter WSI fans, with the Directorate Clearance from Indian Air aerial photography from Mahajan Field Firing Range of ‘RUDRA’, MI-17, Chinooks, General of Civil Aviation Force and (e) Airport Authority Directorate of Regulations and Bikaner district in Rajasthan. Stryker Vehicles of the US (DGCA) allowing the Board of Spidercam, Skycam have been of India (AAI) [as applicable] Information, DGCA or This is the 16th edition of Army and BMP-II Mechanised Control for Cricket in India common in cricket matches prior to operation of Remotely Ministry of Defence (as applic- annual bilateral joint exercise of Infantry Combat Vehicles of (BCCI) to use the live aerial now. Drones, too, have been Piloted Aircraft System able). both the armies and will con- the Indian Army, will be cinematography to cover crick- used before, in the 2017 (RPAS). "The drone ecosystem is tinue till the 21st of this month. utilised in the exercise, which et matches in 2021. Champions Trophy. But this Moreover, M/s Quidich evolving rapidly in our coun- The previous version of the will go on till February 21. The Ministry of Civil was limited to analysing the engaged by BCCI as RPAS try. Its utilization is expanding joint exercise was held at Seattle The drill comes days after Aviation (MoCA) had received pitch before the start of the operator shall only operate the from agriculture, mining, in the United States. the air forces of India and requests from BCCI and M/s match. RPAS models specified in the healthcare and disaster man- Brigadier Mukesh France held a five-day joint Quidich pertaining to granting “The Ministry of Civil approved standard operating agement to sports and enter- Bhanwala, Commander of the exercise in Rajasthan in of request and other corre- Aviation (MoCA) and procedures (SOP) dated 8th tainment. The granting of this 170 Infantry Brigade of the January. spondences regarding permis- Directorate General of Civil January 2021. The operations permission is in line with the Indian Army, welcomed the US About 250 soldiers from sion to use Remotely Piloted Aviation (DGCA) have grant- of the RPAS having valid Drone objectives of the Government contingent at the firing range each side are participating in Aircraft Systems (RPAS) for ed a conditional exemption to Acknowledgement Number of India to promote the com- and impressed upon both the the exercise. The two armies live aerial filming. the Board of Control for (DAN) [specified in the SOP] mercial use of drones in the armies to achieve optimum will share their war-related It is yet unclear how early Cricket in India (BCCI) for the shall be operated as per the country," said Amber Dubey, cohesion and interoperability each other’s operational expe- counter-insurgency operations. techniques, skills and experi- drones will be used in cricket deployment of drones for live above-mentioned SOP in the Joint Secretary, Ministry of during the exercise. riences, defence spokesperson Besides counter-insurgency ence with each other during matches, or if they will be aerial cinematography of the area specified therein. Civil Aviation said. He laid stress on the Lt Col Amitabh Sharma operations, exchange of expe- this exercise. The exercise is used for the next matches in the India Cricket Season in 2021,” Any change in the "The Drone Rules 2021 are importance of free exchange of said. riences in humanitarian assis- one of the largest military ongoing India-England the Ministry said on Monday. approved SOP for e.g. change in the final stages of discussion ideas, concepts and best prac- “The exercise will enrich tance and disaster relief will training and defense coopera- series. The exemption is valid till in procedures or RPAS or use with the law ministry. We are tices between the troops and both the contingents from each also be a part of the exercise,” tion efforts between India and Aerial cameras, hanging December 31, 2021. case or personnel or area spec- hoping to receive the approvals the necessity to learn from other’s rich experience in the spokesperson said in a the United States. by a cable, known as According to the MOCA, ified in the approved SOP shall by March 2021," he added.  !"#  % !&'  ( ##' * +)+,  . #$  .
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,    the expressway. “Once the Prime Minister Narendra Modi completed and dedicated to the 8  ( Purvanchal Expressway is com- will inaugurate it in April.” nation. This project was planned plete, people from Ghazipur He said the expressway will in 1973 by the Planning KOCHI: The fag end of the pening in Kerala. The committee has given a can reach Lucknow in three be built in three years despite Commission and the foundation Pinarayi Vijayan-led Kerala Priju and Praveen were detailed account of how the hours and Delhi in 10 hours,” COVID-19, adding, “This was laid in 1978 by the then    9: Government is witnessing among the youths who have wife of M B Rajesh, former MP Adityanath said at a programme model of development has prime minister Morarji Desai, unprecedented agitations by been staging a sit-in in front of representing the CPI(M), was in Ghazipur. become a centre of attraction for but it kept lying for almost 40 unemployed youth demanding the State Secretariat since appointed in Sree Sankara “The mafia had obstructed the country and the world.” years,” he said, adding that sev- Ghazipur (UP):Uttar Pradesh 4 2" 2
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 restrictions and suppression. Jayakumar, who had played Circle officer M S Rawat Uttar Pradesh of 'Ek Bharat registered against 800   *  “I’ll engage myself in active a key role in easing out Sasikala said the accused Gulfam was Shrestha Bharat'. While we are gangsters and their close asso- *   politics in days to come for party and her family members from suffering from cancer. IANS working towards the welfare of ciates. IANS workers,” Sasikala told media the AIADMK in September Amaravati: The Andhra    (  persons in a brief interaction at 2017, alleged on Sunday that Pradesh Government has set up Thirupathur where she was Dhinakaran has taken all money a panel to investigate the death Amaravati: Village and ward launched rice door delivery accorded a rousing reception by owned by Sasikala. “Dhinakaran of Tejaswini, an engineering volunteers, who have become vehicles. the cadres of AIADMK and is afraid that Sasikala would ask student who committed sui- a vital cog in implementing “We go door to door and AMMK. him for accounts. Till the other cide as she could not pay her col- decentralised governance in do a lot of work but are paid She said she was not the day he was claiming that lege fee. Andhra Pradesh, have protest- only Rs 5,000 while the just type who could be enslaved by AIADMK was a closed chapter. Education Minister ed at various places in the State appointed rice door delivery the powers that be. This was in He had insulted the party sym- Adimulapu Suresh expressed on Monday, demanding a pay workers are being paid Rs response to the queries by bol of Two Leaves by claiming sadness over the death of hike. 21,000. The government should reporters whether she will be that with the demise of Tejaswini, 20, who was studying A few hundred volunteers also think about us,” a ward vol- visiting the AIADMK head Jayalalithaa, the party symbol in a private engineering college protested in Vijayawada unteer told IANS from West quarters and the Jayalalithaa too has lost relevance,” said in Prakasam district. demanding a pay rise. Godavari district. Memorial at Chennai’s Marina Jayakumar. Incidentally, the college “We are only asking for our He said that the people Beach. He said Dhinakaran made management harassed the stu- rights. We are not able to run who are entering data which If the crowd which had a vault face by declaring that the dent over delay in paying her our families...please increase the volunteers bring are being gathered to welcome her back to Amma Makkal Munnetra tuition fee. According to Suresh, our salaries. We are protesting paid Rs 15,000 salary per Tamil Nadu is any indication, Kazhakam was launched with Chief Minister Y. S. Jagan here peacefully. Even during month and observed that they Chief Minister Edappadi the intention of retrieving the Mohan Reddy took up the issue Coronavirus time, we did a lot do not go out in the sun but Palaniswamy and his deputy O AIADMK and the Two Leaves seriously and ordered a detailed of work,” said a woman volun- comfortably sit under the fan Panneerselvam may have to symbol. Whatever possibilities inquiry. teer at Vijayawada. and enter data. rework their strategies to of patch-up between the Similarly, students unions She alleged that even as He said that officials expect counter “Chinnamma”, as she is AIADMK and the AMMK were have also demanded a thorough they are protesting peacefully, volunteers to finish work in just addressed even by party leaders. there look bleak as on Monday inquiry into the incident. the police are resorting to vio- 10 minutes but are being paid Sasikala (66) was released from as Sasikala accompanied by Reacting to the student's lence. Another woman volun- a pittance. Parappana Agrahara Central hundreds of cars was on her way death, Telugu Desam Party teer said that the government Currently the volunteers Jail on January 27 as she com- to the MGR Memorial at (TDP) national president Nara took them under the village are on leave as they have been pleted the four year jail term in Ramavaram in a Chennai sub- Chandrababu Naidu questioned secretariat system on August taken off Panchayat election connection with the dispro- urb. She had called on what the government was doing 15, 2019 and Chief Minister Y. duty by a diktat from the State portionate asset case. Ramavaram Gardens, MGR’s when the girl was not in a posi- S. Jagan Mohan Reddy said vol- Election Commissioner “This could not be a mobi- personal residence, while on her 6     
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7'              taking care of us? See how the people, including Prime her on their own,” said a State whether she would visit police are beating us and Minister Narendra Modi, who Intelligence Officer who was Jayalalithaa Memorial at Marina Shillong/Aizawl: In a bid to until February 14. Its recovery and mortality October 28 last year even as the pulling our hair. When we are appreciated Reddy and told monitoring the journey of beach to pay her respects to her contain spread of coronavirus, Health officials, security ratio are 97.95 per cent and first death was reported in doing so much work for the him that the Central govern- Sasikala from Bangalore. Amma (as Jayalalithaa was officials in Meghalaya said that personnel, officials and per- 1.06 per cent, respectively. India on January 30, 2020. government, is this how they ment was also thinking of Veteran scribe Sam Rajappa addressed by her) whom she the night curfew would remain sonnel of essential services In Mizoram, an official of According to the data beat us?” she questioned. replicating volunteer system said the turn out of the people served with devotion for more in force in Shillong and other including media and the vehi- the Aizawl Deputy released by the Union Ministry They appealed to the gov- across the country during a to welcome Sasikala was his- than three decades. adjoining areas under the East cles carrying essential goods are Commissioner's office said that of Health and Family Welfare ernment to think about them video conference with chief Khasi Hills district for the next excluded from the purview of the night curfew will be on Monday, Mizoram has so far at least now. ministers once. seven days from the night curfew which would enforced in the capital city reported 4,383 Covid-19 cases Likewise, another volun- In fact, senior officials from !$
:O  7.D 8   Monday. remain in force for five hours from 8.30 p.m. to 4.30 a.m. with nine people have died. teer questioned Reddy as to Karnataka had also visited Besides Shillong, the night from 11 p.m. Mizoram has the distinc- While 4,353 people have recov- how the volunteers could live neighbouring Anantapur dis- $   0  N curfew is being extended in Meghalaya has so far tion of having the lowest death ered from the infectious virus, on a salary of Rs 5,000 and trict in AP to study the volun- Mizoram capital Aizawl. reported 13,885 Covid-19 cases rate of 0.21 per cent among the there are 21 active cases as on highlighted the various expens- teer system and praised its 1    :  D  .  East Khasi Hills' District while 147 people have suc- 28 states in India. Its recovery Monday evening. es such as rents and others. model. Magistrate Isawanda Laloo cumbed. On Monday, the rate is 99.25 per cent. According to state health The sudden protest seems Each volunteer is entrust-    Gandhinagar: A BJP legislator issued a notification extending number of active cases stood at Mizoram was the lone state officials, all the deaths were in to be a fallout of the pay hike ed with the responsibility of from Waghodia in Gujarat, the curfew in Shillong, which 137, while 13,601 people have in India where there was no two -- Aizawl and Serchhip -- the government gave recently catering to the governance Varanasi: The 'Mera Ghar Mera Madhu Shrivastav, on Monday is also the district headquarters, recovered. Covid-19 related death until of the state's 11 districts. IANS to workers operating the newly needs of 50 families. IANS Vidyalaya' (mohalla class) again courted controversy as he scheme introduced in Varanasi was caught on camera while in Uttar Pradesh is now becom- openly issuing death threat to an   4*   ing a role model for the whole electronic media reporter when country. the latter asked uncomfortable This scheme by the Uttar questions.     0  Pradesh Basic Education “Ask questions in a straight Department was started from manner. Why are you acting       the Sewapuri block in Prime smart? I am telling you I'll get Minister Narendra Modi's con- you killed by my men,” stituency and is proving to be so Shrivastav threatened Gujarati &  7")$9"7+ on Congress tickets,” popular that parents are giving news channel 'Mantavya News' Khedawala alleged. it preference over convent reporter Amit Thakor on cam- ongress MLA Imran “I confirmed this news schools. The scheme was era.Shrivastav, known as CKhedawala said on from the Collector's office and launched in 2020 during the 'dabang' politician, has in the Monday that he had submitted thereafter questioned the Covid-19 pandemic when all past also allegedly misbehaved his resignation as legislator to Gujarat leadership over the schools and educational insti- with journalists a couple of Gujarat Congress chief Amit issue. My question is -- once tutions were shut. times and issued similar death Chavda to protest over the the high command has decid- The state government came threats, but got away as no ticket distribution for the local ed and given its mandate to up with an initiative of 'Mera complaints were lodged against body elections in Behrampura four candidates, why have two Ghar Mera Vidyalaya' as an him.Gujarat BJP chief CR Patil area of Ahmedabad. others been given the same?” attempt to facilitate learning said: “We will check what hap- “I tendered my resignation asked the legislator. through ancient 'Gurukul' res- pened and confirm it first to the Gujarat Pradesh Dissatisfied with the reply idential style of teaching. (before reacting).” Congress Committee chief on from state leadership, Varanasi Basic Shiksha Shrivastav was also accused Monday. My constituency Khedawala said, he tendered Adhikari, Rakesh Kumar Singh, of threatening Vadodara voters Jamalpur Khadia consists of his resignation to the GPCC said, “The scheme was started at a rally in Waghodia Jamalpur, Khadia and President. with an aim to provide a school- area in Vadodara on April 3, Behrampura wards of the “Initially they refused to like environment at home 2019 if they didn't vote Ahmedabad Municipal accept my resignation. But through digital means. Since the for the BJP in the Lok Sabha Corporation. After the high when I threatened that I will launching the scheme, teachers elections. command selected four nom- tender my resignation to the and staffers of the schools have The election authorities inees for Behrampura, I con- Assembly Speaker, it was been delivering books and study had even issued a show-cause veyed it to them. After these accepted. Now, the party high material to the children. It is notice to him for alleged viola- four filed their nominations, I command will take a decision being received well by the stu- tion of the Model Code of came to know that two other on my resignation,” he dents and parents alike.”IANS Conduct. IANS candidates had also filed papers added.      6   !   ,      !"  !"#  % !&'  ( ##' * +)+, 2

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In other words, the Kumar had recommended a cut in ed in the case of LPG. It involves “unpaid amount” from the banks or any other '$" '$ Government has taken all of the the number of those eligible for putting money in the account of source. These borrowings plus interest accrued 7AB+""' expenses under this head on its bal- subsidised food from 67 per cent beneficiaries who in turn, can use remain on the books of the FCI. 8900 - ance sheet. The allocation for to 40 per cent and restricting the it to buy food from wherever they #   8            ( This disingenuous mechanism may help the 0700 -A") 2021-22 at 2,42,000 crore is also benefit of 1/2/3 per kg only to the choose. The DBT has been on the Centre show that it is sticking to the fiscal con- 'A + $& more or less close to the likely poorest of the poor under the Government’s radar since 2012-13;       D   #   9   00 +A& 1@A+ +  ;D#9+<         *D ,   ( solidation road map. But this gives a misleading requirement. ‘Antyodaya Anna Yojana’, while yet all that we see are a few pilot picture of the Government’s finances and makes 8$9 $ '$ & 9& This means that even during increasing the supply to seven kg projects being run in some districts.           44111   71111    it complacent with regard to the dire need for "A'9@9)2 next year, there won’t be any per person. Others should pay 50 Now, in view of the farmers     D 8 8         , bringing about genuine and sustainable reduc- ") '$ "'9+ unpaid dues. Furthermore, consid- per cent of the Minimum Support demanding a law on guaranteeing    9       D  :  !  6 tion in expenses. It also affects the financial health M"'9' '$' ering that the FM has substantial- Price (MSP) paid to farmers. Those the MSP and if it is enacted, this    > ($   8        =     of the agency implementing welfare schemes. In @++& ly relaxed the Fiscal Deficit trajec- recommendations were quietly will dash whatever little hope  ,N*D   8  0117 ,        ( recent years, ballooning unpaid dues forced the A@@+ 'A &00 tory to reach 4.5 per cent by 2025- ignored. remains for launching DBT. This is    ,    !      9    FCI to borrow from the National Small Savings 26 (instead of 2.5 per cent in The NFSA that came into force because then the Government will       65>,(2?  (    ( Fund (NSSF). In 2016-17, when the former start- 2022-23 as per the NK Singh in 2013 provided for the sale price be legally bound to purchase all ed borrowing from the latter, the Centre had com- Committee on review of Fiscal at 1/2/3 per kg to continue for a crops (for which the MSP is noti-    8      , mitted to releasing subsidy arrears to enable the Responsibility and Budget period of three years only. fied) and the entire quantity that 8             ,(  FCI to pay back the loans in subsequent years. Management), thereby implying a Thereafter, even as there was no bar farmers offer to sell. In other   6            But that was not to be, as subsidy arrears kept good cushion, one would expect on increasing the price, the words, the current system of pro- 8   P5 %           *D  mounting and the FCI continued borrowing the Government to maintain its Government decided not to go for curement albeit at MSP and selling ,               increasingly from the NSSF. As on March 31, altered stance even beyond 2021- it. Far from that, in 2017, Ram Vilas to beneficiaries at the subsidised      Q =      "   2020, it owed a staggering 3,00,000 crore to the 22. This is welcome as it will bring Paswan the then Union Minister price will stay. This implies, that  ,              fund. transparency and bolster the cred- for Consumer Affairs had declared DBT will be off the table as a sub- In the Budget for 2020-21, Sitharaman had ibility of Budget numbers. But, this that there would not be any sidy can’t be given twice over, first #       8        01    estimated the requirement of food subsidy to be alone won’t suffice. increase in the price for three by supplying food at a subsidised ,    23          2,53,000 crore. Add to this the cost of free food There is an urgent need to tack- years. price and then by transferring the                given (in the wake of the pandemic) to 800 mil- le the fundamental factors behind In the Economic Survey for cash to the beneficiary’s account.            lion beneficiaries under the NFSA as also to the ballooning food subsidy, like 2019-20, the Chief Economic To conclude, even as the J *D         ,     migrant labour during April-November, 2020. the ridiculously low price of food Adviser (CEA), Krishnamurthy Government has mustered courage       9    + D @   The total requirement comes to 4,22,000 crore. —almost scratching the surface — Venkata Subramanian had rec- to give a truthful account of the Against this, the Budget support was only supplied to beneficiaries under ommended some reduction in money it spends on food subsidy, *D D    D  @ 8          ( The writer is a 1,26,000 crore (Budgetary Expenditure the NFSA; the disproportionately food subsidy by limiting the there is nothing on the horizon to     # *D       ,  ( New Delhi-based policy 1,16,000 crore plus 10,000 crore given by way analyst. 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n a calm Sunday morn- These figures would have In 2019 the people of Raini proved the same beyond doubt. ture will have more impact in Himalayas is also attributable to ing, the sound of gush- been much more had the inci- village, who have been deeply Apart from scant regard the Himalayan region due to the excess use of concrete in Oing water stirred fear in dent not taken place on a impacted by the latest tragedy shown for environmental elevation-dependent warming. structures such as dams and res- the minds and hearts of the peo- Sunday, which is a weekend and had filed a Public Interest norms and laws by the If the world can keep the tem- idential buildings. These struc- ple of Chamoli district in the number of labourers in Litigation (PIL) in the Government, climate change perature rise to below ture radiate heat and contribute Uttarakhand as it reminded attendance is thin. Uttarakhand High Court too, had a major role to play in 1.5°Celsius, in the HKH region to the spike in ambient temper- them of the fateful day in 2013 The magnitude of the dis- against the construction of the the recent disaster. it would translate to at least a rise atures. There is an urgent need when a deluge took hundreds of '.%& ))% aster can be gauged by the fact hydel project, citing damage to The Intergovernmental of 1.8°C, and in some places, to make a shift to traditional lives, rendered many homeless that the glacial burst caused sud- the environment as the main Panel on Climate Change’s above 2.2°C. building materials such as stone and devastated the State. den flood and avalanche in the reason. The project site in Raini (IPCC) Special Report on The Himalayan region, and wood in order to dial down The huge volume of water Dhauli Ganga, Rishi Ganga village area falls under the Oceans and Cryosphere in a which has an ultra-delicate ecol- the vulnerability to climate and mud flowing towards the and Alaknanda rivers totally Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve, Changing Climate (SROCC) ogy, is least monitored given the change and also put hydel under-construction Rishi Ganga devastating the National just a few kilometres from the reveals that climate change has difficult geographical terrain power projects under restricted Hydel Project confirmed the Thermal Power Corporation’s Nanda Devi National Park. triggered global warming which and is susceptible to the increas- category. In addition to this the worst fears of the local people (NTPC’s) Tapovan-Vishnugad Considering its impact on progressed, the huge pile of in turn has altered the fre- es risk of unforeseen extreme Government must also set up who watched helplessly as near- hydel project and the Rishi the environment and the local muck was not disposed as per quency and magnitude of nat- weather events such as glacial more high altitude monitoring ly 40 labourers at the Rishi Ganga Hydel Project. It’s unfor- community owing to the blast- environmental norms and, as a ural hazards leading to adverse bursts. As per estimates there are stations so that the health of the Ganga and Dhauli Ganga dam tunate that scientists failed to ing and stone crushing activities, result, it came gushing down events such as the breaking off 8,000 lakes in the Himalayas, of Himalayas is correctly gauged. sites came under the swathe of predict the catastrophe even the High Court stayed blasting with the flood waters creating of a portion of the Nanda Devi which 200 are classified as dan- This in turn will enable better the colossal deluge consisting of though it was a disaster waiting in the project area till further havoc. glacier on Sunday. gerous, and as mountain slopes adaptation practices. water, muck and debris. to happen. orders and constituted a panel The Government and According to the HIMAP are impacted by glacier retreat The Uttarakhand glacier The death toll by Monday The people of Chamoli under the Chamoli District courts must realise that appoint- assessment report facilitated by and permafrost thaw due to ris- burst has revealed the conse- evening climbed to 18, while 27 district and environmentalists Magistrate and Member ing committees and delaying the the International Centre for ing temperatures, the lakes quences of human apathy were rescued and over 200 The writer is an had long been protesting against Secretary of the State Pollution environmental impact assess- Integrated Mountain become unstable and populat- towards the environment and were feared missing or dead, environmental the setting up of the two hydel Control Board to inspect the ment report of any project is Development (ICIMOD), tem- ed regions in the foothills climate change. The end result with 30-35 feared trapped in a journalist. The projects which has severely Rishi Ganga Hydroelectric nothing short of playing with peratures are rising in the Hindu become highly vulnerable to is loss of human lives, ruined views expressed tunnel at the Tapovan- are personal. compromised the ecology of the Project site. the environment and people’s Kush Himalayan (HKH) region extreme weather events. nature and, as usual, no lessons Vishnugad project. region. However, as the project lives. Sunday’s disaster has and the rise in global tempera- The rising heat in the learnt.  !"#  % !&'  ( ##' * +)+,  8

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Instead, a sense of urgency — by acquitted again, the trial could Most are also witnesses to the House managers prosecuting Johannesburg: South Africa Africa. risk,” said a statement issued by Democrats who want to hold the be over in half the time. siege, having fled for safety that the case are expected to rely on has suspended plans to inocu- The variant appears more Oxford University and the former president accountable for Details of the proceedings day as the rioters broke into the the trove of videos from the late its front-line health care infectious and is driving a University of the the violent US Capitol siege and are still being negotiated by the Capitol and temporarily halted siege, along with Trump’s incen- workers with the Oxford- deadly resurgence of the dis- Witwatersrand in Republicans who want it over as resulted in Trump’s acquittal a Senate leaders, with the duration the electoral count certifying diary rhetoric refusing to con- AstraZeneca vaccine after a ease in the country, currently Johannesburg. fast as possible. year ago on charges that he pri- of opening arguments, senators’ Biden’s victory. cede the election, to make their small clinical trial suggested accounting for more than 90 Scientists will be studying Scheduled to begin Tuesday, vately pressured Ukraine to dig questions and deliberations all Defense attorneys for case. His new defense team has that it isn’t effective in pre- per cent of the Covid-19 cases, whether or not the just over a month since the up dirt on a Democratic rival, up for debate. Trump declined a request for said it plans to counter with its venting mild to moderate ill- health minister Zweli Mkhize AstraZeneca vaccine is effective deadly riot, the proceedings are Joe Biden, now the president. So far, it appears there will him to testify. Holed up at his own cache of videos of ness from the variant dominant said Sunday night. in preventing severe disease expected to diverge from the This time, Trump’s Jan. 6 be few witnesses called, as the Mar-a-Lago club, the former Democratic politicians making in the country. “The AstraZeneca vaccine and death against the variant, lengthy, complicated trial that rally cry to “fight like hell” and prosecutors and defense attor- president has been silenced on fiery speeches. AP South Africa received its appeared effective against the Mkhize said. first 1 million doses of the original strain, but not against Other vaccines have shown AstraZeneca vaccine last week the variant,” Mkhize said. reduced efficacy against the and was expected to begin “We have decided to put a variant, but have provided   : R < giving jabs to health care work- temporary hold on the rollout good protection from serious ers in mid-February. of the vaccine ... More work disease and death.       The disappointing early needs to be done.” Public health officials are results indicate that an inocu- The study, which hasn’t yet concerned about the South lation drive using the been peer-reviewed, involved Africa variant because it con- Washington: The Biden two days after the admin- Arabia has endorsed a AstraZeneca vaccine may not 2,000 people, most of whom tains a mutation of the virus’ administration has istration notified negotiated settlement, be useful. were young and healthy. The characteristic spike protein, warned Yemen’s Houthi Congress that it would the United States is Preliminary data from a volunteers’ average age was 31. which is targeted by existing rebels against ongoing remove the Houthis from deeply troubled by con- small study suggested that the “Protection against mod- vaccines. South African offi- attacks against civilians its list of “foreign terror- tinued Houthi attacks,” AstraZeneca vaccine offers erate-severe disease, hospital- cials say the variant is more just 48 hours after mov- ist organisations,” a des- State Department only “minimal protection isation or death could not be contagious and evidence is ing to strike the group ignation that comes with spokesman Ned Price against mild-moderate disease” assessed in this study as the tar- emerging that it may be more from a terrorism black- severe U.S. Sanctions. It said in a statement. “We caused by the variant in South get population were at such low virulent. AP list. also came just three days call on the Houthis to The State after President Joe Biden immediately cease Department on Sunday ordered an end to U.S. attacks impacting civilian * called on the Iran-backed Support for the Saudi-led areas inside Saudi Arabia rebel group to immedi- offensive military opera- and to halt any new mil- ately stop attacks on civil- tions against the rebels. itary offensives inside   5, ians and new military “As the president is Yemen, which only bring operations in Yemen. taking steps to end the more suffering to the $   The demand came only war in Yemen and Saudi Yemeni people.” AP *$
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