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But looking at the under lockdown in view of the $ % 0 4 56 613 3 "2!4 ! 31 Covid-19 cases across the present situation, what else are rising Covid-19 cases and air country, the court asked the you doing,” the Bench observed pollution levels, saying the /,**,*0) ) 14 !6 1 21" " 2! Centre and all States to file and asked Jain to file a status petition was “half-baked” and $1,',./* * ! 4 1!3 1 4! 51 43 within two days status reports report. “unnecessary”. + 8 ! 42 13 ! 131! !" 321 detailing the steps taken to deal The apex court also ques- with the situation. tioned the Gujarat Government 0 ! 1 "44 1 !!2 ! !4 2"1 “Things have worsened in over its policy of marriage cel- # $ % ! ! 4 ! 2!1 66 11 Delhi especially in November. ebration during the pandemic $O $P ' ! 16 6 ! !11 62 5 You file a status report on time, saying cases are rising what steps have been taken,” a there and the situation has $$ &'( ! 11 3! 625! "2 5!5 Bench headed by Justice Ashok worsened in the State after ")*+ /8 1 63 366 321 31 !32 Bhushan told Additional Delhi and Maharashtra. Solicitor General Sanjay Jain, “After Delhi and London: The vaccine candidate who was appearing for the Maharashtra situation in being trialled by Oxford Delhi Government. Gujarat has also worsened. University on Monday pre- ! %&& “In Gujarat, the situation is What is that you are allowing sented crucial Phase 3 interim going out of control,” said the marriage celebration during results which show that it is Bench, also comprising Justices day time? You file an affidavit “effective” at preventing Covid- RS Reddy and MR Shah. on the status report on steps 19 and offers a high level of “There is spike in cases and taken as on date,” the SC ! "#$% & ' ! protection from the deadly this is only November. Prepare said. )*! , virus. '( for the worst in December. You " #$ have to take steps,” the Bench $%$&'# told the lawyer appearing for $%$&'# Maharashtra. elhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on The Bench was hearing a ovid-19 fatalities have increased in the DMonday ordered the fourth-fifth-year- matter regarding the need for Cnational Capital with at least five people MBBS students and dentists to be allowed to proper treatment of Covid-19 all domestic passengers travel- virus from entering le the second pandemic wave if dying of the deadly virus every hour on an aver- assist in hospitals and Covid-19 ICU units to patients and dignified han- ling to Maharashtra by air, Maharashtra from Delhi, it hits the State. My request to age in Delhi in the last 24 hours. meet the manpower shortage. dling of dead bodies in the hos- trains and roads from the Rajasthan, Gujarat and Goa. people is to take all health pre- While a total of 511 Covid-19 deaths were His decision came after a surge in the coro- pitals. It has posted the matter National Capital Region and Maharashtra Chief cautions,” he had recorded across the country in the past 24 hours, navirus cases and fatalities reported since last for further hearing on the States of Rajasthan, Gujarat Minister Uddhav Thackeray said. Delhi accounted for the largest chunk of such week in the national Capital. November 27. and Goa to carry RT-PCR neg- had, in his address to the peo- Amid speculation that fatalities with 121 fatalities, the data updated at According to an official order, the fourth- The court pointed out that ative test report with them. ple across the State, said on started brewing a few days ago 8 am showed. and-fifth-year MBBS students and dental doc- Covid-19 cases have risen Amid a fear of a second Sunday that his Government that Maharashtra may suspend This was accounted for the largest chunk of tors will assist duty doctors at the honorarium across the country especially in ,0# Covid-19 wave gripping was on a “high alert” in view of train and air transport services such fatalities across the country, which record- of 1,000 for an eight-hour shift and 2,000 for Delhi, Maharashtra and Maharashtra in the wake of increasing pandemic cases in between Mumbai and Delhi, ed an average of 21 deaths in this a 12-hour shift per day. Gujarat and noted the submis- n a safety precaution taken in increasing incidence of Covid- cities like New Delhi, Uddhav Thackeray made the period. The Delhi Government, in its order, had also sions of Solicitor General Iview of increasing Covid-19 19 in New Delhi, Ahmedabad Ahmedabad and Surat. first move when the State made The analysis was based on the data from the said in the case of interns, the honorarium would Tushar Mehta who said steps cases in the national Capital and Surat, the Maharashtra “Though there is no wave in compulsory for those arriving Union Health Ministry which gave the total be over and above their stipend. According to are being taken to deal with the and three other States, the Government put in place a the State, we cannot lower our in Maharashtra by air, train and number of deaths recorded in the country and Government database, Delhi has reported situation in Delhi. Maharashtra Government on mechanism to prevent the pas- guard. The State health author- road to carry RT-PCR negative all States and UTs due to Covid-19 in the past 40,212 active cases, 4,81,260 recoveries, and Jain told the Bench that as Monday made it mandatory for sengers carrying Covid-19 ities are well-equipped to tack- test report with them. 24 hours. 8,391 deaths.
P -%-% % & ) High-resolution images from Maxar Technologies indi- R * cate road access from the site of the bunkers to the Sinche-La pass, which is then connected ()&(* divisions in the State. created in the minds of minori- to an all-weather road con- “AIMIM has played a hand ties over CAA and NRC and + , +) structed by Chinese workers n a sudden development, a in the polarisation of votes in the West Bengal CM “is fight- !"" that stretches across the 5 kilo- Inumber of All India Majlis- Bihar and thus helped the BJP ing for us and has taken to the # $%$&'# metre-wide Doklam plateau. e-Ittehadul Muslimeen in forming the Government streets to support us. The new bunkers and con- (AIMIM) men, including their there, but this will not happen “Making a law in hile efforts are on to struction of the road on the senior leader Anwar Pasha, on in Bengal,” he said. Parliament is not the end, it has Wresolve the seven-month- Doklam plateau after the stand- Monday joined the Trinamool Pasha, who was welcomed to be implemented on the old stand-off through sustained off in 2017, the construction of Congress in an apparent bid to to the TMC fold by Ministers ground,” he said. dialogue, China continues with a “village” and 9-kilometre stop division of minority votes Bratya Basu and Moloy Ghatak, Senior AIMIM leader and infrastructure development all track adjacent to the plateau are in Bengal by claiming said that 30 per cent of West in-charge of Bengal, Asim along the Line of Actual strong indications that China Asaduddin Owaisi-led party Bengal’s population are Waqar, declined to attach much Control (LAC). Military Indian security establishment. diplomatic and military levels. has no hesitation in construc- was only acting as a “polariser Muslims, asserting that the importance to the develop- ammunition bunkers, roads Earlier, rapid construction In the latest developments, tion activity in territory which of votes” to help the BJP. political developments in Bihar ment and urged the TMC not and prefabricated dwelling was only confined to Ladakh satellite images show con- Bhutan claims to be its The AIMIM, however, cannot be emulated in Bengal. to fool the masses with their units have come up in eastern sector of the LAC in the back- struction of hardened ammu- own. claimed, Pasha was just a “party Urging Muslims in the “dirty tricks”. sector of the LAC besides drop of the face-offs. However, nition bunkers, two kilometers A September 2020 study by worker”, and the TMC leader- State to stand by Chief Minister “Those who have joined Ladakh. the furious pitch of work in the from Sinche-La (pass) on the STRATFOR, the world’s lead- ship was trying to fool the Mamata Banerjee, he said the the TMC today are neither These developments come East in Doklam near Sikkim is eastern periphery of the ing geopolitical intelligence masses. AIMIM chief should not come leaders nor office bearers of the at a time when the two sides are a cause of serious concern, Doklam plateau near the bor- platform, said the 2017 Doklam Alleging that a few people to Bengal. state AIMIM unit. They are just preparing for the ninth round sources said here on Monday. der between Bhutan and China. crisis “appears to have shifted are trying to steer the country Owaisi had said on Sunday party workers, just like lakhs of of Corps Commander-level The Doklam region saw The new structures will China’s strategic objectives, towards destruction using reli- that the party is deliberating AIMIM workers across the talks soon. While both the more than 70-day long face-off enable the Chinese troops to with China more than doubling gion, Pasha said those who are with the West Bengal unit over state. The TMC should stop commanders reiterated their in 2017 after India objected to withstand intense cold there its total number of air bases, air eyeing Bengal at present, contesting the assembly elec- pursuing such dirty tricks. commitment to continue talks, construction of a road by China and face any challenge with suf- defence positions and heli- whether “wearing saffron or tions and will take a decision Their joining would not have China’s aggressive infrastruc- there. The issue was resolved ficient logistical support, ports near the Indian border green”, should know that there on getting feedback from them. any impact on our prospects in ture push has alarmed the after intense negotiations at the sources said here. over the past three years.” is no place for creating religious Pasha said fear was being Bengal,” Waqar said. ! "# R
/,%'*# described him as a popular leader and veteran adminis- Q R eteran Congress leader and trator who had years of politi- Va three-term former Assam cal experience in Assam as well *'#+,- *'.,+ sions in the Assembly and Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi as at the Centre. hearing views from various died here on Monday while Modi tweeted, “Sri Tarun he CPI(M)-led Left front quarters, he said, with the undergoing treatment for post- Gogoi Ji was a popular leader TGovernment in Kerala on announcement coming amid Covid-19 complications, State and a veteran administrator, Monday decided to put on widespread criticism of the Health Minister Himanta who had years of political $%$&'# Monday morning and deterio- hold a controversial amend- amendment and protests by Biswa Sarma said. experience in Assam as well as rated to 302 in the evening. It ment to the Police Act as the Congress and threat by BJP to Gogoi, thrice Chief the Centre. Anguished by his he worsening of the air in was 274 on Sunday. It was 251 law triggered a political storm legally challenge it. Minister of the state from 2001 passing away. My thoughts are TDelhi for the next two days on Saturday, 296 on Friday, 283 across the country with many While the Government has to 2016, breathed his last at the with his family and supporters has been attributed to slow on Thursday. describing the measure as an said it brought the amendment Gauhati Medical College and in this hour of sadness. Om winds and low ventilation as on An AQI between zero and assault on freedom of expres- through an ordinance to check Hospital (GMCH) at 5.34 pm, Shanti.” Monday Delhi’s air quality 50 is considered “good”, 51 and sion and media. cyberbullying, opposition par- Sarma said. He was 84 and is “Shri Tarun Gogoi was one deteriorated to the “very poor” 100 “satisfactory”, 101 and 200 Shortly after CPI(M) gen- ties and even Left sympathisers survived by wife Dolly, daugh- of the tallest leaders of the category after nearly 10 days, “moderate”, 201 and 300 “poor”, eral secretary Sitaram Yechury have slammed it, saying it was ter Chandrima and son Gaurav, &,&'L$ .,.*.* Congress party, admired and Government agencies 301 and 400 “very poor”, and announced in New Delhi that against the freedom of speech a Lok Sabha member. respected for his extraordi- said. 401 and 500 “severe”. the amendment providing for and media. The veteran Congress on invasive ventilation. Gogoi of Assam. The country has lost nary wisdom, vision and abil- Stubble burning, which However, according to the up to five years jail term to Leader of the Opposition leader was first admitted to the was given dialysis on Sunday. a veteran leader with rich polit- ity. With his long years of accounted for 12 per cent of Ministry of Earth Sciences’ air those making defamatory in the Assembly Ramesh hospital on August 26 after test- His condition deteriorated fur- ical and administrative experi- experience as an MLA, an MP, Delhi’s PM2.5 pollution on quality monitor, SAFAR, social media posts would be Chennithala dubbed as a ing positive for Covid-19 and ther over the past few hours ence. His long tenure in office a Central Minister and Chief Sunday, contributed six per “Stubble burning share in reconsidered, Chief Minister “hoax” Vijayan’s statement that was discharged for a brief peri- and the hospital where he was was a period of epochal change Minister of Assam, he was cent on Monday. PM2.5 in national Capital’s air Pinarayi Vijayan said his gov- his Government was not od before being admitted again admitted said he was “very, in Assam,” President Ram Nath someone to whose unfailingly According to the Central is estimated as six per cent for ernment was not “intending” to intending to implement the act on November 2. very critical”. tweeted. wise counsel and advice we Pollution Control Board today (Monday), mainly implement it now. and demanded that it be His condition deteriorated “Extremely sad to know of Expressing his anguish at could always turn to,” said (CPCB) mobile app, SAMEER, because calm wind is likely to Further action would be repealed at the on November 21, following the demise of Shri Tarun the death of Gogoi, Prime Congress chief Sonia the city’s air quality index hold intruded mass for a day.” taken after detailed discus- earliest. multi-organ failure and was put Gogoi, former Chief Minister Minister Narendra Modi Gandhi. (AQI) was recorded at 281 on SAFAR said. !" # # $ % ! $%$&'# elhi Power Minister DSatyendar Jain flagged-off $'+, doing well in poultry, dairy, will be achieved if they should three fully equipped ambu- wool production and other are linked to skill develop- lances donated by BSES hief minister Trivendra sectors along with districts ment and other Yamuna Power Limited (BYPL) CSingh Rawat has directed where more work needs to be activities. under its ‘Suraksha’ initiative. that the works being under- done. The department should Officials informed that The keys to the ambulances taken by the Animal make efforts to increase the 523 beneficiaries had been were handed over to the min- Husbandry department for annual income of farmers provided loans by the depart- ister by the BYPL CEO P R employment generation and cattle rearers. ment under the Kumar. under the Mukhyamantri Rawat said that coopera- Mukhyamantri Swarozgar The three Life Support Swarozgar Yojana should be tives should be formed for Yojana. Among mountain ambulances were in-turn hand- reviewed at the state level on increasing the income of cat- states, Uttarakhand is ranked ed-over by the Minister to the a monthly basis. The CM tle rearers so that they are able second in dairy production. senior officials from the three said this while chairing a to enhance their profits Under the National Animal Delhi Government hospitals, review meeting of the Animal through dairy production and Disease Control Programme GTB Hospital, GB Pant Husbandry and Fisheries its marketing. Special efforts 17.34 lakh cattle have been Hospital and Lal Bahadur department here on Monday. are also needed for growth vaccinated in the state. Under Shastri Hospital. These will be The CM also inaugurated the centres as they can play an the National Livestock deployed to provide timely animal husbandry depart- important role in income Mission, the Centre has care to the patients in East and ment’s toll free number 1800- generation through dairy released Rs 16.80 crore for Central Delhi. 120-8862 on the occasion. products. 2020-21. Apart from the ambu- Rawat said that there are The CM said that the Reviewing the fisheries lances, the BYPL CEO also considerable employment state government intends to department, the CM said that handed over 50 automatic sani- opportunities in the spheres remove the load of fodder funding should be increased tiser cum thermal temperature of agriculture, animal hus- from the heads of women on for fisheries. He further said scanner machines to the bandry and fisheries. For this, which the animal husbandry that trout farming should Minister. These will be installed the public should be made department also needs to also be encouraged. Fisheries at Mohalla Clinics in East and ! - " . / /#"0" &#, &$##" 1 / aware of the various works focus. Every year a number of enable good income at low Central Delhi. Thirty such ! " )*! , being undertaken by the accidents occur due to wild cost so people should be machines were handed over to department and the various animals and when women encouraged for it, he the office of DCP, East Delhi a South and West Delhi. These According to a BSES few months, over 2 lakh gloves, dreds of people residing in the government schemes. Focus fall while carrying fodder added. few days earlier. will be attached to the spokesperson, “Complimenting 2 lakh masks, over 20,000 slums Besides helping these should also be laid on how to back to home. The depart- State minister for Animal Over the next-few days, Government’s CATS the efforts of the Delhi hygiene kits, and 6000 PPE kits women supplement their loss increase the income of rear- ment should focus on how to Husbandry, Rekha Arya, chief three more life support ambu- Ambulance Services. BRPL Government, BSES discoms have been provided by the dis- of income during the pan- ers through wool production ascertain adequate food for secretary Om Prakash, secre- lances will be handed-over to promoted self help groups are have been playing their part in coms.” demic, they are also being dis- and value addition for good milch cattle at home. Stating tary R Meenakshi Sundaram the Delhi Government by BSES also stitching affordable masks the fight against Covid. Dry “Apart from this, discom tributed amongst the needy use of wool. Regular moni- that women are working well and other officials concerned Rajdhani Power Limited and a lot of 1500 such masks food rations, Hygiene kits and promoted Women Self Help and the vulnerable popula- toring should be done to in all spheres in the state, the were also present in the meet- (BRPL) CEO Amal Sinha for were handed over to DM, West masks have been provided to Groups are stitching affordable tion”, he said. ascertain which districts are CM said that better results ing. the use of Covid patients in Delhi. the needy. In fact, over the past and reusable masks for hun- & # '$
$%$&'# the highest till date, and 104 on tivity rate is gradually going November 12. Delhi has down in Delhi, showing that elhi Health Minister reported a death rate of 1.58 the COVID-19 situation is DSatyendar Jain on Monday per cent among COVID-19 improving. '.8 ' attributed the high Covid-19 patients as compared to the Since November 7, when death rate in the national Cap- national fatality rate of 1.48 per the positivity rate was more ital to the pollution caused by cent. than 15 per cent, it has come B C stubble-burning and expected Experts attribute the high down to over 12 per cent now. a downtrend in it in the next figure of daily COVID-19 The number of fresh cases was main issues were raised with “This is effective as well two-three weeks. deaths in the national capital to over 8,500 on November 10, $%$&'# the commission. "The com- as an efficient alternative to The pollution due to stub- a large number of "critical" which reduced to 6,746 on mission was requested to fix this problem. Secondly, we ble-burning has caused prob- non-resident patients coming Sunday, he said. AP MLA and chairper- the accountability of the have also requested them to lems in breathing and those to the city for treatment, an The health minister said Ason of the Environment Chief Ministers of Punjab take stringent action against who had Covid-19 inhaled the unfavourable weather, pollu- 9,418 hospital beds have been Committee of Delhi and Haryana on the issue of the chief ministers of Punjab smoke, which aggravated the tion and a better "reporting and occupied by COVID-19 Assembly Atishi on Monday burning stubble and take and Haryana for they have seriousness, he said. mapping" of fatalities. patients in Delhi currently, met the newly-appointed strict action against them by failed to curb stubble burn- Jain said that its effect on They say the easing of whereas 7,900 are still vacant. panel for Air Quality filing a case. ing. The Air Quality the city's Covid-19 death rate lution due to stubble-burning This was the fifth time in restrictions has exposed the Delhi recorded 6,746 fresh Management and urged it to Atishi said that the com- Commission has the power to will go away in the next two- amid the Covid-19 pandemic 11 days that the daily number vulnerable population, such as COVID-19 cases on Sunday hold Chief Ministers of mission was also requested to take legal actions and can three weeks since pollution and it came as a double attack. of deaths crossed the 100- the elderly and those having and a positivity rate of 12.29 Punjab and Haryana liable for order the governments of order jail to anyone causing due to stubble-burning has Since the pollution due to mark in the national Capital. comorbidities, to the deadly per cent, while 121 more fatal- causing pollution in the Punjab and Haryana to pollution. We have requested lessened in the last few days. stubble-burning is less now, the The authorities reported virus. ities pushed the city's death toll national Capital. resolve the stubble burning them to hold them account- The health minister further downtrend in deaths will be 111 deaths on Saturday, 118 on Jain said the number of due to the disease to 8,391, Talking to the media after with bio decomposer tech- able for the pollution caused said that there was heavy pol- there in a few weeks," Jain said. Friday, 131 on November 18, fresh cases as well as the posi- authorities said. the meeting, Atishi said two nology. in Delhi," she said. O' P P $%$&'# used for commercial purposes. Moreover, very significantly $%$&'# am Aadmi Party (AAP) ! there is no report or docu- Achief spokesperson mentation of the fact regarding onsidering the problems Saurabh Bhardwaj on Monday the property tax exemption.” Cbeing faced by commercial accused the leaders of BJP- $ In 2002 when this law was entities and contractors, the ruled North Corporation of passed then the BJP ruled Delhi Government has decid- being involved in "massive" % & '( MCD decided to conduct a sur- ed to reduce performance secu- manipulation of the rented vey of all these properties but rity from existing 5-10 to 3 per and commercial properties as %)*) this nothing happened, he said. cent of the value of the contract the civic body does not main- + '( "The audit report noted for all existing contracts. tain any account related to that the survey was never con- Deputy Chief Minister property tax despite the direc- ,%- * ducted after the implementa- Manish Sisodia informed that tion issued by the apex court in tion of the unit area method of all tenders or contracts issued 2002. the property tax nor were the and concluded till December kept in the bid documents Delhi Government that no “The property tax collec- property tax returns scruti- 31, 2021 should also have the regarding Additional Security provisions regarding bid secu- tion is the key way of revenue nised hundred per cent. In provision of reduced perfor- Deposit/Bank Guarantee (BG) rity should be kept in the bid for the municipal corporations absence of survey and non- mance security. in case of Abnormally Low documents in future and only across the country. According scrutinised PTRs, loss of rev- Delhi Government has also Bids, Sisodia added. provision for ‘Bid Security to a data this year the North disputes they have. Bhardwaj said, "The local property which means if a enue on account of property noted that ‘Additional The Delhi Government is Declaration’ should be kept in MCD was supposed to receive "In 2017 before the MCD MCD officials decide about the property is rented then they tax cannot be assessed. They Performance Security’ in case in receipt of many representa- the bid documents, as it has RS 2838 crore from the prop- election the BJP claimed that property tax collection from an can show that it is not rented. have never maintained any of Abnormally Low Bids tions that on account of slow- been noted that bid security or erty tax but the MCD has col- they will replace all the sitting individual establishment. They If the property is vacant then kind of assessment books,” he (ALBs) is being taken from the down in the economy due to earnest money deposit is still lected only Rs 1703 crore. The councillors because there were can change the usage of the they can show that it is being added. contractors by various depart- the pandemic, there is acute being taken from the biggest betrayal by the BJP various corruption charges ments though there is no pro- financial crunch among many contractors by various ruled North MCD is that they against them. After the elec- vision for the same in General commercial entities and con- departments. do not maintain any proper tion, the BJP won in all the Financial Rules or the Manuals tractors, which in turn is affect- Sisodia informed that the documentation regarding the three municipal corporations of for Procurement, he said. ing timely execution of the con- instructions will be applicable collection of property tax. Delhi but the corruption did It has also been decided tracts. The deputy further said for all the tenders issued till There is no way to find out how not go away and flourished in that no provisions should be that it has been decided by the December 31, 2021. much corruption or financial a massive way,” he said. ! ! ! !3D D ! ( ! D $%$&'# met Mehta and his friend Dawar at 32-year-old man rammed his car into the main gate $%$&'# Connaught Place. The woman Aof the Safdarjung tomb in central Delhi in the hourly alleged that Dawar tried to molest early hours of Monday. Police said the man was alleged- he Delhi Police has arrested two her. Later, Mehta came to drop her ly in an inebriated condition during the time of incident. Tmen for allegedly raping and at the hotel and allegedly raped her The man has been identified as Vijay Bahri, a resident molesting a 28-year-old Mumbai- inside her room,” said the senior of Delhi’s Rampur. According to a senior police official, based freelance event manager in police official. around 3 am, a car came from the direction of Lodhi Road Delhi's Aerocity area. Mehta took her from the hotel and rammed into the main gate of the Sardarjung Tomb. They have been identified as and after dropping her at Anand “The vehicle also hit the notice board of the mon- Sandeep Mehta (57) and Naveen Vihar, fled, police said, adding that ument made of stone and damaged it. Bahri was Dawar (47), both eatery owners in the woman thereafter made a PCR allegedly in an inebriated state and lost control over Haryana's Sonipat. call. the car, the police said. He was rushed to the Ram According to a senior police “Mehta was booked under sec- Manohar Lohia (RML) hospital,” said the senior police official, the incident was reported on tion 376 (rape) and is in police cus- official. “He did not sustain any serious injury. An FIR Friday and the woman told the tody, while Dawar, who was booked under section 279 (rash driving) of the Indian Penal police that she met Mehta on social under section 354 (assault or crim- Code (IPC), section 3 of the Prevention of Damage to media. inal force to woman with intent to Public Property Act, 1984 and section 185 of the Motor “She came to Delhi on outrage her modesty), has been sent Vehicles Act has been registered. There was no dam- Wednesday and was staying at a to judicial custody,” said age to the monument,” he said. hotel in Aerocity. The next day, she police. ! " # $ % S ' " (
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Uttarakhand now has 4298 novel 376 fresh cases of the disease on Out of the 428 patients dis- active patients of the disease. Coronavirus the day which further increased charged on Monday, 116 were Dehradun district with 1333 (Covid-19) on the tally of the disease to 71632 from Pauri, 87 from Nainital, active cases is at top of table Sunday, the in the state. The authorities dis- 49 from Dehradun and 34 while with 433 active cases Governor of charged 428 patients from dif- from Tehri. Haridwar is now on second Uttarakhand $'+, effect was seen in the recent that he would retire from pol- ferent hospitals of the state after The provisional state cap- position. Pauri has 399, Baby Rani elections in Bihar and other itics after Rahul Gandhi their complete recovery on ital Dehradun is continuing to Nainital 377, Chamoli 277, Maurya was he Bharatiya Janata Party is elections. The BJP will defi- becomes the PM, Bhagat said Monday. A total of 65530 reel under the onslaught of the Tehri 265, Pithoragarh 246, admitted to the Tready for the 2022 Vidhan nitely benefit from the Modi that Rawat seems to be intent patients have so far recovered virus. Here the health depart- Udham Singh Nagar 225, All India Sabha elections in Uttarakhand. wave in the Vidhan Sabha elec- on spending his whole life in from the disease in the state. ment reported 133 fresh cases Almora 178, Uttarkashi 156, Institute of The party will contest the polls tions in Uttarakhand too, he politics because Rahul Gandhi The recovery percentage from of the disease on Monday. The Rudraprayag 146 and Medical Sciences on the issue of development as added. will never become the Prime the disease is now at 91.48 department reported 49 cases Bageshwar 139 active cases of (AIIMS) envisioned by Prime Minister He further informed that Minister and Rawat will never while the sample positivity rate of Covid-19 from Haridwar, 47 the disease. With 124 active Rishikesh on Narendra Modi along with the the BJP national president JP retire from active politics. is 5.70 percent. from Nainital, 26 from Pauri, cases of Covid-19, Champawat Monday. The AIIMS- R of five specialist doctors is historic achievements of the Nadda will be on an Welcoming the chief minister Five patients of the disease 24 from Chamoli, 23 from is at the bottom of the table. administration has constituted supervising her treatment. State and Central governments. Uttarakhand tour on Trivendra Singh Rawat’s deci- The BJP State president December 5, 6 and 7. During sion to reinstate the river sta- Banshidhar Bhagat said this his tour of the state, Nadda will tus for Ganga at Har Ki Paidi while addressing the media at hold 14 meetings which will in Haridwar, Bhagat said that '()$! ! 3 his residence here on include meetings with minis- the mistake made by the then Monday. ters, MLAs, position holders chief minister Harish Rawat Bhagat said that the party and other organisational cate- would now be rectified. ! is confident that in the coming gories. Stating that the BJP Regarding the state gov- !$' # #"**" Vidhan Sabha election, it will national president is starting his ernment’s performance, the $'+, win more than 57 seats it had national tour with BJP State president said that in won in the last election to once Uttarakhand, Bhagat said that more than three and a half P! The chief public relations offi- he State Commission for again form the government in the party workers are enthusi- years in office so far the State cer (CPRO) of Northern TProtection of Child Rights Uttarakhand. The BJP will astic about Nadda’s state tour. government received the full Railways, Deepak Kumar said (SCPCR) has received a com- select its candidates on the basis Bhagat said that after Nadda’s support of the Central govern- that the train number plaint from a 17 year old girl of performance. He said that visit, he will undertake a tour ment. Due to the chief minis- + ! 02017/02018 New Delhi- who has alleged that her mater- though the party’s MLAs are of all the Vidhan Sabha con- ter’s will power and vision Dehradun- New Delhi nal uncles tried to sexually performing well, the party will stituencies and also spend the about 85 per cent of the Shatabdi express special would assault her while her mother get a survey conducted about night in most of the con- promises made in the party’s + remain cancelled on November and grandmother did nothing six months before the election. stituencies. election manifesto have been 23, 24 and 27. Similarly the despite being aware of the sit- Replying to a query, Bhagat said Regarding former chief fulfilled so far while the ! train number 02091/02092 uation. The complainant who that a Modi wave is very much minister and senior Congress remaining will be fulfilled in a Kathgodam- Dehradun- arrived in the commission on active across the nation and its leader Harish Rawat’s statement few months, he added. $'+, Kathgodam express special Monday mentioned to the complainant told her about the er and her alleged partner. would remain cancelled on chairperson of SCPCR, Usha attempt of sexual assault but her Negi said that the com- any important trains con- November 24 and 27. Train Negi that she basically belongs mother did not support her, plainant arrived in the com- Mnecting Uttarakhand with number 04887/04888 Barmer- to Haryana but she was living said Negi. However, the mission with her father and - ./ ! different parts of the country Rishikesh express special would with her uncles and grand- younger sister of the com- since the complainant was a would remain affected due to not operate on November 23, mother in Dehradun during the plainant mentioned to her that minor, the commission pro- the traffic block taken by the 24 and 27. Similarly Prayagraj- lockdown. Her mother was liv- the man living with them in vided her counselling too. Negi , & 0 , northern railways in the Dehradun express special (train ing with a man she had an affair Haryana sexually abused her stated that she has written to the Laksar- Haridwar rail section. number 04113) would remain with along with her younger sis- too, informed Negi. She further deputy inspector general/senior The rail block has been neces- cancelled on November 23 ter and brother in Haryana informed that the complainant superintendent of police of ' + camps head- sitated due to the construction while Dehradun- Prayagraj about which the complainant told about this to her father who Dehradun to submit the inves- ed by former of a foot over bridge on Laksar- special express (train number came to know later, said Negi. took his children back to tigation report and actions to be CM Rawat Haridwar section of 04114) would not operate on When her mother returned to Haryana where they have filed taken against the culprits with- and Pradesh Moradabad railway division. November 24. her grandmother's house, the a complaint against the moth- in 15 days. 2 Congress Committee (PCC) chief $'+, Pritam Singh 1 2 #' +#" !$"'! had sharply n a strong message to his divided ! " !' "$ Idetractors in the Congress opinion. # 3#! 4 party and outside it, former Amid these chief minister and general talks, the $'+, out to be illiterate in the survey about the issue in the website, $'+, to 50 percent students will secretary of All India agriculture done by Anganwadi workers the public relations officer join classes but most of the stu- Congress Committee (AICC), minister ue to a technical glitch in and the chief development offi- (PRO) of DSCL, Prerna Dhyani hough the State dents are still reluctant. Most of Harish Rawat has said that he Subodh Dthe Dehradun Smart City cer (CDO) Nitika Khandelwal stated that the site was under TGovernment has allowed them are still in other districts would not retire from active Uniyal who Limited (DSCL) portal, those had informed that the district maintenance for past few days the coaching centres to operate and mountainous regions while politics before 2024 . In his too had who have registered in the por- administration has already edu- and though most of the main- from November 10, the oper- the recent increase in Covid-19 facebook post, which imme- switched tal as volunteers for the district cated people in 11 Gram tenance work is done, there are ators of these institutes are cases has also worsened the diately became a talking point sides before literacy campaign will have to Panchayats so far with the help still some glitches in the site still waiting for the students to condition, said Rana. He also on Monday, the former CM the assembly wait for two more days to get of the volunteers. which will be sorted out com- join back the classes. Khajan informed that none of the stu- said, “many people are wait- elections of 2017, stated that Congress leaders to the task the response from the admin- Regarding the issue of no pletely by November 25. As per Rana from Uttarakhand dents of board classes joined ing anxiously for my retire- Congress is a sinking ship and that recently has been target- istration. Many locals who have acknowledgement to some the officials, there are about 60 Coaching and Library any institutes too. "Most of the ment. I would retire but in the advised that Harish Rawat ing him for defeat of Congress applied to be volunteers in applicants who registered in the volunteer registrations so far Association (UCLA) stated that students will probably join year 2024 after making Rahul should retire from politics. In party in the elections of 2017. Padho Doon Badho Doon cam- portal to be volunteers, and the eligible applicants will there are hardly ten students in classes next year only. However, Gandhi, the prime minister of his unique style, Rawat “These people have not paign of Dehradun district Khandelwal had said that there be accepted as volunteers once a coaching centre since the most of the coaching institutes the country. My well wishers replied to Uniyal’s barb by remembered their ancestors administration stated that it has was some glitch in the DSCL the issue gets resolved. It is per- administration permitted the are opening institutes irre- who are waiting for my retire- stating that some warriors as many times they have been over a monthsince they website which would be tinent to mention here that any classes. spective of the number of stu- ment should have to wait after taking classes from RSS reminded me about my elec- applied and they are yet to resolved soon but the issue educated person can apply to be According to him, there are dents present and though there until then.’’ are targeting him but they had toral reverses. Many of these receive any response from the still persists in the portal. a volunteer for the literacy many competitive exams com- are very few students who It is worth mentioning just been born when he was have not been able to get the administration. It will be Several volunteers are still wait- campaign at https://dsclser- ing up and the owners of actually take e-classes, we have here that on the issue of preparing for the next battle candidate of the party elect- recalled that about 35,000 peo- ing for the response of the dis- vices.org.in/volunteer.php as coaching centres were opti- continued them too," added rebels coming back to after facing first electoral ed in their own wards,’’ said ple in the district were found trict administration. Talking there is no age bar. mistic that at least 40 percent Rana. Congress party’s fold the defeat. Rawat also took the Rawat in his post. / / / !/ / ! !"#"$""%!$ "$ $'+, said Dhiman. remove the garbage bin from Moreover, the councillor that area which is not possible. verflowing garbage bins of the ward, Meenakshi Where would we move it to? ' than 3500 transfer applica- Ohave become one of the Maurya also stated that she has The issue is that the locals tions of the teachers. The most prominent issues in complained to the Municipal dump the garbage in the over- *1 department has forwarded Dehradun city. Several garbage Corporation of Dehradun flowing bins and outside it," these applications to the state bins can be seen in various (MCD) and a team of the cor- said Singh. He also said that administration. Now after roadside sites of the city sur- poration also inspected the the corporation covered the scrutiny at the state adminis- rounded with both biodegrad- place but nothing changed. bin a few days back so that tration level, these applications able and non-biodegradable "The main issue is that most of people refrain from dumping would be placed before the waste. One of the similar cases the locals do not dump their garbage there to which chief secretary. It is worth can be observed near the garbage in the door to door Maurya and Dhiman have - mentioning here that to give Lakshman Chowk area in collection service. The munic- claimed that it was done by relief to the teachers who gen- Gandhigram ward (number ipal workers take the garbage them and not by the MCD. uinely need transfer in the 45) where an overflowing from the dustbin regularly Meanwhile, Singh said zero transfer year, the educa- garbage bin surrounded by but the garbage container site that to tackle such issues $'+, tion secretary R Meenakshi trash every day is causing a returns to the same condition across the city, the corporation Sundaram had directed the nuisance to locals in the Park again. I even started door to will soon issue notices to such he state government has education department to seek Road area. According to one of door collection service for people who are not dumping Tdeclared the ongoing year applications from eligible the locals, Madhukar Dhiman, locals three times a day in the domestic garbage in the door as zero year for transfers but teachers under section 27. the people including some area so that they refrain from to door collection service. The has opened a window for the In response to the depart- sanitation workers throw all throwing garbage there but locals will have to show the employees suffering from seri- ment’s order, a large number of kinds of garbage in and out- still, they continue to do it," receipts of the bill they receive ous diseases, parents of espe- teachers applied for the trans- side the bin that include bio- said Maurya. She added that for the door to door collection cially abled and those having fers. It is learnt that about medical waste too. "This issue the garbage bin was even cov- service proving that they han- some serious issue. As per the 1500 applications are of pri- of overflowing garbage bin is ered with a tarpaulin cover but dover their garbage to the rules the transfer of these mary teachers and remaining not a recent issue. We are fac- it made the situation worse. sanitation workers, stated employees would be made of the Licensed Teachers (LT) ing this problem here for the "The garbage was being Singh. He said that if they fail, under rule 27 of transfers act. and lecturers. last many years. We have com- thrown in the drains and the MCD will issue notices to The education department of The secretary has made it plained to several authorities open areas and we could not such locals as a first warning the state is now grappling with clear that the department concerned like Dehradun allow this so we had to uncov- and will even impose a penal- the enormous number of trans- would check the eligibility of mayor and municipal com- er the bin. The locals will have issue," said Maurya. K Singh said that the main garbage to the door to door ty later on of minimum Rs 500 fer applications of teachers the teachers for transfers and missioner but nothing has to act responsibly which seems Responding to this, the senior problem is that the locals do collection service in that area. under anti-littering Act if they made under the rule 27. The the officials would be held been done in this matter," to be the only solution to this municipal health officer Dr R not hand over domestic "Some locals wanted us to continue to violate rules. department has received more responsible for the transfers. 4 !" # #
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For instance, in less about test sensitivity and, cent effective, and potentially And it can be transported the high sensitivity of the test, one scenario in a large city, when it comes to public health, cheaper to make, British drug- and stored at normal fridge Rapid antigen testing (RAT) is widespread twice-weekly test- prioritize frequency and turn- maker AstraZeneca on temperatures, which propo- preferred in areas where mass- ing with a rapid but less sensi- around,” said senior co-author 4- " / / Monday said it will have as nents say would make it easi- scale testing needs to be supports RAT test as he said, tive test reduced the degree of Roy Parker. )$,) / / many as 200 million doses by er to distribute, especially in deployed for it gives results in “Our big picture finding is infectiousness of the virus by The study also demon- 5" - " . / the end of 2020 — around four poor countries, than Pfizer’s, minutes and is cheaper. The that, when it comes to public 80 per cent. strates the power of frequent " 06 " - / / / times as many as US competi- which needs to be shipped test is highly specific, which health, it’s better to have a less But twice-weekly testing testing in shortening the pan- )$,) / tor Pfizer. and stored at -70C, the sort of means it can accurately detect sensitive test with results today with a more sensitive PCR demic and saving lives. ,$ Seven hundred million temperature typical of an true positive cases. than a more sensitive one with doses could be ready globally Antarctic winter. However, because of the results tomorrow.” as soon as the end of the first The effectiveness of limitations of the test in terms “Rather than telling every- quarter of 2021. The com- AstraZeneca’s vaccine depend- of not being that accurate in one to stay home so you can be + #"56 65" ! bined analysis from both dos- ed on the dosing, and fell to just detecting true negatives, the sure that one person who is sick ing regimens resulted in an 62 per cent when given as two Indian Government has doesn’t spread it, we could $%$&'# perated from the disease has 74.95 per cent are concentrated have recovered as of date with average efficacy of 70 per cent. full doses rather than a half- advised states to mandatorily give only the contagious peo- surged to 85,62,641 which in ten states and UTs. Delhi, 41,024 new recoveries being The vaccine was 90 per cent dose first. But scientists cau- test through RT-PCR all RAT ple stay-at-home orders so he Covid-19 caseload exceeds active cases by with 121 reported deaths, con- registered in a day. effective in preventing Covid- tioned against seeing this as negative samples of individuals everyone else can go about Tbreached the 91-lakh mark 81,19,155. tributes 23.68 per cent to the “The gap between recov- 19 when it was administered as evidence that it would be less having Covid-19 like symp- their lives,” Larremore added. on Monday as India registered A total of 44,059 people new fatalities, the ministry said, ered cases and active cases is a half dose followed by a full useful than rivals. Vaccines toms. RAT is also quicker and For the study, published in less than 50,000 infections were found infected with Maharashtra saw a fatality steadily increasing and present- dose at least a month later, from Pfizer and Moderna each gives results in minutes rather the journal Science Advances, daily since November 8, while Covid-19 in a span of 24 hours count of 50 while West Bengal ly stands at 81,19,155,” the according to data from late- prevented about 95 per cent of than hours taken to get RT- the research team teamed up the death toll climbed to with ten states and UTs con- followed closely with 49 new Ministry said. stage trials in Britain and Brazil. cases according to interim data PCR test results. with the Harvard University to 1,33,738 with 511 new fatalities. tributing to 78.74 per cent of fatalities. Ten States and UTs are No serious safety events were from their late-stage trials. The rapid antigen test is also explore whether test sensitivi- The Union Health the new infections. India’s present active case- contributing to 77.44 per cent confirmed, the company said. “I think it is a real fool’s cheaper to perform as compared ty, frequency, or turnaround Ministry said that less than Delhi reported 6,746 cases load (4,43,486) comprises 4.85 of the new recoveries. Kerala “This means we have a vac- errand to start trying to pick to the RT-PCR, which is a time is most important to curb 50,000 cases trend assumes in a day followed by per cent of the total cases, and saw 6,227 people recovering cine for the world,” said these three (Pfizer/Moderna/ complicated test requiring a the spread of Covid-19. significance as several countries Maharashtra recording 5,753 has been sustained below the 5 from Covid-19. Delhi report- Andrew Pollard, director of the Astra) apart on the basis of snip- specialised laboratory. The researchers scoured in the Western Hemisphere are new cases while Kerala report- per cent mark. The national ed 6,154 recoveries. Oxford University vaccine pets of phase 3 data from press Study lead author Daniel available literature on how viral witnessing a surge in cases at ed 5,254 daily cases. Covid-19 recovery rate con- Maharashtra reported another group that developed the drug. releases,” said Danny Altmann, Larremore from the University load climbs and falls inside the the onset of winter. The num- Of the 511 case fatalities tinues to be above 93 per cent 4,060 new recoveries in the last The vaccine’s cost works professor of immunology at of Colorado Boulder in the US body during infection, when ber of people who have recu- reported in a span of 24 hours, as 93.68 per cent of all cases 24 hours. out at just a few dollars a shot, Imperial College London. #/ 4, ,7!,0# & ' ! $%$&'# against the Ponzy company) New Delhi: Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan and others. Shringla on Monday briefed top envoys of key nations, he CBI has registered a case “It was alleged that the including the US, Russia, France and Japan on the $%$&'# $%$&'# Tagainst an accused, resident Managing Director of the planned terror attack by Pakistan-based terrorist of Jwal Khera, Bulandshahr and (accused Ponzi company) in group JeM in Nagrota in Jammu which was foiled o reduce pollution caused by construc- rime Minister Narendra Shivpuri Choraha, Tehsil Kol, pursuance to a conspiracy with by security forces on November 19, sources said. Ttion activities, the Central Public Works PModi on Monday said his Aligarh (Uttar Pradesh) on the other Directors of said Group The heads of missions were provided with a Department (CPWD) is using pre-engi- Government initiated the con- allegations that he has been of Companies (a Ponzi comprehensive “information docket” giving the neered building (PEB) technology to build struction of many major build- impersonating himself as RR Company) had illegally col- details of the incident, and also list of items and muni- 44,000 sqm built up area in three blocks of ings in the Capital which were Singh, DIG, CBI, Delhi for his lected Rs 454.54 crore (approx- tion recovered from terrorists, clearly indicating their G+8 storey at KG Marg, and 49,000 sqm in limbo and were only on files personal gain. imately) from the investors Pakistani origins. The envoys were sensitised about built up area in four blocks of G+7 storey for the past two decades and The agency also conduct- under various fraudulent India’s concerns regarding Pakistan’s sustained at Africa Avenue in the national Capital. The finished the work well before ed searches on Monday at the schemes on assurance of pay- efforts to “destabilise” the situation in Jammu & technology being used will also the targeted time. premises of the accused which ing high returns Kashmir and to “subvert” upcoming local elections help to reduce water consumption during Inaugurating the new three led to recovery of two on such investments and democracy in the union territory, sources said. the construction. towers with 76 apartments for country made firearms and on maturity,”the CBI said in a “In terms of the bigger picture, it was clear that PEB is the one which is engineered in MPs, Modi cited that many some incriminating documents statement. the terrorists were planning the biggest terror attack a factory and assembled on site. important buildings like in connection with the It was further alleged that in India since Pulwama in February 2019 and the The Construction Material is Pre- National War Memorial, alleged crime. the accused fled away after implications can be guessed,” said a source, adding planned using advanced Modelling Ambedkar International The accused Rajiv Singh cheating the said investors and that details of JeM’s involvement in previous such Techniques of BIM(Building Information Centre, National Police was impersonating as the CBI misappropriated the invested incidents were also shared with the envoys. System), Fabricated at Shop Memorial and CIC building , ' DIG for personal gains, officials money. Four suspected JeM terrorists, who were hid- and Brought to Site in completely knock- constructions were started / , ' ! said, adding investigation is The arrested accused SK ing in a truck, were killed by security forces near down (CKD) condition, assembled and from mid 2014. ,$ continuing in the case. Nazubuulla, Managing Nagrota in an encounter on Thursday morning after Erected at Site with Nut-bolts reducing Time Modi said delay in con- Meanwhile, the agency on Director of Angel Agritech which the government asserted that a major ter- of construction. struction of major buildings Vajpayee ji, discussion began memory of the country’s mar- Monday arrested an Group of Companies (a Ponzy ror attack was foiled by the Indian security forces. According to the CPWD, the founda- leads to economic burden. “It on the Ambedkar National tyrs. Thousands of policemen absconding accused in an Company).was produced It was the first of several briefings to be con- tion consists of reinforced cement concrete also leads to economic burden. Memorial. It took several years in our country have sacrificed ongoing investigation of a case before the Court of ACJM, ducted by the MEA in small groups in view of the with crystalline admixture and zinc cathod- But serious efforts to overcome for its construction and it was their lives to maintain law and against a Kolkata-based Ponzi Baruipur (West Bengal) and Covid-19 situation, the sources said adding other ic protection system to reduce porosity of this problem began especially completed only after the for- order. Thousands of policemen company. remanded to 10 days police secretaries will also be holding similar sessions with concrete and corrosion of reinforcement after 2014. mation of this Government. have been martyred. A case was registered custody, officials added. heads of missions of other countries. PTI bars, thus increasing its durability. The decades-old problems “The Doctor Ambedkar The National Police Memorial can be resolved by finding International Centre was built in their memory was also built solutions to them and not by by this government after a by this Government,” said avoiding. long wait of 23 years. The new Modi, narrating several pro- ! "! Not only the accommoda- building of the Central jects completed by his tion for MPs, there were several Information Commission was Government on time. projects in Delhi which had completed by this Government. Lok Sabha Speaker Om $%$&'# been lying incomplete for many The country was, for decades, Birla, Union Ministers Prahlad years, and were in limbo. discussing a proposal of the Joshi and Hardeep Puri were yclone Nivar is brewing in ) Construction of several build- War Memorial. The brave sol- present in the function. Cthe Bay of Bengal and ings began during this diers of our country were The 76 new residences for might make landfall along the Government itself and was expecting and demanding this MPs have been built within 27 Tamil Nadu coast between completed in the stipulated for a long time. Our months at a cost of Rs 188 Karaikal and Mahabalipuram ! time, even before the scheduled Government also had the priv- crore, in three towers named on the afternoon of November time. When there was the ilege of constructing a war after Rivers Ganga, Yamuna 25. The India Meteorological $%$&'# tioned that the impending Government of Atal Bihari memorial near India Gate in and Saraswati. Department (IMD) has Cyclone is going to affect upgraded the tropical threat to nion Cabinet Secretary coastal areas of Andhra Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh URajiv Gauba on Monday Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and ) 8 " 696:<=<9 " and Puducherry coasts to a chaired a meeting of the Puducherry between 24th to severe cyclone and issued an National Crisis Management 26th November, 2020. =63 68>24:<3 )*& advisory to this effect. Committee (NCMC) to “The Cabinet Secretary * ! This will be the first review the status of impend- mentioned that we all are 52<5@A6 cyclone to make landfall on the ing Cyclone through video aiming at zero loss of life and , Indian coast in 2020 and the conferencing with the Chief early restoration of normalcy 3@<9 A:27 second to form in the North Secretaries of Andhra in the affected areas. / Indian Ocean region after Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and He mentioned that the advi- New Delhi: The Supreme New Delhi: The Supreme severe cyclone Gati in the Puducherry. sories to fishermen not to go New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned to Court on Monday extended by Arabian Sea in 2020. The The Chief Secretaries of into the sea should be strictly Court dismissed the plea of the next week hearing on the pleas a week the parole of AG months from October to Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu implemented. People living Delhi Police challenging the seeking a probe by the Central Perarivalan, serving life sen- December are ‘cyclone season’ and Puducherry briefed the in ‘kutcha’ houses may be bail granted to a man, who has Bureau of Investigation (CBI) tence in the Rajiv Gandhi and see several originate in the NCMC about their prepared- advised suitably according to been accused of selling a SIM or a court-monitored SIT into assassination case, for under- Bay of Bengal. ness and mentioned that the the situation, he added,” card on a fake ID to a Jamia the Palghar mob lynching inci- going medical check-up. According to the IMD, authorities are fully prepared said Cabinet Secretariat in a Millia Islamia University stu- dent. A bench headed by A bench comprising Nivar currently lies as a depres- to meet any eventuality. They statement. dent, which was allegedly used Justice Ashok Bhushan Justices L Nageswara Rao, sion some 600 km south south also informed about the coor- Secretaries from Home, for inciting violence during adjourned the matter after Hemant Gupta and Ajay east of Puducherry in the Bay of ! # dination with the NDRF and Power, Telecommunication, the protests here in February Solicitor General Tushar Mehta Rastogi also directed the Tamil Bengal. It will intensify into a # other agencies to meet this Civil Aviation, Shipping, against the Citizenship requested for adjournment of Nadu Government to provide deep depression by the evening challenge. Health Ministry, Chairman, (Amendment) Act (CAA). the case to the next week. police escort to Perarivalan of November 23 and a cyclone by metal sheets flying away. West and adjoining West- “Director General, India Railway Board, Member A bench headed by Justice Maharashtra Government during his visit to the hospital. the morning of November 24. Damage to power and commu- Central and South-East Bay Meteorological Department Secretary, NDMA, DG, Ashok Bhushan rejected the had earlier informed the apex The parole, granted to the The wind speeds at the time of nication lines could be expect- along and off Tamil Nadu, made a presentation on the NDRF and representative of appeal of the police against the court that all guilty police offi- convict by the Madras High landfall are likely to be in the ed. Kutcha roads may suffer Puducherry and south Andhra present situation and men- Ministry of Defence also October 23 order of the Delhi cials have been punished or sus- Court, was ending on Monday range of 100-110 kilometres per major damaged while it would Pradesh coasts and over the tioned that the status is being informed the NCMC about High Court granting bail to the pended from services. and now stands extended by one hour, with gusts of up to 120 km be less severe to pucca roads. Gulf of Mannar on shared with the concerned the arrangements and assis- accused, observing that the “Departmental enquiry was more week. “As prayed for, we / hr making the storm a severe Escape routes could get flooded Monday afternoon. State Governments. He men- tance to the concerned States. police have not shown ordered against police person- further extend the parole of the cyclone. It might bring heavy after breaking down of tree Fishermen are advised not that he was party to a conspir- nel, who have been prima-facie petitioner by one week from rainfall to the southern states of branches and large avenue trees to venture into South-West and and avoid the above sea areas. peratures in the Bay of Bengal acy to organise protests against found negligent and derelict in today and direct the respondent Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, getting uprooted. The severe adjoining West-Central and Throughout August, the are also in the range of 29-30°C, the CAA. the performance of their duties — State of Tamil Nadu to pro- Karnataka and Telangana from cyclone can also cause major South-East Bay; the Gulf of Arabian Sea was warmer than according to IMD’s latest Alleging that the SIM card in handling the incident and vide the necessary police escort November 24-26. damage to banana and papaya Mannar, and along and off the usual by two-three degrees cyclone update. A deep depres- obtained on a fake ID was used preventing the commission of a to the petitioner to enable him The IMD warned that the trees, horticulture and crops, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Celsius. While the normal sea sion in October had also carried to coordinate protests against crime at and around the time of to visit the hospital for treat- severe cyclone may inflict dam- orchards and coastal crops. south Andhra Pradesh coasts surface temperatures here are much more rainfall than nor- the CAA, the police had the incident,” the Maharashtra ment. List the matter on January age to thatched houses/ huts The sea condition was from Monday to Wednesday. about 28-29°C, the tempera- mal, causing extremely heavy invoked the stringent UAPA Government had submitted in 19, 2021, for final disposal,” the with the possibility of rooftops ‘rough to very rough’ (wave Those out into the sea already tures this August reached up to rainfall in many parts of against the accused. PTI a status report. bench said. PTI being blown off and unattached heights of 8-20 ft) over South- are advised to return to the coast 29-31°C. The sea surface tem- Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. !" # # 1
, "3 9 ! #' (' @E(!4 51 & ' #$""' ' #"- Panaji: Amid reports of more the lobby by allowing this trend Panaji MLA Atanasio #$ 6 Srinagar: Recoveries continued to out- :;; than a dozen persons testing to continue,” Tilve told a press Monserrate to step out onto the number the new Covid cases in J&K on positive for Covid-19 in Goa's conference in Panaji. streets with local municipality the second consecutive day on Monday Panaji: Fine for not wearing masks in public places in offshore casinos, the Aam “We fear that if the chaos officials in tow, in a bid to man- Thiruvananthapuram: as 608 patients were discharged while Goa has been doubled from Rs 100 to Rs 200, Chief Aadmi Party on Monday continues, Goa may witness a age the traffic chaos as well as Recoveries outnumbered the 351 tested positive in the last 24 Minister Pramod Sawant said on Monday. demanded the closure of the second Covid-19 wave sooner fine casino visitors for not wear- new Covid cases in Kerala in hours. Sawant also said urged people not to visit beach- industry, fearing an increase in than later,” Tilve said. Goa has ing masks. the last 24 hours as fewer sam- Out of 351 new Covid cases, 185 es, airports, railway stations and bus stands without novel coronavirus in the state. a confirmed tally of 46,826 pos- When asked about the ples were tested. were reported from Jammu division masks in order to control the pandemic. Addressing a press confer- itive cases, while 677 persons increase in Covid-19 cases In the past 24 hours, with while 166 from Kashmir, the official bul- “Till now we have been charging Rs 100 (per ence in Panaji on Monday, Goa have died in the state after test- detected in Goa's casinos, the 35,659 samples send for testing letin said. offence). From today onwards the fine (for not wear- Aam Aadmi Party spokesperson ing positive for Covid-19. BJP MLA said: “You can ask the only 3,757 new Covid cases The total tally of UT reached ing a mask) has been increased to Rs 200. At least in Surel Tilve said, if the rush to the Goa's state capital Panaji, off Chief Minister that because he were reported taking the total 1,06,899 while the total recoveries were public, people will have to wear masks or they will be state's casinos is not controlled, which most of the offshore casi- has permitted the casinos to tally to 5,00,089 while 5,425 reported to be 99,827. compulsorily fined,” Sawant said. the state may witness a second nos are anchored in the open”. people recovered from the So far, 1,641 people have succumbed The CM's comments come after a busy tourist wave of infections. Mandovi river, witnessed chaos Casino operations, which virus. deaths due to Covid the total to the deadly virus, including 12 who weekend in Goa, during which thousands of tourists “It is already difficult to con- over the weekend with thou- were shut down in Goa in March According to a statement death toll reached 2,071. died on Monday. (without masks) were seen on the state's beaches as well trol the flow of tourists to Goa's sands of tourists making a bee- due to the pandemic, restarted issued by state Health Minister 3,14,543 people are under The number of active cases is 5,431 as casinos, throwing social distancing norms to the casinos. It is getting out of con- line for casinos without main- operations from November 1 K. K. Shailaja, the active cases observation across the state out of which 1,882 are from Jammu divi- wind. “No one should be seen without masks on beach- trol. Covid-19 cases in casinos taining social distancing norms this year. There are six offshore in the state were reported to be including 16,148 at the hospi- sion and 3,549 are from Kashmir divi- es, bus stands, airport. If this happens, only then we have also increased. The gov- and wearing masks. and around 10 onshore casinos 64,166 whereas with 22 more tal. IANS sion. IANS will be able to control the pandemic,” Sawant said.IANS ernment is just trying to appease The melee even forced operating in the state. IANS ' .-!""$#*"$ # ()&(* Home Minister came and held a landing the ‘statue’ of a hunter in of the total vote percentage in drama taking lunch with a trib- the name of adoring the statue of jangalmahal the tribal people *+!"$/ $' 0Q!% engal Chief Minister on al family which was told that he freedom fighter Birsa the Chief make for about 40 percent vote BMonday launched a scathing would stop at their house for hav- Minister said “we will erect the share impacting about 45 seats. ? % Panaji: State BJP president Sadanand Karnataka assembly would be passing a attack on the BJP Government, ing lunch --- but fact to be told real statue of Birsa Munda the Incidentally the tribal population Shet Tanavade steered clear of queries strict law banning slaughter of cows in particularly Union Home his five star food was comprised great leader and honour him by had overwhelmingly voted for Lucknow: A minor has been arrested for related to an impending ban on cow Karnataka. Minister Amit Shah — for play- of Basmati rice though for the declaring a holiday on his birth the BJP in the 2019 general elec- allegedly sending a threat message to Uttar slaughter in Karnataka and its impact on Tanavade also said that just because ing to the gallery while having purpose of publicity they made day.” Holding the Centre respon- tions. Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. A beef availability in Goa, which imports the Goa desk in-charge has advocated the lunch with tribal and poor peo- some women to chop vegetables sible for rising prices of eatables Attacking the BJP for bring- mobile phone and a SIM card were recovered nearly all its slaughtered beef from the ban in Karnataka, it does not mean that ple — inviting instantaneous in front of the camera which he like onion, potato, and other gro- ing “outsiders” (read the leaders from his possession. Southern state. “What they are doing in the same norm would be applied in Goa, attack from the State BJP lead- never had.” ceries Banerjee said “a day has from other States to supervise According to the police spokesman, the the Karnataka assembly, it is their deci- where beef is routinely consumed by ership that hit out at her for Comparing Shah’s visit with come when the people cannot electioeering in Bengal) to win message was sent on the emergency helpdesk sion. It will be not right for us to com- more than 30 per cent of the state's unleashing a “criminal and cut her own Banerjee who was on a even have rice and mashed pota- elections Banerjee said “they are WhatsApp number and the accused had used ment on it,” Tanavade told reporters. minority population and by thousands money raj” in the State. three-day Bankura visit said, “… to the food of the poor and the bringing people from outside abusive language, besides issuing threats to the The state Bharatiya Janata Party of tourists, who visit the state every year. Launching a no-holds- in contrast I just made an Government (Centre) has no Bengal and will spend huge cash Chief Minister. president's comments come days after “See he (Ravi) is an MLA, so what barred attack on the Home unscheduled stop at tribal resi- time to look into that problem.” to get votes … you accept that The minor has been arrested from the BJP national secretary and BJP MLA he needs to do (in Karnataka) is a dif- Minister, Mamata said how he dences discussed their problems Banerjee also promised free ill-gotten cash but don’t vote for Sushant Golf City area. It may be recalled that from Karnataka's Chikkamagaluru leg- ferent matter. Just because they do it had shared lunch with a tribal with them sitting on charpais. It ration to the people of jan- them as the cash they will give the Chief Minister had earlier been threatened islative assembly constituency, CT Ravi, there, that means it will happen here. It family in Jangal Mahal only fora was not made for the camera.” galmahal till next June. While you is all your moneytaken away in May this year and the police had arrested who also holds brief as the party's desk is not the case. It is a different issue there,” photo opportunity. “Recently the Taking a dig at Shah for gar- SC-ST vote constitute six percent from you by them.” the accused within hours. IANS in-charge for Goa, said that the Tanavade said. IANS 0@. ' /8 8 !9 ! <=< &O B >5?: , # # Mathura (Uttar Pradesh): A young # '*'+< that these tests will be conduct- couple was found hanging from the < ed in a laboratory in '*'+< same tree in Mathura's Piprauli vil- Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh has registered 545 new Covid arco, polygraphy and brain Gandhinagar, Gujarat. lage.The deceased have been identified cases, increasing the State's tally to 8.62 lakh, even as 1,390 Nmapping tests will be con- On this request of the CBI, he members of the Hathras rape victim's family are liv- as Pankaj and Jyoti, both 21-years-old. persons recovered from the virus on Monday. &#/+' ducted on the four accused in the the court gave permission and Ting in conditions similar to house arrest and they are liv- They were found hanging from a Guntur district accounted for the highest number of hathras rape case. After taking its mentioned in the order that the ing in the fear that once the CRPF cover given to them is tree just about 100 metres behind their cases in the past 24 hours at 117, followed by East Godavari n the matter of removing the permission from the Hathras four will be kept in Gandhi withdrawn, their life might be in danger, claims a civil right houses. Both belonged to the same (104), West Godavari (76), Krishna (44), Chittoor (32), IBJP flag from the Scorpio court, the CBI took the four Nagar jail till the completion of body. caste. Preliminary investigations Kadapa (31), Nellore (30), Prakasam (25), Visakhapatnam vehicle of MJP MLA Dalvir accused from Aligarh jail to the test process as per the The People's Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) demand- revealed that they were in a relation- (21), Anantapur and Srikakulam (19 each), Vizianagaram Singh's grandson, the Aligarh Gujarat under the Police Guard requirement. ed security for the family through the Nirbhaya fund. ship for the past few years and want- (17) and Kurnool (10). Muslim University adminis- protection and will remain in the After getting this order, CBI PUCL members Kamal Singh, Alok, Shashikant, Farman ed to get married. However, the girl's With the new additions, East Godavari continues to tration will challenge the mat- Gandhi Nagar Jail of Gujarat. sought security from Hathras SP Naqvi and K B Maurya told that the whole family is in a way parents were not ready to accept their shoulder the highest number of cases at 1.21 lakh. ter in Supreme Court against The four accused in the to transport the four from under house arrest conditions and their normal social life relationship as the duo was distantly Meanwhile, 10 more people succumbed to the virus, the decision of the lower court rape and murder of the girl in Aligarh Jail to Gandhi Nagar has been cut off. related. IANS raising the total number of Covid deaths in the state to of High Court. Chandpa, Hathras were in the Gujarat. In this sequence, SP The victim's family members are in the fear for their lives 6,948. Professor Shafe Qidwai of Aligarh district jail. The CBI Hathras took the security guard that once the CRPF protection is withdrawn, their lives might Chittoor district has witnessed the highest number of the Public Relations interrogated the accused for from jail and sent them to be in danger. The upper caste people will not allow them to ) # Covid deaths at 822. Department of the University several days. Gujarat while arranging for the live in the village or they may threaten their lives. On Monday, 1,390 persons recovered from the virus told that on 22 October 2019, According to the sources, the security guard and vehicle from PUCL members also said that case should be filed against to increase the total number of recoveries to 8.42 lakh, nar- Prof. Bibi Singh, the member of four had given consent to the the police line. the officials who cremated the victim's body in a hurry. They rowing the gap between total infections and recoveries. the university's proctor team, narco, polygraphy and brain These four have now said that action should be taken against district magistrate 96: L* $ .H $.I Of the 8.62 lakh cases, active cases have plummeted did his duty by taking off the mapping test. After getting their reached Gujarat. Praveen Kumar, SP Vikram Veer and the area SHO. !"!" J to 13,394. flag of a political party mount- consent, the CBI sought per- Now the process of testing The victim's body was cremated in the middle of the night Andhra Pradesh has the highest ratio of Covid tests ed on a vehicle inside a uni- mission to conduct these tests in will be completed in a couple of hurriedly. Her family members claimed that the cremation, * per million samples in the country. It has tested 1.8 lakh versity campus as per univer- the ADJ-SCST Act from the days. Only then they will be was without their consent and they were not allowed to bring 7 M . people for every million population while the national aver- sity rules. court of Hathras and requested brought back. the body home one last time. age is 95,590. ) $ The southern state's positivity rate currently stands at , H,I 8.93 per cent. IANS %" # :; ! +: !
@, of protection would also be ! : 0 made available to increase the lert jawans of the Border safety and capability of J&K ,0# During their questioning case. ASecurity Force (BSF) personnel fighting against ter- by the NCB, Bharti and her Rampal and Gabriella were gunned an intruder along the rorism. He said that BP vehi- Special court here on husband reportedly confessed questioned later. The NCB had International border in the cles with additional features AMonday granted a bail to to having possessed and con- earlier last month arrested a Samba sector late Monday would also be provided to television comedian Bharti sumed cannabis (ganja). South African national evening while foiling an infil- increase the efficiency of per- Singh and her husband Harsh Both have been booked Agisilaos Demetriades – the tration bid from across the bor- sonnel on the anti-terror front. Limbachiya against a bond of under sections 20(b)(ii)(A) brother of Rampal’s live-in der. He also sought reports from the Rs 15,000 each in the drugs (involves small quantity of partner Gabriella Demetriades On Sunday, a cross border field officers and personnel seizure and consumption case drugs) and 8(c) (possession of from Lonavla near Pune. tunnel was detected by a joint with regards to the safety gears filed against them by the drugs) and 27 (consumption of Agisilaos is alleged to be a part team of BSF and Jammu and and other requirements and Narcotics Control Bureau drugs) of the NDPS Act. of a larger drug syndicate oper- Kashmir police near the Regal assured that highlighted (NCB). The raid on the homes of ating in Bollywood, which is border post in the Samba sec- requirements would be A day after they were sent Bharti and her husband Harsh being investigated after the tor. redressed on priority. judicial custody till December and their subsequent arrest death of actor Sushant Singh In another related devel- Meanwhile, a senior secu- 14, 36-year-old Bharti and 33- came after their names figured Rajput. opment, the DGP J&K police rity expert in Jammu Brigadier year-old Harsh, Additional in the custodial interrogation of Earlier on November 8, Dilbagh Singh Monday pre- (Retd) Anil Gupta Monday Chief Metropolitan Magistrate a 21-year-old drug trafficker the NCB officials had carried sented rewards to the person- expressed grave concern on the at Esplanade Court allowed the whom the NCB officials had out searches at film producer nel who were part of the Ban repeated failure of the BSF bail application of Bharti and arrested earlier the day on Firoz A. Nadiadwala’s residence Toll Plaza encounter. and J&K Police to prevent her script writer-producer hus- Saturday. During the raid con- along Gulmohar Cross Road at On the occasion, DGP also infiltration through the band Harsh and ordered their ducted at a location in Khar Juhu Vile Parle Development announced that shields already International Border (IB). release against a bail bond for Danda area, the investigators (JVPD) Scheme in north-west issued in Kashmir valley would In a written statement, Rs 15,000 each. seized various drugs including Mumbai and seized a total of also be provided to the per- Brig Gupta stated that this is While Bharti was arrested 15 blots of LSD (commercial 717.1 gm of various drugs and sonnel in Jammu zone. He the 4th or 5th time when a tun- on Saturday evening, Harsh quantity), ganja (40 gm) and arrested five persons, including said that protection jackets nel has been detected after the was placed under arrest by the Nitrazepam (psychotropic Firoz A. Nadiadwala’s wife and helmets with higher level infiltration has taken place. NCB after 15 hours of ques- medicines). Shabana Saeed. tioning on Sunday morning. Bharti and Harsh are being Nearly twenty persons Their arrests came after the investigated in connection with –including Sushant’s girlfriend NCB seized 86.5 grams of the Bollywood-drug mafia case Rhea Chakraborty and her Cannabis during the raids con- registered by the NCB in the brother Showik --- have so far ducted on their office and res- wake of the alleged suicide of been arrested in connection idence in north-west Mumbai Bollywood actor Sushant Singh with a case registered by the on Saturday. While the NCB Rajput. NCB on August 28, two days seized 65 gram of Cannabis Sushant, it may be recalled, after it registered a case suo from Harsh’s production house was found hanging from a moto. at Versova. 21.5 grams of the ceiling fan in his closed room The CB had registered a same drug and unaccounted of his duplex flat at Mont second case after it told the cash of Rs 1.49 lakh were Blanc building at Bandra’s Mumbai court that it wanted to seized from the residence of Carter Road in north-west “to uproot the drug citadel in Bharti and Harsh at Andheri’s Mumbai on June 14. Mumbai especially in Lokhandwala Complex. Earlier, on November 9, the Bollywood”. Subsequently, Bharti is understood to NCB had raided the residence Rhea was granted conditional have told officers that she of Bollywood actor Arjun bail by the Bombay High Court would smoke weed procured Rampal on November 9, his in the Sushant death-related by her husband. Harsh told the and his live-in friend Gabriella drug case on October 7, 2020. investigators that he purchased Demetriades’ questioning and As part of the investiga- Cannabis from a peddler. Of the subsequent arrest of his tions, the NCB had earlier the procured cannabis, he Australian friend Australian questioned Bollywood’s promi- would keep a part of the con- friend Paul Bartel was on nent actresses Deepika traband at his office, while he Friday arrested by the NCB in Padukone, Sara Ali Khan, would keep the remaining drug the much-discussed Shraddha Kapoor and Rakul at his for consumption. Bollywood-drug mafia nexus Preet Singh. !" # # . 2 '*)' ""$2#( 7: 9* . : : 84-9 -2 *7 1 7 # # < = # >. ?- ! / ) O D 8 7 2 O 1 * $. / O # 3@3>(3@3@ . A were indeed far ahead of others in their professional performance ( in schools and teacher education A institutions. Unfortunately, the module was not replicated. ) % ( In higher education, the pol- icy acknowledges the “criticality, quality and engagement” of the faculty. It also accepts that “fac- + + ( ulty motivation” remains far B - lower than the desired level. 0 2 # .2 225 Several steps have been listed to attract “the best, motivated, and . / / ;.//< olicies are formulated on the capable faculty in the HEIs.” / C strong foundation of the The right-teacher-student ratio, D8 outcomes of incisive analy- access to education technology, @8 Psis of past experiences cou- freedom to design their own cur- pled with futuristic vision that ricular and pedagogical $ S ( could respond to emerging issues, approaches, incentives like $A E " / concerns and aspirations. Gandhiji appropriate rewards, promo- consistently articulated the India of tions, recognition and move- his dreams and his concerns about ment into institutional leadership 7873 the impediments ahead. These are are included in the list. F " evident in the seven social sins he In his book of 1932, ((( " published in the Young India of Remakers of Mankind, Carl October 22,1925. These are: politics Washburne writes that when / 1 without principles, wealth without asked, “What is your goal in edu- ( work, pleasure without conscience, institutions in India, such as dent’s full human potential. foreign students. One has to be cation when India obtains self- / ( knowledge without character, com- Takshashila, Nalanda, Higher education, the NEP-2020 cautious about certain aspects rule?”, Gandhi answered, merce without morality, science Vikramshila and Vallabhi, set the acknowledges, must aim to devel- though. Global credibility and “Character-building. I would try without humanity and worship highest standards of multi-disci- op good, thoughtful, well round- recognition would require certain to develop courage, strength, @8 2 without sacrifice. plinary teaching and research and ed and creative individuals. minimum levels of infrastructure virtue, the ability to forget one- ) ( No policy, the one on education hosted scholars and students Obviously, the school education and facilities which, sadly self in working towards great included, can ignore the contem- from across backgrounds and would take note of these aspects enough, are still missing in a large aims. This is more important # porary severity of these sins. It could countries.” The ancient Indian in the most sensitive years. number of education institu- than literacy; academic learning /S ( also be witnessed in the seven ten- system of education valued the Recommendations on multi-dis- tions across the board. The NEP is only a means to this great end.” E sions identified in the report to pursuit of knowledge with the ciplinary universities, robust 2020 assures availability of all of Character formation was the UNESCO of the International sole objective of utilising it for the autonomy, revamping of curricu- these: “Every classroom shall strength of the traditional Indian ( . Commission on Education for the welfare of humanity: “Let all be lum and pedagogy, reforms in have access to the latest educa- system of knowledge quest that .0$ 21st century— also known as the happy, let all be healthy; let all see governance of higher education tional technology that enables included creation, generation, !#($2! . Delores Commission Report. These good around and let none suffer Institutions (HEIs), creation of better learning experiences.” utilisation and transfer of knowl- are the tensions between global and pain of any kind.” Could there be National Research Foundation There can be no compromise on edge to generations ahead. With . local, universal and individual, tra- a better comprehension of the (NRF) and National Educational the professionally acceptable all the experiences gained glob- # dition and modernity, long-term essential unity of human beings Technology Forum (NETF) teacher-taught ratio. This raises ally in varying contexts and . and short term considerations, the as one family? And in a family, would be positive additions to the several related requirements. approaches, it is now accepted / . 2 need for competition and concern differences and diversities are quality and contemporary rele- Quality just cannot be raised by globally that education in every for opportunity, extraordinary accepted and respected. This is vance of the future model of engaging guest teachers, teachers country must be rooted to culture . % # expansion of knowledge and the what the NEP has imbibed in Indian education. on lecture-based payments, para and committed to progress. human being’s capacity to assimilate, word and spirit. It recalls how the India could finally turn into teachers and keeping more than Character-building just cannot be ( and finally, the conflict between the products of ancient Indian edu- an international education hub a million posts of school teach- envisioned in isolation unless spiritual and the material. One cation system strived tirelessly to and certainly attract attention of ers vacant for decades together! linked to culture. No culture could, in the present context, refor- make seminal contributions in the corresponding international In HEIs, the quality of products, would flourish in isolation and mulate them but it would be diverse fields of knowledge, institutions. The proposed research and innovations would our youth can become global cit- # % perilous to neglect any of these. The including mathematics, astrono- changes in structure, flexibility, be greatly impeded if there are izens only when they are made “sins” are taking stronger roots my, metallurgy, surgery, health, autonomy, pedagogy, multi- 40-60 per cent vacant academic well aware and conversant with while the “tensions” are disturbing architecture, engineering, ship dimensionality, assessment pro- positions. The NEP 2020 boldly their own culture before being # human habitation and systems that building, navigation, yoga, fine cedures, including transfer of acknowledges this concern and introduced to others. India are already under severe strains and arts and so much more. Every credit systems, would remove articulates: “The teacher must be painfully suffered as the trans- pressures as consequences of declin- Indian student – inheritor of this several agonising technicalities. at the centre of the fundamental planted system deliberately kept ing moral, ethical and humanistic great legacy – must be made The availability of internation- reforms in the education system. young “educated” Indians away considerations. familiar with it and accept the ally relevant curricula in the his- The new education policy must from getting familiar with the R & An incisive scrutiny of the responsibility to enhance it fur- tory, heritage and culture of help re-establish teachers, at all nuances of their own culture; National Education Policy (NEP ther through excellence in his India, as also modern subject levels, as the most respected and they were systematically indoc- 2020) would indicate the extent to chosen area of activity and exper- areas, could attract a sizeable essential members of our society, trinated in the “superiority of the , )& " # which both the sins and tensions tise. Each one of them is an inher- number of foreign students, help- because they truly shape our next Western culture.” This was very ? ! @ need to be responded to, as is essen- itor of the legacy of luminaries ing us achieve the goal of “inter- generation of citizens. It must do comprehensively articulated by tial to prepare human beings like Charak, Susruta, Aryabhata, nationalisation at home.” Some everything to empower teachers Gandhiji in the Young India of ( imbued with character, commit- Bhaskaracharya, Brahmagupta, well-thought out suggestions like and help them do their job as September 1,1921, “It is my firm $ ( * + ! ment and concern. It acknowledges Nagarjuna, Gautama, Maitreyi, opening of foreign campuses by effectively as possible.” Expressing opinion that no culture has a trea- ) the guiding light it derived from the Gargi and Thiruvalluvur. established Indian institutions serious concern on the quality of sure so rich as ours. We have not $ , $ “rich heritage of ancient and eternal Once the NEP 2020 is imple- and permitting top internation- teacher education, the recom- known it, we have been made -.S / Indian knowledge and thought.” The mented appropriately, no Indian al universities to operate in India mendation is to replace by 2030 even to depreciate its value. We -. $ # pursuit of knowledge, wisdom and shall remain “delinked from would effectively put Indian edu- all of the present one-year school have almost ceased to live it.” Let truth is considered the highest goal India.” Every learner would be cation firmly on the internation- teacher preparation programmes us hope that the proposed edu- of human life. The NEP mentions, exposed to modern knowledge al podium, with dignity, credibil- by four-year integrated teacher cational reforms would prepare 0 S $ “The aim of education in ancient that would be given to him/her ity and expectations. Shared education programmes. It may be young people with credentials, India was not just the acquisition of in institutions following the most courses with reputed internation- worthwhile to recall that the four- and they would be looking after + knowledge as preparation for life in modern pedagogy, and with due al institutions could pave the way year integrated teacher prepara- the masses. Education must lead this world, or life beyond schooling, emphasis on critical thinking, for a much-needed morale boost- tion programmes began in the to human dignity for one and all. . ( (. 1 2 but for the complete realisation and creativity and innovations. It ing and encourage our young to four institutions of the NCERT (The author works in liberation of the Soul. 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Also, street + # S country, senior leaders like Kapil < [email protected] vendors have been struggling. P Q ! Sibal and P Chidambaram have < L/ 7< M With the unlocking of the lashed out against the present D0@. country, their lives were just ( 1 leadership of the Congress. < D # 7 * about getting back on track # ) + S #0 They have echoed the words of & 7 - ? again as people had begun !S / those members of the grand old % #(D0@. H . spending. # = + party who wrote a dissent letter D OI Now, if there is another in August. The Congress Party 7 )-#D16 #( D lockdown, the wheels of the $ , ($ + has become weak because of the 0@. economy will stop moving ! 7834 - ) trust deficit, loss of public @ O < 7 * 0@. again and the poor will be left $ ( appeal, identity politics and 8 @ !2 + 87 D to starve and fend for them- political polarisation. There is a ( * # selves in a nation that does not + + S -. crisis of leadership due to the # < 7 have unemployment benefits ! -. -. ( lack of vision and idealism. #( 0@. D or social security. Till we get a P Q # -. Brainstorming by senior leaders ' D 7 * ) ( 7 Universal Basic Income in and dissenters in a democratic > </ India, we as citizens of the !S + spirit of accommodation will ) < 0@. 6852< country, should find it in our !S -. # help overhaul the party. A grace- - 7 hearts to help the underprivi- -. . $ ( ful and dignified change of leged. We need to stop being so leadership can also help open a the country. Any nation that and the cavalier attitude of the self-centred and reach out and -. 0 + new and meaningful chapter in does not have a strong milling masses roaming help those in distress. ( its history. Opposition to keep the ruling around in overcrowded mar- Ashmit Aaron # + This, in turn, will help build Government in check is in trou- Sir — We are being buffeted by kets without masks during the Noida a strong Opposition, which is ble and can become totalitarian. yet another wave of the pan- festive season have led to this -.(! # essential for the growth of a Krishan Malhotra demic. As feared by health surge. Many States are again " / 8 ! healthy and vital democracy in Ambala Cantt experts, the cold, the pollution thinking of going into a lock- 55:352A2<:D9B6=2B !" # # - 2 '*)' ""$2#( :82 6'& )"!" !$" - 6& 2- " , % $$ $ P !#/"$)"" $ % , $ " $ " 0 L % L %$E% ; :1
3 0 6728 ! ! )& 3 .5 F ! # 783> # / ( S 2 S ( / / 7878 # / @G / ( ; # F ( @D / he additional provision of 65,000 crore towards fertiliser subsidy (over and above the T 71,000 crore allocated in the Budget for + O ( 2020-21), that was announced by the Finance Minister under “Stimulus- III” on November 12, will O ( help in clearing all pending dues to the industry. # 20,/ ( This has led the latter to believe that this is a pre- 3@ cursor to a gradual transition to direct cash or ben- " efit transfer (DBT) of subsidy to the farmers. This H 0 is illusory, as despite tall claims made by the UPA and the NDA dispensations since 2012, this has not 37 / been done. The dominant stumbling blocks are a P I Q ( threat to the viability of high cost units in the pub- (( lic sector, including revival projects viz Sindri, ( Gorakhpur, Barauni and so on. Plus there is the risk of inviting the farmers’ wrath if subsidy does not " O reach them in time. Bureaucratic red tape is a third P I Q major factor. Till these are addressed, DBT to farm- P I Q S ers won’t see the light of the day. ( In the Budget for 2012-13, the then UPA F Government had announced tracking the move- *'$<,0<#?? ment of fertilisers from retailers to farmers, and link- 0$ ).,*$) J ing part of the subsidy payment to manufacturers .$+'$ *+$ # ( for sale to farmers by retailers. In the mid-year eco- nomic analysis of 2012-13, the Finance Ministry 0<#< /#-$ E ( ,&&?< ( came out with a blueprint on modalities for implementing the Budget announcement. Pilot pro- ))*$0?*'$ / 4D / jects in 10 districts spread over nine States were to )#<<#) >)+ be launched, which were to be followed by DBT in /+# ,&*,+$ tem works. The Centre controls the extra at the time of purchase, though he sion-makers. Clearly, there are vested these districts from April 1, 2013. Concurrently, the )<*< Maximum Retail Price (MRP) of urea at will get back this amount from the interests in continuing with the status quo. : O Government planned to track fertilisers movement .+# $<# #*< a low level, unrelated to the cost of pro- Government as subsidy later. Unless the above roadblocks are O in the whole country. A pan-India launch was con- +0#+$.)+*>)+ duction and distribution, which is high- In the urea segment, however, the cleared, the transition to DBT will be next # ( templated from April 2014. *'$!"!1D!! er. It reimburses the manufacturers for the transition will be tough for manufactur- to impossible. But this is doable provid- / # ( Even as the Department of Fertilisers developed +($*# /?$+ shortfall as subsidy on a “unit-specific” ers as well as farmers. For producers, since ed Modi sheds his plan of linking devel- F the technology platform called e-Fertiliser basis under the New Pricing Scheme each one of them will have to sell at the opment of eastern India with the revival Monitoring System (e-FMS) to execute the blue- #*'<.+).)<$ (NPS). The current MRP of urea is ridicu- market-based price, all those whose pro- of Sindri, Gorakhpur, Barauni (alterna- K7 / <,0<#?)> print, the DBT remained on paper. Meanwhile, the lously low at 5,360 per tonne even as the duction cost is higher than that of the tively, their production cost needs to be NDA Government under Narendra Modi recog- 5 """.$+?$+ cost can vary from about 15,000 per most efficient producer or the industry cut drastically); pledges to fully fund sub- nised that there was rampant misuse of subsidy. *)0$/#-$ # tonne to 25,000 per tonne. Even as all average, will either have to perform or sidy requirement (if it can be done for B According to the Economic Survey 2015-16, as much *%)*+ '$< units (31) sell urea at the same price, each wind up. As for the farmer, he will have 2020-21, why not every year then); ruth- # as 24 per cent of the subsidy was spent on ineffi- )>! 5""$ '# one of them gets paid on the basis of its to spend, at the time of purchase, at least lessly applies his dictum of “naa khaoon- ( ( ( cient producers, 41 per cent was diverted to non- *'$('+#> own production cost. Thus, an efficient thrice (based on the market price of ga, naa khane doonga (neither will I take ) @4 / ( agricultural uses, including smuggling to neighbour- +0#<$<) < unit producing at, say 15,000 per tonne, 15,000 per tonne or 750 per bag) of bribe nor will I let anyone else take it)”; ing countries, and 24 per cent was consumed by gets a subsidy of 9,640 per tonne where- what he is spending now. and does away with bureaucratic red tape *'#<<'),&0$ larger, presumably richer farmers. That left a tiny /#-$ ) &?*) as another producing at 25,000 per The Government has fears on both by removing all controls, including on - 11 per cent for small and marginal farmers, who tonne, gets a subsidy of 19,640 per tonne. counts. On the production front, there are urea import. The subsidy may be com- alone, according to Modi, should have been the sole *'$<&& In the case of P and K fertilisers, the several public sector plants, which fall in puted on a per hectare basis and given ( +/# & / beneficiaries of the subsidy. The survey advocated Government gives “uniform” subsidy on the high cost zone and hence risk being annually as mooted by the Commission DBT using the Jan Dhan-Aadhaar-Mobile (JAM) >+$+<)+ per nutrient basis to all manufacturers chopped under the DBT. Even the revival for Agriculture Costs and Prices (CACP). O /S platform. In the Budget for 2016-17, the then *')<$%#*' under the Nutrient-Based Subsidy (NBS) projects, like Sindri, Gorakhpur and In its Rabi report for the 2021-22 market- ( ( Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley, made an announce- & ')&# /< Scheme. For arriving at the MRP, they are Barauni, on completion (2021) will have ing year, it has proposed a subsidy of F ment to this effect followed by the launch of pilot )>&$<<*' expected to deduct the subsidy amount a production cost of over 30,000 per 5,000 per year to be given in two projects for linking subsidy payments to produc- *%)'$ *+$< from the cost. For instance, if a unit pro- tonne. Hence it won’t be viable under the tranches of 2,500 each in the Kharif and 0 "( ers with the sale of fertilisers to farmers by retail- duces DAP (dia-ammonium phosphate) new regime. As for farmers, it risks invit- Rabi seasons. This should be given only ers in 18 districts spread over 12 States. In March at a cost of say 34,000 per tonne and sub- ing their wrath if subsidy money does not to the small and marginal farmers, i.e. . 2018, the scheme was launched across the country. sidy is 10,000 per tonne, then it will have reach them in time, which is inevitable if those with land holdings of less than two F ( Under it, the Government has made disbursal to fix the MRP at 24,000 per tonne. the budgetary allocation is inadequate. hectares. Further, a cultivator must not be ( of 100 per cent of the subsidy to producers condi- Now, if instead of routing through the There are other roadblocks which are denied subsidy merely because s/he does tional upon actual sales to farmers and these get- manufacturers, the subsidy is to be given not so explicit. Under the present system not own the land tilled by her/him. ting registered on point-of-sale (PoS) machines at directly to farmers, the transition in case of urea being available at a throwaway The Government should garner data / ( the dealer’s shop (prior to this, they were getting 95 of P and K fertilisers may not face much price of 5,360 per tonne, a mere one- on all 140 million farm households and ) per cent of subsidy on receipt of material at a dis- of a hurdle. The subsidy of 10,000 per fourth of the cost, dubious operators make put it on a web portal. This is an absolute trict’s railhead point or approved godown and the tonne or 500 per bag (50 kg) of DAP can a quick buck by diverting it to chemical must to ensure that no one is left out. At ( balance five per cent on confirmation of sales to be credited to a farmers’ account even as industries or smuggling it to neighbour- present, there is a void as even under PM E farmers by States). But this is not DBT as subsidy the manufacturer will sell at the market- ing countries. This won’t be possible with- Kisan, just about 80 million farmers are continues to be routed through manufacturers. Now, based price, say 34,000 per tonne or out the tacit consent of those in the hot receiving the eligible amount of 6,000. ) just because the Government has cleared all sub- 1,700 per bag, this being the cost of the seat. Further, urea imports are canalised Under a business as usual scenario, leav- A sidy dues to manufacturers, it gives no clue that this most efficient producer (this could also through State agencies like the Minerals ing out 60 million from subsidy payments S will happen soon. In fact, there are major roadblocks be an average of all units depending on and Metals Trading Corporation could be catastrophic. ; < on the way — some explicit and others not so. To how market dynamics evolve). However, (MMTC), State Trading Corporation (The writer is a New Delhi-based pol- understand these, let us look at how the extant sys- the farmer will have to spend 500 per bag (STC) and there is a lot to gain for deci- icy analyst) :$& 0 #
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Minister and party coordinator O actor-turned-politician and Congress and other religions has no takers in the Further, the Kerala electorate could return to power but that came Panneerselvam announced it at a spokesperson Khushbu’s joining of the South. The BJP’s polarising tactics consists of a sizeable number of to a screeching halt in July after the function attended by Union Home party was a significant event. So the won’t work in the South. Sixth, new Christians and Muslims and they Chief Minister’s Office was found to Minister Amit Shah. Though the late big question is why was the BJP unable parties have sprung up with two remain non-BJP voters. be allegedly involved in a gold smug- AIADMK chief J Jayalalithaa had a to make inroads in Tamil Nadu till untested superstars — Kamal Haasan In 2019, the LDF posted a land- gling scam. Several protests broke out good equation with Prime Minister now? and Rajinikanth — on the horizon. slide victory, winning 19 of the 20 seats across Kerala after the smuggling of Narendra Modi, she did not go for a First of all, the saffron party had The DMK has been making poll while the UDF won just one seat and 30 kg gold worth 14.82 crore through tie-up with the BJP in the 2016 polls. no tall leaders to match the iconic preparations for some months now the BJP got zero seats. The RSS tried diplomatic channels came to light on *'$*#$*) After her demise, in 2019, the UPA Dravidian leaders like M Karunanidhi, and MK Stalin has already announced to mobilise support on the con- July 5. The case is currently being made it in 37 of the 40 seats won. The J Jayalalithaa and MG Ramachandran. an alliance with the Congress. In the tentious Sabarimala issue but the probed by the ED, the National *'# (#< )% 03 7& 2 BJP went with the AIADMK. It is likely to be Modi versus DMK 2019 Lok Sabha, the Congress-DMK counter-mobilisation presented an Investigation Agency and the Customs . D The BJP now wants to make a chief MK Stalin now. Second, the BJP combination swept the polls. The State effective alternative control. Department. Another nail in the cof- )-#D16 fter the big win in the Bihar mark in the South, riding piggyback is perceived to be a North Indian has been alternating between the With more literate voters, Kerala fin was the recent promulgation of Assembly elections this month, on the AIADMK. The Congress is in Brahminical party and the word DMK and the AIADMK and now it alternates between the Communists The Kerala Police (Amendment) * Athe BJP is now focussing on the alliance with the Dravida Munnetra Brahmin is anathema to Dravidian is the turn of the DMK. It was only or anti-Communists. The BJP is see- Ordinance, 2020. Vide this Ordinance, D South, where Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Kazhagam (DMK) while smaller par- parties. Third, Tamil Nadu saw a huge in 2016 that the AIADMK got a sec- ing slow growth in the State because a new Section 118A was introduced Puducherry are going to the polls early ties like actor Vijayakanth’s Desiya anti-Hindi agitation in the 60s. The ond term. of it. While the minority communi- in the Kerala Police Act, 2011. This next year. Elections are scheduled for Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam Dravidian parties are against any The neighbouring Puducherry ties in the State have successfully was widely viewed as a brazen assault 7 West Bengal and Assam, too. Will the (DMDK), S Ramadoss’ Paattali imposition of Hindi and the Modi often reflects Tamil Nadu’s politics. In ensured the protection of their respec- on freedom of speech. BJP achieve its goal of gaining a Makkal Katchi (PMK), Government is in favour of it. Fourth, any case, it is a small Union Territory tive cultures, the Hindu community Though the Chief Minister insist- + foothold in the South? Success has Thirumavalavan’s Viduthalai influenced by the anti-Brahmin move- and has just one seat in the Lok Sabha. has relentlessly ceded its own cultur- ed that “no action would be taken C been eluding the saffron party so far, Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) and oth- ment of the 50s and the 60s, many Currently, the Congress is ruling in the al space. The BJP is taking advantage against the media or critics who stay as its penetration has been restricted ers choose the DMK or AIADMK caste-based parties like the Vanniyars State. of it, but it is taking time to translate within the limits of the Constitution” 7 to Karnataka. It has failed in Tamil coalition according to the situation. (dominant in north-west parts of Kerala is a different story. The into votes. and in the end decided not to imple- Nadu, Puducherry and Kerala because The BJP has strengthened its Tamil Nadu, Thevars (dominant in Left-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) Also, the BJP is facing factional- ment the amended Act, the damage of historic, religious, social and ideo- Tamil Nadu unit by appointing southern part of the State in the and the Congress-led United ism in Kerala. The RSS has cautioned has been done to the Government’s B logical reasons. Murugan, a lawyer, as its chief and has Madurai belt) and Gounders (in the Democratic Front (UDF) alternate in the central leadership that the friction reputation and credibility in a fierce- In Tamil Nadu, the BJP firmed up also activated its workers. There has Kongu belt in the west), have sprung power. It is the UDF’s turn now. The in the State unit could impact the per- ly independent State. its poll alliance with the ruling been a recruitment spree in the State up in the last three decades, resulting BJP has not been able to penetrate formance in the polls. Now, it remains to be seen AIADMK during the weekend. since 2014. It has brought to its fold in the splintering of votes. Fifth, the much in the State despite the ground- Kerala won kudos in containing whether the BJP can consolidate its Eyebrows were raised at this early pact celebrities, bureaucrats and politicians BJP’s stand on conversions to work done by the Rashtriya the COVID-19 pandemic. A few Hindu votes in the South. when the State’s Deputy Chief from other parties. Recently, the Christianity and its hostility to Islam Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). months ago it looked as if the LDF (The writer is a senior journalist) H I !" # # )
266=8 7(2= )A Q& ) : ! ! 2 ) ++ & ) R 2 Washington: Joe Biden sion,” The Wall Street Journal “Jake Sullivan, another top ) ! intends to pick his trusted for- reported. Biden advisers, is expected to London: Britain’s Supreme to national security.” eign policy advisor Antony “President-elect Joe Biden be named as national securi- Beijing: A wary China on Kabul, saying “China will con- Court is set to decide whether a Begum, now 21, was one of Blinken as the US Secretary of is planning to announce that he ty adviser, according to two Monday urged the US to with- tinue to firmly support the woman who ran away from her three east London schoolgirls State and Jake Sullivan as has selected Antony Blinken, people familiar with the draw its troops from Afghan government and peo- London home as a teenager to who traveled to Syria in 2015 National Security Advisor, one of his closest and longest- announcement,” the daily said. Afghanistan in an “orderly and ple in their efforts to combat join the Islamic State group in to live under IS rule. media reports said on Monday, serving foreign policy advisers, Last week, Biden said he responsible manner” amidst terrorism and safeguard the Syria can return to the UK. She says she married an as the President-elect is poised as secretary of state,” The had decided on his name for increasing concern here that national stability and their own Beijing: China on Monday The British government is Islamic State member from the to make his first round of Washington Post said. the Treasury Secretary. PTI the war-torn country, which security”. lashed out at Washington over fighting to keep Shamima Netherlands and had three chil- Cabinet announcements on shares borders with the volatile Observers say that its withdrawal from the “Open Begum from coming back to dren, all of whom have died. Tuesday. Xinjiang province, could America’s latest plan to speed Skies Treaty” with Russia, say- the country where she was She resurfaced at a refugee Blinken, 58, has served as "4"* Q$ "$ "$ become a breeding ground for up the withdrawal of more ing the move undermined mil- born. camp in Syria in 2019 and told the Deputy Secretary of State Uighur Muslim militants. troops from Afghanistan may itary trust and transparency At a hearing beginning on reporters she wanted to come in the second term of the Chinese Foreign Ministry have troubling consequences and imperiled future attempts Monday, it is challenging a home, but was denied the Obama administration and '$% 5!."' " spokesman Zhao Lijian’s for China as Washington’s with- at arms control. lower court’s ruling that Begum chance when then-Home National Security Advisor to remarks came after acting US drawal also coincides with its The treaty, to which China can return to Britain to mount Secretary Sajid Javid revoked Biden when he was the vice Wellington: New Zealand “What has been really at Defence Secretary Christopher move to lift the ban on the is not a signatory, had allowed a legal challenge aimed at her citizenship. president. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern the center of our response has Miller last week said that the US Uighur militant group -- the each country overflight rights restoring her UK citizenship, He argued that she was A strong India-hand, on Monday became the latest been some fundamentals would cut its military presence East Turkestan Islamic to inspect military facilities. which was revoked on nation- Bangladeshi by descent and Blinken was the top foreign world leader to congratulate around testing, contact tracing, in Afghanistan to 2,500 troops Movement (ETIM). That leaves only one arms- al security grounds. could go there. policy advisor to the Biden President-elect Joe Biden on his isolation,” Ardern said. from 4,500 by January 15. Earlier this month, the control pact still in force between The Court of Appeal said The situation has thrown campaign. election victory, saying she “That’s over and above “China calls on foreign Trump administration, in a the former Cold War foes, the in July that “the only way in into sharp relief the larger “President-elect Joe Biden offered to share her nation’s what we’ve done at our bor- troops to leave Afghanistan in sudden move, lifted the ban on New START treaty, which lim- which she can have a fair and question of how Western soci- intends to nominate Antony expertise on dealing with the ders.” New Zealand has been an orderly and responsible the separatist ETIM, which its the number of nuclear war- effective appeal is to be per- eties deal with people who Blinken to serve as secretary of coronavirus. largely successful in elimi- manner, give terrorist forces no has been designated as a ter- heads each may have. That mitted to come into the United joined IS but want to go back State, turning to a trusted Ardern said the tone of the nating the virus after impos- breathing space and contribute rorist organisation by the UN’s treaty will expire in February Kingdom.” to their home countries. diplomat and foreign-policy 20-minute phone call was ing a strict lockdown in March to Afghanistan peace and rec- 1267 counter-terrorism com- and the Trump administration But James Eadie, a lawyer Begum challenged the adviser to oversee his work to warm and that Biden spoke and closing its borders. Only onciliation process,” Zhao told mittee in 2002 for its alleged had said it wasn’t interested in acting for the UK government, decision, arguing she is not the rebuild US relationships very favorably about how New 25 people in the nation of 5 a media briefing here. association with al-Qaida, extending it unless China also told the Supreme Court justices citizen of another country and around the globe, according to Zealand was handling the pan- million have died from He also condemned the Osama bin Laden and the joined, something Beijing says it that Begum “is considered to that Javid’s decision left her people familiar with the deci- demic. COVID-19. AP recent Islamic State attack on Taliban. PTI will not do. AP pose a real and current threat stateless. AP 9 / : ; -%P.7 0 ) 8 ! # Paris: Former French - Ouagadougou: Votes are being Hong Kong: Prominent Hong to the world, through our com- President Nicolas Sarkozy goes counted in Burkina Faso after Kong pro-democracy activist passion to whom we love, so on trial Monday on charges of Sunday’s presidential and leg- Joshua Wong said on Monday much that we are willing to sac- corruption and influence ped- Washington: The first (December 11). islative elections, where threats that he plans to plead guilty to rifice the freedom of our own. dling in a phone-tapping scan- Americans to receive a “Our plan is to be able to of extremist violence linked to charges related to a demon- I’m prepared for the thin chance dal, a first for the 65-year-old COVID-19 vaccine could be as ship vaccines to the immuni- al-Qaida and the Islamic State stration outside police head- of walking free.” Those found politician who has faced sev- early as the second week of sation sites within 24 hours prevented parts of the country quarters during anti-govern- guilty of taking part in an eral other judicial investiga- December, according to the from the approval, so I would from casting ballots. ment protests last year. unlawful assembly could face as tions since leaving office in White House vaccine czar. expect maybe on day two after Election workers began the Ahead of a court hearing long as five years in prison 2012. American pharmaceutical approval, on the 11th or on the counting after polls closed by Monday, Wong said that he and depending on the severity of the Sarkozy is being accused of giant Pfizer and its German 12th of December,” he told holding up the ballots up for fellow activist Ivan Lam would offense. having tried to illegally obtain partner BioNTech submitted CNN on Sunday. observers and marking the both plead guilty to organizing, Wong rose to prominence information from a magistrate an application to the US Food The vaccine, which votes on a chalkboard beside taking part in and inciting pro- as a student leader during the about an investigation involv- and Drug Administration requires two doses, has been the candidate’s name. testers to join an unauthorized 2014 Umbrella Movement pro- ing him in 2014. (FDA) on November 20 for shown by tests to be 95 per Preliminary results are expect- 0 / 6 # protest outside police head- democracy protests and is He stands trial in a Paris emergency use authorisation cent effective. Pfizer hopes to ed within the next two days. 9 " , quarters in Wan Chai last June. among a growing number of court along with his lawyer for its COVID-19 vaccine can- produce up to 50 million doses While there were no Both Wong and Lam were activists being charged for var- Thierry Herzog, 65, and the didate. An FDA vaccine advi- by the end of the year. reported incidents of major from voting, said Newton organization monitoring the members of the now-disband- ious relatively minor offenses magistrate, Gilbert Azibert, sory committee is slated to US pharmaceutical com- attacks, threats of violence pre- Ahmed Barry, president for the elections. CODEL said it was ed Demosisto political party. since Beijing in June imposed 73. meet December on 10. pany Moderna has also report- vented people from casting National Independent Electoral “concerned about the situation “I am persuaded that nei- a sweeping national security law They face a prison sen- Dr Moncef Slaoui, the ed that its vaccine is nearly 95 ballots in hard-hit parts of the Commission, on local televi- in areas weakened by insecu- ther prison bars, nor election on the territory that has severe- tence of up to 10 years and a head of the US coronavirus per cent effective, according to country, in the North, Sahel sion. rity”. Local officials in the Sahel ban, nor any other arbitrary ly restricted political speech. maximum fine of 1 million vaccine programme said that it test data. The company is and East regions. Nearly 3,000 In Tapoa province in the and Center North, the epi-cen- powers would stop us from Pro-democracy supporters have euros ($1.2 million). They means, if authorised by the expected to seek approval for polling stations expected to east, 224 polling stations out of ters of the violence, told the AP activism,” Wong said. said the legal charges are part of deny any wrongdoing. FDA, the vaccine could be the vaccine in the coming open yesterday didn’t, pre- 335 didn’t open, according to a people were angry about not “What we are doing now is a campaign to harass and intim- Hearings are scheduled rolled out the next day weeks. PTI venting up to 350,000 people report from CODEL, a local being able to vote. AP to explain the value of freedom idate them. AP until Dec. 10. AP ) # ! B! ! 6 8 @/ & $ Mexico City: Mexican author- there than in any other state in Dubai: Yemen’s Houthi rebels tweeted that the rebels fired a show a tank farm similar to the ities have recovered 113 bod- recent years. Manila: President Donald ny at the Department of back-to-back typhoons left a said they struck a Saudi oil facil- new Quds 2 cruise missile at bulk plant on fire. Details of the ies and additional human According to Mexico’s Trump’s administration pro- Foreign Affairs in Manila, trail of death and devastation ity in the port city of Jiddah on the facility. He posted a satel- videos posted predawn remains from a secret grave Interior Ministry, from 2006 vided precision-guided mis- where he announced the in the country and outlined US Monday with a new cruise mis- lite image online that matched Monday matched the general outside the western city of through September 30 of this siles and other weapons to delivery of the cache of mis- Help to the country battle the sile, just hours after the king- Aramco’s North Jiddah Bulk layout of the bulk plant. Guadalajara. year, 897 bodies had been help the Philippines battle siles and bombs to the coronavirus pandemic. dom finished hosting its virtu- Plant, where oil products are Saudi state-run media did Jalisco state Attorney recovered from secret graves in Islamic State group-aligned Philippine military. Trump The US assistance pro- al Group of 20 leaders summit. stored in tanks. not immediately acknowledge Gerardo Octavio Solís said on Jalisco, 605 of those during the militants and renewed a pledge pledged to provide the $18 jects normalcy in Washington’s The kingdom did not That facility is just south- the Houthi claim. Sunday night that 30 of the vic- administration of President to defend its treaty ally if it million worth of missiles in a foreign relations as Trump immediately acknowledge any east of Jiddah’s King Abdulaziz Saudi Aramco, the king- tims had been identified. Andrés Manuel López comes under attack in the dis- phone conversation with worked to challenge the results attack as videos on social media International Airport, a major dom’s oil giant that now has a The state is home to Jalisco Obrador who took office in puted South China Sea. Philippine President Rodrigo of the November 3 presidential suggested a fire at an Aramco facility that handles incoming sliver of its worth traded pub- New Generation Cartel, one of December 2018. National Security Adviser Duterte in April. election, claiming he was a vic- oil facility. Muslim pilgrims en route to licly on the stock market, did Mexico’s most violent and The burial ground in El Robert O’Brien represented O’Brien expressed condo- tim of fraud. Duterte had Brig. Gen. Yehia Sarie, a nearby Mecca. not immediately respond to a powerful. More bodies have Salto, southeast of Guadalajara, Trump in Monday’s ceremo- lences to the Philippines after asked Filipino Americans to Houthi military spokesman, Online videos appeared to request for comment. AP been found in secret graves was found in October. AP vote for Trump but congratu- lated Joe Biden, through his spokesperson, for winning the * election. O’Brien has represented Trump in a recent online sum- mit between the U.S. And * leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and = ,> an expanded East Asia summit of heads of state attended by Johannesburg: A South China and Russia that was also African judge said he will file held by video and hosted by a criminal complaint against Vietnam. AP former South African president Jacob Zuma after he staged a dramatic walkout while attend- ing a commission of inquiry looking into corruption during his tenure from 2009 to 2018. Zuma left the commission hearing without permission after Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo dismissed an application asking him to recuse himself as chair of the inquiry. Zuma alleges Zondo is biased against him. Zuma has been asked to respond to various allegations implicating him from at least 35 affidavits by witnesses who have appeared before the com- mission. These include allegations, among others, that he was involved in ensuring that mem- bers of the controversial Gupta family secured lucrative state contracts and influenced his appointments of cabinet min- isters. Zondo announced Monday that he would also file an application to the Constitutional Court, the high- est court in the country, to enforce a summons issued against Zuma and compel him to appear before the commis- sion. AP !" # # 0
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Conference 2020 organised by reforms undertaken on both compete on ease of doing added tothe momentum, Commission on Friday evening “While global cues the industry chamber CII. governance and economic business parameters. We are " " traders said. said it has approved the con- remained favourable, a sharp “Even at the time (of) fronts by the government will ranking states and naming E6A4: # . + < After touching a record glomerate’s proposed acquisi- rebound in IT, pharma, metals COVID pandemic, the Prime usher in a new era of growth and shaming them,” he said < intra-day high of 44,271.15, the tion of Future Group’s retail and Reliance Industries led Minister has not lost an oppor- and prosperity. while addressing a virtual 30-share BSE Sensex ended assets. domestic equities to register tunity to take deep reforms, to Kant also stressed the event organised by industry ' 194.90 points or 0.44 per cent On the other hand, HDFC, further gains. 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The ser- who have sought quashing of price of the staple vegetable is The increase in eliance Retail on Monday textiles, handicrafts and hand- vices of these pilots were ter- the April 2 order suspending once again set to soar even onion prices is being Rsaid it showcased more made natural goods,” the com- he Delhi High Court on minated in August. their services and the subse- while there is a large supply of attributed to the than 40,000 artisan-crafted pany said in a statement. Indie TMonday asked Air India to The court also asked the quent order of August 7 by onions coming from Rajasthan. decrease in imports products from over 50 GI clus- by AJIO is an online market- consider paying at least one airline to hear out the griev- which they were all terminat- The retail price of onions in the even as the fresh ters to its customers this festive place for local artisans and month’s salary to its pilots, ances of the pilots, who were ed. national capital is between Rs supply of onions season in a strong push to handcrafted products. It fea- engaged on contractual basis, engaged on contract after they The pilots, represented by 50 to Rs 70 per kg while the from Rajasthan is in locally-made artisanal prod- tures this distinctive idiom whose services were suspend- superannuated, and to see advocates Lalit Bhardwaj, wholesale price ranges from Rs full flow to various parts of the import of onions has not ucts. beautifully in the wide lifestyle ed in April and later terminat- whether something, like a Krishan Gopal and Jatin 15 to Rs 47.5 per kg which had country, including north India. stopped but it has considerably “A direct result of its three- products ranging from appar- ed in August, saying that “golden handshake”, can be Anand Dwivedi, have sought fallen slightly to Rs 42 per kg Traders say that in the last reduced. He said that onions year-old flagship initiatives - el to home furnishing and employees cannot be left to done for them. a direction to AI to restore before the Diwali season. few days due to the increasing have also been imported from ‘Indie by AJIO’ and ‘Swadesh’ accessories such as jewellery hang high and dry. With the suggestions, the their contractual engagements According to traders, there supply of locally-produced Turkey this week. At present, - started to provide avenues for and footwear, it said. The craft Justice Navin Chawla asked court listed the matter for or pay them salaries along are slim chances of getting a onions, the pace of onion although onions are coming sales and employment to local repertoire includes Ikat, the counsel for national carri- hearing on December 16.The with flying allowances with respite from the rising onion imports has slowed down. from Rajasthan, its price will craftsmen, the programmes Shibori, Banarasi, Bagh, Ajrakh er Air India to take instructions court was hearing two pleas effect from April 1 till their prices before December this Horticulture Produce fall only when onions from now engage with more than to Jamdani, Tangail, Chanderi on paying one month’s salary moved on behalf of the ter- licenses are restored to current year. However, there is some Exporters Association Nashik in Maharashtra flood 30,000 craftsmen, representing and many more. to the contractual pilots, who minated contractual pilots ratings. relief for the common man as President, Ajit Shah, said the the markets, Shah added. / "RD 7
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(6 DON’T MISS YOUR CHILD’S VACCINATION +(,<'&0 $+@$$ ! D?> 8?2: ! + ? % EF , ,++,&)2 " ! !! +:8@-? %""*) $( neumonia is one of the leading caus- Pes of sickness and mortality in children . in developing countries especially under the age of 5 years. Pneumonia can be eas- (")! ily prevented by immunization, adequate nutrition, and taking care of some envi- ronmental factors. As per WHO Pneumonia accounts for almost 15% to 18 % of all deaths (1.3 mil- lion deaths) globally of which 99% cases seen in 15 developing countries, in chil- dren under 5 years age. Approximately 3.7 +<#+/+$ lakh children die of Pneumonia annual- ly in India. Pneumonia can be caused by viruses, bacteria, or fungi. Pneumonia can spread in several ways like via air-borne droplets from a cough or sneeze from an infected person or the organisms which are normally pre- sent in one’s nose and throat can become infective if conditions are unfavourable and can infect the lungs if they are inhaled. In addition, in young infants it 7 can spread through blood also. Various factors that may influence the occurrence of pneumonia include, premature and low birth weight child, undernutrition, indoor ndia is considered as the Diabetes capital of the world. overcrowding, poor hygiene, previous IApproximately eight-point seven percent of Indians between history of allergies, recent history of the age of twenty to seventy years are Diabetic. The country suf- Measles and Chicken Pox, Pneumonia or fers substantial loss of productivity and thus bears a huge eco- hospitalisation and many more. nomic burden because of Diabetes. The presenting features of viral and An exceedingly high number of Diabetics around the world neumonia is an infection of bacterial pneumonia are similar. However, are looking to complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) the lungs. It causes the air the symptoms of viral pneumonia may be to act as an adjuvant or substitute for the management of their sacs (alveoli) of the lungs to 1 more when compared with bacterial condition. Diabetes affects multiple organ systems resulting in Pget inflamed (irritated and pneumonia. In children under five years a wide range of serious issues in patients. Many of these com- swollen). They may fill up with fluid of age they can present with cough and/or plications of Diabetes do not have any specific treatment in con- or pus. This causes a variety of ike people say, prevention is breakfast; two square meals per apy should take regular guidance fast and difficult breathing, with or with- ventional medicine. symptoms, which range from mild better than cure. So is the day, having fresh fruit everyday; of their treating physician; to keep out fever and there may be retraction of India is known for its larger than life festivals, and sweets to severe. Pneumonia is usually Lcase with pneumonia. Here regular exercise with deep breath- their conditions under control. lower chest wall. Wheezing is more com- and delicacies is a part and parcel of it. However, during this time, caused by bacteria or a virus. It also are a few tips that can help. ing exercises; adequate sleep are Avoiding smoking. mon in viral infections. Very severely ill Diabetics should exercise caution and only consume extremely can be caused by fungi or irritants Having good immunity is of utmost importance to maintain Taking influenza and infants may be unable to take feed or limited quantities of sweets or restrict themselves to food items that you breathe into your lungs. the single most important factor good immunity. Pneumococcal vaccines as per the drink. which will not increase their blood sugar levels if they have very How serious pneumonia is depends in prevention of pneumonia. People with Diabetes; renal advice of regular doctor/chest Three strategic interventions include- high levels of blood sugar. A temporary but sharp rise in blood on many factors. These include Healthy lifestyle — a good conditions; those on chemother- physician. vaccination, breastfeeding/nutrition and sugar can cause irreversible damage to vital organs. Elevated blood what caused the pneumonia, your access to care and antibiotic treatment sugar may take days to settle to its previous levels. We are also age, and your overall health. more than just antibiotics bacteria from the Mycobacterium along with Parent Education Programs, beginning to understand the correlation between Diabetes and People age 65 and older are at family that can cause lung infec- Pneumonia awareness Programs for COVID-19. Although research is still new, it is being postulat- % a higher risk, but anyone can catch tions. Community and health workers. ed that diabetics have a higher chance of severe clinical outcomes The symptoms of pneumonia pneumonia at any age and therefore Aspiration pneumonia: When Awareness of practices like hand hygiene- and mortality due to COVID-19. Again, experts recommend that can range from mild to severe. This should consider getting vaccinated one ends up aspirating contents of washing hands frequently, avoiding indoor patients should strive for good depends on your risk factors and the People who are considered $ the stomach into the lungs via; pollution (smoking, usage of firewood, ( + control of their blood sugar lev- type of pneumonia you have. healthy have a lower risk, but could breathing pipe — one gets — kerosene, incense, deo-sprays etc) as well els to prevent severe complica- Common symptoms are similar to still catch pneumonia chemical pneumonitis. as outdoor pollution. tions. the symptoms caused by a cold or If the condition is less severe, ! How is pneumonia diagnosed? Besides the general precautions as Diabetes has a wide spec- the flu. They include: treatment may not include hospital- When a person reaches a doc- already discussed keep your child’s vacci- trum of clinical manifestations Cough isation tor/hospital with above mentioned nation upto date which starts from six ranging from being asympto- Fever symptoms and after clinical exam- weeks of age. $ matic to causing multiple organ Bringing up mucus when you $ ination pneumonia is suspected; All children should be given vaccines failure. Homeopathic manage- cough Bacterial: This is the com- Xray of the chest is done to diag- to prevent against bacterial infections like ' ment can benefit patients at Difficulty breathing monest cause of pneumonia. There nose pneumonia. At times a CT Pneumococcus and Hib. All children six- every stage. Chills is a wide range of bacteria that can scan of the chest is necessary to see months of age or older should get a flu Very recent research shows Chest pain infection of the lungs - in children + the extent of the infection. Sending (Influenza) vaccine yearly at least up to that aggressive weight and diet You may also sweat, have a as well as adults sputum for culture test helps in eight years of age (MOH) because the management in the early stages headache, and feel very tired. Some Viral: Nowadays due to COVID deciding the causative factor of maximum spread in the community is of Diabetes may reverse the dis- people also experience nausea, 19; everyone seems to have got alert- pneumonia. through children in this age group. ease process. This revolution- vomiting, and diarrhea. ed about viral pneumonia. Viral How is it treated? Children should also be vaccinated ary conclusion has emphasised infections are rather common in compromised individuals. People As discussed above; depending against Measles and Chicken Pox because the importance of diet and % children and there are dozens of who are suffering from Diabetes; on the Causative agent these illnesses can reduce the immunity weight control even more than It can always be treated with viruses that cause infection of the chronic kidney disease; those hav- (Bacterial/viral/TB etc); and severely and increase the risk of secondary earlier. antibiotics lungs. Influenza related pneumonia ing HIV/AIDS; or those who are on patient’s condition (stable or criti- pneumonia. Older children should follow Doctors usually spend a lot of time explaining the impor- Elderly people are the only are common in adults and various medicines that compromise the cal) medicines are prescribed to be cough and sneeze etiquettes (cover their tance of lifestyle changes, including diet, mealtimes, exercise and ones required to receive vaccinations other viruses can cause lung infec- immunity; especially after organ taken orally (at home) or nose and mouth with facial tissue or a sleep patterns, in addition to advising homeopathic medicines. Healthy people can’t get pneu- tion in adults where immunity is transplant etc are immunocompro- Intravenously (in the sleeve of their shirt when sneezing and Many of these patients can report lasting blood sugar control with monia compromised. COVID-19 related mised people. hospital).Patients also need sup- throw away tissues after use). these modifications. There are many cases where homeopathic An individual with pneumo- inflammation is not a pneumonia in Tuberculous infections: portive care in the form of hydra- If the child is showing symptoms sug- medicines can be completely withdrawn. nia must be hospitalised true sense; its more of inflammato- Infection caused by Mycobacterium tion; control of Diabetes; vitamin gestive of pneumonia consult your Some of the other complications which occur in chronic ry condition of the lungs — the dis- Tuberculosis (popularly known as supplements etc. Paediatrician and do not indulge in self Diabetics are conditions like peripheral neuropathy (degenera- cussion of which is beyond the TB) is the biggest menace in front $ ) medications. tion of the nerves in the periphery of the body), Diabetic retinopa- With many possible causes for scope of this article. of our country and needs to be tack- . - $ ! , thy (degeneration of the retina and related structures) and dia- pneumonia, treatment could include Fungal: Happens in immuno- led on war footing. There are other ) )/ 1- betic nephropathy (degeneration of the structures of the kidney, affecting its functioning). These conditions are known to respond poorly to conventional medicines. However, homeopathy can address these issues in many patients. From providing relief to pain, burning and loss of sensation of limbs, to improving or pre- : ) herapeutic food makers in the country venting further loss of vision. There is anecdotal data demon- Winters are here and with have asked for launching specific pro- strating improvement or arrest of degeneration of kidney func- Tgrammes at the community level to tack- tioning with homeopathic management in cases of nephropa- it the usual problems of ndia is severely impacted cardiac manifestations in employ proper set of clean- le the problem of Severe Acute Malnutrition thy. We are also able to see remarkable improvements in cases dry skin, dandruff and Iby the sudden outbreak of the later stages of the dis- ing protocols for machine (SAM) in the country since Covid restrictions of Diabetic foot, where the foot of patient begins to degenerate cracked heels. A few simple highly infectious COVID- ease. disinfection prior to use in and reverse migration are feared to have led to into a gangrenous condition due to poor blood supply. Patients 19 pandemic which is over- So, lung ultrasound COVID-19 isolation wards. drop in the nutrition levels in the vulnerable are often able to avoid an amputation! ingredients available in your whelming our healthcare and focused echocardiogra- Because the utility of each sections of society. As the country takes some early steps towards an integrat- kitchen can help tackle the system & the number of phy has the potential to aid application varies by set- CMAM Association of India, comprising ed healthcare system, it is important to consider homeopathy as issue, says ROSHANI DEVI patients being diagnosed the diagnosis and manage- ting, hospitals should con- manufacturers of Ready-to-Use Therapeutic an essential option for patients in all stages of Diabetes. with it is staggering. Amidst ment of patients with sider how they can best use Foods (RUTF) globally used in community hile we all look with warm water the next these unprecedented times; COVID-19 infection. ultrasound within their management of acute malnutrition (CMAM), forward to win- morning. One can use this Point-of-care Ultrasound Moreover, the patients specific environments. has extended support to the Government to Wters — sitting in on the face— the results are (POCUS) technology has infected with COVID-19 As per the directive develop new products so as to eradicate SAM " Brown rice are synthesise fats. It also benefits front of the fire, drinking amazing. emerged as a key screening require airway manage- from Ministry of Health & under the PoshanAbhiyan. rich in proteins, thiamine, our nervous and reproductive tea and talking about For cracked heels mix tool for physicians to access ment, or venous access Family Welfare (MOHFW) In a communication to the Ministry of calcium, magnesium, fiber, systems. everything under the sun; beeswax and mustard oil by the actual clinical condi- under ultrasound guidance and guidelines of National Women & Child Development, CMAM and potassium. For those The naturally occurring there are some annoying heating them together in tions in the medically frag- (to administer essential flu- Centre for Disease Control Association of India has offered to support and trying to lose weight or those oils are beneficial for the body problems that crop equal parts. Pour it ile patients. ids & medications), or (NCDC), the portable implement any feeding protocols to be laid suffering from diabetes, as these healthful fats up — dry skin and into a container. Nowadays, compact some patients in shock or ultrasound plays a signifi- down by the Government in the upcoming it can prove a help normalise dandruff. Let it cool. ultrasound machines are trauma needs a proper cant role in clinical evalu- nutrition guidelines using its R&D and prod- healthful staple cholesterol lev- There are Apply over the increasingly being used to shock assessment where ation of COVID-19 uct development prowess to ensure that the chil- given its low els. many products cracked heels. diagnose, monitor and ultrasound plays a vital patients and should be con- dren receive adequate nutrition. glycemic The fiber available in the Wear socks. manage patients in ICU, role in clinical evaluation sidered as an invaluable Feeding protocols that use a combination rating which content of market but a few Wash feet the emergency wards and other process. tool for isolation wards. of home-based food and high-quality energy helps reduce brown rice home remedies next morning. inpatient services. For Portable diagnostic Major player in this dense nutrition supplement, including all insulin keeps bowel work just as well Repeat till you patients diagnosed with ultrasound machine is like segment is Fujifilm micronutrients, which are easy to transport to spikes. function at with long lasting get smooth heels. COVID-19 infection, it is a Swiss-army knife which Sonosite company which villages, deliver to families and administer to It is rich it’s peak effect. Dandruff is an excellent adjunct tool for has multiple advantages as has partnered with different children need to be urgently explored, CMAM in selenium since it makes If you have dry skin, another winter problem performing comprehensive it is non-invasive, possess medical societies across Association has stated. which reduces digestion that one of the best remedies is that many face. Mix orange head-to-toe clinical study & no ionising radiations, can India and assisting health- According to Ministry of Health & Family the risk for devel- much easier. It is to mix two parts glycerin, peel powder and coconut oil is an ideal device for bed- be quickly & repeatedly care professionals in their Welfare, Children with Severe Acute oping common ill- the perfect addition two parts rose water and to make a mask. Apply this side examination of performed at the bedside, battle against this pandem- Malnutrition (SAM) have nine times higher risk nesses such as cancer, heart to the daily diet for those one part lemon juice. Keep on the scalp. Leave it patients in isolation wards. cost-effective and is easily ic by providing them the ofdying than well-nourished children. CMAM disease and arthritis. One cup seeking bowel regularity. In this in a bottle. Apply on the overnight or at least for an COVID-19 primarily sanitised as compared to right technology, disinfec- Association has pointed out the urgent need for of it provides 80 per cent of our addition, it also makes the skin. Avoid areas where hour. Wash off with sham- attacks the lung in the ini- other imaging modalities in tion guidelines and ultra- collaboration between Government, thera- daily manganese requirements. tummy feel full which trans- there is a break in the skin. poo. Do this thrice a week tial stages of the disease and indoor settings. sound educational peutic food manufacturers and civil society to Manganese helps the body lates to smaller meal portions. Leave it overnight. Wash till dandruff disappears. it can also have significant Hospitals need to resources. meet the challenge of SAM in the country. !" # # ,,
he British Academy of Film and film, games, and television in TTelevision Arts (BAFTA) is India, supported by Netflix. “We taking its first step into India with :;1! + share BAFTA’s vision and respon- a talent hunt initiative that lets the sibility in providing ‘breakthrough’ Academy identify and nurture up opportunities to emerging talent. to five talents working in film, We’re thrilled to extend our support games or television in India. The "$'!'# "( '*( "*"'' $!'!%' +'! '$!!")! to the programme in India and exercise, known as BAFTA +*/*' #*'" "'!*#*!*" ! ! help amplify our country’s new ? Breakthrough initiative, is part of voices. This initiative will meaning- the Academy’s year-round effort to national iteration of the successful across the moving arts, being one fully bring together creative com- support new talent, operating Breakthrough initiative, which has of the only art charities to work munities across borders, support alongside their Awards ceremonies. been running in the UK since 2013 across film, games and television their stories, unearth raw talent and E The programme has in the past and China since 2019. The effort and on a global scale,” said Tim provide them with recognition on 436<5<9 supported artistes such as Tom was launched in the United States Hunter, Director of Learning and the world stage,” said Monika 6>A45 Holland, Letitia Wright, Florence this year, supporting over 130 New Talent, BAFTA. Shergill on behalf of the streaming 8 % % Pugh, Jessie Buckley, Josh emerging talents to date. “India is one of the most pro- giant. O’Connor and Callum Turner. Industry supporters of the ini- lific and accomplished industries Under the initiative, BAFTA Coming to India is part of BAFTA’s tiative in recent years include and a fascinating centre for the will work closely with local cultur- global expansion effort of the ini- actors Oliva Colman, Naomi screen arts with lots of creative diver- al bodies and industry in India to L/ tiative. BAFTA Breakthrough India Harris, Tom Hiddleston and Tilda sity, which extends far beyond the reach each sub-region and identi- aims at facilitating the development Swinton, actor-producer Brad Pitt, world-famous ‘Bollywood’. Some of fy excellent individuals. The pro- # of relationships between British and directors Tom Harper and Barry the best practitioners in the world gramme will be supported by a # Indian talents. Jenkins, game designers Brenda work in Indian film, games and tele- series of craft masterclasses, which The chosen participants will be Romero and Tim Schafer and vision — and practitioners from will feature British and Indian tal- D offered a year-long support pro- ly, BAFTA Breakthrough aims to progression and network globally actor-writers Sharon Horgan and around the world have much to ent sharing their expertise and D gramme from BAFTA and be push their careers ahead by help- with people who can influence Amy Schumer. learn from them,” Hunter added. insights with the audience across showcased across India and the ing them to learn more about the their careers. “BAFTA is uniquely placed to The initiative will showcase India and the UK. ( H- I UK. By showcasing talent global- industry, overcome barriers to The programme is a new inter- facilitate creative partnerships and support emerging stars of L'" +@* ! M< 8 (.))+ L < 7 8 !! O 8# 7 :26' D M
O + 2 ?! 8 @2 A 62& ow many clowns does it take to recreate a Shakespearean classic $7 Hon stage and question gender roles while doing this? Well, seven clowns across a runtime of 106 minutes, as seen $= in veteran director Rajat Kapoor’s clown- ing glory, I Don’t Like It As You Like It, a rendition Shakespeare’s play As You Like ctor Sumeet Vyas recalls the 2 ?! It, will premiere on the screens with Adefining moment when he decid- + $ Aadyam’s digital edition this December. ed to become an actor, two decades A raging hit, this play was first ago. “I think it was 20 years ago. I was 8! staged during Aadyam’s second season in in the making. We have been evolving and already working in the studio as an + 2016 and will be coming back for its dig- adapting our efforts to suit the needs of editor and earning money. Since I $9 ital edition as the theatre takes the stage the new viewing format. We are all very grew up watching theatre, surround- to the screen. Maintaining the authentic- excited to see the final product and the ed by people who were constantly talk- ! ity of its theatre going experience the dig- audience reaction to it,” mentions Brian ing about plays, literature, art, histo- $8 ! ital showcase will be a striking affair — Tellis, Co-Founder and Group CEO of ry and culture. I took them as a part to be recorded with a multi camera set up, Fountainhead MKTG that produces and of my life, without thinking of taking $P enveloped for virtual viewing for three promotes Aadyam in India. it up professionally. Then one day, I L7 ' limited edition screenings via Insider.in’s N) $)>*'$0#//$<* This is the Rajat’s fifth Shakespearean watched a play in Prithvi Theatre, in digital streaming service for audience '&&$ /$<#<*'$ adaptation that is retold through clown which my father acted. After the play D $ across the country. style theatre as the plot follows a group ended, when I was returning home, I With equal nervous and excitement .+) $<<0$'# of clowns who endeavour to put up As just told myself I will live to perform about their first play, Shernaz Patel, the- +$*# # /.&?O< You Like It. In the play, the troupe direc- — that this is the true calling. I have atre’s returning artistic director says, tor has no faith in the tale itself and been acting seriously, since then,” he “There is great excitement and challenge #$ *#*?< believes it to be a comedy that is ‘two said. in reinvention. In taking a show that has *'$*+# & laughs and a death away from tragedy’. A Sumeet will soon be seen in the been successful on stage and finding a lack of skill, rehearsal space and fondness web series Dark 7 White, produced by novel way to reinterpret it for the cam- $T.$+#$ $ the only medicine right now. Let these for his troupe, creates a comedy of errors Ekta Kapoor. )-#D16 era. That’s what we have set out to do with *+#*#) &&? # lovable and joyous characters prove that that takes the spectator on a hilarious ride, “It is interesting that in the two L. all three of our plays, the first of which to you.” complete with gender role reversal led by shows (with Ekta), I play drastically )-# > D is this hilarious and boisterous '-$ $-$++$&&? On adapting his play for screen, direc- the thought, ‘Shakespeare made Rosalind different characters. Previously on The Shakespeare adaptation. We are lucky to /+$$*)*'#<#$ tor Rajat Kapoor adds, “This is one of the Ganymede. What an underachiever. I will Verdict: State vs Nanavati, I played the 7* have a good lineup of actors with impec- biggest challenges — the process behind make all the men play women, and all the lawyer Ram Jethmalani, a much older cable comic timing. They make clowning )>+$ )+# /.&?< retaining a play’s identity as a theatrical women play men.’ character. With heavy prosthetics 7 seem effortless. And a film and theatre *)0$%* '$ experience. Traditionally, I have never This story explores the highs and lows and a different body language, I was director at the helm, who is a master of really agreed to this idea of recording faced by a circus troupe highlighting the almost unrecognisable. In this show, M this genre. As with all our plays we dream $&<$%'$+$0$ ,<$ plays to be watched elsewhere because I fact that to find yourself, you must Dark 7 White, I play a young man L' * O big. We want our viewers to have a the- #>$$&<)$*'# / feel something dies in transition. For me, become the other. It depicts that behind from a royal family who starts off as ..$7 atre experience with high production the play exists for the purpose that it was the smiles and entertainment, these are an aimless brat and turns into a standards. That’s why we are shooting the #$<# *+ <#*#) O designed for — to be watched live. just ordinary people dealing with stress, manipulative individual with a great play professionally in an auditorium and Ensuring what we present and how we do angst and the madness that is life. plan. My idea is always to play some- " on a set and not in isolation or on Zoom. it, I believe, will elevate its identity from It has some of the most talented actors thing different and challenge myself,” ?O * This is the closest we can come to the a mere recording to then hold a deeper — Aadar Malik, Cyrus Sahukar, Faezej Sumeet said. About playing his role, 7 M- magic of live theatre because the actors meaning for the production and the audi- Jalali, Joy Fernandes, Rytasha Rathore, he added that it was “interesting to tap will be performing together on the stage, ence alike. With this firmly in mind, we Shruti Vyas and Vinay Pathak. into a mindset that is so multi-layered.” feeding off each other. So beat those pan- move forward to present this new ver- (The play opens on Insider’s streaming The series, which also features demic blues and make the stage your sion of our play.” platform on December 7. Tickets are Nidhi Singh, Jatin Sarna, is on ZEE5 O world for a couple of hours. Laughter is “This digital edition has been months available on Paytm Insider.) and ALTBalaji. L'" < P ' < % " he Dhoom series of films and delivering it really well. one felt that this will have a nat- ? Tbecame the adrenaline pump- Hrithik was very new to what I do, ural continuation — since the first ing, edge of the seat, anti-hero !$ 6 but the best part about Hrithik part had bikes and this one has entertainers and true visual spec- was that he is just so natural with cars. But the fact is that you don’t 7 D tacles for the Indian audience. dancing and my kind of style on make a film about inanimate Well, the most loved one, Hrithik him worked so well. I think he objects. Even if there are bikes and #!"16 < Roshan-starrer Dhoom 2, is now was also quite excited with the fact there’s action, we are always try- 0 celebrating its 14th anniversary. that he could do such a different, ing to encapsulate a feeling. You And Pritam, who composed the unusual kind of work from what are always trying to convey an & / music for the Dhoom series, opens he was normally doing, which is emotion, whatever that might be < up about how he composed a very strong Bollywood dance. and Dhoom 2, with its love story, 0 7 Dhoom Machale, a track that has Suddenly, we were to put a little connected with everyone.” @0 entertained generations of bit of jazz and contemporary. It Talking about Hrithik’s char- Indians. was quite a thought process to see acter, Viktor reveals, “Aryan was / < “I remember that Dilbara him and Aishwarya interpret the in the tradition of what we think D was the first song to get locked for song. I was very happy that they is the Dhoom anti-hero. And for Dhoom and it was Ali’s (Uday both did a good job. I was very me, the idea was someone who L* 7 Chopra) song. At that time, the proud of them because when exists within society and yet on * title was not fixed. Dhoom they both came in together, it was the fringes of it. Yes, he is a crim- Machale was one of the songs electrifying!” inal, but he is somebody who is D which was banked for the film. I Vijay Krishna (Viktor) also looking for things which are remember there was a meeting Acharya, the writer of the series, only special. He is someone about the film’s title. We were all says, “The success of Dhoom told exceptionally good at his craft. ? sitting and brainstorming and us that there was a possibility of a Those things went into the mak- D Adi came up with putting ‘Dhoom cooler style of an action film in ing of the character and that Machale Dhoom Machale Dhoom’ India. However, Adi was very clear helps the actor embody some- in the melody of what we had. I that we should never make a film thing. It helps the director visu- D have forgotten what the scratch only to satisfy the idea of a fran- alise something. He is actually a lyrics were at that time. So, when chise. We have tried to stick to that passionate collector. Curiously O Adi came up with that, everyone principle throughout. Dhoom 2 had enough, his arc is that through his O immediately locked onto it and everything pushed up a couple of theft, what he finally manages to said this is the title of the film and cuts through and becomes popu- heard in two places — one was a good-looking superstars, Hrithik notches, in every department. I steal, is somebody else’s heart and the title song!” says Pritam. lar because it was important for car back horn with the Dhoom and Aishwarya (Rai Bachchan), think we managed a racy screen- that ends his life of crime. So, in # Pritam reveals that he did not me at that time. It’s always impor- Machale tune and the other when Shiamak says, “I had worked play, one that keeps you wanting to a very unsaid way, there was a expect the title track to become tant for a song to become popu- somebody in Shirdi was singing with Aishwarya in Taal and before know more and personally, I real- kind of redemption to his charac- such a rage among the audience. lar but at that time I was just hop- it. Then I knew, gaana toh popu- she became Miss World, I’d ly enjoyed writing all the characters ter. I think both Hrithik and He says, “We never thought that ing and praying. I remember the lar hogaya! It was a great gig.” worked with her already in a Sufi and their minor quirks.” Aishwarya, in that sense, came M Dhoom will become so big. I never day Dhoom was releasing, I was Recounting his experience of jazz piece, so she was already quite He adds, “I remember when into the film in a very exciting thought, I was just hoping that it going to Shirdi and on the way I choreographing two of the most close to understanding my style Dhoom 2 was announced, every- manner.” , !" # #
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