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Prakash Nadda. BJP and a four-term MLA Last week, Pfizer and its Nitish, who heads the from Bettiah, has previously German partner BioNTech JD(U), was administered the served as a member of the announced that their vaccine oath of office at Raj Bhavan by council of ministers headed by was 90 per cent effective. Governor Phagu Chauhan, a Nitish Kumar in 2010. The Moderna announce- day after he staked claim for the Senior BJP legislator Nand ment that its experimental vac- formation of a new Kishore Yadav will be the new cine against Covid-19 was 94.5 Government in the State, Speaker of the Bihar Assembly, per cent effective was based on that solves this problem. It’s armed with unanimous sup- sources said on Monday. Vijay the early results from a clinical going to require many vaccines port of all legislators of the Kumar Chaudhary, a close aide trial with more than 30,000 to meet the global demand,” he NDA despite his partys plum- of the Chief Minister, was the participants. added. meted tally. Speaker of the previous However, the study is con- “Since early January, we The 69-year-old, who has Assembly. Chaudhary has tinuing, and Moderna have chased this virus with the had a continuous run since taken oath as a minister. acknowledged the protection intent to protect as many peo- November 2005, except for the Nand Kishore Yadav, a rate might change as more ple around the world as possi- period in 2014-15 when Jitan seven-term MLA from Patna Covid-19 infections are detect- ble. All along, we have known Ram Manjhi kept the chair Sahib, has been intimated ed and added to the calcula- that each day matters,” said warm for him, is on course to about it by the party’s leader- tions. Also, it’s too soon to Stéphane Bancel, Moderna’s becoming the longest serving ( ) * + " ) ,*- % $ + ship, they said. know how long protection chief executive officer. CM of the State, surpassing the . / %/ & ! 0 ! % $ &' He has served as a minis- lasts. Both cautions apply to “This positive interim record of Shrikrishna Singh ter in all the previous NDA Pfizer’s vaccine as well. analysis from our phase 3 study who held the top post since Since the post of a Deputy Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP). besides Amarendra Pratap Sahni could not tame his exu- Governments in Bihar. He was Dr Stephen Hoge, has given us the first clinical before Independence till his CM is not a constitutional one, JD(U) Ministers included Singh, Ramprit Paswan, Jibesh berance and shared a screen- the Minister for the Road Moderna’s president, termed it validation that our vaccine can death in 1961. the two took oath as Ministers old hands like Bijendra Prasad Kumar and Ram Surat Rai. shot of the communication he Construction Department in “really important milestone” prevent Covid-19 disease, A 14-member Council of and their posts would be noti- Yadav, Ashok Choudhary and HAM MLC Santosh had received from Raj Bhavan the last government. The but said having similar results including severe disease,” he Ministers, headed by Nitish, fied by the Cabinet in due Vijay Kumar Chaudhary Kumar Suman, whose father on his Twitter handle much Speaker’s post will go to the BJP from two different companies said. was on Monday sworn in. course. The two sat alongside besides new faces Mewa Lal Jitan Ram Manjhi is a former before the ceremony, attended as per the understanding is what’s most reassuring. The US firm expects to Those who were administered Kumar on the podium which Chaudhary and Sheela Kumari Chief Minister and the nation- among others by Union Home reached within the alliance, the “That should give us all have about 20 million doses, oath of office included two confirms their elevated position Mandal. al president of the party, also Minister Amit Shab and BJP sources said. hope that actually a vaccine is earmarked for the US, by the Deputy Chief Minister desig- in the Cabinet. Other than the two Deputy took oath besides Mukesh president JP Nadda, com- The BJP has emerged as going to be able to stop this end of 2020 while Pfizer and its nates Tarkishore Prasad and Five Ministers were from CM designates, those from the Sahni, the founder of VIP who menced. the largest party within the rul- pandemic and hopefully get us German partner BioNTech Renu Devi both from the BJP the JD(U), while one each was BJP included Mangal Pandey, formerly worked as a set Ramprit Paswan, who is ing coalition with 74 seats, back to our lives,” Hoge told a expect to have about 50 million which bagged a lions share of from smaller allies Hindustani who held the health portfolio designer in the film industry. the MLA from Rajnagar in while the JD(U) has a strength news agency. doses globally by year’s end. seven berths. Awam Morcha (HAM) and in the previous Government A political greenhorn, Madhubani, and Jibesh Kumar of 43. “It won’t be Moderna alone Continued on Page 2
Q /0$/1* 2,!(3!,,, ()!3,(24!2)!5,3 ith 30,548 new Covid-19 R + . 6!4-!67(22!)-36!--!3)5 Winfections reported in the last 24 hours, India regis- & 6!)(!,4( 4!6)(6!-4!5(( tered lowest increase in daily ,!)3!324 22!(,6,!57!-,- /0$/1* Union Home Minister ! !! infections in last four months, ** )* )* + )!-,!,73 2!666 (!)(!,,( Amit Shah said some of the a big relief to the authorities ith the national Capital hospitals under the municipal " despite fear of a sharp surge in ! +, !% 8 )!2-!6)7 ,!5)((!,3!26- Wwitnessing resurge in corporations of Delhi will be the cases post-Diwali. $ (!6)!(7) % )! (!5,!672 Covid-19 cases in the last two converted into dedicated Covid The total number of cases 0 (!5(!)45 ,!,2(5!36!3)- weeks raising fears of further hospitals. stands at 88,45,127. With 435 lockdown, the Delhi The National Centre for new deaths reported in the last *- *- ,). 9 5!73!(76 2!)34 -!33!2)3 Government on Monday made Disease Control, in a report 24 hours, the toll has mount- -!),!6,4 2!(7,-!(-!76( it clear that there will not be drafted recently, had warned # $ O& ' .+ //! ed to 1,30,070, the Union ' -!-,!364 -!7,6-!7,!--( any lockdown because the third that Delhi needed to be pre- Health Ministry said on Covid-19 wave has peaked out. pared for about 15,000 fresh () ! Monday. -!-,!(55 2!263 -!-7!(42 Delhi Health Minister Covid-19 cases per day, taking ! # “Daily new cases number- -!27!)5( -!),62!66!643 Satyendar Jain on Monday said to be observed over a week’s into account the winter-relat- # !# ing 30,548 is a historic low that & -!27!()( 34)-!74!7(2 the virus cannot be contained time. First peak was in June, ed respiratory problems, a large #$ " assumes significance given through lockdown and that when it stood at nearly 37 per influx of patients from outside many countries in Europe and * -!7-!7-, -!7562!67!4(, people should protect them- cent, in September when the and festive gatherings. America are experiencing a :' 2!63!-54 5!6762!,5!7,- selves by wearing face masks. second wave happened, it was Asked about availability of P! " continuous steep rise in daily Delhi has witnessed a spurt 12-13 per cent, and in the beds, he said, about 50 per cent #$ * new cases,” said the Ministry. in coronavirus cases since third wave, it was at its high, at of the over 16,000 beds are + The number of total active Monday. Also, 78.59 per cent of saw a surge in new cases over About a fifth, 21.84 per cent of October 28 when the daily 15 per cent few days ago and available, and the issue is only cases stands at 4,65,478 after a the recovered cases reported in the last few days reported only new fatalities reported are from rise breached the 5,000-mark then falling. Yesterday, also it of ICU beds, even in private ! decrease of 13,738 while the the last 24 hours are from ten 3,235 new cases yesterday, fol- Delhi which reported 95 for the first time and it crossed was around 15 per cent. So, I hospitals. " total discharged cases stand at States/UTs. Delhi saw the great- lowed closely by West Bengal deaths, overtaking the 8,000-mark on Wednesday. can say, the peak is gone,” Jain “We had requested the + 82,49,579 with 43,851 new dis- est number of recoveries as which reported 3,053 new Maharashtra. Maharashtra On Thursday, 104 deaths, the said. Centre to augment ICU beds in , charges in the last 24 hours. 7,606 confirmed cases recov- cases. There has been a signif- reported 60 fatalities. highest in over five months, Jain’s remarks come a day Centre-run hospitals here. + - According to the Indian ered. Kerala registered 6,684 icant rise in the number of con- The other worst-hit States were recorded in the city. after the Centre announced a And, it has been assured that -( " Council of Medical Research daily recoveries while West tainment zones as authorities are Andhra Pradesh, Asked whether the lock- slew of steps, including making about 750 ICU beds in such (ICMR), a total of 12,56,98,525 Bengal followed by reporting have created over 1,000 new Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and down would be reimposed in available 300 additional ICU hospitals will be arranged,” % samples have been tested for 4,480 new recoveries. such zones in the last 15 days, Uttar Pradesh. At least, 14 Delhi, Jain said, “No chance... beds, doubling the number of Jain told reporters. Covid-19 up to November 15, The Ministry said 76.63 according to Delhi States/UTs have death per mil- I can tell you that the peak of daily RTPCR tests and a house- The Delhi Health Minister $&' # of these 8,61,706 samples were per cent of the new cases have Government data. lion higher than national aver- the third wave is gone.” to-house survey in the nation- reiterated that the number of . tested on Sunday. been reported from ten Similarly, 78.85 per cent of age of 94 while 13 States/UTs “Positivity rate is the main al Capital to check the spi- cases have proportionately The Recovery Rate has States/UTs. Kerala recorded the 435 new deaths are con- have a Case Fatality Rate high- indicator in assessing the ralling numbers of cases in increased as “we are conduct- * O improved to 93.27 per cent on 4,581 new cases. Delhi which centrated in ten States/UTs. er than National Average. 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/0$/1* ing lakhs of devotees at rivers shall not be permitted so as to face mask/ covering and hand P is not possible amid Covid 19 minimise the chances of spread washing/ hand sanitizer,” the iven the Covid-19 situa- pandemic. of Covid-19 infection,” the Odisha Government said in a /0$/1* cise and posing threat in the Gtion, millions of devotees The Hemant Soren-led Government said in an order. letter. Indo-Pacific region. will not be able to perform Jharkhand Government said in The official order further However, in Bihar, the ignifying the growing ties However, India brushed Chhath Puja after Jharkhand an order that Chhath Puja in said that no stalls shall be set up Government has released Sbetween the Quad coun- aside Chinese objection and and Odisha Governments fol- water bodies, including public by anyone on or near the banks guidelines for the Puja on tries, the navies of India, the invited Australia to take part in lowed Delhi in prohibiting ponds, lakes, rivers, dams, of any water body. It also Sunday. Issuing a guideline on USA, Australia and Japan will the exercise. The move was congregation and religious cer- reservoirs, will not be permit- imposed restrictions on barri- behalf of the Government of commence the second phase of welcome by the all the four emony on the banks of rivers, ted in view of Covid-19 pan- cading and placing any special Bihar, devotees have been the Malabar series of mar- Ministers during their con- ponds and other public water demic. “The festival tradition- lighting by any individual on advised to offer puja at their itime exercise from Tuesday. clave under the aegis of 2+2 bodies. ally attracts huge congregations the ghats. Bursting of fire- homes instead of worshipping Lending muscle and dialogue between India and US The festival dedicated to at Chhath ghats. Due to the crackers and organisation of at rivers and ponds. This time stature, the aircraft carriers of here in October. Sun God, Chhath Puja is main- fixed timings of performing the any musical or any other enter- there will be no fair and cul- India and the USA, including Incidentally, the US and ly celebrated by people from aforementioned rituals, it is not tainment/cultural programme tural programmes on the occa- INS Vikramaditya and USS Japan all along advocated the Bihar, Jharkhand, eastern parts possible to stagger these huge to mark the festival has also sion. As per guidelines, all Nimitz, will take part in the case of Australian participation. of Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, Delhi congregations to ensure social been banned. devotees shall follow the social four-day event off Goa in the The last time Australia was part and West Bengal as well as the distancing,” the Government The Odisha Government distancing norm avoiding rush Arabian Sea. of the Malabar series was in Madhesh region of Nepal. said. has also banned “Chhath Puja” at the Chhath ghats. The first phase of the exer- 2007. China lodged a strong Chhath Puja is celebrated The statement read further given the coronavirus situation. “Use of masks is mandato- cise was held off diplomatic protest with all the every year on the Shashti Tithi that it is not possible to ensure Devotees have been advised to ry. Devotees above the age of 60 Visakhapatnam in the Bay of four countries. of Shukla Paksha of the month the compliance of national perform the rituals at home years and below 10 years are Bengal for four days from As regards the second to worship the Sun God. This ! "P $ % &' directive of social distancing adhering to the Covid-19 safe- restricted from the ghats. November 3 even as China phase of the Malabar, Navy year Chhath Puja will begin on norms of “2 gaz ki doori” ty protocols. “People are During the puja, devotees shall protested against Australian officials said this phase will November 18 from “Nahay- Chhath Puja on the banks of opened, even gatherings at while performing Chhath Puja advised to perform other ritu- not dive into the river. People participation. Beijing claimed involve coordinated operations Khay” and end on November river, ponds, lake in public weddings have been allowed in water bodies. “Therefore als at home avoiding mass suffering from fever and other the Quad coalition was getting of increasing complexity 21 with “Paran”. places. but Governments have restrict- Chhath Puja in the waters of gatherings and adhering to the contagious diseases are not militarised with four nations between the Quad navies. Delhi was the first to Devotees say temples, ed “Chhath Puja”. While the public pond/lakes/rivers/reser- Covid-19 safety protocols such allowed on the ghats,” the coming together for the exer- Continued on Page 2 restrict congregation for the bazars, markets have been authorities say that maintain- voirs/any other water body as physical distancing, use of guidelines said. !"#$%&'&' R
/0$/1* ministers had arrived at Kashmir, officials said. son's first heavy snowfall, inten- helicopter could not take off Kedarnath on Sunday and were The Jammu-Srinagar sifying cold conditions across due to the inclement weather. everal higher reaches of scheduled to leave for National Highway, the only the state. Snowfall began at all The portals of Kedarnath SJammu & Kashmir, Badrinath temple after the clo- all-weather road connecting places in the upper were closed for winters on the Himachal Pradesh and sure of Kedarnath gates at 8.30 Kashmir with rest of the coun- Himalayan areas including occasion of Bhai Dooj on Uttarakhand were lashed with am on Monday. try, was closed for traffic fol- Kedarnath, Badrinath, Monday. This year, 1,35,023 season's first major snowfall on According to the India lowing snowfall around Gangotri, Yamunotri, Auli and pilgrims visited Kedarnath, Monday that affected normal Meteorological Department Jawahar Tunnel and landslides Harsil on Sunday night and which had a delayed and life and forced closure of the (IMD), in Kashmir, authorities from the hillocks at several continued till Monday morn- restricted opening for devotees key Jammu-Srinagar National issued an avalanche warning places in Ramban district, offi- ing, wrapping them in thick, due to COVID-19. Highway. for four districts as the higher cials said. Heavy snowfall in the white sheets of snow, according Several areas in Manali, Heavy snowfall delayed the reaches of the Union Territory Union Territory also affected to officials. upper Shimla and Kinnaur departure of Uttar Pradesh received moderate to heavy traffic on major roads. Heavy snowfall delayed the districts were cut off and link Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath snowfall. Hill stations of The alternate link between departure of Uttar Pradesh roads closed as Sangla, Kufri, and his Uttarakhand counter- Gulmarg, Sonamarg, Pahalgam the valley and rest of the coun- Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Narkanda, Kharaptthar and part Trivendra Singh Rawat for and higher reaches in Kupwara, try, Mughal Road, also and his Uttarakhand counter- other higher hills received the Badrinath after they had Baramulla, Kulgam, Shopian remained closed for the third part Trivendra Singh Rawat for first snowfall of the season in offered prayers at Kedarnath and Anantnag districts received day as high-altitude areas expe- Badrinath after they had Himachal Pradesh. Key tourist temple and attended a cere- fresh snow during the last 12 rienced snowfall, while plains offered prayers at Kedarnath destinations Sangla, Narkanda, mony for the closure of its por- hours. The avalanche warning of Jammu and other parts were temple and attended a cere- Khadrala, Kharaptthar and tals for winter. Heavy snowfall has been issued in Kupwara, lashed by rains since Sunday mony for the closure of its por- Shillaru and Kufri, were cov- will drop the minimum tem- Bandipora and Baramulla dis- afternoon, the officials said. tals for winter. ered under 25 cm, 20 cm, 19 perature in north and north- tricts of north Kashmir, and Upper Himalayan areas in The two chief ministers cm, 18 cm,15 cm, 12 cm and 10 west India. The two chief Ganderbal district in central Uttarakhand received the sea- were in Kedarnath as their cm of snowfall. $ + +# 1 )+ ((# (+ 18+90 Covid-19 while four other seats after approval from the Central main criterion for selection of and promoted five. At that fell vacant recently. The Chief leadership. new incumbents and Brahmin time, the chief minister 18+90 camp for women workers in Webinars on women secu- ith a year-and-half left for Minister can accommodate six Presently, there are 54 min- and Backward leaders could get dropped five ministers, includ- Balrampur,” a government rity were organised in all devel- Wthe UP Assembly polls in faces as ministers,” a senior BJP isters in the Yogi government, importance in the expansion. ing senior BJP leader and t a time when Diwali and spokesman said in Lucknow on opment blocks of Ayodhya 2022, the Bharatiya Janata Party functionary said. including 23 cabinet ministers, Besides, new MLAs elected in Finance Minister Rajesh ABhai Dooj were being cel- Monday. under the aegis of Integrated is trying to correctly tick all the The Ministry expansion is nine ministers of state with the recent bypolls could also be Agarwal, Irrigation Minister ebrated, volunteers of Mission The official said that sev- Child Development Services in boxes and hence the Yogi expected soon after the com- independent charge and 22 given a look in,” the BJP leader Dharampal Singh, Primary Shakti reached out to brothers eral police teams were formed which over 350 people partic- Adityanath Government is set pletion of biennial polls to 11 ministers of state. The sources said. There is also a possibili- Education Minister Anupama and sisters across the State to to spread information about ipated. to carry out another Ministry graduate and teachers’ con- said that the chief minister ty of some ministers being Jaiswal and Excise Minister spread the message of women the Mission Shakti campaign in Discussions were also held expansion. stituencies of UP Legislative could induct four to five new dropped as Yogi Adityanath is Archana Pandey. empowerment on Monday. villages through the tradition- about mental health and psy- “There are vacancies in the Council by December 10. ministers and could even pro- not satisfied with their perfor- Besides, Transport Minister Police personnel in al method of ‘munadi’. cho-social issues in government. Two Cabinet Sources in the BJP said that mote some of the ministers of mance. In the last expansion in Swatantra Dev Singh resigned Mathura surprised women by “Special steps were taken Sahadatganj in Ayodhya. Dry Ministers, Chetan Chauhan the chief minister might affect state to the cabinet rank. August, 2019, Yogi Adityanath after being appointed the new interacting with them at pub- by Anti-Romeo Squad to tight- ration was distributed among and Kamla Rani Varun died of a minor expansion any time “Caste factor will be the had inducted 18 new ministers president of the state BJP unit. lic places like markets, malls en the noose around suspect- the women of self-help groups and religious places, a day after ed eve teasers and they were by NRLM and Bal Vikas Seva Diwali. warned against indulging in Evam Pushtahar department. “To instil a sense of secu- any wrongful act,” he said. “Awareness programme -7-- rity among women, the cops In Amethi, Anganwadi was also organised at Madrasa briefed them on Mission Shakti workers organised awareness Arabiya Misbahul Uloom, . and how they should contact programme on prevention of Madarsa Anwarul Uloom and 18+90 tions, Samajwadi Party chief hatchet with estranged uncle resentation in the cabinet. the police in an emergency. A child marriage. Madarsa Arbia Anjuman Akhilesh Yadav said that his Shivpal Singh Yadav who has The SP had forged an similar programme was held in “In special events, women Islamia Unwal in Gorakhpur. fter burning his fingers in a party would not be aligning formed his Pragatisheel alliance with the Congress for Balrampur where policemen folks were told how it was Likewise, awareness pro- Apre-poll alliance with the with any major party in the 2022 Samajwadi Party (Lohia). He said 2017 UP Assembly polls and briefed women and children against the law and a violation grammes were also held in dis- Congress and Bahujan Samaj Assembly elections. that if the SP came to power, with the BSP and Rashtriya Lok about Helpline numbers like of the fundamental rights of tricts like Sant Kabir Nagar, Party during two crucial elec- Akhilesh is ready to bury the Shivpal’s party would have rep- Dal for the 2019 LS elections. Gurugram: A 27-year-old man 1090. The Labour department children to marry them at an Baghpat, Lakhimpur Kheri and was arrested for allegedly also organised a registration early age,” the official said. Gonda,” the official said. killing his wife in the Ashok Vihar Phase-3 area in Gurugram. The accused suspected his ! 3(")E! wife of having an illicit rela- From Page 1 tionship, the police said on Moderna’s vaccine, created with the Monday. P National Institutes of Health, is being studied The accused has been iden- 18+90 in 30,000 volunteers who received either the tified as Bharat Thapa alias real vaccination or a dummy shot. On Sunday, + day before the closing of an independent monitoring board broke the $8$$'9'2: Athe Kedarnath shrine for code to examine 95 infections that were $&$3&$$; ;$88'; winters, Chief Minister Yogi recorded starting two weeks after volunteers’ 50'&$5$&94$&':'4 &8 &$44;40&0& 0# Adityanath offered prayers at second dose - and discovered all but five ill- 28041&='&4$2 &24;#4$ $? the shrine amid heavy snowfall nesses occurred in participants who got the ;80;4'40480=0& hhattisgarh Chief Minister $20::;'20# on Monday. placebo. 0#5;!, CBhupesh Baghel has sought 23??240&2 3&';&&?4$4 Yogi also reviewed the But Moderna’s independent monitors "maximum possible help" from ongoing construction work at reported some additional, promising tidbits: All Sagar Thapa from New the Central Government to 4$2#80;4$&440=;$4 Kedarnath Dham with his 11 severe coronavirus cases were among Jalpaiguri in West Bengal. eradicate Naxalism from the #80#&40880;43&42& Uttarakhand counterpart placebo recipients, and there were no signifi- Thapa had killed his wife Bastar region in the 4$;$204$403420 Trivendra Singh Rawat and cant safety concerns. Naina Sunawar, wrapped her coming years. $;3P''0&04@0& said that major disputes The main side effects were fatigue, mus- body in a blanket and fled the In a letter to Union Home $&$024?;038 between the two neighbouring cle aches and injection-site pain after the vac- spot. The incident was report- Minister Amit Shah, Baghel has states had been resolved.. cine’s second dose, at rates that Hoge charac- ed to the police on November offered some suggestions, “There is no more proper- terised as more common than with flu shots 10. underlining that it was impor- Bodhghat multipurpose irri- ty dispute between Uttar but on par with others such as shingles vaccine. The police have recovered tant to create employment gation project on the banks of Pradesh and Uttarakhand. The Cambridge, Massachusetts, company’s the jewellery of the woman and opportunities in the area so that Indravati river will improve the Most of the disputes have been vaccine is among 11 candidates in late-stage Rs 10,000 in cash from his pos- youths who are unemployed do irrigational and energy capac- resolved. There are one or two testing around the world, four of them in huge session. not join any Maoist group. ity of Bastar region. The seven issues left which will also be studies in the US. According to the police, the With iron ore available in districts of Bastar region are resolved through dialogues,” Both Moderna’s shots and the Pfizer- accused was arrested after plenty in Bastar, 30 percent dis- identified as aspiring districts. Yogi said on Monday. BioNTech candidate are so-called mRNA vac- inputs were received from count provided in iron ore for It would be in the best inter- The chief minister further cines, a brand-new technology. They aren’t sources about his presence in setting up steel plants in Bastar est that district Collectors are said that there was a dispute made with the coronavirus itself, meaning Chennai. will generate hundreds of provided Rs 50 crore each year over Alaknanda Guest House there’s no chance anyone could catch it from "A team of Palam Vihar crores worth of investment, to develop the means of liveli- in Haridwar that was pending the shots. Instead, the vaccine contains a piece Crime Branch arrested the providing direct and hood of the people, Baghel said. in the Supreme Court. of genetic code that trains the immune system accused and took him on tran- indirect employment in the "In the past years, the “Both governments to recognise the spiked protein on the surface sit remand from a Chennai region, he said. Government of India has gen- resolved it. UP has decided to of the virus. Another challenge is that the two court and later he was pro- Difficult geographical ter- erously provided assistance to hand it over to Uttarakhand competitors face is that distributing doses must duced before a local court in rrain came in the way setting up the Naxalite affected states for and in turn, it will be given land be kept very cold. Both the Moderna and Pfizer Gurugram on Sunday which grid power and thus the estab- the development of security on which a new guest house shots are frozen but at different temperatures. sent him to jail," said Subhash lishment of a large number of forces, modernisation, infra- will be constructed. Work is Moderna announced on Monday that once Boken, spokesperson of the solar power plants would meet structure construction and going on in full swing for the thawed, its doses can last longer in a refriger- Gurugram police. the energy needs of people and communication tools, which construction of UP’s Tourism ator than initially thought, up to 30 days. During interrogation, their economic development have yielded positive results," Rest House in Haridwar and it Pfizer’s shots require long-term storage at ultra- Thapa disclosed that he had could be met strategically. he added. will be completed before cold temperatures. suspected his wife of having an The Chief Minister men- "If the above suggestions Kumbh Mela,” he said. “This positive interim analysis from our illicit relationship. So he stran- tioned that there is an urgent are taken into implementa- Both the chief ministers phase 3 study has given us the first clinical val- gled his wife to death and fled and indispensable need to pro- tion, it will aid in the elimina- reviewed construction work idation that our vaccine can prevent Covid-19 the spot along with her jew- vide generous grants to estab- tion of Naxalism within the of Kedarnath Dham. disease, including severe disease,” said ellery and some cash. lish processing units and cold next few years in the Bastar “The construction is being Moderna’s CEO. The company plans to sub- The incident was reported chains in the region to help the Zone. carried out under the direction mit applications for emergency approval in the to the police by the landlord of Collectors push up sales of "It's a humble request to of Prime Minister Narendra US and around the world within weeks, and the house after a foul smell small forest produce, forest kindly provide the maximum Modi. Once completed, this said it expects to have approximately 20 mil- began to emanate from the medicines and horticultural possible help from the Centre area will be developed into a lion doses ready to ship in the US by the end couple's room on November crops.Likewise, the implemen- for the smooth implementation top religious tourism spot,” he of the year. 10. IANS tation of the proposed of all the above stated activities." said ) *(+ ( +R ,
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/0$/1* Government will submit the Pusa bio-decomposer impact elhi Environment Minister assessment report along with a DGopal Rai on Monday said petition to the Commission for around 70 per cent people in Air Quality Management in the Delhi did not burn firecrackers National Capital Region (NCR) on Diwali after the Aam Aadmi and Adjoining Areas on Party (AAP) Government Monday, and urge it to issue imposed a ban on the same and directions to all state govern- the results will be better next year. ments to implement it. “The Government had Sisodia stressed the need banned firecrackers in Delhi for steps to reduce "pollution at this year and nearly 70 per cent its source" to effectively address of the citizens did not burn any the issue of bad air quality. kind of firecrackers this year "There are multiple sources during Diwali. I am hopeful that contribute to pollution. If that in the next year we will be crackers in the city till Off' campaign along with it is due to vehicles, their num- able to improve the campaign November 30. Deputy Chief Minister Manish ber should be reduced or these and bring down more pollution The National Green Sisodia on Monday, said Pusa should be turned off at red which is created through the Tribunal had also imposed a bio-decomposer has emerged light... If it is stubble burning, firecrackers. The Delhi gov- total ban on sale or use of all as a long-term solution to the a solution such as Pusa bio ernment is working relentless- kinds of firecrackers in the problem of stubble burning. decomposer is needed," he ly to find out a steady solution National Capital Region from According to scientists at said. to combat pollution. A long- November 9 midnight to Indian Agricultural Research term solution to the problem of November 30 midnight, saying Institute, Pusa, the solution / / * pollution "cannot be found in "celebration by crackers is for can turn crop residue into 3 " % a day,” he said. happiness and not to celebrate manure in 15 to 20 days and % 4" 4 The Delhi Government deaths and diseases". therefore prevent stubble burn- / " had on November 5 banned the Rai, who launched the ing. ! +/ sale and use of all kinds of fire- Phase 2 of 'Red light on Gaadi The Minister said the Delhi % $ / %678 968 '( ? !"# 8 "P # #% &# "!#" ' Snesh Kumar and a full- ous sections of the IPC has :& :88:& fledged fistfight broke out been registered against Akash, :88:& between the two groups. Sunny, Akash's parents Azad our men, including a for- Akash and his aides then and Kamlesh and others at n view of increasing number /0$/1* Fmer sarpanch, were seri- allegedly took out their sticks Sector-10A police station. We Iof Covid-19 cases in the dis- ously injured and dozen oth- and weapons and fired dozens are scanning CCTV footage of trict, the Gurugram adminis- he Central Industrial ers were hurt in a clash of rounds on members of the the vicinity. Investigations are tration on Monday asked all TSecurity Force (CISF) has between two groups following other group. under way to identify others private and public hospitals to arrested an Indian passenger a minor dispute over standing Sources said that during involved in the incident," said reserve 50 per cent of their total coming from the United States near a local shop at Bamdoli the incident, a bullet hit a for- Sanjay Yadav, SHO sector-10A beds capacity in general cate- (US) at the Indira Gandhi village in Gurugram late on mer sarpanch reportedly police station. gory and 75 per cent beds in International (IGI) airport for Sunday night. Shamsher in the stomach. A huge police force has ICU/ventilator for Covid-19 allegedly carrying a bullet in his Four of the accused have Apart from Shamsher, Snesh been deployed inside the vil- patients. baggage. been admitted to a private Kumar, Praveen and Manoj lage as security purposes, he The hospitals were also According to a senior hospital. The victim, Joginder were critically injured. Several said. told to reserve ICU and venti- Central Industrial Security Yadav, a resident of Bamdoli others also suffered injuries in It may be noted that lator facilities for Covid-19 Force official, the man identi- village, was standing at a village the clash. Akash, the prime accused in patients in Gurugram. fied as V K Gupta was inter- shop and was smoking at All of them were taken to this incident had eliminated a Moreover, the data of avail- cepted with a bullet of 9 mm around 11.30 pm when the a private hospital in Gurugram. co-student inside his school able beds will have to be calibre in his bag on Sunday at accused Akash alias Ashu Shamsher, who is stated to be premises with his father's uploaded on the platform Terminal 3 of the IGI airport. reached the spot and raised critical, is in the ICU. licensed pistol in 2008 in ‘onemapggm.gmda.gov.in’ of “The man landed here objection over his presence at "The accused will be Gurugram. the Gurugram Metropolitan including human resources Gurugram district on Monday There are a total of 5,749 from Newark and was bound the spot. This led to an alter- arrested as per law once they The school was located at Development Authority and logistics ie doctors, para- recorded 546 fresh coronavirus active cases. for Raipur in Chhattisgarh. As cation between them. are discharged from the hos- Sector-45 in Gurugram. The (GMDA) by the hospitals. medical staff, medicine, ICU, cases. Three deaths were also A total of 33,940 have been he had no documents for car- It is alleged that Akash pital. incident hit the headlines The order was issued ambulance etc. Apart from this reported from the city, taking cured and discharged, includ- rying the live ammunition called dozens of his group The firearm of the culprit, across the country and serious under the epidemic diseases information about the number the district's COVID toll to 244, ing 784 on Monday. round and an empty cartridge, members including Sunny who which was allegedly used in the concern was aroused about the Act-1897 and sub-section-2 of of patients and available beds, officials said. The health department the man was handed over to joined him and they allegedly commission of the crime, has safety of the children inside the the Disaster Management Act- etc., will be updated on a daily The Covid-19 tally in said out of 244 deaths, 189 died Delhi Police for further probe attacked Joginder Singh with also been seized," said a police school premises. 2005. basis on the GMDA platform,” Gurugram has now risen to due to co-morbidities and the by the Central Industrial sticks. Later Yadav also called officer privy with the matter. The accused was also “We have asked all the the order said. 39,933, according to the official remaining 55 without co-mor- Security Force personnel,” said up his men including his two "Based on a complaint involved in two murder cases hospitals to provide services Apart from this, the daily health bulletin. bidities. the senior CISF official. maternal uncles Shamsher and from Joginder, a case of vari- registered against him in Delhi. 39 *:&+ & :$& ! /0$/1* and was carrying a reward of of Police, Crime Branch, on ious entities and a number of Rs 50,000, police said. Saturday, police team received small manufacturing units were ! he Crime Branch of Delhi On December 8 last year, a specific inputs that Imraan running inside illegally. Imraan : TPolice has nabbed the massive fire had ripped would be coming to Delhi to is the owner of the ground, fourth accused nearly a year through a four-storey building attend a family function. fourth and fifth floor of one of ! " :*&F&&$ after a massive fire at a four- housing illegal manufacturing “Acting on the specific the properties at Anaj Mandi storey building in north Delhi's units in north Delhi's con- inputs a trap was laid and that caught fire and ran a small /0$/1* Sunday night after a quarrel broke haziabad District Administration has decided to Anaj Mandi area, which had gested Anaj Mandi area, killing Imraan was apprehended near manufacturing unit on the out between Rajesh and the two Gtake action against municipal officers and employ- claimed 45 lives, who were 45 people including nine Rameshwar Nagar in Azadpur. ground floor where plastic 42-year-old man was stabbed men after he scolded them for eat- ees along with the land mafia who had fooled people mostly labourers. minors and injuring 21 others, The building that had caught plates, mugs, stools and hang- Ato death allegedly by two men ing and consuming alcohol. by selling them Government land. Police had earlier arrested including six minors. fire comprised of two adjacent ers were made,” said the addi- after he scolded them for eating “The quarrel escalated and According to officials, the district administration three accused — the building's Almost all the deceased properties, both of which are tional CP. and consuming alcohol near his one of them took out a knife and is going to take action by keeping all these people in owner Rehan, his manager were migrant labourers hailing interconnected. The property is “The rest of the property house in northwest Delhi's stabbed Rajesh in the chest before the clutches of gang-based law and two cases of sell- Furkaan and another man from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh jointly owned by Imraan and had been rented out by him. Jahangirpuri area. Police said that fleeing from the spot. Rajesh was ing Government land have come under the supervi- named Mohammad Suhail -- in who stayed as well as worked his brother Rehan and was pur- After the fire incident, he had they have arrested the duo accused. rushed to Babu Jagjivan Ram sion of the district administration. connection with the case. The inside the building. After the chased in 2007. At that time, been hiding and living with his The deceased has been identi- Memorial Hospital, where he died “In these cases, the land which was under the man- fourth accused has been iden- incident, a case had been reg- the building was only two- relatives in Meerut, Agra, fied as Rajesh who runs an eatery during treatment,” said the DCP. agement of Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation at tified as Mohammad Imraan, istered at Sadar Bazar police storey high but later, it was con- Raipur, Ajmer and Seelampur near his house in Jahangirpuri area. “During enquiry it was Shantinagar and Nooranagar was illegally sold to peo- who is Rehan's brother and station which was later trans- verted into a five-storey build- in Delhi. Imraan has been According to Vijayanta Arya, revealed that both the accused and ple by plotting it. In this regard, District Magistrate Dr partly owns the building. ferred to the Crime Branch. ing,” said the additional CP. taken into five days police the Deputy Commissioner of the victim had altercations on the Ajay Shankar Pandey had issued an inquiry order to Imraan was absconding According to B K Singh, “The two brothers had remand for further investiga- Police (DCP), Northwest district, same issue quite a few times earli- the Additional District Administration and asked to since the day of the incident the additional Commissioner rented out the building to var- tion,” the additional CP added. the incident took place late on er as well. The victim had once present the inquiry report within fifteen days,” said the even warned the duo but they con- official. tinued with their activities,” said the Recently this land was sought from the Municipal DCP. Corporation for the project political training center of B “Police had registered a case the state government in Nandagram area. under sections 302 (Murder) and “When investigation was done there, it was found 34 (Acts done by several persons in that on the land of the Municipal Corporation, the land '# furtherance of common intention) mafia settled a colony in the name of Shanti Nagar years of the Indian Penal Code and ago,” said the official. /0$/1* along with all Poorvanchalis who arrested two men in connection The District Magistrate said that the land mafia is worship the Chhathi Maiya will with the incident,” said the DCP. not only responsible for setting up and planting the elhi Bharatiya Janata Party participate. “During investigation, CCTV colony on the land of the municipal management, but D(B JP) is set to stage a protest Kumar said that Kejriwal cameras installed in and around the the erstwhile corporation officers and employees were at Chief Minister’s residence for does not leave any chance to hurt scene of crime were examined also equal participants in the scam. banning Chhath Mahaparva — a the sentiments of Hindu to keep and the two accused -- Rajkumar He said that in this entire case we have issued an festival of Poorvanchalis. a particular religion happy. “To (22) and Deepak (23) were subse- order for investigation and action will be taken against Delhi BJP media head hide their failure and incomplete quently arrested. During interro- all those who sold the land in the investigation and the Naveen Kumar said under the preparations, the Chhath gation, the accused disclosed that names of the erstwhile corporation, officers and leadership of State general secre- Mahaparva, celebrated by the they used to eat and drink in the employees will come in the investigation report under tary Dinesh Pratap Singh, Delhi Poorvanchalis was banned by CM lane near the house of the victim the Bhoomafia Gang Bandh Act. BJP Purvanchal Morcha will Kejriwal which is totally unfair. and for this, the victim used to Earlier, K K Sharma, the director of the NGO Social oppose the anti-Hindu policies of Not only this, the anti-trader CM scold them. Since the last two days, Chakidar had raised the matter with great vigor in a Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Kejriwal first forced the traders to they were even beaten up by the press conference and appealed to the Chief and humiliation of people of buy fire crackers of crores of victim,” the DCP said. Minister and the District Administration to intervene Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. rupees by distributing license The knife used in the crime in the matter. After this order of district In this protest, Delhi BJP and then banned them that was also recovered from the spot, administration, there has been a stir in the +/ ! ! ! $ / ( * + Poorvanchal Morcha President brought traders to bankruptcy,” he police said, adding further inves- land mafia and the erstwhile corporation officers and / % $ / Kaushal Mishra, karyakartas added. tigation is underway. employees.
formed ‘District Crisis Group’ major fire broke out at a phar- their lives and more than 1000 of any disaster, through better ing with any emergency situa- asters due to fire, explosion, or Tughlakabad depot of CON- /0$/1* (DCG) for each district in the maceutical unit near people got sick after being planning, preparedness and tion. toxic release involving major COR on morning of May 6, national Capital territory. Visakhapatnam in Andhra exposed to gas. response,” said the official. “Delhi has district disaster accident hazards installations,” 2017 that triggered toxic fumes o deal with the situation of The move came after the Pradesh and engulfed a major According to the official, S P Rana, Deputy Director management plans well in place said the Deputy Director. that left 475 school children Tchemical disaster, the National Green Tribunal part of the facility. The incident Delhi is gearing up to have its of the Directorate of Industrial and responsibilities of various Meanwhile, P K Goswami, sick with breathlessness, eye District Disaster Management (NGT) took suo-motu cogni- claimed life of a man while own offsite emergency plans for Safety and Health of Labour authorities have been assigned, Deputy Director, ISH informed irritation, nausea and severe Authority (DDMA) along with sance and asked all States to be other sustained burn injuries each district. “The meetings of Department, who is also mem- in case of a disaster due to any that DCG have been formed to headache, is a reminder of the other departments including prepared for any eventuality due to fire. In another incident DCG along with District ber of DCG, said that their situation including natural assist district administration need for such DCG groups for Delhi Fire Services (DFS), Civil caused due to chemical on May 7 involving leakage of Magistrate (DM) are being department is working with calamities. However, these off- and to monitor any chemical Accident emergency planning, Defence, State labour and disasters. chlorine in a unit in pharma held and the efforts are being respective district magistrates site plans have been devel- accident in the state. preparedness and response,” industrial department has Earlier, on July 13, 2020, a city of Vigaz, 11 persons lost made to minimise the impact to prepare themselves for deal- oped to deal with industrial dis- “The chemical leak in said Goswami. !"#$%&'&'
12 3 ! ' !: :97 ! !,4$56 + / ; /0$/1* ies elections .BJP has deputed while state and the scrapping of ous media houses as well as from a lot of people on what <. ) Minister of State for Finance, which has now facilitated parliament. There have been should be done to regulate the nion Law Minister and Anurag Thakur to win it the implementation of all “pro- discussions on giving more content on OTT platforms, he /0$/1* unknown officials of Revenue USenior BJP leader forthcoming Jammu Kashmir gressive central laws” in the power to the PCI, he said. said. Department, Jammu; unknown Ravishankar Prasad on local body polls. Polls will be J&K. “But for TV channels there He said a free press is the he CBI has registered three officials of Jammu Development Monday asked the Congress to held from November 22 to The BJP leader said pre- is no self-regulatory body like cornerstone of democracy and Tseparate cases at the behest Authority (JDA) and unknown clarify whether it is standing December 28. vention of corruption Act was PCI. We are getting suggestions freedom comes with responsi- of Jammu and Kashmir High others on the allegations that the with the National Conference Hitting out at the Congress, not allowed to be implement- to make a code of conduct for bility even as he asked news Court and taken over the inves- Revenue officers of Jammu dis- (NC) and the Peoples Prasad demanded to know as ed by the Article 370 with polit- /0$/1* all TV channels but we are yet organisations to avoid sensa- tigation of these cases, earlier reg- trict had entered into a criminal Democratic Party (PDP) on the to why the opposition party is ical leaders making merry with to take a decision on it,” the tionalism. “Freedom of press is istered by Vigilance conspiracy with the said private issue of restoration of the backing ‘Gupkar declaration’ the state funds. nion Information and minister said, adding that the the soul of democracy. Organization, Jammu (now person and conferred ownership Article 370 in Jammu & and the “anti-nationals” who Women of the state mar- UBroadcasting Minister government doesn’t want to Freedom of press is very Anti-Corruption Bureau, Union rights with regard to land mea- Kashmir. are “seeking China’s help and rying outside were denied Prakash Javadekar on Monday interfere but press should pre- important but any freedom Territory of J&K). suring five Kanal and two Marlas “Sonia and Rahul tell clear- are disrespectful to the National property rights in the state said that the Government is sent responsible journalism. comes with responsibility. So, The first case has been reg- in Khasra No. 781 situated at vil- ly and categorically, are you flag”. The Minister was refer- which is now a Union territo- considering a new code of Javadekar further said just there has to be a responsible istered against unknown officials lage Deeli Tehsil and District with the demand for the ring to the recent comments of ry, he said. conduct for television and like TV, there is no regulatory freedom and no sensationalism of Revenue Department, Jammu Jammu. restoration of the Article 370”, former Chief Ministers Farooq “Are ‘Gupkar alliance par- mulling strengthening the reg- body for over-the-top (OTT) by the press,” the minister said on the allegations that the These cases are the outcome asked the law minister here at Abdullah & Mehbuba Mufti. ties and the Congress aiming to ulatory mechanisms for OTT platforms and the government in the video message. Revenue Department officials of the orders of Jammu and a press conference. Prasad said Article 370 take the state backward and platforms. is receiving suggestions on The news should not be to conferred undue benefits upon Kashmir High Court in PIL Politics around Article 370 denied women, children, back- deny people of the J & K their Speaking at a webinar how to regulate its content. deliberately defame anyone, the illegal occupants of the state No: 19/2011. The cases were ear- is heating up with the union ward classes and SCs an STs legitimate rights”?, asked organised by the Press Council OTT platforms such as he said adding the way freedom land by intentionally ignoring the lier registered by Vigilance territory to undergo local bod- their basic rights in the erst- Prasad. of India (PCI) on the ‘Role of Netflix, Hotstar, and others of press is being attacked these laid down provisions of Roshni Organization, Jammu (now media during the COVID-19 were recently brought under days is not good. Act and rules, thereby conferring Anti-Corruption Bureau, Union pandemic and its impact on the ambit of the information Talking about the alleged ownership rights of the state land Territory of Jammu and media’ on National Press Day, and broadcasting ministry. Television Rating Points (TRP) wrongfully to selective unde- Kashmir) vide FIR Numbers (% # % #" the minister touched upon the Neither there is any PCI manipulation by some news serving persons and hence 23/2015, 5/2015 and 6/2014. issue of absence of a regulato- nor any other body for OTT channels, the minister said a inflicted huge monetary loss to In the first case, it was fur- ry body for TV channels and platforms which have very committee formed by the min- the State exchequer. ther alleged that the purpose of said a decision may be taken on good content as well as very istry will soon submit its report The second case relates to Jammu and Kashmir State Lands ) ** %# bringing a code of conduct for bad content. So, something on the issue. To check the similar misuse of authority in (vesting of ownership rights to them. needs to be done about it, he TRP manipulation and address Samba district. the Occupants) Act, 2001 which The Press Council of India said. the issue, we have formed a The third case relates to a was generating revenue for /0$/1* border standoff in eastern BRICS countries have a com- is a self-regulatory body which Discussions are going on committee which will give its private person, resident of undertaking developmental Ladakh for over six months. bined GDP of USD 16.6 trillion. has representations from vari- and we are getting suggestions report very soon, he said. Gandhi Nagar, Jammu, works in the state was defeated. rime Minister Narendra Both Modi and Xi had come The MEA said the leaders PModi will on Tuesday face-to-face virtually at the would be discussing intra- attend the virtual summit of annual summit of the Shanghai BRICS cooperation and key BRICS that will focus on coop- Cooperation Organisation issues in the global context, eration in counter-terrorism, (SCO) on November 10. including the reform of the ! ! trade, health, energy and ways “At the invitation of multilateral system, measures to offset the impact of the President Putin, Prime to mitigate the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Minister Narendra Modi will ongoing COVID-19 pandem- = Chinese President Xi be attending the 12th BRICS ic, cooperation in counter-ter- Jinping, Brazilian President Summit hosted by Russia, rorism, trade, health, energy tially identified by scientists at The research team says Jair Bolsonaro and Russian under the theme ‘’Global and people-to-people /0$/1* Imperial College London in the the findings are being fol- President Vladimir Putin are Stability, Shared Security and exchanges. UK using artificial intelligence lowed up with large-scale clin- ;* scheduled to attend the 12th Innovative Growth’’ on “India will be taking over rug Baricitinib, used to (AI) as a drug that could have ical trials. summit of the Brazil-Russia- November 17,” the Ministry of the chair of the BRICS, which Dtreat rheumatoid arthritis, anti-viral and anti-inflamma- “We urgently need to find India-China-South Africa External Affairs (MEA) said in would be the third BRICS may reduce the risk of dying for tory effects. more effective treatments for /0$/1* expressing diverse morpho- (BRICS) grouping. a statement. Presidency for India since its elderly patients with Covid-19, In the study, the patients, Covid-19 while we wait for a logical features (which are The BRICS summit is tak- The BRICS is known as an inception (after 2012 and 2016) and provide a new weapon in who were in multiple hospitals vaccine to become widely he chirp of the cricket may often classified into multiple ing place at a time two of the influential bloc that represents and will host the 13th BRICS the arsenal against the novel across Italy and Spain, had a 71 available,” said Professor Justin Tsoon be used to monitor species). bloc’’s members, India and over 3.6 billion people, or half summit in 2021,” the MEA coronavirus, according to a per cent reduced risk of dying Stebbing, co-lead author of their species diversity. Dr. “Therefore, identification China, are locked in a bitter of the world’’s population. The said. study published in the journal compared to patients who had the study from Imperial Ranjana Jaiswara, a solely based on morphological Science Advances. not taken the drug. College London. Department of Science and features leads to underestima- The scientists came with The study found that 17 “This is one of the first Technology (DST) Inspire tion or overestimation of the conclusion after 83 patients per cent of patients who were Covid-19 treatments to go Faculty Fellow at the University species diversity,” she added. ' P with a median age of 81 and all given the drug died or needed from computer to clinic and is working to establish a field Dr. Jaiswara’s research as a suffering from moderate to to go on a ventilator, compared laboratory. It was first identi- crickets acoustic-signal library DST-INSPIRE Faculty address- severe Covid-19 infection were to 35 per cent in the control fied by an AI algorithm in which can be used as a non- es the problem of cryptic given the drug. group who were not given the February, which scanned thou- invasive tool in species diver- species by using advanced tools This medication was ini- medication. sands of potential drugs that sity estimation and monitoring. in an integrative frame in delin- could work against this virus,” “The library will be a dig- eating species boundaries. Stebbing said. ital ones and can be used These tools include The study suggests this through mobile phone appli- acoustic signals, DNA drug can aid recovery of cation for automated species sequences, and phonotactic patients with moderate to recognition and discovery as behavioural data in studying severe Covid-19, and may pro- well as documentation of new species diversity. vide a new weapon in the species of crickets from India,” She uses field crickets as arsenal against the virus, the she said. the model organism. In her researchers said. Jaiswara explained that research published in Journal The team grew miniature currently morphology-based of Zoological Systematics and human organs in the lab, called traditional taxonomy has gone Evolutionary Research, she organoids, to investigate how a long way to recognise and has shown that species-spe- exactly the drug may combat establish species diversity. cific bioacoustics signals are a Covid-19. “But it is often not suffi- highly efficient and reliable The findings revealed that cient in delimiting cryptic tool in marking species the drug may help work in two species-- a group of two or boundaries and it can be used ways: reduce organ damage more morphologically indis- to get an accurate estimate of caused by inflammation, and tinguishable species (hidden species richness and diversity /0$/1* ven as India’s first indige- ing phase III trials but I am not blocking the virus entering under one species) or individ- estimate of any geographical Enous coronavirus vaccine, happy because it is a two-dose human cells. uals of the same species area. Covaxin, is entering its third injectable vaccine. If we have to phase of vaccinate 1.3 billion population human trials with two dose vaccine, we in 26,000 par- need 2.6 billion (260 crore) ticipants, syringes and needles.” Bharat Ella asserted that the chal- Biotech on lenge is to vaccinate 1.3 billion Monday won- population. Six billion (600 dered how the crore) people in the developing country’s 1.3 world have to be vaccinated but billion (130 the opportunity is if 20 per cent crore) people of them are vaccinated, I have will be vacci- done my job as a scientist. You nated with its partly need vaccine because two-dose there will be herd immunity. injectable vac- Ella also pointed out that cine. 40,000 unknown viruses are Terming existing. “10,000 viruses can the exercise a hop from animal to animal and “challenge” to human. What we are seeing Krishna Ella, today is only a sample. Because Chairman of its impact on economy it got andmore attention. We are yet to Managing see lot many things.” Director, He said that Bharat Biotech Bharat is the only vaccine company in Biotech said the world which has BSL3 pro- at a pro- duction facility (Biosafety level gramme 3). online that Last month the vaccine the company maker said it had successfully is also work- completed interim analysis of ing on anoth- Phase I and II trials of the vac- er vaccine for cine and is initiating Phase-III Covid-19 trials in 26,000 participants. which would The Hyderabad-based vac- be in the form cine maker had on October 2 of nasal drops sought the Drug Controller and can be General of India’’s (DCGI) ready by next permission to conduct phase 3 year . randomised double-blind At the placebo-controlled multicentre programme trial of its COVID-19 vac- organised by cine. the Indian “We are working on anoth- School of er vaccine through nasal drops Business, Ella my feeling is by next year it will said, “ We reach the population,” Ella have part- said. nered with BharatBiotech in ICMRSeptember had said it entered (Indian into a licensing agreement Council of with Washington University Medical School of Medicine in St. Louis Research) for for a novel “chimp-adenovirus” Covaxin and (Chimpanzee adenovirus), sin- as we speak, gle dose intranasal vaccine for we are enter- Covid-19. !"#$%&'&' !
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7 7 +91+& & of the State bring back its glo- “attacked in Jaygaon in New Delhi: The Ministry of tor in India especially in areas 7 8& After having battled for petrol. rious past.” Alipurduar district where Civil Aviation has allowed like precision agriculture, locust more than 15-long hours, the “First, the accused tried to day after calling Bengal a Ghosh’s remark came a day Rohingya Muslims are living” Hyderabad-based International control and improvement in day after he was arrested victim girl Savitra D. Ankulkar strangle her. After she resisted Aterrorist hub “worse than after he condemned the saying that the local political Crops Research Institute crop yield. The government is Afor allegedly killing his died on Sunday morning at the the attempt, the accused threw Kashmir” State BJP president Trinamool Congress parties were providing shelter to (ICRISAT) to use drones for encouraging young entrepre- live-in girlfriend in an acid- Beed Civil Hospital, where she acid from a bottle that he was on Monday vowed to turn the Government for making Bengal the terrorists in Bengal. agricultural research neurs and researchers to look cum-petrol attack, a Beed dis- had been rushed to by the carrying. She screamed for State into “Gujarat” drawing into a “terror hub worse than “It is very alarming that a activities. at ruggedized low-cost drone trict court on Monday remand- police on Saturday. help. No help was forthcoming. sharp counter attack from the Kashmir.” few political parties are giving Granting the institute a solutions for the over 6.6 lakh ed the accused Avinash R. The motive behind the The accused went further, Trinamool Congress which said Saying that Bengal had shelter to the terrorists and anti- “conditional” exemption from villages in India,” the release Rajure in police custody for ghastly murder has not been removed petrol from his that “BJP’s dream will turn become a hub of “terrorists and social elements.” Reacting to some of the rules applicable for quoted Amber Dubey, joint eight days in connection with established yet. The police have motorbike, doused her with it into its nightmare.” anti-nationals” Ghosh said how Ghosh’s statement senior TMC deployment of drones, the Civil secretary in Civil Aviation the ghastly incident. recorded the statement of the and set her on fire. Later, he Exuding confidence that recently “six Al-Qaeda terror- leader and Minister Subroto Aviation Ministry said the Ministry, as saying. Twenty-five-year-old victim before her death. pushed the burning victim girl his party would come to power ists were arrested from Mukherjee said his dream would institute can gather data for Last month, the ministry Avinash, who had been arrest- The investigations have into a ditch and fled the scene,” with two-third majority Ghosh Aipurduar (indicating that) a never come true. “Everyone has agricultural research activities has allowed NTPC to use ed from Nanded town on revealed that Avinash set out on Investigating Officer from said “after coming to power we network has been formed in a right to dream but it is his duty within the ICRISAT research drones to carry out research Saturday, was produced before a motorbike along with Savita Neknur Police Station Laxman will turn the wheels of devel- several places of the state. Even to see that the dream does not field using remotely piloted air- and inspection activities at its Beed district Court’s Joint Civil from Pune to Shelgaon late on Kendre said. opment in Bengal making it Bangladesh leader Khaleda Zia turn into nightmare,” Mukherjee craft systems or drones. three power plants in Madhya Judge Kadir A Sarvari, who Friday night, after promising According to the IO, a another Gujarat,” ruing the has said the terrorists are being said on Ghosh’s winning Bengal The exemption is valid for Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. sent the former to police cus- her that he would take their shepherd tending to his flock in State had become a laggard in trained in India and sent to Assembly elections in 2021. six months from the date of Granting the public sector unit tody till November 24. native village of Shelgaon vil- the nearby field alerted the all respects with deteriorating Bangladesh to create distur- His ministerial colleague issuance of permission or until (PSU) a “conditional exemp- Avinash had allegedly lage in Nanded district for police at 2 pm on Saturday. “We law and order, education and bance. This state has become a Firhad Hakim said “there are the full operationalisation of tion” from some of the drone poured acid and petrol, set his Diwali. The two had stayed as reached the spot quickly and economy. hub of terrorists, and anti- people who are aspiring to con- Digital Sky Platform (Phase-1), rules, the ministry said NTPC girlfriend – identified as live-partners in Pune before the rushed the victim girl to the “Today the situation is such nationals. Such is the situation vert Bengal into Gujarat but they whichever is earlier, the release can use drones at Vindhyachal Savitra D. Ankulkar (22) on fire accused offered to take her Beed Civil Hospital,” Kendre that a State which was at the that Bengal is now worse than have no idea of Bengali culture. said, adding that the exemption super thermal power station and left her abandoned in a home for Diwali. said. forefront of everything does not Kashmir with the people living Bengalis will never allow the will be valid only if all condi- and Gadarwara super thermal bush along her roadside at However, the accused The victim, who had sus- even produce IAS and IPS offi- in fear.” State to become Gujarat as they tions and limitations are strict- power plant, both in Madhya Yellamb Ghat near stopped the vehicle at an iso- tained 50 per cent burns, suc- cers … but when the BJP will He alleged that even he had don’t want to be killed in ly adhered to. Pradesh, and Sipat super ther- Beed town in Marathwada lated place near Yellamb Ghat cumbed to the wounds at the come to power we will intro- been in the hit list of the ter- encounters. People will reject “Drones are poised to play mal power project in region in the small hours of en route at around 4 am and Beed district civil hospital on duce all-round development rorists adding how he was BJP.” a big role in the agriculture sec- Chhattisgarh. PNS Saturday. attacked her with acid and Sunday morning. ( ;) +* (# + + -./* 3 Though there are no Rajnikanth would come with and flash the Torch light for not openly announced his deci- ! #!# */& dearth of chief ministerial can- his political party. There is Stalin’s route to the top post,” sion to launch a political career, , didates in Tamil Nadu, the enough time for the assembly said Sam Rajappa, veteran his new venture “Master” is amil Nadu’s search for a contenders themselves are not election and he is likely to make commentator. being la 0123,4 Tpolitical savior is continu- sure of their position. an announcement soon,” said Anbumani Ramadoss, son belled as a political movie. ing and as on Monday it has Vijayakanth, who had launched Tamilaruvi Manian, a close of PMK founder S Ramadoss The actor plays the role of a col- *& ? 7 8& Talking to media persons at the BJP was in the Opposition, worship. So much so that we Citizens need to follow disci- Ahmednagar in western we quietly heard what had to take the lead and organ- pline when the places of wor- s the temples and other Maharashtra, Patil said: “The Narendra Modi had to say ise protests demanding reopen- ship reopen”. = + Aplaces of worship reopened BJP should realise that it was then in this kind of situation. ing of places of worship. Uddhav had said that in Maharashtra on Monday Prime Minister Modi who had Our stand was then and now is Despite the devotees having though all places of religious after a gap of seven months on ordered the closure of temples... that we do not want to indulge shown readiness to follow all worship remained during the /0$/1* $;#$& &$ 3#$;$&$ Monday, the ruling Nationalist It should also realise that the in politics on this kind of an health protocols strictly, the pandemic months, God was $44;534'4#$222$:?3;240 Congress Party (NCP) Coronavirus crisis has not abat- issue. The Coronavirus crisis state government was refusing taking care of all devotees in the vercoming the economic distress and the 4:;D3&4$88$20:4;# slammed the Opposition BJP ed fully in the country. Even in has affected the entire world. to reopen temples and other form of doctors, nurses and Ofear surrounding the Corona pandemic this &24;408;0#04M$'2N for its efforts to claim credit for Maharashtra, we have been Here, the BJP indulges in pol- places of worship”. other health staff. festive season, the flagship Khadi India outlet the development, by saying working hard to reduce the itics on this issue,” Patil said. “Finally, it was devotees’ The chief minister said here has crossed the single-day sales figure of 8$;4=3$; $' that it was Prime Minister Covid-19 cases. Hence we are Earlier, in a statement faith that defeated the state gov- that the people from religious Rs 1 crore four times since October 2 this year Narendra Modi who had unlocking various activities issued here, State BJP president ernment to keep them away faiths celebrated Ganesh at Connaught Place in the national capital. KVIC Chairman Vinai Kumar Saxena ordered the closure of temples slowly. We started movement of Chandrakant Patil said: “The from God and prompted them Chaturthi, Navratri and “In just 40 days since October 2 this year, attributed the massive sale figures to the frequent during the lockdown. trains and we have started sev- MVA government’s decision to reopen temples. We welcome Pandharpur wari (annual pil- Khadi's single-day sales figure has crossed the appeals of the Prime Minister to promote As the BJP celebrated the eral other things. As the final to reopen temples and other the decision,” grimage), Eid, Mount Mary etc Rs 1 crore mark for 4 times at the flagship Khadi “Swadeshi”, particularly Khadi. “It is heartening reopening of temples as part of the unlocking process, places of worship is a victory of Chandrakantdada said, as he by observing discipline, India outlet at Connaught Place in New Delhi,” to see a large number of Khadi lovers coming “Anandotsav” in different parts we have decided to reopen the devotees’ faith”. appealed to the devotees to fol- restraint and following Covid- the MSME said. On November 13, the total sales out to support artisans who form the backbone of the state and dubbed the places of worship. But, the BJP Debunking chief minister low Covid-19 protocols while 19 protocol norms enforced by at this outlet stood at Rs 1.11 crore, the highest of the Khadi and Village Industries sectors. development as a victory of politicises everything”. Uddhav Thackeray’s statement visiting temples in future. the state government. single-day sale figure recorded this year. Despite the pandemic, Khadi artisans kept the devotees’, Maharashtra NCP “A few months ago, the BJP that the reopening of religious While making an “People will have to avoid Since business activities resumed after the production activities going in full vigor and the president and senior minister workers – unmindful of the places was not a government announcement about the crowding at the places of wor- lockdown, Khadi sales figure touched Rs 1.02 fellow countrymen have reciprocated with the Jayant Patil slammed the prin- continued Coronavirus crisis - order, but was being done as reopening of places of worship ship. The reopening of religious crore on Gandhi Jayanti (October 2) this year, same zeal,” Saxena said, adding despite the eco- cipal Opposition party, by say- - went in front of temples and the wish of the Almighty, with a note of caution, places is not a government followed by Rs 1.05 crore sales on October 24 nomic slowdown, KVIC has managed to main- ing: “The BJP tries to politicise staged a protest by banging Chandrakantdada – as he is Maharashtra chief minister order, but is being done as the and Rs 1.06 crore on November 7. In 2018 too tain the pace of Khadi’s growth. each and everything. The BJP thalis. Had they given us sug- known in the state political cir- Uddhav Thackeray had said on wish of the Almighty. The single-day sales had crossed the Rs 1 crore mark The lockdown had a severe bearing on the can in no way hog credit for gestions on how to reduce the cles – said: “Despite having Saturday: “We should not for- devotees will have to leave on four occasions, with the highest single-day livelihood of Khadi artisans but the Prime reopening of temples. If any- Coronavirus, I would have started the lockdown unlock- get that the demon their shoes outside, while the sale for the year touching Rs 1.25 crore on Minister’s appeal for “Aatmanirbhar Bharat” and thing, the credit for the devel- understood. But, their effort ing process some months ago, Coronavirus is still in our wearing of masks is mandato- October 13. Khadi's highest ever single-day sale “Vocal for Local” infused a new life into the local opment goes to the chief min- was to see that they could the state government had not midst. Even though that there ry.... If we follow discipline, we was recorded at Rs 1.27 crore on October 2, manufacturing particularly the Khadi and ister and Maharashtra govern- contribute to the increase in the permitted the reopening of has been some respite, we can will get God's blessings,” the 2019. Village Industries sectors. ment”. number of infections. When temples and other places of ill-afford to be complacent. chief minister said. & G27 9(7 . # +!+ # .! (#*+#+ & $ &1:&* Bengaluru: With the north- the region as favourable con- Aligarh: On Diwali, around Rs east monsoon setting in ditions prevail in the Bay of 10 crore fireworks smoke blew n the night of Diwali, over Aligarh: Aligarh Firework's Karnataka, chilly winds and Bengal,” said Prabhu. in the environment which O40 children and young noise and smoke pollution had rains turned this year's festive With moderate to heavy includes the possibility of fire- people have been burnt. A 9- made the environment sick on season wet in the state's south- rains lashing the region since works worth 8 crore rupees in year-old child from Basai vil- Diwali. The district recorded ern region, including the November 13, the festival of the city itself. The elders also set lage is seriously burnt and has 270.93 micrograms per cubic Bengaluru city, said a weather lights has been wet and damp off fireworks with the children. severe injuries in his eye. meter PM 10 and 69.9 micro- official on Monday. for the people reeling under the People enjoyed the colorful Doctors are recommending grams per cubic meter PM 2.5, “As part of the north-east coronavirus pandemic over the fireworks. The noise of fire- the operation. which is higher than the stan- monsoon, a trough developed last eight months. crackers kept echoing till late at 9-year-old Abhay, son of dard level. Similarly, a maxi- in the south-east Bay of Bengal “Being closer to northern night. Pradeep Kumar, a resident of mum of 85.2 dB noise pollution leading to a low-pressure Tamil Nadu, south interior For more than two decades, Basai village, burnt severely has been recorded. depression and causing rains in areas of Karnataka benefit the Exhibition ground has the city's during fireworks on Before Diwali, with the the state's southern region, north-east monsoon which only cracker market and this Diwali. rise in polluting levels in the including Bengaluru,” lasts till December and help year 200 shops got licenses The family rushed to cities including Delhi & NCR, Bengaluru weather scientist C. farmers in sowing of rabi which are 50 less than last year, Gandhi Eye Hospital with the people were hoping that this N. Prabhu told IANS. crops,” Prabhu added . but from the city to the village, child where doctors have rec- time the people will take con- Within days after the According to the state unlicensed shops also sold a lot ommended the operation. trol of the use of firecrackers in extended south-west monsoon Meteorological Office, the of fireworks. According to the Additionally, Sandhya of Iglas, the district. ended on October 28, the southern state had 19 per cent people, fireworks worth about Mohit of Atrauli, 9-year-old In view of the pollution, the south-east monsoon activated excess rainfall from November Rs 10 crore have been sold from Lalit of Jirauli, 16-year-old Brij National Green Tribunal has during the first week of 1-15 with 188 mm actual rain- all these shops. The fireworks of Gabbhana, 13-year-old banned the sale and bursting of November resulting in wide- fall as against 158 mm normal market in Atrauli, Harduaganj Vishal of Hathras, 18-year-old firecrackers till November 30 in spread rainfall from Kolar to rainfall. The coastal region had were also buzzing. The city Shivam of New Avatar Nagar, Delhi NCR, but the people Chamarajanagar in the state's 40 per cent excess rain during also witnessed a rush of buyers the 15-year-old of Kuldeep burst fireworks despite health old Mysuru region. the first fortnight of November from wholesalers. On Diwali, a Bihar, 8-year-old Gangdeep of dangers on Diwali. Even after “A cloudy sky, strong sur- with 317 mm actual rainfall as single person bought fireworks Bhagwanagar, Kasganj. 10- 10 o'clock at night, the noise of face winds and moderate rains against 227 mm normal rain- ranging from 5 to 15 thousand year-old Mayank reached firecrackers was echoing in are the forecast for this week in fall. IANS rupees. PNS Gandhi Eye Hospital. the atmosphere. ! > . ! &' !"#$%&'&' " 6%# "' 6!* # ." < ; $ " < < %%8(',9%++ 3 " !# $) #*@ +, #+ + 3) #+ ## R ( +) # + # ( 0 ! ( ( ! # . . ( " 89$ ( + 3 ( # ( :; S 7)#$% P Q ( S Swedish Institute, which % claims to study democra- cies around the world, has downgraded India * < * A and put it far below several nations, 8 # + many of whom lack the essentials => ?@ of democracy like secularism, sep- aration of state and religion and ( ! 9 equality before law, all of which are ,!9 - % # !9 ( firmly embedded in our ?A < 89$ ( Constitution. The Democracy Report 2020 ( # 3 !9 has been released by the Varieties + ( of Democracy (V-Dem), a research S institute based in the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. It claims evening and the talking heads half of these States are ruled by the head of State “shall be a king # ( + ( that “it has a nuanced approach to representing different political political parties and coalitions, or queen.” More importantly, the ?@ measuring democracy – historical, and social voices trying to out- which are opposed to his party. Constitution says the king or 6 S 7 8 * multi-dimensional and disaggregat- shout each other and you will At last count, there were 42 polit- queen cannot be prosecuted for ed, employing state-of-the-art realise that our democracy has ical parties governing these his or her actions, which means 8 P S methodology.” Each of these claims become too argumentative, */81& 9 States. equality before law (Article 14 in + Q 5 ( needs to be tested. somewhere even bordering on Also, a significant responsi- our Constitution) has no place P Q % The report makes a startling chaos. So, where is this decline 9?$&1@ bility given to the States by the in Sweden. Further, the B $ 5 claim that India “is on the verge of of democracy? /0 &/ Constitution is maintenance of Constitution says the king “shall losing its status as a democracy due Finally, let us look at the “law and order”, which means always profess the pure evangel- to the severely shrinking space for social media. Not a week pass- $&-72(0& States are responsible for the ical faith.” It also does not allow O + 6 + ,+6+- the media, civil society and the es without the anti-Modi lobby administration of the criminal the prince or princess to marry Opposition under Prime Minister running hashtags like 2)7119 justice system. Therefore, when at will. They need government Modi’s government.” On the other “#NarendraModiWorstPrimeMi a State Government registers a permission to do so! Therefore, hand, the best democracies are sup- nister” on Twitter regularly and 9/ "@-726! case against a journalist for Sweden is not a republic, it is not 8 % posedly Denmark, Estonia, Sweden, thousands of followers of polit- defamation etc, the Union has a secular State as its head of State * Switzerland and Norway. India is at ical parties opposed to him *&$B8/$ 9 nothing to do with it. In recent is wedded to a church. Equality a lowly number 90. This report endorsing this line or adding times, there have been challenges before law is also absent because must be denounced lock, stock and their own abusive comments or -(7119 to media freedom in some States, the king cannot be censured or * % 6 ( barrel for the following reasons. cartoons. Therefore, the charge 9/ " *// several of whom are run by tren- accused. * S + ( Let us examine the claim that that freedom of expression is chant critics of Modi. Other nations which have the media space is “severely shrink- under severe threat in the coun- Having examined the been put ahead of India include . ing” in India after Mr Modi became try is ridiculous and smacks of &/&98 -)7 Constitutions of dozens of Papua New Guinea, a nation # % Prime Minister. You will find this uninformed opinion. Also, in 119 nations, this writer is of the view based on Christian principles, # laughable in the light of the reports view of all this evidence, anyone that a pristine democracy must and Argentina, where the fed- of the Registrar-General of who says that “media space is *98 /*91$ contain the following eight fun- eral government supports the + ( Newspapers in India and other shrinking” in India and that civil damentals: An inviolable com- Roman Catholic Apostolic S # + agencies which track media growth. society and the “Opposition” are */98 @&$ mitment to freedom of expres- Religion. +6+ =>>D India has witnessed a media boom stifled, needs to get his head sion and freedom of conscience; India is not only a secular, over the last decade and the figures examined. & &@& 247 an unambiguous commitment democratic nation but also the # ( for the last six years should make The second defect in the to secularism; separation of reli- most vibrant and diverse in the anyone’s jaw drop. The circulation report is that it attributes what- 119 gion and state; republican form world. It has the “secular” ideal # S * of daily newspapers in India in 2014 ever deficiencies it has found vis- of government; constitutional embedded in the Preamble of its was 150 million copies. By the year a-vis freedom of expression to *98 /*91$ *&$ right to equality before law; Constitution. It is home to all # ( 2018, it had jumped to 240 million Modi. This is downright irre- gender equality; right to life and religions, its population is ethni- * + * copies. There are about 250 million sponsible for the reasons that /1/A 9 / personal liberty; and universal cally diverse and its people # households in the country and of have been cited above and also -72("@-726! adult suffrage. All these eight speak 122 languages and 170 9 * 2 $ ( them as many as 160 million from a constitutional point of essentials exist in the Indian dialects. households had television sets in view. Obviously, the report is * ?:8/0& Constitution. Therefore, those who seek to 89$ . + 2014. By the year 2018, this figure written by individuals who are Now let us look at the run down India are actually run- ( was closer to 200 million. totally oblivious of India’s con- 19 / 9-77 V.Dem report and the countries ning down democracy itself. B But this growth story extends stitutional scheme. India is a fed- ahead of India. Denmark is the These Western notions of beyond mainstream media. There eral republic in the sense that the 119"0981$ best democracy according to this “democracy”, where the authors . has been an exponential growth in legislative and executive powers report. But is it? Its Constitution propound theories convenient to 8 # ( the social media in recent years and are shared between the Union 0/ 11 &@ */ says that the Evangelical them, need to be challenged. E 2< ( ( ( this is reflected in the number of and the governments in the Lutheran Church, which is based Indians need to now stand up internet connections, which has spi- States and the Constitution itself /$& &/ on the Holy Bible, “shall be the and say, “Don’t lecture us – your $ 8 ralled from 150 million in the year spells out the subjects that are established church of Denmark.” theories have a strong stench of 89$S ! % 2014 to over 500 million five years allotted to both. Further, neither *& *8+M Further, “the State has a duty to racism and Christian commu- 9 4 hence. Modi nor his party and the coali- support the Church of Denmark nalism.” Further, just take a look at the tion to which it belongs govern financially and in other ways.” (The writer is an author spe- S shrill debates that are on in Indian all the 28 States and eight Union Sweden is Number 3 but it is not cialising in democracy studies. news television programmes every Territories in the country. About a republic. Its Constitution says Views expressed are personal) " ! ' ) *(& ++ ## +* ) ,+ 0' $ # 0 * **(+*7$+ )* . " ! " @ . ! . ! # * ! # ! #! + ! , +!- / " # " " " ) !';; ;2'&4 =40; . ( 4$$&;#&24; S K: K1 * K$ K&# . ' # " & & # & ' && % (&'# / * P Q anced. Now, digital content cre- ators will have to tread a tight ( Sir — Former US President rope while bearing the backlash # ( Barack Obama’s characterisa- # in mind they might face. Sadly, tion of Rahul Gandhi in his # this is yet another attempt to forthcoming memoir, A ' 1 control one’s freedom of expres- 2 ( Promised Land, as a person who & J1&K # sion. “has a nervous, unformed qual- "& # Rahul Chouhan 3 ity about him” was uncharitable # " Ujjain 4 ( and unfair to say the least. It was more reflective of Obama him- / & # self than Rahul. By his ill-judged # portrayal of the Congress leader, 1 ." Sir — India has objected to the $ O# ! # 2 ( # Obama has proved that he is not ceasefire violations by Pakistan. a good judge of character. # ' # The Charge d’Affaires of the . Perhaps for all his pretension to . 23)31&"$ O "& High Commission of Pakistan 3 great endowment, he is less than was summoned by the Ministry sophisticated to understand 8 "* ! ## ! # of External Affairs and a strong other people. ! " # protest was lodged over unpro- 5 Obama seems to have formed 1&! # voked ceasefire violations by # a wrong and unrealistic impres- 1&! # " Pakistani forces on multiple sec- 6 sion of Rahul from the courtesy $ ": . &37 tors along the Line of Control in shown to him during a brief . # ! Jammu and Kashmir on 7 encounter with him when he vis- November 13, resulting in the . / ited India. He seemed to have death of four innocent civilians . * taken simplicity and humility right-wing Hindutva zealots to the OTT platforms and they and serious injuries to 19 others. exuded by the Indian political reiterate their unflattering view made the best out of it. Pakistan must respect the bilat- . ( leader as an attempt to please of Rahul. Obama was ignorant of Sir — The digital and OTT plat- However, digital content, which eral agreements between the . him. He must have been over- Indian politics to belittle a leader forms now fall under the juris- received overwhelming sup- two nations and not allow any / weening to do that. He miscon- who stands for the nation’s long- diction and censorship of the port from people, was also at territory under its control to be strued Rahul’s incapability to be cherished values and fights for Ministry of Information and the receiving end of severe crit- used for terrorism against India 6 / ( bad or do evil things as a weak- them. Hopefully, his memoir Broadcasting. After 2016, with icism by zealots for delivering in any manner. . ness. Obama outdid even Rahul’s does not eulogise leaders in the ubiquitous availability of erotic, anti-establishment and Amit Singh Kushwaha 8 ( worst domestic detractors in the India who thrive on polarising inexpensive data, the digital provocative content in the guise Satna choice of words to depict him in society. market boomed in India. of creativity. Many demanded a . 2 a poor light. Wittingly or unwit- G David Milton Additionally, the lockdown was censor board so that creativity * !; . / tingly, he gave a chance to the Maruthancode a heaven-sent opportunity for and harmony could be bal- 44;24080&;G?#$1=0# !"#$%&'&' + 6%# "' 6!* ,(#&'-) &#" 8 # ')&# H I" " "7 !"# 8 # 77 1 7J" 7" " H I" 1 P 71 " 77 1 " 7 1 0 # L L 7 . B1 . #! # A#+ + ,
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It needs to go as today the banking network ?G :>F ( is capable of meeting credit needs of all, provid- ;> # ed the sector is left to itself. However, faced with contraction in the Gross Domestic Product :@=> E * # +$.,2- (GDP) growth by a whopping 23.9 per cent and ( credit growth at a low of 6.7 per cent during the + first quarter (Q1) of the current financial year # :@:= #2+ (FY), the RBI introduced changes in the norms # 89$ P Q for PSL. But what is the connection between PSL 89$ ( and growth? 5 2S P For several decades, successive govern- , -Q :@== 89$S . ments followed a policy of directing banking # #2+S credit to specified sectors, which had remained 1//$ 89$ P neglected for long and needed the required push sion of funds to non-farm uses. Even lending. Yet, our policy-makers contin- culture and MSMEs, can avail loans up to catch up with the country’s growing econo- 9:9"98 out of credit that flows to agriculture, ue with PSL and keep adding more and to 50 crore under the PSL. What is the 89$ ,2 89$ -Q S my. The RBI mandates that a certain percent- &+ a disproportionately high share is cor- more sectors under its ambit and sanctity of these limits? Is it the case . age of a bank’s Adjusted Net Bank Credit *981$/B9@ nered by large farmers viz. those with shuffling the limit under each. Thus, that an entity which needs 31 crore P! <Q S (ANBC) or lendable resources be given for PSL. */?//$9 farms over 10 hectares. During 2016- there are a host of other categories such for setting up a solar-based plant # 6 For commercial banks, including foreign banks, 91/$&$ 17, large farmers, who account for 0.6 as export, education, housing, health, won’t be eligible for PSL? Or, the appli- 5 this is 40 per cent, while regional rural banks ?98 9/ per cent of the total number, got away social infrastructure, renewable ener- cation of a start-up needing a loan of O + +$.,2- 5 2S (RRBs) and small finance banks (SFBs) are 99$8 : with 41 per cent of the agri-credit. gy and now, start-ups. 51 crore will be rejected. This is + 2 required to allocate a whopping 75 per cent for $8/$1://! Semi-medium and medium farmers, In September, the RBI increased bizarre. (* PSL. Within the over 40 per cent limit, there are /$ owning between two-10 hectares (they the targets for small and marginal Putting in place such a system R< S ( sub-limits; for instance, agriculture gets 18 per && &1! are 13.2 per cent of all farmers) get bulk farmers from the existing eight per cent brings in a lot of discretion and gives cent of the ANBC. Although the guidelines do of the balance 59 per cent agri-credit. of the ANBC to 12 per cent, applica- the bank manager or officials a lot of not lay down any preferential rate of interest for *&$ *91$: Small and marginal farmers with hold- ble from 2020-21 onward. It also room to manoeuvre. From the perspec- P PSLs per se, generally such loans are “cheaper” 9?990/ ings up to two hectares (they are 86.2 increased credit limit for farmers pro- tive of the borrower, every aspirant — 2 ,8 S 2-Q and “more accessible.” The chargeable rate of &$9 9: per cent) get very little; in fact, nearly ducers organisations (FPOs) and farm- irrespective of his/her scale of opera- 8 interest is as per the RBI’s directives and varies ?8$8 /" 41 per cent of them don’t even have ers producers companies (FPCs) to 2 tion — will play with numbers to keep # from sector to sector, ?9 */9 access to banks. crore per borrowing entity. The moot his/her borrowing proposal within As per the RBI’s directive, a short-term crop A81/&1/! Asset creation in agriculture holds point here is when already the sub- the threshold. This is the surest invi- 2 ( B 5 2 loan of up to 3,00,000 (for animal husbandry, */ the key to sustainable increase in the sidised credit is not reaching where it tation to nepotism and corruption. * +/ , - dairy and fisheries farmers, this limit is :9A// farmers’ income. Yet, the share of ought to be reaching, what is the use To conclude, the extant highly con- ,+- 8 2,00,000) is available at a subsidised interest rate &@:A/ investment credit in total farm credit of pouring more in? From FY 2021-22, voluted system of “directed lending,” # #2+ + of seven per cent; an additional incentive of three // is only 25 per cent (down from 50 per a higher weightage of 125 per cent specifying targets for sectors in a typ- ! +/ , !+- # #2+ E per cent is provided for prompt payment. The 8 $@8 cent in 2000). A big chunk of this also would be assigned to incremental pri- ical top-down approach that keeps effective interest cost works out to only four per goes to medium and large farmers. ority sector credit in the identified dis- bank officials busy with target fulfill- + ( cent. To make it happen, the Union Government *& *981$/ According to the committee on “Status tricts, where the per capita PSL is less ment and compliances, is pregnant !+ 6 8 E offers to banks interest subvention of two per $/ 1@ of Farmers’ Income: Strategies for than 6,000, and a lower weight of 90 with blatant misuse and misappropri- 2S cent per annum and prompt repayment incen- /$ /$ 9 Accelerated Growth,” that was set up per cent would be assigned for incre- ation of funds. It is unlikely to serve the :D # ?@ D@ tive (PRI) of three per cent. This comes at a huge */&+ to identify ways to double farmers’ mental priority sector credit in the desired objective of helping the most 89$ 2 cost to the exchequer (during 2019-20, the &98 income, small and marginal farmers identified districts, where the per capi- vulnerable groups for whom it is # .2.2 Government spent 18,000 crore). The banks, finance 30.8 per cent and 52.1 per cent ta PSL is more than 25,000. This is intended. At the same time, it impos- ,(. 2 ( (. ((2 - too, share a good portion of the cost as reim- of their investment in assets through intended to help 184 districts with low es a huge collateral damage. 8 8 bursement given by the Centre does not fully informal sources viz. moneylenders, per capita PSL credit flow. Will things For instance, of the outstanding cover the interest subsidy extended by them to traders and input dealers (albeit at high improve merely by assigning higher bank credit of about 100,00,000 crore, 2 . 6 8 ( farmers (on a total farm loan of about 13,00,000 interest rate) and so on, as they don’t weightage? when 40 per cent or 40,00,000 crore crore given during 2019-20, interest subvention have access to banks. To give a boost to renewable ener- is PSL given at a subsidised interest ( at the rate of two per cent alone works out to The irony is that large, medium gy, the RBI has increased the limits for rate, banks are bound to charge more 2 % about 26,000 crore against a budgetary support and semi-medium farmers, having priority sector lending. Thus, loans up on the remaining 60 per cent to of only 18,000 crore. If we include PRI, the borrowed from banks at such low rates to 30 crore per borrower for solar- remain viable. This raises the cost of # 89$ * :@=> E * shortfall would be even higher). It is, therefore, (four per cent), further lend this based and biomass-based power gen- capital to all those enterprises. . 2 ( natural to ask whether farmers are actually deriv- money to small and marginal farmers erators, windmills, micro-hydel plants PSL needs to go. Banks should ( * * ing the intended benefit? at a much higher rate, thereby making and so on will now be eligible for PSL enjoy the freedom to lend and focus . * +$ + According to a study by the RBI’s internal a huge profit. This is clearly a case of (up from 15 crore). Likewise, the limit more on conducting due diligence, % + working group, in several States, the quantum better off farmers and even non-farm- for loan for building healthcare facil- credit appraisal, hand-holding of bor- % 2 $ 89$ + 2 of crop loan was found to be higher than the ers profiteering from the State largesse, ities, including those under Ayushman rowers, and monitoring fund use. For * * + < value of all agricultural inputs (in Andhra riding piggyback on the most vulner- Bharat in Tier-II to Tier-VI centres, has the most vulnerable, the Government Pradesh, during 2015-2017, this was 7.5 times able for whom it is meant. been increased from 5 crore per bor- may give interest subsidy but that % # 8 ( the value of agri-inputs). Considering that The misuse is rampant even in rower to 10 crore. Start-ups, which should be directly credited to their 8 89$ ( crop loans are taken mostly for buying agricul- other areas of PSL, say the micro, small conform to the definition laid down by bank accounts. tural inputs, when the value of the former and medium enterprises (MSMEs) the Ministry of Commerce and are (The writer is a New Delhi-based , - exceeds the latter, it clearly points towards diver- sector, which gets 7.5 per cent of bank engaged in activities other than agri- policy analyst) (+) ) + *+
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on All India Radio, Kolkata (called to most listeners. I tried it once with probably poetry when written. So far, films are not media of artistic expres- Calcutta in those days). There were the the servants, also of the neighbour- wonderful; but it has in the past dis- sion. Most of them must have a large unforgettable Hemant Kumar, the hood, but their response was cool. The couraged even prime ministerial aspi- dose of popular entertainment, too. versatile Manna Dey and many other song was sung on screen by Suchitra rants from learning Hindi with any The market extends from West Bengal artistes, musicians and directors. The Sen: “Aykbaar bolo, tumi je aamar.” degree of accuracy. to Bangladesh and several districts of wonderment is that these men and For the Bengali ethos, the busi- The late Jyoti Basu, Siddharth Assam. Suitable movies in Bengali women, born, bred and having turned nessman was a “byabshadar” and the Shankar Ray and Pranab Mukherjee could be dubbed in Hindi and other artistes in Kolkata, came to what was “banik” was an OBC, unlike northern could not speak Hindi spontaneous- languages, which could extend the //19 / 9 ):799'#( then called Bombay (the Mumbai of and western India, where he is a twice ly. Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi was the first market considerably. today) to blossom. Arguably, the born and permitted to wear the Bengali I heard speaking in Hindi. Remember, the film industry in 9? &: proudest name of Indian filmdom has sacred thread. My belief is that Any educated person among the elite India began with Kolkata at its cen- aving seen a few of Soumitra been the late Satyajit Ray, India’s only Tollywood film-making has been spoke English. The second emotion- tre, with New Theatres founded by # Chatterjee-led films, I cannot Oscar-winning film-maker. Yet, it is influenced by this ethos. al preference was for French. Now, no Birendranath Sircar and the great 9A$ 23 Hforget him, or conceptually, Bollywood that has flourished where- Once, when the Rajya Sabha pro- doubt things are changing as we have Kundan Lal Saigal as its outstanding # Tollywood as a whole. The only film as Tollywood has merely survived. ceedings were awaited to begin, I got heard Babul Supriyo, Minister Of State star. Incidentally, Saigal had come to studio I have seen was at Tollygunge What makes this paradox viable? a chance to have a 15-minute chat with in the Narendra Modi Government, Kolkata from Punjab. He picked up # in the days when the actor had to wear Tollywood is art plus art, while Mrinal Sen, who has been rated sec- Bangladesh would be 20 crore people, speaking fluent Hindi. Bengali quite well and acted in seven " a light blue dhoti so that it showed up Bollywood is craft plus business. In ond only to the distinguished Satyajit he was slightly taken aback and mere- The West Bengal economy does Bengali films, produced by New " as white on the screen. Bollywood in some ways, Tollywood reflects the Ray. Among the two or three ques- ly said, “We must think about it.” My need a boost and the film industry Theatres. Rabindranath Tagore first # # Mumbai would have been neither as essence of what has been the Bengali tions I happened to pose, one was on impression is that many a film was a could well be the one to bring in heard Saigal before giving consent for rich nor gifted without the many elite for the best part of two centuries. why Bengali film themes seldom reflection of the director’s choice employment. It does not require the first time to a non-Bengali singing bounties of Bengal, like the late To begin with, it was presumed that cater to the masses, although they are without sufficient consideration for much investment by the State and his songs. Saigal endeared himself to Soumitra Chatterjee. theatre and cinema were for the often about poor people. His reply was what the audience would love to Bengalis generally are naturally artis- the whole of Bengal through his 30 There was Anil Biswas, who dis- classes, while for the masses, the that, “When we began, it was pre- watch. When the director and the tic, be it in acting, music and what not. Bengali songs. O covered Talat Mahmood, the silken answer was the jatra (a popular folk- sumed that our market was not large audience happened to coalesce, the The only real requirement is that of (The writer is a well-known colum- " voice; even Talat was first discovered theatre). A simple song from a pop- enough like the Hindi cinema.” When film would be a hit. The Bengali lan- attitude and priority. Bengali film- nist and an author. Views expressed are singing Bengali songs as Tapan Kumar ular movie called Harano Sur appealed I pointed out that West Bengal plus guage is melody when spoken and makers must take into account that all personal) J K !"#$%&'&' 0 & ! Washington: President Donald recount in Wisconsin. Trump on Monday again He has launched a slew of P O refused to acknowledge his lawsuits in key states, but has P Lahore: Police in Pakistan members and are on a look out ishment for criminal intimi- defeat by Democrat challenger not provided any evidence to have arrested two members of for the remaining. dation, if threat be to cause Joe Biden and insisted that he back his claims of fraud. Dubai: President Donald Global Security Forum hosted a Jirga, a council of elderly peo- Police official Mehar Riaz death or grievous hurt, etc), “won” the November 3 presi- All his lawsuits have so far Trump’s national security in part by Qatar, Robert ple, for sentencing a woman in Hussain said that the woman 148 (rioting, armed with dead- dential election. been unsuccessful. adviser promised a “very pro- O’Brien several times men- Punjab province to death by had eloped with Noor Shah, a ly weapon) and 149 (every “I won the Election!” As Trump, 74, has refused to fessional transition” to the tioned the transition and stoning for allegedly eloping man of her locality, and bore a member of unlawful assembly Trump tweeted on Monday. concede the election, the tran- administration of President- referred to recent peace deals with a man and bearing his child out of wedlock. guilty of offence committed in The tweet was flagged by sition team of Biden and vice- elect Joe Biden in an interview that Bahrain, Sudan and the child out of wedlock. He said Shah was cap- prosecution of common the social networking site, president-elect Kamala Harris broadcast Monday, even as United Arab Emirates struck According to the FIR, the tured by some elders of the vil- object) of the Pakistan Penal which said, “Official sources says that the Trump adminis- Trump continues to falsely with Israel as “a great legacy for council of elderly people com- lage who brought him back in Code. called this election differently”. tration is not cooperating with claim he won the November the president to have as he prising six persons held a June last year. The council Hussain said the woman The tweet was not in the them in transition. PTI election. Speaking to the leaves office.” AP meeting sometime back and awarded him a death sentence has been provided protection. caps unlike earlier in the day sentenced the woman, a moth- and he was subsequently killed. Honour killing, locally wherein the same words were er of nine, to death under the Later, the woman was cap- known as ‘karo kari’ is an act in caps. old custom of ‘karo kari’ in tured and the council declared of murder due to the belief that “He won because the +$ ;4 Muzaffargarh, some 400kms that she would be stoned to the victim has brought dis- Election was Rigged,” the from Lahore. death after giving birth to the honour upon the family. Often Republican president wrote on Washington: Former US pres- Trump and his Democratic demic-related aid from states Under this custom, a child, the police official said. women are killed in the name Twitter, repeating unsubstan- ident Barack Obama has said challenger Biden got deeper run by Democratic governors. woman is stoned to death in The FIR against the Jirga of ‘karo kari’ which is believed tiated claims of election fraud. that not just politicians, even with political analysts predict- Obama said: “It’s not just the name of family honour. members is registered under to restore honour and reputa- Last week, the mainstream the voters are divided now as ing that almost half of the US the politicians now. The voters Police arrested two of the sections 310-A, 506-B (pun- tion of a family. PTI media declared Biden as the the priority is to “beat the was likely to feel betrayed by are divided. It has now become winner of the presidential elec- other guy” rather than dis- the result. a contest where issues, facts, tion after the 77-year-old for- cussing issues, facts and poli- Trump and Biden voters policies per se don’t matter as mer vice president crossed the cies, and the current media quence, voters’ perceptions expressed strikingly different much as identity and wanting ' . P ? mandatory 270 electoral votes environment adds to that great- have changed. So that I think views on different issues. While to beat the other guy. You out of the 538-member ly. Democratic and Republican Biden voters wanted the gov- know, that’s taken priority. Electoral College. Obama, in an interview to voters have become much more ernment to prioritise limiting “I do think the current " 0 Trump, however, has CBS News on Sunday, said partisan,” the 59-year-old for- the spread of the COVID-19, media environment adds to " # refused to concede the election, that they have to work with the mer president from the Trump supporters preferred that greatly. This democracy asserting that he has won. media and the tech companies Democratic Party said. an approach that focused on doesn’t work if we don’t have an 4 O P Islamabad: Hundreds of Trump, who has 232 elec- to find ways to inform the pub- Responding to a question, the economy. informed citizenry. This activists of an extremist reli- toral college votes, has chal- lic better about the issues and Obama acknowledged that the Biden often appealed to a democracy doesn’t work if we Islamabad: Prime Minister it was still well short of major- gious group on Monday laid lenged the election results in bolster the standards to ensure country is very divided. sense of national unity and the don’t have responsible elected Imran Khan’s Pakistan ity to form the government. partial siege to the national cap- various states including that they can separate truth In the run up to the 2020 soul of America while Trump officials at other levels who are Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) on However, it was in a position to ital to denounce the publication Pennsylvania, Nevada, from fiction. US presidential election, the often described himself as a willing to call the president Monday won eight of 23 con- form the government as 6-7 of blasphemous cartoons in a Michigan, Georgia and “The media landscape has political divide between the defender of his voters. He even when he’s not doing something stituencies and was leading in independent candidates also French magazine and force Arizona. He had demanded a changed. And as a conse- supporters of President Donald threatened to withhold pan- right, call him on it”. PTI one seat in the legislative won. the government to expel the assembly polls in Gilgit- Geo TV reported that PTI French ambassador. Baltistan, prompting won 8 seats, independent can- Tehreek-i-Labaik Pakistan Opposition parties to dub the didates 7, Pakistan People’s (TLP) of firebrand cleric ## + # * P0 > election as “stolen.” Party (PPP) 3, Pakistan Muslim Khadim Hussain Rizvi organ- India has slammed League-Nawaz (PML-N) 2, ised the protest march on the Pakistan for its decision to Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl Murree Road of the garrison # #3C)9 hold elections in Gilgit- (JIU-F) and Majlis Wahdatul city of Rawalpindi on Sunday. Baltistan and said any action to Muslimeen (MWM) 1 seat Riot police had to resort to Johannesburg: Former South the investigation, claiming alter the status of the militari- each. teargas shelling against the Ankara: Turkey’s government African president Jacob Zuma that Zondo was biased against ly-occupied region has no legal The official results were stone-pelting TLP protesters submitted a motion to parlia- appeared on Monday before a him. basis. still not known as election who succeeded to reach the ment on Monday seeking its state commission investigating His lawyer Muzi Elections were held on 23 authorities may take some time Faizabad interchange connect- approval to deploy peacekeep- serious allegations of corrup- Sikhakhane told the commis- seats of the third legislative to announce the final out- ing Rawalpindi and Islamabad, ers to monitor a cease-fire tion during his tenure as head sion that Zuma felt that the assembly on Sunday amidst come. where they launched their sit- agreement between Azerbaijan of state from 2009 to 2018. commission chairman was tight security due to the threat Both the Opposition par- in. and Armenia, the state-run It is the first time that biased against him, and that of militancy. Polling on one seat ties PPP and PML-N have Though Rizvi did not join news agency reported. Zuma has appeared before the selection of witnesses at was postponed after the death alleged poll rigging by the rul- them at the sit-in but his rep- Turkey, which threw its the commission since he aban- the commission showed it of one of the contestants. ing PTI. resentatives were leading the weight behind its ally Azerbaijan doned his testimony at the already had conclusions about Unofficial results compiled Commenting on the unof- protestors who refused to move in the conflict, has been engaged commission more than a year his guilt. by the various media outlets ficial results, PPP chief Bilawal away until the basic demand to in talks with Russia for a role in ago. According to Sikhakhane, showed that PTI won at least 8 Bhutto Zardari alleged that send back the French envoy monitoring the cease-fire that Zuma was forced to step Zondo treated some of the wit- seats and was ahead in one, but the “election was stolen”. PTI was fulfilled. PTI ended six weeks of intense 3 * ! down from his position as nesses with courtesy but this fighting between Azerbaijan + 0. ! 1 president in 2018 by his was not extended to Zuma. and Armenia over the Nagorno- African National Congress Zuma has previously stated Karabakh region. be debated in coming days. run Anadolu Agency stated party amid allegations of fraud that he felt as though he was Russian and Turkish The motion states that civilian from the motion. and corruption. on trial, and complained that defense ministers signed a personnel could also be Russian officials have said The commission has no some of the allegations that he memorandum Wednesday to deployed as part of the peace- that Ankara’s involvement will powers to prosecute, but other had made against witnesses create a joint monitoring center keeping mission. be limited to the work of the law enforcement agencies may had not been investigated. in Azerbaijan. “It has been assessed that for monitoring center on follow up on information The commission’s legal The bill submitted to par- the Turkish Armed Forces per- Azerbaijani soil, and Turkish revealed at the commission representative, Paul Pistorius, liament requests a one-year sonnel ... To take part in the peacekeepers would not go to and pursue criminal cases has dismissed Zuma’s claims of mandate to send Turkish peace- Joint Center which Turkey and Nagorno-Karabakh. Russian against those implicated. bias, saying the real reason he keepers, adding that President Russia will form together, will be Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov On Monday, Zuma wanted the chairman to recuse Recep Tayyip Erdogan would beneficial for the peace and wel- has said the center will operate launched an application for the himself was because he was determine the number of troops fare of the region’s people and remotely, using drones and chairman of the commission, concerned that Judge Zondo to be sent. is necessary from the point of other technical means to mon- Deputy Chief Justice Raymond would make adverse findings The motion is expected to our national interests,” the state- itor possible violations. AP Zondo, to recuse himself from against him. AP A O ! P C6D)4 E G Geneva: The World Health ing and other prevention mea- attention and are recovering at Paris: France’s RFI public radio Organisation has recorded 65 sures were not sufficient to home,” the email Friday said. apologised Monday for mis- cases of the coronavirus among spare it from the pandemic. “These last five cases bring *O&!00 ! ! ! 0A takenly publishing obituaries staff based at its headquarters, Raul Thomas, who heads the total reported number of ' ! for a number of celebrities still including at least one cluster of business operations at WHO, affected members of the very much alive, including infections, an internal email emailed staff on Friday noting Geneva based workforce to 65 Britain’s Queen Elizabeth and obtained by The Associated that five people — four on the since the beginning of the pan- Brazilian football hero Pele. Press shows, despite the same team and one who had demic.” Farah Dakhlallah, a F ;D)4 Citing a “technical prob- agency’s public assertions that contact with them— had test- WHO spokeswoman, con- lem” that caused the death there has been no transmission ed positive for COVID-19. firmed the accuracy of the Geneva: The head of the World on its own will not end the pan- workers, older people and other notices to be released on its at the Geneva site. While the email did not use the information about the case Health Organisation said demic.” at-risk populations (to) be pri- website Monday, the broad- The revelation comes amid term “cluster,” one is generally count in an email to the AP. Monday that a vaccine would The WHO’s figures for oritised. That will hopefully caster said: “We offer our mer US President Jimmy a surge of cases in Europe, host defined as two or more cases in Thomas’ email did not not by itself stop the coron- Saturday showed that 660,905 reduce the number of deaths apologies to the people con- Carter, Cuban leader Raul country Switzerland, and the the same area and the five cases specify who was infected, but avirus pandemic. coronavirus cases were report- and enable the health systems cerned and to you who follow Castro, actors Clint Eastwood, city of Geneva, in particular, indicate basic infection control a WHO staffer with direct The pandemic is raging ed to the UN health agency, set- to cope.” and trust us. Sophia Loren and Brigitte and the email said about half of and social distancing proce- knowledge of the situation months after it broke out, with ting a new high water mark. But he warned: “That will “We are mobilising to rec- Bardot — all in their 80s and the infections were in people dures were likely being broken. who spoke on condition of infections soaring past 54 mil- That number, and the still leave the virus with a lot of tify this major bug,” said the 90s. who had been working from A previous email he sent anonymity because she was lion and claiming more than 645,410 registered on Friday, room to move. Surveillance will Twitter account of RFI, which French business mogul home. on Oct 16 indicated that no not authorized to speak to the 1.3 million lives. surpassed the previous daily need to continue, people will saw itself the target of much Bernard Tapie, 77, whose obit- But 32 were in staff who clusters had been found at the press said the cluster included “A vaccine will comple- record high of 614,013 record- still need to be tested, isolated online derision for the error. uary had been prematurely had been working on premis- site. a member of the WHO direc- ment the other tools we have, ed on November 7. and cared for, contacts will still Others RFI declared dead published by other news outlets es at the headquarters building, “As per standard proto- tor-general’s leadership team not replace them,” director- Mr Tedros said that sup- need to be traced... and indi- included Iran’s supreme leader at least twice before, was also indicating that the health cols, these colleagues are receiv- who is also an infection control general Tedros Adhanom plies of the vaccine would ini- viduals will still need to be Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, for- on the RFI list. AFP agency’s strict hygiene, screen- ing the necessary medical specialist. AP Ghebreyesus said. “A vaccine tially be restricted, with “health cared for.” AFP
Kampala: One cash-strapped headmaster Mike Ssekaggo to African countries, unable to to class because their parents Although schools now have taking exams to move to upper parent asked to pay her child’s request a sample before he pay in cash or kind, say their have not been working, reopened in many African coun- grade school, high school and school tuition fees with bags of would agree. Eventually he did. children will have to miss the Ssekaggo said. tries that had imposed anti- college reported in October. the rice she grows, leading Many other parents in new term as classes resume In Uganda, authorities have COVID-19 lockdowns, the pan- The rest will return in January, after months of delay caused by set standards that schools must demic’s full impact on education but there is widespread concern the COVID-19 pandemic. meet before they can admit in the world’s most youthful con- that schools were reopened Ssekaggo, headmaster of students, most of whom could tinent of over 1.3 billion people too early as some have report- Wampeewo Ntakke Secondary remain at home until as late as remains to be seen. ed outbreaks. School on the outskirts of next year. Schools must have In some cases, the decision Similar challenges are Uganda’s capital, Kampala, has enough handwashing stations to reopen remains problematic, reported in Zimbabwe, the cash- fielded complaints from parents and enough room in classrooms especially as the level of testing strapped southern African scrambling to have their chil- and dorms for social distancing. remains low. nation where more than 100,000 dren enrolled for the first time Although the pandemic has “One of the things that we public teachers have been strik- since March. disrupted education around the have been discussing is how do ing since schools reopened, Relief over the gradual world, the crisis is more acute in we monitor the situation in demanding better pay as well as reopening of schools is matched Africa, where up to 80% of stu- schools where we have large protective gear. by anxiety over the financial dents don’t have access to the numbers of students,” said Dr. “Results of the disaster hap- strain caused by the pandemic internet and distance learning is Rashid Aman, Kenya’s chief pening with unmonitored and over how to protect stu- out of reach for many. administrative secretary of school children will be with us dents in often crowded class- Sub-Saharan Africa already health. for a long time,” said Raymond rooms from the coronavirus. had the highest rates of children “I think definitely we will Majongwe, secretary-general Only about half of 430 stu- out of school anywhere in the require to be doing some level of the Progressive Teachers dents had reported the day world, with nearly one-fifth of of testing in those populations Union of Zimbabwe, warning after he began admitting stu- children between 6 and 11 and to see whether there is trans- parents against sending their dents for the new term, more than one-third of youths mission of asymptomatic children to school while teach- Ssekaggo told The Associated between 12 and 14 not in school, cases.” As in Uganda, Kenya is ers are on strike. “Prepare for a Press. School officials worry according to the U.N. Culture implementing a phased baby and drug boom,” he some children might not return and education agency. reopening of schools. Students added. AP !"#$%&'&' 1
7 -) "P* $ # %& ' H7IH68 ! /0$/1* can’t happen that a person contain comprehensive infor- shows turnover of crores of mation relating specified finan- /0$/1* he revenue department on rupees in GST and doesn’t pay cial transactions, payment of TMonday said data analytics a single rupee of income tax. taxes, demand/refund and he Government’s paddy has detected persons showing There are quite a few such cases pending/completed proceed- Tprocurement has increased turnover of crores of rupees in that have been detected in data ings undertaken by a taxpayer # by 20.25 per cent to 281.28 lakh GST but not paying a single analytics,” it said. in a particular financial year tonnes so far in this kharif sea- rupee in income tax, and The DoR said that the that has to be mentioned in the .: son, Punjab contributing the announced there would be no notified Income Tax Return for income tax returns. most, the Union Agriculture change in the reporting the current AY 2020-21 already It would also show /0$/1* tax payment is commensurate Ministry said on Monday. requirement with the display of requires reporting of GST out- turnover reported in Goods with the expected profit mar- Paddy procurement com- GST turnover data in Form ward supplies in the Schedule and Services Tax (GST) return he Government proposes gin on turnover reported by menced in Punjab and rose by 20.25 per cent till Chandigarh, Jammu and 26AS for honest taxpayers. GST. form GSTR-3B. Tto match GST data men- him in the GST returns or Haryana from September 26 November 15 of the ongoing Kashmir, Kerala, Gujarat and In a statement, the Therefore, the information It would also contain var- tioned in Form 26AS with the additional compliance burden due to early arrival of the crop, kharif season from 233.89 lakh Andhra Pradesh. In case of cot- Department of Revenue (DoR) displayed in Form 26AS would ious information reported by turnover numbers provided on taxpayers.Only suspected while in other states from tonnes in the year-ago period, ton, state-run Cotton reiterated that there will be no provide ease of compliance to reporting entities in statement while filing income tax fake invoice generators are October 1. it said. The government has Corporation of India (CCI) has extra compliance burden on the taxpayers in filling Schedule of financial transactions such as returns.The move is aimed at being identified for serious More than 80 per cent of procured paddy at the MSP procured 14.65 lakh bales the taxpayers for GST turnover GST. information of cash identifying unscrupulous per- action under GST and other the country’s paddy crop is value of Rs 53,105.70 crore so worth Rs 4,187.05 crore from displayed in the Form 26AS, “There would be no deposit/withdrawal from sav- sons who try to avail or pass laws including suspension of grown in the kharif season. The far, benefitting 24.14 lakh farm- 2,86,547 farmers till November which is an annual consolidat- change in the reporting ing bank accounts, sale/pur- on input tax credit fraudu- their GST registration based government through Food ers. For the current year, the 15. The buying is going on ed tax statement that can be requirement with the display of chase of immovable property, lently by generating fake on the fact that whether their Corporation of India (FCI) Centre has fixed the MSP of smoothly in cotton growing accessed from the income-tax information of GST turnover in time deposits, credit card pay- invoices. In such cases, the income tax payment is com- and state agencies undertakes paddy (common grade) at Rs areas of Punjab, Haryana, website by taxpayers using Form 26AS because the honest ments, etc. revenue department had mensurate with the expected procurement of paddy at the 1,868 per quintal, while that of Rajasthan Madhya Pradesh, their Permanent Account taxpayers are already furnish- The earlier Form 26AS found that checking income profit margin on turnover minimum support price A grade variety has been fixed Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Number (PAN). ing GST returns and Income used to give information tax profiles of suspected enti- reported by them in the GST (MSP). at Rs 1,888 per quintal. Maharashtra and Gujarat. “The GST turnover is Tax Return and reporting their regarding tax deducted at ties gave the right results on returns.The revenue depart- “Out of the total purchase According to the ministry, Besides, the government being shown in 26AS just for turnover correctly,” it added. source and tax collected at the extent of tax evasion, ment explained that recently, of 281.28 lakh tonnes, Punjab MSP procurement of paddy in through nodal agencies is buy- the information of taxpayer. Beginning June 1, 2020, source relating to a PAN, both on direct and indirect it was noticed that many alone has contributed 196.13 this kharif 2020-21 marketing ing pulses and oilseeds at MSP DoR acknowledged that there Form 26AS has been revamped besides certain additional taxes. unscrupulous persons are try- lakh tonnes which is 69.73 per season is “continuing smooth- under the Price Support may be some differences in to an ‘’Annual Information information including details of Sources said that there is ing to avail or pass on input cent of the total procurement,” ly” in Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Scheme (PSS), which gets oper- GSTR-3Bs filed and the GST Statement’’ which apart from other taxes paid, refunds and no reconciliation of whether tax credit fraudulently by the ministry statement said. Pradesh, Telangana, ationalised when market rates shown in the Form 26AS but it the TDS/ TCS details, shall now TDS defaults. a suspected entity’s income generating fake invoices. Total procurement Uttarakhand, Tamil Nadu, fall below the support price. ? # @5* ++D'(+ (") ,*%7&D8E + *+ , /0$/1* Minister Nirmala Sitharaman funds and/or pension funds are + (* + +( 1 9 also tweeted. said to have put in an EoI. /0$/1* he Government on Neither of them however Russian energy giant New Delhi:The wholesale manufactured products cate- TMonday received ‘multi- gave the number of bids Rosneft-led Nayara Energy, price-based inflation rose to an gory stood at 2.12 per cent in tate-owned Coal India Ltd /0$/1* The Request for Proposal ple’ bids for buying out its stake received or the names of the which operates a 20 million eight-month high of 1.48 per October, as against 1.61 per S(CIL) on Monday said it has has been issued to seek pro- in India’s second-biggest fuel bidders. tonnes oil refinery at Vadinar cent in October, as manufac- cent in September. Fuel and issued tenders for all 35 min- he Finance Ministry on posals / bids from reputed and retailer BPCL but billionaire Separately, four industry in Gujarat and also has 5,822 tured products turned costlier, power basket witnessed soft- ing projects identified for TMonday invited bids from eligible actuarial firms to work Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance officials said Reliance petrol pumps, was considered with experts saying that the RBI ening to (-)10.95% in October. mechanised transportation of actuarial firms for arriving at with LIC to “develop IEV in Industries as well as superma- Industries, which was consid- a potential bidder for BPCL but will keep interest rates on hold The retail inflation, based on dry fuel and setting up coal the embedded value of Life line with the requirements of jors Saudi Aramco, BP and ered a potential bidder as BPCL reports last month had indi- in its policy review next month. consumer price index, was at a handling plants and silos for Insurance Corporation (LIC) the relevant Acts and regula- Total did not make a bid. would have added 22 per cent cated it was no longer keen. The WPI inflation was at six-year high of 7.61 per cent rapid loading at an estimated ahead of its stake sale. tions, Actuarial Practice Tuhin Kanta Pandey, fuel market share to its fledg- Abu Dhabi National Oil Co 1.32 per cent in September and in October, data released last cost of Rs 12,500 crore. The government plans to Standards and guidance notes Secretary, Department of ling retail business and made it (ADNOC), which has ambi- zero per cent in October last week showed. ICRA Principal Under mechanised trans- sell minority stake in the insur- issued by the Institute of Investment and Public Asset the nation’s number one oil tions for Indian market, too year. Economist Aditi Nayar said portation, coal would be ance behemoth and list it on Actuaries of India and LIC Act, Management (DIPAM), which refiner, did not put in an was considered a potential bid- This is the highest level of core inflation spiked to 1.7 per moved through piped convey- the bourses. 1956, and to provide support is handling the sale, tweeted expression of interest (EoI) at der but it wasn’t immediately wholesale price index-based cent in October 2020 from 1 or belt mode promoting clean- It has already appointed during the IPO process”, it that the transaction advisors for the close of the deadline on known if it put in an EoI. (WPI) inflation since February, per cent in Sept, and the core er environment. With reduced Deloitte and SBI Caps as pre- said. the sale of government’s 52.98 Monday.Saudi Arabian Oil Mining billionaire Anil when it was at 2.26 per cent. index has been hardening since movement of coal-laden trucks IPO transaction advisors. In The last date for submis- per cent stake in Bharat Company (Saudi Aramco), Agarwal is considered another While food article prices Aug. “In our view, the core on roads, it brings down dust the bid notice, the Department sion of bids is December 8. Petroleum Corp Ltd (BPCL) which had been keen to enter potential bidder given his inter- softened in October, manufac- inflation will continue to record pollution to the comfort of peo- of Investment and Public Asset The government has bud- have reported receiving “mul- the world’s fastest-growing fuel est in the oil and gas business tured items witnessed harden- a steady uptick in month-on- ple residing in the proximity of Management (DIPAM) said geted to collect Rs 2.10 lakh tiple expressions of interest.” market, too did not put in an with the USD 8.67 billion ing of prices, according to the month terms over the next few the mines. “Coal India’s pitch LIC needs to develop an Indian crore from stake sales this fis- “The transaction will EoI. UK’s BP plc and Total of acquisition of Cairn India. data released by the Commerce months, with the strengthening for efficient and environment Embedded Value (IEV) report- cal. move to the second stage after France - who have plans to At Friday’s closing price of and Industry Ministry. Food of the economic recovery, while friendly mechanised coal trans- ing framework for necessary This include Rs 1.20 lakh scrutiny by TA,” he said. foray into the Indian fuel mar- Rs 412.70 on BSE, the govern- inflation in October stood at food prices will remain domi- portation in its first-mile con- disclosures for the proposed crore from CPSE disinvest- TA stands for a transaction ket - had previously ruled ment’s 52.98 per cent stake in 6.37 per cent, as against 8.17 nated by the trend displayed by nectivity, replacing the road Initial Public Offering (IPO). ment and Rs 90,000 crore from advisor. themselves out of the BPCL BPCL is worth Rs 47,430 crore. per cent in the previous month. vegetables. The MPC movement, gained pace with Embedded value is a com- selling stake in financial insti- “Strategic disinvestment of race as they did not want to add Also, the acquirer would have The rate of price rise in (Monetary Policy Committee) the company successfully issu- mon valuation measure used to tutions. So far this fiscal, the BPCL progresses: Now moves oil refining assets when the to make an open offer for buy- vegetables and potato remained is likely to stay on hold in at ing tenders for all the 35 pro- estimate the consolidated value government has been able to to the second stage after mul- world was moving away from ing another 26 per cent stake high at 25.23 per cent and least December 2020, if not in jects, of phase-1, by September of shareholders’ interest in an mop up Rs 6,138 crore from tiple expressions of interest liquid fuels. from the public, which would 107.70 per cent, respectively, February 2021 as well,” Nayar 2020 as planned,” the PSU said insurance company. CPSE disinvestment. have been received,” Finance A clutch of private equity cost Rs 23,276 crore. during the month. Inflation in said. in a statement. -. 3(C5 $ (#+ )E , -7D8 # Q$FR+ + /0$/1* ndia’s diesel sales fell 5 per *+ ** , +*- Icent in the first half of November when compared /0$/1* /0$/1* management, the statement with the previous year, indus- $8& the company last year as part of added. “Using customised and try data showed on Monday, ndia’s power consumption an ambitious plan by Crown mazon India on Monday actionable recommendations, after rising for the first time in Igrew 7.8 per cent to 50.15 bil- audi Arabia’s oil giant Prince Mohammed bin Salman Alaunched ‘STEP’, a perfor- STEP enables sellers to improve eight months in October. lion units (BU) in the first half SAramco announced to divert those earnings toward mance-based benefits pro- key seller controllable metrics Sale of diesel, the most of November this year, show- Monday it will issue interna- investments that can help fuel gramme to help the seven lakh like cancellation rate, late dis- used fuel in the country, was, ing rise in economic activities, tional bonds as it seeks a cash the kingdom’s growth as he sellers on its platform acceler- patch rate, return rate, among however, 7 per cent higher as per government data. infusion to help pay for billions tries to steer the economy away ate their growth. others. Based on their perfor- month-on-month. Between Power consumption in the of dollars in dividends the from its dependence on oil rev- With the launch of STEP, mance, sellers can access ben- November 1 and 15, diesel country was recorded at 46.52 company promised sharehold- enue for survival.Prince Amazon is introducing its efits like online and offline consumption was 2.86 million BU during November 1-15 last ers before the global coron- Mohammed sought to encour- revised fee structure that was training, fee waivers, faster tonnes, down from 3.01 million year, according to the power avirus pandemic sent oil prices age Saudi citizens and investors earlier deferred to after Diwali. disbursement cycles, and free tonnes in the same period a ministry data. plummeting. to buy Aramco shares and STEP simplifies the seller expe- account management,” it said. year back. For a full month in In a statement posted on push up the company’s valua- rience by providing customised November last year, power the Saudi Tadawul stock tion for its stock market debut and actionable recommenda- consumption was 93.94 BU. exchange, the company said it by promising an annual payout tions which help sellers Thus, the extrapolation of plans to issue US.Dollar of at least USD 75 billion.Even improve key customer experi- half-month data clearly indi- denominated bonds but did not so, almost all of this dividend ence metrics and in turn their cates that power consumption specify the size of the issuance. money goes to the company’s growth, a statement said. may witness year-on-year The bonds, which range from majority owner, the Saudi gov- By improving perfor- growth for the third month in three to 50 years, are targeted ernment, to help cover state mance, sellers can unlock ben- a row, according to experts. to institutional investors with a spending.Monday’s announce- efits across multiple levels like After a gap of six months, minimum subscription of USD ment to issue bonds is aimed at ‘Basic’, ‘Standard’, ‘Advanced’, power consumption recorded 200,000. The amount issued raising capital needed to pay ‘Premium’ and more. a growth of 4.4 per cent in and the returns are subject to the promised dividends, which These benefits include fee September this year at 112.24 market conditions, the com- at USD 18.75 billion a quarter waivers, faster disbursement BU compared to 107.51 BU in pany said. exceeds Aramco’s current cash cycles, priority seller support the same month last year. Aramco floated a sliver of flow. and world-class free account )- 2 3J * A ! Hyderabad: NMDC celebrat- ed its 63rd formation day at its head office Hyderabad and at all locations of its major pro- 98 jects and units with great enthusiasm. NMDC, the largest iron ore producer in the coun- /0$/1* try was incorporated on this day in 1958 and has complet- quitas Small Finance Bank ed 62 years of excellence. Sumit E(ESFB) on Monday Deb, CMD, NMDC inaugu- announced launch of ‘Eva’ sav- rated the programme in the ings account for women offer- presence of functional direc- ing 7 per cent interest. tors of NMDC PK Satpathy, Eva, a unique savings Director – Production, account, tries to address the Amitava Mukharjee, Director well-being of Indian women in Finance, Alok Kumar Mehta, brings in terms of working and around its projects which every aspect such as health, Director Commercial. towards the betterment of the are located in very remote wealth and prosperity, ESFB Congratulating the society and nation as a whole. areas in Chhattisgarh, said in a release. employees on this prestigious I am grateful to all of the Karnataka and Madhya “Along with 7 per cent occasion Sumit Deb, CMD, NMDC family for the endless Pradesh. PSEs like NMDC play interest in savings account, it NMDC said, “Everyone asso- support and dedication you an important role to encourage also offers free health check-up ciated with NMDC should have towards your work”. Shri sports and games in the coun- and unlimited tele-consultation take pride in its achievements Deb added, “NMDC always try. He made a special note on with women doctors, gynae- and also be aware of the encourages wholesome devel- major milestones of NMDC in cologists and mental health increased responsibilities it opment and sports activities in its 62 years of existence”. experts,” the bank said. ( "8 !"#$%&'&' ) )* +, -+. + /- +* + *1 )) )*1 * +*+* + *, 2#3% + 11+ *1**1 - ) ) 4 2 . *5 * +*) , 2#3 ) * 5 + 5 *1 -++-44 +* 1 +-*++-44 +**1*)#' ) 4 *1 * +*1 -+5 ) * % - ) +* * +* +-*+ -5 *
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In such cases we well, and now with summers already here, already dipped to very poor category in several cities. Our nation- Delhiites woke up to a chilly lenge to identify whether it is can’t afford to waste any time, this could be an elixir. Lemon tea is loaded al capital is facing the brunt of poor air quality and the smog- and clear morning. All thanks because of pollution only or it is because if the virus starts affecting with Vitamin C, which can act as a natur- gy mornings and evenings that we are exposed to is a proof. People Ito the rains and the cold breeze, COVID-19 or any other viral infec- other organs, the situation can get al antioxidant in boosting the body’s immu- are facing the harmful effects of air pollution on a daily basis right that have swept away the smog at tion for that matter. The challenge out of control and it becomes hard nity. from irritation in the eyes to breathing problems. According to least for a day or two. 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In case of mild consumed regularly, moringa can really 5 lution lowers lifelong health ratory tract infections,” Dr Rommel has proved all of us wrong and one &+/&*:*/ fever, start paracetamol. If it does strengthen your immunity. and productivity by limiting the Tickoo, Associate Director, Internal can only hope for a decline in cases. 9& 99? not work take a higher combination Ashwagandha Tea & 6 growth and development of Medicine, Max Healthcare, tells “During summers, we anticipated of aceclofenac and combiflam, but Ashwagandha is an adaptogenic herb, babies and children which in you. a decrease in cases, then in the &/19?/&&$ only if the fever is in serious form. which helps our body to deal with daily 3 turn impacts their adult eco- He adds that there is already a monsoon we thought it will happen, 9?1&" Take immunity boosters like zinc stress and balances our body functioning. nomic productivity. Low and shortage of ventilators and ICU but it didn’t. It is difficult to analyse &+/8 @ and Vitamin C. If due to some rea- It also promotes overall immunity, strength, middle-income countries need beds and that the situation can the case pattern, hence all one can son, you are still not able to consult energy and endurance. It’s been used to pre- to address the impacts of air become worse as the doctors and do is take precautions until a vac- 99 / 1+/F a doctor, take these medicines and pare Ayurvedic medicine for a long time. pollution on adverse pregnan- hospital staff is already over-loaded cine or a definitive treatment comes. &$A & keep an eye on your oxygen levels. Ashwagandha is not limited to the immune cy outcomes and newborn with work. Because for now, doctors are rely- K$ &$//&@& For COVID person, it should be 94 system but offers a lot of other health ben- health as it allows the design of Dr Sandeep Nayar, Senior ing on a cocktail of medicines. And per cent. Even if it comes down to efits. strategic interventions that Director and Head, Centre of Chest if the patient gets late for treatment, 93 per cent, one should see it as an To brew them right and well is also can be directed at these vul- and Respiratory Disease, BLK Super it becomes all the more difficult to alarm and get to the hospital and get essential. It’s very important to note that you nerable groups. Speciality Hospital, tells you that treat because by that time the virus the tests done,” Nayar suggests. should always use freshly drawn water. After Protective measures every year pollution rises during has already multiplicated itself in He points out that in order to it reaches boiling point (100 degrees C), Parents need to be alert and take immediate measures to pro- this period but this time because of the body and the medicines work keep lungs healthy, one should opt allow it to rest for one minute. This will tect their children, especially babies from the harmful effects of COVID, it is a double whammy. at a lesser rate,” he explains. further delay. Even when we come for a healthy and balanced diet and bring down the temperature to around 80 air pollution. Here are some tips for parents: “Despite seeing the situation for According to him, the golden across such patients whom we avoid fast and junk food. “Eat a bal- degrees C, which is an ideal temperature to Avoid toxic air exposure: It’s most important to avoid expo- so many years, the Government has period to seek treatment is within doubt are COVID infected, like if anced diet. Include leafy vegetables brew these teas. Steep these teas for between sure to outside environment and thankfully in our country, babies not done enough work to curb pol- a week of developing symptoms. someone’s family has tested positive and fresh fruits. A healthy diet three and five minutes. are not taken out in public before they are at least a month old. lution. This is proving fatal today. “We advice that even if the patient and they are also experiencing works wonders. Don’t eat junk. Avoid adding milk. You can add honey, Avoid early morning sunlight for babies: Early morning The problem arises when a patient is experiencing mild symptoms he similar symptoms, we start the Ghar ka khaana is the best at all stevia or any other sweetener. hours are the worst as it has highest levels of air pollution. is coming to us with cough and should get himself tested without treatment without waiting for the times,” he opines. & A F & Therefore, limit the exposure to afternoon as it is a relatively safer period for babies. Make use of air purifier: It is a myth that air purifiers can reduce a child’s immunity, however it tends to make the air dry, + 3 therefore one must also use a humidifier along with air purifi- er. 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avid Warner and Steve Smith’s presence does make Australia SMITH, WARNER'S PRESENCE A CHALLENGE: PUJARA Dstronger but Cheteshwar Pujara has full faith in India’s “remarkable" bowlers, who, he feels, possess the wherewithal to script a repeat of the historic 2018-19 Test 9 '"" series victory. Pujara’s 500 plus runs with three top-notch hundreds formed the cor- =#"" # & nerstone of a 2-1 series win back then, India’s first in Australia in 71 years. However, Smith and Warner @$/@ the stand-in white ball vice-captain didn’t play in that series due to their with tennis balls aimed at his rib ball-tampering bans. > :! fter competing on the slow cage. “It (Australian batting line-up) AUAE tracks for nearly two Rahul was trying to keep the will be a little stronger than what it A months during the IPL, India’s star pull shot down, an art his skipper was in 2018-19 but then victories studded batting line-up is gearing Viat Kohli has mastered over the don’t come easy. If you want to win up for the lively Australian pitches years, rolling his wrists. away from home, you need to work with the traditional tennis ball With training modules under- hard,” India’s dependable No.3 told A8 training on Monday. going a sea change, now the tennis PTI in an exclusive interview before In-form KL Rahul spent con- racquets are used to add more pace he embarked on the tour of Australia. 2 = 6 siderable time in perfecting his pull- to the light tennis balls. Pujara believes that India’s fast ( : shots with deliveries hurled from 18 Team’s senior speedster bowling troika of Jasprit Bumrah, +8 yards during Monday’s net session. Mohammed Shami posted a video Ishant Sharma and Mohammed There was nothing unusual in on his personal twitter handle, Shami can again work up some 5% 6 such session as players train like this where he was seen bowling with the magic like in 2018-19, posing a lot B when they gear up to compete on pink kookaburra ball. of discomfort for the home batting : tracks where there is steep bounce “There is no better feeling than line-up. The upcoming Tests are on offer. to play for your country. A long wait scheduled to start on December 17. In a video posted on twitter by to bowl in the #TeamIndia nets “No doubt Smith, Warner and 2 A the BCCI, Rahul’s senior teammate finally ended today! Looking for- Marnus Labuschagne are great play- 32 Ravichandran Ashwin was seen ward to our Australian tour,” Shami ers. But the good part about our cur- using a tennis racquet and serving tweeted. rent crop of bowlers is that most of them play in the same series and our preparation before this series also. I ollected. bowling unit will also not be very dif- always try and add a few more things Pujara has practised for a good ferent to what it was in 2018-19.” in my game, which will help me get two months at his academy in For India’s fast bowlers, it’s like better,” he said. Rajkot under the watchful eyes of his a “been there, done that” situation. The 32-year-old is confident father. “They know how to be success- that history will repeat itself in Does it bother that before leav- ful in Australia as they have enjoyed Australia this time. ing for Australia, he didn’t get success there in the past. They have “You can’t win matches on your enough match practice? their game-plans in place and if we own. Yes, you can perform excep- “Look, this is a sitiaton that has can execute them well, they are F . $ $ K& tionally well but you need support impacted millions of lives and peo- capable of getting Smith, Warner and from other players to win. Even the ple have lost lives. In normal circum- Labuschagne out quickly. is nearing 6000 Test runs (5840 in 77 He believes that overcoming the “The twilight period is more He has plans in place but won’t bowling unit was remarkable during stances, we would have played “If we can do what we have done games) with 18 hundreds in his kitty. challenges of playing their first over- challenging than other periods but as like to divulge much. the last series. domestic cricket and gone to in the past, I am sure we have every “It will be a different challenge seas Day/night Test will have to hap- you play more and practice more, “The technical aspect is some- “In the end, you need 20 wick- Australia but everyone needs to chance of winning the series again.” altogether playing with pink ball as pen collectively. you get used to it. It does take a lit- thing that I can’t discuss. I prefer not ets to win a Test and wasn't just my think about safety and security. The opening Test in Adelaide is pace and bounce also changes. We “As a team and as individuals, tle while...” talking about it. It’s a strategic thing performance, even other batters “As far as I am concerned, I am a Day-Night game and batting will be playing with pink kookabur- one has to understand and accept An astute student of the game, which can’t be divulged. supported at some stage or the happy if I am able to practice, do my against the pink kookaburra during ra in Australia (against Bangladesh, and get used to it (pink ball and Pujara is known to work on his with “Even during the last tour, my other. It was the team’s success. fitness, running sessions and move the twilight session will pose its own it was Pink SG Test). It will be slight- lights) as early possible. There will be father Arvind Pujara, who is also his preparation was good, I am confi- When the Indian team succeeds, it my body well, which I did,” he con- set of challenges, said the man who ly different.” a bit of difference with pink ball. one and only coach. dent that I am able to repeat the same is always a moment of pride,’ he rec- cluded. ** #= #%#"2 * #
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But we APat Cummins on Monday the IPL, where he was with his ing champion 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-3 Sunday in the at 3-1 in the third but netted a backhand, let- sist with struggling Joe Burns know he does a good job. said he is yet to take a call on franchise Kolkata Knight opening singles match of the tournament ting out a scream of frustration after the miss. when the high-stakes series “He averages close to 40 in whether to play in the limit- Riders. inside a largely empty O2 Arena. Thiem eventually held serve after a game that against India begins next month. Test cricket for Australia, which ed-overs series against India He is now in Sydney In the late match, Rafael Nadal had a much went to six deuces, and was never troubled the Despite Pucovski scoring is a great effort opening the bat- beginning November 27 even spending 14 days quaranti- easier time against newcomer Andrey Rublev, rest of the way. truckload of runs, including ting, and I expect him to start though he is feeling fresh ning and will join the squad beating the Russian 6-3, 6-4 in just 1 hour, 17 “That was crazy, I was pretty tight I must consecutive double centuries in this summer,” he added. after spending three months on November 27, the day of minutes. say in that game,” Thiem said about his hold for the Marsh Sheffield Shield, Mark Taylor, Ian Chappell, inside bio-secure bubbles. the opening one-dayer at the Nadal is looking to cap a season in which 4-1. Australia Test captain Paine Michael Clarke have called for Cummins, who returned SCG. he earned his record-equaling 20th Grand Slam “I think that was the last key moment where hinted that Burns may contin- Pucovski to debut at Adelaide last week from the UAE where Despite enduring bio- title and 1,000th match win on tour by captur- the match went finally in my direction.” ue his opening partnership with Oval in light of his sparkling he turned up for Kolkata bubbles for three months now, ing his first trophy at the ATP Finals. He has Nadal steered the evening match in his David Warner. form and the struggles of Burns. Knight Riders in the Indian Cummins said he felt it is a qualified for the season-ending event for a direction from the start, losing just five points “Burnsy had a really good Chairman of selectors Premier League, has been “pretty good place”. record 16 straight years but lost in the final twice on his serve in the first set. He broke for a 4-2 summer for us last year with Trevor Hohns and coach Justin hopping between bio-secure “One of the benefits of and missed six editions because of injuries. lead when Rublev sent a shot long, and the David Warner, their partnership Langer have also indicated that bubbles since touching down being in a bubble in the UAE “It’s important to start well, of course, for Russian then slammed his racket into the and relationship is a really Burns is unlikely to be left out in England in late August but was we didn’t spend much the confidence, because winning in straight sets ground in frustration. important one for our team,” of the Test team. he allayed fears of fatigue. time travelling. A normal IPL helps,” Nadal said. Rublev entered the tour- “(I) haven’t made a final we’re on a flight every second “I played solid with my serve. I didn’t suf- nament as one of the hottest decision on that yet. (It’s) day, different city, so I think fer much, and that helps to play more relaxed players on tour, having won unprecedented times with so sometimes that can be as on the returns.” five titles this season, but many people spending a large draining as the playing part. Thiem, who won his looked unsettled against portion of time in these bub- “No doubt as well, the six first major at this year’s Nadal and continuously ges- bles so we’re going to keep all or seven months we had at U.S. Open, broke ticulated and shouted to him- the conversations open, chat home (during the winter) put Tsitsipas for a 2-0 self between points. about that a bit closer to us in a pretty good place lead in the third This is the 12th and last when we all get together,” leading into the England tour set with a drop year that the ATP Finals is Cummins said when asked and IPL. shot at the net played at the 02 Arena before about resting ahead of the Test ! “Coming in fresh to those and convert- moving to Turin, Italy, next summer. ! ' ..%K tours it doesn’t feel like the ed his second year. Because of the coron- “There’s always cricket on, end of the summer, it feels like match point avirus pandemic there are so we’ll make sure we’re all Warner, will get only a week I’m ready to start the tour and when Tsitsipas sent a no fans inside the 20,000- open about that, having those to prepare for the opening in a pretty good place.” forehand wide. capacity venue this time - conversations,” said the 27- Test, a day-nighter in Cummins also said he Tsitsipas beat Thiem in a meaning the normally rau- year-old during a video con- Adelaide. won't be going out there to third-set tiebreaker in last year’s cous atmosphere has been ference as reported by 'crick- “I wouldn’t be surprised if intimidate the Indins but if he final to clinch the biggest title of replaced by an eerie silence et.Com.Au'. there’s times throughout the manages to have the effect, it his career. But he let the first-set interrupted only by muted Cummins has been summer where some players would be a bonus. tiebreaker slip away this time, applause from the players' named in both the white and might just need a little rest “If it happens I’ll be happy. after leading 4-1 and 5-3. boxes between points. On red-ball squads as vice-cap- knowing not only how busy Hopefully the (pitch) condi- Facing set point, the Greek Monday, Djokovic will face tain. The limited-overs series this next couple of months is tions will be what we as failed to put away a fairly debutant Diego is to be held in Sydney and but also a tour of South Africa Aussies are accustomed to,” he simple overhead at the net Schwartzman Canberra ahead of the four- (February-March) and a few said. before sending a lob long before Daniil match Test series, beginning away tours next year,” said “Hopefully they’ve got a to hand Thiem the lead. Medvedev in Adelaide on December 17. Cummins, who has taken 143 bit more bounce and pace “That was the sil- takes on 2018 Australia’s Test players in wickets from 30 Tests. than you would a place like liest thing that champion the white-ball squad, includ- The right-armer was in India so that home advantage ever happened Alexander ing Steve Smith and David bio-bubbles in Southampton might come into it.” to me,” Zverev. G+*+G,
9/ European Golden Shoe last season. Wednesday to reach the finals. Koeman. In all, more than 20 Italy players hree years after an embarrass- were unavailable due to the virus " " 7" Ting failure to qualify for the and injury. Frank de Boer finally has his Wales is the only unbeaten World Cup, Italy is back in con- Jorginho converted a penalty first win as Netherlands coach after team in League B following a 1-0 tention with the best in Europe. for Italy midway through the first Georginio Wijnaldum scored a win over Ireland, courtesy of David England, meanwhile, is already half after Andrea Belotti was swift brace to lead his team to a 3- Brooks' second-half header. out of contention for the Nations brought down inside the area. 1 victory over Bosnia-Herzegovina. Now Wales needs only to League finals with one round of Domenico Berardi added another Wijnaldum, captain in the avoid defeat at home against sec- matches still to play. goal late in the second half after absence of his injured Liverpool ond-place Finland to earn promo- An Italy squad badly hit by the collecting a pass from Lorenzo teammate Virgil van Dijk, tapped tion to the top tier. coronavirus still managed to beat Insigne. utes in when Romelu Lukaku set in from close range in the sixth and “We didn’t play that well today, Poland 2-0 on Sunday, putting the Italy leads Group 1 in League up Youri Tielemans for a deflect- 14th minutes to set up the win in but we came out fighting in the Azzurri in control of their group, A with nine points. The ed shot. the empty Johan Cruyff Arena. second half. It’s another three while England was beaten 2-0 by Netherlands is next with eight Mertens made it 2-0 in the Wijnaldum has now scored points and that's what matters top-ranked Belgium. points after beating Bosnia 3-1. 24th by expertly curling his kick seven of his country's last 12 goals. and it sets up well for Wednesday,” Another win at Bosnia- Poland is still in contention with over the English wall - which Memphis Depay got the said Wales captain Gareth Bale. Herzegovina on Wednesday will seven points, while Bosnia trails mostly failed to jump - after Kevin Netherlands' third goal. “We have a great record at the see Italy hosting the four-team with two. De Bruyne was fouled. The victory eases pressure on moment and it’s great to get the finals in October — just a few Belgium leads Group 2 in De Boer, who became the first win. I love playing for Wales, but months after hosting the opening 7 League A with 12 points. Denmark Netherlands coach not to register the most important thing is that game of the European Dries Mertens scored a superb is next with 10 following a 2-1 win a win in his first four matches in this team keeps winning.” Championship in Rome. free kick as Belgium ended over Iceland. England has seven charge when his team drew 1-1 In Group 1, Austria beat Mancini is isolating at home England’s hopes of reaching the and Iceland none. with Spain on Wednesday, follow- Northern Ireland 2-1 to also stay with the coronavirus, as is striker finals. Belgium needs only a draw at ing a defeat and two more draws on course for promotion with Ciro Immobile, the winner of the Belgium took the lead 10 min- home with Denmark on since taking over from Ronald four wins in five games.