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In accordance with the nation was scheduled to take national priority list, the Covid- place through Government 19 vaccines will be given first hospitals — there was to be to healthcare and frontline 4,895 sites across the country. workers. Sources said that the num- The first consignment of ber has been slashed to almost about 94,000 doses of the half. For instance, in Punjab, Covishield vaccine reached the number of these sites has Bhopal on a scheduled flight                  been reduced from 110 to 59 from Mumbai, a State           !  " #  %  for the opening day while Government official said. Assam has been asked to From the airport, insulat-    copies of the three agri laws, 34-year-old farmer from reduce the number of sites ed vans of the health depart- were burnt at the Singhu bor- Punjab’s Barnala. “It is minus from 74 to 59, sources said. ment transported the boxes — armers protesting at Delhi der alone. the fun, the song and the dance Required cold supply chain which signals India entering a Fborders burnt copies of Lohri is widely celebrated we used to have back home on has been one of the challenges decisive phase in its fight Centre’s new agriculture laws at in Punjab and Haryana to Lohri. But I am happy to be for the delivery system, espe- &   +     '-.           against the pandemic — to the all demonstration sites on the mark the harvesting of rabi here and celebrate it with my cially in the rural areas. !  %/0 State vaccine centre where festival of Lohri on Wednesday, crops. People traditionally cel- family of farmers this time.” “The Centre asked us to Medical Education Minister as a mark of protest against the ebrate it by circling around “Today, we have burned reduce the vaccine centres. to achieve a critical mass of vac- National Institute of Virology, Bhubaneswar, Jaipur, Chennai Visvas Sarang inspected the legislation. Meanwhile, All bonfires, throwing food items the copies, tomorrow the Now we have reduced it from cinated people with around 3 to 11 cities. It said it has donat- and . arrangements. The doses will India Kisan Sangarsh — peanuts, puffed rice, pop- Centre will burn them. They 511 to 350. The Centre said, crore health workers and coro- ed 16.5 lakh doses to the As the vials began reaching be dispatched to eight districts Coordination Committee corn, etc — into the fire, have to, we will make them do ‘Don’t be in haste,” Maharashtra na warriors to get the shots in Centre. their destinations, in readi- from Bhopal. (AIKSCC) on Wednesday singing folk songs, dancing it,” he added. Health Minister Rajesh Tope the first phase beginning “After having received the ness for the pan-India vacci- Kerala, too, received its claimed farmers burnt copies of and feasting. Several bonfires were lined told the media. In Mumbai, the January 13. Government purchase order nation drive that will be first Covishield vaccine con- the Act at more than 20,000 “The celebrations can wait. up at the Delhi-Haryana bor- number of sites has been On their part, Serum for 55 lakh doses, the compa- launched on Saturday, States signment on Wednesday spots all across the country. We will celebrate all these fes- der stretch, the nerve centre of reduced from 72 to 50. The Institute of India has moved ny shipped the first batch of firmed up their plans and fine- morning on a Go Air flight that Many farmer leaders also tivals the day our demand of the farmers’ agitation. The numbers have been slashed in about 56 lakh doses of vaccines (each vial containing tuned logistical details. landed at Kochi. Sources in the threw copies of the farm laws repealing of these black laws are protesting farmers raised slo- Pune also, now vaccination Covishield to 13 cities. 20 doses),” Bharat Biotech said In Delhi, Chief Minister National Health Mission said of in the bonfire created on the met by the Centre,” said 65-year gans, sang songs of resistance will take place only in 39 sites. Hyderabad-based Bharat in a statement on Wednesday. Arvind Kejriwal said his AAP the 4.33 lakh doses of the vac- premises of the Kisan Andolan old Gurpreet Singh Sandhu and hope as they orbited the The authorities are hoping Biotech said it had successful- It added that the vaccine Government will provide the cine, 1,100 will be sent to office. who hails from Haryana’s bonfire, burning copies of farm to finish the vaccination of 30 ly transported the indigenous was sent to Ganavaram, vaccine free if the Centre fails Mahe, an enclave of According to Paramjeet Karnal district. laws and praying for the success crore people belonging to high- Covaxin, developed in collab- Guwahati, Patna, Delhi, to do so. He said he has already Puducherry. Singh of Samyukta Kisan “This Lohri is filled with of their protest. risk groups within six months oration with the ICMR and the Kurukshetra, Bengaluru, Pune, appealed to the Centre as there Continued on Page 11 Morcha, around one lakh struggle,” said Rajbir Singh, a Continued on Page 11   )*  &  !& ,&          '       ' +'R  ,-.  #                     !"        *()     #$# %   he Supreme Court on TWednesday issued a notice   (PTI): The &     on a plea of the Centre which has urged that the 2018 judgment n a major boost to indigeni- ruled that a married daughter      of a five-judge constitution Isation drive in defence man- of a government official dying bench decriminalising adul- ufacturing, the Government during his service is no less eli-   25##8 tery under the Indian Penal on Wednesday approved a gible than her married broth- Code (IPC) be not made 48,000-crore deal for pro- er for the state job on the com- he foot soldiers of the applicable to the armed forces. ducing 83 Tejas light combat passionate ground. TBorder Security Force Attorney General KK aircraft (LCA) by the Justice JJ Munir gave the (BSF) on Wednesday detected Venugopal said under the rel- Hindustan Aeronautics ruling on a plea by a state native a 150-metre long and 25 to 30- evant rules of armed forces, Limited (HAL). these jets are operating from Development of Infrastructure Manjul Srivastava challenging feet deep cross-border tunnel, adultery is a ground for court The induction of these air- the IAF base in Sulur, Tamil sanctions worth 1,202 crore. a June 2020 order of the the third in recent months, in martial for unbecoming con- craft will give a much-needed Nadu. The MK-1A variant is an Prayagraj’s district basic edu- Bobiya area of Samba sector in duct and therefore armed push to the IAF’s efforts to Given the current security indigenously designed, devel- cation officer, rejecting her the Jammu region. nel has been used by the ter- anti-tunneling drive the vigilant forces should be exempted modernise and stabilise its scenario where the armed oped and manufactured state- claim to the appointment on The tunnel originated from rorists to sneak inside the troops of BSF detected a tun- from the purview of 2018 ver- dwindling fighter jet strength. forces have to be ready to face of-the-art modern 4 plus gen- the compassionate ground fol- the Pakistani side of the inter- Indian territory with the help nel in BOP Bobiya Area in dict of the Constitution bench. While the sanctioned strength the possibility of fighting a two- eration fighter aircraft. This air- lowing her father’s death dur- national border and was from the Pakistani rangers. Samba Sector around 10.30 A bench comprising is nearly 40, the IAF has now front war simultaneously with craft is equipped with critical ing his service to the state detected by a BSF patrol party Inspector General of BSF, am on Wednesday”. Justices RF Nariman, Navin only about 30 squadrons. One Pakistan and China, the IAF operational capabilities of government. The district’s during its special anti-tunnel Jammu frontier, NS Jamwal, He said the tunnel was Sinha and KM Joseph, after squadron has 18 to 20 jets. urgently needs to shore up its Active Electronically Scanned Education Department had drive. The drive was launched who himself rushed to the detected about 90 metres from issuing the notice to the PIL If the production schedule number of fighter jets. Array (AESA) Radar, Beyond dismissed her claim saying she following intel reports about spot, told reporters that it was zero line and about 20 meters petitioner one Joseph Shine is on time, the fleet of 83 jets The Defence Ministry said Visual Range (BVR) Missile, was a married daughter of the presence of such tunnels in the a matter of investigation from the fence on our own side. and others on the Centre’s will start coming into the IAF the Union Cabinet approved Electronic Warfare (EW) Suite deceased official and her Samba and Kathua sectors of whether the tunnel was put to IG BSF told reporters that plea, referred the matter to by 2026. A contract between procurement of 73 Tejas (LCA) and Air to Air Refuelling appointment would violate the Jammu frontier. use by the Pakistan-based infil- the exit on Indian side was Chief Justice SA Bobde for set- the IAF and the HAL is expect- Mk-1A fighter aircraft and 10 (AAR) would be a potent plat- provisions of the A high alert has been trators to sneak inside the reinforced with sand bags ting up of a five-judge ed to be inked next month. At Tejas Mk-1(LCA) trainer air- form to meet the operational Recruitment of Dependents of sounded in the entire border Indian territory. which carried markings of a Constitution Bench which can present, the IAF has 18 Tejas craft at the cost of 45,696 crore requirements of the IAF. Government Servants Dying in belt to find out whether the Sharing details of the oper- Karachi based unit. clarify the position. manufactured by the HAL and along with Design and Continued on Page 11 Harness Rules, 1974. same under-construction tun- ation, Jamwal said, “During an Continued on Page 11 Continued on Page 11 # R "        &                         '    %!&&'(                              poultry farm through the    ( )     Krishi Vikas Kendra (KVK)          ormer Indian cricket team and MP Kadaknath mobile he construction of the new Lucknow: In a judgment that is    !" 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New Delhi: All the three The redevelopment project actors”, Justice Vivek capitol that he organised and Insurrection” for his actions on ,-.  Kadaknath chicks to the village Bird-flu cases have been MCDs — North, South and of the Central Vista envisages Chaudhary said. incited. I solemnly urge my col- January 6, 2021, when he deliv-   !  hatcheries. detected in Indore, Mandsaur, East — on Wednesday imposed a new triangular Parliament Justice Chaudhary said it leagues to support this rule and ered a speech inciting his sup-     L  According to officials, Agar, Neemuch, Dewas, Ujjain, a ban on sale and storage of building, a common central shall now be optional for the the underlying article,” porters to lay siege to the  M 1    nearly 2,500 Kadaknath chick- Khandwa, Khargone, Guna, poultry or processed chicken secretariat, revamping of the parties to the intended mar- Congressman James United States Capitol. 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I failed to note their ttar Pradesh will soon have Saharanpur University and the at a Jaunpur court over a song a 11-year-old girl was raped Office came to the rescue of a vehicle number because the U28 new private universities commissioner of Azamgarh alleged to have hurt the senti- and was admitted to a medical woman journalist who was scooty did not have the num- and 51 new government degree division has also allotted 38 ments of college girls on college only after her condition being harassed by two eve- ber plate on it.” colleges. According to Deputy acres of land for the establish- Wednesday. deteriorated on Tuesday. Even teasers in Meerut. Later, on the instruction Chief Minister Dinesh Sharma, ment of Azamgarh University. Based on a complaint filed for getting her admitted and The journalist, working from the CM’s office, Meerut a 16-member committee has “International Buddhist by Ravi Prakash Pal, Additional properly treated, the local BJP with a private media group, was police sprung into action and been formed to effectively Centre and centres of excel- District and Sessions Judge (IV) MLA had to intervene in the chased by two bike-borne mis- within two hours, the culprits implement the new education lence in Hinduism, Buddhism ordered the registration of a case matter. The victim was raped creants while while on her way identified as Shahbaz and policy and a review meeting is and Jainism are being estab- against t eh singer and February last Thursday while she was home. She posted on the micro- Mohammed Wasik were arrest- also held with the committee lished in Kapilvastu, 20 has been fixed as the next date playing in the fields. The 20- blogging site, “Dear Meerut ed. A Jupiter scooty (UP15CM- every month. Siddharthnagar to give a boost for hearing. Pal had alleged that year-old accused tried to stran- Police, can you trace these 9217) was also recovered. “Letters of intent have also to research in Hinduism. For Bhojpuri song ‘Chala dekhi aai gle her after the rape and left been issued for the establish- this, 21 academic and 24 non- Jaunpur ke B.Ed College’ hurt her in a pool of blood. Verma later raised the the woman complained to the ment of 28 private universities teaching posts have been cre- the sentiments of the women After being subjected to the insensitive approach of the seniors. But so far no action has to create an environment of ated for Siddharthnagar students pursuing B Ed in the abuse, the victim’s kin rushed medical college authorities with been initiated. competition. During the coro- nical experts, more than 73,000 a partnership. University International district. Earlier last month, the her to a health centre in Tilhar Principal Secretary to the CM, Meanwhile in Badaun, all navirus pandemic, online stud- e-contents have been made “UP will touch new heights Buddhist Centre,” Sharma said. complainant sent a legal notice from where she was referred to District Magistrate and the SP three accused in gang-rape ies came up as a better option available on the portal, he after the establishment of state In addition, Atal Bihari to the singer by post and asked Shahjahanpur Medical College of Shahjahanpur and demand- and murder case of a woman in and according to the expecta- added. universities in Azamgarh, Vajpayee Centre of Excellence her to apologize within 15 days only to be sent back home after ed a thorough probe into the Ughaiti area were taken on tions of Chief Minister Yogi The success of the UP gov- Saharanpur, Aligarh and 27.282 has been established in DAV and broadcast it on the social a medical examination. incident. Chief Medical police remand for quizzing. Adityanath, a digital library was ernment’s digital library can be hectare of land has also been Kanpur. Prof Rajendra Singh media. But getting no response, When activists of Childline Superintendent, UP Sinha said The Chief Judicial Magistrate’s inaugurated to provide excel- gauged from the fact that the made available for Raja Rajju Bhaiya Institute of Pal submitted an application in learnt of the incident and about that the girl was brought to the court accepted the police plea lent online content to students. IIT-Khadagpur’s National Mahendra Pratap Singh Physical Science of Study and the court through advocates the victim’s condition, they medical college by the BJP of one-day remand through The digital library also has Digital Library of India has sent University which will come Research and Centre for Himanshu Srivastava and informed BJP MLA from MLA and a team of doctors video conferencing. Circle about one lakh e-contents in a proposal of partnership to the up in Aligarh. For this, an Renewable Energy and Bhupendra Vikram Singh alleg- Tilhar, Roshanlal Verma, he was looking after the girl. Officer Aniruddh Singh said 134 subjects in Hindi and state government. amount of Rs 19.22 crore has Nanotechnology have been ing that the song promoted on visited the aggrieved family’s Elsewhere in Gonda, a that all three accused in Ughaiti English languages,” Sharma To provide excellent educa- also been released for the pur- established in VBS Purvanchal social media was hurtful to house and got the girl admit- 2019 batch woman constable case had been sent to jail but said. tional content to students chase of land from farmers,” University, Jaunpur. Guru women BEd students of the dis- ted to the medical college for attached with Reserve Police there were questions which With the contribution of across the country, an approval Sharma said. Gorakshnath Research Centre trict. Pal alleged in his complaint treatment. It was only later that Lines alleged being raped by need to be answered and it was experts from 23 universities has been given to the depart- Chaudhary Charan Singh has also been established in that the style and lyrics of the a case was registered and the another constable at the latter’s necessary to take the accused and 1,700 academic and tech- ment of Higher Education for University of Meerut has also Gorakhpur University. song were extremely derogatory. accused was arrested. home. A case registered after on remand for questioning. +      /*0    (2"     2 .  123 Lucknow (PNS): A BJP leader (Jalaun) alleging that they were called allegedly engaged in sexually exploit- by vice-president of BJP’s district       ing minor boys and some women after unit, Ram Bihari and sodomised after     sedating them was arrested in Jalaun. offering them soft drinks laced with Several videos of child pornogra- sedatives. The accused is a retired  81>7 the election to 10 Rajya Sabha seats. However  81>7 phy was also found in his laptop and Lekhpal. The predator also made the nomination papers of SP candidate Prakash the police is now probing whether like them watch porn films. On the com- lections to 12 seats of UP Legislative Bajaj was rejected by Returning Officer and all senior IAS officer of Gujarat cadre and a native a Banda junior engineer arrested by plaint, the local police arrested the ECouncil seems imminent with the 10 BJP candidates were declared elected. Aof eastern UP, Arvind Kumar Sharma is likely the CBI for supplying child porn accused and seized his laptop in announcing to contest two For the Rajya Sabha polls, the SP had field- join the BJP on Thursday and also file papers for UP online, the BJP leader was also which 320 child porn videos and other of the seats. On the basis of its strength in the ed a second candidate in the hope that disgrun- Legislative Council elections. involved in a similar trade or not. objectionable films were recovered. Assembly, the SP can win only one seat. tled MLAs of the ruling BJP and the BSP would The officer has taken voluntary retirement from After the arrest, BJP “Several videos filmed were of SP chief Akhilesh Yadav announced on vote for him. The strategy however partially the pan-India service and was likely to be chief Ramendra Singh said that the boys living in nearby areas and so far Wednesday that Ahmed Hasan and Rajendra succeeded as three BSP MLAs met the SP chief inducted in Yogi government and given a major leader accused in the case had resigned Bihari had exploited nearly three Chaudhary will be the party candidates in the pledging support for the SP candidate. BSP responsibility. from the party just last week and if he dozen boys. It seemed that some Council polls. chief later expelled these MLAs from Known for his proximity with Prime Minister was found guilty in the probe, he women were also sexually exploited by While Hasan has been repeated and was the party. Narendra Modi, Sharma served as Secretary, would be immediately sacked. the accused after giving them sedatives the outgoing Leader of the Opposition in On the other hand, the ruling BJP is set Ministry of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises As per reports, two minor boys and the matter was being probed Council, Chaudhary, is a former UP minister to win 10 seats but was yet to announce its (MSME). Prior to that, he served as Secretary in the contacted cops at Orai police station threadbare,” a police officer said. and a close aide of the party chief. The SP is candidates so far. All eyes are now on the BSP PMO for five years. Besides, her served in the Gujarat the first to announce its candidates and they on whether it would also field any candidate. Chief Minister’s Office would be filing their nominations on Thursday The last date for filing of nominations is while Modi was the incumbent. morning. January 18. If there are more than 12 candi- Sharma, a native of of eastern UP, A candidate will require 32 first preference dates then elections will be held on January 28. resigned from the civil services on Monday and his votes to win the polls. The two SP candidates Meanwhile, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav held resignation was accepted the same day. need 64 votes while the party’s actual strength a meeting of party MLAs to discuss the pre- Sources said the decision to induct Sharma in in Assembly is 49 MLAs. The MLA constitutes sent political situation and likely political sce- the BJP was taken at a meeting of Yogi Adityanath the Electoral College for Legislative council nario during 2022 UP Assembly polls. with the PM last week. Later, he was asked to opt elections. SP sources said Akhilesh expressed con- for voluntary retirement. It is however still unclear Though the Samajwadi Party has fielded cern over forays of Hyderabad MP Asaduddin what kind of responsibility Sharma would be given a second candidate, it has not initiated the Owaisi. Yadav into the state and asked legis- in the Yogi government. process of seeking support of other opposition lators to pull their socks for the 2022 polls as Sharma joins a large list of bureaucrats joining parties. The BJP had adopted similar strate- it is being deemed to be a now or never bat- politics. Only recently former Director General of gy in October last year and tried to force elec- tle for the party with BJP as the most formi- Police (UP) Brij Lal was elected to the Upper House tion when it had fielded second candidate for dable rival. of the Parliament on a BJP ticket.   1     0 5   81>7 "@ )   O  he Congress brass was left red- Tfaced after a video of its recent- ly-appointed  81>7 unit chief Kunwar Tauqeer Ali abus- ing party president Sonia Gandhi sur- argeting Chief Minister Yogi faced.Ali was made Bulandshahr TAdityanath of failing to ensure City Congress Committee chief on security to women, Congress gener- January 8. al secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra NOTICE Subsequently, UP Congress alleged that women were facing Committee chief Ajay Kumar Lallu neglect in CM’s home district even I have lost original allotment let- revoked Ali’s appointment after the as crores of rupees were being spent ter No. 1299 of my house no. video went viral on social media. Ali on publicising `Mission Shakti’. ML-546, Jarauli Phase-2, had later apologised but the Congress Referring to media reports Kanpur. Its use will be illegal. brass did not respond to it. Ali clar- through a Facebook post on Krishna Kumar Gupta, Adarsh ified that the video was around five Wednesday, Priyanka posted “By Kumar Gupta S/o Dayashankar to six years old and was taken when reading news coming from UP Gupta. he was not associated with the party CM’s home district, you will have an and its ideology. idea that the system which spent NOTICE Meanwhile in another embar- crores of rupees for false propaga- name of women security, lewd com- rassment, a turncoat MLA from tion of ‘Mission Shakti’ launched for ments are made on her and rather Congress in Rae Bareli, Rakesh Singh the safety of women a few days ago, than showing sensitivity towards her, I Mahreen Wasi D/o on Wednesday feted the man who that system is adopting such a she is disrespected?” Mohammad Wasee. Res. threw ink at Aam Aadmi Party neglected attitude towards protec- Priyanka said that the whole 130/523, Bakarganj, MLA Somnath Bharti a few days back tion of women at grassroots level.” country saw the behaviour of the UP Babupurwa, Kanpur. My and presented him with a cash “According to this news, more than government in incidents of Hathras, Father Name Mo. Wasee has reward for giving a ‘befitting reply’ to 12 girls died in Gorakhpur in the Unnao and Badaun. been mentioned incorrectly in Bharti. past few days. Far from giving pun- “The basic understanding of my 10th Marksheet & “UP mein unki (Chief Minister ishment for these crimes, in some women security is that the voice of Certificate. The Correct Name Yogi Adityanath) pooja ki jaati hai. cases the police could not even iden- woman comes first but the UP gov- of My Father is Mohammad Log unko bhagwan se kam maante tify the victims,” she posted ernment has repeatedly worked Wasee & in all future my father nahi hain. Ek sant ke roop mein woh The Congress leader further against this. This makes it clear that name known as same for all mukhya mantri ka karya karte hain. wrote, “On an average, there are 165 for them, ‘beti bachao’ and ‘Mission purpose. Isse zyada imandaar aur karmath crimes against women in UP every Shakti’ are just hollow slogans. mukhyamantri na hua hai aur na day. Recently, hundreds of cases have The government will have to NOTICE hoga. Main chahta hoon ki kathor- come in which either the adminis- change its behaviour towards tam karyawahi ho iske khilaaf (People tration did not listen to the aggriev- women and their ordeals and show worship him in Uttar Pradesh. ed side or misbehaved with the com- sensitivity towards them,” she They see him as a God. He works for plainant. Can you imagine that posted. the betterment of people like a seer. when a woman goes with her com- Priyanka said that the primary What more do you want from plaint to the police station under the condition for ensuring women safe- an honest CM? I demand strictest rule of a government which gives ty was to bring out crimes against action against Somnath Bharti),” advertisements worth crores of women and for that, the voice of Singh said. rupees for patting its back in the women have to be respected. 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 81>7 " R  # he District Immunisation TCentre in Lucknow has  81>7 Giridhari and three of his aides police will take him on remand the flats owned by or allotted been provided 6,198 vials were named in the murder and quiz him,” the sources to mafia. (61,980 doses) of Covid vac- ith the entire focus on case. In the FIR, Mohar stated said. They said Giridhari’s con- Under the scheme, the cines by the Directorate of WGiridhari aka Kanhaiya that he saw Giridhari open fire fession would be of utmost police have prepared a format Family Welfare. District immu- Vishwakarma, the prime shoot- at Ajit and him,” sources said. importance. on which such flat owners will nisation officer MK Singh said er in Sanjay Singh murder However, they said Mohar’s “He may be quizzed about have to give details and the the consignment is more than case, police are puzzled as to statement also needed to be his links in the crime world, the same will be verified later. sufficient for the 51,000 health why the conspirator took risks scrutinised. “In case of a con- crimes he committed and Sources said a drive would be workers who will be vaccinat- in saving the life of another tract killing, a conspirator sel- about the mentor who provid- initiated in colonies in Gomti ed in the first phase in the dis- shooter who suffered injuries in dom takes risks of saving gun- ed him help, if any, in his escape Nagar, Gomti Nagar Vistar, trict. From the directorate, the the return fire by Ajit's aide slingers. In this case, the con- from Lucknow to New Delhi. Vibhuti Khand, Chinhat, vaccines were brought to the Mohar Singh on the fateful day. spirator or conspirators surpris- He will also be quizzed about Sushant Golf City, PGI, District Immunisation Centre The injured shooter was ingly took a risk in ensuring the persons who were present Gudamba and Madiaon among in Aishbagh on Wednesday treated at a residential apart- safe exit for the prime shooter when Ajit was gunned down,” other areas. “Ajit himself had a afternoon. ment in Lucknow by a doctor as well as medical treatment to the sources said. criminal past and he was Singh said all the vials hours after he suffered injuries him,” they pointed out. They Meanwhile, alarmed after externed by the Mau district were placed in the ice-lined in the gunbattle at Kathauta said the doctors who treated the Vibhuti Khand gang war, administration on December refrigerators. These vaccines crossing on January 6. Former the injured shooter were said to the Lucknow police are prepar- 31 last year. He was staying in will be sent to 21 cold chain block pramukh Ajit Singh of be well linked. ing to collect details of the vis- a high-rise apartment in Gomti points across the district amidst Mau was peppered with bullets Meanwhile, Giridhari, who itors to high-rise apartments in Nagar Vistar. Besides, a shoot- tight security on Thursday. and he suffered as many as 22 was challaned under Arms newly developed colonies. The er who was injured was also DG, Medical Health, DS ple are required to furnish bullet wounds, most of which Act, could not be brought to police will also prepare the list treated in a flat in Gomti Negi said the vaccine vials details along with Aadhar were in the face and head. Lucknow on Wednesday. of flats owned by mafia in these Nagar. were sent to all the districts  number and other relevant According to sources, the Sources said the investigator colonies. The move came after The police will also expe- under Lucknow commission- information on the Co-Win injured shooter was later shift- would now submit an applica- it surfaced that the attack on dite the tenant verification ary and will be sent to the vac- portal,” he added. ed to a nursing home in tion in a Delhi court stating former block pramukh Ajit process and seek details from cination centres as per local !"# Meanwhile, Dr Surya Kant Sultanpur for further treat- that Giridhari was named in a Singh was chalked out by the the societies of residential arrangements. He said he will Tripathi from KGMU’s Covid ment. Interestingly, the injured case in Lucknow and his tran- miscreants during their stay at apartments. The drive will be be monitoring the hospitals  81>7 30 in Kanpur, 12 in task force said that with the shooter was taken to Sultanpur sit remand was required. one of these flats. The gateway carried out police station-wise during vaccination and if there Ghaziabad, 22 in Gautam arrival of the vaccines, there is by road the same night. “Mohar “After the magistrate gives car of the shooter was also and details will be provided to is any problem, help will be s many as 117 persons Buddh Nagar, 36 in Varanasi a considerable excitement Singh named Kunti Singh and permission, Giridhari will be found parked at one of such the office of Police extended. A senior health offi- Atested positive for coron- and 17 in Meerut, taking the amongst health workers. Akhand Singh for criminal transferred from the Delhi jail apartments. The police are Commissioner where a dossier cial said they are fully prepared avirus in Lucknow on UP tally to 5,94,641. “Doctors and health work- conspiracy in murder while to Lucknow. Thereafter, the planning to collect details about will be prepared. for the vaccination after three Wednesday while 199 There were 15 deaths in ers are excited but the general dry runs. He said the good sign patients recovered, taking the the state, including four in public is having a mixed is that the coronavirus graph is number of recoveries to Lucknow, and one each in response. Some are over excit- coming down and the cases are 76,928. Lucknow’s death toll Kanpur, Varanasi, Gorakhpur, ed because we are getting calls #      consistently decreasing. “Active stands at 1,143 while there are Lakhimpur Kheri, Hardoi, from the aware and educated cases have gone down to 2 per 2,177 active cases in the dis- Sultanpur, Chandauli, Sitapur, elderlies eager to know how can  81>7 The caller gave him the option would be transferred into his advertisement on the site and cent, which means that for trict. The fresh cases includ- Ambedkarnagar & Unnao, they get vaccinated, but some to get cash instead of the car account soon. However, as he called the owner of the bike. He every hundred persons, two are ed 12 from Alambagh, 11 taking the UP toll to 8,529. of them are having apprehen- nidentified miscreants and Abhay agreed to take the did not get anything, he dialled was told the bike’s price was Rs suffering from Covid,” he said. from Gomtinagar, and 10 Besides, 879 patients sive as well. These are people in Uduped a resident of money. The caller asked Abhay the the same number but found 22,500 and was asked to pay the “Due to regular contact each from Rae Bareli road recovered, taking the number the age group of 20-50 years Sushant Golf City area of Rs 1 to share his Aadhaar and bank it switched off. He then lodged money and later the miscreants tracing, sampling and contain- and Jankipuram. of recoveries to 5,75,980. and they have based their opin- lakh after telling him that he account numbers so that the a complaint in this connection. withdrew the cash in the name ment activities, the cases have Across the state, 487 per- There are 10,132 active cases ion after reading or watching won a car in a lucky draw. money could be transferred In another case, an uniden- of advance sum. In Para, a come down even in the cluster sons tested positive, including in the state. some random news. They are Abhay Kumar said he got a call into his account, and he read- tified miscreant duped one S woman Niharika complained areas,” he said. also not happy that they would on January 7 and he was ily obliged the caller. He was Gadekar of Rs 32,000 in the that unidentified miscreants Regarding those above 60 he official said: “According to information on the portal and have to keep the masks on even informed that he had won a trapped and gave Rs 75,000 and name of selling a bike through withdrew Rs 20,000 from her years with co-morbidities who the government’s notification, wait for the date of vaccination after getting vaccinated,” he high-end car in the annual Rs 25,000 to the caller and was an online shopping site. bank account even as her ATM want to register for vaccination, these people should provide the in the third phase. These peo- pointed out. lucky draw of YouTube users. promised that the money Reports said Gadekar saw the was with her. %&!&'('('")#*##"*#" #1  6     4$   81>7 Litterateur Yogesh Praveen “People also make tehri tributed at the time of Makar -  said it is the festival of new with a dash of turmeric in the Sankranti and it has a high arious organisations will kharif harvest and is celebrat- festival,” he added. nutritive value. The poor who   Vdistribute khichdi and tehri ed across the country with Vandana Rastogi, a home- cannot afford this costly dal get at various points in the state different names but with the maker, said she makes moong to eat it on Makar Sankranti. It capital with Covid-19 protocols same underlying theme. dal and arhar dal khichdi to cel- is recommended that it should  81>7 on the occasion of Makar “Khichdi is made essential- ebrate Makar Sankranti. “The be eaten with curd because it Sankranti on Wednesday. ly of urad dal because it is con- younger generation does not becomes a first-class protein ucknow Municipal Ridhi Gaur from Shubh sidered highly nutritious. In like the taste of urad dal, which combination,” she said. LCorporation constituted an Sanskar Samiti said they are earlier times, our ancestors is also difficult to digest, and She said that having it with anti-garbage unit on organising a khichdi bhoj near who were into a lot of physical hence I prepare moong dal other accompaniments makes Wednesday for all the zones KGMU. “We will distribute work and would prefer to have khichdi which is light on the it better for digestion. “People coming under its jurisdiction. 11-kg khichdi in the morning this lentil. This dal is made on stomach and delicious as well. also say that with the winters A senior LMC official said and 5 kg in the evening. We will auspicious occasions such as I also prepare sesame and jag- tilting towards the summers that the unit has been consti- be serving green urad khichdi marriages and pujas. Khichdi is gery laddoos on the occasion,” during this period, it is also tuted under the Swachh Bharat in the morning and black urad served with papad, pickles, she said. considered good for health to Mission to help keep the city khichdi in the evening. Our pri- salad and ghee. Even today in Poonam Tewari, a dieti- have sesame seeds and jaggery clean and for good ranking in mary aim is to feed the atten- traditional homes, people only cian, said people also have items,” she said. She added the cleanliness survey. dants of patients who come prepare urad dal khichdi in this chhilka moong dal on the occa- that chhilka moong dal khichdi He said the unit will spread from far-off places,” he said. festive period,” he said. sion. “This khichdi is also dis- is equally nutritious. awareness amongst the gener- al public that they should not %     !     %  litter the roads. He said action will also be taken against those  81>7 westerly winds is likely to The forecast for Lucknow who do not follow the rules. decrease, which will ease the is moderate to dense fog in the Additional municipal com- old north-westerly winds cold weather conditions,” he morning and clear sky there- missioner Archana Dwivedi Cbrought a dip in the min- said. Lucknow recorded the after. The maximum and min- administered the pledge to imum temperature which maximum temperature at 17.4 imum temperatures are expect- members of the unit asking plummeted to 5 degree Celsius degree Celsius, which was 3.9 ed to be around 17 degree them to spread awareness on Wednesday. However, the degrees below normal. The Celsius and 4 degree Celsius, amongst people. weatherman has forecast slight minimum temperature at 5 respectively. The weather is The unit will ask all the relief in a couple of days. The degree Celsius was 2.6 degrees likely to be dry over the state shopkeepers to not spread day began with dense fog even below normal. The lowest min- while there is a warning for garbage and hand over the as chilly winds continued imum temperature was record- cold day to severe cold day and garbage to only authorised throughout. ed in Churk (3.2 degree cold wave conditions at a few garbage collectors. She also MeT director JP Gupta Celsius), followed by places over the state. Dense to told them to spread awareness said the weather conditions Muzaffarnagar and Bareilly very dense fog is likely at a few on avoiding the use of would improve in the next two (3.8 deg C each) and Fursatganj places over the state in the polythene. days. “The speed of the north- (3.9 deg C each). morning. %&!&')+#, #*&"#& 6    +(+&".   81>7 minor boy kidnapped a Aminor girl and allegedly  81>7 the temple premises is indeed of plastic bags in the temple raped her in a field in heartening. It reflects people’s premises. Mohanlalganj. The accused let ulfilling his duty as head of commitment towards protect- Despite this, if someone her go after threatening to kill FGoraksh Peeth in ing the environment and also brought khichdi in polythene her parents if they reported the         +P0    + !  %  Gorakhpur, Chief Minister proves that the society respects bags, then arrangements have matter to police. Yogi Adityanath has ensured selfless and people-friendly been made to replace it. Many The girl narrated her that the entire temple complex requests made to them,” said a departments and institutions ordeal to her mother after she ',*   ,!! would be plastic-free and devo- government spokesman. like Khadi, Municipal reached home. On a com- 0      tees coming at the Peeth would While visiting Gorakhnath Corporation, Prison, Indian plaint, the police registered a     be urged to bring ‘khichdi’ in temple on January 2 and Medical Association and oth- case and detained the accused. cloth and paper bags. A fair is inspecting Khichdi Mela ers were helping in preparing The girl was sent for a medical Lucknow (PNS): Indira 5 ( R/-  held on Khichdi / Makar ground, the CM had appealed and distribution of such bags. test. Reports said the mother Gandhi National Open Sankranti in the temple premis- to devotees to bring khichdi in The spokesman also said of the girl had gone to a rela- University (IGNOU) has  81>7 Wednesday, the CM said mod- thalmologist Dr Narendra es for a month every year. a cloth or paper bag instead of that a record number of plan- tive’s house in Gosainganj while become the first distance learn- ern infrastructure needs devel- Mohan Seth, Meenakshi After the CM’s request, polythene bags. tations have been done during she was all alone in the house. ing university in India to get a midst the ongoing projects opment and people should get Narayan who discovered God devotees carrying khichdi from Earlier, Gorakhpur Van Mahotsav, which is held As per reports, the accused, National Assessment and Aof strengthening of road the benefits. “In the coming particle in the field of science, villages have been seen in the Municipal Corporation has every year from World who is also a minor also, barged Accreditation Council (NAAC) and air connectivity in days, anyone can board a plane Dr Ramchet Chaudhary who temple premises adhering to declared the area adjoining Environment Day (June 5) into the house on knowing that accreditation. The ‘A++’ grade Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh from the circuit house and fly discovered five species of the eco-friendly process. the temple complex as a poly- which is a proof of the the victim was all alone and (highest) has been conferred Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to any corner across India,” he Kalanamak rice, olympian Ali “Devotees bring khichdi thene-free zone. Besides, pub- CM’s love for environment kidnapped her. He then took upon IGNOU after a rigorous announced that the seaplane added. Saeed & Arjun Awardee Prem in cloth and paper bags inside licity was started to stop the use conservation. her to a field and raped her. evaluation process which last- services would soon be Adityanath also unfurled Maya, international wrestler ed over a year. In 2019, NAAC launched in Ramgarh Tal of the tallest national flag in the Amarnath Yadav and entrepre- issued guidelines for accredita- Gorakhpur. state. Being 246-feet high, it is neur Jyoti Maskara were con- tion of distance learning insti- Addressing people from the 10th highest national flag ferred with ‘Gorakhpur Ratna’ '        tutes based on the recommen- the stage of Gorakhpur in the country and is visible awards by the CM. dations of the University Mahotsav on Wednesday, the from a distance of 15 kilome- Urging people to follow  81>7 journey of the river from the will also give a new momen- and Intermediate classes. Grants Commission (UGC). CM said: “The process in this ters. He also virtually inaugu- Covid-19 protocols even after Himalayas to the Bay of tum to cleanliness of the river,” The Namami Gange and Vice-Chancellor, IGNOU, regard will start soon. The rated the gateway of Naya getting vaccinated, Adityanath hief Minister Yogi Bengal. said an official communiqué Rural Water Supply depart- Prof Nageshwar Rao said: “The main speciality of this plain is Savera and the Buddha Gate said: “The vaccination against CAdityanath-led BJP gov- Taking forward the con- released in Lucknow on ment have directed accreditation comes from a that it can also land in water. near Padleganj. coronavirus will start from ernment is set to include cept of ‘Nirmal and Aviral Wednesday. Department of Secondary team comprising seven serving There are nine flights from At the closing ceremony of January 16 under the leader- Ganga conservation and relat- Ganga’ of Prime Minister It further said that on the Education to make it compul- vice-chancellors. It can thus be Gorakhpur to all major cities Gorakhpur Mahotsav, ship and guidance of Prime ed subjects in the curriculum Narendra Modi, the CM has initiative of Namami Gange sory for students to take part gauged that it was an in-depth of the country, and soon the motorised tricycles were pro- Minister Narendra Modi. Have of secondary education, mak- decided to link Ganga clean- department, Secondary in Ganga cleanliness. In order evaluation process. In fact, international flight will start vided to 100 divyangs by the patience and wait for your ing Uttar Pradesh the first state liness campaign with school Education Council has accept- to make school children aware 70% of the evaluation is done from Kushinagar.” chief minister. turn, do not rush for vaccina- in India to do so. students. ed the proposal to include of pollution in the Ganges, the by a neutral third-party agency Speaking on the closing Bhajan singer Nandu tion.” The CM said Gorakhpur Now, students of the state “This state government Ganga conservation and water government will also organise on factors which can be ceremony of the two-day Mishra, Chief Warden of Civil has the potential to become a will learn ways to save the initiative will not only enhance pollution prevention in the different competitions on top- quantified.” Gorakhpur Mahotsav on Defense Sanjeev Gulati, oph- hub of readymade garments. 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Governments. Chiraiyyakot area of Mau trig- was on the lookout for Supreme Court on January 11 #%# !)$#  Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) “On this occasion, I want A crop insurance mobile gering protests, stone pelting suspects. claiming that due consulta- %"* ') and urged other growers — to again congratulate farmers app, where farmers can get all and torching of police vehicles Meanwhile in Auraiya, a tions were made before bring- who have not yet got one — to and urge them to tell fellow information related to the by the victim’s kin and friends woman was murdered while ing in the three farm laws enroll soon. On the occasion farmers and relatives to take scheme, is also made available, on Tuesday evening. she had gone out to relieve which is infact an attempt to the laws in question’. And as from indulging in blatantly of five years of implementation advantage of the crop insur- he added. Under the scheme, As per reports, former herself on Wednesday morn- “prevaricate, distort, misrepre- examples of pre-legislative con- contumacious conduct. These of PMFBY, the Minister said ance,” Tomar said in a video the premium cost over and Gram Pradhan Munna Bagi ing. Sarita Dohre of Lalpur sent” the facts. sultations, the government laws were rammed down the crop insurance is the only message. He also urged those above the farmer share is was shot dead in front of locality went out of the house Congress spokesperson quotes circulating Draft Model throat of Parliament. “The “suraksha kavach (security farmers, who have not yet got equally subsidised by the Panchayat Bhawan in Asalpur and when she did not return Abhishek Manu Singhvi said Acts in 2003 and 2017 to the Government has attempted to shield)” for farmers from any their crop insured, to get one Centre and States. The average village of Chiraiyakot area for an inordinate time, her the Government’s affidavit is at State governments among fool all the people of India all crop losses arising due to nat- today itself and secure crops sum insured per hectare has last year. His nephew, Arvind husband looked for her and variance to an RTI reply given other things. the time by practising false- ural disasters. from natural disasters. increased from 15,100 during Ram was an eyewitness to the enquired from the locals. by them. In reply to two RTI The Government claimed hoods on stilts. Unfortunately, “So far, 29 crore farmers Tomar also interacted with the pre-PMFBY Schemes to murderous attack. On A little away from her applications filed by activist that the “legislations are not they have not even spared the have insured their crops under stakeholders across the coun- 40,700 under the PMFBY. Tuesday evening, while home, some locals spotted Anjali Bhardwaj who sought hurriedly made but are a result hon’ble Supreme Court,” the scheme and about 5.5 try via video conferencing on Aadhar seeding has helped Arvind was returning her body lying in a pool of details of pre-legislative consul- of two decades of deliberations. Singhvi added. crores new farmers are getting the occasion of completion of in speedy claim settlement home, he was accosted by blood. Unknown miscreants tations, the information officer Can you call this elaborate He also said bringing the registered every year. A total of five years of the PMFBY. He directly into the farmer unidentified gunmen and shot had brutally hit her with a had said “this CPIO does not consultative process? For a law laws shows incoherence with- 90,000 crore have been paid said that there is a need to raise accounts. Even during Covid dead. blunt object as a result of hold any record in this that you bring in 2020, you cir- in the Government since it was as claims to farmers till now. awareness about the PMFBY lockdown period, nearly 70 Enraged with the killing, which she succumbed. A case matter”. culate Model Act in 2017,” well aware the serious lack of In fact, the scheme was fully so that many more farmers can lakh farmers benefitted and angry villagers pelted stones at was registered a case in this “The Government in its Singhvi, also a senior Supreme legislative competence in pass- operational during the Covid- take advantage of the scheme. claims worth 8,741.30 crores police vehicles that reached connection, the body was sent affidavit said it is being filed ‘for Court lawyer said. ing uniform all India Acts 19 lockdown, distributing The Minister informed were transferred to beneficia- the scene of crime after the autopsy and investigations the purpose of dispelling the Singhvi said not even per- which is why it sent out the claims of over 8,741.3 crores to that PMFBY has been made ries, according to the Ministry incident and later torched were on. erroneous notion that the pro- functory consultations were Model Acts to be adopted by 69.70 lakh farmers across voluntary and the scheme is data. testers have peddled that the done. “It is clear that there are the States. “The content of Central Government and serious attempts at prevarica- such model laws was also dif- 95/:" Parliament never had any con- tion, distortion, misrepresenta- ferent from the three enact- sultative process or examina- tion and misleading of the ments as passed without dis-          6    tion of issues by any nation, the Supreme court and cussion in Parliament,” said the 66 Committee before passing of all relevant stakeholders, apart Rajya Sabha member.        ) 

  necessarily going to develop one mental health disorder. # ))2% PTSD, they are working under The prevalence for each specif- ore than half of doctors, severe duress, day after day, ic disorder ranged from 15 per Mnurses, and emergency with a lot of unknowns. Some cent to 30 per cent of the Three students of City "3& "+#"'"3 responders involved in Covid- will be susceptible to a host of respondents, with problemat- Montessori School have qual- 19 care could be at risk for one stress-related mental health ic alcohol use, insomnia, and ified the prestigious Common   pharmaceuticals and other sec- 1,916 crore from the public in or more mental health prob- consequences. By studying depression topping the list. Admission Test (CAT), results tors, before he resigned in 2012. the years preceding 2015, the lems, including acute trau- both resilient and pathological "Frontline providers are of which were declared recent- he Enforcement Directorate He is said to be the Chairman sources said. The second money matic stress, depression, anxi- trajectories, we can build a scaf- exhausted, not only from the ly. These meritorious students Thas arrested former Rajya Emeritus and founder of the laundering case against him and ety, problematic alcohol use, fold for constructing evidence- impact of the pandemic itself, are Krishna Dwivedi (97.53 Sabha member from the TMC business group at present. The others is based on an FIR filed and insomnia, as per a study. based interventions for both but also in terms of coping day percentile), Mahendra Pratap and businessman KD Singh in agency is probing him in con- by the Kolkata Police in 2018. While noting that the daily individuals and public health to day," said Charles C. Singh (91.08 percentile) and a money laundering case relat- nection with two money laun- The Kolkata Police had booked toll of Covid-19, as measured systems."The study appears in Benight, co-author of the study Zuhaib Umar Rahman (92 per- ed to 1,900 crore ponzi scheme dering cases and has ques- Singh, his son Karandeep Singh, by new cases and the growing the Journal of Psychiatric and a professor of psychology centile). They are now eligible fraud. The 59-year-old founder tioned him on earlier occasions. Alchemist Township India number of deaths, overlooks a Research. In addition to U of at the University of Colorado, to get admission to top man- of Alchemist Ltd. is facing This case relates to a probe Limited, Alchemist Holdings shadowy set of casualties, the U Health scientists, contribu- Colorado Springs. agement colleges of the coun- charges under the Prevention of against the former MP and a Limited and various other researchers found that the risk tors include researchers from "They're trying to make try. CMS founder Jagdish Money Laundering Act firm linked to him -- Alchemist group companies and directors of these mental health condi- the University of Arkansas for sure that their families are safe Gandhi extended his best wish- (PMLA). The ED arrested him Infra Realty Ltd. The ED had for allegedly cheating thou- tions was comparable to rates Medical Sciences; University of [and] they're frustrated over es to these students and late last night for not cooperat- filed the case in September, sands of customers. observed during natural disas- Colorado, Colorado Springs; not having the pandemic under expressed hope that they would ing in the investigation of the 2016, taking cognisance of a "Singh through companies ters, such as 9/11 and Central Arkansas VA Health control. Those things create the promote the CMS philosophy case, sources said. Singh was charge sheet filed against the raised huge amounts of money Hurricane Katrina. Care System; Salt Lake City VA sort of burnout, trauma, and ‘Sarvadharma Sambhav’ and produced before a special court company, its directors and oth- from thousands of customers in "What health care workers Healthcare System; and the stress that lead to the mental ‘Vasudhaiv Kutumbkam’ wher- here on \Wednesday which ers by SEBI. the garb of investments by lur- are experiencing is akin to National Institute for Human health challenges we're seeing ever they go. remanded him to the The scam is estimated to be ing them with high returns and domestic combat," said Resilience. The researchers among these caregivers." In ED custody till January 16, worth about Rs 1,900 crore and also against sale and booking of Andrew J Smith, Ph.D., direc- surveyed 571 health care work- particular, the scientists found 6  they said. In September 2019, the agency had attached assets plots and flats. So far, investiga- tor of the U of U Health ers, including 473 emergency that health care workers who Managing director of LIC the ED had carried out search- worth Rs 239 crore of Alchemist tion has revealed that these Occupational Trauma Program responders (firefighters, police, were exposed to the virus or of India Raj es at the premises of Singh and Infra Realty Ltd in 2019. The funds raised from the public at the Huntsman Mental EMTs) and 98 hospital staff who were at greater risk of Kumar will be those linked to him in Delhi company had allegedly were not used for the intended Health Institute and the study's (doctors, nurses), in the infection because they were on a three-day and Chandigarh and had seized launched an illegal collective purpose and were diverted or corresponding author. Mountain West between April immunocompromised had a visit to Lucknow cash of 32 lakh and $10,000. investment scheme, also called siphoned off to various group "Although the majority of 1 and May 7, 2020. Overall, 56 significantly increased risk of beginning Singh was the chairman of a ponzi or chit fund scheme, companies," the agency had health care professionals and per cent of the respondents acute traumatic stress, anxiety, January 14 (Thursday). On the Alchemist Ltd., which deals in and mobilised funds of about Rs alleged. emergency responders aren't screened positive for at least and depression. first day, Kumar will address top performing marketing offi- cials, development officers,   denied basic rights”, he CLIA and agents of Lucknow 8 R  "0 6123 asserted. Patra said farmers division. On January 15, he will he BJP on Wednesday interest is in uppermost in the address the senior divisional Thoped that farmers would farmers”, said BJP’s national their decision on the Farm current issue includes “smvaad, goal has been the welfare of mind of the Prime Minister. managers’ conference in pres- respect Supreme Court deci- spokesman Sambit Patra. “In laws.” Patra said he was hopeful samman, sahmati aur sadbhav- Indian farmers and promotion “His other concerns also revolve ence of zonal manager (North sions as BJP has done saying "we Supreme Court’s decisions the that the farmers too will accept na”. The BJP leader maintained of poor people as well as help- around helping farmers earn Central Zone Kanpur). North should trust all constitutional nation takes pride and that this decision and walk on the that ever since Prime Minister ing all excluded and discrimi- more, making sure there is Central Zone covers the twin institutions”. therefore the BJP with utmost path that the SC has paved for Narendra Modi has joined nated sections of the society. proper irrigation and that no cit- states of Uttar Pradesh and “We respect Supreme Court respect bows down in front of them. He said BJP’s four-point India’s Government as a loyal “For over 70 year the farm- izen in India sleeps hungry”, the Uttarakhand. and so should be done by the the Supreme Court and accepts formula a for the solution of the servant to it’s citizen, his only ers of our nation have been BJP spokesman said. +#!&#"3" (#(&#*Q3&

6    Massachusetts Boston and at their yolk sac quicker, which is the ARC Centre of Excellence their only source of food as arming of oceans due to for Coral Reef Studies at James they develop in the egg case. WClimate change is leav- Cook University, studied the This led to them hatching ing baby sharks not only small- sharks as embryos and hatch- earlier than usual." Wheeler er, exhausted, undernourished lings, under the guidance of Dr said the hatchlings were not but also making their survival John Mandelman, Vice only smaller, but they needed tough, a study published in the President and Chief Scientist to feed almost immediately journal Scientific Reports has of the Anderson Cabot Center while lacking significant ener- warned, painting gloomy pic- for Ocean Life at the New gy. ture for marine world as tem- England Aquarium. "The ocean faces increas- peratures underwater is pre- There are more than 500 ing threats from humans, such dicted to exceed in the coming types of shark living around as the effects of climate change, years. Researchers reached to the world, and the majority and it is vital to conduct sci- this conclusion after testing the give birth to live young. Some entific research to help growth, development and shark species, like epaulette strengthen the management physiological performance of sharks, lay eggs, which are left and protection of those ocean embryos and hatchlings of unprotected and must be able species most negatively epaulette sharks--an egg-laying to survive on their own for up impacted and vulnerable," species at the New England to four months. Mandelman said. "In this case, Aquarium in waters up to 31 "We found that the hotter we addressed a pressing threat- degrees Celsius (87.8 degrees) the conditions, the faster -ocean warming--and the Fahrenheit. everything happened, which potential impacts on a species Lead author Carolyn could be a problem for the that could serve as a model for Wheeler a PhD scholar from sharks," said Wheeler. "The other egg laying species among the University of embryos grew faster and used sharks and their relatives." 0(  2    )  /+

  December 10, 2017 arising out of FIR No. 06 dated January 15, 2017 of Police Station he NIA on Wednesday filed a supplemen- Division Number 8, Ludhiana, Punjab relat- Ttary chargesheet before a Special NIA ed to the killing of the Hindu leader. Court here against accused persons Ashish On January 14, 2017, two unknown Kumar, Javed and Arshad Ali, all residents of motorcycle-borne assailants killed Sharma as Meerut, under various Sections of the a part of an organised conspiracy hatched by Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, Arms terrorist outfit Khalistan Liberation Front Act and IPC in the case relating to the killing (KLF). This murder was one among eight such of Hindu leader Amit Sharma, president of Sri cases of serial killings/attempted killings Hindu Takht, Ludhiana in 2017 by banned that took place in Punjab in 2016-2017 with terror group Khalistan Liberation Front. a view to create terror and communal The case was re-registered by the NIA on disturbance. THUR   !4#$%$!         9      76@5?556  : /" iving a rare relief to the Gpeople from the global coronavirus pandemic which   76555(5 CEO Suneet Sharma said, ‘safe- to streamline shunting move- controlling the operating has disturbed their normal life ty is our first and foremost con- ments. expenses. for almost 10 months, the first ailway Minister Piyush cern and we have to remain While addressing the meet- On the front of freight consignment of COVID-19 RGoyal along with Suneet focused to safety in train oper- ing the Railway Minister loading, North Central Railway vaccines arrived at Lal Bahadur Shrama, Chairman Railway ations’. He specially discussed Piyush Goyal greeted every- has achieved many important Shastri International (LBSI) Board and CEO and other proper implementation of cold body for the ensuing festivals milestones in December-2020. Airport, Babatpur here on Members of Railway Boards weather precautions and all due of Lohri/ Makar Sanranti During the month, originating Wednesday. In this first con- reviewed performance of Zonal care. He also discussed elimi- /Onam/ Pongal and praised the freight loading of has been ever signment there were 1.6 lakh Railways including North nation of manned level cross- loading performance of previ- best in a month i.e. 16.6 lakh vaccines which were brought Central Railway, and ings and said if ROB/RUB has ous quarter and asked to con- tonnes and so far, total 118.2 here by Vistara Airlines from Production Units in safety, been constructed then closure tinue the performance in last Lakh tonnes freight has been Mumbai. Earlier, there was punctuality, freight loading, of LC must be done expedi- quarter of financial year as well. loaded in current financial information that the same to revenue, expenditure control, tiously. He congratulated zonal He said, Railway is a vibrant year. With positive loading this parliamentary constituen- key infrastructure projects, HR railways for improved freight organisation and its deeds performance even during cy of Prime Minister Narendra management and efficiency loading performance in should send positive message to Covid crisis, NCR has sur- Modi would be brought by enhancement. General Manger December-2020 and impressed the nation. He specially passed last year loading of 112 SpiceJet cargo. The consign- North Central and North upon zones and divisions to applauded the six zones includ- Lakh tonnes freight loaded till ment which has arrived would Eastern Railway Vinay Kumar keep this momentum going in ing North Central Railway for December. NCR has substan- be sent to 14 districts of this Tripathi, AGM NCR Ranjan the last quarter of current surpassing the last year loading tially improved its foodgrain belt of Purvanchal (eastern Yadav, PHODs of NCR and financial year. He laid special performance by 6.5 per cent. loading by more than 82 per UP) as per the directive of the DRMs from Prayagraj, Jhansi emphasis on Removal of He also congratulated the 37 cent in comparison to last year, state government.       0(    3  ! %  and Agra division participated Permanent Speed Restrictions divisions who have crossed thus not only ensuring the After bringing the vaccine in this review meeting held (PSRs) and also relaxing PSRs. the last year loading. He supply of essential items but doses here, all the pockets been uploaded on the con- have been recovered from ber of samples collected was through video conferencing. He also emphasised electrifica- emphasised upon not only also supporting in agriculture were brought out from the cerned app. home isolation while two from 5,78,793. Earlier, a female aged At the outset, CRB and tion of sidings and yard so as increasing the revenue but also sector. cargo amidst tight security A cold chamber with a the hospitals, increasing the 65 from Raja Talab succumbed arrangements and SDM capacity of five tonnes was number to 18,046 and 2,955 to COVID-19 at Sir Sunderlal (Pindra), SP(Protocol), LBSI inaugurated at the airport last respectively. The total number Hospital, Banaras Hindu Airport Director, nodal officer month where Ice Line of patients who have been University (SSH BHU). and other senior health depart- Refrigerators (ILRs) have been recovered so far is 21,001, leav- Meanwhile, mass / group coro- 1   /  ment officers were present installed to maintain proper ing 322 active cases. The recov- na antigen tests continued and there. Later, the vaccines were temperature between two to ery rate is 96.79 per cent, while all the 180 tests were found sent to the State Drug Centre eight degree Celcius. the mortality rate is 1.71 per negative at SSPG Hospital   76555(5 at Pt Deen Dayal Upadhyay 35 NEW COVID CASES cent. Kabirchaura apart from 42 at Hospital. The vaccination in IN VARANASI: As many as 35 In the first report CHC Shivpur, 69 at rayagraj Development the first phase is scheduled to new COVID-19 patients have of the day, 23 positive patients Vivekanand Hospital Bhelupur, PAuthority officials targeted be started from January 16 been detected in the district on were found out of 2,367 reports 240 at LBS Hospital Ramnagar a property of Rashid alias when the same would be Wednesday, increasing the total received. Till then, the total test and 125 at SSH BHU. Along Neelu, cousin brother of mafia administered to all the health number to 21,696. The day also reports received were 5,52,513 with this, samples of 150 from don Atique Ahmed in Chakia workers who led from the front saw one more death, increasing and the results of 3,003 are SSPG, 200 from LBS Hospital area on Wednesday. With the during the fight against the toll to 373. During the day, awaited. Out of them, 5,30,829 Ramnagar and 46 from help of JCB machines Rashid’s COVID-19. The list of all these the follow-up negative reports were negative while 21,684 Vivekanand Hospital have been building was demolished with- health workers has already included 42 and 40 of them were positive. The total num- sent for RTPCR investigation. in hours. Rashid was closely associ- ated with Atique Ahmed and was his partner in several prop- erty deals. ,        ) 1 According to officials the above property in Chakia had been grabbed by Rashid and he   76@5?556  encourage farmers for fish- had constructed a building on eries because fish seed pro- the same without getting the ivisional Commissioner duction is a good business. blue print approved. Police D(DC) Deepak Agrawal The DC said 231 new records reveal that Rashid was reviewed the development panchayat buildings have been involved in a good number works at a meeting with divi- constructed in the division property grabbing with Atique sional officers here on this year and about 1,700 are Ahmed. Wednesday. According to him, under construction. in the division comprising four Emphasising the development districts no case of bird flu has of Panchayat buildings as vil- come into the light so far. lage secretariat, the DC said However, he added that as per that all facilities should be /     ;( the directives of the state gov- available there. District ernment, he asked the Animal Magistrate (DM) Kaushal Raj Husbandry department to Sharma said that in Sewapuri   76555(5 the spot within minutes and Rae Bareli, Sultanpur, Jaunpur closed for two days in protest establish contact with poultry block, Panchayat buildings tried to gather clue. Vehicle Police. Police teams are recon- against the robbery by killing farms in view to take precau- are being developed in such rice mill owner and trad- checking was launched and naissance in the district as well Sarafa Mohammad Ahmed. tionary measures.  +(    + 3  !  manner. Aer of the neighbouring dis- hide outs of the criminals were as nearby districts. Many mis- Meanwhile, shops opened in Reviewing the works of The DC informed that in trict of Pratapgarh was raided, but to no avail. creants are in police custody Patti town on Tuesday. the Basic Education depart- assistance or pension schemes, ular inspection of stray cattle various schemes of the Labour deprived of 16 lakh at pistol COPS STILL GROPING who are being questioned. Top Activists of the Congress’s ment, Agrawal directed that he said that the applicants who shelter centres, in view to department, 1,15,023 applica- point by motorcycle-borne rob- IN DARK: Five days after the police officers are claiming Minority Department submit- all the students enrolled in are not being benefited due to ensure providing proper mea- tions were received in the bers on Wednesday morning. robbery in the bullion trader’s that clues have been found but ted a memorandum to the schools must be able to get any reason of their ineligibil- sures to help the cattle get division in which the workers The police are trying their shop of Pratapgarh, the police criminals are still roaming Administrative Officer in the education through any medi- ity should be informed of the relief from cold. According to have been provided financial level best to arrest the culprits are still groping in the dark and scot-free. Police are also saying Collectorate on Tuesday under um like online, offline, reasons in view to clear him, fishing is a very good assistance of  19.5 crore. and recover the robbed cash, failed to nab the culprits that the robbers have fled out- the leadership of District pres- Mohalla classes etc. While doubts. source of income as now its The DMs of Chandauli and but they could not succeed till involved in this loot. There is side the state. ident Feroze Qureshi. Through reviewing the applications He has instructed the con- marketing is well accessible Jaunpur and other senior offi- late in the evening. no result of the raid and the The police are searching the memorandum, Sarafa received under various social cerned officers to ensure reg- and asked the officers to cers were also present. Amarjit Chaurasia, who questioning. This is also the for the miscreants who did not Mohammad Ahmad’s wife lives in Pratapgarh and own a case in bullion trader’s murder run away from Shyam Bihari demanded 50 lakh and a job. rice mill and foodgrain stock in and robbery in Patti area. This Gali after the incident, in the District president Feroze Mangraura Bazar. On failure of the police has caused neighborhoods around Shyam Qureshi said that everyone is ' (" 9(0 (  Wednesday morning he grief and anger among people Bihari Gali. On the other hand, scared of the increased crime in reached Mangraura on his and businessmen. the murder and robbery of the district. Imran Khan, SUV. The driver took the bag On January 7, the miscre- Saraf Mohammad Ahmed near Mumtaz Ahmed, Firoz Ahmed,   76@5?556  avirus pandemic, heavy rush of many others, the Punjabis and consume Chuda-Dahi on this of cash and stepped towards the ants entered the shop of a bul- Patti town has also passed Shamim, Javed Ahmed etc. people was seen in the markets Sikhs assembled near the bon- festival. Varanasi is a city with office while Chaurasia went a lion trader Suresh Soni in three days but the police failed were present during the hand- n the eve of auspicious purchasing various typical arti- fires and continued the pro- cosmopolitan character. As the side to answer the call of Shyam Bihari Gali of the city to get hold of the culprits till ing over of the memorandum. Ooccasion of Makar cles of this famous festival, gramme of dance till midnight festival is known with different nature. Within seconds three and robbed jewellery worth  date.. In this incident too, five Police checked vehicles Sankranti, kites having the pic- which is celebrated not only in hours and eating Revaris and names across the country, there miscreants riding a Pulsar bike 90 lakh, 10,000 in cash and teams of police are engaged in intensively across the district tures of different leaders, places different parts of the country Moongfalis (groundnuts) are also separate localities for snatched the bag from the dri- mobile phone. In this incident, the search for miscreants. STF on Wednesday. During this a and quotes including some but also abroad with different among other items. Gujaratis, Marathis, Bengalis, ver. The driver raised alarm, seven teams of police have Prayagraj and SWAT team are black film was taken out of the lines of Prime Minister names. On the eve of festival, the South Indians, Nepalese and and the local residents gave the been engaged in the investiga- also engaged. Police teams have glass of four wheelers. Police Narendra Modi were seen fly- Meanwhile, there was fes- rush of customers was seen on others, the city would see a bike riders a hot chase, but they tion and arresting of the mis- also been sent to neighbouring seized 18 bikes and challaned ing and flooding in the sky in tive mood in all the localities hundreds of temporary shops variety of colours of the festi- opened fire to make a success- creants. Apart from this, the districts. Police are questioning 112 vehicles. 92 people were his parliamentary constituen- dominated by Punjabi resi- installed on the roadsides, sell- val on Thursday. Preparations ful escape towards Patti. help of STF Prayagraj is also several suspects in custody. fined  9200 for not wearing cy here on Wednesday. In this dents here as they celebrated ing various gur, teel and have also been completed to The police officials reached being sought with Fatehpur, Shops in Patti town were masks. belt of eastern UP and adjoin- their famous Lohri festival on groundnut items. As a huge provide Khichadi ‘prasad’ to a ing Bihar, the festival is popu- eve of Makar Sankranti and its number of residents hail from large number of devotees at larly known as Khichadi. date is always fixed. In Ashok adjoining Bihar and eastern UP Khichadi Baba Mandir, locat- Despite all prevailing coron- Nagar, Lalpat Nagar, Sonia and districts, most of them also ed near Dashaswamedh Ghat. 23        +

ALLAHABAD (PNS): After the devotees coming from the will pass through here on GOVT HOSPITALS: The % (       *&4 six months, the Covid report of neibhouring district Pratapgarh Wednesday night to reach the government’s emphasis on this just 14 people came positive in and Kaushambi will not have Ganga coast on Makar guideline is that people should 24 hours. Tuesday was a major trouble to reach the Magh Sankranti. The railway admin- keep a distance of two yards   76@5?556  names are incorrect and not of 89,026 families have been people about violence against relief from Corona infection. Mela in Sangam city. They will istration has asked the station between themselves to avoid having ration cards should be made against 1,14,419 eligible women and girls. Earlier on July 8, 15 patients get adequate facility of road- superintendents and SM to coronavirus infection but the hief Medical Officer collected so that non-Aadhaar beneficiary families and 45,085 The artists also made the were found infected. Nearly ways bus and train. Both the follow the Corona Guideline to arrangements of government C(CMO) Dr VB Singh cards can be made from the beneficiaries have been success- women and girls aware about three times of the infected departments have set the provide facilities to the passen- hospitals are such that physical directed the operators of vari- CMO’s office in their collabo- fully treated under the scheme. their fundamental rights to people became infection free. framework for conducting the gers. distancing is not possible to be ous Common Service Centres ration. Any person in the urban DCMO and Nodal Officer of get education and safety besides No one died of infection for the Mela Special. The Railway and If we talk about the road- maintained here. People are (CSCs) in the district to pro- areas can contact the con- the scheme Dr Piyush Rai, the gender discrimination fourth consecutive day. Transport department is going ways, 70 buses will be run from compelled to stand close to vide the golden cards to all eli- cerned corporators and MOICs DISM Navendra Singh, CSC through street play. They According to Nodal Officer to operate special buses and here during Magh Mela. each other in Swaroop Rani gible beneficiaries under the of Urban Primary Health Cluster Manager Umesh Rai, also generated consciousness for Corona Dr Rishi Sahai, on trains from other districts Devotees will be facilitated by Nehru Hospital, the largest Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Centres (UPHCs) to know CSC District Manager Arvind about foeticide and save girl Tuesday, a Covid test of 5,513 including Kaushambi to reach cutting through the routine hospital in Prayagraj. This is Yojana (Ayushman Bharat) at their eligibility. A fee of 30 is Maurya, Ayushman Mitra child. people was conducted in the Magh Mela. route. 40 vehicles have been because the crowd is getting the earliest. He also instructed payable for making a golden Rajat Singh, Janmejay Mishra The women of the villages district. Of them, 14 people In view of the annual Magh arranged from the city depot. more and from registration to the operators to contact the card at Jan Seva Kendras while etc were also present in the lamented that they do not get were discharged from various Mela, many trains of Railways Ten buses will be run from the inquiry fee counter concerned ward representa- golden cards are made free in meeting. the respect and honour in the Covid hospitals. At the same have started running in tehsils. Magh Mela special and and counter has not been tives and the medical officer the listed hospitals associated STREET PLAYS family what they deserve time 27 people completed Pratapgarh. Railways have run attractive stickers are also being increased. incharges (MOICs) in view to with the scheme. For any type STAGED: Aiming at generat- because of male dominated home isolation. So far, the many trains connecting Prayag installed on these buses. This Only three registration ensure providing the golden of problem related to the ing consciousness among com- society and said, the girls are number of healthy people in and Ayodhya. Among these, will make these buses easily counters are opening in cards to the beneficiaries. In scheme, one can contact the mon people about violence worshipped in the auspicious home isolation has crossed to especially the Manwar Sangam recognisable to the people. Swaroop Rani Nehru Hospital this direction, a meeting of CMO office. against women and girls and occasion of Navratri but despite 21,028. Express running from ARM PK Katiyar said that the (SRN Hospital). There are only CSC operators was held recent- As many as 40 CSC oper- gender discrimination, the this, the social evil foeticide is He informed that the num- Prayagraj to Basti was the spe- buses have been repaired. two counters for depositing the ly in which they were also ators have been assigned for artists of Prerana Kala Manch still prevailing in the society. ber of active patients of Covid cial one. This operation was Drivers, operators are asked to examination fee, while in the trained how to issue golden making golden cards in rural on Wednesday staged street There is a need to bring a has now come to 400 in the dis- started due to the Magh Mela. enter as many seats as they can. hospital now about 2,000 peo- cards. All the 35 operators of areas. Ayushman Golden Card plays in some villages of the change in this mentality and trict. A total of 28,774 people The train was off for eight They are asked not to let any- ple have started pouring in to the urban areas were given the is made free at primary and district. the girls should also be given have been infected. About 383 months. Similarly, Prayagraj- one stand up in bus while the OPD. People are having responsibility of making gold- community health centres The social organisations respect, honour and place equal people have died due to coro- Haridwar Express also started travelling. On the way, the problems with this. Standing en card of one ward each and (PHCs/CHCs) of all the eight Asha Trust and Lok Samiti to boys, they added. na infection. Currently, no running. officers of the Transport close to each other in a queue they were directed to seek blocks. Any person in rural organised an awareness pro- The artists conveyed the infected person has died of Railway Board started Corporation will check. Strict becomes a compulsion of peo- cooperation from the area can contact HEOs / BPMs gramme at Chandpur, Sawari, message through the street corona infection for four days. operating PRL passenger train action will be taken if found ple. The same situation is with Municipal Corporation and of the health centres and gram Payagpur and Harpal villages of play that the girls are not bur- He informed that testing and with Saryu Express, Three F arbitrary. The fare of such pas- Motilal Nehru Divisional District Supply department. pradhans con be contacted for Rohania under which the den on anyone and they are screening work is being done in and Four F. Passengers have sengers can be recovered from Hospital. Here, physical dis- CSC operations were also knowing one’s eligibility. artists of the Manch staged a also the base of social life and the Magh Mela area at a rapid breathed a sigh of relief as these the concerned personnel. tancing is not being followed instructed that non-Aadhaar According to information, in street play to generate con- thus they should also have pace. trains started moving. Along PHYSICAL DISTANC- anywhere from registration documents of those whose the district so far, golden cards sciousness among common right to get education. SPL TRAINS, BUSES: Even with this, Passenger Mela train ING NOT POSSIBLE AT counter to OPD room.    !"#$%$! 6

-     ,:/     8PSS@TQPI9@IU  $. /0#* Divisional Railway Manager’s Office building, " Lucknow, include replacement of old 40 AC t the National Energy Conservation Awards machines with energy-efficient five-star A(NECA)-2020 given by the Bureau of machines, 100 per cent use of LED lights and KANPUR (PNS): The Energy Efficiency (BEE) of the Union Ministry energy-efficient fans besides use of solar ener- Superintendent of Police of Power for outstanding contribution in the field gy on a large scale. Traffic, Basant Lal while of energy conservation the Indian Railways On the other hand, at the mechanical work- addressing a traffic camp on dominated and it received 13 awards in various shop situated in Izzatnagar for energy conser- Road Safety Week observed categories. The North Eastern Railway (NER) vation and energy efficiency, for improvement from January 11 to January 17 also made its presence felt in power factor, installa- every year on Monday said it by winning three awards. tion of APFC panel, pro- aimed at making the roads and The NER was awarded the vision for star-rated streets safer. During this week- Certificate of Merit in pumps in place of existing long yearly campaign, the gov- transport, building and ones, in place of cen- ernment spreads awareness workshop categories, Chief tralised air compressors about how to drive safely in Public Relations Officer small portable compres- order to avoid accidents and (CPRO) Pankaj Kumar sors, arrangement for injuries. He said the traffic Singh said. The tireless and energy savers on the police of the city had now been continuous efforts being welding sets, in place of equipped with smart phones made by the NER admin- conventional welding and electronic printing devices istration to provide clean and pollution-free plant provision for synergic pulse inverter-based and thus all the traffic violators transportation services to railway passengers and welding plant, arrangement for LED light and will be fined then and there. consumers have been recognised at the nation- in place of traditional AC availability of star-rated He said the earlier process al level through these awards. The entire NER AC is included. Apart from this, at other places was lengthy and tedious where and workshops located here through various like on the roofs of station and buildings solar the person had to drive till the innovative efforts along with energy conserva- panels have been installed. Arrangement for Rail bazar police station to pay tion are constantly striving to increase energy solar water heaters have also been made in the ones fines. He said with the e- efficiency. The running of electric locomotive- rest houses. Besides arrangements for 100 per challan being introduced the run trains owing to the rapid electrification of cent LED lighting has been made in all railway process has become easy for the railway tracks on NER has led to a remark- colonies. The NER is constantly working trying both the traffic police and the able achievement in energy savings. Among the to conserve energy and many effective steps are people as well. measures taken under energy conservation at being taken in this direction. He said e-challans had sev- eral benefits as it was fast and easy to make payments for 5      "#+       ! %  vehicle owners and saved time /% "    & as one did not have to visit the Rail Bazar or RTO office. He 8PSS@TQPI9@IU  -.,104  of Rihand station. of Covid-19 or Hindi along said the new method ensured COMPETITIONS: On with poetry competition a transparency as one can check TPC’s Rihand station the occasion of World Hindi calligraphy competition was 1         why one had been issued a Nunder the 30th National Day at NTPC's Rihand station also organised. An online Hindi challan and the exact amount Energy Conservation Award due to Covid-19 various com- workshop was also organised one had to pay as fine. He said received the Certificate of Merit petitions were held online. For on the occasion of World Hindi with this facility the Kanpur in Thermal Power Plant Sector promotion of Rajbhasha Hindi, Day. During the workshop,   76>5"8? directives to ensure that water performance of Auraiya. they ensure full and proper Traffic Police will be better from the Bureau of Energy for NTPC employees, associates manager of the NTPC’s central reached the tail ends of the Shekhar said in view of the COVID-19 vaccination. He equipped with right to challan Efficiency (BEE). Rihand sta- and women living in the colony office, Srinivas, through his he Kanpur Divisional canals and this needs to be bird flu the departments con- also directed the officials to any driver who did not follow tion received this award for the premises, essay, self-composed statement, while advising the TCommissioner, Raj accomplished by January 31, cerned need to ensure that ensure that the targets of the the traffic rulebooks while dri- year 2020. Due to Covid-19 poetry and calligraphy compe- employees to work in Hindi Shekhar, while holding a devel- 2021. He directed the DM to they identify the areas affected Mass Marriage programmes ving. pandemic Executive Director titions was organised online. said that they all should always opment work review meeting ensure the monitoring of water by bird flu and take samples were met with latest by January The Traffic SP said there (Rihand) Balaji Iyengar The essay competition was use it office work and during of the entire Kanpur division at reaching canal tail ends needs and send it all to the Bhopal for 18, 2021 had been a rapid rise in road received it via MS Teams on organised on the topic ‘Your conversation. By doing it Hindi his camp office on Wednesday to be done through field level testing. He said all the Asha The DC expressed concern accidents and majorly fatal Monday. Expressing his hap- routine during lockdown’ or will gradually move towards lashed out at the officials of employees and they should employees should be directed over the slow pace of work of ones and this was more because piness Executive Director Balaji ‘Efforts being made in the pro- progress. He also explained Kanpur city for their poor per- check there was nor erosion or to ensure that they ensure the the Anganwadi workers and the traffic guidelines were not Iyengar congratulated the staff motion of Hindi’. In the context easy ways to learn Hindi. formance in the entire division. breach in the canals. targets of Golden Card holders asked the official to ensure they being followed, challan had He cautioned the officials that He pulled up the KESCo were achieved. He also direct- were asked to speed up. He said become quite a common con- drastic improvement had to be officials for their poor revenue ed the Auraiya officials to all the PDS under quota should cept. He said as everything was P6768#+&'+ shown in the next fortnight. He recovery and said even Etawah ensure there was no more lax- be allotted at the earliest. He on an electronic platform, the said in case the desired target recovery was poor and direct- ity on their part in the devel- said the officials need to survey concept of e-challan had been was not achieved then the offi- ed that all care be taken to opment works. the road construction work introduced. He said with the (#!!"#'"&#Q cials will be answerable. He said ensure proper recovery be done Regarding vaccination and once it was done the sig- introduction of this patter of Kanpur city stood at sixth as per the given target. He drive of the Health and Welfare nal will be given by the DM challan there will be an effec- 8PSS@TQPI9@IU  '( )#* mon people over 50 years of (last) position in the entire divi- added that all the new roads be department, he said Kanpur after proper cross checking of tive and strong monitoring of age. About the effect of the sion. laid on priority and for ODR City achieved 46.81 per cent, facts. Officials of several the traffic violators for the hief Medical Officer vaccine he said that it will be He said the UP govern- and MDR it all be repaired and while Kanpur Dehat achieved departments and Army officials traffic police. C(CMO) Dr PD Gupta at a able to create resistance ment was concerned about the made free of potholes. He 47.01 per cvent. He also direct- took part in the divisional He said in the times of dig- Health Communication capacity in the body after 42 farmers and thus it had issued expressed concern over the ed the health officials to ensure review meeting. italisation, traffic defaulters Strengthening Workshop days of the first vaccination. will be able to now pay e-chal- organised in collaboration So it was necessary to follow lan either online or offline, with Centre For Advocacy the norms of social distanc- depending on the facility given and Research (CFAR) on ing even after the vaccina- by their city or state. He said e- Tuesday while giving details of tion, he said and appealed to 6        challan system had been intro- preparations for Covid vacci- media to play a positive role. duced to avoid cash transac- nation said that all arrange- On the occasion the speakers tions so that everything was ments had been made to kick stressed on washing hands very clear and transparent. He it off on January 16 in the dis- with soap for 20 seconds. said there were multiple rea- trict. He said that till date there &4 %      While proposing vote of 6R    sons for e-challan like viola- were 27 active cases in the dis-  +  /  thanks national leader of the tions of traffic rules,jumping trict and recovery rate was organisation Dr Ranjana red lights, travelling without a 97.5 per cent. About the vaccination pro- Dwivedi eulogised the Corona warriors. She also   76>5"8? sphere be it her own govern- works which were being car- rying out pipeline laying and valid licence, driving an unau- gramme the CMO said in the first phase 10,025 praised the hard labour of her associates, ment policies. On umpteen ried out by the Jal Nigam were repair work. thorised vehicle, over-speeding employees of Health department will be vacci- including Vikas Tiwari, who worked hard for the he statement of Mayor, times the Mayor has criticised sub standard and were of and She said on account of the beyond the specified speed nated, in second phase the police, homeguards success of the workshop. The workshop was also TPramila Pandey, stating the the manner in which the on getting damaged leading to compromise on quality the limit, drunk driving,driving and revenue officials and in third phase the com- addressed by Dr Neelesh and Dr Ajay. Smart City Funds were being schemes were being imple- disruption of water supply to government was not only los- without a valid insurance pol- misused and the benefit of the mented which tantamounted to the citizens which placed the ing precious revenue but icy, causing traffic obstruc- government schemes were not sheer wastage of money. The people in great difficulty. She putting the people in great tion. >1 -5@ 234 reaching the masses has creat- Mayor had been carrying out said more than half a dozen difficulty and at places the Basant Lal said as CCTV ed a furore. The State Urban constant visits at the places time in short span of less than water supply was resumed after cameras were already installed 8PSS@TQPI9@IU  $. /0#* every Sunday at 07.50 hrs, 20.45 hrs, from Aligarh at Development Minister, were the development works a month there has been major nearly one week. on the main roads that record from Kanpur Anwarganj at 22.25 hrs, from Tundla at 23.27 Ashutosh Tandon has ordered were being carried out and damage in piplines not only She also drew the attention and track the footage of the he railway administration 08.02 hrs, from Kalyanpur at hrs, from Shikohabad on the an inquiry into the allegations lashed out at the officials who leading to wastage of precious of the Minister that cattle feed continuous traffic all the time. Tfor the convenience of the 08.13 hrs, from Kannauj at second day at 00.02 hrs, from put up by the Mayor on were found absent the the water but also the government arrears had not been paid for He said if one was found guilty passengers will run 04161/ 09.05 hrs, from Gursahaiganj at Mainpuri at 00.55 hrs, from Wednesday. She said it was quality of the development money. the past several months. She of not obeying any traffic reg- 04162 Kanpur Central-Anand 09.26 hrs, from Fatehgarh at Bhongaon at 01.15 hrs, from high time strict monitoring work had been dangerously Pandey said drew the said the government paid  30 ulation, then the traffic police Vihar Terminus (AVT)-Kanpur 10.12 hrs, from Farrukhabad at Farrukhabad at 02.55 hrs, from and cross-checking be carried compromised. attention of the underground for cattle fodder especially for will see the footages of the Central weekly special train 11.20 hrs, from Bhongaon at Fatehgarh at 03.12 hrs, from out on all the development She made a dig at the Jal water pipelines which despite cows in shelter homes and the offence from the respective from January 17 until further 12.10 hrs, from Mainpuri at Gursahaiganj at 03.53 hrs, from works being carried out under Nigam officials for their apathy repair had got damaged in a pending arrear has risen to  CCTV and record the same in notice every Sunday. All coach- 12.35 hrs, from Shikohabad at Kannauj at 04.20 hrs, from Smart City plans. and refusal to make changes or very short span of time and 5.50 crore and demanded that their books, get the details like es will be of reserved category 14.15 hrs, from Tundla at 15.20 Kalyanpur at 05.25 hrs, from The Mayor was famous carrying out monitoring of the pointed an accusing finger at it be immediately released to name, full address, contact and passengers travelling in hrs, from Aligarh at 16.10 hrs Kanpur Anwarganj at 06.02 hrs for her sharp criticism in every projects. She all the pipe laying the officials who had been car- ensure the continuity. number, vehicle details of vehi- them will have to follow the and will reach Anand Vihar and reach Kanpur Central at cle from the RTO office and an Covid-19 guidelines, Chief Terminus at 18.20 hrs. On the 06.20 hrs. A total of 20 coach- SMS will be sent notifying Public Relations Officer other hand, during the return es, including two of generator- about the fault committed and (CPRO) Pankaj Kumar Singh journey, the 04162 Anand cum-luggage van, six of general the amount of fine to be paid. said. The 04161 Kanpur Vihar Terminus-Kanpur second class, eight of sleeper .      He said the traffic police were Central-Anand Vihar Central weekly special train class, three of air-conditioned given the swiping machines to Terminus weekly special train from January 17 till further third and one of air-condi- generate and print the vehicle will from January 17 till further notice on every Sunday will tioned second class will be e-challan instantly to the traf- order leave Kanpur Central leave Anand Vihar Terminus at attached in the train.   76>5"8? fic violators. He said if one did not put on seat belt the CCTV woman was hacked to cameras will take pictures even 3 P   0      Adeath when she had gone for those two-wheeler riders 8PSS@TQPI9@IU  1 2(3 to ease herself in Lalpur village who did not wear helmets. QIT  + ,-( under the Phaphund police n international webinar was organised under station of on uring the ongoing inter-departmental Athe aegis of the Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Wednesday morning. Villagers DT20 cricket competition going on at the Rohilkhand University (MJPRU)’s Law informed the police when < ( Mini Stadium of North Eastern Railway Department and Women Grievance and Redressal Superintendent of Police and (NER) under the joint aegis of Manoranjan Cell under the patronage of Vice-Chancellor Prof Circle Officer reached the spot KANPUR (PNS): A youth was Institute and Divisional Sports Association KP Singh recently. It’s topic was ‘Protective Laws and carried out investigations. beaten to death by his relative (DSA) a match for Women: Comparative Analysis of the World Sarita (32) wife of Arvind with his two accomplices under between Mechanical and India’ in which participants from six coun- Dohre of Lalpur was killed by the Rasoolabd police station of and Signal depart- tries i.e Britain, America, Brazil, Hungary, India unidentified persons with Kanpur Dehat late on Tuesday ments was played etc took part. It was convened by Dr Amit Singh sharp-edged weapon when she night. In a bid to rescue him, on Tuesday. Batting and Prof Nivedita Srivastava. Dr Erzsebet Barat from had gone to answer call of son of the deceased was also first, the Mechanical Hungary, Dr Maria Luiza from Brazil and Professor nature in the field on injured. Police have lodged department team Asha Choubey from MJP Rohilkhand University Wednesday morning. On the FIR against three persons and was dismissed for attended the event as keynote speakers. Dr Amit information of villagers, her %(        %  !    6%  launched raids to nab them. 112, runs. Vineet Singh said empowerment of any country and soci- husband Rajesh informed the According to reports, Tashim contributed 26 runs, ety depends on status of women. Extensive provi- Station Head Officer Rajesh his house, a farmer committed handed over him to police. On Wednesday morning, vil- (38) of Bhuganiapur, Akbarpur, Sujeet 13 and sions have been made in the Indian Constitution Singh who immediately suicide by hanging himself at Uncle of the deceased girl had lagers found him hanging from lived with wife Reshma and son Deepak 11. For the and its laws regarding the empowerment and pro- reached the spot. Meanwhile, his tubewell in Balharamau lodged FIR against Rishabh and a mango tree at his tubewell on Gulshan in a hut on the out- Signal department, tection of women. Keynote speaker Dr Erzsebet SP Aparna Gautam and Circle village under the Derapur his father Dinesh for the mur- the outskirt of the village and skirt of Bujhwagdhewa village Pankaj took three Barat said women’s contribution to society cannot Officer Surendra Nath along police station of Kanpur Dehat der of his niece. Police had sent informed the police. It was of Rasoolabad. Late on Tuesday wickets and Ankit be underestimated whether they work in home or with forensic experts also late on Tuesday night. He was Rishabh to jail while raids were apprehended that Dinesh had night, when they were fast and Subhash two each. In response, the team outside, their work is as important as men and men- reached the spot and carried involved in the murder case of on to arrest his father Dinesh. become mentally upset on asleep, his uncle Kisari along of Signal department in 19.1 overs losing nine tioned various provisions related to women in out investigations. SP Aparna a teenaged girl in which his son On Tuesday, after a notice for being named in the murder with Jai and Viru reached there wickets made 117 runs and won the match by Hungary. The second keynote speaker on the occa- Gautam said investigations had already been sent to jail. demolishing his house was case and served notice for and began to beat up Tashim one wicket. Anurag contributed 44 runs, Ankit 14 sion was Dr Maria Lucia of Brazil. The programme were on. No complaint was According to reports, in a one- pasted at the doors of Dinesh’s demolition of his house which with stick. When Gulshan tried and Dharmendra 13. Vineet and Mukesh took was conducted by a teacher of the Law Department received from the kin so far by sided love affair, a 17 years old house by the police, the funer- forced him to end his life. to rescue his father, they also three wickets each for the Mechanical department. Kamini Vishwakarma while the vote of thanks was the police. girl was slit to death by her al of the girl was performed. Station Officer, Derapur, Samir beat up him and caused serious Vineet of the Mechanical department was declared proposed by Tapan Verma. Besides as members of FARMER COMMITS cousin brother Rishabh on Dinesh was still absconding Singh said Dinesh, wanted in a injury. On their raising alarm, Man of the Match for his all-round performance. the organising committee of the programme, SUICIDE: Upset from the Sunday morning. Villagers had and being traced by his family murder case, has committed all the assailants escaped from On the occasion railway employees and sports Prasun Trivedi, Raghvendra, Mansi Shukla, Aman police notice for demolishing caught hold of Rishabh and members along with the police. suicide. there. lovers were present in the pavilion. Khan etc made their active contribution.    !"#$%$! 7

0 9*    !        &  <   9  'R(    >7>5 5 attacked at Kanthi, thereafter my has provided him Z-category nect is a sitting MP and a former Magistrates and Superintendants followers were attacked at Purulia security following two IB reports Union Minister. He was on of Police to pull up their socks or Bengaluru: With the induction of seven ministers took the oath of office and ays after quitting the ruling and other places. As I am under apprehending threat to his life Tuesday removed as the chairman face action. new faces, Karnataka Chief Minister BS secrecy while Katti took it in the “name DTrinamool Congress and Z category security they are tar- demanding “full protection along of Digha Sankrpur Development Acting tough on erring offi- Yediyurappa on Wednesday expanded of farmers and God”. Eight-time legis- joining the BJP kicking up a geting my followers’ vehicles so as the routes I travel and the areas Authority Board (DSDA). cers Jain said that election will be his Cabinet for the third time in the last lator from Hukkeri, Katti was the first political storm, Suvendu Adhikari to hinder my movement,” where my rallies are held.” He said Though the elder Adhikari conducted only after “hundred 17 months. This comes after days of hec- one to be sworn in while six-time legis- has moved the Calcutta High Adhikari said adding “it is the duty the superintendants and com- continues to remain the chairman percent peace” has been ensured. tic parleys and discussions, including lator from Sullia, S. Angara was the last Court apprehending threat to his of the State Government --- and missioners of police should be of district TMC inside sources said He said so during a meeting with with the central leadership of the to be sworn in. life and seeking directions for the there by the State police adminis- directed to “ensure full protection that the TMC top leadership deci- the DMs, SPs and Commissioners (BJP). With the swearing in of seven new Mamata Banerjee Government tration --- which control’s State’s to me and my followers during sion to remove him from the said of Police. Those who took oath on Wednesday members, Yediyurappa has filled 33 to ensure full security along his law and order to ensure such political programmes.” posts was a ploy to instigate him Sources said that the EC has in the Raj Bhavan are Umesh Katti, Cabinet slots, while keeping one vacant route wherever he travels. my security when I am on the Meanwhile, continuing to take into following in his son’s foot- told the officials that any derelic- Aravind Limbavali, MTB Nagaraj, for the time being. Yediyurappa had In his petition, Adhikari has move.” penal actions on the Adhikari steps. Suvendu’s younger brother tion of duty would not be tolerat- Murugesh Nirani, R Shankar, CP directed Excise Minister H. Nagesh to referred to recurrent attacks on his Referring to a similar order family the Trinamool Congress on was earlier removed as the ed and that any complaint against Yogeeshwara and S. Angara. resign from his ministry and the CM is convoy by alleged Trinamool passed by Justice Dipankar Dutta Wednesday removed Suvendu’s Chairman of Haldia development any official from the rank of pre- Rajarajeshwari Nagara MLA likely to keep one vacant berth. Congress goons saying though he in 2007 directing the State father Sisir Adhikari from the dis- Authority. His another brother siding officer till the commissioner Muniratna Naidu, who was part of a This was the third expansion of the enjoys Z category security pro- Government to ensure his security trict presidentship of the party’s Dibeyendu Adhikari too is a party of police will first see the his or her group 17 defectors, has been left out, but Cabinet since Yediyurappa assumed vided by the central Government the former Bengal Minister said “I East Midnapore unit. He was MP from Tamluk constituency. removal. Yediyurappa for the time being assuaged charge in July 2019 after the collapse of the vehicles of his followers are have petitioned the High Court to replaced by State Minister Soumen Meanwhile, in a related devel- “Only after removal or sus- him stating that he would be accom- the Congress-JD(S) government as 17 regularly being attacked by the direct the State Government to re- Mahapatra. opment Deputy Election pension, other disciplinary actions modated during the next Cabinet reshuf- MLAs of the coalition partners defect- TMC-backed hooligans. implement the 2007 order itself.” The senior Adhikari, also a Commissioner Sudip Jain on like show-cause etc will follow,” an fle. ed and joined the BJP by resigning their “On January 3 my convoy was Adhikari said that the Centre powerful leader with mass con- Wednesday told the District insider quoting Jain said. While being inducted, six of the new Assembly membership. IANS ( &5'   (    *7% '* "  R

 6   charge of Tamil Nadu that the “The DMK is the party which other engagements except 15 Hindutwa party endorsed his has done maximum damage to watching the bull taming. He is    " name as the chief ministerial the Vanniyar community,” said likely to interact with farmers hief Minister Edappadi candidate. G K Vasan, leader of the PMK leader. to get a first hand information KOCHI: An effort by the chair- ing in the Academy on contract Deputy Director (Programmes), packed with CPI(M) activists CPalaniswamy has categor- Tamil Manila Congress, too This means that the about the issues faced by them. man of Kerala State Chalachitra basis as permanent staff. Programme Manager on con- and fellow travellers of the party. ically stated that there would declared his party’s support for DMDK is the only political Interestingly, the Congress had Academy (Kerala State Film Kamaluddin was appointed tract basis be declared as per- There is no space for persons be no National Democratic Palaniswamy as chief outfit that is yet to make its assured the people in its 2009 Academy) to jampack the gov- chairman of the Academy by the manent staff members of the who do not believe in other ide- Alliance (NDA) in Tamil Nadu minister. stance known about the assem- and 2014 election manifestos ernment-funded institution with CPI(M)-led Pinarayi Vijayan Government of Kerala. Film ologies,” said Prof P G Haridas, for the upcoming assembly A source close to Dr bly polls. With party founder that the party, if voted back to Marxists and Islamic funda- Government as part of its poli- Academy is tasked with holding working president, Tapasya, election. “The Front in Tamil Ramadoss, founder of the Vijayakanth ailing and remain- power, would ban Jallikattu. mentalists have come a cropper cy of appeasing minorities. The the annual International Film Kerala’s largest and oldest socio- Nadu will only be known as the Vanniyar dominated PMK, told ing out of action, his wife and J P Nadda, BJP President, thanks to an initiative by movie maker is an accused in a Festival of Kerala. Kamaluddin cultural organisation. Following AIADMK-led alliance,” said The Pioneer that the party party treasurer Premalatha is too would pay a two day visit Ramesh Chennithala, Leader sexual abuse case that hap- has said that cultural institutions Wednesday’s uproar from all Palaniswamy in his interaction would remain with the unlikely to move towards the to Tamil Nadu starting of the Opposition in the Kerala pened in 2018. An upcoming in the State should be packed non-Marxist organisations in with reporters on Tuesday. AIADMK. “Doctor Ayya (as DMK camp, said a political Thursday. Besides celebrating Assembly. film artist had alleged that with Marxists and those who the State, Kamaluddin said that The Chief Minister also Ramadoss is addressed by oth- commentator. Pongal (the annual harvest fes- Chennithala shocked the Kamaluddein had sexually uphold/follow it was to prevent Right Wing ele- made it clear that there would ers) is in talks with the Political Tamil Nadu is tival of Tamil Nadu) at a sub- ruling CPI(M) and the cultural exploited her after promising the Progressive/Marxist ideology. ments from hijacking the cul- be no change in the AIADMK- AIADMK leadership for reser- expected to come alive after the urb in Chennai, the BJP boss fraternity in the State when he role of heroin in his new venture. “This is to sustain the Left tural institutions that he wrote led alliance. This means that all vation for Vanniyar communi- visit of former Congress would be the chief guest at the released on the floor of the But the director said that he had nature of the Film Academy,” to the minister demanding the parties that contested in ty in government institutions President Rahul Gandhi to anniversary celebrations of House, copy of a letter written settled the issue then and there Kamaluddin has written in his regularisation of the Marxist and alliance with the AIADMK in and jobs. If our demands are Madurai on Thursday. The Thuglak , the weekly launched by Mohammed Majeed giving credence to the charges by letter to the Minister. Islamic elements. “There was a the 2019 election accepted, we will remain in the scion of the Congress party is by late “Cho” Ramaswamy. Kamaluddin (popularly known the young artist. “All cultural organisations lack of vigilance in sending the would fight the 2021 assembly AIADMK-led alliance,” said flying down to Madurai to The Thuglak anniversary is as Kamal), chairman of Kerala The Film Academy chair- funded by the Government of letter. The letter was not sent election together. the source. watch the traditional jallikattu rated as Tamil Nadu’s major State Film Academy, in which man has said in his letter that Kerala, viz Kerala Sahitya through the Film Academy He pointed out the But he also disclosed that (bull taming) at Avaniyapuram. socio-political-cultural event he has demanded A K Balan, persons who have been working Academy, Music and Dance office because it was a personal announcement by C T Ravi, the there was no question of the Congress chief K S Alagiri held on January 14 every minister of culture, to declare as Deputy Director (Festival), Academy, Folklore Academy, communication,” Kamaluddin BJP’s National Secretary in PMK aligning with the DMK. said that Rahul Gandhi has no year. the Marxists and Islamists work- Festival Programme Manager, Academy of Fine Arts are jam- said.  )  61 9:2'#"'#.#!!' 2)"Q3"#" 9  impartial investigations into the Munde should accept moral Munde, a senior NCP leader. “I have been in a relationship    =30   allegations against Munde by “not responsibility and resign from Dhananjay Munde is the with a woman named Karuna ( succumbing to political pressure”. his post as a minister. Even my estranged nephew of late BJP Sharma since 2003. This matter Talking to media persons, party president Chandrakant Patil leader Gopinatjh Munde. He for- was known to my family, wife and   76 >7>5 5 smuggling case. While Haq is in CBI cus-    #8#(5 Mrs Wagh said: “The allegations has made a demand for Mr mally joined the NCP after resign- friends. In this relationship of tody Mishra, considered close to TMC MP made against the minister are seri- Munde’s resignation as the min- ing as the BJP MLC on July 2, mutual consent, we were blessed n what BJP leaders Suvendu Adhikari and Abhishek Banerjee is currently at large. wo days after a woman lodged ous and shocking. I would like to ister,” she said. 2013. He was re-elected to the with a son and a daughter. I have IState party president Dilip Ghosh sees just According to reports the CBI is spec- Ta complaint with the Mumbai tell the police not to succumb to “In high profile cases like Maharashtra Legislative Council given my name to both of these the penultimate step before the Central ulating the role of government officials in police against Maharashtra’s Social any political pressure but to con- this, political pressure is brought on September 2, 2013. It may be kids,” Munde said. Bureau of Investigation reaches the doors the organised racket behind the cattle- Justice Minister Dhananjay duct an impartial probe into the to bear on the victim woman and recalled that Ajit Pawar had “From school admission to all of the “topmost Trinamool Congress lead- smuggling case and coal-mining scam. The Munde for alleged rape, the allegations against the minister her family and there is also like- encouraged Dhananjay, a BJP the papers these kids have my ership,” the central investigation agency is CBI had earlier discovered that cattle Opposition BJP on Wednesday and act against those found guilty”. lihood of evidence being tampered MLC then, to rebel against his name as parents, these kids stay all set to send summons to at least 17 IPS smuggling was unrestrained along the upped the ante, by demanding the “A couple months back, a with. Hence, it is essential for Mr uncle Gopinath Munde in the run with me. My family, wife and my officers in connection to the coal smuggling India-Bangladesh border which is alleged- minister’s resignation on “moral few private photographs involving Munde to resign from his post to up to the December 2011 presi- children have also taken these kids case. ly aided by some corrupt officers of the BSF grounds” and also seeking action Dhananjay Munde had gone viral. paver way for an impartial probe dential poll in the Parli Municipal as family and approved. I have “There is just one step remaining … let and Customs receiving illegal gratification against him from the Election I have been given to understand into the allegations against him,.” Council. taken the responsibility of taking the CBI first catch hold of these corrupt from smugglers. Commission for allegedly sup- that the minister wrote a letter in Mrs Wagh said. Meanwhile, in a detailed care of the woman named Karuna businessmen and implicate the IPS officers The 17 IPS officers under CBI radar pressing information that he had November last year that he was In a complaint lodged with the Facebook post, Munde referred to Sharma as the mother of my chil- then their hands will reach the TMC lead- may soon get the notice from the central two wives. being blackmailed and he had Election Commission of India the allegation of rape made against dren,” Munde said. ership that reside in South Kolkata,” agency to appear before it, sources said On a day when the NCP min- apprehended that there might be (ECI), BJP leader Kirit Somaiya him by one Renu Sharma, sister of “But from 2019, Karuna Adhikari said. while the ruling TMC leadership saw in it ister came out with a detailed allegations against him. Now a said that Munde had not disclosed the alleged victim woman, in Sharma and his sister Renu The CBI is investigating the coal and a ploy by the BJP to force these officials to Facebook post dismissing the woman named Renu Sharma has in his election affidavit filed dur- social media. “The documents Sharma blackmailed me and start- cattle smuggling cases in which it has depose against their top leadership. allegations against him as “fake” come forward and made allega- ing the 2019 State Assembly polls (released by Renu Sharma) men- ed demanding money. A com- already quizzed six Bengal police officers “Nothing will deter our leader Mamata aimed at “defaming and black- tions against Munde,” Mrs Wagh that he had two wives, children tion some complaints filed against plaint has also been lodged with and two former IPS officers. Two top busi- Banerjee from fighting against the com- mailing me”, BJP’s women's wing said. “There is a need for an and properties in their names. He me. All these allegations are fake, the police in connection with the nessmen Enamul Haq and Binay Mishra are munal forces like the BJP,” Trinamool MP leader Chtra Wagh asked the impartial probe into the allega- urged the ECI to order an inquiry aimed at defaming me and black- happenings since November 12, also being probed in the cattle and coal Saugato Roy said. Mumbai police to conduct an tions against Mr Munde. Mr and take appropriate action against mailing me,” he said. 2020,” he said. 0 (  ( E !    2F>"    *       G       55C8 5? old while the remaining three 3  "?56D are minors. Srinagar: Jammu & Kashmir Additional Superintendent Police have arrested two asso- Seesali (Andhra Pradesh): ring where the cockfights occur, our girls, including three of Police (ASP) Etawah ciates of proscribed terrorist Hundreds of people gathered at which is surrounded by some Fsisters, have been missing Omveer Singh said that a case outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba from Seesali village in Andhra more tents where the punters sit under mysterious circum- has been registered under sec- Bulbul Bagh in Barzulla area of Pradesh's West Godavari dis- to watch and gamble. stances from the Civil Lines tions 363 and 366 of Srinagar district, officials said trict on Wednesday afternoon Hundreds of plastic chairs area of . IPC. on Wednesday. to engage in cockfights and are laid in the tents for people The four girls had left their “We have questioned the The arrested terrorist asso- place bets worth crores of to sit and enjoy the show. On homes on Monday morning to school authorities who claimed ciates have been identified as rupees as part of Sankranti cel- the other side of the tents, space attend their classes at a nearby that the girls did not reach Muzaffar Jan, a resident of old ebrations. is allocated for temporary food government school. school on Monday. The police Barzulla, Srinagar and Abass Sankranti just started with and beverage outlets where The girls did not return also questioned their parents, Shafi Najar, a resident of Bhogi festivities on Wednesday, spicy fried chicken in Andhra home and their parents final- who have denied having enmi- Natipora, Srinagar. wherein people pile up old style is making brisk sales. ly reported the matter to the ty with anybody. Four investi- “Arms and ammunition wood and burn it to symboli- Despite the arrangements, police on Monday night. gating teams have been formed including two Chinese pistols, cally ring out the old and invite many spectators had to stand One of the girls is 18 years to locate the girls,” he said. two magazines and 13 live pis- the new in the wee . on their feet and struggle to tol cartridges were recovered Seesali is a small Godavari catch a glimpse of the cockfight from their possession,” the village, 10 km away from because the people sitting police said. Bhimavaram by the JP Road, before would always block. 8(5  Police have registered FIR where some acres of flattened As the cockfights are and investigation in the case is (   "         &+ +  +   +  paddy fields host the bloody planned to last for three days underway. IANS ( !  %/0 sport every year without fail, and also run till midnight, the  Q>  ? behind a defunct prawn pack- organisers have fixed flood- aging and exporting company. lights and a public address Manthena Ramaraju, local system.Volunteers wield a whip 5 09 5    -8      MLA and Telugu Desam Party like stick used to control bul- (TDP) leader representing the lock cart bulls to bring order Kolkata: Amid the ongoing ' !#&"%&- * Thiruvananthapuram: The avid fan of Vijay while speak- seats. Subramanian Mani, a Undi constituency was seen to when people do not follow dis- Covid-19 pandemic situation, $%# '! )%&) movie theaters in Kerala, which ing to IANS over telephone Murugan, owner of a the- member of the Vijay fans club be busy at the event. He entered cipline and block others view. the Calcutta High Court on )*#)$ = >+-'/# were shut for around ten from Kozhikode said, “We ater group in while speaking to IANS over the ring many times. “Everybody should vacate Wednesday advised all the pil-  #%$%)&& $+ months owing to Covid restric- booked the tickets two days Thiruvananthapuram told telephone said, “Vijay is indeed As the specially bred cocks the ring right now. Please leave grims to go for 'E-snan' (E- tions opened on Wednesday. prior through an online portal IANS, “It's a great relief. Even a mega star. The movie will be fight it out with sharp knives the ring. If you do not cooper- bathe) during the holy Ganga " '!#)# -&#+)$ Over 500 of the total 670 and all the seats were full. though we may get only 25 per super, we are about to enter the tied to their feet, Ramaraju was ate, we cannot conduct cock- Sagar Mela in West Bengal this )$!!#&$ $+ #.#% theaters opened to the public. However, Apsara theater let us cent of the collection owing to theater and there are no tick- also seen enjoying the show fights, “ requests a volunteer. year. Concerned by the risk of # .%# ) South Indian Super star down, two shows have been distribution charges of the ets even for fan club members from a vantage point, wearing He also warns that he will hit spreading Covid-19 infection, a Vijay's movie, “Master”, is the cancelled. They say they will movies, we are happy that the for the next one week.” dark sunglasses on the first day them and requests them not to bench of Chief Justice Thottathil (PIL) filed by Ajay Kumar De inaugural movie in all the the- refund the ticket charge, we government has allowed the Super stars of Malayalam of cockfights in this village. feel bad later. B. Radhakrishnan and Justice over the issue of public health aters in the state. However in don't want that. We want to theaters to open. It's a grand movie industry, Mammootty, Other local big shots who Meanwhile, a cockfight just Arijit Banerjee ordered the and safety on the occasion of certain theaters, owing to pro- watch the movie”. gala opening with Vijay movie Mohanlal, Prithviraj have attended the cockfights include got over, which triggers a chain Mamata Banerjee-led state Makar Sankranti. jector equipment complaints, Theaters in the state capi- 'Master'. This makes us doubly thanked the Chief Minister G. V. Narasimha Raju, brother reaction in the spectators. All administration to make neces- The pilgrimage attracts the show was put on hold. tal Thiruvananthapuram happy and all the shows are Pinarayi Vijayan for having of former Narasapuram MP of them faithfully exchange sary arrangements to dissuade lakhs of Hindu devotees every Apsara theater in Kozhikode opened with all the shows booked for the next one allowed the theater's to func- Ganga Raju, newly appointed wads of cash pledged in the bet the pilgrims going for a holy dip year who throng the Sagar Island cancelled the 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. being booked. However, owing week.” tion. YSRCP Undi constituency in on their chosen rooster.In addi- in the water. Instead the admin- in West Bengal's South 24- shows owing to a projector to Covid protocol theaters have In Palakkad district which With the theater's opening, charge Ramaraju and others. tion to the two individual cock istration can facilitate them to Parganas district. Devotees take complaints, thereby disap- been allowed to admit only half borders Tamil Nadu, the movie there is a long list of movies to In about five acres of lev- owners who place the main bet opt for 'E-snan' during the reli- the holy dip in the water at the pointing a huge number of fans the capacity. Every theater has opened with fans showering be screened in the days to come elled paddy fields, the organis- in the central tent, hundreds of gious congregation. confluence of river Ganga offer- who had gathered in the the- put a gap of one seat and tied huge cutouts of Vijay with with Jayasurya starrer, “Vellam” ers pitched makeshift tents. enthusiasts sitting by also bet The bench was presiding ing prayers at the Kapil Muni ater. ribbon so as to not allow the flowers and even pouring milk to be screened in select theaters The central tent serves as the with each other. IANS over a Public Interest Litigation temple on the island. IANS Mohammed Koya, 34, an people to sit in between two on them. on January 22. IANS    !"#$%$! 8 ;'#+";!   $ :  9 "   $ : : +!+:/ .< +!*,               +   +A Q R    R   2 ";            !8.+(4 1 O   1" "  G            !    O             !     ! !   "#  N   O      9;      F<     O   (  = >?            $   2 !       !                     II!   G  -           !            ! <%%               oreign Minister Pradeep           ! Gyawali is in New Delhi for              the 6th Meeting of India- Nepal Joint Commission.          -           FThe invitation was given before       !             Nepal Prime Minister KP Oli, fac-               F?      ing a revolt in his party, dissolved Parliament last month and ordered . J )  S 8             -  ( elections, making him the head of  ( 6-((7     #  >:    0  !  1  a caretaker Government. Oli shot to 1  O     >?F      8  O     ! fame by winning an overwhelming mandate for the pro-China Nepal      8          (8'   , Communist Party (NCP) on an (  +    >>   .          P  anti-India wave of ultra-nationalism    Q      8     8       and later bashing New Delhi with sundry charges, including territor-       G  0  .   S         ial aggression and attempts at         (            unseating his Government. In                    diplomacy there are neither perma- nent friends nor permanent ene- 8    8.+(4!>D    (   9>KF<;  ><>9D>>>  ! mies, only permanent interests.                  !   >FD?E Oli decided to make up to India      9<9          >K;     with friendly overtures to which India responded favourably, has followed. Since its drubbing issue in Chief Justice Cholendra the Maoists as “hijackers of Mao’s   >F>F9D     * 0  '  "       prompting Nepalis to speculate over mishandling Nepal’s Rana heading the Bench. fair name” and called them “mis-               "  S     ! that the dissolution of the House Constitution in 2015 and the Whether the House is restored or chievous anti-State rebels” till           ( 2   * 0  '   ! might be at India’s behest and that Kalapani row in 2019, India has fresh elections held, the awe and they rocketed into power, with China’s loss is India’s gain. Except remained hands off Nepal, espe- might of the NCP will never be China conveniently recognising          (      P  Q    that the validity of the premature- cially after the NCP’s unassailable the same again. We may see two ideological congruence between              * 0  -     1  ly terminated Parliament in which election victory in 2017. It was NCPs or the NCP could unrav- them.           S        Oli enjoyed a majority is to be deter- resigned for a full five-year term el into its previous avatars — the After Prachanda was forced                      mined by that country’s Supreme of the NCP, during which China "5-5 1?6 CPN UML and the CPN Maoist to step down as the Prime Court and an “election was expected to consolidate its Centre. The division, it is note- Minister in 2008, he admitted      " $   '  - 4    6$'-47  /  Government” could be in place if strategic gains. The long-simmer-   55? worthy, has taken place more that initially he thought China / 8   '                  and when the elections are held. So ing power-sharing dispute with- 5?   among the CPN UML (which was required to balance India but       P   Q " * $    far, India has issued one official in the NCP, egged on by ego and has had three former Prime later realised that India was more statement noting that the political ambition of its leaders, present- 7@?# Ministers) than among the important for Nepal. Former                -   P      developments are an “internal mat- ed an opportunity for New Delhi Maoists. The NCP has not split Prime Minister Madhav Nepal                   Q     ! ter for Nepal to decide as per its to try and subtly reshape the 55 6 as neither Oli nor Prachanda used to be jokingly called   G   * 0  '           ! democratic process”. Indian political landscape. There is noth-  ? 5    want to be blamed for its bad Madhav India. In the power Ambassador Vinay Kwatra has met ing immoral or sinful in prevent- optics. The Election Commission games that were ritually played       - $              Government Ministers in ing China from turning the 7""7? 8 6 1 says that the Prachanda-Nepal out in Kathmandu, New Delhi’s        G            ! Kathmandu to continue minimal tables on India as long as the 7 5   faction, claiming to be the larg- blessings were invariably sought.                         engagement. Meanwhile, the major- game is played skilfully, and not er and original faction, has Beijing, though a late entrant, ity faction of the NCP — led by co- clumsily as in the past. It is the "565 applied for ownership of the assumed primacy after India’s P S      Q         0     ! chairs Madhav Nepal and first time during Nepal’s internal party’s symbol and name but it marginalisation.    (           Prachanda, who is also the new crisis that China is seen as the    has not recognised the split as A fresh election is the best leader of the parliamentary party “great interferer”, not the usual they are not registered as two par- case scenario for democratic and other Opposition parties — is culprit India, and what’s better is "7 15#66 ties. Despite the matter being sub forces, especially the Nepali out on the streets challenging Oli’s that there is no palpable anti- )5@ judice, Oli has been publicly Congress which could emerge as “undemocratic” and “unconstitu- India sentiment. claiming that Parliament will the single largest party as it did .  &  = tional” dissolution of Parliament. The Oli Government is 1?5  not be restored even as four for- in 2013 after Maoists were rout- Heavily invested in Nepal, China expected to be in office for some mer Chief Justices have called the ed. New Delhi should have sound failed to secure a patch-up and unity time before the Supreme Court dissolution unconstitutional. relations with all the parties but, -      (? "   " in the NCP despite dispatching a delivers its verdict. New Delhi has The primary mission now of most of all, with the people of   ( @   Chinese Communist Party delega- secured a timely reconciliation the Chinese Communist Party Nepal. Seasoned Nepal-watchers tion to the Himalayan State. with Oli who is pro-US, pro-IPS, and its versatile Ambassador in India are warning the   5 " 2   +  62+7   "  The China-US rivalry in Nepal pro-MCC and once India’s blue- Hou Yanqi is to prevent the for- Government against entertaining has been hotting up over the Indo- eyed boy. His statement on mal split at all costs. Although the opportunistic Oli and his     (        Pacific Strategy (IPS) and the relat- Sunday in the National Assembly both factions have spurned caretaker Government and let the ( ed Millennium Challenge that “I want to be a real friend of business. India reported Chinese attempts to effect a Nepalese deal with the political            2+ !  "         ! Corporation, both seen by the India” has to be tested. Routine increased speed and efficiency in compromise for the sake of party mess they have created. In other Prachanda-Nepal group as counter- work and interaction between the the interactions among unity, Beijing’s wealth is a strong words, India should be an idle       2+   (  ing China and obstructing its Belt Governments has to continue. Government departments and an incentive for compliance. Still, bystander. This is precisely what          (S    and Road Initiative (BRI). India’s Following King Gyanendra’s Indian official had remarked: while both the factions are China wants India to do.               border standoff and longstanding royal coup in 2004, India con- “Never achieved so much so China-leaning, the two separate (The writer, a retired Major contestation with China makes it a demned the squashing of democ- fast!” entities of the NCP were also General, was Commander, IPKF           ! natural partner of the US — rather racy by stopping all lethal mili- Nepal’s Supreme Court will India-friendly. It was post-2015, South, Sri Lanka, and founder           " the other way round in Nepal — tary aid to the Nepal Army, decide today whether an extend- and especially after 2017, that the member of the Defence Planning      2+   8.9  turning the bilateral competition tri- which was fighting the Maoists, ed full Bench or a constitution- Communist factions visibly tilt- Staff, currently the Integrated lateral. The US has normally let but soon it accepted the fait al Bench should hear the case. ed towards Beijing. During the Defence Staff. The views expressed  :;    ( . 9<9< "  82. 2 India take the lead in Nepal and it accompli and resumed bilateral There is also a legal and moral civil war, the Chinese lampooned are personal.) '           "     (     = 9<9>       4   9<9< * '   "    0  , $         ,  #   86  7*                  "     "  ( '   2           !       K,               6  6 $5     #      1            0        $      $ I !          ! '                      $    $              S (    $   $ 1             - $   6$ *%&&#-% 6 '# $%*   &)% !)$%  &)%## !$#!            (S        S 1   ?   (?   > >   2                     !    (      "         '  :    (  ?<  0           (    #       2+  (                      $         (     !           Sir — Every State in India Sir — As the furore over changes          2+          should follow in the footsteps of    I  in WhatsApp’s privacy policy     "  the Assam Government which      $    grows, a wide range of compa-  !                        9<>? "   ! has decided to give financial nies have started switching to incentives to school-going girls. # "  J#      the messaging platform Signal.  @><<<            (    '   It will help encourage the girls I$   !    This happened after the 9<>;                   ! to attend school, eventually      I     - Facebook-owned company                    '  increasing their attendance and      - $   decided to continue with its new enrolment ratio.     -    - privacy policy.   A4(           P'  (S     (   In many far-off places and        $ In the coming days, com-  :<                  S  rural areas, parents are still  !       mon people will also move out   (    Q      1      " S  reluctant to send their daughters         I$ of WhatsApp to other plat- to school due to several reasons. 5 I       forms and the company will                     Consequently, girls often fail to I     receive a major setback. The    2+               complete their schooling and are   $       6 6 $"   companies in the field of social  (               2+     married off at an early age.          $     I media must remember that the Illiterate women and girls         *      - privacy of end users is of utmost (     "                  are more vulnerable as they are I     -   $ !      importance and people are not                     ! unaware of their rights and   !     $  I     $      willing for it to be compromised.  #   $         ?D<<<    privileges. If the girls are educat-      !   -    !   It is also high time for the ed and financially independent,      $5!    I $ Government to encourage           2+         several unethical and illegal          Ganapathi Bhat young entrepreneurs to come up                   2+    practices like dowry will come         - Akola with alternatives to the                      to an end. We need more social WhatsApp platform. We should       EF       @><9      (  reformers like Raja Ram Mohan     sition of the panel is heavily panel by adding members who also avoid using such platforms Roy, who can staunchly fight for weighing against their interests. agree with the farmers’ views. where our privacy is not secure.      2+   (            the rights of women. Although Sir — It’s not appropriate on the Perhaps the apex court should When the SC has intervened, the Social media is an effective tool          &4        (   Indian women have made a part of farmers’ unions to judge have taken onboard members farmers should wait and watch in our hands only if we are    2+                mark in every field, be it acad- the expert panel set up by the having both for and against and take a break from dharna. aware and cautious of our emics, bureaucracy, Supreme Court (SC) on the stands in equal numbers. In such Ultimately, both the privacy breaches. 2+                   ! politics and so on, we still need basis of the previous stand of its a situation, there would be bet- Government and the farmers Bhagwan Thadani      !!          ! to end gender discrimination at members. The fact remains that ter amalgamation of thoughts to should reach a point where they Mumbai   -   "        (         all cost. they are experts on the subject. arrive at an amicable solution. are able to end the deadlock. Aman Jaiswal It is quite possible for the The top court can still D Nagarjuna     + *          2+        Delhi farmers to feel that the compo- review this angle and expand the Hyderabad ))%&)$"$ %?*#1!$    !"#$%$! 9 ;'#+";! &  2< 2<     76 6         (3"    6  O   B  7   P1       6P 61 7            L 6  L         O      !           I  # R@  @

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The voting was mostly on party .              lines, with one Republican voting in favour of       6;<   7      ! the resolution and another five abstaining.   69<   7      6><   7 The 25th Amendment, adopted more than 50 years ago in the wake of President John F $ !!           Kennedy’s assassination, provides a mechanism      $           for the succession of the President for his replace-                  ment in the event he proves unfit to serve. Under          .    EF        the amendment, the Vice-President and a 75#? 15           $       majority of either the Cabinet or some other "?6  56                A  4  body designated by Congress may remove the @?( (   6A4(7  (              President from office. ?#7@ @>     9<>E G             Wednesday’s resolution came after Mike '?7#7'' 1          ( $       Pence wrote to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that ()           (        he would not invoke the 25h Amendment. #"51# Earlier, the House Judiciary Committee "?7166! despite Trump hectoring: “Do it impeached by the House on December No American President has ever                Chairman Jerrold Nadler released a majority staff Mike, this is time for extreme 18, 2019, on two counts: Abuse of been removed from office by the                   ! report for the impeachment of Trump. The 50- 57 courage.” power and obstruction of Congress. Of impeachment process, and no               A   page report made a strong case to impeach the "?6  56 Lawmakers, mostly Democrats course, he was acquitted by the President has been impeached by the         P Q      Republican President. ( #"51 and some Republicans, have accused Republican, the Grand Old Party, House more than once. Impeachment             At a time like this, one cannot help but be () 786 Trump of “fomenting the violence (GOP)-controlled Senate on February proceedings were launched against '                reminded of the warnings issued by Mitt #7? with his relentless falsehoods” and want 5, 2020. Yet, Trump faces the ignominy four Presidents, namely, Andrew S           (S Romney, a Republican Senator. He had fore- 571$ him impeached or removed. Albeit, a of a second unprecedented impeach- Johnson (1868), Richard Nixon (1974), , 4   8  6,487      warned prophetically during the presidential #"51# few days are left for the inaugural of the ment bid at the fag end of his presiden- Bill Clinton (1998) and Donald Trump    @9F      9<>F  9<:<    ! campaign in March 2016 that Trump was a "?71 6 new presidency, yet Democrats and a cy. Normally, there is an impeachment (2019) but the motions failed.     @>;<          ! “fraud who had neither the temperament nor the ?581 considerable number of Republican investigation by the House and the evi- Nixon resigned before the proceed- judgement to be President.” leaders and officials want Trump to be dence is sent to the House Judiciary ings were launched. Legal experts are    " S          55 6 '78? Other elder Republican Senators like John removed from office before January 20. Committee, which holds hearings, divided into three camps over the    @>D    ,         McCain and Lindsey Graham, too, had warned "?6  6! They accuse Trump of abuse of power drafts articles and sends them to the desirability or otherwise of the              against Trump becoming the President. During 5#)! to the effect that he “wilfully made full House. The impeachment of impeachments proceedings against -     L A      @F   ! the campaign, Trump had threatened: “If I 5?2767 statements that encouraged and fore- Trump by the House in 2019 took three Trump. According to one view, “A   9<9K      Ph‡€hv iuh 7uh h‡ 6 !  (7Q become President, the media is going to have a C3LKLD! seeably resulted in imminent lawless months. President can be impeached only while          "      ! problem.” He had gone on to describe the media ? 15? M7 action at the Capitol.” However, this time, with so few in office.” Another opinion is that, if the              !I   as “among the most dishonest groups of people C3N4ED! The draft impeachment mentioned days left, there was a feeling among House votes to impeach while the           0        I have ever met.” ( 1  7 Trump’s prior and consistent efforts to Democrats that there was little need to President is in office, the Senate can            In a February 2017 tweet, Trump, then the C3NNLD5 “subvert and obstruct” the results of the investigate what happened, since most proceed to a trial even after the -  (              President, called the media the “enemy of the 75 ?8#" election and referenced his call to the members of the Congress were in the President has left office. And, a third                 ! American people”, a term, the critics noted then, CG,3ND(8   Georgia Secretary of State asking him Capitol Hill when the mob broke in. view is that the entire process can begin was used by Stalin and Mao Zedong. It’s intrigu- to find more votes after losing the State Speaker Pelosi held a floor vote even after the President is out of         8           ! ing that despite the complex electoral procedure #7 76'5  to Biden. with no hearings or reference to the office. No President has ever been       6' +7          established by the makers of the US Constitution The draft went on to say: “Trump House Judiciary Committee. Now that impeached after leaving office. But as                  ! to ensure that the office of the President does has falsely claimed there was wide- the House has moved a resolution urg- the House Speaker, Pelosi, said:           ' +    not “fall to men with low intrigue and the little spread fraud in the election, and the ing Mike Pence to invoke the 25th “Democrats will preserve every option”       S          arts of popularity”, Trump was elected the 45th baseless claims have been repeatedly Amendment to remove the President to force Trump from office, either               ! President of the country. echoed by congressional Republicans... from office, the article and evidence through the 25th Amendment or       # -  * 6#-*7     The shameful assault on the Capitol Hill, the President Trump gravely endangered would be sent to the Senate, where a impeachment. In the end, whether   9<>;  9<>E #-*          ! seat of the US Congress, by the rioting support- the security of the United States and its trial would be held and there would be Trump is impeached or not, only time      8    - $        ers of Trump on January 6, when the Congress institutions of Government... He final votes to convict or acquit. It would will tell. However, the infamy of a sec-         "        was in joint session to take count of the votes threatened the integrity of the demo- outlast the tenure of Trump. ond impeachment is a fitting denoue- of the Electoral College, proved the proverbial cratic system, interfered with the However, even now, many ment of Trump’s presidency. If he were                   last nail on his presidency. The premeditated vio- peaceful transition of power and Republicans, even those who have crit- a man of honour or good sense, he          (   2  lence was so egregious that even the Republican imperiled a coordinate branch of the icised Trump, say impeachment would would have quit. But a dignified exit is 4       - 2  8    (  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Government. He thereby betrayed his be unhelpful, as it would do “more not Trump’s style of functioning. He      (          2     appealed to the lawmakers to finish the count trust as President, to the manifest harm than good.” But Democrats and will make a mess of it and go down                  " in the wake of “the failed insurrection.” injury of the people of the United some Republicans, too, feel that: “It fighting.            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ation and insolvency cases. GST was track record in dealing with litiga- even further. The real estate sector just limited to bringing about clarifications issued by the CBDT to file declarations under this the biggest-ever indirect tax reform tion is not impressive. The NDA is one of the largest employment- changes in laws. It must ensure that entitle a taxpayer to avail the scheme scheme to avoid an embarrassing in the country which helped in sim- Government unveiled the generating ones in the country and these changes are implemented cor- if the appeal period had not expired situation. If the mandarins sitting in plification and unification of the tax Transparent Taxation Rights Charter new arrangements keep evolving in rectly on the ground. It is right to on January 31. the North Block didn’t learn from regime. As with all big changes, for Taxpayers in its second term it. The Joint Development chase and penalise tax evaders but, This means that the time to raise the failure of Sabka Vishwas and there were some teething problems which shows good intent on its part. Agreement (JDA) is one such if raising tax demands on transac- the dispute is still available in cases now VSV, too, is going in the same in the implementation of GST but Prior to this, Finance Minister Arun arrangement in which a landown- tions which are not yet crystalised like tax orders not being served on direction, then the babus must be these were driven by shortcomings Jaitley had proposed a Dispute er enters into an agreement with the is not “tax terrorism” then perhaps the assessee or even if a delayed criticised for their myopic vision. related to the information technol- Resolution Scheme (DRS) in 2016 developer and the owner of the plot Government officials should rede- appeal is filed which is admitted by There is no mechanism to take stock  % ogy platform. Apart from this, the to reduce tax litigation. gets his share in the constructed fine this term as per their conve- the tax department. However, many of how taxpayers’ grievances are lackadaisical attitude of States Though the infamous Vodafone property after completion. There are nience. assessees are allegedly awaiting dealt with. If genuine issues are not ormer President late Pranab regarding cracking down on tax eva- retrospective tax amendment ghost many cases where an agreement was The Government launched the communication from the depart- resolved then people will approach Mukherjee had quoted sion was coming from the fact that which continues to haunt the Centre made but the building is yet to be ambitious ‘Vivad se Vishwas’ (VSV) ment on the status of admission of courts with writ petitions. This will FKautilya in his 2010 Budget GST compensation was guaran- is a legacy issue, the Government’s constructed due to reasons ranging scheme in the last Budget with the their appeals. This is again a case of defeat the very purpose of such speech highlighting the fact that teed by the Centre but the own record doesn’t align with the from delay in getting necessary intent to unclog the judiciary and poor implementation of the well- schemes. financial prosperity depended on Coronavirus crisis changed the sit- promises made to taxpayers. approvals to lack of funds and so on. realise the money locked in litiga- intended scheme of faceless assess- Socio-political issues like farm- public affluence. Policy certainty is uation drastically. However, GST Budgetary data show that direct tax In a nutshell, the landowner gets tion. The Central Board of Direct ment/appeal. ers’ agitation require use of politi- essential to bring financial prosper- collection is increasing now after collection has increased at a nothing except for an agreement on Taxes (CBDT) issued circulars for A similar initiative called ‘Sabka cal capital but resolving tax litigation ity to a nation and the ruling BJP State Governments began taking Compound Annual Growth Rate a piece of paper till the time the implementation of the scheme and Vishwas’ was launched in the pre- and charting a clear path requires a promised this in its 2014 election action to check the revenue loss aris- (CAGR) of 10 per cent, while the building is completed. However, the the intent was to settle the disputes. vious year to settle indirect tax cases vision and honest implementation manifesto. Bringing on board all ing out of fake input tax credits. amount under dispute has increased tax department has raised demand, But if field officers are not comply- which received a lukewarm on the ground. The road to a $5 tril- State Governments for adopting Similarly, the Insolvency and at a CAGR of 15 per cent. interest and levied penalty on such ing with the legislative intent to a response. Though the Centre lion-economy requires more than a the Goods and Services Tax (GST), Bankruptcy Code (IBC) was a The disputed amount has transactions. Thankfully, the large extent and many issues are not claimed that it had realised 39,000 noble intent and wishful thinking. addressing all their concerns, over- major shift in policy towards deal- increased from 3,40,985 crore in Government bought an amend- getting resolved, the Government is crore from it, the Government The Government should regularly hauling the dispute resolution mech- ing with the bad loan crisis plagu- 2014 to 8,02,621 crore in 2020 ment in 2017 to ensure that the tax- to be blamed squarely for this. received only around 15,000 crore do a status check of the implemen- anism and providing a non-adver- ing the country. Various cases have while direct tax collection has man could tax such transactions Because it is not the bureaucracy because the rest of the amount was tation status of schemes and laws sarial and conducive tax environ- been successfully resolved under the increased from 7,35,271 crore in only after the completion certificate who has to seek the mandate of the already pre-deposited by assesses. In and taxmen should be accommoda- ment were also part of the poll IBC framework but this will be put 2014 to 13,19,000 crore in 2020. was received. This was the right people every five years. And people a nutshell, this scheme was not a tive in their approach while imple- promise which the saffron party to a tougher test now because var- Since 2020 was an exceptional year decision. But if taxmen have raised see the faces of their elected repre- success despite desperate calls made menting settlement schemes. made in that election year. ious entities are facing financial due to the outbreak, tax collections demands on the JDA where the sentatives, not bureaucrats. by the Government to people to (The writer is a Chartered To its credit, the Government stress due to the ongoing pandem- are likely to be significantly less than building is not yet completed then The VSV scheme had specified avail it. VSV is a good scheme but Accountant and a public policy made some notable structural ic. the budgeted numbers. Therefore, isn’t it unjustified? January 31, 2020, as the cut-off date the Government had to reach out to analyst. The views expressed reforms in the areas of indirect tax- However, the Government’s tax collection CAGR will go down The Government’s role is not for settlement of disputes. Successive Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) are personal.)    !"#$%$! 10

:       0 @ ,"   (E9)9 ; 2    ) /  34 <%5#3 year-ago period in December, a Activity Indicator rose to -2.3%   #8#(5 Pharma and Dr Reddy’s Japanese brokerage said on in December provisionally when were among the laggards, tum-      “Homebuyers are increas-  ;B=D Wednesday. compared to the year-ago peri- napping its three-day bling up to 2.85 per cent. 6# "& ingly becoming more confident Based on data shown by its od’s performance, and was much Srecord-setting run, the BSE According to Binod Modi, he National Capital Region about returning to the market. proprietary models, Nomura better than the -7.7% year-on- Sensex closed marginally lower Head-Strategy at Reliance #=;8#3#" T(NCR) witnessed a quarter- Site visits and enquiries from   #8#(5 also revised up wits FY21 GDP year witnessed in November after a choppy session on Securities, domestic equities on-quarter growth of 43 per prospective buyers have been forecast to a contraction of 6.7 %, and -13.3% in September, it said. Wednesday as investors pock- were volatile and gave-up early '++# cent in the sale of housing units increasing consistently, driven conomic activity continued as against the official estimate of The brokerage said this eted gains in banking and gains as profit booking was vis- during the October-December primarily by end-users who are Ewith its pace of normalisation a 7.7% contraction in the pan- suggests a “strong recovery” in finance stocks amid mixed ible in a large number of stocks. period on the back of festive keen in ready-to-move-in pro- and the festivities helped narrow demic-impacted fiscal year. Q4. “The pandemic situation did global cues. “While contraction in   #8#(5 discounts, low interest rates and jects and newly launched pro- the deficits as compared to the The Nomura India Monthly not substantially deteriorate in Participants also kept their November 2020 IIP data indi- some premium launches by jects by established developers,” the festive season in December powder dry ahead of some key cates more measures by FM in he Indian rupee established developers, said a said Manish Aggarwal, quarter, clearing the decks for a corporate results, traders said. the budget to stimulate eco- Tstrengthened gains for JLL report.However, sales are Managing Director, Delhi Q5#3" .  faster pace of economic normal- After gyrating over 721 nomic activities, better than the second straight day and yet to reach the pre-Covid lev- NCR, JLL India. isation,” it said. points during the day, the 30- anticipated softening in CPI closed 10 paise higher at els witnessed in 2019, it said. The report also noted that “We expect GDP growth of share BSE index ended 24.79 data for December 2020 73.15 against the US dollar Noida continued to dom- the quarter also witnessed the ;  <%%   -6.7 per cent y-o-y in FY21, points or 0.05 per cent lower at negates the looming concerns on Wednesday, tracking inate sales with 45 per cent launch of plotted developments before rising to 13.5 per cent in 49,492.32. It scaled a record over low interest rate scenarios. upbeat Asian currencies share of overall sales in Delhi- and individual floors by promi-   "R FY22, above consensus (10 per intra-day peak of 49,795.19. “We continue to believe and sustained foreign fund NCR, followed by Ghaziabad, nent developers. While prices cent). The broader NSE Nifty that that a sharp rebound in inflows. which contributed 31 per cent remained range-bound across Along with the moderation inched up 1.40 points or 0.01 high frequency key economic At the interbank forex of the total sales. all the submarkets, developers   #8#(5 tract by 6.7% as against the in inflation in the short term due per cent to its fresh closing data for December 2020 indi- market, the rupee opened at The residential market also are offering freebies and attrac- government’s estimate of 7.7 to lower food prices, we believe record of 14,564.85. The index cates demand revival, which 73.16, and hit an intra-day rebounded with some promi- tive payment terms to serious delay in Covid-19 vaccine % contraction. It can be noted the economy is entering a touched a lifetime high of bodes well for the markets. high of 73.10 and a low of nent new launches. In Q4 2020, homebuyers. Adistribution could impact that a slew of policy measures Goldilocks period,” it said. It can 14,653.35 during the day. Further, 3Q FY21 corporate 73.23. It finally finished at new launches more than tripled Overall, residential prop- GDP growth prospects in the have been taken in the recent be noted that earlier in the day, M&M was the top gainer earnings are progressing well 73.15, higher by 10 paise when compared to the last erty sales across the top seven next fiscal year and the past including deep rate cuts, analysts at its American peer Bofa in the Sensex pack, rallying and are expected to sustain over its last close. quarter. Majority of the launch- markets in the country rose by Reserve Bank may cut policy which had to be halted Securities also pegged the GDP 6.24 per cent, followed by SBI, growth, which along with Meanwhile, the dollar es were recorded in Gurugram, 51 per cent as compared to Q3 rates by 50 basis points by because of a surge in inflation to close FY21 with a contraction ITC, NTPC, Bharti Airtel and weak dollar and soft monetary index, which gauges the which accounted for 61 per 2020.It is important to note that June as inflation cools down, to beyond the upper end of of 6.7%. Axis Bank. policy of global bankers greenback’s strength against cent of the new launches fol- this improvement has been a foreign brokerage said on the range set for RBI. The Japanese brokerage On the other hand, Bajaj should continue to attract FPIs a basket of six currencies, lowed by Noida which con- holistic with seven key resi- Wednesday.BofA Securities Speaking to reporters a day said an index which it uses as a Finance, HDFC, Bajaj Finserv, into domestic equities,” he rose 0.07 per cent to 90.15. tributed 24 per cent of the dential markets showing an said it expects GDP growth at after official data suggested a proxy for the extent of normali- Titan, Sun said. launches. uptick in sales. 9 per cent in 2021-22 if the sharp cool-down in the con- sation across the economy sug- vaccine distribution is done in sumer price inflation to 4.6 gests economic activity continued the first half of the new fiscal per cent in December after to improve during December. 9#"+33# "3'3#++"'"3 year but may be just at 6 per being consistently above 6 per At the end of the festive sea- cent if the distribution is cent, its India economist son, the overall normalisation Mumbai:Amid rising incidents gest regulatory measures to online lending “Against this back- sector as well as by unregulat- deferred to the second half Indranil Sen Gupta said BofA index for consumption improved of harassments relating to promote orderly growth of platforms/mobile lending apps drop, a Working Group (WG) ed players so that an appropri- (October-March). expects the RBI to cut rates by to 88.3% in December as against online lending, the Reserve digital lending. has raised certain serious con- is being set up to study all ate regulatory approach can be For the current financial 50 basis points by June before 87% in November and 85% in Bank on Wednesday consti- The RBI said that the cerns which have wider sys- aspects of digital lending activ- put in place,” the central bank year, it expects GDP to con- it starts hiking them again. October, tuted a working group to sug- recent spurt and popularity of temic implications. ities in the regulated financial said.   BSE 500 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE NIFTY 50 14,639.80 14,653.35 14,435.70 14,564.85 1.4 Script Open High Low LTP LTI 4345 4438.35 4276.45 4403.85 TATAINVEST 1105 1133.9 1070 1089.9 TATAMETALI 669.75 680 665.75 677.2 MEGH 82 82.7 80.05 81.2 M&M 784.6 837.5 782.25 824 44.15 ADANIGREEN 926 935 899.2 921.5 ADANIPOWER 56.4 56.65 52.95 53.6 SUVENPHAR 453 460 428.95 434.6 NOCIL 151.3 153.75 148.05 149.55 SUPREMEIND 1783.15 1789.45 1731.2 1750.95 SBIN 296 308 294.5 305.95 13.45 NAUKRI 5375 5417.45 5174.2 5252.6 DELTACORP 154.6 159.95 152.6 156.45 PIIND 2300 2305.3 2252.55 2256.4 BALMLAWRIE 126.95 126.95 122.75 123.8 HEIDELBERG 226.4 228.95 221.35 224.95 ADANIPORTS 515.9 540 514.6 533.9 22.65 TATAMOTORS 243.3 248.8 238.55 242.5 AMBUJACEM 268 269.45 261.35 264.95 MARICO 425.5 426.55 415.15 418.35 BSOFT 269.8 273.95 262.25 266.15 SHRIRAMCIT 1150 1150 1062.55 1097.8 IOC 98.45 102.75 98.2 101.05 3.1 TCS 3179.95 3179.95 3127.1 3158.8 LTTS 2525 2625 2509.15 2600.35 IFBIND 1222 1326.1 1222 1268.85 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1255.1 1274.6 TATAMOTORS 242.9 248.8 238.4 242.85 5.05 RELIANCE 1964.8 1974.95 1918.65 1939.1 IDFC 44.05 45.45 41.75 43.3 GNFC 223.9 228.4 216.45 218.2 FLUOROCHEM 624 634.55 608.1 614.2 ONGC 104.95 107.9 104.1 105.5 2.05 BAJFINANCE 5065 5074 4830 4899.5 INOXLEISUR 345.55 354 335.8 342.55 TORNTPOWER 330 339.9 326.55 330.9 SUNDRMFAST 561 569.55 541.5 548.95 BHARTIARTL 588 601.7 567 576.3 10.55 BANDHANBNK 395.95 395.95 370.9 374.95 SBICARD 962 979.3 962 974.1 GMDCLTD 67 67 62.65 64.85 ADVENZYMES 330 334 321.9 324.35 INDUSINDBK 932.8 953.5 926.15 942.15 14.5 DLF 271.5 292.9 268.3 280.45 HINDCOPPER 66.8 69.5 64.05 65.7 SPICEJET 94.7 95 91.2 92.55 SUDARSCHEM 503.05 503.8 499 499.45 AXISBANK 676 691.2 669.05 686.05 10.35 CANBK 139.3 145.85 136 144.7 IDBI 32.45 32.65 31.25 31.55 GODREJPROP 1495 1495 1420 1428.1 EDELWEISS 70 70.4 69.3 69.9 ICICIBANK 551.5 561 548.25 556 8 M&M 783 837.25 782.9 828.65 INDHOTEL 124.5 129.8 123.45 126.75 ALKYLAMINE 4821.15 4847.35 4701.1 4776.7 DBL 430 433 416.95 424.35 INFY 1,373.85 1,392.80 1,360.00 1,388.65 16.9 BANKBARODA 71.6 76 70.1 75.2 JUBLFOOD 2880 2914.55 2784.2 2837.15 BLISSGVS 212.25 224 203.25 206.25 TEAMLEASE 2800 2823.2 2788.85 2810.8 POWERGRID 203.8 206.6 202.6 205 1.3 WIPRO 463.9 467.2 453.1 458.75 SRF 5950 6039.75 5850 6010.8 JSWENERGY 75.6 75.9 70.4 72.95 KALPATPOWR 336 342.6 329.5 330.9 JSWSTEEL 401.55 407.4 394.15 401.8 2.25 TATAELXSI 2178 2424 2150 2376.4 BAJAJ-AUTO 3625 3632.95 3575.75 3601.7 CASTROLIND 129.8 130.6 127.85 129.3 CENTURYPLY 253 253 242.3 247 SBILIFE 927.5 949 922.5 928.4 3.4 BHEL 39.7 42.25 39.65 40.75 APOLLOTYRE 196.7 196.7 187.5 191.9 RCF 58.5 59.25 56.2 56.85 PTC 61.9 61.9 59.6 59.95 WIPRO 461 467.45 452.8 459 1.3 ITC 207.85 213 205.25 211.25 GRASIM 1012.2 1040.05 1008 1033.5 DEEPAKNI 1030.05 1043 1014.45 1027.85 LAOPALA 230 234 223 224.55 HEROMOTOCO 3,260.00 3,318.00 3,216.70 3,256.00 7.75 PNB 36.8 37.15 35.2 36.55 ALOKTEXT 23.55 23.8 23 23.15 JTEKTINDIA 95.05 104.7 93.6 95.55 GPPL 93.65 93.75 91.2 91.7 ULTRACEMCO 5,650.00 5,674.00 5,600.00 5,645.50 6.5 HINDUNILVR 2377 2397 2365 2372.85 CONCOR 448 450.4 432.75 439.45 EMAMILTD 483 501 459 480.9 JCHAC 2578.55 2610 2470 2491.95 TECHM 1,074.00 1,078.75 1,050.05 1,065.40 1.2 TATASTEEL 703.2 714.7 693.15 709.2 ABBOTINDIA 15490 15507.15 14942.5515008.55 FORCEMOT 1428.3 1465 1413 1434.6 DEEPAKFERT 164 164 159.1 161.7 NESTLEIND 18,039.95 18,275.00 17,965.00 18,015.00 15.9 BRITANNIA 3637 3648.5 3600 3627.1 APOLLOHOSP 2530.35 2536.1 2438 2478.5 KTKBANK 68.95 68.95 65.3 66.85 GALAXYSURF 2244 2268 2150.45 2220.25 GAIL 144 144 139.15 141.45 0.05 NTPC 100.2 104.35 100.1 102.5 AEGISLOG 259.9 280 259.9 277.85 PNCINFRA 193.8 195.5 188.15 191.25 AAVAS 1986 2032.05 1962.55 1987.05 LT 1,354.00 1,373.00 1,344.30 1,350.00 0.2 IOC 98 102.65 98 100.85 NATIONALUM 48 48.3 46.05 46.65 SPARC 194.1 197.5 190.2 192.95 FINOLEXIND 660 660 641.8 646.85 EICHERMOT 2,869.50 2,910.40 2,836.65 2,877.00 -4.65 HDFCBANK 1490.1 1494 1461.9 1470.95 SBILIFE 928 949 922.25 928.15 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     6 9    1   ;& R   +       #4 !               Hong Kong: YouTube has sus-  8  Washington: The Democratic- equal, attacking the first branch United States. nation’s history. Five pended Donald Trump’s chan- controlled US House of of government, trying to pre- “The gleeful desecration Americans have died following nel for at least a week amid con- Representatives, which is rush- vent the US from ascertaining they have – gleeful desecration the violent attack. More than cerns over “ongoing potential for Washington: The FBI has have done,” he added. ing ahead towards impeaching – the constitutional duty to of the Capitol and violence 50 police officers were seri- violence,” making it the latest opened more than 160 investi- In the weeks leading up to Donald Trump over the ascertain that Joe Biden and against the Congress, our staff ously injured, including fifteen platform to limit the president’s gations against the January 6 the January 6 rally, the FBI, unprecedented Capitol Hill Kamala Harris will be President and our workers are horrors officers who were hospitalised,” online activities. Capitol Hill rioters, officials D’Antuono said, developed attack, has passed a resolution and Vice President of the that will forever stain our Pelosi said. PTI YouTube said in a tweet that said here, and asserted this is some intelligence that a num- urging Vice President Mike it suspended Trump’s channel just the tip of the iceberg. ber of individuals were plan- Pence to invoke 25th after new content was uploaded The agency has worked ning to travel to the DC area Amendment to remove the that violated its policies. It did hand-in-hand with the United with intentions to cause vio- president from office.     not specify which videos were in States Attorney’s Office and law lence. The resolution was voted question or how they were in enforcement partners in DC This was immediately by 223 to 205 votes on Tuesday ident from office. violation. and across the country to shared and action was taken as night. The voting was mostly The vote came after Pence, (   6-  The move to curtail Trump’s arrest and charge multiple demonstrated by the arrest of on party lines, with one a Republican, wrote to House social media activity comes after individuals who took part in Enrique Tario by the Republican voting in favour of Speaker Nancy Pelosi that he a mob of his supporters, urged last week’s breach of the US Metropolitan Police the resolution and another five would not invoke the 25h Washington: Free speech is to the US Constitution where- sion, and pain far greater than on by his rhetoric, stormed the Capitol, FBI Washington Field Department the night before abstaining. The resolution calls Amendment. under assault in the United in he can be removed by his most people will ever under- Capitol last week to try to stop Office Assistant Director In- the rally, he said. upon Pence to mobilise the “Under our Constitution, States like never before, out- cabinet members. stand, which is very dangerous Congress from certifying Charge Steven M D’Antuono Other individuals were Cabinet to activate the 25th the 25th Amendment is not a going President Donald “Free speech is under for the USA, especially at this President-elect Joe Biden’s win. told reporters at a news con- identified in other parts of the Amendment to remove the means of punishment or Trump said as almost all major assault like never before. The very tender time,” he said. “After review, and in light of ference. country and their travel sub- president from office. usurpation. Invoking the 25th social media outlets moved to 25th Amendment is of zero Referring to last week’s concerns about the ongoing “In six days, we have sequently disrupted, The 25th Amendment, Amendment in such a manner block him following the risk to me but will come back events, Trump said millions of potential for violence, we opened over 160 case files, D’Antuono noted. adopted more than 50 years ago would set a terrible precedent,” breach of the Capitol Hill by to haunt Joe Biden and the Americans watched on as a removed new content uploaded and that’s just the tip of the ice- Acting US Attorney in the wake of President John Pence said in a letter to Pelosi, his supporters. Biden administration. As the mob stormed the Capitol and to Donald J Trump’s channel for berg,” he said, adding the FBI for the District of Columbia, F Kennedy’s assassination, pro- a Democrat. In his first public speech expression goes, be careful trashed the halls of the gov- violating our policies,” YouTube has received more than Michael Sherwin, said vides a mechanism for the Speaking on the House on Tuesday after the January what you wish for,” Trump said ernment. said in a statement on Twitter. 1,00,000 pieces of digital media. the scope and scale of the succession of the president for floor, Pelosi said on January 6, 6 storming of the US Capitol, in his remarks at a border wall “I have consistently said YouTube said that the chan- D’Antuono said the FBI investigation in these cases are his or her replacement in the President Trump incited a Trump, in a Texas border in Texas. throughout my administra- nel had its “1st strike” and com- will be knocking on the doors really unprecedented not only event he or she proves unfit to deadly insurrection against town, addressed for the first “The impeachment hoax tion, we believe in respecting ments would be indefinitely of the people who participated in FBI history but also proba- serve. Under the amendment, America that targeted the very time several issues, including is a continuation of the great- America’s history and tradi- disabled on the channel. Under in the attack on the Capitol. bly in the history of the the vice president and a major- heart of its democracy, the US impeachment proceedings est and most vicious witch tions, not tearing them down. its policies, a second strike will “But before we do this, this is Department of Justice in which ity of either the Cabinet or Capitol. against him, last week’s inci- hunt in the history of our We believe in the rule of law, result in a two-week suspension, your opportunity to come for- the Capitol grounds outside some other body designated by “Defiling the genius of the dent itself and the call to country and is causing not in violence or rioting,” he while a third strike bans the ward as several individuals and inside are essentially crime Congress may remove the pres- Constitution, separate but invoke the 25th Amendment tremendous anger and divi- said. PTI account permanently. AP involved in Wednesday’s riots scenes. 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China denies allegations of smear and discredit China on The move automatically eclipsed 380,000, according to 3K The department Hong Kong. China had already The comment came after rights abuses and forced labour, the pretext of so-called human prompts the resignation of Johns Hopkins University, and     - announced it was canceling all warned the US would pay a British Foreign Secretary saying it aims only to raise rights issues,” Zhao told Estonia’s three-party coalition is closing in fast on the number      senior-level overseas travels, “heavy price” in response to the Dominic Raab said officials incomes among minorities and reporters at a daily briefing. “It government. of Americans killed in World   !   including Secretary of State planned visit. have issued guidance to British stamp out radicalism. fully exposes their hypocrisy Estonian Prime Minister War II, or about 407,000.      Mike Pompeo’s planned trip to It follows an announce- firms with ties to Xinjiang on Chinese Foreign Ministry and sinister intentions to curb Juri Ratas said early Confirmed infections have    1-3N Belgium, in a decision to assist ment from Pompeo on how to carry out due diligence spokesperson Zhao Lijian said the development and progress Wednesday on his Facebook topped 22.8 million.   $ with the transition to the next Saturday that the US would checks. China would “take all necessary of Xinjiang and interfere in page that he would step down With the country simulta- 7 *)$ "  administration. remove longstanding restric- The government intends measures to defend national China’s internal affairs.” AP as “the suspicion expressed by neously facing a political crisis      US Ambassador to the UN tions on how its diplomats the Public Prosecutor’s Office and on edge over threats of    Kelly Craft was due to begin a and others have contact with .... Does not mean that some- more violence from far-right   P O three-day visit Wednesday, their Taiwanese counterparts. 0      4    one is definitely guilty but extremists, the US recorded "     which would have involved Under the Trump admin- they will inevitably cast a seri- 4,327 deaths on Tuesday by     meetings with Taiwan’s istration and bipartisan support Tehran: Iran’s navy was poised to begin a short- in the gulf’s southeastern waters and t ous shadow over all those Johns Hopkins’ count. Arizona  $ President Tsai Ing-wen and from Congress, relations with range missile drill in the Gulf of Oman on wo new Iranian-made warships were expect- involved”. “In such a situation, and California have been #%#! " O  Foreign Minister Joseph Wu as Taiwan has warmed up con- Wednesday, state TV reported, amid heightened ed to join the exercise: The missile-launch- it seems only right that, by among the hardest-hit states. 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7185 76 6 only failed the farmers, it has also opportunities, the Minister said. The cipline in forces. at least 25 feet deep and 170 metres long, stock of the situation and ensure that failed in its duty to put correct facts HAL follows a system integrator model It has been said when jawans and was detected by the Border Security Centre’s advisory is being followed. ?81()5' before the highest court of the Country,” in LCA Mk1A programme and acts as officers are posted in forward inhos- Force (BSF) jawans along the interna- In a statement, the Ministry on The vaccine will be stored in the it further stated. an umbrella organisation, fostering pitable areas, their families are taken tional border in Galar village of Samba Wednesday said that States were asked regional vaccine centres at Kochi, manufacturing & design capabilities in care of at base camp by other officers sector on August 28, 2020. to ensure that the infection does not Thiruvananthapuram and Kozhikode 6 "86F 5' private industry, he added. and the laws and rules, providing actions spread among poultry, as it would have from where it will be distributed to 133 Under the Atmanirbhar Bharat for indulging in adulterous or promis- #55 7?)"8( 6  a high economic cost for the poultry centres. Giving details of the vaccination (776 !EL>1?7>O Abhiyaan, India is continuously grow- cuous activity, help in maintaining dis- farmers but it was found that many plans for Maharashtra, Health Minister '7?L; 256 ing in its power to indigenously design, cipline. 7'7 1'7? States are banning supply of poultry and Rajesh Tope said the State had already develop and manufacture advanced cut- An armed forces personnel can be  ?'5 #5?? 5 poultry products from other States. As received 9.83 lakh doses of the total It is the first “Buy (Indian- ting-edge technologies and systems in cashiered from service on grounds of this would add to the negative impact requirement of 17.5 lakh for the first Indigenously Designed, Developed and the Defence Sector. The manufacturing unbecoming conduct for committing 77" 75!?86 on the poultry industry, the States were phase. Manufactured)” category procurement of the LCA by the public sector aero- adultery with a colleague’s wife, it said. 555(51 requested to reconsider such decision, Of these, 9.63 lakh vials were from of combat aircraft with an indigenous nautics conglomerate HAL will give a Section 497 of the IPC says: it said. The Ministry has held a meet- SII and 20,000 from Bharat Biotech, the content of 50 per cent which will pro- further push to Atmanirbhar Bharat ini- “Whoever has sexual intercourse with a If the couple did not intend so, the ing with 17 States and asked to effi- State Minister told reporters. gressively reach 60 per cent by the end tiative and boost indigenisation of person who is and whom he knows or marriage officer has to solemnise their ciently manage the spread of avian The Northeast State of Assam of the programme. defence production and the Defence has reason to believe to be the wife of marriage forthwith without publica- influenza in their respective States in received its second consignment of The Cabinet has also approved Industry in the country. another man, without the consent or tion of 30 days notice, the court said. accordance with the Action Plan 2021. 12,000 doses of Covaxin. SpiceJet said infrastructure development by the IAF About 500 Indian companies includ- connivance of that man, such sexual A section of the Special Marriage “To deal with the situation, the it had transported 3.5 tonnes of Covid- under the project to enable them han- ing MSMEs in the design and manu- intercourse not amounting to the offence Act, 1954, requires an inter-faith couple States were asked to coordinate with the 19 vaccines on Wednesday from dle repairs or servicing at their base facturing sectors will be working with of rape, is guilty of the offence of adul- to give written notice of the marriage to Department of Health and Forest and Mumbai, Pune and Hyderabad to 11 depot so that the turnaround time the HAL in this procurement. tery.” the district marriage officer. sensitise them about the issue. States cities. would get reduced for mission critical Adultery was punishable by a max- The court was considering a habeas were also asked to maintain sufficient “On January 13, 2021, SpiceJet systems and would lead to increased 61 66867 17 imum five years in jail or fine or both. corpus petition alleging that an adult girl supply of protective equipment and shipped 111 boxes of Covid-19 vaccine, availability of aircraft for operational Striking down the law, the apex is being detained against her wishes to maintain bio-security measures in poul- weighing 3.5 tonnes from Mumbai, exploitation. This would enable IAF to 7@ "555 6 court had said IPC Section 497 was marry her lover who belongs to a dif- try farms. States were also directed to Pune and Hyderabad to 11 cities includ- sustain the fleet more efficiently and 1? # 5 6  manifestly arbitrary, archaic law which ferent religion. The judgement comes identify BSL-II labs at the State level for ing Bagdogra, Dehradun, Srinagar, effectively due to availability of repair is violative of the rights to equality and against the backdrop of a recent con- speeding up the identification of infec- Jammu, Kanpur, Gorakhpur, Jabalpur, infrastructure at respective bases. 58 ?) '7?16 equal opportunity to women. troversial law enacted by the Uttar tion in the State and timely introduction Ranchi, Rajkot, Delhi and Bengaluru,” Underlining the importance of the Pradesh government which prohibits of control mechanism,” it said. the airline said in a statement. decision, Defence Minister Rajnath “Issue notice. Since the clarification 3.,-# ?-7! forcible conversion for the sake of mar- The animal husbandry department GoAir said it will airlift a total of Singh said in a message, “The Cabinet is on a Constitution Bench decision, it riage. of Maharashtra said that 238 bird deaths 69,600 vials of the vaccine. The budget Committee on Security (CCS) chaired is appropriate that the Chief Justice ;,-' -"1?766- The Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of were reported in the State on Wednesday carrier also moved 2,400 vials (24,000 by the Prime Minister today approved issues orders to post this matter before (7?? 8'78 Unlawful Conversion of Religion adding that the samples have been sent doses) of Covishield to Goa from the largest indigenous defence pro- a bench of five Judges. The Registry is Ordinance, 2020, prohibits conversion for testing. “Total 2,096 bird deaths Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj curement deal worth about Rs 48,000 directed to place the matter before the He said it appears that proper engi- of religion by marriage to be unlawful. reported in the State from 8 January till International Airport (CSMIA). crore to strengthen IAF’s fleet of home- Chief Justice for appropriate orders,” the neering effort has gone in making the now,” the department said. grown fighter jet ‘LCA-Tejas’. This deal bench said in its order. tunnel. “This shows the hand of the 7 O6"78 ?)"5 Meanwhile, several birds have died '5?#?6(8?17" 6 will be a game-changer for self-reliance The AG said a clarification is need- Pakistani establishment, deployed in the in Prayagraj, Jalaun in Uttar Pradesh and in Indian defence manufacturing.” ed in this regard from the top court on Shakargarh area opposite to Samba sec- 76'7?5 76656 samples have been sent to a laboratory. 7'5? 5677? He also said, “The LCA-Tejas is the applicability of the verdict in armed tor,” he said. G!.,,>55>5   Samples taken from two dead crows in going to be the backbone of the IAF forces. Flanked by other senior BSF officers, Kanpur have tested positive for bird flu “AIKSCC has appealed to all districts fighter fleet in years to come. LCA-Tejas In a path-breaking verdict, a five- the IG BSF also supervised the ongoing 7'( ?'8 and with these, the number of con- within 300 km of Delhi to mobilise incorporates a large number of new judge Constitution bench headed by the operations and directed to troops to firmed cases of the influenza has thousands of tractors for the Republic technologies many of which were never then CJI Dipak Misra unanimously remain vigilant in the run up to the Officials said that a surge in avian increased to four in the city. Day Tractor Parade in Delhi. All should attempted in India. The indigenous struck down Section 497 (adultery) of Republic day celebrations as attempts influenza or bird flu, an outbreak that assemble at the borders a day before for content of LCA-Tejas is 50 per cent in the Indian Penal Code and declared that would be made from across the border has now spread to 10 States, has impact- 1 ?5@ 6 5"?721 the parade,” said AIKSCC in a statement. Mk1A variant which will be enhanced adultery is not a crime and the penal to push heavily armed infiltrators inside ed the bar-headed geese, duck, pegeon, “Along with the preparation for to 60 per cent. The project will act as a provision was unconstitutional as it the Indian territory. black and brown headed gulls and the 7?>$$$$ Mahila Kisan Diwas programme on catalyst for transforming the Indian dented the individuality of women and Earlier, BSF had exposed Pakistan’s Eurasian teal among migratory birds, January 18, Mahapadavs are planned aerospace manufacturing ecosystem treated them as “chattel of husbands”. complicity in aiding and abetting ter- and crows and poultry among domes- The Heritage Conservation before Governors in Andhra Pradesh, into a vibrant atmanirbhar-self-sus- The apex court, in a September 2018 rorism by detecting a 160-metre long tic birds till now. New cases of bird flu Committee on Monday gave its nod to Telangana, Kerala from January 23 to 25, taining ecosystem, Rajnath added. judgment, however had said adultery cross-border tunnel, along the have been reported in Jammu & the new Parliament project, after the in Maharashtra from January 24 to 26 The HAL has already set up second would continue to be a ground for seek- International border in Regal area of Kashmir’s Ganderbal district and four Supreme Court asked the Centre to seek and in Odisha on January 23,” stated the line manufacturing facilities at its Nashik ing divorce in matrimonial disputes. Samba sector on November 22, 2020. districts of Jharkhand prior approval from the panel and other AIKSCC. and Bengaluru divisions, the Defence The Centre, in its interim plea filed The tunnel was believed to be used The Centre had constituted a com- relevant authorities before starting con- “After reading the order of the Minister said, adding, “Equipped with in a disposed of PIL of Joseph Shine, has by the four member fidayeen squad mittee comprising the Inspector struction work. According to the plan, Supreme Court it is also clear that the the augmented infrastructure the HAL sought clarification and a direction (members of a suicide squad) of Jaish- General, the Deputy Inspector General work on redevelopment of Rajpath will Centre Government has falsely accused will steer LCA-Mk1A production for that the judgement be not made applic- e- Mohammad (JeM), to infiltrate inside of Forests and Wildlife and a project sci- start soon after this year’s Republic Day farmer leaders of not pointing out ‘even timely deliveries to the IAF.” able on special statutes and rules gov- the Indian territory before they were entist to monitor the handling of the parade. The work is expected to be com- one clause’ which is ‘detrimental to their The procurement of Tejas will con- erning the armed forces which take neutralised at Ban Toll Plaza near avian flu situation by States. The com- pleted in the next 10 months and the interests’,” it stated. siderably expand the current LCA actions on its personnel for indulging in Nagotra on November 19. mittee held a meeting with all State chief 2022 Republic Day parade will be held “The Centre Government has not ecosystem and help in creating new job adulterous relationships to ensure dis- Another ‘rat hole’ tunnel, which was wildlife wardens on Tuesday to take on a redeveloped Rajpath. 52    !"#$%$!

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s the largest industry in the world, tourism is Aeverything and everything is tourism. India is expected to become the youngest country by 2022, with an average age of 29. Instagram is rul- ing the social media networks worldwide and with Robots room service 59 million active monthly users, we are the third- Many hotel brands in India have already adopt- largest market for Instagram. Millennials have set ed robotics to transform the room cleaning and their own rules and pushed the brands and mar- room service operations. The rise of service ket strategists to serve what they want even before robots has ushered a new era of guest hospitality. the COVID-19 era. Guests are excited to take services from these robots The Indian Hospitality brands are now gear- who are here to assure utmost safety, hygiene and ing up to ensure contactless, seamless and excep- comfort. The next year — 2021 will have a new tional hospitality services to the guests in the new brigade of robot butlers delivering your snacks, toi- social distancing world. The new informed world letries or other amenities to guest rooms. They can consumer is setting new trends which are going navigate floors by using the Wi-Fi to call lifts or to rule out 2021, says Roop Pratap Choudhary, be placed at front door where guests can ask ques- Managing Director of Noor Mahal. tions and enjoy chats with them. They are now your front desk managers providing basic information Smart rooms with smart controls such as the spa and gym timings, best places to Be it Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning hangout, popular shopping hubs and personalised or Internet of Things, futuristic technologies have information for a guest’s needs. taken complete control of hotel rooms to ensure contactless experiences. From room key to person- Short distance tours and staycations al entertainment during your staycation, every- People are now preferring staycations over long thing is now accessible from smart devices. Once streaming entertainment, wireless device charg- er sustainable hospital- holidays and short distance tours over long jour- sounded as a scifi movie scene, now you can set ing, real time video chats with hotel staff and a lot ity experiences. Hotels neys. A recent survey conducted by Booking.com the temperature, mood and ambience of your hotel more for new age guests. are using bare minimum has revealed that people have been taking small- room via voice command. Imagine your room artificial powers er journeys and discovering (or rediscovering) won- detecting light automatically or adjusting the Sustainability is going to be much bigger and whether it is in the form of air, light and water. which are going to rule in 2021 as well. derful experiences closer home with ease in trav- brightness level, controlling temperature and greener Organic, vegetarian and vegan choices are now Contactless check-in has become the new el restrictions. Be it bag packers, corporate groups, contributing to energy saving while ensuring your The positive side of worldwide lockdown is leading the F&B menus. Hotels are going to bet norm of hospitality and guests are willing to families or friends, people are preferring to drive luxurious comfort and stay. that the nature has got the time to reboot and high on solar energy so as to contribute their bit skip front desk for check-in and other room down to their nearby getaways for short and relaxed You can enjoy contactless room service using blossom. This has made us realise the true value in energy conservation for future generations. related queries. These contactless technologies staycations. In a bid to encourage more footfall on voice recognition technology or book your of sustainable and eco-friendly practices to save Plastic straws, cutlery, water bottles, toiletry bot- are not only offering ease and safety to con- domestic tourism destinations, the Tourism min- favourite spa session with a single click on your the life saving planet. Maintaining the beauty of tles etc have been replaced now with compostable sumers but also helping hoteliers’ weather istry has also started Dekho Apna Desh campaign smartphone. Opulence, comfort and exceptional environment through recycling and proper man- or reusable alternatives. operational disruptions. Chatbots are ready to asking Indians to take pledge to visit at least 15 dif- room experiences are going digital in 2021. The agement of five living elements i.e. water, waste, resolve any guest query. On the otherhand, vir- ferent tourism locations in India by the year 2022. smart rooms are going to be power packed with energy, food and structure, hotel brands in the Mobile check-in tual tours and mobile check-in are ready to L0(  keyless entry, soundproof windows, smooth new informed world are now committed to deliv- This year has set new trends in motion delight travel enthusiasts in 2021. )*  53    !"#$%$!        

structure. The roof then cantilevers over 1,200 car parking capacity will increase the forecourt road to create a welcoming to 3,000. The buildings will accommo- space and weather protection for the pas- date car parking area along with spaces senger and visitors alike. Evidently, the new created for commercial use. terminal and its interiors will reflect an AAI has also taken up works to array of aesthetic elements taken from the enhance the efficiency of operational rich cultural repository of Tamil Nadu. area (airside) of the airport by construct- The new terminal will also be GRIHA ing Rapid Exit Taxiways (RETs), taxi- (Green Rating for Integrated Habitat ways to the main runway (07/25), taxi- Assessment) compliant, with various eco- way straightening works etc. The RETs friendly materials planned to be used dur- will reduce runway occupancy time of ing the construction phase. A host of new aircraft. The introduction of MARS AI’s Chennai airport has been wit- stage has seen dismantling of the existing tion of airside corridor for seamless flow, The design of the roof is most impor- facilities will ensure passengers flow is (Multi Apron Ramp System) ensures nessing tremendous traffic growth Domestic Terminal T-2 with an area of augmentation of contact bays, integration tant as it gives the structure an iconic look. smooth and safety/security aspects are optimal usage of tarmac/Apron. Aover the years, which has necessi- 19,250 sqm for construction of new facil- of multi-level mechanised car park and It is derived from the traditional form of given equal importance. Apart from mul- The commissioning of New Terminal tated the revamp of the airport aimed at ity, which is scheduled to be commissioned metro rail. local art and culture, the movement of tra- tiple lounges and master concession- will not only create new opportunities for providing a world-class terminal to pas- by June 2021. The second stage will be the The new combined terminal (Stage-1 ditional costume from Tamil Nadu’s aires; Automated Tray Retrieval System the communities around airport but will sengers. The second phase of Chennai demolishment of International Terminal + Stage-2), which will function as one large Bharatanatyam dance. The pleats in these (ATRS), Self-Baggage Drop (SBD), also provide the required impetus to Airport Modernisation commenced in the T-3, with an area of 42,300 sqm and con- integrated terminal for international and costumes open beautifully when the Passenger Flow Monitoring System health and educational tourism. year 2019 when the Prime Minister of struction of new terminal. The total pro- domestic operations having a total area of dancer forms particular postures and the (PFMS) and Boarding Process Control e- The Chennai airport is the fourth India laid the foundation stone for the pro- ject will be commissioned by December 2,18,000 sqm, will enhance the present roof will reflect the movement and light- Gates will enhance passenger conve- biggest airport in India in terms of passen- ject. 2022. capacity from 21 million passengers per ness of the garment. The fabric-like roof nience. ger handled every year. With the new ter- The modernisation of the Chennai air- The estimated cost of the project is annum to 35 million passengers per lightly sits above the terminal with the rip- With the commissioning of Multi- minal coming up, it will be termed as one port is planned in two stages. The first 2,467 crore, which also includes integra- annum. ples creating from layers of curvature roof Level Car Parking (MLCP), the present of the unique engineering marvels.

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angladesh is organising the Border Security Force & Border Bbirth centenary celebrations of 10  9" /" Guard Bangladesh and local peo- "Father of the Nation" ple. This cycle rally will culminate Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur on 17th March 2021, at Border Out Rehman, named as "Mujib Borsho", and after covering of total distance off from Border Out Post Panitar, ious Border Posts enroute, which Post Silkor, Mizoram. w.e.f 17th March 2020 to 16 of 4,097 Kms along the border, the at 1100 hours, by General Shankar will involve local government offi- The objective of this bicycle December 2021. rally will end on 17th March, 2021, Rai Chaudhary PVSM, AVSM, cials and people from the border rally is to create sense of security In India too, many programs at Border Out Post Silkor, 60 (Retd) on 10th January, 2021, in the areas who will encourage the rid- among the people living on the bor- are being organized to commem- Battalion, Mizoram Frontier. 13 presence of other dignitaries includ- ers. der, to enhance the friendship orate the birth centenary of the Bicycle riders would be participat- ing senior officers of Border On 11th January 2021, a pro- between Border Security Force Bangabandhu. In the series of these ing im this Cycle Rally. This rally Security Forces & Border Guard grame will be held at Petrapole to and Border Guard Bangladesh, to programs, Border Security Force is will be completed in 66 days and it Bangladesh and local people. This welcome this bicycle rally, in which create awareness amongst the bor- organising "Maitri Cycle Rally". will be passing through the states rally will cover distance of 90- 100 Sh S. Ramakrishnan, IPS, ADG der population, to stop trans-bor- This 'Maitri Cycle Rally' will begin viz. West Bengal, Assam, Tripura, Km each day and will have (Police) Retd, will be the Chief der crimes, no use of drugs and to on 10th January, 2021 from Border Manipur, Meghalaya and Mizoram nighthalts at the Border Posts along Guest. The event will be attended stop cattle smuggling on the bor- Out Post Panitar (Main Pillar-1), along the Indo- Bangladesh border the International Boundary. by Shri Pankaj Kumar Singh, IPS, der. The Border Security Force is 153 Battalion, Border Security covering distance of 4,097 Kms. Various programs will be organized Additional Director General, determined to make this cycle /    / B    6 Force, 24 North Parganas District This Cycle Rally will be flagged by the Border Security Force at var- Eastern Command, Officers of rally a success.

ver a month-long 9th OInternational Adolescent Summit 2020: Life Skills, = Health, Safety and School Well- being closed in a valedictory function. Organised by with other schools from all over going students. especially need to focus on accepting and expressing their century life skills, innovative Expressions India with the country, thus, facilitating Shri Rajat Sharma their mental well-being. talent. programs for promoting val- National Book Trust, India as and promoting cultural Chairman & Editor-in Chief, "If you are rich, travel. If Adolescence is a tender ues, gender sensitivity, health the knowledge partner, the exchange. INDIA TV News, and the you are poor, read. But if you age where an individual goes and wellbeing. event was inaugurated by Dr Over the course of four Guest of Honour at the event are in between, then do both." through self-realization and A Students Charter on Ramesh Pokhriyal. weeks and over 15 sessions, the said that the adolescents are Speaking at the valedictory requires the right guidance Life Skills, Health, Safety and The summit aimed to summit saw the presence of also our teachers in some ceremony of the International and mentorship to build his School Wellbeing-2020 was understand and review the various eminent educationists, regard as they constantly teach Adolescent Summit, Shri life. The importance of intro- also drafted and came into concept, needs and trends of artists, counsellors, psycholo- us new ways of life and lead the Yuvraj Malik Director ducing the adolescents to the effect at the conclusion of the mental health, life skills and gists, academicians from across world to a new direction. He National Book Trust, India rich Indian culture and histo- 9th International Adolescent values in the national as well as India as the National Resource applauded the program direc- implored adolescents to have ry at this age so that they Summit on Life Skills, Health global perspectives. The sum- Faculty. Various events such as tor, Dr. Jitendra Nagpal for suc- self-faith and believe in their inculcate human values and and Wellbeing, after extensive mit also enabled an interactive poster-paintings, Indian classi- cessfully organizing this inter- own capabilities. Recognizing ethos early on, was highlight- deliberations during the dialogue on good practices on cal dance, Nukkad Natak and active summit wherein the the adolescents as future lead- ed in all the events and inter- International Summit that integration of school safety, making short films along with adolescents were not mere ers and future of the nation, active workshops of the facilitated the voice of school sanitisation, nutrition, hygiene Yuva Sansad provided an eclec- peace, amongst the various sensitization, family bonding audience but an integral part of he encouraged them to Summit. During the course of students from across the and mental health. With active tic platform where students cultural backdrops of the and communication, media the entire program. He said embrace the talent that sleeps the Summit, the students country who came together participation of nearly 14,000 from schools across the coun- nation. The International literacy thus enabling a con- that good health, both mental within and express it fearless- engaged with participants for the first time in address- students and 1,200 teachers try and abroad interacted with Adolescent Summit also ducive environment for appli- and physical, is the most ly. Adolescence is the stage of from schools across the coun- ing their opinions, needs and from all over India, the summit each other to promote creativ- endeavoured to facilitate an cation of Life Skills and part- important aspect of life and the life where one has unlimited try and abroad in various concerns regarding the core gave a chance to them to appre- ity and awareness in health, understanding of other adoles- nering for Behavioural and biggest lesson that the pandem- capabilities, strength and the events that helped foster a themes such as health and ciate and suggest their views wellbeing, friendship and cent concerns such as gender Emotional Safety of school ic has taught us. Adolescents youth should be fearless in newer understanding of 21st- wellbeing.    !"#$%$! 54 Q+0             R   (? 6(5 O%     P ?   e loves the IPL but Australia coach Justin *  " HLanger on Wednesday  (? 6(5 as he does and as we do, we questioned the timing of the last understand when you are crit- year’s edition, which he believes ustralia coach Justin Langer icised when we fall below that.  (? 6(5 and lost eight out of the 55 could have been a contributing Aon Wednesday unequivo- “It is not what we are about, matches played at Brisbane. factor in the injury setbacks that cally supported his under-fire but Tim Paine is an outstand- t’s still not advantage “We do have an amazing both his and the Indian team skipper Tim Paine, calling him ing leader and will continue to IAustralia, believes the coun- record here at Gabba, we do have endured in the ongoing an “outstanding leader”, who be for some time to come yet, try’s leading spinner Nathan have the confidence and we series. will remain in the top job for he has my 100 per cent sup- Lyon, despite playing the series- know how to play a really pos- The IPL was held in the some more time despite his port,” added Langer. deciding fourth Test against an itive brand of cricket here at September-November window poor keeping and unsports- injury-ravaged Indian team at a Brisbane. But we can’t rest on in 2020 in the United Arab manlike conduct in the third D   E venue where the home team’s that. We know how talented Emirates due to the Covid-19 Test against India. Justin Langer cannot record is second to none. India are and how hungry they pandemic. The lucrative tourna- Paine was heavily criticised believe the “absolute load of The seasoned campaigner are to win this series.” ment is usually held in India for sledging and yelling at rubbish” that Steve Smith was refused to overlook the grit and Lyon was effusive in his during the April-May window. Ravichandran Ashwin who bat- trying to scuff up Rishabh gumption showed by the praise for fellow off-spinner India have had a spate of tled pain and aches to help Pant’s guard in the drawn Indians in the drawn third Test Ravichandran Ashwin, adding injuries since the IPL and also in India draw the match on the Sydney Test, and has called the in Sydney. that the Indian has done well to the current Australia series. fifth and final in Sydney. He criticism of his “quirks” way out “I wouldn’t say that adapt to the Australian condi- Australia too had its share of also dropped three catches at of line and ludicrous. (Australia have the advantage). tions. injuries. crucial junctures. Smith was accused of scuff- You look at the class through- “Ashwin has bowled very “It is really interesting how But Paine has “100 per ing up the batsman’s guard out the Indian squad, yes they well, I have said throughout my many injuries (it) has been cent” backing of his coach. during the drinks break in the will be missing a couple of big career that he is a world class throughout this summer. I can’t “You have no idea how first session on Monday in the players but they have got a tal- bowler. Absolutely incredible to help and think that the IPL this ) 3    #     /  +  (% much faith I have in Tim Paine, drawn Test. But Langer backed ented squad they can pick from,” watch, he has definitely adapt- year (2020) was in really, prob- he did not have his best day, no Smith to the hilt, coming down Lyon said during a virtual press ed well coming in to Australia, ably wasn’t ideal timing for any- it...Because of what happened Bumrah and Jadeja) impacts it But Langer would rather doubt about that, but after heavily on the criticism, most- conference on Wednesday. so hats off to him.” one, certainly for such a big with Covid...Probably wasn’t (the contest) a lot. But I have said focus on his team’s resources three years he has been out- ly driven by fans online and India will be forced to field One of the most successful series like this,” Langer said at a ideal, and I just wonder whether this is going to be the survival of than worry about how India standing as the Australian cap- some former players like a second-string bowling attack spinners in the modern era, virtual press conference. that is having an impact on the the fittest this summer.” would put together their playing tain, everything he does,” Michael Vaughan. with all their premier pacers, with 396 Test wickets to his The latest addition to the injuries that we are seeing for “And I have said when I was XI in the fourth Test starting Langer said. “...I literally cannot believe including Jasprit Bumrah and name, Lyon will be eyeing his Indian injury list is Ravindra both teams throughout the sum- asked at the start of the summer January 15 here. The chief coach was speak- some of the rubbish I read spin-bowling all-rounder 400th scalp while playing in his Jadeja, who was hit on his mer, so I’m sure they’ll review about Virat (Kohli) not being “...Test cricket, like I keep ing two days ahead of the about Steve Smith. Absolute Ravindra Jadeja ruled out with landmark 100th Test at the thumb, and pace spearhead that,” said the Australian head here...If you are taking your best saying survival of the fittest, and series-deciding fourth and final load of rubbish. I mean, if any- injuries. Gabba. Jasprit Bumrah, who has been coach. players out of any team, whether we can’t concentrate on what Test here. one knows Steve Smith, he is a “To be honest, we have to “I’m going to pinch myself ruled out of the last Test follow- Asked how much the it is our team or our opponent, India are doing, we just concen- “He (Paine) had a frustrat- bit quirky and he does some worry about our preparation. when my name goes up along- ing an abdominal strain. absence of the Bumrah-Jadeja it is going to have an impact or trate on (what) we are doing to ing day, that cut him some slack weird (stuff) and we have We can’t look too far at what side those guys (who have Earlier, KL Rahul, duo will impact the contest, he it is potentially going to have an make sure that we are up for the surely. But having said that laughed about it for the last cou- they are doing. As bowlers, we played 100 Tests). In my eyes Mohammed Shami and Umesh said, “Hopefully, it (absence of impact,” he said. contest,” he signed off. when you set a standard as high ple of years,” Langer said. are very well suited for the those 12 players are absolute leg- Yadav were ruled out of the Gabba and hopefully we can put ends of Australian and world series due to the various injuries them into play cricket, it’s pretty amazing.” they suffered. nice and early Reflecting on the highs and For Australia, David Warner 8  3 (  when we lows of his career, the off-spin- was a big blow but he recovered have the ner said he’s far from being done in time for the last two Tests. ball in and is more motivated than Langer was all praise for the   (? 6(5 the longest format. The 22- Marcus Harris would come he will get up, we will prob- hand.” ever. IPL saying it helps in develop- year-old was injured while in as an opener,” he added. ably know by tonight,” Australia “There’s been some highs ment of young players but was pener Will Pucovski diving on the field. Langer said he is quite Langer added. head to the and lows. The Adelaide Test critical of the previous edition’s Ohas a partially dislocat- “Will had a sore shoul- optimistic about the bats- Pucovski, who has suf- venue on the against India in 2014, that was timing. ed shoulder and Marcus der before he fell, he was man pulling through. fered numerous conces- back of a probably the biggest high in my “I love the IPL, I look at IPL Harris would replace him if actually going to have a “Will is a young guy, he sions, made an impres- fine record, career but you look at now like I used to look at coun- he fails to recover in time scan after that day’s play has just played his first sive start to his Test having won Edgbaston and that is another ty cricket for our young players. for the fourth and final anyway, just to see what was Test. So mentally he’s going career, scoring a half- 33, drawn amazing high, then you go to They go and play county crick- Test against India here this happening,” Langer said at to be exhausted anyway. century on debut. 13, tied one Leeds and it was the other end et and it helps them (in) their week, Australia head coach a virtual press conference. We will keep an eye on how Harris has so far of the ladder. cricket development enormous- Justin Langer said on “We will see how he he pulls up today. With played nine Test match- “This is my 100th and I’m ly, I think it is the same with the Wednesday. pulls up today, we are real- shoulders, as long as he es for Australia scoring far from being done, I’m still as IPL, helps their white-ball devel- Pucovski suffered the ly hopeful that he will get up can bat OK and catch, it’s 385 runs, including two hungry as ever and want to go opment. injury during the Sydney and if he doesn’t, then the not as big a deal in Test fifties, with the highest and play as much cricket as I can “But the timing of B    & )  +6 6 Test, which was his debut in obvious thing would be cricket, we’re really hopeful score of 79. for Australia,” Lyon said. = +R     6   

  (8?) won 2-0 at Old Trafford side that had not lost at home time to play them,” added nearly a year ago in the since October also suggests Solskjaer. “We are in good  (? 6(5 aul Pogba said he is “always last meeting between United have the ability of shape, good form, hungry, these Phappy” when he is winning the sides has trans- champions to grind out a boys want to get better and that’s he injury-ravaged Indian after scoring the only goal in a formed United’s for- result when they need to. a test again.” Tteam on Wednesday under- 1-0 victory at Burnley that took tunes. The first-half was went its first training session at Manchester United top of the And if Pogba dominated by con-      the Gabba here, hoping to field Premier League for the first time can finally troversy over a Everton moved back into 11 fit players in the series- in three years on Tuesday. produce series of VAR the top four and within four deciding fourth Test against Despite continued specula- consistent reviews as both points of United as they over- Australia. tion over his future, Pogba has displays sides came an injury crisis to beat Ruled out of the last Test played an increasingly impor- worthy escaped Wolves 2-1 at Molineux. with an abdominal strain, pace tant role in recent weeks to aid of the without The Toffees took an early spearhead Jasprit Bumrah still United’s first serious title chal- then having a lead when Alex Iwobi convert- accompanied the visiting team lenge since legendary former world man sent-off for chal- ed Lucas Digne’s cross but were for its training session. manager Alex Ferguson retired record fee United lenges by Luke Shaw pegged back when Ruben Neves The likes of Rohit Sharma, in 2013. paid for the and Robbie Brady, while levelled for Wolves. Shubman Gill, skipper Ajinkya Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s men Frenchman in 2016, United had a goal Michael Keane’s towering (   Rahane and others were seen in now lead defending champions there is reason for harshly ruled out for a header won the game 13 min- their training kits. Liverpool by three points ahead Solskjaer to believe slight push by Harry utes from time to bolster the   #5?  Barcelona, who sit a further Bumrah, though, was not in of a top-of-the-table clash he can end the Maguire when he Blues' European ambitions. three points back in third. his training outfit as he got Sundar. Either T Natarajan or between the two most success- club’s eight-year powered home a At the other end of the tletico Madrid extended Their home fixture with involved in a discussion with Shardul is likely to replace ful sides in English football wait for a league header at the table, Sheffield United Atheir lead at the top of La Athletic Bilbao at the weekend bowling coach Bharat Arun. Bumrah in the playing XI at history at Anfield on Sunday. title. back post. ended a 20-game winless Liga to four points on Tuesday had to be postponed after “After an epic fightback in Gabba, forming a new-look “I’m always happy when I “I’ve always The visitors league run as Billy Sharp’s after a 2-0 win over Sevilla Madrid experienced its heav- Sydney, it is time to regroup. We pace attack alongside Mohd win,” said Pogba, who has been said Paul is a big, upped the pres- penalty earned a 1-0 vic- that strengthened their title iest snowfall in half a centu- have begun our preparations for Siraj and Navdeep Saini. consistently linked with a move big player for us,” sure in the sec- tory over 10-man credentials. ry. the final Test at the Gabba!” the Bumrah picked up the away from Old Trafford at the added Solskjaer. “He is ond-half and got Newcastle. Goals in each half from “I’m very happy to help BCCI posted on its twitter han- abdominal strain during the end of the season. a good character in their reward 19 The Blades still face Angel Correa and substitute the team with this goal... the dle. third Test in Sydney. “I’m happy we are playing the dressing room, minutes from an uphill task to haul Saul Niguez on a freezing work pays off,” said Saul after Chinaman bowler Kuldeep Head coach Ravi Shastri, well and happy we are at the top, he is always one the time when Pogba’s vol- themselves off the bottom of the night following historic snow- the win. Yadav was seen bowling at the who was keeping a tab on the but there is a long way to go and lads look to (because) ley from Marcus table as they sit nine points fall in the Spanish capital Sevilla meanwhile stay nets and there is a chance that proceedings, addressed the team we have big games coming up.” he’s a world champi- Rashford’s cross adrift of safety. allowed Diego Simeone’s side sixth on 30 points, level with he could be picked for the huddle. United have now taken 29 on. We are seeing the deflected off Matt But Chris Wilder’s men to increase the gap between fifth-placed Real Sociedad. match with influential all- Shastri was also seen having from the last possible 33 points best of Paul at the Lowton and through ensured they will not set an themselves and city rivals Real Zinedine Zidane’s Madrid rounder Ravindra Jadeja ruled a discussion with the rest of the to recover from just two wins in moment. He’s getting the legs of Nick Pope to unwanted record by going a full Madrid. will have a tough task defend- out due to a fractured thumb. support staff, which includes their opening six games of the better and better every head to Anfield top-flight season without a win The match at the Wanda ing their La Liga crown on the Also part of the session batting coach Vikram Rahtour season. game.” leading Liverpool. thanks to another night to for- Metropolitano was one of evidence of Tuesday’s display were seamer Shardul Thakur and fielding coach R Sridhar, The signing of Bruno The manner of vic- “We couldn’t be get for Newcastle. three games in hand that which bore all the hallmarks and all-rounder Washington apart from Arun. Fernandes shortly after Burnley tory against a Burnley going there at a better Atletico had on Madrid and of a Simeone side. 0 0(   -  #(#+"*#"='#3&+   5(85( * ( 0(   '"" 0  ryna Sabalenka heads to Anext month’s Australian  (5>7> I tried to explain this to the doc- 21 before making a comeback to as much as possible, but not to Open brimming with confi-   tor and after my blood tests and take the second 21-13. hurry. We gave up some points dence after she captured a third tar India shuttler Saina chest X-rays the doctor said I Srikanth will next play eight in the first game by hurrying too consecutive title by outclassing Melbourne: Ankita Raina’s bid SNehwal and former world was OK and I don’t have Covid- seed Zii Jia Lee of Malaysia, who much. But we always knew Veronika Kudermetova 6-2, 6- to qualify for a Grand Slam sin- number one Kidambi Srikanth 19,” Saina said after her win. defeated another Indian HS what we had to do,” Chirag 2 in the Abu Dhabi final on gles main draw failed yet again entered the second rounds of “I am thankful to the doc- Prannoy 13-21, 21-14, 21-8. added. Wednesday to extend her win- when she lost the final round their respective events but tors, the BWF and everyone who Sameer Verma too made a However, it was curtains for ning streak to 15 matches. of the Australian Open quali- Parupalli Kashyap made an early made the decision for me to play. first round exit after losing 15- Arjun Madathil Ramachandran The 22-year-old from fying event to Serbian Olga exit from the Thailand Open It was a tiring day but I am 21, 17-21 to Shesar Hiren and Dhruv Kapila, who lost to Belarus is the in-form player at I’m really happy I could play that Danilovic on Wednesday. Super 1000 tournament here on happy I could comeback and Rhustavito of Indonesia. the Malaysian duo of Ong Yew the moment on the WTA tour long and to win this title,” In the women’s singles Wednesday. play my match.” In the men’s doubles, Sin and Teo Ee Yi 21-13, 8-21, and will be looking to translate Sabalenka told reporters in Abu qualifiers being held in Dubai, Saina got the better of Earlier in the day, Srikanth Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and 22-24. her success from the smaller Dhabi. Ankita lost the third and final Selvaduray Kisona of Malaysia took just 31 minutes to prevail Chirag Shetty came from behind Another Indian men’s dou- events into the majors, where “I’m going to Australia, I’m round 2-6, 6-3, 1-6 to her 21-15, 21-15 in the women’s sin- over compatriot Sourabh Verma to defeat the South Korean pair bles pair of Manu Attri and B she has yet to make it past the confident with only one thing, Serbian opponent in almost gles opening round to set up a 21-12, 21-11 in the men’s singles, of Kim Gi Jung and Lee Yong Sumeeth Reddy also lost in the fourth round. that I’ll do everything I can to two hours. It was the her’s sixth clash with Thailand’s Busanan but Kashyap was forced to retire Dae 19-21, 21-16, 21-14. opening round to Thai duo of Sabalenka added a ninth win matches and that’s the only attempt to qualify for a compe- Ongbamrungphan. midway in his opening-round The two were delighted by Weeraphat Phakjarung and singles trophy to her collection confidence I have right now.” tition at the grand stage. Saina, who was first forced match against Jason Anthony the win over their idol. Wongsathorn Thongkham 19- and will rise to a career-high Sabalenka, who ended her Her defeat means that to withdraw from the event for Ho-Shue of Canada. “Lee Yong Dae was an idol 21, 14-21. number seven in the world 2020 season by clinching back- Sumit Nagal will be the only positive Covid-19 results on Kashyap, a Commonwealth for both of us when we were The mixed doubles pair of when the new rankings are to-back titles in Ostrava and Indian to compete in the sin- Tuesday but later returned a neg- “Yesterday, I was given a Games champion, was trailing 8- started, so it was excellent play- N Sikki Reddy and Sumeeth released next week. Linz, is also riding an 11-match gles event of the first Grand ative test, thanked the positive Covid-19 result after my 14 in the third game when he ing him today, and we are happy Reddy B also failed to cross the “I came here to play some winning streak in the Middle Slam of the season. Badminton World Federation PCR test but I already told chose to retire after puling his to get the win,” Satwiksairaj opening hurdle, losing to Chung matches after one month of just East, having triumphed in Doha Nagal has been awarded a officials and doctors for allow- them that I had Covid last calf muscle. said. Man Tang and Yong Suet Tse 20- preparation. I played six match- on her last previous visit to the wild card entry into the men’s ing her to participate. November, so I have antibodies. He had lost the first game 9- “Our strategy was to attack 22, 17-21. es and it’s really important and region 11 months ago. singles. PTI