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Haryana. “On December 12, the The ruling party’s vigorous farmers have decided to block outreach programme in “next the Delhi-Jaipur Highway and few days” would involve 100 if still the law is not rolled back, press conferences and 718 the farmers on December 14, farmers meeting in as many will stage sit-in protests in districts to explain “correct” front of Deputy implications of the three farm Commissioner’s (DC) offices laws to the farmers of the across the country and houses country, sources said. of BJP leaders. We will also ! #P # + The BJP leaders would block Reliance and Adani toll ,% & " ./ organise “kisan sammelans” in rural “chaupals” to con- vince the farmers that the new farm laws would give them R ! !" #$ “unrestricted freedom” to sell and “increase” their income by $ way of contract farming, said " # sources in the party. "# # $% # P # The new Central farm laws & " '( # % have allowed trade and contract $% in agricultural produce as also farmers outside Punjab and The farmers wing of the The BKS while supporting removed restrictions on hoard- Haryana, the States which, RSS — “Bharatiya Kisan demand for guaranting guise of farmers and appealed to the Centre by agreeing to test ing by amending essential com- they claim, are “mainly feed- Sangh” (BKS) — is too plan- Minimum Support Price to the protesters to be vigilant the validity of the laws on the modities Act. Farmers are ing” the current stir on the out- ning to organise a massive the farmers has not joined the nion Agriculture Minister against their platform being mid continuing protests pleas filed by RJD lawmaker demanding that the skirts of Delhi. farmer outreach and around farmers agitation, citing “politi- UNarendra Singh Tomar on misused. Aat Delhi borders against the from Rajya Sabha, Manoj Jha Government rollback these law Union and State Cabinet “Kisan Chaupals” in different cisation” of the protest. Friday cautioned farmers agi- Tagging a media report Centre’s three new agri laws, and DMK Rajya Sabha MP which they say would put Ministers will take part in the parts of the country to show- The BJP is attempting to tating against the three farm about posters coming up at farmers’ body ‘Bharatiya Kisan from Tamil Nadu, Tiruchi Siva, farmers at the mercy of corpo- intense communication cam- case the benefits of the farm rope in farmers who are laws not to fall prey to false pro- farmers’ Tikri Border protest Union Bhanu’ (BKUB)has and one by Rakesh Vaishnav of rate traders and their profi- paign with documents and laws. “The exercise has already inclined to toe a paganda and not allow site demanding release of some moved the Supreme Court Chhattisgarh Kisan Congress. teering business. “point-by-point” allay farm- begun in right earnest in rural middle-path” in the ongoing anti-social elements to take activists arrested under various seeking to intervene as a party BKUB, through its According to BJP leaders, ers’ apprehensions on the laws areas,” said one of the BKS protest and be satisfied with the advantage of their peaceful charges, Tomar said, “Anti- in a pending plea challenging Mathura-based president their “awareness campaign” as they would also list out leaders. amendments and guaranteeing agitation. social elements are conspiring the constitutional validity the Bhanu Pratap Singh, has sought (on the farm laws) which got Government’s “readiness” to The BKS has asked all its the MSP and not be with the He said some “anti-social to spoil the atmosphere of the legislations. impleadment as a party in the thwarted on account of coron- amend the sections which may units to “help farmers in pro- “extremists” wanting a com- elements” are conspiring to peasant movement under the A bench headed by Chief lead petition filed by DMK avirus pandemic, would be help neutralising their fears on curement and payment” issues plete annulment of the three spoil the atmosphere of the guise of farmers.” Justice Justice SA Bobde, on lawmaker Tiruchi Siva. expanded and also involve contract farming. across the country. farm laws, sources said. peasants’ movement under the Continued on Page 11 October 12, had issued a notice Continued on Page 11 + )6% * $ #&' '()) R * , -.) ()*R ) +R ,+ - that in the coming weeks vac- World Bank through video expected before Christmas and cination process will kick-start conference. India may give a go-ahead % une-based Serum Institute in India as soon as it is The sources said the soon after that,” sources said. Pof India (SII) may get emer- approved by the regulatory Medicines and Healthcare “The regulatory approval Lucknow (PNS): The Uttar gency use nod for Covishield in agency concerned. Sources Products Regulatory Agency in the UK is crucial to strength- Pradesh government has decid- India as soon as the UK’s drug said SII might take the lead in (MHRA) is currently evaluat- en SII’s application seeking ed to set up a training centre of & regulator gives go ahead to the getting nod. ing data, including which dos- emergency use authorisation in the Central Institute of Plastic vaccine, which officials here Dr Harsh Vardhan was ing regimen is best to use for India because the proposal Engineering Technology # ' expect to be before year end. speaking at the inter-ministe- the Covid vaccine developed by here refers to trials being con- (CIPET) in Ayodhya for pro- Union Health Minister rial meeting on vaccination of UK’s Oxford and AstraZeneca. ducted in the UK and Brazil. viding vocational training to Harsh Vardhan said at an event South Asia organised by the “The MHRA approval is Moreover, the vaccine is yet to youth for self-employment. For be approved in any country. It this, 10.030 acre of land will be he Union Home Ministry !./ is a sensitive matter and only transferred free of cost to the Ton Friday summoned West once we are sure of the safety, MSME department in Ganja Bengal’s Chief Secretary and )')' ) efficacy and immunogenicity of village of Ayodhya district. DGP on December 14 for an the vaccine, we can grant an A decision to this effect explanation on the law and ! approval,” an official said. was taken at a cabinet meeting order situation in the State. " #$% & The MHRA’s evaluation of chaired by Chief Minister Yogi While the two officials ! % data is likely to bring more clar- Adityanath on Friday. refused to turn up saying the !% $ ity on dosage of the vaccine — Two vocational training matter was being examined which has shown efficacy of 62 centres of the CIPET have by the State Government, TMC % ' ! per cent when two full doses already been established in the &P 1% 23 " ./ launched scathing attack on the !(!) % were given to trial partici- state, one Lucknow and the Centre for bypassing the State * $ pants, but 90 per cent for a other in Varanasi, and with this Government. on the attack on BJP president ther reports are being obtained smaller sub-group given a half decision, the third centre will Chief Secretary Alapan JP Nadda’s convoy. and compiled, in the circum- + , dose and then a full dose. now come up in Ayodhya. The Bandyopadhyay and Director In response to the Home stances, I am directed to "!% ) Vardhan said, “Effective CIPET offers graduate, post- General of Police Virendra Ministry’s letter, Chief request you to kindly dispense - $) planning and strategic man- graduate and diploma courses were asked to present before Secretary wrote back saying his with the presence of State offi- agement has enabled India to in plastic engineering and the Union Home Secretary and DGP’s presence in Delhi cials in the meeting, consider- keep its cases per million at manufacturing technology and Ajay Kumar Bhalla to explain was avoidable as the matter is ing the State Government is ($ 7,078 against the global average is affiliated to the Dr APJ the law and order situation “already being examined” by already addressing this issue /&, of 8,883. The fatality rate is Abdul Kalam Technical based on the report of the State Government. with utmost seriousness.” 1.45%, well below the global University. Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar’s He also wrote, “While fur- Continued on Page 11 ! average of 2.29%.” Continued onPage 11 * *- P !
, tems of medicine”. actions,” Srivastava said. The Ayush Ministry then Incidentally, the latest war issued a statement clarifying ebutting Chinese claim that of words between India and that the amendment was spe- RIndia is responsible for ten- China broke out after External ,(* cific to 58 surgical procedures sion at the Line of Actual Affairs Minister S Jaishankar only. However, the body of Control (LAC), New Delhi on said two days back that rela- / medical practitioners said: “It Friday hit back and said the sit- tions between the two countries is nothing but a blatant attempt uation worsened due to efforts are at worst stage in the last 30 at mixopathy and khichdifica- by Beijing to “unilaterally to 40 years. He also said ties tion of medical education and change” the status of the LAC. with China have “significantly housands of doctors on practice.” These strong comments damaged.” TFriday held nationwide On Friday, doctors at the by External Affairs Ministry Striking a strident note in strike under the banner of the All India Institute of Medical Spokesperson Anurag the backdrop of armies of both Indian Medical Association Sciences and various other Srivastava came at a media the countries locked in face-offs (IMA) opposing the Centre’s Government-run hospitals in briefing. He was asked about at the 1,700 km long LAC in move to allow postgraduate Delhi and the municipality-run the fresh comments by the unilateral change in status border standoff in eastern Ladakh, Jaishankar said the ties practitioners of Ayurveda to be Hindu Rao Hospital performed Chinese foreign ministry blam- along the LAC in eastern Ladakh. “We have taken note were “very significantly dam- trained in performing surgical duties while wearing black ing India again for the border Ladakh,” he said. of the Chinese side’s statement aged” because of Beijing’s vio- procedures. armbands and ribbons. situation in eastern Ladakh. “These actions are in vio- that it observes ‘strictly the lation of agreements on main- The strike involved the in India — amended the Indian “shalakya”. Shalya refers to gen- Dr R Sharma, national “Our position has been lation of the bilateral agree- agreements between the two taining peace and tranquility withdrawal of non-Covid and Medicine Central Council eral surgery, shalakya is relat- president of the association, very clear and has been artic- ments and protocol on ensur- sides and is committed to on the LAC. non-essential activities from 6 (Post Graduate Ayurveda ed to diseases of the ear, nose, said: “Modern medicine is con- ulated several times in the ing peace and tranquility along resolving the border issue He admitted the talks at am to 6 pm. Education) Regulations, 2016, throat, head, eye, and oro- trolled and research-oriented, past. The situation that we the LAC in the India-China through dialogue and safe- various levels had so far failed Last month, the Central to include the regulation to per- dentistry. The IMA con- we are proud of the heritage have seen since the last six border areas,” Srivastava added. guarding peace and tranquili- to address the basic issue that Council of Indian Medicine — mit postgraduate students of demned the move, terming and richness of Ayurveda but months has been a result of the A Chinese foreign ministry ty’ in the border areas. We “agreements are not being the regulatory body for the Ayurveda to receive training the decision as a “deceptive the two shouldn’t be mixed.” actions of the Chinese side spokesperson on Thursday expect that the Chinese side observed.” study and practice of Ayurveda and practice of “shalya” and camouflage of mixing the sys- Continued on Page 11 which has sought to effect a blamed India again for the will match its words with Continued on Page 11 ! "#$#%#% 7" +!!&! !31 14! &7 ! 2 1#!3 '-* Purvanchal depends on devel- -R( R opment of local art and craft, he Uttar Pradesh govern- skill training, infrastructure '-* "- / Tment is all set to project development and putting the Purvanchal region of the state '-* Purvanchal was steadily moving ahead on loans according to their need on time. ODOP programme on fast he Uttar Pradesh govern- ( '-;+* as an investment destination to the path of development. The senior min- Purvanchal Development Board track,” he added. Tment has decided to launch foreign companies which are Bankers’ Meet was organised at the ister stressed upon the banks advisor Saket Mishra said that the devel- Sehgal said that the govern- a two-month-long campaign - (+ planning to shift their bases ASamvad Bhawan on the second day to make proportional use of Jan opment plans should not just be seen on ment had launched the ODOP for updating the land records "/*=+ " from China to other destina- of the mega seminar-cum-webinar on Dhan Vikas Nidhi. He also appealed to the paper. programme with the aim to by entering the names of the tions in the wake of the coro- ‘Sustainable development: issues, strate- banks to arrange for at least Rs 40,000 The Board co-chairman, Prof Rakesh identify, promote and tap the successors in the revenue 9 99' navirus pandemic . gies and future direction of Purvanchal’ crore for the development of Purvanchal. Kumar Tiwari, welcomed the guests. potential of the traditional records. The campaign will be " “Agriculturally rich, the at Deendayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur At the beginning of the session, Convenor of the Bankers’ Meet, Prof products to give a push to ‘local launched from December 15 Purvanchal region is known for University, Gorakhpur, on Friday in Additional Chief Secretary (Institutional Uma Shrivastava, Chairman of to global’. and the government has issued /' 9;*+ " its cheap labour. If we now con- which various bank officials, academicians Finance) Sanjeev Mittal said that bankers Purvanchal Bank, DP Grover, Allahabad “We are making the district detailed guidelines for it. centrate on the skill develop- put forth their opinions on the role of had an important contribution in the Bank’s AGM Vinoy Kumar, Indian Bank action plan for each ODOP The district magistrates anti-social elements. ment of this labour force then banks in the development of Purvanchal. development of Purvanchal. He said that DGM AK Jha, Bank of Baroda GM product that provides details and divisional commissioner He said this also sometimes instead of choosing Vietnam Cabinet Minister Suresh Khanna, most of the farmers of Purvanchal were Brijesh Kumar Singh, SBI Regional about the product weakness will conduct fortnightly review created a problem for the law and Thailand, the foreign com- who was the chief guest, presented the small and marginal and they required Manager Manish Satpal, SBI Bhopal’s and improvement needed of the progress of the campaign and order. The chief secretary panies will choose Purvanchal outline of the work done for the develop- small funds for agricultural investment. Avanindra Sinha were among others besides any financial support. and they have been directed to said the process of entering the as their destination for invest- ment of Purvanchal. He said that He requested the bankers to give them who were present. Through the district export ensure compliance with the names of the successors and ment,” said Additional Chief plan, we identify the products guidelines. transferring the title of the Secretary (MSME and Export potential to become an eco- reason is we did not adopt the Expressway and the airports from progressing. The large- that can be exported,” he Chief Secretary RK Tiwari land in the name of the buyer Promotion) Navneet Sehgal nomic hot spot of not only latest technologies in upgrad- coming up in Kushinagar and scale and sustainable develop- said. said here on Friday that regu- of a land would be completed while addressing a national Uttar Pradesh but the entire ing our products. We did not Kashi are an example of this. ment is possible only through The additional chief secre- lar updating the land records by January 31 next year. webinar-cum-seminar on country. consider the development of Further, there is much focus the promotion of local art tary said in order to increase was one of the important works He said by February 1, the ‘Sustainable Development of Highlighting the rich his- cottage and small-scale indus- on the One District One and craft and dovetailing it the production and maintain of the Revenue department district magistrate of each dis- Purvanchal’ as the lead speak- tory of the region, Sehgal said tries as the harbinger of Product (ODOP) Programme with the latest technologies,” he the quality of Kala Namak rice and it was the responsibility of trict would obtain a certificate er on Friday. that Purvanchal was very pros- growth,” he said. that aims at reviving the tradi- said. in Siddharthnagar, the gov- the department to record new from each lekhpal and revenue The webinar was attended perous and besides agricul- Further highlighting the tional art and craft of the Emphasising on the ernment had entered into an successors in land records. inspector that no case of suc- by academicians, bureaucrats, ture, the cottage industries factors essential for the growth region,” he said. achievements of the govern- agreement with the He said the delay in record- cession and name transfer was political leaders and tech- thrived here on the local art of the region, the additional Emphasising the signifi- ment, he said that the govern- International Rice Institute for ing the succession not only pending in the village under nocrats. and craft. chief secretary said that the cance of cluster development, ment was setting up seven opening its centre in deprived the rightful owners of their charge. He said by “The region is rich in “The British too had set government was focusing on a Sehgal said it provided both common facility centres in Siddharthnagar for hand hold- their right but also led to liti- February 20 the updated data resources such as land and their foot here on account of its few components for develop- jobs and skills and volumes for Purvanchal and “now we have ing the farmers. gation and often illegal occupa- would be fed on the official water and now we need to prosperity. But gradually we ment. manufacturing and market for touched the mark of 38 percent “It has to be remembered tion of land by land mafia and website. focus on further tapping its tra- lost our way and now the per- “The government is deter- the product. in export in the last three years that for sustainable develop- ditional art and craft which has ception about the region is that mined to bring about drastic “If we connect the artisans because of product improve- ment, we have to tap our own been practised here since gen- it is not developed and most of improvement in infrastruc- in these clusters with technol- ment”. resources as dependency on erations,” Sehgal said while the people migrate from here in ture. Next comes connectivity ogy, finance and market then “The overall model for foreign companies is not good,” stressing that the region had the search of greener pastures. The and the Purvanchal nothing can stop this region sustainable development of he said. *! % 2 #! 1)!2 !!!)! 4%!!! ( -.5 '-* 0Q R Lucknow (PNS): The ith the aim to promote Samajwadi Party has directed its Whorticulture, vegetable cadre and leaders to stage dhar- and fruit farming in the Lucknow (PNS): Farmers will be built to buy power generat- The energy minister said na on December 14 in support Purvanchal region as it is very now ‘produce’ electricity along ed by farmers under the PM that in the past when the of the farmers protesting against effective in doubling the with crops using alternative or Kusum Scheme in the field of transformer developed a snag the three agriculture laws in the income of farmers of this renewable sources of energy as renewable energy would be in the village, the villagers national capital region. SP pres- region, the Yogi Adityanath they can set up solar power installed in Purvanchal. had to make donations to get ident Akhilesh Yadav said here government will be giving veg- plants on barren or wastelands Apart from this, out of it fixed but today the dedicat- on Friday that the kisan yatra etable seeds free of cost to over and sell the remaining electric- 8,000 solar irrigation pumps of ed team was activated as soon organised by the party contin- 20 lakh farmers. ity after their consumption to the state, 2,882 have been as it received the information. ued for the fifth consecutive day Agriculture and the Uttar Pradesh Power given to Purvanchal, he added. “On getting connections of in various districts without any Agriculture Education and Corporation. “The rapid development of more than 20 kilowatts, the obstructions on Friday. The SP NOTICE Research Minister Surya Pratap UP’s Energy Shrikant Purvanchal is important for executive engineers themselves chief said that numerous Shahi said that horticulture Sharma said this while chair- the overall development of arrive at the connection taker’s Samajwadi Party workers took out kisan yatras in various areas I Virandra Kumar had immense potential in ing the fifth technical session the state because without the place with a box of sweets. Purvanchal. of the manufacturing sector on development of Purvanchal, In this session, Uttar of their districts on foot, bicycles, Chaudhary father of Rudra motorcycles and bullock carts Chaudhary have mentioned “In this region, while cere- the second day of the nation- the development of Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation als are ready in six months, veg- al webinar-cum-seminar on Pradesh is incomplete,” Limited Chairman Arvind and apart from making the my and my wife name Sarla people aware about the party’s Chaudhary in my word's etables take 2-3 months to ‘Sustainable Development: Sharma said. Kumar and Purvanchal Power reap. Farmers should be made Issues, Strategies and Future “There is a great need for Distribution Corporation policies, also assured support to School Records. Her correct the demands of the farmers. name is Sarla Devi and my aware of such technology so Direction of Purvanchal’ uninterrupted power for sus- Limited MD Saroj Kumar dis- Correct name is Vijendra that they can earn maximum organised under the joint aegis tainable development. In this cussed the departmental plans Kumar in all documents for all income from horticulture,” he of Planning department and context, the renewable energy and achievements. purposes. said. Gorakhpur University on the sector currently contributes 6 Environmentalist of West Shahi, who was speaking in Gorakhpur University campus percent to the energy sector, Chester Pennsylvania, senior NOTICE the technical session of the pri- on Friday. which the chief minister has advisor Dr Rajesh Singh, mary sector on the second day The energy minister said targeted to increase to 20 per- Climate Change Prof PK of the national webinar-cum- that four of the sub-stations to cent by 2021,” he said. Ghosh were also present. I Army no-15700331 A seminar on ‘Sustainable bhabtosh sen S/O sudhir Development: Issues, Strategies are also being made to open a More Crop’ scheme. Such tition to Alphonso mangoes,” kumar sen to declear that my and Future Direction of centre of International Potato equipment saves water and he explained. service record my wife name is Purvanchal’ in Gorakhpur, said Research Centre. In the last also increases the production of Additional Chief Secretary shilla sen. Her correct name is that the reason for the back- three years, about Rs 300 crore crops,” Shahi said. (agriculture) Devesh shilla das sen in future all por- wardness of the farmers has been given to Krishi Vigyan Two mango packaging Chaturvedi said that most of posse. Bhabatosh sen s/o sud- was that they did not have Kendra and other agricultural houses have been constructed the lakhs of the migrants who hir kumar sen R/o sukanta updated knowledge of tech- institutions, Shahi added. in Amroha and Varanasi at a returned during the coron- nagar post SBC nagar belonia nologies. “Weather-based crop cost of Rs 9.90 crore each. avirus pandemic were from south tirpura -799155 “Diversification and multi- insurance for protection of During the coronavirus times, Purvanchal and a majority of cropping are the demands of crops is being provided at a about 2,000 quintal mangoes them were given work in the OBITUARY the agriculture sector and hor- mere 5 percent premium and have been exported from this agriculture sector. ticulture can play an important mandi fee has been reduced region. “New agricultural policies role in this,” he said. from 2 percent to 1 percent. At “Dussehri mangoes have can be formalised by doing a The state government is least 50 percent grant is also been the identity of UP and its SWAT analysis of the agricul- continuously making efforts being provided on construction quality can further be ture sector. Ample human for the development of the of poly houses,” he said enhanced. By improving the resource is available in the agriculture sector. A centre of “In addition, 80 percent quality of the ‘Gaurjit’ mangoes sector in Purvanchal besides the International Rice Research subsidy is being provided on of Gorakhpur and Basti, its abundant water and improved Centre, Philippines, has been agricultural equipment like exports can be increased and road connectivity is our opened in Varanasi and efforts sprinklers under the `Per Drop they can give a tough compe- strength,” he said. " $ / $ '-* road, disrupting traffic for and rushed to a hospital where 11& ' 1 hours on Thursday. They the doctors pronounced a 10- retired policeman and his demanded immediate arrest year-old dead, the police said, !) !7 Ahenchmen brutally of the culprits. adding that when three others thrashed a 65-year-old man to Later senior officers were sent to Bareilly for treat- Lucknow (PNS): Congress gen- death with sticks and injured reached the spot and pacified ment, a nine-year-old suc- eral secretary Priyanka Gandhi five other family members after the protesters by assuring stern cumbed to injuries. Vadra, who is trying to strength- the victim objected to digging action against the culprits. SP (Rural) Siddhart Verma en the party in the rural areas, 0 1!!2 ground adjacent to the bound- The body was sent for said permission was not taken could launch a large-scale contact ary wall of his house. post-mortem. A police force for the ‘shobha yatra’ and police campaign from next month. She The clash between the two was deployed in the village to came to know of it only after wants to create asn atmosphere groups took place in Bagha vil- avert any untoward incident the incident. in favour of the party through lage of Deoria, police said on and senior officers visited the “Investigations are on and organisation strengthening drive !! "# $ " Friday. village. strict action will be taken before the panchayat elections, %&%%'()*+,-%.. %%'//'*',(+- According to reports, the Superintendent of Police against those found responsi- scheduled in the beginning of 0 1!!2 incident took place on Sripati Misra said a case had ble for it,” he said. next year in Uttar Pradesh. Party Thursday when Harishankar been lodged against 11 people, In Meerut, a 21-year-old sources on Friday said that D.El.Ed.(B.T.C.) 3 @ !1 $01" Gupta objected to his neigh- out of which four were named youth, Ajay, resident of Rohta Priyanka Gandhi Vadra could 5 7 8 59 bour Ramayan Bari, a retired and some had been arrested. Road under the TP Nagar camp in Uttar Pradesh in the sec- 7 -%*( !:17 policeman, digging near his Meanwhile in Budaun, police station, poured kerosene ond fortnight of January. 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Atested positive for coron- have a meeting in this regard Tment has decided to give As per the UP Electronics avirus in Lucknow on Friday with the Director General of special incentives to Samsung Manufacturing Policy-2017, while 252 patients recovered. Medical Health shortly. Singh Display Noida Private Limited Samsung will get stamp duty City’s death toll stands at 1,043 said the preparations are in full for setting up a manufacturing exemption in transfer of land. while there are 3,141 active swing. However, he added that unit of mobile and IT display The state government will have cases. The fresh cases includ- he is not aware whether or not products. This is the first hi- to make financial provision of ed 19 from from Gomtinagar, the vaccines will be available tech project of South Korea’s Rs 250 crore for this project 22 from Indiranagar, 18 from commercially. President of multi-national major that is during five years. The compa- Alambagh 17 from Chowk, 14 People’s Health Organisation being set up in India after ny will also receive financial from Rae Bareli road, 11 from Dr Ishwar Gilada said that relocating from China. incentive to the tune of Rs 460 Mahanagar, and 10 each from two doses of the vaccine would With this the country will crore under the Government of Aliganj & Talkatora. Across the give the immunity for a year. become third in the world to India’s scheme for promotion of state, 1,613 persons tested pos- district. According to district “The government has to have such a unit. A decision to manufacturing electronic com- itive, including 32 in Kanpur, immunisation officer MK decide who to vaccinate first this effect was taken at the ponents and semiconductors 96 in Ghaziabad, 100 in Singh, the vaccine will be trans- and in which order. For achiev- meeting of the UP Cabinet (SPECS). Gautam Buddhnagar, 104 in ported to the storage points ing herd immunity, at least 60% headed by Chief Minister Yogi It is to be mentioned that Varanasi and 146 in Meerut, with the help of district admin- of the population must have Adityanath here on Friday. more than 70 percent of the taking the UP tally to 5,62,722. istration. He said the security developed antibodies. If the Samsung intends to invest Rs total display products used in There were 17 deaths in the arrangements are being made vaccine is 90% successful, we 4,825 crore. TVs, mobile phones, tablets, state, including four in to prevent theft at the storage need to vaccinate 70% of the “This could be made pos- watches in the world are man- Varanasi, two each in Lucknow points and during transporta- population. Hopefully before sible by the sustained efforts of ufactured by Samsung in South & Rae Bareli, and one each in tion and that’s why the help of the end of this year, we will the UP government to create an Korea, Vietnam and China. # " Kanpur, Prayagraj, Ghaziabad, district administration and have the Covid-19 vaccine in ecosystem in the National “The project will provide Mathura, Maharajganj, Gonda, police is being sought. India for healthcare providers Capital Region in sync with the the state of UP, a global iden- '-* ed in dense fog. maximum temperature settled Hapur & Bijnor, taking the toll Singh said before the vac- and other frontline workers. intent of the Centre to develop tity of an export hub and will “Dense fog will be there at 20.1 degree Celsius, which to 8,025. Besides, 1,875 patients cination is carried out, slips Once the process of vaccination an export hub in view of the help the state in receiving more ense fog enveloped the on Saturday as well but the was 5.5 degrees below normal. recovered, taking the number with information regarding starts in India, there will be sev- ever-increasing demand of foreign direct investment Dstate capital on Friday presence of a western distur- The forecast for Lucknow is of recoveries to 5,34,224. There timing and place for vaccina- eral challenges such as manage- mobile phones and other gad- (FDI),” the spokesman said. morning with the visibility bance is likely to cause rains shallow to moderate fog in the are still 20,473 active cases in tion will be sent to homes of ment of cold chains, gets in the country and abroad,” The Samsung manufactur- being less than 50 meters at 7 in eastern parts of the state,” morning and mainly clear sky the state. beneficiaries. “The beneficia- syringes/needles & vaccina- an official spokesman said. ing unit has been projected to am. The weatherman has he said. The chill increased as thereafter. The maximum and Meanwhile, security ries will be given certificates of tors, adverse effect manage- During the last financial generate direct employment forecast similar conditions on the minimum temperature minimum temperature arrangements are being made Covid vaccination and mes- ment clinics and whether or year, Samsung, with 2.7 billion for 510 persons besides giving Saturday too. Met director JP was recorded at 13.7 degree is likely to be 22 degree at the Covid-19 vaccine storage sages will also be sent to them not to vaccinate those already dollar of export, was the largest indirect employment for Gupta said no winds blowing Celsius, which was four Celsius and 13 degree Celsius, points and for transport in the on their mobile phones,” he infected,” he said. exporter of Uttar Pradesh. It hundreds. and moisture in the air result- notches below normal. The respectively. 1 - '-*
wo persons were killed and two others injured Tin separate road mishaps in Lucknow in the last 24 hours. The deceased were identified as Rauf Khan and Bharat Bhushan while one of the injured as Alok Kumar. In the first incident reported from Faizabad road under Chinhat police station on Thursday night, truck driver Rauf Khan, along with assistant Bharat Bhushan, was going to Haryana to unload paddy. Around 11 pm, the truck developed some techni- cal snag opposite Satya Tirath Ashram. Rauf and Bhushan got down from the truck to mend the snag and in the meantime, another truck rammed into their vehicle, leaving the duo injured. The errant drive sped off the scene. Passersby informed police after which Rauf and Bhushan were rushed to the community health cen- tre where Rauf succumbed to injuries. Bhushan was referred to KGMU Trauma Centre where he also suc- cumbed on Friday afternoon. Another truck driver Alok Kumar, a resident of Kanpur, sustained injuries when his vehicle laden with maurang overturned near Smriti Vatika on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday. The dri- ver was carrying the material from Hamirpur to Vikas Nagar. Alok was taken to KGMU Trauma Centre with the help of locals and his condition was said to be okay. Meanwhile, a car overturned at Shaheed Path in Gomti Nagar Extension around at 10 pm on Thursday. Eyewitnesses said the driver quietly fled the scene abandoning the vehicle even as traffic remained disrupted for almost three hours. An eyewitness said the driver sustained injuries and he was profusely bleeding. The police said they were trying to ascer- tain the identity of the person who fled the scene. + A youth, identified as Ankur Singh (24) of Prem Vihar in Ahmedganj (Thakurganj), was found hanging at his house on Friday. However, no sui- cide note was recovered from the scene. Elder broth- er Shiv Sharan told police that Ankur was depressed over being jobless despite much efforts. Unemployment may have forced him to take the extreme step. The police said Ankur was preparing for a competitive examination. He went to his room after having dinner with his family. He was found hanging from the ceiling around 10:30 am. 41 7171! !A &3$112 3 !$ !$ %7%1 Lucknow (PNS): The Lucknow Development Authority postponed the proposal for e-auction of vacant residential plots under various schemes and issued directions for its revision. This and several other decisions were taken at the LDA board meet- ing on Friday. The meeting, presided over by Divisional Commissioner Ranjan Kumar, was attended by DM Abhishek Prakash, who is also the LDA vice-chairman, Municipal Commissioner Ajay Dwivedi and ADM (East) KP Singh. Besides, the board decided that the ownership of parkings will remain with LDA but operations and maintenance will be transferred to Nagar Nigam. The board also issued directions that except for the parkings located in LDA parks, the main- tenance and operations of others will be transferred to Nagar Nigam. The board also approved conver- sion of the use of land in Vinamra Khand and Vishesh Khand under Gomti Nagar Yojana for power sub-station. Regarding the construction of night shelter in Aishbagh industrial area, for which LDA had to pro- cure the construction cost from Nagar Nigam and then transfer the same to it for maintenance, the municipal commissioner apprised the board of the land available at Durgapuri which could be used for the purpose. The board gave directions for sur- vey of the land. The board also approved transfer of nazul land near Koneshwar crossing from the Home department to LDA for construction of mul- tilevel parkings and other commercial activities. The board also gave directions for referring the matter to the state government. ! "#$#%#% # %& ! () 9! - # 233 - # :R 4 5 * ++ ! * ) ** 4 '-* boy was missing, they launched a '-* '-* search for him but could not trace 200-odd people will be allowed sombre way in view of the coro- appealed to the community to he 6-year-old son of a business- him anywhere. entry at any given point of time navirus pandemic,” he said. He return to the spiritual message Tman was kidnapped in The local police first took the he Christian community in during Christmas celebrations. said the main church in the city, of Christmas and not to be ice-Chancellor of Lucknow University Prof AK Rai Maharajganj and the kidnappers incident lightly and asked the fam- Tand around Lucknow has “The countdown to Christmas St Joseph’s Cathedral in tempted to commercialise this Vsaid on Friday that they have constituted a 5-mem- demanded Rs 50 lakh for the safe ily to look for the boy themselves decided to keep Christmas cel- started on November 29 with the Hazratganj, will have the holy important holy feast. ber task force to implement what Prime Minister release of the boy. even when the family said that ebrations a low-key affair this advent season. ‘Advent’, from the mass around midnight on Meanwhile, Father Herbert Narendra Modi had suggested while speaking at the cen- The cops, who initially took the some motorcycle-borne miscre- year in view of the ongoing coro- Latin ‘adventus’, means ‘to come’, December 24, presided over by Abel from the Central tennial celebrations. The task force will present its report incident lightly, registered a case ants were spotted on the fateful day navirus pandemic. a period of prayerful preparation the Bishop of Lucknow, Gerald Methodist Church said they in three months. The committee is headed by Prof and formed four teams to safely res- and they could have kidnapped the Chancellor and spokesper- for three weeks in preparation John Mathias and other priests. have cancelled their pro- Naveen Khare from Chemistry department. cue the minor from the clutches of boy. The police, however, swung son, Catholic Diocese of for Christmas, celebrating the “In view of the Covid-19 grammes which are meant for “We have identified a broad agenda as to what will his kidnappers. The help of the into action when the family Lucknow, Donald HR De Souza birth of Lord Jesus Christ in protocols, a limited number of senior citizens and young kids be the contribution of Lucknow University to the soci- Special Task Force (STF) has been received a letter through which they said that the Cathedral com- Bethlehem. The celebrations representatives of various com- for Christmas in view of the ety, to higher education and where we see ourselves in sought to ensure safe release of the were asked to pay a ransom of Rs pound is big enough but only have also begun but in a much munities will participate in the coronavirus pandemic. “We cel- 2047. These things were discussed by the PM while boy. According to reports, Krishna 50 lakh for the safe release of the midnight holy mass and also in ebrate the golden age pro- addressing the centenary year programme,” he said. The Gupta, a resident of gram sabha boy. The letter also stated that a per- the divine day services. While gramme with senior citizens in VC said that the task force has been told that they can Banspar Tola Bhunapur under son from the village was support- the Cathedral compound will be which we arrange a lunch for always hold workshops for fine-tuning the initiatives that Sadar Kotwali, lodged a report at ing the kidnappers. Maharajganj SP decked up, entry will be limit- them and spend time with LU is working on before submitting a preliminary report. the local police station, stating Pradeep Gupta said that they were ed as per restrictions for various them, but this time one cannot He said he told the committee that it should be a clear- that last Wednesday, his 6-year-old seriously investigating all aspects of religious activities,” he said. invite people as they are above minded initiative without any prejudices, which means son Piyush was playing in the gar- the kidnapping. “Four teams are From around 3 pm till 10 pm on 60 years of age. We also have that the panel members should not try to conclude on den of the village from where already on the job and we will Christmas every year, more sports for children which we their own but talk to all stakeholders. some people took him away. He recover the boy safely,” Gupta told than one lakh people visit the will not be organising this year On whether the contribution of the university will said that when they noticed that the media persons. church and the Marian Grotto since kids are not allowed,” he only be in the area of education, Rai said there are sev- (shrine of Mother Mary) to said. He added that only 100 eral ways in which contributions can be made. “We light votive candles. Among persons out of the 4,000 mem- developed our own learning management system and ( ,,4( ' other events to be cancelled are bers are being called to the now the government is asking all the state universities Christmas dance-drama, Church for the prayer services. to develop a similar system. This is our contribution to 1 2 Christmas get-together for We have started a token system transformation of higher education ecosystem. Two students of City Montessori School, prominent civil and religious and we distribute tokens at 10 Tomorrow we may sell it since we already have a copy- Indira Nagar Campus — Swastik Tripathi and leaders on December 26. am and 11:30 am and for the right,” he said, adding that the task force will deliber- Amartya Dubey — have won the first prize in In his Christmas message, entire week people come to get ate on the agenda and come up with a proposal. an inter-school mathematical activities and quiz Bishop Gerald Mathias said: these tokens for the services. If While addressing the university virtually on the competition, ‘Mathematica’, which was organ- “We celebrate the birth of Jesus the tokens are exhausted, the occasion of its Foundation Day, Modi had said that the ised under the aegis of Allenhouse Public School, Christ on Christmas. May this entry is not allowed,” he said. He celebrations should not be limited to only 100 years but Kanpur. Students from several prestigious schools of Uttar Pradesh par- Christmas bring us real peace added that in the choir which there should be a road map of 25 years when India cel- ticipated in this competition in which Swastik and Amartya walked away and joy offered by Lord Jesus they hold during Christmas, ebrates 100 years of freedom. He had also said that it with the first prize by dint of their knowledge of mathematics, creativ- Christ as it is very much need- only eight people will stand with should become a part of LU’s attitude that it would con- ity and innovating ideas in various mathematical activities. Organisers ed in the world today”. He social distancing. tribute to nation-building in a certain way. of the event presented certificates of merit to these two students. 2 7 613 - - /( ' % # at encouraging use of hand- spun cloth, the Maharashtra government stated that all employees must wear khadi + ' ( . clothes at least on Fridays. . Maharashtra is not the '+' leaders and officials should aking serious note of its . first state to have come out B + + 9C come to check the quality of T“casual dress sense” of its ,. .- with a dress code for its gov- the water in canals and employees, officers and also , ernment employees. Last year, P Colony in Andhra pipelines at regular intervals those on its contract, the the Bihar government had JPradesh’s West Godavari dis- but it is never done. Maharashtra Government has , 3+ come out with a similar dress trict headquarters Eluru bore “Will anybody do these come out with a dress code for + + code for its employees. More the brunt of the mysterious ill- things when a person like me them — under which it has , than two years ago, the ness which shook the State, asks? This problem has banned its staffers from wear- + 1 Rajasthan government had leaving the colony’s residents occured because of municipal ing jeans, T-shirts and slippers. -! . banned its employees from in a scared state. water,” he complained. Holding that dresses worn wearing jeans and T-shirts. As many as 40 people in Sattibabu questioned the by some employees as “inde- .- , On its part, the Tamil Nadu this working class neighbour- wisdom of attending to a prob- cent”, “unkempt” and “unclean”, O government asked its employ- hood collapsed due to the lem after allowing it to crop up. that they have an adverse + P ees to avoid casual attire and mysterious illness. In all, near- “They should be saved impact on the work atmos- instead wear clothes that reflect ly 600 people suffered sudden before falling sick. Just imag- phere in offices and that they Indian and Tamil culture. convulsions from Saturday to ine how people are living amid also “sully” the image of its Among other things, the Among other things, the Tamil Thursday morning, the major- the coronavirus. Even during image in the minds of people, Maharashtra Government states Nadu government mandated ity of whom were treated at the coronavirus no leader came the Uddhav Thackeray dis- that women employees can the women employees to wear government district hospital in and spoke to us or asked us pensation restrained its staffers wear sarees, salwars/chudidars sari/salwar kameez/churidaar Eluru and some at the govern- whether we had food,” said from wearing jeans, T-shirts kurtas, trouser pants and shirts with dupatta while they were on ment hospital in Vijayawada. Sattibabu. and casual slippers at its offices. alongwith dupattas if necessary. duty and to shirts with formal “There is a water tank in Meanwhile, Suribabu, 40, Prefacing the decision to The male employees can wear pants/veshti (dhoti) or any our colony. Water is supplied who along with two other introduce a new dress code for shirts and “pants or trouser other Indian traditional dress. from it. The water comes here family members fell sick, said its staffer and contractual pants”. In August 2017, the from Pampula Cheruvu and that he too collapsed. “I just employees, Principal Secretary “Clothes with deep colours Himachal Pradesh that gets supplied. We are collapsed, what can I say why (General Administration and strange embroidery pat- Government came out with a wondering if that was the rea- I fell down. On Saturday, I col- Department) Shrikant terns or pictures should not be similar order prescribing a son we faced this problem,” lapsed at the government hos- Deshpande stated in a circular: worn. Besides, employees and dress code for all its employees : 78 < G1 !1)B09 $ O(G?) Manikyam, 40, a resident of the pital, my family members “It has been observed that staff should not wear at work. The Karnataka 0F 1 5 "" 0#K:% %%7< G1 0F 1 colony, told IANS. He com- admitted me in the government several employees and contrac- jeans and t-shirts in offices,” Government, which was K: G#"09C 5 L " ?2#L1 #(?2# plained that the municipal hospital,” said Suribabu. tual staff wear “indecent”, the circular stated. among the first few states that <0 :#A 9###=L1 : #? 2 ?2# L1 # water used to look green in Suribabu said he suffered “unkempt” and “unclean” dress In another diktat, the state introduced a dress code for its !1 ?G909 #9<"# #9# %*/*%%-*%%*-%,'+ K: colour until four days ago but epileptic fits and didn’t know that have an adverse impact on government circular said that employees, had in 2013 barred -*E*-E-%-%*(E%%?1 G 1 PUNB0018100) %%%A after this illness now it looks what happened to him when the work atmosphere in offices women employees should wear its female employees from 1!2B(*)O KK: 09#L K: 7 09#1 okay. “I told my family mem- the illness struck while visiting and that they also sully the chappals, sandals or shoes wearing skirts, T-shirts and +)AK:%%%(" )A-%-% -*&& 0F 1 1 9 0:1 bers to boil the water, maybe his daughters who had fallen image of the government’s while men should wear shoes pants while at work and asked 5 L " G1":1*.-%0% "1 ?2 # 8 that saved us, nobody in our prey to the same disease. image in the minds of the or sandals. its male employees not to wear H G9$ K : 2 ?P I %%%#% L1 family was struck by the ill- Suribabu was not alone, two people”. 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, ( of infection free people total of 26126 people became cases has also decreased with $'637: remained 22. This was con- infections-free. the number of new infected he number of corona firmed by Dr Rishi Sahai, the On Thursday, home isola- continuously decreasing. On Tpatients remained below Nodal Officer of Corona. tion of 14 people has been Thursday, the number of active , = + 9 50 for the fourth consecutive Dr Sahai said that on completed while eight people cases is 642 and 563 people are day. On Thursday, 44 new Thursday, 6009 people have have been discharged in home isolation. ontinuing his inspection COVID-19 infected have been been examined. 44 new infect- from SRN, Beli and private While the 78-year-old Cfor the second continuous found, including Unnao’s ed were found in it. With this, hospital. elderly man of Tagore Town day in parts of Varanasi CMO, Bamrauli Airport the total number of corona Apart from this, 79 patients died in SRN Hospital. He was Division of North Eastern Manager. With this, one person patients in the district has are admitted in these three hos- already ill. Paralysis affected a Railway (NER) here on Friday, has died. Whereas, the number increased to 27125. Of them, a pitals. The number of active part of the body. the NER General Manager (GM) Vinay Kumar Tripathi said that the number of trains would be increased after con- Q8/ version of Varanasi City into a terminal station. Conducting a thorough inspection of the sta- tion, the GM saw the progress of plans to develop the station. ( 'R He also inspected various development works including PPE kits in April 2020 which Appreciating the achievements comed the chief guest and new foot over-bridge, new plat- , ( was immediately fulfilled by the made in the brief 20-year jour- informed about the research forms, passenger rest room, government. At that time, ney of the Indian Institute of work being done in the insti- dormitory, special room, wait- he development of corona 5000-6000 were charged for Information Technology, he tute. ing hall for general passengers Tvaccine by scientists and testing, whereas today, it was congratulated all those espe- He said that the new edu- and yard remodeling. doctors in the last seven available for 400 to 500. cially Dr Murli Manohar Joshi cation policy as implemented Tripathi also reviewed the months in the country shows He said that any research who contributed in building by the government has already passengers’ amenities available that the implementation of work should be resulted in a and shaping of the institute. He been executed in the institu- at the station and instructed the projects in the Modi product in order to focus on particularly praised the IIIT-A tion. He said that the concerned officers to expedite &!', 43. 4 " Government is completed welfare for common man. for implementing many aspects institute has regularised the ses- the work. He emphasised on within stipulated time. A lot of Modi Government has saved of the new education policy in sion even in the global epidem- increasing railway revenue apprised by the officers of the Sharma, SDPO Sameer Paul, reconsider the orders of retire- changes is witnessed in accom- crores of rupees by direct trans- advance. In the new education ic. through reduced utilisation of efforts to make the level of SDS & TE Trimbak Tiwari, ment after completion of 55 plishment of the project since fer of money to beneficiaries policy, the emphasis has been Dr Vijayshri Tiwari, resources. In an informal chat training effective and more SDEE Satyendra Yadav, SDME years of age and 30 years of ser- the Modi Government is in account through Adhar card given to children from child- Registrar highlighted the insti- with presspersons, he denied useful. He directed the DEMU Satyaprakash Srivastava and vice, upgradation of medical power. Earlier completing the .Usage of Information hood on their full personality tute’s twenty-years journey. She privatisation of the railway. shed officers to reduce power some other senior officers. facilities at Divisional Hospital, project on time was a far dream Technology has helped the development. spoke about the academic Later, he, along with Divisional consumption and use the shed During his inspection here, fulfillment of vacant posts, rest in the country. government in saving public He also emphasised on the agreement by the institute. He Railway Manager (DRM) Vijay to its full potential. the delegation of NE Railway rooms for TTEs and other These views were money as well as curbing cor- adoption of the programme presented the outline of the Kumar Panjiar and divisional He was also accompanied Mazdoor Union (NERMU) running staff, an early training expressed by Sanjay Shamrao ruption too. He said that late being run by the Indian MoU made by ISRO. Prof officers conducted an indepth by ADRM (Infra) Praveen met the GM under the leader- to those passed promotion Dhotre, Minister of State for Pramod Mahajan, the then Institute of Science, Bangalore Shekhar Verma apprised the inspection of DEMU shed at Kumar, ADRM (Operations) ship of divisional president examinations for guards, con- Education, Communications Information Technology for children and ask IIIT-A to minister regarding infrastruc- Aunrihar and discussed the SPS Yadav, CMS Dr MS Nagendra Bahadur Singh and struction of well-equipped and Electronics and Minister in the Atal Bihari consider running such pro- ture, planning and resource matters relating to the stan- Nabiyal, SDOM Rohit Gupta, handed over a 10-point char- community building and some Information Technology, Vajpayee Government, used to gramme. IIIT-A has done com- management at the institute. dards of training provided to SDE (Coordination) Rajeev ter of demands. NERMU matters relating to their Government of India while say that mobile would be with mendable work in the direction He informed about solar plant, the employees there. He was Agarwal, SDCM Sanjeev members urged the GM to allowances and others. speaking at a programme held every common man, which of adopting multi disciplinary sewer treatment plant, internet at Indian Institute of seemed impossible at that time. streams for students. He urged facilities, hostel, high quality Information Technology, However , today, every person all the teachers and officers pre- laboratories and other facilities Prayagraj on Friday. in the country has a mobile. sent there to improve the rank- like central library, WiFi, start- He said that earlier it used Not only this, more than half ing of the institute. The minis- up center, innovation centre. to take five years to develop the the people are using smart ter dedicated the institute soft- Prof T Lihadi, Dean vaccine but the same work has phones today. ware- Pragyanam to the nation Academic and Research pended the medical service of the government for entitling gathered at the office of the been completed by scientists, He praised the IIIT-A for on the occasion. He also informed the minister about , = + 9 OPD for 12 hours from 6 am them to conduct surgery and above mentioned engineer and doctors and etc within 6-7 being developed the drone that released the institute hand implementing the National to 6 pm on the call given by also oppose the decision of staged a protest under the ban- months. it would be helpful in disaster booklet. Education Policy. Dr he private doctors associat- IMA. IMA to suspend medical ser- ner of Vidyut Mazdoor During the corona epi- management and also in the Earlier Prof P Madhavendra Mishra pro- Ted with Indian Medical They attended the emer- vice of OPD. Panchayat, Varanasi. demic there was a shortage of agricultural sector. Nagabhushan, Director wel- posed a vote of thanks. Association (IMA) suspended gency medical services and The noted Ayurvedic The office of MD, PVVNL medical service of Outdoor cases related to COVID-19. Doctor Dr Subhash Srivastava had issued tender regarding the Patient Department (OPD) for They restrained from staging a said that the surgery is a part appointment of SSO along with the 12 hours from 6 am to 6 pm protest being gathered at a of Ayurvedic medical method helper at each power station on Friday in protest against the place because of COVID-19. and it is taught in the syllabus and the Superintendent * # notification issued by the The allopathic doctors of Ayurveda and added, Engineer, Urban Electricity Ayush Ministry making the were of the view that the Maharshi Shushrut has Distribution Division-II had doctors having degree of BAMS Ayurvedic and Unani doctors described the method of also directed for the same in (Bachelor of Ayurvedic have no expertise in conduct- surgery in his book Shushrut November 2019, but despite * ; Medicine & Surgery) entitled to ing surgery and thus it would Granth in detail. All the this, the executive engineers conduct surgery. Meanwhile, prove fatal to allow them for Ayurvedic doctors have prop- have adopted an attitude of the noted Ayurvedic doctor Dr making operation of the er knowledge of surgery, he dilly-dallying in appointing , ( name of Shaista Parveen, wife November, but action was not action is going on against all Subhash Srivastava strongly patients. The government said adding, the protest of the helpers, the employees said of former MP Atique in Katka taken despite completion of gangsters. criticised the doctors for going should reconsider its decision notification regarding this by blaming, it seems, the EEs he police are now showing village under the Jhansi police deadline. At the same time, in Although the police are on strike and favoured the and withdraw the notification. private doctors is not right. have no care of the directives of Tlacklustre attitude in attach- station. The order was issued the month of October, the now showing laxity to take notification by saying, the They threatened to launch an POWER EMPLOYEES their seniors. ing the property of mafia by Dsitrict Magistrate Bhanu District Magistrate ordered action against Atique, but surgery is part of Ayurveda and agitation in protest against the PROTEST: The power The employees are making Atique Ahmed despite passing Chandra Goswami in the first attachment of two houses of before this, the mafia has been all the Ayurvedic doctors have notification if required. employees on Friday staged a work hard for the progress of of the district magistrate’s order. week of November to attach Atique located in Gausnagar hit with crores of rupees. Many its knowledge. Meanwhile, the Ayurvedic protest at the office of Executive the department and ensuring Questions have also been raised them. and Kareli Scheme locality of houses have been demolished The Ayush Ministry, and Unani Doctors hailed the Engineer, Urban Electric uninterrupted power supply on the working style of the Simultaneously, the Jhansi Kareli. But till now the Kareli like Atique’s stately residence in Government of India and the notification and expressed their Distribution Division-V at but they have to stage a protest police for not seizing the land police sought a report. After police could not comply with Chakia, office in Karbala, com- Central Council of Indian gratitude to the government for Imiliya Ghat in Cantonment because of the rigid attitude of and house in Jhunsi and Kareli. this, two more plots of Atique, the order of the District mercial and residential build- Medicine (CCIM) had recent- allowing them to conduct area here demanding the senior officers, they said threat- This is the situation when marked in the same village, Magistrate. The value of ing in Civil Lines. ly made an amendment in surgery which demands they appointment of SSOs along ening, their agitation will con- there is a continuous cam- were ordered to be seized immovable properties of Jhansi More than 15 properties IMCC Act 1971 and issued have been making for the long with helpers at each power sta- tinue further if the demand is paign for action against the under the Gangster Act. The and Kareli has also been valued have also been attached under notification making the time. They had also taken out tion. They threatened to con- not met. mafia. deadline for attachment of at crores of rupees. However Section 141 of the Gangster Ayurvedic and Unani doctors a procession on Thursday tinue their agitation further if Qasim, Jiyut Lal, Ankur There is three land in the these assets was fixed till SSP Sarvshresth Tripathi said Act. entitled to conduct surgery. under the banner of the nation- the demand is not met. Pandey, Tapan Chatterjee, The private doctors opposed al Integrated Medical As per their earlier deci- Vikash Kushwaha and others the notification and they sus- Association (NIMA) to thank sion, the power employees joined the protest. & ( ( R
/ ( ised in a wide open space of administration under Covid tors of Shilp Mela per day, while 9= < Shilp Haat within the NCZCC Guidelines on November 9. the guidelines permit only 100 he Prime Minister had premises to promote handicraft The letter clearly mentioned persons gathering in the open, Tmade an appeal in his pre- and provide an opportunity to that this Union Government so permission could not be , = + 9 (CMO) Dr VB Singh has ed into red zones once again reasons. The new equipment is Deepawali address to encour- the artisan of different states of body will stick to the guidelines granted. informed that in the first report There are 2,330 green zones called digital subtraction age the local artisan under the the country to have public while organising Shilp Mela The local residents of s many as 57 more new of the day, 37 positive patients with eight new ones. angiography. In this equip- Vocal for Local campaign, but exposure and sell their prod- from December 1 to 10. Prayagraj had been waiting Apatients have been detect- were found out of 3,019 reports Meanwhile, the ment advanced online digital the district administration of ucts. Ignoring the request of the eagerly for this annual event, ed in the district on Friday, received. Till then, the total test Department of Radiodiagnosis image processing is utilised to Prayagraj gave a deaf ear to the NCZCC is a wing of the NCZCC Director, the district and their hopes gained strength increasing the total number to reports received were 4,60,309 and Imaging, IMS BHU, has get exclusive images of human call of the PM, and did not Ministry of Culture, administration did not allow when the government made an 20,144. The day also saw two and the results of 3,522 are created a new unit called vascular system and other areas allow the North Central Zone Government of India, and its the NCZCC to organise the announcement that Magh Mela more deaths, increasing the toll awaited. Out of them, 4,40,205 Interventional Radiology. This where injection of contrast Cultural Centre to organise its director happens to be a class mela this year showing the would be organised as usual. to 331. During the day, the fol- were negative, while 20,124 has ended a long wait for the material is done. annual event of Shilp Mela, one officer. threat of Corona. The letter The mela visitors are quite low-up negative reports includ- positive. The total number of people of Purvanchal for such The facilities like palliation held every year in the month of The NCZCC Director had sent to NCZCC Director by the dejected and are enquiring ed 86 and 83 of them have been samples collected was 4,81,777. facility which was till now not of jaundice in cancer patients, December. moved an application seeking ACM-II suggested that there regularly as to what happened recovered from home isolation Earlier, three males aged 54,76 available. Interventional radi- non-surgical treatment of liver This Shilp Mela is organ- permission of the district would be more that 1000 visi- to the Shilp Mela this year. while three from the hospitals, and 52 from Chetganj, Chowk ology is a branch of radiology tumors, treatment of hemopt- increasing the number to and Golagali respectively suc- where minimally invasive tech- ysis/GI bleed/ hematuria/ post- 16,120 and 2,884 respectively. cumbed to COVID-19 at Sir niques through a needle are partum haemorrhage, treat- The total number of patients Sundarlal Hospital, Banaras used to perform procedures ment of infertility, diagnostic 9$: /;$<- who have been recovered so far Hindu University (SSH BHU). which till now needed per- angiography etc., will now be is 19,004, leaving 809 active With the addition of five new forming big and risky surgeries. made available at reasonable cases. The recovery rate is red zones, the total number of Further this enables such treat- charges at SSH and this would , ( Conservation Day, exhibition COUNCIL MEETING pertaining to safe flying oper- 94.34 per cent, while the mor- hotspots has increased to 2,555 ments to be offered to persons specially benefit the poor and webinars will also be HELD: The Central Air ations were brought out. tality rate is 1.64 per cent. including 225 red zones. Two in whom a full-fledged surgery and needy population in this orth Central Railway is organised over North Central Command Annual Aerospace Accidents and incidents Chief Medical Officer green zones have been convert- cannot be done due to many region Ncelebrating Energy Railway to sensitise passengers Safety Council meeting for the caused due various reasons Conservation Week from and railway men and women year was held at Central Air were covered in detail. Aspects December 7 to 14, 2020 and for energy conservation. Command (CAC), Bamrauli, related to aviations and main- Energy Conservation Day is to As a part of energy con- Prayagraj on Thursday tenance safety was discussed be observed on December 14. servation efforts, a total of 11 through video conference. during the meeting. At the : * * Agra, Jhansi and Prayagraj MWp solar power plant on The meeting was chaired by end, the meeting was reviewed divisions of North Central rooftop of office buildings Air Marshal Rajesh Kumar by the Director General VARNASI (PNS): A high-level MK Singh, directors of various semester examinations com- have to submit a ‘No Objection Railway have put up banners, and other railway establish- AVSM VM ADC, Air Officer (Inspection& Safety) who meeting was held in Banaras institutions, deans of faculties, mencing from January 5 next Certificate’ signed from their posters, stickers carrying the ment has been commissioned. Commanding-in-Chief, expressed satisfaction over Hindu University (BHU) under Chief Proctor, Controller of will be conducted in open parents. message of Energy As many as 338 stations, 265 Central Air Command. Air the measures being adopted the chairmanship of Vice- Examinations and others. book exam mode as per the The format of this will be Conservation. Energy service buildings, all work- Marshal Manavendra Singh by the Central Air Command Chancellor Prof Rakesh During the period, the reports previously announced academ- uploaded on the university Conservation jingle is being shops and locomotive sheds AVSM VrC VSM, Director in maintaining good Bhatnagar to discuss the mat- of the committees formed at ic calendar. As per COVID-19 website. For the convenience of played at various stations over and 24958 residential quarters General (Inspection& Safety) Aerospace Safety record. ters relating to reopening of the level of various faculties guidelines issued by the gov- the students, the Central North Central Railway. Video of North Central Railway have from Air HQ also participat- Finally, the meeting conclud- academic activities in the uni- were discussed about reopen- ernment for opening faculties Library will be opened as per clips portraying energy con- been illuminated with 100 ed in the meeting. Air Force ed with the address by the versity in phases. Academic ing the university in a phased and hostels, it will take time for the COVID-19 guidelines so servation messages are being per cent LED fittings. 1200 personnel from all stations chairman, Air Marshal Rajesh activities have been widely manner. After extensive discus- health related preparations that 300 students can study in played at railway stations passenger coaches of North under the Area of Kumar AVSM VM ADC, Air affected due to the global sion on various aspects, it was including cleaning of hostels two shifts (150 students per equipped with digital display Central Railway are already Responsibility of Central Air Officer Commanding-in- COVID-19 pandemic. Though decided that following the and library and spraying of shift) every day. Information in arrangement. Beside aware- equipped with all LED fittings. Command attended the meet- Chief Central Air Command the BHU has taken several COVID-19 guidelines issued medicines which will be com- this regard will also be ness campaign, energy conser- To save electricity, 1320 three ing. Annual Aerospace Safety who brought the importance steps including speeding up by the Central Government for pleted by the university in uploaded by the Library vation drive has also been star and above rated Air Council meetings play a very of contribution of each and online studies, it has discussed the prevention of pandemic, minimum time. A schedule will administration on the univer- launched with intensive Conditioners and 640 energy crucial role in identifying every individual involved with various other aspects relating to various institutes, faculties, be prepared by various faculties sity website. Meanwhile, the V- inspections by officers and efficient pumps has been causes for incidents and acci- flying in ensuring Aerospace the reopening of classes and departments, centres and hos- for starting classes which will C distributed woolen sweaters supervisors of energy conser- installed in last two years dents and putting in place Safety thereby not only pre- hostels. tels will be reopened for the be uploaded on the university among 64 poor students of Lala vation measures taken at dif- over NCR. Also, more than timely corrective actions to serving country’s assets and The meeting was also upcoming semester examina- website. After the university Lajpat Rai Pathshala at Sundar ferent work centres of North 14000 energy efficient fans preserve our assets and valu- human live about also helping attended by Rector Prof VK tions for the final year students opens, students will have to fol- Bagiya and the function was Central Railway. and electronic fan regulators able lives. in maintaining a combat edge Shukla, Registrar Dr Neeraj soon. low COVID-19 standards and organised under the auspices of Further, on December 14, have been provided. Towards this aim, during over our adversaries in time of Tripathi, Dean of Students Prof It was also agreed that the students living in hostels will the Dean of Students office. on the occasion of Energy AEROSPACE SAFETY the Council Meeting aspects conflict. ! "#$#%#% 6
7 $ 5# # 8PSS@TQPI9@IU '( )#* necessary legal formalities in tions and action taken accord- this connection the police sent ingly. Emphasising on to he Dehat Kotwali police on the accused to jail. strengthening the beat system TThursday arrested two SAINIK SAMMELAN the SOs were directed to hold 74/ 89 more accused in connection ORGANISED: The DM and regular meetings with the beat with the former pradhan mur- SP jointly organised a crime staff and get a feedback about , '+ der case. During investigation meeting and sainik sammelan the area. The investigating it had come into light that in at Police Lines on Wednesday. officers were directed to get legal hief Medical Officer Dr AK order to dodge the police the In the meeting first of all most help from the prosecution offi- CMishra said a strategy had criminals had used SIM card cers if required but any kind of been chalked out for vaccina- as well as mobile phone for lapse would not be tolerated. In tion against COVID-19. hatching the conspiracy. The the meeting all points to control He said as per the priori- case was very challenging for crime were discussed and direc- ty list, the vaccine would be the police but it was worked out tives were issued accordingly. administered first to doctors, with the help of the surveil- The meeting was attended by all then to paramedical staff, lance team. As per the police, ASPs, COs, SOs, all the branch police, district administra- Deep Chand Maurya, son of heads of policing, including tion officials and the common Ramnarayan Maurya, a resi- GRP. Besides, it was also attend- man in that serial. dent of Patehra under Madihan ed by DGC criminal, forest He said while administer- police station, ran a mobile of the grievances of police per- department officials, SPO, ing the vaccine to the com- phone shop. With the help of sonnel were redressed on pri- reserve inspector Police Lines mon man, priority would be Pradeep, son of Manoj, a resi- ority and for the rest the offi- and the head of radio unit of the given to senior citizens and dent of Godtutva village under cials concerned were directed district. critical patients. Dehat Kotwali police station, to them dispose of within the DRIVE: Under three-day He said the vaccine was at the shopkeeper made available stipulated time-frame. drive to check illegal mining, the threshold and trials were the mobile phone as well as the Addressing the meeting the overloading and evasion of being carried out on a war SIM without identification. On officers directed the cops to revenue the enforcement team footing. Thursday SHO Dehat Kotwali keep an eye on the criminals, led by mines officer PK Singh Dr Mishra said to carry Abhay Singh was tipped off by regularly watch their activities sent 19 vehicles to different out the vaccination drive suc- an informer that the two and ensure that they did create police stations. According to the cessfully, help would be taken accused were present at Sirsi any atmosphere of fear in their team, the vehicles were found from district administration, turn on Mirzapur-Sonbhadra localities.The SOs were told to evading the revenue by trans- .3 ##2'($ $#" Kanpur Nagar Nigam, social road under Dehat Kotwali take action against mafiosi and porting mining produce without organisations and gram prad- police station. On that infor- evasion of revenue would not having eMM-11 and ISTP and hans. mation the police raided the be allowed at all. The cops some were overloaded. Imposing He said it had been decid- place and nabbed them. Two posted in the field were direct- a fine of 7.72 lakh the vehicles ed to divide the district SIM cards along with a mobile ed to keep patrolling on in their were sent to police stations. into several zones and phone were recovered from the respective areas and if anything They could be released on the + verification of each person possession of Deep Chand was found suspicious it should order of DM after depositing would be carried out through Maurya. After completing the be informed at the police sta- the fine. ration cards and voter ID card. The CMO said the work &!A/1 7& 7&, 7%$#$) !$! $ to maintain the cold chain was in the final stages and nearly 8PSS@TQPI9@IU $+ ,-#* Manmad at 01.00 hrs, from Kopargaon at 02.30 on lakh vials would be pre- hrs, from Belapur at 03.25 hrs, from , '+ activities were made available sioner expressed concern over plex did not become a burden served in the freezers. he railway administration has revised the tim- Ahmednagar at 04.20 hrs, from Daund Chord to the people at all appropriate the present state of affairs of the on the Smart City Limited or He said temporary vacci- Tings of puja special trains being run for the Line at 05.55 hrs and reach Pune at 07.20 hrs. anpur Divisional places in the city. Palika Stadium and directed Kanpur Nagar Nigam in the nation centres would also convenience of the passengers. The people are PUNE-GORAKHPUR PUJA SPL: The KCommissioner Raj The divisional commis- Kanpur Municipal coming days. be set up at the hospitals requested to obtain information about the revised 01115 Pune-Gorakhpur weekly puja special Shekhar said a sports complex sioner said the Smart City Commissioner Akshay Tripathi He mooted that to make it affiliated to GSVM Medical timetable of trains while making reservation or from December 3 to 31 every Thursday leave would be built on engineering, Limited, Kanpur had taken up to get the boundary wall of the financially viable, a banquet College. before travelling in order to avoid inconvenience. Pune at 16.15 hrs, from Daund Chord Line at procurement and construction the project for the construction stadium repaired. hall and a proper sport goods Dr Mishra added that the All coaches in these trains will be of reserved cat- 17.20 hrs, from Kopargaon at 20.40 hrs, from model under the Smart City of the new sports complex, He said the cricket viewers’ shops should also be con- Indian Council of Medical egory and passengers traveling in them will have Manmad at 21.55 hrs, from Jalgaon at 23.45 hrs, action plan for 2021. which would come up at the gallery was in a veritable mess structed. Research (ICMR) had issued to follow the Covid-19 guidelines, CPRO PK Singh Bhusaval on the second day at 00.20 hrs, Shekhar, who inspected present Palika Stadium in and the toilets were in a dilap- He said for any stadium a fresh guidelines on plasma said. Khandwa at 02.25 hrs, Itarsi at 05.40 hrs, the Palika Stadium on Friday, Kanpur Nagar. idated state. He said the entry proper parking area needs to be therapy. PUNE-DARBHANGA PUJA SPL: The Jabalpur at 09.00 hrs, Katni at 11.00 hrs, Satna at said the process of the sports He said under the new gate was also be reconstructed developed with separate entry He said those who were 01033 Pune-Darbhanga weekly puja special train 12.10 hrs, Manikpur at 14.25 hrs, Prayagraj Jn to complex project would be project, a modern basket ball under the new project. and exit points for the smooth found to be novel coronavirus will from December 2 to 30 depart from Pune at 16.40 hrs, Varanasi at 19.55 hrs, Mau at 21.51 hrs, launched in the next few days court, new badminton court, Shekhar took a round of movement of the vehicles. positive in the RT-PCR test 16.15 hrs every Wednesday, from Daund Chord Deoria Sadar at 23.20 hrs and reach Gorakhpur and the first presentation on it swimming pool, gymnasium, the entire stadium and took The divisional commis- would be given the therapy Line at 17.20 hrs, from Ahmednagar at 18.50 hrs, at 00.55 hrs on the third day. During the return would be made by the inter- sports goods shops, cafeteria, firsthand feedback of its cur- sioner also advised the munic- between three and seven days from Belapur at 19.55 hrs, from Kopargaon at journey the 01116 Gorakhpur-Pune weekly puja ested parties by mid-January banquet hall and a spacious rent situation. ipal commissioner to create and those who come out of 20.40 hrs, from Manmad at 21.55 hrs, the sec- special will from December 5 to January 2, 2021, 2021. parking area would be devel- He directed the municipal additional space so that the the disease would be able to ond day from Bhusaval at 00.20 hrs, from leave Gorakhpur every Saturday at 16.05 hrs, He said regular sports oped in the new sports com- commissioner to ensure that existing four-metre wide road donate their plasma between Khandwa at 02.25 hrs, from Itarsi at 05.40 hrs, Deoria Sadar at 17.01 hrs, Mau at 18.47 hrs, activities were important for a plex. He said apart from this, the project became “financial- could be further widened to 14 10 and 25 days at the most. from Pipariya at 06.45 hrs, from Narsinghpur Varanasi at 21.10 hrs, on the second day Prayagraj healthy society and the local there would also be an admin- ly self-sustainable and viable” metres in future to facilitate at 07.50 hrs, from Jabalpur at 09.05 hrs, from Junction at 00.30 hrs, Manikpur at 02.53 hrs, Satna administration must ensure istrative office block. so that the running and main- easy moment of traffic in the Katni at 10.50 hrs, from Satna at 12.25 hrs, from at 03.55 hrs, Katni at 05.25 hrs, Jabalpur at 07.05 that good facilities for sports The divisional commis- tenance of the new sports com- area. Prayagraj Junction at 16.40 hrs, from Prayagraj hrs, Itarsi at 10.50 hrs, Khandwa at 14.00 hrs, =7 Rambag at 16.52 hrs, from Gyanpur Road at 17.57 Bhusaval at 15.55 hrs, Jalgaon at 16.25 hrs, hrs, from Manduadih at 19.10 hrs, from Varanasi Manmad at 18.45 hrs, Kopargaon at 20.20 hrs, at 19.35 hrs, from Varanasi City at 19.50 hrs, from Daund Chord Line on the third day at 01:15 hrs Aunrihar at 20.32 hrs, from Ghazipur City at 21.15 and reach Pune at 02.45 hrs. hrs, from Ballia at 22.57 hrs, on the third day from CANCELLATION: The cancellation and : ): , '+ Chhapra at 01.00 hrs, from Sonpur at 02.14 hrs, partial cancellation of the following trains due from Hajipur at 02.30 hrs, Muzaffarpur at 03.25 to operational difficulties caused by dense fog anpur Nagar reported 24 hrs, from Samastipur at 05.38 hrs, from Laheria and bad weather will be done from December 16 Kmore coronavirus positive Sarai at 06.21 hrs and reach Darbhanga at 06:21 to January 31, 2021, by the railway administration # + cases on Friday evening. Chief hrs. During the return journey the 01034 as follows. The CPRO PK Singh said the 02571 Medical Officer Dr Anil K Darbhanga-Pune weekly puja special will from Gorakhpur-Anand Vihar Terminus (ANVT) spe- Mishra said that 24 more peo- December 4 to January 1, 2021, depart from cial will be cancelled on December, 16, 20, 23, 27 , '+ Several doctors, who ple had tested positive for Darbhanga every Friday at 16.47 hrs, from and 30 and January 3, 6, 10, 13, 17, 20, 24, 27 and claimed to be of AYUSH field, coronavirus infection between Laheria Sarai at 16.56 hrs, from Samastipur at 31, 2021 (every Wednesday and Sunday). The 02572 he doctors in the city kept continued their work in OPDs Thursday evening and Friday 18.10 hrs, from Muzaffarpur at 19.10 hrs, from Anand Vihar Terminus-Gorakhpur special train Tmedical establishments of the LLR Hospital. They said evening taking the tally of Hajipur at 20.10 hrs, from Sonpur at 20.22 hrs, will remain cancelled on December 17, 21, 24, 28 closed on Friday on the call of there was no impact of the confirmed cases to 31,380 from Chhapra at 22.55 hrs, from Ballia at 00.10 and 31 and January 4, 7, 11, 14, 18, 21, 25, 28 and the Indian Medical strike by the IMA doctors. cases. He said that 18 patients hrs on second day, Ghazipur City at 01.21 hrs, February 1, 2021 days (every Monday and Association’s Kanpur Chapter In fact, there was a mixed were discharged from hospi- Aunrihar at 02.11 hrs, Varanasi City at 03.05 hrs, Thursday). Meanwhile the 05004 Gorakhpur- in protest against the govern- response to the IMA strike call tal. He said two COVID-19 Varanasi at 03.40 hrs, Manduadih at 03.57 hrs, Kanpur Anwarganj special will remain partially ment’s move to mix different in the city. IMA-K secretary Dr deaths in the city were report- Gyanpur Road at 05.19 hrs, Prayagraj Rambagh cancelled from Prayagraj Rambag to Kanpur modes of treatment with allo- Dinesh Sachan said it was not ed till Friday evening keep- at 06.48 hrs, Prayagraj Jn at 07.37 hrs, Satna at Anwarganj from December 16 to January 31, pathic treatment. a strike and feigned ignorance ing the death toll to 800. The 11.20 hrs, Katni at 12.40 hrs, Jabalpur at 14.10 2021. Besides the 05003 Kanpur Anwarganj- IMA-K president Dr over the functioning of paral- CMO said at present 736 hrs, Narsinghpur at 15.18 hrs, Pipariya at 15.20 Gorakhpur special will from December 16 to Neelam Mishra, while address- lel OPDs, saying he was busy active cases were undergoing hrs, Itarsi at 17.50 hrs, Khandwa at 20.30 hrs, January 31 next year remain partially cancelled ing the press persons, said the with his hospital so he had no treatment. Dr Mishra said Bhusaval at 22.25 hrs, on the third day from between Kanpur Anwarganj-Prayagraj Rambag. IMA was against “mixopathy idea what was the impact of the 3477 samples were sent for and khichdification’ of various ./ 3## call to keep medical facilities testing in the city. treatment modes as it was not "6 closed. Prominent among 9$) &#!3 )! / 6/!! %12+ in the interest of the common those present at the press con- man. ernment to roll back this deci- closed. However, contrary to ference included Dr VC 8PSS@TQPI9@IU $+ ,-#* ters, Gorakhpur, CPRO PK Senior Materials She said due to the “irra- sion in the larger interest of the the IMA-K claim, medical ser- Rastogi, Dr AK Srivastava, Dr !99 Singh said. Singh joined the Manager/headquarters, tional decision of mixing var- masses and the medical frater- vices were being provided at Kalpana Vijayashree, Dr rishna Chandra Singh has Railway service as an officer of Guwahati. In March 2016 he ious medicine systems” there nity. The IMA-K claimed that many places in a hush-hush Saleem Ahmed, Dr Brajendra >:$ Kassumed charge as Deputy the year 2010 batch of Indian was posted as secretary to the had been a drastic fall in the doctors did not take up non- manner. There were reports Shukla, Dr Poornima Dixit, Dr General Manager/General of Railway Stores Service (IRSS). Principal Chief Materials standards of medical treat- essential and non-COVID-19 that some doctors completed Pawan Kaul, Dr Gaurav Dubey, North Eastern He received his BTech degree Manager (PCCM) on NER. He ment. cases as part of their decision their medical rounds by 6:00 Dr Savita Rastogi and Dr Ramji Railway (NER) in the year 2009 from Indian has special interest in music and She appealed to the gov- to keep their establishments am. Khanna. on December 7. Institute of Technology (IIT), sports. In addition to playing Earlier he was Kharagpur. His first appoint- the flute, he has special interest working as the ment was on the post of in swimming. Krishna Chandra , '+ Deputy Chief Assistant Materials Manager Singh has wide experience in Materials of diesel shed, Malda, on the railway administration and + < " # anpur Nagar Nigam has Manager/General Northeast Frontier Railway management. He is equally Kdecided to locate the ille- in the Stores (NFR). After this he worked popular among railway officials gally put up hoardings in the department of NER headquar- successfully on the post of and employees. , '+ city with the help of QR Code. 6 The moment the KNN app anpur Development Meanwhile, in a bid to locates any hoarding which , + 3! * / KAuthority Vice Chairman quickly resolve the problems does not have a QR Code in Rakesh Kumar Singh reviewed of citizens and KDA allottees, any part of the city, it would be QIT . /0( CEPC, Sanjay Kumar, promi- millions of poor artisans was the activities of the sales a Janata Darshan programme removed. nent member-exporters – Lalit directly connected with the departments of Zones 1, 2, 3, 4, was organised on Thursday. Till now, the hoardings he government has pro- Goel, President, Panipat industry. Singh requested that and World Bank and bulk sale As many as 32 applica- were being checked manually Tposed to replace the MEIS Exporters Association & M/s the RoDTEP rate should be on Thursday. tions, mostly relating to prop- to find out if they were illegal scheme with Remission of Riveria Exports, Panipat, higher than the present MEIS When the officials of erties, illegal possession, free- or legal. Duties or Taxes on Export Ashok Gupta, M/s ABC Ltd., rates to improve the present some zones presented infor- hold, registry, mutation and This has created a flutter in Products (RoDTEP) Scheme Panipat, Atul Anand, M/s industry scenario. GK Pillai mation on different unsigned refund were received. The the KNN circles because major- and formed a committee Obeetee Pvt. Ltd, Mirzapur, said they knew the Indian pro forma, he directed them to KDA vice chairman directed ity of the hoarding put up in the chaired by GK Pillai to finalise CEPC consultant - NK Chopra, handmade carpet industry and submit the same on a com- the officials concerned to dis- city are illegal and have been the rates/benefit to the indus- Managing Director, M/s ICCH inquired about the condition of mon pro forma duly signed by pose of the applications at the put up with he connivance of tries. On Thursday the Global Consulting (P) Ltd. road in Bhadohi-Mirzapur- the project clerk and the offi- earliest. Some of the appli- insiders. Department of Finance con- represented the Indian hand- Varanasi carpet belt. Siddh cer-in-charge. cants who met the vice chair- Majority of the advertise- vened a meeting of high-level made carpet industry in the Nath Singh said there were Rakesh Kumar Singh also 3 4 #' 3#$ man were Bholi Singh ment agencies are working RoDTEP Committee through meeting. Siddh Nath Singh some improvements and hope- asked all the project clerks to #6 Chauhan, Pushplata Pandey, hand in glove with the KNN video-conferencing under the informed the Committee that fully the remaining work will be submit a list of project-wise Asma Khatoon and Jagjit employees and thus nearly 50 presidentship of chairman, the Council had already sub- completed shortly. As per the issues where allottees were still to the lax project clerks and against allotment of house or Kumar. KDA Additional per cent of the money goes into RoDTEP committee, GK Pillai, mitted the required data in the RoDTEP Committee officials, awaiting the registry even asked them to improve their plot to get the benefit of one Secretary Gudakesh Sharma, the pockets of this syndicate. in which its members, Gautam prescribed format and also they were likely to submit its after depositing of total cost of working, which could be time settlement (OTS) Finance Controller VK Lal, The KNN had been working Ray and YG Parande, joint submitted the clarifications final report by February next their properties. checked during surprise scheme. OSD Alok Kumar Verma, out on how to end this racket secretary, Drawback, Ministry sought by the department. He year therefore, it is expected that Vice Chairman Rakesh inspection by him of KDA KDA Additional Secretary Bhairpal Singh, Executive and if finally opted for QR of Finance, Nitesh Sinha, and further requested to consider MEIS Scheme will be further Kumar Singh directed them to secretary or additional secre- Gudakesh Sharma, Joint Engineer Atul Misra, Ashu Code. other senior officials were pre- the case of Indian handmade extended till March 31 2021. submit the information tary anytime. Secretary KK Singh, OSD Mittal, Manoj Upadhyaya, Now each hoarding sent. The representatives of carpet industry sympatheti- They said they were examining received at single window, Vice Chairman Rakesh Alok Kumar Verma and pro- Mukesh Agarwal, RRP Singh, authorised by he KNN would some of export promotion cally as it is rural-based cottage all the data submitted by coun- duly verified by the respective Kumar Singh also directed ject clerks of respective Law Officer Shashi Bhushan have a QR Code which would councils were also present in it. industry which is highly labour cils and if required, they will officer. them to issue notices to all the departments were present at Rai and other officers/employ- be easily traceable on mobile Chairman, CEPC, Siddh Nath intensive and mostly unorgan- take further inputs before final- He issued a stern warning defaulters to deposit money the review meeting. ees were present. phones. Singh, Executive Director, ised sector as the livelihood of ising the rates. ! "#$#%#% 7
$#7 $1#! ) - 21 -&1#97 *$# % $) 23 ! New Delhi (PNS): The CBI on Friday said it has secured from ing climate change, he said. sions grew 1.4 per cent in 2019, the Special Judge for CBI Cases, "Our emission intensity was much lower than average of 3.3 Bangalore four years imprison- sserting that climate change to be reduced by 33-35 per cent per cent per annum over last ment besides fines for the then Aisn't an overnight phenom- as per the Paris Climate decade.”The Paris Agreement Superintendent of Customs and enon, Union Environment Agreement. We achieved 21 per aims to hold the rise in average a Havaldar of the department in Minister Prakash Javadekar on cent of this and aim to achieve global temperatures to "well a graft case. While the then Tuesday said India is in no way the remainder in 10 years,’” said below" 2 degrees Celsius above Superintendent of Customs responsible for it still it is taking Javadekar while addressing the preindustrial levels, and prefer- Srinivas Prasad to undergo steps to cut down emissions as media here. On December 12, ably 1.5C -- a threshold beyond four years simple Imprisonment a responsible country. Javadekar Prime Minister Narendra Modi which climate impacts are pro- with fine of Rs 30,000 and was speaking on the eve of the will address the global climate jected to sharply intensify. Hawaldar Lourdu Prabhu then fifth year of Paris Climate summit on its fifth anniversary, For the implementation of Hawaldar to undergo a similar Agreement Javadekar said adding that India the targets under the Paris pact imprisonment with fine of “Climate change isn't an was one of the few countries, on climate crisis, the Rs.15,000 in a bribery case. The overnight phenomenon, it takes which have complied to the Environment Ministry, a few CBI had registered a case on 100 years for a change and India Paris Accord. “Our Nationally days ago, set up a high-level min- October 13, 2015 against Prasad is in no way responsible for this Determined Contribution will isterial panel. The purpose of and Lourdu Prabhu, both post- climate change. Historically, the lead to less than 2 degree rise in AIPA [Apex Committee for ed in the office of USA has 25 per cent of all emis- temperature,” he added. Implementation of Paris Commissioner of Customs, sions, Europe has 22 per cent “According to the Climate Agreement] is to generate a Devanahalli, Bangalore. It was whereas China has 13 per cent Transparency Report 2020, India coordinated response on cli- alleged that both accused had and India, only 3 per cent. We are is the only Group of 20 country mate change matters that ensures demanded and accepted bribe in no way responsible for this cli- to meet its commitments,” the India is on track towards meet- of Rs 50,000 from a passenger mate change," said the Minister. minister claimed. ing its obligations under the Paris for release of his baggage con- But as a responsible partic- “The recent report by the pact including its Nationally taining laptops brought by him ipant in world affairs, the coun- United Nations Environment Determined Contributions from Singapore. Both the try chose to take part in combat- Plan also says that India’s emis- (NDC), a senior official said. accused were arrested. Q* /,?:R #$&# deploying its warships for anti- contested" region. sit and world trade. "Today, we piracy missions in the Gulf of "We are witnessing a race are facing increasing security : Aden. As of now, there are for strategic places and bases in challenges, and to my mind, the three to four Chinese war- the Indian Ocean Region best guarantor of peace and sta- ships in the region. which is only going to gain bility is to have dissuasive In this background, Rawat momentum in times to come. deterrence. For a nation like $ said here in an online confer- Based on challenges we face as India, the security of land bor- ence there has been a "race for a rising regional power, we ders remained our primary strategic places and bases" in require structured long-term concern," he said. the Indian Ocean Region planning for capability building "Therefore, there is a need which is only going to gain and capability development of to develop integrated structures momentum in times to come. our defence forces. to ensure modernisation pro- An increasing number of "In our quest to build a grammes to be undertaken by s China is flexing its mili- countries are focusing on the stronger India, we need a our armed forces based on Atary muscle in the Indian IOR considering its geo-strate- peaceful and stable security careful assessment of the nature Ocean Region(IOR), Chief of gic importance. "At present, environment. We need to of threats and challenges," he Defence Staff(CDS)General there are over 120 warships of maintain our strategic autono- added. He also said most of the Bipin Rawat said on Friday a extra-regional forces deployed my and cooperative relations countries in the Indian Ocean race is on among nations to in the Indian Ocean region in underscored by strong region- region are seeking to reap the have strategic bases in the support of various missions. al linkages," he said. economic dividends through region. Given the importance Till now the region, by and Referring to the evolving improved connectivity and har- of the zone, more than 120 war- large, remained peaceful," geo-political scenario, the CDS nessing blue economy for ships of extra-regional forces Rawat said at the Global said China's "economic and which infrastructure is a pre- are now there to back various Security Summit. military rise coupled with com- requisite. missions, he said. The Indian Ocean, consid- petition increased its influ- Residents' powers and His observations came in ered the backyard of the Indian ence and attracted a great deal extra-regional power have the backdrop of India playing Navy, is critical for India's of interest. Rawat said the shown a renewed interest in a crucial role in the field of strategic interests. China has world appears to be on the investing in infrastructure maritime domain in the strate- been making concerted efforts brink of a new era as new cen- development in these countries gically important Indian Ocean to increase its presence in the tres of power and alliances to maintain and increase region. Moreover, it has bol- region. based on geo-politics are geopolitical influence, Rawat stered relations with all the lit- Referring to India's aspira- emerging putting pressure on said. He said governance and toral states located on the rim tions to become a major glob- the Bretton Woods institu- security are under constant of the region. al power, he said the country tions. He said the Indo-Pacific threat of being undermined by China started increasing its will have to achieve it despite region in general and the non-state actors and also naval military prowess in the Indian living in a "tough neighbour- Indian Ocean region in partic- competition among the Ocean region since 2008 by hood" and in an "increasingly ular will remain vital for tran- states. &:9* $ # he country's first indige- Tnous mRNA vaccine candi- date, developed by Gennova, Pune, has received approval from drug regulators to initiate n what could lead to new Phase 1/2 human clinical trials, Itherapeutics for respiratory the Department of diseases like COVID-19, sci- Biotechnology said on Friday. entists have developed an The novel mRNA vaccine inhalation delivery system for candidate, HGCO19, is sup- vaccines which generates ported with seed grant under potent immune responses in the Ind-CEPI mission of the mice and non-human pri- Department of Biotechnology. mates, without causing lung The mRNA vaccines do damage. not use the conventional model of their inherent capability of sibility" for mass vaccination on The findings, published to produce immune response. being translatable into the pro- a sustainable basis," said a in the journal Med, suggests Instead, they carry the molec- tein structure inside the cell statement by the DBT. that a safe and effective lung ular instructions to make the cytoplasm. Gennova, in collaboration delivery system could be protein in the body through a Additionally, mRNA vac- with HDT Biotech developed for vaccines and synthetic RNA of the virus. cines are fully synthetic and do Corporation, Seattle, USA, has therapeutics against pathogens The host body uses this to not require a host for growth, worked together to develop such as the novel coronavirus. produce the viral protein that e.g., eggs or bacteria. an mRNA vaccine candidate. "This translational strate- is recognised, thereby, making "Therefore, they can be HGCO19 has already demon- gy potentially enables more the body mount an immune quickly manufactured in an strated safety, immunogenici- effective delivery of therapeu- response against the disease. inexpensive manner under ty, neutralization antibody tics or vaccines while reducing "Such vaccines are expected cGMP conditions to ensure activity in animals, said the the chance of toxic side to be highly efficacious because their "availability" and "acces- statement. effects," said study co-author Wadih Arap from Rutgers Cancer Institute in the US. According to the $ # researchers, this mode of vac- cine delivery has many advan- # tages over other routes, partic- ularly for the development of vaccines against respiratory New Delhi: The Supreme Justice Kaul said, “I don''t infections as the therapeutics Court Friday refused to enter- encourage such petitions which arrive directly at the site of the tain a plea seeking a Lokpal- are for publicity. The petition infection. Inhalation-based monitored investigation into must serve the purpose”. vaccination is needle free and the "criminal-political nexus" as Das then told the top court minimally invasive, they said flagged in the 1993 Vohra that he will withdraw the peti- adding that it is especially Committee report, saying the tion but liberty may be grant- attractive for administrating prayers “are all utopian”. ed to approach law commis- multiple doses. The top court said that sion. The bench allowed the The researchers said this petition must serve the purpose petitioner to withdraw and method improves bioavail- and it does not encourage peti- granted the liberty to approach ability and also reduces poten- tions which are for publicity. law commission. tial side effects by achieving a A bench of Justices Sanjay two decades have gone by since Upadhyay through his PIL rapid onset of action. Kishan Kaul, Dinesh the report was filed. has prayed for appropriate The scientists believe lung Maheshwari and Hrishikesh Das replied that they have direction for Lokpal Monitored delivery could protect against Roy asked the petitioner advo- been taking baby steps and Investigation of the criminal airborne pathogens that cause cate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay today, there is a Lokpal but it political nexus, as referred by diseases such as tuberculosis, to withdraw his plea and grant- do not have the wherewithal the Vohra Committee. influenza, Ebola, measles, and ed liberty to make a represen- and has no investigation Former Union Home COVID-19.However, they said tation to law commission. wing. The bench said, “Look at Secretary N N Vohra headed this approach has not been At the outset, senior advo- your prayers. They are all the committee formed to study adopted widely, partly because cate Anupam Lal Das, appear- Utopian. It is like a utopian sit- the problem of criminalisation the underlying physiological ing for Upadhyay, said that the uation. It’s like I hope our of politics and the nexus mechanisms remain largely petition relates to the issue of country will be at the top in the between criminals, politicians unknown.They said answering unholy nexus of criminal, world. You should write a book and bureaucrats in this question is critical for politicians and bureaucrats. on it, don''t file a petition on India.The report was submitted designing a general lung deliv- The bench said that over this”. in October 1993. PTI ery system for widespread use. ! "#$#%#% 8 4/ )4! 2 3!411 531#6 $%7$1!! 0" ! $% $1!! $ ) #531#6 $%7$1!! 6 632)%((),' : * 1 3 # / / $/ @ 1($ 6A 43#S ' 4 " !%1) &% ! 14 $ )$) !!#$$1) 7 1!O7 !! 1 " ! " 9 ?"'9@ ' 4 S ! 7$3& !4& ! ! !!31& )$)$)11 43#S +! 0 " ! 3# / 43# "'9 ( ! ! 1 43#S 5 , ! ! < + very year, the United ! Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) 9 < "S 4 $ 3 releases an Emissions Gap 8 9 Report showing the differ- enceE between estimated current /S ' 0 greenhouse gas emission levels and "S 0 43# 8 $ the target prescribed by the Paris Agreement on Climate Change "'9 signed on December 12, 2015. The latter calls for holding the increase 9 ! in global average temperature in this 4 P ! century to well below 2 degrees Q 4 Celsius above the pre-industrial-rev- olution level, and for trying to limit + ' it to 1.5 degree Celsius above it. 0 Each report not only dwells on and 2052. Fourteen per cent of ages could lead to an increase in ple to devise agricultural practices ! ! the gap but provides a comprehen- the world’s population would be cross-border migration, which is aimed at promoting biodiversi- sive account of the situation and exposed to severe heat waves at having an unfortunate impact on ty conservation and combating " 43# developments on the environment least once in five years at the 1.5 politics in North America and desertification and land degrada- 4 3 4 P Q front during the year, what needs to degree Celsius warming level. Europe. tion. = ! be done to combat climate change, The percentage would rise to 37 (*=/+9 The question arises: What Along with agriculture, the and the prospects ahead for the if the level rises to 2 degrees *;/*( are the chances of averting the Emissions Gap Report 2020 9 4 world. The current report, 11th in Celsius. Christopher Flavelle’s dismal future that seems to face emphasises the need for shipping 0 the series titled Emissions Gap report, titled Climate Change + /"+ the world? There are some glim- and aviation industries, which ! Report 2020, released on December Threatens the World’s Food -*'( mers of hope. The Emissions Gap account for five per cent of glob- 9, 2020, presents, like its predeces- Supply, United Nations Warns, in Report 2020 says that the predict- al emissions, to combine energy sors, an alarming picture. It says that the New York Times of August 8, -+ 9*; ed emission rates could be efficiency with a rapid transition 43# ! 0 'S the year 2020 is likely to be the 2019, quotes Edouard Davin, a **+ *+ reduced by around 25 per cent if away from fossil fuels. " 43# warmest on record, with wildfires, researcher at ETH Zurich and an Governments commit to a path Around two-thirds of glob- 0 ! droughts, storms and glacier-melt- author of the report, as saying by *;" of “green recovery” from the pan- al emissions being linked to pri- ing intensifying. email, “Above 2 degrees of glob- * ' " * " demic’s disaster. This would give vate households, changes in con- P Q If one were to identify its most al warming, there could be an the world a fighting chance to sumption and behaviour patterns A "S - terrifying prognosis, it would be that increase of 100 million or more + 9*;'/+555 keep global warming down to 2 are required. Cycling, car-sharing, ' 0 4 - the world is hurtling towards a tem- of the population at risk of "* -" degrees Celsius by the end of this and more energy-efficient hous- perature increase of over 3 degrees hunger,” and adding, “We need to century. Treading this path would ing needs to be promoted. Travel 43# "'9 Celsius by the end of this century. act quickly.” A three-degree L' -< require the provision or direct by rail rather than air is recom- 1 ! 9 And this would be despite a predict- Celsius increase in temperature, support to zero-emissions tech- mended for short journeys. The 4 S ! ed fall of 7 per cent in carbon diox- according to a report by Louise nologies and infrastructure, wealthy, particularly, need to ide emissions as a result of the eco- Boyle, datelined December 9, reducing fossil fuel subsidies, make significant changes in their S " 43# nomic slowdown caused by the 2020, in the Independent of the promoting measures like lifestyles as the richest 1 per cent "'9S P Q COVID-19 pandemic. The decline, UK, would cause mass extinc- National Geographic of August 8, afforestation and avoiding defor- of the world’s population 0 ( ! however, would translate to only tions and leave “swathes of plan- 2019, already, more than 10 per- estation. Trees are most impor- accounts for more than twice the 0.01 degree reduction in global et uninhabitable.” It cites the cent of the world’s population tant as they reduce the presence combined share of the poorest 50 ' 9+.(8 4 warming by 2050, because the non-profit organisation, Climate remained undernourished. It of carbon dioxide in the atmos- per cent. There is a special need S ! 8 emissions would rise again — and Central, as saying that 275 mil- quoted Cynthia Rozenzweig, phere by absorbing it. to avoid food loss and wastage. 4 become even higher — as lion people would be at risk in Coordinating Lead Author of the Agricultural practices and There are some encouraging economies bounce back. areas flooded by seal-level rise. IPCC’s Special Report on Climate global food supply systems signs. While President Donald / 4 What all this means begins to It is a grim scenario on Change and Land, and a clima- account for one-third of the Trump of the US walked out of $ 43#S $ 3 ' ?$3'@ become clear on recalling that almost every front. A 65-page tologist at the NASA Goddard global carbon emissions. It is, the Paris Agreement and derid- 4 $ ' 1 according to the Special Report on “Summary for Policymakers” of Institute for Space Studies, as say- therefore, important to orient ed the idea of climate change, Global Warming of 1.5°C (The another IPCC special report of ing that extreme weather events them towards reducing carbon President-elect Joe Biden has 0 ! Special Report), released by the 2019 stated that a food crisis had already increased in size and emissions. For example, steps like not only decided to rejoin but has 8 0 Intergovernmental Panel on loomed large, especially in trop- intensity, and are playing a role the draining of wetlands to make set a target for net-zero emissions " S 0 Climate Change (IPCC) on October ical and sub-tropical regions, if in food price spikes. room for cultivation - as has hap- no later than 2050. According to 'S 7, 2018, the adverse effects of climate carbon dioxide emissions contin- It cited the examples of pened in Indonesia and Malaysia the Emissions Gap Report 2020, change would not be reduced even ued unchecked. It added that extensive spring floods in the US to create palm oil plantations - some 126 countries, covering 51 4 # , 0 ' if the increase is limited to 1.5 degree besides significantly reducing Midwest in 2019 leading to very should be avoided as that would per cent of global greenhouse gas ' / Celsius. Sea levels will continue to crop yields, rising temperatures late planting of corn and soy release into the air the huge emissions, have so far, adopted, / 4 rise beyond 2100, threatening may also bring down the nutri- crops, reducing their potential amounts of carbon dioxide gas announced or are considering, a coastal ecosystems and infrastruc- tional value of crops. Floods, yields. It also mentioned drought trapped in these water bodies. net zero pledge by 2050. =8 43# ture. Flooding, drought and extreme droughts, storms and other forms playing havoc with rice crops in Further, the Special Report on Nevertheless, optimism " 4 weather events will wreak havoc of extreme weather conditions Thailand and Indonesia and Climate Change and Land calls needs to be kept on a tight leash. A ! around the world. Many species will threatened to disrupt and, over sugarcane and oilseeds produces for institutional changes like pro- Between promise and perfor- continue to be driven towards time, reduce the world’s food sup- in India in 2019 when record- viding farmers with better access mance, and resolve and result, 0 extinction and marine ecosystems ply. breaking heat waves in Europe to credit in developing countries falls more than a shadow. In this 0 + 4 = could face “irreversible loss.” What According to Stephen were feared to be causing a 13 per and giving them stronger prop- case, the shadow will darken the " 43# is particularly alarming, this level, Leahy’s report, “World food cri- cent decline in French wine pro- erty rights. It further advocated future of the entire world. according to the report, is likely to sis looms if carbon emissions go duction. 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3, 1 B 3 - " 9 ! ( ! /" $: ? " # " ! ' ( - ! 5 6 ' 1 ! he Governor of Uttar Pradesh (UP) recent- ly promulgated an Ordinance called the Uttar TPradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion " ! ! of Religion Ordinance, 2020. It has been promul- gated to provide for prohibition of unlawful con- versions from one religion to another by misrep- ' resentation, force, undue influence, coercion, ! allurement, by any fraudulent means or by mar- riage. The emphasis in the Ordinance is on the pro- hibition of “unlawful conversion.” A conversion is ! considered unlawful if it is due to allurement, coer- ! cion and so on and also by marriage. An “unlaw- ful conversion” is defined as one that is not in 8 ! accordance with the law of the land. ! According to the new law, a wo/man intend- ! ing to convert to another religion needs to inform 4 the District Magistrate or Additional District " ! Magistrate at least 60 days in advance and give a declaration that the decision is free from any pres- sure or allurement and is being done by one’s free ( choice. Yet, another declaration needs to be sub- ! mitted within 60 days once the conversion takes ( ! place. Only then will the person be able to attain ! a confirmation certificate that the conversion is lawful. The District Magistrate’s Office has to A ! exhibit a copy of the declarations on the notice ! S ! board of the office till the date of confirmation of "*+ - site in such cases. It cannot be said that and the most recent legislation was in all probability, give rise to apprehen- ! 2 ! conversion. -* 9 "* < it is a conversion by marriage. The passed in Jharkhand and Uttarakhand in sion of breach of public order, affecting 1 ! However, the UP Ordinance is silent with Ordinance also contemplates that once 2017. Chhattisgarh, Gujarat and the community at large. However, the regard to the nature of the law governing conver- -*=+9 * the person who intends to change Himachal Pradesh passed their present Ordinance incorporates a new 0 ! ! sions. It does not provide any explanation and con- his/her religion has made the declaration “Freedom of Religion Act” in 2000, 2003 concept of conversion by marriage. It templates that whoever is involved in the said *--'+9'"* before the District Magistrate, an inquiry and 2006 respectively. Taking a cue from presumes that every religious conversion unlawful conversion shall be punished with an "; -"*+9 would be conducted by the police with the others, Rajasthan too passed a sim- is illegal unless the procedure that has ! imprisonment of not less than one year, which may '+ " regard to “such an intention of a person ilar Bill in 2006. Arunachal Pradesh had been laid down is followed. The term ! extend to five years. The accused person is also -*+- * 9* to convert.” The report of the police already enacted one in 1979 and in 2002 “love jihad” has not been referred to in S liable to pay a fine. Though the punishment is one *5 " 9 would be a major factor in deciding Tamil Nadu passed the Tamil Nadu the Ordinance and its perusal shows that ( year to five years, the Ordinance makes the offence * + " = whether a person can change their reli- Prohibition of Forceful Conversion Act. the same is applicable to all religions. The S ' cognisable and non-bailable and triable by the gion or not. It would also be instrumen- The Supreme Court in the Reverend. word “allurement” has been defined ! court of sessions. ?+- 9 / tal in concluding whether the conversion Stainislaus Vs. State of Madhya Pradesh widely, which may ultimately be a play- Generally, in criminal cases the burden of ;+* *; is illegal and thus, void. case upheld the provisions of the Madhya ing field for the police during its enquiry. S ! proof lies with the prosecution but the Ordinance -*9- -5" The Ordinance also contemplates a Pradesh and Orissa Act. Significantly, Article 25 of the Constitution of A imposes this burden upon the person who alleged- post-conversion procedure. It states that Madhya Pradesh enacted the Madhya India contemplates that all people are ly caused the conversion. And wherever the con- L'9" * 9 a converted individual shall send a dec- Pradesh Dharma Swatantraya equally entitled to freedom of con- > B; C; version has been facilitated by any other person, "+" laration to the District Magistrate and Adhinayam Act way back in 1968 and science, the right freely to profess, prac- the burden of proof is on them too. It also con- * - + appear for 21 days thereafter before Odisha enacted the Orissa Freedom of tice and propagate religion. It means that D; E; templates that any marriage, which was entered L' him/her till the objections, if any, Religion Act in 1967. the Constitution guarantees the right to ! into for the sole purpose of unlawful conversion 9';; - "<"* received are decided by the District The provisions of both the Acts relat- practice, propagate a religion and in the B;FC; " by a man of one religion with a woman of anoth- -*'-" Magistrate. It also contemplates that if the ing to prohibition of forcible conversion process a person may impress upon the ! er religion or vice-versa, either by converting him- L' +< "* procedure is not followed the conversion and punishment were challenged before other to get converted or herself/himself self/herself before or after marriage or by convert- "9 9 -"9 becomes illegal and void. the respective High Courts and were car- change their religion. ( ! ing the wo/man before or after marriage, shall be *+*"9* 9"* Though the Ordinance protects ried to the Apex Court. The Supreme The Ordinance comes into play !! ! declared void by the family court. -* "* people from getting converted due to Court had held that the freedom of reli- when such a conversion occurs due to ' In case, the couple is in an area where the fam- allurement, coercion and so on, there is gion enshrined in Article 25 of the the factors like allurement, coercion and ily court is not established, the civil court having -*-'9 *" " a scope for abusing the provisions by Constitution is not guaranteed in respect so on. It is inoperative while exercising :;:> jurisdiction in the area can try the case and declare "-* -*; relying upon the police enquiry report. of one religion only but covers all reli- freedom of conscience. The question is 8 *0 $ the marriage null and void. There need not be any -*=+9 * 9 The Ordinance is silent with regard to gions alike and it can be properly whether the police are equipped suffi- independent adjudication with regard to a decla- ( the action of the District Magistrate vis- enjoyed by a person if s/he exercises ciently to conduct an enquiry into these .! ( 4( ration of any marriage as void as per any other law. ;+< "*'" a-vis the police inquiry report. There is her/his right in a manner commensurate aspects or not, so as to come to a con- However, the fact remains that unless a nexus is <*"+ a requirement to have a re-look into the with freedom of persons following other clusion that the choice of conversion has A 8 established between a marriage and unlawful con- ; -"*+9 provisions of the Ordinance for the pur- religions. It was further held that free- been made freely without any other fac- # version, Section six of the Ordinance, which con- pose of incorporating necessary checks dom for one is freedom for the other, in tors. There would be a possibility of templates marriage to be declared as void by the and balances instead of placing more equal measure, and there can therefore abuse of processes and filing of criminal courts, is not applicable. reliance upon a police enquiry report. be no such thing as a fundamental right cases against those persons who propa- The meaning of conversion by marriage is also However, the UP Government’s to convert any person to one’s own reli- gate their faith, on the ground that they not explained in the Ordinance and it contemplates anti-conversion move is not unique. In gion. The Apex Court upheld the pro- have instigated the thought of conversion ! conversion by marriage per-se unlawful. Generally the past too, several States in the coun- visions which prohibit forceful conver- in a person. However, a mere thought of ! two persons belonging to different faiths can get try have passed what are referred to as sion in the background of maintenance conversion to another religion cannot be 1 ! married under the provisions of Special Marriage Freedom of Religion Acts or “anti-con- of “public order.” The Supreme Court made an offence unless it manifests into Act. However, in some cases unless there is a con- version laws”. These are mostly State-level also held that if an attempt is made to action. 0 version and both, the bride and the bridegroom laws that are aimed to regulate involun- raise communal passions, e.g. on the (The writer is an Advocate in the belong to the same faith, the marriage would not tary religious conversions. Odisha was ground that someone has been “forcibly” Andhra Pradesh and Telangana High ? @ be performed. Conversion would be a prerequi- the first State to pass such a law in 1967 converted to another religion, it would Courts) 1 Pyuxuqx yqyq vxuA taqxusuuqtuqux wx ytuquyuuqtuxyxqy usywxuyqy v qu uv su
man, which they never had,” he an expression of a political mas- that in the defeat and absence of the behind a facade of liberal democra- cratic institutions and tools to for- provide simple answers — often fal- chuckled. “But why would they culinity driven by fearlessness, fair- Soviet Union and because of the tri- cy, compared to the bygone nature mulate an autocratic set-up. lacies — to the complex issues of want one when democratically- ness, ambition and mental and umph of capitalism, a liberal democ- of dictatorship, which was openly The study defines the personal- today’s world. elected men and women in your physical strength. However, the racy would rapidly proliferate in for- antagonistic towards democracy. ities of authoritarians as dark traits The report argues that, psycho- country have done rather well com- more immediate roots of the term mer dictatorships. The era of Their “success” in this respect did which include, “narcissism logically, new autocratic regimes use pared to all the strongmen that have lie in the ways certain authoritari- “strongmen” was understood to be not go unnoticed. After 2014, a wave (grandiosity, ego-reinforcement old authoritarian tactics of inducing ruled Pakistan?” I asked. an rulers and dictators came to over. Nevertheless, after 1990, the began to sweep across various behaviour, tendency to seek atten- anxiety in the polity about fears that He replied by saying that India’s power and conducted matters of the term “strongmen” did recede, and regions in which democratically- tion and admiration), subclinical may be exaggerated, or non-existent. new middle-classes feel that their State and Government during the many countries adopted democra- elected men started to use similar psychopathy (lack of remorse, insen- For example, returning to my con- , country’s political system is corrupt Cold War (1945-1990). cy, in one form or the other. But the tactics, putting themselves at the sitivity, impulsivity) and versation with the Indian journal- and weak and unable to defend its In a March 11, 2019 essay in term returned with a bang after centre of an authoritarian set-up but Machiavellianism (tendency to use ist in London, the Modi regime’s Hindu majority from brazen attacks Foreign Policy, the American polit- 2010, mainly on the wings of two giving it a veneer of democracy. manipulation and strategic behav- “manly” anti-Pakistan bent and n London, during a 2011 inter- from Pakistan. ical scientist Erica Frantz writes that democracies gradually sliding into They all became the new “strong- iours).” They embody a push for a actions against ideas such as “love national media conference This left me scratching my the size of autocratic regimes peaked autocracies. men.” centralisation of executive power, jihad” may be a carry-over from a Iorganised by the British Council, head: “But India’s economy has in the 1970s, when 75 per cent of the Russia was a “hybrid democra- More alarmingly, this not only hierarchical governance, muscular decades-old Hindu middle-class I was approached by a group of been outperforming that of governments in the world were cy” and like most post-Cold War happened in hybrid set-ups in for- treatment of opponents and the anxiety. According to the German Indian journalists who were curious Pakistan’s for years now, and India authoritarian. They were said to be hybrid regimes, never fully devel- mer dictatorships (such as Pakistan, media, and the promotion of nation- historian Markus Daechsel, in the to know my views on Pakistan’s for- has a much better image abroad,” I ruled by “strongmen.” The term had oped into the kind of liberal democ- for example) but also in developed alism. The study further states that early 20th century, there was a feel- mer dictator and “strongman” smiled. “No, boss,” he replied, “what a negative connotation when used racy that most analysts believed it democracies in various European the electoral attraction for the new ing among Hindu nationalists that General Pervez Musharraf. I must is the use of a good economy or by political scientists, but it was actu- would eventually evolve into. More countries and in India and the US. authoritarians is because of disillu- the Hindus lacked militant virtues. clarify that the term “strongman” image if they can’t stop attacks on ally celebrated by those for whom it striking was the case of Turkey According to a detailed study on sionment with established democ- Daechel writes that it was widely was used by them, despite the fact our pride and people.” He almost was being used. Some of these which, after decades of military the “new strongmen” published in ratic models. However, a May 10, believed by the Hindu middle- that Musharraf had been forced to sounded melancholic. “strongmen” were romanticised interventions, did manage to make the journal, Political Research 2018 report by the International classes that “Muslims had a higher resign in 2008. This wasn’t the first Three years later, India elected through State propaganda as men a successful transition with the Exchange, the current breed of Association for Political Science birth rate than Hindus because of time I had come across Indians the unabashed nationalist, Narendra who were boldly protecting their 2003 election of Recep Erdogan as “strongmen” share similar character- Studies (IAPSS) posits that “a com- their unrestrained sexuality.” praising Musharraf as a strong- Modi as its Prime Minister. India’s societies from malevolent forces that the Prime Minister and the rapid istics with the authoritarians of the bination of uncertainty with the false Is it possible then that those man. So on the last day of the con- own “strongman.” The term “strong- were out to usurp a country’s erosion of the political influence of Cold War. The only difference is, perception of an escalating threat middle-class Indians who were ference, I asked one of them to men” (in politics) is rooted in the resources, progress, pride and exis- Turkey’s military. However, Russia’s unlike their Cold War contempo- has led to an increase in calls for looking for a “strongman” had also explain to me their fascination with largely mythical exploits of ancient tence. Vladimir Putin and Turkey’s raries, the new ones come to power strong leaders.” It adds that societies this embedded in their psyches? Musharraf. monarchs who “ruled like benevo- After the collapse of the Cold Erdogan soon discovered that an through a democratic process. But are now more vulnerable and under Perhaps. “They want their own strong- lent kings but with an iron fist.” It’s War in 1990, it was widely believed authoritarian set-up can last longer they mould, turn and twist demo- the influence of authoritarians that (Courtesy: Dawn) ! "#$#%#% 10 ) R , * -@A9B (- 3 C/- ous year. "For the month of October 2020, the Quick Estimates of /13 &$1&%17$#$$31!311#M$%% 0($'- Index of Industrial Production (IIP) with base 2011-12 stands 31$&!1 !!717& ) 1 N 9!3 ' ( prospects of a no-deal Brexit at 128.5," the Ministry of and uncertainty over US stim- Statistics and Programme Annual Convention, he said cent degrowth in the first quity indices resumed their ulus talks sapped risk appetite. Implementation said. the second quarter GDP num- quarter of this fiscal on Eclimb on Friday after a Market opened well, but in "The Indices of Industrial he Government is cau- ber was much better than account of the COVID-19 day’s pause as bank, energy and between it lost all the gains and Production for the Mining, Ttiously optimistic on the market expectations and it pandemic. "So we are positive. FMCG stocks saw robust buy- turned negative. Fortunately in Manufacturing and Electricity economic front and will con- will further improve in the sec- We are cautiously optimistic ing amid persistent foreign the last trading minutes, it sectors for the month of tinue to take measures to push ond half of the current fiscal. on the economic front. And fund inflows. Subdued global made a good attempt to bounce October 2020 stand at 98, 130.7 growth, Economic Affairs The economy contracted we are hoping that our third markets and a flat rupee capped back and closed marginally and 162.2 respectively." Secretary Tarun Bajaj said on by 7.5 per cent in the second and fourth quarter will be far the gains, analysts said. above. The IIP had been in the Friday. Addressing Ficci’s quarter, as against 23.9 per better than the second quarter. After touching its all-time Gains made in sectors like negative territory from April to intra-day high of 46,309.63, the energy, FMCG and metals were As per the Quick Estimates August FY21 due to the Covid- last year. Furthermore, the data on a On the other hand, the 30-share BSE Sensex dipped countered by selling in Pharma of Index of Industrial 19 pandemic and the subse- Similarly, electricity gen- YoY basis showed that manu- production of infrastructure or into the negative zone in late- and IT stocks. ndia’s industrial activity Production (IIP), the factory quent lockdown to curb its eration grew by 11.2 per cent facturing of primary goods construction goods grew by 7.8 afternoon trade. However, it "This muted momentum Iaccelerated in October with output grew by 3.6 per cent in spread.Among major seg- from (-) 12.2 per cent during de-grew by (-) 3.3 per cent, per cent and consumer staged a comeback to end was due to a weak global trend. a rise of over 3.5 per cent in fac- October 2020 from 0.49 per ments, manufacturing pro- October 2019. whereas capital goods produc- durables by 17.6 per cent. 139.13 points or 0.30% higher Despite European Central tory output on a year-on-year cent in September and (-) 6.6 duction grew by 3.5 per cent However, mining output tion rose by 3.3 per cent, and The sub-segment of con- at 46,099.01, just shy of its clos- Bank announcing an increase basis, official data showed on per cent during the corre- from (-) 5.7 per cent reported de-grew by (-) 1.5 per cent on intermediate goods inched sumer non-durables showed a ing record. in the stimulus package, Thursday. sponding month of the previ- for the corresponding month of a YoY basis. higher by 0.8 per cent. growth of 7.5 per cent. On similar lines, the broad- European markets fell as it er NSE Nifty rose 35.55 points was weighed by increasing or 0.26% to 13,513.85. It hit a chance of a no-deal Brexit, ris- lifetime high of 13,579.35 dur- ing virus cases and moderate O"!#! )! %1!4$ ! Q3 # R ing the session. usages of the announced stim- ONGC topped the Sensex ulus plan $#&%$7%!7 1,!3 gainers’ chart, rallying 5.68%, + . Manufacturers (SIAM) showed is not slowing down or post- well as more safety from their followed by NTPC, Tata Steel, -1 New Delhi:Larsen and Toubro (L&T) has emerged as the that Kia’s sales more than dou- poning any plans for 2021. cars.” He also expects market ITC, ICICI Bank, Titan, Bajaj lowest bidder in multiple infrastructure projects, includ- We are being very careful in bled in India to 89,010 units “The Indian market is very changes as more people choose Auto and SBI. The Indian rupee ended ing ONGC, Nuclear Power Corporation and Chennai Metro “forecasting sales for 2021”, between April and November important for Kia Motors. We personal transportation options. On the other hand, Axis almost flat at 73.64, up 2 paise, Rail.On the ONGC NLRNC project, sources said L&T Tae-Jin Park, Executive Director 2020, despite the first few months believe we have changed the Kia Motors which is a lead- Bank, M&M, Tech Mahindra, against the American curren- Hydrocarbon Engineering , a wholly owned subsidiary of and Chief Sales Officer, Kia of the financial year being lost expectations of Indian customers ing sponsor of global sporting HCL Tech, Bajaj Finserv and cy on Friday as dollar buying by Larsen & Toubro Limited has emerged as the lowest bid- Motors says quite honestly. One thanks to the pandemic. Park’s with more happiness and enjoy- events, Kia sponsors FIFA, the Infosys were among the lag- banks weighed on the domes- der for ONGC’s New Living Quarters & Revamp at NQ might find that surprising as the cautiousness however has some ment from our products and we Europa League and Australian gards, skidding up to 2.19%. tic currency. Complex Project, after the state controlled Indian oil giant Korean company has made a big merit, “The festive season has are offering Indian motorists a Open tennis and has Rafael During the week, the At the interbank forex mar- opened the financial bids submitted by the 2 bidders.The splash in the Indian market, been good, but we have to see new experience.” Nadal among their brand ambas- Sensex vaulted 1,019.46 ket, the domestic unit opened scope involves the engineering, procurement, and con- their Seltos and Sonet SUV’s how the rest of the economy is Asked about trends for future sadors is also looking at good points or 2.26%, while the at 73.65 against the US dollar struction of a living quarters platform for 120 people which and Carnival MPV all are best- doing before forecasting for products, Park said that con- opportunities for Sports Nifty surged 255.30 points or and witnessed an intra-day will be required to be installed on a separate jacket and sellers. Data released by the 2021.” sumers wanted “more connec- Marketing in India, Park told The 1.92%. high of 73.56 and a low of bridge-linked with the nearby NQO platform. IANS Society of Indian Automobile That said, Park said that Kia tivity, more high-end features as Pioneer. World stocks wobbled as 73.71.
BSE 500 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE NIFTY 50 13512.30 13579.35 13402.85 13513.85 35.55 Script Open High Low LTP SUNPHARMA 565.65 572.70 562.05 568.00 MMTC 21.60 23.20 21.40 22.25 HATHWAY 35.00 36.55 34.00 34.65 LAXMIMACH 4477.45 4522.60 4339.00 4369.00 ONGC 92.60 104.40 92.60 96.65 5.00 HDFC 2300.00 2317.00 2272.05 2296.10 BHARATFORG 547.00 557.35 539.55 551.55 KTKBANK 59.75 59.75 57.25 57.75 SONATSOFTW 350.10 361.00 350.10 354.55 KANSAINER 553.05 558.25 542.80 549.60 NTPC 97.90 102.90 97.65 102.15 5.00 PVR 1487.00 1506.75 1456.00 1465.85 NESTLEIND 18320.00 18457.85 18204.2518403.00 HFCL 21.40 23.00 21.30 21.85 KRBL 254.00 261.50 250.25 251.00 MAHSEAMLES 300.00 318.00 298.45 310.45 INFRATEL 245.55 247.30 240.85 244.90 BIOCON 456.00 456.80 450.00 453.30 ENGINERSIN 75.90 77.65 74.85 75.80 INOXLEISUR 292.30 297.60 290.00 292.35 SHK 127.30 130.50 124.75 126.45 GAIL 120.10 128.80 120.05 126.10 6.05 RELIANCE 2011.20 2037.80 1974.40 2005.60 L&TFH 90.25 91.85 89.20 90.20 HIMATSEIDE 136.00 148.40 135.50 145.20 UJJIVAN 283.15 286.30 279.15 282.45 BBTC 1370.00 1390.00 1336.10 1342.90 COALINDIA 134.70 140.70 134.50 138.30 3.45 IDEA 9.83 10.35 9.73 10.11 NBCC 28.15 30.20 28.15 29.65 NIACL 129.50 134.20 128.05 132.05 NETWORK18 35.70 37.80 35.35 36.25 VSTIND 3893.50 4040.00 3853.85 3990.00 TATASTEEL 614.90 625.45 614.25 621.90 11.80 UPL 452.90 456.40 429.50 434.80 IDFCFIRSTB 37.95 38.55 37.00 37.45 BOMDYEING 73.00 75.70 72.80 73.55 COCHINSHIP 354.00 361.30 354.00 359.25 NBVENTURES 54.55 56.15 54.05 54.20 ICICIBANK 509.25 516.90 506.10 515.50 8.55 SBIN 270.00 276.15 270.00 272.45 ACC 1636.00 1649.00 1601.70 1607.45 CASTROLIND 133.50 133.50 129.80 130.30 CARERATING 528.00 545.40 524.20 540.00 ITI 128.65 130.40 127.40 128.00 TITAN 1427.50 1449.85 1423.00 1447.60 23.40 ITC 214.00 217.85 213.35 216.20 DIVISLAB 3730.30 3738.95 3624.25 3640.85 NHPC 21.85 22.85 21.85 22.15 GICRE 146.95 146.95 140.95 142.30 RADICO 453.00 465.55 453.00 456.65 IOC 93.55 96.10 93.05 93.95 1.50 ONGC 92.15 101.00 92.15 96.80 TECHM 927.25 931.00 916.55 919.00 CANFINHOME 474.70 492.00 470.25 488.95 COROMANDEL 803.00 805.00 781.85 791.55 ERIS 532.40 549.95 530.60 534.00 ITC 214.45 217.95 213.35 216.00 3.30 IRCTC 1404.00 1450.00 1400.00 1425.20 OIL 106.95 115.55 106.00 109.85 RAMCOCEM 838.00 847.65 825.60 845.35 CAPPL 508.00 513.00 497.70 501.35 GHCL 198.10 200.60 193.10 193.75 SBIN 270.05 276.25 270.05 272.50 2.95 ICICIBANK 508.50 516.90 506.15 515.20 HDFCAMC 2854.95 2885.00 2802.00 2841.70 WELSPUNIND 66.20 70.55 66.20 70.55 KPRMILL 835.05 877.90 835.05 866.00 HAWKINCOOK 5118.00 5174.95 5072.55 5107.00 ULTRACEMCO 5005.00 5038.65 4956.00 5011.00 46.70 HDFCBANK 1386.40 1395.30 1373.30 1382.20 JSWENERGY 65.95 69.00 64.75 68.00 GODFRYPHLP 1018.05 1056.20 1004.50 1018.55 ADVENZYMES 341.50 348.05 335.00 338.80 ATUL 6149.30 6149.30 6090.80 6117.00 BAJFINANCE 4805.00 4889.00 4805.00 4837.00 42.20 TATASTEEL 615.10 625.25 614.75 621.75 NAUKRI 4610.00 4729.95 4475.10 4524.65 APLLTD 1060.30 1094.90 1060.30 1088.05 GSFC 76.05 78.30 75.95 77.40 CRISIL 1935.00 1960.00 1921.65 1925.55 KOTAKBANK 1893.50 1928.70 1893.50 1919.65 16.35 BAJFINANCE 4817.00 4889.00 4810.00 4843.10 IPCALAB 2251.90 2258.65 2204.85 2206.35 PTC 60.00 63.70 60.00 61.60 FORCEMOT 1456.95 1460.90 1401.10 1424.00 FINOLEXIND 649.95 655.00 636.60 647.30 BAJAJ-AUTO 3295.60 3337.15 3285.55 3317.65 26.80 TATAMOTORS 178.10 181.45 176.60 178.80 SUNTV 475.00 482.20 466.50 470.10 CUB 175.75 177.80 172.85 176.90 QUESS 481.55 496.95 481.55 495.00 VARROC 410.00 423.80 402.20 406.45 HINDUNILVR 2366.25 2385.00 2333.00 2368.95 18.50 SAIL 55.95 59.65 55.75 57.75 BEML 753.00 795.60 751.65 771.15 PERSISTENT 1244.00 1324.30 1231.95 1305.40 J&KBANK 24.65 25.11 24.25 24.39 CCL 270.55 278.00 258.85 266.00 INDUSINDBK 916.75 933.35 915.10 923.00 7.15 INDUSINDBK 915.70 933.25 915.65 924.60 WOCKPHARMA 536.00 548.75 511.00 517.90 BERGEPAINT 681.00 682.00 670.70 677.25 KAJARIACER 657.45 670.00 657.45 661.55 SOMANYCERA 302.95 306.40 289.10 298.10 HDFCLIFE 663.90 668.35 655.25 663.00 3.55 INFY 1168.00 1171.95 1156.25 1163.05 AARTIDRUGS 774.95 789.95 770.55 786.90 SRF 5342.45 5370.20 5240.05 5272.60 GUJGAS 354.00 354.00 347.50 348.50 BLUESTARCO 809.90 809.90 779.20 790.85 HDFC 2307.00 2317.70 2272.00 2297.00 7.90 COALINDIA 134.85 140.55 134.55 138.25 TVSSRICHAK 1797.00 2130.00 1797.00 2074.75 JUSTDIAL 619.00 624.00 602.00 606.00 GSPL 235.00 236.60 229.10 232.80 TEAMLEASE 2560.00 2728.10 2557.20 2679.85 TATAMOTORS 177.95 181.45 176.50 178.20 0.60 GAIL 120.90 128.75 120.00 125.90 JUBLFOOD 2574.80 2660.00 2574.80 2660.00 MINDTREE 1438.00 1450.00 1423.00 1439.85 JYOTHYLAB 143.85 143.85 140.85 141.25 CREDITACC 756.00 789.85 756.00 785.00 SUNPHARMA 567.90 572.95 562.00 567.05 1.85 BANKBARODA 66.45 68.20 65.00 65.45 ABBOTINDIA 15620.00 16243.00 15620.0016080.00 LAURUSLABS 332.90 332.90 324.00 328.65 EQUITAS 70.80 71.20 68.50 68.80 CROMPTON 338.00 338.00 329.75 332.00 POWERGRID 194.00 195.25 192.15 193.25 0.50 NTPC 98.00 102.90 97.95 102.40 DELTACORP 153.65 162.00 152.00 156.80 GODREJAGRO 531.00 531.00 521.50 524.50 IFBIND 976.95 1049.80 976.95 1031.45 TIINDIA 853.00 858.50 839.00 852.10 HINDALCO 244.25 248.00 240.95 243.05 0.35 IOC 93.55 96.10 93.05 93.85 DISHTV 12.25 13.80 12.25 13.66 TORNTPOWER 320.00 327.30 320.00 323.60 PHILIPCARB 166.95 171.40 166.15 167.70 GRSE 199.00 199.00 193.75 194.60 POWERGRID 193.55 195.15 192.30 193.30 HINDZINC 241.00 249.25 240.50 241.30 BAJAJCON 203.95 207.40 200.45 201.60 ORIENTCEM 77.60 80.50 77.60 78.90 LT 1188.00 1216.80 1182.00 1191.45 1.10 CHOLAFIN 367.20 375.20 365.10 368.90 SIEMENS 1537.00 1547.85 1519.00 1538.25 BAYERCROP 5194.20 5290.00 5193.00 5258.45 TIMETECHNO 47.20 49.50 47.20 48.00 NESTLEIND 18300.00 18460.00 18200.00 18354.70 2.00 INDIGO 1737.60 1748.00 1700.00 1728.35 INDHOTEL 128.80 131.60 127.10 127.75 MOIL 142.00 144.70 141.15 141.60 BHARTIARTL 508.50 508.50 497.30 505.10 -0.05 APOLLOHOSP 2410.00 2411.65 2345.50 2366.95 FORTIS 148.90 153.40 148.45 152.20 HEIDELBERG 212.60 214.20 208.00 208.00 SHREECEM 23780.00 23958.00 23585.05 23750.00 -8.10 ADANIPORTS 472.00 474.75 462.80 466.25 CEATLTD 1160.00 1177.50 1150.50 1158.55 DBL 398.00 398.00 392.45 392.45 TCS 2792.70 2807.70 2764.55 2782.00 -2.30 GODREJPROP 1293.80 1311.15 1252.50 1302.35 GMRINFRA 26.70 27.10 26.20 26.60 SUPREMEIND 1700.05 1725.90 1684.85 1695.20 HCLTECH 871.00 881.80 855.20 865.15 -1.60 MOTHERSUMI 155.15 156.80 152.10 154.30 TATAMTRDVR 75.55 76.45 74.05 74.70 VAIBHAVGBL 2111.95 2123.05 2080.00 2092.00 BRITANNIA 3746.85 3777.00 3701.50 3732.80 -6.95 DABUR 518.70 519.35 508.90 513.80 TV18BRDCST 31.10 32.10 30.90 31.10 SUNDRMFAST 525.15 545.00 525.15 545.00 INFY 1159.70 1171.95 1155.25 1165.20 -2.55 RECLTD 127.40 137.30 127.40 135.85 FCONSUMER 8.90 8.99 8.70 8.81 IIFLWAM 1053.55 1073.70 1033.25 1044.80 MARUTI 7779.95 7795.70 7700.00 7715.20 -20.80 BEL 115.95 116.40 113.35 114.65 RVNL 21.80 23.55 21.80 23.40 THYROCARE 1037.40 1047.95 1017.90 1026.25 HDFCBANK 1390.05 1395.00 1373.00 1382.05 -3.80 TITAN 1425.00 1450.00 1423.25 1442.65 KALPATPOWR 315.90 332.40 315.90 325.35 PRSMJOHNSN 85.80 87.95 84.45 87.00 ASIANPAINT 2516.00 2536.90 2495.00 2518.00 -8.05 ESCORTS 1388.90 1388.90 1349.50 1361.00 GEPIL 282.95 292.75 275.00 291.80 SHRIRAMCIT 1080.80 1086.35 1032.15 1058.00 GRASIM 909.90 915.65 901.00 906.30 -3.20 ADANIENT 447.20 451.50 440.75 449.55 IIFL 115.90 119.45 112.45 117.15 PHOENIXLTD 764.55 773.65 758.80 763.50 RELIANCE 2013.00 2038.00 1974.25 1999.40 -7.60 NCC 55.35 57.45 55.10 57.05 AARTIIND 1214.50 1240.00 1207.20 1218.05 MASFIN 1004.05 1025.30 997.00 998.40 BAJAJFINSV 9067.00 9139.00 8951.00 8989.05 -39.80 JSWSTEEL 362.60 366.50 357.80 359.70 DEEPAKNI 870.00 877.00 850.75 859.00 CENTURYPLY 222.60 223.50 218.45 219.05 HEROMOTOCO 3200.00 3239.50 3169.00 3175.00 -19.30 PFIZER 5225.00 5320.00 5225.00 5278.40 GUJALKALI 353.80 362.80 350.00 351.70 CESC 624.90 628.35 620.90 621.15 WIPRO 357.40 360.00 352.65 353.50 -2.40 SUZLON 3.91 3.94 3.80 3.94 VRLLOG 210.00 214.40 203.00 206.60 GULFOILLUB 764.95 775.95 759.50 759.65 BPCL 401.00 407.40 392.00 396.20 -3.10 AUROPHARMA 905.95 905.95 887.85 897.35 EIDPARRY 340.00 347.50 337.05 338.70 NAVNETEDUL 90.00 91.50 86.50 87.30 DRREDDY 5055.10 5084.05 4984.80 5013.00 -40.10 ALLCARGO 152.00 155.15 138.00 140.65 NLCINDIA 54.00 56.90 54.00 56.50 LINDEINDIA 896.00 922.05 896.00 910.70 SBILIFE 860.90 862.80 845.40 849.00 -7.05 PEL 1475.00 1475.00 1427.20 1433.65 SYNGENE 596.00 608.50 593.00 600.25 GODREJIND 440.10 455.00 440.10 447.00 BRIGADE 231.95 236.10 230.20 234.90 TECHM 922.20 931.00 916.45 919.20 -8.10 BRITANNIA 3743.00 3778.60 3702.10 3735.00 PAGEIND 24499.95 24605.50 23421.7523611.95 ARVINDFASN 160.00 164.00 156.00 157.10 NH 389.95 394.00 382.50 387.25 PETRONET 254.25 263.15 254.25 261.65 MCX 1690.00 1699.00 1655.00 1677.30 TATAINVEST 991.00 1035.80 990.00 1000.00 VTL 977.20 992.10 974.00 980.00 CIPLA 764.00 766.10 753.00 756.00 -6.75 CHAMBLFERT 218.10 240.00 218.10 235.30 IDFC 39.30 40.00 38.50 38.85 AMBER 2350.00 2381.55 2280.00 2314.50 THERMAX 913.65 917.25 900.60 906.50 UPL 456.00 456.85 429.20 434.50 -3.95 ICICIPRULI 500.00 503.00 490.40 496.50 IEX 222.10 225.75 216.30 217.25 SHOPERSTOP 209.45 222.55 209.45 212.40 NESCO 545.75 562.00 543.15 546.25 JSWSTEEL 363.60 366.70 357.60 359.05 -3.25 IFCI 11.25 11.45 10.00 10.61 WHIRLPOOL 2092.00 2123.95 2068.00 2087.35 DALBHARAT 1036.50 1070.00 1028.15 1058.10 INDOCO 287.00 288.40 283.05 284.45 EICHERMOT 2492.65 2507.95 2451.85 2465.00 -27.65 FRETAIL 79.95 80.90 78.30 79.60 NAVINFLUOR 2594.80 2594.80 2510.00 2536.80 OFSS 3150.00 3152.00 3111.45 3135.40 GPPL 92.60 93.35 91.30 92.05 M&M 738.90 746.70 722.10 728.00 -8.15 BHARTIARTL 508.00 508.25 497.10 504.05 ALOKTEXT 24.30 24.70 23.90 24.00 ICICIGI 1448.05 1475.00 1438.50 1465.95 UJJIVANSFB 38.60 39.70 38.60 38.95 PGHL 6692.85 6751.00 6590.00 6618.05 ADANIPORTS 471.75 475.00 462.70 465.00 -6.00 BPCL 401.00 407.20 392.10 397.25 PFC 114.60 119.10 114.60 117.30 GMDCLTD 50.95 52.75 50.75 51.35 REPCOHOME 253.00 260.00 251.80 253.90 SCHNEIDER 87.65 88.35 84.55 85.85 DIVISLAB 3730.00 3740.00 3622.40 3649.85 -82.40 AXISBANK 627.10 631.55 608.55 613.30 LUPIN 945.00 949.70 929.60 939.50 RCF 53.75 54.50 53.00 53.55 HINDCOPPER 44.65 46.15 44.05 44.35 GDL 116.70 118.75 114.75 114.75 AXISBANK 626.35 631.65 608.35 612.40 -14.65 HINDUNILVR 2362.10 2384.40 2332.50 2373.70 STAR 811.95 820.75 775.90 784.40 SUVENPHAR 403.30 409.80 399.00 406.10 EMAMILTD 425.00 435.70 413.30 428.60 JTEKTINDIA 83.55 85.60 82.75 83.00 SPICEJET 103.15 107.95 100.60 106.15 PCJEWELLER 26.05 27.80 24.50 25.25 JUBILANT 812.00 817.60 781.00 797.10 LEMONTREE 43.50 45.45 43.30 44.55 RAJESHEXPO 476.90 480.40 472.05 476.05 KOTAKBANK 1894.00 1928.80 1894.00 1920.65 DIXON 12108.00 12784.40 12108.0012659.20 CHALET 195.00 199.00 170.75 192.65 DCAL 156.50 161.65 151.95 153.80 ESABINDIA 1504.65 1550.05 1487.00 1550.05 VEDL 145.00 147.60 142.40 146.50 PIDILITIND 1654.00 1667.70 1632.40 1638.35 AFFLE 3708.90 3708.90 3632.25 3657.65 JKCEMENT 2045.00 2045.00 1930.00 1955.45 VBL 916.15 918.00 905.05 908.05 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE LT 1191.00 1216.55 1182.00 1194.35 EXIDEIND 193.00 194.65 192.25 193.65 APLAPOLLO 3780.05 3814.60 3650.05 3672.80 PARAGMILK 116.30 119.65 115.65 117.45 JCHAC 2238.00 2238.00 2195.00 2209.00 NIFTY NEXT 50 31922.40 32066.20 31602.20 31928.80 78.15 CANBK 122.50 127.90 122.50 125.25 BAJAJ-AUTO 3300.00 3335.70 3287.60 3327.00 NATCOPHARM 973.25 978.30 947.60 962.00 SYMPHONY 914.95 919.00 900.25 900.25 GLAXO 1546.00 1559.00 1546.00 1549.30 PNB 38.60 41.40 38.60 40.65 2.25 DLF 219.10 221.50 212.75 218.75 GODREJCP 735.00 739.00 716.40 726.55 MAHABANK 14.66 15.15 14.33 14.50 BDL 342.00 345.95 338.45 339.60 AKZOINDIA 2203.65 2237.65 2186.15 2237.65 ABBOTINDIA 15739.90 16255.50 15700.00 16080.00 511.70 ASHOKLEY 95.00 96.00 93.50 94.10 COLPAL 1586.80 1597.70 1560.95 1572.00 ASHOKA 95.00 97.60 92.60 97.00 OBEROIRLTY 525.00 541.10 516.00 519.15 MOTILALOFS 655.25 663.00 648.60 654.15 NMDC 108.25 113.75 108.10 110.95 3.15 BANDHANBNK 417.80 430.25 415.05 423.30 MRF 78200.00 78337.75 77333.0077990.00 ALKYLAMINE 3802.00 3930.00 3802.00 3871.25 REDINGTON 135.80 136.05 128.85 129.50 TTKPRESTIG 5831.25 5854.95 5705.00 5774.80 DMART 2647.00 2715.00 2632.00 2696.00 73.95 APOLLOTYRE 181.50 194.65 181.50 192.80 HAVELLS 823.10 841.15 820.95 825.65 SWANENERGY 134.15 134.45 130.40 130.70 WABAG 201.95 206.00 194.75 199.55 GALAXYSURF 1926.00 1926.00 1890.00 1905.00 PETRONET 255.40 263.25 255.40 261.25 6.35 BAJAJFINSV 9026.00 9137.40 8951.35 8985.10 SBICARD 833.00 844.80 818.80 822.15 SHREECEM 23940.00 23940.00 23594.8023692.00 RITES 264.65 269.30 264.50 264.75 VGUARD 189.95 190.00 186.00 186.85 MARICO 407.50 416.25 406.20 414.15 10.00 HCLTECH 871.85 881.50 855.20 861.50 INDIANB 86.05 88.45 84.05 85.80 SJVN 24.85 26.25 24.85 25.60 SUMICHEM 311.60 312.60 303.30 304.35 KSB 593.00 624.45 593.00 620.05 BANDHANBNK 419.15 430.70 415.00 424.45 9.55 PNB 38.80 41.35 38.55 40.50 TATAELXSI 1605.00 1642.00 1594.90 1604.30 INDIACEM 147.50 151.80 146.60 148.90 MINDACORP 86.00 91.50 86.00 88.15 LAOPALA 226.60 232.00 221.60 224.90 PFC 115.00 119.10 114.90 117.00 2.45 HDFCLIFE 663.15 668.00 655.10 664.45 AMARAJABAT 945.00 954.15 923.15 932.00 ADANITRANS 426.00 431.45 416.55 423.50 VINATIORGA 1153.00 1153.00 1111.10 1120.55 ENDURANCE 1136.00 1170.40 1136.00 1168.40 UBL 1141.00 1176.00 1110.65 1158.00 20.20 BHEL 35.60 36.95 35.45 35.95 BATAINDIA 1559.00 1570.90 1543.85 1553.65 RELAXO 750.00 750.00 727.90 741.15 ECLERX 794.20 832.80 794.20 804.90 DBCORP 86.55 89.25 85.35 85.65 PGHH 11198.00 11398.75 11155.80 11355.00 157.55 HINDALCO 242.70 247.90 240.95 243.55 MGL 1042.35 1064.85 1042.35 1059.20 MRPL 34.90 35.85 34.55 34.80 JAMNAAUTO 56.15 56.15 54.15 54.50 SOBHA 320.25 325.75 319.00 320.00 ICICIGI 1458.05 1476.40 1437.70 1469.00 19.25 TATAPOWER 73.45 74.10 72.20 72.80 RAIN 133.75 138.50 133.15 135.05 AEGISLOG 256.80 266.85 247.35 249.80 FINEORG 2555.00 2555.00 2486.20 2492.70 SKFINDIA 1666.35 1685.15 1658.30 1669.10 HINDPETRO 216.00 223.00 214.80 218.05 2.50 SRTRANSFIN 1059.05 1075.05 1035.50 1042.00 SBILIFE 864.70 864.70 845.50 848.00 HUDCO 39.60 40.90 39.25 39.50 MPHASIS 1323.95 1332.70 1310.05 1319.35 UFLEX 389.00 393.70 382.00 384.35 HINDZINC 240.95 249.40 240.25 241.15 1.45 ASIANPAINT 2524.90 2531.35 2495.00 2520.20 BALKRISIND 1660.00 1681.00 1646.20 1663.05 PRESTIGE 288.05 292.00 281.40 288.90 LTTS 1849.95 1855.45 1830.00 1845.30 WABCOINDIA 5700.00 5723.30 5665.05 5665.05 BAJAJHLDNG 3029.15 3120.00 3025.25 3064.00 15.25 ADANIPOWER 46.50 47.35 44.55 44.55 BOSCHLTD 13458.00 13458.00 13080.2513140.10 MAHLOG 403.00 428.15 403.00 406.05 JAGRAN 43.40 45.15 43.40 44.10 TVTODAY 213.90 219.90 213.90 216.70 LTI 3278.75 3295.00 3241.90 3265.00 13.60 HEROMOTOCO 3212.00 3240.00 3168.20 3175.00 DCBBANK 112.00 122.70 112.00 116.50 BLUEDART 3925.00 3945.00 3814.00 3852.00 BIRLACORPN 746.00 757.00 726.05 737.45 AIAENG 2004.25 2015.05 1960.00 1970.00 IGL 481.70 486.95 478.00 483.10 1.40 LTI 3290.00 3290.80 3245.10 3261.00 UNIONBANK 33.00 33.80 32.70 33.20 CHENNPETRO 101.00 107.20 101.00 104.40 CSBBANK 227.00 228.35 222.30 224.25 ORIENTREF 218.20 221.95 213.80 221.00 ADANIGREEN 990.05 1057.00 985.00 1038.15 1.45 HINDPETRO* 215.70 222.80 214.90 217.25 CENTURYTEX 381.00 389.55 367.70 373.60 ASTRAZEN 4487.70 4534.35 4474.25 4488.00 SPARC 194.70 194.70 186.60 187.95 OMAXE 84.90 85.25 81.00 83.20 BIOCON 455.00 456.90 450.00 454.50 0.55 TCS 2795.00 2807.00 2765.00 2783.45 HEG 828.10 856.00 828.10 840.25 IBREALEST 68.00 69.45 66.35 67.95 ASTRAL 1478.00 1478.00 1444.30 1468.55 GRINDWELL 684.95 696.90 667.00 669.00 ICICIPRULI 496.95 503.10 490.35 497.00 0.45 RBLBANK 237.50 242.45 233.70 235.60 SOUTHBANK 10.02 10.20 9.65 9.82 POWERINDIA 1259.00 1322.00 1230.00 1313.65 INDIAMART 5307.00 5395.00 5304.00 5330.00 RATNAMANI 1625.80 1625.80 1585.00 1597.80 HDFCAMC 2839.15 2888.00 2780.00 2841.00 1.85 AMBUJACEM 250.00 250.30 243.75 246.10 BANKINDIA 51.95 52.85 50.75 51.15 FINCABLES 349.90 362.00 349.90 357.95 MAHSCOOTER 3670.00 3700.00 3550.00 3623.10 STARCEMENT 95.15 96.85 93.15 93.70 MCDOWELL-N 597.90 602.75 586.10 593.00 0.00 TVSMOTOR 510.00 513.20 478.90 484.10 CONCOR 407.00 409.35 396.30 400.95 AJANTPHARM 1696.00 1700.00 1677.90 1677.90 MIDHANI 200.05 205.30 198.00 199.55 AAVAS 1647.00 1669.50 1641.95 1660.75 DABUR 517.35 519.50 508.80 513.95 -0.45 FEDERALBNK 65.75 67.15 65.60 66.25 VOLTAS 811.85 820.15 800.50 803.00 RAYMOND 329.90 336.45 325.40 329.90 JMFINANCIL 85.90 85.90 82.00 82.15 TNPL 116.20 117.60 115.35 117.20 SIEMENS 1544.65 1547.70 1518.55 1535.40 -1.60 JINDALSTEL 260.10 264.20 258.65 259.95 CENTRALBK 15.00 15.36 14.51 14.88 BALRAMCHIN 169.55 174.15 169.55 172.65 CARBORUNIV 375.00 388.80 375.00 375.00 JBCHEPHARM 1007.70 1007.70 995.20 1000.95 OFSS 3154.95 3154.95 3111.05 3130.00 -3.30 M&M 744.00 746.50 722.45 727.35 ADANIGAS 358.70 363.00 351.15 358.45 GRANULES 394.95 397.55 386.00 387.80 TATAMETALI 597.00 597.00 579.00 581.70 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Houston: The Texas lawsuit Michigan, Georgia, Hours later, Trump held a asking the US Supreme Court Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin meeting at the White House, ?/ D $/ to invalidate President-elect repeats false, disproven, and scheduled before the suit was Joe Biden’s victory has quickly unsubstantiated accusations filed, with a dozen Republican become a conservative litmus about the voting in four states attorneys general, including < ) test, as 106 members of that went for Trump’s Paxton and several others who Congress and multiple state Democratic challenger. are backing the effort. Washington: President-elect again, former Secretary of State the worst public health crisis in attorneys general signed onto The case demands that the Still, some of the top state Joe Biden is getting the old gang John Kerry to serve as special a century and a flagging econ- the case even as some have pre- high court invalidate the states’ Republican prosecutors urging back together. envoy on climate and Kerry’s omy, is putting a greater pre- dicted it will fail. 62 total Electoral College votes. the Supreme Court to hear the Increasingly deep into the Obama-era deputy Antony mium on past experience and, The last-gasp bid to subvert That’s an unprecedented rem- case have acknowledged that process of selecting Cabinet Blinken to lead the State as a result, has gone frequent- the results of the Nov 3 election edy in American history: set- the effort is a long shot and are members and other senior staff, Department. ly back to the Obama well as he is demonstrating President ting aside the votes of tens of seeking to distance themselves the incoming Biden adminis- Jeff Zients, who did stints as fills out his government. Donald Trump’s enduring millions of people, under the from Trump’s baseless allega- tration has a distinctly Obama acting Office of Management “Many of the folks who are political power even as his baseless claim the Republican tions of fraud. feel. and Budget director and a top returning are returning because term is set to end. And even incumbent lost a chance at a North Dakota’s Wayne There’s Denis McDonough, economic adviser in the Obama they believe in public service though most of the signatories the country and have no evi- think the lawsuit will never last. second term due to widespread Stenehjem, among the 17 attor- former President Barack White House, will return as and know that after four tur- are far-right conservatives who dence of widespread fraud. “The Supreme Court is fraud. neys general supporting the Obama’s chief of staff who Biden’s coronavirus response bulent and destructive years come from deep red districts, And in a filing Thursday, not going to overturn the elec- Two days after Paxton case, said North Dakota is not Biden announced on Thursday coordinator. and a brutal pandemic, this is the filing meant that roughly the Congressional Republicans tion in the Texas case, as the sued, 17 states filed a motion alleging voter fraud in the four would be nominated as the sec- With the exception of a particularly important time to one-quarter of the US House claimed “unconstitutional President has told them to do,” supporting the lawsuit, and states at issue. retary of veterans affairs. President Donald Trump, a serve,” said David Axelrod, believes the Supreme Court irregularities” have “cast doubt” tweeted Rick Hasen, a law pro- on Thursday six of those states “We’re careful on that,” Susan Rice, Obama’s former political outsider when he was who served as a senior adviser should set aside election results. on the 2020 outcome and “the fessor at the University of asked to join the case them- said Stenehjem, who noted national security adviser, was elected in 2016, recent new to Obama. Seventeen Republican integrity of the American sys- California, Irvine. “But we are selves. Trump has acted to join that his office has received named the director of Biden’s presidents have relied heavily “Their experience is valu- attorneys general are backing tem of elections.” in bad shape as a country that the case, tweeting Thursday thousands of calls and emails White House Domestic Policy on pools of talent that had cut able. Their values and out- the unprecedented case that To be clear, there has been 17 states could support this that “the Supreme Court has a from constituents asking the Council. their teeth in their parties’ pre- looks are consonant with Trump is calling “the big one” no evidence of widespread shameful, anti-American filing” chance to save our Country state to support the suit. “But That’s on top of Biden vious administrations to fill (Biden’s). The challenge is to despite the fact that the presi- fraud and Trump has been by Texas and its attorney gen- from the greatest Election it’s worth it for the Supreme already tapping Obama’s agri- out their own government. look forward and not back and dent and his allies have lost seeking to subvert the will of eral, Ken Paxton, he said. abuse in the history of the Court to weigh in and settle it culture secretary, Tom Vilsack, But Biden, who is assuming innovate beyond what’s simply dozens of times in courts across the voters. Election law experts The lawsuit filed against United States.” once and for all,” he said. AP to head the department once the presidency in the midst of been broken.” AP "# *+ * +& %#" 4 * 6 2' - Ankara: Turkey on Friday called on the European Union United Nations: The UN and reconciliation, democracy, The resolution reiterates to act as an ‘honest mediator’ in Terre Haute (US): The Trump Hong Kong: Hong Kong pro- General Assembly approved a the rule of law, good gover- the General Assembly’s “serious its dispute with EU members administration Thursday car- democracy activist and media resolution over Russian objec- nance, human rights, counter- concern” about the security sit- Greece and Cyprus over the ried out its ninth federal exe- tycoon Jimmy Lai has been tions Thursday commending narcotics, social and economic uation in Afghanistan and exploration of gas reserves in cution of the year in what has charged under the city’s nation- progress in peace talks between development and regional coop- stresses the need to continue to the Mediterranean, after been a first series of executions al security law, amid a widen- the Afghan government and the eration. address the threat to the coun- European leaders approved during a presidential lame- ing crackdown on dissent, Taliban while urging stepped-up While welcoming progress try’s stability from violence expanding sanctions against duck period in 130 years, according to local media efforts to tackle terrorist attacks in the intra-Afghan talks, committed by the Taliban, Ankara. putting to death a Texas street- reports. Lai, who founded the by the Taliban, al-Qaida, the including the December 2 including the Haqqani Network, The leaders said early gang member in the slayings of Apple Daily tabloid, was Islamic State extremist group agreement on rules of procedure as well as al-Qaida, Islamic Friday that Turkey — which is a religious couple from Iowa charged on suspicion of col- and their affiliates. for negotiations, the resolution State, their affiliates “and other a candidate to join although its more than two decades ago. luding with foreign forces and Lai was arrested under the The vote in the 193-mem- “condemns the high rate of terrorist and criminal groups.” membership talks are blocked Four more federal execu- endangering national security, national security law in ber world body was 130 in continued violence.” Afghanistan’s UN ambas- — has “engaged in unilateral tions, including one Friday, are local broadcaster TVB report- August. He and two executives favour, Russia against, and It says this “is contributing sador, Adela Raz, expressed actions and provocations and planned in the weeks before at 9:27 pm Eastern time. He ed Friday. He is the most high- of Next Digital, the company China, Pakistan and Belarus to an unacceptable number of regret that despite her govern- escalated its rhetoric against the President-elect Joe Biden’s inau- directed his last words to the profile person to be charged that operates the Apple Daily abstaining. casualties” and calls for an ment’s strong support for the EU.” This was despite the fact guration. One was carried out family of the couple he played under the law since it was newspaper, were later charged Fifty-nine countries did not immediate cessation of vio- resolution it wasn’t adopted by that they had offered trade and in late November. a role in killing, speaking with implemented in June. for fraud over accusations that vote. lence and strongly encourages consensus, saying the measure other incentives to Turkey to The case of Brandon striking calm for someone who Police said in a statement they violated lease terms on The 15-page resolution the Afghan government and the reflects “developments that are halt its activities during their Bernard, who received a lethal knew he was about to die. “I’m that they arrested a 73-year-old office space the company. He titled “The Situation in Taliban “to pursue confidence- taking place on the ground and last summit in October, they injection of phenobarbital at a sorry,” he said, lifting his head man under the national secu- was denied bail earlier this Afghanistan” covers a wide building measures and to reduce particularly the progress in the said. US prison in Terre Haute, and looking at witness-room rity law, but did not name him. month. AP range of issues including peace violence.” peace process.” AP The leaders tasked EU for- Indiana, was a rare execution of windows. “That’s the only eign policy chief Josep Borrell a person who was in his teens words that I can say that com- with drawing up a report on the when his crime was committed. pletely capture how I feel now 6 ! ) ! /3+ )!! Q ) ! state of EU-Turkey political, Several high-profile fig- and how I felt that day.” As he economic and trade relations ures, including reality TV star spoke, he showed no outward Washington: A special US and Drug Administration’s "'+9 * / 1 -!!! later told the media how “the there. The farmers are cleaning end of pure Ayurveda,” he lawyer A P Singh. The laws are The Chief Secretary further events that happened on + 1 . the area by themselves while added. “unconstitutional, anti-farmer” ' /' / wrote, “We had indeed made December 11 were most unfor- waiting for the little help from The Resident Doctors’ because, as per them, the farm- elaborate arrangements for tunate. They are a slur on our spokesman said. The state cab- Chilla (Delhi-Noida) border the authorities in keeping the Association of AIIMS Delhi ers’ position would become 6#'&A #%)#*&8B *!31&$ security coverage of the pro- democratic fabric. As a inet also approved a proposal of points are campaigning for the site clean. urged the Government to “vulnerable” before corporate 91& 9& $%$ !%$2 #$! tectees... The West Bengal Governor, it is my duty to the Health department to give last 11 days to demand a repeal retract the notification of the giants and the greed of multi- !12 1& 127!17%!$2$! police had provided a bullet- uphold the Indian employment to doctors under of the farm laws enacted in P/!!! move. “This step will not only national companies, it said. 1 ! 31&$! !1 !4 $ 12 proof car and a pilot to Nadda, Constitution….” specialised category through September. In a series of tweets, The Chinese have given five encourage already rampant “These laws would dismantle $1 331 $)1 ! which was in addition to the Referring to Mamata’s state- state service selection commis- the Delhi Traffic Police said “differing explanations” for vio- quackery, but also undermine the Agriculture Produce Market !71 4$! $1 %211 !3& $ escort (vehicle by State, per- ment passing the blame of the sion. The spokesman said that Tikri and Dhansa borders are lating the agreements by bring- the safety of public,” it said in a Committee (APMC) system !7! 51 ! !$ !1 % sonnel by CRPF) and PSOs entire incident on the BJP lead- at present there were 19,011 closed for traffic movement, ing tens of thousands of soldiers statement. The IMA said the intended to insure fair prices for 4!!$2 #$!$3!1! (Personal Security Officers) he ership he said, “I take a very sanctioned posts of doctors while Jhatikara border is open to the LAC in Ladakh sector, a agitation is likely to intensify in farm products,” it said. These !3% ! ! %21& ! )1$ is entitled to as a Z-category serious note of the statement out of which 8,431 were posts only for two-wheelers and development that has “pro- the coming weeks if the laws were passed “hastily with- 91& 9& O'$ ! 3$$% protectee. “Reminding how not that emanated from the Chief of specialists. pedestrians. foundly disturbed” the rela- Government doesn’t take back out having an adequate discus- )! 51!! $41 only Nadda — who had tra- Minister. How can a responsi- “Out of these sanctioned Meanwhile, two senior tionship, he said in an online the notification. sion” and a bare reading of the 31&$2! ! 1 ! ! 3 ! versed the entire route safely — ble Chief Minister believing in posts of specialist doctors, only Delhi Police officers heading conversation with the provisions would indicate that 3 $$%!!% ! !&%12 was provided with a bullet rule of law, believing in 2,922 are filled, which is close security arrangements at Australian think tank Lowy P ,!!! their implementation in current # $!2%11 $) ! % proof vehicle and pilot cars but Constitution, talked the way she to 35 percent of the total posts. Singhu have tested positive for Institute. The Minister said the form will be disastrous and pave $1%!3! 7 !!! 33! also the Government had did. I tweeted, I urge the CM, The cabinet felt that this was Covid-19 and both the Deputy The exchange of words Centre hasn’t yet received any the way for exploitation of 1 $ 5 deputed 4 ASPs, 8 DSPs 70 SIs madam please reflect.” because at present there was a Commissioner of Police (DCP) between the two countries came reply from farmers’ unions on farmers, it said. The &'# *7$#$# #1) 2) and ASIs, 145 constables, 350 Meanwhile, the State police provision for direct employ- rank officials are in isolation. at a time when the armies of the proposals to consider in Agricultural produce market !) $) !31& O7! 3! civic police volunteers and 40 had lodged three cases in the ment of only MBBS doctors, Those travelling to neigh- India and China are locked in place of their demand for a committee had been acting as 7 13! !3 ! ! $)$2$3 % RAF personnel.” Thursday’s incident. While a while there was no provision for bouring Haryana can take a tense border standoff in east- repeal of the three farm laws a “protective shield around $ !7 2!#1 #$ 7$ ! This was in addition to the first FIR was filed against BJP direct employment of special- routes via Jharoda (only single ern Ladakh since early May. and that he got to know about farmers” and due to the new $$1%!3! 331 $)1 & ! security arrangements made leader Rakesh Singh for insti- ist doctors despite having 8,431 carriageway), Daurala, Both sides have held multiple their rejection of the sugges- laws, “the market would ulti- !%! ! ; $ 5" ! $&!12 by the Central Government. gating the crowd two other sanctioned posts for them,” he Kapashera, Badusarai, Rajokri rounds of military and diplo- tions through media. Tomar mately fall to the corporate ! 3!9& $!21& 17$#$# Chief Secretary’s report to the complaints were registered said. The cabinet approved NH 8, Bijwasan/Bajghera, matic talks. However, no break- said that the Government has greed of multinational compa- 177! 17! 3! ! Centre came in tandem with a against “unknown people.” change in guidelines so that Palam Vihar and Dundahera through has been achieved yet. given consent to the demands nies”, it said. The plea said that !& ! 31 &3! 2 1# scathing attack by Trinamool The Governor’s report fol- specialised doctors could be borders, the police said. Srivastava said the two of amendments that they (the till date, farmer leaders and the 9!7!#4! 1*314! 5" O politicians on the Centre. lowing the violence in Diamond appointed directly. The cabinet “Singhu, Auchandi, Piau sides have continued to main- farmers) are looking for. nominees of the Central gov- 12 1# 7! 3!12 1! Condemning the Home Harbour, the Lok Sabha con- also approved a proposal to Maniyari & Mangesh pur bor- tain communication through He also asked the farmers ernment have held talks six & !! 331 $)1 !7 !$1& Ministry’s “unconstitutional stituency of Banerjee’s nephew increase the area of Ayodhya ders are closed. NH 44 is closed. diplomatic and military chan- not to allow elements trying to times but “no fruitful purpose” !#!31 &3! 1! ! bahaviour” senior Trinamool Abhishek, gives a detailed Industrial Area by incorporat- Please take alternate routes via nels. “It is our expectation that take advantage of their agitation has been served till now, it said. &##! !%! ! $ &)&5 Congress functionaries, includ- analysis of the law and order sit- ing 164 revenue villages of Lampur, Safiabad, Saboli & the further discussions will as he referred to reports show- Earlier, the top court had agreed /#CC& -1$3! 21 #! #1$! ing Minister Subroto uation in West Bengal and the Ayodhya district, 63 revenue Singhu school toll tax borders. help both sides to achieve an ing farmers holding posters to test the constitutional valid- 7 1 &3! !!$!$$ Mukherjee and MP Kalyan State Government’s response to villages of Gonda and 126 rev- Traffic has been diverted from agreement on a mutually demanding the release of Delhi ity of these laws without acced- !7!3! 1 77! 4 $!2%$ $ !1 Banerjee, described the sum- political violence and other enue villages of Bast districts. Mukarba & GTK road. Pl avoid acceptable solution for ensuring riots accused Umar Khalid, ing to the interim pleas of 2 1# !<1 7 $1 7 12 mons as “unprecedented in a crimes, the officials said. The government also approved Outer Ring Rd, GTK road, complete disengagement in all Sharjeel Imam, Khalid Saifi some of the petitioners that the %!) %!221 1! $#1 federal form of Government” Cars of several party leaders, construction of Chaudhry NH 44,” the DTP tweeted. friction points along the LAC in and others. operation of the statutes be because “the Centre has no including that of BJP national Charan Singh Kawad Marg However, due to protests at the Western sector and full stayed for the time being. - %$21 $ 12 3!!& % &% / +/ !!! 3 )!5" !! $$17 13!! $) authority to call State officials general secretary Kailash passing through Muzaffarnagar, the Chilla border one carriage- restoration of peace and tran- RJD leader Jha, who filed 1 $)$ %%3 ! &%! 21 &)& like this bypassing the State Vijayvargiya and West Bengal Meerut and Ghaziabad dis- way of the Noida-Delhi Link quility as early as possible,” he The three laws -- Farmers’ the plea through lawyer Fauzia %$ !%$%%4!7171! ) $ $ Government,” particularly BJP chief Dilip Ghosh were also tricts. This will be constructed Road has been closed, while the said. (Empowerment and Shakil, had said the laws would $#!&$% 7 $%5 because “law and order is pure- damaged in the attack. on the right side of the Gang other side (Delhi to Noida) Protection) Agreement of Price expose marginal farmers to the ly a State subject.” canal at a cost of Rs 62,874 lakh. remains open for movement. !!! Assurance and Farm Services exploits of big corporates. Jha $(*":)$8*&?A$%)$7 &8*"B Mukherjee went a step fur- !!! Scores of protesters belong- He further said that allow- Act, 2020; Farmers’ Produce had said: “The impugned leg- 'A4 3 ! $4& %!!3! ther and said, “Bengal and In another decision, the / !!! ing to the Bharatiya Kisan ing Ayurveda postgraduates to Trade and Commerce islations corporatise agricul- #!#4! 12 !!41%% #$%$ Mamata Banerjee will not be state government has decided to The number of farmers Union (Bhanu) stayed put at the perform surgery is a “blatant (Promotion and Facilitation) ture and ushers in an unregu- ) 1&71%$2!$#7 $1#!; $ 21 $$1%!#!$ ! cowed down by such threats set up 13 medical colleges so coming here is increasing day Chilla border, while those of attempt” to “corrupt” the Act, 2020 and The Essential lated and exploitative regime. A $ $11221 #! !4 !! issued by the Centre … we in that all the major districts have to day,” said Balbir Singh BKU (Lok Shakti) continued to healthcare system of the coun- Commodities (Amendment) farmer would not have the $#! $$! + 2$ $ $5" ! the Trinamool Congress have one medical college. These Rajewal, Bharatiya Kisan camp at the Dalit Prerna Sthal. try. “It takes years and years to Act 2020 -- took effect from knowledge to negotiate the best !2! 9 %$# !! seen many such brow-beatings medical colleges will be set up Union, while addressing media “One carriageway of the become a doctor. With September 27 after President terms with a private company. 4!! !! 1$31& and threats earlier and are in Kanpur Dehat, Chandauli, on Friday. The Singhu, Tikri, Noida-Delhi Link Road is open. mixopaths what are we heading Ram Nath Kovind’s assent. DMK MP Siva also raised sim- !97!3$ %" $4& %21 !4 1 ready to face them.” Lakhimpur Khiri, Ghazipur, Auchandi, Safiabad, People can come from Delhi to for? It’s a failure when nations “These Acts are illegal and ilar issues against the farm 21 ; $ O!!3$) ! $)5 The Centre’s summons to Bulandshahar, Sonbhadra, Piao Maniyari, and Saboli and Noida, but the traffic movement compromise with health,” said arbitrary, because, these Acts laws and said they “are prima the officers came after Bengal Pilibhit, Auraiya, Lalitpur, Chilla border remained closed on the other side continues to Dr Sharma. He stated that the would pave way for carteliza- facie unconstitutional, illegal &(<$( %! $)7 1A- $ 3 4%! Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar Kushinagar, Gonda, Sultanpur, for traffic movement. “Jhatikara remain closed due to the stir,” IMA is not against “any sort of tion and commercialization of and arbitrary”. He contended !3 !%7 !7 ! 1 %$ submitted an adverse report to Bijnor and Kaushambi. border is open only for two a Noida Traffic Police official pathy”, but the mixing up of dis- the agriculture products and if that the Acts are anti-farmer, 4 1 3 17! $1 #$ $) Home Minister Amit Shah “These state-run medical wheelers and pedestrian move- said. “Commuters travelling to ciplines. “We are not against any allow to stand, we are going to brought out during the ; $ 2! " $ O)1! #! about the “deteriorating law and colleges would be set up under ment,” Delhi Traffic Police and fro Delhi can use the alter- sort of pathy be it Ayurveda, completely ruin our country as COVID-19 pandemic to bene- !2&! 1 !!$%$3!!3$$) order” in the State. He wrote the Centre’s establishment of (DTP) tweeted. native Kalindi Kunj and the Unani, Homeopathy. We are the corporates can, with one fit few corporations who are 33& 3$&!5" ! $1 % how “at 8.30 am I had had alert- new medical colleges scheme Farmers from different DND routes to avoid inconve- proud of our national heritage stroke, export our agriculture close to the corridors of power. -1##&$3 $1-1##$$1 ed the Chief Secretary … and and attached to existing dis- States have been camping at nience,” he added. and richness but let it coexist products without any regula- The plea of Congress Lok Sabha 3$! !7! ! $1% $112 &%! he wrote me back” saying he trict/referral hospitals schemes. Delhi’s Singhu and Tikri are on Meanwhile, at the Singhu with modern medicine. All we tion, and may even result in MP from Kerala, TN Prathapan 1 33& ! !71 $)$ !,!3$) was “alerted and had sensitized The cabinet approved Rs 288.70 border for the last 16 days and Tikri border, piles of demand is not to mix the dis- famines,” the farmers’ body has not be listed so far for the -"$"=O%$3!! !! %5 the DGP” about the matter.” He crore for this, a government while farmers on Ghazipur and garbage have been lying on ciplines. It will also mean the said in its plea filed through hearing in the court. '() * + 2 ! 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Why do you think a series like !! $! Primates is important? I think that we can use animals we !1%$) engage with instantaneously and easily as a medium to getting people to engage with 1& !7!3$! things which they don’t perhaps necessar- ily have the ability for. Gorillas, chimps and orangutans are 3 7& ! !$$# ! easy-ins. Everyone loves them and knows that they are endangered and threatened. #1#!12 $# % We all know that they are intelligent and humans share a lot of genes with them and %$2! $3 ! a lot of similarities in terms of our species. Once you get people watching them, we can take them somewhere new and that’s 1 ! $! what we do with the series. It’s not just about those big ‘t-shirt’ animals but it’s $ 33!$4%!1 about the entire breadth of the primate group, including some small species, that 31##17!17%!5 people may not have even heard of. And yet we can show people how important, (" = = smart and fascinating they are. What do you think will be viewers’ rimates are social animals. They takeaways from the series? can be fearsome but they can be A deepened affection for this group of Pequally emotional, thoughtful and animals, which is easy to love. I think peo- caring. Focussing on this group of animals, ple need to see that they are valuable not which fascinates and captivates us more just because they are interesting but also than any other — Gavin Boyland’s &'#%()&'#%() because they play important roles in the Primates is his next step in natural histo- ecosystem that we’re highly dependent ry storytelling. Narrator Chris Packman upon. It is a pretty forthright plea for peo- shares his anecdotes and tales between the ple to assist the conservation of these ani- species. Excerpts: mals. Without that, we’ll lose a lot of them "#$%"#$% very quickly. And when we start losing What made you say yes to the series? species in masses, we’re making ourselves I’ve known Gavin Boyland, the series vulnerable. producer, for some time. He has made *+)*+) We are still part of the ecosystem on some really intelligent, imaginative series planet Earth and if it collapses due to inap- and pushing the boat out to make them as propriate human actions, unfortunately, we creative as possible. He made a previous will collapse too. It is in our best interest to series about big cats and I stayed in touch gramme and I find myself already know- ly important group of animals which are, I love it when we turn stories on their do that. I’m really hoping that people will with him whilst he was doing that. I loved ing 50-60 per cent of it, it’s boring. I don’t as programme three tells us, critically head and we completely transpose what we love primates even more and contribute in the series so when he told me he was doing want to just see new things, I want to learn endangered in many cases. think about something into something some way to wildlife conservation. Primates, I was interested. new things, and I’ve learned a lot watch- new. And we can do it with authority Primates, I feel, is beautifully shot. ing this programme because the science is What are the most surprising stories because the science says it’s true and is A last thought on primates in the wild Often, when we’re watching blue-chip up-to-date, and that’s hard work getting in the series? therefore trustworthy. and their future... TV, we use our technology to follow those up-to-date science. There are a number of surprising sto- The other things I’ve enjoyed are the I’d say they are a remarkable group of intimate moments of animal life, which Lastly, if you ask people about pri- ries and the first one pops up in our first intimacies and the subtle bits of animal animals. I’m still learning more things each otherwise would be inaccessible but mates, they’ll talk about apes and monkeys. programme. I think we’ve all grown up behaviour. The tool use is always interest- day. They are a very beautiful species, we’re driven principally by our interest They’ll talk particularly about gorillas, with the idea that male silverback gorillas ing. I suppose we empathise with the cog- which is so similar to us and hence, makes in the behaviour, the ecology, the phys- chimpanzees, orangutans and so on — the are all about being big and immensely nitive abilities of these animals. A lot of the it easier to engage with them. iology. But here, they’ve found a collec- big flashy ‘t-shirt’ animals as I call them strong and it’s that that would give them time when we’re watching them, we realise But the big trouble from their point of tion of camera people who have shot it — are things that people easily engage their fitness in their social groups. But what through their actions that they are really view is down to us. I think this is a series so that we can immerse ourselves in the with. I like the way the series covers the we’ve learnt through new observations and really smart. which has to leave us with one or two ques- animals’ environment with beautiful whole breadth of the primate family. science is that male gorillas’ fitness, in The last story that I really liked was the tions about ourselves. We are a primate and photography as well as learning all those They’ve got everything including the terms of how often they can reproduce suc- one of the orangutans up the trees where a part of this group of species. The way we new and exciting aspects of their ecolo- lemurs, the slow loris, the bush babies, spi- cessfully, has nothing to do directly with they were learning to climb, and the car- behave at this point in time will determine gy and so forth. der monkeys and the gibbons to mention their size but with how they respond to the ers were learning to climb because here you all of our collective future. The second reason was that I like to a few. There’s a great breadth there that I need of their youth, effectively how cud- have got two species learning at the same (The series premieres on December learn new things. If I’m watching a TV pro- think will open people’s eyes to this real- dly they are. It’s fantastic! time. The humans have learned that their 14 at 9 pm on Sony BBC Earth.) 6+ /D .+ / .+ )** # * ! $! 12 #&$331#71! n International Mountain ODay recently, actor Amit Sadh revealed that he has always 9 A9' !3 %% !$1 !# $)12$ %4&# been a child of the rugged heights. melodies that even the most basic person The actor shared a photo- would be able to sing and get the feeling of graph on his verified Instagram comfort and love when you hear them.” account where he is seen sitting Salim adds, “Composing music for the in front of a mountain. “I’ve film was a huge opportunity. We had worked always been a child of the moun- with Adi as a producer on Chak De India and tains. There’s an instant connect Aaja Nachley but working with him as a which is difficult to express in director was special. We wanted this album to words. No matter where I’m, be most memorable for us and the audience working or shooting, the moun- but more importantly, I wanted the music to tains keep calling me and every work for the film.” time I go back to them, it’s never Speaking about the USP of the music enough. I can’t even explain album, Salim says, “Even though the songs were about the people I’ve met in the made for different situations in the story, they mountains. They’re just glorious. had a common thread. They belonged to the You’ll seldom meet people same world and were very reflective of the who’re so humble, welcoming characters. The importance of the Golden and make you feel at home all Temple in the story and the song added quality.” the time,” Amit wrote. Sulaiman adds, “I think the simplicity of He added, “Whenever I the songs with traditional melodies and have been low and lost in life, I production of music to have cutting edge, yet go to the mountains and like a familiar sound, was the USP.” mother puts a child in a cradle, A lesser known fact is that the mukhda of they replenish, renew and give the song Haule Haule Ho Jayega Pyaar was me a new purpose and I come Another photograph shared apparently Aditya’s tune. Sulaiman reveals, back stronger. It might be on August 24 has the caption: “The song’s lyrics actually came from the #InternationalMountainDay one 3 “The mountains are calling. scene that Adi had written and it ended with day but the desire to be in the lap That time of the year when my the dialogue Taani partner, haule haule ho of nature, to protect its pristine 4 5 : heart wishes to be in Ladakh. jayega pyaar. Adi kept humming a kind of environment is always deeply ; Somewhere in Spiti, near Losar.” rough tune to these lyrics and it sounded ingrained in my heart. Let us all < Amit is gearing up for the good, even in its rough basic form. So we become a child of the moun- release of his forthcoming web- ctors Shah Rukh Khan and Anushka reveals how SRK made the songs timeless and decided to develop it further with Jaideep tains.” ; series Zidd. The series casts ASharma starrer Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi, how the mukhda of a song was actually an (Sahni). We decided to keep the melody as A closer look into the actor’s 5 Amit as Major Deependra Singh directed by Aditya Chopra, was a blockbuster. Aditya’s tune. simple as possible.” Instagram account reveals 5 Sengar, a Special Forces Officer The film celebrated the individuality of a man On the creative vision for the song, Shah Rukh is considered the king of deeply that the actor is extreme- who was a Kargil hero. and a woman, hailing from different Sulaiman says, “The film was well written, romance and Salim says the superstar’s lip- ly fond of mountains. He had : Directed by Vishal circumstances, who end up falling in love with conceived with exact places and spots for syncing to the songs made them even more shared a photograph from the ; Mangalorkar, the film also fea- each other after their sudden arranged songs and the brief was very simple. Raj and special. “SRK brings joy to every song. RNBJ same mountain on October 13 3 : P tures Amrita Puri and Sushant marriage. Suri (both played by SRK) were to have their was special because all the songs are this year and wrote: “Home. Singh. It is slated to release on It had a music album, composed by own distinct identities through music. Suri chartbusters and SRK is a big reason for that. Peace. In sync with thought January 22, 2021. composers Salim and Sulaiman Merchant. On being the traditional husband and Raj, the He truly celebrates every song on screen and and action.” L/ &$ the 12th anniversary of the film, the duo urban hero. The music had to be simple makes them timeless,” he adds. ! "#$#%#% '() * + 3 *';#?0:;#?9*9$; + .+ * *) +&& *3 ! ) ( ) *9( / : *)/% / * * )!**( * ) 9(.5 -, - 5-6,) * /* / * * + *) )&( 96 ) ahakavi Akkitham er. Writers, social activists and Achuthan Namboothiri, politicians abound in this book. MJnanpith Award-winning While Akkitham wanted the feudal poet and philosopher from Kerala social order to go, he was also dis- is the subject of the hard cover book enchanted with communism and his — Akkitham: A Pictorial youthful dalliance came to an end. Autobiography by Akkitham. The The book narrates the deep philo- book has been culled and created sophical objections and the intense- entirely from the author’s writings, ly personal reasons of his disen- interviews and private conversations chantment. and is a wellspring of wit, words and One of Akkitham’s deeply philo- worth. The text has been con- sophical poems has been illustrat- structed and translated into English ed by Narayanan. Several transla- by Bhaskaramenon Krishnakumar, tions of Akkitham’s Malayalam alias Atmaraman, who has been poems have been included—in part associated with poet Akkitham or full. One recalls the famed lines Namboothiri for over four decades. of one of his poems — Ninne Well, to sit and savour the Konnavar Konnu Poove/ Thannude book’s verbal and visual islands of Thanne Mokshathe (Those who thought, poetry and prose is akin to es and small stories with a remark- Namboothiri’s son and former pro- killed you, flower/ Killed their own a few hours of reverie through able sensitivity. The English trans- fessor Vasuevan Akkitham who salvation) — as a shining example. some rivetting pages of resonance. lation shows how his poems are a creates the illustrations for the book For Namboothiri, even the most spatial, immersive experience, in as pen and ink vignettes. Vasudevan abstract happenings retained expres- From scribbling on temple which we glimpse waves of perma- creates idyllic landscapes of the sive, emotive content. For him, walls to becoming the Nation’s nence and impermanence. His backwaters of Kerala with canoes nature embodied an active and poet awards — the Jnanpith (2019), and coconut palms as well as lush deeply unfinished expression. And To unravel the power of a pas- Kendra Sahitya Akademi (1973), portraits of his father and the fem- in the paradoxes of life’s enigmas, sionate poet’s palette is no easy task Vayalar (1972), Ezhuthachan (2016) inine pillars in his family. he wove peace and calm and fine- but the translated tomb of poet and Kerala Sahitya Akademi (1972) If an old lamp is a whisper of rit- tuned his poetic cadences into the Namboothiri’s life is a journey that — are a legion of the power and ual and the relic of the past, it is the circle of life through the silent sliv- threads the tendrils of tide and time. strength of the vernacular. They stealth of combining lithe strokes of ers of notations that sprang from One recalls artist Akkitham touch the tip of the iceberg of his hatching, stipling and languorous the penumbra of spiritual and cos- Narayanan (Paris dweller), stating intellectual integrity. In the many lines of depth that make a winsome mic realms. that his elder brother Namboothiri stories, we sense the examples of coupling. He strengthens and cor- “A poet of rare integrity, a cre- started dabbling in poetry very subjugation and release, of celebra- rects some of the finer lines with ator of many works, all considered early in life by scribbling on temple tion and solitude, the fabric of fear brusquer penwork so as to recreate as classics, Akkitham’s poetry walls. He studied Sanskrit, music and freedom — that can skim the the Mallapuram magic while giving reflects unfathomable compassion, and astrology in school and never depths of a visual narrative, at once hints of a subtle state of being one imprints of Indian philosophical finished college but became the stretching it sideways and pulling it with nature like his esteemed father. and moral values. They are a bridge founding father of modernist poet- together into a vortex of coherent Vasudevan says he kept his reflec- between traditionality and moder- ry in Malayalam in Kerala. emotions distilled in the essence of tions simple and realistic, nostalgic nity, delves deep into human emo- Namboothiri has nearly four dozen minimalist moods. His number of in tone as he created compositions tions in a fast changing social works to his credit. Among them are awards tell us about his love for lit- and narratives that had lucid expres- space,” read a statement by the anthologies of poems, stories, dra- erature and the lexicon of lan- sionistic forms. Jnanpith jury board last year. mas, and essays and this book guage. For all those who love poetry delves into his life with zest and rev- Expressive & emotive and the art of the written word, this erence. Drawings by son Vasudevan Akkitham’s life story is also the book must find a place on your The narrative in this book flows In an entwined history of pen- story of the Namboothiri renais- shelf, for art is long and life is short. like the river Pamba. It tells the vers- manship of verse and verve, it is sance, at which he was a major play- 4 #$ .+ ctor Ranveer Singh is the that have happened to me, Afirst young star to register with me and around me. I can’t a 300-crore blockbuster claim to have had the vision to Padmaavat to his credit. Inspite ) /) dream up something like this. of being an outsider has made Maine socha tha ki kuch na his place in the Indian cinema. kuch ho jayega, lekin aisa hoga, Recently, the actor marked a *:*9+;;:#,9') yeh kabhi nahi socha tha. They decade in films as his debut @) / say you should dare to dream film Band Baaja Baarat cele- big but I couldn’t have dreamt brated its 10th anniversary. 8 / / this big myself. So, if I stop to The actor has showcased think and take stock of how his talent through a diverse / things have transpired and range of genres and characters. where am I today, it feels Be it the lovable rake Bittoo is when I got selected for my : very farfetched for someone in absolutely unreal to me. Sharma from Band Baaja first film — a moment truly my position to think that I’d get Baarat, the intensely brooding unforgettable. I get goose- 5 4 a premier opportunity as a per- Are you someone who thief with a golden heart in bumps when I think about it ;3 4 :; ? former to act as a lead in thinks too much about your Lootera, the fiery Romeo who even now. To get such a big : Hindi films. It was a million to legacy? If so, what do you takes on the world in Goliyon break for somebody from my 4 one shot but I took it. With the want Ranveer’s legacy to be in Ki Rasleela Ram-Leela, the kind of background was : love, blessings, sacrifices and the history of Indian cinema? valiant and majestic Peshwa beyond my wildest imagina- support of my amazing parents, Yes, every day I am work- Bajirao in the magnum opus tion. The stuff dreams are 3 ; 4 5 I mustered up the fortitude to ing towards leaving behind a Bajirao Mastani, the cool, suave made of , really. After that one 3 ; 4 keep going. I was hungry and legacy, a filmography that I can but complicated Kabir Mehta of incredible twist of fate it’s been sometimes foolish but also be proud of. I want to make a Dil Dhadakne Do, the eccentric a journey of learning, growing very persistent. I was 21 when significant contribution to the and menacing evil king and evolving as a creative per- Advani, to name a few. Tell us I started trying and at 24 it hap- arts and inspire other artists, Alauddin Khilji in Padmaavat, son, a performer and a public about the uncertain times pened for me in spectacular the way my senior artists have the corrupt cop who pledges figure. With every passing year and how you kept your eyes fashion. Those tales are mem- inspired me. We all wish to be redemption in Simmba and and film I have learnt some- on the prize. oir-worthy for sure. I almost remembered in history. I want Murad, the vulnerable yet pow- thing more about the craft, My period of struggle was debuted in a side role in Patiala to be remembered as a thor- erful voice of the streets of more about myself and tried to not easy at all. There was reces- House. I did some small bud- ough entertainer, a versatile India in Gully Boy, Ranveer has improve myself and my set of sion going on at that time, the get films that Anurag actor, someone whose body of set himself apart with his per- skills. With every film and film business was not very (Kashyap) was directly/indi- work constitutes some of the formative range. On the 10th through every character, I hope prolific, people were making rectly affiliated with. Anurag best cinema of our country. year of his journey, the actor to explore my own being a lit- fewer films. Therefore, oppor- Sir and Nikhil Sir are probably These are tall ambitions but I opens up about his most mem- tle more. Hopefully, some- tunities for actors were far less as astounded as I am about how am putting in work every sin- orable milestones, his dreams where along the way, in the than what it is today. We did- things started and how they are gle day to hopefully have a ful- and aspirations, the rejections course of becoming other peo- n’t have these web and OTT going. filling run at the films and he faced for years before his ple I’ll be able to understand platforms. Hence, good oppor- make my country proud in my explosive debut and the legacy myself better. Every experience tunities were hard to come by. Looking back, did you ever field. If I distill my ambitions that he wants to leave behind. and every film has left me For three to four years, I was think you will achieve this further, I would say that I just enriched a little bit more so I’m just groping in the dark, level of success in a decade? want to entertain people, that’s December 10 will mark your extremely grateful for every attempting various avenues, Not at all. Right from the all. I would like to alleviate the 10 years. Looking back, which opportunity. trying to get a break, trying to very Friday of my debut, the agony of existence by offering moments from these years get a foot in the door, doing the kind of things that have hap- people some cathartic relief. would you consider the You have faced rejections rounds of various offices with pened to me, the beats of my My calling is to be an entertain- biggest career milestone and before you landed your first my portfolio looking for work career, it is all beyond my er and I believe that god is why? film as recounted recently by and not knowing whether it wildest imagination. I could guiding me as I fulfill my des- Well, the biggest milestone Anurag Kashyap, Nikhil will ever happen at all. It was not even dream of the things tiny and answer my calling. oumitra Chattopadhyay — thing for everyone. He was not Din Ratri (1969), Ashani Mainstream titans of his heydays. His 300-plus film SChatterjee to anglicised just Satyajit Ray’s Apu. Beyond 0 / Sanket (1973), Sonar Kella era loved working with the career probably can be India — answers to the term such a nuanced portrayal, he (1974), Joy Baba Felunath affable Soumitra, too. Asit Sen explained by his highly adapt- ‘phenomenon’ as absolutely could also simply become (1978), Hirak Rajar Deshe directed him in Swayambara able quality as an actor. He was as few actors do, for the sheer Ray’s Feluda and reach out to 9*' "+ - ""* < ()'746( %#/ London: 9 %%A 1& ! (!91 ! 1$3& !% ) $!$) ! %1 12 $ 2 ! 7 3! >12 3 ! ! !%!21&12 ! A#!#4! )% P& 21 ! &731#$) 1A"! ! $! ) $ 9 $ 5 1!! 6 0$ , R/ &E9 41 91 ! 3 ! !!7!3! 14!4 3 21 ! $) A13 !! $! ) $ $ 4!)$$)$;!4 & 5 =!! !!7! A4 # >1( $ 1 %12! & !$ 3 * */ R/ / / !P& $3 %1 >1(&%! (!;1 !$ $ 5 ! 1&)! !3! $ ! 1% 9<< 11 $!2 3!$ !P& 4!!$3%& ! 2! ! ' / / ) ! ! !!7! $!3!127% $)2$ A3% ) #!5 ace spearhead Jasprit 9<< Bumrah headlined the open- Johannesburg: $3 ! !!7! A4 # L&$1 ! 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With his unbeaten 55 off 57 head during the warm-up game 9#$ &%! $#1&%$#$! 1! $77! !13 balls, Bumrah was the top-scorer against India on Friday. ! ! !$12 !"!P& 21 !A for the visitors, who folded for a Bowling his second spell of the ! 11 !#71 4 $$ 7! # !3 7 $ disappointing 194 in 48.3 overs at day, the 21-year-old was unable to 14! 1&3! $ !31#$)#1 5 the Sydney Cricket Ground. react in time when Bumrah’s full The Indians, however, came blooded drive slipped through his back strongly with the ball to bun- palms and struck on the right side Wellington: ! Q! % K ! $3 1%% 1 ! $ dle out Australia for 108 at stumps of the head. %&3 171 3 &3$ %3!& ! 1! !! 4 as 20 wickets fell on a curtailed day The all-rounder immediately !%112 !$%%$ #1& $! 1 on which almost an hour was lost went down and non-striker ! 3 6 1 1!12 !!31 "! ) $ ! due to heavy rain. Mohammed Siraj rushed to check #, 8 /P ! $! 1 ; $ 5 A! 1% $3 1%% & $! India’s four-pronged pace on him. ##$ ," 6 #6<. #&%$7%! 177! 3 3 ! ( $ +!! ! ! attack did well to intimidate After being examined for a 77! A#1 $)12%131 !$ $$ Australian youngsters with short- couple of minutes by the medical concussion. He has returned to the Green is primed for a Test "!3!& 5 ! 11&$ %! pitched stuff as Mohammed team, the all-rounder was back on team hotel and will not play the debut after scoring an unbeaten > #$!1 1 1!5 ; 1# 4!$) 1 ! 17! 6 Shami and Navdeep Saini got his feet as he walked off the field remaining two days of the tour 125 for Australia A in their first $3 1%% $ $$ 1 31$ ! ! 1&% 4! L three wickets apiece. for further assessment. Batsman match,” Cricket Australia’s team practice match, which ended in a )11 !&%M5 On a day when the recognised Patrick Rowe was named his con- doctor, Pip Inge was quoted as say- draw on Tuesday. batsmen struggled to put runs on cussion substitute. ing by ESPNCricinfo. “We will con- In the second game he the board, Bumrah, who came into “Cameron sustained a mild tinue to monitor him and provide returned with figures of 1/20 in the Sydney: ;1 #! &$! $77! $3 !% -% ! $ the game with a Test batting aver- concussion while bowling for an update on his condition in due 6.1 overs, taking the crucial wick- 17!2&%127 3!7! ! -&##$&33!! $)"$# age of 2.9, produced a stellar per- Australia A. This is Cameron’s first course,” Inge added. et of Shubman Gill. $! ! 31& K "! %! ! ! ! !! K formance with the willow, smash- !$) 31#! 1 ! 5 $ ! A! A1% $! ing the ball six times to the fence Vihari were also dismissed early. spell and beat the outside edge of ! 3 $) ! 2 ) ! 12 $ 3 !! 2 ! 3 7 $3 and twice over it. But the most distraught will be Marcus Harris and Nic 3 $3&$1 ! 5 $%! ! ! ! 4!! 3 %% 1 The 27-year-old, known for the duo of Shaw and Gill, both get- Maddinson a number of times !$ ! 9!! 9#$ $77! -% ! 4!%$!! his wily bowling, reached his half- ting out after promising so much before rain intervened. -&##$ 1 !3!% 771$! ! 1%! $3!A century in style, hooking a bounc- with their dazzling strokes and On resumption, Harris hit a 3 7 $ 2! 7 !$1&% $) ! 1%!$ " $! er by all-rounder Will Sutherland positive approach. boundary straightaway after he 1&% 4! ! !17,14 !$$$#!5L K for a huge six over the deep The Australians bowled out found the gap between cover and , Senior India batsman ! 21 $5 %1! !K! )$! $# ! 2&%%A$#! square-leg fence. India for a low score but they point. Rohit Sharma on Friday cleared $3!A3 7 $3M-% !1% 5L17!2&%% !)! Bumrah and fellow pacer wouldn’t be too happy with the Shami was rewarded for his an eagerly-watched fitness test at 1771 &$ %1) ! 13 7 $$3! $) #! Mohammed Siraj stitched a valu- way their batting panned out dur- perseverance as he picked up the the National Cricket Academy in ! ! $4! & %$ 1 ! ! $4! 1& ) #! able 71-run partnership for the ing the day’s play. wickets of Harris and Ben Bengaluru and will leave for !! $$ $3 K#& ! !$%%M ! ! 5 10th wicket before the Indian While Joe Burns was sent back McDermott, a hint swing and Australia on December 14, three innings ended with a semblance of by a fine Bumrah delivery that seam movement aiding him. days before the start of the mar- respectively. moved away just enough to take Siraj (1/26) then had quee Test series against the world’s Naples: +! %913$! 3 ! P& %$2$3 $121 !% Pleasantly surprised with his %# ;; the beleaguered opener’s edge, Maddinson to leave the home number one team. Rohit had 12 ! & 17 ! )&! $ ! 2$ % !31 1 batting heroics, Bumrah’s team- ##$ ," %/<. what will worry them most is the team reeling at 52 for four. Shami sustained a hamstring injury dur- " & 2! $%%$ >1!K% !%!!%%! $ A mates got up, clapped and gave injury to Test hopeful Cameron made it 56 for five when he had ing the IPL, which led to him 71%$ Q % # K 13 A !2! +$,! him a guard of honour when he glimpses of why they are rated so beginning December 17 with a Green. All-rounder Green, who Sean Abbott caught behind. missing the white-ball leg of the %%1! ! 97 $ $ ! 1 7 1) !5 <1&) (1 walked back into the dressing highly by almost everyone in the day-nighter in Adelaide. had scored a hundred in the first Jack Wildermuth went for a ongoing tour. He is also out of 1% !1%24! ) 33 4$"!%A $ 1& ! 122 ! room. Indian cricket fraternity. The two specialist wicket- warm-up game, suffered a concus- cut against Bumrah but ended up reckoning for the first two Tests ) 1&7 )!4# $) 1 K $1 ! ! Earlier, after skipper Ajinkya However, the rest of the team- keepers — Wriddhiman Saha (0) sion while bowling after a rasping getting an outside before Navdeep but can now be there for the last !,1$ ! % ! AP& %$2$! ! # $%%4!#! Rahane opted to bat, Prithvi Shaw mates including the seasoned and Rishabh Pant (5) — fell straight drive from Bumrah struck Saini (3/19) sent back Will two games. “Rohit has cleared the 4!$) 17A1&2 1# !- #7$1! )&!5 71%$ (40) and Shubman Gill (43) — Rahane, failed to impress on the cheaply with the former failing to him on the head. Sutherland, Alex Carey and fitness Test and will soon be fly- 2$$ 17 12 ! ) 1&7 1 71$ 1 ! 12 both 21-year-old batsmen with first day of their final tune-up open his account after the likes of Bumrah (2/33) and Shami Mitchel Swepson, coming in as ing out to Australia,” a senior 913$! $!31 1! !) 1&7 )! 2& ! bright futures — showed enough before the four-match Test series Mayank Agarwal and Hanuma (3/29) bowled a terrific opening second change. BCCI official told PTI. PTI 71$ ! 12 % # 5