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SANGRUR/CHANDI- water cannons to stop the farm- thousands of peasants removed Police made from Delhi. There was heavy deployment of Farmers have brought ration, GARH/AMBALA, NOVEM- ers near Tyora village but the police barricades and heavy announcements on loudspeak- Leaders of All Kisan Haryana police on the borders vegetables, wood and other es- BER 26 : Tension spiralled at angry farmers broke open the concrete boulders blocking their ers to ask the farmers assembled Sabha, who have been entrusted with Punjab, officials said. sentials for their march. In view the Shambhu interstate border barricades and continued their way to Delhi. on the Punjab side of the border with the responsibility of ensur- The Haryana Police in ade- of cold weather conditions, they on Thursday as police used water march towards Delhi on Thurs- The injured were being shifted to disperse. As smoke from the ing a smooth movement of quate strength has also been de- have stocked quilts, blankets cannons and teargas to disperse day. to hospital in an ambulance. The teargas clouded the air and uni- farmers from the border, say ployed along the state's borders and covered their trolleys with hundreds of farmers from Pun- Similarly at the Tukar border police have parked trucks in the formed security personnel that there are almost 50,000 with Delhi, they said. tarpaulin. Haryana Bhartiya jab who broke barricades, of Pehowa in Kurukshetra the middle of the highway in an- milled around, people could be farmers at the spot. Farmer bodies said they will Kisan Union (BKU) chief Gur- throwing some into the river, Punjab farmers broke open the other bid to stop farmers' 'Delhi seen standing on top of trucks. Bracing overnight rains and hold a dharna wherever stopped nam Singh Charuni had said on determined to enter the state as barricades, throwing some into Chalo' march. Television visuals also showed chilly winds, thousands of from moving towards the na- Wednesday that “even if police part of their ‘Delhi Chalo' march the Markanda river, to enter As farmers and police faced some bricks lying on the road. protesting farmers on Thursday tional capital. use lathis and force, nothing can against the Centre's farm laws. Haryana. The police also used off at a bridge with the Ghaggar Some farmers tried to cross assembled at various places The BKU (Ekta-Ugrahan) has stop farmers". After crossing Ambala, the water cannons to disperse the river flowing below, tractors and the barricades and remove them along the Haryana borders in claimed that over two lakh farm- Videography, including using Punjab farmers reached Kuruk- farmers but to no avail. trucks were lined up and people and some chucked them into the Punjab amid mounting tension. ers associated with it will enter drone cameras, is being done at shetra where the administration A few protesters and cops could be seen waving black flags Ghaggar river. The Shambhu Haryana had completely Haryana through Khanauri and the state borders with Punjab had put up barricades and used were injured in the scuffle as and shouting slogans. border point is about 200 km sealed its borders with Punjab. Dabwali. and other sensitive points. Amarinder slams Khattar govt for India has highest bribery rate in stopping farmers marching towards Delhi Asia: Transparency International the BJP leadership to direct NEW DELHI, NO- tion, the report said. someone who has. port said. their state governments not VEMBER 26: India has the “Both national and state “About 63 per cent of sur- The report concluded by to indulge in such strong- highest bribery rate in Asia governments need to veyed people think the gov- noting that daily experience arm tactics against the farm- and the most number of peo- streamline administrative ernment is doing well in with corruption and bribery ers. ple who use personal con- processes for public services, tackling corruption while 73 remains alarmingly high, “Let the farmers be heard nections to access public ser- implement preventative per cent said their anti-cor- with nearly one in five citi- by the Central Government, vices, according to a new measures to combat bribery ruption agency is doing well zens paying a bribe to access let their concerns be ad- report by corruption watch- and nepotism, and invest in in the fight against corrup- key government services, dressed,” he said, calling for dog Transparency Interna- user-friendly online plat- tion,” it said. such as health care or educa- peaceful resolution of the tional. forms to deliver essential Based on fieldwork con- tion, and one in seven being farmers’ concerns in the na- The Global Corruption public services quickly and ducted in 17 countries, the offered a bribe to vote one tional interest. Barometer (GCB), Asia, effectively,” the report said. GCB surveyed nearly 20,000 way or another at elections. On Delhi Chief Minister’s found that nearly 50 per cent Although reporting cases citizens in total. “In several countries, in- Arvind Kejriwal’s condem- of those who paid bribes of corruption was critical to The report said the results cluding India, Malaysia, nation of the use of force were asked to, while 32 per curbing the spread, a major- showed that nearly three out Thailand, Sri Lanka and In- against farmers in Haryana, cent of those who used per- ity of citizens in India (63 per of four people think corrup- donesia, sexual extortion Captain Amarinder raised sonal connections said they cent) think that if they re- tion is a big problem in their rates are also high and more doubts over the AAP leader’s would not receive the service ported corruption, they country and the survey also must be done to prevent sex- sincerity towards the farm- otherwise. would suffer retaliation, it found that nearly one in five tortion and address specific- CHANDIGARH, NO- Delhi? The tyrannical use of a group of farmers from Pun- ers’ cause, asking why the The report is based upon said. people who accessed public gendered forms of corrup- VEMBER 26: Strongly brute force against peacefully jab who allegedly tried to Delhi government had failed the survey which was con- In several countries, in- services, such as health care tion,” it said. condemning Haryana’s protesting farmers is totally jump police barricades to en- to bring its own laws in the ducted between June 17 and cluding India, Malaysia, and education, paid a bribe The report further said forcible attempts to stop undemocratic & unconstitu- ter Haryana as part of their state Assembly to counter July 17 this year in India with Thailand, Sri Lanka and In- in the preceding year. that to provide victims of cor- farmers from marching to tional,” he said, asserting ‘Delhi Chalo’ march. the dangers of the central a sample size of 2,000. donesia, sexual extortion This equates to approxi- ruption with channels for re- Delhi in protest against the that “the hands that feed the There had been no vio- farm laws. “With the highest bribery rates are also high and more mately 836 million citizens dress, governments must en- Farm Laws, Punjab Chief nation deserve to be held, not lence or law and order prob- “Kejriwal is just playing to rate (39 per cent) in the re- must be done to prevent sex- in the 17 countries surveyed, sure that bribery was Minister Captain Amarinder pushed aside”. lem in Punjab, he observed, the gallery, the fact is that he gion, India also has the high- tortion and address specific- it said. criminalised and actively in- Singh warned the BJP-led Terming it a “sad irony” terming the Haryana gov- neither cares for the farmers est rate of people using per- gendered forms of corrup- After India, Cambodia has vestigated and prosecuted. government against pushing that on Constitution Day, the ernment’s actions as nor is interested in protect- sonal connections to access tion, the report said. the second-highest bribery “Citizens must have access them to the brink. constitutional right of farm- provocative. ing them,” said the Punjab public services (46 per Sextortion is extorting rate at 37 per cent, followed to safe and confidential re- Urging the Manohar Lal ers to protest was being sup- “For nearly two months Chief Minister, urging his cent),” the report said. money or sexual favours by Indonesia (30 per cent) porting mechanisms and Khattar government to allow pressed, the Chief Minister farmers have been protesting Delhi counterpart to stand Bribery in public services from someone by threaten- while the Maldives and governments must do more the agitated farmers to pass flayed the use of brute force peacefully in Punjab without firmly with the farmers in- continues to plague India. ing to reveal evidence of their Japan maintain the lowest to ease citizens’ fear of retali- through the national high- by the Haryana police, which any problem. Why is stead of indulging in double Slow and complicated bu- sexual activity through overall bribery rate (2 per ation in reporting corrup- way to take their voice to had used water cannons and Haryana govt provoking standards, if he really cared reaucratic process, unneces- means like morphed images. cent), followed by South Ko- tion. Despite these chal- Delhi peacefully, Captain tear gas in a bid to stop the them by resorting to force? about them. sary red tape and unclear In India, 89 per cent think rea (10 per cent) and Nepal lenges, citizens are largely Amarinder questioned the Punjab farmers from march- Don’t the farmers have the Farmers are marching to- regulatory frameworks force government corruption is a (12 per cent). optimistic about the future need to stop them from pro- ing through the state and had right to pass peacefully wards Delhi to protest the citizens to seek out alternate big problem, 18 per cent of- “However, even in these and believe that ordinary ceeding. not allowed farmer from through a public highway?” Centre’s new farm laws. solutions to access basic ser- fered bribes in exchange for countries, governments people can make a difference Haryana has completely Haryana to move out of their he asked. Protesting farmers have vices through networks of fa- votes and 11 per cent experi- could do more to stop bribes in the fight against corrup- sealed its borders with Pun- villages in many places. He also appealed to the expressed apprehension that miliarity and petty corrup- enced sextortion or know for public services,” the re- tion,” the report said. jab to prevent farmers from What was the need for vi- BJP to direct the Manohar the Centre’s farm laws would entering the state for their olence, Captain Amarinder Lal Khattar-led government pave the way for the disman- ‘Delhi Chalo’ protest march asked, pointing out that the not to indulge in “strong arm tling of the minimum sup- Economic recovery stronger Deadly third wave of against the Centre’s farm farmers had been protesting tactics” against the farmers. port price system, leaving laws. for past two months in Pun- “Urge @BJP4India to di- them at the “mercy” of big than expected, says RBI guv Also read: Khattar targets jab without any problem, rect their state governments corporates. COVID-19 in Delhi is Amarinder on the farmers' even though the state had not to indulge in such strong- The government has MUMBAI, NOVEMBER stir; asks him to stop inciting suffered crores of rupees in arm tactics against the farm- maintained that farm laws 26: Reserve Bank of India farmers losses. ers. The hands that feed the would bring farmers better (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta far from over: Doctors “Why is @mlkhattar govt The Haryana Police on nation deserve to be held, not opportunities and usher in Das on Thursday said the NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 26: As the national capital in Haryana stopping the Thursday used water can- pushed aside,” he said. new technologies in agricul- country’s economy had recov- is battling a resurgence in Covid-19 cases, health experts on farmers from moving to nons and tear gas to disperse The Chief Minister urged ture. ered stronger than expected Thursday said that Delhi is currently facing the third wave of the from the initial impact of the disease which is likely to last at least a few more weeks. Covid-19 pandemic, but there is speed normalisation of activ- Although the last week offered some signs of slowdown in a need to be watchful of de- ity in Q2, the Indian economy fresh Covid cases in Delhi compared to the previous five Ahmed Patel laid to rest; attends funeral mand sustainability after the has exhibited stronger than ex- weeks, the resurgence cannot be said to be over yet, according pected pick-up in momentum , NOVEMBER 26 : end of festivities. to doctors. of recovery,” Das said. Senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel Speaking at the annual day There is, however, no unanimity among them about when Even as growth outlook had was laid to rest at his native village Pi- event of Foreign Exchange the curve will flatten. improved, downside risks to raman in 's on Dealers' Association of India According to Dr Ajay Aggarwal, Director, Internal medi- growth continued due to re- Thursday. Congress leader Rahul (FEDAI), Das said there are cine, Fortis Hospital in Noida, the second wave of Covid-19 cent surge in infections in parts Gandhi attended the funeral of the downside risks to growth ended in October and the third wave started around mid-No- of Europe and also in parts of party's key strategist and trou- across the world and also in In- vember and is likely to end in mid-January and post that. India, he said. bleshooter, who died on Wednesday. dia. "Third Covid-19 wave has more respiratory symptoms and “We need to be watchful patients are coming with severe breathlessness and decreased Patel's mortal remains reached Pira- It can be noted that the In- about the sustainability of de- saturation," Aggarwal told IANS. man from Vadodara and he was laid to dian economy contracted by mand after the festivals and a "We are expecting a surge in post-Covid complications like rest at a Muslim cemetery in the pres- 23.9 per cent in the first quarter possible reassessment of mar- lung fibrosis in patients who had severe disease, post-Covid de- ence of hundreds of locals and Congress of the fiscal year, and the RBI ket expectations surrounding pression and chronic fatigue syndromes," he stressed. leaders. The mortal remains reached expects the economy to shrink the vaccine,” he said. Until Wednesday evening, Delhi had reported 545,787 Vadodara airport Wednesday night and by 9.5 per cent in FY21. How- Das said regulatory reforms cases and 8,720 deaths. Currently, there are 38,287 active were kept at the Sardar Patel Hospital ever, there has been recovery had moved the financial mar- cases. The national capital has recorded 5,246 fresh Covid- at Ankleshwar town of Bharuch district. after the opening up of the tel's wishes, his mortal remains were jeev Satav, leader of Congress in Lok kets to the next trajectory amid 19 cases in the past 24 hours with 99 more fatalities. After landing at Surat airport on Thurs- lockdown restrictions, espe- buried next to his parent's grave, a local Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, and the pandemic and affirmed Dr Arun Kumar P, Consultant - General Medicine, Apollo day morning, Gandhi reached Piraman cially during the festive season. resident said. former chief ministers Kamal Nath and RBI's commitment to ensure TeleHealth told IANS: "The first wave hit the country in the by road and consoled the grieving family “After witnessing a sharp Gujarat Congress president Amit were among an orderly conduct in the mar- months of May-June. The second wave started in the month of of the former Congress MP. As per Pa- contraction in the economy by Chavda, AICC in-charge of Gujarat Ra- those who attended the funeral. 23.9 per cent in Q1 and a multi- kets. September and ended around October 10".