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America Biden addresses the nation as he UNITED against moves steadily closer to victory COVID-19 Leads in Arizona, Nevada, Georgia and Pennsylvania KEEP SAFE Results may take a few days to come ● Follow CDC guidelines ● Observe Social Distancing I.S. SALUJA ● Wash Hands Frequently NEW YORK (TIP): Joe Biden on KEEP AMERICA SAFE Friday, November 6 evening maintained his lead over Trump in the battleground States of Georgia and Pennsylvania. Addressing the nation on Friday, November 6 evening, Biden said, "We're not waiting to get the work done." As Joe Biden's lead over President Trump continues to grow in states yet to declare a victor, the presidential hopeful said Friday night that while he's waiting will bring out a for the final election results, he is "not Special Edition on waiting to get the work done" on important issues facing the country. the occasion of "Yesterday, Sen. Harris and I held Deepavali on Friday, meetings with groups of experts on November 13, 2020 public health and the economic crisis this country is facing," Biden said. "The Articles and advertisements pandemic, as you also know, is getting for the special edition may more worrisome all across the country. please be submitted Cases are skyrocketing. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden speaks on Friday, November 6, in Wilmington, by Nov 10, 2020. CONTD ON PAGE 2 Delaware - Photo / courtesy CNN QUICK TAKES Trump campaign loses legal fights in Georgia US poll outcome will not impact ties with India, says MEA Time for a Healing Touch and and Michigan, vows Nevada lawsuit Ties between India and US have witnessed major Unity - By Prof. Indrajit S Saluja James Bass, a Superior Court judge in Georgia, said there upswing in last four years Page 3 was 'no evidence' that the ballots in question were invalid NEW DELHI (TIP): As the world ATLANTA, GA (TIP): President awaits the result of the American Donald Trump's campaign lost court presidential election, India on Friday, WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF rulings in the closely contested states November 6, said the global strategic of Georgia and Michigan on Thursday, partnership between the two countries STAFF TESTS POSITIVE even as it vowed to bring a new lawsuit have a very strong bipartisan support FOR CORONAVIRUS challenging what it called voting in the US, suggesting that the bilateral irregularities in Nevada. ties will not be impacted by the poll NEW YORK "We think there's going to In the Georgia case, the campaign outcome. (TIP): White be a lot of litigation," alleged that 53 late-arriving ballots "We are also awaiting the election Trump told reporters on House chief of Thursday, November 5, were mixed with on-time ballots. In results," Ministry of External Affairs staff Mark adding that "it's going to Michigan, it had sought to stop votes spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said during an online Meadows has end up perhaps in the from being counted and obtain greater media briefing while replying to questions on impact of US tested positive for highest court in the land." access to the tabulation process. presidential outcome on the Indo-US ties. He asserted that coronavirus, State judges tossed out both lawsuits on Thursday, November "the comprehensive strategic (Indo-US) partnership has very according to a 5. James Bass, a Superior Court judge in Georgia, said there was strong bipartisan support in the US and successive Mark Meadows joins a CNN report. CNN "no evidence" that the ballots in question were invalid. presidents and administrations have raised the level of the long list of White reports, quoting In the Michigan case, Judge Cynthia Stephens said: "I have no relationship even higher." As per latest vote count, Democrat House officials who sources that basis to find that there is a substantial likelihood of success on Biden was inching closer to the 270 Electoral College votes got infected with CONTD ON PAGE 2 the merits." CONTD ON PAGE 2 required to win the race. CONTD ON PAGE 2 coronavirus THE INDIAN PANORAMA TURN PAGE FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2020 02 CONTD FROM PAGE 1 judge to "stop the counting of improper votes". Joe Gloria, an election official in Clark County, told reporters there was no evidence of improper ballots being processed. PRESIDENT/PUBLISHER: Biden addresses the nation as he 'MISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN' : Prof. Indrajit S. Saluja VICE PRESIDENT: moves steadily closer to victory Bob Bauer, a senior adviser to Biden's campaign, called the Chitagam Saluja various Trump lawsuits a "meritless" distraction and said the It's believed we could see as many as 200,000 cases a day, and strategy was designed to undermine the integrity of the CHIEF EDITOR: the death toll is approaching 240,000 lives lost. 240,000 empty electoral process. Prof Indrajit S. Saluja chairs across America." "This is part of a broader misinformation campaign that CONSULTING EDITOR : Biden's speech came as the United States set a new record involves some political theatre. They're intended to give the Deepak Dwidedi, Chairman, when it surpassed 125,000 daily coronavirus infections. Trump campaign the opportunity to argue the vote count Bhaskar Group, Delhi "We both know tensions are high," Biden said. "They can be should stop. It is not going to stop," he told reporters on ASSISTANT EDITOR: high after a tough election. One like we've had. But we need to Thursday. Bidisha Roy remember, we have to remain calm. Patient. Let the process In Pennsylvania, where Trump is narrowly leading but SPL. REPORTER UNO: work out as we count all the votes." Biden is gaining, the Trump campaign and other Republicans H.S. Panaser Biden exuded confidence as his campaign inches closer to have already filed various legal challenges. GRAPHICS DIRECTOR: the White House while votes continue to be tallied in key An appeals court in Pennsylvania on Thursday, November 5, battleground states. ordered that Trump campaign officials be allowed to more Om Parkash Malik "We don't have a final declaration of victory yet, but the closely observe ballot processing in Philadelphia, which led to DIRECTOR numbers tell us it's clear. We are going to win this race. Just a brief delay in the count. ADMINISTRATION: look at what has happened since yesterday. Twenty-four hours A judge later in the day helped negotiate an agreement that Gauri Beri we were behind in Georgia, now we're ahead, and we are going a fixed number of observers from each campaign - up to 60 - CONTRIBUTING to win that state. Twenty-four hours ago we were behind in could be admitted into parts of the city's ballot-counting area PHOTOGRAPHERS: Pennsylvania, and we are going to win Pennsylvania. And now inside the Pennsylvania Convention Center. Baldev Singh / BJ Videos we are ahead, but we are winning in Arizona, we're winning in Pennsylvania Democrats filed papers on Thursday in the US Gunjesh Desai / Masala Junction Nevada, and in fact our lead just doubled in Nevada. We're on Supreme Court saying that although they would not oppose the Jay Mandal, track for over 300 electoral votes, electoral college votes. And Trump campaign's bid to intervene in a pending appeal in Mohammad Jaffer, look at the national numbers. We're going to win this race with which Republicans seek to block late-arriving mail-in ballots SnapsIndia a clear majority, with the nation behind us." in the state, it was premature for the court to act on the motion. Mohammad Shahzad, HERE ARE THE LATEST FIGURES AT Trump has repeatedly said that he expects the Supreme Zia Khan, Court, which has a 6-3 conservative majority including three Nisha Rani 11 PM ET ON NOVEMBER 6. justices he appointed, to have a key role in determining the Vaaho Photographers, outcome. Vijay Shah - Photo Journalist. Nevada: Biden leads (632,558) over Trump (609,901). "We think there's going to be a lot of litigation," Trump told CORRESPONDENTS : Georgia: Biden leads (2.456.845) over Trump (2,452,825) reporters on Thursday, adding that "it's going to end up SACRAMENTO: Pennsylvania: Biden leads (3.337,069) over Trump (3.308,192) perhaps in the highest court in the land." But it is unlikely the Parminder S. Aujla Arizona: Biden leads (1,604,067) over Trump (1,574,206) Supreme Court would have the final word in any decisive way NEW YORK : and any challenge would have to make its way through the North Carolina: Trump leads (2,732,782 ) over Biden (2,656,303). Chitagam usual court process, legal experts say. (Source: Reuters) As of 11 PM ET on November 6 , Joe Biden has 253 delegate FRESNO: votes while Donald Trump trails with 213 delegate votes. 270 Tarlochan Singh delegate votes is the magic number for a winner. The current US poll outcome will not impact ties DALLAS: trend favors Biden. It is a matter of days when the unofficial Harjit Dhesi, Amarjit Dhillon results will be available. The certified results will be available with India, says MEA OVERSEAS CORRESPONDENTS only in early December. (With input from agencies) LONDON "Indo-US relations rest on strong foundations. Our relations Nirpal Singh Shergill encompass cooperation in every possible sphere, extending from strategic to defense, from investment to trade to people-to- SPL CORRESPONDENT Trump campaign loses legal people ties," the spokesperson added. DELHI BUREAU CHIEF: The ties between India and the US have witnessed a major Ashishpal Singh fights in Georgia and Michigan, upswing in the last four years under the Trump CHANDIGARH: administration, particularly in areas of defense and security. Manjit Sidhu vows Nevada lawsuit The Trump administration has also been strongly favoring a LUDHIANA: greater role for India in the Indo-Pacific in the backdrop of A.S. Arora, A Trump campaign spokeswoman did not respond to rising military assertiveness by China in the region. (Source: R.P.Sharma requests for comment on the Michigan and Georgia rulings. PTI) Trump allies also alleged that there had been voting DALLAS BUREAU CHIEF & VP irregularities in Nevada's populous Clark County, which Lovllien Kaurr includes Las Vegas. White House chief of staff tests 972-330-3139 Votes are still being counted in all three states, among a [email protected] handful of battleground states that could decide the positive for coronavirus The Indian Panorama presidency. P.O. Box No. 190067, South At a news conference in Las Vegas on Thursday,November 5, Meadows told people after the election that he had Richmond Hill, NY 11419, former Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt and other coronavirus, but it wasn't clear when he first tested positive. He Tel: 646-247-9458 Trump campaign surrogates, including former administration had traveled with President Donald Trump on Sunday, Email: official Richard Grenell, gave no evidence to support their November 1 and Monday., November 2. 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REPRODUCTION IN WHOLE OR IN PART WITHOUT PERMISSION IN Call @ 646-247-9458 WRITING FROM THE INDIAN PANORAMA IS PROHIBITED. THE INDIAN PANORAMA COMMENT FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2020 03 TIME FOR A HEALING TOUCH AND UNITY I am assuming Mr. Biden has won the presidency. Mr. Biden may have to wait a little to be certified a winner; may have to wait a little longer in view of the lawsuits the Trump campaign By Prof. Indrajit S Saluja has filed. But, unless there is a divine intervention on his behalf, Mr. Trump stands a loser. merica has demonstrated to the world that the back to their normal life. election system of the greatest democracy in the Still another and immediate task before President A world is strong and fair. It was indeed a mammoth Biden is to provide economic relief to millions of people task to be handling voting and counting of votes which across all walks of life who have been battered by the have outnumbered any in the past - a whopping 160 long spell of the pandemic, rendering them million-, up from 138 million in 2016. My friend Ven unemployed, and without adequate means to sustain Parameswaran who has lived in this country for more themselves. They need to be rehabilitated. Their dignity than 60 years now, and has been closely studying needs to be restored, so they take , once again, pride in elections, tells me it is a record percentage since 1900. being Americans. On top of the numbers handled, the elections have been Yet another immediate issue of concern to President conducted in all fairness. It speaks of the integrity and Biden should be providing jobs to millions who have efficiency of the huge number of officials involved in during the months of pandemic lost jobs and have not the management of elections. They deserve gratitude of had enough to support their families., with many the whole nation. benefits having been withdrawn by the Trump However, there have ben some murmurs that all is not administration. right with the election. Well, if at all there is something Related to job creation is the question of wages. Even wrong, it is not with the system or the people working in Joe Biden pledged he will be president of all Americans. His though t is the States which decide on minimum wages that system. It is a section of people who, instead of running mate Kamala Harris is seen on the right . to workers in their State, Federal government should lauding a dynamic system, berate it just because the File picture / Courtesy Rebecca Cook-Reuters take initiative to persuade States to agree on a fair fairness of system has denied them their cherished minimum wage, which then should be applicable across dream of winning the election by hook or by crook. bide his time. the nation. The guarantee of a uniform minimum wage The cries of "stop counting" remind me of the cries of And now, I am assuming Mr. Biden has won the across the nation will allow people to freely migrate to "stop testing" when the rising numbers of coronavirus presidency. Mr. Biden may have to wait a little to be the State of their choice, fulfilling a basic strength of became a subject of concern for health officials and certified a winner; may have to wait a little longer in American democracy. Americans. Mr. Trump was anguished that tests view of the lawsuits the Trump campaign has filed. Business and industry are other areas which need resulted in throwing up more positive cases of the But, unless there is a divine intervention on his behalf, immediate attention of the new administration. disease. Similarly, when Trump found the number of Mr. Trump stands a loser. America must bring back manufacturing to its shores, votes going up in favor of Biden, he demanded a halt to Let Mr. Trump accept that Americans preferred Mr. which alone can create jobs, and give to the nation self- counting. Between the first shout from him to now, we Joe Biden to him. They probably were not satisfied with reliance which are the crying needs of the present have seen how the number of votes for Biden have gone what he gave them. By the way, in the long history of times. up in major battleground States, particularly, Georgia American democracy, Mr. Trump probably is the 4th Nobody can deny that environment is an important and Pennsylvania, leaving a bewildered Trump sitting president, not to be elected for a second term, part of our existence. Mr. Biden has rightly announced wondering where his lead has evaporated. It is all the according to my friend Ven Parameswaran. Ford who that America under him will immediately rejoin the because of mail-in votes which were counted after was VP with Nixon , took up presidency after Nixon Paris Climate Agreement, from which Trump had November 3 in person voting. And, all know, it is the resigned. Technically, Ford was not an elected pulled out because he thinks climate change is"a hoax", Democrats who preferred to send in their votes by mail. President. However, let us count him in. He ran for and may be, because it has President Obama's stamp on So., there should be no surprise that Joe Biden came president but was defeated. Jimmy Carter was not re- it. from behind and overtook Trump in many States. elected for a second term. And, then Bush was not November 11 is Veterans Day.It makes me unhappy to While Trump vented his frustration with the system, elected for a second term, again, according to the think that we do not show the veneration the veterans and threatened to litigate, his rival on the ascendancy, information provided by my friend Ven Parameswaran. deserve. They need not only veneration , but also better Joe Biden advised calm and patience to Americans, Mr. Trump has certainly become a part of history. care. Hope, President Biden will come up with some asking them to let the democratic process play out. But Mr. Trump should have shown the grace befitting the idea to give the heroes their due. we cannot expect such restraint and patience from Mr. President of America, as did the Democratic Related to Veterans are our brave soldiers. It is time to Trump , who until the other day, demanded from his Presidential candidate Al Gore in 2000. Though Al Gore review US engagement in futile conflicts abroad. We base that they chant, not just four years more, but was a clear winner, the Supreme Court accepted the must bring back our soldiers who have for long been "twelve years more". The egotistical sublime in him is claim of George W.Bush who became the 43rd President involved in conflicts which are not ours in any wayand hurt and hurt beyond words. of the U.S. Al Gore congratulated Bush, and "offered to serve no legitimate American interests. Let America ot to give in easily,and he has suggested it so often, meet with him as soon as possible to heal the divisions initiate a new era of world peace and brotherhood of Mr. Trump must play out all cards available to him of the campaign and the contest through which we have entire human world. Neven at the cost of the great American nation, the passed". In respect of friends and foes across the world which, great American people, the great American Almost a century and a half ago, Senator Stephen in other words, means foreign policy,while there is need institutions, including the great American Justices of Douglas told Abraham Lincoln, who had just defeated to further strengthen ties with friendly countries, the Supreme Court who , erroneously he thinks, will do him for the presidency, "Partisan feeling must yield to including India, there is also an urgent need to have a his bidding because they are there because of him. He patriotism. I'm with you, Mr. President, and God bless fresh look at US alliances. The ruptured relationship forgets that God Himself resides within a Judge and you". I am glad Joe Biden asked people to be "calm" and with NATO countries must immediately be repaired. guides his / her conscience. "patient" and let the "Democratic process play out". In this context, the Trump administration's failures in Unfortunately for America, there are always a few That's being a leader. maintaining decent relationship with the United Nations around Mr. Trump (many have since distanced resident Biden faces a daunting task. He is and countries of the world should not be forgotten. All themselves from him seeing his imminent defeat, and inheritor of a divided nation. The first task for him nations are equal partners in managing the world. They have been criticized also), who, like Iago in P will be to unite the people of America. It will not be need to be treated with respect. It is the first requirement Shakespeare's "OTHELLO" driven by "motiveless easy.It is heartening to find Joe Biden pledging to be the of civility.And America is a civilized nation. malignity" must goad Trump into more crimes, , to heap President of all Americans. But mere words will not It is my fervent hope that President Biden will keep on himself greater insult and ignominy. The world heal and unite. The world will keenly watch how Biden his promise to be "the president of all America, and all knows them. Only Mr. Trump does not. Alas! restores the exceptional American spirit of unity and Americans", and as Senator Stephen Douglas , a century And these people, I am sure, readers know them, are brotherhood which makes America great. and a half ago said, "Partisan feeling must yield to telling Mr. Trump to fight back the "perceived injustice" The second important task for Biden is to free patriotism". Hope, the US Senate and the US House of of the election system, the imagined wrong that the Americans of the deadly pandemic which has been Representatives will lend their bipartisan support to election is being stolen from him, without any evidence, raging for months nowand has claimed 2.36K American President Biden to restore the glory of America as the whatsoever. They are not Trump's friends. They have lives. As at the time of writing this comment, America First and the Greatest Nation in the World. their own agenda which they want to play out. I wish has recorded 9.76 million cases, with 100,000 new cases God bless America! Mr. Trump could understand their designs, show being reported on a daily basis. The new administration (The author is Chief Editor of The Indian Panorama. He can be maturity, accept there are always opportunities, and must ensure the virus is contained, and Americans get reached at [email protected]) THE INDIAN PANORAMA INDIANS ABROAD FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2020 04 Indian-Origin Chef in Indian-Origin Priyanca Radhakrishnan Australia Feeding Needy Elected as New Zealand's First - Ever during the Pandemic Indian- Origin Minister

NEW ZEALAND (TIP): Priyanca development and employment. Radhakrishnan, who on Monday became Calling it an "incredibly special day", New Zealand's first-ever Indian-origin Ms Radhakrishnan yesterday said in a minister, has been receiving a large Facebook post: "I'm feeling a lot of things number of congratulatory messages on including an overwhelming sense of social media. Kerala Chief Minister privilege to become part of our Daman Shrivastav said food is everyone's Pinarayi Vijayan is one of the many government. Huge thanks to everyone right and everybody should have access to leaders who've praised her after her big who has taken the time to message / call/ food and times like these remind him of his career leap. text congratulatory messages- thank you own sufferings. The 41-year-old is a member of the Priyanca Radhakrishnan has been appointed all. Humbled to be appointed a minister Labour Party, "which has its roots in as the minister for the community and and I'm looking forward to working with MELBOURNE (TIP): An Indian- Kerala," Mr Vijayan said in a tweet today. voluntary sector, minister for diversity, an incredible line up of ministerial and inclusion and ethnic communities, minister origin chef in Australia has been "It gives us immense happiness to learn for youth and associate minister for social caucus colleagues this term. (sic)." tirelessly working to deliver free food that Priyanca Radhakrishnan development and employment. Today has been an incredibly special to the homeless and needy people, (@priyancanzlp) became the first-ever day.I'm feeling a lot of things including an including international students, ever Indian-origin minister of New Zealand. origin. Keralites taking great pride in this overwhelming sense of privilege to... since the coronavirus pandemic broke The Labour party leader has her roots in news! (sic)," Mr Tharoor tweeted. Posted by Priyanca Radhakrishnan MP out and is now raising funds for a food Kerala. On behalf of the people of the Weeks after her re-election and a on Monday, 2 November 2020 truck to enable him to deliver meals to State, we extend our warmest greetings. landslide win, New Zealand Prime Ms Radhakrishnan has spent her work them. (sic)," he said a tweet. Minister Jacinda Arden on Monday life advocating on behalf of people whose Melbourne-based Daman Shrivastav, Congress leader and appointed Ms Radhakrishnan and four voices are often unheard - women 54, who grew up in Delhi and made his Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi other new ministers. survivors of domestic violence, and way to Australia after working in the Tharoor, in his congratulatory message The Indian-Origin leader has been migrant workers who have been exploited, Middle East for a while in the 1990s, on Twitter, shared a report that said Ms appointed as the minister for the news agency PTI reported. said his drive to feed the homeless is Radhakrishnan is from Paravoor in community and voluntary sector, Priyanca Radhakrishnan was elected not a new thing for him as he did Ernakulam. "Congratulations to minister for diversity, inclusion and first as a Member of Parliament belonging similar work in Iraq during the Gulf @priyancanzlp on becoming the first ethnic communities, minister for youth to the Labour Party in September 2017. War. NewZealand Cabinet Minister of Indian and associate minister for social She will be sworn in on Friday. "This pandemic may not be like the Gulf War, but the stories of people trapped inside and scared to go out remain the same. The situation is Indian- Origin British Expert on Mission to Fix Indian Americans make more or less the same as people have lost jobs and thousands of livelihoods have been affected," he said. Diversity Gap for Women in Finance a splash in yet another Daman Shrivastav said food is NIRPAL SINGH SHERGILL IN everyone's right and everybody should election cycle have access to food and times like these LONDON remind him of his own sufferings. LONDON (TIP): A British-Indian NEW YORK "I have seen poverty. I have been financial expert, recently honored in the (TIP): Besides the homeless in Australia for a couple of Queen's Birthday Honors List for her four member days during my early days here. The work in the field of inclusion and 'Samosa Caucus' of feeling, which I had experienced that diversity, says she is on a mission to fix Indian American time, prompted me to take this the diversity gap within the financial lawmakers re- Jennifer Rajkumar initiative to reach out to the needy services sector, especially for women. elected to the US became the first people," he said. Dr Bijna Kotak Dasani, an Executive House of South Asian woman elected to the New Daman Shrivastav, who had fed Director at global investment bank Dr Bijna Kotak Dasani, an Executive Director Representatives, at global investment bank Morgan Stanley, York state assembly hundreds of people for free in Baghdad Morgan Stanley, was awarded an MBE over a dozen others, was awarded an MBE by Queen Elizabeth II defeating her during the Gulf War, is now doing the by Queen Elizabeth II for "Services to for "Services to Diversity and Inclusion in including five Republican rival same in Melbourne for those who Diversity and Inclusion in Financial Financial Services" last month. women have won Giovanni Perna - cannot afford to buy their own food Services" last month. state level elections Twitter Image amid the pandemic. She now wants to make use of that postgraduate thesis examined gender scoring a few firsts for the community. He is also feeding international platform to support women in India as parity in the C-suite within the UK Among the five women, Democrat students, many of whom are finding it she advocates the upskilling of women financial services sector. lawyer Jenifer Rajkumar, 38, became the hard to sustain in an alien country in in the financial services workforce. Since completing her studies, Dasani first South Asian woman elected to the this time of crisis. "This fix in the diversity gap needs to has become a strong advocate for equal New York state assembly defeating her Daman Shrivastav prepares the be a firm partnership between both men opportunities in the workplace and Republican rival Giovanni Perna. meals in his humble home kitchen and and women and the shared serves on numerous boards, including Rajkumar, a Stanford-educated lawyer delivers them around the city in his responsibility discussion needs to the Inclusive Companies Network, and an immigrant rights advocate, is a car. extend beyond the boardroom and into Generation Success, CIO Net, Fintech professor at the City University of New "I used to cook 150 meals a day in my the home environment," said Dasani. Connect and Cajigo. York. She has previously served as the home kitchen with my wife and "My primary focus is on promoting She said: "My mother as a single Director of Immigration Affairs and daughter when the pandemic broke women into senior roles and I will be parent raised three children whilst Special Counsel for New York state. out and distributed them to the extending mentoring capabilities to working full-time in financial services Democrat Kesha Ram, who served in homeless in my car," he said. India with a focus on helping as many and the working world was very the Vermont House of Representatives However, with the information about young women as possible thrive and different then. We have relatively new from 2009 to 2016, became the first his initiative now spreading fast progress in their career trajectories," layers of awareness, protocols and woman of color elected to the Vermont through media and word-of-mouth, she said. policies in the corporate world today to State Senate. Daman Shrivastav said he is getting a The UK-based professional graduated accommodate and support flexible Daughter of a Punjabi from India, she lot of support from the locals who from De Montfort University (DMU) in working arrangements and equal was one of the youngest ever to be want to join the cause. Leicester with a degree in Business opportunities. elected to State Assembly at the age of (Read full story at Administration and went on to study at (Read full story at 21. www.theindianpanorama.news) the University of Oxford, where her www.theindianpanorama.news) contd on page 12 THE INDIAN PANORAMA INDIANS ABROAD FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2020 05 First Indian American Ohio Four Democratic Indian American state senator is Niraj Antani Lawmakers of "Samosa Caucus" Re- Elected to US House of Representatives

approximately 1.8 million members of the community who have emerged as a critical voting bloc in the battleground states of Florida, Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina, Niraj Antani has been elected as Ohio's Pennsylvania, and Texas. first Indian-American state senator The 'Samosa caucus' currently comprises five Indian American lawmakers, including the four members of the COLUMBUS, OH (TIP): Republican House of Representatives and Senator and Democratic vice- Niraj Antani, who in 2014 became the presidential nominee Kamala Harris, 56. youngest member of the Ohio state Raja Krishnamoorthi, 47, easily defeated Preston Nelson, 30, house, made history again on Tuesday, of the Libertarian Party. When last reports came in, he had November 3, by being elected as Ohio's accounted for nearly 71 per cent of the total votes counted. first Indian-American state senator. Ro Khanna, 44, easily defeated fellow Indian-American Antani defeated Democrat Mark Ritesh Tandon, 48, of the Republican Party with a margin of Fogel in the senate's sixth district, more than 50 percentage points. This was his third- which encompasses most of Dr Ami Bera, Raja Krishnamoorthi, Ro Khanna and Pramila Jayapalhave been re-elected to the US House of Representatives consecutive win from the 17th Congressional district of Montgomery county of the state with California. an Indian American population of over WASHINGTON (TIP): In an impressive show, all the four Dr Ami Bera, 55, the senior most member of the 'Samosa 87,000. Indian American Democratic lawmakers - Dr Ami Bera, Caucus', won the seventh Congressional District of California "I am so grateful for the continued Pramila Jayapal, Ro Khanna and Raja Krishnamoorthi - have for the fifth consecutive term. When the last report came in, he support of this community in which I been re-elected to the US House of Representatives. had established an inaccessible lead by more than 25 was born and raised," said Antani, 29, The Indian American community has emerged as a force to percentage points against his Republican rival 65-year-old currently serving his third term in the reckon with for the first time in the history of the US Buzz Patterson. Ohio House. "My grandparents lived presidential election. Both the Democrat and the Republican The House of Representatives is the lower house of the US much of their life under British rule in campaigns had initiated several measures to woo the Congress, with the Senate being the upper house. India, only gaining their freedom seven decades ago," he recalled. "That it is possible for their grandson to be elected as Ohio's first Indian American Indian American lawyer becomes first Indian-Origin Millionaire Shri Thanedar State Senator is a testament to America's beauty." "I thank the voters Elected to Michigan State Legislature for entrusting in me with this sacred South Asian woman to be elected to HOUSTON (TIP): Shri honor, to be their voice at the Thanedar, an Indian-origin Statehouse," Antani said. New York State Assembly millionaire businessman (Read full story at who ran for Governor two www.theindianpanorama.news) NEW YORK (TIP) :A years ago, has been elected 38-year-old Indian- to the House of Indian-American Republican American lawyer has Representatives in candidate Rik Mehta loses become the first South Michigan with 93 per cent Shri Thanedarhas been Asian woman to be votes. elected to the House of New Jersey Senate election elected to the New York Mr Thanedar, 65, also a Representatives in Michigan Indian-American State Assembly. Jenifer scientist, raised a record- with 93 per cent votes. Republican candidate Rik Rajkumar, a Democrat, breaking USD 438,620, primarily from his own wealth, in Mehta lost his New Jersey Senate election bid to defeated her Republican the state House primary against six other opponents of Democratic incumbent ennifer Rajkumar has become the first South rival Giovanni Perna. the Democratic Party. Senator Cory Booker. Asian Woman elected to NY State Assembly "Congratulations to The former gubernatorial hopeful cashed in on his Mehta garnered 37.9 per @JeniferRajkumar on high name familiarity after he moved from Ann Arbor to cent of the votes at 1,071,726, while Booker becoming the first South Asian woman elected to NY state office! Detroit after losing the 2018 primary. His campaign two got 60.6 per cent with Jenifer is a longtime public servant and legal advocate, and we know years ago featured a heavy dose of "Shri for We" 1,714,375 votes in the she'll be a strong advocate for South Asian voices in Albany," the television ads. November 3 election. Indian American Impact Fund tweeted on Wednesday. He won from the 3rd District of Michigan with 93 per Rajkumar, a Stanford-educated lawyer and an immigrant rights cent of the total votes. TRENTON, NJ (TIP): In July, Mehta advocate, will represent New York City in the New York State Mr Thanedar had spent almost USD 10 million of his had become the first Indian-American to Assembly, representing the 38th Assembly district, which includes own fortune to finish third behind Governor Gretchen win the Republican primary for the Woodhaven, Ridgewood, Richmond Hill, Ozone Park and Glendale. Whitmer and Abdul El Sayed in the 2018 gubernatorial Senate seat from the US state of New The New York State Assembly is the lower house of the NY state primary, but he won the most votes in Detroit. Jersey.Mehta, a former US Food and Drug legislature, the state Senate being the upper house. There are 150 Originally from Karnataka's Belgaum, he earned a Administration (FDA) official, had seats in the Assembly. Assembly members serve two-year terms bachelor's degree in chemistry at 18 and master's degree defeated his nearest rival Hirsh Singh, without term limits. from University of Bombay. Later, he migrated to the US also an Indian-American, by a margin of Rajkumar is a lawyer and a professor at the City University of in 1979 to pursue higher studies from University of approximately 13,743 votes in the New York. She is also a former New York state government official. Akron and later University of Michigan. Republican primaries held in July.Mehta According to her profile on her website, Rajkumar has early roots in Mr Thanedar told the media in a recent interview that is a biotech entrepreneur, innovator, public service. Her parents immigrated to the United States from he began campaigning last fall prior to the pandemic and healthcare policy expert and a licensed India and settled in the Queens neighborhood of New York. has spent time during the outbreak passing out masks, pharmacist and attorney. "As a small She serves on the Legal Advisory Council of Sanctuary for hand sanitizer and door knockers. business owner and a first generation Families, New York City's leading service provider and advocate for He said that he wants to tackle a long list of challenges American, he's a staunch advocate for survivors of domestic violence, sex trafficking, and related forms of plaguing his district, including blight, water shutoffs, defending our Constitutional rights, gender violence. She has spoken on public interest law and policy at foreclosures, crime and unemployment. fighting against illegal immigration and Stanford Law School, CUNY Law School and Harvard Law School. "I'm seeing people have no hope. Conditions are really Sanctuary Cities, an affordable, In 2015 and 2016, Rajkumar was selected to Super Lawyers' New bad and nothing has changed in years. People are accessible healthcare system that's built York-Metro Rising Stars List, a recognition given to no more than 2.5 disenfranchised. I've slept and ate on the floor, with no for generations to come, and building per cent of the lawyers in New York. Her profile said New York running water," Mr Thanedar said, referring to his New Jersey's economy for the future," his Governor Andrew Cuomo had appointed her as the Director of upbringing in India. profile said. (Read full story at Immigration Affairs and Special Counsel for New York state. "I understand the pain of poverty," he said. www.theindianpanorama.news) THE INDIAN PANORAMA NY/NJ/ CT FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2020 06 Tirlok Malik finds a Sudhir Vaishnav is appointed Director novel way to transmit his of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, USA message of peace and NEW YORK (TIP): Bharatiya Vidya past 40+ years with various Bhavan is a well-known staple as an organizations will help the Bhavan in universal brotherhood institution of Indian Culture, dedicated reaching its lofty ideals;' said Chairman to promoting and preserving the art s, Emeritus Padma Shri Dr. H R Shah. Tirlok Malik is culture and heritage of India. Bhavan Vice Chairman Mr. Kenny Desai dressed as a was founded 81 years ago by Dr. KM said,"Sudhir Bhai's expertise in bringing character in Munshi Ji, with the support of Mahatma the best of South Asian entertainment the epic "Ramayana" Gandhi Ji and Shri SardarVallabh Bhai and event planning will enhance the which tells the Patel. It has established 119 centers in Bhavan's fund raising activities:' The story of Rama, India and 7 centers abroad, alongside 367 other eminent community leaders who one of the constituent institutions. Its honorary are part of the US Board are Dr. most revered Hindu gods. members list includes HHThe Dalai Bhupendra (Bhupi) Patel, Mr. Harish Lama, HRH The Prince of Wales Prince Mistry, Dr. Parveen Chop ra, Mr. Yakub Charles, JRDTata, Mother Teresa, past Matthew, Mr. Ravi Iyer, Ms. Riddhi NEW YORK (TIP): Emmy presidents of India, renowned business Gandhi, & Ms. MeghaBhouraskar. Ms. nominated Filmmaker , Actor and leaders, and other prominent Swati Vaishnav has resigned from the Happy Life yoga speaker Tirlok Malik dignitaries. Board of Directors, but she will continue went to cast his vote in the US election The US chapter, founded in 1981 with Bhavan's activities in the USA. to serve the Bhavan as the Director of 2020, in Manhattan New York dressed PadmaShri Dr.P. Jayraman as its first "I am really humbled and honored to Cultural Affairs. Mr. Minesh Patel was as a character from Indian Epic Executive Director, is based in serve such a prestigious institution as its appointed as the Operations Manager for Ramayana wishing and inviting Manhattan, New York, and has been Executive Director and will try to live up Office Administration. everyone to join in prayers for health, instrumental in pioneering & to the Board's expectations in trusting The Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, USA is peace, and prosperity for the world showcasing the best of India's culture me to promote Indian culture. My whole planning several events starting next and America. and arts in the US.The New York center family has been associated with BVB year, including celebrating its 40th His message of Ramrajya- just offers various classes in Indian dances & since its inception in 1981;' said Mr. anniversary. governance- was well conveyed. He languages and hosts seminars & Vaishnav. The Bhavan 's current US Any cultural organization is said ,"It may be a wishful prayer but entertainment events at prestigious Board of Directors consists of the "who's supported by membership and we are why not have HOPE, especially while venues. Mr. Deepak Dave, a dedicated who " of the South Asian community. reaching out to the community and the we are living in Covid -19 times. Bhavanite, was the Executive Director "We are delighted that Mr. Vaishnav Bhavan's Alumni for membership and a Because of his unique attire, he drew a from the year 2008 through 2020. has accepted the challenge to take the fundraising drive. The Bhavan is a lot of attention, with some people The US and India-based Board of Bhavan to even greater heights;' stated nonprofit cultural and educational walking up to him to know about his Directors unanimously appointed Dr. Navin Mehta, the Chairman of BVB, organization incorporated under dress and what it conveyed. Mr.Sudhir Vaishnav as its new Executive USA. section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Director to oversee and manage the "His community involvement for the Service Code. (Press Release)

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he French have always been irreverent about anything to do with religion. Perhaps this almost More than any other religion in our universe, Tnational attitude to God and God's attributes was Islam smells apostasy and insult in any rejection a fallout of the French Revolution. It is not surprising, of its beliefs, however casual the intent of the therefore, that French President Emmanuel Macron culprit. In Muslim nations, the apostate would be made an off-the-cuff statement that conveyed to the Islamic world that the French government would put to the sword. In non-Muslim countries like uphold the right of its citizens to dabble in cartoons of France, the violent reactions of true believers the Prophet. would send out messages of dire consequences. The issue arose because of the beheading of a Paris The beheadings in Paris and Nice and the schoolteacher who had shown the cartoons drawn in a popular French magazine, Charlie Hebdo, a publication stabbings in the latter city were the responses that specializes in political satire, to his pupils in a of extremists who really believe that violent classroom. Ordinary Muslims take umbrage to the Far gone: The problem with jihadi terrorism is that it transcends revenge would win them grace in heaven! depiction of their Prophet in picture form. Cartoons, of boundaries and even geographies. course, are the worst form of picture depictions since crucifixes are not displayed. They are, in fact, not despair to crime and from crime to destruction. the artist intends to draw wry humor which fragile permitted. In many Christian lands, the crucifix is Candidates to avenge perceived wrongs are never minds cannot stomach. prominently displayed above hospital beds - but not in wanting. I have seen this in the Khalistani terrorist More than any other religion in our universe, Islam France or the Nordic countries which pride themselves scene in Punjab. The emotional chord is one that is smells apostasy and insult in any rejection of its beliefs, on their secularism. easily touched. It leads soldiers of terror to self-destruct however casual the intent of the culprit. In Muslim In his seminal work, The Clash of Civilizations, sooner or later. nations, the apostate would be put to the sword. In non- political scientist-cum-writer Samuel Huntington had The problem with jihadi terrorism is that it Muslim countries like France, the violent reactions of predicted that the North-South divide between transcends boundaries and even geographies. The ISIS true believers would send out messages of dire democracy and communism would be replaced by the and the Al-Qaida attracted recruits from all over the consequences. The beheadings in Paris and Nice and East-West divide between the more populous but Islamic world. The 'ummah', the brotherhood, provided the stabbings in the latter city were the responses of economically backward Muslim countries of the East the cannon fodder from among the gullible who were extremists who really believe that violent revenge and the established Christian-led economies of the fired by visions of Islamic rule in the world, with the would win them grace in heaven! West. The Islamic concept of a caliphate led to the Sharia law dictating how men must pray and dress and What brought me cause for joy and hope was a body of establishment of the ISIS which tried to conquer lands eat and how women should be treated. local believers calling themselves 'Muslims for Secular and cities with economies based on oil revenues in In India, extreme elements of the Hindu right were Democracy', led by my friend Javed Anand, husband of Syria and Iraq and actually controlled vast territories disgusted with the terror strikes by jihadists in a land an even bigger friend, Teesta Setalvad, who in in those lands for a decade. It established its capital in that had been populated from times immemorial by the castigating the beheading of the teacher, Samuel Paty, the Syrian city of Rakka, then under its control. Indo-Aryans and the people they had conquered but made secular liberals exult. Here, at last, was a group of A French journalist named Anna Erelle went later assimilated into Aryan society at lower graded moderate and sensible Muslims that knows that no undercover to befriend an Algerian-descended ISIS levels. These disgruntled elements decided to take religion and no God will condone the brutality of emir or captain of French nationality. Her book matters in their own hands and give a befitting reply to murder and mayhem. Undercover Jihadi Bride gives a fair account of the their tormentors. But they went about the riposte in a The very next day, to the consternation of the same murders and beheadings ordered by ISIS forces in and very amateurish manner, with the result that they were secular liberals, thousands of Muslim protesters took around Rakka in the decade before the organization soon discovered and put out of commission. to the streets of our cities, condemning France and its was ousted from the Middle East and its caliph killed by The moral of the story is that the call to arms by President for standing up to the legal rights of its the joint forces of Syria, Russia and the US. extremist elements of any religious persuasion will be citizens! Cinema houses in France and other countries The depredations linked to the ISIS should caution answered by disgruntled young men who have smelt of Europe have often screened films debunking some like-minded Islamic jihadist adventurers from insult to their religion and its culture. But those who core beliefs of Christians regarding Jesus Christ, while dreaming of the unattainable! But they continue to answer the call will soon repent because those who hardcore Christians protested peacefully outside. dream and to feed on promises of rewards in the after- want to live peaceful and conventional lives outnumber Peaceful protests are par for the course in mature life made to them by semi-literate mullahs. Lacking them by wide and convincing margins. democracies. secular education and skills to compete in a secular (The author is a former Indian Police Services Officer) France enforces strict segregation of the Church environment, they fall back on antiquated religious (Source: The Tribune, India) from the State. In its schools, religious symbols like practices that can only lead them to despair and from GUEST COMMENT unprecedented surge in mail-in voting respects science and advocates the use of contributed to a high overall turnout, masks, social distancing, and NEW DAWN: ON JOE BIDEN likely in excess of 68%. lockdowns. Similarly, experts concur In normal times, and with a that the pandemic-induced tailspin of Biden brings hope, but Trump's regressive politics will certainly outlast his time predictable predecessor, Mr. Biden may the U.S. economy will need a pragmatic fter trailing but steadily closing closed, on the unfounded allegation that have relished the prospect of preparing and bold fiscal policy, not fear the gap since Election Day, mail-in votes were subject to large-scale to enter office in January 2021. Yet the mongering tweets denigrating ADemocrat and former Vice- fraud. Mr. Biden is also firmly on track to pandemic and the legacy of Mr. Trump's immigrants. Finally, it is likely that President Joe Biden has seized the lead win the popular vote decisively, having administration imply that, should he "Trumpism" - which includes not only in the Republican-leaning swing State of secured more than a whopping 73 win, Mr. Biden will have to make plans dog-whistles to white supremacists, Georgia, and in Pennsylvania, and million, a fact that Democrats will no on an emergency footing, not only in the retrograde views on women's winning them would guarantee his doubt seize upon in the days ahead to realms of health care and reproductive rights and an instinct to victory in the 2020 U.S. presidential underscore the legitimacy of their macroeconomic policy but also in terms pander to unhinged nativism, but also election. Mr. Biden is now poised to potential mandate to govern. The nail- of healing the painful divisions that concern for economically garner more than 270 votes in the biting denouement of the contest belied have led to the emergence of two disenfranchised working-class Electoral College, with leads in Georgia, earlier hopes on both sides for a Americas, with radically divergent Americans - will certainly outlast Mr. Pennsylvania, Nevada and Arizona, and landslide victory, with the fiercest views on everything from tolerating Trump's time at the White House. If the wins in any two of them or in contests playing out in the swing States pluralism to embracing globalization. U.S. is to have a hope of holding onto its Pennsylvania alone should be enough. of the Rust Belt, including Michigan, On COVID-19, the U.S. will soon touch a superpower status, the mammoth task of However, an obstacle in his path to the Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, and, grim milestone - 10 million cases; more bridge-building across the bitter Oval Office comes from the scattershot further afield, Arizona, Florida, and than 230,000 fatalities have been polarization of the partisan divide must legal action by the Trump campaign to Nevada. Under the shadow of the recorded. This makes it imperative that be the highest priority for the 46th stop the counting of votes after polls COVID-19 pandemic, a historically the next President of the country President. (The Hindu) THE INDIAN PANORAMA PERSPECTIVE FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2020 09 Political takeaways from the Bihar campaign Tejashwi Yadav's campaign in Bihar is frustrating the ruling party as it is using that very powerful appeal against a 15-year-old regime by citing the absence of bread and butter issues and taking the campaign out to the State's youth. His primary emphasis during the election campaign has been on the high rate of unemployment, forming the backbone of his promise of providing 10 lakh new government jobs to the youth of Bihar. The BJP has been forced to play catch-up. After the results come in, there will be much to theorize on By Seema Chishti how caste politics has changed in north India. Enough has already been said about how this is the last of the Mandal elections (with Nitish Kumar on the backfoot, Lalu Prasad not campaigning and Ram Vilas Paswan no ihar's Champaran farmlands served as the more); but on closer scrutiny, this is more about evolution of the social justice plank than its burial. brewing fields for Gandhi's ruminations and Beventual journey to a Mahatma more than a century ago. Later, the State was quick to catch the sparks off Gujarat's student revolt and lend the anti- Emergency movement the fury that was to become a prairie fire which consumed the invincible Indira Gandhi. Bihar is renowned for its intangible political energy,equations and trends that have gone on to shape India's political firmament. Throwbacks to the past

The final election results notwithstanding, not that the voters' mandate is sacrosanct - consider Goa, Manipur, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh - the election campaign has provided important political takeaways. Like all elections in the last six years, including the municipal polls in the capital in 2017, Narendra Modi has campaigned with admirable energy and dedication in Bihar. The Prime Minister's campaigning is an opportunity to peep into his vision and priorities for the people of the State and the country. A quick glance at his speeches shows that Mr. Modi's refrain is Ayodhya's Ram temple and Article 370 in Kashmir (Darbhanga on October 28 and Champaran on November 1), "Jungle Raj" spoken of often, a reference to the "double Yuvrajs" ostensibly of Tejashwi Yadav and Rahul Gandhi (Chhapra on November 1) struggling The strategy of Tejashwi Yadav shows this election is more about the evolution of the social justice plank than its burial to "keep the simhasan/throne", "BIMARU" Bihar, referring to an outdated acronym for Bihar, Madhya A lost opportunity and why is using that very powerful appeal against a 15-year-old Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh no longer used When India has gone from one of the fastest growing regime by citing the absence of bread and butter issues even in seminars. Almost all of the Prime Minister's three economies in the world to among the slowest, with and taking the campaign out to the State's youth. His repeated references are jaded throwbacks to the past: an unprecedented decline of 23.9% in the first quarter primary emphasis during the election campaign has Ayodhya's Babri Masjid was brought down in 1992, of 2020, the country would have benefited from learning been on the high rate of unemployment, forming the 'jungle raj', referring to pejoratives for Lalu Yadav and of the Prime Minister's plan to get the economy back in backbone of his promise of providing 10 lakh new Rabri Devi's time as Chief Minister is 15 years ago and shape. The novel coronavirus pandemic also offered an government jobs to the youth of Bihar. The BJP has the last time that either Tejashwi Yadav or Rahul opportunity to speak of public health as a sharp arrow been forced to play catch-up. After the results come in, Gandhi's fathers held public office was several years in its quiver, and take his party's campaign to another there will be much to theorize on how caste politics has ago - there is certainly no 'simhasan' for them to defend. high level. Quite the contrary happened when a free changed in north India. Enough has already been said It is a negative agenda of a campaign anchored vaccine was offered as an election sop, hitting another about how this is the last of the Mandal elections (with selectively in the past. new low for the BJP in 2020. Public health, at a time of Nitish Kumar on the backfoot, Lalu Prasad not No vision, invoking fear a rapidly growing infectious disease, has always been campaigning and Ram Vilas Paswan no more); but on handled centrally and has been universal and free. The closer scrutiny, this is more about evolution of the Nitish Kumar has been in power in the State for the smallpox vaccine, BCG or even the tuberculosis social justice plank than its burial. past 15 years, mostly with the Bharatiya Janata Party programme has been centrally driven and unconnected Tejashwi Yadav in 2020 is doing a Narendra Modi in (BJP), and there is little in the achievement columns of with electoral cycles. 2014, by not making it overtly about social justice alone. his report card for Mr. Modi to seek votes on. Soliciting The appeal that proved invincible and lent a deathly The Mandal campaign of the 1990s in north India was support for another five years of a jaded government is blow to the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance in particularly anxious to underscore that it was not tough, and thus the argument seems to be that "we are 2014 was a dream that Mr. Modi associated himself economics but social oppression that rankled and bad but they are worse" - not the most inspiring with. The 'Gujarat model', notwithstanding its merits, needed urgent redress. By threading economic political pitch. More surprising is the lack of vision for was about hope, about vikas, development (if not upliftment seamlessly into the idea of social justice, either Bihar or India from the Prime Minister. The progress), and overall about improving lives of Indians, Tejashwi Yadav has confounded his opponents. He need selective recall of the 1990s is odd when at 57.2%, Bihar a formula that proved unbeatable. The promise, not even loudly talk about backward caste or utter the has the highest proportion of those below 25 years of plastered on all available billboards was about 'two phrase social justice, any more than Mr. Modi had to age in the country. This is like the captain's proverbial crore jobs' every year, ?15 lakh in every bank account proclaim that he is a proud bearer of Hindutva. yearning for the safety of the shore when the boat is in and the burnishing of an entrepreneurial spirit that In 2015 when Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad struck choppy waters mid-ocean, when, instead, it needs a would bring welfare and prosperity. Mr. Modi would an alliance, they stumped the BJP by turning it into a vision to navigate ahead. make India great again and improve the conditions of 'forward versus backward' election. That was a case of The exponential rise of the BJP, now dominating the its millions, who came out and voted for that dream. political innovation in the face of the BJP juggernaut, political scene with more than half of India's States This appeal was developed on the campaign that Mr. at a time when the electoral machine of the BJP, with under its rule and having 302 Lok Sabha seats (as on Modi had carefully crafted around 'Vibrant Gujarat,' its freshness, was at its peak. But this time, what has October 1, 2020), began by leveraging the upheaval of which had shut down his critics. It was Mr. Modi as the annoyed Nitish Kumar and visibly frustrated the BJP is the 1990s as the polity was challenged by newly opened doer and the Vikas Purush that won accolades and Tejashwi Yadav coming up from behind and smoothly fissures of caste, religion and economic disparity. eventually the seat of power in Delhi. The core introducing Social Justice 2.0 into the campaign in his Social and cultural issues are an integral part of Indian Hindutva spirit that he stood for was just the backstory: own unique manner. The results of the elections will be electoral politics, but to invoke the divisive issues of the Mr. Modi in 2014 worked, as he offered himself and known soon but if there is already a winner for political past at this time points to a poverty of vision for the much more. reimagination, it is Tejashwi Yadav against a weary future, of the missing destination the ship of The youth connect Nitish Kumar and a rear-view mirror-gazing Narendra governance is aiming for when at sea. Instead of taking Modi. matters to a higher level of 'aspiration', the country's Turning the tables on this, Tejashwi Yadav's (The author is a journalist based in New Delhi) top leadership has chosen to invoke not hope but fear. campaign in Bihar is frustrating the ruling party as it (Source: The Hindu) THE INDIAN PANORAMA US ELECTION 2020 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2020 10 DEEP FISSURES IN US SOCIETY

By Vivek Katju The election has revealed the great divisions at the core of people's beliefs & polity

is stretching in time. This election shows "Trump did nothing to the great need for electoral reform in the US. It is noteworthy in contrast to the confusion that is prevailing in these bridge these divides. elections, India, with all its complexities, is able to conduct elections smoothly and credibly. Indians seldom claim credit for Indeed, he consolidated their own processes, but this is one time to acknowledge the strengths of their own election administration system. them through his This is not to suggest that there is no scope for improvement in them. exclusivist policies In sharp contrast to Trump, Biden is an establishment person well experienced in the ways of Washington. under the rubric of As Vice-President to Barack Obama, he stuck to the tradition of deference to his leader but was known for his political America First. This skills acquired in a 36-year career as a Senator. He has pledged to heal the appealed to his base divisions and certainly he will not be as FOR & AGAINST: President Trump did nothing to bridge the divide. erratic as Trump. The difficulty he will immediately face, if he does succeed, is which has stuck to him he US presidential election has that the Senate will continue to be in been anything but smooth. The Republican hands. That will require him T final result is not known but it The election also shows to work with that party to devise as is clearly indicated clearly appears that Joe Biden is on his compromises on all fronts, including way to victory. President Donald Trump foreign policy. has made accusations of fraud in states the need for US electoral Biden's first task would be to calm by this election. At this where he was initially in the lead but global nerves that have been frayed by Biden has all but caught up. His party reform. In contrast, India, four years of Trump's behavior. The stage, too, instead of has taken matters to the courts and he international community puts a has announced that he will fight it out premium on certainty and predictability till the Supreme Court. It is mind- with all its complexities, is of policy, especially of a superpower. seeking to calm the boggling that the world's greatest power With Trump, it has been on a roller with all its technological strengths has able to conduct elections coaster. This has been particularly the not been able to devise ways to ensure experience of US's European allies. He country, Trump has that results can become known in a railed against NATO which has been the predictable timeframe. Though the smoothly and credibly. bedrock of the Atlantic Alliance in the done the opposite by pandemic added to this election's security sphere. With China, too, Trump complexities, including through a large college. Indeed, Trump's success in 2016 has only lately shown a full and stubborn number of postal votes, but that has not was largely on account of these great desire for containment. Objective factors asserting that his rival been the only cause of difficulties. divides along several societal axes- should compel an adherence to this The election also shows the need for education and skills, ideology, rural- approach, but with Trump, instincts US electoral reform. In contrast, India, urban and the great mass of people come into play and these are not the best is robbing him of the with all its complexities, is able to feeling helpless and hopeless in the guides for foreign policy. conduct elections smoothly and credibly. midst of rapid technological change. Biden would revert to the traditional The archaic and decentralized system Trump did nothing to bridge these US approach of strengthening the election. Departing which allows states to determine election divides. Indeed, he consolidated them Atlantic Alliance and he will ensure procedures results in lack of uniformity through his exclusivist policies under greater stability in these important from convention-and in the election administration. This may the rubric of America First. This relationships. He will be strong on flow from the federal principle, which is appealed to his base which has stuck to China, as demanded by US national a cornerstone of the US political system, him as is clearly indicated by this interest, but his language and diplomatic throughout his term, he but may result in making election election. At this stage, too, instead of methods will be less abrasive. outcomes known in a predictable seeking to calm the country, Trump has The two foreign policy initiatives of manner problematic, thereby generating done the opposite by asserting that his the Obama administration that Trump has shown complete uncertainty and adversely impacting not rival is robbing him of the election. overturned related to climate change and only the US, but also the world. The US Departing from convention-and the Iran nuclear question. Biden has disregard for President holds the most powerful throughout his term, he has shown already made it clear that he favors the political office of the world and complete disregard for conventions- US re-entry in the Paris climate accord. uncertainties about who will hold it Trump declared as initial results came in The international community will conventions-Trump troubles the international community. that as far as he was concerned, he had applaud this decision, but with the The longer the delay in knowing this the won the election! Senate under Republican control, it will greater the trouble. This is going to be so No wonder some demonstrations are be necessary for Biden to work out the declared as initial on this occasion because the process is taking place with angry supporters of details. Similarly, Biden is likely to getting involved in judicial proceedings. both parties reiterating the demands of reverse Trump's hostility towards Iran This election has revealed the great their leaders: that counting of votes and may revert largely to the Obama results came in that as and continuing divisions at the core of should stop (Trump), and that every vote approach, changing the dynamics of US society and polity. The split almost should be counted (Biden). The difficulty West Asia. far as he was down the middle with a few percentage is that the lack of uniformity in the But first, the US election process has to points advantage for Biden in the counting process followed by different come to a conclusion and that is likely to popular nationwide vote reveals the states and counties has led to the be drawn-out. America and the world are concerned, he had won great abyss in society. This mirrors the narrowing, if not reversal, of early leads in for a painful wait. 2016 election where Hillary Clinton had in the swing states which decide the (The author is Ex-Secretary, Ministry of the election!" the leads but Trump won because of election. This raises doubts and External Affairs) decisively beating her in the electoral suspicions, particularly as the counting (Source: The Tribune, India) THE INDIAN PANORAMA SOUTH ASIA FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2020 11 Suu Kyi’s party expected to win second term in Myanmar polls

BANGKOK (TIP): Myanmar’s shocked at the brutal 2017 counter- citizens go to the polls Sunday in an insurgency campaign by Myanmar’s effort to sustain the fledgeling army that drove about 7,40,000 Rohingya democracy they helped install just five to flee into neighbouring Bangladesh, years ago. drawing accusations of genocide. There are about 37 million registered It also sent Suu Kyi’s reputation with voters, though turnout is expected to Western admirers into a tailspin when suffer because of a recent surge in she failed to restrain the security forces. coronavirus cases. But for most people in Myanmar, the In 2015, excitement was high over the Rohingya are not an issue in the election. opportunity to end more than five Andrews also said opposition political decades of army-directed rule. parties claim they were denied access to The National League of Democracy state media and their messages have party of Nobel Peace Prize laureate been censored for criticising Aung San Suu Kyi roared to a landslide government policies. election victory and she became her Measures to control the coronavirus country’s leader after many hard years severely restricted traditional large- at the forefront of a non-violent struggle scale campaigning by all parties, but Suu against military dictatorships that won Kyi benefits from frequent reports in international admiration. state media about her carrying out her This year, her party is expected to official duties, and from her regular again top the polls, but some critics feel updates about fighting the coronavirus her administration has failed to embrace Tampadipa Institute, a Yangon-based The decision was one of several points streamed on her Facebook page. democratic principles. policy advocacy group. criticised this past week by Thomas Her administration had already been Chances for real reform were always Enfeebling other parties had meant Andrews, the UN special rapporteur for criticised by free speech advocates. It dicey, as the 2008 constitution drafted there has been little real debate about human rights in Myanmar. scrapped some censorship and licensing under the military assures it of enough policies during the campaign. Myanmar Buddhist-majority Myanmar, he said, laws, but aggressively employs seats in parliament to block charter needs a better political mix, he said. would not be able to hold free and fair defamation and telecommunications changes. Key ministries are also under Even the voting process has become elections “as long as ... the right to vote is laws against journalists and activists the control of the military. enmeshed in controversy, as the state denied based on race, ethnicity or critical of the government and the Critics accuse 75-year-old Suu Kyi and election commission has been accused of religion, as it is with the Rohingya”. military. her party of being more concerned about conniving with Suu Kyi’s ruling party by Long-standing prejudice against the Failure of much-touted plans to entrenching itself in power than cancelling voting in some areas where Muslim Rohingya minority, whom many reconcile with the country’s fractious encouraging a broad-based democracy. parties critical of the government were consider to have immigrated illegally ethnic minorities is another dent in Suu “This time, neither Aung San Suu Kyi certain to win seats. from South Asia even though their Kyi’s reputation. nor her party is bringing democracy to The Union Election Commission families have lived in Myanmar for Ethnic minority groups, mainly in Myanmar. Instead, they are trying to insisted the voting was cancelled generations, has deprived most of them border areas, have for decades been bring in a one-party democracy system,” because of armed conflict with ethnic of the rights of citizenship. engaged in an on-again, off-again armed charged Khin Zaw Win, director of the guerrillas in those areas. Western friends of Myanmar were struggle for autonomy. AP Pakistani army: Militant fire Pakistan National Bank’s manager shot dead Indonesia suffers first from Afghanistan kills soldier recession in over two PESHAWAR (TIP): Militant gunfire by security guard over ‘blasphemy’ decades as coronavirus hits from across the border with LAHORE (TIP): A senior manager of the deceased’s family that Nawaz killed JAKARTA (TIP): Indonesia Afghanistan on Tuesday killed a the state-run National Bank of Pakistan him to settle a personal grudge against suffered its first recession in over two Pakistani soldier and wounded two was killed by the bank’s security guard him,” the officer said. decades in the third quarter and others, Pakistan’s military said, the over the allegation of “blasphemy” in Hanif ’s family said Nawaz was fired a millions of people lost their jobs over latest in militant attacks on troops in the country’s Punjab province, the police few months ago but he was subsequently the past year as the COVID-19 the region. said on Thursday. reinstated. He nursed a grudge against pandemic battered Southeast Asia’s The attack targeted a border post in Malik Imran Hanif, manager of the Hanif over his sacking and both had a largest economy, the statistics bureau the village of Manzaikai in multinational commercial bank’s heated argument recently. said on Thursday. southwestern Baluchistan province, the Quaidabad tehsil in Khushab, some 250 Muhammad Razzak, another guard of Gross domestic product (GDP) military said in a statement. It said km from here, was shot by the bank’s the bank, told the police that after shrank by a slightly more than Pakistan has constantly been asking security guard Ahmed Nawaz, retired completing his nightshift, he was expected 3.49 per cent year-on-year as Afghan authorities to take effective Army personnel, on Wednesday changing his uniform when he heard the household consumption fell while measures on their side of the border “to morning. gunshots. investment also dropped in the third rein in cross-border terrorist The deceased’s family said that it was “I rushed towards the bank office quarter, official data showed. incidents”. a “cold-blooded murder” by the accused where I found Hanif in a pool of blood Economists in a Reuters poll had The military provided no further over a personal grudge, claiming that the and Nawaz fleeing,” he said. expected GDP to fall 3 per cent after a details, but Pakistan and Afghanistan guard took the cover of blasphemy to In a video posted on social media, 5.32 per cent contraction in the second often accuse each other of turning a save himself. Nawaz can be heard saying he killed the quarter. blind eye to militants operating along The manager was shifted to Lahore’s bank manager because he had While Finance Minister Sri Mulyani their shared porous frontier, which Services Hospital in a critical condition committed blasphemy. Indrawati said in a press conference stretches some 2,400 kilometers (1,500 where he succumbed to his injuries on Nawaz was seen being greeted by a “the worst is over”, pointing to a pick- miles) across rugged mountainous Thursday, the police said, adding that crowd of supporters who also raised up in quarterly growth, the statistics terrain. Nawaz has been arrested. religious slogans and roamed in the city bureau said some 2.67 million people Pakistan’s border areas have served According to senior police officer streets. Later, he surrendered himself had lost their jobs in the year to August as a base for militants until a few years Tariq Wilayat, Nawaz claimed that he before the police. due to COVID-19. ago, when the army claimed it cleared opened fire at Hanif after he committed Leaders of some religious groups A 9.8 per cent rise in government the regions of insurgents. However, blasphemy. addressed the mob from the rooftop of spending helped soften the blow but occasional attacks have continued, “This claim cannot be verified at this the police station where he surrendered economists called on more stimulus to raising fears that the Pakistani Taliban stage. Police are probing the matter from himself. Police officials were seen help lift the economy out of the are regrouping in the area. — AP all the aspects including the statement of standing helplessly. PTI doldrums. 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Nikki (Source: PTI) contd fro page 4 Republican Party in California. in the Ohio House and second to get elected from the Indian Americans make a splash Chenna-born civil rights activist Jayapal, 55, the first community to the statehouse. and the only Indian American woman in the House, also In Pennsylvania Democrat Nikil Saval, a writer and in yet another election cycle won a third consecutive term from Washington State. community organizer, was elected to District 1 of State Other three elected to state houses were immigration States: Senate. He was the first Indian American elected to the attorney Nima Kulkarni in Kentucky, Vandana Slatter, Pennsylvania General Assembly. a pharmacist, and scientist, in Washington and In Arizona, Democrat Amish Shah, a doctor who In Texas, Ravi Sandill, who in November 2008 became Democrat Padma Kuppa in Michigan. defeated incumbent Ken Clark in 2018 was reelected to the first judge of South Asian descent elected in Texas, Kuppa was the first Indian immigrant and Hindu in the State House from District 24. was re-elected as District Judge in Harris County. the Michigan Legislature. In California, Ash Kalra was re-elected to the A number of Indian Americans also lost their races "This year's election represented a giant leap forward California State Assembly for the third consecutive on Tuesday. for the Indian Americans' role in US politics," says Neil term. In Maine, state house speaker Sara Gideon, 48, lost Makhija, Executive Director of IMPACT. In Michigan, Democrat Ranjeev Puri was elected to the US senate race to incumbent veteran Republican The leading Indian American advocacy and political 21st House District with a promise to help fight for a Senator Susan Collins. action committee had raised a $10 million war chest to better Michigan. Gideon grew up in East Greenwich, Rhode Island, get Democratic vice-presidential candidate Kamala Also elected to Michigan state House 3rd District was where her father was a pediatrician who emigrated Harris and other Indian origin candidates elected. Shri Thanedar, 65, millionaire businessman, scientist, from India and her Armenian American mother was a "Indian American voters and candidates who made an unsuccessful bid for governor two years psychiatrist. demonstrated the burgeoning power and influence of ago, In New Jersey, Republican Rik Mehta, 42, a this important voting bloc in decisive fashion," he said. In New York, Jeremy Cooney of Democratic Party, pharmaceutical entrepreneur and political newcomer, With a record number of Indian American candidates Working Families Party, was elected to the state senate lost to popular Democrat senator Cory Booker, a former running for office across the nation, around two million from district 56. mayor of New Jersey's largest city and onetime Indian Americans voted in the 2020 election, according Born in an Indian orphanage, Cooney was adopted by Democratic presidential aspirant. to the Center for American Progress. a single-mother and grew up in the South Wedge In California, Republican Ritesh Tandon lost the US Winners neighborhood of the City of Rochester. House race to fellow Indian American lawyer, academic Zohran Mamdani, son of filmmaker Mira Nair, won a Ro Khanna. US House: New York State Assembly seat. So did Nisha Sharma, another Republican, to sitting The longest serving Indian American House member In North Carolina, Democrat attorney and professor Democrat Mark DeSaulnier. Ami Bera, 55, won his fifth consecutive term to the Jay Chaudhuri, who in 2016 became the first Indian In Texas, former US diplomat Sri Preston Kulkarni, House from California. Son of immigrant parents from American state legislator, was re-elected from State 42, lost to his Republican rival Troy Nehls in the state's Gujarat, Bera is a physician by profession. Senate's 15th District. 22nd congressional district. He had narrowly lost the New Delhi-born lawyer Krishnamoorthi, 47, defeated In Ohio, Republican Niraj Antani, 29, who in 2014 race in 2018, too. his Libertarian Party rival in Illinois to win a third became the youngest member of the Ohio state house, In Arizona's 6th congressional district, Democrat term. has been elected as Ohio's first Indian American state Hiral Tiperneni is trailing narrowly at 10:30 am EST. So did lawyer, academic Ro Khanna, 44, who defeated senator. In Virginia, Republican Manga Anantatmula failed to another Indian American challenger Ritesh Tandon of He was the first Indian American Republican to serve unseat Democrat Gerry Connolly. THE INDIAN PANORAMA US FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2020 13 Secret Service sends more agents Georgia state likely to Delaware in anticipation of a to go through potential Biden win: Report recount in US WASHINGTON (TIP): More US little bit delayed. It's not telegraphing presidential Secret Service agents have been sent to any specific concern," a senior law Wilmington, Delaware, in anticipation of enforcement official said. a potential Joe Biden presidential win The bolstering of security typically election: Secretary after the Democratic Party nominee was happens on election night, the official leading in the vote count against said, but USSS has played it "cautiously" of state incumbent President Donald Trump, a as the agency does not want to be seen as media report said on Friday,November 6. making a decision on the election. ATLANTA (TIP): Georgia's The extra Secret Service agents were On Wednesday, additional security secretary of state on Friday, sent to Delaware on Thursday, CNN assets were deployed in Biden's November 6, said he expects a quoted two unnamed sources as saying. motorcade consistent with Presidential recount due to the small margin Upon a presidential win, the USSS entourages that are equipped to handle a for the presidential election in the detail for a president-elect would get wide variety of threats and situations battleground state, where larger and mirror the size and scope of a and are not part of the typical secret Democrat Joe Biden has a small president's. Democratic US presidential nominee Joe service teams a candidate receives, in lead over Republican President Additional airspace security measures Biden makes a statement on the 2020 US addition to Biden's original detail, the Donald Trump, Reuters reported. are also implemented, a source familiar presidential election results in Delaware, report said. The presidential candidates each November 6 with USSS protocols said. A team for the A USSS spokesperson declined to had 49.4 per cent of counted 77-year-old former US vice president has Biden has secured 253 electoral college provide additional details to CNN, ballots, though Biden was ahead by been on standby since last week, the votes out of at least 270 required for saying, "For operational security 1,579 votes as of Friday morning source said. winning the 2020 presidential election reasons, the Secret Service cannot with 4,169 left to count, Georgia's According to latest US media against Trump, a Republican. Trump has discuss specifically or in general terms voting system implementation projections, Biden pulled ahead of received 213 electoral college votes out of the means, methods or resources we manager, Gabriel Sterling, said. Trump in Georgia. He has also taken the the 538 up for grabs. utilize to carry out our protective "With a margin that small, there lead over Trump in Pennsylvania. "This is as expected. It's actually a mission." (Source: PTI) will be a recount," Brad Raffensperger, Georgia's secretary of state, told reporters. Officials said about 9,000 Biden vows to rejoin Paris Swedish environment activist Greta Thunberg military and overseas ballots were still outstanding and could be Climate Agreement mocks Trump in his own words accepted if they arrive on Friday and are postmarked on Tuesday or NEW YORK "So ridiculous. Donald must work on his anger management problem, then earlier. (TIP): On November go to a good old-fashioned movie with a friend! Chill, Donald, Chill." There are two ways of seeking a 4, the US formally recount in Georgia. A presidential withdrew from the WASHINGTON win," the President told candidate who loses by 0.5 per cent 2015 Paris (TIP): Amid ongoing reporters at the White of the vote or less can force a Agreement on tensions over the results House earlier on recount by sending a written Climate Change. of the US presidential Thursday, implying that request to the secretary of state, or Democratic election, Swedish some of the postal a candidate can ask the secretary presidential environment activist ballots, the counting of of state to conduct one by alleging candidate Joe Biden Greta Thunberg has which he was trying to a "discrepancy or error" in the vote has pledged that his mocked US President stop was illegal. tabulation. administration Donald Trump in his "If you count the illegal In that case, state law gives the would rejoin the own words in the votes, they can try to secretary discretion about whether historic Paris ultimate social media steal the election from us. to conduct a recount. Agreement on revenge. Swedish environment activist If you count the votes that Local election officials in climate change. In response to Trump's Greta Thunberg mocks Trump came in late, we're Georgia also can conduct recounts Mr. Biden, 77, has not won the "stop the count" tweet, in his own words looking at them very in their counties if they think presidential elections yet, but is inching the 17-year-old said on strongly, but a lot of votes there is a discrepancy in the closer to be declared the winner by the micro-blogging came in late. results. garnering 253 electoral votes out of the platform on Thursday: "So ridiculous. "This is a case where they're trying to The Southern state switched to required 270. His Republican rival and Donald must work on his anger steal an election, trying to rig an new touchscreen voting machines incumbent US President Donald Trump management problem, then go to a good election," he asserted. this year. After a voter makes their has got 213 electoral votes, according to old-fashioned movie with a friend! Chill, Trump's allegations about election choices, the machine produces a latest projections released by the US Donald, Chill." Thunberg's tweet was the fraud brought immediate condemnation marked paper ballot that's fed into media. exact copy of the one that Trump posted from the media, almost all of which a scanner that counts the vote. On November 4, the US formally in December 2019 criticizing the Time labelled it "false", and politicians in Absentee voters---hundreds of withdrew from the 2015 Paris magazine's decision to name her "Person Republican and Democratic parties. thousands this year---filled out the Agreement on Climate Change, a of the Year". The main TV networks, ABC, CBS and same ballots, which also were fed decision originally announced three "So ridiculous. Greta must work on NBC, stopped broadcasting his speech into the scanners. If the scanner years ago. her Anger Management problem, then midway. cannot read the ballot, a bipartisan "Today, the Trump Administration go to a good old-fashioned movie with a Meanwhile, his Democratic rival Joe group of election officials reviews officially left the Paris Climate friend! Chill Greta, Chill!," the President Biden said: "Each ballot must be counted it to determine whether or how it Agreement. And in exactly 77 days, a had tweeted on December 12, 2019. and that's what is going on now. And should be counted. Biden Administration will rejoin it," Mr. Within hours of posting, the teenage that's how it should be. Democracy is A recount essentially repeats Biden tweeted on Wednesday night, activist's tweet has garnered over 1 sometimes messy, so sometimes it that process, and in the past has reflecting his decision to reverse one of million likes and nearly 300,000 retweets. requires a little patience." While the New not made big changes in the the key policies of the Trump The development comes as President York Times and CBS gave Biden 253 results. administration on day one. Trump has made controversial broad electoral college votes, the Associated Because of that, a recount is (Read full story at allegations of voter fraud in Tuesday's Press and Fox News gave him 264 votes considered unlikely to have a big www.theindianpanorama.news) election. and Trump 214, both projections put the effect on the state's vote totals. "If you count the legal votes, I easily presidency in Biden's reach. (Agencies) THE INDIAN PANORAMA INDIA FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2020 14 US supercarrier 84.11 lakh COVID-19 cases, Nimitz to join Vikramaditya for 1,24,985 deaths in India

QUAD Malabar NEW DELHI (TIP): India's COVID-19 tally crossed the 84-lakh mark after 47,638 exercise new infections were reported in the past 24 hours, according to the Union ndian Navy’s flagship Ministry of Health and Family Welfare's Vikramaditya and US supercarrier data on Friday, November 6. INimitz along with two destroyers of The coronavirus cases in the country the Australian and Japanese navies continue to decline further but the will conduct full-spectrum exercises overall infections reached 84,11,724 off the coast of Goa as part of Malabar including 5,20,773 active cases. war games from November 17 to 20. Total cured cases reached 77,65,966 The two carrier groups, with MiG- with 54,157 new discharges in the last 24 29K fighters on board Vikramaditya hours. Meanwhile, with 670 new deaths, and F-18 fighters on board Nimitz, will the toll mounted to 1,24,985 overall. participate in war games, while the Maharashtra reported 1,07,358 active involvement of the two other cases, 15,51,282 discharges and 44,804 countries, which are, like India and the deaths so far. While Karnataka reported US, members of the Quad grouping, 33,114 active cases, 7,94,503 discharges will strengthen multi-operability in and 11,312 death so far due to the disease. full domain exercises. It is also A total of 38,729 active cases, 3,71,155 expected to help all four countries discharges and 6,769 deaths were understand the ethos and level of recorded in the national capital till training of each other’s navies, Thursday. Eighty teachers tested positive for The teachers have been isolated for 14 commanders and personnel. According to the Indian Council of coronavirus in Uttarakhand's Pauri days while students and others who came The exercise will take place in quite Medical Research (ICMR), a total of district, forcing the authorities to shut in their contact are being identified, a congested environment with at least 11,54,29,095 samples have been tested for over a dozen schools for five days, Rawat said. 70 foreign warships patrolling the area coronavirus till November 5, of these, according to an official. The CMO said principals of the schools between the Persian Gulf and Arabian 12,20,711 samples were tested yesterday. Schools in the state had reopened for concerned were to be blamed as they Sea. The People’s Liberation Army Ten State and Union Territories Classes X and XII on November 2 after a should not have allowed the teachers to (PLA) Navy’s warships are not in the accounted for 78.2 per cent of total active long gap due to the coronavirus come to the school before the arrival of vicinity but are not too far off either -- cases in the country, according to the outbreak. Over a dozen schools have been their test reports. ostensibly conducting anti-pirate Health Ministry. closed for five days as a safety measure The office of the additional director, operations off the Gulf of Aden. after 80 teachers tested positive for primary education, has also been closed Source: HT 80 teachers test positive for COVID-19, Pauri Chief Medical Officer till Sunday after an employee tested virus in Uttarakhand Madan Singh Rawat said on Friday. positive for coronavirus there, he said. CIC allows Centre to withhold list of documents, precious material seized during India to help other Operation Bluestar nations with Covid NEW DELHI (TIP): The Central but the details sought pertained to Information Commission (CIC) has confidential information, the allowed the Centre to withhold list disclosure of which could vaccine supply of documents and precious prejudicially affect the safety and material seized by a central agency security of the country. NEW DELHI (TIP): India on Friday,Nov 6, conveyed to during the 1984 operation at the Agreeing with the home a host of other nations that it will deploy its vaccine Golden Temple in Punjab in which ministry’s view, Information production capabilities to help them battle the Covid-19 576 persons, including Army Commissioner Y K Sinha held crisis. personnel, were killed. Chadha has sought “vague, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla made the An RTI applicant, Gurvinder ambiguous and generic statement during an interaction with ambassadors and Singh Chadha, had demanded from information” which cannot be high commissioners of foreign missions in India. It was the Union Home Ministry list of all disclosed in terms of the conveyed that the MEA would organise a tour for heads of the material seized during the said. Dissatisfied with the denial of provisions of the RTI Act, 2005. diplomatic missions and international organisations to operation and its present status as specific information about the “Hence, no further intervention Pune where they can visit institutions engaged in well as all records related to the seized material, Chadha filed first of the Commission is warranted in coronavirus research and vaccine development operation and list of all the appeal within the ministry before a the matter,” Sinha said. programmes, a MEA statement said. persons who died during the senior official who upheld the The Shiromani Gurdwara “Several countries have been approaching us for operation conducted by the Army denial of information invoking Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) receiving vaccine supply. I reiterate our Prime Minister’s to flush out militants holed up Section 8 1(a) of the RTI Act. has been demanding the return of commitment that India’s vaccine production and delivery inside the Golden Temple in The Section allows the the artefacts, allegedly taken away capacity will be used to help all humanity in fighting this Amritsar. government to withhold by the Army during Operation crisis. India will also help interested countries in Without giving the list and the information, disclosure of which Blue Star in 1984. enhancing their cold chain and storage capacities for the specific details of the seized would prejudicially affect the Last year in June, SGPC chief delivery of vaccines,” Shringla said. material, the ministry had said in sovereignty and integrity of India, secretary Roop Singh had said the The interaction was organised to provide the envoys an its RTI response to Chadha that the security, strategic, scientific or holy scriptures, artefacts and outline of the Covid-19 vaccine development programme “about 4000 documents/books/files economic interests of the State, historical books, which were part in India, delivery system management and international and gold /gold ornaments, relation with foreign State or lead of the Sikh Reference Library, cooperation on this. silver/silver ornaments, precious to incitement of an offence. were taken away by the Army Shringla said India remains on track to develop a stones currency, coins etc. were During the second appeal before during the operation. vaccine. recovered by a central agency the Central Information When asked that a section of “We are exploring the possibility of conducting phase during the Operation Blue Star. Commission, highest adjudication media had reported that the Centre three trials in a few of our partner countries. We are also The articles and documents were body in RTI matters, Chadha stated had returned the artefacts to the looking forward to research collaboration in the field of handed over either to SGPC or to that a satisfactory response was SGPC, Singh had claimed that only vaccine development. Based on willingness, we may also the Government of Punjab”. not yet provided on points related a few copies of historical books go for joint production of vaccines in some countries,” he “As per records available with to records of Operation Blue Star were returned. said. this office, 493 terrorists/civilians and a list of material seized during He had said still a large quantity “We have already conducted online training sessions for and 83 Army officials were killed it. of material and handwritten nearly 90 participants from eight neighbouring countries in Golden Temple area in June, The ministry said a point wise copies of the Guru Granth Sahib to develop capacity in clinical trials and clinical 1984,” the home ministry further response was provided to Chadha were with the Centre. practices,” he added. THE INDIAN PANORAMA INDIA FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2020 15 PM Modi hardsells India advantage as he invites global investors

NEW DELHI (TIP): Urging global investors to invest in India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday, November 5, said the government will do “whatever it takes to make India the engine of global growth resurgence”. Speaking at a Virtual Global Investor Roundtable with leaders of top pension and sovereign wealth funds and domestic Enhanced version business leaders, Modi said: “If you want returns with reliability, India is the place to be. of Pinaka If you want demand with democracy, India is the place to be. If you want stability with sustainability,India is the place to be. If rocket system you want growth with a green approach, India is the place to be. India’s growth has the potential to catalyse global economic successfully resurgence.” He added, “Any achievement by India will have a multiplier impact on the world’s development and welfare. A strong and test-fired vibrant India can contribute to stabilisation of the world n enhanced version of Pinaka economic order. We will do whatever it takes to make India the processing solutions. The last five months have seen a 13 per rocket system was successfully engine of global growth resurgence. There is an exciting period cent rise in FDI inflows compared to last year, he said. Atest fired from the Integrated of progress ahead.” Modi said the country’s quest for self-reliance or Test Range in Odisha’s Balasore Stating that he is conscious of investors’ requirement for Aatmanirbhar Bharat is not a vision but a well-planned district on Wednesday, Nov 4, official safe, long-term returns, Modi said the government is finalising economic strategy. “A strategy that aims to use the capabilities sources said. a master plan for connectivity infrastructure with an of our businesses and skills of our workers to make India into Six rockets were launched in quick investment target of $1.5 trillion under the National a global manufacturing powerhouse,” he said. succession and the test met complete Infrastructure Pipeline. The government has already The Virtual Global Investor Roundtable was organised by the mission objectives, defence sources undertaken several policies like GST, lowering the corporate Finance Ministry and National Investment and Infrastructure said. tax, incentive scheme for new manufactures, new labour laws, Fund. Global institutional investors, Indian business leaders, This enhanced version would ease of doing business and production linked incentives, he top government officials and financial market regulators were replace the existing Pinaka Mk1 said. part of the meeting. Union Finance Minister Nirmala rockets that are currently under “We have an ambitious plan to invest $1.5 trillion under the Sitharaman, Union Minister of State for Finance Anurag production. National Infrastructure Pipeline. A pioneering multi-modal Thakur, and RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das also participated. The rocket has a state-of-the-art connectivity infrastructure master plan is being finalised. “The VGIR 2020 roundtable was a very productive and helpful guidance navigation and control India has embarked on a massive infrastructure building spree forum which provided us insight into the government’s vision system with which it has become of highways, railways, metros, water-ways, airports across the to build out the India economy and accelerate the growth of efficient to identify its target and hit it. country. We are building millions of affordable houses for the international institutional investment in India. India is key to Development of the enhanced neo-middle class. We want investments not just in big cities but our long-horizon investment strategy, focused on growth Pinaka system was taken up to achieve smaller cities and towns too,” he said. markets, and we have a strong appetite to build on our existing longer range performance compared Reforms in the agricultural sector have opened up “new investments across infrastructure, industrial and consumer to the earlier designs with reduced exciting possibilities to partner with the farmers of India”, the sectors,” Mark Machin, President & CEO of CPP Investments length. Prime Minister said, adding that the country can emerge as an was quoted as saying in a release issued by the Prime Minister’s The design and development has agricultural export hub with use of technology and modern Office. been carried out by Pune-based DRDO labortaries, Armament Research and Development Establishment (ARDE) Indo-China border situation tense, India summons and High Energy Materials Research Laboratory, they said. possibility of larger conflict can’t be Pak envoy on Milind Soman discounted: Bipin Rawat Kartarpur issue NEW DELHI (TIP): Chief of Defence NEW DELHI (TIP): India followed up faces FIR, Staff General Bipin Rawat on Friday, its strong note to Pakistan on the November 6, said the situation astride the Kartarpur Corridor issue by charged with India-China border in Ladakh continued to summoning Pakistan’s Deputy High remain tense, five months after their Commissioner on Friday,Nov 6, to seek a obscenity deadliest military confrontation in decades, reversal of its decision, said MEA PTI reported. Rawat admitted that the spokesperson Anurag Srivastava during ctor and model Milind Soman possibility of confrontations and a media briefing. The Pakistan diplomat has been booked for obscenity unprovoked military actions spiralling into was told that the decision to hand over Aafter he uploaded a photograph a larger conflict “cannot be discounted”. the management of the project to the of himself running in the buff on a Nonetheless, India’s posturing is Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) beach in south Goa. “unambiguous”, the military official said. instead of the Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara The south Goa Superintendent of “We will not accept any shift in Line of Prabhandak Committee (PSGPC) was Police Pankaj Kumar Singh confirmed Actual Control. China’s People’s Liberation highly condemnable. This is evident by that the actor was booked under Army is facing unanticipated consequences – without firearms – in June that saw 20 the reaction of a section of the Sikh section 294 (obscenity) of the Indian for its misadventure in Ladakh because of Indian soldiers killed, with Beijing community here which also met MEA’s Penal Code, along with other relevant firm responses by Indian forces.” refusing to release casualty numbers on its Pakistan Desk incharge JP Singh to sections of the Information Rawat made the statements at the side. register their protest. Technology Act. On November 4, Diamond Jubilee Webinar 2020, organised Both India and China have accused each The MEA said such actions expose the Soman had uploaded a photo on by National Defence College, according to other of crossing into rival territory and of Pakistani leadership’s tall claims of Twitter which showed him running ANI. firing shots for the first time in 45 years. preserving and protecting the rights and naked on a Goa beach on his 55th On August 24, Rawat had made similar The sides have held several rounds of welfare of the religious minority birthday. The actor captioned the assertions and said that the military option talks by military, diplomatic and political communities. But the Pakistan Foreign picture, clicked against the wide is on the table if talks between New Delhi officials, including negotiations between Office maintained that the PSGPC expanse of the ocean, as “Happy and Beijing to de-escalate the tension along their foreign ministers and defense remained responsible for carrying out Birthday to me...55 and running”. the border fail. “Defence services always ministers in Moscow last month. But the rituals at the gurdwara as per the Sikh There has been no comment from remain prepared for military actions standoff has persisted, although no new code of conduct. the actor on the FIR against him. should all efforts to restore status quo military aggression has been reported for The FIR comes even as the Canacona along the LAC do not succeed,” he had said. over a month now. Lodges strong protest over judicial magistrate granted model and The standoff along the Line of Actual Rawat also criticised Pakistan and Islamabad's decision to actress Poonam Pandey bail, Control in eastern Ladakh is in a stalemate alleged that the “unabated proxy war in transfer the management of observing that all nudity didn’t since May, when Chinese troops moved to Jammu and Kashmir” unleashed by the amount to obscenity. The model was take control of the territory that had been neighbouring country, accompanied by its the Kartarpur Sahib arrested on Thursday for shooting an patrolled by Indian soldiers for decades. “vicious anti-India rhetoric” have taken gurudwara from a Sikh body “objectionable” video in Goa. The initial scuffles led up to a pitched battle the bilateral ties to a new low. to a separate trust. THE INDIAN PANORAMA DOC NYC 2020 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2020 16 DOC NYC VIRTUAL FEST BY MABEL PAIS "Documentary filmmakers are an integral part of NYC's creative economy and production community, and their ability to capture and communicate the human condition is so important during these challenging times." - Anne del Castillo: Commissioner, NYC Mayor's Office of Media & Entertainment

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"SHUT UP SONA" The Viewfinders Competition, ANJALI NAYAR'S "OIL AND WATER" recognizing 11 films demonstrating POOJ PADMARAJ'S "ARRHYTHMIA" distinct directorial vision, includes A scene from "A Place That Makes Us." - Photo / Courtesy DOC NYC 2020 AMRIT CHEN'S "OK BOOMER" Ra'anan Alexandrowicz's "The Viewing CHANDNI SHARMA'S "AM I ENOUGH" Booth", Loira Limbal's "Through the ROHAN RAO'S "VISELTEAR VIOLINS" Night", Cecilia Aldarondo's "Landfall", DOC NYC, America's largest documentary and Bruno Santamaría's "Things We Film Festival for its eleventh edition, Dare Not Do". running online from November 11-19, has a In the Metropolis Competition, the ten complete line-up available to viewers films are dedicated to stories set in New across the US. York City, and include Chris McKim's The 2020 festival includes 107 feature- "Wojnarowicz", Christian D. Bruun's length documentaries among over 200 "Calendar Girl", and Raquel Cepeda's "La Madrina: The Savage Life of Lorine films and dozens of events. Padilla". ● The program includes: ● 23 World Premieres Other festival sections include: ● 12 International or North American Winner's Circle, highlighting 8 films Premieres that have won awards at Oscar- ● 7 US Premieres qualifying international festivals, ● More than 100 feature films including David Osit's "Mayor", ● Plus shorts programs and student film Elizabeth Lo's "Stray", and Radu showcases Ciorniciuc's "Acasa, My Home" ● 57 features (53% of lineup) directed or Masters, offering a spotlight on the co-directed by women newest work from nonfiction auteurs ● 36 by BIPOC directors (34% of like Julia Reichert and Steven Bognar features program) ("9to5: The Story of a Movement"), and A scene from "Jacinta." - Photo / Courtesy DOC NYC 2020 his year's festival reflects the Errol Morris ("My Psychedelic Love growing diversity of nonfiction Story") "Crutch" and Katja Høgset, Margreth moved online in 2020, offering webinars Tfilmmaking forms. The lineup American Perspectivesand Olin, Espen Wallin's "Self Portrait" to emerging and established includes investigations of current International Perspectives, with work Sonic Cinema, on music, including documentary markers around that globe. events, explorations of unknown like Eden Wurmfeld and Margaret Alex Winter's "Zappa" and Robert DOC NYC PRO is co-presented by Apple phenomena, re-examinations of settled Munzer Loeb's "Chasing Childhood", Yapkowitz and Richard Peete's "In My Original Films. histories, and profiles of a host of Deirdre Fishel's "Women in Blue", and Own Time: A Portrait of Karen Dalton" "Documentary film has never felt so vital unforgettable personalities, including Maia Lekow and Christopher King's "The NEW! Spotlight on Canada, as in these tumultuous times," said John Belushi, Ruth Finley, Pope Francis, Letter" celebrating work by Canadian Director of Programming Basil Tsiokos. Joanna Harcourt-Smith, Bill T. 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Jones and D-Man in the Sachi Cunningham and Vayabobo's filmmaker development program, also Health & Wellness) THE INDIAN PANORAMA ADVERTISEMENT FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2020 17 THE INDIAN PANORAMA BOLLYWOOD FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2020 18 MANOJ BAJPAYEE IS THE REASON I DID THE SONG BASANTI: KARISHMA TANNA ctress Karishma Tanna, who made her Bollywood debut in the year A2005, recently featured in her first- ever dance number, titled Basanti, in the upcoming film Suraj Pe Mangal Bhari along with Manoj Bajpayee. Shot in the 90s style with satirical lyrics, the song has been praised for Karishma's energetic dancing and expressions and Manoj Ajay Devgn in war mode Bajpayee's funny acting and dance. The track is Karishma's first-ever dance number in a Bollywood song. Dressed in a post Diwali shimmery red gown, the popular fter eight months of lockdown, Ajay Devgn is Television actress looks drop-dead ready to don the Indian Air Force uniform gorgeous. Speaking of working with the Aagain as he steps out to resume work on Bhuj: legendary Manoj Bajpayee in her first- The Pride of India. It is heard that the actor will join ever dance number in Bollywood, Sanjay Dutt, Sharad Kelkar and Ammy Virk for a 12- Karishma said, "I consider it my honour day schedule this month that will see them canning and blessing to share screen space, even if some action sequences and a few dramatic scenes. it's just for a dance number, with the A trade source reveals that Devgn and director multi-talented Manoj sir. It was an Abhishek Dudhaiya are currently determining the outstanding experience of working with location for the shoot. "Given the prevailing scenario, him, better than what I imagined it to be. the production team is hunting for a location that There is so much to learn from him, he is meets their safety demands. The final schedule is so full of talent, it's unbelievable. The likely to kick off post Diwali. Sanjay, who is currently reasons I did the song were, one for the with his family in Dubai, will fly down after the melody of the song and two, for Manoj festival to join the proceedings. After Ajay finishes his sir." portions by the month-end, Sonakshi Sinha, Nora The song has been choreographed by Fatehi and the rest of the cast will be called for the Vijay Ganguly which features a lot of patchwork." quirks, impromptu high-voltage steps, Set during the 1971 Indo-Pakistan war, the period and funny expressions just like the trailer drama sees Devgn play IAF Squadron Leader Vijay of the film. The song written by Danish Karnik, who reconstructed the IAF airbase in Bhuj Sabri, sung by Javed-Mohsin, Payal Dev, with the help of Sunderben Jetha Madharparya and and Danish, and composed by Javed- 300 local women. Confirming the pending schedule, Mohsin, is a fun number that will make it Dudhaiya says, "We are looking forward to going back certainly make it to every party playlist on the set, and have all the safety measures in place." this Diwali. Kashmera Shah to feature in Shah Rukh Khan features on Burj Mahesh Manjrekar’s Marathi film ctress Khalifa on 55th birthday Kashmera Shah Ahas started ollywood superstar shooting for a Marathi Shah Rukh Khan is film directed by Belated that much Mahesh Manjrekar. before he could come on the big screen, he featured on the The title of the film world’s “biggest screen”, is still under wraps. Dubai’s Burj Khalifa, on the According to sources, occasion of his 55th birthday. Kashmera will essay a SRK, who is Dubai’s simple yet sensuous ambassador since 2016, took housewife who stays in to social media to share a a chawl. picture of himself posing in "It's a very front of the world’s tallest challenging character building, which flashed and I can't reveal much “Happy Birthday Shah Rukh about it right now. Khan.” The superstar wrote Maheshji has been one that while he loved this of my favourite gesture, his kids were directors. I am super “mighty impressed” too. excited as Maheshji “It’s nice to see myself on has been creating the biggest and tallest screen magic on screen. His in the world. My friend knowledge and #MohamedAlabbar has me understanding of films on the biggest screen even is unbelievable," said before my next film. Thanks Kashmera about the & love u all @burjkhalifa & director, who has @emaardubai. Being my own helmed films such as guest in Dubai… my kids "Vaastav: The Reality" and "Astitva" in the past. mighty impressed and me is filmmaker Karan Johar also SRK to face the camera even "I get to play a completely different character in this film. People are loving it,” the Zero actor took to Instagram to share a as the actor is busy going to love the film and the situation of it," she added. posted. video of the moment. In the “admiring himself” on Burj Kashmera is currently shooting for it in Mumbai. Shah Rukh Khan’s friend, video, K Jo is heard telling Khalifa. THE INDIAN PANORAMA HOLLYWOOD FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2020 19 MEGAN FOX SLAMS EX BRIAN AUSTIN GREEN FOR SHARING PHOTOS OF KIDS

egan Fox has accused Brian Austin Green of trying to make her look like Man "absent mother". The 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' actress slammed her estranged husband for repeatedly sharing social media posts Lori Loughlin will featuring photos of their three sons, Noah, seven, Bodhi, six, and three-year-old Journey, and claimed he only did so in order to look serve full two like "the perennial, eternally dedicated dad of the year" at her expense. After Brian shared a photo of himself and months in prison Journey in their Halloween costumes, Megan ori Loughlin will serve her full two wrote: "Why does Journey have to be in this months in prison, unless there's a picture? It's not hard to crop them out. Or Lcoronavirus outbreak. The 'Full choose photos that they aren't in. House' star will be isolated for her first two "I had a great halloween with them weeks at Dublin Federal Prison in Northern yesterday, and yet notice how absent they are California before joining the prison for the from my social media. I know you love your remainder of her sentence, with unlikely kids. But I don't know why you can't stop chance of her sentence being shortened. using them to posture via Instagram. However, it may be possible that if there "You're so intoxicated with feeding the is an outbreak of COVID-19 that she will pervasive narrative that I'm an absent serve the rest of her sentence elsewhere, mother, and you are the perennial, eternally TMZ reports. dedicated dad of the year. You have them half As well as serving two months in jail, Lori of the time. was also asked to pay $150,000 fine and "Congratulations you truly are a complete 150 hours of community service remarkable human! Why do you need the for her part in the exams scandal. The 56- internet to echo back to you what should be year-old actress originally pleaded not inexhaustibly evident in the way your guilty to conspiracy to commit bribery, but children love you? (sic)" she subsequently decided to take a plea deal. Not long after the 34-year-old beauty shared Mossimo Giannulli - Lori's husband, with her comment, Brian - who announced in May whom she has Olivia, 21, and Isabella, 22 - this year that he and Megan had split - took has also received five months in jail, as well down his original post. as a $250,000 fine and 250 hours of service for his part in the controversy. BEYONCE KEEPS HER OWN Jess Glynne ‘regrets’ dress code complaint HIVES, OWNS 80,000 BEES he 30-year-old singer suffered a backlash eyonce keeps “around 80,000 bees” at her home. over the summer when she hit out at an The 39-year-old singer has revealed she has two Tupmarket London eatery for refusing her Blarge beehives on her property, which she uses entry because she was wearing a tracksuit but to make “hundreds of jars of honey a year”. she insisted her words were “misconstrued” Beyonce said she got into beekeeping when she and she was just trying to make a point that discovered her two daughters - Blue Ivy, eight, and people should never be “disregarded” just Rumi, three - both have “terrible allergies”, and found because of the way they look. that honey has “countless healing properties” that She admitted to Telegraph Luxury magazine: could help them overcome their symptoms. “I wish I never posted it. I think it got so She said: “I know it’s random, but I have two misconstrued. beehives. Real ones. I’ve had them at my house for a “I called it discrimination which was the while now. I have around 80,000 bees and we make wrong word and it's a very sensitive time at the hundreds of jars of honey a year. I started the moment. I know discrimination is a lot bigger beehives because my daughters, Blue and Rumi, both than that. have terrible allergies, and honey has countless “ I appreciate I wasn’t dressed appropriately, healing properties.” but the reason I posted my outfit was that I was aware of what I looked like in a tracksuit and I felt as if I was treated accordingly. “My point was that as a human being, you shouldn't be disregarded.” In her original post, the ‘Hold My Hand’ hitmaker had blasted Sexy Fish – which has a clear dress code policy set out on their website – for their “rude” attitude when staff refused her entry, despite the restaurant being “empty”. She wrote: “Dear @sexyfishlondon I turned up to your restaurant looking like this and you looked me and my friend up and down and said no you can’t come in and your restaurant was EMPTY. I then went to @amazonicolondon who greeted me and my friend with pure joy and we had a banging meal with wicked service. THE INDIAN PANORAMA FEATURE FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2020 20 VETERANS DAY IN THE UNITED STATES In the USA, Veterans Day annually falls on November 11. This day is the anniversary of the signing of the armistice, which ended the World War I hostilities between the Allied nations and Germany in 1918. Veterans are thanked for their services to the United States on this Day.

ormerly called Armistice Day, Veterans Day is celebrated on 11th FNovember every year. Initially, the day was a holiday to honor the anniversary of World War I. The day coincides with Armistice Day and Remembrance Day celebrated in other countries to honor the same war.Veterans Day commemorates both the living and dead persons who served in the US military service. Veterans vs. Memorial Day should however not be confused. While Memorial Day celebrates persons who died in the military service, Veterans Day celebrates all those who served in the US military, whether dead or alive. Although the day is celebrated on 11th November, it is observed on the nearest weekday to 11th. For instance, if the day falls on a Sunday, then people observe it on Monday,whereas if it falls on Saturday, then the preceding Friday is often designated as the observance day. Veterans Day History The first Veterans Day was observed in 1019 after Germany and Allies put to end World War 1. On November 11, 1919, President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed Armistice Day as one filled with solemn pride because of the heroism of the persons who died while serving the country. In May 1938, the Congress declared 11th November as a legal holiday and a day dedicated to the cause of world peace. In 1945, Raymond Weeks, a World War II veteran, suggested that the holiday should recognize all veterans from all the US wars. Following this, Armistice Day was changed to Veterans Day after Congress amended the act in June 1954. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs HR7786, June 1, 1954. This ceremony changed Armistice In 1968, the new legislation changed the Day to Veterans Day. Veterans Day celebration to the fourth Monday in October. However, given that Facts be held services in the interest of international veterans in addition to those of the First World November 11th held a historical peace. War already honored by Armistice Day. significance for many Americans, 1918: World War I, then normally referred to 1921: Congress passes legislation approving the 1954: On June 1, President Eisenhower signs Congress shifted the day’s observance simply as The Great War (no one could imagine establishment of a Tomb of the Unknown legislation changing the name of the legal from October to the traditional date. any war being greater!), ended with the Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery. holiday from Armistice Day to Veteran's Day. Although Veterans Day is a federal implementation of an armistice [temporary November 11 is chosen for the date of the 1968: Congress passes the Monday Holiday Law cessation of hostilities-in this case until the final ceremony. According on October 20, Congress holiday in most of the states in the US, which established the fourth Monday in October peace treaty, the infamous Treaty of Versailles, declares November 11, 1921 a legal Federal Wisconsin remains the only state that as the new date for the observance of Veteran's was signed in 1919] between the Allies and holiday to honor all those who participated in does not celebrate the holiday. Day. The law is to take effect in 1971. Germany at the eleventh hour of the eleventh the war. The ceremony was conducted with The Significance of Red day of November, 1918. great success. 1971-1975: The Federal observance of Veterans Day is held on the fourth Monday of October. 1919, November 11: President Wilson proclaims 1926: Congress adopts a resolution directing the Poppy to Veterans Day Initially all states follow suit except Mississippi the first Armistice Day with the following words: President to issue an annual proclamation and South Dakota. Other states changed their "To us in America, the reflections of armistice calling on the observance of Armistice Day. Red poppies are a symbol of Veterans observances back to November 11 as follows: Day will be filled with solemn pride in the Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, most states Day.The association of red poppies to this 1972- Louisiana and Wisconsin; 1974- Kentucky, heroism of those who died in the country's establish November 11 as a legal holiday and at Arkansas, Connecticut, Georgia, Maine, South great day dates back in 1915. This was service and with gratitude for the victory, both the Federal level, an annual proclamation is Carolina, West Virginia; 1975- California, Florida, after Colonel John McCrae wrote a poem because of the thing from which it has freed us issued by the President. popularly known as ‘In Flanders Fields’ and because of the opportunity it has given Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, where he immortalized the poppy and its America to show her sympathy with peace and 1938: Congress passes legislation on May 13 Nebraska, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, Oregon, justice in the councils of the nations." The making November 11 a legal Federal holiday, South Carolina, Utah, West Virginia, Wyoming ability to sprout in large numbers after Armistice Day. The United States has no 'actual' original concept for the celebration was for the 1975: Legislation passed to return the Federal laying dormant in the soil for a long time. national holidays because the states retain the suspension of business for a two minute period observance of Veteran's Day to November 11, The red poppy is therefore, a symbol of right to designate their own holidays. The beginning at 11 A.M., with the day also marked based on popular support throughout the sacrifice and the many needs of our Federal government can in fact only designate by parades and public mettings. nation. Since the change to the fourth Monday holidays for Federal employees and for the veterans. in October, 46 states had either continued to 1920: On the second anniversary of the District of Columbia. But in practice the states Today, the flower is used to raise funds commemorate November 11 or had reverted armistice, France and the United Kingdom hold almost always follow the Federal lead in and donations for veterans as a sign that back to the original date based on popular ceremonies honoring their unknown dead from designation of holidays. despite the destruction of war, they have the war. In America, at the suggestion of church sentiment. The law was to take effect in 1978. 1941- 1945/1950- 1953: World War II and the survived, and life has given them a second groups, President Wilson names the Sunday 1978: Veteran's Day observance reverts to Korean War create millions of additional war chance. nearest Armistice Day Sunday, on which should November 11. THE INDIAN PANORAMA COVID-19 CRISIS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2020 21 Canada quietly updates COVID Global Covid-19 Cases top guidelines on risk 48.5mn: Johns Hopkins of airborne spread anada has quietly revised its he overall number of global guidelines on how COVID-19 coronavirus cases has topped the TRACKING THE VIRUS Cspreads to include the risk of T48.5 million mark, while the deaths aerosol transmission, weeks after other have surged to more than 1,231,610, countries and international health according to the Johns Hopkins organizations acknowledged the University. GLOBAL INDIA airborne threat of the coronavirus. As of Friday (Nov 6) morning, the total The Public Health Agency of Canada caseload and death toll stood at 48,590,825 Cases Deaths Cases Deaths (PHAC) updated its guidance without and 1,231,616, respectively, the notice this week, making mention of the University’s Center for Systems Science 48,590,825 1,231,616 84,11,724 1,24,985 risk of transmission from aerosols — or and Engineering (CSSE) revealed in its microscopic airborne particles — for the latest update. first time. The US is the worst-hit country with "SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the world’s highest number of cases and COVID-19, spreads from an infected deaths at 9,604,077 and 234,904, person to others through respiratory respectively, according to the CSSE. droplets and aerosols created when an India comes in second place in terms of infected person coughs, sneezes, sings, cases at 8,364,086, while the country’s shouts, or talks," the updated guidance death toll soared to 124,315. said. The other top 15 countries with the "The droplets vary in size from large maximum amount of cases are Brazil droplets that fall to the ground rapidly (5,590,025), Russia (1,699,695), France (within seconds or minutes) near the (1,648,989), Spain (1,306,316), Argentina infected person, to smaller droplets, (1,217,028), the UK (1,126,469), Colombia sometimes called aerosols, which linger (1,117,983), Mexico (943,630), Peru in the air under some circumstances." (911,787), Italy (824,879), South Africa The federal agency's guidelines (732,414), Iran (654,936), Germany previously said the virus spreads only (619,186), Chile (516,582), and Iraq through breathing in respiratory (489,571), the CSSE figures showed. droplets, touching contaminated Brazil currently accounts for the surfaces and common greetings like second highest number of fatalities at handshakes and hugs. "We are 161,106. continually reviewing new evidence and The countries with a death toll above research as it emerges during the 10,000 are Mexico (93,228), the UK (48,210), pandemic, and this new evidence guides Italy (40,192), France (39,088), Spain our response to Canadians," a (38,486), Iran (36,985), Peru (34,671), spokesperson for PHAC said in a Argentina (32,766), Colombia (32,209), Chile (14,404), Indonesia (14,348), Ecuador Germany (11,006), Turkey (10,639) and statement to CBC News. Russia (29,285), South Africa (19,677), (12,730), Belgium (12,331), Iraq (11,175), Canada (10,432).

he US has set a new world record as its single-day COVID-19 cases Ttopped over 110,000 on Thursday. US sets new world record as single-day A total of 117,988 new cases and 1,135 new deaths were recorded on Thursday, according to data updated by the US COVID-19 cases surpass 110,000 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday, Xinhua time count kept by Johns Hopkins news agency reported. University. The new number broke the previous record of 106,537 single-day cases on Wednesday. The country had added over UK reports 23,287 new 100,000 cases in two consecutive days COVID-19 cases, 355 deaths respectively, which marked a grim milestone since the outbreak of the Another 23,287 people in the UK have pandemic. tested positive for the novel The surge had been predicted by coronavirus, which increased the experts months ago. In June, with daily country's overall infection tally to cases hovering around 40,000, Anthony 1,146,484, according to official figures. Fauci, director of the US National Also on Friday, coronavirus deaths Institute of Allergy and Infectious rose by 355 to 48,475, Xinhua news Diseases, warned the country was on agency reported. track to hit 100,000 daily cases if the Earlier in the day, the government's nation did not work harder to stop the Scientific Advisory Group for spread of the coronavirus. Emergencies (SAGE) announced that The 7-day average case count also set a the UK's coronavirus reproduction new record at over 93,000 on Thursday, number, also known as the R number, CDC data show. remained between 1.1 and 1.3, the same Currently more than 252,000 COVID-19 as last week's figure. cases have been reported across more The R number is one of many than 1,700 US colleges and universities, indicators scientists use to determine according to The New York Times. More conditions, experts are concerned young according to The COVID Tracking how fast the virus is spreading in the than 50 campuses have marked 1,000 adults could transmit the virus to those Project. country. COVID-19 infections while 400 colleges at higher risks and can also become A new ensemble forecast by the CDC If the R number is above one, it means have reported at least 100 cases. seriously ill themselves. predicts that a total of 250,000 to 266,000 the number of cases will increase The majority of infections occurred as As nationwide COVID-19 cases soar, COVID-19 deaths will be reported by the exponentially. students returned to school for the fall the number of hospitalized Americans is end of November. Also on Friday, queues were seen semester. also climbing, and experts warn that The United States has recorded more outside new test centres in Liverpool While young adults are at lower risk could lead to a rise in deaths. than 9,678,000 confirmed COVID-19 which were opened at midday as part of for severe disease and death compared to The United States currently has more cases and over 235,500 deaths as of the country's first mass coronavirus older adults and those with preexisting than 53,000 hospitalized patients, Friday afternoon, according to the real- testing programme. THE INDIAN PANORAMA WORLD FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2020 22 German police search Dutch PM denounces intolerance as teacher homes of four in hiding amid Islam cartoon debate AMSTERDAM (TIP): Dutch Prime and Germany had been asked to hold a suspected of ties to Minister Mark Rutte on Friday moment of silence for Paty, who was denounced what he called intolerable beheaded by a man of Chechen origin threats to freedom of expression, after in a Paris suburb in October after Vienna attacker a Rotterdam teacher was forced into showing pupils cartoons of the Prophet BERLIN (TIP): German police on hiding following a classroom Mohammad by the satirical magazine Friday searched the homes and discussion on the killing of French Charlie Hebdo. businesses of four people believed to teacher Samuel Paty. During a classroom discussion on have had ties to the man who went on a Police said they had arrested a Monday at the Emmauscollege, deadly rampage in Vienna this week, teenager on suspicion of inciting students noticed a satirical cartoon that officials said. threats against the Dutch teacher. had been hanging on a bulletin board The 20-year-old convicted jihadist It was not clear if the unidentified 18- for years, and some took offence. who killed four people on Monday was year-old woman, who police said posted The cartoon, which won a national shot dead by police within nine messages on social media, was a prize in 2015, shows a decapitated figure minutes of opening fire on bystanders student at the city's Emmauscollege labelled "Charlie Hebdo" sticking its and bars. He was later identified as high school, where the class debate took tongue out at a bearded man with a Kujtim Fejzulai, a native of Vienna. place. bloody sword. "There is no initial suspicion that Police did not detail the content of A photo of the image quickly began the four people affected by today's the messages. circulating on social media, and on measures took part in the attack but Premier Mark Rutte called threats Tuesday the teacher who had led the there are believed to have been links against the teacher "absurd" and discussion went into hiding due to what with the suspected attacker," "intolerable". "It may hurt when someone has an police said were serious threats. Germany's BKA criminal police said "We must be able to discuss topics opinion that conflicts with your Also on Tuesday, Le Monde reported on Twitter. such as freedom of expression in our worldview or religious conviction, but that a school in a Paris suburb was The BKA said a federal judge had classrooms without any outside they have a right to say so in all liberty." closed after threats against a teacher. issued search warrants for the homes pressure," he told reporters. Schools in the Netherlands, France Reuters and businesses in the German towns of Osnabrueck, Kassel and in the district of Pinneberg near Hamburg after the Austrian judiciary transferred some of How thousands in China got infected its findings on the attack to German prosecutors. The suspects had had contact with by brucellosis in one single outbreak Fejzulai online and had met him in person, Germany's interior ministry BEIJING (TIP): Brucellosis, a Lanzhou government said at a press said. Nobody was arrested as part of bacterial disease with flu-like symptoms, conference, according to a report on Friday's searches, it added. has infected more than 6,000 people in a Thursday by the state-owned Global Austrian authorities have arrested single outbreak in northwestern China. Times. 15 people who interior ministry Usually caused by contact with The outbreak originated at a officials said were part of the radical animals, the outbreak in Lanzhou, the biopharmaceutical factory owned by Islamist scene. capital of Gansu province, was due to a Shanghai-listed China Animal Switzerland has also arrested two leak at a vaccine plant, according to Husbandry Industry Co , according to a men in connection with the attack. Lanzhou's health commission. People statement from Lanzhou's health Austrian Interior Minister Karl are still being treated at hospitals even commission in September. Nehammer said on Thursday Austria though the outbreak happened a year The factory had used expired was in close contact with another ago. disinfectants in July to August 2019 to unspecified country in its China's top legislative body passed a make brucellosis vaccines, leaving the investigation. - Reuters law last month to establish protocols for bacteria in its waste gas. The biosecurity risk prevention and control, contaminated gas later formed aerosols and systems to respond to risks that drifted downwind to the veterinary Tesla launches $250 including sudden outbreaks. Humans generally get the institute. What is brucellosis? Is Brucellosis common in China? Tequila, runs out in hours disease from direct contact with Brucellosis is a zoonotic infectious infected animals through the About half a million infected people Maxico (TIP): Tesla Inc Chief disease, or a disease in animals that can are reported each year around the world, Executive Officer Elon Musk made good spread to humans. It is caused by a consumption of tainted animal with China typically accounting for tens on his promise to sell “Tesla Tequila”— bacteria that affects sheep, goats, cattle, products such as unpasteurised of thousands. two years after teasing the plan in a swine and even dogs and is reported in In 2019, China reported 44,036 cases tweet, and the $250 bottles quickly flew many countries. milk or cheese, or through the with one death, up from 37,947 cases and off the virtual shelf. Pictures revealed a Humans generally get the disease from inhalation of airborne agents. zero deaths a year earlier. sleek, lightning bolt-shaped bottle, a lot direct contact with infected animals different than what Musk teased when through the consumption of tainted first uncovered in November 2019 when The very first cases reported in China he touted the Tequila. The Silicon animal products such as unpasteurised some students at the Lanzhou Veterinary were in the southwestern city of Valley billionaire is no stranger to milk or cheese, or through the inhalation Research Institute tested positive for Chongqing in 1905. China saw a selling quirky products in limited one- of airborne agents. brucellosis. By the end of December, at widespread epidemic of brucellosis in time sales. He sold flamethrowers at Human-to-human transmission is least 181 people at the institute had been the 1950s and 1960s, according to state $500 a piece in early 2018, raising $10 extremely rare, according to the World infected, according to the provincial media. million for his high-speed tunnel Health Organization. health authority. Brucellosis is more common in venture The Boring Company.Musk has Symptoms in humans include fever The outbreak even spread to pastoral areas in the west and north of also sold 50,000 Boring Company hats and weakness, which emerge over a few Heilongjiang province in the China. It is categorized as a Class B previously. He tweeted the idea of weeks. The mortality rate is low, though northeastern corner of China, where 13 infectious disease under a three-tier ‘Teslaquila’ on April Fool’s day in 2018, complications could lead to death. Some people who worked at the veterinarian system which many of his followers considered symptoms such as joint pain may institute in August 2019 tested positive, Last year, China reported over 10 to be a joke. However, Musk’s efforts to become chronic and never go away. state media reported. million cases of infectious diseases, trademark the drink in October of that What happened in Lanzhou? The government has tested 55,725 including brucellosis, scarlet fever, year were frowned upon by Mexico’s people in the city, of which 6,620 are dysentery and dengue. tequila producers. Reuters The latest outbreak in Lanzhou was positive for brucellosis as of now, the Reuters THE INDIAN PANORAMA WORLD FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2020 23 New Zealand’s Ardern vows to ‘crack on’ with new-look cabinet special votes, some of them mailed in from overseas. “There are significant challenges for us to overcome together but I am confident we have the team to do it and it is great to be officially able to now crack on with it,” Ardern said in Wellington after the full results were released. The 20-strong new-look cabinet includes eight women. Australia charges first The final results compounded the election-day disaster suffered by the opposition National Party, which was in person under foreign power as recently as 2017. The party dropped two seats to 33 in parliament interference law after the additional votes were tallied. The Maori Party, representing the SYDNEY (TIP): Australian police indigenous community that makes up said a Melbourne man, who appeared about 15 per cent of the population, in court on Thursday, was the first picked up an additional seat to secure person charged with foreign two representatives in the new interference under the new legislation parliament. introduced in 2018. New Zealanders voted in the A federal police statement did not referendums on marijuana and give details about which foreign state euthanasia while casting ballots in the the 65-year-old man was accused of SYDNEY (TIP): New Zealand swore Zealanders narrowly rejected the general election. acting for. in its new cabinet on Friday, including legalisation of recreational marijuana A thin 50.7 per cent majority voted A Melbourne Magistrates Court five Maori and its first openly gay while deciding to push ahead with laws against the legalisation of recreational spokeswoman confirmed that Di Sanh deputy prime minister, as Prime to legalise euthanasia. cannabis use while nearly two-thirds of Duong had appeared in court on Minister Jacinda Ardern’s government Ardern’s Labour Party increased its voters supported a bill to allow people Thursday. increased its majority with the release majority to 65 seats from 64 in the 120- who meet certain requirements ask for Duong holds senior positions in a of full results of an October 17 general seat assembly, according to final NZ medical assistance to end their lives, the number of Chinese community election. Electoral Commission results. The Electoral Commission’s full results associations in the state of Victoria, In separate vote results, New results included an additional 5,00,000 showed. Reuters including the Oceania Federation of Chinese Australians, and the Chinese Museum, according to organisation records seen by Reuters, websites and 4-week lockdown comes into force in England press statements. Duong could not immediately be rules would face stiff fines. contacted for comment. Unlike the first lockdown in March, The Chinese Museum did not schools, universities, and nurseries will respond to a request for comment and remain open, and people will be able to the Oceania Federation could not be meet another person who they do not immediately reached for comment. live with in an outdoor public place such The Australian Federal Police as a park or beach. executed search warrants in During a debate in the House of Melbourne on October 16, the police Commons before the vote, Prime statement said. Minister Boris Johnson said that the The charge, of preparing an act of second lockdown was "not something foreign interference, followed an any of us wanted to do" but "I am not investigation into the man’s prepared to take the risk with the lives relationship with a foreign of British people", the BBC rpeorted. intelligence agency by the Australian "While it pains me to call for such Security Intelligence Organisation restrictions on lives, liberty and (ASIO) and the federal police, it said. business I have no doubt that these AFP Deputy Commissioner Ian restrictions represent the best and safest McCartney said in a statement: path for our country," he told MPs. “Foreign interference is contrary to Johnson insisted the lockdown will Australia’s national interest. It goes to expire automatically on December 2 and the heart of our democracy.”He added: he hopes "very much" to "get this “It is corrupting and deceptive, and LONDON (TIP): Amid an ongoing on the next steps needed to tackle the country going again" in the run up to goes beyond routine diplomatic second Covid-19 wave, a new four-week virus before the lockdown comes to an Christmas. influence practiced by governments.” lockdown in England came into force on end. On Thursday, Chancellor Rishi Sunak When the foreign interference Thursday, under which people will have Under the new rules, households are will address the House of Commons legislation was introduced to the to stay at home, while non-essential banned from mixing indoors or in during which he will outline what Parliament, then Prime Minister shops, pubs and gyms will remain private gardens, unless in a support economic support will be available to Malcolm Turnbull referred to the closed. bubble. businesses and jobs during the media reports about covert The lockdown came into effect after All non-essential retailers, leisure and lockdown. interference by the Chinese MPs on Wednesday voted in its favour by entertainment venues will be shut, with On Wednesday, the UK reported 492 Communist Party and said he was 516 to 39, a majority of 477, the BBC pubs and restaurants will be closed news coronavirus deaths, the highest galvanised to take action by a reported. except for takeaways. daily figure since May 19, and 25,177 classified ASIO report. It will replace the three tiers of In a warning, Martin Hewitt, confirmed cases. Beijing took offence at the regional restrictions that were chairman of the National Police Chiefs With the new tallies, the UK's overall Australian political debate over the previously in place across England. Council, said that those responsible for caseload and death toll stood at 1,102,305 interference laws. Reuters On December 2, MPs will again vote the most "egregious" breaches of the and 47,832, respectively. IANS THE INDIAN PANORAMA WOMEN FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2020 24 CONNOISSEUR’S INSTANT FACE MASKS CHOICE FOR GLOWING SKIN ry these easy home remedies By Tript Arora that will instantly give you Tglowing skin of your dreams! At-home sheet mask ALOO TIKKI A new lockdown find is sheet loo tikki is an Indian street food. Made from masks that come packed as a capsule boiled potatoes and shaped like patties. They are and as soon as you dip it in a liquid crispy from outside and soft from inside. These it turns into a mask. This is perfect A crispy potato patties are served with tamarind and for days when you do not have too green chutney. They are made with different types of much time for an elaborate skincare stuffing. Today I am making them with the easiest routine. All you need to do is dip one stuffing. So you can very well serve them as evening of those in cold milk and a pinch of snacks today. turmeric. Leave the mask on for 15 minutes and rinse with cold water. We need This will ensure you have brighter and glowing skin. Just make sure 500 gm boiled potatoes, 2 Tbsp All purpose flour, 2 you use organic turmeric that does Tbsp Cornstarch, Oil for shallow frying. not leave a stain on your face! For Stuffing: Ice-cube galore 100 gm boiled Green Peas, 1 Tbsp Boiled grated Ice cubes are one of the best Potatoes, 1 Tsp Chaat Masala, 1 Tsp Red Chilli Powder, things to increase blood circulation hours, use this iced green tea on here for you. All you need is one 1 Tsp Coriander Powder, 1 Tsp roasted Cumin Powder, 1 to your face and bring the lost glow your face and watch the magic teaspoon of besan aka gram flour Tsp Salt. back. One of the best things to do happen! It is an instant hack to get and yoghurt. Mix it together and For Serving here is to steep a cup of green tea glowing skin. add a pinch of turmeric and saffron and let it cool. Once the green tea is to the mix. Now, apply the mixture 1 Cup Curd, ½ Cup Green Chutney, ½ Cup Tamarind ready, mix it with a few drops of Besan packs to your face and leave it on for about Chutney, 2 Tbsp roasted Cumin powder, 2 Tbsp Red your favourite essential oil and fill If you're looking to go all out with 20 minutes. Rinse with cold water Chilli Powder, 2 Tbsp Chat Masala, 1 Large Onion it up in an ice tray. After a few traditional home remedies, we're and see the magic happen! Sliced, 1 Large Tomato Sliced, Black Salt as required Here We Go „ Wash and Clean Potatoes. Put them in a pressure cooker. Add enough water to cover the potatoes. Pressure cook them upto 3 whistles. Don't release the steam. Let it cool by itself. Keep them in the Tips to keep kitchen squeaky clean refrigerator for ½ an hour. „ After half an hour of refrigeration , grate the ount on these easy potatoes. Then mix cornflour and all purpose flour suggestions to ensure your to them. Mash and Mix them thoroughly till there Ckitchen stays neat, clean and are no lumps. Keep aside 2 tbsp of this mixture. beautiful „ Grease your hands and Make balls from this Cleaning mixture and flatten them between your palms. It is important to keep the Shape all the patties and keep aside. kitchen’s cleanliness and hygiene in „ In a bowl take all the ingredients listed under for check. Spray the area with all- stuffing. Mash them thoroughly . Add the potatoes purpose cleaners and wipe it dry. mixture which we have kept aside to this. Regularly cleaning the countertop „ Take one patty in your palm. Make depression in and the sink helps to ease down the it. Fill the peas mixture in the depression which tedious task of maintaining the you have created . Seal the ends and shape them kitchen. like patties again. Waste management „ Heat a pan or girdle ( tawa) on medium heat. Put Working around edible stuff can 3 Tbsp of oil on it. Shallow fry tikkies on it till they create a lot of waste (both wet and are nice and crisp on both sides. dry). It is important you have your „ Serve them hot with curd, tamarind chutney, waste management in check. The green chutney and sliced tomato and onions garbage can harbour alarming bacteria and offensive smells. Separate bins for dry and wet waste for days. Using kitchen napkins or Spill-in check not only helps in disposing of the rags cuts down on trash and makes Another easy way to maintain your same easily but also maintain you take the eco-friendly route kitchen is to never let the spills sit. kitchen hygiene. because you can just use one rag They get sticky and stinky in no time. and rinse it out when required Make sure to wipe a spill as soon as it Empty sinks instead of tearing off paper towels happens to avoid dealing with a Make sure to keep your sinks and throwing them away after one larger mess later. Depending on the empty and clean. That way it wipe. food ingredient, if left unchecked for creates more room for rinsing off a long time, the spills can result in the vegetable while cooking and Floor and wall tiles unremovable stains thus ruining the reduces the concern of bad odour Kitchen floors get messy in no beauty of your kitchen. from used utensils. time with food crumbs, other edible particles, dust, etc. To keep germs Clean cabinets Right cleaning tools and insects away from your kitchen, Always ensure you clean your There’s nothing more nerve- it is important to sweep or vacuum cabinets regularly. Clean them by wracking than going about cleaning your floor daily. Along with the wiping down a few times. After without the right cleaning tools. floor, ensure the tiles above the cleaning, wipe the cabinets with a Make sure you wash the napkins counter are cleaned at regular dry cloth or towel to absorb any regularly and store them at a place intervals. If the tiles contain dirt on extra moisture. It is recommended that is easily accessible. Also, do not them for long durations, they can to clean the cabinets inside out a You Can reach me at: www.triptasfoodtunnel.com forget to dispose of an overused come in contact with your food, and few times every month to avoid any Email : [email protected]. napkin as the odour from it can last thus affect your health. dust particles or stains. Instagram: @triptasfoodtunnel THE INDIAN PANORAMA HEALTH FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2020 25 ABNORMAL BP WHILE SLEEPING CAN INCREASE STROKE RISK: STUDY

eople who experience high blood pressure while sleeping Pare more likely to experience future cardiovascular disease especially heart failure, even when their daytime blood pressure is within normal ranges, warn researchers. "Nighttime blood pressure is increasingly being recognised as a predictor of cardiovascular risk," Vitamin B3 can protect said study lead author Kazuomi Kario from Jichi Medical University in Japan. skin cells from The study,published in the journal Circulation, provides in-depth information about the UV-induced skin cancer cardiovascular risk associated with high nighttime blood pressure. three-quarters of them were taking reported the time they fell asleep form of vitamin B3 can protect skin cells from For the findings, the research team blood pressure medications, and and woke up. All other readings the effects of ultraviolet (UV) exposure which is rolled 6,359 patients from across none had symptomatic were defined as daytime. Athe main risk factor for non-melanoma skin Japan between 2009 and 2017 and cardiovascular disease when the Follow-up occurred annually via cancers, reveals new research. measured daytime and nighttime study began. phone or clinic visit, with total Researchers in Italy isolated cells (human primary levels using an at-home, wearable, The study participants were follow up ranging from two to keratinocytes) from the skin of patients with non- ambulatory monitor. instructed to rest or sleep during seven years. Researchers analysed melanoma skin cancers. Blood pressure was measured nighttime hours and maintain their the rates of cardiovascular disease These cells were treated with three different during daily activities and sleep for usual daytime activities. events, including heart attacks, concentrations of nicotinamide (NAM)—a form of at least 24 hours at a time, and device Their daily activities and sleep strokes, heart failure and death, vitamin B3—for 18, 24, and 48 hours and then exposed data were periodically downloaded at and wake times were self-reported among the participants. to UVB. a health care clinic. in a diary. Almost every Study participants experienced Results showed that pre-treatment with 25 micron Almost half of the study participant recorded 20 daytime a total of 306 cardiovascular (µM) of NAM 24 hours before UV irradiation participants were male, and more and seven nighttime automated events, including 119 strokes, 99 protected the skin cells from the effects of UV-induced than half were over the age of 65 blood pressure measurements. diagnoses of coronary artery oxidative stress, including DNA damage. years. The patients all had at least To determine nighttime disease and 88 diagnoses of heart NAM enhanced DNA repair, demonstrated by one cardiovascular risk factor, and measurements, patients self- failure. decreased expression of the DNA repair enzyme OGG1. Furthermore, it decreased antioxidant expression and blocked local inflammation by showing decreased nitric oxide (NO) release and reactive oxygen species Mutation in novel coronavirus may (ROS) production, and reduced iNOS protein expression. "Our study indicates that increasing the consumption of vitamin B3, which is readily available have made it more contagious: Study in the daily diet, will protect the skin from some of the effects of UV exposure, potentially reducing the incidence of non-melanoma skin cancers," said Lara he novel coronavirus is Camillo, a research student from the dermatological accumulating genetic unit of AOU Maggiore della Carita, Novara, Italy. Tmutations, one of which may However, the protective effect of vitamin B3 is short- have made it more contagious, acting, so it should be consumed no later than 24 to 48 according to a study involving hours before sun exposure, she said during the 29th more than 5,000 Covid-19 patients European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology in the US. virtual conference. The research, published in the Non-melanoma skin cancers are the most common journal mBIO, however, did not malignancies and are increasing worldwide. find that these mutations have The main risk factor is UV radiation exposure, made the virus deadlier or which damages the DNA, increases ROS production, changed clinical outcomes. activates local inflammation, and depletes cellular The researchers noted that the energy, leading to genomic instability and cell death. mutation, called D614G, is located in the spike protein that pries open our cells for viral entry. PAGE SPONSORED BY “The virus is mutating due to a combination of neutral drift -- DR. SATISH AND GITANJLI ANAND which just means random genetic changes that don’t help or hurt the When the second wave of the that transmit more easily, the DR. SATISH ANAND virus -- and pressure from our outbreak hit Houston during the researchers said. Former Chairman, Board of immune systems,” said Ilya summer, this variant had leaped to However, some scientists have Trustees, AAPI National Finkelstein, associate professor at 99.9 per cent prevalence, they said. suggested another explanation, E-Mail: The University of Texas at Austin, This mirrors a trend observed called “founder’s effects.” In that [email protected] US. around the world, according to the scenario, the D614G mutation The researchers noted that researchers. might have been more common in during the initial wave of the The reason why strains the first viruses to arrive in GITANJLI ANAND pandemic, 71 per cent of the novel containing this mutation Europe and North America, Former President, India coronaviruses identified in outcompete those that didn’t have essentially giving them a head Association of Long Island patients in Houston had this it may be that natural selection start on other strains, according to (IALI) mutation. would favour strains of the virus the researchers. E-mail: [email protected] THE INDIAN PANORAMA SCIENCE & TECH FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2020 26 Google to allow Meet users Mysterious radio signal spotted replace in Milky Way for first time background with ast radio bursts (FRBs) are some of the most energetic — image and most brief — blasts of light in the universe. These Fmysterious radio wave pulses flash through space a oogle has started rolling out a thousand times a day, occasionally brushing past Earth and its new feature that will allow users vigilant telescopes. FRBs appear and disappear in milliseconds, Gof its Meet video conferencing yet pack more energy than the sun unleashes in three days. platform to replace their background Some FRBs repeat over days or months. Most travel hundreds with an image of their choice. of millions of light-years to reach Earth. And none have ever They can either use Google's hand- led back to a definitive source in the cosmos — until now. picked images, which include office In a series of three papers published on Nov. 4 in the journal spaces, landscapes, and abstract Nature, researchers from the United States and Canada report backgrounds, or upload their own the detection of an FRB that originates not in some far-flung image. galaxy, but 30,000 light-years away in the northern sky of the "Selecting your own picture is not Milky Way. Not only is this the first FRB ever detected within available to participants of meetings our own galaxy, but also the first to originate from a known organised by Education customers," object in the universe — in this case, a highly-magnetized Google said. stellar corpse known as a magnetar. Google said that the feature will This burnt-out star — named SGR 1935+2154 — provides the initially work on ChromeOS and on the first concrete evidence of the origins of FRBs after more than graveyard left behind by a blown-apart star) in the constellation Chrome browser on Windows and Mac a decade of mystery,Daniele Michilli, a co-author of one of the Vulpecula, SGR 1935+2154 first caught scientists' attention in desktop devices. new studies, told Live Science. 2014 when it began flinging powerful X-ray and gamma-ray Support on Meet mobile apps will be "This is the most powerful radio burst ever detected in our pulses in Earth's direction. As the outbursts continued, "coming soon", the company said. galaxy,which is exciting on its own," Michilli, an astrophysicist astronomers identified the object as a magnetar. with the FRB-hunting Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Magnetars are a type of neutron star — the collapsed core of Google starts Experiment (CHIME), said in an email. "But now we finally a once-mighty star that packs about twice the mass of Earth's have evidence of at least one object that can produce FRBs. sun into a ball no wider than a city. When those balls are Magnetars were already one of the main candidates, so it is a surrounded by a particularly strong magnetic field — trillions rolling out nice confirmation of our theories." of times stronger than Earth's — scientists call them Categories in Nestled in the bosom of a supernova remnant (the gassy magnetars. Google Messages oogle Messages is one of the Researchers invent flexible and highly Scientists develop electronic fundamental apps that is Gavailable on almost all Android smartphones. Over the years, Google reliable sensor patch to monitor, treat heart has improved this service by adding support for a host of features including disease RCS and reaction emojis among others. Now, Google has started rolling out esearchers have developed a patch made from support for another major feature in rubbery electronics that can be placed directly on the service -- Categories. Rthe heart to collect information on its activity, Android Police reports that Google temperature, and other indicators—an innovation that has started rolling out support for may help look out for cardiac arrest in vulnerable Categories feature in Google Messages individuals. for SMS messages. Several Google According to the scientists, including those from the Messages users have started sharing University of Houston (UH) in the US, while screenshots of how the company is pacemakers and other implantable devices are used to making their message experience monitor and treat irregular heartbeats, these are better by sorting them into various mostly made with rigid materials that can’t move to categories. accommodate a beating heart. They said the novel patch, described in the journal Samsung to uided by the theory of performance. They developed a Nature Electronics, marks the first time bioelectronics contact mechanics, a team process to crack metal thin films have been developed based on fully rubbery electronic Gof researchers from the into desirable ring-shaped patterns materials that are compatible with heart tissue, replace its Daily National University of Singapore on a flexible material called allowing the device to solve the limitations of previous (NUS) came up with a new sensor polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS). implants. feed material that has significantly less The team integrated this “For people who have heart arrhythmia or a heart amsung, last year, replaced Bixby hysteresis. This ability enables metal/PDMS film with electrodes attack, you need to quickly identify the problem. This Home with a new content more accurate wearable health and substrates for a piezoresistive device can do that,” said Cunjiang Yu, a co-author of Sdiscovery platform called technology and robotic sensing. sensor and characterised its the study from UH. Samsung Daily. Now, almost a year The research team, led by performance. They conducted In addition to the ability to simultaneously collect after making the change, the South Assistant Professor Benjamin Tee repeated mechanical testing, and information from multiple locations on the heart, the Korean electronic giant is tweaking from the Institute for Health verified that their design scientists said the patch can harvest energy from this platform further. Innovation & Technology at NUS, innovation improved sensor heartbeats, allowing it to perform without an external As per a report by Sam Mobile, published their results in the performance. Their invention, power source. Samsung is planning to replace journal Proceedings of the named Tactile Resistive Annularly Samsung Daily by a new service called National Academy of Sciences on Cracked E-Skin, or TRACE, is five Samsung Free. The company has 28 September 2020. times better than conventional soft started sending notices to its Galaxy When soft materials are used as materials. smartphone users informing them compressive sensors, they usually "With our unique design, we about the change. face severe hysteresis issues. The were able to achieve significantly In the message to its users, Samsung soft sensor's material properties improved accuracy and reliability. said that the change is a part of the can change in between repeated The TRACE sensor could company’s strategy to deliver quality touches, which affects the potentially could be used in content to its users. In addition to that, reliability of the data. This makes robotics to perceive surface texture the company also highlights some of it challenging to get accurate or in wearable health technology the changes that it will be making to readouts every time, limiting the devices, for example to measure Samsung Daily for paving the way for sensors' possible applications. blood flow in superficial arteries Samsung Free. This includes the The NUS team's breakthrough is for health monitoring applications" ability to navigate using a multi-tab the invention of a material which said Asst Prof Tee, who is also from structure and availability of content has high sensitivity, but with an the NUS Department of Materials including news in a new format. almost hysteresis-free Science and Engineering. THE INDIAN PANORAMA BIZ & FINANCE FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2020 27 US manufacturing near 2-yr high; road ahead difficult

.S. manufacturing activity accelerated more than expected in October, with new orders jumping to their Uhighest level in nearly 17 years amid a shift in spending toward goods like motor vehicles and food as the COVID-19 pandemic drags on. The survey on Monday (Nov 2) from the Institute for Supply ED files Management (ISM) was the last piece of major economic data before Tuesday's bitterly contested presidential election. But the outlook for manufacturing is challenging. chargesheet While the coronavirus crisis has boosted demand for goods complementing the pandemic life, a resurgence in new cases against ex-ICICI across the country could lead to authorities re-imposing restrictions to slow the spread of the respiratory illness as Bank chief winter approaches, which could crimp activity. Government money for businesses and workers hit by the pandemic, which Chanda Kochhar boosted economic growth in the third quarter, has dried up. "Manufacturing rebounded strongly with fewer restrictions were "becoming more proficient at expanding output." he Enforcement Directorate on economic activity and stimulus efforts, but the path forward Though sentiment among manufacturers remained upbeat, (ED) has filed a chargesheet in a will be more difficult as the economy continues to cope with the there were two positive comments for every cautious comment, TMumbai court against former pandemic," said Gus Faucher, chief economist at PNC a slight decrease compared to September. ICICI Bank chief Chanda Kochhar, Financial in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The outcome of Tuesday's vote is expected to lead to a brief her husband Deepak Kochhar and The ISM said its index of national factory activity increased period of uncertainty. President Donald Trump is trailing Videocon Group MD Venugopal Dhoot to a reading of 59.3 last month. That was the highest since former Vice President and Democratic Party candidate, Joe in a fraud case. November 2018 and followed a reading of 55.4 in September. Biden, in national opinion polls. The court is yet to take cognizance A reading above 50 indicates expansion in manufacturing, Stocks on Wall Street were trading higher following their of the chargesheet. According to which accounts for 11.3% of the U.S. economy. Economists steepest weekly loss. The dollar was steady against a basket of people quoted by news agency PTI, polled by Reuters had forecast the index rising to 55.8 in currencies. U.S. Treasury prices rose. the chargesheet or the prosecution October. Fifteen industries, including apparel, food, furniture and complaint was filed on Tuesday under The jump in activity, however, likely overstates the health of transportation equipment reported growth last month. Textile the Prevention of Money Laundering the manufacturing sector. A report from the Federal Reserve mills and printing reported a contraction. Act (PMLA). last month showed output at factories dropping 0.3% in Manufacturing's continued recovery will likely keep the The ED had launched a probe into September and remaining 6.4% below its pre-pandemic level. economy floating, with growth expected to slow sharply in the money laundering after the Central Manufacturers and suppliers said last month they "continue fourth quarter after a historic 33.1% annualized rate of Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to operate in reconfigured factories" and with every month expansion in the July-September period. registered a case of corruption against the Kochhars. The CBI had initiated an inquiry in 2017 against the couple after allegations surfaced that ICICI had sanctioned a credit Jack Ma’s wealth drops India’s services activity facility of about Rs 3,250 crore to various entities in contravention to the rules and policies. $3 billion after Ant Group grows in October for first time SBI records IPO freeze in 8 months 52%jump in ctivity in India’s dominant services industry, expanded ack Ma was poised to for the first time in eight months in October as demand profit in second become Asia’s richest Asurged, but pandemic-hit firms continued to cut jobs, a Jperson with Ant Group Co.’s private survey showed. quarter initial public offering. Instead, The findings, coupled with a similar survey on Monday tate Bank of India (SBI), the his net worth tumbled almost $3 which found Indian manufacturing growth expanded at its country’s largest lender by assets, billion and both retail and fastest pace in over a decade, suggest a recovery in Asia’s third- Ssaid on Wednesday profit jumped institutional investors who were largest economy is under way. 52% in the second quarter as bad loan betting on a big first-day pop are The Nikkei/IHS Markit Services Purchasing Managers’ provisions fell, with retail credit in limbo. Index climbed to 54.1 in October from September’s 49.8. It was growth returning to pre-pandemic Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.’s the highest reading since February and comfortably above the levels as economic activity picks up. U.S.-traded shares slid 8.1% in 50-mark separating growth from contraction. SBI’s results underscore a recovery New York,the most since “It’s encouraging to see the Indian service sector joining its in consumer demand during India’s January, 2015, after Ant said its manufacturing counterpart and posting a recovery in festive season as the bank’s retail loans listings in both Shanghai and economic conditions from the steep deteriorations caused by grew more than 14.5%, although Hong Kong have been suspended. The Hong Kong stock fell as the COVID-19 pandemic earlier in the year,” Pollyanna De regulatory measures aimed at helping much as 9.3% in early local trading. Lima, economics associate director at IHS Markit, said in a borrowers - including a one-time loan Ma, a 56-year-old former English teacher who co-founded release. restructuring - are likely to slow the Alibaba with $60,000 and turned it into China’s largest e- “Service providers signalled solid expansions in new work banking sector’s recovery. commerce company, would have leaped up the wealth and business activity during October. They were also more Several public sector banks as well rankings with Ant’s planned $34.5 billion share sale. At the upbeat about the outlook, though hopes of output growth in the as their private rivals in the country IPO price, his stake was worth $27.4 billion. year ahead were pinned on a COVID-19 vaccine.” have seen profits increase as bad loan The stock sale was the most anticipated in years, attracting A sub-index tracking overall demand showed it expanded for provisions dropped or interest income at least $3 trillion in orders for its dual listing. The stampede the first time since February but new export business rose. Sanctions and disbursements for for shares had fueled predictions of a big first-day jump and remained firmly in contraction territory as restrictions SBI during the second quarter were sparked a frenzy among individual investors in China imposed across the world due to the COVID-19 pandemic significantly higher than last year clamoring for a piece. The IPO would also have boosted the hammered foreign demand. across most retail products, the bank fortunes of a group of early investors and employees, with That led firms to cut jobs for the eight straight month, the said in a statement. Home loans, which more than a dozen other people slated to become billionaires. longest streak on record. constitute 23% of domestic advances, Ma owns 4.2% of Alibaba, which holds about a third of the “Survey participants indicated that workers on leave had not grew 10.34%. fintech company that was expected to begin trading on returned and that a widespread fear of COVID-19 “SBI’s operating performance has Thursday, (Nov 5). The Shanghai stock exchange suspended contamination continued to restrict staff supply,” De Lima come above expectations, driven by Ant’s listing after Ma was called in for “supervisory added. lower cost of deposits,” said Rajiv interviews” by related agencies, it said in a statement on The composite PMI, which includes both manufacturing and Mehta, executive vice-president at Tuesday (Nov 3). Soon after, Ant said the Hong Kong offering services, rose to 58.0 last month, its highest since January 2012, brokerage Yes Securities. was frozen. from September’s 54.6. THE INDIAN PANORAMA ASTROLOGY FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2020 28

Shree Ganeshaya Namah

By Vedic Astrologer Nastur Bejan Daruwalla is available for astrological consultations. He can be reached at [email protected] and on phone +91 8141234275 for astrological queries VEDIC ASTROLOGER NASTUR BEJAN DARUWALLA www.bejandaruwalla.com Chirag Bejan Daruwalla with his father late Bejan Daruwalla

The Indian Panorama brings you Weekly and Birthday Horoscope from the World's most trusted Vedic Astrologer Nastur Bejan Daruwalla. Weekly Horoscope November 9 - November 15, 2020 ARIES: Ganesha says let me start with a quote LEO: You are moving powerfully ahead, and SAGITTARIUS: You are turbo-charged and that is relevant in this context. 'We cannot solve secretly too. You have a point to prove and nothing powering away. There is fire in your belly. There all our problems with the same thinking we used will stop you. You take short cuts and may be could be international travel. You make money when we created them,' said Albert Einstein. You tempted to use unethical methods to get to your but also spend it with consummate ease. There have created several problems for yourself by goals. You believe that the end justifies the means. are several affairs of the heart but you are simply thinking in circles. Now you are trying to get out There could be brushes with the law and unable to hold on to one, for a variety of reasons. of the spot with the same reasoning. It won't unwarranted altercations. Passions touch raw You know that you have the same number of work. You will have to reinvent yourself and look heights. There could be several dalliances of the hours per day that Leonardo da Vince, Thomas for out-of-the-box solutions. flesh and the heart. Jefferson, Albert Einstein and others who made a TAURUS: You realize that you have to get down VIRGO: This is a trying period. You come up success of their lives had. to the hard slog, and this period grounds you. You against several roadblocks and challenges. You CAPRICORN: 'Any fool can criticize, condemn, have the knowledge. Now you tweak it with some widen your social circle and meet up with people and complain but it takes character and self- imagination and get about solving your problems. you would not normally associate with in the control to be understanding and forgiving,' said There is money to be made, and work calls. There everyday run of life. There are maudlin moments Dale Carnegie. You are in an emotional phase. You is a lot pending, and deadlines loom large. There too, and you take a back seat and watch the world take to the arts, take time off and visit art are altercations, temper tantrums and mood go by. Your go searching for a guru, look for galleries, amusement parks, or go for a long walk swings. But you get through all the mundane salvation in mantra, tantra and yantra and spend through the woods. You want to get away from it challenges of life and strike it rich. Ganesha holds time in old-age homes or looking after street all and come back refreshed and rejuvenated. The your hand. children or even stray animals. rat race is getting to you. GEMINI: There is fire in your belly with the LIBRA: You are steadfast, and zooming ahead. AQUARIUS: Your mind is everywhere. It force pushing you. You are a different person now. You like the fragrance of greenbacks and doesn't lodge itself in one house; it occupies them You see a goal and you go all out to get there. You succumb to its lure. There are money and honey, all. You could be networking furiously.You ensure realize this and there is no stopping you. You awards and accolades. Freelancers widen their that there are food and fire for the mind, but, I am bushwhack the opposition and steam ahead like base. There is success and you are pleased. You afraid, in the mood you are in, the body may be an Indian locomotive from the Perambur coach prepare a nest egg for the family.There is also new neglected. Money slips through your fingers, factory. There are ego drives, passions, and hard love. Those in committed relationships bond along with old friendships. New vistas open up work. You impress with your drive, determination ethereally. Singles play the field. Ganesha and you are reinvented. and daredevilry. Ganesha is thrilled. watches. PISCES: Your mind is still the knave. It is the CANCER: You started in a torpor, undid all the SCORPIO: You are on steady ground and joker in the pack of cards. It is a drunken monkey rust around you, and then screeched ahead of the power away. You are like a batsman in the slog short-circuiting your best intentions. Often, the opposition. You had a late start, but then caught overs of the IPL simply feasting on the bowling, influences of period can spill over to the next. up with the opposition and left them behind by a even if it is the best attach in the world. On the Your mind wanders like a puppy that has lost its distance. You scorch the tarmac and end up work front, you go through all details and job leash. Faced with unfamiliar terrain, you get into trumps. You follow the advice of Steve Jobs in an descriptions with a magnifying glass. Family life a shell like a crab and retreat into your inner address to Stanford University: 'Don't be trapped is steady and children bring joy. You have found world. Money continues to slip through your by dogma - which is living with the results of firm ground and do your best to hold on to it. hands as your inner turbulence drives you nuts. other people's thinking. Ganesha is happy. Ganesha holds your hand.

Birthday Horoscope November 9 - November 15, 2020 NOV 13: Fact-finding missions are apt to be successful. Without fail, call upon whatever NOV 9: Ganesha says mental powers are NOV 11: Travel, writing, publishing, expertise you need during this frame of acute. Actions are decisive. People enjoy academic goals are all favored by lunar availability. bringing intellectual and physical skills into patterns. Your interest in people, places, and NOV 14: Interesting and resourceful friends play. If these energies aren't sufficiently things at a distance proves rewarding. But keep are ready to help and to share in good times. channeled, they veer into criticism and your eye on the details. You'll likely receive more than one invitation to bickering. NOV 12: Conflicting considerations and mix and mingle. NOV 10: A spirit of generosity fuels an easy, clashing egos could make it hard to do anything NOV 15: Time and energy are prone to being fun, maybe lucrative give-and-take. At any rate, in concert with a group. You'll probably find you wasted in lofty, idealistic, but basically it's possible for everyone to have a good time and get more done working on your own and misguided and wasteful pursuits. Stay realistic get what he or she needs or wants. depending on others less. and grounded. THE INDIAN PANORAMA SPIRITUALITY FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2020 29 hoi Ashtami is a day when Hindu women keep a fast for the welfare Aand long life of their children. Also known as Krishna Ashtami, the festival is celebrated on the eighth day of AHOI ASHTAMI Krishna Paksha of the Kartik month. This year, Ahoi Ashtami will be Also known as Krishna Ashtami, Ahoi Ashtami is celebrated on the eighth day of Krishna Paksha celebrated on November 8. of the Kartik month. On this day Hindu women keep a fast for the welfare and long life of their The festival, also known as Ahoi Aathe, is mainly celebrated by the children. This year, the festival will be observed on November 8 Baniya-Marwari community in North India. Ahoi Ashtami story As per the story behind the observance of fast and celebration of the festival, once there lived a king named Chanderbhan. All his children died in early age. One day, he went to a forest along with his wife and decided to die there near Badrika Ashram. The couple stopped eating food and the days went on. One day, a prophet told them that they had committed sins in their past life and those sins were responsible for the suffering in their present life. He advised them to keep fast on Ahoi Ashtami day in the Hindu month of Kartik and seek Goddess Ahoi’s blessings keeping a nirjala (without water) fast. Both the king and the queen observed the fast with full devotion. As a result, they were blessed with many healthy children in the following years and they happily lived long. Since then, the Ahoi fast became a ritual for Hindu women on the same tithi every year. Ahoi Ashtami vrat and rituals Women wake up early in the morning on Ahoi Ashtami day, and take a bath. They paint an image of Ahoi mata with a cub on a clean wall. Many people use readymade picture calendar of Ahoi Ashtami too. Then place a mud or silver pot filled with water and a moli (sacred red thread) tied around the neck of the pot on the left side of the Ahoi image. A glass of water is also kept to be offered to the sun after the puja. A bowl full of wheat grains, and other food stuff such as sugarcane, singhara, chana, sorghum and wheat flour halwa or meethe poore are offered. At dusk, the story of Ahoi Ashtami is recited in front of the Ahoi Mata image. At the time of reciting the story, a few an axe near a den, the axe fell on a cub offered to Ahoi Mata along with the end of the Puja. wheat grains are kept in one hand and accidentally killing it on the spot. She Vayna or cooked food which „ In certain communities, Ahoi Mata they are tied in the same stole, dupatta felt very bad and sorry. She gathered the includes Poori, Halwa and Pua. of silver known as Syau is made or saree pallu worn by the women at the soil quietly and brought it home with a Grains such as Jowar or raw food and worshipped. After the Puja, it time of prayers after the story is over. heavy heart. Within a year, all her seven (Seeda) are also offered to Maa Ahoi can be worn as a pendant with two The glass of water is offered to sun. sons died one by one. The woman went in the Puja. pearls of silver in a thread. Once stars rise in the sky, women break into depression. One day she narrated „ The eldest female member of the „ After completion of the Puja, their fast after offering the pot water and this story to a group of old women in her family, then narrates Ahoi Ashtami women offer Argha to the stars or the wheat grains tied in the saree pallu village. The village women told her that Vrat Katha to all the women of the the moon depending upon their to the stars. The women then drink she had atoned half of her sin by family. Each woman is required to family tradition from the holy water offered by their children, confessing it in front of them. They hold 7 grains of wheat in their hand Kalash. They break their Ahoi following which they eat satvik food suggested her to keep Ahoi fast on Ahoi while listening to the Katha. Mata Vrat only after the sighting of without onion and garlic. Ashtami day and pray to Goddess Ahoi. „ Ahoi Ashtami Aarti is performed at the stars or after moonrise. The woman did the same for a few years, Ahoi Ashtami significance and was said to have got all her seven PAGE SPONSORED BY Believers say childless couples should sons back. take a holy dip in ‘Radha Kund’ at ARISH K. SAHANI Mathura dhaam on this sacred day.They Ahoi Ashtami Puja Vidhi should observe a nirjala fast till stars Ahoi Ashtami puja preparations are Serving Since 1972 appear in the sky and follow all rituals supposed to be done before sunset. Please Call or Write for Your Insurance Needs religiously. Those who already have „ Firstly an image of Ahoi Mata is children keep this fast in the belief they drawn on the wall. The image of Arish K Sahani (Father) will be blessed with long and healthy Ahoi Mata should consist of eight life. corners or Ashtha Koshthak owing Shiv Sahani (Son) to its association with Ashtami Ahoi Ashtami katha tithi. A picture of Sei or cub is also Priya Sahani Sood (Daughter) The famous katha of Ahoi Mata is drawn. recited on this day. The story goes like „ A holy 'Kalash' filled with water is 7 1 8 - 2 7 1 - 1 9 0 6 this. Once upon a time, there was a placed at the left of Maa Ahoi's [email protected] woman who lived in a village with her picture on a wooden platform. A seven sons. Ahead of the festival of Swastik on the 'Kalash' is drawn “If Hindus don’t maintain Hinduism, who shall save it?” Diwali, the woman decided to renovate and a sacred thread (Moli) is tied her house. She went to a forest to bring around the Kalash. “If India’s own children don't cling to their faith, who shall guard it?” soil. When she was digging the soil with „ Thereafter, Rice and Milk are “Indians alone can save India, and India and Hinduism are one.” THE INDIAN PANORAMA CLASSIFIEDS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2020 30 THE INDIAN PANORAMA ADVERTISEMENT FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2020 31 THE INDIAN PANORAMA ADVERTISEMENT FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2020 32 THE INDIAN PANORAMA TRAVEL FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2020 33 ondicherry, officially known as Puducherry, and commonly Preferred to as just Pondy, is one of the seven Union Territories of India PONDICHERRY: THE FRENCH which is bounded by the southern state of Tamil Nadu. This former French colony is a perfect amalgamation of the traditional Indian sensibilities and French architecture, making it a dreamy RIVIERA OF THE EAST escape that offers the best of both worlds. The streets of the French Quarter of Pondicherry, also known as White Town, are dotted with charming mustard- yellow colonial structures with bougainvillaea laden walls. These are interspersed with cosy cafes and chic boutiques that offer delectable French cuisine and beverages. Simply strolling down these streets, can give the traveller an insight into the fairytale charm of Pondicherry. Topped with authentic French bakeries, bohemian stores and cobble- stoned paths that are delightful for a leisurely stroll or a bicycle ride, Pondicherry has a lot to offer. So head on down to this dream town of the Indian Coast and chug a few beers (at the Union Territory prices; bid adieu to state taxes) or just read a book in one of the quaint cafes. Come explore the boulevards and rues (the French word for streets) of Pondicherry that will ultimately take you down to the gorgeous seaside promenade, and witness the Bay of Bengal playfully splashing the shores of the famous Rock beach. Paradise Beach Paradise Beach, also known as Plage Paradiso, is situated in Chunnambar, close to Pondicherry town. Adorned with the golden sand, this famous and highly sought after beach is always swaying in a cold sea breeze. This is a little-isolated turtles. You also have an option of beach, and to reach here, you have to take enjoying the dive at an artificial reef and a ferry across the backwaters, which experience the thrill of the activity takes around 20-30 minutes. The sand of making Pondicherry an irresistible the paradise beach is extraordinarily diving destination. soft and grainy - and a walk along the entire beach is fantastic. Aurobindo Ashram Part of the fun in reaching the beach is Located in the White Town of the beautiful ferry from the boathouse - Pondicherry, Aurobindo Ashram has the backwaters on the way to the beach been named after its creator- Sri are green and have thick mangrove Aurobindo Ghosh. The foundation of forests. Especially after the monsoons, this ashram was laid on 24th November the backwaters are fresh and green. You in the year 1926 when he was surrounded can spot a lot of birds while on the ride - by his disciples all over after he retired and photography enthusiasts would from politics and settled in Pondicherry. relish the opportunity to get some great This ashram was set up with the aim of photos here. helping people attain moksha and inner peace. Thousands of tourists from all Auroville over the country visit the ashram to Located around 15 km from the city of experience and achieve spiritual Pondicherry, Auroville is located in knowledge. The ashram is by far one of Tamil Nadu and was founded in 1968 by the wealthiest ashrams in the world. Mirra Alfassa, a disciple of Aurobindo Also, the ashram does not have any and fondly known as the 'Mother' of Sri branches and solely exists in Aurobindo Society. This place is the Pondicherry. epitome of tranquillity and proves as the perfect escape for the ones in search of Arikamedu peace. The best way to experience Situated within a half hour drive of Auroville ashram is to actually just sit in the French colonial town of Pondicherry, one of the cafes, and talk to some of the Arikamedu is an ancient Roman trade residents here about their experience of centre hidden from the eyes and ears of living in the city. the commonplace Tamil tourism. Its name has been taken from the Tamil Scuba Diving word- 'Arikanmedu' which means Packed with enchanting marine life, 'eroding mount'. Very little is known Pondicherry offers an amazing about any Indo-Roman ties in the Before adventure of scuba diving off the Christ era, but with the discovery and country's East Coast. A dive into the sea excavation of Arikamedu, extensive will let you explore the rich life proofs were unearthed. This port town comprising of beautiful natural coral was occupied by the people of Rome, reefs and other exotic creatures such as Cholas, and French serving as a very manta rays, kingfish, sea snakes, famous maritime centre from 1st century lionfish, butterflies, crustaceans, moray BC to 2nd century AD. The glass bead eels and many more. Apart from that, if manufacturing factory of Arikamedu is it is your lucky day you might even spot called the mother of all bead centres in whale sharks, even sharks, dolphins and the entire world. THE INDIAN PANORAMA SPORTS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2020 34 Saudi Arabia to IPL 2020 host Formula One night race in 2021 Defending champions MI audi Arabia will host a Formula One race next year, a move aimed Sat attracting well-heeled globe- storm into final, beat Delhi trotting visitors and raising the kingdom’s profile internationally as a tourist destination. The kingdom said on Thursday, Nov Capitals by 57 runs 5, it will host the race in November 2021 in the Red Sea city of Jeddah, DUBAI (TIP): Defending champions using scenic roads along the coast. Mumbai Indians reached their sixth Gulf locales including Manama, Indian Premier League final after Bahrain, and Abu Dhabi, United Arab beating Delhi Capitals by 57 runs in the Emirates, already host F1 races, which first Qualifier on November 5. Batting see A-list Hollywood stars, royals, first, MI scored 200/5 riding on half- billionaires, ministers and social centuries from Suryakumar Yadav (51) media influencers gather for days of and Ishan Kishan (55). Hardik Pandya partying, discreet talks and deal- also scored 37. making. In reply, Delhi Capitals finished on Last year, 21 cities hosted races, but 143/8. with Jasprit Bumrah taking 4/14. that has been scaled back this year Earlier, Mumbai Indians captain Rohit because of the coronavirus pandemic. Sharma, already in the midst of a debate Some cities in 2020 have hosted over him continuing to play in the IPL multiple races. Concerns about large despite being dropped for the tour of crowds amid the pandemic have also Australia due to a hamstring injury, was caused most races to be held without dismissed off the first ball he faced. fans. Sharma’s sequence scores in the IPL is 0, 4, 9, 35, 5, 35, 6, 70, 8, 80 and 12, for a total Lewis Hamilton of 264 at an average of 24, scored at a strike rate of 126.31. It seemed that Sharma’s dodgy wins at Imola as hamstring may have played a part in his dismissal as, facing an off-break from R foundation that was enough for Pandya bowling, Shreyas Iyer’s captaincy left a Mercedes clinch Ashwin, he didn’t move his front foot to capitalise on as he struck five sixes in lot to be desired due to negative tactics in enough to cover the spin and was his 14-ball-37. his handling of his pacers. constructors’ title adjudged lbw. Before Pandya, Kishan played the ideal Starting with left-arm seamer Daniel ewis Hamilton took a record- But Sharma’s failure did not matter as anchor with a priceless 55 off 30 balls, Sams (0/44 in 4 overs) backfired badly, extending 93rd career win at the Yadav’s near-flawless half-century was adding 60 runs for the sixth wicket with while Kagiso Rabada (0/42 in 4 overs) and LEmilia Romagna Grand Prix on complemented by Pandya’s fireworks as Pandya in only 3.5 overs. Anrich Nortje (1/50 in 4 overs) also had a Sunday as his Mercedes team clinched Mumbai Indians put up 200/5 in 20 overs. While Ravichandran Ashwin (3/29 in 4 forgettable day in office. In all, Mumbai an unprecedented seventh successive Yadav smashed a 38-ball 51 to lay a overs) shone brightly with some clever Indians hit 15 fours and 12 sixes. Formula One constructors’ title in one-two formation. The six times world champion took the chequered flag at Imola 5.783 Nadal earns his 1,000th Foden recalled by England but seconds ahead of team mate Valtteri Bottas, who started on pole position. win in an empty and Greenwood yet to return Australian Daniel Ricciardo finished LONDON (TIP): third for Renault. silent stadium Manchester City midfielder Hamilton also banked a bonus point Phil Foden has been recalled for fastest lap, extending his lead over PARIS (TIP): Becoming only the fourth man to for England’s tripleheader of Bottas to 85 points with four races reach 1,000 match wins should have drawn deafening matches this month but remaining. The Briton could clinch cheers and a standing ovation for tennis great Rafael Manchester United forward the drivers’ title in Turkey in two Nadal. Instead, he reached his milestone amid a Mason Greenwood remains weeks’ time. cathedral-like silence Wednesday in a 20,000-seater out of the squad.The duo made stadium left completely empty because of the their debuts in September’s coronavirus pandemic. Nations League game against There was only a fist-bump from Feliciano Lopez, Iceland before being sent after Nadal beat him 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4 in a subdued home from Reykjavik for atmosphere more worthy of a library study area than a breaching UEFA’s biosecure sports arena. “The real feeling, the personal feeling is coronavirus bubble rules by completely different,” Nadal said. “It makes a big meeting women at the team difference that the court is empty.” hotel. They were left out of the The 34-year-old Nadal joins towering company in squad for games in October as Jimmy Connors (1,274), Roger Federer (1,242) and Ivan punishment. Lendl (1,068) as the only men's 1,000-club members since Foden has since scored three the Open era began in 1968. times in six Premier League “I know it is a very special number, one thousand,” games and was recalled by Nadal said, adding: “Even if it’s not the same to Southgate as England faces celebrate something like this without a crowd.” Ireland in a friendly next Kohli, Rohit Thursday, before heading to Belgium and welcoming continue to Iceland to London as the Nations League group concludes. But there is no space for Greenwood despite Southampton striker dominate ICC Danny Ings being injured. “We are looking at the balance of the squad positionally firstly,” ODI rankings Southgate said on Thursday. “Phil has had a lot of football with his club ndia skipper Virat Kohli and Rohit most recently and Mason has had less game time with United. Sharma continued to dominate the “I have had a good chat with (United manager) Ole (Gunnar Solskjaer) IICC ODI rankings for batsmen by about his development and I feel it is better for him to stay at the club at occupying the top two positions, while the moment, to develop over the next few months. But they are both pacer Jasprit Bumrah remained static available, there was no carryover from September, that is done. Both are at the second spot in the bowler’s list available for selection and are going to be very good players.” behind New Zealand pacer Trent United goalkeeper Dean Henderson is the only player in Southgate’s 29- Boult. man squad who has yet to play for England. THE INDIAN PANORAMA ADVERTISEMENT FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2020 35 THE INDIAN PANORAMA ADVERTISEMENT FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2020 36