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VOLUME 10, ISSUE 220 | www.orissapost.com BHUBANESWAR | WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11 | 2020 12 PAGES | `4.00 IRREGULAR by MANJUL BIHAR THRILLER BJD retains Tirtol, NDA scrapes through snatches Balasore

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AGENCIES nor is leading in any seat despite Party doesn’t have a culture of Alliance/Party Wins Leads 5th IPL crown for polling 5.63 per cent of the 2.70 blaming the leadership. TOTAL ASSEMBLY SEATS - 243 We blame EVM instead. Patna, Nov 10: Bihar Assembly elec- crore votes counted so far. tions looked too close to call Tuesday NDA 93 31 JD(U) spokesperson KC Tyagi night with the ruling NDA main- told PTI in New Delhi that a "sin- SWARUP KUMAR DAS BIJAYA SHANKAR DAS Mumbai Indians BJP 54 19 Balasore Assembly seat Tirtol Assembly seat taining a slender edge over the ister" campaign was run against JD(U) 32 11 RJD-led Grand Alliance, winning Nitish Kumar as part of a "con- POST NEWS NETWORK Islamists behead 93 seats and leading in 31 others. Others 7 1 spiracy". "Apne bhi shamil the aur The RJD, the opposition alliance's MGB 86 25 begane bhi (Our own also harmed Bhubaneswar, Nov 10: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) spearhead, overtook the BJP at the RJD 60 16 us along with the outsiders)," he said, has yet again proved that it is invincible in 50 in Mozambique top of the table, clinching 60 seats without taking any names. Odisha. The ruling party won both Balasore INC 14 5 and its nominees winning 26 seats. He, however, expressed confidence Sadar and Tirtol Assembly seats with a huge mar- AGENCIES The BJP has won 54 seats and is lead- Left 12 4 that Kumar will become the Chief gin. The BJP remained second in both the seats ing in 19 others. NDA partner JD(U) OTHERS 7 1 Minister again, noting that top BJP lead- while the Congress came out third. Maputo, Nov 10: Militant Islamists has won 32 seats and is leading in 11 Simple majority - 122 ers including Prime Minister Narendra The BJD’s Swarup Kumar Das won the Balasore have decapitated more than 50 places, in a major slide for the party Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah seat with a margin of 13,351 votes against BJP’s people in Cabo Delgado province that had won 71 seats it won in 2015 ECI figures as of 11.30 pm have made it clear that he will head the Manas Kumar Dutta who got 70,746 votes. Manas in the north of Mozambique, po- Assembly polls in alliance with the government if the ruling NDA retains is the son of former BJP MLA late Madan Mohan lice say. The militants have been RJD. The VIP has won four seats Owaisi's AIMIM is emerging as a power. Bihar BJP president Sanjay Dutta whose demise led to the bypoll. Congress’s carrying out brutal attacks in the while the HAM has won in three surprise package, winning four Jaiswal voiced similar views in Patna Mamata Kundu lost deposit with only 4,983 votes. province since 2017. Islamist mil- seats and was leading in one. The NDA seats and leading in one. It had when he said in Patna "the issue has Similarly, the BJD won Tirtol seat with a mar- itants have attacked several villages has 93 seats, just seven more than the won a seat in a by-election in Bihar been cleared by Prime Minister gin of 41,703 votes. The party’s Bijaya Shankar in Cabo Delgado province in north- Grand Alliance. RJD's co-traveller, earlier. It has made significant in- Narendra Modi and party chief JP Das, son of former Titrol legislator Bishnu AGENCIES ward. MI had to deal with a ern Mozambique in the past few the Congress, has won 14 seats and roads in the Seemanchal region Nadda much before the elections". Charan Das, secured 88,310 votes against 46,607 few hiccups at the back end days, beheading more than 50 peo- its nominees are leading in five seats which has a large presence of As the contest looks like going votes polled by his nearest rival Rajkishore Dubai, Nov 10: Mumbai of the chase, but with Ishan ple, state media and police said while Left parties have pocketed 12 Muslim voters. Given his patho- down to the wire, Abdul Bari Siddiqui, Behera of the BJP. Congress’s Himansu Bhushan Indians (MI) continued their Kishan (33 n o) at the crease, Monday. seats and are leading in four others. logical aversion to the BJP, Owaisi a former Bihar RJD chief, and party Mallick got 28,778 votes and secured third posi- dominance in the IPL as the Mumbai outfit com- “They set the houses on fire If the current trend continues, the could be more than willing to lend supremo Lalu Prasad's Man Friday tion in the by-poll. they claimed their fifth title fortably crossed the line and then hunted down people who NDA could scrape through the a helping hand to the Grand Alliance Bhola Yadav lost from Keoti and With the loss of the Balasore seat, the total in the cash-rich T20 league with eight balls to spare. had fled into the woods and began halfway mark -122 required for a sim- if it falls short of a majority by a Hayaghat seats in Darbhanga re- strength of the BJP in the State Assembly came after overpowering Delhi Earlier, DC were reduced their macabre action,” a police ple majority, but there could be few seats. The LJP, down in the spectively. Senior Bihar minister down to 22 while the ruling party’s strength Capitals (DC) by five wick- to 22/3 in the fourth over officer told a press conference. many a slip between the cup and the dumps itself, appeared to have con- Vijendra Prasad Yadav of JD(U) won went up to 114 in the 147-seat Assembly. ets in the final, Tuesday. after winning the toss and Witnesses told local media that lip with the opposition alliance tributed its bit to the unimpres- from Supual, and Niraj Singh Babloo BJD President and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Chasing 157, MI were off opting to bat first. However, the militants had driven residents rapidly closing the gap. Not only has sive showing of the JD(U), dam- of the BJP, a cousin of actor Sushant thanked the people, especially women, of Balasore to a flying start – courtesy skipper Shreyas Iyer (65 n of one village onto a football pitch the RJD edged past the BJP in terms aging its prospects in at least 30 Singh Rajput, whose mysterious and Tirtol for blessing his party with votes during openers Quinton de Kock o) and Rishabh Pant (56) before murdering them there. The of numbers but also garnered more seats, according to the latest trends. death became an election issue, re- the pandemic. Stating that it is a victory of the (20) and skipper Rohit helped their team post 156/7. militants also reportedly abducted votes. While the saffron party has Chirag Paswan's party, which tained the Chhatapur seat. Tejashwi people, Naveen said his party is committed to the Sharma (68). The duo added Trent Boult (3/30) and women and children. Cabo Delgado polled 19.39 per cent votes, the RJD walked out of the NDA in Bihar Yadav has won from Raghopur de- development and wellbeing of them. The CM also 45 runs in four overs. After Nathan Coulter-Nile (2/29) province has been in the grips of clinched 23.43 per cent. just ahead of the poll, is set to fare feating Satish Kumar of the BJP but thanked the uncounted party workers for reaching De Kock’s dismissal, Rohit were brilliant with the ball

a rebellion for around three years. Hyderabad MP Asaduddin abysmally as it has neither won an official confirmation is awaited. out to people and winning their hearts. carried the momentum for- for Mumbai Indians.

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FORTUNE FORECAST Eight Indian kids MRUNAL among illustrators in ARIES refuses to get Okay, you feel like Midas, says Ganesha. Rowling’s new fairytale But remember, all that glitters is not gold. You must spend pigeonholed some time with your loved ones to make ‘The Ickabog’ is set in the kingdom of Cornucopia them happy. Also, you need to acknowl- edge those who contributed to your where everything was perfect - except for the misty Amitabh feels small success. If you have kids, it's time to be Marshlands to the north which, according to legend, their Santa Claus! MUMBAI: Actress Mrunal Thakur were home to the monstrous Ickabog. has said that no one should be able to de- before young talents TAURUS fine her abilities or have a set idea of her MUMBAI: Amitabh Bachchan is in capabilities. awe of new upcoming talent in Hindi Dark clouds may keep the “With the changing landscape of con- film industry, and says he feels help- sunshine from getting tent today, what really helps actors is less and small in front of them. through to your window today, says Ganesha. Negative thoughts their range. A filmmaker shouldn’t be “I am so fortunate to be living in this and apprehensions may cloud your judge- able to associate you with any particular era when the opportunity is (to) witness ment further. You will look to your family type. Fluidity and versatility are crucial the mightiest of talents invade the and friends to help you get past today. A for any artiste working in this day and age. screen -- well now of the TV and not the loved one may play the pivotal role in With the set ideas of heroes and heroines and theatres - and leaving one stunned by changing your fortunes and your mood in villains gone, we are all competing for an au- their brilliance,” Big B shared on his blog. the evening, predicts Ganesha. NEW DELHI: JK Rowling, the “The only good news during this dience’s attention equally,” said the Super “The writing, the filming the cam- creator of the phenomenal Harry lockdown”, “Thanks to the 30 actress. era work, the exploitation of the regions GEMINI Potter series has made history of almighty”, “an adorable moment”, She thinks it's important to explore var- in the Country never seen before ... and Your emotions will cloud sorts in the literary world by not “boom”, “motivated and encour- ious genres, stories and characters. then the most natural of perform- your reasoning today, only presenting a wondrous and aged” is how some of them reacted. “I consciously don't repeat myself and that ances explode before you and .. and .. portends Ganesha. You absolutely believable fairytale The other winners are from often leads to letting go off some great sto- and … you feel so small and inade- may find refuge in activities related to reli- gion. Money lenders and those in retail with her latest offering, The the UK (12), Australia (six), New ries. But it’s a careful process of choosing quate,” he added. business will find their cash registers ring- Ickabog, but also by firing the Zealand and Ireland (four each). that I don’t get stereotyped. I refuse to On the work front, Big B has ex- ing. Hard work, however, continues to be imagination of young readers The idea for The Ickabog - the get pigeonholed. Doing the same character perimented with different genres and an important tool for success. worldwide with 18,000 responses word derives from Ichabod, mean- or similar ones could easily end up in sat- stories, and explored new realms. He to a competition (for the seven-to- ing ‘no glory’ or ‘the glory has uration,” added the actress. will be seen in Nagraj Manjule’s Jhund, CANCER 12 age-group) to illustrate the book. departed’, and this will become Mrinal made her mark with roles the Emraan Hashmi co-starrer Chehre, You are honest and Eight Indian children are clear once you’ve read the story in Super 30 and Batla House while she and Ayan Mukerji’s action fantasy straightforward, and among the 34 from five countries - came to Rowling while she was has Jersey opposite Shahid Kapoor drama Brahmastra, co-starring Ranbir today will be no differ- who made the final cut for the still writing Harry Potter. She and Toofan co-starring Farhan Akhtar Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Mouni Roy and ent. It's just that you can book, released Tuesday. wrote most of a first draft in fits ready to hit the screens. IANS Telugu superstar Nagarjuna. IANS be too straight at times, leaving those Not only have these tweens around you embarrassed. Early in the and starts between Potter books, day, small things may bother you in a made their debut on the inter- intending to publish it after Harry big way. You may get involved in big national stage but are bound to Potter and the Deathly Hallows financial transactions. You will get due strive for greater heights and also the final novel of the series. appreciation for your efforts at work. Shraddha shares fan artwork for Nagin inspire their peers to emulate The Ickabog is set in the king- them whenever given the chance. dom of Cornucopia that was once LEO The Indian winners are Aron, the happiest in the world. It had MUMBAI: Shraddha Kapoor took to film franchise based on the popular tele- Resist that urge to pop a Indrashis, Aria (all aged seven), plenty of gold, a king with the Instagram and shared fan artwork cre- series Nagin, to be directed by Vishal pill and call in sick, Meghashree, Divyanshi (eight), finest moustaches you could pos- ated for her upcoming film Nagin. Furia and produced by Nikhil Dwivedi. because no matter how Radhya (nine), Divymaan (10) and sibly imagine, and butchers, bak- “Sharing a few of the many mind Essentially a love story, the makers plan much you wish, escap- Sai Prasad (11) and are naturally ers and cheesemongers whose ex- blowing artworks and edits that you to have spectacular Visual FX. The date of ing from reality is not the way to go, quite ecstatic. Their surnames quisite foods made a person dance the release is says Ganesha. Yes, there are chances that you shall remain in a pensive mood and cities of residence were not with delight when they ate them. yet to be today with a multitude of thoughts fight- revealed as this is not permissi- Everything was perfect - except for finalised. ing to occupy space inside your head. ble in respect of minors under the misty Marshlands to the north IANS Work shall be a constant feel-good area British laws, the publisher, which, according to legend, were as you share valuable moments with Hatchette Children’s Group, said. home to the monstrous Ickabog. your peers, and progress as expected. AGENCIES VIRGO Signs are that the day will be bright, reward- ing and thoughtful as well. Keep in mind that doomsday is still a long way off. Planetary motions indicate better things all have created with so to come with each new day. Keep the much effort and love for banners of hope flying, says Ganesha. #NAGIN??They’ve made my heart overflow with LIBRA gratitude. Thank you Optimism and a positive guys so much,” she mindset are second to wrote alongside the your nature today, says image, which cur- Ganesha. So carry it rently has 444K with you wherever you go. You may tend likes on the photo- to be slightly overcautious at work, but sharing website. that will only protect you. Today seems to be one of those days when you can't stop The actress has worrying about your career prospects. some of the illustrations by the children inside the book been signed for a three- SCORPIO You will radiate kindness and care today, says SUDOKU Ganesha. Quarantine PEANUTS post To solve the Sudoku puzzle, each row, yourself from worries at work. Open CROSSWORD column and box must contain the numbers your heart to loved ones today. Ganesha 0 to 9 and the letters A to E. expects your social skills to set the ball rolling at some social-do today.

SAGITTARIUS All prim and proper, today you dress up to grab eyeballs. You are surrounded by glitteratti when you attend a social function today. Your effective communication skills will be like icing on the cake and work won- ders. Bask in the limelight, says Ganesha. CAPRICORN The profundity of rela- tionships will intrigue you, luring you to delve CALVIN AND HOBBES deeper into them, says Ganesha. Your strong persuasive power will help clear many misunderstandings that may have cut a rift in your relation- ship with your sweetheart in the past. At work, you will garner the support of your colleagues and subordinates for mutual SOLUTIONS goals, but at the same time, be wary of your competitors who may try to outdo you, warns Ganesha. AQUARIUS When the going gets tough, the tough gets going! You will find your way through the storm, that too with a smile on your face. While you will be trying to manage your responsibilities on one hand, you will be BREVITY pleasing everyone around with your wit CROSSWORD and humour on the other. Your capabili- ty to handle and endure difficulties will say plenty about your character.

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Development Commissioner Suresh Chandra Mohapatra said, “Projects worth POST NEWS NETWORK sources will cross this RPO obli- POST NEWS NETWORK Tax collection The total revenue generated from non-tax sources up to around Rs 20,000 crore are being implemented gation of the state. from all sources October of FY 2019-20 was Rs 7533.26 crore which increased under Odisha Mineral Bearing Areas Bhubaneswar, Nov 10: With an Reviewing the progress in Bhubaneswar, Nov 10: Despite Covid-19 increased by to Rs 92,96.60 crore till October end of the current Development Corporation (OMBADC) and aim to meet the future energy power production from different adversities, the state was able to bring the fi- 2.27% till Oct as financial year District Mineral Fund (DMF). Those projects needs, the state government has sources, the Chief Secretary di- nances back on track as revenue collection compared to the be expeditiously completed and commissioned decided to enhance production rected the officials to ensure un- has increased by 2.27 per cent during April- corresponding Budget expenditure has crossed Rs 51,000 crore by the end of for providing services to the people.” from green energy sources. interrupted quality power sup- October period of current financial year COURSE period of the October this year with highest utilisation of around Rs 26,000 All administrative departments asked to Holding a high-level ply to rural and over the corresponding period of the last CORRECTION previous fiscal crore in social sector furnish their budget input by December end meeting in digital SUSTAINABILITY industrial sec- fiscal. for preparation of Annual Budget for FY mode, Chief Secretary tors. He directed Revenue generation from both own tax This was revealed at the all-secretaries crore till October end of the current finan- 2021-22. Covid observers were advised to re- Asit Tripathy Tuesday MATTERS the GRIDCO to and non-tax sources by end of October this meeting held under the chairmanship of cial year. Hence, the total collection from view Covid-compliant behaviour, winter pre- asked Odisha Hydro The Chief Secretary directed adopt more ef- year stands at Rs 25,571.42 crore as against Chief Secretary Asit Tripathy here, Tuesday. non-tax sources during the period registered paredness, treatment facilities in govern- Power Corporation officials to ensure quality fective commer- Rs 25,002.84 crore during April-October of The total revenue generated from non-tax a growth of 23.41 per cent. ment hospitals and implementation of (OHPC) to explore the power supply to rural and cial strategies for previous financial year – a growth of 2.27 per sources up to October of FY 2019-20 was Rs Similarly, the budget expenditure has livelihood sector programmes during their possibilities of en- industrial sectors sale of available cent. 7533.26 crore which increased to Rs 92,96.60 crossed Rs 51,000 crore by the end of October visit to respective districts during this month. hancing power gen- power. eration from existing Power production from Industry and dams without having hydro sources has increased Energy depart- issues like submer- from 695 megawatt (MW) in ments were asked KALIPUJA AHEAD gence, land acquisi- the financial year (FY) 2010- to motivate new PM to unveil I-T tion and displacement. 11 to 854 MW in FY 2019-20 industrial units The state has made to source energy significant strides in Power generation from from GRIDCO tribunal office today production of green renewable energy sources with assurance energy. Power pro- has increased from 664 MW of timely and duction from hydro in FY 2019-20 to 1,079 MW in quality power POST NEWS NETWORK sources has increased FY 2020-21 supply. The ITAT has been functioning from 695 megawatt GRIDCO New Delhi, Nov 10: Prime Minister from rented premises since 1970 (MW) in the financial GRIDCO was asked to adopt Managing Narendra Modi will inaugurate and has jurisdiction for appeals year (FY) 2010-11 to more effective commercial Director the newly constructed office-cum- arising from Odisha 854 MW in FY 2019-20. strategies for sale of Trilochan Panda residential complex of Income Tax In addition to this, available power said, “The total Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) at The Cuttack Bench will now be power generation from power generation Cuttack through videoconferenc- able to hear and dispose of even non-conventional re- reached 3,489 MW ing, Wednesday. the appeals pending with other newable energy (RE) sources has in- during last financial year, in- ITAT president Justice PP Bhat benches in the Kolkata Zone creased from 664 MW in FY 2019-20 cluding 2,468 MW from thermal, said that the Prime Minister will to 1,079 MW in FY 2020-21. Tripathy 854 MW from hydro and 167 MW inaugurate a state-of-the-art office- which are presently non-functional asked the officials to enhance the from non-conventional renew- cum-residential complex of ITAT such as Ranchi, Patna and power generation from RE sources able sources.” at Cuttack at 4:30pm Wednesday Guwahati,” Justice Bhat said. to 1,500 MW by FY 2021-22. The average annual demand of and the inaugural function will be The ITAT president also said It may be pertinent here to men- the state is said to be around 3,200 virtually attended by Chief Minister that an e-Coffee Table Book on tion that the Odisha Electricity MW. With expansion in rural elec- Naveen Patnaik, Union Law and ITAT along with an e-Book on Regulatory Commission (OERC) trification and industrialisation, Justice Minister Ravi Shankar ‘Reforms in Direct Taxes since has set renewable purchase obli- the energy demand is likely to go Prasad, Union Petroleum, Natural 2014’, will also be released on the gation (RPO) of the state at 11 up in coming years. Keeping this Gas and Steel Minister Dharmendra occasion. per cent for the year 2021-22. With in view, a target has been set by Pradhan and Chief Justice and According to the Law ministry, achievement of the targeted 1,500 the GRIDCO to generate 4,300 MW Judges of Orissa High Court, among the newly-built office-cum-resi- MW from RE sources, the total of power during the current others. dential complex of ITAT, Cuttack An artisan gives finishing touches to a clay idol of Goddess Kali at Ranihaat Puja mandap in Cuttack, Tuesday production from renewable fiscal. Justice Bhatt said that the ITAT, is spread over an area of 1.60 acres Cuttack has been functioning from of land allotted by the state gov- rented premises since 1970 and has ernment free of cost in the year 2015. jurisdiction for appeals arising The total built-up area of the office 3 aides of D-brothers held from Odisha. complex is 1938 sq mtrs over 3 floors ‘Mo Bus’ brings laurels to state “The inauguration of this com- including, inter alia, the spacious POST NEWS NETWORK syndicate of jailed Dhalasamanta plex will help Cuttack Bench of court room, ultra-modern record brothers. The duo was involved in POST NEWS NETWORK The national jury ITAT imparting justice to the needy. room, well-equipped chambers for Cuttack, Nov 10: The CDA Sector- tender fixing and extortion in the With the e-Court facility provided the Members of the Bench, library 2 police Tuesday claimed to have ar- Silver City. hubaneswar, Nov 10: For the sec- conferred the first prize in the new building with good con- room, well-equipped modern con- rested three aides of notorious Police claimed that Ranjita and ond time in a row, ‘Mo Bus’—an on CRUT for ‘innovations nectivity facility, the Cuttack Bench ference hall, with sufficient space Dhalasamanta brothers on charges Suchitra had sought extortion from ambitious city bus service man- undertaken in urban will be able to hear and dispose of for the litigants, bar room for of seeking extortion from sand a sand ghat leaseholder of CDA aged by the Capital Region Urban even the appeals pending with Lawyers and Chartered ghat leaseholders and private con- Sector-11 area recently. The duo Transport (CRUT)— bagged the transport during Covid’ other benches in the Kolkata Zone Accountants, the ministry said. tractors. along with Ranjit reached the sand first prize for ‘innovations under- The accused have been identified ghat Monday night and terrorized taken in urban transport during as Ranjita Biswal of Deulasahi, the leaseholder and hurled exple- Covid-19’ at the 13th Urban Mobility during Covid-19’, Monday,” said a Ranjit Singh of Chandini Chowk tives at him. However, the trio tried India (UMI) conference held on- CRUT official. MoHUA Secretary and Suchitra Ranjan Mahapatra to flee the spot when a police team line, an official said Tuesday. Durga Shankar Mishra gave away of Mansinghpatna. Police also led by inspector Bijayini Singh The Ministry of Housing and the award to CRUT managing di- seized Rs 1 lakh from the residence reached the sand ghat. Police man- Urban Affairs (MoHUA) hosts the rector Arun Bothra while prais- of Dhalasamanta brothers. aged to capture Ranjit. Later, police UMI conference every year to award ing the agency for its innovative According to police, Ranjita and arrested Ranjita and Suchitra, top performing city bus companies methods so as to keep commuters Suchitra were controlling the crime sources said. under different categories. CRUT safe during the pandemic. Senior had received the first prize for ‘Best officials of various city bus com- City Bus Service Project’ under panies from across the country at- OSCPCR notice to 5 the ‘new initiative’ category at the The trophy conferred on CRUT tended the virtual conference. Bhubaneswar: The Odisha State conference that was held in Bothra said, “We’re thrilled to re- Commission for Protection of Child NGT suspends illegal sand Lucknow last year. the pandemic, the national jury at ceive UMI award two times in a Rights (OSCPCR) Tuesday directed five “After evaluating the measures the UMI conference conferred the row. This will motivate us to provide persons including the managing direc- taken by various bus companies first prize on CRUT for ‘innova- better services to the commuters tor of Odisha Television Ltd to appear across the country in the wake of tions undertaken in urban transport while taking all precautions.” before it for a hearing in connection mining in River Baitarani with the alleged gang-rape of a minor girl here during lockdown. They have POST NEWS NETWORK NORMS THROWN TO WINDS been served notices to appear before the OSCPCR November 18, 2020. Bhubaneswar, Nov 10: The The aggrieved petitioner had informed the Cold wave grips many parts of state National Green Tribunal (NGT) NGT that the miner had been deploying WATCH has ordered suspension of an ille- excavators for sand mining when POST NEWS NETWORK MARKET gal sand mining along Baitarani permission was only for manual mining river in Jajpur district. Bhubaneswar, Nov 10: Cold wave INDEX VARIATION The order came after a petition It was also alleged the miner had been undertaking excessive mining and condition gripped many places was filed by Sarat Chandra also mining outside the legally allotted areas across the state with 11 places SENSEX 43277.65 680.22 Mohapatra in the tribunal citing recording minimum temperature gross violation of environment the State Pollution Control Board tion for carrying out illegal sand min- below 15 degrees Celsius, Tuesday.

BOURSES NIFTY 12631.10 170.10 norms and threats to the river and (SPCB). It also asked the panel to ing to be assessed as per the guide- Bhubaneswar Meteorological DOLLAR 74.75 `0.06 nearby villages. An NGT-mediated penalise the errant miner in case the line prepared by the CPCB.” Centre director HR Biswas said committee formed to inspect the site allegations come true and viola- The aggrieved petitioner had three places Sonepur, Phulbani EURO 87.71 `0.45 also had given adverse reports tions of Central Pollution Control told the NGT that the miner had and Daringibadi have recorded CURRENCY against the errant miner. Board (CPCB) norms are established. been deploying excavators for sand a minimum temperature of below GOLD `50,379 `631 In its written order, the tribu- “The Committee shall further mining when permission was only 10 degrees Celsius. A minimum SILVER `62,030 `1,176 nal said, “Having regard to the examine as to whether the lessee had for manual mining. It was also al- temperature of 9.2 degrees Celsius Vendors selling woollen garments at Unit-I market in Bhubaneswar BULLION above facts and circumstances, we obtained ‘Consent to Operate’ from leged the miner had been under- was recorded at Sonepur which be- are of the view that the sand min- the State PCB for the period com- taking excessive mining and also came the coldest place of Odisha Besides, the twin city of Cuttack of south coastal Odisha, ing has not been carried out in ac- mencing from 28.03.2016 until now mining outside the legally allotted while the night temperature at and Bhubaneswar registered min- Kandhamal, Rayagada, Koraput, WEATHER cordance with law. For this reason, or till such date mining was being areas. It was also alleged that due Daringibadi was 9.5 degrees and imum temperatures of 16.4 and Malkangiri and dry weather is we direct the miner to cease further undertaken,” it said. to the activities of the miner, the flow Phulbani was 9.8 degrees, he said. 17.4 degrees Celsius respectively. very likely to prevail over the re- BHUB CTK

mining operation until appropriate The order also added, “If it is of the river was obstructed and di- The other places which recorded The night temperature is likely maining districts of the state,

k y m c MAX 30.7° 31.5° clearances are obtained.” found that ‘Consent to Operate’ had verted while mining activities were temperature below 15 degrees to fall by 3-4 degrees C at many Wednesday. The tribunal has also asked the not been obtained or if obtained, its also done close to embankment in Celsius are—Koraput (10.6), Angul places in interior Odisha during Similarly, a few places of TEMP MIN 17.4° 16.4° Forecast government committee constituted validity had expired, appropriate ac- violation of the norms. The gov- (10.8), Bhawanipatna (11), next 24 hours and it will be near Malkangiri, Koraput, Rayagada, Humidity 94% 72% through the NGT order to find out tion in accordance with law be ernment inspection committee said Keonjhar (14), Bolangir (14), normal thereafter. Gajapati and Nabarangpur dis- Partly Rainfall Nil Nil cloudy sky defiance of established rules in taken against the lessee for recov- that the errant miner was a habit- Talcher (14.3), Jharsuguda (14.4), The Met department said light tricts may experience light shower, terms of adequate approvals from ery of environmental compensa- ual offender. Baripada (15), to moderate rainfall in some places November 12. P4 WEDNESDAY | NOVEMBER 11 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR downtown

nCoV cases drop to triple digits after 110 days Assembly session on

k y m With 987 new cases, Odisha’s coronavirus caseload stands at 3,03,780; 13 fresh deaths push the coastal state’s virus toll to 1,454 weekends too: Patro c PNN & AGENCIES the data released by the depart- STATISTICS SO FAR ment said. POST NEWS NETWORK up in the Assembly November 29. Bhubaneswar, Nov 10: After a The state has so far reported The Speaker assured taking all gap of around 110 days, the num- Sundargarh Of the fresh 1,454 fatalities of which Khurda Bhubanbeswar, Nov 10: The measures for prevention of COVID ber of fresh infections reported reported the fatalities, three district alone accounted for 254 Winter Session of the Odisha 19. “Starting from November 17, daily across Odisha dropped below highest each were from deaths, followed by Ganjam (232) Legislative Assembly is now all all legislators, employees, secre- 1,000 Tuesday as 987 more persons number of Mayurbhanj and and Cuttack (120). set to work even on weekly holidays taries, personal assistants and the tested positive for Covid-19, tak- 107 new Sambalpur while This apart, 53 Covid-19 positive to complete its 40-day marathon media persons will undergo COVID ing the state’s caseload to 3,03,780, cases. The Khurda and patients have also died in the state, session amid the COVID 19 threat. 19 testing. Only people with nega- an official of Health and Family other 28 Sundargargh but the government attributed the Odisha Assembly Speaker Surjya tive reports will be entertained in- Welfare (H&FW) department said. districts reported two cause of their deaths to some other Narayan Patro Tuesday held a press side the premises,” he said. The state also registered 13 deaths reported casualties each. disease, said the official. conference and informed the media Only one person from one news- which pushed the coastal state’s less than One each died in The state has so far conducted about the plan of the House to con- paper will be allowed to enter the coronavirus death toll to 1,454, said 100 fresh Balasore, Bargarh Pic: @cpbbsrctc tests on 50.27 lakh samples, in- duct its fifth Assembly Session. premises while two from TV chan- the official. cases and Keonjhar cluding 43,409 Monday. The state’s The Speaker said that adequate nels would be accommodated. “If Odisha’s new Covid-19 positive The state’s positivity rate positivity rate stands at 6.04, added measures will be taken to prevent needed, the recording of the pro- cases on a day have dropped below stands at 6.04 A police personnel donates plasma at Capital Hospital in Bhubaneswar the official. COVID 19. ceedings of the House could be 1,000, for the first time since July Meanwhile, another 1,448 Covid “Fifth session of Odisha shared with the media persons. 20, the official pointed out. THE STATE HAS SO FAR REPORTED 1,454 FATALITIES OF WHICH ODISHA HAS SO FAR CONDUCTED TESTS patients recovered in Odisha, tak- Assembly will start from November BMC will be roped in for testing of “This has been possible due to KHURDA ALONE ACCOUNTED FOR 254 DEATHS, FOLLOWED BY ON 50.27 LAKH SAMPLES, INCLUDING ing the total recoveries to 2,91,137. 20. This will be a 40-day affair and COVID-19. If on any day, any person the dedicated efforts of COVID GANJAM AND CUTTACK AT 232 AND 120 RESPECTIVELY 43,409 MONDAY Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, will go on till December 31. The has any symptom, he would be taken Warriors who continue to work on the other hand, commended N Assembly will also work on for an antigen test as the testing tirelessly in the field every day,” the Sundargarh reported the high- few months, have reported 86 and under treatment in hospitals.” Damburu Reddy from Kotharasingi Saturdays and Sundays. The pro- team will be present on the cam- H&FW department said. est number of 107 new cases. The 85 cases respectively in the past Of the 13 fresh fatalities, three of Ganjam for donating plasma ceedings will go on like a normal pus on all working days,” Patro said. Of the new cases reported from other 28 districts reported less 24 hours. each were from Mayurbhanj and multiple times after recovering day on these two days too,” he said. “We’ll take a call on repeat of 29 of the 30 districts, 572 have been than 100 fresh cases, said the offi- Taking to Twitter, the H&FW Sambalpur districts while Khurda from Covid-19. As per the plan, the the COVID testing for all after a reported from different quaran- cial, adding that Khurda and department said, “Regret to in- and Sundargargh reported two ca- Such noble acts of many Good Supplementary Budget will be few days. The entire assembly will tine centres, while the remaining Cuttack, which have been regis- form the demise of thirteen sualties each. One each died in Samaritans helped save precious moved November 20. The be sanitised everyday with the help 415 were local contact cases. tering high cases over the past #COVID19 positive patients while Balasore, Bargarh and Keonjhar, lives, Patnaik said. Appropriation Bill will be taken of BMC,” he said. Security to be tightened Now, passengers can lodge FIR in train MISSION ENCROACHMENT-FREE CITY at jewellery shops in City

POST NEWS NETWORK PNN & AGENCIES SAFETY FIRST

Bhubaneswar, Nov 10: The Bhubaneswar, Nov 10: Train pas- Passengers can Commissionerate Police will put sengers during journey can now lodge FIR with in place adequate security arrange- lodge a zero FIR and seek action, escort party of ments at jewellery shops here in a senior official said Tuesday. GRP/RPF at their a bid to avoid any untoward inci- Usually, passengers have to get earmarked berths dent and ensure compliance of down in midway to register a report Covid-19 norms during Dhanteras, of theft or other criminal inci- Train Escorting Friday. dents. It also happens that the pas- RPF/GRP personnel Speaking to OrissaPOST, DCP sengers reach the destination and This will provide relief to the passengers and they have been provided Umashankar Dash said that the file a complaint, where a case is reg- will not have to cancel the journey to register an FIR with FIR Forms to city police have identified vari- istered under zero head and then assist passengers enroute without ous clusters of such stores where the case transfer to concern GRPS Altogether, 100 special trains over East Coast Railway jurisdiction will be escorted by security breaking their extra police force will be deployed on point of jurisdiction for fur- journey to lodge FIR to ensure strict compliance with ther course of investigation. It personnel Covid-19 guidelines. As many as often takes months to reach at con- 15 platoons of police force will be cerned jurisdictional GRPS. ney to lodge FIR. This will provide special trains in UP directions and posted at different places of the city Now there will be no such prob- relief to the passengers and they 25 in Down directions. for law and order during Dhanteras lems for travelling passengers as will not have to cancel the jour- General Manager, East Coast and Diwali. Dash also warned of they can lodge FIR with escort ney to register an FIR. Railway Vidya Bhushan directed stern action against jewellery party of GRP/RPF at their ear- Altogether, 100 special trains security officials both at head- stores found flouting Covid-19re- marked berths. over East Coast Railway jurisdic- quarters and at divisions to en- lated guidelines. The officers in Train Escorting RPF/GRP per- tion will be escorted by security per- sure strict action against the anti- charge could also close the shop for sonnel have been provided with sonnel. These include 25 regular spe- social and criminal activities in An excavator deployed by BDA pulls down an illegal structure as part of a demolition drive between Aigania and few hours in case it gets crowded FIR Forms to assist passengers en- cial trains in UP directions, 26 in railway premises and during Damana Squares in Bhubaneswar, Tuesday OP PHOTO on Dhanteras day. route without breaking their jour- Down directions and 24 festival train journey.

DIFFERENTLY-ABLED KiiT Int’l School FRIENDLY FACILITIES Programme to sensitise officials Cyber fraudsters develops learning software POST NEWS NETWORK furnished by the states revealed the recommendations of the gov- ` that several such constructions and ernment and audit reports. dupe man of 3L Bhubaneswar, Nov 10: Several retrofitting works were not in com- The Ministry had earlier writ- POST NEWS NETWORK officials involved in the construc- pliance with the Accessible India ten to the Chief Secretary and in- tion and retrofitting of government campaign norms and the audit re- formed about the deviations in de- POST NEWS NETWORK Sahoo sent the details Bhubaneswar, Nov 10: KiiT offices to make them barrier free for port conducted by the ministry be- sign and construction works and International School has developed the differently-abled would now be fore starting the exercise across asked the states including Odisha Bhubaneswar, Nov 10: Cyber on a WhatsApp number its own Learning Management trained by a central agency to ad- the state. to take course correction meas- criminals have duped a govern- messaged to him Software – KiiTIS edpronto – to en- here to the prescribed norms of Owing to the violations of the ures. The works of construction ment employee of around Rs 3 lakh sure better e-learning for the stu- the Central government. compliance, the engineers and other were undertaken by the ministry’s on the pretext of providing him by the fraudsters dents due to absence of classroom The construction works to make people involved in the works from Accessible India Campaign. loan recently. and got duped learning owing to the pandemic. offices barrier free for the differently the government would not under- Accessible India campaign scheme The campaign has planned to un- The victim was identified as Speaking on the unique cloud able were started by the Ministry take the training and sensitisation has now directed the engineers dertake massive exercise across Sarat Kumar Sahoo of Derabis area system, school chairperson Mona of Social Justice in 2016 and se- programme online from Ghaziabad- working with the Bhubaneswar the country to make public build- in Kendrapara district. Sahoo works saged to his mobile number by the Lisa Bal, “As soon as the country went lected public buildings in Odisha based institutions. Municipal Corporation, Water ings, railway stations and airports at the Indira Gandhi National Open accused. under a lockdown and students were also chosen to be compliant to The State department of Social Resources Department and others accessible to the differently-abled. University’s regional centre here. However, Sahoo was shocked to were unable to attend school, we those designs. Security and Empowerment of to attend the programme to ensure Prior this, audit reports of all se- According to sources, the vic- receive several messages after a were determined not to compro- However, the ministry noted Persons with Disabilities (SSEPD) the public buildings are made lected public buildings and others tim received a phone call from couple of days regarding the with- mise on the quality of education that the photographs and details which has been looking after the friendly to the differently able as per were prepared. fraudsters who identified them- drawal of money to the tune of Rs they used to receive at the school.” selves as the representatives of 2, 96,500 from his IDBI account. He She further added, “Since the Bajaj Finance Company. They in- immediately contacted the bank introduction of KiiTIS edpronto, formed Sahoo that his loan request authorities who informed him that many of our students have become Unique campaign has been sanctioned by the company. the miscreants had withdrawn the self-responsible and are submit- State schools shine in nat’l ranking One of the callers also asked Sahoo money through five online trans- ting their assignments on time. POST NEWS NETWORK to share his bank account related actions using his bank details. This is because the system sends POST NEWS NETWORK fees-paying parents in SEC (socio- information and documents like Chandrasekharpur police started them reminders for submission economic category) ‘A’, and sen- Bhubaneswar, Nov 10: A group voter ID, Adhar and Pan Card. investigations into the matter after and students get gold stars in the Bhubaneswar, Nov 10: Odisha- ior school students in 28 major of socially conscious and road Accordingly, Sahoo sent all the de- registering a case on the basis of the system beside their name when based schools secured top ranks cities and education hubs across friendly citizens have rolled out a tails on a WhatsApp number mes- complaint lodged by Sahoo. they maintain deadlines.” in the national ranking survey India. The sample respondents donation drive to support people conducted by Education World in were persuaded to rate India’s affected by COVID-19 pandemic. association with Centre for most well-known 2,000 primary- As a part of their campaign ‘Road Forecasting and Research Pvt. Ltd. secondary schools on 14 param- Ashram’, the team is travelling In the day-cum-boarding school eters* of education excellence. along the borders of India, cover- 2 illegal sawmills raided; timber, ranking category, SAI International “We believe the comprehen- ing nearly 25,000 km and 30 states, school secured top rank, while in gov- sive EWISR league tables will en- in about 60 days in a modified car. ernment day schools category, able parents to choose the most The team has travelled along the equipment worth `25L seized Odisha Adarsh Vidyalaya in Hatiota, suitable day schools for their chil- China and Nepal borders in Ganjam district got fifth rank and dren and also provide institu- Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and Odisha Adrash Vidyalaya in tional managements insights into Bihar. In Sikkim they met with POST NEWS NETWORK Balipatna area. Acting on the tip-off, the officials Patharchepa, Bolangir district got ways and means to continuously eminent and influencing citizens A total of six cases have been raided the two sawmills and made fifth rank in boarding school raise teaching learning-standards including BhaichungBhutia. They Balipatna, Nov 10: Officials of registered under the Orissa Sawmill the seizure. The officials said that all category. for the greater good of the com- travelled up to India-Bhutan bor- Khurda forest division and state and Sawpit (Control) Act, 1991 and the seized materials were handed The survey rates and ranks munity and country,” says Dilip der in Jaigaon, West Bengal. Vigilance raided two illegal sawmills the investigation is on, said a Forest over to DFO, Khurda which has been the country’s top 2,000 schools in Budget and Government schools. Thakore of EducationWorld. Presently, the team is ap- under Balipatna range and seized department official. No arrest could received by Range Officer Balipatna. six main and twelve sub-cate- To conduct the 2020-21 EWISR The 14 parameters of educa- proaching Guwahati where they timber and equipment worth around be made as nobody claims the own- The Forest officials have launched gories – Day: Co-ed, Boys and survey, a market research and tion excellence on which the will put up tonight and again re- Rs 25 lakh, Tuesday. ership of the mills. a manhunt for the real owners of the Girls, Day-cum-boarding; opinion polls company Centre schools were ranked are - sume their journey on Friday. The The officials seized several equip- Locals said that the mills had two sawmills. Senior officials in- Boarding: Co-ed, Girls and Boys; for Forecasting and Research Academic reputation, competence Road Ashram volunteers ment including 50.00 CFT teak tim- been operating in the locality ille- cluding ACF Bishnu Charan Behera International: Day, Day-cum- Pvt. Ltd constituted a sample re- of faculty, individual attention to Siddhartha Dutta, AhmerSiddiqui ber, power driven motor, cutters, gally for the last couple of years. and Balipatna Range Officer boarding and fully residential. spondents database of 11,368 in- students, leadership management and NehaChaturvedi are sched- sanders, drill machines and two Forest officials had received in- Jaykrushna Das and Khurda Range It also rates and ranks India’s dividuals including school prin- quality, digital readiness, safety and uled to arrive in Bhubaneswar tractors from the illegal units located formation regarding smuggling of Officer Asit Kumar Mishra were

best Special Needs; Private cipals, teachers, educationists, hygiene among others. November 10. at Dhanahara and Denga in precious timbers in Balipatna area. present during the raids.

k y m c P5 WEDNESDAY | NOVEMBER 11 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR state

GANJAM WILL RELOOK

k y m Murram mafia killing Udayagiri c While the admin has turned a blind eye, hundreds of trucks carry extracted murram and boulders to ON SCHOOLS’ MERGER various construction sites in the district from this famous Buddhist site FACED WITH OPPOSITION: GANJAM TO MAKE A FRESH ASSESSMENT ON POST NEWS NETWORK MERGER OF SCHOOLS, SAYS COLLECTOR Chandikhole, Nov 10: Famous Buddhist site Udayagiri located POST NEWS NETWORK amidst a cluster of hills, called Asiha in Jajpur district, usually is Chhatrapur, Nov 10: The district a huge draw for tourists, both for administration in Ganjam plans domestic and abroad, but these to make a fresh assessment on the work of nature are facing threat merger of schools following stiff from illegal murram extraction, a opposition by guardians on the report said. issue, a report said, Tuesday. The report highlighted that for In view of these developments, the last several months, murram, the block development officers a minor construction mineral, is (BDOs) in various blocks have been being mined from Manduka, directed to make a fresh assess- Dhaudiapada and Chandi hills. In these pictures, we can see how the mafia is operating at the place. It is alleged that murram mining is going on in ment of the schools in their re- Murram quarrying has been de- collusion with some officials of the administration spective areas which will be merged stroying the hills, which are adding with the nearby schools, informed FILE PHOTO to the beauty of the Buddhist site. Udayagiri Buddhist site and on the had earlier raided Manduka hill Collector Vijay Amruta Kulange, Angry guardians stage a sit-in in front of a school which is on the closure list Locals expressed concern over FOR OPTICS other is Satyapira Peetha, a shrine after getting tip-off about illegal Tuesday. The BDOs will have to in Chhatrapur, Tuesday such illegal activities detrimental special task force of the promoting Hindu-Muslim harmony. murram mining. After this raid, make an assessment of which of the to the hills contributing to the ACrime Branch had raided On another side is the shrine of murram mining has been brought schools need to be merged and administration can work on the tourism sector. These hills are under Manduka hill after being Sohalpua Maa Thakurani. Not to for- to a halt for some days, but now it which not, the Collector added. hile 42 schools in Patrapur merger of schools in their district. Darpan tehsil. tipped-off about illegal murram get Sidhha Gumpa hill there which is back to square one. Further decision on this issue will Wblock face closure, The district education department There is 2,600 acres of forest land mining is also a crowd-puller. The govern- Local intellectuals say, as of now be taken after receiving the reports Berhampur has 12 such schools has decided to close down 433 schools as part of the hills. The govern- fter this raid, murram ment has spent crores of rupees no official visit the places and mafia of the BDOs, the Collector added. n total, the dist edu dept has and merge them with nearby schools ment has spent lakhs of rupees to- Amining was brought to a for the development of these places, has been carrying out its activities According to the guidelines, the Idecided to close down 433 on the basis of this guideline. The wards plantation in some of these halt for some days, but now it is but allowing illegal murram ex- easily. They have demanded im- schools having less than 20 stu- schools and merge them with district education department de- hills. However, murram mafia has back to square one. Locals say traction has left many an eyebrow. mediate steps on such mineral ex- dents will be closed down. Moreover, nearby schools cided accordingly and sent a report been clearing trees to make space as of now no official visits the It is alleged that mafia keeps on traction on the hills, which is key the schools located within 1 km in this regard to the district Collector for mineral extraction. Every day, site and so, mafia has been extracting murram in the area at to maintain ecological balance in the distance from these schools with 40 seeking his approval. hundreds of trucks have been en- carrying out its activities easily night in a bid to ward off glare of region as well as acts as natural students will also be merged. in Purusottampur, 17 in However, this decision sparked gaged to transport extracted mur- the administration and supply the protector of the Buddhist site. Sources said 42 schools in Rangeilunda, 11 in Sanakhemundi, sharp resentment among the resi- ram and boulders to various con- mineral to various places of Jajpur, They demanded stern action Patrapur block, 17 in Aska, 11 in 11 in Sergad, five in Sorada have dents in various parts of the district struction sites in the district. Some ated on these foothills. On the other Kendrapara Jagatsinghpur and against the murram mafia. Beguniapada , 22 in Belguntha, 12 been decided to be closed down and which has only intensified over conscious citizens pointed out that hand, it is alleged that murram Cuttack where construction of roads When contacted, Darpan tehsil- in Berhampur, 41 in Bhanjanagar, merged with nearby schools. the time. The guardians and local the government has made laws mining still goes on in collusion and repair of breaches are going on dar Baranedyu Mohanty said, “We 15 in Buguda, 15 in Chhatrapur, 32 Reports said that the state gov- public representatives have staged stricter to check exploitation of with some officials of the admin- in full swing. As such illegal mur- have been carrying out raids at dif- in Chikiti, 22 in Dharakote, 34 in ernment has ordered for closure of protests in their respective areas minor minerals, but such illegal istration. The administration is ram mining goes on unbridled; the ferent times, but they are keeping Digapahandi, 12 in Ganjam, eight the schools with fewer enrollments which are intensifying with each mining of the minor minerals in the not taking action on the people in- government has been losing crores vigil along the roads on the arrival in Hinjili, 27 in Jagannathprasad, and merge these with nearby schools. passing day. The agitators are meet- hills is reverse in reality. volved in such illegal mining around of rupees as revenue. of officials. Whenever we go near 11 in Kabisuryanagar, 22 in The state Mass Education depart- ing the BDOs and the Collector and Owing to rampant murram min- Udayagiri, the report said. It may be noted here that the spe- the mining sites, no vehicles or Khallikote, 22 in Kukudakhandi, ment has released a guideline on the submitting memorandum de- ing, huge craters have been cre- On one side of the hill range is cial task force of the Crime Branch people are found.” 42 in Patrapur, 12 in Polsara, nine basis of which the respective district manding withdrawal of the order.

CHOCK-A-BLOCK 2 ARRESTED OVER `2CR GST FRAUD Good news for Angul slum-dwellers

POST NEWS NETWORK POST NEWS NETWORK cluding pucca house, 24 hours drink- There are a total of 2,612 house- ing water, toilet, electricity and holds in the above slums. From the Bolangir, Nov 10: Acting on al- Angul, Nov 10: Following the di- roads by 2021. total households, 365 households legation of another GST fraud to rection of the Odisha government, Sources said there are a total of have already been given the Land the tune of Rs 2 crore in Deogan Angul Municipality authorities 13 slums in Angul town including Right Certificates. block of Bolangir, police started an have started an aerial survey in Muslim Sahi, Rajkishorepada, investigation into the case and ar- the civic area to provide houses to Nakhara Sahi, Dolamandap Sahi, rested two persons. the slum-dwellers as per ‘Odisha Jayananda Marg, Hakimpada Hapi, Reports said, GST fraud to a Land Rights to Slum Dwellers Act, Radharamanpada, Soubhagyanagar, tune of Rs 1 crore was alleged 2017’. Bharat Nagar, Sweeper Colony, against a farmer named Rabindra The municipality authorities Harijana Sahi, Jabardasti Padia Bhoi of Ghantamal village under have decided to provide all the fa- and a slum behind Women’s Saintala block. A fake company cilities to the slum dwellers in- Autonomous College. had been floated in the name of Rabindra. Later, Sales Tax offi- cials had visited his house and investigated the matter. However, Rabindra had lodged an FIR with the Saintala Police station. Police officials arrested two peo- ple identified as Gayatri Jaiswal and Birendra Jaiswal of Tikrapada. They were grilled as they are sus- pected to be mastermind behind the crime. Police are trying to find out other accomplices in this racket. On the other hand, the Sales Tax officials have seized an agree- ment paper of the house rent lease signed with the owner Sabita Rana of Sarasmal village under Deogaon block. The officials have detected that a fake transport company has been opened at the address to evade GST as Sabita has already made it clear that she has not made any such agreement nor As expansion of NH-49 in Keonjhar is in progress, the road routinely sees heavy traffic jam owing to mineral-laden any such company is functioning vehicles plying on it OP PHOTO at her house. Guardians are fuming as 233 Sambalpur schools face closure

POST NEWS NETWORK We will study and look into Sambalpur, Nov 10: Faced with those areas again abysmally low enrolment of students, from where the 233 primary and upper primary schools parents are are all set to be closed from the current coming and academic year in Sambalpur district. complaining On the other hand, guardians have ex- about school pressed their displeasure over the issue, closure a report said. Following a government order, block MINARANI MANDAL| DISTRICT EDUCATION education officers have prepared a report Representative pic OFFICER, SAMBALPUR on schools with low students’ strength and submitted a list of 233 to the govern- exposing the poor functioning of edu- SONEPUR: While over 100 schools ment. The officials are also receiving cation system in the district. It is alleged have already been closed, closure no- complaints on school closure from var- that mushrooming of private schools, tices hang on 137 more primary ious areas. “We will study and look into delay in supply of free uniforms and schools in the current year, here in the those areas again from where the parents textbooks and shortage of teachers in pri- district. are coming and complaining about school mary schools have hit enrolment in gov- Guardians in various areas have closure,” said district education officer ernment schools. strongly opposed the move and demanded Minarani Mandal. Mainly complaints The block level officials have been that schools to be allowed to run as usual. are coming from blocks like Naktideula, asked to relook the cases where there People of Babupali under Bainika Jujumara and Manewar. In some cases, are complaints by guardians. They were blocks have demanded a relook on the clo- schools do not have required number of asked to assess the number of students, sure order of the schools. students, but locals demand to continue infrastructure and distance of the school Manoranjanpur School was closed the school, the report added. from the villages. On the basis of their from the current academic session. The In many areas, villagers have opposed report, the district level board of the de- students there will have to trek 3 km

the move stating that dalit students are partment may consider the cases. daily to study at Babupali. Kids will run

k y m c studying in these schools and there is no The DEO said that if necessity arises, risk of crossing a main road and a big dis- educational institution within one km ra- the state government will be recom- tance. We are worried over the future of dius in those areas. mended for cancelling the closure order our children after closure of the school, It may be noted here that enrolment of the schools. said residents of Manoranjanpur. of students in government primary Will another 137 schools They submitted a memorandum to schools has been declining considerably, in Sonepur face closure? Collector Monisa Bannerjee in this regard. P6 WEDNESDAY | NOVEMBER 11 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR power post

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k y m you and shape all into an c expression of divine nature. SRI AUROBINDO NATIONAL INTERESTS FIRST

ith 290 electoral votes cisive factor in shaping up the Indo- in his favour, com- US relations. On an average, al- pared to 214 secured most every American adminis- Comma + ‘La’ Wby incumbent tration has been reluctant to transfer President Donald Trump, decks high-tech defence technology to f you add “la” ~ the French feminine equivalent of the English article have been cleared for Joe Bidden India unlike it did in the case of “the” to “comma”, the combination makes the US Vice President-elect! and he has been declared president- China in the past. If the Biden ad- IThis is how Kamala Harris’ campaign itself sought to guide the Americans elect. He is set to be sworn in as the ministration attempts to normalise how to pronounce her name correctly after President Donald Trump taunted 46th President of the United States relations with China resulting in eas- her by pronouncing her name in a mocking, bizarre way to denigrate her on 20 January 2021, irrespective of ing of sanctions, the probability of before his supporters at election rallies. Thousands of supporters of President- the outgoing President’s machi- transfer of high-tech defence tech- elect Biden’s running mate wore T-shirts on which was embossed this “guid- nations of not accepting the ver- nology to India from Washington ance” in response to the male chauvinism bordering on racism that Trump dict and trying to obstruct smooth would become dim. However, this and his followers laced their campaign with. transition of power on one pre- possibility is ruled out by some ex- Trump made a point of deliberately mispronouncing Harris’ name: “By text or the other. Biden in his ac- Recent couple of decades have witnessed that perts who argue that the new ad- the way, Ka-MAHH-lahh will not be your first female president,” he said, stretch- ceptance speech has emphasised ministration would focus on human ing out the second and third syllables like a taunt, to the crowd of jeering on the priorities to be addressed change of regime either in New Delhi or in rights situation in China as well. supporters. Many other key campaigners of Trump continued their Harris- by his administration. Washington has little to do with the ongoing Nevertheless, India needs to con- bashing in the same vein. Georgia Sen. David Perdue opened his speech at Challenging tasks are ahead for vince the Biden administration a rally with these words: “KAH'-mah-lah? Kah-MAH'-lah? Kamala-mala- Biden administration, both do- relations between India and the US as the about its genuine strategic re- mala? I don’t know. Whatever.” The crowd roared with laughter. mestically and externally. Apart ties are not based on whims and fancies but on quirements to procure defence This is the climate of gender or racial discrimination and hatred that char- from addressing the pandemic, equipment and related technology acterised the Trump Presidency and Kamala Harris’ historic elevation to the president-elect is confronted stark geopolitical and geo-economic realities and for its own requirements. the position of Vice President-elect is, in a way, being viewed not only as a with the herculean task of unify- convergence of respective national interests The issue of H-1B visa is of im- triumph of woman power, but also gender equality. In fact, her victory ing a divided American society, mense significance for specialised comes at a time when women leaders are emerging as equal partners in shap- toning up the health of an ailing and technically skilled workforce. ing the destiny of many countries. Only a few weeks back, New Zealand’s economy, winning the confidence 21st century. Biden’s nomination (CAA). Biden in his Agenda for Usually, 85, 000 H-1B visas are is- newly elected Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern appointed the country’s first of America’s allies, ensuring in- of Kamala Harris as his running Muslim-American Community sued annually by the US govern- indigenous female foreign minister Nanaia Mahuta. She is a Maori and she creased participation of the US Vice President mate raised high had criticised the CAA along with ment and almost three-fourth of all wears with pride a “moko kauae”, a traditional tattoo, on her chin just as Dr Anil K. Singh in the activities of the United hopes in India that a Biden-Harris NRC as inconsistent with the coun- such visa holders in the US are Harris prides herself in the correct pronunciation of her name. Nations, especially by rejoining administration would build on the try’s long tradition of secularism. from India. Many observers of Ardern’s parliament looks set to be one of the most diverse in the world. the Paris Agreement on Climate rich legacy of US-India friendship. Undoubtedly, India has for long Indo-US relations opine that ne- Almost half of that country’s lawmakers will be women and significantly Change and WHO. Throughout their election cam- maintained that the situation in gotiations over work visa have higher than the global average of 25 per cent. THROUGHOUT Recent couple of decades have paign, Biden-Harris emphasised on Kashmir is an internal affair, not been an important part of the ties Iceland has already hit global headlines with the Cabinet of Prime THEIR ELECTION witnessed that change of regime further consolidating ties with for mediation by outside powers at large and when in June this Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir comprising five women against six men, mak- either in New Delhi or in India. Reacting to Trump’s call- and even declined outgoing year Trump administration sus- ing it the second-most gender-balanced cabinet in Icelandic history. CAMPAIGN, Washington has little to do with the ing India ‘filthy’ in the context of President Trump’s mediatory of- pended H-1B visa for the rest of the The misogynist stand of Trump as exhibited in his deliberate distortion BIDEN AND ongoing relations between India air pollution in the final presi- fers on many occasions; never- year, and subsequently, again in of pronunciation of Kamala Harris’ name triggered a flurry of protest by and the US as the relations are dential debate, Biden said that it theless, as some experts have October the administration an- women in the USA, reports Los Angeles Times. Hundreds of people re- HARRIS not based on whims and fancies but was not “how you talk about friends opined, that going by public state- nounced scrapping the lottery sys- sponded, many recounting their own experiences with unusual names in schools EMPHASISED ON on stark geopolitical and geo-eco- and it’s not how you solve global ments and policy statements, both tem in place to receive an H-1B and in the workforce. “It built a nice core of anger that erupts when I see nomic realities and convergence challenges like climate change.” Biden and Harris have seemingly visa that was to be replaced with stuff like this and makes me see red,” wrote Irvine resident, Dan Chiappe, FURTHER of respective national interests. Retweeting on November 7, his pointed out that their adminis- a mechanism that accorded priority 53. The Peruvian native’s birth name is Danilo Chiappe, pronounced Dah- From Clinton administration to op-ed in the latest issue of ethnic tration could entail the likelihood to the highest-paying jobs, Indian KNEE-low Kee-YAHP-eh. CONSOLIDATING Trump administration, relations India West weekly, Biden wrote: of holding India to account over IT sector companies expressed “It’s not just a word. It’s your name,” said Danilo Chiappe, a psychology pro- TIES WITH INDIA between New Delhi and “Kamala Harris and I deeply value its activities in Kashmir. concern over such moves. fessor, stating further that “Your name is an intrinsic part of your identity.” Washington have progressed sat- our partnership and put respect Biden’s Agenda for Muslim- Biden has promised not only The Narendra Modi-government is now veering round to the normal isfactorily and odds arising occa- back at the centre of our foreign Americans, which is available at to lift Trump’s freeze, but also an- diplomatic trajectory of congratulating the President-elect and Vice sionally have often been sorted policy.” Undeniably, these high his campaign website, says: “In nounced to go a step further in President-elect of the USA. out through bilateral channels hopes are well placed; nonethe- Kashmir, the Indian government reforming the temporary visa sys- BJP leaders saw the Indian origin of Kamala Harris as a window of op- from time to time. less these have to be appraised at should take all necessary steps to tem. His promise of granting cit- portunity to make amends for Modi’s open support to Trump and strengthen Biden, who served as Vice the face value of grim ground re- restore rights for all the people of izenship to thousands of Indians Indo-US relations under the Biden dispensation. President under Obama admin- alities pervading currently in dif- Kashmir and restrictions on dis- in the US is a welcome move. PM Modi tweeted: “Heartiest congratulations @KamalaHarris! Your suc- istration, has already given a good ferent sectors. sent, such as preventing peaceful The pattern of Indo-US rela- cess is pathbreaking, and a matter of immense pride not just for your chit- account of his inclination towards India’s record on human rights, protests or shutting or slowing tions is dictated by strategic and tis, but also for all Indian-Americans. I am confident that the vibrant India- improving American ties with transfer of high-tech, China and down the Internet, weaken democ- geo-economic national interests US ties will get even stronger with your support and leadership.” India. At the time of approval of H-1B visa issue are the major vex- racy.” Harris has seemingly been of each side and given the current Unfortunately for India’s leaders, Kamala considers herself more Black the historic Civil Nuclear Deal be- ing issues that experts think will more outspoken when she said in situations at the regional and than Indian. She was born in the US, her father was Jamaican and mother tween the US and India, Biden, be major factors deciding the fu- October 2019: “We have to remind global levels, both countries are Indian, married to an American and certainly considers herself a pure then leading the Senate Foreign ture course of Indo-US relations. Kashmiris that they are not alone destined to move forward in pro- bred American. It is quite childish to assume that Kamala would have any Relations Committee, had said Both Biden and Harris have been in the world. There is a need to in- viding fresh dynamism to inter- feelings for India or Indians. It is important that Indians do not get misled that if Washington and New Delhi vocal about India’s record on tervene if the situation demands.” national peace and security, into thinking she will, in any manner, be pro India. became closer friends then the human rights, especially in the One can hope that such an ag- strengthening of democracies The truth is that the Democrats are highly critical of the Modi govern- world would be a safer place. Again wake of the developments in gressive approach may not be taking the world to a new trajec- ment’s bifurcation of Kashmir and the abrogation of Article 370. Earlier in in 2013, when he visited India in Kashmir, suppression of dissent adopted by Biden-Harris admin- tory of stability and prosperity. October 2019, Kamala Harris said in response to a question on human rights his capacity as Vice President, he within the country and in regard istration with regard to human violation in Kashmir and restrictions imposed, including curfews and com- had termed US-India partnership to ongoing protests against the rights in India. The writer is a senior munication blackout : “We have to remind the Kashmiris that they are not as the defining relationship of the Citizenship Amendment Act China is going to be a major de- journalist. alone in the world. We are keeping a track on the situation. There is a need to intervene if the situation demands.” She also stood by fellow Indian-origin Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal when External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar refused to attend a meeting in the US over her participation. Jayapal had earlier moved a resolution on IN JEST THIS the Kashmir issue in the House of Representatives. Now the situation may get even more precarious since the role played by PM Modi during Trump’s campaign is getting highlighted.

WISDOM CORNER Kamala Harris achieves many firsts t the turn of the century, if And Tamil Brahmins take pride color.” Kamala Harris is the first that Bill Clinton was already plan- We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when you had told a random group in the fact that her mother was a BIPOC vice president, and soon to ning his first project as a First Gent: we created them. ALBERT EINSTEIN Aof Americans that over the Tamil Brahmin, making her the be the subject of a Bollywood biopic. promoting literacy in America by Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your next two decades, they would elect first TamBram vice president, not Harris will also be the first HBCU reading his autobiography “My eyes off your goal. HENRY FORD a president named Barack Hussein to mention the first TamBram- graduate to become vice president. Life” to all the White House interns. Obama, whose father was from Jamaican vice president. (Kamala’s HBCUs are “historically black col- Hillary was the first woman to The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting. Kenya, and a vice president named mother, Shyamala Gopalan, ap- leges and universities.” Harris become a presidential nominee of SUN TZU Kamala Devi Harris, whose mother parently followed an obscure graduated from Howard University, a major party in America. Two was from India, they would have Brahmin rule of conduct: “Marry an HBCU in Washington, D.C., be- other women were vice-presiden- wondered what you had been drink- a Jamaican and your daughter will fore heading to law school at tial nominees before Harris, but WORDSWORTH Melvin Durai ing. Something rather strong, un- make everyone proud!”) University of California, where she is the first to be on a winning doubtedly. Needless to say, the American she learned how to interrogate sus- ticket. As vice president, she will Both Obama and Harris have media had a little trouble keeping pected criminals and Republicans. be next in line to become presi- Valetudinarian ALL THE MALE made history in America, with up with all these firsts. One TV The election of Harris to the sec- dent if Joe Biden is unable to ful- CHAUVINISTS WHO Obama serving as the first African- network simplified things consid- ond highest position in America fill his duties, for health reasons or valetudinarian is unduly anxious about his health. The everyday word for American president, and Harris erably by calling her simply the means that her husband, Douglas otherwise. All the male chauvinists Athis condition might be thought to be hypochondriac, but there’s a VOTED FOR TRUMP soon to become not just the first fe- “first person of color to be elected Emhoff, has also achieved a signif- who voted for Trump in 2016 be- subtle difference: the hypochondriac thinks he’s always ill, but the IN 2016 BECAUSE male vice president, but also the first vice president of America.” icant first. He is about to become the cause they didn’t want to see a fe- valetudinarian takes great care to ensure he never is. This polysyllabic and African-American and first Indian- “Person of color” is an inter- first Second Gentleman of the United male president are no doubt pray- literary term is a good choice at times when it is desirable not to seem too THEY DIDN’T WANT American vice president, among esting term. In my estimation, States. The country has had nu- ing hard for Biden’s health. unkind. In November 2004, the word appeared in an obituary of the football several other firsts. Donald Trump is the most colorful merous First Ladies (wives of the At 78, he is the oldest president writer Arthur Hopcraft in the Independent: “Fastidious, set in his ways and TO SEE A FEMALE What are these other firsts? Well, president America has ever had. Not president) and Second Ladies (wives in U.S. history, but I hope he’s able prematurely balding, Hopcraft had an air of the valetudinarian bachelor PRESIDENT ARE NO Jamaicans take pride in the fact that only does he use colorful language, of the vice president), but never a to serve two terms. After that, Harris about him from a relatively early age.” The word appears in the language her father is from Jamaica, mak- his skin tone is closer to orange First or Second Gent. will get a chance to run for presi- in 1703, in the third volume of William Dampier’s A New Voyage Round the DOUBT PRAYING ing her the first Jamaican-American than white. Unlike India, which elected its dent again. If things go well, she will World. Dampier was an extraordinary explorer, map-maker and buccaneer; HARD FOR vice president. Tamils take pride Another inclusive term that many first female leader more than 55 move into the White House in 2029, a couple of years after he published this volume he commanded a in the fact that her late mother people are using these days is BIPOC. years ago, America has yet to put a achieving another series of firsts privateering voyage during which Alexander Selkirk, the model for BIDEN’S HEALTH was Tamil, making her the first It’s an acronym that stands for woman in the top job. Hillary Clinton and touching off celebrations all Robinson Crusoe, was marooned. He wrote: “Many of our English Tamil-American vice president. “black, Indigenous and people of came close four years ago, so close over America, India and Jamaica. Valetudinarians have gone from Jamaica ... to the I. Caimanes ... to live wholly upon Turtle that abound there”. (He’s referring to the Cayman Islands, these days famous more as a refuge for the money of the reclusive rich than for sick people.) A writer in the Gentleman’s Magazine in 1787 Himself to blame The China question remarked that: “Everyone knows how hard a task it is to cure a valetudinarian.” The word is from Latin valetudinarius, in ill health. Sir, Donald Trump admirers will be sad. Of the 44 Presidents of the Sir, Joe Biden’s win in the US Presidential election brings into ques- USA, Trump became only the 11th incumbent who failed to retain his tion the new administration’s outlook towards China. Biden has al- etters seat. Trump was one of the most, if not the most, controversial pres- ways positioned himself as a critic of China. He even called Xi idents ever in US history. Without having enjoyed an office in the gov- Jinping a ‘thug’ over his treatment of Uighurs in Xinjiang. Though LOL ernment, Trump trudged along as only he could. Brash and calculative, Biden is an advocate of non-violence, in the case of China he is TOL THE EDITOR sticking to one stand was never the man’s forte. His belligerence was likely to take a tough stand. He may not undo the current consensus We could have Readers of Orissa POST a treat for his supporters but an eye sore for his detractors. Known to that a more forceful and confrontational approach is required to deal are most welcome to contribute letters shift his stance like no other president before, Trump was more than with China. People are eager to know how Biden acts on the issues been here sooner (200 words), articles and a match to his critics in international diplomacy. Some firm domestic of tariffs and Taiwan. Unlike Trump, Biden may rope in allies and build columns (between 750-1250 words). Contributors are decisions apart, his childish demeanor towards sensitive socioeco- a consensus. The US acknowledges the fact that competition with n elderly couple were killed in requested to send their nomic issues perhaps nailed him. The repeated reference to ‘Chinese China transcends the South China Sea. It realises that it has to go into Aan accident and found area.” contact numbers and full virus’, and an abject failure in handling the pandemic, in the last part competition with China involving technology, ideology and economy.

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k y m Punjab revokes ‘general consent’ to CBI Goa CM meets Union c West Bengal, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh had already withdrawn the ‘general consent’ to the agency mins amid opposition PRESS TRUST OF INDIA vious general consents issued earlier, It seems the Amarinder Singh prior consent of the Government of government is scared that various Chandigarh, Nov 10: The Punjab shall be required, hereinafter, "mafia gangs" working in the state, to central projects Congress-led government in Punjab on a case-to-case basis for investi- mostly under the "patronage" of has revoked its general consent gation of any offence or class of of- the Congress leaders, do not come to the Central Bureau of fences under section 3 of the afore- under the CBI investigation, he al- Sawant is under pressure from nearly all opposition Investigation (CBI) for probing said Act, by the Delhi Special Police leged. parties over fears of the state becoming a ‘coal hub’ cases in the state, joining several Establishment,” it further said. "We all know how a large num- other non-BJP ruled states that The Punjab government had ear- ber of mafia gangs are operating in have carried out a similar move. lier withdrawn consent from the sand mining, drug peddling and il- The states such as West Bengal, CBI for investigating the 2015 sac- licit liquor distribution. The en- Rajasthan, Maharashtra, rilege incidents there after the state tire state has been converted into a Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh had assembly had passed a resolution mafia state where the police was de- already withdrawn the ‘general in this regard in 2018. Later, it liberately turning a blind eye to consent’ to the CBI. handed over the probe into inci- such nefarious operations. It seems According to the state govern- dents of desecration of religious that the Congress government has ment notification issued November texts to the special investigation found an escape route by shutting 8, a prior consent of the Punjab ferred by section 6 of the Delhi Special Police Establishment, any- team (SIT) of the Punjab police. the doors on the CBI," said Chugh government will be required by the Special Police Establishment Act, time herein before,” as per the no- Meanwhile, BJP national gen- in a statement. CBI, which comes under the Delhi 1946 (Central Act No 25 of 1946), tification issued by the Additional eral secretary Tarun Chugh took ex- The chief minister wants the Special Police Establishment Act, the Government of Punjab hereby Chief Secretary, Department of ception to the step of revoking gen- mafia raj to continue in the state, to investigate any case in the state. withdraws the general consent ac- Home Affairs and Justice. eral consent, saying there was which is why the consent to CBI “In exercise of the power con- corded to the members of the Delhi “In view of revocation of all pre- apparently no provocation to do so. has been withdrawn, Chugh said.

INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE Railway Piyush Goyal, Union Minister for Ports, Shipping and Panaji, Nov 10: Facing protests over Waterways Mansukh Mandaviya, Is Punjab facing an CENTRE INVITES FARMERS’ fears of Goa becoming a ‘coal hub’ among others. through ongoing central projects “Met Mandaviya in New Delhi related to laying of double rail today. Conveyed sentiments of peo- tracks and widening of roads, Chief ple of Goa regarding coal handling. economic blockade? BODIES FOR TALKS NOV 13 Minister Pramod Sawant met sev- He has assured to look into the mat- eral Union Ministers to discuss re- ter,” Sawant said in a statement. PUNJAB’S ECONOMY IS FACING DERAILMENT PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Farmers of Punjab have would pave a way for the disman- lated issues over the last two days. After meeting Gadkari Tuesday, tling of the minimum support price Sawant is under pressure from Sawant said that he had discussed WITH THE CENTRE VIRTUALLY APPLYING Chandigarh, Nov 10: The Centre been demanding that system, leaving them at the "mercy" nearly all opposition parties and various issues related to pending has invited Punjab farmer bodies the new farm laws of of big corporates. civil society groups over the two and proposed National Highway BRAKES TO GOODS TRAINS TO THE STATE protesting against its farm laws They have been demanding that projects, which critics say would be projects in the state and also "con- for talks November 13 in Delhi. the Centre be repealed these new laws be repealed. used to facilitate increased trans- veyed the apprehensions of peo- An invite from the Secretary, Farmers had resorted to a “rail portation of coal through Goa to ple regarding the highway expan- Union Ministry of Agriculture and roko” agitation and staged sit-ins Karnataka's steel industry at the sion on Anmod Ghat Farmers' Welfare, has been sent to Punjab BJP chief Ashwani outside some shopping malls, toll cost of axing nearly 50,000 trees (Goa-Karnataka border)". farmers' organisations for talks Sharma has welcomed the deci- plazas and outside residences of in protected forests in and around Sawant's visit to Delhi comes days with Agriculture Minister Narendra sion of the Centre. Last month, BJP leaders. The train services in Mollem village in South Goa. after his assurance that he would ob- Singh Tomar and Railway Minister representatives of several farm- Punjab have been suspended since A 400KVA power project com- tain a written communication from Piyush Goyal. ers' organisations from Punjab had September 24, when farmers started ing up near Mollem has also faced authorities concerned, that the ex- Bharatiya Kisan Union (Rajewal) walked out of a meeting called by their “rail roko” agitation against opposition. isting coal imports in Goa, which is president Balbir Singh Rajewal the Union Agriculture Ministry the central laws. Among the Union Ministers to the tune of 14-15 million tonnes, said farmers' organisations have over the new farm laws and had While farmers have lifted their whom Sawant met during his two- would not be increased in future on received an invitation. accused the government of adopt- dharnas from rail tracks for the day visit to Delhi were Union completion of the projects. A farmer leader said they have ing “double standards” with no resumption of freight trains, the Minister of State for Tourism Coal dust pollution in the port called a meeting of representatives minister present to hear them out. Centre wants movement of pas- Prahlad Singh Patel, Union Minister town of Vasco and nearby areas has of unions November 12 to discuss Farmers in Punjab have expressed senger trains as well with com- for Road Transport and Highways been an issue of major concern in INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE the strategy. apprehension that the new laws plete security. Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister for the state.

Chandigarh, Nov 10: Punjab's BATTLE OF economy is facing derailment with ‘SUPREMACY’ the Centre virtually applying brakes SHROUDING SMOG to the goods trains to the state. n the battle of ‘supremacy’, the Woman lecturer It is already facing acute power Isituation in Punjab has turned shortage with cuts lasting up to literally grim, admit government five hours in many parts follow- functionaries ing shutting down of all five ther- hey say snapping of rail links booked for FB post mal facilities owing to running out Tseverely impacted the of coal stocks in the wake of non- electricity generation and INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE plying of goods trains in the state shortage of urea and for over a month now. diammonium phosphate (DAP) Panaji, Nov 10: The Goa Police The 'economic blockade' has have badly hit the sowing of Monday booked a law college lec- again brought to focus the much de- wheat during the Rabi season turer on charges of allegedly out- bated issue of Centre-state rela- he requirement of urea in the raging religious sentiments through tions, which some point to a federal Tstate is 13.5 lakh tonnes, a Facebook post, days after a com- breakdown. whereas the availability is plaint was filed against her by one The bone of contention between almost nil. Likewise, against the Rajiv Jha for allegedly slandering the Congress-ruled Punjab, where requirement of six lakh tonnes Hindu religion. the BJP has just two lawmakers of DAP its availability is just According to Superintendent of at Panaji police station. in the 117-member Assembly, and marginal Police (North Goa) Utkrisht Prasoon, The FIR follows accusations the BJP-led Central government a First Information Report has also made against Singh, that her con- is the amended farm laws passed efore the snapping of rail been filed against Jha, a resident of troversial Facebook post criticised by the state to counter the Central Blinks, the state was loading Ponda town in South Goa, for al- conservative traditions in Hinduism around 30-35 rakes per day. As farm laws. legedly intimidating Shilpa Singh and Islam by making objection- per the government estimates, Reacting to this development, the movement of foodgrains has and outraging her modesty through able references to the practice of Bharatiya Kisan Union President been too hit. A total of 10 lakh social media posts. wearing a mangalsutra and donning Balbir Singh Rajewal informed in tonnes of foodgrains has got “The above said accused person a burkha respectively. a recent tweet that, “Modi gov- affected with a Facebook profile in the name “Jha has also been booked under ernment silently imposed economic of Shilpa Surendra Pratap Singh sections 504 (insult), 506 (criminal blockade of Punjab. Lawyers please knowingly uploaded a post on intimidation) and 509 (outraging study if it is possible in democ- plorable that agitating farmers are Facebook account in the public do- modesty) of the IPC based on the racy?” being treated as enemies of the main with deliberate and mali- complaint filed by Shilpa Singh,” Officials told IANS the trains state. Centre shouldn't try to use cious intention and outraged the re- Prasoon also said. have been suspended in Punjab heavy handed tactics against them.” ligious feelings of the complainant, In her complaint, Singh had ac- since September 24 with farmers Saying the Centre has virtually thereby insulting religious beliefs, cused Jha of intimidation, out- starting the rail blockade cam- imposed an economic blockade on and committing an offence under raging her modesty, and also in- paign against the farm laws. Punjab, Badal minced no words in Section 295 of the IPC,” read a First citing a lynch mob against her Reiterating his assurance of taking a jibe at his bete noire and Vehicles ply on a road amid low visibility due to smog on the outskirts of Amritsar, Tuesday. PTI PHOTO Information Report filed by Ravi Jha through Facebook posts. smooth and safe goods train move- the Chief Minister by saying, “The ment, Chief Minister Amarinder CM held a one-hour 'protest' in Singh Saturday spoke to Union Delhi solely for photo ops. Why Home Minister Amit Shah for his didn't he meet the Railways minister intervention to ensure early reso- or the PM? Rather than standing be- Amaridner orders 30,000 Covid tests a day lution of the issue. side the farmers, Amarinder Singh As his party MPs failed to end is colluding with the Centre to en- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA the impasse, the Chief Minister sure farmers don't get any relief.” spoke to Shah to discuss the sit- “This is an incredible level of Chandigarh, Nov 10: Amid pro- uation and assured him that there vindictiveness of the Centre to- jections of a second coronavirus SECOND SEROSURVEY were no law and order concerns wards a state to undermine feder- wave hitting Punjab, Chief Minister to prevent resumption of the serv- alism,” a Cabinet minister privy to Amarinder Singh Tuesday directed IN THIRD WEEK OF NOV ices for facilitating supply of es- the development told IANS. “Is the the Health and Medical Education sential commodities in Punjab BJP planning an economic block- Departments to maintain levels of Chandigarh: Punjab Chief SARS CoV-2 outside the contain- and neighbouring states, includ- ade for Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh testing at 30,000 a day. Minister Amarinder Singh Tuesday ment zones, in contrast with the ing Himachal Pradesh, Ladakh too as they have done the same?” He also ordered amendment in gave the go-ahead for the second first serosurvey that was con- and Jammu & Kashmir, all of he asked. rules to enable direct recruitment serosurvey to be conducted across ducted in August in five con- which were suffering colossal Firing potshots at the Punjab of super specialist doctors to meet "The current decline in cases, minister asked the medical experts a larger sampling area to assess the tainment zones across five dis- losses due to the continued sus- Chief Minister, BJP national the shortfall of the medical staff. notwithstanding, the situation re- team headed by Dr K K Talwar to spread of coronavirus in the state. tricts. The first survey conducted pension of trains. President J.P. Nadda last week ex- Chairing a high-level virtual meet- mains grim with a second wave ex- evolve effective strategies to tackle The survey will be conducted in a in one containment zone each in Amarinder Singh assured that pressed concern over the continued ing to review the pandemic situa- pected to hit the state,” he said, the problem. random sample of 4,800 people Patiala, SAS Nagar, Ludhiana, all tracks had been cleared by farm- suspension of goods trains by the tion in the state, the CM asked Chief stressing the need to strictly fol- While overall number of cases among the general population in Jalandhar and Amritsar had found ers for movement of freight trains. Indian Railways and hit back with Secretary Vini Mahajan to work low all safety protocols. had declined in the state, 11 dis- the third week of November, with 27.8 per cent seroprevalence. “The The situation on the ground was to- an open letter, holding Amarinder on amending the rules for ensuring He directed DGP Dinkar Gupta tricts have shown increase in pos- the results expected to be released second survey will include a ran- tally peaceful and conducive to Singh ‘fully responsible’ for the direct recruitment in super spe- to crack down on those not wearing itivity rate in the past four weeks. by the end of the month, an official dom sample of 120 clusters (60 safe transportation of goods, he current impasse. ciality departments to prevent weak- masks or adhering to social dis- The districts where the positiv- release said here. villages and 60 urban wards) from apprised the Home Minister, an of- “The Government of India is ening of response to the coron- tancing norms. ity rate has increased are Rupnagar, At a virtual COID-19 review 12 randomly selected districts, ficial statement said. very keen to run trains in the state avirus pandemic. The CM underlined the need to Bathinda, SAS Nagar, Faridkot, meeting, the chief minister agreed with 40 adults to be selected ran- Slamming its previous ally, SAD of Punjab, but unfortunately you The chief minister directed the focus on potential super spreaders. Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Mansa, with health experts on the need domly from each cluster,” the re- President Sukhbir Badal has blamed are not performing the role that departments concerned to ensure The government employees must Amritsar, Moga, Shaheed Bhagat to find the extent of spread of lease said.

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of the day uote Assam minister booked for false I heard BJP BJP poised to sweep 40 of 59 Assembly seats leaders saying in unison (on claim on FB TV) that only Nitish THE BJP WON MOST OF THE SEATS IN MADHYA PRADESH, WHILE CONGRESS SURPRISED BY WINNING THE BARODA SEAT IN HARYANA babu will be the PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Chief Minister. Nitish babu should PRESS TRUST OF INDIA gin of over 12,000 votes. Guwahati, Nov 10: A case was reg- thank Shiv Sena for that. Not BY-POLL COUNTING In R R Nagar, N Munirathana istered against powerful Assam keeping promises will not happen in Bhopal/Lucknow/Ahmedabad, emerged winner with a margin of minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for Bihar because the Shiv Sena has Nov 10: The BJP Tuesday was set over 58,000 votes against his near- allegedly promoting enmity be- shown in Maharashtra what can to sweep the Assembly by-elections est Congress rival Kusuma tween different groups by mak- happen if word is not kept held last week with leads and wins JHARKHAND ing “false statements”, days after

SANJAY RAUT | SHIV SENA LEADER in more than 40 of 59 seats across The state’s ruling coalition re- he claimed on social media that 11 states, including Madhya Pradesh tained both Dumka and Bermo, the AIUDF supporters raised “Pakistan where it was ahead in 19 of 28 con- former going to the JMM and the Zindabad” slogans at the Silchar Tejasvi Surya, stituencies, according to Election latter to the Congress, said Joint airport, police said Tuesday. instead of Commission trends. Chief Electoral Officer Hiralal The case was lodged on the basis making India’s ruling party was also Mandal. Earlier in the day, BJP’s Lois of a complaint filed by the Congress ridiculous poised to bag all the eight seats in Marandi was leading in Dumka on Monday at the Bhangagarh po- statements, run to a Gujarat for which by-elections were over Basant Soren, Chief Minister lice station in Guwahati, they said. mirror right now to held and five of seven constituen- Hemant Soren’s brother. Sarma and a brigade of BJP figure out who the cies in Uttar Pradesh that went to HARYANA leaders slammed the supporters of real fascists are. It's your bosses at the polls in the first pan-India elec- In a big win for the Congress, its AIUDF president Badruddin Ajmal BJP who have destroyed this toral exercise in the pandemic. candidate Indu Raj Narwal defeated November 5, alleging that they country with their autocracy and As the electoral juggernaut rolled the BJP's candidate, Olympian had raised “Pakistan Zindabad” slo- politics of hate since 2014 and BJP workers, anticipating a win wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt, in the gans at the Silchar airport, but NUSRAT JAHAN | TRINAMOOL MP in the Bihar Assembly polls, pre- Baroda Assembly seat in BJP-ruled the opposition party refuted it pared for celebrations at the party’s Haryana. The Congress retained and said the BJP twisted the “Aziz headquarters in New Delhi, votes the seat with Narwal winning by Khan Zindabad” slogan. Let your were also counted for by-elections in over 10,000 votes, said officials. “A case was registered under (Kamala Manipur (five seats), Haryana (one), CHHATTISGARH relevant sections. We will inves- Harris) tenure Chhattisgarh (one), Jharkhand (two), The state’s ruling Congress was tigate the matter as per the law,” bring more laurels Karnataka (two), Nagaland (two), BJP state president VD Sharma and party supporters react during counting of votes for Madhya Pradesh Assembly ahead in the by-election to the a senior police official told this to America and Odisha (two) and Telangana (one). by-polls in Bhopal, Tuesday PTI PHOTO Marwahi seat that was necessitated news agency. herald the pride of If the by-elections spelt a likely due to the death of Janata Congress Another official said that the Tamil heritage to the big win for the BJP, it seemed dis- BSP, interestingly, had one lead. eight seats – and the Congress trail- MANIPUR Chhattisgarh (J) MLA and former case has been registered under IPC world mal for the Congress, particularly Elections were held for 28 seats, ing. As party workers broke into cel- According to Election Chief Minister Ajit Jogi. Sections 153A (promoting enmity MK STALIN | DMK PRESIDENT in Madhya Pradesh where it could the first time that so many by- ebrations and burst firecrackers Commission trends, the BJP had TELANGANA between different groups) and 511 lose big. However, it did have a few polls were held together. The BJP at its headquarters in Gandhinagar, won three seats and was leading The BJP was leading in the (attempting to commit offences scattered wins, including in BJP- has 107 MLAs in the Assembly, Chief Minister Vijay Rupani told re- in one with an Independent being Dubbak Assembly constituency, punishable with imprisonment for SHORT TAKES ruled Haryana. with an effective strength of 229, porters his party's performance voted unopposed in one. The by- which witnessed a three-cornered life or other imprisonment). MADHYA PRADESH and needs at least eight more was a “trailer” for the upcoming elec- elections were necessitated by contest between the ruling TRS “These sections will be read It’s a high-stakes electoral bat- MLAs for a simple majority. It tions to local bodies and the 2022 Congress MLAs in four seats re- and opposition BJP and Congress. with Section 67 (publishing or Two held for tle, particularly in the central will have an easy road to power if Assembly polls. signing from the Assembly and NAGALAND transmitting obscene material in Indian state where the BJP-led the trends hold out. It is a crucial Rupani said voters had rejected quitting the party to join the BJP. The National Democratic electronic form) of the IT Act,” he illegal sand mining Shivraj Singh Chouhan govern- test for Jyotiraditya Scindia, who the “negative campaign and activ- KARNATAKA Progressive Party bagged the added. Noida (UP): Two people ment is locked in a fierce contest quit the Congress with his loyal- ities” of the Congress. The ruling BJP won both the Southern Angami-I seat in Kohima The slogans were raised as Aziz allegedly involved in illegal with the Congress to save its gov- ist MLAs to join the BJP, toppling UTTAR PRADESH seats for which by-elections were while an Independent candidate Ahmed Khan, the AIUDF MLA sand mining have been ernment. the Congress-led Kamal Nath gov- Of the seven seats, the ruling held, wresting Sira from the JD(S) was leading in the Pungro-Kiphire from Karimganj South con- arrested in Uttar Pradesh's The BJP won five seats and was ernment. BJP was ahead in five and the and Rajarajeshwari Nagar from Assembly segment in Kiphire dis- stituency, was accompanying Greater Noida, police said ahead in 14 seats leaving the GUJARAT Samajwadi Party in two. Barring the Congress. It created history by trict. The elections were necessi- Ajmal, a Lok Sabha MP, at the air- Tuesday. The duo was held on Congress far behind with one win The BJP held sway over the party- Malhani, which was with the SP, the recording its first ever victory in the tated following the deaths of the port in Silchar in the linguisti- Monday evening while they and seven leads, according to ruled state with three wins and five other seats were in the ruling BJP's Sira assembly segment Dr C M sitting legislators Vikho-o Yhoshu cally and religiously sensitive were transporting the sand Election Commission trends. The leads – on the verge of bagging all kitty. Rajesh Gowda winning with a mar- and T Torechu. Barak Valley. from Samaana canal near Khurshedpur village in Jarcha police station area, they said. Those held have been JUBILATION identified as Bullan alias CM aspirant Pushpam Priya Gulfaam and Rohit, both residents of Karonda village in Jarcha, a police bags fewer votes than NOTA spokesperson said. The accused have been booked INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE under provisions of the UP Minerals (Prevention of Patna, Nov 10: Pushpam Priya Illegal Mining, Transportation Chaudhary, 28, a London School of and Storage) Rules, 2018, the Economics (LSE) alumnus, who spokesperson said. had floated her own political out- fit ‘Plurals Party’ and declared herself a contender for the Bihar Three shell firms Chief ministerial post, suffered a blow Tuesday after trends of the detected in UP Bihar Assembly results showed her trailing from both the Assembly Bareilly: The Uttar Pradesh seats she contested from. while RJD MLA Dr. Fayaz Ahmad Commercial Taxes Department has unearthed Chaudhary has contested from had got 3,383 votes according to three shell firms involved in the Bankipur Assembly con- counting trends. Pushpam Priya bogus sale of mentha oil, an stituency in Patna district and the has bagged less than NOTA votes official said Tuesday. Of these Bisfi seat in Madhubani district from this seat. Nearly 181 votes A man lights fireworks as villagers gather to celebrate the victory of US Vice President-elect Kamala Harris in Painganadu near the village of Thulasendrapuram, three bogus firms, two were where she had merely received a have been cast as NOTA as per where Harris’ maternal grandfather was born and grew up in Tamil Nadu REUTERS PHOTO from Bareilly and one from few votes on both the seats. On the current poll results. At present, Shahjahanpur, the official the Bisfi seat, she had managed to 9,802 votes have been counted on said. Additional bag fewer votes than ‘None of the this seat. Commissioner of Above’ (NOTA) option. Pushpam Priya is the daugh- enforcement team RK Pandey Priya had managed just 121 ter of former JDU MLC Vinod By-poll results: A warning for UP Oppn said 18 firms in Shahjahanpur votes coming in third position on Chaudhary. She had created a stir and Bareilly were probed by the Bankipur Assembly seat when by declaring herself as a CM can- INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE Despite having harped on mul- advantage for the BJP was the fact Congress chose not to campaign the department. reports last came in while three- didate in newspapers before the tiple issues – from Corona to Hathras that the party took the by-elections for their respective parties. time BJP MLA Nitin Naveen was Bihar elections. She had formed a Lucknow, Nov 10: The results of – in the past few months, the op- seriously and deployed all its ener- It was left to local leaders to carry leading with 2,385 votes followed party called ‘Plurals’ and fielded the by-elections for seven Assembly position parties failed to make a gies and organization in fighting forward the campaign which went 6 men booked by Congress candidate Luv Sinha, engineers, doctors, social activists, seats are a strong message for single dent in the BJP’s following. the polls. Adityanath and state BJP in all directions except the right son of actor-turned-politician teachers, professors as her candi- Opposition parties in Uttar Pradesh. The BJP retained all the six seats president Swatantra Dev Singh vig- one. The SP managed to retain the under POCSO Act Shatrughan Sinha. dates on several seats and herself The message is for an over-con- that it held before the by-elections orously campaigned even during Malhani seat but was given a huge Pondicherry: Six men have From the Bisfi seat, Pushpam contested from two seats. But she fident Samajwadi Party that as- and remains fighting fit for the the pandemic and all ministers and challenge by an independent can- been booked under the had managed just 49 votes when re- has failed to create an impact in the pires to return to power 2022, for the next assembly elections. party leaders were deployed in the didate, Dhananjay Singh. POCSO Act for allegedly ports last came in. From this seat minds of the electorate it appears, Bahujan Samaj Party that contin- UP CM Yogi Adityanath re-es- constituencies for campaigning. The Samajwadi Party put up a sexually abusing five minor BJP candidate Haribhushan since she has been trailing on both ues to take its Dalit vote bank for tablished his position as an undis- In contrast, Akhilesh Yadav of brave front and party leader Anurag girls in their farm, police said Thakur is leading with 5,541 votes the assembly seats. granted and, especially, for the puted leader in the state and his fol- Samajwadi Party, Mayawati of BSP Bhadauria said, “We will try harder here Tuesday. The children Congress that remains directionless. lowing among the people. The biggest and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra of again. We are not going to give up.” were sold to a man last month by their parents and kept as bonded labourers in their farm, where they were UT'S FIRST DDC sexually abused, Senior ELECTIONS POLITICAL ACTIVITY PICKS UP PACE IN J&K Superintendent of Police Pritikhsha Godara told reporters. Acting on ELECTIONS FOR DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL IN J&K WILL BE HELD IN EIGHT PHASES STARTING NOVEMBER 28 information, the Child Welfare Committee first rescued two of them last AGENCIES workers along with participating in contest the DDC elections. BJP releases first list of candi- month and the others some the PAGD meeting. “PAGD has unanimously decided dates time later, she said. Jammu, Nov 10: Political activ- Many organisations staged protests that we would fight these elections Meanwhile, the BJP has started ity has gained momentum in Jammu against the former J&K CM over unitedly. Despite the abruptness of gearing up for the DDC elections and and Kashmir in the past few weeks, her recent controversial remarks timing, all of a sudden, they spring has announced the first list of its particularly after the announce- on the national flag. Black flags were a surprise, to finish everything in candidates. On Monday, BJP an- One held for ment of District Development shown to her outside the Jammu one month. But this space is too nounced the names of 35 candi- transporting beef Council (DDC) elections. airport by protesters Thursday. scared to be left for the invaders to dates for DDC elections in the On November 4, J&K Election National Conference (NC) president invade,” Sajad Lone, People’s Jammu region and 37 candidates in Thane: A 37-year-old tempo Commissioner KK Sharma and and Chairperson of the Gupkar Conference chief said. the Kashmir valley. driver has been arrested for Chief Electoral Officer Hridesh Alliance, Farooq Abdullah and NC The poll boycott by the NC and “This time it would be BJP ver- allegedly transporting beef Kumar announced that DDC elec- vice-president Omar Abdullah PDP had given a walkover to the BJP sus the Gupkar gang. The fight ` worth 6 lakh in tions will take place in the Union reached Jammu Friday. Soon after in the panchayat elections in the would be between nationalists and Maharashtra's Thane district, Territory in eight phases starting their arrival, the father-son duo vis- Kashmir valley and as a result, the anti-nationalists. PDP insulted the police said Tuesday. Acting from November 28. ited the party office in Jammu where saffron party managed to install national flag. They will get a be-

y on a tip-off, a police team Since then, hectic political par- laid a trap at Bhiwandi they addressed NC workers. leaders met at Farooq Abdullah’s impose a “communal and anti-na- its Panches and Sarpanches at var- fitting answer from the people of

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of the day uote TN journalist China building new tunnels at Doklam hacked to death We are today operating in a by ‘drug dealers’ very complex, China’s move, which comes amid the stand-off with India in eastern Ladakh, aims at all-weather access to Doklam uncertain and a very volatile AGENCIES AGENCIES environment. There India, China to hold 9th round of talks are small and big New Delhi, Nov 10: Despite the on- Chennai, Nov 10: A television battles raging nearly in every region going military-level talks between NEW DELHI: The military delegates from India and China are likely to journalist in Tamil Nadu’s of the world. Therefore, we all need Indian and Chinese armies to defuse hold talks for the ninth time this week to resolve the border disputes in Kancheepuram district was hacked strong armed forces if we have to tension in eastern Ladakh, latest re- Eastern Ladakh, as both countries during the eighth round of dialogue to death Sunday, allegedly by a defend ourselves ports say that the dragon has once had constructive exchange of views on disengagement. The eight Corps gang of drug dealers who sus- again stepped up its road con- Commander level talks between both the countries took place November pected that he had alerted the au- GEN BIPIN RAWAT | CHIEF OF DEFENCE STAFF struction activity in the Doklam 6. Though the talks ended in a deadlock, both countries agreed to thorities about them, police said. plateau. According to reports, maintain dialogue and communication through military and diplomatic Four men have been arrested in channels, take forward the discussions, and push for the settlement of China’s activities aim at ensuring connection with the murder, police I have written other outstanding issues, so as to jointly maintain peace and tranquillity a letter to all-weather access in the region, in the border areas. The Indian Defence Ministry issued a statement last said Tuesday. Union Home which witnesses a 70-day stand-off Sunday in which it stated that the two sides had a candid, in-depth and Isravel Moses, 27, was called Minister Amit Shah between the two neighbouring coun- constructive exchange of views on disengagement along the Line of out of his house Sunday evening to ask all states to tries in 2017. Actual Control (LAC) in the Western Sector of India-China border areas. and hacked to death, police said. compulsorily lodge A satellite image from October His family initially thought the an FIR on every this year indicates that Chinese Incidentally, eight rounds of mil- construction activity in the region attackers were his friends. The complaint by a crime victim on the construction workers have extended itary talks between Indian and to ensure that its forces in the region accused are part of a gang in- lines of the decision taken by his the length of a ‘tunnel’ on this Access into Doklam comes through 4 key passes – Doka La, Batang La, Merug Chinese armies notwithstanding, can be reinforced quickly. volved in alleged sale of encroached government stretch to 500 metres. Military ex- La and Sinche La. PHOTO COURTESY: GOOGLE EARTH there has been no inclusive disen- On the other hand, China has land and selling drugs around a ASHOK GEHLOT | RAJASTHAN CHIEF MINISTER perts hinted that China’s goal is gagement plan, which New Delhi more than doubled its total number local lake, police said. “Moses had clear – it wants to ensure that road claim the Doklam plateau as their to the ‘disputed territory’ comes at and Beijing have agreed to and the of air bases, air defence positions and not telecast any news report on this access to the Doklam plateau re- territory. Since India backs Bhutan’s a time when New Delhi and Beijing extraordinary military stand-off heliports near the Indian border issue,” an officer said. Today is mains unrestricted throughout the claim, the Indian soldiers had crossed are in the middle of a stand-off in appears set to continue through over the last three years, said a The father of the victim, Nandigram winter months. It is worth men- the Sikkim border in June 2017 to eastern Ladakh, where Chinese the winter months. Stratfor report – a leading global Gnanaraj, has alleged the district Dibas - the tioning here that the Doklam plateau stop the construction of a road by soldiers made incursions at sev- At the same time, it is now clear geopolitical intelligence platform. police did not take any action on 13th anniversary of is completely snowed under dur- the Chinese near the “Chicken's eral stretches across the contested that China has expanded its roadmap “When completed, the infrastruc- his son's complaint that his life the barbaric ing the winter months making ac- Neck” – a thin strip linking India to Line of Actual Control (LAC), which in the Doklam plateau that lies be- ture will provide support for an even was in danger. massacre in the cess to the place a challenge. the country’s north-eastern states. is considered the de facto border be- tween Sikkim and Bhutan. greater intensity of Chinese opera- Police, however, denied the name of new dawn. In fact, both China and Bhutan China’s move to ensure access tween the two countries. India too has stepped up its road tions in the region,” the report said. charge. “We did not receive any My homage to all those who lost such information from him. This their lives due to political violence murder is purely due to personal across the world vengeance and land issue,” D MAMATA BANERJEE | WEST BENGAL CM BRAVEHEART Shanmugapriya, the district police Delhi’s air quality at chief, said. Senior journalist, Bharathi Tamizhan, has slammed SHORT TAKES the police over the allegation. Moses had received death threat worst levels this year after he reported on anti-social 2 terrorists killed activities including sale of ganja in Shopian The poor air quality has led residents to complain in areas under Somangalam police about stinging eyes, sore throat and breathlessness station limits. His murder has Srinagar: Two terrorists have happened amid inaction by po- been killed in an ongoing lice., his father alleged. encounter between terrorists REUTERS Sachin Taparia, founder of and security forces in South LocalCircles. Kashmir’s Shopian district New Delhi, Nov 10: Air quality The privately held community Tuesday, officials said. “The in India’s capital deteriorated to social media platform surveyed 38,074 new nCoV two terrorists killed in its worst this year Tuesday prompt- nearly 6,000 families November 6- Kutpora have not been ing a social media barrage of res- 9 on the impact of air pollution. cases, 448 deaths identified yet. Operation is idents complaining about sting- Pollution in New Delhi had al- going on,” police said. The ing eyes, sore throat and most disappeared earlier this year, in past 24 hours gunfight took place after the breathlessness in the middle of when the government imposed a na- security forces cordoned off the coronavirus pandemic. INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE the area at dawn and tionwide lockdown to contain the launched a search Delhi’s overall air quality index, coronavirus, but has been returned operation on the basis of which measures pollutants in- since the government began lifting New Delhi, Nov 10: India Tuesday specific information about cluding PM2.5 particles, rose to restrictions at the end of August. reported 38,074 new coronavirus militant presence. 488, its highest level in a year, ac- Authorities have banned the cases, taking the total number of cording to government data. That sale and use of firecrackers ahead cases to 85,91,731. The death toll has was up from 477 on a scale of 500 of the Diwali festival in a bid to reached 1,27,059 with 448 new Monday. curb pollution, but environmen- deaths reported in the last 24 hours, 4 children killed The data showed the deadly par- talists have called on the govern- as per the Union Health Ministry. in mudslide ticulate matter PM2.5, which can ment to do more. Captain Shivan Singh of Army Service Corps, engulfed in fire, comes out of a tunnel after breaking the world record The total number of active cases cause cardiovascular and respi- “Delhi’s air has turned haz- for longest ride through a tunnel of fire at ASC centre in Bangalore, Tuesday PTI PHOTO now stands at 5,05,265 after a de- Bhopal: Four children died ratory diseases such as lung can- ardous. Coal plants around Delhi crease of 4,408 in the last 24 hours. and two others were injured cer, also reached its highest levels need to be shut down immediately Total recovered cases are at Monday in a mudslide near a since November 2019 and stood 30 along with construction activities,” 79,59,406 with 42,033 new discharges drain, police said. Seven times over the World Health said Vimlendu Jha, the founder of in the last 24 hours. children, aged between seven PM sends clear message to Xi, Imran Organization’s safe limit. non-profit Swechha. India Monday reported 45,903 and 12 years, had gone nearby place to dig out It comes as Delhi, suffering a Officials and businesses worry PRESS TRUST OF INDIA virtually, since the border standoff new coronavirus cases. yellow mud to colour homes “third wave” of coronavirus in- that a halt in industrial activity SCO SUMMIT between India and China began in Seventy-nine per cent of the for Diwali, police official fections, is facing one of the worst could hurt an economy only just New Delhi, Nov 10: In a stern eastern Ladakh in early May. 45,903 new Covid-19 cases reported Rajesh Singh Badhoriya said. spells of pollution in years, partly bouncing back from a record slump message to China and Pakistan, “India believes that to enhance con- on Monday were from 10 states Six of them were extracting due to crop waste fires in neigh- in the second quarter. Prime Minister Narendra Modi nectivity, it is important that we and UTs, with Delhi overtaking mud when loose soil caved in, bouring states and local emission SAFAR, India’s main environ- while addressing the SCO summit move forward by following the core Maharashtra and Kerala by re- trapping them, Badhoriya from vehicle exhausts. ment monitoring agency, has fore- Tuesday said there should be respect principle of respecting each other's porting 7,745 infections in a span said. On seeing the mudslide, “About 85% of households in cast severe conditions over the for each others’ sovereignty and sovereignty and territorial integrity,” of 24 hours to become the largest the seventh boy ran to a Delhi had at least one person com- next 24 hours due to stagnant winds territorial integrity. Modi said while referring to New contributor to the single-day in- village nearby and informed plaining of difficulty in breath- and rising humidity levels, which In his speech at the eight-mem- Delhi’s involvement in International fections, the Union Health Ministry people who in turn called the ing, among other symptoms,” said trap pollutants longer. ber Shanghai Cooperation North South Corridor project, de- said on Monday. police, he said. Organisation (SCO) summit, held velopment of the Chabahar port Delhi had earlier overtaken virtually, Modi also hit out at those and Ashgabat agreement. Maharashtra and Kerala making repeated attempts to “un- The International North–South November 7 also. Man chops off necessarily” bring bilateral issues Transport Corridor (INSTC) is a The city had reported the high- to the SCO in violation of the bloc’s 7,200-km-long multi-mode trans- est daily new cases, also its high- woman’s nose foundational principles, in an oblique port project for moving freight est tally so far with 7,745 new cases. Jalaun (UP): A jilted lover reference to Pakistan raising the made the comments in the pres- among India, Iran, Afghanistan, The national capital is followed allegedly chopped the nose Kashmir issue in its past meetings. ence of Chinese President Xi Armenia, Azerbaijan, Russia, by Maharashtra with 5,585 cases off a 40-year-old woman in The remarks by Modi came in the Jinping, Pakistan Prime Minister Central Asia and Europe. and Kerala with 5,585 cases, the Uttar Pradesh's Jalaun backdrop of the Sino-India border Imran Khan, Russian President Ashgabat agreement is a trans- ministry said on Monday. district, police said Tuesday. row in eastern Ladakh and China's Vladimir Putin and other top lead- port agreement among several Gulf “New daily cases continue to The incident occurred contentious Belt and Road con- ers of the influential grouping. and Central Asian countries which trend downwards with the suc- Monday morning over a nectivity project, as also Pakistan's Putin chaired the summit. is aimed at creating a transit corridor cess of Jan-Andolan promoting dispute, Orai police station support to cross-border terrorism This is for the first time Modi and to spur trade and investment. India Covid appropriate behaviour.” the in-charge Sudhakar Mishra against India. The Prime Minister Xi have come face-to-face, albeit has been supporting the project. ministry said. said. The woman was rushed to a hospital, where her condition is stated to be stable. The woman was married, but living alone for the past five years due to a Indian researchers developing vaccines against Covid-19, HIV dispute and the man was forcing her to marry him, police said. SCIENTISTS AT THE INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE REPORTED THE DESIGN OF A “HEAT-TOLERANT” COVID-19 VACCINE CANDIDATE

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA according to Bangalore-based IISc. ilar vaccines for decades, IISc said. “Now we have to get funds to The Covid-19 vaccine candidate There is another difference be- take this forward to clinical devel- Pak violates Bangalore, Nov 10: Indian Institute contains a part of the spike pro- tween the vaccine candidate being opment”, Varadarajan said. ceasefire again of Science claimed Tuesday that tein of the novel coronavirus called developed by Varadarajan’s team and This would include safety and researchers led by Raghavan the Receptor Binding Domain (RBD) many other Covid-19 vaccines in toxicity studies in rats along with Jammu: Pakistan used small Varadarajan, Professor at IISc’s - the region that helps the virus the works – it only uses a specific process development and GMP man- arms and mortars Molecular Biophysics Unit, are stick to the host’s cell. part of the RBD, a string of 200 ufacture of a clinical trial batch, be- Tuesday to target Indian working towards developing effec- It is being developed by amino acids, instead of the entire fore they are tested in humans. positions on the Line of tive vaccine strategies against two Varadarajan’s lab in collaboration spike protein. “Those studies can cost about `10 Control (LoC) in three Sectors viruses: SARS-CoV-2 and HIV. with Mynvax, a startup co-founded The team inserted genes coding crore. Unless the government funds of Jammu and Kashmir’s In two studies published in the by him and incubated at IISc, as for this part via a carrier DNA mol- us, we might not be able to take it for- Poonch district. Defence past week, they reported the de- well as several other institutes. ecule called a plasmid, into mam- ward”, he added. The second study Ministry spokesman Colonel sign of a “heat-tolerant” Covid-19 “When tested in guinea pig mod- malian cells, which then churned focused on HIV, the virus that causes Devender Anand said that vaccine candidate and a rapid around 10.30 a.m., Pakistan els, the vaccine candidate triggered out copies of the RBD section. AIDS, a disease for which there is no

indulged in firing and shelling method to identify specific regions a strong immune response”, the They found that the RBD for- vaccine despite decades of research. y along the LoC in Shahpur, on the HIV envelope protein that are statement said. mulation was just as good as the full The teams, which included re-

targeted by antibodies, which can “Surprisingly, it also remained sta- spike protein in triggering an im- searchers from multiple institutes,

k y m Kirni, and Qasba Sectors. c Since the beginning of this help design effective vaccines, an IISc ble for a month at 37°C, and freeze- mune response in guinea pigs, but sought to pinpoint which parts of year, Pakistan has been press release said. dried versions could tolerate tem- mote areas for mass vaccination - Compared to newer types such as much more stable at high temper- the HIV’s envelope protein are tar- violating with impunity the The studies were published in peratures as high as 100°C,” it said. most vaccines need to be stored be- mRNA vaccines, making a protein- atures for extended periods - the geted by neutralising antibodies - bilateral ceasefire the Journal of Biological Chemistry Such “warm” vaccines can be tween 2-8°C or even cooler temper- based vaccine like this can also be full spike protein quickly lost its the ones that actually block virus agreement signed by the two and the Proceedings of the National stored and transported without ex- atures to avoid losing their potency, scaled up easily in India where man- activity at temperatures above 50°C, entry into cells, not just flag it for countries in 1999. Academy of Sciences respectively, pensive cooling equipment to re- the statement further said. ufacturers have been making sim- according to the statement. other immune cells to find. We have two MATTER OF CONCERN P10 registered vaccines WEDNESDAY | NOVEMBER 11 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR in Russia, and the trials Some young children have have already confirmed that forgotten how to eat with a knife the vaccines are safe, there and fork and others have regressed are no side effects, and they back into diapers as the pandemic are efficient. A third and related school closures take a vaccine is in the pipeline toll on young peoples’ learning, the

international UK education watchdog said

k y m VLADIMIR PUTIN | RUSSIAN PRESIDENT Representative image c of the day uote NASA CHIEF NOT AG GIVES NOD TO FRAUD PROBES READY TO CONTINUE Suu Kyi wins I look forward to deepening Trump for months before the election made repeated claims without providing UNDER JOE BIDEN UN-US ties & INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE working together evidence that results would be marred by fraud and has kept up those parliamentary seat towards a safer & more prosperous unfounded allegations over the past week San Francisco, Nov 10: NASA ad- INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE world ministrator Jim Bridenstine has REUTERS no intention to continue in his Yangon, Nov 10: Aung San Suu VOLKAN BOZKIR | TURKISH DIPLOMAT current position even if asked by Kyi, Chairperson of Myanmar's Washington/Wilmington, Nov the Joe Biden administration, said ruling National League for 10: President Donald Trump will a media report. Democracy (NLD), has won a seat I declare that push ahead Tuesday with long- In an interview to in the House of Representatives today I will leave the shot legal challenges to his loss AerospaceDaily, Bridenstine said (Lower House) for the next par- presidential palace to Democratic President-elect a new chief of the US space agency liament in the recently-held gen- and go to my home Joe Biden in last week’s election, under the new administration eral elections, the Union Election as Republican officials at the would be in the best interest of Commission (UEC) said Tuesday. MARTIN VIZCARRA | state and federal level lined up be- America's space exploration pro- Suu Kyi, the current State PERUVIAN PRESIDENT hind him. gramme. Counsellor of Myanmar, competed Pennsylvania Republican state "The right question here is in Yangon's Kawmhu constituency The departure lawmakers plan to call for an audit 'What's in the best interest of against rival candidates from the of the brother of the results in the state that gave NASA as an agency, and what's Union Solidarity and Development and the friend, Biden enough electoral votes to work in preparing for the work of irregularities affecting the out- in the best interest of America's Party (USDP), the Union Betterment The 2020 general the great fighter win, the day after U.S. Attorney governing, as a Trump appointee come of the election. But he did exploration program?" Bridenstine Party, United Nationalities League Saeb Erekat, General William Barr told federal who heads the office charged with say he was authorizing prosecu- was quoted as saying in the in- for Democracy, Phalon-Sawaw elections are the represents a big loss prosecutors to look into “substan- recognizing election results has tors to “pursue substantial allega- terview on Sunday. "You need Democratic Party and one inde- third election under for Palestine and for tial” allegations of irregularities. not yet done so. Biden on Saturday tions” of irregularities of voting and somebody who has a close rela- pendent runner, reports Xinhua our people Trump for months before the secured the more than the 270 votes the counting of ballots. Richard tionship with the President of the news agency. the country’s 2008

MAHMOUD ABBAS | PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT election made repeated claims with- in the Electoral College needed to Pilger, who for years has served as U.S. ... somebody trusted by the A total of 5,639 candidates in- Constitution out providing evidence that results win the presidency. He also led director of the Election Crimes administration, including OMB cluding 1,106 candidates from the would be marred by fraud and has Trump in the popular vote by 4.6 mil- Branch, said in an internal email (Office of Management and ruling NLD party and 1,089 from the the Lower House and two in the re- kept up those unfounded allega- lion votes on Tuesday morning as he was resigning from his post after Budget), National Space Council, USDP vied for the 1,117 parlia- gional or state parliaments so far. SHORT TAKES tions over the past week. Judges states continued to count the re- he read “the new policy and its National Security Council. I think mentary seats in Sunday's Suu Kyi, the 75-year-old Nobel lau- have tossed out lawsuits in Michigan maining ballots. ramifications”. The previous Justice I would not be the right person election. reate, had contested a seat in the New political and Georgia, and experts say BARR MOVE PROMPTS Department policy, designed to for that in a new administration," As of Tuesday morning, 47 rep- Lower House in Kawmhu town- Trump’s legal efforts have little RESIGNATION avoid interjecting the federal gov- he said. resentatives have been elected to ship in the 2012 by-election and turmoil in Peru chance of changing the election Barr’s directive to prosecutors ernment into election campaigns, When President Donald Trump Parliament at three levels and the 2015 general elections. The ruling Lima: Peru tumbled into result. But Congress’s top prompted the top lawyer oversee- had discouraged overt investiga- nominated the former Republican NLD secured 44 parliamentary NLD party won an absolute political turmoil Tuesday as Republican, Senate Majority Leader ing voter fraud investigations to tions “until the election in ques- Congressman to lead NASA in seats including 12 in the Lower majority of parliamentary seats anger mounted over a vote by Mitch McConnell, on Monday lined resign in protest. Barr told prose- tion has been concluded, its results 2017, many lawmakers opposed House, eight in the House of in the last general elections Congress to oust the up behind Trump, saying that he cutors on Monday that “fanciful certified, and all recounts and elec- the idea of a politician heading the Nationalities (Upper House) and November 8, 2015, and has been country's popular president was “100% within his rights to look or far-fetched claims” should not be tion contests concluded.” US space agency. The Senate, how- 24 in the regional or state parlia- running the government since 2016. over his handling of the into allegations of irregularities,” a basis for investigation and his Biden’s campaign said Barr was ever, confirmed him in April 2018, ments so far, according to the The 2020 general elections are the pandemic and unproven without citing any evidence. letter did not indicate the Justice fueling Trump’s far-fetched alle- with lawmakers voting along party UEC's result announcement. The third election under the country's allegations of corruption The dispute is slowing Biden’s Department had uncovered voting gations of fraud. lines, The Verge reported. USDP won three seats -- one in 2008 Constitution. years ago. Thousands poured on to the streets of Peru's capital Monday night AFGHAN WOMAN to protest President Martín BRAVING THE ODDS Vizcarra's removal, vilifying lawmakers and demanding ‘Melania may seek SHOT, BLINDED, their resignations. Several politicians not in FOR GETTING JOB Congress denounced the ouster as a disguised coup. divorce from Trump’ Some said any new incoming REUTERS president should be Melania Trump, a Slovenian model, is Donald considered illegitimate. Kabul, Nov10: The last thing 33- Trump's third wife and they have one son, Barron, year-old Khatera saw were the three men on a motorcycle who at- who is 14 years old tacked her just after she left her job Iran pardons at a police station in Afghanistan's 157 detainees INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE as her health. But she addressed central Ghazni province, shoot- campaign meetings in North ing at her and stabbing her with Tehran: Iran pardoned New York, Nov 10: First Lady Carolina on the final days be- a knife in the eyes. 157 people held on charges Melania Trump is planning to di- fore the election. Newman, a re- Waking up in hospital, every- stemming from their vorce President Donald Trump, ality TV star, was a senior adviser thing was dark. "I asked the doc- alleged participation in British media outlet Daily Mail to Trump and director for the of- tors, why I can't see anything? antigovernment protests, has reported quoting a former fice of public liaison before she They told me that my eyes are the country's judiciary White House aide. was fired by Trump's former still bandaged because of the announced Tuesday, the The newspaper said that ac- chief of staff John Kelly. In a wounds. But at that moment, I biggest such release of those swept up in the harsh cording to Omarosa Manigault show of solidarity with Trump, knew my eyes had been taken crackdowns Judiciary Newman, "Melania is counting Melania tweeted Sunday: from me," she said. spokesman Gholamhossein every minute until he is out of "The American people deserve She and local authorities blame Esmaili told reporters office and she can divorce." She fair elections. Every legal - not il- Soldiers cling to a boat to cross a flooded street after passage of Storm Eta, in La Lima, Honduras REUTERS the attack on Taliban terrorists - that the people freed had added that "if Melania were to legal - vote should be counted. We who deny involvement - and say the been imprisoned for try to pull the ultimate humili- must protect our democracy with assailants acted on a tip-off from “spreading propaganda ation and leave while he's in of- complete transparency." Politico her father who vehemently op- against the system" and fice, he would find a way to pun- said that despite the tweet, she Armenia, Azerbaijan agree to end fight posed her working outside the taking part in several ish her", the tabloid said. It said has "been urging the president home. For Khatera, the attack waves of protests that that according to Newman, the to think seriously about an exit ASSOCIATED PRESS agreement announced early The agreement calls for caused not just the loss of her challenged the government first couple's marriage is over. strategy". Tuesday appeared more likely to Armenian forces to turn over con- sight but the loss of a dream she over the last three years. Melania Trump, who came Quoting sources that it said Yerevan (Armenia), Nov 10: take hold because Azerbaijan has trol of some areas it held outside had battled to achieve - to have down with Covid-19, cancelled were briefed on the discussions be- Armenia and Azerbaijan an- made significant advances, in- the borders of Nagorno-Karabakh, an independent career. She joined one election campaign meeting tween them, Politico said that nounced an agreement early cluding taking control of the strate- including the eastern district of the Ghazni police as an officer in State of emergency with Trump after her recovery, Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner Tuesday to halt fighting over the gically key city of Shushi Sunday. Agdam. its crime branch a few months leading to questions about the sta- had joined her in making the re- Nagorno-Karabakh region of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Armenians will also turn over ago. "I wish I had served in police declared in Utah tus of their relationship as well quest to Trump. Azerbaijan under a pact signed Pashinian said on Facebook that the Lachin region, which holds at least a year. If this had hap- Washington: Due to an with Russia that calls for de- calling an end to the fight was “ex- the main road leading from pened to me after that, it would have unabated surge in the ployment of nearly 2,000 Russian tremely painful for me personally Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia. been less painful. It happened too number of new coronavirus peacekeepers and territo- NAGORNO-KARABAKH WAR The agreement calls for the road, soon ... I only got to work and live cases, Utah Governor Gary rial concessions. the so-called Lachin Corridor, to my dream for three months," she Herbert has declared a two- Nagorno-Karabakh has been and for our people.” Soon after the remain open and be protected by told Reuters. week emergency in the US under the control of ethnic announcement, thousands of peo- Russian peacekeepers. The attack on Khatera, who state. In an effort to stem Armenian forces backed by ple streamed to the main square In all, 1,960 Russian peacekeep- only uses one name, is indicative the spread of the virus, Armenia since a 1994 truce ended in the Armenian capital Yerevan ers are to be deployed in the region of a growing trend, human rights Herbert has declared a a separatist war in which an esti- to protest the agreement, many under a five-year mandate. The activists say, of an intense and series of measures, mated 30,000 people died. shouting, “We won't give up our agreement also calls for transport often violent backlash against including limiting casual Sporadic clashes occurred since land!” Some of them broke into links to be established through women taking jobs, especially in social gatherings to then, and full-scale fighting began the main government building, Armenia linking Azerbaijan and public roles. Ghazni's police household-only; putting all September 27. Several cease-fires saying they were searching for its western exclave of Nakhcivan, spokesman confirmed they be- athletic and intramural had been called but were almost im- Pashinian, who apparently had al- which is surrounded by Armenia, lieved the Taliban were behind events on hold; and a state- mediately violated. However, the ready departed. Iran and Turkey. the attack . wide mask mandate in public where six feet of physical distancing is not possible, reports Xinhua news agency. Pfizer vaccine may not end Asian nations’ nCoV concerns

AGENCIES during deliveries to rural areas nology Pfizer is using is new tech- cold freezers, but I think it's high experienced the problems of cold Floods in Mexico and islands. nology. We don't have experience time we started thinking about storage when it had to discard about Mexico: Floods in Mexico's Tokyo,Nov 10: With tropical That is a problem for everyone with that, so risks can be high." the logistics for the vaccine." 5 million doses of flu vaccines be- Gulf coast state of Tabasco heat, remote island communities in the world, given the World Health Pfizer told Reuters that it had Japan is among three coun- cause they were not stored at rec- have forced about 9,000 and a dearth of ultra-cold freezers, Organization estimates about 70% developed detailed logistical plans tries in Asia Pacific that have an- ommended temperatures. people to evacuate and left many Asian countries aren't bet- of people must be inoculated to and tools to support vaccine trans- nounced supply deals for the Worst of the pandemic yet to nine people dead, officials ting on Pfizer's experimental vac- end the pandemic, and Asia alone port, storage and continuous tem- Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine. It has come for US: Experts said Monday. The Interior cine solving their COVID-19 crisis is home to more than 4.6 billion - or perature monitoring. signed a deal for 120 million doses, Health experts have expressed Department estimated about any time soon. three-fifths of the global popula- "We have also developed pack- while Australia has secured 10 serious concerns that the US 150,000 people were affected Yet health experts cautioned that tion. Some Asian countries are aging and storage innovations to be million doses and China's Fosun was ill-prepared for the upcom- by the flooding, either the vaccine, should it be approved, prioritising containing the novel fit for purpose for the range of lo- has secured 10 million doses for ing winter season and the holi- because of damage to homes was no silver bullet - not least be- coronavirus rather than looking cations where we believe vaccina- Hong Kong and Macau. days when the Covid-19 pan- or crops or to displacement. cause the genetic material it's made to stockpile vaccines, while others tions will take place," it said. Japan's PHC Corp, which sup- demic could spiral into its from needs to be stored at temper- are looking for alternatives to the "Vaccine Is Story For Future" plies medical freezers, told Reuters deadliest phase. atures of minus 70 degrees Celsius messenger RNA technology used by Yet even wealthier nations like that demand had shot up 150% this As of Tuesday morning, the Jordan holds poll (-94 F) or below. Pfizer that requires such ultra-cold South Korea and Japan are man- year and that they were increasing overall number of global coron- Such requirements pose a par- storage. aging expectations. production to meet demand. avirus cases in the US has in-

Amman: Jordanians ticularly daunting challenge for "On the cold chain requirement "Storage is going to be a big Kwon Jun-wook, an official at creased 10,051,722, while the deaths

k y m c began voting Tuesday to elect countries in Asia, as well as in of -70 degrees, that is a hefty re- challenge for us," said Fumie South Korea's Disease Control and have surged to 238,201, accord- a new parliament in the places like Africa and Latin quirement. We do not have such Sakamoto, infection control man- Prevention Agency (KDCA), said ing to the Johns Hopkins country that has long been a close Western ally in a America, where intense heat is facility," Philippines' Health ager at St. Luke's International Representative image it wanted to see how vaccination pro- University. The two tallies cur- volatile region and is now often compounded by poor infra- Secretary Francisco Duque told Hospital in Tokyo. "I'm not sure gressed in other countries first and rently account for the highest in struggling to contain a structure that will make it diffi- Reuters. "We will have to wait and how well prepared our govern- taining the cold chain. Hospitals would thoroughly review its supply the world, making the US the coronavirus outbreak. cult to keep the "cold chain" intact see for now," he added. "The tech- ment is with regards to main- in Japan usually do not have ultra- chain. The country had recently worst-hit country. Our objective is to PFIZER SHARES END 3% HIGHER P11 empower businesses WEDNESDAY | NOVEMBER 11 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR with a simple, seamless and Shares of Pfizer Limited automated process that helps trimmed most of its early in streamlining payments and gains to close nearly 3 help them with solutions that per cent higher. In early make business banking trade, it had zoomed simple

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k y m VIJAY SHEKHAR SHARMA | CEO, PAYTM c of the day uote WhatsApp It is ‘Discourage non-digital payments’ heartening to Shopping see a sharp recovery of demand Retired bank employees should not be forgotten; bankers should be a cohesive family such as in defence, says Sitharaman to near pre-Covid button now levels in India aluminium and AGENCIES Seed all accounts with minister told bankers that they copper businesses. Novelis too sees must “discourage non-digital pay- live in India a similar rise across segments, New Delhi, Nov 10: Finance Aadhaar by March: FM ments,” and “UPI (unified payments except for aerospace Minister Nirmala Sitharaman told interface) should be a common parl- bankers Tuesday to only issue Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman ance word in banks.” SATISH PAI | MD, HINDALCO INDUSTRIES LTD Rupay cards as the first option to cus- asked banks to ensure that all Every customer, from every walk tomers, and also to seed all bank ac- accounts are linked with Aadhaar of life and economic background, I am delighted counts with Aadhar number and, numbers of respective customers by should be able to access every serv- to welcome wherever necessary, with the pan March 31, 2021. She said the financial ices of banks digitally, and there Mitsubishi inclusion story is not over and banks card by December this year. should be tailor made services made Corporation. TVS still have inclusion to carry forward. “Rupay should be the only card SCS has There are many accounts which are for customers from every back- successfully pivoted that you must promote,” Sitharaman not linked with Aadhaar. “By March ground, the finance minister in- into new segments said in her address as the chief 31, 2021, every account should have a structed top bankers. In what may and addressed opportunities arising guest at the 73rd Annual General PAN where needed and where appli- turn out to be a major development out of COVID Meeting of the Indian Banks’ cable, and Aadhaar in every one of for retired bank employees, the fi- Association (IBA). nance minister said Indian banks INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE R DINESH | MD, TVS SCS your accounts, Sitharaman said while “Make sure the NPCI (National addressing the 73rd annual general must treat their retired employees Payments Corporation of India) meeting of the Indian Banks' the same way as those in defence. New Delhi, Nov 10: Facebook We are can become a ‘brand India’ product. Association (IBA). “Being the former Defense Tuesday made a new shopping working Whenever issuing a card, you must Minister, I can advise Indian banks button in WhatsApp live glob- towards such first issue a Rupay (floated by NPCI) that they must treat their employees ally, including in India, to help peo- regulation as we card,” the finance minister said in accounts not Aadhar seeded, and few moments later that the deadline tomers, or double encashment of the same way defense does. There ple check out available products have seen so many her address. linked with Pan cards wherever could be extended till March next a security. “It should be a fool proof everyone is treated as one family, be and make purchases right from companies exiting “Indian banks have done a needed beyond December 31st. There year at the maximum. arrangement so that you become a it the servicemen or retired,” the fi- a chat. and leaving their tremendous job, but the financial in- should not be any unverified ac- Technology should be adopted better managed bank,” Sitharaman nance minister said, while not giv- The tool will make it easier dealer partners in lurch. It will not clusion drive is not over. I will not count in the system,” the finance widely to ensure there is no dupli- said. ing much details on what could be in for people to discover a business' happen in a day, but we are be patient to hear that there still exist minister said, while clarifying a cation in booking benefits for the cus- At the same time, the finance the offing the coming days. catalog so they know what goods determined to see it through or services it offers. VINKESH GULATI | PRESIDENT, FADA Previously, people had to click into the business' profile to see if Sensex surges the business had a catalog. SHORT TAKES Exports show signs of recovery "Now, when a person sees the 680 pts to hit shopping button, which looks AGENCIES an indicator of the "rapid recov- like a storefront icon, they will im- NTPC’s project record closing ery" of the Indian economy as it sur- mediately know the business has begins operation New Delhi, Nov 10: Showing signs passes pre-COVID-19 levels across a catalog so they can browse prod- of improvement, the country's ex- parameters. ucts and start a conversation New Delhi: NTPC Tuesday ports grew 22.47 per cent year-on- "Make in India, Make for the about an item they see with just said 8 MW solar energy year to USD 6.75 billion in the first World: Indian merchandise exports one tap," the company said in a generation capacity at its week of November, mainly driven grew 5.27 per cent in September 20 statement. Auraiya project in Uttar by healthy growth in pharmaceu- as compared to last year," he said in This will also make it easier for Pradesh has been made ticals, gems and jewellery and en- a tweet. In September 2019, the ex- businesses to have their prod- commercially operational. gineering sectors, an official said ports stood at USD 26.02 billion. ucts discovered which can help The remaining 12 MW solar Tuesday. Since March, the country's out- increase sales. capacity under The exports during the first week bound shipments were recording More than 175 million people implementation is expected of November last year was USD negative growth due to the COVID- message a WhatsApp Business to be operational by March 5.51 billion. 19 pandemic and the resultant fall account every day, and more than 2021. "Consequent upon AGENCIES Imports in November (1st - 7th) successful commissioning, 8 in global demand. 40 million people view a busi- MW part capacity of 20 MW this year too increased by 13.64 per Key sectors such as petroleum, ness' catalog each month -- in- Auraiya Solar PV Project at New Delhi, Nov 10: Equity indices cent year-on-year to USD 9.30 billion leather, engineering goods and cluding more than 3 million in Auraiya, UP, has been continued to surge for the sev- as against USD 8.19 billion, the of- gems and jewellery were regis- India. declared on Commercial enth straight session Tuesday ficial said. During the period, exports to the days earlier, said industry executives. tering negative growth rates. According to a recent survey, Operation w.e.f. 00:00 Hrs. of with both BSE and NSE scaling Imports, excluding petroleum, US, Hong Kong and Singapore rose After contracting for six months Commenting on the numbers, 76 per cent of adults in India said 10.11.2020," NTPC said in a new heights as global investors jumped 23.37 per cent during the by 53.91 per cent, 176.2 per cent and in a row, the country's exports grew Trade Promotion Council of India that "I am more likely to do busi- BSE filing. Besides, it has 25 applauded progress in the devel- week, the official added. Trade 90.76 per cent, respectively. by 5.27 per cent to USD 27.4 billion (TPCI) Chairman Mohit Singla ness with/purchase from a com- JV & subsidiaries stations. opment of a coronavirus vaccine deficit during the week stood at The country's export had also in September, Commerce and said exports are on the path of pany that I can contact via mes- which lifted confidence for a faster USD 2.55 billion. Exports of phar- recorded positive growth in Industry Minister Piyush Goyal recovery as the international mar- saging than one that I cannot." world economic recovery. maceuticals, and gems and jew- September but declined 5.4 per cent had said on October. He said this is ket is opening up and buyers have The new shopping button is India PC market After scaling an intra-day high ellery grew 32 per cent to USD 139.12 to USD 24.82 billion in October. started placing orders. "Food and available now across the world and of 43,316, the benchmark BSE sen- million and 88.8 per cent to USD A sudden improvement in ex- SECTORS WHICH agri sector will continue to thrust will replace the voice call but- grows 9.2%: IDC sex settled 680 points or 1.60 per cent 3,360.71 million, respectively. ports and a slump in imports, es- RECORDED NEGATIVE exports as they have done in even ton. To find the voice call but- higher at record closing of 43,278; Similarly, the outbound ship- pecially from China, have created the worst of times in the past," ton, simply tap on the call button New Delhi: E-learning and while the broader NSE Nifty fin- ments of engineering goods in- a shortage of containers for ex- GROWTH INCLUDE Singla added. Federation of Indian to select either a voice or video remote working needs have helped the Indian PC market ished 165 points or 1.32 per cent creased by 16.7 per cent to USD ports, said industry experts and PETROLEUM, MARINE Export Organisations (FIEO) call. "In the future, we'll make it log its biggest quarter in higher at fresh peak of 12,631. 215.13 million during the week. company executives. The waiting PRODUCTS AND President Sharad Kumar Saraf possible to add items to a cart seven years with shipment Top gainers in the sensex pack Sectors which recorded negative time for an access to a container for said "this was expected due to and check out, all within rising 9.2 per cent year-on- included Bajaj Finance, IndusInd growth include petroleum, marine exporters is now two-three weeks, LEATHER GOODS anti-China sentiments as a lot of WhatsApp," the company said year to 3.4 million units in Bank, L&T, Bajaj Finserv, SBI and products and leather goods. compared with a maximum of four orders have come." last month. July-September, as per HDFC with their shares rising as research firm IDC. The much as 8.94 per cent. While Tech shipment - which includes Mahindra, HCL Tech, Infosys, BIZ BUZZ desktops, notebooks and Nestle India, Sun Pharma and workstations - stood at 3.1 TCS were the major losers falling CPI LIKELY ABOVE 7 PER CENT AGAIN GAIL profit dips 9 per cent in Q2 million units in the third up to 5.73 per cent. NEW DELHI: GAIL India Ltd, the quarter of 2019. Although the On NSE platform, sub-indices REUTERS If realised, it would be above the top commercial segment had Nifty Bank, Private Bank, PSU end of the Reserve Bank of India’s nation's biggest gas company, Tuesday reported 8.5 per cent drop in very few government and Bank and Financial Services with Bangalore, Nov 7: India’s retail in- medium-term target range of 2%- education projects, the September quarter net profit after their shares gaining as much as 4.11 flation likely stayed above 7% for 6% for the seventh consecutive losses on gas marketing offset gain consumer segment recorded per cent. Elsewhere in Asia, a second straight month in October month, a streak not seen since its biggest quarter ever. made in the gas transportation bourses in Hong Kong, Seoul and as supply distortions led to a surge August 2014. business. Consolidated net profit of Tokyo ended with gains, while in vegetable prices, especially of “Price and tax rigidity in com- `1,068.16 crore, or `2.47 per share, in Shanghai settled lower. onions, a Reuters poll showed, low- modities has also added to the boost.” July-September is compared with Audi to increase Stock exchanges in Europe were ering the chances of further in- Demand remains weak in Asia’s 3rd- `1,167.58 crore, or `2.59 a share, net profit in the year-ago period, GAIL prices from Jan mostly trading on a positive note. terest rate cuts. largest economy, which contracted said in a filing to stock exchanges. Turnover slipped 23.7 per cent to Pfizer Inc said its Covid vaccine, Disruption from the coronavirus at the sharpest pace on record of `14,104.80 crore largely due to lower gas prices during the quarter. GAIL Mumbai: German luxury car developed with German partner pandemic and excessive rainfall vegetables. 23.9% in the April-June quarter, as the reported a pre-tax loss of `334.55 crore on its natural gas marketing maker Audi Tuesday BioNTech SE, was more than 90 per in states such as Maharashtra, A Reuters poll of 50 economists ongoing pandemic left millions un- business as the pandemic impacted demand. The loss was however announced a price increase cent effective in preventing in- Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh conducted from Nov. 4-9 predicted employed and resulted in massive lower than `614.06 crore pre-tax loss in April-June. of up to 2 per cent across its fection, marking the first suc- have damaged and delayed the har- consumer prices rose 7.30% last pay cuts. India has the second-high- entire model range, effective cessful results from a large-scale vesting of onions - a key ingredient month from a year earlier, a touch est total infections in the world at from January 1 next year. The clinical trial. in Indian kitchens - alongside other lower than September’s 7.34% rate. more than 8.5 million cases. Agrochemical sector Inflow in gold ETFs company has revised prices upwardly in view of the revenue to grow drop 35 pc to `384 cr weakening of the rupee and NEW DELHI: Gold exchange- rising input costs, Audi India traded funds (ETFs) witnessed said in a release. "Ex- States likely to cut capital outlay on infra an inflow of `384 crore in showroom price of Audi India October, a drop of 35 per cent models will increase by up to from the preceding month, as 2 per cent, effective from investors are opting to invest January 1, 2021, due to AGENCIES wards healthcare and social welfare. money directly into equities. currency fluctuations and DECLINE IN REVENUES Various policy measures in re- MUMBAI: The agrochemical This also marked uninterrupted rising input costs," it said in New Delhi, Nov 10: Impacted by sponse to COVID-19 could cost over the COVID-19 pandemic states are 0.3 per cent of GDP. sector's revenue is likely to grow inflow for the seventh the release. n likely to cut capital outlay on in- With slowdown in economic Hence, to reduce the impact states 12-14 per cent in the ongoing consecutive month, although the frastructure by up to 40 per cent, rat- activities, states are staring at are likely to curtail some revenue financial year due to a sharp pace of investment into gold ing agency ICRA said Tuesday. a significant decline in their expenditure as well as capital ex- recovery in offtake from ETFs have been trending revenues, which in turn could domestic agriculture sector and downwards since July. Such Mahindra Q2 net States account for 37-40 per cent penditure. In the past, states had cut push them to cut down on continuing healthy exports, instruments saw an inflow of profit falls 88 pc of the total infrastructure capital discretionary expenditure their capital expenditure by an av- according to a report. Domestic `922 crore in July, `908 crore in expenditure, it said. erage of 0.5 per cent of GDP to ` New Delhi: Mahindra & revenue, which accounts for August, 597 crore in September The rating agency said major n Furthermore, of the `111 trillion meet fiscal deficit targets. almost half of the sector's and `384 crore in October, data Mahindra (M&M) Tuesday states together had a budgeted cap- Given the current fiscal position, reported a 88 per cent drop worth infrastructure revenue, will grow at 10-12 per with the Association of Mutual ital outlay of over `5.7 lakh crore for With COVID-19 and the related it is likely that states would cut the in its profit after tax to `162 investments planned under the cent this fiscal as compared with Funds in India (Amfi) showed. 2020-21 as against revised estimate slowdown in the economic activi- National Infrastructure Pipeline capex by a higher proportion in 6-8 per cent growth last fiscal, With the latest inflow, net crore for the second quarter ` ended September 30, hit by of 5.1 lakh crore in 2019-20. ties, states are staring at a signifi- (NIP), about 40 per cent is from FY2021. However, capex in health Crisil Ratings said in a report. infusion in a gold exchange- ` lower sales during the However, with COVID-19 severely cant decline in their revenues, state governments and education sectors could in- The revenue of the 47,000-crore traded fund or ETF category has ` period. The auto major had impacting revenues of state gov- which in turn could push them to crease,” Jain said. agrochemical sector is expected reached to 6,341 crore in the reported a PAT of `1,355 ernments, and additional expen- cut down on discretionary expen- to be around 1.7 per cent of GDP and To bridge the shortfall, states' to grow at 12-14 per cent this first eight months (January- crore during the July- diture towards healthcare and pub- diture including deferment of cap- states are expected to fund 24-26 unconditional borrowing limit has financial year, following a sharp October) of the year. September period last fiscal. lic welfare, the capital outlay on ital outlay. 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Chasing an outside first-ever Saudi Grand Prix, set edge off Jemimah Rodrigues’ bat sition, Nattakan sprinted towards matches and getting failing to con- for November 28 in the Red Sea city off a ball from Sophie Ecclestone, the boundary like a 100m sprinter tribute in the final that motivated of Jiddah, and the return of nu- 24-year-old Nattakan gave her all to and stopped the ball crossing the her further in the outfield. merous races which were can- prevent the ball from crossing the rope. And just when she realised that Recently, West Indies’ Nicholas celed during the pandemic. boundary line. the ball might win the race, Pooran had come out with a stun- There’s no return for the vari- That effort, which saved two runs Nattakan put a stunning dive near ning fielding effort during the ninth ous one-off races at European for her team, came in the second the ropes and flicked the ball back, match of IPL. In the eighth over of tracks such as Mugello, Portimao over as Supernovas chased making a save that stunned many. Rajasthan Royals’ chase of 224 and Imola, which were added as Trailblazers’ 118 for eight wickets Later in the Supernovas’ innings, against Kings XI Punjab, Sanju replacements and generally pop- in 20 overs at the Sharjah Cricket Nattakan took a brilliant catch at Samson had played a pull shot off ular with drivers and fans. Stadium. cover-point to help dismiss the dan- Murugan Ashwin. Pooran, stand- The Dutch Grand Prix returns The video clip of Nattakan has gerous Jemimah off spinner Deepti ing at deep mid-wicket, dived full for the first time since 1985, after since gone viral and won praise Sharma. length over the rope to catch the ball. PRESS TRUST OF INDIA MI had to deal with a few hiccups being canceled this year, and is from many, including contempo- Earlier in the final, when The West Indian caught the ball KL RAHUL at the back end of the chase, in- scheduled for September 5. The rary players like England’s Kate Traiblazers batted, Nattakan got while hanging in the air and real- (KXIP) Dubai, Nov 10: A peerless Rohit cluding the wicket of Rohit off an season finale remains in Abu Cross. “Worth it for this piece of to play the last ball of the innings ising that he wouldn’t be able to 670 runs Sharma (68, 51b, 5x4, 4x6) led de- 14 matches Anrich Nortje (2/25) delivery. But, Dhabi December 5. fielding though,” Kate wrote while and was run out for nought. It was get back inside the boundary line fending champions Mumbai Indians in-form Ishan Kishan (33 n o) was The 23-race calendar is the commenting on a tweet that attached perhaps her desire to overcome the with the ball, he threw it in – all the (MI) to their fifth IPL title with a lop- there to guide MI home comfortably. longest in F1 history. The 2020 cal- the video of Nattakan’s effort. disappointment of not getting the while being suspended in thin air sided demolition of Delhi Capitals KAGISO Earlier, DC captain Shreyas Iyer endar originally had 22 races. Standing at short third man po- opportunity to bat in two earlier – and saved a certain six. (DC) here Tuesday, closing an im- RABADA (65 n o, 50b, 6x4, 2x6) and the mercurial mensely successful tournament (DC) Rishabh Pant (56, 38b, 4x4, 2x6) re- that had to be played in a controlled 30 wickets sponded to the call of the team on the environment amid the raging 17 matches ‘D Day’ with contrasting-yet-stylish COVID-19 pandemic. fifties but MI claimed the early edge If last year’s one-run win over AWARDS by restricting them to 156/7. D/N Test to feature spectators Chennai Super Kings was an ab- Most Valuable Player The two rising stars of Indian solute cliffhanger, Rohit’s aristo- JOFRA ARCHER (RR) cricket came to the party on the PRESS TRUST OF INDIA The Indian team will head to couple is getting ready to welcome Government has approved 25,000 cratic half century made it an anti- Emerging Player big day, after Trent Boult (3/30) Australia for a full series compris- its first child in early January. fans for each day of the Boxing Day climax with MI chasing the target DEVDUTT PADIKKAL (RCB) pegged them back at 22/3 inside Sydney, Nov 10: Cricket Australia ing three ODIs, as many T20Is and It will be the first ever Pink Ball Test across public, member and of 157 in 18.4 overs. Fairplay Award the Powerplay, adding 96 runs in 11.3 (CA) Tuesday announced that up four Tests. The tour will begin Test the two sides play against corporate tickets. With the im- Five IPL titles are certain to MUMBAI INDIANS overs for the fourth wicket. to 27,000 spectators, which is 50 November 27 with the first ODI in each other. While Australia have proving COVID-19 situation in the make Rohit the undisputed ‘Numero However, MI came back strongly per cent of the total capacity, will Sydney while the Test series starts hosted four D/N Tests in Adelaide, city, it is hoped more tickets may be Uno’ player-cum-leader in the IPL MI such a menacing look. during final five overs as Capitals be allowed at the Adelaide Oval December 17 in Adelaide. India have played one against able to be put on sale closer to the Universe. The ‘Hit-Man’ has given Rome wasn’t built in a day and managed only 45 runs, losing four for the first ever day-night (D/N) “The Adelaide Oval is restricted Bangladesh in 2019. time, but this is yet to be confirmed.” an altogether new meaning to what neither a champion outfit that has wickets in the process. Nathan Coulter- Test between India and Australia, to 50 per cent capacity, with 27,000 The Boxing Day Test scheduled to The second Test to be played at has one known till now about crush- now won five titles out of the six fi- Nile (1/29) also bowled well for MI. starting December 17. tickets available for each day of the be played between December 26 to the Sydney Cricket Ground also ing pain barriers. nals it has played. BRIEF SCORES In a world scarred by the COVID- opening day-night Test,” 30 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground has a cap of 23,000 that is 50 per There has never been an edition Chasing 157, Rohit and Quinton DC 156/7 (Shreyas Iyer 65 n o, 19 pandemic, cricket matches are cricket.com.au reported. is restricted to 25 per cent of the cent of its total capacity. where a team has looked in a dif- de Kock (20) added 45 in just four Rishabh Pant 56; Trent Boult being played inside empty stadi- The Adelaide Test will be the total capacity crowd by the Victorian “The SCG, which will host the tra- ferent league compared to seven overs before the latter’s departure. 3/30, Nathan Coulter-Nile 2/29) ums in strict in bio-bubbles. only red-ball game which the India government, while the fourth Test ditional Pink Test from January 7 others. As Rohit had said earlier, it’s Rohit then joined hands with lost to MI 157/5 (Rohit Sharma However, the series between India skipper Virat Kohli will feature in at Brisbane can host up to 30,000 – the third in the Vodafone Test not rocket science but investing in Suryakumar Yadav (19) to put to- 68, Ishan Kishan 33 n o; Anrich and Australia is to feature some before he returns to be with his fans, or 75 per cent of its capacity. Series – is limited to 50 per cent of

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