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Follow us on: @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/dailypioneer instagram.com/dailypioneer/ RNI No. Regn. UTTENG/2007/22374, REGD. No. UA/DO/DDN/126/2016-2018 Established 1864 OPINION 6 WORLD 8 SPORT 12 Published From A SEAT AT THE ISLAMIC STATE GROUP CLAIMS PUCOVSKI GETS DELHI LUCKNOW BHOPAL BHUBANESWAR HIGH TABLE ATTACK AT SAUDI WWI CEREMONY OZ CALL UP RANCHI RAIPUR CHANDIGARH DEHRADUN HYDERABAD VIJAYWADA Late City ol. 14 Issue 314 *Air Surcharge Extra if Applicable DEHRADUN, FRIDAY NOVEMBER 13, 2020 PAGES 12 `2 MENTAL HEALTH DEMANDS ATTENTION:} BIG B} 10 VIVACITY www.dailypioneer.com Atmanirbhar Bharat stimulus widened Nitish likely Tax relief on home sale, enhanced credit guarantee for small businesses, incentives for job creation, to take oath as `65k cr more subsidy on fertilizer among `2.65 lakh crore package; total stimulus rises to `30L crore PNS PTI n NEW DELHI sector. The companies will get cost of procuring and distrib- CM on Mon a one-year moratorium on uting the vaccine which will be he Centre on Thursday loans and four more years to established later. PTI n PATNA Twidened stimulus measures repay the amount, she said. Sitharaman said the to boost the economy by Sitharaman counted a pro- Government will provide itish Kumar may take oath announcing a “Aatmanirbhar duction-linked incentive pro- `65,000 crore of additional Nas Bihar Chief Minister Bharat” package that includes gramme worth `1.46 lakh crore subsidy on fertiliser to ensure for a fourth successive term tax relief on select home sale for manufacturing units, the crop nutrient is available to next week but the date has not deals, enhanced credit guaran- already approved by the farmers during the current been finalised yet, a close aide tee programme for small busi- Government, as part of the 12 season. said on Thurday. nesses and incentives for new support measures unveiled on The measures are the However, speculation is job creation. Thursday. Government’s latest efforts to rife in political circles that he The measures that also In the past, `51,355 crore boost the economy, which will be sworn in on Monday, include additional fertiliser of incentives has been provid- slipped into an unprecedented the day “Bhaiyya Dooj” festival subsidy and already announced ed for mobile manufacturing, recession after gross domestic will be celebrated, as it is con- production-linked incentive drug intermediaries and man- product probably declined for sidered an auspicious day. scheme for manufacturing ufacturing of medical devices a second straight quarter in the He will visit the State party Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar units totalled `2.65 lakh crore, and now automobiles, tele- three months ended headquarters later Thursday addresses a press conference at JD(U) taking the cumulative stimulus com, textile and food products, September. to meet the newly elected office in Patna on Thursday PTI package announced since the white goods, specialty steel The `29.87 lakh crore MLAs and other JD(U) func- lockdown to almost `30 lakh and electronic products have stimulus package, spread over tionaries. Governor Phagu Chauhan at crore, or 15 per cent of the been included. five announcements over the Raj Bhavan sources said Raj Bhavan. Gross Domestic Product An additional outlay of past few months, includes they have not received any Talking to reporters for (GDP). `18,000 crore will be made `12.71 lakh crore of liquidity communication about when the first time after the NDA’s It also includes additional Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Minister of State Anurag Thakur during a news conference in New Delhi on towards the affordable urban boosting measures by the RBI. the swearing-in ceremony will victory, Nitish said the date for funding for real estate devel- Thursday PTI housing programme, she India Inc on Thursday take place. his swearing-in ceremony will opers and contractors, a new said. welcomed the bouquet of Before he is sworn-in as the be discussed at an “informal” employment scheme and addi- for goods and services, rise in sures, she said Income Tax law and the employer have to make To provide higher liquidi- measures and said these would Chief Minister again, Nitish meeting of all the four NDA tional spending on the rural energy consumption and will be relaxed to allow prima- towards the retirement fund ty to contracts, the deliver festive cheer and have Kumar has to tender his resig- constituents on Friday. jobs plan. improvement in bank credit, to ry or first sale of housing units (totaling 24 per cent of the Government has decided to a multiplier effect on the nation to the governor. He said it is for the alliance Prime Minister Narendra state that the economy was see- of up to `2 crore at a price that wages) to establishments that lower the earnest money growth trajectory through The newly elected MLAs of spearhead BJP to take a call on Modi has asserted that the ing “strong recovery” taking can be 20 per cent below the hire new employees or re-hire deposit for projects till support to stressed sectors, the NDA are yet to meet for- whether to retain the LJP in the “Aatmanirbhar Bharat” package root. stamp duty circle rate. those it fired during Covid-19 December 31, 2021. thrust to job creation mally and elect Kumar as their NDA. “You make suggestions continues his Government’s The Indian economy has Currently, the law restricts pandemic, she said. Also, `10,000 crore was and increased private leader. to this effect,” Nitish replied efforts to help all sections of recovered from its worst-ever differential between circle rate The `3 lakh crore provided for rural employ- investments. However, with top BJP laughingly when asked whether society. In a tweet, he said these contraction of 24 per cent in and agreement value at 10 per Emergency Credit Line ment, `3,000 crore to Exim “It is heartening to note leaders, including Prime he would ask the BJP to drop initiatives will help create jobs, the April-June quarter but will cent, and “the move will help Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS), Bank for extending lines of that despite fiscal constraints, Minister Narendra Modi, the LJP from the NDA at the alleviate the stressed sectors, end up shrinking by close to 10 reduce hardships faced by both under which small businesses credit, and `10,200 crore addi- the Government chose to has- strongly endorsing Kumar as Centre in the wake of its ensure liquidity, boost manu- per cent in the fiscal year to home-buyers and the develop- can get collateral-free loans, has tional budget outlay for defence ten the recovery process by the Chief Minister, there are no brinkmanship that scuppered facturing, energise the real March 2021. But she saw hope ers and help clear unsold inven- been extended till March 31, and infrastructure. spending an additional Rs 2.65 doubts over a fourth straight the chances of JD(U) candi- estate sector and support in the RBI predicting a strong tory,” she said. 2021. A `900 crore grant was lakh crore, thus taking the term for him in the high office. dates in several seats. farmers. likelihood of growth in the cur- Under the new job creation The same has also been made to the Department of cumulative fiscal stimulus (till Chief Electoral Officer H R “In any case, it is for the Finance Minister Nirmala rent quarter. scheme, the Government will extended to 26 stressed sectors Biotechnology for Covid-19 date) to Rs 17.2 lakh crore or Srinivas, meanwhile, submitted BJP to decide. I have nothing Sitharaman cited data, includ- Doubling down on the provide a subsidy equal to the identified by a high-level com- vaccine research, she said, 9 per cent of GDP,” said Uday the list of winning candidates to say in the matter,” said ing increase in tax collections previously announced mea- contribution that an employee mittee as also the healthcare adding this did not include the Kotak, CII president. in the Assembly elections to Nitish. Showcause to Twitter for not Covishield’s Phase-3 trial enrolment complete CAPSULE MAHANT NRITYA STILL PNS n NEW DELHI Covid-19 STATES TOTAL CASES DEATHS RECO ERED CRITICAL: HOSPITAL Maharashtra 17,31,833 45,560 15,97,255 Lucknow: The condition of Ram showing Leh as Ladakh part he Pune-based Serum IN INDIA Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra TInstitute of India (SII) and Karnataka 8,55,912 11,474 8,14,949 Trust president Mahant Nritya PNS n NEW DELHI Indian Council of Medical Andhra Pradesh 8,49,705 6,837 8,22,011 Gopal Das, admitted at the Research (ICMR) on Thursday TOTAL Tamil Nadu 7,52,521 11,440 7,13,584 Medanta hospital here, inistry of Electronics and announced the completion of continued to be critical on CASES: 87,16,158 Kerala 5,08,257 1,797 4,28,529 MInformation Technology enrolment of phase-3 clinical Thursday, a health bulletin has issued showcause notice to trials for potential Covid-19 DEATHS: 1,28,452 Uttar Pradesh 5,03,159 7,281 4,73,316 issued by the hospital said. Twitter for not showing Leh as vaccine “Covishield” in India. Delhi 4,59,975 7,228 4,10,118 part of Ladakh. The world’s largest vac- RECO ERED: West Bengal 4,20,840 7,506 3,81,149 GAM HIR OP NS GIANT The notice dated cine manufacturer SII and AIR P RI I R IN D LHI November 9 asked Twitter to Union Health Ministry’s 80,98,870 Odisha 3,05,9861,536 2,93,741 New Delhi: East Delhi MP explain within five working research wing ICMR are cur- ACTI E: 4,86,927 Telangana 2,54,666 1,393 2,35,950 Gautam Gambhir inaugurated days as to why legal action rently conducting phase 2/3 Bihar 2,25,500 1,1672,17,958 on Thursday a first-of-its-kind should not be initiated against clinical trials of Covishield at 15 giant air purifier in Gandhi it for disrespecting India’s ter- different centres across the Rajasthan 2,19,327 2,032 1,99,943 Nagar market. The 12-feet-tall ritorial integrity. country. The drugmaker said in Assam 2,09,633 955 2,03,305 air purifier will cover an area of Earlier Twitter faced sum- a statement that as many as Chhattisgarh 2,05,923 2,507 1,83,190 1,000 square metres and deliver mons from Parliament panel for 1,600 participants were 2 lakh cubic metre of clean air showing Leh as part of China Twitter has mentioned that Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey rais- enrolled on October 31. Haryana 1,93,111 1,979 1,72,265 every day, according to a and Twitter India representatives showing Leh as part of Jammu ing objection to that. “The strategic alliance Gujarat 1,84,964 3,785 1,68,958 statement from his office. apologised. The IT Secretary & Kashmir is a deliberate In response to that Twitter between SII and the ICMR will also wrote to Twitter head Jack attempt by Twitter to under- removed showing Leh as part advance India’s role in the J D SPOKESPERSON Dorsey on this matter. mine the will of sovereign of People’s Republic of China, global race to develop Covid- shown promising results, which the help of ICMR will pursue tory with a master seed from GETS 2 YRS IN JAIL After the Parliamentary Parliament of India which had but it has not corrected the map 19 vaccines,” further said the “so far give confidence that the early availability of this Oxford University/AstraZeneca, Lahore: A Pakistani anti- panel headed by Meenakshi declared Ladakh as a Union to show Leh as part of the statement. Covishield could be a realistic product for India, the compa- ICMR and SII have also collab- terrorism court on Wednesday Lekhi warned the Twitter rep- Territory of India with its Union Territory of Ladakh. The ICMR has funded the solution to the deadly pan- ny said, adding that it has orated for clinical development handed down 32 years resentatives of facing seven headquarters in Leh. It is still showing Leh as clinical trial site fees while demic”. already manufactured 40 mil- of Covovax developed by US- imprisonment to the years in jail, the US-based Incidentally, Twitter part of Jammu & Kashmir, Serum Institute has funded Among the vaccines being lion doses under the at-risk based Novavax. The Oxford spokesperson of Mumbai attack company submitted a written showed Leh as part of People’s which is against the official other expenses for the developed in India, Covishield manufacturing and stockpiling Covid vaccine is currently mastermind Hafiz Saeed’s apology. Republic of China after which position of the Government of vaccine. is in the most advanced stage license from DCGI. being tested in large efficacy Jammat-ud-Dawah (JuD) terror Ministry in its notice sent the Secretary, Ministry of India,” said the Ministry in a The SII said that the trials of human testing. Based on the Apart from Covishield, trials in the UK, Brazil, South group in two terror financing to global vice president of Electronics and IT, wrote to statement. of the Oxford vaccine have phase 2/3 trial results, SII with developed at the Pune labora- Africa and the US. cases. Delhi Govt allowed Jab We Met actor Dismantling structures at Pangong to reserve 80% ICU Jeevan Seva app to beds for Covid care Asif hangs self at lake part of LAC disengagement in 33 pvt hospitals give Delhi’s Covid Dharamshala home PNS n NEW DELHI STA REPORTER n NEW DELHI ith the likelihood of with- he Delhi High Court on patients free ride PNS n SHIMLA Wdrawal of tanks and TThursday allowed the AAP heavy guns from the Line of Government to reserve 80 per STA REPORTER n NEW DELHI to facilitate Delhi residents in ollywood actor Asif Basra Actual Control (LAC), India cent of ICU beds for Covid-19 home isolation in case of need. Ballegedly committed sui- and China may also dismantle patients in 33 private hospitals, he Delhi Government on From health checkups, ambu- cide on Thursday at his palatial new structures in the Pangong saying the situation in Delhi is TThursday launched Jeevan lance requirements to admis- rented residence in Tso (lake) area. fairly dynamic and the State has Seva app, a dedicated service for sion in hospitals, health ameni- Dharamshala in Himachal The two sides had built to be “much more alive” to the transportation of Covid ties are now just a click away. Pradesh. structures like barracks to lodge circumstances. patients. Satyendar Jain said The 53-year-old actor com- additional troops rushed to The HC questioned the with the Jeevan Seva app health mitted suicide by hanging him- the LAC as part of military AAP Government over “doing facilities are now just a click self with a leash of his pet dog build-up. China had also built Elaborating upon the “Finger 4 and 8”. While India everything under the Sun to away. Delhiites will get access to around 12-12.30 on Thursday, a jetty at the lake leading to three-stage proposed plan, reiterated it was within its ‘unlock’ things’” and expressed an e-vehicle which will provide Superintendent of Police strong protest by India. which was discussed during the zone, China claimed it was not concern over spiralling cases of free pick up and drop services, Vimukt Ranjan told the medi- The proposed removing eighth round of Corps so. It led to exchange of blows coronavirus in Delhi. Jain said. The patients can apersons. Met” and “Kai Po Che”, among of the structures is part of the Commander talks on between the two armies. A Bench of Justices Hima download the app through the No suicide note has been many others. He played the proposed three-step plan to November 6, sources said here The two armies may also Kohli and Subramonium link which will be sent through recovered, he added. father of Emraan Hashmi’s disengage and de-escalate from on Thursday the two sides pull back partially from south Prasad allowed Delhi SMS and QR code to every pos- As per the police, just Shoaib Khan in Milan Luthria’s the LAC in eastern Ladakh. If may also agree to have a buffer bank of the Pangong lake. The Government’s appeal chal- itive tested Covid patient in before the alleged suicide, the “Once Upon a Time in the proposals, including pulling zone between “Finger 4” and Indian Army had occupied lenging a single judge’s Delhi. “Jab We Met” actor had Mumbaai” (2010). back tanks and additional “Finger 8” area at the Pangong crucial high points after the September 22 interim order The app, launched in col- returned from a stroll in the His most recent outing troops from the border, are lake. Mountain spurs are Chinese tried to forcibly enter staying its decision to reserve laboration with EVERA will locality along with his dog. The was in Amazon Prime Video’s agreed upon in the ninth round referred to as Finger. that zone in August. The Indian 80 per cent of the ICU beds in use electric vehicles as an actor was staying in the town smash-hit series “Paatal of talks between the Corps This comes against the troops occupied strategic private hospitals. ambulance to transfer non crit- for nearly four years. Lok”. Commanders in the next few backdrop of the face off there heights in the Mukhpari, Delhi recorded its biggest ical cases to health care facili- Basra is known for his He was last seen in the web days, the disengagement may in early May starting after the Rezang La and Magar hill areas single-day jump of 8,593 ty within Delhi free of cost. roles in films like “Black series Hostages, which released begin in middle of next Chinese troops blocked an around the southern bank of Covid-19 cases on Jain said, “We are launch- Friday”, “Parzania”, “Jab We earlier this year. month. Indian Army patrol between the Pangong lake. Wednesday. ing the Jeevan Seva app today R

work hard, and to do their best wasting their time, time that “Our dream is that our coun- something for the country,” Encouraging the young- unique, and a one-of-its-kind dented time for Corona, such to make the country proud. could be spent on studying, try should bring more medals said Kejriwal. sters, Sisodia said, “You all are in the country. “It surely boosts assistance will only increase Kejriwal and Deputy Chief and excelling in academics. than China in international Following this, the Chief Delhi's Promising Stars, and the morale of the players,” our dedication towards the elhi Chief Minister Arvind Minister Manish Sisodia pro- Because of this belief system, games. There is a complete Minister and Deputy Chief Delhi is looking at you. You said Kumar. game.” DKejriwal felicitated 77 top vided financial assistance of Rs the dynamic field of sports vision for the development of Minister distributed cheques to should play well and bring The players who received Mission Excellence Scheme level performing sports people 4.39 crore to 77 players from does not receive the support sports. We are building a sports the players. medals for the country, and we the financial assistance at the provides financial assistance to under the ‘Mission Excellence Delhi. At the ceremony held at it rightly deserves. “Despite university in Delhi so that Sisodia also congratulated are ready to help you in every ceremony were also over- top level performing sports- Scheme’ on Thursday that pro- Delhi Secretariat, Sisodia this, players like you, over- players like you can get world- the players, and said that when way possible.” He added that a whelmed at the support, and people for their training and vides financial assistance to informed the players about come your struggle and reach class training and coaching. Delhi’s players achieve success total of 708 applications were called it “Kejriwal's Diwali gift". participation in international players for training. Kejriwal the scheme, and said a massive heights of success,” School- level players will be in sports, the government gets received this year. Out of these, Para athlete, Reena, said that events. Launched in 2018, the said, “This scheme is not just ‘Committee of Experts’ was set said Kejriwal while praising assisted under the Early encouraged. “Our Chief 77 players have been selected she received a cheque of eight main goal of the scheme is to for the people of Delhi, but for up that selected the players the determination of the play- Childhood Scheme who show Minister is always asking us, by a prestigious expert com- lakh rupees from the Delhi groom, and support sports the entire country. Because which included Karnam ers. potential in the field of sports. what else can we do for the mittee without any interference Government. “I will be using people across categories to when these sports people win Malleswari, Akhil Kumar, He also said our country of Similarly, the Mission players? So we take your feed- from the government. this for my training and I will compete at international level laurels globally, not just Delhi Manisha Malhotra, Gagan 1.3 billion has so much talent Excellence Scheme has been back. This way, when we do He said that due to the try to become a player of inter- including Olympics, but the whole nation will feel Narang and Ronjan Sodhi. yet is unable to match other created for middle and high something new for the players, Corona crisis, sporting events national level. I will try my best Commonwealth Games, Asian proud and celebrate them.” Kejriwal while congratu- countries in bringing home level players,” he said. you get encouraged. This is a have suffered a lot which has to fulfill CM’s vision for us.” Games, and other competitive Launching the ceremony, lating the players said, “When medals. “There are talented He also said that the Delhi cycle which is in the interest of impacted the players severely. Junior Judo national level sports events nationally. he said, “Just how the Delhi a player wins a medal in our players in every village and government is doing this to Delhi and the country to keep However, he said that it is player, Harsh Dalal said, “I This year, the number of Government has been deliver- country, a lot of people stand every locality, but they do not prepare the players and help going upwards.” imperative to move forward in never thought that a govern- players selected under the ing on the promises of pro- with that player. But when the get the support of any govern- them develop an edge over “In India, generally, sports the world of sports, and adapt ment could provide so much scheme across sporting cate- viding electricity, water, edu- player is struggling in his jour- ment. The Delhi government their competitors, nationally people are felicitated and given to the circumstances. financial support to the play- gories are - athletics (25, cation and health, we are doing ney to achieve those medals, will provide that ray of hope and internationally. He reas- grants after they've already “Delhi Sports University is ers to prepare and improve our including para athletes), bad- the same for sports. Our dream not just financially but also for such players and nurture sured the players present there, won the laurels. But who sup- a step forward in that direction. skills. If the government con- minton, (1), basketball (1), is that India should bring more emotionally, he is often alone. them,” he added. and asked them to come to ports the upcoming sports We also need your suggestions. tinues to provide us this assis- boxing (3), judo (10), karate medals than China in interna- We want to change that.” He said that just how the him if they ever need any sup- people, the ones who keep toil- Tell us what you need from us, tance, we will do our best to (4), kayaking and canoeing tional games. We have made He also discussed the Delhi Government has been port. ing to achieve their goals. Our and we will do our best to bring medals for the country.” (1), pencak silat (1), sepak several plans, including build- challenges sports aspirants succeeding in providing clean “If the country and the Hon. CM wants to stand with deliver that,” Sisodia said. Similarly, Judo player takraw (4), shooting (7), soft ing a Delhi Sports University, face in India. He said that in water, subsidized electricity, government is doing this for these players because there’s no At the ceremony, famous Garima Tokas lauded the Chief tennis (1), swimming (1), ten- to fulfil this dream.” Kejriwal India, there is a notion that and quality education, it is also you, then you too should leave one to stand with them,’ wrestling player Sushil Kumar Minister Kejriwal’s vision. nis (1), wrestling (10), and appealed to the players to playing sports means one is leading in supporting sports. no stone unturned in doing Sisodia said. said that such a scheme is “During such an unprece- wushu (7). !!" &' (&' $)$*++ # ! $ ! ! % !!" ! " roads has been extended till the construction company will These footpaths will be caused by bursting of air crack- March 2021 due to COVID-19. take care of the maintenance redesigned and reconstructed ers is likely to aggravate the sit- he festival season, the elhi Chief Minister Arvind The earlier deadline was for 15 years. as per a standard height for the ejecting the representation uation further, by adversely Tcrowded markets and flay- DKejriwal on Wednesday December 2020. “People face issues because convenience of the physically Rby Chandigarh Cracker affecting the air quality. It was dhering to the National ing of social distancing norms directed the officials of the The Delhi government is there are bottleneck roads, handicapped,” it added. Dealers Association, the noted that despite restrictive AGreen Tribunal (NGT) is getting reflected in the num- ‘Public Works Department’ working to redesign the 100 which create the problem of The project will help Chandigarh Administration on hour crackers bursting allowed guidelines regarding sale or use of ber of Covid-19 cases in (PWD) to remove all obstacles feet wide and 500 km long traffic congestion at various increase greenery; a re-har- Thursday decided to continue during last year’s Deepawali, all kinds of firecrackers in the dis- Haryana.Nineteen more people under the pilot project to roads of the national capital on locations in the city. The wide vesting system will be imple- the ban on sale and bursting of the air quality remained ‘very tricts of National Capital Region died from coronavirus in the redesign the seven identified the lines of European cities. roads in many parts of Delhi mented in the sewer drains. firecrackers in the city till fur- poor’ in Chandigarh.” (NCR), Haryana Government state on Thursday as 2788 roads of Delhi along the lines Kejriwal has envisaged the pro- differently turn into a narrow There will be separate spaces for ther orders. “Chandigarh is one of the has issued directions to District fresh cases surfaced, pushing of European cities at the earli- ject to develop the roads of the road, and then back into a wide the planting of trees on the sides A day before, the Punjab non-attainment cities included Magistrates, Superintendents of the state’s infection count to est. national capital similar to any road after a few km, which cre- of the footpaths. There will be and Haryana High Court had in the list notified by Central Police and Haryana State 1,93,111, according to a health The Chief Minister said the developed country in the ates a bottleneck situation and separate parking spaces for the denied any respite to Pollution Control Board. Pollution Control Board for the bulletin. So far, 1979 people process of appointing a con- world. heavy traffic at particular loca- electric vehicles and auto-rick- Chandigarh Cracker Dealers Medical experts are of unani- strict enforcement of NGT orders. have died from the infection in sultant for the redesigning of Kejriwal approved the pro- tions. The priority will be shaws alongside the footpaths. Association and asked the asso- mous opinion that crackers’ The NGT had issued guide- the StateOf the fresh fatalities, roads is in the final stage and ject of redesigning some of the removing those bottlenecks As per the plan, the slope ciation to approach the bursting leading to air pollution lines regarding complete ban six were reported from Hisar, the PWD should complete the roads falling under the juris- first, for a smooth flow of traf- of the roads, as well as the Chandigarh Administration will further aggravate the against the sale or use of all kinds four from Faridabad, three appointment process soon. diction of PWD in November fic and an organized lane sys- drains, will be redesigned to with a representation on the COVID situation in the union of firecrackers in the districts from Gurugram, two each The direction came in a 2019. Under the pilot project, tem,” the government said in a tackle the problem of water- issue.Issuing an order after territory of Chandigarh,” the adjoining NCR from midnight of from Bhiwani and Jind while review meeting convened by the Delhi government has statement. logging on the roads. Rainwater reviewing the representation, order said. November 9-10, 2020 to the mid- one each from Sirsa and Jhajjar, the Chief Minister with PWD decided to redesign 100 feet “The second goal would be harvesting structures will be Manoj Parida, Adviser to “In the totality of the cir- night of November 30 to the bulletin officials on the ongoing road wide and 500 kilometers on the to increase the efficiency of the built inside the drainage sys- Administrator on Thursday cumstances, the ban imposed December 1, 2020. said. redesigning project in Delhi lines of European cities. existing space of the roads in tems to store rainwater as said that the representation is on sale or use of crackers in the NGT has also directed that Among the districts which along the lines of European The chief minister had the city so that spaces are best groundwater. rejected and the ban on sale union territory of Chandigarh in the cities or towns where air reported the maximum cases cities. recently redeveloped the utilized as per their abilities. “Not even an inch of the and bursting of firecrackers will issued under Disaster quality is ‘moderate’ or below, were Gurugram (692), The project will follow the Chandni chowk road as a pilot There will be measured and surface of any road or roadside continue in the city. Management Act dated only green crackers be sold and Faridabad (598), Hisar (285), Build–Operate–Transfer project, extending the scheme planned spaces for vehicles, will be left uncovered in order The order stated, “On November 6 needs no modifi- the timings for use and bursting Bhiwani (174). (BOT) model. The constitution to 100 feet wide and about 500 non-motorized vehicles, foot- to ensure that there is no dust review of the COVID situation, cation or relaxation. The rep- of crackers be restricted to two Sonepat (160) and Rohtak company will have the respon- km long road in Delhi. The paths, and side-lanes. The foot- on the roads. Adequate grass- it is noted that the number of resentation by Chandigarh hours during festivals, like (120). Currently, the state has sibility to maintain the road for development of these roads paths will be widely mapped to es and shrubs will be planted COVID positive cases is rising Cracker Dealers Association is, Diwali, Chatt, New Year, 18,867 active cases with the 15 years. The deadline for will be on the lines of built- an average of 10 feet for the on all surfaces to ensure dust in union territory of therefore, rejected,” the order Christmas Eve, etc. as maybe recovery rate hovering around redesigning the first seven operate-transfer (BOT) and convenience of the pedestrians. control,” it said. Chandigarh. The pollution added. specified by the concerned State. 89.21 per cent. run under Mewat Development Board. On renewal of driving every year. Development Authority to He directed that along licenses, the chief minister He said that the officers aryana Chief Minister the Education Department with the Mewat Development said the license of any person of Mewat Development HManohar Lal Khattar on to ensure that education qual- Board’s budget the maximum registered on the SARTHI Board should give their opin- Thursday directed officers to ity in the area can be further share of State budget received portal should be renewed ion about new schemes that complete all the work improved. under the Jal Jeevan Mission after complying with the con- can be started in Mewat area required for education and Shortage of teachers in should be spent in Mewat dis- dition of one month. in the next one month so that drinking water in Mewat the Mewat district should be trict. Besides this, the Chief Regarding the license of additional development of region on a priority basis. resolved on priority basis, Minister has directed the heavy vehicles, he said com- the area can be done. Besides this, he also issued he said. officers concerned to upgrade pleting three conditions Additional Chief Secretary directions to hand over eight Presiding over the 30th educational institutions would be made mandatory, and Financial Commissioner, Mewat model schools being meeting of Mewat through mapping so that the which include that the appli- Revenue and Disaster Development Board here in Mewat youth can be moti- cant should be literate, Management Department, which Deputy Chief Minister, vated towards higher educa- should have a license of Sanjeev Kaushal, gave a pre- Dushyant Chautala and tion. He further directed that light vehicle and should have sentation on the agenda of Scheduled Caste and the girls’ hostel in Khanpur completed training in the meeting. Backward Classes Welfare valley should be re-opened so Haryana Roadways. He said Chief Principal Secretary Minister, Banwari Lal and that the drop-out rate of girls that training for a license to the Chief Minister, D.S. MLAs of Nuh district were there can be can be taken in any dis- Dhesi, Principal Secretary to also present in the meeting, reduced. trict.Chief Minister was the Chief Minister V. the CM said that till the Khattar said that in the informed that 100 sanitary Umashankar, Deputy recruitment of regular teach- five Hospitality Management napkins will be provided free Principal Secretary to Chief ers in Mewat cadre is com- Institutes opened in the state, of cost to the girl students Minister, Ashima Brar and pleted, registration of retired nominal fees should be studying in 332 Government Administrative Secretaries of teachers as well as educated charged from the students Middle, High, Senior various departments, youth on Saksham portal coming from Mewat Secondary Schools, KGBVs, Government and non-official should be done and they district. Mewat Model Schools and members of the Mewat should be engaged for teach- Besides this, education SHKM Government Medical Development Board were ing work. cers of the Education and said work which the depart- should not be included in the subsidies should be provided College, Nalhar and General also present in the While directing the offi- Health Department, Khattar ment can do at their levels agenda of the Mewat to them. Hospital, Mandikhera, Nuh meeting. & $&' (&'! !" a case of Jaundice, who was tested COVID positive, expired #! ne more city resident died at PGIMER.” Among 109 fresh Odue to Covid-19 as 109 cases, 58 were males and 51 Baroda by-poll in Chandigarh, fresh positive cases were were females. A maximum of Dushyant claimed that voters of reported in Chandigarh on seven cases were reported in uling out any threat to the Jannayak Janata Party (JJP) Thursday.“The death toll Manimajra here. 120681 sam- Rcoalition Government in had voted for Yageshwar. reached 244 and the total case ples have so far been tested in Haryana, Deputy Chief Everyone knows that in many tally stood at 15543 in taking the total number of the city. The report of 128 was Minister Dushyant Chautala on villages of this constitueny Chandigarh”, stated recoveries to 14297. awaited, the bulletin added. Thursday said that after the wherein voters who used to Chandigarh Health The recovery rate was As per the health bulletin, Baroda bypoll, the coalition vote for Congress candidates in Department’s evening bulletin. recorded at 91.9 percent while the fresh cases were reported in Government has strengthened previous elections, have voted The Covid-19 mortality the active ratio of cases was Sectors 2, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, as its candidate Yogeshwar for Yogeshwar in bypoll. rate stood at 1.56 percent in the recorded at 6.4 percent which 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, Dutt secured 14,000 more votes Asked whether Yogeshwar’s city.According to the bulletin, means for every 100 confirmed 28, 30, 32, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39, 40, than the previous Assembly loss was due to JJP’s votes not “The active cases crossed 1000- cases, six are currently infect- 41, 42, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, election in 2019. “The coalition being transferred to BJP, mark again in the city. There ed in the city.Giving details of 51, 52, 55, 61, Sector 38 west, Government is stable and will Dushyant said that with the hard were 1002 active cases till the the COVID-19 fatality, the Burail, Hallomajra, Khuda complete its remaining tenure work of leaders and workers of evening. 64 patients have bulletin said, “A 74 years old Lahora, Manimajra, Mauli comfortably,” he added. both the parties, Yogeshwar recovered in the past 24 hours female resident of Manimajra, Jagran and Ram Darbar. Reacting to the outcome of secured above 50,000 votes.

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$%&$$! '()* The Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat leader with Jeena’s caught his detractors both demise. He was always within the saffron party he BJP MLA from Salt counted among the active and outside it on the Tconstituency in Almora MLAs and was known for wrong foot by declaring is now at 91.36 percent. from Uttarkashi on Thursday. district, Surendra Singh Jeena raising the issues of the on state foundation day Two patients of the disease Out of 532 patients dis- who was undergoing treat- deprived sections of soci- that a gargantuan sum of he number of novel each were reported dead from charged on the day, 197 ment for Covid-19 in a hospi- ety and working hard for Rs 25000 Crore would be TCoronavirus (Covid-19) the Sushila Tiwari government belonged to Pauri, 136 to tal in New Delhi, breathed his the development of his spent on infrastructural patients in Uttarakhand mount- hospital Haldwani and Dehradun, 45 from Haridwar last early on Thursday morn- constituency. development of Gairsain ed to 67,239 on Thursday with Himalayan hospital, Dehradun and 44 from Uttarkashi. ing. His demise came a few Rawat said, “Elected located in the Chamoli the state health department on Thursday. One patient of the Uttarakhand now has 4156 days after the death of his wife for the third consecutive district and nearby areas. reporting 451 fresh cases of the disease succumbed at All India active patients of the disease. earlier in October. time from Salt con- He also announced that a disease. The department also Institute of Medical Sciences Dehradun district with 998 The death of the 50-year stituency in 2017, an road-map of ten years would be prepared for the summer reported the death of seven (AIIMS) Rishikesh, Max hos- active cases is at top of table old MLA has elicited condo- active party worker and capital of Uttarakhand. Politically speaking TSR has played up patients from the disease on the pital, Dehradun and Mahant while with 458 active cases lences from the governor Baby my younger brother the Gairsain card very well up till now as it was he who had day after which the death toll Indiresh hospital Haridwar now is on second Rani Maurya, chief minister Surendra is no more with the gumption to declare the small sleepy town located at from Covid-19 climbed to 1093 Dehradun. position. Trivendra Singh Rawat, BJP us, which seems hard to had a unique capacity to ensure centre of the state amidst lofty Garhwal and Kumaon hills as in the state. The authorities reported Pauri has 422, Nainital 392, State president Banshidhar believe. Anyone who had met completion of development the summer capital of the state. It is imperative that the CM The authorities discharged 115 fresh cases from Dehradun, Chamoli 330, Tehri 267, Bhagat and former CM Harish him even once would surely works related to his con- wants to keep the momentum going on Gairsain which is 532 patients of the disease from 60 from Nainital, 48 from Rudraprayag 265, Pithoragarh Rawat among other leaders remember his cordial behav- stituency.” associated with the aspiration of the statehood movement different hospitals of the state Chamoli, 47 from Rudraprayag, 244, Udham Singh Nagar 219, across the political spectrum iour and positive thinking. He Expressing grief at Jeena’s which culminated in creation of Uttarakhand out of Uttar after their recovery from the 46 from Pauri, 41 from Almora, Almora 190, Uttarkashi 159 and and members of the society. used to make his points in the demise, Bhagat said that it was Pradesh (UP). In coming months TSR could conjure up a disease on the day. A total of 32 from Pithoragarh, 20 from Bageshwar 125 active cases of At a meet held at the BJP Vidhan Sabha in a beautiful an irreparable loss for the party separate district of Gairsain and even accord a permanent 61432 patients of Covid-19 Haridwar, 13 from Udham the disease. With 87 active State office to pay homage to and sharp manner. He had the and the society. The State has capital status to the existent summer capital ahead of the have so far recovered from the Singh Nagar, 10 from cases of Covid-19, Champawat Jeena, CM Trivendra Singh unique skill of connecting lost an energetic and dedicat- crucial assembly elections slated in early 2020 and stir up the disease in the state. The recov- Bageshwar, nine from Tehri, six is now at the bottom of the Rawat said that the state has everyone and was quite popu- ed leader with Jeena’s demise, sentiments associated with Gairsain for electoral gains. ery percentage from the disease from Champawat and four table. lost an energetic and visionary lar in his constituency. He also he said. The spurt in the number of Covid-19 patients in the state triggered by blatant flaying of social distancing norms by gen- ,! $% ! ! &./ eral public during the ongoing festival season is posing a serious threat to safety and is a major challenge for the authorities. To add to the woes of the state which in last one month was show- Covid-19, he stressed on the ing clear signs of flattening of the curve of the disease, the nation- need for special vigilance dur- al capital region (NCR) of Delhi is amid third wave of the dis- hief minister Trivendra ing the next 15 days. Covid test ease. The proximity of the state to NCR and large scale move- CSingh Rawat has directed reports should be received by ment of people from their especially during the ongoing festi- officials to increase Covid-19 the people within 24 hours in val season makes Uttarakhand vulnerable. The Himalayan state testing in the state. Special urban areas and within 48 which has limited resources at its disposal can ill afford to have efforts will have to be made for hours in rural areas. Those a new wave of the disease at this juncture where the front-line this in Dehradun, Haridwar, whose antigen test is sympto- health workers are undergoing severe fatigue for having worked Udham Singh Nagar and matic should mandatorily constantly for months together. To make the matter worse, the Nainital districts. The CM said undergo RT-PCR test. There health system of the state already reeling under severe shortage this while chairing a meet with should be cent per cent testing of manpower has made no provision for nurturing workforce officials to review the status of of high risk contacts and the which could act as the second line to replenish the accretion of the pandemic in the state. personnel concerned should front-line workers by fatigue and illness. In such a circumstance Rawat directed that public make field visits consistently observing social distancing norms and wearing masks seem the awareness campaigns on pro- during the festive season. The only option available for the people to keep them safe. tection from Covid be under- number of lab technicians, taken regularly through differ- radiologists and Asha workers ent media. With the movement should be raised to ensure A Sub Divisional Magistrate (SDM) deployed in a small of people increasing in the their adequate availability in all mountainous district of the Himalayan state is said to be so fright- current festive season, along the districts. Stressing on the ened with the prospect of working in the area where natural dis- with public awareness, the use important responsibility of asters are more of a norm than an exception that he has virtu- of masks and observance of doctors, the CM said that they ally vanished from last three months. The locals have interest- social distancing must be should psychologically ing stories of his endeavor in the district in the initial days of ensured in crowded places, strengthen the patients while his posting which narrate how he refused to cross a suspension tourist spots and religious sites. senior doctors should also bridge over a small rivulet on spate which was needed to visit a With the cooperation of busi- remain in constant touch with primary school damaged by incessant rains. He also took pains ness and social organisations, the patients. to visit a disaster affected village that was located only eight km special focus should be laid on Health secretary Amit from his office only on the eight day of the disaster and that too sanitisers and sanitation in Singh Negi said that this week when the DM was scheduled to visit the area. It is learnt that the shops during the festive season. had seen a rise in the Covid NAT testing should be increased Director general (Law and paintings and other means to social distancing are being DM was contemplating action against him but the missing Babu’s Stating that there should be full cases in the state. The district further and all the DMs should Order) Ashok Kumar said that raise public awareness. While penalised, they are also being fortune favoured him when the DM was unceremoniously arrangement of human magistrates need to make more ensure full availability of all nec- the police are undertaking the citizens violating guidelines provided with masks free of removed from her post for entering late into a video conferencing resource for protection from efforts to control this. Tru- essary items considering Covid. marches, using posters, wall regarding wearing masks and cost, he added. session presided over by the CM. $"( !+-!

nder the guidance Uof chief develop- ! ment officer (CDO) fter much deliberation, the #$%&' Nitika Khandelwal, a Astate administration has Self Help Groups finally appointed a secretary for !!!( (SHGs) operated bak- the women empowerment and ery in Vikas Bhawan child development department. !) was opened on The secretary (in charge) of Thursday which was Panchayati Raj department *+',- inaugurated by district magis- will continue to be available in Hari Chandra Semwal has been trate Ashish Kumar Srivastava. the store. Also, the operators in appointed as secretary in The DM also tasted various the bakery stated that current- charge of the women and child baked goods and appreciated ly, they are taking payment development department. In tion for arriving late in a video with the State Minister Rekha this initiative. Besides, he also through cash only but soon other transfers, Manuj Goyal conferencing session with Arya, secretary Shamugam in gave his inputs and suggestions they will take all kinds of dig- who currently was working as Chief Minister Trivendra Singh the month of September had to the bakers including prepar- italised payments as they are in CDO, Almora has been shift- Rawat has been shifted to the asked the state government to ing some baked products like the process of registering for ed to Rudraprayag as district position of MD of Kumaon remove him from the depart- bread with herbs like tulsi to various digital payment modes. magistrate (DM) and Rohit Mandal Vikas Nigam with ment. make them more nutritious The project director of District Meena, the Managing Director additional charge of the deputy A probe headed by and healthy for consumers. Rural Development Agency (MD) of Kumaon Mandal chairperson of district level Additional Chief Secretary The bakery is named HILANS (DRDA), Vikram Singh also Vikas Nigam and deputy chair- development authority, Manisha Panwar ordered by Bakery which is, as per the offi- informed that about five SHGs man of District level Nainital. the CM on the issue. The issue cials, an acronym for Highland are currently working togeth- Development authority, It is pertinent to mention got complicated further when Innovative Livelihood er in operating this bakery Nainital has been appointed as here that the women empow- some other officers refused to Ascending Nature and the administration also has CDO of Almora. The former erment and child development work under Arya. With the Sustainability. There are various plans to open outlets in other DM of Rudraprayag Vandana department is headless for appointment of Semwal things kinds of baked goods available parts of the district too depend- 2 % " " ! ! Singh who was unceremoni- more than one and half month appear sorted now for the in the bakery and as per the ing on the response of the con- ! ! ! % % ! ! ! ously removed from her posi- now. After an unsavoury rift department. officials, the different varieties sumers to this bakery. 0 !!" $ ! " ! !$

he directions of the State 1 Tgovernment that the sale of only green crackers will be also stated that sales allowed in urban areas of are less than 50 per Dehradun and five other cities ven though people have cent this year and in while bursting of fireworks will Ebeen talking about vocal for addition to this, the be allowed only from 8 PM to local campaign to support the customers are bar- 10 PM, are impractical to local businesses for months, gaining more too. implement. Stating so, the asso- most of the earthen Diya mak- "We never used to get ciation of local businessmen ers and sellers in Dehradun time to even have termed these orders as imprac- state that their business is 50 lunch on time due to tical to follow during Deepawali percent down this Diwali than sales during at such a short notice. Talking last year. According to a local Deepawali till the about this, the president of seller in Dharmpur, Himanshu previous year but Doon Valley Mahanagar Udyog Bohra, he has been selling people are not buying Vyapar Mandal (DVMUVM), Diyas during Deepawali for the Diyas much this year. Pankaj Masson stated that if the last eight years but this is the I am selling two Diyas for Rs we made Diyas during the for Rs three, I sold them Diyas Government wanted business- year when he faced the maxi- five and still, people are asking lockdown hoping that the sale at the same rate because I have men and local residents to fol- mum loss. me to give four Diyas. I did sell will be better this year. I came small kids to take care of and low such orders, it should have "Every year I buy about Diyas at the rate of four Diyas to this area thinking this area something is better than noth- issued the orders at least one are they going to sell and buy that they will earn better dur- could invest accordingly. We do four quintals of Diyas, most of for Rs five to some customers remains crowded so chances of ing in this pandemic," said month ago. "Most of the busi- them? I don't think that there ing Deepawali and now, the not know who is advising our which used to get sold before who bought over 50 Diyas as I selling Diyas and other prod- Prajapati. nessmen do not know what are even one per cent of the government is issuing orders lit- government to take such Dhanteras. This time, I bought know most of the people do not ucts will be more here but the It is pertinent to mention green crackers are. I am myself crackers stores in Dehradun city erally just hours before the cel- impractical decisions but the only one quintal Diyas due to buy Diyas after Dhanteras," situation is not much different here that due to varied factors, not completely aware of the that sell green crackers," said ebrations. The administration government should also think financial restraints and still said Prajapati. Another Diya here than the other areas. I am people appear to prefer light concept of the green crackers. Masson. He added, "Most of the should have at least made the about the welfare of local busi- more than 70 per cent of Diyas seller, Gabbulal Prajapati said selling small Diyas for Rs three strings more than Diyas. The When most of the customers shopkeepers have already people and businessmen aware nesses and public before issu- remain to be sold," said Bohra. that he is selling most of his each. Some of those customers State government too has pro- and the shopkeepers do not invested lakhs of rupees in the about green crackers months ing any last minute A Diya seller from Hanuman Diyas at loss. "My family also who did not budge and kept moted LED light strings made know about such crackers, how crackers business with the hope before Deepawali so that they orders.” Chowk, Chaman Lal Prajapati sells Diyas in Kumhar Mandi as insisting on buying three Diyas by self help groups. .

&1 45 *+6 ! )7 Bharat Udyan (New India Spread over 20.22 acres, structure should be aligned Garden) in the national capi- New India Garden will be exactly on this central axis, as o commemorate 75 years of tal, symbolizing emerging open to the public and is per the design competition’s eventy-eight per cent of the 8 ( % % ! TIndependence being cele- New India with equitable being designed to have an rules. It will be located on the Snew 47,905 coronavirus brated in 2022, the Central growth opportunities, rooted iconic structure and infotain- western bank of river Yamuna. infections reported in the past (&' % ! $ ! Government has decided to in values of ‘Sabka Saath, ment facilities such as Sphere Hence, the foundation is to be 24 hours on Thursday are from build an ‘iconic structure’ called Sabka Vikaas, Sabka Vishwaas’ of Unity, Milestones Walkway, sited in sandy soil with a high 10 States and Union Territories the ‘Nav Bharat Udyan’, or and representing the aspira- Journey of India, Tech Dome, water table. with Delhi topping the list, reg- Institute (NBRI) said, :Many newly diagnosed type 2 dia- New India Garden, next to the tion of clean India, free from Amphitheatre, public ameni- The ministry says the registering the highest single-day herbs like Gioly and Gudmar betes. The drug is commer- Yamuna river bank spread over poverty, corruption, terror- ties etc. to showcase India’s istration will close on December cases at 8,593 followed by t a time when India is pro- have antioxidant properties cially manufactured by Aimil 22 acres in the national Capital. ism, communalism and rich historical and cultural 11. The presentations before the Kerala and Maharashtra. Amoting Ayush including and checks free radicals apart Pharmaceuticals. The ‘iconic structure’ will be casteism. heritage, scientific achieve- jury (if required) will be during Much to the worry of the ayurveda decoction such as from blood sugar lowering As the world observe dedicated to the nation by The CPWD’s proposal ments, and will symbolize the 2nd fortnight of December, Government, four northeastern kadha or ayush kwath as properties that make them November 14 as Diabetes Day, August 15, 2022, which pro- says the ‘iconic structure’ unity in diversity and aspira- 2020 and the winners will be States — Tripura, Manipur, immunity boosters to keep useful for people with or at Dr Rawat also said that com- vides execution time of about should be constructed with tions of the New India. announced in the last week of Meghalaya and Mizoram — are the Covid-19 at a bay, high risk of type 2 diabetes.: pounds in herbal ingredients one year for the project. The materials and technology :The structure should be Dec, 2020. reporting increase in cases, researchers from Tehran have He cited example of anti- like giloy used in BGR-34 Central Public Works which would last for ages, iconic in design and represent Officials said that struc- prompting the Union Health suggested use of anti-oxidative diabetic herbal formulation, also corrects immunity while Department (CPWD), falling like :Ashoka’s edicts, Iron Pillar the national capital. For exam- ture can be a tower/sculpture or Minister Dr Harsvardhan to herbal drugs as an adjuvant BGR-34 which was scientifi- compounds in Dharuharida under the Ministry of Housing in Qutub Minar complex, etc:. ple, the India Gate erected by any other built form but not a ask them to increase testing on therapy to currently prescribed cally developed under his guid- helps in insulin release in and Urban Affairs called a It should be robust and with- the British in the Central Vista building to be occupied. high risk groups and vulnera- conventional treatments in ance among other scientists at Type II diabetic patients. design competition for the new stand the vagaries of nature in the early 20th century Maximum permissible height at ble population to check the Covid-19 infected diabetic the NBRI in collaboration with Based on the 2019 structure. and remain as such for mil- prominently signifies Delhi. the proposed site as per colour spread of Covid-19. patients. Central Institute for Medicinal International Diabetes The Centre has decided to lennia to represent the current The proposed iconic structure coded zonal map prepared by For the successive fifth Following an analysis of and Aromatic Plant Federation (IDF) report, the double the length of the age, it added. being built in independent Airports Authority of India is day, new Covid-19 cases various studies, they said In an (CIMAP),both Lucknow- world prevalence of diabetes Central Vista from 2.9 km to :Under the Master Plan, India should now become a 134 metres from the present reported in a span of 24 hours article published in the based, using extracts of herbs was 463 million, and is 6.3 km, beyond the the Central Vista Axis will be new symbol of the national ground level. did not cross the 50,000 mark, National Centre for like Daruharidra, Giloy, expected to reach 578 million Rashtrapati Bhawan to the extended from the present 2.9 capital,: CPWD’s proposal Other factors like soil sta- while the trend of daily new Biotechnology Information Vijaysar, Gudmar, Majeeth in 2030, and 700 million in Mother Teresa Crescent in km to 6.3 km from ridge to said. bility, wind velocity, seismic recoveries outnumbering daily (NCBI), : anti-oxidative herbal and Methika. 2045. According to doctors, the west and from the India river. On the eastern side, it The central axis of the Vista forces and vulnerability to new infections continued for medicines with evidence-based :At least 500 herbs were patients with co-morbidities Gate to the banks of the river will culminate at the western starts from the Rashtrapati flooding etc. need to be duly the 40th day. As many as beneficial impacts in the treat- analysed after which we select- like diabetes are more vul- Yamuna in the east. bank of River Yamuna. This Bhawan, moves on the central considered as per the provi- 52,718 new recoveries were ment of diabetes mellitus can ed best six herbs having dia- nerable to Covid-19 because According to the ministry, will restore the original design line between North and South sions of National Building registered in a day as against be suggested as an adjuvant betes management properties of their compromised immu- an iconic structure is being envisioned for Central Vista,: Blocks and Rajpath and culmi- Code of India, 2016 while 47,905 infections during the therapy to its conventional to develop BGR-34.: nity. planned to be built in Nav the CPWD’s proposal said. nates at India Gate. The iconic designing the structure. same period. treatments in patients infected In fact, an independent It is estimated that nearly Ten states and union terri- with Covid-19. clinical trials conducted at 20–50 per cent of patients tories reported 78 per cent of Agreeing with their obser- Banaras Hindu University infected with Covid-19 have the new cases registered in a vation, Dr AKS Rawat, former (BHU), Varanasi last year too diabetes, much higher than ! ! span of 24 hours. This trend senior scientist with CSIR- showed the BGR-34 has ther- the worldwide incidence rate has continued to compress the National Botanical Research apeutic efficacy for treating of diabetes. active Covid-19 caseload which is currently 4.98 lakh and com- :The gap between recov- Maharashtra with 4,907 cases. tively. 8198:! prises only 5.63 per cent of ered cases and active cases has As many as 550 case fatal- Meanwhile, Dr Harsh India’s total coronavirus cases. steadily widened to 75,77,207,: ities have been reported in a Vardhan, during a meeting via The recovery rate has also the Health Ministry said. day of which 10 states and video conferencing with seven , / been boosted with the trend of Delhi observed another union territories account for states, including the four recoveries exceeding new cases spike and reported the highest 80 per cent. Maharashtra northeastern states, said that and currently stands at 92.89 daily new cases, also its high- accounted for 22.7 per cent active cases are on the rise in said. per cent with 80,66,501 people est tally so far with 8,593 new share with 125 fatalities. Delhi Manipur and higher positivi- The Association of having recuperated from the cases. Delhi is followed by and West Bengal follow with ty in the state is indicative of rime Minister Narendra Southeast Asian Nations disease so far. Kerala with 7,007 cases and 85 and 49 new deaths, respec- hidden transmission. PModi on Thursday said (ASEAN) is considered one of enhancing all kinds of connec- the most influential groupings in tivity, including in social, digi- the region, and India and several 9! &=! O tal and financial spheres, with other countries including the the 10-nation ASEAN grouping US, China, Japan and Australia is a major priority for India. are its dialogue partners. > #" He made the remarks at a The summit is taking place virtual summit between India amid China’’s aggressive behav- and the ASEAN. iour in the disputed South China :We believe a cohesive and Sea as well as in eastern Ladakh. responsive ASEAN is needed for A number of ASEAN countries he Enforcement Directorate security and growth for all in the have territorial disputes with T(ED) has attached assets region,: Modi said. China in the South China Sea. worth 1.3 crore of a senior He also said that there are The 10 member countries of manager of Vijaya Bank in a ttorney General K K many similarities between ASEAN are Indonesia, Malaysia, money laundering case relating AVenugopal Thursday performance of the party. The India’’s ‘’Indo Pacific Oceans the Philippines, Singapore, to siphoning of funds of granted consent for initiation party also could not perform in Initiative’’ and ASEAN’’s Thailand, Brunei, Vietnam, Karnataka State Handicraft of contempt proceedings he Congress on Thursday other State bypolls including ‘’Outlook on Indo Pacific’’. Laos, Myanmar and Cambodia. Development Corporation Ltd. against stand-up comic artist Tsaid the party was disap- Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, :Enhancing every type of The ties between India and The attached immovable Kunal Kamra for his tweets pointed with the Bihar Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka connectivity between India and ASEAN have been on an assets are in the form of land which allegedly criticised the Assembly election results and and others. ASEAN — physical, economic, upswing in the last few years and building which are in the Supreme Court. Congress Working Committee At the same time, another social, digital, financial, mar- with focus being on ramping up name of BY Srinivas, former :The tweets which I am (CWC) will take note of it and senior Congress leader Jairam itime — is a major priority for cooperation in the areas of trade Senior Manager, Vijaya Bank, extracting below are not only deliberate the issue. Ramesh asserted that the man- us. In the last few years, we have and investment as well as secu- Bengaluru and movable assets in bad taste but clearly cross Asked about the Bihar date is against Nitish Kumar come close to all these areas,: he rity and defence. in the form of balance lying in the line between humour and assembly results at the AICC and accepted that the Congress bank accounts in the name of. contempt of the court:, said Press, Chidambaram said,:we could have done much better. HS Nagalingaswamy, BY Venugopal in his letter to are definitely disappointed with The former union minister /9 %% ;! Srinivas, Ashwin Tours & one of the applicants who had the Bihar results but the vote said that despite 15 years of Travels and PNP Enterprises. sought consent of the top difference between NDA and Nitish as chief minister Bihar ! Investigation under the law officer for initiation of Grand alliance was just 3 per remains one of the poorest provisions of the PMLA was contempt proceedings against cent and the CWC will discuss states. electoral officer has already initiated on the basis of an FIR Kamra. and take a view on it.: With the worst ever per- responded to everything. The registered at Ashoknagar Police :I therefore grant consent The party high command formance despite raking up gainst the backdrop of alle- EC had to hold four press Station, Bengaluru City against to proceed by way of initiat- including former party chief the core issues like unemploy- Agations by the Opposition conferences on counting day GC Kishor Kumar, General ing contempt proceedings Rahul Gandhi who cam- ment and price rise, the grand of irregularities in the counting on November 10 to respond to Manager, KSHDCL and others against Kunal Kamra,: paigned extensively in the State old party whose campaign was of votes in the Bihar Assembly various aspects of the process, for siphoning off the funds of Venugopal said in his letter. is yet to react on the dismal led by Rahul Gandhi. polls, Chief Election Arora pointed out. KSHDCL, a State Government Commissioner (CEC) Sunil We do not respond to of Karnataka undertaking. Arora on Thursday said while comments made by political Investigation under PMLA the Election Commission does entities. It is their decision, revealed that HS % % not react to comments made by what they said, why they said. Nagalingaswamy and his asso- political parties, the ultimate The ultimate decision lies ciates generated proceeds of decision lies with people. with people,: he told crime to the extent of Rs 16.67 He also said the Bihar chief reporters. crore. % : % &<

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Therefore, whenever there is a day after Prime Minister Gandhi the TMC MP said that to be easyfor them here.” Bihar Assembly elections in a statue of Swami Vivekananda reform measures with their “Because my ideology says question of national unity, ANarendra Modi said “Maut his party did notbelieve in vio- Meanwhile, the BJP youth which it won five seats, the on the JNU campus and assert- votes, he said in an obvious ref- this, so in matters of national integrity and national interest, ka khel (game ofmurder)” can lence. “It believes in peace. We wing staged protests all across AIMIM is now planning to ed that people may have ideo- erence to the Bihar poll results interest, I will think in the same taking decisions under the never fetch votes an irked would request the the State onThursday evening throw its hat in the electoral ring logical differences but ideolo- where BJP led NDA retained framework, I will work on the burden of any ideology will Trnamool Congress reacted- PrimeMinister to give his after Ghosh was black-flagged in the West Bengal Assembly gy should be seen supporting power. same parameter, this is wrong”, lead to the loss for the nation. saying it was the BJP and not advice to the Bengal BJP unit and his vehicle wasattacked elections slated in the first half of and not opposing the nation in The Prime Minister said said Modi. It is natural to be Prime Minister made it the Trinamool Congress which to maintainpolitical decorum.” with brickbats in North 2021, which could spell trouble matters of national interest. the statue on the campus will proud of one’s ideology still, on clear that idea-sharing and the was unleashing violence in Modi had earlier said that Bengal’s Alipurduar district, for non-BJP parties in the east- Giving priority to one's inspire everyone and instill the subjects of national inter- flow of new ideas need to be Bengal to win the next year’s “Maut ka khel" (game of mur- sourcessaid. ern state.Telangana-based All ideology over national interest courage and compassion that est, our ideology should be seen kept uninterrupted. Assembly elections. der) cannotfetch votes to a Ghosh was returning from India Majlis-e-Ittehadul has harmed the democratic Swami Vivekananda wanted standing with the nation not Prime Minister said for a Senior leader and TMC political party,” even as he said his routine “chai pe charcha Muslimeen or AIMIM, led by system of the country a lot, the to see in everyone. against it, he stressed. long time the poor were kept in spokesperson Sougato Roy on without naming anyoutfit that, (discussion overtea cup) pro- Asaduddin Owaisi, put up an PM said in his address to stu- "Swami Vivekanda wanted The PM told the students slogans only and there was no Thursday said thathis party had "the people who aren’t able to gramme. Vehicle of local BJP impressive show in Bihar by bag- dents after unveiling the stat- that education in the country that in the history of the attempt to connect the poor of been a victim of political vio- challenge us in ademocratic MLA Wilson Chapramari ging more than 1.24 per cent ue through video conferencing. should be such that it provides country, whenever a difficult the country with the system. lence since its inception.“First way, have taken the path of wasalso damaged in the attack, votes while contesting 24 seats. Jawaharlal Nehru self-confidence to individuals time arose before the country, He said the poor were the it was the CPI(M) and now it killing our workers. In sources said even as Ghosh The AIMIM not only won University has long been con- and makes them atmanirbhar people of every ideology came most neglected, most uncon- is the BJP which is perpetrat- someparts of the country, they later said,“The TMC and their five seats in Bihar, but also sidered a citadel of the Left, in every way. The new National together in the national inter- nected and most financially ingpolitical violence in Bengal think they can realise their friends are getting desperate as played the political spoilsport in with student unions affiliated to Education Policy is on the est. People of every ideology excluded person earlier. and targeting the Trinamool,” goals bykilling BJP workers. they can sensedefeat in the an equal number of Assembly it calling the shots on the cam- same line and has inclusion at stood united under the leader- Similarly, through better Roy saidadding it was the BJP But killing game cannot get upcoming assembly polls. constituencies, which could have pus. its core," he added in the ship of Mahatma Gandhi in the irrigation infrastructure, mod- “and not the TMC which is votes.” However such tactics won't- tilted the balance in a tight situ- The BJP and Hindutva address through video confer- freedom struggle. They fought ernization of mandis, E-Nam, unleashing violence inthe state.” Bengal BJP which won 19 work. People are with us.” ation like in the new Bihar groups, including the RSS’s encing. for the country together. The soil health cards, availability of Incidentally Roy’s remarks out of 42 parliamentary seats Such attacks by the ruling Assembly.This prompted student wing, the ABVP, have Union Minister of country saw the same solidar- urea better MSP a safety net- came almost in tandem with an displacing theLeft as the main party and its allies proved that Congress West Bengal unit often claimed that those with Education Shri Ramesh ity during the Emergency. work was created around the attack onState BJP president opposition force in the State is law andorder had collapsed in President Adhir Ranjan "anti-national" sentiments have Pokhriyal 'Nishank' and Vice- Former Congress leaders and farmers. Dilip Ghosh’s convoy at Jaigaon eyeing two-third majority in the the State, he said while State Chowdhury to say that "the found support from the Left- Chancellor, JNU, Prof. M activists were also present in The government first in Alipurduardistrict of North next year’s Assembly in Bengal. Governor JagdeepDhankhar Grand Alliance in Bihar lost affiliated bodies. Jagadesh Kumar also partici- the movement against the worked for their needs, now it Bengal where his vehicle and On Union Home Minister too condemned the attack say- because of AIMIM".The Modi said good reforms pated in the event. Emergency. There were RSS is working for their those of other partyleaders Amit Shah setting a target of ing “leaders of no politicalpar- AIMIM's entry in West Bengal were earlier considered bad Addressing the JNU stu- volunteers and Jana Sangh peo- aspiration. Pokhriyal said the were stoned by alleged sup- 200 out of 294Assembly seats ty should be attacked” and will make the Trinamool politics but now it is good pol- dents and the youth of the ple. Socialists and communists statue will remind our future porters of Gorkha Janmukti for the BJP in 2021 State polls, that “it is the duty of the Congress, the Congress and the itics because his government's country, the Prime Minister too came together. generations about his values, Morcha(Bimal Gurung) which Roy said, “He (Shah)has no Stateadministration to ensure Left jittery as a resurgent Owaisi, intentions and commitment expressed his views on harms Prime Minister Modi philosophy and thoughts about had recently left the NDA and inkling of what he is saying. safety and security of all the after wining seats in Seemanchal are pure, and it has prepared a of prioritizing ideology over stressed that in this solidarity, the country, he added. joined hands withthe BJP will never be able to for- politicalparties.” area of Bihar. 2 1! % O> P ! % P !" -8%%9:88#(#<="&>7&?=$&$ ! mised shape etc.) and the ability to launch an attack on the n a development that will not enemy using precision guided !" Ionly boost the Indian Navy’s weapons. The attack can be capabilities but will also bring launched with both torpedoes "" about a transformational shift and tube launched anti-ship in submarine operations, the missiles, whilst underwater or fifth Scorpene submarine of on surface. ! Godwin had named Agisialos. Project-75 “Vagir” was The stealth of this potent Earlier, ex-Dharma Productions launched at the Mazagon Dock platform is enhanced by the outh African model and employee Kshitij Prasad had here on Thursday. special attention provided to SBollywood actor Arjun earlier been arrested by the With the launch of “Vagir” her characteristic underwater Rampal’s live-in partner NCB in the in connection with at the hands of Mrs Vijaya 1 % > % ! % 1 ! 1 : " signatures. These stealth fea- Gabriella Demetriades was the Sushant Singh Rajput’s Shripad Naik through video !" % tures make her invulnerable, grilled by the Narcotics Control death-related drug case and conferencing in the presence of After its launch on were among those present at unmatched by most sub- Bureau (NCB) sleuths for six- expanded Bollywood-drug Minister of State for Defence Thursday, Vagir will commence the launching ceremony. Chief marines. long hours for the second con- nexus case. Shripad Naik as the chief guest, with the setting to work of var- of Materials, Indian Navy, and Scorpene submarines can secutive day on Thursday, in Sushant, it may be recalled, India has cemented its position ious equipment and the CWP&A (Controller of The newly launched sub- the new incarnation “Vagir” is undertake multifarious types of connection with the in the was found hanging from a ceil- as a Submarine Building Harbour Acceptance Trials. Warship Production and marine is christened after Vagir, infused with new life, by missions i.e Anti-Surface war- much-discussed Bollwyood- ing fan in his closed room of his Nation. The crew will subsequently Acquisition) Vice Admiral SR an ex-Russia that had been Mazagon Dock, is once again fare, Anti-Submarine warfare, drug mafia nexus case. duplex flat at Mont Blanc build- The development is in sync sail the submarine for the Sea Sarma and Additional named after the Sand Fish, a a very powerful predator of the Intelligence gathering, Mine Thirty-three-year-old ing at Bandra’s Carter Road in with the current impetus of the Acceptance Trials after which Secretary, Defence Industries deadly deep sea predator of the deep, guarding the vast mar- Laying, Area Surveillance etc. Gabriella, whose brother north-west Mumbai on June 14. Government towards 'Make in the submarine would be deliv- Production Sanjay Jaju joined Indian Ocean that was com- itime interests of our nation. The Submarine is designed to Agisialos Demetriades was The raid on Rampal’s resi- India' and 'Aatma Nirbhar ered to the Navy. the function through video missioned into the Indian Navy The state-of-the-art tech- operate in all theatres of oper- arrested in a drugs-related case dence had come a day after the Bharat'. The first two sub- Chief of Staff, Western conferencing from on December 3, 1973, and was nology utilized in the rebuilt ation, showcasing interoper- last month, had earlier been NCB officials carried out marines of the Project-75 have Naval Command - Vice New Delhi. later decommissioned on June Scorpene has ensured superi- ability with other components questioned for six hours on searches at film producer Firoz been commissioned into the Admiral RB Pandit, Chairman Launched at the Kanhoji 7, 2001, after almost three or stealth features (such as of a Naval Task Force. It is a Wednesday. A. Nadiadwala’s residence along Navy and the third and fourth & Managing Director of MDL Angre Wet Basin of Mazagon decades of yeoman service to advanced acoustic absorption potent platform, marking a Gabriella’s second round Gulmohar Cross Road at Juhu submarines are progressing Vice Admiral Narayan Prasad Dock Limited (MDL) the sub- the nation. techniques, low radiated noise transformational shift in sub- of questioning came a day Vile Parle Development (JVPD) their Sea Trials. and other Directors of MDL marine is named 'Vagir'. In true nautical tradition, levels, hydro-dynamically opti- marine operations. ahead of the questioning of Scheme in north-west Mumbai. actor Arjun Rampal, who has During the searches, the NCB been summoned by the NCB to sleuths seized a total of 717.1 +0 ) " N $ its headquarters on Friday. gm of Ganja, 74.1 gm charas /&"# The development came on and 95.1 gm MD (Commercial / %&( )" * the heels of searches carried out Quantity) along with Rs $ $ 1 .* +( * by the NJCB officials at 3,58,610. They also seized 10 ## Rampal’s Banda residence for gm of Ganja from another 23/ / "0 -../ *) seven hours on Monday. accused Wahid Abdul kadir Srinagar: The People's Alliance ate of mainstream parties, the Centre on August 5 last year. During Monday’s raid, the Sheikh @ Sultan. +* Chennai:The DMK on for Gupkar Declaration National Conference will fight National Conference Aligarh: Experts shed light on NCB officials seized 11 elec- After the seizure of drugs Thursday condemned the deci- (PAGD) on Thursday released 16 segments, the Peoples President Farooq Abdullah was how the field of radiology has tronic gadgets including a lap- and cash, the NCB officials sion of the Tirunelveli based a list of seats allocated among Democratic Party four and the appointed as the PAGD moved ahead since the inven- top, mobile phones and tablets arrested five persons, including Jammu:For the third consecu- Manonmaniam Sundaranar the allies for the first phase of Jammu and Kashmir People's President, PDP chief Mehbooba tion of X-rays and the astound- from there. They also seized Firoz A. Nadiadwala’s wife tive day on Thursday Pakistan University to withdraw polling for District Conference two. Mufti it's Vice President, ing advancements along the some documents from Shabana Saeed. resorted to unprovoked cease- Arundhati Roy's book 'Walking Development Councils On Sunday, the PAGD People's Conference leader way, as imaging technologies Rampal’s residence. The NCB has registered fire violation in three sectors of With The Comrades' from its (DDCs) in Jammu and announced that it had unani- Sajad Lone as Spokesperson, evolved with the times in the The NCB officials had also two drugs cases in the wake of the Line of Control (LoC) in syllabus.The University with- Kashmir, to be held in eight mously decided to fight the and CPI-M leader Yousuf national online webinar on raided two other places at Khar the investigations launched by J&K's Poonch district. drew the book on a complaint by phases beginning November DDC elections unitedly. Taragami as Convener. 'Origin of X-rays, Celebrating and Andheri. They had also the CBI into the death of actor Colonel Devender Anand, the BJP's student wing Akhil 28. The PAGD was floated on The flag of the erstwhile the Past, Envisioning the detained a driver working for Sushant Singh Rajput in June defence ministry spokesman Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad Out of a list of 22 candidates October 7 for the reversal of state of Jammu and Kashmir Future' organised by the Rampal and took him to their this year upon the directive said at about 9 a.m. Pakistan (ABVP) that the book supports for 17 constituencies released by constitutional changes made to has been adopted as the sym- Department Of Oral office for questioning. The dri- issued by the Supreme Court initiated unprovoked ceasefire violence and Maoists. the Kashmir-based conglomer- Jammu and Kashmir by the bol of the alliance. IANS Pathology/Oral Medicine and ver was let off later in the Nearly twenty persons violation by firing with small In a statement issued here, Radiology, Dr Z A Dental evening. –including Sushant’s girlfriend arms and shelling mortars DMK's Deputy General College (ZADC), Aligarh The raid on Rampal’s resi- Rhea Chakraborty and her along the LoC in Shahpur, Secretary A.Raja said it is for the $$( . Muslim University (AMU). dence, the subsequent ques- brother Showik --- were arrest- Kirni and Qasba sectors of Vice Chancellor, professors and &&' Delineating evidence tioning of Gabriella and sum- ed in connection with a case Poonch district. education experts to decide as to 0 ) based scientific bridge between mons issued to Arjun Rampal registered by the NCB on The spokesman said Indian what should be included as the simple X-ray and advance Oral should be seen in the context of August 28, two days after it reg- army retaliated befittingly. syllabus.He said the book was (& 4) and Maxillofacial Imaging, the the arrest of Gabriella’s broth- istered a case suo moto. It reg- Pakistan has violated cease- there for three years and has been Guest Speaker, Prof er Agisilaos Demetriades made istered a second case after it told fire on Thursday for the third removed after a complaint by the 0 Rajendragouda Patel (Head of by the NCB from Lonavala the Mumbai court that it wants consecutive day in these three ABVP. "" the Department of Oral near Pune on October 19. to "to uproot the drug citadel in sectors of the LoC. He said, "In post graduate Aligarh: The teaching, non- Medicine and Radiology, Agisilaos is alleged to be a part Mumbai especially in Since the beginning of this courses, students are given a Aligarh: Lakshmi Lotus and to the surrounding districts. teaching staff and students of Kothiwal Dental College and of a larger drug syndicate oper- Bollywood”. Subsequently, year Pakistan has been violat- chance to read history and liter- Vishnu Lotus plants from the Apart from Lakshmi Lotus Department of Education, Research Centre, Moradabad) ating in Bollywood, which is Rhea was granted conditional ing with impunity the bilater- ature, and the students will take mountains of Uttarakhand are and Vishnu Lotus, other plants Aligarh Muslim University delivered an informative and being investigated after the bail by the Bombay High Court al ceasefire agreement signed what is needed and leave out in high demand in UP and found in cold mountain areas (AMU) took the Integrity sequential description of the death of actor Sushant Singh in the Sushant death-related by the two countries in 1999. what is not needed". other parts of the country. are also developed in these Pledge for the prevention of, times when X-rays were start- Rajput. drug case on October 7, 2020. In over 3,200 such ceasefire Raja said in order to make They are selling well in nurs- nurseries by different and the fight against corruption ed to the most recent advances Informed NCB sources said As part of the investiga- violations by Pakistan since education saffron coloured, the eries before Deepawali. methods. during the Vigilance Awareness in radiology. that Agisialos was in touch tions, the NCB had earlier January, 24 civilians were killed University has removed the book After getting a promo- According to nursery trad- Week observations. Prof Rakesh Bhargava with Omega Godwin, a questioned Bollywood’s promi- and over 100 injured. which is condemnable. IANS tion on social media, these are er Umesh Gangwar, these According to Professor (Dean, Faculty of Medicine) Nigerian national who had ear- nent actresses Deepika now available in common nurs- plants are in high demand Nasrin (Chairperson), the spoke on the importance of lier been arrested for supply of Padukone, Sara Ali Khan, eries as well and the pair has during the winter season. Their online slogan writing and radiology in health care and cocaine in Mumbai. During his Shraddha Kapoor and Rakul become a source of income for sales also increases during poster making competitions diagnosis. PNS custodial interrogation, Preet Singh. #$ nursery owners due to their Deepawali. It is believed that on the themes, 'Anti religious, medicinal and archi- the plantation of Lakshmi Corruption' and 'Vigilant India' % tectural importance. It is the Lotus in the house-courtyard is respectively were also held at belief that they should be kept auspicious. Nursery director the Department of Education. %#'!#' Lucknow: The Yogi Adityanath Government in Uttar Pradesh in Deepavali Pujan and this is Surjeet said that their seeds are Students from across various is planning to promote the Sanskrit language in a big way. evident from their name brought from Uttarakhand and university departments par- #!0-# The government is working on the modernization of the also. sowed in pots. The plant is also ticipated in the Sanskrit language schools and their upgradation. Nurseries are earning up to brought. competitions. Aligarh/Hathras: The CBI the incident. From the crime spot tioned many people including According to Acharya Dr. Vachaspati Mishra, President of 60 percent out of these plants. Nursery owner Surjeet told "The ideas presented by team is constantly investigating of the incident in the village to the relatives of the girl and the Uttar Pradesh Sanskrit Sansthan, the upgradation of Sanskrit In addition to small and big that Lakshmi Lotus and Vishnu students in the slogan writing the Hathras case. The CBI team the house of the victim and the accused. The villagers are now schools is one of the priorities of Chief Minister Yogi nurseries in Farrukhabad and Lotus plants are prepared and and poster making competi- visited the village of the deceased accused, the team has visited sev- keeping eye on the CBI's inves- Adityanath. nearby districts, unemployed sold for up to Rs 900. Here, tions were creative and moti- and interrogated the family eral times to interrogate them. tigation and are eager to know He said that the state government has started issuing press youth also prepare their nurseries are also selling these vating. members of the girl and the The CBI team again visited the the outcomes of CBI’s investiga- releases in Sanskrit language also in order to make the language saplings in the garden and get- plants (Aquaria Lotus) through Himshikha Singh, Asma accused. They collected infor- village in two groups. One team tion report. popular.The government spokesman said that students study- ting good income from this till Amazon and other such e- Aijaz, Aiman Kulsoom, Sana mation from the villagers also on visited the deceased house and On the other hand, the fam- ing in Sanskrit schools of Uttar Pradesh will now get computer Deepawali. commerce platforms, where it Khanam, Mohammad Haider several facts related to the inci- questioned her family members ily of the accused are getting let- education also and for this, computers are being installed in all In Farrukhabad district, is available for up to Rs 500, Raza, Maseera Rubaiye, dent. The team is now fre- for several hours while the other ters from the various organiza- such schools in the state. nurseries of villages like Papdi while the pair is getting up to Sohidul Islam, Ufra Shahid, quently visiting the village of the team questioned the family tion for legal help. The father of Last year, computers were installed by the Uttar Pradesh and Barjhala of Kayamganj Rs 1000. Some nurseries are Iram Yaseen, Zulfiqar Khan victim to investigate the case members of the accused. The accused Sandeep said that he did Sanskrit Sansthan in Sanskrit schools in 72 districts. The remain- have become the center of also offering Vishnu lotus plant and Salma Parveen took part The CBI speeds up their team also collected information not ask for any help and these let- ing schools in the state will be computerized by the Uttar Pradesh these plants. As soon as winter free along with Lakshmi in these interrogation and is closely inves- from the villagers about the ters are harassing them. They do Sanskrit Sansthan this year. IANS starts, supply starts from here Lotus. PNS programmes.," PNS tigating every aspect related to facts. The CBI has so far ques- not need any help. 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The organisation’s other expens- which has seen four wars and more intensively than seen any- The concept of a peaceful would form a League of Peace.” es are separate. continuing jihadi infiltration and where, anytime since or before community of nations had been Such an idea should logically 7 % ( ( The late American columnist, terror attacks, has been geopolit- World War II. In 1956, the proposed as far back as 1795. have emerged from Europe, : Charles Krauthammer, had dubbed ically laid to rest by India’s uni- Anglo-French invasion of Egypt Immanuel Kant, German meta- whose long history is a record of % the UN a “corrupt impostor, unde- lateral abrogation of the contro- over the Suez Canal issue yet physician and philosopher, almost unending wars. At the serving of any American support”. versial Article 370, and not again proved the UN’s incompe- whose comprehensive and sys- end of the Great War, the League : Titled A Table for Tyrants, the for- because of the UN. tence. As it did again the same tematic work on the theory of of Nations came up in the hope P Q * mer Czech President Vaclav Havel The world body has failed year when the Soviet Union knowledge, ethics and aesthetics of ending the era of war and heal- ) wrote an article in The New York miserably in bringing a terrorist- invaded Hungary. In 1959, the greatly influenced philosophy, ing the West with an age of peace. P Q #9 Times saying that he felt scan- endorsing country like Pakistan world witnessed the annexation outlined the idea of a league of Yet again, this idea emerged dalised when he saw the UN to heel or prevent its nuclear proof Tibet by China. In 1968, the nations to control conflict and from American President : ( #9 Human Rights Council filled with liferation. It is India that has had international body looked promote peace between States in Woodrow Wilson. % ( members like Sudan, Zimbabwe, to deal with Pakistan on its askance at the Prague spring his work Perpetual Peace: A However, the credibility of A 7 China and Saudi Arabia, which had own. Apart from the importance when Soviet tanks rolled into Philosophical Sketch. He argued the League of Nations was weak- no human rights. of this international organisation, Czechoslovakia. for the establishment of a peace- ened by the fact that the US never Yet, India continues to be an ele- India’s boundless naiveté in the The idea of an international ful world community, not in a joined it and the Soviet Union A @ # ( phantine contributor to the UN Nehruvian era cannot be denied. concert of nations began in the sense of a global Government, joined rather late and was soon ) % peacekeeping contingents and has The only service the UN post-Napoleonic period with but in the hope that each State expelled after invading Finland. sent nearly 2,00,000 peacekeepers to arguably performed was to pro- the primary objective of avoid- would declare itself a free State Germany withdrew from the A 44 missions over the years. This is vide a platform for radical coming war. At the start of World War that respects its citizens and League, as did Japan, Italy, Spain ! : more than the national armed munist elements and a whole I, the call for an international welcomes foreign visitors as fel- and others. The onset of World S forces of most countries. Indian generation of dictators and auto- organisation to prevent future low rational beings, thus promot- War II showed that the League forces working for the UN have suf- crats to portray themselves as wars began to gain considerable ing a peaceful society worldwide. had failed its primary purpose, 7 fered more casualties than any leaders and statesmen. Most public support, particularly in International cooperation to which was to prevent any future 079:(3- other country’s armed forces. Our notable in this regard was India’s Britain and the US. Goldsworthy promote collective security orig- world war. The League lasted for * + ( policy-makers argue that this is Krishna Menon, whose vitriolic Lowes Dickinson, a British polit- inated in the Concert of Europe, 26 years and the UN replaced it being done not for any strategic anti-Western rhetoric and fire- ical scientist, coined the term which developed after the after the end of World War II, + ( gains but in the service of “global spitting speeches in the UN “League of Nations” in 1914 Napoleonic wars in the 19th cen- inheriting several agencies and ideals” — like strengthening the earned him the dubious sobri- and drafted a scheme for its tury, in an attempt to maintain organisations spawned by the # " B ( world body and international peace quet of a “spitting camel” — he organisation. Together with Lord the status quo between the League. and security. On the other hand, the was so dubbed by the Americans Bryce, he played a leading role in European States and avoid war. True, the League of Nations % S UN did not even condemn China’s who hated Menon’s patronising establishing a group of interna- This period also saw the devel- did not last long. Yet, credit must " : ( 7## unprovoked aggression against lecturing — but also more seri- tional pacifists known as the opment of international law, go to it for having spawned the B ( India in October 1962, leave alone ously earned India a lot of Bryce Group, later the League of with the first Geneva Convention International Court of Justice and do anything about it. The irony is Western ill will. Nations Union. establishing laws dealing with the International Labour % that the dictatorial and communist The failures of the UN make The forerunner of the League humanitarian relief during Organisation and other bodies. @ China enjoys a permanent seat in an unusually long catalogue of Nations, the Inter- wartime. Then the internation- It is doubtful that the UN would # the Security Council while India, the beginning with 1948. That year, Parliamentary Union (IPU) was al Hague Convention of 1899 leave behind anything memo- # % world’s largest democracy, does the Soviet Union blocked Berlin. formed by peace activists and 1907 laid down governing rable except for its performance not. The only action that prevented William Randal Cremer and rules of war and the peaceful set- of profligacy. It is high time India : The UN also did not support the city’s surrender was the Frederic Passy in 1889 and is cur- tlement of international dis- told the big powers to give it a / C ' :# >/ D? ( India in its Bangladesh War waged American airlift of all conceivable rently still in existence as a body putes. permanent seat in the Security 0 : solely to bring relief to East Bengalis, supplies in the spirit of Ich bin ein with a focus on the various As historians William H Council with veto power. If the who were at the receiving end of Berliner (I am a Berliner), the elected legislative bodies of the Harbaugh and Ronald E Powaski Council does, well and good, or 8 0 :# : $ 0 Pakistan’s genocidal crackdown. famous words of President world. The IPU was founded point out, Theodore Roosevelt else, New Delhi should not be as : * 1- :# ( The UN passed a resolution mak- Kennedy in 1961. In the Korean with an international scope, with was the first American President committed to an organisation " # :'+ / ing the State of Jammu and Kashmir War (1950-53), the communist a third of the members of world to call for an international league. that costs it time, money and an internationally disputed territo- North had gone all out to take parliaments serving as its mem- While accepting his Nobel Peace honour. # ( ry despite evidence that it was over the entire peninsula. Again, bers by 1914. It aimed to encour- Prize, Roosevelt said: “It would (The writer is a well-known B Pakistan that invaded Indian terri- the UN could do nothing. It age Governments to solve dis- be a masterstroke if those great columnist and an author. Views # :# / / tory in October 1947. The dispute, watched Vietnam being bombed putes by peaceful means. powers honestly bent on peace expressed are personal) + 2 * %65 * $ ").) $ . C +D * .) $ ) * . * 0 * 4 . $) $ )) !)..( >> : * . "&"."") . $ .) $( . $ $ ) * * >1B / ".( $ .( 6 &$= *( . .* ) $ . " )6 )) * *)) ) )0 0 * " $ ") "$ ! ** $ 6 * 6 + 6 * . 6 !)# ""& "" +!! ) K4) +. K * : K :** K:.) ** ( * 4 5 6 6 5 , 6 2 66 5 5*%62, associated with reduced mental development of infants and chil- Sir — The BJP’s much-improved dren. 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Here, too, the BJP was Unless it makes sincere efforts to step as studies have shown that drivers are among those who suf- three Test matches of the # successful in wresting seats from refurbish its dented image, its high levels of air pollution can fer most with chronic respirato- series. + the Congress. The latter now presence in the political map aggravate the health condition of ry diseases. Airborne lead from Bal Govind finds itself in a desperate posi- would continue to be just sym- Corona patients. People across leaded petrol is a major air pol- Noida 0 ( 8 / 8 tion. It is even prepared to allow bolic. the country, especially Delhi, lutant and in high concentra- 9 any regional party to run the KV Seetharamaiah should respect the decision. It is tions, it is known to impair liver 1 %!"/ # Government with its support and Hassan time to observe a green Diwali. and kidney functions. It is also ! 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Even + S as Trump was breathing down his opponent’s neck, the pollsters had a tough time convincing the people, and themselves, where they went wrong and why 7 they failed to sense the public mood. - E( If Biden won some key States like Pennsylvania, !: 4 : :0# # Michigan and Wisconsin, it was a sigh of relief rather " P Q ( than a vindication of poll pundits. To give the devil : P Q his due, Biden in his victory speech, said, “I pledge ! & # 0 S ( to be a President who does not see red or blue States, but United States. For all those of you who voted for + ! : :0# ( ( + President Trump, I understand the disappointment tonight… But now, let’s give each other a chance…It’s E - , $ > ? ( ( time to put away the harsh rhetoric, lower the tem- perature, see each other again, listen to each other +% E ( again. And to make progress, we have to stop treat- + - ing our opponents as our enemies. They are not our +O: “demonic” Trump is unredeemable where- “Trumpism” will continue to live on even to 50 per cent Latino votes. The BLM # enemies. They are Americans.” It is difficult to find + : E6 as Biden can be pressurised to do good. after his loss. Their understanding is that movement consolidated the Latinos ,* # + fault with such clarity of thought that offers an insight This lesser-evil syndrome in English “if a demagogue has the skill and the cheek around Trump as they predominantly # into the way he is planning to run the show. + :: : media is a lame excuse rather than a posi- to build a dominant majority’s latent identify themselves as White; also Though statesmanlike, Biden’s speech must be tion of conviction. Converting a political insecurities into a victim complex, he can Mexican-American voters are usually seen in terms of realpolitik. On the face of it, he is choice into a moral one is dangerous to say build an impregnable base.” They go on to conservative. Another aspect that we ( :!: 4 # ( making an effort to move away from a binary frame- the least because it sees things in black and compare Trump’s US with Narendra should not lose sight of is the fact that work which many believe was mainstreamed by white, creates saints out of challengers and Modi’s India, something which betrays many Latinos fled from their countries to $ ( # Trump. It is another story that Biden may not be rad- demons out of the incumbent. Now the ignorance of unique historical experiences escape the so-called Marxist utopia run by ically different from Trump in terms of economic - - question remains if the media simply rep- of these two nations. What they ignore is Left-wing dictators. Among Cuban voters ((,* $ ( policies or international relations and in spite of his : : resented what they saw taking place or cre- their own position as knowledge produc- in Florida, Trump had more than 30 per B ,* sage-like calmness vis-à-vis Trump’s abrasive ated a razor-sharp divide. If one believes ers create and perpetrate the language of cent lead. These nuances are rarely dis- * + demeanour, his policies may not reflect that outward + E : in the constitutive power of language and exclusion. In the act of interpreting real- cussed in a mainstream media. garb. The declaration of intent by Biden that his first - - images, then the media, too, created the ity, many thought leaders end up produc- So far as issues are concerned, Pew ( job is to unify the country has been celebrated as a ! ( divide, gave wind to it so that it could frame ing it and cling on to that as if reality is a Research said that Biden and Trump coali- # ( watershed development and a moment of awaken- the debates along predictable lines. fiction of journalistic language. US TV tions fundamentally differ over racial ing of the great nation that is waking up to its Puritan ! Unfortunately, most of the media anchor Van Jones broke down on live TV inequality following the killing of George :! : + ideals of being a city on the hill. But the reality is that reduced race relations to Black-White while covering Biden’s victory. Another Floyd, with more than 75 per cent Biden the US will pursue a politics that favours its own inter- : problems and limited the enormity of their called Trump an “obese turtle on his back supporters agreeing that racial inequality @ G ( est rather than India’s or China’s. Even if we assume complexity to the period of Trump’s pres- realising his time is over.” Yes, Trump was would be a determining factor for their that Biden will indeed usher in world peace that has idency. What we got in the process is not a sore loser but such language perpetuates voting behaviour compared to 24 per cent 0 ( ( not been seen before, its reality can only be imag- ! & a substantive engagement with the foun- the divide and conditions intellectual of Trump’s. In spite of Trump polarising B + ined in a time yet to be. :( dation of the US as a nation with multi- debates around them. and vitiating the climate to an extent, we Biden’s speech was apparently a clarion call to :: ple layers of conflict and collaboration, but Now let us face the reality of race pol- should not forget that US voters are 7 + “make America great again.” What was lost in the E sound-bites and clichés that concentrated itics and the impact of the Black Lives entrenched in their political beliefs and * # cacophony of media analysis is that race ties are much + ! : around Black-White relations, more or less Matter (BLM) movement and to what only outliers can be persuaded to vote oth- # 0 % more than the Black-White divide. Since the time the way Indian problems are framed extent the social divide actually played out erwise. This becomes even more proof the founding fathers, the idea of frontier has dom- - around the Hindu-Muslim conflict. This during the election. It may surprise many nounced in a bi-party system in the US. ( inated the US’ imagination and the worst victims have vastness got squeezed into the period of that Trump actually improved his popu- This election was not as polarising as is been the native Americans who went on moving & : 2016-2020 and cathected onto a symbol larity among Black voters compared to made out to be. To put it in perspective, +F$ + % - ( westward while vacating space for the Europeans. The that is Trump. By reducing him to the be 2016. Even though it stands at a meagre Trump won 58 per cent of the White vote history of slavery is as much a history of disposses- all and end all of everything that ails the eight per cent, it is still two per cent high- in 2016 and 57 per cent this year. Derek * sion and violence as has been the history of the fron- US, most of the media peddled in sloga- er than what he polled earlier. Even as this Thompson in The Atlantic argued that this * ,* tier. And unlike the visibility and general awareness neering rather than explaining anything. is nothing compared to what Biden got, it election may be a case of depolarisation of African-American history, it just does not exist What we got was a caricatured version of will continue to rile the Democrats and and that demography is no longer going ( outside books and certainly not in the popular social reality where we have heroes and vil- pundits alike as to why eight per cent to be a path to majority for Democrats. He ( C debates, maybe because of the numerical weakness lains. In the process, the media absolved Blacks voted for Trump in spite of BLM believed that it is polarisation of place H5 of native Americans. Similarly, the presence of itself and society at large from taking any reaching its crescendo just before the elec- rather than race, as urban areas are getting ) S $ ( S Mexicans in the southern borders and later the influx responsibility for simplifying things and tion. What we know so far is that the Black pro-Democrat whereas rural areas are B of Hispanic migrants and Asians in the aftermath immunised all possible future perpetrators support was due to Trump’s performance turning Republican. Regardless of conflict- ( # of the World War do not count as racial issues. Hamid with the understanding that all race-relat- vis-à-vis the economy and improved ing approaches, for the sake of intellectu- Dabashi, an Iranian-American professor from ed problems will disappear with Trump’s employment among African-Americans. al honesty, we must acknowledge that in : ( Columbia, was clear that in spite of the intellectu- defeat. What is disturbing is the ease with Another reality is that Democrats them- all societies, political behaviour cannot be als’ fascination for Biden, he is not going to vote for which experts saw him as the root cause selves believed that Black youth are preda- reduced to catch phrases such as him. He was convinced that Biden is as much a sym- and refused to see the problem in the very tors. racial/social divide. That would be intel- ( # ,* bol of misogyny as is Trump, one who also support- American consciousness and its exception- Trump made significant gains among lectually naïve and analytically problem- + ( ed the Iraq invasion. He differed from other lead- alism that pervades Biden’s psyche as Latino voters in important States like Texas atic. ing intellectuals like Cornel West and Noam much. and Florida. In Democratic strongholds, (The writer is Professor, Faculty of > ? Chomsky, who preferred Biden. This is because Some commentators believe that like Rio Grande Valley region, he got close Humanities & Social Sciences, IIT Madras) 1!-'/(''/

candidates from the ruling party or ground of the farmers’ agitation in Clearly, the outcome has put the farm laws. that it would be futile to fight future coalition usually have an edge in the Punjab and Haryana against the three ruling coalition on the defensive and Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant elections jointly with the JJP. bypolls and they win two times out of farm Acts. The Congress has been many in the JJP know that it was Chautala, who belongs to the JJP, has The message of the Baroda bypoll three. Even in the bypolls in different hammering the point that the laws are entirely owing to the mistrust over the faced protests in several parts of the is also clear for the Indian National States this time round, the ruling par- against the interests of the farmers and farm laws that the alliance could not State for backing these laws. Being a Lok Dal (INLD), the parent party of ties or coalitions in Madhya Pradesh, the regime of Minimum Support make any headway. grassroot politician, he is aware that the JJP, led by Om Prakash Chautala Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Price (MSP) has been threatened by The Baroda seat fell vacant in there are strong apprehensions and and his elder son Abhay Chautala. Chhattisgarh, Karnataka and Odisha them. The BJP, on the other hand, has April following the death of sitting resentment among the land-holding The people of Baroda and the State ./5 <43 had it easy and they won handsome- been repeatedly stressing that these MLA Hooda, who had won it three castes about the impact of the Acts. have made it clear that the JJP is the ly. But the Baroda bypoll proved to be Acts are for the benefit of the farm- times in a row in the 2009, 2014 and The Baroda result has undoubt- torchbearer of the legacy of former different as the combined might of the ing community and are set to increase 2019 Assembly polls. It is adjacent to edly made it clear that the JJP has not Deputy Prime Minister Chaudhary he result of the bypoll for the BJP-JJP could not consolidate enough rural prosperity by giving more money the Garhi Sampla-Kiloi constituency, and may not be able to transfer its Devi Lal. The INLD will have to Baroda Assembly seat in to get victory for Dutt, the Olympian into the hands of the tillers. represented by Congress strongman votes to the BJP. In fact, many on the become a really serious Opposition THaryana may not have any sig- who was defeated in the 2019 Baroda is largely a rural con- enough time to make a course correc- and two-term Chief Minister of the ground believe that whatever votes the with an accompanying strategy to nificance for the stability of the BJP- Assembly polls as well. stituency with the dominant Jats in a tion. Alliance or not, the BJP will have State, Bhupinder Singh Hooda. BJP got was entirely from its vote bank. replace the JJP. JJP (Jannayak Janta Party) coalition Interestingly, the margin of defeat position to determine political out- to woo the farming community back Another question which would They say the JJP was defensive If there is one person who has a Government in the State, nor will it increased in his second electoral outcomes. The defeat of the ruling BJP- into its fold. Particularly the Jats if it emerge at this point is the winning throughout the campaign and could place on the victory podium besides affect its strength in the Assembly. But ing. He was routed by around 4,800 JJP combine in Baroda seems to wants to be close to its spectacular per- potential of the BJP-JJP combine and not garner any support for the BJP the winning candidate Narwal, it is the it is expected to have a far-reaching votes in 2019 by Congress candidate clearly suggest that farmers are not yet formance in the next Lok Sabha whether they will stick together in the candidate. Leader of Opposition in the State, impact on the politics of the State in Shri Krishan Hooda. This time, the convinced that the farm laws are in polls. On the defensive now, BJP next elections. This was the only electoral test Bhupinder Singh Hooda. He not the medium to long-term. Despite a margin has doubled to over 10,600 their favour. They have rejected the strategists are insisting that Baroda had The alliance was formed after the which the BJP-JJP alliance faced only managed to retain his family spirited campaign by top leaders, votes. What could be a matter of con- arguments of the BJP-JJP leadership, always remained a Congress strong- BJP won 40 of the 90 Assembly seats jointly after the 2019 tie-up and it pocket borough but also harvested the BJP candidate and Olympic medallist cern for the ruling dispensation in forcing the alliance partners to have hold and the result should be seen in in the 2019 polls and needed a post- failed miserably. It is more or less a anti-farm law feelings to his electoral Yogeshwar Dutt was routed by over Haryana is the fact that in 2019, the a rethink on the way forward. that context. They are also arguing election partner to give a stable marriage of convenience. For the BJP, advantage. At present, he has no chal- 10,000 votes by the Congress nomi- JJP and BJP fought against each Of course, there is no election in that the BJP got more votes than last Government in the State. Though the it is a route to a stable Government lenger in the State Congress and this nee Indu Raj Narwal in a constituen- other; this time around they fought in Haryana in the near future. The ear- time and “all is well” in the alliance and two parties formed the partnership, and for the JJP it is a shot at being in unchallenged reign is likely to contin- cy dominated by Jats. an alliance but still lost by a bigger liest one could be in May 2024 when this was one “stray and local” politi- many in the JJP have been openly voic- power before going solo again in the ue till the next elections. Political precedence and elec- margin. general elections are scheduled and the cal incident, which cannot have any ing concerns and have repeatedly next general elections. BJP poll man- (The writer is Senior Resident toral behaviour of the past suggest that The bypolls were held in the back- BJP-JJP combine could perhaps get impact on the politics of the State. raised the issue of the three Central agers have more or less realised now Editor, The Pioneer, Chandigarh) =

7#*!; #"8/ "! # " B ! ) ! ! <!! "$B Lahore: A Pakistani anti-ter- -- were indicted in more terror In September last year, the Those opening salvos of rorism court has handed down financing cases. ATC Lahore handed down : November 3 presidential elec- Georgia’s twin Senate runoff 32 years of imprisonment to The court directed the over 16 years imprisonment to tion with 279 of the 538 elec- on Ossoff took the stage in campaign — Ossoff looking to Yahya Mujahid, spokesperson prosecution to present its wit- Prof Zafar Iqbal and Hafiz S President Donald Trump toral college votes. Trump has JColumbus and looked out unseat Republican Sen. David of Mumbai attack mastermind nesses on November 16. Abdus Salam bin Muhammad Uhas won the closely-fought refused to concede and has over a parking lot filled with Perdue and Warnock facing off Hafiz Saeed’s Jammat-ud- The suspects were present- and one-and-a-half-year sen- presidential election in the filed lawsuits in multiple states, cars, with supporters blaring with Loeffler — showcase Dawah (JuD) terror group, in ed in the court in high securi- tence to Makki in a terror state of Alaska, winning three challenging election results. their horns in approval as he starkly different approaches two terror financing cases. ty and media was not allowed financing case. electoral college votes and tak- The election results in declared that “change has come the two parties are taking to the The Anti-Terrorism Court to enter the court premises In February last year, Saeed ing his tally to 217. Alaska also gave the to Georgia.” unusual circumstances that (ATC) here on Wednesday also during the case proceedings. had been sentenced to jail for The Republican Party has Republican Party an edge over Hours earlier, Republican make this newfound two-party convicted two other JuD leaders, Last week, the ATC Lahore 11 years on terror finance also retained the Senate seat the Democrats in the Senate. Sen. Kelly Loeffler stepped to battleground the epicenter of a including the brother-in-law of convicted JuD’s Hafiz Abdul charges by an ATC in Lahore. from Alaska, giving it 50 seats Republican senator Dan a microphone in suburban national battle for control of the Saeed, in terror financing cases. Rehman Makki, Zafar Iqbal The ATC sentenced Saeed in the 100-member United Sullivan won his Senate re-elec- Atlanta and addressed hun- Senate. “ATC Judge Ijaz Ahmad and Muhammad Ashraf in two and his close aide Zafar Iqbal States Senate. tion bid. This gives the dreds of eager supporters Both sides are playing to Buttar handed down 32 years more cases of terror financing to five-and-a-half years each in When the election was Republicans 50 Senate seats, packed into the Cobb County core supporters, the most reli- imprisonment to JuD registered by the Counter two cases. A total of 11 years called in Alaska, Trump had while the Democrats have 48. GOP headquarters. able voters among the 5 million spokesperson Yahya Mujahid Terrorism Department (CTD) sentence will run concurrent- received 56.9 per cent of the electoral college votes has The two Senate seats are going The freshman senator and who split their ballots roughly in two FIRs. Prof Zafar Iqbal of Punjab police. ly. Saeed is serving his term in total votes counted and increased to 217, as per the in for elections on January 5. her Florida colleague, Sen. evenly between the two parties and Prof Hafiz Abdul Rehman Zafar Iqbal and Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat jail. He President-elect Joe Biden from count maintained by The New “President Trump and Marco Rubio, stirred the crowd in the first round. Makki (brother-in-law of Muhammad Ashraf have been was arrested in July last year. the Democratic Party with 39.1 York Times. Senate Republicans win Alaska, with their insistence that the But for Democrats, it’s Saeed) were awarded 16 and given a collective imprisonment The CTD of Punjab police per cent. Biden has already been overwhelmingly and by a mas- change offered by Ossoff and seemingly a more piecemeal, one-year jail terms in two of 16 years each under different had registered 23 FIRs against With this, Trump’s tally of declared winner of the sive 20 point spread!” Ivanka his fellow Democratic Senate voter-by-voter approach, while cases,” a court official told PTI. sections of the Anti-Terrorism Saeed and his accomplices on Trump, daughter of Trump hopeful Raphael Warnock Republicans are pushing a He said that the two other Act. Makki has been sentenced the charges of terror financing and a presidential advisor, said means “radical elements” broad branding message JuD leaders -- Abdul Salam bin to one-year imprisonment in a in different cities of the -< in a tweet. would control Washington. through mass media. Muhammad and Luqman Shah case with a fine of 1,70,000. province. PTI :!!$ ,! 8 $ C & : the Biden transion office said !7#4" in a media release on B1 $ S President-elect Joe Wednesday. UBiden has tapped veteran “Ron has been invaluable ! $ ,( ! ! 1 5 !#7; political operative Ron Klain to me over the many years that as Chief of Staff, elevating his we have worked together, Washington: US President- In his call with Morrison, “invaluable” longtime aide to including as we rescued the elect Joe Biden in phone calls Biden underscored that the P 4#..7 one of the most powerful American economy from one with the leaders of Australia, United States and Australia Beirut: The Islamic State group ered there. positions in the White House. of the worst downturns in Japan and South Korea empha- share both values and history, claimed responsibility on One U.K. National suf- The White House Chief of our history in 2009 and later sised on maintaining a secure and noted that the two countries tial and high-profile top team Thursday for the explosion fered minor wounds, according Staff manages the president’s overcame a daunting public and prosperous Indo-Pacific have fought side-by-side in every members. the previous day at a cemetery to the British government. daily schedule. He is often health emergency in 2014,” region. conflict since the World War I. here are widespread reports “After careful consideration in Saudi Arabia where Greece’s Foreign Ministry said described as the president’s said Biden. According to readouts of Biden said that he looks for- Tof a power struggle at the I have this evening resigned as American and European offi- a Greek policeman serving in gatekeeper. “His deep, varied experi- the calls issued by his transition ward to working closely with heart of the UK government as No. 10 Director of cials were commemorating the the country’s consulate in In addition to supporting ence and capacity to work team, Biden on Wednesday Morrison on many common one of Prime Minister Boris Communications and will leave end of World War I. The blast Jiddah was wounded. A Saudi the president-elect, Klain, with people all across the spoke over phone with Prime challenges, including containing Johnson’s closest aides has the post at the end of the year,” wounded three people. security officer was also light- 59, will work to build a political spectrum is precise- Minister Scott Morrison of the COVID-19 pandemic and announced his resignation as the reads Cain’s resignation letter. IS said in a post on its ly wounded, Saudi state media diverse, experienced and ly what I need in a White Australia, Prime Minister guarding against future global Director of Communications. “I would like to thank the online Telegram channel on quoted a local official as saying. talented team to help Biden House chief of staff as we con- Yoshihide Suga of Japan and health threats; confronting cli- Lee Cain, 39, announced prime minister for his loyalty Thursday that its fighters were Some 20 people of differ- and Vice President-elect front this moment of crisis and President Moon Jae-in of South mate change; laying the ground- he would step down as and leadership. I have no doubt able to plant the explosive ent nationalities were attending Kamala Harris meet the urgent bring our country together Korea. work for the global economic Johnson’s top media aide on that under his premiership the device at the Non-Muslims the ceremony. challenges facing the country, again,” Biden said. These were congratulatory recovery; strengthening democ- Wednesday night after minis- country will deliver on the Cemetery in the kingdom’s Wednesday marked the calls by the three leaders after racy, and maintaining a secure ters and advisers, including promises made in the 2019 coastal city of Jiddah. 102nd anniversary of the Biden’s historic win in the and prosperous Indo-Pacific Johnson’s fiancee Carrie election campaign and build In a statement posted on armistice ending World War I, November 3 elections. region. PTI Symonds, are said to have back better from the coron- one of its Telegram channels, IS a day that was also commem- protested over his planned pro- avirus pandemic,” he said. said a group of its militants orated in several European motion to Chief of Staff. In response, the UK Prime were able to plant the explosive countries. Cain is also a close aide of Minister thanked Cain for his devise at the in the city of The bombing followed a fellow Brexiteer and Downing “extraordinary service” to him, Jiddah. It provided no evi- stabbing attack last month that Street Chief Strategy Adviser both in No. 10 and previous- dence but said the device went lightly wounded a guard at the Dominic Cummings, another ly when he was Foreign off when diplomats from “the French Consulate, also in port one of Johnson’s most influen- Secretary. Crusader countries” had gath- city of Jiddah. AP !

, ! =)6 1 D =;#"!## < medium-term, enough investment is being attracted to and - . ?AA growth in February this year. inance Minister Nirmala incentives being provided to Thereafter it recorded a con- ) $) FSitharaman on Thursday create agri infrastructure," she $ &>? * ndustrial production entered traction of 18.7 per cent in said perishable goods are said. Ipositive territory after a gap March, (-) 57.3 per cent in putting upward pressure on The Reserve Bank in a New Delhi:Finance Minister al cost of the vaccine or logis- of six months, mainly due to April, (-) 33.4 in May, (-) 16.6 * . inflation and the government is report on the state of economy Nirmala Sitharman on tics required for distributing higher output in mining and in June and (-) 10.8 in July this working on both short and on Wednesday had also flagged Thursday announced a 900 the vaccine is totally different power sectors, official data year.Meanwhile, the contrac- G6H> medium-term measures for unrelenting pressure of infla- crore grant to the Department and whatever is required for showed on Thursday.The tion in IIP for August has controlling price rise. tion as a downside risk con- of Biotechnology for Covid-19 that, as and when it is required industrial output grew by 0.2 been revised to (-) 7.4 per cent New Delhi:Driven by rising The wholesale price fronting the prospects of eco- vaccine research. "We are pro- will be provided. But this is per cent in September, accord- from the (-) 8 per cent provi- food prices, retail inflation index (WPI) based inflation nomic recovery. viding 900 crore for research totally a different purpose and ing to the Index of Industrial sional data released last inched up to 7.61% in rose to a seven-month high of "The foremost is the and development of Covid-19 this is for research for vaccine Production (IIP) data.The month.The government had October, remaining above 1.32 per cent in September, tion, long shelf life and pro- unrelenting pressure of infla- vaccine. This is being provid- development which goes manufacturing sector - which imposed a lockdown to contain the comfort level of the while retail inflation was at viding weather proof storage, tion, with no signs of waning ed for covid suraksha mission, towards department of constitutes 77.63 per cent of the the spread of COVID-19 infec- Reserve Bank. According to eight-month high of 7.34 per particularly for crops like onion in spite of supply management purely for R&D but this money biotechnology," she added. index - recorded a marginal tions on March 25 this year. the Consumer Price Index cent on spiralling prices of and potato. measures...There is a grave risk goes to Department of Sitharaman also said that contraction of 0.6 per cent in With the gradual relax- (CPI) data released by the food items, especially vegeta- "Strictly, the perishable of generalisation of price pres- Biotechnology for research 10,200 crore additional budget September.The output of min- ation of restrictions, there has government on Thursday, bles. goods are the one which went sures, unanchoring of inflation purposes," she said. outlay will be provided towards ing and power segments grew been a relative improvement in inflation stood at 7.27 per Speaking to reporters, up...And its more because some expectations feeding into a Sitharaman said the grant capital and industrial expen- at 1.4 per cent and 4.9 per cent, the economic activities by vary- cent in September 2020. It Sitharaman said floods in cer- districts got flooded...The gov- loss of credibility in policy does not cover the actual cost diture for domestic defence respectively. ing degrees as well as in data was 4.62 per cent in October tain districts have led to uptick ernment is working on both interventions and the eventu- of vaccine and distribution equipment, industrial incen- The IIP had contracted by reporting, the Ministry of 2019. The rise in general in prices of perishable goods, short-term and medium-term al corrosion of the nascent expenses, which will be made tives and infrastructure and 4.6 per cent in September 2019. Statistics and Programme inflation was mainly on and the government is taking steps. Import where necessary growth impulses that are mak- separately as and when the green energy. The industrial production Implementation said in a state- account of elevated food steps for their better preserva- for short duration and for ing their appearance," RBI said. vaccine is available. "The actu- PTI had witnessed a 5.2 per cent ment. prices. PTI ;E9F0F,$&&*! IB61 . E( $ G)2H)& * ) $ @@H 6%!##>=?0= Mumbai: The Sensex and Nifty in the Sensex pack, shedding snapped their eight-session ris- 3.16%, followed by Kotak Bank, ,!# ing streak on Thursday as the IndusInd Bank, NTPC, ICICI Gurgaon: Power Grid respectively with respect to Jaipur: On Dhanteras, new set of stimulus measures Bank, Axis Bank, HDFC Bank Corporation of India Limited the corresponding period of Rajasthan Housing Board announced by the finance min- and ONGC.On the other hand, # (POWERGRID), a ‘Maharatna’ FY20. Housing Commissioner Pawan ister failed to stem profit-book- HUL, ITC, L&T, Bajaj Finserv, Company under Ministry of For six-month period Aroda said that the residential ing in banking, IT and energy Tech Mahindra and Bajaj Power, GoI and the ‘Central (H1FY21), the PAT and Total properties in the Auction stocks. Lacklustre global cues Finance ended with gains of up Transmission Utility (CTU)’ of Income on consolidated basis Festival E-Bid Submission and a weakening rupee further to 2.89 %. FM Nirmala Mumbai: Extending its los- the country, has posted a PAT are 5,142 crore and 19,648 scheme, being operated weighed on sentiment, traders Sitharaman on Thursday ing streak to the fourth of 3,094 crore and Total crore respectively, which are by the Rajasthan Housing said. After dropping 466.12 announced tax relief on select straight session, the Indian Income of 9,831 crore on about 1% and 6% higher with Mandal, their shop-in their points during the day, the 30- home sale deals, enhanced rupee dived 28 paise to end consolidated basis for Q2FY21. respect to the corresponding business plan, business share BSE Sensex ended 236.48 credit guarantee programme at 74.64 against the US dol- On standalone basis, the period of FY20, while on stand- grounds, built shops and pre- points or 0.54% lower at for small businesses and pro- lar on Thursday on sus- Company posted PAT and alone basis, the PAT and Total mium properties. 43,357.19. Similarly, the broad- vide incentives for new job cre- tained demand for the Total Income of 3,117 crore Income are 5,097 crore and He said that on this er NSE Nifty slipped 58.35 ation as the Govt widened greenback from importers and 9,890 crore respectively 19,511 crore respectively, reg- Dhanteras, there was a revenue points or 0.46% to stimulus measures to boost and banks coupled with for- for Q2FY21, registering an istering a growth of 3% and 6% of Rs 85 crore 33 lakhs from the 12,690.80.SBI was the top loser the economy. PTI eign fund outflows. PTI increase of about 23% & 8% respectively. sale of 226 properties. &>?# 1; 9 ! @7

he Commerce Ministry on TThursday sought suggestions from stakeholders, including industry and trade associations, for the formulation of next foreign trade policy (FTP). The FTP provides guidelines for enhancing exports to push economic growth and create jobs.The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), in a trade notice, said a Google form has been created to collate, analyse and process the suggestions/ inputs. Stakeholders are requested to send their comments only through this form rather than e-mail or paper based submissions within 15 days from November 12, it added. , )&6 % I) !/F

Mumbai:Despite losing 20.8 per cent of its value to the dis- ruptions caused by the pandemic, the country could hang to be the seventh most-valuable nation with a brand value of USD 2 trillion, according to a report. The US continues to lead the brand value league with USD 23.73 trillion after losing 14.5 per cent of its followed by China, which lost its value by 3.7 per cent to USD 18.76 trillion, brand valuation and strategy consultancy Brand Finance said in the report on Thursday.

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ack in the late 1990s when the traffic and while you are almost BHyundai Motor came to India, always in motion, you are constant- they were an unknown brand. But all " ly accelerating and braking. And thanks to the smiling face of actor with new cars coming with speed Shah Rukh Khan and some well- alarms, even at 80 kilometers per packaged products which were 1!!FG hour (less than the highway speed affordable, Hyundai acquired a rep- limit), which on most luxury cars utation of being a ‘Value For Money’ $=+(!! sound over the music, you can’t carmaker. Having driven the first- !!!! even drive at the prescribed limit. generation Santro extensively and I had a child in my car so I did not having an Accent in the family, you rear air-con vents and you can even push the limit at all. knew that Hyundai’s were not the specify a two-tone interior with This car has a three-litre tur- most dynamic of vehicles, but they touches of the ‘fiery red’ exterior paint bocharged inline-six motor with a gave a great combination of features job. battery that provides a power at a cheerful price. Their cars pro- Now to the big issues around this boost (Mercedes calls it EQ Boost) ceeded to get slightly better but for i20 — the looks and price. Hyundai and start-stop help and makes the a long-time, Hyundai was considered, India claims that in their market car a mild hybrid. Total power out- above all else, to be a ‘Value For research that almost 40 per cent of put is just over 360 horsepower and Money’ carmaker. buyers looked at exterior looks as the despite weighing over three tons Things have changed in the prime buying criterion in this seg- with passengers and luggage and recent past, modern Hyundai’s are ment. I believe a part of that is still gets a move on. But on the fantastic vehicles to drive from a because on the normal 1.2 litre nat- ! highway and a little bit of city dri- purely dynamic point of view. Once urally-aspirated engines across such ving the GLS450 returned a quite upon a time, Hyundai cars used to hatchbacks, there are only slight dif- * &! : NBA * " ) remarkable 9.5 kilometers per litre. wallow around a corner, there used ferences in fuel economy and power Frankly, I do not feel that the diesel to be a palpable sense that there was month. output. The new i20 is certainly quite * " :4( ". 0 * )) variant the GLS 400d would have a lag between the time you gave a The new i20 is spectacularly ;*3% $ ,* striking and it epitomises Hyundai’s done much better in the circum- steering input and when the wheels amazing to drive. I will admit I took 55,36%2& new ‘Sensuous Sportiness’ styling lan- or quite a few years, the very '+,?++4+V=X4K stances. And when you consider actually turned. If you drive a mod- the ‘fun’ variant, the 120PS Turbo- guage. While it really won’t be to Fconcept of a large Sports Utility that the diesel and petrol variant ern Hyundai released in the past GDI with the seven-speed dual- 9 everyone’s taste, I personally find the Vehicle (SUV) with a petrol engine 9??6? )0* cost the same ex-showroom, three-four years, you can throw clutch gearbox, and while other cars & G CD styling a bit ‘busy’. I will not be sur- might have seemed like anathema, C&*( D although on-road prices will be them into a corner and the car will in the Hyundai Motor Group fami- 9 prised if people really like the sharps unless and until you bought the 91&) )& impacted by diesel vehicle taxation handle it with aplomb, they’re fabu- ly — the Hyundai Venue and the Kia >>6>I )0* C&* D edges and angles across the new car. madcap variants like the AMGs )( 1H@* in some states like Delhi, the lously fun to drive. Sonet have the same engine and 91&) ??I That is one aspect, Hyundai has and Ms of the world. Why would 9?& petrol variant makes a lot of sense That brings us to the new third- transmission combination, on the i20 ." +) >@A+: also been a bit defensive on the price anyone buy a large SUV with a .)&).* particularly when you consider generation i20, now Hyundai consid- everything felt better. And that is the of the new i20. With a decent “normal” petrol engine? Okay so in aspects like resale value. ers this the fourth generation of pre- defining aspect of a hatchback over 9:& amount of kit, which would be the these cases, normal engines usual- 9I6B7>A As for driving the car, I have mium hatchback, with the Getz the SUV. I have always said, to each : .)& ).* ‘Sportz’ specification and upwards, ly mean three-litre V6 tur- C! ".) ". .0D never been a huge fan of cars of the being the first generation. The Getz their own. Some people prefer sitting 9?7>A C+ ". * D you would be spending close to 10 bocharged engines, but you get the GLS’ size, but with button operat- was not a huge sales success and way up off the ground, others such lakh on-road unless you picked up point. Then, of course, came that engined variants of all their SUVs ed second and third-row recline, when the i20 was launched, this was as myself genuinely prefer sitting the manual transmission of the nat- momentous Supreme Court ruling and some manufacturers such as the GLS is easy to configure and the time when everything was ‘i’- lower down in a car. I agree that in charts in the West and South of the urally aspirated Kappa engine. This that in a single stroke wiped five Maruti-Suzuki and Skoda- can swallow a decent amount of inspired, thanks to Steve Jobs and India, and actually across the world, country. is not a cheap car to buy. While years off the life of diesel-engined Volkswagen Group in India getting luggage even with the third-row up Apple, Hyundai India executives did there has been a gradual shift away Given how well cars like the i10 Hyundai correctly says that you get SUVs in the National Capital out of the diesel market altogeth- and a positively massive amount of not expect wonders. But the first i20 from hatchbacks and sedans towards Nios and Verna do on the road, the a lot of cars for the money and it is Region (NCR). While you can er. However, the prevalence of luggage when you have the third- and its successor, the Elite i20 have SUVs, but for sheer driving thrill on i20 was going to be fabulous. It ticks also true that buyers are preferring still fully depreciate a car in less petrol SUVs has puzzled some, row down. The SUV has a brilliant been stunning sales successes. the roads, nothing beats a hatchback other major boxes as well, it is com- fully-loaded models nowadays. The than 10 years, it still hurts many after all, don’t petrol-engined SUVs Burmeister sound system and on Surprisingly, so has the ‘premium’ with a powerful engine. fortable and spacious particularly for i20 gives you much more than its owners to dispose of their big return a far poorer fuel economy the front-row there are ‘Active hatchback segment which also Hyundai also equips the i20 a hatchback. There is also a decent rivals, some buyers might be put off diesel SUVs after eight-nine years than a diesel-engined SUV? Seat Kinetics’ which pulsate and includes the Maruti-Suzuki Baleno with their latest 1.2 litre Kappa amount of boot space, I find by the price. But five years ago, when for a song. There are immaculate- Recently, I took the Mercedes- believe me help a lot to mitigate and the Honda Jazz. It continues to engine, which delivers 83PS on the Hyundai’s fitment of their ‘Oxyboost’ Hyundai launched the first Creta, ly maintained 2010 and 2011 reg- Benz GLS 450 out on a highway fatigue, because a few hours on an do well despite the onslaught of small manual and 88PS on the automatic air purifier with a readout to be a many of us, both buyers and writers istered luxury diesel SUVs in the run to Jaipur and back. If the traf- Indian highway is like a full day of SUVs such as the Maruti-Suzuki IVT variant, this is the ‘affordable’ major positive particularly in the hor- questioned the price. We all know NCR that are available for next to fic on the highway is any indica- driving in Europe or the US. Brezza, Honda WR-V, Hyundai’s variant. For those who need a daily rible, horrible air quality conditions how the Creta did. Maybe Hyundai nothing, if you check the online tion, the economy is certainly While a GLS may be a bit big own Venue and the Kia Sonet. The commuter, it is the version to look at. in the capital. There is the large 10.26- has changed the concept of ‘Value For classifieds. back on track. Trucks still drive in for me personally, the advent of overall trendline has been of a move Hyundai also gives hatchback buy- inch screen and the seven-speaker Money’, because they’re saying on this While we can, and should have the wrong lane and block the lean-burning petrol engines in away from smaller hatchbacks, yet ers the option of a BS6 diesel, the U2 BOSE audio system that are both i20 that VFM does not mean ‘cheap a debate on whether diesel vehicles entire roads, being a trucker is a SUVs coupled with mild or strong premium hatchbacks despite being CRDi with 100PS and while diesels now standard on top-end variants and cheerful’ anymore, it means conforming to the BS6 emission hard life, but for crying out loud, hybrid systems will make a com- constrained by the four-meter rule are a dirty word in Delhi and the rest from Hyundai and Kia. But even the that you are getting a technological- regulations should be allowed the learn to drive properly folks and pelling case for them. And while it have done well, Hyundai has sold of the NCR, by all indications thanks middle-specifications are fairly well ly advanced car for much less than regular 15-year registration period, follow lane discipline. Driving on is too soon to declare the ‘Death of over one million i20s since 2008 and to the Venue and Sonet small diesel loaded albeit with a smaller screen. what you’d pay in a luxury car with the ‘10-year rule’ has led to most all but a few highways in India is Diesel’, petrol-engined SUV’s are currently move over 6,000 units a motors are still rocking the sales There are multiple charging points, the same features. manufacturers launching petrol- a constant task of weaving through no longer fighting an uphill battle.

sn’t this the most exciting time of the year, binging on delicious food Iand enjoying the fun festive feel? However, sometimes one goes over- board with the sweet quotient which >+4Y+/+*X/Z should be kept in control. Listing five C $ % substitutes to yummy Diwali sweets. something you enjoy, then try making densed milk along with sugar, can prepare this by bringing this baked carrot sweet this Diwali. Mix ghee and bake it after you together sugar and almond If innovating in the kitchen is orange juice, grated carrots, con- have cooked it well in the pan. meal. You can cut them into a shape you desire and decorate it with nuts. From diabetes to high blood pressure and heart patients, dates can be beneficial A lot of you might have a for one and all. They make for soft corner for fruits. For all you an excellent sugar substitute fruit lovers, pineapple halwa and can be great for times you can be the sweet dish for this are craving dessert or sugary season. It is easy to prepare food. Rooted deep down in with a simple amalgamation of Middle-Eastern culture it corn seeds mixture and milk grated pineapple, a pinch of enjoys an unparalleled legacy. powder. You may add your cardamom along with khoya There can be no better way to choice of dry fruits to enrich prepared from low fat milk. show your loved ones that you the preparation with bags of This is low fat, low in choles- truly care than gifting them flavour and nutrition. terol and has ounces of vita- delicious dates. mins and minerals. There can be numerous Almonds are known to ways to please your taste buds Eating nutritious food that reduce the risk of heart attacks, this Diwali and ensuring good tastes delicious should be the are low in cholesterol and are health at the same time too. Try ideal way to celebrate Diwali an excellent source of Vitamin these scrumptious sweet dish- this year. Prepare this kheer E. Use this dry fruit to make a es this festive season. using skimmed milk, sugar, yummy barfi this Diwali. You L,8:1 PUCOVSKI GETS CALL UP FOR INDIA TESTS

he prodigiously talented pair of Will Pucovski and TCameroon Green were among five uncapped players picked Thursday in a 17-member Australian Test squad for the big- ticket four-match series against India, starting December 17. The other uncapped Test players in the Tim Paine-led side are fast bowler Sean Abbott leading to his tragic death — leg-spinner Mitchell Swepson and all-rounder Michael Neser. All the players who are yet to wear the Baggy Green have been called on the back of extraordinary performances in the domestic circuit in recent times, Cricket Australia said. Cricket Australia’s national selector Trevor Hohns said the Shield performances augur well for the country’s cricketing future. “Two of those many standout players were of course Cameron Green and Will Pucovski,” Hohns said in a statement. Each of these players, though, has represented Australia in other formats. Up against a strong Indian line-up and seeking to regain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy they lost for the first time in 2018-19, the fresh faces in the Australian Test squad will join the seasoned stars who dominated their most recent Test series’ — against Pakistan and New Zealand at home. The performance took the team to the top of the world rank- ings before the COVID-19 pandemic hit. The limited overs leg, which will comprise three ODIs and as many T20Is, will be held prior to the Test series, starting November 27. World’s number one pacer Pat Cummins was named Paine’s deputy in the Test team. The selectors also named a 19- member Australia A squad, which includes nine members from the Test team, for tour matches against India. In recent times, past Australian greats have called for Pucovski’s selection in the team following his fine run in domestic cricket — the 22-year-old struck successive double centuries in his two Shield appear- ances. His inclusion sets up a competition with fellow opener Joe Burns, who is feeling the heat after a disastrous start to the first-class summer. In all likelihood, Pucovski will partner the seasoned David Warner at the top. “Their undeniable form demanded selection and we are very pleased to have these young men in the squad for what will be a tremendous Test Series against an extremely formidable opponent,” Hohns said. “Cameron has already won selection in the white-ball squad and continues that in joining the Test squad. He is a wonderful young talent who has great potential to become an allrounder of substance over time. His batting alone has demanded his place in the squad.” Pucovski has been in stunning form in the opening rounds of the Shield games, amassing 495 runs at an unbelievable average of 247.50 in his two matches. “His ability to show such patience is something which stands him in good stead for Test cricket and he is in rare company with two double centuries to start the summer. “We very much look forward to Will developing further on the international stage,” Hohns said.

Australia Test squad: Tim Paine (c), Sean Abbott, Joe Burns, Pat Cummins, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Michael Neser, James Pattinson, Will Pucovski, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Swepson, Matthew Wade, David Warner