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P ++,-* Q# s the farmers’ protest at Aalong the borders of Delhi has yet not found a break- through even on the seven- R M teenth day, farmers, mostly N! ! OM ! from Punjab and Haryana, ++,-* continued to protest on the !#$ %& borders of the national Capital erming the “events” along ! amid showers on Saturday. Tthe Line of Actual Control ! Addressing a Press confer- (LAC) very disturbing, ( )*! ence at Singhu Border, farmers External Affairs Minister S ! +!,-, on Saturday said if the Jaishankar on Saturday said , ,- Government wants to hold India was being tested in the ! talks, they are ready but the seven-month long standoffs ! ! . farmers will first discuss repeal with China in Eastern Ladakh. ,+ ! ! ! of three new farm laws. Making this observation Q0 “The farmers from here, he, however, expressed Rajasthan’s Shahjahanpur will confidence that the country more difficult days, especially start their Delhi Chalo march will rise to the occasion and in my childhood and in my on Sunday around 11 am. They meet the challenge. This asser- teens,” the Minister said. , N O would be coming in thousands tion came two days after he had Jaishankar said a lot of ! 0 ! through Jaipur-Delhi highway,” said the relations between India work had gone into developing said Kanwalpreet Singh Pannu, ! " and China were at their worst the relationship on both sides. ! farmers’ leader. $ % " $ & ' " ) phase in the last 30-40 years. “I do not believe that the events ! ! Pannu said farmers from In an interactive session at of this year have helped at all. other parts of the country are the Federation of Indian In fact I think the real danger ,- 1 ! also on their way to join the !" Chamber of Commerce and is that the goodwill which was 2 ! protesters here and they will Industry (FICCI), Jaishankar so carefully developed will dis- 3 *! P Q take the agitation to the next #! also said what has happened in sipate.” ,+ M level in the coming days. eastern Ladakh was not actu- “But I also would say that, !*5- )*! M “If the Government wants ++,-* ally in China’s interest as it has yes, we are being tested. I have ,- to hold talks, we are ready, but R significantly impacted public every confidence that we will ,+ !! ! our main demand will remain mid mounting pressure sentiment in India. rise to the occasion; we will , the scrapping of the three laws. ++,-* give farmers new markets, Afrom farmers, Haryana Calling the “events” along meet that national security We will move onto our other access to technology and help Deputy Chief Minister the LAC very disturbing, the challenge. But beyond that, at ! demands only after that,” the day after several Central bring investments in agricul- Dushyant Chautala on External Affairs Minister said this time, I would really frankly ,- farmer leader said. AMinisters alleged that ture that will benefit them, “ he Saturday met Union they have raised some very keep my own counsel,” ! Farmer union leaders will “divisive elements” have infil- said as protesting farmers per- Agriculture Minister Narendra “basic concerns’’. Jaishankar said. also sit on a hunger strike trated the farmers agitation sisted with their demand for Singh Tomar, Consumers Asked whether it will be a His comments came in the 6 between 8 am and 5 pm on on the outskirts of Delhi, rolling-back of three farm Affairs Minister Piyush Goyal long haul or a breakthrough is backdrop of talks at the military December 14 against the new Prime Minister Narendra Modi laws which allow trade and and Defence Minister Rajnath expected soon, Jaishankar said: and diplomatic level to defuse agriculture laws, he said. on Saturday strongly defend- contract-farming in the agri- Singh over the farmers’ protests “I would not go into prediction the situation at the 1,700 km 7 Pannu alleged the ed the new agricultural laws culture produce and remove and tried to mollify protesting zone at all whether it is going long LAC in eastern Ladakh ! Q Government tried to weaken saying farmers would benefit all restrictions in hoarding by farmers from his State saying to be easy or not, and what will failing. The ninth round of ! the agitation, but the protest- the most from the investments amending essential services he would ensure they get the be the timelines and so on.” Corps Commander level talks # ! , ing farmers did not let it in the agriculture sector and act. minimum support price. “I also believe that what has between India and China are 6 happen. The farmer leader will also get new markets and “In a vibrant economy, He expressed hope the happened is not actually in the likely to take place soon. $ 8 vowed to keep the protest opportunities. when a sector grows, it has a final round of talks between the interest of China. Because what Though India has all along ! N O peaceful. Backing the new farm laws, direct influence on other sec- Centre and farmer unions will it has done has significantly favoured dialogue to address Q ! Following the call given by Modi said all the walls between tors as well. Reforms that we’re be held in the next 24 to 48 impacted public sentiment (in the outstanding issues, its forces O N! O farmers to block toll plazas, the agriculture sector and asso- doing are removing all such hours and will lead to a con- India). are operationally ready to meet * police had made adequate ciated sectors have now been needless frameworks. Our clusive result. Professionally, I have seen any challenge. The Army has K arrangements and these include removed to provide new economy doesn’t need hurdles “I am hopeful of the next the evolution of how the Indian deployed specially trained K multi-layered barricading and opportunities to the farmers between sectors, but bridges to round of talks between Centre public feels about China over troops in mountain warfare in , , Q! deployment as many as 3,500 across the country. support each other,” said the and farmers in the next 24-40 the last many decades and I am Ladakh besides ensuring unin- $ police personnel. “Recent farm reforms will Prime Minister. hours,” Chautala said. old enough to remember much terrupted logistical back up. ! ' ( ! ,+ **+ , $P * -* *./ ! ! * O 01 Mayurbhanj 29, Baleswar 26, *+, ! Angul and Jharsuguda 25 each, " ! '* Cuttack 20, Puri 15, Keonjhar ! !! 2 3 14, Balangir 11, Sambalpur 10, -- . Nuapada and Bhadrak eight O 45678 each, Ganjam, Jagatsinghpur /* the State Government to open )* and Nuapada seven each, < ,<:45492 the temple for residents of Puri = /-> 290 3 Kendrapada five, Nabarangpur t’s good news for devotees for the first five days of its /,?-+ * ! ! :5485;8: four, Malkangiri, Rayagada and Iwaiting to have darshan of reopening,” Kumar said after $ )*! Kalahandi two each and .- .+/ Lord Jagannath and His divine chairing a Chhatisa Nijog meet- mid the continuing State- .- .+/ Nayagarh and Boudh one each, siblings at the temple in Puri ing here. Awide outrage over the kid- ! + , Besides, seven positives tate Capital city that the shrine would reopen Continued on Page 4 nap and murder of five-year- , * 3 total of 335 people tested were reported from the State SBhubaneswar on Saturday on December 23. old girl Pari in Nayagarh dis- O ACovid-19 positive in 27 pool. Four patients died on the registered 31 new Covid-19 Shree Jagannath Temple trict, another girl child from the ! ! districts and the State pool on day, pushing the total toll to positive cases, taking its total Administration (SJTA) Chief district has gone missing. The !9 Saturday, pushing the total 1,798. Sundargarh district tally to 31,104. Administrator Krishan Kumar three-year-old girl of : tally to 3,23364. reported two deaths; and one Of the new cases 16 were told mediapersons on Saturday Badhipatna village under *! ! Of the new cases, 193 were each died in Baleswar and from quarantine and 15 were that the SJTA is planning to Ranpur block went missing !,+ from quarantine and 142 local Malkangiri districts.However, local contacts. However, 29 reopen the temple for devotees while she was playing in the : contacts.Sundargarh district 405 patients recovered on the patients recovered on the day, soon with strict adherence to backyard of her house at recorded the highest 52 new day, taking the State’s total pushing the city’s total recov- the Covid-19 restrictions. “A around 3 pm on Friday. Q 3 ! cases followed by Khordha 31, recoveries 3,18,683. eries to 30,523. recommendation will be sent to Continued on Page 4 ! + , , !! ! 3 ! % R& ! Q O P ! , Q ! ++,-* is seeking a “non-farming” *! 3 ! ! Q '() employment in Delhi-NCR. , y fight is an expression of However, his primary occupa- :6 Q ! ! Mmy loyalty to the ‘zamin- tion at present is to actively 9 ! dars’ (farm owners), on whose support the movement against , Ranchi: The physician of jailed well-being our lives hinge on,” the Central Government over ! ! RJD chief Lalu Prasad, Dr explains Mahak Bhatia, 25, the farm laws. Umesh Prasad, on Saturday who is part of the sit-in by a “I am unemployed and , !! said that the latter’s kidney is huge crowd of farmers protest- completely broke. I don’t have ! ! functioning at 25 per cent and ing against the three farm laws, any means of sustenance of my - the situation can deteriorate at at Delhi’s Singhu Border, “I own, but I am grateful to my Q !M M any time in future. have to support their cause as zamindars for ensuring my 1 Dr Prasad has updated the the new farm laws will not only mother and I have no scarcity ! ! ;<<#M authorities of Rajendra Institute affect their income, but will also of food. M of Medical Sciences (RIMS), destabilise the socio-econom- I have never been a farmer . , ! where Lalu is admitted, in ic system that has worked well nor I have any farm land, but ! ! , writing about this situation. till now. And this is the com- the landed farmers always take ,+ 6 ! ! ! ! “I have said earlier also that pulsive urge that has brought care of us. Now it’s my turn to ! , : ! it is true that Lalu’s kidney is me and thousand others here.” reciprocate their immense help 9 : functioning at 25 per cent. The resident of a village of by raising my voice against the ! ! = ! And this situation is alarming Tohana in Fatehabad, Haryana, maleficent laws that will dimin- ! from this logic that his kidney and the only son of his moth- ish the riches of the ‘zamindars’ Q > functioning can deteriorate er, Mahak recently lost his job and in turn affect our lives,” anytime. with Cafe Coffee Day in Mahak articulates, feeling Q ! It is difficult to predict Chandigarh during Covid-trig- assured that his loyalty will be exactly when,” he told ANI. gered economic slowdown and acknowledged. ! " !#" !% - #./0101 4 ;0 ? ' $ $0 1 2 #@ # & '3# () 1)6" ) & ' +3 ) ? * ) " 3() '=>=-./ 3+()5 (5 ) + )6 he general premise is that remakes never live up to the + expectations of the people. This is because one '7-./ Texpects Bollywood to do a better job done by makers from regional cinema. Or it could be that since there are more his underworld story, not Hindi speaking audience. But the truth is that if one has so much about the already seen something, the copy is never better. The original Tunderworld, but its fallout on Dev Das was much better or should one say closer to what the families of criminals, is slow was in the book by Sarat Chandra. So Durgamati... directed moving, a bit boring and by G Ashok, is not an exception to the case in point for those sometimes confusing. In the end, who have seen the Tamil-Telugu version... Bhaagamathie however, it grows on you as the directed by him. story progresses. This is a tad strange why a director who gave a better A desperado does shockingly The story goes on in the badlands an ex-wife pops up along with a son version in the original version would fail to evoke the same loving things like presenting a child of a 70s America where co-criminals and lover who is helping the women enthusiasm and not better his fare; that is the whole point of to his wife who can have her own. are on the hunt for the wife of this be safe. a remake — to make the next one better. More so since it is Then he vanishes, leaving his wife desperado Eddie to find out where Not too much of anything to the Hindi version. and the little one to go on the run. he is. The run gets interesting when write home about. The problem here is not that Bhumi Pednekar has failed to give her best, she has done a great job. The problem here is that there is very little when it comes to the scare quotient. # ) Those that are there don’t manage to give you goosebumps. A haunted house, a witch and a folklore seeped in history, all fall flat due to cliches. Then there is the whole how a politician can never be only hope for the children is to not get sucked into a honest; but here he can’t do anything wrong. We have seen system that will put them on a path of death and enough Bollywood movies that what one sees is not the truth. destruction. Hence what happens at the climax is not a surprise. Not good Girish Malik’s Torbaaz takes you on a journey that for a crime thriller. is full of emotions, has a message, is touching and told Still all is not lost here if one has not seen the original from a very different fresh perspective. It is rare for Hindi version. For them, Durgamati... is a welcome change. But if cinema to tell such powerful stories. But then it has kids, one is watching it for horror one will be disappointed. there is bound to be a message and some tears involved. — $ $ It is good to see Sanjay Dutt play a man who plays the role of an Army man here and despite his personal !! "#$ loss is able to once find purpose when he comes in # operations back in London, weave a story contact with the children in a refugee camp. His & ' ( )" that keeps you on edge despite the slow transformation from a man who wants nothing to do )" *+ moving events. with a country where he suffered a loss to a man who ',-./ Radhika Apte as a sufi signals is willing to give up his life for the sake of one change woman stands out not just because of her for the kids is not without making one sentimental and artime spy thrillers come with exotic looks but also because of her short find a connection— how a parent would do anything their own notalgia attached to spurty performance in a role that is small to protect his kids and give them a purpose. Wthe sepia shades of a bygone era but highly impactful. Together with the kids who give a stellar of conquest and cruelty. World War 1 The arresting thing about this spy performance, Dutt carries the movie on his shoulders stars in such big screen saga in a big way story is the fact that it is helmed by 3 8 rather well. Sadly, Nargis Fakri doesn’t have much to do and pretty often but this one comes as a women, unthought of in that era. The 2 here. Rahul Dev plays the part of the Taliban well. His women’s special, made even more special story has been spun from a no-nonsense & '" :;)25() ; body language makes him fit for the role. by the sterling performances of all the to the bone plot which leaves no space '=>=-./ The barren landscape is in keeping with the whole ladies involved — one jew, the other part for pauses. So sit tight and enjoy this true idea of how desolate the lives of the people in refugees Indian and yet another a French woman. story of spies who wore skirts, were ere is a film that has a lot of promise and after a camps are and how little they have in terms of a good These three women are employed for courageous, innovative and determined bit of a shaky start, it manages to suck one into future. the first time ever in war territory, by to save the world from Hitler and his Hthe lives of those who have lost everything and Overall a movie for those who are love good subject British establishment, and the three of dreaded Gestapo even as country after hence hope and chance to pick themselves up and start and content. them, guided by a Jewish head of country falls to the Jewish pogrom. over in a war-torn country like Afghanistan where the L $ $
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.- .+/ FICCI would again be the advocacy, and promoting ! & National Industry Partner for entrepreneurship, especially hief Minister Naveen the third edition of Make in among women and start-ups,” 0- 1 ! % BHUBANESWAR: Major rail- Secretary Tripathy directed the reviewed include Khordha- CPatnaik on Saturday urged Odisha Conclave. Patnaik said. way projects were put on fast concerned departments and Bolangir new broad gauge rail the FICCI to select sector-spe- Notably, the FICCI played Mentioning that Odisha is track with Chief Secretary Asit the project proponents to line of 289 km estimated cific teams to work with respec- a vital role in the Make In fast emerging as the ‘manufac- !23443 ! Tripathy reviewing the progress ensure strict ground level fol- around Rs3,550 crore; tive departments of the State Odisha Conclave in 2018. turing hub of Eastern India’, 0-3 1 !4 56 and resolving the issues relat- low-up of the work schedule till Sambalpur-Talcher doubling Government. Patnaik said how the State Patnaik said, “My Government ing to ground level implemen- completion and commission- rail link of 174.11 km estimat- Addressing the 93rd has attracted projects in diverse has always endeavoured for a tation in a high level meeting ing of the projects. The ed around Rs 679.27crore; Annual General Meeting of sectors ranging from health- holistic business environment held on digital mode from Collectors and Tehsildars were Vizianagaram-Sambalpur ( FICCI, Patnaik requested the care, renewable energy, down- for the investors in the State.” service delivery is prompt, the available on a GIS-based plat- Lokseba Bhawan recently. directed to give advance pos- Titilagarh) 3rd line of 264.6 km industry body to nominate stream units in steel and alu- He also stated how the timelines for the services have form for easy site selection by Special Secretary session of the Government estimated around Rs 2,575 dedicated sectoral teams so minium, IT and food process- State Government has created also been included under the industries,” he said. Commerce and Transport and land for uninterrupted progress crore; Budhapank-Salegaon 3rd that they can work with dif- ing in recent past. a favourable business environ- State’s Right to Public Services During the Covid pan- Commissioner Railway of the construction of the pro- and 4th rail line of 170 km ferent departments, especially “Odisha and FICCI have ment by implementing the ‘5T’ Act. demic, the State has been able Coordination Manoj Mishra jects. estimated around Rs 1173 in the food processing, chem- been partners in multidimen- charter and ‘Mo Sarkar’ initia- The State has also devel- to attract new investments of presented the updates for dis- Tripathy also set timelines crore; Rourkela-Jharsuguda 3rd icals, tourism and IT sectors. sional progress spanning across tives. oped a dedicated land bank over Rs 1 lakh crore across cussion. for different phases of the pro- new rail link of 101 km esti- He informed that the investment promotion, policy “To further ensure that the with over one lakh acres of land multiple sectors, he informed. Resolving the issues, Chief jects. Seven major projects mated around Rs 1,173 crore. ! " !#" !% - #./0101 8
&.. ..,." , A7 ) & ( !4: # 2 ; 5 -/ +/ .- .+/ 3 & /*+.+-+/ ne can see closest % encounter of our celestial 7 BARIPADA: In a bid to con- O & % s many as 24 persons planets, Jupiter and Saturn, vey Prime Minister Modi’s Adonated blood at a camp from the earth on December concern over felling of trees, held at Khariar on Thursday. 21. If missed this time, one Over the next two weeks, as ?+/ VHF set from the intercept- artist Samarendra Behera has Organised by the Nuapada needs to wait till 2080 to view their orbits align more closely, ed trawlers, informed carved a portrait of the PM on police with active cooperation the event next. The giant outer the planets will pull closer orest personnel of the Rajnagar Mangrove a tree at the Simlipal National from the Ama Police Samiti planets, Jupiter and Saturn, until they appear to be just a FGahirmatha Marine (Forest)and Wildlife Division Park in Mayurbhanj district. and the Khariar Senior head for closest visible align- tenth of a degree apart. Sanctuary on Friday intercept- DFO Bikash Ranjan Dash. The artist has reportedly Citizens' Forum, the camp was ment in 800 years. The Regional Science Centre will ed as many as five fishing ves- According to Dash, the said wanted to request the PM held on the occasion of encounter, known as a great bring the encounter in their sels, while they were catching forest personnel booked all to take notice of the illegal International Human Rights conjunction, happens about social media handles with the fish unauthorisedly after tres- the arrested fishermen under felling of trees in the Similipal. Day. A meeting was also held every 20 years. But this time, help of a telescope. passing into the “No Fishing Section 27,29,31 of the Wild He expects that his portrait on the occasion which was it will be the closest alignment The event is likely to be Zone” within the Gahirmatha life(protection)Act,1972. would encourage people to join presided over by Major Dr since 1623. covered up subject to avail- Marine Sanctuary, near Madali They were produced before hands in saving the environ- Ramachandra Mishra with dis- In ancient time, people ability of clear dark sky. mouth and arrested 36 fisher- the JMFC Court of Rajnagar ment.Samarendra is known for trict SP Rahul Jain as chief secretary. IRS officer, advocate Rameswar considered planetary align- Enthusiasts are requested to men for illegally catching fish where they were remanded to his artworks on environmental guest. Members of different Senior Citizens' Forum, Agrawal, Jitendra Pattnaik, ments to be bad omens, por- stay tuned to website and social with trawlers. jail custody after their bail conservation and cleanliness. social forums and NGOs like highlighted the UN artist Rasmiranjan Chalan, tending calamity. media handles of the Regional The forest personnel also pleas were rejected by the He is popular as an ‘Artist of Women SHGs, Senior Citizens' Declaration of Human Rights. journalist Ajit Panda and Dr Although they will appear Science Centre (RSC), seized 29 quintals of fish court. Environment’.Union Minister Forum, Khariar Chambers of Other speakers were Dr Padmalochan Barma. to be close together but plan- Bhubaneswar for schedule and catch along with 47 nets, one The Rajnagar Veterinary Dharmendra Pradhan on Commerce and mediapersons Fanindam Deo, former Staffs of the blood bank ets will not actually be that update regarding their night dead Olive Ridley sea turtle surgeon conducted autopsy of Saturday congratulated Behera participated in the camp. Principal, Khariar College, unit of District Headquarters close. In fact, they will be more sky observation programme, weighing about 55 kg and 5 the seized Olive Ridley turtle for his efforts for awareness on Dolamohan Singh Babu, Shreekant Chatterjee, former Hospital collected blood. than 400 million miles apart. said a release. each of GPS, fish finder and body and buried the carcass. environment protection. 2 <:"8 '&"& 9 :; 6 - ) .- /I= /-J = /- K * - / Responding to the resentment = # ' K * - / "9622298 among people, the civil admin- woman was electrocuted he district Collector of 2 5 he district administration istration decided to hold talk " . ' " Aon Saturday in Badilo vil- TNayagarh approved ension ran high at the 488454 >4 Theld a meeting with with the villagers and resolve &.., lage of Bhapur block in 41villages under eight TCommunity Health Centre 99 59$ Dhinkia villagers over the the impasse. Nayagarh district when she blocks of the district as (CHC) in Erasama block of Paradip-Hyderabad pipeline According to official came in contact with a live elec- child marriage-free. Jagatsinghpur district on 9:$599 project on Saturday. sources, the meeting resolved date 320 km pipe stretching tric wire. No child marriage was Saturday as family members of :9449 District Collector Saroj on matters of laying pipelines, works have been completed The deceased was identi- solemnised from January a woman, who died after a fam- Kumar Mishra chaired the compensation, besides CSR and 10 km works are incom- fied as Harsha Swain (45). 2019 to November 2020 in ily planning operation at the Her family members meeting where IOCL pipeline works by the IOCL in affect- plete due to resistance from res- Though she had been rushed these villages. A child mar- hospital on Friday night, staged alleged that she died due to division officials and affected ed villages such as Dhinkia, idents. Meanwhile, we have to the Bhapur hospital, the riage prohibition commit- a protest alleging medical neg- medical negligence and ques- villagers from Dhinkia under Govindapur and deposited compensation doctor declared her brought tee was formed to ensure ligence. Bindulata (34), wife of tioned as to why a retired doc- Erasama block were present. Trilochanpur. money with the civil adminis- dead. no child marriage took one Trilochan Rout of Nalakani tor, Pratap Das, carried out the Although lands have been Speaking at the meeting tration." Among others, the Later, police have lodged place. village in the block, had gone operation on her. As a mark of acquired from private holders IOCL pipeline project Chief Sarpanch Dhinkia Panchayat, a UD case and sent her body Notably, the Action to the hospital for a family protest, her family members for the project, but trouble General Manager BS Rao Superintendent of Police to the Khanda Community Aid and the Unicef took planning operation. After 29 along with locals blocked the began during possession of revealed that Paradip- Prakash R, Sub-Collector Health Centre for post- several initiatives to stop women, she sent inside the OT road and demanded compen- Government and pasture land Hyderabad pipeline project's Dharmendra Mallick and rev- mortem. child marriage in these for the surgery. Later, she was sation and strong action against of the locality as the villagers total length is 1,212 km, cov- enue officials from Erasama villages. found dead at the hospital. the doctor. had opposed to the move. ering 330 km in Odisha. Till Tehsil attended the meeting. ) + ( " 5+ >>> ))) From Page 1 ) 78 ? However, the temple would From Page 1 remain closed on January 1 and After failing to find her, 2 in view of a possibility of her family members lodged a #.. & influx of devotees to the pil- complaint at the Rajsunakhala -B*. grim-tourist town. On January police outpost in the dis- "," 3 onwards, the temple would be trict.Police have begun an n the seventeenth day of kept open for people of Puri as investigation into the incident. "% Othe farmers protest, the well as outsiders, he said. Meanwhile, two minor farmers freed the tolls in the Initially, a maximum of boys of Mahapadar village in Ghaziabad area. Following the 5,000 devotees would be Birikote panchayat under the ?+/ call given by farmers, they allowed to enter the temple in Adava police station in Mohana were stationed at all the toll phases. Later, arrangements block of Gajapati district have he Gahirmatha Marine points in Ghaziabad and let the would be made to increase the also gone missing. The boys, TSanctuary personnel have vehicles pass through it with- number in one or two months who had gone to their grand- recently sighted about thou- out any payment. except festivals after reviewing father’s village at Dengapuchi sands of mating pairs of Farmers on Saturday also without paying any toll. NH-9 even in the mild drizzle the Covid situation, Kumar on December 4, stayed there endangered Olive Ridely sea took out a protest march on the Although the officials pre- in the morning. said. for one day before leaving for turtles at the deep sea within UP-Gate. The farmers started sent on the spot tried to con- At the same time, agitating He informed that the tem- their home next day after Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary. of Rajnagar Mangrove Forest also set up two off shore camps gathering at Pilkhua and Duhai vince the farmers and even for- farmers intensified the agita- ple’s Mahaprasad would be informing their grandfather. So surveillance in the and wildlife Division Bikash at Babubali and Agarnasi toll plazas since morning. bade them to do so, the farm- tion today demanding the made available for all. He also But till date, they are not found. Gahirmatha has been tightened Ranjan Dash. whereas 14 onshore camps There was heavy police ers refused to obey them and repeal of the Agricultural Law informed that Covid-19 nega- Their father has lodged a up in the prohibited zone of the The mating of the Olive have been constructed under force deployed at both the freed the toll. under the flyover at UP Gate. tive certificate would be ‘missing’ at the Adava police sanctuary to keep a hawk’s eye Ridley Sea turtle has just been Gahirmatha marine sanctuary tolls. Despite this, the farmers Meanwhile, during the agi- According to the mandatory for entry into the station on December 11. Adava for ensuring a congenial atmos- started and it is expected to from Dhamara to Devi mouth completely free both tolls as per tation, an ambulance arrived announcement, farmers most- temple from January 3 and PS IIC Anand Chandra Patra phere for the endangered continue till January first week, to restrict the illegal entry of the schedule. During this time, during the farmers' strike on ly made toll plazas free. The toll identity cards are must for the said search is underway to marine fauna for their mating added Dash. trawlers to the sanctuary to the farmers took out vehicles NH-9, to which the farmers on all roads connecting Delhi temple servitors and employees trace the boys aged 12 and 16 phenomenon, informed DFO The forest officials have protect the turtles. for two hours at both the tolls gave way. Farmers stayed on was made free. of the SJTA. years. &/ % + 5 L *! P= ! " 7 8*+ ++,-* ways to cushion the impact of patients should not be left Dr H S Chhabra, president COVID-19 pandemic among behind or out. I am happy to - Association of Spine Surgeons nion Minister of Social the spinal cord injury (SCI) know that the best professionals of India, Secretary - Spinal Cord UJustice and Empowerment patients and their reintegration have gathered here to deliberate Society and Chief of Spine Thawar Chand Gehlot on in workforce for economic self- on this,” said Gehlot. Service and Medical Director of Saturday inaugurated the 20th reliance. The five-day conference “The mission of ISSICON Indian Spinal Injuries Centre International Spine and Spinal is being organised by the Indian 2020 is spreading awareness said “Spine problems in devel- Injuries Conference (ISSICON Spinal Injuries Centre (ISIC), and prevention of spinal injury, oping countries are increasing at ++,-* 2020: Virtual), where medical New Delhi in collaboration with provide education and training, a rapid pace – road traffic injury experts from all over the world the Spinal Cord Society. as well as social inclusion and deaths have increased by six he national Capital on ++,-* gathered to discuss the chal- “According to estimates, community outreach for people times during the last 5 years. TSaturday reported 1935 lenges of treating and managing India records about 20,000 new with spinal injury, especially in Besides, with better socioeco- new cases of Covid-19 taking he Aam Aadmi Party spinal injury patients and way cases of spinal cord injury. It is this extraordinary situation. The nomic conditions, the pattern of the total number of people T(AAP) on Saturday ahead in the aftermath of glob- important to treat them com- whole world has changed in past spine injury is changing. The infected with Coronavirus to demanded a CBI enquiry in the al Covid-19 pandemic. prehensively and manage their 12 months. I hope that the vac- conference helped us gather 605470 while the positivity matter of allegedly waiving off With increasing spinal condition. But at the same time, cine will be available throughout knowledge from the best prac- rate came down to 2.64 per Rs 2500 crores by the North injuries due to road accidents it is important that they do not the world and not just in wealthy tices followed around the world cent. Corporation which was payable and its changing pattern in the remain dependent on others. At countries,” says Dr Ruth for better preventive, surgical as According to the health by South Delhi Municipal developing world, surgeons and a time when the world has Marshal, president of well as rehabilitative care and bulletin, which details infor- Corporation. other staff, but on the other experts attending ISSICON 2020 moved inside and working from International Spinal Cord comprehensive treatment", he mation about the fresh cases AAP MLA and senior hand, they can waive off Rs. virtually deliberated on various their homes, spinal injury Society. added. registered in the last 24 hours, leader Atishi said that the 2500 crore which was payable 73413 tests (32578 RT-PCR, councilors and MLAs of AAP by South Delhi MCD." CBNAAT and True NAAT will visit the Lieutenant The AAP leader further tests figures; 40835- Rapid Governor and Home Minister said, "If you check the accounts *! %! & > Antigen). The number of con- on Sunday to demand CBI of South MCD of the last many tainment zones stood at 6451. ever since. For the past 10 days, inquiry into the matter and years, they clearly state that Rs. ++,-* reduced to 6kmph and the direction also Under the influence of fresh Western As per the bulletin released the positivity rate has been wait outside their residences till 2500 crore was the payable rent changed from north-westerly to easterly on Disturbance (WD), isolated to scattered by the Delhi government, below five per cent. I can say they do not issue orders for for the SDMC office at Civic elhi witnessed light rain in certain Friday. rainfall was seen. 578116 patients have recovered, that the third wave is on the inquiry into the loss of public Center. But in this year's bud- Dparts of Delhi-NCR and with cold While some areas in Haryana have “Surface-level winds are calm but been discharged or migrated so wane. More than 70,000 tests exchequer of Rs. 2500 crores. get, the rent payable is shown winds the air quality deteriorated on received rainfall on Friday afternoon. picked up during the day. AQI improved far, while number of active however are still being carried "The Delhi Police allowed as zero. The question that now Saturday as AQI registered 348 on the “The average wind speed in Delhi is during the day to the lower end of the Very cases stood at 17373, it said out,” the health minister had BJP councilors to sit outside arises is where are these Rs. National Ambient Air Quality Index likely to remain around 8-10kmph on Poor category in case of sufficient rain.” Delhi health minister said on Friday. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind 2500 crores? Where has this (NAAQI) and thus bringing the air qual- Saturday and Sunday, which means that the However, as an aftermath of WD, high Satyendar Jain said that the “The situation is very Kejriwal’s residence. I am sure money been appropriated? ity under 'very poor category'. air quality is likely to remain in the poor moisture availability with higher air hold- third wave of covid in Delhi is much under control, but still, they will allow us to sit outside Which North MCD BJP leader According to Kuldeep Srivastava, till Monday.” ing capacity, dense fog formation is on the wane and urged every- I will request you all to wear a the LG's and Home Minister's and South MCD BJP leader Head of Indian Meteorological “The western disturbance will pass on expected (mainly during early morning one to continue following the mask, follow social distancing. residence at 11 AM tomorrow," received money to turn these Department ( IMD ), Regional Weather Saturday and the wind direction will hours). This triggered heterogeneous precautions to effectively com- Wearing a mask will help us in she added. Addressing the Rs. 2500 crores into zero? Forecasting Centre, said that with a west- change back to north-westerly,” Srivastava aqueous reactions to form secondary bat the virus. eradicating the virus from the media, she said, "On one hand, These Rs 2500 crores which ern disturbance impacting the entire said. aerosols and lead to deterioration of “November 7 was the peak city. I applaud the citizens for BJP-led North MCD constant- were to come to the North region, pollution levels are not expected to According to System of Air Quality AQI.” of the third wave in Delhi. The their continued support, as ly claims that they do not have MCD have reduced to a loss to worsen much over the weekend. Winds are and Weather Forecasting And Research ( “AQI is likely to deteriorate to the high- positivity rate was 15.26 per well as the healthcare workers money and are incapable of the public exchequer. Who is likely to pick up during the day and set- SAFAR ), the pollution monitoring agency, er end of Very Poor by late December cent on that day, which has who have been working tire- paying salaries to the doctors, responsible for this loss, this tle the pollution levels, he said. overall air quality has improved to Poor 13th,” it said in its short range weather fore- been on the perpetual decline lessly,” he added. nurses, sanitation workers and corruption?” According to MeT, the wind speed category from Very Poor. cast. / ! " !#" !% - #./0101 " ++R '3 1 ) =4 ++,-* official liquidator, officials * A.* matter in the Madras high belonging to six Banks and ! A , 5 court, the agency’s lawyer sub- hile the CBI has set up an independent witnesses inspect- A./ 5A mitted that “an internal inquiry W“internal inquiry” after ed from February 27, 2020, to $ is being conducted by the CBI 103 kg gold worth Rs 43 crore, February 29, 2020, to hand over 299$26H ! in this regard”. ++,-* cial resources for this noble seized and sealed by it eight the gold to the lender banks of H “When this Court cause,” he said. years ago, went missing, it Surana Corporation, it said. 5 expressed its opinion, as to why ndia on Friday pledged a The recent WHO data from clarified on Saturday that the “The seals affixed on the no FIR was registered for theft, Icommitment of USD 2 bil- 105 countries shows that 90 per missing gold in Tamil Nadu vaults were found intact. 5 the learned Special Public lion at the World Health cent of countries have experi- was not kept in its “malkhana” However, gold weighed only A.* Prosecutor submitted that an Organisation’s “Lives in the enced disruptions to health ser- (vault) and was inventoried 296.66 kgs. As the discrepan- - internal enquiry is being con- Balance” summit to provide vices, with low-and middle- and kept in the safe of accused cy between the quantity men- A 5 ducted by the CBI in this essential services to women, income countries reporting the firm Surana Corporation. tioned in search memo and as ' 5 regard. He requested this Court newborns, young children and greatest difficulties. “It is clarified that CBI per the weight came to notice, ! .H to give a direction to the CBI adolescents across the world. According to early esti- searched the building of Surana CBI promptly ordered an inter- C!165 to register an FIR for theft and The summit organised by mates of the indirect impact of Corporation Limited, NSC nal inquiry by a senior officer 19195 C!17519195 conduct investigation. He even WHO’s The Partnership for Covid-19 on child and mater- Bose Road, Chennai and pre- to look into the role of its offi- !H suggested that this Court could Maternal, Newborn & Child nal mortality, more than 2 pared a search list. The search cials, if any,” the agency said. A 5 direct the CBI of the neigh- Health (PMNCH), a global million additional deaths are list mentioned that 400.47 kg “It is clarified that the inven- bouring State or the National alliance of more than 1,000 estimated over 12 months gold has been inventorised and torised gold was not kept in Investigating Agency to con- organisations, registered a total (2020-2021) above the pre- was kept in safe and vaults of Malkhana of CBI. Rather it of any CBI officials surfaces, The theft case will be reg- of Surana Corporation Ltd in duct the investigation,” the commitment of USD 20.6 billion pandemic level because of dis- Surana, sealed in presence of was in premises of Surana only strict action will be taken istered by the CB-CID of Tamil Chennai in 2012 in a case per- high court bench said. from a group of high income, ruptions to essential health independent witnesses and the under the seal. While the against them, it further said, Nadu and investigation will be taining to alleged favours A regular FIR for theft low and middle-income coun- and nutrition services. MD of Surana corporation and enquiry was on, the petition was adding, the Madras High Court conducted by an officer of the extended by officials of should have been registered in tries and charitable foundations “The health and well-being its officials,” the CBI said in a filed in High Court and accord- has observed that CBI under rank of SP in CB-CID, it added. Minerals and Metals Trading the jurisdictional police station across the world. of women, children and ado- statement. ingly High Court passed an the DSPE Act does not have The gold is part of 400.47- Corporation of India (MMTC) and the police investigation “USD 6.6 billion (32 per lescents are now at great risk, As per the directions of the order dated 11.12.2020,” it said. authority to register a theft case kg bullion and ornaments con- to the firm in import of gold under Chapter XII of CrPC cent) of the total pledge is from with inequities compounded by Madras High Court, the vaults CBI’s internal enquiry con- which falls within the domain fiscated by the CBI when it car- and silver. should have been conducted”, money committed by low and narrowing access to essential were opened in the presence of tinues and if any adverse role of local police. ried out searches at the office During the hearing on the the high court noted. middle-income countries them- health services such as antena- selves, including Afghanistan, tal care, skilled assistance at India, Kenya, Liberia, and child birth, postnatal care, Nigeria. An additional USD 14 immunizations and family '0") + billion (68 per cent) is from offi- planning. Our concern is that cial development assistance and resources — insufficient to grants given by Germany, begin with — are being divert- ++,-* Canada, Sweden, UK, USA and ed away to respond to the the Bill & Melinda Gates Covid-19 pandemic,” Helen he US and China both are Foundation,” the PMNCH said Clark, Chair of PMNCH and Tengaged in a fox game of in a statement. former Prime Minister of New Intelligence to outsmart each India’s commitment of USD Zealand, said. other ahead of the Central 2 billion will be used to As of November 2020, 2.8 Tibetan Administration (CTA) strengthen all levels of care in million children and adoles- elections early next year in response to the pandemic and cents have contracted Covid-19 Dharamshala in their bid to to ensure essential public health in 87 countries, according to gain dominance in Tibetan ! functions during the year 20-21. UNESCO. It said that in April, politics even as the challenge “As important as this USD 1.5 billion students were affect- for the Indian administration is donations from the US to the significantly in a clear signal 1,000 crore, transferred money 20.6 billion is, it only will par- ed by educational institutions to install a leadership amenable community, the SARD offered that even religion is negotiable through hawala to the Tibetan tially solve the problem of pro- closures in 195 countries this to its security interests. loans to the Tibetans based in for the US-based Tibetans in leadership in Dharamshala. viding basic essential services year, leading to loss of school Through this game, both Dharamshala for various pur- fray for the CTA polls next year, “The Tibetan cause has for women, newborns, young meals and critical impacts on the US and China-based organ- poses including business and they said. gained a bigger proportion children and adolescents,” child nutrition. “This funding isations are ostensibly also reconstruction, they said. Likewise, China is also globally and both the US and Rajesh Bhushan, Union Health will ensure women, children seeking to size up the stature of The chairmen of both the seeking to influence the CTA Chinese intelligence agencies Secretary said. and adolescents can access the Dalai Lama by pumping US-based trusts are contesting polls in order to garner support are seeking to influence the “Comprehensive efforts health services and priority money in the run up the CTA elections in early from Dharamshala for backing CTA polls despite the fact that and collective advocacy are social protections throughout to the CTA polls and install 2021 in what is a direct the Dalai Lama it aims to foist India has single handedly con- needed to ensure availability of the Covid-19 crisis and recov- leadership inclined to them, American agenda of influenc- and get recognition for the tributed the most in taking care substantially enhanced finan- ery periods,” Clark said. sources said. ing the Tibetan elections, they tallest spiritual leader of the of Tibetan refugees. The secu- While two Trusts were cre- further said. Tibetans. rity establishment here is grap- ated in the US three years The US-based trusts have China, the sources said, pled with the challenge of back to transfer donations to funded SARD to the tune of adopted a trick different than pushing candidates close to the Dharamshala-based Social several crores which was ulti- the US and used arrested Dalai Lama, a known support- and Resources Development mately distributed as loans and Chinese national Luo Sang er of New Delhi or those con- Fund (SARD), a non-profit even as relief to fight Covid-19. alias Charlie Peng to funnel sidered close and loyal to organization established in In addition to this, the money in the CTA elections. India,” an official familiar with $ 9 : &' 1997 by the CTA. American Christian mission- Sang, nabbed in a money laun- the developments in $ % " $ ); Instead of distributing the aries have also funded SARD dering case worth over Rs Dharamshala said. 430 0$3 31=003 " " # + )# New Delhi: For the first time, India, Iran and Uzbekistan on coast, the port can be easily India, Iran and Uzbekistan will joint use of Chabahar Port will accessed from India’s western hold a trilateral dialogue on be held virtually on December coast, bypassing Pakistan. It is ++,-* 9?48 Monday on joint use of the 14,” the MEA said. considered to be a major tran- 984 strategically located Chabahar The port is being devel- sit point to connect with sev- ndia is not only on track to 89$2 port which is being increasingly oped by India, Iran and eral Central Asian countries. Iachieve its Paris Agreement 486 seen as a fulcrum of connec- Afghanistan to boost trade ties The trilateral meeting is targets but to exceed them : 244 tivity to Central Asia. among the three countries in taking place in the backdrop of beyond expectations, Prime 9924 The announcement of the the wake of Pakistan denying India pitching for participation Minister Narendra Modi said 99 meeting was made by the transit access to New Delhi. of Uzbekistan in the on Saturday at the Climate 52484 Ministry of External Affairs Located in the Sistan- International North South Ambition Summit 2020 989 4 (MEA). “The first trilateral Balochistan province on the Transport Corridor (INSTC) through video conference. 45495 working group meeting between energy-rich Iran’s southern project. PTI “Today as we are looking to 59 6969 set our sight even higher, we 8494 must also not lose sight of the past. We must not only revise ' our ambitions but also review our achievements against tar- GigaWatts in 2014 to 36 who asserted that “on the world gets already set. Only then can GigaWatts in 2020. Our renew- stage, India has pioneered two nation, it will not only meet its nations into a common cause our voices be credible for future able energy capacity is the major initiatives ie the own targets, but will also to undertake ambitious efforts generations,” he said at the fourth largest in the world. International Solar Alliance, exceed your expectations. to combat climate change and summit on the occasion of the “It will reach 175 GigaWatts and Coalition for Disaster The Summit provides a adapt to its effects. fifth anniversary of the land- before 2022. And, we have an Resilient Infrastructure to cut platform for leaders to It is a legally binding inter- mark Paris Climate Agreement. even more ambitious target down climate change. announce ambitious new com- national treaty on climate Sharing details on the now — 450 GigaWatts of Asserting that India is mitments under the Paris change which was adopted by achievements achieved by India renewable energy capacity by committed to walk on green Agreement. 196 Parties at the twenty-first under the pact, Modi said that 2030,” he pointed out. path, the Prime Minister, This agreement is a land- session of the Conference of the “ We have reduced our emis- We have also succeeded in addressing the global leaders at mark deal in the multilateral Parties (COP) in Paris, on the sion intensity by 21 per cent expanding our forest cover the summit, said that in 2047, climate change process. 12th of December 2015 and over 2005 levels. Our solar and safeguarding our biodi- as India will celebrate 100 For the first time, a bind- came into force on the 4th of < = ! 5 $ &' : capacity has grown from 2.63 versity, said the Prime Minister years as a modern, independent ing agreement brought all November 2016. ) > % % " $ ):
< " )P " / H &" =% ++,-* gathering dust in his depart- Human Rights Commission ! ment for the last two years. (NHRC), which has registered ) 9 ! ! $ t a time when Prime In another instance of the his case for further action. * Minister Narendra Modi civic body’s stark insensitivity Talking about his disabili- ! 5 A ++,-* has been emphasising on towards the needs of the per- ty, Dr Anand said, his was a nities for PwDs. ! # empowering the divyangs and sons with disabilities, the young case of medical negligence Saurabh Chandra, Trustee 5 showing sensitivity towards officer has also not been pro- when treatment for an enlarged indsets, attitudinal barri- NCPEDP said, “The Rights of their needs, the BJP-run civic vided with a disabled-friendly lymph node led to the gradual Mers, and lack of awareness Persons with Disabilities 5M body, North Municipal chair to help him carry out his paralysis of a nerve leading to are still a deterrent for provid- (RPwDs Act) is one of the . Corporation of Delhi (North day-to-day official activities. his right shoulder when he was ing jobs to Persons with strongest disability legislations A A+< MCD), has chosen to turn a Dr Anand, however, has doing his MD. He had to give Disabilities (PwDs), experts in the world, however problem I* J " $ blind eye to ensuring even the not let this indifference hinder up his dreams of doing spe- here lamented at an event held lies in its implementation 5 basic rights of Dr Sumit Anand, his performance. During the 5 5 cialisation and joined the North recently. because of lack of under- A A+ a Medical Officer with loco- lockdown period due to Covid- MCD in the medical cadre. “One area that all compa- standing, awareness, or maybe $ ! motor disability. 19, Dr Anand reported daily for H “It is very disappointing nies should look at is to find because of a belief that pro- Not only has he been duty, for which he was recog- that bright people like Anand, ways in which the abilities of viding jobs to PwDs comes at H A #475 ! denied his due salary incre- nised with Corona Warrior 5 who cleared MBBS and then persons with disabilities can get a high cost. This mindset needs ment for the last four years certificates, first by the then A UPSC in the first attempt have utilized. If we use persons with to be changed.” since he joined the medical Deputy Commissioner, Central 5 ! to go through such discrimi- disabilities as wallflowers, it Som Mittal, industry doyen cadre, the young doctor, at an Delhi Arav Gopi Krishna and A 5A nation only because they are becomes a lose-lose situation, and Chairman NCPEDP, Director, NCPEDP said by others, Ajay Minocha, the first urban health centre at Karol then Balram Meena, SDM, ? . physically disabled. for the company and the talked about the myriad of felicitating Helen Keller visually impaired person from Bagh, has also not been paid his Karol Bagh. 5 5?. “Instead of honouring their employee,” said Arundhati challenges-the consequences Awards, we celebrate the lead- India to receive CFA Charter salary since June, this year. “When I complained about commitment and boosting Bhattacharya Chairperson and of the Covid-19 pandemic-on ership of people with disabili- from CFA Institute, USA, and As if this unlawful denial is non-payment of salary to the drained out. their morale, the North MCD CEO Salesforce (India). PwDs like access to finance, ties and equal opportunity Kartik Sawhney, the first-ever not enough. His application for department, the officials are Having failed to get justice is finding new ways to harass He was speaking at a dis- pension, healthcare facilities, employers. They are showing visually impaired student to disability rights and privileges, pressurising me to sign a faulty from the civic body, the such Corona warriors. This cussion at the NCPEDP- transport and livelihood. everyone the way by including study science in India who enshrined under the guide- salary pay-bill without incre- Lieutenant Governor, New must stop and he should be Mindtree Helen Keller Awards He said, leaving no one disability into businesses and made news when he was lines issued by the Department ment and disability-related Delhi, the Union Health delivered his dues immediate- 2020 event where 11 behind is the key to a resilient beyond their call of duty. In this refused admission to IIT on of Empowerment of Persons benefits,” he said adding the Ministry, the State ly to send a positive message persons were felicitated virtu- and sustainable society. Thus, new normal, it’s all about diver- account of his disability but with Disabilities (DPwD), apathy has left him and his old Commissioner for Persons with among the community,” said ally as a recognition of their actions must be prioritised as sity and of the winners and is excelled at Stanford University Union Ministry of Social parents, who are dependent on Disabilities, Dr Anand is now Dr Satendra Singh, an activist exemplary work towards fur- per the most marginalised”. no longer limited to big cities”. and today works as an AI Justice and Empowerment, is him, mentally and financially pinning hopes on the National for people with disabilities. thering employment opportu- Arman Ali, Executive Awardees included, among Scientist at Microsoft. ! " !#" !% - #./0101 ?
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Washington: The US Supreme response to the lawsuit, alleged that such abuse must never be Washington: New York Gov. been reached and no runners in the search process. Court has rejected a lawsuit that Texas wanted the justices replicated,” said the response Andrew Cuomo is one of sev- announcement was expected Spokespeople for Cuomo seeking to overturn the results to disregard the Constitution, filed by the State of eral contenders under consid- imminently. did not immediately return of the presidential election in not interpret it. It said Texas’ fil- Pennsylvania. eration by President-elect Joe The person was not autho- emails seeking comment on several key battleground states ings attempted to construct a Reacting to the develop- Biden for the role of attorney rized to discuss the search Friday. won by Joe Biden, effectively surreal alternate reality. ment, Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of general, a person with knowl- process by name and spoke on It was not clear to what ending President Donald “Texas’ effort to get this the House of Representatives, edge of the search process said condition of anonymity to The extent the disclosure this week Trump’s bid to challenge the Court to pick the next President said, “The Court has rightly dis- on Friday. Associated Press. that federal prosecutors were outcome of the November 3 has no basis in law or fact. The missed out of hand the extreme, The other three contenders The Associated Press investigating the finances of polls. Court should not abide this unlawful and undemocratic at the moment include former reported earlier in the week Biden’s son, Hunter, might The Supreme Court on seditious abuse of the judicial GOP lawsuit to overturn the Alabama Sen. Doug Jones, fed- that Jones, who lost his Senate have scrambled the attorney Friday rejected a bid from process, and should send a will of millions of American eral appeals court judge seat last month, and Garland, general search process given Texas’ attorney general and clear and unmistakable signal voters.” PTI Merrick Garland and former who was spurned by that the person who has picked backed by President Trump to Deputy Attorney General Sally Republicans four years ago for would inherit the probe assum- block the ballots of millions of Yates, said the person, who cau- a spot on the Supreme Court, ing it remains active next voters in battleground states of ; tioned that no decision had had emerged as the two front- month. AP Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin that went in favour of a Democrat. stantiated allegations of massive 5 President-elect Biden. Biden not only bagged the voter fraud and electoral mal- Supreme Court Justices most popular votes in the pres- practice in the election. State -* < before the Electoral College Samuel Alito and Clarence idential electoral history of the election officials and main- meets to formally elect Thomas said they believed the United States, his tally in the stream media say they have not upporters of President Democrat Joe Biden as the next court was required to hear the electoral college was 306, more found any such evidence. SDonald Trump are return- president. Trump refuses to case but expressed no position than the 270 votes required for Texas Attorney General ing to Washington for a pair of concede the election, citing on Texas’ claim. As many as 126 winning the race to the White Ken Paxton in his lawsuit rallies to back his desperate baseless claims of fraud. Republican Congressmen had House. Trump received 232 alleged that four battleground efforts to subvert the election The Supreme Court on also backed the lawsuit. electoral votes. The election states -- Georgia, Michigan, that he lost. Friday rejected a lawsuit to “Texas has not demon- results are scheduled to be for- Pennsylvania and Wisconsin - The rallies Saturday come overturn Biden’s election vic- strated a judicially cognisable mally certified next week by the - had violated their own state a month after a pro-Trump tory, ending an attempt to get interest in the manner in which 538-member Electoral College. laws, and thus the US demonstration that drew at legal issues rejected by state and another State conducts its elec- Reacting to the verdict, an Constitution. The lawsuit urged least 10,000 people to the cap- federal judges before the tions. All other pending angry Trump tweeted, “The the court to bar these four states ital. That day began with Trump nation’s highest court. motions are dismissed as moot,” Supreme Court really let us from casting their electoral thrilling supporters when his Trump planned to leave the the Supreme Court said in a down. No Wisdom, No votes for Biden and as such shift motorcade passed by and ended White House around midday brief unsigned order on Courage!” the selection of electors to the with scattered clashes between to attend the Army-Navy foot- Thursday, delivering a devas- He also said the verdict was states’ legislatures. his loyalists and local activists ball game in West Point, New tating blow to the efforts of the a “legal disgrace” and “an Trump had said he expect- near Black Lives Matter Plaza York. One of the rallies will be Republican president to chal- embarrassment to the USA.” ed to prevail in the Supreme near the White House. at Freedom Plaza downtown lenge and overturn the election Trump and his campaign Court. Saturday’s rallies are meant and the other nearby on the results decisively won by Biden, team have been making unsub- Pennsylvania, in its as a show of force just two days National Mall.
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AP democracy, was denied bail on mentaries he wrote and inter- whether they can attend. at the UN Security Council’s Arias said the OPCW had Saturday after being charged views he did with foreign The request underscored monthly meeting on Syria’s requested Syria to declare the the previous day under the media. the sharp contrast between chemical weapons, where the exact types and quantities of semi-autonomous Chinese ter- Lai, who was already being the relatively open legal director-general of the chemical agents at the site, but ritory’s new national security held on other fraud charges system in Hong Kong, a Organisation for the got no response. law. after police raided his media semi-autonomous Chinese Prohibition of Chemical Britain’s new UN ambas- Lai faces a charge of collu- company, could be seen hand- territory, and that of the main- Weapons, Fernando Arias, sador, Barbara Woodward, said sion with foreign elements to cuffed to a chain around his land, where often little infor- briefed members for the first another unresolved issue in endanger national security, waist as guards led him to a van mation is divulged until a trial time since May and was pum- Syria’s declaration is the thou- apparently for tweets he made to go from prison to court. He is over. meled with questions from sands of munitions and hun- and interviews or commen- wore a navy blazer and an “I miss my son so much,” Russia’s UN Ambassador dreds of tons of chemical agents taries he did with foreign open-neck shirt. the mother of Wong Wai-yin, Vassily Nebenzia. that Syria has not accounted media. Beijing imposed the one of the detainees, said, Arias said seven years after for. The Apple Daily, a feisty national security law on Hong choking up. “I want to visit him Syria joined the Chemical A joint UN-OPCW inves- pro-democracy tabloid owned Kong earlier this year after so badly. I haven’t seen my son Weapons Convention in 2013, tigative mechanism accused by Lai, said he is accused of ask- stormy protests in 2019 that in a very long time — it’s its initial chemical declaration Syria of using chlorine and the ing a foreign country, organi- started over an extradition bill almost four months. Please has unresolved “gaps, incon- nerve agent sarin during its zation or individual to impose and expanded to include tell me (about the trial). I’m just sistencies, and discrepancies” civil war, while the Islamic sanctions or engage in other demands for greater democ- an ordinary mother.” The 12 and “still cannot be considered State group was accused of hostile activities against Hong racy in the former British were arrested at sea in August accurate and complete.” using mustard gas twice in Kong or China. colony. while they were apparently He told the virtual meeting 2015 and 2016. AP His case was adjourned to The new law outlaws seces- making a bid to flee to Taiwan April 16 at the request of pros- sion, subversion, terrorism and after a tough national security ecutors, who said police need- collusion with foreign forces to law took effect in Hong Kong ed time to review more than intervene in Hong Kong’s earlier this year. 1,000 tweets and comments affairs. It has constricted free They were picked up after made on his Twitter account, speech in the city, and democ- entering mainland waters for the Apple Daily reported. racy activists see it as a way to crossing the maritime border 9 $ ) The newspaper said his suppress dissent. AP without permission. AP 0& & (A ) 9 # 7+= %& Q ) R " " " Umm Rakouba (Sudan): The here, much remains unclear, regional troops. * . , only thing the survivors can including who killed whom. It’s possible that civilians A<,< .< and the victims’ relatives. agree on is that hundreds of Witnesses in Mai-Kadra from both ethnicities were tar- “What was a protest had urkey on Saturday sum- people were slaughtered in a told the Ethiopian Human geted in Mai-Kadra, Amnesty Sri Lankan probe panel later developed into a major Tmoned the Iranian ambas- single Ethiopian town. Rights Commission and now says. Ainvestigating the last riot,” the committee said, sador to Ankara over Iran’s Witnesses say security Amnesty International that eth- “Anyone they found, they month’s prison riot in which 11 adding that the divisions “aggressive” reaction to the forces and their allies attacked nic Tigrayan forces and allies would kill,” Tesfaalem Germay, inmates were killed has con- among inmates had also aggra- Turkish president’s recitation of civilians in Mai-Kadra with attacked Amhara — one of an ethnic Tigrayan who fled to cluded that the prisoners staged vated the clash due to deep a poem on a visit to Azerbaijan, machetes and knives or stran- Ethiopia’s largest ethnic groups Sudan with his family, said of the protest in fear of contract- running personal hatred as which Tehran deemed to sup- gled them with ropes. The but a minority in Tigray. In Ethiopian and Amhara forces. ing the deadly coronavirus, an they belonged to different port a secession of Azeri eth- stench of bodies lingered for Sudan, where nearly 50,000 He said he saw hundreds of official said on Saturday. cliques and criminal gangs. nic parts of Iran. days during the early chaos of people have fled, one ethnic bodies, making a slicing gesture The five-member probe The committee observed The diplomatic spat the Ethiopian government’s Amhara refugee gave The at his neck and head as he committee’s interim report said that the inmates had violently between neighbors Iran and offensive in the defiant Tigray Associated Press a similar remembered the gashes. that the riot at the Mahara involved in fisticuffs among Turkey began earlier this week region last month. Several mass account. But another refugee, prison on November 29 and 30 them by using knives, clubs and when Turkish President Recep graves have been reported. But more than a dozen Abebete Refe, told the AP that was caused by the protest swords found from within the Tayyip Erdogan, who strongly What happened beginning Tigrayan refugees told the AP many ethnic Amhara like him staged to receive a quick solu- prison premises. But none of backs Azerbaijan, read parts of November 9 in the agricultur- it was the other way around: In who stayed behind were mas- tion to the COVID-19 issue. the inmates had access to any a poem during a parade in the al town near the Sudanese bor- strikingly similar stories, they sacred by Tigrayan forces. Eleven inmates were killed fire arms. Caucasian country’s capital of der has become the most visi- said they and others were tar- “Even the government doesn’t in the protest. The government Only the prison officials Baku. ble atrocity in a war largely con- geted by Ethiopian federal think we’re alive, they thought appointed the probe panel after had guns and they used them, The verses that Erdogan ducted in the shadows. But even forces and allied Amhara we all died,” he said. AP pressure from the Opposition the probe committee said. read included lines about how a border tore apart ancient Azeri, or Azerbaijani, lands “by force.” In a statement Saturday, Turkey’s communications director Fahrettin Altun said Iranians had distorted the meaning of the poem “to fuel senseless tensions.” Altun said the Iranian ambassador to Ankara was summoned late Friday to the foreign ministry to convey “our strong reaction to the baseless accusations of Iranian offi- cials.” , ! " !#" !% - #./0101
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+ )) 4C& ++,-* that is a significant achieve- there were about 100 ment,” he said. economies that were growing at ++,-* difficult financial environment organ Stanley Chief Sharma also noted that it 7 per cent or more in 2007. this now. reforms in sectors ranging this year due to the shortfall in MGlobal Strategist Ruchir is no longer feasible in the “That has never happened “Even the economic indi- from manufacturing to MSME; he Finance Ministry on tax revenue arising from the Sharma on Saturday said if the world of deglobalisation to in the history of the global cators are encouraging,” he agriculture to infrastructure; TSaturday said it has COVID 19 pandemic. Indian economy grows at 5 per grow at 7 per cent as exports economy. In the last decade, % added.Various measures taken from tech industry to taxation approved 9,879.61 crore “Capital Expenditure has cent in the era of deglobalisa- cannot grow at 20 per cent or only 10 economies in the world by the government in the last and from real estate to regula- worth capital expenditure pro- a higher multiplier effect, tion, then it will be a significant 30 per cent in a year, which have grown 7 per cent or more six years has instilled confi- tory easing. posals of 27 states. enhancing the future produc- achievement. was good in an era of global- in any year,” he said. +90 dence among global investors, Talking about various Of this, 4,939.81 crore tive capacity of the economy, Addressing the FICCI isation. Sharma also argued that he said. reforms undertaken by the has been released as the first and results in a higher rate of Annual Convention, Sharma “So, for an economy like if the population growth of a As a result, he said, “India government in the last six instalment. economy growth. further said India hastily India’s, growth rate of 5 per cent country is slowing, then that ++,-* has seen record Foreign Direct years, he said changes have In a statement, the min- Therefore, despite the passed agriculture and labour will be pretty credible even in country can’t grow at the same Investment (FDI) and Foreign been brought in manufactur- istry said all states, except adverse financial position of the reforms during the Covid-19 this era where I think emerg- pace as it did in the past. conomic indicators have Portfolio Investment inflows ing, MSMEs, agriculture, infra- Tamil Nadu, have availed ben- Central Government, it was pandemic. ing economies in general will According to the RBI, Eshown encouraging signs of during the pandemic.” structure and regulatory eas- efits of the newly announced decided to extend a special “Our expectations have to make some sort of a come- Indian economy is likely to recovery of the Indian econo- Addressing the FICCI ing. scheme for ‘Special Assistance assistance to the state govern- be realistic...If we can grow at back,” he added. contract by 7.5 per cent, in my post-pandemic, Prime Annual Convention, he said, a As a result of taxation to States for Capital ments in respect of capital more than 5 per cent in a year, Sharma pointed out that 2020-21. Minister Narendra Modi said decisive government always reform, he said, India has got Expenditure’, which was expenditure, in financial year on Saturday as he vowed to strives to remove obstacles for competitive advantage in cor- announced on October 12 as 2020-21,” it added. keep government controls to a others and always tries to con- porate tax rate and initiated part of AatmaNirbhar Bharat The capital expenditure < bare minimum and encourage tribute towards the society and faceless assessment and faceless package. projects have been approved in .* # private capital. the nation. appeal leaving behind the scar “So far capital expendi- diverse sectors like, health, In this time of pandem- Recalling the time when of tax terrorism and Inspector ture proposals of 9,879.61 rural development, water sup- ic, he said, the government has government was in all the sec- Raj. crore of 27 states have been ply, irrigation, power, trans- accorded highest priority to tors, he said, a visionary and Pointing out that the old approved by the Ministry of port, education, urban devel- saving lives of Indians and the decisive government, on the polices protected inefficien- Finance. opment. @ way India has handled the cri- other hand, encourages all the cies while ‘Aatmanirbhar An amount of 4,939.81 As part of the +(A sis through concerted effort has stakeholders to realise their Bharat Abhiyan’ is guided to crore has already been released AatmaNirbhar Bharat Package, ++,-* surprised the world. potential. promote efficiency in all the to the states as the first instal- the government had ++,-* biggest fintechs who have the Compared to February Modi pointed out that in sectors, he said the government ment under the scheme,” it said. announced that the Centre s a deadlock continues ability to process the structured when the pandemic started, the last six years, the govern- has introduced Production The ministry said the will offer Rs 12,000 crore spe- Abetween the central gov- tate Bank of India (SBI) and unstructured (financial) things have changed in ment has encouraged stake- Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme scheme is aimed at boosting cial interest-free 50-year loan to ernment and protesting farmers Swill prefer the co-origina- data to have a better sense in December, he said, adding, holders in all sectors and this to promote sunrise sectors and capital expenditure by the state states, exclusively for capital on three new farm laws, tion model to cater to the terms of assessment of risk,” there is a road map to deal with is reflected in the all-round technology based industries. governments who are facing expenditure. Haryana Deputy Chief Minister financing needs of MSMEs Khara said. Dushyant Chautala on Saturday and collaboration with fin- Based on that assessment, said he is hopeful the next techs is a good idea as it helps he said, bankers feel very com- 3() 3 round of talks between the in assessing the risk profile of fortable in lending to the < Centre and the unions will take the borrower in a better man- MSMEs. place in the next 24-40 hours. ner, its chairman Dinesh He was speaking at a After meeting Union Kumar Khara said on Saturday. webinar on financing the unfi- D ' Agriculture Minister Narendra Pointing out that the nanced organised by the Global (D" Singh Tomar here, Chautala Micro, Small and Medium Alliance for Mass C/A*A< Austin, Texas. We believe these said the crop procurement at the Enterprises (MSMEs) are con- Entrepreneurship (GAME). moves best position Oracle for + government-decided MSP strained today in terms of cash There could also be anoth- loud major Oracle has growth and provide our per- ++,-* digital track is going to create (minimum support price) flows, time gap in realising er option of financing based on Cannounced to move its sonnel with more flexibility resilience and transformation.” London:Britain said Friday would be ensured for each receivables, among others and the cash flow and not on the California-based headquarters about where and how they icrosoft’s Chief Executive Asserting further on the that it is ending state support farmer till the time he was part also the level of lenders’ confi- basis of balance sheet because to Austin, Texas and cited flex- work,” a company spokesper- MOfficer Satya Nadella on future during a fireside chat for fossil fuel industry exports, of the state government. dence in funding them, Khara very often it is observed that ibility of employee work as the son told CNBC on Friday. “In Saturday said that despite the with Ficci President Sangita and shifting government assis- Chautala, who also met Defence said collaborating is a better the balance sheet and the key reason behind the decision. addition, we will continue to constraint caused by the pan- Reddy, Nadella said that broad tance to low-carbon and Minister Rajnath Singh and model than lending directly to financial statement are not The decision came a day support major hubs for Oracle demic, digital technology is paradigms are re-shaping the renewable energy projects Food, Railways and Commerce MSMEs. available in a form which is after the company posted rev- around the world, including being adopted to scale core expectations especially the abroad. Minister Piyush Goyal earlier in “The fact of the matter is expected by any banker, he enues of $9.8 billion in its fis- those in the United States such resilience, not only for future exponential changes and the The announcement by Prime the day, also said the Haryana that today not many NBFCs added. cal second quarter, a growth of as Redwood City, Austin, Santa transformation but for business exponential change is tech- Minister Boris Johnson comes government is stable as of now have come in this space. And Also, there is a broad two per cent (on-year) and Monica, Seattle, Denver, continuity. nology.”The innovation in a day before he co-hosts a vir- and his party has a strong posi- of late, when it comes to find- spectrum of MSMEs in the Cloud services and licence Orlando and Burlington, Addressing the ‘AI and the India around digital infra- tual summit with more than 70 tion on the MSP issue. Chautala, ing solutions, we feel that apart country which work in a host support revenues were up four among others, and we expect to New Digital World Ahead’ ses- structure in every field, from world leaders to mark the fifth who has been facing pressure from lending directly to the of areas and often the kind of per cent to $7.1 billion.”Oracle add other locations over time,” sion at industry body Ficci’s financial services, healthcare to anniversary of the Paris climate from the opposition and some MSMEs, there is a way forward financial information coming is implementing a more flexi- Oracle said.Founded in Santa 93rd Annual General Meeting retail is tremendous due to the accord. Britain already declared Haryana farmers to withdraw in terms of collaborating with from them is not very organ- ble employee work location Clara in 1977, the Larry (AGM), Nadella said: “The ubiquity of computing fabric earlier this month that it plans from the BJP-led government in these NBFCs along with the ised, Khara explained. policy and has changed its Ellison-led Oracle is one of ability to use the digital tools that is available through every to cut its greenhouse gas emis- the state, had earlier said he will Corporate Headquarters from Silicon Valley’s older success and our built-in infrastruc- Indian business and every sions by at least 68% by 2030. resign if the MSP system is Redwood City, California to stories. ture and capability around the Indian citizen,” he said. AP threatened. " H L "' A New Delhi:”Digitalisation is redefin- ++,-* -* / ing the manufacturing industry and the NASSCOM CoE is strongly sserting that India was importing “a ujarat Chief Minister Vijay focused on driving thought leadership Alot of things” from China, Union GRupani on Saturday said and co-innovation with startups to Minister Nitin Gadkari on Saturday urged the government will soon carry help manufacturing companies inno- the domestic industry to come up with out a survey on the damage to vate in the new normal. The over- Swadeshi alternatives to the imports from crops in the state due to the whelming interest in the various nations without compromising unseasonal rain in the last `Manufacturing Innovation with their quality and cost. Addressing the couple of days. Challenge’ brings to the fore the inno- annual meeting of Ficci virtually, the Rupani said, “We will carry vative capabilities of the start-up MSME and road transport minister high- out a survey wherever unsea- ecosystem and the opportunity for the lighted the need to reduce imports and sonal rains and crop damage country to build a vibrant and digi- increase exports. He said this can help are reported and will disburse tally-led manufacturing industry. enhance economic growth and boost the compensation to the affected NASSCOM CoE is committed to contribution of domestic manufacturing farmers accordingly. But that accelerate these opportunities through to the GDP to up to 30 per cent. Citing the will be after a couple of days, showcasing industry-specific use example of magnets used in electric vehi- as there is still rainy weather cases and coupling them with start- cles, he asked industry experts to study continuing in the state.” up capabilities,” said Ms Debjani which parts are being imported by India. A spell of untimely rain in Ghosh, President, NASSCOM, while “Now the magnet, there are a lot of things various parts of Gujarat has speaking at the second edition of we are importing from China. I am not a caused major damage to the Fusion 4.0’s Manufacturing businessman or a business expert but I am standing crops. Groundnuts, Innovation Challenge 2020 seeing a huge potential for electric cars, e- cumin and cotton have been (MIC2020) organized by NASSCOM bikes, electric autorickshaws and even elec- significantly affected, according Centre of Excellence IoT& AI. tric trucks,” said the Minister. to sources. (A Kolkata: Dr Anand Singh for the candidates applied ++,-* Khati, Director General (HR) against the Notification No. in charge of recruitment in CEN 03/2019 (Isolated and he Centre on Saturday said that all states Railways has announced Ministerial categories) from Texcept Tamil Nadu have availed benefits of through a virtual press briefing 15th to 18th December, 2020. “Special Assistance to States for Capital today i.e. on 11.12.2020 that RRBs will conduct the first Expenditure”. Indian Railways is going to fill stage Computer Based Test for The scheme is aimed at boosting capital up 1.4 lakh vacancies of posts the candidates applied against expenditure by the state governments, who are of Stenographers, Teachers, the Notification No. facing a difficult financial environment this year Translators, Station Masters, 0CEN 01/2019 from 28th due to the shortfall in tax revenue arising from Guards, Office Clerks, December, 2020 to mid March, the Covid-19 pandemic. Commercial Clerks, Track 2021. The Computer Based According to the Ministry of Finance, cap- Maintainers, Pointsman and Test for the candidates applied ital expenditure has a higher multiplier effect, various Level-I employees against the Notification No. enhancing the future productive capacity of the through Railway Recruitment RRC-01/2019 (Level -1 cate- economy, and results in a higher rate of econo- Boards. Total 2.44 crores can- gory) will be conducted tenta- my growth. didates have applied for these tively from April, 2021. “Therefore, despite the adverse financial posi- posts For this , three following Candidates who have applied tion of the central government, it was decided employment notifications have for the posts of Isolated and to extend a special assistance to the state gov- been issued: Ministerial Categories against ernments in respect of capital expenditure, in · CEN 01/2019(NTPC notification No: CEN 03/2019 financial year 2020-21,” categories) can download their e-call let- “The scheme has got very warm response · CEN 03/2019 ters from RRB website from from the state governments. So far capital (Isolated and Ministerial cate- 16.00 hrs today. expenditure proposals of Rs 9,879.61 crore of 27 gories) In West Bengal, 7747 can- States have been approved by the Ministry of · RRC -01/2019( Level- didates have applied for differ- Finance.” 1 categories) ent posts of Isolated and As per the statement, an amount of Rs Railway Recruitment Ministerial categories 4,939.81 crore has already been released to the Boards (RRB) are going to (Notification No: CEN states as the first instalment under the scheme. conduct Computer Based Test 03/2019). 6 ! " !#" !% - #./0101
his forte. However, the 21-year-old got out in an unfortunate manner to leg-spinner Michell Swepson. B Swepson bowled a faster one and Gill, shaping up to flick +,*+ ramped it up and bowled very it, missed, prompting the well. For us, we know who we bowler to appeal for an lbw ustralia batsman Marnus are coming up against. even as the ball headed towards ALabuschagne on Saturday “So, it’s just making sure the first slip where a diving said there has not been any we are really focussed and Sean Abbott held on to it. talk about him opening the understand what bowlers are ( TV replays were inconclu- batting in the first Test against doing. We know which sive and the absence of DRS India but he is ready to bat at bowlers we are playing and Snickometer in the prac- that slot if the team manage- (against) and we make sure + 5 - tice game, a disappointed Gill ment asks him to do so. that we prepare accordingly,” had no option but to walk With both David Warner he said. H * back to the dressing room as and Will Pucovski ruled out of The right-handed bats- umpire’s decision could not be the first Test, and Joe Burns man said facing the likes of ! # challenged. short of runs, Labuschagne is Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins That ended a 104-run an opening option for the and Josh Hazlewood in the ! partnership for the second home side in the day/night nets makes the Australians wicket between Gill and match starting at Adelaide better batsmen. =+= Agarwal, who was joined in by Oval on December 17. “One thing that makes Vihari for another half-centu- “No, there has not been our batters that good is that ishabh Pant and %# &'(( ) ry stand. (any talk on batting position) we’re facing the best bowling Hanuma Vihari put "2$"B2 1 * Thereafter, the duo of ... Currently I think number attack in and out during train- Rthemselves in the reck- Vihari and skipper Ajinkya three. But I am just preparing ing. The likes of Cummins, oning for next week’s first Test were strongly placed at 386 for Rahane was involved in a to bat, if that’s No 1 or No 3, Hazlewood, Starc and (James) with contrasting hundreds as four for an overall lead by 472 partnership of 78 runs for the it doesn’t matter. I am ready to Pattinson, they are unbeliev- India thoroughly dominated runs, having bundled out the fourth wicket as the face the ball, no matter what able bowlers. Facing them Australia A in the pink ball home team out for a paltry Australian bowlers toiled hard the circumstances are,” he said every training session ensures warm-up match here at 108 in their first innings on for wickets. during a virtual press confer- we prepare as good as we Sydney Cricket Ground on Friday. There was a brief rain ence. possibly can be at Test level.” Saturday. In their first innings, India interruption after Pant walked “Look, I finished last sum- Labuschagne, who can Needing 19 runs to reach were all out for 194, which in at the fall of Rahane’s wick- mer at three, so hopefully at also bowl leg-spin, is also his century when Jack would have been far less if not et. But he straightaway played three. But my job is to face the ready to bowl if the team Wildermuth commenced the for pace spearhead Jasprit his shots to further unsettle ball that is coming down to me needs him. second evening’s final over, Bumrah’s maiden first-class the Australian bowlers. wherever I am batting,” said “I have been the fifth Pant clobbered him for 4, 4, 6, fifty, but the visitors staged a Even as Vihari showed the 26-year-old, who has bowling option for the last five 4, 4, to remain unbeaten on a strong comeback with both great composure and patience played 14 Tests so far. series, so it is no different than blistering 103 off only 73 bat and ball. in collecting his runs, Pant He said he is ready to do any other Test match that I balls. Overall, he hit nine While Gill may have was quite at ease while clear- whatever is the best for the team. have played. I am making fours and six sixes. booked himself one of the ing the fence, reaching his fifty “If the team needs me to sure that I am always ready to At the other end, Vihari opening slots with his dazzling with a cracking square cut in open, that’s what I will do. It’s bowl and I like the opportuni- laboured his way to a fine 104- strokes, Hanuma’s effort might just 43 balls. a team sport, it’s about win- ty when I do get to bowl,” he run knock off 194 balls. force the Indian team to play Pant continued in same ning games. We’ll have to added. Also staking a claim for an additional batsman in the vein till the end of the day’s wait and see how things He also said that there selection is young Shubman series opener. play and hurtled towards his pan out with a few other has been no change in the Gill, with an elegant 65 off 78 Coming out to bat again century with a flurry of big moving parts currently.” perspective of Australian balls and 10 sweetly-timed in the beginning of the day’s hits. While Vihari, in all, Labuschagne said players as far as the prepa- boundaries. play, India lost Prithvi Shaw in & ) :C; struck 13 boundaries. he’s prepared to face the rations for the day-night In the final session of the second over as the young Indian attack under match is concerned. play, Pant’s aggressive right-hander drove the ball at $ ) ( 4 lights and since the “We are just approach paid dividends as he cover-point without any great players know who trying to hit a lot smashed the Australia A foot movement. It was a bit of 3 .; + 1 they are up of balls, get used bowlers to all corners of the a soft dismissal. D-$$1 against, it’s just to conditions SCG, the southpaw making a If Shaw missed out on an team. a statement. ment said. about being and trying to strong case for himself for the opportunity to make a big ++,-* “He has been given a Rohit on Friday cleared an The BCCI said the NCA focussed. make sure (to wicketkeeper’s job in Adelaide score in good batting condi- detailed programme to follow eagerly-watched fitness test at medical team is satisfied with “We’re be) ready ahead of Test specialist tions, his contemporary Gill he BCCI on Saturday for the duration of the two the National Cricket Academy Rohit’s fitness but added that he obviously pre- come Wriddhiman Saha. grabbed it with both hands on Tdeclared senior batsman weeks he will be quarantined in Bengaluru and will leave for will need to work on his pared. We Thursday,” To cite an example of his the way to reaching his half- Rohit Sharma “clinically fit” to for. He will be reassessed by the Australia on December 14, endurance. “The NCA medical played he power-hitting, Pant swept one century off 49 balls. join the Indian team in Team India medical team post three days before the start of Team was satisfied with the (Jasprit) quipped. over the cow corner for a six, During his stay in the Australia but said a call on his his quarantine to establish his the marquee Test series. physical fitness of Mr Sharma Bumrah in leaving Nic Maddinson to middle, Gill played some ele- participation in the last two fitness status and a call on his “... Rohit Sharma has com- after assessing him on different one-dayers search for the ball among the gant drives and looked matches of the Test series there participation in the Border- pleted his rehabilitation process metrics, however, he will be and in the rows of chairs at the SCG. assured while going on to the will be taken after a reassess- Gavaskar Trophy will be taken at the NCA in Bengaluru and required to continue work on last ODI he At the close of play, India backfoot, which seems to be ment by the squad’s medical accordingly,” the BCCI said in is now clinically fit,” the state- his endurance,” the BCCI said. really 9 * " =+= +, - / %# .'.( ) ictoria’s Marcus Harris was 5 2; ## Von Saturday added to an injury-plagued Australia squad 1 ) D # for next week’s first Test against +,,* < India after Will Pucovski was =+= “I obviously wasn’t in the ruled out of the series opener Test side last summer so I did- yle Jamieson bagged five alongside David Warner. dded to an injury-plagued n’t have that distraction coming Kwickets in a masterclass of The four-match series AAustralia squad for the into this summer and I’ve just swing bowling as New Zealand begins with the day-night Test first Test against India, batsman been focused on what I need to struck hard and fast to have the at Adelaide from December 17. Marcus Harris says he is “pret- do, so that’s been good,” he said. West Indies on the ropes on day Harris was drafted into the ty ready” to take on the visitors’ “Now I’ve found myself two of the second Test in squad for the seasoned Warner, quality pacers, having faced where I am, and I feel pretty Wellington on Saturday. who suffered a groin injury dur- them in both the tour games. ready to go and I’m looking for- The tourists ended the day ing the second one-day interna- “There’s obviously been a ward to it.” on the brink of another follow tional against India, while bit of stuff going on with every- Harris played nine Tests for on as they struggled to 124/8, Pucovski sustained a concussion < 5 ) $ $ ) thing in the last couple of Australia and was a member of still 336 behind New Zealand’s while batting for Australia A in weeks, so it’s been good to have the squad which retained the 460. a tour match against the visitors cricket.com.au. Will since he sustained the a hit against the Indian boys Ashes in England last year. Only Jermaine Blackwood at Drummoyne Oval in Sydney. “Marcus has been in out- concussion and hope he and and another hit today,” Harris With Warner and Pucovski provided any serious resistance Cricket Australia said both standing form for Victoria this David will be back to full health told Fox Cricket. rued out, Harris appears set to but he fell late in the day for 69 batsmen will target a return season and has had the benefit ahead of the Boxing Day Test.” “It feels like I’m in the play his 10th Test and first since as Jamieson and Tim Southee ahead of the Boxing Day Test, of facing India’s bowlers in both Harris played nine Tests for right place at the right time, but the final Test of the 2019 Ashes. wreaked havoc. scheduled to be held in three-day tour matches at Australia and was a member of it feels like I’ve been playing The opener averages Jamieson, the rising star in Melbourne from December 26- Drummoyne and under lights the squad which retained the really well as well. It’s been good, 25.06 with two half-centuries the Black Caps, got 5/34 for his 30. at the SCG.” Ashes in England last year. not to be the one that’s spoken since debuting against India second five-wicket haul in only “Given the spate of injuries He added, “At the same He has smashed 355 runs at about too much.” at the Adelaide Oval two his fourth Test. in recent weeks, we’re fortunate time, we are disappointed for a fantastic average of 118.33 in “I knew coming here that summers ago. The Basin Reserve strip to be able to bring a player of David and Will that they will two Sheffield Shield domestic if I went okay I’d put myself in Against the touring continued to provide all the 9 9 - - ; 5 ) Marcus’ calibre into the Test not be available for the first first-class matches for Victoria a position to maybe play, the Indians this summer, Harris ingredients on a fast bowler’s squad,” Australia’s national Vodafone Test. this season, with a knock of 239 way that things have been has put together scores of 35, wish list — pace, bounce and selector Trevor Hohns was “We have taken a conserv- against South Australia being going,” said the 28-year-old 25no and 26 in three innings movement — and New Zealand 3 ( )) 9 34 quoted as saying by ative approach in managing the highlight. right-handed batsman. for Australia A. exploited this perfectly. “The way the ball’s moving A?, of the series along with Tim we knew if we got it in good Southee, Kyle Jamieson and 0# enough areas then things would eteran batsman Ross Taylor Daryl Mitchell. Q R@ ' * happen,” said the 2.08 metre Vwas on Saturday dropped Seamer Blair Tickner, bats- # Jamieson. from an 18-man New Zealand man Mark Chapman and all- ,*D+/<<, against us, it’s in general. A few things are “It was just a matter of doing squad named for the T20I series rounder Doug Bracewell will # Q not like they were before and they were it for long enough and if you do against Pakistan while Kane only be part of the first T20I. iverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said better before. If you change something that you tend to get rewarded.” Williamson will return from his According to selector Gavin ."1 Former India all-rounder Lhe has changed his mind over the need there should be just Unlike the West Indies bats- paternity leave to lead the side Larsen, Taylor, who made 38 Yuvraj Singh on Saturday turned 39 for VAR in football and believes the % improvement and men, Nicholls and Neil Wagner in the second and third match- and nine against the West Indies but instead of celebrating his birth- change to using technology to determine %# /('(( ) that is for sure not were able to plunder runs when es. in his last T20Is, missed out day this year, the 2011 World Cup the finest of margins has made the game " "# "" ! . the case and that’s it.” the New Zealand innings Besides the 36-year-old because of the “quality and hero hoped for a “swift resolution” to less enjoyable. resumed on Saturday morning. Taylor’s absence, fast bowler form” of the rest of the squad. the ongoing farmers’ issues through The Reds were involved in three MOURINHO WARNS SPURS Both scored personal bests, Lockie Ferguson, who suffered Taylor has scored 1909 runs dialogue. “Birthdays are an opportu- lengthy stoppages during a 1-1 draw away Jose Mourinho has warned his untroubled whether the West a bone stress injury in his back, from 102 matches at an average nity to fulfil a wish or desire and this to Midtjylland in the Champions League Tottenham players they face a searching Indies bowled full or short, as was also left out from the squad of 26.15. birthday rather than celebrating I on Wednesday for VAR to check a penal- test of their Premier League title creden- Nicholls advanced from his for the three-match series start- Mitchell Santner will once only wish and pray for a swift reso- ty awarded to the Danish champions and tials over the gruelling Christmas period. overnight 117 to 174 while ing next Friday in Auckland. again lead the T20I side in the lution of the ongoing talks between rule out a goal for either side. Spurs, top of the table on goal differ- Wagner finished unbeaten on Trent Boult, who was rest- series opener at Eden Park, our farmers and our government,” “We stop celebrating goals, we wait ence, are about to embark on a run of 66. ed for the T20Is against the West having done so in the rain-hit Yuvraj said in a Twitter post. constantly, we have less than millimetre seven fixtures in 21 days, which could The New Zealand pace Indies, will also be available only third T20I against West Indies “Undoubtedly, farmers are the offside decisions. A lot of things are not have a huge say in whether they will quartet — Southee, Trent Boult, for the second and third games in Williamson’s absence. lifeblood of the nation and I truly like they were before, that’s the truth,” said remain as contenders. Neil Wagner and Jamieson — believe that there is no problem Klopp in his pre-match press conference They start at Crystal Palace on immediately extracted life from Blackwood whose century in the fifth wicket before falling in which cannot be resolved through ahead of Sunday’s trip to Fulham. Sunday before games against Liverpool, the wicket. second innings of the first Test quick succession. peaceful dialogue,” he added. “I said when the idea of VAR first Leicester, Wolves, Fulham and Leeds, with They moved the ball in and started with Windies at 27/4. Brooks faced 92 deliveries The 2011 World Cup-winning came up I was in favour of it because I a League Cup quarter-final at Stoke away and it took the tourists four He survived Jamieson’s hat- for a stubborn 14 before he star also distanced himself from his thought the right decisions would be nice, sandwiched in between. overs to get their first runs on the trick ball, and the one after, shouldered arms to a good father Yograj Singh’s unsavoury com- if we could have rights decisions. Mourinho has been used to juggling board, by which stage Southee which both slammed into the length Jamieson ball that jagged ments made earlier this week during “I’m not sure we all thought it his squad as they have been in Europa had already dismissed Kraigg pads but vociferous appeals back into the stumps. a protest rally. through properly and how long will it take League action and will do so again, but Brathwaite caught at first slip by were turned down and replays Southee then accounted for “As a proud Indian, I am indeed to get the right decision, how much will 9 ) says his star men such as Harry Kane and Ross Taylor. showed the deliveries swinging Blackwood with a sharply rising saddened and upset by the state- it take away from a game we all loved Son Heung-min will have to play most of After Southee caught and away down the leg side. delivery that was fended to ments made by Mr Yograj Singh. I before.” age to the talismanic Dutch defender. the matches. bowled Darren Bravo for seven, Southee tied up Shamarh Latham in the slips. Jamieson wish to clarify that his remarks have Liverpool have been involved in Jordan Henderson had a late winner “It is impossible for a player to play Jamieson stepped up with the Brooks at the other end and the closed the day with the wickets been made in an individual capaci- plenty of VAR controversy already this ruled out in the same game for a millimet- all these matches in a short period of time,” back-to-back wickets of John West Indies faced 27 dot balls of Jason Holder for nine and ty and my ideologies are not the same season as Everton goalkeeper Jordan ric offside call, while Andy Robertson con- he said. “Of course we need to do it Campbell 14 and Roston Chase before Blackwood broke the Alzarri Joseph without scoring. in any manner,” Yuvraj said and Pickford escaped without seeing a red card ceded a late penalty after a review in a 1- (rotate) and we have to do it but at the to have the West Indies at 29/4. drought with a single. 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he recent episodes of destructive these systems lay with the local municipal beginning to be overwhelmed resulting in meet the growing needs of the community can flooding in cities such as Hyderabad bodies. monsoon floods through the 1920s and 1930s. be financed without much difficulty from and Bengaluru have once again The precise engineering arrangements for For instance, a national newspaper report from municipal funds, in Calcutta (now Kolkata), it turned the spotlight on the drainage draining the cities varied from case to case and August 1923 complained about Kolkata (then is quite impossible for obvious reasons. The problems facing urban India. was shaped largely by local conditions. Design Calcutta) that ‘Floods are of daily occurrence, drainage question alone is of such decisive TAccording to a recent report by the New Delhi choice in this period revolved around two and it is doubtful if this will ever be a thing of importance and so great in extent that the cost based Centre for Science and Environment modes of drainage — the ‘combined’ and the the past’, while a report on flooding in Mumbai of remedial measures may be quite beyond the titled Why Urban India Floods, flooding is one ‘separate’ system of drainage. The ‘combined’ in 1937 noted that ‘Flooded Bombay (now means of the corporation.’ of the most predominant hazards facing urban system transported both stormwater (surface Mumbai) streets, are a common sight...’ during If this was the case in Kolkata, one of the India at present. Experts and commentators run-off of rainwater) and sewage in a single monsoons. In both these cases, the inadequate then richest municipal bodies in the country, who have studied this issue have identified a underground sewer, while the ‘separate’ system capacity of its drainage infrastructure to then it would certainly not be difficult to number of vital causal dimensions to this collected and disposed storm water and sewage respond to the rainfall patterns in the city were fathom what the state of drainage systems in problem ranging from unplanned urban separately via separate pipes. While Kolkata identified as the most important cause, thus other poorer yet populous cities such as development, which has led to the opted for a ‘combined’ system due to its providing us interesting parallels from the past Lucknow and Banaras might have been. Indeed, encroachment of the natural drainage channels topography, Mumbai and Chennai city opted on monsoon flooding in urban India. as of 1937 only 3% of the 517 municipalities of urban water bodies, to shortcomings in for the ‘separate’ system guided by the annual across the five provinces of Bengal, Mumbai, drainage infrastructures which have led to the rainfall patterns in the city. Since rainfall in the Chennai, UP and Punjab had modern sewage intensification of the problem. latter two cities were restricted only to a few The city governments of that era were disposal systems installed even though the Missing in much of these discussions, months in a year, it was felt that stormwater can certainly not silent spectators as these problems engineering practices behind them had become however, are the historical dimensions of this be separately managed more efficiently. On a started unraveling from of them. They were, as fairly well rooted in India. Thus, it was not for issue. A perusal of these dimensions indicates similar note, while Kolkata opted to drain its -*,+* **CC*A , a matter of fact, quite alive to the need to want of engineering solutions that drainage two things: firstly, urban flooding and the stormwater into a nearby tidal creek by the <A< + * - upgrade their respective drainage systems. For systems remained inadequate; it was mainly the inability of Indian cities to upgrade drainage name Bidhyadhari, Chennai and Mumbai opted instance, Mumbai city’s corporation had dire economic conditions that these local infrastructures were, in a similar vein to to drain their stormwater into the sea via open A,+//+A*+<-< planned for a project costing nearly 1.36 crore bodies found themselves in that prevented the contemporary times, features of urban life even drains and channels. <* / " ! " 03=3 *678 2 # # 5/& 2 # 2 he year 2021 will be the year are looped in to distribute the vaccines, of the Covid-19 vaccine. It will there might be cases where they instead be the topic of our greatest sell off the vaccines at high prices. In the relief and utmost anxiety. case of the latter, the government can not Which vaccine? How to avail entirely check the corruption and the pri- it?T Will it work? What are the side effects? vate sector might be silenced by the fear We will not know the answers to all these of losing the supply chain for their own questions at once, not even at the time products. regulatory approval is given for each vac- What are ways in which we can pre- cine. empt this corruption? Communication Choosing the vaccine to use in might be key here. An intensive anti-cor- India’s vaccination programme will there- ruption campaign for vaccine distribu- fore certainly not be easy as they will each tion can be planned in order to remind be based on very different technologies, the public of being ethical during the with differing degrees of efficacy and side worst global pandemic in history that has effects that will likely be revealed with ravaged the lives of millions. The public time. Many millions will be vaccinated involved in vaccine distribution can be every week, and perhaps an effective encouraged and named as ‘heroes’ , tracking system could help us identify much as the frontline warriors were problems with particular vaccines which referred to as ‘Covid Warriors’. The were not caught in the pre-approval tests. communication on vaccines must cover Procuring the vaccine would indeed factual information about the various be initially difficult but I don’t anticipate vaccines, removing rumours and baseless it to be our greatest challenge in the long fears. The vaccine cannot be made run either. India has a large vaccine pro- mandatory, which makes the dispersion duction capacity. The Serum Institute of of effective and accurate communication India is the largest vaccine manufactur- all the more important. er in the world and it is producing the In India, since the past three months AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine and will or so the private sector has already also produce the Novavax vaccine. It is stepped in to assist the government in expanding capacity to 1.2 billion doses articulating and dispersing the message per year, and half of this could be avail- around Covid precautions. At times the able for India. There are other Indian government pays companies for spread- manufacturers engaged in clinical trials ing the message while in some cases com- to produce a vaccine, such as Zydus panies and even some advertising agen- Cadila, Bharat BioTech, Dr Reddy’s cies have stepped up to do so on a pro- Laboratories and Biological E. There will bono basis. This trend can be further undoubtedly be difficulties in this strengthened towards an anti-corruption unprecedented situation. I believe, the private sector must step in being mobilised by the government for setting up 11 Covid hospitals and recov- campaign for vaccine distribution. However, funding the programme to help. distributing Covid testing kits and masks ery facilities over six months, we lever- We can not afford to lose the battle will be a major challenge and a heavily First, how will we distribute the vac- could be tapped upon. They are the gov- +A< CC methods can be rolled out by any country independently, especial- ly economically strong ones. 0 +( + This would certainly cause an imbalance of power in global politics, as such a country would potentially have control over the global thermostat, with negative repercussions in certain parts of the world. We first have to understand exactly what the effects of various geoengineering 1 ) 6 measures would be on a regional () ) :0@$ basis, and ensure that the needs of all nations are met when and *1"%F%'"%-1%+&1 .%-+%#% if they are executed. This is an issue with global ramifications, G.#%A!. 1H,++%#%" and cannot be treated locally. It is therefore absolutely vital that there is a cohesive strategy that limate change, or more Before we continue, we would cant uncertainty on what the is transnational in nature, with aptly, climate chaos, is like to point out that we are nei- actual impacts may be, including defining principles for gover- Carguably one of the major ther advocates nor opponents of predicting the change in rainfall nance, research, development challenges of the 21st century, geoengineering. We believe it is patterns and growth of plant life. and possible implementation of and is often considered an exis- important to have a broader pub- CDR on the other hand, these novel technologies. We tential threat to humanity. It lic discussion on a wider spec- involves removing carbon diox- urge India and other developing leaves no aspect of life trum of possible climate options, ide and other greenhouse gases nations to take the lead to ensure untouched, including the econo- and our goal in this article is to from the atmosphere by various justice, and ascertain that any my, environment, health and shed some light on one oft- means, ranging from reforesta- and all measures need to consid- livelihoods, regardless of which neglected outside scientific circles, tion/afforestation, restoration of er the wishes of all stakeholders part of the world you reside. The and lay out the unknowns, oppor- wetlands, burning biomass to within these vulnerable regions. global community has awoken to tunities and obstacles involved, capture carbon and permanently As it stands, climate geoengi- the risks involved, and there has especially from a South Asian storing it, fertilizing oceans to neering could prove to be a com- been a ramp-up of efforts to mit- perspective. That being said, let’s absorb more CO2 or even direct plement to other climate solu- igate the release of greenhouse start with a few definitions. capture of CO2 from ambient tions and not a silver bullet. If it gases, including the main culprit Under climate geoengineering, air. Generally, CDR techniques works well, it might be able to carbon dioxide, through a there are two major groups of pro- are comparatively slow-acting protect climate-vulnerable plethora of initiatives such as posed approaches; Solar Radiation and expensive to implement, but regions by keeping temperatures focusing on renewable energy, Management (SRM) and Carbon are less contentious and have below 1.5°C while the world is creating a circular economy, and Dioxide Removal (CDR). SRM been included in many models decarbonising. But the uncer- even re-inventing what would proposals aim to limit or reverse for achieving effective climate tainty and unpredictability drive future growth, with ‘green’ the temperature rise produced by change mitigation. around these techniques may deals being considered by vari- higher greenhouse gas concentra- What we find worrying is have counterproductive implica- ous influential governments tions, by reflecting inbound sun- that climate geoengineering tions worldwide, especially in worldwide. light back into space. The research as a whole has predomi- the Global South. The global However, recent research approach that has received most nantly been conducted by nature of these methods man- suggests that no matter how research attention would involve Western academia, and in reality, date a strong need for trans- ambitious our efforts are, current spraying tiny reflective particles countries in the Global South are parency within all the dimen- emission trends indicate that it is into the upper atmosphere to often poorly represented in sions of these techniques, safe- unlikely we will be able to limit reflect away some sunlight. The debates about these approaches, guarding equity as the central the temperature rise to 1.5°C effects of SRM would be experi- even though in many of the theme. However, it is absolutely above pre-industrial levels. This enced rapidly, in the order of cases, those are the same coun- clear that climate geoengineering is the warming limit that is sup- months after implementation, and tries that would be the most is not a substitute for reducing ported by the world’s most cli- this is why it is being researched – impacted. carbon emissions and our focus mate-vulnerable countries, with it’s the only known way to quickly This question of moral hazard must continue to be on weaning warming above this point leaving stop or reverse the rise in global surrounding geoengineering has our economies off carbon, advo- us open to more extreme weath- temperatures. been intensely argued, though cating sustainable behavioural er events, biodiversity loss on a However, it is important to again mostly in developed practices and building strong scale previously unimaginable, note that these effects would last economies. A range of people, resilience to climate change. By agricultural depletion and only as long as the programme is from policy makers to activists, Encouraging SRM or CDR may Energy and Carbon Capture and brunt if it goes wrong. It may in prioritising these pathways, we unprecedented forced migration. maintained. SRM does not have expressed concerns that significantly reduce allocation of Storage (BECCS) methods, which fact not be in the best interests of will hopefully never be pressed The Global South, including the reduce the concentrations of CDR and SRM might be seen as resources to inclusive and reliable is a CDR technique. These pro- northern, developed countries to use climate geoengineering to Indian subcontinent, will be par- greenhouse gases in the atmos- “get out of jail” free cards that climate change mitigation and jects may require large land areas, like Norway or Canada too, who protect our planet. ticularly hard hit. Climate geo- phere and there is the potential reduce the incentives for coun- adaptation strategies, or even lead thereby competing with agricul- may prefer increased tempera- Vinayak Nambiar is Anant engineering is increasingly tout- for disastrously abrupt warming tries to move towards a net-zero to total near-term disregard for tural lands. Additionally, as previ- tures for agricultural productivity Fellow for Climate Action; Sijo ed as a promising solution for of the global climate with sud- carbon pathway. This becomes all them, leaving developing coun- ously stated, research has shown and other land uses. Abraham is Anant Fellow for this, a blanket term that contains den and permanent cessation of the more serious when coupled tries to suffer the consequences. that SRM would involve tinkering Another cause for apprehen- Climate Action; and Mohammed quite a few radical, often contro- a high level of SRM cooling. As with what is essentially limited For example, Global South coun- with a complex system and it sion is the lack of an internation- Mofizur Rahman is Instructor, versial and potentially challeng- it is largely based on computer research about the benefits and tries have expressed their concern might have nasty side effects, with al agreement overseeing climate Anant Fellowship for Climate ing to implement proposals. simulations, there is also signifi- drawbacks of these methods. regarding the uncertainty of Bio- countries like India bearing the geoengineering. Currently these Action ! uvitiut 8?#;<;< . R" "?" oday the Rohingya she has almost forgotten the TMuslims are nowhere. very core of the basic freedoms More than one million of them for which she once bravely left their homeland of Rakhine fought. It’s painful and sad. This Province, Myanmar, in 2017 time her party National League after their ethnic cleansing at for Democracy won more seats the hands of Myanmar Army. than what they had won in the Most of them descended in elections of 2015. But even if :96 the neighbouring Bangladesh she could have condemned and stayed in makeshift camps the actions of the Tatmadaw, it 4859 in the Cox Bazar, a coastal town would not have gone to this 4465484 located near the Bangladesh- extent. 9:946 Myanmar border area of the The world knows very well country all these years. what Suu Kyi said in the 48 Many of them have crossed International Court of Justice '429 the turbulent sea to get into at the Hague in December 9 22 other South East Asian nations 2019. She bravely defended such as Indonesia, Malaysia her country’s military against 929C and Thailand. the allegations of genocide. 9:48 Their future hangs on These all have rightly signalled :994 international intervention from that she is a true politician and nations concerned and human no more a votary of democra- !48 9 rights agencies. Despite an tic rights. 96844 urgent urge from the UN and The recently concluded the case being heard in the parliamentary election has 464 49 International Court of Justice once again excluded the 4 C2 (ICJ) at The Hague Rohingyas from the much !48 (Netherlands), they continue to awaited political process in the languish in the ill-managed country. Further, because of the 55: refugee camps in Bangladesh. fighting between the Tatmadaw 9:46 But recently Dhaka took a and the Arakan Army, the 9548 decision to shift a large num- November Parliamentary ber of the Rohingya refugees to Election had to be cancelled in 484 ?48 an island named Bhasan Char, the Rakhine Province. 69969 in a phased manner. However, The saddest part of the the spread of the news in the Rohingya crisis is that no one 24 95$ beginning of this month is focusing on the repatriation 24 among the distraught of the Rohingyas to Myanmar. 5?'429 Rohingyas evoked mixed feel- Why the whole world is mum ings — many of them are quite over this matter? Why are we 9: excited to go to their new all putting pressure on abode, thinking this could be Bangladesh to resettle these a better place, while others are refugees in an unsafe and vul- worried about their permanent nerable island? It seems dislocation from the current Bangladesh has accepted the camps. & : 4 9 D : % 7+ -E7F )C! responsibility of relocating the To unearth the root cause Rohingyas and looking for of the Rohingya exodus in their future settlement. 2017 from Rakhine to clashes used to break out in Arakan known as the ous newspapers in the regions Tatmadaw must be ready to list of the country’s 135 ethnic Precisely, they all must be sent Bangladesh, we need to focus between the majority Burmans Rakhine Province. emphasise more on the terror face such an onslaught from groups. For years, Myanmar back to Myanmar i.e. Rakhine on the recent political hap- and the local Rohingyas. But in Interestingly, earlier, they were attacks and the plight of the these global monsters and has pursued institutionalised Province, as early as possible. penings in Myanmar. The UN that year, the ARSA killed given the right to vote. But with others who had to flee the area accordingly should keep a close discrimination policies like The UN, the UNHRC and says the Myanmar Army nearly 20 police officers and the coming of the Tatmadaw to because of the clash between watch on the activities of the these and cornered the poor various other global humani- demonstrated “genocidal security forces of the Myanmar power, gradually the basic the Army and the Rohingyas. ARSA in the region. and minority Muslim tarian agencies must build up intent” while conducting oper- Army. And on August 25, the political rights and freedoms of It is very clear that the The root of the plight Rohingyas to a point of no enough pressure on Naypyidaw 9<% $$9 ations against the Arakan ARSA, previously known as the the Rohingyas were curtailed. majority Burmans have a long- behind the current Rohingya return to the mainstream of to take back all the Rohingyas. Rohingya Salvation Army Harakah al-Yakin, immediate- Thus, the Rohingya anger has held prejudice against the crisis lies in Myanmar itself. It country. Now a new Joe Biden admin- (ARSA) in 2017. ly provoked a counter-insur- grown against the Myanmarese Rohingya Muslims, who are can well be regarded as a sys- The role of Nobel laureate istration must devise a strate- According to the authori- gency operation from the fed- State fully controlled by the not regarded as the citizens of tematic and forced migration of and the present State gy to convince the Tatmadaw ties, this operation targeted to eral Army of Myanmar in majority Burmans. the country. These Rohingyas these people from their home Counsellor of Myanmar is for the same. Else, the Generals flush out the Islamists and to Rakhine Province. The Many security experts are called as “Bengalis”. And province. And it is the highly questionable on the back home in Myanmar will bring back law and order in the Government says the ARSA is opine that the ARSA may have most of the nationalist groups Tatmadaw i.e. the Myanmar question of the repatriation of take it for granted that such Rakhine Province. But the cen- a terrorist organisation. Its received backing from jihadists view them as a threat to their Army that has led a vicious and the Rohingyas. The suffering of heinous crimes could tral issue is that Myanmar does leader Ata Ullah was born in who have fought in battle- country. This is the back- brutal campaign against the the Rohingya itself is a tragedy. easily avoid international not want to recognise the Pakistan and raised mostly in grounds of Afghanistan, Syria, ground of the harrowing con- hapless Rohingyas over the But the way it was carried out attention. Though Rohingyas as citizens and it Saudi Arabia. The group also Iraq, etc. The main purpose of ditions of the Rohingyas that years. It all started in 1978 by the Tatmadaw had crossed Bangladesh is assuring the sees them as illegal migrants released a report in 2016 the ARSA is to defend, salvage has sparked a bitter debate when then Burmese Army car- all civilisational limits. Suu Kyi repatriation of the Rohingyas from Bangladesh. That is why according to which it is led by and protect the Rohingyas between Bangladesh and ried out an operation called does not control the military in the Bhasan Char, the inter- the Burmans, the major ethnic Rohingyas living in Saudi from the State repression in the Myanmar, but without any “Operation Ngamin” to drive and even if she wants she can’t national community must be group of the country, consist- Arabia. line with the principle of self- credible outcome. out the Rohingyas from do so. Also the military does aware that it is a very vulnera- ing of the Army, the rest of However, the concern is defence. But the official view And anytime in future, the Rakhine. not trust her at all. ble area to shift millions of administrative ranks and the that striking at the ARSA is not from Naypyidaw is that the global jehadi groups such as the Again, in 1982, a new law It’s very simple because all these refugees in the days to leadership, simply do not want going to solve the core issue i.e. Army operation in the province Islamic State and al-Qaeda was passed by Myanmar to her life she has fought against come. the Rohingyas to stay in the denying citizenship to the was against the terrorists, and might plant their agents to deny citizenship right to the the repressive military and country. Rohingyas. For decades, the to restore law and order in that sponsor full-time Islamic terror Rohingya Muslims. And final- demanded to restore basic free- (The writer is an expert on Much before 2017, the Rohingyas have been residing area. Even the locals and vari- movements in Myanmar. The ly, they were excluded from the doms in the country. But today international affairs) 9 79 4 3@ " ) mid the Covid-19 pan- Whereas for some it is a capabilities but also letting Ademic the education sys- welcome sign that we would new generation know what is tem in India has been witness- draw a framework for key ethically and morally correct. ing challenges with significant demands of the higher educa- When it comes to ethics it impact on higher education. tion while maintaining a syn- means going beyond the set To deal with the situation, ergy between various actors clichés and moving from par- ! 4 experts have talked about what and stakeholders, there has adigm to paradigm shift. We 944 should be the course of direc- been a section which strongly ought to try our level best to 548542?: tion with regard to the pattern feels that the idea of online kindle the flame by ensuring of completion of course work, teaching can never replace the the sensitisation of students and 696 methodology of teaching and existing system of classrooms faculty members in this direc- 592548$ examination. teaching. For many others, it is tion. It is difficult to change the The Higher Education not clear that segregation of the direction of the wind, but we 2;9548 Information System’s recent practical and theory papers, can do our bit in adjusting eth- : attempt to ensure high level of particularly for MBA courses, ical sail towards the path of 2542 partnership among institutions can be a feasible option if the development of ethos. through equity and access to all future trends compel us to fol- The major challenge will 952 shows the level of insight in low the undesirable. be its dealing with profession- 98296 empowering and motivating Ensuring proper monitor- al institutes. How to 984? students and faculty members. ing of education sector on day develop mechanism to sensitise Besides, the pursuit of the to day basis as done by the the stakeholders of these insti- 665 54 National Education Policy authorities can ensure growth tutes to overcome the (NEP) to cover school, adult, in changing circumstances. rigmarole of regulations, and higher education and efforts In the midst of argumen- take decision. towards promotion of Indian tation and generation of dis- It is daunting task to deal languages and online education course it is imperative to look with the emerging challenges exhibit tremendous effort at the process from neutral due to mushrooming of a num- towards enhancement of over- stand. But at times different ber of private educational insti- all educational scenario. point of views creates insights tutes. There is a strong need to Indian universities are about the way in which the identify new ways to judge the being encouraged to improve ideas and emotions get trans- high time we realised the grav- al greed leads to the problem of The University Grants nals to be considered the only qualitative competence of can- their performances by making lated into effective decision- ity of challenges encountered manipulation and taking Commission (UGC) has shown valid publication category. didates by laying a lot of impor- a push towards a more merit making process. by the higher education. recourse in shortcuts. The serious concern over the As a result of the long quest tance on improving analytical based peer reviewed research The Union Ministry of The importance of educa- Right to Freedom of Expression increasing number of predato- for excellence the UGC estab- and observatory qualities of the and the chimera of fulfilling the Education has opened up con- tion for the physical, intellectu- in democratic societies has ry, cloned and substandard lished Consortium for candidates through cognitive $D"<& <<%"5% aim of 6 per cent of GDP ceptual and scholastic discus- al and moral will always be on been debated many times. publications and emergence of Academic Research and Ethics discourse and seeking multiple expenditure on education. sions which may result in the high pedestal because education Recent developments in acad- a number of web opinion sites (CARE) to ensure and promote options and viewpoints in order A few experts are of the creation of exquisite thoughts frees a person from the clutch- emic world have posed new coupled with arrangement of pious academic integrity and to help in forming an integrat- views that we have at least got and a new vision for the growth es of darkness and bigotry. challenges about the changing predatory conferences. 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The lagna lord Saturn con- Mercury placed adverse to Jupiter tendencies lie in the thought seeds that ric of one’s making that throws light on junct the Sun brings in a sense of fear accounts for his insensible reasoning and are firmly embedded in the inner realms your virtues and attributes; as well as and insecurity having a hardened atti- judgment. What further compounds his of the mind. As and when they get a con- habits and attitudes. Coming as they may tude. Moon placed adverse to Saturn problem is his inflated ego, coming as it genial ground, they spring into action. as Karmic carryover from the past, they brings in a negative mind-set. Given an may with Mars placed adverse to Jupiter. Something like a wheat seed, which if are imprinted in the inner realms of your adverse situation, he may become self- That binds him to his self-defined beliefs kept on a table, remains inert. If it some- mind as thought-seeds. Given a conge- pitying. The Sun placed adverse to mis- and perceptions, not open to look how reaches the earth mass, it will sprout nial trigger, they come into play.” I chievous Neptune makes him habitually beyond for a reality check. He is averse to into a plant when it has access to water. replied. Assured of his job security, he an escapist, who remains stuck to his listening or counsel. He can’t digest any- Someone holding a coveted position asked: “Suggest me some remedial mea- self-delusionary perceptions. He may thing that is not in line with his percep- in an international organisation fearing sures — stone or a puja — that may help not acknowledge truth on its first tion. If all that would not be enough loss of job came asking three years back: me avoid such situations in future.” appearance and will rather prefer pursu- Moon posited in Sagittarius sign and also “My performance at works is commend- He was given a process, which ing his own self-beliefs till pushed to the averse to Saturn implies that he will not able, and is duly acknowledged by my involved self-reflecting on his thought wall. be able to keep up the promises he superiors. Yet, why do I come under such patterns so as to resolve them through Moon is ill-disposed off to Venus makes. threat? relevant educative inputs that may help identified with sensuous pleasure, which With exalted Jupiter and Moon over “Will I be able to retain my posi- get over the past hangups. Also, to train is conjunct Rahu. Venus is also involved the head, the positives in him are strong tion?” Well, the reason lies in your self- the mind living mindfully in the present. in exchange with Mars, a planet identi- enough to make him a good professional. undoing acts. You are primarily an “Why put me under such process? I fied with animalistic instincts. This com- But his overpowering negatives would escapist. Whenever you come under neg- promise you to overcome my self-indul- bination, in the first place, brings in self- not allow him a free run, unless he ative bind for whatever reasons, your gences. I am strong enough to hold on to indulgent tendencies. Second, he remains resolves them from the root level. The inherent sense of fear and insecurity my promise,” he then said. “Well, that vulnerable to unpredictable mood result is there to see. overtakes your thought plane. To forget will not suffice. You need to resolve them swings. Third, he is too much touchy and ; that, your get into self-indulgences, from the root level, otherwise, it will sensitive, whereby he gets over-exercised G which you take to extremes. You, thus, erupt in future also.” I observed. He did even on trivial issues, over which he ; @ 88777788H7HE*F-F*C8HF7E*F-F- invite your own problem. But given pre- not pay attention to my counsel. No keeps mulling for long. 6 @ I G ', SD++ +*/ 5A< , * +*