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          elhi Police Commissioner DSN Shrivastava on      $  #  #  %! & Wednesday said farmers’ lead-          R ers were involved in the vio- lence in national Capital and day after the violence dur- those involved in the violence Aing the tractor parade on will not be spared and a Special Republic Day, two farmer Investigation Team (SIT), unions announced the end of including officials from Special their protest against farm Cell, Crime Branch and district laws. Bharatiya Kisan Union police, has been constituted to (Bhanu) president Thakur investigate the incident. Bhanu Pratap Singh said he Police has also registered 25 was deeply pained by what- First Information Reports ever happened during the (FIRs) for riots, robbing, attempt   ( # *     # +(  tractor parade in Delhi on to murder and other criminal (0  ( + *   -  (" Republic Day offences across the city. Sardar VM Singh of All The top cop also said by Joginder Singh Ugraha, Surjeet to not bring any kind of India Kisan Sangharsh 0 )   ( + ,  January 25 evening, it became Singh Phool, Jagjeet Singh weapons. The farmers gave Coordination Committee said *   -  (" clear that the farmers’ unions Dalewal, Balbir Singh Rajewal, undertaking and agreed on the union is withdrawing were not keeping their words as Harinder Singh Lakhoval, the route,” said the CP. from the ongoing agitation as the protesters at the Red Fort, they brought forward the Gurnam Singh Chanduni and “The protesters from they cannot carry forward a saying they did not remove aggressive and militant ele- Rakesh Tikait. Singhu border started their protest with someone “whose the national flag and had put ments who occupied the stage Addressing the Press con- rally, hours before the time direction is something else”. up the “Nishan Sahib” flag as at protest site and delivered ference at Police Head Quarters allotted, despite request from Many farmers’ bodies a symbolic protest. provocative speeches. (PHQ) on Wednesday evening, police officials they did not stop     " 0 , *   -  (" across northern India blamed VM Singh alleged Rakesh The Delhi Police has also the CP said after five rounds of and broke down the barri- actor-turned-activist Deep Tikait, the national spokesper- named 37 farmer union talks with farmers union cades,” said the CP. around 8:30 am. The farmers extreme restraint. “As many as Sidhu for Red Fort incident. son of the Bharatiya Kisan Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) regarding the tractor parade on “Farmer leader Satnam from Tikri border also broke 25 FIRs have been registered so Senior farmer leader Balbir Union, who is heading the leaders, including Medha Republic Day there was mutu- Singh Pannu, who was with barricades at Nangloi to move far. Police teams are using the Singh Rajewal, who has been Ghazipur front, misdirected Patkar, Yogendra Yadav, in an al agreement on the parade farmers from Singhu border ahead towards Red Fort. They facial recognition system and steering the farmers’ agitation the movement. He also ques- FIR registered at Samaypur routes from Singhu, Tikri and was stopped by police at overturned trailers and van- taking the help of CCTV and since beginning, on tioned the committee of 40 Badli police station in connec- Ghazipur borders. Mukarba chowk after they dalized vehicles,” said the CP. video footage to identify the Wednesday termed Punjabi   people negotiating with the tion with the violence that “Police laid down the con- deviated from the route. Pannu “Farmer leaders were insti- accused. Strict action will be actor Sidhu and Mazdoor Government. took place during a tractor rally ditions, which were agreed by sat on dharna and gave inflam- gating farmers and they were taken against those identified. Kisan Sangharsh Committee Government since he joined by farmers. According to the the farmers and the first term matory speech following which the ones who were refusing to No culprit will be spared,” said leaders Satnam Singh Pannu the protest. !$! &&'() FIR, in the riot, the protesters was a time that was fixed for the protesters got agitated and move on the predetermined the CP. and Sarwan Singh Pandher as “Sidhu is an agent of the ($!&! $ had also robbed the official pis- tractor rally at all border from broke past the police installed routes. We have videos which He said 394 police person- “biggest traitors” giving a call Government and he did it at tol with 10 rounds of ammu- 12 pm to 5 on. Second condi- barricades towards ITO,” said are showing how leaders were nel were injured while 30 police for their boycott in Punjab. the behest of the Centre to New Delhi: As cracks began nition along with two gas gun tion laid was that tractor march the Police Commissioner instigating farmers. From vehicles were damaged in the Sidhu, who is in the eye of defame the farmers’ agita- to appear in their ongoing on Tuesday. will be lead by farmers’ union adding that Darshan Pal Singh, Ghazipur, many from Rakesh violence on Wednesday. Six a storm for egging on pro- tion,” alleged Bharti Kisan agitation against the agri The farmers’ leaders leaders and with every jhatha to sat on dharna with other Tikait’s team broke barriers DTC buses were damaged in testers to put up a religious Union (Ekta Ugrahan) gener- laws, farmer unions on named in the FIR includes their leader should lead the when Pannu delivered the and marched forward,” he said. the violence. Capital’s ITO area flag atop the Red Fort on al secretary Sukhdev Singh Wednesday cancelled their Medha Patkar, Yogendra Yadav, rally and tractors should not speech. The Police Commissioner became the main clashing Republic Day, has been con- Kokrikalan on Wednesday. planned march to Darshan Pal, Kulwant Singh exceed more than 5,000 in the “The farmers’ march from also said not a single life was point where several cops and sidered by several farm bod- However, Sidhu has Parliament Budget day on Sandhu, Satnam Singh Pannu, rally. Police also put a condition Tikri and Ghazipur started lost as the Delhi Police showed protesters sustained injuries. ies as an “agent” of the sought to defend the action of February 1.     (         P       

  uation in Delhi, which wit- Government has deployed blamed the BJP-led Central out in the name of farmers   ")  nessed violence during the around 4,500 paramilitary Government for the violence protest. His failure to stop the ith the Opposition gun- farmers’ tractor rally on troops to assist the Delhi Police and vandalism that ensued on vandalism despite intelligence Wning for him for the Tuesday, an official said. in maintaining law and order. the streets of national Capital inputs means he has no right     the unions squarely rejected the farmers-led chaos in Delhi on The high-level meeting Rapid Action Force per- on Republic Day and demand- to remain in his position. We Centre’s proposal to put three the Republic Day, Union decided to take action against sonnel have also been reposi- ed resignation of Union Home demand that he resign from his     contentious laws on hold. Home Minister Amit Shah on all leaders responsible for unto- tioned in the national Capital Minister Amit Shah for failing position immediately,” Agriculture Minister Wednesday took stock of the ward incidents on Tuesday in and vigil has been intensified to protect Red Fort. Congress chief spokesperson       Narendra Singh Tomar also security situation and mea- the Capital. Delhi Police was in view of the evolving situa- “Union Home Minister Randeep Singh Surjewala said   blamed external “forces” for sures taken to ensure peace in directed to register FIRs on the tion. Amit Shah is directly respon- at AICC Press conference. their rigid stand and said no the city. Home Secretary Ajay various incidents. The Central Meanwhile, the Congress sible for the violence carried Former Congress presi- day after unprecedented resolution is possible when the Bhalla and senior officers of dent Rahul Gandhi appealed to Aviolence in Delhi during holding the three farm laws on sanctity of agitation is lost. the MHA and the Delhi Police the Narendra Modi the tractor parade, the hold for 1-1.5 years, but the Unlike the last 10 rounds of attended the meeting. Government on Wednesday to Government on Wednesday farmers rejected their propos- talks, the 11th round saw both “The Home Minister repeal, what he claimed were, said it has never stated that the al. No decision has been taken the sides hardening their posi- reviewed the law and order sit- “anti-agriculture” laws. doors for dialogue with farm- on another round of talks with tions and could not even reach ers are closed and stressed that farmers. He said whatever deci- a decision on the next date for it will inform whenever the sions with regard to talks with the meeting. The Government       !"#$#%&& decision is taken for fresh talks. farmers are taken, will be dis- asked unions to revert by  $'$(% &%)$*" “We have never said that closed at the right time. Saturday last in case they agree   ! the doors for dialogue are “We have already told you, to the suspension proposal  !#!$ New Delhi: The outlawed Sikhs closed. Have you heard. if there is any change, we will and the talks can continue for Justice is learnt to have Whenever talks are held, we will let you know,” he said. Asked only thereafter. Chandigarh: Indian National released a seven-minute video let you know,” Union Minister whether Tuesday’s violence was Farmer leaders, however, Lok Dal’s only representative backing the Red Fort siege and Prakash Javadekar said, when discussed in the meeting of the are adamant that they would in Haryana Assembly, Abhay announcing a reward of asked at the Cabinet briefing on Union Cabinet, Javadekar said settle for nothing less than Singh Chautala, on Wednesday $3,50,000 for those who hoist- whether the doors for talks with the Cabinet is different from repeal of the laws, which they resigned as an MLA over the ed the Nishan Sahib there. The farmers are closed now. the security committee. find pro-corporate, and a legal three new Central farm laws. “I SFJ has called for a siege of the After the 11th round of The Government’s negoti- guarantee for the procurement decided I cannot sit in the Parliament when the Budget talks on Friday last, the ations with representatives of of crops at Government-fixed Assembly with those who bring Session begins. This comes a Government asked the farmers thousands of protesting farm- minimum support price resolutions favouring these      +   ,  +    * day after a tractor parade called to reconsider their proposal of ers hit a roadblock on Friday as (MSP). laws,” Chautala said.   -  .  (  to protest the agriculture laws.            % *+,    ( -        . "         !!"   O%&'!%()*    !     mafias and crusher owners, particularly the Indu Ingot and +,-/% + 0     %     Roller Pvt Ltd whose trading licence is said to have been sus-     t was a proud moment for     *  + pended for alleged violation of I25-year-old IPS officer S   the MMDR Act. Accordingly, he State recorded 138 new Susree as she commanded the ense fog would continue to Joda PS IIC Raisen Murmu TCovid-19 positive cases on State-level Republic Day Dengulf several parts of the he Joda police have seized succeeded in seizing the trucks Wednesday in 24 districts and parade at Mahatma Gandhi State for the next five days, pre- minimise accidents.Light rain Ttwo iron ore fines-laden from the crusher of the Indu from the State pool, with which Marg here on Tuesday in the dicted Regional Office of the is likely to occur at one or two trucks having West Bengal reg- Ingot and Roller. the total caseload increased to presence of Governor Prof India Meteorological places over the districts of istered numbers and court- When police asked the dri- 3,34,667.Out of the new cases, Ganeshi Lal and Chief Department (IMD) here on Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, forwarded five accused, includ- vers if they had any documents 81 were from quarantine and Minister Naveen Patnaik. Wednesday. Shallow to mod- Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, ing Sushanta Kumar Jena, a supporting loading of materi- 57 were local contact cases. Susree is one of the youngest erate fog would occur at some Baleswar and dry weather is local of Barbil, who poses him- als, they showed permit pass- district recorded IPS officers of the parts of the State while dense most likely to prevail over the self as working as a watchman es for iron ore fines in favour but the firm has obtained a per- the day’s highest 26 cases fol- cadre. An officer of the 2018 fog alert has been issued for rest districts. Dense fog is very in a crusher unit. of the Jai Mata Ambe mit to purchase 1,500 MT of lowed by Sundargarh and batch, she is currently serving some districts till February 1. likely to occur at one or two With this, it was revealed Enterprise, a Rourkela-based the material from the Indu Nuapada with 15 each. as the Kesinga SDPO. In view of the weather places over the districts of how mafias are changing their trading firm, But after seeing Ingot and Roller. When con- All other district recorded Susree had been nomi- office forecast, the Special Sundargarh, modus operandi for minerals the forged documents, doubt tacted, Joda Joint Director of below 10 cases.Besides, two nated by Director of Commandant, CRPF, and Relief Commissioner (SRC) Jharsuguda,Keonjhar, theft by fraudulent use of arose in the mind of Murmu; Mines Salil Kumar Behera said cases were reported from the Police (DGP) Abhay as the Sreekala, a teacher. She was a issued an advisory for district Mayurbhanj, Angul. Government permission. After and next day, although a holi- he has ordered for an inquiry State pool. Till now, the cumu- parade commander. She led 14 CBSE topper in 10th and 12th Collectors, police and Shallow to moderate fog is repeated reports published in day due to the Republic Day, he and whoever would be found lative samples tested are contingents of CRPF, RPF, examinations and also topped Transport Department offi- very likely to occur at a few about minerals saw the related files by calling guilty, action would be taken 76,12,713 and the active cases ODRAF, OISF, Odisha Fire the Kerala University in BA in cials to take necessary steps for places over the districts of theft in the Joda-Barbil mining mining staffs. It was revealed against them, be they officials are 1,281. Service, SOG, etc., in the English. Susree cleared the ensuring a controlled move- coastal Odisha, Angul, area, the Joda police were keep- that no permission had been or traders, licences would be Meanwhile, 108 patients parade. Hailing from Kerala, UPSC examination in her first ment of vehicular traffic on Dhenkanal, Mayurbhanj, ing a constant watch on the given to the Jai Mata Ambe cancelled and criminals case recovered on the day, taking the Susree was born to Sunil attempt by securing the 151st highways during dense fog to Kandhamal, and Boudh. activities of some traders, Enterprise to lift iron ore fines would be instituted. total recoveries to 3,31,535. Kumar, Assistant rank.   ! " #   

          '(  &  !   "                Panigrahi said the youth had     opment of various projects. In plying on this route daily. The Extension of Nuapada- vomited blood after taking the this context, Odisha has legit- Government also requested Gunupur BG rail link up to  o far, 19 persons adminis- jab on January 23. On Tuesday, head of the Railway imate rights to seek more and the Ministry for timely Theruvalli (79 km); Puri- Stered with anti-Covid-19 he was sent to the Veer ABudget for 2021-22, the better railway services for its arrangements to introduce Konark link (38 km);  < vaccine in the State have Surendra Sai Institute of Odisha Government has urged people. But the Ministry has passenger trains on the Angul- Bansapani-Barbil (18 km); showed side effects, informed Medical Sciences and Research the Ministry of Railways to withdrawn about 300 stop- Sukinda line, which is cur- Jajpur Keonjhar Road-Dhamra ustice Bichitra Nanda Dash, Health and Family Welfare (VIMSAR) in Burla, where he allocate Rs 7,200 crore for pages of passenger/coaching rently under construction. Port via Jajpur/ Aradi (95 Ja former judge of Orissa Department Director and State suffered from brain hemor- various projects in the State. trains from the State without “There is virtually no progress km); Talcher-Gopalpur (245 High Court (HC), passed away Vaccine-in-charge Bijay rhage and later died. While Rs 3,500 crore has any consultation with State on railway factory projects in km); Paradip-Dhamra (80 on Tuesday. He was 88. Panigrahi on Wednesday. Though his family mem- 2,360 people. The first shot was been sought for different Government and they need to Odisha. km); missing railway links in A full court reference of his He told mediapersons that bers alleged that he died due to administered to sanitation ongoing projects, including be restored early. Both sanctioned works of Mayurbhanj district; demise was held as a mark of cases of minor side effects the vaccine, the postmortem worker Biranchi Nayak at the doubling, third and fourth The Government also wagon manufacturing factory Buramara-Chakulia (50 km); respect for his service to the have been reported. While report suggested that the cause Capital Hospital.The process to lines, Rs 3,700 crore demand- urged the Railway Ministry to at Sitallapali and electric Bangiriposhi- Gorumahisani court and the legal profession. some have complained of infla- of the death was not related to vaccinate the remaining bene- ed for several new key projects. expedite the process to intro- locomotive maintenance (42 km). Ongoing projects: Dash was born at tion at the place where they the vaccination, he added. ficiaries out of the total 3.50 Placing its demand, the State duce passenger trains on the (POH) workshop in Kalahandi Khurda Road-Bolangir NBG Kankhinda village in took the jab, others suffered Panigrahi further informed lakh healthcare workers would Government said Odisha con- Haridaspur-Paradip line, are languishing despite allo- rail link; Talcher-Bimalagarh Sambalpur district. He had from fever in 24 hours of tak- that so far, 1,77,090 people have begin on Thursday. The list of tributes the maximum to rail- which has been commissioned cation of land for both projects (154 km); Jaleswar-Digha (41 been appointed as the High ing the vaccine. Regarding the been vaccinated in the State. beneficiaries for the second way revenue and the recently, for the benefit of free of cost by State Govt,” said km); Jeypore-Nabarangpur (38 Court judge on January 7, death of a 27-year-old youth of On Wednesday, a drive was phase of vaccination is likely to Government has been finan- people in Kendrapada dis- an official statement.Details of km); Jeypore-Malkangiri (130 1991 and he retired on August Nuapada district allegedly due underway at 11 session sites in be made public by February 1, cially participating for devel- trict. Over 15 goods trains are the demands:New projects: km). 7, 1995. to Covid-19 vaccination, to vaccinate he added. %    /&&0  $    */0#" #   & -,=7% (( %(77 )1%   )*+   +     #% &  *   )! 7;        !" !! atni Congress MLA Suresh JKumar Routray on %    0(  the Teacher’s Day on Wednesday threatened to    September 5, many old stu- gherao the Lokseva Bhawan     dents come to my house,” said (State Secretariat) on March 1 /1     Prusti. Kantira now has if the problems in his con- group of 80 Bajasal artists schools and colleges nearby, stituency are not addressed by Afrom Kalahandi district,   but villagers still send their the State Government by     Pathak and Akash Pathak were who had gone to perform at the  !"#$ kids to Prusti for learning February-end. granted bail as per law,” said the Republic Day parade in New alphabets and arithmetic. “I Addressing a Press confer- he Special Vigilance Court, Pathaks’ counsel Abhinav Delhi, were stranded at the Red     will continue teaching children ence, Routray said he along TBhubaneswar, on Chand. “We will now try to Fort for hours during the farm- as long as my health permits,” with his supporters, the people Wednesday granted bail to proceed further to quash the ers’ tractor rally in the nation- ommodore NP Pradeep Bengal) at Kolkata. 4  +  @ @ said Prusti. of 27 villages of Jatni block and Indian Forest Service (IFS) case. Two more cases have al capital on Tuesday. Ctook over as Commanding Commodore NP Pradeep who However, the fact that the municipality would gherao the officer Abhay Kant Pathak and already been registered against Later, they were rescued by Officer of the Indian Navy's hails from Vadanamkurussi, anda Kishore Prusti, aged nature of teacher-student rela- Lokseva Bhawan if their private his son Akash Pathak in a them at the Kharavel Nagar police and provided accom- premier sailors' training estab- Kerala, is an alumnus of the N102 years, of Kantira vil- tionship has changed so dras- lands are not given back to graft case. The court granted police station and another with modation at the mess of the lishment, INS Chilka and Naval National Defence Academy lage of Jajpur district, who has tically over the years disap- them. These lands were record- the default bail under Section the Crime Branch,” he Delhi Police in Daryaganj. Officer-in-Charge (Odisha) (Khadakwasla). been teaching in his school, points him,"These days, there ed as Sthitiban in the Patta in 167 of CrPC Clause II after added.Abhay Pathak was After completion of their per- from Commodore Rituraj Sahu The officer was commis- was awarded the Padma Shri is no intimacy between the the villagers’ names since their police failed to submit arrested by the Vigilance on the formance at Rajpath, the artists at a Ceremonial Parade on sioned into the Indian Navy in on the eve of the Republic Day teacher and the student. The ancestral periods. chargesheet against the accused charge of amassing assets worth were preparing to leave for January 26. 1992 and is a specialist in on Monday. teacher doesn't give the stu- The Government sudden- in 60 days. The court directed Rs 9.35 crore disproportionate their destination when farmers The officers and sailors of Navigation and Direction. He is known as ‘Nanda Sir’ dent an opportunity to get per- ly changed the ownerships and the duo to furnish a bail bond to his known sources of started the tractor rally. INS Chilka bid farewell to During his 29 years Naval ser- in the village and its nearby sonal with him and the stu- changed the RoRs) in the name of Rs 2 lakh each and two guar- income. His son Akash is They got stranded along Commodore Sahu at a tradi- vice, Cmde Pradeep has served areas. He has been teaching dents don't approach teachers of Lord Jagannath during the antors. accused of defrauding people with the artists from other tional "pulling-out ceremony", as Navigating Officer onboard children since 1946. Each emotionally anymore. last settlement. Due to this, The father-son duo was on the pretext of providing States. The artists remained marking the end of his 22 Indian Naval Ships Rajput, morning, children come to his It could be because the around 1.72 lakh people are arrested on November 27 in the jobs. He was arrested after the stuck at the Red Fort for more months' tenure. He will soon Ranjit and Kirpan and as Chatasali to learn Odia alpha- population of students is much not able to sell or purchase the corruption case.“As the Tata Motors and travel agency than five hours when hooligans assume Command of INS Commanding Officer of Indian bets and arithmetic free of bigger than it was in my days. lands and avail to State or Vigilance failed to produce Sky King levelled fraud allega- took control of the ancient Netaji Subhas and Naval Naval Ships Vinash, Kesari cost. “I decided to teach chil- Commercialisation of educa- Central schemes. chargesheet in 60 days, Abhay tions against him. monument and vanadalised it. Officer-in-Charge (West and Ganga. dren for spreading literacy in tion destroys the good rela- the village 75 years back as at tionship of students with that time only a few persons in teacher,” said Nanda Sir. +  ( 123 0  our village were literate. On Wednesday, Sukinda (&  I read up to Class-VII. But MLA Pritiranjan Ghadai and many of my students are now several others felicitated Prusti *P0    1 over his alleged illicit relation- Tangi. He had also promised doctors, engineers, teachers at his village for getting the #$%$& ship with a married woman. woman of marrying her. But and in other professions. On Padma Shri award.     (male-1, female-1), Wild dog     The accused was identified as later, when woman asked him (male-1, female-1), Asian   <= Bhagirathi Das. about marriage, he he Nandankanan brown tortoise (male-3, female- s many as 894 missing chil- Later, Das was suspended refused.Following a complaint TZoological Park (NZP) 3), Assam macaque (male-1, Adren have been rescued n ASI of police of Tangi following his arrest. According w lodged by victim with local near here would add more female-1), Stump-tailed from various parts of state Apolice station in Khordha to reports, Das had developed police, Das was arrested and numbers of species to its macaque (male-3, female-3). between January 18 and 25. The was arrested on Wednesday a relationship with woman of forwarded to court. wildlife as the Central Zoo However, the NZP would children were rescued under the Authority (CZA) has approved get a pair of Himalayan black Odisha Police’s special drive to for animal exchange between it bear in exchange of common trace missing children. Of the and the Aizawl Zoological peafowl (male 2, female 2).The 894 rescued children, 800 were 5  6 +   * Park, Mizoram. approval would be valid for a girls and remaining 94 boys. The approval has been period of six months from the The rescue drive relates to     Nanakram Keuta of Dianmunda (ICDS) Supervisor of Bijepur in granted under Section 38I of date of issue of the letter by the 834 missing complaints lodged village was working as a securi- Bargarh district, a 27-year-old the Wildlife (Protection) Act, CZA. Notably, the NZP had at various police stations across 27-year-old youth died at the ty guard at the District Staff Nurse of Bargarh district 1972 for the purpose of breed- written to the CZA on State. The Kendrapada district AVIMSAR in Burla on Headquarters Hospital (DHH). and a 45-year-old ASHA Worker ing/ pairing/ conservation. A September 26, 2020 seeking to police rescued 127 children Tuesday, three days after he was After vaccination, he was diag- of Jagatsinghpur district had total of 18 animals would be get 12 animals from Aizawl. while Mayurbhanj and Baleswar administered Covid-19 vaccine. nosed with bleeding disorder, developed Adverse Event brought to Nandankanan from Again, Nandankanan sought 18 cops traced 111 and 88 kids, However, the Health severe anaemia and intra-cere- Following Immunisation (AEFI) Aizawl under the exchange animals from the Aizawl zoo in respectively. DGP Abhay appre- Department stated that the cause bral hemorrhage. Earlier, a 59- and were hospitalised. Their programme. The animals another letter to the CZA on ciated good work headed by SPs of the death was not related to year-old woman Integrated conditions became stable after include Himalayan black bear December 23 last year. of respective districts. the vaccination.As per reports, Child Development Services treatment.  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turned a follower of Dayanand famous. Incidentally, Lajpat likely to cause damage to them and his associates tried to because he died on November Saraswati, the founder of ‘Arya Rai had founded the Home through public protests. For assassinate Scott in an act of 17, 1928, the freedom fighters Samaj’. The Punjab National Rule League of America in being exceptionally brave in revenge. But they ended up who chose to become rulers by Bank too was promoted by him 1917 in New York and worked opposing this new legislation, killing one JP Saunders, an acquiring political powers sim- in 1895 with the sole objective hard there to get the moral Lala was given the title of Assistant Superintendent of ply ignored him as the soul and of extending support to the support from Americans for ''. He was an Police, mistaking him for Scott. spirit behind the rising of many self-help groups and enter- the Indian independence intellectual par excellence and Lajpat Rai has been right- ordinary mortals to fame prises in India. movement. The All India Trade authored books explaining the ly described as 'a pillar of including Mahatma Gandhi. For some obvious reasons, Union Congress leaders had meaning of a happy society and extremist nationalism in India' Lala had the keenest sense of quite a few leading, highly-sac- also found him so capable and people’s behaviour that brought for his incomparable bravery in nonviolence that Gandhi rificing freedom fighters like courageous that they chose public joy. protesting against the British imbibed, indomitable courage Lajpat Rai, Bipin Chandra Pal him their president. His books include 'History rule with unusual courage and and hit-hard spirit marked in and Bal Gangadhar Tilak are After returning home, he of the Arya Samaj', 'England's sacrifice. Subhas Bose and also the not routinely remembered was asked to lead a special ses- Debt to India: India, The He was one of the three statesmanship of Nehru and ' 2 *   today. Everybody unfailingly sion of the Congress party. At Problems Of National extremist members of the INC Jinha put together. remembers Mahatma Gandhi, the session, the first thing he Education In India', 'Swaraj and along with Bal Gangadhar A great son of India who eading Odia daily newspa- Nehru, Patel and Shashtri did was to explain and launch Social Change', and 'The Tilak and Bipin Chandra Pal. died earlier than the indepen- Lper ‘The Samaja’, believed because they attained political the noncooperation movement United States of America: A He was so courageous in his dence was achieved. Or else, he to be neutral and unbiased, has power after independence and to be headed by Gandhi. Hindu's impressions and a extremist approach to the free- would have remained the guid- survived all this long only ruled India for a good length of Much before Gandhi and study'.In 1928, Lajpat Rai dom struggle that people fond- ing spirit behind Gandhi, because it was given away to the time.Though Lajpat Rai was Nehru, Lajpat Rai had specifi- launched a peaceful procession ly named him ‘Punjab Kesari', Nehru and Patel in all matters ‘Servants of People Society’, a trained to be a lawyer, he chose cally stressed self-reliance for to boycott arrival of the Simon meaning the Lion of Punjab. of governance. Many knowl- non-profit social service organ- to devote life to snatching Indians in the 1900 session of Commission in Lahore, which Rai was born on January edgeable people say India isation founded in 1921 by the power from the British to make the Indian National Congress was to recommend 28, 1865 in Dhudike, a small would have remained undi- legendary freedom fighter Lala India free. (INC). Thus, he is the pioneer Constitutional reforms under village in Moga district of vided even today if Lala had Lajapat Rai to identify and His personal sacrifices can of the ‘Make in India’ initiative the British rule. undivided Punjab to an lived longer because he had train national missionaries for be rated higher than those of in India. Such was his vision of The Superintendent of Agarwal-Jain family of intel- knowledge, skills and a robust attaining independence for the Gandhi’s on several fronts. It is entrepreneurship in those Police, one Mr Scott, ordered a lectuals. His father Munshi commonsense. motherland. Lajpat Rai only who had initi- primitive times. Lala Lajpat Rai lathi-charge to stop the Radha Krishna Azad was a The Servants of People Lala Lajpat Rai so much for ular Odia daily. The day of his In 1886, his family shifted ated Gandhi into the ‘Swadeshi’ strategised the noncoopera- activists. Lala received grave great scholar of Persian and Society is existent even today having kept the daily Samaja demise, November 17, is to Hissar where Lala started moment after he returned from tion movement in a manner as injuries on the chest and head and his mother Gulab but not so vibrantly as of yore. live up to this day. If it were a insignificantly observed as one practising law. Soon, the tour across Britain and the to resist the British, particularly as the police had targeted him Devi a strict religious lady. Values and ideals have changed. family enterprise by any of the martyrs days in India. incomparable patriot set up the USA between 1917 and 1920. to oppose the Rowlatt Act specifically. The roaring lion of Lala died fighting until his last So has the sense of judgement chance, it would have faced the On this day, Lala was born 155 nationalistic ‘Dayanand Anglo- Gandhi mastered the Swadeshi which was essentially passed so Punjab died in hospital after breath. He showed the best as to who is a real hero and who same fate as of ‘Prajatantra’, years ago. But not many seem Vedic’. He had, meanwhile, plank to become hugely as to be able to jail any Indian only a few days. Bhagat Singh paths to other leaders. But zero. The people of Odisha owe once a most glorious and pop- to care.                                                                                                                                                !        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   said FM University VC Prof then the person should not University campus before Dinabandhu Sahoo while compromise with quality and February. The students of niversities, colleges and launching a unique campaign the only way to succeed is to final year said the campus, Uresearch institutions are “I Love My University” and go for excellence. Prof Sahoo "We are loving it and would unique places where we learn, “We believe in excellence”. released coffee table mugs on like to spend more time on gain new knowledge, Addressing the students, the occasion which says, “I campus now. We were looking exchange ideas, discuss, delib- teachers and others Prof Love FM University.” This for this opportunity for a erate and ultimately start our Sahoo urged them to spend would be a loved souvenir long time and we got it now." career from here. Educational quality time in the universi- from the university to its Teachers of the universi- institutions around the world ty and college, campuses and members, guests and stake ty would now like to spend have produced great leaders, learn new things, and think holders. more time on the campus for Paradip: The IFFCO Paradeep unit celebrated the freedom fighters, scientists, out of box and go for inno- The Vice-Chancellor research and teaching. 32ndNational Road Safety Week in its premises from doctors, teachers, managers vations. He further empha- announced that an office for Students waved the flags with January 18 to 25 for creating public awareness on road and many others. Therefore, sised that if anybody wants to International Affairs would be full enthusiasm and clapped safety. The unit sponsored two Sadak Surakshya quality education matters, excel in life in any profession established in the FM for the initiative. Sachetanata Raths in collaboration with RTOs, Cuttack and Jagatsinghpur. Director (Strategy & Joint Venture) Manish Gupta, Advisor (Plant Health) KL Singh and Executive Director KJ Patel flagged off the Raths. Senior General 23 %(  O( 0 P+#    Manager (Finance) Surseh Goyal, GM (Maintenance) SD Sharma, GM (P&A) AK MallJ, DGM (HR) GC Acharya, president, general secretary of IFFCO Officers’ Association     %*# available for students in all dis- and Employee’s Union were present. tricts in next three weeks. “The ,( examination guidebook is 56.6'  P +   (  expected to reach all the DEOs *&)% (District Education Officers) by February 12 and arrangement been advised not to extract     has been made to disburse the 89:+ water from them Additionally copies among all students by rural piped water supply n a bid to help students in February 15,” Dash said.    scheme is functional in two Itheir preparations for the The question-cum-answer blocks providing safe drinking upcoming annual High School book Parikhya Darpan would   water. Certificate (HSC) examina- be supplied to all students of Paradip: The 2010 Matric Batch Friends’ Reunion A mega piped water sup- tion-2021, State School & Mass the Government/Government- Ceremony of Sri Maa Arabinda Vidyapitha, the oldest high ply project covering the entire Education Minister Samir help the students, who are to the remote Malkangiri, Aided/private schools free of school in the Paradip area, was held on January 25 at Nehru     205 villages of Narasinghpur Ranjan Dash on Wednesday appear in the matriculation Nuapada, Nabarangpur and cost, a notification by School & Bungalow with the alumni sharing their memories of the Block has been approved to launched ‘Parikhya Darpan’, a examination scheduled from Koraput districts from Mass Education had stated last school life. The festival was attended by Satya Samal, he National Human Rights provide drinking water, work guidebook for the examinees May 3 to 15. As many as Wednesday. Total 50,000 books week. The Odisha School Ramya Ranjit Nayak, Siddheshwar Swayam, Sudhananda TCommission (NHRC) has of which has been awarded to free of coast. The 700-page 6,20,508 students would appear would be distributed among Education Programme Dalai, Prakash Sahu, Shubh Raj Tarai, Loknath Dora, expressed satisfaction over the L&T limited and is likely to be guidebook (test paper) has in the examination conducted students in these four tribal dis- Authority (OSEPA) would bear Sambit Mangraj, Trilochan Sahu, Trinath Nath, Ranjit steps taken by Cuttack district commissioned during May, been prepared by the Board of by the BSE. The Parikhya tricts, the Minister told media, cost of paper and printing of Mohanty, Ashurya Sharma, Prayanka Pratihari, Chunilata administration for supplying 2021,whereas detailed project Secondary Education (BSE) to Darpan was first despatched to adding that the books would be the books. Samal, Sushant Nayak, Sonali Sahu, Zinat Sahu, Sudipta potable drinking water to at report for mega piped water Majhi, Ranil Tarai, Sabita Palai, Neelima Tarai, Anita least 265 villagers from supply scheme to cover all vil- Mangaraj, Swarna Prabha Kar, Nirupama Das and Sasmita Narasinghpur, Athagarh, lages of Digaria and Athagarh     Sahu. Tagadiya and Digaria blocks. Blocks has been prepared and 45   !  (     However, the apex human is under approval stage, in       ' '       rights watch dog expects the which it is proposed to extract    Monday, farmers, led by the district administration to pro- potable drinking water Rajbodasambar Farmers'    vide proper medical treat- sourced from river Mahanadi. ore than two and a half Association, blocked the road ment to the villagers suffering Meanwhile, a new rural Mmonths have passed since connecting Padmapur to from the dreaded kidney dis- piped water supply scheme has the kharif procurement process Sohela with tractors loaded ease caused due to contami- been completed for certain vil- in Bargarh district but the with paddy at Kansingha nated drinking water. lages in Tagadiya Block. The problem of selling rice has not Chowk. They demanded that The NHRC considering NHRC considered the report been solved in the district here. hand, the token period for all the paddy available to the the issue of contaminated as satisfactory for the sensi- Various mandis have been farmers has also expired. As a farmers be bought. Hundreds water in Narasinghpur, tivity and concern already closed while farmers have not result, farmers have been of vehicles were stranded on Athagarh and Digaria block of shown by the State sold their paddy. On the other unable to sell their crops. On both sides of the road.     Cuttack district, raised by Government. rights activist Radhakanta However, the NHRC said )1% f late, it seems Brahmapur Paradip: A black belt competition was recently held at Tripathy, closed the case as the the State Government is also 5 ( Ohas become the new hub of Paradipgarh among karate contestants. More than 50 State authorities informed that expected to provide proper fake FMCG products in the contestants took part in the competition under the as many 265 villages have medical treatment to the vil- 0   P1   State. Close on heels of supervision of international athlete Amar Jyoti Raut and been freed from drinking lagers suffering from the unearthing of a fake packaged karate head coach Kahnu Mallick. water contaminated with dreaded kidney disease. water bottling unit, a fake cold heavy metals and pollutants. Earlier, in another case !       drink manufacturing unit was            4 Tripathy in his petition filed by Tripathy on fluoride detected in city on Tuesday. before the NHRC earlier had drinking water case, the -)*$  was identified as Jharaphula    Huge stock of adulterated soft alleged that the villagers of Commission (in its recent Nayak of Marundeipasi vil- drink bottles were seized from several blocks in Cuttack dis- order sought reports from the "  lage under the Jashipur police n Bargarh, the Community the unit at Sukunda village under trict were forced to drink con- Secretary, Science and in Mayurbhanj district. She IHealth Hospital (CHC) does Sadar police station. taminated water having traces Technology, Government of  @ @ was a Plus Three second year not have adequate strength of As per reports, the unit was of heavy metal, which result- India and also from the student of the university. doctors. The Aam Aadmi Party operating without any license. ed into kidney disease in large Secretary, Ministry of Water student of the According to reports, she had (AAP) alleged that Chief Senior officials informed that soft scale. Resources of Central, State ABhubaneswar-based Rama gone to Bhubaneswar on Minister's promises on devel- drinks were being manufac- Pursuant to the notice of and Union Territories with a Devi (RD) Women’s University January 24 and attended class- opment of hospital had not tured using some essence and the NHRC, the report received time bound plan to eliminate was found dead on roadside es next day. However, the cir- been fulfilled. food colours. Despite being a from the Collector and fluoride from the contami- under mysterious circum- cumstances under which she AAP leader Bhavani Sahu beverage manufacturing unit, District Magistrate, Cuttack nated drinking water. stances at Mulapala under the was brought to Jajpur was yet said in Bargarh, while health- there was no mechanism for test- Champua: During the Road Safety Month from January 18 said there are 1631 hand- The NHRC also issued Kuakhia police station in Jajpur to be ascertained. care was in disarray, the old ing the products. to February 17, the Keonjhar Road Transport Authority is pumps / tube-wells in the warning notice to the District district on Wednesday. CHC was only referral center, Police have also seized two organising street dramas and many other activities to block out of which 711 are in Collector, Naupada, for the Eyewitness accounts said but patients were harassed. truckloads of soft drinks and highlight the concept of 'Sadak Surakhya ,Jeevan Rakshya' . running condition. lackadaisical attitude in sub- two youths brought the body According to rules, there seven machines from factory. On Barbil Jr. MVI Barbil Rajesh Mahapatra said that as per the The tube-wells having mission of report concerning on a scooter and dumped it on should be four specialist doc- Sunday,an unit manufacture fake orders of Keonjhar RTO Niramal Kumar Mahanty, street contaminated water source a seven-year-old case of drink- roadside and fled from the tors and four MBBS doctors, packaged drinking water was dramas were staged at Barbil and Joda on January 21 and have been marked “X” in Red ing water and tackling the spot. The incident was captured but in a city with a population unearthed at Laxmi Vihar under would continue to be held at other places along with other colour and the villagers have issue of fluorosis. a CCTV camera. The deceased of more than 1 lakh. Bada Bazaar police station in city. awareness activities throughout the month. 4 %  &# 2!            1 3 < +  =)  4   *    ! $6( ! 7    ,  + *'  ber was 1,757 during 2020 tive albino. The head count ular, spot light/powerful torch boats were used for day and <   head count drive of estuarine drive was conducted by 22 light with cells, notebook, night counting of crocodiles in crocodiles.As a result, the pop- enumerator teams, consisting pen/pencil, day and night cen- the narrow creeks and creek-  < avian flu scare. Some youths he population of estuarine ulation of the reptiles has of wildlife personnel, crocodile sus forms, VHF, etc. Small lets, said DFO Dash. informed snake helpline mem- Tcrocodiles is on the rise at increased by 11 this year than experts and researchers, divid- ith more States confirm- bers about the deaths of migra- the Bhitarakanika National last year. ed into 54 segments compris- Wing the cases of bird flu tory birds, following which park as per the latest report of Out of 1,768 Estuarine ing of creeks, creek lets, rivers and many are still probing the snake helpline member Durga status survey held between Crocodiles, the number of and nallahs of in and outside unexplained deaths of birds Prasad Mohapatra captured a January 15 to 23. hatchlings (measuring below Bhitarkanika Wildlife across the country, migratory few clips of dead birds and According to DFO of 2 feet long) was 593, yearlings Sanctuary and Mahanadi birds have been found dead in those found sick. Rajnagar Mangrove Forest (measuring between 2-3 feet) Deltaic region. the Banki area of Cuttack dis- He sent those to the Snake Divsion( Wildlife ) Bikas 367, juveniles (measuring The method of census     trict. Locals witnessed several Helpline founder Subhendu Ranjan Dash, as many as 1,768 between 3 -6 feet) 320, sub- adopted to count the croco- winged guests of the ‘ruddy Mallik, who instructed the for- estuarine crocodiles, including adults( measuring between 6- dilian species was individual racket allegedly involving shelduck’ species dead in a mer not to touch any ailing some reptiles measuring more 8 feet) 152, while number of total count by direct day and Asale of antique Hanuman farmland and many others of bird. Mallik forwarded the than 20 feet, were spotted in adults was 336. The enumer- night time sighting/counting. coins was busted with the the same species battling for life clips and photographs to the and outside the water bodies ators also sighted several albi- Each unit was provided with a arrest of seven persons in this at the site on Wednesday morn- Khordha Assistant Conservator of Rajnagar Mangrove Forest nos in the wild ,besides 45- census kit (map showing the connection in Brahmapur on ing. The incident raised con- Forest (ACF) requesting him to Division(wildlife) during the year-old captive albino Gori area including river and Tuesday. The racket was cern among the locals amid the take necessary steps. head count drive. The num- and another 12-year-old cap- creeks, route to follow), binoc- unearthed during a raid at a house owned by one Surya Patra at Shanti Nagar under the Bada Bazar police station in the - .& ,    #  +  ,   7 city. During the raid, three copper Hanuman coins, Rs 1.5 lakh cash, two motorcycles, !   */ '&()% Uttam Kumar Sahu (works as vested in their field three gone to their field with great magnet, spirit and other items Village Agriculture Worker in months ago. After about four curiosity to see them," said were seized from the posses-     that the OSRTC Staff Federation has joined the Bonei) cultivate different types hundred seedling came out Deputy Director Agriculture, sion of the arrestees. Biju Shramika Sammukhya.Federation advisor $%*+ of vegetables in their field reg- from seed, they had planted in Sundargarh, LN Das. The accused were identi- he OSRTC Staff Federation on Sunday advocate Sanjeet Panigrahi, advocate Pramod ularly. Ramachandra, their field. They applied cow fied as Pradhan Mohapatra Torganised a conference at Gokul Dham, Sahoo, Biju Shramika Sammukhya State secre- (&+& Harekrushna and Uttam are manure fertiliser and goat (41), Anil Kusum (34), Suresh Gosaninuagaon with BJD Rajya Sabha member tary Raja Babu and Kumar Swain, vice-pres- from one family and they are manure to the seedlings. Meher (31) of Sambalpur, Subash Singh as chief guest and drew attention ident Ajay Mohanty, Girish Chandra Gouda, act- )( native of Talita village under After coming to know Jayant Pradhan (21), Bijay to the staffs’ problems and pleaded for their solu- ing president Babula Pradhan were present. Bonei block. about the appearance of colour Kumar Bag (40) of Rourkela, tion at the earliest.   4 4   They had cultivated cauliflower, people from dif- Akshay Kumar Patra (36) of Singh said he would appraise the problems Brocoli last year and had ferent parts under Bonei sub Sorada and Jayram Patra (34) of workers to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. auliflower normally comes become successful. This year, division are thronging their of K Nuagaon in Ganjam. Brahmapur MLA and federation president Cin white colour but a Ramachandra, Harekrushna field to see the colourful cau- The accused had assem- Bikram Kumar Panda presided over conference farmer family in Bonei sub and Uttam cultivated different liflowers. bled at Surya’s house and were and sought Government recognition to the fed- division of Sundargarh dis- types of cauliflower and about The family is also taking waiting for buyers to sell the eration, payment of salary to all employees trict has been growing colour 7,000 cauliflowers were devel- the colourful cauliflowers to antique Hanuman coins at Rs according to the 7th Pay Commission report, to cauliflower this winter and to oped. These cauliflowers Bonei weekly haat and selling 2 crore when police conduct a increase daily wage of workers by Rs 30 to Rs see them, people from different include two types of colour, yel- them at Rs 100 per kg. "When raid. While the seven persons 100, to stop harassment of the employees by areas are making a beeline. low and pink.They had brought I came to know that the colour were arrested, Surya managed making new rules, giving timely pension to the Ramachandra Sahu, seeds of these cauliflower from cauliflowers have been devel- to give the police a slip. retired employees, etc. The chief guest declared Harekrushna Sahu and one Bhubaneswar and had har- oped by these farmers, I had   ! " #   5

, :.<  = 4 +    1/+(  <    #  0=- 67,/8   O,      :  3 ,  2 ;    P   "It is understandable that 6 8 governments want to prioritize he World Health vaccinating their own health ' '- "CC88%(  R    TOrganisation (WHO) has workers and older people first. taken exception to the bilater- But it is not right that younger,     al deals on Covid-19 vaccines healthier adults in rich coun- (7%%(7%7   being carried out between tries are vaccinated before        countries and companies, health workers and older peo-   Maharashtra, Madhya he National Investigation warning that such moves were ple in poorer countries," Tedros Pradesh and Rajasthan. he Enforcement  !  TAgency (NIA) has taken up putting at risk the promise of said. t least 23,28,799 people The Ministry said that on TDirectorate (ED) has    probe into the murder of Covax, the WHO led global "The situation is com- Ahave been vaccinated in the twelfth day of the vacci- attached movable property in       Comrade Balwinder Singh initiative aimed to ensure rapid pounded by the fact that most countrywide Covid-19 vacci- nation drive, 123 AEFIs have the form of seized cash Sandhu of Punjab. Sandhu was and equitable access to the manufacturers have prioritized nation program till date on been reported while a total 16 amounting to  80 lakh in a '      a Shaurya Chakra awardee and er Ranjit Singh and his wife jabs against the pathogens. regulatory approval in rich Wednesday since January 16 persons have been hospital- money laundering case related    he was shot dead by two uniden- Balraj Kaur had also received “Of some 50 countries countries where the profits are with nine people dying after ized so far. 0.0007 per cent to corruption and criminal  ;  &  tified men in the early hours of the Shaurya Chakra,” the NIA where Covid-19 vaccines are highest, rather than submitting taking the jab. However, the people have recorded hospi- misconduct by MP Dixit, the October 16, 2020 at the resi- said in a statement. being administered, nearly all full dossiers to WHO," he said. Union Health Ministry said talization against vaccinations. then Chairman-cum- &<$ = dence-cum-school run by him During the initial investi- are wealthy nations and 75 per- "To put it bluntly: many coun- that these deaths were in no In the last 24 hours, one Managing Director of South in Bhikiwind, Tarn Taran, gation by Punjab Police, it was cent of doses have been tries have bought more vaccine way linked to the vaccine person who is suffering from Eastern Coalfields Ltd. (SECL). MP Dixit, the then Chairman- Punjab. revealed that the killing was exe- deployed in only ten countries,” than they need." “The cumulative number bacterial sepsis has been hos- Dixit had allegedly cum-Managing Director of After committing the mur- cuted under a conspiracy said WHO Director-General The WHO chief called on of healthcare workers vacci- pitalized at Apollo Hospital, demanded and agreed to accept South Eastern Coalfields Ltd. der, the assailants had imme- hatched by Pakistan-based Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus all manufacturers of vaccines nated against Covid-199 has Chennai. He was vaccinated on illegal gratification of 1 crore (SECL), had demanded and diately escaped on a motorcy- Khalistani terrorist Lakvir Singh in his speech at a meeting in that meet international stan- crossed 23 lakh on Wednesday. 23rd January and was hospital- for illegally favouring a private agreed to accept illegal gratifi- cle. A case FIR No: 174 /20 Rode and his handlers in Geneva. COVAX is the global dards of safety, efficacy, and A total of 23,28,779 beneficia- ized on 24th January, said the entity Maruti Clean Coal & cation of  1 crore for illegal- dated October 16, 2020 was Pakistani intelligence agency, initiative to ensure rapid and quality to prioritize their sub- ries (till 6 pm) were vaccinat- Ministry. Power Ltd. (MCCPL). ly favouring a private entity filed under Indian Penal Code ISI, it said.The killing of equitable access to COVID-19 mission to WHO for ed through 41,599 sessions, as “Total 9 deaths have been Investigation under namely Maruti Clean Coal & (IPC) Sections relating to mur- Comrade Balwinder Singh was vaccines for all countries, Emergency Use Listing, the per the provisional report. A reported so far. None of these Prevention of Money Power Ltd. (MCCPL). MP der and common intention executed through Sukhmeet regardless of income level. Xinhua news agency reported. total 2,99,299 beneficiaries deaths have been causally Laundering Act (PMLA) was Dixit in connivance with oth- besides provisions of the Arms Pal Singh alias Sukh Bhikariwal “At least 56 bilateral vac- He stressed that Covax were vaccinated on linked with COVID-19 vacci- initiated on the basis of the FIR ers, through a maze of events, Act in connection with of village Bhikariwal, Kalanaur, cine deals have been signed, needs to "receive extra doses Wednesday alone through nation,” it added. registered by CBI, Anti- attempted to indulge in acqui- Sandhu’s murder on the state- Gurdaspur, a gangster- turned- which fragments the market, soon, and not the leftovers 5,308 sessions held till 6 pm,” In the last 24 hours, one Corruption Unit (ACU)-II, sition of  80 Lacs as part pay- ment of the wife of the terrorist, it further said. forces countries to compete, many months from now." said the Ministry.Final reports person aged 23 years, a resi- New Delhi under Indian Penal ment which was received by deceased, Jagdish Kaur. “Considering the gravity of and drives up prices of Covid- Last week, COVAX had would be completed for the dent of Odisha has died. The Code Section relating to crim- VN Singh on behalf and “During the peak of ter- the offence and its inter-state 19 vaccines,” he pointed out. announced that, pending day by late tonight. post-mortem report is await- inal conspiracy and provisions instructions of MP Dixit. The rorism in Punjab, Comrade and international ramifica- "Vaccine nationalism is WHO emergency use listings, At least 79 per cent of ed, the Ministry said adding of the Prevention of amount of  80 Lacs acquired Balwinder Singh and his fam- tions, the Ministry of Home self-defeating and inefficient, nearly 150 million doses of the beneficiaries vaccinated on that no case of serious/severe Corruption Act, 1988 against as a result of criminal activities ily had fearlessly fought ter- Affairs, Government directed leaving the world's poorest and AstraZeneca/Oxford candidate Wednesday were from five AEFI/Death attributable to Dixit, Vijendra Singh, Surojit related to the scheduled offence rorists. For this fearless fight, NIA to take up the investiga- most vulnerable people at risk," are anticipated to be available States Karnataka, West Bengal, vaccination till date. Samanta, VN Singh, Bajrang of criminal conspiracy and the Government of India, tion of the case. In compliance he warned. "The emergence of in the first quarter of 2021, via Lal Aggrawal, Ram Avatar corruption, being proceeds of awarded him “Shaurya Chakra” of these directions, NIA has re- rapidly spreading variants existing agreements with the Aggarwal, Sanjay Singh, Vinod crime, has been provisionally in 1993. Besides Balwinder registered the case and has makes the urgent and equitable Serum Institute of India (SII) renewed hope that we can cannot succeed as countries Baid and Naveen Sharma. attached under PMLA,” it said, Singh Sandhu and his wife taken up the investigation,” it rollout of vaccines all the more and AstraZeneca. overcome the acute phase of acting alone. Global solidarity “Investigation under adding, further investigation is Jagdish Kaur, his elder broth- added. important." "2021 could be a year with the pandemic," he said. "We is the only way forward." PMLA revealed that accused under progress. +2% 5(&5( '  ,  + 

  -  7 that, Prime Minister Modi has   *4   .  6 7  afforestation area that is of scope of indirect benefits such      1 given a slogan of making India        less than five hectares after as pisciculture, tourism and  lagging health of the soil  # &  self-reliant." he proposed 9,167-crore ''8!  !7  detailed deliberation on the other progressive development. Fand post-harvest manage- "Under the Aatmanirbhar Tmultipurpose hydropower  # P overall proposal.” Job opportunities will drasti- ment as major areas of concern       Bharat Yojana, we have set up dam on river Ujh in Jammu &     The FAC recommended cally improve in this area. At for the Indian farm sector, >#& ?   a USD 13 billion dollar (Rs 1 Kashmir's Kathua region is    the project after “thorough present most of the population Agriculture Minister Narendra      lakh crore) fund for strength- inching towards reality. The two deliberation” and noted that a sustains on agriculture and Singh Tomar on Wednesday ening agri-infrastructure and central green panels have given  1   large number of trees are pro- allied activities. There are no said the Government has set up     cold storage, hence reducing nod to the diversion of 4,350 #9 .  posed to be cut due to the pro- major industries or other a 1 lakh crore fund under      post-harvest losses," he said. hectares of land including about ject. “Every effort shall be made avenues of occupation in the Aatmanirbhar Bharat pro- “As far as agriculture is 680 hectares of forest land and installed capacity 186 to ensure that trees are felled area,” the EAC’s minutes said. gramme to strengthen the stor- wheat and rice per person, per research by the Indian Council concerned, we are also laying felling of over two lakh trees for megawatts and a barrage 11.5 only when felling is unavoidable It further said that the “ter- age infrastructure and reduce month at a highly subsidised for Agriculture Research emphasis on Research and the project, which they said is kilometre downstream of the and it shall be done in a phased restrial fauna in the Ujh multi- post-harvesting losses. price of Rs 2-3 per kg. (ICAR) is taking place for pro- Development for production & of ‘national importance’. dam, ensuring annual irriga- manner. The administration purpose project” area includes Speaking at a panel dis- He was replying to a query ducing new varieties that can productivity. It is our effort to The project, which envis- tion of about 31,380 hectares. shall therefore also ensure that mammals, birds, reptiles, but- cussion on 'Unlocking on what actions the govern- reach everyone. "The concern see that the crop can be man- ages construction of a 116- During its meeting on compensatory afforestation is terflies and amphibians. Some Innovation to Transform Food ment of India was taking to is primarily of the soil health. aged in a proper manner after metre dam, is part of India’s December 22, 2020, the FAC taken up in the first year of the of the birds found in the region Systems' during the World catalyse innovations and seek Prime Minister Narendra Modi harvesting,” he said. Speaking endeavour to step up use of the observed that this project is of construction of the project, include Black-winged Kite, Economic Forum's week-long fresh solutions to transform the launched a programme in 2016 in the same panel, global fer- water available under the Indus “national importance which and adequate post-planting Great-horned Owl, Black-faced online Davos Agenda Summit, food systems. Tomar said nutri- under which 12 crore farmers tiliser major Yara Water Treaty and is proposed provides geopolitical strategic measures are taken to ensure Banting, Blue-throated barbet, the minister also said more tion is a big focus and priority have been given soil-health International's CEO Svein Tore on rive Ujh, a tributary of advantage in form of more healthy growth of the regener- Common Hawk Chuckoo, than 80 crore people are being area for the country and the cards. We are now emphasising Holsether said as minister River Ravi that flows into effective use of water of Ujh ated forest,” as per the minutes. Common Indian Nightjar and provided adequate food Government has launched a on adoption of these cards to Tomar said, it all comes down Pakistan--a part of the Indus River.” The panel also asked the Common myna … Some of through the National Food National Nutrition Mission use balanced fertilisers in a to soil health and technology river basin system. “This project will amelio- authorities to ensure that the them (mammals) found in the Security Act, under which the also. more efficient manner and to can improve soil health. It was considered for envi- rate the agricultural and power resettlement and rehabilitation project vicinity are Asiatic Government provides five kg of On the other hand, wider increase productivity," Tomar "Healthy soil can not only ronment and forest clearance sectors in the otherwise barren plan is not proposed over for- Jackal, Barking deer, Common said. provide better quality and by the Union Environment Kandi area. It will also be a est land.Following FAC nod, Grey Mongoose, Grey Musk Production and produc- increased farming, but it also Ministry’s expert appraisal boon in the dry Kandi belt the project was discussed by Shrew, Himalayan Hoary bellied tivity are being ramped up by leads to reduced carbon foot- committee (EAC) and forest which is reeling under the ministry’s EAC for river valley squirrel, Himalayan palm civet, strong research and develop- print and the opportunity to advisory committee (FAC) peril of impending water crisis and hydroelectric project which Himalayan rat, House Rat, ment network and we already capture carbon from the respectively in December 2020. during the dry season and also noted that in all 52 villages with Indian Fox besides jungle cat seeing an upward trend in agri atmosphere as well," he said. Both the expert panels have reduce the miseries of floods in 3,700 families are likely to lose and leopard, which have the production, he said, adding "Besides, a large agriculture sec- recommended clearance to the the monsoons,” noted the min- their homes in the land acqui- highest protection under India’s that ICAR is focussing on tor has a direct effect on the project. Wildlife clearance was utes of the FAC’s meeting. sition process for construc- wildlife laws. developing climate-resilient economy as a whole. With the already granted to the project The minutes highlighted tion of the dam. The panel has also called for and nutritious varieties. Tomar tech connectivity and farming, in August 2020. that that the panel accepted the “The project will provide review of the project regarding further said, "Post-harvest we can really benefit each The project comprises of a “justification” given by the J&K relief from the miseries of its impact on environment management is also a major farmer and society as a whole," 116-metre high concrete face authorities regarding “consid- floods to the people living in “after five years of its commis- concern for us and to deal with Holsether added. rockfill dam, a powerhouse of ering a patch of compensatory the area. The project has the sioning.”   ! " #   @

=(E(*%7       !6  9  (  %(E)7%(  BANGALORE: VK Sasikala, former Hospital in Bangalore where she was case. Since Jayalalithaa bfreated her last 3%(<)&5 general secretary of the AIADMK admitted on January 20. on December 5, 2016, the supreme  &  ( and aide to late J Jayalalithaa was A medical bulletin issued by the Court which upheld the trial court ver- released from the Parappana Agrahara hospital on Wednesday said though she dict had released her from the case. Jammu: An Army jawan, deployed on Road Central Prison in Bangalore on has been tested negative for the pan- Since her departure to Bangalore,  +  +  <=<  of his coronary arteries. The Aftab is monitoring his condi- Opening party duty, was killed and three Wednesday morning, it was officially demic, as per medical protocol, she the AIADMK of which she was the other two arteries also have tion, and they will take the others received splinter injuries when an announced by the Government of would be discharged on tenth day general secretary went a total trans- oard of Control for Cricket similar blockages and the doc- decision as and when necessary,” improvised explosive device (IED) explod- Karnataka and her nephew TTV (January 30) if she is asymptomatic and formation as the Edappadi Bin India president Sourav tors had decided to address family sources said adding the ed near Shamshipura area of Khanabal in Dhinakaran. free of oxygen support for at least three Palaniswamy and O Panneerselvan duo Ganguly was on Wednesday those problems at a later date. cricketer was doing fine at pre- Kulgam district on Wednesday. Hectic parleys are underway in days. took control of the party and eased out hospitalised with cardiac dis- The doctors said his ECG sent. The IED blast took place when jawans Chennai where Chief Minister “The decision for her to continue the Mannargudi Mafia (as Sasikala and comfort barely three weeks after and echocardiogram reports Earlier the doctors treating of the road opening party were sanitising the Edappady Palaniswami and his deputy treatment in Victoria Hospital has been her relatives were known) from the being discharged from a hospi- were not normal adding he an him at the Woodlands Hospitals general area near Khanabal in Kulgam. Soon O Panneerselvam are chalking out taken by her and her family members,” AIADMK. tal where he was treated for heart angiogram to ascertain his con- had said that “he would not after the blast took place the entire area was strategies to counter the moves from said the bulletin signed by medical Dhinakaran launched the Amma blockage. dition would be conducted on require a by-pass surgery at cordoned off by the security forces to con- Sasikala camp. EPS had meade it clear superintendent and director cum Makkal Munnetra Kazhakam The former Team India Thursday. this moment as he is compara- duct general searches in the area. Meanwhile, during his trip to the national capital dean of the hospital. (AMMK) in 2017 reportedly with the captain was rushed to the Apollo Incidentally Ganguli’s elder tively young and fit. He would all the four injured jawans were rushed to that Sasikala has no place in the A team of astrologers are working blessings of Sasikala. The split in the Hospital ---after the State brother Snehashis Ganguli also return to normal life within 3- the 92 Base hospital in Srinagar. AIADMK. to find out the auspicious day for AIADMK had its repercussion in the Government created a special a former first class cricketer and 4 weeks.” Defence PRO in Srinagar Col Rajesh “There are possibilities of former Chinnamma (as she is addressed by 2019 Lok Sabha election as the DMK- “green corridor” for hisvehicle - Bengal captain too underwent Meanwhile, anxious calls Kalia said, “The IED blast took place ministers and MPs joining Sasikala in party cadre) to return to Chennai. It led alliance swept the polls by wrest- -- following mild chest pain and an angioplasty days after the had started pouring in from all around 10.15 a.m in which four jawans of days to come. Anwar Raja, the former was on February 15, 2017 she left for ing 38 out of the 39 constituencies in uneasiness, sources said adding BCCI president was treated for parts of the country with Home the road opening party received splinter Ramanathapuram MO and Gokula Bangalore to serve the four-year rig- the State. he had a disturbed sleep on the same ailments. Their father Minister Amit Shah being injuries in general area Indira, former Tamil Nadu minister are orous imprisonment term slapped on While the DMK-led front polled Tuesday night. Chandidas Ganguli too had among the first persons to Shamshipura,Khanabal in Kulgam district likely to cast their lots with Sasikala,” her by the Special Court Judge in con- 52.3 per cent votes, the AIADMK and The former Indian south- similar problems sources said. enquire about the cricketing on Wednesday”. said G Satyamurthy, veteran scribe and nection with the disproportionate its allies had to cintent with just 31.26 paw had undergone an angio- The doctors were legend’s health. He called up Defence PRO said, all the four injured long time specialist in AIADMK mat- asset case. per cent votes. The general feeling is plasty early this month after doc- tightlipped on whether he would Bengal BJP observer Kailash jawans were given first aid and rushed to the ters. Her nephew Sudhakaran, cousin that had the AIADMK faced the polls tors treating him found more require more angioplasties. “A Vijaybargiya to enquire about his 92 Base hospital where one of them suc- But Sasikala is undergoing treat- Ilavarasi and former chief minister unitedly, the result would have been than 90 percent blockage in one team of four doctors led by Dr health, sources said. cumbed to his injuries. ment for Covid-19 at the Victoria Jayalalithaa were the co-accused in the different. PNS 4  4 )%=#       % +0        % %%      ( 0 *<* Mumbai:The Covid-19 deaths in Maharashtra       2)9: +    <= dropped to 32 and the infections came down to 2,171, even as the number of people discharged from  +    Yes Bank and scam-hit reality ED scanner for a Rs.200-crore Jammu : A sensational case of spiracy with co-accused s the number of Covid-19 patients in various hospitals across the State climbed to 2,556.A company Dewan Housing loan given by Yes Bank for ren- fraudulent loot of 1.34 crores uploaded fake application forms AKerala crossing the 72,000 mark by day after Covid-19 claimed 57 lives and infected n a second arrest in less than Finance Limited (DHFL) – is ovating its premises. from the Ministry of Minority on the National Scholarship Wednesday, the Indian Medical Association has 2,405 others, the daily death tally slid to 32, while Ione year, the Enforcement currently in jail in the DHFL This is the second time Affairs has come to light after Portal for Merit cum Means issued a note of caution of an impending hike the infections dropped to 2171. Directorate (ED) has arrested case. Kapoor has been arrested in less a team of Jammu and Kashmir Scholarship under the Minority in the pandemic. According to the latest data With fresh deaths, the total pandemic deaths former chairman of Yes Bank Rana Kapoor, who faces the than 10 months. It may be Crime Branch Wednesday Quota for Jammu and Kashmir released by KK Shylaja, Minister for Health, the climbed from 60,862 to 50,894 on Wednesday. Rana Kapoor in a money laun- charge of sanctioning a Rs.200- recalled that on March 8 last arrested one of the accused hail- students during 2018-19 for Test Positivity Rate in the State as on Similarly, with 2171 new infected cases, total infec- dering case linked to the Mack crore loan to Mack Star year, the ED had arrested Rana ing from West Bengal. Kulgam district. Subsequently, Wednesday was 11.07 per cent while 5,659 new tions in the state climbed from 20,13353 cases to Star Group-Rs 4300 crore PMC Marketing Pvt. Ltd (a group of Kapoor on March 8 this year for “A team headed by a fake verifications were con- patients were diagnosed with the pandemic on 20,15,524. Bank scam case. the HDIL promoters Rakesh alleged money laundering Deputy Superintendent of ducted from institutes that did a single day.Though all States are registering As 2556 patients were discharged from the hos- Rana Kapoor is the third Wadhawan and Sarang involving Yes Bank and scam- Police proceeded to West Bengal not exist in states mentioned in a drastic reduction in the number of patients pitals across the state after full recovery, the total person to have been arrested in Wadhawan), was produced hit reality company Dewan and arrested accused Selim the application forms. diagnosed with Covid-19, situation in Kerala number of people discharged from the hospitals since the Mack Star Group-PMC before a PMLA court which Housing Finance Limited Sekh of Tinsatabighi Berabad The accused allegedly is alarming, warns the IMA which has called the second week of March last year went up to Bank scam case. On January 23, remanded in ED custody till (DHFL). village in Malda district. He was showed fake beneficiaries as res- for stringent preventive measures to check the 19,20,006 The recovery rate in the state rose mar- ED had arrested Mehul Thakur January 30. The ED’s contention was wanted in many FIRs pertain- idents of Kulgam district and thus pandemic. ginally from 95.24 per cent to 95.25 per cent.. and Madan Gopal Chaturvedi The ED’s charge against that the value of the property ing to fraudulent siphoning of got it verified by the district Social A joint statement signed by Dr Rajiv With six fresh deaths, the Covid-19 toll in in this year. A day ahead of Rana Kapoor is that he had mortgaged with DHFL was Government funds,” a Crime Welfare Officer through deceit Jayadevan, former president of IMA, Dr T V Mumbai rose from 11,317 to 11,323, while the infect- these arrests, the ED conduct- siphoned off the loan amounts inflated to Rs.750 crore against Branch statement said. and managed to transfer Rs 1.34 Ravi and Dr Atul Manual, office bearers of the ed cases went up by 435 to trigger a jump in the infec- ed raids at ten premises includ- and given a lifeline to HDIL’s the cover-up loan of Rs.600 The investigations were crore from the Ministry of Kerala chapter, says that Kerala has the high- tions from 306740 to 307174 to 3,04,653.Meanwhile, ing the residence of former group companies to settle their crore to M/s DOIT Urban going on in the case FIR no Minority Affairs into accounts of est per centage of Covid-19 patients in the the number of “active cases” total cases in the state underworld don Bhai Thakur outstanding with Yes Bank to Ventures (India) Pvt. Ltd 04/2020 U/S 420,468, 120b- 463 fake beneficiaries in branch- country. “It is with concern we are watching dropped from 43,811 to 43,393. The fatality rate in and offices of Viva Group prevent them from becoming (DUVIPL). The money alleged- RPC, 66(D)IT Act, 5(2) PC Act es of State Bank of India, Bank of the hike in the TPR on a daily basis while the the state stood at 2.53 per cent. which is controlled by his fam- NPAs. ly laundered by Kapoor was of Crime Branch Kashmir. Baroda, United Bank of India Intensive Care Units in hospitals across the State Pune district, which continued to be the worst- ily. HDIL’s Rakesh Wadhawan used for personal purposes and Sharing details of modus (now PNB), Allahabad Bank, are getting filled up to capacity. The situation affected city-district in Maharashtra, saw the total Sixty-three-year-old Rana and Sarang Wadhawan, who are hence alleged that there was a operandi of the accused, the IDFC Bank and Bangiya Vikas calls for emergency measures as the State is on number of cases increase from 3,86,220 to 3,86,543. Kapoor -- who had earlier been also prime accused in the PMC criminal conspiracy between crime branch statement said, Gramin Bank in different dis- the verge of a third wave of attack by the pan- while the total number of deaths in Pune went up on March 8 last year for alleged Bank scam, held a stake in Kapoor and the DHFL in the the accused in criminal con- tricts of West Bengal. PNS demic,” said the doctors. from 7906 to 7910. PNS money laundering involving Mack Star which is under the deal. &+(  )&%    % @8*8(3 -7  % ,  $ ;   +  #   =' )(%7(%2%7%(%()(&  =#  +  " %" Patna: Bihar Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Afzar Shamshi Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Pradesh Congress   " Panaji: The political leadership in Goa “Our indigenously developed vaccine was shot at by three unidentified assailants from close range in Bihar's Committee president Mullappally Ramachandran said on should take lessons from global lead- will be administered not just in India, Munger district on Wednesday. Wednesday that he would not contest the Assembly elec- Amaravati: Government employee associations ers like Russian President Vladimir but also in neighbouring countries,” Munger Superintendent of Police (SP), Manavjit Singh Dhillon, told tions slated to be held this year. in Andhra Pradesh have been assured by the State Putin and all 40 MLAs in the State Shirodkar said. IANS that Shamshi received a gunshot injury in the lower back side of The former Union Minister of State for Home said Government of safety in the forthcoming pan- should volunteer to get themselves vac- “Except Pakistan, all our neigh- his head and was referred to Patna for treatment. that he would instead continue as state party chief and chayat elections. cinated with Bharat Biotech's 'Covaxin' bours are using our vaccine (Covaxin). “We have arrested one person identified as Lalan Kumar Singh in lead the Congress-led UDF to electoral victory, just as it The state government promised it will make vaccine, doubts about whose efficacy Even Brazil is using the vaccine,” Goa connection with the case,” Dhillon said. had done by winning 19 of the 20 Lok Sabha seats in the sure there are no hiccups.Chief Secretary Aditya continue to linger, Goa Opposition Transport Minister Mauvin Godinho The incident took place at nearly 12.30 p.m. when Shamshi was on 2019 general elections in the state. Nath Das spoke to the employee unions and told MLAs said on Wednesday. said. his way to Ramsakha Satyabhama Evening Inter College at Munger. “I will not contest in the coming elections. My sole them about the model code of conduct and their “Covid management has become Opposition MLA and former min- Shamshi is a professor in this college and also has an influential role in aim is to bring the Congress and the UDF back to power duties. a carnival (in Goa). If you vaccinate ister Rohan Khaunte however urged its administration. in Kerala. The misrule and anti-people policies of the Left As it is not an easy task to carry out elections people with Covaxin and if it impacts the government not to give people a After reaching the college gate, Shamshi stepped out of his car and government has taken a toll on the state's people. My can- and vaccination at the same time, he informed the people negatively, it will create a big- sense of “false confidence” about entered the college. At the same time three assailants fired three to four didature is not a big issue. As a responsible state employees that the state government had written ger problem,” former Deputy Chief Covaxin, which he said had not been times at him and one of the bullets hit him in the lower back side of his Congress President, I am working tirelessly to bring back to the central government for guidance. Minister and Goa Forward MLA Vijai put through the critical third stage tri- head. the party to power,” Ramachandran told IANS on Das also told the employees that he will dis- Sardesai said. als. Shamshi fell to the ground in an unconscious state. The college's staff phone. cuss with State Election Commissioner “If you have confidence in the vac- “I request the CM to ensure that all rushed him to the Sadar hospital. The seven-term MP has thus put to rest speculations Nimmagadda Ramesh Kumar about the concerns cine, let the leaders get vaccinated first. 40 MLAs should take the vaccine “Shamshi gave a statement and his condition is said to be stable. The on his candidature from the Kalpetta seat in Wayanad dis- raised by the employees. Even Putin got it administered to him- first, only then people will get confi- Bihar BJP leader alleged that one of the college faculty identified as Lalan trict or Koyilandi in Kozhikode district. Meanwhile, representative of the employees self first,” Sardesai said, adding that Goa dence to get themselves vaccinated,” Kumar Singh is responsible for the attack. The accused pressured Shamshi Ramachandran, who enjoys an unblemished politi- union Venkatrami Reddy said they requested the ranked 23rd out of 29 states in terms Khaunte said, adding that MLAs were to hand over the finance department of the college to him and also want- cal track record, has been a “giant killer”. He had defeat- government to provide all facilities for protection of vaccine coverage, which he said, being asked as to why they were not ed other departments as well which led to a dispute between them,” ed CPI-M's then sitting MP P Sathidevi by a huge vote during election duty.”We requested the government meant that people of Goa had no faith one of the first lot to be vaccinated. Dhillon told IANS. margin from the red bastion of Vatakara in Kozhikode to grant compensation of Rs 50 lakh to those in 'Covaxin'. Summing up the discussions on “We have arrested Lalan on charges of attempt to murder and crim- district in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections. employees who succumb to coronavirus during Sardesai was speaking during a the congratulatory motion, Chief inal conspiracy and efforts are on to nab three other persons who were It was after several decades that the Congress had election duty,” said Reddy. congratulatory motion moved in the Minister Pramod Sawant thanked the allegedly hired by him to execute the crime,” he added. wrested the seat from the CPI-M. Kozhikode is the home They also requested the government not to state Assembly to congratulate Prime Prime Minister for imposing a quick Following the incident, the BJP state President Sanjay Jaiswal, said town of Chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan and former CPI- deploy women employees over 50 years of age for Minister Narendra Modi for efficient lockdown, which Sawant said kept he would talk to Director General Of Police (DGP) S.K. Singhal for speedy M Secretary and Politburo member Kodiyeri election duty, including those employees suffer- handling of the Covid-19 crisis, as well Covid-19 cases in the country to the investigation in the matter. Balakrishnan. ing from health problems. The employees' repre- as quick roll-out of the country's vac- minimum. “The incident is extremely shocking and painful,” he There were rumours that Ramachandran would be sentatives said they will extend all support for the cination programme. “We are sad that more than 700 added. projected as a chief ministerial candidate along with elections. Chandrasekhar Reddy, another repre- The motion was moved by BJP have died (in Goa). But we have also Maintaining law and order is turning out to be quite a challenge for Oommen Chandy and Ramesh Chennithala, and that the sentative, said they requested Das to vaccinate MLA from Shiroda constituency managed to save more than 50,000. the Bihar police with Indigo Airlines Bihar Chief Rupesh Kumar Singh Congress high command would make Kannur MP K employees and then deploy them on election duty, Subhash Shirodkar, who said that at a Suggestions are welcome but we need being gunned down on January 12, an Agriculture official Ajay Kumar Sudhakaran as the KPCC chief if Ramachandran opted which he said will discuss with the SEC. time when countries around the world to stand together in this time of need,” kidnapped and murdered on January 20, a youth killed in Patna city on to throw his hat in the electoral ring. Bopparaju Venkateshwarlu, revenue employ- were exploring options for a second Sawant said. January 26 and now the latest case of the BJP Spokesperson being shot Even Sudhakaran had told the media that he would ees representative, said he requested the chief sec- lockdown, India had already launched “The PM is being praised global- at in like to become the KPCC President and that he would retary to ensure that employees receive PPE kits headlong into a vaccination drive. ly for his leadership,” he said. IANS Munger. IANS do justice to the post. IANS which the SEC promised them. IANS - '  6        .  

Agartala: At least 87 teachers assembly of five or more peo- “indiscriminate police action “Ten policemen collective- retrenched government teach- recruitment notifications. He said the BJP leaders take steps to resolve their prob- and 17 police personnel were ple. and lathicharge were barbaric”. ly seen used their batons on a ers, 84 persons died due to var- Nath repeatedly accused before the 2018 Assembly polls lems permanently within two injured in a pitched battle on “In all 87 teachers and 17 Ruling Bharatiya Janata teacher. Women teachers were ious reasons, including three the previous Left Front gov- had promised to regularise months. Wednesday with the security police personnel were injured Party said that the teachers' agi- also not spared by the man persons who committed sui- ernment for the teachers' plight their jobs if they came to “Today (Wednesday) we forces knocking down the tents in today's (Wednesday) inci- tations were backed by the policemen,” Das, also the cide. and told the media that the power, but nothing has been have planned to meet the Chief in which thousands of Tripura dents (police lathicharge, use of CPI-M and politically moti- party's central committee “Many out of the 10,323 government cannot provide done by them for these teach- Minister at the civil secretari- Government schoolteachers, water cannon and burst of tear vated. “The teachers had lost member, told the media. teachers after losing their jobs jobs to any one without fol- ers. Sarkar, who's also a polit- at. Before that we had taken who had lost their jobs follow- gas shells). The agitating teach- their jobs following the courts' Braving the cold weather, fell sick due to depression and lowing the stipulated formali- buro member of the CPI-M, one of our injured woman ing the court's verdict, have ers also damaged four police verdict. The BJP government men and women teachers con- economic paucity and 84 of ties, including conducting recently led separate delega- teachers to the hospital and at been holding sit-in protest for cars. Considering the situation, has been making alternative tinued their indefinite sit-in in them died. The family mem- interviews.”The Supreme Court tions of Left MLAs to Governor that time police suddenly start- the past 52 days demanding the prohibitory orders were arrangements for them. Only Agartala since beginning the bers of all the retrenched teach- had relaxed the stipulated age Ramesh Bais and the Chief ed lathi charging on teachers,” restoration of their jobs. extended for another 48 hours,” few hundred teachers with protest on December 7 last ers are in great distress, espe- limit for government jobs for Minister and requested them to Das told the media. Inspector General of Police Yadav told the media. political purpose are organising year, demanding their rein- cially of those who have died,” these teachers - they should take suitable steps for the teach- “After waiting for more (Law and Order) Arindam Police spokesman Subrata agitations,” BJP spokesman statement. she said. avail the scope,” he said. ers' reinstatement. than two months, we resumed Nath told IANS that 223 agi- Chakraborty said that two Nabendu Bhattacharjee told The agitating teachers from Small kids, children and After visiting the hospital, On the government's offer our sit-in stir on December 7 tating teachers were arrested as cases were registered against the media. undergraduate to postgraduate family elders of the agitating where the injured teachers are of jobs, JMC leader Das said but the state government is yet they assembled near the official the agitating teachers. Referring Wednesday's level have rejected the BJP-led teachers occasionally take part being treated, former Chief the teachers have already com- to take any step. We would residence of Chief Minister The injured teachers, police action, CPI-M state sec- government's appeal to apply in the round the clock sit-in. Minister Manik Sarkar, who is pleted their government service soon intensify our agitation,” Biplab Kumar Deb. including many women, were retary Gautam Das said that afresh for the vacant posts in Both Chief Minister and now the opposition leader, told for seven to 10 years and sev- Das said. West Tripura District admitted in the Agartala Tripura never witnessed such different departments for Education and Law Minister the media that after the Tripura eral of them crossed their stip- The state government had Magistrate and Collector Medical College and Hospital police barbarism. which separate notifications Ratan Lal Nath have on a High Court and the Supreme ulated age limit and the state earlier given a lump-sum finan- Shailesh Kumar Yadav, before and Indira Gandhi Memorial “An unprecedented num- were issued at the end of last number of occasions request- Court had terminated the jobs government's offer is “unrea- cial aid of Rs 35,000 each to the gathering of the teachers hospital here. ber of security personnel were year. ed the agitating teachers to of 10,323 government teachers sonable” and against the inter- 8,882 government school near the CM's residence, had Opposition Communist deployed to deal with the hap- Dalia Das, joint convener compete for around 9,000 in 2011, 2014 and 2017, the est of the teachers. teachers, who lost their jobs on promulgated prohibitory Party of India-Marxist, less teachers. Police used lathi, of the Joint Movement vacant posts in various depart- then Left Front government She said the protesters had March 31 last year, as the orders 144 Cr Pc in the entire Congress and other political water cannon and burst tear gas Committee (JMC), which is ments, including the Education had created 13,000 posts to suspended their agitation ear- courts in their verdicts had Agartala Municipal parties condemning shells to disperse the teachers' spearheading the stir since last Department, for which the accommodate these teachers lier after the Chief Minister on cited “discrepancies in recruit- Corporation areas banning Wednesday's incident said that gatherings. year, said that of the 10,323 state government issued alternatively. October 3 last year assured to ments”. IANS   ! " # 8

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Therefore, the prac-                   6*   ( manding the US forces in Iraq, a surely grasped the frustrations, Afghanistan, the military pro- tical-minded Austin insisted on US Special Forces raid in duplicitousness and unrelia- ;= fessional in Austin will recog- the larger merits of remaining                   #   Abbottabad, Pakistan, had “taken bility of working with both — nise the irreplaceable criticali- “invested” and engaged in -   S                out” Osama bin Laden from a safe- the Pakistani ‘establishment’ ;=D  ty of Pakistan in sustaining per- Pakistan while working on its 37            6*         house less than a mile away from as also terror organisations like   => sonnel, assets and resources in behavioural aspects, as opposed   )                    the Pakistani Military Academy. the Taliban in Afghanistan. Afghanistan. Therefore, rec- to disengaging completely. This After deliberately keeping the Earlier still, as the 10th   onciliatory expressions for backdrop experience, maturi- 6*      )     )        Pakistanis in the dark to avoid Mountain Division    Pakistan like “essential partner ty and clarity in Austin will             them from “alerting the targets”, Commander in Afghanistan   < in any peace process in ensure that there is no thunder- then US Secretary of Defense Leon and 18th Airborne Corp Afghanistan” are naturally par ing bluster from the new $#&!"# Panetta had said that the Pakistanis Commander in Iraq, Austin =  = for course. Concurrently, Secretary of Defense, but more were “either involved or incompe- would be conversant with the =  + Austin added sentences of nuanced and behind-the- tent”. Less than two years there- dangerously mutative nature of immense clarity and specifici- scenes efforts to correct the after, Austin himself took over the terror organisations. During a > =; ty that ought to concern regional narrative. The gigan- overall CENTCOM and handled congressional hearing with the  = Islamabad, “Pakistan has also tic man may be a man of few the clearly fractured US-Pakistan Senate Armed Service taken steps against anti-Indian words but he was famous for relations. Committee, Austin had ?     groups, such as Lashkar-e- carrying an M4 carbine instead During Austin’s formative expressed: “We need Pakistan     Tayyeba and Jaish-e- of a traditional pistol on him- tenure as the CENTCOM head, to take decisive actions.” Mohammed” but added self — today as the Secretary of he witnessed the breakdown in The other indelible imprint N > sharply, “although this progress Defense, he will be expected to “talks” of the Pakistanis with the from Austin’s career would be  ?  O is incomplete”. He also alluded invoke his experiences of suc- Taliban that had led to three par- his forgettable memories of to “Pulwama” by name and cess and failure for the better ticularly bloody incidents, i.e. the ill-fated and premature insisted that he “will press facilitation of security impera- execution of 23 Pakistani Frontier withdrawal of the US troops Pakistan to prevent its territo- tives for the region. Force soldiers, the attack on from Iraq in 2011 as forces rial misuse by terrorists”. (The writer, a military vet- Karachi airport killing 28, and the inimical to America’s interests In one of the podcasts on eran, is a former Lt Governor of horrific Peshawar school massacre soon took over. The only thing Pakistan, after Austin had Andaman & Nicobar Islands killing 148 — all leading to the that earned Austin praise in retired from the military but and Puducherry. The views reactionary Operation Zarb-e- Iraq during the 2011 withdraw- before he became the Secretary expressed are personal.) =+..+ .-..2++#.- SOUNDBITE

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On the other hand, tions with Iran, given the concern that  )! )      P- 1  . Q  ( the public wi-fi system and change their as the number of motor vehicles increas- the present scenario may upend K(7%                 passwords often, set screen lock and the es on roads, so does the risk of accidents, Washington’s non-proliferation strategy              password lock on their gadgets to stay safe crashes and deaths. While the latter is an and increase tensions in the energy-rich  (2%5              from cyber fraud. eventuality, we can certainly avoid an Gulf region. 5532 V Nagendra Kumar | Hyderabad untimely death caused by vehicular acci- In 2018, Trump unilaterally withdrew (7%(%*5  "      .  3    dents. Road traffic rules aren’t as strict as the US from the Joint Comprehensive )3E7    "               needed in India. The Government must Plan of Action (JCPOA) and imposed %3)4 A                    #     Sir — There is not a single motorist in frame strict rules and legislations so that sanctions on Iran. It is noteworthy that (%(%&%(%(5           *          India who is unfamiliar with the dangers the incidents of road rage are brought Trump’s policy of exerting maximum 5%(8(4 of road rage incidents. The powerful, rich under control. Further, there is a need to pressure has forced Iran to increase its                      ( ensure honest implementation of the ! &@  !  and the mighty are often the perpetrators weapons stock which is alarming for all K(  -                  of road rage. One cannot win an argument existing rules. One should wear seat belts the nations. Once bitten twice shy, Iran            4         with them; it’s better to ignore and move and helmets, follow lane driving and now seems to be more vigilant and has never drink and drive. %(3%7(D  *             )      *   on. Studies have indicated almost 65 per rightly cautioned Joe Biden for rejoining 2(%(& 825 cent of Indian drivers are stressed out. Ganapathi Bhat | Akola the nuclear deal shortly. After four years 5  5 (       S                of Trump’s egregious policies and isola- Most of them lose their temper at least      ',,5()7((7                      once daily. tionist rhetoric, the general public can 7) (         )      "    The National Crime Records Bureau Sir — This refers to the report ‘Iran says now breathe a sigh of relief. (%27)D Biden won’t have infinite time to rejoin 4  )                    (NCRB) data shows that thousands are Tushar Anand | Patna %(87)25(%(&4 subjected to road rage every year. Road nuke deal’ (January 27). With the Biden-              *      rage may injure a fellow driver or, in the Harris team now in the White House, ++,0=  &! #                   extreme, claim the latter’s life. However, there are plenty of issues to resolve. The ! > !?)$ -&$ K7   ! " # 4

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n the McCulloch vs Maryland case, 1819, while asserting that the Government had implied pow- Iers not explicitly enumerated in the Constitution, US Chief Justice John Marshall had famously warned governments against their arbitrary use: (&)"* $$ %# “That the power to tax involves the power to destroy;            #  +# ,   ( that the power to destroy may defeat and render use-    *  1         (  ( less the power to create.” Governments neverthe- # less use such powers. However, the mature ones hold     )                     $ -  #  back while immature governments exercise their powers arbitrarily, which hurts businesses and enter-   /    # %          prise. The retrospective taxation legislation was one     *  1 # :      such arbitrary measure introduced by the     /S *  (  %    # Government, that India is still paying a price for. )               The telecom sector was India’s success story as    #     ; #  it had attracted multiple national and internation-    1    #   #       al giants as well as small operators. The global major       (     )  1 # Hutchison was one of the first telecom companies to enter India. Collaborating with its Indian part-       $ - S         ) ner Essar, Hutchison-Essar expanded its operations 5<=7  5<=> )  1        pan-India to become a leading market player. It got )  .  - 1 +).-1,   -  -  new licences for some telecom circles and operat-  $ -   %  .  )      ?  ed in others by acquiring smaller telecom entities     1         #    with licences for those circles. This led to a very com- plex ownership pattern, which, as Harish Salve ',',  #            )                   )  5<>@  /  pointed out, was not unusual for such global oper- ators. The Hong Kong-based Hutchison held                     shares in downstream companies in the Cayman =?O      #             ( Islands, like CGP Investments, which in turn held = ? only defied economic logic but also to change the law. The amendment gains of 24,500 crore and slapped a         )S     )    ( shares in downstream companies based in Mauritius  =; went against the counsel of then forced Vodafone to approach the tax demand of 10,247 crore on it in      )    ).-1 -  5 “Just because some foreign investors a violation of India’s global obliga- eral elections, the BJP had criticised       1          $ -            )     Hutchison-Essar thus became Vodafone-Essar. choose to structure their invest- tions. India should have gracefully the UPA Government for the amend- The capital gains that accrued upon the acquisition ?   ments through tax havens, they accepted the verdict and moved on, ment which had “negatively impact-  1    C7@(C>@     # *  1 of CGP was shown in the Hutchinson accounts as =?= should not, as a matter of policy, get earning the goodwill and confi- ed the investment climate” and   "       S     5@   “profit from discontinued operations” which was     away without paying any taxes”, he dence of foreign countries and promised to end “tax terrorism.” It         )    P  Q   ( not taxable in India under the extant laws; besides, ==   wrote, repudiating the apex court’s investors. Instead, it went on to further cited Narendra Modi’s assur-     #          )(1 it was also not the first time that such transactions =; =; ruling that creation of a structure dri- appeal. ance that the NDA Government will        /   #  3       ( were executed without attracting any tax liability. ;=  ven by commercial considerations The retrospective amendment not resort to retrospective taxation              But the Income-Tax Department (I-T =   was not a tax avoidance device. also entangled another MNC, the and will make the “tax regime trans-   9   )          Department) under Pranab Mukherjee reckoned the ?=4 The I-T Act was amended “with UK-based Cairn Energy. The parent, stable and predictable.” The capital gains as taxable and in September 2007, raised     retrospective effect from 1962 to Cayman Island-based Cairn India $4.3 billion final assessment order for  1        )    a demand of 7,990 crore from Vodafone. The I- ==   assert the Government’s right to levy Holdings (CIH) was a fully-owned Cairn Energy came in February      *  ) *  1 #       ( T Department later admitted that it was a “test case” tax on merger and acquisition subsidiary of Cairn UK Holdings 2016 after the NDA had been in            -   to make such transactions taxable.Vodafone chal- (M&A) deals involving overseas (CUH), which in turn was a fully- power for almost two years.                  ( lenged it before the Bombay High Court (HC) on companies with business assets in owned subsidiary of Cairn Energy. No doubt both Vodafone and               #  the ground that Hutchison had sold a foreign com- India” which was “an enabling pro- CIH owned the India operations of Cairn took advantage of the tax loop- )  1             pany, CGP Investments, to another foreign entity, vision to protect the fiscal interests Cairn Energy in the Rajasthan oil holes using tax havens. Other coun-   S         #       Vodafone, and a transaction between two foreign of the country and avert the chances field, the country’s biggest onshore tries have also tried taxing MNCs ret- entities conducted and concluded outside India can- of a crisis.” Actually it was done to discovery in two decades, and want- rospectively, but eventually this ends        )  1        not be taxable here as it would amount to applying override every single argument of the ed to transfer its ownership to a new up destroying these firms to the 1          )  #    1 Indian law to a commercial transaction outside the top court. local entity, Cairn India, to prepare extent that the domestic economy   *             country between two non-Indians. In December The FDI inflow indeed fell for the latter’s Initial Public Offering and employment suffer. It also erodes           "   #    ) 2008, the HC ruled in favour of revenue which was sharply soon, reversing a growth rate (IPO). In 2006-07 CUH transferred the confidence of foreign investors             1 #  ( overturned by the Supreme Court in January 2012 of 64 per cent registered in 2010-11, shares of CIH to Cairn India, acquir- who want a predictable tax regime. which absolved Vodafone of all tax liability, hold- from $37 billion in 2011-12 (two per ing 69 per cent of its stakes in the If our snail-paced justice delivery sys-            #  D The writer is a former *       1    . .   ing that the sale did not amount to tax avoidance. Director-General with the cent of the GDP), it came down to exchange. The share transfer was tem did not corrode that confidence That should have closed the matter once and for all, Comptroller and Auditor $24 billion in 2012-13. It would take made prior to the Cairn India IPO, completely, a legislation to overturn    S  *  1    .    )( with the legal loophole being plugged for the future. General of India, an another three years to reach the 2011- which gave rise to differing interpre- a judgment given by the apex court   #         #   Instead Mukherjee introduced retrospective taxa- author and academic. 12 level and in 2018-19 it stood at $51 tations on whether CUH had made certainly did. The result is the dismal                   tion by amending the I-T Act in the 2012-13 Union The views expressed are billion, or 1.8 per cent of the GDP. capital gains in the transfer. Taxmen telecom scenario and a once-vibrant personal.        # *         Budget to override the top court’s order. This not Successive governments did nothing held that CUH had made capital sector now gasping for breath.              #        1   #    (      1        )  ( POINTCOUNTERPOINT ; /            (   )       1S *     #     ,  P, + ,   +  2    '                    4- P + 4+  +     -     2    "                 1 # # #  (     ,   -   + 2 +-              L2 '       L'*    4 +                '  *   , * 4, 4          , 4  %        FOREIGNEYE                   

he fall in India’s daily the Budget is likely to give ronmental conservation, core cent. This high tax rate is act- tions, the renewable energy COVID-19 caseload has environmental issues and con- urban issues pertaining to pol- ing as a deterrent for growth and sector, which was already on the    < Tbeen reinforced by the servation a slip. lution need to be addressed first. creating working capital prob- back foot, has suffered further  ? >   launch of the vaccination drive. Apparently there is no Ever since the National Green lems for EV manufacturers and setbacks. The sector needs a Assuming that the core phase of exclusive focus on the environ- Tribunal put a ban on petrol and start-ups. Bringing down the renewed policy that encompass- %%%(*( India’s fight against the virus is mental woes of the nation or diesel vehicles that are older GST rates on raw material will es both tariff and non-tariff bar- 835( over, it is time to rebuild the measures to resuscitate the fail- than 15 and 10 years respective- allow business sustainability riers, long-term financial sup- 7(%4 economy besides focusing on ing ecology and address climate ly, there is an express need to and encourage viability. Using port and direct incentives so )%(%7( %!" #  burning issues such as the envi- change. The pandemic has accelerate the Faster Adoption the Budget as a platform, the that the domestic renewables ?7%5%)%((7% ronment which have been rel- taught us that a resilient envi- and Manufacturing of Hybrid Government must provide industry is viable, competitive %827 egated to the background since ronment, coupled with an eco- and Electric (FAME) Vehicles incentives to spur the growth in and cost-effective. The 8)3%%&( March 2020. The Union Budget logically sensitive humanity, initiative of the Government. As sil fuels. demand for EVs in the com- Government can consider a 2021-22 is an opportunity for could have watered down the a part of the same, it is also In order to boost the EV mercial and passenger seg- five per cent interest subvention =88%%(7  % the Centre to right this wrong. impact of the virus. But if the essential to focus on the rapid industry which is at a nascent ments. These incentives can on long term loans and work- (4  The Budget that will be pre- environment is again relegated setting up of the planned 2,636 stage, start-ups involved in this take the shape of compelling ing capital, upfront Central *%(&%5(7% sented on February 1 by Finance to the sidelines by this year’s charging stations across 62 sector need to be encouraged retail finance schemes besides Financial Assistance of 30 per %57D( (7 Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is Budget, we would not have cities. This will ensure the set- further. In this regard, the lucrative exchange schemes for cent of the CAPEX and increase 7()(%(&8 expected to focus on the man- learnt our lessons yet. ting up of the EV ecosystem in Budget needs to examine the tax old vehicles. export incentive to eight per The writer is an %(8%7L%& ufacturing sector, AtmaNirbhar In order to ensure a bal- India and will also reduce the structure and reduce the Goods The Budget must also pro- cent under the Remission of (77(&)4M Bharat and the healthcare sec- environmental anced Budget that not only massive energy import bill as a and Services Tax (GST) on raw vide the long overdue push to Duties or Taxes on Export journalist. The views I 7%%J tor to fire up the economy. expressed are personal. gives impetus to the economy growing green vehicle industry material which is anywhere the green energy sector. Under Product. It is time to put the According to those in the know, but also puts a priority on envi- will reduce dependence on fos- between 18 per cent to 28 per the present economic condi- environment front and centre.   ! " #   B  R 41(        2%        (  !"   <   among the front-line workers as the Government and people 4   to receive the jab, according to of India for the generous grant P.   / Q epal on Wednesday Health Ministry sources. of one million doses of Covid Nlaunched a nationwide According to officials, vaccine to Nepal at this critical     = al issues at the United Nations     empowers the force to “take all Covid-19 vaccination drive around 4,30,000 frontline time when India is rolling out and elsewhere. necessary measures, including with the one million doses of workers–health workers, sup- vaccination for it’s own people,” inda Thomas-Greenfield Beijing also has come he Philippines has protest- the use of weapons, when vaccine provided by India porting staffers at health facil- Oli tweeted. Lsays that if confirmed by the under sharp criticism from Ted a new Chinese law that national sovereignty, sovereign under grant assistance in sync ities, female community health “Nepal appreciates this ges- US Senate as America’s ambas- the US and many other nations authorises its coast guard to fire rights, and jurisdiction are with its “Neighbourhood First” volunteers, security personnel, ture from a friendly neighbour,” sador to the United Nations she for its treatment of more than on foreign vessels and destroy being illegally infringed upon policy. Prime Minister KP sanitation workers, elderly peo- he added. will vigorously counter China’s 1 million Uighurs and mem- other countries’ structures on by foreign organisations or Sharma Oli inaugurated the ple living in care homes, and Responding to his tweet, authoritarian agenda and bers of other Chinese Muslim islands it claims, Manila’s top individuals at sea.” vaccination campaign at the prisoners — will be inoculated Prime Minister Narendra Modi engage in “people-to-people minority groups and for its diplomat said on Wednesday. The law also authorises Prime Minister’s residence at in 65 districts across the coun- said that India remains com- diplomacy.” delayed announcement of Foreign Secretary Teodoro the coast guard to demolish Baluwatar on Wednesday try. mitted to assist the people of The veteran foreign service Covid-19, which was first diag- Locsin Jr said in a tweet that the other countries’ structures built morning. One million doses of the Nepal in fighting the Covid-19 officer, in prepared remarks, & " @'+   nosed Wuhan. new Chinese law “is a verbal on reefs and islands claimed by At the same time, govern- Covid-19 vaccine donated by pandemic. “The vaccines being speaks of China’s diplomatic “We know China is work- threat of war to any country China and to seize or order for- ment hospitals across the coun- India last week was jointly made in India will also con- inroads during the Trump our values — the United ing across the UN system to that defies” it. Failure to chal- eign vessels illegally entering try vaccinated doctors and developed by the University of tribute to the global efforts to administration, which pursued Nations can be an indispens- drive an authoritarian agenda lenge the law “is submission to China’s territorial waters to front-line health workers Oxford and the pharmaceuti- contain the pandemic,” Modi an “America First” policy that able institution for advancing that stands in opposition to the it,” he said. leave. The Chinese law raises actively engaged in the field. cal giant AstraZeneca and pro- tweeted. Nepal has so far reg- weakened international peace, security, and our col- founding values of the institu- “While enacting law is a the stakes and the possibility of Speaking at the inaugural duced in India by the Serum istered 2,70,375 Covid-19 cases alliances. lective well-being,” she says. tion — American values,” sovereign prerogative, this one clashes with regional maritime programme, Prime Minister Institute of India. while 2,020 people have died. And she makes clear there Alluding to the absence of Thomas-Greenfield says. — given the area involved, or rivals. Oli said that all Nepalis would Prime Minister Oli last Nepal has so far recorded will be a change under US global leadership during “Their success depends on our for that matter the open South China and the Philippines, get the vaccine free of cost week thanked the Indian gov- 2,65,069 recoveries. President Joe Biden to reen- Donald Trump’s four-year pres- continued withdrawal. That China Sea — is a verbal threat along with Vietnam, Malaysia, within three months. ernment for sending one mil- India, one of the world’s gaging internationally and pro- idency, Thomas-Greenfield will not happen on my watch.” of war to any country that Taiwan and Brunei, have been Dr Sagar Rajbhandari, lion doses of the Covid-19 biggest drugmakers, has been moting American values, says: “If instead we walk away If confirmed by the Senate, defies the law,” Locsin said. locked in territorial rivalries in director of Sukraraj Tropical vaccine. approached by numerous according to excerpts of her from the table, and allow oth- Thomas-Greenfield would be China’s Coast Guard Law, the South China Sea in tense and Infectious Disease “I thank Prime Minister countries for its anti-coron- Wednesday testimony to the ers to fill the void, the global neither the first African which was passed on Friday, decades-long standoffs. Hospital, Teku was the first Shri @narendramodi ji as well avirus doses. Senate Foreign Relations community suffers — and so American nor the first woman, Committee obtained by The do American interests.” nor even the first African A=-*+ Associated Press. She then turns to China, American woman, to serve as .-..#%A “When America shows up which has become a major US ambassador to the United % @   / <  &&  4 — when we are consistent and player on the global stage in Nations. But she is a ground- persistent — when we exert our recent years and much more breaking diplomat nonethe- (   +&   'P +,  influence in accordance with outspoken on a range of glob- less. %%   ,    , Tehran: Iranian and Taliban last February and met its goal @B (&7( officials met in Tehran on this month of reducing the 7(7)(7%   (  0    %  Wednesday and accused the US number of troops in (%(%7%7D+C%(%( of provoking the continuation Afghanistan to about 2,500. 7%%  (D=27 ((  R  @  population grew by around 8 of war in Afghanistan, Iranian Taliban representatives and (%%%(%%7  ( ! ! " (  && per cent to reach nearly 9.3 mil- State TV reported. the Afghan government earli- *22%%( srael’s West Bank settler pop- lion, according to the Ali Shamkhani, secretary er this month resumed peace 7%73 (7%4 Moscow: Russian President pointed at growing inequality Moscow: Police on Wednesday Iulation has grown at a far Government. of Iran’s Supreme National talks in Qatar, the Gulf Arab Vladimir Putin warned on and unemployment and a rise searched the Moscow apart- higher rate than the country as The group’s report, which Security Council, told visiting state where the insurgents '+     Wednesday that the world risks of populism as potential trig- ment of jailed Russian a whole over the last four is based on official government Taliban political chief Mullah maintain an office. The stop-  , C6    sliding deeper into instability as gers for new conflicts that he Opposition leader Alexei years, a pro-settler group said data, does not Abdul Ghani Baradar that the and-go talks are aimed at end- 4(B 088 the coronavirus pandemic com- said could plunge the world Navalny, another residence Wednesday, a period that coin- include annexed east US seeks to continue the war in ing decades of conflict. 7%7(7'+ bines with global rivalries and into a “dark anti-Utopia.” where his wife is living and cides with the Trump admin- Jerusalem, home to more than neighbouring Afghanistan. But frustration and fear %(E)7%(5((3) other international tensions. “The pandemic has exacer- offices of his anti-corruption istration’s unprecedented 2,00,000 settlers. “The US strategy supports have grown over a recent spike %77%)*( Speaking by video link bated the problems and disbal- organisation. acceptance of settlement Baruch Gordon, the direc- the continuation of war and in violence, and both sides 7(7%(%&%( during a virtual meeting of the ances that have been accumu- Navalny’s aides reported activity. tor of West Bank Jewish bloodshed among various blame one another. (82)( World Economic Forum, Putin lating,” the leader said. AP the raids on social media. AP The report by West Bank Population Stats, downplayed Afghan groups in the political Baradar, who arrived 22%%%74 Jewish Population Stats shows the influence of US Policy, spectrum,” Shamkhani was Monday with a Taliban dele- the settler population growing saying the annual growth rate quoted as saying. gation, criticized the US for  ,  by around 13 per cent since the actually declined in recent He said the US tries to allegedly breaking its commit- +  ,  , start of 2017 to reach 4,75,481. years even before the coron- blame insecurity and instabil- ments to the February deal. He 4)@!B (7(%O5 During the same period, Israel’s avirus pandemic. ity in the country on individ- did not elaborate. %()87( ual Afghan groups. There was “We do not trust the US 7(7%%2 no immediate comment from and will fight any group that is (7%(&&)72%(& the US, which signed a peace a mercenary for the US,” he  ,,,5I(+, ,,, agreement with the Taliban said. AP 2J7(%84 )%874   ! " # !  ( 012   &0      #3  !  

   revenue growth as demand and strongest IT services brand vices sector table,” Brand Infosys has overtaken bolster the brand’s end-to-end along with increased sales and report said. grows for its core transforma- with record brand value of Finance CEO (Chief Executive Cognizant at the fourth spot, customer experience offerings, marketing effectiveness have “Being recognised as one ata Consultancy Services tion services and through win- USD 26 billion, while IBM con- Officer) David Haigh said. following a 19 per cent brand has propelled amplified our ability to grow in of the fastest growing organi- T(TCS) has been ranked ning deals - worth over USD tinued at the second place with Rajashree R, Chief value increase to USD 8.4 bil- Infosys to a position where client relevance and deepen sation globally is a true testi- third most-valued IT services 6.8 billion in the fourth quar- brand value of USD 16.1 bil- Marketing Officer at TCS, said lion. Cognizant has suffered a it consistently wins larger con- partnerships with global busi- mony of our collective spirit of brand globally, after Accenture ter of 2020 alone, it added. lion. this recognition of TCS’’ brand 6 per cent brand value loss of sulting, data management and nesses,” he added. resilience...At Tech Mahindra, and IBM, according to a report “With the brand benefit- The report said ‘’Brand strength is a stellar reaffirma- USD 8 billion. The Bengaluru- cloud service projects,” the HCL was at the seventh we took this challenge on war by Brand Finance. ting from the long cycle of tech- value’’ refers to the present tion of the continued trust based company has entered the report said. spot, while Wipro ranked 9th footing to ensure business con- Four Indian IT services nology spending in its overseas value of earnings specifically that customers have placed in “Big 4 of IT services brands Infosys CEO Salil Parekh in the tally. tinuity and enhanced customer companies -- TCS, Infosys, markets, and the increase in related to brand reputation. the company. globally and making it the said the execution of the com- Tech Mahindra saw 11 per experience through innova- HCL and Wipro -- secured spending from the financial “With what was a very “We are proud and excited fastest growing brand in the top pany’s ‘Navigate your Next’ cent brand value growth to tive and purpose-driven ini- spots in the top-10 global tally. sector in the US and tough 2020, led so ably by its to embark on the next phase of 10”, it added. strategy over the last three USD 2.3 billion that has tiatives, while also living up to “Third-ranked TCS is European markets as the road CEO Rajesh Gopinathan, TCS our growth, building on our “Even before the pan- years, has strengthened the enabled the brand to jump to our promise of delivering rapidly closing the gap with to recovery begins, TCS will be has excelled itself once again. beliefs, and harnessing the pas- demic, Infosys’’ leadership brand, positioning Infosys as the 15th spot in this year’’s ‘’Connected World and IBM following a healthy 11 per hoping the coming year will Along with 10 per cent growth sion, dedication and strength of recognised the importance of the industry’s leading digital ranking as it continues to work Connected Experiences’’,” cent brand value increase to prove even more fruitful,” the in its brand, its market cap also our 469,000 associates who focusing on its service offering, services provider. towards accelerated growth Harshvendra Soin, Global USD 15 billion,” the report by report said. hit pole position in its industry are the true custodians of including data security and “Continued strategic through building on its healthy Chief People Officer and Head Brand Finance said. Accenture retained the and it is increasingly closing in Brand TCS,” she added. cloud services. This focus, investments in building differ- pipeline deals and embracing of Marketing at Tech TCS has celebrated strong title of world’’s most valuable on the top two in the IT ser- The report noted that paired with key acquisitions to entiating digital capabilities new 5G opportunities, the Mahindra, said. >  A+,% 2 " <8A@88   +  #$ $ &  !(*B ///# ,  + , %   #' ()*   in restricted list of imports, producer and consumer of alu- #&$ $    13,967.50. Over the last four government quota for import, minium globally, still Indian sessions, the 50-share index has   ndia has been caught in a and 25% tariffs aluminium aluminium industry is cur- New Delhi:With the Reserve (VCs) / crypto currencies he BSE benchmark Sensex lost 677.20 points or 4.62 per Ipincer by a torrent of cheap Scrap imports from USA. rently plagued by increasing Bank of India (RBI) now say- (CCs) have gained popularity Tcrashed 938 points to slip cent. On the Sensex chart, 24   inflow of aluminum and scrap As India is a natural mar- aluminium and scrap imports. ing that it is exploring the need in recent years. In India, the below the 47,500-mark and shares closed in the red and 6 imports majorly from China as ket, entire global chain of scrap Despite having sufficient for a digital version of fiat cur- regulators and governments the NSE Nifty plunged below in the green. Axis Bank, Titan,   ! well as the United States. has virtually shifted to India in domestic production capacity rency, cryptocurrency stake- have been sceptical about these the psychological 14,000-level IndusInd Bank, HDFC Bank, In FY20, there has been a the absence of any quality/BIS of 4.1 mtpa to cater country’s holders have called the move a currencies and are apprehen- due to rampant selling across Dr Reddy’s, HDFC and Asian Mumbai:The rupee edged 327 per cent increase in the standards for recycling that aluminium demand of around step in the right direction sive about the associated risks,” counters amid foreign fund Paint were major losers, shed- higher by 2 paise to settle at imports of aluminium scrap most countries have estab- 3.7 mtpa, currently 60 per cent towards strengthening the fin- said the booklet. outflow. ding up to 4.05 per cent. 72.92 against the US dollar from US into India compared lished to protect the environ- of country demand is being tech ecosystem in the country. “Nevertheless, the RBI is Marking its fourth straight On the other hand, Tech on Wednesday, ahead of the to the levels in FY15. ment.The absence of any strin- met through imports primar- The RBI made the remarks exploring the possibility as to session of loss, the Sensex tum- Mahindra, ITC, PowerGrid, outcome of the US central India has overtaken China gent tariff and non-tariff bar- ily scrap imports. in a booklet titled “Payment whether there is a need for a bled 937.66 points or 1.94 per UltraTech Cement, HCL Tech bank’s meeting. However, a as the world’s largest importer riers to check scrap imports are The Import share in the and Settlement Systems in digital version of fiat currency cent to settle at 47,409.93 – tak- and Nestle India rose up to 2.57 sharp sell-off in domestic of aluminum scrap, and the has created a precarious situa- last two fiscals increased from India” released this week. and in case there is, then how ing the aggregate four-session per cent. Of the 19 sectoral equity markets capped the country has been adversely tion for Indian aluminium 54 per cent in FY18 to 58 per “Private digital currencies to operationalise it,” it added. loss to 2,382.19 points or 4.78 indices, barring FMCG index gains, traders said. At the impacted due to recent global industry and challenging its cent average in FY19 and (PDCs) / virtual currencies IANS per cent. all ended with losses. interbank forex market, the developments and US-China sustainability. Such high level of FY20., also there has been a Intraday, the BSE gauge Among the major losers rupee opened at 72.91 trade war further fuelled by imports despite domestic substantial increase in Scrap swung 1,117.65 points. were banking (2.93 per cent), against the American cur- China’s National Sword Policy capacity is also not in the spir- imports as evident by share of Likewise, the NSE Nifty finance (2.72 per cent), metal rency and hit an intra-day measures to cut Scrap Imports it of country’s vision to become Scrap in total aluminium plunged 271.40 points or 1.91 (2.54), realty (2.28) and auto high of 72.78 and a low of substantially with stringent an Atmanirbhar Bharat. imports increased from 52 per per cent to close the session at (2.11 per cent). 72.94. scrap standards and inclusion India is the third largest cent to 67% in last 5 years. ,) #) &   (*' 75 ##$%  0 )(+  -.#!/-01     0 %()53    decision, the MSP for fair aver- efit farmers. The increase in 2 &  age quality (FAQ) of milling copra MSP for 2021 season is    2(7 he Cabinet Committee on copra has been increased to in line with the principle of fix- 34#55 TEconomic Affairs (CCEA), 10,335 per quintal from ing the MSP at a level of at least ' , Chitaranjan: A vendors devel- chaired by Prime Minister 9,960 per quintal for 2020 sea- 1.5 times the all India weight-    opment meet was organised by Narendra Modi, has approved son, while the MSP for ball ed average cost of production, Ghaziabad: Forging entrepre- Chittaranjan Locomotive an increase in the minimum copra has been increased to which was announced by the oreign direct investment neurs of the Ghaziabad indus- Works (CLW) in the support price (MSP) of milling 10,600 per quintal from  government in the Budget F(FDI) into India increased trial city known as Mini Chittaranjan Club at copra by 375 per quintal and 10,300 per quintal last year. 2018-19. by 37 per cent to USD 43.85 Manchester in western Uttar Chittaranjan on 27th Jan 2021. ball copra by 300 per quintal "MSP of both milling and This is as per Swaminathan billion during April-November Pradesh are deeply troubled by SK Kashyup, General Manager to boost farmers' income for ball copra have been increased. recommendations, which were 2020, according to data by the the disparity in PNG gas prices. /CLW inaugurated the meet by the 2021 season. The CCEA The cost of production of both not implemented by Congress,” commerce and industry min- Due to inequality in PNG lighting the lamp. RS Sinha, meeting was held post farmers' is 6,800. We are giving 52% said Information and istry. gas prices in Ghaziabad com- Principal Chief Materials tractor rally that caused vio- and 55% more than the cost of Broadcasting Minister Prakash Total FDI inflows (including pared to other cities of the Manager/CLW presented the lence in various parts of the production. Javadekar after the cabinet reinvested earnings) during country, the cost of their prod- welcome address. The objective national capital on Tuesday. This is one of the decisions meeting during briefing the the eight-month period of the uct is coming up, due to which was development of new ven- According to the CCEA in a series of decisions to ben- media. current fiscal grew by 22 per they are now facing difficulty dors as well as enhancing prod- cent to USD 58.37 billion, the in exporting their product not uct range of existing vendors. ministry said on Wednesday. only in the country but also Emphasis was given on “FDI equity inflow received abroad. Troubled by the indigenisation of imported during 2020-21 (April to inequality in PNG gas prices, items. Items required for man- November, 2020) is USD 43.85 All India Metal Forging ufacture of electric locomotives billion. It is the highest ever for Association President Brijesh which are imported at present the first 8 months of a financial Agarwal and Treasurer Aditya and items with limited indige- year and 37 per cent more com- Dung presented their views on nous vendor base were dis- pared to the first 8 months of the ration of PNG supply relat- played to the vendors in an 2019-20 (USD 32.11 billion),” ed to the forging sector at a exhibition at venue. Kashyup, it said. It added that FDI is a press conference held here on in his inaugural address to the major driver of economic Wed. In this connection, he has vendors, stressed on the need growth and an important sent a memorandum to of indigenization of spares source of non-debt finance for Nirmala Sita Raman demand- required for manufacture of the economic development of ing to bring PNG gas under the Electric locos under the aegis India. purview of GST. of Aatmanirbhar Bharat.      ! " # $ %&$' ( )%& $ &( &  * &%   &%  &*  (* L ,% ' %&& (-..   .&.

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EXTREMELY STRICT DIET: It’s 11 important to follow a strict diet. If 11 someone is saying my intake is less, still my fat is not getting reduced, you need to understand that your intake is more for your body. So, take the   2 .  /  .     2       right food at the right time. BE CAREFUL: If you have an injury, do not exercise for that par-  /    4 1$"' &!" ticular part and do the rest of the exercise using the other body parts. s you drive into Bhopal sickles, threshers and weapons. in making sure that these traditions from the airport road, you Of course, there are separate indi- sustain. Sure, the lights inside the WHAT DOESN’T MATTER: Your Aenter the city driving along vidual rooms in the museum where museum are a bit funky and there place of exercise and the equipments the northern shore of the Upper specific collections are kept and are times you think that you could doesn’t matter at all. The basic idea Lake. At night, with the beautiful- often rotated, like the room of be a fancy nightclub of sorts, but is to just exercise. ly-lit waterfront and the bright masks right now. This is where you some of the pieces -- such as the lights of the small but impressive can see the role masks have played exaggerated ceremonial bangle and ENCOURAGE OTHERS: When Raja Bhoj Setu, the city looks in story-telling across different the amazing story of ancestors, the you are exercising, encourage others wonderful. It also helps that the regions of India. You see how dif- so-called ‘Bbbilala Myth’ — are around you. Knowingly or unknow- wide boulevard of VIP Road has ferent, yet how similar masks pieces that could adorn any mod- ingly this will help you perform bet- relatively orderly traffic by Indian across this vast nation of ours are. ern art museum in the world. ter. standards. Across the water on the Visiting this museum is a truly The second museum, the Upper Lake, you see a neon sign humbling experience and you Madhya Pradesh State Museum, that reads ‘Welcome to the city of would be happy if this was the only rather the third one, is another bril- Explore Indian destinations lakes’. And with the Upper Lake major museum in this city. liant museum. It isn’t modern and and several other large reservoirs But no, after driving out in the the entire place could use a lick of for shoots: Anand Pandit which dot the city and the sur- all-new Hyundai i20 from the paint and better lighting as well as rounding countryside, Bhopal upper exit of the Manav more information about the arti- n 2020, the onset of the COVID-19 indeed is one of the prettiest cities Sanghralaya, a quick drive takes facts, but what a collection. It pandemic impacted the Indian film in India. And it is taking advantage you to the twin state museums. The reminds us that history is all around Iindustry economically and emotion- of all the water features by training Madhya Pradesh Tribal Museum us everywhere in India and we just ally and stalled the frenetic pace with the next generation of Indian water and the Madhya Pradesh State have to scratch the surface to see which it usually works. The lockdown sports’ athletes in kayaking and Museum. In an ideal world, each what all there is. The vastness of the also brought with it a renewed appre- rowing. And every evening on the of these should have a story of its collection at this third museum ciation for the familiar and the local southern bank of the Upper Lake, own, but the twin museums run by means that you cannot really finish among the industry professionals. thousands of locals gather to walk the state are both extraordinary as it off in a single day but, if you have Veteran producer Anand Pandit up and down the shore front, with they are different. First, the more any interest whatsoever about the recalls how the year brought his atten- street food vendors, performers modern Tribal Museum, in one of history of our great country and tion to the richly detailed and nuanced and horse-drawn buggies all com- India’s larger states and one that has landmass, this is one museum you beauty of Indian stories and locations. peting for one’s attention (and is an eye-popping place and not just make the several outdoor sites a is the reserve collection room. historically had a huge number of must come and visit. He says, “The trend to shoot abroad money). because it offers an idyllic location must-visit for every Indian. This is The collections in this one room indigenous tribes, is a celebration There are a lot of things to do even if it is not contextually needed in Yet, at the end of the shore for jogging and walking. It has one particularly true at a time where we can fill up entire museums in of tribal culture. What is remark- in and around Bhopal other than a film, has been overdone. When I shot front on the southern bank lies the of the largest and most impressive worry about homogenisation in other nations. If you travel abroad able about the collection here is that museums, the city has some fantas- Chehre in Slovakia, the script demand- lower entrance to the Rashtriya collections of any museum in this vast country when it comes to you would happily spend tens of few pieces are ancient but most of tic sites and in the Old City, there ed a certain kind of an atmosphere but Manav Sanghralaya, which trans- India. Painstakingly put-together culture, food and languages. Dollars or Euros to visit such a the artifacts are newly created by are some great places to eat as well there is so much in India that hasn’t yet lates as the ‘National Museum of replicas of houses of various It is such a vast space that it place, yet in Bhopal one room in a tribal artisans and, on that front, as more contemporary historical been explored by us, be it in the Man’ although a more appropriate regions across India and a wonder- makes one return for a second time museum outdoes entire museums. the museum doesn’t just bring sites to visit. It isn’t the most ‘hap- North-East, Kerala or the far-flung English translation should be the ful collection of sculptures depict- just to see the fabulous indoor col- This room is fantastic and you can these stories to life but it ensures pening’ city when it comes to regions of Himachal Pradesh. Hence, I National Anthropological ing traditional tribal myths of lection. Let me just talk about one see aspects of life from across the the continuity of the knowledge, nightlife, but it is one that every look forward to doing justice to our own Museum. Whatever the name, this India’s myriad indigenous peoples room in the indoor museum. That country, from clothes, cookware, the legends and the skills required Indian should make a point to visit. locations and milieus through cinema.”   ! " #  '' %&& (-..   .&. !      $( P ,         B8 ,  (

n the occasion of the 72nd Protection Force of Mumbai Central motivate people to bring positive Republic Day, the General Division on pilot basis for the first changes. The problem of trespass- OManager of Western Railway time on Indian Railways. It is ing deaths in the Mumbai suburban (WR), Alok Kansal, hoisted the ;/<0/:planned to further extend it across section has been WR’s mission. national flag. He also inspected the all divisions. A specialised cyber cell Due to various measures taken in ceremonial parade at WR HQs at has been set up at zonal level for this direction, there has been a sig- Churchgate and took salute of the ;  C  (" expert assistance in cyber investiga- nificant reduction in the number of he Tableau of Indian Sign as an autonomous body under march past. Kansal addressed the tions, crime detection, preserva- cases of fatalities from 2.55 per day TLanguage Research and the Department of gathering by extending his greetings $8?::$2$8     tion of digital evidence and social in 2019 to 1.07 in 2020. For the safe- Training Centre (ISLRTC), Empowerment of Persons with to the Railway men and their fami- media analysis. The GM further said ty and security of women com- Department of Empowerment Disabilities (Divyangjan), lies. He also appealed to them to  %!" that, to keep the passengers connect- muters, Meri Saheli programme of Persons with Disabilities, Ministry of Social Justice and accept challenges and convert them ed with the world and updated has been implemented by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. into opportunities. At the start of the Vikas aur Sab Ka Vishwas! Railway swept the National Energy with all necessary information, a Railway Protection Force. The force Empowerment showcased the ISLRTC conducts courses ceremony, PC Sinha, Principal Chief The GM of WR stated that Conservation Award 2020 by Bureau free and fast Wi-fi facility is being has reunited 125 lost children with theme - Bhartiya Sanketik for developing Indian sign Security Commissioner of WR, wel- enhancement of line capacity by of Energy Efficiency, Ministry of provided at 29 more stations this their families, while the lives of 11 Bhasha: Ek Rashtra, Ek language (ISL) interpreters comed Kansal. addition of infrastructure to improve Power, by winning 1st prize in year, taking the total to 453 stations passengers were saved by the alert Sanketik Bhasha at the 72nd and teachers and provides On this occasion, Kansal stated mobility is one of the thrust areas of Transport Category and 1st and over Western Railway. RPF Personnel. Republic Day parade. It high- interpretation services to that in spite of toughest challenges Western Railway. The work has 2nd prize for Divisional Railway He said that with an aim to pro- Kansal emphasised on how lighted the unifying nature of organisations for various pro- and adverse circumstances due to been completed on 157 km of new Manager’s office at Bhavnagar and vide improved and better amenities, proud we are of our doctors and Indian sign language (ISL) in grammes and events. It has COVID-19 pandemic, it was possi- lines, gauge conversion and doubling Rajkot respectively in Buildings- Valsad, Vadodara, Ratlam, medical staff who rose to the occa- a nation, where there is a great developed a dictionary of ISL ble for WR to surpass last year’s in the current financial year. Almost Govt Offices Category. Electric Loco Ahmedabad, Rajkot and Bhavnagar sion and did a praiseworthy job in diversity in spoken languages. containing 6,000 academic, loading in the first week of January, 64 roads under bridges/limited Shed, Vadodara won the National Terminus stations have been devel- the most challenging environment The aim was to raise awareness medical, legal and agricultur- 2021. WR has also emerged as height subways and 26 road over Level Silver Award announced by oped under a soft redevelopment of COVID-19 pandemic. The and highlight the commit- al terms in addition to terms ‘Numero Uno’ on Indian Railways in bridges were constructed in this year Quality Council of India for its scheme for stations. To provide patients admitted in the railway hos- ment of the government of everyday use. The centre generating revenue through advance so far. To improve safety, 12 new foot ‘Push-Pull Operation’. To save water, more seats, especially for divyang- pitals were looked after well and towards creating a barrier- also provides Short Term booking of parcel space as well as in over bridges and one skywalk was automatic coach washing plants jan and to increase the luggage provided best treatment, medical free environment for people Training Programmes on basic e-commerce traffic. He apprised constructed over the Mumbai sub- have been commissioned at space, 26 LSLRD coaches are pro- facilities and care, thereby garner- with hearing disabilities. ISL communication skills. To that Western Railway’s contribution urban section. Approximately 15 Vadodara and Mumbai Central in vided in 12 of WR’s trains. Seven ing an excellent recovery rate of 92 There were 12 artists on make educational materials is almost 21 per cent in total parcel speed restrictions have been lifted the current year. A Waste Water escalators and five lifts have been per cent. While congratulating WR the Tableau, who performed accessible for children with loading and revenue of Indian this year, while sectional speed has Treatment Plant is installed at Bhuj provided in the current year for the sportspersons for their remarkable the theme song in Indian sign hearing disabilities, ISLRTC Railways. To facilitate farmers to been increased in 714 track km. He railway station for recycling of water. convenience of passengers. Kansal feat and achievements, he proudly language. With a view to has signed an MoU with have cheaper, cleaner and faster informed that under Mission 2024, The GM apprised that Western also spoke about how aesthetics has informed that Western Railway has enhance accessibility for the National Council of mode of transportation for their pro- WR is focusing on improving the Railway has always been in the been linked with cleanliness. And once again established its suprema- hearing impaired, a need was Educational Research and duce, WR has operated 15 kisan rails infrastructure of those routes which forefront in adopting various initia- keeping this in mind, many of WR’s cy in the arena of sports by winning felt to set up an institute focus- Training (NCERT). As part of to different parts of the country. He carry 60 to 80 per cent of its total tives in a major push to the ‘Digital stations are beautified with attrac- prestigious Kaul Gold Cup for the ing on the development and this MoU, educational print apprised that various incentives and traffic. The speed on Mumbai- India’ campaign. A QR code based tive paintings and artworks on the 29th year in a row. furtherance of Indian sign lan- materials such as school text schemes were offered to attract Nagda section is planned to be e-patrolling, Beat Management theme of local art as well as on After the Republic Day event, guage. That is why Indian books of Classes I to XII of all freight customers, besides providing increased to 160 kmph by upgrad- System for staff management and applauding the Corona warriors. An Kansal and WRWWO President- Sign Language Research and subjects (both and customised facilities in line with the ing the infrastructure. security monitoring has been recent- awareness film Bharat Badlo, Aadat wife Tanuja Kansal also visited the Training Centre (ISLRTC) was English medium) are being mantra of Sab Ka Saath, Sab Ka Kansal apprised that Western ly implemented by Railway Badlo was made on cleanliness to Heritage Gallery. set up on September 28 2015, converted into ISL.

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In the third “I had my chances today, I overnight total of 33-4. game I came back and it was could have won from 17-16 in Azhar Ali and Faheem just one point difference at the third. Main motto for me is Ashraf also weighed in with half- one stage. I broke my racket to play as many matches as pos- centuries as Pakistan closed strings twice (during rallies) sible, because I haven’t been with a lead of 88 after bowling and that made a difference,” winning matches over the last South Africa out for 220 on the Sindhu said. two years. So, I really want to first day. “It’s a tough group. I have play matches with the top- Just four wickets fell on the to give 100 per cent.” eight players.” second day which was in stark It was Sindhu’s 16th defeat Olympic Silver medallist contrast to the opening when 14 to Tzu Ying in 21 meetings. Sindhu, who had won the pres- wickets tumbled on the grassless ing Lungo Ngidi to Faf du et. Former world number one tigious title in 2018, will next pitch. It would have been differ- Plessis at first slip. After making a debut hun- Srikanth too squandered an play home favourite Ratchanok ent had South Africa not dred in Sri Lanka in 2009, opening game advantage, losing Intanon, who had handed her dropped four catches. THIRD TEST CENTURY Fawad played just twice more 21-15, 16-21, 18-21 to world a humiliating defeat last week, Fawad, relishing his first Test Shortly after tea, Fawad that year before being dropped number three Anders Antonsen while Srikanth, ranked 14th, at his home ground, added 102 opened his shoulders to hit a — for 10 years and 259 days. of Denmark in a gruelling 77- will face fourth seed Wang Tzu runs for the seventh wicket flighted delivery from spinner Despite scoring heavily in minute contest. Wei of Taiwan on Thursday. with Faheem who cracked a rel- Keshav Maharaj for a six over Pakistan’s domestic matches, he atively rapid 64 from 84 balls. long-on which brought up his was constantly overlooked, pri- Resuming on five and with third Test century in just his marily because of his peculiar <     Pakistan in serious trouble, eighth Test. stance — facing front-on to the Fawad led the recovery with an “It was my dream to score a bowler before turning side-on London: Thomas Tuchel was work and the legacy he created invaluable 94-run stand for the hundred at home and what bet- when playing the ball. appointed Chelsea manager on at Chelsea. fifth wicket with Azhar, who ter time to do it then when the He was recalled for an 18-month contract on “At the same time, I can- played within himself for three team was in a difficult situation,” Pakistan’s tour of England in Tuesday, tasked with hauling the not wait to meet my new hours 40 minutes for his 51. said Fawad, who now has 38 August last year but his first underperforming Blues back team and compete in the most Fawad had a life on 35 hundreds in first class cricket. innings back ended with a four- into the Champions League exciting league in football. I when Dean Elgar failed to cling “Azhar and I decided that ball duck in Southampton. next season. am grateful to now be part of on to a sharp edge off Keshav we should bat long and take the But he followed up with The 47-year-old German the Chelsea family — it feels Maharaj in the slips but he and total as close to South Africa as another gutsy century in the first replaces the sacked Frank amazing!” Azhar, who survived a tight leg possible and I am happy that we Test defeat by New Zealand in Lampard to become the 13th Tuchel will take charge for before shout and review from have done close to that.” Mount Maunganui in Chelsea boss since Russian oli- the first time when Wolves visit left-arm spinner George Linde, He was finally caught at December. garch Roman Abramovich Stamford Bridge in the Premier batted right through the morn- mid-wicket off Ngidi after bat- Ashraf’s entertaining 64, bought the club in 2003. League on Wednesday. ing to take Pakistan to 104-4 at ting for six minutes under six which included nine boundaries, “I would like to thank Tuchel’s task will be to get lunch. hours, hitting nine boundaries ended in unorthodox fashion Chelsea FC for their confi- the best out of German compa- Fawad added another 55 for and two sixes. when he jammed down on a dence in me and my staff,” said triots Timo Werner and Kai the sixth wicket with Fawad’s ton marked yet yorker from Anrich Nortje only Tuchel. Havertz, who have struggled to Mohammad Rizwan who made another remarkable milestone in to see the ball backspin into his “We all have the greatest live up to their price tags in their a counter-attacking before edg- his return to international crick- stumps. respect for Frank Lampard’s first few months in England.