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Tomar further Six more passengers arriv- sengers coming from the UK to  !  %&  invited them for talks saying said the Government will con- ing in two flights from the and found that passen- any agitation could be resolved tinue with reforms in the farm United Kingdom, which land- gers were positive in ten States : The only through dialogue. He sector as they are still due in ed at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi where the flights from UK to Government on Wednesday urged them to fix a date and many areas. International Airport (IGIA) India land. launched a technology con- time for the next round of talks. The Union Agriculture late on Tuesday night, have test- These States are test to invite solutions from Tomar said farmers should Minister was referring to a ed positive for Covid-19 and 50 Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil IT companies and start-ups tell them what they want to add proposal sent by the Centre to passengers have been advised Nadu, West Bengal, , to strengthen digital platform or remove from the proposal the farmers’ unions on Sunday, for institutional quarantine. Punjab, Gujarat, Kerala and CoWIN, which will be used given by the Government. in which it offered to hold the     !#   #       %    & With this, the number of Telangana. The Government for rolling out and scaling up “I’m hopeful that farmers’ sixth round of talks at a date passengers from the UK who has identified the laboratories Covid vaccine distribution unions will discuss our request. and time of the unions’ have tested positive at the IGIA for Genome Sequencing. across the country. Whatever they want to add & choosing. has soared to 11. Five tested Continued on Page 11 subtract from the He added, “I would also Government’s proposal, they like to thank banks, as they     " $*+(       '  should tell us. We’re ready for brought more than 1 crore     a discussion at the time & date farmers under Kisan Credit ,,!  ! ""  of their convenience. I’m hope- Card cover during the pan- R    #$#%     ful of a solution,” Tomar said demic and gave farmers 1 lakh   while talking to reporters. crore in last 8 months. We’ve &'()#*   Stressing that a solution undertaken some reforms and      Addressing a Press confer- defame farmers’ association,”  . (*)(*(-*/() %)  "   can be reached only through will bring more in future.” ence on Wednesday at Singhu said Yogendra Yadav of Swaraj %)(   ()*+,-   dialogue, Tomar said, “History Total five rounds of talks, he United Farmers Front, Border, the epicentre of the India.  .(*,0*0,( is witness to this fact. How old including one each on Ton Wednesday wrote a let- farmers protests across the While reading the letter in $#%    and strong the protest is, the December 1, 3 and 5, have ter to the Central Government National Capital’s borders, the Hindi, Yadav said the ' . %+% ,)   "   end and the solution to a failed to break the deadlock urging the Government not to farmers unions said United Government is constantly 10*2(*+,1 #( "  "" protest are reached through between the two sides. While repeat those “meaningless” Farmers Front on Wednesday holding talks with so-called dialogue only.” the Centre is firm that the laws amendments which have been has written a letter to the farmers’ leaders and organisa-  './*20*,-- -. "   Farmers’ unions should won’t be scrapped and has rejected by the farmers’ unions. Government. tions, who’re not associated &%) ,   "" discuss the Government’s draft instead proposed amendments, Meanwhile, farmers also urged “It states that the with our movement at all. (,   " proposal and inform them if the unions are adamant on a people to skip one meal on Government shouldn’t ques- “This is an attempt to break our they want to add or delete any- total repeal. The Government “Kisan Diwas” on Wednesday, tion the letter written by the movement. the Government is     thing, he added. has worked the back channels the birth anniversary of former United Farmers’ Front previ- dealing with protesting farm- +(   "   The Minister said there to bring farmer groups back to Prime Minister Chaudhary ously as it was a unanimous ers, the way it deals with its 0*. " " were recommendations for the negotiating table. Charan Singh in support of decision. Government’s new Opposition,” said Yadav. reforms in the farm sector in Continued on Page 11 their stir. letter is a fresh attempt to Continued on Page 11 #$#% """ "    )*     O P   - +%%*   //"&  -  *       $*  $$ #   $$ Q!!"        %    #  *       he National Investigation    &'( TAgency (NIA) has arrested  *,*   # $  R absconding Khalistani terror-     ist Gurjeet Singh Nijjar, who    +  agers.   was hiding in Cyprus (Europe), IFFCO Managing eaders of People’s Alliance for upon his arrival at the airport mmonia leakage at the Director and CEO Dr Uday nion Home Minister Amit Shah LGupkar Declaration (PAGD) sepa- here late on Tuesday night. APhulpur unit of Indian Shankar Awasthi deeply Uand the BJP on Wednesday hailed rately asserted on Wednesday that the The NIA had registered a Farmers Fertilizer regretted the sad and unfor- the outcome of Jammu & Kashmir’s outcome of the DDC poll was a rejec- case on January 10, 2019 Cooperative Limited (IFFCO) tunate accident that happened maiden District Development Council tion of the abrogation of Article 370, but against accused Harpal Singh in Prayagraj claimed the lives on Tuesday night due to (DDC) elections, saying it was the man-     # #      even after winning 112 seats the PAGD under various Sections of the of two officials and left over a mechanical failure at the ifestation of people’s faith in democra-  ))*    # # & constituents shied away from coming Arms Act, 1959, Maharashtra dozen workers seriously sick IFFCO Phulpur ammonia cy and a slap in the face of separatists. together on one platform to “unitedly” Police Act, 1951 and provisions on Tuesday night. urea unit. Shah also “heartily thanked” the celebrate their victory. Omar also observed he did not fore- of the Unlawful Activities Chief He said the employees at people for voting the BJP as the single- Earlier, stating that people of The top brass of the National see Assembly elections in the Union (Prevention) Act, 1967. Minister and the site fought bravely to han- largest party in the polls. Jammu & Kashmir are “making a new Conference organised a function at its Territory anytime soon because of the “Investigation has revealed Deputy Chief Minister Keshav dle the situation. “I heartily thank our sisters and beginning”, Union Minister for Law own headquarters in Nawa-e-Subah, poll results. that absconding accused Prasad Maurya expressed grief “Our two officers laid brothers of J&K for voting the BJP as Ravishankar Prasad said the BJP has while PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti “If you really say that democracy Gurjeet Singh Nijjar was the at the death of the two officials down their lives tackling the the single largest party in the District emerged as a “the single largest party addressed a separate press conference has won, then you will have to listen to main conspirator of this case. of IFFCO’s Phulpur unit in the accident and saving the lives Development Council elections. The in the poll and gained more votes than at her Gupkar residence, with no party the voices of the people, and the peo- Accused Gurjeet Singh Nijjar, ammonia leakage. of their other colleagues. My BJP under the leadership of PM the National Conference, Peoples leader sitting by her side. ple of Jammu & Kashmir have said it Harpal Singh and Moin Khan Prima facie, a mechanical deepest condolences to their @narendramodi ji will continue to Democratic Party (PDP) and the PAGD Spokesman Sajad Lone with a huge majority that they do not were active on social media failure appears to be the cause family and friends. The situ- work relentlessly towards the prosper- Congress put together. remained conspicuous even on social accept (the decisions of) August 5, platforms and hatched a crim- behind this accident while ation at the accident site is ity and development of the J&K region,” Prasad said it is the BJP with 75 media. 2019,” Omar said. inal conspiracy to revive Sikh details will be known after the now under control. Other Shah tweeted. seats in the DDC and as the single No official statement was issued by The Centre abrogated Article 370 militancy for ultimate aim of technical inquiry committee employees are also stable now “Congratulations to the people of largest party that has won the people’s the PAGD in connection with the poll — which gave special status to Jammu formation of a separate state of submits its report. and undergoing appropriate J&K for such great turnout in DDC mandate and not the “opportunistic results either. & Kashmir — and bifurcated the erst- Khalistan,” the NIA said in a It was around 10:30 on treatment,” he said, adding polls. I applaud the efforts of our secu- Gupkar alliance”. Meanwhile, upbeat Omar Abdullah while State into two Union Territories statement. Tuesday night when ammonia that prima facie the accident rity forces & local administration for Prasad said of the 49 independents while addressing the party workers said on August 5 last year. During investigation it was gas started oozing out from a at the ammonia urea unit was successfully conducting these multi- winning in the elections, “several are the people have made clear their view Omar said the results of the DDC revealed that Nijjar of Pandori production plant. caused by a mechanical fail- phased elections. This will further backed by the BJP.” Independents have by supporting the People’s Alliance for elections have proved that the BJP will village in left India on Panic gripped the workers ure. boost the morale and trust of people of won more seats than the PDP, he said. Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) in the not be able to “bury” the NC. October 19, 2017 for Cyprus. who ran helter-skelter to save Chief Minister Yogi J&K in democracy,” he added. Continued on Page 11 District Development Council polls. Continued on Page 11 Continued on Page 11 their lives, but two officers, Adityanath expressed grief at deputy manager (offsite) the death of the two IFFCO Abhay Nandan, and assistant Phulpur unit officials in the &R'(  manager (urea) VP Singh ammonia gas leak and ,   #*R  tried to find out the fault and announced a compensation of  ## )" set it right and in this process Rs 4 lakh each for their fam- they fell unconscious. Later ily members. $       the judge that they should be since Sister Abhaya was mur- they breathed their last in the He also directed the offi- freed of all charges considering dered on March 27, 1992. “The hospital. cials of the district adminis- * $  ather Thomas Kottoor and their advanced age and ail- Archdiocese is of the view that As many as 14 workers tration to arrange for the best FSister Sephy, the first and ments, they did not get any the death of Sister Abhaya is were rushed to hospital and possible treatment for the    third accused in the Sister concessions. The judge had unfortunate and painful. four of them are said to be in accident victims. Abhaya murder case, were on made it clear to the prosecution Though the charges against a serious condition. Deputy Chief Minister n a big push for education of Wednesday sentenced to life that since it was not a pre- Father Thomas Kottoor and IFFCO Phulpur public , while Istudents belonging to the imprisonment and fines of planned murder, the accused Sister Sephy who are members relations officer Vishwajit expressing profound grief at Scheduled Caste, the Union 6.5 lakh and 5.5 lakh respec- would not be slapped with of the Archdiocese are unbe- Srivastava confirmed the the death of the two officials Cabinet on Wednesday okayed tively by K Sanal Kumar, judge death sentence. lievable we respect the court death of two officials. and nearly two dozen people 59,000 crore for post-matric of the Father Kottoor was sent to verdict. The accused have the The IFFCO Phulpur unit falling sick due to ammonia scholarship for five years. CBI Special Court. Central Jail at Poojappura, a rights for appeal against the is situated on Prayagraj- gas leak, instructed the offi- The Cabinet meeting Though Fr Kottoor was Thiruvananthapuram suburb verdict and prove their inno- Gorakhpur highway, 30 kilo- cers of the district adminis- chaired by Prime Minister slapped with double life impris- and Sister Sephy to the cence,” said the release. metres away from the city. It tration to take concrete steps Narendra Modi estimated onment (on charges of murder Women’s Jail in another suburb According to prosecution, has two units each of urea and for the treatment of the affect- that this mega scholarship and trespass) the punishment where she would have the Kottoor and Poothrikkayil were ammonia production. ed and immediate protection scheme will benefit more would run concurrently and company of Swapna Suresh, the having an illicit relationship Things were normal in the of the villagers. than four crore students for hence he need to serve only one kingpin of the gold smuggling with Sephy, also an inmate of night shift till 10:30 pm but He also said that the entire continuing their education sentence. He has to pay a fine case that rocked Kerala politics. the convent. On the night of '      # suddenly ammonia leakage matter be investigated and from Class XI. The Central of 5 lakh on charges of mur- Expressing happiness over March 27, 1992, Abhaya (21) — #   ### changed the scene and an report be submitted. Government will spend 60 der, 1 lakh for trespass and the judgement, Sister Abhaya a second year student of the %    & emergency was sounded. State cabinet minister per cent of the programme. 50,000 for destroying evi- Action Council convener BCM college, Kottayam, was Officials and employees Nand Gopal Gupta ‘Nandi’ in The rest will be provided by dence. Jomon Puthenpurackal said he staying at St Pius convent — then CBI Deputy SP who was ran for help but by that time a tweet, expressed condo- the State Government. The nun Sr Sephy was would not rest until the appeals saw Kottoor and Sephy in a the first investigation officer of two officials and 14 other lences to the families of the “This replaces the existing awarded life imprisonment and to be filed by the convicts are compromising position, fol- the case and who had to resign employees had fallen victim to deceased officer. ‘committed liability’ system 5 lakh for charges under mur- rejected by the higher courts. lowing which the three accused his job because of severe pres- ammonia. They were imme- Phulpur MP Kesari Devi and brings greater involve- der, seven years rigorous The Kottayam Archdiocese hacked her with an axe and sure to write off the case as sui- diately rushed to hospital Patel and MP Rita ment of the Central Govt in imprisonment and 50,000 for to which the accused belong threw her into the well, the CBI cide, said that he was happy where the doctors could not Bahuguna Joshi also described this crucial scheme,” the Union destroying evidence. issued a media release about had said in its charge sheet. that the accused have been sen- save the lives of the two man- the incident as tragic. Cabinet said in a statement. Though the accused told the incident for the first time Varghese P Thomas, the tenced.   +, - &     !"  #$%#&#& "97:0  $R + $8) ( :'# $/01$2.3 242 %4(3'%   ''&2       hief Minister Yogi Adityanath    *5 *  4,  Cgreeted the farming community iming to connect with farmers at the block on the occasion of the 118th birth (PNS): Singing paean Alevel on the birth anniversary of former    anniversary of former Prime Minister to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on Chaudhary Charan Singh and said and terming him a messiah, a sec- December 25, Kisan Samvad will be held where he Uttar Pradesh government said that exceptional that his government was committed tion of farmers said that the state Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with Timprovement in ease of doing business in the state to bettering their interests. government always worked for their the farmers. had a positive impact on the start-up sector. Hailing former Prime Minister welfare and showed the resolve to A plan was charted out for Kisan Samvad at With the numbers soaring in the state, 3,406 start- Chaudhary Charan Singh for dedi- solve the problems faced by the a meeting attended by BJP state chief Swatantra ups recognised by the Department for Promotion of cating his life for the empowerment farmer community. Dev Singh and state general secretary (organi- Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) of the Union gov- of farmers, Yogi said that the late “Yogi Adityanath has always sation) Sunil Bansal and other senior leaders in ernment have been set up in Uttar Pradesh in the last three leader strived hard for the uplift of taken decisions for farmers’ welfare. Lucknow on Wednesday.. years. Referring to the best start-up ecosystem being devel- the underprivileged sections of soci- The chief minister and his govern- Singh said that opposition parties were oped as a result of efficient implementation of IT and ety. ment has shown dedication towards spreading confusion among the farmers about Start-up Policy, 2017 and New Start-up Policy, 2020, “Chaudharyji used to say that the the growth of the agri sector and agricultural reform laws whereas the truth was Deputy Chief Minister Dinesh Sharma, who holds the path of the nation’s prosperity pass- hence he is a ‘messiah’ for us,” said that the laws would open new opportunities for IT and Electronics portfolio, said that the state govern- es through farmland. In other words, farmer Umakant Gupta from the community. ment was developing a world-class start-up ecosystem India will progress if the farmers are Malihabad after being gifted a trac- The BJP leader told party officials that under through a strong infrastructure and favourable policy progressive,” he said. tor by the chief minister at an event the Kisan Samman Nidhi, the prime minister environment. Sharma said that besides creating employ- Pledging to infuse latest technol- in Lucknow on Kisan Diwas to would transfer Rs 18,000 crore to nine crore ment, the start-up policies were promoting innovation ogy in agriculture, the chief minister commemorate the birth anniversary farmer families on December 25. and entrepreneurship along with contributing to the state’s said that as many as 20 new Krishi of former Prime Minister Chaudhary Discussing the plan, Bansal said that party economy and aiding the empowerment of youth. Vigyan Kendras were being con- Charan Singh. “The government is providing with the farmers of the state and dis- workers should choose a place where this Kisan Additional Chief Secretary (IT and Electronics) Alok structed in addition to the existing 69 Farmer Aarif Siddiqui from free good quality seeds which has tributed tractors and cheques up to Samvad programme could be held and the local Kumar said that despite the COVID-19 pandemic, 773 such KVKs linked to four agriculture Unnao said that it was only because resulted in higher yield, better qual- Rs 3 lakh. Later, he said that his unit should ensure large participation of people start-ups had been established between December, 2019 universities in UP. of Yogi Adityanath that he came to ity of produce and increased profit,” government was working with a at the ground level. and 2020, in addition to 17 incubators set up in the last “Of these, 18 have already been know about different farmer-centric he said. commitment in the interest of farm- In the Kisan Samvad programme, all MPs of two years under the IT and Start-up Policy, 2017. completed,” the chief minister said. schemes that benefited them a lot. The chief minister interacted ers. the ruling party, MLAs and public representa- Kumar said that seven proposals for setting up incu- “Farmers have been provided tives, including officials of corporations, boards bators had been approved in December under the new with the facility of soil testing and said. Yogi came down heavily on the support price) system nor mandi sys- reducing the cost of farming and and cooperative societies, will participate. Start-up Policy, 2020, including the first incubator of Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana opposition parties for spreading tem is going to be abolished but the increasing productivity. The BJP has also decided that all public rep- Bundelkhand in Rajkiya Engineering College, Banda, Atal has been further extended. Also, cooked up stories about the new agri- opposition parties are out to create The UP government distributed resentatives, including party officials of the state, Incubation Centre in BHU Varanasi, NASSCOM 10000 water has been provided to every culture laws and for misguiding unnecessary confusion,” he said. tractors and cheques up to Rs 3 lakh region, district, mandal, sector should be present Start-up Warehouse in Noida, Jaipuria Incubator and farm under the Prime Minister innocent farmers. The chief minister said that the to the farmers of the state on this day at their booths and pay tribute to Atalji on Maharshi Centre for Entrepreneur Development in Agricultural Irrigation Scheme,” he “Neither the MSP (minimum state government was focusing on which is celebrated as Kisan Diwas. December 26 and 27. Lucknow, start-up launch pad in Mathura, GLA University, Krishna Engineering College, Ghaziabad. Underlining the objective of encouraging start-ups (3%,(% (8)%)A in non-IT sectors, Kumar said that setting up of 117 incu- 0$  # , * bators had been set as the target for developing start-up ecosystems in institutions, universities, colleges under 32 2%( ,.%  main departments like MSME, Khadi, Agricultural        Education, Medical Education, Higher/Technical *55(%(''2)(2  Education, etc.    “By being present in , these offi- It is noteworthy that in the 2020-21 fiscal, an incen- Lucknow (PNS): In a shocking inci- cers will keep an eye on the facilities, secu-  *R-. tive of Rs 41.60 lakh has been provided to incubators and dent, a man pronounced instant talaq to ith a view to protect the migrant rity and respect being given to the workers start-ups by the state government and an additional his wife for refusing to dance and wear Wlabourers who have gone to big cities of UP. If anything goes wrong with the    amount of Rs 41.41 lakh will soon be disbursed after get- jeans and later torched himself at his in- to earn their livelihood, the Uttar Pradesh migrant labourers, the UP officials will talk ting financial approval under the IT and Start-up Policy, laws place in Meerut on Tuesday night. government is going to deploy officers in cities to the local administration and solve the prob- ttar Pradesh Panchayati 2017. A sum of around Rs 83 lakh would be provided to However, the man was saved by his in- like Delhi, Mumbai and for the pro- lem and send a report to the state govern- URaj Minister Bhupendra incubators and start-ups in the current fiscal. In September laws and the police were informed. tection of these workers. ment,” the official said. Singh Chaudhary on Tuesday 2020, UP was ranked in the category of Emerging Start- As per reports, New Ismailnagar res- These officers will be tasked to monitor During their presence in Mumbai, the said that the elections to the up Ecosystem in Start-up Ranking-2020 of states released ident Amiruddin married off his daugh- the security and dignity of the migrant officers will also convey to the workers from three tier panchayat institutions by the Department of Industry Promotion and Internal ter eight years ago to Anas of Pilkhua labourers. UP information about the schemes being would be completed by the end Trade (DPIIT) of the Government . (Hapur), who used to work in Delhi. Uttar Pradesh will be the first state in the launched by the Uttar Pradesh government of March next year. The woman alleged that Anas forced country to deploy officers in other states for for their welfare and well-being so that the The minister said that the her to dance and sing which often led to the safety and convenience of its workers. workers who want to join the new schemes elections would be held in four squabbles between the couple. Fed up with “The Yogi Adityanath government will and return to UP may avail of the facility, phases and the election notifi- the husband, she even approached a local keep a close watch on the safety and respect according to the official. cation would be issued after panchayat but failed to get a solution. of lakhs of migrant labourers of UP who have During the novel coronavirus pandem- the completion of preparatory On Tuesday, Anas pronounced triple become the backbone of economic develop- ic, millions of labourers living in Delhi, work for the polls that was talaq to his wife and later headed to his in- ment and industries of all the states, includ- Mumbai were forcibly removed. There have already underway. laws’ place where he set himself afire. The ing Delhi, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Gujarat also been reports of ill-treatment with The elections of gram harried in-laws raised an alarm, doused the and Andhra Pradesh,” a government migrant labourers living in Kolkata and pradhans, gram sabha mem- flame and rushed him to a hospital with spokesman said. Mumbai. bers, kshetra panchayat mem- serious burns. The Lisari Gate police sta- The plan is going to start with the This decision of the Yogi government is bers and district panchayat NOTICE tion was informed about the incident and deployment of officers in Mumbai. going to be a big support for thousands of members will be held simulta- a probe was underway to find out whether According to officials privy to the deci- migrant labourers of UP living away from neously. The process of delim- there was any other motive that led the man sion, two officers of Uttar Pradesh govern- their families and homes, given the prevail- itation and reservation of wards I, Rekha Devi, Spouse of to immolate himself. ment will be posted in Mumbai. ing environment of West Bengal. for the Scheduled Castes and Bharat Bhushan Kanoujia R/o Other Backward Classes will be 61 Golf Course Colony, completed by the third week of Bhajjapurva Shiwas Tannery, February next year. The State Nagar - 208010. Have 4-  $# R  Election Commission is likely changed my name from Rekha to issue the election notification Devi to Rekha Kanoujia Vide    as soon as the reservation of affidavit No. 30AE 750216 =#(%+ $228*'()(( ,3'% wards is completed. dated 16.12.2020 before aking a jibe at Prime Minister The terms of gram pan- Kanpur Court. TNarendra Modi’s appeal of Lucknow (PNS): Samajwadi Akhilesh further said that chayats, kshetra panchayats ‘taali and thali’ during lock- Party chief Akhilesh Yadav said the BJP was living in the mistak- and district panchayats are down, UP Congress chief Ajay that the en belief that by celebrating ending on December 25, NOTICE Kumar Lallu and party workers must stop humiliating farmers as Chaudhary ji’s birth anniversary, January 14 and March 18 clapped and banged ‘thali’ dur- they were the honour of the it could win the farmers trust or respectively. After the end of Power of Attorney registered on ing a protest to express solidar- nation but they have been forced confuse them to give up their the terms, assistant develop- 17/05/1991 and original deeds ity with protesting farmers on to hit the streets to fight for their agitation. ment officers of the develop- of my house no. 35/32B Wednesday. existence. “The BJP government is ment blocks would be appoint- Bengali Mohal Kanpur Nagar Congress workers and lead- Addressing a meeting at the unwilling to address the griev- ed as administrators of the have actually been lost some- ers carried out a state-wide state SP office to celebrate the ances of the farmers and the gram sabhas, SDM would be where, which was registered on protest against the recently leg- 118 birth anniversary of former pomp and show used to celebrate appointed in place of block pra- 17/08/1988 no. 21122 in islated agricultural laws on the Prime Minister Chaudhary Charan Singh’s birth anniversary mukhs and district magistrates theSub Registrar. Use of the birth anniversary of former Charan Singh, Akhilesh said will not help as it can no longer will be the administrators of the above will be illegal. Susheela Prime Minister Chaudhary that the BJP and its workers did mislead the community. Paddy district panchayats. Singh W/o Laxman Singh. Charan Singh, in Lucknow and not have any roots in rural India inserting government advertise- and cane farmers of the state The panchayat elections 8840600028 pledged full support to the farm- and were connected only with ments in newspapers to com- have been running from pillar to have been delayed due to the ers’ stir against farm laws and the the corporate class. memorate Chaudhary Charan post for selling their produce at COVID-19 pandemic. demand of repealing them. “Unnerved by the huge Singh’s birth anniversary, which procurement centres and getting Official sources said the REQUIRED However, as Congress work- protests of farmers, the BJP is is unprecedented,” said the SP payment from sugar mills,” preparations for the panchay- ers marched to lay siege to the indulging in futile exercise of chief. Akhilesh charged. at elections were underway on homes of BJP MPs and MLAs as a war footing. per plan, they were stopped and sons that the Union govern- trying to suppress the voice of “Farmers’ outfits have been Meanwhile, Bhim Army detained. Later, Lallu staged a sit- ment was ‘anti-farmer’ and the opponents by misusing official protesting for three weeks now chief Chandrashekhar Azad in along with party workers. Congress would support the machinery,” he said. but the BJP government at the on Tuesday said that his party Many party leaders and workers farmers both on the streets and On the Centre’s assurance of Centre is refusing to listen to would contest the panchayat were also confined inside the UP in the Parliament. MSP, Lallu said that why did not their woes. The Congress party elections in Uttar Pradesh. He Congress headquarters at Mall “Despite the 22-day protest the government guarantee it by will ‘gherao’ the homes and said ahead of the 2022 UP Avenue and forced by the police by farmers, the Centre is not bringing in a bill and alleged that offices of BJP’s MPs and MLAs assembly elections, Bhim Army to stage protest on the campus retracting the agricultural laws. the BJP regime wanted to sell and protest by beating ‘taali’ and wanted to have a state-wide itself. Later, Lallu told news per- This regime is arrogant and is farmers to the corporate houses. ‘thaali’,” he said. presence in UP. "6738/)

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n a daring incident, a group Iof masked dacoits stormed the house of an executive engi- neer of Sugarcane department in Vibhuti Khand police station area on the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday and looted cash and valuables (worth around Rs 6 lakh). While the engineer told mediapersons that there were eight dacoits, DCP (East) &  #   #  &      %       Sanjeev Suman said they were * .      #      %       five in number. An FIR was registered in this connection 0  $   and five police teams were    vaccine. “All arrangements ical colleges in these districts, Ashiyana. Across the state, formed to work out the case.    ty-related dispute, political “The police teams talked regarding storage, ensuring people will get advanced med- 1,233 persons tested positive, Engineer Yogendra Kumar rivalry and personal enmity. to the victims in the dacoity hief Minister Yogi cold chain and transportation ical facilities at local level,” he including 60 from Kanpur, 59 Srivastava, who is posted in he Lucknow police appear On December 21, an incident. They told the police CAdityanath has instructed of the vaccine should be made said. from Ghaziabad, 67 from Meerut, was in Lucknow on a Tto have hit rough weather elderly man and his live-in that the miscreants were talk- officials to carry out RT-PCR on time and monitoring should Meanwhile, 252 persons Gautam Buddhnagar, 53 from two-day leave and went back of late days, with three sensa- partner were found murdered ing in a local dialect, and it tests on passengers who have be done at the district level,” he tested positive for coronavirus Varanasi and 75 from Meerut, on Wednesday night itself. His tional crime incidents, includ- at their house in Madiaon. In gave the police a hint about recently returned from for- said. The chief minister also in Lucknow on Wednesday. taking the UP tally to 5,77,642. wife Nisha Srivastava (57) and ing the dacoity at the house of this case though, the police them,” sources said. eign countries and isolate those instructed officials to conduct With four more deaths, city’s There were 22 deaths in the daughter Jiniya Srivastava (30) Sugarcane department engi- arrested the accused. They said the police had among them who are coron- training of vaccinators. Yogi toll climbed to 1,091 even as state, including three in Kanpur, were present in the house sit- neer, reported within a week. Now after the daring investigation diaries of the avirus positive. said that his government was there are 2,822 active cases in two in Varanasi, and one each uated in Viraj-Khand-4. With the pressure to perform, dacoity, the police are drawing previous cases of dacoities in “Those who have returned committed to providing quali- the district. The fresh cases in Gautam Buddhnagar, “Around 2 am on top brass put their heads flak for lax patrolling and the posh localities and in the between November 25 and ty medical facilities to the pub- included 22 from Gomtinagar, Meerut, Gorakhpur, , Wednesday, masked dacoits together to thrash out a ploy poor monitoring. Due to the houses close to railway tracks. December 8 from foreign lic. He directed officials to 29 from Indiranagar, 15 from Agra, Barabanki, Deoria, carrying knives scaled the to prevent crimes. pressure, the police are work- “The engineer’s house is also countries where a new strain of ensure establishment of medical Talkatora, 13 each from Bulandshahr, Chandauli, boundary wall of the house. Earlier on December 20, ing in this case on a war-foot- located close to a railway line. coronavirus has been found, colleges in 16 districts of UP Vikasnagar, Jankipuram & Farrukhabad, Unnao & They uprooted a window grill, former gram pradhan of ing. By evening, the police had The police teams are trying to should be quarantined,” the where there were no medical Chinhat, 12 each from Cantt & Ambedkarnagar, taking the toll entered the house via the draw- Mohanlalganj, Sujeet Pandey an adequate number of sus- figure out the modus operan- chief minister said while chair- colleges. “By establishing med- Rae Bareli road, and 11 from to 8,245. ing room and scattered in was shot dead. In this case, the pects on their radar. However, di of the dacoits involved in ing a high-level unlock review groups. One of the miscreants police have yet to get any clue. the police were reluctant to the previous cases and short- meeting in Lucknow on entered my room before I Police teams have been work- share details with mediaper- listed some of the gangs on Wednesday. Yogi instructed could understand what was ing on angles such as proper- sons. this basis,” the sources said. officials to maintain effective %)#%8* )(!%)2%%!42 %  wrong and asked me to take out treatment and prevention from all the cash and ornaments,” alarm,” Nisha further stated. ed ornaments and cash before police team on patrol had COVID-19 and stressed that Nisha stated in her complaint Another group entered the leaving the scene. The dacoits passed via the lane where the vigilance and caution be main- 32'5% %3(4((%3244( (2 given to to the police. room of Jiniya and hit her with also took away the digital video house is located. “The victims tained at all levels against the She said she tried to con- sticks as she cried for help and recorder (DVR) of the CCTV had their mouth pasted with viral infection.    whether consent should be Dr Singh said. front him but three other locked her in the room. camera installed in the house. tapes and they could not raise “It is necessary to maintain taken from people being He added that cases in the dacoits reached there. “They Having overpowered the In an e-byte, the DCP said an alarm. That was why the complete vigilance in view of he Health department is administered the shot as no other districts have also had me tied up with a bedsheet mother-daughter duo, the five teams had been formed police teams did not get any the new strain of novel coron- Tunlikely to take any con- medicine, including vaccine, decreased, which led to the dip and pasted a tape on my mouth dacoits rummaged through and the case would be worked idea of what was happening avirus and a little carelessness sent from people for Covid comes without side effects. in the number of patients. He so that I could not raise an each of the rooms and collect- out soon. He admitted that a there,” he said. can prove to be very costly,” he vaccination when the drive He said consent forms normal- further pointed out that with said. Expressing satisfaction begins in the district. Consent ly mention possible side effects the private hospitals also hav- over carrying out the maxi- is not required as people are of the vaccine. ing been trained, they have mum number of Covid tests in approaching the health offi- Meanwhile, spokesperson managed to handle a good ,     the country, the chief minister cials for vaccination on their of Ram Manohar Lohia number of patients. also instructed officials to con- own. Institute of Medical Sciences Incharge of ICU-3 at duct tests to full capacity. “This is not a surgical Shrikesh Singh said that the SGPGI Dr Tanmoy Ghatak *   %  He said that UP ranked procedure for which consent number of Covid-19 patients, also said that the number of second in the country on per has to be taken. People are including serious ones, admit- patients has decreased. million test basis and asked coming on their own and ted in the hospital has However, he added that the    road. As per plan, over 1,040 officials to increase the number nobody is being forced,” a decreased. number of severe patients has houses will be built in the five of tests per million. senior health official said, “The number of serious not decreased. He pointed out rime Minister Narendra housing towers, with each Directing officials to ensure adding all the preparations patients has decreased because that a critical Covid patient PModi will lay the founda- having 14 storeys. medical facilities at Covid hos- are in place and the wait is on of the dip in the per-day cases recovered primarily because of tion stone of the houses to be Urban Development pitals, Yogi said that it should be for arrival of the vaccine as the which have been around 200 the efforts put in by a team of constructed under the ‘Light Minister Ashutosh Tandon ensured that specialist doctors storage area has already been on an average lately. Earlier, doctors. House’ project through on Wednesday inspected the took regular rounds of wards demarcated. when there was a surge in “That 40-year-old man video-conferencing on site and had detailed discus- and there was adequate avail- The vaccination will be cases, there was scarcity of was a renal patient and there January 1. The project is sion with engineers and offi- ability of medicines, medical carried out in three phases and beds, but the post-Covid ward was a fungal infection in his aimed at providing decent cials concerned. They assured equipment and oxygen backup. database for the first phase of has helped a lot. Besides, the nasal sinus which had impact- places of dwelling to the the minister that the project The chief minister also said that beneficiaries (health workers) infectivity of the virus may also ed his eyesight. He had severe underprivileged at cheaper would be completed within people should be regularly has been created. have diminished or the herd obesity and was chronically rates. However, housing 15 months. He said people made aware about prevention However, People’s Health immunity has increased dependent on steroids, hence commissioner AK Chauhan would be given possession of from COVID-19 and for this, Organisation secretary Dr because even after so many fes- vulnerable to infection which was not available for their houses within public address systems should Ishwar Gilada said while tivals and wedding season, was why he suffered from his comment on the new ini- three months of the project be used along with various preparations are underway for the cases have not increased. It sinus fungal infection that is tiative of Ministry of completion. publicity media. vaccination drive, supply chain is almost the end of December considered to be very rare. He Urban and Housing Chief Minister Yogi He said action should be mechanism, storage, vaccina- but the cases have not has already tested Covid neg- Development. Adityanath is believed to have taken in a time-bound manner tors, acquiring syringes & nee- increased. However, let’s see ative and shifted to the main The project will come up directed the officials to com- for administering COVID-19 dles, it is being discussed what the future has in store,” hospital,” Dr Ghatak said. at Awadh Vihar on Sultanpur plete the project in time. 9  # 

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India is home to the conclave at the IISF-2020 identified a bacterium which the situation, there is an biodiversity conclave under ‘IISF- several tribal communities would showcase the rich bio- has the ability to convert high- urgent need to remove 2020’, which was inaugurated at and has a long history of pre- diversity of India at ecosystem, ly toxic chromium to less chromium from the environ- NBRI virtually on Wednesday. serving traditional knowledge species and genetic levels, long toxic chromium. BBAU ment,” she said. Dr Arora has Goel, who was the chief and biodiversity conserva- tradition of biodiversity con- spokesperson Dr Rachna the distinction of being guest, said that earlier, India was tion,” he said. servation by traditional com- Gangwar said this bacterium included in the list of top sci- He also talked about the munities and India’s efforts is recognised as a member of entists of Stanford University. Convention of Biological towards mapping the distrib- the genus Bacillus that is Meanwhile, an MoU has Diversity (CBD) which led to ution of biodiversity and con- capable of converting highly been signed between changes in administrative and servation of critical ecosystems toxic chromium of 1000 ppm Babasaheb Bhimrao legislative levels and paved and threatened species. to less toxic chromium. Ambedkar University and the way for the Biodiversity “Interactive meets and “For this, the genes NBRI. “The MoU is aimed at Act of India 2002. expos by students, researchers, involved in chromium trans- providing mutual support in !  *#* #   * ,#   %       “Under the CBD, there is indigenous communities, S&T formation were identified by education and research. Now, a concept of equitable sharing experts and industries will genome sequencing. The researchers of both the insti- of knowledge and benefits also be part of the event. The research has proved very help- tutes will be able to get guid- 7       arising from the sustainable two-day event will be entirely ful in reducing chromium ance from experts and scien- utilisation of biodiversity,” he in a virtual environment and toxicity. It has also been pub- tists with mutual support and Lucknow (PNS): A temporal “Students will learn how to inner ear structures. Basically, added. He said Indian will include webinars by invit- lished in a journal,” she said. at the same time both insti- bone dissection lab was inau- dissect with microscopes on this lab is a wonderful place to approach has always been to ed talks from globally recog- She said chromium is a tutes will also get the benefit gurated by director of cadaveric bones before going learn and get trained in otology respect the nature and not its nised experts, e-poster gallery, highly toxic metal that caus- of laboratories and other facil- Balrampur Hospital Dr Rajeev for surgery in patients. 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     Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and     + members of his council of he denial of permission by ministers at the capital city. he “night curfew” declared TGovernor Arif Vijayan issued a severe Tby the Maharashtra Mohammed Khan to the warning to Prime Minister Government has prompted the Government of Kerala to hold Narendra Modi, whom the for- Hotel and Restaurant a special session of the mer accused of following a Association of Legislative Assembly on divide and rule policy in India. (HRAWI) to exhort its mem- Wednesday to lambast the “Public resentment against the ber-hotels and restaurants in Centre and pass a resolution Farm Bills would blow the BJP Mumbai and other major cities condemning the Agriculture out of power in coming days and across the State to gear up for Bills led to the staging of a it would be better for the Centre early New Year’s eve celebra- demonstration by Chief to withdraw the legislations,” tions coinciding with warned the Chief Minister. “Thailand Time”. He said the impact of the The hotels and restaurants Farm Bills would be felt more in in Mumbai and Municipal Kerala because of the food cri- Corporation areas in      #  sis being faced by the State. “We Maharashtra — as per the !# *  #   & are dependent on other States advice by HRAWI — will ring # .#  %    & for our food requirement in the New Year as early as at & !"  because the production of food 10.30 pm on December 31 grains have come down drasti- which is 12 midnight as per virtual celebrations synchro- 9P<"%  cally in the State because of the “Thailand Time”. In effect, the .#        ##  %    & nised with them. anti-people policies pursued by hotels and restaurants will “The Hospitality industry     + the Centre,” said Vijayan. usher in the year 2021 one- year earlier was a fitting tribute best to help keep its citizens safe wants to put the last eight The exchange of letters hand-a half hour early. to the hospitality industry’s and we see the intent behind months behind and instead s a precautionary mea- between the Governor and The HRAWI’s directive to “never say die attitude” and that the decision. But if it’s celebra- look forward to the remaining Asure against the spread of Chief Minister continued on its member hotels and restau- it would welcome the New Year tions that Mumbaikars want, eight days left in the year. We Coronavirus in the coming Wednesday also. Replying to rants comes in the wake of the filled with hope and promise. we will give it to them while have braved the storm and days, the Maharashtra Vijayan’s letter to Raj Bhavan on Maharashtra Government’s The HRAWI said that ensuring that all norms and have decidedly put the worst Government on Wednesday Tuesday in which he alleged that decision to enforce night cur- while the curfew would disrupt safety measures are adhered to. behind us. Nothing is going to came out with health safety the Governor’s action to deny few in Mumbai and other hospitality industry’s plans, it This is probably even better as dampen our spirits and we will guidelines for this year’s permission for Wednesday’s municipal corporations of appreciated the Maharashtra people will get to be at their emerge stronger than before. Christmas celebrations across special session of the Legislative, Maharashtra, between 11 pm Government’s pre-emptive homes at midnight to bring in We welcome Mumbaikars to the State. In a notification Governor Arif mohammed and 6 am from December 22 to measures to allay any threat of the New Year with their fami- come join us in the last celebra- issued, the State Home Khan explained to him in a let- January 5, in view of new the Covid-19 pandemic’s sec- lies,” HRAWI’s President Sherry tions of the season, to bid department appealed to the ter sent on Wednesday the strain of the SARS-CoV-2 ond wave. Bhatia said. farewell to 2020 and to usher in Christian community to cel- precedence and rules in the detected in the United “Like every year, Mumbai The HRAWI member 2021 with lots of optimism, ebrate this year’s Christmas Constitution relating to the Kingdom, will have its celebrations this establishments are planning to faith and hope,” HRAWI’s celebrations in a simple man- convening of such meetings. In a statement issued here, year too, albeit a little earlier. “align celebrations with senior Vice President Pradeep ner in view of the fact that the Meanwhile the Congress- the HRAWI said that ending the The Government is doing its Thailand” and may even host Shetty said. State continued to be in the led UDF demanded the Chief grip of Covid-19 crisis. Minister to convene a special “This year, all communi- session of the MLAs outside the %&'(& )* +    ties and religions celebrated Legislative House and pass a res- various festivities in a simple olution against the Prime manner in view of the health Minister and the Centre. ** *  : * threat posed by Coronavirus. We expect the Christian com-     + to Chahal to appear on January property was found to be ille- 354A of the Act and the action munity to celebrate this year’s 20 to depose before it connec- gal, then it was a violation of of demolition following it, are Christmas in a simple man- ess than a month after the tion with the petition. human rights. actuated by malafides, in any ner,” the State Home depart- LBombay High Court The petitioner has relied on “When the act of BMC is event, involve a clear malice in ment said, as it released 13- quashed the demolition notice the order of the Bombay High found to be illegal by the law, causing a substantial injury point safety guidelines for issued to Bollywood actress Court which had on November Bombay High Court, then it’s to the Petitioner”. Christmas celebrations. Kangana Ranaut and dubbed 27 quashed the demolition a crystal clear case of violation “We would be perfectly Significantly enough, the the subsequent demolition of notice issued by the BMC to of human rights, which war- justified on the basis of the law State Government has asked portions of her bungalow as “a the Bollywood actress in rants the intervention of the stated by the Supreme Court in the Christian community to clear malice in law”, the September this year, terming commission,” the petitioner the case of Sunbeam Hightech hold “Thanks Giving Mass” at Maharashtra State Human both the notice and the subse- said. Developers (supra), to order or before 7 pm of December Rights Commission (MSHRC) quent demolition of a portion It may be recalled that on compensation against respon- 31 instead holding them at 12 on Wednesday summoned of her Bandra Bungalow were September 9, the demolition sible Respondents,” the judges midnight. Among other Mumbai Municipal “actuated by malafides” and squad of the BMC pulled down had noted, adding that the things, State Government has Commissioner Iqbal Chahal to they involved “a clear malice in a portion of Kangana Raut’s quantum of compensation mandated that there should be appear before on January 20, law” and ordered compensa- buingalow at Bandra in north- would be decided only after the not be more than 50 people at 2021 in connection with the tion for her. west Mumbai, which housed preparation of an estimate by church for the prayer meeting much-discussed demolition. In his petition filed before the office of her film produc- the approved valuer. held on the occasion of Hearing a petition filed by the MSHRC, Mishra cited a tion company, Manikarnika On the compensation, the Christmas, that there be sys- Advocate Aditya Mishra Supreme Court ruling that Films Pvt Ltd. judges had ruled: “Both parties, tematic and exit arrangements against the demolition of a por- declared the right to private In their order passed, a HC i.e. the Petitioner and the at the Church, that the social tion of Kanga’s Bandra property to be a human right. division bench of Justices SJ MCGM (as the Brihanmumbai distancing norms be followed Bungalow saying it as an act of Quoting the apex court’s order, Kathawalla and RI Chagla Municipal Corporation is also strictly, that the Church be “human violation”, the MSHRC the petitioner said that if any ruled: “As we have come to a known) shall be heard by the sanitised before mass and that admitted the petition and act by the state or its agencies clear conclusion that the valuer whilst making his report the use Mask and Sanitiser is ordered issuance of summons pertaining to someone’s private impugned notice under section of valuation.” compulsory in Church. 7:0  !!"

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At advocate, deputy manager of of masks has increased by 8 to shops of medicine. the same time, 44 people beat Axis Bank Civil Lines, chief 10 times since then. Masks Due to non-sale in terms of Corona. So far 27,983 people manager of SBI Main Branch, ranging from  10 to  150-200 stock availability, the wholesale have been infected in the dis- an Anganwadi worker, a clerk are available in the market. dealers of the drug have also trict. of Bahadurpur SBI branch and At the same time, due to started worrying about the loss According to the Nodal a primary school teacher. the abundance of immunity because the companies are not Officer for Corona Dr Rishi Coronavirus infection is boosters capsules and syrups in refunding these drugs. Sahai, active patients of Covid not yet completely eradicated. the market, their sales have Chairman of Allahabad are decreasing in the district. In Prayagraj, it still has an made a big difference. Due to Chemist and Druggist Despite increasing the scope of impact. In the Corona era, the outbreak of Corona pan- Association, Anil Dubey said testing, the number of active due to the high stock of immu- demic, most of the reputed that the government should patients has been reduced to nity boosters in the district pharmaceutical companies pressurise companies to refund 798. He said that the number these days, its sales may be have started making immuni- medicines otherwise it is of patients admitted to Covid making a difference, however, ty booster capsules etc. Even difficult to consume these hospitals is decreasing. the sales of masks have Chyawanprash is available in drugs. &&/ 01)     + - ) 22    &34+- # . 12 %             )3& 3"*)*7= R  <:*  the Scientific Secretary of ISRO RAC-S shall be directed to tions, meteorology, water   4 ' > -  :  R Umamaheswaran. The maximise the utilisation of resources to design develop- guests were welcomed by Prof research potential, infrastruc- mental models for effective   4 '    +  The Agricultural Insurance memorandum of under- SB Dwivedi, Dean, Academic ture, expertise available at natural resource management. Scheme was also made effec- Astanding (MoU) was Affairs and a vote of thanks ISRO and IIT-BHU. He iterated that such an initia- he new agricultural laws tive. Many other crops signed between the Indian was proposed by Dr Anurag IIT-BHU will be the leader tive will greatly benefit the Tthat the Modi Government were included within it. Institute of Technology, Ohri. Prof Rajeev Prakash, and project monitor of RAC- Purvanchal (eastern UP) and has enacted are meant to Farmers will get direct bene- Banaras Hindu University (IIT- Dean, Research and S in which Institutes of central regions of the country. increase farmers’ income. The fits of this. BHU) and the Indian Space Development, Prof Rajnesh Excellence in the field of sci- The centre will facilitate opposition does not have any The opposition is saying Research Organisation (ISRO) Tyagi, Dean, Faculty Affairs ence and technology in the short and long-term projects to issues, so is doing politics on that there is a conspiracy to on Wednesday to pave the way and Prof PKS Dixit, Head of states of UP, MP and propel the culture of research welfare legislation. Farmers end the mandis. This is a lie. for advanced research in the Department, Civil Chhattisgarh will be roped and development. Short-term across the country are being The Agriculture Minister is future technology of the Indian Engineering, were also present. into participate in various projects for B-Tech and M- misled. These views were assuring in writing that nei- space programme. Under this In his briefing, IIT-BHU research and development Tech students from the insti- expressed by MP of Allahabad ther the mandis will end nor agreement ISRO will open the Director Prof Jain said that the activities. IIT-BHU will iden- tute and associate institutes will Parliamentary seat Rita the system of minimum sup- Regional Academic Centre for RAC-S of ISRO will act as a tify the Regional Coordinator also be included in this Bahuguna Joshi. She was port price. Space (RAC-S) in the IIT- major facilitator for promoting of RAC-S who will be respon- sequence. Long-term R&D addressing BJP workers here. By registering on the por- BHU. The MoU was signed by space technology activities in sible for the overall manage- projects leading to the PhD She said that even when tal, farmers can sell their pro- IIT-BHU Director Prof the states of Uttar Pradesh, ment of the centre. programme will also be the Agriculture Minister is duce anywhere across the Pramod Kumar Jain and Madhya Pradesh, Prof Jain further said that offered. Capacity building pro- giving written assurance, the country. This will also give Director, CBPO, ISRO HQ Dr Chhattisgarh. He also said that with the help of the RAC-S at grammes like conferences, opposition is tricking the peo- them good value. Even the PV Venkatakrishnan on behalf IIT-BHU will act as a catalyst IIT-BHU will leverage research exhibitions and short courses ple. This is negative politics. A common man will not have to of ISRO virtually. for capacity building, aware- in space science and space will also be organised to fatal trend for democracy is give more value to things On this occasion, the inau- ness creation and R&D activ- technology, space application, strengthen the knowledge base being developed. Promoting . 3 ##  from time to time. Seasonal gural address was presented by ities of ISRO. The activities of agriculture, telecommunica- in the field. publicsentiments for your own inflation which comes on purpose and disturbing law MP ers in the BJP government. potato, onion, tomato and and order is synonymous with said that record purchases of Minimum support prices of other things will also get relief, anti-socialism, she added. paddy were made from farm- crops were also increased. she added. *   ##  #   #  * *     4 ' > -  :  port to the farmers agitating at the borders of the capital of the   4 '    +  of the Khak Chowk Vyavastha Vinod B Lal cut the cake and he district administration country. Samiti Sitaram Dasji Maharaj, congratulated everyone for Tput under house arrest the They observed the Jayanti aints of Khak Chowk and general secretary Santosh Das Christmas. senior leaders of the Congress of the former PM Chaudhary SDandi Bara in Magh Mela Satua Baba, and vice-president He said that due to the Party on Wednesday and thus Charan Singh by keeping his have staged a massive dharna Janmejayji Maharaj. blessings of God and the hard the party workers failed in portrait and paid their floral at Magh Mela Development The Tirth Purohits (panda) work of teachers and staff, this staging demonstration at the tributes to him. Authority office demanding are also not happy with the pre- school has gained fame in a parliamentary office of the PM They said that the govern- proper allotment of land as per sent allotment of land. short time by providing qual- and houses of BJP MLAs of the ment at Centre enacted the the revised list provided by CHRISTMAS PRO- ity teaching and moral values district on the occasion of farm laws without holding them. GRAMME HELD : Christmas education. He said that the Kisan Diwas showing their deliberation with the farmers The mela officials are find- programme was celebrated online education being provid- solidarity with the farmers and blamed the government for ing it difficult to include new with great pomp in the Christy ed by Christy School would who have been agitating for the showing insensitiveness to the entries and are sticking to the Memorial School and College also help the children of rural last 28 days in protest against farmers who have been agitat- earlier list available with them. which is affiliated to CBSE areas to advance in the field of three farm laws. Meanwhile, ing for the last many days in The annoyed saints have Board and located at Hathigan technology and be ready for the the activists of some organisa- 5.1 #    P  *# * this chilly cold. Had the gov- cautioned the authorities that Karma. Keeping in view the future challenges. Vinod B Lal tions staged a protest at Shastri 2 %       ernment brought these laws they would intensify their agi- safety of the students and threat also honoured all the teachers Ghat in protest against the after holding the discussion tation and will meet the Chief of COVID-19 epidemic, this and staff by giving them three farm laws. December 23. Ravindrapuri and houses of the with the farmers across the Minister if their demands are programme was organised with Christmas gifts. The Congress Party had The district administra- MLAs of ruling party. Some country the farmers would not not conceded. college staff and the other dig- Principal Neha Pitamber announced to stage a statewide tion and police remained alert party workers put up their have to move for the national The Wednesday dharna at nitaries religiously following led the inaugural prayer while demonstration at the houses of and made the senior leaders protest by tying black ribbons capital, they said and demand- Magh Mela Vikas Pradhikaran the Covid guidelines. coordinator Vishal Charles BJP MPs and MLAs on the and office-bearers of the on their hands and observing ed the government to repeal the office was led by the president Chief guest Chairman read the Bible verse. occasion of Kisan Diwas to Congress Party including the fast at the camp office in laws in the larger interest of the show their solidarity with the district president of the party Chandpur. The police person- farmers. Mahendra Prasad, farmers agitating for the last 28 Rajeshwar Patel, city chief nel were also deployed at the BM Singh, Ashok Singh and days at the borders of nation- Raghvendra Chaubey, Manish parliamentary office of the PM others were present on the 4  *      al capital for the last 28 days Chaubey, Mayank Chaubey and houses of the BJP MLAs as occasion. The activists of local demanding repeal of three and Dr Jitendra Seth house a precaution. unit of Rashtriya Lok Dal also agriculture laws terming them arrest on Wednesday morning Meanwhile, the activists of observed the Jayanti of the as black laws. It is pointed out and did not allow them to go Kisan Nyay Morcha staged a former PM and demanded the   4 '    +  that the Jayanti of the former out in order to stop them from dharna at Shastri Ghat in government to roll back the PM Chaudhary Charan Singh staging protest at the parlia- protest against the three farm farm laws which are not in the llahabad Central is observed as Kisan Diwas on mentary office of the PM in laws and extended their sup- interest of the farmers. AUniversity will soon have a badminton court to enhance the talent of the game. Vice- Chancellor Prof Sangeeta Srivastava said during a sur- &;      0 prise inspection of the building under construction. She over- saw various university campus- VARANASI (PNS): As many Hindu University (SSH BHU). However, one out of 51 was Officer and ACMO Dr SS es. During this, she inspected as 38 new patients have been With the addition of three detected positive at Kanaujia, pediatrician of the International Hostel, Ranjit detected in the district on new red zones, the total num- Vivekananda Hospital, Swami Vivekananda Hospital Topa Complex and Student Wednesday, increasing the total ber of hotspots has increased to Bhelupur. at Bhelupur Dr Gulrez Alam, Activity Centre. Also, she gave number to 20,773. The day also 2,619 including 200 red zones. AEFI TEAM FOR CORO- microbiologist Dr Anoop necessary instructions in this saw two more deaths, increas- One green zone has been con- NA VACCINATION: Srivastava, neurologist Dr regard. ing the toll to 348. During the verted into a red zone again. Preparations are being finalised Pramod Kumar (both of DDU The Vice-Chancellor said day, the follow-up negative There are 2,419 green zones for vaccination of corona in the Hospital), cardiologist Dr that a stage should be made in reports included 32 and all of with six new ones. district as the Health depart- Anjan, chest physician Dr the Activity Centre, on which them have been recovered from Meanwhile, in view of the ment is busy these days in mak- Ghanshyam Srivastava (both of cultural programmes can be home isolation, increasing the growing cold, Additional Chief ing all the systems and facilities SSPG Divisional Hospital), held. Also, a badminton court number to 17,109. As no Secretary Amit Mohan Prasad smooth at every level for the pathologist Dr Rajeev Ranjan should also be constructed patient has been discharged has sent letters to all the CMOs vaccination. Regarding this, Singh of LBS Hospital outside the building. A 400-seat from any hospital, the number and directed them to make all the arrangements are also Ramnagar, IMA representa- auditorium will be ready soon. remained at 2,952. The total adequate medical arrange- being made to avoid any type tive Dr Karthikeya Singh, drug In her instructions, he empha- number of patients who have ments for patients in all hospi- of problem while applying inspector Dr Saurabh Kumar sised that there is a need to use been recovered so far is 20,012, tals. Instructions have been corona vaccination to the Dubey, cold chain officer Dr the space in all the buildings. leaving 413 active cases. The given to check the shelter health and frontline workers Ashutosh Mishra from UNDP, This allows more work in less recovery rate is 96.33 per cent, homes and ensure antigen tests apart from the common man. epidemiologist RK Singh from space. During this, the while the mortality rate is 1.67 of those staying there. In For this, a committee has been IDSP Cell, Mukesh Pathak Registrar Prof NK Shukla was per cent. response to the instructions, constituted here on Wednesday from Lions Club International, also present. Chief Medical Officer CMO informed that antigen under the chairmanship of the SMO Dr Jaishilan from WHO Professor Sangeeta increase efficiency but will also university’s independent centre. that the new vice-chancellor (CMO) Dr VB Singh has tests were conducted by the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) and DMC Manoj Kumar Singh Srivastava, Vice-Chancellor of increase overall quality of life. On the instruction of Sangeeta should regularise the annual informed that in the first report Health department at 14 shel- Dr VB Singh for Adverse from UNICEF have been Allahabad Central University, She emphasised extensive Srivastava, Registrar Prof NK sports and cultural activities in of the day, 29 positive patients ter homes and all the 174 tests Events Followed Immunisation included in the committee. participated as the chief guest research work and feasibility of Shukla has assigned this new the varsity. Apart from this, were found out of 2,618 reports were found negative. Besides, (AEFI) i.e. adverse effects after The CMO said that AEFI in an online lecture organised product development. She responsibility to him. With debate competitions were also received. Till then, the total test mass / group corona antigen vaccination to review the vac- Committee has been formed to by Lady Irwin College, Delhi believes that the thesis should immediate effect, he will also demanded to be organised. If reports received were 4,94,728 tests continued at the static cine reaction or any medical deal with any adverse medical University. She said that educa- not be kept locked in a dark handle this responsibility along the students’ union is restored, and the results of 3,220 are booths and stations of the dis- problem arising from it. The effects after the vaccination tion is undoubtedly one of the room. Its usefulness should be with academic work. This the students association assures awaited. Out of them, 4,73,964 trict under the direction of government has also been and ensure immediate treat- most important factors affect- linked to everyday life. information was given by PRO full cooperation in all these were negative, while 20,764 District Magistrate (DM) made aware of this. ment at the selected places. All ing the growth and develop- Dr Rajneesh Kumar Dr Jaya Kapoor. activities. On this occasion, positive. The total number of Kaushal Raj Sharma. All the CMO Dr VB Singh will be the hospitals, urban primary ment of a country. She said that Srivastava of the Department of Meanwhile, the agitation Jia Konain Rizvi, Rahul Patel, samples collected was 5,21,099. 262 tests were found negative AEFI Committee chairman health centres (UPHCs) and our old education policy was Electronics and continued under the leadership MohdMubashir Harun, Earlier, a male aged 64 and a at SSPG Hospital Kabirchaura while District Immunisation community and primary health designed by El Macaulay. Now Communication at Central of Ajay Yadav Samrat, the stu- Navneet Yadav, Sunil Patel, female (58) from Badagaon apart from 68 at District Officer / ACMO Dr VS Rai sec- centres (CHCs/PHCs) of rural we are moving towards University has been appointed dent leader at the student Akash Yadav, Prakash Singh, and Chhitupura respectively Women's Hospital, 29 at CHC retary. Along with this, DCMO areas will have the facilities of redesigning it under the new as the Coordinator of the union building of the univer- Masood Ansari, Mo. Obada, succumbed to COVID-19 at Sir Shivpur, 90 at LBS Hospital and general physician Dr treatment and the doctors will education policy. Improvement Centre of Vocational Studies sity, demanding the restoration Mohd Salman, Abhay Singh, Sundarlal Hospital, Banaras Ramnagar and 76 at SSH BHU. Sanjay Rai, District Surveillance remain ready there. in education will not only and Skill Development. It is the of the students’ union. 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Meanwhile the Chiluatal Chiluatal Neeraj Rai said the coronavirus infection between tim was talking on his mobile police station was informed engineer died after he slipped Tuesday evening and phone on the roof of his resi- about the incident from the fer- and fell from the roof while Wednesday evening taking dence located in the fertiliser tiliser factory premises at 9.30 talking on mobile phone. the tally of confirmed cases to 31,001 cases. He said that 54 patients were discharged from */.# # ) 67 hospital. He said one COVID-19 death in the city 8PSS@TQPI9@IU  $' ()#* from Mankapur at 11.24 hrs, Lucknow Jn.- weekly spe- was reported till Wednesday from Maskanwa at 11.40 hrs, cial train has been extended evening. The CMO said at he railway administration from Basti at 12.25 hrs, from from December 31 till January present 658 active cases were Tfor the convenience of pas- Khalilabad at 12.54 hrs, from 28, 2021. Likewise the run of undergoing treatment. Dr sengers will run the Gorakhpur at 14.00 hrs, from 02031 Pune-Gorakhpur Mishra said 3628 samples 05117/05118 Chhapra- Deoria Sadar at 14.54 hrs, from biweekly special has been were sent for testing in the Mathura-Chhapra triweekly Bhatni at 15.15 hrs, from extended from December 29 city. superfast special train from Bhatpar Rani at 15.30 hrs, till January 30, 2021. The run December 28 every Monday, Siwan at 16.00 hrs and reach of 02032 Gorakhpur-Pune ). *8   ) %   9    Wednesday and Friday until Chhapra at 17.05 hrs. A total of biweekly special train has been further notice. All coaches in 20 coaches, including two of extended from January 31 till !    # this train will be of reserved SLRD, eight of general second February 1, 2021. The run of category and passengers trav- class, seven of sleeper class, two 02135 Pune-Manduadih week-     elling in them will have to fol- AC third and one AC second ly special train has been low the Covid-19 guidelines, will be attached in the train. extended from December 28 to    $   3 Chief Public Relations Officer EXTENDED: The railway January 25, 2021. The run of (CPRO) Pankaj Kumar Singh administration for the conve- 02136 Manduadih-Pune week- KANPUR (PNS) Kanpur’s said. The 05117 Chhapra- nience of passengers has decid- ly special has been extended Green Park Stadium may soon Mathura triweekly superfast ed to extend the run of the fol- from December 30 to January have its pavilion named after special train will departs from lowing trains whose days of 27, 2021.   !9 India’s 2011 Cricket World Chhapra at 05.20 hrs, from run, stoppage, timing and BOY FOUND: The RPF Cup winner team member and Siwan at 06.05 hrs, from coach composition will remain NER makes constant efforts to former cricketer Suresh Raina. Bhatpar Rani at 06.30 hrs, the same. The run of 08311 protect passengers and provide   4 '  $ - latest equipment, and fertilisers the first prize had been given fields in adverse weather con- A proposal in this regard from Bhatni at 06.44 hrs, from Sambalpur-Manduadih puja them better travel facilities. In to boost the yield to ensure to Ramdas of Badle Simnapur ditions to grow crops to feed has been sent to the state gov- Deoria Sadar at 07.12 hrs, from biweekly special train has been the same sequence a member anpur Nagar District massive profits to them. in Ghatampur while the second the people. ernment. Gorakhpur at 08.30 hrs, from extended from January 3 to 27, of the RPF post, Gorakhpur, KMagistrate Alok Tiwari, The district magistrate said prize had been given to Ashok He said the present UP The attacking batsman is Khalilabad at 09.10 hrs, from 2021. The run of 08312 found an eight-year-old boy in while addressing the farmers on account of adopting scien- Kumar of . government was committed to all set to return to the cricket- Basti at 09.39 hrs, from Manduadih-Sambalpur puja unclaimed condition during community at LB Shastri tific methods of farming and He said another farmer, the uplift and progress of the ing arena on January 10, with Maskanwa at 10.14 hrs, from biweekly special train has been patrolling at Gorakhpur railway Auditorium here on the timely availability of seeds, Ram Kishore, had bagged the farming community. the start of the Syed Mushtaq Mankapur at 10.30 hrs, from extended from January 4 to station. After questioning, the Wednesday to commemorate fertilisers and DAP, there was first prize in gram production. He said all the farmers Ali tournament. Gonda at 11.05 hrs, from January 28, 2021. The run of boy was handed over to Child the birth anniversary of tremendous growth in agri- The district magistrate had been provided with special Raina recently attended a Barabanki at 12.20 hrs, from 01033 Pune-Darbhanga week- Line, Gorakhpur, CPRO PK Chaudhary Charan Singh, said cultural production. then felicitated all the farmers helpline number on which they 10-day camp at Kamla Club, Badshahnagar at 13.00 hrs, from ly special train has been extend- Singh said. Likewise in train no due to the strenuous labour put He said this day those who had assembled in the could call in case they faced any organised by Uttar Pradesh Aishbagh at 13.43 hrs, from ed from December 30 to 01016 a 16-year-old girl was in by the farmers the people farmers were being felicitated felicitation ceremony. They all problem related to farming. He Cricket Association, and he will Kanpur Central at 15.10 hrs, January 27, 2021. The run of found in an unclaimed condi- were able to enjoy seasonal who had grown good crops of were given a certificate, a shawl said the farm scientists had soon represent his home state from Kanpur Anwarganj at 01034 Darbhanga-Pune week- tion by the escort party of RPF, crops, fruits and vegetables. different varieties through sci- and cash reward. been asked to provide guidance in the Syed Mushtaq Ali tour- 15.25 hrs, from Kannauj at ly special train has been extend- Gonda. After questioning, the He said the government entific approach. He said in He also gave away cash for to the farmers to better their nament from January 10 16.28 hrs, from Fatehgarh at ed from January 1 to 29, 2021. girl was handed over to Child was more focused on the farm- Kanpur Nagar district alone farm equipment to five farm- yield. onwards. The tournament is 17.13 hrs, from Farrukhabad at The run of 01079 Lokmanya Line, Gonda. Besides one per- ers and thus it was devising there were 76 plus such farm- ers. District agriculture offi- spread across six bio-secure 17.37 hrs, from Kaimganj at Tilak Terminus-Gorakhpur son was caught with 12 illegal ways to boost the profits of the ers. Tiwari said the entire cer, deputy director agriculture, bubbles in cities like Bengaluru, 18.01 hrs, from Kasganj at 19.20 weekly special train has been e-tickets from a shop by RPF farmers and also providing the The district magistrate said nation was full of gratitude to CDA and several officials were Kolkata, , Mumbai, hrs, Hathras City at 20.20 hrs extended from December 31 to post, Chhapra. After taking latest know-how in farming, for the highest yield in wheat, the farmers who toil hard in the present at the function. Vadodra and . The and reach Mathura 21:30 hrs. January 28, 2021. The run of action under the Railway Act a final will take place on January During the return journey, the 01080 Gorakhpur-Lokmanya case was registered in this con- 31 and the BCCI will make a 05118 Mathura-Chhapra tri- Tilak Terminus weekly special nection. Meanwhile during decision on the Ranji Trophy weekly superfast special train train has been extended from patrolling at Gonda railway sta- and Vijay Hazare Trophy after will depart from Mathura at January 2 to January 30, 2021. tion the RPF post, Gonda, !"  4"  the group stage of the domes- 23.50 hrs, the second day from The run of 01115 Pune- caught one person along with tic T20. Cricket fans will be from Hathras City at 00.31 hrs, Gorakhpur weekly special train two illegal e-tickets. After tak- delighted to see a stand named from Kasganj at 01.40 hrs, from has been extended from ing action under the Railway after a cricketing star who Kaimganj at 02.37 hrs, from December 31 to January 28, Act a case was registered in this +    .>Q R started his journey from a Farrukhabad at 03.15 hrs, from 2021. The run of 01116 connection. In a joint operation small town in Ghaziabad. Fatehgarh at 03.31 hrs, from Gorakhpur-Pune weekly special of RPF post, Mau, and Crime   4 '  $ - Suresh Raina will continue Kannauj at 04.15 hrs, from train has been extended from Intelligence Branch (CIB), to play for Chennai Super Kanpur Anwarganj at 06.00 hrs, January 2 till January 30, 2021. Varanasi, caught one person anpur Divisional Kings, even after missing out from Kanpur Central at 06.20 The run of 01407 Pune- with 17 illegal e-tickets from a KCommissioner Raj on the 2020 edition of the hrs, from Aishbagh at 08.18 hrs, Lucknow Jn weekly special shop in Kusumha, Mau. After Shekhar, while carrying out a for per- from Badshahnagar at 08.40 train has been extended from taking action under the surprise inspection at the office sonal reasons. hrs, from Barabanki at 09.18 December 29 to January 26, Railway Act, a case was regis- of the additional labour com- Earlier on August 15, hrs, from Gonda at 11.00 hrs, 2021. The run of 01408 tered in this connection. missioner on Wednesday, said Suresh Raina announced his that 14 staff members were retirement from international found absent and showcause cricket on the same day as +,,   *  notices had been issued to Mahendra Singh Dhoni. The them and their salary for the power-hitting batsman from 8PSS@TQPI9@IU  +, -#* Mishra, a resident of Pura Kashinath under current month had been Uttar Pradesh has represented Lalganj police station, had lodged an FIR on stopped. India in more than 300 inter- uring a meeting of Nagar Palika Parishad December 13 in which he had said that his sis- The divisional commis- national games including Test D(NPP) board held at Laldiggi on Tuesday, ter and brother-in-law had boarded a marshal sioner expressed concern over cricket, ODIs and T20s. He has a resolution was passed for the repair of build- jeep (UP-70/N-7057) in Bathua locality under one per cent cess collection also been a part of the Chennai ings of primary schools from the fund available Katra Kotwali police station for going to Aurai and its utilisation under the Super Kings team, scoring under 15th Finance Commission under the under the same police station in Bhadohi. After existing labour laws. more than 5,000 runs for the guidelines of the Urban Development depart- few hours his brother-in-law informed him on He was shocked to find franchise. Raina left his mark ment. From the fund of 2.53 crore available phone that he had been duped by the taxi dri- that in the current financial with his best score of 100 under 15th Finance Commission a resolution ver and was dropped on the way on Shastri year,  24.28 crore cess was col- against Kings XI Punjab in was unani- bridge. As per the victim, the driver gave sweets lected in all the six district of 2013. mously passed as ‘prasad’ laced with some intoxicating sub- the division. to strengthen stance as a result of he along with his wife While Kanpur Nagar had the potable became unconscious. Taking advantage of it the performed well, Kannauj and water system. driver deprived them of a gold chain, ‘mangal- Kanpur Dehat had performed * * After discus- sutra’, two golden rings, anklets and 2,200 in poorly. He issued letters to the sion of other cash. After the incident the victim tried to look district magistrates of     agendas which for the taxi driver with the help of his brother- Kannauj and Kanpur Dehat to were passed by in-law but all their efforts ended in vain. On improve their performance in ) *   3:   ##  8  , #*    * the board, it Tuesday during investigation the police raided the next one month without   %       passed a pro- Paharahia locality adjacent to railway campus fail. posal to include and caught three suspects from the spot. When the divisional com- and complaints were not being families. It was found that till tional labour commissioner KANPUR (PNS): With the 90 villages adjacent to the city under the periph- During interrogation they confessed that the had missioner sought the Janata uploaded on the IGRS portal. date 63,463 applications had and district magistrates of the vision of arresting unprece- ery of seven kilometres. Chairman Manoj Jaiswal duped the victim on December 13 and said that Darshan register, the addi- He issued a warning for not been received out of which division to take up this issue on dented surge in the number of hoped that if the things go on well the city would the money which they had got from selling gold tional labour commissioner maintaining the Janata 1,053 were rejected, 1,409 were a priority and make more novel coronavirus cases in the get the status of nagar nigam soon. Prominent items had been spent. They only had anklets replied that it had not been Darshan register and also not pending inquiry and the rest labourers aware of the welfare city during Christmas celebra- among those who were present during the with them along with 2,000 in cash. The police maintained in the office. feeding the Janata Darshan were approved and funds schemes and to ensure that the tions, the Kanpur district meeting were Executive Officer Om Prakash, and arrested them and sent them to jail. The Shekhar said in the application or issues on IGRS totalling Rs 24 crore were dis- benefits reached the maxi- administration has guarded members of the board, Shyam Sunder Keshari, accused were identified as Rajesh Srivastava, a absence of the Janata Darshan portal. bursed. mum number of people. the entry of people within the Javed Ahmad, Ali Ahmad, Alankar Jaiswal, resident of Jasara under Ghurpur police station, register, the working for pub- It may be mentioned here Shekhar said these 17 During the inspection only Church premises by masks Ghata Tripathi and Sushil Musafir. Prayagraj, Jamal, a resident of Brindava under lic was questionable. He said it that the Labour department schemes had ample scope for Additional Labour and sanitisers. ARRESTED: The Katra Kotwali police Ghurpur police station Prayagraj and Islam, a was highly objectionable that has 17 important schemes for benefiting thousands of Commissioner SD Shukla was These items have been arrested three cheats and recovered 2,000 in resident of Koraanv Gandhingar under Koraon the Janata Darshan application welfare of labourers and their labourers. He asked the addi- present. made mandatory to enter the cash from them on Tuesday. Reports said Anil police station in Prayagraj. parish and attend the midnight mass. The merry-makings of ,-//#0 )$        Christmas this year will be mel- lowed, given the rampant 8PSS@TQPI9@IU  +, -#* spread of coronavirus infection. KANPUR (PNS): Kanpur appropriate actions on these formed well in prevention of had started biometric files han- Though the festival will be uperintendent of Police (SP) Divisional Commissioner Raj pending applications by illegal constructions and added dling system(BFHS) which celebrated by observing all tra- SAjay Kumar Singh exhorted Shekhar, while addressing a December 31, 2020. Shekhar that there were 11,000 identi- could track the movements of ditions, the pandemic has sure- the youths to work with the spir- meeting with the officials of said there were around 2,900 fied illegal constructions in every file. He said as it was ly scarred the joys of Christmas it to make the nation a super- Kanpur Development individuals who had been iden- the city and final action was started in the sales depart- festivities, eclipsing the glitter power in the world. These views Authority said the KDA work- tified for OTS scheme but they taken only in 16 cases. He ment from January, it should be and pomp of the city’s celebra- were expressed by him at a func- ing would be reviewed on 12 had not yet applied for OTS. directed the officials to verify extended to all departments tions. tion organised under commu- support in future too. He Talar, Khoradeeh, Shiur, Jasawaan, formats as directed by Chief He directed the zonal officers all 11,000 pending cases at soon. Shekhar asked the KDA Chief Medical Officer Dr nity policing in Belkhara village appealed to people to remain in Patwaai villages etc were present. Minister Yogi Adityanath. He concerned to get in touch with ground level and also in the vice chairman to examine the Anil Kumar Mishra said in a under Ahraura police station on touch with the administration It was also attended by CO expressed concern over the these applicants and make office record and update the pending cases and issue allot- bid to prevent overcrowding at Tuesday. On the occasion he and feel free to tell any problem (Chunar) Sushil Yadav, CO poor revenue collection by the them aware of the OTS scheme data by February 2021 and then ment letters for all 219 plots of the city churches and to main- appreciated the approach of the which will be solved on priori- (Operation) Prabhat Rai, reserve KDA and asked its officials to to motivate them to apply for take serious action on the non- Transport Nagar by January 31, tain the norms of social dis- locals who helped the adminis- ty. He made it clear that gov- inspector Gorakh Nath Yadav and ensure a minimum of 80 per one time settlement of dues. compoundable cases by March 2021. He said the KDA had tancing, several churches have tration in checking the spread of ernment machinery was active SO Ahraura Rajesh Chaubey. cent revenue collection by The divisional commis- 2021. The divisional commis- 6,288 properties (apartments at taken a decision to allow only Naxalism which had been a to thwart any effort by anti- Besides, the SP conducted combing March 2021. He added that the sioner said the revenue collec- sioner also sought performance 11 sites) which needed to be parish members to physically challenge for the government. social elements to misguide the in the Naxal-infested area along last two years’ revenue collec- tion target was around  922 data and details of all the offi- sold .He said these properties attend the Christmas mass at Distributing tracksuits among locals. He said as per the avail- with heavy force to instil confi- tion was between 60 per cent crore but the collection was Rs cials of the KDA enforcement were worth around 1,822 the chapel, which will soon be the youth the SP made an appeal ability of the fund from the gov- dence among people. He inter- and 70 per cent. The division- 402 crore. He said revenue department by January 31, crore but they were not being locked after the service is con- to get involved in sports activi- ernment 400 people were being acted with people and told them al commissioner said the One collection percentage was 45 2021 so that appropriate action sold. He asked the KDA vice cluded. These preventive mea- ties and achieve laurels through benefitted in the first stage and to inform him about any activi- Time Settlement (OTS) scheme points and added that the could be taken to strengthen chairman to prepare a site-wise sures are being implemented to competitions at national and more would be done so in ty of Naxals in the area. He was in force till December 31 progress was good and the enforcement and to stop sales strategy by January 31 so eliminate the possibility of any international levels. Distributing future. The programme started assured them that police was and around 326 applications improved compared to the illegal construction of buildings that the revenue could be laxity which may rekindle the woollen clothes as well as food with the lighting of the cere- available in every corner and were pending for disposal. He same period last year. Shekhar He said it was a good and realised by selling these apart- spread of coronavirus in the among the needy the SP monial lamp by the SP in which round the clock so there was no asked the officials to take said the KDA had not per- appreciable step that the KDA ments. city. assured them to extend full residents of Judui, Padarwa, need to fear the Naxals.    !" #$%#&#& 7

'(*  ##  .    ;7   8  ,8*  )" ./&85  /              enable the transfer of more under the scheme but only 11.4 than 18,000 crores to more crore listed so far. He thanks * $  mid farmers protest over than 9 crores beneficiary farmer banks for bringing more farm- Athe farm laws which enters families,” the PMO said. ers under the Kisan Credit 29 days, Prime Minister The PM’s outreach comes Card scheme coverage during Narendra Modi will release the even as farmer unions urged the the coronavirus pandemic. “I next tranche of PM-KISAN the Centre to “abandon its stub- would also like to thank banks, direct cash-transfer scheme bornness” and take the discus- as they brought more than 1 ,making payments worth sion forward with an “open crore farmers under Kisan 18,000 crore to more than 9 mind and neat intention”. Credit Card cover during the crore farmers. According to officials, the pandemic and gave farmers Rs The PM will also virtually Prime Minister will most like- 1 lakh crores in the last 8 interact with some farmers ly ask farmers impromptu ques- months,” Tomar stated. drawn from six different States tions on how they have bene- “Through various schemes, on Christmas Day, which is also fited from the scheme and “take we will fill all gaps in the agri- the birth anniversary of former a briefing from them on what culture sector, which will ben- PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee. they are growing and what else efit farmers and ensure they get According to Union they want to see done for them the right price...Even during Agriculture Minister Narendra ahead of the budget”, the official COVID-19 pandemic, we saw Singh Tomar, over two crore said. “The farmers will share that work related to farming and farmers have registered them- their experiences with PM- agriculture wasn’t affected,” he selves for this online event in KISAN and also on various added. which PM Modi will be chief other initiatives taken by the Under PM-Kisan, the guest. Government for the welfare of Government provides income   “PM Narendra Modi will farmers. Union Agriculture support of 6,000 a year to   transparency,” said Gehlot. release the next installment of Minister will also be present on farmers with a valid enrolment, s the impasse persists at the “A campaign will be financial benefit under PM the occasion”, an official said. paid in three equal cash trans- ALine of Actual 9 n a big push for education of launched to enroll the stu- KISAN Samman Nidhi (PM- According to Tomar, the fers of 2,000 — one every four Control(LAC)in Ladakh, Army Istudents belonging to dents, from the poorest house- KISAN) on December 25 via Government had earlier expect- months. It was launched on Chief General M M Naravane Scheduled Caste, the Union holds passing the 10th stan- video conferencing. PM will ed to enroll 14 crore farmers February 24, 2019. on Wednesday toured forward Cabinet on Wednesday dard, in the higher education areas there to review opera- : approved 59,000 crore post courses of their choice. It is esti- tional preparedness. He also matric scholarship for next mated that 1.36 crore such took stock of the ground situ- five years. poorest students, who are cur- 5*)* # ##/ /2=88 ation as more than one lakh enable the troops to withstand uation in the region that is The Cabinet meeting rently not continuing their troops from India and China the harsh winters. Mercury experiencing harsh winter. chaired by Prime Minister education beyond 10th stan- are in a stand-off for the last has already dipped to minus The army said Naravane Narendra Modi estimated that dards would be brought into   #     # nine months. ten and will plunge to minus interacted with the troops this mega scholarship scheme the higher education system in With several rounds of 20 to 25 in the coming weeks. deployed in forward areas and will benefit more than four the next 5 years. Ayushman Sahakar scheme military and diplomatic level In addition, sufficient exhorted them to continue crore students for continuing The scheme will be run on   with an outlay of Rs.10,000 talks so far having failed to end stocks of winter clothing are in working with the same “zeal their education from class 11. an online platform with robust crore aims at extending finan- the tension, the Indian army the stores at Leh and other key and enthusiasm”. He also dis- The Central Government will cyber security measures that he National Cooperative cial support to cooperatives. has made preparations for long locations to provide comfort- tributed sweets and cakes spend 60% of the programme would assure transparency, TDevelopment Corporation “The scheme has a compre- haul during the winter months. able and functional special ahead of Christmas. which is estimated at 35,534 accountability, efficiency, and (NCDC) has joined hands with hensive and holistic approach Not willing to take any chances, clothes to the troops. Around three-and-half crore. The rest will be provid- timely delivery of the assistance Bangaluru-based Swami to finance healthcare infra- additional troops trained in During the one day visit to months ago, Indian troops ed by the State Government. without any delays,” said the Vivekananda Yoga structure and services. It cov- mountain warfare are also posi- the Leh based 14 Corps, had occupied a number of “This replaces the existing Minister. Anusandhana Samsthana (S- ers hospitals, healthcare infra- tioned at strategic locations all Naravane also visited forward strategic heights in the ‘committed liability’ system The States will verify the VYASA) university to inculcate structure, medical education, along the 1,700 km long LAC base Tara and interacted with Mukhpari, Rechin La and and brings greater involve- eligibility, caste status, Aadhar habit of yoga among people by Speaking on the occasion nursing education, paramed- in Ladakh sector. the local commanders and Magar hill areas around the ment of the Central Govt in identification and bank account helping cooperatives to set up after the pact was inked online, ical education, drugs manu- In this backdrop, the Army troops. He was briefed on the southern bank of the Pangong this crucial scheme,” the Union details of the applicants on the yoga wellness centres and Union Minister for AYUSH, facturing, digital health, lab- chief visited forward areas and operational situation by the 14 lake in eastern Ladakh after the Cabinet said in a statement. online portal. Transfer of finan- naturopathy facilities across Shripad Yesso Nayak said that oratory services, health insur- reviewed the ground situation Corps Commander, Lt General Chinese People’s Liberation Detailing the scheme, cial assistance to the students the country. the initiative would benefit ance and Indian traditional along the South bank of PGK Menon. Army attempted to intimidate Social Justice and under the scheme shall be on The move comes two people in the rural areas. He medical systems like Pangong Tso where Indian Incidentally, the Army them in the area on the inter- Empowerment Minister DBT mode, and preferably months after the NCDC under observed that his Ministry sup- Ayurveda, Yoga, Naturopathy, Army had dominated several chief’s visit came days after the vening night of August 29 and Thawarchand Gehlot said that using the Aadhar enabled pay- the Union Agriculture Minister ports such initiatives aimed at Unani, Siddha and unoccupied peaks on the sixth round of diplomatic level 30. as per the estimates, around ment system, said Government launched Ayushman Sahakar, a strengthening efforts in Indian Homeopathy.” Indian side of the LAC in the talks between India and China “General MM Naravane 1.36 crore poor students from in a statement detailing the scheme aiming to involve co- health systems, including yoga, Guruji Nagendra, end of August. last week. There was no break- #COAS undertook on the spot SC community could not con- mega scheme. Starting from operatives in creating health- a global movement. Chancellor of S-VYASA said “Chief of Army Staff through but both the sides inspection of the state of #habi- tinue their education beyond 2021-22, the central share care infrastructure that include Parshottam Rupala, Union that a new dimension would (COAS) visited forward areas agreed to continue dialogue for tat of troops on the forward class 10 due to poverty. (60%) in the scheme would be wellness centres, Ayush, Minister of State for be explored through cooper- of Fire and Fury Corps includ- speedy disengagement of line of defences at #RechinLa. “The Post Matric released on DBT mode direct- homoeopathy, drug manufac- Agriculture felt that a new atives across the country. ing Rechin La and undertook troops from the LAC. He appreciated the efforts Scholarship scheme for ly into the bank accounts of the turing, drug testing, Ayurveda dimension has been added by The MoU also aims to a first-hand assessment of the The two delegations also made by the formation to Scheduled Caste students students as per fixed time massage centres, and drug NCDC to expand the welfare promote skilling of students or situation along the Line of agreed to soon hold the ninth make troops comfortable along allows students to pursue any schedule, after ensuring that the stores besides medical educa- programmes for farmers under alumni of S-VYASA through Actual Control (LAC),” the round of Corps Commander the #LAC,” the Army said in post-matric course starting concerned State Government tion initiatives. the NCDC Ayushman Sahakar internship opportunities Army said. Naravane also level talks between the two another tweet. from class 11 and onwards, has released their share. While S-VYASA will pro- scheme. He hoped that yoga offered by NCDC under its undertook on the spot inspec- armies. The last round was The military face-off with the Government provid- The monitoring mecha- vide technical help, the NCDC wellness centres would make a scheme Sahakar Mitra, Nayak tion of the state of habitat of held on November 6. However, erupted on May 5 following ing the cost of education. The nism will be further strength- will make available working good business model for coop- added. The NCDC set up troops on the forward line of those talks also did not yield violent clashes between the focus of the scheme would be ened through the conduct of capital and margin money to eratives to strengthen the under the Ministry of defences at Rechin La. positive results. Indian army and the PLA in on enrolling the poorest stu- social audits, annual third party meet operational requirements healthcare delivery system in Agriculture has, till date since The Army has ensured Sources said the Army the Pangong lake area. The dents, timely payments, com- evaluation, and half-yearly self- to the interested cooperatives rural areas. it was set up in 1963, financed that enough prefabricated and Chief reached Ladakh at 8:30 clashes were followed by a prehensive accountability, con- audited reports from each insti- for setting yoga wellness cen- Sundeep Nayak, MD of various cooperative initiatives heated huts are supplied to the am on a day-long visit with an similar incident in North tinuous monitoring and total tution said the statement. tres. NCDC said that the aggregating 1.57-lakh crore. forward areas in Ladakh to aim to review the ground sit- Sikkim on May 9. >)     '      1%### ./ !          !-$$ ?@    #> ,   # * #!$/,   7 ment in the recent past to find   financial needs of the farmers    a final and lasting solution to and it is given by the banks to aga insurgent group the Naga issue with the involve- he Enforcement the sugarcane farmers based on ne of the petitioners, who NNSCN-K, led by militant ment of all the stakeholders. TDirectorate (ED) has pro- their land holding for raising Ohas approached the Niki Sumi, on Wednesday “Therefore NSCN has visionally attached assets worth their crop which includes Supreme Court for direction to announced a ceasefire and said resolved to strengthen and sup- 255 crores of Maharashtra- among other things to purchase the authorities to remove farm- that it has contacted the central port the peace process at this based Gangakhed Sugar & the seeds, fertilizers, manures, ers protesting at several border Government for initiating peace crucial juncture. Our leaders Energy Limited (GSEL), machinery, tractor, pump, har- points of Delhi against three dialogue. The NSCN-K had have established contact with Yogeswari Hatcheries, vesting and transportation of new farm laws, has sought to signed a ceasefire with the the officials of Government of Gangakhed Solar Power the crop, it said. implead over 40 farmer unions Centre in 2001 but unilaterally India in this connection. To Limited under Prevention of Investigation also revealed as party in the pending case. abrogated it in 2015 when the facilitate the process and keep- Money Laundering Act that the accused person creat- A bench headed by Chief then ‘chairman’ of the group, S ing in view the desire of the (PMLA) in an agricultural ed the data bank of the farm- Justice S A Bobde, which had S Khaplang, was alive. Sumi is Naga people particularly Naga bank loan fraud case. ers, who supplied the sugarcane on December 17 said that the prime accused in the killing civil society organisations and The attached assets include to the factory, by collecting farmers’ agitation should be of 18 Indian Army soldiers in NGOs, the NSCN has further sugar plant and machinery of their KYC at the time of pur- allowed to continue “without Manipur in 2015 and the decided to revive the ceasefire GSEL worth 247 crore, situ- chasing the sugarcane from impediment” and the apex National Investigation Agency with immediate effect by revok- ated at Gangakhed, District the farmers coming under the court will not interfere with it had announced a reward of 10 ing the earlier decision of uni- Parbhani, Maharashtra, land command area of the sugar fac- as the right to protest is a fun- lakh for his head. lateral abrogation of the cease- worth 5 crores of GSEL, tory. The said factory further damental right, had given lib-   85   University said: “We anticipat- mals in India during the lock- In a statement, Sumi said fire in 2015,” the statement Yogeswari Hatcheries, made a tie up agreement with erty to the petitioner to serve ed that we would see many posts down period. “Species are being the NSCN-K has been striving said. Gangakhed Power Solar the banks for obtaining the the impleaded farmer unions. espite Covid-19 restric- mentioning Covid-19 regarding systematically wiped out by all these years to achieve an The other dominant group Limited situated at District agricultural loan for the farm- Law student Rishabh Dtions and the risk of ani- the potential dangers of wildlife organised trade networks, with honourable and acceptable - the NSCN-IM - had entered Parbhani, Beed, Dhule ers. By virtue of the tie up Sharma, one of the petitioners mal to human disease trans- trade or using it as a reason for new poaching techniques and political solution to the Naga into a ceasefire agreement with Maharashtra, bank balance of agreement, GSEL became the in the case, has now filed an mission, illegal wildlife trade on a temporary cessation of sales. trade routes emerging faster issue and the group is also con- the central government in 1997 1.58 crores, investment in agent for the banks, whose amended memo of parties in social media networks contin- Instead, advertisements men- than we can respond to them. scious of the overwhelming and since then engaged in shares of 1.91 crores held in responsibility was to do KYC the top court in which he has ue to flourish, researchers tioning Covid-19 often stimu- The pandemic, which is an sentiments among the Naga peace negotiations. The NSCN- the name of GSEL. verification of the farmers. impleaded over 40 farmer noted after analyzing around lated wildlife trade, suggesting important example of the neg- people for an early solution to IM had signed a Framework The ED had initiated inves- During the period from 2012- unions, including Bharatiya 20,000 posts on Faceboook on the pandemic was a great time ative repercussions of this this long standing matter. It said Agreement on August 3, 2015 tigation in May 2019, under the 13 to 2016-17, GSEL made Kisan Union (BKU), as respon- wild pet trade. to buy an exotic pet for com- exploitative trade, hasn’t that the NSCN-K is aware of the in presence of Prime Minister provisions of PMLA on the forged agricultural loan pro- dents in the matter. Ringing alarm bells, the panionship, for example.” deterred wildlife traders and “sincere and genuine efforts” Narendra Modi to find a per- basis of an FIR registered by posals in the name of the farm- Some other farmers unions researchers from Oxford Strikingly, they found that this is only exacerbated by the made by the central govern- manent solution. Gangakhed Police against ers on the basis of farmers’ which are sought to be Brookes University and the no traders or consumers dis- increased demand for GSEL, Ratnakar Gutte chair- KYC and submitted them to impleaded as respondents by University of Western Australia cussed the role of wildlife trade Traditional Chinese Medicines man and others under IPC sec- the banks. Based on these the petitioner are – BKU- have called for increased vigi- in spreading diseases. Instead, (TMC). + 3()%4,%%%,(  tions relating to cheating, forged loan proposals, the Sidhupur, BKU-Rajewal, BKU- lance on social media sites in discounts were given, home “Many of the highest traf- forgery, criminal conspiracy banks sanctioned the agricul- Lakhowal, order to curb potential extinc- delivery services were provided, ficked species are reptiles and #!)323!%882( '%  and common intention for tural loan of around 772 BKU-Dakaunda, BKU- tions and reduce the risk of and customers encouraged to amphibians like the tokay fraudulently availing agricul- crore, it said. Doaba, Jamhoori Kisan Sabha pandemics. spend larger amounts of time gecko, spiny-tailed lizard, tor-    ties at defence academy on the tural loan in the name of poor Investigation into money and Kul Hind Kisan The researchers had exam- due to lockdown with the ani- toises and freshwater turtles, basis of false and exaggerated farmers, on the basis of forged trail further revealed that using Federation. ined advertisements on mals. with data on this trade yet to be he Central Bureau of claims in respect of teach- loan proposals submitted to the this modus operandi, around The top court had on Facebook in Brazil and Co-author Thais Morcatty, quantified,” said Trisha Ghose, TInvestigation (CBI) has ing/research experience and banks. CID Aurangabad has Rs 635 crores were disbursed by December 16 permitted Indonesia. They found thou- at Oxford Brookes University, project director, The Habitats filed a charge sheet against exaggerated API scores, the filed the chargesheet for the banks in to the bank impleading of these eight sands of posts advertising wild said, “clandestine markets often Trust, an NGO working for Principal, National Defence CBI said in a statement. embezzlement/mis-appropria- accounts opened in the name unions as respondents in animals, with a potential audi- expand to supply the demand protection and conservation of Academy (NDA), Searches were conducted tion of the funds, the ED said. of the farmers and the funds Sharma, in his petition filed ence of over 200,000 people. that still exists and in that case, habitats and their indigenous Khadakwasla, Pune on June 6, 2018, at the premis- Investigation revealed that were never utilised by the through advocate Om Prakash “Indeed, only 0.44 per cent of not only does wildlife trade species. (Maharashtra) before the es of the accused which led to the chairman of GSEL with the farmers and instead it was Parihar, has sought a direction over 20,000 online wildlife continue, monitoring it In fact, in the midst of pan- Competent Court at Pune on the recovery of incriminating connivance of others misused siphoned off to different bank to the authorities to remove the trade advertisements had any becomes nearly impossible.” demic, in June the Union the allegations of fraudulent documents. the agricultural loan facility accounts of GSEL on the basis protesting farmers from sever- Covid-19-related content,” said In India too, the situation is Environment Ministry issued appointments in the institution. It was further alleged that meant for poor farmers. The of the forged Consent letter of al border points in the nation- the researchers in the study not very encouraging as has an advisory saying people A case was registered on during the period 2007-08, the scheme of agricultural loan is the farmers. This ill-gotten al capital saying commuters are published in journal of been found by a study con- importing “exotic live species” May 8, 2018, against Principal, accused fraudulently, secured formulated for financing the money was utilised by the facing hardships due to the Environmental Research. ducted by TRAFFIC, a wildlife will have to make a voluntary of Dr Om Prakash Shukla and an appointment as Professor in farmers coming under the accused for purchase of the road blockades and the gath- Co-author Anna Nekaris, trade monitoring network. It disclosure following global con- others on the allegations of Economics at National Defence command area of the sugar fac- land, for erection and fabrica- erings might lead to an increase Professor of Primate found a significant increase in cern about illegal wildlife trade fraudulent appointments to Academy (NDA), tory. Its aim is to meet the tion of the GSEL plant. in the number of COVID cases. 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S 4 armed forces (with some Bengali soldiers who had chosen to remain 9  C49D  +  +S #   /   #  C#/#D     with the Pakistan Army) apart from      E5    <           12,000-odd civilians, including col- #       (   9         laborators. And though everyone associates the fall of Dacca (as                   < #  Dhaka was then known) to then S                ! Army chief General Sam (SHFJ)    "            !   Manekshaw, who had no doubt a larger than life presence in South     (             ! Block, a closer reading of one of the    +!    7  /   )!  <  few accounts of how it all happened                      — since official records in Calcutta            4    0     ! were shredded at Gen Jagjit Singh Aurora’s orders — shows that cred-    0 0    9        +   it must instead go to (then) Maj forces do what they are best at, the Pakistani army had fortified then things were moving so fast and then he’d ask him thrice. If         + $          Gen JFR Jacob along with Maj Gen to fight a war and win it. Gen its garrison towns, some fierce that the focus shifted to Dacca as Niazi still didn’t respond, he  7  > $         49      Inder Gill, who was then the Manekshaw apparently battles were fought around them the time was limited, with the US couldn’t guarantee the safety of Director of Military Operations promised her that given the while there was a simultaneous pushing the UN for a ceasefire. Pakistani families (as the Bengali         #/#            (there was no DGMO then), and time, he could help her “make drive to get to Dacca. A simple If that had happened, all the mil- rebels were waiting to lynch                 7<#S        Lt Gen Sagat Singh, who was com- history and even geography”, as tactical lesson that is taught to itary gains would have been lit- them all). Moreover, he’d ask for           )          ! manding IV Corps in Tezpur. Maj I recall him saying at the first every officer in the Army is never erally back to square one. The the resumption of bombings on Gen JFR Jacob was the Chief of Infantry lecture at Vigyan to re-enforce a failure and, there- Indian Army, ably assisted by the Dacca. Then Jacob — unarmed      +            7<#     Staff of India’s Eastern Army Bhawan in October 1994. Even fore, the areas of resistance were Indian Air Force, raced to Dacca. and thus a little worried — went            (  "   !      Command and was thus involved as the armed forces began to pre- bypassed. The Pakistani military The IAF literally bombed the for a stroll and to smoke his pipe,    (             in planning and meticulous imple- pare for what truly became a his- dictator, the often drunk General daylights out of the Pakistani Air giving Niazi time to ponder mentation of the operations in East toric victory, Indira took up the Yahya Khan, was however con- Force. Soon the skies were clear over the options.                     , Pakistan, which is detailed in his job of winning the world’s sup- fident that three factors would- of any Pakistani fighters: They lay Gen Jacob met Gen Niazi        <  (  #  C<(#D     autobiography, An Odyssey in War port for India’s humanitarian ini- n’t allow any worthwhile success wrecked on their airfields. And after 30 minutes and asked him    #/#  49           and Peace. tiative. By August 1971, New to the Indian armed forces in then a heli-borne operation — thrice if he accepted the surren- Millions of refugees flooded Delhi had signed the Indo- East Pakistan. First, his well- the first of its kind since der document (even though the " 7<#                 BE    across eastern India in 1971 into the Soviet treaty of Peace, Friendship armed military machine in West Independence — put troops document’s draft was still unap-       )    < 7         States surrounding East Pakistan and Cooperation with Moscow. Pakistan would be enough to across the vast Meghna river and proved by New Delhi!). But >       0   7  # 8     (now Bangladesh) after Pakistan’s Not only was it a significant threaten India’s strategic States of many other rivers that had until since Niazi refused to respond, ruthless military clampdown there, departure from the Nehruvian Punjab and J&K. Two, a Chinese then given Dacca a natural Maj Gen Jacob picked up the            (           which was ordered by Pakistan’s obsession with non-alignment, it military buildup along the defence. This was followed by the document and held it up to say:       "                  dictator Yahya Khan following a was Russia’s support at the many Himalayas would tie down first ever airborne drop of Indian “I take it as accepted.” Tears rolled        ,             pent-up demand for their rights sessions in the United Nations enough of the Indian Army. paratroopers. By December 15, down Gen Niazi’s cheek and he after election results gave Bengali that stalled resolutions at the ini- These two factors would be the Indian troops had surround- hung his head in shame. Other     ( S    4   7<#       leader Sheikh Mujib a clear victo- tiative of Washington to help enough to deter India from any ed Dacca. Pakistanis glared at him in dis- P"    Q   >  , <  7<#  B:      ry. It led to all their Chief Ministers Pakistan when Indian troops serious military adventurism During this lull in the battle, belief. Gen Jacob got up and      <           9     insisting that India must do some- rolled down the plains of East in East Pakistan. And finally, he Maj Gen Jacob received a call asked Niazi to move for the sur- thing to avert this humanitarian cri- Pakistan. But Jacob dismisses this was banking on the US to inter- from Gen Manekshaw, who said: render, which was done at the 6H         ,          E?    sis. Indira Gandhi summoned the story that Gen Manekshaw had vene militarily if India’s opera- “Jake, go and get a surrender.” He Dacca Race Course on a hastily           0      ,    then Army chief Gen Sam often told — and which I too tions became difficult for then proceeded to Dacca to arranged table and two chairs —       :E       9        Manekshaw for a meeting with her have heard the late Field Marshal Pakistan to contain. meet Lt Gen AAK Niazi, MC, as the crowds were shouting anti-    $       ,          ‘kitchen Cabinet’. She wanted the narrate in 1994 — about how he But more forces were need- the overall military commander Pakistan slogans — a tearful General to go to war and liberate stood up to Indira’s demands to ed than Manekshaw was willing in East Pakistan. Jacob saluted Niazi removed his badges of rank   7<#S      " +         enough territory in East Pakistan, go to war in March 1971. The to release to implement an effec- him, and asked him if he was and handed his pistol to Gen          !          ! so that the refugees could be sent war officially started on tive blitzkrieg towards Dacca. As willing to offer an uncondition- Aurora before being whisked  '     7<#        + 0    $   back. However, Gen Manekshaw December 3 though military Gen Manekshaw believed that al surrender. A pompous Gen away by India’s senior officers. He had apparently cautioned against operations along the borders of the Chinese could spoil the Niazi, enjoying an afternoon of needed to be kept alive to tell the                    7  ! haste since many factors were East Pakistan had started in the party, he refused to release addi- beer and lunch — with all the sil- world that he wasn’t mutilated to                       involved. They were then into the last week of November. tional troops from the Sino- ver laid out in their officers’ mess surrender, but did so — for the                    !  summer of 1971 and the harvest- Apparently, India — fearing Indian border until much later. — dismissed the proposition world to see — at the Dacca ed grain needed to be moved a UN ceasefire — was in a hurry However, as there were no intel- with a wave of his hand, saying: parade ground. This was          E;;;;      .  ! across the country. The trains and to establish a free Bangladeshi ligence intercepts to back “Who said I am surrendering? achieved when there were 26,400            7<#       '  road transport could either ferry the Government in the port towns Manekshaw’s claim, Jacob man- You have come to discuss only a Pakistani soldiers in Dacca and    (          grain or the troops to battle. And of Khulna and Chittagong. But aged to get troops from the ceasefire and withdrawal as pro- only 3,000 Indian soldiers near- then monsoons would follow, as the operations unfolded and Himalayan formations moved — posed by me.” He was apparent- by. Niazi later admitted that which could hamper the movement gathered momentum, Jacob without Manekshaw’s knowl- ly still hopeful that a ceasefire Jacob had “blackmailed me into of military units, especially in the went ahead with a plan to cap- edge — but with help from Maj ordered by the UN could save surrendering”. riverine terrain of Bangladesh. ture Dacca. This was done by Gen Gill. Apparently when him and his army a humiliation. (The writer is a strategic # Indira, heeding the military’s doing what Pakistan’s Generals Manekshaw did learn of this, he But Gen Jacob was adamant and affairs analyst. The views advice, decided to let the armed hadn’t expected India to do. 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The intensification of the industri-       $   ,         al revolution in the 18th and 19th centuries 3                 ! brought about profound changes. People start-   ,              ! ed leaving their homes and toiling in an outside                 work environment. This transformation gave )               K birth to a new movement of skilled workers and 0          /   +  was the beginning of the 9 AM to 5 PM work schedule in the office. This meant working in an     3              inflexible and regimented environment with tools                1 ,  or equipment provided by an employer. &   S    ,              Despite the advent of work opportunities out-                 1 0>- & side the house, some people still continued to  :   0           3  ! work from their residences. The development of                  public transportation brought further changes in : $ <                 the office culture as it enabled workers to trav- 0  :<-      '             el easily. Consequently, the 20th century work- &-:->                force turned into a commuting one, leading to $-> -:       0       4   ,3  a rise in employment opportunities in offices and +$: factories engaged in manufacturing and the ser-                  0 vice economy. In this setting, companies large- This can be seen as both, a return the insurance sectors. Since the begin- led to health issues for others. Face-to-   ,S              3  $-:: ly controlled the means of production, manufac-  &: - 0 to the pre-industrial revolution work ning of the lockdown in March, almost face interaction vital to nurturing rela-                 turing, office equipment and other work staples routines and advancement towards 90 per cent of the 4.3 million tionships and facilitating collaboration, .               !  &: 0 which were expensive or not portable enough to &-:& the future of work. According to the IT/BPO/ITES sector workforce moved has been absent, leading to reduced           9 BB63   " be utilised by individuals working from their International Labour Organisation, to the WFH model in India. mental well-being. It is harder in :; *0 9     P.             homes. - & around 68 per cent of the world’s total Advantages: Remote working and industries that require physical location 4   3     +  9           The nature of office work further changed  $  workforce, including 81 per cent the virtual way of life have benefited or presence for manufacturing activi-                   in the early 20th century with the advent of the + -<-& employers, are currently living in coun- employees, employers and all stake- ties. WFH is least suitable for drivers,                   Q , $   telephone, telegraph and typewriter, which were  :&-=  tries with recommended or required holders, allowing them to pause, think, construction workers, shop sales pro-      4I         considered as precursors to remote work. <   & &< workplace closures. and balance their work, social, physi- fessionals and domestic helpers, as their    0I           Though by the early 1960s a majority of the work- N-<- According to the job search site cal, mental and digital wellness. The occupations requires high human prox- force was a commuting one, the beginning of the Indeed, since the outbreak, searches for employers’ benefit is in the reduction imity.       !      )  0  LH  =-?6& ’70s saw several key changes that pushed remote 0>- & remote work have increased by over 261 or elimination of real estate costs. The way forward: The Indian  $  9  9           P ! work to the forefront. Especially after the per cent. Similarly on LinkedIn, remote They can hire and use talent globally Government has announced simplified                   !  :- > Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting :>-  job posting nearly tripled since March, while mitigating immigration issues. guidelines for other service providers          Q Countries’ (OPEC’s) oil embargo and the clean ranging from 1.5 times in Canada to 4.9 Firms reap productivity gains while like BPOs, Knowledge Process        $      ! air Act in the US. In view of the high oil prices -$-& 0  times in Brazil. Another global research workers are enjoying geographical flex- Outsourcing and ITES among others to           4           and shortages, the rise of the information econ- -0  &-= report by Lenovo revealed that 72 per ibility which eliminates commutes, reduce the compliance burden for the                 omy, environmental concerns and gridlock  $ : cent of the respondents globally agreed giving them a better work-life balance. industry and facilitate WFH and ‘Work                 commutes, companies began their experiment to <-:->  that they would WFH more than they In particular, flexible workspaces from Anywhere’.                   formalise remote work for employees. $-> -::  did before the health emergency hit. allow women to restore a work-life bal- The Government has removed             ,     In fact, The Washington Post published an :$: &< HFS Research reports that the global IT ance. A study published in the Lancet several reporting and regulatory com- article and suggested that remote work could have industry showed a remarkable shift in found that WFH not only benefits pub- pliances for service providers such as             +  eased the gas crisis. The adoption of WFH 0 - &: the way it operated by enabling over 75 lic health but also helps with sustain- deposit of bank guarantees, require-         9 increased manifold in the late 20th and early 21st per cent of the workforce to WFH. It able travel. It helps cities lower their car- ment for a static Internet Protocol , ,              -K - & century with the emergence of information and <- :& &  ranges from 62 per cent in the bon footprint and reduces traffic con- address, publication of the network dia-     3              communication technologies such as personal Philippines, 72 per cent in the UK, 77 gestions that lead to air pollution. As gram and penal provisions.                computers, the internet, email, broadband con- &-& per cent in India to 93 per cent in a result, employees and employers are According to the Labour Secretary,             "    nectivity, laptops, smartphones, cloud comput- $-& China. spared many of the hidden costs asso- the Ministry proposes to frame guide-           '""    7  6;;H  ing and videotelephony. Remote work is not new -:: Similarly, as per the Lenovo survey, ciated with going to the workplace. lines for workers employed in the ser- ,3             !!   R  in India too. For about two decades it has been $ +  & < 81 per cent of the respondents from Disadvantages: However, as in all vices sector, such as work flexibility and   S    9   7   3 9  C9739D in trend in the information technology (IT) &- India agreed to shift to WFH after the things, there is a flip side of the coin too. an explicit WFH provision for compa-                    industry in the country.  0-   pandemic abates. An Associated WFH poses the unique challenges of nies. These steps are important for the COVID-19 and WFH: Now, when the Chambers of Commerce and Industry social and professional isolation, tech- future of work, not only in the IT sec-            S       $  world is grappling with the COVID-19 outbreak, $-> : : of India (ASSOCHAM) report reveals nological issues, monitoring and eval- tor but for other service sectors, too. "      #  +      /   resilience is being displayed by many employers. that 74 per cent of regular workers uation of work, the quality of virtual This would help to promote a new work +     R   S         They are exploring new ways to ensure seamless would like to continue with some interactions, feedback from clients and culture and provide the much-needed       ,         ! ways to continue their business even as the con- form of a WFH arrangement in a post- colleagues. The people working from boost to the emerging gig economy,   )           K " tagion shows no signs of abating. The pandem- Corona world. The survey results show home are vulnerable to longer working which has a huge potential to generate $    ,      3          ic has compelled industrialists to think of inno- that around half of the remote work- hours, frequent interruptions, cyber new employment opportunities for                 ! vative work solutions in order to get the best out ers in the country are from the Business security challenges, lack of peer sup- the unemployed men and women in     7             of their employees while keeping them safe. Even Process Outsourcing (BPO) and the port, lack of motivation for team work India.           though the crisis raises questions on the current Information Technology Enabled and in some cases even greater stress. (Balwant is Senior Faculty at the C         !"  work practices, thanks to digital platforms, Services (ITES) sector followed by IT- Lack of a proper work space at home IHD and Nidhi is Director at The employees from all over the world have smart- software, education, e-commerce, pub- too has created problems for some, Vision, New Delhi. The views expressed # # "D ly managed their operations remotely. lishing, banking, financial services and while inappropriate working conditions are personal) @   %     ! "#$ %$ #& '# ()"*$ +))*)" % ##"(%')"*%"%+$#)",))"'"#&%# - )"*&)+ (.

Pius X Convent at Kottayam in perseverance of two individuals, “zero backlog” of cases in all courts services of a visionary who was the High Court immediately after the poll, Kerala, was found dead under mys- Joemon Puthenpurackal, a social in the State by 2010. It is hard to tell architect of Udyogmandal in Kerala the Madras High Court is yet to pro- terious circumstances in a well on the activist, and Raju, a petty thief who what the current situation in Gujarat that contributed a lot to the Green nounce the verdict, though the coun- convent premises on the morning of witnessed the entire drama live while courts is. But if instances like the Revolution. try witnessed two elections March 27, 1992. The Kerala Police hiding in a tree in the convent. Abhaya murder case are any indica- Similarly, AIADMK candidate (2014 and 2019) since then. which probed the case initially, con- A lot could be written about tion, India is light years away from Manoj Pandian, a legal luminary However, it is not just cases relat- cluded that it was a clear case of sui- Abhaya’s murder but the issue before reaching a zero backlog. This has had who contested the Assembly election ed to elections that get delayed in the cide. To substantiate their findings, us should not be confined to this case a detrimental impact on the lives of from Cheranmahadevi constituency courts. What happened to the 2G police officials alleged that Abhaya alone. There is a dictum “justice many. in 2006, was defeated by P Veldurai Spectrum Scam which was broken by :&$ & %(+ was from a family which was prone delayed is justice denied.” If we follow A prime example of this is the of the Indian National Congress. The Pioneer in 2007? The Coalgate - 0& -&  to mental distress and which had a this principle, Abhaya has been case of the late MKK Nair. The Pandian challenged the election in the scam? The National Herald case ini- history of suicides. Though it has been denied justice. Not only Abhaya, senior bureaucrat, who belonged to court and it took five years for the tiated by Subramanian Swamy or the &%(,2*42%4 ith the Central Bureau of more than 28 years since Abhaya was there are thousands of people in India the first batch of Indian apex court to declare Veldurai’s elec- illegal telephone exchange case? Why 2)#(*5( ,% # Investigation (CBI) Special found dead, no journalist could sub- who have been denied justice. What Administrative Service (IAS) officers tion as illegal, null and void. The ver- are we plagued by this inordinate '2 ,4)( (4( ( %  WCourt Judge K Sanal Kumar stantiate the claims of the Kerala prevents our courts from speeding up in the country, had his wonderful dict came on the day when the peo- delay in our courts? It is no wonder pronouncing the verdict in the Sister Police. Apart from pronouncing the the litigation process and coming to career cut short by fake cases slapped ple of Tamil Nadu were on their way that kangaroo courts are flourishing 2*'%2%2* , Abhaya murder case in death as suicide, the local police as a conclusion within months of a case against him by a CBI officer in to elect the new Assembly! in Tamil Nadu and even people who %%3(2'!%)(3%E Thiruvananthapuram, sentencing well as the Crime Branch unit were being filed? Kerala. In the 2009 election, P have reached the age of superannua- )%( ,#%4((2 52* Sephy and Thomas Kottoor to life competing with each other to destroy The first time I heard a speech by Eventually, the trial court found Chidambaram, the Congress candi- tion have enrolled as students in law ,% #%(#% (6()#% % imprisonment, an important chapter the evidence. A local photographer Narendra Modi was in January 2009 that all charges against Nair were date from the Sivaganga Lok Sabha colleges in and around Chennai. It is in this sensational murder case has who was hired by the police to take when he flew down to Chennai to trumped-up but the damage had constituency, was declared defeated a sad state of affairs that justice keeps 28 25%#%8)2%#( been closed. However, this is just tem- the pictures of Abhaya’s body deliver a keynote address at the been done by then. Nair should have initially. But the counting was stopped on getting delayed and hence denied #*)#%5%52*(#% (6 porary as the accused are likely to destroyed irrevocably most of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas. Modi, who retired as a Cabinet Secretary in 1977; for a few hours and then it was in the country. Hopefully, the new %(+%))O5% appeal against the verdict in the photographs which showed nail was the Chief Minister of Gujarat at instead, he was suspended from ser- announced by the Returning Officer year will bring a renewed effort to 8%#%32%#(4 Kerala High Court and then in the marks on her neck. that time, centred his speech more on vice in 1973. It took more than a that he had won the election, defeat- clear the backlog of court cases in ,(%4()#% % Supreme Court. A murder which took place in the development initiatives his decade for the court to acquit him of ing his nearest rival Raja Kannappan India. It was a drawn out case because 1992 has come to a conclusion after Government was taking. He had all charges. It cannot be said that he by 3,000 votes. Though Kannappan (The writer is a senior journalist. 82%4(2 %#%%%6 Sister Abhaya, a novitiate in the Saint nearly three decades thanks to the said that his mission was to ensure a got justice. Plus, the country lost the challenged the result in the Madras The views expressed are personal) L %#(2()M    !" #$%#&#& 10 'B4C     9 6    '# ,# 1      "#!#8 - +D)  # C.6>   !  +&,$,/

   included. in GSTR-1 for business that   + cent, followed by Infosys, However, this restriction have not paid tax for the past    the value of shares it had sold, plus interest and costs. M&M, SBI, ITC, IndusInd usinesses with monthly will not apply where the man- periods by filing GSTR 3B. dividends seized and tax Sources said including he Sensex and Nifty Bank, Bajaj Finance, Asian Bturnover of over 50 lakh aging director or any partner So far, until now, non-fil- ndia has been ordered to refunds withheld to recover the USD 200 million of interest and Tdefied gravity for the sec- Paints, Bharti Airtel and TCS. will have to mandatorily pay at have paid more than 1 lakh as ing of GSTR 3B resulted in Ireturn up to USD 1.4 billion tax demand. USD 22 million of arbitration ond straight session on Only four index components least 1 per cent of their GST lia- income tax or the registered blockage of e-way bill but will to Cairn Energy plc of UK after The government was cost, the total amount payable Wednesday as investors closed lower -- Titan, bility in cash, the Finance person has received a refund now result in GSTR 1 blockage an international arbitration asked to compensate Cairn by the Indian government is scooped up IT and FMCG PowerGrid, NTPC and Ministry said as it moved to amount of more than 1 lakh as well. overturned tax demanded ret- “for the total harm suffered” USD 1.4 billion (about Rs shares amid a firm trend in HDFC, shedding up to 0.81 curb evasion by fake invoicing. in the preceding financial year Abhishek Jain, Tax rospectively - an award the gov- together with interest and cost 10,500 crore). global markets. per cent. Global markets The Central Board of on account of unutilised input Partner, EY said, “The gov- ernment indicated it may chal- of arbitration, according to the This is the second loss the A recovering rupee and were largely positive after Indirect Taxes and Customs tax credit. ernment has now restricted fil- lenge. order. While the order does not government has suffered in global drugmakers’ assertion drug companies like (CBIC) has introduced Rule EY Tax Partner Abhishek ing of outward supply details The three-member tri- contain a provision for chal- three months over the retro- that their Covid-19 vaccines BioNTech, Moderna and 86B in Goods and Services Tax Jain said the government has in GSTR 1 return for busi- bunal, which also comprised of lenge or appeal against the spective levy of taxes. In will work against a new coro- AstraZeneca exuded confi- (GST) rules which restricts put restrictions on seamless nesses who have not paid tax a nominee of the Indian gov- award, the government said it September, UK’s Vodafone navirus strain the UK further dence that their COVID-19 use of input tax credit (ITC) for input credit utilisation with for the past periods by filing ernment, unanimously ruled will study the arbitration award Group won an international shored up investor confi- vaccines will be effective discharging GST liability to 99 introduction of Rule 89B, GSTR 3B. that India’s claim of 10,247 and “will consider all options arbitration against the demand dence, traders said. The 30- against the new virus strain per cent. which blocks utilisation of ITC “The government’s idea crore in past taxes over a 2006- and take a decision on the fur- of Rs 22,100 crore in taxes. share BSE Sensex rallied reported in the UK. However, “... The registered person beyond 99 per cent of the out- here seems to be to curb input 07 internal reorganisation of ther course of action, including However, Cairn was the 437.49 points or 0.95 per cent gains were capped after US shall not use the amount avail- put liability, for businesses hav- tax credit passing by business- Cairn’s India business was not legal remedies before appro- only company against which to close at 46,444.18. President Donald Trump able in electronic credit ledger ing taxable turnover of more es which have otherwise not a valid demand. priate fora.” Cairn, according to the government took action to Similarly, the broader NSE hinted at vetoing the USD 900 to discharge his liability than Rs 50 lakh per month. paid their GST liability,” Jain India, it said, “failed to people aware of the matter, can recover retrospective taxes. Nifty surged 134.80 points or billion economic aid package towards output tax in excess of “With the government added. accord the Claimants’ (Cairn use the arbitration award to During the pendency of the 1 per cent to 13,601.10. HUL passed by the Congress due to 99 per cent of tax liability, in providing reasonable excep- AMRG & Associates Energy’s) investments fair and approach courts in countries arbitration, the government was the top gainer in the the “ridiculously low” USD cases where the value of taxable tions to this rule, the idea Senior Partner Rajat Mohan equitable treatment” under the such as the UK to seize any sold Cairn’s near 5 per cent Sensex pack, spurting 2.67 per 600 aid for individuals. supply ... In a month exceeds  remains to prevent misutilisa- said, “These changes indicate bilateral investment protection property owned by India has holding in Vedanta Ltd, seized 50 lakh,” the CBIC said. tion of credit by businesses tak- that government is grappling pact the nation had with the overseas to recover the money dividends totalling Rs 1,140 While calculating the ing fake credits,” Jain added. with lower tax collections and UK, it said in a 582-page order. if the award is not honoured. crore due to it from those ! A   6@/ )0  turnover threshold, sales from Further, the CBIC has high tax evasions, burden of The tribunal ordered the In a statement, Cairn shareholdings and set off a Rs GST exempt goods and zero amended GST rules restricting which will again be on honest government to desist from Energy said it had been award- 1,590-crore tax refund against rates supply would not be filing of outward supply details taxpayers”. seeking such a tax and return ed USD 1.2 billion damages the demand.       # 

   Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a revision in the <:1    *        eading direct-to-home guidelines for providing DTH L(DTH) player Tata Sky on services in the country under   + en their resilience and lending with heads of banks, including loans proactively. NBFCs and microfinance sector banks and select pri- Wednesday said the govern- which licences would be issued capacity by raising capital, the the private sector lenders, the Das had held similar meet- lenders. vate sector lenders on ment's decision to grant for 20 years. BI Governor Shaktikanta central bank said in a statement governor emphasised on the ings in May as well. He had also The RBI, in its statement, Tuesday and Wednesday, licences to the operators for a Currently, the licence is RDas has asked banks to take on Wednesday. need to remain vigilant and met with representatives of said Das held meetings with respectively, through video longer 20 years would provide valid for 10 years for DTH play- proactive measures to strength- During a two-day meeting make provisions against bad other financial institutions like the MD & CEOs of public conferencing. certainty to the industry. The ers.   BSE 500 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE NIFTY 50 13,473.50 13,619.45 13,432.20 13,601.10 134.8 Script Open High Low LTP SUNTV 478.7 490 470.9 488.05 HAWKINCOOK 5429.95 5429.95 5200 5272.25 GALAXYSURF 1880 1952.6 1874.45 1932.75 UCOBANK 12.26 12.54 12.19 12.48 WIPRO 374 387.6 371.7 384.95 20.75 IDEA 9.49 10.68 9.41 10.56 OFSS 3120.45 3156.1 3100 3143.2 POLYCAB 1019.9 1039 1004.45 1037 SOMANYCERA 309.35 332.75 309.35 327.35 MRPL 33.4 34.15 33.3 33.85 CIPLA 796.35 827 792.25 824.9 29.9 NAUKRI 4620 4677 4590 4663.45 HONAUT 34800 38176.95 34799.837439.55 POWERINDIA 1283.55 1400 1273.95 1363.95 VENKYS 1587.65 1646.85 1584.65 1630.25 MIDHANI 198.7 198.7 192.65 197.3 TATASTEEL 599 624.2 596.3 621.8 20.45 INFY 1242.95 1259 1231 1252.95 NTPC 99.15 99.5 97.75 98.55 MUTHOOTFIN 1193.4 1211.65 1179 1191.15 HUDCO 37.9 39.6 37.55 39 TCIEXP 885.95 932.05 884.75 910.25 TATAMOTORS 165 169.7 163.4 169.5 4.55 SUPREMEIND 1656.75 1709.95 1656.75 1667.15 HINDPETRO* 211.9 211.9 208.4 210.3 ICICIPRULI 484.85 490 482.8 484.45 CSBBANK 224 226.5 215 225.75 TTKPRESTIG 5685.3 5775 5685.3 5742.8 HINDUNILVR 2,320.00 2,377.30 2,303.25 2,373.00 62 TATAMOTORS 165.7 169.7 163.35 169.2 CADILAHC 468 478.95 464.9 474.75 SWSOLAR 235 238.25 221 224.25 AAVAS 1650.15 1739.9 1650.15 1694.2 JTEKTINDIA 88.3 88.3 83.95 87.15 INFY 1,238.00 1,258.85 1,230.55 1,252.00 31.5 BAJFINANCE 5020 5168.5 4972.2 5088.55 BATAINDIA 1534.85 1587.65 1522.15 1582.45 KTKBANK 51 54.5 51 54.05 SHOPERSTOP 197.75 211.15 197.1 204.65 SIS 435 447.65 429.95 440 M&M 693 715 688.25 712 16.95 IBULHSGFIN 187.6 205.05 184.45 202.9 IDBI 34.2 34.25 32.7 32.9 RECLTD 131.85 133.6 129.7 131.85 KRBL 247.8 250 244.55 246.8 QUESS 460.2 471.5 454.9 469.05 JKCEMENT 1967.95 1967.95 1893.3 1928.3 BALKRISIND 1558 1585.85 1545 1561.4 POWERGRID 191.05 191.05 189.15 189.8 NIACL 119 127.35 119 126.05 SCHNEIDER 85.9 85.9 80.5 82.1 INDUSINDBK 841.95 861.95 832.75 860.8 20.1 VEDL 139.6 151.1 137.6 150.45 HEROMOTOCO 3054.7 3071.55 3008.75 3045.8 GUJGAS 367 367 348.2 364.3 CARERATING 501.15 516.45 501.15 513.4 COCHINSHIP 349.3 358.45 349.3 355.1 HINDALCO 231.35 237.9 227.5 237.4 5.5 RELIANCE 1932.8 1951.2 1920 1943.8 BRITANNIA 3631.5 3666 3605.6 3623.7 KAJARIACER 655 709.5 655 702.9 INDIACEM 140 143.6 139.4 142.5 PRSMJOHNSN 85.95 90 85.95 88.25 SBIN 256.95 263.9 255.6 263 5.55 HDFCBANK 1375 1381.1 1361.05 1375.75 BANKINDIA 48 48.9 47.4 48.7 IDFC 37.1 37.8 36.15 37.55 EIHOTEL 90 92.9 89.3 92.35 ALLCARGO 131.6 133.85 130.5 132.4 ITC 203 208.25 202 207.6 4.2 ICICIBANK 499 505.4 496.3 503.6 DIVISLAB 3719 3719 3661 3689.45 ITDC 283 307.9 270.9 303.1 FCONSUMER 7.99 8.22 7.87 8.22 BRIGADE 242.85 248.55 238.2 241.15 BAJFINANCE 5,000.00 5,166.00 4,970.35 5,095.00 83.6 HCLTECH 923.7 934 915.15 922.5 FSL 76.8 80.5 76.8 79.85 VBL 910 944.4 880 903.05 ABFRL 151.5 156.5 150.9 155.6 3MINDIA 21352.9 21490 21006 21073 UPL 444.5 452.7 438.3 451.9 7.25 SBIN 257.6 263.85 255.5 263.05 ACC 1558 1585.5 1538.2 1579.65 EXIDEIND 184.15 188.15 183.4 185.35 MASFIN 911 966.5 896.85 911.6 ZYDUSWELL 1897.95 1920 1880.5 1904.2 BAJAJ-AUTO 3,281.00 3,318.95 3,261.00 3,315.00 49.7 WIPRO 374.15 387.6 370.25 385.4 IBREALEST 68.45 72.35 67.8 71.1 CENTRALBK 13.4 13.88 13.31 13.79 GMDCLTD 47.9 50.1 47.8 49.95 PTC 57.5 59.05 57.4 58.95 ASIANPAINT 2,604.00 2,650.00 2,604.00 2,638.15 37.35 INDUSINDBK 840.75 861.35 830 856.85 EICHERMOT 2452.1 2475.25 2416.6 2446.1 MGL 1047 1065.3 1035.5 1055.95 ITI 123 126.5 122 125.3 TASTYBIT 12478.05 12589 12013.4512287.05 GRASIM 886.1 909 881.35 897.35 12.15 PNB 32.4 32.75 31.7 31.8 PAGEIND 27969.6 28400 27461.227611.05 WHIRLPOOL 2210.05 2280.5 2166.4 2261.75 WESTLIFE 424.4 436.95 423.85 428.8 BLUEDART 3849.4 3900 3810.65 3853.45 JSWSTEEL 361 367.7 357.75 366.85 4.9 CIPLA 798 827.2 792.45 824.25 LICHSGFIN 348 358 346.3 357 CHENNPETRO 101 101.75 96.55 97.9 RADICO 452 460 447.55 449.7 ASTERDM 171 171.1 168.6 169.5 BHARTIARTL 500.3 509.5 498.4 507 6.7 KOTAKBANK 1860 1924.95 1860 1921.9 AUROPHARMA 864.95 892.45 848.6 889.9 RVNL 22.7 23 22.1 22.8 JMFINANCIL 80.25 85.35 80.25 84.15 ENDURANCE 1179.25 1198.9 1170 1184.6 TCS 2,876.05 2,919.00 2,865.45 2,907.15 34.65 RBLBANK 209.1 223 206.95 221.3 DMART 2660 2672.65 2625 2662 FINEORG 2385.15 2385.15 2334 2360.4 MMTC 21.6 23.6 21.6 23.4 GET&D 113.8 114.5 110.4 113.9 HDFCLIFE 641.25 649.9 633.75 648.85 7.6 HDFC 2397.1 2420 2377.05 2400.7 BEML 896 927 861.2 918.6 NAVINFLUOR 2567.8 2587.35 2504.7 2529.4 ABB 1196.65 1235 1194.75 1199 CRISIL 1911 1931.2 1890.15 1891.95 DRREDDY 5,161.45 5,238.70 5,131.25 5,217.90 56.1 TATASTEEL 600 623.9 596.05 621.5 RAYMOND 325.75 342.25 325.75 339.35 ASTRAL 1540.1 1605.85 1533.6 1589.55 BDL 318 325 316.15 322.35 ARVINDFASN 147 153.3 147 151.35 SUNPHARMA 570 576.55 566.1 574.5 6.2 TCS 2889 2918 2866.05 2907.2 IPCALAB 2173 2230 2146 2156.55 FORTIS 155 158.25 153 154 JKLAKSHMI 320.3 343 320.3 342.2 GRSE 186 196 186 195.1 ICICIBANK 499 505.5 496.55 505 4.7 INDIGO 1541 1658 1541 1649 WOCKPHARMA 467 493.75 466.8 491 AVANTI 516 521 502.4 511.1 INOXLEISUR 273.2 280.95 265.5 280 ORIENTELEC 215.05 221.5 215.05 218.65 NESTLEIND 18,555.05 18,812.00 18,514.95 18,720.00 166.45 SPICEJET 89.6 97.95 89.05 97.95 NBCC 28.5 30.1 28.1 29.95 WABAG 192 210.7 192 208.9 APLLTD 1056 1080.9 1053.2 1062.95 VAIBHAVGBL 2116 2150 2102 2134.75 HCLTECH 920 935 914.8 921.9 8.1 LT 1270 1271 1249 1264.4 SOUTHBANK 8.32 9.03 8.3 8.95 HATHWAY 30.5 33 30.5 32.9 SPARC 176 180.5 175.9 179.65 PHOENIXLTD 740.55 754.25 728.25 738.25 KOTAKBANK 1,901.00 1,924.80 1,892.50 1,919.95 17 BSOFT 234.5 267.8 233 261.9 CENTURYTEX 358 394 358 391.55 COLPAL 1548 1572.4 1533 1567.2 DEEPAKFERT 151.5 156.5 150.75 154.7 VSTIND 3763.65 3780.3 3698.35 3736.15 BAJAJFINSV 8,900.00 9,140.00 8,880.00 9,006.10 67.25 TATAELXSI 1661 1810 1641.2 1786.1 CUB 172.25 186 172.25 180.3 SBILIFE 852.4 858.35 847.45 856.65 CYIENT 517.8 524.5 514.6 518.2 TCNSBRANDS 462 467.55 448.5 453.55 MARUTI 7390 7550 7380 7448.9 ABBOTINDIA 15790 15916.05 15511.15 15775.8 FORCEMOT 1323 1337.35 1263.05 1314.55 GARFIBRES 2117.6 2218 2117.6 2183.4 MARUTI 7,400.40 7,555.60 7,394.00 7,450.00 54.6 BHARTIARTL 501.5 509.4 498.5 507.35 CROMPTON 368.5 368.5 349.1 352.25 LAXMIMACH 4657 4849.5 4655.5 4793.7 LUXIND 1578.6 1605.2 1578.6 1599.65 AXISBANK 589 594.5 584.3 594 4.25 JUBLFOOD 2789 2804 2707 2753.95 JYOTHYLAB 139.5 145.65 136.6 144.9 VRLLOG 195.7 197.45 191.5 194.6 CERA 3194.4 3328.95 3194.4 3260.55 ONGC 90.5 91.3 88.3 91.2 0.65 CANBK 115.7 121.55 114.5 120.8 HEIDELBERG 206.1 212.85 206.1 211.1 JAICORPLTD 87.95 91.25 87.95 90.25 GODREJIND 439 439 426.9 431.35 BPCL 373 377.2 369.4 374.8 2.3 BAJAJFINSV 8940.1 9143.75 8875.1 9010.15 CAPPL 482 506 478.5 495.8 TORNTPOWER 315.35 326.85 313.95 325.35 INFIBEAM 82.8 85.5 82.8 83.75 RELIANCE 1,930.00 1,951.45 1,920.65 1,947.00 10.3 ITC 203.7 208 202.1 207.7 JSLHISAR 131.55 148.4 130.45 144.8 JSL 66.2 72.2 66.2 71.35 MAHLOG 398 407.5 396.35 405 HDFCBANK 1,367.50 1,380.95 1,361.05 1,378.00 4.9 PVR 1262 1319 1233.85 1312.05 GMM 3565 3635 3540 3575.55 RAJESHEXPO 497 497 475 485.65 NH 423 429 412.4 426.6 LT 1,268.00 1,271.30 1,248.35 1,266.95 4.25 DISHTV 13.99 16.3 13.83 15.57 BALRAMCHIN 169.95 176.7 167.85 176.1 REPCOHOME 231 243.8 229.9 238 BASF 1530 1579 1530 1570 ADANIPORTS 467.15 476.7 462.5 470 1.35 MPHASIS 1444 1628 1435.05 1573.2 MARICO 399 407.75 396 405.35 MOIL 136 138.8 134.1 135.05 AKZOINDIA 2213.8 2249.95 2199.1 2210.55 SBILIFE 855.5 859 847.65 856.4 2.45 AMBUJACEM 235.45 238.65 231.65 237.35 TRIDENT 8.95 9.4 8.8 9.28 IRB 102 106.3 101.65 105.45 MAHINDCIE 157.65 162.5 156.95 160.05 TECHM 946.55 959.75 941 946.8 2.15 ONGC 91 91.25 88.05 90.8 INDIANB 81.5 86 81.3 85.35 ORIENTCEM 84 84.1 81.8 83.75 SYMPHONY 934.95 934.95 915.95 926.35 IOC 88.2 88.6 86.75 88.15 0.2 MINDTREE 1535.2 1608.35 1530.15 1595.9 VIPIND 333 346.5 330.9 344.85 PARAGMILK 105.5 112.95 105 111.9 SHREECEM 23,916.70 24,240.00 23,830.90 23,950.00 33.3 TATACONSUM 577 606.85 573.35 605.35 GREAVESCOT 79.5 84.25 79.5 82.85 HIMATSEIDE 136.2 149 136.2 146.2 HDFC 2,398.00 2,419.65 2,376.75 2,405.90 2.25 FEDERALBNK 62.15 64.75 61.3 64.2 SHREECEM 23899.45 24233 2385023897.95 RITES 263.1 270 263.1 266.6 BRITANNIA 3,641.60 3,668.35 3,605.25 3,632.90 2.5 PEL 1340 1432.05 1340 1424.15 TAKE 48.65 50.6 48.25 49.15 ZENSARTECH 236 241.75 231 236.25 EICHERMOT 2,446.00 2,474.95 2,417.00 2,447.00 0.3 IOC 88.8 88.95 86.3 88.2 AMARAJABAT 923.95 952.15 919.15 946.35 GILLETTE 5725.05 5850 5725.05 5826.15 ULTRACEMCO 4,999.60 5,075.00 4,980.25 5,021.00 -0.3 DLF 219.75 230.5 217.55 228.7 JSWSTEEL 361 367.75 357.95 366.95 JSWENERGY 68.5 70.65 67.65 68.95 SUDARSCHEM 465.5 473.95 453.4 469.5 GAIL 119 119.5 116.65 118.45 -0.05 SAIL 57.15 59.7 54.95 59.05 DELTACORP 156.15 158.9 153.35 155.85 ADVENZYMES 317.45 326 315.85 324.1 BBTC 1248 1287.75 1239.2 1275.9 COALINDIA 135.5 136.7 134.1 135.45 -0.05 BAJAJ-AUTO 3276 3318 3261.75 3309.2 SYNGENE 605.85 623.7 599.2 615.85 PCJEWELLER 24.25 26 24.15 25.75 GUJALKALI 350 363.35 350 354.8 POWERGRID 191.5 191.7 189 190.1 -0.2 PIDILITIND 1730 1778.85 1715.75 1731.45 RAIN 117 122.5 116.3 121.3 SUMICHEM 292.5 303 291.1 293.7 EIDPARRY 319.9 325.85 317.65 324.25 NTPC 99.05 99.4 97.8 98.75 -0.15 DRREDDY 5151.45 5235 5128.05 5221.4 TATACHEM 476 481.2 471.85 473.85 RELAXO 792.2 802.4 773.7 781.4 MINDAIND 397.9 402 387 399.35 ZEEL 214.95 218.25 210 217.1 BHARATFORG 516.7 542.45 512 538.85 RAMCOCEM 786 796.7 783.35 790.9 SJVN 25.25 25.7 24.9 25.1 TITAN 1,504.70 1,519.80 1,478.05 1,491.00 -7.8 ASHOKLEY 92.15 95.5 91.6 95.2 JUBILANT 794 828.25 783.7 821.95 JKPAPER 105.5 108.9 105.5 108.05 KNRCON 336.35 339.15 327 333.5 DIVISLAB 3,709.60 3,715.00 3,660.00 3,695.00 -25.95 M&M 693 714.35 689 711.35 ICICIGI 1460 1478.4 1444.2 1457.6 PETRONET 247.75 250 245.25 249.15 MINDACORP 84.8 85.8 83.15 85.45 HEROMOTOCO 3,046.60 3,073.50 3,012.00 3,020.00 -29.1 TECHM 948 960 941.25 947.95 CONCOR 388.55 392.8 382.75 391.65 HSCL 42.25 43.2 42.25 42.6 BAJAJHLDNG 3034.25 3087.75 3011.1 3069.25 ESCORTS 1238 1288.6 1237.1 1269 JUSTDIAL 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0 # $ $      ,  1 #   #     .# *       #   $ London: More parts of the UK     # could be placed under the strictest level of lockdown as Kathmandu: Nepal lenging time. Colombo: A silent protest was belief. They say some of them ministers hold talks on Communist Party’s executive Earlier in the day, the held in Sri Lanka’s capital have been buried secretly. Wednesday after the country chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal Supreme Court forwarded all Colombo against the govern- The process of cremation is registered 36,804 positive coro- ‘Prachanda’ was on Wednesday the writ petitions against Prime ment’s policy of cremating the forbidden within Islam and navirus cases, the largest daily elected as the ruling party’s new Minister Oli’s move to dis- bodies of Muslim victims of Judaism, which require mem- number of infections recorded parliamentary leader, replacing solve Parliament to a COVID-19 pandemic despite bers of the faiths to be buried. at any time during the pan- Prime Minister KP Sharma Constitutional bench. the World Health Organisation The authorities claim that demic. Oli. Chief Justice Cholendra (WHO) approving burials. burials may lead to further UK Communities The 66-year-old leader’s SJB Rana’s single bench passed Sajith Premadasa, the main spread of the pandemic. The Secretary Robert Jenrick said nomination was proposed by the order after a preliminary Opposition leader, led the Government has appointed an the new mutation of coron- senior leader Madhav Kumar hearing on the 12 different writ protest, which was also attend- experts’ panel to make recom- avirus is behind the spike to a Nepal, who was earlier named unconstitutionally. petitions filed against the dis- ed by civil society groups. mendations on the issue of large extent but it remains 8     ###B#  #.   ,    as one of the two chairmen of Prachanda said that his solution of the House of Muslim groups allege their burials, but it has yet to come up “very concentrated” in London %    8 the party, at a parliamentary first priority would be to restore Representatives, the paper community’s coronavirus vic- with any recommendations and the south-east of England, party meeting of the the dissolved House of reported. tims were being forcefully cre- even after 9 months, the Muslim where Tier 4 stay-at-home It comes as the new variant, 1,500 lorries can start moving Prachanda-led faction at the Representatives and form a The Constitutional bench mated against their religious civil society groups say. PTI lockdown measures are already named VUI-202012/01 and towards their destinations. Parliament Building in New new government. will start the hearing on Friday. in place. with much higher transmissi- During what is an annual Baneshwar, My Republica “I will unify all the demo- The bench is led by Chief “The new variant is much bility, led to several countries festive and holiday period in reported. cratic forces and political par- Justice Rana and will have four less prevalent elsewhere, but including India cutting off the UK with Christmas and Oli, 68, was removed from ties to keep the hard-won polit- other justices who will be there is rising evidence that you transport links with the UK in New Year, millions in the coun- the post of party’s chairman on ical system and parliament picked by him. can find it in a range of other an effort to try and contain its try have had their plans to meet Tuesday by a central commit- lively and functioning,” he said. Although the petitioners parts of the country. So the spread outside Britain. friends and family scuppered tee meeting of the Prachanda- He thanked lawmakers for demanded an interim order question is, whether we should The backlog of lorries built after UK Prime Minister Boris led faction, which also decid- electing him as the parliamen- against the decision, the apex take action to try to head that up on the UK border with Johnson abandoned a planned ed to take disciplinary action tary leader and said that he has court has refused to issue any off,” he explained. France has now begun to grad- five-day “Christmas bubble” against him for dissolving the been handed over a huge such order. “The tiered system was ually clear up after an agree- as scientists confirmed the new House of Representatives responsibility during this chal- Meanwhile, leaders of the designed before we knew the ment was reached. Covid variant was spreading Prachanda-led faction have full ferocity of the new variant, France agreed to lift its ban more rapidly. told the Election Commission and so we do have to make sure on UK arrivals on the condi- Under the revised rules, +R"     that they hold a two-thirds it’s sufficiently robust to be able tion of a negative coronavirus only people living in tiers one majority in the party and there- to withstand this and to stop test. However, there have been to three are permitted to   ,   fore they must be granted offi- cases just rising at the very wor- reports of scuffles on the UK- socialise in a bubble of three cial recognition by the election rying levels they are now in France border as truckers face households on December 25     * body, the paper said. PTI     ,    %    8 parts of the country,” he said. days ahead before the nearly for Christmas Day. PTI

Kathmandu: Nepal’s Supreme other justices who will be Court on Wednesday for- picked by him. 8 -$ warded all writ petitions chal- During the preliminary 0  **     < R  lenging Prime Minister KP hearings on Wednesday, senior &R  Sharma Oli’s move to abrupt- lawyers citing Constitutional Bangui (Central African the confrontation on former Experts warn of a strong ly dissolve the Parliament to a provisions argued that Prime Republic): Violence threatens President Francois Bozize, alleg- chance of further violence if the EBB"#    $ $   # Constitutional bench, amid Minister Oli has no right to Central African Republic’s ing an attempted power grab opposition doesn’t accept the intensified struggle between dissolve the House so long as presidential and legislative elec- ahead of a vote from which he election results. “A contested    "   3- the two warring factions of the there is a possibility of form- tions on Sunday, and some is barred from participating. outcome may lead to a post-   + Nepal Communist Party to ing an alternative government. opposition candidates have Russian forces also have arrived electoral crisis that armed  + 0 still sporadic gunfire. wrest control of the ruling It was a coup against the pulled out of the race amid to help with security. groups could use to further The conflict followed a he United Arab Emirates’ party. Constitution itself, said senior growing insecurity. Parties in the Democratic weaken the state,” the hina evacuated more than December 3 court decision to Thighest Islamic authority, Chief Justice Cholendra advocate Dinesh Tripathi, one President Faustin Opposition Coalition known as International Crisis Group C200 nationals to a safer area bar former President Francois the UAE Fatwa Council, has Shumsher Rana’s single bench of the petitioners. Archange Touadera and his COD-2020 this week said seven noted. after eight Chinese mining Bozize from participating pres- ruled that coronavirus vaccines passed the order after a pre- As per the Constitution, if party say the vote will go ahead of its candidates will pull out of Sixteen candidates are run- company vehicles were stolen idential and legislative elections are permissible for Muslims liminary hearing on the 12 dif- the majority government is after government forces clashed the election, citing the violence. ning for president, including during armed conflict ahead of on Sunday. even if they contain pork gelatin. ferent writ petitions filed dissolved, there is a provision with rebels in recent days as the The parties had wanted the three women and Touadera. an election in the Central Bozize, in response, gath- The ruling follows growing against the dissolution of the to form an alternative gov- United Nations’ peacekeeping vote to be delayed, alleging There are more than 1,500 can- African Republic, its embassy ered rebel groups to march on alarm that the use of pork House of Representatives, ernment by two or more polit- force tried to prevent a block- poor preparations and an elec- didates for 140 seats in the said Wednesday. the capital city Bangui. gelatin, a common vaccine according to court sources. ical parties and a minority ade of Bangui, the capital. toral body influenced by the national assembly. More than A statement on the They have been engaged in ingredient, may hamper vacci- The Constitutional bench government could also be Rwanda, which sent in sol- president. A delay would allow 1.86 million voters are registered, embassy website said the situ- conflict with government forces nation among Muslims who will start the hearing on Friday. formed before going to the diers after its peacekeepers came more time to work toward a but more than 598,000 refugees ation is now under control in the Yaloke area since consider the consumption of The bench is led by Chief people for fresh mandate, he under threat, and Central national unity government, the in neighboring countries will not with the help of UN peace- December 15, according to the pork products “haram”, or for- Justice Rana and will have four pointed out. PTI African Republic have blamed parties said. vote, according to the UN. AP keeping forces, though there is embassy statement. bidden under Islamic law.

.(&        & :=: & N0>& Integrative Biology, Delhi; CSIR-Centre for Cellular test positive. to Mehbooba Mufti who had refused to unfurl the and Molecular Biology, ; DBT-Institute of “Our labs have been asked to prioritise the recent Tricolour. “Independent candidates have polled     & :  Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar; DBT-InStem-NCBS, virus samples and send them for genetic sequencing. more votes than the Congress and the PDP. The same The Minister also received six boxes of letters with , DBT-National Institute of Biomedical The ICMR, CSIR, and DBT labs have been doing it Mehbooba Mufti who’d refused to unfurl the Tricolour   ) signatures of 3,13,363 lakh farmers from 20 States, includ- Genomics, Kalyani, National Institute of Virology, so far but it will be scaled up. The positive specimen has got a befitting reply today,” Anurag Thakur said. ing Punjab through NGO CNRI in support of the farm Pune. from passengers from UK in the last few days will also In Srinagar, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti    laws. Of these, 12,895 farmers from Punjab have signed More such designated labs would increase over be sequenced,” he said. accused the Government of India and BJP of “ter- in favour of the laws, while 1.27 lakh such farmers are time and their details would be shared with the Dr Agarwal added, “The vaccine produces many rorising her family” in the name of investigations stat- from Haryana. Minister of State for Agriculture Kailash States/UTs, said the Ministry’s statement. antibodies and even if some do not bind, the vaccine ing that BJP must fight her politically and not involve  Chaudhary and Agriculture Secretary Sanjay Aggarwal Gauri Agarwal, founder of the Genestrings remains effective. Other than that, there is T-cell her family, friends and party colleagues in the “bat- were also present in the meet. Diagnostic Center, which is handling coronavirus test- immunity that is generic and a mutation in the bind- tle.” ing of all passengers at the IGI airport, said that 11 ing site does not change that.” Addressing a press conference at her Gupkar res-     + && $&&+-  > & passengers on four flights from the UK were found idence, Mehbooba said that today’s press conference positive for COVID-19 when tested on arrival at the H$ + $ :N -0:&O may be her last one given the BJP’s approach and the n the first of its kind bird < - -:O  &= 0  : Delhi airport. Agarwal also said 50 passengers of the way agencies like “CBI, NIA and ED are being used Icount jointly undertaken by a aforementioned four flights have been put under insti- $ -&=+ &:$ - & :&:N:  against her.” citizens’ body and the State “Farmers urge the Government not to repeat those tutional quarantine. “Irony is that these agencies that are supposed to forest department, as many as meaningless amendments which we have rejected but “Testing was done comprehensively, as directed, The Law Minister said the BJP (4,23,364 votes) probe cases of sensitive order are probing where from 103 bird species — including come up with a concrete proposal in writing so that irrespective of any existing reports or exemptions. A received more votes in the DDC polls than the NC PDP got money for Late Mufti Muhammad Sayeed’s those like Alpine Swift, Indian it can be made an agenda, and the process of nego- total of 950+ inbound passengers from London were (2,22,514), PDP (56000) and the Congress(1,49382) graveyard at Anantnag. Not just this, they are inves- Scops Owl, Indian Eagle Owl tiation can be started as soon as possible,” stated the tested at our lab at T3 terminal, IGI (Indira Gandhi together. tigating my mother’s bank accounts and have sought and Indian Pitta — were sight- letter. International) Airport and 11 of them tested positive,” “Kashmir ghati main ‘kamal’ apne vajood par khila property details of my sister, who is a doctor by pro- ed at the Karnala Bird Sanctuary Shiv Kumar Kakka, the national president, Agarwal explained. On Tuesday, at least 20 passen- hai”, said the Law Minister pointing to three success of fession,” the PDP chief said. (KBS) located near Mumbai. Rashtriya Kisan Mazdoor Mahasangh, said farmers gers from the UK were reported to have tested pos- the party in the Kashmir Valley, including in Srinagar In an obvious reference to the BJP, she said that Located within the urge the Government to create a conducive atmos- itive for COVID-19 at various airports across the where Congress State president’s son lost his election. GoI should fight her politically. “The BJP won’t gain Mumbai metropolitan region phere for a fruitful dialogue as the Supreme Court country, including Delhi, Kolkata and . The senior BJP leader said elections are the victory anything by using agencies against me. If they want (MMR), the KBS is the first and had also said that suspend implementation of farm Following the declaration of the new strain, India of people of Kashmir who have “rendered a resounding to face me, they should fight me politically,” she said, one of the oldest bird sanctu- laws. on December 21 had suspended flights from UK from slap in the face of extremists, terrorists, separatists and adding the poll result has shown that people have aries in the country. It was Several farmers on Wednesday also visited Kisan December 25 while tightening the RT-PCR norms. their sympathisers”. rejected the abrogation of Article 370. declared a bird sanctuary way Ghat to pay tributes to Chaudhary Charan Singh on The new variant is said to be 70 per cent more trans- Prasad pointed out the success of elections in the back in 1966. his birth anniversary while a havan was also per- missible than earlier versions of the coronavirus, as “hotbeds of terrorists” like Shopian (with 17 per cent vot-   :&   &-  - Spread over 12.48 sq km in formed at Ghazipur border protest site. Meanwhile, has also been pointed out by the latest Standard ing), Pulwama (7.4 per cent), Bandipura (51 per cent) Panvel tehsil in the adjoining farmers continued their relay hunger strike on Operating Procedure issued by the Union Health and Gandharbal (43.4 per cent).   0 =$- : Raigad district, this bird sanc- Wednesday against the new farm laws. Ministry. On Tuesday itself, 22 people -- including Prasad said NC chief Farooq Abdullah was elected  -- >   tuary is a nearly two hour Sheoraj Singh, president of Bharatiya Kisan six from Delhi -- tested positive for the virus, and their to the Lok Sabha with only 7 per cent voting in his LS drive from downtown Mumbai. Union (Lok Shakti), camping at the Dalit Prerna Sthal samples were sent for genome sequencing. constituency. Investigation further revealed that as part of the con- It is very popular among nature in Noida, on Wednesday wrote a letter in blood to Dr Anurag Agarwal, director of the Institute of “People have voted for the development...the change spiracy of separate “Khalistan State” accused Gurjeet lovers, trekkers, fort and her- Prime Minister Narendra Modi, demanding the Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB), one of the has been effected following the abrogation of the Article Singh Nijjar, accused Harpal Singh and accused Moin itage enthusiasts. repeal of the three new farm laws that have stoked CSIR labs sequencing Sars-CoV-2 genomes said 370 and Prime Minister Modi saying ‘let us go to the peo- Khan used to post videos and images containing prais- In all, 27 bird enthusiasts protests by farmers’ unions in . though the virus has found to be more transmissi- ple’”, said the Law Minister. es of militant Jagtar Singh Hawara (a convicted accused participated in the day-night “Take back the agriculture bill, make law to ensure ble, what brings relief is that the transmission could “This is a new beginning that has started with the in assassination of Beant Singh, former Chief Minister survey - called the Karnala Bird guarantee on minimum support price (MSP) and form occur only if people were not wearing masks. elections of sarpanchs and now that of DDC... Kashmir of Punjab), images and videos of Operation Blue Star Count. The participants were a kisan aayog (farmers commission),” he wrote in the He said that some Reverse Transcription- is turning a new page”, he claimed. of 1984 and pro-Khalistani posts related to proscribed divided into 9 teams that cov- letter. Traffic remained disrupted in bordering areas Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) kits that use organisation Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) with sole ered all types of habitats in the of the national Capital as protest by farmers entered the particular gene where the mutation has happened 0 $ -    +-: intention to motivate likeminded Sikh youths and oth- sanctuary. Each team com- 28th day. for detecting virus may give out false negatives. “We ers to join the Khalistan “movement”, it further said. prised bird experts, photogra- The Delhi Traffic Police said the Chilla and need to recalibrate our tests. The -PCR usually uses +- & :$ - &= Investigation further revealed that Moin Khan was phers, ebird users, GWT mem- Ghazipur borders are closed for traffic coming from two genes to detect the presence of the virus, we might in Tihar jail from 2013 to 2016 and during this period bers and forest guards. Noida and Ghaziabad to Delhi. It advised people to not insist on a double gene positive to give a posi- “We also accept it (that democracy has won). he developed contact with Jagtar Singh Hawara, and Thje bird count was con- take alternative route for coming to Delhi via Anad tive report,” said Agarwal. When did we say that we do not trust democracy? It shown his willingness to work for him and shared his ducted jointly by the Vihar, DND, Apsara and Bhopra borders. If precautions are not followed, the new variant is another thing that you do not trust us. We have been contact number with him. Subsequently, as planned, Maharashtra Forest Singhu, Auchandi, Piau Maniyari, and Mangesh may lead to super spreading events, the WHO too has saying this from day one that we will fight for our Khan sent friend request to Facebook ID “Khalistani Department (MFD) and Green borders are also closed and commuters have been indicated. rights but not unlawfully or unconstitutionally. We Jindabad Khalistan” from his Facebook account. By join- Works Trust (GWT) on advised to take routes through the Lampur, Safiabad “We have had a much higher (contamination rate) are not for disturbing the atmosphere in this State, ing this Facebook account, Moin Khan came in contact December 19-20, 2020. and Saboli toll tax borders. at different points in this pandemic and we’ve got it but to make it better,” Omar said. with Harpal Singh and Gurjeet Singh Nijjar, it said. “This was the first-of-its Police said as traffic has been diverted from under control,” WHO’s emergencies chief Michael Omar said the results of the DDC elections have Accused Gurjeet Singh Nijjar motivated Khan by dis- kind of a scientific survey in the Mukarba and the GTK road, people are suggested to Ryan said. proved that the BJP will not be able to “bury” the NC. cussing about atrocities committed against the Muslims Karnala Bird Sanctuary. This avoid Outer Ring Road, the GTK road and National Dr Shahid Jameel, virologist and director of “The next elections in J&K are very far because and Sikhs in India and convinced him to work for sep- was also the first of its kind of Highway (NH) 44. Trivedi School of Biosciences at Ashoka University, of the defeat of the BJP in this election. I do not think arate ‘Khalistan State’. In furtherance of conspiracy, night bird count in Maharashtra. Those travelling to Haryana can go through the opined that “it is likely that the new variant may have they will have the Assembly elections here anytime accused Gurjeet Singh Nijjar directed Khan to purchase Through this survey, we want- Jharoda (only single carriageway), Daurala, already come to India, you will find it only if you are sooner. If they believed in democracy, they would have a pistol and ammunition in 2018 and to carry out their ed to document bird population Kapashera, Badusarai, Rajokri NH-8, Bijwasan- looking for it. This is the reason why we need to scale sounded the bugle of the Assembly elections,” he said. nefarious designs, it said. and avifaunal diversity in this Bajghera, Palam Vihar and Dundahera borders. up the number of genomic sequencing that we are Emotionally surcharged National Conference On May 23, 2019, the NIA had filed the charge sheet sanctuary. During the survey, we According to the traffic police, Tikri, Dhansa and doing. India has the second highest number of Covid- (NC) president Farooq Abdullah in his brief address in the NIA Special Court against wanted accused Gurjeet sighted a total of 103 species of Ghazipur borders are also closed for traffic but the 19 cases in the world and it is likely that some vari- to the party workers said he will not bow before any- Singh Nijjar, accused Harpal Singh, Moin Khan and birds,” GWT’s founder Nikhil Jhatikara border was open only for two-wheelers and ant like it might have generated within the country one. Farooq is currently facing an ED probe in con- Sundar Lal Parashar. Bhopale said. According to pedestrians. too.” nection with the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Accordingly, a Look-Out Circular (LOC) was issued Bhopale, the survey followed NITI Aayog member Dr VK Paul said at a press- Association (JKCA) money-laundering case. Last against him. On Monday, wanted accused Gurjeet Singh two types of bird count sampling > >  &  : er recently that India will use its network of labora- week, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) attached Nijjar was detained at Indira Gandhi International methods viz. Line Transect and tories under the Indian Council of Medical Research, assets worth Rs 11.86 crore of Farooq in connection Airport here and he was arrested by NIA. His transit cus- Point Counts. There were 9 line 0 :&:&- NO$-&: Department of Biotechnology, and Council of with the JKCA scam. tody shall be obtained from the Competent Court and transacts and 5 point counts Scientific and Industrial Research to sequence more In Jammu, BJP’s DDC polls in-charge Anurag he shall be taken to Mumbai for further investigation, were done to cover the sprawling These are CSIR-Institute of Genomics and samples, especially from the travellers from UK who Thakur said the election results are a befitting reply it added. sanctuary area.     !"  #$%#&#& 2 ' *   +   <188$8#)#81 #8< **   " * *# *       * P +2))22#    *   8% %# 2%( ctor Richa Chadha doesn’t seem happy about '%'223( promotions happening remotely via Zoom 3%)%82#*4E Aand phone calls. 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8   / # /   *&'              *&'   B# 9  he 63rd Annual General Central Para Military Forces and to CD;; /  Meeting (AGM) of National states under different welfare schemes       TAgricultural Cooperative such as PDS, MDM and ICDS.     & 9 Marketing Federation of India Ltd The MD of NAFED informed that # 3: *  (NAFED) was held. Welcoming the supplies of various agri-commodities, )  !    participants Bijender Singh, chairman household items, articles towards *&'# #  of NAFED, thanked the Union humanitarian aid/emergency relief  )!+0E- Minister of Agriculture, Narendra material were also made to countries   8)!+8 -  . &!+ -      Singh Tomar, MoS for Agriculture, such as Iran, Namibia, Mynamar and   *&'     #   9    Parshottam Khodabhai Rupala, Bangladesh worth over 15.50 crores        #        9 Secretary (A&C), Additional at the behest of the Ministry of  )! #    #/      90  Secretary (A&C) and other senior External Affairs, Government of India.  #           # officers in the Ministry of Agriculture During 2019-20, NAFED under-                   and Farmers Welfare for their con- took seed business worth over 27.44    9 stant guidance and support to crores, which was distributed to states NAFED. He assured the govern- across the country under various ment that NAFED would strive hard schemes. to accomplish the tasks assigned by The federation also procured the government to the best of its abil- 58,288 MT of onion valuing 76 ity crores for creating a buffer stock The chairman of NAFED under PSF in the states of informed that with the government’s highest ever dividend of 20 per cent Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan and support at all levels and right policy to the member federations, societies Telangana. During the year, NAFED decisions at the level of the Board of for the first time in the history of also stepped in and procured 15,589 Directors, support of the member NAFED. MT of apples of different varieties with societies and hard work put in by the Sanjeev Kumar Chadha, a value of 69.38 crores in Jammu and Managing Director, officers and Managing Director, tabled a brief of Kashmir under Market Invention employees, the federation is now con- activities carried out by the federation Scheme (MIS). tinuing on the path of progress both during 2019-20. During the year, it He added that NAFED was also financially and in providing better achieved a turnover of 16,280.98 made part of the National Animal services to the farming community by crores with a net profit of 165.65 Disease Control Programme 5 *) '/0E   #         #  implementing various schemes of the crores. The federation continued to (NADCP) for eradicating the Foot and  #.    9&##    3>)+) ' government of India. be one of the central nodal agencies Mouth Disease (FMD) and Brucellosis  0  -      # #  He further informed the gener- of the government for procurement prevalent in livestock and was appoint-  9'    #   #    al body that NAFED has been gen- of oil seeds and pulses under price ed as Programme Logistic Agency    #    9 * #   erating profits for the last three years support scheme, in addition to main- (PLA). * . 5     #    #  # accumulating to 670 crores, which taining buffers of pulses on its behalf. The Managing Director thanked     # #     #  is a remarkable achievement. It was During 2019-20, a quantity of all concerned, especially the Minister        90 #    # possible with the support from all 33,03,157 MT of oil seeds and puls- of Agriculture and Farmer Welfare and  #   #          concerned and various new initiatives es valuing over 16,066 crores was on account of firming up of prices. buffers on behalf of the government Secretary, Agriculture, for the valuable        9 taken by NAFED during these years. procured, which was relatively lower Similarly, NAFED procured a to serve any emergent requirement in guidance and cooperation, which He also announced that the as compared to last year due to lower quantity of 1,11,697 MT of pulses the country. NAFED also continued enabled NAFED to achieve new Board of Directors has approved the arrivals at PSS procurement centers valuing over 648 crores to maintain supplying milled pulses to the Army, heights. <%* 8  :    =>  

he Housing Commissioner Rajasthan Housing Board Department. He informed that TPawan Arora discussed 54 Regional Sweep Centre, the the circular has been accepted proposals in the 244th meeting Election Commission of India in the auction cases by the of the Board of Directors under and the Chief Electoral Officer board. According to this circu- the chairmanship of Bhaskar will work to build the office lar, the auction of the plot A, chairman of Rajasthan building for Rajasthan. This should not be rejected if the Housing Board. building will be built in an area bid exceeds the minimum bid. The commissioner said it of 3,368 sqm in Indira Gandhi The commissioner said that was decided that a committee Nagar Residential Scheme Rajasthan Housing Board has *  FD8 )     would examine the issues relat- located in . He informed been struggling with the short-         9'  *42&)/;G ed to the procurement of land. that the approval has been age of personnel of various   #    # 6F   ! 5 )  After this, his proposal will be given to implement Rajasthan cadres for a long time. In such :#)  !   # 3: *    sent to the government. The Building Regulations-2020 in a situation, recruitment will be   #   # 9& 3: *  useful land will be given to the Rajasthan Housing Board. done on 573 posts of different           #  Mandal through an agree- Now the auction will be cadres. The proposal in this & P    5   #90    ment. done according to the circular regard will be sent to the state        B#  #    Arora informed that the of the Urban Development government. 843  9 8)"= #  $ ,,B   antosh Kumar    SGangwar, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Labour and he Department of Pension & tinued in 2021 as well with the help Employment, laid the TPensioners’ Welfare, in a major of Registered Pensioners’ foundation stone of 100 relief to all Central Govt Pensioners Associations. The department came beds at ESIC Hospital, has extended the date of giving to know that some inconvenience Srinagar. Manoj Sinha, Lt Annual Life Certificate, which is was being experienced by the super Governor of Jammu and mandatory for continuity of pen- senior citizens because of their Kashmir, was the chief sion, from November 30, 2020 to changing biometrics due to age.   &    guest of this function. February 28, 2021. Accordingly, vide its OMs dated While addressing the The department this year roped September 11, 2020 November 23, gathering, Gangwar in the India Posts and Payment 2020 DoPPW advised all the *        informed about the various Bank (IPPB) under the Department Pension Disbursing Banks to adopt initiatives taken by the increase many folds from who became unemployed Bharat Rojgar Yojana has of Posts for Digital Life Certificate. the Video based Customer ithin a short span of six state government, function- government of India to present number of approx- due to COVID-19-induced been launched to incen- The IPPB is now fulfilling the Identification Process (V-CIP) as Wyears of the formation of ing of the department of provide better care and imately 13 crore beneficia- lockdown for a further peri- tivise creation of new major initiative of DoPPW, viz. an additional facility. UCO bank the state, Telangana has stood Information and PR, welfare services to the workers of ries base, as with passage of od of six months i.e. upto employment opportunities. DLC from home by roping in has become a pioneer in this area first in the country in several schemes for journalists, state our country. social security code, the ESI June 30, 2021. Further, ESIC The Lt Governor laud- 1,89,000 postmen and Gramin Dak and has already collected video maters. The state had made government efforts in combat- During his address, he scheme will be implement- is actively contributing in ed the efforts being under- Sevaks and obtaining Digital Life based life certificates for their 6546 rapid strides in all the sectors, ing COVID-19. also shared about the ed in the entire country. the management of taken by Central Certificate from pensioners’ home. pensioners. marching towards progress Dr Gaurav Uppal, IAS, recently passed three The Minister informed COVID-19. A total of 21 Government to develop the DoPPW was also instrumental in The department is now on the and development,” said Arvind Resident Commissioner, labour codes. He empha- that ESIC has taken number ESIC Hospitals across India Union Territory. He further roping in an alliance comprising 12 verge of a major technological leap Kumar IAS, Principal Secretary Telangana Bhavan, has intro- sised that with the passage of measures to provide functioned as COVID-19 stressed upon the commit- public sector banks which does by enabling face recognition tech- to Government (MA&UD) duced the state with its rich his- of these bills, more work- financial relief and health Dedicated Hospitals to ment of Central “Doorstep Banking” for its cus- nology to submit DLC through an and Commissioner, I&PRD, tory, flagship programmes and ers will get the benefits of protection to the insured exclusively provide COVID Government to provide tomers in 100 major cities under android phone (without attaching Government of Telangana. functioning of the Telangana social security. He further workers as well as general medical services to the gen- quality medical care to the Ease of banking reforms. any biometric device) which has The Telangana State Bhavan. He has interacted with informed that these bills public during the pandem- eral public. people of J&K. He assured Earlier DoPPW had started a been developed by Meity. As per Information Centre, New the officials with regard to will also ensure the ease of ic. He further intimated Gangwar shared that full cooperation of state pilot programme “DLC from home this facility, the identity of a per- Delhi, has organised a one their role in Delhi. doing business. that the rate of unemploy- ESIC has collaborated with government in running the campaign” in 2018 in 7 cities son will be established through face day workshop — Know Your The basic idea of this pro- He said that the ESIC ment relief payable under PMJAY — Ayushman forthcoming hospital. through Pensioners’ Associations. recognition technique. The UIDAI 29th State of the Country. gramme is to unify the public has been working continu- Atal Bimit Kalyna Yojna Bharat for providing med- The project is expected The objective of the campaign was server will identify the same and Arvind has addressed the relations professionals working ously since its inception to has been enhanced from 25 ical services in those areas to be completed in one and to extend support to aged and DLC shall get generated. Various gathering through virtual for various state governments provide social security to its per cent to 50 per cent. Also, where facilities of ESI a half year. This hospital will infirm pensioners in submission of checks are being incorporated into mode from his office in in Delhi, to raise professional insured persons, who are there has been given relax- Scheme are not available. be built in five acres of land Life certificate digitally from home. the system to avoid any malfunc- Hyderabad. He has briefed on standards, share knowledge low income workers. Now ation in the qualifying cri- He also informed that a new with an approximate cost of In 2019, this project was expand- tioning. However, as of now trials the initiatives of Telangana and tackle common problems. its reach is going to teria to the insured workers, scheme Aatmanirbhar 160 crores. ed to cover 24 cities and has con- are on for this digital facility. 7<1!$  4 * ,1 '  9 *

RIFED has been exploring signed between TRIFED and ment and improved packaging (   + +  Tconvergences and part- MoFPI to detail the key areas for tribal food products. nerships with like-minded of the collaboration. As a part of taking tribal he Bharat Heavy Electricals keynote address, lauded BHEL’s The plenary address by organisations to create syner- With the necessary fund- welfare and development to TLimited (BHEL) has been move for developing local sup- DK Singh, Additional Secretary gies together with the main ing under the PM-FME the next logical phase, other spearheading the Make In India pliers and taking forward the and Development aim of tribal empowerment. scheme of MoFPI, the convergences with various movement with a special focus Atmanirbhar Bharat initiative. Commissioner, Ministry of The organisation has aligned TriFood range of tribal food Ministries, Departments and on contributing to the Expressing concern over the MSME, highlighted the with the Minister of Food products would be developed, expert institutions such as Aatmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan. pandemic’s impact on strength of the MSME ecosys- Processing (MoFPI). MoFPI is branded and packaged by Ministry of Rural Towards developing self- economies across the world, tem in India. He mentioned implementing the Prime TRIFED. It has also been Development (MoRD), reliance in manufacturing, Arun Goel, Secretary (HI), that it was heartening to see Minister Formalisation of agreed that the SHGs working Ministry of Small and BHEL has taken the lead in said that the lockdown across BHEL come forward with a col- Micro Food Processing under the Van Dhan Yojana Medium Enterprises (MSME), reaching out to local industries geographies have resulted in laborative approach for the Enterprises (PM-FME) would be provided support for DMF, ICAR Ministry of including MSME vendors as massive supply chain disrup- domestic industry — both in scheme, which is a landmark handholding, training, capital AYUSH are being planned potential partners. As a step in tions and this has made many terms of sharing and offering initiative under the investment and working cap- with the aim of improving this direction, the company countries rethink on over many items, and also setting the Aatmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan ital. As a part of capacity sustainable livelihoods and has organised a series of inter- dependence on imports and the platform for innovation. to support micro-level food Deepak Khandekar, Secretary Processing, Thawar Chand building, it has been decided income opportunities for active workshops, titled BHEL need for being self-sufficient. DPIIT which was repre- entreprenuers, FPOs, SHGs Minister of Tribal Affairs and Gehlot, Union Minister for that MoFPI under PM-FME these tribals. Samvaad, under the guidance He said that while BHEL has sented by Rajesh Gupta, and co-operatives. An impor- Pushpa Subrahmanyam, Social Justice and scheme would also provide With the successful imple- of the Department of Heavy already been leading the move- Director, DPIIT, shared the tant component of this Secretary, Ministry of Food Empowerment, Rameswar necessary funds to TRIFED to mentation of this collabora- Industry (DHI). ment for Make In India, BHEL highlights of the policies for- scheme is the tribal sub-plan. Processing in the presence of Teli, MoS, MoFPI and Pravir undertake training, capacity tion and many more forth- The workshop aimed at Samvaad is a welcome move for mulated by Government of A communique, to define Arjun Munda, Minister of Krishna, Managing Director, building of tribals engaged in coming convergences, fostering better utilisation of initiating discussions with India to ensure fair and equal the convergence mechanism Tribal Affairs, Narendra Singh TRIFED. food processing. In addition, TRIFED hopes to transform assets for development of tech- MSMEs and the local industry opportunities to local industries in implementation of this Tomar, Minister of Other than the commu- funds would be provided to the tribal lives and liveli- nologies and products. with an intent to get imported in their pursuit towards scheme, was signed between Agriculture and Food nique, an MoU was also TRIFED for product develop- hoods across the country. The Secretary (HI), in his items manufactured in India. Aatmanirbhar Bharat. 4    !" #$%#&#& 7  # 0@  4   + -  % 5522 ustralia’s “in-depth” planning to subdue Cheteshwar Pujara '( 0&% Aworked out well in the open- ing Test but spinner Nathan Lyon says it would be a massive challenge to Melbourne: Star opener David keep the “world-class” batsman quiet Warner and pacer Sean Abbott through the remainder of the series. were on Wednesday ruled out of Lyon said the home team has a the second Test against India, couple of more surprises lined up for beginning at MCG from Saturday, the Pujara, who is considered crucial because of a mix of injuries and in the Indian batting line-up for his Covid-19 protocols. doggedness. The second Test begins Both Warner and Abbott were on Saturday in Melbourne. outside the team’s bio-secure hub  #     &    3   # “I can’t reveal secrets, to be hon- to get treatment for their respec- & P   .  # * ! #  %    **&H  est with you. But, obviously Pujara is tive groin and calf injuries. a world-class batter and he is going “While neither player has been to be a big challenge for us for the rest in a specific ‘hotspot’ on Sydney’s #0"#$$! of the series,” 33-year-old Lyon said northern beaches as outlined by at a virtual press-conference on NSW Health, Cricket Australia’s Wednesday. biosecurity protocols do not allow “We spoke about him (Pujara) in them to rejoin the squad in time '#"*  depth before the series started, it was for the Boxing Day test,” CA said good to see a couple of plans come off in a statement. “The pair travelled   + - mate Cheteshwar Pujara. He in Adelaide, but we have got a cou- from Sydney to Melbourne to again returned for a second stint ple more things. continue their rehabilitation given etermined to leave behind later, an indication that he could “So, hopefully if he does get in, we the changing public health situa- Dthe embarrassing defeat in be included in the playing XI for can put into ploy...It is always fun chal- tion in Sydney at the time.” the series-opener, the Indian the Boxing Day Test. lenging yourself against the best Warner still hasn’t recovered team, under stand-in skipper With skipper Virat Kohli players in the world and Pujara is def- fully from the groin injury, sus- Ajinkya Rahane, switched its returning home for the birth of initely one of those guys,” added the tained during the ODI series, focus to red-ball cricket on his first child, Rahane will now senior spinner but refused to elabo- while Abbott has recovered from Wednesday with Shubman Gill have to take the onus of inspir- rate on his plans. a calf strain but he is unlikely to and others grinding it out during ing the team to script a turn- Lyon had dismissed a well-set 8#A. %        #& A*   #: 5, P   #;  8 break into a playing XI that beat a net session ahead of Boxing around. Pujara for 43 in the first innings of the India last week. PTI Day Test. The practice session begun Adelaide Test, which Australia won by Gill, who was not considered with head coach giv- eight wickets. of the quick bowlers that we have got for the opening Test despite ing a pep talk to the team mem- Lyon also said India have got *P     8,  here in Australian side, I think it’s one scoring 43 and 65 in the pink-ball bers, who stood in a circle at the enough players to fill in the “big hole” of their tactics to come after me which warm-up match, looked in good MCG. left by talismanic skipper Virat Kohli,   + - has taken 391 wickets from 97 Tests. is totally fine,” he said. nick as he along with Mayank “We are in Melbourne and who has returned to India for the Asked if he would have any “I am pretty used to having guys Agarwal honed his skills at the now as the red-ball Tests start, it birth of his first child. ce Australian spinner Nathan preferable choice for his 400th Test come after me...So it’s all fun part of nets, indicating that the duo is time to regroup. #TeamIndia,” “...Ajinkya Rahane and ALyon says he and India’s R wicket, Lyon said that it doesn’t mat- playing cricket and especially being could be the opening combina- BCCI wrote on its Twitter han- (Cheteshwar) Pujara, just to name a Ashwin are similar yet different type ter to him. a spin bowler,” he added. tion for the second Test. dle. couple. But you still got the likes of of bowlers, so comparisons should “Doesn’t worry me, if it’s India recorded their lowest Test The 21-year-old Gill also Shastri also had a chat with (KL) Rahul and (Mayank) Agarwal, not be made between the two. (Mayank) Agarwal or (Jasprit) score of 36/9 in Adelaide but Lyon is opens for Punjab in the Ranji Rishabh Pant, who came out to who have been exceptional as well, so Lyon spoke highly of Ashwin, Bumrah, or whoever, batter of bowler, confident that the visitors would Trophy and could be favoured bat at the nets ahead of there is (are) enough guys in that who he says stands out with his vari- doesn’t worry me whatsoever, just it come out all guns blazing in the sec- over struggling Prithvi Shaw, Wriddhiman Saha. squad to fill Virat’s shoes,” he said. ations. would be nice feather in the cap to get ond Test. who returned with scores of 0 With Mohammed Shami “It is going to be a big challenge “Ashwin is a world-class bowler, there,” he said. “I don’t think it will be that dif- and 4 in the two innings at ruled out of the remainder of the for us again and we will start our to be honest. I have watched him a Lyon also dubbed the current ficult. You look at the quality of play- Adelaide. series with a fractured forearm, preparation really well and make sure lot especially when I had gone to tour Australian attack as the best in the ers in the Indian side and they have KL Rahul, who received the Mohammad Siraj and Navdeep we are prepared to take on India again India and the subcontinent to try and world and said it is a privilege to be got some absolutely world class play- backing from the legendary Sunil Saini were seen bowling to on (the) Boxing Day, it is going to be learn of him. But he is a very cagey part of it. ers throughout the whole squad. Gavaskar for the opening slot, Rahane alongside Shardul another big challenge for us,” added bowler, he has got all the variations,” “I have said many times before in “It is one of the days where noth- too had a long stint at the nets. Thakur as the trio look to stake Lyon, who has 391 Test wickets to his Lyon said on Saturday. so hats off to Ashwin,” said the 33- my eyes, this is the best bowling attack ing went right for them and every- Also back at the nets was claim for the third pacer’s slot. credit. “He’s very cagey with the way he year-old off-spinner. in the world. We are all, best mates thing went right for us...We are spin all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja, Batting coach Vikram Lyon also feels that Indian bats- changes his pace, so he is a very tal- Ashwin has been India’s premier and there is no day goes by when expecting them to come out firing and who had missed the first Test due Rathour, meanwhile, had a word men will try and attack him once ented bowler. We are similar in a way off-spinner, who has taken 370 wick- there is not a banter being thrown not have any scars from the other day. to concussion. with young Shaw, who is under again, a strategy that he is both but we are very different as well, so ets from 72 Tests. around in the WhatsApp group,” he “...We can’t go out there expect- Jadeja went for an hour-long tremendous pressure to retain his familiar and comfortable with. I can’t really compare myself to him. Lyon himself is close to touching said about the chemistry among the ing we’re going to bowl them out for spell at the nets during which he place in the XI after his below par “...When you look at the quality I think his records speak for his own, the milestone of 400 Test wickets. He teammates. 50 again.” bowled to his Saurashtra team- show in Adelaide. ),48)       6  3#  -R  #  ##//        Chennai: *E23E32* #(8)%( %(!())   :== $##- )%# &'() #* (  % :%# *A )( &28 &     Rahane has led India to vic- 2* '% 25%%)#( 2)!32'  *6 ))E n a bid to save its New Year tories both the times he had # ## 2* #%>(.: !5%%  '%#(!?#%8*6 Ifixture between India and tand-in skipper Ajinkya captained the side in absence of 2%% % %' ()) 5% (2* % %(4% 23 - Australia, the Sydney Cricket SRahane is a “bowler’s cap- Kohli against Australia and   + - ( ( ,2 :* # #&. 2% Ground Trust has offered to tain” whose calm demeanour Afghanistan. 2  (2 )#*6 %#(*'E84% ( (%* 2 host the Brisbane Test too, if the and clear communication with “You can see what kind of ormer Australia coach Darren Lehmann %%(#%3%,823%%%#*%2( .*(% Queensland Government refuse “We can run two Tests if players should help him lead the person he is in his captaincy. He Ffeels India have some quality players in ()%: #%%8(%2(3%#32'%)( to grant exemptions to the necessary, no problems at all,” team well in remainder of the is very calm and composed. I their ranks to still effect a turnaround in the )2823%%'6 teams returning from New Sydney Cricket and Sports Test series against Australia, says can’t say he does not have a ongoing four-match series Down Under, South Wales. Ground Trust chairman Tony India fast bowler Ishant Sharma. sense of humor. He jokes despite a drubbing in the opener in Adelaide.      Cricket Australia (CA) was Shepherd told The Age. With regular skipper Virat around with us,” Ishant said. “It will be hard now for them, but they’ve London:  ,) # # )%(42 #(##%3% #%(% put on high alert earlier this Under the circumstances, Kohli returning home for the “Jinx (Rahane) spreads calm actually got some quality players if they can &(88(%5 %#32'3225))32%%! #3( %# month after an outbreak of the Melbourne, which will be host- birth of his first child, Rahane energy in a pressure situation. get on a roll,” Lehmann told SA Sportsday.  82* # 2  %# %# 32 5%4( , 5%( , Covid-19 virus in the northern ing the Boxing Day fixture will lead India in the remaining There won’t be any tension, he’d The 50-year-old former Australia bats- *)% (   8* ('%  32' &%  ,)( <225)) beaches in Sydney, which is from December 26, has three Tests of the Border- communicate with the bowlers man opined that India have a potent bowl- 24((2   88)(% 2)#(#%6 &% '(42 #*4 scheduled to host the third Test emerged as the frontrunner to Gavaskar Trophy. very well.” ing attack and if their batsmen cope with the #% (%#5&(88(%88% %#(  *)K %'2  from January 7. host the third Test as well. Ishant, who missed the Talking about Kohli, the 32- bounce well, then the tourists could stage a % )%3 :8* 32 )%(426 &% 5  !% %33%4 Even though the situation However, CA has asserted Australia tour due to a side year-old pacer said: “If there’s a comeback in the series. (''%#(%) #42'%( )%(422823% (,6 in northern beaches has that the SCG remains its pre- strain injury, said Rahane has around on the field, he’d ask me partnership growing and it’s a “They can certainly cause some trouble improved, there are concerns ferred venue for the third Test. ability to nicely play the leader- ‘What kind of field you want? flat phase when fielders are with the ball, it’s just whether the batsmen          that Queensland may close its “We’ve made it very clear to ship role. When you want to bowl? If you just going through their can cope with the bounce. The MCG pitch New Delhi: &% #( (4!%% 24((2 L  M2 border with New South Wales, Cricket Australia we’re flexible “He’s very quiet and confi- want to go on (bowling)? motions, one player’s energy will suit them a bit better because it’s a bit flat- %# %# 2'( %# 32'% #( 8( % $, which will mean players and and would be very, very disap- dent and I must say he’s a “He’s a bowler’s captain. level can change the scenario,” ter.” .(%8%% (%2% $,2% ( ,42* 4() broadcasting crews will not be pointed to lose the Sydney Test. bowler’s captain,” Ishant told He’s not someone who’d say ‘do he said. “So we’ll see if their batsmen can bounce #5%32%%+ ? *)0% %) %%( ,6&%+ able to travel from Sydney to And that’s with the support of ESPNcricinfo. this or do that ... He is very clear “The kind of energy Virat back and make some runs, especially in the ())2)#( 0 (  '%#5#2 &*#6&% Brisbane between the third and the NSW Government,” “Whenever we have played about what he wants from his brings to the table ... Not every- first innings. That’s going to be the key for 24((2   %)(% %8%% %# 5 32'% #( fourth Tests. Shepherd said. together and Virat has not been team.” one can match that.” them,” Lehnmann said. 8)% :*( #%    442#( , 2 % + 42 (*(2 %  (%A*(%#2% #'%'5%2% D/D!0!+7# $,2% ( ,42* 4()%%%6 ,R  # #  #             6 ?   Tauranga: $!(  ))E2* #% :#5    2 Aashna Siddiqui bagged two gold medals ?  & -  because of coronavirus cases. %# %#*)%#2*23%28% ( ,&%,( % in the under-20 category on the third day of On Tuesday, Napoli won S%) ##*%2(,( .*(4%*( %##*( , , #  P      # the District Athletics Championships at KD en-man Juventus crashed to their appeal to the Italian %(#& ( 8(%6%3E'8( %S302 Singh ‘Babu’ Stadium on Wednesday. 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Ashok Kanaujia The defeat came hours after points, finished it with 24.              strolled to a 3-0 La Liga win at Barca started on the front defender Clement Lenglet head- clocked 56:42:38 seconds to claim the 10,000 the champions learned they Juventus are fourth, tied on Berlin: (%822) )2 %% 2( (* % #*%#  Real Valladolid, while Atletico foot at the Jose Zorrilla Stadium, ed home. m walk gold. Shivani Kashyap won the 5,000 must play the match against points with Napoli and Roma, '(%5)%42'8%((%#%5*32 (2 +%)( 2 &*%# Madrid kept hold of their place with Messi flashing a curling Martin Braithwaite gave the m girl’s walk event. Napoli which was cancelled and seven points behind lead- ((#%4%#2*23%0%' *8( %%42 # at the top of the table. wide in the seventh minute and away side a deserved second 14 on October 4 after Napoli ers AC Milan, who play Lazio 2* #32))2( ,*8(%"E2'%#%3%2%42 #E The Argentina forward minutes later, Messi slipping   ? ?   decided not to travel to Turin on Wednesday night. (%$#%52 6<%))2+* #%)(,(#%233% %('%% struck his 644th goal for Barca, through Sergio Dest who rolled State United FC edged past Brayen XI 4- )2 2  % %4%(( , % # 23   *8%  % )2 2 one more than Brazil legend Pele over a perfect low cross for the 3 in a tie-breaker to enter the final of the 6th 8% )(%2%42 ##(((2 2*3(0%*%<*%6 scored for Santos, in the 65th Danish international to tap District Football League at La Martiniere minute of a routine win for home. ground on Wednesday. State United will now        Ronald Koeman’s side, who are Messi, who has looked out of take on the winner of second semi-final to Tokyo: 8 ? 5#'( 2  2)# *'5% 2 % % 2 fifth in La Liga after the win and sorts this season after trying to be played between Sunrise FC and Excellia 2'2*,,%#233 %%2'!%( ( ,%* eight points behind leaders leave the club in the summer, got FC. 2 42'8%((2  (  &2!2 2  %# %# %)  % Atletico. the landmark goal his excellent 3% *33%( , %(2* ( .*(% (   4 46 2'2 “When I started playing performance deserved with a  6   5%2(2 2(,*4(EE( %3(2* #23 football I never thought I would simple finish after bursting LDACC defeated Sound Images by five % ))E 8  4'8(2 (8 '!( , ( %*  32' break any records. And even less through to collect Pedri’s delicate wickets in a league match of the 3rd Sagar %44(#% )%3('3%( ,(4%%'(,5%2% the one I achieved today,” Messi backheeled assist. Khayyami Cricket Tournament at Chowk 3%34*( , %%24!%6 posted on Instagram shortly The easy win puts Barca Stadium on Wednesday. after the game. two points behind Sociedad BRIEF SCORES:         “I can only thank all those and fourth-placed Villarreal, SI: 130 (Adeel Baqar 33, Himanshu 31, Lyon: 2 (!% 2*%'5)2332)2 who helped me over the years, who draw 1-1 at home with Prashant 20; Rohit 28/4) (.*2 %,2)(%2 52!%('#*( , my teammates, my family, Athletic Bilbao. LDACC: 134 (Samast 38, Rahul 27, Manoj ( ( ,%(2 424-*#(04((#6%'5)2 ? my friends and all those who 26; Sonu 28/3) 5% ()5)% %  %42 #E8)4% 2  2  % 2 support me every day.”     %# %#6L%?))%%%42*%234(2 (( Messi had equalled Pele Earlier second-half 6   ('5*32 2%(* ()5)%M04((#(2* on Saturday in a 2-2 draw goals from Mario Kooh Sports Cricket Club beat DYA by ,(( ,('%5)%32%'5)?%* 6 with Valencia. The two men Hermoso and Marcos nine runs to enter the semi-final of the 16th scored at almost an equal Llorente earned Atletico BBD ‘B’ Division League at AR Jaipuria            rate for their clubs. a huge win away at a ground on Wednesday. Dubai: -*)%( %#((#82((2 ()% #( It was the 33-year-old Sociedad team that started BRIEF SCORES: !(88%>(2)(('82%#* ,2%%% 82 Argentine’s 749th compet- the fixture three points off the KSCC: 130 (Arvind 40, Himanshu 33; ( % '% ?& 5'  !( ,6 34-*) itive match for Barca, lead but are now six back in third Abhinav 15/5, Sunil 18/2)  #2)(%%2 )2 #( 23%*%( %28E meaning he has scored a after their third straight league DYA: 121 (Rishi 44, Prempraksh 23; Omkar )(238)%( ))%%4%,2(%6 8   goal every 1.16 games. defeat. 13/3, Yashvardhan 29/3).