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https://www.facebook.com/centralchronicle Raipur, Monday, January 04, 2021 I Pages 12 I Price R 3.00 I City Edition I Fastest growing English Daily of Chhattisgarh www. centralchronicle.in BRIEF ‘MADE-IN-INDIA’ TAG Cong slams govt over rice procurement from Chh’garh for central pool Bharat Biotech’s COVID-19 India, despite several re- and will the procurement New Delhi, Jan 03 (PTI): quests, he said. This would only start when their Accusing the Centre of impact close to 21.52 lakh friends get control of stor- showing "apathy" towards farmers, Vallabh said. age?" he asked. vaccines approved farmers, the Congress on Due to FCI not lifting Are the farmers paying Sunday said the Food stocks, there is no more the price for voicing their „ For restricted Corporation of India's space left to stock paddy as protests against the farm Zydus Cadila gets DCGI nod for phase III trials Chhattisgarh unit was not well, he said. laws and what about the emergency use The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has approved con- lifting the rice stocks and "This is a clear case of "false promise" that the „ A great milestone ducting phase III trials of the country's first DNA vaccine candi- asked whether the pro- complete apathy towards government procurement date against COVID-19 being developed by Zydus Cadila, the curement was "halted" be- farmers who are fighting of foodgrains will contin- in India’s scientific Department of Biotechnology said on Sunday. The vaccine can- cause the government's for their rights and to save ue, he asked. capability didate has been supported by the National Biopharma Mission "suit-boot friends" were their dignity but the gov- "Why has been the BJP not involved in managing ernment seems to be occu- government in such a Women carrying their children (NBM) under the aegis of Biotechnology Industry Research New Delhi, Jan 03 (PTI): (SEC) of the Central Drugs Assistance Council (BIRAC), a PSU under the DBT. "The nation's storage in the state. pied in filling the pockets rush to award majority of arrive at New Delhi Railway Standard Control Congress spokesperson of their friends. If the gov- the foodgrains storage to Station during a cold winter first indigenously developed DNA vaccine candidate against India's drugs regulator Organisation (CDSCO). COVID-19, ZyCoV-D, by M/s Zydus Cadila, has been approved by Gourav Vallabh said that ernment is not willing to their friend who has sud- morning after heavy rain, in on Sunday approved "After adequate exami- despite a pre-intimation procure the volumes pre- denly emerged as the mes- New Delhi, Sunday. Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI), for conduct of the Oxford COVID-19 vaccine nation, CDSCO has decid- Phase III clinical trials," the DBT said. Zydus Cadila completed by the Food Corporation of intimated by them, even siah of storage since the Covishield, manufactured ed to accept the recommen- Phase-I/II clinical trials of this DNA vaccine candidate in more India (FCI) to procure 60 when the protests are on- BJP government came to Roof collapse by the Serum Institute, and dations of the Expert than 1,000 participants and "interim data indicated that the lakh metric tonne of rice going, what can we expect power?" Vallabh said rais- indigenously developed Committee and, according- under the central pool for from the government once ing questions over projects Ghaziabad: Twenty-one vaccine is safe and immunogenic when three doses were Covaxin of Bharat Biotech ly, vaccines of M/s Serum the kharif season, all this settles down?" he given to Adani Agri people, most of them administered intradermally", the DBT said. for restricted emergency and M/s Bharat Biotech Chhattisgarh has not re- said. Logistics Limited (AALL). attending a funeral, were use in the country, paving are being approved for re- ceived a final consent. Vallabh said the On one hand, the farm- killed and at least 20 oth- the way for a massive inoc- stricted use in emergency Bharat Biotech vaccines tied up with AstraZeneca The Chhattisgarh gov- Congress has questions ers in return of their ers injured when the roof ulation drive. situations," DCGI Dr V G have to be administered in to manufacture Covishield, ernment started procure- which the Centre must an- protests have only been re- of a shelter at a crema- The Drugs Controller Somani told the media two doses. All the three while Covaxin has been in- ment on December 1, and swer. "Has the FCI halted ceiving false promises and tion ground in Uttar General of India (DCGI) here. vaccines have to be stored digenously developed by has procured 47 lakh procurement in on the other the friends of Pradesh's Muradnagar granted the approval on This clears the way for at 2-8 C," Somani said. Bharat Biotech in collabo- tonnes from 12 lakh farm- Chhattisgarh because the government have been collapsed on Sunday, the basis of recommenda- the roll out of at least two The Serum Institute of ration with the Indian ers so far, but the state is their suit-boot friends are receiving contracts after police said. Several peo- tions by a COVID-19 vaccines in India in the India, the world's largest Council of Medical yet to receive a consent not involved in managing contracts to fill their pock- ple had taken shelter Subject Expert Committee coming days. "Serum and vaccine manufacturer, has Research (ICMR). from the government of storage in Chhattisgarh ets, Vallabh alleged. under the structure as it rained. Most of them GOOD NEWS FOR FARMERS were relatives of Jai Ram, ‘COVID-19 active caseload 100 Naxals sneaked into MP from who was being cremated at that time, officials said. drops below 2.5 lakh’ Apple cultivation trial C’garh in recent months: Cops Triple talaq New Delhi, Jan 03 (PTI): (2,47,220)," the Health min- Balaghat (MP), Jan 03 (PTI): Maharashtra have entered Barabanki: A 20-year-old istry said. Kerala has re- Madhya Pradesh over the married woman from The COVID-19 active case- ported the maximum num- Around 100 Naxals from past few months to expand Uttar Pradesh's Barabanki load in India has dropped ber of single-day recoveries to begin in Jashpur hills Chhattisgarh and their base in the region," district has accused her below 2.5 lakh with the re- with 4,985 newly recovered Maharashtra have the official said. husband of giving triple coveries exceeding new cases. A total of 2,110 people Jashpur, Jan 03 (PTI): tions of Pandrapath, nes- are similar to Pandrapath, sneaked into Madhya Six dalams (groups) of talaq on the phone from cases and low number of fa- have recovered in tled in hills at a height of we have decided to repli- Pradesh over the past few Naxals are operating in abroad over demand for talities per day, the Health Maharashtra followed by The tribal-dominated around 1200 meters above cate it here", he said. months to expand their Balaghat and Mandla dis- more dowry, police said ministry said on Sunday. 1,963 in Chhattisgarh, it Jashpur district of sea level, is favorable for As part of a horticulture base, prompting the state tricts. Of these, Khatia on Sunday. The woman "India's present active said. Ten States/UTs ac- Chhattisgarh, which is growing low-chilling vari- project, the district admin- government to seek de- Mocha Dalam in Mandla lodged a complaint in this caseload consists of just 2.39 count for 69.59 per cent of known for cashew, chilli, eties of apples," Jashpur istration is developing a ployment of six compa- came up last year, he said, regard on Saturday with per cent of India's Total new deaths. Maharashtra potato and other cash crop Collector Mahadev Kawre green park sprawled over nies of paramilitary forces adding that Mandla and Additional Positive Cases. The new re- saw the maximum casual- farming, will see apple cul- told PTI. 100 acres in Pandrapath in the rebel-hit areas, a po- Balaghat share a long bor- Superintendent of Police coveries of 20,923 in the last ties (51). West Bengal and tivation on a trial basis, a This variety flowers and where pear, litchi, vegeta- lice official said. der. (North) R S Gautam, after 24 hours have led to a net de- Kerala follow with 28 and 21 senior official said on bears fruits in the second bles etc will be grown These security forces Madhya Pradesh Home which he directed offi- cline of 2,963 in the Total daily deaths, respectively. Sunday. to third year itself while it along with apple, he are likely to be deployed Minister Narottam cials to probe the matter Active cases," the Health The total coronavirus The trial will held on 10 takes five to six years in added. "We will plant 1600 soon in MP's Balaghat and Mishra, during his visit to and file a report. ministry said in a state- cases mounted to 1,03,23,965 acres of government land the high chilling ones, he apple saplings in January- tribal-dominated Mandla Balaghat last month, had ment. and the death toll climbed to in Pandrapath, located said. "In view of the good end and women self help districts, which the Naxals told reporters that six "India's trajectory of ac- 1,49,435 with the novel coro- around 70 kilometres from results of cultivation of groups (SHGs) will be in- have entered, he said. companies of paramili- CJ of MP HC tive cases continues to fol- navirus virus claiming 217 here, and cultivation may this variety of apple in volved in cultivation after "As per the information tary forces are going to be Bhopal: Justice low a steadily dipping path. lives in a span of 24 hours in be expanded based on re- Mainpat in neighbouring getting training. A fund of provided to us by our sent to Balaghat and Mohammad Rafiq was on The total Active Caseload the country, the data updat- sults, the official said. Surguja district, where Rs 22 lakh is earmarked sources, around 100 rebels Mandla to tackle the Naxal Sunday administered the has dropped below 2.5 lakh ed at 8 am showed. "Agro-climatic condi- geo-climatic conditions for the project," he said. from Chhattisgarh and menace. oath as the 26th Chief Justice of the Madhya Scathing attack Pradesh High Court by Union Minister HEAVY SNOWFALL Governor Anandiben Patel. Gowda collapses Justice Rafiq was serving Arrogant govt’ must as Chief Justice of the Bengaluru, Jan 03 (PTI): Orissa High Court before withdraw farm laws: Sonia Union Minister D V Sadananda he was transferred to New Delhi, Jan 03 (PTI) : "There is still time, the Modi Gowda collapsed due to low Madhya Pradesh on the government should leave the In a scathing attack on the arrogance of power and imme- blood sugar in Chitradurga while similar position on on his way to the city from Centre over the farmers' diately withdraw the three December 31 last year. Shivamogga on Sunday and has protests, Congress president black laws unconditionally to been admitted to a hospital Sonia Gandhi on end the agitation of here, official sources said. Ceasefire violation Sunday said that for the farmers who are Gowda (67) is currently stable Jammu: The Pakistan Army the first time since dying in the cold and Sunday violated ceasefire and is undergoing further tests independence such an rain. This is Rajdharma at the hospital, they said. The by resorting to unprovoked "arrogant" govern- and a true tribute to firing and intense mortar minister was first admitted to a ment has come to the farmers who have hospital in Chitradurga and later shelling along the Line of power that cannot see lost their lives," shifted by an ambulance Control (LoC) in Poonch the sufferings of Gandhi said. through zero traffic manage- district of Jammu and 'annadatas', and The Modi government ment, to a private hospital here. Kashmir, a defence demanded that the should remember that Zero traffic management is a spokesman said. The firing new farm laws be democracy means pro- privilege that allows convoys of and shelling from across immediately withdrawn tecting the interests of the VVIPs to pass through roads the border in Mendhar sec- unconditionally. people and the farmers-work- where movement of other vehi- tor started at 4.15 pm, In a statement in Hindi, she ers, she said. cles is temporarily halted. The prompting a befitting retal- said governments and their "Along with the people of the Minister was on his way to iation by the Indian army, leaders who ignore public sen- country, I am also disturbed Bengaluru from Shivamogga the spokesman said. He timents in a democracy cannot seeing the condition of the after attending a state BJP said the exchange of fire govern for long and it is now 'annadatas' who have been meeting. He collapsed after was on when the last quite clear that the protesting agitating for 39 days at the greeting party workers and lead- reports came in. farmers will not bow in the borders of Delhi in the bitter ers in Chitradurga, where he had face of the Centre's policy of cold and rain in support of a stop over for lunch at a hotel Vehicles stuck in snow near Rohtang Tunnel South Portal after heavy snowfall in Manali district, Sunday. Ayurveda fest "tire and pushover". their demands," Gandhi said. this afternoon, sources said. Thiruvananthapuram: The fourth Global SET RARE EXAMPLE Ayurveda Festival Schools, colleges to reopen in Bihar from today (GAF2021), aimed at a global discussion and coronavirus have to be fol- Beating hunger, COVID, destitute medical development of ayurveda, „ Govt issues safety lowed strictly, Education would be held from guidelines Department Principal March 12 to 19 as a virtu- aspirants on way to become doctors Secretary Sanjay Kumar al meet, Union Minister of Patna, Jan 03 (PTI) told PTI on Sunday. Bhubaneswar, Jan 03 (PTI): National Eligibility and medical colleges of the State V Muraleedharan As per the health depart- Entrance Test (NEET), the state. The world has come said on Sunday. The Educational institutions ments bulletin, the state Born in humble families results of which were de- to know about the success Union Minister, who is including schools, colleges, had till Saturday recorded they were reconciling to clared in October. The win- story of Super 30 of mathe- also the Global Ayurveda universities, coaching insti- 2,53,651 COVID-19 cases out their fate, but destiny had ners are wards of daily matician Anand Kumar Festival chairman, said tutes will reopen in Bihar of which 2,47,579 people written a different course labourer, vegetable seller, who helped economically the fest would feature 12 from Monday after a gap of have recovered from the for them. truck driver, fisherman deprived children become seminars per day at five over nine months since the Colleges, varsities in Odisha to reopen for contagion, thus taking its Braving all odds, a select and idli-vada seller. These engineer by qualifying in venues. "The conference outbreak of COVID pan- recovery rate to 97.61 per group of medical aspirants meritorious students are JEE exams but, the similar will focus on the rele- demic. final year students on Jan 11 cent. The state has 4669 ac- of Odisha coming from products of Zindagi pro- feat of the Odisha group in vance of ayurveda in the Slide in number of coron- tive cases with COVID-19 humble background have gramme run by a non-gov- the field of medical studies post-COVID-19 world and Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Sunday announced that avirus cases and high re- physical classes in colleges and universities in the state will resume death toll mounting to 1403, got entry in medical col- ernmental organisation of is no less romantic. The the potential of ayurveda covery rate of 97.61 per cent the bulletin said. leges after clearing tough academician Ajay medical aspirants say they in enhancing immunity. from January 11 for the students of final year undergraduate and in the state seem to have post-graduate courses. The penultimate semester exams for the stu- The state government NEET examination in Bahadur Singh, who him- had not even in their boosted the confidence to dents of UG/PG courses will be held from March 16 to March 31 and has issued a list of COVID- 2020. self had to experience dream thought of this day Weather resume studies physically the final semester examinations will take place between June 16 and 19 safety guidelines for stu- Their dream of becom- pangs of hunger and but thanks to the noble in the educational institu- June 30, a notification issued by the Higher Education department dents and staff to follow in ing medicos got wings due scarcity of money in child- heart Ajay Bahadur Singh tions. However, the classes said. The government decided to reopen colleges and universities the schools, colleges and to noble initiative of an hood which prevented him who not only kindled High 30Low 15 will operate only at half the other education institu- Odisha-based charitable from becoming a doctor. considering the improvement in COVID-19 situation in the state and hopes in them but helped strength of the total stu- tions resuming operation group whose all the 19 stu- Majority of them got ad- them monetarily as well to the huge academic loss of students due to the pandemic situation. dents and other protocols of from Monday. dents succeeded in the mission in government keep them going. CENTRAL CHRONICLE, MONDAY, JANUARY 04, 2021 Govt stands committed for service to people of state: CM  Bilaspur Airport named In this programme the state would get new devel- declared on 'teej-tyohars' of been sanctioned for lifeline after Bilasa Bai Home Minister and opment and avenues. The the state and so even the of Bilaspur 'Arpa' and two Minister in-Charge of dis- state government will al- people of the state started barrage will be constructed Kevantin trict Tamradhwaj Sahu, ways remain committed for believing that this is gov- in the near future.  Central Library named Agriculture Minister services to 2.80 cr people of ernment of the people and Urban Administration Ravindra Choubey, Urban the state. CM on this occa- for the people. He said that Minister Dr Shiv Kumar after Ex-MLA Late Admn and Development sion made a declaration to the state under leadership Daharia said that within Shivdulare Mishra Minister Dr Shivkumar name the Airport to be de- of CM Baghel is making two years of Congress gov- Daharia, Parliamentary veloped in Bilaspur after all-round progress. ernment in state there is Central Chronicle News Secretary Rashmi Ashish Kevantin Bai and Central WRD Minister Ravindra massive development in all Singh Thakur, MLA Library in the name of Choubey said that during the urban bodies. Under Bilaspur, Jan 03: Chief Shailesh Padey, Nagar Late Shivdulare Mishra corona pandemic, entire Rajiv Ashray Yojana, 'pat- Minister Bhupesh Baghel Nigam Bilaspur Mayor and English Medium world's economy was in tas' have been distributed during his tour to Bilaspur Ramsharan Yadav, State School in Tarbahar after doll-drums and despite this and people are being of- on Sunday laid stone and Co-op Bank President Sheikh Gaffar. the state's GST recovery fered treatment under dedicated development Baijnath Chandrakar and Home Minister and stood at 23% and last Mukhyamantri Shahari works worth Rs 650 crore. District Panchayat Minister in-Charge of the month it witnessed 10% Slum Yojana. Diagnostic Addressing a huge gather- President Arun Chouhan District Tamradhwaj Sahu hike. The fight against centres are being opened in ing at local Lal Bahadur were present. als, labourers, and poor business. On this occasion been made possible due to said that in last nine Corona virus in state is Nagar Nigam area and Shastri Ground CM made Extending greetings for people of the society. CM reiterated the promises state government's Godhan months of global pandemic continuing and this year here CT scan will be avail- three major declarations. the New Year to people of CM Baghel said that on made to the farmers. Nyay Yojana. He said that entire world, country and the state government has able to people at subsidized This included naming of Bilaspur, CM Bhupesh formation of this govern- CM further said that seeing the benefits from states faced lots of prob- fixed a target to purchase rates. city's Central Library afer Baghel said that the dream ment, the agriculture loan with pro-farmer and labour Godhan Nyay Yojana, the lems. Despite this the state 90 lakh MT of rice. But the On this occasion former MLA of Bilaspur of ancestors for new to farmers was waived off policies by the state govern- people have now started re- government continued to central government has not Parliamentary Secretary late Shivdulare Mishra and Chhattisgarh is being ful- and decision was taken to ment it is bringing positive specting mother Cow. work for welfare of the granted permission to FCI Rashmi Singh, MLA naming the English filled by his government. It provide MSP on paddy at results. He said that earlier CM Baghel further said poor and needy and people to purchase rice. Shailesh Pandey also ad- Medium School in is for the first time that Rs 2500 per quintal. Now the farmers used to pur- that the state government from all sections of the so- UnderRajiv Gandhi Kissan dressed the gathering. Tarbahar after Sheikh Chhattisgarhia govern- the farmers are not having chase motorcycle on selling is for the people of the state ciety.He said that on forma- so far Rs 4,500 cr has been Collector Dr Saransh Gaffar and declaring of air- ment has been formed in any loan burden on their their paddy and now the and rendering services to tion of Baghel's govern- deposited into farmers' ac- Mittar presented the report port to be developed in the state and due to which head and along with MSP cattle ranchers are pur- people they remain com- ment, it work to conserve count and this has im- . The Rajya Sabha MP Bilaspur after Bilasa Bai it will be happiness and on paddy it brought boom chasing motorcycle selling mitted. He hoped that with and protect state's rich art proved the condition of Kamla Manhar was also Kevantin. prosperity to farmers, trib- to the state's economy and cow-dung and all this has participation of all the & culture. Holidays were people as well. Rs 100 cr has present on the occasion. Ministry of Coal CM accorded warm welcome declared Jindal Power CM inaugurates new Urban Gothan in Sambalpuri as the successful bidder at helipad in Raigarh  Inspects arrangements Women belonging to women em- For Gare Palma IV/1 Mine powerment self-help groups in the for fodder and safety Gothan campus told Chief Minister Raigarh,Jan 03: Jindal Power Limited of cattle about pesticide matka fertilizer and (JPL) a subsidiary of Jindal Steel & said that this fertilizer is very useful Power Limited (JSPL) led by  CM hand-feeds in increasing the yield of vegetables. renowned Industrialist Mr. Naveen Gaumata Women informed him about in- Jindal has been declared the success- cense, camphor, incense sticks ful bidder for Gare Palma IV/1 coal  Holds discussion with made of cow dung in Gothan along mine by the Ministry of Coal. “Jindal women's groups, with pure milk, curd, buttermilk and Power Ltd. won an auction for Gare Gomata Mitra Chhena Rasgullas made by milk. Palma IV/1 coal mine at 25% bid pre- Similarly, Swacchta didis of the mium of the representative price. We Committee and Safai Manikanchan Centre affiliated to are thankful to the Ministry of Coal Central Chronicle News Raigarh, Higher Education Mitra women about various products being made Chakradhar Singh Sidar, Raigarh of about 45 lakh rupees, this Gothan the Municipal Corporation, in- for declaring us as the successful bid- Minister Umesh Patel, MLA from cow dung by women self-help MLA Prakash Naik, Sarangarh MLA has a good system for preservation of formed Chief Minister about the der", said V R Sharma, MD, JSPL, in a Raigarh, Jan 03: On the first Raigarh Prakash Naik, MLA Central Chronicle News groups in Gothan. He learned about Uttari Jangade, District Panchayat cattle, including arrangements for idols of various deities, dung wood, statement here today. About JSPL: day of his tour to Bilaspur Dharamjaigarh Laljeet Singh and praised the method of making Chairman Nirakar Patel were present fodder, water, shed and treatment of lamps and packets of vermicompost JSPL is a leading Indian Division, Chief Minister Rathia, MLA Sarangarh Raipur, Jan 03: Chief Minister gou-cast by cow dung. Chief Minister along with public representatives, cattle. The total area of Gothan is 19 made from cow dung under the Infrastructure Conglomerate with a Bhupesh Baghel reached Ganpat Jangade, MLA Bhupesh Baghel today during his Mr. Baghel fed Gaumata and the calf farmers and cattle rearers. acres. Of this, Napier grass has been Godhan Nyaya Yojana. On this occa- presence in the Steel, Power, and Raigarh district headquarters Lailunga Chakradhar Singh Raigarh visit, inaugurated a new with his own hands and took bless- Chief Minister Baghel also visited planted in two acres for fodder. For sion, District Collector Bheem Mining sectors. With an investment today. Baghel was accompa- Sidar, IG Ratan Lal Dangi, Urban Gothan constructed by the ings. On this occasion, Agriculture the Mandaps decorated by women its security, strong fencing has been Singh, SP Santosh Singh, Municipal of approximately 12 billion USD nied by Agriculture Minister Collector Bheem Singh, Municipal Corporation at Sambalpuri, Minister and District In-charge groups in the Gothan campus. He done in an area of 1600 meters. Corporation Commissioner (90,000 Crore Rupees) across the and Minister in charge of Superintendent of Police adjoining the district headquarters. Minister Ravindra Choubey, Higher held discussion with the women pres- About 550 cattle have been kept in Ashutosh Pandey, ADM Rajendra globe, the Company is continuously Raigarh district Ravindra Santosh Singh and other pub- He inspected the availability of fod- Education Minister Umesh Patel in- ent and on their request, instructed Gothan. Dung is also being purchased Katara and local public representa- scaling its capacity utilization and ef- Chaubey. On arrival of Chief lic representatives accorded der and safety arrangements for cat- cluding Dharamjaygarh MLA Laljit the collector to provide other means in Gothan, from which vermi compost tives along with other dignitaries ficiencies to contribute towards Minister at Stadium Helipad in him warm welcome. tle in Gothan. Chief Minister inquired Singh Rathia, Lailunga MLA of livelihood in Gothan. Built at a cost fertilizer will be prepared. were present. building a self-reliant India. Naxal wanted for attacks Rising Star Bhatgaon on cops killings held Despite nationwide challenges, Central Chronicle News wins RPL 2020 About the incident unemployment curbed in Ch’garh Bijapur, Jan 03: A Naxal Somlu Kashyap (40) was wanted for attacks on se- held from a forest near crisis and lockdown. According to od, special attention was given to all safety measures in place to pre- curity forces was arrested Kokodipara village under The unemployment the latest data released by the agriculture and allied activities. vent the spread of corona pandem- from Bijapur on Sunday, Mirtoor police station limits rate in Nov was just Center for Monitoring Indian The RBI also appreciated the ef- ic. Farmer-friendly schemes and police said. during a search operation 3.5 %, while the Economy (CMI), the figures of forts being made in Chhattisgarh. public welfare decisions including Somlu Kashyap (40) by the Chhattisgarh Armed national rate was Chhattisgarh are much less than At the same time, the state govern- Rajiv Gandhi Kisan Nyaya Yojana was held from a forest Force (CAF) and District the figures of Haryana, Himachal ment also gave relief to forest pro- also created an encouraging envi- near Kokodipara village Force.Kashyap was head of recorded at 6.51% Pradesh, Delhi, Andhra Pradesh, duce collectors. During the lock- ronment. The introduction of the under Dandakaranya Adivasi Kisan Assam, Bihar, Goa, Jharkhand, down, 73 percent of the total Godhan Nyaya Yojana and the Mirtoor Mazdoor Sangthan, a frontal Central Chronicle News Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, micro-forest produce collected in spurt in livelihood activities in police wing of the Naxals, and was Rajasthan, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh the country was collected in Gothan also boosted the rural station involved in six incidents, Raipur, Jan 03: In the midst of a na- and West Bengal. Chhattisgarh. Along with the in- economy. Central Chronicle News phy. Runners up Surajpur re- limits including killing of two tionwide recession, Chhattisgarh Industrial activities in the coun- crease in the prices of micro-forest In September, the unemploy- ceived Rs 11,000 cash and tro- during a security personnel near has been able to continuously con- try came to a standstill during the produce, the number of micro-for- ment rate in Chhattisgarh had Ramanujnagar, Jan 03: The final phy. Chintu of Bhatgaon re- search Cherli village in 2017 and trol the unemployment rate in the lockdown, which had a major im- est produce purchased on support come down to just 2 percent, which match of RPL 2020 organised ceived Man of the Series and operation the murder of an assistant state through the various econom- pact on the country's economy. At price was increased from 07 to 52. was the lowest unemployment rate by Yong Star Sports Club at Best Batsman award, Sital of by the constable in 2018. ic measures taken in the state. In the same time, the Bhupesh Baghel While the unemployment rate in in the country after Assam. Ramanujnagar was played be- Bhatgaon was adjudged best Chhattisgarh Armed the month of November, the unem- government of the state started states like Delhi, Puducherry, Chhattisgarh's economy gained tween Bright Star Surajpur and bowler and Aman of Surjapur Force (CAF) and District killing of two security ployment rate in Chhattisgarh was work by preparing a strategy to Rajasthan, Goa was increasing in momentum with unlock, there was Rising Star Bhatgaon. Winning received best fielder award. Force, an official said. personnel near Cherli vil- recorded at 3.5 percent, which is strengthen the rural economy of July, the unemployment rate in a significant growth in GST collec- the toss Bhatgaon team elected Zilla Panchayat president Kashyap was head of lage in 2017 and the mur- 3.01 percent less than the national Chhattisgarh. During lockdown, Chhattisgarh came down to 9 per- tion in the state. Boom in all sec- to bat and scored 218 runs for Naresh Rajwade was the chief Dandakaranya Adivasi der of an assistant consta- rate of 6.51 percent. The unem- Chhattisgarh topped in providing cent from 14.4 percent in the tors including auto mobile, agricul- the loss of 7 wickets in 16 overs. guest of the final match. The Kisan Mazdoor Sangthan, ble in 2018, he said. ployment rate in the state in employment to villagers under the month of June. Industrial activities ture was witnessed. Assam, which In reply Surajpur team could other guests were Kisan a frontal wing of the "He was also involved in September 2018 was 22.2 percent. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural had started in Chhattisgarh in the topped the country in September, manage to score only 167 runs. Congress block president Rishi Naxals, and was involved killings of civilians in It continued to decline in Employment Guarantee last week of April.The state's indus- slipped next to Chhattisgarh in Bhatgaon team won the match Dubey, PCC Secretary Ismail in six incidents, including Bijapur," the official said. Chhattisgarh despite the Corona Scheme(MGNREGA). In that peri- trial units started production with November. and got Rs 21,000 cash and tro- Khan and others. CARE FOR MANKIND New Variant of COVID-19:Is It Really Dangerous? ‘Mask and blankets to needy on birthday and NY’ he first incidence of this around 4000 mutations in the have no effect on the virus but been imported from abroad, so it far proved that have effective in T new virus was detected in spike protein.Mutation are can be useful as a barcode to is likely to have evolved in the trials are types that can easily be UK in september and within four expected and are a natural part monitor outbreaks. RTPCR lab UK. The CSIR’s Institute of tweaked if necessary. With this months it has widely spread in of evolutionand the vast majori- testing can detect its positivity Genomics and Integrateive variant there is no evidence that UK and in many European coun- ty have no effect on the virus and can be adopted rapidly to Biology (IGIB) Delhi and Center it will evade the vaccination or a tries. The name given to the but can be useful as a barcode respond to the new variant.At for Cellular and Molecular human immune response. But if virus appears as jargan to most to monitor outbreaks. RTPCR lab the same time it needs to be Biology (CCMB) Hyderabad have there is an instance of vaccine of us. It has been snappily testing can detect its positivity seen if it can be equally effective alone done sequencing of over failure or reinfection then that named VUI 2020/12/01 meaning and can be adopted rapidly to for the rapid antigen test, there 2200 genome of corona virus in case should be treated as high Raipur, Jan 03: With a hu- first Variant Under Investigation respond to the new variant.At is nothing to suggest that it India. They observed that this priority for genetic sequencing. manitarian service in mind, in December 2020. The terminal the same time it needs to be doesn’t. particular mutation of COVID-19 Anyway, the vaccines already Congress leader and PISF name is B.I.17 as it is a British seen if it can be equally effec- Mutations that make viruses Strain has not been found in manufactured against the older Chairman Nitin Bhansali Virus discovered for the first tive for the rapid antigen test, more infectious don’t necessarily Indian isolates yet. The mutation spike protein is expected to be tight-binding of the spike protein worried and it needs urgent fol- found a noble way out to cel- time with 17 mutation since its there is nothing to suggest that make them more dangerous. A has been independently useful against the new mutant to the ACE-2 receptor. Hence the low -up and investigation.” ebrate his birthday and first appearance in Wuhan. it doesn’t. number of variants have already observed in UK, Brazil and South virus also. It’s a point to be virus spreads with70% increased SARS-COV-2 is an RNA virus New Year. He distributed Following risk assessment with The SARS-COV-2 is an RNA been detected in the UK. For Africa. remembered that nature is more speed. But whether it is more and mutations arise naturally as masks to the people for pre- relevant expert committee, it virus and it enters human cells example, the D614G variant is The new variant has mutation powerful than man and the lethal yet to be known. the virus replicates. Many thou- vention against corona and has been also designated by cheating Angio- believed to have increased the to the spike protein that the Darvin’s Doctrine that “Survival MattHancock and Loman told sands of mutations have already distributed blankets to the Variant Of Concern (VOC). tensinConverting Enzyme-2(ACE- ability of the virus to be trans- leading vaccines are targeting. of the Fittest” holds good at all the house of commons on 14 arisen while only a very small needy for protection from SARS-COV-2 is an RNA virus 2) receptor because the amino mitted and is now the most com- However, vaccines produces times and for all organisms december that initial analysis minority are likely to be impor- cold. He visited bus stand, and mutations arise naturally as acids present in the spike pro- mon type circulating in the UK, antibodies against many regions including man. showed the new variant “ may tant and to change the virus in railway station, Akashvani the virus replicates. Many thou- teins have homological resem- although it doesn’t seem to in the spike protein, so it’s be associated” with the recent an appreciable way. It was sands of mutations have already blance to ACE from sequence result in more severe disease. unlikely that a single change Kali temple and other rise in cases in southeast picked up by the Covid-19 arisen while only a very small 270 to 510. The genetic sequenc- Public Health England would make the vaccine less places to find for destitute England. However this is not the Genomics UK (COG-UK) consor- minority are likely to be impor- ing of the spike protein shows Laboratory at PortonDown is cur- effective.Over the time as more shivering in cold and hand- same as saying that it is causing tium which undertakes random tant and to change the virus in presence of 9909 amino acids rently workingto find any evi- mutations occur, the vaccine ed over blankets to them. He the rise. This variant is strongly genetic sequencing of positive an appreciable way. It was with 29727 nucleic acid bases. dence that the new variant may need to be altered. This appealed to the masses for associated with where we are covid-19 samples around the UK. picked up by the Covid-19 The new British virus is found to increases or decreases the sever- happens with seasonal flu, which humanitarian service. On seeing increasing rate pf covid- It says that there are currently Genomics UK (COG-UK) consor- be N501Y in which Aspergin(N) ity of disease.The variant was mutates every year, and the vac- this occasion he was joined 19. It’s only a correlation,we around 4000 mutations in the tium which undertakes random amino acid at the position of 501 first spotted in late September cines are adjusted accordingly. Prof. Dr. ARVIND NERAL. M.D. by Sattu Singh, Partha can’t say it is causation. But spike protein.Mutation are genetic sequencing of positive has been changed to Tyrosin(Y) . and accounts for approximately The SARS-COV-2 virus doesn’t H.O.D. Microbiology Ghosh, Harshvardhan there is striking growth in this expected and are a natural part covid-19 samples around the UK. It is an advantageous mutation 20% of viruses sequence. There mutate as quickly as the flu Pt. J.N.M. Medical College variant, which is why we are of evolutionand the vast majority Agrawal, Piyush Parekh It says that there are currently for the virus because it gives a are no data to suggest it had virus, and the vaccines that so Raipur and others. CENTRAL CHRONICLE, MONDAY, JANUARY 04, 2021 PCC chief holds talks on ROADSIDE SELLERS paddy purchase delay

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Raipur, Jan 03: PCC Chief Mohan Markam convened a meeting with working committee member along with party office bearers and senior party leaders here on Sunday. PCC Chief then held talks problems being faced in with all the District paddy purchase and they Centre grants consent for purchase Presidents in the after- were given inputs to han- noon and during this gen- dle the same. of 24 lakh MT of rice erally discussions were Speaking to media per- Raipur, Jan 03: The GoI gratitude towards Centre held on paddy procure- sons after the meeting has granted consent for for the sanction and for ment and issue of delay PCC Chief Mohan purchase of 24 lakh MT considering state’s re- in granting of permission Markam charged that of rice and Chief quest and hoped that by Centre to FCI for levy both central government Minister Bhupesh they would continue to A girl carrying colourful balloons is selling it near signal crossing to earn a living. for paddy purchase in the and PM Narendra Modi is Baghel has given infor- grant permission for state. On this issue there showing step-motherly mation about this in his more as per the assur- is bit of tussle between treatment against farm- Tweet and expressed ance given earlier. the central and state gov- ers of Chhattisgarh. One arrested under Arms Act Bike lifted ernment. Earlier the Centre has Raipur: Telibandha po- with a knife. Identified as Raipur: Unidentified lifter escaped with a Honda Aviator In this meeting the promised to purchase 60 in most of the centres and bers and apart from this lice on Sunday arrested a Wahid Khan, the accused bike CG04-FJ-7703 from the parking of Gokul Residency working committee mem- lakh MT of rice, but till this condition arised due discussions were also teenager under Arms Act was immediately where it was parked as usual by owner Nikhil Khiyani dur- bers expressed their date FCI in the state has to centre’s attitude. held in context of organi- from near Mahasamund brought to the police sta- ing the night. The lifting was later complained in views on the above issue. not being granted permis- Discussions were held sation’s activities in the barrier after he was tion where he was later Telibandha police station following which an offence has The District Presidents sion for it. There is condi- on this issue with all coming days and training nabbed red-handed ter- booked under Section 25, been registered under Section 379 IPC against unidentified also held talks related to tion of blockage of paddy working committee mem- programme in Wardha. rorising the locals armed 27 of Arms Act. lifter and further investigation is now underway. Loan taken from banks, FIs and no help from Centre: RP Singh Purandeshwari seeks account of 9000 cr from state govt Central government to the 21.48 farmers has been done  In context of state- State. and there is target to purchase state. Co in-charge Nitin rice, the government is yet  Demands procure- ment made by BJP Congress spokesman RP around 90 lakh MT of rice this Navin was also present at to supply it, she said. Singh informed that on getting year. Till 1 Jan 2021, a total of ment of 25 quintal State in-Charge the meeting. D Purandeshwari also rice after milling the payment 53 lakh MT of rice has been paddy per acre Purandeshwari said that sought detailed account of for rice is given to MARKFED purchased from 13.50 lakh appointments in frontal Rs 9000 crore received by Raipur, Jan 03: and by which the loan is farmers. Presently the state Central Chronicle News units and cells had almost the state government from Congress spokesman RP Singh repaid. This year also Markfed has the permission to deposit been completed and re- central government. On in a statement made to the has taken loan of Rs 9500 crore rice in Food and Civil Supplies Raipur, Jan 03: BJP state maining appointments the issue of gunny bag she press said that the information and out of which loan of Rs Corporation for state under in-charge D would be completed with- said that it was the respon- given by BJP State in-Charge 7000 is from NCDC. So this PDS and this is limited for Purandeshwari today in a day or two. She said sibility of the state govern- Purandheshwari has given amount is no grants from the milling upto 30 lakh MT. For stressed the need for visit- that her visit to state was ment. The state govern- wrong information to media Centre, rather it is the loan balance 60 lakh MT of paddy, ing each and every polling aimed at strengthening ment is meting out injus- persons and should beg an which has to be repaid in this billing of 40 lakh MT rice can centre to strengthen the the organisation on grass tice to the farmers in apology with them and state’s financial year. be done and it needs to be party. In a meeting of in- root level. She also at- paddy procurement. farmers. He informed that on By end of this FY, RP Singh deposited with FCI and its per- charges of BJP fronts and tacked state government Purandeswari demanded payment of MSP for paddy informed that a total loan to mission is required from GoI. cells here today she said on paddy procurement that the state government procurement by farmers, loan the tune of Rs 16000 cr is to be He urged the BJP leaders in that it was necessary to centres instead of sitting government should first and issues pertaining to should procure 25 quintals is taken by MARKFED every taken from National Banks and sate to hold talks with PM and find out the cause of un- in AC rooms, she said. give detailed account of Rs farmers. According to her of paddy per acre. Earlier year from banks and other Financial institutions viz. Modi government and get the happiness among the Talking to the media 9000 crore received from state government is not in the beginning D financial institutions. This Union Bank, Indian Bank, permission for lifting of paddy workers. She made it clear after meeting she targeted the centre, she said. She working in the interests of Purandeshwari and Nitin year also MARKFED has taken NABARD, PNBand others. by FCI as nothing much is that there is no five-star the state government on said that an action plan the farmers. While order Navin were accorded wel- loan of Rs 9500 crore and no For Khariff Marketing year going to be achieved with just culture in the party. It is the issue of paddy pro- was being chalked out to was placed for procure- come by BJP leaders on amount has been paid from 2020-21, registration of total of verbal assurances. necessary to go to polling curement. Chhattisgarh strengthen the BJP in the ment of 28 lakh metric ton their arrival at Airport. CM to Raman: Why liquor was Chief Secretary, PCCF Cigarettes worth Rs 72 lakh hidden in vegetable crates seized and family found corona positive on vehicles from neigh- not disclosing anything not banned in previous regime  From an Odisha pass bouring states. It was and claiming to carry Bilaspur, Jan 03: Chief the rice. He said that his Raipur, Jan 03: Amidst rise vehicle by Komakhan police which only vegetables. But Minister Bhupesh Baghel government was paying in Corona cases in city, the Komakhan police got success in this and when the police team today attacked former for even cow-dung. ‘We are state’s Chief Secretary and nabbed the two with ciga- checked the crates with Chief Minister Dr Raman working to give something senior IAS office Amitabh near Gram Temari rettes. vegetables they found Singh. Baghel alleged that to the people while previ- Jain and his wife has been SP Mahasamund something hidden in the Raman pushed the youth ous regime of Dr Raman detected as Corona posi- Central Chronicle News Prafulla Thakur has bags. in the state towards addic- worked to loot the people. tive. In addition to this asked all TIs to keep close There were two car- tion. He asked why liquor We have procured loans PCCF (Forest Department) Mahasamund, Jan 03: watch on drug supply tons in the bag and each was not banned by Raman for the farmers,’ he said. Rakesh Chaturvedi and his Mahasamund Police has from neighbouring states carton was having 48 Singh in his tenure. While On what ground had Dr wife and kid too have been seized cigarettes worth and under this campaign packs of cigarettes in it. addressing a public meet- Raman Singh procured found to be Corona posi- Rs 72 lakh and it was was launched. In total of 60 bags the po- ing in Bilaspur, Mr Baghel loan of Rs 41 thousand tive and all of them have brought from Odisha and Komakhan police during lice recovered cigarettes announced to rename crore? he asked. Mr gone on home isolation. nabbed two persons car- checking stopped this worth Rs 72 lakhs. In this Central Library after for- Baghel also announced to It is notable here that a rying it. Odisha pass vehicle near there was phone number mer MLA Dr Shiv Dulare name Government total of 2,67,651 patients Mahasamund police got Gram Temari and the of some persons from Mishra. English Medium Higher have recovered from tip from an informer that driver of vehicle Alok Raipur and the stock was Targetting the central Secondary School in Covid-19 so far all over the an Odisha pass vehicle is Pradhan and his col- supposed to be delivered government the Chief Tarbahar after Sheikh state and the number of carrying huge quantity league Jaidev informed on that number. The po- Minister Mr Baghel said Gaffar. He further an- active cases are above of Cigarettes and it will that both are from Gram lice had arrested the two that centre initially did nounced to name 10,517. So far 3,856 per- be passing from barricading was done at outlets in city and they Khurda in Odisha. and is now checking who not provide gunny bags Chakarbhatha airport sons have died of Corona Mahasamund district. So important chowks and were keeping close watch On inquiry they were are involved in this. and now it was not taking after Bilasa Bai Kevatin. virus in the state. Costly fuel wood worth Rs 30 lakh seized ‘Non-lifting of paddy, gunny bag Upadhyay inspects Sunder Nagar toll plaza Bhanpuri in capital city. This action was taken shortage hit procurement’ under leadership of PCCF Rakesh Raipur, Jan 03: The ongoing Paddy is being procured from Chaturvedi Rakesh tussle between Centre and the those few farmers who are Chaturvedi by CCF JR state government over delay bringing gunny bags on their Nayak to DFO Raipur on part of the Food Corporation own, he said. Vishwesh Kumar. of India (FCI) in lifting paddy, Jamrao Sahkari Samiti in- There were different providing benefits to farmers charge Pokhanlal Sonkar said qualities of wood seized under Rajiv Nyay Yojana and that total 695 farmers were from this saw mill viz. several other issues is creating registered in the centre. He ‘Raktchandan’, ‘Papada’, obstacles before paddy pro- said that it would not be possi- ‘Shisham’, ‘Khair’, ‘Teak’ curement in cooperative soci- ble to procure paddy from and others. The team of eties of the state. Paddy pro- Monday onwards for want of Forest department com- curement is not being done gunny bags. Similar situation is prised of Dy. DFO smoothly due to non-lifting of prevailing in most of other Vishwanath Mukherjee, paddy in cooperative societies cooperative societies. No SDO Mirza Firoz Baig and shortage of gunny bags. space is available in coopera- Central Chronicle News adjacent to the toll plaza at called senior officer of PD and duo informed that According to Ramesh Kumar tive societies due to non-lifting Sundar Nagar and direct- NHI Sanjay Verma and his Central Chronicle News trees and for prevention this action was still in Sonkar, in-charge of Seva of paddy. Raipur, Jan 03: The MLA ed them to complete the subordinate staff on the of Forest crimes. In this progress till the writing Sahkari Samiti Ghughuva, total A farmer in Khudmudi vil- and parliamentary affairs construction work with- spot and inspected the en- Raipur, Jan 03: As per series, the Forest of these lines and would 695 farmers are registered in lage Shiva Chandravanshi said secretary Vikas Upadhyay out delay. tire area. Responding to instructions from Department seized 100 be completed by tomor- the centre. He said that pro- that he sold 160 quintal paddy today visited Sunder In absence of dividers queries of Vikas Minister for Forest and cubic meter of wood row. curement of 17 thousand 4 in Bhimbhouri Sahkari Kendra. Nagar Toll Plaza for in- on the flyover stretching Upadhyay, Sanjay Verma Climate Change from a saw mill in capital It is notable here that hundred quintal paddy from He said that he had to sell 400 spection. He instructed from Kushalpur to said that all the proposals Mohammed Akbar, the city worth Rs 30 lakhs. illegal wood worth Rs 6 382 farmers had so far been katta more rice on Monday. But NHAI (National Highway Raipurura on National had been sent to govern- Forest Department is Giving information it lakh was seized from completed. According to him, due to gunny bag shortage the Authority of India) offi- Highway, motorists often ment and process was on conducting surprise was informed that this Forest Division of paddy procurement has come cooperative society and farm- cials to take cognizance of skip traffic signals and vi- the last stage. He said that checking and drive to put fuel wood was seized Raipur in a week’s time to standstill for the last three ers are jointly arranging gunny accidents taking place in olate traffic rules, causing PD NHI proposed divider a check on illegal felling from godown of Umia and four vehicles were days due to gunny bag short- bags for paddy procurement, absence of road dividers accidents. Taking serious which is estimated to cost and transportation of Timber Market also seized. age and non-lifting of paddy. he said. in the National Highway note of this Mr Upadhyay over Rs 35 crore. CENTRAL CHRONICLE, MONDAY, JANUARY 04, 2021 Mayor performs bhoomipujan for works worth Rs 1.72 crore in Gautam Nagar

Central Chronicle News near Aanganwadi supply to every public. Construction of with Rs 6 lakhs; household community building has Bhilai, Jan 03: It was a CC road construc- through taps. Now been done in Gautam very special day for the tion from pump the tap connec- Nagar at a cost of 5 lakhs, denizens of Ward 36 house to women tions are being which was inaugurated by Gautam Nnagar as Bhilai public toilet with provided for just Mayor Devendra Yadav. Nagar MLA and Mayor Rs 8 lakhs; CC Rs 100 and the re- Apart from this, a statue of Devendra Yadav per- road work in maining amount Baba Bhimrao Ambedkar formed bhoomipujan for Sanyasi street can be paid in in- has been installed near several development with Rs 6 lakh; Rs stalments. ChhotaPanchsheel School works in the area. Total 15 lakh will be Earlier, people with expenditure of Rs value of the projects that spent for chain- had to pay thou- 1.50 lakh. This statue was have been launched on link fencing and sands of rupees also unveiled. Sunday is around Rs 1.72 open gym at for this work. Antyavasayi crores. Apart from this, de- Janmashtami Addressing the Cooperative Society and velopment work of lakhs Ground situated people, Devendra Finance Development was also inaugurated. The between streets 19 said that all the Corporation Vice- programme was organ- and 20; Rs 17 lakh works are being Chairman Neeta Lodhi, D ized in Ward 36 near to be spent for pay- done as per the de- Kamraju, Alderman Sunil Panchsheel School. ing oaver blocks mand of common Goyal and BabitaBhaisare, He performed on both sides of roads in both sides of the road from Gurdwara. English Medium School Gautam Nagar has been people and with their sup- Hameed Baig, Sheikh bhoomipujan for pathway streets 20 to 22; installation MPR Road to Bada While addressing the has been opened in completed and testing port and affection. Manzoor, Sanjay construction near of paver blocks in road at Panchsheel School to function, Mayor Devendra Khursipar where the stu- process has also been Devendra assured that he Chauhan, Rajkumar, Panchsheel School at a streets 23 to 26 with Rs Ravindra Singh's house, Yadav said that develop- dents will get quality edu- done. Chief Minister will will always strive for the Hiralal, Martand Singh cost of Rs 9 lakh. Rs 10 19.50 lakh; , Rs 8 lakh will paver blocks on Street ment works are being cation from class one to inaugurate it on January development of the re- Manhar, BMC Zone lakh will be spent for lay- be spent for levelling of Avenue A and B with cost done in the entire corpora- twelfth. A new college 12. gion. Mayor also garland- Commissioner Amitabh ing paver blocks on both ground near Cooperative of Rs 6 lakh; bore digging tion area which includes building is also being con- Devendra further said ed the portrait of Mata Sharma, Executive sides of the road near and its maintenance; Rs 8 behind Avenue B, ITI with construction of roads, structed and sports facili- that the water woes in Savitribai Phule on her Engineer Sanjay Bagade, Ambedkar Bhavan; Rs 6 lakh for construction of cost of Rs 1 lakh, and Rs 20 drains, paver block laying, ties have expanded in the Bhilai will be resolved. birth anniversary and Assistant Engineer lakh will be spent for con- drain, road and culvert at lakhs will be spent for lay- garden and beautification area. The very old water Now the denizens will not spoke about the social re- Akhilesh Chandrakar, structing drains near various places in Ward 36; ing paver blocks on both etc. No place will remain problem will also be re- have to worry for arrival forms introduced by her. Deputy Engineer Community Hall; road Rs 8 lakhs to be spent for sides of road from untouched from develop- solved soon as construc- of water tankers as there On the day, Devendra Chandrakant Sahu and construction at Street 6 laying paver blocks on Shivalaya to MPR Road ment work. tion of water tank in will be sufficient water dedicated two projects to others were present. DLSA launches traffic awareness campaign Saini Mali Samaj celebrates birth

rules. There is an increase in anniversary of Mata Savitribai Phule number of the minors driving vehicles and put- ting their own as well as other peoples life at risk. Mostly after accident when the financial loss oc- curs do they realise the im- portance of getting the ve- hicle insured. Special assistance of traffic department and po- Central Chronicle News Lokesh Patle, IX Judge lance. riously, awareness cam- lice department was taken Class II briefed the public During the campaign, paigns to inform the pub- in the said awareness pro- Bhilai, Jan 03: A traffic about the provisions the drivers who were lic about the rules of gramme. In the campaign, awareness campaign was under the Motor Vehicles found to be driving against motor vehicles as well as the services of paralegal launched on Sunday from Act. the rules under the Motor the new amended rules volunteers were also taken Rajendra Prasad Chowk, In brief he told that a Vehicles Act were made to which provides for impos- by the District Legal Durg by District Legal fine of Rs 1000 is applica- fill with bonds and were ing penalty for not having Services Authority, Durg, Services Authority, under ble for not wearing seat warned that they should a license, insurance, hel- who help make the drivers Central Chronicle News Savitribai Phule is consid- Mata Savitribai Phule and the guidance of District belt or helmet, Rs 10,000 not flout the provisions met. The drivers who are aware of the rules of driv- ered as the first female discussed various issues and Sessions Judge/ for driving in inebriated under the Act otherwise found to be wrong under ing, as well as getting Bhilai, Jan 03: On teacher of India. for the development of the Chairman, DLSA, Rajesh condition, Rs 2000 for rid- they would be considered the Motor Vehicles Act, bonds filed from those who Sunday, the birth anniver- Considering her as inspi- society. Uday Kashyap, Shrivastava. ing with two pillion riders as punishable offenses are being asked to sign a violate the rules. sary of Mata Savitribai ration, today, millions of Vinod Saini, Sushil Saini, On the first day of the on a two wheeler and seiz- within the purview of the bond. A similar awareness Phule was celebrated by women of India are edu- Laxmi Saini, Rahul Saini, awareness campaign, the ing of vehicle for 03 law. It has been observed campaign will be conduct- the Saini Mali Samaj at its cated and have achieved Shiv Kumar Mali, Durgesh two wheelers were target- months, fine of Rs 5000 for This special drive has that in the city, the vehicle ed on four wheelers in the Bhilai office situated in top positions in the society. Mali, Yogita Saini, ed, where in they were ex- over speeding on speed been taken up by DLSA be- drivers ignore the traffic coming days and they will Kosnagar. Later, a meeting of the of- Rishabh Saini, Shriyansh plained on how the traffic limit road, Rs 5000 for driv- cause people are not aware rules, due to which the be informed about the State Organization fice bearers of the society Saini, Kaushalya Saini, rules were meant for their ing a vehicle without a li- of the rules related to driv- number of accidents is in- Motor Vehicle Acts. The Secretary of All India was also held. Saraswati Mali, Mala safety and abiding by it is cense, and a penalty of Rs ing vehicles and number creasing, more and more above awareness cam- Saini Mali Sabha Nitish All the office bearers Kashyap, Jyoti Kashyap, a must. In the aforesaid 10,000 for stopping or get- of accidents is increasing people have to pay the fine paign will continue till Kashyap led the gathering. paid obeisance to the first Rajni Bharat and others awareness campaign, ting in the way of ambu- day by day. Taking this se- due to ignorance about the January 10. Kashyap said that Mata female teacher of India, were present. 150 denizens join BJP; Community hall dedicated to public in Subhash Nagar take primary membership Central Chronicle News Rs 5 lakh, Pathway construc- other places. Kamraju; Alderman Sunil Goyal tion in various roads will be Mayor Devendra Yadav said and BabitaBhaisare, Hameed Bhilai, Jan 03: Mayor and MLA done at a cost of 19.50 lakhs, that development works are Baig, Sheikh Manzoor, Sanjay Devendra Yadav, on Sunday, Rs 25 lakh will be spent for being done for enhancing Chauhan, Rajkumar, Hiralal, dedicated various projects to construction of CC road in beauty and cleanliness and fa- Zone Commissioner Amitabh public in Subhash nagar. He Shastri Market, Sweeper cilitating the common people. Sharma from Corporation, performed bhoomipujan for Mohalla, Streets 2, 6, 8 of Atal All the projects are being Executive Engineer Sanjay development works worth Awas, Chandrashekhar Azad chosen and approved on the Bagade, Assistant Engineer lakhs. With this programme, Nagar and Sonia Nagar. basis of public demand and ex- Akhilesh Chandrakar, Deputy the works for pathway con- Dome shed construction pectations. The development Engineer Chandrakant Sahu struction, paver block laying, work worth Rs 20 lakhs will be is not visible on the ground and and others were present. CC road construction, etc have done in Shivalaya temple is no longer limited on papers. Mayor Devendra Yadav inau- been launched in Ward 37 premises, Rs 14 lakhs will be Devendra assured to continue gurated the beautification Subhash Nagar. spent for pathway construc- working for the welfare of work of the newly constructed Rs 4.5 lakh will b spent for tion in various roads, work of common people. community building at pathway on roadsides from laying paver blocks on road- Neeta Lodhi, Vice-Chairman Subhash Nagar. Apart from Anganwadi to Sahu Kirana; sides from Ranjit Hotel to com- will be spent for pathway con- 25 lakhs will be spent for CC of Antyavasayi Cooperative this, he inaugurated the Public drain construction work in dif- munity building will be done struction in Durga Para and road construction in Shastri Society and Finance Gym Building in front of ferent places will be done with with Rs 15 lakhs, Rs 19.05 lakh Sonia Gandhi Nagar; while Rs Market, Sweeper Mohalla and Development Corporation, D Janmashtami Ground.

Nirmalkar and others participated BMC locks room; Corporator opens office beneath tree Central Chronicle News in this programme. The event was Bhilai, Jan 03: About 150 people, organized by the Newai BJP Yuva Central Chronicle News efforts to get the works Few days ago, suddenly mostly residents of Newai, joined Mandal. done with ease and tried to the site of the camp was Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday Those who joined the party are Bhilai, Jan 03: Late protect the common peo- changed and now the by taking primary membership of Vicky Chandrakar, evening on Saturday, BMC ple from unnecessary ha- Corporator office has been the party. They came forward to ParameshwarDevdas, Sachin team locked and sealed a rassment and delay in ad- sealed. join the party after witnessing the Rajput, Deva Yadav, Sanjay Yadav, works and policies of Prime room at Lal PaniTanki in ministrative works. He al- Piyush further alleged Bhola Yadav, KhomendraRigri, Housing Board, which was leged malice intentions on that the Mayor has left this Minister Narendra Modi and Manoj Rigri, Neeraj Prajapati, Member of Parliament Vijay RanuDhankar, Manish Yadav, being used as office by the the part of Mayor ward and has migrated to Baghel. MP Vijay Baghel welcomed Jaipal Yadav, Nutan Nishad, local corporator. After this Devendra Yadav. Piyush Sector 5 in Bhilai them in the party and honoured Hemant Sahu, AjitSahu, Yogesh incidence, the Corporator alleged that he was vic- Township. He has built a them with saffron stoles. Former Sahu, Madhav Sahu, Rohit Verma, opened office under a tree timised in fabricated cases luxurious bungalow on a Cabinet Minister RamsheelaSahu Kuldeep Sahu, TameshSahu, where he could meet the and charges of hooligan- BSP quarter. Crores of ru- was specially present on the occa- Vikram Srivastava, Harbans, locals. He alleged that the ism. pees are being spent sion. Gopal Dhimar, NutanNirmalkar, malice intentions of BMC He further alleged that around his bungalow for Newly appointed office bearers Rohit Dewangan, AjitSahu, Rahul of District BJP including Lalit Sahu, Sagar Yadav, Vivek Yadav, Mayor have come to fore Mayor has misused his grooming Sector 5. Piyush Chandrakar (General Secretary, Ajay Yadav, Dileeshwar Patel, with this incidence. powers for introducing added that he has no prob- Durg), Shankar Lal Dewangan Golu Deshmukh, Bhupendra BJP Corporator Piyush corporation and being an schemes. For the last ten and documents and pro- new delimitation due to lem with this but strongly (General Secretary, Bhilai), Kushwaha, Ajay Yadav, Hemant Mishra alleged that on the elected representative, he years, that is, for two vide proper guidance to which the existing ward condemns the misuse of PappuChandrakar, Munna Pandey, Yadav, Yashwant Yadav, Sagar instructions of Mayor was using that room to tenures, Piyush had been the people. According to has been divided. Piyush power to tarnish his Amrit Dewangan, PurendraSahu, Sahu, GabbarSahu, Tilak Sahu, Devendra Yadav, the BMC build a system to help the sitting here regularly Piyush, this office was a has approached the court image. As the office is Pramod Singh (MP Harish Kunjam, Arun Kumar and administration has locked common people so that among the common peo- bridge between him and to challenge this delimita- locked, Piyush has started Representative) and BJP party women including Heera Devi the room which he was they could get proper guid- ple. the people where he was tion. He further alleged sitting beneath a tree in workers Sonu Ram Singh, Sahu, UmeshwariDevangan, ShatrughanDhankar, Sunil Sahu, Radhabai, Geeta Yadav, used as Corporator's office. ance and help for all the Even during his ab- available everyday for the that Mayor is making the same campus so that Mongra Deshmukh, Vidhi Yadav, MunniDevdas, Asha Sahu, Ishwari Piyush made it clear that works related to the civic sence, his colleagues used locals. Piyush asserted every effort to spoil his he could remain available Manish Yadav, Rakesh Kumar Maurya, DevkiSahu, Meenakshi this office belonged to the body and government to collect the applications that he made all possible image among the people. for the locals. Deshlahre, Daman Sarva, Narendra Sahu, and Madhuri Sahu. CENTRAL CHRONICLE, RAIPUR, MONDAY, JANUARY 04, 2021 Brahman community Bastar IG claims less Maoist cases, Bank assistants offer burns effigy of BKU more than 14 camps established banking at doorsteps leader Rakesh Tikait Central Chronicle News Konta, Jan 03: Bastar po- lice on Saturday organised New Year get-together in which IG Sunderraj P talk- ing to scribes claimed that in 2020 police got success in eliminating naxal menace to a greater extent and ex- pressed satisfaction on the functioning of police in range. He mentioned that in the last four years there has been fall in the cases of theft, NDPS kidnapping and other criminal cases  at squares of villages or in is working since May 2019 while cases of rape, loot Villagers saved from front of some houses in as bank assistant and and other cases have regis- visiting banks rural areas and attend the through 600 transactions tered increase in these peri- villagers who come there has till date disbursed  Brahman community ods. IG further said, in 2019 Central Chronicle News to avail banking services. over Rs 21 lakh to benefici- In protest against his president Shyam Shukla there was a change in Bank Assistant of bank at aries. comments against said, they burnt the effigy strategies against naxals. Konta, Jan 03: In the far Gadiras under Sukma Another assistant Jyoti Brahmans of Tikait on Sunday at Earlier focus was on opera- off areas it is a pleasant block Mrs Priyanka Singh who is working at main square of the town tion against naxals from understood that villagers foot to fetch ration and now surprise to find a girl with said, when she reaches the Ramaram said, she at- Central Chronicle News as their sentiments have camps and make develop- too want development of they are receiving ration at laptop in hand coming to place of some beneficiary tends about 10 beneficiary been hurt. Those present ment of the area through the area along with better doorsteps in their own vil- doorsteps. with laptop a special twin- per day and herself feels Bhanupratappur, Jan were Chandramouli camps. Later a new plan- education and medical lage, he added. IG informed The villagers anxiously kle is seen in their eyes. happy. She added, from 03: Brahman Community Mishra, Rahul Shukla, ning was made when it was treatment. After that near that in 2021 their efforts wait for these girls as they She visits the houses of more than 340 transac- in protest against a com- Rajesh Sharma, Dinesh understood that villagers Potali and Bodli police would be to make direct come to villages to dis- every morning to spread tions till date she has paid ment by BKU leader Panda, Devendra Shukla support naxals out of fear camp, ration shop was link with the villagers burse pension, wages of happiness. about Rs 8 lakh to benefi- Rakesh Tikait at a meeting and other members of the and forces keeping away opened. Earlier villagers through these camps other workers etc. These girls sit Priyanka informed, she ciaries. in Palwal burnt his effigy. community. from villagers. But now it is used to travel 15-20 km on naxal operations. Train cancelled Tractor carrying about three dozen Sambalpur, Jan 03: Traders selling meat, egg and fish 02887/02888 Visakhapatnam- persons turns turtle, 27 injured Nizamuddin- collect waste at one place Visakhapatnam Special via Rayagada & Titilagarh  Vikas Chopra said, some from Visakhapatnam be- Hand over to civic time back a meeting of all tween 5th to 9th and from body vehicle in night the traders raised objec- Nizamuddin between 7th tions on the waste coming to 11th January, 2021 will Central Chronicle News out of fish shops. The remain cancelled due to traders said, as there is no safety related modernisa- Balod, Jan 03: The dis- proper place for waste dis- tion work at Dongargarh posal of waste material re- posal there throw it any Station under South East leased out of meat, chick- place. This has led to stink- Central Railway jurisdic- en, fish and egg shops has ing smell all over the place tion in connection with become a challenge and and flies collect at these commissioning of 3rd line civic body has now taken a places. Even the dogs work. decision to collect these come in groups to feed on Injured at the hospital. One of the injured being waste materials. A meet- these wastes. It was agreed taken to the hospital. ing between the traders upon in the meeting that IED recovered, Balod, Jan 03: On loss of life was registered and civic body authorities day in the night civic body to keep the town clean. traders will give these Saturday a tractor carry- but many of them received cident Daundilohara PS took a decision to dispose vehicle will come to collect Fish waste materials wastes to civic body vehi- diffused ing about three dozen per- serious injuries. Health in-charge Manish Sharma off the waste in the night. these wastes and will the will be collected cles in the night and would sons from village Rahud Department, police, said, in the trolley behind It was decided that every- help of traders would try Civic Body president not throw elsewhere. and on its way to Sanjeevani 108 medical the tractor about 27 Pateshwar Dham met with team and Daundilohara women and children were an accident near Raighat nayab tehsildar brought present. All of them were Ex-CM Ajit Jogi alive in hearts of all his well-wishers: Amit valley when the tractor the situation under con- from one family and 13 of turned turtle and about 30 trol and injured were sent them received serious in- Gourela, Pendra, Marwahi, Jan and it would have been more single grain of paddy and pay persons received injuries. to Rajnandgaon hospital juries. The seriously in- 03: The ‘Navakhai’ programme justifiable if the party would MSP of Rs 2500 per quintal as The incident took place at for treatment. jured were first taken to in Jogi’s ancestral village of have won defeating him as one well. about 5:30 pm and medical Out of 27 injured, 13 re- CHC and after primary ‘Jogisar’ was not held as it is of the candidates. Amit said Dr Renu Jogi W/o Late Ajit team continued treatment ferred to Rajnandgaon treatment were referred to done every year and this year that his father never treated Jogi said that nobody can till late night. Although no Informing about the in- Rajnandgaon hospital. with departure of Late Ajit Jogi himself as MLA of Marwahi, question God’s wishes and it there was bit of sentimental but used to treat himself as has to be accepted by one & mood in the family. their well-wisher. Amit Jogi all. This is first time that Class III Association releases NY calendar It was last on Wednesday, said that in last 20 years it is ‘Navakhai’ programme is Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi, ‘Navakhai’ programme was for the first time that there is being held without presence Jan 03: Chhattisgarh Class III held in Jogisar by the Jogi fam- no MLA from Marwahi from of former CM Ajit Jogi. Government Employees ily. MLA Dr Renu Jogi and Amit will always remain alive in the Jogi’s family. In this ‘Navakhai’ pro- Bijapur, Jan 03: As Association district branch Jogi of JCC (J) first performed hearts of the people. Further he said that it was gramme, Ramshankar Rai, part of anti-naxal oper- released New Year 2021 cal- prayers at Jogi Baba’s temple Speaking further Amit Jogi his father who started paddy Ashok Nagaich, Sunil Gupta, ation on Tareem-Silger endar at the hands of and as per traditions offered said that on demise of his purchase in the state in 2001, Ramniwas Tiwari, Aruna road, security forces re- Marwahi MLA Dr K K Dhruv. offshoots of new paddy crop father few people felt that Jogi but the existing government Ganesh Jaiswal, Ompraksh covered one IED plant- On this occasion MLA con- to Jogi Baba. family will weaken, but he reit- reduced the land area of Jaiswal Nirman Jaiswal, Ashish ed by naxals some 500 gratulated the employees Later addressing the vil- erated that neither the Jogi’s ‘Girdawri’ for paddy and due Ramesh Kesari, Shankar m from the road. A present and wished them on lagers Amit Jogi said that this family has weakened not it will to this the farmers are facing Paikra, Janbhan Singh Paikra, joint team CRPF 168 B the occasion of New Year. He is for the first time that in the near future. It is adopt- problems and are unable to Lakhan Singh Gautia, Batalion and DRG re- assured them of solving their ‘Navakhai’ programme is ing certain practices with fear sell their paddy. It is with Sukhsagar Singh, Dil Prasad covered this IED and problems. At the onset MLA being held in absence of his of facing defeat that he was excuse of shortage of paddy Paikra, Santosh Sahu, Murari was immediately dif- was welcomed by the district moral of employees. Retired attended by the office bear- father and former CM Late Ajit ousted from the election field. the farmers are forced to Kashyap, Pradeep fused by the bomb dis- president Vishwas Goverdhan employee Prabhakar Sharma ers and members of the asso- Jogi in the village. He said that Amit said that he does not return from PPCs and on this Shrivastava, Ganesh Pandey, posal squad. and expressed gratitude was feted with shaal and ciation from the district and even though his father Late treat the Congress victory in Amit Jogi demanded state Rajkumar Rajak and others towards MLA for boosting the shreefal. The programme was tehsil level. Ajit Jogi is not present, but he Marwahi as the party’s win government to purchase every were present. OBITUARY More additional trains from ECoR JSPL Foundation supports reconstruction Dr Satyanarayan Dhruv Central Chronicle News Monday at 1025hrs w.e.f. Sambalpur Special Train 11th January,2021 till fur- from Sambalpur will of century old school for Girls Bhubaneswar, Jan 03: ther advice. leave on every Monday, It has been decided to 03. Visakhapatnam- Tuesday, Thursday & dren, especially from the run 5 more pairs of addi- Kacheguda- Saturday at 1100hrs w.e.f. At Mathura economically weaker, tional Special Trains Visakhapatnam 11th January and from lower and lower middle from ECoR jurisdiction. Special (08561/08562) Nanded on every Foundation laying strata of the society in the These Special trains will 08561/08562 Thursday, Friday, ceremony for region. The old building run from the second Visakhapatnam- Sunday & Tuesday at Construction of the is in a dilapidated condi- week of January,2021 till Kacheguda- 1445hrs w.e.f. 14th new building held tion and dangerous to be further advice. These Visakhapatnam Special January, 2021 till further habitable. Bastar IG inagurates trains will towards Train from advice. Continuing the legacy Yesvantpur & Howrah Visakhapatnam will Apart from this, East Central Chronicle News of Mr Om Prakash PS Tarrem by filling Vishrampuri: Block from Puri, towards leave on every Thursday Coast Railway has al- Jindal, Visionary and daily register Medical Officer( Kacheguda & LTT from at 0820hrs w.e.f. 14th ready announced to run Raigarh, Jan 03: Founder, OP Jindal Vishrampuri Visakhapatnam and to- January and from six Special trains from Foundation laying cere- Group to promote girl Daily use items Keshkal) and resident wards Nanded from Kacheguda on every ECoR jurisdiction till mony and Bhumi Pujan child education for holis- distributed as part of Chinditola Sambalpur. Friday at 1935hrs w.e.f. further advice. These for JSPL Foundation sup- tic development of the so- of community policing Umargoan Nagri, Dr 01. Puri-Howrah-Puri 15th January,2021 till fur- trains are - ported construction of ciety, JSPL Foundation, Satyanarayan Dhruv Special (02088/02087) ther advice. Bhubaneswar-Pune- new building to replace under the leadership of Bijapur, Jan 03: In Maoist in- breathed his last on 02088/02087 Puri- 04.Visakhapatnam- Bhubaneswar Special the existing dilapidated “ Empowering the girl Chairman of Jindal Steel fested area of the district Sunday ( January 03) Howrah-Puri Special LTT-Visakhapatnam Train, Bhubaneswar- building of Sri Kishori child with education is & Power Ltd (JSPL) Mr Bastar IG P Sunderraj started at AIIMS Raipur. He Train from Puri will Special (08519/08520) Tirupati-Bhubaneswar Raman Girls’ Inter the best and the wisest op- Naveen Jindal and a new police station at was not keeping well leave on every Tuesday 08519/08520 Special, Visakhapatnam- College, Mathura has tion a nation could have Chairperson of JSPL Tarrem by filling the daily for some time. at 2130hrs w.e.f. 12th Visakhapatnam-LTT- Sai Nagar Shirdi- been held yesterday in in empowering itself. Foundation Ms Shallu register of this police station. His last rites will be January and from Visakhapatnam Special Visakhapatnam Special, presence of District With the construction of Jindal is supporting for Further as part of communi- performed on Howrah on every Train from Visakhapatnam-Kollam- Magistrate Sarvagya new building of the his- Construction of a new ty policing daily use items January 04 at his na- Thursday at 1115hrs Visakhapatnam will Visakhapatnam Special, Ram Mishra, SSP Gaurav toric 114 year old Kishori building in place of the were distributed to the vil- tive village w.e.f. 14th January, 2021 leave on every Thursday Visakhapatnam-Chennai Grover, Sub-Divisional Raman Girls’ Inter existing old structure. lagers. Speaking on the occa- Chinditola Umargoan till further advice. at 0725hrs w.e.f. 14th Central-Visakhapatnam Magistrate (SDM) Kranti College, we are partner- The new anti-seismic sion IG discussed with the vil- Nagri. He was hus- 02. Puri-Yesvantpur- January and from LTT Special and Sambalpur- Shekhar, Social Activist ing for promotion of girls’ school Building will have lagers to put forth the devel- band of principal Mrs Puri Special on every Friday at Jammu Tawi-Sambalpur Priyal Bhardwaj and vari- education and contribut- approximately 30,000 sqft opment, belief and safety,laid Premlata Dhruv, fa- (02063/02064) 1935hrs w.e.f. 15th Special Trains. Now, 34 ous other dignitaries. ing to expand the horizon of construction area, stress on the importance of ther of Dr Sonal 02063/02064 Puri- January, 2021 till further pairs of Special Trains Chairperson of JSPL of equitable and inclusive with all new amenities, road and power. Collector Dhruv, elder brother Yesvantpur-Puri Special advice. are running from ECoR Foundation Ms Shallu development of India. good quality toilets, a Ritesh Agrawal informed of sub-engineer Sanat Train from Puri will 05.Sambalpur-Nanded- jurisdiction till further Jindal attended the cere- Sri Kishori Raman grand entrance to the about the public welfare Dhruv and brother-in- leave on every Sunday at Sambalpur Special advice apart from the fes- mony through virtual Girls’ Inter College is a school and a Ramp for di- schemes of the government law of former Keshkal 1210hrs w.e.f. 10th (02085/02086) tival Special Trains and mode. century old school in vyang. It can house ap- and explained about impor- MLA Sevak Netam. January and from 02085/02086 trains passing through In her address in the Mathura spearheading proximately 5000 girl tance of hospital, ration Yesvantpur on every Sambalpur-Nanded- ECoR jurisdiction. function, Ms Jindal said, education of girl chil- child in two shifts. shops. CENTRAL CHRONICLE, MONDAY, JANUARY 04, 2021 BRIEF FIGHTER TRAINING Mexico farm lobby blasts ban on GMO Shot dead  Karachi: At least 11 coal miners were corn, organic growers welcome it shot dead on Sunday after gunmen kid- Monterrey, Jan 03 (Reuters): napped them and took them to nearby Mexico's main agricultur- mountains, where al lobby criticized the gov- they opened fire on ernment's decision to ban them in Pakistan's genetically modified corn, restive southwestern while organic growers Baluchistan hailed the move that province. According should protect smaller to police, the miners farmers. were on the way to Mexico will 'revoke and work when the refrain from granting per- unidentified gunmen mits for the release of ge- kidnapped them and netically modified corn opened fire on them seeds into the environ- after taking them to ment,' stated a decree is- Native corn varieties of Mexico. the nearby hills in sued, which also mandat- Machh area, the ed the phase out of GMO Laura Tamayo, spokes- application of the pesti- Express Tribune re- corn imports by 2024. woman for Mexico's cide. Opponents of geneti- ported. Proponents of GMO National Farm Council. cally modified crops cele- corn say the ban on do- 'On the other hand, the brated the ban. 'It's a huge IED blast mestic cultivation would import of genetically mod- victory,' said Homero Blas, limit the options of ified grain from the US is head of Mexico's Organic  Sahel: Al Qaeda's Mexican farmers, while essential for many prod- Producers' Society. North Africa wing phasing out its importa- ucts in the agrifood chain,' Opponents of GMO has said it was re- tion could imperil the food added Tamayo, also a re- crops say they contami- sponsible for the chain. 'The lack of access gional corporate director nate age-old native vari- killing of three to production options puts for Bayer, whose agro- eties of corn and encour- French soldiers in us at a disadvantage com- chemical unit Monsanto age the use of dangerous Mali, jihadist moni- A Turkey-backed Syrian fighter takes part in military training at a base near the village of Al-Maabatli in the pared to our competitors, makes weedkiller pesticides that endanger toring organisation Afrin region in the northwestern Aleppo province countryside. such as corn farmers in Roundup and the GMO public health and harm SITE Intel reported. the United States,' said corn designed to survive biodiversity. The soldiers, who were taking part in France's Barkhane military operations Protests against US leaders who Australian states reimpose travel restrictions in Mali against Islamic fighters, were Sydney, Jan 03 (AP): killed on Monday opposed more payments to public when an improvised More Australian states explosive device hit Washington, Jan 03 (AFP): and territories are reim- their armoured vehi- posing travel restrictions cle, the French Protesters have targeted to prevent the spreading of Presidency said in a the homes of Republican the coronavirus from new statement. Senate leader Mitch outbreaks in New South McConnell and Democrat Wales and Victoria states. New governor Speaker of the House The Australian Capital Nancy Pelosi with graffiti, Territory has shut out  San Juan: Pedro fake blood and a pig's head, non-residents who have Pierluisi vowed to US media said. been on the northern achieve statehood for "Were's my money," and beaches of Sydney, where Puerto Rico and fight "Mitch kills the poor," was the outbreaks are most against poverty,cor- daubed on McConnell's concentrated, Greater Restrictions in Australia. ruption and COVID- front door and window in Sydney and other smaller 19 after he was sworn Louisville, Kentucky, US centers, unless they have Wollongong area south of there have been 21 locally in the northern beaches of as the US territory's media reported. A pig's an exemption. Sydney as medium-risk acquired Victorian cases Sydney, and 13 emanating new governor. head and fake blood were The island state of zones, requiring travelers over recent days, all linked from liquor store that are Pierluisi, a Democrat left outside Pelosi's San Graffiti message at Republican Senate leader Mitch Tasmania has barred any- to quarantine for 14 days to the New South Wales not connected to the who previously Fransisco home on McConnell’s home. one directly linked to the on arrival, while those outbreak. Victoria's bor- beaches cluster. The news served as Puerto January 2, according to latest Victorian cases, list- from Sydney's northern der is now closed to all that the state is battling Rico's representative local media. The houses of awaited $900 billion pan- $600 to $2,000. But the ing exposure sites where beaches are barred from travelers from New South two separate outbreaks in in Congress for eight the top Republican and demic relief package was Republican-led Senate has confirmed cases are entering. Victoria report- Wales. On Sunday, New Sydney comes on the first years, also promised Democrat were targeted fol- finally approved Christmas not approved the increase -- known to have been. The ed three new cases of com- South Wales recorded day of mandatory mask to prioritize educa- lowing intense debate over Eve, with the Democrat-led despite furious calls to do move followed Tasmania's munity transmission on eight new local cases. restrictions across tion, lift the govern- a Covid-19 stimulus bailout House of Congress approv- so from President Donald declaration of Greater Sunday, down from There are 161 active cases Greater Sydney, with en- ment out of bank- for Americans. A long- ing an increase in aid from Trump. Sydney and the Saturday's 10. In total, in the state, most of them forcement to begin. ruptcy and alleviate a deep economic crisis as leader of New Veteran US broadcaster Larry Afghan peace talks resume Progressive Party. UK PM Johnson could lose his seat Vaccine certs King in hospital with COVID-19 as bloodshed continues Los Angeles, Jan 03 (PTI): and majority at next election Kabul, Jan 03 (AFP): rive at a result as soon as pos-  Moscow: More than sible as people are tired of this 800,000 people in Legendary talk show host London, Jan 03 (Reuters): seats, while the opposition A string of assassinations has bloody war." The Taliban did Russia have been in- Larry King has tested pos- Labour Party would win sowed fear and chaos across not offer any comment. oculated so far itive for coronavirus and British Prime Minister 282 seats, the poll showed. Afghanistan as a fresh round of The first direct talks be- against the new coro- is being treated at a hospi- Boris Johnson is on The Scottish National peace talks between the tween the warring sides navirus and more tal here, according to US course to lose his own seat Party, which wants to Afghan government and the opened in September after than 1.5 million vac- media reports on Sunday. and neither of the two break away from the rest Taliban begin in Qatar Tuesday. months of delays, but quickly cine doses have been Sources close to the 87- main political parties is of the United Kingdom, is Months of deliberations be- became bogged down by dis- dispatched, Health year-old former CNN in- likely to win an outright predicted to win 57 of the tween the two sides have putes on the basic framework Minister Mikhail terviewer said he has been majority at the next gener- 59 seats in Scotland, mean- yielded little so far, but both of discussions and religious in- Murashko said. at the Cedars-Sinai al election, not due until ing the party could poten- parties made something of a terpretations. People who are inoc- Medical Centre for over a 2024, according to a new tially play a kingmaker breakthrough last year when A concerted diplomatic ef- ulated in Russia will week. Larry King poll. role in forming the next they finally agreed at least on fort from Washington finally get an electronic vac- Representatives for This is the first detailed government. what to discuss in the next led to a consensus. cination certificate. King have not publicly 19 patients. King, who has survey of the public's per- Boris Johnson The prime minister is at round. The negotiations follow a commented on his hospi- Type 2 diabetes, has con- ception of Johnson's han- risk to lose his own seat of Afghan government nego- landmark troop withdrawal Pakistan cancels talisation, and details of fronted a series of medical dling of the recently con- December, which was con- Uxbridge, west of London, tiators will push for a perma- deal signed in February by the his current condition are issues over the years, in- cluded Brexit talks and the ducted by the research the poll found. nent ceasefire and to protect Taliban and Washington, which  Islamabad: Pakistan unclear. "Larry has fought cluding several heart at- COVID-19 pandemic after data company Focaldata Johnson won a resound- the existing system of gover- saw the US pledge to pull out has cancelled about so many health issues in tacks and quintuple by- he reversed plans to allow and published by the ing election victory last nance, in place since the all foreign forces from 200,000 computerised the last few years and he is pass surgery in 1987, CNN families to meet up at Sunday Times. year that allowed him to ouster of the Taliban in 2001 by Afghanistan by May 2021. national identity fighting this one hard too, reported. Christmas in parts of The so-called multilevel take Britain out of the a US-led invasion in the wake The talks between the cards (CNICs) fraud- he's a champ," a source In 2017, King revealed he southern England to com- regression and post-strati- European Union's orbit on of the September 11 attacks. Afghan government and the ulently held by told. News of King's hospi- had been diagnosed with bat the spread of the virus. fication (MRP) poll found New Year's Eve after al- "The talks are going to be Taliban have been marred by Afghanistan talisation came as emer- lung cancer and success- More than 22,000 people the ruling Conservatives most half a century of very complicated and time- an increase in violence from refugees. Speaking to gency officials in fully underwent surgery. were surveyed in a closely would lose 81 seats, wiping close ties. consuming," Ghulam Farooq the start, but a new trend is a reporters in his home California said hospitals He also underwent a pro- watched poll constituency- out the 80-seat majority. But Johnson's premier- Majroh, a government negotia- wave of high-profile targeted town Rawalpindi, were treating an unprece- cedure in 2019 to address by-constituency poll over a This would leave the ship may increasingly be tor told AFP. killings of officials, activists, Interior Minister dented number of COVID- angina. four-week period in Conservatives with 284 defined by the govern- "But we are hopeful to ar- and journalists. Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said: "We have data of 1.5 mil- In Somalia, COVID-19 vaccines lion Afghan refugees Devil horns meet ‘sutras’ in Taiwan’s having legal status and about 800,000 are distant as virus spreads Afghans living in the country illegally." Buddhist death metal band Mogadishu, Jan 03 (AP): Sent material Taipei, Jan 03 (AFP): to growled vocals, relent- As richer countries race to less riffs and double-kick distribute COVID-19 vac-  Nashville: Prior to his The gig began with a nun blast beats. cines, Somalia remains the death, the man who det- chanting on stage but sud- Founder and drummer rare place where much of onated bomb in down- denly erupted into a wall Jack Tung first came up the population hasn't taken town Nashville had sent of noise unleashed by dis- with the idea 14 years ago the coronavirus seriously. out materials about his torted guitars and after listening to a record- Some fear that's proven to views to people he knew. screamed sutras -- the ing of Tibetan lamas recit- be deadlier than anyone FBI Special Agent Jason unique sound of Taiwan's ing sutras. knows. Certainly our peo- Pack said authorities first Buddhist death metal "The way it's sung is like ple don't use any form of are "aware the suspect band. in metal, with some voice protective measures, nei- sent materials which es- The island has a vibrant distortion," he told AFP, ther masks nor social dis- poused his viewpoints metal scene but few outfits referencing the often tancing, Abdirizak Yusuf to several acquaintanc- are quite as eye-catching throaty low nature of Hirabeh, the government's People in Somalia lack basic healthcare infrastructure. es throughout the coun- as "Dharma". Tibetan chanting. "This is COVID-19 incident manag- try." Authorities have The band aims to deliver very similar to death er, said in an interview. If Horn of Africa nation torn linked al-Shabab extremist said Anthony Warner, enlightenment via the metal music which I like." you move around the city apart by three decades of group, the risk of the virus 63, was responsible for medium of throaty eight- Members of Taiwanese death metal band ‘Dharma’ On the face of it, death (of Mogadishu) or country- conflict, that will be last to becoming endemic in some the explosion, which string guitars and guttural posing for photographs during a rehearsal in Taipei. metal and Buddhism wide, nobody even talks see COVID-19 vaccines in hard-to-reach areas is damaged dozens of roars. might not appear to be the about it. And yet infections any significant quantity. strong a fear for parts of buildings. Dressed in robes -- black, tional Sanskrit sutras as screams death metal, from most natural of bedfel- are rising, he said. It is With part of the country Africa amid the slow ar- of course -- they use tradi- lyrics. But everything else bloody face paint on stage, lows. places like Somalia, the still held by the al-Qaida- rival of vaccines. CENTRAL CHRONICLE, MONDAY, JANUARY 04 , 2021 BRIEF Rains, waterlogging cause OSCBC begins MP CM expands cabinet, two Scindia  Bhubaneswar: The inconvenience to protesting farmers Odisha State Commission for loyalists return as ministers New Delhi, Jan 03 (PTI): Backward Classes (OSCBC) will soon Bhopal, Jan 03 (PTI): the cabinet, should get Waterlogged tents, conduct a survey to elected to the State soaked firewood and blan- understand the socio- The Shivraj Singh Assembly within six kets, and cold conditions economic condition Chouhan-led Madhya months. — farmers camping at of people belonging Pradesh cabinet was ex- Th second expansion of Delhi borders in protest to this category and panded on Sunday with Chouhan’s cabinet took against new farm laws had take steps for their the induction of two loyal- place on July 2 last year a difficult morning on welfare. State govern- ists of BJP leader with induction of 28 min- Sunday due to overnight ment will take a deci- Jyotiraditya Scindia, isters, including a dozen rains. The continuous sion on reserving whose exit from the loyalists of Jyotiraditya downpour led to waterlog- seats. Chairperson of Congress in March last Scindia. ging at agitation venues the Commission year led to the fall of the The first expansion was and waterproof tents did Justice (Retired) 15-month-old Kamal Nath- held on April 21 last year not help much, according Raghunath Biswal led Congress dispensation wherein five ministers, in- to the protesters. Farmers at a protest site in Delhi on Sunday. said a database of in the state. cluding Silawat and Farmer leader Other Backward Governor Anandiben Rajput, were inducted. Abhimanyu Kohar, who is who is camping at Singhu rainfall was reported in Classes (OBC) in the Patel administered the MP Governor Anandiben Patel, CM Shivraj Singh Silawat and Rajput a member of Sankyukt Border, said there is water- areas across Delhi and state will be prepared oath of office to Tulsiram Chouhan with new cabinet ministers Tulsiram Silawat were among the Congress Kisan Morcha, said farm- logging at some places as minimum temperatures soon. Silawat and Govind and Govind Rajput after taking oath in Bhopal on MLAs who had resigned ers have waterproof tents civic facilities are not up have increased due to Rajput. Chief Minister Sunday. and joined the BJP with but they cannot protect to the mark but asserted clouding and easterly Vegetable seller Shivraj Singh, Protem Scindia in March last them from biting cold and that the weather will not winds. “Safdarjung obser- Speaker Rameshwar over as the chief minister However, they had to step year. In the Assembly by- waterlogging. dampen the spirit of farm- vatory recorded a mini-  Thane: A vegetable Sharma and several min- for the fourth term in down in October as they polls held on November 3, “The situation is very ers who have been protest- mum temperature of 9.9 vendor from Nashik isters of the state cabinet March 2020 after the col- were not members of the the BJP had won 19 of the bad at protest sites due to ing for over a month. degrees Celsius, an in- has been arrested for were present during the lapse of the Congress gov- state legislature because 28 seats, while the opposi- rain which has caused wa- “Despite facing several crease of 6.7 degrees with allegedly carrying brief ceremony held at ernment. the coronavirus pandemic tion Congress had bagged terlogging. There is so problems, we will not 25 mm rain. Palam obser- out house break-ins the Raj Bhawan. Silawat and Rajput had delayed the bypolls. nine. Silawat and Rajput much cold after the rains, move from here until our vatory recorded a mini- and thefts at Kalyan This is the third expan- been inducted into the There is a mandatory won from Sanver and but the government is not demands are met,” he mum temperature of 11.4 in Thane district. sion of the state cabinet cabinet in April last year provision that a non- Surkhi respectively in the able to see our misery,” he said. According to a MeT degrees Celsius with 18 The accused, Baban ever since Chouhan took during its first expansion. MLA, who got inducted in by-poll. said. Gurwinder Singh, Department official, heavy mm rain. Dashrath Jadhav (39), used to bring vegeta- bles from Igatpuri in COMMUNITY FISHING Nashik to Kalyan- Owaisi visits WB, discusses assembly Dombivli region for sale. While selling the polls with influential Muslim cleric vegetables, Jadhav used to carry out a contest elections in the recce of the area and state. “Owaisi wanted to find targets for house keep the meeting a secret break-ins, DCP as we were apprehensive (Kalyan Zone), Vivek that the TMC government Pansare told re- would stop him from exit- porters. ing the airport. From Kolkata airport, he went Man killed straight to Hooghly to meet Abbas Siddiqui. He  New Delhi: A 27- will leave for Hyderabad year-old man was in the afternoon,” AIMIM beaten to death by a state secretary Zameerul group of people in Hassan said. west Delhi’s Earlier, Owaisi had de- Raghubir Nagar,po- cided to hold a virtual lice said on Sunday. Assaduddin Owaisi meets with cleric Abbas Siddiqui meeting with Siddiqui, but The deceased has at Furfura Sharif in West Bengal on Sunday. he changed his mind at the been identified as eleventh hour and flew Satender,a resident Furfura Sharif, Jan 03 (PTI): political scenario and up- down to Bengal to pay him of Janta Colony in coming assembly polls a visit. Shivaji Vihar. AIMIM supremo with prominent Muslim Siddiqui, a pirzada (reli- According to police, Assaduddin Owaisi on leader Abbas Siddiqui, gious leader) from Furfura Satender along with Sunday arrived at Furfura sources in his party said. Sharif, has been speaking his friends Nitin and Sharif in Bengal’s This is Owaisi’s first out against the state gov- Manish had an alter- Hooghly district and held visit to West Bengal follow- ernment over a host of is- A fisherman shows a fish during a community fishing session, at Dipor Bil in Guwahati, Sunday. cation with Vicky. discussions on the state’s ing his announcement to sues, of late. Fund diversion Arms, ammunition seized in JK’s Poonch Aurangabad in renaming row, was  Mathura: The Mathura police has Jammu, Jan 03 (PTI): Three militant associ- was operating this module booked 66 people in- ates were arrested in from the Pakistan- once called Khadki, Fatehnagar cluding a former so- Security forces Sunday Balakote area on Occupied Kashmir (PoK). cial welfare officer of recovered a cache of arms December 28 and six hand Jammu and Kashmir Aurangabad, Jan 03 (PTI): Ujjain-Ter trade route the district for their and ammunition near the grenades were recovered Gazanvi Force is trying to passed through alleged roles in fraud- Line of Control (LoC) in from them. During sus- carry out militant activi- Shiv Sena’s demand to Maheshwar, Burhanpur, ulent disbursement Poonch district of Jammu tained interrogation of ties and is attempting to rename Aurangabad as Ajanta, Bhokardan, Raj of crores of rupees and Kashmir, a police offi- the trio, some more vital target religious places Sambhajinagar has Tadag, Pratishthan from the state’s post- cer said. clues were developed after with an aim to trigger caused unease in the year- (Paithan) and Ter in matric scholarship This was the third which police team along communal tension in old Maha Vikas Aghadi Osmanabad district. fund. The people who round of recovery of arms with Army launched an Jammu region,” he said. government in Italian writer Pia have been booked for and ammunition in the operation in Dabbi village He said in the first re- Maharashtra, but histori- Brancaccio says in the the fraudulent diver- district following the bust- located ahead of LoC fence covery of six hand ans point out that the city View of Jama Masjid book ‘Buddhist Caves at sion of the fund for ing of a three-member in Balakote from where grenades that was made has been called by many in Aurangabad. Aurangabad: over five years in- module of Jammu and the consignment of arms, from the arrested three other names. Transformation in Art clude three clerks of Kashmir Gazanvi Force. ammunition and grenades persons, it is evident that Over the centuries, the Iconography of the and Religion’ that in the district Social Poonch Senior Arms and ammunition have been recovered,” the grenades were to be lobbed city was also known as Raj Buddhist Sculptures of 10th century Raj Tadag Welfare Department Superintendent of Police recovered from Dabbi SSP said. on religious places in Ari Tadag, Khadki and Ellora’ author Dr Ramesh was famous for finished and scores of officials Ramesh Angral said the village along LoC, in He said this is the third and Mendhar town areas Fatehnagar, historian Dr Shankar Gupte also men- cotton goods. of nearly two dozen fresh recovery has been Balakote area of Poonch recovery under this mod- of Poonch district. Dulari Qureshi told PTI. tions that the city was first Qureshi said the city institutions. made during a search and district, Sunday. ule of militant associates The second recovery An inscription in the called Raj Tadag. was known as Khadki cordon operation from busted in the LoC area. was made from Dabi vil- Kanheri caves refers to the That name continued when Malik Ambar was a Two held Dabbi village along the one pistol, three maga- Angral said Jammu and lage wherein two pistols, city being called Raj Tadag till the 10th century and Siddi military leader in LoC in Balakote sector. zines, 35 bullets and five Kashmir Gazanvi Force is seventy bullets and two (royal lake), she said. also finds a mention in the the Deccan region 400  Mumbai: Gutkha and The recovery include hand grenades, he said. the militant outfit which grenades were recovered. In the book ‘The earlier trade routes. The years ago. pan masala worth Rs 1.22 crore were seized Ghazipur landfill’s height reduced from two persons in AAP to contest all seats in upcoming HP Police rescues tourists Nagpada in south by twelve metres: Gambhir Mumnbai. Acting on a stranded near Atal Tunnel tip-off, the Crime Gujarat local bodies bolls New Delhi, Jan 03 (PTI): the project. Intelligence Unit of after snowfall The height of the The landfill site where the Crime Branch con- also contest the Vidhan Shimla, Jan 03 (PTI): operation which was later Ghazipur landfill site has garbage from East Delhi ducted a search in Sabha elections in Gujarat joined by the border roads reduced by 12 metres due Municipal Corporation Bharat Bazar,Nariyal as well as other polls. The Himachal Pradesh organisation (BRO), the to sustained efforts made (EDMC) areas is dumped, Gally and made the re- People of Gujarat want an Police has rescued over 300 Kullu SP said. in the last one year, was saturated since 2002 covery.The two have alternative,” she said. She tourists stranded near the The rescue operation claimed East Delhi BJP and had attained a height been remanded in po- claimed that it is on the de- Atal Tunnel at Rohtang started and continued in MP Gautam Gambhir, who of 65 metres, said the lice custody till mand of the people of after fresh snowfall, an offi- dark, he added. is closely associated with BJP MP. Monday and Nagpada Gujarat that AAP is enter- cial said on Sunday. All stranded tourists police was conducting ing the electoral politics in Some tourists had were rescued from further probe. the state. Atishi accused the crossed the tunnel, they Dhundhi and South Portal BJP of playing the politics could not find any resting of the tunnel till 12.33 am Bombs seized of intimidation and allure- place in Lahaul due to and were taken to safer ment. “If there is a leader snowfall and were stranded places in Manali.  Kolkata: At least 22 AAP leader Atishi with party members in Ahmedabad on Sunday. in the country who is not midway while returning to The SP further stated bombs were seized scared of the BJP, it is Manali, Kullu SP Gaurav that the personnel team led from an under-con- Ahmedabad, Jan 03 (PTI): the local bodies in the state, Arvind Kejriwal. And if Singh said. by the Manali SHO was still struction building in such as municipalities, mu- there is one party that the The Lahaul-Spiti Police checking enroute for any Kolkata’s Entally The Aam Aadmi Party nicipal corporations, dis- BJP cannot scare or allure, in coordination with the stranded tourist. area. Four owners of (AAP) on Sunday said it trict and taluka panchayats, then it is AAP... We, the sol- Kullu Police sent vehicles As per forecast by the the building and the will contest all seats in the likely to be held in diers of Arvind Kejriwal, through the tunnel. Meteorological promoter were de- upcoming local bodies polls February. will continue our fight for However, these vehicles Department, snowfall tained, a police offi- in Gujarat, and announced “AAP will contest elec- truth,” she said. The list is were stuck midway while around the tunnel is expect- cer said. Acting on a the first list of 504 candi- tions on all seats in the local being announced weeks in on their way to Manali due ed in the coming days. tip-off, Special Task dates. bodies polls in the state for advance as the candidates to snow and slippery roads, Issuing a yellow weather Force and Kolkata The party also expressed the first time. With this, the need to conduct door-to- Singh said. Around 70 vehi- warning for heavy snowfall Police personnel raid- confidence that it will party will enter the elec- door campaign, she added cles, including a 48-seater in Himachal Pradesh on ed the building on Sir emerge as a strong alterna- toral politics of Gujarat as a The AAP leader said the bus, a 24-seater police bus Tuesday, the MeT Syed Ahmed Road tive to the ruling BJP in the strong alternative to the party has also opened an and one police quick reac- Department had forecast and seized the bombs state. AAP’s Delhi MLA and BJP. AAP will work to re- email address for the people tion team (QRT), were de- rain and snowfall in mid kept in two boxes, he party spokesperson Atishi move the BJP from power,” to register their complaints, ployed for their rescue. The and high hills of the state said. released the first list of can- she said. “Not just the local if they have any,against the DSP and the SHO of Manali from January 3 to 5 and on didates for the elections to bodies polls, but AAP will candidates. were involved in the rescue January 8. CENTRAL CHRONICLE, RAIPUR, MONDAY, JANUARY 04, 2021

PERFORMANCE OF CONTEMPORARY DANCE ✍ LETTERS CENTRAL TO THE EDITOR Reverse lunch- Chronicle diplomacy Established 1974 Volume 46 No. 92 It refers to several Union Ministers on 30.12.2020 taking lunch brought by farmers at Vigyan Come up with a bold plan Bhawan (New Delhi) during talks held between farmers and Union he Indian economy has surprised both domestic and Ministers. It is noteworthy that farmer-leaders always refused tak- T global observer with the speed and trajectory of its re- ing lunch brought and offered by covery after the debilitating shocks inflicted by the Covid19 Union Ministers on earlier occa- pandemic. Indeed, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has stated sions. It was the reverse lunch- that while the priority during the worst phase of the pandemic diplomacy shown by Union Misters was on saving lives, the government has a 'roadmap for recov- when chances of ice-melting be- ery'. According to the Finance Ministry's Monthly Economic tween government and farmers Review, after a shock decline of over 23 per cent in the first raised hope for some early resolu- quarter of the current fiscal, the decline slowed to 7.5 per cent tion of the problem created by agi- in the second quarter. Early indicators for the October- tating farmers. It should be hoped December quarter of 2020-21 seem to indicate that the econo- that new year of 2021 will bring good news for agitating farmers my will continue to maintain its growth momentum, although it continuing their protest now for might, according to SBI Research, take nearly two years before more than a month on roads at bor- economic growth returns to the pre-Covid level. A recent re- ders of Delhi and at Burari ground. port by the UN has also noted that India's economy could prove Subhash Chandra Agrawal, the most resilient in the subregion over the long term. 'FDI in- New Delhi flows have been steadily increasing and positive, albeit lower, economic growth after the pandemic and India’s large market Replace concept will continue to attract market-seeking investment,' the United of toll-plazas Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the It refers to introduction of fast- Pacific (UNESCAP) stated in its evaluation of FDI trends for tags being made compulsory at all 2020/21. This only endorses Prime Minister Modi's assertion toll-plazas in the country whereby that the global narrative has changed from 'Why India?' to vehicles will not have to stop at toll- 'Why not India?'. However, unless the government gets its act plazas and required toll will be de- right, this 'V'-shaped recovery might quickly turn into a 'W', ducted from pre-charged fast-tags with growth going into another steep decline as the pent-up put on windscreens of vehicles. demand unleashed by the lifting of lockdown curbs peters out System of toll-plaza is in itself a big and the systemic weaknesses exacerbated by the pandemic re- nuisance full of corrupt practices assert their influence. Unemployment has once again started where many musclemen in collabo- ration with local politicians and po- to rise. Moreover, some of the pandemic-induced changes to Students from Syiah Kuala University's Faculty of Arts and Design perform a contemporary dance as part of their final ex- lice-persons have set up unautho- work patterns appear to be permanent. Average pay increases aminations in Banda Aceh on January 3, 2021. rized toll-plazas in full knowledge of have fallen sharply across industry and are likely to stay low, Union Ministry of Roads and while the lakhs of white-collar jobs lost during the slowdown Highways. It is beyond understand- show little signs of recovery. While some sectors like automo- ing why and how repeated sugges- biles and consumer goods have shown positive signs, others, tion to replace toll-system by charg- especially high employment-generating sectors like hospitali- Sports and politics ing one-time toll-tax on purchase of ty, travel and tourism, aviation and organised retail continue to new vehicles like system exists for face headwinds. With global recovery also sluggish, exports figures. While his observation is tions are seen as organisations which runs in them. For the charging one-time road-tax on pur- chase of new vehicles is not accept- continue to be hit. Worryingly, government spending, which correct, his raising objection for for building up political careers. DR. DUGGARAJU good of the cricket and other ed. Perhaps there is a big deal of could have propped up demand, is showing a declining trend. SRINIVASA RAO using politician name for the More the money spinning the sports, it is better the former corruption in continuing with pres- Government expenditure fell sharply to Rs 3.62 lakh crore in Q2 sport is too late in the Indian sport organization, more the in- sport personalities takeover the ent system of toll-plazas. All con- 2020-21 from Rs 4.86 lakh crore in the preceding quarter. Both context. tensity of the rivalry among sport bodies and if not at least cerned including vehicle-users and revenue and capital expenditure fell in Q2, with revenue ex- While British never thought of politicians. Cricket Board (BCCI) do their bit for the improvement transport-authorities welcomed penditure falling more steeply. With the fiscal deficit hitting naming the Indian sport after being the richest sporting body of their favoured sport through system of one-time payment of the Rs 10.75 lakh crore mark by the end of November 2020, their queen or governors India in in India naturally politicians took their involvement in other ca- road-tax avoiding cumbersome pro- which is over 135 per cent of the 2020-21 Budget Estimates, the post-independence choose control of that board. Now with pacities. The good example is cedure of paying and collecting the fiscal headroom for the government has vanished. to bring politics and politicians the involvement and investment the way Pullela Gopichand, for- road-tax. Amount collected through However, with both private consumption and investment into the sport arena. You can of money in other sports like mer All England Badminton one-time toll-tax on purchase of new vehicles can then be utilised plunging, the government will have to take a bold approach to easily count over 10 stadia which shuttle badminton, Hockey, Foot Champion, is serving the sport. for developing and maintaining spending, particularly on creating public infrastructure, which are named after Jawaharlal Ball and even Kabaddi the politi- His Hyderabad based academy highways without necessitating could spark an overall revival in demand across sectors. The Nehru and his progeny. There cal interest in sport and games is producing the champion shut- toll-plazas as big hurdles causing prolonged unrest over the new farm laws threatens to impede are so many stadia in the name is growing. With the involve- tlers and making India proud. queues at toll-plazas. One-time toll- the overall growth as agriculture continues to be the backbone of Indira. Khel Ratna award is ment of politicians, the sporting India produced great tax can be fixed according to ex- of the economy, even during the pandemic. The Centre must he decision to install the named after Rajiv Gandhi as if personalities are also forced to wrestlers of international fame showroom price of new vehicles so find an immediate solution to the impasse. Similarly, the gov- T statue of late Arun Jaitley there is no sport person worth to take sides of parties with some through the traditional akhadas that people having costly cars may ernment should go all out to handhold the Micro, Small and at the Firoz Shah kotla cricket name. Surprisingly Bedi who former crickets joining the main of Punjab and other north Indian have to contribute more than those Medium Enterprises, which not only need an economic stimu- ground and add his name to the stays in Delhi and who claims stream political parties are now states. Karanam Malleswari, the purchasing economy cars. People lus but also high demand to get back on their feet. The key to stadium irked the famous left very open in the expression of sitting a MPs. The rivalry be- first individual Olympic medalist paying extra clubbed with cost of new vehicle will never mind be- sustaining recent gains is to ensure that consumer and investor arm spinner Bishen Singh Bedi his views and dissent never said come so intense that elections from India, was a product of dis- cause of facility of toll-free move- confidence remains strong. With less than a month to go for and he shot a letter to the Delhi single word of objection in the to the cricket associations are creet, least equipped weight lift- ment in future. the presentation of the Budget for 2021-22, the ball is now District Cricket Association past to the naming of stadia now court monitored. Some ing coaching school located in Madhu Agrawal, New Delhi firmly in the government's court to come up with a bold plan to (DDCA). That letter is like a goo- after politicians. Naming sports time back it was Supreme Court backward Srikakulam district of sustain and drive growth. gly ball on the turf of sports and complexes after politicians be- which was guiding the BCCI on Andhra Pradesh. There the Beware of vaccine politics in India. Will that letter came so common in many parts its elections and functioning. sports and games which are rumours will be spun viciously and turn of the country. Thus, the only The persons who are at the helm coached out of passion of few in- and hit the stumps of the cricket test center in Andhra Pradesh at of affairs who should have fo- dividuals without monitory sup- Union Health Minister Harsh Brexit Lessons Vardhan has requested people not administration in the country or Visakhapatnam is named after cused on the improvement of port from any quarter and no to pay attention to the rumours he beginning of the new year saw the United Kingdom simply flew over the bails with- Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, the for- sporting facilities in their area monitory gain either or official against the much-awaited vaccine T complete its divorce from the European Union to the out causing any damage to both mer CM of the state. Had there and find out new talent for the patronize. With the sheer hard to prevent COVID-19. He stated that sound of Big Ben striking 11 p.m. in London on 31 December the sport and politicians? been culture of honouring the benefit of the nation are unfor- work, the talented are polished our prime criteria in the vaccine 2020. It marked the UK officially leaving the bloc's single mar- Bedi's letter of resignation sport persons of their area the tunately playing politics in the and presented to the country. trial are safety and efficacy and ket and customs regime more than four years after the country from the DDCA and his demand Visakhapatnam cricket stadium sports. Unlike in cricket, there are no in- nothing will be compromised. The voted for Brexit. Half a decade of the British cohabitating with for the removal of his name to should have been named after Bishen Singh Bedi who dividual ego clashes in other objective of the dry run for COVID- their Continental cousins has now ended, launching the UK on one of the stands in Firoz Shah C.K. Naidu, the first Indian crick- poured out his grouse against sports. The popularity of crick- 19 vaccine launching is to measure a path of its own making, free from EU laws, able to strike trade Kotla cricket stadium in protest et captain, a proud son of the late Arun Jaitley should now re- eters and huge sums they re- the operational possibility in the use agreements with other countries around the world, and re- apparently at the installation of Andhra Pradesh but who served think leaving his personal clash ceive both for playing and being of Co-WIN application in a field en- shape its economy, society and governance structures. Prime statue of late Arun Jaitley at the Holkar's. with the late leader and take up brand ambassadors for commer- vironment, to test the linkages be- tween planning and execution, and Minister Boris Johnson, an early convert to the Brexit cause, stadium. The tone and tenor of Sport persons who brought cial products these demi-Gods the bigger issue of delinking to identify the challenges and lead said it was an "amazing moment for the country" in his New his letter establishes Bishen laurels to the country through sport bodies from the clutches feel they are indispensable. the way forward prior to actual im- Year's message. "We have our freedom in our hands, and it is Bedi's dislike to Arun Jaitley their excellence in their chosen of politicians. Now Jay Shaw, Whatever may be the inten- plementation. The vaccine, which is up to us to make the most of it." So, what next? Ignoring the with whom he couldn't establish sport very rarely got their due Anurag Thakur of BJP may be tion of the 'letter burst' of worldwide recognized as AZD1222 opinion on the fringes ~ whether of isolationists or of those working relationship in the past. except some monetary benefits heading cricket bodies but the Bishen Singh Bedi but his 'wordy will be the first silver bullet for the plump for a no-borders Europe ~ it can safely be said that oth- However, his operative part of in playing days. This is because day may not be far away when spin' must stir up the discussion country. People need to be cautious erwise intelligent people who went from opposing Brexit to the letter is the comparison with the politicians started dominat- other party come to power their on the link of sport and politics of rumours and wait for a few frothing at the mouth at the alleged insularity of the British the other cricket playing nations ing the sports administration at leaders will replace them. Label and throwing out the involve- months. people for voting the country down the path of impending eco- where stadiums are reserved the national and state levels. of the party may change but all ment of political leaders in all Amit Singh Kushwaha, Satna nomic disaster by choosing Leave in the 2016 Brexit referen- exclusively for the iconic cricket The sport and games associa- said and done it is political gene the sports. dum still don't get it. It was not the will of bigoted Little Englanders but that of a majority of the British people cutting across ideologies and identities to quit the EU's structures in favour of reiterating the supremacy of the nation-state. The main argument of Team Johnson despite occasional discordant WHAT THEY TWEET! noises from within the Conservatives has always been that Brexit provided an opportunity for the UK to "take back con- Sanjay Jha@ trol" over law-making. All of this is not to say, of course, that Rohini Singh JhaSanjay @rohini_sgh economics will not play a vital role as Britain negotiates chop- I find the campaign Politics isn't when you py waters in the world's oceans it once ruled. Mr Johnson against Bharat Biotech's question the efficacy of wants to make the UK "a science superpower," pioneering de- Covaxin quite ridiculous. Bharat Biotech vaccine velopments in biosciences, artificial intelligence, and battery Mr Modi's government is which hasn't published and wind power technology to create millions of highskilled not crazy to endanger lives peer reviewed efficacy jobs for the future. Then there is his government's single-mind- of its own people through results of it is vaccine's rash experimentation. Can phase II trial & has been ed determination to strike Free Trade Agreements with coun- we please trust our slammed by experts for tries big and small across the globe. Dealing with the threat of bureaucracy, doctors, sci- misleading advisory on tri- tariffs from the EU if Britain distorts 'fair conditions' for busi- entists, R&D, more please als. Politics is when you tell nesses will be a challenge for London but not an insurmount- if not our politicians? others not to question. able one. It may well choose to rewrite the terms of the trade agreement with Brussels, as the Brexit accord explicitly allows, DD News@DDNewslive especially to secure a vital agreement on financial services Rajnath Singh@rajnathsingh On his second day of visit to operational areas of Arunachal Pradesh, General Bipin Rawat, Chief of Defence Amit Shah@AmitShah which are a key component of the British economy. It is not India today takes a giant step Staff (CDS) visited Army and ITBP personnel deployed in the forward most air maintained post along Visionary leadership can make a going to be all strawberries and cream, naturally ~ in the near huge difference. Time and again, we towards decisively defeating the Subansiri valley in Arunachal Pradesh. term, practical challenges abound. But the big takeaway re- COVID-19 Pandemic with DCGI have seen a New India eager to inno- mains that the finalisation of the divorce has settled the ques- granting approval to vaccines of @ vate & help the humanity during cri- sis. The approval to Made in India vac- tion of Britain's relationship with Europe which has dominated SerumInstIndiaand @ Bharat Biotech. We are proud of our scien- cines will prove to be a game changer and disrupted its politics for decades. tists who made this vaccine possible in boosting PM Narendra Modi's vision in a very short span of time. of an Aatmanirbhar Bharat. Central Chronicle welcomes, articles, write ups, comments on different issues for editorial page (800-900 words), Letter to editor for this page. It can be sent by e-mail at: [email protected] Harsh G Madhusudan@harshmadhusudan Aditi Garg@AditiGargIAS The letters can be edited or rewritten for clarity of thoughts. 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No. 26172/74/RNI CENTRAL CHRONICLE, MONDAY, JANUARY 04, 2021 BRIEF Steel sector seeks relief in customs Tracking delays ‘One-size-fits-all approach’ does duty on key raw materials not work for digital markets New Delhi, Jan 03 (PTI): The domestic steel in- New Delhi, Jan 03 (PTI): case and the market and an ongoing one on merg- dustry is seeking reduc- technology in question is ers and acquisitions in the tion in basic customs duty Amid concerns about the need of the hour. The digital market to under- on key raw materials like possible unfair business Indian anti-trust law al- stand the emerging anthracite coal, metallur- ways in the growing digi- lows for the much-needed trends. gical coke, coking coal, J New Delhi: To curb tal space, Competition flexibility within a broad According to Gupta, the and graphite electrode in red-tapism and en- Commission Chairperson framework as the statuto- study will also look at the upcoming Budget. hance transparency, Ashok Kumar Gupta has ry framework is robust those mergers and acquisi- The non-availability of NHAI will deploy said that a "one-size-fits- enough," Gupta told PTI in tions in the digital space these items in good quality software specifically all" approach does not a recent e-mail interview. that might have escaped and quantity hinders the to track files that will work for digital markets Like any other competi- the CCI's scrutiny owing to growth of the steel indus- pin-point officials be- and a nuanced assessment tion authority, he said the their asset/ turnover try, industry body hind delays in dispos- of cases based on facts is Ashok Kumar Gupta challenge for the CCI is to falling below the stipulat- Confederation of Indian ing of matters, Union the need of the hour. ensure that these concen- ed thresholds. Industry (CII) said in its Minister Nitin Competition markets", Gupta opined trated digital markets re- Under the Competition Budget recommendations Gadkari has said. Commission of India and acknowledged that main open to new entrants Act, deals beyond certain for the sector. lurgical coke, CII has sug- mendations, CII has also This will be a part of (CCI) has been closely concerns and implications and that competition on thresholds require the ap- The basic customs im- gested to cut the import suggested to remove the several measures. watching digital markets of anti-competitive con- and between the digital proval of the CCI. port duty on anthracite duty to 2.5 per cent, from 5 import duty on coking and also came out with a duct get amplified in this platforms is on the merits. When asked about his coal is 2.5 per cent. The per cent at present. coal. The duty on import detailed study on e-com- context. This has become all the thoughts on digital compa- availability of the said "Low ash metallurgical of coking coal at present is Exports established merce space, among other "The strength of net- more important during nies gathering huge data item in "good quality" is coke, HS Code 2704, is a 2.5 per cent. J New Delhi: The initiatives. work effects and conse- the pandemic as the inte- and at times, emerging as declining in the country key raw material in steel The industry body said value of software ex- Owing to their innate quent lock-ins for con- gration of businesses with a kind of monopolies that and the steel industry may (making) accounting for the domestic supply of ports by units regis- features such as network sumers differ from one the digital mode is ex- affect other competitors, have to become totally de- almost 46 per cent of the coking coal is not suffi- tered under STPI is effects and data-driven market and one product to tremely important, he em- Gupta said the regulator is pendent on import of total raw material cost. cient. Hence, to meet the estimated to touch complementarities, digital another. A one-size-fits-all phasised. cognizant of the fast-evolv- these on a regular basis, Reduction in duty will domestic requirement, it about Rs 1.20 lakh markets typically yield approach does not work. Among the studies ing digital markets and the body said while sug- help the domestic steel in- has to be imported. crore in the third high concentration and "A nuanced assessment, being done or proposed by role of Big Data in the gig gesting a reduction in im- dustry to be cost-competi- Therefore, the duty should quarter of the cur- are often "winner-take-all based on the facts of the the fair trade watchdog is economy. port duty to nil. For metal- tive," it said. In its recom- be reduced to nil. rent financial year,a top official has said. This is 11.7 per cent Seven of top-10 firms Macro data, vaccination higher than around CAG seeks performance audit details Rs 1.07 lakh crore worth of exports add Rs 75,845 crore in of PSU banks recapitalisation news, quarterly earnings clocked by STPI-reg- istered units in the cumulative m-cap New Delhi, Jan 03 (PTI): rameters such as Return to drive markets this week corresponding period on Assets (ROA), Return on previous fiscal. New Delhi, Jan 03 (PTI): 7,84,758.50 crore. IT major The Comptroller and Equity (ROE) and rate of New Delhi, Jan 03 (PTI): economic front, partici- Infosys' m-cap rose by Rs Auditor General of India growth of advances, pants will be eyeing the Seven of the top-10 most 10,251.38 crore to Rs (CAG) has written to the fi- sources said. In its last re- Domestic equities will PMI manufacturing and Sales aim valued domestic firms to- 5,36,878.45 crore. nance ministry seeking de- port released in July 2017, primarily be driven by services data. The over- gether added Rs 75,845.46 The market capitalisa- tails about the ongoing per- CAG had pointed out some macro-economic data, vac- whelming foreign fund in- crore in market valuation tion of ICICI Bank gained formance audit of govern- shortcomings in distribu- cination news and quarter- flow is helping markets to in the past week, with Rs 9,609.3 crore to reach ment's massive recapitali- tion of capital to various ly earnings this week, ac- inch higher." HDFC twins emerging as Rs 3,64,199.40 crore and sation excercise of public banks. cording to analysts. He, however, added that the biggest gainers. that of TCS went up by Rs sector banks (PSBs). It had also raised doubts The past week saw the the movement in the bench- Apart from HDFC duo, 7,410.96 crore to Rs CAG is doing perform- over possibility of PSU benchmark indices Sensex mark lacked decisiveness Tata Consultancy 10,98,773.29 crore. ance audit on recapitalisa- tal infusion through bonds banks raising about Rs 1 and Nifty hitting record last week and there may be Services (TCS), Infosys, Kotak Mahindra Bank tion of PSBs after 2016-17 was Rs 70,000 crore. For the lakh crore from market by levels on a daily basis, some profit-taking or con- Kotak Mahindra Bank, added Rs 6,500.94 crore to and it has written a letter current fiscal, the govern- 2019. "The rationale for dis- buoyed by positive global solidation going ahead. ICICI Bank and Bajaj take its m-cap to Rs to the Department of ment has earmarked Rs tribution of government of trends and news around Siddhartha Khemka, J New Delhi: Italian Finance were other gain- 3,94,914.98 crore and Bajaj Financial Services, 20,000 crore for the capital India capital among differ- rollout of coronavirus vac- Head-Retail Research, super luxury carmak- ers, Finance gained Rs 5,820.99 Ministry of Finance, seek- infusion into the PSBs. Of ent PSBs was not found on cination. Motilal Oswal Financial er Lamborghini ex- On the other hand, crore to reach Rs ing various information, this, the government allo- record in all cases. Some On a weekly basis, the Services Ltd, said, pects its sales in India Reliance Industries 3,18,181.18 crore. In con- including rationale for dis- cated Rs 5,500 crore to banks which did not quali- Sensex advanced 895.44 "December quarterly re- this year to be more Limited (RIL), Hindustan trast, the market capitali- tribution of capital among Punjab & Sind Bank in fy for additional capital as points or 1.90 per cent, sults and Union Budget will than 2019 levels after Unilever Limited and sation of RIL declined by different PSBs, sources November 2020 for meeting per decided norms were in- while the Nifty climbed be some of the key event for witnessing good trac- Bharti Airtel saw erosion Rs 4,279.13 crore to Rs said. the regulatory require- fused with capital, a bank 269.25 points or 1.95 per the market." tion in the later part of in their market valuation. 12,59,741.96 crore and that The Government of ment prescribed under the was infused with more cap- cent. Ajit Mishra, VP- Vinod Nair, Head of last year.Lamborghini The valuation of HDFC of HUL dipped by Rs India made capital infu- Basel III guidelines. ital than required, while Research, Religare Broking Research at Geojit India head Sharad jumped by Rs 20,857.99 2,948.69 crore to Rs sion to the tune of Rs 90,000 The audit may be going others did not receive the Ltd, said, "Among the key Financial Services, said, Agarwal told PTI they crore to Rs 4,62,586.41 5,60,933.06 crore. Bharti crore in 2017-18. This rose to analyse the impact of requisite capital to meet events, earnings season "The trend in the market expect no change in crore and that of HDFC Airtel's valuation fell by to Rs 1.06 lakh crore in the capital infusion in PSBs their capital adequacy re- starts this week with IT will be based on the upcom- taxation. Bank zoomed by Rs Rs 1,063.83 crore to Rs following year. During the and how it has been able to quirements," CAG had major TCS results sched- ing corporate earnings re- 15,393.9 crore to reach Rs 2,81,015.76 crore. last financial year, the capi- improve the financial pa- said. uled on January 8. On the lease. Office space FPIs invest record J New Delhi: Fresh sup- Commerce min seeks views from ministries ply of office space fell Ground seems ready for new Rs 62,016 crore in 30-35 per cent year-on- equities in Dec on proposed national logistics policy year in 2020 across major cities mainly on options to resolve stressed assets New Delhi, Jan 03 (PTI): New Delhi, Jan 03 (PTI): lower demand because of the COVID-19 pan- New Delhi, Jan 03 (PTI): implementing the IBC, has In an e-mail interview, Foreign portfolio in- The commerce ministry demic, according to also taken various steps to Sahoo also pointed out vestors (FPIs) remained net has sough views of differ- property consultants The ground seems to be address difficulties of that with considerable buyers for the third month ent departments on its pro- JLL and Savills. While ready to experiment new stakeholders concerned. learning and maturity of in a row by investing Rs posed national logistics pol- JLL India reported options for resolution of According to him, insol- the ecosystem, and a rea- 68,558 crore in Indian mar- icy which aims at enhanc- that new supply of of- stress and the market is an- vency regimes in most ju- sonably fair debtor-credi- kets as global investors con- ing productivity and com- fice space across seven ticipating a hybrid frame- risdictions are not de- tor relationship in place, tinued betting on emerging petitiveness of manufactur- major cities declined work between a court-su- signed to address delin- the ground seems ready to markets. For the equity seg- ers by reducing cost of lo- force, and promotion of 30 per cent to 36.34 mil- pervised insolvency frame- quencies arising from the experiment new options ment, this is the highest gistics, sources said. green logistics enterprises lion sq ft in 2020 from work and an out-of-court COVID-19-like crisis when for resolution of stress. quantum of money invested The proposed policy talks and infrastructure. 51.62 million sq ft in restructuring schemes, several viable businesses "The market has been ever since the FPI data has about developing national To improve logistics for the previous year,the IBBI Chairperson MS simultaneously fail to advocating and anticipat- been made available by the and state master plans for international trade, it pro- UK-based Savills said. Sahoo has said. MS Sahoo stand on their feet for force ing a resolution frame- National Securities multi-modal connectivity; poses augmentation of In place for more than majeure conditions. Also, work which is a hybrid be- Depository Ltd. formulation of an umbrella physical facilities and land four years, the Insolvency insolvency proceeding are the availability of resolu- tween the court-super- The second highest national logistics law; com- custom stations, improve- Shortfall commitment and Bankruptcy Code completed before the for- tion applicants to rescue vised insolvency frame- amount into equities was prehensive standards for ment in inter-agency coor- J New Delhi: Reliance (IBC) is helping in resolu- mal process begins, and them remains a concern. work and out-of-court re- invested by FPIs in the sector; and developing dination to streamline in- Industries Ltd and its tion of stressed assets in a some elements of formal "This has highlighted structuring schemes that November, when they had IT applications to provide spection and testing, they partner BP Plc of UK market-linked and time- process are avoided, pre- the need for pre-pack incorporates the virtues pumped in Rs 60,358 crore. solutions that include track said. have committed to pay bound manner, and the pack saves both on costs which is considered fast, of both the worlds sans As per depositories data, and trace for trucks. One of the sources said a in cash for any natural proposal for "pre-pack" and time," Sahoo told PTI. cost efficient and effective their demerits. The most overseas investors put in a Besides, the policy pro- robust logistics sector will gas volumes they are framework is also in the The Insolvency and in resolution of stress, popular form of such dis- net Rs 62,016 crore into equi- poses development of short- help significantly in the unable to deliver to works. Bankruptcy Board of India with the least business pensation is pre-pack," he ties and Rs 6,542 crore into term training courses for sustainable economic customers from the "Since some tasks of an (IBBI), a key institution in disruptions. noted. the debt in December 2020. creation of a talented work- growth of the country. next wave of discover- ies in the eastern off- shore KG-D6 block. According to draft gas Bank credit records marginal growth Automakers firm up growth plans sales and purchase New Delhi, Jan 03 (PTI): Deposit growth re- agreement (GSPA) mained flat at 11.3 per cent Reliance and BP have The rise in retail loans (as of December 18, 2020) for 2021 with cautious optimism shared along with and a slight uptick in cor- compared to the previous price discovery bids porate borrowings pushed fortnight and increased on New Delhi, Jan 03 (PTI): segments in 2020 and is for incremental gas up the bank credit growth a year-on-year basis (10.1 currently the number four from the R-Cluster marginally during the fort- per cent as of December 20, With 2020 finally over, automobile player within fields in KG-D6 block. night ending December 18, 2019), it added. several leading automak- just 16 months of its first though the deposit growth "Whereas, in value ers are now looking to product launch in the remained flat, CARE terms, the bank deposits carry on with their plans country. "We looked at Fund raising Ratings said in a report. have declined compared in 2021 even as several chal- COVID-19 challenges as a J Chennai: Noted real- However, as compared to with previous fortnight lenges like supply chain is- slew of opportunities to tor Jain Housing has the year-ago period, the (decreased by around Rs 1 sues still continue to im- embrace the new normal raised funds of Rs 175 credit growth remained lakh crore). This similar pact the market. by acknowledging the need crore from Nippon Life low, reflecting subdued de- trend has been observed in While Kia Motors is for safe personal mobility Asset Management mand and risk aversion in Guarantee Scheme the last few years wherein looking to ramp up produc- which can be addressed by Ltd and Apollo Global the banking system -- espe- (ECLGS), which has been deposits (value) declined tion, Toyota is all set to the power of technology," Management for about cially towards the corpo- extended further till March during the last fortnight of bring in new products and he added. The success of Rs 175 crore in two rate segment. The credit 31, 2020, as per the CARE December," the report said. Hyundai aims to carry Kia's third product - Sonet, tranches, a top official growth on a year-to-year report. Moreover, as on over its strategy of bring- cars, and strengthen our facturing facility in with many industry-first said. The funds would basis worked out to be 7.1 "The bank credit growth December 18, 2020, the liq- ing in industry first inno- 'phygital' model with our Anantapur district of innovations - reiterates the be utilised to reduce per cent. increased marginally com- uidity surplus in the bank- vations to the market. network to offer a seam- Andhra Pradesh has an in- importance of advanced the city-based compa- The bank credit growth pared to last fortnight ing system stood at Rs 4.6 "As we move into the less, safer and matchless stalled production capacity technology to solve urban ny's existing debts, during the reporting fort- which can be ascribed to lakh crore. The liquidity next year, we will look at customer experience in the of around 3 lakh units per mobility issues in context joint managing direc- night ending December 18, an increase in retail loans surplus can be ascribed to operating three shifts at post-COVID-19 digitised annum. Shim noted that to the recent times, which tor Sreyansh Mehta 2020, is being supported by along with a marginal deposit growth outpacing our manufacturing plant to world," Kia Motors MD and despite challenges, the will continue to be one of said. disbursements under the uptick in corporate loans," credit growth persistently, meet the increasing con- CEO Kookhyun Shim told company successfully the biggest trends even in Emergency Credit Line the report said. CARE Ratings said. sumer demand for Kia PTI. The company's manu- made a foray into two new 2021, Shim said. CENTRAL CHRONICLE, MONDAY, JANUARY 04, 2021 Tears, grimaces and grins follow the death of a patriarch

Actor Seema Pahwa’s comes a reliable way to test loyalty. right here within the walls of Ram Three of the four brothers Prasad’s house, the vastness of directorial debut is Ram Prasad Ki Tehrvi’ (Manoj Pahwa, Vinay Pathak and which can barely contain the Ninad Kamat) are united in self- seething pettiness.Some of the seething with top- pity and divided by their specific black humour appears forced, and problems. Their wives (Divya the suggestion that “thank you” drawer acting talent. Jagdale, Deepika Amin, Sadiya and “sorry” can mend deep-seated Siddiqui) churn out meals and stir schisms isn’t quite convincing. cclaimed actor Seema the pot with their scheming, which Despite some confusion caused by A Pahwa’s directorial debut is proves to be as futile as the solemn the veritable zoo of people gal- bustling with colourful characters, observance of the 13-day ritual pe- lumphing about, Ram Prasad Ki acerbic humour and rancour. Ram riod. Ram Prasad’s daughters-in- Tehrvi moves ahead on the Prasad Ki Tehrvi refers to the law also form a Macbethian trio strength of an outstanding cast. death rites of the patriarch of a and gang up against the youngest It’s a testament to Seema Pahwa’s Brahmin family in Lucknow. The among them. Seema (Konkona Sen writing that despite a surfeit of sudden demise of Ram Prasad Sharma) has a tense relationship characters, all actors stand out (Naseeruddin Shah) causes his two with her husband Nishant and have at least a couple of daughters, four sons and their chil- (Parambrata Chattopadhyay), and scenes to themselves. Their indi- dren to return to their ancestral is doubly suspect for being both an vidual agonies are evenly spread home. actor and child-free. out over the 112-minute narrative, The occasion is sombre, their The competition to be the best which even makes room for a few conduct anything but.It’s a crowd- mourner begins soon after Ram songs. The portraits of a flawed ed house, filled with overlapping Prasad’s sons arrive. Their right- bunch of people yoked to each chatter, the endless clanking of tea eous maternal uncle reminds other by bonds of kinship survive cups and the opening of unhealed them that he got there before them the unwieldy structure and un- wounds and long-simmering re- – round one to him. The cousins even pacing. Curdled blood ties sentments. The initial tears soon treat the occasion as a family re- are better than nothing, the movie give way to grimaces as Ram union. The question of who will hints, but it is also always alive to Prasad’s descendants navigate take care of Savitri looms large, the individual spirit. Some mem- their complicated feelings towards especially since nobody seems to bers redeem themselves through their departed father and their re- want her, not even her own daugh- simple acts of humanity, while cently widowed mother Savitri ters. Now that we are finally to- others exit as they entered, (Supriya Pathak). It barely helps gether, I feel alone, she sighs. grumpy until the last. The family that by way of inheritance, Ram a huge debt. Every character car- as injures the rest. Excuses for passive-aggressive question “When If there ever was a case to be isn’t dysfunctional as it is fright- Prasad has saddled his brood with ries an axe that grinds away as well squabbles and barbs abound. The did you last meet our father” be- made for family planning, it is eningly normal. Boss of Bombay Talkies How Devika Rani fought tragedy to get back on her feet

Edited excerpts from a biography of the movie star and pioneering studio owner.

✍ Kishwar Desai

evika was now the acknowledged boss of Bombay D Talkies. The years of suffering and abuse were be- hind her. At last she was being valued for her own hard work as the head of the studio – not because she was Himansu’s wife. Along with her acting skills, her man- agement skills also came to the fore.When questions were raised by shareholders of Bombay Talkies as to why the resignations of so many of their leading artistes (including Ashok Kumar) and technicians had been promptly accepted by HIT, a carefully drafted note was submitted on 27 January 1943 addressed to the chairman of Bombay Talkies, by HIT, the managing agents. The good news for Devika was that from 1943 on- wards her salary and bonuses were regularly in- creased. On 29 December 1943 she received a New Year gift of a bonus of Rs 20,000, from the board of directors of Bombay Talkies, ‘as a token of the Company’s appre- ciation of the meritorious services rendered by you to the Company’. After years of struggling to make her- self financially independent, Devika at last felt her true those who had betrayed her were still reaching out to ver jubilee celebration of Kismet later in the month, Four years after Himansu’s death, and one year fol- worth was being recognised. her for work. In some cases, their children were, too. To she politely declined their very flowery invitation lowing the departure of her rivals in early 1943, most of them, she remained inaccessible. which requested her ‘graceful attendance’. Though it Bombay Talkies was still going strong. From the press She began to hold press conferences and private was a record-breaking film from Bombay Talkies, it re- to the politicians to the industry itself – everyone was meetings. After such a long silence, the press was sur- minded her of the dreadful split that came immediately surprised that this petite and seemingly fragile woman prised and pleased – even the powerful Baburao Patel of afterwards. Ever polite, on 16 August 1943, she wrote had managed to hang in there with her sheer tenacity Filmindia. She wrote to invite him to visit Bombay back to say that as she was just completing Hamari and grit. They had known her as an actress and appre- Talkies and he sent a very cordial reply. This was in- Baat, she could not find the time. ciated her professionalism. Now they saw her as a deed a coup, as Baburao could make or break careers The studio that was meant to give stiff competition to shrewd and canny manager. and had an acid pen. Bombay Talkies did have some spec- In his warm response to her, he confessed he was a tacular hits, though it would soon fan and that his daughter kept a photograph of Devika lose the star that had brought it into on her desk, which he would glance at affectionately the limelight. Ashok Kumar quit every morning. He too had heard about the recently after a falling out with Rai Bahadur ended war within Bombay Talkies and minced no Chuni Lall over a few scenes he want- words while referring to her former employees and col- ed to improve and reshoot in Eight leagues. His letter brought great comfort to her, espe- Days, a film written by Saadat Hasan cially as she was still troubled by the ceaseless gossip Manto. The film had been practically and innuendo. directed by Ashok Kumar, though he Meanwhile, Devika had to deal with some other placed Dattaram Pai’s name in the ghosts from the past. She had a visit from Harkishan credits. Rai Bhalla, the owner of the Lahore-based Sitara Films When he found that the Rai Limited. He wrote to her afterwards, on 24 July 1943: Bahadur was reluctant to change the “One thing that particularly struck me and made an scenes because of the added expense, indelible impression on my mind was the way in which an enraged Ashok walked out. He you treasure the hallowed memory of your late lament- was no longer the mild, malleable ed husband. When I entered your Office and saw the young man who had been picked to table and the chair which were once occupied by the play opposite Devika. He was now a late Mr Himansu Rai and behind which was placed his top star,earning in lakhs. photograph duly garlanded and his two pairs of san- After starting Filmistan, he had dals lying in front of the photograph, this sight touched soon discovered that while it had the tender chords of my heart and I felt how symbolic been easy to criticise Devika, making all this was of the high character and refined culture of films and running a studio were far a good Hindu Lady. Though Mr Himansu Rai was no more difficult than he had imagined. On 29 December 1943, the ever-obliging Keshavlal in- more there in his physical form, yet I felt his presence To add to Filmistan’s woes, a few creased her salary from Rs 1,600 to Rs 2,750 per month everywhere in the studio.” years later, Gyan Mukerji, who had with an entertainment allowance of Rs 300 per month. This, of course, was part of Devika’s plan to publicly once given Amiya Chakrabarty com- With a new confidence, she started reaching out to claim the legacy of Himansu. Years later, after Devika petition, would suffer a nervous the media and to other people, this time in her own had sold her shares in Bombay Talkies, Ashok Kumar breakdown. His wife had left him, right. She wanted to establish the fact that the films she found a large marble bust of Himansu Rai lying on the and the depression he fell into made produced were doing well. For, whether it was true or floor of the studio, dusty and covered with bird drop- it difficult for him to carry on work- not, she continued to hear that Filmistan, the rival stu- pings. He would clean it up and take it home. Obviously, ing. He became increasingly incoher- dio, had a huge propaganda machine working against once Devika left, these niceties had also stopped. ent, and finally, to help him out, her. They were both competing for the same space in Despite Devika’s apparent fondness for her team at Ashok began to try to interpret his in- the popular imagination. Bombay Talkies, she was quick to turn down invita- structions to the actors. Eventually, Over the years, this harangue against her had re- tions which reminded her too much of those who had Gyan left for Calcutta and died there, mained highpitched and shrill – she was a demon, an left her and gone away to form Filmistan. When the a broken man. The film he had been adulteress, a flirt, a maneater. And now, an over-the-hill managers of Chitramandir, a theatre in Nasik, wrote to working on, Sitaron se Aagey, was actress and a terrible producer. Ironically, many of her on 10 August 1943, inviting her for the proposed sil- completed by Satyen Bose. CENTRAL CHRONICLE, MONDAY, JANUARY 04, 2021 Full Indian squad, including isolated Jamieson takes 5 as five, travelling to Sydney together Pak all out on 297 Christchurch, Jan 03 (AP): New Delhi, Jan 03 (PTI): Brisbane Test on as of now Kyle Jamieson claimed The entire Indian crick- his third five-wicket bag in et contingent, including The Australian media ing areas. However there only his sixth test to help the five players who are in on Sunday claimed that will be an exception New Zealand counteract an precautionary isolation, the fourth Test in made for the Test match assertive Pakistan batting will travel to Sydney for Brisbane has been jeopar- and players will be in a performance Sunday on the the third Test against dised as the tourists are stricter bio-bubble, simi- first day of the second test. Australia together in the reluctant to travel there lar to the one in the IPL. Jamieson finished with 5- same chartered flight on in view of stricter quar- It could well happen 69 to go with his 5-45 against Monday. antine rules. that in order to play the India last February and his The five players -- vice- But it is learnt that the Test match in Brisbane, 5-34 against the West Indies captain Rohit Sharma, fourth Test, starting at the Indian team would last month, checking the opener Shubman Gill, the Gabba from Janauary have to be in a stricter momentum of a Pakistan stumper Rishabh Pant, 15, is on as of now. bio-bubble from Sydney team which batted well in pacer Navdeep Saini and The border restrictions itself which would make demanding conditions after batsman Prithvi Shaw -- between New South for a hard quarantine losing the toss. have not been barred from Wales (venue of third (hotel-stadium-hotel) of Azhar Ali made 93, cap- travelling with the team Test in Sydney) and around 15 days. However, tain Mohammad Rizwan 61 despite an ongoing investi- Queensland state govern- as of now BCCI has not and Faheem Ashraf 48 as gation into an alleged bio- ment is a problem. taken any call on asking Pakistan made 297, a com- security protocol breach Queensland has closed CA to shift the Test match petitive total on a pitch by them. its borders for people from Brisbane to Sydney. which was still producing Cricket Australia, in a travelling from New "It's a fluid situation. bounce and seam late in the media release on Saturday, South Wales due to the Let's wait for a few more day. said it is probing the mat- rising cases of COVD-19 days," a BCCI official Jamieson claimed the ter jointly with the BCCI in Sydney and surround- said. wickets of Rizwan and after a video of the players Faheem along with those of at an indoor restaurant Abid Ali (25), Haris Sohail was posted by a fan, who ling team and it is not mission, shot a video and (1) and Fawad Alam (2) to identified himself as amused with how Cricket then paid the bill which no check Pakistan's progress Navaldeep Singh on Australia has so far han- one asked him to and after at critical stages when they Twitter. dled the issue. that for publicity put a seemed to be gaining the "If you carefully read "Had the gentleman (the screen grab of bill," the of- upper hand. the CA statement, they fan) in question not lied ficial said. The tall right-armer now never said that it's a India’s Rohit Sharma chats with teammates during about hugging a player "You want to tell me that has 30 wickets from 11 test mized the difficult batting day and the ball also swung breach. They said that a training session at the MCG in Melbourne. (Rishabh Pant) on social Cricket Australia will be innings at an average conditions that Pakistan considerably, even late in they are seeking to deter- media, this mess wouldn't taking a decision based on which is just a tick over 14. contended with, and mostly the day. Jamieson was able mine if it's a breach. Sydney. The entire team is of anonymity. have happened. The play- a purported video of a per- On top of that, he boasts a surmounted, after losing to make the ball rear dan- "So there is no restric- flying tomorrow after- It is understood that the ers had gone inside be- son who first lied and then batting average of 49 with the toss. The pitch at gerously from just short of tion on these five players noon," a senior BCCI offi- controversy has not gone cause it was drizzling. retracted his statement," one half century. His bowl- Hagley Oval retained pace length and to swing both travelling with the team to cial told PTI on conditions down well with the travel- "This guy, without per- he added. ing performance epito- and bounce throughout the ways. Manu Bhaker to practice in Bhopal Saina and Co. leave for Thailand, ahead of selection trials at KSSR Real Madrid beats Celta Sindhu to fly from London tion trials for rifle and shot- gun shooters will be held there. And her trails will run from January 11-16, so Vigo 2-0 to go top in Spain she left in order to continue her practice," Manu's fa- Barcelona, Jan 03 (AP): Zidane said about the title ther, Ram Kishan Bhaker, race as the league ap- told PTI. The champion Marco Asensio and proaches its midway markswoman had been Lucas Vazquez set one an- point. Celta had arrived at training without a break for other up for goals to help Madrid's Alfredo Di months now and will be at- Real Madrid earn a 2-0 win Stefano stadium as one of tending a camp in New over Celta Vigo, as the de- the hottest teams in Spain. Delhi after the conclusion fending champions edged But Vazquez and Asensio of the trials. The camp is one point above Atletico punished Celta for its ag- expected to run from Madrid at the top of the gressive pressure which January 30 to February 26, Spanish league. left too much space on the New Delhi, Jan 03 (PTI): was the only other event to be after six days of quarantine Second-place Atletico flanks. It was the first loss held last year since the BWF in view of the COVID-19 has played three fewer in seven rounds for Celta The Indian badminton was forced to suspend the cal- New Delhi, Jan 03 (PTI): pandemic. Prior to the up- matches than Madrid and since former player team, including Olympic ender after the completion of coming trials, Manu had will have the chance to re- Eduardo Coudet took over hopefuls Saina Nehwal, B Sai the All England Tokyo Olympics hopeful been practicing non-stop at turn to the top when it vis- as coach in November. Praneeth and Kidambi Championships in March. Manu Bhaker on Sunday the Karni Singh range after its Alaves on Sunday. Celta remained in eighth Srikanth, on Sunday left for All eyes are now on the two left for Bhopal to continue attending a full-fledged Asensio crossed to the place. Madrid was without Thailand to compete in back- Super 1000 events -- Yonex her practice at MP State camp at the same venue, far post for Vazquez to central defender Sergio to-back BWF World Tour Thailand Open (January 12- Shooting Academy during which got over on head in Madrid's opener in Ramos due an unspecified Super 1000 events. 17) and Toyota Thailand the time the capital's Dr. December 17. "If she has to the sixth minute. Vazquez stomach ailment. While Srikanth had partic- Open (January 19-24) as the Karni Singh range will be succeed at the Tokyo then set up his fellow for- But this was unlike ipated in the Denmark Super world's best returns to action occupied with selection tri- Olympics, she knows she ward for Asensio to double other matches which 750 in October, for the rest of following a prolonged break. als for rifle and shotgun cannot afford to miss a sin- the lead in the 53rd. Madrid has struggled to the squad it will be first event The team also consists of shooters. gle day's practice, and so the "We played a complete win in his absence. in nearly 10 months, after the Olympic-bound men's pair of The 18-year-old pistol ace, non-stop training," Ram match from start to fin- Replacement Nacho COVID-19 pandemic had Satwiksairaj Rankireddy a Commonwealth Games Kishan said of her daugh- ish," Real Madrid coach Fernendez stepped in and shutdown all tournaments and Chirag Shetty, besdies and Youth Olympics gold ter who competes in 10m Zinedine Zidane said. We made two stops to snuff globally. Olympic silver doubles exponents Ashwini medallist, will train in and 25m pistol. Before the controlled the game, were out Celta's only shots on medallist P V Sindhu is set to Ponappa and N Sikki Reddy. Bhopal from January 4-10, National Rifle Association balanced in our transi- goal. fly out of London on Sunday "After a long wait we get before reporting for her se- of India (NRAI) had re- tions between attack and Real Madrid's Spanish midfielder Marco Asensio celebrates with Vazquez's goal came sec- to play her first tournament back on court soon at lection trials here on defense, and recovered the since the coronavirus-in- sumed its camps after the Real Madrid's Spanish forward Lucas Vazquez (R) after scoring a onds after Nacho cleared a Thailand Open!!! excited January 11. "She has left for coronavirus-forced hiatus, ball with our pressure. goal-bound shot that Iago duced break. She will reach much," a picture of the goal during the Spanish League football match between Real Bhopal as she cannot train Manu had been training at "We are feeling good. Aspas had chipped over Bangkok via Doha. squad, posted by Madrid and Celta Vigo at the Alfredo Di Stefano stadium in at the range in her makeshift range at her But there is still a long goalkeeper Thibaut Apart from Denmark Satwiksairaj on instagram, Valdebebas, northeast of Madrid. Tughlakabad as the selec- home in Haryana. way to go in this league," Courtois. Open, SaarLorLux Super 100 read. Rahane is born to lead, he’s brave Rani Rampal-led Indian We won’t prefer back-to-back matches in SCG, and smart captain: Chappell women’s hockey team looking forward to final Test at Gabba: Wade him in charge in leaves for Argentina tour Melbourne, Jan 03 (PTI): Dharamsala in 2017 would have recognised a man Australia opener born to lead cricket Matthew Wade on Sunday teams," Chappell wrote in said his side would not his column for like the scheduled final 'ESPNcricinfo'. Test in Brisbane being In that match, India had shifted to Sydney even as beaten Australia by eight reports emerged that wickets in the fourth Test India are reluctant to play to wrap up the series 2-1. at the Gabba because of Rahane remained not out stricter quarantine proto- on 38 in India's run chase -- cols there. just like at the MCG -- after According to reports, scoring 46 in the first in- New Delhi, Jan 03 (PTI): each against Argentina's junior the Indians are not keen to nings. "The moment that and B sides. "It feels amazing travel to Brisbane in view caught my attention in the The Indian women's hockey to be touring again. We have of the stricter quarantine Dharamsala match was team, led by Rani Rampal, on worked very hard on our game protocols in Queensland the time Rahane called on Sunday left the country for the in the last few months and the and want to play back-to- debutant left-arm wrist- tour of Argentina, looking to time has come for us to execute back games in Sydney spinner Kuldeep Yadav gain international match expo- our skills in an international where the third Test be- New Delhi, Jan 03 (PTI): Under Rahane, India when David Warner and sure after nearly a break of one match," skipper Rani said gins on Thursday. made a remarkable come- Steve Smith were involved year due to COVID-19 pandem- ahead of departure. "I have not heard of Ian Chappell was not back in Melbourne after in a century partnership. ic. The Indian team was forced "Playing in international match- this, but we obviously pre- surprised to see Ajinkya their humiliating loss in 'This is a brave move' I to train at the Sports Authority es is going to be a bit different fer not to (play back-to- Rahane captain India the first Test in Adelaide, thought, and it turned out of India centre in Bengaluru for this time, since we will be in a back in Sydney). The "flawlessly" to a series-lev- winning by eight wickets. to be a very smart one," he several months as international bio bubble, however, the team schedule has been rolled elling triumph against Rahane is stand-in for reg- recalled. Yadav quickly competition came to a halt due is excited to be back on the out and we prefer to stick Australia in the ular skipper Virat Kohli, claimed the wicket of to the pandemic. The Indian field in the best possible man- to that. Regardless, if that Melbourne Test as he feels who is on paternity leave. Warner, caught by Rahane team is scheduled to play four ner at the moment," she said. is a quarantine-based Australia's David Warner (L) shakes hands with teammate the Mumbaikar comes "It was no surprise that at first slip, and that matches against the world Hockey India and the host coun- hotel, go to the ground, Matthew Wade (R) in the nets during a training session at the across a "born leader", ca- Ajinkya Rahane captained prompted a five-wicket number two Argentina side try's national association have play and come back," MCG in Melbourne on Sunday, ahead of the third cricket Test pable of being both "smart India flawlessly at the slide for Australia to lose (January 26, 28, 30, 31). Before created a bio bubble for both Wade said in a virtual match in Sydney on January 7. and brave". MCG. Anyone who saw the match. that, it will play two matches the teams. press conference. CENTRAL CHRONICLE, RAIPUR, MONDAY, JANUARY 04, 2021 COWS SERVED JAGGERY Tibetans in exile vote for their Prez Dharmsala, Jan 03 (AP): has executive, judiciary and legislative branches, Hundreds of Tibetans in with candidates for the of- exile braved the rain and fice of sikyong, or presi- cold Sunday in India's dent, elected since 2011 by northern city of popular vote. The Dalai Dharmsala, where the ex- Lama, the Tibetans' exiled iled government is based, spiritual leader, and his and voted for their new po- followers have been living litical leader as the cur- in Dharmsala since they rent officeholder's five- fled Tibet after a failed year term nears its end. 1959 uprising against The voters wore masks, Chinese rule. maintained social dis- Many young Tibetans tance and used hand sani- are contesting the parlia- tizer as they cast their bal- mentary election this year. lots during the first round As the Dalai Lama grows of the election. Many as- older, there is a growing sisted elderly voters to fill realization among the the correct forms. Tibetan youth that they In this first phase of vot- An exile Tibetan wearing a mask printed in the colours of a should participate more in ing, two candidates for the Tibetan flag casts her vote in Dharmsala, Himachal the government. top government post of Pradesh on Sunday. 'As somebody who has president will be shortlist- studied technology, I be- ed, including 90 parlia- are free. And given a pride of Tibetans, the lieve I can try and make mentarians. The second chance, an opportunity,we sense of Tibetans, is to be the parliamentary com- and final round of voting prefer democracy,' said democratic and practice munications more secure will take place in April. Lobsang Sangay, who will democracy.' and fill the gaps in infor- 'By this we are sending a soon be finishing his sec- Formed in 1959, Tibet's mation database,' said clear message to Beijing ond and final term as the government-in-exile — Lobsang Sither, 38, who is Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath feeds jaggery to cows during his visit to a cowshed, in Gorakhpur. that Tibet is under occupa- Tibetan President. 'No now called the Central contesting the current tion but Tibetans in exile matter what you do, the Tibetan Administration — election. Gulf crisis resolution in balance ahead Israel to vaccinate twenty lakh Each district to conduct CBRN of summit Riyadh, Jan 03 (AFP): The Gulf crisis, which has pitted people against COVID-19 this month combat mock exercise by 2023 regional players against Qatar, could be moving clos- Tel Aviv, Jan 03 (AFP): he added that around a New Delhi, Jan 03 (PTI): has to be CBRN oriented," er to resolution as the key fifth of Israel's people, he said. countries prepare to meet in Israel said Sunday two starting with health work- India is undertaking a The nature of a CBRN Saudi Arabia on Tuesday. million (20 lakh) people ers and those over 60, mega exercise to conduct challenge, he said, is that Riyadh led a coalition of will have received a two- would have had both shots preparatory drills in each one cannot probably be re- countries in the Gulf and be- dose Covid-19 vaccination by the end of this month. of its 740-odd districts by ally prepared for it in all yond in 2017 to cut ties with by the end of January, a "We are breaking all the 2023 to combat various manners as there have not Doha, over charges it was too pace Prime Minister records," Netanyahu said man-made and natural dis- been many such accidents close to Tehran and backed Benjamin Netanyahu Friday, during a visit to asters with a special atten- that allow rescuers and ex- radical Islamist groups. boasts is the world's the Israeli Arab city of tion on tackling chemical, perts to use and develop Qatar denies the claims. fastest. Starting on Umm Al-Fahm, where the biological, radiological their skills against them. Washington has intensified December 19, when millionth jab was reported and nuclear (CBRN) at- SN Pradhan "Yes, the apprehension pressure on the nations im- Netanyahu got his first administered. "We are tacks or accidents, the is there that the CBRN posing what Qatar calls a jab, Israel launched an ag- ahead of the entire world," country's disaster re- "Modern day man-made challenges have not tested "blockade" to resolve the cri- gressive push to adminis- the premier said. sponse force chief said. disasters will be CBRN us that way...some (inci- sis, insisting Gulf unity is nec- ter the vaccine made by The Israeli Central The Union home min- disasters. It is very impor- dents) have happened like essary to isolate US rival Iran US-German pharma al- A healthcare worker prepares a dose of the Pfizer- Bureau of Statistics said istry has entrusted the fed- tant to prepare for that...as the recent chemical leak- as the curtain falls on Donald liance Pfizer-BioNTech. BioNtech Covid-19 vaccine at a large vaccination centre in a year-end statement eral disaster management it is an uncharted territo- age in Vizag and we could Trump's presidency. Health Ministry open by the Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality. that Israel's population apparatus and the ry," NDRF director general handle it efficiently but The row will top the agen- Director General Hezi stood at 9.29 million. The National Disaster SN Pradhan told PTI in an the real-time preparation da at Tuesday's meeting of Levy said that because of cine must be given in two dose, so that we can keep figure includes annexed Response Force (NDRF) to interview. "We are going to is probably not feasible leaders of the Gulf the enthusiastic takeup, separate jabs, adminis- reserved stock for a second east Jerusalem, where complete the first phase of be in the nuclear mode for (for CBRN disasters) as we Cooperation Council in the Israel would be easing the tered three weeks apart. dose for all those who got a Israeli sovereignty is not this multi-agency exercise power generation more can prepare for natural northwestern Saudi city speed of vaccination to "We are slowing the pace first shot," Levy told pub- recognised by most of the in three financial years, and more. So, all this com- disasters like cyclone and of Al-Ula. eke out stocks. The vac- of vaccinations of the first lic broadcaster KAN. But international community. beginning 2020-21. bines to the agenda that floods," he said. All but one of twenty ‘ROSCASIRI’ CELEBRATED five high courts now have More GOP lawmakers regular chief justice enlist in Trump effort to undo Biden win Washington, Jan 03 (AP): tisan election officials have concluded was a free New Delhi, Jan 03 (PTI): A growing number of and fair vote. Twenty-four out of 25 high Republican lawmakers are The 11 senators largely courts in the country now joining President Donald acknowledged they will have regular chief justice, Trump's extraordinary ef- not succeed in preventing following the elevation of fort to overturn the elec- Biden from being inaugu- four judges last week. tion, pledging to reject the rated on Jan. 20 after he The Supreme Court col- results when Congress won the Electoral College legium had recently rec- meets next week to count 306-232. But their chal- ommended the elevation Ted Cruz the Electoral College votes lenges, and those from of five judges as chief jus- and certify President-elect to the state tallies during House Republicans, repre- tices of various high Joe Biden's win. Wednesday's joint session sent the most sweeping ef- courts. While four judges Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas of Congress. Trump's re- fort to undo a presidential were elevated, the file of announced a coalition of fusal to accept his defeat is election outcome since the Justice Sudhanshu 11 senators and senators- tearing the party apart as Civil War. Dhulia, a judge of the elect who have been enlist- Republicans are forced to 'We do not take this ac- Uttarakhand HC who has ed for Trump's effort to make consequential choic- tion lightly,' Cruz and the been recommended for the subvert the will of es that will set the con- other senators said in a post of chief justice of the American voters. This fol- tours of the post-Trump joint statement. They Gauhati High Court, is lows the declaration from era. Hawley and Cruz are vowed to vote against cer- under process and a deci- Sen. Josh Hawley of both among potential 2024 tain state electors on sion would be known by Missouri, who was the presidential contenders. Wednesday unless the end the week, sources first to buck Senate leader- Senate Majority Leader Congress appoints an elec- in the government said. ship by saying he would Mitch McConnell had toral commission to imme- Aymara people from the Lampa Grande district celebrate the 'Roscasiri', two hours from the city of Puno, Some of the high courts join with House urged his party not to try diately conduct an audit of southern Peru. were functioning with act- Republicans in objecting to overturn what nonpar- the election results. ing chief justices. Cases to be filed against persons making Tears rolled down Neha’s and Vishal’s eyes derogatory comments on Pak Army after Sawai and Pawandeep’s performance Islamabad, Jan 03 (PTI): In a stern warning to Mumbai, Jan 03:: made Neha made me emo- judges extremely glad to protesting Opposition par- and Vishal tional and I perceive how unique and ties, Pakistan's Interior Music is considered one teary eyes. couldn’t con- delightful they were look- Minister Sheikh Rashid of the best ways to express Both could not trol my tears. ing. As it said Indian Idol Ahmed has said that court yourself and through it control tears Neha stood on resembles a family and the cases would be slapped many emotions are depict- during their the table and two of them have demon- within 72 hours against ed. Sony Entertainment mesmerizing gave them a strated it again with their persons making derogato- Television’s Indian idol performance. standing ova- astonishing companion- ry remarks against the 2020 has made sure to Even Himesh tion. ship. country's Army. make everyone from the could not stop Both of Sawai and Pawandeep The Pakistan judges to viewers to fall for gushing about them were said “ It’s always a great Democratic Movement music all over again. The their perform- seen doing a feeling when your per- (PDM), an alliance of 11 top 15 are leaving no stone ance. cultural swap formance is loved by the Opposition parties, in re- unturned to make the Neha men- as well. judges. Every week we cent months, has severely viewers impress with tioned till now Pawandeep give our 100 percent so that criticised the Pakistan their soulful voices. people’s emo- was seen our performances makes Army and its interference In this weekend’s tional story wearing a everyone around us proud. in political affairs. The episode the splendid per- used to make dhoti where Sawai mentioned “Me and PDM has alleged that the formance of Pawandeep me cry but on the other Pawandeep have become Army installed "puppet" and Sawai on the song this is the first hand Sawai great friends hope our Prime Minister Imran Oopar Khuda made every- time the way was seen friendships remains the Khan in 2018 through a one awe struck. Their soul you guys sang and the am- wearing jeans and T-shirt. same, he has become like manipulated election. touching performance bience you both created Their new look made the family to me over here”.