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BJP and a four-term MLA Last week, Pfizer and its Nitish, who heads the from , has previously German partner BioNTech JD(U), was administered the served as a member of the announced that their vaccine oath of office at Raj Bhavan by council of ministers headed by was 90 per cent effective. Governor Phagu Chauhan, a in 2010. The Moderna announce- day after he staked claim for the Senior BJP legislator Nand ment that its experimental vac- formation of a new Kishore Yadav will be the new cine against Covid-19 was 94.5 Government in the State, Speaker of the Bihar Assembly, per cent effective was based on that solves this problem. It’s armed with unanimous sup- sources said on Monday. Vijay the early results from a clinical going to require many vaccines port of all legislators of the Kumar Chaudhary, a close aide trial with more than 30,000 to meet the global demand,” he NDA despite his partys plum- of the Chief Minister, was the participants. added. meted tally. Speaker of the previous However, the study is con- “Since early January, we The 69-year-old, who has Assembly. Chaudhary has tinuing, and Moderna have chased this virus with the had a continuous run since taken oath as a minister. acknowledged the protection intent to protect as many peo- November 2005, except for the Nand Kishore Yadav, a rate might change as more ple around the world as possi- period in 2014-15 when Jitan seven-term MLA from Patna Covid-19 infections are detect- ble. All along, we have known Ram Manjhi kept the chair Sahib, has been intimated ed and added to the calcula- that each day matters,” said warm for him, is on course to about it by the party’s leader- tions. Also, it’s too soon to Stéphane Bancel, Moderna’s becoming the longest serving       ! "#$  #$% " &$  '!(  # )*  "     %   ship, they said. know how long protection chief executive officer. CM of the State, surpassing the +,    ),  -. $ /.  )*" $  $-0 He has served as a minis- lasts. Both cautions apply to “This positive interim record of Shrikrishna Singh ter in all the previous NDA Pfizer’s vaccine as well. analysis from our phase 3 study who held the top post since Since the post of a Deputy Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP). besides Amarendra Pratap Sahni could not tame his exu- Governments in Bihar. He was Dr Stephen Hoge, has given us the first clinical before Independence till his CM is not a constitutional one, JD(U) Ministers included Singh, Ramprit Paswan, Jibesh berance and shared a screen- the Minister for the Road Moderna’s president, termed it validation that our vaccine can death in 1961. the two took oath as Ministers old hands like Bijendra Prasad Kumar and Ram Surat Rai. shot of the communication he Construction Department in “really important milestone” prevent Covid-19 disease, A 14-member Council of and their posts would be noti- Yadav, Ashok Choudhary and HAM MLC Santosh had received from Raj Bhavan the last government. The but said having similar results including severe disease,” he Ministers, headed by Nitish, fied by the Cabinet in due Kumar Suman, whose father on his handle much Speaker’s post will go to the BJP from two different companies said. was on Monday sworn in. course. The two sat alongside besides new faces Mewa Lal Jitan Ram Manjhi is a former before the ceremony, attended as per the understanding is what’s most reassuring. The US firm expects to Those who were administered Kumar on the podium which Chaudhary and Sheela Kumari Chief Minister and the nation- among others by Union Home reached within the alliance, the “That should give us all have about 20 million doses, oath of office included two confirms their elevated position Mandal. al president of the party, also Minister Amit Shab and BJP sources said. hope that actually a vaccine is earmarked for the US, by the Deputy Chief Minister desig- in the Cabinet. Other than the two Deputy took oath besides Mukesh president JP Nadda, com- The BJP has emerged as going to be able to stop this end of 2020 while Pfizer and its nates and Five Ministers were from CM designates, those from the Sahni, the founder of VIP who menced. the largest party within the rul- pandemic and hopefully get us German partner BioNTech Renu Devi both from the BJP the JD(U), while one each was BJP included Mangal Pandey, formerly worked as a set Ramprit Paswan, who is ing coalition with 74 seats, back to our lives,” Hoge told a expect to have about 50 million which bagged a lions share of from smaller allies Hindustani who held the health portfolio designer in the film industry. the MLA from Rajnagar in while the JD(U) has a strength news agency. doses globally by year’s end. seven berths. Awam Morcha (HAM) and in the previous Government A political greenhorn, Madhubani, and Jibesh Kumar of 43. “It won’t be Moderna alone Continued on Page 6 1 23224    

  could even promote some of said. There is also a possibili- Finance Minister Rajesh the ministers of state to the cab- ty of some ministers being Agarwal, Irrigation Minister ith a year-and-half left for inet rank. dropped as is Dharampal Singh, Primary Wthe UP Assembly polls in “Caste factor will be the not satisfied with their perfor- Education Minister Anupama 2022, the Bharatiya main criterion for selection of mance. In the last expansion in Jaiswal and Excise Minister is trying to correctly tick all the new incumbents and Brahmin August, 2019, Yogi Adityanath Archana Pandey. boxes and hence the Yogi and Backward leaders could get had inducted 18 new ministers Besides, Transport Adityanath government is set importance in the expansion. and promoted five. At that Minister Swatantra Dev Singh to carry out another ministry Besides, new MLAs elected in time, the chief minister resigned after being appointed expansion. the recent bypolls could also be dropped five ministers, includ- the new president of the state “There are vacancies in given a look in,” the BJP leader ing senior BJP leader and BJP unit. the government. Two cabinet ministers, Chetan Chauhan and Kamla Rani Varun died of COVID-19 while four other seats fell vacant recently. The chief minister can accommo- date six faces as ministers,” a senior BJP functionary said. The ministry expansion is expected soon after the com- pletion of biennial polls to 11 graduate and teachers’ con- stituencies of UP Legislative Council by December 10. Sources in the BJP said that the chief minister might affect a minor expansion any time after approval from the Central leadership. Presently, there are 54 min- isters in the Yogi government, including 23 cabinet ministers, nine ministers of state with independent charge and 22 ministers of state. The sources said that the    4       $   +   chief minister could induct !  four to five new ministers and             P    

   cise and posing threat in the    the total discharged cases stand Indo-Pacific region. at 82,49,579 with 43,851 new ignifying the growing ties However, brushed ith 30,548 new Covid-19 discharges in the last 24 hours. Sbetween the Quad coun- aside Chinese objection and Winfections reported in According to the Indian tries, the navies of India, the invited Australia to take part in the last 24 hours, India regis- Council of Medical Research USA, Australia and Japan will the exercise. The move was tered lowest increase in daily (ICMR), a total of 12,56,98,525 commence the second phase of welcome by the all the four infections in last four months, samples have been tested for the Malabar series of mar- Ministers during their con- a big relief to the authorities Covid-19 up to November 15, itime exercise from Tuesday. clave under the aegis of 2+2 despite fear of a sharp surge in of these 8,61,706 samples were Lending muscle and dialogue between India and US the cases post-Diwali. tested on Sunday. stature, the aircraft carriers of here in October. The total number of cases The Recovery Rate has India and the USA, including Incidentally, the US and stands at 88,45,127. With 435 improved to 93.27 per cent on INS Vikramaditya and USS Japan all along advocated the new deaths reported in the last Monday. Also, 78.59 per cent of Nimitz, will take part in the case of Australian participation. 24 hours, the toll has mount- the recovered cases reported in four-day event off Goa in the The last time Australia was part ed to 1,30,070, the Union the last 24 hours are from ten Arabian Sea. of the Malabar series was in Health Ministry said on States/UTs. saw the great- The first phase of the exer- 2007. China lodged a strong Monday. “Daily new cases est number of recoveries as cise was held off diplomatic protest with all the numbering 30,548 is a historic 7,606 confirmed cases recov- Visakhapatnam in the Bay of four countries. low that assumes significance ered. registered 6,684 Bengal for four days from As regards the second given many countries in daily recoveries while West November 3 even as China phase of the Malabar, Navy Europe and America are expe- Bengal followed by reporting protested against Australian officials said this phase will riencing a continuous steep rise 4,480 new recoveries. participation. Beijing claimed involve coordinated operations in daily new cases,” said the The Ministry said 76.63 the Quad coalition was getting of increasing complexity Ministry. The number of total per cent of the new cases have militarised with four nations between the Quad navies. active cases stands at 4,65,478 been reported from ten coming together for the exer- Continued on Page 6 after a decrease of 13,738 while States/UTs.     !"#$%&'&'   % &%    ( &) & 6( $&& (   9:99

public spat with nephew and $ &'    (   then chief minister Akhilesh Yadav, he f loated Pragatisheel fter burning his fingers in Samajwadi Party (Lohia) and Aa pre-poll alliance with unsuccessfully contested the )   +%$   the Congress and Bahujan 2019 poll on its sym- Samaj Party during two crucial bol from .   elections, Samajwadi Party Alleging rigging in recent-  )  (  ( chief Akhilesh Yadav said that ly concluded bypolls to seven ttar Pradesh Energy his party would not be aligning Assembly seats in UP, the SP UMinister and MLA from with any major party in the chief alleged, “When the elec- , Shrikant Sharma, has 2022 Assembly elections. tions are contested by poll offi- written a letter to Chief Akhilesh is ready to bury cers, SPs, ADMs, SHOs and Minister Yogi Adityanath to the hatchet with estranged police personnel, who can win? direct Mathura officials to uncle Shivpal Singh Yadav who The BJP was not contesting the speed up preparations for the has formed his Pragatisheel bypolls, government officials age-old Kumbh Samajwadi Party (Lohia). He were.” . Mela on the Yamuna banks said that if the SP came to !* $   . 4     #   #   . $  On the Bihar elections, slated early next year. power, Shivpal’s party would Akhilesh commented, “The Sharma requested the chief have representation in the cab- the Congress won only seven SP left the seat for him. In com- coming together of the people supported Rashtriya minister to direct UP Braj inet. The SP had forged an seats and the SP won 47 seats. ing times, we will make their estranged nephew and uncle. led Teerth Development Authority alliance with the Congress for Similarly in the 2019 Lok Sabha leader a cabinet minister and After this, Shivpal also returned while the and other departments con- 2017 UP Assembly polls and elections, the SP could bag only also make needed adjustments,” the gesture and called up BJP-led National Democratic cerned to start preparations for with the BSP and Rashtriya Lok a meagre five seats while the Akhilesh said. nephew Akhilesh and thanked Alliance stole people’s mandate. the Vrindavan Kumbh Mela at Dal for the 2019 Lok Sabha BSP could manage 10 seats. Earlier, Samajwadi Party him for taking back the dis- The Bihar poll was neither the earliest. Despatched on elections. “We will adjust had withdrawn its plea for dis- qualification application. free nor fair and all pre-poll November 11, the letter was While in the 2017 UP Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party qualification of Shivpal Yadav Shivpal Yadav was elected and exit polls showed a clear released to the media on Assembly polls, the BJP (Lohia) too. is his from the membership of UP from Jaswantnagar Assembly edge to the grand alliance, Monday. (PNS): A day hand it over to romped home with 312 seats, (Shivpal Yadav’s) seat and the Assembly. This was seen as seat in 2017 elections. After his which suddenly changed.” Sharma, also the UP gov- before the closing of the and in turn, it will be given ernment spokesperson, said Kedarnath shrine for winters, land on which a new guest that the Kumbh Mela in Chief Minister Yogi house will be constructed. Mathura was a traditional func- Adityanath offered prayers at Work is going on in full swing $    (  &(    6   tion held before Haridwar the shrine amid heavy snow- for the construction of UP’s Kumbh by the Vaishnav sect of fall on Monday. Tourism Rest House in   . Yogi also reviewed the Haridwar and it will be com- % ( 6 $  $ 6 $ ( “The proposed Mathura ongoing construction work pleted before Kumbh Mela,” he Lucknow (PNS): Two brothers were Kumbh is slated to be held at Kedarnath Dham with his said. shot dead in late on   registration camp for women workers Webinars on women security between February 16 and Uttarakhand counterpart Both the chief ministers Diwali night on Saturday. in ,” a government were organised in all development March 28, 2021 for 41 days. It and reviewed construction work of A heavy police force was deployed t a time when Diwali and Bhai Dooj spokesman said in Lucknow on blocks of under the aegis is, however, unfortunate that no said that major disputes Kedarnath Dham. in the area to avert fresh clashes. Awere being celebrated, volunteers of Monday. of Integrated Child Development work has started yet and the between the two neighbouring “The construction is being The deceased were identified as Mission Shakti reached out to brothers The official said that several police Services in which over 350 people par- authorities states had been resolved.. carried out under the direction Mukesh and his brother Sunil, both of and sisters across the state to spread the teams were formed to spread informa- ticipated. and other departments con- “There is no more proper- of Prime Minister Narendra Chambray village. message of women empowerment on tion about the Mission Shakti campaign Discussions were also held about cerned are yet to start prepara- ty dispute between Uttar Modi. Once completed, this Reports said Mukesh and Sunil Monday. in villages through the traditional mental health and psycho-social issues tions,” he said. Pradesh and Uttarakhand. area will be developed into a had an old enmity with Vijay Singh Police personnel in Mathura sur- method of ‘munadi’. in Sahadatganj in Ayodhya. Dry ration During his visit to Mathura Most of the disputes have top religious tourism spot,” he Yadav of the same village. On Saturday prised women by interacting with “Special steps were taken by Anti- was distributed among the women of on March 3 this year, the chief been resolved. There are one said night, both picked up a fight with Vijay them at public places like markets, Romeo Squad to tighten the noose self-help groups by NRLM and Bal minister had assured saints or two issues left which will Yogi will also visit and later Vijay and his son opened fire malls and religious places, a day after around suspected eve teasers and they Vikas Seva Evam Pushtahar depart- that the Mathura Kumbh also be resolved through Badrinath, which is due to on both the brothers, injuring them seri- Diwali. were warned against indulging in any ment. would be held on a grand scale dialogues,” Yogi said on close on November 19. ously. The victims were rushed to the “To instil a sense of security among wrongful act,” he said. “Awareness programme was also and the government would Monday. “I thank Uttarakhand district hospital from where they were women, the cops briefed them on In Amethi, Anganwadi workers organised at Madrasa Arabiya Misbahul ensure that it was held with all The chief minister further Chief Minister Trivendra referred to KGMU Trauma Centre in Mission Shakti and how they should organised awareness programme on Uloom, Madarsa Anwarul Uloom and religious grandeur. said that there was a dispute Singh Rawat for such a warm Lucknow in view of their serious con- contact the police in an emergency. prevention of child marriage. Madarsa Arbia Anjuman Islamia Unwal “Despite a clear directive over Alaknanda Guest House welcome. I am here to pay my dition. Both died later. A similar programme was held in “In special events, women folks in . Likewise, awareness from the chief minister, the in Haridwar that was pending obeisance to Baba Kedar and The police said the deceased Balrampur where policemen were told how it was against the law and programmes were also held in districts Mathura district administra- in the Supreme Court. pray to bestow his blessings belonged to the family of a former gram briefed women and children about a violation of the fundamental rights of like Sant Kabir Nagar, , tion is yet to wake up. This is “Both governments upon all of us,” Chief Minister pradhan while the accused were from Helpline numbers like 1090. The children to marry them at an early age,” Lakhimpur and Gonda,” the a prestigious project of the resolved it. UP has decided to Yogi Adityanath said. the family of present gram pradhan. Labour department also organised a the official said. official said. && %& 6$$    ) %

  cent votes. The only silver lin- Janata Party misrule in the state “After the outbreak of the ing was that Congress candi- and we will learn the right pandemic, Priyanka did inter- he double whammy of dates did finish second on two lessons from the results of act with some UP leaders Tdebacles in Bihar Assembly seats — () these bypolls, plan ahead and through video conferencing. polls and abysmal performance and ( work harder.” But there was no direct com- in UP Assembly bypolls has put Dehat). The state of the Interestingly, top leaders munication with grass-root the Congress leadership head- Congress organisation in UP from opposition parties pre- workers. If the Congress ed by general secretary and its ability to contest polls ferred to stay away from cam- intends to protect its poll for- Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in a can be gauged from the fact paign for the bypoll to seven tunes and prevent a repeat of tight spot as the electorally that nomination of the Assembly seats in UP. 2019 Lok Sabha poll debacle, important states together Congress candidate for Congress leader Priyanka then the party brass will have return as many as 119 members Assembly bypoll was rejected as Gandhi Vadra, Samajwadi to come out from the work to the Lok Sabha. the papers were not in order. Party chief Akhilesh Yadav from home mode,” the Though there has been no However, UP Congress and Congress leader said. open protest, Congress leaders chief Ajay Kumar Lallu chose supremo Mayawati chose not Earlier in the 2019 Lok have been questioning the to counter the charge and tried to campaign in the bypolls, Sabha elections, the Congress hands-on style of Priyanka’s to present the brighter side. while Chief Minister Yogi could win only Rae Bareli seat functioning in UP, which they “The Congress finished as Adityanath first addressed vir- and lost its stronghold, Amethi feel has so far failed to make runners-up on two seats and tual meetings of the party which was earlier represented impact on the electoral fortunes third on one seat. Our vote per- cadres in each constituency and by Rahul Gandhi . of the party. centage also went up. We have later addressed poll meeting in BJP spokesperson Chandra After decades of being in been visibly active as the main all seven constituencies. Mohan said: “Both Priyanka power, Congress remains a opposition party in UP. So, it A senior UP Congress Gandhi and SP chief Akhilesh fringe player in the electorally would be wrong to say that the leader opined, “In the era of Yadav are only leaders on most significant state in the Congress has not become fierce competitive politics in Twitter. This is why the BJP has country and in the recent stronger since Priyankaji UP, Congress cannot remain a remained at the forefront. bypolls to seven Assembly seats entered the state’s politics,” he relevant political force with Narendra Modiji and Yogi in UP, its candidates lost said. Lallu further said, the ‘work from home’ kind of Adityanathji are strong every- deposits on four seats and “Congress has been constant- culture and daily burst fire on where — from ground level to could garner a meagre 7.53 per- ly fighting against the Bharatiya social media.” social media.” " # 7 &&  $ 8  (6     (   bly dozed off leading to the passers-by rescued the pas- mishap. sengers trapped in the bus by ix persons, including two Umsesh (18), Himanshu breaking the window glasses. Schildren, were killed and (3), Shivangi (8) both children A dozen passengers sus- , "%"# four injured in a road accident of Munil, Savitri (42), tained serious injuries in the Shah Mohammad Umar in district on Saraswati, (67) and Kamlawati mishap. There were around 70 Farooqui, a class VI student of Monday morning. (35) died on the spot, police passengers in the bus. City Montessori School, As per reports, ten persons said. Due to the mishap, move- Rajajipuram Campus I, won were travelling in a car which The injured were identified ment of traffic on the highway the gold medal in national-level fell into a culvert near Dhoswa as Munil, Shiwanshu (4), Gita remained disrupted for some inter-school online competi- village in Siddharthnagar dis- (12) and Savitri (26). Savitri time. According to reports, a tion, ‘Brainobrain Wonderkid- trict. Six among them, includ- and Shiwanshu were referred to speeding bus overturned after 2020’, organised by educational ing two children, killed and Gorakhpur BRD Medical crashing into the road divider institution Brainobrain. Students four others sustained injuries College hospital and the rest near KIT on Kanpur-Prayagraj of various noted schools partic- They were going to Bihar two were undergoing treat- highway. ipated in this competition to Mairva Mata Sthan for a ment in the district hospital. Police sent all the injured to wherein Shah showcased his tal- ‘mundan’ ceremony when the Meanwhile, around a a nearby private nursing home ent in mental maths, logical abil- car fell into a culvert in dozen passengers were injured in . ity, general knowledge and speed Madhubaniya road, police said. when a private bus going to The seriously injured pas- typing, and walked away with “One Munil Kumar (30), a Sikathia from Ramadevi sud- sengers were identified as the gold medal. resident of Raxaul village under denly overturned on Ramesh, Priyanka, Amitosh of Kapilwastu police station area Maharajpur highway on Fatehpur, Anand, Dipu, Rama, in Siddharthnagar district, was Monday afternoon. Anita and Sonia of Chaudagra driving the car and he proba- The police with the help of (Fatehpur). 1-&$ .%%#"

Lucknow (PNS): Bahujan Samaj Party belongs to the Most Backward Class category. chief Mayawati has appointed Bhim Rajbhar as His appointment is aimed at bringing the the new president of the party’s UP unit, MBCs closer to the BSP. replacing Munkad Ali. Appointed state BSP chief On Sunday, the BSP candidate in Deoria in August last year, Ali had to face the axe osten- bypoll, Abhay Nath Tripathi, quit the party, alleg- sibly due to the party’s failure to win a single seat ing that it was pursuing wrong policies and also in the recently concluded UP Assembly bypolls. accused party coordinators of exploiting him Bhim Rajbhar is a native of and mentally and financially.                                                                                                                                                                                   !             "            # $ S                      &                       !          

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Lucknow (PNS): Strong winds January. “The rains washed   Etah & Kaushambhi, taking the Gomtinagar, Indiranagar and These were the findings of and rains brought down the away the pollution which is toll to 7,393. Besides, 1,889 Chinhat. The official said one the assessment of air quality pollution levels considerably in evident as there is no smog in he post-Diwali Covid pos- patients recovered, taking the big problem is that apparent- during Diwali by IITR. Head of Lucknow n Monday. On the morning,” he said. Titivity rate of Lucknow is 4 state’s recovery figures to ly people are no longer afraid Environment Division (IITR) Sunday, the air quality of the Regional pollution officer per cent while the recovery rate 4,82,854. There are still 22,603 of catching the infection and GK Kisku said that on Diwali city was 327 which improved Ram Saran Mishra said the 94.9 percent, according to a active cases in the state. are openly moving around night, the level of PM2.5 sud- to 202 on Monday. However, rains helped the AQI improve senior official at the CMO The senior official said a without masking up. “Not only denly increased to 402.22 it was still in the poor catego- to a large extent. office. The cumulative positiv- lot of people are expected to are they less afraid and not μg/m3, which was an increase ry. There were strong winds, IITR director Alok ity rate of Lucknow has come visit Lucknow for Chhath, and understanding the risk by 282% from 105.11 μg/m3 thundering clouds and heavy Dhawan said the rains came as down to 6.8 percent. However, thus the Health department is involved, they also have a false over the pre-Diwali night, and rains in the city after midnight a blessing in disguise. “Winter the festive period is not over yet alert and transit teams still sense of security that like oth- reduced to 100.95. μg/m3 on and continued till 6 in the rain is very important as it as ensuring precautions for working. “Sampling is being ers have recovered, they will post-Diwali night. morning, after which the skies helps pollution settle down. Chhath Puja celebrations on done by the transit teams that too, and also that their immu- On Diwali night, the level cleared. However, we cannot depend November 20 is also going to are covering bus & railway nity is strong,” he pointed out. of PM10 suddenly increased to MeT director JP Gupta on nature for improvement in be a challenge. stations and airport. Since Meanwhile, District 604.12 μg/m3, which was an said the speed of winds was the the air quality. Despite gov- As many as 231 persons those coming from other dis- Magistrate Abhishek Prakash increase by 164 % from 228.44 20-25 kmph even as the city ernment directives, people tested positive for coronavirus tricts are also testing positive said Chhath Puja celebrations μg/m3 over the pre-Diwali received 26 mm rainfall till were bursting crackers on in Lucknow on Monday while for coronavirus in our sam- would be allowed on the banks night, and reduced to 205.04. 8.30 am. “The rains occurred Diwali. We should be aware 221 recovered. The new pling, there is no laxity on our of Laxman Mela ground. μg/m3 on post-Diwali night. μg/m3 during day time while it 119.4 to 302.35 μg/m3 with because of the western distur- that this is a serious issue patients included 29 from part as far as the containment However, the organisers have “Diwali leads to a small, ranged from 52.78 to 151.41 average of 219.97.μg/m3 during bance over Pakistan and which cannot be taken for Gomtinagar, 28 from exercise is concerned,” the offi- been urged to adhere to Covid- but statistically significant μg/m3 with an average 105.11 day time before Diwali while it Afghanistan, which later granted,” he said. Indiranagar, 19 from cial said. He added that the 19 protocols. increase in air pollution. The μg/m3 during night time. ranged from 191.29 to moved over Jammu & The strong winds uproot- Mahanagar, 16 from Talkatora, focus would continue to be on President of All-India results of survey clearly indicate On Diwali, the 12-hour 272.06μg/m3 with an average Kashmir. The impact will now ed trees in some areas, causing 13 from Rae Bareli road, 12 testing of those coming from Bhojpuri Samaj Prabhunath significant deterioration of air mean concentration of PM2.5 of 228.44μg/m3 during night be seen in the eastern parts of disruption in power supply. from and 10 from other districts as well contain- Rai said it’s the first time after quality in Lucknow. The inhal- ranged from 48.17 to 164.77 time. the state and not on the west- LESA chief engineer Pradeep Aminabad. There were four ing the circulation of the virus 36 years that Chhath Puja able fine particulates (PM10 μg/m3 with an of average On Diwali, the 12-hour ern parts,” Gupta said, adding Kakkar said the power supply deaths in Lucknow and three of locally. would be a low-key affair in and PM2.5) levels at most of 121.51 μg/m3 during day time mean concentration of PM10 western disturbance is a fre- to most of the areas was the deceased belonged to the The five focal areas in Lucknow. “I have appealed to the monitoring locations were while it ranged from 173.63 to ranged from 202.25 to quent occurrence in restored as soon as the weath- city while another to Hardoi. Lucknow which had maxi- people to celebrate Chhath found higher than the National 652.86 μg/m3 with an average 259.13μg/m3 with an average November, December and er improved. Across the state, 1,573 per- mum coronavirus cases have Puja at their homes, but Ambient Air Quality Standards of 402.22 μg/m3 during night 240.68 μg/m3 during day time sons tested positive, including also shown signs of a decline. arrangements have been made (NAAQS),” he said. time. while it ranged from 315.78 to ing night time. of firecrackers during Diwali 128 in Prayagraj, 158 in “Sampling was affected for people who may come to IITR conducted the survey After Diwali, the 12-hour 913.73 μg/m3 with an average The highest noise level was may be the cause of increase in and 168 in , because of the festive period offer ‘arghya’ to Gomti river. at seven locations — Aliganj, mean concentration of PM2.5 604.12 μg/m3 during night recorded at Charbagh area air pollution in Lucknow, taking the UP tally to 5,12,850. since some of the members of No cultural programmes are Vikasnagar, Gomtinagar, ranged from 112.82 to 224.57 time. with 84.3 dB whereas the low- which may also be the cause of There were 21 deaths across the rapid response teams took being held this year because of Charbagh, Aminabad, μg/m3 with an average 161.82 After Diwali on November est was recorded at Chowk increased mortality and mor- state, including three in leave for Parewa a day after the pandemic. All those reach- Alambagh and Amausi — to μg/m3 during day time while it 15, the 12-hour mean concen- area with 71.6 dB on Diwali bidity in urban areas. Meerut, and one each in Diwali and the number of ing the banks of river will be assess the impact of firecrack- ranged from 78.85 to 141.16 tration of PM10 ranged from night. The night time noise lev- Individual bursting of fire- Kanpur, Prayagraj, cases is bound to be low for the screened and police will be ers on air quality during Diwali. μg/m3 with an average of 216.69 to 378.24 μg/m3 with an els exceeded the prescribed crackers should be discouraged. Gautambuddh Nagar, same reason,” he said. He deployed for ensuring restrict- Before Diwali, the 12-hour 100.95μg/m3 during night average 296.36μg/m3 during CPCB night standards at all However, alternatively com- , , added that Alambagh and ed entry of people,” he said. mean concentration of PM 2.5 time. day time while it ranged from locations. munity celebration may be Hardoi, , Bulandshahr, Aliganj currently have maxi- He added that volunteers ranged from 59.94 to 145.88 The 12-hour mean concen- 139.90 to 270.91μg/m3 with an “The large quantity of pol- allowed at pre-defined areas,” Pratapgarh, , Sultanpur, mum cases among the focal would also be present to man- μg/m3 with an of average 102.6 tration of PM10 ranged from average of 205.04 μg/m3 dur- lutants formed due to bursting Kisku said. Sonbhadra, , , areas which also include age the crowd.  &&    & 8   (   $

  of Unnao, was killed in a road Lavkush was driving his scooty mishap near Medanta Hospital when kite manjha got stuck youth, identified as Ramu under Sushant Golf City police around his neck. He was AYadav (22) of Juggaur, was station area on November 14 admitted to RMLIMS. killed in a road mishap while afternoon. Reports said bike- Besides, body of a 42- his companion Rajan (17) of borne man was hit by some year-old man, identified as Juggaur fractured his leg in unidentified speeding vehicle. Pankaj Bahuguna, was recov- Indiranagar on Sunday Meanwhile, a man was ered from a room which was evening. Reports said the bike injured after the car he was dri- locked for the last three days in bike collided head-on with ving hit the road divider and Madiaon. Reports said neigh- another motorcycle at Juggaur later overturned near Sai bours felt putrid smell and turn around 5:30 pm. Ramu Hospital in Gudamba police alerted police. The cops suffered head injuries, to which station area on Monday reached the scene and recov- he succumbed later while Rajan evening. He was identified as ered the body which was sent was admitted to RMLIMS. The Vivek Singh of Barabanki. for autopsy. The police said the youth on the other bike fled the Other occupants of the car — body appeared to be three scene, abandoning the vehicle. identified as as Ram Kumar days’ old. Pankaj was a native In another incident, a 55- and Ravindra — escaped of Pauri Garhwal in year-old man was fatally unhurt. Uttarakhand and was staying mowed down by a train behind In another incident, a in Lucknow all alone. Beema Hospital in woman, identified as Anjali Sarojininagar police station (50) of Chinhat, was hit by a " area on November 13 after- speeding bike near BBD police A 38-year-old differently- noon. The victim was identi- outpost on Sunday evening. abled man reportedly ended his fied as Aman aka Pintu of The woman suffered injuries in life on Sunday evening. Reports Shaktipuram in Sarojininagar. the mishap and was hospi- said Santosh Kumar of Pink Police said Aman was in a talised. City (Phase-2) in Para police drunken state and went to the Meanwhile, a youth, iden- station area was found hanging railway tracks to answer tified as Lavkush (26) of from the staircase railing on the nature’s call. He was hit by a Barabanki, suffered injuries in top floor of his house around train and he died on the spot. a freak incident near Husadiya 6:30 pm. Santosh was said to Meanwhile, a 55-year-old crossing in Gomtinagar on have been depressed over some man, identified as Rakesh Saini November 14. Reports said issue.    () (     (6   $2 %$     Lucknow (PNS): Thieves struck   leave as it might land them (the at two shops and a house in couple) in trouble. Thakurganj and Para police sta- man and his wife were “Irked over this, the gam- tion areas on Diwali night and Athrashed by a gang of blers swore at me. My husband decamped with cash and valu- gamblers in Gomtinagar on came to my rescue and he was ables. The thieves sneaked into Sunday night. Police arrested also abused. They later a medical store owned by Saeed three of the accused while attacked us with sticks” Raza of Muftiganj and a shop efforts were on to nab others. Dharma complained to the selling electronic goods owned As per reports, Dharma Rawat police. A team of police by Assu Arshad of Saadatganj. In and her husband Ram Lahan nabbed three of the accused his complaint, Saeed stated that Rawat of Vivek Khand run a while the rest managed to flee he closed the shop on November grocery shop in the outer por- the scene. Those arrested were 15 night. He said the thieves tion of their house. Around identified as Vijay Singh, Nihas made off with Rs 30,000 in cash. 9:30 pm on Sunday, they closed Shukla and Dilawar Yadav of While the police were carrying the shop and spotted around Nawabpurwa village. The out investigation, Arshad also two dozen men playing cards police booked them under dif- complained of theft at his shop. at an isolated place close by. ferent sections of IPC and also He said the thieves made off They asked the gamblers to SC/ST Act. with Rs 5,000 in cash and other goods. In another incident in Para, 8.$$$%$ " thieves made off with cash, ornaments and other valuables  $"%% #$ from the house of a loco pilot. Bhupendra Singh left for his Lucknow (PNS): Chief verting the raw material of workplace on November 15 Minister Yogi Adityanath flowers offered for the value night. When he returned home launched the novel brand of added product of incense on Monday morning, he found incense sticks called ‘Shree sticks,” the CM said at the the locks broken. Gorakhnath Ashirwad’ made at launch. He said this initiative Gorakhnath Temple from the would be replicated across all .' floral wastes by Mahayogi major temples in UP. A fire broke in the office of Gorakhnath Krishi Vigyan CIMAP director Prabodh an advocate in Kaiserbagh Kendra with technical support Kumar Trivedi said incense under mysterious circum- of CIMAP and temple trust sticks are already being made stances on Sunday evening. controlling the production and from flowers at the Sai temple Reports said the office of Sushil distribution. The raw material in Shirdi and Vaishno Devi Singh Chauhan of Gomtinagar for the product is flowers used shrine. The flowers are dried in Extension locality is situated in worship places and later a machine and converted into opposite Dayanidhan Park. disposed of. powder, which is then knead- Around 6:30 pm on Sunday, a “The flowers offered in the ed along with the natural bind- fire broke out in the office and places of worship are disposed ing powder and coated on thin Singh was alerted by locals. of in rivers. However, the initia- wooden sticks which are soaked Police said the fire was doused tive of CIMAP will help in con- in aromatic oil and packed. within a few minutes.     !" #$%&'&'    )  & +5% ' =9 $  ( (  (  )8

number of patients who has a male aged 57 from Niyar places. Action was taken  ' '   1 infected also lost his life tak- been infected with Covid in but the number of ten or five  ' ' 52-  been recovered so far is 17,028, (Cholapur) succumbed to against 10 under MB Act, 15 ing the count of the death toll the district so far. On patients has been increasing leaving 618 active cases. The Covid-19 at SSH BHU. With under 151 CrPC, apart from he number of corona to 328 in the district so far Saturday, 25 people were dis- since four days. On Saturday, he number of COVID-19 recovery rate is 94.94 per cent, the addition of five new red warning 82 eve teasers. Apart Tinfected in the district has while at least 6,004 people charged from Covid hospitals. 90 infected in L3 SRN Tcases in the district has while mortality rate 1.60 per zones, the total number of from this, the police arrested crossed to 25,000 marks with have become infected so far. At the same time, 52 people Hospital, 36 in Beli and 14 in inched close to the 18K-mark cent. hotspots has increased to 2,408 69 persons under Section 151 82 new cases of Coroanviurs Similarly, on Saturday, 94 completed home isolation. So the United Medicity are being as 54 new positive patients have Chief Medical Officer including 200 red zones. Four of CrPC while challaned under being reported within the last new cases of corona infections far 17,809 people have become treated. According to Nodal been detected on Monday, (CMO) Dr VB Singh has green zones have been con- Section 188 and took action 24 hours on Sunday night. At were reported. At the same healthy in home isolation with Officer for Corona Dr Rishi increasing the total number of informed that in the first verted into red zones again. under Section 51 of Disaster the same time the number of time, the number of those 77 people who have become Sahai, a total of 4,621 people cases to 17,934. The day also report of the day, 32 positive There are 2,208 green zones Management Act against seven those who beat the COVID-19 who beat Corona for the infection free. At the same were tested for Covid testing. saw two more deaths, increas- patients were found out of with three new ones. persons. was 69. The district has a total fourth consecutive day was time, 5,972 people have been The report can be obtained ing the toll to 288. During the 1,744 reports received. Till Under the ‘Mission Shakti’ During checking at vari- of 855 active cases. less than the infected. One discharged from various online. For which OTP will day, the follow-up negative then, the total test reports campaign, a total of 3,825 ous points, 697 vehicles were At the same time, as many patient also died during treat- Covid hospitals after treat- come after putting the regis- reports included 77 and out of received were 3,71,787 and the women / girls were mobilised challaned and four seized. as 17,955 perssons have also ment. ment. tered mobile number on the them, 71 have been recovered results of 4,594 are awaited. at 107 places and 883 leaflets Apart from this,  17,400 were completed their home isola- According to CMO Dr. The number of Covid site, which will get the report, from home isolation while six Out of them, 3,53,875 were were distributed by the district realised from 25 vehicles, tion on the same day. And one GS Bajpai, 25,142 people have patients is within a hundred, added Dr Sahai. from the hospitals, increasing negative, while 17,912 positive. police. A total of 1,084 women while 18,800 from 702 per- the number to 14,185 and The total number of samples / girls were sensitised by the sons for moving on the roads 2,843 respectively. The total collected was 3,90.801. Earlier, Anti-Romeo Squads at 107 without wearing masks.   2 %%   0(  (  &  ( $&   ' '   1

 ' ' 52-  also organised at Swami ashtriya Swayamsewak Narayan temple RSangh (RSS) organised a nnakut Mahotsav was cel- (Machoudhari) where 25 Deepotsav programme at Arail Aebrated at various temples quintals of Chhapan (56) Ghat in Naini on Sunday including Kashi Vishwanath Bhog were offered and in the evening to strengthen Indian (KV) and adjoining special Aarti, UP Minister of traditions and inculcate the Annapurna Mandir here on State Neelkanth Tiwari and feeling of nationalism among Sunday amidst traditional gai- other dignitaries were present. the masses. Speaking on the ety and religious fervour. The entire temple was deco- occasion the RSS Prant Despite all COVID-19 restric- rated and the festival which Pracharak (Kashi Prant) tions, rush of the devotees was was started in the afternoon Rameshji said that the Sangh seen at some temples to offer continued till 8 pm. had been working hard to prayer to the deities. On the Under the guidance of strengthen the national feeling occasion, the silver idol was Mahant Swami Prem Swaroop among the masses, and this decorated with 500 ladoos dur- Das, Jyanendra Swami did strong nationalism has estab- ing Shringar Bhoj Aarti bhoj Shringar of idols while priest lished India on a higher inter- and then 6.51 quintal sweets .   ! % Ghanshyam and Yagman national platform, and it is a were offered at KV temple. 6 ! $  Jasubhai Patel were also pre- matter of pride. Aarti of Maa Divisional Commissioner (DC) sent apart from corporator Bharati and Ganga was organ- Deepak Agrawal, District famous where 80 quintal Rameshwarpuri and others Kunwar Kant Singh, Paresh ised on the occasion. Magistrate (DM) Kaushal Raj sweets containing 56 dishes were also present. The festival Bhagat, Pankaj Bhagat, Equality can be ensured )!!,,  &$* Sharma, Chief Executive were offered which included was also celebrated in many Kanchan, Yogeshwar Swami, only after ensuring unity, and Officer (CEO) Sunil Kumar 21 quintal ladoos. adjoining temples in Gyanvapi DK Swami, IPS officer Rajeev this will make India into a self en the darkness. and their family members, As many as 11,000 Deep Verma and many other senior The festival also marked premises Surya, Saani, Narayan Mishra, Dr Deepika dependant nation, he said and Sangh office-bearers paid the borders of the nation are Daan was done on the occa- officers were present. the end of five days festival Kailash, Rani and other tem- Baranwal, Bhavsh Bhai, added that Deep Daan is a rich tributes to the martyrs safe. sion. The Annakut Mahotsav of started on the occasion of ples. Dinesh Bhai, Vicky Yadav and symbol of fighting the dark- who opted for the supreme This programme was Yam D witiya, Bhaiya Annapurna Mandir is most Dhanteras. Mahant Besides, big function was Purushottam Swami. ness. There is no meaning in sacrifice on the borders of presided over by Chandradeo Dooj, and Chitragupta Pujan cursing the darkness, but China and Pakistan, and said Maharaj of Sachcha Baba were celebrated in the Sangam efforts should be there bright- that owing the brave soldiers Ashram. City in traditional way %&-    .  7)   &  ( ' (R $ (   ' ' 52-   ' '   1 Whenever a party wins an election, the worker wins. or the fifth consecutive year, eputy Chief Minister Earlier, a meeting was also Fthe Climate Agenda has DKeshav Prasad Maurya is held at the city unit office of the released a post-Diwali Air on a four-day visit to Prayagraj. BJP. Earthen lamps were also lit Quality Index (AQI) report During this, he is joining var- in the name of soldiers on the on city here on ious programmes here. In the occasion. Monday. The report finds out same sequence, Deputy Chief The city unit president that the order of the National Minister also reached the res- said that the soldiers of the Green Tribunal (NGT) for a idence of Chairman of Higher country have responded by blanket ban on firecrackers in Education Council of Uttar smashing the enemy on the Varanasi clearly violated, which Pradesh and former Vice- border of Pakistan. If they still resulted into city air plummet- Chancellor of BHU Prof. GC do not desist from their cow- ing to severe levels. The order Tripathi. ardice act then even more for a blanket ban on firecrack- The Deputy Chief Minister stringent action will be taken ers was aimed to protect condoled the death of Professor against them. On this occasion, COVID-19 patients as there Tripathi’s mother here. He also everyone raised slogans of are studies saying that the asked for his well-being and Bharat Mata and also poor air quality may hamper prayed to God that Prof. announced Vande Mataram. recovery of COVID-19 patients Tripathi gets strength in this Party workers said that we and may cause a hike in new lead campaigner of the failed miserably in effectively the poor waste management, difficult time. are happy and safe on the cases. Climate Agenda, Ekta Shekhar implementing the NGT’s waste burning on the road Prof. Tripathi expressed strength of our soldiers. We are According to the report, said “there have been reports order.’’ side as well as bumpy roads is the affection of his mother by dren on every festival. I am shared happiness with every- all celebrating Deepawali with Ashapur remained the most worldwide which claim that She further added ‘along also contributing to the poor being emotional with the missing her on this Diwali’, one. He told the workers that our family members in the polluted locality where PM 2.5 the poor ambient air quality with existing COVID-19 state of city air. Deputy CM. He said that the added Triptahi. The Deputy the way all people are active in country. Our soldiers are alert and PM 10 concentration was has an adverse impact on cases, this failure in imple- Welcoming the recent mother spent her entire life for Chief Minister also got emo- the area, keep it maintained for us on the Sarhad. We are all 4 and 4.5 times higher than COVID-19 recovery chances menting blanket ban on crack- announcement of three new the children. ‘Today, this is the tional after hearing his words. ahead also. The same will be grateful to the brave sons of our the government’s standards, and it also increases the risk ers will have serious health continuous air quality moni- first time when she is not After this meeting, the effective in the coming days. country. Rajesh Aggarwal, respectively. Sarnath, Kashi of higher number of COVID- repercussions on children and tors to be set up in Varanasi, together’. On any festival, she Deputy CM also met the work- No leader or party can ever win Suvodh Singh, Anil Kesarwani, Station, Pandeypur and 19 positive cases. Taking this senior citizens as well. The Ekta Shekhar said “it will not used to prepare weeks in ers at his residence. He also without a worker. Bihar is a Vijay Kumar, Raghav etc. were Kachahari areas were found to into account, the NGT had situation could have been pre- only help monitor the data on advance and used to wish chil- exchanged the sweets and direct example of this move. present on this occasion. be on the top 5 polluted areas passed an order for a blanket vented, if the administration a micro level, but will also help list whereas Ravindrapuri ban on firecrackers in some behaved responsibly’. the departments in preparing locality was found to be bet- cities including Varanasi. It is The report indicates that feasible plans to curb the pol- ter than others. disappointing to see that the PM 10 is the major pollutant lution. Though, the decision is Describing the ill effects of administration of the Prime in Varanasi. It proves that delayed, the implementation 3%4 ( 2   (%  such air quality in the city, Minister’s constituency along with the firecrackers, needs to be time bound’  ' '   1 scene it questioned the family 22 GAMBLERS HELD: police. members of the deceased. SP A day after Deepawali, 22 peo- DEATH OF SAUMITRA n the auspicious occasion trans Ganga Dhawan Jaiswal ple who were gambling on MOURNED : Death of the Oof Yama Dwitiya the police and other officials also reached Sunday night, were jointly veteran actor Saumitra > $  & %( ?  8 administration of Prayagraj, the spot. However, no clue has arrested by police and SOG Chatterjee was mourned here led by the IG Range and the been received by the police team from different places. at Prayagraj by the Bengali SSP/DIG performed bhoomi about the killers. Nearly  5 lakh was recovered Social and Cultural  ' ' 52-  praying Lord Krishna who Kishori Das. Srivastava, Raman Sriavstava, pujan in the Sangam area for A 30-year-old Raju alias from them. Along with this, Association. Saumitra uplifted mountain CHITRAGUPTA PUJAN Srivastava, the coming Magh Mela 2021. Salim son of Idrish, a resident police have also recovered Chatterjee was a favourite actor haiyya Dhuj and Godhan to save the life of the people. SAMAROH HELD: To mark Ashish Srivastava and Manoj Akhara Parishad chaiman of Haidiya village of mobile phones, cars, bikes, of , and he was the Bpuja were celebrated with On the occasion, a grand shob- the Bhagwan Shree Srivastava. Mahant Narendera Giri was the Kaudhiyara police station area, stolen license pistols, cartridges recipient of all traditional gaiety and reli- ha yatra is taken out but due to Chitragupta Jayanti, the various Under the auspices of priest who conducted the lived in an area under the from their possession. The besides the prestigious Dada gious fervour in different parts COVID-19 restrictions the organisations on Monday Chitragupta Yuvak Mandal, whole pujan to ensure that the Tharavai police station. He police are now interrogating Saheb Phalke award. of the city here on Monday. same could not be carried out organised Shree Chitragupta the Jayanti Samaroh was Magh Mela passes off without used to do junk business here. these gamblers. Roop Katha had invited Majority of residents hailing this year. However, under the Pujan Samaroh at various observed symbolically at any untoward incident. On Monday morning, Raju’s The police raided a house Saumitra Chatterjee in 2016 to from different parts of auspices of Govardhan Puja places in the city. They limited Chitragupta Mandir in BLW. Bhoomi pujan is the annu- body was found on the track in in of Phaphamau on honour him at its national the- Bhojpuri-speaking eastern UP Samiti, the traditional the Jayanti Samaroh of their Rajesh Kumar Srivastava and a al tradition and the officials of the pool of blood along the the information of gambling, atre festival, but he could not and adjoining Bihar celebrated Govardhan Puja was celebrat- Aradhya Devta just to pujan few others attended the pro- the distict and the police Tharavai-Sahason main road in and the gamblers present start- make it owing to ill health, the day as typical Godhan Puja ed at Govardhan Dham and aarti because of COVID- gramme. The Jayanti Samaroh administration do it separate- Basmahua. The villagers going ed to flee on which 13 people Later Kalyan Ghosh, Prof in which the sisters made some (Khirkhiya Ghat) on Sunday. 19 pandemic. was also held at Varunapuri ly. This marks the beginning of there saw the body. were sieged. More than  4 lakh Ashim Mukherjee, and figures with cow dung and Speaking on the occasion, Instead of holding a grand Colony in where the Mela preparations with A crowd gathered there were recovered from them. Shankar Chatterjee went to prayed for the long life of their Samiti President Shalini Yadav sobha yatra, the Akhil the program began with pujan. leveling of surface, preparation shortly. On receiving infor- When police searched every- to honour this great brothers. highlighted the importance of Bharatiya Kayasth Mahsabha, The hawan and the path of of a blue print of the mela area mation, Tharavai police also one, the license pistol and car- actor. Singing traditional songs, the festival and narrated the Varanasi organised a pro- Sunderkand was also held by with clear demarcation of land reached there and with the sup- tridge were recovered from MANY INJURED IN they prayed the Almighty to story how Lord Krishna save gramme of pujan and aarti at the devotees. Prominent for Kalpawasis, saints, Akharas, port of the villagers, the young one of the gamblers. BOMB ATTACK: Crude save their brothers from the the humanities from bad evils. the statue of Swami among those who became part roads and other amenities. man was identified as Raju alias On being inquired, it was bombs were exploded near impacts of bad evils. The She said that as the entire Vivekanand in Nadesar here. of the programme were Aruni On Monday the IG and the Salim. found that the pistol they had Allahpur overhead tank, women also abused their world is facing a pandemic, we The office-bearers and mem- Chandra Sinha, Rakesh Kumar SSP reached the Mela area On getting the informa- with them was stolen. Matiyara Road under the brothers and after that they should pledge to mobilise the bers of the Mahasabha offered Srivastava and Abhinav where Mahant Narendra Giri tion, Raju’s sister Reshma along Meanwhile, the Kaundhiyara Georgetown police station on burnt their tongues as per tra- people to prevent spreading of prayer to deity Chitragupta Srivastava. had been invited as the head with other family members police nabbed nine people Monday morning. About half dition. At several places in the COVID-19. She also appealed and also performed aarti. The The Kayasth Samiti priest to perform bhoomi pujan also reached there. Police sus- while gambling. About 70,000 a dozen persons sustained city, groups of women were to all to follow the COVID-19 prasad was also distributed Sarnath Varanasi also observed in a traditional manner. pected that there is a possibil- in cash from the spot and  injuries in this incident. seen gathered to offer the guidelines. among people present on the the Jayanti Samaroh of diety JUNK DEALER KILLED ity that Raju might have been 5,000 were recovered from The local residents alleged prayer and festival mood was Under the leadership of occasion. It is pointed out that Chitragupta at Lohia Nagar : Crimes continue unabated in killed by some unidentified their possession on being that Gunnu Pasi used to attack seen at Niranjani Akhada area general secretary Bhola Yadav the Mahasabha had taken a Colony in Ashapur where the Prayagraj district. Just on the goons at some point in the frisked. people with bombs, but the in Shivala. As this holy city is havan-pujan was held. On the decision two years ago that it members of the organisation night of Diwali, a 30 year-old night. He was brutally stabbed Police of several police sta- police were not initiating any of cosmopolitan character occasion, ISKCON team pre- would take out a grand sobha participated with their family young man was brutally killed to death. His head was brutal- tions including Kotwali, action against him for certain where the people hailing from sented Srikrishna bhajan and yatra every year on this auspi- members. The function by some unidentified miscre- ly crushed and strangled to Mutthiganj, Kydganj, George unknown reasons. Why the different states live in different then prasad was distributed. cious occasion but it had to was also held at Ashok ants in the area of Karchana death with a sharp weapon. Town, Kareli, Attarsuiya, police officials are shielding localities, the families of differ- The member of Govardhan limit its programme just to Puram Colony in Meirapur police station. Now on Sunday However, after reviewing the Dhoomanganj, Cantt, Shivkuti, criminals, is an unanswered ent states celebrated the day as Trust Board Gopal Yadav, pujan and aarti because of Basahin. The prasad was dis- night a junk dealer was brutal- scene the Tharawai police ques- Daraganj, continued to raid question, they said and added Bhaiyya Dhuj, famous across Panna Lal Yadav, Ganesh, Jai COVID-19 pandemic. tributed among devotees and ly murdered by the killers in the tioned family members and throughout the night on that this type of patronage the country as the festival falls Prakash Yadav, Ajay Yadav, Prominent among those who others. Tharwai area. nearby people but failed to get Monday, but no major gam- grooms a petty criminal into a second day after the festival of Chandra Bhanu Pradhan, were present on the occasion The Jayanti Samaroh was His body was found along any clue as to who killed Raju bling was caught. However, mafia don. Deepawali. Jitendra Yadav and many oth- included the regional president organised at each place by fol- the Tharvai-Sahason main road and why. Family members there was chaos in the streets The local residents have Earlier, the families of ers were present and the entire of the BJP Mahesh Chandra lowing the guidelines of by the villagers. On the receipt are also unable to say anything over secret gambling. They decided to meet the SSP in this many Yaduvansis ( Yadavs) programme was held under the Srivastava, Dr Mukesh COVID-19 and using face- of information, police reached in this connection, police kept running away from the connection to get rid of Gunnu celebrated Govardhan Puja, guidance of Mahant Kishore Srivastava, Anil Kumar mask. the spot and after reviewing the added. repeated movement of the Pasi.    !"#$%&'&'   

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As been withdrawn in a fraudulent KCommissioner Raj to provide an adequate num- mask was mandatory and ing of the government and K Mishra said that 88 more cost about 1 lakh on Saturday. per the reports, SHO GRP manner from the account of a Shekhar has directed Chief ber of antigen test kits to was to be checked at various private hospitals to find out if people had tested positive for As per the reports received Mirzapur Uday Shankar victim back. Medical Officer Dr AK Mishra GSVM Medical College. places by the authorities con- they were following all the coronavirus infection between here, SHO GRP Uday Shankar Kushwaha was on patrolling As per the reports received to identify areas of the city He said in case of cerned. guidelines. Sunday evening and Monday Kushwaha was patrolling along duty along with his team at here, an ex-serviceman reporting a rise in number of COVID-19 death, a proper He added that during the He said with the evening taking the tally of with his team when a suspi- Chunar railway station on Chandrashekhar Gaud, a resi- COVID-19 cases and to deploy death audit should be festival a big number of peo- approaching winter there confirmed cases to 29,092 cious-looking person tried to Sunday. The team was tipped dent of Patharaura village additional surveillance teams to done and its report be sent ple were seen flouting the was every possibility that cases. He said that 2 cases flee from platform No 2 on see- off about the presence of a sus- under Adalhaat police station, find out new positive cases and to the district magistrate social distancing norms and the weather could trigger were discharged from hospi- ing them. However, he was pect in a train. On frisking him had on November 7 informed their contacts and also make as well. He pointed out that this was dangerous as it could the second wave of COVID- tal. He said one COVID-19 overpowered. The cops frisked the team recovered an android the police that someone spoke the masses aware of preventive most of the deaths of novel spread further. 19 and so people were death in the city was report- him and recovered 115 gms of phone worth about 20,000 for to him and some how got the measures. coronavirus positive patients He said the second wave required to remain alert and ed till Monday evening keep- intoxicating powder as well as which he could not give a sat- details of his account. He had He also stressed on imme- were due to comorbid condi- of COVID-19 was likely to cautious. ing the death toll to 756. The six android phones from his isfactory answer. Considering stated that on October 29 a diate antigen test of patients tions. start thus every precautions He also asked the govern- CMO said at present 925 possession. As per the SHO it as a stolen one, the police sum of 23,456 was debited reporting symptoms of flu, The divisional commis- had to be taken by the med- ment and private hospitals to active cases were undergoing about one dozen cases were booked him under the relevant from his account. The cyber followed by RT-PCR test and sioner said the government’s ical and district officials and maintain adequate stock of treatment. Dr Mishra said registered against the nabbed sections of law and sent the crime branch of police acted confirmation through focus was to strictly enforce also the people. oxygen. 2627 samples were sent for criminal identified as Seraj accused identified as Rana Tej instantly and got success in get- testing in the city. alias Javed, a resident of Godsar Pratap, son of Jitendra Singh, a ting the money back in the village under the Vindhyachal resident of Ward No. 5 Kunaari account of the victim. The vic- police station in Mirzapur in Mandan Akhardeeha tim has expressed his gratitude   (  ( &   ('' the different stations of GRP. Majorganj, Majorganj police to the police.  & & $ ) ."  ' '  2 8PSS@TQPI9@IU  '( )#* 8PSS@TQPI9@IU  '( )#* Kachhawaan police station, ommunal tension flared  ( & recently. In another incident newborn girl child was Cup in Wazidpur locality istrict Magistrate Sushil Ravi Shankar Pal, a resident of Afound lying in an under Chakeri police station  '& (  DKumar Patel has appealed Pasaiya village, was on his way unclaimed condition at after the death of a youth dur- to farmers to adopt technical along with his mother, Munari Buskudia hillock under Halia ing a clash between two groups  ' '  2 and scientific methods for police station on Saturday. As over a petty dispute late Sunday enhancing their income. These per the reports, Halia sub- night. he Kanpur traffic police views were expressed by him in inspector Ramgyan Singh was As per reports, two groups Thave decided to launch a Rabi productivity seminar and on the way along with woman clashed after some water inad- fortnight-long drive to place a farmer-scientist dialogue at constable Soni Nigam and his vertently splashed on a youth reflectors as part of the Traffic the meeting hall of Jila team under Mission Shakti in Wazidpur locality of Jajmau Month. Panchayat recently. Awareness drive when they late Sunday night. The clash SP (Traffic) Sushil Kumar Emphasising over the cultiva- heard a baby crying near left Pintu Nishad dead and appealed to hand and animal tion of mushroom and poultry Baskudia hillock on Halia several others injured. driven cart owners and rick- farming the DM was of the Dadari road. The team reached As the news of the death shaw-pullers to place reflectors view that without additional the spot and found a girl child spread, tension gripped the on their carts/rickshaws. expenditure farmers could earn lying there wrapped in clothes. locality. He said the Kanpur traffic more but for it assistance of The team brought the child at After the autopsy, the body police would hold camps as experts was a must. He opined the hospital where she was was allowed to the taken to the various places and put reflec- too that the farming of black found to be well. After a med- house of the deceased amid tors on all such modes of paddy could open the new ical examination the baby was tight security. IG Mohit transport to prevent accidents. scope for the area and the sent to Mirzapur Childline. Agarwal, Divisional He said during the drive, farmers who were into culti- SWEETS DISTRIB- Commissioner Raj Shekhar, the tail lights of all commercial vation of such seed had good UTED: Cops distributed District Magistrate Alok vehicles including goods car- experience with it. Addressing ,   ! +$ sweets, lamps etc among the Tewari and Senior riers, tempos and cabs would the seminar Chief    # $  poor in Purjagir village under Superintendent of Police also be checked and reflectors, Development Officer (CDO)    Chilh police station on the Pritinder Singh also reached reflective tapes and rear tapes Avinash Singh sharing his occasion of festival of lights, the spot. would be placed on the back experience about the farming Devi (60) on his motorcycle Diwali. As per the reports, The police later allowed side of the vehicles. of banana in the area said that when it was suddenly hit by a Chilh Station House Officer the kin to take out the funer- He said according to the under Rajgarh block some truck near Padari Bazar under (SHO) Chhotak Yadav was al procession. But after march- 0      9  : $  Motor Vehicles Act, 1989, Rules farmers had shown the path to the Padari police station. The gathering information about ing a few steps, the kin and 104 to 104 D, it was mandato- develop it as a banana hub. He two injured were brought to a the law and order in the area locals suddenly placed the ry to install reflectors and said that a proposal would be hospital for treatment where from the field staff when he was body on the road and staged reflective tapes and rear mark- made and sent to the govern- Munari Devi was declared as told that some persons belong- a dharna, blocking the road. ing tape fulfilling the AIS ment to promote farming of brought dead. ing to a locality situated at a They demanded immediate (Automotive Industry banana through the experts NABBED: Under the joint some distance away from the removal of people living in Standards) 089 and ASI090 and other facilities. operation of SWAT team and police station were unable to illegal colonies. Despite district regulations. He said reflective Addressing the seminar the sci- Halia police arrested an enjoy the festival due to penury. administration’s efforts to paci- tapes were stuck on the front entists laid emphasised on accused carrying a reward of After fy them, they refused to clear and back of four-wheelers as adopting new technology in 15,000 on his head on ending the road. well so as to make them visible farming and exhorted the new Saturday. As per the reports the meet- They said the cremation from a distance. He said these generation to avail the govern- received here, under the joint ing with would be performed only after not only increased the visibil- ment’s facilities in a scientific operation of the Excise depart- the cops the launch of a drive to remove ity of the vehicles during night way and change the farming as ment and the police, an illicit the SHO the illegal colonies. hours but also helped the traf- a business of profit. The speak- liquor factory was unearthed in went to With the situation going fic police in regulating the ers were of the view that from Rateh village under Halia the local out of control, police force was flow of vehicles. He said horse the soil testing if the expert’s police station on September 27. market, summoned from other dis- carts and cyclists were the opinion was sought and was The other accused in this con- pur- tricts also. The officials later potent cause of accidents on done accordingly farming nection had already been chased succeeded in pacifying the dark roads and thus it was nec- might be a lucrative job. Depuy caught. However, as the said traditional items, including the agitated kin and the locals essary to put reflectors on Director, Agriculture, Ashok accused was remaining at large clay lamps, oil, sweets, ‘lai,’ The SSP said action under them. It may be mentioned Kumar Upadhyay assured the the police had announced the rewari, cotton etc, then went to National Security Act would here that in the poorly lit farmers that all facilities were reward of 15,000 on his arrest. the locality accompanied by S- be initiated against the guilty. Kanpur roads and the combi- available, including seed, fer- Seeing the seriousness of the Is Kamlesh and Ram Pratap, On a complaint filed by nation of animal and man dri- tiliser, pesticides etc and for any case the SP had involved the constables Praveen, Sarvesh, the kin, the police registered ven carts and pedal rickshaws problems he was available to SWAT team too to help Halia Arjun, JP Yadav, Mansa Kumari FIR against 11 persons and moving on the same road was assist them. On the occasion all police. As a result the wanted and others and distributed the arrested four of them. a major reason for accidents, the officials concerned were was nabbed at Lavkush items there and stayed there till The police, however, especially at night. He said present. Mishthann Bhandar located at clay lamps were lit. This gesture refused to divulge the names high-visibility safety pedestri- MISHAP DEATHS: Two Gadbada road Rateh on of the police team won the of the arrested accused. an reflectors were often the persons were killed in separate Saturday morning. hearts of the residents of the Police and para-military only affordable thing keeping a road accidents recently. After completing the legal locality, including Motilal, forces were deployed in the person visible on the road with According to a report received formalities the police sent the Sangeeta and Israaji. Praising Wazidpur locality so that less than optimal lighting. He here, Atal Bihari Singh (45), a accused identified as Sanjay and blessing the team they no untoward incident took !!$,$   ! ,      )*!.         said drivers may not always resident of Kewtabeer village Jaiswal, son of late Ramji said that it had made their fes- place. 9  $  have the time or opportunity to died when he was hit by an Jaiswal, a resident of Ranibagh tival special and prayed for the Meanwhile, UP’s notice pedestrian crossing the unidentified vehicle near under the Katra Kotwali police bright future of the cops and Industrial Development road. He said as the winter Baadaapur village under station, to jail. their family members. Minister Satish Mahana met assured them of full justice. informed about the presence various illegal colonies devel- approached the visibility the kin of the deceased and Mahana was also of disgruntled elements in oped in the area. reduced and was a potent cause of accident and if the reflectors %(!) "$%%!& were there it could prevent a fatal accident on the roads. 8PSS@TQPI9@IU  .-/0*( Kumar said parents should % & &  $   be particular when children !  n accused in connection with the theft of a bag con- move out on bicycles that they Ataining 20,000 in cash from the shop of a grocery have head safety gears and 8PSS@TQPI9@IU  $+ ,-#* businessman of Ilia town, Thakur Prasad Gupta, was reflectors on their cycles and arrested by the men in khaki from an area near Maldah even motorcycles or scooters. gang of unidentified thieves bridge here. He has been sent to jail. According to a report  &  %    He said the Traffic police Asneaked into a house situated near received here, there was rush on the auspicious occasion would also place reflectors at a school under the Khorabar police of Chhoti Diwali and turnings and crossing so that it station by breaking open its locks and the shopkeepers were  ' '  2 Domestic Violence Act, any act, portion of married women among wives of abusive men. could be noticed by the vehi- stole jewellery worth lakhs of rupees busy. On finding the conduct, omission or commis- had been physically or sexual- She said the research showed cle drivers. and 10,000 in cash here recently. moment opportune, ahila Manch general sec- sion that harmed or injured or ly abused by their husbands at that battered women were sub- According to a report received here, Raj Kishore Singh, a Mretary Neelam had the potential to harm or some time in their lives. ject to twice the risk of mis- Alok Kumar, a basically a resident of resident of Dhedhuwa Chaturvedi said domestic vio- injure a woman was domestic She said the survey indi- carriage. > $ && Amkol village in Sardar Nagar under village under Chand lence was a burden on numer- violence in the eyes of law. cated that nation-wide, 37.2 She said violence against the Chauri Chaura police station police station of Bihar ous sectors of the social system She said there was need to percent of women experienced women had a far deeper impact area, has one house in Khorabar vil- sneaked into the gro- and affected the development create awareness among violence after marriage. She than the immediate harm % lage. Alok’s wife, his mother and cery shop of Thakur of a nation. women that they need not suf- said UP topped the list with caused and had devastating younger brother, Satyavan, lived in the Prasad Gupta and Addressing a virtual meet- fer a prolonged period of abuse 42.4 percent. consequences for the women KANPUR: A woman house. Alok’s wife and mother along escaped with a bag ing on ‘Domestic violence before taking recourse to law. Chaturvedi said domestic who experience it and a trau- strangled her 42-year-old hus- with with family members had gone containing 20,000 in against women’ at Shyam Nagar The Mahila Manch gener- violence against women was an matic effect on those who wit- band, Anoop Kumar, in to on October 26. Satyavan cash. In the evening on Monday, she said it was a al secretary said it had been age old phenomenon. She said ness it. Nayapurwa locality under also left on November 11 to bring Thakur Prasad global issue that spread across reported that 85 percent of all the gender imbalance in The Mahila Manch gener- Moosanagar police station of his mother and sister-in-law back. launched a search for national boundaries as well as violent crime experienced by domestic violence was partly al secretary said violence Kanpur Dehat on Sunday As a result the house was locked. the money kept in the socio-economic, cultural, racial women were cases of intimate related to differences in phys- against women was a violation night. The woman, Sandhya When everyone returned home -        bag. After his search and class distinctions. partner violence, compared to ical strength and size. of basic human rights and was alias Munia, was freed from jail late on November 12, they were ended in vain the She said in India, domes- 3 percent of violent crimes She said moreover, women shameful for the states that after completing her six-month aghast on finding the door lock shopkeeper checked the footage of the closed circuit tele- tic violence was the major experienced by men. were socialised into their gen- failed to prevent it and societies conviction. When Anoop broken and all the items inside the vision camera (CCTV) and saw a youth coming out car- cause of concern, especially for She said domestic violence der roles in different societies that tolerated, and in fact, per- Kumar did not wake up on house were lying scattered. Giving rying the bag containing the money from the box dur- women. was the most common form of with a patriarchal power struc- petuated it. Monday morning, Sandhya details Alok’s younger brother, ing the rush. At this the victim lodged a complaint in con- Chaturvedi said domestic violence against women and ture and with rigid gender She appealed to women raised an alarm. The police Satyavan, said that the burglars on nection with the incident at the police station. On the basis violence could be described as affected women across the life roles, women were often poor- facing domestic violence to found marks of abrasion on the finding the moment opportune of the CCTV footage the police arrested Rajkishore Singh the power misused by adult span from sex selective abor- ly equipped to protect them- contact Mahila Manch so that throat of Anoop and grilled had decamped with gold and silver while he was going home along with the bag containing men and could take the form tion of female foetuses to forced selves if their partners became they could be provided with Sandhya, who confessed her jewellery worth lakhs of rupees besides the money just three hours after the incident. On frisk- of physical assault, psycholog- suicide and abuse, and was evi- violent. long-term follow-up and assis- crime. It transpired that on 10,000 in cash. He said that they had ing him the police recovered the 20,000 kept in the bag ical abuse, social abuse, finan- dent, to some degree, in every She said studies in Uttar tance. Sunday night, Sandhya lured made a complaint to the police in this from his possession. Giving details Ilia police station cial abuse, or sexual assault. society in the world. Pradesh had also shown that Others who spoke includ- Anoop to consume liquor and connection. The police is investigat- incharge Mithilesh Tiwari said that the thief was arrest- She said as per the She said as per Indian offi- unplanned pregnancies were ed Santosh, Amrita, Madhu, when he became drunk, she ing the matter, last reports received ed just three hours after the incident, a case was regis- Protection of Women from cial records, a substantial pro- significantly more common Suneeta, Asha and Prema. strangled him to death. here said. tered against him and he had been sent to jail.    !"#$%&'&'  

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The government is Afor allegedly killing his died on Sunday morning at the the attempt, the accused threw Kashmir” State BJP president Trinamool Congress parties were providing shelter to (ICRISAT) to use drones for encouraging young entrepre- live-in girlfriend in an acid- Beed Civil Hospital, where she acid from a bottle that he was on Monday vowed to turn the Government for making Bengal the terrorists in Bengal. agricultural research neurs and researchers to look cum-petrol attack, a Beed dis- had been rushed to by the carrying. She screamed for State into “Gujarat” drawing into a “terror hub worse than “It is very alarming that a activities. at ruggedized low-cost drone trict court on Monday remand- police on Saturday. help. No help was forthcoming. sharp counter attack from the Kashmir.” few political parties are giving Granting the institute a solutions for the over 6.6 lakh ed the accused Avinash R. The motive behind the The accused went further, Trinamool Congress which said Saying that Bengal had shelter to the terrorists and anti- “conditional” exemption from villages in India,” the release Rajure in police custody for ghastly murder has not been removed petrol from his that “BJP’s dream will turn become a hub of “terrorists and social elements.” Reacting to some of the rules applicable for quoted Amber Dubey, joint eight days in connection with established yet. The police have motorbike, doused her with it into its nightmare.” anti-nationals” Ghosh said how Ghosh’s statement senior TMC deployment of drones, the Civil secretary in Civil Aviation the ghastly incident. recorded the statement of the and set her on fire. Later, he Exuding confidence that recently “six Al-Qaeda terror- leader and Minister Subroto Aviation Ministry said the Ministry, as saying. Twenty-five-year-old victim before her death. pushed the burning victim girl his party would come to power ists were arrested from Mukherjee said his dream would institute can gather data for Last month, the ministry Avinash, who had been arrest- The investigations have into a ditch and fled the scene,” with two-third majority Ghosh Aipurduar (indicating that) a never come true. “Everyone has agricultural research activities has allowed NTPC to use ed from Nanded town on revealed that Avinash set out on Investigating Officer from said “after coming to power we network has been formed in a right to dream but it is his duty within the ICRISAT research drones to carry out research Saturday, was produced before a motorbike along with Savita Neknur Police Station Laxman will turn the wheels of devel- several places of the state. Even to see that the dream does not field using remotely piloted air- and inspection activities at its Beed district Court’s Joint Civil from Pune to Shelgaon late on Kendre said. opment in Bengal making it Bangladesh leader Khaleda Zia turn into nightmare,” Mukherjee craft systems or drones. three power plants in Madhya Judge Kadir A Sarvari, who Friday night, after promising According to the IO, a another Gujarat,” ruing the has said the terrorists are being said on Ghosh’s winning Bengal The exemption is valid for Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. sent the former to police cus- her that he would take their shepherd tending to his flock in State had become a laggard in trained in India and sent to Assembly elections in 2021. six months from the date of Granting the public sector unit tody till November 24. native village of Shelgaon vil- the nearby field alerted the all respects with deteriorating Bangladesh to create distur- His ministerial colleague issuance of permission or until (PSU) a “conditional exemp- Avinash had allegedly lage in Nanded district for police at 2 pm on Saturday. “We law and order, education and bance. This state has become a Firhad Hakim said “there are the full operationalisation of tion” from some of the drone poured acid and petrol, set his Diwali. The two had stayed as reached the spot quickly and economy. hub of terrorists, and anti- people who are aspiring to con- Digital Sky Platform (Phase-1), rules, the ministry said NTPC girlfriend – identified as live-partners in Pune before the rushed the victim girl to the “Today the situation is such nationals. Such is the situation vert Bengal into Gujarat but they whichever is earlier, the release can use drones at Vindhyachal Savitra D. Ankulkar (22) on fire accused offered to take her Beed Civil Hospital,” Kendre that a State which was at the that Bengal is now worse than have no idea of Bengali culture. said, adding that the exemption super thermal power station and left her abandoned in a home for Diwali. said. forefront of everything does not Kashmir with the people living Bengalis will never allow the will be valid only if all condi- and Gadarwara super thermal bush along her roadside at However, the accused The victim, who had sus- even produce IAS and IPS offi- in fear.” State to become Gujarat as they tions and limitations are strict- power plant, both in Madhya Yellamb Ghat near stopped the vehicle at an iso- tained 50 per cent burns, suc- cers … but when the BJP will He alleged that even he had don’t want to be killed in ly adhered to. Pradesh, and Sipat super ther- Beed town in Marathwada lated place near Yellamb Ghat cumbed to the wounds at the come to power we will intro- been in the hit list of the ter- encounters. People will reject “Drones are poised to play mal power project in region in the small hours of en route at around 4 am and Beed district civil hospital on duce all-round development rorists adding how he was BJP.” a big role in the agriculture sec- Chhattisgarh. PNS Saturday. attacked her with acid and Sunday morning. $&  ; %   6( '&$  &(  (  ,-( % 0&  %#'/## Though there are no Rajnikanth would come with and flash the Torch light for not openly announced his deci- %     dearth of chief ministerial can- his political party. There is Stalin’s route to the top post,” sion to launch a political career, 6)  didates in Tamil Nadu, the enough time for the assembly said Sam Rajappa, veteran his new venture “Master” is amil Nadu’s search for a contenders themselves are not election and he is likely to make commentator. being la "./)0*1 Tpolitical savior is continu- sure of their position. an announcement soon,” said Anbumani Ramadoss, son belled as a political movie. ing and as on Monday it has Vijayakanth, who had launched Tamilaruvi Manian, a close of PMK founder S Ramadoss The actor plays the role of a col- '  " @R ( not yielded any result. Other the DMDK in 2006 and intro- associate of the actor. was the chief ministerial can- lege teacher and is seen throw- % %" than MK Stalin, the DMK duced himself as Karuppu When asked about the didate of the Vanniyar domi- ing away the black shirt which Srinagar: Avalanche warnings were issued on Monday president, and incumbent Chief MGR (Black MGR), Tamil Covid-19 pandemic acting as nated outfit. Though the his fans interpret as a signal that Srinagar: A total of 390 more persons for four districts of Jammu & Kashmir following fresh Minister Edappadi Nadu people are yet to accept the spoilsport, Manian said Vanniar constitute 25 per cent he was discarding Dravidian tested coronavirus positive in Jammu rain and snowfall in the Union Territory. Palaniswamy, there are no him as a leader. The former one need not physically travel of the Tamil Nadu population, politics. The teaser has report- and Kashmir on Monday while 482 A medium danger avalanche warning has been viable choices to lead the State film actor is not in the best of all over Tamil Nadu for meet- it would not be sufficient for edly earned 24 million likes, patients were discharged from different issued for Kupwara and Baramulla districts while a low at this juncture. health and is unlikely to cam- ing voters. “The digital and the realization of Ramadoss’ according to the producers of hospitals after recovery. danger warning has been issued for Bandipora and While Stalin became DMK paign as he is bed ridden for visual media are there and we dreams. Many senior leaders the movie. But Vijay, who is yet An official bulletin said that 150 of Ganderbal districts. chief only because of him being the last one year due to many will make use of them.” Said like S Semmalai (AIADMK) to make a public speech other the new cases were reported in Jammu Officials said the warning shall remain in force dur- the son of Karunanidhi, the for- ailments. Manian. and Durai Murugan (DMK) than the one-liners scripted by division and 240 in Kashmir ing the next 48 hours. mer Chief Minister who led the The spiritual politics of Kamal Haassan, another belong to the Vanniyar com- story writers, has to prove to division. “People are advised not to move out unnecessarily party for almost 50 years, Rajnikanth has not reached super star, who had launched munity. Wherever the com- the voters that he is a leader So far, 1,03,009 coronavirus cases in higher reaches of these districts during the next 48 Palaniswamy was elevated to anywhere though the actor has Makkal Neethi Meiam, a polit- munity forms a major chunk of material. were reported in J&K, of which 95,824 hours,” an official of the provincial administration said. the Chief Minister’s post as a been speaking about it since ical outfit with Torch as its sym- the voters, both the DMK and Besides these movie stars, have recovered. The official said the danger of avalanches in high- consensus candidate in the 2017. The last one heard of him bol came a damp squib in the AIADMK field only Vanniyar Tamil Nadu politics is agog In all, 1,597 patients have suc- er reaches starts normally once the weather clears out. AIADMK in 2017. Since then was a statement in which the 2019 Lok Sabha election. candidates. with names like O cumbed to the dreaded virus in J&K, After two days of rain and snowfall, weather in J&K the farmer from Edappadi vil- matinee idol said that due to Though he had declared him- The latest to make his Panneerselvam and K A including eight patients on Monday. has improved. Met officials said except for scattered lage in Salem has established medical grounds he may not be self as the chief minister can- political dreams known is Sengottaiyan (both AIADMK) Of the 5,588 active cases in the UT, rain/snow at isolated places, there would be no major himself as the undisputed able to travel and meet the vot- didate of his party, chances are Joseph Vijay, popularly known as strong contenders for the top 1,688 are in Jammu division and 3,900 change in general weather conditions during the next leader of the party. ers. “Our firm belief is that that he may join the DMK front as Thalapathi. 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Uddhav had said that Bengaluru city, said a weather including Bengaluru,” November resulting in wide- in Maharashtra on Monday Prime Minister Modi who had Our stand was then and now is Despite the devotees having though all places of religious official on Monday. Bengaluru weather scientist C. spread rainfall from Kolar to after a gap of seven months on ordered the closure of temples... that we do not want to indulge shown readiness to follow all worship remained during the Chamarajanagar in the state's Monday, the ruling Nationalist It should also realise that the in politics on this kind of an health protocols strictly, the pandemic months, God was old Mysuru region. Congress Party (NCP) Coronavirus crisis has not abat- issue. The Coronavirus crisis state government was refusing taking care of all devotees in the “A cloudy sky, strong sur- slammed the Opposition BJP ed fully in the country. Even in has affected the entire world. to reopen temples and other form of doctors, nurses and face winds and moderate rains for its efforts to claim credit for Maharashtra, we have been Here, the BJP indulges in pol- places of worship”. other health staff. are the forecast for this week in the development, by saying working hard to reduce the itics on this issue,” Patil said. “Finally, it was devotees’ The chief minister said the region as favourable con- that it was Prime Minister Covid-19 cases. Hence we are Earlier, in a statement faith that defeated the state gov- that the people from religious ditions prevail in the Bay of Narendra Modi who had unlocking various activities issued here, State BJP president ernment to keep them away faiths celebrated Ganesh Bengal,” said Prabhu. ordered the closure of temples slowly. We started movement of said: “The from God and prompted them Chaturthi, Navratri and With moderate to heavy during the lockdown. trains and we have started sev- MVA government’s decision to reopen temples. We welcome Pandharpur wari (annual pil- rains lashing the region since As the BJP celebrated the eral other things. As the final to reopen temples and other the decision,” grimage), Eid, Mount Mary etc November 13, the festival of reopening of temples as part of the unlocking process, places of worship is a victory of Chandrakantdada said, as he by observing discipline, lights has been wet and damp “Anandotsav” in different parts we have decided to reopen the devotees’ faith”. appealed to the devotees to fol- restraint and following Covid- for the people reeling under the of the state and dubbed the places of worship. But, the BJP Debunking chief minister low Covid-19 protocols while 19 protocol norms enforced by coronavirus pandemic over the development as a victory of politicises everything”. ’s statement visiting temples in future. the state government. last eight months. devotees’, Maharashtra NCP “A few months ago, the BJP that the reopening of religious While making an “People will have to avoid “Being closer to northern president and senior minister workers – unmindful of the places was not a government announcement about the crowding at the places of wor- Tamil Nadu, south interior Jayant Patil slammed the prin- continued Coronavirus crisis - order, but was being done as reopening of places of worship ship. The reopening of religious areas of Karnataka benefit the cipal Opposition party, by say- - went in front of temples and the wish of the Almighty, with a note of caution, places is not a government north-east monsoon which ing: “The BJP tries to politicise staged a protest by banging Chandrakantdada – as he is Maharashtra chief minister order, but is being done as the lasts till December and help each and everything. The BJP thalis. Had they given us sug- known in the state political cir- Uddhav Thackeray had said on wish of the Almighty. The farmers in sowing of rabi can in no way hog credit for gestions on how to reduce the cles – said: “Despite having Saturday: “We should not for- devotees will have to leave crops,” Prabhu added . reopening of temples. If any- Coronavirus, I would have started the lockdown unlock- get that the demon their shoes outside, while the According to the state thing, the credit for the devel- understood. But, their effort ing process some months ago, Coronavirus is still in our wearing of masks is mandato- Meteorological Office, the opment goes to the chief min- was to see that they could the state government had not midst. Even though that there ry.... If we follow discipline, we southern state had 19 per cent ister and Maharashtra govern- contribute to the increase in the permitted the reopening of has been some respite, we can will get God's blessings,” the excess rainfall from November ment”. number of infections. When temples and other places of ill-afford to be complacent. chief minister said. 1-15 with 188 mm actual rain- fall as against 158 mm normal rainfall. The coastal region had 40 per cent excess rain during the first fortnight of November  with 317 mm actual rainfall as against 227 mm normal rain- fall. IANS 5 5 00 4=> (?; Another challenge is that the two competitors face and anti-submarine warfare exercises, seamanship -4-8 2 is that distributing doses must be kept very cold. Both evolutions and weapon firings will also be undertaken the Moderna and Pfizer shots are frozen but at dif- to further enhance inter-operability and synergy Moderna’s vaccine, created with the National ferent temperatures. Moderna announced on Monday between the four friendly navies. Institutes of Health, is being studied in 30,000 vol- that once thawed, its doses can last longer in a refrig- In addition to Vikramaditya and its fighter and unteers who received either the real vaccination or erator than initially thought, up to 30 days. Pfizer’s helicopter air-wings, indigenous destroyers Kolkata a dummy shot. On Sunday, an independent moni- shots require long-term storage at ultra-cold tem- and Chennai, stealth frigate Talwar, Fleet Support Ship toring board broke the code to examine 95 infections peratures. Deepak and integral helicopters will also participate that were recorded starting two weeks after volun- “This positive interim analysis from our phase in the exercise, led by Rear Admiral Krishna teers’ second dose - and discovered all but five ill- 3 study has given us the first clinical validation that Swaminathan, Flag Officer Commanding Western nesses occurred in participants who got the place- our vaccine can prevent Covid-19 disease, including Fleet. Indigenously built submarine Khanderi and P8I bo. severe disease,” said Moderna’s CEO. maritime reconnaissance aircraft of the Indian Navy But Moderna’s independent monitors reported The company plans to submit applications for will also showcase their capabilities during the exer- some additional, promising tidbits: All 11 severe coro- emergency approval in the US and around the world cise. navirus cases were among placebo recipients, and within weeks, and said it expects to have approxi- US Navy’s Strike Carrier Nimitz will be accom- there were no significant safety concerns. mately 20 million doses ready to ship in the US by panied by cruiser Princeton and destroyer Sterett in The main side effects were fatigue, muscle the end of the year. addition to P8A maritime reconnaissance aircraft. The aches and injection-site pain after the vaccine’s sec- Royal Australian Navy will be represented by frigate ond dose, at rates that Hoge characterised as more 8 12 2 028 4; Ballarat along with its integral helicopter. Japanese common than with flu shots but on par with others navy will also participate in the exercise. such as shingles vaccine. 8   O- 32  The Malabar series of exercises, which began as The Cambridge, Massachusetts, company’s vac- an annual bilateral naval exercise between India and cine is among 11 candidates in late-stage testing Phase 2 will witness joint operations, centered the US in 1992, has seen increasing scope and com- around the world, four of them in huge studies in the around the Vikramaditya Carrier Battle Group of the plexity over the years. The 24th edition of Malabar US. Indian Navy and Nimitz Carrier Strike Group of the highlights enhanced convergence of views amongst Both Moderna’s shots and the Pfizer-BioNTech US Navy. The two carriers, along with other ships, the four vibrant democracies on maritime issues, and candidate are so-called mRNA vaccines, a brand-new submarine and aircraft of the participating navies, showcases their commitment to an open, inclusive technology. They aren’t made with the coronavirus would be engaged in high intensity naval operations Indo-Pacific and a rules-based international order. itself, meaning there’s no chance anyone could catch over four days. Australia joined the exercise this year for the first it from the shots. Instead, the vaccine contains a piece These exercises include cross-deck flying oper- time since 2007 bringing together all four countries of genetic code that trains the immune system to ations and advanced air defence exercises by MIG 29K of the Quadrilateral grouping for the military games. recognise the spiked protein on the surface of the fighters of Vikramaditya and F-18 fighters and E2C Malabar formally became a trilateral format with virus. 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Polls will be J&K. “But for TV channels there He said a free press is the he CBI has registered three officials of Jammu Development Monday asked the Congress to held from November 22 to The BJP leader said pre- is no self-regulatory body like cornerstone of democracy and Tseparate cases at the behest Authority (JDA) and unknown clarify whether it is standing December 28. vention of corruption Act was PCI. We are getting suggestions freedom comes with responsi- of Jammu and Kashmir High others on the allegations that the with the National Conference Hitting out at the Congress, not allowed to be implement- to make a code of conduct for bility even as he asked news Court and taken over the inves- Revenue officers of Jammu dis- (NC) and the Peoples Prasad demanded to know as ed by the Article 370 with polit-    all TV channels but we are yet organisations to avoid sensa- tigation of these cases, earlier reg- trict had entered into a criminal Democratic Party (PDP) on the to why the opposition party is ical leaders making merry with to take a decision on it,” the tionalism. “Freedom of press is istered by Vigilance conspiracy with the said private issue of restoration of the backing ‘Gupkar declaration’ the state funds. nion Information and minister said, adding that the the soul of democracy. Organization, Jammu (now person and conferred ownership Article 370 in Jammu & and the “anti-nationals” who Women of the state mar- UBroadcasting Minister government doesn’t want to Freedom of press is very Anti-Corruption Bureau, Union rights with regard to land mea- Kashmir. are “seeking China’s help and rying outside were denied Prakash Javadekar on Monday interfere but press should pre- important but any freedom Territory of J&K). suring five Kanal and two Marlas “Sonia and Rahul tell clear- are disrespectful to the National property rights in the state said that the Government is sent responsible journalism. comes with responsibility. So, The first case has been reg- in Khasra No. 781 situated at vil- ly and categorically, are you flag”. The Minister was refer- which is now a Union territo- considering a new code of Javadekar further said just there has to be a responsible istered against unknown officials lage Deeli Tehsil and District with the demand for the ring to the recent comments of ry, he said. conduct for television and like TV, there is no regulatory freedom and no sensationalism of Revenue Department, Jammu Jammu. restoration of the Article 370”, former Chief Ministers Farooq “Are ‘Gupkar alliance par- mulling strengthening the reg- body for over-the-top (OTT) by the press,” the minister said on the allegations that the These cases are the outcome asked the law minister here at Abdullah & Mehbuba Mufti. ties and the Congress aiming to ulatory mechanisms for OTT platforms and the government in the video message. Revenue Department officials of the orders of Jammu and a press conference. Prasad said Article 370 take the state backward and platforms. is receiving suggestions on The news should not be to conferred undue benefits upon Kashmir High Court in PIL Politics around Article 370 denied women, children, back- deny people of the J & K their Speaking at a webinar how to regulate its content. deliberately defame anyone, the illegal occupants of the state No: 19/2011. The cases were ear- is heating up with the union ward classes and SCs an STs legitimate rights”?, asked organised by the Press Council OTT platforms such as he said adding the way freedom land by intentionally ignoring the lier registered by Vigilance territory to undergo local bod- their basic rights in the erst- Prasad. of India (PCI) on the ‘Role of Netflix, Hotstar, and others of press is being attacked these laid down provisions of Roshni Organization, Jammu (now media during the COVID-19 were recently brought under days is not good. Act and rules, thereby conferring Anti-Corruption Bureau, Union pandemic and its impact on the ambit of the information Talking about the alleged ownership rights of the state land Territory of Jammu and media’ on National Press Day, and broadcasting ministry. Television Rating Points (TRP) wrongfully to selective unde- Kashmir) vide FIR Numbers 3 &"! !!&"%! the minister touched upon the Neither there is any PCI manipulation by some news serving persons and hence 23/2015, 5/2015 and 6/2014. issue of absence of a regulato- nor any other body for OTT channels, the minister said a inflicted huge monetary loss to In the first case, it was fur- ry body for TV channels and platforms which have very committee formed by the min- the State exchequer. ther alleged that the purpose of said a decision may be taken on good content as well as very istry will soon submit its report The second case relates to Jammu and Kashmir State Lands 4  (("!! & bringing a code of conduct for bad content. So, something on the issue. To check the similar misuse of authority in (vesting of ownership rights to them. needs to be done about it, he TRP manipulation and address Samba district. the Occupants) Act, 2001 which The Press Council of India said. the issue, we have formed a The third case relates to a was generating revenue for    border standoff in eastern BRICS countries have a com- is a self-regulatory body which Discussions are going on committee which will give its private person, resident of undertaking developmental Ladakh for over six months. bined GDP of USD 16.6 trillion. has representations from vari- and we are getting suggestions report very soon, he said. Gandhi Nagar, Jammu, works in the state was defeated. rime Minister Narendra Both Modi and Xi had come The MEA said the leaders PModi will on Tuesday face-to-face virtually at the would be discussing intra- attend the virtual summit of annual summit of the Shanghai BRICS cooperation and key BRICS that will focus on coop- Cooperation Organisation issues in the global context, eration in counter-terrorism, (SCO) on November 10. including the reform of the "       .    . trade, health, energy and ways “At the invitation of multilateral system, measures to offset the impact of the President Putin, Prime to mitigate the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Minister Narendra Modi will ongoing COVID-19 pandem-    >      Chinese President Xi be attending the 12th BRICS ic, cooperation in counter-ter- Jinping, Brazilian President Summit hosted by Russia, rorism, trade, health, energy tially identified by scientists at The research team says Jair Bolsonaro and Russian under the theme ‘’Global and people-to-people    Imperial College London in the the findings are being fol- President Vladimir Putin are Stability, Shared Security and exchanges. UK using artificial intelligence lowed up with large-scale clin-    7!  scheduled to attend the 12th Innovative Growth’’ on “India will be taking over rug Baricitinib, used to (AI) as a drug that could have ical trials. summit of the Brazil-Russia- November 17,” the Ministry of the chair of the BRICS, which Dtreat rheumatoid arthritis, anti-viral and anti-inflamma- “We urgently need to find India-China-South Africa External Affairs (MEA) said in would be the third BRICS may reduce the risk of dying for tory effects. more effective treatments for    expressing diverse morpho- (BRICS) grouping. a statement. Presidency for India since its elderly patients with Covid-19, In the study, the patients, Covid-19 while we wait for a logical features (which are The BRICS summit is tak- The BRICS is known as an inception (after 2012 and 2016) and provide a new weapon in who were in multiple hospitals vaccine to become widely he chirp of the cricket may often classified into multiple ing place at a time two of the influential bloc that represents and will host the 13th BRICS the arsenal against the novel across Italy and Spain, had a 71 available,” said Professor Justin Tsoon be used to monitor species). bloc’’s members, India and over 3.6 billion people, or half summit in 2021,” the MEA coronavirus, according to a per cent reduced risk of dying Stebbing, co-lead author of their species diversity. Dr. “Therefore, identification China, are locked in a bitter of the world’’s population. The said. study published in the journal compared to patients who had the study from Imperial Ranjana Jaiswara, a solely based on morphological Science Advances. not taken the drug. College London. Department of Science and features leads to underestima- The scientists came with The study found that 17 “This is one of the first Technology (DST) Inspire tion or overestimation of the conclusion after 83 patients per cent of patients who were Covid-19 treatments to go Faculty Fellow at the University species diversity,” she added. 0 P       with a median age of 81 and all given the drug died or needed from computer to clinic and is working to establish a field Dr. Jaiswara’s research as a suffering from moderate to to go on a ventilator, compared laboratory. It was first identi- crickets acoustic-signal library DST-INSPIRE Faculty address- severe Covid-19 infection were to 35 per cent in the control fied by an AI algorithm in which can be used as a non- es the problem of cryptic      given the drug. group who were not given the February, which scanned thou- invasive tool in species diver- species by using advanced tools This medication was ini- medication. sands of potential drugs that sity estimation and monitoring. in an integrative frame in delin- could work against this virus,” “The library will be a dig- eating species boundaries. Stebbing said. ital ones and can be used These tools include - - .7!  The study suggests this through mobile phone appli- acoustic signals, DNA drug can aid recovery of cation for automated species sequences, and phonotactic  *   patients with moderate to recognition and discovery as behavioural data in studying severe Covid-19, and may pro- well as documentation of new species diversity. and V Ramasubramanian asked vide a new weapon in the species of crickets from India,” She uses field crickets as    the counsel for Sameer Thakkar arsenal against the virus, the she said. the model organism. In her to approach the Bombay High researchers said. Jaiswara explained that research published in Journal he Supreme Court on Court with the plea saying that The team grew miniature currently morphology-based of Zoological Systematics and TMonday refused to entertain it can also uphold his funda- human organs in the lab, called traditional taxonomy has gone Evolutionary Research, she a plea for bail of a man who was mental rights. organoids, to investigate how a long way to recognise and has shown that species-spe- arrested from Gujarat for post- The High Court can also exactly the drug may combat establish species diversity. cific bioacoustics signals are a ing allegedly objectionable com- uphold your fundamental rights. Covid-19. “But it is often not suffi- highly efficient and reliable ments in his tweets against It can also transfer the case and The findings revealed that cient in delimiting cryptic tool in marking species Maharashtra Chief Minister grant you bail. Then why are you the drug may help work in two species-- a group of two or boundaries and it can be used Uddhav Thackeray and his min- coming under 32 (under Article ways: reduce organ damage more morphologically indis- to get an accurate estimate of ister-son Aaditya. 32 of the Constitution, writ caused by inflammation, and tinguishable species (hidden species richness and diversity    ven as India’s first indige- ing phase III trials but I am not A bench of Chief Justice S A pleas are filed in the Supreme blocking the virus entering under one species) or individ- estimate of any geographical Enous coronavirus vaccine, happy because it is a two-dose Bobde and Justices A S Bopanna Court). human cells. uals of the same species area. Covaxin, is entering its third injectable vaccine. If we have to phase of vaccinate 1.3 billion population human trials with two dose vaccine, we in 26,000 par- need 2.6 billion (260 crore) !     ticipants, syringes and needles.” Bharat Ella asserted that the chal- +    Biotech on lenge is to vaccinate 1.3 billion Monday won- population. Six billion (600 dered how the crore) people in the developing    country’s 1.3 world have to be vaccinated but billion (130 the opportunity is if 20 per cent he Supreme Court on crore) people of them are vaccinated, I have TMonday sought a will be vacci- done my job as a scientist. You response from the Uttar nated with its partly need vaccine because Pradesh Government on two-dose there will be herd immunity. a plea challenging the injectable vac- Ella also pointed out that arrest of Kerala-based cine. 40,000 unknown viruses are journalist Siddique Terming existing. “10,000 viruses can Kappan on his way to the exercise a hop from animal to animal and where a young “challenge” to human. What we are seeing woman had died Krishna Ella, today is only a sample. Because after allegedly being that there was nothing petitions,” the bench said Chairman of its impact on economy it got gang-raped. against the journalist in Earlier, the top court had andmore attention. We are yet to The top court, which the FIR lodged at Mathura said it would hear the plea Managing see lot many things.” has now posted the plea of by police. after four weeks and in the Director, He said that Bharat Biotech Kerala Union of Working The FIR has been meantime, the journal- Bharat is the only vaccine company in Journalists (KUWJ) seek- filed under various pro- ists’ body could approach Biotech said the world which has BSL3 pro- ing bail for Kappan on visions of the IPC and the the high court at a pro- duction facility (Biosafety level December 20, asked the Unlawful Activities for the relief. gramme 3). union as to why it did not (Prevention) Act (UAPA) Journalist Siddique online that Last month the vaccine approach the Allahabad against four people having Kappan was arrested on the company maker said it had successfully High Court seeking the alleged links with the October 5 while he was on is also work- completed interim analysis of same relief. Popular Front of India, or his way to Hathras, home ing on anoth- Phase I and II trials of the vac- “We are trying to dis- PFI. to the young Dalit woman er vaccine for cine and is initiating Phase-III courage (Article) 32 peti- PFI had been accused who died after being Covid-19 trials in 26,000 participants. tion (Writ petitions under in the past of funding alleged lygang-raped by which would The Hyderabad-based vac- Article 32 are directly protests against the four upper-caste men. be in the form cine maker had on October 2 filed before the top court). Citizenship Amendment The union had filed a of nasal drops sought the Drug Controller This is not a comment on Act across the country habeas corpus petition in and can be General of India’’s (DCGI) the merits at all,” said a earlier this year. the top court against the ready by next permission to conduct phase 3 bench of Chief Justice S A During the hearing, arrest of the journalist year . randomised double-blind Bobde and Justices A S Sibal said, “the FIR does and it also sought his At the placebo-controlled multicentre Bopanna and V not name him (Kappan). immediate production programme trial of its COVID-19 vac- Ramasubramanian. No offences alleged. and release from “illegal organised by cine. “Issue notice return- He has been in jail since detention”. the Indian “We are working on anoth- able on November 20. In October 5.” The police, however, School of er vaccine through nasal drops the meantime, as prayed When the top court had said it has arrested Business, Ella my feeling is by next year it will for, the petitioner said that the journalists’ four people having links said, “ We reach the population,” Ella (KUWJ) is allowed to body should not have with the Popular Front of have part- said. serve the Standing directly come to the top India in Mathura and nered with BharatBiotech in Counsel for the respon- court, Sibal responded by identified the arrested ICMRSeptember had said it entered dents/State (Uttar saying, “Your lordships persons as Siddique from (Indian into a licensing agreement Pradesh),” the bench said have done this under 32 Malappuram, Atiq-ur Council of with Washington University in the order. 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Therefore, the charge  -  2 several of whom are run by tren- accused.     1  S     .        ! Let us examine the claim that that freedom of expression is chant critics of Modi. Other nations which have the media space is “severely shrink- under severe threat in the coun- Having examined the been put ahead of India include  (                     ing” in India after Mr Modi became try is ridiculous and smacks of 21 H(+ Constitutions of dozens of Papua New Guinea, a nation      "         $       Prime Minister. You will find this uninformed opinion. Also, in 8  nations, this writer is of the view based on Christian principles,           "             laughable in the light of the reports view of all this evidence, anyone that a pristine democracy must and Argentina, where the fed- of the Registrar-General of who says that “media space is  -  -  contain the following eight fun- eral government supports the             .          ! Newspapers in India and other shrinking” in India and that civil damentals: An inviolable com- Roman Catholic Apostolic                  S  " .  agencies which track media growth. society and the “Opposition” are   24 mitment to freedom of expres- Religion.    .9.   ?@@E             India has witnessed a media boom stifled, needs to get his head sion and freedom of conscience; India is not only a secular, over the last decade and the figures examined. -84-')+ an unambiguous commitment democratic nation but also the              "        ! for the last six years should make The second defect in the to secularism; separation of reli- most vibrant and diverse in the                       anyone’s jaw drop. The circulation report is that it attributes what- 8  gion and state; republican form world. It has the “secular” ideal    " S                  1  of daily newspapers in India in 2014 ever deficiencies it has found vis-  -  -  of government; constitutional embedded in the Preamble of its               "         ! was 150 million copies. By the year a-vis freedom of expression to right to equality before law; Constitution. It is home to all 2018, it had jumped to 240 million Modi. This is downright irre- gender equality; right to life and religions, its population is ethni-   1     .   1           copies. There are about 250 million sponsible for the reasons that  5 - -- personal liberty; and universal cally diverse and its people        "              households in the country and of have been cited above and also H+'> 14H+'I; adult suffrage. All these eight speak 122 languages and 170          <    1    '  #      ! them as many as 160 million from a constitutional point of essentials exist in the Indian dialects. households had television sets in view. Obviously, the report is  -0 3 2- Constitution. Therefore, those who seek to   ;<#           (  .       2014. By the year 2018, this figure written by individuals who are Now let us look at the run down India are actually run-        !             was closer to 200 million. totally oblivious of India’s con-  -2H++ V.Dem report and the countries ning down democracy itself.                *          But this growth story extends stitutional scheme. India is a fed- ahead of India. Denmark is the These Western notions of beyond mainstream media. There eral republic in the sense that the 8   best democracy according to this “democracy”, where the authors       (             has been an exponential growth in legislative and executive powers report. But is it? Its Constitution propound theories convenient to               ;   " /    ! the social media in recent years and are shared between the Union - -4  says that the Evangelical them, need to be challenged.       0',          !    ! ! this is reflected in the number of and the governments in the Lutheran Church, which is based Indians need to now stand up internet connections, which has spi- States and the Constitution itself 8 - on the Holy Bible, “shall be the and say, “Don’t lecture us – your    #    ;              ralled from 150 million in the year spells out the subjects that are established church of Denmark.” theories have a strong stench of       ;<#S        $      2014 to over 500 million five years allotted to both. Further, neither -- 2 J Further, “the State has a duty to racism and Christian commu-       <                 8 hence. 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"'. 1   ;<#S  The policy — a legacy of the socialist era —    1      FB     =B?@     has led to blatant misuse and misappropriation       =B??         of funds and is far from helping the most vul-      1  nerable groups and sectors for whom it is intend- " .    .#(2'3    =B?G   ed. It needs to go as today the banking network         AG   =@F    ! is capable of meeting credit needs of all, provid-    >@         "    ed the sector is left to itself. However, faced with contraction in the Gross Domestic Product      =B?@  1  "     .#(2'3 (GDP) growth by a whopping 23.9 per cent and                !   credit growth at a low of 6.7 per cent during the        .  first quarter (Q1) of the current financial year " =B=?           "'. (FY), the RBI introduced changes in the norms " ;<#         P     Q   for PSL. But what is the connection between PSL      ;<#       !   and growth?  0   -   'S P   For several decades, successive govern- 2 3Q  =B??  ;<#S    (      ments followed a policy of directing banking          " "'.S    credit to specified sectors, which had remained -  -             ;<# P neglected for long and needed the required push sion of funds to non-farm uses. Even lending. Yet, our policy-makers contin- culture and MSMEs, can avail loans up to catch up with the country’s growing econo- 3  2 out of credit that flows to agriculture, ue with PSL and keep adding more and to 50 crore under the PSL. What is the   ;<#   2'   ;<#  3Q       S my. The RBI mandates that a certain percent- 1- a disproportionately high share is cor- more sectors under its ambit and sanctity of these limits? Is it the case    (            age of a bank’s Adjusted Net Bank Credit -  64 nered by large farmers viz. those with shuffling the limit under each. Thus, that an entity which needs 31 crore    P  ,Q      S    (ANBC) or lendable resources be given for PSL.  02 8 farms over 10 hectares. During 2016- there are a host of other categories such for setting up a solar-based plant "         9       For commercial banks, including foreign banks,    17, large farmers, who account for 0.6 as export, education, housing, health, won’t be eligible for PSL? Or, the appli- -                 this is 40 per cent, while regional rural banks 0 -82 per cent of the total number, got away social infrastructure, renewable ener- cation of a start-up needing a loan of O  .    .#(2'3 -  'S     (RRBs) and small finance banks (SFBs) are   3 with 41 per cent of the agri-credit. gy and now, start-ups. 51 crore will be rejected. This is           .  '     required to allocate a whopping 75 per cent for  3; Semi-medium and medium farmers, In September, the RBI increased bizarre.    !1  /         PSL. Within the over 40 per cent limit, there are 2  owning between two-10 hectares (they the targets for small and marginal Putting in place such a system R,  S                  ! sub-limits; for instance, agriculture gets 18 per 2 - ; are 13.2 per cent of all farmers) get bulk farmers from the existing eight per cent brings in a lot of discretion and gives                   cent of the ANBC. Although the guidelines do  D  3 of the balance 59 per cent agri-credit. of the ANBC to 12 per cent, applica- the bank manager or officials a lot of not lay down any preferential rate of interest for Small and marginal farmers with hold- ble from 2020-21 onward. It also room to manoeuvre. From the perspec-   0         P PSLs per se, generally such loans are “cheaper” 01222- ings up to two hectares (they are 86.2 increased credit limit for farmers pro- tive of the borrower, every aspirant —   ' 2; S   '3Q       and “more accessible.” The chargeable rate of  8 2 3 per cent) get very little; in fact, nearly ducers organisations (FPOs) and farm- irrespective of his/her scale of opera-             ;     interest is as per the RBI’s directives and varies 0   -  41 per cent of them don’t even have ers producers companies (FPCs) to 2 tion — will play with numbers to keep "              from sector to sector, 02 8- access to banks. crore per borrowing entity. The moot his/her borrowing proposal within     As per the RBI’s directive, a short-term crop 5 21 ; Asset creation in agriculture holds point here is when already the sub- the threshold. This is the surest invi- '    !   * - ' loan of up to 3,00,000 (for animal husbandry,   the key to sustainable increase in the sidised credit is not reaching where it tation to nepotism and corruption.  1        .4  2  3 dairy and fisheries farmers, this limit is 3528 farmers’ income. Yet, the share of ought to be reaching, what is the use To conclude, the extant highly con-  2.3        ;        2,00,000) is available at a subsidised interest rate 843 5 investment credit in total farm credit of pouring more in? From FY 2021-22, voluted system of “directed lending,”  " "'.         .  of seven per cent; an additional incentive of three 2- is only 25 per cent (down from 50 per a higher weightage of 125 per cent specifying targets for sectors in a typ-  /   .4  2/ .3 " "'.     per cent is provided for prompt payment. The - 1- 41  cent in 2000). A big chunk of this also would be assigned to incremental pri- ical top-down approach that keeps effective interest cost works out to only four per goes to medium and large farmers. ority sector credit in the identified dis- bank officials busy with target fulfill- .              ! cent. To make it happen, the Union Government  -  1 According to the committee on “Status tricts, where the per capita PSL is less ment and compliances, is pregnant    / .   9  ;       offers to banks interest subvention of two per 2 4 of Farmers’ Income: Strategies for than 6,000, and a lower weight of 90 with blatant misuse and misappropri- 'S             cent per annum and prompt repayment incen- 2   Accelerated Growth,” that was set up per cent would be assigned for incre- ation of funds. It is unlikely to serve the =E       "   AB  EB     tive (PRI) of three per cent. This comes at a huge   21 to identify ways to double farmers’ mental priority sector credit in the desired objective of helping the most ;<#             ' cost to the exchequer (during 2019-20, the  - income, small and marginal farmers identified districts, where the per capi- vulnerable groups for whom it is               " ('(' Government spent 18,000 crore). The banks, finance 30.8 per cent and 52.1 per cent ta PSL is more than 25,000. This is intended. At the same time, it impos- 2!( '! !( !!' 3       too, share a good portion of the cost as reim- of their investment in assets through intended to help 184 districts with low es a huge collateral damage. ;        ;        bursement given by the Centre does not fully informal sources viz. moneylenders, per capita PSL credit flow. Will things For instance, of the outstanding cover the interest subsidy extended by them to traders and input dealers (albeit at high improve merely by assigning higher bank credit of about 100,00,000 crore, '   (         9  ;                        ! farmers (on a total farm loan of about 13,00,000 interest rate) and so on, as they don’t weightage? when 40 per cent or 40,00,000 crore crore given during 2019-20, interest subvention have access to banks. To give a boost to renewable ener- is PSL given at a subsidised interest                 ! at the rate of two per cent alone works out to The irony is that large, medium gy, the RBI has increased the limits for rate, banks are bound to charge more     ' $        about 26,000 crore against a budgetary support and semi-medium farmers, having priority sector lending. Thus, loans up on the remaining 60 per cent to         of only 18,000 crore. If we include PRI, the borrowed from banks at such low rates to 30 crore per borrower for solar- remain viable. This raises the cost of " ;<#     1   =B?@  1  shortfall would be even higher). It is, therefore, (four per cent), further lend this based and biomass-based power gen- capital to all those enterprises. (  '          !     natural to ask whether farmers are actually deriv- money to small and marginal farmers erators, windmills, micro-hydel plants PSL needs to go. Banks should         !     1 1  ing the intended benefit? at a much higher rate, thereby making and so on will now be eligible for PSL enjoy the freedom to lend and focus (    1  /.#   .       According to a study by the RBI’s internal a huge profit. This is clearly a case of (up from 15 crore). Likewise, the limit more on conducting due diligence, $             .  working group, in several States, the quantum better off farmers and even non-farm- for loan for building healthcare facil- credit appraisal, hand-holding of bor- $    '  #     ;<#    .  ' of crop loan was found to be higher than the ers profiteering from the State largesse, ities, including those under Ayushman rowers, and monitoring fund use. For 1  1 .     , / value of all agricultural inputs (in Andhra riding piggyback on the most vulner- Bharat in Tier-II to Tier-VI centres, has the most vulnerable, the Government Pradesh, during 2015-2017, this was 7.5 times able for whom it is meant. been increased from 5 crore per bor- may give interest subsidy but that $   "      ;     ! the value of agri-inputs). Considering that The misuse is rampant even in rower to 10 crore. Start-ups, which should be directly credited to their        ;      ;<#  ! crop loans are taken mostly for buying agricul- other areas of PSL, say the micro, small conform to the definition laid down by bank accounts.      tural inputs, when the value of the former and medium enterprises (MSMEs) the Ministry of Commerce and are (The writer is a New Delhi-based 2        3 exceeds the latter, it clearly points towards diver- sector, which gets 7.5 per cent of bank engaged in activities other than agri- policy analyst)  &&6 $( %&  %  6( '(

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,' '"#$". '%)# &P!$      &% & $      23:2@A .     can’t happen that a person contain comprehensive infor- shows turnover of crores of mation relating specified finan-    he revenue department on rupees in GST and doesn’t pay cial transactions, payment of D#&%#. TMonday said data analytics a single rupee of income tax. taxes, demand/refund and he Government’s paddy has detected persons showing There are quite a few such cases pending/completed proceed- Tprocurement has increased turnover of crores of rupees in that have been detected in data ings undertaken by a taxpayer "#%."$%$ & by 20.25 per cent to 281.28 lakh GST but not paying a single analytics,” it said. in a particular financial year tonnes so far in this kharif sea- rupee in income tax, and The DoR said that the that has to be mentioned in the 3-"%$ son, Punjab contributing the announced there would be no notified Income Tax Return for income tax returns. most, the Union Agriculture change in the reporting the current AY 2020-21 already It would also show #   tax payment is commensurate Ministry said on Monday. requirement with the display of requires reporting of GST out- turnover reported in Goods with the expected profit mar- Paddy procurement com- GST turnover data in Form ward supplies in the Schedule and Services Tax (GST) return he Government proposes gin on turnover reported by menced in Punjab and rose by 20.25 per cent till Chandigarh, Jammu and 26AS for honest taxpayers. GST. form GSTR-3B. Tto match GST data men- him in the GST returns or from September 26 November 15 of the ongoing Kashmir, Kerala, Gujarat and In a statement, the Therefore, the information It would also contain var- tioned in Form 26AS with the additional compliance burden due to early arrival of the crop, kharif season from 233.89 lakh Andhra Pradesh. In case of cot- Department of Revenue (DoR) displayed in Form 26AS would ious information reported by turnover numbers provided on taxpayers.Only suspected while in other states from tonnes in the year-ago period, ton, state-run Cotton reiterated that there will be no provide ease of compliance to reporting entities in statement while filing income tax fake invoice generators are October 1. it said. The government has Corporation of India (CCI) has extra compliance burden on the taxpayers in filling Schedule of financial transactions such as returns.The move is aimed at being identified for serious More than 80 per cent of procured paddy at the MSP procured 14.65 lakh bales the taxpayers for GST turnover GST. information of cash identifying unscrupulous per- action under GST and other the country’s paddy crop is value of Rs 53,105.70 crore so worth Rs 4,187.05 crore from displayed in the Form 26AS, “There would be no deposit/withdrawal from sav- sons who try to avail or pass laws including suspension of grown in the kharif season. The far, benefitting 24.14 lakh farm- 2,86,547 farmers till November which is an annual consolidat- change in the reporting ing bank accounts, sale/pur- on input tax credit fraudu- their GST registration based government through Food ers. For the current year, the 15. The buying is going on ed tax statement that can be requirement with the display of chase of immovable property, lently by generating fake on the fact that whether their Corporation of India (FCI) Centre has fixed the MSP of smoothly in cotton growing accessed from the income-tax information of GST turnover in time deposits, credit card pay- invoices. In such cases, the income tax payment is com- and state agencies undertakes paddy (common grade) at Rs areas of Punjab, Haryana, website by taxpayers using Form 26AS because the honest ments, etc. revenue department had mensurate with the expected procurement of paddy at the 1,868 per quintal, while that of Rajasthan , their Permanent Account taxpayers are already furnish- The earlier Form 26AS found that checking income profit margin on turnover minimum support price A grade variety has been fixed Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Number (PAN). ing GST returns and Income used to give information tax profiles of suspected enti- reported by them in the GST (MSP). at Rs 1,888 per quintal. Maharashtra and Gujarat. “The GST turnover is Tax Return and reporting their regarding tax deducted at ties gave the right results on returns.The revenue depart- “Out of the total purchase According to the ministry, Besides, the government being shown in 26AS just for turnover correctly,” it added. source and tax collected at the extent of tax evasion, ment explained that recently, of 281.28 lakh tonnes, Punjab MSP procurement of paddy in through nodal agencies is buy- the information of taxpayer. Beginning June 1, 2020, source relating to a PAN, both on direct and indirect it was noticed that many alone has contributed 196.13 this kharif 2020-21 marketing ing pulses and oilseeds at MSP DoR acknowledged that there Form 26AS has been revamped besides certain additional taxes. unscrupulous persons are try- lakh tonnes which is 69.73 per season is “continuing smooth- under the Price Support may be some differences in to an ‘’Annual Information information including details of Sources said that there is ing to avail or pass on input cent of the total procurement,” ly” in Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Scheme (PSS), which gets oper- GSTR-3Bs filed and the GST Statement’’ which apart from other taxes paid, refunds and no reconciliation of whether tax credit fraudulently by the ministry statement said. Pradesh, Telangana, ationalised when market rates shown in the Form 26AS but it the TDS/ TCS details, shall now TDS defaults. a suspected entity’s income generating fake invoices. Total procurement Uttarakhand, Tamil Nadu, fall below the support price. 08%$"$  8'%"!"!" !(!"':"&; > 2 '&(  ( =#$ ( (  4" <"') '%(= %"%  ) ' !4"=5  B (    (1. %. $.& %  24 &    Minister funds and/or pension funds are (&  $' ( ( $ "  also tweeted. said to have put in an EoI.    he Government on Neither of them however Russian energy giant New Delhi:The wholesale manufactured products cate- TMonday received ‘multi- gave the number of bids Rosneft-led Nayara Energy, price-based inflation rose to an gory stood at 2.12 per cent in tate-owned Coal India Ltd    The Request for Proposal ple’ bids for buying out its stake received or the names of the which operates a 20 million eight-month high of 1.48 per October, as against 1.61 per S(CIL) on Monday said it has has been issued to seek pro- in India’s second-biggest fuel bidders. tonnes oil refinery at Vadinar cent in October, as manufac- cent in September. Fuel and issued tenders for all 35 min- he Finance Ministry on posals / bids from reputed and retailer BPCL but billionaire Separately, four industry in Gujarat and also has 5,822 tured products turned costlier, power basket witnessed soft- ing projects identified for TMonday invited bids from eligible actuarial firms to work Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance officials said Reliance petrol pumps, was considered with experts saying that the RBI ening to (-)10.95% in October. mechanised transportation of actuarial firms for arriving at with LIC to “develop IEV in Industries as well as superma- Industries, which was consid- a potential bidder for BPCL but will keep interest rates on hold The retail inflation, based on dry fuel and setting up coal the embedded value of Life line with the requirements of jors Saudi Aramco, BP and ered a potential bidder as BPCL reports last month had indi- in its policy review next month. consumer price index, was at a handling plants and silos for Insurance Corporation (LIC) the relevant Acts and regula- Total did not make a bid. would have added 22 per cent cated it was no longer keen. The WPI inflation was at six-year high of 7.61 per cent rapid loading at an estimated ahead of its stake sale. tions, Actuarial Practice Tuhin Kanta Pandey, fuel market share to its fledg- Abu Dhabi National Oil Co 1.32 per cent in September and in October, data released last cost of Rs 12,500 crore. The government plans to Standards and guidance notes Secretary, Department of ling retail business and made it (ADNOC), which has ambi- zero per cent in October last week showed. ICRA Principal Under mechanised trans- sell minority stake in the insur- issued by the Institute of Investment and Public Asset the nation’s number one oil tions for Indian market, too year. Economist Aditi Nayar said portation, coal would be ance behemoth and list it on Actuaries of India and LIC Act, Management (DIPAM), which refiner, did not put in an was considered a potential bid- This is the highest level of core inflation spiked to 1.7 per moved through piped convey- the bourses. 1956, and to provide support is handling the sale, tweeted expression of interest (EoI) at der but it wasn’t immediately wholesale price index-based cent in October 2020 from 1 or belt mode promoting clean- It has already appointed during the IPO process”, it that the transaction advisors for the close of the deadline on known if it put in an EoI. (WPI) inflation since February, per cent in Sept, and the core er environment. With reduced Deloitte and SBI Caps as pre- said. the sale of government’s 52.98 Monday.Saudi Arabian Oil Mining billionaire Anil when it was at 2.26 per cent. index has been hardening since movement of coal-laden trucks IPO transaction advisors. In The last date for submis- per cent stake in Bharat Company (Saudi Aramco), Agarwal is considered another While food article prices Aug. “In our view, the core on roads, it brings down dust the bid notice, the Department sion of bids is December 8. Petroleum Corp Ltd (BPCL) which had been keen to enter potential bidder given his inter- softened in October, manufac- inflation will continue to record pollution to the comfort of peo- of Investment and Public Asset The government has bud- have reported receiving “mul- the world’s fastest-growing fuel est in the oil and gas business tured items witnessed harden- a steady uptick in month-on- ple residing in the proximity of Management (DIPAM) said geted to collect Rs 2.10 lakh tiple expressions of interest.” market, too did not put in an with the USD 8.67 billion ing of prices, according to the month terms over the next few the mines. “Coal India’s pitch LIC needs to develop an Indian crore from stake sales this fis- “The transaction will EoI. UK’s BP plc and Total of acquisition of Cairn India. data released by the Commerce months, with the strengthening for efficient and environment Embedded Value (IEV) report- cal. move to the second stage after France - who have plans to At Friday’s closing price of and Industry Ministry. Food of the economic recovery, while friendly mechanised coal trans- ing framework for necessary This include Rs 1.20 lakh scrutiny by TA,” he said. foray into the Indian fuel mar- Rs 412.70 on BSE, the govern- inflation in October stood at food prices will remain domi- portation in its first-mile con- disclosures for the proposed crore from CPSE disinvest- TA stands for a transaction ket - had previously ruled ment’s 52.98 per cent stake in 6.37 per cent, as against 8.17 nated by the trend displayed by nectivity, replacing the road Initial Public Offering (IPO). ment and Rs 90,000 crore from advisor. themselves out of the BPCL BPCL is worth Rs 47,430 crore. per cent in the previous month. vegetables. The MPC movement, gained pace with Embedded value is a com- selling stake in financial insti- “Strategic disinvestment of race as they did not want to add Also, the acquirer would have The rate of price rise in (Monetary Policy Committee) the company successfully issu- mon valuation measure used to tutions. So far this fiscal, the BPCL progresses: Now moves oil refining assets when the to make an open offer for buy- vegetables and potato remained is likely to stay on hold in at ing tenders for all the 35 pro- estimate the consolidated value government has been able to to the second stage after mul- world was moving away from ing another 26 per cent stake high at 25.23 per cent and least December 2020, if not in jects, of phase-1, by September of shareholders’ interest in an mop up Rs 6,138 crore from tiple expressions of interest liquid fuels. from the public, which would 107.70 per cent, respectively, February 2021 as well,” Nayar 2020 as planned,” the PSU said insurance company. CPSE disinvestment. have been received,” Finance A clutch of private equity cost Rs 23,276 crore. during the month. Inflation in said. in a statement. 6  # %& 0$C  2  &   $$$ # $(  (? ) 6 *4=5  $   '&  Q E R (  & (         ndia’s diesel sales fell 5 per '( &' '   ) 6( ' * &  &&  Icent in the first half of   %% November when compared       management, the statement with the previous year, indus- # 1 the company last year as part of added. “Using customised and try data showed on Monday, Kolkata: In a bid to prevent because the control order will ndia’s power consumption an ambitious plan by Crown mazon India on Monday actionable recommendations, after rising for the first time in hoarding, the regulator of the be effective from November 17 Igrew 7.8 per cent to 50.15 bil- audi Arabia’s oil giant Prince Mohammed bin Salman Alaunched ‘STEP’, a perfor- STEP enables sellers to improve eight months in October. jute industry is planning to to make sure that raw jute is lion units (BU) in the first half SAramco announced to divert those earnings toward mance-based benefits pro- key seller controllable metrics Sale of diesel, the most carry out search and seizure available at a proper price," a of November this year, show- Monday it will issue interna- investments that can help fuel gramme to help the seven lakh like cancellation rate, late dis- used fuel in the country, was, operations to enforce its order senior official of the Jute ing rise in economic activities, tional bonds as it seeks a cash the kingdom’s growth as he sellers on its platform acceler- patch rate, return rate, among however, 7 per cent higher that asked stockists to hold not Commissioner's office told PTI. as per government data. infusion to help pay for billions tries to steer the economy away ate their growth. others. Based on their perfor- month-on-month. Between more than 500 quintal of raw Based on the intelligence Power consumption in the of dollars in dividends the from its dependence on oil rev- With the launch of STEP, mance, sellers can access ben- November 1 and 15, diesel jute from November 17, an inputs, the regulator believes country was recorded at 46.52 company promised sharehold- enue for survival.Prince Amazon is introducing its efits like online and offline consumption was 2.86 million official said on Sunday. that the steep increase in price BU during November 1-15 last ers before the global coron- Mohammed sought to encour- revised fee structure that was training, fee waivers, faster tonnes, down from 3.01 million In August, the Jute is the outcome of hoarding by year, according to the power avirus pandemic sent oil prices age Saudi citizens and investors earlier deferred to after Diwali. disbursement cycles, and free tonnes in the same period a Commissioner's office had middlemen, and farmers are ministry data. plummeting. to buy Aramco shares and STEP simplifies the seller expe- account management,” it said. year back. capped the stock holding limit not benefiting from it, he said. For a full month in In a statement posted on push up the company’s valua- rience by providing customised at 1,500 quintal on own or third The price, which had November last year, power the Saudi Tadawul stock tion for its stock market debut and actionable recommenda- party account and asked crossed the limit of Rs 6,000 per consumption was 93.94 BU. exchange, the company said it by promising an annual payout tions which help sellers traders on November 6 to quintal, has now eased to a Thus, the extrapolation of plans to issue US.Dollar of at least USD 75 billion.Even improve key customer experi-  B   bring it down to 500 quintal in range of Rs 5,800-5,850 as the half-month data clearly indi- denominated bonds but did not so, almost all of this dividend ence metrics and in turn their the next 10 days. supplies have improved fol- cates that power consumption specify the size of the issuance. money goes to the company’s growth, a statement said. The government's order lowing the order that directed may witness year-on-year The bonds, which range from majority owner, the Saudi gov- By improving perfor- O   came at a time when the price traders to reduce the stock growth for the third month in three to 50 years, are targeted ernment, to help cover state mance, sellers can unlock ben- of the commodity soared to limit to 500 quintal. a row, according to experts. to institutional investors with a spending.Monday’s announce- efits across multiple levels like over Rs 6,000 per quintal, According to the Jute After a gap of six months, minimum subscription of USD ment to issue bonds is aimed at ‘Basic’, ‘Standard’, ‘Advanced’, E impacting the manufacturing Commissioner's office, the power consumption recorded 200,000. The amount issued raising capital needed to pay ‘Premium’ and more. of jute bags. price should not exceed the a growth of 4.4 per cent in and the returns are subject to the promised dividends, which These benefits include fee "We have plans to carry out limit of Rs 5,600-5,700 per September this year at 112.24 market conditions, the com- at USD 18.75 billion a quarter waivers, faster disbursement New Delhi:The Insolvency and means any asset included in the search and seizure operations quintal.Meanwhile, Jute Balers' BU compared to 107.51 BU in pany said. exceeds Aramco’s current cash cycles, priority seller support Bankruptcy Board of India liquidation estate which could not as per power vested on us to Association had already the same month last year. Aramco floated a sliver of flow. and world-class free account (IBBI) has amended norms be sold through available options ensure that the stock limit announced the suspension of for the liquidation process and includes contingent or dis- order is properly implemented. all trading activities from under the IBC to allow liq- puted assets, and assets underly- "We will stay prepared and November 23 to protest against 1B !C   uidators to transfer or assign ing proceedings for preferential, can take such steps anytime the order. &#( + -.  /01 1  "not readily realisable assets" of undervalued, extortionate cred- ".  the corporate debtor to any it, and fraudulent transactions. Hyderabad: NMDC celebrat- person after consultation with If the liquidator fails to trans-  ##$'+*$.%# ed its 63rd formation day at its    all stakeholders' consultation fer the assets to anyone, he head office Hyderabad and at committee. would have to distribute the   $%.%.$ all locations of its major pro-  

Kampala: One cash-strapped strain caused by the pandemic world, the crisis is more acute in especially as the level of testing Brussels (AP): European 3  . .45 .7 .15  it wouldn’t be forced into any parent asked to pay her child’s and over how to protect students Africa, where up to 80% of stu- remains low. Union and British negotiators 1 +8-07 .  90  + deal because of time pressure. school tuition fees with bags of in often crowded classrooms dents don’t have access to the “One of the things that we on Monday entered yet anoth- “Conditions will have to be the rice she grows, leading head- from the coronavirus. internet and distance learning is have been discussing is how do er tension-filled week as they 18 1%7 / 5 . right,” European Commission master Mike Ssekaggo to request Only about half of 430 stu- out of reach for many. we monitor the situation in sought a belated post-Brexit # 1.  7   . 1% spokesman Eric Mamer said, a sample before he would agree. dents had reported the day after Sub-Saharan Africa already schools where we have large trade deal that needs to be vet- adding that the EU had long- Eventually he did. he began admitting students for had the highest rates of children numbers of students,” said Dr. ted and get legislative approval 7 190 . . /.,.  +4 standing red lines where it Many other parents in the new term, Ssekaggo told out of school anywhere in the Rashid Aman, Kenya’s chief before a Jan 1 cutoff date. wouldn’t budge. African countries, unable to pay The Associated Press. School world, with nearly one-fifth of administrative secretary of health. With both sides refusing to could be at stake if Brexit again set out the strict condi- The bloc accuses Britain of in cash or kind, say their children officials worry some children children between 6 and 11 and “I think definitely we will blink on any of the three key amounts to a brutal cliff edge tions. wanting retain access to the will have to miss the new term as might not return to class because more than one-third of youths require to be doing some level of outstanding issues, time is divorce. “If we are to make progress EU's lucrative markets, much classes resume after months of their parents have not been between 12 and 14 not in school, testing in those populations to see increasingly in short supply, As top negotiators resumed in the coming days, we need to like any member, without delay caused by the COVID-19 working, Ssekaggo said. according to the U.N. Culture whether there is transmission of especially since the EU meetings in Brussels on see more realism from the EU agreeing to follow its rules. The pandemic. Ssekaggo, headmaster In Uganda, authorities have and education agency. asymptomatic cases.” As in approval process would need to Monday, neither side was ready on what it means for the UK to EU fears Britain will slash of Wampeewo Ntakke Secondary set standards that schools must Although schools now have Uganda, Kenya is implementing take around four weeks. to cede any ground just yet. be an independent state,” said social and environmental stan- School on the outskirts of meet before they can admit stu- reopened in many African coun- a phased reopening of schools. The UK already left the EU We are working very hard Johnson’s spokesman, James dards, and pump state money Uganda’s capital, Kampala, has dents, most of whom could tries that had imposed anti- Students taking exams to move on Jan. 31, but a transition to get a deal, but there is quite Slack. into UK industries, becoming fielded complaints from parents remain at home until as late as COVID-19 lockdowns, the pan- to upper grade school, high period when EU rules apply to a lot to do, said UK chief There will be no change in a low-regulation economic rival scrambling to have their children next year. Schools must have demic’s full impact on education school and college reported in trade and other issues runs negotiator David Frost as he our approach. If there is no on the bloc’s doorstep. enrolled for the first time since enough handwashing stations in the world’s most youthful October. The rest will return in until the end of next month. entered EU headquarters for change, however, the 27-nation Britain says the EU is mak- March. and enough room in classrooms continent of over 1.3 billion peo- January, but there is widespread Both sides had hoped to get a more talks. EU insisted it wasn't up to the ing unreasonable demands and Relief over the gradual and dorms for social distancing. ple remains to be seen. concern that schools were trade deal by then to save hun- Prime Minister Boris bloc to do all the compromis- is failing to treat it as an inde- reopening of schools is matched Although the pandemic has In some cases, the decision reopened too early as some have dreds of thousands of jobs that Johnson’s office, meanwhile, ing. And the EU insisted that pendent, sovereign state. by anxiety over the financial disrupted education around the to reopen remains problematic, reported outbreaks. 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In such cases we well, and now with summers already here, already dipped to very poor category in several cities. Our nation- Delhiites woke up to a chilly lenge to identify whether it is can’t afford to waste any time, this could be an elixir. Lemon tea is loaded al capital is facing the brunt of poor air quality and the smog- and clear morning. All thanks because of pollution only or it is because if the virus starts affecting with Vitamin C, which can act as a natur- gy mornings and evenings that we are exposed to is a proof. People to the rains and the cold breeze, COVID-19 or any other viral infec- other organs, the situation can get al antioxidant in boosting the body’s immu- are facing the harmful effects of air pollution on a daily basis right Ithat have swept away the smog at tion for that matter. The challenge out of control and it becomes hard nity. from irritation in the eyes to breathing problems. According to least for a day or two. But nonethe- grows even more when a patient 22--; to kill the virus. So it is a rule of Pure Green Tea a report — State of Global Air 2020 — on air pollution exposures less, COVID-19 is here to haunt the returns to us with similar com-  5 thumb that the first week is impor- Well-known for being an abundant and their impacts on human health, pollution contributed to the Capital even more. plaints and doing a RT-PCR test tant,” he tells you. source of antioxidants, drinking green tea deaths of more than 1, 16,000 Indian infants in their first month With an alarming rise in cases, again and again is not a feasible -  5  - Now that it has become a chal- on a regular basis flushes out the toxins from of life in 2019. Solid fuels such as charcoal, wood, and animal there are speculations that if or not option. And if someone is already 1  lenge to find beds for COVID the body. Abundant in polyphenols and cat- dung used for cooking have been related to more than half of Delhi is witnessing the third wave suffering from COVID, the pollu-  2;3 5  patients in hospitals, it is advisable echins, green tea helps boost immunity. these deaths. While the government claims a decline in the aver- of COVID-19. Unfortunately, tion is going to worsen his condi- that patients with mild symptoms Green tea has long been recognised as hav- age pollution levels in India over the last three years, the decline according to many doctors and tion because both of them affects 3 -  ; should home isolate themselves ing powerful antiviral properties and can go has been marginal particularly in the Indo-Gangetic plains, which experts, the answer is yes. the lungs,” he tells you.  4--2 and continue to get treatment from a long way to keep you healthy and well. normally see extremely high particulate matter pollution expo- “The third wave is going on in If a person is infected with  28 their home. Moringa Tea sure particularly during winter. Delhi and I don’t see a decline in COVID and is sneezing or cough- 0 2- 028-; “It is important to seek doctor’s Moringa is just the superfood we need.  .+,.5 A growing body of evi- cases any time soon. If at all, the ing due to pollution, he has more advice as soon as one tests positive. The moringa leaves provide a significant dence shows that there is link numbers might increase owing to chances of spreading the virus. - 4 2- 0   But in rare cases, when a patient is amount of antioxidants. It is a treasure 70.  . 7 .  between infant death and air the pollution levels, arrival of win- Hence, the situation is more diffi- -08 052; unable to contact a doctor, given the house of all essential nutrients including pollution and several Indian ters and also the irresponsible cult than ever, Nayar says. -228 high caseload, one can always start essential vitamins and minerals that are /.- -   and international studies have behaviour of the people. In winters, Nayar agrees with Tickoo and the treatment. First and foremost, needed to improve the immunity. When 7 757 +  + also tried to explain it. Air pol- people any way suffer from respi- says that time and again COVID 0  -2 isolate yourself. In case of mild consumed regularly, moringa can really / .++0: lution lowers lifelong health ratory tract infections,” Dr Rommel has proved all of us wrong and one  3 2 fever, start paracetamol. If it does strengthen your immunity. and productivity by limiting the Tickoo, Associate Director, Internal can only hope for a decline in cases. 81  0 not work take a higher combination Ashwagandha Tea "7 . /. 8+, growth and development of Medicine, Max Healthcare, tells “During summers, we anticipated of aceclofenac and combiflam, but Ashwagandha is an adaptogenic herb, babies and children which in you. a decrease in cases, then in the  0 only if the fever is in serious form. which helps our body to deal with daily 7 . 0+57 turn impacts their adult eco- He adds that there is already a monsoon we thought it will happen, 81 0 8  Take immunity boosters like zinc stress and balances our body functioning.  0.  nomic productivity. Low and shortage of ventilators and ICU but it didn’t. It is difficult to analyse  88  4 and Vitamin C. If due to some rea- It also promotes overall immunity, strength, middle-income countries need beds and that the situation can the case pattern, hence all one can son, you are still not able to consult energy and endurance. It’s been used to pre- / .   to address the impacts of air become worse as the doctors and do is take precautions until a vac- 1-2- K  a doctor, take these medicines and pare Ayurvedic medicine for a long time. . +  + / . pollution on adverse pregnan- hospital staff is already over-loaded cine or a definitive treatment comes.  5 8  keep an eye on your oxygen levels. Ashwagandha is not limited to the immune cy outcomes and newborn with work. Because for now, doctors are rely- K 2- 42 For COVID person, it should be 94 system but offers a lot of other health ben-  .1/.7 , health as it allows the design of Dr Sandeep Nayar, Senior ing on a cocktail of medicines. And per cent. Even if it comes down to efits. strategic interventions that Director and Head, Centre of Chest if the patient gets late for treatment, 93 per cent, one should see it as an To brew them right and well is also can be directed at these vul- and Respiratory Disease, BLK Super it becomes all the more difficult to alarm and get to the hospital and get essential. It’s very important to note that you nerable groups. Speciality Hospital, tells you that treat because by that time the virus the tests done,” Nayar suggests. should always use freshly drawn water. After Protective measures every year pollution rises during has already multiplicated itself in He points out that in order to it reaches boiling point (100 degrees C), Parents need to be alert and take immediate measures to pro- this period but this time because of the body and the medicines work keep lungs healthy, one should opt allow it to rest for one minute. This will tect their children, especially babies from the harmful effects of COVID, it is a double whammy. at a lesser rate,” he explains. further delay. Even when we come for a healthy and balanced diet and bring down the temperature to around 80 air pollution. Here are some tips for parents: “Despite seeing the situation for According to him, the golden across such patients whom we avoid fast and junk food. “Eat a bal- degrees C, which is an ideal temperature to Avoid toxic air exposure: It’s most important to avoid expo- so many years, the Government has period to seek treatment is within doubt are COVID infected, like if anced diet. Include leafy vegetables brew these teas. Steep these teas for between sure to outside environment and thankfully in our country, babies not done enough work to curb pol- a week of developing symptoms. someone’s family has tested positive and fresh fruits. A healthy diet three and five minutes. are not taken out in public before they are at least a month old. lution. This is proving fatal today. “We advice that even if the patient and they are also experiencing works wonders. Don’t eat junk. Avoid adding milk. You can add honey, Avoid early morning sunlight for babies: Early morning The problem arises when a patient is experiencing mild symptoms he similar symptoms, we start the Ghar ka khaana is the best at all stevia or any other sweetener. hours are the worst as it has highest levels of air pollution. is coming to us with cough and should get himself tested without treatment without waiting for the times,” he opines. -  C 6 - Therefore, limit the exposure to afternoon as it is a relatively safer period for babies. Make use of air purifier: It is a myth that air purifiers can    reduce a child’s immunity, however it tends to make the air dry,   2 therefore one must also use a humidifier along with air purifi- er. 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avid Warner and Steve Smith’s presence does make Australia     Dstronger but Cheteshwar Pujara has full faith in India’s “remarkable" bowlers, who, he feels, possess the wherewithal to script a repeat of the historic 2018-19 Test 8 "' ! series victory. Pujara’s 500 plus runs with three top-notch hundreds formed the cor- "!!":!%"" nerstone of a 2-1 series win back then, India’s first in Australia in 71 years. However, Smith and Warner  -4 4 the stand-in white ball vice-captain didn’t play in that series due to their with tennis balls aimed at his rib ball-tampering bans. 0@ . = +0 fter competing on the slow cage. “It (Australian batting line-up) .0 77. AUAE tracks for nearly two Rahul was trying to keep the will be a little stronger than what it C7 months during the IPL, India’s star pull shot down, an art his skipper was in 2018-19 but then victories studded batting line-up is gearing Viat Kohli has mastered over the don’t come easy. If you want to win 701. 1 /., 1 up for the lively Australian pitches years, rolling his wrists. away from home, you need to work 7 . .  with the traditional tennis ball With training modules under- hard,” India’s dependable No.3 told / C . training on Monday. going a sea change, now the tennis PTI in an exclusive interview before In-form KL Rahul spent con- racquets are used to add more pace he embarked on the tour of Australia. - 47 8 siderable time in perfecting his pull- to the light tennis balls. Pujara believes that India’s fast $1 = /.  shots with deliveries hurled from 18 Team’s senior speedster bowling troika of Jasprit Bumrah, 0 . +  yards during Monday’s net session. Mohammed Shami posted a video Ishant Sharma and Mohammed There was nothing unusual in on his personal twitter handle, Shami can again work up some  . :   .8 such session as players train like this where he was seen bowling with the magic like in 2018-19, posing a lot ,7 13 . . when they gear up to compete on pink kookaburra ball. of discomfort for the home batting 11=+ 7  tracks where there is steep bounce “There is no better feeling than line-up. The upcoming Tests are . 10  on offer. to play for your country. A long wait scheduled to start on December 17. In a video posted on twitter by to bowl in the #TeamIndia nets “No doubt Smith, Warner and 7 .- ++C the BCCI, Rahul’s senior teammate finally ended today! Looking for- Marnus Labuschagne are great play-  , .5-  Ravichandran Ashwin was seen ward to our Australian tour,” Shami ers. But the good part about our cur- using a tennis racquet and serving tweeted. rent crop of bowlers is that most of them play in the same series and our preparation before this series also. I ollected. bowling unit will also not be very dif- always try and add a few more things Pujara has practised for a good ferent to what it was in 2018-19.” in my game, which will help me get two months at his academy in For India’s fast bowlers, it’s like better,” he said. Rajkot under the watchful eyes of his a “been there, done that” situation. The 32-year-old is confident father. “They know how to be success- that history will repeat itself in Does it bother that before leav- ful in Australia as they have enjoyed Australia this time. ing for Australia, he didn’t get success there in the past. They have “You can’t win matches on your enough match practice? their game-plans in place and if we own. Yes, you can perform excep- “Look, this is a sitiaton that has can execute them well, they are $*6 +          $$*K-  tionally well but you need support impacted millions of lives and peo- capable of getting Smith, Warner and from other players to win. Even the ple have lost lives. In normal circum- Labuschagne out quickly. is nearing 6000 Test runs (5840 in 77 He believes that overcoming the “The twilight period is more He has plans in place but won’t bowling unit was remarkable during stances, we would have played “If we can do what we have done games) with 18 hundreds in his kitty. challenges of playing their first over- challenging than other periods but as like to divulge much. the last series. domestic cricket and gone to in the past, I am sure we have every “It will be a different challenge seas Day/night Test will have to hap- you play more and practice more, “The technical aspect is some- “In the end, you need 20 wick- Australia but everyone needs to chance of winning the series again.” altogether playing with pink ball as pen collectively. you get used to it. It does take a lit- thing that I can’t discuss. I prefer not ets to win a Test and wasn't just my think about safety and security. The opening Test in Adelaide is pace and bounce also changes. We “As a team and as individuals, tle while...” talking about it. It’s a strategic thing performance, even other batters “As far as I am concerned, I am a Day-Night game and batting will be playing with pink kookabur- one has to understand and accept An astute student of the game, which can’t be divulged. supported at some stage or the happy if I am able to practice, do my against the pink kookaburra during ra in Australia (against Bangladesh, and get used to it (pink ball and Pujara is known to work on his with “Even during the last tour, my other. It was the team’s success. fitness, running sessions and move the twilight session will pose its own it was Pink SG Test). It will be slight- lights) as early possible. There will be father Arvind Pujara, who is also his preparation was good, I am confi- When the Indian team succeeds, it my body well, which I did,” he con- set of challenges, said the man who ly different.” a bit of difference with pink ball. one and only coach. dent that I am able to repeat the same is always a moment of pride,’ he rec- cluded. ((" !%: ! % -   

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Thiem even- white-ball tour of the UK n’t begin the same way last Thiem the lead. tually held serve after a game ustralia pace spearhead before flying to the UAE for year’s ended. “That was the silliest thing that went to six deuces, and was APat Cummins on Monday the IPL, where he was with his Thiem outlasted Stefanos that ever happened to me,” never troubled the rest of the said he is yet to take a call on franchise Kolkata Knight Tsitsipas in a rematch of the 2019 Tsitsipas said about his overhead way. whether to play in the limit- Riders. final, beating the defending shot. “That was crazy, I was pret- ed-overs series against India He is now in Sydney champion 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-3 “I had ball over the net, and ty tight I must say in that game,” beginning November 27 even spending 14 days quaranti- Sunday in the opening singles I decided to play forehand Thiem said about his hold for 4- though he is feeling fresh ning and will join the squad match of the tournament inside instead of a smash. I don’t know 1. after spending three months on November 27, the day of a largely empty O2 Arena. what kind of decision was that.” “I think that was the last key inside bio-secure bubbles. the opening one-dayer at the In the late match, Rafael Tsitsipas broke for a 2-1 lead moment where the match went Cummins, who returned SCG. Nadal had a much easier time in the second set with a forehand finally in my direction.” last week from the UAE where Despite enduring bio- against newcomer Andrey passing shot before leveling the Nadal steered the evening he turned up for Kolkata bubbles for three months now,  6( Rublev, beating the Russian 6-3, match. He had a match in his direction from the Knight Riders in the Indian Cummins said he felt it is a 6-4 in just 1 hour, 17 minutes. start, losing just five points on his Premier League, has been “pretty good place”. Nadal is looking to cap a serve in the first set. He broke for hopping between bio-secure “One of the benefits of season in which he earned his a 4-2 lead when Rublev sent a bubbles since touching down being in a bubble in the UAE record-equaling 20th Grand shot long, and the Russian then was we didn’t spend much  (   slammed his racket into the in England in late August but Slam title and 1,000th he allayed fears of fatigue. time travelling. A normal IPL match win on tour by cap- ground in frustration. “(I) haven’t made a final we’re on a flight every second turing his first trophy Rublev entered the tourna- decision on that yet. (It’s) day, different city, so I think  8 1 2 that he would like or scored the at the ATP Finals. He ment as one of the hottest play- unprecedented times with so sometimes that can be as runs he would like. But we know has qualified for the ers on tour, having won five titles many people spending a large draining as the playing part. romising Australia batsman he does a good job. season-ending event this season, but looked unsettled portion of time in these bub- “No doubt as well, the six PWill Pucovski may have to “He averages close to 40 in for a record 16 straight against Nadal and continuous- bles so we’re going to keep all or seven months we had at wait for his much-anticipated Test cricket for Australia, which years but lost in the final ly gesticulated and shouted to the conversations open, chat home (during the winter) put Test debut with skipper Tim is a great effort opening the bat- twice and missed six editions himself between points. about that a bit closer to us in a pretty good place Paine showing keenness to per- ting, and I expect him to start because of injuries. This is the 12th and last year when we all get together,” leading into the England tour sist with struggling Joe Burns this summer,” he added. “It’s important to start well, that the ATP Finals is played at Cummins said when asked and IPL. when the high-stakes series Many former players, of course, for the confidence, the 02 Arena before moving to about resting ahead of the Test $   .  “Coming in fresh to those against India begins next including ex-captain Mark because winning in straight sets Turin, Italy, next year. Because summer.  .  0$ ++)K  tours it doesn’t feel like the month. Taylor, Ian Chappell, Michael helps,” Nadal said. of the coronavirus pandemic “There’s always cricket on, end of the summer, it feels like Despite Pucovski scoring Clarke and Kim Hughes have “I played solid with my there are no fans inside the so we’ll make sure we’re all Warner, will get only a week I’m ready to start the tour and truckload of runs, including called for Pucovski to debut at serve. I didn’t suffer much, and 20,000-capacity venue this time open about that, having those to prepare for the opening in a pretty good place.” consecutive double centuries Adelaide Oval in light of his that helps to play more relaxed - meaning the normally raucous conversations,” said the 27- Test, a day-nighter in Cummins also said he in the Marsh Sheffield Shield, sparkling form and the struggles on the returns.” atmosphere has been replaced year-old during a video con- Adelaide. won't be going out there to Australia Test captain Paine of Burns. Thiem, who won his first by an eerie silence interrupted ference as reported by 'crick- “I wouldn’t be surprised if intimidate the Indins but if he hinted that Burns may contin- Chairman of selectors major at this year’s U.S. Open, only by muted applause from the et.Com.Au'. there’s times throughout the manages to have the effect, it ue his opening partnership with Trevor Hohns and coach Justin broke Tsitsipas for a 2-0 lead in players' boxes between points. Cummins has been summer where some players would be a bonus. David Warner. Langer have also indicated that the third set with a drop shot at On named in both the white and might just need a little rest “If it happens I’ll be happy. “Burnsy had a really good Burns is unlikely to be left out the net and converted his second Monday, red-ball squads as vice-cap- knowing not only how busy Hopefully the (pitch) condi- summer for us last year with of the Test team. match point when Tsitsipas sent Djokovic tain. The limited-overs series this next couple of months is tions will be what we as David Warner, their partnership Burns averaged 11.4 with a forehand wide. will face is to be held in Sydney and but also a tour of South Africa Aussies are accustomed to,” he and relationship is a really only one score above 20 but he Tsitsipas beat Thiem in a Canberra ahead of the four- (February-March) and a few said. important one for our team,” was Australia's third highest third-set tiebreaker in last year’s debutant match Test series, beginning away tours next year,” said “Hopefully they’ve got a Paine was quoted as saying by run-scorer last summer (256 at final to clinch the biggest title of Diego in Adelaide on December 17. Cummins, who has taken 143 bit more bounce and pace Australian Associated Press. 32.00). his career. But he let the Schwartzman Australia’s Test players in wickets from 30 Tests. than you would a place like “They got us off to a num- The four-Test series will first-set tiebreaker slip before Daniil Medvedev takes on the white-ball squad, includ- The right-armer was in India so that home advantage ber of good starts last year. begin with day/night Test at away this time, after 2018 champion Alexander ing Steve Smith and David bio-bubbles in Southampton might come into it.” Burnsy hasn’t been in the form Adelaide from December 17. leading 4-1 and 5-3. Zverev.

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