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T he Centre on Sunday said the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 did not escape RT-PCR and RAT tests and asked States and UTs to ramp up testing and undertake effec- tive surveillance of interna- tional passengers. The Government also said no case of the new variant has been found in the country as yet. ICMR Director General Dr Balram Bhargava said that the Omicron variant didn’t escape RT-PCR and RAT and hence, States and UTs were advised to ramp up testing for prompt and early identification of any cases. In a meeting with States and UTs to review Covid-19, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan assessed the public health response measures and preparedness in view of the new threats from the Omicron variant of Covid-19. Bhushan advised States to keep a strict vigil on the inter- national passengers coming to the country through various airports, ports, and land border crossings, and stressed strict monitoring of hotspots, a Health Ministry statement said. Meanwhile, as the country braces for the threat from Omicron, the Government on Tuesday said in Parliament there was no case reported so far and it was alert to the new variant of the corona. This assurance from Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya came in the Rajya Sabha after several Elders expressed concern over the fast-spreading Omicron and the danger it posed to India. They also sought to know the steps taken by the Government to tackle the emerging threat. At the meeting chaired by Bhushan, the States were spe- cially advised to undertake effective surveillance of inter- national passengers. Testing of samples of international trav- ellers coming from “at-risk” countries on the first day and of specified category of pas- sengers on the eighth day needs to be scrupulously done, Bhushan stressed. He said international pas- sengers from “at-risk” countries are being advised to wait at the airports till the report of the RT-PCR test is available. States have been asked to send all positive samples for genome sequencing to INSACOG Labs (mapped with States) promptly and that States should undertake contact trac- ing of positive individuals and follow up for 14 days, the statement said. The Union Health Secretary urged States to strengthen the testing infra- structure while strictly imple- menting the testing guidelines and ensure ample testing in each district while maintaining the RT-PCR ratio. States and UTs were advised to have continuous monitoring of areas where recent clusters of positive cases have emerged and send all positive samples for genome sequencing to the designated INSACOG Lab in a prompt manner. They were asked to do effective and regular monitor- ing of home isolation cases, with physical visits to homes of passengers from “at-risk” coun- tries. The status of those who are negative after the test on the eighth day has to also be phys- ically monitored by the State administration, Bhushan said. “States were also asked to ensure the preparedness of health infrastructure (avail- ability of ICU, O2 beds, venti- lators, etc.) and to implement Emergency Response and Health System Preparedness (ECRP-II) with a focus on rural areas and for pediatric cases,” it said. Contnued on Page 11 T he second day of the Winter Session of Parliament saw a widening of rift between the Opposition members and Chair on the issue of suspension of 12 Opposition members of the Rajya Sabha. The Congress-led Opposition staged a walkout soon after Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu justified the suspension of MPs for the entire Session. Naidu said the suspended MPs haven’t yet shown any remorse for their act of sacri- lege of the House in the previ- ous Session in August. Leader of the House Mallikarjun Kharge countered him saying the motion for suspension moved by the Government was in gross violation of the rules. He asked how action could be taken in the current Winter Session of Parliament for alleged “unruly” conduct in the last session. On the first day on the Session, the Opposition has crossed swords with the Chair for not allowing a discussion on a Bill to repeal the farm laws and passed it within minutes. “Motion (for suspension of the 12 Opp MPs) was moved, it was approved, action is taken, it is final,” Naidu said as he rejected an appeal by Kharge to revoke the suspension. Continued on Page 11 I n a major reform towards higher education, the Centre on Tuesday announced that a Common Entrance Test (CET) for undergraduate and post- graduate courses at Central universities may be conduct- ed from the academic session 2022 through the National Testing Agency (NTA). The Ministry of Education wanted that admission to universities will be based on a CET from 2021 academic session itself but the plan could not take off due to challenges posed by Covid-19. Universities’ reg- ulator, the University Grants Commission (UGC), said the pattern may also be adopted by the willing State/private universities/deemed to be universities. “Accordingly, all Central universities are advised to take appropriate measures for the Common Entrance Test from the aca- demic session 2022-2023,” the UGC said. Continued on Page 11 A fter repealing the three controversial farm legisla- tions, the Government has invited farmers for talks and asked them to suggest names of their representatives to set up a committee for discussions to make the Minimum Support Price (MSP) system more effec- tive and transparent as well as to suggest ways to promote zero budgeting based-agricul- ture. The move comes after the 32 farmers’ groups gave a dead- line by Tuesday (November 30) to the Centre on their six demands. Farmers have called an emergency meeting on December 1 and another meet- ing on December 4 to decide the further course of action. In a related development, the Manoharlal Khattar Government in Haryana has invited farmers for talks while the Ashok Gehlot Government in Rajasthan has sought a list of farmers’ cases in the State. Farmers’ leader Darshan Pal said the Government has sought five names from farmer unions for panel on MSP and other issues. Pal said the farmers groups under the banner of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha will decide on names in its December 4 meeting. Sources said the committee will have representatives of the Central Government, State Governments, farmers, agri- cultural scientists, and agri- cultural economists. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has even asked States/UTs, to consider the withdrawal of all cases filed against farmers who were part of the agitation as law and order is a subject. According to SKM, there was a telephone call from the Centre to a Punjab farmer union leader, wherein they wanted five names to be sug- gested from SKM's side for a committee. "However, we have received no written communi- cation and no details are avail- able so far about what this Committee is about, its man- date or Terms of Reference. In the absence of such details, it would be premature to com- ment on this issue," the SKM said. Meanwhile, in a reply to Lok Sabha on a legal backing to the MSP, Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar did not furnish any clear reply to a question, “whether the Government has any plan to introduce legal backing to the Minimum Support Price (MSP) to agri- cultural products”. The ques- tion was raised by K Muraleedharan . Apart from the repeal of the farm laws, a legal guaran- tee on MSP has been one of the major demands of the protest- ing farmer unions. Presently, the Government decides the MSP based on the recommendation of the expert Continued on Page 11 E xisting Covid-19 inocula- tions will struggle against the fast-spreading Omicron variant, the head of vaccine manufacturer Moderna warned on Tuesday, as countries ramp up vaccination programmes and impose further restric- tions in an effort to curb grow- ing concern. Stephane Bancel, the head of US vaccine manufacturer Moderna, told the Financial Times in an interview published on Tuesday that data would be available on the effectiveness of vaccines in the two weeks' time, but that scientists were pessimistic. “All the scientists I’ve talked to?... are like ‘this is not going to be good’,” Bancel said, warn- ing against a “material drop” in the effectiveness of current jabs against Omicron. Contnued on Page 11 S erum Institute of India chief Adar Poonawalla on Tuesday said Covishield can be developed further to work against the new Covid variant Omicron if research indicated such a need. Tests are on for Omicron and a call on the matter will be taken in another two weeks, when more is known about the new virus, he said. “Scientists at Oxford are also continuing their research, and based on their findings, we may come out with a new vaccine which would act as a booster in six months’ time. Based on the research, we would know about the third and the fourth dose for us all,” he told NDTV in an exclusive interview. Contnued on Page 11 A fter directing the Special Task Force to initiate stern legal action against those involved in Uttar Pradesh Teacher Eligibility Test (UP TET) paper leak besides invok- ing National Security Act and Gangsters’ Act against them, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday made another crackdown when he placed the Secretary of Examination Regulatory Authority Sanjay Kumar Upadhyay under sus- pension. According to an official spokesman, Upadhyay was found prima facie guilty of neg- ligence leading to the leakage of the UP TET paper hence action was taken against him by the chief minister. During the period of sus- pension, Upadhyay would remain attached to the office of the Director of Basic Education, Lucknow. “Secretary, Examination Regulatory Authority, Sanjay Upadhyay has been found prima facie guilty of not con- ducting UP TET in a fair, copy-less and peaceful man- ner”, the official claimed while issuing his suspension order. Upadhyay was responsible for conducting the examination. Meanwhile, in another major development, Director of the RSM FINSERV Ltd, Rai Anoop Prasad, who was sum- moned by STF for interroga- tion on Monday night in Noida, was also arrested after his role came up in the paper leakage case. The firm situated at Mohan Cooperative area in Badarpur, New Delhi was entrusted with the job to print the question paper of UP TET by the Examination Regulatory Authority on October 26 last. The STF registered a fresh case against Prasad and four others in Noida in connection with the paper leakage. Besides Prasad, the STF claimed to have also arrested one Rahul Chaudhary from Vaidik Degree College in Badaut, Baghpat. Chaudhary runs a shoe shop opposite the college. After being grilled, Rahul revealed that with the help of Feroz, a resident of Ramala in Baghpat, and Babloo, aka Balram Rathi, hail- ing from Shahpur in Continued on Page 11

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The Centre on Sunday saidthe Omicron variant of

SARS-CoV-2 did not escapeRT-PCR and RAT tests andasked States and UTs to rampup testing and undertake effec-tive surveillance of interna-tional passengers. TheGovernment also said no caseof the new variant has beenfound in the country as yet.

ICMR Director GeneralDr Balram Bhargava said thatthe Omicron variant didn’tescape RT-PCR and RAT andhence, States and UTs wereadvised to ramp up testing forprompt and early identificationof any cases.

In a meeting with Statesand UTs to review Covid-19,Union Health Secretary RajeshBhushan assessed the publichealth response measures andpreparedness in view of thenew threats from the Omicronvariant of Covid-19.

Bhushan advised States tokeep a strict vigil on the inter-national passengers coming tothe country through variousairports, ports, and land bordercrossings, and stressed strictmonitoring of hotspots, aHealth Ministry statement said.

Meanwhile, as the countrybraces for the threat fromOmicron, the Government onTuesday said in Parliamentthere was no case reported sofar and it was alert to the newvariant of the corona.

This assurance from UnionHealth Minister MansukhMandaviya came in the RajyaSabha after several Eldersexpressed concern over thefast-spreading Omicron andthe danger it posed to India.They also sought to know thesteps taken by the Governmentto tackle the emerging threat.

At the meeting chaired byBhushan, the States were spe-cially advised to undertakeeffective surveillance of inter-national passengers. Testing ofsamples of international trav-ellers coming from “at-risk”countries on the first day andof specified category of pas-

sengers on the eighth day needsto be scrupulously done,Bhushan stressed.

He said international pas-

sengers from “at-risk” countriesare being advised to wait at theairports till the report of theRT-PCR test is available.

States have been asked tosend all positive samples forgenome sequencing toINSACOG Labs (mapped withStates) promptly and that Statesshould undertake contact trac-ing of positive individuals andfollow up for 14 days, thestatement said.

The Union HealthSecretary urged States tostrengthen the testing infra-structure while strictly imple-menting the testing guidelinesand ensure ample testing ineach district while maintainingthe RT-PCR ratio.

States and UTs wereadvised to have continuousmonitoring of areas whererecent clusters of positive caseshave emerged and send allpositive samples for genomesequencing to the designated

INSACOG Lab in a promptmanner.

They were asked to doeffective and regular monitor-ing of home isolation cases,with physical visits to homes ofpassengers from “at-risk” coun-tries.

The status of those who arenegative after the test on theeighth day has to also be phys-ically monitored by the Stateadministration, Bhushan said.

“States were also asked toensure the preparedness ofhealth infrastructure (avail-ability of ICU, O2 beds, venti-lators, etc.) and to implementEmergency Response andHealth System Preparedness(ECRP-II) with a focus onrural areas and for pediatriccases,” it said.

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The second day of theWinter Session of

Parliament saw a widening ofrift between the Oppositionmembers and Chair on theissue of suspension of 12Opposition members of theRajya Sabha. The Congress-ledOpposition staged a walkoutsoon after Chairman MVenkaiah Naidu justified thesuspension of MPs for theentire Session.

Naidu said the suspendedMPs haven’t yet shown anyremorse for their act of sacri-lege of the House in the previ-ous Session in August. Leaderof the House MallikarjunKharge countered him saying

the motion for suspensionmoved by the Governmentwas in gross violation of therules.

He asked how action couldbe taken in the current WinterSession of Parliament foralleged “unruly” conduct in thelast session.

On the first day on theSession, the Opposition hascrossed swords with the Chairfor not allowing a discussion ona Bill to repeal the farm lawsand passed it within minutes.

“Motion (for suspension ofthe 12 Opp MPs) was moved,it was approved, action is taken,it is final,” Naidu said as herejected an appeal by Kharge torevoke the suspension.

Continued on Page 11

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In a major reform towardshigher education, the

Centre on Tuesdayannounced that a CommonEntrance Test (CET) forundergraduate and post-graduate courses at Centraluniversities may be conduct-ed from the academic session2022 through the NationalTesting Agency (NTA).

The Ministr y ofEducat ion wanted thatadmission to universities willbe based on a CET from2021 academic session itselfbut the plan could not takeoff due to challenges posed byCovid-19. Universities’ reg-ulator, the University GrantsCommission (UGC), said thepattern may also be adoptedby the willing State/privateuniversities/deemed to beuniversities. “Accordingly, allCentral universit ies areadvised to take appropriatemeasures for the CommonEntrance Test from the aca-demic session 2022-2023,”the UGC said.

Continued on Page 11

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After repealing the threecontroversial farm legisla-

tions, the Government hasinvited farmers for talks andasked them to suggest names oftheir representatives to set upa committee for discussions tomake the Minimum SupportPrice (MSP) system more effec-tive and transparent as well asto suggest ways to promotezero budgeting based-agricul-ture.

The move comes after the32 farmers’ groups gave a dead-line by Tuesday (November 30)to the Centre on their sixdemands. Farmers have calledan emergency meeting onDecember 1 and another meet-ing on December 4 to decidethe further course of action. Ina related development, theManoharlal KhattarGovernment in Haryana hasinvited farmers for talks whilethe Ashok Gehlot Governmentin Rajasthan has sought a list offarmers’ cases in the State.

Farmers’ leader DarshanPal said the Government hassought five names from farmerunions for panel on MSP andother issues.

Pal said the farmers groupsunder the banner of theSamyukt Kisan Morcha willdecide on names in itsDecember 4 meeting. Sourcessaid the committee will haverepresentatives of the CentralGovernment, StateGovernments, farmers, agri-cultural scientists, and agri-cultural economists. TheMinistry of Home Affairs(MHA) has even askedStates/UTs, to consider thewithdrawal of all cases filedagainst farmers who were partof the agitation as law andorder is a subject.

According to SKM, therewas a telephone call from the

Centre to a Punjab farmerunion leader, wherein theywanted five names to be sug-gested from SKM's side for acommittee. "However, we havereceived no written communi-cation and no details are avail-able so far about what thisCommittee is about, its man-date or Terms of Reference. Inthe absence of such details, itwould be premature to com-ment on this issue," the SKMsaid.

Meanwhile, in a reply toLok Sabha on a legal backing tothe MSP, Union AgricultureMinister Narendra SinghTomar did not furnish anyclear reply to a question,“whether the Government hasany plan to introduce legalbacking to the MinimumSupport Price (MSP) to agri-cultural products”. The ques-tion was raised by KMuraleedharan .

Apart from the repeal ofthe farm laws, a legal guaran-tee on MSP has been one of themajor demands of the protest-ing farmer unions.

Presently, the Governmentdecides the MSP based on therecommendation of the expert

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Existing Covid-19 inocula-tions will struggle against

the fast-spreading Omicronvariant, the head of vaccinemanufacturer Moderna warnedon Tuesday, as countries rampup vaccination programmesand impose further restric-tions in an effort to curb grow-ing concern.

Stephane Bancel, the headof US vaccine manufacturer

Moderna, told the FinancialTimes in an interview publishedon Tuesday that data would beavailable on the effectiveness ofvaccines in the two weeks'time, but that scientists werepessimistic.

“All the scientists I’ve talkedto?... are like ‘this is not goingto be good’,” Bancel said, warn-ing against a “material drop” inthe effectiveness of currentjabs against Omicron.

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Serum Institute ofIndia chief Adar

Poonawalla on Tuesdaysaid Covishield can bedeveloped further towork against the newCovid variant Omicron ifresearch indicated such a need.

Tests are on for Omicronand a call on the matter will betaken in another two weeks,when more is known about the

new virus, he said.“Scientists at Oxford are

also continuing theirresearch, and based ontheir findings, we maycome out with a newvaccine which wouldact as a booster in sixmonths’ time. Based on

the research, we would knowabout the third and the fourthdose for us all,” he told NDTVin an exclusive interview.

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After directing the SpecialTask Force to initiate stern

legal action against thoseinvolved in Uttar PradeshTeacher Eligibility Test (UPTET) paper leak besides invok-ing National Security Act andGangsters’ Act against them,Chief Minister Yogi Adityanathon Tuesday made anothercrackdown when he placedthe Secretary of ExaminationRegulatory Authority SanjayKumar Upadhyay under sus-pension.

According to an officialspokesman, Upadhyay wasfound prima facie guilty of neg-ligence leading to the leakageof the UP TET paper henceaction was taken against him bythe chief minister.

During the period of sus-pension, Upadhyay wouldremain attached to the office ofthe Director of BasicEducation, Lucknow.

“Secretary, ExaminationRegulatory Authority, SanjayUpadhyay has been foundprima facie guilty of not con-ducting UP TET in a fair,copy-less and peaceful man-ner”, the official claimed whileissuing his suspension order.Upadhyay was responsible forconducting the examination.

Meanwhile, in anothermajor development, Director ofthe RSM FINSERV Ltd, RaiAnoop Prasad, who was sum-moned by STF for interroga-tion on Monday night inNoida, was also arrested afterhis role came up in the paperleakage case.

The firm situated at MohanCooperative area in Badarpur,New Delhi was entrusted withthe job to print the questionpaper of UP TET by theExamination RegulatoryAuthority on October 26 last.The STF registered a freshcase against Prasad and fourothers in Noida in connectionwith the paper leakage.

Besides Prasad, the STFclaimed to have also arrestedone Rahul Chaudhary fromVaidik Degree College inBadaut, Baghpat. Chaudharyruns a shoe shop opposite thecollege. After being grilled,Rahul revealed that with thehelp of Feroz, a resident ofRamala in Baghpat, andBabloo, aka Balram Rathi, hail-ing from Shahpur in

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Reiterating that her party wouldgo it alone in the Uttar Pradesh

assembly polls, Bahujan SamajParty supremo Mayawati onTuesday said that the Centre as wellas the UP government were con-spiring to weaken the reservationsystem.

“I have repeatedly said that theBSP will have no pre-poll alliancein UP assembly polls and the partywill contest all the 403 seats,” shesaid.

BSP is contesting the Punjabassembly polls in alliance withAkali Dal. She said that with peo-ple’s support the BSP would cometo power in UP like in 2007.

Talking to reporters here onTuesday, Mayawati said that shereviewed the preparation of thereserved and some other assemblyseats with Most Backward, Muslimsand Jat leaders. “The governmentsare conspiring to weaken the reser-vation system which was enforcedthrough Article 340 of theConstitution framed by Dr BRAmbedkar,” she said.

The former chief minister ofUP also said that by denying abackward class census, the BJP hadshown its anti-backward attitude.

Attacking the state govern-ment, she alleged, “Among religiousminorities, Muslims are very upset

in all matters with the state govern-ment. In this government theirprogress has stopped. Theirexploitation is being done by fram-ing them in fake cases and fear iscreated among them with newrules and laws. This also shows theBJP's step-motherly treatmenttowards them.”

“In my government, their

progress and security was ensured,”she asserted.

The former chief minister ofUttar Pradesh said the Congress didnot implement the MandalCommission report and the BSPgot it implemented in the VPSingh government due to which theOBC community got reservationfacilities.

She further alleged that Centreand "casteist" state governmentswere making reservation ineffectiveby making new rules and laws andalso taking support of courts andthe same was happening in UttarPradesh also. Mayawati promisedthat if the BSP was voted to power,her government would ensureprogress, welfare and security ofJats and OBC communities besidesthat of Muslims.

“In today's meeting we dis-cussed all the issues with the lead-ers and sorted out problems whichcould hinder our victory in thereserved seats”, Mayawati said.

Of the total 86 reserved assem-bly seats in UP assembly, in 2017polls, BSP could win only two seatswhile majority 76 seats were wonby BJP and its allies.

Meanwhile, Mayawati appealedto the chairman of Rajya Sabha toreconsider his order for suspensionof 12 opposition members for theentire session.

“The action taken against these12 MPs for their acts during themonsoon session is harsh,” she said,adding that the Rajya Sabha chair-man should talk to these suspend-ed MPs and resolve the matter.

“If the matter is not resolvedsoon, then unnecessarily the RajyaSabha proceedings will be dis-rupted and it will be a loss to thecountry,” she added.

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The bodies of a young couple were foundhanging from a tree in Unnao, while the

bodies of teenage lovers were found lyingon a railway track in Agra on Tuesday, lead-ing the police to suspect that they mighthave taken the extreme step due to resistanceover their relationships from their respec-tive families. The bodies were sent for autop-sy and investigations are underway.

In Unnao, the bodies of a girl and ayouth were found hanging from a tree in anorchard in Misri Ganj village under Ajgainpolice station on Tuesday. The localsinformed the police who rushed to the spotand later identified the victims as Saurabh(21) and Kishori (18).

The cops later said that the two were inlove but their respective families wereagainst the relationship. The police alsofound that Saurabh went to Kanpur onMonday and took Kishori with him but aday later their bodies were found hanging,making it appear to be a case of suicide. InAgra, the bodies of a man and woman withtheir waists tied with a cloth were foundlying on a railway track near Jajau railwaystation within the limits of Saiyyan policestation area on Monday. The duo, in theirtwenties, seemed to be in a relationship andthey had consumed some poisonous sub-stance and jumped from a moving train. Theduo, found frothing from mouth, wererushed to a community health center atSaiyyan from where they were referred toSN Medical College in Agra but the doctors

pronounced them dead upon arrival.The man was identified as a resident of

Kagarol area in Agra and the woman fromDholpur in Rajasthan. Their bodies weresent for autopsy.

Meanwhile in a separate incident inGorakhpur, a bride's cousin was beaten todeath for stopping the disc jockey from play-ing music facilitating marriage rituals tocontinue in the Gorakhnath area on Mondaynight. The entire sequence of a verbalexchange and assault was captured by aCCTV camera and the police were tryingto identify the miscreants.

A case of murder was registered andefforts were on to track and nab theassailants. The deceased was the only sonof the family and was studying in an ITI.

As per reporters, Sheshnath Singh'sdaughter was getting married at Gorakhnatharea, when the bride's cousin Rohit Singhstopped the DJ after midnight. Some mem-bers of the 'baraat' started creating a ruckusafter which Rohit called the police, whocalmed them down. However, when Rohitwent out to return home on his motorcy-cle, the same baratis surrounded him andstarted beating him with hockey sticks, rodsand sharp-edged weapons. The familymembers rushed him to a hospital wheredoctors pronounced him dead.

"In the CCTV footage, four people canbe seen beating the deceased. With the helpof the groom's family and locals, we are try-ing to identify the accused and they will besoon arrested," said Superintendent ofPolice (City) Sonam Kumar.

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Aiming to invigorate partyworkers and popularise the

schemes of the Narendra Modiand Yogi Adityanath govern-ments, the ruling BharatiyaJanata Party has decided to takeout six Yatras from differentcorners of the state that wouldcover all 403 assembly con-stituencies of the state and cul-minate in Lucknow.

The first Yatra will be takenout from December 7 and will beled by senior BJP leaders, includ-ing party president JP Nadda,Union Home Minister AmitShah, Defence Minister RajnathSingh.

The decision was taken in themeeting of the election steeringcommittee of the BJP held at theBJP state headquarters inLucknow on Tuesday.

Chief Minister YogiAdityanath, who attended themeeting along with Central elec-tion in-charge of UP and Unionminister Dharmendra Pradhan,announced that the Yatras will betaken out from Awadh, Kashi,Gorakhpur, Brij, Pashchim andBundelkhand regions. Throughthese Yatras, the BJP will high-light the achievements of the

Modi and Yogi governments.“Massive public rallies will

also be held during the Yatras,” aBJP leader said.

Ahead of the 2017 assemblypolls, the BJP had organisedParivartan Yatras against the rul-ing Samajwadi Party govern-ment in Uttar Pradesh.

Chief Minister YogiAdityanath, who inauguratedthe assembly election steeringcommittee meeting, said that

ahead of the 2017 assembly elec-tions, the BJP had gone to thepublic highlighting the short-comings of the ruling SamajwadiParty.

“Today, the party has fiveyears of achievements to show-case as a safe environment hasbeen developed by protecting thedignity of all faiths and religionsduring the BJP regime in UP.This time too, the organisationhas made a detailed outline of its

campaigning through its achieve-ments. It has been decided thatsix Yatras will be taken out fromsix corners of the state to reachout to the entire population of thestate," he said.

BJP state president SwatantraDev Singh said that the BJP wasgoing to form the governmentonce again by bagging morethan 300 seats on the strength ofthe workers and with the bless-ings of the people.

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The Yogi Adityanath government is setto mobilise the farming community by

launching a state-wide drive fromDecember 1 to bring the maximum num-ber of farmers under the Central cropinsurance scheme -- Pradhan MantriFasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY).

The flagship scheme entails coverageand financial support to farmers in theevent of crop failure due to natural calami-ties, pests and diseases.

The move comes close on the heels ofthe start of the winter session of Parliamentas the Centre moved a bill to repeal thethree farm laws.

The week-long drive will be carriedout by the Uttar Pradesh government incoordination with the ministry of agricul-ture and farmer’s welfare and financialinstitutions, including commercial banksand regional rural banks.

This marks another attempt by the rul-ing Bharatiya Janata Party to assuage thefeeling of farmers, who have threatened tocontinue the stir till their demands,including a legal guarantee for minimumsupport price (MSP) and sacking ofUnion Minister of State Ajay MishraTeni, whose son Ashish is an accused inLakhimpur violence, are met. AshishMishra is in jail.

As per the Agriculture departmentrecords, updated till August 31, UttarPradesh, in 2019-20, had a total cultivablearea of more than 35.5 lakh hectares witharound 47 lakh farmers insured underPMFBY.

This, in effect, translated into Rs16,743 crore insured sum. Records showUttar Pradesh was way behind

Maharashtra and Rajasthan, where 1.45crore and 85 lakh farmers respectively,were insured under PMFBY.

In fact, Uttar Pradesh accounts for justover 7 per cent of 6.12 crore farmersinsured under the scheme nationally. UPAgriculture department has decided tocarry out a campaign in 75 developmentblocks across 75 districts, where thenumber of insured farmers are on a lowerside. In a letter sent to district magistrates,Additional Chief Secretary (Agriculture)Devesh Chaturvedi said emphasis shouldbe laid on aspirational districts and districtswith a substantial population of ScheduledTribes.

The areas where the scheme is pro-posed to be taken up rigorously includeSewapuri in Prime Minister NarendraModi's Lok Sabha constituency Varanasi,Campierganj block in Chief Minister YogiAdityanath's political backyard ofGorakhpur and Pathardeva assembly con-stituency of UP Agriculture MinisterSurya Pratap Shahi.

Special vehicles to spread awareness indifferent districts about the scheme will beflagged off by Shahi from Lucknow onDecember 1.

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The Uttar Pradesh govern-ment will commence the

free distribution of smart-phones and tablets to studentsfrom the second week ofDecember. A dedicated portal'DG Shakti' has been createdfor this and it will soon belaunched by Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath.

Through this portal, distri-bution of smartphones andtablets and content will begiven to the students. Apartfrom this, information aboutsmart phones and tablets willbe given to the students fromtime to time on their mobilenumbers and mail addresses.

As a relief to students,they will not be required to reg-ister anywhere to get the freesmartphones and tablets. Theprocess, from registration tosmartphone and tablet delivery,is free. The data of the studentsis being given to the universi-ties by colleges and the datafeeding of the same is beingdone at university level itself.Till Monday, the data of about27 lakh students has beenuploaded on the portal and theprocess of data feeding ofremaining students is beingexpedited.

The biggest ever tender, tothe tune of Rs 4,700 crore, hasbeen floated by the state gov-ernment on the GeM portal for

the purchase of smartphonesand tablets. Many major com-panies like Vishtel (Iris),Samsung (Vision) and Acer(Celkon) for tablets, Lava,Samsung (Celcon) andSamsung (United) for smart-phones have submitted tenders.

The financial bids of eligiblefirms will be opened aftertechnical scrutiny and it isexpected that the work orderwill be issued by the first weekof December. Around 2.5 lakhtablets and five lakh smart-phones will have to be distrib-

uted in the first lot. The com-panies selected in the tenderwill have to supply at least 2.5lakh tablets in the first lot. Thecompanies selected for thesmartphones will have to sup-ply at least five lakh smart-phones in the first lot.

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With fog engulfing the easternparts of Uttar Pradesh and

Bihar, several trains, includingShramjeevi Express, VaishaliExpress and Janta Express, will remaincancelled for over two-and-a-halfmonths.

“The trains will not be runningdue to fog. There are some trainswhich will run with a less number oftrips between originating and terminat-ing railway stations while some of thetrains will run on diverted routes,” offi-cials said.

12180/12179 Agra Fort-LucknowJunction Express (Up and down) and11817/11818 Lucknow Junction-MeerutCity Express (up and down) will remaincancelled between December 1 andFebruary 28; 14534 Barauni-AmbalaExpress between December 4 andFebruary 26; 14533 Ambala-BarauniExpress between December 6 andFebruary 28; 15909 Dibrugarh-LalgarhAvadh Assam Express betweenDecember 1 and February 28; 15910Lalgarh Dibrugarh Avadh AssamExpress between December 4 andMarch 3; Shaheed Express betweenDecember 3 and February 27; ShaheedExpress (14674) between December 4and February 28; Jay Nagar-AmritsarShaheed Express (14673) betweenDecember 6 and February 28;Dibrugarh-Chandigarh Express (15903)between December 8 and March 2;Chandigarh-Dibrugarh Express (15904)

between December 7 and February 22;New Tinsukia-Amritsar Express(15933) between December 10 andFebruary 25; Amritsar-Tinsukia Express(15934) between December 2 andFebruary 24; Amritsar-Gorakhpur(14924) between December 3 andFebruary 25; Gorakhpur-AmritsarExpress (14923) between December 1and February 28; Patliputra-LucknowExpress (12529) between December 1and February 28; Lucknow-PatliputraExpress (12530) between December 2and February 28; Chapra-LucknowExpress (15053) between December 1and February 28; Lucknow-ChapraExpress between December 2 andMarch 1; and Gorakhpur-Aishbagh(15069) between December 1 andFebruary 28.

Other trains which will remain can-celled during this period include thoserunning between Aishbagh-Gorakhpur,Chapra-Farrukhabad, Gorakhpur-Bandra Terminus, Mathura-Chapra,Lucknow-Chandigarh, Gorakhpur-Anand Vihar Terminus, Varanasi-Dehradun.

Over two dozen trains, includingtrain numbers 15068, 15067, 20940,20939 and 19407 will be running withless number of trips.

Patna-Kota Express (up and down)will be running on a diverted routebetween December 1 and February 28(barring on Fridays) while train num-bers 03238 and 03240 (Kota-Patna) willbe running on a diverted route (barringSaturdays).

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The Uttar Pradesh government hasreleased Rs 471.77 crore for crop loss,

for providing adequate compensation tothe farmers for the loss suffered by themowing to recent floods.

UP Agriculture Minister Surya PratapShahi, on Tuesday, said that farmers wereon the state government's priority list onissues of development. He said every sin-gle farmer whose crop had been damageddue to floods or excessive rains was beingcompensated, maintaining utmost sensi-tivity and promptness. He said till now, theUP government had given over Rs 471.77crore in relief funds to farmers benefittingmore than 13.45 lakh farmers across thestate.

The minister also said that there wasno dearth of funds for relief operations andthe respective district collectors would dis-tribute it among farmers through DBT.The farmers' crops were badly damageddue to torrential rains and heavy floods inSeptember and unseasonal rains inOctober. The compensation amount willbe directly transferred to the bank accountsof farmers from the district treasury. Inwake of the natural calamities, the stategovernment is providing financial assis-tance from the National Disaster ReliefFund (NDRF).

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In view of the crucial 2022assembly election in Uttar

Pradesh, the Bharatiya JanataParty government is likely todistribute double ration, free ofcost, to the people across thestate and provide 10 kg ofwheat and 2 kg of dal permonth till March next.

The decision was taken inthe BJP’s core group meetingwhich was also attended byChief Minister YogiAdityanath.

A senior BJP leader saidthat the state government waslikely to give free double rationfrom December to March2022.

“About 15 crore peoplewill get this benefit in Uttarpradesh. The eligible benefi-ciaries will get 10 kg freeration in one unit every

month, edible oil, salt, andpulses will also be given free,”he said.

arlier, Chief Minister Yogihad extended the PradhanManti Garib Kalyan AnnaYojana (PM-GKAY), a scheme

that provides free ration to thelower income group familiestill March. The UP govern-ment had earlier announced togive 5 kg of rice or wheat perperson and 1 kg of dal perhousehold.

Besides, the Yogi govern-ment will also provide one litreof edible oil, one kg of salt andsugar per household for anoth-er period of three months(December to March) so thatthe basic kitchen needs areaddressed.

With the new announce-ment, the beneficiaries willnow get double the ration.

The free ration schemewas launched by the BJP-ledCentral government in March,2020, after the outbreak of theCOVID-19 pandemic affectedthe livelihoods of thousands ofpeople and rendered themfinancially distressed.

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HIV, AIDS Prevention andControl ACT-2017 has

been notified in the month ofNovember this year in UttarPradesh. Any person facingstigma and discrimination dueto HIV/AIDS status can makea complain to the ombudsman,as per the provision of Act.

On the eve of World AIDSDay (December 1), UttarPradesh AIDS Control Society(UPSACS) project directorAnita Meshram said the daygives people an opportunity tounite for a global HIV/AIDSprogramme. “It also gives usthe opportunity to supportpeople living with HIV andAIDS (PLHIV) against socialstigma and to promote a happyand healthy life. In this context,it is important that every citi-zen should unite for their socialand moral responsibilities,” shesaid.

UPSACS joint director

Ramesh Srivastava said thenotification under HIV/ AIDSprevention Act 2017 has beena great achievement becauseany HIV/AIDS person facingstigma can complain to theombudsman in UP who are thedivisional commissioners.

Listing other achievementsmade by UPSACS underMeshram, he said that evenduring the Covid-19 pandem-ic, they have ensured the deliv-ery of ARV drugs at thedoorstep of PLHIV with thehelp of communities and part-ners. “Under the project direc-tor of UPSACS, UP’s first trans-gender clinic has been set up inwhich all preventive and cura-tive services will be providedfree of cost. The trans-healthclinic in Hazratganj is the firstsuch clinic in north India. Itaims at creating an integratedservice delivery point to meethealth and non-health needs ofthe transgender community.The clinic also aims to facilitate

supportive environments forthe community to increaseaccess to the social entitle-ments and other need-basedservices. The clinic also contin-ues to network with and linkcommunity members to arange of service providers,” hesaid.

He said that various otherservices delivered at this clin-ic are screening for STI, TB,NCD, Hepatitis C & B etc, pro-vision of STI drugs with thesupport of UPSACS and

advanced STI treatment, psy-chiatrist consultation, peercounselling, counselling onmental health issues, GIDassessment, SRS and HRT, lifeskill education, HIV screeningand condom promotion withthe support of UPSACS, HIVtesting including confirmatorytest, providing medication forthe general ailments, socialinclusion and entitlements,ART initiation and viral loadmonitoring.

“UPSACS is also workingwith 89 NGOs covering around88,780 high-risk group popu-lations for HIV/AIDS relatedservices. UPSACS is providingtherapeutic and counsellingand services through 50 ARTcentres in the state. At present,93,238 PLHIV are getting freeARV drugs from these centres”he said. On World AIDS Day,different activities like sympo-siums, signature campaignsand rallies will be organised inthe state under the Health.

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The total number of Covidvaccine doses administered

in Uttar Pradesh in Novemberwas 3.2 crore, including 1.65crore second doses, inNovember. Giving this infor-mation, State ImmunisationOfficer Ajay Ghai said thepace of vaccination hasincreased since October whenit was impacted by festivities.

The increase was wit-nessed despite Diwali andChhath celebrations duringthis month. In October, 2.4crore vaccine doses wereadministered in the state whilein September, the vaccinationfigures (3.4 crore doses) werethe highest.

Earlier, 1.67 crore vaccinedoses were administered inJuly and 1.2 crore in June.There has been a gradualincrease in the pace of vacci-nation though a dip was wit-nessed in October.

Ghai said some of the dis-tricts which performed well in

November included Azamgarh(11.25 lakh doses) andShahjahanpur (9.16 lakh vac-cinations. Azamgarh has anestimated eligible populationof over 37 lakh, Prayagraj over45 lakh and Gorakhpur over 35lakh.

Other districts which alsoperformed well in Novemberincluded Aligarh (over 8 lakhdoses), Lucknow (5.49 lakhdoses) and Balrampur (over 5lakh doses).

Lucknow made extraefforts to boost the vaccinationand directions were issued tohold drives in malls, residen-tial apartments, eateries andslum areas. Zonal officers ofNagar Nigam were directed toinvolve corporators in theirrespective areas. Lucknow isholding a special vaccinationdrive from November 28 tillDecember 2.

District ImmunisationOfficer MK Singh said theyadministered only 5.4 lakhdoses because the number ofpeople due for vaccination hascome down. “We have already

covered a vast percentage ofpeople for the first dose.However, in the special cam-paigns which we have organ-ised, nearly 40,000 people arebeing vaccinated currently ona daily basis,” he said.

He pointed out thatLucknow has performed uni-formly even during festivalsexcept for two to three days.

Special vaccination centreswere set up in November anddoses were administered from8 am till 10 pm. Officials saidit was done because they hadreceived feedback that somepeople did not get time to getvaccinated as the vaccinationdrive would end early..

Looking into the currentthreat of Omicron, expertshave stressed on boosting theCovid-9 vaccination further tofully vaccinate as many peopleas possible at the earliest.

They said the gap betweentwo doses of Covishield needsto be reduced, vaccine hesitan-cy of any sort be addressed andapproval of vaccines for chil-dren be also given.

3%����'��.�����������!�(4����Lucknow (PNS): The 7-day‘Eat Right Carnival’ will kick offat the Gomti Riverfront onDecember 5. It will have ses-sions on eating the right foodand nutritionists from KGMUand SGPGI will also be there.The carnival is being organisedby the Food Safety and DrugAdministration under the dis-trict administration in associ-ation with various other gov-ernment departments.

Designated officer, FSDA,SP Singh said it is important tohave less salt and less fat in foodand there various sessions willalso be held on the issue. “Wewill also be putting up foodstalls and there will be cultur-al programmes by the Culturedepartment in the evenings,” hesaid. District MagistrateAbhishek Prakash said awalkathon would be held at1090 crossing on December 5and it would move cover SamtaMulak crossing, Lohia Parkand Ambedkar crossing beforeculminating at 1090 crossing.The walkathon will witnessthe participation of NCCcadets, NSS, civil defence mem-bers, traders and NGOs.

The DM said that theprime attractions of the carni-val would be a yoga and aero-bics training programme from7 am to 8 am, free eye healthcamp and Covid vaccinationcamp.

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Stepping up preventive mea-sures amid the emergence of

the new ‘Omicron’ variant of thenovel coronavirus in othercountries, the Uttar Pradeshgovernment has intensifiedscreening and strengthened sur-veillance across the state, toeingthe guidelines of the Centre.Upgrading its guard against thenew B.1.1.529 variant of SARS-CoV2 which has been classifiedas a ‘Variant of Concern’ by theWorld Health Organisation(WHO), the state governmenthas immediately put the Healthdepartment teams on alert in all75 districts of the state.

While the situation is notalarming at present and doesnot warrant panic, the govern-ment has put over 73,000 sur-veillance committees on alertmode to ensure thoroughscreening and timely identifica-tion, isolation and treatment ofpeople showing mild symp-toms to remove any chance ofincreased transmission of thevirus or any water-borne, vec-

tor-borne disease. ChiefMinister Yogi Adityanath hasalready asked top officials tomake special efforts to improvesurveillance with a focus on air-ports, railway stations and busstations to preempt any proba-ble health exigency in the state.

In another proactive move,the chief minister has instruct-ed officials to make arrange-ments for genome sequencingof Covid samples and arrange-ments will be made atLucknow's KGMU andSGPGIMS besides medical col-leges of Gorakhpur, Jhansi, andMeerut at the earliest. Theauthorities have also been askedto carry out extensive cleanli-ness, sanitisation and foggingdrives to prevent the spread ofother diseases.

The Uttar Pradesh govern-ment has also initiated makingthe state ‘self-reliant’ in oxygengeneration and nearly 530 oxy-gen producing plants have beenoperationalised.

Ensuring adequate avail-ability of medical oxygen, thestate government announced

that 524 oxygen plants havealready been set up in UttarPradesh while work to get theother plants functional is goingon a war-footing.

During the peak of the sec-

ond wave of COVID-19 inApril and May across Indiathis year, a total of 554 oxygenplants were sanctioned in thestate. Real-time monitoring ofthe installation of plants has

been planned, with the districtadministrations keeping a tabon the process and ensuring theavailability of raw material sothat it could be completed ontime.

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Under the IndiaInternational Science

Festival (IISF)-2021, an out-reach programme was organ-ised at CDRI in Lucknow onTuesday. Nearly 100 studentsand teachers from differentschools and colleges from thecity participated in it.

Former director of CDRIDr VP Kamboj, who was thechief guest on the occasion,said science has played aninstrumental role in mitigatingpandemics such as Covid-19.

“India has become the vac-cine hub and is helping sever-

al other countries to fightCovid-19 apart from beingself-reliant on various tech-nologies related to vaccines,pharmaceuticals and othertechnologies,” he said.

The guest of honour wasTreasurer, VIBHA, Dr ArvindMathur who emphasised onthe importance of science andtechnology in day-to-day life.The ‘Make in India’ campaignis revolutionising the healthand pharma sector in Indiaapart from other sectors, he said.

He encouraged the stu-dents to have scientific tem-perament even if they are not

pursuing science.To sensitise the students

and participants, three popularlectures were delivered byCDRI scientists. Dr RituTrivedi delivered a talk on‘Happiness is in the hormones’while Dr Aamir Nazir, spokeon ‘Let’s talk it out: Effects ofCovid pandemic, lockdownand Zoom fatigue in schoolchildren. Dr Chandra BhushanTripathi delivered a talk on‘Chemistry: The central dogmaof life’. The students participat-ed in debate, painting and sci-ence model competitions andalso visited labs to interactwith the scientists.

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Two conmen posing aspolicemen duped a morn-

ing walker of his gold chainand two gold rings in VikasNagar. As per reports, ArpitKushwaha was on a morningwalk on November 27 when hewas stopped by two men whointroduced themselves as cops.

“They started frisking mewithout any warning. Theyasked me where I got theornaments and why I waswearing them. The miscre-ants asked me to put off theornaments and keep them inmy pocket. One of them askedme to keep the ornaments in asachet which they gave me.They later changed the sachetand fled the scene. When Ichecked it, I found it empty,” hesaid.

Meanwhile, a retired undersecretary was accused of crim-inal breach of trust over non-

payment of loan which hetook from UP Vidhan MandalSachivalaya Sahkari SamitiLimited.

An undersecretaryemployed at Vidhan SabhaSecretariat and in the office ofdeputy speaker lodged a casein this connection. The com-plainant was identified asAkhilesh Kumar while theaccused as Gyan Dutt Dixit ofIndiranagar.

In his complaint, Akhileshsaid the cooperative societyprovides loans toofficials/employees of VidhanSabha/Vidhan ParishadSecretariat. “Dixit had deposit-ed a cheque of Rs 8 lakh to payback the loan on August 31,but it was dishonoured due tolack of money in his bankaccount. Dixit was served anotice on November 11 andasked to pay within 3-5 days,but he failed to do so,” Akhileshstated in the FIR.

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In the energy audit, AKTUcampus has got the catego-

ry of super building for instal-lation of solar power plantswith 83 per cent consumption,spokesperson Asheesh Mishrasaid. The 65th meeting of theAcademic Council was heldunder the chairmanship ofProf Vineet Kansal on Tuesday.

“In the meeting, the greensignal was given to start non-teaching credit courses in theCentre for Advanced Studies.

This course will be conductedas a credit course in MTechcourses. It will be called‘Independent Study andResearch’. Under the course, thestudents will be given aresearch problem every semes-ter and they will have to solvethe same,” Mishra said.

Approval has been given tothe proposal of granting aminor degree in BTech inaccordance with the NationalEducation Policy.

“It is proposed to providea minor degree in specialisation

in engineering and technologyin Artificial Intelligence andMachine Learning, BlockChain, Cyber Security, DataScience and Internet of Things.It was also agreed upon toname the gold medal forMTech in Nanotechnology atthe Centre for AdvancedStudies after Dr Piyush Jaiswal,the late faculty member of theinstitute. It was also decided toconduct an open source sum-mer internship to connect thestudents studying in the MBAcourse conducted in the uni-

versity with project-basedlearning,” he added. Mishrasaid that approval was accord-ed for conferring PhD degreesto 70 students who passed theoral examination in the 19thconvocation of the university.

“Along with this, approvalwas also given to confer degreeson the students who passed theoral examination in the 19thconvocation by December 11.Approval was given on confer-ring the degree of DSc on DrSaurabh Gupta in the 19thconvocation,” he added.

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With the number of peo-ple fully vaccinated

against COVID-19 crossingthe five crore mark in UttarPradesh on Tuesday, three-quarters of the adults in thestate have received at least onedose of the Covid vaccinewhile one-third of the eligiblepopulation has been fully vac-cinated now, setting a newmilestone in the state’s fightagainst the deadly pandemic.

As per data from theCoWIN portal, over five crorepeople in Uttar Pradesh have

taken both doses of the Covidvaccine. UP is followed byMaharashtra where 3.97 crorepeople have been fully vacci-nated against COVID-19.

“In terms of percentage,the state accounts for over 75per cent of adult populationreceiving at least one dose ofthe Covid vaccine, and morethan 33 per cent of the state'sadult population have receivedboth doses of the vaccine,” agovernment spokesman said.

The number of vaccinedoses administered againstCOVID-19 in the statecrossed the 16 crore mark on

Monday which is not even thepopulation of most of thestates in the country. So farUP has administered morethan 16.22 crore vaccinedoses.

“In the light of the emer-gence of the new ‘Omicron’variant of the coronavirus,the government has expedit-ed its vaccination coverage inthe state,” the spokesman said.

As per the latest figuresavailable on CoWIN, UttarPradesh has administered11,21,02,069 first doses of theCovid vaccine so far and5,01,82,559 second doses.

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Vrindavan went on high alertafter 10 fresh COVID-19patients, including six foreign-ers, were reported during thelast 48 hours. An ashram inVrindavan, where these for-eigners and other positive caseswere detected, was sealed andit was identified as a contain-ment zone on Tuesday.

Among the foreigners whotested novel coronavirus pos-itive were a 41-year-old

woman from Austria and fourwomen from Russia andFrance. “All of them are in iso-lation but they are not hospi-talised. Contact tracing andsamples of over 100 peoplewho came in contact with theforeign devotees who came toVrindavan have been sent fortesting,” a Health departmentofficial said.

The foreigners who werecoronavirus positive werefound to be staying on a touristvisa at an ashram in Vrindavanfor the last two weeks. TheHealth department is now

investigating whether therewas a new variant in the infect-ed women and to confirmthis, their samples have been sent toLucknow for testing.

Meanwhile, ISKCONmanagement in Mathuraincreased vigilance as foreigndevotees have frequently beenfound to be coronavirus pos-itive in Vrindavan. A team ofthe Health department, whichreached the ISKCON campusin Mathura, took samples ofseveral people and sent themfor examination.

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A spokesman told media-persons that the KanpurMetro had applied for designsecurity and technical clear-ances as a mandatory require-ment for operation of metroservices in India.

“To ascertain passengersafety, a series of trials have tobe conducted by the ResearchDesign and StandardOrganisation officials. Thesetrials mainly lie in two cate-gories. The first category com-prises detailed oscillation tri-als to ascertain rolling stockbehaviour on different speeds.The second category tests tocalculate emergency brakingdistance at different speedsboth on loaded and emptyconditions in dry as well as in

wet conditions. These trialsare necessary to ensure pas-senger safety and comfort andto ascertain a good riding index of the rolling stock,” hesaid.

The spokesman said thatthe extensive trials wereexpected to be completed byDecember 6 but they did bet-ter planning and worked insync with Uttar PradeshMetro Rail Corporation toachieve the goal much earlier.These tr ials started onNovember 19 and were com-pleted on November 27.

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Vice Admiral Ajendra BahadurSingh, an alumnus of UP SainikSchool in Lucknow, took over as theFlag Officer Commanding-in-Chief(FOC-in-C), Western NavalCommand (WNC), from ViceAdmiral R Hari Kumar, at animpressive Ceremonial Parade heldat INS Shikra. Prior to taking overas the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the WNC, Vice AdmiralSingh served as the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of theEastern Naval Command. He is among the very few comman-ders-in-chief who have been bestowed with the unparalleled hon-our and unique distinction of heading both operational com-mands of the Indian Navy. He paid homage to all personnel whohave made the supreme sacrifice in service to the nation by plac-ing a floral wreath at the Gaurav Stambh - Victory at SeaMemorial, at Naval Dockyard, Mumbai.

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nity, a ‘Kayastha Hunkar Rally’ will be organised on the 137thbirth anniversary of Rajendra Prasad on December 3. The rallywill be organised at the venue of Uttarakhand Mahotsav at BirbalSahni Marg. Spokesman of the organising committee Manoj Lalsaid that to fine-tune the rally, a meeting was held on Tuesdayin which former Union minister Subodh Kant Sahai, Rajya SabhaMP RK Sinha and working president of Bharatiya KayasthaMahasabha Sanjeev Verma took part. Sahai said that Kayasthasfrom across the country, including actor Shatrughan Sinha, wouldraise the issue of the rights of the community.

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of City Montessori School, RajajipuramCampus II, won a gold medal in LucknowDistrict Dance-Sport Championship 2021.She won the gold for her outstanding danceperformance in the 9-12 years age catego-ry. The competition was organised by theDance Sport Association of Lucknow.Students from several noted schools ofLucknow participated and showcased their dance perfor-mances. However, amidst a tough competition, Pankhudiemerged as the winner. The organisers appreciated her talent andawarded her a gold medal and a certificate.

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Death toll in Kerala due to Covid-19 crossed the 40,000 mark on

Tuesday according to HealthMinister Veena George. A releaseissued by the minister said that onTuesday 19 persons succumbed tothe pandemic and 132 deaths reg-istered earlier were found to bebecause of Covid-19 and this took

the overall death toll till date to 40,132. With the number of deathscrossing the 40,000 mark, Keralabecame the State with maximumdeaths due to the pandemic inSouth India. “Out of the 59, 254samples tested during the last 24hours, it was found that 4,723 newpersons were afflicted with Covid-19,” said George.

Since the Covid-19 cases

remain unabated, the State admin-istration which ordered the fullopening of schools from the secondweek of December, made it knownthat all teaching and non-teachingstaff should undergo vaccination.This was stated by V Sivankutty,education minister, himself aneducationist. Sivankutty’sannouncement came immediatelyafter the disclosure by the educa-

tion department that 7,000 teach-ers and non-teaching staff refusedto undergo vaccination because ofreligious belief. Though collegeswere opened fully last week, moststudents preferred on-line classes.Students who are active membersof student unions affiliated to var-ious political parties were the onlyones to be present in the campus-es due to obvious reasons..

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The ruling BJP in Gujarat has decid-ed to organise kabaddi and crick-

et tournaments that will have 'Article370' in their names in Union HomeMinister Amit Shah's GandhinagarLok Sabha constituency, party officebearers said on Tuesday.

While modalities are still beingworked out, the name of the tourna-ment has been finalised as GandhinagarLok Sabha Premier League 370, and anofficial announcement of the tourna-ment would be done soon, said GujaratBJP general secretary PradipsinhVaghela.

According to Vaghela, the tourna-ment has been named after Article 370of the Constitution because it was AmitShah, the Lok Sabha MP fromGandhinagar, who was instrumental inthe abrogation of that provision, whichconferred a special status to Jammu andKashmir.

"Prime Minister Narendra Modihas asked all MPs to organise sportstournaments in their constituencies.Thus, to provide a platform to talent-ed youths, Shah had asked us to hostsuch tournaments in his constituency.We will start with kabaddi and cricketand then take up other sports," saidVaghela.

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In what is being seen as an insult to the nation-al slogan “Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan”, bureaucrats and

politicians of Kerala have come together to makelife difficult for a retired Indian Army officer inthe State’s High Range region (Idukki district).

Jobi Joseph (52), who was forced to takemedical retirement from Army EducationalCorps following a road accident, returned to hisnative town of Mundakkayam with dreams ofgiving his experience back to the society by gen-erating wealth and providing jobs to farm work-ers and the hundreds of educated youth in hisvillage. The farming operations he launched inhis village saw 15 persons getting round-the-yearemployment.

After five years of hard work and toiling,Joseph is faced with the prospect of losing hishouse and farm land to banks as well as theKerala Government.Bank has issued notice toseize his property for failing to repay the loanswhich he had availed and Joseph and family maysoon find themselves without a roof over theirheads. “Bureaucrats starting from agricultureofficers, local body leaders and officials in vil-lage and taluk officials are tormenting me dayin and day out for no mistakes of mine,” Josephtold The Pioneer. Why he has not committedsuicide is only because of the training he receivedin Indian Army. “But the bureaucrats and politi-cians of Kerala are competent enough to meltthe confidence and boldness of even the bestpeople,” said Joseph.

He took to organic farming in a major wayand launched giant gourami fish breedingwhich would have fetched high prices in themarket. “Though there were no marketing facil-ities provided by the government departments,

I was confident of selling the breeds. But thingstook a turn for the worse when the departmentsof agriculture, revenue and police issued me astop memo ordering to stop all the work on thefarm. They alleged that I was into illegal quar-rying and mining in the farm land,” saidJoseph. This was against all laws in the land, saidJoseph. What he did was to prepare the land forfarming. “I did not do any quarrying or min-ing because there was no granite or sand forquarrying and mining in the land. It had someboulders which we removed to dig wells/pondsfor fish farming,” said Joseph. Despite hisheart-rending pleas to the officials, they contin-ue to be indifferent and callous.

The last three years saw four entrepreneurscommitting suicide in Kerala, out of which threewere Gulf-returnees. “This is in addition to morethan 50 farmers who took to the extreme mea-sures because of failed crops and loans whichthey could not repay in time,” said C RNeelakantan, engineer-turned social activist andhead of Aam Aadmi Party’s Kerala unit.

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Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday flew off toMumbai to attend a business meet in the

sidelines of which she will engage in some polit-ical parleys with other senior Opposition lead-ers too, the Bengal Chief Minister said momentsbefore catching her flight.

Banerjee is on a in a three-day visit toMumbai where she is likely to meet India’s indus-try captains, senior opposition leaders includ-ing NCP chief Sharad Pawar, Shiv Sena leadersSanjay Raut, Aditya Thackerey and others.

The proposed meeting between Banerjee andher Maharashtra counterpart Uddhav Thackereywill not take place on account of the latter’s illness,she said adding his son and Cabinet MinisterAditya Thackerey would meet her instead.

“As Uddhav Thackeray is not well his sonAditya will come to meet me at the hotel whereI will stay,” Banerjee whose party TrinamoolCongress has been projecting as the only alter-native to Prime Minister Narendra Modi aheadof the Congress’ Rahul Gandhi and other lead-ers said.

Banerjee who is scheduled to address anindustrialists’ conference organized by theYoung President’s Organisation or YPO a US-based global leadership community is likely toinvite the attending industrialists to the muchtou ed Bengal Global Business Summit --- BiswaBangla, sources said.

“Bengal will be the investment destinationof India tomorrow,” the Chief Minister saidadding she will invite investors from all over thecountry and the world to meet the Biswa BanglaSanmelan.

Meanwhile, reacting to the Chief Minister’sMumbai visit Bengal Opposition LeaderSuvendu Adhikari on Tuesday said that afterwinning the elections she has been spendingpublic money on joy trips like the one onTuesday.

“She is spending Rs 3 crore to fly off toMumbai … and for what prupose … just toexplore ways to dislodge the BJP … for this shewill meet the Shiv Sena leaders … but the prob-lem is why should the Shiv Sena give her somuch importance when she has been insultingand harming the Congress but for whos sup-port Uddhav Thackarey would be a former ChiefMinister,” Adhikari said.

“She is spending corores of tax payers’money to fulfil her own dreams to be the PrimeMinister which she can never be … and on theother hand her Government is withholding thesalary and DA of the teachers, medical staff etc,”he said.

Bengal BJP president Sukanto Majumdar saidthat the Chief Minister’s attempt would prove tobe futile because her party has no base in north-ern and southern India. “She will only go toMumbai and meet some retired and tired politi-cians … perhaps take them in her party like shedid in Goa and then beat her trumpet … but allthis will go invain as again BJP will come to power,”he said.

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Having taken cognisance of acomplaint by social activist

Ashok Kamble against ZonalDirector of Narcotics Control Bureau(NCB) Sameer Wankhede that thelatter had allegedly used caste certifi-cate through fraudulent means to jointhe Indian Revenue Service (IRS), theDistrict Caste Scrutiny Committee,Mumbai city, on Tuesday issuedsummons to Wankhede appearbefore it for a hearing on December14.

After verifying documents sub-mitted along with the complainantthrough his Advocate Nitin Satpute,the District Caste ScrutinyCommittee, Mumbai city – as per thepowers vested with it under the Ruleno 19 (2) of the MaharashtraScheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes,

Denotified Tribes (Vimukta Jatis),Nomadic Tribes, Other BackwardCategory ( Regulation of Issuanceand verification of) Caste CertificateRules 2012 notified by theMaharashtra Social Justice andSpecial Assistance Department --hasdecided to look into the complaintagainst Wankhede.

As part of the inquiry, theDistrict Caste Scrutiny Committee,Mumbai city issued a notice toWankhede to remain present beforeit for a hearing at 3 pm on December14.

In his complaint made before theDistrict Caste Scrutiny on behalfKamble, Satpute has sought the revo-cation of Wankhede’s Schedule Caste(SC) certificate which the latterobtained by suppressing the fact thathe was a Muslim and that he had notdisclosed his real caste and religion

while being inducted into the IRS inthe SC category.

Along with the complaint, Satputehas submitted the caste certificateissued to Wankhede by the ExecutiveMagistrate of Greater Bombay and aphotocopy of the latter’s birth certificate.He has also submitted a copy of apetition filed by his client Kamble in theBombay High Court, seeking todeclare as Wankhede’s appointment asthe NCB’s Zonal Director “null andvoid” on the ground that he hadjoined IRS under the SC category by“suppressing” the fact that he was aMuslim.

Under the 19 (2) of rules notifiedby the State Social Justice and SpecialAssistance Department on August 31,2012, the District Caste ScrutinyCommittee, Mumbai city, will haveto complete its scrutiny within sixmonths of the complaint.

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With India's GDP growth at 8.4 per cent inthe second quarter of 2021-22, senior

Congress leader P Chidambaram on Tuesdaysaid it was not yet a V-shaped recovery and thereare sectors of the economy that are still "crip-pled". "Let us extend a cautious welcome. It isNOT yet a 'V' shaped recovery. The fine printwill bear that out," the former finance min-ister tweeted. India's GDP growth slowed to

8.4 percent in the second quarter of 2021-22,mainly due to waning low base effect, but theeconomy has surpassed the pre-COVID level,official data showed on Tuesday. "In 2021-22,GDP growth in Q1 was 20.1 percent on a pre-vious year's Q1 growth of -24.4 percent. In Q2,the growth is reported as 8.4 percent on a pre-vious year's Q2 growth of -7.4 percent,"Chidambaram noted. There are sectors of theeconomy that are still "crippled" and need helpand time to recover, he said.

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The number of farmers whocommitted suicide dropped

to 5,579 in 2020 as comparedto 5,957 in the previous year,Agriculture Minister NarendraSingh Tomar informedParliament on Tuesday, citingthe latest NCRB report.

The National CrimeRecords Bureau (NCRB),which functions under theMinistry of Home Affairs, hasnot given "separate reasons" forfarmers' suicide in its 2020report, the minister said in hiswritten reply to the Lok Sabha.

"However, the causes ofsuicides of persons (includingfarmers) are family problems,illness, drug abuse/addiction,marriage related issues, loveaffairs, bankruptcy or indebt-

edness, failure in examination,u n e m p l o y m e n t ,professional/career problemand property dispute," headded. Of the total number offarmers' suicides committedduring 2020, maximum 2,567cases were reported fromMaharashtra, followed by 1,072cases from Karnataka, AndhraPradesh (564), Telangana (466),Madhya Pradesh (235) andChhattisgarh (227), as per theNCRB data placed before Lok

Sabha. The number of farmers'

suicide in Uttar Pradesh was at87 in 2020, Tamil Nadu (79),Kerala (57), Assam (12),Himachal Pradesh(6), fourcases each in Meghalaya andMizoram. Agriculture Ministerfurther informed the LowerHouse that the governmenthas not received any reports onfarmers committing suicidedue to unavailability of fertilis-er in the country, especially inMadhya Pradesh. He saidstate Governments providerelief to families of farmers whocommit suicide.

Agriculture being a statesubject, the Centre supple-ments efforts of states throughappropriate policy measuresfor the development of thefarm sector, he added.

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VARANASI (PNS): Blamingthe government for giving thecontract of water supply inrural areas to big companies,the local contractors of JalNigam on Tuesday staged ademonstration protestingagainst it and lamented thatnow, there is crisis of livelihoodbefore them. They also submit-ted a memorandum to the dis-trict administration to be for-warded to the Chief Minister todirect the departmental officersto give the contract to localcontractors as it will save themoney in crores. The contrac-

tors gathered at the office of theexecutive engineer in Nadesar,here and staged a demonstra-tion under the banner of theUP Jal Nigam ThekedarSangharsh Samiti, Varanasi.The department has given con-tract to supply the drinkingwater through pipes to thehouses in villages at districtlevel under Jal Jeevan Missionto the big private companieswhich made 40,000 contractorsand labourers in lakhs unem-ployed, they blamed and addedthat moreover, the contract tothese big companies was given

more than 40 per cent of thedepartmental rate. While giv-ing the contract to the big com-panies, the department havereason that the local contrac-tors had tendered for the work7 to 10 per cent below of thedepartmental rate, they saidadding, had the departmentgiven contract to the local con-tractors, there would have beencompetition among them andalso save the crores of moneyof the department. The con-tract of this work was given tothe big companies because ofthe faulty policy of the govern-

ment, they blamed and added,it resulted that it posed a seri-ous crisis before the contractorsand labourers as they have nowork. They submitted a mem-orandum to the district admin-istration to be forwarded to theChief Minister to issue direc-tive to the management of thedepartment to give the contractof this work to the local con-tractors to save the money ofthe department. RadheyshyamGoel, Mayank Singh, VineetSingh, Sudarshan Singh,Mahendra Patel and othersjoined the demonstration.

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In view of the finding of a newvariant of corona in parts of

the world, the district admin-istration has intensified itsactivities making the Healthdepartment in a full alert modeto keep close watch on the trav-ellers at Lal Bahadur ShastriInternational Airport,Babatpur. Chief MedicalOfficer (CMO) Dr Rahul Singhsaid that a new variant of coro-na has been found abroad,especially in South Africa,Germany, Britain, Netherlandsand other countries and due tothis, the district administrationand Health department havebecome fully alert.

He said that as per the

instructions received from thegovernment, the work of focussampling has already started inthe district from Tuesday.During the first three days, allinstitutions of higher educationlike medical colleges, engi-neering colleges, polytechnicinstitutes/ITIs, universities andaffiliated colleges will be cov-ered. College and hostel staff,students and inmates of thehostels in these institutionswill also be tested. After this, inthe next three days, sampling ofhealth workers will be done ingovernment and private hospi-tals and medical educationinstitutions. Health workerswill also include faculty mem-bers from medical educationinstitutions, resident doctors

and students.In connection with the

same, letters have been sent tothe registrars of Banaras HinduUniversity, Mahatma GandhiKashi Vidyapeeth, DrSampurnanand SanskritUniversity and GovernmentAyurvedic College andHospital apart from princi-pals/ directors of all othermedical colleges (Ayurvedic,Homeopathic, Allopathic etc),government and private engi-neering/ management insti-tutes, degree colleges, ITIs andpolytechnic colleges on behalfof the CMO. Dr Singh hasappealed to the people of thedistrict that there is no need topanic about any variant, ratherwe need to be more alert and

careful. He suggested the peo-ple to wear masks when theystep out of the houses, keepsanitising hands from time totime. ‘All citizens above the ageof 18 years should definitely getboth the vaccines to protectagainst corona and those whohave taken the first dose mustget the second dose in time asvaccination is considered to bethe most effective way to pre-vent corona,’ he said. DistrictSurveillance Officer andACMO Dr SS Kanojiainformed that teams have beenconstituted for focus samplingto be done from Tuesday toDecember 2 in all the institu-tions of higher education of thedistrict and they will completethis work during the period.

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When Vimla (not realname) became pregnant

for the first time, she was diag-nosed with HIV positive in ablood test done during antena-tal check-up at the hospital. Shewas shocked when the doctortold her about the HIV positivetest and her dreams to becomea mother were shatteredthough she was informed of atwo month long pregnancy.Later, she was referred to theAnti Retroviral Treatment(ART) Centre where her treat-ment started on time anddespite being HIV positive,she gave birth to a healthychild. Now she is leading ahappy life. This story is not onlyof this woman but as many as50 HIV infected women havegiven birth to healthy childrenwithin three years after gettingtreatment at the ART Centrelocated at Pandit Deendayal

Upadhyay (DDU) Hospitalhere.

On the eve of WorldHIV/AIDS Day, Chief MedicalOfficer (CMO) and DistrictHIV/AIDS Officer Dr RahulSingh said that every year onDecember 1, the day is cele-brated to increase awarenessamong the community aboutHIV / AIDS and to break themyths and misconceptions.This year’s theme has been setas ‘End Inequalities, End AIDS’.‘Modern medical practiceshave made it possible for themother to protect her unbornchild from HIV infection if thepregnant woman is known tobe HIV infected in time. Therisk to the baby is higher if theinfection is detected after thethird-fourth month of preg-nancy, so the sooner treat-ment of an HIV-infected preg-nant woman begins, the lowerthe risk to her baby,’ he said.

According to senior med-

ical officer of ART Centre DrPreeti Agrawal, as many as 50HIV-infected women hadundergone treatment at theART Centre at DDU Hospitaland they have given birth tohealthy children during thelast three years. They included18 in 2019, 12 in 2020 and 20till the month of October thisyear who have given birth tohealthy children. Telling herstory, yet another 35 years oldwoman informed that only afew months after the marriagethat took place four years ago,it was found that she was HIVpositive along with her hus-band and then the dream ofbecoming a mother was seen tobe eclipsed, but today she is themother of a two-year-olddaughter with the advice andtreatment of the ART Centre.

Dr Agrawal said that in theART Centre, special care istaken of the HIV infected preg-nant women and for this, such

HIV infected pregnant womenare referred to the GovernmentWomen’s Hospital for safedelivery. According to her, HIVvirus weakens the immunity ofhuman beings, due to whichmany diseases surround theinfected persons if they are nottreated in time.

‘This condition is calledAIDS. The virus cannot becompletely eradicated withtreatment, but it can be kept incheck. With good food andtreatment, the immunity of aperson remains intact.Therefore, if the patient doesnot hide the disease and takestimely and regular treatment,then he/she can completehis/her normal life,’ she said,highlighting some of the mainsymptoms of being HIV posi-tive including persistent weightloss, diarrhea, fever,itching/skin infection on thebody, blisters in the mouth andmildew on the tongue.

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District ElectionOfficer/District Magistrate

(DEO/DM) Kaushal RajSharma, while reviewing thepreparations for the upcomingassembly election at DistrictRifle Club here on Tuesday,directed all the concerned offi-cers/employees to completethe preparations by December5. He instructed the poll per-sonnel that while updating thevoter list, special care should betaken in the addition and dele-tion of names apart from prop-er examination of rejectionand duplicate forms. ‘Completethe work of digitisation imme-diately and in view to increasethe gender ratio, focus shouldbe given to add new voters of18-19 years old,’ he said.

Regarding form feeding, hedirected that at least 20 formseach should be super checkedby all EROs/ AEROs and not asingle form should be fed with-out the report of BLOs andEROs/AEROs. He asked theBLOs to submit the formsimmediately apart from com-piling the detailed informationabout the forms received fromdifferent booths. While givinginstructions to prepare thecommunication plan and routechart, the DEO said that thecorrect phone numbers of tworesidents adjacent to eachbooth should be added apartfrom other necessary informa-tion and added that all thezonal and sector officers alongwith BLOs should check theassured minimum facilities(AMF) of their respectivebooths.

Sharma also directed theofficers concerned to completethe work of identification of

critical and vulnerable boothsin 2-3 days and give informa-tion by December 5. Accordingto him, as per the guidelines ofthe Election Commission (EC),keeping in mind the protocolof corona, not more than sixbooths should be kept at onepolling station and if there aremore booths, they should bemade by marking other near-by centres or new polling placesapart from ensuring that themaximum distance of thepolling station is within twokilometres.

In a meeting with the polit-ical parties, he sought propos-als for facilities/problems etcrelated to booths so that theycan be examined and diag-nosed by the concernedauthorities soon. He urged thepolitical parties to appoint

booth level assistants and alsomake available the list of sen-sitive booths by December 5.While meeting with the zonaland sector officers, he saidthat the process of complianceof the code of conduct shouldbe started by removing ban-ners, posters, wall painting etcand asked the officers-in-charge to discharge the givenresponsibility sincerely.

He also directed the ADM(Supplies) to mark the suitableplace in view to get the controlroom started from now, sothat any kind of voter relatedproblem can be reported by thepeople. He asked the ADM(Finance) to start tender andother processes for barricadingwork and district economicsand statistics officer to makethe communication plan avail-

able by December 5. Similarly,the Health department hasdirected to ensure running ofthe CHCs/ PHCs for 48 hourstill the polling parties remainpresent at the polling stationsapart from seeking the detailsof action plan regarding RTPCR test and arrangement ofambulances police station-wiseby December 5. For cleanlinessin entire rural areas, DPRO wasinstructed to make arrange-ments with the help of grampanchayats and MunicipalCorporation. ADM(Administration)/ DeputyDistrict Election OfficerRanvijay Singh, ADM (CivilSupplies), registration officers,assistant registration officers,officers-in-charge and repre-sentatives of political partieswere present in the meeting.

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The High Court administra-tion has decided to take

strict action against 15 judicialofficers including 11 AdditionalDistrict Judges (ADJs), twoDistrict Judge level and twoCJM level working in severaldistrict courts of the state. Ofthese, 10 have been given VRS.In which eight ADJs and twoCJMs are included. Their rightshave been confiscated.

This decision was taken inthe full court meeting of thejudges of Allahabad HighCourt and Lucknow Bench

last week. Of these, 11 officerswere judged to be inoperableunder Rule 56C. All these werealso affecting the image of thedepartment by their conductand behaviour. These officersinclude a presiding officer ofMotor Accident ClaimsTribunal at the level of DistrictJudge, Additional DistrictJudges working in Lakhimpur,Agra, Kaushambi, Varanasi,Hamirpur, CJM Moradabadand Unnao, one CJM levelofficer of Kanpur Nagar, femaleAdditional district judge ofGorakhpur have been giveVRS.

A registrar working in theHigh Court was also includedin that list by the scanningcommittee due to non-comple-tion of work, but due to hisconduct, behavior and being agood judicial officer, he hasbeen given relief. A DistrictJudge was relieved from theproceedings due to retirement.Relief has also been provided tothe ADJ of Sultanpur, who hasbeen suspended for a longtime.

According to sources, therecommendations of the judi-cial officers on whom the deci-sion has been taken to take

action will be sent to the stategovernment.

The action will be finalizedafter the approval of the StateGovernment and the signatureof the Governor.

Article 235 of theConstitution empowers theHigh Court to exercise controlover the judicial officers work-ing in the District Courts. Inthe past also such action hasbeen taken by the High Courtagainst judicial officers. Anattempt was made to contactthe Registrar General of theHigh Court in this regard buthe could not be contacted.

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Prime Minister NarendraModi is expected to visit

Prayagraj on December 5.Governor Anandiben Patel,Chief Minister Yogi Adityanathand Deputy CM Keshav PrasadMaurya will also be presentwith him. In view of the arrivalof the PM in Prayagraj, the dis-trict administration has start-ed preparations. Speculation isrife that PM Modi can meet thebeneficiaries of all the schemes

along with giving some newgifts to Prayagraj at the ParadeGround.

It is assumed that the PMcan meet women belonging toself-help groups in all 75 dis-tricts of the state here. About1.5 lakh women are expected toparticipate in this programmeorganised at the governmentlevel.

These are all the womenwho have got the benefit ofgovernment schemes. UPRoadways will be responsible

for bringing them to Prayagrajfrom all the districts of thestate.

The PM’s programme canbe held at Parade Ground.There will also be a system topark the buses.

At the administrative level,the officials have started prepa-rations for the programme.Although no protocol of theprogramme has come yet, it isbelieved that the parade groundwill be inspected by the SPG ina day or two. Along with this,

the process of setting up tentsetc. for the PM's programmewill also start soon.

The story of selectedwomen who became self-reliant will also be told in theprogramme organised at theParade Ground. In this regard,District Magistrate SanjayKumar Khatri said that noth-ing can be said about the pro-gramme right now. Yet theadministration is fully pre-pared. If any order comes, itwill be implemented.

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Police have decided to go forthe DNA profiling of 23-

year-old uneducated youthPawan Kumar Saroj, arrested inconnection with the killing ofa couple and their two childrenin Phaphamau, and send hisshirt having blood stains forforensic test. The reason isthat Pawan who was arrestedby the joint team ofPhaphamau police and SpecialOperations Group (SOG) hasnot been forthcoming duringinterrogation.

Police said that the accusedwas not only sending messageson the mobile of the murderedgirl for long, but was alsoharassing her mentally. “It wascircumstantial evidence andthe last messages delivered onthe slain girl’s mobile thathelped us zero in on PawanKumar Saroj,” said a senior copassociated with the investiga-tions. He has been detained onthe charge of killing the four

members of the family in thetrans-Ganga village. The bod-ies were found on the morningof November 25.

He added that the accusedwas not cooperating in theinvestigation and also tried tomislead the police several timesby drafting false stories over theincident. Cops have alsonoticed some injury marks onhis body during the medicalexamination and are now com-piling evidence to nab three tofour more persons who mighthave assisted the primeaccused in eliminating thefamily members on the fatefulnight.

The accused kept onchanging the names of hisaccomplices despite the factsome of his close relatives haveescaped from their respectivevillages ever since policenabbed Pawan from hisTharwai village. The policeare relying on call details andDNA profiling to nab the otheraccused.

Police also made it clearthat the persons who werenamed in the FIR by the kin ofthe deceased had nothing to dowith the killings as per theinvestigations done so far.These persons against whomFIR was lodged by the kin ofthe deceased had a dispute withthe brother of the deceasedman.

The prime accused evenrefused to have any link withthe deceased girl and alsodenied sending even a singlemessage to her. But whenpolice showed his messagessent on the girl — name savedas ‘Gori Man’ — on mobile, theaccused had no answer.

Police investigations alsoclaimed that the deceased girlwas raped by one person as perforensic evidence and medicalreports.

Additional DG (Prayagrajzone) Prem Prakash said, “Afterscanning the WhatsApp chat ofthe accused made with theslain girl on November 21

evening and detailed investiga-tion, police identified him asPawan Kumar Saroj, a residentof Tharwai, who was sendingmessages to the slain girl on hermobile.”

Police said Pawan hasadmitted that he had beenchasing the girl for a long timebut she was constantly ignor-ing him. After being irkedover her behaviour, he claimedto have executed the crime.“Pawan was a jilted lover andwanted to teach a lesson to thegirl,” police added.

Earlier, a case was lodgedagainst 11 persons under sec-tions 147, 148, 149, 302, 376(D) and 3/4 of POCSO Act andSC/ST Act regarding the inci-dent.

The killings became amajor issue as political leadersof various parties, includingCongress, Bahujan Samaj Party,Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) andSamajwadi Party attacked thegovernment over the law andorder situation.

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The much awaited RashtriyaShilp Mela of the North

Central Zone Cultural CentrePrayagraj will be inauguratedon December 1 by the division-al commissioner Sanjay Goyalat NCZCC Shilp Haat. This 12-day Shilp Mela could not beorganised last year owing to thegrim Covid situation.

Talking to newsmen hereon Tuesday, NCZCC directorProf Suresh Sharma said thathis effort is to provide oppor-tunity to the real and genuineartisan rather than their urbanversions who acted as middlemen to grab opportunities.

As many as 91 stalls will beprovided to traditional handi-craft and handloom artisan

from various states, while therewill be 21 food stalls to provide

mouth watering refreshment tothe mela goers. NCZCC willalso put on display its publica-tions this time during the mela,he added. For the entertain-ment of the mela visitors, vari-ety cultural programmes will beheld on the well decoratedopen air stage of Shilp Haat ona regular basis for all 12 days.The NCZCC director empha-sised that stage will be provid-ed to the real traditionalartistes, and effort has beenmade not to repeat the sameartistes. It was found in the pastthat same groups with separateteam leaders had been per-forming. Now the IDs of all theartistes will be checked to stopthe above practice.

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Kumar convened a weeklysafety meeting on Tuesday withthe principal heads of depart-ments at the NCRHeadquarters. DRMs of Jhansi,Agra and Prayagraj joined vir-tually.

The GM expressed hisstrong concern over the case offire in two AC coaches ofUdhampur-Durg Express atHetampur station on Fridayand reviewed the measuresavailable in trains and railwayinstallations to prevent andcombat such incidents. TheGM had already ordered ahigh level headquarter commit-

tee chaired by the PrincipalSafety Officer (PCSO) MKGupta to probe into the detailsof the incident.

PCSO, while speakingabout the incident, gavedetailed account of the promptaction taken by the railway staffwhich included the guard,TTEs and loco pilots of theaffected train, guard of thegoods train standing on adja-cent line, Station Master andpointsman of Hetampur stationand jawaans of RPF.

Kumar said that this is thetime that a close introspectionis needed to be done to ensuresafety in train operations.

As informed by the DRMsand the PCSO, intensive check-ing of the stations and trainshas been resorted to in a mis-sion mode with a focus on pre-vention of fire. This involvesinspection of fire detectionand smoke sensors in coaches;checking of the knowledge of

the staff regarding response tobe generated in case of any sus-picion of fire; prevention ofaccumulation of garbage intrains near dustbins or else-where; keeping a close watchon carrying of any inflamma-ble item in train and randomchecking of wiring in thecoaches.

UPRTOU POSTPONESADMISSIONS FOR 18COURSES: Authorities ofUttar Pradesh Rajarshi TandonOpen University (UPRTOU)have decided to postponeadmissions for 18 courses inthe academic session July 2021-22 in view of their falling pop-ularity among the students.

The university will restartadmissions in these coursesfrom the next academic ses-sion, keeping in view newtrends and interest of students.It has been decided to postponeadmissions in a total 18 cours-es as well as in an awareness

programme in HIV and fami-ly education (APHFE) in theacademic session of July 2021-22.

The postgraduate diplo-ma courses, admission inwhich has been deferred by theopen university include PGdiploma in Gandhian Thoughtand Peace Studies (PGDGT &PS), PG diploma in ConsumerProtection (PGDCP), PGdiploma in TourismManagement (PGDTM) andPG diploma in Hospital andPublic Health Management(PGDHHM). Likewise, thediploma courses in whichadmissions have been post-poned include diploma inHospitality and HotelManagement (DHHM), diplo-ma in Tourism Studies (DTS),diploma in Computer (DIC),diploma in HardwareTechnology (DIHT) and diplo-ma in Computer OfficeManagement (DCOM).

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Due to the block being givenfor the construction work

of limited height subway (LHS)at level crossing No 233between Lal Kuan-Bareilly Citystations located on Izzatnagar-Bhojipura rail section ofIzzatnagar division of NorthEastern Railway (NER) onDecember 1 from 6.00 hrs to12.00 hrs the cancellation,rescheduling/control and shorttermination/ short originationof the following trains will bedone, Chief Public RelationsOfficer (CPRO) Pankaj KumarSingh said.

KASGANJ- LAL KUANUNRESERVED TRAIN: The05381 Kasganj-Lal Kuan unre-served passenger train to runfrom Kasganj on December 1will remain cancelled.

TANAKPUR-CHOPANEXPRESS: The 15074Tanakpur-Chopan Expresstrain to run from Tanakpur onDecember 1 will be run bybeing rescheduled by 100 min-utes.

KASGANJ-LAL KUANTRAIN: The 05369 Kasganj-Lalkua unreserved passenger

train to run from Kasganj onDecember 1 will be resched-uled by 140 minutes.

PILIBHIT-BAREILLYCITY TRAIN: The 05386Pilibhit-Bareilly City unre-served passenger train to runfrom Pilibhit on December 1will short terminate atBhojipura. On the other hand,the 05330 Pilibhit-Bareilly Cityunreserved passenger train torun from Pilibhit on December1 will short terminate atBhojipura.

KASHIPUR-KASGANJTRAIN: The 05335 Kashipur-Kasganj unreserved passengertrain to run from Kashipur onDecember 1 will short termi-nate at Lal Kuan.

BAREILLY CITY-TANAKPUR TRAIN: The05321 Bareilly City-Tanakpurunreserved passenger train torun from Bareilly City onDecember 1 will be run fromBhojipura.

BAREILLY CITY -PILIBHIT TRAIN: The 05329Bareilly City-Pilibhit unre-served passenger train to runfrom Bareilly City onDecember 1 will be run fromBhojipura.

BAREILLY CITY-LALKUAN TRAIN: The 05327Bareilly City-Lal kuan unre-served passenger train to runfrom Bareilly City onDecember 1 will be run fromBhojipura.

BAREILLY CITY-KASHIPUR TRAIN: The05351 Bareilly City-Kashipurunreserved passenger train torun from Bareilly City onDecember 1 will be run fromBhojipura.

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tion had earlier temporarilycancelled the 15014/25014K a t h g o d a m - R a m n a g a r-Jaisalmer and 15013/25013J a i s a l m e r - K a t h g o d a m -Ramnagar Express. Thesetrains will be restored as fol-lows. The 15014/25014K a t h g o d a m / R a m n a g a r-Jaisalmer Express will berestored from December 1 toFebruary 28. Besides, the15013/25013 Jaisalmer-Kathgodam/ RamnagarExpress will be restored fromDecember 3 to March 2, 2022,Chief Public Relations OfficerPankaj Kumar Singh said.

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Secretary Urban Development and nodalofficer of the district Anurag Yadav reviewed

the development works and governmentschemes at Collectorate on Monday. Reviewingthe works of Health department he becameaware about the progress in the schemes alongwith the facilities of ambulance services anddirected to equip all the vehicles engaged indepartment with GPS system. He directed tointensify Covid vaccination and became awarewith the arrangements regarding dengue. TheCDO was directed to conduct random check-

ing ofm i n i -mum tworoads in ablock toknow thephysicalcondition

and take action accordingly if required. Aboutthe flood relief fund DM Praveen KumarLaxkar apprised that cent per cent allocatedamount had been released and for more fundof �2 crore had been demanded. The DM wasdirected to ensure the distribution of woollenblankets and make arrangement for ‘rainbaseras’ at the required places in view of the coldseason. Reviewing paddy purchase the nodalofficer was informed that 6,693 metric tonnes(MT) had been purchased till date against thetarget of 2,31,000 MT. The schemes, includingPradhan Mantri Avas (urban), condition of cowshelter homes, cleaning of irrigation canals, elec-tricity supply and the recovery of electric billswere also reviewed. The meeting was attend-ed by DM Praveen Kumar Laxkar, CDOSrilaxmi VS, ADM(F&R) Shiv Pratap Shukla,

ADM(Namami Gange) Amarendra Verma ,DFO PS Tripathi, city magistrate Vinay KumarSingh and other officials concerned.

MEETING: In view of the new variant ofCovid-19 an emergency meeting of the Healthdepartment was organised by CMO Dr PDGupta on Monday. Addressing it he directed theofficials concerned to be in alert mode, activatemonitoring committees and expedite vaccina-tion work to achieve the target of cent per centin the district. He appealed to the people to comeforward for the success of drive. District vacci-nation officer Dr Neelesh Srivastava apprised tilldate 78.9 per cent population of the district had beenvaccinated with first dose and 45.9 per cent withsecond dose. He said that all health centres werein active mode and all the people were requestedto get vaccinated to thwart the effect of pandemic.

DIRECTIVE: Secretary general ElectionCommission of India (ECI) Umesh Sinha alongwith others became aware about the brief driveof electoral roll in the district through video con-ferencing at NIC on Monday. Interacting withall divisional commissioners and DMs of thestate he said to ensure random super checkingof all the forms 6,7and 8 and maintain trans-parency. He said in case of rejection of any formclear reason must be noted. He directed too thateach case of addition, deletion and boothchange should be verified by supervisingauthorities and the places should be verifiedthoroughly if the complaints were more. Hedirected to all the election officers to maintainthe diaries and note down the detail of the dailyactivities. Divisional Commissioner YogeshwarRam Mishra, DM PK Laxkar, AdditionalDivisional Commissioner Ramesh ChandraYadav, ADM(F&R) Shiv Pratap Shukla andAssistant Election Officer Nanhaku Singh werepresent at NIC on the occasion.

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Till the appointment of the newVice-Chancellor (V-C) of

Chaudhary Charan SinghUniversity (CCSU), Prof NarendraKumar Taneja will discharge theduties as the V-C. Uttar PradeshGovernor/ Chancellor Anandiben Patel, in viewof the transparent working style of Prof Taneja,has ordered to discharge duties as the V-C tillfurther orders or the appointment of a new V-C. As the tenure of Prof Taneja was ending on

November 28 in such a situation,speculations were being made thatthe university would get a new V-C.However, the manner in which ProfTaneja has put the system of CSSUon track is undoubtedly commend-able. Whether it is field of academicsor administrative or financial, he

made commendable imporovements in allareas. Due to his tireless efforts, CCSU isstanding at the top position in all fields today.On getting extension of service he thanked theUP Governor/ Chancellor Anandiben Patel.

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On the occasion of 37th Foundation Day ofNorthern Coalfields Limited (NCL) on

Sunday Chairman-cum-Managing Director(CMD), NCL andMahanadi CoalfieldsLimited (MCL), two of theleading subsidiaries of CoalIndia, Prabhat KumarSinha, was honoured withLifetime AchievementAward by AKS University,Satna, for outstanding con-tribution in the miningsector, leadership and cor-porate management.Under Sinha’s leadership, NCL has joined theprestigious club of producing 100 milliontonnes (MT) of coal and has produced morethan 115 MT in the year 2020-21. Sinha hasabout 38 years of experience in the field of min-

ing. Besides being a skilled mining engineer andhe also possesses excellent managerial skills.Under the guidance of Sinha, NCL and MCLhave achieved unprecedented heights in many

important standards likeproduction, despatch,productivity, CSR, envi-ronment management,renewable energy,research, quality of coal,employee welfare. Sinhahas recently been honouredwith the Best CEO Award2020-21 for OutstandingCorporate Managementand Innovation byG e o m i n e t e c h ,Bhubaneswar. Under his

leadership in October NCL and MCL had registereda significant increase in coal despatch amid discus-sions of nationwide power crisis due to whichSinha has also received a commendation letterfrom Minister of Coal, Government of India.

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Project Head of NTPCVindhyachal Subhash

Chandra Nayak, ChiefGeneral Manager (SSC) VipanKumar, General Manager(Maintenance) Piyush Kumarread the preamble to theConstitution of India to all the officers andemployees in the ED Conference Hall of admin-istrative building recently. The employees ofNTPC Vindhyachal took a pledge to uphold thevalues and principles enshrined in theConstitution and lead as law abiding citizens ofthe nation. On the occasion through the online

portal an online quiz pro-gramme based on consti-tutional democracy wasorganised. ConstitutionDay is celebrated in Indiaevery year on November26 to commemorate theadoption of theConstitution of India.

The Indian Constitution was formally adoptedby the Constituent Assembly and came into forceon January 26, 1950, on the occasion of RepublicDay. Prominent among those present were all theGeneral Managers, heads of departments andother AGMs as well as office-bearers of the asso-ciation, senior officers and employees.

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Corporation of India (ALIM-CO), as part of its goldenjubilee celebrations on Tuesday,organised a mega blood dona-tion camp which was part ofthe year-long programmeswhich took off in a big way.

The blood donation campwas held in association with theBlood Bank of GSVM MedicalCollege. A total of 32 units ofblood were donated by ALIM-CO. The celebrations will alsobe held at other units of theorganisation all through theyear.

Addressing the blooddonation camp, ALIMCOGeneral Manager (Marketing)Lt Col (Retired) PK Dubey, saidthe Artificial LimbsManufacturing Corporation ofIndia had completed 50 glori-ous years of social service,especially for the differently-abled persons and thus it haddecided to open the goldenjubilee programmes with blooddonation.

He said blood donationwas considered to be one of thenoblest donations of the globe.He said there was no substituteto blood and thus it majorlyhinged on blood through vol-untary blood donation. Hesaid it was the vision of theCMD DR Sarin to celebrate thegolden jubilee year in a big wayand start with a blood dona-tion.

Addressing the gathering,General Manager (Project andCommercial) Praveen Kumarsaid a single unit of donatedblood could benefit three lives.He said there were many mythsrelating to blood donation andthus there was a need to dispelmyths and doubts. He said theofficials and staff of ALIMCOworked with dedication anddevotion for the differently-

abled persons so that theycould be brought into themainstream of society.

General Manager(Administration and Finance)Atul Rustagi said unless vol-untary donations improvedmuch would lean heavily onmercenary donors and thusappealed to other organisa-tions to organise blood dona-tion camps so that preciouslives could be saved. Laterjunior manager Mahesh Singh,addressing the camp, said thatALIMCO had decided to holdvarious programmes duringthe golden jubilee year. Hesaid it was certainly a milestoneachieved by ALIMCO and thisyear it would make its presencefelt not only in Kanpur, UP andIndia but even abroad.

He said the organisationnot only focused on makingdifferently-abled persons inde-pendent to live with self-esteembut also saved precious lives byensuring it frequently organ-ised blood donation camps aswell. He thanked the medicalteam from the medical collegefor their support.

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The National Sugar Institute,Kanpur and Central Food

Technological ResearchInstitute, Mysore inked a mem-orandum of understanding onTuesday to jointly carry outresearch on developing tech-nologies.

The MoU was signed byProf Narendra Mohan of NSIand Dr Sreedevi AnnapurnaSingh, Director of CFTRI,Mysore.

As per the MoU the twoinstitutes would carry outresearch on developing tech-nologies for producing prod-ucts other than sugar whichmay result in economic sus-tainability of the sugar indus-try worldwide. Keeping this inview, collaborative researchwork would also be carried outto develop innovative value-added food products from by-products of the cane sugarindustry.

With these efforts by thetwo premier institutes, onerelated with sugar technologyand the other to food technol-ogy, it would be possible toconvert the conventional sugarfactories into ‘agri-businesscomplexes’ producing manyfood products other than sugar.This will also facilitate roundthe year working in sugar fac-tories rather than for a fewmonths in a year which is apractice at present.

Initially both the instituteswould work on developingtechnologies for producing lowcalorie sweetener and dietaryfibre from bagasse, non-chem-ical fortified jaggery and spe-cial sugars to meet require-ments of the food processingindustry and other sectors.

Prof Mohan said the twoinstitutes would focus on devel-oping technology for naturalcane juice preservation andpackaging so that a natural andhealthier drink may be pro-vided to society. With thisroadmap, the two instituteswould begin the research anddevelopment work fromJanuary 1, 2022, he added.

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Kanpur Nagar DistrictMagistrate Vishakh G Iyer,

while inspecting the overbridge under construction atCantonment, on Tuesday,directed the project officers ofthe Bridge Corporation tocomplete the remaining con-struction work on a war foot-ing.

He said till the bridge con-struction was going on, roadleveling work should be carriedout every fortnight so that it didnot cause inconvenience tothe people.

He said all hurdles need tobe solved on priority anddirected the officials of the

Bridge Corporation to com-plete the work on time anddirected them to ensure barri-

cading at the construction site.He later visited the collec-

torate where the dependents of

those who died duringCOVID-19 were to deposittheir claim forms. He directedthe officials to ensure that thepeople who came to deposit theforms did not face any problemand were not made to run frompillar to post. He said if therewas too much rush then morecounters should be opened onpriority. He then directed theADM (R&F) to ensure therewas proper monitoring of theacceptance of forms and forthis a magistrate was deployedon special duty. He said ifsomething was missing or notmentioned the officials shouldhelp the people rectify theforms and ensure that it wasdeposited.

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The provision for income taxis the estimated amount

that a business or individualtaxpayer is expected to pay inincome taxes for the currentyear. The amount of this pro-vision is derived by adjustingthe firm's reported net incomewith a variety of permanent dif-ferences and temporary differ-ences. Taxation is the mainsource of development financein most countries. Tax provi-sion is the estimated amount ofincome tax that a company islegally expected to pay to theIRS for the current year. It isjust one type of provision thatcorporate finance departmentsset aside to cover a probablefuture expense.

This was stated by taxexpert Ravi Kumar Guptawhile addressing the IT BarAssociation on income taxprovisions at the Civil Linesauditorium on Tuesday.Explaining why tax was recov-ered, he said until someonecame up with a better idea, tax-ation was the only practicalmeans of raising the revenue tofinance government spendingon the goods and services thatmost of us demand.

“Setting up an efficient

and fair tax system is, howev-er, far from simple, particular-ly for developing countriesthat want to become integrat-ed in the international econo-my. The ideal tax system inthese countries should raiseessential revenue withoutexcessive government borrow-ing, and should do so withoutdiscouraging economic activi-ty and without deviating toomuch from tax systems inother countries,” he said.

He said developing coun-tries faced formidable chal-lenges when they attempted toestablish efficient tax systemsand the first and foremost wasthat most workers in thesecountries were typicallyemployed in agriculture or insmall, informal enterprises. Hesaid thus they were seldom paida regular, fixed wage, theirearnings fluctuated, and manywere paid in cash, “off thebooks”. He said the base for anincome tax was therefore hardto calculate. He said the mod-ern means of raising revenue,such as income taxes and con-sumer taxes, played a dimin-ished role in these economies,and the possibility that thegovernment would achievehigh tax levels was virtuallyexcluded.

Gupta said secondly, it wasdifficult to create an efficienttax administration without awell-educated and well-trainedstaff, when money was lackingto pay good wages to tax offi-cials and to computerise theoperation (or even to provideefficient telephone and mailservices), and when taxpayershad limited ability to keepaccounts. He said thus gov-ernments often took the pathof least resistance, developingtax systems that allowed themto exploit whatever optionswere available rather thanestablishing rational, modern,and efficient tax systems.

He said because of theinformal structure of the econ-omy in many developing coun-tries and because of financiallimitations, statistical and taxoffices had difficulty in gener-ating reliable statistics. He saidthis lack of data preventedpolicymakers from assessingthe potential impact of majorchanges to the tax system. Hesaid as a result, marginalchanges were often preferredover major structural changes,even when the latter wereclearly preferable. He addedthat last but not the leastincome tended to be unevenlydistributed within developing

countries and although raisinghigh tax revenues in this situ-ation ideally called for the richto be taxed more heavily thanthe poor, the economic andpolitical power of rich taxpay-ers often allowed them to pre-vent fiscal reforms that wouldincrease their tax burdens.

EYE DONATION ANOBLE DEED: Minister ofState for Higher EducationNeelima Katiyar, while inau-gurating a seminar on EyeProtection and Eye Donationorganised by Saksham Sansthaat the BNSD Shiksha Niketan,said although all organs of thebody were equally significant,eyes were much above andtreated as very special. Shesaid eyes rendered one visionand allowed one to enjoy theaesthetics that the world had tooffer. She said due to severalkinds of visual impairments,many people lost their visionand the world turned dark tothem and thus one could givethem the gift of light by a sim-ple step of eye donation. Shesaid blindness was a majorcause of concern around theworld today and according tothe World Health Organisation,after cataract and glaucoma,blindness was mostly caused bycorneal impairments.

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Kanpur DevelopmentAuthority (KDA) freed

around 3,500 square metreland having 16 plots and 10shops, and 1,500 square metrepark situated in O Block ofSabzi Mandi, Kidwai Nagar, allworth around ��10 crore, freedfrom unauthorised possessionon Tuesday.

The possession of the twoplots freed on Tuesday wasimmediately handed over totheir original allottees on thespot.

For the sale of the remain-ing plots, KDA Vice ChairmanArvind Singh directed the offi-cials to sell them through e-auction after proper investiga-tion.

It may be recalled that

during a Janata Darshan pro-gramme, Singh had receivedseveral complaints about unau-thorised possession on KDAland in O Block of Sabzi Mandi,Kidwai Nagar. He had direct-

ed the executive engineer (zone4) for spot inspection duringwhich it was found that 17 plotsof KDA were in unauthorisedpossession there. Despite theorders of the Allahabad High

Court on a PIL (SakshamFoundation Charitable SocietyVs State of UP and others) onMay 18, 2015, the KDA hadfailed to get its land freed fromunauthorised possession.

Now, KDA Vice ChairmanArvind Singh succeeded ingetting the land freed fromunauthorised possession onTuesday. KDA is likely to addsizable income to its exchequerfrom the proceeds of the freedplots and shops.

Singh said that theencroachers of KDA propertywould not be spared under anycircumstances.

After getting the KDA landfrom unauthorised possessionon Tuesday, penal actionagainst the respectiveencroachers would be initiated,he added.

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SUICIDE: A love-sickcouple was found hanging in agarden of Misriganj underAjgain Kotwali police stationarea of Unnao on Tuesdaymorning. While the boy,Saurabh, a native of Mirzapurvillage under Purwa Kotwalistation of Unnao, was livingwith his maternal uncle Basant,a CRPF jawan, in Misri Ganj,Ajgain (Unnao), the girlbelonged to Juhi, Kanpur.

As the in-laws of Basantlive in Juhi, Kanpur, Saurabhused to go there with his uncleand developed affair with aneighbouring girl. When thefamily members refused fortheir inter-caste marriage, thecouple ended their lives.

On Monday morning, thegirl proceeded for school anddid not return till late evening.Saurabh also proceeded fromthe house by Basant’s bike anddid not return home through-out the night. On Tuesdaymorning, they were foundhanging in a garden of MisriGanj.

ATHLETICS CHAMPI-ONSHIP: In the two-day 6thKanpur district athletics cham-pionships 2021 held at theDPS Kalyanpur for ICSE/CBSEstudents (boys and girls) up toclass VIII and U-16 and U-18categories, the host school DPSKalyanpur emerged overallchampions. In the girls cate-gory, the championship went toSt Mary’s Convent School whileDPS Kalyanpur did the samewith 28 points in boys’ catego-ry. Other winners include:Sangar Singh, Dipti Nishad,Piyanshu Yadav, SanyuktaReddy, Abhinav Dwivedi,Ranchi Singh,Shibu Katihar,Ajashwini Singh.

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Though the Congress had condemned theSangh Parivar for the latter’s “campaign

against spitting on food”, Chief Minister PinarayiVijayan alleged at Kannur that the grand old partywas no different from the BJP and the RSS inspreading controversial issues. Addressing vari-ous meetings organised by committees of theCPI(M) in the district in the run up to the trien-nial district and State conventions of the party,Vijayan said there was nothing wrong in the con-cept of halal food prepared, served and sold by

the Muslim community all over the world. “TheSangh Parivar and the BJP are attacking the minor-ity community members on a large scale. This ishappening all over the country and they were try-ing the same tricks in the State,” said the ChiefMinister. G Jayapal, general secretary, Kerala Hoteland Restaurants Association, said the controver-sy was created by vested groups to create riftamong communities. “This is a propaganda tar-geted against the Muslims and it will have wideramifications. The day is not far off whenMuslims would stay away from Hindu businessestablishments,” said Islamic scholar Mohiyuddin

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Aminor Dalit girl from here was allegedlykidnapped and raped repeatedly in Delhi

for resisting prostitution bid, police said.The victim, who was later rescued by her

mother, is a resident of a colony falling underKosikalan Police Station of the district.

"She was repeatedly raped by a youth inDelhi," an FIR filed by the mother of the girl said.

SP (rural) Srish Chandra said while twoteams have been formed to nab the offenders,the allegation of delay in registering an FIR andother charges are being probed.

According to the FIR, the minor was beatenand forced in the prostitution in Delhi. The vic-tim was also raped repeatedly by a youth when-ever she resisted her captors' prostitution bid, theFIR added.

The victim, somehow managed to commu-nicate her whereabouts to her mother, who suc-ceeded in getting her released from the clutch-es of captors, the FIR further claimed.

It is alleged that her FIR under various sec-tions of the IPC, SC/ST Act and POCSO Act wasregistered against three persons only after thedirection of the district police chief.

It is also alleged that the girl was made to sitin a police station for five days.

According to police, while two persons hadtaken her to Delhi, the girl was handed over tothird afterwards.

The medical examination of the girl has beenconducted and her statement has been record-ed, police added.

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The Lok Sabha could notcarry out any business and

adjourned for the day as theOpposition members demand-ed a discussion on the farmissue with many trooping intothe Well of the House holdingplacards. Speaker Om Birla’srepeated pleas to the MPs torestore order cut no ice with theOpposition.

While members ofCongress, Trinamool Congress(TMC), Telangana RashtriyaSamiti (TRS) wanted to take upthe issue of farmers in theHouse, the Speaker said he wasready for any discussion if theorder is restored in the House.

Amidst slogan-shouting,the Speaker adjourned theHouse proceedings till 2 pm.When the same drama wasplayed out post-resumption,the House was again adjournedtill 3 pm.

At 3 pm leader of theCongress Adhir RanjanChowdhury demanded a dis-cussion on issues facingprotesting farmers. "We want torun the House smoothly, wewant to cooperate..we do notcome here for the picnic but toraise problems of commonpeople," he said adding a dis-cussion on farmers issue wasnot allowed in the House a daybefore.

At this stage, TMC MPKalyan Banerjee also stood up

saying his party wanted a dis-cussion even as several mem-bers shouted slogans " we wantjustice" and waved placardssaying "do not punish farmers".

TRS members who were inthe well of the house raised thedemand for paddy procure-ment by the CentralGovernment.

Meanwhile, 'the HighCourt and Supreme CourtJudges (Salaries and Conditionsof Service) Amendment Bill,2021.' was also introduced inLok Sabha in the middle of theruckus.

Seeing the house continueto be in disorder, the Speakeradjourned it for the day afteronly 13 minutes of the proceed-ings.

On the first day of theWinter session on Monday , abedlam broke out in the Houseduring the passage of the FarmLaws Repeal Bill, 2021, as theopposition demanded a discus-sion over the bill to which gov-ernment did not as agree tosaying enough has been said inthe issue.

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In a path breaking initiative,Khadi and Village Industries

Commission (KVIC) has ropedin four Khadi Institutions fromVaranasi and Ghazipur dis-tricts in Uttar Pradesh for pro-cessing Raw Pashmina wooland weaving it further intowoollen fabric. The Pashminafabric will be woven in Varanasifrom January next year. This isthe first ever attempt to intro-duce the heritage craft ofPashmina weaving outside J&Kand familiarise the artisans inthe rest of India with thisunique art.

According to the KVIC, 20Khadi artisans from SewapuriAshram in Varanasi will begiven 30-days training inPashmina weaving for which 2master trainers from WestBengal have been roped in bythese institutions. These fourKhadi Institutions of Varanasidivision have started process-ing of raw Pashmina wool inDelhi.

“Nearly 200 KG ofPashmina wool processed inDelhi will be supplied to arti-sans in Leh by the first week of

December. These Leh artisanswill spin the wool byDecember-end that will bebrought to Varanasi for weav-ing,” said Sandeep Singh,Secretary of KrishakGramodyog Vikas Sansthan,Varanasi.

He said the two artisanscoming from West Bengal arehighly trained in makingMuslin which involves ultra-fine weaving which is verymuch similar to the weaving ofPashmina.

These four khadi institu-tions taking up the PahminaProduction in Varanasi are:Krishak Gramodyog VikasSansthan, Varanasi, ShriMahadev Khadi GramodyogSansthan, Ghazipur, KhadiKambal udyog sansthan,ghazipur and Gram SewaAshram, Ghazipur.

These KVIC recognizedKhadi institutions have startedprocurement of raw Pashminawool from Leh-Ladakh andbrought it to Delhi on 15thNovember for processing thatis de hearing and converting itinto roving. The roving will besent back to the Khadi artisansin Leh for spinning, who have

been provided with 100 newmodel charkhas by KVIC.

The development comesafter a meeting of ChairmanKVIC, Vinai Kumar Saxena withthe Lieutenant Governor ofLadakh, RK Mathur recentlywhere LG informed that around50 MT raw pashmina is pro-duced in Leh-Ladakh per annumout of which, after cleaning andprocessing, only 15 MT dehairedwool is actually produced forproduction of Pashmina woolproducts.

Even in just 15 MT dehairedPashmina wool, a meagre 500 kgquantity, i.e. 0.5 MT only, is uti-lized in Leh-Ladakh by a fewsmall units for manufacturing ofPashmina products, which iscausing loss of employment inLadakh.

These Khadi institutions ofVaranasi have purchased 500KG of raw Pashmina woolfrom Leh recently and broughtit to Delhi for processing, i.e.dehairing and conversion intoroving. Saxena said, "this movewill not only ensure utilizationof entire quality of de-hairedPashmina wool of Ladakh butwill also open new job oppor-tunities for local artisans and

availability of genuine andaffordable Pashmina woolproducts in Varanasi. KVICwill provide online marketingsupport also to these khadiinstitutions. This will be apath-breaking initiative as theproduction of Pashmina would,for the first time, be done out-side the J&K and Leh-Ladakhregion.”

The processing of RawPashmina wool at Delhi waslaunched on 20th November byChairman KVIC. Theprocessed Pashmina woolwould be supplied back to theartisans in Leh-Ladakh. ThePashmina Raw WoolProcessing Centre in Delhiwill ensure round the yearsupply of pashmina roving tothe artisans in Leh-Ladakhwhere all activities remain sus-pended for six months owingto extreme cold.

The All ChangThangPashmina Growers MarketingCooperative Society, Leh, fromwhere Khadi Institutions areprocuring raw Pashminawool, has also welcomed themove saying this would supportthe local artisans of Leh-Ladakh.“We have supplied 500 KG of

raw wool to KVIC and any fur-ther demand for raw wool willalso be met as this would ensureadequate work to the Khadi arti-sans in Leh-Ladakh and alsostrengthen the local Pashminaindustry,” said Thinlay, Secretaryof All Chang Thang PashminaGrowers MarketingCooperative Society, Leh.

KVIC, after one-monthtraining, provided 100 newmodel charkhas of 8-spindle tothe local artisans in 4 villagesof Leh-Ladakh to start thespinning activities of Pashminawool.

These villages are: Likir,Saspol, Shakti and Leh city.These 4 institutions fromVaranasi division have adopt-ed the artisans and as a specialcase, have decided to pay Rs 20per hank spinning charges.

At present, artisans work-ing on traditional charkha inleh-Ladakh can produce only2-3 hanks of Pashmina woolper day and earn less than Rs100 per day. But now on the 8-spindle new model charkhasprovided by KVIC, artisanswill produce up to 15 hanks perday and earn up to Rs 300 perday.

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Admiral R Hari Kumar onTuesday assumed com-

mand as the chief of the IndianNavy here after present incum-bent Karambir Singh retiredafter 41 years of service. Kumaris the 25th chief of the Navy.He was heading the WesternNaval command before takingcharge of the top job.

Kumar is an alumnus ofthe prestigious NationalDefence Academy(NDA). Hewas commissioned into theIndian Navy in January 1983.In his career spanning over 38years, he has commandedCoast Guard Ship, IndianNavy ships Nishank, Kora,Ranvir and the Aircraft CarrierINS Viraat.

A Gunnery specialist, hehas held several key appoint-ments, including FleetOperations Officer and FleetGunnery Officer of WesternFleet, Executive Officer ofINS Vipul, Gunnery Officer(GO) of INS Ranjit and com-missioning crew of INS Ranvir.

His shore appointmentsinclude Command GunneryOfficer at Head QuartersWestern Naval Command,Naval Advisor to Governmentof Seychelles, UN Mission inSomalia (UNOSOM II) atMogadishu and Training

Commander, INS Dronacharya.As a Flag Officer, he has

served as Commandant of theNaval War College at Goa,Flag Officer Sea Training(FOST), Flag OfficerCommanding Western Fleet

(FOCWF), Chief of Staff,Western Naval Command,Controller Personnel Servicesand Chief of Personnel (COP)at Naval Headquarters. He hasalso served as the Chief ofIntegrated Defence Staff to

The Chairman Chiefs of StaffCommittee (CISC) at the crit-ical junction during the cre-ation of the institution of Chiefof Defence Staff (CDS) andDepartment of Military Affairs(DMA).

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As the country braces forthreat from Omicron, the

Government on Tuesday saidin Parliament there was no casereported so far and it was alertto the new variant of the coronavirus.

This assurance from UnionHealth Minister MansukhMandaviya came in the RajyaSabha after several Eldersexpressed concern over thefast spreading Omicron anddanger posed to India. Theyalso sought to know the stepstaken by the Government totackle the emerging threat.

In an effort to allay theapprehensions of the MPs, theMinister said during the ques-tion hour this new variantOmicron has been found in 14countries. “There is no case ofOmicron in India yet. We areimmediately checking suspi-cious cases and conductinggenome sequencing. We arealso taking all possible precau-

tions,” Mandaviya said.Elaborating upon the pre-

paredness to handle the situa-tion if it goes bad, the ministeralso said “We have learnt a lotduring the Covid crisis. Today,we have a lot of resources andlaboratories. We can manageany situation.”

His remarks came a dayafter senior government offi-cials on Monday had alsoreportedly said there were nocases of the variant, feared to bemuch more transmissible,detected in India. However, theofficials also said the results ofthe genomic analysis of inter-

national passengers who havearrived in India recently werebeing expedited.

Mandaviya also said theCentral Government has issuedan advisory based on the glob-al developments related to thenew variant and is keeping akeen watch on ports. The min-ister informed the house stud-ies are being conducted on theOmicron.

He also urged the people toadhere to covid appropriatebehavior, wear mask and observe all other precau-tions as the corona threat wasnot yet over.

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Former Congress presidentRahul Gandhi on Tuesday

met two Goa Forward PartyMLAs and an independentlegislator after they extendedtheir support to the party todefeat the BJP in the Assemblypolls early next year.

Goa Forward Party MLAsVijay Sardesai and VinodPalyekar and independent leg-islator Prasad Gaonkar metRahul Gandhi and alleged thatthe BJP Government in theState was "corrupt".

Assembly elections in Goaare slated for early next yearand the Congress is seeking thesupport of smaller parties in thestate to oust the BJP frompower.

However, there has beenno announcement of a pre-pollalliance yet.

The Congress suffered ajolt recently when its formerchief minister Luizinho Faleiroquit the party and joined theTMC, along with his support-ers.

The TMC is seeking toemerge as a political force inGoa, so is the AAP.

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an island with a local kinguntil Spain and Portugal con-quered them. Where wasdemocracy? In England andlater Great Britain withCanada, Australia and othercolonies followed suit whenthey became independent. Sodid the USA after 1776.

England, its culture andleaders usually thought aboutwhat is fair. Whereas othergood cultures were guided bywhat is right as prescribed bytheir religion. Yet others wereconveniently guided by whatis possible, by might or right.Had it been otherwise, KingHenry VIII would not havesurvived on the throne afterleaving the Vatican Churchmerely for annulling his mar-riage to Catherine of Aragonand marrying Anne Boleyn.The independent Church ofEngland has thereafter fol-lowed what suited the inter-ests of England not the pre-sumed wishes of God.

Germany tried democracycalled the Weimar Republicbetween 1920 and 1931 butfailed. By May 1945, AdolfHitler’s regime was roundlydefeated. Thereafter, KonradAdenauer came to power withhis Christian DemocraticParty; a democraticGovernment has ruled there-after. France was ruled byNapoleon III until 1870 when

he was defeated by Germany,led by Chancellor Otto vonBismarck. Italy was not ademocratic country until after1945. Eastwards onwards, therewas a variety of autocracies.

India has performedadmirably, especially becausewe started in 1947 with a lowrate of literacy. Incidentally,Nehru was a democrat, more-over, he kept winning all theelections until he lived. So didIndira Gandhi in 1972 and1980 and Rajiv Gandhi in1985. Except for two yearsbetween 1977 and 1979, thedynasty ruled India. The greatadvantage of democracy is thesynergy it produces. Freedomlands enthusiasm to peopleand the work willing.Compulsion, which oftenresults from autocracy, semi-paralyses. As Prime MinisterModi said that India was ableto achieve 100 crore vaccina-tions within some monthsbecause it was everybody’seffort, the results of synergyare amazing.

Another reason for thesuccess of democracy is thevery size of the country wherea takeover by civilians or bysoldiers would find itextremely difficult to capturepower and hold it.Additionally, the country is sodiverse in the language andculture of the people that a

unity amongst people to cap-ture and retain power is dif-ficult.

An autocracy usually sur-vives when there is no alter-native. In a reasonably wellfunctioning democracy, this isusually not a problem as avacuum seldom occurs. Thenature and temperament ofthe people is important. Here,the credit must go to theHindu faith which makespeople believe in their Karma.To an extent, this makes thepeople individualistic whoseldom want to unite to knockout another group. This isunlike Islam which prefersrule by jamhuriyat or consen-sus under a monarch. Thecontrast between India,Pakistan and Bangladesh tellsthe story of different tempera-ments. The contrast betweenIslamic countries and the restof the world is interesting.Wherever there is monarchythe people are happy if theyare Muslim. The conceptbegins with the Caliph who issupposed to be the spiritualand temporal head of SunniIslam. The world of Muslimsis meant to be one or pan-Islamic.

The writer is a well-knowncolumnist, an author and a former member of the RajyaSabha. The views expressed arepersonal.)

�������������������������������Sir —The true beauty of Test cricket waswitnessed after many years, when NewZealand rearguard snatched a thrillingdraw in the first Test match against India.Debutant Rachin Ravindra and tailenderAjaz Patel braved the wicked last-sessionpitch to defy India’s three accomplishedspinners Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel andRavichandran Ashwin at Kanpur’s GreenPark. The last-wicket Kiwi batters man-aged to survive the final 52 balls to denyIndia for 40 minutes when the umpiresfinally decided it was too dark to play on.Interestingly, after the drawn Test, the twoteams ended up getting four World TestChampionship points each.

Cricket lovers were surprised aboutIndia’s delayed declaration on the fourthday. Though the Man of the MatchShreyas Iyer explains that there wasn’tmuch happening on the wicket and Indianeeded a competitive total, maybe around275-280; which is not digestible to many.Whatsoever, this Test should be remem-bered fondly as India fielded with adepleted squad, with several frontlineplayers either rested or recuperating. Thematch proved why this format of crick-et is called ‘Test’ and that Test cricket ‘kakoi jawab nahi.’

Bidyut Kumar Chatterjee | Faridabad

� ����� ��������� ������������ �Sir —The Maharashtra Government hasissued new guidelines with regard to thenew variant of Coronavirus. However, theway Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut'sdaughter's wedding in Mumbai andMaharashtra minister Gulabrao Patil'sson's wedding in Jalgaon took place in thepresence of a large crowd, it raisesdoubts on the credibility of theGovernment. There is public outrageabout this. But there is no one to takeaction on it. There is no one to questionthe wrongdoers because they are theGovernment. How is the framework ofrules not the same for the leaders and thepublic? Clearly, if your own Governmentis in power then who is going to takeaction against you? No one would dareto do that.

Those who do not follow the instruc-tions issued in a democracy have nomoral right to preach to anyone. It doesnot suit them. The leaders andGovernment officials present in the cel-ebrations defy the guidelines that theythemselves imposed. This is totally unfairon part of the State Government. Theyshould either roll back the guidelinesissued by them if they cannot followthemselves.

Jayesh Rane | Mumbai

������� ������������������������Sir — The Uttar Pradesh TET questionpaper leak scandal has crushed thehopes of candidates who aspired tobecome teachers in Government'sschools. At a time when Government jobsare scarce and private jobs have enoughinsecurity, aspirants work hard to getGovernment jobs for stability in life. Butfaults on part of the State Government arebent on hijacking the exam by leaking

question papers in order to secure theberth for undeserving candidates in lieuof money. It badly impacts the mental andphysical health of aspirants and alsodecays the administration by promotingcorruption.

The Uttar Pradesh Government hasfailed to conduct the State-sponsoredexams time and again and it reflects theineptitude and level of corruption deeplyentrenched in State machinery which alsoexposes the racketeering nexus. TheGovernment can't shy away from itsresponsibilities with false assurance everytime such rackets are busted. It’s reallyshameful that State exams are losing cred-ibility day by day. However, what’s moredisgraceful is that no strict action hasbeen taken by the authorities even aftertaking massive hits on reputation.

Janga B Sunuwar | Bagrakote

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The English noblemen hadvirtually forced the Magna Cartafor King John to sign or else hisendeavour would have to avoidhis signature. Who is normallywilling to give up power? Hadthe noblemen not been gradualand tactful, the King wouldprobably not have signed thecarta and there could have beena civil war. Simple measures likethe Church shall have full free-dom, London city will be free tolevy the taxes it used to earlier.All merchants could leave andreturn to England withoutharassment or taxation. Mildand acceptable measures werethe beginning of moderndemocracy.

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Which party is the true custo-dian of the aam aadmi(common man) image inPunjab? The million rupee

question is playing out in the electioncampaign as two of the contesting par-ties-ruling Congress and its challengerAam Aadmi Party (AAP) are insistingthat they are the "real" representatives ofthe common man, ones batting for theplebeian and have the interest of this sec-tion paramount in their scheme ofthings.

With Charanjit Singh Channi, theself-proclaimed common man from alower middle class family, who had oncesold crackers for Diwali on a cot outsidehis tent house and was also working fulltime in the tent business of his father,becoming the chief minister taking overfrom Amarinder Singh of Patiala royalfamily, known in political circles asMaharaja, politics has taken a 360 degreeturn in the state and the one facing theheat is the original party named on com-mon man-Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).

Not surprisingly, during his electioncampaign in the state, Delhi chief min-ister Arvind Kejriwal said that he had rea-sons to believe that he has imitators inPunjab and a "fake Kejriwal" is roamingaround, making same promises, askingpeople to know the fake from the real.Kejriwal was referring to Channi as thefake copy though he did not mentionanyone by name in his speech.

Ever since he became the chief min-ister, Channi has been cultivating theimage of the aam aadmi with a mission-ary zeal. He has been stopping at road-side 'dhabas' regularly to have tea withcommoners, dancing bhangra to drumbeats on the stage at functions, partici-pating in wedding ceremonies and giv-ing 'shagun' to couples, getting pho-tographed with auto-rickshaw drivers,meeting workers, farmers and so on. Thishas clearly rattled AAP to an extent as itbelieves that Channi's new image couldbe problematic to its poll prospects in thestate and spoil its dream to come topower.

Sample this: "These days a nakliKejriwal is roaming in Punjab. WhateverI promise, he announces it the next daybut doesn't implement it. Beware of him.Only asli Kejriwal can fulfill what hepromises." And more, "In the entire coun-try, only one man, Kejriwal, can bringdown your electricity bill to zero. So,beware of that fake Kejriwal," said AAP'snational convener, referring to Channiand his promise to bring down powerrates by �3 across all categories of con-sumers.

Interestingly, both Kejriwal andChanni were in Ludhiana the same dayto sell their USP of common man in theindustrial city. Hours before Kejriwal wasscheduled to meet the auto and taxi dri-vers, Channi made a surprise halt at anauto-rickshaw stand to listen to the

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problems of the drivers and gothimself clicked with them whilesipping tea. This was too much forKejriwal who was quick to retort,pointing out that he had a pre-scheduled meeting and when the'nakli Kejriwal' came to knowabout this, he reached the auto-rickshaw owners' office. "Still, Ithink fear is good. He may dosomething out of fear of the realKejriwal, but he cannot do,because he is 'nakli'," said Kejriwal.

So this asli-nakli (real-fake)war of words continued withKejriwal attacking the Punjab CMfor imitating him (Delhi CM) onpromises on electricity tariff.Kejriwal went on to add that for-mer Chief Minister AmarinderSingh had also imitated the DelhiGovernment and declared free busservice for women. But it wasincomplete because CaptainAmarinder had provided freetravel to women only in govern-ment buses.

Channi was quick to retortand trained his guns at the AAPsupremo, emphasizing that theDelhi Model of Arvind Kejriwal isnothing more than a 'bundle oflies'. "The Punjab government hasalready taken several path-break-ing initiatives to benefit the mass-es whereas Kejriwal and his com-pany are just making promises forthem. I can never be a duplicate ofKejriwal as I can't be as treacher-ous and cunning as he is," thePunjab CM said. That went slight-ly off the mark and enraged theAAP leaders who retorted back in

the same coin the next day in theirstatements.

Rejecting the so-called DelhiModel or the Kejriwal model, thePunjab CM said that the State iswitnessing "Channi Model" whichstands for equal opportunities forall. "Channi model is in unisonwith the teachings of the GreatSikh Gurus who have shown us theway of equality and brotherhood.This model is being implementedin the State for its progress andprosperity of its people...and thismodel will be there till I am in thisoffice," the first Dalit chief minis-ter of the state emphasized in oneof his election speeches.

To further consolidate hisimage of aam aadmi, Channispent the night at the sameGurdwara, Shaheed Baba TegaSingh at village Chand Purana(Moga) where he had stayed dur-ing his cycle yatra in 2016. His spindoctors were quick to point out,"departing from convention, thechief minister chose the Gurdwarasahib for stay at night instead ofany hotel, rest house or palatialhouse of party leader".

Left behind in the race to pro-ject him as the aam aadmi, SADPresident Sukhbir Singh Badal toois trying to catch up with his twoaam aadmi rivals-Kejriwal andChanni. He is obliging the selfie-seeking youths and is happily pos-ing for them and hunting for spacein the social media to project thisimage. The image of the commonman is difficult to stick with theBadal family as they are considered

as tycoons, having business inter-ests in several sectors, includinghospitality, transport, cable andentertainment, etc. However, thereis no harm in flowing with thepolitical wind, a SAD supportersays on why the party chief shouldalso project the image of the com-mon man.

While Amarinder Singh keptmostly to his residence and farmhouse in his second term of officeand remained cut off from the peo-ple, Channi is doing the opposite.He never lets go of any opportuni-ty to consolidate his assiduouslycultivated aam aadmi image andhis political advisors say that thisis playing out well with the elec-torate who for the first time in overtwo decades, have seen a differentpolitical persona as the head of thestate.

Parkash Singh Badal was a five-term CM, Amarinder Singh heldthe post for nine and a half yearsand both of them together occu-pied almost a quarter of a centuryat the helm. While Badal believedin distributing largesse through hisSangat Darshan scheme,Amarinder was largely cut offfrom grassroots, instead dependingon his support and advisors toreach out to the people. So, thisimage of both Channi and Kejriwalis like a breath of fresh air for manyin the poll-bound state.

Not surprisingly, there is afierce competition to emerge as thereal champion of the common manand that has become the USP of theelection campaign so far.

(The writer is SeniorResident Editor, ThePioneer, Chandigarh. The views expressed

are personal.)

India is the world's thirdlargest producer of renew-able energy and the third

largest consumer of electrici-ty. As the country advances,the per capita consumption ofelectricity is likely to risesharply. Consumption of coal,gas and crude oil is alsoexpected to increase. At pre-sent, solar and wind produceless than 13 per cent of thetotal energy consumed and therest comes from coal, petrole-um, nuclear, etc. Burning ofcoal, natural gas, and oil togenerate electricity and heat isthe leading cause of green-house gas emissions globally.

Would it be possible togenerate all the electricity weneed without emitting addi-tional greenhouse gases?

India emits 83 per cent ofgreenhouse gases.

Additionally, India's popula-tion growth will intensify thedemand for food, which inturn will necessitate more ureaand irrigation, and using theHaber-Bosch process to pro-duce urea will exacerbategreenhouse gas emissions.Therefore, it is necessary toswitch to less CO2-intensiveenergy. The developed nationslike the US and WesternEurope have the potential toreduce greenhouse gas emis-sions through appropriatemeasures and specific innova-tions because their researchand development budgets arerelatively large for this purpose.Obtaining carbon-free electric-ity will be a huge challenge forIndia because to achieve zeroemissions, all of our electrici-ty must come from non-emit-ting sources. Solar, wind,

hydroelectric, biomass, andgeothermal power can provideenergy without causing glob-al warming.

While natural gas plantsare running, they need to pur-chase fuel and the price of fos-sil fuels does not reflect thecost of climate change in termsof greenhouse gas emissions.Solar and wind energy areintermittent sources. The max-imum conversion capacity ofsolar energy is only 33 per cent.They cannot generate electric-ity 24 hours a day, so their stor-age and generation costs

should also be considered.Batteries used in off-grid solarsystems can be charged duringthe day and used during thenight. It is a reasonable solu-tion for using solar powerthroughout the day, but it isalso quite expensive due to thecosts associated with the bat-tery and its life, which willdetermine how much it addsto the electricity bill and thepublic exchequer.

Solar power generation issignificantly less in winterthan in summer. Solar powerand wind energy generation istotally dependent on naturalcircumstances. Even in brightsunshine and strong winds,production will always be lessthan the installed capacity dueto intermittent shutdownscaused by maintenance. Tocollect as much sunlight as

possible, we need a large num-ber of solar panels that take upa lot of space, and some roofsare not big enough to accom-modate them, so space is alsoan issue. Location is alsoincreasingly important in solarenergy. Our installation needsto be increased many timescompared to the current one.

Even though nuclearpower could be a solution, it isrisky and capital intensive.

The main reason whyzero-carbon electricity is soexpensive is intermittency.Because of this, the state isaiming to generate morerenewable electricity by com-bining solar and wind powerwith other options like gas-powered plants, which is anecessity for cities and towns.It can be argued that the grid-a single connected network is

the solution, but in practice,this is not feasible, at least inthe near future.

To use renewable energymore efficiently and generatecarbon-free energy, we mustinvest more in research anddevelopment. Furthermore,issues such as widespreadpoverty alleviation, education,health, clean drinking water,water for sanitation and jobcreation require more moneyto be diverted to address theseissues, which in turn canadversely affect investment inresearch and development.Even if we take into accountthe government's effortstowards clean energy, newinnovations will be required toremove its impediments.Diffusion of innovationsrequires R&D expertise andalso a long period of persua-

sion, decision-making, andimplementation that will takea considerable amount of time.

Therefore, conservation,afforestation and sustainableforestry practices are also themost efficient and cost-effec-tive ways to combat carbonemissions.

Trees can absorb four tonsof CO2 over the course of 40years. A forest is considered acarbon sink if it absorbs morecarbon from the atmospherethan it emits. Photosynthesisabsorbs carbon from theatmosphere. It is then deposit-ed in forest biomass (such astrunks, branches, roots andleaves), in dead organic mat-ter (litter), and in soil andmicroorganisms. This processof carbon absorption anddeposition is known as carbonsequestration.

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GODREJCP 919.70 931.20 916.00 924.05FSL 164.30 171.35 163.20 169.40DBL 489.00 534.00 489.00 528.15PIDILITIND 2229.00 2250.00 2192.90 2204.95CROMPTON 447.70 461.85 439.65 448.40BALKRISIND 2152.95 2240.70 2152.95 2180.30POWERINDIA 2356.15 2754.00 2356.15 2614.45NLCINDIA 59.90 60.65 56.50 57.50ASTRAL 2112.10 2205.05 2112.10 2196.40

PRESTIGE 406.25 436.10 406.25 421.30STAR 493.75 501.15 484.15 488.45GNFC 424.40 431.65 414.75 424.60ROUTE 1799.90 1821.90 1761.00 1812.30BOSCHLTD 16300.00 16664.20 16072.35 16179.70CANFINHOME 578.15 596.00 574.05 590.00ABB 2090.00 2161.40 2024.40 2068.35ABBOTINDIA 19100.05 19613.15 19009.35 19100.10HDFCAMC 2517.50 2570.25 2500.55 2513.60IRB 201.00 211.00 200.65 205.80EXIDEIND 163.90 166.90 162.00 162.85BAJAJELEC 1035.00 1085.00 1012.35 1074.15JUSTDIAL 681.85 697.95 645.00 653.60ACC 2288.00 2320.00 2276.50 2288.05ORIENTELEC 335.35 408.20 335.35 392.30WOCKPHARMA 421.00 438.90 421.00 435.50BALAMINES 2905.00 3047.00 2905.00 2995.10MINDAIND 870.00 927.00 866.85 912.55ATUL 8510.00 8747.80 8477.20 8716.15IGL 480.55 489.70 479.65 484.10NCC 72.00 73.50 70.40 70.80INTELLECT 610.00 629.75 608.45 620.50SOLARINDS 2530.00 2814.20 2530.00 2765.35HAL 1299.05 1310.45 1271.05 1275.50GLENMARK 512.50 529.85 510.00 523.20BEL 198.65 205.20 197.80 203.45AEGISLOG 222.05 236.90 222.05 229.40ASTRAZEN 3200.00 3245.20 3108.05 3127.55TCIEXP 2090.00 2193.00 2014.65 2144.75WHIRLPOOL 2023.05 2069.50 1985.00 2031.45INDIACEM 185.10 190.05 183.00 184.25ALOKTEXT 21.30 21.95 21.25 21.35CYIENT 1050.00 1070.10 1008.05 1011.85THERMAX 1670.00 1769.85 1670.00 1751.60CENTURYPLY 577.10 614.15 561.70 601.80POLYMED 1058.00 1058.00 1000.00 1036.10GSFC 105.70 114.85 105.65 111.25DCAL 229.05 242.00 229.05 237.25DABUR 598.00 602.40 592.00 595.40MMTC 37.20 40.75 36.65 39.15CUMMINSIND 874.50 898.25 874.00 878.90PHILIPCARB 209.00 214.75 207.45 208.85TRENT 1025.65 1067.55 1004.90 1014.45TIMKEN 1883.70 2081.25 1777.05 2026.50CESC 85.55 89.75 85.55 87.50TEAMLEASE 4035.00 4355.00 4016.30 4267.10BURGERKING 144.50 149.95 144.50 148.65APLLTD 800.20 812.55 794.60 806.35IOB 20.90 21.40 20.65 20.90VTL 2008.95 2080.00 1958.45 2032.25AUBANK 1105.00 1137.00 1084.85 1092.75VIPIND 539.00 573.35 538.90 561.50RCF 69.60 71.95 69.50 69.80KANSAINER 558.05 621.00 558.05 591.35INDIAMART 7411.50 7499.00 7344.25 7419.95AMARAJABAT 616.00 623.80 612.75 617.95NBCC 40.00 41.40 40.00 40.30SIEMENS 2132.90 2167.90 2116.80 2152.20LINDEINDIA 2524.00 2566.75 2415.00 2500.70ASHOKA 95.55 97.55 95.10 96.20OFSS 4229.00 4268.70 4189.85 4233.65ALKEM 3528.55 3603.95 3482.80 3591.30HEG 1800.00 1884.00 1800.00 1807.80COLPAL 1452.00 1469.00 1422.00 1439.10SUMICHEM 359.30 374.00 352.40 371.35GRAPHITE 424.00 433.60 405.25 409.10MFSL 930.95 958.75 926.40 938.50CASTROLIND 125.95 130.90 124.20 129.25AMBUJACEM 367.30 377.90 367.00 374.35APLAPOLLO 897.90 926.05 897.00 921.75HSCL 44.55 45.85 44.00 44.40BIRLACORPN 1266.10 1409.10 1266.10 1357.30SUNTECK 412.00 437.20 411.15 432.60RAIN 186.30 201.65 186.30 199.55ALKYLAMINE 3100.00 3249.10 3100.00 3177.55CENTURYTEX 781.65 810.00 760.55 767.25ECLERX 2126.00 2330.00 2026.05 2107.95NH 567.00 612.25 553.90 598.55REDINGTON 141.50 149.80 141.50 146.50J&KBANK 36.20 37.60 36.20 36.80FINOLEXIND 194.05 214.45 194.05 210.60GLAXO 1710.00 1727.40 1635.95 1702.85

SFL 2877.10 3488.70 2877.10 3247.95SUPREMEIND 2160.00 2177.00 2049.90 2169.55DEEPAKFERT 356.55 384.60 356.55 371.50NHPC 30.10 31.20 30.10 31.10HAPPSTMNDS 1159.00 1248.25 1159.00 1206.75PGHL 4978.10 5342.80 4965.65 5322.10JSWENERGY 286.00 304.10 281.20 288.60TATAMETALI 880.00 899.55 846.80 853.55PETRONET 219.15 222.80 218.00 219.85ALLCARGO 316.60 339.40 316.50 333.00CHALET 237.00 249.85 225.00 236.50IOLCP 451.00 460.70 442.00 444.55INFIBEAM 39.70 40.90 38.60 39.55ROSSARI 1305.00 1379.15 1252.00 1289.55DCBBANK 90.00 90.00 79.45 81.60OIL 204.00 214.25 203.50 211.10UTIAMC 1000.00 1124.00 1000.00 1093.45PTC 106.40 113.60 106.40 110.80BAJAJCON 187.30 187.95 182.00 182.85RATNAMANI 2115.00 2233.25 2089.95 2211.15JAICORPLTD 116.80 121.95 115.60 116.20HAWKINCOOK 6119.05 6189.80 6050.65 6116.50GRINDWELL 1575.00 1760.00 1550.50 1662.05NETWORK18 70.95 75.50 70.95 71.70UBL 1514.00 1536.00 1497.50 1504.25TIINDIA 1582.00 1642.55 1552.60 1622.80KTKBANK 63.20 66.25 61.30 63.20VAIBHAVGBL 507.00 533.85 485.55 490.80SYNGENE 583.20 600.50 582.60 595.50BRIGADE 452.00 525.00 439.90 499.25SEQUENT 151.90 157.55 151.05 151.60TTKPRESTIG 10050.00 10256.30 9863.00 10003.65SOLARA 1238.00 1285.70 1220.15 1272.60CAMS 3085.00 3098.40 3000.00 3065.55SCHNEIDER 104.30 107.10 103.65 104.10CEATLTD 1160.00 1187.00 1147.60 1171.30ADANITRANS 1810.00 1850.00 1807.75 1807.75PFIZER 5301.85 5301.85 5109.70 5194.40ENGINERSIN 71.95 73.50 70.90 71.50DALBHARAT 1850.00 1910.10 1840.10 1873.35MGL 920.00 936.55 915.00 918.65EDELWEISS 68.05 71.65 66.30 66.95AVANTI 516.00 540.00 509.95 524.60CENTRALBK 21.50 21.90 21.05 21.30JKCEMENT 3185.45 3280.70 3154.80 3235.00WELSPUNIND 138.00 141.35 136.80 138.20JKPAPER 208.50 209.75 202.40 208.10KPRMILL 491.10 538.30 491.10 530.45PAGEIND 38173.60 39000.00 38173.50 38450.35CREDITACC 537.70 550.15 501.95 505.75TV18BRDCST 41.00 42.25 40.90 41.20LAOPALA 317.60 345.70 310.10 332.10JKTYRE 128.05 131.70 127.15 128.65MOTILALOFS 893.00 954.50 893.00 940.40CRISIL 3069.95 3210.00 3063.00 3118.40GALAXYSURF 2915.00 2915.00 2762.00 2780.25UJJIVANSFB 17.95 18.60 17.95 18.20MAZDOCK 261.95 265.60 256.80 258.70JKLAKSHMI 635.95 659.45 630.10 635.40FRETAIL 52.30 52.30 49.05 49.85VAKRANGEE 33.60 35.10 33.60 34.15VINATIORGA 1950.00 1974.00 1867.20 1878.65FINCABLES 566.90 581.25 555.70 565.40HUDCO 39.65 40.50 39.00 39.20AMBER 3122.00 3234.50 2978.50 3033.85ISEC 736.00 760.75 715.00 733.70AARTIDRUGS 503.95 526.00 503.10 506.20MAHINDCIE 234.10 249.60 230.35 238.85TRITURBINE 176.05 188.80 176.05 185.75VMART 3779.70 4021.10 3734.30 3945.25EIHOTEL 124.10 130.00 118.50 120.20IRCON 45.00 45.75 44.70 44.85ENDURANCE 1675.00 1771.00 1631.70 1663.70GODFRYPHLP 1183.05 1229.00 1183.05 1221.85BLUEDART 6868.70 6904.95 6471.50 6579.60SOUTHBANK 8.55 8.82 8.55 8.72GUJALKALI 593.40 618.00 593.40 607.80VENKYS 2474.00 2550.00 2437.70 2496.45PNCINFRA 286.70 309.80 286.70 304.05SIS 475.00 503.00 459.75 474.05ATGL 1555.00 1640.00 1555.00 1602.30KRBL 234.00 245.50 234.00 241.40EMAMILTD 513.60 530.00 506.00 528.90SHILPAMED 560.10 574.10 540.00 544.60IIFL 296.05 308.95 289.50 308.95JAMNAAUTO 104.25 105.60 97.55 99.00EIDPARRY 443.75 478.35 443.30 470.05GHCL 392.00 398.15 382.45 393.75CERA 4956.40 5041.35 4861.50 5002.90GICRE 143.95 144.15 139.80 141.50JCHAC 1937.90 1949.90 1888.05 1897.10THYROCARE 1144.50 1144.50 1096.45 1106.25MAHABANK 19.00 19.75 19.00 19.15SJVN 27.65 28.35 27.55 27.85SCHAEFFLER 7666.00 7848.00 7529.25 7792.35JINDALSAW 98.00 103.25 98.00 101.15KAJARIACER 1116.00 1150.80 1112.90 1143.40KEC 432.90 438.25 422.00 425.05AAVAS 2790.00 2893.80 2718.65 2810.50MHRIL 203.35 216.00 203.35 207.40UJJIVAN 133.90 145.90 133.90 135.45NAM-INDIA 369.45 376.00 364.25 366.05MRPL 43.10 45.60 43.10 44.40KNRCON 265.00 283.65 261.70 280.70JSLHISAR 293.70 309.60 288.70 299.50UCOBANK 12.71 13.15 12.71 12.94STLTECH 266.50 278.50 266.50 276.15SPANDANA 401.90 410.00 384.00 395.05PHOENIXLTD 934.00 963.15 934.00 947.15

VRLLOG 446.30 471.95 446.30 455.25HATHWAY 20.00 20.50 19.85 20.00EQUITASBNK 61.50 63.45 58.35 59.55CARBORUNIV 899.00 933.70 885.20 906.70FINEORG 3594.95 3670.00 3491.75 3591.75NATCOPHARM 819.40 843.80 806.00 837.50BALRAMCHIN 309.80 320.60 308.65 311.95PGHH 15153.05 15153.05 14795.25 15060.35SUNDRMFAST 823.00 890.00 823.00 874.50QUESS 905.00 907.80 883.00 893.30CUB 145.05 147.85 144.05 144.60FORCEMOT 1349.95 1378.15 1273.50 1301.65ORIENTCEM 153.00 159.20 153.00 156.25EQUITAS 118.00 123.80 118.00 120.95BASF 2700.00 2735.10 2653.00 2712.10CAPPL 738.00 782.85 724.90 743.80ASTERDM 191.90 197.00 190.35 191.90LAXMIMACH 8292.05 8650.00 8108.30 8551.25BDL 411.00 419.75 407.45 414.60COROMANDEL 741.35 743.25 731.00 740.40CGCL 502.90 515.85 499.40 501.00GPPL 99.10 103.50 96.55 97.65HONAUT 39499.95 39499.95 38714.75 38824.00ERIS 725.00 739.20 708.25 718.20SHK 148.00 151.60 146.85 148.00FLUOROCHEM 1985.05 2052.75 1950.00 1964.55UFLEX 495.50 507.70 486.05 489.55SPARC 241.70 253.75 241.70 246.25MINDACORP 176.00 176.00 161.65 163.80INDOCO 398.25 407.35 384.05 389.30JBCHEPHARM 1645.00 1667.95 1613.35 1638.30BAJAJHLDNG 4981.50 5072.20 4979.95 5041.15GARFIBRES 3292.85 3307.85 3173.90 3200.20FCONSUMER 7.00 7.10 6.85 6.90TATAINVEST 1400.00 1441.75 1399.95 1403.50CCL 380.00 408.80 377.50 403.65RALLIS 257.10 259.85 247.50 249.60ITI 110.00 118.35 109.35 110.10GODREJIND 555.00 598.00 555.00 568.60BALMLAWRIE 114.00 117.75 114.00 116.00SKFINDIA 3512.00 3947.70 3512.00 3864.90MAHSEAMLES 500.00 504.95 490.25 491.85VGUARD 233.55 246.95 233.55 243.85IFCI 11.68 12.09 11.64 11.70TCNSBRANDS 829.00 845.65 796.00 810.95JMFINANCIL 72.45 72.75 70.70 71.05GODREJAGRO 535.05 542.75 524.90 527.90MOIL 168.00 172.00 168.00 169.00BBTC 1023.10 1032.80 980.00 993.55BLUESTARCO 921.55 982.60 921.55 952.00SUDARSCHEM 559.80 569.35 556.65 562.00MAHLOG 677.00 700.45 636.00 649.40KALPATPOWR 386.90 392.00 382.50 386.95RITES 274.40 285.00 274.00 277.85SANOFI 8050.00 8131.00 7900.00 7947.45GULFOILLUB 562.40 562.40 499.00 512.95MAHSCOOTER 4110.35 4231.95 4110.35 4127.70TASTYBIT 13447.25 13794.20 13397.00 13432.15NIACL 150.45 151.05 144.20 144.75EPL 202.70 202.70 195.45 197.85AJANTPHARM 2091.45 2108.85 2058.80 2073.20BAYERCROP 4649.55 4712.00 4600.00 4604.20GEPIL 232.40 237.70 229.75 231.85DISHTV 16.35 17.45 16.35 17.00GRSE 219.25 228.70 218.70 220.35SUVENPHAR 499.60 501.25 480.20 487.00ITDC 388.25 394.90 377.80 391.20AIAENG 1859.10 1910.05 1844.05 1898.00KSCL 505.00 505.00 481.50 499.60NESCO 587.50 599.65 575.25 587.75GESHIP 302.00 311.40 291.25 294.10GILLETTE 5376.05 5466.25 5376.05 5433.90BLISSGVS 100.50 100.85 96.10 98.45COCHINSHIP 345.10 347.75 337.25 339.95GMDCLTD 66.90 67.15 64.45 64.85VSTIND 3147.50 3178.90 3114.70 3118.30MAHLIFE 244.95 261.50 242.20 254.153MINDIA 24902.90 25124.00 24693.90 25032.85WESTLIFE 540.00 553.20 527.00 547.55RHIM 339.65 340.25 335.55 337.70MIDHANI 184.95 186.85 181.80 183.95JYOTHYLAB 150.60 155.55 150.60 153.65JTEKTINDIA 89.95 92.40 89.95 90.20SHOPERSTOP 320.05 334.85 320.00 322.50ZYDUSWELL 2002.40 2011.15 1950.55 1957.75NAVNETEDUL* 97.25 102.55 97.25 100.00SYMPHONY 980.00 980.00 924.00 932.80FDC 281.05 290.40 280.50 285.00ESABINDIA 2762.80 2798.80 2650.80 2677.60ADVENZYMES 326.70 332.80 321.90 327.65PRSMJOHNSN 121.80 123.15 121.20 122.20NILKAMAL 2300.00 2407.00 2300.00 2382.15VARROC 290.15 298.70 289.85 294.80INDOSTAR 252.95 262.15 252.05 256.05WABCOINDIA 8266.40 8323.40 8043.00 8099.30MASFIN 712.70 720.00 685.45 686.40CHOLAHLDNG 690.05 722.40 690.05 697.95KSB 1235.25 1250.00 1222.90 1238.50IFBIND 1121.30 1171.20 1121.30 1138.05RESPONIND 107.10 108.75 102.55 103.15STARCEMENT 93.40 96.20 93.40 95.20IIFLWAM 1396.70 1507.10 1396.70 1497.05DCMSHRIRAM 944.80 978.75 944.80 958.60HEIDELBERG 225.55 226.75 220.00 220.90CSBBANK 273.90 280.00 272.70 276.25AKZOINDIA 2071.30 2073.80 2045.05 2062.15GDL 284.95 287.00 271.30 276.20SWANENERGY 115.30 120.00 112.50 118.55DHANUKA 718.00 747.00 718.00 738.20

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New Delhi: India's GDPgrowth slowed to 8.4 per centin the second quarter of 2021-22, mainly due to waning lowbase effect, but the economyhas surpassed the pre-COVIDlevel, official data showed onTuesday.

The GDP growth in April-June quarter this fiscal stood at20.1 per cent. The Indian econ-omy had contracted by 24.4 percent in April-June last year.

The gross domestic prod-uct (GDP) had contracted by7.4 per cent in the corre-sponding July-September quar-ter of 2020-21, according todata released by the NationalStatistical Office (NSO).

The government hadimposed a nationwide lock-down at the onset of the

COVID-19 pandemic last year.This year, a massive sec-

ond wave of the pandemic hitthe country in the middle ofApril, which forced states toimpose fresh restrictions.

However, the economyhas now surpassed the pre-COVID level.

In value terms, the GDPstood at �35,73,451 crore inJuly-September 2021-22, high-er than the Rs 35,61,530 crorein the corresponding period ofthe 2019-20 financial year.

The GDP had shrunk to�32,96,718 crore in July-September last year during thenationwide lockdown.

GDP at Constant (2011-12) Prices in April-September2021-22 (H1 2021-22) is esti-mated at �68.11 lakh crore as

against �59.92 lakh crore dur-ing the corresponding period ofprevious year, showing agrowth of 13.7 per cent in H12021-22 as against a contrac-tion of 15.9 per cent during thesame period last year.

According to the NSOdata, gross value added (GVA)growth in the manufacturingsector accelerated to 5.5 percent in the second quarter of2021-22, compared to a con-traction 1.5 per cent a year ago.

Farm sector GVA growthwas up at 4.5 per cent, com-pared to 3 per cent growth ear-lier. Construction sector GVAgrew by 7.5 per cent comparedto a degrowth of 7.2 per centearlier. Mining sector grew by15.4 per cent, as against a con-traction of 6.5 per cent. PTI

New Delhi: Central govern-ment debt is estimated at about62 per cent of GDP for this fis-cal and it is capable of repay-ing its liabilities, Minister ofState for Finance PankajChaudhary informedParliament on Tuesday.

"Increasing the buoyancyof tax revenue throughimproved compliance, mobil-isation of resources throughmonetisation of assets, improv-ing efficiency and effectivenessof public expenditure etc arethe important measures initi-ated by Government to controlthe fiscal deficit and the debtburden," he said in a writtenreply in the Rajya Sabha.

Government debt is heldpredominantly in domesticcurrency, he said, adding,"Government is capable torepay its debt." PTI

Mumbai: Equity indices sur-rendered early gains to close inthe red on Tuesday, mirroringthe nervousness in world mar-kets about the impact of theOmicron variant of the coron-avirus on global economicrecovery.

A depreciating rupee andunabated foreign fund out-flows further weighed on sen-timent, traders said.

After rallying over 900points in intra-day trade, the30-share BSE Sensex pared allgains to settle 195.71 points or0.34 per cent lower at57,064.87.

Similarly, the NSE Niftydeclined 70.75 points or 0.41per cent to 16,983.20 -- closingbelow the 17,000-mark for thefirst time in three months.

Tata Steel was the top lag-gard in the Sensex pack, tum-bling 3.87 per cent, followed by

Kotak Bank, Bajaj Auto, M&M,Bharti Airtel, RelianceIndustries, IndusInd Bank andMaruti.

On the other hand,PowerGrid, Titan, BajajFinserv, Nestle India, BajajFinance and Infosys wereamong the gainers, jumping upto 3.43 per cent. VinodNair, Head of Research atGeojit Financial Services, saiddomestic indices started thesession on a strong footingamid optimism in global mar-kets following the USPresident's announcement thatlockdowns are currently off thetable.

"However, the optimismwas quickly substituted with asudden sell-off in the domes-tic market as global equitiesslipped into negative territoryfollowing Omicron experts'advice to be cautious. Defying

the market trend, IT andhealthcare stocks along withmid and small caps tradedwith gains," he noted.

Global markets spiralledlower after drugmakerModerna's CEO StephaneBancel warned that COVID-19vaccines are unlikely to be aseffective against Omicron asthey have been against theDelta variant.

Domestic investors alsoremained on the sidelinesahead of the release of GDPnumbers.

"Markets will first react tothe GDP numbers in earlytrades on Wednesday and theauto sales will also start pour-ing in from December 1.Needless to say, the excessivenews flow around the newCOVID variant would keep thevolatility high. "Keepingin mind the scenario, it's pru-

dent to continue with hedgedpositions until the marketsstabilise," said Ajit Mishra, VP- Research, Religare Broking.

Sectorally, BSE metal,energy, auto, bankex and tele-com indices lost as much as2.34 per cent, while consumerdurables, IT, realty and teckmustered gains.

The broader BSE midcapand smallcap indices spurtedup to 1.45 per cent. Elsewherein Asia, bourses in Hong Kong,Seoul and Tokyo ended withlosses, while Shanghai was pos-itive. Stock exchanges inEurope were in the negativezone in afternoon trade.

Meanwhile, the rupeeclosed 10 paise lower at 75.17(provisional) against the USdollar. International oil bench-mark Brent crude tumbled3.12 per cent to USD 71.15 perbarrel.

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New Delhi: Finance MinisterNirmala Sitharaman onTuesday said the Governmentis working out a new Bill oncryptocurrency which will beplaced in the ongoing sessionof Parliament after approval ofthe Union Cabinet.

The ongoing winter ses-sion is scheduled to end onDecember 23.

Replying to a series ofquestions in the Rajya Sabha,she said the new Bill takes intoaccount the rapidly changingdimensions in virtual curren-cy space, and incorporate fea-tures of the earlier Bill thatcould not be taken up.

The Cryptocurrency andRegulation of Official DigitalCurrency Bill, 2021, has been

included in the Lok SabhaBulletin-Part II for the intro-duction in the ongoing wintersession. The Bill seeks to cre-ate a facilitative framework forthe creation of the official dig-ital currency to be issued by theReserve Bank of India (RBI),the Bulletin said.

It also seeks to prohibit allprivate cryptocurrencies in

India, however, it allows forcertain exceptions to promotethe underlying technology ofcryptocurrency and its uses.

“Yes, last time (monsoonsession) there was a Bill butsubsequently because therewere other dimensions...ThatBill has been reworked. And ina way the bill which is comingnow is a new Bill. But, never

mind, the work done on thatBill have all been taken onboard here,” the Minister said.

Sitharaman the govern-ment had “genuine intent” tobring the Bill even during thelast session. “Now, we are com-ing up with a new Bill. So, it'snot as if, the last time we justput it there, we did not want tocome up with one. So, leading

to a suspicion that this timealso we are putting a Bill, wemay not come up with one. No,let's be clear on that the earli-er attempt was definitely tocome up with a Bill which thehouse can consider,” she added.

The government, she said,started working on a new Billas a lot of things had to comeinto play. “This Bill, once the

Cabinet clears it, will come hereinto the House,” the financeminister said, and added theproposed legislation is likely tobe introduced soon.

On asked if the govern-ment proposes to ban mis-leading advertisements inmedia, she said the guidelinesof Advertising StandardsCouncil of India are being

studied and their regulationsare also being looked into “sothat we can take, if necessary,some kind of a position or adecision to see how we aregoing to handle it.” The minis-ter also said cryptocurrenciesare unregulated in India andthe government does not col-lect data on transactions incryptocurrency.

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overwhelmingly re-elected for-mer Prime Minister KP SharmaOli as the chairman of thecountry’s largest CommunistParty for the second time.

Oli bagged 1,840 votesagainst his nearest rival BhimRawal, who got 223 votes, reg-istering a landslide victory inthe party’s 10th general con-vention held in Chitwan dis-trict. The 70-year-old leaderwas re-elected as the partychief for the next five years.

Elections were held for afew other posts of office-bear-ers of the party, despite Oli’sattempt to forge a consensus inall the positions.

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The Omicron variant wasalready in the Netherlands

when South Africa alerted theWorld Health Organizationabout it last week, Dutch healthauthorities said on Tuesday,adding to fear and confusionover the new version of thecoronavirus in a weary worldhoping it had left the worst ofthe pandemic behind.

The Netherlands’ RIVMhealth institute found omi-cron in samples dating fromNovember 19 and 23. TheWHO said South Africa firstreported the the variant to theUN healthy agency onNovember 24.

It remains unclear where orwhen the variant first emerged— but that hasn’t stopped warynations from rushing to imposetravel restrictions, especially onvisitors coming from southernAfrica. Those moves have beencriticized by South Africa andthe WHO has urged againstthem, noting their limitedeffect.

Much is still not knownabout the variant — though theWHO warned that the global

risk from the variant is “veryhigh” and early evidence sug-gests it could be more conta-gious.

The Dutch announcementTuesday further muddies thetimeline on when the newvariant actually emerged.Previously, the Dutch had saidthey found the variant amongpassengers who came fromSouth Africa on Friday — butthese new cases predate that.

Authorities in the easternGerman city of Leipzig, mean-

while, said Tuesday they hadconfirmed an infection withthe omicron variant in a 39-year-old man who had neitherbeen abroad nor had contactwith anyone who had been,news agency dpa reported.Leipzig is in the eastern state ofSaxony, which currently hasGermany’s highest overall coro-navirus infection rates.

Meanwhile, Japan andFrance announced their firstcases of the new variant onTuesday.

�������%�&������������� &@Tokyo: Japan confirmed onTuesday its first case of the newomicron coronavirus variant, aNamibian diplomat whorecently arrived from his coun-try, officials said.

Chief Cabinet Secretarysaid the patient, a man in his30s, tested positive upon arrivalat Narita airport on Sunday andwas isolated and is being treat-ed at a hospital. AP

Paris: France confirmed itsfirst case of the new variant ofthe coronavirus on Tuesday ascountries around the worldscrambled to close their doorsor find ways to limit its spread.

The WHO has warned thatthe global risk from the omi-cron variant is “very high”based on early evidence, sayingit could lead to surges with“severe consequences.” AP

Tehran (AP): Iran struck ahard line Tuesday after just oneday of restarted talks in Viennaover its tattered nuclear deal,suggesting everything dis-cussed in previous rounds ofdiplomacy could be renegoti-ated.

Speaking to Iranian statetelevision, Ali Bagheri, Iran’s topnuclear negotiator, referred toeverything discussed thus far asmerely a “draft.” It remainedunclear whether that represent-ed an opening gambit by Iran’snew president or signaled seri-ous trouble for those hoping torestore the 2015 deal that sawTehran strictly limit its enrich-ment of uranium in exchange forthe lifting of economic sanctions.

The United States left thedeal under then-PresidentDonald Trump’s “maximumpressure” campaign againstTehran in 2018. Since the deal’scollapse, Iran now enriches

small amounts of uranium upto 60 per cent purity — a shortstep from weapons-grade lev-els of 90 per cent.

Iran also spins advancedcentrifuges barred by theaccord, and its uranium stock-pile now far exceeds theaccord’s limits.

President Joe Biden hassaid America’s willing to re-enter the deal, though thenegotiations continue with U.S.officials not in the room as inprevious rounds of talks sinceWashington’s withdrawal.

“Drafts are subject to nego-tiation. Therefore nothing isagreed on unless everythinghas been agreed on,” Bagherisaid. “On that basis, all discus-sions that took place in the sixrounds are summarized and aresubject to negotiations. Thiswas admitted by all parties intoday’s meeting as well.”

That directly contradicted

comments Monday by theEuropean Union diplomatleading the talks.

“The Iranian delegationrepresents a new administra-tion in Tehran with new under-standable political sensibili-ties, but they have accepted thatthe work done over the six firstrounds is a good basis to buildour work ahead, so no point ingoing back,” Enrique Morasaid.

Another state TV segmentsaw Bagheri in Vienna sayingIran demanded a “guarantee byAmerica not to impose newsanctions” or not re-imposepreviously lifted sanctions.

Mohammed Eslami, thecountry’s civilian nuclear chief,reiterated that demand in com-ments to Iran’s state-run IRNAnews agency.

“The talks (in Vienna) areabout return of the U.S. to thedeal and they have to lift all

sanctions and this should be inpractice and verifiable,” he said.He did not elaborate.

The U.S. has imposed aslew of sanctions on Iran sincethe 1979 takeover of the U.S.Embassy in Tehran. Someeventually directly dealt withthe country’s nuclear program,while others targeted Tehranfor what Washington describesas destabilizing actions in theMideast. Under the 2015nuclear deal, the U.S. liftednuclear sanctions, whichreturned when Washingtonpulled out of the accord.

Iran maintains its atomicprogram is peaceful. However,U.S. intelligence agencies andinternational inspectors sayIran had an organized nuclearweapons program up until2003. Nonproliferation expertsfear any brinkmanship couldpush Tehran toward even moreextreme measures to try to

Kabul: Taliban fighters havesummarily killed or forcibly“disappeared” more than 100former police and intelligenceofficers since taking power inAfghanistan, Human RightsWatch said in a report. Thegroup pointed to continuingretaliation against the armedforces of the ousted Governmentdespite anannounced amnesty.

Taliban forces have hunteddown former officers usinggovernment employmentrecords and have targeted thosewho surrendered and receivedletters guaranteeing their safe-ty, the report said. In somecases, local Taliban comman-ders have drawn up lists of peo-ple to be targeted, saying theycommitted “unforgivable” acts.

“The pattern of killingshas sown terror throughoutAfghanistan, as no one associ-ated with the former govern-ment can feel secure they haveescaped the threat of reprisal,”Human Rights Watch said inthe report.

The Taliban seized poweron Aug. 15 when they sweptinto the capital Kabul as theinternationally backed gov-ernment collapsed. Kabul’s fallcapped a stunningly swifttakeover by the insurgents,

who had taken a string ofcities as U.S. forces and theirallies withdrew fromAfghanistan after nearly 20years of war. Since that time,the Taliban have been strug-gling to deal with the collapseof the country’s economy andhave faced an increasinglydeadly insurgency by theIslamic State group.

Taliban forces have alsotargeted people they suspect ofsupporting the Islamic Stategroup in eastern Nangarharprovince, an epicenter of ISattacks, the report said. In theprovince’s capital Jalalabad, afierce, 8-hour gunbattle erupt-ed Tuesday when Taliban forcesraided a suspected hideout ofIS militants, witnesses said.

The deputy provincialpolice chief, Tahir Mobariz,said that during the fighting, awoman and a man in the housedetonated suicide vests, dyingin the blasts, and third personwas killed by gunfire. Two sus-pected militants were arrested,he said. The Taliban leadershiphas repeatedly announced thatworkers of the former govern-ment, including members ofthe armed forces, have nothingto fear from them. Formerarmy officers have said they

were ordered to give up theirweapons, and in return theyreceived a document confirm-ing their surrender and ensur-ing their safety.

On Saturday, TalibanPrime Minister MohammedHassan Akhund denied in apublic address that any retali-ation was taking place.

When the Taliban tookover, “they announced amnestyfor all. Has there been anyexample of this?” he said, refer-ring to retaliation. “There is noproblem for anyone.” But headded that if any former secu-rity officer “resumes his baddeed...then he will be punishedbased on his crime.”

But Human Rights Watchsaid the promised amnesty hasnot stopped local commandersfrom retaliating against formermembers of the army, policeand intelligence services.

“The burden is on theTaliban to prevent furtherkillings, hold those responsibleto account and compensatethe victims’ families,” saidPatricia Gossman, the organi-zation’s associate Asia director.

Through interviews withwitnesses, relatives, former gov-ernment officials, Taliban offi-cials and others, Human Rights

Watch said it had documentedthe killings or enforced “dis-appearance” of 47 formerarmed forces members in fourprovinces between Aug. 15and Oct. 31. It said its researchindicated at least another 53killings or disappearances tookplace as well.

The research focused onGhazni, Kandahar, Kunduzand Helmand provinces. “Butthe cases reflect a broader pat-tern of abuses” reported inother provinces, it said.

Taliban fighters have car-ried out night raids on homesto detain former security offi-cers or threaten and abusetheir relatives into revealingtheir whereabouts, it said. Inmultiple cases it documented,the bodies of those who hadbeen taken into detention werelater found dumped in thestreet. While some “oppor-tunistic” killings took placeimmediately after the Talibantakeover, “killings and disap-pearances appear to havebecome more deliberate sincethen as Taliban comman-ders...have used informantsand information from the pre-vious government to locateothers” linked to the formerarmed forces, it said. AP

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Moscow: Russian PresidentVladimir Putin on Tuesdaysternly warned NATO againstdeploying its troops andweapons to Ukraine, saying itrepresents a red line for Russiaand would trigger a strongresponse.

Commenting on Westernconcerns about Russia’s allegedintention to invade Ukraine, hesaid that Moscow is equallyworried about NATO drillsnear its borders.

Speaking to participantsof an online investment forum.the Russian president said thatNATO’s eastward expansionhas threatened Moscow’s coresecurity interests.

He expressed concern thatNATO could eventually use theUkrainian territory to deploymissiles capable of reachingRussia’s command centers injust five minutes.

“The emergence of suchthreats represents a ‘red line’ forus,” Putin said. “I hope thatcommon sense and responsi-bility for their own countriesand the global community willeventually prevail.”

He added that Moscowhas been forced to counter thegrowing threats by developingnew hypersonic weapons.

“What should we do?”Putin said. “We would need todevelop something similar totarget those who threaten us.And we can do that even now.”

He said a new hypersonicmissile that is set to enter ser-vice with the Russian navyearly next year would be capa-ble of reaching targets in com-parable time. “It would alsoneed just five minutes to reachthose who issue orders,” Putinsaid.

The Zircon hypersoniccruise missile, capable of flyingat nine times the speed of

sound to a range of 1,000 kilo-meters (620 miles), has under-gone a series of tests, mostrecently Monday.

Ukrainian and Westernofficials have expressed worriesthis month that a Russian mil-itary buildup near Ukrainecould signal plans by Moscowto invade its ex-Soviet neigh-bor. NATO foreign ministerswarned Russia on Tuesday thatany attempt to further destabi-lize Ukraine would be a costlymistake.

The Kremlin has insisted ithas no such intention and hasaccused Ukraine and itsWestern backers of makingthe claims to cover up theirown allegedly aggressivedesigns.

Russia annexed Ukraine’sCrimean Peninsula in 2014after the country’s Kremlin-friendly president was drivenfrom power by mass protestsand also threw its weightbehind a separatist insurgencythat broke out in Ukraine’seast.

Earlier this year, a spike incease-fire violations in the eastand a Russian troop concen-tration near Ukraine fueledwar fears, but tensions abatedwhen Moscow pulled back thebulk of its forces after maneu-vers in April.

Putin argued that to avoidtensions, Russia and the Westshould negotiate agreementsthat would take the parties’security interests into account.The Russian leader noted thatRussia has been strongly wor-ried about NATO’s drills nearits borders, pointing at a recentexercise that involved U.S.strategic bombers.

“Strategic bombers, whichcarry precision weapons andare capable of carrying nuclearweapons, were flying as close as20 kilometers (12 miles) to ourborder,” he said. “That repre-sents a threat for us.”

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Acourt in Myanmar post-poned its verdict on

Tuesday in the trial of oustedleader Aung San Suu Kyi toallow testimony from an additional witness, a senior member of her politicalparty.

The court agreed with adefense motion that it allowZaw Myint Maung, who had

previously been unable to cometo court for health reasons, toadd his testimony, a legal offi-cial said. The court had beenscheduled to deliver a verdicton Tuesday on charges ofincitement and violating coro-navirus restrictions.

The verdict would havebeen the first for the 76-year-old Nobel laureate since thearmy seized power on Feb. 1,arresting her and blocking her

National League forDemocracy party from startinga second term in office.

She also is being tried on aseries of other charges, includ-ing corruption, that could sendher to prison for dozens ofyears if convicted.

State television on Tuesdaynight announced a sixth chargeof corruption filed against SuuKyi. She is already being triedon four such charges with a

fifth pending trial, and eachcharge is punishable by up to15 years imprisonment and afine. The new charge accusesher and former President WinMyint of violating the Anti-Corruption Law in connectionwith granting permits to rentand buy a helicopter.

The judge adjourned theproceedings until Dec. 6, whenZaw Myint Maung is scheduledto testify, said the legal official,

who spoke on condition ofanonymity because the gov-ernment has restricted therelease of information aboutthe trial. It was unclear when averdict will be issued. Thecases are widely seen as con-trived to discredit Suu Kyi andkeep her from running in thenext election. The constitutionbars anyone sentenced toprison from holding high officeor becoming a lawmaker.

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They were asked to work for earlyimplementation of sanctioned pressureswing adsorption (PSA) oxygen generat-ing plants, along with ensuring a seamlesssupply of logistics, drugs, O2 cylinders, etc.

States have been asked to co-ordinatewith airport health officers (APHOs) and“Air Suvidha” portal for a list of positivetravellers, including details of all interna-tional travellers, and strengthen support tothem for effective surveillance.

Effective and timely coordinationbetween State admin, BOI officials,APHOs, port health officers (PHOs) andland border crossing officers (LBCOs) wasstressed upon.

States have been advised for meetingswith relevant officials to ensure smoothimplementation of the new “Guidelines forInternational Travellers” which come intoeffect from midnight.

Daily monitoring by the State sur-veillance officer has been directed totrack and contain the spread of transmis-sion of any VoCs (volatile organic com-pound) in the country, especially from anyrecent clusters of positive cases.

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While no deaths have yet been report-ed from Omicron, and it could takeweeks to know how infectious and howresistant the strain may prove to vaccines,its emergence underscores how besiegedthe world remains by Covid-19, nearly twoyears after the first cases were recorded.

Moderna, US drugmaker Pfizer andthe backers of Russian vaccine Sputnik Vhave all announced that they are alreadyworking on an Omicron-specific vaccine.

Scientists in South Africa said they haddetected the new variant with at least 10mutations, compared with three for Betaor two for Delta -- the strain that hit the

global recovery and sent millions world-wide back into lockdown.

China warned that the fast-spreadingOmicron variant would cause challengesin hosting next February's WinterOlympics in Beijing, with thousands of ath-letes, media and participants arrivingfrom overseas required to enter a strict"closed-loop" bubble.

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“The Lancet has reported thatCovishield’s efficacy is very high and sig-nificantly reduces chances of hospitalisa-tion and possibility of death... It is not nec-essary that the efficacy of Covishieldwould drop with time, he said, referringto the new study published in the peer-reviewed journal.

If a booster is needed eventually, hesaid the company has enough doses andit will be available at the same price.

“We have hundreds of millions of stockin our campus. We have over 200 milliondoses reserved for States and UnionTerritories in India. So, if the Governmentis to announce a booster dose, we are wellstocked,” he told the TV channel.

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Not satisfied with Naidu’s ruling, theopposition parties, including the Congress,AAP, RJD, and Left parties protested, rais-ing slogans. Naidu, however, ignoredthem and went on to take up listed Zero-Hour questions. The Opposition MPs thenstaged a walkout from the House. TMCmembers too staged a walkout a shortwhile later after their leader Derek O’Briensaid it’s not the Opposition but the 80 MPsof the Treasury Benches who should be

suspended as they blocked certain dis-cussions during the previous MonsoonSession.

Naidu said he was not consideringKharge’s appeal as the suspended MPs havenot shown any remorse, but on the con-trary, justified their acts. “You try to mis-lead the House, you disturb the House, youransacked the table, you also threw paperson the Chair and also some of them havegot on to the table and then you are giv-ing me lessons. This is not the way,” he said.

Raising the issue when the House metfor the day, Kharge said the motion for sus-pension moved by Parliamentary AffairsMinister Pralhad Joshi was in gross vio-lation of the rules and action was taken inthe current Winter Session of Parliamentfor alleged “unruly” conduct in the last ses-sion.

Also, the rules require the Chair toname the members before a motion of sus-pension is moved, which did not happenwhen the 12 MPs were suspended on aGovernment motion on November 29, hesaid, adding that the Chair had on Mondaynot even allowed him to raise of point oforder, which according to the well-settledconventions of Rajya Sabha is always per-mitted.

A member named by the Chair has towithdraw from the proceedings of theHouse. Six of the suspended MPs are fromthe Congress, two each from TrinamoolCongress and Shiv Sena, and one eachfrom CPI and CPM.

Naidu also rejected Kharge’s con-tentions of action being taken on deedsdone in the last Session, saying the RajyaSabha is a “continuing institution” and theChairman of the House is empowered tosuspend members for unruly conductunder rules 256, 259, 266 and other resid-uary powers.

Opposition MPs, however, objected tohis comment that the House took theaction bypassing the resolution by voicevote as they felt only the treasury bench-es had given affirmative response to themotion moved by Joshi. “Not the House,except some opposition parties. I agree,”Naidu remarked.

Earlier, Kharge said the moving of themotion and its adoption “is a gross viola-tion of rules of procedures regarding thesuspension of members provided underrule 256.” “Furthermore, when the Leaderof Opposition is seeking to raise a pointof order, they have to be allowed to raisethe same. I was, however, not allowed toraise my point of order. This itself is a grossviolation of well-settled time honored par-liamentary conventions,” he said.

Kharge said the suspension of anymember can happen only when two con-ditions -- him or her being named by theChairman and then a motion being moved-- are fulfilled. He also referred to the lead-ers of 16 Opposition parties meetingNaidu earlier in the day. Naidu said therewere 33 members who are named for theAugust 10 incident, out of these 12 mem-bers were suspended.

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The rabi crops for which MSP isannounced are wheat, barley, gram, masur,rapeseeds & mustard, safflower and toria.Besides, MSP is announced for copra, de-husked coconut, jute and FairRemunerative Prices (FRP) for sugarcane.

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“These tests would be conducted inminimum 13 languages in which NTA is

already conducting JEE and NEET exam-inations,” the UGC said in a letter to vice-chancellors of all universities.

“The Common Entrance Test may alsobe adopted by the willing State/private uni-versities/deemed to be universities,” thecommission said. UGC also said that foradmission in PhD programme NET scoreshall be used, wherever feasible.

The National Education Policy (NEP),2020, had proposed a CET for all univer-sities through the NTA which will serveas a premier, expert, autonomous testingorganisation to offer high-quality commonaptitude test, as well as specialised com-mon subject exams in the sciences, human-ities, languages, arts, and vocational sub-jects in higher education institutions.

A committee was constituted to lookinto the matter and to suggest the modal-ities for conducting the test for Central uni-versities. “The committee held severalrounds of discussions regarding the modal-ities in details for conducting the CET.Thereafter, a meeting was held with thevice-chancellors of all Central universitieson November 21 to discuss the recom-mendations of the panel,” it said.

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He claimed that the question paperrecovered from him was of second shift ofUP TET and they procured it from Raviaka Bunty, a resident of Kandhla inShamli, a day before the scheduled exam.

He also disclosed that in the ongoing‘online’ exams for recruitment of sub-inspectors in UP Police, he and Babloo akaBalram had taken RadheyshyamVidyapeeth Lab in Kankarkheda localityof Meerut on rent. Through LAN, theytried to hack the question papers and getit solved but due to the alertness ofNCIET conducting the said exam, theyfailed to do so.

A case has been registered againstRahul and further interrogations are on.

The STF team is also concentrating its

probe mainly at the office of theExamination Regulatory Authority inPrayagraj. It made one more arrest of anaccused Gaurav from Aligarh on Monday.His name came up during interrogation ofthree accused, Ravi, Dharmendra andManish, who were already arrested by STFfrom Shamli on Sunday. The three are sus-pected to have leaked the paper of the sec-ond shift.

During grilling, however, they revealedthat it was Gaurav who provided the paperin Mathura on a Rs 2 lakh deal.

Gaurav, a resident of Tappal in Aligarh,disclosed the name of another accusedfrom Agra, who is attached to theEducation department. Apart from this,the names of the people to whom he soldthe pamphlets also came up after which 19people are on the radar of the STF.

Meanwhile, search is on for Rajan, thekingpin of the paper solver gang, hailingfrom Nalanda, Bihar. Sources said that ateam of STF was also searching for AjayDev Singh Patel, a resident of Shankargarhin Prayagraj. It was through Ajay that theracket of making the paper available to theexaminees for Rs 5 lakh came to the fore.

When Ajay is caught, important infor-mation related to the entire gang is expect-ed to come to the fore. Ajay’s role has cometo the fore in the past also in the paper leakcase. It is noteworthy that the 16 peoplearrested from Prayagraj, include SatyaPrakash Singh, an assistant teacher at a pri-mary school in the city’s Shankargarh area.

Rajendra Patel, the alleged mastermindof the racket, and Chaturbhuj Singh, oneof the key players, were among thosearrested from Prayagraj. Besides, policearrested other members of the gang,including one Sunny Singh, who wasinstrumental in sourcing solvers fromBihar. Roshan Singh Patel, arrested fromKaushambi, is suspected to have leaked thepaper of the first shift of TET. The policerecovered the first shift paper from RoshanSingh Patel, a resident of Chitrakoot. Patelis a lab technician in Manjhanpur tehsil ofChitrakoot. According to STF, the recov-ered paper was provided to Roshan Patelby someone in Lucknow.

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Avery interesting and challenging topicfor discussion as the need of the houris to do with alienation leading to child

aggression, violent behaviour and relation-ship violence. Alienation is the unpleasantand awful form of human experiences causeddue to neglect and isolation or detachmentand separation. Consequences of childneglect would cause aggression, depression,self-harm, negative academic performance,absconding, and school and college dropouts.

Relationship violence is a form of abuseand it could be emotional, mental, physical,verbal, financial, sexual and social. It can bebetween intimate partners, parent-child,siblings, teacher-student, employer-employ-ee etc. When a parent for example, deliber-ately neglects their child and causes thememotional harm and stress, it is a form of rela-tionship violence.

Consequences of Relationship Violence�The Snowball Effect of Relationship

ViolenceA child who has been neglected and/or

abused but never got the chance to resolvecarries that trauma for life. Parents who hada difficult childhood, often carry forwardnegative learned behaviours and may becomeneglectful and abusive to their own childrenor become abusive partners. These areexamples of the snowball effects of relation-ship violence.

Social issues such as child neglect andabuse, drug abuse, dowry deaths, and domes-tic violence are all, one way or the other, canbe termed as the consequences and largerform of these unrest and disturbances thatare rooted in violence, often learned whenone is young.

�The Socio-Economic Cost EffectAny kind of aggression in the society will

have its impact on nations as we invest onhealth, child health, women empowerment,legal, judiciary and other systems of civil obe-dience to settle, retain and maintain peace forall. There is enormous cost involved global-ly in our efforts to eliminate violence andestablish peace in most of the regions.

It is worth reiterating that relationshipproblems lead to mental health which is a bigpublic health problem too. Health care costaffects and impacts economies of the nationin a big way. Other socio-economic costs alsoinclude the cost that we incur to protect thesafety and security of our society and nationfrom external violences.

�The Role of StakeholdersAlienation leading to violence as stated

is a complex issue that requires multi stake-holder intervention. Parents, friends, rela-tives, teachers, colleagues, celebrities, media,businesses and governments, all come underthe scope of this.

�ParentsRole of the parents in upbringing their

ward is fundamental and indispensable. It isbetter to be seen and experienced by the childthan said as the parents are expected to beresponsible for this. Respecting the diversi-ty of children in the same home not gettingswayed by what their parents’ parameter ofsuccess is something we all need to be mind-ful about. The onus of having a well-balancedrelationship with their ward rests with theparents first in building the character for thepersonal and academic well being of the chil-dren; especially during pandemic. Parents areexpected to be serious in knowing the role

of a role model and play their role accord-ingly to ensure each other’s intervention iscomplementary and result oriented.

�TeachersEducators being mindful in helping the

positive development of the child’s mindthrough counseling and individual attentionon them to inculcate character building,resilience, goal setting, etc. can help inshaping the behavior, attitude and approachof the children towards their personal andprofessional life, relationship with elders,families and society as a whole.

This coupled with frequent and tactfulawareness sessions with parents on the dan-gers of neglecting child support can workwonders, for sure. Sensitising the childrenwith the value systems, cultural heritage, his-torical glory, positive effect and influence oflegacy, inheritance of past generations has tobe made part of the curriculum of teachingand learning for building awareness in chil-dren on the impact of societal ecosystem.

�Relatives and friendsNext best to their parents and teachers,

significant adults as relatives and membersof the family play a crucial role. Their inter-vention in grooming and mentoring the chil-dren and youth. This would work very wellas a strategy to give children the opportuni-ties to navigate, accept and accommodateregrets and uncertainties in life in a big waywhen they grow.

�GovernmentsMost of the time it is reactive in terms

of creation of policies, guidelines, rules andorders when it comes to the involvement ofGovernments as stakeholders to address theseproblems in the society. It is the need of the

hour to make it a proactive measure in thisdirection. Through policies, legislation andstrengthening the ecosystem for supports andservices for those impacted by social issueslike the ones discussed here, governments canmake a big difference. They can also bringdiverse sectors together and encourage col-laboration and collective action.

�IndustryOngoing industry trends also give pres-

sure on children turning out to be poor learn-ers and decision makers. For example, theentertainment industry is a very big influenceon children of all ages. For the last couple ofdecades children who were madly connect-ed with cyber cafes were addicted to playinggames for hours together.

Some of the studies by the AmericanPsychological Association (APA) state thatwhen neglected or left to fend for themselvesfor long, many children try to entertain them-selves through video games etc. While somestudies say there is no link, there are othersthat say it can lead to short/long termaggression.

Complex issues such as neglect andabuse can be effectively and proactivelyaddressed by cross-sector collaboration,investment of resources for services and sup-ports for children and families and activeinvolvement of families in the lives of theirchildren.

Let’s all take responsibility and contributeto working towards creating a society hav-ing equal respect for all and be part of theglobal effort of establishing peace in ourhomes and in the world.

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The CAT 2021 first cut analysisis out. The surprise was in thenumber of questions we saw. 66

total questions which is a 10 questionsreduction from CAT 2020 and thatprovided a good time for the studentsto give a better performance.

Overall the exam was doable notvery tough when compared to 2020with DILR was a little time consum-ing and lengthy. VARC was moreinference based. Overall it had 66questions and I am proud this is whatI had predicted and our students gave6 practice mocks of total 66 questionsin last two months.

CAT 2021 tested students onspeed, logic and analytical skills, a sin-cere student with well rounded prepa-ration of concepts and a good prac-tice of mocks would make their wayto the IIMs. CAT tested students ontheir actual knowledge instead ofmere guesswork. The reduction inquestions from CAT 2020 helped stu-dents have a better time allocation andnot have a crisis.

It was an exam with No twist itwas all planned well prepared studentsshould be able to outperform, datainterpretation and logical reasoningsection was a little difficult and timeconsuming, we saw the changes inreading comprehension passages with

dominance of inference based ques-tions. But this wouldn't affect theoverall criteria for a student selectionin IIMs.

Negative marking existed for themultiple choice questions; 1/3rd ie0.33 negative marks. Type in theanswer questions didn’t have anynegative marking similar to the CAT2020.

The exam was not very difficult,it was manageable provided your con-cepts were clear. CAT has always beenan ardent lover of concepts and logicthan calculations, speed and timewhen compared to other competitiveexams.

Feedback from some of the stu-dents after the CAT 2020:

“The paper was overall easy,pretty much similar to CAT2020.Thankfully the verbal section went offwell to kickstart the exam on a goodnote. What was surprising was to seeno conventional data interpretationquestions like the tables, graphs andpie charts. The exam has been as perthe expectations so hoping to get goodresults and making all proud.Awaiting for IIM-A” – Nikhil

“The paper was very structuredbut lengthy and time crunching.VARC was time consuming withconcerns with the inference based

questions in all Reading comprehen-sions not many factual questions.LR/DI was the trick section set selec-tion was the key so now let’s hope forthe best.” – Shreya

“A not very tough paper, overallmoderate with verbal coming onlyfrom 3 areas of RC, parajumbles andinference based questions. DI sectionwas time consuming but manageable.Overall moderate difficulty level sohoping for some good result” –Sumeet

Sectional Analysis:Overall Difficulty: Moderate to

DifficultVARC 24 Questions: Reading

comprehension was dominated in theverbal section. There were 4 passageswith 4 questions each. More inferencebased questions and not factual,there were close options too so itneeded little focus while solving.

TITA Verbal ability was overall easy.3 questions on parajumbles, 3

questions on parasummary, 2 ques-tions on odd one out. The odd one outwas tougher than always.

Overall a happy day for studentswho know their basics and havepreached their books with buildingconceptual clarity and like Rahul Siralways says “Success comes to thosewho work for it. Keep working hard

and you will see the results!” Theexams in terms of difficulty level werevery close to our real CAT exams andclosest to RC 19.

For an in-depth analysis on eachsection, overall cut-off, which collegesto apply and how to gear up aheadstay tuned to the CATKing YoutubeChannel.

Those going in for Slot 2 and 3,Stay confident and just give the bestshot at it. Would recommend all stu-dents to relax, chill and take a break.You have worked real hard for theexam and done your best. Now let thekarma play its role and come backwith a bang for the series of examslined up ahead, one day one exam cannever give an idea about one’s aptitudenor decide your career path.

Slot 2Overall easier to last year. The

paper has done good justice to thetime management and attempts withthe 66 questions. Selection of ques-tions will be important just like CAT2021.

Sectional Break up: Verbal (24Qs), DILR (20), Quants (22) ques-tions.

VARC was more inference basedwith reading comprehension topicscoming from the recommended reads.

DILR was easier than 2020, last

year we saw it increasing with everynext slot, no such surprise this year.Selection played a key role in crack-ing this section, games and tourna-ment and the graph based questionswere very easy to tackle, the third onebased on online food delivery ratingswas moderate.

Quants was focussed onArithmetic, Geometry and Algebra,modern maths felt missing .

Overall it had 66 Questions andit was on the lines this was on the linesof Real CAT Mocks and students gave6 practice mocks of total 66 questionsin last 2 months, RC 31, 28 seemedwell connected to the students forVARC, DILR.

Slot 3Overall the exam was doable and

not very tough when compared to2020. VARC was more inferencebased, but had reading comprehensionpassages all from the predicted topics.DILR was moderate in difficultyterms but felt a little time consumingand lengthy. Quants was tougherthan the Slot 1 and 2.

Negative marking existed for themultiple choice questions; 1/3rd ie 0.33negative marks. Type in the answerquestions didn’t have any negativemarking similar to last year.

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In order to pay tribute to the legendary man-agement guru and Padma Shri awardee Dr

Pritam Singh on his birth anniversary, JKLakshmipat University (JKLU), Jaipur held itssecond edition of the Management Guru Day.The virtual event remembered the immensecontribution of Dr Singh as a board memberright from the inception of the university andalso felicitated the George F Baker Professorof Administration and 11th Dean of theFaculty, Harvard Business School Dr ShrikantM Datar for his exemplary achievements inthe field of management.

Dr Singh, who died in June, 2020 due tocardiac arrest, served as independent direc-tor in several private companies and was aformer director of Indian Institute ofManagement (IIM) in Lucknow and a formerprofessor and dean of IIM-Bangalore. Besidesserving the board of JKLU, he was also asso-ciated with Hero MotoCorp Ltd, GodrejProperties Ltd and Parsvnath Developers Ltd.

Dr Datar was felicitated with a trophy andcitation in a live webinar that witnessed over300 plus attendees across various plat-forms. The programme started with screen-ing of JKLU film followed by a showcasingthe glimpses of Dr Pritam Singh’s associa-

tion with the University. In his address on Design Thinking &

Innovation, Dr Datar spoke about theimportance of innovation, developing inno-vation skills and nurturing innovativemindset. He highlighted the importance ofestablishing a connection between theoperational world and innovation world,which is a combination of routine andcuriosity, much-needed for innovation totake place.

He shared a 4 step process of Designthinking and innovation which includedhuman centered approach, problem fram-ing, ways to ideate and innovation mindset.

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The University of Sheffield isinviting applications for its

MSc Autonomous andIntelligent Systems course start-ing in September 2022.

The course covers all majoraspects of control and systemsengineering with an emphasison system autonomy and intel-ligence.

Duration- 1 year full-timeEligibility- Holders of a

three year/ 4 bachelor degreewith a minimum of 60% or"first class" from a reputableuniversity in control engineer-ing or a related subject.

Overall IELTS score of 6.5with a minimum of 6.0 ineach component, or equivalent.

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India offering PGDM pro-gramme approved by AICTE

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Eligibility Criteria:Applicants who have a

minimum of three yearBachelor's degree with 50%marks or equivalent in any dis-cipline recognized by the UGC/AICTE.

Aspirants with relevantwork experience and freshgraduates are also welcome toapply. A validCAT/MAT/CMAT/ATMA/GMAT/NMAT/XAT Test scoreis required. All eligible candi-dates will have to undergo anEntrance Exam.

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There has been a recentsurge in students aspiringto study abroad. The fac-

tors responsible for this recentphenomenon of a stellar rise ininternational university appli-cations pertain to the healthcareinfrastructure, stay back facili-ties provided, growth in theIndian economy and variety inthe course offerings by theInternational Universities.

Despite such facilities, thererises one major constraint thatdoes pull down the Indian aspi-rants and their parents is thefinancial burden.

One must acknowledge thatstudying in most countriesworldwide is not affordableunless the student and parentsare aware of and benefit fromthe scholarships and financialaid facilities for internationalstudents in the targeted desti-nation.

Most of the topInternational Universities pro-vide scholarships based on theremarkable achievements alongwith academic performanceconsistency.

This fact gets more evidenton studying more availablescholarship databases.

Six top scholarships forundergraduate studies

�R hodes Scholarship:allows a monetary benefit of15000 pounds annually for thefirst two years of study. The

scholarship is offered by OxfordUniversity.

�Tata Scholarships: forCornell University allows amonetary benefit of completetuition fees coverage and otherfinancial needs during the studytenure.

�Danforth ScholarsProgramme: allows a monetarybenefit of either full tuitionfees/50 per cent tuition fees ora monthly stipend of 2500 USdollars depending on the finan-cial need of the student’s course.

�Nanyang Scholarships:allows a monetary benefit ofentire tuit ion fees, 6500Singapore Dollars as livingallowance, 2000 SingaporeDollars as accommodationallowance 5000 Singapore dol-lars as travel allowance for theoverseas programme and 1750Singapore Dollars as computerallowance.

�Boston UniversityPresidential Scholarship:allows a monetary benefit of25000 US Dollars per annum.

�Karsh InternationalScholarship: allows a monetarybenefit of complete tuition fees.

The mentorship is necessaryfor figuring the right resourcesand exceedingly for the stu-dent's time management, whoalready has too much on theplate.

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opportunity to fast track theircareer in sales. The pro-gramme will also providelearners with dedicated careerassistance in terms of inter-view and resume preparation,career guidance, job opportu-nities, and interview guaran-tee.

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on areas like customer rela-tionship, pricing, sales strate-gies, negotiation, analytics andkey techniques to make a suc-cessful sale. It also coversaspects of managing a salesteam effectively while address-ing key aspects such as moni-toring, motivating, and man-aging a team of sales people.

The objective of thisprogramme is to help youngprofessionals pick up criticalskills required in sales, so

that they are able to differen-tiate themselves and becomeeligible for higher paying andbetter quality sales roles.

Hari Krishnan Nair, Co-founder, Great Learning said,“The digital era has created anew set of skills that all salesprofessionals will have toquickly master in order to suc-ceed. While there is no dearthof sales roles, there is also anincreasing shortage of welltrained sales professionals.”

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On November 24, 2021,the Government of India (GoI)released the key findings of thesurvey after the successfulcompletion of 14 states of thesecond phase by Dr V K Paul,Member Niti Ayog and RajeshBhushan, Secretary, Ministry ofHealth and Family Welfare.

NFHS-5, the fifth in theNFHS rounds, provides infor-mation on population, health,and nutrition for India.

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They say that children learn a lot intheir formative years while theirmemory, attention span, and lan-

guage skills develop. However, duringtheir growing years, children need theright guidance that will help themidentify and nurture these innate skills.But a lot also depends on a child’s tem-perament and personality to understandthese skills and work towards honingthem. During these impressionableyears, schools and teachers play a vitalrole in discovering their interests andenhancing their skills.

In a world that is constantly trans-forming, it is this young generation thatis going to usher in a new era of changeand sustain it. For that, skill developmentis vital. So, let’s explore various ways tocarry out skill development at theschool level and the importance ofdeveloping skills from a young age tohave a future-ready workforce.

Gone are the days when educationwas limited to the pages of a book andstudents memorised information sole-ly to pass an examination. Educators arepushing the envelope and helping stu-dents possess skills that go beyond jobsand technology – and will last them alifetime. Here are some of the reasonswhy skill-based learning has becomeimperative in schools.

Identify specific future-ready skillsin children: Education needs to evolveif it has to accommodate students withan enhanced skill set. Students mustlearn certain skills that will help themeasily adjust and blend into the work-force of tomorrow. In this case, teach-ers can identify what the child needs andaccordingly tailor the educational needsof the students.

Encourage students to be more cre-ative: Students need to be pushed out oftheir comfort zones and motivated tothink out-of-the-box. This will foster anenvironment of creativity and inspirethem to try new things and share theircreative thoughts with others. In thisway, children also come together to dis-cuss and share their ideas, knowledge,interests, etc.

Make communication an essentialpart of their journey: The new age oflearning includes bringing new conceptsto the table and exploring them.

However, children need to be taught theart of communication, which can proveto be useful in their growing up years.Teachers must encourage students tocommunicate their thoughts and ideasmore clearly and without any hesitation.

Introduce a student-led learningapproach: To embrace an effective stu-dent-led learning approach, schoolsneed to understand that in student-based learning, the students are at thecore, and not the educators. Studentsmust have a say in making the class-rooms future-ready as well as be moreinvolved in technology deploymentdecisions.

Make students think on their feet:In this day and age, where things aremoving at an accelerated pace, quickthinking and adapting to a situation hasbecome the need of the hour. Thus, theseskills need to be ingrained in students,so that they learn how to deal with anemergency with their prompt thinkingand adaptability skills.

Inspire students to take calculat-ed risks: Every new or creative thingbrings with it a certain set of risks. Butstudents should be motivated to exper-iment with new ideas and differentthought processes. Instead of fearing fail-ure or making mistakes, students delvedeeper into their thoughts and make themost of these opportunities for growth.

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As more and more speciesare becoming extinct, itcreates a heavy impact on

environment. More than 99%species are now extinct. 15species were declared as extinctin 2020 itself according to theInternational Union forConservation of Nature (IUCN).In order to conserve wildlifespecies, immediate actions needto be taken before we run out oftime. With the current rate of atleast 100–1,000 times, the rate ofspecies extinction and the declinein the size of species is higherthan nature has intended.

A career in wildlife requires alot of attention and hard work andshould only be followed by thosewho are passionate about animalsand who want to protect andlearn more about them.Government agencies, WildlifeNGO's, and some others related tothe field, provide opportunities tohave a career in wildlife conser-vation.

Wildlife ConservationWildlife Conservationists workto preserve ecosystems and main-tain biodiversity. They not onlyprevent endangered species butalso help to prevent wild forestfires and preserve naturalresources like soil and water.

Indian Forest ServicesIndian Forest Services (IFS)Officer is like a WildlifeConservationist who primarilyensures implementation ofNational Forest Policy and isemployed by the Government.

Wildlife BiologistAs the impact on the world due tohuman activities keeps growingcontinuously, a career as WildlifeBiologist requires work like gath-ering, analysing and interpretingdata of animals and its habitatsincluding disease, genetics, behav-iour and pollution impact toimprove habitat conditions inorder to conserve wildlife. Anindividual applying for this fieldshould not only be able to under-stand information mentioned inthe scientific studies but alsoshould be efficient enough tohandle wild animals, work withacid and infected blood.

Wildlife Manager Students wanting to pursue thiscareer must have an interest in bio-diversity and should strive to pro-tect natural resources. The job ofa wildlife manager consists ofmaintaining and manipulatingthe humans or wildlife habitats toproduce benefits not only for thepublic in general but also for the

animals. A wildlife managershould apply and formulate solu-tions to problems related towildlife habitat management.

Wildlife EducatorEducators play a vital role in thefield of wildlife conservation asthey provide information aboutwildlife to the youth. A wildlifeeducator has a career of teachingin schools and universities aboutaspects related to the environmentwhich covers the geographicalconditions of the location ofwildlife, their habitat and more.Students wanting to apply for thiscareer should have good commu-nication skills and the ability towork with children.

Outreach SpecialistProfessionals in this field use eco-nomic and conservation principlesto help in restoring and main-taining wildlife. These profes-sionals mostly interact with indus-tries, citizens, private and corpo-rate landowners to assist themwith wildlife management.Individuals need to have criticalthinking abilities to be able to dowell in this field.

Public RelationsSpecialist in this field interpretswildlife researches and conservationprogrammes in order to exhibit itto others. The job includes creatingbrochures and websites, writingarticles and news releases, speakingat public gatherings or conversingthrough media.

Wildlife ConsultantA career as a wildlife consultant isa full-time job. Professionals in thisfield need to assist in fields, habi-tats, conduct surveys, observewildlife and do many more tasks.Consultants need to follow ruleslaid down in National environ-mental policy and ensure qualityenvironments.

One of the tasks of a wildlifeconsultant is to settle impactsmade due to various actions pro-posed on the environment.

GIS Specialist Specialists in this field work withgeographic information systems.The task of a GIS specialist is tointerpret data and put forth pol-icy and management recom-mendations regarding wildlifeand its habitat. Individuals want-ing to apply to become a GIS pro-fessional should have a back-ground in computer science andhave knowledge about program-ming as they are used to createtools.

Students interested and pas-sionate towards any of this fieldshould pursue it based on theirinterest and qualifications. Theyneed to obtain a Bachelor’s degreein a subject related to this field likeWildlife Biology, Marine Biologyand Zoology followed by aMaster’s degree in Wildlife Biologyand Conservation and get certifiedas a Wildlife Biologist.

To become an IFS officer, youneed a Bachelor’s degree with atleast one of the subjects — AnimalHusbandry & Veterinary Science,Botany, Chemistry, Geology,Mathematics, Physics, Statisticsand Zoology, Agriculture, Forestryor Engineering from a recognizeduniversity and then you need toclear the IFS examination con-ducted by UPSC annually.

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New Zealand's Indian-originspinner Rachin Ravindra,

who played a pivotal role inhelping his side draw the firstTest against India, said he wasquite nervous about how thegame would pan out as far as hisbowling was concerned.

The 22-year-old Ravindra,in the company of Indian-bornAjaz Patel (2 off 23 balls), helda 91-ball vigil that yielded 18runs for him to save the matchfor his side which was ninedown in pursuit of 284 on thefinal day here.

Patel, who was born inMumbai, played for the firsttime in the country of his birth.He also picked up three wicketsin the game even thoughRavindra went wicket-less.

The 33-year-old Patel inter-viewed Ravindra for the NewZealand cricket team's officialTwitter handle and recalled hisown Test debut.

"I remember my my firstTest match, I was really nervous,and my hands were shakingwhen I first got the ball. Howwas it for you?" Patel asked.

Ravindra candidly admittedto having nerves of his own.

"I felt a bit nervous bowlingwise. We were about four downin first innings when I wasnext, so definitely felt a few but-terflies (that time), but I thinkafter a few balls, I did what I do.Luckily it ended up okay," saidWellington-based player.

Ravindra has already a lot ofattention for his Indian rootsand his first name which isinspired by Indian greats SachinTendulkar and Rahul Dravid.The youngster said he enjoyedplaying in front of Indian fans.

"Being able to play in Indiain front of crazy fans. Glad tohave done that. My mum and

dad have been such big influ-ences on my career. I am surethat they are proud," saidRavindra.

"We did it together bro," hesaid, sharing a smile with Patel.

Later, in another video post-ed by New Zealand Cricket,Ravindra said the partnershipwith Patel was unforgettable.

"I think I was actually alrightin the end, I knew my process,my training, and I backed myselfto do it. You are kind of prettyfocussed, taking in the crowd,you know, how loud they were...

"It was quite nerve-wrack-ing. I guess we (he and Patel)somehow managed our nervestogether.

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BCCI treasurer Arun Dhumalon Tuesday said India's tour

of South Africa remains onschedule provided the situa-tion doesn't aggravate in therainbow nation after a newCOVID-19 variant was detect-ed there.

India play the final Testagainst New Zealand in Mumbaiand are scheduled to depart toJohannesburg from there onDecember 8 or 9 on a charteredflight. Dhumal expressed confi-dence the bio-bubble environ-ment created by South Africawill keep the players safe. Thefirst Test will be played inJohannesburg from December17. "We stand with them (as theydeal with this threat), the onlything is we won't compromiseon players' safety. As of now wehave a chartered flight going toJohannesburg as scheduled andplayers will be in a bio bubble,"Dhumal told PTI.

On the possible change ofvenues within South Africa todeal with the threat, Dhumalsaid: "We are in constant touchwith the Cricket South Africa(CSA) officials.

"Whatever best we can do tonot compromise the series wewill try and do but if situationaggravates and if it compromis-es our players' safety and health,we will see.

"In the end, whatever is theGovernment of India advisory,we will abide by that," Dhumaltold PTI. Countries around theworld have already pressed thepanic button and imposed trav-el bans from South Africa butIndia has not done that.However, South Africa is amongthe "at risk" countries as per therevised guidelines of the IndianGovernment.

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Opener Abid Ali missed out on back-to-back centuries by nine runs but

Pakistan comfortably chased down a 202-run target to beat Bangladesh by eightwickets on Tuesday in the first cricket test.

Abid and Abdullah Shafique put ona 151-run partnership for the first wick-et, their second consecutive 100-plusstand in the match to give Pakistan'schase a powerful start.Abid, who hit 133in the first innings, struck 12 boundariesand scored 91 off 148 deliveries in the sec-ond innings.

Resuming Day 5 at 109 without loss,and just 93 runs away from the victory,Pakistan's openers appeared to be in fullcontrol until offspinner Mehidy Hasan

struck.Shafique followed his first-innings

half-century to reach 73 before Mehidy(1-59) trapped him lbw.

Seven overs later, left-arm spinnerTaijul Islam (1-89) had Abid out lbw, baf-fling him with a sharp turn to makePakistan 171-2.

Azhar Ali then combined with cap-tain Babar Azam to complete theinevitable, hitting consecutive boundariesoff Mehidy to finish off the game. Azharwas unbeaten on 24 and Azam was notout on 13.

Liton Das' maiden test centuryhelped Bangladesh post 330 in its firstinnings, then Taijul Islam claimed 7-116to bowl out Pakistan for 286 — giving thehosts a 44-run first innings lead.

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West Indies made a steady start in reach-ing 69-1 after bowling out Sri Lanka for

204 before rain forced an early end to day twoof the second cricket test on Tuesday.

Left-arm spinners Veerasammy Permauland Jomel Warrican combined for nine SriLanka wickets with career-best performances.

When play was called, West Indies captainKraigg Brathwaite was on 22 and NkhrumahBonner on 1. The tourists trailed Sri Lanka by135 runs with nine wickets in hand.

Permaul, in his first test in more than fiveyears, snared 5-35 to register his first five-wick-et haul.

Warrican took 4-50, also a career best.The pair ensured they reversed a good Sri

Lanka start which featured a 106-run openingpartnership. The last nine wickets went for 98runs.

Sri Lanka resumed on 113-1, and PathumNissanka and Oshada Fernando added 26 moreruns to the total before Permaul struck in theseventh over of the day. Fernando tried to playa cut shot close to his body and was caughtbehind by Joshua da Silva for 18.

Permaul took two wickets in one over, trap-ping Nissanka lbw for 73 to end an innings thatlasted 148 deliveries and contained a six and fiveboundaries. Two deliveries later, he hadDhananjaya de Silva caught behind on 2.

Charith Asalanka, playing his first test,scored 10 before becoming Permaul's next wick-et, caught by Bonner.

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PV Sindhu will look to ensure that her con-sistent run yields a title, while all eyes will

also be on the fast-rising Lakshya Sen andthe men's doubles pairing of SatwiksairajRankireddy and Chirag Shetty as they maketheir debut at the BWF World Tour Finalsbeginning here on Wednesday.

It will be the best ever representationfor India at the year-end tournament with asmany as seven of them qualifying for the

USD 1,50,000 event.Save for mixed doubles, the Indians com-

pete in all other categories with AshwiniPonnappa and N Sikki Reddy, who made thecut after the completion of the IndonesiaOpen last week, set to represent the coun-try in the women's doubles event.

The only Indian to win the prestigioustitle in 2018, reigning world championSindhu was a finalist at the event the yearbefore and she will look for another goodouting when she opens her campaign against

top seed Pornpawee Chochuwong ofThailand in group A.

Sindhu, a two-time Olympic medallist,has been consistent with three semifinal fin-ishes in the last three events and is likely tomake it to the knockout stage.

The 26-year-old from Hyderabad isexpected to finish among the top two in thegroup as she has a good record against theother two opponents -- Denmark's LineChristophersen and Germany's Yvonne Li.

Srikanth, only the fourth player ever to

win four Super Series titles in a year, haslooked in good touch in the last few eventswith semifinal finishes at Indonesia Mastersand Hylo Open.

The former world No.1 had reached theknockout stage of the year-ending event in2014 and he will look to relive thosemoments when he begins his campaignagainst Malaysia's second seed Lee Zii Jia ingroup B which also comprises France'sToma Junior Popov and Kunlavut Vitidsarnof Thailand.

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Lionel Messi admitted winningthe Copa America withArgentina might have been thedetermining factor in him claim-

ing the men’s Ballon d’Or prize for theseventh time after a turbulent year, asSpain’s Alexia Putellas took the women’saward.

Now 34, Messi pipped much-fan-cied rivals like Robert Lewandowski andKarim Benzema to take the award in aglittering ceremony on Monday inParis, the city he now calls home afterleaving boyhood club Barcelona forParis Saint-Germain in August.

Despite his tearful goodbye fromBarcelona and his relatively under-whelming start to life in France, the juryof journalists from around the worldrewarded him in particular for captain-ing Argentina to their first major inter-national title since 1993.

“Two years ago I thought I wascoming into my final years but here Iam again back here,” said Messi, whowon the last edition of the Ballon d’Orin 2019 before last year’s awards werecancelled due to the pandemic.

Messi also won in 2009, 2010, 2011,2012 and in 2015.

“People were starting to ask mewhen I was going to retire but now I amhere in Paris and I am very happy,” hesaid at the Chatelet Theatre in centralParis, where he was joined by his wifeAntonella Roccuzzo and their threechildren.

“I don’t know how many moreyears I have left but I hope there will bemany because I am really enjoyingmyself this year.

“What I achieved with Argentinawas a dream come true. I think I wonthis trophy thanks to what we did at theCopa America, so I dedicate it to myteammates.”

Argentina beat Brazil 1-0 in the finalin Rio de Janeiro as Messi won a majortitle with his country for the first time.He also scored 38 goals in 48 games inhis final season with Barcelona and wonthe Copa del Rey.

Lewandowski secondHowever Messi has played just 11

times and scored four goals for PSGsince joining the French club and therewas a feeling that this year might see adifferent winner.

Poland striker Lewandowski wouldhave been a shoe-in in 2020, when hescored 45 goals in 37 games for Bayern,only for the awards to be cancelled.

He ended last season with a remark-able 41 Bundesliga goals but had to set-tle for second place in the voting for the

Ballon d’Or, which is organised byFrance Football magazine and votedfor by a panel of journalists fromaround the world.

Lewandowski instead was given aconsolation prize for the year's bestgoal-scorer and received glowing praisefrom Messi.

“I wanted to say to Robert thatit was an honour to go up againsthim. He deserved to win it last year,”Messi said.

Midfielder Jorginho, who wonthe Champions League with Chelseaand Euro 2020 with Italy, came third,followed by Real Madrid’s KarimBenzema and another Chelsea player,N’Golo Kante.

Five-time winner Cristiano Ronaldocame sixth. He was absent from the cer-emony.

Between them, Messi and Ronaldohave won 12 of the last 13 editions of

the Ballon d’Or with the exceptioncoming in 2018 when Luka Modricclaimed the prize.

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women’s Ballon d’Or has beenawarded, with Putellas following inthe footsteps of Norway’s AdaHegerberg, winner in 2018, and theUnited States’ 2019 World Cupsuperstar Megan Rapinoe.

Spain international Putellas,27, captained Barcelona to victo-ry in this year’s Champions

League, scoring a penalty in the final as herside hammered Chelsea 4-0.

She also won a Spanish league and cupdouble with Barca, the club she joined as ateenager in 2012 and who are fast becomingthe dominant force in the women's game.

Her Barcelona and Spain teammateJennifer Hermoso was second, with SamKerr of Chelsea and Australia coming in third.

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