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T he Supreme Court on Wednesday flagged bureau- cratic inertia and TV channels debate as contributory factors for worsening air pol- lution in Delhi. On Solicitor General Tushar Mehta’s submission that TV debates accused him of misleading the court by giving a low percentage of stubble burning in air pollution, Chief Justice NV Ramana observed that debates on TV news chan- nels are causing more pollution than anybody with statements made in the court being taken out of context. At the same time, the bureaucracy faced the wrath of the apex court for delaying the implementation of measures to tackle air pollution and not leaving the courts to do the job. The bench headed by the Chief Justice said every TV channel has its own agenda and statements are taken out of context in their debates. “You want to use some issue, make us observe and then make it controversial, and then only blame games will remain..,” observed the bench also com- prising Justices DY Chandrachud and Surya Kant. “Debates on TV are creat- ing more pollution than any- body. They don’t understand what is happening and what the issue is. Statements are taken out of context. Everyone has their own agenda. We can’t help and we can’t control. We are focusing on working out the solution,” said the apex court when Mehta pointed out that many debates in TV gave a picture that he tried to mis- lead the court on the role of stubble burning in the air pol- lution. “I watched some irrespon- sible and nasty utterances on TV media against me that I misled the court on the ques- tion of stubble burning by showing that its contribution is only 4 to 7 per cent. Let me clarify,” SG said. The top court, however, said, “We were not misled at all. You said 10 per cent but it was pointed out in the affidavit that it was 30 to 40 per cent. This type of criticism is bound to happen when we are holding public offices. We are clear, our conscience is clear, forget about all this. These kinds of criticism keep happening. Our conscience is clear and we work for the betterment of society,” the bench said. Senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, appearing for the Delhi Government said that stubble burning was one of the contributors of the air pol- lution which needs to be addressed and referred to the Centre’s figures on the issue. The plea has been filed by envi- ronmental activist Aditya Dubey and law student Aman Banka, who sought directions to provide stubble-removing machines to small and mar- ginal farmers for free. After its displeasure on TV debates, the apex court blamed bureaucracy for not taking decisions and trying to put all job on courts. “The bureaucracy has developed “inertia” and does not want to take any decision, leaving it to the court to do everything. It is apathy and just apathy,” said the CJI Ramana. Continued on Page 11 P akistan’s Parliament in its joint sitting on Wednesday enacted a law to give Indian death-row prisoner Kulbhushan Jadhav the right to file a review appeal against his conviction by a military court. Jadhav, a 51-year-old retired Indian Navy officer, was sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on charges of espionage and ter- rorism in April 2017. India approached the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against Pakistan for denial of con- sular access to Jadhav and challenging the death sentence. After hearing both sides, the Hague-based ICJ issued a verdict in July, 2019, asking Pakistan to give India consular access to Jadhav and also ensure review of his conviction. On Wednesday, the joint sitting comprising members of the Senate and the National Assembly was called to pass a set of laws which were passed by the latter in June this year, including one to enable Jadhav to appeal against his conviction, but those laws failed to get the nod of the upper house. The International Court of Justice (Review and Re- consideration) Bill, 2021 aimed to fulfill the obligation under the verdict of the ICJ and was presented by Law Minister Farogh Nasim and was passed by the joint sitting of the House through voice vote. The law allowed Jadhav to challenge his conviction in the high court through a review process which was a require- ment of the ICJ verdict. The joint sitting is called when the differences between the National Assembly and Senate are unbridgeable. The current impasse was due to the fact that the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf and allied par- ties enjoy majority in the National Assembly but are in minority in the Senate or the upper house. Continued on Page 11 A s Covid-19 cases go down, the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) has allowed airlines to serve or sell meals on all domestic flights irrespective of their duration. In addition, the Ministry has also allowed to keep reading materials like newspapers and magazines on all flights on domestic routes. The announcement came days after the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare told the Ministry of Civil Aviation that meals can be served in flights that have less than two hours of journey time. Issuing an order, the MoCA said the airlines offer- ing flights on domestic routes may provide meal service on board, without restrictions on duration of flights. The order from the Ministry further stat- ed that the airlines — both international and domestic — can provide magazines/reading materials for passengers on board. “The decision to resume meals and magazines has been taken as Covid caseload has reduced due to proper imple- mentation of appropriate Covid behaviour protocol,” the Ministry said in the order. The ban on serving foods in flights that fly for less than two hours was implemented in April this year, during the sec- ond wave of Covid-19 infec- tions in the country. Continued on Page 11 I n a humiliating moment for a top IPS officer, a city Magistrate’s court on Wednesday declared Mumbai’s former Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh as a “pro- claimed offender” in an extor- tion case. After hearing an applica- tion filed by the Mumbai Police on a complaint by hotelier Bimal Agarwal against Singh and three other accused, addi- tional chief metropolitan mag- istrate SB Bhajipale declared two of his co-accused Vinay Singh and Riyaz Bhati as “pro- claimed offenders” on the ground that they had been absconding and could not be traced. The Mumbai Police had approached the court stating that Singh could not be traced and was not at his Malabar Hill residence since an FIR was reg- istered against him more than three months ago. The complaint Bimal Agarwal had alleged that Singh and dismissed police constable Sachin Waze — who is cur- rently behind the bars for alleged involvement in the cases involving the recovery of an explosive-laden SUV near industrialist Mukesh Ambani’s south Mumbai residence and subsequent murder of busi- nessman Mansukh Hiran — had extorted cash and valuables worth 11 lakh from him. Based on Agrawal’s com- plaint, police had registered a First Information Report (FIR) against Singh, Waze and two others for offences under Sections 384, 385 388, 389 (extortion), 120B (criminal conspiracy) and 34 of the IPC. Continued on Page 11 W ith no sign of an early breakthrough in the standoff between India and China at several points in Ladakh, Indian forces on Wednesday carried out a major exercise by airlifting ammuni- tion, weapons, clothing, and other critical items for the troops at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Eastern Ladakh. Several IAF planes flew round-the-clock carrying these items as part of winter stock- ing. This assured logistical chain will enable the troops to perform their operational duties in a more efficient man- ner in temperatures dipping to minus 20 degrees or more at several places there. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is also likely to hold talks with the Army commanders on this issue during his visit there on Thursday. Giving details of the effort, IAF officials said here the joint airlift exercise “Operation Hercules” was undertaken by the IAF and Army. “The aim of this high- intensity airlift was to strength- en the logistics supply in the Northern sector and to aug- ment winter stocking in the operational areas. The platforms utilised for the airlift were C-17, IL-76 and An-32 aircraft, which took off from one of the forward bases of Western Air Command. The effort was a real-time demonstration of the inherent heavy lift capability of the IAF, which has played a major role in ensuring the ability to quick- ly respond to any contingency during the past,” they said. Last year, India and China did not withdraw their troops from the frontline at the LAC in Ladakh in the winter months unlike in the earlier years. Given the persisting tension there since May last year, the two sides will remain posted this year too in the harsh win- ter months. Continued on Page 11 T he Resistance Front Commander (TRF), Afaq Sikander, was among five ter- rorists who were gunned down by the joint team of security forces in twin encounters in Gopalpora and Pombai area of South Kashmir’s Kulgam dis- trict on Wednesday. Meanwhile, families of two businessmen Mudasir Gull and Altaf Ahmad Bhat, killed in the Hyderpora encounter, staged protest demonstrations for the second consecutive day in Srinagar demanding their dead bodies. Braving the winter chill, several close relatives accompanied by women and children staged a peaceful demonstration and also held a sit-in candle light protest in the evening in support of their demand. National Conference President Dr Farooq Abdullah also sought the intervention of Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha in handing over the bod- ies of two civilians killed in the Hyderpora encounter. The bodies were buried by police in Handwara area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara to “avoid any law and order problems”. Continued on Page 11 F or the first time in the country, the number of fully vaccinated individuals on Wednesday surpassed the par- tially vaccinated eligible popu- lation under the mass vaccina- tion coverage. As of Tuesday night, of the 755.4 million people who have received Covid-19 vaccine in India, 380.7 million people are fully vaccinated (have received both shots) and another 374.7 million have received only one shot, according to data from the CoWIN dashboard. “This has been made pos- sible due to the Prime Minister’s vision of “Jan- Bhagidari” and whole of Government approach, people’s faith and confidence in the Government, and the ongoing “Har Ghar Dastak” campaign which has seen tremendous response from various parts of the country,” said Dr Mansukh Mandaviya, Union Health Minister, here on Wednesday. The Union Health Minister expressed confidence that the country will have vaccinated every Indian by the end of the month-long “Har Ghar Dastak” campaign. Healthcare workers are conducting door-to-door vaccinations of people across India with a special focus on districts where less than 50 per cent of the eligible population has been vaccinated. Continued on Page 11 W ith little respite from air pollution in Delhi and its adjoining areas and air quality index (AQI) remaining in “very poor” category on the National Ambient Air Quality Index (NAAQI) on Wednesday, the Delhi Government took “ten key decisions” to tackle the air emergency after a meeting with the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM). These include increasing the number of CNG buses on city roads, extension of ban on construction and demolition activities, closing of all educa- tional institutions till November 21, work from home for Government employees, request to Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) to allow standing passengers in public trans- portation (Metro and DTC). Environment Minister Gopal Rai said guidelines have been issued to imple- ment all decisions with imme- diate effect. The national Capital could see further dip in air quality in the coming days due to unfavourable climate condi- tions resulting in low disper- sion of pollutants in air. Amid the blame game between the Centre and Delhi Government, Rai said despite several requests, Union Environment Minister Bhupendra Yadav has not met with Delhi Government official to discuss the serious issue. Continued on Page 11 ❝ ❝ New Delhi (PTI): Determined on an impartial, fair and just investigation into the Lakhimpur Kheri violence, the Supreme Court Wednesday appointed Justice Rakesh Kumar Jain, former judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, to monitor the probe by Uttar Pradesh SIT which will also get three IPS officers who are not the natives of the state. Observing that while inves- tigating such offences, justice must not only be done, but also be seen and perceived to be done, a bench headed by Chief Justice NV Ramana ordered reconstitution of the SIT and ordered the induction IPS offi- cers — SB Shiradkar, Padmaja Chauhan and Preetinder Singh. Shiradkar, an IPS officer of 1993 batch from Maharashtra and presently serving as ADG Intelligence in Uttar Pradesh, will head the SIT, the apex court said in its order. “We thus deem it appro- priate to reconstitute the SIT hereinafter to preserve the faith and trust of people in the Criminal Administration of the Justice System. Further, to assure full and complete justice to the victims of crime, we, appoint Justice (Retd.) Rakesh Kumar Jain, a former Judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, to monitor the ongoing investigation so as to ensure transparency and fairness.”

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The Supreme Court onWednesday flagged bureau-

cratic inertia and TV channelsdebate as contributory factors for worsening air pol-lution in Delhi.

On Solicitor GeneralTushar Mehta’s submission thatTV debates accused him ofmisleading the court by givinga low percentage of stubbleburning in air pollution, ChiefJustice NV Ramana observedthat debates on TV news chan-nels are causing more pollutionthan anybody with statementsmade in the court being takenout of context.

At the same time, thebureaucracy faced the wrath ofthe apex court for delaying theimplementation of measures totackle air pollution and notleaving the courts to do the job.

The bench headed by theChief Justice said every TVchannel has its own agenda andstatements are taken out ofcontext in their debates. “Youwant to use some issue, makeus observe and then make itcontroversial, and then onlyblame games will remain..,”observed the bench also com-prising Justices DYChandrachud and Surya Kant.

“Debates on TV are creat-ing more pollution than any-body. They don’t understandwhat is happening and what theissue is. Statements are takenout of context. Everyone hastheir own agenda. We can’t helpand we can’t control. We are

focusing on working out thesolution,” said the apex courtwhen Mehta pointed out that many debates in TV gavea picture that he tried to mis-lead the court on the role ofstubble burning in the air pol-lution.

“I watched some irrespon-sible and nasty utterances onTV media against me that Imisled the court on the ques-tion of stubble burning byshowing that its contribution isonly 4 to 7 per cent. Let meclarify,” SG said.

The top court, however,said, “We were not misled at all.You said 10 per cent but it was

pointed out in the affidavit thatit was 30 to 40 per cent. Thistype of criticism is bound tohappen when we are holdingpublic offices. We are clear, ourconscience is clear, forget aboutall this. These kinds of criticism keep happening. Ourconscience is clear and wework for the betterment ofsociety,” the bench said.

Senior advocate AbhishekManu Singhvi, appearing forthe Delhi Government saidthat stubble burning was one ofthe contributors of the air pol-lution which needs to beaddressed and referred to theCentre’s figures on the issue.

The plea has been filed by envi-ronmental activist AdityaDubey and law student AmanBanka, who sought directionsto provide stubble-removingmachines to small and mar-ginal farmers for free.

After its displeasure onTV debates, the apex courtblamed bureaucracy for nottaking decisions and trying toput all job on courts.

“The bureaucracy hasdeveloped “inertia” and doesnot want to take any decision,leaving it to the court to doeverything. It is apathy and justapathy,” said the CJI Ramana.

Continued on Page 11

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Pakistan’s Parliament in itsjoint sitting on Wednesday

enacted a law to give Indian death-row prisonerKulbhushan Jadhav the right tofile a review appeal against hisconviction by a military court.

Jadhav, a 51-year-oldretired Indian Navy officer,was sentenced to death by aPakistani military court oncharges of espionage and ter-rorism in April 2017. Indiaapproached the InternationalCourt of Justice (ICJ) againstPakistan for denial of con-sular access to Jadhav andchallenging the death sentence.

After hearing both sides,the Hague-based ICJ issued averdict in July, 2019, askingPakistan to give India consularaccess to Jadhav and alsoensure review of his conviction.

On Wednesday, the jointsitting comprising membersof the Senate and the NationalAssembly was called to pass aset of laws which were passedby the latter in June this year,including one to enable Jadhavto appeal against his conviction,but those laws failed to get thenod of the upper house.

The International Courtof Justice (Review and Re-consideration) Bill, 2021 aimedto fulfill the obligation underthe verdict of the ICJ and waspresented by Law MinisterFarogh Nasim and was passedby the joint sitting of the Housethrough voice vote.

The law allowed Jadhav tochallenge his conviction in thehigh court through a reviewprocess which was a require-ment of the ICJ verdict.

The joint sitting is calledwhen the differences betweenthe National Assembly andSenate are unbridgeable. Thecurrent impasse was due to thefact that the ruling PakistanTehreek-i-Insaf and allied par-ties enjoy majority in theNational Assembly but are inminority in the Senate or theupper house.

Continued on Page 11

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As Covid-19 cases go down,the Ministry of Civil

Aviation (MoCA) has allowedairlines to serve or sell meals onall domestic flights irrespectiveof their duration. In addition,the Ministry has also allowedto keep reading materials likenewspapers and magazines onall flights on domestic routes.

The announcement camedays after the Union Ministryof Health and Family Welfaretold the Ministry of CivilAviation that meals can be served in flights thathave less than two hours ofjourney time.

Issuing an order, theMoCA said the airlines offer-ing flights on domestic routesmay provide meal service onboard, without restrictions onduration of flights. The orderfrom the Ministry further stat-ed that the airlines — both

international and domestic —can provide magazines/readingmaterials for passengers onboard.

“The decision to resumemeals and magazines has beentaken as Covid caseload hasreduced due to proper imple-mentation of appropriate Covidbehaviour protocol,” theMinistry said in the order.

The ban on serving foodsin flights that fly for less thantwo hours was implemented inApril this year, during the sec-ond wave of Covid-19 infec-tions in the country.

Continued on Page 11

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In a humiliating moment fora top IPS officer, a city

Magistrate’s court onWednesday declared Mumbai’sformer Police CommissionerParam Bir Singh as a “pro-claimed offender” in an extor-tion case.

After hearing an applica-tion filed by the Mumbai Policeon a complaint by hotelierBimal Agarwal against Singhand three other accused, addi-tional chief metropolitan mag-istrate SB Bhajipale declaredtwo of his co-accused VinaySingh and Riyaz Bhati as “pro-claimed offenders” on theground that they had been absconding and couldnot be traced.

The Mumbai Police hadapproached the court statingthat Singh could not be tracedand was not at his Malabar Hillresidence since an FIR was reg-istered against him more thanthree months ago.

The complaint BimalAgarwal had alleged that Singh

and dismissed police constableSachin Waze — who is cur-rently behind the bars foralleged involvement in thecases involving the recovery ofan explosive-laden SUV nearindustrialist Mukesh Ambani’ssouth Mumbai residence andsubsequent murder of busi-nessman Mansukh Hiran —had extorted cash and valuablesworth �11 lakh from him.

Based on Agrawal’s com-plaint, police had registered aFirst Information Report (FIR)against Singh, Waze and twoothers for offences underSections 384, 385 388, 389(extortion), 120B (criminalconspiracy) and 34 of the IPC.

Continued on Page 11

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With no sign of an earlybreakthrough in the

standoff between India andChina at several points inLadakh, Indian forces onWednesday carried out a majorexercise by airlifting ammuni-tion, weapons, clothing, andother critical items for thetroops at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) inEastern Ladakh.

Several IAF planes flewround-the-clock carrying theseitems as part of winter stock-ing. This assured logisticalchain will enable the troops toperform their operationalduties in a more efficient man-ner in temperatures dipping tominus 20 degrees or more atseveral places there.

Defence Minister RajnathSingh is also likely to hold talkswith the Army commanders on

this issue during his visit thereon Thursday.

Giving details of the effort,IAF officials said here the jointairlift exercise “OperationHercules” was undertaken bythe IAF and Army.

“The aim of this high-intensity airlift was to strength-en the logistics supply in theNorthern sector and to aug-ment winter stocking in theoperational areas.

The platforms utilised forthe airlift were C-17, IL-76 andAn-32 aircraft, which took offfrom one of the forward basesof Western Air Command.

The effort was a real-timedemonstration of the inherentheavy lift capability of the IAF,which has played a major rolein ensuring the ability to quick-ly respond to any contingencyduring the past,” they said.

Last year, India and Chinadid not withdraw their troopsfrom the frontline at the LACin Ladakh in the winter monthsunlike in the earlier years.Given the persisting tensionthere since May last year, thetwo sides will remain postedthis year too in the harsh win-ter months.

Continued on Page 11

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The Resistance FrontCommander (TRF), Afaq

Sikander, was among five ter-rorists who were gunned downby the joint team of securityforces in twin encounters inGopalpora and Pombai area ofSouth Kashmir’s Kulgam dis-trict on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, families of twobusinessmen Mudasir Gull andAltaf Ahmad Bhat, killed in theHyderpora encounter, stagedprotest demonstrations for thesecond consecutive day inSrinagar demanding their deadbodies. Braving the winterchill, several close relativesaccompanied by women andchildren staged a peacefuldemonstration and also held a

sit-in candle light protest in theevening in support of theirdemand.

National ConferencePresident Dr Farooq Abdullahalso sought the intervention ofJammu and KashmirLieutenant Governor Manoj

Sinha in handing over the bod-ies of two civilians killed in theHyderpora encounter. Thebodies were buried by police inHandwara area of northKashmir’s Kupwara to “avoidany law and order problems”.

Continued on Page 11

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For the first time in thecountry, the number of fully

vaccinated individuals onWednesday surpassed the par-tially vaccinated eligible popu-lation under the mass vaccina-tion coverage.

As of Tuesday night, of the755.4 million people who havereceived Covid-19 vaccine inIndia, 380.7 million people arefully vaccinated (have receivedboth shots) and another 374.7million have received only oneshot, according to data fromthe CoWIN dashboard.

“This has been made pos-sible due to the PrimeMinister’s vision of “Jan-Bhagidari” and whole ofGovernment approach, people’sfaith and confidence in the

Government, and the ongoing“Har Ghar Dastak” campaignwhich has seen tremendousresponse from various parts ofthe country,” said Dr MansukhMandaviya, Union HealthMinister, here on Wednesday.

The Union Health Ministerexpressed confidence that thecountry will have vaccinated

every Indian by the end of themonth-long “Har Ghar Dastak”campaign. Healthcare workersare conducting door-to-doorvaccinations of people acrossIndia with a special focus ondistricts where less than 50 percent of the eligible populationhas been vaccinated.

Continued on Page 11

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With little respite from airpollution in Delhi and its

adjoining areas and air qualityindex (AQI) remaining in“very poor” category on theNational Ambient Air QualityIndex (NAAQI) on Wednesday,the Delhi Government took “ten key decisions” totackle the air emergency aftera meeting with theCommission for Air QualityManagement (CAQM).

These include increasingthe number of CNG buses oncity roads, extension of ban onconstruction and demolitionactivities, closing of all educa-tional institutions tillNovember 21, work from homefor Government employees,request to Delhi Disaster

Management Authority(DDMA) to allow standingpassengers in public trans-portation (Metro and DTC).

Environment MinisterGopal Rai said guidelines have been issued to imple-ment all decisions with imme-diate effect.

The national Capital couldsee further dip in air quality inthe coming days due tounfavourable climate condi-tions resulting in low disper-sion of pollutants in air.

Amid the blame gamebetween the Centre and DelhiGovernment, Rai said despiteseveral requests, UnionEnvironment MinisterBhupendra Yadav has not metwith Delhi Government officialto discuss the serious issue.

Continued on Page 11

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Observing that while inves-tigating such offences, justicemust not only be done, but alsobe seen and perceived to bedone, a bench headed by ChiefJustice NV Ramana orderedreconstitution of the SIT andordered the induction IPS offi-cers — SB Shiradkar, Padmaja

Chauhan and Preetinder Singh.Shiradkar, an IPS officer of

1993 batch from Maharashtraand presently serving as ADGIntelligence in Uttar Pradesh,will head the SIT, the apexcourt said in its order.

“We thus deem it appro-priate to reconstitute the SIThereinafter to preserve the faithand trust of people in theCriminal Administration ofthe Justice System. Further, toassure full and complete justiceto the victims of crime, we,appoint Justice (Retd.) RakeshKumar Jain, a former Judge ofthe Punjab and Haryana HighCourt, to monitor the ongoinginvestigation so as to ensuretransparency and fairness.”

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In a big jolt to Samajwadi Partyahead of the assembly polls in Uttar

Pradesh, four SP MLCs joined theBharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday,expressing faith in the policies ofPrime Minister Narendra Modi andChief Minister Yogi Adityanath.

The turncoats embraced the saf-fron hue in the presence of state BJPchief Swatantra Dev Singh andDeputy CMs DineshSharma & Keshav PrasadMaurya in Lucknow.

The four SP MLCs who switchedallegiance are Ravi Shankar SinghPappu, CP Chand, Akshay Pratap

Singh and Ram Niranjan.Incidentally, all of them are Thakurby caste and their terms are expiringin March next year. All these leaderswield considerable influence in theirrespective areas.

Ravi Shankar Singh Pappu is thenephew of former Prime Ministerlate Chandra Shekhar and earlier, theformer PM’s son Neeraj Shekhar hadjoined the BJP.

CP Chand is the son of formerUP minister Markanday Chand andAkshay Pratap Singh is a cousin offormer UP minister Raghuraj PratapSingh (Raja Bhaiyya). Besides, BSPMLC from Jaunpur BrijeshSingh 'Princu', considered close to

former BSP MP Dhananjay Singh, isalso changing loyalties to join theBJP.

Meanwhile, BJP national presi-dent JP Nadda will be on a two-daytour of Uttar Pradesh fromNovember 22 and hold a meetingwith the party workers in view of theAssembly polls scheduled early nextyear.

Party sources said on Wednesdaythat Nadda would meet booth levelpresidents in Gorakhpur onNovember 22. The BJP president willhave an overnight stay in Lucknow.He will hold a meeting with boothpresidents in Kanpur on November23.

of public interest to populistannouncements, the process ofhighlighting issues has begunin right earnest.

However, even as opposi-tion parties make their ownclaims, various initiatives rolledout by the UP government inpromoting Micro, Small andMedium scale industries(MSMEs) is overshadowingall other issues.

In the last 4.5 years of theBJP regime, more than 76.73lakh people were providedwith loans worth Rs 2,42,028crore for doing business in theMSME sector and about twocrore people got employmentin the sector.

The MSME sector of thestate is making a new record inthe country. In fact, 14 per centof the MSME units of Indiaare housed in Uttar Pradeshand due to the industrialpolicies of the stategovernment, investment inthis sector has increased con-tinuously.

Due to the special focus onboosting the MSME sector byChief Minister YogiAdityanath, a new core votebank of MSME businessmen inthe state is virtually ready forthe BJP.

Taking cognizance, peopleassociated with the businessworld maintain that this sectorwill also play an important rolein the upcoming Assemblyelections.

When Chief Minister YogiAdityanath took over the reinsof Uttar Pradesh in 2017, busi-ness activities in the state weresluggish and lacklustre.

The condition of MSMEsector was also in the doldrumsand that is when ChiefMinister Yogi Adityanath

decided to improve the indus-trial environment and rolledout many policies to promoteit.

The state governmentemphasised on providing loansto entrepreneurs to set uptheir units in the MSME sec-tor. The chief minister’s initia-tive had both immediate andfar-reaching consequences. Inthe Investor Summit, 1045investors submitted invest-ment proposals worth Rs 4.28lakh crore.

As per UP governmentfigures, MSME was the mostimportant sector after agricul-ture in terms of providingemployment in the state. Interms of number of MSMEs,the share of UP in the countrywas 14.2 per cent. Through theMSME sector, the state hasbeen exporting more than Rs1.14 lakh crore for three con-secutive years.

In the 2016-17 fisal, duringthe SP regime, 6.35 lakhMSMEs were provided loansworth Rs 27,2 02 crores whilesoon after the BJP came topower, in the 2017-18 fiscal,loans worth Rs 41,193 crorewas provided to 7.87 lakhentrepreneurs in the MSMEssector.

Later in the 2018-19 fiscal,10.24 lakh MSME entrepre-neurs were provided loansworth Rs 47,764 crore and in2019-20, Rs 62,831 crore wasdisbursed to 17.45 lakh entre-preneurs. In the financial year2020-21, 34.80 lakh MSMEunits were provided loansworth Rs 63,038 crore whileloans amounting to Rs 16,002crore were provided to 1.25lakh new MSME units fromApril 1 to November 10 thisyear.

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Defence Minister RajnathSingh said that there was

a time when 65-70 per cent ofdefence material and equip-ment were imported fromother countries but in the lastfew years, the trend has beenon the decline and the countrywas relying on defence equip-ment made in India.

Speaking at a functionorganised to celebrate the birthanniversary of MaharaniLaxmibai in Jhansi, Singh saidthat India’s defence productionhas improved so much that thecountry will not import majorequipment from other coun-tries in the next decade.

“From this year, India hasstarted making 209 defenceequipment which was earlierimported from other coun-tries. The government hasplaced an order of Rs 50,000crore on HindustanAeronautics Limited (HAL),which is the biggest order ever,”the Defence Minister said onWednesday.

On the participation ofwomen in the Army, Singh saidthat after independence, unfor-tunately, women did not getopportunities to play a veryactive role in the defence sec-tor but now, the situation waschanging and closed doorswere being opened for womenin the Army. “We haveincreased their (women’s) rep-resentation in all the threewings of the Armed Forces.Girls are getting admission inSainik Schools. The NDA por-tals have also been opened forwomen,” he said.

“When I was home minis-

ter, I had issued an advisory toall the states that they shouldtry to make at least 33 per centrepresentation of women in thepolice officers. I am happy tosay that women representationhas increased in many states,”Singh said.

Earlier, Chief Minister YogiAdityanath said thatBundelkhand was known fordrought and migration, but

now every household in the vil-lage of the region will get tapwater by 2022 as the state gov-ernment has been continuous-ly creating new dimensions ofdevelopment for the region.

“Bundelkhand is marchingon the path of development.The Defence Corridor is com-ing up along BundelkhandExpressway that will usher infurther progress in the region,”

he said. Jhansi is set to witnessa flurry of activities as PrimeMinister Narendra Modi isscheduled to visit Jhansi onNovember 19 and formallyhand over indigenouslydesigned and developed LightCombat Helicopters, Dronesand Advanced ElectronicWarfare Suites for Naval Shipsto the Chiefs of Armed ForcesServices at a function.

The PM will also lay thefoundation stone for a Rs 400crore project at Jhansi node ofthe UP Defence IndustrialCorridor to produce propul-sion systems for Anti-TankGuided Missiles. Along withthis, he will also lay the foun-dation stone of 600 MWUltramega Solar Power Parkand also inaugurate Atal EktaPark in Jhansi.

Lucknow (PNS): Rajya Sabhamember and UP incharge of AamAadmi Party (AAP), Sanjay Singhalleged that Uttar Pradesh is numberone in custodial death cases which haveshot up to 1,318. He further the victimsconsisted of maximum number of peo-ple from backwards and Dalit commu-nities.

“If voted to power, AAP will con-duct a CBI probe into the custodialdeath cases and take stern action

against those found guilty,” Singh said.“The UP CM, who is on a whirl-

wind tour of the state, is poisoning theatmosphere with his words, shouldrespond to the queries on custodialdeaths,” Singh said while addressingmediapersons at the party office inLucknow on Wednesday. He raisedquestions on the death of Kallu ofKanpur, who was allegedly killed inpolice custody, and presented a list ofcustodial deaths under the Yogi

Adityanath government in UP.He said the custodial deaths were

a fallout of Yogi’s shooting policy. Hedemanded a CBI probe into the casesof custodial deaths and said there is norule of law in UP. “The BJP governmentis not being run according to theConstitution of India but on the ‘thokopolicy’. Altaf fell victim to the same pol-icy as did others,” he said.

The AAP leader said that BJP wasgathering crowds by spending public

money.“The Sultanpur DM had demand-

ed 2,000 buses to ferry the participantsto attend the inauguration ofPurvanchal Expressway. They arespending public money for electioncampaigns. The money should be spenton welfare of the public and opening ofschools and hospitals. Now, the PM iscoming to Mahoba for a scheme inwhich AAP has exposed a muli-crorescam,” he added.

Lucknow (PNS): Three people, including a woman,were crushed by the Jharkhand Swarna Jayanti Expresswhen they were crossing a track to go out of the railwaystation. Two of the three victims visited the district to attenda wedding. The mishap occurred on Wednesday morning.According to reports, eight people of a family from Nagpur,Maharashtra, had come to Ugapur village in Bhadohi dis-trict to attend the marirage of the daughter of RadheshyamGupta. All of them alighted from Patliputra Express atMirzapur railway station around 6 am.

Bablu Singh (45) of Aurai (Bhadohi) had come to pickup guests in a Scorpio. After taking the guests with him,Bablu was going to platform number one via the railwaytrack.

The Swarna Jayanti Express arrived when a woman wascrossing the track. Durga Devi (50), Rajesh Gupta (48) andBablu died after being hit by the train. Inspector ofGovernment Railway Police (GRP) station at Mirzapur,Harishran Singh said a case was registered in this regardand the bodies sent for autopsy.

In another incident in Lalganj police station area of

Mirzapur late on Tuesday night, a truck rammed into sev-eral trees and overturned on a house near Khajuri village,killing two brothers. The truck driver, who was said to bein an inebriated state, was arrested.

Reports said that a truck loaded with husk was com-ing from Dubar towards Khajuri.

As the driver was heavily drunk, he lost control of thevehicle which overturned on Hari Prasad’s house afterplouging into the roadside trees. His two sons Rahul (14)and Rohit (16), who were sleeping in the house, were killedin the mishap. Villagers hurriedly took the brother duo toa hospital where they were declared dead. Police sent thebodies for autopsy.

Meanwhile, in Shravasti, three people were killed aftera container overturned on them. The incident took placeon NH-730 near Chaudhary Ram Bihari Buddha InterCollege on Tuesday night. Reports said that after the dri-ver lost control of the container, it overturned on threepeople who died on the spot. They were identified as DadduKumar Shukla, Santosh Kumar Pandey and Ram Manohar.A case was registered this connection.

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Under the joint aegis of thedepartment of Respiratory

Medicine, KGMU, UP Chapterof Indian Chest Society andIMA-IMS, a COPD camp andawareness rally were organisedat Lohia Park in Gomtinagar onWednesday. Head of KGMU’sRespiratory Medicine depart-ment Dr Surya Kant said alarge number of elderly andyouth who came for morningwalk were tested for pulmonaryfungus.

“As many as 132 peoplewere tested for pulmonary fun-gus (PFT) and of them, 18 werefound to have initial symptomsof COPD and were asked tovisit KGMU for proper treat-ment. All the people presentthere were given detailed infor-mation about the preventionand treatment of COPD. Anawareness rally was also takenout,” he said.

Dr Ajay Kumar Vermafrom the department ofRespiratory Medicine, Dr

Aneeket Kumar Rastogi, DrAmit Yadav, Dr Arun Yadavand resident doctors took partin the rally.

Later, information aboutCOPD was given to thepatients and attendants at thedepartment of RespiratoryMedicine. Dr Surya Kant saidCOPD is caused by the effectsof dust and smoke over a longperiod of time.

“Symptoms of this diseasestart after the age of 30 years.The first symptom is cough inthe morning. After this, grad-ually in the winter season and

then later, the cough continuesthroughout the year. Thereafter,mucus also starts coming. Asthe disease progresses, thepatient develops shortness ofbreath,” he said.

Dr Surya Kant said COPDis not only a disease of thelungs, but as its intensityincreases, it may also affect theheart, kidney and other organs.The body becomes weak andthe appetite less.

He appealed to all the peo-ple present in the programmeto quit smoking, avoid air pol-lution by wearing masks.

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Two fresh cases of Zika virusinfection were detected in

Lucknow on Wednesday. Thepatients were found inAzadnagar and LDA Colony,Alambagh, taking the case tallyin the state capital to five.

Alambagh CHC superin-tendent Dr Shahid Raza saidthe two fresh Zika cases includea 71-year-old man fromAzadnagar whose sons followare carpenters, and a 42-year-old deputy finance andaccounts officer at YojanaBhawan.

“The elderly man has norecent travel history but thegovernment officer at YojanaBhawan has one, and sampleswill be collected from his officeon Thursday,” Dr Raza said.

District SurveillanceOfficer Dr Milind Wardhan,along with LMC officials,inspected the houses near thoseof the two patients. Nine sam-ples were also collected andsent to KGMU.

An official from the CMOoffice said medicines weregiven to people in both theareas and both the patientswere told to isolate themselves.

He said that 115 samplestaken from the contacts ofprevious cases of PhoolbaghSambal Kheda and Lal Kuanhave tested negative for Zikainfection.

Meanwhile, all the district-level hospitals and CHCs areconducting dengue tests free ofcost and treatment will bemade available to the patients

in separate wards created forthe purpose.

Nodal officer for CHCsDr AP Singh and DistrictHealth Education OfficerYogesh Raghuvanshi carriedout a sudden inspection of 10private pathologies and diag-nostic centres from where com-plaints of overcharging fordengue tests were received.However, they found thatcharges were being made with-in the prescribed rates.

Meanwhile, the Healthdepartment officials said Zikaand coronavirus are on thewane in UP. While the frequen-cy of fresh Zika cases hasdecreased, Covid cases havealso been in single digits evenafter Diwali and Chhath.

DG, Health and MedicalServices, Dr Ved Vrat Singhsaid, “Zika virus is on thedecline because the number ofcases emerging in Kanpur hasdecreased. As for Covid, alarge number of people havebeen vaccinated. Moreover, wehave ramped up testing in thestate to 1.5 lakh per day.”

A fresh case of Zika wasalso reported from Unnao,taking the state tally to 137cases in the state.

A senior health officialsaid that the Unnao case istechnically being counted as aKanpur case because thepatient works in a Kanpur fac-tory. The official said the casewas detected on November 16,after a gap of two days.

The official said they wereconcerned about Covid spreadafter Diwali, but there has beenno spike in the cases.

Regarding the surge inCovid cases in other countriesincreasing the possibility ofthe virus reaching the state, hesaid that in most of such coun-tries, the cases are risingbecause of the Delta variant.

“In UP, there was this vari-ant prevalent during the secondwave. However, most of thepeople have been given at leastone vaccine jab because ofwhich the third wave may beunlikely,” he said. He also point-ed out that if there was anyspike in Covid cases in anypocket, containment measureswould be ensured.

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Atrain mishap was averteddue to timely response of

crew and alertness of loco-pilot and assistant pilot ofSaharsa New Delhi Expresscoming towards Lucknow onTuesday evening. The train leftBasti railway station at 5.14pm. When it was betweenBasti and Govind Nagar rail-way stations, loco-pilot DeepChand and assistant pilot Sunil

Kumar Gautam spotted someobject at the tracks. The pilotsapplied emergency brakes andthe object was removed bytrain guard JP Meena andothers.

DRM, NER, MonicaAgnihotri honoured the pilotsand guard by giving them acash prize. She praised theefforts and decisions taken bythem and said other employ-ees should take inspirationfrom them.

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Aman killed his wife andthen himself to death at his

house in GomtinagarExtension. The incident cameto light on Wednesday. Thedeceased couple were identi-fied as Shyam Kishore Mishra(32) and his wife SadhnaMishra (28) of Gangotri ViharPhase-II in Khargapur locality.

As per reports, Shyam’syounger brother Brij Kishorewas sleeping in the basementof the house. He woke up onWednesday morning and wentupstairs on being asked by hissister Manisha. Brij Kishorefound the doors of his broth-er’s room bolted from insideand the door was not openedeven as he repeatedly rapped it.He later peeped inside through

a window slit and foundSadhna lying on the floorunresponsive and Shyam hang-ing from the ventilator grill. Heraised an alarm and othermembers in the family brokeopen the door.

Brij Kishore said hisnephew Avinash (7) was sleep-ing while his niece Aditi (9)was sitting quietly. He said theybrought down Shyam Kishorebut he had already died. Later,Sadhna’s brother Vikas calledpolice. A team of policereached the scene and sent thebodies for autopsy.

The police said primafacie, it appeared that ShyamKishore killed Sadhna andthen ended his life. Preliminaryinvestigation revealed that thecouple had thrown a housewarming function on Tuesdaynight and Shyam even shook a

leg. Sadhna did not like it andhad a verbal spat with theShyam. The brawl escalated tosuch an extent that Shyamallegedly choked Sadhna todeath and later hanged himself.

The police said a field unitconsisting of forensic expertscollected circumstantial evi-dence. However, the policesaid they were yet to receiveany complaint from Sadhna’sparents. Sadhna’s father PrithviShukla claimed that the couplewere not on good terms. Healso said that Shyam’s businesswas in tatters and the latterrecently wound it up.

Investigating officer, sub-inspector Bhutan Singh saidShyam had a shop sellingmobile phones and he wasplanning to deal in sanitarywares. Both the families hailfrom Gonda district.

+!� -� � ���������6�#����!���������Lucknow (PNS): The numberof people fully vaccinatedagainst COVID-19 crossed the4 crore-mark in Uttar Pradeshon Wednesday. UP becamethe first state in the country tohave achieved this milestone.

As per data from theCoWIN portal, 4.03 crore peo-ple in UP have taken bothdoses of the vaccines. InMaharashtra, 3.45 crore peoplehave been fully vaccinated.

The sustained availability ofvaccines and accurate strategy,mainly the cluster model 2.0adopted by the state govern-ment along with the hard workof health workers were respon-sible for the achievement. Asmany as 8 lakh vaccine doseswere administered across thestate on Wednesday, taking thetotal vaccination count to over14.37 crore. Of this, 10.33 crorepeople have received the firstdose. Uttar Pradesh hasemerged as the fastest state inIndia to carry out Covid-19vaccination. Around 70 percent of the state’s total eligiblepopulation has received at leastone dose, while more than 27per cent have been fully immu-nised. Chief Minister YogiAdityanath has already issueddirections to speed up the vac-cination drive and directed theofficers to deliver vaccine dosesto 100% eligible population ofthe state by November-end.

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Hundreds of students of DrShakuntala Misra National

Rehabilitation University(SMRU) protested outside thecampus demanding arrest ofthe bus driver mowed down a‘divyang’ girl student in Parapolice station area onWednesday. Proctor VK Singhlodged a case in connectionwith the incident, but it failedto calm the protesting stu-dents down. The victim wasidentified as Rukhsar Jahan(24) of Gopalganj, Bihar. Shewas a BA-III student of the uni-versity. The victim, along withher classmate Nidhi, was nearthe Artificial Limb Centre closeto her hostel when the mishapoccurred.

As per reports, the bus dri-ver was backing up the vehicle

carelessly and hit RukhsarJahan in the process while herfriend had a narrow escape.

The errant driver was iden-tified as Karan Singh ofHamirpur district and themishap occurred between 10am and 11 am. The girl studentwas rushed to KGMU TraumaCentre where she died duringtreatment. As the news of herdeath reached the universitycampus, the students wentberserk and started protestingoutside the campus on MohanRoad, demanding the arrest ofthe bus driver. They also soughtan ex gratia of Rs 40 lakh forthe victim’s family.

The protest continued tilllate in the evening even aspolice officer and universityadministration tried to molli-fy them. However, as the stu-dents were adamant, the police

had to divert traffic on the roadbetween Buddheshwar crossingand Tikunia Park.

The students said the uni-versity administration did notappoint a conductor and theincident took place as the busdriver was backing up the vehi-cle. They asked the VC to visitthe scene. On their insistence,the VC reached there hoursafter the protest broke out.The VC assured a compensa-tion of Rs 5 lakh to the familyof the deceased, but the protest-ers were not ready to accept it.They demanded removal of the VC.

Preliminary investigationrevealed that Rukhsar andNidhi were going to attendclasses when the mishapoccurred. The bus driver fledthe scene as the students gotbusy taking the girl to hospital.

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The Vibhuti Khand policeregistered a case of fraud

against three accused and theiraides in connection with allot-ment of a land to a man byLucknow DevelopmentAuthority. The victim movedcourt after the police did notentertain his application andthe court directed the police to register a case in thisconnection.

The complainant, SahabLal Yadav of Vastu Khand inGomtinagar, lodged a com-plaint against MohammedShakil, Sartaj Ali andMohammed Wasim (all ofBahraich), their 10-15 aidesand unidentified officers &employees of LDA.

Yadav said he was allottedhouse number 3/650 in VastuKhand by LDA but it did notregister the land in his nameeven though he had all docu-ments related to his claim.

He said some land mafiagrabbed the land in connivancewith LDA employees. “I tookup the case with LDA but I didnot get any help from LDA andpolice. I came to know that themiscreants had sold the land toanother person without anysale deed. They pasted a photoof another person at my placeat the registry office. The clerksof the registry office may beinvolved in preparing fake reg-istration documents,” Yadavsaid.

He said the fake registra-tion was done at the office of

deputy registrar-II, Sadar.“Names of Shakil, Sartaj andMohammed Wasim have beenmentioned in the fake papers,”he said. He added the above-named accused would threat-en to kill him when he visitedthe plot allotted to him by LDA.

“I filed a complaint atVibhuti Khand police stationbut the police did not registera case. I sent a letter to thepolice, but to no avail. I alsosent a complaint to the com-missioner of police and princi-pal secretary, Home, but didnot get any help,” Yadav alleged.

He said he also sent a legalnotice to the LDA secretary, butthe police did not register acase. Yadav alleged that someofficials and employees of LDAwere involved in the fraud.

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Subject experts fromPGIMER, Chandigarh,apprised the students of thetechniques required to developnew drugs and test them onhumans and get desired results.

The vice-chancellor saidthat such programmes are nec-essary for the development ofboth students and teachers.He said this programme is ameans of exchange of knowl-edge and information and itprovides a platform to the stu-dents and teachers of two dif-ferent institutions to cometogether for knowledge sharing.

Through this programme,students will benefit by gettinglatest information of theirfields, he said.

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The department ofObstetrics and

Gynaecology, KGMU, organ-ised an awareness programmeat Navyug KanyaMahavidyalaya onWednesday. Mayor SanyuktaBhatia was the chief guestwhile Prof Nisha Singh fromthe department of Obstetricsand Gynaecology the invitedguest speaker.

The programme wasattended by all the teachers,students and employees. ProfNisha Singh said cervical can-cer is one of the most commoncancers affecting women worldover. “In India too, it is secondonly to breast cancer. Morethan one lakh new women areaffected with cervical cancerannually and more than70,000 die every year due to it.The World HealthOrganisation launched its cer-vical cancer elimination initia-tive on November 17 last yearand today on the first anniver-sary of the launch, awarenessprogrammes are being organ-

ised all over the world,” shesaid. She informed the studentsabout Human Papilloma virusas the cause of cervical cancer.She also shared with them the

ways for protection from cer-vical cancer. She educatedthem about the HPV vaccinewhich should be given to girlsbefore 15 years of age in two

doses six months apart. Shealso educated women aged25-65 years to undergo screen-ing for cervical cancer every 5-10 years.

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Lucknow (PNS): SonamKinnar has been appointedvice-chairperson of the newly-constituted Uttar PradeshTransgender Welfare Board onWednesday. Officials said thatSonam Kinnar has been giventhe status of state minister. Thechairman of the board is ChiefMinister Yogi Adityanath him-self. “BJP will return to powerwith majority. It is my shraap

(curse) to Akhilesh Yadav thathe would never come to powerin his life,” Sonam said whilethanking PM Narendra Modiand CM Yogi Adityanath forthe honour. Sonam also saidthat if BJP wants her to, she wasready to contest againstAkhilesh Yadav. She addedthat 5 lakh transgenders in thestate would support BJP in theassembly elections.

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King George’s Medical University, cele-brated Paediatric Surgery Week in theOPD complex. Dr JD Rawat said it is aninitiative of the Indian Association ofPaediatric Surgeons. “The theme of thisyear is ‘Partnering caregiver for child safe-ty’. The attendants were informed aboutsafety measures for their children both athome and outside. At home, they wereasked to take care of their children andhelp them avoid mishaps like coming incontact with electric equipment, playingwith sharp objects etc. They were advisedto monitor their children on roads to avoidroad accidents. KGMU VC Dr Bipin Puriand Prof JD Rawat said the departmentwould plan many such initiatives infuture as well.

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the Lucknow Zoo with a number of pro-grammes. The celebrations will continuetill November 26. Zoo director RK Singhsaid they are organizing several pro-grammes with schools. Over 205 students

from several schools participated in thequiz competition on wildlife and environ-ment on Wednesday. Parul Yadav (class7) from Kendriya Vidyalaya, Cantonment,won the first prize in the class 6-8 cate-gory while Akash Yadav (class 11) fromKendriya Vidyalaya won the first prize inclass 9-12 category.

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Lucknow University AlumniAssociation felicitated Uttarakhand CMPushkar Singh Dhami at Malviya Hall onWednesday. The CM shared his memo-

ries as student life and appealed to all thestudents to work hard. He was presenteda memento by former and current stu-dents of the university. Also present on theoccasion were Deputy CM Dinesh Sharmaand LU Vice-Chancellor Prof AK Rai.

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Tiwari, a class5 student ofC i t yMontessoriS c h o o l ,Station RoadCampus, wonthe goldmedal in theInternationalMathematicsOlympiad. Students from several countriesparticipated in the event in which Udbhavbagged the gold medal by displaying hisknowledge acumen in solving mathemat-ical problems. He was also awarded a cer-tificate for his achievement. CMS founderJagdish Gandhi congratulated Udbhav onhis achievement.

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The battle of credit-jacking for the construc-tion of Purvanchal Expressway between the

ruling BJP and Samajwadi Party has given themuch-needed boost to the stature of formerChief Minister Akhilesh Yadav as the top oppo-sition leader of UP.

The battle with the BJP and the ongoing‘Vijay Rath Yatra’ has firmly positionedAkhikesh Yadav as the main challenger to theruling BJP in UP, ensuring that the oppositioncampaign would be centred around his lead-ership.

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav plansto fight the 2022 UP Assembly elections withthe support of smaller Other Backward Classes(OBC)-based parties without forming a ‘grandalliance’.

A day after Prime Minister NarendraModi inaugurated the Purvanchal Expresswayon Tuesday, Samajwadi Party chief AkhileshYadav kicked off the fourth phase of the‘Samajwadi Vijay Yatra’ from Ghazipur onWednesday. The SP chief shared the stage withallies —Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party chiefOm Prakash Rajbhar and Janwadi Party(Socialist) Sanjay Chauhan.

On Wednesday, a huge crowd gathered atthe Zero Point of Purvanchal Expressway inGhazipur to welcome the SP chief ’s Rath Yatrawhich was earlier scheduled on November 16but had to be rescheduled for Wednesday as theDistrict Magistrate denied the permission forthe Yatra to be taken out of the Expressway onTuesday.

Addressing the public meeting at Ghazipurwhile launching the ‘Samajwadi Vijay RathYatra’ from Ghazipur to Lucknow on thePurvanchal Expressway, Akhilesh said that theSP would form the next government in the statewith an absolute majority. He claimed that theBJP was set to be voted out by the electoratein the 2022 Assembly elections as people hadmade up their minds to give Samajwadi Partya chance to form the next government.

Akhilesh further said that Ghazipur isknown as the land of heroes. “There is goingto be a change of peace and happiness in thecoming time. The SP government will comein 2022 and the BJP will be wiped out from thisGhazipur. Purvanchal Expressway which the

BJP government has constructed is incomplete.Also the concept of laying this Expressway wasconceived by the Samajwadi Party,” he said.

The SP chief said that this was the same BJPgovernment, which had said that it wouldensure that those who wear slippers could sitin an aeroplane. “But the way the prices ofpetrol and diesel have gone through the roof,car and motorcycle of our poor farmers will notbe able to run. The government has increasedtaxes on everything, it could not give DAP tothe farmers. Bulls and bulldozers are runningin this state. Before the elections, the BJP hadpromised jobs to the youth, but till date it hasnot been able to provide employment to theunemployed youth,” he said.

The former UP CM said that people ofevery section have now made up their mindsfor a change in leadership in the state and it isreflected by the presence of colours like red, yel-low, green, blue and rainbow were visible in thispublic meeting in Ghazipur. “People of onecolor like the BJP can never bring change. Thecolour of SP is one that takes everyone along,”he said. Akhilesh will go up to Lucknow on thePurvanchal Expressway. Decked up with pic-tures of SP patriarch and former chief minis-ter Mulayam Singh Yadav, party MP fromRampur Azam Khan, SP leader Ram GopalYadav, state SP president Naresh Uttam Pateland embossed with the slogan ‘Bado Ka HathYuva Ka Sath’ (the older generation blesses thenew) the bus will be ferrying the SP chief acrossthe state during the Vijay Rath Yatra.

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A19-year-old girl was shotdead by her former

boyfriend while she was on herway home with her elder broth-er on a bike in Bareilly onTuesday. The accused, identi-fied as Rajneesh, attended thesame school as the victim.

The victim's brother toldthe police that they were return-ing home after shopping inFatehganj East area on Tuesday,when Rajneesh approachedthem on a bike and knockedthem down on the road. Later,the assailant dragged the girl bythe hair, tore her clothes andshot her five times from apoint-blank range. The injuredbrother further said the attackwas over even before he couldpick himself up and save his sis-ter.

SSP, Bareilly, Rohit SinghSajwan said that while severalpolice teams were searching forRajneesh, the accused walkedinto his office later on Tuesdayevening, and surrendered alongwith the murder weapon.“Rajneesh confessed that hekilled the girl because she didnot keep her promise of mar-rying him. Locals claimed thegirl broke off ties with Rajneeshafter her parents came to knowabout their relationship and didnot approve of it. They laterfixed her marriage elsewhereand she was ready to follow herparents' wishes.”

The SSP further said, "Thegirl was shot in the neck andabdomen and she died on thespot. Her body was handed overto the family after an autopsy onTuesday evening. An FIR wasregistered against Rajneeshunder IPC sections 302 (mur-der) and 504 (intentional insult)and the accused was sent to jail.Also a police team has beendeployed at the village to main-tain law and order till the mat-ter settles down.”.

Meanwhile in Meerut, A19-year-old woman was founddead inside a bathroom of abanquet hall during a weddingin Meerut late on Mondaynight. While the police regis-tered a case of murder, thewoman’s family alleged thatshe was raped and strangulat-ed. The woman's family alsoaccused the police of shieldinga constable who was found in

an inebriated state in a roomattached to the bathroom. Noone has been arrested so far.

SSP (Meerut) PrabhakarChaudhary told media per-sons, “We recovered the womanvictim’s body from a wash-room attached to a room wherea drunk police constable wasfound sleeping. A case of mur-der has been lodged in this con-nection. Forensic experts havealso been pressed into service.We are investigating further.”

Sources confirmed that theconstable was among the guestsand the police were informedabout the woman going miss-ing from the wedding venue onMonday night. “When a policeteam reached there, the girl'skin had found her body in abathroom. They also beat upthe constable alleging that hewas responsible for the murderand possible rape. We cannotconfirm the rape charge as thepostmortem report is still await-ed,” said Deputy SP, PoonamSirohi.

The woman's family saidthose attending the weddinghad a scuffle with the bouncersafter the manager of the ban-quet hall refused to share theCCTV video footage of thenight. 'We have sealed the mar-riage hall and a case will be reg-istered against the managerand the bouncers who misbe-haved with the girl's kin. Therole of the police constable isalso being investigated andaction will be taken if he isfound guilty,” said Sirohi.

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Kicking off her party’s 100-day action plan to woo the

‘aadhi abadi’ (female population)in the coming assembly electionsin Uttar pradesh, Congress gen-eral secretary Priyanka GandhiVadra asked women folks tostart fending for themselves.Priyanka was interacting withabout 5000 women at Ramghat

�;�8��8��##��%���&���"���������������on the banks of Mandakiniriver in Chitrakoot onWednesday.

The Congress programmefocusing on ‘Ladki hoon, ladsakti hoon’ slogan saw womenfrom all groups — mainly low-income groups — listen atten-tively to Priyanka’s speech onwomen empowerment.Priyanka also offered prayers atthe famous Matgajendra Shivtemple in Chitrakoot. A specialstage had been constructedon a boat for Priyanka Gandhibut the Congress leader choseto sit with the women duringthe interaction.

“Suno Draupadi, shastrautha lo. Ab Govind na aayenge.Kab tak aas lagaogi tum, bikehue akhbaron se. Kaisi Rakshamaang rahi ho, Dushasan kedarbaron se. (Listen Draupadi,take up arms because nowLord Krishna will not come toyour rescue. How long will youwait for justice from newspa-pers that are already sold out.What kind of protection areyou seeking from Dushasan`scourt.)," Priyanka asserted tothe women.

The women audience,including Aanganwadi work-ers, ASHA workers, lawyersand members of self-helpgroups, spoke about their prob-lems at home and at work andappreciated the reservationannounced by the Congress forwomen candidates in theassembly elections. Priyankaassured them that her partywould stand by them and helpthem in every possible way toresolve their problems.

“Providing 40 per centtickets to women andidates inAssembly elections is just thebeginning. I want half thepopulation to contest 50 per

cent seats in the 2024 LokSabha elections. Mobile phonespromised by my party will

help in your safety and theScooty will help you in carry-ing out your studies. All jour-

neys will be free for women ingovernment buses and 40 percent provision already exists for

women in government posts,"the Congress leader said. .

Priyanka targeted the BJPgovernment saying that aUnion minister`s son crushedagitating farmers in Lakhimpurbut the BJP government helpedhim.

“On the other hand, ASHAsisters were beaten up badly bythe administration for raisingtheir demands. When you arebeing exploited continuouslyand you are being tortured,then if you ask for your rightsfrom those who beat you, youwill never get it. You have tofight for your rights. If thegovernment is not doing any-thing for you, then why shouldit be carried forward?” sheasked.

Lucknow (PNS): Congressgeneral secretary PriyankaGandi Vadra is betting high onwomen votes and henceplanned a 100-day aggressivecampaign after announcing 40per cent Assembly electiontickets to women in the nextstate elections.

The Congress leader alsomade big promises to woowomen voters and for which aseparate manifesto has beenprepared. Some key promisesinclude smartphone and two-wheelers for college-going girls,three free cylinders for house-wives, free travel for women ingovernment buses, honorariumof Rs 10,000 per month toASHA and Anganwadi workersand old age-widow pension ofRs 1000 per month.

To give an edge to this mis-sion, action plan ‘Adhi Abadi’

was kicked off by Priyankafrom Chitrakoot onWednesday. There are about 7crore women voters in the stateand Priyanka is banking on thissignificant portion of the elec-torate.

As per Congress to sources,the party was going to com-mence a big public relationscampaign to reach out to fourcrore women voters in the next100 days. A brigade of around8,000 woman volunteers hasbeen assigned for the task withthe slogan ‘Ladki hoon, Ladsakti hoon".

As many as 150 profession-als are working on this cam-paign. The brigade will reachout to about 2 lakh womendaily and convey the promisesof Priyanka to them. Congresshas prepared one crore PinkSilicone bands and attractive

stickers for the campaign.Incidents of crime againstwomen and the issue of infla-tion would be the main issuedto be raised during the cam-paign.

At present, there are about7 crore women voters in thestate and of them, about 4crore had voted in the 2017Assembly elections.Interestingly, women votersturnout (63 per cent) was 4 percent more that that of male vot-ers who stood at 59 per cent. Inthe 2019 Lok Sabha electionstoo, women voters turnout was1 per cent more than male vot-ers. Congress strategists feel,that about 60 per cent ofwomen voters were in the18 to35 age group and the party waseyeing it.

To popularize the cam-paign, there is also a plan toorganize a marathon for girls,the winners of which will begiven Scooty. The promotion-al campaign will be run in

shopping malls and girls' col-leges. There are also plans toform an influencer team of1,000 women professionals likewomen doctors, lawyers and5,000 mobile units. Congress'Digital team will send dailyreports from every district tothe Central Control Room.Data from the control room willbe sent to the call center. A callcenter is running in Lucknow.Social media campaigns will berun on WhatsApp andFacebook.

Congress is focusing on100 seats out of the total 403Assembly constituencies inUttar Pradesh. According tosources, a target has been set tocontact every woman 10 timesin these seats. Apart from theoutreach campaign, Congresswill organize 100 town hallsthat is special dialogue meetingsacross the state. PriyankaGandhi Vadra will address 10town halls just like Chitrakootthe event held on Wednesday.

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The PM will visit Mahobaat around 2.45 pm and inau-gurate multiple projects aimedat alleviating issues of watershortage for farmers in theregion, the Prime Minister’sOffice (PMO) said in a state-ment. The projects includeArjun Sahayak Project, RatauliWeir Project, Bhaoni DamProject, and Majhgaon-ChilliSprinkler Project.

The cumulative cost ofthese projects is more than Rs3250 crore and once fullyoperating, they will help irri-gate around 65,000 hectares ofland in the districts ofMahoba, Hamirpur, Bandaand Lalitpur, benefitting lakhsof farmers, the PMO said.

These projects will alsoprovide potable drinking

water to people in the region,it said.

On the same day around5.15 pm, Modi will lay thefoundation stone of a 600megawatt Ultra Mega SolarPower Park in Garautha,Jhansi.

The park is being con-structed at a cost of over Rs3,000 crore, and will helpprovide cheaper electricityand grid stability, the PMOsaid.

The PM will also inaugu-rate Atal Ekta Park in Jhansi.

Named after former primeminister Atal Bihari Vajpayee,the park has been built at acost of over Rs 11 crore, andis spread over an area of about40,000 square metre.

The park will house alibrary as well as a statue ofVajpayee.

The statue has been builtby the renowned sculptorRam Sutar, the man behindthe Statue of Unity, accordingto the PMO.

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VARANASI (PNS): A verycomplicated surgery was donesuccessfully in theCardiothoracic and VascularSurgery (CTVS) department ofBanaras Hindu University(BHU) on a very sick patientwith both sides of the heart infailed state. A 22 years oldyouth from Azamgarh wasadmitted in the CTVS depart-ment with severe difficulty inbreathing and swelling in wholebody. Prof Siddharth Lakhotiawho performed the surgerysaid that his oxygen saturationsof the patient were very low onroom air and he was coughingcontinuously. However, hisCovid report was negative.Later, the patient underwentfew urgent investigations andthen the diagnosis was madewith the help of 2D echocardio-graphy. ‘The patient was diag-nosed as a case of rupturedsinus of valsalva in the rightventricular outflow tract withsevere aortic regurgitation. It’sa rare heart disease which if nottreated timely results in death,’said Prof Lakhotia.

According to him, in this

condition blood leaks into rightventricle from the aortathrough an abnormal openingin the aorta and also leaksbackward to left ventriclethrough the defective aorticvalve (aortic valve facilitatesunidirectional flow of bloodfrom left ventricle to aorta).‘Because of these abnormalflows of blood, both his left andright ventricles (ie lower cham-bers of heart, which pumpblood to whole body and tolungs) were in state of failureand then he was kept in CTVSICU with ventilator supportinitially and was given medica-tions to manage his heart fail-ure,’ Prof Lakhotia said.

He also informed that dur-ing surgery the abnormal com-munication of the aorta withthe right ventricle was closedwith help of artificial materialgraft and the aortic valve wasreplaced by a metallic artificialvalve. ‘The surgery was a verychallenging one but now thepatient is fine and was dis-charged on Tuesday,’ said ProfLakhotia who was supportedby Dr Narendra Nath Das

while anaesthesia was given byProf SK Mathur and Dr Reena.

POSTAL DEPT ISSUESTOLL FREE NUMBER: Tomake the Post Office (PO)savings schemes more accessi-ble and customer-friendly, theDepartment of Posts has issueda toll free number. Now, the POsavings account holders will beable to get the services of thePostal department sitting athome and will not have tocome to the POs to solve theirminor problems. TheDepartment of Posts has issuedInteractive Voice Response(IVR) toll free number18002666868, which can beavailed by the account holdersby calling from their registeredmobile number. This toll freenumber has been started inHindi and English language,informed Postmaster General(PMG), Varanasi Region,Krishna Kumar Yadav.

According to him, throughthis toll free facility of theDepartment of Posts, accountholders can get the account bal-ance information of all types ofaccounts. Customers can get

details of the last four transac-tions, details of any specifictransaction, interest earnedand paid or tax deducted inaccounts for SB, PPF andSukanya Samriddhi Schemeaccounts. Apart from this, thestatus of cheque issued in theaccounts and request to stoppayment of cheque can also bemade. The facility to get a newATM card, PIN change andblocking of ATM cards is alsobeing made available throughthis IVR toll free number.Yadav said that there are morethan 31 lakh accounts in POsof Varanasi Region. Theaccount holders who have notlinked their account with amobile number, should imme-diately go to the POs and getthe same link so that they toocan avail these facilities.Information about all the sav-ings schemes of the Postaldepartment can also beobtained by calling this toll freenumber. This facility will bevery helpful for senior citizens,women and people living inremote areas, who can’t attendthe POs in person.

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Under it’s assembly con-stituency-wise protest

against the price rise, theCongress workers on the sec-ond day on Wednesday tookout a procession from a placenear Mahaveer Mandir inOrderly Bazar which culminat-ed at Kutchery by covering theareas of Bhojuveer, MeirapurBasahi and Natiniadai areas.The protest procession wastaken out under the aegis ofthe City Congress Committee.The procession was flaggedoff after garlanding the statueof Sant Ravidas at Mahishasurghat by the former UP minis-ter Ajay Rai and state vice pres-ident Vishwavijay Singh.

The Congress workerswere distributing pamphletshighlighting the electionpromises of the party. Suchprocessions are being taken outall over the state by the party

workers against the price-riseand increasing inflation. Theysaid that such processionswould be taken out in everyassembly constituency apartfrom all the cities and villages.They strongly flayed the BJP-led central and state govern-ments for making the life of thepeople tough as the prices of allessential items have skyrocket-ed. ‘The people are sufferingfrom high price-rise due togrowing tariffs of electricity,fees of educational institutionsand prices of medicines, petrol,diesel, essential items, fertilis-ers, seeds etc. The increaseexposes the dual faces of thegovernment,’ they said, addingthat a change is certain in2022.

They said that in the BJP-led government, only a fewcapitalists are being benefitted.Among those who were alsopresent in the procession wereRaghvendra Chaubey, Manish

Chaubey, Shailendra Singh andShuvji.

DIVYANG CHAMPI-ONSHIP TO BE HELDFROM TODAY: With an aimto provide a platform to phys-ically challenged cricket play-ers to explore their talents, theUttar Pradesh CricketAssociation for PhysicallyChallenged (UPCAPC), affili-ated with Physically ChallengedCricket Association of India(PCCAI) is going to conductAll India Final DivyangChampionship-2021 fromNovember 18 to 20 atSampurnanand Sports Stadiumin Sugar, here.

Talking to the press per-sons at a hotel in Pared Kothi,here on Wednesday, the nation-al vice president of the PCCAIand president of UPCAPC DrManoj Kumar Srivastava andsecretary Ajay Yadav informedthat Shantanu Maharaj willinaugurate the championship

on Thursday at 11 am in thestadium.

A total of 80 players of fiveteams including East Zone,West Zone, South Zone, NorthZone and Central Zone willparticipate in the champi-onship, they informed adding,the divyang players of 26 statesof the country will representthese five zones in the champi-onship. The national secretaryof PCCAI Ravi Chauhaninformed that the objectivebehind to conduct the champi-onship is to bring the physical-ly challenged cricketers intomain stream of the sportsactivities and added that thetalk is going on with to the sec-retary of the BCCI to help suchcricketers. The divyang play-ers of international and nation-al level will participate in thechampionship, Dr Srivastavainformed, the championshipwill conclude on November 20at the stadium.

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In the Dev Deepawali event ofGangotri Seva Samiti, the

grand Shringar of movableAshtdhatu idol of Ma Gangaweighted 108 kilogrammes willbe done with an equal quanti-ty of flowers and for the firsttime, five girls will lead theMaha-Aarti atDashashwamedh ghat on theevening of November 19. Apart

from five girls, 21 Batuks(males) and 42 Riddhi Siddhis(females) will also participate inthe event.

For the first time in theyear 1997, Pt Kishori RamanDubey (Babu Maharaj) per-formed the Aarti alone at thisghat under the banner ofGangotri Seva Samiti. Lateron, the Ganga Aarti spreadcovering many ghats of thecity.

This year, a daughter anda son of the third generationof Babu Maharaj will lead theMaha-Aarti.

The event wil l bestarted on the auspiciousoccasion of AshwinPurnima at 5 pm. Apartfrom showing its respect forwomen empowerment, theevent also pays homage to themartyrs.

The day will also mark the

conclusion of month-longAkashdeep being burnt therein the memory of martyredpolice and PAC personnel.Ganga Aarti has become animportant identity of Kashitoday and on the occasion ofDev Deepawali, to see thepanoramic Maha-Aarti it isexpected that a good numberof tourists from all over thecountry and abroad will comehere.

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Hectic preparations aregoing on at various ghats

for organising one of the mostfamous festivals Dev Deepawalihere on November 19. AsKarthik Purnima is famousnot only for the Hindus butalso for the Sikhs andBuddhists, preparations arealso being held at all theGurdwaras as well as in Sarnathapart from the 84-odd Gangaghats and some famous kunds(ponds). After several restric-tions last year due to COVID-19 guidelines, this time DevDeepawali is going to be organ-ised in a grand way when 12lakh diyas (earthen lamps)would be lighted at variousghats.

Meanwhile, at severalimportant ghats includingDashaswamedh, Panchganga,Tulsi, Assi and others where bigprogrammes will be organ-ised, stage and other prepara-tions are going in full swing. Asthe balloon event will be one ofthe attractions, its testing wasdone at the ghats. Besides,while Nagar Nigam haslaunched a massive cleanli-ness drive, the Police depart-ment is making plans for elab-orate security and trafficarrangements.

Earlier, for reviewing thepreparations, UP Minister ofState (Independent Charge)for Tourism and ReligiousAffairs Dr Neelkanth Tiwariheld a meeting with the chair-persons and representatives of

different committees cooperat-ing with the UP Tourismdepartment in organising thefestival in a grand way. Thesecommittees will light lamps onthe ghats, kunds and ponds indifferent parts of the city. ‘Theprogramme which started fromPanchganga ghat is beingorganised today at all the ghats.Last year, it became a world-wide event due to the partici-pation of Prime MinisterNarendra Modi. The popular-ity of the event may be imag-ined just as almost all thehotels and boats have alreadybeen booked,’ said Dr Tiwari,adding that prior to 2018, theevent did not get any govern-

ment support, but now with theinitiatives of the Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath, the govern-ment is also participating insuch event.

According to him, fromthis time onwards, a day afterthe celebration of DevDeepawali, every year, a grandcultural programme will beorganised to felicitate the com-mittees for their efforts inmaking the event grand. Hedirected the officers to com-plete the preparations withoutdelay on a war footing by mak-ing better coordination andensure taking care of the con-venience of all the devotees vis-iting this festival. He asked the

officers to do on-site inspectionof the ghats and remove theshortcomings apart fromensuring proper security with-out harassment of the devotees.“The fountains and lightingarrangements on all the pondsshould be in working condi-tion,’ he said, informing thecommittees that 1,000 diyasand oil will be distributed toeach one out of 120 so that thetarget of lighting 12 lakh diyasthis year can be achieved. ChiefDevelopment Officer AbhishekGoyal, Central Dev DeepawaliMahasamiti President VagishDutt Mishra and RegionalTourism Officer KirtimanSrivastava were also present.

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Former Union Minister UmaBharti is confident about

the victory of BJP in theupcoming UP Assembly elec-tions. She said that the BJP willform the government againwith a thumping majority. Inreference to Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath, she said he isan advanced version of her. “Heis like my very dear andyounger brother,” Bharti said inPrayagraj on Wednesday aspart of her Ganga Yatra. Underthis mission, she reachedPrayagraj on Wednesday.

Bharti said during a con-versation with mediapersonsafter Triveni Darshan inPrayagraj that BJP has donecultural awakening. “The ben-efits of government schemesare reaching the common man.This is the reason why all theblows of the opposition aregoing blank,” she said.

Targeting the opposition,she said that there is a feud inthe family of former ChiefMinister Mulayam Singh whileBSP is nowhere to be seen. Forthe opposition parties in thestate, achieving double digitswould prove to be a difficulttask. The reason for this is the

actions of the government,they cannot be ignored.

Taking a dig at theCongress, she said that at thetime of elections, the activismof Priyanka Gandhi Vadra andRahul Gandhi increases. “Thepublic understands this verywell. Congressmen have to

understand that it takes fiveyears of hard work to winelections. From going to jail,one has to face the lathichargeas well,” she said.

“On the other hand, BJPhas given impetus to develop-ment by standing with thepeople. This is the reason why

lotus is blooming in the centerand the state,” she added.

Earlier, she also went tovisit the temple located near thehouse of Civil AviationMinister Nand Gopal GuptaNandi. From Prayagraj, UmaBharti left for VindhyachalDham.

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All-India CongressCommittee general secre-

tary Priyanka Vadra was inPrayagraj airport for a fewminutes while leaving forChitrakoot on Wednesdaymorning. All the seniorCongress leaders of the city alsoreached the airport to accordher a warm welcome..

Prayagraj's Surkha guavahas also been taken by theCongressmen for PriyankaVadra. Here, the Congressmenwere expected to hold talkswith the Congressmen forsome time. However, Priyanka

accepted the greeting by sim-ply shaking her hand. After thisshe left for Chitrakoot by road.She interacted with women at

Ramghat in Chitrakoot. Thenin the evening she left forLucknow via Prayagraj.

Vadra reached Prayagrajairport around 10:50 am onWednesday. From here she leftfor Chitrakoot via Kaushambiby road.

However, there was noinformation about her attend-ing any programme in the city.Some senior Congress leadershad reached Prayagraj airportto welcome her. However,Priyanka greeted theCongressmen by shaking theirhands. After this, she left forRamghat in Chitrakoot withthe convoy.

According to information,

Vadra communicated withwomen in Chitrakoot. Thereshe gave edge to the slogan of' Ladki hun lad sakti hun'. Inbetween, Congressmen alsowelcomed her. After the dia-logue there, she came back toPrayagraj by five o'clock in theevening.

After this, she left forLucknow directly from here.There she held a meeting withthe Pradesh CongressCommittee regarding ticketdistribution for the UttarPradesh Legislative Assemblyelections. In such a situation, itis being speculated that nowthe ticket distribution will alsobe done soon.

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General Manager, NorthCentral Railway, Pramod

Kumar gave away awards tostaff members for their con-sciousness and contributiontowards safety in train opera-tions. The award function wasorganised during the weeklysafety and punctuality meetingat NCR headquarter. It wasattended by Additional GeneralManage Ranjan Yadav,Principal Chief Safety OfficerManish Kumar Gupta alongwith the principal heads of thedepartments of North CentralRailway and DRMs fromAgra, Jhansi and Prayagrajdivisions.

Five railway staff mem-bers were conferred with safe-ty awards by the GeneralManager on the occasion.Awarded employees includeSmt. Meena Devi, TechnicianIII/C & W/Tundla, BhanwarSingh Meena, Deputy StationSuper intendent/Mohasa,Shivlal Meena,Constable/Aligarh, KishoreMeena, Constable/Aligarh and

Pradeep Kumar Verma, SignalAssistant/ Jhingura, PrayagrajDivision.

Pradeep Kumar Verma hasbeen conferred with “Man ofthe Month" for the month ofSeptember. On October 28,Pradeep Kumar Verma whileworking on track circuit atJhingura station detected a railfracture in which the joggleplate bolt was also damaged. Heimmediately informed theDeputy StationSuperintendent/Jhingura and

took adequate measures for safetrain operation. The GM alsothanked the wife of PradeepKumar Verma by writing a let-ter to her in this regard.

Similarly, on September24, 21, constable Shivlal Meenaand constable Kishore Meena,RPF Post Aligarh Junction,during track patrolling duty inKalwa-Somna section, found140 nos. Pendrol clip missingbetween Km. No. 1344/20-24.They immediately informedtheir inspector. In view of the

seriousness of the matter &safety of the passengers theInspector conveyed the matterto Senior Section Engineerand Station Master Somna whosuspended the train move-ment, at 20.15 hrs by switchingoff the OHE.

An analytical powerpointpresentation was made on CTC(Centralized Traffic Control)Tundla by Senior DivisionalOperations Manager PrayagrajDivision SK Shuka. Duringthis presentation, he detailedthe functional issues and theirsolutions. The GeneralManager expressed the need toupdate this system as per thelatest requirements.

During the meeting,Pramod Kumar directed fornecessary action regardingwater logging and maintenancein road under bridges. Apartfrom this, the GM stressed onthe need of night foot platinginspection in view of safety inwinter.

He also gave instructionsregarding night patrollingfor safety of railway installa-tions.

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������������� ���������233ALLAHABAD (PNS): Thenumber of dengue victims with18 new cases in the district hasreached close to 1,000 (actual-ly 944). Dengue wards in hos-pitals are full of patients.Dengue outbreak is increasingrapidly in Prayagraj. Thecoastal areas of Ganga aremore affected. From Teliarganjto Salori-Baghara, the out-break of dengue is very high.

The people of the settle-ments of Kachari area ofRajapur in the city are also inpanic due to dengue mosqui-toes. One or two in the hous-es or at some places the wholefamily is suffering from this.Many people have also died inthe last two months.

The spread of dengue start-ed from the Chilla slum ofGovindpur. In the initial daysthere, the death of two peoplein a span of half an hourexposed the government's pre-paredness. The situation issimilar in the coastal areas ofthe Ganga. Contrary to the

claims of the MalariaDepartment, thousands of peo-ple living in the Terai region ofTeliarganj, Shivkuti,Govindpur, Chilla Basti, MelaMarg, Salori, Chhota Baghada,Bada Baghada and RajapurCachar are full of Denguespread Aedes mosquitoeswhereas in such a vast area, theteams of Malaria Departmentand Municipal Corporationare proving to be futile in con-trolling the menace.

So far seven people suffer-ing from fever have died inGovindpur and Shivkuti. Thefamilies of all of them claimthat the deaths were due todengue. Some died while get-ting treatment from privatehospitals or by quacks andsome died while being admit-ted to hospitals in other dis-tricts.

The other areas includedChowk, Allapur, Daraganj,Sulemsarayan, Teliarganj,Transportnagar, Pritam Nagar,Rasoolabad, Georgetown, Civil

Lines, Colonelganj, Beligaon,Rambagh, Chaufatka,Mumfordganj, Bahria are alsounder grip of dengue.

About one hundreddengue patients are also admit-ted in private hospitals of thecity. The doctors of the hospi-tal say that the patients arecoming in a serious condition.Some people are able to recov-er in a week, while some peo-ple are taking two weeks torecover completely.

District Malaria OfficerAnand Kumar Singh said thatthe situation is not as bad aspeople are telling. Samplesfrom all major private hospitalsare also going to microbiologylabs.

On an average 70 samplesare being received in the labevery day including govern-ment and private hospitals.While positive reports are com-ing from 15 to 18 people. It canbe said that dengue is not overbut it is under control due tocooperative activities of the

Municipal Corporation.District Malaria Officer

Anand Kumar Singh said thatputting kerosene or used Mobiloil in water is the best way todestroy the larvae. If peoplemake a little effort for this, thenthe effect of dengue can bereduced, he added..

EIGHT WAGONS OFGOODS TRAIN DERAIL:Train operations on thePrayagraj-DDU railway linewere stalled for several hoursafter eight wagons of a contain-er goods train derailed on thePrayagraj-Pandit DeendayalUpadhyay Junction (DDU)section on Wednesday morn-ing. The mishap took place at6.45 am.

All the officers of the rail-way reached the control roomlocated in Prayagraj division.During this, trains on thePrayagraj-DDU route werediverted. Simultaneously, theSubedarganj-DDU Memo trainwas canceled by the Railwaysfrom both sides.

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Coal India ChairmanPramod Agarwal on

Tuesday reached NorthernCoalfields Limited (NCL) on atwo-day visit. He was given aguard of honour by a contin-gent of Central IndustrialSecurity Force (CISF) at NCLheadquarters. On the occa-sion the Chairman of CoalIndia took a review meeting onthe issues related to coal pro-duction and productivity of thecompany at NCL headquarters.NCL CMD PK Sinha, NCL’sholding company Coal IndiaDirector (Personnel), VinayRanjan, NCL Director(Technical/ Operations) DrAnindya Sinha, Director(Finance & Personnel) RN

Dubey, Director (Technical/Projects & Planning) SSSinha, Chairman, Coal India’sTechnical Secretary MK Singhand General Managers/headsof NCL’s all coalfields andunits, GMs and heads of

departments of NCL head-quarters were present. Inaddition, teams from all coal-fields and units of NCL alsoparticipated in the reviewmeeting through video con-ferencing.

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District Magistrate PraveenKumar Laxkar has direct-

ed the officials concerned toupload the names of benefi-ciaries on database portal withtransparency so that

tablet/smart phone could begiven to them. In a meeting theDM said that the governmenthad decided to technicalyempower the youth in order toto make them self reliant. Hefurther said that the schemewas introduced as a pilot pro-ject for the year 2021-2022. Hesaid that the scheme was to

cover graduate, postgraduate,diploma, paramedical courseand nursing students besidestrainees of all types of skilldevelopment programmesbeing run under the govern-ment schemes. While address-ing the meeting the DM said

that it was the era in whichmost of the works werebeing carried out online. Hesaid too that through suchdevices the youth might bemore skilled not only forjobs but for self employmentalso. In order to benefit alleligible persons with trans-parency the DM formed a

committee under his presi-dentship with chief develop-ment officer (CDO,) CTO, alldistrict level officers of depart-ments concerned and NICincharge as its members andAdditional District Magistrate(Finance & Revenue) as nom-inated secretary by him. It wasalso said that some experts toocould be nominated as invitedmembers of the committee.The meeting was attended byDIOS, principals of institu-tions concerned, includingpolytechnic and ITI and addi-tional CMO.

SAMPLES COLLECTED:In view of Rabi crop season theteams formed by the DistrictMagistrate inspected seedstores across the district onTuesday. Deputy Director(Agriculture) Ashok KumarUpadhyay said that during theraids the officials were check-ing that no inferior quality itemshould be supplied to the farm-ers. Samples had been collect-ed from 32 seed stores. He saidthe team led by him had issuedshow- cause notices to two bigtraders of the city for someanomalies found during theinspection.

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Under Rail Kaushal VikasYojana in Banaras

Locomotive Works (BLW) anew initiative has been startedby General Manager AnjaliGoyal. In it one day industrialexposure will be given to engi-neering students in BLW.Under this initiative onTuesday 40 students of AshokaEngineering College, Varanasi,were given practical knowledgeof loco assembly, engine mak-ing, machinery and plant etcinside BLW. Due to this thetechnical knowledge of thestudents doing engineeringwill increase and will also geta three-dimensional view. Withthis programme the campaignof skill development scheme ofthe Government of India willbe strengthened. Through thisprogramme the PrimeMinister’s resolve to create self-confidence among the youth ofthe country in the Azadi KaAmrit Mahotsav year is beingcarried forward. It has beenstarted by the Ministry of SkillDevelopment andEntrepreneurship to achieve theresolve of self-reliant India. Thisindustrial exposure was startedby Principal Chief ElectricalEngineer (PCEE), BLW, RajeshKumar Rai, and under theguidance of Principal ChiefMechanical Engineer (PCME)Amitabh. The programme con-cluded in the presence ofDirector, Ashoka EngineeringCollege, Sarika Srivastava.Earlier a seminar was orga-nized in the auditorium hall ofthe Technical Training Centrewhich was conducted by ChiefMechanical Engineer, QMS,

Praveen Kumar. Principal,Technical Training Centre,Ramjanam Chaubey briefedthe students about BLW.Thereafter a short corporatefilm on BLW was screened. Allthe students of AshokaEngineering College visited dif-ferent shops of BLW in whichdetailed information was givenby the officers and supervisorsthere. After the shop visit, apower-point presentation relat-ed to the manufacture of elec-tric loco was also given. Duringit all the students were verythrilled and curious and on thequery made by them satisfac-tory information was given bythe supervisors of the shopconcerned, public relationsofficer (PRO) said.

ELECTION: The DLWOther Backward Caste (OBC)Railway Employees’ WelfareAssociation’s biennial electionand annual general meetingwas held recently. In the elec-tion for 14 posts, five office-bearers have been elected forthe first time. All the office-bearers were elected unop-posed– Ram Narayan (presi-dent), Arvind Kumar Yadav

(working president), DineshPratap (vice-president), HariShankar Yadav (general secre-tary), Ramji Prasad (treasurer),Vivek (organising secretary),Ramesh Kumar Prajapati (pub-licity secretary), Surya NathPrasad (secretary loco), RajKumar Sav (secretary engine),Suresh Pal (secretary stores),Rakesh Kumar Singh (secretaryplant), Ankit Sharma (secretaryaccounts), Ajay Kumar (co-sec-retary) and Ratan Prabhakar(auditor). The election washeld under the supervision ofelection officer RK Chaudhary,Senior Personnel Officer(BLW) and election supervisorRam Arakh Yadav, ZonalPresident, NER. Former jointsecretary Ramayan Singh Yadav,Pradeep Yadav, Alok Verma,Rajendra Pal, Vikram Sharma,Sardar Singh, Mahesh Thakur,Saroj Kumar Singh, AP Singh,Shashi Kant Yadav, BN Yadav,Raju Yadav, Sanjay Kumar, RoopSingh etc. were mainly present.It was conducted by Ajay Kumarconcluded by president RamNarayan. General secretary HariShankar Yadav presented theannual report.

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Keeping in view the hugerush of passengers for their

convenience and on the basisof demand a pair of superfastspecial train will be runbetween Hyderabad andGorakhpur. However, the tim-ing and route of this specialtrain will remain the same. The02575 Hyderabad-Gorakhpursuperfast special train will berun from Hyderabad onNovember 19 (Friday) and the02576 Gorakhpur-Hyderabadsuperfast special train from

Gorakhpur on November 21(Sunday). In this train, a totalof 22 coaches, including two ofgenerator-cum-luggage van,two of general second class,eight of sleeper class, eight ofair-conditioned third class, oneof air-conditioned second classand one of parcel van will beattached, Chief Public RelationsOfficer (CPRO) PankajKumar Singh said.

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The pre-interlocking and

non-interlocking worksbetween Sitapur-Parsendiunder the ongoing Sitapur-Burhwal doubling project inLucknow division of NorthEastern Railway (NER) isbeing done between November16 and 24.

Under this work at thelevel crossing No 84 locatedbetween Sitapur-Parsendi onNovember 21 and at 82 A onNovember 18 and 19 from08.00 am to 20.00 hours due tothe work being done the roadtraffic will remain closed. CPROPankaj Kumar Singh said.

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Piyush Goyal, CabinetMinister, Ministry of

Commerce and Industry,Textile and Consumer Affairs,Food and PublicDistribution,while addressng the 50th con-vocation of the National SugarInstitute called upon the stu-dents to work hard with fulldevotion and commitment toface all the challenges withcourage, so that the institutionand the country may takepride. He said the passouts ofthis prestigious institutioncarry hope of the sugar indus-try and nation, thus, an out ofbox thinking and pro-activeapproach was expected fromthe generation which was goingto take over in the comingtimes. He said it would be nec-essary to focus on developinginnovative products and con-verting sugar factories intoAgri-business Complexes forround the year working. Hesaid along with this, one had tokeep in mind the interest of thefarmers because they were thebackbone of this industry.

He said the time hadarrived to ensure that the sugarindustries were shaped intoagri-business complexes andsaid this comprised of inte-grated industries and support-ive facilities like storage, insur-ance, transportation, distribu-tion of food and agriculturalproducts. He said agri-businesscomplexes can be termed as aset of factors with interrelatedactivities, necessary to pro-duce and market agriculturalproducts. He said the success ofthe individual companies in theABC was increasingly deter-mined by the success of anABC as a whole. He said a con-ceptual framework was pre-sented for the design and devel-opment of computer aided pol-icy support systems and thepresented methodology, calledPLATO (Powerfull LogicalAnalysis Tool), was built ontheory from various scientificdisciplines: OperationsResearch, artificial intelligence,public policy theory, manage-

ment science and social sci-ences.

Addressing the studentsMinister of State, Departmentof Food and PublicDistribution and RuralDevelopment, Sadhvi NiranjanJyoti congratulated the institutefor its continuous valuable ser-vice to sugar and allied indus-try. She said sugar industry wasthe back bone of rural econo-my and its performance haddirect implication on the wel-fare of sugarcane farmers. Shesaid the newer technologiesand models of ethanol pro-duction duly supported bygovernment policies had result-ed into better performance ofthe Indian sugar industry anddiminishing sugarcane pricearrears.

Subhodh Kumar Singh,Joint Secretary (Sugar&Administration), congratu-lated the students and advisedthem for preparing themselvesfor fast changing technical sce-nario in the sugar industrywhich now looked for produc-tion of ethanol and other valueadded products for economicsustainability. He said current-ly, the continuous depletion ofnon-renewable resources offuels and chemicals had pro-moted the research and devel-

opment of different alternativesfor the replacement of fossilresources as the feedstock offuels and chemicals. He addedthat currently one of the mostimportant biofuels in the cur-rent economy, was bioethanol,contributing to 65 per cent ofthe total biofuels productionand its production was anattractive alternative because itwould be produced usingindigenous and native rawmaterial, therefore, the socio-economic impact can be mea-sured with the economicincomes and increase the qual-ity of life of small and middlefarmers.

In his welcome speech,Prof. Narendra Mohan,Director, NSI expressed grat-itude to the ministry for pro-viding adequate budgetarysupport to up-grade the acad-emic and research infrastruc-ture.

He said overcoming thechallenges of corona and staffconstraints, the institute con-tinued marching ahead withmany significant achievementsincluding providing academicand technical support to manysugar producing countries andall time high revenue duringthe financial year 2020-21.

Devendra Singh ‘Bhole’,

Member of Parliament, whilelauding the role of NationalSugar Institute in developmentof Indian sugar industryexpressed hope that theupcoming generation of tech-nologists and engineers woulddevelop innovative technolo-gies to make sugar industry‘Atmanirbhar’.

The vote of thanks wasdelivered by Ashok KumarGarg. Later Fellowships, PostGraduate Diplomas andCertificates were awarded to450 students who passed outduring academic years 2018-19and 2019-20. Various awardsand medals, Mahatma GandhiMemorial Gold Medal, C.V.Subba Rao Gold Medal, ISGECGold Medal, Shree Ji FutureLeadership Award, PrajExcellence Award and GlobalCanesugar Services Awardwere conferred to meritoriousstudents. Besides these, no. ofscholarships, namely, IndianSugar Mill Association (ISMA),National Federation of Co-operative Sugar Factories(NFCSF), S.N. Gundu RaoMemorial, Dr. Kripa ShankarMemorial and Bhagwanta DeviMemorial Scholarships wereawarded top ranking studentsof various courses by SadhviNiranjan Jyoti.

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The District Magistrate, City,Vishak G Iyer ,expressed

concern over the dangerouslevels of pollution and said thereason for this was the massiveconstruction works going on inthe city. He he said it wasshocking to see that solid wastemanagement was totally flout-ing the norms and the garbageladen truck were moving onthe roads without covering thegarbage with tarpaulin. Hesaid it had been directed onumpteen times that trucks car-rying garbage from the cityshould be totally covered. Itmay be mentioned here that itwas a common sight that trucksladen with rotting garbagemoving in the middle of theroad dropping the garbage onthe already cleaned and sweptroads.

He was chairing the highlevel meeting on GangaPollution, Jal Nigam and Airpollution at the Collectorate.

He said despite being mademandatory that all those car-rying out construction workshould stretch green mat sothat the dust released from suchsites did not spread further. Heasked the authorities to ensurethat it was strictly followed. Hepointed an accusing finger atMetro Rail, KNN and KDA fortheir apathy and said that thetroika need to ensure they fol-lowed the pollution controlnorms. He directed the KNNtop ensure that areas where the

construction work was beingcarried out the KNN shouldsprinkle water continuouslyon the roads. He said be itloading or unloading or car-rying of debris it should be cov-ered completely.

He directed the RTO tokeep monitoring over the ille-gally plied buses(daggamar)which as they were one potentfactor for whipping up dustmore because of the haphazardway of driving on such roadswhich forced the dust to dan-

gerously rise and spread in theenvironment. It may be men-tioned here that the DC hadissued orders to ensure the‘daggamar’ buses were totallystopped yet they were freelyrunning audaciously undre thepolitical patronage. He alsodirected that vehicles whichwere spreading pollutionshould be fined. He also direct-ed the State UP PollutionControl Board to ensure theykeep pollution under checkand keep a special eye on theindustries.

PENSION ADALAT:Additional Director, PensionAdalat, Ajay Jauhri, whileaddressing the press persons onWednesday said that 77thPension Adalat will be held inthe fourth week of December2021. He said those facingproblems related to the subjectshould apply in triplicate copiesthrough registered post andensure that it reached the offi-cials concerned by November30, 2021.

KANPUR (PNS): The three-day Flat Vikray Mela organisedby the Kanpur DevelopmentAuthority (KDA) to sell thevacant flats of Signature GreensCity, Vikas Nagar, on the firstfloor of its premises was inau-gurated by the Vice ChairmanArvind Singh on Wednesday.Addressing the gathering, hesaid ‘the main objective of thisMela is to facilitate buyers tobook the flat of their choice.Arrangements to provide allthe facilities to applicants areavailable on one platform toprevent them from unneces-sarily running here and there.The real time list of vacant flatsis being displayed on LEDscreen to facilitate them toselect flats of their choice. Atthe same time, arrangementsfor spot inspection of flats bythe buyers are also made.Signature Greens City is situ-ated adjacent to Zoo and with-in next few days, the operationof roadways bus stand would bestarted from there. At some dis-tance from Signature GreensCity, the bio-diversity park isalso situated, an environment-

friendly spot for human being’.HDFC, SBI, Axis, IndusIndand Indian Bank installed theirstall in the camp to facilitatedeposit of requisite moneyagainst purchase of the flat.Directives were issued to deliv-er allotment letter within 24hours of the booking of the flat.As many as, 130 persons gath-ered information relating toflats of Signature Greens City.Of them, around 40 people vis-ited the apartment for spotinspection of the flat selected bythem. Six applicants deposited

the application form duly filledin to buy the flat. The 32 appli-cants who had shown interestto buy flat in Signature GreensCity in the recent past werehandedover the allotment let-ter along with sweets in thecamp on Wednesday. Some ofthe applicants including SushilPandey, Ramesh KumarRohira, Roli Pandey, RashmiNigam and Babita Shukla wereupbeat after getting the allot-ment letter and sweets from theVice Chairman Arvind Singh.They thanked him for his ini-

tiation taken in the interest ofgeneral masses. The Melawould also be organised onNovember 18 and 20.

SPECIAL REGISTRYCAMP: Kanpur DevelopmentAuthority (KDA) also organ-ised the two-day special reg-istry camp on the first floor ofits premises on Wednesday.During past few months, ViceChairman Arvind Singh cameacross the applications of allot-tees urging him to executeregistry of their property afterdepositing the entire cost ofplot/flat/house as they had reg-ularly been visiting the KDAoffice for this purpose for thepast long time. Keeping thisproblem of allottees in mind,the Vice Chairman ArvindSingh directed to organise ‘spe-cial registry camp’ onNovember 17 and 18. All theallottees who had deposited thefull cost of their allottedhouse/plot/flat and completedall other formalities arerequired to visit the camp from11 am onwards for getting theregistry of their property exe-cuted on the spot.

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Oxy Neuron India Pvt Ltd,a startup incubated at SIIC

(Startup Incubation andInnovation Centre), of theIndian Institute of Technology,Kanpur, unveiled its newestoffering, Magic Box SmartLithium wall mount portableinverter, and its first customeris none other than the Indiandivision of the electric car-maker Tesla.

The device was unveiled atIIT Outreach Centre, Noidawith the MSME Minister ofState, Bhanu Pratap SinghVerma, DIG, CISF, PrabodhChandra and dignitaries fromIIT Kanpur, including ProfAmitabha Bandyopadhyay, DrNikhil Agarwal, CEO of IIT-Kanpur and Vikash Prakash.

The inverter claims to be94 per cent more efficient incomparison to transformer-based inverters that are avail-able in the market. The deviceis IoT compatible and can beeasily controlled using a smart-phone.

The inverter has been builtusing pure copper wiring andis powered using LiPo4 batter-ies with high-quality cells. It isnot only compatible with solarcharging capabilities but canalso be used for charging elec-tric vehicles (EVs). The com-pany promises a battery life of15 years as well as a five-yearreplaceable guarantee.

Founder of Oxy Neuron,ER Ashutosh Verma, with hiscareer spanning over 14 years,has worked with numerousgovernment and non-govern-ment organisations acrossindustries such as hydro-sci-ence, cyber security, clean ener-gy, AI, robotics, forensics etc.

He said in a statement,“The Lipon Inverter is a newand innovative device whichhelps to store electricity andreduce carbon footprint atastronomical levels. Such inno-vations are the need of the hourespecially in rural India whichneed much attention. Themagic inverter is expected tosolve the issue of electricitybackup in rural India.”

He added, “This is capableof revolutionising the industryin the future ahead. We havereceived our first order ofMagic Box Inverter from TeslaIndia. The government’s sup-port to startups and such inno-vations are a boost for our star-tups to grow and develop withmore and more innovativeproducts which are of big helpfor the masses at large.”

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PROTEST : Kin of afarmer, who was found hang-ing from a tree in Dalelpur vil-lage under the Vidhnu policestation on Monday morning,refused to accept the findingsof the autopsy report andstaged massive agitation alongwith the body at the doors oftheir house on Wednesdaymorning. They demanded forreconduct of the autopsy, com-pansation of Rs.50 lakh, gov-ernment job to a family mem-ber and alloting 5 bigha field tothem.

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In yet another embarrassingorder for the Bengal

Government the Calcutta HighCourt on Wednesday warnedthe State School ServiceCommission with CBI investi-gation and raids by centralforces into its premises even asit heard a case related to allegedlarge-scale irregularities inappointments of class fouremployees.

Passing a stringent obser-vation during the hearingJustice Arijit Gangopadhyaysaid that “if necessary” hiscourt could even get the SSCoffice surrounded by the, CICF,IB, CBI in order “to find outwho is behind this.”

The Justice also said thather would not allow any mem-ber of the commission to go

out. “All the information of allthe computers will be checkedby sending it to CBI. No con-tact can be made with theregional office during this peri-od. No computer can be usedwithout a court order.”

The Court warned that itwould dissolve the entire SSCif it was required directing theGovernment to stop paymentof salary to 19 people of theClass IV staff whose appoint-ment procedure was undercloud. Incidentally, the Courthad in the recent past sum-moned the Chairman of theBoard of Primary Educationover allegations of irregularitiesin the appointment of prima-ry teachers.

Even as the SSC authoritiescontended that the appoint-ments were not made underany recommendation post May

4 2019 the Court directed theauthorities to file an affidavitexplaining its conduct.

Different benches of theHigh Court have been hearinghundreds of cases of irregularappointments at various levelsfor the past eight years. Thereare allegations that hundreds ofcrores had changed hands ingiving appointments to classfour staff and primary andsecondary teachers.

Reacting to the strongstance taken by the High CourtBengal Opposition LeaderSuvendu Adhikari said it wouldbe futile to target a few officialsof the SSC because the chain ofcorruption went further up tothe highest level of the politi-cal establishment.

“Nothing will be achievedby catching some officers of theSSC or its chairman or the sec-

retary because the they workedaccording to the instruction ofthe Minister and the Ministerworked as per the directions ofthe person who is the secondin command in the TrinamoolCongress … let the investiga-tion reached the door steps ofthese people so that the top-most echelon of the politicalestablishment is sent behindthe bar much like Om PrakashChautala so that they are sentto the Tihar Jail,” said Adhikari.

When asked to commenton the issue, TMC MP SaugatoRoy said that he had heardabout the Court order saying“if some irregularities havetaken place then that must beprobed and the guilty must bebrought to book … theGovernment is of the sameview and it will definitely actaccordingly.”

Kolkata: Bengal ChiefMinister Mamata Banerjee onWednesday said that herGovernment would ensurethat drinking water reachedevery household of the Stateby the year 2024. “We per-formed most of our promisesand it is our resolve to takedrinking water to everyhousehold of the State by theyear 2024,” the Chief Ministersaid in an administrativemeeting at Barasat north eastof Kolkata. Banerjee alsoannounced that the mostbackward region of the Statethe Sunderbans would not beconverted into an adminis-trative district. Falling in thedelta region on the mouth ofthe Bay of Bengal Sunderbans

is criss-crossed and incisedinto hundreds of riverineislands created by backwatersand branches of the HooghlyRive creating problem for thedevelopment projects to reachthe interior areas of the tigerinfested tidal territory. Theregion was under the South 24Parganas district with head-quartered by Baruipur,Diamond Harbour andAlipore in South Kolkata.After notification it will be the24th district of the State.

“The area is very poor andbackward due to its difficultterrain … after it is made adistrict the developmentalworks will reach the interiorareas and help people flourishin this region,” Banerjee said.

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JD(S) leader H DKumaraswamy on

Wednesday alleged that a for-mer Chief Minister from theCongress, who also desires tohold the post in the future aswell, was making attempts tolure in his party leaders, espe-cially from the old Mysururegion.

Though Kumaraswamydid not wish to take the nameof the Congress leader, itappeared to be directed at for-mer Chief Minister and nowLeader of the OppositionSiddaramaiah.

There was no reaction asyet from him or the Congress."Yesterday, a MLA friend ofmine came and discussed withme, saying that a senior

Congress leader who wants tobecome Chief Minister andwas also the CM in the past, hascalled him twelve times, askingwhat he has decided (on join-ing Congress), stating thatJD(S) has no future,"Kumaraswamy said.

But the MLA directlyreplied that he was in JD(S) because of his goodrelationship withKumaraswamy and not for anyposition and politics, he toldreporters.

Kumaraswamy said theMLA even showed him detailsof the number of times hereceived calls from theCongress leader and saiddespite making his stand clear,the leader kept repeatedly call-ing him.

"I'm aware that there have

been constant attempts tobrainwash JD(S) leaders whohave a hold on their con-stituency, but it will be inef-fective," he added.

There have been specula-tions within JD(S) circles thatsome of its sitting legislatorsand leaders may jump ship toother parties, ahead of the2023 assembly polls.

JD(S) MLA fromChamundeshwari segment G TDevegowda and Gubbi legisla-tor S R Srinivas have givenenough indications about join-ing Congress in the days tocome. Kumaraswamy who didnot wish to name the Congressleader, when reporters askedhim, said, "why should I tell thename?. He is the Congressleader. I don't want to talkabout anyone. They have been

making efforts for the lastthree years. I'm aware of it."

"Let them (Congress) takewhomever they want. I'm notworried, as my party workersare strongly with me," he said,adding that he was surprisedto see that the leader, whoclaims that JD(S) is finished,was in "a pitiable situation ofluring JD(S) leaders."

In response to a question,Kumaraswamy said it was notthe case of one legislator, sev-eral of his party leaders havebeen contacted.

"Finishing JD(S) by thenext assembly polls is their(Congress leaders) aim anddesire, but it won't get fulfilled,"he said, adding that theattempts to lure regional partyleaders was more in the oldMysuru region.

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Shillong: Meghalaya ChiefMinister Conrad K Sangma onWednesday said hisGovernment is spendingaround �2,000 crore annuallyfor the education sector tostrengthen infrastructure inschools and colleges and intro-duced several schemes toensure that students get oppor-tunities for higher studies.

The State Governmenthas supported nine collegesunder its “People's College”programme and encouragessetting up of more such high-er education institutes toimprove the standard of edu-cation in the state, he said.

“We must come up withmore colleges. Before the 2018elections, we pledged that wewould work towards prioritis-

ing education. We have for-malised the state educationpolicy and have been workingto streamline the sector,” theChief Minister said whileaddressing a programme inMendipathar in North GaroHills district. He said theGovernment initiated variousprogrammes like "CommunityCollege" and "Model College"to ensure that students getopportunities for higher edu-cation.

"We have been spendingover �2,000 crore annually forthe education sector. But thisallocation is still not enough.We sanctioned �100 crore forimproving overall infrastruc-ture in around 200Government Lower Primaryschools. All these LP schools

were in dilapidated condition,"he said. The MeghalayaDemocratic Alliance govern-ment has taken steps to regu-larise employment of teachers,and around 1,300 educatorswere recruited this year, theCM said. Scholarships for stu-dents have also been increasedto �15,000, depending ongrades and categories, he said.

Speaking on the limitedopportunities for studying sci-ence subjects in the State, hesaid, “Our children who wantto study science and are goodat innovation and mathematicsdo not have many options.This is the challenge we face,and the government is lookingat ways to move forward.”

On the demand forProvincialisation of

Mendipathar College that cel-ebrates its golden jubilee,Conrad said, “We will examineit and find the way how wecould support North Garo Hillsdistrict and the Garo Hillsregion.” Provincialised educa-tional institutes in the state getaid from the Government.The Chief Minister alsoreleased a souvenir of 50 yearsjourney of MendipatharCollege. Speaking on the occa-sion, Education MinisterLahkmen Rymbui said theGovernment has been workingto streamline the sector andensure welfare of teachers andstudents. “We are trying tostrengthen the sector to ensurethat the learning experience forour students is improved,” headded. PTI

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The AIADMK cadre hasbeen taken aback by state-

ments being issued by V KSasikala, former temporarygeneral secretary of the partyand close aide to late JJayalalithaa.

Most days, the cadre as wellas the media receive signedstatements from Sasikala whodescribes herself as generalsecretary of the party, thoughshe has been eased out pf thepost as well as the AIADMK in

September 2017 by EdappadiPalaniswami and OPanneerselvam, former chiefministers.

Sasikala’s statements issuedon the letter head of AIADMKthat features the pictures of CN Annadurai, M GRamachandran and JJayalalithaa has the artisticallycarved signature of Sasikala,who is described as PuratchiThai Chinnamma. But thestatement has no telephonenumber or mail id. It says thestatement issued from herHabibullah Road, T Nagar,

Chennai, camp office makingher the only top office bearerwho cannot enter the headquarters of the party!

Though former ChiefMinisters EdappadiPalaniswami and OPanneerselvam are said to benot in the best of terms, thereare no strong indications ofOPS making any positive ges-tures to Sasikala.

“Sasikala has no relevancein Tamil Nadu politics as ontoday. The major issue is thefailure of the Stalin-led DMKGovernment in taking steps to

prevent the floods that batteredChennai and surrounding areaslast week,” said KolahalaSrenivaas, chief editor, KolahalaTV, who is a respected politi-cal commentator.

He said Sasikala’s road-shows are all stage managedones to woo the party cadre.“She is out of touch with real-ity and the cadre would nottrust her at a l l ,” saidSrenivaas.

Kota (Rajasthan): Rajasthan ChiefMinister Ashok Gehlot on Wednesdaylashed out at the Centre holding itresponsible for the incessant rice inprices of essential commodities and alsofor bringing down the revenue ofStates.

He urged the Central Governmentto formulate policies that strengthenedthe states and raised their revenue. Addressing a public Assembly atJorwarpura village in Pipalda area ofKota district, Gehlot claimed that therise in prices was because of theCentre's "faulty policies" and that thecountry was witnessing such steephikes for the first time sinceIndependence. "The prices of petrol anddiesel continued to rise and crossed�100 per litre. They now cost around�113-�115 per litre. With the recent cutannounced by the Centre on the excisetax, Rajasthan is set to lose around �550crore," he said.

The Chief Minister, however, urgedthe Narendra Modi-led government tofurther reduce the fuel prices by � 10-15 per litre, saying though this wouldmean a loss of around �3,500 crore forthe state, his government would bear it"in public interest". Gehlot said it wasnot fair on the part of the Centre topressure the states to reduces taxes butit was the responsibility of the centralgovernment to strengthen the states andformulate policies that would raisetheir revenue.

He alleged the central government

had reduced the state's share in sever-al schemes.

The Chief Minister, accompaniedby president of Rajasthan CongressGovind Singh Dotasra, landed in a heli-copter here and inspected the'Prashasan Gaon Ke Sangh' camp beingheld in the gram panchayat. At least22 departments of the state governmenthave set up their counters to sort outrevenue, land, pension, water and elec-tricity connection-related issues amongothers of the people.

The Chief Minister reviewed theworking of these counters and tookfeedback from the people.

He handed over a wheelchair to alocal specially-abled woman, Manjubai,asked her the reason for her disabilityand gently pushed her in the wheelchairin order to explain how it worked. Gehlot termed the 'Prashashan Gaon KeSangh' camp a great success in address-ing the grievances of the public.

At least 5,941 camps under the ini-tiative have been organised so far in 352panchyats of the state and over 6.09 lakhcases of mutation, 5.6 lakh cases ofrecord correction, over 4,900 cases ofresidential land allotment, 6.55 lakhcases of various certificates, 70,000cases of social security pension and over31,300 cases of dispute over ways havebeen sorted out, he claimed.

Later in the day, Gehlot also visit-ed another camp at Thikerda village ofHindoli Panchyat Samiti in Bundi dis-trict. PTI

Madhubani (Bihar): BiharPolice on Wednesday claimed tohave cracked the kidnap andmurder case of Madhubani-

based journalist and RTI activistAvinash Jha alias Buddhinath,insisting he was killed due to a"love triangle".

New Delhi: Minister of State, Ministryof Culture, Meenakshi Lekhi launches‘Vande Bharatam-Nritya Utsav’ as part ofAzadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav to commem-orate 75 years of independence of India.

Top selected 480 dancers from the AllIndia Dance Competition will performduring the cultural programme atRepublic Day Parade 2022 at Rajpath,New Delhi. The Ministry of Culture has

announced the launch of ‘VandeBharatam-Nritya Utsav’, an All-Indiadance competition as part of Azadi KaAmrit Mahotsav.

The prime objective of this compe-tition is to select the top dancing talentfrom across the country and providethem the opportunity to perform duringthe cultural programme at the RepublicDay Parade 2022.

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Kerala’s Thrissur city, and hisefforts to get a Padma awardformed the plot of the hilari-ous film. Pranchiyettan handsover �1.5 crore to a conmanwho promises him a PadmaShri. Needless to say thatPranchiyettan did not make itto the list and the conman dida vanishing act with themoney. It is said that the storywas based on a real-life inci-dent in which an expatriatefrom Thrissur paid �4.5 croreto get a Padma award.

The Padma honours comewith a lot of dos and don’ts.The awardees are not allowedto display the titles on their let-ter pads or visiting cards.There is no cash incentive ofany kind with the Padmas. Theawardees do not stand anychance in getting a railwayreservation ticket confirmed orpreference of any kind in pub-lic dealings.

The only honour awaitingthe awardees comes after theypass away. The StateGovernment is bound to givethem full honours when thelast rites of the awardees areperformed. The policemenwould offer a gun salute as theband plays The Last Post.While the award winner’s bodyis consumed by fire or lowered

in the soil, the police would firea volley of shots which official-ly marks the conclusion of the“eventful” lives of these “greatsons and daughters”.

Bobby Chemmanur, abusiness baron in Kerala’sThrissur, was heard telling atelevision interviewer that hewas offered the Padma Shri by“persons in high places”. Hesaid: “But when I was asked topay �50 lakh to meet the ini-tial expenses, I said no. I amhappy with the kind of recog-nition and adulation peoplegive me.” He took people bysurprise when he brought toThrissur the iconicArgentinian footballer DiegoMaradona.

Since 2015, the selection ofPadma awardees is based onthe votes/nominations theyreceive on the Government ofIndia website. Any member ofthe public can nominate theperson of their choice for thecivilian honours and there isno need to wait for the ‘kind-ness’ of the State Government.Those bagging the maximumnumber of nominations standthe chance to win the Padmaawards. It is not knownwhether the process is fool-proof or not. But there hasbeen a noteworthy change

since 2016. A female tribalphysician, another femaleKalaripayattu exponent, a folk-lore artist, a visually impairedprimary school teacher and aHarijan Gandhian (who wereall unsung, unheard of) havemade it to the list of thePadma awardees.

Interestingly, there is aretired top bureaucrat whoplayed a major role for years inhandpicking the awardees.Pejawar Murari, former secre-tary to the President who wasinstrumental in organising theswearing-in ceremonies ofthree Prime Ministers (VPSingh, Chandra Shekhar andPV Narasimha Rao) and whowas the last word in selectingthe Padma awardees, stays inhis Chennai home surround-ed by his favourite books andtaken care of by his wife, Sita.In his eighties, Murari stillretains the old charm as wellas the ‘stiff upper lip’. He burstsout laughing when asked: “Sir,don’t you aspire for a Padmahonour?” That is PMurari…He doesn’t care ahoot for honours of any kind.

(The writer is a seniorjournalist working as a SpecialCorrespondent with ThePioneer. The views expressedare personal.)

������������ �������Sir — Air pollution has been troubling usfor decades, but this year it is alarminglyhigh and Delhi-NCR is on the top of thisscourge. It is a serious health emergencyand people are suffering. Hospitals are fullof patients with breathing problems.Pollution is all around us in different formsbut we always put the onus on others. Thefarmers alone should not be blamed forair pollution. Air and other types of pol-lution are caused by several man-madeactivities like industrial smoke, use of coalfor electricity, vehicular emissions etc.

The Government must come up withsome innovative pollution control strate-gies. People too will have to sacrifice theircomforts for pollution control. We mustencourage electric vehicles and cycles, gen-erate electricity through solar energyrather than coal-firing thermal power sta-tions and replace stubble burning by sus-tainable means. Stubble can be collectedand transported to factories and used asraw material for a variety of things.Startups can be encouraged in this regard.The Supreme Court had asked the Centreto call for an emergency meeting to takemeasures to curb toxicity in the air but noconcrete measures have been taken yet.

Shashank Patil | Ujjain

�� ��������������� ����Sir — Actor Kangana Ranaut has defend-ed her rant that Britain “gave”Independence to India in 1947 as a“bheek” or alms, mocking MahatmaGandhi’s mantra of Ahimsa (non-violence),that offering the other cheek gets you“bheek” but not freedom. In the ‘indepen-dent' India of her vision, where she is patro-nised, Kangana Ranaut enjoys the unbri-dled freedom to demean the freedomstruggle, freedom fighters and the freedomobtained from the colonial rulers itself,unabashedly. However, Kangana Ranautshould read what Albert Einstein had saidof Mahatma Gandhi, “Generations tocome will scarcely believe that such a oneas this ever in flesh and blood walked uponthis earth.” But no one will be surprised,if she chose to rubbish Einstein’s words, too.

It would be foolish if one thought that

the ruling BJP Government will classifyKangana Ranaut’s sacrilegious com-ments as sedition. Centre has alwayslooked the other way when Gandhi’skillers were repeatedly lionised, indepen-dent India’s first Prime MinisterJawaharlal Nehru was relentlessly vilifiedand Muslims were demonised in virulenthate speeches. Kangana sees NarendraModi’s assumption of power in May 2014as the dawn of the independent ‘HinduRashtra’. It was not surprising that PadmaShri Kangana Ranaut thought to pooh-pooh India’s freedom struggle.

Haridasan Rajan | Kozhikode

������������������� ���Sir — After the violence and chaos follow-ing the Taliban’s annexation of Kabul inAugust, things seemed to be falling in placein Afghanistan. However, it will require along, long time before the Taliban caninfuse some sort of hope, if any, in peo-ple of the country. Domestic Talibanengagement is only one side of the story.

Interrelated are the widespread repercus-sions of the Taliban rule far and across thecountry's borders. Dangerous radicalisa-tion, mindless extremism and cross bor-der infiltration are grave issues that needto be addressed on a war-footing. Goingby the background of the militant outfit,one cannot blame the countries of theregion for feeling threatened by the pres-ence of the Taliban in Afghanistan.

Terror breeds on opportunities andconvenience. Not only countries likeTajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan,which share land borders withAfghanistan, but other countries of thesensitive region of Asia cannot waver aninch on terror. That precisely is why thecentral Asian countries should shed pastanimosities and go on an interactive modewith regards to Afghanistan, though it isbetter said than done.

Ganapathi Bhat | Akola

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As the COVID-19 pan-demic subsides, a newtype of fever hasgripped Kerala and

Tamil Nadu. It is the Padma fever!The craving for civilian honours— the Padma Shri, PadmaBhushan and Padma Vibhushan,which would be declared on theeve of the Republic Day — knowsno bounds in these States. It isonly in Kerala and Tamil Naduthat one comes across peoplewith a passion for honorific titles,such as a Doctor or Padma win-ner. Though former ChiefMinister, late M Karunanidhi,was a school dropout, he want-ed people to address him as ‘DrKalaignar’.

The fancy for recognitionplays a major role in the passionfor these awards. Mostly thenouveau riche chase these awards,which do not carry any cash prizeor material benefits. The Padmaawardees get importance in war-rant of protocols in public func-tions.

The Padma awards seek torecognise achievements in allfields where an element of pub-lic service is involved. “The rec-ommendations for the BharatRatna are made by the PrimeMinister to the President ofIndia. No formal recommenda-tions for the Bharat Ratna arenecessary. The Padma Awards areconferred on the recommenda-tions made by the Padma AwardsCommittee, which is constitutedby the Prime Minister everyyear. The nomination process isopen to the public. Even self-nomination can be made,” statesthe Government of India notifi-cation in this regard.

Since 2015, the UnionGovernment has changed therules/procedures for selectingthe awardees. Earlier, the StateGovernments were asked to senda list of names, from which theCentre picked the persons for thePadma honours. But this was notat all a transparent process. AMalayalam feature film,Pranchiyettan And The Saint(2010), directed by Ranjit, aCPI(M) fellow traveller, por-trayed vividly the nuances of get-ting a Padma award.

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Any kind of progress is amiracle, not of thedivine kind, but of a

very much human variety. Infact, it can be said that onlyhumans can work miracles!For a God, any remarkableevent would be a straightfor-ward capability, and so notreally an odds-defying miracle.

Indeed, so much ofastounding progress seems afluke; a matter of pure luck.How many governments hada program running to discov-er a better alternative to lampsand candles? Yet, a self-taughttinkerer succeeds on his ownwhim and motivation. Andelectrifies the world with hisbulb, made correctly afterseveral hundred attempts!

There is so much zig-zagin human affairs, both at anindividual as well as collective

level, that it leaves us oftenwondering if there is actual-ly a direction. Though educa-tion, life expectancy andaccess to opportunity areimproving for more and morepeople, humankind isnonetheless not on a steadymarch but in an irregularlurch towards progress. Howwell can a novel written inmid-1970s America conveythis?

When it's by Alice Walkerof 'The Color Purple' fame,her name on the cover isenough to compel one topick it up. "Meridian" is thename of a young woman;Meridian Hill, who grows upin the South around the mid-dle of the 20th century. Shehas some academic aptitudethough she comes from alabourer family. She gets lucky

with a second chance at agood education by going on ascholarship to a reputed col-lege. She'd been expelled acouple of years earlier fromhigh school for getting preg-nant.

On campus, she hasfriends who are active minds,enquiring into social inequal-ity, history and law. Over aperiod of time, she becomesa Civil Rights picketer, and an

activist supporter for blackrights. Drafting petitions,cooking, typing, nursing, can-vassing, protesting...she is inthe thick of it all.

The middle of the book isabout the personal vicissitudesin these young lives as they tryto earn money, help theirfriends, cope with their ownemotions, and continue theirpolitical activity.

The rights campaignersare greeted with cynicismand derision, seen as deludeddreamers, and there are manycommunity members whocling to comforts — the bot-tle, the weed, their local pas-tor, or vices that occupy theirtime. Most have no education.The few beliefs they have arereligious ones learnt fromtheir family and local commu-nity. Nothing in their lives or

their grandparents' lives couldinspire any optimism regard-ing society.

Still, social change is tak-ing place. Individuals withupward mobility are taking upcareers in the church, thelegal profession, and in teach-ing.

White America is brutalon the activists, using violenceagainst non-violent protesters.Through Meridian, we see itall — the community that hasto be mobilized, the momen-tum of the Civil Rightsmarchers, the turmoil in per-sonal lives compounded withthe unrest around them -and we see how people changeexpectations over time.

It's simplistic to categorizeindividuals into conservativesand radicals, because there arepeople like Meridian's moth-

er who's a generous, extreme-ly hard-working person butdoesn't set store by politicalchange. Her devoutness hasalready equipped her to for-bear her lot and consider itstill to be morally better thanthat of any exploiter.

The last quarter of thebook is powerful. It haspoignant scenes like thecrowds milling into thechurch for a glimpse ofMartin Luther King Jr. duringthe funeral service for him.

Much older now, and theMovement in a differentphase, Meridian happens tostep into a church, and hearsthe preacher speak in thevery style and language ofMartin Luther King to thecongregation. She feels a dif-ference in the body languageof the attendees. She senses

that the civil rights movementnow has the majority of thecommunity with it.

"...she actually felt as if therich and racist of the worldshould stand in fear of her,because she - though appar-ently weak and penniless, a lit-tle crazy and without power -was yet of a resolute and rel-atively fearless character,which, sufficient in its calmacceptance of its own pur-pose, could bring the might-iest country to its knees."

The takeaway is thatsocial reform requires streettactics, diplomacy, the spreadof its message, legal petitions,the support of communityelders, the backing of youth,and the hope of success tomake headway. Perhaps today,the use of digital platforms isa contributing factor too.

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The election scenario in UttarPradesh is hotting up. Leaders ofmajor political parties are outwooing the voters. Akhilesh

Yadav has started his Vijay Yatra claimingthat people have already written a requiemfor the BJP and that the return of theSamajwadi Party is inevitable. PriyankaGandhi is on a whirlwind tour of UttarPradesh, meeting people, exhorting partyworkers to unite and project Congress asthe only alternative BJP in UP as well asat the national level.

On the other hand, BJP leaders, led byPrime Minister Narendra Modi andHome Minister Amit Shah are holdingmeetings, inaugurating projects, andstressing the importance of double-enginegovernment. Chief Minister YogiAdityanath is injecting the dose ofHindutva with freebies. The scheme of freeration among the poor has been extend-ed till March 2022 (by the time electionswill be over) and also released money tothe accounts for parents of school-goingchildren to purchase uniforms. This way,every parent whose ward is studying in astate-run or government-aided school willget Rs 1,100.

The aggressiveness in the electioncampaign shows the desperation amongthe parties to do well in this politically sen-sitive state. This is clear that the future ofthese parties is at stake and the UttarPradesh elections will decide the role ofthese parties in national politics.

The BJP leadership has accepted thisstark reality as Amit Shah during hisrecent rally said that if you want to bringModi back to power in 2024 vote for Yogiin Uttar Pradesh in 2022. Though he gavethis statement in Varanasi, Modi's parlia-mentary constituency, it shows how muchthe future of BJP hinges on the result ofthe Uttar Pradesh elections. The Modigovernment is bound to lose the politicalcommand if BJP loses Uttar Pradesh. Thebarbs would be more stringent and everydecision of the Prime Minister would beput under the microscope. TheOpposition is already questioning BJP'slosses in Himachal Pradesh and Karnatakabye-elections and a further loss in UttarPradesh would enthuse the opposition andgive them hope that they can topple BJPin the 2024 general elections.

The scenario would not be differentfor Priyanka Gandhi and Congress. Theleadership quotient of the sister-brotherduo is at stake in Uttar Pradesh. The defeatof the party in the last decade and a halfhas led to erosion of the party's base.Dalits, Muslims, and upper castes whowere the quintessential support group ofCongress till the mid-80s gradually shift-ed to the Bahujan Samaj Party, SamajwadiParty, and BJP, respectively. Despite theCongress-led UPA government rulingIndia for 10 years till 2014, the party'sreliance on the Samajwadi Party andBahujan Samaj Party to run theManmohan Singh government at the

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Centre allowed these parties to gainin Uttar Pradesh at the expense ofCongress. In the passage of time,Congress lost mass support, whichit once enjoyed in Uttar Pradesh.

In this scenario, it will be aHerculean task for Priyanka Gandhito revive the party. In the last assem-bly elections, Congress had won justseven seats in the 403-memberassembly but now is left with onlyfive members. In the present sce-nario, even winning two dozenseats would be a great victory forthe party. This is an onerous taskand if Priyanka fails to achieve theresult, questions would be raisedabout her leadership quality. Thevoice of discontent would start ema-nating within the party demandinga change in leadership.

Similar is the case withSamajwadi Party. Akhilesh knowsthat a loss in this assembly electionwould further push him to obliv-ion and questions would be raisedover his leadership. The SamajwadiParty had lost the 2014 and 2019Lok Sabha elections and 2017assembly elections which it contest-ed under Akhilesh's leadership. In2017 the SP had forged an alliancewith Congress and in 2019 theparty contested as an ally with BSP.The experiment failed and this timeAkhilesh has decided to go withsmall parties instead of allying withbig political players.

The silhouette of Akhilesh'splan was visible in a rally inAmbedkar nagar where two seniorBSP leaders - Ram Achal Rajbharand Lalji Verma - joined theSamajwadi Party. In that rally,

Akhilesh gave a call to merge B RAmbedkar and Ram ManoharLohia. The subtle declarationshows an attempt of the SamajwadiParty to turn a new leaf in caste-based identity politics with a des-perate attempt to forge a Dalit-backward social coalition.

This is not the first time thatsuch an experiment has been triedin Uttar Pradesh. Earlier, it wasBSP's patriarch Kashi Ram whocarved out a larger Dalit-Bahujancoalition of Scheduled Castes andOBCs. The experiment yieldedresults in 1993 when the SamajwadiParty and BSP came together todefeat BJP at the peak of the RamTemple movement to form a coali-tion government. 'Mile MulayamKanshi Ram, hawameinudgaye JaiShri Ram' was the common refrainat that time. In 2007, through herfocus on Sarva Samaj, Mayawatisucceeded in enlisting the supportof sections of the extremely back-ward castes and won a clear major-ity on her own. The political pun-dits called it the magic of socialengineering where the Dalitsstitched an alliance with backwardand upper castes.

In this election, Akhilesh Yadavwants to revive the same magic andhas given a call for the comingtogether of the followers of Dr. BRAmbedkar and Ram ManoharLohia to protect the honour of theDalits and OBCs and ensuringtheir due representation in thepower structure. This declarationis made with a design becauseOther Backward Castes (OBCs) arebound to play an important role as

they played in the 2019 generalelections and 2017 assembly elec-tions. BJP came to power onlybecause it was able to garner goodsupport of OBC because it stitchedeffective alliances with small butcaste-based parties. SamajwadiParty has thrived largely on aYadav-Muslim core base. Whennon-Yadav OBCs supported M-Ysocial equation, Akhilesh came topower in the 2012 assembly elec-tions. Since the 2014 Lok Sabhaelections, the non-Yadav OBCshave veered around to the BJP andAkhilesh's slogan is an attempt tobring this OBC vote bank back tothe SP umbrella.

In this edition of the election,Akhilesh has already forged analliance with small parties likeSuheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party(SBSP) of Om Prakash Rajbhar. Itis also in alliance with Mahan Dalled by Keshav Prasad Maurya andin western UP it has declared itsalliance with Rashtriya Lok Dal.

About BSP, no one questionsthe support Mayawati enjoysamong Dalits. It will be erroneousto write off the Bahujan SamajParty as the party has committeda vote bank of over 20 per cent. Theparty has successfully carried outBrahmin Sammelans across thestate but the way senior partyleaders, including legislators, haveleft BSP and joined SamajwadiParty reflects the eroding base.Mayawati is yet to start the cam-paign, once she starts movingfrom one district to another thegroundswell in her support cannotbe ruled out.

(The writer is PoliticalEditor, The Pioneer,Lucknow. The views

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Prime Minister NarendraModi on Wednesday urged

Parliamentarians and legisla-tors to maintain quality andhealthy debates in the Houses.With Parliament often wit-nessing disruptions over a vari-ety of issues, Modi said conductof lawmakers should be in linewith Indian values. Traditionsand systems of the Houses ofour legislatures should beinherently Indian, he said,pitching for policies and laws tostrengthen the sentiment of ‘EkBharat Shreshtha Bharat’, hesaid.

Addressing the inauguralsession of the 82nd All IndiaPresiding Officers’ Conferencein Shimla virtually from Delhi,he also called for collectiveefforts, including from States,to take the country to newheights of progress and cited

the fight against Covid-19 as a“historic” example of ‘sabkaprayas’ (everyone’s effort). ThePrime Minister also pushed theidea of having a separate timefor quality and healthy debatesin legislatures which should beserious, dignified and devoid ofpolitical potshots at others. Ina way, it should be a “healthytime” for House, he said. ThePrime Minister also said thatdemocracy is not merely a sys-tem for India but it is itsnature.

He emphasised the needfor everyone from parliamen-tarians to the common man togive primacy to their duties,saying this is the mantra tospeed up India’s developmentby many times from the paceit has grown sinceIndependence.

“Next 25 years are veryimportant for India. Duringthis, can we with full strength,

dedication and response exe-cute one mantra? In my view,that mantra is duty, duty andduty,” he said. Modi also assert-ed that it is our legislatures’responsibility to be vigilantabout any discordant voiceabout the country’s unity andintegrity. It is our unity thatpreserves our diversity, headded.

Noting that lawmakers areassociated mostly with politics,Modi proposed whether a fewdays in a year can be demar-cated in legislatures for them todo something special for thesociety, tell the country aboutthis aspect of their social life aswell. He also gave the idea of‘One Nation One LegislativePlatform’, a portal that notonly gives the necessary tech-nological boost to our parlia-mentary system, but also worksto connect all the democraticunits of the country.

Lok Sabha Speaker OmBirla, Deputy Chairman RajyaSabha, Harivansh, ChiefMinister of Himachal PradeshJairam Thakur, Speaker ofHimachal Pradesh VidhanSabha Vipin Singh Parmar alsospoke in the conference. Birlasaid that the objective of thelegislative institutions is toensure active participation ofthe people and their represen-tatives towards making pro-gressive legislations so thatpositive socio-economicchanges can be brought to thelives of the people.

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The Central Bureau ofInvestigation (CBI) on

Wednesday said it has arrestedseven accused persons fromvarious places including Delhi,Dhenkanal (Odisha), Noida andJhansi in Uttar Pradesh andTirupati (Andhra Pradesh) in anon-going investigation of a caserelated to alleged online childsexual abuse and exploitation.

“The arrested accused arebeing produced today before theCompetent Courts,” the CBIsaid in a statement here. Thosearrested are Raman Gautam, aresident of Delhi, SathyenderMittal and Purushottam Jha, allresidents of Delhi, SurendraKumar Naik, a resident ofDhenkanal, Odisha, NishantJain, a resident of Noida, UttarPradesh, Jitendra Kumar, a res-ident of Jhansi, Uttar Pradeshand T Mohan Krishna, a resi-dent of Tirupati, AndhraPradesh.

During investigation, it wasrevealed that the accused wereallegedly sharing the links ofChild Sexual ExploitationMaterial (CSEM) videos on cer-tain websites likehttps://koflink.com andhttps://pdisklink.com amongothers. It was revealed that someindividuals were involved intrading of CSEM material, theagency said.

The CBI had registered 23separate cases on Sunday against83 accused on the allegationsrelated to online child sexualabuse and exploitation.

It was alleged that various

syndicates of individuals basedin different parts of India andforeign countries were indulgingin circulating, storing and view-ing CSEM through varioussocial media platforms/groups,the said.

It was also alleged that per-sons were disseminating CSEMby way of sharing links, videos,pictures, texts, posts and hostingof such content on social mediagroups/platforms and thirdparty storage/hosting platforms,it further said.

On Tuesday, searches wereconducted at 77 locationsincluding Tirupati, Kanekal(Andhra Pradesh); Delhi;KonchJalaun, Mau, Chandauli,Varanasi, Ghazipur,Siddharthanagar, Moradabad,Noida, Jhansi, Ghaziabad,Muzaffarnagar (UttarPradesh);Junagarh, Bhavnagar,Jamnagar (Gujarat); Sangrur,Malerkotla, Hoshiarpur, Patiala(Punjab); Patna, Siwan (Bihar);Yamuna Nagar, Panipat, Sirsa,Hisar (Haryana); Bhadrak,Jajapur, Dhenkanal (Odisha);

Tiruvalure, Coimbatore,Namkkal, Salem,Tiruvannamalai (Tamil Nadu);Ajmer, Jaipur, Jhunjhunu,Nagaur (Rajasthan); Gwalior(Madhya Pradesh); Jalgaon,Salwad, Dhule (Maharashtra);Korba (Chhattisgarh) and Solan(Himachal Pradesh) across 14States in the country at thepremises of accused which ledto recovery of electronic gad-gets/mobiles/laptops and thelike.

As per preliminary infor-mation collected, there are morethan 50 groups having morethan 5,000 offenders sharingchild sexual abuse material.Many of these groups also haveinvolvement of foreign nation-als. The probe so far has revealedthat there may be involvementof nationals of around 100 coun-tries spread across various con-tinents.

The CBI is coordinatingwith sister agencies throughformal and informal channelsfor further progress in the probe,it added.

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Signifying the ongoing indi-genisation effort, Prime

Minister Narendra Modi willformally hand over indige-nously designed and devel-oped defence equipment tothe three chiefs of armed forcesin Jhansi on November 19.

At the ceremony, the PrimeMinister will formally givelight combat Helicopter(LCH)designed and developed byHindustan AeronauticsLimited (HAL) to the Air Forcechief, drones and UAVs built byIndian startups to the Armychief, and the Defence Researchand DevelopmentO r g a n i s a t i o n ( D R D O ) -designed and BharatElectronics Limited-manufac-tured advanced electronic war-fare(EW) suite for naval shipsto the Navy chief.

The LCH incorporatesadvanced technologies andstealth features for effectivecombat roles, the statementsaid, adding the deployment ofIndian UAVs by armed forces

is also a proof of the growingmaturity of the Indian droneindustry ecosystem. Theadvanced EW suite will beused in different naval shipsincluding destroyers andfrigates.

Modi will also lay the foun-dation stone of the �400-croreproject at the Jhansi node ofUttar Pradesh DefenceIndustrial Corridor. The pro-ject is being executed by BharatDynamics Ltd for setting up aplant to produce propulsionsystems for anti-tank guidedmissiles.

He will launch the NationalCadet Corps(NCC) AlumniAssociation with the objectiveto provide a formal platform toenable NCC alumni to recon-nect with the organisation.

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November 19 for cashless med-ical treatment of paramilitarypersonnel across networked

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reimbursement of medical billswill stop once it is rolled outand all payments will be madevia the IT platform of NationalHealth Authority (NHA). Thescheme will be implementedfully by the end of this fiscal onMarch 31 next year.

The Ayushman CAPFs wasproposed by the NHA in themeeting of the standing com-mittee on Ayushman Bharat-PMJAY on CAPF/AssamRifles on October 27. CAPFrefers to Central Armed PoliceForce and includes paramilitaryforces like the CRPF, BSF, ITBP,CISF, SSB and NSG.

“The Competent Authorityhas approved the timeline forpan-India roll out of Ayushman CAPFs proposed byNHA and accordingly from19.11.2021 at 00.00 Hrsonwards, all the paymentagainst treatments taken bybeneficiaries of AyushmanCAPFs will be processed onlyon NHA’s IT Platform,” reads acommunication from thePolice Division II of UnionHome Ministry datedNovember 10 and marked tothe paramilitary forces.

It said the prevailing mech-anism of medical bill reim-bursement has to be com-pletely stopped by the CAPFsand Assam Rifles with effect

from November 19.“CAPFs, AR (Assam Rifles

and NSG (National SecurityGuard are requested to note thetimelines and the procedure forreimbursement of medical billsand to also disseminate theinformation to field forma-tions and force personnelappropriately.

The rollout of theAyushman CAPF that beganon November 11 in CGHShospitals in Assam and dis-continuation of the old reim-bursement of medical bills willstop on November 19.

Likewise, the scheme willbe expanded to CGHS hospi-tals across the country fromNovember 19 onwards and culminate inAyushman CAPF in publichospitals (transaction captur-ing) and linked with PM-JAY(Pradhan Mantri Jan ArogyaYojana) on March 31 next year.

Paramilitary officials saidonce the Ayushman CAPF isfully networked with the relat-ed hospitals, the personnel ofthe Forces will have a hassle-free cashless treatment andwill not have to submit bills orseek reference from in-housemedical officers for reference toempaneled hospitals.

Nearly 10 lakh paramilitarypersonnel and their depen-dents are expected to benefitfrom the scheme.

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Just as India has startedopening up its economy in

view of declining Covid-19cases, officials from the WorldHealth Organisation have cau-tioned that the delta variantnow represents 99% ofsequenced Covid-19 casesglobally, making it moreprevalent than any otherstrain.

The comments about thewidespread prevalence of theDelta variant which was firstdetected in India a little lessthan a year ago comes amid aninternational increase inCovid infections driven bysurging cases in Europe.

Delta is believed to bemore than twice as contagiousas previous variants, and stud-ies have shown that it may bemore likely than the originalvirus to put infected people inthe hospital. People who arenot vaccinated are most atrisk, and the highest spread ofcases and severe outcomes ishappening in places with lowvaccination rates.

Almost all of the up to900,000 Covid casessequenced worldwide overthe last 60 days originatedfrom the delta strain, MariaVan Kerkhove, the WHO’stechnical lead on Covid, saidduring a Q&A streamed onthe organization’s social mediachannels. Europe accountedfor roughly 60% of the morethan 3.3 million new cases inthe world last week, VanKerkhove said.

“Delta is really the domi-nant one,” Van Kerkhove said.“And there are two variants ofinterest – mu and lambda –that we’ve been tracking aswell, but again, where delta is

present, delta takes over.” Van Kerkhove said Europe

represented more than half ofthe just under 50,000 globalCovid deaths in the last week,a 5% increase in fatalitiesacross the Continent. Covidcases worldwide have beenincreasing over the last fourconsecutive weeks, she added.

“The pandemic is headingin the wrong direction at themoment,” Van Kerkhove said.

The decreased use ofmasks and social distancingare to blame for Europe’ssurge, Van Kerkhove said at abriefing last week. She cau-tioned that societies reopen-ing across the NorthernHemisphere this winter couldlead to a rise in respiratory ill-nesses over the months ahead,including influenza and otherpathogens.

Select European countriesare bearing the brunt of thesurge. Germany set a records e v e n - d a yaverage of nearly 39,300 newcases on Monday, up almost40% from the week before,according to a CNBC analysisof data from Johns HopkinsUniversity.

The U.K. tallied a weeklyaverage of more than 38,500new cases Monday, anincrease of 13% from the pre-vious week. Seven-day aver-ages in France and Italy wereboth up by nearly 40% as well.

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The Election Commission ofIndia (ECI) on Wednesday

released five InternationalTraining Modules on Planningfor Elections, Political Finance,Voter Registration, ElectionTechnology, and PoliticalParties & EMBs. This is part ofa total 10 modules underpreparation by IndiaInternational Institute ofDemocracy and ElectionManagement (IIIDEM) in col-laboration with InternationalFoundation for ElectoralSystems (IFES). The Moduleswere virtually launched byChief Election CommissionerSushil Chandra along withElection Commissioners RajivKumar and Anup ChandraPandey, along with thePresident, IFES, AnthonyBanbury and his team joiningfrom Washington, through avideo conference.

Speaking on the occasion,Chief Election CommissionerChandra emphasised that theECI places high value on inno-vation and technological up-gradation to ensure meticulous,accurate, voter friendly imple-mentation of election process-es by committed, competent,credible and skilled managers.Chandra welcomed the devel-opment of these well-informedupdated subject specialisedmodules for internationaltrainees who will be trained atIIIDEM. He appreciated thewide range of topics beingcovered to address the keydimensions in any electionmanagement process.

Election CommissionerRajiv Kumar spoke about theimportance of these moduledesigns, considering the ever-increasing challenges in variousaspects of election administra-tion as seen internationallyand faced by the ElectionManagement Bodies world-wide.

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With no let up in toxicsmog which has engulfed

parts of Delhi and its adjoiningareas, leaving many with acongested nose, sore throatand coughing, ayurvedaexperts from the All IndiaInstitute of Ayurveda (AIIA) inthe national Capital have sug-gested that medicinal herbslike Juffa, found in high moun-tainous regions, can be effectivein providing protection againstthe respiratory problems.

“There are certain herbsand spices that will not onlyensure good lung health butalso keep respiratory ailmentsat bay. Consumption of Juffawith Tulsi, Cloves, Peepli,Gojiya, Cinnamon, Kateli,

Baheda, Dried Fig and Unabcan offer relief from mucus andcough,” informed Dr RPPrashar, Head of PrashantVihar- based AyurvedaHospital.

In fact, herbal pharma

giant AIMIL Pharmaceuticalshas prepared Jufex Forte Syrup-based on these herbs which canbe consumed with lukewarmwater for effective results.

Doctors say that most ofthe people troubled by dry

cough are those who are out inthe open for long hours, breath-ing in the toxic air. They areusually two-wheeler riders orthose doing field work as partof their duty. “If the cough lastsmore than three days, then oneshould immediately take med-ical help. It can be a sign of aserious medical condition,”warned the doctors.

It has been found thatherbs like Juffa, Tulsi, Bhringrajand others are useful in cleans-ing the respiratory pipe,expelling cough from the bodysystem. These herbs also helpboost the body’s immunity,they said.

Senior herbal expert fromthe AIIA, Dr Shantanu Kumaradded that on account of airpollution in Delhi, many peo-

ple are contracting anti-allergysymptoms which includecough, mucus, fever andheadache; these if not treatedearly can turn contagious.“Consuming tea and milk con-taining turmeric, tulsi, ginger,cloves and black pepper canhelp heal the sore throat, andremove toxic elements from thebody system,” he said.

According to a fewresearches, some house plantstoo can take in toxins from theair and purify the air includingbamboo, Erica palm, peace lilyand money plants. Other meth-ods may include use of beeswaxcandles, salt lamps or essentialoils including rosemary, thyme,oregano, tea tree, lemongrassand cinnamon to cleanse theair, according to the studies.

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Facing the scourge of ter-rorism, India and France

have reiterated their stand thatAfghanistan’s territory shouldnot be used for spreading thismenace and radicalisation.The two countries alsoresolved to jointly fight ter-rorism and drug issue.

These were main outcomeof the 15h meeting of theirJoint Working Group onCounter Terrorism in Paris onTuesday. Mahaveer Singhvi,Joint Secretary (CounterTerrorism), Ministry ofExternal Affairs and PhilippeBERTOUX, Director forStrategic Affairs, Security andDisarmament at the FrenchMinistry for Europe andForeign Affairs, led respectiveinter-Agency delegations.

The two sides shared theirassessment of the evolution ofthe terrorist threat on theirrespective territories and intheir regional environment.The two countries also under-lined the need to ensure thatAfghan territory does notbecome a source of radicali-sation and terrorism, region-ally or globally and is neveragain used to threaten orattack any country or to shel-ter, recruit or train terrorists,or to plan or finance terroristattacks in accordance with theUNSC Resolution 2593 (2021),the external affairs ministrysaid here on Wednesday.

Giving details of the talks,officials said both sidesexchanged views on variousareas of cooperation in thesphere of counter-terrorism,countering illegal narcoticdrugs and arms smuggling,

and expressed their will tokeep sharing information oncountering radicalization andviolent extremism, combat-ing financing of terrorism,preventing misuse of the inter-net for terrorist or violentextremist purpose, actingagainst internationally desig-nated entities and individuals.

Held in a month thatmarks both the 13 th-year-anniversary of the November2008 attacks in Mumbai andthe six-year-anniversary of theNovember 2015 attacks inParis, this meeting allowed France and India toexpress solidarity vis à vis allthe victims, reaffirm theirunequivocal condemnation ofterrorism in all its forms andmanifestations including crossborder terrorism, and sharetheir resolve to stand togeth-er in the common fight againstglobal terrorism.

Both sides stressed theneed for all countries to ensurethat territories that are undertheir control cannot be used toplan, launch terrorist attackagainst any other country,shelter or train terrorist fight-ers.

They exchanged views onthreats posed by UN sanc-tioned terrorist entities andindividuals and emphasizedthe need for taking concertedaction against all terrorist net-works including al-Qa’ida andISIS/Daesh, as well as Lashkare-Tayyiba (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) and Hizb-ul Mujahideen including mak-ing sure that perpetrators ofterrorist attacks are systemat-ically and expeditiouslybrought to justice.

The two sides alsoexchanged views on proscrip-tion of terrorist individuals andentities as one of the tools tocombat terrorism.

Both sides shared infor-mation about their prioritiesand procedures for pursuingsanctions and designationsagainst terrorist entities andindividuals

Both sides committed toworking closely together torespond to these challengesand discussed ways to deepenengagement between theirrespective counterpart agen-cies to further advance coop-eration in the sphere ofcounter-terrorism.

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WASHINGTON: The US’ rela-tionship with India is deepen-ing, a top Republican Senatorhas said, as he supported grow-ing calls for a presidentialCAATSA waiver to New Delhion the purchase of S-400 mis-siles from Russia.

The S-400 is known asRussia’s most advanced long-range surface-to-air missiledefence system.

Senator Tommy Tubervillesaid he favours granting Indiaa sanctions waiver for its pur-chase of the Russian S-400missile-defence system.

“Our relationship withIndia is deepening. We metwith Prime Minister(Narendra) Modi and high-ranking officials to discussChinese aggressions towardIndia,” Senator TommyTuberville said on Tuesday.

The Senator was part of aCongressional delegation toIndia and Southeast Asia tohave a firsthand impression ofthe dangers being posed byChina in the region.

Talking about CAATSA, hesaid, “I think it should be”waived,” Politico reported on

Monday.“We would have loved (for

them) to have an Aegis systemor a Patriot system . But theydecided to go another direc-tion. So we’ll see what Congressand President Biden say aboutthis,” he was quoted as saying.

The US has expressed its“concern” over the delivery ofS-400 Triumf surface-to-airmissile systems from Russia toIndia.

The Biden administrationhas not yet clarified whether itwill impose sanctions on Indiaunder the provisions of theCountering America’sAdversaries Through SanctionsAct (CAATSA) for procuringthe S-400 missile systems.

The CAATSA, which wasbrought in 2017, provides forpunitive actions against anycountry engaged in transac-tions with Russian defence andintelligence sectors.

In October 2018, Indiahad signed a USD 5 billion dealwith Russia to buy five units ofthe S-400 air defence missilesystems, despite a warningfrom the then Trump admin-istration that going ahead with

the contract may invite USsanctions.

The US has alreadyimposed sanctions on Turkeyunder the CAATSA for thepurchase of a batch of S-400missile defence systems fromRussia. PTI

London: The World HealthOrganization says coronavirusdeaths in Europe rose by 5% inthe last week, making it theonly region in the world whereCovid-19 mortality increased.

The U.N. health agencysaid confirmed cases jumped6% jump globally, driven byincreases in the Americas,Europe and Asia.

In its weekly report on the

pandemic issued late Tuesday,WHO said COVID-19 deathsin all regions other than Europeremained stable or declined,and totalled 50,000 worldwidelast week. Of the 3.3 millionnew infections reported, 2.1million came from Europe.

It was the seventh consec-utive week that COVID-19cases continued to mountacross the 61 countries WHO

counts in its European region,which stretches through Russiato central Asia.

While about 60% of peoplein Western Europe are fullyimmunized against COVID-19, only about half as many arevaccinated in the eastern partof the continent, where officialsstruggle to overcome wide-spread vaccine hesitancy.

said infections have been

falling in Africa, the MiddleEast and Southeast Asia sinceJuly.

Within Europe, WHO saidthe highest numbers of newcases were in Russia, Germanyand Britain. It noted that deathsjumped by 67% in Norway andby 38% in Slovakia.

The health agency previ-ously described Europe asbeing the epicenter of the

ongoing pandemic and warnedthat there could be 500,000more deaths by January ifurgent actions aren’t taken.

In the last week, Austria,the Netherlands and someother countries reintroducedsome lockdown measures to tryto slow infections, while theU.K. decided to roll out boost-er doses to everyone over age40. PTI

Kabul: Two explosions hit theAfghan capital Kabul onWednesday, killing at least oneperson and wounding at leastsix, including three women,Taliban officials and residentssaid.

One car bomb blast inDasht-e Barchi, a heavily Shi’iteMuslim area of western Kabul,killed a civilian and woundedsix, interior ministryspokesman Qari Sayeed Khostysaid in a tweet.

There was no confirmationof casualty numbers and oneTaliban official, who spoke oncondition of anonymity, saidseven people had been killedand nine wounded.

A second explosion wasalso reported in the nearbyKarte 3 area, local residents

said. A Taliban official saidsecurity forces were still gath-ering information.

Images posted on socialmedia showed a car destroyedby flames as well as twistedwreckage.

The explosions added to aseries of blasts to hit Kabul inrecent days, with Shi’ite areas inthe west of the city targeted sev-eral times.

There was no claim ofresponsibility but Islamic Statemilitants have claimed severalattacks on Shi’ite targets includ-ing mosques.

Mohammad Nabi, a resi-dent of Dashti Barchi, said itappeared that the secondexplosion had also caused casu-alties but there were no imme-diate details. PTI

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Washington: China is engagedin a “border war” with India andis posing a grave threat to itsneighbours, top Republican law-maker John Cornyn has told theU.S. Senate, giving details of hisvisit to New Delhi and SoutheastAsia to understand the chal-lenges faced by countries in theregion.

Senator Mr. Cornyn, who isalso the India Caucus Co-Chair,and his Congressional colleagueshave just returned from a visit toIndia and Southeast Asia where-in they had a firsthand experi-ence of the challenges beingposed by China.

“The most urgent and gravethreats are against countriescloser to China’s borders,” Mr.Cornyn told members of theSenate on Tuesday.

“Last week, I had the chanceto lead a congressional delegationvisiting Southeast Asia to gain abetter understanding of thethreats and challenges in theregion,” he said.

“It (China) threatens free-dom of navigation in interna-tional waters, and it’s guilty ofgross human rights abusesagainst its own people, namelythe Muslim minority Uyghurs.It’s engaged in a border war with

India and it threatens to invadethe Republic of China, otherwiseknown as Taiwan,” Mr. Cornynsaid. Mr. Cornyn said that theytravelled to India where “we metwith Prime Minister (Narendra)Modi and Cabinet officials todiscuss threats posed by Chinaas well as other shared priorities.”The border standoff between theIndian and Chinese militarieserupted on May 5 last year fol-lowing a violent clash in thePangong lake areas and bothsides gradually enhanced theirdeployment by rushing in tens ofthousands of soldiers as well asheavy weaponry. PTI

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The Office for National Statistics said inflation acceleratedto 4.2% in the 12 months through October, from 3.1% the pre-vious month. The bigger-than-expected increase pushed infla-tion to its highest level since November 2011 and means mostpeople will be enduring a drop in living standards in the run-up to Christmas as household incomes get stretched. AP

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“I am designating Burma(Myanmar), the People’sRepublic of China, Eritrea,Iran, the DPRK, Pakistan,Russia, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan,and Turkmenistan as Countriesof Particular Concern for hav-ing engaged in or tolerated sys-tematic, ongoing, and egre-gious violations of religious

freedom,” US Secretary of StateAntony Blinken said.

Blinken also announcedto place Algeria, Comoros,Cuba, and Nicaragua on aSpecial Watch List for govern-ments that have engaged in ortolerated severe violations ofreligious freedom.

The US also designatedal-Shabaab, Boko Haram,Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, theHouthis, ISIS, ISIS-GreaterSahara, ISIS-West Africa,Jamaat Nasr al-Islam walMuslimin and the Taliban asEntities of Particular Concern.

Asserting that the United

States will not waiver in itscommitment to advocate forfreedom of religion or belief forall and in every country,Blinken said the challenges toreligious freedom in the worldtoday are structural, systemic,and deeply entrenched.

“They exist in every coun-try. They demand sustainedglobal commitment from allwho are unwilling to accepthatred, intolerance, and perse-cution as the status quo. Theyrequire the international com-munity’s urgent attention”, hesaid. The United States, hesaid, will continue to press all

governments to remedy theshortcomings in their laws andpractices, and to promoteaccountability for those respon-sible for abuses.

“The United States remainscommitted to working withgovernments, civil societyorganisations, and membersof religious communities toadvance religious freedomaround the world and addressthe plight of individuals andcommunities facing abuse,harassment, and discriminationon account of what theybelieve, or what they do notbelieve,” Blinken said.

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The 95-year-old was pic-tured having a face-to-face dis-cussion with General Sir NickCarter, UK Chief of the DefenceStaff, for a military audience atWindsor Castle’s Oak Roomwithout the aid of a walkingstick. “The Queen todayreceived General Sir Nick Carterfor an Audience at WindsorCastle upon the relinquishmentof his appointment as Chief ofthe Defence Staff,” BuckinghamPalace said in a statement.

(������������������������"����������.London (PTI): An Indian-ori-gin alcohol wholesaler fromwest London has been struckoff from holding a companydirector post for seven yearsafter he was found to haveunder-declared tax liabilities ofover GBP 600,000.

Daljit Singh Dale, 49, wasappointed the director of DaleGlobal Limited in March 2011shortly after the company wasincorporated. Dale Global trad-ed as an alcohol wholesaler andoperated out of premises in theHeathrow area of west London,according to the UK’sInsolvency Service on Tuesday.

The wholesaler enteredinto a Creditors VoluntaryLiquidation in March 2019,triggering an investigation bythe Insolvency Service.

Much of the public serviceis funded by the correctamount of taxes being paid,said Lawrence Zussman,Deputy Director of InsolventInvestigations.

When Daljit Dale failed toproperly declare the alcoholwholesaler’s tax liabilities, henot only failed to carry out hisdirector duties but alsodeprived the public purse, hesaid. Investigators claim tohave established that DaljitDale failed to ensure that DaleGlobal Limited submittedaccurate returns to the taxauthorities and under-declaredliabilities worth just over GBP604,000.

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“Over a period of time what I amobserving, as a judge and an AdvocateGeneral also that the bureaucracy, com-pletely, I think has developed some sort ofinertia. They don’t want to take a decision.How to stop a car, seize a vehicle, how tostop a fire has to be done by this court.Everything we have to do. This is an atti-tude developed by the Executive,” the CJIadded.

The Centre presented a slew of mea-sures in the Supreme Court, including aban on entry of all trucks in the nationalCapital except vehicles carrying essentialgoods, shutting of schools and 50 per centattendance in offices of Government ofNational Capital Territory of Delhi(GNCTD) to reduce air pollution inDelhi-NCR. Mehta told the bench that ameeting of chief secretaries of Haryana,Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi alongwith others was held on Tuesday.

The issue regarding work from homefor Central Government officers was con-sidered but the total vehicles used forCentral Government officers are not huge.So rather than implementing work fromhome we have issued an advisory for pool-ing and sharing of vehicles, said Mehta.The Centre suggested 50 per cent atten-dance in offices of GNCTD.

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Elaborating further, Rai said, instruc-tions have been given to police and trans-port department to ban entry of trucks,except for essential services. Moreover, thecity Government has also issued directiveto take strict action if more than ten--year-old diesel and fifteen-year-old petrol vehi-cles hit the city roads.

As industrial pollution also worsens,the Delhi Government will keep specialtrack monitoring pollutants in 13 hotspotsnamed red zone such as Anand Vihar,Punjabi Bagh and Mayapuri.

“Pollution will be kept in check at 13hotspots of Delhi by water sprinkling usingFire Brigade’s machinery,” said Rai adding,“Immediate action will be taken againstany industry that is found running on oremitting pollutants and violating theindustrial fuel ban.”

“So today, this 10-point decision hasbeen taken which will be launched withimmediate effect as we are issuing direc-tions for implementing them throughoutDelhi. Moreover, as stated earlier, the “RedLight On, Gaadi Off ’ campaign has alsobeen extended for another 15 days, and sothe second phase of this will be launchedstarting November 19. This is how we willembolden our fight against pollution andconquer it.” Rai concluded.

Meanwhile, SAFAR, a CentralGovernment pollution monitoring agency,

said, “From November 20 onwards surfacewinds are likely to be strong resulting ineffective dispersion that improves airquality. The effective farm fire count is2643 and its contribution to Delhi’s PM2.5on November 17 is six per cent.”

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Earlier, the ICJ (Review and Re-con-sideration) Bill, 2020 was among the 21bills passed by the National Assembly inJune, but the Senate refused to pass them.

The Government had also tried toenforce the ICJ verdict through promul-gation of a special ordinance in 2019 in thewake of the ICJ verdict. When theGovernment promulgated an ordinance tolet Jadhav file a review, he refused. Later,the Pakistan Government through itsdefence secretary filed a case in theIslamabad High Court (IHC) in 2020 toappoint a defence counsel for Jadhav.

The IHC formed a three-member larg-er bench in August 2020 which hasrepeatedly asked India to nominate alawyer from Pakistan for Jadhav but NewDelhi so far refused by insisting that itshould be given a chance to appoint anIndian lawyer. The last hearing was onOctober 5, 2021, and the IHC once againasked the government to ask India toappoint the counsel before the next hear-ing scheduled for December 9.

Among other laws passed in the jointsitting include a key bill to grant right ofvote to overseas Pakistan through internetand use of Electronic Voting Machines.

Adviser on Law Babar Awan present-ed the bill to amend the Elections Act, 2017[The Elections (Amendment) Bill, 2021]and the lawmakers present in the sessionvoted in favour of the bill to table it in theAssembly.

The Opposition vociferously opposedit but it was enacted through a voice vote,prompting them to stage the boycott of theproceedings.

Earlier, opposition and treasury mem-bers almost came to blows when the oppo-sition lawmakers tried to stop the pro-ceedings of the joint house session.

The Senate comprises 100 and theNational Assembly 342 lawmakers butboth houses are short of one member each,hence the total strength was reduced to440.

Later, main Opposition leader andPakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) chiefShehbaz Sharif accused the government ofbulldozing the legislation while PakistanPeople’s Party chief Bilawal Bhutto Zardariannounced to challenge the new laws inthe Supreme Court.

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Army Chief General M M Naravane

and IAF Chief V Chaudhari had recentlyvisited the forward areas in Ladakh toreview the operational readiness of thearmed forces during the winter months.They also reviewed the status of winterstocking.

Incidentally, the effort on Wednesdaycame days after the Army carried out ahigh-tempo airborne exercise in EasternLadakh involving more than 3,000 para-troopers and Special Forces commandos.The three-day exercise also saw the armypracticing airdropping vehicles and lighttanks at heights ranging from 14,000 feetand above.

In a related development, DefenceMinister Rajnath Singh and Chief ofDefence Staff (CDS)General Bipin Rawaton Thursday will inaugurate a revampedwar memorial in eastern Ladakh’s RezangLa. It is the site where Indian troopsvaliantly fought the Chinese in 1962.

The memorial is dedicated to the braveIndian soldiers who laid down their livesin the Battle of Rezang La.

Official sources said after inaugurat-ing the memorial, the Defence Ministerwill also carry out a review of the securi-ty situation with top Army commandersin the backdrop of the lingering border rowwith China. Rawat is also set to accompanythe Defence Minister during his Ladakhvisit. Naravane will not be able to attendthe event at Rezang La as he is on a five-day visit to Israel.

The Indian Army had occupied anumber of mountain peaks in Rezang Laregion in August last year followingChina’s aggressive posturing and failedattempt to intimidate Indian troops.

At present more than 50,000 troopseach from both sides are deployed at theLAC as standoffs persist at some places.India and China have held 13 rounds ofCorps Commander level talks since lastyear. The last round of military talks onOctober 10 ended in a stalemate follow-ing which both sides blamed each other forthe impasse.

In a strong statement after the 13thround of talks, the Indian Army said the“constructive suggestions” made by it at thenegotiations were neither agreeable to theChinese side nor could Beijing provide any“forward-looking” proposals. India andChina are likely to hold another round ofdiplomatic level talks soon under the aegisof Working Mechanism for Consultationand Coordination (WMCC).

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In a tweet on its party handle, theNC said its party president and MPFarooq Abdullah has spoken to Sinhaand reiterated his demand for an impar-tial probe into the civilian killings.”Healso sought the LG’s intervention inhanding over the bodies to their kin,” theparty said.

The NC said the Lt Governor hasassured Abdullah to look into the

demands of the victim families.In Jammu Peoples Democratic Party

(PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti led astrong protest against the civilian killingsand demanded handing over the bodiesof those killed to their families.

Sharing details of the twin encoun-ters, Inspector General of Police,Kashmir range, Vijay Kumar, said twoterrorists were killed in the Gopalporaencounter on Wednesday. One of theslain terrorists has been identified as ter-rorist Commander of proscribed terroroutfit TRF, Afaq Sikander, he added.

“In the second encounter in Pombaiarea, the joint team of security forceseliminated three terrorists’’, tweetedKashmir Zone Police

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However, on flights that had a jour-ney time of more than two hours, foodwas allowed conditional that the tray,plates, cutlery should also be disposableand none should be reused.

Beverages like tea, coffee, alcoholicand non-alcoholic were also allowedonly in disposable cans and bottles. Allcrew members in the flight were askedto wear a fresh set of gloves after everymeal or beverage served.

Earl ier in August 2020, theGovernment had allowed the carriers toserve food under certain conditions.“Airl ines may ser ve pre-packedsnacks/meals/pre-packed beverages ondomestic flights depending on the dura-tion of flight,” the Ministry had said.

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Wednesday’s development cameafter three Non-Bailable Warrants(NBWs) by two different courts inMumbai and one court in the neigh-bouring Thane city.

In all, five First Information Reports(FIRs) have been registered in differentpolice stations in Mumbai and otherplaces. Singh has been absconding forthe past seven months. A look-out cir-cular (LoC) is already in force againsthim.

In their plea, the city police told thecourt that despite having issued multi-ple non-bailable warrants, Singh andtwo other accused continued to remainmissing and their existence concealed.

Advocate Shekhar Jagtap appearingfor the Mumbai Police, had told thecourt that in compliance with the order,the Crime Branch had deputed a teamof officers to execute the warrants. Theofficers visited the last known address-es of the three accused, but could not

find them. They also discovered that theaccused had not visited their homessince the crime was registered andtheir whereabouts were not known.

Keeping in mind their failure torespond to various summons by the var-ious courts, the police had urged thecourt that Singh and two other accusedbe declared “proclaimed offenders” asprovided under Section 82 of the Codeof Criminal Procedure.

The Section 82 reads thus, “If anyCourt has reason to believe (whetherafter taking evidence or not) that anyperson against whom a warrant has beenissued by it has absconded or is con-cealing himself so that such warrant can-not be executed, such Court may pub-lish a written proclamation requiringhim to appear at a specified place andat a specified time not less than thirtydays from the date of publishing suchproclamation”. If the “proclaimedoffender” fails to respond to the writtenproclamation within the stipulated time,the court may order attachment of anyproperty - movable or immovable orboth belonging to the proclaimedoffender concerned.

After hearing the plea by theMumbai police, Judge Bhajipale pro-nounced the order allowing the policeto declare Singh and two other accusedas “proclaimed offenders” in an extor-tion case.

Singh has been missing for nearlyseven months now. It may be recalledthat the Maharashtra Government toldthe Bombay High Court on October 21that it has not been able to trace ParamBir and assured the court that it wouldnot take coercive action against the lat-ter. While his whereabouts are notknown, he approached the high courtthrough his lawyer Mahesh Jethmalanito mention his plea seeking the quash-ing of an FIR registered against him.

The Maharashtra Government-appointed Justice (retired) KailashUttamchand Chandiwal Commission ofenquiry - which is hearing into the alle-gations of corruption made by himagainst Maharashtra’s former HomeMinister Anil Deshmukh -- has issuedseveral summons against him, fined himand even issued a bailable arrest warrantagainst him.

Justice (Retd) Chandiwal had notonly earlier issued bailable warrantagainst the former police commissionbut had also imposed fines of Rs 5,000in June and Rs 25,000 twice in Augustfor his failure to respond to the sum-mons to appear before it.

An IPS officer of the 1988 batch,Singh had on March 20 made a sensa-tional allegation of corruption againstState Home Minister Anil Deshmukh,the Maharashtra Government onTuesday appointed retired judge of theBombay High Court Kai lashUttamchand Chandiwal to probe theformer CP’s charges against Deshmukh.

Following the allegations made by

Singh, Deshmukh had resigned from hispost as the State Home Minister on April5, within hours after the Bombay HighCourt ordered a “Preliminary Enquiry”(PE) by the CBI into the serious chargesof corruption made against him byMumbai’s former Police Commissioner.

The commissioner of police had,among other things, alleged that StateHome Minister Deshmukh had askednow arrested and suspended policeofficer Sachin Vaze last month to “col-lect” a staggering Rs 100 crore permonth from bars, restaurants and othersources.

“The Hon’ble Home Ministerexpressed to Vaze that he had a targetto accumulate Rs. 100 crore a month.For achieving the aforesaid target, theHon’ble Home Minister told Shri Vazethat there are about 1,750 bars, restau-rants and other establishments inMumbai and if a sum of Rs. 2-3 lakhseach was collected from each of 3 them,a monthly collection of Rs. 40-50 croreswas achievable. The Hon’ble HomeMinister added that the rest of the col-lection could be made from othersources,” the former CP had written.

Deshmukh is being investigatedseparately by the CBI and ED in con-nection with the allegation of corruptionmade against him by Singh.

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According to data maintained by thewebsite Our World in Data, on average,54.1% of India’s population (the entirepopulation, not just those above 18years) has received at least one shot ofthe vaccine, while 26.8% are fully vac-cinated.

The global average for these figuresis 52.2% and 40.9%, respectively. Thismeans that while India leads the glob-al average in total coverage, it is con-siderably behind in the proportion ofpeople fully vaccinated.

The gap can be partly attributed tothe revision of the prescribed gapbetween the two doses in the case ofSerum Institute of India’s Covishield (avaccine that accounts for nearly 90% ofall doses administered in the country).

On May 13, the Union HealthMinistry announced the widening of thegap between the doses of Covishieldfrom 4-8 weeks to 12-16 weeks.

The number of people who havebeen administered just one dose of thevaccine have been steadily droppingsince the first week of October, datashows.

On Tuesday, Mandaviya stressedthat the completion of the Covid-19 vac-cination drive with 100 per cent admin-istration of both the doses to India’sadults is an “immediate necessity.

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In the context of the media and entertain-ment industry, one could easily argue that

the past few months have been largely rev-olutionary. With country-wide lockdownsin place due to Covid-19, consumersdemanded more and better content andOTT platforms helped in filling the voidquite effectively. According to IBEF (IndiaBrand Equity Foundation), the overallgrowth in the total number of paid sub-scribers increased almost four times in asingle year when in the year 2020, the num-ber reached 18.69 million subscribers. Withthe continued popularity of such platforms,recent research by Statista suggests that thetotal size of India’s OTT market is expect-ed to cross $12.5 billion by the year 2030.

It would be challenging for the new-comers to effectively showcase their talentand be ‘available’ as soon as the demandarises. Along with the need for a sourcingplatform, let us look at how OTT providesa plethora of opportunities (to newcomers)for entering the media and entertainmentindustry.

For any newcomer, an OTT platformprovides a plethora of opportunities to enterthe media and entertainment industry. TVand movie stars making their debuts onvarious OTT platforms is one such promi-nent example. Even though the star powerof Saif Ali Khan and Nawazuddin Siddiquiin Sacred Games have made it very popu-lar, one could not take away the fact thata majority of success stories of the OTTseries include some unknown (and high-ly talented) people backed by creative con-tent and a team of experts. Based on thetrends, it could be worth mentioning thatIndian audiences have matured enough toshower attention, time and money on thenew faces of OTT platforms, many ofwhom have become household names.

There are different ways throughwhich OTT could be the best chance forentry seekers to make a name in the mediaand entertainment industry. Some of themost important factors are as follows:

The success of creative and interest-

ing stories with unknown facesThe success of creative stories such as

Kota Factory, Scam 1992, Panchayat, andTVF Pitchers, all show that creative con-tent when clubbed with fresh and newfaces can be popular among users acrossthe country. For instance, Jamtara webseries won the hearts of the audiences with-out being packed with a stellar cast.Ironically, the crew was comparatively newwith almost all being fresh faces in theindustry.

However, in no manner should thepopularity of star-studded series such asthe Family Man or Asur be undervalued.The fact remains that creative concepts andinteresting stories help the content in gain-ing popularity.

Short stories have become extreme-ly popular

Newcomers can be part of short story-based series which are now picked by OTTplatforms such as Disney+ Hotstar. Storiesthat are eight to 10 minutes long are engag-ing and quite relatable for the general audi-ence. These stories often have new faces andhence entry-seekers could kickstart acareer by being part of such shows.

New entrants are affordable andeasy to work with

For a new content creator or produc-er, it is easier to work with newcomers whencompared with established stars. Thescheduling of newcomers is hassle-free. Noteveryone can afford stars, hence roping in

fresh artistes is also a good business deci-sion.

The overall rise of the OTT platforms Based on a trend that the media and

entertainment industry has witnessed in thepast few months, along with the marketexpectations, the total volume of contenton the existing OTT platforms along withthe total number of OTT platforms isexpected to increase tremendously in thefuture. For instance, as per Finder India,Netflix already has one of the most exten-sive libraries in India consisting of 4,706titles.

The need for more showcasing plat-forms to ease talent sourcing

One of the factors that can stimulateopportunities for young artistes in themedia and entertainment industry is thelack of a platform that could not only helpin showcasing talent but would also ensurethat talent sourcing becomes easy. Such aplatform could help in effectively bridgingthe demand-supply gap in the market. Themedia and entertainment industry is alsooften associated with exhibiting favouritismtowards established ‘stars’. In such a sce-nario, having an interactive platformshowcasing newcomers’ artistic abilities andhelping them secure relevant careerprospects has emerged to be the dire needof the hour.

New entrants often have to knock onmore than one door to get their real ‘break’in the media and entertainment industry.With positive growth in the OTT platformanticipated and witnessed (in the past fewmonths), newcomers must make the mostof the opportunity. Looking for such plat-forms that help new artistes in showcasingtheir skills and interacting with people shar-ing the same passion could be a good startfor the newcomers aiming to debut in themedia and entertainment industry.

(The author is the CEO and founderof Youforrte, an open market that provides

a wide range of networks to connect withthe media and entertainment industry.)

The process of learning andteaching - anything, a new

skill, value, attitude or knowl-edge - has been ever-changingand facing a continuous upgradesince time immemorial. Overthe years, the learning landscapehas undergone several substan-tial revolutions - from the waychildren absorb concepts tohow classes or curricula aredesigned. For instance, theaspect of learning didn't remainuninfluenced when technologypenetrated all spheres of ourdaily life at the threshold of the21st century. In fact, as technol-ogy grew by leaps and bounds,it left its footprint in severalfacets of the learning process -thereby giving rise to the phe-nomenon of online learning.

Initially, while teachers andeducators were the sources ofknowledge and all that there wasto learn, the arrival of the inter-net came with an abundance ofinformation that was availableonline.

With the option of onlinelearning in the picture, childrencan manage to acquire knowl-edge and skills at their own paceand from the comfort of theirown homes, leading to questionssuch as - Is technology replac-ing conventional classroomswith computers? Will we seeonline and offline learningprocesses complementing eachother? And the latest hot debateof online learning vs offlinelearning.

Although online learninghas its perks, technology has notyet been optimized for everyaspect of the learning process;meanwhile, one cannot claimthat online learning trumpsoffline or vice versa.Furthermore, while online learn-ing, at best, can act as an enablerrather than a stand-alone propo-sition for education, the offline,teacher-centric way of learninghas its own limitations - witheither the teacher's word beingfinal on the subject or themspoon feeding the childrenrather than guiding them while

maintaining learner autonomy.Herein lies a gaping voidbetween online learning andoffline learning environments -children do not get a chance topractically explore and whollyexperience the subject matterthey are supposed to be learning.And the fact of the matter is thata child's experience tends todefine the success or failure ofthe learning process.

Simply shifting learningpractices from the Industrial Ageto the Knowledge Age is notenough. Children must engagein a deeply experiential andsocial learning process to helpbridge the gap between onlineand offline learning. Experientiallearning activities such as role-playing are effective solutions forinformal learning to take place.

Play-acting is an embeddedbehaviour in children. Childrentend to imitate and model anadult's actions without priorinstructions or directions, just bykeenly observing them. It is apowerful tool that encourageschildren to become active par-ticipants in their own learningprocess. Through experientialactivities, children can gain richexperiences about the innerworkings of diverse industriesand professions as well as rein-force decision-making skills,personal skills, communicationskills and good values. Engagingchildren in both life and learn-ing, this type of pedagogicalapproach enhances a child'ssocial and emotional growth,

motor skills and cognitive devel-opment.

Experiential learning tendsto strike a perfect balancebetween the theory ofonline/offline education and thepractical application of acquiredknowledge. Not only that, but italso gives brands a chance to fos-ter learning among children bytaking the route of experientialmarketing. Through experientialmarketing, brands have thegolden opportunity to responsi-bly communicate with their tar-get audience, bolstering the trustbetween themselves and theirpotential consumers.Furthermore, by collaboratingwith edtech companies and edu-tainment centres, brands cancontribute to making the learn-ing process for children engag-ing, meaningful and long-last-ing, all while positively impact-ing the society at large.

Alongside that, another vitaladvantage of experiential learn-ing is that it empowers parentswith a way to cut down on theirchild's screen time. Ever sincetechnology has made an adventin the realm of learning, childrenare seen to be constantly sur-rounded by screens. And offline,experiential learning with asmatter of entertainment is prov-ing to be a successful solution tounplug children from theirbright screens.

(The author is the market-ing director of KidZania India,an organisation which seeks to

make education less dull.)

Over the years, Zee TV has introduced audi-ences to some truly inspiring accounts of

India's most striking leaders and royal figureswho have had a significant impact on India’shistorical and cultural heritage. After an over-whelming response to the journeys of JodhaAkbar and Jhansi Ki Rani, Zee TV has nowintroduced viewers to the biggest historicalmagnum opus of 2021, presenting the untoldstory of one of the most iconic women of theMaratha empire — Kashibai, the wife of PeshwaBajirao Ballal.

Set in the 18th century after the end of theMughal era, the show depicts the journey of ayoung, coddled girl who went on to becomean astute and authoritative Peshwin bai -- anadministrator par excellence who held fortwhile Bajirao was out expanding the Marathakingdom. The show features a nine-year-oldAarohi Patel as the young Kashibai, a face soendearing that she lit up the screen and stolethe makers’ hearts with her very first screen-test. Speaking at the premiere, Aarohi shared,"When I was told that I will be playing the leadcharacter of Kashibai in Kashibai Bajirao Ballal,I was very excited and nervous at the same time.This is my first show ever and I am quite thrilledto play such an iconic character from our coun-try's glorious history. My team helped me getinto the character of Kashibai, they take verygood care of me. I even learnt horse riding fora sequence in the show. I look forward to see-ing myself on TV”

Zee TV Business Head Aparna Bhosle said,“We look forward to presenting the untold storyof Kashibai Bajirao Ballal, a formidable forcethat had a significant impact on the greatMaratha empire. She was not just an astuteadministrator but a sensitive people’s personwho put the well-being of her people aboveeverything else. It is our vision to ensure that

Kashibai’s story of benevolence and her richcontribution to India’s cultural heritage and his-tory reaches even the youngest generation ofthe country and continues to inspire millionsof people. We are deeply privileged to have theblessings of the Chaskar family, the descendantsof Kashibai, who joined us at the show’s launch.”

Zee TV unveiled the show’s protagonistsand the key cast members essaying Kashibaiand Bajirao’s families in grand style at ND’s FilmWorld, Karjat. From palkhi processions torugged horse-back entries, the launch eventtransported everyone to the Maratha empireof the 18th century. Apart from an Ashtami per-formance by Kashibai and a talwarbaazishowcase by Bajirao, the Chaskar family, thedescendants of Kashibai from Pune were felic-itated at the ceremony.

Kashibai Bajirao Ballal, which premieredon November 15, will air every Monday toFriday at 8 pm, only on Zee TV.

Everyone loves a good story thatrevolves around the ‘bad guy’. Butwhen was the last time your paths

crossed with such an engrossing tale? Wecan only speak for ourselves, and wehave to confess it has been a long whilesince we came across one.

This is what went through ourmind, as we watched the trailer for MXPlayer’s new series, Matsya Kaand,which releases today, as it played on loopat Le Meridien’s Conference Hall, as wewaited for the cast, ahead of the promo-tional event for the show. In the past year,MX Player has acquired a good chunkof the OTT market, based on its USP —every show/ film on the platform can bestreamed or downloaded for free.

At first glance, the show seems to befull of dialogue-baazi. While we couldprovide innumerable instances, the onethat stands out is when Ravi Kishan, whoseems to be playing a shifty policeman,is asked by his sidekick, “Sir, how are youable to sleep peacefully at night?” Towhich Kishan retorts, “A man can sleeppeacefully on two occasions. The first iswhen he is in his mother’s womb; thesecond, at his funeral.”

We presume that should suffice, tosay the least, to give you a sample of whatyou can expect from the show. As theshow’s cast walk in, Kishan walks at thehead, exchanging pleasantries with thecustomary, “Umeed hai aap sab theekhain.” (I hope you all have been keep-ing well.)

Kishan is accompannied by ZoyaAfroz and Ravii Dubey, the protagonist.To those who might be unaware, Afrozwon the title of Miss India International2021 competing at the GlamanandSupermodel India contest and will rep-resent India at the Miss International2022 beauty pageant in Japan and waspreviously crowned as the second run-ner-up at Femina Miss India 2013.

Read on for excerpts of the interac-tion:

Could you please tell us moreabout the show and your characters?

We all are familiar how, with the riseof OTTs, most shows try to extend thestoryline, just to keep a good story going.

Matsya Kaand seeks to break thenorms in that regard. The first seasonof our show has just 11 episodes and Iam glad I could ply my trade with suchan extended role after a long hiatus. I

believe it is the first time that all threeof us would be seen in such roles and Iam sure after watching the trailer that,while you are aware of the gist of thestory, you would agree this is way dif-ferent than the usual con man stories.The story, characters are based onsome real incidences, prior to thedemonetisation.

I play Officer Tejraj Singh, a copwho is adept at thinking like a criminal.Zoya is a magician, who has many tricksup her sleeve, apart from just hermagic. And Dubey, well, he is the manof the moment. The mastermind behindevery kaand in the show; need I saymore?

How have you been able to keep upwith work in addition to your commit-ments as the MP of Gorakhpur?

When I became an MP fromGorakhpur, people presumed I wouldnot be acting during my tenure. And letme tell you, when I am in Gorakhpur,I do not sleep for more than 3-4 hours,the desire to serve my nation is to strong.

I fulfill my duties to the best of mycapabilities but I cannot forget that act-ing is what made me. Every person Imet, while carrying my duties, would askme when is my next show/film bereleased. I remember crossing paths withHema Malini ji in the Parliament andshe told me that I should not stop act-

ing, because that is my identity. I amglad that Matsya Kaand came my wayduring this time.

But let me assure you, while I keepup with my love for acting, I have notleft my duties behind. I have made surethat everyone is aware of my where-abouts at all times. I thank Zoya andDubey for adjusting with my hecticschedule.

And I almost forgot to tell you,even when I was not acting, I wouldpractise my craft; I trained 300 chil-dren in the ways of theatre inGorakhpur.

How difficult or easy was it, toget back to acting?

Acting requires a lot of discipline,and you just need to ask Dubey, whoadopts numerous disguises through-out the series.

One might think that acting is fair-ly simple, but there is alot more to itthan what meets the eye. I would sitin the vanity van with Dubey as theprosthetic make-up would be appliedto his face, and he had to make peacewith the fact that he could not eat,could not drink more than a couplesips of water every hour just to pre-serve the integrity of his prosthetics.

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Union Minister for MinorityAffairs and deputy leader ofRajya Sabha, Mukhtar Abbas

Naqvi stated that Prime MinisterNarendra Modi’s mantra of ‘Vocalfor Local’ has become a ‘massmovement’ to strengthen the visionof ‘Swadeshi to Swavlamban’.

On the occasion of the inaugu-ration of Hunar Haat, being organ-ised at the India International TradeFair (IITF), Pragati Maidan in NewDelhi, Naqvi said, “During theCorona crisis, indigenous produc-tion capacity fulfilled the domesticneeds and became a safety-cover forIndian economy during the globalrecession.”

Union Minister of State forMinority Affairs, John Barla, Iranambassador to India HE Dr AliChegeni, Kuwait ambassador HEJasem Ibrahem Al Najem, UnionMinority Affairs Ministry SecretaryRenuka Kumar and other seniorofficials were present on the occa-sion.

Naqvi also shared, “the countrywhich used to depend on foreignimports even for food grains, hasnow not only become self-reliant infood grains production, it is alsoexporting food grains to the entireworld. India’s self-reliance in foodgrains production is a result of hardwork of our ‘Anndatas’ and thegivernment’s efforts to ensure‘Aatmanirbhar Krishi Aur Krishak’.”

He continued, “India hasbecome a major hub of pharmacy

sector. Within a year of the pandem-ic, India made the entire worldrealise the capability and strength ofour country’s indigenous produc-tion by developing ‘Made in India’Corona vaccine, various medicalequipment and other indigenouslife-saving medicines to ensurehealth and well-being of the people.”

“India's traditional and ances-tral legacy of handloom-handicrafthas been promoted by PM Modi's

mantra of ‘Vocal for Local’ and‘Swadeshi’. The Hunar Haat has notonly made the artisans and crafts-men self-reliant, it has also strength-ened the commitment to‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’,” he conclud-ed.

This is the 33rd Hunar Haat inthe series of on-going Hunar Haatsacross the country. More than 550artisans and craftsmen from morethan 30 States/UTs are participating

in the same, organsied at hall num-ber three, Pragati Maidan fromNovember 14-27. With 300 stalls,this is the largest participation bythe Union Ministry of MinorityAffairs in IITF this year. CanaraBank has set up a stall to provideeasy loans to artisans and crafts-men for employment and self-employment.

Naqvi also mentioned thatHunar Haat’s virtual and online

platform http://hunarhaat.org andGeM portal, better marketinglinkages, new designs, better pack-aging, training and credit linkageshave opened enormous opportu-nities for economic empower-ment of artisans and craftsmen.More than 6,75,000 artisans, crafts-men and people associated withthem have been provided employ-ment and employment opportuni-ties through Hunar Haat in thepast six years.

Exquisite and elegant indige-nous handmade products fromAssam, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar,Gujarat, Ladakh, Jammu-Kashmir,Punjab, Karnataka, MadhyaPradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan,Jharkhand, Nagaland, Meghalaya,Delhi, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand,West Bengal, Manipur, Goa,Puducherry, Chhattisgarh,Telangana, Chandigarh, Haryana,and so on, are available for sale anddisplay. Various cultural and musi-cal programmes of renownedartists are being organised in anopen auditorium at Pragati Maidanevery day. The visitors will alsoenjoy circus at Hunar Haat wherethe Indian circus artists will per-form spectacular diverse tradition-al entertainment shows.

The Hunar Haats ahead will beorganised in Hyderabad fromNovember 26 to December 5, inSurat from December 10-19, at JLNstadium, New Delhi from December22, 2021 to January 2, 2022.

On the eve of Children’s Day,five children rehabilitated at

Bal Ashram established by theNobel Peace laureate, KailashSatyarthi, and Sumedha Kailash,have secured admission in SRMInstitute of Science andTechnology, Chennai. They havebeen enrolled in various coursesof SRM.

These children, hailing fromthe most vulnerable and margin-

alised sections of the society. —Sanjay Kumar, Imtiyaz Ali,Manish Kumar, Chirag Alam andMannu Kumar — were oncechild labourers and their child-hood was spent in suffering andtorture. They were rescued bySatyarthi’s organisation and wererehabilitated at Bal Ashram wherethey continued with their studies.

Living and studying in BalAshram, all of them passed class

12 examination with flyingcolours. The long-term rehabili-tation centre. established in 1998,rescues children from childlabour, trafficking, abuse andexploitation. Since then, it hasestablished itself as a center forchild participation and child lead-ership development across thecountry. Till date, 1431 childrenhave been rehabilitated and main-streamed with the society.

Sheel Vardhan Singh, IPS, assumed thecharge of director general, Central

Industrial Security Force at CISF headquar-ters, 13 CGO complex, Lodhi Road, NewDelhi on November 15. He is the 29th DGof CISF.

Prior to his appointment as DG, CISF, hewas serving as special director of theIntelligence Bureau. He was decorated withthe President’s Police Medal for MeritoriousService in the year 2004 and President's PoliceMedal for Distinguished Service in 2010.

Singh is BA (Honours) in English liter-

ature. He joined Indian Police Service in theyear 1986 at the age of 23 and was allottedBihar cadre. During his distinguished careerspanning 35 years, he has held many impor-tant and sensitive positions in the state ofBihar and during central deputation toGovernment of India.

The Power Grid Corporationof India Limited (POW-

ERGRID), a Maharatna CPSEunder the Ministry of Powerhas upgraded Assam’s new mar-iani sub-station from 220 kV,switching station to a 400/220kV sub-station with 2x500MVA transformation capacity,2x125 mega volt ampere (reac-tive) power compensation alongwith other associated baysunder North Eastern RegionStrengthening Scheme(NERSS-VI) project.

This capacity addition willadd efficiency and robustness,leading to supply of reliablepower. The project has been

commissioned timely, despitelimitations in wake of the pan-demic, and difficult soil andweather conditions. The baysand additional 400 kV D/C linesection for upgradation ofMisa-New Mariani line from220 kV to 400 kV level are nowunder commercial operation.The project has been commis-sioned as part of Azadi KaAmrit Mahotsav, marking 75years of India's Independence.

In a meeting of the StateCouncil of Ministers held

under the chairmanship ofchief minister, Ashok Gehlot,on Tuesday, a big relief hasbeen given to the people of thestate by approving the reduc-tion in VAT by � four per litreon petrol and � five per litreon diesel. This decision willcome into effect from mid-night of November 18. Otherimportant decisions taken inthe meeting are as follows:

Free land allotment willbe possible for welfare activ-ities

The cabinet has approvedamendment in the LandAllocation Policy-2015 forvarious purposes in the urbanareas of Rajasthan. This deci-sion, under the Social SecurityPromotion Scheme-2021, isfor the non-profit organisa-tions for activities related tothe welfare of women, dis-abled, boys and girls, seniorcitizens, beggars, poor, home-less, transgender, drug addictsand people suffering fromHIV. Allotment of land can bedone free of cost.

Educational and eco-nomic activities will bestrengthened in Kota

The cabinet has approvedallotment of land free of costfor the proposed new green-field airport at Kota. With thisdecision, economic activitiesin Kota will be strengthenedand traffic will be smooth.Along with this, approval wasgiven to allot 75.9,379 hectaresof government land condition-ally to Power Grid RamgarhTransmission Limited,Jaisalmer, for the constructionof 400 KV power substation invillage Nimba and Mandai ofFatehgarh tehsil.

Wardens will be formedfor hostel and residentialschools in the tribal areas

The cabinet has decidedto create departmental cadrefor the post of wardens in hos-tels and residential schools runby Tribal Regional

Development department.With this decision, the systemof getting teachers from theeducation department to workas wardens will end.

Revised pay scale forteachers of sanskrit and poly-technic colleges

In the meeting, it wasdecided to approve revised(UGC) pay scales to teachers,librarians and physical teach-ers working in governmentsanskrit colleges of the state.The cabinet has also decidedto approve the revised(AICTE) pay scale for teach-ers of government polytechniccolleges (engineering), librar-ians, physical teachers andteachers of polytechnic col-leges (non-engineering).

Approval for amend-ment in the qualification oflaboratory assistants

The cabinet has alsoapproved amendment in thequalification for the post oflaboratory assistants underthe Rajasthan Medical andHealth Subordinate ServicesRules - 1965. With this, thevacant posts will be filledthrough direct recruitment.Opportunities will be availablefor promotion to the post ofassistant engineer (mechani-cal/electrical) and vacancieswill be filled from foreman-first quota.

The council of ministersalso discussed the progress ofthe campaign with the admin-istration villages and with theadministration cities.Expressing satisfaction overthe campaign in the meeting,it was expected that the ben-efits of these ambitious cam-paigns should reach the com-mon man.

To commemorate the cele-bration of Azadi ka Amrit

Mahotsav and Janjatiya GauravDiwas, Tribal CooperativeMarket ing DevelopmentFederat ion Ltd (TRIFED),Ministry of Tribal Affairs,Government of India, is organ-ising several events. One is theAadi Mahotsav, a mega NationalTribal Festival in Dilli Haat,New Delhi from November 16 toNovember 30.

The festival was inauguratedby Sukhram Munda, the grand-son of Bhagwan Birsa Munda.Arjun Munda, the union minis-ter for tribal affairs presided overthe inaugural function. DrSubhash Sarkar, minister of statefor Education, MC Mary Kom,MP Ramsinh Rathwa, the chair-man of TRIFED, were the guestsof honour for the inauguralfunction.

Arjun, while presiding overthe function, expressed, “I amvery proud and pleased that theAadi Mahotsav has been estab-lished as a platform for tribalproducts and also a showcase fortribal culture. The mahotsav notonly provides an opportunity toexpand tribal commerce but alsoensures that tribal craft, cuisineand other traditions are main-tained. The success of this ven-ture and the subsequent expan-sion has filled tribals with a newzeal and a great sense of confi-dence. I would like to request allDelhiites to visit this 15-dayNational Tribal Festival andcome and partake a slice of therich and indigenous tribal cul-ture through its cuisine, crafts,arts, and other products.”

The festival is an attempt tofamiliarise the people with therich and diverse craft, culture of

the tribal communities acrossthe country, in one place.

While the Aadi Mahotsavwas not held due to the unprece-dented circumstances because ofthe pandemic, TRIFED resumedthe tradition with a successfuledition in February.

The November edition ofthe same will showcase the richand diverse heritage of our tribesacross the country as seen intheir art, handicrafts, naturalproduce and delectable cuisine.With over 200 stalls, it is expect-ed that once again, 1,000 tribalartisans and artists will be par-ticipating in the 15-day festival.A two-day workshop cum trib-al talk will also be organised toconnect with them. The discus-sion sessions have been plannedaround sessions on entrepre-neurship development, market-ing and promotion, taking trib-al business online, understand-ing new trends and marketpotential for tribal artefacts,engagements of financial institu-tions and education for tribals.These sessions will be taken byexperts from Mushroom Councilof India, Andrew Yule, Reliancefoundation, Amazon, Facebook,ONGC, Tata Trusts, Paytm, andSBI. Representatives from 20major tribes of India are beinginvited for this two-day work-shop.

The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) award-ed their archers who sweeped all trophies at the

10th All India Police Archery Championship(AIPAC-2021) and won 41 medals.

Sanjay Arora, DG of ITBP, awarded the medal-ists and their coach with DG’s insignias and cashrewards as per sports policy of the forces for theirexemplary performance at the championship whichwas held from 9 to 13 November, 2021 in GreaterNoida. Speaking on the occasion held at the ForceHQrs, Arora said that the unprecedented successof ITBP archers will surely be a motivation for otherplayers of the Force.

S Duhan, IG (Training) ITBP, stated that 17 DG’sdiscs, one commendation roll and cash reward ofa total amount of � 2,86,000 are being awarded by

the DG of ITBP to the archers.23 members of the central archery team of ITBP

participated, out of which 18 have won medals.Raised in 1962, the ITBP is deployed to guard

the extreme borders of the nation from Ladakh toArunachal Pradesh. For continuous deployment insnowy regions, the jawans of ITBP are known as‘Himveers’.

NTPC Ltd and Indian Oil signeda memorandum of understand-

ing (MoU) to collaborate in the fieldof renewable energy and mutuallyexplore opportunities for supply oflow carbon/RE RTC captive power.

The MoU was signed in NewDelhi in the presence of GurdeepSingh, CMD-NTPC, ShrikantMadhav Vaidya, the chairman ofIndian Oil, C K Mondol, director(commercial), NTPC, SSVRamkumar director of R&D andP&BD of Indian Oil. The signato-ries of the MoU were SangeetaKaushik, chief general manager

(BD) of NTPC and V K Raizada,executive director (M&I) of IndianOil.

This is a first-of-its-kind novelinitiative by two leading nationalenergy majors of India, to supportthe country’s commitment toachieve renewable energy targets

and reduce greenhouse gas emis-sions.

Singh said, “NTPC is takingvarious steps to make its energyportfolio greener by adding signif-icant capacity of renewable energysources so that our non-fossil fuel-based capacity will become equal or

greater than our thermal portfolioby 2032. Through this MoU, thestrengths of both the organisationscan be leveraged to achieve the aim

of the country to meet its net zerocommitments.”

Vaidya added, “As a globalenergy major, environmental prior-ity is being weaved into every busi-ness aspect of Indian Oil and now,we intend to use green energy topower new projects and refineryexpansions.”

NTPC and Indian Oil havecome together for generation andstorage of renewable energy orother forms of energy, includinggas-based power, primarily to caterfor Indian Oil refineries or otherinstallations.

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Argentina secured a place innext year’s World Cup after a

0-0 draw against Brazil, givingLionel Messi his fifth and possiblyfinal shot at winning the onlymajor trophy missing in his career.

Second-place Argentina qual-ified after Chile lost 2-0 at hometo third-place Ecuador. With 29points and four qualifiers remain-ing, Lionel Scaloni’s Argentinasquad cannot be overtaken bymore than two rivals.

Competition-leading Brazilhad already secured the first ofSouth America’s four direct entriesto Qatar 2022. The fifth-placeteam goes into an intercontinen-tal playoff for a spot in Qatar.

Brazil has 35 points, six aheadof Argentina. Both teams havecompleted 13 games, one fewerthan scheduled because theirencounter in September was sus-pended after seven minutes whenBrazilian officials belatedlyenforced COVID-19 restrictions.FIFA is yet to decide what to dowith that match.

Ecuador has 23 points and iswell established in the third posi-

tion. And then, except for last-placeVenezuela, there’s a crush of can-didates to qualify.

Colombia and Peru have 17points and Chile is sixth with 16points, narrowly ahead of Uruguayon goal difference. Bolivia is sur-prisingly competitive with 15points in eighth position. Paraguaycan’t be ruled out with 13 points.

Few opportunities were avail-able for Argentina and Brazil in atense match marked by Messi’s lowkey performance and Neymar’sabsence due to injury. GoalkeepersEmiliano Martinez and Alissonwere just about spectators most ofthe match.

Messi, who played the entirematch after recovering from aknee injury, said he felt well on thepitch. He played for only 15 min-utes in Argentina’s 1-0 win overUruguay last week so he couldrecover to face Brazil.

Dutch head back to World CupThe Netherlands will be back

at the World Cup after an eight-year gap, forcing Norway starErling Haaland to wait until at least2026 to make his debut on thebiggest stage.

The Dutch did just enoughTuesday with late goals in a 2-0 winin Rotterdam that eliminated theNorwegians who were missingHaaland, their injured 21-year-oldforward. Turkey overtook Norwayinto second place in Group G, win-

ning 2-1 in Montenegro to enterthe European playoffs in March.

Ukraine also won away, 2-0 atBosnia-Herzegovina, to joinTurkey as unseeded teams who willbe on the road again in the play-offs semifinals.

The unbeaten Ukrainians,who drew six of their eight GroupD games, rose into second placeabove Finland, which was eliminat-ed by losing 2-0 at home to table-

topping France.Kylian Mbappe set up Karim

Benzema to score in the 66thbefore getting the second himself10 minutes later after a speedy solorun down the left flank.

Wales and the Czech Republicstarted their Group E gamesTuesday knowing both were head-ing to the playoffs, with leaderBelgium already having claimedthe direct qualification spot to thefinals tournament in Qatar.

Algeria, Nigeria, Cameroon in WC playoffs

Algeria, Cameroon, Nigeriaand Tunisia took their last chancesand qualified for the World Cupplayoffs in Africa, but Ivory Coastdidn’t seize the day and is the con-tinent’s biggest team so far to missout on next year’s tournament inQatar.

African champion Algeria andNigeria scraped through to the 10-team playoffs in March after bothwere held to home draws but

clinched the point they needed toprogress on the final day of thegroup stage.

Tunisia was more convincing,beating Zambia 3-1 to take the topspot and the playoff place inGroup B, snuffing out Zambia’shopes.

Cameroon ended Ivory Coast’scampaign with a 1-0 win in theirmuch-hyped West African show-down in Cameroon. Karl TokoEkambi’s first-half goal settled thetense Group D decider as IvoryCoast lost the game and the leadof the group right at the end.

Ivory Coast, a two-timeAfrican champion, will miss its sec-ond straight World Cup after alsofailing to make it to Russia in 2018.

Only the 10 group winnersprogressed to the playoffs andAlgeria, Cameroon, Nigeria andTunisia took the last four spots.They joined Mali, Egypt, Ghana,Senegal, Morocco and Congo,which had already advanced,although there are two appealsbrewing that may still have a sayon who actually plays in the two-leg playoff ties to decide the finalfive African teams to go to theWorld Cup.

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������������� �� ������ ������Geneva: Roger Federer does not expect toreturn from his latest knee surgery in time forWimbledon next June, the tennis great said inan interview published Wednesday by Swissmedia.”The truth is that I’d be incrediblysurprised to play Wimbledon,” the 40-year-oldFederer told the Tribune de Geneve daily.

��������������������������Kolkata: Indian Super League heavyweightsATK Mohun Bagan head coach Antonio LopezHabas on Wednesday announced threecaptains, including Fijian ace striker RoyKrishna, for the season beginning on Friday.Reiterating the need for joint leadership to keepthe team’s unity intact, the Spanish gaffer chosetwo local star players Pritam Kotal andSubhasish Bose along with the Fijian as theskippers. The announcement came two daysahead of the team’s opening match againstKerala Blasters on Friday at Margao. Elated atthe new responsibility, Subhasish said:

������� ������������ ������Manali: The Nazir Hoosein Memorial Driveculminated on Saturday in Manali,after a five-day journey passing through Lansdowne,Mussoorie, Kufri, driving through the JaloriPass and to Koksar via the Atal tunnel. On thefinal day of the drive, participants were alloweda free run to Koksar via the Atal tunnel, towardsSisu, to take in the sight of snow-clad mountainsand serene mountain scenery. Lunch in thevalley was followed by a farewell dinner inManali. Speaking after the completion of theevent, Rajan Syal expressed his gratitudetowards everyone who participated in the event

���� ����� ������ ����� ��� ����������Bali: Indian shuttlers Kidambi Srikanth and HSPrannoy notched up contrasting wins to make apositive start to their men’s singles campaign atthe Indonesia Masters Super 750 badmintontournament here on Wednesday. WhileSrikanth staved off a stiff challenge from worldno 71 France’s Christo Popov 21-18 15-21 21-16in an hour and 15 minutes, former world no 10Prannoy saw off Malaysia’s Liew Daren 22-2021-19 in the opening round. Former world no 1Srikanth, who had claimed the Indonesia OpenSuper Series premier in 2017 at Jakarta, will faceIndonesia’s sixth seed Jonatan Christie next.

��������� ����������������Dhaka: India’s men’s compound team won abronze medal but the women team lost its play-off as the country had a mixed day at the 22ndAsian Archery Championships, here onWednesday. The men’s team of Rishabh Yadav,Abhishek Verma and Aman Saini outplayedlocal challengers Bangladesh 235-223, while thewomen’s team was let down by theirinexperience. It went down 208-220 toKazakhstan in the bronze playoff.

��������������������������������Jamshedpur: Tata Steel on Tuesday said StateBank of India has entered into a strategicpartnership with Jamshedpur FC, the footballclub owned by it, with an aim to support andpromote Indian football. Making SBI’s firstmajor endeavour in the game, the lender signedan agreement with JFC and became one of theprincipal sponsors of the club.

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Mercedes has asked for a reviewof the overtaking incident

involving world champion LewisHamilton and title rival MaxVerstappen during the BrazilianGrand Prix, the Formula One teamsaid. Verstappen was leading the raceon Lap 48 when the Red Bull driverdefended an attack from Hamiltonon Turn 4 and appeared to push theMercedes star wide off track.

Both were able to continue andHamilton overtook Verstappen forgood on Lap 59 at Interlagos to winand slash the Dutchman’s overall leadto 14 points, despite starting lastSunday’s race from 10th place on the

grid. Race stewards noted the inci-dent at the time but quickly conclud-ed no further action was necessaryas they considered it a racing inci-dent.

“I think it was a good battle,”Verstappen said after the race.

“I mean we both of course triedto be ahead into the corner so I

braked a bit late to get that position.I was on the edge of grip.

That’s why I think I was alreadyon the apex and it’s a safer way ofrunning a bit wide there. In a way, Iwas happy stewards decided wecould keep on racing.”

Hamilton appeared to shrug it offin his post-race press conference.

“I didn’t think too much of it andobviously I’ll have to watch thereplay, but it’s hard battling andwouldn’t expect anything less really,”the British driver said.

“We didn’t touch wheels, whichis good.” But now Mercedes said it isappealing “on the basis of new evi-dence unavailable to the stewards atthe time of their decision.”

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Eighty-eight premier domesticcricketers will battle out in

hazardous Delhi air when the fourquarterfinals of the Syed MushtaqAli tournament kicks off at thenational capital here on Thursday.

A toxic haze has envelopedDelhi ever since Diwali withauthories in the NCR region mak-ing desperate efforts to contain thespiralling air pollution levels.

Despite the toxic air, the pre-quarter finals of the coveteddomestic T20 championship wereheld at the Arun Jaitley stadiumand the Airforce ground in Palamwithout any fuss.

The quarterfinals are alsoscheduled in Delhi with the twovenues hosting two games each,one in the morning and one in theafternoon.

On cricketing front, an unbeat-en and fancied Rajasthan will faceits toughest opponent when theytake on Vidarbha.

For Vidarbha, opener AtharvaTaide and skipper Akshay Wadkarare among runs and the duo wouldlike to take on a strong Rajasthanattack, comprising the likes of

pacer Tanveer-ul-Haq and leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi.

The role of middle-order bat-ters Shubham Dubey and JiteshSharma, who played a cameoagainst Maharashtra, would bevital, if the side has to chase or setup a big total.

In the bowling department,

left-arm orthodox bowler AkshayKarnewar and seasoned off-spin-ner Akshay Wakhare, would be keyto their success and their eightovers could decide the match’sfate.

Young right-arm pacer YashThakur’s confidence would be bol-stered by his three-wicket haul inthe pre-quarters, but he wouldneed support from DarshanNalkande. For Rajasthan, DeepakHooda, who shifted from Baroda,has been their batting mainstay andhas delivered on every occasion.

But he would need assistancefrom skipper Ashok Maneria,Mahipal Lomror and others. Theirbowlers will also need to bowl inright areas to stop maraudingVidarbha batters.

In another clash, defendingchampion Tamil Nadu face Keralain a ‘southern derby’.

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Muguruza dominatedPaula Badosa in a 6-3, 6-

3 victory and will play AnettKontaveit for the title at theWTA Finals. Eighth-seededKontaveit beat Maria Sakkari 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 to advance, ensur-ing two first-time finalists at thewomen’s season-ending cham-pionship. Kontaveit lost toMuguruza in the last match ofthe round-robin stage, and hasa 2-3 career record against thetwo-time major winner.

The sixth-seededMuguruza, a losing semifinal-

ist in 2015, is the first Spanishwoman to reach the singlesfinal since 1993, when ArantxaSanchez-Vicario was runner-up to Steffi Graff.

“I’m very happy with myperformance. It was the bestmatch I played here in

Guadalajara,” Muguruza said. “It’s the first time we

encountered each other. I’mvery proud of Paula, she start-ed the year back in the rank-ings and made all the way tothe top 10.” The 28-year-oldMuguruza now has a 13-2record in Mexico, where shewon back-to-back titles inMonterrey in 2018 and ‘19.

She opened this year’sWTA Finals with a loss tothird-seeded Karolina Pliskovabut bounced back with victo-ries over second-seededBarbora Krejcikova, Kontaveitand Badosa.

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Calling the Tests against India a keypriority, New Zealand head coach

Gary Stead has said that the all formatplayers will be given rest during thepreceding T20 series against the hosts.

Stead also confirmed that pacerLockie Ferguson, who had suffered acalf injury at the start of the T20 WorldCup in the UAE, has regained full fit-ness and is available for the series open-er here on Wednesday.

All format players like skipperKane Williamson and pacer KyleJamieson have been rested for the T20s,while the other players who are in bothsquads are Glenn Phillips, DarylMitchell, Mitchell Santer and TimSouthee, who will be the stand in cap-tain.

“You’ll definitely see that the wholesquad (T20) will get match time overhere. Again, it’s about us

managing the workload of the players.And especially with the Test matchescoming up, which will be a real key pri-ority for us as we work through thisnext week,” Stead told NZC’s mediateam.

New Zealand arrived here less than24 hours after losing the World Cupfinal to Australia, raising questionsabout the scheduling of the series inIndia. The Test squad including thelikes of Ross Taylor and Tom Lathamhad arrived here last week.

“We’ve decided through talkingwith Kane and Kyle that they won’t playin the T20 series so they’re both goingto get ready for the Test matches.

“And I think you’ll probably findthere’ll be other guys involved in theTest matches who won’t play the entireseries either. So it’s a bit of a balancingact at the moment and with three T20games and five days, plus travel to threedifferent cities. It’s a it’s a very, very busytime.”

The two-Test series is part of thenew World Test Championship cycle.

Ferguson regaining fitness for theT20s is a big boost for the team, saidStead.

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BCCI president SouravGanguly has been appoint-

ed as the Chairman of the ICCmen’s Cricket Committee, thegame’s governing body saidon Wednesday. Ganguly willreplace fellow Indian AnilKumble, who stepped downafter serving a maximum ofthree, three-year terms.

“I am delighted to welcomeSourav to the position of Chairof the ICC Men’s CricketCommittee,” ICC Chair GregBarclay said in a release. “Hisexperience as one of the world’s

best players and latterly as anadministrator will help usshape our cricketing decisionsmoving forward.

“I would also like to thankAnil for his outstanding leader-ship over the last nine yearswhich has included improvingthe international game throughmore regular and consistentapplication of DRS and a robustprocess for addressing suspectbowling actions.” The Boardalso approved that first-classstatus and list A classificationwill be applied to women’s crick-et to align with the men’s gameand applied retrospectively.

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Smriti Mandhanaon Wednesday

became the firstIndian to hit a cen-tur y in theWomen’s Big BashLeague with arecord-equalling114 not out buther splendid effortwent in vain asher side SydneyThunders lostthe match.

Ironically, Mandhana could not pull offa winning six in the last ball off India T20

captain Harmanpreet Kaur as MelbourneRenegades won the match by four runsto send Sydney Thunder out of reckon-ing of the final.

Mandhana, who faced 64 balls, pun-ished the bowlers with 14 fours and three

sixes, equalling Australian batter AshleighGardner’s highest individual score in

WBBL history. The left-hander took the

Thunder within one six of pullingoff a remarkable victory against theRenegades, but she was unable tohit the maximum required from

Harmanpreet’s final delivery as her team finishedon 171/2.

The defending champions needed an upsetwin to keep their slim finals hopes alive, and theyhad a less-than ideal start with Sammy-Jo Johnson(12) and Phoebe Litchfield (1) dismissed insidethe powerplay.

Finding a stable partner in Tahlia Wilson (38not out from 39 balls), Mandhana posted her thirdfifty of the season from 33 balls. But the askingrate was climbing with 63 runs needed from thelast five overs.

Mandhana shifted gears as she took 24 runsoff Holly Ferling in the 18th over. She then broughtup her century in 57 balls but there was still workto do as 22 runs were needed from the final two

overs. Renegades skipper Sophie Molineux con-ceded just nine runs from the 19th over andMandhana was left to face the off-spin of hernational skipper Harmanpreet.

Mandhana, who was the beneficiary of twofielding errors, ultimately failed to hit the last-ballsix required to complete what would have beena famous victory.

Earlier, Harmanpreet top-scored for theRenegades, who were asked to bat first, with a 55-ball 81 not out with the help of 11 fours and twosixes.

She shared a 91-run stand for the third wick-et with English batter Eve Jones (42 off 33 balls).Another Indian, opener Jemimah Rodrigues wasout for 2 in the first over.

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Skipper Rohit Sharma andSuryakumar Yadav pro-

duced sublime knocks as Indiabungled towards end beforerecovering in time to fashion afive-wicket win over NewZealand in the opening T20International ushering in anew era in Indian cricket.

Martin Guptill (70 off 42)and Mark Chapman (63 off 50)took New Zealand to 164 forsix on a good batting surface.

India’s chase was set up byRohit (48 off 36), who made hisfull-time captaincy debut, andSuryakumar Yadav (62 off 40)who came in at number threein place of rested Virat Kohli.

The home team was can-tering to a comfortable win butmessed up the chase in the finalfour overs. In the end, withNew Zealand running out ofbowling options, the job wasdone in the 20th over bowledby part-time pacer DarylMitchell.

Debutant Venkatesh Iyerhit his first ball in internation-

al cricket for four beforeRishabh Pant got the winningruns.

The game marked the startof a new chapter in Indiancricket with Rohit as T20 skip-per and Rahul Dravid as headcoach.

With both teams restingsome of their key players aspart of workload management,it was very much an even con-test before the first ball wasbowled.

India raced to 50 for noloss in five overs with Rohitplaying some delightful shots.

He got going with back toback fours off Tim Southee inthe third over before unleash-ing his signature front pull onthe final ball of the over.

The seasoned pace duo ofSouthee and Trent Boult wereput under pressure upfront byboth the openers. KL Rahul (15off 14) got into the act with amassive six over deep squareleg off Boult before Rohit hitanother pull shot to collect 21from the over.

Rahul fell to a soft dis-

missal on the first ball ofMitchell Santer’s spell to giveNew Zealand a wicket againstrun of play.

Suryakumar meant busi-ness from ball one and themost memorable shot of hisinnings was the pick up strokeoff Lockie Ferguson to get tohis third T20 fifty.

Both Rohit andSuryakumar should have goneon to finish the game but thatdidn’t happen.

From a straight forward 23off the last 24 balls, India madeit complicated by making theequation to 10 runs off the lastover.

Earlier, Guptill andChapman ensured NewZealand were well placed for a180 plus total on a battingbeauty but RavichandranAshwin’s double strike in oneover put the brakes on the scor-ing rate.

Ashwin was the pick of the

bowlers for India, taking twofor 23 in four overs whilesenior pacer BhuvneshwarKumar (2/24 in four overs) toogot his swing back.

Expecting heavy dew laterin the evening, Rohit opted tofield. Venkatesh was expected-ly handed a debut while NewZealand made four changes tothe playing eleven that playedthe T20 World Cup final onSunday as part of workloadmanagement.

Bhuvneshwar, who lookedfar from his best in the T20World Cup, got his trademarkswing in the very first over ofthe match.

After a couple that shapedaway from Guptill, he bowleda beautiful outswinger fromlength to breach DarylMitchell’s defence.

New Zealand reached 41for one in the powerplay aftera 15-run over from DeepakChahar, who was guilty ofbowling too short or too full.

The Hong Kong-bornChapman whipped and pulledChahar for a four and six in the

6th over to give the inningsmuch needed momentum.

India had the run rateunder control until 10 overswith New Zealand reaching 65for one.

Three big overs followedwith Chapman and Guptillputting their foot on the pedal.

Chapman collected a fourand six off Axar Patel in anoth-er 15-run over to bring up hisfirst fifty for New Zealand, hav-ing played earlier for HongKong.

Guptill too looked in omi-nous touch at the other end ashe deposited a slower one fromSiraj over long-off.

Ashwin was brought backinto the attack in the 14th andhe struck twice at a timely junc-ture for his team with NewZealand getting to 123 forthree in 15 overs.

With Guptill in full flow,even 200 seemed on the cardbut the opener was caught inthe deep in the 18th over.

India did well in the lastfive overs to concede 41 runsbesides taking three wickets.

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