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MAHANT NRITYA STILL CRITICAL: HOSPITAL Lucknow: The condition of Ram Janmabhoomi T eerth Kshetra T rust president Mahant Nritya Gopal Das, admitted at the Medanta hospital here, continued to be critical on Thursday, a health bulletin issued by the hospital said. GAM HIR OP NS GIANT AIR P RI I R IN D LHI New Delhi: East Delhi MP Gautam Gambhi r inaugurated on Thursday a fi rst-of-i ts-kind gi ant ai r puri fier in Gandhi Nagar market. The 12-feet-tall ai r puri fier will cover an area of 1,000 square metres and deli ver 2 l akh cubic metre of clean ai r every day, according to a statement from hi s office. J D SPOKESPERSON GETS 2 YRS IN JAIL Lahore: A Paki stani anti - terrori sm court on Wednesday handed down 32 years i mpri sonment to the spokesperson of Mumbai attack mastermind Hafi z Saeed’s Jammat-ud-Dawah (JuD) terror group in two terror financing cases. CAPSULE PNS PTI n NEW DELHI T he Centre on Thursday widened stimulus measures to boost the economy by announcing a “Aatmanirbhar Bharat” package that includes tax relief on select home sale deals, enhanced credit guaran- tee programme for small busi- nesses and incentives for new job creation. The measures that also include additional fertiliser subsidy and already announced production-linked incentive scheme for manufacturing units totalled `2.65 lakh crore, taking the cumulative stimulus package announced since the lockdown to almost `30 lakh crore, or 15 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). It also includes additional funding for real estate devel- opers and contractors, a new employment scheme and addi- tional spending on the rural jobs plan. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asserted that the “Aatmanirbhar Bharat” package continues his Government’s efforts to help all sections of society. In a tweet, he said these initiatives will help create jobs, alleviate the stressed sectors, ensure liquidity, boost manu- facturing, energise the real estate sector and support farmers. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman cited data, includ- ing increase in tax collections for goods and services, rise in energy consumption and improvement in bank credit, to state that the economy was see- ing “strong recovery” taking root. The Indian economy has recovered from its worst-ever contraction of 24 per cent in the April-June quarter but will end up shrinking by close to 10 per cent in the fiscal year to March 2021. But she saw hope in the RBI predicting a strong likelihood of growth in the cur- rent quarter. Doubling down on the previously announced mea- sures, she said Income Tax law will be relaxed to allow prima- ry or first sale of housing units of up to `2 crore at a price that can be 20 per cent below the stamp duty circle rate. Currently, the law restricts differential between circle rate and agreement value at 10 per cent, and “the move will help reduce hardships faced by both home-buyers and the develop- ers and help clear unsold inven- tory,” she said. Under the new job creation scheme, the Government will provide a subsidy equal to the contribution that an employee and the employer have to make towards the retirement fund (totaling 24 per cent of the wages) to establishments that hire new employees or re-hire those it fired during Covid-19 pandemic, she said. The ` 3 lakh crore Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS), under which small businesses can get collateral-free loans, has been extended till March 31, 2021. The same has also been extended to 26 stressed sectors identified by a high-level com- mittee as also the healthcare sector. The companies will get a one-year moratorium on loans and four more years to repay the amount, she said. Sitharaman counted a pro- duction-linked incentive pro- gramme worth `1.46 lakh crore for manufacturing units, already approved by the Government, as part of the 12 support measures unveiled on Thursday. In the past, `51,355 crore of incentives has been provid- ed for mobile manufacturing, drug intermediaries and man- ufacturing of medical devices and now automobiles, tele- com, textile and food products, white goods, specialty steel and electronic products have been included. An additional outlay of `18,000 crore will be made towards the affordable urban housing programme, she said. To provide higher liquidi- ty to contracts, the Government has decided to lower the earnest money deposit for projects till December 31, 2021. Also, `10,000 crore was provided for rural employ- ment, `3,000 crore to Exim Bank for extending lines of credit, and `10,200 crore addi- tional budget outlay for defence and infrastructure. A `900 crore grant was made to the Department of Biotechnology for Covid-19 vaccine research, she said, adding this did not include the cost of procuring and distrib- uting the vaccine which will be established later. Sitharaman said the Government will provide `65,000 crore of additional subsidy on fertiliser to ensure the crop nutrient is available to farmers during the current season. The measures are the Government’s latest efforts to boost the economy, which slipped into an unprecedented recession after gross domestic product probably declined for a second straight quarter in the three months ended September. The `29.87 lakh crore stimulus package, spread over five announcements over the past few months, includes `12.71 lakh crore of liquidity boosting measures by the RBI. India Inc on Thursday welcomed the bouquet of measures and said these would deliver festive cheer and have a multiplier effect on the growth trajectory through support to stressed sectors, thrust to job creation and increased private investments. “It is heartening to note that despite fiscal constraints, the Government chose to has- ten the recovery process by spending an additional Rs 2.65 lakh crore, thus taking the cumulative fiscal stimulus (till date) to Rs 17.2 lakh crore or 9 per cent of GDP,” said Uday Kotak, CII president. Atmanirbhar Bharat stimulus widened Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Minister of State Anurag Thakur during a news conference in New Delhi on Thursday PTI Nitish likely to take oath as CM on Mon PTI n PATNA N itish Kumar may take oath as Bihar Chief Minister for a fourth successive term next week but the date has not been finalised yet, a close aide said on Thurday. However, speculation is rife in political circles that he will be sworn in on Monday, the day “Bhaiyya Dooj” festival will be celebrated, as it is con- sidered an auspicious day. He will visit the State party headquarters later Thursday to meet the newly elected MLAs and other JD(U) func- tionaries. Raj Bhavan sources said they have not received any communication about when the swearing-in ceremony will take place. Before he is sworn-in as the Chief Minister again, Nitish Kumar has to tender his resig- nation to the governor. The newly elected MLAs of the NDA are yet to meet for- mally and elect Kumar as their leader. However, with top BJP leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, strongly endorsing Kumar as the Chief Minister, there are no doubts over a fourth straight term for him in the high office. Chief Electoral Officer H R Srinivas, meanwhile, submitted the list of winning candidates in the Assembly elections to Governor Phagu Chauhan at Raj Bhavan. Talking to reporters for the first time after the NDA’s victory, Nitish said the date for his swearing-in ceremony will be discussed at an “informal” meeting of all the four NDA constituents on Friday. He said it is for the alliance spearhead BJP to take a call on whether to retain the LJP in the NDA. “You make suggestions to this effect,” Nitish replied laughingly when asked whether he would ask the BJP to drop the LJP from the NDA at the Centre in the wake of its brinkmanship that scuppered the chances of JD(U) candi- dates in several seats. “In any case, it is for the BJP to decide. I have nothing to say in the matter,” said Nitish. Tax relief on home sale, enhanced credit guarantee for small businesses, incentives for job creation, `65k cr more subsidy on fertilizer among `2.65 lakh crore package; total stimulus rises to `30L crore PNS n NEW DELHI M inistry of Electronics and Information Technology has issued showcause notice to Twitter for not showing Leh as part of Ladakh. The notice dated November 9 asked Twitter to explain within five working days as to why legal action should not be initiated against it for disrespecting India’s ter- ritorial integrity. Earlier Twitter faced sum- mons from Parliament panel for showing Leh as part of China and Twitter India representatives apologised. The IT Secretary also wrote to Twitter head Jack Dorsey on this matter. After the Parliamentary panel headed by Meenakshi Lekhi warned the Twitter rep- resentatives of facing seven years in jail, the US-based company submitted a written apology. Ministry in its notice sent to global vice president of Twitter has mentioned that showing Leh as part of Jammu & Kashmir is a deliberate attempt by Twitter to under- mine the will of sovereign Parliament of India which had declared Ladakh as a Union Territory of India with its headquarters in Leh. Incidentally, Twitter showed Leh as part of People’s Republic of China after which the Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and IT, wrote to Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey rais- ing objection to that. In response to that Twitter removed showing Leh as part of People’s Republic of China, but it has not corrected the map to show Leh as part of the Union Territory of Ladakh. It is still showing Leh as part of Jammu & Kashmir, which is against the official position of the Government of India,” said the Ministry in a statement. Showcause to Twitter for not showing Leh as Ladakh part PNS n NEW DELHI T he Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII) and Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Thursday announced the completion of enrolment of phase-3 clinical trials for potential Covid-19 vaccine “Covishield” in India. The world’s largest vac- cine manufacturer SII and Union Health Ministry’s research wing ICMR are cur- rently conducting phase 2/3 clinical trials of Covishield at 15 different centres across the country. The drugmaker said in a statement that as many as 1,600 participants were enrolled on October 31. “The strategic alliance between SII and the ICMR will advance India’s role in the global race to develop Covid- 19 vaccines,” further said the statement. The ICMR has funded the clinical trial site fees while Serum Institute has funded other expenses for the vaccine. The SII said that the trials of the Oxford vaccine have shown promising results, which “so far give confidence that Covishield could be a realistic solution to the deadly pan- demic”. Among the vaccines being developed in India, Covishield is in the most advanced stage of human testing. Based on the phase 2/3 trial results, SII with the help of ICMR will pursue the early availability of this product for India, the compa- ny said, adding that it has already manufactured 40 mil- lion doses under the at-risk manufacturing and stockpiling license from DCGI. Apart from Covishield, developed at the Pune labora- tory with a master seed from Oxford University/AstraZeneca, ICMR and SII have also collab- orated for clinical development of Covovax developed by US- based Novavax. The Oxford Covid vaccine is currently being tested in large efficacy trials in the UK, Brazil, South Africa and the US. STATES TOTAL CASES DEATHS RECO ERED Maharashtra 17,31,833 45,560 15,97,255 Karnataka 8,55,912 11,474 8,14,949 Andhra Pradesh 8,49,705 6,837 8,22,011 Tamil Nadu 7,52,521 11,440 7,13,584 Kerala 5,08,257 1,797 4,28,529 Uttar Pradesh 5,03,159 7,281 4,73,316 Delhi 4,59,975 7,228 4, 10, 118 West Bengal 4,20,840 7, 506 3,81, 149 Odi sha 3, 05, 986 1, 536 2, 93,741 Telangana 2, 54, 666 1, 393 2, 35, 950 Bihar 2,25, 500 1, 167 2, 17, 958 Rajasthan 2, 19, 327 2, 032 1, 99, 943 Assam 2, 09, 633 955 2, 03, 305 Chhatti sgarh 2, 05, 923 2, 507 1,83, 190 Haryana 1, 93, 111 1, 979 1,72,265 Gujarat 1,84, 964 3,785 1, 68, 958 CASES: 87,16,158 DEATHS: 1,28,452 RECO ERED: 80,98,870 ACTI E: 4,86,927 Covid-19 IN INDIA TOTAL Covishield’s Phase-3 trial enrolment complete PNS n NEW DELHI W ith the likelihood of with- drawal of tanks and heavy guns from the Line of Actual Control (LAC), India and China may also dismantle new structures in the Pangong Tso (lake) area. The two sides had built structures like barracks to lodge additional troops rushed to the LAC as part of military build-up. China had also built a jetty at the lake leading to strong protest by India. The proposed removing of the structures is part of the proposed three-step plan to disengage and de-escalate from the LAC in eastern Ladakh. If the proposals, including pulling back tanks and additional troops from the border, are agreed upon in the ninth round of talks between the Corps Commanders in the next few days, the disengagement may begin in middle of next month. Elaborating upon the three-stage proposed plan, which was discussed during the eighth round of Corps Commander talks on November 6, sources said here on Thursday the two sides may also agree to have a buffer zone between “Finger 4” and “Finger 8” area at the Pangong lake. Mountain spurs are referred to as Finger. This comes against the backdrop of the face off there in early May starting after the Chinese troops blocked an Indian Army patrol between “Finger 4 and 8”. While India reiterated it was within its zone, China claimed it was not so. It led to exchange of blows between the two armies. The two armies may also pull back partially from south bank of the Pangong lake. The Indian Army had occupied crucial high points after the Chinese tried to forcibly enter that zone in August. The Indian troops occupied strategic heights in the Mukhpari, Rezang La and Magar hill areas around the southern bank of the Pangong lake. PNS n SHIMLA B ollywood actor Asif Basra allegedly committed sui- cide on Thursday at his palatial rented residence in Dharamshala in Himachal Pradesh. The 53-year-old actor com- mitted suicide by hanging him- self with a leash of his pet dog around 12-12.30 on Thursday, Superintendent of Police Vimukt Ranjan told the medi- apersons. No suicide note has been recovered, he added. As per the police, just before the alleged suicide, the “Jab We Met” actor had returned from a stroll in the locality along with his dog. The actor was staying in the town for nearly four years. Basra is known for his roles in films like “Black Friday”, “Parzania”, “Jab We Met” and “Kai Po Che”, among many others. He played the father of Emraan Hashmi’s Shoaib Khan in Milan Luthria’s “Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai” (2010). His most recent outing was in Amazon Prime Video’s smash-hit series “Paatal Lok”. He was last seen in the web series Hostages, which released earlier this year. Jab We Met actor Asif hangs self at Dharamshala home STA REPORTER n NEW DELHI T he Delhi Government on Thursday launched Jeevan Seva app, a dedicated service for transportation of Covid patients. Satyendar Jain said with the Jeevan Seva app health facilities are now just a click away. Delhiites will get access to an e-vehicle which will provide free pick up and drop services, Jain said. The patients can download the app through the link which will be sent through SMS and QR code to every pos- itive tested Covid patient in Delhi. The app, launched in col- laboration with EVERA will use electric vehicles as an ambulance to transfer non crit- ical cases to health care facili- ty within Delhi free of cost. Jain said, “We are launch- ing the Jeevan Seva app today to facilitate Delhi residents in home isolation in case of need. From health checkups, ambu- lance requirements to admis- sion in hospitals, health ameni- ties are now just a click away. Jeevan Seva app to give Delhi’s Covid patients free ride STA REPORTER n NEW DELHI T he Delhi High Court on Thursday allowed the AAP Government to reserve 80 per cent of ICU beds for Covid-19 patients in 33 private hospitals, saying the situation in Delhi is fairly dynamic and the State has to be “much more alive” to the circumstances. 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MAHANT NRITYA STILL CRITICAL: HOSPITALLucknow: The condition of RamJanmabhoomi Teerth KshetraTrust president Mahant NrityaGopal Das, admitted at theMedanta hospital here,continued to be critical onThursday, a health bulletinissued by the hospital said.

GAM HIR OP NS GIANT AIR P RI I R IN D LHINew Delhi: East Delhi MPGautam Gambhir inauguratedon Thursday a first-of-its-kindgiant air purifier in GandhiNagar market. The 12-feet-tallair purifier will cover an area of1,000 square metres and deliver2 lakh cubic metre of clean airevery day, according to astatement from his office.

J D SPOKESPERSON GETS 2 YRS IN JAIL Lahore: A Pakistani anti-terrorism court on Wednesdayhanded down 32 yearsimprisonment to thespokesperson of Mumbai attackmastermind Hafiz Saeed’sJammat-ud-Dawah (JuD) terrorgroup in two terror financingcases.

CAPSULE

PNS PTI n NEW DELHI

The Centre on Thursdaywidened stimulus measures

to boost the economy byannouncing a “AatmanirbharBharat” package that includestax relief on select home saledeals, enhanced credit guaran-tee programme for small busi-nesses and incentives for newjob creation.

The measures that alsoinclude additional fertilisersubsidy and already announcedproduction-linked incentivescheme for manufacturingunits totalled `2.65 lakh crore,taking the cumulative stimuluspackage announced since thelockdown to almost `30 lakhcrore, or 15 per cent of theGross Domestic Product(GDP).

It also includes additionalfunding for real estate devel-opers and contractors, a newemployment scheme and addi-tional spending on the ruraljobs plan.

Prime Minister NarendraModi has asserted that the“Aatmanirbhar Bharat” packagecontinues his Government’sefforts to help all sections ofsociety. In a tweet, he said theseinitiatives will help create jobs,alleviate the stressed sectors,ensure liquidity, boost manu-facturing, energise the realestate sector and support farmers.

Finance Minister NirmalaSitharaman cited data, includ-ing increase in tax collections

for goods and services, rise inenergy consumption andimprovement in bank credit, tostate that the economy was see-ing “strong recovery” takingroot.

The Indian economy hasrecovered from its worst-evercontraction of 24 per cent inthe April-June quarter but willend up shrinking by close to 10per cent in the fiscal year toMarch 2021. But she saw hopein the RBI predicting a stronglikelihood of growth in the cur-rent quarter.

Doubling down on thepreviously announced mea-

sures, she said Income Tax lawwill be relaxed to allow prima-ry or first sale of housing unitsof up to ̀ 2 crore at a price thatcan be 20 per cent below thestamp duty circle rate.

Currently, the law restrictsdifferential between circle rateand agreement value at 10 percent, and “the move will helpreduce hardships faced by bothhome-buyers and the develop-ers and help clear unsold inven-tory,” she said.

Under the new job creationscheme, the Government willprovide a subsidy equal to thecontribution that an employee

and the employer have to maketowards the retirement fund(totaling 24 per cent of thewages) to establishments thathire new employees or re-hirethose it fired during Covid-19pandemic, she said.

The `3 lakh croreEmergency Credit LineGuarantee Scheme (ECLGS),under which small businessescan get collateral-free loans, hasbeen extended till March 31,2021.

The same has also beenextended to 26 stressed sectorsidentified by a high-level com-mittee as also the healthcare

sector. The companies will geta one-year moratorium onloans and four more years torepay the amount, she said.

Sitharaman counted a pro-duction-linked incentive pro-gramme worth `1.46 lakh crorefor manufacturing units,already approved by theGovernment, as part of the 12support measures unveiled onThursday.

In the past, `51,355 croreof incentives has been provid-ed for mobile manufacturing,drug intermediaries and man-ufacturing of medical devicesand now automobiles, tele-com, textile and food products,white goods, specialty steeland electronic products havebeen included.

An additional outlay of`18,000 crore will be madetowards the affordable urbanhousing programme, she said.

To provide higher liquidi-ty to contracts, theGovernment has decided tolower the earnest moneydeposit for projects tillDecember 31, 2021.

Also, `10,000 crore wasprovided for rural employ-ment, `3,000 crore to EximBank for extending lines ofcredit, and `10,200 crore addi-tional budget outlay for defenceand infrastructure.

A `900 crore grant wasmade to the Department ofBiotechnology for Covid-19vaccine research, she said,adding this did not include the

cost of procuring and distrib-uting the vaccine which will beestablished later.

Sitharaman said theGovernment will provide`65,000 crore of additionalsubsidy on fertiliser to ensurethe crop nutrient is available tofarmers during the currentseason.

The measures are theGovernment’s latest efforts toboost the economy, whichslipped into an unprecedentedrecession after gross domesticproduct probably declined fora second straight quarter in thethree months endedSeptember.

The `29.87 lakh crorestimulus package, spread overfive announcements over thepast few months, includes`12.71 lakh crore of liquidityboosting measures by the RBI.

India Inc on Thursday welcomed the bouquet of measures and said these woulddeliver festive cheer and havea multiplier effect on thegrowth trajectory through support to stressed sectors, thrust to job creation and increased private investments.

“It is heartening to notethat despite fiscal constraints,the Government chose to has-ten the recovery process byspending an additional Rs 2.65lakh crore, thus taking thecumulative fiscal stimulus (tilldate) to Rs 17.2 lakh crore or9 per cent of GDP,” said UdayKotak, CII president.

Atmanirbhar Bharat stimulus widened

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Minister of State Anurag Thakur during a news conference in New Delhi onThursday PTI

Nitish likely to take oath asCM on MonPTI n PATNA

Nitish Kumar may take oathas Bihar Chief Minister

for a fourth successive termnext week but the date has notbeen finalised yet, a close aidesaid on Thurday.

However, speculation isrife in political circles that hewill be sworn in on Monday,the day “Bhaiyya Dooj” festivalwill be celebrated, as it is con-sidered an auspicious day.

He will visit the State partyheadquarters later Thursdayto meet the newly electedMLAs and other JD(U) func-tionaries.

Raj Bhavan sources saidthey have not received anycommunication about whenthe swearing-in ceremony willtake place.

Before he is sworn-in as theChief Minister again, NitishKumar has to tender his resig-nation to the governor.

The newly elected MLAs ofthe NDA are yet to meet for-mally and elect Kumar as theirleader.

However, with top BJPleaders, including PrimeMinister Narendra Modi,strongly endorsing Kumar asthe Chief Minister, there are nodoubts over a fourth straightterm for him in the high office.

Chief Electoral Officer H RSrinivas, meanwhile, submittedthe list of winning candidatesin the Assembly elections to

Governor Phagu Chauhan atRaj Bhavan.

Talking to reporters forthe first time after the NDA’svictory, Nitish said the date forhis swearing-in ceremony willbe discussed at an “informal”meeting of all the four NDAconstituents on Friday.

He said it is for the alliancespearhead BJP to take a call onwhether to retain the LJP in theNDA. “You make suggestionsto this effect,” Nitish repliedlaughingly when asked whetherhe would ask the BJP to dropthe LJP from the NDA at theCentre in the wake of itsbrinkmanship that scupperedthe chances of JD(U) candi-dates in several seats.

“In any case, it is for theBJP to decide. I have nothingto say in the matter,” saidNitish.

Tax relief on home sale, enhanced credit guarantee for small businesses, incentives for job creation,

`65k cr more subsidy on fertilizer among `2.65 lakh crore package; total stimulus rises to `30L crore

PNS n NEW DELHI

Ministry of Electronics andInformation Technology

has issued showcause notice toTwitter for not showing Leh aspart of Ladakh.

The notice datedNovember 9 asked Twitter toexplain within five workingdays as to why legal actionshould not be initiated againstit for disrespecting India’s ter-ritorial integrity.

Earlier Twitter faced sum-mons from Parliament panel forshowing Leh as part of Chinaand Twitter India representativesapologised. The IT Secretaryalso wrote to Twitter head JackDorsey on this matter.

After the Parliamentarypanel headed by MeenakshiLekhi warned the Twitter rep-resentatives of facing sevenyears in jail, the US-basedcompany submitted a writtenapology.

Ministry in its notice sentto global vice president of

Twitter has mentioned thatshowing Leh as part of Jammu& Kashmir is a deliberateattempt by Twitter to under-mine the will of sovereignParliament of India which haddeclared Ladakh as a UnionTerritory of India with itsheadquarters in Leh.

Incidentally, Twittershowed Leh as part of People’sRepublic of China after whichthe Secretary, Ministry ofElectronics and IT, wrote to

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey rais-ing objection to that.

In response to that Twitterremoved showing Leh as partof People’s Republic of China,but it has not corrected the mapto show Leh as part of theUnion Territory of Ladakh.

It is still showing Leh aspart of Jammu & Kashmir,which is against the officialposition of the Government ofIndia,” said the Ministry in astatement.

Showcause to Twitter for not showing Leh as Ladakh part PNS n NEW DELHI

The Pune-based SerumInstitute of India (SII) and

Indian Council of MedicalResearch (ICMR) on Thursdayannounced the completion ofenrolment of phase-3 clinicaltrials for potential Covid-19vaccine “Covishield” in India.

The world’s largest vac-cine manufacturer SII andUnion Health Ministry’sresearch wing ICMR are cur-rently conducting phase 2/3clinical trials of Covishield at 15different centres across thecountry. The drugmaker said ina statement that as many as1,600 participants wereenrolled on October 31.

“The strategic alliancebetween SII and the ICMR willadvance India’s role in theglobal race to develop Covid-19 vaccines,” further said thestatement.

The ICMR has funded theclinical trial site fees whileSerum Institute has fundedother expenses for the vaccine.

The SII said that the trialsof the Oxford vaccine have

shown promising results, which“so far give confidence thatCovishield could be a realisticsolution to the deadly pan-demic”.

Among the vaccines beingdeveloped in India, Covishieldis in the most advanced stageof human testing. Based on thephase 2/3 trial results, SII with

the help of ICMR will pursuethe early availability of thisproduct for India, the compa-ny said, adding that it hasalready manufactured 40 mil-lion doses under the at-riskmanufacturing and stockpilinglicense from DCGI.

Apart from Covishield,developed at the Pune labora-

tory with a master seed fromOxford University/AstraZeneca,ICMR and SII have also collab-orated for clinical developmentof Covovax developed by US-based Novavax. The OxfordCovid vaccine is currentlybeing tested in large efficacytrials in the UK, Brazil, SouthAfrica and the US.

STATES TOTAL CASES DEATHS RECO EREDMaharashtra 17,31,833 45,560 15,97,255Karnataka 8,55,912 11,474 8,14,949Andhra Pradesh 8,49,705 6,837 8,22,011Tamil Nadu 7,52,521 11,440 7,13,584Kerala 5,08,257 1,797 4,28,529Uttar Pradesh 5,03,159 7,281 4,73,316Delhi 4,59,975 7,228 4,10,118West Bengal 4,20,840 7,506 3,81,149Odisha 3,05,986 1,536 2,93,741Telangana 2,54,666 1,393 2,35,950Bihar 2,25,500 1,167 2,17,958Rajasthan 2,19,327 2,032 1,99,943Assam 2,09,633 955 2,03,305Chhattisgarh 2,05,923 2,507 1,83,190Haryana 1,93,111 1,979 1,72,265Gujarat 1,84,964 3,785 1,68,958

CASES: 87,16,158DEATHS: 1,28,452RECO ERED:80,98,870ACTI E: 4,86,927

Covid-19IN INDIATOTAL

Covishield’s Phase-3 trial enrolment complete

PNS n NEW DELHI

With the likelihood of with-drawal of tanks and

heavy guns from the Line ofActual Control (LAC), Indiaand China may also dismantlenew structures in the PangongTso (lake) area.

The two sides had builtstructures like barracks to lodgeadditional troops rushed tothe LAC as part of militarybuild-up. China had also builta jetty at the lake leading tostrong protest by India.

The proposed removingof the structures is part of theproposed three-step plan todisengage and de-escalate fromthe LAC in eastern Ladakh. Ifthe proposals, including pullingback tanks and additionaltroops from the border, areagreed upon in the ninth roundof talks between the CorpsCommanders in the next fewdays, the disengagement maybegin in middle of next month.

Elaborating upon thethree-stage proposed plan,which was discussed during theeighth round of CorpsCommander talks onNovember 6, sources said hereon Thursday the two sidesmay also agree to have a bufferzone between “Finger 4” and“Finger 8” area at the Pangonglake. Mountain spurs arereferred to as Finger.

This comes against thebackdrop of the face off therein early May starting after theChinese troops blocked anIndian Army patrol between

“Finger 4 and 8”. While Indiareiterated it was within itszone, China claimed it was notso. It led to exchange of blowsbetween the two armies.

The two armies may alsopull back partially from southbank of the Pangong lake. TheIndian Army had occupiedcrucial high points after theChinese tried to forcibly enterthat zone in August. The Indiantroops occupied strategicheights in the Mukhpari,Rezang La and Magar hill areasaround the southern bank ofthe Pangong lake.

PNS n SHIMLA

Bollywood actor Asif Basraallegedly committed sui-

cide on Thursday at his palatialrented residence inDharamshala in HimachalPradesh.

The 53-year-old actor com-mitted suicide by hanging him-self with a leash of his pet dogaround 12-12.30 on Thursday,Superintendent of PoliceVimukt Ranjan told the medi-apersons.

No suicide note has beenrecovered, he added.

As per the police, justbefore the alleged suicide, the“Jab We Met” actor hadreturned from a stroll in thelocality along with his dog. Theactor was staying in the townfor nearly four years.

Basra is known for hisroles in films like “BlackFriday”, “Parzania”, “Jab We

Met” and “Kai Po Che”, amongmany others. He played thefather of Emraan Hashmi’sShoaib Khan in Milan Luthria’s“Once Upon a Time inMumbaai” (2010).

His most recent outingwas in Amazon Prime Video’ssmash-hit series “Paatal Lok”.

He was last seen in the webseries Hostages, which releasedearlier this year.

Jab We Met actorAsif hangs self atDharamshala home

STA REPORTER n NEW DELHI

The Delhi Government onThursday launched Jeevan

Seva app, a dedicated service fortransportation of Covidpatients. Satyendar Jain saidwith the Jeevan Seva app healthfacilities are now just a clickaway. Delhiites will get access toan e-vehicle which will providefree pick up and drop services,Jain said. The patients candownload the app through thelink which will be sent throughSMS and QR code to every pos-itive tested Covid patient in Delhi.

The app, launched in col-laboration with EVERA willuse electric vehicles as anambulance to transfer non crit-ical cases to health care facili-ty within Delhi free of cost.

Jain said, “We are launch-ing the Jeevan Seva app today

to facilitate Delhi residents inhome isolation in case of need.From health checkups, ambu-lance requirements to admis-sion in hospitals, health ameni-ties are now just a click away.

Jeevan Seva app togive Delhi’s Covidpatients free ride STA REPORTER n NEW DELHI

The Delhi High Court onThursday allowed the AAP

Government to reserve 80 percent of ICU beds for Covid-19patients in 33 private hospitals,saying the situation in Delhi isfairly dynamic and the State hasto be “much more alive” to thecircumstances.

The HC questioned theAAP Government over “doingeverything under the Sun to‘unlock’ things’” and expressedconcern over spiralling cases ofcoronavirus in Delhi.

A Bench of Justices HimaKohli and SubramoniumPrasad allowed DelhiGovernment’s appeal chal-lenging a single judge’sSeptember 22 interim orderstaying its decision to reserve80 per cent of the ICU beds inprivate hospitals.

Delhi recorded its biggestsingle-day jump of 8,593Covid-19 cases on Wednesday.

Delhi Govt allowedto reserve 80% ICUbeds for Covid carein 33 pvt hospitals

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Delhi Chief Minister ArvindKejriwal felicitated 77 top

level performing sports peopleunder the ‘Mission ExcellenceScheme’ on Thursday that pro-vides financial assistance toplayers for training. Kejriwalsaid, “This scheme is not justfor the people of Delhi, but forthe entire country. Becausewhen these sports people winlaurels globally, not just Delhibut the whole nation will feelproud and celebrate them.”

Launching the ceremony,he said, “Just how the DelhiGovernment has been deliver-ing on the promises of pro-viding electricity, water, edu-cation and health, we are doingthe same for sports. Our dreamis that India should bring moremedals than China in interna-tional games. We have madeseveral plans, including build-ing a Delhi Sports University,to fulfil this dream.” Kejriwalappealed to the players to

work hard, and to do their bestto make the country proud.

Kejriwal and Deputy ChiefMinister Manish Sisodia pro-vided financial assistance of Rs4.39 crore to 77 players fromDelhi. At the ceremony held atDelhi Secretariat, Sisodiainformed the players aboutthe scheme, and said a‘Committee of Experts’ was setup that selected the playerswhich included KarnamMalleswari, Akhil Kumar,Manisha Malhotra, GaganNarang and Ronjan Sodhi.

Kejriwal while congratu-lating the players said, “Whena player wins a medal in ourcountry, a lot of people standwith that player. But when theplayer is struggling in his jour-ney to achieve those medals,not just financially but alsoemotionally, he is often alone.We want to change that.”

He also discussed thechallenges sports aspirantsface in India. He said that inIndia, there is a notion thatplaying sports means one is

wasting their time, time thatcould be spent on studying,and excelling in academics.Because of this belief system,the dynamic field of sportsdoes not receive the supportit rightly deserves. “Despitethis, players like you, over-come your struggle and reachmassive heights of success,”said Kejriwal while praisingthe determination of the play-ers.

He also said our country of1.3 billion has so much talentyet is unable to match othercountries in bringing homemedals. “There are talentedplayers in every village andevery locality, but they do notget the support of any govern-ment. The Delhi governmentwill provide that ray of hopefor such players and nurturethem,” he added.

He said that just how theDelhi Government has beensucceeding in providing cleanwater, subsidized electricity,and quality education, it is alsoleading in supporting sports.

“Our dream is that our coun-try should bring more medalsthan China in internationalgames. There is a completevision for the development ofsports. We are building a sportsuniversity in Delhi so thatplayers like you can get world-class training and coaching.School- level players will beassisted under the EarlyChildhood Scheme who showpotential in the field of sports.Similarly, the MissionExcellence Scheme has beencreated for middle and highlevel players,” he said.

He also said that the Delhigovernment is doing this toprepare the players and helpthem develop an edge overtheir competitors, nationallyand internationally. He reas-sured the players present there,and asked them to come tohim if they ever need any sup-port.

“If the country and thegovernment is doing this foryou, then you too should leaveno stone unturned in doing

something for the country,”said Kejriwal.

Following this, the ChiefMinister and Deputy ChiefMinister distributed cheques tothe players.

Sisodia also congratulatedthe players, and said that whenDelhi’s players achieve successin sports, the government getsencouraged. “Our ChiefMinister is always asking us,what else can we do for theplayers? So we take your feed-back. This way, when we dosomething new for the players,you get encouraged. This is acycle which is in the interest ofDelhi and the country to keepgoing upwards.”

“In India, generally, sportspeople are felicitated and givengrants after they've alreadywon the laurels. But who sup-ports the upcoming sportspeople, the ones who keep toil-ing to achieve their goals. OurHon. CM wants to stand withthese players because there’s noone to stand with them,’Sisodia said.

Encouraging the young-sters, Sisodia said, “You all areDelhi's Promising Stars, andDelhi is looking at you. Youshould play well and bringmedals for the country, and weare ready to help you in everyway possible.” He added that atotal of 708 applications werereceived this year. Out of these,77 players have been selectedby a prestigious expert com-mittee without any interferencefrom the government.

He said that due to theCorona crisis, sporting eventshave suffered a lot which hasimpacted the players severely.However, he said that it isimperative to move forward inthe world of sports, and adaptto the circumstances.

“Delhi Sports University isa step forward in that direction.We also need your suggestions.Tell us what you need from us,and we will do our best todeliver that,” Sisodia said.

At the ceremony, famouswrestling player Sushil Kumarsaid that such a scheme is

unique, and a one-of-its-kindin the country. “It surely booststhe morale of the players,”said Kumar.

The players who receivedthe financial assistance at theceremony were also over-whelmed at the support, andcalled it “Kejriwal's Diwali gift".Para athlete, Reena, said thatshe received a cheque of eightlakh rupees from the DelhiGovernment. “I will be usingthis for my training and I willtry to become a player of inter-national level. I will try my bestto fulfill CM’s vision for us.”

Junior Judo national levelplayer, Harsh Dalal said, “Inever thought that a govern-ment could provide so muchfinancial support to the play-ers to prepare and improve ourskills. If the government con-tinues to provide us this assis-tance, we will do our best tobring medals for the country.”

Similarly, Judo playerGarima Tokas lauded the ChiefMinister Kejriwal’s vision.“During such an unprece-

dented time for Corona, suchassistance will only increaseour dedication towards thegame.”

Mission Excellence Schemeprovides financial assistance totop level performing sports-people for their training andparticipation in internationalevents. Launched in 2018, themain goal of the scheme is togroom, and support sportspeople across categories tocompete at international levelincluding Olympics,Commonwealth Games, AsianGames, and other competitivesports events nationally.

This year, the number ofplayers selected under thescheme across sporting cate-gories are - athletics (25,including para athletes), bad-minton, (1), basketball (1),boxing (3), judo (10), karate(4), kayaking and canoeing(1), pencak silat (1), sepaktakraw (4), shooting (7), softtennis (1), swimming (1), ten-nis (1), wrestling (10), andwushu (7).

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Delhi Chief Minister ArvindKejriwal on Wednesday

directed the officials of the‘Public Works Department’(PWD) to remove all obstaclesunder the pilot project toredesign the seven identifiedroads of Delhi along the linesof European cities at the earli-est.

The Chief Minister said theprocess of appointing a con-sultant for the redesigning ofroads is in the final stage andthe PWD should complete theappointment process soon.

The direction came in areview meeting convened bythe Chief Minister with PWDofficials on the ongoing roadredesigning project in Delhialong the lines of Europeancities.

The project will follow theBui ld–Operate–Transfer(BOT) model. The constitutioncompany will have the respon-sibility to maintain the road for15 years. The deadline forredesigning the first seven

roads has been extended tillMarch 2021 due to COVID-19.The earlier deadline wasDecember 2020.

The Delhi government isworking to redesign the 100feet wide and 500 km longroads of the national capital onthe lines of European cities.Kejriwal has envisaged the pro-ject to develop the roads of thenational capital similar to anydeveloped country in theworld.

Kejriwal approved the pro-ject of redesigning some of theroads falling under the juris-diction of PWD in November2019. Under the pilot project,the Delhi government hasdecided to redesign 100 feetwide and 500 kilometers on thelines of European cities.

The chief minister hadrecently redeveloped theChandni chowk road as a pilotproject, extending the schemeto 100 feet wide and about 500km long road in Delhi. Thedevelopment of these roadswill be on the lines of built-operate-transfer (BOT) and

the construction company willtake care of the maintenancefor 15 years.

“People face issues becausethere are bottleneck roads,which create the problem oftraffic congestion at variouslocations in the city. The wideroads in many parts of Delhidifferently turn into a narrowroad, and then back into a wideroad after a few km, which cre-ates a bottleneck situation andheavy traffic at particular loca-tions. The priority will beremoving those bottlenecksfirst, for a smooth flow of traf-fic and an organized lane sys-tem,” the government said in astatement.

“The second goal would beto increase the efficiency of theexisting space of the roads inthe city so that spaces are bestutilized as per their abilities.There will be measured andplanned spaces for vehicles,non-motorized vehicles, foot-paths, and side-lanes. The foot-paths will be widely mapped toan average of 10 feet for theconvenience of the pedestrians.

These footpaths will beredesigned and reconstructedas per a standard height for theconvenience of the physicallyhandicapped,” it added.

The project will helpincrease greenery; a re-har-vesting system will be imple-mented in the sewer drains.There will be separate spaces forthe planting of trees on the sidesof the footpaths. There will beseparate parking spaces for theelectric vehicles and auto-rick-shaws alongside the footpaths.

As per the plan, the slopeof the roads, as well as thedrains, will be redesigned totackle the problem of water-logging on the roads. Rainwaterharvesting structures will bebuilt inside the drainage sys-tems to store rainwater asgroundwater.

“Not even an inch of thesurface of any road or roadsidewill be left uncovered in orderto ensure that there is no duston the roads. Adequate grass-es and shrubs will be plantedon all surfaces to ensure dustcontrol,” it said.

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Haryana Chief MinisterManohar Lal Khattar on

Thursday directed officers tocomplete a l l the workrequired for education anddrinking water in Mewatregion on a priority basis.Besides this, he also issueddirections to hand over eightMewat model schools being

run under MewatDevelopment Authority tothe Education Departmentto ensure that education qual-ity in the area can be furtherimproved.

Shortage of teachers inthe Mewat district should beresolved on priority basis,he said.

Presiding over the 30thmeet ing of MewatDevelopment Board here inwhich Deputy Chief Minister,Dushyant Chautala andScheduled Caste andBackward Classes WelfareMinister, Banwari Lal andMLAs of Nuh district werealso present in the meeting,the CM said that till therecruitment of regular teach-ers in Mewat cadre is com-pleted, registration of retiredteachers as well as educatedyouth on Saksham portalshould be done and theyshould be engaged for teach-ing work.

While directing the offi-cers of the Education andHealth Department, Khattar

said work which the depart-ment can do at their levels

should not be included in theagenda of the Mewat

Development Board.He directed that along

with the Mewat DevelopmentBoard’s budget the maximumshare of State budget receivedunder the Jal Jeevan Missionshould be spent in Mewat dis-trict. Besides this, the ChiefMinister has directed theofficers concerned to upgradeeducat ional inst itut ionsthrough mapping so that theMewat youth can be moti-vated towards higher educa-tion. He further directed thatthe girls’ hostel in Khanpurvalley should be re-opened sothat the drop-out rate of girlsthere can be reduced.

Khattar said that in thefive Hospitality ManagementInstitutes opened in the state,nominal fees should becharged from the studentscoming f rom Mewat district.

Besides this, educationsubsidies should be providedto them.

On renewal of drivinglicenses, the chief ministersaid the license of any personregistered on the SARTHIportal should be renewedafter complying with the con-dition of one month.

Regarding the license ofheavy vehicles, he said com-pleting three conditionswould be made mandatory,which include that the appli-cant should be l iterate,should have a license oflight vehicle and should havecomple ted t ra in ing inHaryana Roadways. He saidthat training for a licensecan be taken in any dis-tr ict .Chief Minister wasinformed that 100 sanitarynapkins will be provided freeof cost to the girl studentsstudying in 332 GovernmentMiddle , High, S eniorSecondary Schools, KGBVs,Mewat Model Schools andSHKM Government MedicalCollege, Nalhar and GeneralHospital, Mandikhera, Nuh

every year.He said that the officers

of Mewat DevelopmentBoard should give their opin-ion about new schemes thatcan be started in Mewat areain the next one month so thatadditional development ofthe area can be done.Additional Chief Secretaryand Financial Commissioner,Revenue and DisasterManagement Department,Sanjeev Kaushal, gave a pre-sentation on the agenda ofthe meeting.

Chief Principal Secretaryto the Chief Minister, D.S.Dhesi, Principal Secretary tothe Chief Minister V.Umashankar, DeputyPrincipal Secretary to ChiefMinister, Ashima Brar andAdministrative Secretaries ofvar ious depar tments ,Government and non-officialmembers of the MewatDevelopment Board werealso present in themeeting.

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Adhering to the NationalGreen Tribunal (NGT)

guidelines regarding sale or use ofall kinds of firecrackers in the dis-tricts of National Capital Region(NCR), Haryana Governmenthas issued directions to DistrictMagistrates, Superintendents ofPolice and Haryana StatePollution Control Board for thestrict enforcement of NGT orders.

The NGT had issued guide-lines regarding complete banagainst the sale or use of all kindsof firecrackers in the districtsadjoining NCR from midnight ofNovember 9-10, 2020 to the mid-night of November 30 toDecember 1, 2020.

NGT has also directed thatin the cities or towns where airquality is ‘moderate’ or below,only green crackers be sold andthe timings for use and burstingof crackers be restricted to twohours during festivals, likeDiwali, Chatt, New Year,Christmas Eve, etc. as maybespecified by the concerned State.

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Rejecting the representationby Chandigarh Cracker

Dealers Association, theChandigarh Administration onThursday decided to continuethe ban on sale and bursting offirecrackers in the city till fur-ther orders.

A day before, the Punjaband Haryana High Court haddenied any respite toChandigarh Cracker DealersAssociation and asked the asso-ciation to approach theChandigarh Administrationwith a representation on theissue.Issuing an order afterreviewing the representation,Manoj Parida, Adviser toAdministrator on Thursdaysaid that the representation isrejected and the ban on saleand bursting of firecrackers willcontinue in the city.

The order stated, “Onreview of the COVID situation,it is noted that the number ofCOVID positive cases is risingin union territory ofChandigarh. The pollution

caused by bursting of air crack-ers is likely to aggravate the sit-uation further, by adverselyaffecting the air quality. It wasnoted that despite restrictivehour crackers bursting allowedduring last year’s Deepawali,the air quality remained ‘verypoor’ in Chandigarh.”

“Chandigarh is one of thenon-attainment cities includedin the list notified by CentralPollution Control Board.Medical experts are of unani-mous opinion that crackers’bursting leading to air pollutionwill further aggravate theCOVID situation in the unionterritory of Chandigarh,” theorder said.

“In the totality of the cir-cumstances, the ban imposedon sale or use of crackers in theunion territory of Chandigarhissued under DisasterManagement Act datedNovember 6 needs no modifi-cation or relaxation. The rep-resentation by ChandigarhCracker Dealers Association is,therefore, rejected,” the orderadded.

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The festival season, thecrowded markets and flay-

ing of social distancing normsis getting reflected in the num-ber of Covid-19 cases inHaryana.Nineteen more peopledied from coronavirus in thestate on Thursday as 2788fresh cases surfaced, pushingthe state’s infection count to1,93,111, according to a healthbulletin. So far, 1979 peoplehave died from the infection inthe StateOf the fresh fatalities,six were reported from Hisar,four from Faridabad, threefrom Gurugram, two eachfrom Bhiwani and Jind whileone each from Sirsa and Jhajjar,the bulletin said.

Among the districts whichreported the maximum caseswere Gurugram (692),Faridabad (598), Hisar (285),Bhiwani (174).

Sonepat (160) and Rohtak(120). Currently, the state has18,867 active cases with therecovery rate hovering around89.21 per cent.

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One more city resident dieddue to Covid-19 as 109

fresh positive cases werereported in Chandigarh onThursday.“The death tollreached 244 and the total casetally stood at 15543 inChandigarh”, statedChandigarh HealthDepartment’s evening bulletin.

The Covid-19 mortalityrate stood at 1.56 percent in thecity.According to the bulletin,“The active cases crossed 1000-mark again in the city. Therewere 1002 active cases till theevening. 64 patients haverecovered in the past 24 hours

taking the total number ofrecoveries to 14297.

The recovery rate wasrecorded at 91.9 percent whilethe active ratio of cases wasrecorded at 6.4 percent whichmeans for every 100 confirmedcases, six are currently infect-ed in the city.Giving details ofthe COVID-19 fatality, thebulletin said, “A 74 years oldfemale resident of Manimajra,

a case of Jaundice, who wastested COVID positive, expiredat PGIMER.” Among 109 freshcases, 58 were males and 51were females. A maximum ofseven cases were reported inManimajra here. 120681 sam-ples have so far been tested inthe city. The report of 128 wasawaited, the bulletin added.

As per the health bulletin,the fresh cases were reported inSectors 2, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16,18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27,28, 30, 32, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39, 40,41, 42, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50,51, 52, 55, 61, Sector 38 west,Burail, Hallomajra, KhudaLahora, Manimajra, MauliJagran and Ram Darbar.

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Ruling out any threat to thecoalition Government in

Haryana, Deputy ChiefMinister Dushyant Chautala onThursday said that after theBaroda bypoll, the coalitionGovernment has strengthenedas its candidate YogeshwarDutt secured 14,000 more votesthan the previous Assemblyelection in 2019. “The coalitionGovernment is stable and willcomplete its remaining tenurecomfortably,” he added.

Reacting to the outcome of

Baroda by-poll in Chandigarh,Dushyant claimed that voters ofJannayak Janata Party (JJP)had voted for Yageshwar.Everyone knows that in manyvillages of this constituenywherein voters who used tovote for Congress candidates inprevious elections, have votedfor Yogeshwar in bypoll.

Asked whether Yogeshwar’sloss was due to JJP’s votes notbeing transferred to BJP,Dushyant said that with the hardwork of leaders and workers ofboth the parties, Yogeshwarsecured above 50,000 votes.

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���������������The Chief MinisterTrivendra Singh Rawatcaught his detractors bothwithin the saffron partyand outside it on thewrong foot by declaringon state foundation daythat a gargantuan sum ofRs 25000 Crore would bespent on infrastructuraldevelopment of Gairsainlocated in the Chamolidistrict and nearby areas.He also announced that aroad-map of ten years would be prepared for the summercapital of Uttarakhand. Politically speaking TSR has played upthe Gairsain card very well up till now as it was he who hadthe gumption to declare the small sleepy town located atcentre of the state amidst lofty Garhwal and Kumaon hills asthe summer capital of the state. It is imperative that the CMwants to keep the momentum going on Gairsain which isassociated with the aspiration of the statehood movementwhich culminated in creation of Uttarakhand out of UttarPradesh (UP). In coming months TSR could conjure up aseparate district of Gairsain and even accord a permanentcapital status to the existent summer capital ahead of thecrucial assembly elections slated in early 2020 and stir up thesentiments associated with Gairsain for electoral gains.

��������������The spurt in the number of Covid-19 patients in the state

triggered by blatant flaying of social distancing norms by gen-eral public during the ongoing festival season is posing a seri-ous threat to safety and is a major challenge for the authorities.To add to the woes of the state which in last one month was show-ing clear signs of flattening of the curve of the disease, the nation-al capital region (NCR) of Delhi is amid third wave of the dis-ease. The proximity of the state to NCR and large scale move-ment of people from their especially during the ongoing festi-val season makes Uttarakhand vulnerable. The Himalayan statewhich has limited resources at its disposal can ill afford to havea new wave of the disease at this juncture where the front-linehealth workers are undergoing severe fatigue for having workedconstantly for months together. To make the matter worse, thehealth system of the state already reeling under severe shortageof manpower has made no provision for nurturing workforcewhich could act as the second line to replenish the accretion offront-line workers by fatigue and illness. In such a circumstanceobserving social distancing norms and wearing masks seem theonly option available for the people to keep them safe.

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mountainous district of the Himalayan state is said to be so fright-ened with the prospect of working in the area where natural dis-asters are more of a norm than an exception that he has virtu-ally vanished from last three months. The locals have interest-ing stories of his endeavor in the district in the initial days ofhis posting which narrate how he refused to cross a suspensionbridge over a small rivulet on spate which was needed to visit aprimary school damaged by incessant rains. He also took painsto visit a disaster affected village that was located only eight kmfrom his office only on the eight day of the disaster and that toowhen the DM was scheduled to visit the area. It is learnt that theDM was contemplating action against him but the missing Babu’sfortune favoured him when the DM was unceremoniouslyremoved from her post for entering late into a video conferencingsession presided over by the CM.

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The number of novelCoronavirus (Covid-19)

patients in Uttarakhand mount-ed to 67,239 on Thursday withthe state health departmentreporting 451 fresh cases of thedisease. The department alsoreported the death of sevenpatients from the disease on theday after which the death tollfrom Covid-19 climbed to 1093in the state.

The authorities discharged532 patients of the disease fromdifferent hospitals of the stateafter their recovery from thedisease on the day. A total of61432 patients of Covid-19have so far recovered from thedisease in the state. The recov-ery percentage from the disease

is now at 91.36 percent.Two patients of the disease

each were reported dead fromthe Sushila Tiwari governmenthospital Haldwani andHimalayan hospital, Dehradunon Thursday. One patient of thedisease succumbed at All IndiaInstitute of Medical Sciences(AIIMS) Rishikesh, Max hos-pital, Dehradun and MahantIndiresh hospital Dehradun.

The authorities reported115 fresh cases from Dehradun,60 from Nainital, 48 fromChamoli, 47 from Rudraprayag,46 from Pauri, 41 from Almora,32 from Pithoragarh, 20 fromHaridwar, 13 from UdhamSingh Nagar, 10 fromBageshwar, nine from Tehri, sixfrom Champawat and four

from Uttarkashi on Thursday.Out of 532 patients dis-

charged on the day, 197belonged to Pauri, 136 toDehradun, 45 from Haridwarand 44 from Uttarkashi.

Uttarakhand now has 4156active patients of the disease.Dehradun district with 998active cases is at top of tablewhile with 458 active casesHaridwar now is on secondposition.

Pauri has 422, Nainital 392,Chamoli 330, Tehri 267,Rudraprayag 265, Pithoragarh244, Udham Singh Nagar 219,Almora 190, Uttarkashi 159 andBageshwar 125 active cases ofthe disease. With 87 activecases of Covid-19, Champawatis now at the bottom of thetable.

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The BJP MLA from Saltconstituency in Almora

district, Surendra Singh Jeenawho was undergoing treat-ment for Covid-19 in a hospi-tal in New Delhi, breathed hislast early on Thursday morn-ing. His demise came a fewdays after the death of his wifeearlier in October.

The death of the 50-yearold MLA has elicited condo-lences from the governor BabyRani Maurya, chief ministerTrivendra Singh Rawat, BJPState president BanshidharBhagat and former CM HarishRawat among other leadersacross the political spectrumand members of the society.

At a meet held at the BJPState office to pay homage toJeena, CM Trivendra SinghRawat said that the state haslost an energetic and visionary

leader with Jeena’sdemise. He was alwayscounted among the activeMLAs and was known forraising the issues of thedeprived sections of soci-ety and working hard forthe development of hisconstituency.

Rawat said, “Electedfor the third consecutivetime from Salt con-stituency in 2017, anactive party worker andmy younger brotherSurendra is no more withus, which seems hard tobelieve. Anyone who had methim even once would surelyremember his cordial behav-iour and positive thinking. Heused to make his points in theVidhan Sabha in a beautifuland sharp manner. He had theunique skill of connectingeveryone and was quite popu-lar in his constituency. He also

had a unique capacity to ensurecompletion of developmentworks related to his con-stituency.”

Expressing grief at Jeena’sdemise, Bhagat said that it wasan irreparable loss for the partyand the society. The State haslost an energetic and dedicat-ed leader with Jeena’s demise,he said.

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Chief minister TrivendraSingh Rawat has directed

officials to increase Covid-19testing in the state. Specialefforts will have to be made forthis in Dehradun, Haridwar,Udham Singh Nagar andNainital districts. The CM saidthis while chairing a meet withofficials to review the status ofthe pandemic in the state.

Rawat directed that publicawareness campaigns on pro-tection from Covid be under-taken regularly through differ-ent media. With the movementof people increasing in thecurrent festive season, alongwith public awareness, the useof masks and observance ofsocial distancing must beensured in crowded places,tourist spots and religious sites.With the cooperation of busi-ness and social organisations,special focus should be laid onsanitisers and sanitation inshops during the festive season.Stating that there should be fullarrangement of humanresource for protection from

Covid-19, he stressed on theneed for special vigilance dur-ing the next 15 days. Covid testreports should be received bythe people within 24 hours inurban areas and within 48hours in rural areas. Thosewhose antigen test is sympto-matic should mandatorilyundergo RT-PCR test. Thereshould be cent per cent testingof high risk contacts and thepersonnel concerned shouldmake field visits consistentlyduring the festive season. Thenumber of lab technicians,radiologists and Asha workersshould be raised to ensuretheir adequate availability in allthe districts. Stressing on theimportant responsibility ofdoctors, the CM said that theyshould psychologicallystrengthen the patients whilesenior doctors should alsoremain in constant touch withthe patients.

Health secretary AmitSingh Negi said that this weekhad seen a rise in the Covidcases in the state. The districtmagistrates need to make moreefforts to control this. Tru-

NAT testing should be increasedfurther and all the DMs shouldensure full availability of all nec-essary items considering Covid.

Director general (Law andOrder) Ashok Kumar said thatthe police are undertakingmarches, using posters, wall

paintings and other means toraise public awareness. Whilethe citizens violating guidelinesregarding wearing masks and

social distancing are beingpenalised, they are also beingprovided with masks free ofcost, he added.

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After much deliberation, thestate administration has

finally appointed a secretary forthe women empowerment andchild development department.The secretary (in charge) ofPanchayati Raj departmentHari Chandra Semwal has beenappointed as secretary incharge of the women and childdevelopment department. Inother transfers, Manuj Goyalwho currently was working asCDO, Almora has been shift-ed to Rudraprayag as districtmagistrate (DM) and RohitMeena, the Managing Director(MD) of Kumaon MandalVikas Nigam and deputy chair-man of District levelDevelopment authority,Nainital has been appointed asCDO of Almora. The formerDM of Rudraprayag VandanaSingh who was unceremoni-ously removed from her posi-

tion for arriving late in a videoconferencing session withChief Minister Trivendra SinghRawat has been shifted to theposition of MD of KumaonMandal Vikas Nigam withadditional charge of the deputychairperson of district leveldevelopment authority,Nainital.

It is pertinent to mentionhere that the women empow-erment and child developmentdepartment is headless formore than one and half monthnow. After an unsavoury rift

with the State Minister RekhaArya, secretary Shamugam inthe month of September hadasked the state government toremove him from the depart-ment.

A probe headed byAdditional Chief SecretaryManisha Panwar ordered bythe CM on the issue. The issuegot complicated further whensome other officers refused towork under Arya. With theappointment of Semwal thingsappear sorted now for thedepartment.

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The directions of the Stategovernment that the sale of

only green crackers will beallowed in urban areas ofDehradun and five other citieswhile bursting of fireworks willbe allowed only from 8 PM to10 PM, are impractical toimplement. Stating so, the asso-ciation of local businessmentermed these orders as imprac-tical to follow during Deepawaliat such a short notice. Talkingabout this, the president ofDoon Valley Mahanagar UdyogVyapar Mandal (DVMUVM),Pankaj Masson stated that if theGovernment wanted business-men and local residents to fol-low such orders, it should haveissued the orders at least onemonth ago. "Most of the busi-nessmen do not know whatgreen crackers are. I am myselfnot completely aware of theconcept of the green crackers.When most of the customersand the shopkeepers do notknow about such crackers, how

are they going to sell and buythem? I don't think that thereare even one per cent of thecrackers stores in Dehradun citythat sell green crackers," saidMasson. He added, "Most of theshopkeepers have alreadyinvested lakhs of rupees in thecrackers business with the hope

that they will earn better dur-ing Deepawali and now, thegovernment is issuing orders lit-erally just hours before the cel-ebrations. The administrationshould have at least made thepeople and businessmen awareabout green crackers monthsbefore Deepawali so that they

could invest accordingly. We donot know who is advising ourgovernment to take suchimpractical decisions but thegovernment should also thinkabout the welfare of local busi-nesses and public before issu-ing any last minute orders.”

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Even though people havebeen talking about vocal for

local campaign to support thelocal businesses for months,most of the earthen Diya mak-ers and sellers in Dehradunstate that their business is 50percent down this Diwali thanlast year. According to a localseller in Dharmpur, HimanshuBohra, he has been sellingDiyas during Deepawali for thelast eight years but this is theyear when he faced the maxi-mum loss.

"Every year I buy aboutfour quintals of Diyas, most ofwhich used to get sold beforeDhanteras. This time, I boughtonly one quintal Diyas due tofinancial restraints and stillmore than 70 per cent of Diyasremain to be sold," said Bohra.A Diya seller from HanumanChowk, Chaman Lal Prajapati

also stated that salesare less than 50 percent this year and inaddition to this, thecustomers are bar-gaining more too."We never used to gettime to even havelunch on time due tosales duringDeepawali till theprevious year butpeople are not buyingDiyas much this year.I am selling two Diyas for Rsfive and still, people are askingme to give four Diyas. I did sellDiyas at the rate of four Diyasfor Rs five to some customerswho bought over 50 Diyas as Iknow most of the people do notbuy Diyas after Dhanteras,"said Prajapati. Another Diyaseller, Gabbulal Prajapati saidthat he is selling most of hisDiyas at loss. "My family alsosells Diyas in Kumhar Mandi as

we made Diyas during thelockdown hoping that the salewill be better this year. I cameto this area thinking this arearemains crowded so chances ofselling Diyas and other prod-ucts will be more here but thesituation is not much differenthere than the other areas. I amselling small Diyas for Rs threeeach. Some of those customerswho did not budge and keptinsisting on buying three Diyas

for Rs three, I sold them Diyasat the same rate because I havesmall kids to take care of andsomething is better than noth-ing in this pandemic," saidPrajapati.

It is pertinent to mentionhere that due to varied factors,people appear to prefer lightstrings more than Diyas. TheState government too has pro-moted LED light strings madeby self help groups.

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Under the guidanceof chief develop-

ment officer (CDO)Nitika Khandelwal, aSelf Help Groups(SHGs) operated bak-ery in Vikas Bhawanwas opened onThursday which wasinaugurated by district magis-trate Ashish Kumar Srivastava.The DM also tasted variousbaked goods and appreciatedthis initiative. Besides, he alsogave his inputs and suggestionsto the bakers including prepar-ing some baked products likebread with herbs like tulsi tomake them more nutritiousand healthy for consumers.The bakery is named HILANSBakery which is, as per the offi-cials, an acronym for HighlandInnovative LivelihoodAscending NatureSustainability. There are variouskinds of baked goods availablein the bakery and as per theofficials, the different varieties

will continue to be available inthe store. Also, the operators inthe bakery stated that current-ly, they are taking paymentthrough cash only but soonthey will take all kinds of dig-italised payments as they are inthe process of registering forvarious digital payment modes.The project director of DistrictRural Development Agency(DRDA), Vikram Singh alsoinformed that about five SHGsare currently working togeth-er in operating this bakeryand the administration also hasplans to open outlets in otherparts of the district too depend-ing on the response of the con-sumers to this bakery.

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Seventy-eight per cent of thenew 47,905 coronavirus

infections reported in the past24 hours on Thursday are from10 States and Union Territorieswith Delhi topping the list, reg-istering the highest single-daycases at 8,593 followed byKerala and Maharashtra.

Much to the worry of theGovernment, four northeasternStates — Tripura, Manipur,Meghalaya and Mizoram — arereporting increase in cases,prompting the Union HealthMinister Dr Harsvardhan toask them to increase testing onhigh risk groups and vulnera-ble population to check thespread of Covid-19.

For the successive fifthday, new Covid-19 casesreported in a span of 24 hoursdid not cross the 50,000 mark,while the trend of daily newrecoveries outnumbering dailynew infections continued forthe 40th day. As many as52,718 new recoveries wereregistered in a day as against47,905 infections during thesame period.

Ten states and union terri-tories reported 78 per cent ofthe new cases registered in aspan of 24 hours. This trendhas continued to compress theactive Covid-19 caseload whichis currently 4.98 lakh and com-prises only 5.63 per cent ofIndia’s total coronavirus cases.

The recovery rate has alsobeen boosted with the trend ofrecoveries exceeding new casesand currently stands at 92.89per cent with 80,66,501 peoplehaving recuperated from thedisease so far.

:The gap between recov-ered cases and active cases hassteadily widened to 75,77,207,:the Health Ministry said.

Delhi observed anotherspike and reported the highestdaily new cases, also its high-est tally so far with 8,593 newcases. Delhi is followed byKerala with 7,007 cases and

Maharashtra with 4,907 cases.As many as 550 case fatal-

ities have been reported in aday of which 10 states andunion territories account for80 per cent. Maharashtraaccounted for 22.7 per centshare with 125 fatalities. Delhiand West Bengal follow with85 and 49 new deaths, respec-

tively.Meanwhile, Dr Harsh

Vardhan, during a meeting viavideo conferencing with sevenstates, including the fournortheastern states, said thatactive cases are on the rise inManipur and higher positivi-ty in the state is indicative ofhidden transmission.

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At a time when India is pro-moting Ayush including

ayurveda decoction such askadha or ayush kwath asimmunity boosters to keepthe Covid-19 at a bay,researchers from Tehran havesuggested use of anti-oxidativeherbal drugs as an adjuvanttherapy to currently prescribedconventional treatments inCovid-19 infected diabeticpatients.

Following an analysis ofvarious studies, they said In anarticle published in theNational Centre forBiotechnology Information(NCBI), : anti-oxidative herbalmedicines with evidence-basedbeneficial impacts in the treat-ment of diabetes mellitus canbe suggested as an adjuvanttherapy to its conventionaltreatments in patients infectedwith Covid-19.

Agreeing with their obser-vation, Dr AKS Rawat, formersenior scientist with CSIR-National Botanical Research

Institute (NBRI) said, :Manyherbs like Gioly and Gudmarhave antioxidant propertiesand checks free radicals apartfrom blood sugar loweringproperties that make themuseful for people with or athigh risk of type 2 diabetes.:

He cited example of anti-diabetic herbal formulation,BGR-34 which was scientifi-cally developed under his guid-ance among other scientists atthe NBRI in collaboration withCentral Institute for Medicinaland Aromatic Plant(CIMAP),both Lucknow-based, using extracts of herbslike Daruharidra, Giloy,Vijaysar, Gudmar, Majeethand Methika.

:At least 500 herbs wereanalysed after which we select-ed best six herbs having dia-betes management propertiesto develop BGR-34.:

In fact, an independentclinical trials conducted atBanaras Hindu University(BHU), Varanasi last year tooshowed the BGR-34 has ther-apeutic efficacy for treating

newly diagnosed type 2 dia-betes. The drug is commer-cially manufactured by AimilPharmaceuticals.

As the world observeNovember 14 as Diabetes Day,Dr Rawat also said that com-pounds in herbal ingredientslike giloy used in BGR-34also corrects immunity whilecompounds in Dharuharidahelps in insulin release inType II diabetic patients.

Based on the 2019International DiabetesFederation (IDF) report, theworld prevalence of diabeteswas 463 million, and isexpected to reach 578 millionin 2030, and 700 million in2045. According to doctors,patients with co-morbiditieslike diabetes are more vul-nerable to Covid-19 becauseof their compromised immu-nity.

It is estimated that nearly20–50 per cent of patientsinfected with Covid-19 havediabetes, much higher thanthe worldwide incidence rateof diabetes.

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To commemorate 75 years ofIndependence being cele-

brated in 2022, the CentralGovernment has decided tobuild an ‘iconic structure’ calledthe ‘Nav Bharat Udyan’, orNew India Garden, next to theYamuna river bank spread over22 acres in the national Capital.The ‘iconic structure’ will bededicated to the nation byAugust 15, 2022, which pro-vides execution time of aboutone year for the project. TheCentral Public WorksDepartment (CPWD), fallingunder the Ministry of Housingand Urban Affairs called adesign competition for the newstructure.

The Centre has decided todouble the length of theCentral Vista from 2.9 km to6.3 km, beyond theRashtrapati Bhawan to theMother Teresa Crescent inthe west and from the IndiaGate to the banks of the riverYamuna in the east.

According to the ministry,an iconic structure is beingplanned to be built in Nav

Bharat Udyan (New IndiaGarden) in the national capi-tal, symbolizing emergingNew India with equitablegrowth opportunities, rootedin values of ‘Sabka Saath,Sabka Vikaas, Sabka Vishwaas’and representing the aspira-tion of clean India, free frompoverty, corruption, terror-ism, communalism andcasteism.

The CPWD’s proposalsays the ‘iconic structure’should be constructed withmaterials and technologywhich would last for ages,like :Ashoka’s edicts, Iron Pillarin Qutub Minar complex, etc:.It should be robust and with-stand the vagaries of natureand remain as such for mil-lennia to represent the currentage, it added.

:Under the Master Plan,the Central Vista Axis will beextended from the present 2.9km to 6.3 km from ridge toriver. On the eastern side, itwill culminate at the westernbank of River Yamuna. Thiswill restore the original designenvisioned for Central Vista,:the CPWD’s proposal said.

Spread over 20.22 acres,New India Garden will beopen to the public and isbeing designed to have aniconic structure and infotain-ment facilities such as Sphereof Unity, Milestones Walkway,Journey of India, Tech Dome,Amphitheatre, public ameni-ties etc. to showcase India’srich historical and culturalheritage, scientific achieve-ments, and will symbolizeunity in diversity and aspira-tions of the New India.

:The structure should beiconic in design and representthe national capital. For exam-ple, the India Gate erected bythe British in the Central Vistain the early 20th centuryprominently signifies Delhi.The proposed iconic structurebeing built in independentIndia should now become anew symbol of the nationalcapital,: CPWD’s proposalsaid.

The central axis of the Vistastarts from the RashtrapatiBhawan, moves on the centralline between North and SouthBlocks and Rajpath and culmi-nates at India Gate. The iconic

structure should be alignedexactly on this central axis, asper the design competition’srules. It will be located on thewestern bank of river Yamuna.Hence, the foundation is to besited in sandy soil with a highwater table.

The ministry says the reg-istration will close on December11. The presentations before thejury (if required) will be duringthe 2nd fortnight of December,2020 and the winners will beannounced in the last week ofDec, 2020.

Officials said that struc-ture can be a tower/sculpture orany other built form but not abuilding to be occupied.Maximum permissible height atthe proposed site as per colourcoded zonal map prepared byAirports Authority of India is134 metres from the presentground level.

Other factors like soil sta-bility, wind velocity, seismicforces and vulnerability toflooding etc. need to be dulyconsidered as per the provi-sions of National BuildingCode of India, 2016 whiledesigning the structure.

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Prime Minister NarendraModi on Thursday said

enhancing all kinds of connec-tivity, including in social, digi-tal and financial spheres, withthe 10-nation ASEAN groupingis a major priority for India.

He made the remarks at avirtual summit between Indiaand the ASEAN.

:We believe a cohesive andresponsive ASEAN is needed forsecurity and growth for all in theregion,: Modi said.

He also said that there aremany similarities betweenIndia’’s ‘’Indo Pacific OceansInitiative’’ and ASEAN’’s‘’Outlook on Indo Pacific’’.

:Enhancing every type ofconnectivity between India andASEAN — physical, economic,social, digital, financial, mar-itime — is a major priority forus. In the last few years, we havecome close to all these areas,: he

said.The Association of

Southeast Asian Nations(ASEAN) is considered one ofthe most influential groupings inthe region, and India and severalother countries including theUS, China, Japan and Australiaare its dialogue partners.

The summit is taking placeamid China’’s aggressive behav-iour in the disputed South ChinaSea as well as in eastern Ladakh.A number of ASEAN countrieshave territorial disputes withChina in the South China Sea.

The 10 member countries ofASEAN are Indonesia, Malaysia,the Philippines, Singapore,Thailand, Brunei, Vietnam,Laos, Myanmar and Cambodia.

The ties between India andASEAN have been on anupswing in the last few yearswith focus being on ramping upcooperation in the areas of tradeand investment as well as secu-rity and defence.

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Against the backdrop of alle-gations by the Opposition

of irregularities in the countingof votes in the Bihar Assemblypolls, Chief ElectionCommissioner (CEC) SunilArora on Thursday said whilethe Election Commission doesnot react to comments made bypolitical parties, the ultimatedecision lies with people.

He also said the Bihar chief

electoral officer has alreadyresponded to everything. TheEC had to hold four pressconferences on counting dayon November 10 to respond tovarious aspects of the process,Arora pointed out.

We do not respond tocomments made by politicalentities. It is their decision,what they said, why they said.The ultimate decision lieswith people, : he toldreporters.

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The Difficult Dialogues, apremier international

forum that discusses pressingissues of global importanceeach year in Goa, is set toreturn with its sixth editionfrom November 16 in the formof an online event to brain-storm the issue of GlobalSustainability.

Since its inception in 2016,themes such as Global Financeand Civil Society, Health,Gender, Education and Lawwere discussed under theumbrella of Difficult Dialogue..

The upcoming edition ofDifficult Dialogues would dis-cuss a wide range of topicsunder the overarching theme ofGlobal Sustainability by bring-ing together stakeholders fromvarious backgrounds includingsustainability experts, businessleaders, change agents, cam-paigners, filmmakers and stu-dents from all across the world.

Since the current problemregarding sustainability is asmuch a communications one asa scientific one, DifficultDialogues is partnering with thetve Global Sustainability FilmAwards to produce an inspiring,week-long online event that willinclude dialogues, debates andfilms to strengthen its impactand reach.

The specially designedpanel discussions along with thepresentation of the film awardswould take place as part of theAwards Week from November16 to 20, comprising 90-120minutes of environment andsustainability content each day.

This week would also featurethe finale of Daring Debates, awell-established debate plat-form for the youth to engageinpolicy ideation, by involvingparticipants from Africa,Bangladesh, India, Myanmar,Nepal, Sri Lanka and the USA.

Speaking of this partner-ship, Surina Narula the founderof Difficult Dialogues, said, :Iam delighted to announce thatDifficult Dialogues this year isjoining hands with the tveGlobal Sustainability FilmAwards to highlight and discussa subject that is more relevantin 2020 than ever before -Global Sustainability.

The core idea is to inculcatea strong sense of urgency toaddress issues on sustainabili-ty that crucially and equallyaffect us all.

The upcoming awardsweek in November will seethought provoking conversa-tions initiated by DifficultDialogues along with brilliantfilms on sustainable solutionsbeing awarded as part of the tveGSFA 2020. t:

There are four DifficultDialogues panel discussionsplanned during the AwardsWeek which focus on relevantglobal themes related to sus-tainability. These include theCHANGING THE MINDSETpanel which discusses how wecan change the mindset of peo-ple to improve their under-standing of the effect theiractions have on the environ-ment, the ROLE OF INNO-VATION FOR A SUSTAIN-ABLE FUTURE panel whichwill look at innovative ideas and

emerging technological inno-vations like AI, digital technol-ogy and green businesses whichcould lead to long term sus-tainable solutions, THEWORLD IN 2050 panel thatwill outline key initiatives thatneed to be taken to achieve thefuture sustainable developmentgoals across social, economicand environmental areas, andthe HIDDEN STORIES,IMPACT JOURNALISM:BUSINESS AND POLITICSOF GLOBAL SUSTAINABIL-ITY panel which examines howlarger political and trade inter-ests affect global sustainabilityand howin an increasinglybipolar world, on-the-groundinvestigations will change forthe media working to showcaseirregularities.

Key speakers includeAndrew Wilson, a change agentwith expertise in sustainabili-ty and business purposes,Andrew Dunnett, Director ofVodafone Foundation, TonyJuniper, eminent campaigner,writer, sustainability adviserand environmentalist, DavidStringer Lamarre, a businessleader, entrepreneur and inno-vator, Duncan Wardle, whoserved as Head of Innovationand Creativity at Disney, MarkWood, an established speaker,author and explorer, AdamRicobanni, an AI entrepreneurand author, Claire RewcastleBrown, British investigativejournalist who has campaignedceaselessly against environment destruction andPoulomi Basu, Indian trans-media artist, photographer andactivist.

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The Enforcement Directorate(ED) has attached assets

worth �1.3 crore of a seniormanager of Vijaya Bank in amoney laundering case relatingto siphoning of funds ofKarnataka State HandicraftDevelopment Corporation Ltd.

The attached immovableassets are in the form of landand building which are in thename of BY Srinivas, formerSenior Manager, Vijaya Bank,Bengaluru and movable assetsin the form of balance lying inbank accounts in the name of.HS Nagalingaswamy, BYSrinivas, Ashwin Tours &Travels and PNP Enterprises.

Investigation under theprovisions of the PMLA wasinitiated on the basis of an FIRregistered at Ashoknagar PoliceStation, Bengaluru City againstGC Kishor Kumar, GeneralManager, KSHDCL and othersfor siphoning off the funds ofKSHDCL, a State Governmentof Karnataka undertaking.

Investigation under PMLArevealed that HSNagalingaswamy and his asso-ciates generated proceeds ofcrime to the extent of Rs 16.67crore.

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Attorney General K KVenugopal Thursday

granted consent for initiationof contempt proceedingsagainst stand-up comic artistKunal Kamra for his tweetswhich allegedly criticised theSupreme Court.

:The tweets which I amextracting below are not onlyin bad taste but clearly crossthe line between humour andcontempt of the court:, saidVenugopal in his letter toone of the applicants who hadsought consent of the toplaw officer for initiation ofcontempt proceedings againstKamra.

:I therefore grant consentto proceed by way of initiat-ing contempt proceedingsagainst Kunal Kamra, :Venugopal said in his letter.

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The Congress on Thursdaysaid the party was disap-

pointed with the BiharAssembly election results andCongress Working Committee(CWC) will take note of it anddeliberate the issue.

Asked about the Biharassembly results at the AICCPress, Chidambaram said,:weare definitely disappointed withthe Bihar results but the votedifference between NDA andGrand alliance was just 3 percent and the CWC will discussand take a view on it.:

The party high commandincluding former party chiefRahul Gandhi who cam-paigned extensively in the Stateis yet to react on the dismal

performance of the party. Theparty also could not perform inother State bypolls includingUttar Pradesh, Gujarat,Madhya Pradesh, Karnatakaand others.

At the same time, anothersenior Congress leader JairamRamesh asserted that the man-date is against Nitish Kumarand accepted that the Congresscould have done much better.The former union ministersaid that despite 15 years ofNitish as chief minister Biharremains one of the pooreststates.

With the worst ever per-formance despite raking upthe core issues like unemploy-ment and price rise, the grandold party whose campaign wasled by Rahul Gandhi.

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Srinagar: The People's Alliancefor Gupkar Declaration(PAGD) on Thursday releaseda list of seats allocated amongthe allies for the first phase ofpolling for DistrictDevelopment Councils(DDCs) in Jammu andKashmir, to be held in eightphases beginning November28.

Out of a list of 22 candidatesfor 17 constituencies released bythe Kashmir-based conglomer-

ate of mainstream parties, theNational Conference will fight16 segments, the PeoplesDemocratic Party four and theJammu and Kashmir People'sConference two.

On Sunday, the PAGDannounced that it had unani-mously decided to fight theDDC elections unitedly.

The PAGD was floated onOctober 7 for the reversal ofconstitutional changes made toJammu and Kashmir by the

Centre on August 5 last year.National Conference

President Farooq Abdullah wasappointed as the PAGDPresident, PDP chief MehboobaMufti it's Vice President,People's Conference leaderSajad Lone as Spokesperson,and CPI-M leader YousufTaragami as Convener.

The flag of the erstwhilestate of Jammu and Kashmirhas been adopted as the sym-bol of the alliance. IANS

Chennai:The DMK onThursday condemned the deci-sion of the Tirunelveli basedManonmaniam SundaranarUniversity to withdrawArundhati Roy's book 'WalkingWith The Comrades' from itssyllabus.The University with-drew the book on a complaint bythe BJP's student wing AkhilBharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad(ABVP) that the book supportsviolence and Maoists.

In a statement issued here,DMK's Deputy GeneralSecretary A.Raja said it is for theVice Chancellor, professors andeducation experts to decide as towhat should be included as thesyllabus.He said the book wasthere for three years and has beenremoved after a complaint by theABVP.

He said, "In post graduatecourses, students are given achance to read history and liter-ature, and the students will takewhat is needed and leave outwhat is not needed".

Raja said in order to makeeducation saffron coloured, theUniversity has removed the bookwhich is condemnable. IANS

Lucknow: The Yogi Adityanath Government in Uttar Pradeshis planning to promote the Sanskrit language in a big way.

The government is working on the modernization of theSanskrit language schools and their upgradation.

According to Acharya Dr. Vachaspati Mishra, President ofUttar Pradesh Sanskrit Sansthan, the upgradation of Sanskritschools is one of the priorities of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.

He said that the state government has started issuing pressreleases in Sanskrit language also in order to make the languagepopular.The government spokesman said that students study-ing in Sanskrit schools of Uttar Pradesh will now get computereducation also and for this, computers are being installed in allsuch schools in the state.

Last year, computers were installed by the Uttar PradeshSanskrit Sansthan in Sanskrit schools in 72 districts. The remain-ing schools in the state will be computerized by the Uttar PradeshSanskrit Sansthan this year. IANS

Jammu:For the third consecu-tive day on Thursday Pakistanresorted to unprovoked cease-fire violation in three sectors ofthe Line of Control (LoC) inJ&K's Poonch district.

Colonel Devender Anand,defence ministry spokesmansaid at about 9 a.m. Pakistaninitiated unprovoked ceasefireviolation by firing with smallarms and shelling mortarsalong the LoC in Shahpur,Kirni and Qasba sectors ofPoonch district.

The spokesman said Indianarmy retaliated befittingly.

Pakistan has violated cease-fire on Thursday for the thirdconsecutive day in these threesectors of the LoC.

Since the beginning of thisyear Pakistan has been violat-ing with impunity the bilater-al ceasefire agreement signedby the two countries in 1999.

In over 3,200 such ceasefireviolations by Pakistan sinceJanuary, 24 civilians were killedand over 100 injured.

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Aday after Prime MinisterNarendra Modi said “Maut

ka khel (game ofmurder)” cannever fetch votes an irkedTrnamool Congress reacted-saying it was the BJP and notthe Trinamool Congress whichwas unleashing violence inBengal to win the next year’sAssembly elections.

Senior leader and TMCspokesperson Sougato Roy onThursday said thathis party hadbeen a victim of political vio-lence since its inception.“Firstit was the CPI(M) and now itis the BJP which is perpetrat-ingpolitical violence in Bengaland targeting the Trinamool,”Roy saidadding it was the BJP“and not the TMC which isunleashing violence inthe state.”

Incidentally Roy’s remarkscame almost in tandem with anattack onState BJP presidentDilip Ghosh’s convoy at Jaigaonin Alipurduardistrict of NorthBengal where his vehicle andthose of other partyleaderswere stoned by alleged sup-porters of Gorkha JanmuktiMorcha(Bimal Gurung) whichhad recently left the NDA andjoined hands withthe

Trinamool Congress.Swearing by Mahatma

Gandhi the TMC MP said thathis party did notbelieve in vio-lence. “It believes in peace. Wewould request thePrimeMinister to give hisadvice to the Bengal BJP unitto maintainpolitical decorum.”

Modi had earlier said that“Maut ka khel" (game of mur-der) cannotfetch votes to apolitical party,” even as he saidwithout naming anyoutfit that,"the people who aren’t able tochallenge us in ademocraticway, have taken the path ofkilling our workers. Insomeparts of the country, theythink they can realise theirgoals bykilling BJP workers.But killing game cannot getvotes.”

Bengal BJP which won 19out of 42 parliamentary seatsdisplacing theLeft as the mainopposition force in the State iseyeing two-third majority in thenext year’s Assembly in Bengal.

On Union Home MinisterAmit Shah setting a target of200 out of 294Assembly seatsfor the BJP in 2021 State polls,Roy said, “He (Shah)has noinkling of what he is saying.BJP will never be able to for-

mgovernment in Bengal. Thisis Bengal, things are not goingto be easyfor them here.”

Meanwhile, the BJP youthwing staged protests all acrossthe State onThursday eveningafter Ghosh was black-flaggedand his vehicle wasattackedwith brickbats in NorthBengal’s Alipurduar district,sourcessaid.

Ghosh was returning fromhis routine “chai pe charcha(discussion overtea cup) pro-gramme. Vehicle of local BJPMLA Wilson Chapramariwasalso damaged in the attack,sources said even as Ghoshlater said,“The TMC and theirfriends are getting desperate asthey can sensedefeat in theupcoming assembly polls.However such tactics won't-work. People are with us.”

Such attacks by the rulingparty and its allies proved thatlaw andorder had collapsed inthe State, he said while StateGovernor JagdeepDhankhartoo condemned the attack say-ing “leaders of no politicalpar-ty should be attacked” andthat “it is the duty of theStateadministration to ensuresafety and security of all thepoliticalparties.”

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In a development that will notonly boost the Indian Navy’s

capabilities but will also bringabout a transformational shiftin submarine operations, thefifth Scorpene submarine ofProject-75 “Vagir” waslaunched at the Mazagon Dockhere on Thursday.

With the launch of “Vagir”at the hands of Mrs VijayaShripad Naik through videoconferencing in the presence ofMinister of State for DefenceShripad Naik as the chief guest,India has cemented its positionas a Submarine BuildingNation.

The development is in syncwith the current impetus of theGovernment towards 'Make inIndia' and 'Aatma NirbharBharat'. The first two sub-marines of the Project-75 havebeen commissioned into theNavy and the third and fourthsubmarines are progressingtheir Sea Trials.

After its launch onThursday, Vagir will commencewith the setting to work of var-ious equipment and theHarbour Acceptance Trials.The crew will subsequentlysail the submarine for the SeaAcceptance Trials after whichthe submarine would be deliv-ered to the Navy.

Chief of Staff, WesternNaval Command - ViceAdmiral RB Pandit, Chairman& Managing Director of MDLVice Admiral Narayan Prasadand other Directors of MDL

were among those present atthe launching ceremony. Chiefof Materials, Indian Navy, andCWP&A (Controller ofWarship Production andAcquisition) Vice Admiral SRSarma and AdditionalSecretary, Defence IndustriesProduction Sanjay Jaju joinedthe function through videoconferencing from New Delhi.

Launched at the KanhojiAngre Wet Basin of MazagonDock Limited (MDL) the sub-marine is named 'Vagir'.

The newly launched sub-marine is christened after Vagir,an ex-Russia that had beennamed after the Sand Fish, adeadly deep sea predator of theIndian Ocean that was com-missioned into the Indian Navyon December 3, 1973, and waslater decommissioned on June7, 2001, after almost threedecades of yeoman service tothe nation.

In true nautical tradition,

the new incarnation “Vagir” isinfused with new life, byMazagon Dock, is once againa very powerful predator of thedeep, guarding the vast mar-itime interests of our nation.

The state-of-the-art tech-nology utilized in the rebuiltScorpene has ensured superi-or stealth features (such asadvanced acoustic absorptiontechniques, low radiated noiselevels, hydro-dynamically opti-

mised shape etc.) and the abil-ity to launch an attack on theenemy using precision guidedweapons. The attack can belaunched with both torpedoesand tube launched anti-shipmissiles, whilst underwater oron surface.

The stealth of this potentplatform is enhanced by thespecial attention provided toher characteristic underwatersignatures. These stealth fea-tures make her invulnerable,unmatched by most sub-marines.

Scorpene submarines canundertake multifarious types ofmissions i.e Anti-Surface war-fare, Anti-Submarine warfare,Intelligence gathering, MineLaying, Area Surveillance etc.The Submarine is designed tooperate in all theatres of oper-ation, showcasing interoper-ability with other componentsof a Naval Task Force. It is apotent platform, marking atransformational shift in sub-marine operations.

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Aligarh: The teaching, non-teaching staff and students ofDepartment of Education,Aligarh Muslim University(AMU) took the IntegrityPledge for the prevention of,and the fight against corruptionduring the Vigilance AwarenessWeek observations.

According to ProfessorNasrin (Chairperson), theonline slogan writing andposter making competitionson the themes, 'AntiCorruption' and 'Vigilant India'respectively were also held atthe Department of Education.Students from across variousuniversity departments par-ticipated in the competitions.

"The ideas presented bystudents in the slogan writingand poster making competi-tions were creative and moti-vating.

Himshikha Singh, AsmaAijaz, Aiman Kulsoom, SanaKhanam, Mohammad HaiderRaza, Maseera Rubaiye,Sohidul Islam, Ufra Shahid,Iram Yaseen, Zulfiqar Khanand Salma Parveen took partin these programmes.," PNS

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Rampal’s live-in partnerGabriella Demetriades wasgrilled by the Narcotics ControlBureau (NCB) sleuths for six-long hours for the second con-secutive day on Thursday, inconnection with the in themuch-discussed Bollwyood-drug mafia nexus case.

Thirty-three-year-oldGabriella, whose brotherAgisialos Demetriades wasarrested in a drugs-related caselast month, had earlier beenquestioned for six hours onWednesday.

Gabriella’s second roundof questioning came a dayahead of the questioning ofactor Arjun Rampal, who hasbeen summoned by the NCB toits headquarters on Friday.

The development came onthe heels of searches carried outby the NJCB officials atRampal’s Banda residence forseven hours on Monday.

During Monday’s raid, theNCB officials seized 11 elec-tronic gadgets including a lap-top, mobile phones and tabletsfrom there. They also seizedsome documents fromRampal’s residence.

The NCB officials had alsoraided two other places at Kharand Andheri. They had alsodetained a driver working forRampal and took him to theiroffice for questioning. The dri-ver was let off later in theevening.

The raid on Rampal’s resi-dence, the subsequent ques-tioning of Gabriella and sum-mons issued to Arjun Rampalshould be seen in the context ofthe arrest of Gabriella’s broth-er Agisilaos Demetriades madeby the NCB from Lonavalanear Pune on October 19.Agisilaos is alleged to be a partof a larger drug syndicate oper-ating in Bollywood, which isbeing investigated after thedeath of actor Sushant SinghRajput.

Informed NCB sources saidthat Agisialos was in touchwith Omega Godwin, aNigerian national who had ear-lier been arrested for supply ofcocaine in Mumbai. During hiscustodial interrogation,

Godwin had named Agisialos.Earlier, ex-Dharma Productionsemployee Kshitij Prasad hadearlier been arrested by theNCB in the in connection withthe Sushant Singh Rajput’sdeath-related drug case andexpanded Bollywood-drugnexus case.

Sushant, it may be recalled,was found hanging from a ceil-ing fan in his closed room of hisduplex flat at Mont Blanc build-ing at Bandra’s Carter Road innorth-west Mumbai on June 14.

The raid on Rampal’s resi-dence had come a day after theNCB officials carried outsearches at film producer FirozA. Nadiadwala’s residence alongGulmohar Cross Road at JuhuVile Parle Development (JVPD)Scheme in north-west Mumbai.During the searches, the NCBsleuths seized a total of 717.1gm of Ganja, 74.1 gm charasand 95.1 gm MD (CommercialQuantity) along with Rs3,58,610. They also seized 10gm of Ganja from anotheraccused Wahid Abdul kadirSheikh @ Sultan.

After the seizure of drugsand cash, the NCB officialsarrested five persons, includingFiroz A. Nadiadwala’s wifeShabana Saeed.

The NCB has registeredtwo drugs cases in the wake ofthe investigations launched bythe CBI into the death of actorSushant Singh Rajput in Junethis year upon the directiveissued by the Supreme Court

Nearly twenty persons–including Sushant’s girlfriendRhea Chakraborty and herbrother Showik --- were arrest-ed in connection with a caseregistered by the NCB onAugust 28, two days after it reg-istered a case suo moto. It reg-istered a second case after it toldthe Mumbai court that it wantsto "to uproot the drug citadel inMumbai especially inBollywood”. Subsequently,Rhea was granted conditionalbail by the Bombay High Courtin the Sushant death-relateddrug case on October 7, 2020.

As part of the investiga-tions, the NCB had earlierquestioned Bollywood’s promi-nent actresses DeepikaPadukone, Sara Ali Khan,Shraddha Kapoor and RakulPreet Singh.

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Aligarh: Experts shed light onhow the field of radiology hasmoved ahead since the inven-tion of X-rays and the astound-ing advancements along theway, as imaging technologiesevolved with the times in thenational online webinar on'Origin of X-rays, Celebratingthe Past, Envisioning theFuture' organised by theDepartment Of OralPathology/Oral Medicine andRadiology, Dr Z A DentalCollege (ZADC), AligarhMuslim University (AMU).

Delineating evidencebased scientific bridge betweensimple X-ray and advance Oraland Maxillofacial Imaging, theGuest Speaker, ProfRajendragouda Patel (Head ofthe Department of OralMedicine and Radiology,Kothiwal Dental College andResearch Centre, Moradabad)delivered an informative andsequential description of thetimes when X-rays were start-ed to the most recent advancesin radiology.

Prof Rakesh Bhargava(Dean, Faculty of Medicine)spoke on the importance ofradiology in health care anddiagnosis. PNS

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Aligarh: Lakshmi Lotus andVishnu Lotus plants from themountains of Uttarakhand arein high demand in UP andother parts of the country.They are selling well in nurs-eries before Deepawali.

After getting a promo-tion on social media, these arenow available in common nurs-eries as well and the pair hasbecome a source of income fornursery owners due to theirreligious, medicinal and archi-tectural importance. It is thebelief that they should be keptin Deepavali Pujan and this isevident from their name also.

Nurseries are earning up to60 percent out of these plants.In addition to small and bignurseries in Farrukhabad andnearby districts, unemployedyouth also prepare theirsaplings in the garden and get-ting good income from this tillDeepawali.

In Farrukhabad district,nurseries of villages like Papdiand Barjhala of Kayamganjhave become the center ofthese plants. As soon as winterstarts, supply starts from here

to the surrounding districts.Apart from Lakshmi Lotusand Vishnu Lotus, other plantsfound in cold mountain areasare also developed in thesenurseries by different methods.

According to nursery trad-er Umesh Gangwar, theseplants are in high demandduring the winter season. Theirsales also increases duringDeepawali. It is believed thatthe plantation of LakshmiLotus in the house-courtyard isauspicious. Nursery directorSurjeet said that their seeds arebrought from Uttarakhand andsowed in pots. The plant is alsobrought.

Nursery owner Surjeet toldthat Lakshmi Lotus and VishnuLotus plants are prepared andsold for up to Rs 900. Here,nurseries are also selling theseplants (Aquaria Lotus) throughAmazon and other such e-commerce platforms, where itis available for up to Rs 500,while the pair is getting up toRs 1000. Some nurseries arealso offering Vishnu lotus plantfree along with Lakshmi Lotus. PNS

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Aligarh/Hathras: The CBIteam is constantly investigatingthe Hathras case. The CBI teamvisited the village of the deceasedand interrogated the familymembers of the girl and theaccused. They collected infor-mation from the villagers also onseveral facts related to the inci-dent. The team is now fre-quently visiting the village of thevictim to investigate the case

The CBI speeds up theirinterrogation and is closely inves-tigating every aspect related to

the incident. From the crime spotof the incident in the village tothe house of the victim and theaccused, the team has visited sev-eral times to interrogate them.The CBI team again visited thevillage in two groups. One teamvisited the deceased house andquestioned her family membersfor several hours while the otherteam questioned the familymembers of the accused. Theteam also collected informationfrom the villagers about thefacts. The CBI has so far ques-

tioned many people includingthe relatives of the girl and theaccused. The villagers are nowkeeping eye on the CBI's inves-tigation and are eager to knowthe outcomes of CBI’s investiga-tion report.

On the other hand, the fam-ily of the accused are getting let-ters from the various organiza-tion for legal help. The father ofaccused Sandeep said that he didnot ask for any help and these let-ters are harassing them. They donot need any help. PNS

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Prime Minister NarendraModi on Thursday unveiled

a statue of Swami Vivekanandaon the JNU campus and assert-ed that people may have ideo-logical differences but ideolo-gy should be seen supportingand not opposing the nation inmatters of national interest.

Giving priority to one'sideology over national interesthas harmed the democraticsystem of the country a lot, thePM said in his address to stu-dents after unveiling the stat-ue through video conferencing.

Jawaharlal NehruUniversity has long been con-sidered a citadel of the Left,with student unions affiliated toit calling the shots on the cam-pus.

The BJP and Hindutvagroups, including the RSS’sstudent wing, the ABVP, haveoften claimed that those with"anti-national" sentiments havefound support from the Left-affiliated bodies.

Modi said good reformswere earlier considered badpolitics but now it is good pol-itics because his government'sintentions and commitmentare pure, and it has prepared a

"protection shield" for the poorand other vulnerable sectionsbefore carrying out reforms.

"People have endorsed ourreform measures with theirvotes, he said in an obvious ref-erence to the Bihar poll resultswhere BJP led NDA retainedpower.

The Prime Minister saidthe statue on the campus willinspire everyone and instillcourage and compassion thatSwami Vivekananda wantedto see in everyone.

"Swami Vivekanda wantedthat education in the countryshould be such that it providesself-confidence to individualsand makes them atmanirbharin every way. The new NationalEducation Policy is on thesame line and has inclusion atits core," he added in theaddress through video confer-encing.

Union Minister ofEducation Shri RameshPokhriyal 'Nishank' and Vice-Chancellor, JNU, Prof. MJagadesh Kumar also partici-pated in the event.

Addressing the JNU stu-dents and the youth of thecountry, the Prime Ministerexpressed his views on harmsof prioritizing ideology over

national interest. He said this isone thing that has done greatharm to the democratic systemof our country.

“Because my ideology saysthis, so in matters of nationalinterest, I will think in the sameframework, I will work on thesame parameter, this is wrong”,said Modi. It is natural to beproud of one’s ideology still, onthe subjects of national inter-est, our ideology should be seenstanding with the nation notagainst it, he stressed.

The PM told the studentsthat in the history of thecountry, whenever a difficulttime arose before the country,people of every ideology cametogether in the national inter-est. People of every ideologystood united under the leader-ship of Mahatma Gandhi in thefreedom struggle. They foughtfor the country together. Thecountry saw the same solidar-ity during the Emergency.Former Congress leaders andactivists were also present inthe movement against theEmergency. There were RSSvolunteers and Jana Sangh peo-ple. Socialists and communiststoo came together.

Prime Minister Modistressed that in this solidarity,

no one had to compromise onideology. There was only onepurpose - national interest.Therefore, whenever there is aquestion of national unity,integrity and national interest,taking decisions under theburden of any ideology willlead to the loss for the nation.

Prime Minister made itclear that idea-sharing and theflow of new ideas need to bekept uninterrupted.

Prime Minister said for along time the poor were kept inslogans only and there was noattempt to connect the poor ofthe country with the system.He said the poor were themost neglected, most uncon-nected and most financiallyexcluded person earlier.

Similarly, through betterirrigation infrastructure, mod-ernization of mandis, E-Nam,soil health cards, availability ofurea better MSP a safety net-work was created around thefarmers.

The government firstworked for their needs, now itis working for their aspiration. Pokhriyal said thestatue will remind our futuregenerations about his values,philosophy and thoughts aboutthe country, he added.

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New Delhi/Kolkata: Buoyed byits good showing in the 2020Bihar Assembly elections inwhich it won five seats, theAIMIM is now planning tothrow its hat in the electoral ringin the West Bengal Assemblyelections slated in the first half of2021, which could spell troublefor non-BJP parties in the east-ern state.Telangana-based AllIndia Majlis-e-IttehadulMuslimeen or AIMIM, led byAsaduddin Owaisi, put up animpressive show in Bihar by bag-ging more than 1.24 per centvotes while contesting 24 seats.

The AIMIM not only wonfive seats in Bihar, but alsoplayed the political spoilsport inan equal number of Assemblyconstituencies, which could havetilted the balance in a tight situ-ation like in the new BiharAssembly.This promptedCongress West Bengal unitPresident Adhir RanjanChowdhury to say that "theGrand Alliance in Bihar lostbecause of AIMIM".TheAIMIM's entry in West Bengalwill make the TrinamoolCongress, the Congress and theLeft jittery as a resurgent Owaisi,after wining seats in Seemanchalarea of Bihar.

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Apejorative wisecrack onthe United Nations isthat it has become the“useless non-existentorganisation.” For

example, in 1999, the then UNSecretary-General, Kofi Annan,suddenly flew to Delhi to “mediate”in the Kargil War only to be polite-ly told by the Atal Bihari VajpayeeGovernment to mind his own busi-ness and be gone. It is reported thatthis international body employssome 1,00,000 employees. If theaverage cost of each is taken to be$50,000, it means an expenditure offive thousand million dollars annu-ally. The organisation’s other expens-es are separate.

The late American columnist,Charles Krauthammer, had dubbedthe UN a “corrupt impostor, unde-serving of any American support”.Titled A Table for Tyrants, the for-mer Czech President Vaclav Havelwrote an article in The New YorkTimes saying that he felt scan-dalised when he saw the UNHuman Rights Council filled withmembers like Sudan, Zimbabwe,China and Saudi Arabia, which hadno human rights.

Yet, India continues to be an ele-phantine contributor to the UNpeacekeeping contingents and hassent nearly 2,00,000 peacekeepers to44 missions over the years. This ismore than the national armedforces of most countries. Indianforces working for the UN have suf-fered more casualties than anyother country’s armed forces. Ourpolicy-makers argue that this isbeing done not for any strategicgains but in the service of “globalideals” — like strengthening theworld body and international peaceand security. On the other hand, theUN did not even condemn China’sunprovoked aggression againstIndia in October 1962, leave alonedo anything about it. The irony isthat the dictatorial and communistChina enjoys a permanent seat inthe Security Council while India, theworld’s largest democracy, doesnot.

The UN also did not supportIndia in its Bangladesh War wagedsolely to bring relief to East Bengalis,who were at the receiving end ofPakistan’s genocidal crackdown.The UN passed a resolution mak-ing the State of Jammu and Kashmiran internationally disputed territo-ry despite evidence that it wasPakistan that invaded Indian terri-tory in October 1947. The dispute,

which has seen four wars andcontinuing jihadi infiltration andterror attacks, has been geopolit-ically laid to rest by India’s uni-lateral abrogation of the contro-versial Article 370, and notbecause of the UN.

The world body has failedmiserably in bringing a terrorist-endorsing country like Pakistanto heel or prevent its nuclear pro-liferation. It is India that has hadto deal with Pakistan on itsown. Apart from the importanceof this international organisation,India’s boundless naiveté in theNehruvian era cannot be denied.

The only service the UNarguably performed was to pro-vide a platform for radical com-munist elements and a wholegeneration of dictators and auto-crats to portray themselves asleaders and statesmen. Mostnotable in this regard was India’sKrishna Menon, whose vitriolicanti-Western rhetoric and fire-spitting speeches in the UNearned him the dubious sobri-quet of a “spitting camel” — hewas so dubbed by the Americanswho hated Menon’s patronisinglecturing — but also more seri-ously earned India a lot ofWestern ill will.

The failures of the UN makean unusually long cataloguebeginning with 1948. That year,the Soviet Union blocked Berlin.The only action that preventedthe city’s surrender was theAmerican airlift of all conceivablesupplies in the spirit of Ich bin einBerliner (I am a Berliner), thefamous words of PresidentKennedy in 1961. In the KoreanWar (1950-53), the communistNorth had gone all out to takeover the entire peninsula. Again,the UN could do nothing. Itwatched Vietnam being bombed

more intensively than seen any-where, anytime since or beforeWorld War II. In 1956, theAnglo-French invasion of Egyptover the Suez Canal issue yetagain proved the UN’s incompe-tence. As it did again the sameyear when the Soviet Unioninvaded Hungary. In 1959, theworld witnessed the annexationof Tibet by China. In 1968, theinternational body lookedaskance at the Prague springwhen Soviet tanks rolled intoCzechoslovakia.

The idea of an internationalconcert of nations began in thepost-Napoleonic period withthe primary objective of avoid-ing war. At the start of World WarI, the call for an internationalorganisation to prevent futurewars began to gain considerablepublic support, particularly inBritain and the US. GoldsworthyLowes Dickinson, a British polit-ical scientist, coined the term“League of Nations” in 1914and drafted a scheme for itsorganisation. Together with LordBryce, he played a leading role inestablishing a group of interna-tional pacifists known as theBryce Group, later the League ofNations Union.

The forerunner of the Leagueof Nations, the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) wasformed by peace activistsWilliam Randal Cremer andFrederic Passy in 1889 and is cur-rently still in existence as a bodywith a focus on the variouselected legislative bodies of theworld. The IPU was foundedwith an international scope, witha third of the members of worldparliaments serving as its mem-bers by 1914. It aimed to encour-age Governments to solve dis-putes by peaceful means.

The concept of a peacefulcommunity of nations had beenproposed as far back as 1795.Immanuel Kant, German meta-physician and philosopher,whose comprehensive and sys-tematic work on the theory ofknowledge, ethics and aestheticsgreatly influenced philosophy,outlined the idea of a league ofnations to control conflict andpromote peace between States inhis work Perpetual Peace: APhilosophical Sketch. He arguedfor the establishment of a peace-ful world community, not in asense of a global Government,but in the hope that each Statewould declare itself a free Statethat respects its citizens andwelcomes foreign visitors as fel-low rational beings, thus promot-ing a peaceful society worldwide.

International cooperation topromote collective security orig-inated in the Concert of Europe,which developed after theNapoleonic wars in the 19th cen-tury, in an attempt to maintainthe status quo between theEuropean States and avoid war.This period also saw the devel-opment of international law,with the first Geneva Conventionestablishing laws dealing withhumanitarian relief duringwartime. Then the internation-al Hague Convention of 1899and 1907 laid down governingrules of war and the peaceful set-tlement of international dis-putes.

As historians William HHarbaugh and Ronald E Powaskipoint out, Theodore Rooseveltwas the first American Presidentto call for an international league.While accepting his Nobel PeacePrize, Roosevelt said: “It wouldbe a masterstroke if those greatpowers honestly bent on peace

would form a League of Peace.”Such an idea should logicallyhave emerged from Europe,whose long history is a record ofalmost unending wars. At theend of the Great War, the Leagueof Nations came up in the hopeof ending the era of war and heal-ing the West with an age of peace.Yet again, this idea emergedfrom American PresidentWoodrow Wilson.

However, the credibility ofthe League of Nations was weak-ened by the fact that the US neverjoined it and the Soviet Unionjoined rather late and was soonexpelled after invading Finland.Germany withdrew from theLeague, as did Japan, Italy, Spainand others. The onset of WorldWar II showed that the Leaguehad failed its primary purpose,which was to prevent any futureworld war. The League lasted for26 years and the UN replaced itafter the end of World War II,inheriting several agencies andorganisations spawned by theLeague.

True, the League of Nationsdid not last long. Yet, credit mustgo to it for having spawned theInternational Court of Justice andthe International LabourOrganisation and other bodies.It is doubtful that the UN wouldleave behind anything memo-rable except for its performanceof profligacy. It is high time Indiatold the big powers to give it apermanent seat in the SecurityCouncil with veto power. If theCouncil does, well and good, orelse, New Delhi should not be ascommitted to an organisationthat costs it time, money andhonour.

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Another reason for the BJP tocelebrate is because of its perfor-mance in the byelections across11 States, including MadhyaPradesh, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh,Manipur, Karnataka andTelangana. Here, too, the BJP wassuccessful in wresting seats fromthe Congress. The latter nowfinds itself in a desperate posi-tion. It is even prepared to allowany regional party to run theGovernment with its support and

play second fiddle to it with a onepoint-agenda of keeping the BJPout of power.

The Congress is being seen asan entitled party by the people.Unless it makes sincere efforts torefurbish its dented image, itspresence in the political mapwould continue to be just sym-bolic.

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���������Sir — The National GreenTribunal banned the sale and useof firecrackers, which is a rightstep as studies have shown thathigh levels of air pollution canaggravate the health condition ofCorona patients. People acrossthe country, especially Delhi,should respect the decision. It istime to observe a green Diwali.

The concentration of sus-pended particulate matter in theair has a significant impact on aperson’s health. Bus drivers, two-wheeler riders and auto-rickshawdrivers are among those who suf-fer most with chronic respirato-ry diseases. Airborne lead fromleaded petrol is a major air pol-lutant and in high concentra-tions, it is known to impair liverand kidney functions. It is also

associated with reduced mentaldevelopment of infants and chil-dren. Thus there is an urgentneed to control the level of sus-pended particulate matter andbring it down to the WHO’s pre-scribed limits.

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Like they do so often these days, pollsters andpundits got it wrong about a so-called massivevictory for Joe Biden propelled by public anger

against Trump’s presidency that had split the US wideopen. They had harped on the social and racial dividethat Trump had engineered and had put all their cardson the table around this core issue, hoping that thisdivide would secure a comfortable win for Biden andheal the present divided States of America. What wegot instead was an election that went down to thewire which Biden managed to scrape through. Evenas Trump was breathing down his opponent’s neck,the pollsters had a tough time convincing the peo-ple, and themselves, where they went wrong and whythey failed to sense the public mood.

If Biden won some key States like Pennsylvania,Michigan and Wisconsin, it was a sigh of relief ratherthan a vindication of poll pundits. To give the devilhis due, Biden in his victory speech, said, “I pledgeto be a President who does not see red or blue States,but United States. For all those of you who voted forPresident Trump, I understand the disappointmenttonight… But now, let’s give each other a chance…It’stime to put away the harsh rhetoric, lower the tem-perature, see each other again, listen to each otheragain. And to make progress, we have to stop treat-ing our opponents as our enemies. They are not ourenemies. They are Americans.” It is difficult to findfault with such clarity of thought that offers an insightinto the way he is planning to run the show.

Though statesmanlike, Biden’s speech must beseen in terms of realpolitik. On the face of it, he ismaking an effort to move away from a binary frame-work which many believe was mainstreamed byTrump. It is another story that Biden may not be rad-ically different from Trump in terms of economicpolicies or international relations and in spite of hissage-like calmness vis-à-vis Trump’s abrasivedemeanour, his policies may not reflect that outwardgarb. The declaration of intent by Biden that his firstjob is to unify the country has been celebrated as awatershed development and a moment of awaken-ing of the great nation that is waking up to its Puritanideals of being a city on the hill. But the reality is thatthe US will pursue a politics that favours its own inter-est rather than India’s or China’s. Even if we assumethat Biden will indeed usher in world peace that hasnot been seen before, its reality can only be imag-ined in a time yet to be.

Biden’s speech was apparently a clarion call to“make America great again.” What was lost in thecacophony of media analysis is that race ties are muchmore than the Black-White divide. Since the timeof the founding fathers, the idea of frontier has dom-inated the US’ imagination and the worst victims havebeen the native Americans who went on movingwestward while vacating space for the Europeans. Thehistory of slavery is as much a history of disposses-sion and violence as has been the history of the fron-tier. And unlike the visibility and general awarenessof African-American history, it just does not existoutside books and certainly not in the populardebates, maybe because of the numerical weaknessof native Americans. Similarly, the presence ofMexicans in the southern borders and later the influxof Hispanic migrants and Asians in the aftermathof the World War do not count as racial issues. HamidDabashi, an Iranian-American professor fromColumbia, was clear that in spite of the intellectu-als’ fascination for Biden, he is not going to vote forhim. He was convinced that Biden is as much a sym-bol of misogyny as is Trump, one who also support-ed the Iraq invasion. He differed from other lead-ing intellectuals like Cornel West and NoamChomsky, who preferred Biden. This is because

“demonic” Trump is unredeemable where-as Biden can be pressurised to do good.This lesser-evil syndrome in Englishmedia is a lame excuse rather than a posi-tion of conviction. Converting a politicalchoice into a moral one is dangerous to saythe least because it sees things in black andwhite, creates saints out of challengers anddemons out of the incumbent. Now thequestion remains if the media simply rep-resented what they saw taking place or cre-ated a razor-sharp divide. If one believesin the constitutive power of language andimages, then the media, too, created thedivide, gave wind to it so that it could framethe debates along predictable lines.

Unfortunately, most of the mediareduced race relations to Black-Whiteproblems and limited the enormity of theircomplexity to the period of Trump’s pres-idency. What we got in the process is nota substantive engagement with the foun-dation of the US as a nation with multi-ple layers of conflict and collaboration, butsound-bites and clichés that concentratedaround Black-White relations, more or lessthe way Indian problems are framedaround the Hindu-Muslim conflict. Thisvastness got squeezed into the period of2016-2020 and cathected onto a symbolthat is Trump. By reducing him to the beall and end all of everything that ails theUS, most of the media peddled in sloga-neering rather than explaining anything.What we got was a caricatured version ofsocial reality where we have heroes and vil-lains. In the process, the media absolveditself and society at large from taking anyresponsibility for simplifying things andimmunised all possible future perpetratorswith the understanding that all race-relat-ed problems will disappear with Trump’sdefeat. What is disturbing is the ease withwhich experts saw him as the root causeand refused to see the problem in the veryAmerican consciousness and its exception-alism that pervades Biden’s psyche asmuch.

Some commentators believe that

“Trumpism” will continue to live on evenafter his loss. Their understanding is that“if a demagogue has the skill and the cheekto build a dominant majority’s latentinsecurities into a victim complex, he canbuild an impregnable base.” They go on tocompare Trump’s US with NarendraModi’s India, something which betraysignorance of unique historical experiencesof these two nations. What they ignore istheir own position as knowledge produc-ers create and perpetrate the language ofexclusion. In the act of interpreting real-ity, many thought leaders end up produc-ing it and cling on to that as if reality is afiction of journalistic language. US TVanchor Van Jones broke down on live TVwhile covering Biden’s victory. Anothercalled Trump an “obese turtle on his backrealising his time is over.” Yes, Trump wasa sore loser but such language perpetuatesthe divide and conditions intellectualdebates around them.

Now let us face the reality of race pol-itics and the impact of the Black LivesMatter (BLM) movement and to whatextent the social divide actually played outduring the election. It may surprise manythat Trump actually improved his popu-larity among Black voters compared to2016. Even though it stands at a meagreeight per cent, it is still two per cent high-er than what he polled earlier. Even as thisis nothing compared to what Biden got, itwill continue to rile the Democrats andpundits alike as to why eight per centBlacks voted for Trump in spite of BLMreaching its crescendo just before the elec-tion. What we know so far is that the Blacksupport was due to Trump’s performancevis-à-vis the economy and improvedemployment among African-Americans.Another reality is that Democrats them-selves believed that Black youth are preda-tors.

Trump made significant gains amongLatino voters in important States like Texasand Florida. In Democratic strongholds,like Rio Grande Valley region, he got close

to 50 per cent Latino votes. The BLMmovement consolidated the Latinosaround Trump as they predominantlyidentify themselves as White; alsoMexican-American voters are usuallyconservative. Another aspect that weshould not lose sight of is the fact thatmany Latinos fled from their countries toescape the so-called Marxist utopia run byLeft-wing dictators. Among Cuban votersin Florida, Trump had more than 30 percent lead. These nuances are rarely dis-cussed in a mainstream media.

So far as issues are concerned, PewResearch said that Biden and Trump coali-tions fundamentally differ over racialinequality following the killing of GeorgeFloyd, with more than 75 per cent Bidensupporters agreeing that racial inequalitywould be a determining factor for theirvoting behaviour compared to 24 per centof Trump’s. In spite of Trump polarisingand vitiating the climate to an extent, weshould not forget that US voters areentrenched in their political beliefs andonly outliers can be persuaded to vote oth-erwise. This becomes even more pro-nounced in a bi-party system in the US.This election was not as polarising as ismade out to be. To put it in perspective,Trump won 58 per cent of the White votein 2016 and 57 per cent this year. DerekThompson in The Atlantic argued that thiselection may be a case of depolarisationand that demography is no longer goingto be a path to majority for Democrats. Hebelieved that it is polarisation of placerather than race, as urban areas are gettingpro-Democrat whereas rural areas areturning Republican. Regardless of conflict-ing approaches, for the sake of intellectu-al honesty, we must acknowledge that inall societies, political behaviour cannot bereduced to catch phrases such asracial/social divide. That would be intel-lectually naïve and analytically problem-atic.

(The writer is Professor, Faculty ofHumanities & Social Sciences, IIT Madras)

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The result of the bypoll for theBaroda Assembly seat inHaryana may not have any sig-

nificance for the stability of the BJP-JJP (Jannayak Janta Party) coalitionGovernment in the State, nor will itaffect its strength in the Assembly. Butit is expected to have a far-reachingimpact on the politics of the State inthe medium to long-term. Despite aspirited campaign by top leaders,BJP candidate and Olympic medallistYogeshwar Dutt was routed by over10,000 votes by the Congress nomi-nee Indu Raj Narwal in a constituen-cy dominated by Jats.

Political precedence and elec-toral behaviour of the past suggest that

candidates from the ruling party orcoalition usually have an edge in thebypolls and they win two times out ofthree. Even in the bypolls in differentStates this time round, the ruling par-ties or coalitions in Madhya Pradesh,Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand,Chhattisgarh, Karnataka and Odishahad it easy and they won handsome-ly. But the Baroda bypoll proved to bedifferent as the combined might of theBJP-JJP could not consolidate enoughto get victory for Dutt, the Olympianwho was defeated in the 2019Assembly polls as well.

Interestingly, the margin of defeatincreased in his second electoral out-ing. He was routed by around 4,800votes in 2019 by Congress candidateShri Krishan Hooda. This time, themargin has doubled to over 10,600votes. What could be a matter of con-cern for the ruling dispensation inHaryana is the fact that in 2019, theJJP and BJP fought against eachother; this time around they fought inan alliance but still lost by a biggermargin.

The bypolls were held in the back-

ground of the farmers’ agitation inPunjab and Haryana against the threefarm Acts. The Congress has beenhammering the point that the laws areagainst the interests of the farmers andthe regime of Minimum SupportPrice (MSP) has been threatened bythem. The BJP, on the other hand, hasbeen repeatedly stressing that theseActs are for the benefit of the farm-ing community and are set to increaserural prosperity by giving more moneyinto the hands of the tillers.

Baroda is largely a rural con-stituency with the dominant Jats in aposition to determine political out-comes. The defeat of the ruling BJP-JJP combine in Baroda seems toclearly suggest that farmers are not yetconvinced that the farm laws are intheir favour. They have rejected thearguments of the BJP-JJP leadership,forcing the alliance partners to havea rethink on the way forward.

Of course, there is no election inHaryana in the near future. The ear-liest one could be in May 2024 whengeneral elections are scheduled and theBJP-JJP combine could perhaps get

enough time to make a course correc-tion. Alliance or not, the BJP will haveto woo the farming community backinto its fold. Particularly the Jats if itwants to be close to its spectacular per-formance in the next Lok Sabhapolls. On the defensive now, BJPstrategists are insisting that Baroda hadalways remained a Congress strong-hold and the result should be seen inthat context. They are also arguingthat the BJP got more votes than lasttime and “all is well” in the alliance andthis was one “stray and local” politi-cal incident, which cannot have anyimpact on the politics of the State.

Clearly, the outcome has put theruling coalition on the defensive andmany in the JJP know that it wasentirely owing to the mistrust over thefarm laws that the alliance could notmake any headway.

The Baroda seat fell vacant inApril following the death of sittingMLA Hooda, who had won it threetimes in a row in the 2009, 2014 and2019 Assembly polls. It is adjacent tothe Garhi Sampla-Kiloi constituency,represented by Congress strongmanand two-term Chief Minister of theState, Bhupinder Singh Hooda.Another question which wouldemerge at this point is the winningpotential of the BJP-JJP combine andwhether they will stick together in thenext elections.

The alliance was formed after theBJP won 40 of the 90 Assembly seatsin the 2019 polls and needed a post-election partner to give a stableGovernment in the State. Though thetwo parties formed the partnership,many in the JJP have been openly voic-ing concerns and have repeatedlyraised the issue of the three Central

farm laws. Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant

Chautala, who belongs to the JJP, hasfaced protests in several parts of theState for backing these laws. Being agrassroot politician, he is aware thatthere are strong apprehensions andresentment among the land-holdingcastes about the impact of the Acts.

The Baroda result has undoubt-edly made it clear that the JJP has notand may not be able to transfer itsvotes to the BJP. In fact, many on theground believe that whatever votes theBJP got was entirely from its vote bank.They say the JJP was defensivethroughout the campaign and couldnot garner any support for the BJPcandidate.

This was the only electoral testwhich the BJP-JJP alliance facedjointly after the 2019 tie-up and itfailed miserably. It is more or less amarriage of convenience. For the BJP,it is a route to a stable Governmentand for the JJP it is a shot at being inpower before going solo again in thenext general elections. BJP poll man-agers have more or less realised now

that it would be futile to fight futureelections jointly with the JJP.

The message of the Baroda bypollis also clear for the Indian NationalLok Dal (INLD), the parent party ofthe JJP, led by Om Prakash Chautalaand his elder son Abhay Chautala.The people of Baroda and the Statehave made it clear that the JJP is thetorchbearer of the legacy of formerDeputy Prime Minister ChaudharyDevi Lal. The INLD will have tobecome a really serious Oppositionwith an accompanying strategy toreplace the JJP.

If there is one person who has aplace on the victory podium besidesthe winning candidate Narwal, it is theLeader of Opposition in the State,Bhupinder Singh Hooda. He notonly managed to retain his familypocket borough but also harvested theanti-farm law feelings to his electoraladvantage. At present, he has no chal-lenger in the State Congress and thisunchallenged reign is likely to contin-ue till the next elections.

(The writer is Senior ResidentEditor, The Pioneer, Chandigarh)

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Jon Ossoff took the stage inColumbus and looked out

over a parking lot filled withcars, with supporters blaringtheir horns in approval as hedeclared that “change has cometo Georgia.”

Hours earlier, RepublicanSen. Kelly Loeffler stepped toa microphone in suburbanAtlanta and addressed hun-dreds of eager supporterspacked into the Cobb CountyGOP headquarters.

The freshman senator andher Florida colleague, Sen.Marco Rubio, stirred the crowdwith their insistence that thechange offered by Ossoff andhis fellow Democratic Senatehopeful Raphael Warnockmeans “radical elements”would control Washington.

Those opening salvos ofGeorgia’s twin Senate runoffcampaign — Ossoff looking tounseat Republican Sen. DavidPerdue and Warnock facing offwith Loeffler — showcasestarkly different approachesthe two parties are taking to theunusual circumstances thatmake this newfound two-partybattleground the epicenter of anational battle for control of theSenate.

Both sides are playing tocore supporters, the most reli-able voters among the 5 millionwho split their ballots roughlyevenly between the two partiesin the first round.

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US President Donald Trumphas won the closely-fought

presidential election in thestate of Alaska, winning threeelectoral college votes and tak-ing his tally to 217.

The Republican Party hasalso retained the Senate seatfrom Alaska, giving it 50 seatsin the 100-member UnitedStates Senate.

When the election wascalled in Alaska, Trump hadreceived 56.9 per cent of thetotal votes counted andPresident-elect Joe Biden fromthe Democratic Party with 39.1per cent.

With this, Trump’s tally of

electoral college votes hasincreased to 217, as per thecount maintained by The NewYork Times.

Biden has already beendeclared winner of the

November 3 presidential elec-tion with 279 of the 538 elec-toral college votes. Trump hasrefused to concede and hasfiled lawsuits in multiple states,challenging election results.

The election results inAlaska also gave theRepublican Party an edge overthe Democrats in the Senate.Republican senator DanSullivan won his Senate re-elec-tion bid. This gives theRepublicans 50 Senate seats,while the Democrats have 48.The two Senate seats are goingin for elections on January 5.

“President Trump andSenate Republicans win Alaska,overwhelmingly and by a mas-sive 20 point spread!” IvankaTrump, daughter of Trumpand a presidential advisor, saidin a tweet.

Washington: US President-elect Joe Biden in phone callswith the leaders of Australia,Japan and South Korea empha-sised on maintaining a secureand prosperous Indo-Pacificregion.

According to readouts ofthe calls issued by his transitionteam, Biden on Wednesdayspoke over phone with PrimeMinister Scott Morrison ofAustralia, Prime MinisterYoshihide Suga of Japan andPresident Moon Jae-in of SouthKorea.

These were congratulatorycalls by the three leaders afterBiden’s historic win in theNovember 3 elections.

In his call with Morrison,Biden underscored that theUnited States and Australiashare both values and history,and noted that the two countrieshave fought side-by-side in everyconflict since the World War I.

Biden said that he looks for-ward to working closely withMorrison on many commonchallenges, including containingthe COVID-19 pandemic andguarding against future globalhealth threats; confronting cli-mate change; laying the ground-work for the global economicrecovery; strengthening democ-racy, and maintaining a secureand prosperous Indo-Pacificregion. PTI

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political operative Ron Klainas Chief of Staff, elevating his“invaluable” longtime aide toone of the most powerfulpositions in the White House.

The White House Chief ofStaff manages the president’sdaily schedule. He is oftendescribed as the president’sgatekeeper.

In addition to supportingthe president-elect, Klain, 59, will work to build a diverse, experienced and talented team to help Bidenand Vice President-electKamala Harris meet the urgentchallenges facing the country,

the Biden transion office saidin a media release onWednesday.

“Ron has been invaluableto me over the many years thatwe have worked together,including as we rescued theAmerican economy from oneof the worst downturns inour history in 2009 and laterovercame a daunting publichealth emergency in 2014,”said Biden.

“His deep, varied experi-ence and capacity to workwith people all across thepolitical spectrum is precise-ly what I need in a WhiteHouse chief of staff as we con-front this moment of crisis andbring our country togetheragain,” Biden said.

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Lahore: A Pakistani anti-ter-rorism court has handed down32 years of imprisonment toYahya Mujahid, spokespersonof Mumbai attack mastermindHafiz Saeed’s Jammat-ud-Dawah (JuD) terror group, intwo terror financing cases.

The Anti-Terrorism Court(ATC) here on Wednesday alsoconvicted two other JuD leaders,including the brother-in-law ofSaeed, in terror financing cases.

“ATC Judge Ijaz AhmadButtar handed down 32 yearsimprisonment to JuDspokesperson Yahya Mujahidin two FIRs. Prof Zafar Iqbaland Prof Hafiz Abdul RehmanMakki (brother-in-law ofSaeed) were awarded 16 andone-year jail terms in twocases,” a court official told PTI.

He said that the two otherJuD leaders -- Abdul Salam binMuhammad and Luqman Shah

-- were indicted in more terrorfinancing cases.

The court directed theprosecution to present its wit-nesses on November 16.

The suspects were present-ed in the court in high securi-ty and media was not allowedto enter the court premisesduring the case proceedings.

Last week, the ATC Lahoreconvicted JuD’s Hafiz AbdulRehman Makki, Zafar Iqbaland Muhammad Ashraf in twomore cases of terror financingregistered by the CounterTerrorism Department (CTD)of Punjab police.

Zafar Iqbal andMuhammad Ashraf have beengiven a collective imprisonmentof 16 years each under differentsections of the Anti-TerrorismAct. Makki has been sentencedto one-year imprisonment in acase with a fine of �1,70,000.

In September last year, theATC Lahore handed downover 16 years imprisonment toProf Zafar Iqbal and HafizAbdus Salam bin Muhammadand one-and-a-half-year sen-tence to Makki in a terrorfinancing case.

In February last year, Saeedhad been sentenced to jail for11 years on terror financecharges by an ATC in Lahore.

The ATC sentenced Saeedand his close aide Zafar Iqbalto five-and-a-half years each intwo cases. A total of 11 yearssentence will run concurrent-ly. Saeed is serving his term inLahore’s Kot Lakhpat jail. Hewas arrested in July last year.

The CTD of Punjab policehad registered 23 FIRs againstSaeed and his accomplices onthe charges of terror financingin different cities of theprovince. PTI

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There are widespread reportsof a power struggle at the

heart of the UK government asone of Prime Minister BorisJohnson’s closest aides hasannounced his resignation as theDirector of Communications.

Lee Cain, 39, announcedhe would step down asJohnson’s top media aide onWednesday night after minis-ters and advisers, includingJohnson’s fiancee CarrieSymonds, are said to haveprotested over his planned pro-motion to Chief of Staff.

Cain is also a close aide offellow Brexiteer and DowningStreet Chief Strategy AdviserDominic Cummings, anotherone of Johnson’s most influen-

tial and high-profile top teammembers.

“After careful considerationI have this evening resigned asNo. 10 Director ofCommunications and will leavethe post at the end of the year,”reads Cain’s resignation letter.

“I would like to thank theprime minister for his loyaltyand leadership. I have no doubtthat under his premiership thecountry will deliver on thepromises made in the 2019election campaign and buildback better from the coron-avirus pandemic,” he said.

In response, the UK PrimeMinister thanked Cain for his“extraordinary service” to him,both in No. 10 and previous-ly when he was ForeignSecretary.

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claimed responsibility onThursday for the explosionthe previous day at a cemeteryin Saudi Arabia whereAmerican and European offi-cials were commemorating theend of World War I. The blastwounded three people.

IS said in a post on itsonline Telegram channel onThursday that its fighters wereable to plant the explosivedevice at the Non-MuslimsCemetery in the kingdom’scoastal city of Jiddah.

In a statement posted onone of its Telegram channels, ISsaid a group of its militantswere able to plant the explosivedevise at the in the city ofJiddah. It provided no evi-dence but said the device wentoff when diplomats from “theCrusader countries” had gath-

ered there.One U.K. National suf-

fered minor wounds, accordingto the British government.Greece’s Foreign Ministry saida Greek policeman serving inthe country’s consulate inJiddah was wounded. A Saudisecurity officer was also light-ly wounded, Saudi state mediaquoted a local official as saying.

Some 20 people of differ-ent nationalities were attendingthe ceremony.

Wednesday marked the102nd anniversary of thearmistice ending World War I,a day that was also commem-orated in several Europeancountries.

The bombing followed astabbing attack last month thatlightly wounded a guard at theFrench Consulate, also in portcity of Jiddah. AP

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Mumbai:Despite losing 20.8per cent of its value to the dis-ruptions caused by the pan-demic, the country could hangto be the seventh most-valuablenation with a brand value ofUSD 2 trillion, according to areport.

The US continues to leadthe brand value league withUSD 23.73 trillion after losing14.5 per cent of its followed byChina, which lost its value by3.7 per cent to USD 18.76 tril-lion, brand valuation and strat-egy consultancy Brand Financesaid in the report on Thursday.

Mumbai: The Sensex and Niftysnapped their eight-session ris-ing streak on Thursday as thenew set of stimulus measuresannounced by the finance min-ister failed to stem profit-book-ing in banking, IT and energystocks. Lacklustre global cuesand a weakening rupee furtherweighed on sentiment, traderssaid. After dropping 466.12points during the day, the 30-share BSE Sensex ended 236.48points or 0.54% lower at43,357.19. Similarly, the broad-er NSE Nifty slipped 58.35points or 0.46% to12,690.80.SBI was the top loser

in the Sensex pack, shedding3.16%, followed by Kotak Bank,IndusInd Bank, NTPC, ICICIBank, Axis Bank, HDFC Bankand ONGC.On the other hand,HUL, ITC, L&T, Bajaj Finserv,Tech Mahindra and BajajFinance ended with gains of upto 2.89 %. FM NirmalaSitharaman on Thursdayannounced tax relief on selecthome sale deals, enhancedcredit guarantee programmefor small businesses and pro-vide incentives for new job cre-ation as the Govt widenedstimulus measures to boostthe economy. PTI

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Finance Minister NirmalaSitharaman on Thursday

said perishable goods areputting upward pressure oninflation and the government isworking on both short andmedium-term measures forcontrolling price rise.

The wholesale priceindex (WPI) based inflationrose to a seven-month high of1.32 per cent in September,while retail inflation was ateight-month high of 7.34 percent on spiralling prices offood items, especially vegeta-bles.

Speaking to reporters,Sitharaman said floods in cer-tain districts have led to uptickin prices of perishable goods,and the government is takingsteps for their better preserva-

tion, long shelf life and pro-viding weather proof storage,particularly for crops like onionand potato.

"Strictly, the perishablegoods are the one which wentup...And its more because somedistricts got flooded...The gov-ernment is working on bothshort-term and medium-termsteps. Import where necessaryfor short duration and for

medium-term, enough invest-ment is being attracted to andincentives being provided tocreate agri infrastructure," shesaid.

The Reserve Bank in areport on the state of economyon Wednesday had also flaggedunrelenting pressure of infla-tion as a downside risk con-fronting the prospects of eco-nomic recovery.

"The foremost is theunrelenting pressure of infla-tion, with no signs of waningin spite of supply managementmeasures...There is a grave riskof generalisation of price pres-sures, unanchoring of inflationexpectations feeding into aloss of credibility in policyinterventions and the eventu-al corrosion of the nascentgrowth impulses that are mak-ing their appearance," RBI said.

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The Commerce Ministry onThursday sought sugges-

tions from stakeholders,including industry and tradeassociations, for the formula-tion of next foreign trade pol-icy (FTP). The FTP providesguidelines for enhancingexports to push economicgrowth and create jobs.TheDirectorate General of ForeignTrade (DGFT), in a tradenotice, said a Google form hasbeen created to collate, analyseand process the suggestions/inputs. Stakeholders arerequested to send their com-ments only through this formrather than e-mail or paperbased submissions within 15days from November 12, itadded.

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Industrial production enteredpositive territory after a gap

of six months, mainly due tohigher output in mining andpower sectors, official datashowed on Thursday.Theindustrial output grew by 0.2per cent in September, accord-ing to the Index of IndustrialProduction (IIP) data.Themanufacturing sector - whichconstitutes 77.63 per cent of theindex - recorded a marginalcontraction of 0.6 per cent inSeptember.The output of min-ing and power segments grewat 1.4 per cent and 4.9 per cent,respectively.

The IIP had contracted by4.6 per cent in September 2019.

The industrial productionhad witnessed a 5.2 per cent

growth in February this year.Thereafter it recorded a con-traction of 18.7 per cent inMarch, (-) 57.3 per cent inApril, (-) 33.4 in May, (-) 16.6in June and (-) 10.8 in July thisyear.Meanwhile, the contrac-tion in IIP for August hasbeen revised to (-) 7.4 per centfrom the (-) 8 per cent provi-sional data released lastmonth.The government hadimposed a lockdown to containthe spread of COVID-19 infec-tions on March 25 this year.

With the gradual relax-ation of restrictions, there hasbeen a relative improvement inthe economic activities by vary-ing degrees as well as in datareporting, the Ministry ofStatistics and ProgrammeImplementation said in a state-ment.

Gurgaon: Power GridCorporation of India Limited(POWERGRID), a ‘Maharatna’Company under Ministry ofPower, GoI and the ‘CentralTransmission Utility (CTU)’ ofthe country, has posted a PATof �3,094 crore and TotalIncome of �9,831 crore onconsolidated basis for Q2FY21.On standalone basis, theCompany posted PAT andTotal Income of �3,117 croreand �9,890 crore respectivelyfor Q2FY21, registering anincrease of about 23% & 8%

respectively with respect tothe corresponding period ofFY20.

For six-month period(H1FY21), the PAT and TotalIncome on consolidated basisare �5,142 crore and �19,648crore respectively, which areabout 1% and 6% higher withrespect to the correspondingperiod of FY20, while on stand-alone basis, the PAT and TotalIncome are �5,097 crore and�19,511 crore respectively, reg-istering a growth of 3% and 6%respectively.

New Delhi: State-run PowerFinance Corporation (PFC)on Thursday reported a 72 percent jump in its consolidatednet profit at �4,290 crore in theJuly-September quarter onaccount of higher revenues.

Its net profit was �2,497crore in the quarter endedSeptember 30, 2019.

Total income of the com-pany rose to �18,171.41 crorein the said quarter from�15,537.55 crore in the sameperiod a year ago.

Jaipur: On Dhanteras,Rajasthan Housing BoardHousing Commissioner PawanAroda said that the residentialproperties in the AuctionFestival E-Bid Submissionscheme, being operated by the Rajasthan HousingMandal, their shop-in theirbusiness plan, businessgrounds, built shops and pre-mium properties.

He said that on thisDhanteras, there was a revenueof Rs 85 crore 33 lakhs from thesale of 226 properties.

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New Delhi:Driven by risingfood prices, retail inflationinched up to 7.61% inOctober, remaining abovethe comfort level of theReserve Bank. According tothe Consumer Price Index(CPI) data released by thegovernment on Thursday,inflation stood at 7.27 percent in September 2020. Itwas 4.62 per cent in October2019. The rise in generalinflation was mainly onaccount of elevated foodprices. PTI

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Mumbai: Extending its los-ing streak to the fourthstraight session, the Indianrupee dived 28 paise to endat 74.64 against the US dol-lar on Thursday on sus-tained demand for thegreenback from importersand banks coupled with for-eign fund outflows. PTI

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SCOPE (StandingConference of Public

Enterprises), apex body ofPublic Sector Enterprises wel-comes the slew of measuresannounced by the Govt as partof Atmanirbhar Bharat 3.0 toretrace the economic growth ofthe country, which is alreadyshowing positive signs.Mr AtulSobti, Director General,SCOPE said that while thecountry continues to effective-ly combat the pandemic, thestimulus announced shall pro-vide further boost to employ-ment, infrastructure, con-struction, manufacturing,exports and also promote pos-itive business sentiments.

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New Delhi:Finance MinisterNirmala Sitharman onThursday announced a �900crore grant to the Departmentof Biotechnology for Covid-19vaccine research. "We are pro-viding �900 crore for researchand development of Covid-19vaccine. This is being provid-ed for covid suraksha mission,purely for R&D but this moneygoes to Department ofBiotechnology for researchpurposes," she said.

Sitharaman said the grantdoes not cover the actual costof vaccine and distributionexpenses, which will be madeseparately as and when thevaccine is available. "The actu-

al cost of the vaccine or logis-tics required for distributingthe vaccine is totally differentand whatever is required forthat, as and when it is requiredwill be provided. But this istotally a different purpose andthis is for research for vaccinedevelopment which goestowards department ofbiotechnology," she added.Sitharaman also said that �10,200 crore additional budgetoutlay will be provided towardscapital and industrial expen-diture for domestic defenceequipment, industrial incen-tives and infrastructure andgreen energy.

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As is evident from the bustlingmarkets of the city, people havetaken the festivities amid the

pandemic a bit too seriously to be evenfollowing the necessary precautions.Social distancing has certainly gone fora toss in Delhi’s markets. While lastminute shopping could be hassling, whynot go for online gifting and hampersfor your loved ones? It will not onlyoffer you a plethora of options but alsoprove to be safe in the current conta-giously dangerous environment. Hereare a few select options you can choosefrom to gift your loved ones thisDiwali.

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Swatch collection is a SISTEM51 in bio-sourced materials, which can make for avery thoughtful gift. A black, classic watchwith decorated dial that one can appre-ciate, it comes with a message, which isa real call to action — ‘Time is what youmake of it’. The model only has 51 mov-ing parts anchored to a single, centralscrew. Unlike the original Swatch, whichfeatured a battery-powered quartz move-ment and a 34 mm case size, the SIS-TEM51 is a fully automatic watch, 41mmin size with an exceptional 90-hourpower reserve.

The collection emphasises on Swatch’snew bio-source material technologies —with cases made out of a material extract-ed from the seeds of the castor plant, thefirst time such a material has been used ina mechanical watch, priced at �12,045.

Another option that gives sustainabil-ity a chance is a gift hamper from TheEarthen Urban. Founded in 2020, amid thepandemic by an environmentally-con-scious woman entrepreneur, the hamperproducts are ethically sourced, up-cycled,cruelty-free, handmade by local artisansand undoubtedly, biodegradable. Well, aninteresting fact about it? To give back to thefauna, a segment of its returns from the

sales go to feed the stray dogs across NewDelhi and look at reaching far and widein days to come.

There are three hampers eachwith different kinds and sizes of scent-ed soy wax candles in coconut bowl,plantable calendars, bamboo brushes,breathable cotton masks and a cus-tomised Diwali greeting on a seedpaper. The quantity of the productsrange as per the price, which are�599, �999 and �1699, respective-ly.

53�&/5+.�%/This Diwali, gift yourself and

your loved ones good health andwellness with Fast&Up’s “immunityspecial” products. It offers a range ofhampers with different immunity

boosting antioxidant multivitamins.One of them also include the N-AcetylCysteine (NAC) to help boost the lungimmunity and fight air pollution byenhancing one’s lung’s ability to becomestronger to fight the Coronavirus. Theother hampers include the detox cap-sules with Active Greens and Vitamin C,Curcumin and comes in various flavourslike mango, orange and Ghana chocolate.

+-�/53*3�+3�/*��/#The Jameson Blockbuster Pack by

Pernod Ricard is all your friends need fora great start to the festival. The pack con-tains the essentials for an ultimate houseparty — two bottles of Jameson, the tripledistilled, twice as smooth, Irish whiskeywith a well-rounded flavour; a Jenga set;and a deck of playing cards to set a perfecthouse party.

Well, a yet another thoughtful consid-eration is the ‘I Wolf You’ crate by

Occasionally Silly. The hamper includesJacob’s Creek Red Wine, CabernetShiraz; a pair of rose gold wine glass-es; 4700 BC gourmet popcorns; aMazel Tov scented candle; ceramic oildiffuser; two ocean fragrance oils; andtwo tea light candles. The hampercomes in a wooden tray handcrafted bylocal artisans. With the product code asOSIWY, the hamper is priced at �4,099.

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Imperial brings tons of treats and giftsfrom chocolates to gourmet

favourites for your loved ones. Thehamper offers a wide range of careful-ly selected eats, handpicked to createlasting pleasures and to bring back cheerin the lives of your family and friends.It includes banana bread, plum cake,chocolates, Mustard and raspberrygourmet, cheese straws, olive jar, granolabars, Whole wheat Pasta, mix nut bot-tle and capers and more to make yourDiwali simply delightful and memo-rable. The hampers are available at

1911 Restaurant and are priced at �6,000plus taxes.

�.$5/+-���3(� *This Diwali, renovate, decorate, and

revamp not just your home but also yourand your friends’ kitchens with Le Creuset’srange of cookware and kitchen tools. Itbrings you products that help you celebratelife and brighten up your kitchen with theirvibrant hues, just like Diwali. The collec-tion offers enamelled cast iron cookware,multi-ply stainless steel, toughened non-stick, and bakeware, along with a range ofwine accessories. The prices for the prod-ucts range from �750 to �42,000.

Back in the late 1990s whenHyundai Motor came to India,

they were an unknown brand. But allthanks to the smiling face of actorShah Rukh Khan and some well-packaged products which wereaffordable, Hyundai acquired a rep-utation of being a ‘Value For Money’carmaker. Having driven the first-generation Santro extensively andhaving an Accent in the family, youknew that Hyundai’s were not themost dynamic of vehicles, but theygave a great combination of featuresat a cheerful price. Their cars pro-ceeded to get slightly better but fora long-time, Hyundai was considered,above all else, to be a ‘Value ForMoney’ carmaker.

Things have changed in therecent past, modern Hyundai’s arefantastic vehicles to drive from apurely dynamic point of view. Onceupon a time, Hyundai cars used towallow around a corner, there usedto be a palpable sense that there wasa lag between the time you gave asteering input and when the wheelsactually turned. If you drive a mod-ern Hyundai released in the pastthree-four years, you can throwthem into a corner and the car willhandle it with aplomb, they’re fabu-lously fun to drive.

That brings us to the new third-generation i20, now Hyundai consid-ers this the fourth generation of pre-mium hatchback, with the Getzbeing the first generation. The Getzwas not a huge sales success andwhen the i20 was launched, this wasthe time when everything was ‘i’-inspired, thanks to Steve Jobs andApple, Hyundai India executives didnot expect wonders. But the first i20and its successor, the Elite i20 havebeen stunning sales successes.Surprisingly, so has the ‘premium’hatchback segment which alsoincludes the Maruti-Suzuki Balenoand the Honda Jazz. It continues todo well despite the onslaught of smallSUVs such as the Maruti-SuzukiBrezza, Honda WR-V, Hyundai’sown Venue and the Kia Sonet. Theoverall trendline has been of a moveaway from smaller hatchbacks, yetpremium hatchbacks despite beingconstrained by the four-meter rulehave done well, Hyundai has soldover one million i20s since 2008 andcurrently move over 6,000 units a

month.The new i20 is spectacularly

amazing to drive. I will admit I tookthe ‘fun’ variant, the 120PS Turbo-GDI with the seven-speed dual-clutch gearbox, and while other carsin the Hyundai Motor Group fami-ly — the Hyundai Venue and the KiaSonet have the same engine andtransmission combination, on the i20everything felt better. And that is thedefining aspect of a hatchback overthe SUV. I have always said, to eachtheir own. Some people prefer sittingway up off the ground, others suchas myself genuinely prefer sittinglower down in a car. I agree that inIndia, and actually across the world,there has been a gradual shift awayfrom hatchbacks and sedans towardsSUVs, but for sheer driving thrill onthe roads, nothing beats a hatchbackwith a powerful engine.

Hyundai also equips the i20with their latest 1.2 litre Kappaengine, which delivers 83PS on themanual and 88PS on the automaticIVT variant, this is the ‘affordable’variant. For those who need a dailycommuter, it is the version to look at.Hyundai also gives hatchback buy-ers the option of a BS6 diesel, the U2CRDi with 100PS and while dieselsare a dirty word in Delhi and the restof the NCR, by all indications thanksto the Venue and Sonet small dieselmotors are still rocking the sales

charts in the West and South of thecountry.

Given how well cars like the i10Nios and Verna do on the road, thei20 was going to be fabulous. It ticksother major boxes as well, it is com-fortable and spacious particularly fora hatchback. There is also a decentamount of boot space, I findHyundai’s fitment of their ‘Oxyboost’air purifier with a readout to be amajor positive particularly in the hor-rible, horrible air quality conditionsin the capital. There is the large 10.26-inch screen and the seven-speakerBOSE audio system that are bothnow standard on top-end variantsfrom Hyundai and Kia. But even themiddle-specifications are fairly wellloaded albeit with a smaller screen.There are multiple charging points,

rear air-con vents and you can evenspecify a two-tone interior withtouches of the ‘fiery red’ exterior paintjob.

Now to the big issues around thisi20 — the looks and price. HyundaiIndia claims that in their marketresearch that almost 40 per cent ofbuyers looked at exterior looks as theprime buying criterion in this seg-ment. I believe a part of that isbecause on the normal 1.2 litre nat-urally-aspirated engines across suchhatchbacks, there are only slight dif-ferences in fuel economy and poweroutput. The new i20 is certainly quitestriking and it epitomises Hyundai’snew ‘Sensuous Sportiness’ styling lan-guage. While it really won’t be toeveryone’s taste, I personally find thestyling a bit ‘busy’. I will not be sur-prised if people really like the sharpsedges and angles across the new car.

That is one aspect, Hyundai hasalso been a bit defensive on the priceof the new i20. With a decentamount of kit, which would be the‘Sportz’ specification and upwards,you would be spending close to 10lakh on-road unless you picked upthe manual transmission of the nat-urally aspirated Kappa engine. Thisis not a cheap car to buy. WhileHyundai correctly says that you geta lot of cars for the money and it isalso true that buyers are preferringfully-loaded models nowadays. Thei20 gives you much more than itsrivals, some buyers might be put offby the price. But five years ago, whenHyundai launched the first Creta,many of us, both buyers and writersquestioned the price. We all knowhow the Creta did. Maybe Hyundaihas changed the concept of ‘Value ForMoney’, because they’re saying on thisi20 that VFM does not mean ‘cheapand cheerful’ anymore, it meansthat you are getting a technological-ly advanced car for much less thanwhat you’d pay in a luxury car withthe same features.

For quite a few years, the veryconcept of a large Sports Utility

Vehicle (SUV) with a petrol enginemight have seemed like anathema,unless and until you bought themadcap variants like the AMGsand Ms of the world. Why wouldanyone buy a large SUV with a“normal” petrol engine? Okay so inthese cases, normal engines usual-ly mean three-litre V6 tur-bocharged engines, but you get thepoint. Then, of course, came thatmomentous Supreme Court rulingthat in a single stroke wiped fiveyears off the life of diesel-enginedSUVs in the National CapitalRegion (NCR). While you canstill fully depreciate a car in lessthan 10 years, it still hurts manyowners to dispose of their bigdiesel SUVs after eight-nine yearsfor a song. There are immaculate-ly maintained 2010 and 2011 reg-istered luxury diesel SUVs in theNCR that are available for next tonothing, if you check the onlineclassifieds.

While we can, and should havea debate on whether diesel vehiclesconforming to the BS6 emissionregulations should be allowed theregular 15-year registration period,the ‘10-year rule’ has led to mostmanufacturers launching petrol-

engined variants of all their SUVsand some manufacturers such asMaruti-Suzuki and Skoda-Volkswagen Group in India gettingout of the diesel market altogeth-er. However, the prevalence ofpetrol SUVs has puzzled some,after all, don’t petrol-engined SUVsreturn a far poorer fuel economythan a diesel-engined SUV?

Recently, I took the Mercedes-Benz GLS 450 out on a highwayrun to Jaipur and back. If the traf-fic on the highway is any indica-tion, the economy is certainlyback on track. Trucks still drive inthe wrong lane and block theentire roads, being a trucker is ahard life, but for crying out loud,learn to drive properly folks andfollow lane discipline. Driving onall but a few highways in India isa constant task of weaving through

the traffic and while you are almostalways in motion, you are constant-ly accelerating and braking. Andwith new cars coming with speedalarms, even at 80 kilometers perhour (less than the highway speedlimit), which on most luxury carssound over the music, you can’teven drive at the prescribed limit.I had a child in my car so I did notpush the limit at all.

This car has a three-litre tur-bocharged inline-six motor with abattery that provides a powerboost (Mercedes calls it EQ Boost)and start-stop help and makes thecar a mild hybrid. Total power out-put is just over 360 horsepower anddespite weighing over three tonswith passengers and luggage andstill gets a move on. But on thehighway and a little bit of city dri-ving the GLS450 returned a quiteremarkable 9.5 kilometers per litre.Frankly, I do not feel that the dieselvariant the GLS 400d would havedone much better in the circum-stances. And when you considerthat the diesel and petrol variantcost the same ex-showroom,although on-road prices will beimpacted by diesel vehicle taxationin some states like Delhi, thepetrol variant makes a lot of senseparticularly when you consideraspects like resale value.

As for driving the car, I havenever been a huge fan of cars of theGLS’ size, but with button operat-ed second and third-row recline,the GLS is easy to configure andcan swallow a decent amount ofluggage even with the third-row upand a positively massive amount ofluggage when you have the third-row down. The SUV has a brilliantBurmeister sound system and onthe front-row there are ‘ActiveSeat Kinetics’ which pulsate andbelieve me help a lot to mitigatefatigue, because a few hours on anIndian highway is like a full day ofdriving in Europe or the US.

While a GLS may be a bit bigfor me personally, the advent oflean-burning petrol engines inSUVs coupled with mild or stronghybrid systems will make a com-pelling case for them. And while itis too soon to declare the ‘Death ofDiesel’, petrol-engined SUV’s areno longer fighting an uphill battle.

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The prodigiously talentedpair of Will Pucovski andCameroon Green were

among five uncapped playerspicked Thursday in a 17-memberAustralian Test squad for the big-ticket four-match series againstIndia, starting December 17.

The other uncapped Test play-ers in the Tim Paine-led side arefast bowler Sean Abbott leadingto his tragic death — leg-spinnerMitchell Swepson and all-rounderMichael Neser.

All the players who are yet towear the Baggy Green have beencalled on the back of extraordi-nary performances in the domes-tic circuit in recent times, CricketAustralia said.

Cricket Australia’s nationalselector Trevor Hohns said theShield performances augur wellfor the country’s cricketing future.

“Two of those many standoutplayers were of course CameronGreen and Will Pucovski,” Hohnssaid in a statement.

Each of these players, though,has represented Australia in otherformats.

Up against a strong Indianline-up and seeking to regain theBorder-Gavaskar Trophy they lostfor the first time in 2018-19, thefresh faces in the Australian Testsquad will join the seasoned starswho dominated their most recentTest series’ — against Pakistan andNew Zealand at home.

The performance took theteam to the top of the world rank-ings before the COVID-19 pan-demic hit.

The limited overs leg, whichwill comprise three ODIs and asmany T20Is, will be held prior tothe Test series, starting November27.

World’s number one pacerPat Cummins was named Paine’sdeputy in the Test team.

The selectors also named a 19-member Australia A squad, whichincludes nine members from theTest team, for tour matchesagainst India.

In recent t imes, pastAustralian greats have called forPucovski’s selection in the teamfollowing his fine run in domes-tic cricket — the 22-year-oldstruck successive double cen-turies in his two Shield appear-ances.

His inclusion sets up a com-petition with fellow opener JoeBurns, who is feeling the heat aftera disastrous start to the first-classsummer.

In all likelihood, Pucovskiwill partner the seasoned DavidWarner at the top.

“ Their undeniable formdemanded selection and we arevery pleased to have these youngmen in the squad for what will bea tremendous Test Series againstan extremely formidable oppo-nent,” Hohns said.

“Cameron has already wonselection in the white-ball squadand continues that in joining theTest squad. He is a wonderfulyoung talent who has great poten-tial to become an allrounder ofsubstance over time. His battingalone has demanded his place inthe squad.”

Pucovski has been in stunningform in the opening rounds of theShield games, amassing 495 runsat an unbelievable average of247.50 in his two matches.

“His ability to show suchpatience is something whichstands him in good stead for Testcricket and he is in rare compa-ny with two double centuries tostart the summer.

“We very much look forwardto Will developing further on theinternational stage,” Hohns said.

Australia Test squad: TimPaine (c), Sean Abbott, Joe Burns,Pat Cummins, Cameron Green,Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head,Marnus Labuschagne, NathanLyon, Michael Neser, JamesPattinson, Will Pucovski, SteveSmith, Mitchell Starc, MitchellSwepson, Matthew Wade, DavidWarner

PUCOVSKI GETSCALL UP FORINDIA TESTS