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Urging them to end their agitation figured prominently time of the meeting. The farmers leaders sitting
ongoing agitation, he also ques- during the 15-hour discussion
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on the President’s address,
Modi said the Opposition,
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Narendra Modi urged agi-
farmers to end their stir
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hold talks with the government.
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across the borders of the city
also objected to Modi’s remarks
that a new “breed” of agitators
a “U-turn” on farm reforms. however, did not mention and resume the dialogue, farm- dialogue, we held discussions called “andolan jivi” has
Making these assertions in the about the basic facts of the laws ers’ unions on Monday asked with Union ministers. We are emerged in the country, and
Rajya Sabha, Modi also referred and roots of the problem. the Government to fix a date ready for talks with them (gov- said agitation has an important
to former Prime Minister Urging the farmers to end for the next round of talks. ernment),” Kakka told PTI. role in a democracy.
Manmohan Singh’s backing to their protest, he said, “We will Farmer leader Shiv Kumar To Modi’s address in the Talking to media person on
reforms in agriculture sector. all sit together and talk. We are Kakka, who is a senior mem- Rajya Sabha during which he Monday, Tikait said business
Explaining his ready for talks and I am invit- ber of the Samkyukta Kisan assured minimum support over hunger will not be allowed
Government’s stance on the ing you again for dialogue Morcha which is spearheading price (MSP), Bharatiya Kisan in the country and the laws
farm laws while replying to a from this House.” the ongoing stir, said they are Union (BKU) leader Rakesh should be repealed.
discussion on the President’s In an effort to allay the ready for the next round of Tikait said there is no law on Continued on Page 2
address, the Prime Minister apprehension of the farmers
also expressed concern over about the MSP, Modi said
foreign elements trying to “MSP tha, MSP hai aur MSP
foment trouble. rahega. No one should spread
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of FDI in obvious reference to brunt if it meant pushing day after disaster struck at stuck in a tunnel with efforts ed with the locals.
singer Rihanna, activist Greta
Thunberg and lawyer-author
reforms that were long overdue.
He said, “We need to move
A Reni near Joshimath in
Chamoli district, the authori-
underway to reach them clear-
ing the debris in the tunnel.
Even as rescue operations
continued throughout the day,
Meena Harris, niece of US forwards, not backwards. We ties have been able to recover While six persons are injured, ration, medical supplies and
Vice President Kamala Harris, need to give these reforms a 26 bodies while at least 197 12 persons were rescued safe- other daily use items were sup-
backing the farmers’ stir. chance.” people were reported missing ly from the NTPC project plied by helicopter to the 13 vil-
“The nation is making Stressing the fact that the till Monday evening. Of the downstream. lages in the Niti valley which
progress and we are talking number of marginal farmers bodies recovered, only two Personnel of the NDRF, have lost road link due to the
about FDI but I see that a new had increased over the years could be identified till the SDRF, ITBP, SSB and armed disaster.
FDI has come to the fore. We and the country had a respon- evening. forces along with State police Chamoli District
have to protect the nation from sibility to better their lot, Modi According to the status are undertaking rescue and Magistrate Swati Bhadauriya
this new FDI. We need Foreign said every Government had report of the State Emergency relief works. informed that supplies will be
Direct Investment but the new spoken in favour of reforms in Operations Centre (SEOC), Meanwhile, apart from provided by helicopters in these
FDI is ‘Foreign Destructive the agriculture sector. However, the 197 missing people include Chief Minister Trivendra Singh villages till an alternative
Ideology’, we have to protect they have now taken a “U-turn”, 12 people of Reni and three Rawat, Union Power Minister arrangement is made.
ourselves from it,” the Prime said Modi, apparently referring other villages, along with 185 RK Singh, Union Education In addition to the disaster
Minister said. to the Congress and Sharad workers of the companies Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal affected area, the district
He also criticised a section Pawar, who was Agriculture involved in the two hydropow- ‘Nishank’, Garhwal MP Tirath administration team is also
of people seen in every agita- Minister during the Congress- er projects damaged in the Singh Rawat and State Minister searching for the missing per-
tion in the country and said, led UPA rule. disaster. Dhan Singh Rawat visited the sons along the banks of the
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warming or Western distur- the mountains came true on aster happened because of an decades due to warmer tem- has altered the frequency and
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breaking of the glacier that rare. images, Azam added, do not clear if an accumulation of medium confidence that in
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protesters allowed to demon- economy including in agricul- tained and that protesters are (Operation and Licensing) according to a recent report by commission, the report said. against the allotment of land in Ramesh Kumar Singh had
strate peacefully and have ture,” sources told PTI. allowed to protest peaceably Muktesh Chander, as desired a Supreme Court-appointed The commission members Ayodhya’s Dhannipur village opposed the plea, saying the
access to the Internet as it During the meeting, the and to have access to the by the police commissioner, the commission. visited the Katas Raj Mandir in for the construction of a plot numbers allotted for the
held a meeting with New leadership of the India Caucus, Internet, and to journalists. entire staff will go back to their The report, prepared by a Chakwal on January 6 and mosque, following the Supreme mosque were different from
Delhi’s envoy here. which is the largest country- All friends of India hope that respective districts or units one-man commission, was Prahlad Mandir in Multan on Court verdict in the Ram those mentioned in the
India’s Ambassador to the specific caucus in the House of the parties can reach an agree- with effect from Tuesday. submitted to the Supreme January 7 in Punjab province. Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid petition.
US Taranjit Singh Sandhu, who Representatives, condemned ment,” Sherman said. All districts where the Court on February 5 and pre- The findings in the report dispute. He also said the petition
regularly interacts with India the violence on January 26 in The Indian ambassador, additional force is deployed are sents a dismal picture of the presents a general picture of The court, however, grant- was filed without ascertaining
Caucus members on a number Delhi. Among other things who over the last one year has directed to relieve the force by community’s most revered sites decay and obliteration of two of ed liberty to the petitioners to facts in such an important
of issues, had a virtual meeting “they were appreciative of the met over 100 American law- 6 pm on Monday with the in the country, the Dawn news- the four most revered evacuee move a fresh issue and as such it is liable to
with the top leadership of the government’s perspective on makers, mostly virtually due to direction to report to their paper reported on Monday. sites in Pakistan. The report petition with appropriate be dismissed forthwith.
Congressional India Caucus the farm reforms,” according to the Covid-19 restrictions, respective district or unit for The report also highlights said that collaborative efforts pleadings. Justices DK Upadhyay and
last week. those familiar with the briefed lawmakers on the further duties, it said. The dis- that the Evacuee Trust Property should be taken to renovate Two Delhi-based sisters Manish Kumar expressed con-
The members included meeting. necessity and objectives of the tricts may mobilise additional Board (ETPB), responsible for Terri Mandir (Karak), Katas had moved the Lucknow Bench cerns over the filing of the peti-
congressmen Brad Sherman Sherman tweeted that they agriculture laws, negotiations as force from their own resources their upkeep, has failed to Raj Temples (Chakwal), of the court on February 3, tion in a cursor y
and Steve Chabot who are the urged India to ensure that the well as sensitive handling of the to augment police arrange- maintain most of the ancient Prahlad Mandir (Multan) and claiming ownership of the five- manner without ascertaining
two Co-Chairs of the norms of democracy are main- agitation. ments, it added. PTI and holy sites of the minority Hinglaj Mandir (Lasbela). acre land allotted to the Uttar facts.

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bursts,” Pema Gyamtsho, Among other things, and the same timing. From celebrities used similar hash- “Farmers constitute an In a related development,
Director General of the Deshmukh slammed the BJP this, it appears as if a script was tags like #IndiaTogether, extremely important part of Maharashtra’s former Chief
Kathmandu: Nepal’s Prime It was important for Nepal International Centre for for its efforts to defame the given to the celebrities con- #IndiaAgainstPropaganda etc our country. And the efforts Minister and senior BJP leader
Minister KP Sharma Oli has to establish a cordial relations Integrated Mountain farmers who had been agitat- cerned. The whole thing needs to contradict the tweets post- being undertaken to resolve Devendra Fadnavis hit out at
said that the border issue with with the southern neighbour Development (ICIMOD), the ing peacefully for the past 70 to be investigated to check if ed by Rihanna and others in their issues are evident. Let’s the Maha Vikas Aghadi
India should be resolved and expand friendship, for Kathmandu-based inter-gov- days and the manner in which the BJP was behind the whole support of the agitating farm- support an amicable resolu- Government for ordering
through serious diplomatic which “we must have printed ernmental knowledge centre, violence was unleashed in the thing”. ers. It may be recalled that on tion, rather than paying atten- investigations into the tweets
efforts and political dialogue on the new map, hold dialogue said on Monday. national Capital on January 26. “Akshay Kumar and Saina February 3, Tendulkar put out tion to anyone creating differ- by celebrities: “Disgusting &
the basis of facts and evidence, with India and to return our “Across the globe, so many “The manner in which the Nehwal tweeted the exact same tweets with hashtags ences.” highly deplorable. Where is
equality, dignity and justice, land through dialogue,” only people have seen visuals of or Government is trying to sab- thing and actor Suniel Shetty # In d i a To ge t h e r, Alluding to the similarity your Marathi Pride now?
instead of bowing down to through which our relations will heard about the flooding event. otage the farmers’ agitation has tagged a BJP leader. While #IndiaAgainstPropaganda: in tweets and the timing of the Where is your Maharashtra
undue influence and pressure. improve, he said, adding there The visuals are frightening and evoked negative reactions not everyone has a right to express “External forces can be spec- tweets, Sawant said: “Akshay Dharma? We will never find
Addressing a seminar on are border issues with India in heartbreaking. This is once again just in the country but also themselves, we want the tators but not participants. Kumar and Saina Nehwal post- such ‘ratnas’ (gems) in the
‘Coordination among Security Susta and Kanchanpur too. a grave reminder about how our internationally. After interna- Government to probe whether Indians know India and should ed a same word-to-word iden- entire nation who order probes
Agencies in the International “We need to get back our shared mountain region is frag- tional pop star Rihanna and these people were pressured by decide for India. Let’s remain tical tweet. Suniel Shetty tagged against Bharat Ratnas who
Border Security and land, we should make any ile and vulnerable to a multitude others reacted to the develop- the Government into putting united as a nation.” a BJP leader as well and this always stand strong in one
Management of Nepal’ here on move on the basis of facts and of geological and natural process- ments in India, our celebrities out tweets of a similar nature The same day, Mangeshkar completely exposed the role of voice for our nation,” Fadnavis
Sunday, Prime Minister Oli evidence and we will claim our es. And it is a grave reminder that from various fields like Lata and at the same times,” Sawant also tweeted with the same two the BJP. We suspect that the tweeted.
said Nepal will hold open and land on that basis...We need to vulnerabilities are exacerbated by didi, Sachin Tendulkar have said. hashtags: “Namaskar. India is BJP is behind the whole thing. However, Maharashtra
friendly dialogue with India on settle the unresolved land issue climate change,” Gyamtsho said raised objections to the tweets The twitter war broke out a glorious nation and we all The party has a role in the Navnirman Sena (MNS) pres-
Limpiyadhura, Lipulekh and left on us by history,” he added. in a statement. by the people like Rihanna and between international celebri- Indians stand with our heads BCCI as well and hence prob- ident Raj Thackeray expressed
Kalapani based on facts and Ties between India and “Those glaciers provide others. But the timing and ties and their Indian counter- held high. ably some cricketers also his displeasure over the man-
documented evidence. Nepal came under severe strain important water storage, but identical content of tweets put parts after pop star Rihanna, As a proud Indian, I have tweeted on the said direc- ner in which the Government
“We need to consolidate and after Nepal last year published when warming across the globe out by our celebrities have environmental activist Greta full faith that any issues or tions,” Sawant said. had exposed legends like Lata
improve our relations with the the new political map that is accelerated, there are changes thrown up a question whether Thunberg and adult star Mia problems that as a country we Sawant said if these per- and Sachin to vicious social
neighbouring countries on the showed three Indian territories in water flows and risks of celebrities put out the tweets Khalifa put out posts last week face; we are fully equipped to sonalities are under pressure media trolling by involving
basis of facts and evidence, equal- — Limpiyadhura, Kalapani glacial lake outburst events,” under some pressure,” in support of the farmers’ agi- resolve them amicably, keeping from the BJP then they need to them unnecessarily in its
ity, dignity and justice, instead of and Lipulekh — as part of Gyamtsho said. Deshmukh said. tation. In retaliation, Indian the interest of our people in be given protection by the efforts to counter internation-
bowing down to undue influence Nepal. After Nepal released the He added that this is an Sawant, who made a pre- celebrities - including mind. Jai Hind.” State. al celebrities. He said the
and pressure,” said 68-year-old map, India reacted sharply, important moment for the sentation before Deshmukh Bollywood actors and sports Coincidentally, Bollywood On his part, NCP presi- Government should have
Oli, who had triggered a border calling it a “unilateral act” and Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) on the issue at the Zoom meet- persons --took twitter in a big actor Akshay Kumar and dent Sharad Pawar had asked involved personalities like
row last year after his government cautioning Kathmandu that countries to pause and recon- ing, said: “Anyone can com- way and posted counter- sports star Saina Nehwal had Tendulkar to exercise ‘caution’ Akshay Kumar and not the
came out with a new political such “artificial enlargement” of sider development in the ment on any issues. But, in this tweets. posted identical tweets on while commenting on fields icons.
map that showed the three Indian territorial claims will not be mountains given the emerging
territories as part of Nepal. acceptable to it. PTI risks posed by climate change.

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New Delhi: Delhi recorded recognise the inherent risks, “The way rates of a flight tinues as the farmer unions
125 new coronavirus cases, and the implications of cas- ticket fluctuate three to four remain firm on their demands
while the death toll rose to cading effects on downstream times a day, the price of crops -- the repeal of the three laws
10,882 on Monday with two areas. will not be decided the same and legal guarantee for MSP.
new deaths, the government “It is with this under- way. The farmers are a com- In the last round of talks,
said. The active cases dropped standing and sense of urgency munity which has emerged the Government had offered to
to 1,096 from 1,112 the previ- that, together with our mem- and people are also supporting suspend the laws for 12-18
ous day and 6.24 lakh patients ber Governments, we have the farmers. The farmers months, but the farmer unions
have recovered, the Health issued an HKH Call to Action, protesting against the new laws rejected it.
Department said. These new outlining concrete actions at have already highlighted is that Thousands of agitating
125 cases came out of the the local, national and region- there is no law on MSP, because farmers, mostly from Punjab,
55,390 tests conducted the pre- al levels to address issues crit- of which traders loot them by Haryana and western Uttar
vious day, as the positivity rate ical to our HKH mountains,” he buying crops at lower prices,” Pradesh, have been camping at
stood at 0.23 per cent. PTI added. said Tikait. three Delhi border points ---
“This movement was first Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur --
portrayed as Punjab’s issue, - for over 70 days.
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so forth. The farmers of the
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From Page 1 freedom to sell their produce, country are united. There is no N Shrivastava, called back its
“It’s fine that you and have just one market. And small farmer or big farmer. The additional force to their origi-
(Opposition) are attacking the we are doing it now. “ movement belongs to all farm- nal postings, who were
Government on the protests Modi said the Agriculture ers,” said Tikait. deployed across the National
but you should have also told Minister was holding constant Sukhdev Singh, Punjab Capital’s borders during the
the farmers that change is nec- dialogue with farmers and general secretary of BKU Ekta Kisan tractor rally.
essary for development.” He there was no tension as both Ugrahan, sought to know why In an order issued by Dr
quoted Manmohan Singh, the sides were trying to under- the government is not ensuring Mukesh Chander, the Special
commenting that “at least they stand each other. a legal guarantee on MSP for Commissioner of Police,
(Opposition) will listen to him “We are ready to remove crops and alleged that it is try- Operations and Licensing, it
if not me” on reforms. shortcomings. I assure you ing to divert the issue. Farmer was stated that as per desired
“Manmohan ji is here, I that Mandis will be mod- leader Baldev Singh also said by the Delhi Commissioner of
will read his quote - “There are ernised. Cheap ration given to that government should repeal Police, the additional forces
other rigidities because of mar- over 80 crore people will con- these farm laws and provide a deployed to maintain law and
keting regime set up in the tinue. Please do not try to legal guarantee on MSP for order and during kisan rally
1930s which prevent our farm- spread misinformation. We farmers’ crops. will go back to their districts
ers from selling their produce also need to strengthen means To press their demands, and units with effect from
where they get the highest rate to increase the incomes of protesting unions held a February 9.
of return. It is our intention to farmers,” he also said. nationwide “chakka jam” last “All concerned districts
remove all those handicaps The Prime Minister had a week, during which national where the additional force is
which come in the way of dig at Leader of Opposition and state highways were deployed are directed to relieve
India realising its vast potential Ghulam Nabi Azad. Stating blocked in Punjab, Haryana the force by 6 PM on Monday
as one large common market,” that Azad had praised the and other parts of the country. to their respective district and
the Prime Minister quoted Government for holding local Eleven rounds of talks have unit for further duties,” stated
Manmohan Singh as saying. elections in Jammu & Kashmir been held over the contentious the letter.
Modi added, “Manmohan recently, Modi said, “I believe
Singh ji had made his inten- your party will take it in right
tions clear, to give farmers the spirit, and not make the mis-
take of doing opposite by lis-
tening to suggestions of G-23.”
It was in obvious reference to
a term for a group of 23 in the
Congress who wrote to party
chief Sonia Gandhi last year
demanding changes in the
organisation.
Azad was one of the sig-
natories to that letter.
Incidentally, Azad’s term as a
Rajya Sabha member will end
in the next few days as he
retires.

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reducing loan interest rates (Amendment) Ordinance, 2011 Act provided for the reg- areas of the National Capital
after circle rates. Now for loans realize the dream of This will provide relief to real estate will also be removed. is planning to announce a 2020 (Ordinance No. 15 of ularisation of the unautho- Territory of Delhi is under
of C1 lakh you will have to pay buying a house for his family, Delhiites in installments every “This will reduce housing more attractive package of a 2020) provides for extension of rised colonies that existed in consideration and will take
C760 instead of the earlier rate he said. month. While the relief in prices and middle-class fami- housing loan scheme for the the validity of the Act of 2011 the national capital as on some more time to complete,”
of C803. Rajesh Goyal, Chairman of installments will reduce the lies who have been living in middle class and weaker sec- for a period of three years from March 31, 2002 and where the Bill said.
The Minister on Monday Delhi Cooperative Housing pressure on the borrowers, rented houses for years will be tion soon. 1st January, 2021 to 31st construction took place till Therefore, the unautho-
said that Delhi Chief Minister Finance Corporation Limited, they will be able to bring other able to buy homes for them- The Delhi Government December, 2023. June 1, 2014. The Ordinance rised colonies that existed as on
Arvind Kejriwal has taken a said “With the decision of the happiness to their family by selves. After lowering the inter- had on Friday decided to The National Capital amended this to provide that June 1, 2014 and had wit-
historic decision to reduce the Government of Delhi, the rate saving.” est rate, the installment per reduce present circle rates relat- Territory of Delhi Laws (Special the unauthorised colonies will nessed 50 per cent develop-
circle rate of residential, com- of interest for Delhiites for Goyal also said that the month will be C760 per one ed to residential/commer- Provisions) Second be identified for regularisa- ment as on January 1, 2015 will
mercial and industrial proper- taking housing loan has been decision to reduce circle rates lakh rupees, whereas earlier it cial/industrial properties in (Amendment) Ordinance, tion in accordance with the be eligible for regularisation.
ties to 20 per cent. With the reduced from 7.45 per cent to by 20 per cent will enable was C803,” he said. Delhi by flat 20 per cent across 2020 which was promulgated National Capital Territory of Now, the Government wants to
reduction in circle rates, the 6.75 per cent. These rates are more and more people to buy Delhi Cooperative all categories of colonies and by President Ram Nath Kovind Delhi (Recognition of Property convert the Ordinance into a
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Delhi Municipal Corporation
other goods, along with the
salary and arrears of the sani-
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items to SC /ST /OBC and
said that the Municipal
Corporation is getting income elhi Cabinet Minister
mini-stadium which is being
built at the Tikona Park. Taking
allegedly killing a person fol-
lowing a quarrel between them
(NMC) were not given a single
penny for books, stationery,
tation workers, there was heaps
of garbage all over the year.
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corporation primary schools
from various sources equal to
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held a review meeting with the
cognizance of these complaints
which clearly show that sub-
after they drank together in
Delhi. Police said that the
school bags, uniforms, shoes
and other items despite the
Goel further stated that the
Municipal Corporation and
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this year.
its employees still the ruling
party is unable to pay the
MCD officials and directed
them to meet the RWA repre-
standard materials were used in
the construction I have direct-
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Subhash Chandra (35) to death in north Corporation Mukesh reduce air pollution and land- 2020 the raw mid-day meal of spent every month on the idents and work to resolve During the meeting, the
on January 28 after a quarrel Goel said while initiating dis- fill site waste in Delhi. He said U^acWThTPa!!  six months for students study- salary and pension. In this them as soon as possible. Corporation officials said that
broke out between them when cussion on revised Budget esti- that during his tenure the !!!X]cWTb_TRXP[ ing in NMC schools was context, the corporation has to During the meeting, Rai because of the irregularities in
he teased him over a woman. mates for the year 2020-2021 Congress Government had lapsed. Delhi Government spend about C4,119 crore annu- said that there is a need to audit the construction work, they
Sahni, who originally hails and Budget estimates for the converted one side of the \TTcX]V^]<^]SPh wrote two letters to the corpo- ally on the salary and pension. the stadium work at the Tikona had already sent two show-
from Bihar’s Begusarai dis- year 2021-2022 in the special Bhalswa landfill into greenery. ration on October 16, 2020 and The budgetary figures pre- Park independently because cause notices to the contractor.
trict, was arrested based on meeting on Monday. “The Audit report has waste at landfill sites,” he said. December 9, 2020 to lift the sented by the commissioner several complaints on this mat- However, the officials also said
inputs that he would come to The Corporation’s perfor- questioned the project of Presenting the figures in raw ration from FCI go-downs. show that in the year 2019-20, ter were received. Earlier also that despite these notices the
Uttam Nagar in Delhi on mance in the field of education, Bhalswa landfill site, it can be his budget statement, Goel “From July 2020, children were the corporation earned a total MCD sent two show-cause contractors are not following
Thursday, police said. sanitation and health services inferred that the governments said that in revised budget to be provided with a raw of C4,252 crore from all its notices on the same issue to the the rules and mentioned guide-
Chandra, an e-rickshaw has been zero in the last one of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) estimates for year 2020-21, the ration kit in the form of a mid- sources. However, the salary contractors but no response lines. Rai directed that imme-
driver, had consumed alcohol year, he said, adding that in and Bharatiya Janata Party budget has been increased to day meal every month. NMC and pension of 4 to 5 months was received, he said. diate action should be taken
with Sahni and one other per- Ayush and Allopathic hospitals, (BJP) are not serious and sen- C1042 crore, 55 lakh, 80 thou- has also not been able to pay has not been given to the Rai said, “I have received and the matter should be thor-
son before the incident that medicines were not even pur- sitive to reduce the legacy sand rupees. Although, C1100 the fund for the mid-day meal municipal employees,” he said. various complaints regarding oughly probed.
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ver, over a woman and that led attended the interaction with thrice due to medical conditions,
to a quarrel between them. elhi school students inter- two young officers in person to finally becoming an IPS offi-
D acted with IAS officer Udit
Prakash, Director Education
while more than 10,000 stu-
dents watched it live on
cer. About his trysts with chal-
lenges, he said, “Each time you
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said in a statement.
fail, you have to keep working.
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launched by Delhi Government
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four-fold mantra for success —
is closed, knock on the other.”
Deputy Chief Minister
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“Union Public Ser vice
focus, discipline, hard work and
perseverance. IAS Udit Prakash
Manish Sisodia also joined the
interaction at Sarvodaya Bal
BC055A4?>AC4AQ =4F34;78 Commission” (UPSC). said that it is our vision to Vidyalaya, Rouse Avenue and
IPS Ingit Pratap and IAS infuse confidence in the stu- exhorted students to follow
ive Aam Aadmi Party Udit Prakash interacted with dents through these interac- their dream with full passion.
F (AAP) candidates filed
their nominations for the
students as part of the second
series of this initiative of Delhi
tions and make them aim high.
Udit Prakash shared that
He said, “One should not study
for just marks, one should
upcoming MCD by-election. Government. Under this pro- Ingit Pratap Singh’s mother is a study to learn. That way, study
Senior AAP leader and gram, UPSC aspirants in Delhi teacher in a Delhi government never seems like a burden”. He
MCD in-charge Durgesh schools get a chance to interact school. He told the students, further added that along with
Pathak on Monday said that with young IAS/IPS officers “There is not any difference knowledge and skills, one
the five candidates of AAP every month. between you and us. We were should be passionate about
will win by an overwhelming “The officers share their once in your place. With hard their dreams.
majority in the upcoming experiences, strategies and work and determination, you IPS Ingit Pratap Singh
MCD by-election. He said insights about UPSC exam will be able to achieve your stressed on the importance of
that the citizens of Delhi have preparation to help students dreams and become an inspi- choosing subjects one is inter-
made up their mind to throw develop a better understanding ration to many”. ested in and being as passion-
BJP out of MCD and elect the of the exam. In the second Ingit Pratap Singh shared his ate about the preparation as
AAP. episode of this series today, 75 journey from entering the armed one is about cracking the exam.
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from Ward Rohini C32N, BC055A4?>AC4AQ =4F34;78 also offered puja in the pres- candidates to file their nomi-
filed nomination at Alipur ence of senior party leaders nation for MCD bye-election.
SDM office. Sunita Mishra, he Bharatiya Janata Party including North West District Congress candidates Bal
the candidate from Ward
Shalimar Bagh - North 62N,
T (BJP) candidates filed their
nominations for municipal by-
President Devendra Solanki
before proceeding to file his
Kishan (Ward No 2-E, Trilok
Puri East (SC)), Dharampal
filed nomination at elections on Monday in the nomination papers. Maurya (Ward No 8-E, Kalyan
Kanjhawala SDM office. presence of senior Delhi BJP Rakesh Goel accompanied Puri (SC)), Memwati Barwala
Pathak said, “Five candi- leaders including its president by MP Hans Raj Hans, senior (Ward No 32-N, Rohini-C)
dates of AAP will win by an Adesh Gupta. MLA Vijender Gupta, Delhi and Mamta (Ward No 62-N,
overwhelming majority in the The candidates performed BJP general secretary Dinesh Shalimar Bagh North (W)),
upcoming MCD by-election. puja with party workers before Pratap Singh and the district Chauhan Banger Ward No 41-
The citizens of Delhi have made reaching nomination centres in president filed his nomination E (Seelampur) and Chaudhary
up their mind to throw BJP out simple yet impressive proces- at the SDM office in Alipur. Zubair Ahamad filed their
of MCD and elect the AAP.” sions with limited people due MLA Ajay Mahawar and North nomination papers on Monday.
Vijay Kumar has been the to covid restrictions. East district president Mohan Kumar asserted that
secretary of the All India Safai Addressing party workers, along with party workers Congress will sweep all the five
Mazdoor Union and Dr B R Gupta said that Shalimar Bagh accompanied Chauhan Bangar MCD seats in the bye-elections,
Ambedkar Janmahotsav is a stronghold of BJP and Ward candidate Mohd. Nazir as people have now realized
Committee. Vijay has been the expressed confidence that party Ansari as he filed his nomina- that only Congress can provide
Vice President of the MCD will win from here with a large tion at SDM office, Seelampur. development-driven, people-
sanitation workers’ union. He margin. He called upon party Ram Kanojia for beneficial governance, which
also runs animal shelters for workers to complete the work Kalyanpuri ward and Om was evident from the Congress
animal health facilities in of door -to -door voter list Prakash Gugar wal from party’s excellent track record
Trilokpuri. He has been check in the wards going to Trilokpuri East ward also per- when it was in power in the
involved in providing educa- polls by the weekend and then formed puja with party work- corporations for five years.
tion to poor people of the area. concentrate on ensuring high ers including Mayur Vihar dis- The Congress Vice
Sunita Mishra is the voting by party sympathizers trict president Vinod Bacheti Chairman Jaikishan said that
Shalimar Bagh ward’s Mohalla which will ensure the party’s and MLAs Abhay Verma and the MCDs have ruined the
coordinator and also secretary win in these polls. Om Prakash Sharma besides clean and green image of Delhi
of the women’s wing of The party candidate from Pradesh Purwanchal Morcha by converting it into a garbage
Shalimar Bagh Assembly. Rohini C ward Rakesh Goel president Kaushal Mishra. capital. SR
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twenty-one radiocarbon sam-
344?0::D?A4C8Q =4F34;78 Modi's reply and "I appeal to
members not to break this tra-
flag in the Red Fort was not car-
ried out by farmers but "planned"
mented too.
For the BJP, its MP Locket
S geological evidence of an
earthquake at Himebasti
<0BB8E434BCAD2C8>=8= %(&24 ples from the trench
exposure. A fter a week-long derailment
by the Opposition, as the
dition in the Lok Sabha".
While Speaker Om Birla
by the government. "Truth is that
you wanted this to happen..it is
Chatterjee initiated the debate
accusing West Bengal Chief
Village on the border of Assam The scientists also found Lok Sabha on Monday resumed also appealed to the members to a well-thought out conspiracy of Minister Mamata Banerjee and
and Arunachal Pradesh, docu- large tree trunks embedded in normal functioning following an allow the House to function and yours..you reached them there", her party TMC of "politicising"
mented by historians as the the youngest flood deposits at appeal by Defence Minister not indulge in sloganeering, said Chowdhury and demand- and "insulting Ram-Sita".
Sadiya earthquake in history the exit of the Subansiri River Rajnath Singh, Congress leader Chowdhury too said that this ed a Joint Parliamentary She charged the state gov-
and recorded to have caused (Sadiya town is located rough- Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury tradition has been continuing Committee (JPC) on it . ernment with blocking central
massive destruction in the ly 145 km southeast of launched a scathing attack on the since 1921 and should not be The opposition MP criti- schemes and pursuing "appease-
region almost destroying the Subansiri river), suggesting the Modi-Government, demanding broken. "Our demand was to dis- cised the government for strik- ment polices". Opening the
town in 1697 CE. post-seismic aggradation of to know who "leaked" informa- cuss the issue of farmers who ing at 18-year-old environmen- Discussion on the Vote of thanks
This finding by the scien- the river following an array of tion on the Balakot-air-strike for have been sitting in the cold on tal activist Greta Thunberg for on the President''s address for the
tists from Wadia Institute of aftershocks till six months in an "election benefit" and described the borders of Delhi in protest supporting 'kisan movement' BJP, the MP from Hoogly went
Himalayan Geology (WIHG), abortive fashion. it as a case of "treason", He sought against farm laws. It is regrettable when PM himself had, he said, all out in accusing TMC leaders
a research institute under the The study of the earth- the Government to constitute a that they are being stopped from extended support in the USA by of "pocketing money" meant for
Department of Science and quake at Sadiya standing on a JPC on the "TRP scam" and entering the capital by sharp nails saying " ab ki baar Trump the common public.
Technology (DST), could con- whether these events ruptured excavation at Himebasti vil- grassy plain, almost surround- wanted government to provide and barbed wires," he said refer- Sarkar". She said central schemes for
tribute to a seismic hazard the surface or remained blind lage, Arunachal Pradesh, India, ed by forested Eastern information on the alleged ring to the reinforced barricad- Initiating discussion from farmers' are blocked by the TMC
map of the eastern Himalaya, and how they contribute to the where the most recent event Himalayas on the right bank of Chinese occupation of "1000 Sq ing at the farmers' protest sites. his party on the Vote of thanks government.Chatterjee said:
which can facilitate construc- seismic budget of the region, records the imprints of the Lohit River, adds an important km of land" on the Line of In the backdrop of farmers’ on the President''s address, the “2021 is a historic year when
tion and planning in the region. which is home to millions of 1697 Sadiya earthquake and site to the seismic hazard Control (LAC) along Ladakh. agitation, Chowdhury alleged Congress leader said merely India enters the 75th year of its
This work has been recently inhabitants. analysed it with modern geo- assessment of the eastern Earlier, Singh said that it was that government has created a quoting great people like independence and I pay homage
published in the journal Scientists Arjun Pandey, R logical techniques. Himalaya, which will benefit a duty of every member to "narrative" first again Muslims Rabindranath Tagore, Swami to those who lost their lives for
‘Scientific Report’. Jayangondaperumal, György They found the first geo- the inhabitants and help in pro- maintain the tradition of passing and now vis-a-vis farmers that Vivekanand or Netaji Subhash our freedom.The Modi govern-
Historical archives refer to Hetényi, Rao Singh Priyanka, logical surface rupture signa- viding better infrastructure the Motion of Thanks to "they are enemies of the country". Chandra Bose does not amount ment has taken many big deci-
often recurring earthquakes Ishwar Singh, Pradeep tures in the form of exposed across the Eastern Himalayan President's address. He also said "Why can't prime Minister to following their ideas. sions for the betterment of the
along the Eastern Himalaya for Srivastava and Hari B Srivastava deposits associated with rivers foothills which is one of the that Rajya Sabha has already talk with farmers? Why is this He said Prime Minister country like GST and handling
which geological evidence is from the Dehradun based insti- and streams deformed by a most densely populated regions passed the Motion of Thanks arrogance ?," he asked. talked about great people but the coronavirus pandemic prop-
lacking, raising the question of tute carried out a mega trench thrust fault along a Northeast in the world, said the study. after Prime Minister Narendra He accused that hoisting of their ideas need to be imple- erly.”

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million people in India live with
active epilepsy (Seizure) but a
large magnitude of treatment
well as death, if left untreated.
Also, status epilepticus (SE) can
be a potentially lethal situation,”
added Dr Dhamija.
that some epilepsy syndromes
may be especially amenable to
high rates of seizure freedom
through a surgical procedure;
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Sankar Narayana was produced cent in the urban middle class Surgeon, Coordinator for Bajaj most common candidate,” he
he CBI on Monday arrest- before the Competent Court at population and more so in vil- Allianz Centre for Epilepsy, said, according to a report.
T ed a junior engineer of
Military Engineer Service for
Visakhapatnam and remanded
to judicial custody for 14 days
lages, about 90 per cent haunts
the patients.
Deenanath Mangeshkar
Hospital, Pune was of the opin-
However, it is the stigma
which is more fatal than the
allegedly demanding and “This is because of a string ion that if treatment with anti- epilepsy itself. “The stigma of the
accepting a bribe of C32,000 of reasons such as inadequate epileptic medication fails to pro- disease can discourage people
from the complainant.
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demanded C32,000 for certify-
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Visakhapatnam on the allega- his office, it said. ed with epilepsy, insufficient large amount of data to suggest said the WHO. PNS
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he induction ceremony of the

written reply in the Rajya Sabha.
The first five Rafale jets of IAF
were formally inducted into service
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ndia has become the fastest

Ibeneficiaries
country to vaccinate 6 million
At least 11 States/UTs have
reported less than 40% coverage
of vaccinating HCWs. These
are- Delhi, J&K, Ladakh, Punjab,

he Left parties on Monday urged the

iron-ore mines. Lakhs of people are
directly and indirectly working for the
T first five Rafale fighter jets into
the IAF at the Ambala airbase in
on September 10 last year.
India has contracted 36 Rafale
against Covid-19
countrywide, said the Union
D&NH, Chandigarh, Tamil
Nadu, Meghalaya, Nagaland,
T Centre to stop the privatization of
Navratna PSU Visakhapatnam Steel
steel plant. Even the state government
headed by Jagan Mohan Reddy, point-
September last year cost the exche-
quer C41.32 lakhs, the Government
jets in fly away condition under a
7.87 bn Inter Governmental
Health Ministry as it termed it as
a feat achieved in just 24 days. In
Manipur, and Puducherry while
10 States account for 75.12 per
Plant (RINL). ing out that the plant stands as a testi- informed the Rajya Sabha on Agreement with France in contrast, it said that the USA cent of the total beneficiaries vac-
CPI general secretary D Raja said the mony to the will of the Telugu people has Monday. 2016. took 26 days to reach this mark cinated on Monday.
private operators in the steel sector are asked the Union government to recon- Elaborating upon the expenses The entire lot of 36 will be whereas the UK achieved this in Total 29 persons have been
eyeing on the 23,000 acres of the PSU sider its decision,” said Raja. incurred, Defence Minister Rajnath inducted by next year, Rajnath 46 days. The nationwide Covid hospitalized so far. This com-
steel plant and urged the Cabinet “Centre of Indian Trade Unions Singh said the armed forces have a informed the House. vaccination program was prises 0.0005% of the total vac-
Committee on Economic Affairs to (CITU) congratulates the workers and tradition for such inductions and launched by Prime Minister cinations.

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withdraw the 100 percent disinvestment people for their collective initiative to such ceremonies were also held Narendra Modi on January 16 “Of the 29 cases of hospital-
decision. CITU general secretary Tapan resist the disastrous move of the while inducting the Apace and while vaccination of the frontline ization, 19 were discharged after
Sen welcomed the state wide protest Government to privatise Visakhapatnam Chinook helicopters. workers commenced from treatment, while nine persons
against the Centre’s decision to sell off
RINL.
“Over 50 years ago, 23,000 acres of
Steel Plant, RINL through strategic sale.
CITU extends solidarity to such united
struggle of the people and workers to
Moreover, this money was spent
as India and France held bilateral
delegation level meetings during
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At least 60,35,660 benefi-
ciaries were vaccinated through
died. In the last 24 hours, one
person who is suffering from B/L
Facial Palsy has been hospitalized
farm land were acquired to set up the resist the nefarious move to hand over the ceremony, Rajnath said in the akistan has always resorted to an increase in ceasefire violations after 1,24,744 sessions, as per the at Kerala Institute of Medical
steel plant. Farmers were not paid their
money properly. Now the land is worth
RINL to private hands and calls upon the
working people in general to express sol-
house. The talks were held between
the French and India defence min-
P major terrorist attacks like the one in Pathankot and Uri in the last few
years, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said here on Monday. However, the
provisional report till 6 pm on
Monday.These include 54,12,270
Sciences, Thiruvananathpuram,
Kerala and is stable.
lakhs of crores of rupees. If the present idarity to the ongoing struggle at isters, Rajnath said. Indian security forces were giving a befitting reply he said. HCWs and 6,23,390 FLWs. The “Total 23 deaths have been
move is allowed, a private company will Visakhapatnam. Everywhere privatiza- “All new aircraft types in IAF are Making these points in the Rajya Sabha while responding to questions Ministry said that 35 States/UTs recorded till date. These com-
take over the steel plant and grab the tion move must be resisted and must not traditionally inducted through a on spike in ceasefire violations, he said 5,133 incidents took place last year conducted the Covid vaccina- prise 0.0004% of the total vacci-
land. The Government has made no be allowed to materialize through peo- befitting ceremony... The arrange- in which 46 security men were killed. Replying to leader of opposition Ghulam tions on Monday with eleven nations. Of the 23, nine persons
effort to explore all possibilities to run ples’ collective action and intervention ments for this event were made Nabi Azad’s question that such violations were more during the NDA regime States/UT vaccinating more than died in the hospital while 14
the steel plant. No iron-ore mine has in order to defend the nation and the mostly through local resources of as compared to the UPA stint, Singh said the number of violations had 65 per cent of the registered deaths are recorded outside the
been allotted to the Visakhapatnam national economy,” said Sen. IAF,” the Defence Ministry said in a increased from 2011 onwards. HCWs. hospital”.

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The official said a number Administration (b) Ministry of approval.
he India-US joint military of aerial platforms, including rones may soon bring Defence (c) Ministry of Home Also, the BCCI has to take
T exercise ‘Yudh Abhyas 20’
commenced on Monday in
the newly inducted indigenous
Advance Light Helicopter WSI
D cricket even closer to the
fans, with the Directorate
Affairs (d) Air Defence
Clearance from Indian Air
necessary permission regarding
aerial photography from
Mahajan Field Firing Range of ‘RUDRA’, MI-17, Chinooks, General of Civil Aviation Force and (e) Airport Authority Directorate of Regulations and
Bikaner district in Rajasthan. Stryker Vehicles of the US (DGCA) allowing the Board of Spidercam, Skycam have been of India (AAI) [as applicable] Information, DGCA or
This is the 16th edition of Army and BMP-II Mechanised Control for Cricket in India common in cricket matches prior to operation of Remotely Ministry of Defence (as applic-
annual bilateral joint exercise of Infantry Combat Vehicles of (BCCI) to use the live aerial now. Drones, too, have been Piloted Aircraft System able).
both the armies and will con- the Indian Army, will be cinematography to cover crick- used before, in the 2017 (RPAS). "The drone ecosystem is
tinue till the 21st of this month. utilised in the exercise, which et matches in 2021. Champions Trophy. But this Moreover, M/s Quidich evolving rapidly in our coun-
The previous version of the will go on till February 21. The Ministry of Civil was limited to analysing the engaged by BCCI as RPAS try. Its utilization is expanding
joint exercise was held at Seattle The drill comes days after Aviation (MoCA) had received pitch before the start of the operator shall only operate the from agriculture, mining,
in the United States. the air forces of India and requests from BCCI and M/s match. RPAS models specified in the healthcare and disaster man-
Brigadier Mukesh France held a five-day joint Quidich pertaining to granting “The Ministry of Civil approved standard operating agement to sports and enter-
Bhanwala, Commander of the exercise in Rajasthan in of request and other corre- Aviation (MoCA) and procedures (SOP) dated 8th tainment. The granting of this
170 Infantry Brigade of the January. spondences regarding permis- Directorate General of Civil January 2021. The operations permission is in line with the
Indian Army, welcomed the US About 250 soldiers from sion to use Remotely Piloted Aviation (DGCA) have grant- of the RPAS having valid Drone objectives of the Government
contingent at the firing range each side are participating in Aircraft Systems (RPAS) for ed a conditional exemption to Acknowledgement Number of India to promote the com-
and impressed upon both the the exercise. The two armies live aerial filming. the Board of Control for (DAN) [specified in the SOP] mercial use of drones in the
armies to achieve optimum will share their war-related It is yet unclear how early Cricket in India (BCCI) for the shall be operated as per the country," said Amber Dubey,
cohesion and interoperability each other’s operational expe- counter-insurgency operations. techniques, skills and experi- drones will be used in cricket deployment of drones for live above-mentioned SOP in the Joint Secretary, Ministry of
during the exercise. riences, defence spokesperson Besides counter-insurgency ence with each other during matches, or if they will be aerial cinematography of the area specified therein. Civil Aviation said.
He laid stress on the Lt Col Amitabh Sharma operations, exchange of expe- this exercise. The exercise is used for the next matches in the India Cricket Season in 2021,” Any change in the "The Drone Rules 2021 are
importance of free exchange of said. riences in humanitarian assis- one of the largest military ongoing India-England the Ministry said on Monday. approved SOP for e.g. change in the final stages of discussion
ideas, concepts and best prac- “The exercise will enrich tance and disaster relief will training and defense coopera- series. The exemption is valid till in procedures or RPAS or use with the law ministry. We are
tices between the troops and both the contingents from each also be a part of the exercise,” tion efforts between India and Aerial cameras, hanging December 31, 2021. case or personnel or area spec- hoping to receive the approvals
the necessity to learn from other’s rich experience in the spokesperson said in a the United States. by a cable, known as According to the MOCA, ified in the approved SOP shall by March 2021," he added.
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to be a local guide of Pakistan based ter- shots.Instead of retreating the intrud- That was the time when BSF personnel
ror outfit, was gunned down by the alert er approached the barbed wire fence opened fire, killing him on the spot,” IG

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jawans of the Border Security Force very 'aggressively' in a bid to breach the BSF, Jammu frontier said.
while he was 'aggressively' attempting same. Earlier on November 23, 2020
to breach the barbed border fence Briefing media persons about the another intruder was shot dead by the
near BoP (border outpost) Chak incident, IG BSF Jammu Frontier, N S BSF in the same border belt. Official
Lucknow/Ghazipur/Azamgarh against the mafia will continue Azamgarh is now becoming a Faquira in the Samba sector on Jamwal told reporters at the border out- sources claimed, the Pak intruder may
(UP): Uttar Pradesh Chief and they will not be allowed to model of development,” Monday. post, “at around 9:45 am, alert BSF have been acting as a guide and was sent
Minister Yogi Adityanath on stay in Uttar Pradesh, the chief Adityanath said. According to official sources, the troops saw Pakistani Intruder heading on a recce mission ahead of pushing a
Monday said the construction of minister said. He also appealed Speaking at Lucknow later, suspicious movement of the intruder towards border fence near border out- group of armed infiltrators inside the
the six-lane Purvanchal to the people''s representatives to the chief minister rued that was spotted by the BSF jawans around post (BOP) 64 along the international Indian territory to launch a terror
Expressway will be completed by take the welfare programmes of earlier, even small projects that 2.30 a.m and a tight vigil was main- border in Chak Faquira area”. strike.
March and it will be inaugurat- the government to the public. were supposed to be completed tained to prevent any infiltration bid. started approaching the barbed wire “Despite repeated warnings, the BSF had also detected a cross bor-
ed by Prime Minister Narendra At Azamgarh, Adityanath in a year took 10 to 12 years to After a seven hour long wait, the fence very aggressively. The BSF sen- intruder kept moving under suspi- der tunnel in the same area in the
Modi in April. said, “The construction work of complete. intruder emerged from the hiding and tires present in the border outpost cious circumstances and approached the month of August 2020. PNS
Adityanath was on a visit to the expressway is moving at a “When the BJP govern-

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Ghazipur and Azamgarh to fast pace. By March, the express- ment came to power in 2017, the
inspect the construction work of
the expressway. “Once the
way will be completed and
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
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completed and dedicated to the :TaP[P2?<PRRdbTS^U]T_^cXb\X]6^ecY^QbaTRadXc\T]c
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can reach Lucknow in three be built in three years despite Commission and the foundation Pinarayi Vijayan-led Kerala Priju and Praveen were detailed account of how the
hours and Delhi in 10 hours,” COVID-19, adding, “This was laid in 1978 by the then Government is witnessing among the youths who have wife of M B Rajesh, former MP
Adityanath said at a programme model of development has prime minister Morarji Desai, unprecedented agitations by been staging a sit-in in front of representing the CPI(M), was
in Ghazipur. become a centre of attraction for but it kept lying for almost 40 unemployed youth demanding the State Secretariat since appointed in Sree Sankara
“The mafia had obstructed the country and the world.” years,” he said, adding that sev- Ghazipur (UP):Uttar Pradesh CWTH^VX6^eTa]\T]cWPb jobs even as various groups January 26 demanding they be Sanskrit University allegedly
the pace of development in “Azamgarh had a bad repu- eral schemes were announced Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath P[aTPShbTXiTSX[[TVP[PbbTcb have started submitting mem- appointed in Government violating all norms. “Political
Uttar Pradesh (in the past) and tation till four years ago. People but the works could not be car- on Monday reiterated that there f^acWPQ^dcC Ra^aT^U orandums to the Governor Service as they figure in the consideration looms large all
now, the government is seizing from here found it difficult to get ried out in a time-bound man- is no place for any mafia in the \^aTcWP]#\PUXPT[T\T]cb listing how the State adminis- rank list of last grade employ- through the preparation of the
their illegal properties,” he rented accommodation in other ner and the estimates were State and said that he has X]R[dSX]V<dZWcPa0]bPaX0cTT` tration subverts rank lists pre- ees prepared by the PSC. But rank-list for the Asst. Professor
added. cities, but the situation has revised with the government not vowed to eliminate such ele- 0W\PSEXYPh<XbWaPBd]SPa pared by Public Ser vice the Kerala Government has appointment in the
The campaign initiated changed in four years and giving funds. PTI ments. 1WPcXP]S^cWTab Commission and appoints rel- been busy appointing persons Malayalam dept so as to
The Chief Minister, while atives of CPI(M) leaders. who do not figure in the list, appoint first rank holder
addressing a programme in villages, farmers, youth, and Monday saw the ignominy demolishing the employment Ninitha Kanicherry who was
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ment is constantly moving
development, on the other
hand, it is also very important
of two youths, disappointed
over the Government ignoring
dreams of these youths.
Meanwhile an organisa-
only a poor 212th rank hold-
er in an earlier selection
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mafia culture which hindered
to destroy the mafia culture
that has become a hindrance to
their plea to appoint them
though they figure the rank list
tion by name Save University
Campaign Committee based at
process made by the KPSC
for appointment of Asst:
Baghpat: In a shocking inci- the development of Purvanchal the development of prepared by the PSC, setting the capital city submitted a Professors in the Government
:D<0A274;;0??0=Q toric. “I don't think any politi- dent, a 30-year-old man killed for long. Previous governments Purvanchal.” themselves ablaze in front of memorandum to the Governor Colleges, overlooking highly
274==08 cal leaders, both State and his pregnant wife and minor patronised mafia and criminals The Yogi Government has the State Secretariat at of Kerala, who is also the qualified candidates who got
National, were accorded such daughter in Baghpat district on in the state due to which the already seized illegal assets Thiruvananthapuram. Timely Chancellor of all the higher position in the PSC
s she was welcomed by welcome in Tamil Nadu's his- Monday following an argu- development of the state worth about C1,000 crore of intervention by Police and Universities in the State, listing rank list over the candidate,”
A thousands of party workers
who had thronged the
tory,” said Sam Rajappa.
Even as Sasikala set on her
ment.
The man, who worked as a
received a massive setback.”
Adityanath was here to
more than 40 mafia elements
including Mukhtar Ansari,
onlookers saved their lives.
This is the first time in its his-
instances of impropriety in
appointing assistant professors
reads the Memorandum, a
copy of which is with The
Bangalore-Chennai highway journey to Chennai, what stood barber, later went to the police review the progress of the 340- Ateeq Ahmad, Vijay Mishra, tory an incident like this is hap- to various universities. Pioneer. PNS
since morning, V K Sasikala, the out was the wordy duel between station and admitted his crime. km Purvanchal Expressway. Sundar Bhati and others.
former aide to late J Jayalalithaa, her nephew TTV Dhinakaran The incident took place at He said, “There is no place The state government is
gave enough hints to the and D Jayakumar, minister of the Gayatri Puram locality here for those who give patronage to also demolishing illegal prop-
AIADMK leadership that she fisheries in Edappadi under the Kotwali police sta- the mafias, criminal and other erties of mafia dons and their
would not be cowed down by Palaniswamy Government. tion area. rogue elements in the new close aides. Cases have been
restrictions and suppression. Jayakumar, who had played Circle officer M S Rawat Uttar Pradesh of 'Ek Bharat registered against 800
“I’ll engage myself in active a key role in easing out Sasikala said the accused Gulfam was Shrestha Bharat'. While we are gangsters and their close
politics in days to come for party and her family members from suffering from cancer. IANS working towards the welfare of associates. IANS
workers,” Sasikala told media the AIADMK in September
persons in a brief interaction at 2017, alleged on Sunday that
Thirupathur where she was Dhinakaran has taken all money
accorded a rousing reception by owned by Sasikala. “Dhinakaran
the cadres of AIADMK and is afraid that Sasikala would ask
AMMK. him for accounts. Till the other
She said she was not the day he was claiming that
type who could be enslaved by AIADMK was a closed chapter.
the powers that be. This was in He had insulted the party sym-
response to the queries by bol of Two Leaves by claiming
reporters whether she will be that with the demise of
visiting the AIADMK head Jayalalithaa, the party symbol
quarters and the Jayalalithaa too has lost relevance,” said
Memorial at Chennai’s Marina Jayakumar.
Beach. He said Dhinakaran made
If the crowd which had a vault face by declaring that the
gathered to welcome her back to Amma Makkal Munnetra
Tamil Nadu is any indication, Kazhakam was launched with
Chief Minister Edappadi the intention of retrieving the
Palaniswamy and his deputy O AIADMK and the Two Leaves
Panneerselvam may have to symbol. Whatever possibilities
rework their strategies to of patch-up between the
counter “Chinnamma”, as she is AIADMK and the AMMK were
addressed even by party leaders. there look bleak as on Monday
Sasikala (66) was released from as Sasikala accompanied by
Parappana Agrahara Central hundreds of cars was on her way
Jail on January 27 as she com- to the MGR Memorial at
pleted the four year jail term in Ramavaram in a Chennai sub-
connection with the dispro- urb. She had called on
portionate asset case. Ramavaram Gardens, MGR’s
“This could not be a mobi- personal residence, while on her
lized crowd as it is difficult to way to the Bangalore Prison for
bring this many people by surrendering before the author-
organisers. I am sure most of the ities in 2017.
party cadres came to welcome But what is of interest is
her on their own,” said a State whether she would visit
Intelligence Officer who was Jayalalithaa Memorial at Marina
monitoring the journey of beach to pay her respects to her
Sasikala from Bangalore. Amma (as Jayalalithaa was
Veteran scribe Sam Rajappa addressed by her) whom she
said the turn out of the people served with devotion for more
to welcome Sasikala was his- than three decades.

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from Waghodia in Gujarat,
Varanasi: The 'Mera Ghar Mera Madhu Shrivastav, on Monday
Vidyalaya' (mohalla class) again courted controversy as he
scheme introduced in Varanasi was caught on camera while
in Uttar Pradesh is now becom- openly issuing death threat to an
ing a role model for the whole electronic media reporter when
country. the latter asked uncomfortable
This scheme by the Uttar questions.
Pradesh Basic Education “Ask questions in a straight
Department was started from manner. Why are you acting
the Sewapuri block in Prime smart? I am telling you I'll get
Minister Narendra Modi's con- you killed by my men,”
stituency and is proving to be so Shrivastav threatened Gujarati
popular that parents are giving news channel 'Mantavya News'
it preference over convent reporter Amit Thakor on cam-
schools. The scheme was era.Shrivastav, known as
launched in 2020 during the 'dabang' politician, has in the
Covid-19 pandemic when all past also allegedly misbehaved
schools and educational insti- with journalists a couple of
tutions were shut. times and issued similar death
The state government came threats, but got away as no
up with an initiative of 'Mera complaints were lodged against
Ghar Mera Vidyalaya' as an him.Gujarat BJP chief CR Patil
attempt to facilitate learning said: “We will check what hap-
through ancient 'Gurukul' res- pened and confirm it first
idential style of teaching. (before reacting).”
Varanasi Basic Shiksha Shrivastav was also accused
Adhikari, Rakesh Kumar Singh, of threatening Vadodara voters
said, “The scheme was started at a rally in Waghodia
with an aim to provide a school- area in Vadodara on April 3,
like environment at home 2019 if they didn't vote
through digital means. Since the for the BJP in the Lok Sabha
launching the scheme, teachers elections.
and staffers of the schools have The election authorities
been delivering books and study had even issued a show-cause
material to the children. It is notice to him for alleged viola-
being received well by the stu- tion of the Model Code of
dents and parents alike.”IANS Conduct. IANS
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DSSHDUVWREHRQHFRQVWDQW7RP%UDG\:H,QGLDQVPD\QRWIROORZWKH1)/RU was an unexpected bonanza. armies of the Calcutta under- tibilities of my Ministry. The and even the Viceroy was
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flew near any of the many streets
of great significance. The only
thing which prevented a com-
5>AC7450A<4AB stant embarrassment.
Yours sincerely,
October 16, the day of the
tragedy, became a turning
in the city. Press was free to plete collapse of the adminis- C74CA02C>A FJ Burrows point in British India’s histo-
?82D1<; move, so I moved about; the boys
at street corners guarding the
tration was the three battal-
ions of British troops, who A0;;HF0BC74 CC: Lord Wavell, Viceroy”
What was an even more
ry. The announcement of
partition shattered the long,
bandh were often keen to be were readily available for this ;>F?>8=C>5 tragic event, although blood- legendary belief in the even-
interviewed and photographed. sort of emergency. Though lessly, was the partition of tual fairness of the British. It
It was a comedy for all those the occasion and nature of the C748ACF><>=C7 Bengal in 1905. The idea was became a day of national
citizens who enjoyed a holiday emergency could not be fore- BCAD66;45>A not new, it was bubbling mourning. No food was
but a sarco-comedy for the poor seen, the Army Commander since, say, 1875. By dividing cooked in Calcutta’s homes,
in the unorganised sector. The and I had long agreed on the C7420DB40B Bengal on communal lines the domestic hearths
rickshawalas, taxi drivers, bus
operators, mutias or coolies et al
necessity of such a disposition
of troops. I could not possi-
34<>=BCA0C43 and encouraging Muslim
ascendancy in the east, the
remained unlit. Shops and
offices were closed and, in
had to go without wages. When bly have held Calcutta with >=C74278;;H Government was, in Risley’s several places, newspapers
I asked a boy at a street corner
about it, his reply was that these
the police alone, and I am
doubtful if Indian troops
7867F0HB words, weakening “a solid
body of opponents” to the
were not distributed. Poet
Rabindranath’s song,
men do not belong to our would have inspired suffi- 0A>D=334;78 Raj. Viceroy Curzon was pre- “Banglar mati Banglar jal”,
unions, what do we owe them?
Working class was an expression
cient confidence. That the
infection did not spread 5>AC74 sented with hundreds of peti-
tions, which he chose to
thrilled patriotic sentiments
to an all-time high and the
too distant for the boy. immediately to the districts is 6>E4A=<4=C8C ignore. Bengal united is a ball had been set rolling for
The most tragic rioting that a fact for which we cannot be power; Bengal divided will a mass Raksha Bandhan cer-
Calcutta ever witnessed was too thankful. We had to take F0B0= pull several different ways. emony. Virtual strangers
between August 16 and 18,
1946. It was an attempt by MA
a big chance in denuding
Howrah and the mill areas of
D=4G?42C43 The summer of 1905 was a
long, hot one in Bengal and
stopped each other on the
streets to tie the rakhi thread,
Jinnah to convince London that troops on the 17th. 1>=0=I0 the atmosphere was charged symbolising brotherhood.
Hindus and Muslims could not The obligations of the with tension. The editor of a (The writer is a well-known
coexist, hence the Partition. I Constitution made my task far leading daily had condemned columnist and an author. The
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not to release a portion of this and merely keeps F70C4E4A;8CC;4 turnaround, in the Revised of subsidy. This is where almost The Direct Benefit Transfer
it pending (the extant method of accounting on 7>?4A4<08=B Estimate (RE) for 2020-21, the FM every Government has failed. (DBT) of subsidy is a foolproof
cash basis i.e. expenses are recorded when actu- 5>A;0D=278=6 has paid all of the food subsidy In early 2015, a committee mechanism for helping poor con-
al payments are made helps it to do this). To keep 31CC78B8B dues C4,22,000 crore from the under senior BJP leader Shanta sumers as was amply demonstrat-
its operations going, the agency borrows the 1420DB4 Budget. In other words, the Kumar had recommended a cut in ed in the case of LPG. It involves
“unpaid amount” from the banks or any other C74=C74 Government has taken all of the the number of those eligible for putting money in the account of
source. These borrowings plus interest accrued 6>E4A=<4=C expenses under this head on its bal- subsidised food from 67 per cent beneficiaries who in turn, can use
remain on the books of the FCI. F8;;14 ance sheet. The allocation for to 40 per cent and restricting the it to buy food from wherever they
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2020, it owed a staggering C3,00,000 crore to the 22. This is welcome as it will bring Paswan the then Union Minister price will stay. This implies, that
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n a calm Sunday morn- These figures would have In 2019 the people of Raini proved the same beyond doubt. ture will have more impact in Himalayas is also attributable to

O ing, the sound of gush-

ing water stirred fear in
the minds and hearts of the peo-
been much more had the inci-
dent not taken place on a
Sunday, which is a weekend and
village, who have been deeply
impacted by the latest tragedy
had filed a Public Interest
Apart from scant regard
shown for environmental
norms and laws by the
the Himalayan region due to
elevation-dependent warming.
If the world can keep the tem-
the excess use of concrete in
structures such as dams and res-
idential buildings. These struc-
ple of Chamoli district in the number of labourers in Litigation (PIL) in the Government, climate change perature rise to below ture radiate heat and contribute
Uttarakhand as it reminded attendance is thin. Uttarakhand High Court too, had a major role to play in 1.5°Celsius, in the HKH region to the spike in ambient temper-
them of the fateful day in 2013 The magnitude of the dis- against the construction of the the recent disaster. it would translate to at least a rise atures. There is an urgent need
when a deluge took hundreds of aster can be gauged by the fact hydel project, citing damage to The Intergovernmental of 1.8°C, and in some places, to make a shift to traditional
lives, rendered many homeless ;?D1 BA8A09 that the glacial burst caused sud- the environment as the main Panel on Climate Change’s above 2.2°C. building materials such as stone
and devastated the State. den flood and avalanche in the reason. The project site in Raini (IPCC) Special Report on The Himalayan region, and wood in order to dial down
The huge volume of water Dhauli Ganga, Rishi Ganga village area falls under the Oceans and Cryosphere in a which has an ultra-delicate ecol- the vulnerability to climate
and mud flowing towards the and Alaknanda rivers totally Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve, Changing Climate (SROCC) ogy, is least monitored given the change and also put hydel
under-construction Rishi Ganga devastating the National just a few kilometres from the reveals that climate change has difficult geographical terrain power projects under restricted
Hydel Project confirmed the Thermal Power Corporation’s Nanda Devi National Park. triggered global warming which and is susceptible to the increas- category. In addition to this the
worst fears of the local people (NTPC’s) Tapovan-Vishnugad Considering its impact on progressed, the huge pile of in turn has altered the fre- es risk of unforeseen extreme Government must also set up
who watched helplessly as near- hydel project and the Rishi the environment and the local muck was not disposed as per quency and magnitude of nat- weather events such as glacial more high altitude monitoring
ly 40 labourers at the Rishi Ganga Hydel Project. It’s unfor- community owing to the blast- environmental norms and, as a ural hazards leading to adverse bursts. As per estimates there are stations so that the health of the
Ganga and Dhauli Ganga dam tunate that scientists failed to ing and stone crushing activities, result, it came gushing down events such as the breaking off 8,000 lakes in the Himalayas, of Himalayas is correctly gauged.
sites came under the swathe of predict the catastrophe even the High Court stayed blasting with the flood waters creating of a portion of the Nanda Devi which 200 are classified as dan- This in turn will enable better
the colossal deluge consisting of though it was a disaster waiting in the project area till further havoc. glacier on Sunday. gerous, and as mountain slopes adaptation practices.
water, muck and debris. to happen. orders and constituted a panel The Government and According to the HIMAP are impacted by glacier retreat The Uttarakhand glacier
The death toll by Monday The people of Chamoli under the Chamoli District courts must realise that appoint- assessment report facilitated by and permafrost thaw due to ris- burst has revealed the conse-
evening climbed to 18, while 27 district and environmentalists Magistrate and Member ing committees and delaying the the International Centre for ing temperatures, the lakes quences of human apathy
were rescued and over 200 The writer is an had long been protesting against Secretary of the State Pollution environmental impact assess- Integrated Mountain become unstable and populat- towards the environment and
were feared missing or dead, environmental the setting up of the two hydel Control Board to inspect the ment report of any project is Development (ICIMOD), tem- ed regions in the foothills climate change. The end result
with 30-35 feared trapped in a journalist. The projects which has severely Rishi Ganga Hydroelectric nothing short of playing with peratures are rising in the Hindu become highly vulnerable to is loss of human lives, ruined
views expressed
tunnel at the Tapovan- are personal. compromised the ecology of the Project site. the environment and people’s Kush Himalayan (HKH) region extreme weather events. nature and, as usual, no lessons
Vishnugad project. region. However, as the project lives. Sunday’s disaster has and the rise in global tempera- The rising heat in the learnt.
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Canberra: Australia has
demanded Myanmar immedi-
township statement said. In the face of an increas- ately release an Australian
FURZGDVDQWLFRXS “Some people... are behav- ingly bold wave of defiance, adviser to Aung San Suu Kyi’s
SURWHVWVVZHOO ing in a worrying way that
can harm the safety of public
state broadcaster MRTV
warned that opposition to the
government who was detained
in a military coup, an official
and law enforcement. junta was unlawful and sig- said on Monday.
Yangon: Martial law was Such behaviours can affect sta- nalled a potential crackdown. Economic policy adviser
declared in parts of Myanmar’s bility, safety of people, law “Action must be taken Sean Turnell had told friends
second largest city Mandalay enforcement, and peaceful exis- according to the law with effec- via social media that he was
Monday, after hundreds of tence of villages and could tive steps against offences detained but he has been out of
thousands rallied across the create riots, that’s why this which disturb, prevent and contact in recent days.
country against the coup and order bans gathering, speaking destroy the state’s stability, pub- “We have called for the
the military issued a stern in public, protest by using lic safety and the rule of law,” immediate release of Australian
warning against further vehicles, rallies,” the statement said a statement read by an citizen Prof. Sean Turnell from
protests. said. announcer on the channel. detention,” Foreign Minister
The orders cover seven The junta has so far Tens of thousands of peo- Marise Payne said.
townships in Mandalay, ban- refrained from using deadly ple overcame a nationwide The Australian Embassy in
ning people from protesting or force against the demonstra- internet blockade to rally over Myanmar had been providing
gathering in groups of more tions sweeping most of the the weekend in the first major Turnell with “extensive support
than five, and a curfew will run country, but with pressure outpourings of opposition to during this ordeal,” she said.
from 8 pm until 4 am, the gen- building riot police fired water the coup. Turnell’s friend and fellow
eral administration depart- cannon in an attempt to dis- The movement built on Myanmar expert Monique
ment said in a statement. perse thousands gathered in Monday, with protests across Skidmore said she believed the
A similar declaration has Naypyidaw. the country and the start of a Macquarie University eco-
been made in a township in The military last week nationwide strike. In Yangon, nomics professor had been
Ayeyarwaddy further south detained Suu Kyi and dozens of the nation’s commercial capital, detained because of his close
and announcements concern- other members of her National crowds spilt onto the city’s main relationships with ousted leader
ing other localities are expect- League for Democracy party, roads, immobilising traffic and Suu Kyi and other senior mem-
ed to trickle out tonight. ending a decade of partial dwarfing the previous day’s rally. bers of her National League for
0_^[XRTcadRZb_aPhbfPcTaPcPRa^fS^U_a^cTbcTabX]=Ph_hXcPf<hP]\Pa^]<^]SPh 0? “This order is applied until civilian rule and triggering AFP Democracy party. AP

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social media by Twitter without
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the White House. Instead,
House managers prosecuting Johannesburg: South Africa Africa. risk,” said a statement issued by
Democrats who want to hold the be over in half the time. siege, having fled for safety that the case are expected to rely on has suspended plans to inocu- The variant appears more Oxford University and the
former president accountable for Details of the proceedings day as the rioters broke into the the trove of videos from the late its front-line health care infectious and is driving a University of the
the violent US Capitol siege and are still being negotiated by the Capitol and temporarily halted siege, along with Trump’s incen- workers with the Oxford- deadly resurgence of the dis- Witwatersrand in
Republicans who want it over as resulted in Trump’s acquittal a Senate leaders, with the duration the electoral count certifying diary rhetoric refusing to con- AstraZeneca vaccine after a ease in the country, currently Johannesburg.
fast as possible. year ago on charges that he pri- of opening arguments, senators’ Biden’s victory. cede the election, to make their small clinical trial suggested accounting for more than 90 Scientists will be studying
Scheduled to begin Tuesday, vately pressured Ukraine to dig questions and deliberations all Defense attorneys for case. His new defense team has that it isn’t effective in pre- per cent of the Covid-19 cases, whether or not the
just over a month since the up dirt on a Democratic rival, up for debate. Trump declined a request for said it plans to counter with its venting mild to moderate ill- health minister Zweli Mkhize AstraZeneca vaccine is effective
deadly riot, the proceedings are Joe Biden, now the president. So far, it appears there will him to testify. Holed up at his own cache of videos of ness from the variant dominant said Sunday night. in preventing severe disease
expected to diverge from the This time, Trump’s Jan. 6 be few witnesses called, as the Mar-a-Lago club, the former Democratic politicians making in the country. “The AstraZeneca vaccine and death against the variant,
lengthy, complicated trial that rally cry to “fight like hell” and prosecutors and defense attor- president has been silenced on fiery speeches. AP South Africa received its appeared effective against the Mkhize said.
first 1 million doses of the original strain, but not against Other vaccines have shown
AstraZeneca vaccine last week the variant,” Mkhize said. reduced efficacy against the
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lation drive using the been peer-reviewed, involved Africa variant because it con-
Washington: The Biden two days after the admin- Arabia has endorsed a AstraZeneca vaccine may not 2,000 people, most of whom tains a mutation of the virus’
administration has istration notified negotiated settlement, be useful. were young and healthy. The characteristic spike protein,
warned Yemen’s Houthi Congress that it would the United States is Preliminary data from a volunteers’ average age was 31. which is targeted by existing
rebels against ongoing remove the Houthis from deeply troubled by con- small study suggested that the “Protection against mod- vaccines. South African offi-
attacks against civilians its list of “foreign terror- tinued Houthi attacks,” AstraZeneca vaccine offers erate-severe disease, hospital- cials say the variant is more
just 48 hours after mov- ist organisations,” a des- State Department only “minimal protection isation or death could not be contagious and evidence is
ing to strike the group ignation that comes with spokesman Ned Price against mild-moderate disease” assessed in this study as the tar- emerging that it may be more
from a terrorism black- severe U.S. Sanctions. It said in a statement. “We caused by the variant in South get population were at such low virulent. AP
list. also came just three days call on the Houthis to
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for CGTN, the English-language channel of about 27 nautical miles (50
China Central Television, on suspicion of ille- kilometers) south of Cape
gally supplying state secrets overseas, Australia’s Ashizuri on Japan’s southwest-
foreign minister said Monday. ern island of Shikoku when it
The arrest of Cheng Lei last Friday starts collided with the commercial
an official criminal investigation and came six ship, the Maritime Self-Defense
months after she was detained. Force said in a statement.
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serious concerns about Ms. Cheng’s detention Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the submarine’s mast but it was
regularly at senior levels, including about her pleaded not guilty on Monday as able to continue sailing on its
welfare and conditions of detention,” Foreign his trial on corruption charges own, it said. The navy did not
Minister Marise Payne said. resumed in a Jerusalem court- identify the commercial ship,
“We expect basic standards of justice, pro- room just weeks before nation- but NHK public television said
cedural fairness and humane treatment to be al elections in which he hopes to it was the Hong Kong-registered
met, in accordance with international norms,” extend his 12-year rule. bulk carrier Ocean Artemis. It
she added. Netanyahu was indicted last was transporting 90,000 tons of
China’s Foreign Ministry confirmed year for fraud, breach of trust iron to Okayama in western
Cheng’s arrest and said her legal rights were and accepting bribes in three Japan after leaving the Chinese
being “fully guaranteed.” separate cases. In recent months, port of Qingdao last Friday
“We hope that Australia will earnestly Israelis have held weekly protests with 21 Chinese crewmem-
respect China’s judicial sovereignty and refrain calling on him to resign over the bers, it said. Defense Minister
from interfering in China’s law-based handling charges and criticising his gov- Nobuo Kishi told reporters that
of cases in any way,” ministry spokesperson ernment’s response to the coro- the collision was “extremely
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Texas, but have repeatedly been on they crossed the US Border in major coronavirus pandemic relief
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to the San Antonio airport and put said. Trump.
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appeals. send the most ambitious overhaul of changes he’s promised will take
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credit positive, Moodys from accessing securities mar- Practices) norms as well as sequential growth also slowing departing has also gradually
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Bajaj Finserv, Bharti Airtel, (RBI) issued guidelines for the financial position, investment A probe by the Securities report said on Monday. passenger services resumed,
xtending its winning streak PowerGrid, Infosys and country’s largest non-banking objective and risk profiling. and Exchange Board of India Indian carriers had flown to 2,294 till January 18, 2021,
E to the sixth session, equity
benchmark Sensex rallied 617
ICICI Bank., Kotak Bank, Bajaj
Finance and ITC were among
finance companies (NBFCs)
to implement a risk-based
harmonise regulatory norms
between NBFCs and banks.
The individuals who have
been barred are the company’s
(Sebi) found that Capitalaim
was selling products and ser-
a total of 1.27 crore passengers
on domestic routes in January
said Kinjal Shah, Vice President
at Icra.
points to end above the 51,000- the laggards. According to internal audit framework, in The NBFC sector has been present and former directors- vices to its clients without 2020. For January 2021, the
mark for the first time on Binod Modi, Head-Strategy at line with banks. The frame- increasingly important to cred- - Abhijeet Bajpai, Anant Tiwari, communicating the risk profile Indian aviation industry average daily departures were
Monday, tracking strong gains Reliance Securities, domestic work requires an NBFC’s inter- it growth in India. Debabrata Bhattacharjee, to them. Further it was has witnessed a continued around 2,190, significantly
in Infosys, ICICI Bank and equities remained in the grip of nal audit function to assess NBFCs’ total balance sheet Sheetal Foujdar and Abhilasha observed that Capitalaim was recovery in domestic passenger lower than the average daily
Reliance Industries amid a bulls with benchmark indices risks independently of its exist- more than doubled to Rs 49 Verma.As per an interim order charging fees from clients traffic in Januar y 2021. departures of 3,080 in January
positive trend in global mar- extending gains for the sixth ing risk-management func- trillion in 2020 from around Rs of Sebi, Capitalaim and its pre- which is disproportionate of However, the pace of growth 2020, though better than
kets.After touching a lifetime consecutive day.“Improved tions. 20 trillion in 2015. At the same sent directors Bajpai and Tiwari their annual income and sell- slowed down in the reporting around 2,048 in December
high of 51,523.38 during the prospects of sustained eco- The requirement is credit time, banks’ exposures to are directed to cease and desist ing same services or packages month, with a sequential 2020, she said.
day, the 30-share BSE index nomic recovery on the back- positive because it adds anoth- NBFCs have also increased, from acting as an investment to same clients on multiple growth (over December 2020) “The average number of
ended 617.14 points or 1.22 per drop of sharp increase in cap- er layer of risk monitoring and and according to RBI data, advisor. occasion at different arbitrary of around 3.5 per cent to passengers per flight during
cent higher at its record clos- ital expenditures and bold improves the companies’ 8.5% of gross bank credit was Besides, they have been price for future period / over- around 76 lakh passengers, January 2021 was 111, against
ing peak of 51,348.77. reform measures have embold- resilience to unexpected to NBFCs as of December directed not to divert any funds lapping period, while an exist- rating agency Icra said in a an average of 134 passengers
Similarly, the broader NSE ened investors. “While global shocks, Moody’s said. 2020, compared with 4.8% in raised from the investors. ing subscription is still active, release. per flight in January 2020.
Nifty surged 191.55 points or equities remained favourable The guidelines will apply to December 2016. Also, the regulator has which has the effect of locking On a y-o-y basis, however, Thus, it is expected that the
1.28 per cent to its lifetime clos- today, benchmark index Nifty all deposit-taking NBFCs or Banks have traditionally directed them to immediately in the client to the Investment domestic passenger traffic domestic aviation industry
ing high of 15,115.80. It and Sensex recorded fresh all- NBFCs with assets of more been subject to stricter regula- withdraw and remove all Advisor, as IA has “no refund declined by around 41 per operated at a passenger load
touched an intra-day record of time highs,” he said. Elsewhere than Rs 500 billion as of March tions and risk controls than advertisements, representa- and cancellation” policy. It had cent in January over the same factor (PLF) of around 72 per
15,159.90. in Asia, bourses in Shanghai, 31, 2022. The framework’s NBFCs, creating regulatory tions, communications in rela- charged different arbitrary month of 2020, it added. cent in the previous month
Mahindra and Mahindra Hong Kong and Tokyo ended application to the largest arbitrage for NBFCs, even tion to its investment advisory advisory fees from the same The capacity deployment against 86 per cent in January
(M&M) was the top gainer in with significant gains, while NBFCs reflects the RBI’s ongo- though they provide similar activity or any other activity in and different clients, Sebi in the previous month at 2020, that too on a low capac-
the Sensex pack, soaring Seoul was in the red. ing efforts to strengthen and financial services. the securities market. noted. around 71 per cent is a signif- ity,” she added.

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maceutical industry has proved he Centre on Monday beneficiaries can lift their enti- keting year, with maximum fare schemes and exigencies as chase of 616.43 lakh tonne of 32.90 per cent of the total pro- farmers in Tamil Nadu,
to be a dependable supplier of
quality drugs in a time of glob-
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expected to reach a size of USD called ‘One Nation-One Ration existing ration cards with bio-
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inherited genetic defect. Dr Lalit Sehgal HOD — General speaking attenuated portal vein is to give inflow to the liver. It took son, earlier three died perhaps suf- which helps you in giving healthy skin as
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thy: Both genetic and acquired causes lead to the deposition Anesthesia, Liver Critical Care, Dr plant team as vascular complica- transplant and baby was shifted to I was very afraid about Hamad’s exposure to air pollution and ultraviolet
of abnormal material within the tissues of the heart leading to Vikas Taneja, HOD — Pediatrics tions are high in paediatric trans- ICU on a ventilator,” Dr Lalwani survival, but the doctors here rays of the sun.
heart failure. Some of these diseases are Amyloidosis, Sarcoidosis, and Dr Sufla Saxena, Consultant plant patients. The reconstruction elaborates. saved the life of my son. We To conclude, Vitamin E is sensitive to
Haemochromatosis, Fabry disease, Danon disease and Friedreich’s — Paediatric Gastroenterologist of the portal vein with graft is The baby was off the ventila- express since gratitude towards all heat so it must be consumed from raw and
ataxia. and Hepatologist. always a challenge as it increases tor the next morning and gradu- doctors of Manipal Hospitals. uncooked foods to protect its nutritional
Congenital Heart Disease (CHD): Some complex congen- Hamad was a known case of the risk of thrombotic complica- ally in the next few days, he start- From day one they assured me that value. Add Vitamin E to your daily diet to
ital heart diseases are not amenable to surgical correction or repair Progressive Familial Intrahepatic tions. ed accepting oral feed, tolerating everything will be right and I will attain its health benefits.
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alcohol, drugs, viral infection (viral myocarditis), following child- treat the flu without having
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and cough may not be
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zeaxanthin. They are also the low-
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Pistachio Growers (APG)
Lifestyle Ambassador in India
during a virtual press conference,
ily functions. It is a poor lifestyle,
sedentary day, overeating junk,
toxic emotions, poor sleep pat-
chenopodium leaves are water content, bathua also ing the pandemic it can with a towel and inhale the more pistachios in a single serv- says. terns, that actually lead to weight
filled with many nutritional cures constipation(due to its definitely give you a mini steam for at least 15 min- ing as compared to any other For those who are always gain,” Coutinho asserts.
qualities which can do laxative properties) and a host heart attack. utes. Do this twice daily. commonly consumed nuts. The angsting about not putting extra Now many of us would won-
wonders for your overall of your tummy problems by Here are a few This will help relieve results from the largest ran- kgs, pistachios can help them too. der how to select the best variety
health. It is loaded with aiding digestion and boosting tips that can stuffy nose, sore domised clinical trial to date on “Researchers recently discovered of pistachios, Coutinho shares
essential minerals and intestinal activity too. Bathua’s help. throat and even nuts and Diabetes showed that that eating as much as 20 per cent words of wisdom to help them.
antioxidants. role in keeping your liver Drink reduce head eating about 2 ounces of nuts a of calories from American pista- “Not many know that main-
It is a powerhouse of healthy has also made these warm water. aches. day for three months, as a replace- chios may not lead to weight gain, ly only two countries generate the
Vitamin A, C and B complex. lovely greens a hit in the health Drinking Drink ment for carbohydrate foods, but it may provide the added ben- biggest yields of pistachios: the US
The leaves are a good source of and nutrition warm water ginger tea. may improve long-term blood efit of improving health. and Iran. In the US, pistachios are
amino acids too. Amino acids circuit. twice a day, Ginger is sugar control and LDL cholesterol American pistachios are also one primarily grown in California.
play a significant role in with or with- known for its in people with Type II Diabetes,” of the lowest-calorie nuts with just What makes these two kinds dif-
cell function and out having a anti-inflam- Luke Coutinho , Holistic Lifestyle 160 calories in a single ounce ferent is the fat content. California
cell repair. A flu is beneficial. matory proper- Coach — Integrative Medicine & which is equivalent to 49 pista- pistachios are lower in saturated
large propor- It not only helps ties. Drinking gin- Founder — Luke Coutinho chios. Also the act of opening fats (1.5 grams per serving) and
tion of our cells, relieve sore throat but ger tea once a day will Holistic Healing Systems Pvt Ltd, However, there are various each pistachio shell to get out the high in protein (6 grams), mak-
muscles and tis- also helps to detoxify help reduce cold. tells you. beliefs associated with eating nut slows down the eating ing them a healthier choice than
sues are made up of your body. Vitamin C helps. Mix He adds that the research nuts. Eating them only in winters process, which lead to greater sat- their counterparts from other
amino acids. Salt water gargle. lemon in lukewarm water shows that adding pistachios to is one. But that is, of course, not isfaction and fullness after eating,” countries, giving you yet anoth-
Minerals like Add one tsp of salt to and drink it daily. Vitamin different common carbohydrate true. “Eating a handful of nuts like Coutinho explains. er reason to include it into your
iron, potassium, phos- lukewarm water and gargle C is rich in antioxidants foods, such as rice and pasta, was pistachios should be a part of He adds that it’s time we stop daily diet and open up one more
phorus and calcium are twice daily. It will help kill which help improve immu- linked to reduced relative blood everyone’s daily and balanced fearing good fats and blame them avenue for healthful snacking,”
also present in abundance the bacteria in throat and nity and fight cold and flu. sugar response of the meal. diet,” Coutinho, who was recent- for making us put on weight. “We Coutinho explains.
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the year when love and romance
blossom in every heart and in every
Lokesh Verma who is the founder of
Devil’z Tattooz, has listed down some
trends that are popular among couples:
half and half tattoo is complete only
when the couple is together. Thus,
depicting that they are incomplete with-
Write what you like to read
Do not make the mistake of emulating market
trends and getting influenced by the latest bestselling
corner of the world. The couples out each other. One example is the books. Stay true to your conviction. Even if your story
explore new ways to express their emo- Name or date: Many couples tend to heartbeat tattoo that runs from one to is unconventional and of a kind that has never been
tions and make their partner feel spe- get too romantic on this specific day the other. Couples who are in a long-dis- written before, go ahead and write it if you are con-
cial. There are many things that you and get each other’s names inked to tance relationship also get connecting vinced. In fact, you must definitely write stories of
can do to make someone feel special, show how much they love each other. tattoos to represent how you and your the kind that have never been written.
yet there are some people who want to The most popular example of this was partner may be miles apart but still con-
wear their hearts, literally, on their Saif Ali Khan’s tattoo for his lady love, nected. Dedicate yourself to a writing regimen
sleeves by getting a permanent tattoo Kareena Kapoor Khan. One can also If you dream to get published, you need to stop
on their skin! get special dates inked, such as wed- Minimalistic designs: To make a big thinking of writing as a hobby and give it serious
Couple tattoos have gained ding anniversary or the first time you impact, go small! A lot of people like to attention. Allot a couple of hours per day or more
tremendous popularity in the last few met. These are special memories and keep things personal, super discreet, when you will only write, without distractions. Keep
years. Getting a beautiful piece of art moments to cherish. nothing to elaborate, visible, flashy or the phone off and don’t check your social media when
tattooed on your body to dedicate it to bold. For such private and simple peo- you write. Writing every day is absolutely essential.
your spouse/partner is something Identical ones: For an everlasting ple, the minimalistic tattoos are the best You have to keep writing till it becomes second nature
thoughtful and cherishable. Both ink bond, a lot of people prefer to find that options — small tattoos to define the to you.
and love require lifelong commit- one common thing which both the large amount of love you feel. Want to
ments as they never fade, regardless of partners can connect with such as convey a powerful message in a subtle Join writing groups and communities online and
how much time passes. So if you want word or phrase, musical notes or any way? Then small tattoos characterised offline
to show your partner that you’re pret- symbol. Having the same tattoo links with clean lines are the way to go! Writers who are starting out can reap great ben-
ty serious about the relationship and you together for life. Even, Priyanka efits by being part of a community where they can
it’s a ‘forever’ kind of love, then match- Chopra Jonas and Nick Jonas marked Ink the fingerprint: This is something share their writing and get feedback. It also makes
ing tattoos are the new, modern way their first anniversary of their engage- quirky and unique — getting the finger- you less lonely and motivates you to see that there
to reveal how much this bond matters have become creative and are finding partner’s name, name initials, zodiac ment by getting matching tattoos to print of your partner printed on your- are many others sharing the same passion as you.
to you! different ways of inking their love. symbols, infinity sign, or wedding date celebrate that. self. It’s like a signature of love inked on Writing groups on various social media platforms are
There are a variety of tattoo styles Some designs include, king and queen etc. you, which is the ultimate seal of love. wonderful places to mingle with fellow writers.
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filmmaker Anubhav Sinha. In
the first look, the actor is seen
sporting an eyebrow slit and
the actor reveals how he took
this idea to his director.
Ayushmann, who plays
the character of Joshua in the
film, says, “I have been fortu-
nate enough to collaborate
with filmmakers who have
always encouraged my creative
inputs to their vision of story-
telling. The eyebrow slit that
I’m sporting in the film was an
idea that I discussed with
Anubhav sir. It was about cre-
ating a distinct look that audi-
ences have never seen me in
and I’m glad that people have
taken notice of this and are
discussing it.”
He adds, “I have to thank
my director for being open to
my suggestion and that’s what
makes our creative partnership
so exciting. I have always been
an eager artist who wants to
contribute towards building
my character.”
Ayushmann has been
vocalising his ideas to his
directors in the recent past. He
says, “I always make these
mental notes and discuss them
with my director. Like in
Shubh Mangal Zyada
Saavdhan, my character wears
a nose ring. I had bounced this
idea with Hitesh (Kewalya)
and Anand Rai sir and I’m
glad they took this input on
board. Similarly, Shoojit sir
was happy with the idea that
I wanted to have a lisp in
Gulabo Sitabo.”
Ayushmann adds, “I like
to be an active voice when I
team up with someone, dis-
cussing everything under the
sun about my character and
the film. I feel invested if I
openly speak my mind and
thankfully I have always had
filmmakers who have appreci-
ated what I bring to the table.”
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cut short by Ravichandran fifth and final day in
Ashwin’s brilliance on a sharply Rawalpindi on Monday.
turning fourth day strip in the Hasan finished with 5-60
opening Test here on Monday. to record his best match fig-
At stumps, India were 39 ures of 10-114 and help dis-
for one, requiring another 381 miss South Africa — who
runs to set a new record and were set a daunting 370 to
take a 1-0 lead in the four- chase — for 274 before the tea
match series. The previous break.
best is 418, chased by West Hasan’s new-ball partner
Indies against Australia in Shaheen Shah Afridi finished just 33 runs with the second Linde for four to record his
2003. with 4-51, while spinner Yasir new ball. third five-wicket haul as he
Relishing bowling on a Shah took the last wicket to Hasan struck with the sec- improved upon his previous
responsive pitch, the seasoned spark jubilation among the ond over of the new ball to end best match figures of 7-83
Ashwin returned excellent fig- Pakistan players. Markram’s resistance by get- against New Zealand in Abu
ures of 6/61 to snap England’s Opener Aiden Markram ting the opener caught in the Dhabi in 2018.
second innings at 178 after the scored a fighting 108 and slip and end his 335-minute This is Pakistan’s only sec-
home team conceded a mas- Temba Bavuma 61. fight. ond Test series win over South
sive first-innings lead of 241 They put on a 106-run Markram’s fifth Test cen- Africa in 12 attempts, having
runs. stand for the fourth wicket to tury — the first outside South lost eight and drawn three.
With opener Rohit Sharma give Pakistan a scare. Africa — included 13 bound- Pakistan last beat South
(12) back in the hut, Shubman Markram took a single off aries and three sixes. Africa 1-0 in a two-match
Gill (15) and Cheteshwar the last ball before lunch as Next ball, Hasan had series at home in 2003.
Pujara (12) will begin the pro- South Africa reached the break Quinton de Kock caught in the The series win also lifts
ceedings for India on the fifth on 219-3, needing 151 for a win. slip for nought, ending South Pakistan to fifth in internation-
and final day at the MA But Hasan ripped through African skipper’s miserable al Test rankings — the first
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five-wicket haul. Sharma was rewarded for bowl- With all the confidence in fell by the wayside on Monday
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Hoping to give their 300 for Ishant, making him the He not just negated but also Washington’s off-breaks when mate enter the 400-wicket club Ishant is only two short of 100 compliment-
bowlers some respite from the sixth Indian and third pacer attacked the spinners with left-arm spinner Shahbaz and set a bench mark for the Test appearances and will only be ing Ishant, but I
sweltering heat, England from the country to reach the aplomb but what Root could not Nadeem was leaking runs, emerging quicks of this country. the second pace bowler from really wish to see
decided against enforcing the landmark. tackle was a delivery that kept including overstepping on a Ishant, the most-capped Test India to achieve that coveted him get to 400 and
follow-on and batted again. Ben Stokes could not repli- low on landing before thudding few occasions and adding to his player in this current line-up, on landmark. probably 500 wickets, which
But the start wasn’t the one cate the form of his first innings against the English run- first innings no balls. Monday, became the third Indian For Ashwin, that itself is a should be sort of road map for a
they wanted as Ashwin bowled as he played away from his body machine’s pads. When India came out to bat pacer after Kapil Dev (434 wick- measure of his achievement. lot of Indian quicks going for-
his off-spinners to deadly effect to give Rishabh Pant a catch off The umpire had no hesita- again, left-arm spinner Jack ets) and Zaheer Khan (311) to “Ishant, who went to ward.”
with the new ball, the bounce Ashwin. tion in raising his finger as Leach bowled Rohit with a reach the 300-wicket milestone. Australia and got Ricky Ponting So what’s it that makes Ishant
aiding him in his endeavour. As wickets kept falling at Jasprit Bumrah appealed for an peach of delivery that landed on “Look, Ishant has been one of out (in 2007-08), and then has Sharma special as a person?
Ashwin removed Rory one end, skipper Joe Root (40 LBW. the leg-stump before hitting the most hard-working crick- gone through so many other “If I have to say something
Burns with the very first ball of off 32 balls) looked like he was Ollie Pope (28), Jos Buttler the off-stump, the turn leaving eters, that I have seen in that tours, had his fair share of injuries, about Ishant, his biggest plus is
the second innings when he batting on a pitch different (24) and Dom Bess (25) made the home team with plenty to Indian team dressing room. for a fast bowler to get close to 100 the smile. He is ever smiling.
induced an edge for Ajinkya from the one where the ball was useful contributions, but worry about going into the “He has worked extremely Tests in India is not a joke and it Even if he is very tired, he is
Rahane to take an easy catch in turning from one end to the England strangely kept on bat- final day’s play. hard, for more than just one rea- is fantastic fantastic achievement,” smiling.

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