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Militant killed inShopian gunfightSRINAGAR: Securityforces on Wednesdayshot dead in Kashmir aHizbul Mujahideen mili-tant, a day after he shotand wounded a police of-ficer, officials said. UmarIshfaq Malik alias Musa ofBongam Shopian, whowas allegedly involved inan attack on an AssistantSub Inspector of Policeon Tuesday, was killed ina gun battle in Nadigamvillage in Shopian districtwhen joint teams of secu-rity forces were carryingout a cordon and a searchoperation.

LEADING ENGLISH DAILY

Budget focuses on poor, middle class, youth: ModiAGENCYNEW DELHI, FEB 2

Prime Minister Narendra Modi onWednesday said that the Union Bud-get 2022-23 focuses on the poor, mid-dle class and youth and aims to pro-vide them with basic necessities.

While addressing a programmeon Aatmanirbhar Arthvyavastha, thePrime Minister said, "This Budget fo-cuses on the poor, middle class andyouth and aims to provide them basicnecessities. Our Government is work-ing on the saturation of basic facili-ties."

He further said that this budgethas several steps to take India on theroad towards modernization.

"In the last 7 years, the decisionstaken are continuously enlarging theIndian economy. 7-8 years ago, In-dia's GDP was Rs 1.10 lakh crore. To-day, our GDP is nearly Rs 2.3 lakhcrore," said PM Modi.

The Prime Minister said that in

2013-14, India's exports stood at Rs2.85 lakh crore and today, it hasachieved Rs 4.7 lakh crore.

"With efforts from our govt, near-ly 9 crore rural households have al-ready been installed. Out of this, over5 crore connections have been in-

stalled under the Jal Jeevan Missionin the last 2 years," said the PrimeMinister.

He said that in this year's budget,there's provision for 80 lakh puccahouses for the poor. For the same, Rs48,000 crore has been allotted. This

will help them overcome poverty andtake them forward, he added. "Peo-ple, globally, want to see an empow-ered and strong India. It is imperativefor us that we take our country for-ward at a rapid pace and strengthen itacross several sectors," he added.

CIRCULATED IN DELHI, CHANDIGARH, PUNJAB, HARYANA, HIMACHAL AND J&K

Crypto's like Bitcoin andEthereum will never

become a legal tender: FSAGENCYNEW DELHI, FEB 2

Cryptocurrencies like Bit-coin or Ethereum will neverbecome a legal tender, Fi-nance Secretary TV So-manathan told adding onlythe digital rupee issued bythe Reserve Bank of India(RBI) would be the legal ten-der.

Finance Secretary said,"Digital rupee will be backedby RBI which will never de-fault. Money will be of RBIbut the nature will be digital.The digital rupee issued byRBI will be the legal tender.We can purchase non-digitalassets with the digital rupeelike we purchase an icecream or other things usingour wallet or paymentsthrough UPI platform."

"Rest all are not legaltender, will not, will neverbecome legal tender. Bitcoin,Ethereum, or any picture ofActor become NFT will nev-er become a legal tender," headded.

Somanathan said thatcrypto assets are assetswhose value is determinedbetween two people, you canbuy gold, diamond, and cryp-to assets, but that value willnot have authorisation by thegovernment.

People investing in pri-vate crypto should under-stand that it is not having theauthorisation of the govern-ment. There is not any guar-antee that your investmentswill be successful or not, onemay lose money and the gov-ernment is not responsiblefor this, he said.

HP: 3 dead inroad mishapSHIMLA: Three dead in-cluding a woman andfour sustain injuries inseparate road mishap oc-curred in Shimla andMandi district of HimachalPradesh, State DisasterManagement Authority(SDMA) officials con-firmed. Spokesperson ofSDMA, Sudesh Mokta in-formed in a press releasethat a car fell down in adeep gorge at Janol(Kalbog) area of subdivi-sion Theog in morning.

Digital rupee can be exchanged for cash: PMNEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said the digitalrupee, proposed in the union budget, could be exchanged for cash and willopen new opportunities in the fintech sector.Addressing the 'Atmanirbha Arthavyavastha' (self-reliant economy) sympo-sium organised by the BJP, he said the central bank digital currency or thedigital rupee will make online payments more secure and risk free and boostdigital economy in the years to come."The digital rupee will be the digital form of our physical rupee and will regu-lated by the RBI. This will be such a system that will enable exchange ofphysical currency with digital currency," Modi said at the virtual symposiumthat was attended by chief ministers of BJP-ruled states and party workersacross the country."Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) will strengthen the digital economy...If anyone makes a payment in digital currency, you will be able to change itto cash," he said.

CHANDIGARH, FEB 2

Senior Punjab Congress leader SunilJakhar has claimed that 42 MLAswanted him to be the chief minister ofthe state after the unceremonious exitof Amarinder Singh last year.

Jakhar could be heard saying thisin a video — that has surfaced online— while addressing a gathering inAbohar on Tuesday.

Jakhar’s nephew Sandeep Jakhar

is contesting the Punjab as-sembly polls as a Congresscandidate from the Aboharseat. Sunil Jakhar wasamong the front runnersfor the chief ministerialpost. But the party pre-ferred Charanjit SinghChanni, who became thefirst chief minister of Pun-jab from the Scheduled Caste commu-nity. “Forty-two votes went for Sunil

(Jakhar), 16 for SukhjinderRandhawa, 12 votes for Ma-harani Preneet Kaur(Amarinder Singh’s wife andPatiala MP), six votes forNavjot Singh Sidhu and twovotes for (Charanjit Singh)Channi,” Jakhar said. He alsosaid he even declined the postof deputy chief minister of-

fered by Congress leader Rahul Gand-hi to him.

Forty-two MLAs wanted me to be PunjabCM after Amarinder’s exit: Jakhar BUREAU

CHANDIGARH, FEBRUARY 2:

Haryana Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lalsaid that along with humans, floraand funa too are an integral part ofnature. This earth belongs to all of us,he added.

The Chief Minister said thiswhile speaking at the World WetlandsDay programme organized at Sultan-pur National Park in Gurugram onWednesday.

Union Minister of Environment,Forest and Climate Change, Sh. Bhu-

pender Yadav, Union Minister of State forForest and Environment, Sh. AshwiniChoubey, Haryana Forest and Education Min-ister, Sh. Kanwar Pal also remained present

on this occasion.The Chief Minister said that it is

very necessary to maintain balancebetween both earth and water aswherever there are wetlands, birdsfrom all over the country and theworld migrate to such places. Thou-sands of birds migrate from othercountries and regions at Sultanpurand Bhindawas lakes in Haryana,said Sh. Manohar Lal.

Home stay facility to also start at Sultanpur andBhindawas on the pattern of Tikkartal: Hry CM

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84451 Kumar Mishra. NAVDEEP. Have Changed Our Manior Changed My Name And He Kaur. I D a r s h a n S i n g h A l i a s I K u l d i p S i n g h S / O I , Machi Devi W/o Ramesh R/o 900020 100039 Daughter Name From Aarchi Shall Hereafter Be Known As 63372 Gurdarshan Singh S/O Kulwant Sukhwinder Singh R/O Kari Village Badsikri Kalan , Distt. Kaithal I, Preetkaur Virk W/o Gulab I, Simran jeet Singh Khara S/o To Aarchi Meenia , Plz J ug jeevan Singh Dhanoa. I, Kajal Kaur D/o Kulwant Singh Singh R/O Phulewala Distt Kalan Distt. Ferozepur Have Have Changed My Name From Singh R/o Village Pharal, Sub- Jujar Singh Khara R/o Dera Noted All Concerned. 72778 R/o Vill: Bhagike (Moga) changed Bathinda Have Two Name Of Changed My Name From Machi Devi To Parkasho. Tehsil Dhand, District Kaithal Govindgarh, Vill. Dacher Tehsil 72737 I, Manpreet Singh S/O Baldev my name to Amanveer Kaur. One Person. Ku ld ip S ingh To Ku ldeep Concerned Please Note. (Haryana) declares that I have Nissing, Distt. Karnal Haryana I Naresh Balla W/O Pawan Raj R/O Vpo Aur, Dist t . 63372 63372 Singh .

84451 changed my name from Priya have changed my name from Kumar R/O Vill. Thetharke , Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar I, Harinderpal Singh S/o Lakhvir I Gursewak Singh S/o Balveer 63372I, Dilpreet Singh S/o. Charanjit Nagpal to Preetkaur Virk. In Simran Jeet Singh Khara to Teh . Dera Baba Nanak , Inform That My Name Is Manpreet Singh R/o Mandiani (Ludhiana) Singh R/o Barnala Mansa have I Uma Ran i W/O Sur inder Singh, R/o. H.No. 1209, future, I will be known by the name Simranjeet Singh. All Concern D is t t Gurdaspu r Have And Singh Is My Surname changed my minor daughter Changed Gursewak Mann. Gaba R/O Near Narang Pheruman Road, Adarsh Palace, of Preetkaur Virk for all purposes. Noted. Changed My Name From 72778 name from Darveen Kaur Sidhu 63372 M o h a l l a M a m d o t D i s t t . RAYYA (Amritsar) have changed All concerned please note. 100046 Naresh Balla To Naresh I, Baljit Singh S/O Harmesh Lal to Darveen Kaur. I, Surinder Kaur W/o Ajmer Ferozepur Have Changed my name from Dilpreet Singh to 100047 I Anju bala w/o Suresh Kumar H Bala Plz Noted All R/O 7/152/1, Mohalla Mukatpura 63372 Singh R/o St.No. 03 Dashmesh My Name From Uma Ran i Dilpreet Singh Bhinder. So I Baljit Kaur wife of Service No. No 171, Shakti nagar, Gali no-3, Concerned. Banga Distt. S.b.s. Nagar Have I Gurmeet Singh S/o Nachhattar Nagar W.No. 17 Ahmedgarh To Meenu Gaba.Dilpreet Singh and Dilpreet Singh JC-347513Y Ex Sub Joginder ward no-6, Goniana Mandi 72737 Changed My Name From Baljit Singh R/o Rampura (Bathinda) Distt. Malerkotla have changed 63372Bhinder are one and same Singh resident of House No. 698, (Bathinda) have Changed I, hitherto Known as AARTI Singh To Singh Baljit. I Have have changed my name to my name to Surinder Kaur I Gur j i t S ingh S /o Gurnam Person. Ajit Nagar, Near Gurudwara my name Anju bala to Anju V E R M A D / o K A I L A S H Used Singh As My Surname. Gurmeet Singh Chahal. Grewal. S i n g h R / o , H o u s e N o

900026 Jatherian, Kapurthala, Punjab Goyal w/o Suresh Kumar, CHANDER W/O PAWAN DHALL 72778 63372 63372 1 3 8 4 , P h a s e 2 , D u g r i I hitherto known as Bunty S/o Tilak have changed my Name from Please concerned note. R/o.3432, Sultanwind Road O/s I, Hitherto Known As Komal I Simerjeet Kaur W/O Bhupinder I Barinder Singh S/o Gurdev Ludh iana have changed Raj, residing at H.No. 1721, BALJIT KAUR to BALJEET 90004 Bahadur Nagar Amritsar Punjab. Preet D/O Rajinder Singh R/o Singh R/O Bhadalwad District Singh Village Barnala Kalan m y n a m e f r o m G u r j i t M a q s u d a n C h o w k , V T C KAUR I Gora lal S/o Hem Raj R/o have changed my name and Village Ratainda, Distt. S.b.s Barnala Have Changed My (SBS Nagar) My Two Name S ingh to Gur jee t S ingh Maqsudan, Jalandhar-144008, 98706 Balahar Vinjhu (Bathinda) Shall hereafter be known as Nagar -144029, Punjab, India Name To Simerjit Kaur. First Name Barinder Singh and Grewa l .Punjab, India, have changed my I, Prabhjot Kaur D/o Charan Singh have changed my name AARTI DHALL. Have Changed My Name And 63372 Second Name Davinder Singh, 50008name and shall hereafter be known R/o village Badli, PO: Nihalwal, Gora lal to Gora lal Garg, 72737 Shall Hereafter Be Known As I Am Sarabjit Singh S/O But I Know One And Second I R a j i a w i f e o f S u l t a n as Bunty Behal. District Jalandhar (Punjab) is Please concerned note, I, Vaishali Balasaheb Sargar Komalpreet Kaur. Sohan Singh R/O Dhaner Name Was Same Person. Shah R/O Dangarh D is t t .

900020 g o ing to get married with Mr. Joga 90004 W/o balasaheb Ganpati Sargar 72778 Barnala Changed Name To 63372 Barna la have changed my Singh S/o Ram Chand resident of I, Alka W/o Rajesh Suri R / o D a n d o b a R o a d , I, Hitherto Known As Sooba Singh Sarbjit Singh. I, Sukhvinder Singh S/o Amar name f rom Ra j ia to Ra j ia Bishanpur Jattan, PO: Lakhan R/o .H.No. A-146, New L axminagar, Gundewad i , S/O Sadhu Singh R/o Kot Ise Kha 63372 Singh R/o Teh-Khamano Raya Parveen . .Kalan Distr ict Kapurthala A m r i t s a r A m r i t s a r h a v e Sangli, Maharashtra, India Road, Zira, Distt. Firozpur - 142047, I, Gurjeet Kaur W/o Jang (Fatehgarh Sahib) changed my 50008(Punjab). All Concerned person Changed my name Alka to declare that in my husbands’s Punjab, India Have Changed My Bahadur Singh R/o Kotala name from Sukhvinder Singh I Ramandeep kau r w /o please note Alka Suri Pls Note army record my name mention Name And Shall Hereafter Be (Ludh iana) Changed My Khass to Sukhvinder Singh. Gur j i t S ingh res iden t o f

98706 72737 as Vaishali but my correct name Known As Suba Singh. Name Gurjit Kaur. 63372 v i l l a g e p a n g l i a n t e h s i l I Palka Arora w/o Neeraj Kumar I, Vijay Kumar S/o Roop is Vaishali Balasaheb Sargar. 72778 63372 I, Jaswant Singh Sidhu S/O a n d d i s t r i c t L u d h i a n a Thakkar resident of 22/2 Vikram Chand R/o.Vi l lage Mandi 72737 I, Sharanjit Alias Sharan Dass S/O I Manpreet Kaur @ Manprit Joginder Singh R/O Mehraj have changed my name Batra Enclave, Ferozepur, PB, L adhuka Faz i l ka Have I, Rutika Vishwas Chavan W/o Amarjit R/O Moh.khatika Kaur W/o Manjit Singh R/o Patti Soul Distt Bathinda Have f rom Ramandeep kaur to permanent resident of #1296, Sec Changed my name to Vishwas Babu Chavan R/o Nurmahal Teh Phillaur Jalandhar H.No.897 MIG Near Baba Changed My Minor Son Name bhup inder kaur . re la t i ves 31, Gurugram Haryana, have Vi jay Kumar Bajaj Note I t Swapnanagri housing Society, Rural Have Changed My Name J a s w a n t S i n g h S e c - 4 0 Armaan Singh To Armaan may no te . . changed my name from Palka 72737 N e a r S a w a k a r C h o w k , From Sharanjit Alias Sharan Dass Focal Point Ludhiana stated Singh Sidhu. 50008Arora to Palka Thakkar, for all I , Amitpal Kaur D/o Morewasti Chikhali, Pune City, To Sharan Dass (Sharan Is My t h a t M a n p r i t K a u r a n d 63372 I , N a r e n d r a K u m a r future purposes. Manpreet Singh R/O. R u p e e n a g a r , P u n e , Given Name And Dass Is My Manpreet Kaur both are my I Jarnail Singh S/o Bakhtawar C h h a b r a S / o S h r i H a r i

900023 C h a b h a l R o a d B o h o r u Maharashtra, India declare that Surname) name and I use both of my Singh R/o Vpo. Jalal Pur Kalan Chand R/o M.No. 70 Near I Krishan singh Shentke s/o Amritsar declare that I in my husbands’s army record 72778 names. Teh. Shahkot (Jalandhar) A s h o k N u r s e r y R a n j i t Surjeet singh, village sukhladhi, have changed my name from my name mention as Rutika but I, Kewal Ram Ahir S/O Gian Chand 63372 Punjab have changed my Enc lave K arna l I dec la re (Bathinda) have changed my Amitpal Kaur to Amitpal my correct name is Rutika Ahir R/O Hno 32 Golden Avenue I , S a r b j e e t K a u r W / o name Jarnail Singh to Jarnail tha t I have changed my name Krishan singh Shentke To and Kaur as my Surname . Vishwas Chavan. Phase 1 Jalandhar Have Changed Ravinder Singh Dhal iwal Singh Sidhu. n a m e f r o m N a r e n d r a Krishan singh. All concern noted. 72737 72737 My Name From Kewal Ram Ahir To R /o V i l l : Lopon (Moga) 63372 K u m a r C h h a b r a t o

60018 I, Jiwan Kumar S/O Mulakh Kewal Ram Ahir (Kewal Ram Is My c h a n g e d m y n a m e t o I Sandeep Kaur W/o Jarnail N a r e n d r a C h h a b r a . I n Raj R/O V.p.o. Mehtan, Teh. Given Name And Ahir Is My S a r b j e e t K a u r D h a l i w a l Singh Sidhu R/o Vpo. Jalal Pur fu tu re I w i l l be known as Phagwara, Distt. Kapurthala, Surname) after marriage. K a l a n Te h . S h a h k o t Narendra Chhabra . No te Have Changed My Name 72778 63372 (Jalandhar) Punjab have re la ted .From Jiwan Kumar To Jiwan I, Ajay @ Anil Kumar S/o I Gagandeep K aur W/o changed my name Sandeep 100046Kumar Rai. I Harpreet Singh Surinder Kumar R/o # B- Manpreet Singh Bhullar Vpo Kaur to Sandeep Kaur Sidhu. I , Sa tnam K aur @ Pree t S/O Paramjit R/O Village 3/172/1 Saheed Udam Singh G h a n d a B a n n a D i s t t : 63372 L u t h r a W / o S h . A v t a r Samrari Distt Jalandhar Want Nagar Nawanshahr (SBS Bathinda changed my name I Sarvjit Singh S/O Lal Singh S ingh And D/o Sh . Sur jee t To Change Name Harpreet To Nagar) changed my name to to Gagandeep Kaur Bhullar R/O Ward No.3, Lehragaga, S ing R/o H .no 1065 , Ward Harpreet Khalo Anil Kumar. After Marriage. Distt. Sangrur Declares That I N o 6 2 , S h i v a l a R o a d ,

72778 63372 63372 Have Changed My Son’s Name L u d h i a n a D e c l a r e T h a t Harnoor Singh Tathgir To Sa tnam K aur And Pree t Harnoor Singh. Lu th ra I s One And The

63372 Same Person .I Rupinder Kaur Rakhra 90 00D/O Jagraj Singh W/O I, Balwinder Kaur W/o Santokh Sarvjit Singh R/O Ward Singh V.p.o Sidhwan Dona No.3, Lehragaga, Distt. D i s t t . K a p u r t h a l a H a v e Sangrur Have Changed My Changed My Name From Name To Rupinder Kaur. Balwinder Kaur To Kaur

63372 Balwinder. Al l Concerned I, Gurbaksh Singh S/O Note.Gurcharan Singh R/O Near 98706School Killi Chahlan Tehsil i shaveta wadhwa w/o naresh Moga Distt Moga Punjab PIN- kumar Mehta village alikan 142053 Have Changed My distt. fatehabad have changed Name To Gurbux Singh. name to shaveta mehta

63372 40009I, Sukhchain Singh S/O Iqbal Singh R/O Charik (Moga) Changed Name Sukhchain Singh Gill.

63372I, Satnam Singh S/o Jagdev Singh R/o Kapure Patti Khana (Moga) Changed Name Satnam Singh Ghatore.

63372I Karamjit Kaur W/O Davinder Singh Village Bodalwala Distt Ludhiana Have Changed My Name To Karmjeet Kaur.

63372I Tirth Singh S/O Jora Singh R/O Vpo Bhamipura Tehsil Jagraon Distt Ludhiana Have Changed My Name To Tirath Singh.

63372I Ranjit Kaur W/O Tirath Singh R/O Vpo Bhamipura Tehsil Jagraon Distt Ludhiana Have Changed My Name To Ranjeet Kaur.

63372I Himat Singh S/O Jalour S i n g h R / O V p o R o r i Kapura, District Faridkot, Punjab Pin-151202 Have Changed My Name To Hema Singh.

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I, No.13763493 N Rank Hav Amar Dhawej , S/o Vishu Dev , Unit 19 JAK RIF C/O 99 APO, Village Nanglian Chak, PO Kandrori, Tehsil Indora, Distt. Kangra ( H.P ) declare that I have changed the name of daughter from AKANGSHA in service record to AKANKSHA dye to mistake during publication of birth Part -11 order has been entered as AKANGSHA.That the DOB of my daughter is 30-08-2010. That both n a m e s A K A N G S H A a n d AKANKSHA pertain to one and the same child .

400014I Raj Rani w/o Moti Lal Resident H.NO./158, 22 acre District Barnala affidavit that I say my Son Deepak Kumar 32 yrs Old is out of my control due to bad profile. Because of that, I r e l i e v e h i m f r o m h i s a l l Moveable/immovable, property. There is no relationship with my family, he will be responsible for the dealer with him

90006 I Avtar Singh son of Bachan Singh at present R/o House no.1282, Street no.12, Dashmesh Nagar, Ludhiana stated that my son Gurmeet Singh and his wife Kamaljit Kaur both are out of my control. I disown them out of my moveable and immoveable Propert ies, I shall not be responsible, if anybody deals with them.

63372I, Gurpreet Singh S/o Darshan Singh R/o Vill: Talwandi Naubahar (Moga) my Grandmother was expired 28-04-2016. She know by two names Keshar Kaur alias Isher Kaur.

63372I, Kumar Ranjan S/O Manish Kumar R/O Village- Kumarpur Post- Bariarpur District - Munger Pin No-811211 Have Changed My Name Ranjan Kumar My Date Of Birth 12-1 1 - 2 0 0 1 A n d A d h a r No.714013860669.

63372I, Gurpreet Kaur Mansan D/o Mr Daljit Singh At Present R/O 18 Chapel Street, Wolverhampton, WV2 3BA, United Kingdom Formerly R/o Village Vijola Post Office Subhanpur, Tehsil Dhilwan Distt. Kapurthala Punjab India, Do Hereby Give Notice Of Changing My Name To Gurpreet Kaur For Getting A New Indian Passport Subject To Approval Of The Consulate General Of India. Birmingham, UK.

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2-day online eventheld on safety R K KASHYAPCHHACHHRAULI - A 2-day online pro-gram was organized for safety and se-curity of students in Government GirlsSenior Secondary School,Chhachhrauli. It was concluded underschool principal Premlata.Training wasgiven about safety and security by mas-ter trainers Rituraj and Anuradha. In thetraining, information was given on differ-ent topics such as Cyber Crime, RoadSafety, Fire Prevention, JJ Act, SMC,Fast Food, POCSO Act, MDM, SafetyKovid-19 and mental stress of childrenduring examination days. HarvinderKaur gave information about road safe-ty and mental stress of children duringexamination days and Vijay Kumarshared information about SMC.

Amit Gupta hailsgeneral budgetSHIV KUMAR SHARMAKARNAL: Haryana Chamber of Com-merce Vice President Amit Gupta haswelcomed the general budget present-ed by Union Finance Minister NirmalaSita Raman, describing it as historic.He said that the government has

placed trust onthe taxpayer. Tak-ing a historic deci-sion in the budg-et, 30 per cent taxhas been im-posed by recog-nising crypto cur-rency. Shoes,slippers and agri-cultural goods

have been made cheaper in the budg-et. He said that there has been talk ofbringing digital currency in the budget.The budget has been made keeping inmind India after 25 years. Relief hasbeen given to MSMEs in the budget.He said that farmers have got relief inthis budget. Employment opportunitieswill increase. There will be relief by re-ducing the tax on importing machinesfrom abroad. Steps have been taken topromote information technology andtechnical education in the country. He isa source of relief. He said that the GatiShakti Yojana will change the country.He thanked Prime Minister NarendraModi for this.

Legal awarenesscamp held

SHIV KUMAR SHARMAKARNAL: Under the leadership ofChief Judicial Magistrate and SecretaryDistrict Legal Services Authority, Jasbir,Advocate Anshul Chaudhary and PLVHimanshu Dhingra organised legalawareness camps in villages Hemda,Dadupur Rodan, Jundla, and Hathalanathrough Traveler Van T-26. In this camppeople were provided free legal infor-mation and made aware of their rights.On this occasion, people were told thatthe National Lok Adalat will be organ-ised on 12th March. For free legal infor-mation and assistance, contact the Dis-trict Legal Services Authority, Karnal onthe telephone number 0184-2266138.

Rs 4 lakhs depositedin MC treasury tillJan end: GoyalMAINPAL KASHYAPINDRI: One month has passed for theexemption of property tax, and citizensshould take advantage of it. Talking toreporters on Wednesday, MunicipalChairperson Shivani Goyal remindedthe people about property tax and saidthat the government had generouslyannounced a huge rebate on propertytax from January 1, which was takenadvantage of by many. Till Januaryend, about Rs.4 lakh has been deposit-ed in the treasury of the municipality.He said that the interest earned onproperty tax from 2010-11 till now, hasbeen exempted by the government.Therefore, citizens can take advantageof this by paying property tax. Apartfrom this, he said that if the people ofthe city do not deposit the property tax,then how will the development work ofthe city be done.

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Haryana Chief Minister, Sh. ManoharLal said that in the Union Budget pre-sented yesterday, several steps havebeen taken keeping in mind the inter-ests of the farmers. Wheat procure-ment in Rabi season 2021-22 and es-timated procurement of paddy inKharif 2021-22 will include 1208 lakhmetric tonnes of wheat and paddyfrom 163 lakh farmers and Rs 2.37lakh crore of MSP price will be paiddirectly into the accounts of farmers.It is noteworthy that in Haryana, thepayment for the procurement of cropsis already being made directly to theaccounts of the farmers.

Underlining the use of new tech-nology, the Chief Minister said thatestimation of agricultural crops, digi-tization of land documents and use of'Kisan Drones' for spraying pesticidesand nutrients would be promoted. TheHaryana government has already con-

stituted a Drone Authorityin the state.

He said that the budg-et has also focused on nat-ural farming instead of us-ing chemicals. Chemicalfree natural farming willbe promoted across thecountry, in the first phase,special attention will begiven to the farmers' landsfalling under 5 km wide corridors ad-jacent to the river Ganga.

The Chief Minister said that a newscheme would be launched in PPPmode under which digital and hi-techservices would be provided to thefarmers. For this, public sector re-search and extension institutions aswell as private agricultural technolo-gy companies and stakeholders in theagricultural value chain will be in-volved.

Sh. Manohar Lal said that assis-tance will be provided fromNABARD for mixed capital fund cre-

ated under co-investmentmodel. The objective ofthis fund will be to fi-nance start-ups related toagriculture and rural en-terprises suitable for agri-cultural product valuechain. The activities ofthese start-ups would in-clude, inter alia, provid-ing decentralized machin-

ery on rental basis to farmers at farmlevel and IT based support for FPOs.

He said that the Ken-Betwa Linkproject would be implemented at anestimated cost of Rs 44,605 crore. Theobjective of this scheme is to provideirrigation facility on 9.08 lakh hectareagricultural land. Apart from supply-ing drinking water to 62 lakh people,the project will also provide 103 MWhydro and 27 MW solar power. Hesaid that an allocation of Rs 4,300crore has been made for this project inthe Revised Estimates 2021-22 and Rs1,400 crore in 2022-23.

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DC Pradeep Dahiya said thatthe contribution of the teach-ers have always been com-mendable and outstanding inthe overall promotion of thesociety and the nation.Teachers have always beendoing excellent work in nur-turing and sharpening thechildren according to theirtalent. In the changing envi-ronment, remarkableprogress has been made inthe field of education. Evenduring the Corona period,teachers did a good job due toonline classes. Not only this,to break the vicious circle ofCorona, the teachers did thework of motivating the chil-dren. Teachers are an impor-tant backbone of society. DCPradeep Dahiya was address-ing the local mini secretariatin the auditorium on Wednes-day after giving letters of ap-

preciation to the teachers ofthe district who have donecommendable work in thearea of prevention fromCorona as well as in other ar-eas.

The DC said that thereare 155 senior secondaryschools and high schools inthe district. The teachersworking in all the schoolshave performed their dutywell. Health Department,Revenue Department, Pan-chayat Department, Angan-

wadi and Asha workers, whohave done excellent work inview of prevention fromCorona, have been honouredearlier. Those who do goodwork deserve respect. On thisoccasion, CTM GulzarAhmed, District EducationOfficer Anil Sharma, BlockEducation Officer KrishnaKumar Sharma, GirishKaushik, Harbans Lal, SatishKakkar, Praveen Thareja,Rakesh Kumar were alsopresent.

Youth to get training for Panchayat pollsDEEPAK SHARMAISMAILABAD: Kanwarjit Singh, son of former MP Tara Singh and senior Congress leader, said that vil-lage-by-village teams of youth would be formed. The organisation will be strengthened by holding meet-ings of such youth from time to time. The responsibility of the upcoming Panchayat elections will be onthe shoulders of these youth. He was speaking among the workers here. Prince said that Panchayatand civic elections will be held this year. People associated with the party will be brought forward inthese elections to make the foundation of the organisation strong.He said that the people are disillusioned with the BJP. Now people have hope only from the Congress.He said that party offices are being set up in the city and town. The feedback will be taken from theworkers through these offices. Public hearings will be held in these offices only.

SHIV KUMAR SHARMAKARNAL, FEBRUARY 2

Under the guidelines ofHaryana Narcotics ControlBureau Chief and AdditionalDirector General of PoliceShrikant Jadhav, an onlinedrug de-addiction awarenessprogramme was organised byHaryana Narcotics ControlBureau in Nising Cluster ofdistrict Karnal. Shrikant Jad-hav took the initiative tomake Haryana drug-free inthe year 1999 and now as thehead of Narcotics ControlBureau, he has made thiscampaign of public aware-ness at the provincial level.On his orders, Sub-Inspector Dr. AshokKumar Verma, appointed as the Bureau'sawareness campaign and rehabilitationin-charge, informed the teachers in de-tail about the ill-effects of online intoxi-

cation. Regarding the message of ADGPJadhav, Sub-Inspector Dr. Ashok KumarVerma introduced the online teachers in

detail about the ill-effects ofdrugs. He said that the police arearresting criminals every dayand sending them behind barsand on the other hand, throughawareness programmes, everycitizen is being made aware tostay away from drugs. It is theduty of every person to cooper-ate in this, because without pub-lic cooperation this work cannotbe completed. He said that thepolice are for the protection andcooperation of the public andthere should be no hesitation inworking with the police. Hesaid that the intoxication of

cannabis, opium, charas, heroin, ganja,intoxicating pills, and intoxicant vac-cines etc. is destroying the youth. De-scribing the helpline number9050891508 of NCB of Haryana.

Lok Adalat held by CJM in dist jail

JASWINDER SHARMAKARNAL: Chief Judicial Magistrate-cum-Secretary District Legal Ser-vices Authority Karnal Jasbir organised Jail Lok Adalat in District JailKarnal on Wednesday. 7 offences involving petty offences such as de-clared criminals, theft etc. were brought before the CJM out of which 7cases were settled on the spot and 7 undertrials involved were under-written on the basis of the confession that they would not commit suchoffences in future.The CJM also directed the jail superintendent to look into the caseswhere there are undertrials involved in petty offenses so that such cas-es are placed in the Jail Lok Adalat to be held next month. CJM JasbirKaur directed the Jail Superintendent to follow the COVID protocol inthe jail premises and directed that camps should be organised for theimmunisation of convicts/prisoners who have not been vaccinatedagainst COVID. She also inspected the jail premises and checked thefacilities being provided to the prisoners.

Health dept team holdsCorona test in school

MAINPAL KASHYAPINDRI: The health department has also become fully alert assoon as the schools of class 10th to 12th opened. Corona testsof girl students and staff were done in Government Girls SeniorSchool on Wednesday. Dr. Pankaj Kamboj of Government Hos-pital said that according to the orders of the government,schools of 10th 12th have opened from 1st February, due towhich the health department team is going to all the schoolsand doing corona tests of the children. Vaccines are also beinggiven to the children who got the vaccine.He said that on Wednesday, a camp was organised in Govern-ment Girls Senior School regarding the corona test in which200 girl students and entire staff were tested for corona. DrPankaj Kamboj said that there is no need to panic with Corona.At this time we need to be careful. Do not go out of the housewithout wearing a mask, stay safe and keep others safe too.The team of the Health Department was present with him onthis occasion.

Teachers play crucial rolein guiding children: DC

Budget has taken care of allsections of people: Chandra

Farmers will be encouraged to usedrones and natural farming: CM

Students of Arya Kanya Mahavidyalayahold road safety awareness rally

GOLDY CHUGHSHAHABAD: A road safety awareness rally was organized by AryaKanya Mahavidyalaya in association with Red Cross Society on Tues-day. The principal of the college, Dr. Sunita Pahwa flagged off the rally.The rally reached back to the college from the main gate of the college,awakening the town’s people in the middle of the city.Thirty female students participated in this rally. Principal Suneet Pahwasaid that every year 4.5 lakh road accidents happen in India in whichabout 1.5 lakh people lose their lives. Awareness of road safety rules isbeing created among the people to prevent these accidentsFor the same purpose, the students through banners and posters intro-duced various traffic rules to the city dwellers such as driving whilewearing seat belts, wearing helmets, not talking on the phone whiledriving or making hair, controlling the speed of the vehicle amid haze.Awareness is also being created about using time reflector and follow-ing traffic rules etc. On this occasion, Dr. Poonam Sivach, Director ofRoad Safety Club, and Dr. Pushpa Sharma, Director of Red Cross So-ciety, along with members of both the cells Sanjul Gupta, Kusha Gupta,Dr. Aarti Trehan, Dr. Hema Sukhija, Dr. Priyanka Singh, Rajinder Kaur,Kiran Khewaria and Ms. Rajni was present.

Teachers, students shouldmark their attendance onAvsar app: Sanjeev Kumar

NIRMAL SAINIRADAUR: A meeting was held at Government Senior SecondarySchool, Alahar, which was presided over by school principal Raj KumarSharma and BRP Sanjeev Kumar. The competent scorecard running inthe meeting was discussed in detail.BRP Sanjeev Kumar said that the attendance of all teachers and stu-dents should be applied on the Avsar app. On the other hand, all theschools which come under RC should be registered in the ongoing pro-gramme 75 crore Surya Namaskar. All the students studying in class 9to 12 should be registered in Young Warrior Next.Disaster management plan should be made in schools. At the sametime, the marks of the set examination held last month should also beupdated. He said that there should not be any school whose set exami-nation marks have not been uploaded.He said that survey of out of school children should be completed.There was also a discussion about admitting all the children who wereout of school last time in the mainstream. Mukesh Rohilla and PradeepKumar etc. were present on this occasion.

SHIV KUMAR SHARMAKARNAL, FEBRUARY 2

The Executive Vice Chairman of SwachhBharat Mission, Haryana, Subhash Chandrasaid that the Union Budgetpresented by the CentralGovernment is an expres-sion of self-reliant India.This budget will meet thenew goals of every citizenand economy. For this hethanked Prime MinisterNarendra Modi and UnionFinance Minister NirmalaSitharaman. He said thatwith this budget every citi-zen of the country is full ofconfidence and is ready tocontribute to the new con-struction of India. Every cit-izen and every section has been taken care ofin the budget. This is a budget uniting theCentre and the states. He said that the provi-sion of giving one lakh crore rupees to helpthe states is welcome.

He said that while the government en-

couraged the establishment of new industriesby extending tax exemption to startups tillMarch 31, 2023, the provision of Rs.19500crore to the PHI scheme for employment gen-eration in 14 sectors represents the visionary

thinking of the government.Theproposal to build 80 lakh newhouses under the PradhanMantri Awas Yojana in the budg-et shows that the government iscommitted to giving its housesto the poor.

The proposal of additionalcredit to medium and microbusiness units in the budget willalso provide economic supportto these units and they will beable to contribute more andmore in the progress of thecountry. The Vice Chairman saidthat by not changing the income

tax rates, the government has given a messageof stability. Subhash Chandra said that in the budget, middle class families,traders, working class, farmers, unemployedyouth have been presented in the interest ofemployment.

Online drug de-addictionawareness programme held

Kataria urges people to stopusing polythene, plastic

NIRMAL SAINIRADAUR: Sanitation and Polythene-Plastic Awareness Campaign waslaunched in Bahadurpur village of the area under the chairmanship ofoutgoing Sarpanch Rajendra Kamboj. Villagers including District Pro-gram Manager of Swachh Bharat Mission Grameen, Balindra Kataria,Section Coordinator Mukesh Devi and Government School teacherstook part in the program.All of them along with the sweepers picked up the garbage and poly-thene lying in the streets of Mill village. Balindra Kataria advised againstthe use of polyethylene-plastic at all. Throwing polyethylene here andthere causes many problems. It clogs the drains and also affects thebeauty of the village.All the villagers resolved to keep the village clean with mutual coopera-tion. Teachers Vinay, Anil, Rajkumar, Geeta Rani, Poonam, Jaipal, An-jali Rana, Pooja, Sachin, Rishipal, Vijay, Subhash, Omprakash, Pawanand Pradeep etc. were present on the occasion.

Govt should give more taxexemption to middle class: BatraSHIV KUMAR SHARMAKARNAL: Sanjay Batra, President of Industrial Promotion Welfare As-sociation, while reacting to the budget said that the exemption of in-come tax up to Rs 5 lakh in the budget and exemption for error correc-tion for 2 years is a very good step of the Government of India, it will

benefit the new tax payers. Ifthe government gives somemore concessions to the mid-dle class, then their purchas-ing power will increase, due towhich production will also in-crease and the governmentwill get more revenue. Thegovernment is promoting start-ups, which will increase em-ployment opportunities.This will boost industrialgrowth and give a boost to mi-cro and small scale industries.More provision has also beenmade in the budget for the ex-pansion of road and railways,this will also help in sending

raw materials and finished goods to every nook and corner of the coun-try. The government will arrange 80 lakh houses for the poor, which is avery good step. From this year, 5G phone service will be started, thiswill also increase the growth rate of those who provide online services.By giving more funds for education, security and farming, the govern-ment will be able to add more youth to the mainstream by giving em-ployment. This year's budget is overall good and in public interest, saidBatra.

Teachers should protectstudents from Covid

RINKU GONDARNISSING, FEBRUARY 2

Duty Magistrate Dr. Radhe Shyam Gupta on Wednesday vis-ited the Government Girls Senior Secondary School of villageGondar and other government schools in the area and gavestrict guidelines to allthe school teachersand Principal SatishSharma to protectthem from Covid. Hesaid that instead ofpanicking about Coro-na, it is important totake precautions. Toprotect against Covid,all the teachers shouldtake care of the stu-dents and maintainphysical distance be-tween them and use ofmasks is very important.

Along with this, take care of cleanliness. As far as possi-ble, all the children should avoid the crowd and all the chil-dren and teachers should wash their hands frequently withsoap or sanitiser. While appealing to the people, Duty Magis-trate Dr. Shyam Gupta said that the entire team of Health De-partment and Police Administration is engaged in the serviceof the citizens. If a person has a cough, cold and fever, then hemust get himself tested. If symptoms of corona appear thenconsult a doctor. It is very important to follow the rules as perthe guidelines issued by the state government, he said.

Cluster level programmeheld for teachers

DARSHAN SHARMANILOKHERI: An online programme was organised at the cluster levelin Government Senior Secondary School, Sambhi, titled "Cluster LevelOrientation of Teachers Safety and Security". Giving information aboutthe programme, Cluster Head Pradeep Kumar said that in this pro-gramme, teachers were trained for health protection and other safetyand security in cluster schools due to coronavirus. Under this, a two-day programme was organized. In which about fifty teachers from theentire cluster were trained by master trainers on various subjects likecommunicable diseases, online teaching, disaster management, POC-SO act, children safety etc. Master trainer Deepak Sharma and SimranBhinder from Sambhi cluster conducted the programme.Devendra Sharma on exam fear and social emotional learning in chil-dren, DIET spokesperson Rekha on caution in online teaching, PuneetSharma on POCSO Act and JJ Act, ABRC Simran Kaur Bhinder on cy-ber security, Naveen Kumar on school management On committee andfirst aid, Dr. Anu on infectious diseases, Rameshwar Singh on buildingsafety, Deepak Sharma addressed the teachers of the cluster on disas-ter management and highlighted the topics. School Principal PradeepKumar described this training as useful for the student

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YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Randhawa seeks explanation from Badal over SADcandidate's controversial statementCHANDIGARH: Deputy Chief Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa on Wednesday soughtexplanation from Sukhbir Singh Badal over SAD's Dera Baba Nanak candidate RavikaranSingh Kahlon's alleged controversial statement about a community. Mr Randhawa tweeted thevideo clip of the said statement in which Kahlon seems to be stating ''Eh jo Gujjar-Gajjar jahehain, eh pahadan te chadda doonga, labiyan nahin labne'' roughly translated ''would send Gu-jjar-Gajjars to the hill and nobody will be able to found them.'' In his tweet Randhawa has said," This is the official candidate of SAD from Dera Baba Nanak. What do you have to say aboutthis @officeofssbadal. I have time and again said Punjab belongs to all communities.

GAURAV GOELCHANDIGARH, SANGRUR, FEB 2

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) PunjabChief Minister candidate BhagwantMann, on Wednesday conducteddoor-to-door campaign in his Con-stituency Dhuri. Following thecovid guidelines directed by Elec-tion Commission, Mann went door-to-door to listen the problems ofpeople. People were excited to meetMann and they welcomed him withgarlands and showering flowers.

Bhagwant Mann here onWedesday, visited various villagesof Dhuri constituency Rudgarh, Iss-apur Landa, Farwahi, Kaleran,Changli, Kataron, Ghannauri Kalan,Ghannaur Kalan, Ghannaur Khurd,Bamal and Dhuri town and interact-ed with the people of the area. Ap-pealing to the people to support theAam Aadmi Party, Mann said, “TillFebruary 20 our responsibility isyours, after that all your responsibil-ities will be ours”. Mann said that

our fight is not to save some politi-cal families as our fight is to savePunjab, and its farmers, agriculture,industry and youth.

We will save both the agricul-ture and youth of the Punjab. Due tolack of employment and better edu-cation infrastructure, our youth ismoving abroad. We will stop our tal-ent from migrating by providing ad-equate opportunities of employmentwith world-class education system.Speaking on the issue of farmers,

Mann said that the previous govern-ments had been given a lot of pain tofarmers of Punjab by abating thecondition the mandis.

After working hard to cultivatecrops, farmers’ crops are gettingspoiled in the mandis and they haveto bear the loss. AAP governmentwill not let the farmers bear thebrunt of crop-loss at any cost. He as-sured farmers, once the cropreached the market, all the responsi-bility of the crops will be the gov-

ernment. Farmers won’t have tobear the loss if the crop gets spoileddue to storm and rain, and they willbe compensated with full paymentwithin 24 hours.

Attacking at Congress PunjabPresident Navjot Singh Sidhu,Mann said that a person who can’ttake care of his mother, how will heserve the people of Punjab? Sincehe ill-treated his mother, thereby hispolitical career has become zero.Mann also aimed at Akali dal andParkash Singh Badal, and said that“Akali dal Khali Dal hai”.

Parkash Singh Badal has beenurging people to cast their vote infavour of Akali Dal for his last threeterms, saying as this is his last elec-tion. He is also appealing people togive one more chance to serve them.Mann said that now, he is not at theage to serve but his greed of powerforced him to contest at the age of94. Mann said that the power ofPunjab is limited to few politicalfamilies.

Our fight is not to save some political family,but to save Punjab: Bhagwant Mann

Nomination papers of 3candidates for Gidderbaha

Assembly cancelledKULBHUSHAN GARGGIDDERBAHA, FEB 2 A total of 18 persons have filed their nominationpapers for the constituency Gidderbaha, after whichthe papers of 3 candidates have been canceled. Giv-ing information in this regard, Returning Officer-

cum-SDM GagandeepSingh said that in thepresence of GeneralObserver for ElectionsGianeshwar Tripathi,nomination paperswere scrutinized andthe candidates / theirauthorized representa-tives were also present.

He said that duringthe scrutiny the nomi-nation papers ofAmarinder Singh RajaWarring's coveringcandidate Amrita

Singh, Hardeep Singh Dimpy Dhillon's coveringcandidate Mrs. Harjeet Kaur and Pritpal Sharma'scovering candidate S. Sukhjinder Singh Kauni havebeen rejected.

VERMAQADIAN, FEB 2

The prospectus regarding ad-mission for the session 2022-23 has been released by thePrincipal Ramlal in the Gov-ernment Senior SecondarySchool of Bahadarpur Rajoa,a nearby village.

Full details of the facili-ties available in this prospec-

tus are given. Giving infor-mation in this regard, Princi-pal Ramlal said that the ad-mission sample form issuedby the Education Departmentis also attached in theprospectus, students can fillthe form and submit it fromthe time of admission.

From this prospectus,students will have knowl-edge of the achievements of

the school. This prospectuswill prove to be very benefi-cial for the admission of thestudents, at this time the prin-cipal motivated all the teach-ers, SMC members and thedistinguished gentlemen ofthe area to co-operate in theadmission.

The staff of the schoolwas also present on this oc-casion.

Ramlal releases prospectus of Govt SeniorSecondary School Bahadarpur Rajoa

PAWAN KALIAKAPURTHALA, FEB 2

After scrutiny of nominationpapers for 4 Assembly con-stituencies of the district ka-purthala for Punjab As-sembly Election , 42nomination papers werefound valid.

District ElectoralOfficer Mrs. Deepti Up-pal said that 14 nomina-tions have been declaredeligible for SultanpurLodhi constituency, 12for Bholath, 8 for Ka-purthala and 8 for Phagwara.

In Sultanpur Lodhi theNavtej Singh Cheema, JaspalKaur Cheema, Sajjan SinghCheema, Jasmeet SinghCheema, Harminder Singh,Karanveer Singh, JugrajpalSingh Sahi, Sardul Singh,Jagtar Singh, MukhtiarSingh, Harpreetpal Singh

Virk, Dharmapal, Rana InderPartap Singh, SukhjinderKaur Rana's nomination pa-pers were found valid. Nom-ination papers of RajinderSingh, Ranjit Singh, Jagir

Kaur, SukhpalSingh Khaira,Joginder Singh,Amandeep SinghGill, ManpreetKaur Gill, Gur-winder Singh,Sarabjit Singh,Baljit Kaur,Harpreet Kaurand Sukhwinder

Singh from Bhulath con-stituency were found valid.Nomination papers of Bal-winder Singh Dhaliwal,Jasveer Singh, Vijay Sampla,Joginder Singh Mann, JarnailSingh, Sharda Rani, KuldeepSingh Noor, Khushi Ramfrom Phagwara constituencywere found valid.

After scrutiny 42 nominationsfound valid in Kapurthala

YADWINDER KADGILLTARN TARAN, FEB 2

If leprosy is treated in a time-ly manner then the patient canavoid disability for the rest ofhis life. To fulfill this expecta-tion, A leprosy camp was or-ganized at Leprosy Colonyunder the chairmanship ofCivil Surgeon Tarn Taran Dr.Rohit Mehta. On the occa-sion, Civil Surgeon Dr. RohitMehta said that Leprosywhich is treatable, if the dis-ease is detected as soon aspossible then the patient canavoid disability for the rest ofhis life. Free medicines are

available from all governmenthospitals. We all need, if wesee any person with leprosysymptoms around us, we willencourage them to go to thenearest health center and alsotry our best to stop the socialdiscrimination against leprosypatients. The Punjab Govern-ment is running a fortnightlyleprosy awareness campaigntill February 13, 2022, underwhich anti leprosy rallies andawareness at various places inTarn Taran district and at var-ious places in urban areas.Amarinder Singh, ManinderKaur and other staff werepresent on the occasion.

Camp set up by health deptfor treatment of Leprosy

BUNNY SODHIJALANDHAR, FEB 2

The district administrationtoday conducted second ran-domization to deploy man-power for the ensuing as-sembly polls in the presenceof the officers of the districtadministration and represen-tatives of the political partieshere at the District Adminis-trative Complex.

The randomization washeld in the presence of theElection Observers ManojKumar, Dr. Saroj Kumar,Bhupindra S Chaudhry andDeputy CommissionerGhanshyam Thori. The Ran-domization was held for de-

ployment of more than12097 employees from cen-tre and state governments,banks and public sector un-dertaking who have been as-signed several duties duringthe polls. As per the require-ment in election, the em-ployees have been assignedduty as counting, polling andsupporting staff besides uti-lizing their services for mi-cro-observers. The random-ization was aimed at assign-ing duties to the staff for thepolling schedule to takeplace on February 20. Therandomization was done fordeployment of 1975 pollingparties at 1975 booths of thedistrict.

Second randomization fordeployment of manpower held

in presence of observers

KULJIT SINGHJANDIALA GURU, FEB 2

Kisan Mazdoor SangharshCommittee Punjab statepresident Satnam Singh Pan-nu and state general secre-tary Sarwan Singh Pandhersaid in a written press state-ment that the Modi govern-ment has approved the annu-al budget for 2022-23

Presented, he is totallypro-corporate and anti-farmer. Protests were stagedin 15 districts of Punjab byburning effigies of Modigovernment and spokesper-sons demanded that farmersand laborers in the countryshould be made responsiblefor widening the economic

gap and accumulating thewealth of the country with1% of the people. To abolishthe policies of imperialistprivatization, liberalizationand globalization. Request-ed. The farmers leaders fur-ther said that in the lastbudget only Rs.2000 crorehas been spent by allocatingRs.1 lakh crore for the agri-culture sector. S. P. Theamount set aside for procure-ment of crops is Rs 9,000crore more than the meageramount set aside in the pre-vious budget. Is less It isalso preparing to reduce theprocurement of 6% of theprocured crop of wheat andpaddy by gradually reducingthis amount.

SUKH NAHAR JAGRAON, FEB 2

Safai sevak union Punjabconducted a strike at munic-ipal council Jagraon protest-ing against the administra-tion for not listening to theirdemands.

In his address, unionpresident Arun Gill said thatsanitary workers are beingpaid less as per grade pay for7-8 years and the union in-formed the concerned au-thorities about their issuesthrough memorandums butthey were ignored.

He added that on 24-01-2022, safai sevak union metMC President JatinderpalRana and informed himabout the entire situation andRana promised that the de-mands of workers shall be

fulfilled by 31-01-2022 butthe situation remains thesame and no improvementhas been seen so, the sani-tary workers had to stagestrike.

After this, municipalcouncil Jagraon presidentand EO handed over acheque of rupees 28 Lakh 50thousand rupees per worker50,000 rupees to union pres-

ident Arun Gill in the pres-ence of all other members.At this occasion, Govard-han, Rajinder Kumar, RajKumar, Bhushan Gill, Raju,Bikram Gill, SukhwinderKhosla, Bhanu Pratap, Kris-han Gopal, Pardeep Kumar,Lakhveer Singh, Raj Kumar,Dimple Mishro, Asha Rani,Neena Binder Kaur and oth-ers were present.

Safai Sevak Union Jagraonconducts strike

Drug peddlerarrested with ganjanear UnivASHOK KAURAPHAGWARA: The police havearrested a drugs peddler andrecovered One kilogram of Ganjafrom him. The police saidWednesday that the accusedidentified Bihari Migrant RomanYadav was nabbed near the LawGate of Lovely ProfessionalUniversity at Chiharu duringchecking campaign late Tuesday.The police have registered a caseagainst the accused.

Trials to select cricketplayers for coachingcentre on Feb 6-7BAHADURJEET SINGHRUPNAGAR: Trials to selectunder-14 and under -16 cricketplayers for the Trident -regionalcoaching centre would be held atgovernment college cricket groundRupnagar at 10 am on February 6and 7. According to Rupnagardistrict cricket association secretarySandeep Budhiarja those playersborn after September 1,2008would be eligible to participate intrials for under -14 category whilethose born after September 1,2006would be eligible to participate in thetrials for under 16 category. He saidthe players should bring their digitalbirth certificate, Aadhar card,Passport (if available) and schoolbonafide certificate with themadding that players should submittheir forms before the trials to theassociation. He said that selectedplayers would be given coaching bybest coaches.

BAHADURJEET SINGHRUPNAGAR, FEB 2

The SBL Specialty Coatingssigned an agreement with theIndian Institute of Technolo-gy (IIT) Ropar to support re-search and development inthe framework of corporatesocial responsibility (CSR).

The SBL Research Fel-lowship will be given to theP.hD students working in thebroad area of Chemical Engi-neering, Manufacturing En-gineering, Department ofMechanical Engineering,Metallurgy engineering, De-partment of Metallurgy Engi-neering. For this fellowship,the preference will be givento the women candidates inEngineering. “We hope toempower more women engi-neers through our associationwith IIT Ropar. This fellow-ship shall prepare the womeninnovators of tomorrow”,said the managing director of

SBL Specialty Coatings, AnilMehrotra. Through this fel-lowship, the researchers atIIT Ropar will innovate newtypes of Solar Panel coatingsfor high efficiency solar pan-els. Reflective Clear coats forglass facades of the energyefficient buildings to reduceinterior temperatures ofbuildings by 10-12 degrees,Ceramic Coatings for mod-ern cars, and Flame/heat re-sistant Coatings for Utensilswhich are used in the houses,non-stick coatings for marineapplication,high quality coat-ings for Aerospace, Aircraftsand fighter planes. Speakingon the occasion, the IITRopaqr director Prof. RajeevAhuja said, “My mission is tomake IIT Ropar an industrycentric institute where thestudents and faculty membersdirectly work with the indus-try to solve real life problemsand innovate futuristic tech-nology for social good.

SBL specialty coatings inks pactto support research at IIT Ropar

Demand for cancellation ofcorporate privatization policies

SURINDER DAMDAMI FARIDKOT, FEB 2

BJP suffered a major set-back in the Faridkot as-sembly constituency todaywhen former MunicipalCouncil president DarshanSingh Baba along with hisassociates left the BJP andjoined the Congress party.Congress candidateKushaldeep Singh Dhillongave a hearty welcome toBaba and his associates inthe Congress party.

In the presence ofKushaldeep Singh KikiDhillon, Chairman, Mark-fed and Congress candi-date from Faridkot todaythe former president of thecity council and threetimes MC. Darshan SinghBaba, said that the BJPhad ignored the interestsof Punjab and had in-volved the leaders whowere looting the people in

politics. He said that BJPhad fielded a candidatefrom Faridkot who washated by all the people ofthe city.

That is why he has de-cided to leave theBharatiya Janata Party andjoin the Congress party.On the occasion he laudedKushaldeep Singh KikiDhillon and said that KikiDhillon has alwaysthought of the welfare ofhis area and has done a lot

of development work inthe area. On this occasionKushaldeep Singh KikiDhillon said that BJP isanti-Punjab party and thisparty has never thought ofthe welfare of the country.He said that three blacklaws against farmers werethe biggest example thatBJP wanted to destroyPunjab. He said that BJPin Punjab was also joininghands with Akalis to op-pose Congress.

CHARNJIT SINGH ARORAAMRITSAR, FEB 2

Shiromani Gurdwara Par-bandhak Committee (SGPC)President Advocate Harjin-der Singh Dhami has strong-ly objected to the Congressparty distorting the last linesof Sikh prayer ‘Nanak NaamCharhdi Kala, Tere BhaneSarbat Da Bhala’ and using itas ‘Punjab Di Charhdi Kala,Congress Mange Sarbat DaBhala’, for its personal andpolitical interests.

A written complaint hasbeen lodged by the SGPC tothe Chief Electoral Officer ofPunjab. In view of the Punjabelections, the Congress partyhas committed this de-plorable act, which hascaused great resentmentamong the Sangat. Notably,Congress has distorted theSikh terminology and in-stalled the objectionable con-

tent on its hoarding boards atmany places and also postedit on its Punjab CongressTwitter handle today.

Terming this act of Con-gress as playing with theSikh sentiments, SGPC Pres-ident Advocate Dhami said,“These words of the Sikhprayer are ingrained in thehearts of every Sikh whileCongress has hurt the Sikhsentiments by changing

them.” Advocate Dhami saidthat the misuse of Sikh ter-minology by the Congressparty has created great re-sentment in the Sikh commu-nity and the SGPC, the repre-sentative body of the Sikhs,is receiving objections fromthe Sangat.

“SGPC has sent a com-plaint to the Punjab’s ChiefElectoral Officer urging himto take strict notice of thismove of Congress and get itwithdrawn immediately. Theelection officer has also beenurged to take action to in-struct the Congress to re-move all its hoarding boardscarrying objectionable con-tent and ask the party to issuea public apology”, said Ad-vocate Dhami.

SGPC President said thatno one has the right to useterms related to Sikh senti-ments for their political andpersonal interests.

SGPC takes strict notice of Congressparty distorting Sikh terminology

Former MC president joins Cong afterleaving BJP along with supporters

Shot in arm for AAPas 5 dozen familiesjoin party

HEMANT SHARMARAMPURA PHUL: Aam AadmiParty candidate Balkar Singh Sidhugot a shot in the arm when aboutfive dozen families left Akali Dal andCongress to join AAP during thepublic meeting held at HarnamSingh Wala village of Rampura PhulAssembly constituency. On thisoccasion, the residents of villageDhapali cheered AAP candidateBalkar Sidhu with laddus andresidents of village Harnam SinghWala with bananas. On thisoccasion, Balkar Sidhu assured thathe would win and go to the VidhanSabha and bring prosperity to theconstituency and Punjab. Residentsof village Dhapali and villageHarnam Singh Wala pledged theirfull support to the Aam Aadmi Party.He was accompanied by AvtarSingh, Inderveer Singh Dhillon,Charna Singh, Gurdeep Singh,Inderjit Singh, Jagdev Singh, ButaSingh Sarpanch, Jasveer SinghSarpanch, Sukhpal Singh, JagsirSingh, Sira Jaibda, Dr. BaldevSingh, Sukhchain Singh, KaramjitSingh, Jasmeel Singh, GurtekSingh, Jagsir Singh Khatri, BaltejKaur and Tarsem Kaur.

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HIMACHAL/JKMini truck falls in10ft deep gorge

UNA: A mini truck overturned afterfalling into a ditch about ten feetbelow the road on TahliwalSantoshgarh main road at around3.30 pm on Tuesday. According todriver Sunil, he was going to Banutin with the goods (nutbolts) of anindustry of Thaliwal. As soon as hereached in front of a private marriagepalace situated on ThaliwalSantoshgarh main road, Neel fromone side of the road was seen. Heran and came in front of his car, toavoid it he applied the brakes of thevehicle and fell into ditch along roadand overturned. Driver got out ofvehicle after a lot of difficulty. Vehiclewas pulled out of the ditch onWednesday morning with help of twocranes in presence of police.

Niranjan PuriMaharaj dies

UNA: Mahant 108 of Nihari cavetemple of Dangoh Khurd under Gagretassembly, Shri Niranjan Puri Ji Maharajdied on February 1. His samadhi wasbuilt by the Sant Samaj in the templeitself. Mahant Niranjan Puri ji wasaround 100 years old and was servingin temple for last 50 years.

Satti gives approvalletter for financial aidto 16 eligible for houseconstruction

UNA: Chairman of 6th State FinanceCommission Satpal Singh Satti todaydistributed acceptance letters offinancial assistance to 16beneficiaries under the ChiefMinister's Housing Scheme at therest house of Electricity Departmentlocated in Rakkad Colony. He saidthat financial assistance is providedby government under the PradhanMantri and Chief Minister AwasYojana. He said that Rs 1.53 crorewas provided to 102 eligible familiesunder Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojanaand Rs 94 lakh to 63 families forconstruction of houses underMukhyamantri Awas Yojna.

CM listens to address of Prime Minister onAtmanirbhar ArthvyawasthaSHIMLA: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today virtually addressed BharatiyaJanta Party workers across the country on the topic Atmanirbhar Arthvyawastha.His virtual interaction took place a day after Union Finance Minister NirmalaSitharaman presented the Budget in Parliament. Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakurlistened to the address of the Prime Minister alongwith party workers at CircuitHouse, Hamirpur. MLAs Kamlesh Kumari and Narender Thakur, Political Advisorto the Chief Minister Trilok Jamwal, State Convener Kaushal Vikas NigamNaveen Sharma, Chairman Zila Parishad Babli Devi, Vice Chairman H.P.Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board Rakesh Kumar Babli,Media Incharge BJP Vinod Kumar were present on the occasion among others.

CM inaugurates HistopathologyLab in RKGMC Hamirpur

AGENCYSHIMLA, FEB 2

Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakurtoday inauguratedHistopathology Lab in theDepartment of Pathology in Dr.Radhakrishnan GovernmentMedical College Hamirpurestablished at a cost of Rs. 84.20lakh. He also performedinauguration of automated Bio-Chemistry Analyzer installed inthe Department of Bio-Chemistry at a cost of aboutRs.15 lakh. With this facility,360 photometric tests could bedone in one hour besides,biochemistry tests of Covid-19patients would also be done. Heperformed opening ceremony ofEye Donation Centre inOphthalmology Department ofMedical College under NationalBlindness Control Program ofNational Health Mission.

He also inauguratedNutritional Rehabilitation Centre

in the Medical College underNational Health Mission fortreatment and rehabilitation ofmalnourished children.

Chief Minister directed the

executing agencies to ensuretime bound completion of thisproject. He said that the projectshould be completed by themonth of August this year. He

said that this Hospital wouldhave about 250 beds and sevenOperation Theatres. He said thatquality work must also beensured while executing thisproject. Principal of Dr.Radhakrishanan GovernmentMedical College, Hamirpur Dr.Suman Yadav welcomed theChief Minister and otherdignitaries present on theoccasion. MLAs KamleshKumari and Narender Thakur,Political Advisor to the ChiefMinister Trilok Jamwal, StateConvener Kaushal Vikas NigamNaveen Sharma, Chairman ZilaParishad Babli Devi, ViceChairman H.P. Building andOther Construction WorkersWelfare Board Rakesh KumarBabli, Media Incharge BJPVinod Kumar, DeputyCommissioner HamirpurDebasweta Banik,Superintendent of Police AkritiSharma were present on theoccasion among others.

AGENCYHAMIRPUR, FEB 2

Entire lower Himachal Pradesh(plain areas) is in the grip of severecold waves as a result people arestill forced to adorn heavy woolensto save them from the wrath ofcold. Icy cool waves emanatingfrom nearby Dhauladhar hills ofHimalayas continued to sweepacross the region and kept thetemperature down. Clouds wereseen hovering above the sky andwere seen playing hide and seekgame with the sun. Reportsreaching here revealed that thewater level in River Beas and itstributaries flowing through thedistricts of Kullu, Mandi,Hamirpur and Kangra has risen

and authorities have advisedpeople not to go nearby the Riverbeds for their own safety.Meanwhile, the Department ofMet has warned the people ofheavy rains in the coming twodays in all parts of the state and hastold the people to take adequatesafety measures as rains maycause disruption in services andreduce visibility conditionsmaking it difficult to commute. Onthe other hand, the farmers are alsoupset with the coming rains as theyfeel that their crops are sufferingbadly due to heavy rains that hadtaken place last week. They want aclear sky with bright sun shiningfor the growth of their Rabi crops,failing which they would besuffering from various diseases.

Lower HP in gripof cold waves

DINESH AGARWALSHIMLA, FEB 2

Health and Family WelfareMinister Dr. Rajiv Saizalsaid that ASHA workershave been rendering valuableservices to the stategovernment and societyduring the challenging timesof Covid-19 pandemic andthe state government wasresolute to provide them allbest facilities. He waspresiding over a meeting ofthe ASHA workers held heretoday to discuss and redresstheir various demands. TheMinister said that around7500 ASHA workers of thestate were playing significantrole in creating awarenessamongst masses up to grass-root level about the healthawareness besidespublicizing various healthschemes and programmes ofthe government. The stategovernment had always been

sensitive to ensuring theirwelfare and various issuespertaining to them would betaken up with thegovernment of India infuture as well.

He said that the centregovernment has given in-principle approval forappointment of ASHAfacilitators for whichrequired modalities werebeing finalized. Thisdecision would go a longway in meeting their demandof timely release of monthlyincentive as well. Dr. Saizalsaid that notification had

been issued to pay Covidincentive of Rs. 1500 to theASHA workers as per theannouncement of the ChiefMinister. He said thegovernment would alsosympathetically considertravelling allowance facilityto them and the matter wouldalso be raised with the uniongovernment for enhancementin their incentive. Besides,the matter would also betaken up with the centre toexplore the possibility ofcovering them under theambit of EPF, however theyhad always been covered

under the MukhyamantriHimcare scheme of the stategovernment. He added that itwas due to the efforts of thestate government that theiruniform allowance wasincreased from Rs. 600 toRs. 1100 last year as aspecial case for this hill state.Secretary Health AmitabhAwasthi also lauded theservices of the ASHAworkers in the state andassured them their demandsand concerns would beconsidered by the stategovernment in near future aswell. Managing Director,National Health Mission, HPHemraj Bairwa conductedthe proceedings of themeeting. President of theASHA workers union AnitaKumari and GeneralSecretary Asha Lata thankedthe state government forinitiating various steps fortheir welfare during the lastfour years.

ASHA facilitators to be appointedsoon in state: Dr. Saizal

SANJAY AGGARWALDHARAMSHALA, FEB 2

State President of Himachal Jankranti PartySubhash Sharma said that while attacking thestate BJP government during a pressconference in Dharamsala on Wednesday, hesaid that the truth of black marketing of liquorhas come in front of the public. He said thatthe government knew all about who wasrunning the business of illicit liquor and whowas involved in it. He called it unfortunatethat after seven people died due to spuriousliquor, the government took action against theillegal liquor traders to save their reputation.Subhash Sharma said that the governmentwanted that all these could have been putbehind the bars earlier also, but thegovernment knew that its own people areinvolved in this business, due to which thegovernment has been reluctant to take actionagainst these liquor mafia till date. He saidthat the budget of the Center has beencompletely disappointing. In this, nothing hasbeen given for the employee two middle classfamilies, due to which the people will have toface more inflation. He said that the

government has a full hand on the liquormafia. This is the reason why this business isgoing on indiscriminately. He said thatunemployment is rising in the state due towhich liquor mafia is dominating. The stategovernment has failed to take concrete stepsto remove unemployment. He said thatHimachal Jankranti Party has opened a frontagainst BJP and Congress party and the partyis fully prepared for elections in most of theassembly constituencies. He said thatHimachal Jankranti Party would contestelections in all the assembly constituenciesand would give a third option to the people.

Two-day virtual meetingon SC atrocities concludesKISHORI LAL BAINSAMB, FEB 2

A two-day virtual meeting hasended in Himachal Pradesh onTuesday, this two-day virtualmeeting was started on Monday,and its virtual meeting waspresided over by Rahul Singh,National General Secretary ofthe National Dalit JusticeAndolan from Delhi. Raj Mahe the state general secretary,National Dalit Justice Movement and Vimla Vishwapremiconvener of Hill Women's Rights Forum conducted thismeeting. In this meeting, a total of 30 SC workers from Una,Kangra, Bilaspur, Sirmaur, Mandi districts of Himachal Pradeshparticipated, in this two-day virtual meeting, the SC atrocitieshappening in Himachal were discussed on the first day.In viewof the increasing atrocities in the virtual meeting on the secondday, it was decided that under the Right to Information report,the report of the demand would be assessed and the report of thecases followed by the Dalit activists was also made a report. Thereport will be brought to the notice of the government. In thisprogram from Delhi to Himachal In-charge lawyers Sanjay,Devjani and other districts of Himachal Nisha Devi, Jagdish,Tamanna, Randeep, Vinay, Naveen, Naresh Singha, SureshKumar, Harjinder, Sakina, Meena Devi, Nanki Devi, RamanBagga, Vishal Daroch and Anju Wala attended.

Truth of black marketing of liquor comesin front of public: Subhash Sharma

SANJAY AGGARWALDHARAMSHALA, FEB 2

Various employees kept under theNational Health Mission on Wednesdaycalled for a one-day strike inDharamsala to press for their demandson the call of the State Health Societycontractual employees, in which theykept their work closed. He was veryangry about the fact that for the last 23years, he has been placing his demandsbefore the government, but his demandsare being ignored by the government.Bakshish Singh, General Secretary,Health Society, Dharamsala, whileaddressing the journalists inDharamsala, told that under NHM fromthe government for the last 25 years,contractual posts in 28 categories,Medical Officer, Consultant,Physiotherapist, Accountant, BlockProgram Manager, BCC Coordinator,Clinical Psychologist, Macrobiologist,Rehabilitation Worker, StatisticalAssistant, Dental Mechanic, DentalAssistant, Dental Hygienist,Pharmacist, DR TV Coordinator,District Program Coordinator, SeniorTV Lab Supervisor, Senior TreatmentSupervisor, Lab Technician, TV Health

Visitor, District Administrative cumNutrition Assistant, Counselors, FemaleHealth Workers, ANMs, ComputerAssistants, Data Entry Operators,Drivers, Cooks are providing theirservices, but till date no policy has beenmade by the government to regularizethese contract employees. Due to whichtheir future is completely insecure. Theirdemand is that regular jobs should beprovided to the employees and a concretepolicy should be made for us. No one hascontributed what we employees havemade during the Corona period. Duringthis pandemic, we have saved the lives ofpeople without caring about our lives.He said that the salary given to us bythe government has made it difficult tomaintain the family. He said that theofficers who are above us also do nottreat us properly.

Health daily wage workers stopwork over demands

Veterinary hospitals built at Rs 50 lakh inJabehar, Kalu di Bad dedicated to public

BUREAUUNA, FEB 2

Rural Development,Panchayati Raj, Agriculture,Fisheries and AnimalHusbandry Minister VirendraKanwar today laid foundationstone of state's first animalfeed factory to be built at Rs 4crore under Amb sub-division. MLA Balbir Singhand HIMUDA Vice PresidentPraveen Sharma werepresent.He also inauguratedveterinary hospitals built atJabehar and Kalu di Bad at Rs50 lakh each and DhanddiGau Sadan built at Rs 17 lakh.Arrangements will be made to

keep 30-50 destitute animalsin Gau Sadan. Kanwar alsolaid foundation stone ofPanchavati Park to be built atRs 15 lakh. He said thatdestitute animals can beprovided shelter with publiccooperation. People shouldcome forward to runGaushalas. He said that underleadership of Chief Minister

Jai Ram Thakur, he hasworked with seriousness tosolve problem of destitutecowshed. Cow sanctuary isbeing constructed in differentareas of state and cowprotectors are being given Rs500 per animal. More than20000 destitute animals willbe provided support and atarget has been set to make the

roads free of destitute animalsby the month of June. Kanwarsaid that a law would bebrought in the coming budgetsession to take legal actionagainst those who abandonthe destitute animals. Heannounced a grant of Rs 35lakh for construction of amultipurpose hall and directedthe department to make anestimate for the constructionof sheds and fencing inDhandadi Gau Sadan. MLAChintapurni Balbir Singhhailed government’s decisionfor setting up animal feedfactory said that farmers andlivestock owners will get a lotof benefit from this.

ANWAR HUSSAINBADDI, FEB 2

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's live of theself-reliant India programme organized bythe Bharatiya Janata Party was seen byhundreds of workers in Doon Mandal.Programme organized by the Mandal inBaddi in which MLA Paramjit Singh Pammicalled upon the workers to inform generalpublic so that common man can get itsbenefit. Vice Chairman of WaterManagement Board Darshan Saini, formerMLA Vinod Chandel, Mandal PresidentBalbir Thakur, President of NP Baddi UrmilChaudhary, Gurmail Chaudhary, StateConvener of BJP Industrial Cell SumitSharma, BJP State Working Committeemember Dr. Shrikant Sharma, District VicePresident Balwinder Thakur, Zilla ParishadMember Amar Sandhu, DR Chandel, GeneralSecretary Kashmiri Lal Dhiman, CouncilorTarsem Chaudhary, Sanjeev Thakur, BDCVice Chairman Prem Chand Thakur,Balwinder Kumar Police Station, RadheShyam Nandpur, Meher Chand, Raj Sandhu,Ajay Thakur, Harichand Chaudhary, Bir

Singh, Gurdev Mehta, Ram Lal Mehta,Rajeev Negi, Raj Kumar Chaudhary,Gurbaksh Chaudhary, Virender Chaudhary,Gurminder Mehta, Sanjeev Giri, Kaka Ram,Avtar Singh, Rajan Banth, Sudama, RajKumar Sandoli, Sanjay Rai, KulwantChaudhary, Bhag Singh Thakur, Girdhari LalKashyap, Budhiya, Dinesh Kaku, Agya Ram,Baldev, Bhupinder Chandel, Kapil Katoch,Narendra Chandel, Ram Lal Mehta, RishuThakur, Nirmal Thakur, Rana Gujjar,Saurabh Thakur , Hukam Chand Kashyap,Suresh Chaudhary, Jagtar Chandel, NishantChaudhary, Naresh Chaudhary, Raj KumarMalpur, Pawan, Joginder Thakur, RajeshKumar and other activists were present.

BUREAUUNA, FEB 2

Under Chief Minister'sSwavalamban Yojana, a loanfair was organized by theIndustries Department at MCPark here today, which wasinaugurated by AdditionalDeputy Commissioner Dr.Amit Kumar Sharma. Apartfrom various bank agencies inthe loan fair, variousautomobile companies likeTata Motors, Suzuki, AshokLeyland, Mahindra &Mahindra put up exhibitionsof their commercial vehicles.Financial Literacy Center wasestablished to make financialinformation available topeople. ADC visitedexhibitions and exhortedpeople to get benefits of

scheme. Speaking on theoccasion, the ADC said thatMukhyamantri SwavalambanYojna has been started by thegovernment to providefinancial assistance to theyouth for setting up self-employment, under which thefacility of providing loans upto one crore rupees has beengiven to the youth. Under thescheme, there is a provision togive 25 percent grant to malebeneficiaries and 30 percent towomen. While the grant

amount for widow women hasbeen fixed at 35 percent. Apartfrom this, along with subsidyon interest at the rate of 5percent on bank loans, the feecharged by the bank under thecredit guarantee scheme hasalso been waived. Heinformed that during thecurrent financial year againstthe target of 270 beneficiaries,228 cases have beensponsored in the district, outof which 130 cases have beenapproved. He directed the

officials of the Bank andIndustries Department that thetarget under the schemeshould be completed byMarch.Dr. Amit said thatunder this scheme industrialunits, shops, informationtechnology works, servicestations, JCBs, small goodscarriers, hotels, restaurants,beauty parlors, eco tourismunits, Dharmakanta, gym,banquet hall, medical lab,mobile Loans are provided forFood Van, Sciver Cafe,Photocopy Machine, StorageUnit, Dairy Production Unit,Agricultural ProduceDistribution Shop, Nursery,Tissue Culture Lab, State-of-the-art Technology BasedFarming, Petrol Pump,Vorwell, Drilling RingMachine have been fallen.

CM Swavalamban Yojana golden time for self-employment: ADC

Hundreds of workers see self-reliant India Modi Live

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YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2022

After scrutiny of nomination papers, a total of 20candidates are now in fray for Kharar constituencyKHARAR (SHASHI PAL JAIN): The scrutiny of nomination papers for Kharar Assembly con-stituency was completed peacefully today and the papers of 3 candidates were rejected due totechnical reasons. A total of 20 candidates are now in the fray in Kharar. According to informa-tion received from the office of Kharar SDM cum-Returning Officer Avikesh Gupta, now AnmolGaganman (Aam Aadmi Party), Kamaldeep Singh (BJP), Ranjit Singh Gill (Sormani Akali Dal),Vijay Sharma (Indian National Congress), Amandeep Prajapati (Samaj Adhikar Kalyan Party),Bhupinder Singh (Samajvadi Party), Rupinder Kaur (Punjab National Party), Lakhvir Singh(Sormani Akali Dal Amritsar) are in the fray. Apart from them Baljit Singh Laddi, Jasvir Chan-dar, Jaswinder Singh, Kapil Dev Sharma, Kulvir Singh Visht, Kulwinder Singh, Manvir Singh,Mohan Singh, Paramdeep Singh, Raveena, Sachin Sarma and Sunaina (all independent candi-dates) are in the fray.

DM Tarn Taran extendsCovid ban till Feb 8

KULJEET SINGH HONEYTARN TARAN, FEB 2

District Magistrate Tarn Taran Kulwant Singh IASexercising his powers under Section 144 of the Codeof Criminal Procedure 1973 has extended the revisedquid restrictions within the limits of District Tarn

Taran till February 8, 2022. As per theorders issued by the district magis-trate, the rule of wearing masks inpublic places and a distance of 6 feethas been enforced. Unnecessary traf-fic will be restricted in municipal ar-eas from 10 pm to 5 am. However, es-sential services will be exempted. Or-ders will now allow a maximum of

500 people indoors (indoor) and a maximum of 1000outdoor (outdoor) gatherings, but not more than 50per cent of the capacity of the gathering space avail-able. Compliance will be mandatory. All schools,colleges, universities and coaching institutes will re-main closed, but online learning will continue. Med-ical and nursing colleges will be able to open as usu-al. Bars, cinema halls, multiplexes, malls, restaurants,spas, gyms, sport complexes, museums, zoos canopen at 50% capacity, but all staff must be vaccinated.

SHASHI PAL JAINMOHALI, FEB 2

Aam Aadmi Party candidate fromMohali Assembly constituencyKulwant Singh claimed that AamAadmi Party will be forming gov-ernment in Punjab on March 10.With the formation of AAP gov-ernment, no one will have to holdprotest rallies and shout for justiceas the looting of public exchequerwill be stopped and the treasurywill be opened to the commonman and not for the personalpockets of the ministers.

Kulwant Singh was address-ing election meetings in variousvillages and towns of Mohali con-stituency as part of his electioncampaign. Kulwant Singh ap-pealed to the people of Mohaliconstituency to exercise their vot-ing right without any fear, greedor anyone's pressure.

He said that Aam Aadmi Partyis fighting the elections with fullvigor and AAP has a roadmap forthe development of Punjab,roadmap for the development ofevery section of the society. Hesaid that if the intention is clearthen the treasury doesnt go emptyas the Congress government usedto raise hue & cry about. After theformation of AAP government, nogovernment school in Punjabwould be without teachers and no-body would lose his precious life

in government hospitals becauseof shortage of doctors or medi-cine.

Kulwant Singh said that peo-ple are coming in huge numbers inthe election rallies of AAP andjoining AAP on their own whileother traditional parties are not

able to get any support from thepublic even after putting in lot ofefforts as the leaders of these par-ties had only looted punjab anddid nothing for the people of Pun-jab while they were in power.

He appealed to all the votersof Mohali constituency to make

AAP win by huge margin bypressing the election symbol'Broom' on February 20 so thatAAP government is formed. Hesaid that one thing is clear that "ifyou press the broom button on thevoting machine, it will changeyour destiny for greater good".

After formation of AAP govt, govt treasury to be usedfor welfare of every common man: Kulwant Singh

Observers appointed under VS GeneralElections-2022 time to meet general

public from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm: DEOPATHANKOT (SHARANJEET): Keeping in viewthe general elections of Vidhan Sabha-2022, the Elec-tion Commission of India has appointed different ob-servers for the three Vidhan Sabha constituencies of

the district (001-Sujanpur, 002-Bhoa(AJ) and 003-Pathankot). The mobilenumbers and email IDs of theHon'ble Observers are available toprovide any information regardingthe elections Can be contacted at. Allthe Observers are staying at the PWDRest House at Shimla Hill, Pathankotand the time for meeting the general

public is from 11 AM to 12 PM. This information wasgiven by Sanyam Agarwal, IAS, Deputy Commis-sioner-cum-District Election Officer, Pathankot.

He said that for Assembly constituencies 001-Su-janpur and 002-Bhoa (AJ) Andra Vamsi, IAS CadreUttar Pradesh Batch-2011 has been appointed asGeneral Observer, whose mobile no. 80545-69982and email id. genobs.sjp.bhoa2022@gmail.com andfor Assembly constituency 003-Pathankot. PravinChindhu Darade, IAS Cadre Maharashtra, Batch-1998 has been appointed as General Observer.Whose mobile no. 78379-44569 and email id.genobs.ptk2022@gmail.com. Similarly Amit KumarSoni, IRS, Batch-2011 has been appointed as Expen-diture Observer for the three Assembly constituen-cies of the district (001-Sujanpur, 002-Bhoa (AJ) and003-Pathankot).

Webinar observed on World WetlandDay-2022 on constructed wetlands-A

solution for sustainability

SHASHI PAL JAINMOHALI, FEB 2

A second randomization of thepolling staff to be deployedduring the Assembly electionswas carried out today at Dis-trict Administrative Complexin the presence of all threeGeneral Observers IAS Mr.Mohammad Zubair Ali Hash-mi, IAS Mr. K. Mahesh andIAS Mr. Ajay Gupta posted inSAS Nagar. It was disclosed byMrs.Isha Kalia Deputy Com-missioner-cum-District Elec-toral Officer SAS Nagar. Re-garding the revised election

schedule by the Election Com-mission of India, the DeputyCommissioner said that thepolls would now be held onFebruary 20 and the scrutiny ofnomination papers would beheld on February 2. She saidthat nominations could bewithdrawn on February 4 andcounting of votes would takeplace on March 10. During thesecond randomization, theDeputy Commissioner along

with the officials involved inthe election process informedthe General Observers that thesecond randomization of thepolling parties has been doneusing the software 'DISE' tech-nology of the Chief ElectoralOfficer. She said that using thissoftware necessary staff wasdistributed to the returning of-ficers of 3 assembly con-stituencies of SAS Nagar district.

REKHA VERMAGURDASPUR, FEB 2

On the orders of DeputyCommissioner Gurdaspur Mr.Mohammad Ishfaq and underthe direction of Civil SurgeonGurdaspur Vijay Kumar,covid vaccination camp wasorganised in collaborationwith bharat vikas Parishadunder the supervision ofSMO Dr. Jatinder singh Gillthe team of Health InspectorKulbir Singh .

Disclosing this here todaythe President of Bharat Vikas

Parishad Mr. Mukesh Vermasaid that the process of vacci-nation of Covid-19 has beenstarted by his branch in col-laboration with the districtadministration. SMO Dr GillO specially visited the BVP

office where he con-gratulated the officialsof Bharat VikasParishad for the campand also encouragedthe people to get vacci-nated. On this occa-sion SMO Qadian DrGill in particular visit-ed the camp and laud-

ed it and told that boosterdose is being given to thosewho have their second dosenine months ago . On this oc-casion he appealed to the peo-ple to come to get vaccinatedand be safe.

SANJEEV TEJPALMOHALI, FEB 2

Rayat Bahra University in col-laboration with Post GraduateGovt. College for Girls, Sector-11, Chandigarh observed WorldWetland Day-2022 by organiz-ing a webinar on ‘ConstructedWetlands-A Solution for Sus-tainability’

Prof. (Dr.) Simerjit KaurShergill, Keynote Speaker, en-lightened the audience aboutthe significance of the Con-structed Wetlands for waste-water treatment. She said thatConstructed Wetlands arespecifically constructed for thepurpose of pollution controland waste management, at a lo-cation other than existing natu-ral wetlands.” She furtheradded that Constructed wet-lands are an appropriate tech-nology for small communitiesin rural and suburban areas.Many rural projects with acti-vated sludge plants failed be-cause they were not properly

operated, often no skilled stuffis available or the energy costsis no longer affordable. Prof.(Dr.) Anita Kaushal, Principal,PGGCG-11, stressed on theneed of conservation of wet-lands which are home to manyendemic species to lead a sus-tainable way of living. She con-gratulated the winners of vari-ous competitions being organ-ized to observe World wetlandDay-2022. Prof. (Dr.) ParvinderSingh, Vice-Chancellor, RayatBahra University appreciatedthe efforts put by the education-al institutes for spreadingawareness for the conservationof natural resources to achievesustainability.

5300 polling staff to be deployed at 907polling booths in district: Isha Kalia

Covid vaccination camp organisedin Bharat Vikas Parishad office

SUKH NAHARJAGRAON, FEB 2

TN Venkatesh, IAS who hasbeen appointed as observerfor constituency Jagraon forVidhan Sabha election visitedthe area and checked thepreparations for polling.

In this address, Venkateshstated that it is his first visit toJagraon to check the neces-sary arrangements and prepa-rations in the area to ensuresmooth conduct of electionsin the constituency. He alsomentioned that the adminis-tration is well equipped tocarry out impartial and peace-ful elections as per the in-structions of honorable elec-tion commission. Returningofficer cum SDM JagraonVikas Hira informed that theprocess of filing nominationpapers ended up peacefully in

Jagraon as candidates judi-ciously obeyed instructions ofhonorable election commis-sion. "The verification ofnomination papers in under-way and the eligible candi-dates shall be allotted electionsymbols on 4 February," hesaid.

He further informed thatall prior arrangements re-quired for polling have beenaccomplished and various

teams have been formed tomake sure the process ofpolling goes on smoothly. Healso mentioned that they shallmake sure that COVID-19protocol and code of conductare followed diligently. Heextended an appeal to the can-didates and civilians to main-tain safety by followingguidelines of election com-mission regarding COVID-19in the elections.

Observer TN Venkatesh inspects priorarrangements in constituency Jagraon

BJP govt given anoutstanding budget givingall segments reliefR. SINGHPATHANKOT: The people friendlybudget presented today by the BJPgovernment has its focus on notmerely giving relief to middle classbut it has worked out a roadmap toup lift the poor and disadvantaged

with allocation ofschemes andprojects. SaidAshwani Sharmastate partyPresident BJPhere today. It ispertinent to note

that 1.40 crores GST collection inJanuary alone tells that theeconomy is on rebound. Under theastute leadership of our PrimeMinister Narinder Modi the economyof the nation has not just increasedfor better but crores of people in thedisadvantaged sector haveeconomically moved up toprosperity. Said Mr Sharma. Takinga dig at Manpreet Badal theFinance Minister of the statecongress government Sharma saidthat " Punjab has suffered due tothe myopic vision of the congressand not done justice to give anbudget to the state which could giveequal opportunities and prosperity."The BJP promises that it willpresent an outstanding budget tohelp the state bounce back to be aprosperous state. The economy willgrow if there is a double enginegovernment. Said Sharma.

LK BANSALMOHALI, FEB 2

BJP's candidate from MohaliAssembly Constituency San-jeev Vashisht campaigned inBad Majra Colony and Jhu-jhar Nagar Colony onWednesday. During this, hewent door to door to the peo-ple and made people awareabout the facilities providedby the Bharatiya Janata Par-ty and the Modi governmentat the Centre. Along withthis, people were informedthat due to Congress govern-ment in Punjab, did not im-plement the facilities allot-ted by the Modi governmentnd people were kept de-prived of better facilities.Apart from this, SanjeevVashisht Bad Majra Colonyand listened the problems ofwomen and assured them toget them resolved with im-mediate effect when the BJP

government comes to powerin Punjab. After that Vashishtwent to Jujhar Nagar Colonyto campaign his election.Here too, the people of thecolony welcomed him .Peo-ple told him their problemsand complained that they areliving in slums from longtime, but till date no land hasbeen allotted for them by anygovernment. Responding tothis, Vashisht stressed thatafter winning the electionthese political parties havemade their own profit onlywhile have not thought any-thing about the people. Heurged people caste their pre-cious votes to the BharatiyaJanata Party and assure themwinning land and houses willbe alloted for people ofslums He said that if peoplekeep selling their votes onlyfor two or five hundred thenproblems can never besolved.

BJP candidate Sanjeev Vashishtcampaigns in colonies, listenedproblems of Colony Residents

JASPOONAM KOHLI DINANAGAR, FEB 2

It being the last date for filingnomination papers, two candi-dates filed their nomination pa-pers in Dinanagar today.Due towhich the total number of peo-ple who filed nomination pa-pers increased to 6. TodayAkali BSP alliance's joint can-didate Kamaljit Chawla alongwith his wife Smt. Asha Raniand RPI party candidate Sarab-jit Singh Gill as the coveringcandidate filed their nomination

papers at the SDM office, Di-nanagar. which the .At thistime, SDM cum Election Offi-cer Madam Nidhi Kumud saidthat today was the last date forfiling nomination papers, andtoday only 2 candidates havefiled their nomination papers.Due to which nomination pa-pers of total 6 people have beenfiled from Dinanagar assemblyScrutiny of nomination paperswill take place tomorrow, andany candidate can withdraw hisnomination till February 4, shesaid.

Akali BSP and RPI party candidatesfile their nomination papers fromDinanagar assembly constituency

SHASHI PAL JAINMOHALI, FEB 2

Chandigarh Group of Col-leges, Jhanjeri awarded’ Ex-cellence in Agriculture Edu-cation’ and the award wasreceived from Faggan SinghKulaste, Minister of RuralDevelopment, and Ministerof Steel along with ActressPoonam Dhillon in an exclu-sive event, the InternationalEducation Leadership Awardceremony was organized .

Chandigarh Group ofColleges, Jhanjeri is one ofthe few colleges in North In-dia to introduce Bachelor ofEducation (Honours) inAgriculture, wherein thecourse curriculum is beingtaught by highly educatedand experienced professorsand assistant professors. Stu-dents who pass out with thiscourse are getting excellentplacement in internationalcompanies due to their expe-rience in the field of Acade-

mic Education as well asPractical exposure .Industri-al tours for the students, thepractical exposure as well asthe state of the art techniquesand state of the art machin-ery are used during thecourse on campus were theparameters for selecting forthis award.

Rashpal Singh Dhaliwal,President, CGC said that said

that, CGC jhanjeri is hon-oured because of enthusiasmand the hard work of the fac-ulty members and students.President Dhaliwal furtherinformed that Over 23award winning and job ori-ented graduate and post-graduate programs are beingrun by the college in whichover 5,000 students have al-ready passed out.

CGC Jhanjeri Awarded Excellence in Agriculture Educationduring International Education Leadership Award

Pravin Chindhu Darade holdsmeet to review arrangements

PATHANKOT (R. SINGH): With the Vidhan Sabha GeneralElections 2022 in mind, the Election Commission of India is con-ducting Assembly elections in all the three Vidhan Sabha con-

stituencies of the district(001-Sujanpur, 002-Bhoa(AJ) and 003-Pathankot).As per the instructions ofSanyam Agarwal, IAS,Deputy Commissioner-cum-District ElectionOfficer, Pathankot, a Dis-

trict Level Media Certifying and Monitoring Committee Centerhas been set up at the office of District Public Relations Officer,Pathankot. General Observer appointed for Assembly con-stituency 003-Pathankot today at District Pathankot. Visited byPravin Chindhu Darade, IAS Cadre Maharashtra, Batch-1998.Disclosing this here today Ram Lubhaya District Public RelationsOfficer-cum-Nodal Officer Media Certification and MonitoringCommittee said that the district level committee was working asper the instructions given by Election Commission of India.

Message of cleanliness andwellness given to people duringSwachh Bharat Pakhwada: Anuj

R. SINGHPATHANKOT: During the SwachhBharat Pakhwada program by CSC,the people of the village weregathered in the CSC Digital Villagein which the in-charge Anuj Sharmatold the people the importance ofcleanliness and the importance of ahealthy environment, to increase thecleanliness in the village, peoplewere asked to remove the wetgarbage and dry Motivated to keepthe garbage segregated, thevillagers took a pledge on thisoccasion that they would go door todoor in their and the surroundingvillages and tell the importance ofcleanliness and make themselvesand their future generations healthyand healthy Mahatma Gandhi. Thegoal of CSC is to take thecleanliness education given by CSCfrom door to door. All CommonService Centers in Pathankot districtwill run cleanliness campaigns intheir respective villages. On thisoccasion, village sarpanch teacherRavi Kumar, Suman Bala, ShashiKumari, Bindu Pathania, Shubham,Lalit Kumar, Vikas Saini, Sunita,Ashu Sharma were present.

Jandiala police nab 7 robbers planning to rob ATMKULJEET SINGHJANDIALA GURU: Jandiala Policesucceeded in controlling 7 robbersplanning to rob ATM. SHO JandialaInspector Balkar Singh told that thepolice party ASI Baljinder Singh, ASITarsem Singh, ASI Kuldeep SinghValmiki Chowk, Jandiala Guru, thatan informer informed that GurpreetSingh alias Gola, Varinder Singhalias Gopib, Angrez Singh aliasGeju, Surinder Singh alias Sonu,Majordeep Singh alias Baya,Gurpreet Singh alias Gopi andPrabha Singh alias Prabha JoLives in Nanihal in Ekalgadda. Allof them are planning to rob ATM inJandiala Guru by gathering at adeserted place on Dharad canal.

Innocent HeartsCollege celebratesWorld Wetlands day

HARPREET SINGH LEHALJALANDHAR: The NSS unit ofInnocent Hearts College of Education,Jalandharunder the aegis of DISHA-aninitiative by Bowry MemorialEducational and Medical Trustcelebrated World WetlandsDay with thetheme -'Wetlands Action for People andNature'. Various online activities wereorganised to raise awareness about thevital roleof wetlands for people andplanet and the immense needofrestoring wetlands.NSS volunteerVishali Arora achieved first prize fordisseminatingthe message of valuing,managing, restoring and lovingwetlandsthrough her realistic paintings. Preetiand Vishali Arora bagged first prizeinOrizuru competition bycreativelycraftingmigratory birdssymbolising theimportance of wetlandsin savingthelives of many endangeredspecies.Principal Dr.Arjinder Singh,NSS Programme officer Ms. TarunjyotiKaur and all the NSS volunteers tookan online pledge to take necessarystepsforrestoring, conserving and usingwetlands sustainably.

HMV organises Chemcare-Saving Human Health &Environment

JALANDHAR: R. VenkataramanChemical Society of Hans Raj MahilaMaha Vidyalaya, Jalandhar organized"Chemcare- Saving Human Health &Environment" under the able guidanceof Principal Prof. Dr. Ajay Sareen. Onthis ocassion Poster making/SloganWriting, Scientific Rangoli and PowerPoint Presentation were organized onthemes 'Role of Chemistry in HumanHealth and Green Chemistry &Environment'. Students participatedenthusiastically in all these events.Principal Dr. Ajay Sareen appreciatedthe efforts of students and motivatedthem to participate in such type ofactivities in future also, as Chemistryplays an important role in improvementof Human Health and Environment.Jugdement of Poster Making andSlogan Writing was done by Dr. SeemaMarwaha, Dr. Anjana Bhatia and Mrs.Saloni Sharma. In Poster makingcompetition Neha Maqsood, ChestaMeena and Pratiksha got 1st, 2nd and3rd prize respectively. Dr. Simmi andDr. Nitika made judgement of ScientificRangoli in which Pooja and Nisha got1st prize , Muskan and Prabhjot got 2ndprize & Taranpreet and Devangi got 3rdprize. In Power Point Presentation Dr.Shuchi and Mr. Ravi made judgementin which Navjit and Twinkle got 1st prize, Kulwinder got 2nd prize , Alka andPriyanka got 3rd Prize.

Prem Mittal assurespublic for developmentin Atam Nagar

ANKUSH LUDHIANA: BJP-PLC candidate PremMittal today hold various meetings witharea people of Atam Nagarconstituency. Prem Mittal said thatAtam Nagar's conditions of roads andother basic amenities turned very baddue to carelessness of area MLA. Nowpublic will give their mandate toBhartiya Janta Party and Punjab LokCongress. He said that his electionsymbol is Kamal Ka Phool. On theother hand young workers of allianceare campaigning in area and alliancewill win this seat with big margin ofvotes. He further said that now youthof area is giving support to BJP-PLC.Deepak Goyal, Dinesh Sarpal informedthat party workers will make contactwith every resident of Atam Nagar forbetter future of Punjab.

NEWS AT AGLANCE

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Thirteen left in fray in Nakodar afterscrutinyASHOK KAURANAKODAR: Thirteen candidates have been left in the fray for February 20election in Nakodar constituency after scrutiny of nomination papers onWednesday. Nakodar SDM cum Returning officer (RO) Poonam Singh saidthat nomination papers of three candidates were rejected as they have filednominations as covering candidates. RO said that some candidates havesubmitted more than one sets of nomination papers. In Shahkot constituency14 candidates have been left in fray after scrutiny said Returning officer LalBiswas adding that five nominations of covering candidates/multiplenominations were rejected.

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COVID-19: Centre requests States to acceleratesecond dose coverage among 15-18 age group

AGENCYNEW DELHI FEB 2

The Ministry of Health andFamily Welfare on Tuesdayrequested States and UnionTerritories to direct concernedofficials to accelerate the seconddose coverage amongst duebeneficiaries aged 15-18 yearswhile ensuring that remainingbeneficiaries for the first dosealso receive it in a time-boundmanner.

"I hereby request you todirect the concerned officials toaccelerate the 2nd dose coverageamongst due beneficiaries aged15-18 years while also ensuringthat remaining beneficiaries for

1st dose also receive it in a time-bound manner," read the letterby Union Health SecretaryRajesh Bhushan to states andUTs.

The letter highlighted thatthe nationwide COVID-19vaccination programme of Indiahas been expanded in a phasedmanner based on availablescientific evidence and globalbest practices and presently, allpersons aged 15 years and aboveare eligible for vaccination.

With the proactive efforts ofStates/UTs, along with theGovernment of India, the Centrehas administered more than166.68 crore doses of COVID-19 vaccine which is amongst the

highest in the world.COVID-19 vaccination for

15-18 years' age-group startedfrom January 3, 2022, and as ondate, more than 4.66 crore doseshave been administered in thisage group resulting in the firstdose coverage of 63 per cent in aspan of less than a month.

The vaccine used in thisgroup is Covaxin which has aninterval of 28 days between the

two doses to complete theprimary vaccination schedule,read the letter.

The health ministrysuggested that a tailoredcommunication strategy focusedat an adolescent population andtheir caregivers should also berolled out to make them awareabout the timely completion ofvaccination schedule and sustaintheir vaccine confidence.

NEW DELHI: India has recorded 1.61 lakh new Covid-19 casesand 1,733 deaths in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministrysaid on Wednesday. The active cases stands at 16,21,603, whichnow comprise 3.90 per cent of the total infections, while thenational Covid-19 recovery rate has decreased to 94.91 per cent.Meanwhile 2,81,109 recoveries were reported in the last 24 hours,increasing the total recoveries to 3,95,11,307. On the vaccinationfront, the government has been continuously speeding up thevaccination drive across the country. According to the bulletinissued by the Ministry today, 73.24 crore tests for Covid-19 havebeen done so far. In the last 24 hours, a total of 17,42,793 testshave been conducted. “India has administered 163.84 doses ofCovid-19 vaccine so far under the ongoing nationwide vaccinationdrive” Ministry data said. More than 164.89 crores vaccine doseswere provided to States/UTs so far. Over 11.48 the crores balanceand unutilized Covid-19 vaccine doses are still available with theStates/UTs to be administered, the ministry said.

India reports 1.61 lakhnew Covid cases

Surjit Patar and Lakhwinder Johalrelease Yashpreet Pal Kaur's first

book 'Vidyarthi Manch De Bol'

KULDEEP SOODBARNALA, FEB 2

Punjab Arts Council ChairmanDr. Surjit Patar and PunjabiSahitya Akademi President Dr.Lakhwinder Singh Johalreleased Yashpreet Pal Kaur'sfirst book 'Vidyarthi Manch DeBol' by a young writer fromBarnala. Published byTarakbharati Prakashan, thebook has been edited by theauthor's father Gurmail SinghSandhu. Releasing the book, Dr.Surjit Patar said that the authorYashpreet Pal Kaur has collectedthe speeches made in the speechcompetitions during her studentlife from school to university andkept them in written formthrough the book. This book willbe very helpful for the studentsas it includes articles on everysubject. Congratulating theauthor, Dr. Lakhwinder SinghJohal said that a great leap hasbeen made in the field ofliterature at an early age and hehopes that this journey will

continue. He said that this bookwould be like a beacon for thestudents. Writer and journalistMr. Markanda said the Barnalaarea has a close relationship withliterature and today the Barnalawriter family has grown evenmore. On this occasion, SurjitSingh Shahina, a friend ofGurmait Singh Sidhu, editor ofthe book, and teacher leaderthanked all the guests. It is to bementioned that the ancestralvillage of the author's family isNainewal (Barnala) andpresently Yashpritpal Kaur isliving in Australia. AuthorYashpreet Pal Kaur completedher school and secondaryeducation from Baba GandhaSingh Public School, Barnala,and Lal Bahadur Shastri fromArya girls College, Barnala. Shealso served as a teacher at YSSchool for some time. Prominentpoet Dr. Ravinder Batala, AmritPal Singh Bhangu USA,sportswriter Navdeep Singh Gill,senior journalist Satbir Singhwas also present on the occasion.

KULDEEP SOOD/GULSHAN KUMAR BARNALA, FEB 2

Concerned Congress workers and office-bearers of the constituency held ameeting and raised the flag of rebellionagainst Bibi Ghanori, a former MLAfrom Vidhan Sabha constituency MehalKalan by the Congress High Command.Senior Congress former Sarpanch RanjitSingh Rana Kalala, Mahant GurmeetSingh Thikriwal, Kulwant Singh Tibba,Bani Khaira, Simarjit Singh Johal,Jagroop Singh, Mahmadpur, AmandeepSingh Badesha, Sarpanch Randhir SinghDeewana, former Block PresidentNirbhai Singh Chiniwal Kalan werepresent on the occasion. Block SamitiMember Namdhari Saun Singh Gehl,Chetan Singh Former SarpanchKalalmajra said that what is the point of

giving re-ticket to the candidate who lostthe last election with 32 thousand votes.

He said that Bibi had voluntarilygiven the chairmanship of the Congressto any leaders of the party. He said thatwe had also met Chief Minister Channion this issue but at that time there was talkof contesting the election from the MehalKala by Mr. Channi due to which weremained silent. He said that we haveformed an eleven-member committeewhich would visit the constituency in thenext three days and after that the decisionwould be taken. Block Samiti membersNiranjan Singh Cheema, Soni SinghSherpur, Nambardar Baldev Singh Sahur,Jhirmal Singh Mahil Khurd, AmarjitSingh Bhotna, Karamjit Singh Bhotna,Sarpanch Tajinder Singh NaraingarhSohia, Rajinderpal Chapa, NamdhariBhupinder Singh Chapa and other leaderswere present on the occasion.

Congress revoltcontinues in Mehal Kalan

Channi's statement 'Sudama sent byKrishna' strongly condemned

KULDEEP SOOD BARNALA, FEB 2

Punjab Chief MinisterCharanjit Singh Channiafter filing his nominationpapers from HalqaBhadaur said, "I havecome as Sudama at malesregion and making meKrishna is in public'shand. Sukhwinder SinghBhandari, convener ofDharam Bachao MorchaPunjab District Barnala,co-convenors Avtar SinghBarnala and DarshanKumar took serious noteof Channi's statement andsaid that Channi had hurtthe religious sentiments ofHindus. He stronglycondemned Channy's

statement and demandedthat the ElectionCommission take sternaction against him forviolating the code ofconduct. Morcha leaderssaid that Sudama was apatient scholar and a poorBrahmin who walkedbarefoot in a torn old dhotito meet Lord Krishna atMathura.

Channi, on the otherhand, is comparinghimself to Sudama byasking for votes and toLord Krishna after hisvictory.

He said that thenephew of the ChiefMinister from whom morethan 10 crores of cash andcrores of rupees ofanonymous property

documents had beenseized and who had fooledthe people during histenure as the ChiefMinister, was compared toa Darvesh Brahmin. Howcan Sudama and LordKrishna do that. ChiefMinister Channi shouldapologize to the entireHindu community for hisobjectionable statementotherwise the Hinducommunity will not shyaway from teachingChanni a lesson. Protestswere also staged on theoccasion. Nand Kishore,Harpreet Singh Sobti,Samsher Singh Bhandari,Inderjit Singh, KewalKrishan Garg, Hem RajVerma, etc. were present.

Arlu-Kitpal road to be built at Rs 11 crores: KanwarJOGINDER DEV ARYABANGANA, FEB 2

Rural Development,Panchayati Raj, Agriculture,Fisheries and AnimalHusbandry MinisterVirendra Kanwar visitedKaraur, Arlu Kundon, Arlu,Bharmaut, Chaksar Dagadu,Majiyani, Lawankad andRibad villages underSampark Se Samarthan Yatrain Kutlehar AssemblyConstituency today. He saidthat during last four years agolden chapter ofdevelopment has been added

in Kutlehar district withoutany discrimination. He saidthat construction of Arlu-Kitpal road under Kutlehaddistrict with Rs 11 crorewould start soon and fundshave been arranged for it. Toprovide better transportfacilities to local people, a

bus facility has been startedfrom Bangana to Mudrikabus, from Bangana to Shimlavia Barsar. While theBangana-Nalagarh-Shimlabus facility will also bestarted soon. Under PMGram Sadak Yojana, PipluRachoh road at Rs 12.42

crore, Hatli Kharol road fromRs 5.48 crore, LathianiKodhara to Padayola fromRs 1.20 crore, Hatli Bairiroad from Rs 71 lakh, Rs 6crore Hatli-Talpi road andPiplu Sukdiyal road havebeen constructed withRs.3.66 crore. He said thatunder NABARD, Rs 8.56crore Bangana-Shantala roadhas been strengthened aswell as Bangana ThoonTamlet road with Rs 3.75crore has been constructed.Kanwar said thatconstruction work ofMalangad Dhuggi road from

Rs 3.92 crore and above Rs4.13 crore from Thana to KutChatehar road is going on.Kanwar said that his priorityis to strengthen roads,electricity, water and healthservices. More than Rs 150crore is being spent ondrinking water schemesthrough Jal ShaktiDepartment in Kutlehar. Hesaid that work is underwayon Rs.6.5 crore drinkingwater project for TappaDhanet, which will becompleted very soon andpeople will get plenty ofwater here.

Muslim community extendssupport to SAD-BSP

SUKH NAHARJAGRAON, FEB 2

The Muslim community ofconstituency Jagraon extendedits support to SAD-BSPcandidate SR Kaler and held ameeting in presence of SADleaders Deepinder SinghBhandari and Hardev SinghBobby. The Muslimcommunity assured completesupport to Kaler. Theinformed Kaler abouteveryday problems faced bythe community and stated thatthey face great inconvenienceas there is no cemetery in thearea. Kaler thanked them fortheir support and promisedthat their problems will besolved at preference afterSAD-BSP forms government.

Deepinder Singh Bhandariand Hardev Singh Bobby saidthat people are eager towelcome SAD-BSP as thenew government of Punjab.They claimed that SR Kalerwill emerge victorious with a

huge margin in elections. Atthis occasion, Amreek SinghChawla, Kulbir Singh Sarna,Gagandeep Singh Sarna,Khushi, Kaith Ansari, Yadev,Sukeel, Rizwan, Suhel, Jameeland others were present.

Connectivity road will be made with7.50 crores in MLA priority: Sarveen

SANJAY AGGARWALDHARAMSHALA, FEB 2

Social Justice and Empowerment Minister SarveenChaudhary said that Chal, Thehar, Chalai, Nera, Nagreta,Sardayal, Ladoh link roads of Shahpur assembly constituencywould be constructed on MLA priority. 7.50 crore will bespent in which Rs. Sarveen Choudhary was speaking todayafter distributing checks of Rs 10,000 each from the MLAfund to the Mahila Mandals in Thehar and Chhamb ofShahpur Assembly Constituency. He said that the Himachalgovernment is the government of the common man andkeeping in mind the need of the common man, many welfareschemes have been made. He said that the State Governmenthas increased the post birth grant amount from Rs 12,000 toRs 21,000 to two children of families living below the povertyline. This amount is being provided in the form of fixeddeposits by rationalizing and integrating post-birth grantmoney and scholarship schemes at the time of birth. SarveenChoudhary today inaugurated a community hall constructed ata cost of Rs 5 lakh at Dhar Kalan in Shahpur Vidhan Sabhaconstituency. He said that now people will be able to do social,religious and other works in this building.

SJVN upscales target to50000 MW by 2040

DINESH AGARWALSHIMLA, FEB 2

Nand Lal Sharma, Chairman &Managing Director, SJVN informedthat SJVN has upgraded its SharedVision to 5000MW by 2023, 25000MW by 2030 & 50000 MW by 2040.This revision has resulted fromaddition of multiple projects in its portfolio and alreadyestablished repute of successfully operating &implementing Mega Hydro Projects in India & abroad.After Hydro, Company has successfully added variedbusiness verticals and forayed into Thermal, Solar, WindPower Generation, Power Transmission and PowerTrading. Earlier, Vision of 5000 MW installed capacity by2023, 12,000 MW by 2025 & 25,000 MW by 2040 wasformulated and set out 31st Raising Day of SJVN on 24thMay, 2018. During last three years, business developmentof the company has gained pace and made rapid strides.Sh Sharma said “Relentless efforts of SJVNites has led toCompany Portfolio of more than 16000 MW. Growingportfolio of SJVN has necessitated this upward revision ofShared Vision.” Sharma announced Revised SharedVision of 5000 MW installed capacity target by 2023,25,000 MW by 2030 & 50,000 MW by 2040 during hisRepublic Day address. He said, “Four years back SJVNhad portfolio of 5000 MW. Out of this only 1965 MWprojects were under operation. Projects which werelanguishing on the drawing board for several years havebeen brought to the construction stage.

8KITES RISE HIGHEST AGAINST THE WIND - NOT

WITH IT.

WINSTON CHURCHILL

NEVER BEND YOUR HEAD. ALWAYS HOLD ITHIGH. LOOK THE WORLD STRAIGHT IN THE EYE.

HELEN KELLER

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Literature & Health

Minister for Environment,Forest and Climate Change,Shri Bhupender Yadav on

World Wetlands Day 2022 stated thatthe government under the leadershipof Prime Minister Shri NarendraModi is taking affirmative action, in-volving communities and citizens, inhalting and reversing wetlandsdegradation and loss.

The Union Environment Minis-ter was speaking at the national levelcelebration of World Wetlands day2022 held today at Sultanpur Nation-al Park, a Ramsar site of Haryana.The function was presided over bySh. Manohar Lal, Chief Minister ofHaryana. Union Minister of State forEnvironment, Forest and ClimateChange, Sh. Ashwini KumarChoubey and Forest Minister ofHaryana, Sh. Kanwar Pal were alsopresent. Two new Ramsar sites (Wet-lands of International Importance),

Khijadia Wildlife Sanctuary in Gu-jarat and Bakhira Wildlife Sanctuaryin U.P were also announced on theoccasion by Shri Yadav. India nowhas a network of 49 Ramsar sitescovering an area of 10,93,636hectares, the highest in South Asia.Bakhira Wildlife Sanctuary in UPprovides a safe wintering and stagingground for a large number of speciesof the Central Asian Flyway whileKhijadia Wildlife Sanctuary is acoastal wetland with rich avifaunaldiversity providing a safe habitat toendangered and vulnerable species.

As a part of India’s commitmenttowards conservation, restorationand management of India’s wetlands,Shri Bhupender Yadav administeredthe wetlands pledge to the wetlandmitras and everyone present to pro-tect and conserve our wetlands. Dig-nitaries also participated in ceremo-nial plantation and visited exhibition

area and Interpretation Centre. Onthe occasion, "National WetlandDecadal Change Atlas” prepared bythe Space Applications Centre(SAC), Ahmedabad was also re-leased highlighting the changeswhich have happened in Wetlandsacross the country in the past decade.The original Atlas was released bySAC in 2011 and has over the yearsbeen used extensively by all the StateGovernments also in their planningprocesses.

The change Atlas is available onthe wetlands of India portalhttps://indianwetlands.in/resources-and-e-learning/library/ website. Ex-pressing happiness that Haryana haslast year only received InternationalRamsar tag for two of its sites, ChiefMinister of Haryana exhorted all toconserve the wetlands and nature ingeneral and also emphasized the im-portance of balancing development

and Ecology. Terming the functionsof Wetlands equivalent to the func-tion played by Kidney in humanbody, Minister of State, spoke atlength on the benefits and necessityof conserving the Wetlands of thecountry.

World Wetlands Day is ob-served every year on February 2ndall over the world. It is celebrated toraise global awareness about the vi-tal role of wetlands for people andour planet.

This day also marks the date ofthe adoption of the Convention onWetlands on February 2, 1971, inthe Iranian city of Ramsar. Thisyear’s theme of World WetlandsDay is “Wetlands Action for Peopleand Nature”, which highlights theimportance of actions to ensure theconservation and sustainable use ofwetlands for humans and planetaryhealth.

EDITORIALA shot in the arm

for growthIn the midst of the hype and hoopla, commenting on

the annual Union budget suffers from the classicalsyndrome of seven blind men and the elephant. In

commentaries, such dilemmas, presumably, are re-solved through the artificial construct of a mythicalcommon person. Be that as it may, the plurality of per-spective in understanding the Union budget makes ita Rashomon-type narrative. Effectively, the budgetoften emerges as a post-truth event where the de-nouement is written before the prologue.

Fraught with such plurality of perspectives andthe associated tensions, what did the Economic Sur-vey 2021-22 and other existing indicators flag for thefinance minister?

First, despite the cruel impact of the pandemic(with little over 4 crore cases and nearly 5 lakh deathsas of end-January, 2022) the third wave has witnessedbetter mortality-morbidity outcomes in India, withdistinct declines in death rates as well as in hospital-ization. This success can, to a large extent, be attrib-uted to the rapid vaccination drive whereby 93 percent of the adult population has received at least onedose of vaccine, of which around 66 crore people (70per cent of the adult population) are fully vaccinated.

Second, the Indian economy is expected to wit-ness real GDP expansion of 9.2 per cent in 2021-22after contracting by 7.3 per cent in 2020-21, taking theoverall economic activity back to the pre-pandemiclevels. A major driver of such a turnaround came fromgovernment consumption; investment is also expect-ed to achieve full recovery to the pre-pandemic level.On the assumption of no further pandemic-related dis-ruptions, normal monsoon, the orderly withdrawal ofmonetary stimulus by major central banks, and oilprice between US $70-75, India’s real GDP growth isprojected to be in the range of 8.0-8.5 per cent in2022-23. Of course, despite such signs of greenshoots, employment and the informal sector remainareas of concern. Third, with the reappearance ofglobal inflation, Indian inflation, despite some recentmoderation, could emerge as a source of anxiety.Moreover, the wedge between the wholesale price in-flation and consumer price inflation could also posesome unease on the inflationary front, particularlywith a potential threat of imported inflation. Fourth,insofar as the strategy for recovery is concerned, theEconomic Survey coined the notion of the “barbellstrategy”, wherein the best way to strike a balance be-tween reward and risk is to invest in the two extremesof high-risk and no-risk assets.

Signet of EternityThe day was when I did notkeep myself in readiness forthee; and enteringmy heart unbid-den even as oneof the commoncrowd, unknownto me, my king,thou didst pressthe signet of eternity uponmany a fleeting moment of mylife. And today when bychance I light upon them andsee thy signature, I find theyhave lain scattered in the dustmixed with the memory ofjoys and sorrows of my trivialdays forgotten..

Rabindranath Tagore

RabindranathTagore

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Ire and ice for Beijing'sWinter Olympics

Two events dominate the ChineseCommunist Party (CCP) calendarfor 2022 - the Winter Olympics and

the 20th Party Congress later this year.China wants both to go smoothly so it canbask in reflected glory. The 2022 WinterOlympics will be wielded as a mightypropaganda tool. However, things are notso simple for Chairman Xi Jinping, asChina is embroiled in worldwide acrimo-ny over harsh treatment of its Uyghurpopulation, its increasing subjugation ofHong Kong, repression of Tibet, illegalterritorial claims in the South China Sea,and ramping-up of coercion against Tai-wan.

China is pursuing a strict zero-COVID policy, no matter the inconven-ience to the populace or the cost to theeconomy, but there was never any chanceof it delaying the Olympics, as happenedin Tokyo. The games will run from Feb-ruary 4-20.

Xi said the games "will not only en-hance our confidence in realizing thegreat rejuvenation of the Chinese nation,"but also "show a good image of our coun-try and demonstrate our nation's commit-ment to building a community with ashared future for mankind".

Xi boasted in his New Year's address,"The world looks forward to China, andChina is ready." It will select only smallnumbers of Chinese spectators for events,but televised coverage will be carefullychoreographed and stage-managed tomagnify China's achievements.

Chinese media have trumpeted thatdignitaries from 32 countries will attendthe opening ceremony. Heads of state orroyalty are coming from: Argentina,Bosnia-Herzegovina, Cambodia,Ecuador, Egypt, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,Luxembourg, Monaco, Mongolia, Pak-istan, Papua New Guinea, Poland, Qatar,Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore,

Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, the UAE andUzbekistan. Other dignitaries includeUnited Nations Secretary-General Anto-nio Guterres, and World Health Organiza-tion Director-General Tedros AdhanomGhebreyesus. The US was first to declarea diplomatic boycott, and it has sincebeen supported partially or fully by thelikes of Australia, Belgium, Canada, Den-mark, Estonia, Japan, Kosovo, Latvia,Lithuania, the Netherlands, New Zealand,Sweden and the UK. China has workedhard to minimize this US-led boycott.Xinhua, for example, wrote, "The so-called US 'diplomatic boycott'...hasturned out to be nothing but a flop and thebutt of jokes that are scorned by countriesacross the world." It added, "Any politicalgrandstanding going against the Olympicspirit is detrimental to the interests of allOlympic participants and will fail eventu-ally."

However, Xinhua convenientlyglossed over the fact that China is usingthe Olympics as a political grandstand toglorify the CCP. Jason Young - the Direc-tor of the New Zealand ContemporaryChina Research Centre and an AssociateProfessor at Victoria University inWellington told ANI: "Similar to the 2008Summer Olympics, the Chinese leader-ship places a lot of importance on hostinglarge international events like the WinterOlympics due to their belief that suchevents provide positive international cov-erage for China." Young noted that therunning of the Olympics has featuredheavily in Chinese media, "where themessage to people is that China is hostinga very successful international event".When asked about the criticism aimed atChina, Young explained, "This WinterOlympics has drawn a lot of internationalcriticism due to the diplomatic boycott,

uncertainty and strict controls due toCOVID, and due to the focus it has put onChina's human rights record, includingpolicies in Hong Kong and Xinjiang. Tominimize these criticisms in China, statemedia have strictly managed storiesaround the Olympics and officials havecriticized foreign politicians for 'politiciz-ing' the event." The elephant in the roomis China's authoritarian style of gover-nance, which tends towards totalitarian inareas like Xinjiang. The human rightsabuse in the latter are the chilling epitomeof China "building a community with ashared future for mankind," to use Xi'swords. 2022 is very different to 2008,when Beijing hosted the SummerOlympics. Gaining in self-confidence andnational strength, China does not nowseek to mollify critics, but rather to defyand bash them. Back in 2008, many be-lieved the Olympics would help Chinaopen up and slacken its autocratic tenden-cies, but Xi has no intention of China be-coming more like the West. Rather, hewishes that the rest of the world will be-come more like China, and so the 2022event is a celebration of the CCP's strictrule. ANI asked Young at Victoria Uni-versity how important the WinterOlympics are to China's populace. Henoted, "It is hard to know just how inter-ested people in China are in theOlympics." Of course, that is exacerbatedby the fact that negative comments are nottolerated on Chinese social media plat-forms such as Weibo or WeChat. Youngadded, "For state and party officials, theWinter Olympics have been used todemonstrate the successes of Chinesegrowth and development and to attributethat to the socialist system and the leader-ship of Xi Jinping and the party. Hostingthe Olympics has even been incorporatedinto the campaign to mark the 100-yearanniversary of the party."

World Wetlands Day celebrated at Sultanpur National Park

Digital, Glocal and Skilling: NewNormal in Financing Education

The EducationSystem of the na-tion should be capable of em-powering youth with the global

competencies necessary for makingdignified living in the 21st Centuryapart from becoming contributorsinall-round sustained economic andcultural growth of the nation.Support system for multidisci-plinary outcome-based experi-ential learning, skilling, up-skilling and reskilling in massscale and ecosystem con-ducive for ideation and prob-lem-solving research and in-novations incongruent with thenature is a must for realizingthis veryconceptand idea ofeducation.

To this endeavour, the roleof government becomes crucial inredefining and re-strategizing thepathways of teaching-learning andtraining to make it dynamic and thusrelevant. Fully aware of this respon-sibility, the Government of India hascreated ample provisions for severalnew initiatives in the union budgetpresented on the floor of the Parlia-ment on 1st February, 2022.Thisbudget, in my considered view, isadoctrine reaffirming the commit-ment of the government in creating aknowledge society and knowledgeeconomy for actualizing the vision ofthe Prime Minister in making Bharat'AatmNirbhar'.

To begin with, 11.86% increase inbudgetary allocation forthe educa-tion sector from the previous

year(Rs. 1,04,278 crores in 2022-23as compared to Rs. 93,224.31crores in 2021-22) is commendable.This allocation also includes Rs.9,420.00 crores for higher educationas compared to Rs. 7,643.26 croresin the previous year. Indian Institutes

of Technology and In-dian Institutes of Man-agements now haveincreased allocation of?658.9 crores and Rs.177.9 croresrespec-tively. Rs. 218.66 croreallocation for boosting-up research and inno-vation and?1,800croresfor the exemplarscheme forupgradingmore than 15,000

schools as Schools of Excellence issatisfying.Suchinitiatives will enableeducational institutions to expand in-frastructure, mitigate resource-crunch up to a considerable extentand eventually start implementing re-forms envisioned in National Educa-tion Policy 2020.

A deepinsight into financing pat-terns in education sector in the unionbudget demonstrate that skill devel-opment, digital education and vocalfor local (glocal) emerge as a newnormal. All three features are of far-sighted significance in transformingthe learning system of the nation.

The main focus of the budget, inmy view, is to fill the industry-acade-mia skillgaps and employment mis-match vis-à-vis the education sys-

tem. This is amply demonstratedthrough several initiatives an-nounced in the budget and allocationmade thereby. These include 150higher educational institutions to of-fer apprenticeship embedded diplo-ma/degree course;Urban local insti-tutions to provide internships oppor-tunities to fresh engineering gradu-ates for up to one year; Specialbridge courses to be jointly arrangedby the Ministry of Health and Ministryof Skill Development roping in pro-fessional bodies;Viability Gap Fund-ing to district hospitals for collaborat-ing with the medical colleges in PPPmode to facilitate experiential learn-ing, Large hospitals with sufficientcapacity to offer resident doctorsDNB/FNB courses under the Nation-al Board of Examinations;DESH-Stack e-Portal to empower youthwith skilling, up-skilling and re-skillingso as to enable them to earn liveli-hood at the affordable cost;Supportfor drone power to be used as drone-is-a-service to promote start-ups;Na-tional Police University and NationalForensic Science University for de-veloping skills and expertise in do-main knowledge of policing science,forensic science and cyber-forensicsetc. Apart from skilling, these initia-tives will also provide opportunitiesfor youth to enter into the domain ar-eas of ideations and innovations.

Prof. Raghavendra P. TiwariVice-Chancellor

Central University of Punjab,Bathinda

Paracetamol disappearsfrom Pakistan's pharmacies

as Dengue cases rise

Paracetamol is un-available in manyof Pakistan's phar-

macies and is reportedlybeing sold in the blackmarket, reportedDAWN. A Drug Regula-tory Authority of Pak-istan (Drap) official at-tributed the shortage ofParacetamol, the mostcommonly prescribedmedicine for COVID

patients, to the risingnumber of dengue casesand the subsequent de-mand for the painkiller,reported the newspaperDrap on Tuesday issuedshow-cause notices to15 pharmaceutical com-panies for failing tomanufacture, Paraceta-mol, despite having li-cences. Meanwhile,Pakistan is currently

facing the fifth COVIDwave and the number ofactive cases across thecountry has crossed the100,000 mark. Pak-istan's national positivi-ty rate is at 9.65 per centand National Commandand Operation Centre(NCOC) recorded 32deaths across the coun-try over the past 24hours.

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Washington : Samsung has rolled out the Android 12-based One UI 4 update for Galaxy Z Flip 5G in the US. As per GSM Arena, the update is rolling out for both unlocked and carrier-locked units of the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5G. The firmware for the former comes with version F707U1UEU2EUL9 and F707USQS2EUL9 for the latter. Both builds come with the usual Android 12 and One UI 4 goodies and the December 2021 Android security patch, which is a bummer since Samsung started rolling out the February 2022 patch for its smartphones last month.

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5G gets Android 12-based One UI 4

itness can have a lasting positive impact on muscles and keep them from being too tight or says Shah. Of course, any exercise can be the anyone’s life, and Pilates can be the ideal loose – either can make the body prone to injury. ultimate mood lifter, but regular focus on Pilates Fpartner to make that impact. This fitness Shah adds, “Pilates is all about energetic strength has proven itself in reducing tiredness,

regimen is apt for novices who want to lose and development that, in turn, helps support and anxiousness and general negative or depressive maintain weight, and improve overall physical stabilise joints. Pilates is proven to be effective in indicators.fitness. Pilates may not work like aerobics or keeping injury risks down in sports.” Better Body Knowledgerunning when it comes to burning calories, but it is High Energy And Lower Stress Levels Pilates is a complete mind and body exercise that an agreeable and effortless method to do so with Pilates’ focus on breathing improves results in increased body awareness. Since one plentiful other benefits. focuses on the development that happens Emphasising that Pilates is ideal for inside and the sensation the body feels, everyone, Sheetal Shah, Founder, Core this heightens the understanding of the Pilates Studio, says, “Pilates is the perfect body’s pain, comfort, emotions and option for anyone and everyone to include in surroundings. The body thus responds to their regular fitness routine. It can be opted the happenings better and avoids injuries, for just about anywhere to work out. Of etc. It also keeps the body away from course, this weight loss method works best if overeating as the practitioner can handle backed with a healthy diet and other exercise the hunger better.forms like cardio or weight training.” Better ImmunityTotal Exercise Regimen Pilates is a known to improve immunity Choosing Pilates works well for those keen because the overall circulation improves on targeting every body part. Apart from with total body workout. As such, it minimising hip and lower back pain and positively impacts the functioning of the pelvic floor dysfunction, it gives you immune system.improved core strength which means Stronger Bones

cardiorespiratory capability. That means an increased body stability. “Maintaining balance A sedentary lifestyle impacts overall health, increase in oxygen and blood circulation, and becomes possible with core training. Regular including bone density, which might create happiness hormones. Shah says, “Since Pilates is Pilates can improve body control and movement problems like osteoporosis or osteoarthritis at any a low impact exercise form that will not leave you as per need, enhancing mobility and flexibility,” age. Pilates can help improve bone quality and tired, the energy levels are always up. With more says Shah. keep away future bone-related health issues.focus on inner development and breath, the Posture Improvement Aids Sports Performancenervous system gets regulated. It lowers the Pilates helps develop neglected posture. With its Practising certain sports can lead to body cortisol and stress levels.”focus on total body configuration and perfect misalignment due to its nature. “This is where Improved Motivation And Moodbalance of joint movements and muscles, Pilates Pilates comes to the rescue. It works on body “One can trust Pilates blindly to improve enhances posture as it also strengthens postural balance, muscular equilibrium growth and posture motivation. It is more focused on developing muscles. alignment. Pilates also helps avoid injuries that what’s inside the body rather than external Keeps Injuries Away are the bane of any sportsperson,” adds Shah.gratification. It then motivates self-improvement,” Pilates is the answer to balance the body’s

URUGRAM : Dreamfolks Services Limited (“Dreamfolks” or “Company”), India's largest airport service aggregator platform has Gfiled its Draft Red Herring Prospectus (“DRHP”) with market

regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (“SEBI”). Dreamfolks facilitates an enhanced airport experience for passengers, leveraging its technology-driven platform. The Company’s asset-light business model integrates global card networks operating in India, credit card and debit card issuers and other corporate clients, including airline companies, with various airport lounge operators and other airport related service providers on a unified technology platform.Dreamfolks facilitates consumers’ access to the following airport related services like (i) Lounges (ii) Food and Beverage (iii) Spa (iv) Meet and assist (v) Airport transfer (vi) Transit hotels / nap room access, and (vii) Baggage transfer services. Its dominance in the segment is based on facilitating access to 100% of the 50 lounges currently operational in India – a market that is expected to grow at 4x times of the current market size. The Company also enjoys a market share of over 95% of all India-issued credit card and debit card based access to airport lounges in Fiscal 2020. Additionally, in Fiscal 2020 Dreamfolks also accounted for around 67% of the overall lounge access volume in India. Further, as at December 31, 2021 Dreamfolks has a global footprint extending to 1,259 touch-points in 121 countries across the world including India. Dreamfolks has tie ups with all lounge operators including the market leaders like Premium Plaza Lounge and Travel Club Lounge. The lounges work in close coordination with Dreamfolks as it provides more than 80% of the overall traffic for most lounges, and also reduces the need for lounges to tie up with multiple bank / other partners.

Dreamfolks services limited files DRHP with SEBI

handigarh : Foraying deeper into the country’s logistics market, Porter, India's largest marketplace for intracity logistics, Cannounces its launch in Chandigarh.Marking it as the

15thoperating city, Chandigarh is a strategically important location for Porter. The city being the capital for two states and an access point for multiple markets has a highly fragmented and unorganized logistics landscape. Porter with its sophisticated tech-enabled platform, intends to support thousands of small businesses who are currently dependent on unreliable service providers offering poor service satisfaction at a high cost. The company alsoplans to support the small vehicle driver owners that suffer from irregular income generation with minimum wage per ride. Addressing these challenges, Porter’s entry into the market is aimed to make Chandigarh a logistically strong economy.“We are a value-driven organisation. It has been our constant endeavor to unlock the full potential of the logistics infrastructure in the country. With this expansion, we look forward to improving the lives of driver partners through better income generation and vehicle utilization. By bridging the current gap between demand and supply in the city, our focus is to improve customer satisfaction and retain the trust of our delivery partners in the long run. We have concrete plans to launch two-wheeler and EV facilities as part of our portfolio expansion in the next few months, said Uttam Digga, COO, Porter.Adding to the announcement, Manish Gupta, Vice President, Porter said, “Driving affordability and reliability will be Porter’s foundation to building a better logistics space in Chandigarh. The trucks will operate in the city for a competitive price point starting as low as Rs 300.

Porter to Launch its Intracity Logistics Services in Chandigarh

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YouTube's video player getting a new look on Android, iOS

Hero MotoCorp Sells 3.8 Lakh Units of Motorcycles and Scooters

Amazon.in launches Valentine's Day Store

handigarh: Celebrate the season of love this Valentines' Day on Amazon.in with exciting deals Cand offers on a wide selection of specially curated

products across categories ranging from fresh flowers, chocolates, gift sets, electronics, home décor, kitchen appliances, fashion and beauty essentials, large appliances, smartphones, accessories, Amazon Devices and much more. Reminiscent of your feelings for your special ones, the Amazon.in Valentines' Day Store is one-stop destination for customers to fulfill all their shopping and gifting needs from the safety and comfort of their homes. Customers can shop from brands such as Ferrero, Hershey's, Bombay Shaving Company, Renee, Myglamm, Maybelline, Sugar Cosmetics, iQOO, OnePlus, Samsung, Xiaomi, amongst others.Customers can also use their voice to access the "Valentines' Day Store" using Alexa on the Amazon shopping app (Android only). handigarh, Leading sportswear giant, adidas, welcomes Sandesh Jhingan,

Indian Men’sFootball Vice captain to its family. Sandesh will work closely with Cadidas in engaging and inspiring the youth to take the game to the next level.A recipient of AIFF’s ‘Emerging Player of the Year’ in 2014, Sandesh was named ‘Men’s Player of the Year’ in 2020-2021. He is also the recipient of the prestigious Arjuna Awards in 2020 for his outstanding achievement in football. An ardent fan of Manchester United, Sandesh will now join the brand’s elite pool of athletes which includes the likes of Lionel Messi, Mo Salah, Paul Pogba, Paulo Dybala to name a few.adidas also partners with some of the leading football clubs in the world including Manchester United, Arsenal, Real Madrid, Juventus, and Bayern Munich, which define the brand’s commitment to football. In India, Sandesh joins the likes of Rohit Sharma, MirabaiChanu, Lovlina Borgohain, Manpreet Singh, Simranjit Kaur, Nikhat Zareen, Jeremy Lalrinnunga who wear and sport the 3-Stripes with pride.Speaking about the partnership,Sunil Gupta, Senior Director, Brand adidas, India, said, "Sandesh is a role model for many young footballers and a perfect combination of passion and talent. With this partnership we aim to inspire the youth and work towards a common goal of building football from the grassroot level in India. We are thrilled to have Sandesh join the adidas family”. Excited about his relationship with adidas, Sandesh Jhingan said, “My journey with football has been very enriching, and I aspire to make it a far bigger sport in India than it is today.

Adidas partners with indian men’s Football vice captain : Sandesh

Now you can enjoy Kulhad tea in Baddiaddi: Chai Sutta Bar, welcoming the taste and aroma of its national and global beverage brand Kulhad with great enthusiasm, opens its new branch in the city of Baddi, Baddi, a major pharmaceutical manufacturing Bhub in India. It is also famous for its delicious food. The people here are friendly, welcoming and hospitable.

Launched new outlet at Space 9 Complex, Ground Floor Basement Village Kalyanpur, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, Now it is open to welcome the public of the city with a variety of teas and other food and beverages on the menu to savor the taste and aroma, the area is strategic as it is connected by major roadways and the city It is a famous commercial center of Anubhav Dubey, Co-Founder, Chai Sutta Bar, said that by the wonderful blessings of God, Chai Sutta Bar has left a lovely place in the hearts of people who welcomed the store with their warmth and gleaming smiles. Recently HR Gabru released the anthem of Chai Sutta Bar which featured some local stars, Anubhav Dubey revealed that the company uses more than 3 lakh kulhads daily and supports over 1500 potter families. It also employs more than 500 people from diverse sections of the society with special emphasis on weaker sections. The brand's soulful tea is distributed in over 110 cities with 225 outlets across India and also in countries including Dubai and Oman to name a few.

ashington : American online video sharing and social media platform WYouTube is rolling out a new

interface for its mobile app's full-screen player.As per The Verge, the new interface will introduce some fresh features which should make it easier to like or dislike a video (privately, of course), view comments, and share what you're watching.The old version hid most of those features behind a swipe-up gesture on the "more videos" section, where the new version puts them front and centre, relegating related videos to a button in the corner.The change only shows up when you're watching in full screen -- the app looks largely the same when you're watching a video in portrait mode.

Google One VPN now available for iOS

ashington: The VPN service that's part of the Google One Premium Wsubscription has finally been made

available for iPhones after Google's last year's promise that it would come to iOS.While a Google-run VPN has been available on the platform for months via the Google Fi cell service, the new update means that anyone who pays for 2TB or more of Google One storage should now also get a VPN for their phone, according to The Verge.The VPN is currently available to people in 18 countries, including the US, UK, Canada, and Mexico. iPhone users may be familiar with the idea of an upgraded storage plan that also comes with a way to keep your IP and internet traffic private as Apple includes its Private Relay service in all of its paid iCloud plans.For iPhone owners who are more into Google's services than Apple's, though, a VPN is a nice addition.

Madame launches its new store in Kaithal

ohali/Chandigarh: Living in constant fear for want of proper Msecurity cover, family members of

Vicky Middukhera, a dynamic Youth Akali Dal (YAD) leader who was killed in cold blood on August 7, 2021, in Sector 71, Mohali by unknown assailants, has now written to the Election Commission of India (ECI), requesting for exemption from surrendering their licensed weapons. "We have not got security cover needed from the police despite repeated pleas. I have written to top authorities of Punjab for proper security cover required keeping threats in mind, but in vain. Now I have requested ECI to exempt us from surrendering licensed weapons keeping in view of threat to our lives, the police are asking us to deposit our weapons due to the assembly elections in Punjab," said Ajay Pal Singh Middukhera, also a prominent YAD leader. It is noteworthy that Vicky was a very popular YAD leader. Ajay Pal Singh Middukhera is himself a respected YAD leader and his father is a Shiromani Akali Dal leader and active in Akali Dal politics.

Family of slain YAD leader Vickywrites to ECI, seeks exemption from surrendering weapons

How can we reduce the risks of breast cancer?

anchkula, : Satluj Public School, Sectors 2 & 4, Panchkula has been honoured with the rankings of No. 1 in Panchkula, No. 1 in Haryana and No. 4 in India (Day/ Day-Boarding Schools) for the 4th Pconsecutive year by Education Today (one of India’s largest and most reputed education media

houses and ranking bodies). Reekrit Serai, Managing Director, Satluj Group of Schools (Satluj Public Schools, Satluj World Schools and Little Satluj Pre-Schools), said, “We’re extremely pleased and honoured to have received this honour for the 4th consecutive year, especially during COVID. This is testimony to our dedicated staff who ensured that there were no learning losses during online classes, our students who worked hard and excelled throughout these difficult times, parents who supported us through thick and thin and trusted our commitment to impart quality education to their children during the pandemic, management members who ensured the school machinery was well-oiled and functioning throughout the entire duration of the ongoing pandemic. With the blessings of our Late Founders, I’m humbled while accepting this recognition on behalf of Satluj Public School, Sectors 2 & 4, Panchkula, and on behalf of Satluj Group of Schools (Satluj Public Schools, Satluj World Schools and Little Satluj Pre-Schools).” He has thanked Education Today for the same. Satluj has emerged as the front runner in all categories amongst schools in Panchkula and Haryana, and amongst the top schools in India. The categories are academic reputation (including results), individual attention to students, infrastructure provision, innovative teaching, safety and hygiene, sports education, value for money, co-curricular education, holistic development, leadership management quality, research and technology, parental engagement and community services.

Benefits of pilates in weight management and for overall healthSudhaa Chandran and Urvashi

Dholakia to return to TV handigarh : COLORS and Ekta Kapoor join forces again to bring the sixth installment of the most celebrated fantasy-fiction franchise on Indian television, ‘Naagin,’. This season shall witness the serpent queen C‘Sarvashreshth Naagin’ go far and beyond to fight the most powerful enemy in the history of the show.

‘Sarvashreshth Naagin’ will battle a global crisis that poses a threat to the survival of humanity.An ensemble cast comprising television’s prominent faces including veteran actors Sudhaa Chandran and Urvashi Dholakia have? teamed up with Ekta Kapoor to carry forward the show’s legacy. While Sudhaa is making a comeback in the ‘Naagin’ franchise after Season 3 with the role of Seema (mother of the male protagonist), Urvashi is returning to TV after a hiatus of four years, having been given the role of Urvashi, mother of the female protagonist. Produced by Balaji Telefilms,? ‘Naagin? 6’ is set to air soon only on? COLORS.Excited to essay the role of Seema, Sudhaa said, “It feels great coming back to the Naagin franchise with a new concept and completely different avatar, that promises to keep the audiences hooked up. Working with Ekta Kapoor and COLORS once again after ‘Naagin 3’ is like a homecoming for me. I will be playing Seema’s character in this season, she is fierce and quite a matriarch who everyone fears.

atiala, February 2:--Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women. According to the World Health Organization, "2.3 million women were diagnosed with breast cancer in 2020, and 685 000 women lost their life due Pto breast cancer". Breast cancer is generally common in elderly women. And therefore, it is high time to make

women aware of its risks and educate them to take necessary steps for early detection. The non-transmissible disease goes unidentified for a long time, increasing the risk. Dr. Goldy Kamboj,Senior Consultant Gynaecology,Manipal Hospital Patiala said,Regular self-examination of your breast can help you identify lumps or any changes in your breast. Watch out for these signs in case of self-breast examination:-Frequent & persistent pain or lumps in the breast.Nipple discharge other than during breastfeeding needs immediate attention of the doctor.Redness, swelling, and puffiness around the nipple and breast.Asymmetrical breast or sudden noticeable change in the breast size.Inverted or flat nipple and Lumps or pain in the area around the armpits Other than Self-breast examination, mammographic screening, Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), Thermography, can be used for breast cancer screening. The conclusive diagnosis of breast cancer requires a tissue diagnosis, which can be done with a TRUCUT Biopsy. She further said, The risk of breast cancer increases with age of the patient.

handigarh : BASES, a NielsenIQ business, has released the findings of their latest study that highlights how open consumersare to new Cbusiness models in the durablesand electronics industry in India and

other countries post the pandemic. With the objective to understand how durable goods manufacturers can keep consumers engaged and enhance their experience post the pandemic, NielsenIQ BASES finds among different business models,Product Service Systems (PSS) to be the most future proof for consumer durable brands. The global study, conducted in US, Germany, Brazil and India, highlights that engaging the customer throughout the product’s lifecycle by adopting new business models will prove to be beneficial for brands. “Extending the relationship between a company and its customer, beyond point of sale, opens up new opportunities for brands to interact with customers to understand customer demographics, gather important performance and usage feedback, and deepen the customer relationship by better responding to their needs.” said Vidya Sen, South Asia Lead, NielsenIQ BASES. In order to deliver personalized services for their customers, brands must look at options that are fulfilling a user’s needs. The study talks about two variations of product service systems (PSS). Product-oriented- Ownership of a product is transferred but additional services are offered to consumers. Use-oriented- Ownership of a product remains unchanged, but usage is made available to consumers. In India, the COVID-19 pandemic reinforced that consumer goods companies need to evolve how they engage with distributors, retailers, and end-consumers to drive growth and boost profits in the coming years.The study finds out that, from investing in new digital capabilities to updating business models, to making CX a critical competitive differentiator, could help brands keep consumers engaged and deliver on their expectations“In India, adding services, customization, automation, or leasing options provide manufacturers the opportunity to introduce more on-going revenue streams.

Pandemic paves way for Consumer Durable brands to revisit their business strategy

handigarh : The most romantic time of the year is right around the corner, and it’s the perfect occasion to shower our Cpartners with love and warmth. This Valentine's Day, go

beyond traditional gifts and express your unconditional love through an experience that your partner will cherish forever. We have curated out-of-the-box gifting ideas from Reebok, Pernod Ricard India, Jimmy’s Cocktails & Amazon Fashion and Beauty that will certainly garner extra attention from your loved ones.JIMMY’S COCKTAILS :This Valentine’s Day, gift your beloved person a chance to celebrate the festivities right in the comfort of their homes! The New Jimmy’s Festive Gift Pack, 2nd Edition:An ideal gift for your partner, it’s guaranteed to elevate any festive get-together with the complete home cocktail solution. REEBOK- Encourage your loved one to opt for a healthier and fitter lifestyle and focus on the healthy balance they’ve been striving for by gifting them these incredible kicks! ZigDynamica 3:ZigDynamica, with innovative design, is a highly functional shoe that seamlessly transitions from the gym to the street andpromotes the flow of kinetic energy throughout the shoes. Available in exciting colorways, Zig can amplify any look and become your loved one’s go-to sneakers. Reebok Apparel:A perfect combination of style & fitness, Reebok Apparel is designed to support dedicated workouts. These select athleisure ensure a secure fit and effectively wicks moisture away from the skin, helping your loved one stay dry and comfortable while they train or go for a run.

This Valentine's Day, shower your partner with thoughtfully curated

gifts to make them feel specialHANDIGARH/LUDHIANA: The finance minister, Smt Nirmala Sitharaman in her Cfourth Budget speech today made some

important announcements regarding the skilling and education sector. The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) has welcomed the General Buget proposals presented in the Lok Sabha today saying, “Hon’ble Finance Minister Smt Nirmala Sitharaman has presented a progressive Budget that looks to building India as a skill hub for the world. With the launch of the DESH Stack e-Portal — Digital Ecosystem for Skilling and Livelihood — we have a transparent platform that provides payment and discovery layers to boost livelihood and entrepreneurial growth besides proving access to online training, all at one place. The technology architecture founded on Trust-Payment-Discovery enabling protocols will help citizens find trusted skilling courses and training institutes and a place to store their skill and experience certificates in Digi Locker, which in turn, can be accessed by employers to verify profiles of skilled professionals. Similarly, Payment Technology protocols will help needy citizens access government funding for training, while Discovery Technology protocols will allow transparent discovery of skilling courses, institutes, loan, scholarship, CSR and job opportunities. This will encourage skill-seekers, prospective employers and financial institutions to come to the portal and is in line with the Hon’ble Prime Minister’s vision of building the largest skilling programme in the world, where we aim to skill 10 crore Indians in the next five years. Different ministries have come together to fulfil this vision, a fact that is amply reflected in the National Education Policy 2020 that envisages seamless integration of education and skilling.

Budget 2022 aims to empower citizens to skill, re-skill or upskill through online training

The First Kia Carens, rolled out from Anantapur Plant

handigarh : Kia India, one of the fastest-growing carmakers in the country, today rolled out the first customer car of the three-row recreational vehicle, the Kia Carens, from its Cstate-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh. The Kia Carens is

the latest 'Made-in-India' offering from the company, which combines the sophistication of a family mover and the sportiness of an SUV in one to make it a compelling value proposition and the best choice for modern Indian families. Furthermore, the Kia Carens is all set to create and define a new segment of its own. The Kia Carens has been tested for across multiple terrains

and simulated conditions before the company has announced the mass production of the car. The K ia Carens wi l l be manufactured in India and will be exported to o v e r 8 0 c o u n t r i e s . Fol lowing the wor ld premiere in December, the Kia Carens will be

officially launched in February 2022. Commenting on the occasion, Tae-Jin Park, Managing Director and CEO, Kia India, said, “We are all about inspiration at Kia, and with the Kia Carens, we bring to the table a whole new set of value propositions aligning with requirements of the new-age customer. I am very excited about the beginning of this new journey. The Kia Carens is the fourth product we are rolling out in India. Our teams have worked tirelessly to bring out a product that truly reflects and resonates with modern Indian families. When customers think of a Kia they expect best-in-class features, a distinct design identity and unmatched ownership experience– which is truly reflected in the Carens.” The Kia Carens comes in petrol and diesel powertrains combined with multiple transmission options, including the 7DCT and 6AT.

Satluj Public School Panchkula Ranked No 1 in Haryana

Pet Care & Grooming Start-Up Captain Zack Witness Strong Business Growth

handigarh :Captain Zack started as a pet hygiene brand and transitioned into a holistic pet care brand that specialises in creating nasty chemical free, pH balanced, safe and ISO certified products. They are the first Cbrand in India with veterinary licensed products to ensure that your pets are happy and healthy. Also, they

are the first & only brand in India to get their products clinically tested on sensitive human skin; the products are paraben free and do not have any harsh chemical content. The brand started conceptualizing the product formulations while working on R&D in 2016; they spent a whole year to make sure the formulations are right, stable and thoroughly tested. With quality control and checks in place, Captain Zack officially launched in the market in September of 2017. With the onset of the pandemic, there has been a surge in pet adoptions; the number of families adopting pets almost doubled in the last two years, leading to a natural increase in the demand for quality pet products. The rise in disposable income, especially among the middle class population, is driving the market growth for pet care in India and has been one of the contributing factors for nuclear families wanting pet companions. Microsoft Lists available for test run

ashington: Microsoft Lists is now available as a free preview for the first W200,000 users with personal Microsoft

accounts who sign up to try it.As per The Verge, Lists, which is a kind of task management meets to-do list app, has only been available to business and enterprise users up until now. Microsoft says the preview comes with some new features, including tabbed views and the ability to add images in-line. The preview isn't a feature-complete version of Lists, unfortunately, as Microsoft mentions that it's missing some functionalities of the standard app. It's also not available on the iOS or Android app yet. Those trying out the preview can create up to 50 lists with a limit of up to 2,000 items per list and can upload up to 200MB worth of videos, files, and images to each list. First launched in 2020, Lists is still a fairly new product -- at its core, it essentially lets users create, manage, and share various lists across devices and with colleagues.

Axis Mutual Fund launches ‘Axis Equity ETFs FoF’

HANDIGARH: Axis Mutual Fund, one of the leading asset management companies in CIndia announced the launch of Axis Equity

ETFs FoF (An Open Ended Fund of Fund scheme predominantly investing in units of domestic equity ETFs). The new fund will be managed by Shreyash Devalkar, Fund Manager. The minimum application amount is INR 5,000 and investors can invest in multiples of INR 1, thereafter. The new fund will track the Nifty 500 TRI benchmark and endeavour to generate alpha by investing in domestic equity ETFs basis the fund manager’s top down investment view. Chandresh Nigam, MD & CEO, Axis AMC said, “Passive investing’s efficient low cost strategies that tracks a specific index as closely as possible while relying on the broader market wisdom, have been some of the major reasons for its increased importance amongst the investors. With the launch of the Axis Equity ETFs FoF, we are seamlessly integrating market cap management and sectoral/thematic management.

HANDIGARH: Hero MotoCorp Ltd., the world’s largest manufacturer of motorcycles Cand scooters, sold 380,476 units in January

2022. The third wave of pandemic, subsequent staggered state-wise lockdowns and restricted movement impacted the overall sales volume of the month. Commenting on the Union Budget 2022, Dr. Pawan Munjal, Chairman & CEO, Hero MotoCorp, said: “One of the landmark announcements of this Budget is the battery swapping policy, which has the potential to be a game-changer in catalysing the migration to EVs. While the scale of its impact will be clear upon formation of the policy, the industry is committed to sharing its insights and expertise with the Government to make this a reality. I am personally delighted with this move by the Government as it resonates with our Company’s and my own commitment to the cause of Sustainability. The renewed focus on sustainability through natural and organic farming, PLI on green energy and the creation of funds will further India’s efforts to meet climate-change goals for a sustainable future.

aithal: Leading western-wear fashion apparel brand Madame Klaunched its first store in

Khurania Complex, Ambala Road, Kaithal, Haryana. Strengthening brand's market penetration in North India, the new store will offer a curated selection of apparel, shoes, accessories, and handbags for women. In terms of retail expansion, Madame has been one of India's most active apparel brands even during pandemic. The Kaithal store is a part of brand's strategy, targeting fashion-conscious Tier II cities across the country and will feature unique collection that is ideal for the season along with collections that focus on a playful yet relaxing holiday mood. Madame endeavours to inspire young women to express their individuality and spirit through accessible fashion. The brand has been a leading preference for young women across the country for the past 27 years and has carved its own niche in the women's apparel and accessories market. Mr. Akhil Jain, Executive Director, Madame said, "As people are becoming more fashion conscious, Madame is growing as a major fashion apparel business in India.

NEWS AT AGLANCE

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2022

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A case for makingSadhodra a sub-divisionPREETI RANISADHORA: A meeting was organizedregarding making Narayangarh a districtand Sadhora a sub-division. It wasdiscussed in the meeting that properdevelopment of this neglected area will bepossible only by making Sadhora a sub-division. Block President and covener of“Make Narayangarh District and SadoraSub-division Struggle Committee,” SudhirBhalla and Naresh Bakshi, respectively,said that a meeting would be held in thesecond week of February to give impetusto this campaign. He informed that despiteSadhora town having the status ofassembly headquarters, this area has notdeveloped. He alleged that Bilaspur wasmade a sub-division by snatching the rightof Sadhora and now under politicalpressure, preparations are being made tomake Chhchhrauli a sub-division.

Media Club inaugurationceremony held

KULWINDER KARWALSARDULGARH: Media Club Sardulgarhformally inaugurated the new Press Office inthe local town with a ceremony. Theopening ceremony was done by socialworker Darshan Kumar Garg by cutting theribbon. The event was attended byprominent personalities from variouspolitical, administrative, business and socialsectors and extended their best wishes tothe members of the media club. During this,Darshan Kumar Garg said in his addressthat Press is called the fourth pillar becausein the era of democracy, protecting thepublic interest is a huge responsibility on theshoulders of press personnel. He said thatthe intensity and dedication with which thejournalist community is playing its role in thesociety is commendable. DSP PushpinderSingh Gill, who was present on theoccasion, said that Press, Administrationand Police are the three most importantsections of the society who serve the peoplewith mutual cooperation. Club PresidentSanjeev Kumar Singla assured that themedia is committed to take the problems ofthe people to the government andadministration. He said that arrangementsfor press conference hall, meeting hall,computer room, drawing room, park etc.have been made in the office.

2-day online eventheld on safety

R K KASHYAPCHHACHHRAULI: A 2-day onlineprogram was organized for safety andsecurity of students in Government GirlsSenior Secondary School, Chhachhrauli.It was concluded under school principalPremlata.Training was given aboutsafety and security by master trainersRituraj and Anuradha. In the training,information was given on different topicssuch as Cyber Crime, Road Safety, FirePrevention, JJ Act, SMC, Fast Food,POCSO Act, MDM, Safety Kovid-19 andmental stress of children duringexamination days. Harvinder Kaur gaveinformation about road safety andmental stress of children duringexamination days and Vijay Kumarshared information about SMC.

Blood camp to be heldon Feb 13LOKESH KUMARYAMUNANAGAR: A blood donationcamp will be organized by Vishwa HinduParishad and Bajrang Dal on February13 at Ajat Ashram Baniyawala tocommemorate the memory of VeerHaqeeqat Rai and the birth anniversaryof Sri Guru Ravidas. It was stated byVice President Gaurav Gupta.

District ElectionOfficer declares dryday from 6 pm on 18Feb to 20 Feb DALJEET AJNOHAHOSHIARPUR: Deputy Commissioner-cum-District Election Officer, Smt. ApneetRiyait, on the instructions of the ElectionCommission of India, declared a dry dayin the boundaries of the district from 6pm on February 18 till the end of thevoting process on February 20 and onMarch 10, the day of counting of votes.There is a complete ban on closing liquorcontracts and any person storing andselling liquor. This order will also be fullyapplicable to hotels, restaurants, clubsand liquor premises where there is alegal permission to sell and drink alcohol.The District Election Officer said that asper the instructions recorded in the letterissued by the Chief Electoral Officer,Punjab, the general elections to thePunjab Legislative Assembly are beingheld on February 20. During theseelections, it is necessary to ban the sale,use of any kind of intoxicants and liquoretc. store and sell alcohol in publicplaces, hotels, restaurants.

Budget’s focus on building modern infrastructurewill benefit Northern States: MunjalCHANDIGARH (RN KHERA): “The Union Budget presented by Nirmala Sitharaman, Finance Minister,today has presented a growth-oriented, expansionary budget and has clearly indicated the government’sfocus on sustainable growth through enhanced capital expenditure”, said Abhimanyu Munjal, Chairman,CII Northern Region. At CII, we appreciate the fine balancing done to soothe the economy as well asboost it by way of increased capital expenditure, focus on creating physical infrastructure, healthcare spending andsustainable development. CII Northern Region is happy to note that the Budget ticked all the right boxes of lives,livelihood and growth which would propel the economy to an inclusive growth trajectory. We welcome the allocation of Rs1 lakh crore as fifty-year interest free loans to assist the states. This will further catalyse the states’ capacity to take capitalexpenditure and creation of assets. Speaking on the budget announcements for the Northern states, he said that manynorthern states are the hub of MSMEs, and there are many positives for the sector, such as extension of EmergencyCredit Line Guarantee Scheme up to 2023, additional credit of Rs 2 lakh crore for MSMEs, and announcement of theRaising and Accelerating MSME Performance (RAMP) programme.

NEWSDC takes stock of arrangements

for CM’s Karnal visit

SHIV KUMAR SHARMAKARNAL, FEB 2

Deputy Commissioner NishantKumar Yadav observed andinspected the venues regardingthe visit of Chief MinisterManohar Lal to Karnal onFebruary 3 and 4 and gaveappropriate orders to theofficials. The DeputyCommissioner visited thereception venue at the templein Kamla and inspected theseating and other arrangementsfor the people there and gavenecessary directions to theofficers. He inspected drinkingwater, accessible toilets, trafficarrangements etc. He wasaccompanied bySuperintendent of PoliceGangaram Punia, AdditionalDeputy Commissioner YogeshKumar, SDM of Gharonda andother officers. The DeputyCommissioner informed thatthe Chief Minister will acceptthe greetings of the people inBadsat, Jamalpur village onhis arrival in Karnal on

Thursday. After that, the ChiefMinister will address peopleby inspecting the constructionwork of NCC Academy andShiv Mandir being constructedin Araipura village ofGharonda block. He informedthat the Chief Minister wouldbe greeted by the locals atGharonda's Anaj Mandi. TheDeputy Commissionerinformed that the work ofinstalling 25,000 LEDs onbehalf of Karnal Smart CityLimited will be inaugurated bythe Chief Minister fromRamnagar at 7 pm. In addition,construction work of park inPritam Nagar, road constructedfrom Kunjpura Road toKailash Road, developmentwork of park in Uttam Nagar,beautification of GandhiMemorial Hall, Kos Minar inMinar Road Madhuban andSattar 4 and State SeniorSecondary School Works ofsports facilities will beinaugurated and foundationstone will be laid at RailwayRoad Karnal.

Governor presides over meetingof Ayush Department

DINESH AGARWALSHIMLA, FEB 2

Governor Rajendra VishwanathArlekar said that an awarenesscampaign should be conducted inschools for the knowledge ofIndian ancient systems ofmedicine like Ayurveda andherbal plants where the AYUSHDepartment could play asignificant role.

He was presiding over themeeting of Ayush Department atRaj Bhavan, today.

The Governor said thatAYUSH including Ayurveda,Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani,Siddha and Sowa Rigpa andHomeopathy was a holisticsystem of medicine and weshould promote it in a big way, forwhich the departments couldorganize camps in collaborationwith the Red Cross. He directed toselect some schools in the initialstage for the construction ofherbal gardens, where theAYUSH department would makeavailable information about themedicinal plant to the students.With the awareness of thestudents, this campaign wouldreach every household, in whichthe Red Cross could alsocooperate, he added. He also

directed to prepare a program inthis regard. He said that a weeklyyoga programme should bestarted in schools and for this,yoga teachers of AYUSHdepartment would imparttraining. It could be extendedregularly in the next phasethrough the Department ofEducation, he asked.

Shri Arlekar said that aworkshop could be organized byenlisting traditional practitioners,which would provide anopportunity to understand theirproblems. He said that it wasrequired to have their

identification and documentationto maintain the medical system oftraditional Vaid. He further saidthat dietary information shouldalso be made available to thestudents as schools were such abetter place where we could startthese activities and it was throughthe students that this knowledgecould reach every level. Heappreciated the initiative of thedepartment for providing betterservices to the people throughtheir centers.

Rajeev Sharma, Secretary,Ayush apprised the Governor thatat present 1248 Institutions of the

department working in the Stateand it was 34 Hospital strength.Besides that, Rajiv Gandhi PostGraduate Ayurvedic College,Paprola and three Govt.Ayurvedic Pharmacies includingJoginder Nagar (Mandi), Majra(Sirmaur) and Paprola (Kangra)were working in the state, he said.He said that these were one DrugTesting Lab in Joginder Nagarand four Herbal Gardens havebeen set up in Jogindernagar(Mandi), Neri (Hamirpur),Dumreda (Shimla) and Jungle-Jhalera (Bilaspur). He also briefedabout the status of outreachactivities of the department in thestate. Vinay Singh, DirectorAyush gave a power pointpresentation. He apprised thatAYUSH department has a targetto operationalize 140 AYUSHHWCs during the year 2021-22.He said that Ayurvedic HealthCentres were being up-graded asAYUSH Health and WellnessCentre in the State underAYUSHMAN BHARAT. He saidthat the State Government hasalready notified 240 AHCs for up-gradation to AYUSH Health &Wellness Centre and up-gradationwork was in progress. VivekBhatia, Secretary to the Governorwas also present on the occasion.

District Electoral Officer and SSP conductchecking of inter state checkpoints

DALJEET AJNOHAHOSHIARPUR, FEB 2

The Deputy Commissionercum District Electoral OfficerApneet Riyait and SSPDhruman H. Nimbale todayconducted joint checking ofall the interstate checkpointsin the district and reviewed thesituation. While boosting themorale of the deployed police,para military personnel andthe excise department teams,both the DC and the SSP alsodirected them to be vigilduring the course ofperforming their duty. Theyvisited Jaijon andMahindwani checkpoints. TheDeputy Commissioner and theSSP said that apart from thedeployment of the police andthe para military in the entiredistrict for smooth andtransparent conduct of thepolls, flying squad, staticalsurveillance as well as excisedepartment teams (To curb thetransportation of the illicitliquor) are also working hardday and night. They furtherstated that 45 flying squad

teams have been deputed in allthe 7 assembly constituenciesfalling in the District to ensurecompliance with the ModelCode of Conduct. The saidteams are working 24 hours.Divulging further, the DeputyCommissioner and the SSPsaid that 12 interstatecheckpoints have been jointlyset up in the district by thepolice and the para militaryforces. They also said thatrecovery worth more than Rs.40 lakh has been made atthese checkpoints so far and3092 quintal Lahan has alsobeen recovered anddestroyed. During 28 and 29

January, raids were carriedout in the areas adjoining theHimachal Pradesh with theassistance of the Himachalpolice and also in the Mandarea alongside the river Beasby the State police with thehelp of the Excise Departmentjoint team. During these raids,1,46,640 Kg Lahan wasrecovered and destroyed withcase registered against the 11accused. From the 8th Januarytill date, the excisedepartment teams haverecovered 246 bottles ofcountry made and 1557bottles of foreign and 86 Litreillicit liquor.

Cryptocurrency to benefitPM’s friends: Tarlochan

SHIV KUMAR SHARMAKARNAL, FEB 2

Congress District Convener Tarlochan Singh has termed thegeneral budget presented by the central government as anti-people. The poor are strangled to benefit the capitaliststhrough this budget. Reacting to the budget, he said that byvalidating cryptocurrency, black money of billions of rupeeshas been laundered.

He said that this step was taken by the Prime Minister forthe benefit of his bourgeois friends including Ambani. This

will increase corruption.Black money and hoardingwill be promoted. He saidthat this budget wasintended for the poor middleclass traders. Neither the taxslab has changed nor has itgot any relief. He said thatsmall traders have beenrobbed. The budget hasdisappointing for thefarmers. The picture of theanti-people attitude of thegovernment has come tolight. This budget isdesigned to benefit theAmbani family. He said that

the government is silent on measures to reduce inflation. Hesaid that the government has done the job of strangling themiddle class along with the poor in seven years. For the lastseven years, the Modi government has not acted in theinterest of the common man of the country. The governmenthas not taken any step for the farmers.

Budget will boostfarming, education

sector: BansalSHIV KUMAR SHARMAKARNAL, FEB 2

Shammi Bansal, M.D of Liberty Shoes Pvt. Ltd,has stated that reducing taxes on certain items and

raw materials bythe governmentmay bring relief inleather andelectronics sectors.He said that thegovernment shouldput pressure onm u l t i n a t i o n a lcompanies to boost“Make in India”and strengthen thei n d i g e n o u s

economy. He described the budget for the year2022, 23 presented by Union Finance MinisterNirmala Sitharaman as satisfactory and hoped formore relief for traders and small entrepreneurs. Hesaid that the budget is mainly for the benefit of theagriculture sector and farmers and for providingrelief to all stakeholders in the education sector.The MSME sector will also get a boost from thisbudget but the common man did not get any reliefin the slab of income tax which was anticipated.

For that more proper planning needs to bedone. This step should be taken by the governmentin the coming days.

Pipes to replace drains to fix waterloggingproblem in Yamunanagar: Mayor

RK KASHYAPYAMUNANAGAR, FEB 2

The big nallah coming from Jagadhri willbe covered by putting pipes nearVishwakarma Chowk. So that there is noproblem of waterlogging in thesurrounding areas during the rainyseason. Regarding this, Mayor MadanChouhan on Wednesday inspected thedrain along with Deputy CorporationCommissioner Ashok Kumar andExecutive Officer Sushil Kumar Bhukkaland Executive Engineer Ravi Oberoi.During the inspection, Mayor MadanChouhan gave instructions to removeillegal occupants from around the drainand put pipes in the land of thecorporation. This will solve the problemof overflow of nallah in the rainy season

and waterlogging in the surroundingareas. During the inspection, MayorMadan Chouhan interacted with theshopkeepers nearby and listened to theirproblems. During this time, someshopkeepers talked about putting pipes intheir place. On which Mayor MadanChouhan instructed the officials of thecorporation to lay pipes on the land of theMunicipal Corporation. Apart from this,

the illegally occupied land of thecorporation around the nallah should befreed and cleaned. At the same time,instructions were also given to thecorporation officials to get the draincleaned to a depth. Mayor MadanChouhan said that this drain overflows inthe rainy season. This causeswaterlogging problem in the surroundingareas. On the other hand, there is a dangerof animals and children falling into thedrain. To deal with this, the drain is beingcovered with putting pipes. After layingthe pipes, the people of Ward No. 14 andOld Hamida area will benefit. Chouhansaid that all efforts are being made by theMunicipal Corporation for drainage ofrain water in the city. Storm water drainsare being constructed at places wherewaterlogging is a problem after rains.

Teacher union sits on Dharnabefore the gate of ADC(D) office

SUMER GARGSANGRUR, FEB 2

To press the administration for theacceptance of their demands, All teachers'associations of district Sangrur today byhave blocked the gate of the office of thelocal additional deputy commissioner(D)and sat on dharna there. Among the otherdemands they were mainly demanding forthe alternative arrangements to exempt theteachers from their election duties, whoare not competent to perform their duties.While addressing the gathering teacherleaders said that all the teachersassociations of district Sangrur hadorganized a function on January 24, a listof teachers with evidence who wereunable to perform election duty due tovarious reasons was given to ADC(D) andan appeal was also made to him to make

an alternative arrangements to replacetheir duties. They said that on January 27,all the teachers' unions again appealed toADC(D) that 117 teachers from all overthe district could not perform theirelection duty due to various reasons,proofs were also given and they might beexempted from election duties. Teacherleaders said, on January 31, ADC assuredthem that as per their list most of theduties have been deducted. But when weasked from the concerned officer than hesaid that the duties of only 46 teachershave been deducted.

MRSPTU signs MoU with Central University to raisestandard of higher education in Malwa region

ANIL VERMABATHINDA, FEB 2

Adding another feather in its cap,Maharaja Ranjit Singh PunjabTechnical University (MRSPTU),Bathinda has signed a memorandumof understanding (MoU) with theCentral University of Punjab(CUPB), Bathinda in research,innovation, education andconsultancy for making collectiveefforts to raise the standard of highereducation in the Malwa region.TheMoU was signed by Dr. Gurinder PalSingh Brar, registrar MRSPTU, andMr. Kanwal Pal Singh, Registrar,

CUPB in the august presence of Prof.Buta Singh Sidhu (Vice Chancellor,MRSPTU) and Prof. Raghavendra P.Tiwari (Vice-Chancellor,CUPB).The purpose of this MoU isto support each other's endeavours indelivery of academic programmesand research activities throughvarious steps.Prof. Buta Singh Sidhu

said this exercise would facilitateboth the universities to move jointlyon academic, innovation andresearch, teaching and training aswell as consultancy fronts in the fieldof Humanities & Management, Basicand Applied Sciences, Mathematics,Languages, Computer Application,Social Sciences & Engineering.

KARANPREET DHANDRALBARNALA, FEB 2

Congress candidate fromconstituency Barnala and son offormer Railway Minister PawanBansal, Congress candidate fromBarnala Munish Bansal has beenfound to be three times richer thanChief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi,revealed Barnala. From the information givenat the time of filling the nomination! It maybe recalled that Manish Bansal resident TapaMandi did his B.Com from GovernmentCollege Boys, Chandigarh and obtained hisLLB degree from Panjab University. Nocriminal case has been registered against 43-

year-old Manish Bansal. He hasgold jewelery worth Rs 8 lakh 10thousand and silver worth Rs 19lakh. His movable assets are Rs. 4crore 36 lakh 65 thousand 187 andimmovable assets are Rs. 25 crore20 lakhs. He has a debt of Rs. 3crore 17 lakh 62 thousand 875 andhis total assets are Rs. 29 crore 56

lakh 65 thousand 187. Similarly, his wifeShaina Bansal has movable assets of Rs 6crore 10 lakh 92 thousand 692 andimmovable assets of Rs 7 crore 50 lakh. Hehas no debt and total assets are 13 crore 60lakh 92 thousand 962 rupees. The total assetsof both the spouses is 43 crore 17 lakh 58thousand 149 rupees.

Congress candidate from Barnala MunishBansal three times richer than CM Channi

AGENCYANTIGUA, FEB 2

England won a thrilling semi-final againstAfghanistan by 15 runs to book a berth in theICC U19 Men's Cricket World Cup Finalagainst either India or Australia on Saturday.Right-arm leg spinner Rehan Ahmed took threewickets in an flimsy penultimate over to leavethe run-chase 15 short after Afghanistan pushedthe game deep, needing 19 off the final 12 ballsand with wickets in hand. Afghanistan's runchase of 232, got off to a poor start whenNangeyalia Kharote was cleaned up a duck offthe third ball of the innings, with the excellentJoshua Boyden striking with the new ball yet

again for England. But Mohammad Ishaq (43)and Allah Noor (60) rebuilt the innings to givetheir side a fighting chance of crossing over theline by stitching 93 runs partnership for the sec-ond wicket. A see-saw match swung back inEngland's favour midway through the reply,thanks largely to 17-year-old Thomas Aspin-wall, who ran out opener Ishaq before scalpinga brace off his medium-pace bowling to leaveAfghanistan needing a rebuild on 106 for 4. Butthat rebuild did come, with Abdul Hadi (37*),Bilal Ahmad (33) and Noor Ahmad (25) ensur-ing that the semi-final came down to an ex-tremely nervy finish. Needing 19 to win off thefinal two overs and with the well-set Hadi andAhmad at the crease, Afghanistan looked firm-

ly in the mix to win the match. But Rehan hadother ideas, winning it for England with a stun-ning three-wicket salvo. The first saw Ahmadbrilliantly caught by James Rew, who had earli-er put down a tricky catch on the boundary togive Afghanistan a let-off. Naveed fell threeballs later, caught on the ropes by James Salesas he went for the big hit. And Ahmed clean-bowled Bilal Sami with a googly off the verynext ball to all-but wrap up the win for England,a victory that was confirmed in the final over,with Afghanistan falling 15 runs short. Englandhad won the toss and opted to bat first in over-cast conditions at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadi-um in Antigua, but lost dangerous opener JacobBethell early on.

AGENCYCANBERRA, FEB 2

England skipper HeatherKnight said that her side'sperformance in the Women'sAshes Test against Australiashows their fighting spiritwhich can put the opponentunder pressure.

England trail Australia 6-4 in the points-based seriesand must win the three ODIgames beginning fromThursday, in order to win thetrophy.

"The way we went at thatchase was awesome, realcharacter from the girls. It'sshown that we can fight backand when we do go hard atthem, then we can put themunder pressure, and reallycreate a few cracks," crick-et.com.au quoted Knight assaying.

"It gives us real confi-dence, particularly that sec-ond innings was very muchlike a one-day chase ... wehaven't had a huge amount oftime in the middle with theweather so that's a reallygood sign," she added.

Knight, who was emo-tional in the immediate after-math of the game, said shewas focused on the positivesfrom the four-day game.

"It's quite important forus to try and park it. I've cer-tainly learned in my careerthat if you don't park a gamelike that it can be quite detri-mental," said the Englandskipper.

On the other hand, Aus-tralia skipper Meg Lanninglauded her opponents butalso said that she is comfort-able with her side's ODIgame at the moment.

"We understand it's goingto be a difficult challengeagainst a side who has shownparticularly over the last cou-ple of weeks how good theycan be," Lanning said.

"(But) the way we foughtback and got ourselves backinto the Test was fantastic.We're really comfortablewith our ODI game at themoment. We feel like it's in agood spot. But we need tomake sure we bring ourbest," she added.

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Must learn toclose out matches:Kino SanchezPANAJI: Odisha FC interim headcoach Kino Sanchez was proud ofhis team following their 1-1 drawagainst FC Goa in the Indian Su-per League (ISL) but also said thatthey must learn to close outmatches.Odisha FC were denied a win by alate FC Goa equalizer and they re-mained two points adrift of fourth-placed Bengaluru FC."We were trying to close the gameand we can’t concede this last ac-tion that led to their goal, but that’sfootball. We could have closed thegame when Jerry hit the post anda chance for Jonathas. FC Goahad one chance in the second halfand we were dominating the gameand we couldn’t finish the match,"said Kino Sanchez in a post-match press conference as perthe ISL website."It’s really disappointing for us asthe team deserved to win. So forus, there are two matches, oneagainst Hyderabad FC where wedeserve at least a draw and todayI think we deserved the win, so weneed to learn how to finish thematches," he added.Regarding the next clash againstSC East Bengal, the interim headcoach said that his side will be fo-cusing on exploiting every weak-ness of their opponent."We are sad because we drewagainst FC Goa but it’s a reallystrong team in the ISL and ourfeeling is that we are losing thepoints. So we need to think how thementality of the team must be towin all the matches and I think to-morrow we will release our mindsand we will be ready for SC EastBengal," said the interim headcoach. "We need to have a look atall the games of SC East Bengaland according to that we must findwhat weaknesses we can exploit.We will plan the game but I’m reallyproud of how my players played to-day, how they give everything onthe pitch. It’s unlucky that in the lastminute of the match we concededthe goal, but I’m really proud ofthem," he added.

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AGENCYNEW DELHI, FEB 2

Paddler Manika Batra visitedthe National War Memorialto pay tribute to air warrior ofthe 1971 India-Pak War Nir-mal Jit Singh Sekhon, whoshowed exemplary courageand determination during thehistoric war.

The TT player paid hertribute at the gallantry gallerynamed 'Param Yodha Sthal'in the memorial where bustof the flying war hero is in-stalled among the total of 21recipients of the Param VirChakra.

"The citations inscribedat the monument about thewar and supreme sacrificemade by our soldiers has leftme spellbound. As an Indian,my heart today is filled withgratitude and pride," said theOlympian after her visit.

The memorial which is inharmony with the existinglayout and symmetry of themajestic Rajpath and Central

Vista also has a digital appealwith the creation of the Na-tional War Memorial Appli-cation and placement ofscreens with a provision ofpaying virtual homage to theones who died in the line ofduty.

While paying a virtualhomage to another war heroCaptain Vikram Batra, Mani-ka said, "The way the monu-ment's architectural designmakes the martyrs immortal,

similarly its upgraded digitalfacilities like mobile app-based virtual tour guide anddigital panels for virtualhomage makes it easily ac-cessible from anywhere forevery citizen.

The player also visitedthe unique souvenir outlet'Smarika' which pays befit-ting tribute to the brave mar-tyrs and is a centre of attrac-tion for all the visitors visit-ing the monument.

Manika Batra visits NationalWar Memorial

AGENCYMUMBAI, FEB 2

Amid the ongoing AFC Women'sAsian Cup India 2022, the volunteersworking behind the scenes for thisprestigious tournament are garneringmassive praise from all corners fortheir diligence and hard work.

The volunteers who are a part ofthe Local Organising Committee(LOC) come from various manage-ment colleges across India and thevolunteer program of the LOC isaimed at creating a strong pool ofyoung leaders in the sports domain.

One of the volunteers, VaishaliPandey, who is currently pursuing anMBA in Sports Management fromSymbiosis School of Sports Sciences,received the opportunity to volunteerat the event through her college place-ment cell.

"I am in the Marketing and Info-

tainment department. The takeawayfrom both the cells is that no matterwhat the situation is we need to comeup with a workable solution. I amworking as an Announcer in thematches where timing is everything,hence, accuracy with efficiency is

mandatory here," Vaishali said in astatement.

"This experience has made me re-alize that I can work beyond my po-tential. Be genuine to the assignedwork and give more than 100 per centto whatever work we are assigned to,"

she added.Giving opportunities to people at

a time when sports events have beenhalted or postponed by the pandemicfor more than two years has served asa blessing for the young enthusiastslooking to enter this industry.

Vedant Gupta, a second-yearMBA student who is pursuing SportsBusiness Management from the DYPatil School of Management said thatthe tournament, his first sports event,has been an incredible learning expe-rience for him.

"The overall experience through-out the tournament for me has beenwonderful as this was my first sportsevent and I got to learn many newthings. Starting from the process, tothe detailed bifurcation of the department's and their roles andresponsibilities - the whole run-through of the event and many otherthings," he said.

AFC Women's Asian Cup: Volunteersget recognition for their hard work

NZ all-rounder DarylMitchell awarded with ICCSpirit of Cricket accolade

DUBAI: New Zealand's Daryl Mitchell has been named therecipient of the ICC Spirit of Cricket Award after his gesturein the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup semi-final against Eng-land in Abu Dhabi.

As a result, Mitchell has become the fourth New Zealandplayer to win the award, following the footsteps of Daniel Vet-tori, Brendon McCullum and Kane Williamson.

Mitchell wins the award for refusing to take a single in thehigh-pressure T20 World Cup semi-final against England inAbu Dhabi on November 10, 2021.

"It's an honour to receive the ICC Spirit of Cricket Award,"Mitchell said in an official release. "To be part of that T20World Cup in UAE was an amazing experience, and to receivean award like this is pretty cool." "It's something that we prideourselves on as New Zealanders, the way we go about playingour cricket, and yes, the Spirit of Cricket side. Personally, I feltI got in the way and we wanted to win on our own terms, anddidn't want to be controversial in such a big game," he added.In the first semi-final of the 2021 ICC Men's 2021 T20 WorldCup at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi, England andNew Zealand were locked in a tight battle to reach the summitclash. Batting first, England had posted a competitive 166/4on the board courtesy of Moeen Ali's half-century. NewZealand were on course for the run chase with a well-settledMitchell establishing a partnership with James Neesham, whowas in blistering form. The incident occurred on the first ballof the 18th over bowled by Adil Rashid, with the score at133/4. Neesham bashed the ball down the ground and it wouldhave been an easy single. But Mitchell, at the non-striker'send, refused to take the run, conceding that he had impededRashid - in a high-pressure chase, with a place in the WorldCup final at stake, Mitchell's gesture oozed class.

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GLAMOURKartik Aaryan's 'Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2' averts clash with 'RRR', film tonow release on May 20

ollywood actors Kartik Aaryan, announced on January 31 that his highly- The upcoming film is produced by Kiara Advani and Tabu's upcoming anticipated film 'RRR' will release on Bhushan Kumar, Murad Khetani, and Bfilm 'Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2', which was March 25 after multiple delays. Krishan Kumar under the banner of T-

earlier slated to hit theatres on March 25, Starring Kartik, Kiara, and Tabu, Series and Cine 1 Studios.has been pushed to May. 'Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2' has been helmed by 'Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2' is a sequel to

The film will now arrive in cinemas on Anees Bazmee and written by Farhad filmmaker Priyadarshan's 2007 film of the May 20, 2022, avoiding a clash with S. S. Samji and Aakash Kaushik. same name that featured Akshay Kumar, Rajamouli's next directorial 'RRR', which is The horror-comedy was initially set for Vidya Balan and Ameesha Patel.set to release on March 25 this year. The a July 2020 release but was pushed to Talking about 'RRR', it features Jr makers made the announcement on November 19 due to the COVID-19 NTR, Ram Charan, Alia Bhatt and Ajay Wednesday along with a new poster of the pandemic. Shortly after the Maharashtra Devgn. The film is a fictional tale based on film. government announced the re-opening of the younger days of freedom fighters

The new release date announcement theatres, the makers of the film had picked Komaram Bheem and Alluri comes just two days after Rajamouli March 25 as the release date. Seetharamaraju.

ollywood superstar Salman picture in which he can be seen movies like follow up of 'Bajrangi Khan, who is known for his working out, flaunting his chiselled Bhaijaan' along with 'Tiger 3', which Bwell-maintained body, has back. In the caption, he wrote, also stars Katrina Kaif in the lead.

shared a picture of him from his "Getting back!" He recently also showcased his workout session, setting major Fans flooded the post with love- singing and dancing skills in his fitness goals for his fans and filled comments. "Sultan is back," a new song 'Dance With Me'.followers. social media user wrote. "Welcome

Taking to his Instagram handle, back," another added. Meanwhile, the 'Bigg Boss' host uploaded a on the work front, Salman has

Salman Khan flaunts his physique, fans say 'Sultan is back'

Prabhas-starrer 'Radhe Shyam'to arrive in cinemas on March 11

ctor Prabhas' highly-anticipated film 'Radhe Shyam' has got a new release date. The romantic drama, which also stars Pooja Hegde, will Anow hit the big screens on March 11, 2022. The 'Baahubali' actor took

to his Instagram account to share the new release date. Along with sharing a new poster of the romantic drama, he wrote, "11.03.22. I'll

see you. #RadheShyamOnMarch11."The new poster of 'Radhe Shyam' features a visual of a cruise ship stuck in the middle of a cyclone that hit the ocean. The text on the

image reads, "Witness the biggest war between love & destiny. 11.03.2022 worldwide in theatres."Directed by Radha Krishna Kumar, the film is produced by Bhushan Kumar, Vamsi and Pramod. 'Radhe Shyam' will release in

five languages: Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam.The film was slated to release on January 14. However,

it got postponed owing to the surge in COVID-19 cases and the uncertainty over the

operations of cinema halls amid the pandemic.

Set in the 1970s, 'Radhe Shyam' features Prabhas as Vikramaditya, who falls in love with Prerana, played by

Hegde.The upcoming movie also stars Sachin Khedekar, Priyadarshi Pulikonda,

Amitabh Bachchan's 'Jhund' to hit theatres on March 4

ctor Prabhas' highly-anticipated film 'Radhe Shyam' has got a new release date. The romantic drama, which also stars Pooja AHegde, will now hit the big screens on March 11, 2022. The

'Baahubali' actor took to his Instagram account to share the new release date. Along with sharing a new poster of the romantic drama, he wrote, "11.03.22. I'll see you. #RadheShyamOnMarch11."The new poster of 'Radhe Shyam' features a visual of a cruise ship stuck in the middle of a cyclone that hit the ocean. The text on the image reads, "Witness the biggest war between love & destiny. 11.03.2022 worldwide in theatres."Directed by Radha Krishna Kumar, the film is produced by Bhushan Kumar, Vamsi and Pramod. 'Radhe Shyam' will release in five languages: Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam.The film was slated to release on January 14. However, it got postponed owing to the surge in COVID-19 cases and the uncertainty over the operations of cinema halls amid the pandemic.Set in the 1970s, 'Radhe Shyam' features Prabhas as Vikramaditya, who falls in love with Prerana, played by Hegde.The upcoming movie also stars Sachin Khedekar, Priyadarshi Pulikonda, Bhagyashree, Jagapathi Babu, Murali Sharma, Kunaal Roy Kapoor, Riddhi Kumar, Sasha Chettri, and Sathyan.

Kristen Bell reacts to fan's awkward experience of watching her sex scene with familyristen Bell has jokingly part. a screenshot of her comment and told apologised to a fan for the The end of episode five sees Kristen's another user, "i was genuinely so Kawkwardness he experienced character, Anna, have graphic sex with surprised that she actually saw it and

while watching her latest miniseries Rex, played by Benjamin Levy Aguilar. responded."'The Woman in the House Across the After finishing the episode, the fan The eight-episode comedy-thriller Street from the Girl in the Window'. tweeted, "Just watched kristen bell get centres around Bell's character Anna, As per E! News, a fan took to social absolutely RAILED with my girlfriend a struggling alcoholic, who witnesses a media and shared that he was and my mom in the same room..." murder--or so she thinks.watching the Netflix murder mystery Kristen found it absolutely hilarious When no one believes her claims, comedy miniseries with his mom and and responded, "Hahahahaha sorry she embarks on a quest to solve the girlfriend and talked about the dude." mystery for herself, even if it means awkward moment that he experienced Loving the shout-out from Bell, the she has to resort to dangerous while watching a particularly raunchy fan later changed his Twitter header to measures along the way.

Choosing different scripts has become my greatest strength: Taapsee Pannu

aapsee Pannu is surely one of will take up something new and Taking the road less traveled is going the most versatile actors in different each time. And I love to do to be difficult because I don't have Ttoday's time. that because, l as an audience, anyone else to follow. However, it's

With her movies, she has always would want to see newer and unique fun to create your own path. You're proved that she gives utmost priority concepts being made, and hence I remembered for taking the risks and to good content. choose such subjects." people do acknowledge that," she

Talking about the same, Taapsee Taapsee is now waiting for the said.said, "The fact I choose different release of her Netflix's film 'Looop 'Looop Lapeta', which also scripts has become my biggest Lapeta'. features Tahir Raj Bhasin, is all set to strength. The audiences trust that I "I'm glad I came across this film. release on February 4.