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ASI removes cap onthe number ofvisitors to protectedmonumentsNEW DELHI: The Archaeologi-cal Survey of India (ASI) onSunday removed the cap on thenumber of visitors to its protect-ed monuments.The decision was taken in ac-cordance with a communica-tion issued by the governmenton the updated Standard Op-erating Procedures (SOPs) onDecember 18, the Ministry ofCulture said in a statement.It, however, said that the su-perintending archaeologist(SA) would decide the totalnumber of visitors per day inthe ASI-protected monumentsafter discussions with the re-spective district magistratewho is the chairman of theDistrict Disaster ManagementCommittee."The ASI has removed the capon the number of visitors to itsCentrally Protected Monu-ments/sites.

Raghav Chadhaappointed co-incharge of AAP'sPunjab unitNEW DELHI: Delhi Chief Minis-ter and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)supremo Arvind Kejriwal on

Sunday congratu-lated RaghavChadha on beingappointed as co-incharge of party'sPunjab unit. "Con-gratulations andbest wishes to

Raghav Chadha for being ap-pointed as seh-prabhari of Pun-jab," the CM tweeted. Earlier inthe day, party's Punjab unittweeted, "AAP MLA from Rajin-der Nagar and vice-chairman ofDelhi Jal Board Raghav Chadhahas been appointed as co-in-charge of Aam Aadmi Party,Punjab."

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Nepal Parliament dissolved, polls in April-MayAGENCYKATHMANDU, DEC 20

Hours after Nepal Prime Minis-ter KP Sharma Oli recommend-ed the dissolution of Parliamenton Sunday, the country's Presi-dent Bidhya Devi Bhandari rati-fied the proposal and announceddates for the elections to be heldnext year.

"Nepal President ratifies theproposal of parliament dissolu-tion presented forward by PrimeMinister KP Sharma Oli," Presi-

dent Office said in a press re-lease.

Upon the recommendationof the council of ministers, Pres-ident Bhandari also announcedthe date of the national polls tobe held in two phases on April 30and May 10 in 2021.

This comes after Prime Min-ister Oli had summoned anemergency meeting of the Coun-cil of Ministers after a series ofmeetings with the party's leader-ship and ministers on Saturday.

Oli was under pressure to

withdraw an ordinance related tothe Constitutional Council Actthat he had issued on Tuesdayand got endorsed by PresidentBidya Devi Bhandari.

The Nepal PM has been fac-ing pressure from the rival fac-tions of the NCP led by formerprime ministers Pushpa KamalDahal and Madhav Nepal.

Earlier today, Prachandareached PM residence to getfirst-hand knowledge on the is-sue. However, PM remained re-served and didn't say anything

except that "he will take a firmaction today". Prime MinisterOli convened the cabinet meet-ing at 9:45 AM and made the de-cision in less than an hour. Thelatest step of the Oli-led admin-istration comes amid a rising riftinside the ruling party and thehouse adjourned for the longestperiod of time in Nepal's history.Since the Constitution does nothave a provision for the Housedissolution, the move is likely tobe challenged in the court. Sub-sequently, the cabinet has for-

warded the proposal of dissolu-tion of the Parliament to thePresident for consideration. Usu-ally, the President is consulted inadvance on these issues by thePrime Minister. Accordingly, thePresident should approve thedissolution of the parliament.This will lead to strong opposi-tion from the Prachanda andMadhav Nepal camp and theyare likely to protest and even filea writ in the Supreme court chal-lenging this position taken byPrime Minister Oli.

Seeing no headway in talkswith Centre: Farmer Unions

AGENCYNEW DELHI, DEC 20

As the farmers' protest entered 25thday on Sunday around 40 farmers'unions have been demanding a com-plete repeal of the recently passedthree farm laws while several roundsof talks between the government andfarmers' leaders have failed to breakthe deadlock.

The unions have stated that theyare not seeing any pragmaticchanges from government's side.

Manjit Singh Rai, President ofthe Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) atSinghu border told ANI, "The gov-ernment is delaying our matter un-necessarily. They should have re-pealed the laws by now and send thefarmers back to their homes. Al-though the government has statedthat before the new year begins therewould be a solution, however prag-matically speaking, we are not see-ing anything hopeful or even close tothat."

In addition, Manjit said, "It isgetting colder each day and adversi-ties of elderly people are increasing.Government has adopted the policy

of talking big in front of the mediabut in reality, nothing much haschanged." Till date, more than 25farmers who participated in theprotest died following various healthconditions. Farmer's protest hasgained massive support from thestate of Punjab with several peoplehelping voluntarily at various bor-ders across Delhi. Along with sever-al sections of the society several op-position parties came out in supportof farmers. "Would also like to add,that this movement is not limited toone state or one community. Fromacross the country, people have

joined us be it Madhya Pradesh, Ra-jasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra andother such states," said Rai on the is-sue of the massive support from oth-er states. Farmers have been protest-ing on different borders of the na-tional capital since November 26against the three newly enacted farmlaws- Farmers' Produce Trade andCommerce (Promotion and Facilita-tion) Act, 2020, the Farmers (Em-powerment and Protection) Agree-ment on Price Assurance and FarmServices Act, 2020, and the EssentialCommodities (Amendment) Act,2020.

Govt to explainbenefits of newfarm laws to farmers NEW DELHI: The Narendra Modigovernment is reaching out to farm-ers across the country, with UnionAgriculture Minister Narendra SinghTomar's eight-page letter to protes-tors being translated into various ver-nacular languages.Sources stated that the letter whichwas written primarily for Hindi speak-ing states will now be circulatedamong the farming communityacross the country in an effort to gar-ner their support for the Central farmlaws and explain the issues in detailin a language familiar to them.The Bharatiya Janata Party has de-cided to get the Union AgricultureMinister's letter, detailing the bene-fits of the new farm laws, in majorvernacular languages of the coun-try. "As many don't read or writeHindi in non-Hindi speaking states,demand has come from states totranslate it in English first, and laterto the vernacular languages spokenin various states respectively," asource said.

AGENCYBIRBHUM, DEC 20

Union Home Minister AmitShah on Sunday said that theturnout of a sizeable numberof people in his roadshow atBirbhum indicated that peo-ple of West Bengal are "an-gry" with Chief Minister Ma-mata Banerjee and want achange.

"This roadshow showsthe anger of Bengal's publictowards Mamata didi. Peopleof West Bengal want change.It is not to change just oneChief Minister. The change isfor development andprogress and West Bengal,"Shah said at a roadshow here.

"I have not seen a road-show like this in my life. Thisroadshow shows love andtrust of people of Bengal to-wards Prime Minister Naren-dra Modi. People of Bengalwant change. Give onechance to Narendra Modi.We will make 'Sonar Bangla'in five years," he added.

Accompanying Shah atthe roadshow here was state

BJP chief Dilip Ghosh andother party leaders.

Shah further said, "Thischange is to stop the infiltra-tion from Bangladesh. Thischange is to stop the violencein the state. It is to stop thetoll taxes. The change is toend the nephew's dadagiri (inan apparent reference to Tri-namool Congress (TMC) MPand Mamata Banerjee'snephew Abhishek Baner-jee)."

"We will take Bengal onan onward path. We willmake a Bengal of SubhashBabu's dreams. WhereverBJP has got an opportunitythe states have developed,"he added.

People of Bengal wantchange : Amit Shah

BUREAU CHANDIGARH, DEC 20

Haryana Chief Minister, Mr.Manohar Lal said that in ademocratic country, statescannot run arbitrarily andPunjab will have to give upits stubbornness over the is-sue of SYL. He hoped thatHaryana will definitely getits rightful share of wa-ter.

Addressing a JalAdhikar Rally at ITIground in Narnaul to-day, the Chief Ministersaid that the SYL casehad been pending fordecades. As soon asthe present govern-ment was formed, a plea tohear the matter ahead of timewas made, after which theSupreme Court ruled infavour of Haryana. The courthad asked the Chief Minis-ters of both the states to sitdown and decide but Punjabdid not agree to give Haryanaits rightful share.

He said that in democra-cy there is a way to protest.Protests can be made beforethe House and the media orby gathering democratically.

On this occasion, Mr.Manohar Lal assured thefarmers that he would leavepolitics if there was any kindof threat to Minimum Sup-port Price (MSP). He saidthat the government is think-ing beyond MSP through thenew agricultural laws. MSPwill continue like before.Similarly, mandis will con-

tinue to function aswell, he added. Hesaid that some peopleare agitating politi-cally, they are notfarmer-friendly. Weshould talk aboutSYL water with thefarmers of Punjab sit-ting on the border, he

added. The Chief Ministersaid that all three new agri-cultural laws are for the ben-efit of farmers. This will freethe farmers from bondage, headded. He said that the gov-ernment will procure the cropfrom farmers in the mandis atMSP, but if the farmer wantsto sell it outside at a higherprice, he will have completefreedom to do so. In addition,these new laws also aim toimprove the storage system,he added.

We will definitelyget our SYL water

share: Haryana CM

AGENCYHISAR, DEC 20

Senior Haryana BJP leader SonaliPhogat will join the "Bigg Boss House"

from tomorrow, according to herlawyer Rajesh Rahid who said hereSunday that BJP leader Sonali Phogat,who is often in the headlines due tocontroversy, will make an entry at thehouse of Bigg Boss. with a new lo

In recent months, Sonali Phogathas become more famous for her actingand for slapping Sultan Singh, the Sec-retary of the Hisar Market Committee.Besides, Sonali Phogat had lodged apolice complaint against her sister andbrother-in-law last year alleging thatthat he had beaten and threatened her.

Sonali Phogat was also in the head-

lines during the last Assem-bly Election campaign. In anelection meeting during theelection campaign, she calledthose who did not speakBharat Mata ki Jai as Pak-istanis. However, she latercalled it a conspiracy of theopposition and said her state-ment was misinterpreted.

Sonali Phogat hails fromBhutan village in Fatehabad district.Sonali, one of three sisters and onebrother, left her only daughter in thehostel. Sonali has a house in Hisar. In2016, Sonali's husband Sanjay died ina farmhouse under suspicious circum-stances. Sonali was in Mumbai at thetime.

Sonali has been active in the BJP

for almost a decade. Current-ly, she is the Vice-Chairper-son of the National ExecutiveCommittee of the Party'sMahila Morcha. Then shemoved to Mumbai with thedream of appearing on the sil-ver screen. Most recently, sheplayed the role of Nawab

Shah's wife in the TV se-rial "Amma". When the Indi-

an government launched 59 Chineseapps, including Tik-Tak, after Chineseopponents on the border. "It has causeda lot of damage to our country, so Ihave given up," she said. The govern-ment has done well by banning it. Wehave to strengthen our country's eco-nomic position and boycott Chinesegoods.

BUREAU SHIMLA, DEC 20

Department of Posts will help the stateHealth Department to speed up the investi-gation of sputum of patients for Tuberculo-sis. This was stated by Mission Director Na-tional Health Mission, Dr. Nipun Jindal in-formed here today. He said that a Memoran-dum of Understanding (MoU) has beensigned between the National Health Missionand the Department of Posts in this regard.

Tuberculosis Officer Dr. GopalBeri,State signed the Memorandum of Un-derstanding on behalf of the Health Depart-ment. He said that now the sputum samples

for investigation of Tuberculosis shall besubmitted by the health staff to the nearestPost office, well packed as per the Biomed-ical Protocol and delivered to the intendedlab within the stipulated time. Earlier sam-ples transport from designated microscopiccenters to molecular testing sites and drugsusceptibility testing sites was being per-formed through human couriers who be localAsha, any other community worker or hospi-tal working staff. Dr. Nipun Jindal said thatthis shall be a major milestone for timely andstreamlined delivery of the sputum samplesespecially keeping in view the anticipated in-crease during the ongoing active case findingcampaign 'Him Suraksha'

Vij’s conditionimproving: DrDubeyCHANDIGARH: Haryana Homeand Health Minister, Mr. Anil Vij,who is undergoing treatment forCOVID-19 at Medanta-TheMedicity is feeling better andcontinues to make steadyprogress.In a media bulletin issued to-day, Dr. A.K. Dubey, MedicalSuperintendent, Medanta - TheMedicity informed that thoughHome Minister is still in the ICUon oxygen support, his Oxygenrequirement is reduced andthere is no fever. His blood re-ports are also showing an im-proving trend. Overall the doc-tors are satisfied with hisprogress.

Corona cases ondecline in Haryana

CHANDIGARH, DEC 20

Haryana's COVID-19 caseload surged to 2,57,644 on Sundaywith 577 fresh infections, while the death toll climbed to 2,821as five more people succumbed to the disease, the state healthdepartment's daily bulletin said.

Of the latest fatalities, two each were reported from Farid-abad and Sonipat and one from Kurukshetra, it said.

The fresh cases were reported from Gurgaon (128) andFaridabad (61), among other districts, according to the bul-letin.

Jind and Nuh districts did not report any new cases.Notably, the number of COVID-19 cases and deaths in

Haryana has shown a declining trend over the last few days.The number of active cases in the state has also been falling.

HP signs MoU with Deptt of Postsfor transport of TB samples

Sonali Phogat to make wild card entry in Bigg Boss

BHUBANESWAR, DEC 20 KIIT has been selected after going through five stages of selection

KIIT Deemed to be University has procedure. The assessment for the been conferred with the 13th selection was made on the basis of Quality Council of India - DL Shah various parameters including Quality Silver Award at the problem/solution clarity, Ingenuity inaugural ceremony of the 3rd and Innovation in approach, Data Virtual Quality Conclave on 17th source and collection, Technical December 2020. Prof. Sasmita approach, Team working, Samanta, Pro-Vice Chancellor, Diagnosis of the problem, KIIT received the award, which was Benchmarking used in the project, given for implementing SAP Impact of the project: tangible successfully. Besides KIIT, CMC Vellore, KG Hospital & Post Graduate Medical Institute, Coimbatore and Chitkara University, Punjab are other educational institutions to feature in this awards list across different categories. Expressing pleasure over the achievement, Dr. Achyuta Samanta, Founder, KIIT & KISS said, KIIT has been

benefits, intangible benefits or giving importance on adopting socio economic and environmental digital innovation and best benefits. The assessment was practices to improve processes, done by a team of experts from products and services. He NBQP/QCI and D.L. Shah Trust. thanked NBQP/QCI and D.L. Quality Council of India (QCI) is an Shah Trust for selecting KIIT for this autonomous body under the prestigious award. KIIT is the first Department of Industrial Policy and university in the country to Promotion, Ministry of Commerce implement SAP in all its schools and Industry. and processes at a time in 2013.

ROHIT LAMSERTARAORI, DEC 20

In a gathering of farmers organized in Tarawari, farmers' issues were raised raising their voice in support of the farmers. Other farmers including young farmer Pawan Chaudhary said, that now the farmers of all the states of the country are united.

The farmers are raising legitimate demands, in such a situation the central government should immediately withdraw the three ordinances. In this gathering of farmers organized at Nagar Kheda on Ajan th l i Road , farmers. He said that this agitation there be so much opposition. Pradhan Pawan Kumar, Vikram Tarawari, young farmer and social of farmers will continue till the Farmer Pawan Chaudhary said that alias Sonu, Paras alias Tinku, worker Pawan Chaudhary said Government of India withdraws if the black laws are not taken back Sandeep Kumar, Vijay, Sandeep that the farmers' movement has the three ordinances. He said that soon, there will be a big movement. Chaudhary, Jogindra Kaul, been going on in Delhi for the last the government says that this law He said that the government should M a h e s h C h a u d h a r y, R a v i 25 days, in which Tarawari is in favor of the farmers, but if withdraw its three ordinances and Chaudhary, Dharamvir Singh, f a r m e r s h a v e a l s o b e e n this three ordinances were in favor make arrangements for mandis as Ramkumar and Naresh Chaudhary consistently supporting the of the farmers then why would before. Many farmers including were present on the occasion.

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2020

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Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small.

A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.

Lao Tzu

INDRI, DEC 20 (MAINPAL KASHYAP): Leaders and farmers of the Indian Farmers Union paid tribute to the farmers, who were martyred during the farmers' movement at the Herbal Park in Indri. The Indian farmers union's heads Satish Kalsora and Rampal Chahal said that the central government has shown its dictatorship by imposing three black laws on the farmers. He told that this law is not in the interest of the farmers, hence the farmers of the whole country have been agitating against the government continuously for the last 25 days, encircling all the borders of Delhi. But the dictatorial government is firm on its stand. He said that during this movement, around 28 farmers have been martyred and they were paid tributes today. The people and the farmers of the country will always remember their sacrifice. These farmers have made their sacrifices in view of the slavery of the dictatorial government and the future of their next generations. The peasants will stand firm against the tyranny and will give a strong answer to the dictatorial government. He said that it is the government of capitalists, and is taking decisions in the same direction.

Tributes paid to martyrs of farmers movement

SHORT TALKS

MANMOHAN SHARMAHANSI, DEC 20:In view of the corona epidemic, the entire Sadh Sangat celebrated the 74th annual Diwan in the gurdwaras of their cities. In which 3 days before, the Akhand Path of Shri Guru Granth Sahib was started. Bhog of which took place today, at local Baba Banda Singh Bahadur, New Sabzi Mandi and 74th annual Diwan was organized under the cover of Shri Guru Granth Sahib ji. Baba Jatindrapal Singh Sodhi and Shiv Shankar Pahwa, National Coordinator of Bandai Sikh community were also present. This Diwan was taken out with all the precautions of social distancing etc., the management committee and youth service team and entire Sadh Sangat celebrated it with great enthusiasm. Thereafter, the Guru's Langar was distributed. The Ragi jathas from outside performed Shabad Kirtan and Katha. Later, Baba Jatindrapal Singh Sodhi presented Siropas to the city MLA Vinod Bhyana, SMO Dr. Rahul Budhiraja of General Hospital and other respected people of the city.

QCI-DL Shah Quality Award to KIITDemands of farmers justified: Pawan

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I, Pinky Rani W/o Sukhveer Singh R/o Vill: Rurki Heeran T e h - C h a m k a u r S a h i b (Rupnagar) declare that my daughter Amandeep Kaur is out of my control. So I disown w i t h h e r f r o m m y m o v e a b l e / i m m o v e a b l e property. If anybody dealing with her at his/her own risk.

63372I Kulwant Singh S/O Mehta Singh And My Wife Balwant Kaur R/O Vpo Kaddon Teh.Payal(Ludhiana) Declare That Our Daughter Rupinder Kaur W/O Jagjit Singh R/O Bhagwanpura (Ludhiana) Is Out Of Our Control So We Disowned Her From Our All Movable And Immovable Property.

63372 I, Smt. Sunita Rani, widow of Army No. 7101735, Ex-Hav, Dev Raj Sharma resident of House No. 918 Near Main Gate, Civil Hospital, Maur Mandi, Teh-Maur Mandi Distt. Bathinda Punjab, inform all that Geeta Rani is my real daughter and her Date of Birth is 05-07-1987. Her Aadhar Card No. 9781-5808-8984.

63372 I, Army No. JC578143P, Ex-Sub, H/Capt, Jagdev Singh, resident of Vill: Malkana, Po. Raman Teh-Talwandi Sabo Distt. Bathinda, Punjab inform all concerned that name of my daughter is given wrongly as Jasprit Kaur DOB is 28-07-1988. But her correct name is Jaspreet Kaur and DOB is 08-03-1989, Her Aadhar Card No. Is 9974-1104-3231.

63372 We, Sarabjit Singh and Rana Ranjit Singh S/o Harinder Pal S ingh R/o 40-A, Guru Amardas Avenue, Ajnala Road, Amritsar Declare That Our Father Harinder Pal Singh Are Mently Upset. So, Anyone Deals With Them For Any Aggrement / Money, Will Do So At His Own Risk And Responsibility.

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PUBLIC NOTICESIt is for general information that I, SANTOSH KUMARI Wife of GURDEEP SINGH Residing at 2253, Subash Road Partap Bazar Chheharta Distt Amritsar Punjab declare that in my Husband’s passport my name is wrongly written as RENU The actual My name is S A N T O S H K U M A R I respectively, which may be amended accordingly in my husband’s passport.

72737I, Amin Chand S/o Roshan Lal R/o Village Malko, P.O. Malko Trar, Distt. Jalandhar declare that my son Sanjeev Kumar and his wife Bandana Kumari is out of my control. I disinherit them from all my moveable and immoveable property. anybody dealing with them shall be self responsible.

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Amazon SMB Impact Report highlights success of Indian Small and Medium Businesses despite COVID-19Chandigarh : Amazon.in today published the 2020 Small and Medium Business (SMB) Impact Report highlighting how the company benefits more than 10 lakh SMBs including sellers, delivery and logistics partners, neighbourhood stores, enterprises, developers, content creators and authors in India. These SMBs in turn provide livelihoods to lakhs of people. The report marks some of the key milestones achieved by the SMBs working with Amazon and highlights the impact of digitization on entrepreneurs and businesses across sectors. Amit Agarwal, Senior VP and Country Head – Amazon India, said, “It’s humbling to see over 10 lakh small businesses associated with Amazon in India. This year has been unprecedented and has impacted the way we work and live. Yet, we remain inspired by the undying entrepreneurial spirit, creativity, resolve and trust in us of businesses, creators, authors, etc. to overcome challenges and grow.

PANCHKULA, DEC 20--: Recent becomes imperative especially in the symptoms leads to delay in treatment reaching a section of the heart due to statistics indicate that both wake of the COVID- which can often be fatal. Knowing and which that part of the heart muscle dies. Indian men and women are 19 pandemic. recognizing the signs of heart attack The most common sign of a heart prone to heart attacks, due to There is a need to can help in taking timely action and attack is a sharp and constricting pain changing lifestyles and raise awareness on the saving lives. in the center of the chest, which factors such as family history warning signs of a Speaking about this, Dr Anurag radiates to the left side of the body. This of the condition. About 50% heart attack. In people Sharma, Associate Director, includes the left arm, and between the of all heart attacks in Indian who are susceptible, Department of Cardiology, Paras two shoulder blades. The pain can men occur under 50 years of the immunity is further Hospital, Panchkula, said, “A heart gradually come up to the chin and age and another 25% in those low which can make attack is a circulation problem in which cause jaw discomfort. Other signs under the age of 40. Timely t h e m p r o n e t o blood flow to the arteries gets blocked. include burning sensation, nausea, management and prevention, and infections like COVID-19. Lack of In this condition, a blocked artery may unexplained fatigue, paleness, treatment in case of complications knowledge about heart attacks and its prevent oxygen-rich blood from palpitations, and anxiety.

Awareness of symptoms, prevention, and management imperative to avert a heart attack

Your vote, my experience, let’s make Panchkula a model city: Upinder

PANCHKULA, DECEMBER 20: Your vote and my experience , let us do this together for our city, said Congress mayoral candidate, Upinder Ahluwalia on Sunday while addressing the public meetings. The past few months have been difficult for all of us due to Covid pandemic. Now we need to stand united for our city development by supporting Congress candidates in Panchkula MC poll, she maintained. My past experience as Mayor gives me confidence to execute my duties for your welfare and development, she pointed out. The primary focus of my agenda for Panchkula growth is to raise the efficiency and livability of both urban and rural areas under the corporation. For me it's ‘Mera Panchkula, Mera Abhiman’, she remarked. Meanwhile Upinder held 10 public meetings at sector 9, Madrasi Colony near Kundi village, sector 21, Ashiyana sector 20, sector 10 park, sector 12-A market, Railly village, Balmiki Dharmashala Rajiv Conoly, sector 25 and Ashiyana Abheypur.

Annual Diwan, Langar held in view Corona

PUBLIC NOTICEI , Kashmiri Lal s/o Nand Lal s/o Jamna Das and smt Chand Rani w/o sh Kashmiri Lal s/o sh Nand Lal residing Nanak Nagri , St no 7 , Abohar , Distt. Fazilka. Declaring that my Son Ajay Kumar Chhabra aged 44 and his wife Shallu aged 42 and their daughter Pratibha aged 14 years are living apart form us , at Sham Nagar , Baltana Teh. Dera Bassi , from 10 years. And my Son Vijay Chhabra, his wife Geetanjali and their son Piyush Chhabra . They neither listen to me and my family nor respect us . And From now onwards I am Disowning them from my property , From Now , me and my family will not be liable in any of their future acts.

Doctors, healthworkers impartedtraining about covidvaccination processSD SHARMAPANCHKULA: The Department OfHealth Services Panchkula district imparttraining of the vaccination and relatedprocess of Covin-19 portal of Covid-19Vaccine to selected doctors and Healthworkers of Government and private hos-pitals here today. Panchkula civil surgeonDr Jasjeet Kaur disclosed that the train-ing and instruction were given at theState Institute of Health and Family wel-fare (SIHFW)Sector 6 by Dr Ajay VermaSPO UNDP and nodal officer Dr.MeenuSasan Sasan.The process for transporting the vaccineto different centres scheduled for vaccina-tion by maintaining the required tempera-ture too were discussed and planned asalso the identification of beneficiaries. Inthe first go all health workers and officerswill be covered which include 5710 from130 hospitals ( 35 government and 95 pri-vate) hospitals. Second phase will coverofficers and front line workers while inthird phase persons above 50 and in thefourth phase persons below 50 will becovered. Dr Jasjeet Kaur stated that thetraining was a preparatory process so thatthe Covid-19 vaccination may be startedimmediately on availability.

SPSTI organises`Science of Playground ‘web seriesKURUKSHETRA (Sangeeta): A play-ground is a place to move, explore andenjoy. The laboratory is the scientist'splayground, one which a young studentcan identify with! However, budding sci-entists studying in our schools and col-leges seldom ever get an opportunity tosee the workings of any research labora-tory. To bridge this gap, some eminentscience communicators of the regionconceived of a new web series called"The Science Playground". Lecturing andinteracting from their laboratories will bevery eminent young scientists of thecountry. The second in the series ofthese expository lectures was presentedby Dr. Rajesh Ganapathy, Associate Pro-fessor at International Centre for Materi-als Science & School of Advanced Mate-rials, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Ad-vanced Scientific Research and Awardeeof S. S. Bhatnagar Prize in Physical Sci-ences, 2020.

Intoxication is slowpoison: Prof SushilaKURUKSHETRA: Quit drug and goahead. Drugs are the truth of an evil life.Intoxication is a curse in life. Speakingthese slogans, members of the effortsbranch of the Kurukshetra were sensitis-ing the people against the intoxicationthat they passed through AmbedkarChowk to the railway road. Dr. Ashok Ku-mar Verma, Executive Head and DeputyInspector of Police, Kurukshetra, saidthat under the guidance and guidance ofAdditional Director General of Police,Shri Srikant Jadhav Saheb of NarcoticsControl Bureau Haryana, a campaign isbeing carried out against the drugsprevalent in the entire Haryana. Aware-ness campaigns are being conducted byconnecting the youth generation alongwith the people of cities and towns tomake people aware.The home where drug is used causes adownfall in the family and society. Profes-sor Dr. Sushila Chauhan of KurukshetraUniversity Kurukshetra Law Departmentsaid that intoxication is a slow poison thatslowly kills a person. Women GeneralSecretary Ruman Gupta said that todaythis is the fifth awareness walking tourwhich will be taken out in different areasevery week. Welcoming the efforts of theorganisation, Dalip Sharma, along withthe post office officials said that this is avery commendable work. On this occa-sion Chief Advisor Madan Lal Sarsa,Thanesar Panchayat Samiti PresidentDevidayal Sharma, Women GeneralSecretary Ruman Gupta, Deputy Princi-pal Dr. Bhartendu Harish, Deputy Princi-pal Karma Chand, Treasurer Dr. ArunDhiman, Co-Treasurer Prashant Sharma,Dr. Satyanarayana Sharma, Suraj KamalSeth, Nancy, Satish Kumar and manyothers were present.

Tribute paid tofarmers who lost livesKARNAL: Tributes were paid to thefarmers who lost their lives during theKisan agitation on the call of the UnitedFarmers' Front on the Delhi Border toprotest against the 3 new agriculturallaws. Farmers from all over the districtparticipated in this conference organisedunder the aegis of the Indian FarmersUnion at the local Kisan Bhavan. Thefarmers paid tribute to the 24 farmerswho lost their lives in the Kisan move-ment by offering flowers on their picturesand describing them as martyrs. In theSamagam, National Vice President SeoSingh Arya of Bhakiyu, State Vice Presi-dent Sardar Surendra Singh Ghumman,State Organization Secretary ShyamSingh Mann, National President of IndianFarmer Mazdoor Nojawan Union, Rajen-dra Arya Dadupur, District PresidentManga Singh Lagar attended the pro-gramme chaired by District PresidentYashpal.

Four daughters ofneedy families marriedKARNAL: On Sunday, a collective mar-riage of four girls from needy familieswas done by the Human Services Asso-ciation. So far 639 girls have been mar-ried on behalf of the Sangh. Padam SenGupta, Dr. Lajpat Rai Chaudhary andSatyendra Mohan Kumar were speciallyinvolved in the marriage program. Manysocial, political and religious personalitiesincluding Manav Seva Sangh's directorSwami Premmurti blessed the newlymarried couples. On this occasion, Swa-mi Premmurti said that for the past manyyears, Manav Seva Sangh has been or-ganising a group marriage programmefor girls.

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3HARYANABJP ministers, legislators will be gheraoedMAIN PAL KASHYAPINDRI: A meeting of the leaders of the Indian Farmers Union took place in Indri and theyformed a strategy against the government. Chief of Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) SatishKalsora has appealed to the people of the constituency that no one should attend the pro-gramme of any minister or MLA of BJP and do not invite them also, otherwise farmers willhave to face anger of others. The farmers will not let the BJP representatives enter villages atany cost. Statistics show that during the tenure of the BJP government, a large number offarmers in the country have committed suicide due to debt. For this the BJP government isfully responsible. A living example of the wrong policies of the government are these threeblack laws, which have been forcefully imposed on the farmers. YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2020

BUREAU CHANDIGARH, DEC 20

Haryana Chief Minister, Mr. ManoharLal said that Prime Minister, Mr.Narendra Modi had pledged to doublefarmers' income by 2022 as soon as hehad formed the government. To fulfillthis resolution, three new AgriculturalLaws have been enacted so as to en-sure financial stability of farmers.

The Chief Minister was address-ing a Jal Adhikar Rally at ITI groundin Narnaul today. He cleared the mis-conceptions of the farmers of the stateregarding the three Agricultural Lawspassed by the Central Governmentamidst the slogans 'Haryana Ne ThanaHai, SYL Ka Paani Laana Hai'. TheChief Minister presented his views onall the three laws before the farmerswho had come to attend the rally. Thefarmers extended their support to allthe three laws by raising their hands.

Mr. Manohar Lal said that only ahandful of people are opposing theselaws, as they have been misled bysome political parties.

He said that sincere efforts havebeen made to convince the farmers byensuring that an eight-page letter ofthe Union Agriculture Minister, Mr.Narendra Singh Tomar reaches 7 lakhpeople. He said that on reading this

letter carefully misconceptions beingspread by the opposition will becleared.

Addressing the rally, the ChiefMinister said that in support of PrimeMinister, Mr. Narendra Modi, 32,000farmers from all the districts of thestate had carried out a Satyagraha re-cently. Farmers have welcomed thePrime Minister's decision by holding atractor rally in support of these laws aswell. Farmers know that their finan-cial condition cannot be improvedwithout a substantial change, headded.

He said that Congress always be-lieves in maintaining the status quo.This is the reason why the farmershave not been able to get their rights

since the independence of the country.He added that the present governmentis making efforts to enhance the stor-age facilities and sales procedures soas to increase farmers' income, how-ever, some political parties are tryingto take advantage of the situation.

Farm laws enacted to doublefarmers’ income: Khattar

Drive bicycles, save environmentawareness rally- Dr. Verma

SHIV KUMAR SHARMAKURUKSHETRA, DEC 20

287th Bicycle Rally was taken out today by PrernaSamiti Haryana as an awareness campaign for envi-ronment protection. The rally was attended by envi-ronmental guards Karm Chand, Dr. SatyanarayanaSharma, Subedar Ravindra Kaushik and Dr. Ashok Ku-mar Verma. It was written on the strip on everyone's bi-cycle, complete small tasks with cycles, save fuel, im-prove the environment and reduce the number of vehi-cles on the roads. Secondly, our ancestors did not haveany disease because they always used to use bicycles.Subedar Ravindra Kaushik said that a healthy personmust ride a bicycle daily. Dr. Satyanarayana Sharmasaid that cycling has favorable effects on health. KarmaChand said that he rides a bicycle every day, he has nev-er driven a fuel-driven vehicle in his life and as a resulthe is perfectly healthy after retiring from the police.

GOLDY CHUGHSHAHABAD, DEC 20

Swearing-in ceremony of the LionsClub Shahabad Markanda River wascelebrated with great pomp in a pri-vate hotel on the GT road, Shahbad. Inwhich District Collector Raman Gup-ta administered the oath of duty to Li-ons Club River Charter PresidentDeepak Gupta, Secretary AjayKansal, Cashier Sachin Mittal andother members. District Collector Ra-man Gupta said that Lions Club Riv-er is always ready for public serv-ice. Former District collectorChamanlal Gupta informed that148 clubs are functioning underDistrict-321, A-2 and all clubs areengaged in social service like

branches of a tree. Project chair-man Gurcharan Singhal gave a de-tailed account of the work done bythe club during the Corona period

and said that during the corona, thetask of distributing masks, sanitiz-ers and ration to the needy hasbeen done on a war footing. Lions

Club Ambala President ParamjitSingh presented a flag and charterto Lions Club River. Charter headDeepak Gupta said that he wouldcontinue to do public service proj-ects along with his team. The stage was hosted by NaveenMittal and Shruti Agarwal in a po-etic style. On this occasion NaveenMittal, Umesh Garg, Shruti Garg,Dinesh Deepak Joshi, VirendraMehta, Sandeep Rishi, RajneeshGarg, Praveen Mittal, Vipul Ag-garwal, Dr. Piyush Aggarwal, Ra-jneesh, Gurmeet Singh, Neha Gup-ta, Ajay Kansal, Dr. Aanchal ,Poonam Singhal, Dimple Mittal,Dr. Naresh Garg, Paramjeet Singhand all members of the club werepresent.

Lions Club River always ready for social service: Raman Gupta

BUREAUAMBALA, DECEMBER 20

Leaders of the entire Congress party havecampaigned in the election in favor of MeenaAggarwal, Congress candidate for Ambala inthe municipal elections. Women are alsoblessing Meena Agarwal a lot. Mayor candi-date Meena Aggarwal campaigned in the areawith Kumar Mohalla of ward number eightalong with party councillor Harjeet SinghBabbal. During the election campaign ofMeena Aggarwal, there was a lot of enthusi-asm among the elderly women as well as chil-dren. Apart from this, in the Jaggi Mohalla ofward number five, Meena Aggarwal met thewomen and heard their problems. During thistime, the women of the ward hoped that theproblems of their area, which are hanging fora long time, would be solved soon.

The practice of NOC in Ambala will alsoeliminate mutation fines. Not only this, he saidthat the installments given in the Hoodacolony to settle the poor people under theCongress rule will also be waived in the in-stallment of the Congress government in thestate. Election in-charge Anil Saini held ameeting of SC-ST and OBC leaders in the par-ty office regarding Meena Aggarwal's electioncampaign. The meeting was attended byAshok Baratia, Ravi Lidlan, Kaka Pradhan,Purna Saini, Kuldeep Tharova, KusumRathore, Raju Gill, Vijay Baldev Nagar, Kash-miri Lal, Satish Saini, Amit Vikas, formerMLA candidate Venu Aggarwal, MLA JasbirMalour, Balwinder Punia, Amandeep SinghBrar spokesperson, Randhir Rana, Jasbir Mal-our, Rimpi Vats etc. Meanwhile the Congress

candidates have intensified their campaign forthe municipal elections. In the same episode,Congress mayor candidate Meena Aggarwal,her husband Pawan Aggarwal and councillorfrom ward number seven, Sumit Kumar ad-dressed a public meeting in Purani Bakra Man-di. In the public meeting, Meena Aggarwal, thecandidate for the post of Mayor.

Cong leaders campaign forMC candidate Meena

SHIV KUMAR SHARMAKARNAL, DECEMBER, 20

The existing infrastructure of KarnaLake located in the northeast of thecity will be developed and madetourist friendly. A master plan hasbeen prepared on behalf of Smart City.The plan has been approved in princi-ple after talks between the Director ofTourism Department RS Verma andKSCL (Karnal Smart City Limited)CEO and Deputy Commissioner Nis-hant Kumar Yadav on Sunday. The ef-forts made in the past years to developtourists by developing Karna Lake,can now be realised with the project of

Smart City. A presentation was madeby the landscaper Purnima of theSmart City team regarding the masterplan, which saw a long churn betweenthe two officials. It was shown in thepresentation that 1.26 km of the KarniLake Paribheri will be developed.

The tourism director said that thedepartment has 10 acres of land along

the lake in which a banquet hall is pro-posed to be built. On this, KSCL CEONishant Kumar Yadav said that theland will remain with the departmentbut smart cities can do something newby making things like Ashok Pillar onit. For this, he gave the director sever-al options and said that whatever thecity will do, the smart city will defi-nitely invest in it, but if the departmentwants to do something in the future,no kind of agar will be expressed. Hesaid that the company to whom thecontract will be awarded for the de-velopment work will also have the re-sponsibility of maintenance. Its attrac-tion will be enhanced by upgrading

existing infrastructure.Proposal letter will besent to NOC fortourism departmentDeputy Commissioner Nishant KumarYadav said that a proposal letter ofKSCL will be sent to the tourism de-partment for NOC. As soon as theNOC is received, the DPR of this proj-ect will be made and then it will bemade tangible by taking it to theground. KSCL GM Ramesh Mandan,Executive Engineer Saurabh Kumar,PMC Praveen Jha and Urban PlannerAvinash Sinha will also be present.

Karna lake to be developed

Pawan Agarwal flays BJP leaders AMBALA: Congress candidates have intensifiedtheir campaign for the municipal elections. In thesame episode, Congress mayor candidateMeena Aggarwal, her husband Pawan Aggarwaland councilor from ward number seven, SumitKumar addressed a public meeting in PuraniBakra Mandi. In the public meeting, Meena Ag-garwal, the candidate for the post of Mayor andPawan Aggarwal, the councilor, were weighedby the local people. On the occasion, Meena Ag-garwal said that she is getting full support andsupport from the public. She claimed that afterthe victory, she will work to remove the problemsfacing the people of Ambala on a priority basis.

Manveer wishes tosing with Gaga

SHIV KUMAR SHARMAKARNAL, DECEMBER, 20

Karnal's young and talented singer ManveerSingh, who made a mark in English and Punjabisinging internationally after rising by singingCarol in his younger days, has a dream to get hisvocals cast in the Grammy Award show. Thisstar of singing grew from Karnal and today, Aus-

tralia has recorded hissongs in Dubai. This prom-ising son of Karnal's socialworker Palvinder Singh ishighlighting the name ofKarnal not only in thecountry but also abroad.The king of singing has be-come famous today due tothe land of Karnal. On thispath, Manveer of Karnal

has gone ahead. In the coming time, he will beseen showcasing his talent on the strength ofsinging in wave series and films.

His ideal singer is Gaga. During his stay inKarnal today, he had a special talk with reportersat the Golden Moment. Manveer said that hestarted his musical journey with Kerol singing atSt. Theresa's Convent School. After that, hisskills were showcased in the Khalsa College andlater his talent was carved into youth festivals.She then made her way into the top ten at the re-ality show. He said that he has also sung for ZeeMusic with T Series. He has done live shows inmany universities. She has made her place inPunjabi and English singing. He is planning tosing for many international companies. Recent-ly he has recorded some of his songs in Dubai.Manveer said that his family and his father fullysupported him. Where he is today is due to hisfather and family, he said.

DARSHAN SHARMANILOKHERI, DECEMBER 20

Former Member of Haryana PublicService Commission and Congressleader Prof. Rajesh Vaid arrived in vil-lage Singhara, Karnal today to attendthe funeral of Sant Baba Ram SinghJi. Earlier, he had a final darshan ofBaba Ram Singh ji and laid a wreathon his mortal body and bid himfarewell. Prof. Rajesh Vaidya said thatBawa Ram Singh Ji was a great saint.He has written a new chapter of sacri-fice in the whole world by giving self-sacrifice for the special purpose insupport of the farmers and he will beknown in the world for self-sacrificefor the farmers. His sacrifice once

again told the wholeworld that in makingsacrifices The Sikhcommunity has noparallel. He said thatthe demands of thefarmers are valid andthe governmentshould accept themas soon as possible.

This will be atrue tribute to the sac-rifice of Sant RamSingh Ji and all themartyred farmers. He further said thatso far 22 farmers have lost their livesin the farmers movement that has beengoing on for 23 days. The governmentshould not take the patience of farm-

ers and test. He alsosaid that with his jus-tified demand, thefarmers are sitting inbitter cold under theopen sky on the bor-ders of Delhi peace-fully. But the govern-ment is not troubledby this. The heart ofevery Indian is saddue to the troublesand suffering of thefarmers, yet the gov-

ernment is adopting a dogmatic atti-tude. He said that the governmentelected by the people in democracyshould not be obstructed. There is noplace of dogma in democracy.

Sant sacrificed life for farmers: Vaidya

Councillor may resign in support offarmersGOLDY CHUGHSHAHABAD: Councilor Neelam Sahni hasannounced resignation in support of farmersfor the last 25 years in Shahabad. CouncilorNeelam Sahni paid tribute to the farmers whowere martyred during the agitation by reach-ing the tehsil office on Sunday. During A talkwith the reporters, she said that if Prime Min-ister Narendra Modi does not take the deci-sion in favor of the farmers soon, she will re-sign from her post. She said that today farm-ers of all ages are sitting on the roads in theharsh winter and do not know why their painis not visible to the Prime Minister.She said that no matter how many farmerswere martyred in this movement and thisshould not happen in the future, agricultural

ordinances should be repealed with immedi-ate effect.

BJP leaders ridiculedover fasting: DhantoriSHAHABAD: Former Shahabad MLAAnilDhantori has termed the fasting by BJP lead-ers on the SYL issue a sham. He said thatthis fast of BJP was an attempt to split thefarmers of Punjab and Haryana which thefarmer and the general public understoodwell. Anil Dhantori was talking to reporters atthe rest house in Shahabad. He said that ithas been 6 years for the BJP in Haryana andat the Center and that SYL has not been re-membered in this long time and today whenthe farmers' movement is at its peak, BJPleaders have composed this drama. He saidthat the farmers have also strongly opposedthe BJP's fast and showed black flags to theirleaders. At the same time, former MLAAnil

demanded resignation from Shahabad MLAand Chairman Ramkaran Kala in support ofthe farmers.

NIFAA distributeswarm clothes to poorMAIN PAL KASHYAPINDRI: There are many religious and socialinstitutions, which are ready at all times tohelp the poor. NIFAA is also an organizationwhich has been participating in religious andsocial functions for a long time. Vipin Kamboj,the region head of NIFAA said that poor peo-ple are also a part of our society and they tooshould get equal rights and respect in socie-ty. We are all children of the same God. Inview of the winter season, the NIFAA organi-sation distributed warm clothes to the poor inthe slums of Indri. Near Government Govern-ment School, village Guda etc. they distrib-uted warm clothes in many settlements. The

NIFAA members made the people living inslums follow the instructions given by thegovernment and health department in view ofthe corona epidemic because it is an incur-able disease.

Closure of librarybecomes problem KUSUM KAUSHIKGHARAUNDA: The government hasopened schools for high classes of govern-ment and private schools, but SwamiBhishma Library is still closed due to whichthe youth studying self is facing problems.Some readers have also turned to privatelibraries if the government library is notopen. Although some readers wrote a let-ter to the Sub Divisional Officer last monthto open the library, the administration didnot pay any heed to the request of thereaders.

Cycle Marathon organisedMUKESH DUTTARADAUR: Fit India Movement is a nation-widecampaign that aims at encouraging people to in-clude physical activities and sports in their everydaylives launched by Hon’ble Prime Minister NarenderModi in August, 2019. In compliance with this move-

ment, Seth JaiParkashMukand Lal In-stitute of Engg.& Technology,JMIT Radauralso excitedlyparticipated andsupported thisinitiative and or-

ganized a Cycle Marathon today i.e. 19.12.2020.The Director of the Institute Dr. S.K. Garg inaugurat-ed the Cycle Marathon at 10:30 a.m. The Cyclemarathon route was carried out from JMIT Radaur -Bakana Road to Radaur. Many students & staffmembers participated in the Cycle Marathon.

Demand to name entrance gateafter ParshuramKARNAL: The meeting of the core committee of BrahminKalyan Manch was held in the office located in Sector 9. Manchhead KC Sharma presided over the meeting. It was decidedunanimously in the meeting that the demand to name any oneentrance in the city of Karnal after Lord Parshuram ji will beplaced before the district administration and the government.Earlier many organisations had jointly made this demand withthe Chief Minister. Memos were also submitted several times.Principal KC Sharma said that on behalf of the government,gateways have been made in Karnal in the name of manygreat men.

Gita Jayantienthralling peoplevirtuallyCHANDIGARH: The Haryana Gov-ernment, which has been organizingthe International Gita Mahotsav overthe past many years, has decided toorganize the same virtually from De-cember 17 to 25, 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic. In this series, MaharishiValmiki Sanskrit University, Kaithalgave a live performance today.Giving information in this regard, anofficial spokesperson said that theMinister of State for Woman and ChildDevelopment, Mrs. Kamlesh Dhandaattended the programme as the ChiefGuest while Chairman, HaryanaTourism Corporation, Mr. RandhirSingh Golan was the special guest.Mrs. Dhanda appreciated the perform-ance on Srimad Bhagvagita by thestudents of the University and alsowished all the students a bright future.

4A MAN'S KISS IS HIS SIGNATURE.

MAE WEST

NO ONE HAS A GREATER ASSET FOR HIS BUSI-NESS THAN A MAN'S PRIDE IN HIS WORK.

HOSEA BALLOU

While the impact of the Covid- 19 pandemic hasbeen food for analysis across all sectors of theeconomy, one glaring omission is the artist!

What has the lockdown and the slowdown done to all ofus and our work? This is a silence that is deafening in ourpublic discourse. As a performing artist, I of course —like all others in my fraternity — lost out on all myscheduled performances and stage shows, both groupand solo, and all the travels associated with that. Thishad two impacts — first, of course, was the loss of in-come; but also then, my creative graph was rupturedsince my interaction with musicians was forced into ahiatus. However, this seemed inconsequential when onerealised what was happening to the wider artistes’ com-munity at various levels. We are a large sector, very un-organised, scattered and diverse. From folk performersto dancers who are part of group shows, to classicalartistes — just the “dance” category within the perform-ing arts group is incredibly large. The folk performerswho largely depended on weddings and tourist groupswere suddenly completely out of their jobs and manyhad to seek to alternate ways to survive. Nobody in themedia or in the government is even talking about thissector, and that is appalling.There were silver linings, of course. In the performingarts’ community, we saw that there was lot of sharingthat hadn’t happened before. Artistes were talking abouttheir lives, the way they learnt their art forms, the waythey practised, and the problems that they had had andcontinue to face at various points in their career. Onealso saw a lot of discussion and engagement on varioussubjects relating to the arts, that was a welcome devel-opment. Of course, these were the first few months whenone could engage with a lot of things happening online.But with the passing of time these, too, have given wayto the predictable; and too much of the good thing is nowleading to “art reflux”.As far as performances online go, it has been a mixedbag. Everybody seems to be performing, and that may bea good thing in terms of short- term selfgratification. Butsharing everything for free, and placing valuable profes-sional skills acquired over a period of time in the publicdomain without any thought of monetising them, has be-come an extremely worrying trend. Economic models ofsharing work have not been deliberated upon, and hencethere is a danger of the arts being further marginalised.

Of dancers, artistsand the new normal

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2020

Editorial

Literature & HealthTaiwan building submarine fleet

to mitigate Chinese threat

In order to bolster its defensive capabil-ities, Taiwan is building a submarinefleet to mitigate Chinese nefarious de-

signs to invade the island or install a navalblockade. The construction of eight newstate-of-art submarines kicked off lastmonth at the southern port city of Kaohsi-ung with expected sea trials in 2025, re-ported.

Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wencalled it a "historic milestone" which"demonstrates Taiwan's strong will to theworld" at a ceremony marking the begin-ning of the programme. For severalmonths, China's People's Liberation Armyhas been increasing military pressure onthe island, sending warplanes into Tai-wan's air defense identification zone andstepping up military exercises on nearbyislands, moves widely interpreted as athreat to Taipei, reported. Taiwan'splanned submarines can make a big differ-ence in thwarting Chinese expansionist de-sign by making use of the narrow body ofwater separating Taiwan from mainlandChina. The Taiwanese submarines are ex-pected to be of the diesel-electric variety,running on diesel engines on the surface,but using ultra-quiet electric motors pow-

ered by long-lasting lithium-ion batterieswhen submerged to exert a heavy toll onthe Chinese fleet. Diesel-electric subs areeasier and cheaper to build and when sub-merged the electric motors produce lessnoise than nuclear reactors. This will givethem an edge over the Chinese nuclear-powered submarines as the quiet-runningsubs would be difficult to detect for thePLA's anti-submarine warfare (ASW)units. Moreover, Washington has long pro-vided arms to the territory as part of the 40-year-old Taiwan Relations Act and recent-ly approved several major arms sales to theisland valued at some USD 10 billion in to-tal, including dozens of F-16 fighter jets,M1A2T Abrams tanks, and portableStinger anti-aircraft missiles, reported.Chinese President Xi Jinping has alreadymade his intentions clear about Taiwan ashe has vowed to never allow the island tobecome independent and has refused torule out the use of force if necessary. Bei-jing claims full sovereignty over Taiwan, ademocracy of almost 24 million people lo-cated off the southeastern coast of main-land China, despite the fact that the twosides have been governed separately formore than seven decades, reported.

After China and threeother countries sub-mitted data that was

"inappropriately altered"with regard to the Ease ofDoing Business Report, theWorld Bank has now cor-rected the data and nowChina has slipped sevenpositions below to 85 in theindex for 2018.

In Doing Business re-port 2018, the publishedscore of China including ir-regularities affecting theStarting a Business, Get-ting Credit, and PayingTaxes indicators was 65.3with a global ranking of 78,identical to its rank in theDoing Business 2017 re-port, according to WorldBank's statement.

After correcting the ir-regularities describedabove, the Doing Business2018 score is 64.5. Takingas given the published datafor all other countries, Chi-na's global ranking in Do-ing Business 2018 wouldhave been 85, a decline ofseven places relative to theprevious year," the state-ment read.

"These irregularitieswere reported to DEC man-agement by Doing Busi-ness team members andtriggered the pause of theDoing Business report an-nounced on August 27,2020, as well as this re-

view," it added. Apart fromChina, three other coun-tries reported irregularitiesin data that included SaudiArabia, the UAE and Azer-baijan.

In the case of Azerbai-jan, In Doing Business2020, the published scoreincluding irregularities af-fecting the Getting Elec-tricity, Enforcing Con-tracts, and Trading AcrossBorders indicators was76.7 with a global rankingof 34. After correcting theirregularities, the DoingBusiness 2020 score is

78.5. "Taking as given thepublished data for all othercountries, Azerbaijan'sglobal ranking would be 28and it would have been onthe list of top 10 improversin the Doing Business 2020report had these irregulari-ties not occurred," theWorld Bank said.

In the case of SaudiArabia, in the 2020 report,the published score includ-ing irregularities affectingthe Getting Credit and Pay-ing Taxes indicators was71.6 with a global rankingof 62. After correcting

these irregu-larities, the Doing Business2020 score is 70.9. Howev-er, if irregularities had notoccurred, Saudi Arabia'sposition would stand at 63.

The UAE on the otherhand, including irregulari-ties affecting the PayingTaxes indicator, was 80.9with a global ranking of 16and after correcting this ir-regularity, the Doing Busi-ness 2020 score is 80.8.The global ranking wouldbe unchanged at 16 evenafter correcting the irregu-larity. "Taking as, given

the published data for allother countries, the UnitedArab Emirates' globalranking would be un-changed at 16," the state-ment said further.

In August, it was re-ported that China alongwith three other countrieshad submitted data thatwas "inappropriately al-tered", which led to theWorld Bank put a pause onits 'Doing Business' report.

China along with threeother countries -- Azerbai-jan, the United Arab Emi-rates and Saudi Arabia--

appeared to have inappro-priately altered their data,said a person with knowl-edge of the decision, re-ported the Wall Street Jour-nal.

The World Bank saidthat the review process didnot identify any furtherspecific data irregularitiesbeyond those affectingthese four countries as de-scribed in this document.India had jumped 14 posi-tions to be ranked 63rdamong 190 countries in theWorld Bank's ease of doingbusiness 2020 survey.

China's position in businessreport slumps by 7 places

According to a study byUniversity of Massa-chusetts Amherst re-

searchers, most women are re-ceiving fewer than half theservices recommended duringtheir comprehensive postpar-tum medical checkup.

"These findings under-score the importance of effortsto reconceptualise postpartumcare to ensure women have ac-cess to a range of supports tomanage their health during thissensitive period," concludesthe study, published Nov. 10 inJAMA Network Open. "Thereis substantial room to improvethe delivery of postpartumcare."

Authors KimberleyGeissler and Laura Attanasio,both assistant professors ofhealth policy and managementin the School of Public Healthand Health Sciences, werejoined in the study by graduatestudent Brittany Ranchoff andundergraduate Michael Coop-er. The study received fundingfrom the National Heart, Lungand Blood Institute and theAgency for Healthcare Re-search and Quality. "This re-search is very important be-cause we were able to look atcare that was actually providedand really understand whathappened during health carevisits, not just that the visits arehappening. This information iscritical for improving the qual-ity of care," says Geissler. Themedical visits averaged about

17 minutes, the researchersfound, which may help explainthe incomplete postpartumcare. "Is that enough time toprovide these services? I don'tknow," Geissler says. "Thepressure to see more patients inan increasingly short time is aknown issue in the U.S. healthcare system, so it's not surpris-ing we see that here, too."

In one of the most startlingfindings, despite increasedawareness of perinatal depres-sion, only one in 11 patients re-ceived a screening for depres-sion, part of the assessment ofphysical, social and psycho-logical well-being recom-mended by the American Col-lege of Obstetricians and Gy-necologists (ACOG).

"We need to look at whydepression screening is nothappening," Attanasio says."This is an important factor inwomen's health for the rest oftheir lives. Even if you're miss-

ing some of the recommendedservices, this one should beuniversal among this popula-tion." Previous studies haveshown that women with Med-icaid insurance receive fewerpreventive services thanwomen with private insurance,leading the UMass Amherstteam to examine insurancetype in their review.

"We hypothesized recom-mended services would be lessfrequently provided duringpostpartum visits for womenwith Medicaid insurance com-pared to women with othercoverage types," the re-searchers write.

However, Attanasio says,"we found that there were notsignificant differences in theservices received betweenwomen with Medicaid cover-age and private insurance. Thatcould reflect the fact that a lotof these services were not pro-vided to most of the women."

Postpartum care fails to providekey services to women

OH! I feel sleepy”, “My eyes areclosing”,” “I want to lie down”are some of the expressions

which I mumble in the afternoon thesedays. These are a natural corollary ifone has a sumptuous carnivorous lunchas I do at IIM, Lucknow. I am learningmanagement as part of my civil servic-es training.

Post-lunch sessions are difficult, notbecause management is tough but re-maining awake is a challenge. Yester-day after lunch, I faced a dilemma. Mymind supported the afternoon lecturewhereas my heart preferred the cosybed. Eventually the mind won; worry-ing about the attendance, but mind you,

it was not the final victory. I reachedthe lecture hall, I was late. I saw an oldrickety male professor looking at me asif I was the person who eloped with hisdaughter. “May I come in sir”, I askedhesitantly. I only got a head nod in re-ply which indicated that I take the va-cant seat in the first row.

Now this is a disadvantage of reach-ing late in class as back benches arereadily taken. I passed a smile at myfriends and got seated.

The shrewd professor started with amoral lesson of discipline in his Ben-gali accent. All this, of course, was di-rected at me. I thought in self-defence:“This isn’t fair as I was late just by two

minutes”.The topic for the lecture did-n’t interest me as I was already familiarwith it. Initially, I tried to be attentive;nodding my head indicating my under-standing of the concept but soon Islipped into a comfortable sitting posi-tion. The voice of the professor trans-formed into a cacophony.

A glimpse of my friends at the backshowed a big contagious yawn; halfstooped heads and sheepish stares atmy female colleague. The wall clockshowed 2:20 pm. “Oh no! Just 20 min-utes passed till now.” I talked to myself.It seemed like ages have passed since Ihad entered. Now this is “relativity”that Einstein talked about. I tried to see

the professor with my half-openedeyes; he was going away from me as hisvoice faded and eventually he disap-peared. Calmness and peace engulfedme. I felt like I was meditating.

“It is criminal to have classes afterlunch. Why don’t they plan somethingintriguing for post lunch sessions?” Isaid to Adish, who was sitting diago-nally behind me.

He mumbled back, “Just imagine,your stomach is full of chilli chicken,malai kofta, pulao and delicious icecream, upon that the air-conditioningcomforting milieu topped with a salvoof verbal sedatives by an old uninter-esting professor. “Isn’t it a chef’s spe-

cial for an afternoon doze?” I justsmiled and nodded my head in affirma-tion. Soon others joined in, there weregiggles and gags, laughs and gossip, theattendance sheet torn apart and nowhere the professor was to be seen. Iwas feeling rejuvenated, interactingwith my friends and planning for a late-night movie.

Suddenly I felt an earthquake, whichshook me.. I could hear Adish callingme. My eyes opened and I found myfriend shaking me. “Was I dreaming?”I questioned myself.

(The writer is a senior civil servant working with

Government of Punjab)

Time for Siesta

The Beginning"Where have I come from, wheredid you pick me up?" the babyaskedits mother.She answered, halfcrying, halflaughing, andclasping thebaby to her breast-"You were hidden in my heart asits desire, my darling.You were in the dolls of mychildhood's games; and when withclay I made the image of my godevery morning, I made theunmadeyou then.You were enshrined with ourhousehold deity, in his worshipI worshipped you.In all my hopes and my loves, inmy life, in the life of mymother you have lived.In the lap of the deathless Spiritwho rules our home you havebeen nursed for ages.When in girlhood my heart wasopening its petals, you hoveredas a fragrance about it.

POEMS

(By: Rabindranath Tagore)

RABINDRANATH TAGORE

YASHANJIT SINGH

NEWS AT AGLANCE

Vehicles trapped in snow rescued by ArmyBANDIPORA: Passengers were evacuated safely by the Army after twovehicles got trapped in the snow at Razdan top while heading towardsGurez from Bandipora, on Saturday. "Yesterday, two passenger vehicles gottrapped in the snow at Razdan top while going to Gurez from Bandipora. Allpassengers were evacuated safely by the Army yesterday. The strandedvehicles were shifted to safer places today," said Jammu-Kashmir DisasterManagement Authority. On December 12, Kashmir woke up to amesmerising view covered in a white blanket after receiving the season'sfirst snowfall, which brought hope and excitement among the local peopleand tourists alike.

CM condoles demiseof MG VaidyaSHIMLA: Chief Minister Jai RamThakur has expressed grief over thedemise of RSS ideologue MG Vaidya.Jai Ram Thakur said that MG Vaidyawas a distinguished writer, journalistand an institution by himself. Hecontributed extensively to strengthenthe RSS for decades. Chief Ministerprayed to the Almighty to give peaceto the departed soul and strength tothe bereaved family members to bearthis irreparable loss.

Youth gets gym inBhadrakali

KASHISH SHARMAGAGRET: Chaitanya Sharma, acandidate from Lower Bhanjal andFounder Member of Yuva ShaktiPower, Chaitanya Sharma from LowerBhanjal, who is under the GagretAssembly constituency of District Una,is becoming the heartbeat of the youthtoday, in the same episode. He onceagain in Bhadrakali got the youth faceto face the gym. On this occasion,Chaitanya Sharma said that I shouldbe a servant who is a servant. Apartfrom this, Chaitanya Sharma hascontinued his stormy campaign in 17panchayats under his Zila Parishadward and together he is going door todoor to discuss the work done by himin future.

DC appoints all SDMs asreturning officers forpanchayat electionsKISHORI LAL BAINSUNA: Deputy Commissioner UnaRaghav Sharma has appointed fiveSDMs of the district as returningofficers for the upcoming panchayatelections. He has also authorized theappointment of Assistant ReturningOfficers, Presiding Officers, PollingOfficers and Polling Staff for theelection process in Panchayats and tomake other necessary arrangementsfor the smooth conduct of elections. Inaddition, District Magistrate RaghavSharma has appointed all SDMauthority officers to publish the namesof polling stations in all developmentblocks for panchayat elections.

Power supplyremains off todaySHIMLA: This is to inform the generalpublic that due to urgent repair of the11 KV HT Line in the villagesGhwahatti, Kufridhar, Drav's Jubbal,Sheel, Padech, Tetnari, Gharat andUfavag coming under the powersection Ghanahatti under Vidyutsubdivision Dhami. Power supply willbe interrupted from 10 am to 5 pm on21.12. 2020. This work will depend onthe compatibility of the weather. Duringthat time the affected consumers areexpected to cooperate.

Traffic resumes onKashmir highwaySRINAGAR: Traffic was on Sundayresumed after remaining suspendeddue to landslides on Saturday eveningon the Srinagar-Jammu nationalhighway, the only all weather roadconnecting Kashmir valley with therest of the country. Meanwhile, largenumber of vehicles remained strandedon both sides of the Zojila passfollowing the closure of the nationalhighway, the only road linking UnionTerritory (UT) of Ladakh with Kashmir,due to accumulation of snow andslippery road conditions.

Sinha expressessatisfaction over'peaceful, free andfair' DDC pollsJAMMU: Jammu and KashmirLieutenant Governor Manoj Sinhaon Sunday expressed satisfactionthat the District DevelopmentCouncil (DDC) elections here wereheld in a "very peaceful, free andfair manner". "I am happy thatexcept for one or two very smallincidents, District DevelopmentCouncil (DDC) elections wereconducted in a very peaceful, freeand fair manner. Despite coldweather, Jammu and Kashmir Policeand armed forces contributed in abig way during these elections,"Sinha said at a press conferencehere. "I want to say that the three-tier democracy should work in a bigway in Jammu and Kashmir.

Cultural festivalorganised in Srinagarto showcase talentsSRINAGAR: A three-day culturalevent 'Srinagar Smart City Istaqbaal-e-Chila- e- Kalaan (popularly knownas 40-days of harsh winters) is beingheld in Srinagar to welcome the chillyseason. The December 19-21 eventwill showcase several culturalprogrammes including dance, music,and drama programmes. It has beenorganised by Actors Creative Theatre(ACT) in collaboration with Districtadministration Srinagar smart city.The season of Chila -e-Kalaan isquite dull. Activities are very less dueto the chilly weather across Kashmirduring this time. We wanted to showthat it was possible to remain activeduring this season as well.

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2020

HIMACHAL/JK

DINESH AGARWALSHIMLA, DEC 20

State Government through itsconservation plan launched tosave endangered GoldenMahseer from the brink ofextinction has succeeded inimproving the status of thisspecie in the rivers andreservoirs of Himachal Pradesh.Golden Mahseer also known asthe "'tigers of the water" nearlyabout to extinct in country havesuffered stern populationdeclines in much of itsdistribution range and had beenacknowledged as a endangered

specie by the Washington-basedInternational Union ofConservation of NaturalResources due to pollution,habitat loss and over-fishing.But now due to the continuousefforts of the State GovernmentGolden Mahaseer is once againthriving at Mahseer farm atMachhial in Mandi Districtthrough artificial breeding incaptivity. Mahseer fish is presentin around 500 km area of the hillstate out of total 3000 km riversarea. Out of which 2400 kmconstitute general water. FisheryDepartment had producedaround 92500 eggs of Golden

Mahseer in the state during pastthree years. The state hasrecorded highest 45.311 MTMahseer catches during theseyears. The State recordedMahseer production fromGobind Sagar 16.182 MT,Koldam 0.275 MT, Pong Dam28.136 MT and Ranjeet Sagar

0.718 MT in the year 2019-20and in the year 2021-22 theproduction was 6.598 MT inGobind Sagar, 0.381 MT inKoldam, 11.250 MT Pong Damand 0.340 MT Ranjeet Sagar.

Animal Husbandry andFisheries Minister VirenderKanwar said that GoldenMahseer is one of the finestsports-fish and a source ofrecreation to innumerablesportsmen through the world andto promote the Mahseerproduction in the state the stategovernment is taking variouseffective steps like release of 15percent of water discharge from

hydroelectricity power duringlean season, conservation of fishthrough regular patrolling andimplementation of close season.He said that FisheriesDepartment is emphasizing itsmain focus on artificial breedingof fishes and by conserving andranching of the river system withMahseer seed would also promoteeco-tourism in the state. The staterecorded 20900, 28700 and41450 Golden Mahseer fish eggsproduction in the year 2017-18year 2018-19 and year 2019-20(till today) respectively. He saidthat there are many naturalMahseer sanctuaries called

Machhial in the state water whereGolden Mahseer is beingconserved spiritually by thepeople and department offisheries also doing commendablework in this direction by strictlyimplementing fisheries Act andRules. It has also createdopportunities of employment andstrengthened the economy offishermen of the state. So far now10893 families have beeninvolved in captive fisheries inthe state out of which 5883families are involved in riverinearound 5010 families areinvolved in fish catches inreservoirs area.

Efforts of Himachal Govt succeed in savingGolden Mahseer from brink of extinction

PANKAJ KATNAGAGRET, DEC 20

Rakesh Sharma of Yuva Shakti Powerdistributed a scholarship of Rs 3000each to about 50 students today invillage Abhay Pur of Lower Bhadrakaliunder Gagret assembly constituency ofDistrict Una. Sharma said that we havestarted this campaign through youthpower, and our only aim is that we willnot let anyone in our Zila Parishad wardbe left behind in studies. It is said thatour organization is constantly going toGround Zero and is looking for suchtalented students who really want tomove forward on the basis of studies.He said that we will give this type ofscholarship to about 500 students everyyear, and about 15 in a year.Scholarships will be distributed to such

children who are in need. They said thatmy organization is thinking of youthpower, that youths should not face anyproblem in education and that they arethe name of this field IPS, IAS.

Sharma gives scholarshipof Rs 3000 to 50 students

ABVP holds meeting in Una CollegeJYOTI SYALUNA, DEC 20

Gaurav convener of Una unitof Akhil Bharatiya VidyarthiParishad, said that the districtmeeting of Akhil BharatiyaVidyarthi Parishad districtUna was held today whichwas chaired by District HeadVinay Katoch. The meetingreviewed the previousprogrammes, activitiesundertaken by the VidyarthiParishad, and furtherprogrammes were discussedin detail. That the NationalCouncil of Students Councilis going to be held in Nagpuron 25-26 December. A limitednumber of sessions have beenrequired in the corona period.But this time the live telecastof the national session will be

held in the units of the entiredistrict from 3 pm to 7 pm onDecember 25. After themeeting, the poster of thenational convention was

released. Gaurav said that inthis meeting, theresponsibility of the SFDconvenor of the district 2020-2021 Karan Thakur,

Rashtriya Kala Manch districtconvenor Palak and SFSdistrict convenor DeepaGudiya were given theresponsibility.

Lamlehra village shines with LED lightsPANKAJ KATNAUNA, DEC 20

LED lights were providedthrough Zilla ParishadUna at Gram PanchayatLamlehra. OutgoingDistrict Councilor PankajSahod from ZillaParishad Ward 10 RaipurSahod said that thesecond solar light wasinstalled by theDepartment of SnowEnergy in Lamlehra nearthe ancient Shiva templein ward number four ofthe village and near thestreet of Prem KumarKumar, Sarala Devi. Heinformed that two solarlights have been providedin the village at a cost of

Rs. 34,600. He informedthat a budget of Rs50,000 has been providedfor public benches to seatpeople in LamlehraPanchayat through ZillaParishad. Apart from this,

Rs 7400 have beenprovided for four LEDlights in this village.Local people havethanked the outgoingDistrict Councilor PankajSahod from Raipur

Sahodan District Councilward for this. They saidthat Pankaj Sahod hasgiven priority in solvingproblems of commonpeople. Pankaj Sahod hastried to solve the demandof the people of thevillages falling in theirZila Parishad ward beforethem. On this occasion,the head of the localMahila Mandal, PremlataSharma, Satya Devi,Trupta Devi, Sarala Devi,Uma Kanta Sharma,Madhu Sharma, PayalSharma, Surendra Kumar,Shiv Kumar, VarindraSharma, Vijay Kumar,Ram Lal, SalochanaDevi, Rajiv Kumar Manydignitaries were present.

Pankaj Sahod installs 15 public sittingbenches at Rs 38000 in Sasan village

ASHOK KUMARUNA, DEC 20

Giving information,Surender Rana, head of thestate-level best youth clubSasan, said, "District councilmember Pankanj Sahod fromthe district council fundthrough District Council Unain Sasan village installed 15benches of Rs 38000 inpublic place in Sasan village.Youth Club Sasan had calledthe district council memberPakanj Sahod 3 months agoin the village with thisproblem and sent amemorandum to Mokke fromthe position that people inour village are uncomfortable

sitting in public place.Benches should be given

today, their demand has beenfulfilled by Pakanj Sahod.

19 youths to join merchant navy soonPANKAJ KATNAUNA, DEC 20

Five youth from Una and fivefrom Kangra district among19 youths to join MerchantNavy shortly. MLA SatpalRaizada was present at anevent organized in the hotel.Managing Director of VRMaritime, Founder Memberof Himachal NavalAssociation and NationalShipping Board memberCaptain Sanjay Parashardistributed sponsorshipletters to selected youth.During this, HSA fromHamirpur, founder memberCaptain Vishal Thakur,Captain Pathania and Captain

from Una and Ankit Puri wasalso present. Selection hasbeen done at Ganpat Collegein Gujarat and HIMT College

in Chennai. After passingoral and variousexaminations, everyone hasreceived sponsorship. On this

occasion MLA SatpalRaizada said that CaptainSanjay to give employmentto youth of Una Sadar.

Congress-backed candidates will winPanchayat election: Lakhvendra RanaJYOTI SYALUNA, DEC 20

A meeting of the officers of the DistrictCongress Committee was held in Ghaluwalof Haroli Assembly constituency. In thismeeting, Congress in-charge of DistrictUna, and Nalagarh MLA Lakhvendra Ranawere present as the Chief Guest, in-chargeAshish Butel, along with Leader ofOpposition Mukesh Agnihotri, Una SadarMLA Satpal Singh Raizada, Rakesh Kalia,Vivek Vikku and State Spokesperson VijayDogra were present, the meeting waschaired by District Congress PresidentRanjit Singh Rana, A strategy was preparedfor the upcoming Panchayati Raj electionsin this meeting, about 50 Congress workerswere present in this meeting.

ANWAR HUSSAINNALAGARH, DEC 20

Former MLA of Nalagarh, KLThakur, has started the work ofconstructing a road worth Rs 75lakh from Lakhan Pur Jhida ofvillage Manjhonli to Majri,Kokot Prakhali, Shishma TeaPoint. Cutting of the road andGSB and bridge at the cost oflakhs of rupees has just beentendered, along with furthertendering process, further workwill be done by making this road. By thetime it will be made a distance of about38 kilometers to Chandigarh will bereduced. Funds have also been providedfor the bridge from Pur to Besan toManpura near the bridge of Sarsa Riverand its work has also been carried outand instructions have been given to thedepartment to complete its work quickly

so that the road work. A big bridge willbe constructed for the fort placi to becompleted quickly, even before the roadfrom Saini Majra to Lakhan Pur. It wasmade sure and now the work has beenstarted by sanctioning the amount forthe remaining work and it will beprepared as soon as possible so that thepublic does not face any difficulty.

Thakur starts road construction work

Lyallpur KhalsaCollege studentclears UGC-NET

HARPREET SINGH LEHALJALANDHAR: The students ofLyallpur Khalsa College, Jalandharmake outstanding achievements inthe fields of academic studies,culture, literature, research andsports. Continuing the tradition, thecollege M.A. History studentKrantipal Singh has clearedUGC/NET test. Principal Dr.Gurpinder Singh Samra and Dr.Suman Chopra, Head, Department ofHistory, congratulated the student onthis achievement. Dr. Samra saidthat the college was reaching newheights due to the achievements ofsuch meritorious students. Heencouraged the student KrantipalSingh to pursue higher educationand work for the betterment of thesociety. The head of the department,Dr. Suman Chopra said that thehistory department always worked forthe all round development of itsstudents. She said that under theable guidance of Principal Dr. Samraand with the hard work and guidanceof the teachers of the historydepartment, the students wereattaining high positions.

HMV students excelin M.Com Sem IVresult

JALANDHAR: Students of M.Comsemester IV of Hans Raj Mahila MahaVidyalaya, Jalandhar brought laurelsto the institution by securing variousmerit positions in the universityexams. Muskan Virdi bagged Firstposition by scoring 1843 out of 2200marks, Sunaina stood at 3rd positionby securing 1813 marks, AabhaLoachotra bagged 6th position with1804 marks , Akanksha got 8thposition with 1789 marks, ShreyaMahendru bagged 9th position with1779 marks. Principal Prof. Dr. (Mrs.)Ajay Sareen congratulated Head ofthe Department Dr. Kanwaldeep Kaur,faculty members and students for thisachievement.

People not to enternew army fire fieldrange till Dec 26: DCDALJEET AJNOHAHOSHIARPUR: Deputy CommissionerApneet Riyait said that Army Battalionwould conduct field firing at New ArmyFiring Range Hoshiarpur till December26, 2020. Therefore, the residents ofthe district should not enter the NewArmy Fire Field Range till December26. Apart from this he also directed theSarpanches of the surrounding villagesto also issue instructions andinformation to the residents of theirvillages not to enter the New ArmyField Firing Range till the said days.

Workshop on MediaLiteracy held at MCMCHANDIGARH: The Research CenterP G Department of English, MehrChand Mahajan DAV College forWomen, organized an Online TrainingWorkshop on "Information Disorder &Media Literacy: Fighting Fake or FakeFighting". The resource person for theworkshop was Dr Pragya Kaushik,Factshala Trainer and Media Educatorunder Factshala India Media LiteracyInitiative Program in collaboration withData Leads and Google NewsInitiative. The students were madeaware of several social mediapractices as well as corporate mediahouse gimmicks which engage inmisinformation and cautioned themagainst falling prey to it. Students wereguided about how they can beinstrumental in curbing spread of fakenews and help in dissemination ofverified facts. Nearly a hundredparticipants, that included studentsand faculty members from the college,participated and benefitted from it.Principal Dr Nisha Bhargava laudedthe effort of making the youngstudents, who are among the largestusers of online media, aware oframpant fakeness in the field. Shestressed that the techniquessuggested in the course of theworkshop to identify fake reportswould go a long way in makingstudents responsible citizens.

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Bhupindra Global School takes big initiative for its studentsMAMOON RASHIDMALERKOTLA: Students need special attention as theyare studding online. Madam Lakhbir Kaur DhindsaManaging Director of the school while speaking toYugmarg at her office said that school is already givinghelping hand to the students who face difficulties whilestudding online and school is always with the parents andstudents. Although staff is helping students online but stillschool management thinks that some more help isrequired to make the studies easy for the students so the school has decided to send Special teams tohelp students studding online for long time at their homes. Visiting the students will makes it easy for theschool to take feedback of the parents also, she added.

COVID-19: India reports26,624 new cases

NEW DELHI, DEC 20

India's COVID-19 caseload rose to1,00,31,223 with 26,624 newinfections being reported in a day,while the number of people whohave recuperated from the diseasesurged to 95.80 lakh pushing thenational recovery rate to 95.51 percent, according to the Union HealthMinistry data updated on Saturday.

The death toll increased to1,45,477 with 341 new fatalities, thedata updated at 8 am showed.

The number of people who haverecuperated from the disease surgedto 95,80,402 pushing the nationalrecovery rate to 95.51 per cent,while the COVID-19 case fatalityrate stands at 1.45 per cent.

The COVID-19 active caseloadremained below 4 lakh for the 14thconsecutive day.

There are 3,05,344 activecoronavirus infections in the countrywhich comprises 3.04 per cent of thetotal caseload, the data stated.

India's COVID-19 tally hadcrossed the 20-lakh mark on August7, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh onSeptember 5 and 50 lakh onSeptember 16.It went past 60 lakhon September 28, 70 lakh on

October 11, crossed 80 lakh onOctober 29, 90 lakh on November20 and surpassed the one-crore markon December 19. According to the

ICMR, 16,11,98,195 samples havebeen tested up to December 19 with11,07,681 samples being tested onSaturday.

Odisha reports 372 new cases, 4 deathsBHUBANESWAR: As many as 372 new COVID-19 cases and 4 deathshave been reported in Odisha on Saturday, as per the State HealthDepartment bulletin issued on Sunday. "Odisha recorded 372 newCOVID-19 cases, 362 recoveries and 4 deaths on Saturday," read thebulletin. The State Health Department said out of the total 3,26,233 cases,3,21,309 people have already recovered. The number of active cases inthe state till December 19 was 3,035 and the death toll remained at 1,836.

Felicitation ceremony organizedon Veterans Pensioners Day

R.SINGHPATHANKOT, DEC 20

Like every year, this year also VeteransPensioners Day was celebrated in thelast week of December under theguidance of DGP Punjab. SSPPathankot Gulneet Singh Khurana IPShonored the old pensioners by givingthem a mark of honor. On this occasionGurdial Singh Saini Chairman, PolicePensioner District Pathankot and PolicePensioners were also present. SSPGulneet Singh Khurana, after talking tothe elderly pensioners, heard theirdifficulties and gave the confidence tosolve them soon. He asked thepensioners that they can come and meethim anytime regarding their problems.During the function, 80 years old RumalChand, Lalchand, Mahinder Singh,Somraj, Gurdial Chand werehonored.SSP and the rest of the policeofficers were thanked by the honored

pensioners. On this occasion ManojThakur SP Head Quarters, HempushpSP Operation, Rajinder Minhas DSPCity, Ravinder Singh Ruby DSP DharKala, Paramveer Saini DSP,Sukhwinder Singh DSP, Rajesh MattooDSP Command Control, Aditya ASPand Police Pensioner Vijay Kumar ofDistrict Pathankot Senior Deputy Vice-President, Rajinder Secretary, SurinderKumar State Adjective Member, ShashiPal Vice-President, Surinder KumarCashier, Paramjeet Advisor etc. werepresent.

People pays homageto Shaheed farmers

SUKHVINDER SINGH SHANSAS NAGAR, DEC 20

Lok Karanti Manch has paid homage to farmers inMohali today, who have been died during farmers'agitation. All members of Lok Karanti Manch andother people have reached at lights point phase 7-8 in the evening. They paid homage to farmers andhave held a candles march from lights point toGurduwara Amb Sahib. Advocate Amit Shuklasaid that farmers' unions called to pay homage toShaheed farmers. So we organized the program.Advocate Satvir walia told that we are withfarmers and they are protesting new agricultureacts. He told that 25 farmers have been died duringagitation. We have paid our heartiest condolencesto the grief- stricken families. Advocate Amardeepkaur, Davinder Singh Dhanoa, Sanny Barar,Davinder Singh, Labh Singh Mohali, HirdepalSingh Aulakh, Karam Singh Chandigarh,Malwinder Singh and other people were present.

SUKH NAHARJAGRAON, DEC 20

The political activities in thecity have increased ahead ofhte municipal councilelections and manycandidates have been makingclaims on tickets from different wards.Like every year, ward no. 14 of the cityis the matter of discussions and everyparty wishes to give tickets to thestrongest candidates from this ward. Asper the information, Aman KapoorBobby is the strongest contender forticket from congress party becauseBobby Kapoor has been serving theparty honestly for a long time and many

residents of ward no. 14 wishto see him as theirrepresentative. Ward residentsincluding Rajan Kaura, SunnyArora, Ashwini Kapoor,Praveen Kumar, Deepak Kumar,Pradeep Kumar, Deepak Kumar,Vinay Kumar, Ramesh Kumar,

Rajan Khanna, Kunal Kapoor, sapanKapoor, Vinod Arora, Vicky Sehgal,Rishi, Sanjeev Kapoor, Minta, Sony,Vicky Sharma and others hold the opinionthat Aman Kapoor Bobby has alwaysbeen dedicated towards his duties and hewill surely be a good representative. Theystated that the ward residents are ready toelect him as their representative in themunicipal council.

Bobby Kapoor favouritechoice for ward no. 14 ticket

Enthusiasm for 'beautiful writing campaign'among all Punjabi teachers in district: DEO

VERMAGURDASPUR, DEC 20

Six days training of blockresource persons for theoverall development of thestudents along with theoverall development of thestudents, a six day 'BeautifulWriting Training Workshop'for the Punjabi teachers of19 education blocks ofDistrict Gurdaspurcommenced todayEducation Officer (S)Gurdaspur Hardeep Singh,S. Lakhwinder Singh

Deputy District EducationOfficer (S) and D. M.Surinder Mohan Disclosingthis here today.DistrictEducation Officer

Gurdaspur in the presence ofPunjabi D.M. SurinderMohan said that all theteachers and lecturersteaching Punjabi in thedistrict through the blockresource persons set up by thedepartment under thecalligraphy campaign from18th December to 25thDecember. And exceptDecember 20) Six daystraining will be given inwhich every teacher teachingPunjabi will be required toattend this training compaign.In this training workshop the

teachers will be taught thecorrect spelling of the letters,correct spelling, correctspacing and spelling Will betrained in various methods forproper implementation. Thisbeautiful writing campaign isgetting overwhelmingresponse from teachers allover Punjab. Teachers arealso enthusiastically sharingtheir beautiful handwriting.Jaspal Singh DharamkotBagga, a calligrapher fromDistrict Gurdaspur is playinga special role in this trainingworkshop.

GULSHAN KUMARBARNALA, DEC 20

For the year 2020-21 (dated24-12-2020 to 31-03-2021)the contract for scooter / carparking in DistrictAdministrative ComplexBarnala would be auctionedunder the supervision ofAssistant Commissioner(General), Barnala at RoomNo. 24 of this office.According to the letterissued by DeputyCommissioner BarnalaSh.Tej Pratap SinghPhoolka, the interestedperson can participate in thebidding only after depositingtheir identity cards , residentproofs as well as depositamount in the form of cash /draft (in the name ofOperation and MaintenanceSociety Barnala) ofRs.25000. The amount will

be deposited with DistrictNazar (DC Office) at RoomNo. 78, 1st Floor on 23-12-2020 till 12:00 noon. Thisamount will be able toreimbursed to successfulbidders as well asunsuccessful bidders. Thesuccessful bidder's advancewill be adjusted in the lastinstallment of the contract.Mr. Ashok Kumar, AssistantCommissioner (G) said thatthe contract for parking ofscooters / cars in the biddingparking starts from the rightside of Gate No. 2 to GateNo. 03 and also the right sideof District AdministrativeComplex basement ( fromDate 24-12-2020 to 31-03-2021), the contract for whichwill be auctioned on 23-12-2020 at 01:00 pm in DCOffice Room: 24 and thereserve price for bidding hasbeen fixed at Rs. 1,50,000 /.

Scooter, car parkingcontracts auction to

be held on Dec 23

Gursweak Singh Kuka distributes shoes,warm clothes among poor children

MAMOON RASHIDMALERKOTLA, DEC 20

Winter season has been started so poor people need specialattention during this season, people are helping the poor asmuch as they can, in the same stream Gursweak Singh Kukaone of the renowned social worker from the city distributedshoes and warm cloths among the poor children at NamdhariShaheedi Smark, he said that it is responsibility of the each ofus to take care of the poor specially children who need ourhelp. Kuka is one of the persons who distributed cooked foodto the poor during lockdown; he was appreciated by the peoplemany times.

A self-employment fair was organized at Talwandi Sabo. More youthparticipated in this job fair. (Photo: Ishwer Garg)

Congress will perform magnificent inmunicipal elections: Suraj Bhardwaj

DHARAM PAL PUNNIJAITU, DEC 20

All over in Punjab congressparty led by CaptainAmarinder Singh willperform Excellent inMunicipal elections .It hasbeen said by SeniorCongressi leader of Jaituconstituency Suraj Bhardwajson in-law of Member

parliament MohammadSadiq's from Faridkot, whilehe was talking about

upcoming MunicipalCorporations elections to thesome selected media persons.17 seats of Jaitu town wardswould with clean sweepvictory by the Congressparty. On this time congressiworker Ghanshyam das alsosaid that congress party willcontest election of theirsymbol and win all the Jaitutown seats.

Former nagar counselorVeena Devi joins Congress

DHARAM PAL PUNNIJAITU, DEC 20

In the strong effort of Suraj Bhardwaj senior leader of Congressparty of Jaitu constituency, Ex Nagar counselor Veena Devi ofshiromani Akali Dal is joined Congress party today here.On a smallceremony Member parliament Mohmmad Sadiq's of Congressparty from Faridkot welcomed her with siropaos.MP said thatCongress party always respect the activists and always give themhigh regard that they deserve. On this time Biba Javed Akhtar,RajaBhardwaj, Rajdeep Singh Aulakh President of truck associationjaitu, Sikandar Singh Madak Chairman of Market CommitteeJaitu.Banti Jindal, Ghansahm das plumber,Pardeep Garg Maloutwale, Satpal dod, Mehar Singh Karirwali were present.

HARNAMAN BHATIANANGAL, DEC 20

The office bearers of Nangal Bhakra MazdoorSangh (INTUC) and President of SaanjhaMorcha Satnam Singh Ladi, ExecutivePresident Vinod Rana, Convener Naresh Raid,Paramjit Rana, Manoj Verma, Shamsher Singh,Kuldeep Singh, Ranveer Singh, Shiv Charan,Harpal Rana, Ranbir Patial, Balbir Sangoliamet and felicitated Sanjay Srivastava,Chairman, Bhakra Beas Management Boardand presented him a bouquet of flowers. Thechaiman Sanjay Srivastava was accompaniedby Chief Engineer Karamjit Singh andDeputy Chief Engineer Husan Lal. They wereapprised of some demands of the demandcharter of INTUC. These demands includeregularization of contract employees,ensuring medical facilities at Nangal

Hospital, agreeing to make employeescashless scheme beneficiaries and initiatingrecruitment process for BBMB employees.After receiving detailed information about thedemands of employees, the Chairmanassured the organization that theadvertisement could be published soon tostart the recruitment process.

Nangal Bhakra Mazdoor Sangh officebearers meet BBMB chairman

Mamata's TMC, BSP facingcrisis, says Shivanand Tiwari

PATNA, DEC 20

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD)leader Shivanand Tiwari onSunday said that MamataBanerjee led TrinamoolCongress in West Bengal isfacing a huge crisis asSuvendu Adhikari has joinedthe Bharatiya Janata Party."Mamata ji is facing a lot of

problems these days.Suvendu Adhikari of BJP hassurprised too. His brother andfather are from the All IndiaTrinamool Congress (TMC).Despite this, he walked out ofTMC," he said. "BahujanSamaj Paty (BSP) hadsimilar problems. I believethat the Election Commission(ED), Central Bureau of

Investigation (CBI),Unlawful ActivitiesPrevention Act (UAPA) isbeing misused. Theideological commitment ofvarious political parties isgetting diminished with time.Only to be an MLA, theyenter the party. Thedemocracy is in danger", headded.

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MLF's final day starts with discussion on book 'The Khalistan conspiracyCHANDIGARH : The first session of the third and final day of 4th Military Literature Festival-2020 was kick-started with discussion on ‘The Khalistan Conspiracy by GBS Sidhu’, in which thepanelists advocated that all issues in those days, must have been addressed politically not forceful-ly. The session was moderated by Former IPS Officer GS Aujla meanwhile book’s Author GBS Sid-hu, a former RAW officer along with former DGP MPS Aulakh and one of most senior-most jour-nalists Jagtar Singh, who has covered this state for many decades, were eminent panelists. GBS Sid-hu, who played a key role behind the inclusion of Sikkim into Indian Territory, taking part in the de-liberations, remembered the aspects related to rising of militancy in Punjab and abroad especiallyCanada and other European countries where Sikhs migrated during the 1970s. He threw light aboutthe efforts of Union Government that time to settle the issues revolving around the militancy.

GAURAV GOELCHANDIGARH, DEC 20

Hailing women boxer from Punjaband Olympicqualifier Simran-jit Kaur Baath forwinning goldmedal in CologneBoxing WorldChampionship,Punjab Sportsand Youth AffairsMinister RanaGurmit SinghSodhi, on Sun-day, congratulated the proud boxerfor her stupendous success.

The Minister also said thatseeing her game as to how the 25-year old boxer showed swift foot-work to beat the local German op-ponent hands down with clearpunches in the final, makes himextremely hopeful that the pugilistwill definitely bring laurels for thestate and country in TokyoOlympics.

In a press communiqué, RanaSodhi said that India’s AIBAWomen’s World Boxing Champi-onships bronze medalist SimranjitKaur also put up an impressiveshow in the semi-finals and com-peted against Maya Kleinhans inthe title bout and won the bout by

a split decision taking the goldmedal in the 60 kg category. TheSports Minister further said thatthe State Government has alreadyannounced to bear the entire costof Olympic preparations of themaiden women boxer of the state.“This was an extraordinaryachievement of the daughter of anordinary family and every possiblehelp would be provided from the

state government to help her careermove forward”, he added. RanaSodhi also said that a beacon forthe girls desirous to fly high in thesports, Simranjit Kaur was the firstPunjabi woman boxer to qualifyfor the Olympic Games and notonly Punjab but the entire countryis proud of her. She also bagged asilver medal in the Asia-OceaniaQualifiers and she is further

preparing herself to represent In-dia in the world's largest sportsarena, revealed the Minister. It ispertinent to mention here that In-dian boxers have ended their Box-ing World Cup campaign with ninemedals including three goldmedals; Simranjit Kaur (60 kg),Manisha Moun (57 kg) and AmitPanghal (52 kg), two silver andfour bronze.

Rana Sodhi hails Boxer Simranjeet Kaur for winninggold in Cologne Boxing World Championship

Martyrdom day of Shri GuruTegh Bahadar observed SUKH NAHAR JAGRAON: Blossoms conventschool observed martyrdom day ofShri Guru Tegh Bahadar in thepresence of shri guru granth sahib.The school organized japji sahib pathand recited Shlokas of Guru Tegh

Bahadar whichwas participatedby the teachersand students.School principalDr. Amarjeet KaurNaaz said that weget to learn a lotfrom Guru TeghBahadar. Shefurther added that

the school prays for the wellbeing ofhuman race and wishes for thesuccess of the farmers protesting inDelhi against the farm laws. "Maygod gives them strength andpatience to overcome all thedifficulities and emerge victorious",she said. She further said that it isthe duty of educational institutes tolet the children know about theglorious history.

Mashal march held to paytribute to martyr farmerswith 2 minute silence

KULJEET SINGH JANDIALA GURU: Under thechairmanship of the Kisan MazdoorSangharsh Committee, the martyrfarmers were paid tribute by observin 2minute silence and extended support toongoing peasant movement againstthe anti-farmer black laws. Protestswere held in thousands of villagesacross Punjab at the village level meetin the Gurudwara Sahib and holding atorch and holding 2 minutes silence.Ardas was done for the spiritual peaceof the martyrs. Rail roko movemententered the 88th day at Jandiala GuruDeep Mandi. In the ongoing dharna atJandiala Guru, Lakhwinder SinghVariyam Nangal and under thechairmanship of Germanjit SinghBandala, farmers were martyred duringthe Delhi movement and were paidtribute by observing 2 mints of silence.

Five travel agents booked for fraudASHOK KAURANURMAHAL: The Nurmahal policehave booked five travel agents forallegedly duping a Nurmahal villageresident woman of Rs.15 lakhs onthe pretext of sending her sonabroad. Nakodar deputysuperintendent of police NavneetSingh Mahal said that the accusedhave been identified as Gurmej Singhalias Pappu a resident of Jandialavillage in Shaheed Bhagat SinghNager ,his brothers Hardev Singh andGurdeep Singh alias Deepa andParmindar Singh son of Hardev Singhand Tarsem Singh son of MohindarSingh residents of the same village.The investigating officer said thatJaswindar Kaur wife of Manga Singha resident of Gorsian Peeran villagecomplained to Jalandhar(rural) seniorsuperintendent of police (SSP ) thatshe paid Rs 15 lakhs to the accusedfor facilitating her son’s migration toCanada but he was not sent abroadnor returned the money.

Police arrest Leaders ofprotesting unemployedteachers in PatialaJAGDEEP CHOPRAPATIALA: The protestingunemployed ETT Tait Pass teachersincluding their women cadre alongwith their Children spent last nighthere on YPS Chowk in open inintense cold conditions and onSunday they announced to furtherintensify their ongoing phase ofagitation after the police actionagainst them on Sunday again.They hold a meeting here with otherlike minded brotherly organizations inwhich a decision to further intensifythe agitation was taken. The meetingwas attended among others byDemocratic teachers front RajinderSamana , government teachersUnion's Paramjit , Naujawan BharatSabha Khushwant Honey, K.Deep,Nirmal Zera, Deep Aman, Raj KumarMansa, Harbans Patiala , ManiSangrur , Jarnail Sangrur, MangalMansa, Ravinder Abohar andShailendra Ferozpur.Before this around 12.30 pm today ina swoop police taking an action tookin custody major leadership of theunion after an alleged mild Lathicharge on the protestors and theywere taken to various police stationin the district in buses .

At the time of their arrest all theleaders of the agitating teachersraised anti- state governmentslogans and condemned the stategovernment as well as local policefor taking such an action againstthem. Even as it was not confirmedby the police but it is learnt that afteran alleged Lathi charge policearrested Deepak Kamboj, NirmalZera, Jarnail Sangrur , Deep Amanalong with 150 protestors from YPSChowk and they all were taken andlodged in different police stations.

ANKUSH SHARMALUDHIANA, DEC 20

Ludhiana is known for itsunique & innovative approachand lifestyle. In a yet anothermove, the city today wit-nessed perfect blend ofHealthy Living & Recreationthrough Fitify - Healthy Citi-zens Healthy Ludhiana.

Under the able guidanceof the Cabinet Minister MrBharat Bhushan Ashu andwith support of residents, Fiti-fy is a social campaign whichhas been launched to subtractboredom and add fun with fit-ness to the lives of citydwellers. Amid the busyschedules & deadlines, oftenpeople forget to focus on theirhealth. Fitify is organised to

encourage the residents to fol-low a healthy regime for ahealthy & long life. At theevent, various activities in-cluding cycling, Zumba,bhangra, yoga, games, magicshow were the highlightpoints. Fitify was held on abright Sunday morning today.This event was attended byfamily members of CabinetMinister Bharat BhushanAshu, his wife Mamta Ashu,Poonam Sharma, MayorBalkar Singh Sandhu, LITChairman Raman Balasubra-maniam, MCL CommissionerPardeep Kumar Sabharwal,Councillors Hari Singh Brar,Dilraj Singh, Rashi HemrajAggarwal, senior congressleader Baljinder Singh Sand-hu, besides several others.

Sidhwan canal water frontdevelops into perfect

picnic spot for residents

AMIT KALIAZIRAKPUR, DEC 20

Senior Congress LeaderAnd Dera Bassi Con-stituency In-ChargeDeepinder Singh Dhillonand the directions of YouthCongress State SecretaryUdayveer Singh Dhillon,Smart Blue Ration Cardshave been distributed to152 families by Congressleader Navtej navi in WardNo. 30 of Zirakpur.

Elaborating further onthis, Navtej Navi said thatthese smart ration cardswould prove to be a greatconvenience for the benefi-ciaries as well as play a vi-tal role in ensuring trans-parency in the public distri-bution system. The PunjabGovernment under theleadership of Chief Minis-

ter Capt. Amarinder Singhhas always strived to solvevarious problems includingdilemmas and now smartration cards have been is-sued to solve such prob-lems. Beneficiaries canavail the benefit of cheaprations from anywhere inPunjab with the help of thiscard. He said that with thehelp of these cards the fearsof misuse of the scheme by

the ineligible beneficiarieshave been allayed. Underthis campaign of Punjabgovernment every needyfamily can get wheat everymonth and any familycoming under all the publicwelfare schemes of Punjabgovernment can avail thisbenefit. Mr. Navi said thatspecial attention was beingpaid to the guidelines anddevelopment works of

Deepinder Singh Dhillonand on the pattern of devel-opment works constructionof roads in his ward be-sides installation of powerlines and transformers etc.would alleviate the powerproblem. Navi said wardresidents would not be al-lowed to have any prob-lems. Navtej Navi and oth-er Congress leaders werepresent on the occasion.

152 blue smart cards distributed by NavtejNavi under Punjab govt campaign

KULBHUSHAN GARGGIDDADBAHA, DEC 20

The first book 'Itehaas MereGaon Ka' (History of My Vil-lage) of Kuljeet Mann, pub-lished by Lok GeetPrakashan was dedicated tothe public by the storywriterBikramjit Noor and Dr.Bhupindra Singh during asimple ceremony organizedby Punjabi Sahitya Sabha,Giddarbaha at the local man-di Dharamshala.

On this occasion,Bikramjit Noor and Dr.Bhupinder Singh said that inthe this book of Kuljit SinghMann, the history of the vil-lage has been written in avery simple language, whichis a way to give informationabout the history of our eld-ers for today's and future gen-erations. It will prove to be amilestone in this direction.Kuljit Singh Mann, who hasbeen serving as a Punjabiteacher in the government

high school villageChhateana, has been makinghis presence felt through hisstories and articles in news-papers, magazines etc. Hehas been serving PunjabiMaa Boli for a long time. Onthis occasion Jagjit Mann,Gurdial Singh Dhillon, Gur-deep Singh Buttar, Prof.Bhupindra Jassal, LakhvirSingh Walia, Kashmiri Lal,Surinder Singh Gill andDharmendra Singh etc. werealso present.

Kuljeet Mann's book 'Itehaas MereGaon Ka' dedicated to public

SUKHVINDER SINGHSHANS.A.S NAGAR, DEC 20

S.C and B.C teachers unionof Punjab has decided toprotest in front of educationsecretary's office on 29thDecember. The union held apress conference in Mohalipress club. During pressconference union's presidntBaljit Singh Salana and gen-eral secretary KarishanSingh Duggan said that sec-retary of education depart-ment of Punjab has not de-liberately implemented 85thconstitutional amendmentsin the department. They al-leged that the secretary is notpromoting s.c and b.c teach-ers on the seniority base.They Said, "We have also

given memorandums re-garding our demands toS.D.Ms on division level inPunjab, but to no avail."They told that rights of s.cand b.c teachers and studentshave not given by the de-partment. The decisions ofPunjab government have notimplemented in the depart-ment. Reservation policyhas been thrown in a dust-bin. All s.c and b.c MLAshave been blind folded fol-lowers, who are not raisingvoice against bias. Leaderssaid that they decided to

protest for their demands.According to the decisionfirstly, they will protest infront of education depart-ment in Mohali on 29th De-cember. After that all S.Cand B.C MLAs would beGharaow in the state. Bal-winder Singh Latala, Har-bans Singh Parjian, Lach-haman Singh Nabipur, VijayMansa, Gurprit Singh Guru,Jarnail Singh Sahota, Gurse-wak Singh Kaler, HarpalSingh Tarntarn, HarjinderSingh Puranewala and Am-rinder Singh were present.

SC BC teachers union willprotest on December 29

SUKH NAHAR JAGRAON, DEC 20

A convoy of Bhartiya Kisanunion ekda (D) women wingheaded for Delhi under theguidance of MLA jagraonSarvjit Kaur Manuke. At thisoccasion, MLA Manuke saidthat we support the farmerstruly and the governmentneeds to take back the 'cruel'farm laws as the farmers onlyare not ready to accept it.

Manuke further said thatthe way farmers have beenprotesting peacefully is

praise worthy and they haveset an example for the entirenation. She prayed for thewellbeing of farmers andtheir victory. It is notable thatmany convoys of farmers arealready present at the bordersof Delhi protesting againstgovernment under the guid-ance of master Tara Singh.The convoy that left for Del-hi includes union membersHarbhajan Kaur, JarnailKaur, Paramjeet Kaur, Sarb-jeet Kaur, Beant Singh, Ba-hadar Singh, Balkaran Singh,Gurdev Singh and others.

Convoy guided by MLAManuke leaves for Delhi

CHET RAM RATTANNAWANSHAHAR, DEC 20

Second phase of the secondPunjab Smart ConnectScheme launched by the Pun-jab government under theleadership of ChiefMinister CaptainAmarinder Singh,was successfullycompleted with theaim of making thestudents technicallycompetent. Underthis, 1694 studentswere smartphoneswere distributed smartphonesto the twelfth class studentsof 29 different governmentsenior secondary schools indistrict Shaheed BhagatSingh Nagar. During thefunction held at the district

headquarters, Deputy Com-missioner Dr. Sheena Aggar-wal performed the smart-phone distribution function.In addition, phones were alsoprovided to students in as-sembly constituencies and

schools. In Vidhan Sabhaconstituency Balachaur,MLA Chaudhary DarshanLal Mangupur distributedphones to students in govern-ment senior secondaryschools in Bhadi.

1694 students of districtgiven smartphones: DC

RAMESH KASHYAPFEROZEPUR, DEC 20

In the third group, today 36BJP leaders in Ferozepur re-signed from the BhartiyaJanata Party – BJP in supportof farmers’ agitation, goingon for the last three months,against 3-Farm Laws enact-ed by the Centre recently.The farmers are protestingagainst the anti-farmers 3-Farm Laws

Earlier, on December13, 7 party leaders includingZora Singh Sandhu, onlyBJP MC from FerozepurCantt had resigned, followedby dozen angry leaders quit-ted in protest. Today also, allthe 36 leaders have resignedon humanitarian groundswhen the farmers are protest-

ing in chilly weather condi-tions and many more arelikely to follow. Among thethree dozen leaders who re-signed today from the BJPare former Chairman, Presi-dents, Municipal Commis-sioners and senior leaders -Balwant Singh Rakhri, for-mer Chairman, Block Sami-ti, Balwinder Singh PalluVice President, former Dis-trict President, BJP, JaspalSingh Sandhu, Press Secre-tary, Sukhwinder SinghSukha, MC, Manohar Lal,Media Incharge Kisan Mor-cha, Rohit Wadhawa and

others. Speaking to the me-dia persons, BalwinderSingh Pappu, VP said, weare very much moved withthe death of 20 farmers inthis agitation but our party,led by Modi government hasfailed to take any decisionover the farm laws whichlooked like a death warrantfor the farmers.

Balwant Singh Rakhri,former Chairman BlockSamiti said, it is not under-stood when the farmers arenot interested for the laws, asto why the same are beingthrust upon them.

Big jolt to BJP in Ferozepur, 3 dozensleaders resign from partyANIL VERMA

BATHINDA, DEC 20

To explore & delineate thepossibilities of extensive useof Information & Commu-nication Technology (ICT)in the education sector toprepare a roadmap to realizethe objective of equitablequality education, the Cen-tral University of Punjab,Bathinda (CUPB) in collab-oration with Global Educa-tion Research Association(GERA) is jointly organiz-ing an ‘Inauguration Cere-mony’ of two-day VirtualInternational Akhand Con-ference EDUCON-2020 inthe presence of chief guestUnion Education MinisterRamesh Pokhriyal ‘Nis-hank’ on January 7.This In-ternational Conference,scheduled on 7th & 8th Jan-

uary, 2021, will be conduct-ed under the patronage ofProf. Raghavendra P. Tiwari(Vice Chancellor, CUPB) &Padma Dr. Mahendra Sodha(GERA). The Focus Themeof EDUCON-2020 is ‘Envi-sioning Education forTransforming Youth to Re-alize Global Peace’. Faculty,research scholars and stu-dents from all over theworld are submitting theirapplications to participate inthis programme. CUPBVice Chancellor Prof.

Raghavendra P. Tiwari saidthat the Education MinisterRamesh Pokhriyal will de-liver the inaugural addressin this two-day Akhand In-ternational Conference. Hestated that EDUCON-2020will provide a platform tothe Global Academic Com-munity to deliberate theirviews on various topics re-lated to education sectorsuch as Visualizing futureclassrooms with ICT Tools,Likely scenario of school &higher education by 2050,Equitable Quality Educa-tion, Preparing teachers &learners for emerging learn-ing spaces, Developingtechnologies for STEAM,Future teacher & student ra-tio for different steps of ed-ucation. While sharing theProgramme details, Prof. Ti-wari underlined that during

this conference, eminent ed-ucationists will share theirviews on important topicslike: the Relevance of An-cient Education System in21st Century, the NEP-2020from the perspective ofglobal scenario, Skill train-ing programmes for futuregraduates and at the sametime will discuss the issues,challenges and opportuni-ties for education of futuregeneration. Prof. S.P. Mal-hotra, President, GERA,mentioned that the theme ofthis International Confer-ence is very much relevantduring this prevailing pan-demic situation and ex-pressed his hope that the de-liberations during this con-ference will help to preparea process to make the opti-mum utilization of ICTin education.

Pokhriyal to inaugurate 2-day ‘EDUCON-2020’ on Jan 7

MANCHESTER: Manchester United playmaker Marcus Rashford believes that his side is within touching distance from being the title contenders this season. United is currently at the seventh place in Premier League standings with 23 points and the side will next take on Leeds United in the Premier League later today.If United manages to win against Leeds United, they will be just five points behind table-toppers Liverpool."I believe that the team that we have now is capable of winning big trophies. We are not quite there but I feel like we are close. We just need to make that final push to be a team that can win trophies and fight for everything. The league's wide open. Four games ago, everybody was saying 'United are finished.' But then we won three games on the spin," Rashford told United podcast. Rashford has so far managed to score 12 goals in 22 games in the ongoing 2020-21 season. Two of these goals came in United's Premier League match against Sheffield Shield on Thursday. With the help of Rashford, United managed to win 3-2 and now the side has won five out of their last six Premier League matches."We have to show that we're ready to step up and be that team that's going to be fighting for the title. We're so close to being the team that we all want to be. But it doesn't matter if you're that close or a million miles away, if you're not there, you're not there. We need to show that we are there and the only way to do that is to do it on the pitch," said Rashford.

CA contemplates swapping 3rd and 4th Tests after COVID surge in SydneyADELAIDE, Cricket Australia could contemplate swapping the last two Tests of the ongoing four-match series against India following a rise in COVID-19 cases in Sydney where the third match is scheduled to be held from January 7.Australian cricket officials were put on high alert last week after an outbreak of the virus in the northern beaches in Sydney. "According to CA, the leading option was still to play the match from January 7 to 11 in Sydney but if not, swapping the third and fourth Tests between Sydney and Brisbane was the top alternative," a report in 'Sydney Morning Herald' said."That would leave the SCG Test being the fourth of the series, played from January 15-19." With cases growing, star Australia opener David Warner and pacer Sean Abbott -- both recovering from injuries -- were on Saturday flown from Sydney to Melbourne, which will host the Boxing day Test from December 26.

Murali Vijay pulls out of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy

TALKSSHORT

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu opening batsman Murali Vijay has pulled out of the upcoming Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, set to begin from January 10.The opening batsman has pulled out of the tournament due to personal reasons while pacer K Vignesh was not available for selection as he tested positive for COVID-19, ESPNCricinfo reported.The duo has been replaced in the 26-member list of probables by L Suryaprakash, a 31-year-old batsman who has played three T20s, and RS Jaganath Sinivas, a 22-year-old medium-pacer with one first-class appearance.Tamil Nadu squad is headlined by players like Dinesh Karthik, Vijay Shankar, Sandeep Warrier, and M Ashwin.As per a report in ESPNCricinfo, Tamil Nadu will play three practice matches among themselves on December 19, 20, and 21 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai before the final squad is picked on December 21. Tamil Nadu are in Elite Group B in the tournament along with Assam, Bengal, Hyderabad, Jharkhand, and Odisha, and will play all their matches in Kolkata.Motera Stadium in Ahmedabad will be hosting the knockout matches of the upcoming Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.

United is now capable of winning trophies: Rashford

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AGENCY hard to bounce back and win a game," got to come in," said Ponting. "They'll look ADELAIDE DEC 20 cricket.com.au quoted Ponting as saying. at Prithvi Shaw at the top of the order I'm

Skipper Virat Kohli would not be there for the sure but there's one thing to make selection Former Australia skipper Ricky Ponting visitors for the remaining three Tests as he changes there's another to lift the spirits back reckons that the hosts now have a very good heads back home after being granted up again and make sure they're mentally right chance of defeating India 4-0 in the four- paternity leave by the BCCI. Ponting now for the next challenge because the Australians match series now after the visitors suffered an believes that the real character of the Indian are not going to go away now. Now they're eight-wicket drubbing in the first Test. team would now be tested as to how they getting a bit of a sniff they're going to go even

India stumbled to an eight-wicket loss in bounce back from such a heavy defeat. harder next game," he added. India also has the first Test of the four-match series. On the Ponting also asked the Indian selectors to a headache as to who plays as an opener in third day of the first Test, India was bundled include Rishabh Pant in the playing XI in the second Test. Prithvi Shaw completely out for 36 in the second innings and order to further strengthen the batting in looked out of sorts in the first Test and he Australia was given a mediocre target of Kohli's absence. managed to score just four runs in the 90 runs to go 1-0 ahead. Australia chased "We'll learn a lot about them, won't we? entire match.down the total comfortably inside 21 overs With Kohli not being there as well, there's The Kohli-led side might have had a with eight wickets in hand. "Now there's almost no-one to pick them back up after a 62-run lead entering the third day of the some serious wounds opened up. There loss like that. They've got to make a couple first Test, but the side squandered the could be a good chance of a sweep. Let's of changes. Rishabh Pant has to be in that advantage as the batsmen failed to rise to the hope we do get a result in Melbourne and if middle order. With Kohli not being there occasion and Australia made light work of we do, I think India's going to find it really they've got to strengthen their batting, he's the visitors.

Wounds opened up, Australia can now clean sweep India: Ponting

Wilson's penalty gives Newcastle 1-1 draw with Fulham in EPLNEWCASTLE, Callum Wilson's eighth goal of the season handed Newcastle a 1-1 draw against 10-man Fulham in the English Premier League. Wilson converted a 64th-minute penalty on Saturday after being fouled by Fulham defender Joachim Andersen, who was sent off following the VAR review."What I've just seen, the contact initially made outside the box, he then goes into the box and dives," Fulham manager Scott Parker said."So again the ref decides to give the penalty. We have VAR, he then goes over to the screen, unless he's seen something totally different, to me I just don't understand."The game's changed drastically and it hasn't changed for the better in my opinion. It becomes a shouting match on the side of the pitch. And it's just a mess to be honest."Matt Ritchie's own-goal in the 42nd minute allowed Fulham to go in front. Defending the near post from a left-wing corner, Ritchie could only help the ball into his own net after defender Tosin Adarabioyo headed down Ademola Lookman's set-piece and Decordova-Reid flicked it toward goal.

SPORTSYUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2020

Visitors can use Pant as for second Test: Murali Karthik

'X-factor'On Saturday, India was bundled thing can happen is that Ajinkya "But it depends on Prithvi

out for 36 in the second innings of Rahane who plays up the order in Shaw, who was looking that he is the pink-ball Test and Australia was first-class cricket can himself come not in form but the team given a mediocre target of 90 runs. at number four because of the management did the right thing by Australia chased down the total forced change. You can use Rishabh giving him the first chance. He had comfortably inside 21 overs with Pant just as a batsman with the X- done well in the last Test match he eight wickets in hand. factor." played," he said.

Skipper Virat Kohli will miss "Everyone is seeing KL Rahul's "Everyone was seeing that he the rest of the series for India as he form but when he was left out of the did not score runs in the IPL and will return home after being granted Test team, it was because of his Test wanted him to be kept out, but they paternity leave by the Board of form. Now he came back in the did not do that. But in this match, he Control for Cricket in India team because of other things. When didn't look in confidence at all. So, (BCCI). Rahane is set to take on the someone sees the recent form, they will you want to put him in pressure role of stand-in captain in the feel he is in form. again or want to bring a fresh player remaining three games of the series. "So, these things will have to be who does not have that issue,"

AGENCY According to Karthik, Pant has seen with interest. Rishabh Pant has Kartik added.MUMBAI, DEC 20 an 'X-factor' in his batting and not done anything wrong as a India will also be without the

believes that he can produce results batsman so you can play him as a services of pacer Mohammad After stumbling to an eight-wicket for the side while Wriddhiman Saha batsman and don't take the gloves Shami as he has been ruled out of loss in the first Test of the four- will keep his position behind the from Wriddhiman Saha. So, that the series after suffering a fracture match series against Australia, stumps. can also happen. It all depends on on his arm as reported by ANI on former India spinner Murali Pant had played an unbeaten their thinking," he added. Saturday.Karthik feels that the visiting team knock of 103 during the second Kartik pointed out that the He retired hurt while batting in can play wicket-keeper Rishabh innings in the day-night practice Indian team management would the second innings at the Adelaide Pant as a batsman in the second Test game against Australia A. look for a replacement for Prithvi Oval on Saturday after he was hit on and added that stand-in captain Speaking on Sony Sports Shaw who looked totally out of the right arm by a bouncer from Pat Ajinkya Rahane should come to bat Network Karthik said, "One more sorts in Adelaide. Cummins.at number four.

Southee, Seifert help hosts gain

unassailable 2-0 lead

AGENCY Skipper Kane Williamson then HAMILTON, DEC 20 joined Seifert in the middle and

the latter did not let the Tim Southee's four-wicket haul momentum drop for the hosts. and Tim Seifert's unbeaten 84- At the halfway mark, New run knock helped New Zealand Z e a l a n d w a s s i t t i n g defeat Pakistan by nine wickets comfortably at 91/1, with just 73 in the second T20I of the three- runs away from the victory. In match series on Sunday here at the end, Williamson and Seifert the Seddon Park in Hamilton. guided Kiwis to a nine-wicket

With this win, the Kiwis win over Pakistan.have gained an unassailable 2-0 Seifert and Williamson lead in the three-match series. remained unbeaten on 84 and Mohammad Hafeez played an 57 respectively.unbeaten knock of 99 runs to Earlier, Hafeez's unbeaten take Pakistan's total to 163/6, knock of 99 runs helped but the hosts made light work of Pakistan post 163/6 in the the chase and in the end, the allotted twenty overs. For New BlackCaps chased down the Zealand, Tim Southee scalped total with nine wickets in hand four wickets.and four balls to spare. Opting to bat first, Pakistan

Chasing 164, New Zealand got off to the worst start possible got off to a quickfire start as as the visitors lost its first four openers Martin Guptill and wickets with just 56 runs on the Seifert put on 35 runs in just 21 board. Haider Ali (8), balls. However, Pakistan came Mohammad Rizwan (22), back strongly as Faheem Ashraf Abdullah Shafique (0), and dismissed Guptill (21) in the Shadab Khan (4) all failed to fourth over of the innings. leave a mark with the bat.

Messi equals Pel 's 643 club goals

like a champion. Messi equalled Pel 's all-time club scoring tally on Saturday in a 2-2 draw with Valencia. His 643rd career goal for Barcelona since his 2004 debut matched Pel 's tally for Santos from 1957-74. Messi is Barcelona's and the Spanish league's all-time leading scorer. In January 2018, he became the most prolific scorer among Europe's top leagues when he reached 366 league goals, surpassing Gerd Mueller's Bundesliga mark of 365. Messi had already surpassed Gerd Mueller's single-year goal mark by scoring 86 times in 2012. Pel congratulated the Argentina forward on social media: "Like you, I know what it's like to love wearing the same shirt every day. Like you, I know that there is nothing better than the place we feel at home. "Congratulations on your historic record, Lionel," Pel added. "But above all, congratulations on your beautiful career at Barcelona. Stories like ours, of loving the same club for so long, unfortunately will be increasingly rare in football." Pel 's comments

AGENCY went right to the heart of Messi's uncertain situation BARCELONA, DEC 20 at Barcelona. Messi has yet to recant on his

announcement last summer that he wanted to leave Lionel Messi has another individual scoring the club which is no longer the dominant force that he milestone, but he sure doesn't have a team that looks had done so much to forge over the past two decades.

Rihan , Aarav lead JB Sports Academy to winBUREAUGURUGRAM, DEC 20

The pair of Aarav Jeph and Rihan Kohar led JB Sports Academy to a 147-run win over Kuldeep Dewan Academy. The under 12 Year Boys Tri Series cricket match was played between JB Sports and Kuldeep Dewan Academy at Florence Academy, Sector 56, Gurugram.

A 40-40 over match was held between the JB Sports Academy and Kuldeep Dewan Cricket Academy. In this match, the team of JB Sports Academy scored 339 runs for eight wickets in 40 overs. Chasing this score, the team of Kuldeep Dewan Academy was reduced to 192 runs in 35.5 overs.

The credit for winning the JB Sports was given to bowler Aarav Jeph and batsman Rihan Kohar. Initially, the batsmen of JB Sports team could not unbeaten, scoring 210 with the help of Aarav took a valuable wicket of the walk and the team collapsed. Only 5 of 16 fours and 11 sixes, while Aarav, who opposing team for 20 runs in 8 overs, his players had returned to the pavilion was supporting him at the crease, scored after which the entire team went into on the score of 49 runs. After this, Aarav 32 runs with 4 fours. There was a strong disarray. Rihan Man of the Match and came to the crease and supported the partnership of 268 runs between the Aarav Jeph became the most batsman Rihan with full restraint while two, due to which JB Sports team was economical bowler in this match ie the playing defensively. Rihan remained able to win over the opposing team. lowest run bowler.