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D ays after resigning from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) former Ministers and powerful Other Backward Class (OBC) leaders Swami Prasad Maurya, Dharam Singh Saini as well as six other rebel BJP MLAs officially joined the Samajwadi Party (SP) on Friday on the occasion of Makar Sankranti. The defection from the party is a setback for the ruling BJP, which enjoyed the support of the OBCs in the 2017 Uttar Pradesh (UP) Assembly elec- tions and 2019 general elec- tions. The SP chief Akhilesh Yadav welcomed Maurya and the others. Addressing the meeting at the SP headquarters, Maurya said Makar Sankranti will mark the beginning of the end of the BJP. “The big leaders of the BJP who never paid any heed to our demands are having sleepless nights now. The BJP has duped the OBCs, Dalits, minorities and youth of the country. They formed the Government by encashing on the name of Keshav Prasad Maurya and Swami Prasad Maurya. There were talks about making either of us the CM, but they brought someone from Gorakhpur and duped Dalits and Backwards”, alleged Maurya. He alleged that under the Yogi Adityanath regime, upper caste people were enjoying their life, while backward castes and Dalits were struggling. “They say the elections are 80 per cent vs 20 per cent, but I say now its 85 per cent vs 15 per cent, 85 per cent hamara hai and 15 per cent me bhi bant- wara hai (85 per cent is ours and there is division in 15 per cent too). BJP leaders say they will win on the Hindu card, then why did they try to play with the reservation given to Dalits and Backwards. Appointment letters were given to 19,000 general category peo- ple, when 69,000 appointments were Okayed. I want to know if Backwards and Dalits are not Hindu? If yes, then why did you give their reservation to others,” asked Maurya. Further attacking the BJP, Swami Prasad Maurya said, “When I was in the Cabinet, there was a proposal that the posts should be filled with general category applicants Continued on page 11 I ndia is all set to ink the first- ever export deal with the Philippines for the indige- nously-designed and manu- factured BrahMos supersonic missile. The Government-to- Government deal is worth over $375 million. This is the first major export of sophisticated weapon systems by India to any coun- try. India is aggressively pur- suing the target of exporting weapon systems worth over $5 billion by 2025 and turn the country into an attractive man- ufacturing hub for Defence systems. The BrahMos Aerospace, the first joint venture between India and Russia to manufac- ture high-end missile system, recently submitted its price list to the Philippines which has accepted it, sources said here on Friday. The two sides will shortly ink the deal totaling $375 mil- lion, they said adding that the contract is for the shore-based anti-ship missile system for the Philippine Navy. India had recently offered a $100-million line of credit to the Philippines for Defence purchases. The Philippines Government recently allocated 2.8 billion pesos ($55.5 million) for initial funding for the BrahMos cruise missile. The Philippines selected the Indian missile system after tough negotiations and exten- sive trials, officials said adding a team from the Philippine Navy visited the production unit of BrahMos Aerospace in Hyderabad some months back as part of the acquisition process. The BrahMos Integration Complex in Hyderabad undertakes inte- gration of mechanical systems and assembling electronic sys- tems. Various sub-systems fab- ricated in other centres in India and Russia are integrated and checked at this complex. The Philippines armed forces are implementing a revised modernisation pro- gramme. India and the Continued on page 11 D elhi, Mumbai, and West Bengal, three Covid-19 hotspots in the latest wave of Covid infection saw marginal dips in new cases on Friday. However, Southern India saw a huge spike in Covid-19 cases with Karnataka leading the way, followed by Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Overall, fresh Covid-19 cases in India rose by 7 per cent to nearly 2.64 lakh in the last 24 hours, a day after a record rise of more than 50,000 had pushed the day's tally to 2.47 lakh. Deaths from the virus remained relatively low but were rising. Among the poll-bound States, Uttar Pradesh is seeing big jump in the number of fresh cases by the day. Karnataka on Friday reported 28,723 new Covid-19 cases and 14 deaths. Capital Bengaluru alone accounted for 20,121 new cases and seven deaths. The positivity rate is now at 12.98 per cent in the State. On Thursday the State had recorded 25,005 new cases of Covid-19 and 8 fatalities. State Health Minister K Sudhakar said the number of hospitalisations in the third wave so far is less than that recorded during the second wave last year. Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has sought Central assistance to raise the number of oxygenated beds and oxygen plants in the State. The total number of active cases across the State is now 1,15,733. Doctors in the two States described the status of pan- demics in the two southern States as black Pongal for Tamil Nadu and a black Friday for Kerala. Continued on page 11 New Delhi: The Court of Inquiry (CoI) looking into the December 8 helicopter crash that killed all 14 passengers, including the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat, has ruled out sabotage, mechanical failure or negli- gence as the cause of the mishap. This was officially made public on Friday. The Pioneer dated January 6 had reported that the most plausible cause of the accident was bad weather. Technically, it is known as Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CIFT) wherein an aircraft unintentionally collides with terrain be it the ground, a mountain, cliff or a tree-top. The Tri-Services probe team headed by Air Marshal Manvendra Singh, himself an accomplished helicopter pilot and currently Chief of Training Command and IAF chief VR Chaudhari had apprised Continued on page 11 Cape Town: A South African team going through one of its toughest transition phases embarrassed a star-studded Indian team with a seven- wicket victory in the third Test to clinch a memorable 2-1 series triumph here on Friday even as India Test captain Virat Kohli rued batting failures. The target of 212 wasn't a tough ask and starting the day at 101 for two, Keegan Petersen (82, 113 balls) along with Rassie van Der Dussen (41 not out) added 54 runs for the third wicket to seal the match before Temba Bavuma (32 not out) helped in putting the final touches. Continued on page 11 T he Budget Session of Parliament will commence on January 31 with the address of the President to both the Houses and conclude on April 8, sources said on Friday citing the recommendation of the Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs. The Union Budget will be presented on February 1. The Economic Survey is likely to be tabled on January 31 after the president's address. The first part of the session would con- clude on February 11. After a month-long recess, part two of the session would begin from March 14 and con- clude on April 8, the sources said. The recess allows depart- ment-related Parliamentary Committees to examine bud- getary allocations made to their respective Ministries. During part one of the session, campaigning for phase one of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections would be in full swing for which votes will be cast on February 10. When the two Houses meet after recess on March 14, the results of Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa, Punjab and Manipur would be out as the counting is on March 10 for all the five States. Continued on page 11 A trial court in Kerala's Kottayam district on Friday acquitted Bishop Franco Mulakkal of Jalandhar Diocese of all rape charges levelled by a nun of the Missionaries of Jesus Convent. The nun's case was that the Bishop had raped her 13 times during 2014 to 2016 and the Catholic Order to which she was associated had rejected her pleas. She had told the police that though she had approached all authorities in the Catholic Congregation, includ- ing the office of the Pope, her pleas fell on deaf ears and she was forced to file a complaint. Bishop Mulakkal, who hails from Thrissur district in Kerala, had denied the charges of rape as "baseless and con- cocted" and said allegations were born out of her ire against the religious order for rejecting her demands for favours. Additional sessions judge G Gopakumar of additional district and sessions court, Kottayam, who heard the case from November 2019 to January 2022, ruled on Friday that the prosecution had failed to produce corroborative evi- dences to substantiate the alle- gations made by the victim. The judge said that the evi- dences do not match with the charges made by the nun and hence the Bishop was being acquitted of all rape charges. S Harishankar, former superintendent of police, Kottayam, who was the inves- tigating officer, expressed dis- may and disappointment over the verdict. "We, the investiga- tion team and the public pros- ecutor, were confident of the authenticity of our findings and were expecting the court to convict the accused. But this is a shocking verdict," said Harishankar while interacting with the media after the pro- nouncement of the judgment. Continued on page 11 T he Lucknow police have registered an FIR against the Samajwadi Party under the Epidemic Diseases Act and for violation of pro- hibitory orders of Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code. Lucknow’s District Magistrate Abhishek Prakash earlier in the day had issued a notice to the Samajwadi Party for the huge gathering at the party office without obtaining permission from the district administration. SP state president Naresh Uttam, however, denied vio- lation of the Covid protocol and guidelines of the Election Commission of India. The FIR was registered according to the directives of the Election Commission on Covid-related norms, offi- cials said. The FIR was registered at the Gautam Palli police sta- tion against 2,000 to 2,500 unknown Samajwadi Party activists for violation of Covid norms at the party's office, Lucknow Police Commissioner DK Thakur said. On the complaint of Sub Inspector, Gautam Palli police station, Ajay Kumar Singh, the case was registered under Indian Penal Code sections 188 (violation of instructions), 269 (spread- ing infection of disease), 270 (endangering the life of oth- ers by spreading infection) and 341 (wrongful restraint of a person). The FIR also has charges mentioned under the Disaster Management Act and the Epidemic Diseases Act. The sub-inspector has alleged in his complaint that 2,000 to 2,500 SP workers blocked the road by parking vehicles haphazardly around the party’s headquarters and illegally organised the gath- ering, Thakur said. It has also been said in the complaint that through loudspeakers, the SP’s work- ers were asked to clear the crowd and to remove vehicles but there was no effect. Singh Continued on page 11 H itting out at the leaders who left the Bharatiya Janata Party recently in the name of social justice, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that those practising politics of dynasty and were neck- deep in corruption could not be supporters of social justice. “Social justice means extending the benefits of the government schemes to every poor, every section of the people and no socio-eco- nomic discrimination against them. And, this is the basic mantra of BJP,” the chief min- ister said while interacting with media persons after a lunch at a Dalit’s house near Jhungia Gate in Gorakhpur on Friday. Yogi said that he had come to this Dalit settlement to give the message of good governance and development and fulfill the resolve to elim- inate untouchability com- pletely. “Establishment of an egalitarian society, corrup- tion-free, crime-free system is part of good governance,” the chief minister said. Yogi said that in the last five years, the government had brought the benefits of welfare schemes to every vil- lage and to the doorsteps of every poor, every farmer, labourer, woman and youth without any discrimination. “The result is that 45 lakh poor people have got houses and 2.61 crore poor have toilets at their houses. Go to any Dalit basti and the impression of benefits of gov- ernment schemes will be vis- ible. During the coronavirus pandemic, people were being given free ration. All this is part of social justice,” he said. Yogi said that in compar- ison, the Samajwadi Party government had given only 18,000 houses in five years. “People getting patronage from the government grabbed the houses meant for the poor and even grabbed their land. If this is social har- mony, then I oppose it,” Yogi said.

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Days after resigning fromthe Bharatiya Janata Party

(BJP) former Ministers andpowerful Other BackwardClass (OBC) leaders SwamiPrasad Maurya, Dharam SinghSaini as well as six other rebelBJP MLAs officially joined theSamajwadi Party (SP) on Fridayon the occasion of MakarSankranti.

The defection from theparty is a setback for the rulingBJP, which enjoyed the supportof the OBCs in the 2017 UttarPradesh (UP) Assembly elec-tions and 2019 general elec-tions. The SP chief AkhileshYadav welcomed Maurya andthe others.

Addressing the meeting atthe SP headquarters, Mauryasaid Makar Sankranti will markthe beginning of the end of theBJP. “The big leaders of the BJPwho never paid any heed to ourdemands are having sleeplessnights now. The BJP has dupedthe OBCs, Dalits, minoritiesand youth of the country. Theyformed the Government byencashing on the name ofKeshav Prasad Maurya andSwami Prasad Maurya. Therewere talks about making eitherof us the CM, but they broughtsomeone from Gorakhpur andduped Dalits and Backwards”,alleged Maurya.

He alleged that under theYogi Adityanath regime, uppercaste people were enjoyingtheir life, while backward castesand Dalits were struggling.“They say the elections are 80per cent vs 20 per cent, but I say

now its 85 per cent vs 15 percent, 85 per cent hamara haiand 15 per cent me bhi bant-wara hai (85 per cent is oursand there is division in 15 percent too). BJP leaders say theywill win on the Hindu card,then why did they try to playwith the reservation given toDalits and Backwards.Appointment letters were givento 19,000 general category peo-ple, when 69,000 appointmentswere Okayed. I want to knowif Backwards and Dalits are notHindu? If yes, then why did yougive their reservation to others,”asked Maurya.

Further attacking the BJP,Swami Prasad Maurya said,“When I was in the Cabinet,there was a proposal that theposts should be filled withgeneral category applicants

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India is all set to ink the first-ever export deal with the

Philippines for the indige-nously-designed and manu-factured BrahMos supersonicmissile. The Government-to-Government deal is worth over$375 million.

This is the first majorexport of sophisticated weaponsystems by India to any coun-try. India is aggressively pur-suing the target of exportingweapon systems worth over $5billion by 2025 and turn thecountry into an attractive man-

ufacturing hub for Defencesystems.

The BrahMos Aerospace,the first joint venture betweenIndia and Russia to manufac-ture high-end missile system,recently submitted its price listto the Philippines which hasaccepted it, sources said here onFriday.

The two sides will shortlyink the deal totaling $375 mil-lion, they said adding that thecontract is for the shore-basedanti-ship missile system forthe Philippine Navy. India hadrecently offered a $100-millionline of credit to the Philippinesfor Defence purchases.

The PhilippinesGovernment recently allocated2.8 billion pesos ($55.5 million)for initial funding for theBrahMos cruise missile.

The Philippines selectedthe Indian missile system aftertough negotiations and exten-sive trials, officials said addinga team from the PhilippineNavy visited the productionunit of BrahMos Aerospace inHyderabad some months backas part of the acquisitionprocess. The BrahMosIntegration Complex inHyderabad undertakes inte-gration of mechanical systemsand assembling electronic sys-tems. Various sub-systems fab-ricated in other centres in Indiaand Russia are integrated andchecked at this complex.

The Philippines armedforces are implementing arevised modernisation pro-gramme. India and the

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Delhi, Mumbai, and WestBengal, three Covid-19

hotspots in the latest wave ofCovid infection saw marginaldips in new cases on Friday.

However, Southern Indiasaw a huge spike in Covid-19cases with Karnataka leadingthe way, followed by TamilNadu and Kerala.

Overall, fresh Covid-19cases in India rose by 7 per centto nearly 2.64 lakh in the last24 hours, a day after a recordrise of more than 50,000 had

pushed the day's tally to 2.47lakh. Deaths from the virusremained relatively low butwere rising.

Among the poll-bound

States, Uttar Pradesh is seeingbig jump in the number offresh cases by the day.

Karnataka on Fridayreported 28,723 new Covid-19

cases and 14 deaths. CapitalBengaluru alone accounted for20,121 new cases and sevendeaths. The positivity rate isnow at 12.98 per cent in theState. On Thursday the Statehad recorded 25,005 new casesof Covid-19 and 8 fatalities.

State Health Minister KSudhakar said the number ofhospitalisations in the thirdwave so far is less than thatrecorded during the secondwave last year.

Chief Minister BasavarajBommai has sought Centralassistance to raise the numberof oxygenated beds and oxygenplants in the State. The totalnumber of active cases acrossthe State is now 1,15,733.

Doctors in the two Statesdescribed the status of pan-demics in the two southernStates as black Pongal for TamilNadu and a black Friday forKerala. Continued on page 11

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New Delhi: The Court ofInquiry (CoI) looking into theDecember 8 helicopter crashthat killed all 14 passengers,including the Chief of DefenceStaff (CDS) General BipinRawat, has ruled out sabotage,mechanical failure or negli-gence as the cause of themishap. This was officiallymade public on Friday.

The Pioneer dated January6 had reported that the mostplausible cause of the accidentwas bad weather. Technically,it is known as Controlled FlightInto Terrain (CIFT) wherein anaircraft unintentionally collideswith terrain be it the ground, amountain, cliff or a tree-top.

The Tri-Services probeteam headed by Air MarshalManvendra Singh, himself anaccomplished helicopter pilotand currently Chief of TrainingCommand and IAF chief VRChaudhari had apprised

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Cape Town: A South Africanteam going through one of itstoughest transition phasesembarrassed a star-studdedIndian team with a seven-wicket victory in the third Testto clinch a memorable 2-1series triumph here on Fridayeven as India Test captain ViratKohli rued batting failures.The target of 212 wasn't atough ask and starting the dayat 101 for two, Keegan Petersen(82, 113 balls) along withRassie van Der Dussen (41 notout) added 54 runs for the thirdwicket to seal the match beforeTemba Bavuma (32 not out)helped in putting the finaltouches. Continued on page 11

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The Budget Session ofParliament will commence

on January 31 with the addressof the President to both theHouses and conclude on April8, sources said on Friday citingthe recommendation of theCabinet Committee onParliamentary Affairs.

The Union Budget will bepresented on February 1. TheEconomic Survey is likely to betabled on January 31 after thepresident's address. The firstpart of the session would con-clude on February 11.

After a month-long recess,part two of the session wouldbegin from March 14 and con-clude on April 8, the sourcessaid. The recess allows depart-

ment-related ParliamentaryCommittees to examine bud-getary allocations made to theirrespective Ministries.

During part one of thesession, campaigning for phaseone of the Uttar PradeshAssembly elections would be infull swing for which votes willbe cast on February 10. Whenthe two Houses meet afterrecess on March 14, the resultsof Assembly polls in UttarPradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa,Punjab and Manipur would beout as the counting is on March10 for all the five States.

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Atrial court in Kerala'sKottayam district on

Friday acquitted Bishop FrancoMulakkal of Jalandhar Dioceseof all rape charges levelled bya nun of the Missionaries ofJesus Convent.

The nun's case was that theBishop had raped her 13 timesduring 2014 to 2016 and theCatholic Order to which shewas associated had rejectedher pleas. She had told thepolice that though she hadapproached all authorities in theCatholic Congregation, includ-ing the office of the Pope, herpleas fell on deaf ears and shewas forced to file a complaint.

Bishop Mulakkal, whohails from Thrissur district inKerala, had denied the chargesof rape as "baseless and con-cocted" and said allegationswere born out of her ire againstthe religious order for rejectingher demands for favours.

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G Gopakumar of additionaldistrict and sessions court,Kottayam, who heard the casefrom November 2019 toJanuary 2022, ruled on Fridaythat the prosecution had failedto produce corroborative evi-dences to substantiate the alle-gations made by the victim.

The judge said that the evi-dences do not match with thecharges made by the nun andhence the Bishop was beingacquitted of all rape charges.

S Harishankar, formersuperintendent of police,Kottayam, who was the inves-tigating officer, expressed dis-may and disappointment overthe verdict. "We, the investiga-tion team and the public pros-ecutor, were confident of theauthenticity of our findingsand were expecting the court toconvict the accused. But this isa shocking verdict," saidHarishankar while interactingwith the media after the pro-nouncement of the judgment.

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The Lucknow police haveregistered an FIR against

the Samajwadi Party underthe Epidemic Diseases Actand for violation of pro-hibitory orders of Section144 of the CriminalProcedure Code.

Lucknow’s DistrictMagistrate Abhishek Prakashearlier in the day had issueda notice to the SamajwadiParty for the huge gatheringat the party office withoutobtaining permission fromthe district administration.

SP state president NareshUttam, however, denied vio-lation of the Covid protocoland guidelines of the ElectionCommission of India.

The FIR was registeredaccording to the directives ofthe Election Commission on

Covid-related norms, offi-cials said.

The FIR was registered atthe Gautam Palli police sta-tion against 2,000 to 2,500unknown Samajwadi Partyactivists for violation ofCovid norms at the party's

off ice, Lucknow PoliceCommissioner DK Thakursaid.

On the complaint of SubInspector, Gautam Pallipolice station, Ajay KumarSingh, the case was registeredunder Indian Penal Code

sections 188 (violation ofinstructions), 269 (spread-ing infection of disease), 270(endangering the life of oth-ers by spreading infection)and 341 (wrongful restraintof a person).

The FIR also has chargesmentioned under the DisasterManagement Act and theEpidemic Diseases Act.

The sub-inspector hasalleged in his complaint that2,000 to 2,500 SP workersblocked the road by parkingvehicles haphazardly aroundthe party’s headquarters andillegally organised the gath-ering, Thakur said.

It has also been said inthe complaint that throughloudspeakers, the SP’s work-ers were asked to clear thecrowd and to remove vehiclesbut there was no effect. Singh

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Hitting out at the leaderswho left the Bharatiya

Janata Party recently in thename of social justice, ChiefMinister Yogi Adityanath saidthat those practising politicsof dynasty and were neck-deep in corruption could notbe supporters of social justice.

“Social justice meansextending the benefits of thegovernment schemes to everypoor, every section of thepeople and no socio-eco-nomic discrimination againstthem. And, this is the basicmantra of BJP,” the chief min-ister said while interactingwith media persons after alunch at a Dalit’s house near

Jhungia Gate in Gorakhpuron Friday.

Yogi said that he hadcome to this Dalit settlementto give the message of goodgovernance and developmentand fulfill the resolve to elim-inate untouchability com-pletely.

“Establishment of anegalitarian society, corrup-tion-free, crime-free system ispart of good governance,”the chief minister said.

Yogi said that in the lastfive years, the governmenthad brought the benefits ofwelfare schemes to every vil-lage and to the doorsteps ofevery poor, every farmer,labourer, woman and youthwithout any discrimination.

“The result is that 45lakh poor people have gothouses and 2.61 crore poorhave toilets at their houses.Go to any Dalit basti and theimpression of benefits of gov-ernment schemes will be vis-ible. During the coronaviruspandemic, people were beinggiven free ration. All this ispart of social justice,” he said.

Yogi said that in compar-ison, the Samajwadi Partygovernment had given only18,000 houses in five years.

“People getting patronagefrom the governmentgrabbed the houses meant forthe poor and even grabbedtheir land. If this is social har-mony, then I oppose it,” Yogisaid.

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Samajwadi Party presidentAkhilesh Yadav, on Friday,

took a swipe at Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath, saying that“far from three-fourth seats inUP assembly the BJP will getonly 3-4 seats”.

He claimed that the UPassembly elections will be 80versus 20 where the 80 per centOther Backward Classes,Scheduled Castes and Muslimswill vote for Samajwadi Party-led coalition and the BharatiyaJanata Party will have to becontent with the 20 per cent ofthe votes.

“Baba mukhya mantri(Adityanath) should engage amaths teacher," the SP presi-dent said, referring to the chiefminister's "80 Vs 20" remarks.

Yogi Adityanath hadrecently said that in the UttarPradesh elections, while 80per cent supporters would beon one side, 20 per cent wouldbe on the other, which manythought was alluding to the 20per cent Muslim population inthe state.

Yadav also pooh-poohedthe BJP's claim of winningthree-fourth seats in the 403-member Uttar Pradesh assem-bly, saying, and “they meantthey will win three or fourseats".

“During the 2017 UttarPradesh elections, BJP had'lied' its way to power. Therehad been constant propagandato 'slander' the image of SP andthe BJP had used the 'politics

of hatred' to win in the 2017elections. This time, however,the people of UP would bringvictory to those practising 'pos-itive politics',” Yadav said.

"There has been constantslander propaganda against SPto dub us as mafia. WhenNetaji Mulayam Singh Yadavinvited former US PresidentBill Clinton for dinner, peoplewrote against us. But when theUS embassy checked, nothing

was found against us, andPresident Clinton came fordinner. There has been a con-spiracy to malign SP's image,"Akhilesh Yadav said.

He added, "We haveformed the government fourtimes, but last time the BJP liedits way to power, they influ-enced people and spreadhatred. This time UP has decid-ed to bring victory to positivepolitics, and throw out those

practising negative politics.This time progressive peoplewill win, the socialist party willwin."

So far five BJP MLAs andApna Dal (Sonelal) legislatorAmar Singh Chaudhary havejoined the SP in the presence ofAkhilesh Yadav.

Former cabinet ministerand prominent OBC leaderSwami Prasad Maurya onFriday joined the SamajwadiParty along with another rebelminister Dharm Singh Saini.BJP MLAs and Apna Dal(Sonelal) legislator Amar SinghChaudhary also joined the SPin the presence of AkhileshYadav.

The five BJP MLAs whojoined the SP are BhagwatiSagar (Bilhaur in Kanpur),Roshanlal Verma (Tilhar inShahjahanpur), Vinay Shakya(Bidhuna in Auraiya), BrijeshPrajapati (Tindwari inBahraich) and Mukesh Verma(Shikohabad in Firozabad).Chaudhary is MLA fromShohratgarh.

They were given the SPmembership at its office.

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Within 24 hours ofPriyanka Gandhi Vadra

claiming to have made historyby starting a new politics by giv-ing 40 per cent representationto woman in her party ticketsin Uttar Pradesh, the poster girlof the party’s women’s mani-festo ‘Shakti Vidhan’, DrPriyanka Maurya, took up thefight against the Congress gen-eral secretary after being deniedticket by the party.

Maurya, the state vice-pres-ident of Mahila Congress(Central Zone), Uttar Pradeshsince 2019 and the face of theparty’s women’s manifesto‘Shakti Vidhan’, made somestunning allegations against thegrand old party. Speaking tomedia persons here on Friday,the Uttar Pradesh state conven-er called Priyanka GandhiVadra’s election campaign‘Ladki Hoon, Lad Sakti Hoon’a sham.

She said it was a “lollipop”that was given to her by herparty which, she said, in reali-ty was anti-women and anti-Other Backward Classes. Shealso took to twitter to registerher anger.

Dr Maurya revealed howwomen were ill-treated andmisbehaved during themarathon organised by theCongress party in Uttar Pradeshas part of its ‘Ladki Hoon, LadSakti Hoon’ (I am a woman, Ican fight) election campaign.She alleged that the party cre-ated a lot of fuss while distrib-uting two-wheelers as promisedin the manifesto.

The Congress hadpromised its women membersthat only those who got themaximum number of womento participate in the marathonwould stand a chance to get anelection ticket, but all that wasa mere pretence, allegedPriyanka Maurya.

She added that the ticketdistribution was all pre-plannedand the party was actuallyaverse to its women candi-dates. “We were asked to workhard for the party and we did.However, the party came out asanti-women and anti-OBCwhen it came to ticket distrib-ution.”

Dr Maurya further saidthat 24 candidates applied forthe Sarojini Nagar seat inLucknow district. One of theaspirants, Rudra Daman Singh,applied for the election ticketafter the date of submission ofthe application was over. Theparty brought him with anintention to give him the tick-et for the constituency. It was allpre-planned, but we kept work-ing hard on the assurance ofPriyanka Gandhi Vadra whocoined the slogan ‘Ladki Hoon,Lad Sakti Hoon’, she said.

Dr Maurya further allegedthat she was asked for a bribefor the ticket. She alleged thatthis bribe was sought by noneother than Priyanka Gandhi'ssecretary Sandeep Singh.

She made many other alle-gations against the party. Sheclaimed that due to malpractice,her ticket from Sarojininagarassembly seat in Lucknow was

cut and given to Rudra DamanSingh. She alleged that SandeepSingh got her ticket cut.

Hours after the list wasreleased, Dr Maurya tweetedfrom her twitter handle aboutthe bargaining of tickets in theCongress party. She has allegedthat Priyanka Gandhi Vadra'ssecretary Sandeep Singh hadmade her call someone formoney. On not giving themoney, someone else's namewas announced in her place.She said that she had evidenceof every allegation which wouldsoon be made public.

Dr Maurya claimed thatnow the party, through its lead-ers, was trying to pacify her byassuring a ticket from someother constituency but shemade it clear that she was a doc-tor by profession and hadworked a lot in the constituen-cy so she would shift to someother place.

Dr Maurya asked why theCongress went through thedrama of screening candidatesif it was pre-decided that RudraDaman Singh would be giventhe ticket. “We were told a com-mittee of 37 members would betasked with the screeningprocess. Observers will becalled to evaluate the candi-dates. The survey was done andmy name appeared at the top ofthe list. Then why the discrim-ination,” she asked.

When questioned on beingthe cover face of PriyankaGandhi Vadra's women's man-ifesto for the upcoming UttarPradesh polls titled ‘ShaktiVidhan’, the miffed state vice-president of Mahila Congress,Dr Priyanka Maurya, called ita “lollipop” given to her by theCongress party. “The party hasused my face to attract womenand OBC voters, but when itcame to ticket distribution theychose a non-OBC candidateover me,” she said.

Meanwhile, one moresenior officer-bearer of MahilaCongress, Sheila Mishra, whoalso was denied ticket, staged adharna inside the UP CongressCommittee office on Friday. Shealso claimed that those whogave their lives for the partywere ignored by the high com-mand and outside leaders wereroped in to give them tickets.

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There has been an increaseof 9.26% in the total forest

cover in Uttar Pradesh, as perthe latest Forest Survey Report,which was released by theCentral government.

A senior forest officialsaid that as per the report of2019, the very dense forests inthe state occupy 2,617 sq kmarea, the moderately denseforests occupy 4,080 sq kmarea and open forests occupy8,109 sq km area, making it atotal of 14,806 sq km.

“As per the report of 2021released on Thursday, the verydense forests occupy 2,627 sqkm area, moderately denseforests occupy 4,029 sq km

area and open forests occupy8,162 sq km area, making it atotal of 14, 818 sq km area,” theofficial said. “The totalincrease in the forest area is 91sq km, with an increase of 10sq km in the very dense forests,53 sq km decrease in moder-ately dense forests and 79 sqkm increase in the tree coveroutside the forest area. Theseare figures of the satellite databetween October 2019 andFebruary 2020,” he pointedout.

It may be noted that theForest department has plant-ed 100 crore trees in the pastfour years. There has alsobeen an emphasis on the plan-tation of herbal and medicinalplants.

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Renowned TV reporterKamal Khan died of a mas-

sive heart attack early Fridaymorning. He was 61. The fam-ily members said Kamal com-plained of chest pain at around0400 hours and he was rushedto hospital where he was pro-nounced dead. Khan was asso-ciated with NDTV for the pastseveral years and was knownfor his reporting skills on dif-ferent issues. He is survived byhis wife and a son.

UP Governor AnandibenPatel, Chief Minister YogiAdityanath, Samajwadi Partypresident Akhilesh Yadav,Bahujan Samaj Party presi-dent Mayawati and UPCongress president AjayKumar Lallu were among manydignitaries who expressed con-dolences over the suddendemise of Kamal Khan.

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Bahujan Samaj Party leadersonce again faced charges of

selling tickets for assemblyelection after a video emergedon social media wherein aparty leader is seen cryingprofusely in the Muzaffarnagarcity Kotwali for being denieda ticket from Charthawal con-stituency of the district despitepaying the party Rs 67 lakh forit.

Sobbing inconsolably infront of the police, BSP leaderArshad Rana alleged that asenior party leader, namelyShamsuddin Raeen, the WestUP convener, sought Rs 67lakh from him for a ticket twoyears ago but he was removedfrom the ticket list without hisknowledge.

The BSP leader threat-ened to commit self-immola-tion if he did not get justice.

Arshad Rana, a resident ofDadhedu village in Charthawalassembly constituency, hasbeen in the BSP for a long time.

His wife had also run for dis-trict panchayat member on theBSP ticket. Rana was planningto contest the Charthawalassembly seat for a long timein the hope of securing a BSPticket.

BSP supremo Mayawati,on the other hand, has tweet-ed that the party has decidedto field Salman Saeed fromCharthawal assembly seat.Salman Saeed is the son ofSayeduzzaman, a Congressleader and former state minis-ter.

Rana was so upset by thetweet that he wrote about it onFacebook and afterwards wentto the city Kotwali with hissupporters. He alleged thatparty leaders had made a spec-tacle of him and demandedthat the money he gave for theelection ticket be returned tohim. According to reports,Arshad Rana has filed a formalcomplaint against a BSP office-bearer. Inspector Anand DevMishra, in charge of CityKotwali, said the matter was

being examined and thatrequired legal action would betaken after investigation.

Meanwhile, in another set-back for the BSP, another vet-eran Brahmin face of the party,Ramveer Upadhyaya, also quitthe party. Upadhyaya who wasminister in the Mayawati cab-inet, was upset over the step-motherly treatment meted outto him on Thursday that hesubmitted his resignation andis likely to join the BharatiyaJanata Party in the comingdays.

It may be noted that theBSP is contesting all 403 seatsin the Uttar Pradesh assemblyelections. However, BSP pres-ident Mayawati will not contestthe polls, party general secre-tary Satish Chandra Mishrahad said on Tuesday. Sinceelections are being held inseveral states, including Punjaband Uttarakhand, along withUttar Pradesh, the BSP presi-dent will not contest the pollsand help other party candi-dates win, Mishra said.

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Upset by the affairs of hissister with several youths,

a youth in Fatehpur killed herin the name of saving ‘familyhonour’. The youth alsodumped the body of his sisterto conceal the crime but thelocal police on Friday arrestedhim and made the sensationaldisclosure.

Disclosing the incident,Superintendent of Police inFatehpur, Rajesh Kumar Singh,said that last Saturday, thebody of an unknown girl wasfound lying in a mustard field.

The girl was brutally mur-dered somewhere else and thebody was dumped there. Thepolice started investigationafter taking the body in posses-sion and sending it for post-mortem.

The SP claimed that thepolice later identified the girl asa resident of Korra Kanak vil-lage in Lalauli police stationarea. He claimed that the calldetails record of the girl’smobile phone raised suspicionof the involvement of somefamily members in the killingso the police took him in cus-tody and grilled him on Fridayafter which he confessed to thecrime.

The SP said that theteenage girl had illicit relationswith some boys of the village towhich his brother used tooppose continuously. The girl,however, continued to chatwith boys over mobile phonefor several hours so on the fate-ful day, agitated with the behav-iour of his sister, the youthkilled her with sharp-edgedweapon and to conceal the

crime, he dumped the body ata secluded place. Singh saidthat the police had arrested theyouth and sent him to jail.

Meanwhile in Saharanpur,a sensational incident tookplace on Friday morning inRasulpur Khedi village of Nagalpolice station area. A mother offive children was murdered byslitting her throat and later herbody was dumped in the near-by jungles. Her body was recov-ered by the police on Fridaymorning. A team of forensicexperts was called to collectevidence. The husband of thedeceased accused the woman’slover, a resident of a neighbor-ing village, of murder due toillicit relations. The police sentthe body for post-mortem afterregistering a case.

According to the husband,his wife suddenly disappeared

on Thursday night at 10 pm.He claimed that the familymembers searched for her allthrough the night but failed totrace her out. On Friday morn-ing, when the people of the vil-lage went towards the jungles,they found his wife murdered.On information, CO DeobandDurga Prasad Tiwari, SHOBinu Chaudhary, crime branchand forensic team reached thespot.

After investigation, thepolice sent the body for post-mortem. Tiwari said that thehusband of the deceasedaccused a villager of the neigh-bouring village of killingSeema. It is alleged that Seemahad illicit relations with theaccused. He said that on thebasis of the report, efforts werebeing made to arrest theaccused.

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programme (FDP) on ‘Data Science withStatistical Modeling Using R Programming’,organised by Amity Institute of InformationTechnology, Amity University, concluded onFriday. The programme was organised in asso-ciation with All-India Council for TechnicalEducation. More than 200 faculty members,industry and corporate representatives andresearch scholars from various government andnon-government institutions participated in theFDP. The programme was inaugurated byGGSIP University Vice-Chancellor KK Agrawal.The special guest was AICTE member secre-tary Rajiv Kumar and assistant VC, AmityUniversity, Anil Kumar. Speaking on the occa-sion, KK Agrawal mentioned the incorporationof modern technology into the educationworld and talked about the importance of train-ing teachers in modern times. He urged all theparticipants to keep improving their knowledgebase as this is the only way to produce world-class engineers and researchers. Prof Shalabhfrom IIT-Kanpur discussed the fundamentalsof R programming in detail. In the second ses-sion, Dr Praveen Kumar Mishra explained theprinciples of machine learning in detail and dis-

cussed its various applications and utility indetail.

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class VIII studentof City MontessoriSchool, StationRoad Campus,brought fame toLucknow by win-ning the first prizein an inter-schoolpainting competi-tion. She wasawarded a cashprize of Rs 2,000for her outstand-ing painting. The competition was organisedunder the aegis of Indian Council forAgricultural Research (ICAR - NBFGR) inwhich students of various noted schools par-ticipated. Insha not only displayed her artistictalent and noble ideas but also disseminated themessage that India can prove to be a leader onthe world map only with the progress of agri-culture sector. The organisers lauder her talentand awarded her a certificate and the cash prize.

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Lucknow (PNS): In a bigsetback for the Uttar PradeshCongress, Ali Yusuf Ali, acandidate from Chamrauaassembly constituency inRampur district, quit theparty to join SamajwadiParty on Friday. Ali’s namewas included in the list of 125candidates announced byCongress general secretaryincharge UP, PriyankaGandhi Vadra, on Thursday.

He joined SamajwadiParty in Lucknow on Friday.

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As many as 2,209 peopletested positive for Covid in

Lucknow on Friday while 229patients recovered in the last 24hours. The active cases in theLucknow as on Friday were12,195. CMO office spokesper-son Yogesh Raghuvanshi saidthe maximum cases (397)emerged from Aliganj, closelyfollowed by 385 from Chinhat,246 from Indiranagar, 213 fromAlambagh, 178 from SilverJubilee, 139 from Sarojininagar,137 from Tudiaganj, 98 fromRed Cross, 78 from Aishbagh,63 from NK Road and 36 fromBKT. The fresh cases included682 contacts of people who hadtested positive earlier and 279travellers.

As the third wave rages on,even those who have had severeCovid in the past and thosewho have been fully vaccinat-ed are not being spared bycoronavirus current wave.

A 30-year-old frontlineworker, who had moderateinfection in April last year andwas also vaccinated thereafter,has once again tested positive.“I was told that since I had beeninfected and vaccinated, I wasunlikely to get Covid again, butit was not to be,” she said.

A doctor at an urban CHCwho was down with severeCovid in April last year hasalso contracted the infectionagain. She had also taken both

vaccine doses.“For the past few days, I

have had a slight cough andnow I have a fever. When I gotmyself tested, I was diagnosedwith Covid,” she said.

Former director of SGPGIand current director ofMedanta Hospital, Dr RakeshKapoor said there are severalpeople who have had the infec-tion twice and even thrice.

“If you have the infectiononce, it does not mean you can-not have it again. Even if youare vaccinated, you can stillhave the infection. Covid is notlike other diseases such aschickenpox or polio which donot reoccur if you have it onceor if you have been vaccinated.Covid is happening again andagain because of the mutationswhich are taking place in thecoronavirus,” he said.

Regarding the memorycells which develop once theinfection occurs, he said itdepends on how much of thesecells develop. “However, thebest thing about Omicron isthat the symptoms are lesssevere. But one has to be care-ful, especially those who areimmunocompromised andelderly,” he said.

He added that if one takesdrugs and lots of fluids, theinfection subsides in 6-7 dayslike a common flu. However, headmitted that one cannot sayfor sure whether it is Omicronor Delta for those who are get-

ting infected the second time. “This is an assumption

that these could be Omicroncases because the severity isless. Until genome sequencingis done, one cannot be sure,” headded.

For those who are testingpositive, doctors have advisedthem to do gargles, drink hotsoups, juices and take rest.

“You can take paracetamolthrice a day even if you do nothave fever because it can helpin relaxing. One tablet ofAzithromycin needs to betaken along with any deconges-tant,” a senior doctor said.

Meanwhile, DSW atLucknow University PoonamTandon said that hostellerswho are Covid negative areleaving for their homes. “Wehave carried out 100% testingof the students and staff in thethree hostels where severalcases emerged. A mess work-er tested positive and he wassent to home isolation. Thosewho are positive and cannotleave are being provided mealsseparately, and the CMO officeis also sending medicine kitsfor the students. We have alsotold the students to collect thevitamin tablets from the uni-versity dispensary which has anumber of these vitamins,” shesaid. She added that a healthcommittee has been formed tomonitor the oxygen levels andtemperature of the foreign students.

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Aceremonial parade was held atthe Officers Training College,

Army Medical Corps Center andCollege as part of the training cur-riculum of Senior Cadre Course.As many as 103 non-commis-sioned officers will be assuminghigher ranks in time to come weretrained at the Officers TrainingCollege. Military training to bravesoldiers at the Officers TrainingCollege, AMC Centre and College,has raised their morale, confidenceand self-esteem, preparing them toassume junior leadership roles

with values, ethos and culture ofArmed Forces Medical Service asflag-bearers effectively. The cere-monial parade was witnessed bythe course officers of the MedicalOfficers Junior Command Course(MOJCC) and Basic NursingOfficers Course (BNOC).

The parade was marked bymilitary precision and customaryelegance. The ceremonial paradewas reviewed by Major General JPPrasad, Commandant and ChiefInstructor, Officers TrainingCollege, AMC Centre and College.

The course was conductedduring challenging Covid times

with all protocols. These Covidwarriors have been trained invarious aspects of Covid manage-ment from the lessons learnt in thepast. Havildar (nursing assistant)Pramod Kumar P was adjudgedthe best in drill while Havildar(nursing assistant) E Juno thebest in physical. Major General JPPrasad exhorted the NCOs touphold the traditions of ArmyMedical Corps by maintaining thehighest order of professional com-petence. He complimented all ofthem for their excellent turnoutand meticulous conduct of theparade.

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Additional Chief Secretary(Medical and Health) Amit

Mohan Prasad said that 16,016fresh coronavirus positive caseswere reported in Uttar Pradeshon Friday with three COVID-19 deaths during the sameperiod. He said that in the last24 hours, 2,554 people recov-ered from novel coronavirusinfections.

“There are 84,440 activecases of COVID-19 in the stateand 82,412 of them are inhome isolation,” Prasad said.

Three COVID-19 patients,including two in Meerut andone in Gautam Buddha Nagardistricts, died during the last 24hours.

The highest 2,209 freshCOVID-19 cases were report-ed from Lucknow where thetotal number of active cases hasgone up to12,195 -- the high-est in the state. It is followed byGhaziabad with 1,887 freshcases, Gautam Buddha Nagarwith 1817 and Meerut 1,203fresh cases.

Prasad said that the Covidvaccination was being carriedout at a fast pace and a total of24,91,529 doses were given onThursday. So far, a total of21,86,29,035 doses have beengiven to people above 18 yearsof age.

He said that so far43,55,278 first doses of Covidvaccine had been given to ado-lescents in the 15-18 age group-- 31.08 per cent of their esti-mated number. He said that2,69,636 precaution doses hadalso been given so far.

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Police claimed to have arrest-ed three members of a gang

of robbers involved in stealingmobile phones, motorcycles,four-wheelers and auto spareparts. They were identified asMohammed Azeem (22), RitikSingh (20) and Hariom (21).Two stolen motorcycles, a four-wheeler, six mobile phones,

four country-made pistols andseven live cartridges were recov-ered from their possession.

The police said the accusedwere spotted moving in a sus-picious manner near Balaganjcrossing late on Thursday night.They tried to escape when thecops on night patrol asked themabout their identities and occu-pation. They were nabbed withthe help of locals. They were

taken to the police station forinterrogation as a country-made pistol and three live cartridges were recovered fromthe bag that one of them wascarrying.

The police later raided theirhideout in the wee hours ontheir information and recovereda stolen four-wheelers, bikes, mobile phones and livecartridges.

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An open-heart surgery wassuccessfully avoided by a

rare procedure performed atSGPGI. Cardiologists per-formed balloon dilatation ofheart valve through neck veins.The rare procedure was per-formed on a 25-year-old ladywho had marked narrowing ofleft heart valve. This procedureis commonly done through legveins.

“The procedure throughthe leg veins was not possiblein case of this patient due toher abnormal leg veins andhence she needed an open-heart surgery,” doctors said.

Dr Roopali Khanna fromthe department of Cardiologyaccepted the challenge andadmitted the patient. She,along with her anesthetic col-league Dr Amit Rastogi, tooka daring decision to performthis procedure through theneck veins which need anexceptional experience andexpertise. Till date, only a few

cases have been done acrossthe world through the neckveins.

Her team successfullyresolved the mitral valve nar-rowing with balloon dilatationand avoided a high-risk and

costly surgery for a youngwoman. After the successfulprocedure, the patient wasalso able to walk and was dis-charged from the hospitalwithin a day, the SGPGIspokesperson said.

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Uttar Pradesh became thefirst state to go past 14

crore-mark in terms of thefirst dose coverage on Friday.The state completed 14.07crore first, 8.42 crore secondand 3.27 booster or precau-tionary doses on Friday.

Ballia has completed76.71% first dose coverage,

Kushinagar 77.72%, Deoria81.03%, Shamli 82.24%,Maharajganj 83.10%, Amroha83.42%, Moradabad 84.54%,Prayagraj 84.67%, Gorakhpur84.79%, Saharanpur 85.36%,Jalaun 85.52%, Sant KabirNagar 88.76%, Aligarh89.93%, Kanpur 89.95% andHapur 91.11%.

A senior official from theHealth department said that

the chief secretary has beenreviewing the vaccinationdrive for the 18+ group forthe past ten days along withthe district magistrates,CMOs and commissioners.

“We have a large popula-tion to cover under the vac-cination campaign and there-fore, the doses administeredwill always be high thoughthere are several states which

have surpassed UP in terms of population coverage”he said.

He added that continuousefforts have been made toincrease the numbers withcalls being made from theIntegrated Control andCommand Centre andnigrani samit is beinginvolved in the exercise on awar-footing.

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On the occasion of MakarSankranti, Ram Manohar

Lohia Institute of MedicalSciences served khichdi in theCovid wards of the hospitalwhile a social organisation dis-tributed khichdi to the patientsand their relatives at theKGMU Trauma Centre.

R M L I M S d i s t r i bute dkhichdi in the Covid and otherwards. Head of the departmentof Dietetics Dr Poonam Tewarisaid that in the Covid wardthey served khichdi made ofmoong dal instead of urad.

“It is important that thepatients also enjoy what isbeing eaten during festive cel-ebrations so that they don’t feelaway from home. This hasbeen a regular practice at thehospital,” she said.

“As we move towards sum-mers after a severe winter sea-son, the dietary changes whichhappen are very well projectedin this festival. In differentparts of India, it is celebrated asa harvest festival and peoplealso celebrate the new crop har-vest which will be incorporat-ed in the diet in the comingmonths. The main emphasis inwhatever part of the country itis celebrated is to have a one-pot meal. This is a good thing

which one must follow. If youask anyone, they would say thatkhichdi is made for sick peo-ple but khichdi is treated as adelicacy this particular festival.Khichdi is a first-class proteinsource which has pulses andrice and both combine to makeit easily digestible,” she said.

She further pointed outthat this festival has a lot ofnutritional significance as peo-ple eat a lot of sesame seeds andjaggery as in ‘til ke laddoo’.

“Sesame seeds have calci-um and jaggery has iron. Thefestival indicates that all theheavy things which we havebeen devouring in the wintershave to be stopped and one hasto go for lighter meals,” sheadded.

Meanwhile, a social organ-isation distributed khichdi tothe patients and their atten-dants outside the KGMUTrauma Centre. President ofthe organisation Sardar RanjitSingh said Makar Sankranti isone of the most important fes-tivals of the country and amarker of change of season.

“It is celebrated as MaghMela at Prayagraj and Lohri inPunjab and is popularly called‘Khichdi Parv’. We decided toserve khichdi to the patientsand their relatives on this aus-picious occasion,” he said.

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Armed Forces Veterans’ Day is observed each yearon January 14 as a mark of respect and recognition ofthe services rendered by the veterans. It was on this dayin 1953 that Field Marshal KM Cariappa, the first IndianCommander-in-Chief of the Indian Armed Forces,superannuated from active service.

The traditional interaction with veterans was notorganised this year due to the current Covid wave.However, efforts to enhance the welfare of veterans werecontinuously undertaken by Surya Command.

Various innovative measures were introduced toenhance the outreach to veterans and veer naristhrough websites, social media and helplines to addresstheir grievances. Over the past year, over 1.30 lakh vet-erans and veer naris were contacted to enquire abouttheir well-being and to look into their problems. Anactive intervention of Veterans’ Cells helped to creditemoluments and pension arrears of veterans and veernaris amounting to nearly Rs 430 crore into theiraccounts during the past year. Improvements in CSD ser-vices were also looked into. The respite between the Deltawave and onset of Omicron wave was utilised to bol-ster the medical facilities in service hospitals to provideenhanced services, oxygen availability and better care.

With a view to further improving the outreach, allveterans have been requested to log into the Directorateof Indian Army Veterans website and use the listedhelpline numbers to contact various Veterans’ Cellsacross the country.

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Despite all Covid restrictionsincluding permission to

double vaccinated people only,thousands of devotees thronged84-odd ghats of river Ganga onthe auspicious occasion ofMakar Sankranti here onFriday. No any fear of therecent surge of third wave ofCOVID-19 and Omicron wasseen on the faces of the devo-tees. As the festival is popular-ly known as Khichadi in thisregion of Purvanchal (easternUP), at several places includingKhichadi Baba Mandir nearDashaswamedh, Khichadi wasdistributed among the peopleas ‘prasad’. The Bharatiya JanataParty (BJP) also organisedKhichadi Sahbhoj at severalplaces along with the beneficia-ries of various central and stategovernment schemes.

As a majority of local peo-ple will celebrate the festival onSaturday, it is expected thatthere will be more rush ofbathers during the day apartfrom the rush of devotees com-ing here from Magh Mela inPrayag (Allahabad). Right frommorning hours, the devoteesstarted thronging various ghatsto take a holy dip in sacred

water of river Ganga. Rush wasalso seen at different ghats ofRamnagar and Balua ghats.The ghats like Dashaswamedh,Rajendra Prasad, Ahliyabai,Assi, Sheetla, Scindia, Nagwa,Bhainsasur, Rajghat, Narad,Kedar, Hanuman, Ravidas andTulsi Ghat witnessed gatheringof huge number of devotees. Agood number of devotees alsoreached Panchganga Ghat. As

per mythological beliefs it issaid that there is confluence offive rivers including Ganga,Yamuna, Saraswati, Trishnaand Dumrathapa.

After taking bath at variousghats, the devotees offered‘daans’ to the Brahmins andpoor people including beggarsas it is considered important forthe festival.

They donated rice, pulses,

teel and gur made items, pota-toes, coins and others.Elaborate security arrange-ments were made to avoid anyuntoward incidents and rightfrom the wee hours.

Water Police personnelwere seen active along withexpert divers. In view of therush of devotees, the localpolice have imposed severaltraffic restrictions.

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Regional president ofBharatiya Janata Party

(Kashi region) Mahesh ChandSrivastava said that both thePrime Minister Narendra Modiand Chief Minister YogiAdityanath had done a lot forthe welfare of OBCs as with thehelp of various central and stategovernment schemes, they hadprovided a lot of benefits to thelast section of the society whichhad not been done by otherparties during the last 70 years.Reacting indirectly over therecent resignation of someOBC ministers from Yogi gov-ernment, he said that who arenot getting the tickets of'Double Engine' train, they aretrying to get the tickets of‘Daggamar Vahan’ of

Samajwadi Party (SP) in 'black'.According to him, the BJP

is working continuously for thewelfare of the backward com-munities, but there are somepeople for whom the welfare ofthe backward has remainedonly for their family. ‘The poor,downtrodden, deprived andbackward of this country residein the heart of Prime Ministerand the sections which wereonly exploited by the opposi-tion, were embraced, honouredand empowered by Modi as thesocial, economic and politicalrepresentation of OBC societyhas not been found in any gov-ernment as much as it has gotin BJP,’ he said, adding that 'P'for us means 'Pichadon KaUthan (uplift of the backward)while the same denotes Pita-Putra and Parivar (father-son-

family) for some persons.‘The Modi government has

given constitutional status tothe National Commission forBackward Classes. The publicwill answer only those who dopolitics of their 'family' underthe guise of backwards. In theUnion Cabinet, 27 people com-ing from OBCs were includedin the cabinet while in the stategovernment too, 23 peoplefrom the same backward class-es are part of the cabinet,’Srivastava said, adding thatthe BJP government came for-ward to support the backwardclass students who were the vic-tims of neglect in the previousgovernments and providedscholarships of Rs 762.49 croreto 37.74 lakh.

Besides, he said that theModi government has given

opportunity to the poor, down-trodden, backward and down-trodden to live with self-respectand dignity. ‘Dozens ofschemes including doubleration, financial help from e-shram card, Pradhan MantriAwas Yojana, electricity con-nection for all, gas connectionin Ujjwala scheme, health pro-tection cover of AyushmanBharat, free toilets, KisanSamman Nidhi etc haveimproved their standard of liv-ing. Even in the time of disas-ter, BJP stood with these sec-tions while oppositionremained busy in creatingruckus in the houses,’ he said,expressing confidence aboutthumping victory of BJP in thestate with 300 plus seats as thepeople would not be misled bythe opposition.

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Executive Director of UCOBank Ishraq Ali Khan

emphasised on CASA (CurrentAccount Saving Account) toenhance business of the bankand holding special camps toopen accounts of women andchildren both online andoffline.

Addressing the bank staffin bank zonal office here, Khansuggested that all the ATMs ofthe bank should be in opera-tional mode for 24 hours withthe cash because they play animportant role in earning busi-ness profit. There should alsobe efforts to get registered themaximum customers in digitalproducts such as e-banking,debit card, e-banking, m-pass-book, Uco-Pay, Bhim Pay, POS,etc to make them smart cus-tomer, he suggested addingthat the special attention shouldbe paid to address the problemsof customers because the cus-

tomers are the base of bankingservice. He was in the city onhis two-day visit on January 12and 13.

The efforts should also bemade to apprise the customersof all the banking productsthrough cross selling, he fur-ther suggested.

He said that the bank hasa reputation in the banking

field and congratulated thestaff that the bank is at fourthposition in agenda edge 4.0 cat-egory of government-runbanks. Khan also honoured theheads of branches which exe-cuted the schemes excellently.He also inaugurated the newpremise of Pratappur branchduring his visit.

The DGM and Zonal Head

of the bank GhanshyamParmar welcomed Khan onhis visit and put a brief presen-tation of business activities ofthe zone before him. Thedeputy zonal head SK Sinha,chief manager Ved Prakash,chief manager Rahul Ranjanand heads of branches werepresent on the occasion besidesthe staff.

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Taking a serious note ofgross negligence to comply

the order issued by the districtadministration under theNational Disaster ManagementAct, 2005, the DistrictMagistrate Kaushal Raj Sharmaon Friday issued show causenotice to the management ofnine schools, all of rural areas,for not opening schools toimmunise COVID-19 vaccinesto the children aged between 15and 18 years. Stern action willbe ascertained against theschools who defy the order, theDM cautioned.

It is learnt that the DM hadissued an order under theNational Disaster ManagementAct-2005 that all the govern-ment schools, non-governmentschools of CBSE Board / ICSE

Board, Degree Colleges,Universities, Sanskrit Schools,Coaching Institutions,Madrasas, ITIs, Polytechnicsand other educationalinstitutions will remainwomen from January 14 to16 for the vaccination of chil-dren from 15 years to 18 yearsof age.

The Chief Medical OfficerDr Sandeep Chaudharyinformed the DM that themanagement of some schoolsdid not comply with this orderand closed their school andthus the children of this agegroup who are studying inthese schools could not get shotof vaccines. Taking a seriousnote of it, the DM issued ashow cause notice to theManager/Principal of theseschools.

The schools which the DM

issued a show cause noticeincluded Nehru Inter College atRailirampur in Sevapuri, GirjaDevi Memorial ChildrenAcademy in Sevapuri,Chowdhary Ganga RamSecondary School at Jalhupurin Chiraigaon, KhandeshwariBaba Inter College at Chandpurin Chiraigaon, MahamayaMalti Devi Inter College atMalhath Dabethua inBadagaon, KD IntermediateCollege in Chiraigaon, BSRNInter College in Chiraigaon,Rajnandan Sahu Inter Collegeat Narayanpur in Chiraigaonand Premchand IntermediateCollege at Bankat Gajapur inSewapuri.

Sharma informed that afterbeing found negligent in thework of Covid vaccination anddisobeying orders, the abovementioned schools have been

issued show cause notices anddirected to reply by returningpost that why not the strictdepartmental action will betaken by suspending theirrecognition and criminal actionshould be taken against themunder relevant sections ofNational Disaster ManagementAct-2005 for the negligence inCovid vaccinationprogramme for the adolescentbeneficiaries. He said that neg-ligence will not be forgivable atany level in the work of Covidvaccination.

666 POSITIVE CASES:The situation of Covid-19 con-tinued alarmingly in Varanasion Friday as the district record-ed a total of 666 positive casestaking the tally to 4068. Asmany as 348 patients recoveredand so, the active cases werereported as 3662.

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Amidst tight security, lakhsof devotees took holy dip

in the sacred waters of theSangam, confluence of theGanga, the Yamuna, and theinvisible Saraswati on the aus-picious occasion of MakarSankranti, which marked thebeginning of Magh Mela 2022.

The shivering cold couldnot dampen the religiousenthusiasm of the bathers whothrew themselves in spine chill-ing water in early morninghours raising religious slogansto generate some heat.

Though Makar Sankrantistarted in late evening hours onFriday, devotees thronged theghats since Thursday night totake a dip in the BrahmaMuhurat.

People had started pouringin for the past two days withbags and baggage to celebrateMakar Sankranti on theSangam bank and distributealm. The whole mela area wasunder CCTV camera watchand security personnel weredeployed at every strategicpoint. Bomb disposal squadand sniffer dogs were quiteactive in the mela area alongwith senior officials.

At all the entry pointsefforts were being made tocheck temperature throughthermal scanners, and masks,but the heavy inflow of bathersdefeated the health staff.

The month of Magh willbegin from January 18, and thereal month long Kalpawas willbegin from that day, still thou-sands entered their Kalpawascamps on Friday itself.

WOMAN FAINTS:Madhu Singh, who had arrivedhere from Kushinagar, faintedin the Sangam area after takinga dip. She was immediatelyrushed to the Triveni RoadMela Hospital where her con-dition was said to be better.According to reports, she couldnot brave the cold.

FIRE: Two pandals ofMahakaal Sewa Arti in ArailGhat area went up in smoke.Firefighting units reached thespot to extinguish the flames.The fire broke out through anLPG cylinder and soonengulfed the fodder andclothes.

COLOUR CODINGDONE FOR CONVENIENCEOF DEVOTEES: This time

colour coding has been donefor the convenience of thedevotees in Magh Mela so thatthey do not have to wanderhere. Such an experiment isbeing done for the first time.Colour coding has been doneat ‘Khoya Paya Centres’, PoliceStations and toilets. This is sothat the devotees do not haveto ask and search here andthere to reach these places.

Recently, CommissionerSanjay Goyal had ordered forthis move. Now work has start-ed in this direction in theMagh Mela area.

There is a crowd of lakhs

during Magh Mela. In this fair,when people get separatedfrom their loved ones, theymeet at the Lost and Foundcenter only. The sound of theLost and Found center rever-berates throughout the fair.But people from far flung vil-lages are often unable to reacheven that centre. Therefore,special balloons will be placedon all the lost and found cen-ters that will be built in themela area. So that people cansee it from a distance andreach there. Similarly, balloonswill also be put up over policestations. The name of the police

stations will also be written init. Seeing this, devotees canreach the police station in caseof any problem. Apart fromthis, coloured lights will beinstalled over the toilets.Bathers can keep their belong-ings safe while bathing.Therefore, the fair administra-tion has also arranged for theclock room.

Clock rooms will be set upat all ghats where all the batherswill be able to keep theirbelongings safe for free. MelaAdhikari Sheshmani Pandeysaid that all arrangements willbe made soon.

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Amidst the pandemic times,a relief message has come

from the doctors treating theCovid patients admitted inhospitals. Doctors said thatmost of the patients do notrequire oxygen support. Due tothe infection, complicationslike the second wave are notbeing found in the throat,lungs and heart and people arealso testing negative in four tofive days.

Doctors said that thepatients have to be givensteroids and it is also consid-ered necessary to keep their

nervous system running.Dr Mohammad Shahid, a

cardiologist at SwaroopraniNehru Hospital, has been treat-ing Covid patients for the pastseveral days. He said the infec-tion is mild this time. Duringthe second wave, the way thevirus was directly attackingthe lungs through the throatand due to that many othervital organs of the body werebeing adversely affected.

He further said that thereis no panic among those beingbrought to the hospital and thatthere is also more confidencein the vaccine now.

Dr Shahid said the virus is

less dangerous than what it wasin the second wave. Accordingto the experiments that he hasdone so far, there is no need tostay quarantined for long.

DIST ADMN TOENFORCE ADHERENCE TOCOVID GUIDELINES INWEDDING SEASON: Afterthe Makar Sankranti festival,the matrimonial season willstart once again. The districtadministration is also active toenforce the new guidelines ofCovid-19. Not more than 100people will be allowed at a wed-ding ceremony as active casesin the district have alreadycrossed 1,000.

The number of positivecases is continuously increas-ing. In such a situation, the newguidelines are also applicable inthe district.

It will be necessary foreveryone at the function towear masks. Apart from this,the rule of maintaining socialdistancing will also have to befollowed. Hand sanitisers willhave to be used and Covidhelpdesks will also have to beestablished at the weddingvenues.

Hotels, restaurants can becalled only with 50 percentcapacity. Covid help desk willhave to be set up at the gate.

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With the Congress releas-ing the first list of 125

candidates for the upcomingassembly elections startingFebruary 10, substantial repre-sentation has been given to thewomen candidates. Of the 125assembly seats, names of party’scandidates from eight assemblyseats from Prayagraj and neigh-bouring districts have alsobeen announced and Congresshas given tickets to five womencandidates.

Of the 22 assembly seats ofthe three districts-Prayagraj(12 assembly seats), Pratapgarh(7 assembly seats) andKaushambi (3 assembly seats),Congress has announced itscandidates from 8 seats.

While Aradhana Mishrawould contest from RampurKhas, Beena Rani fromBabaganj (both in Pratapgarhdistrict), Durgesh Pandeywould be contesting fromPhaphamau and Alpana

Nishad from Allahabad South,the constituency having sizablenumber of Nishad votes.Likewise, Manju Sant would bethe party’s face from Bara (SC)assembly seat.

As per the list of 125 can-didates released by theCongress party, the other can-didates would be NeerajTripathi from Pratapgrah,Arun Kumar Vidyarthi fromManjhanpur (SC) and AnugrahNarain Singh from AllahabadNorth.

Among these, Congressparty candidate from RampurKhas Aradhna Mishra akaMona would be fighting toretain this assembly seat whichis considered to be the bastionof Congress. Mishra is the sit-ting MLA from here.

From another assemblyseat of Pratapgarh, Congresswould field Beena Rani fromBabaganj. The seat is represent-ed by Vinod Kumar (indepen-dent) who had defeated BJP’scandidate Pawan Kumar in

2017 polls.In terms of the 12 assem-

bly seats of Prayagraj, the partyhas announced its candidatefrom four assembly seats ofwhich three have been given towomen candidates. FromPhaphamau assembly seat, theparty has fielded DurgeshPandey. Former Zila Panchayatmember, she is the wife ofAshish Pandey, the generalsecretary of the districtCongress.

From Allahabad South, theparty has given ticket to AlpanaNishad who is member of citywomen Congress and corpora-tor from the Daraganj localityof the city. Likewise, ManjuSant would be the party's facefrom Bara (SC) assembly seat.

“By fielding women candi-dates in five out of the eightassembly seats, our leaderPriyanka Gandhi has shownthat the Congress party alwaysfulfils the promise it makes. Shehad said 40% of the candidatesin the assembly elections would

be women, and she will do thesame and our party will win theelections”, said executive mem-ber of Uttar Pradesh CongressCommittee (UPCC), KishoreVarshney.

SP SETS UP IT WARROOM: In an attempt to con-nect with the voters digitally,the leaders of Samajwadi Party(SP) have set up an IT warroom, which will connectscores of party workers throughWhatsApp groups and othersocial media platforms.

Equipped with smart-phones and laptops, the partyworkers on the level of wardcommittees, Vidhan Sabhacommittee and block commit-tees in all 12 assembly segmentsare adding people to WhatsAppgroups and other social mediaplatforms to take the messageof party’s national presidentAkhilesh Yadav and apprisethem about the party's policies.The party has focussed on asmany as 5,076 booths in all 12seats to connect with voters.

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Secretary Urban Sevelopmentand nodal officer of the dis-

trict Anurag Yadav at a meet-ing organised at Collectorate onThursday directed the officialsconcerned to make peoplemake aware about mask anduse of sanitiser, especially in

markets, in view of the thirdwave of Covid-19. On theoccasion he asked theSuperintendent of Police toensure patrolling in marketsand crowded places to makepeople aware about the use ofmasks and sanitiser along withmaintaining social distancing.He stressed on administeringthe booster dose of Covid to allpolling personnel. Reviewing

the condition of cow shelterhomes and rain baseras thenodal officer directed to makeavailable all facilities properly.District Magistrate PraveenKumar Laxkar said that18,23,616 eligible personsabove 18 years of age out of18,55,058 had been given thefirst dose which was 98.31 per

cent and 1,10,804 others thesecond dose which was 59.59per cent. About the beneficia-ries between 15 and 18 agegroup 57,483 out of 1,7,5127had been vaccinated throughmega camps. He said 912 mon-itoring teams equipped withmedicine kits along with lifesaving drugs are active out ofwhich 809 are in rural and 103in urban areas. The teams had

been directed to make availablemedicine kits to the needyinstantly. The DM said fouroxygen plants were operationalalong with 516 oxygen con-centraters. Chief MedicalOfficer (CMO) Dr RajeevSinghal said in four L-1 hos-pitals eight ICU beds and 112oxygen beds were available andat L-2 hospital 50 oxygen bedsand as many ICU beds wereavailable. He said there are 31ambulances each of 102 and 108services along with three ambu-lances of ALS service. He said4,67,275 RTPCR tests and6,69,014 antigen tests had beendone so far. He apprised too thatthrough RRT teams medicineswere being made available topatients and regular monitoringof Covid patients who wereunder home isolation was beingdone. The meeting was alsoattended by Chief DevelopmentOfficer (CDO) Srilaxmi VS,Additional District Magistrate(Finance & Revenue) Shiv PratapShukla, Additional DistrictMagistrate (Namami Gangey)Amarendra Verma, AdditionalSuperintendent of Police (City)Sanjay Kumar Verma and otherofficials concerned.

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Chairman-cum-ManagingDirector (CMD) of

Northern Coalfields Limited(NCL) Bhola Singh, visited itsBina and Kakri projects onWednesday. Director(Technical/ Operations), NCL,Dr Anindya Sinha, was alsopresent on the occasion.During the mine inspection,CMD NCL laid special empha-sis on mine safety and pro-duction with protection fromCovid. During his visit to Binaarea, CMD gave necessaryinstructions regarding opera-tion of dragline. Along with itemphasis was laid on welfarefacilities for contract workersand directed the project man-agement to provide better facil-ities. The outstanding person-nel of the project were alsoawarded on the occasion. CMD

also visited the mine of Kakriproject and got to know aboutproduction and despatch statusof the project and discussed thefuture action plan with the offi-cials. During it he also visitedthe northern and southernparts of Kakri and directed theproject management toincrease the availability ofmachines.While interacting

with the personnel, CMD forprevention and awareness fromCovid-19 also called for fulladherence to Covid appropri-ate behaviour at workplace andresidential premises. In thecurrent financial year theannual production target ofNCL’s Bina project is 9.5 mil-lion tonnes while that of Kakriproject is 2 million tonnes.

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Under the ongoing vaccina-tion campaign for children

in the 15 to 18 years age groupunder the guidance of GeneralManager Anjali Goyal andunder the leadership ofPrincipal Chief Medical Officer(PCMO) Dr Devesh Kumarand Principal Chief PersonnelOfficer (PCPO) PradeepKumar Singh, a mega vaccina-tion campaign was conductedat the Inter College of BanarasLocomotive Works (BLW) onThursday. In this campaignthe BLW Inter College studentsand other children and parentswho came along participatedwith full enthusiasm. Underthis campaign a total of 200teenager, including studentsfrom 15 to 18 years of BLWInter College, were vaccinated.Prominent among those pre-sent at the vaccination centrewere BLW’s Additional ChiefMedical Superintendent(ACMS) Dr Sunil Kumar,Divisional Medical Officer(DMO) Dr Tanmay Anand,Principal, Inter College RajeshKumar Saini and PublicRelations Officer (PRO)Rajesh Kumar. PCMO DrDevesh Kumar and PCPOPradeep Kumar Singh, whowere present at the vaccinationcentre, advised the students ofInter College to be alert aboutthe increasing infection of

Covid-19, take all necessaryprecautions to prevent itsspread, follow Covid appro-priate behaviour and encour-age others to do the same,always wear masks and main-tain physical distance fromothers. During it they wereexplained in detail all themeasures to avoid the infec-tion. Earlier, RailwayProtection Force (RPF) per-sonnel were given precau-tionary dose in BLW under theongoing special campaign togive booster jabs to health careand frontline workers apartfrom 60 plus persons withcomorbidities. Under the guid-ance of GM Anjali Goyal pre-cautionary doses, also knownas booster or third jabs, weregiven to health care workersand RPF personnel. The specialvaccination programme was

held at Employees’ Club centrein BLW in the presence ofPCMO Dr Devesh Kumar.During the day, as many as 197RPF personnel were adminis-tered booster doses. PRORajesh Kumar, inspector(Administration Post, RPF)KK Singh and others were alsopresent. Simultaneously, a mas-sive awareness campaign wasalso conducted in BLW premis-es by the PRO under the lead-ership of PCMO in which theyappealed to people to take nec-essary precautions, follow Covidguidelines and encourage oth-ers too to do so. They appealedto people to wear masks andmaintain social distancing atpublic places. They also moti-vated them for cleanliness andsanitisation and appealed toresidents to keep the BLW cleanand infection free.

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General Manager, NorthEastern Railway (NER),

Anupam Sharma, throughvideo conferencing here onThursday did a detailed reviewof all the ongoing constructionprojects in NER. AdditionalGeneral Manager (AGM) AmitKumar Agrawal, ChiefAdministrative Officer(CAO)/Construction RajivKumar, principal heads ofdepartment, Divisional RailwayManager (DRM) of all threedivisions and others joined itthrough video conferencing.

In the meeting GM did thereview of the progress of dou-bling of Banaras-Prayagraj,Phephna-Indara, Mau-Shahganj, Bhatni-Aunrihar,Ballia-Chhapra, Ghazipur-Ballia, Daliganj-Malhaur, Roja-Sitapur-Burhwal and Aunrihar-Jaunpur, Gorakhpur-Nakha

Jungle rail sections and ofD omingarh-G orak hpur-Gorakhpur Cantt-Kusumhiand Gonda-Burhwal third linework in detail. In this sequencehe also obtained informationabout the status of gauge con-version work of Mailani-Pilibhit and Indara-Dohrighatrail sections from the officialsconcerned. On the occasionthe GM also discussed aboutthe Tadighat-Ghazipur new

line, the important Ganga railbridge under construction onGanga river and Bhatni-Peokolbypass line in detail with theofficials concerned. Besides,the progress of electrificationwork of Bhojipura-Lal Kuanand Rampur-Lal Kuan-Kathgodam sections was alsoreviewed during the meeting.On the occasion the GMdirected to complete all theremaining yard plan and signalindex plan, L-section and gen-eral arrangement drawing ofbridges. He further said that allthe projects should be com-pleted within the stipulatedtimeframe with high quality.During the meeting, the GMgave guidelines to the officersfor the removal of difficultiesfaced in various constructionprojects and gave many valu-able and practical suggestionsto complete the projects in anexcellent manner.

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Additional DeputyCommissioner of Police

(East) Rahul Mithas has direct-ed his subordinate officers toensure fair and peaceful assem-bly elections.

In a meeting held at theCollectorganj police station onFriday, ADCP(East)/Traffic/VIP RahulMithas alerted the cops andasked them to maintain strictvigil on anti-social elementsduring the assembly polls.

ACP (Collectorganj)Shikhar, station house officersof Harbansh Mohal, BadshahiNaka, Collectorganj, all policeoutpost in-charges and areabeat in-charges were present inthe meeting.

He said that in order tomaintain law and order andconduct peaceful and fair elec-tions in a fear-free environ-ment, the city police commis-sionerate was taking out flagmarches/route marches.

He said the presence ofanti-social elements/criminalsat different hotels/dhabas

would also be checked fromtime to time.

He said strict vigil wasbeing maintained on criminalsand stern penal action wouldbe initiated against them if theytried to disturb law and orderduring the elections. He alsostressed on following the modelcode of conduct in letter andspirit.

Meanwhile, ADCP(Traffic/VIP) Rahul Mithaswas felicitated with the Tiranga

Kanpur Gaurav Samman bynoted social worker and indus-trialist Pt Narendra Sharma ata function organised onThursday.

Mithas was felicitated forpresenting a role model for thecity’s traffic management.

General secretary ofKanpur South Udyog VyaparMandal, Abhishek PandeyMonu, senior journalist andsocial worker DharmeshChaturvedi, general secretary

of Yuva Bharatiya UdyogVyapar Mandal, Ashish Mishra,Satish Chaurasia, Vikas PandeyDipu, Sanjiv Dixit, RajendraAgarwal, Vivek Shukla,Akhilesh Chaturvedi and RamNaresh Aryan also praised theefforts of ADCP Rahul Mithasin successfully managing thevisit of Prime MinisterNarendra Modi in the city onDecember 28 in coordinationwith other senior police offi-cers.

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Kanpur Nagar DistrictMagistrate Vishak G Iyer

along with SP (Outer) AKSinha visited the sensitive andvery sensitive booths of bothChaubeypur and Shivrajpur.

The district magistratedirected the officials to ensurethat every arrangement wasmade for the smooth conductof the elections. He said theresponsibility rested on theofficials under whom the elec-tion was to be held. He said theCovid protocol was to be strict-ly followed and the waiting areahad to be set up mandatorily.He also warned that thereshould be no bricks, stones anddebris/rubble around the pool-ing centres.

Iyer directed the PWDofficials to repair the approachroads to the polling booths.

He then interacted with thepeople and advised them tostrictly follow the Covid pro-tocol and cast their votes. Healso asked the people to gettheir children in the age group15-18 vaccinated against

COVID-19 and said that at thevaccinations centres and schoolvaccines were being providedfree of cost. Iyer advised peo-ple above 60 years of age to takeboth their doses of Covid vac-cine and also the booster doseafter 39 weeks. He said all thesevaccination drives were beingcarried out on the initiative ofthe government and peoplemust avail themselves of the

facility. He said the boosterdose option for 60 plus agewould show only if a 39-weekperiod had passed after admin-istration of the second dose ofthe vaccine. He said pre-book-ing a slot on Co-WIN wouldensure one was going at afixed time and leaving quick-ly, which was ideal given therising cases of COVID-19. Itmay be mentioned here that

pre-poll violence threatens thelife and property of residentsand thus it becomes necessaryto maintain the safety of reli-gious places and of all com-munities. The DM directedthe officials to maintain a vigilin their respective areas. Hewarned mischief-mongers ofstrict action and said all armsneed to be confiscated beforethe polls.

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India is said to be the world’ssecond largest producer of

food but it has the secondlargest undernourished popu-lation. Unbalanced diet andlack of food is directly linkedto high rates of stunting, exces-sive weight and death in chil-dren under five years of age.The Narendra Modi govern-ment has implemented pro-grammes for providing foodsecurity and ensuring access toadequate quantity of qualityfood and thus it has laidemphasis on augmented nutri-tion gardens, an affordableway of ensuring healthy foodand balanced nutrition.

This was stated by seniorscientists of Chandra ShekharAzad University of Agriculture& Technology (CSAUA&T),Dr Ashok Kumar, whilereviewing the progress of theaugmented nutrition garden atDalip Nagar on Friday.

He said the governmentwas focused on popularisingnutrition gardens in villages.He said the Human ResourceDevelopment Ministry hadissued guidelines to schools, topromote nutrition gardens. Hesaid vegetables grown on theschool premises could be usedin the preparation of middaymeals for schoolchildren.

He said the issue was crit-ically important since cashcrops contributed to livelihooddiversification and improvedfood and nutrition security bydirectly increasing the farmhousehold's income earningpotential which, in turn,increased the household'sspending potential. He saidthus more emphasis was being

laid on ANG and the universi-ty had decided to take theresearch work to the farmers sothat its benefits can be reapedby the farming community.

He said cash crops were anintegral part of strategies toimprove food security, both atthe level of governments as wellas farm households in devel-oping countries with a sub-stantial agricultural sector. Hesaid cash crops brought sub-stantial wage and employmentopportunities to the rural econ-omy, even if these were char-acterised by rather strongincome fluctuations. He saidover time, cash crops provideda stimulus to agricultural inno-vation by raising capital foragricultural investment and

accelerating the build-up ofinstitutions that enabled furthercommercialisation.

Dr Kumar said it was nec-essary to understand theprocesses that determined foodand nutrition security out-comes on the four dimensions.He said cash crops generatedincome and therefore improvedaccess to food for those whoearned that income. He saidcash crop farmers or farmworkers who generated anincome from cash crops wouldhave more money in theirpocket to buy food. He saiddepending on price develop-ments, this was a directimprovement of food accessand thus ANGs would be high-ly beneficial.

He said several factorsworked in favour of furtherexpansion and commercialisa-tion of the crops sector. He saidagricultural policies hadimproved, becoming less dis-tortive which, in turn, hadimproved price incentives forfarmers. He said agriculturalgrowth had a stronger poten-tial to improve livelihoods atthe base of the socio-econom-ic pyramid than growth inmany other sectors. He said thered radish especially devel-oped by the university wasnot only highly nutritious butalso a variety which could begrown in big numbers andcould also cater to the nutritionof the people, especially thechildren.

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The Bidhnu police havearrested Ritik Pandey alias

Golu, a sharpshooter of Delhi’snotorious Tillu Tajpuria gang,late Thursday night.

He was involved in the fir-ing between two groups inRohini Court in Delhi inAugust last year when Jitendraalias Gogi of a rival group waskilled.

Police arrested Golu whenhe was having dinner at adhaba in Ramaipur and recov-ered two country-made pistolsand four live cartridges fromhim.

In 2018, Golu had freed hisgang member Sandip Dhillufrom police custody in LNPGHospital, Delhi, by throwingchilli powder in the eyes ofcops.

Bidhnu Station HouseOfficer Atul Kumar Singh saidon a tip-off, he arrested Golufrom Balaji dhaba in Ramaipurlate Thursday night.

During questioning, Golutold the police that his father,Jagdamba Pandey, was a truckdriver and used to live with thefamily in a rented house in GFSector, Rohini, Delhi, and hestudied in a public schoolthere.

Suddenly, he developed afriendship with Radhey, amember of the notorious TilluTajpuria gang. Radhey thenintroduced him to SandipDhillu in Mandawali jail.Thereafter, he managed theescape of Sandip Dhillu frompolice custody and was lodgedin Tihar jail for about 11months.

Golu disclosed that as therewas enmity between TilluTajpuria and Jitendra Gogi,the former had plotted themurder of the latter in RohiniCourt.

After some time, Golu’schildhood friend Radhey wasalso shot dead by unidentifiedpersons. Thereafter, he leftDelhi and started living in hisnative village Rathigaon inGhatampur with family.

SHO Atul Kumar Singhsaid many criminal cases ofloot and other crimes were reg-istered against Golu in differ-ent police stations of Delhi.

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Kolkata: BJP's West Bengalunit president SukantaMajumdar on Thursday dis-solved all the departments andcells of the party in the stateamid growing resentmentamong its leaders.The BJP has35 departments and 15 cells inWest Bengal. Among these arethe legal department and therefugee cell.

"As per instructions of DrSukanta Majumdar, all depart-ments and cells stand dissolvedtill the time they are reconsti-tuted, and new appointmentsare made," said a statementissued by the state BJP.

The announcement wasmade days after Union

Minister Shantanu Thakur, aleader from the politically pow-erful Matua community, quitthe party's WhatsApp groupsamid disappointment over thenewly-formed state office bear-ers' committee.

Last month, five MLAshad left the WhatsApp groupsin protest after being droppedfrom the committee.

A senior state BJP leadersaid dissolving the depart-ments and cells is a usualprocess in the party after a newpresident takes over.

"Whenever a new presidenttakes charge, he forms newcommittees, departments andcells. After Sukanta Majumdartook over last year, he did notform the new committees andcells," he said.

However, a disgruntled BJPleader said all the party old-timers and experienced leadershave been sidelined by thenew dispensation in the stateunit. PTI

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Voice of decent againstalleged dynastic politics

seems to have begun in theTrinamool Congress with seniorparty MP Kalyan Banerjee reit-erating that he "will continue inthe Trinamool Congress tillMamata Banerjee is around …no one except her is my leader.”

Referring to TMC nationalgeneral secretary AbhishekBanerjee’s statement that he forone was opposed to any publicgathering ---political or reli-gious --- for another two monthsin view of rising corona cases,Kalyan Banerjee said that “suchdecisions are taken by oursupreme leader Mamata

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accident at Moynaguri in NorthBengal that left 9 people deadand many others injured,Railway Minister AshwiniVaishnaw on Friday said after-visiting the spot.

This, even as BJP MP RupaGanguly demanded a CBI inves-tigation into the mishap consid-ering the timing of the accident.

“Are the Railway tracksthinking creatures that theywill cause the train to derail …Do trains derail out of nothing… we have to consider the tim-ing of the accident … the elec-tions are around and consider-ing the fact that no big mishaphas taken place in the past sev-eral years it becomes imperativeto get the investigation con-ducted by the CBI to ascertainthe truth,” Ganguly said draw-ing instant reaction from the

ruling Trinamool Congress.“Even the Union Railway

Minister has not said anythingabout any conspiracy … even hehas pointed at some technicalsnag and here their leader is rais-ing political issues which isunacceptable ... instead of reach-ing out to the people they arepoliticizing the matter,” saidTMCspokesperson Kunal Ghosh.

Meanwhile, former engi-neers of the Railways said thatprima facie it seemed that oneof traction motors of the enginehad fallen off blocking thetracks and causing the coach-es to derail. “We are conduct-ing a high level investigationand will make things knownsoon after we come to a con-clusion,” Commissioner forRailway Safety Latif Khan said.

Twelve coaches of theBikaner-Guwahati Express trainhad derailed and some of themcapsized near Domohani inJalpaiguri district on Thursday.

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Aday after the MaharashtraGovernment asked the

Centre to provide 40 lakhCovaxin and 50 lakhCovishield doses to increase thevaccination coverage, theUnion Health Ministry onThursday scotched reports in asection of the media that theState was facing vaccine short-age and said that it had 24 lakhunutilised doses of Covaxinand that it received additional6.35 lakh doses during theday.

Alluding to media reportsstating that the StateGovernment was unable toincrease the pace of vaccination

in the State owing to shortageof vaccine, the Union HealthMinistry said in a statement:“Such reports are ill informedand incorrect. It is clarified that,as per the reports availabletoday (14th January 2022),Maharashtra has over 24 lakhunutilized doses of Covaxinavailable with it. An addition-al 6.35 lakh doses have beenreceived today”.

“ As per their weekly con-sumption data available onCo-WIN, the average con-sumption by Maharashtra forCovaxin to cover the eligiblebeneficiaries for 15-17 yearsand for precaution dose isalmost 2.94 lakh doses perday. Therefore, the State has

adequate vaccine doses forabout 10 days to cover the eli-gible beneficiaries withCovaxin,” the Health Ministrysaid.

“Furthermore, forCovishield, the state has 1.24crore unutilized and remainingdoses available as on date.With an average consumptionof 3.57 lakhs per day, this willsustain for more than 30 daysfor the beneficiaries to be vac-cinated using the vaccine,” theUnion Health Ministry state-ment said.

“Hence, the media reportsare not factually correct and donot reflect the correct pictureof the available stock of balanceand unutilized Covid vaccine

doses with Maharashtra,” thestatement added

At a meeting of ChiefMinisters and ministers of var-ious states called by PrimeMinister Narendra Modi totake stock of the Covid-19 sit-uation across the country, theMaharashtra government hadasked the Centre to provide 40lakh Covaxin and 50 lakhCovishield doses to increase thevaccination coverage.

Talking to media personsafter the meeting, State PublicHealth Minister Rajesh Topehad said: “Covaxin is requiredfor the vaccination for the 15-18 age group and Covishield forpeople over 60 years of age andthe frontline workers”.

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Upping the ante over the ill-health of Chief Minister

Uddhav Thackeray once again,the Opposition BJP on Fridayasked him to step aside andhand over his post to someoneelsewhere till his health condi-tion improved.

The BJP’s demand shouldbe seen in the context of thefact that Uddhav -- who hasbeen recouping from the cer-vical spine surgery that heunderwent at HN RelianceHospital here on November 12– did not attend the Covid-19review meeting through videoconferencing called by PrimeMinister Narendra Modi onThursday, owing to health rea-sons.

Talking to media persons atKolhapur in westernMaharashtra, State BJP presi-dent Chandrakant Patil said:“The State Health Minister has

said that the chief minister didnot attend the Covid-19 reviewmeeting called by the PrimeMinister as he cannot sit at oneplace for two to two and a halfhours. That being the case,Uddhav Thackeray shouldhand over the chief minister’sresponsibility to someone elsein the party till recovers fullyfrom his illness”.

“People are saying that thechief minister has not metpeople for almost 70 days now.That being the case, UddhavThackeray should delegate hispowers to someone who canattend daily meetings andsometimes visit some places inthe state,” Patil said.

“He ( the chief minister) islike our friend, so I wish hima speedy recovery. However, thetask of administering the state,which has a population ofaround 12 crore, cannot bedone just by sitting at home.Such responsibilities should

be taken more seriously,” thestate chief said.

On Shiv Sena leader SanjayRaut’s criticism of the BJP,Patil said: “Raut should under-stand that the Sena is losing dueto this coalition government. AShiv Sena candidate cannotwin the election of Mumbaicooperative Bank, whereas anNCP candidate becomes itschairman.”

Referring to the NCP’sdecision to contest the UttarPradesh Assembly polls, Patilsaid: “If Sena is contestingupcoming elections in Goaand Uttar Pradesh, it is mere-ly to win a certain number ofvotes in order to get the tag ofa national party. You need toget a certain number of votesin more than one state to getsuch recognition”.

Patil had made a similardemand that Uddhav should stepaside from his chief minister’spost till he recovers fully from his

cervical spine surgery that heunderwent at HN RelianceHospital two months ago.

The reiteration of hisdemand by Patil comes a weekafter the a BJP social mediafunctionary Jiten Gajaria hadsparked a controversy by puttingout an “objectionable” tweetdescribing Maharashtra chiefminister Uddhav Thackeray’swife Rashmi Thackeray as“Marathi Rabri Devi” .

In his tweet put out alongwith photograph of RashmiThackeray, Gajaria had likenedher to Bihar’s former chiefminister Rabri Devi, who hadtaken over the reins of thenorthern state after her hus-band and RJD chief LaluPrasad Yadav resigned in thewake of his involvement in thefodder scam.Through histweet, Gajaria had indirectlyreferred to the health issuesfaced by chief minister UddhavThackeray.

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Banerjee and not anyone else.”He said “such statements

need her approval and sincemy leader MamataBanerjeehas not spoken anything aboutit I will assume that it is notherview … in that case I do notsubscribe to whatever he(Abhishek) has said.”

On whether he regardedAbhishek Banerjee --- who isalso the nephew of the ChiefMinister --- as his leader theTMC Lok Sabha Chief Whipsaid, “I consider only MamataBanerjee as my leader … I amaround till sheis there … I donot accept anyone else as myleader.”

Attacking Abhishek formaking a statement that was intune with what the BJPdemanded Kalyan Banerjee

said “whatever he said match-es witht he views of the BJP …because his statement camesoon after the BJP leadershipmade similar statements … butdid he (Abhishek) tell anythingabout the UP elections … didhe tell anything about the-crowds gathering in otherparts of the country.”

Though there was noimmediate reaction from theChief Minister another seniorleader and party disciplinarycommittee chairman PatrhoChatterjee asked all sides tomake statements commensu-rate to the party policy.

“No statement against anyleader that goes against theparty’s conductrules will be tol-erated … everyone is asked toexercise restraint,”Chatterjee

said even as State partyspokesperson Kunal Ghoshsaid cognizance of KalyanBanerjee’s statements would betaken by the party.

Another TMC MP fromHooghly Aparupa Poddar toocame out against KalyanBanerjee seeking his resigna-tion as the Chief Whip. “Heknows full well that AbhishekBanerjee is the party nationalgeneral secretary and we arebound to follow his line …now after he has made state-ments against him, KalyanBanerjee should resign as theChief Whip of Lok Sabhabecause he has acted likeBivishana --- the epic figure ofRamayana who left his broth-er Ravana the demon king tojoin the ranks of Lord Rama.”

Sagar Island: Over 3.5 lakhpilgrims took the holy dip atthe confluence of the Gangaand the Bay of Bengal here onthe occasion of MakarSankranti on Friday, even asofficials carried out RT-PCRtests as part of the measuresto check the spread ofCOVID-19.

Those who have taken the

double dose of COVID vac-cines and found negative forthe disease have been allowedto enter Sagar Island for theGangasagar fair, a senior offi-cial of West Bengal's South 24Parganas district said.

The holy bath began atmidnight as pilgrims from dif-ferent parts of the countrygathered at the confluencebraving cold and steady drizzle.

They also offered prayers atthe Kapil Muni temple here.

According to locals, phys-ical distancing went for a tossduring the dip even thoughdisaster management and civildefence personnel, policemenand volunteers were active tomaintain Covid protocols.

The district administra-

tion claimed it regulated theproceedings to a great extentand most of the pilgrims fol-lowed the instructions, an offi-cial said.

"We didn't allow anyonewithout RT-PCR test and dou-ble vaccination certification thistime. The screening was done atall embarkation points, includ-ing Kolkata's Babughat andSouth 24 Parganas' Namkhanaand Lot 8. As of now, an esti-mated 3.5 lakh pilgrims took theholy dip," he said. Accordingto Hindu Calendar, the holy dipon Makar Sankranti is sched-uled from 6.02 am on Fridayand will continue till 6 am onSaturday.

A two-member panelformed by the Calcutta HighCourt to monitor adherence toCOVID-19 norms at the fairhad inspected the preparationssince Wednesday. PTI

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Ablack Pongal for TamilNadu and a black Friday

for Kerala. That’s how doctorsin the two States described thestatus of pandemic in the twosouthern States. While thenumber of people diagnosedwith Covid-19 shot up to23,459 in Tamil Nadu during

the last 24 hours (out of 1.5lakh samples tested), Keralaregistered 16,338 cases onFriday. The death toll in Keralareached 50, 568 while TamilNadu’s Department of HealthDirectorate said the number ofvictims succumbed to thepandemic till date reached36,956. Tamil NaduGovernment, shocked over

the spurt in the number ofCovid-19 cases have tight-ened the rules and declared apartial shut down with manyrestrictions. Schools andColleges have been asked tostick to online classes till fur-ther notice taking into accountthe warning issued by theTamil Nadu GovernmentDoctors Association.

The Kerala Governmentin a review meeting held onFriday decided to shut downall schools and asked theGovernment and privateestablishments to opt foronline mode in districts whereTest Positivity Rate is morethan 20 per cent. The State’sTPR on Friday stood at 23.68per cent.

Bengaluru: Karnataka ChiefMinister Basavaraj Bommaion Thursday sought Centralassistance to raise the num-ber of oxygenated beds andoxygen plants in the State.

Bommai sought the assis-tance today while taking partin a video conference held byPrime Minister NarendraModi with Chief Ministers ofvar ious states over theCOVID-19 situation in thecountry.

"I explained the measures

taken by the state governmentto control and manage Covid.The Prime Minister appreci-ated the high rate of testingand vaccination in the statewhich is higher than thenational average," the CMwas quoted as saying by hisoffice in a release.

Noting that the PM wasalso apprised about measuresinitiated to ramp up the med-ical infrastructure, he said, "Isought the central assistanceto raise the oxygenated bedsand oxygen plants."

The Prime Minister gaveinstructions on making allpreparations based on theexperience of the first andsecond wave of Covid, as thepandemic is expected to peakin February, the CM said.

During the third waveover 94 per cent infected arein home isolation, and there-fore the Prime Minister want-ed to give priority to ensur-ing supply of medicines,appropriate care and mea-sures to instill a sense ofconfidence among the infect-ed, he said.

Further Bommai said, theUnion government has sug-gested ramping up testing,purchase of ambulances andimproving medical infra-structure under the Rs 32,000crore package it has provid-ed. PTI

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With an aim to conduct free,safe and fair elections,

the Election Commission ( EC)on Friday asked observers, whowill be deployed for assemblypolls in five states, to be visible,accessible, neutral and ethicalwhile functioning as the eyesand ears of the poll body. Thepoll body will meet on Saturdayto decide whether to continuewith its ban on physical electionrallies, road shows and padyatras as the COVID-19 caseson Thursday crossed over 2.66lakh cases in a day.During thebriefings, observers are givencomprehensive inputs aboutvarious aspects of election man-agement by senior officials ofthe EC. Over 1,400 officialsattended the briefing, with 140officials attending it in personand the rest connecting virtually.In his address on Friday, ChiefElection Commissioner SushilChandra also told expenditureobservers to sharpen their skillsand be innovative in counteringnewer methods being used toinduce voters. Chandra madethese remarks while addressinggeneral, police and expenditureobservers to be deployed inUttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand,Goa, Punjab and Manipur dur-ing the elections. Chandra askedthe observers to work in coor-dination with enforcement

agencies. This is the first brief-ing of the commission to thesenior officers, who have beendeployed in the forthcominge l e c t i o n s . E l e c t i o nCommissioner Rajiv Kumarcautioned that even strayinstances of human errors bypolling personnel abd non-compliance of Covid protocolsat polling material distributioncentres can create a "deviantnarrative and derail the smoothconduct of elections". Accordingto an EC statement, ElectionCommissioner Anup ChandraPandey, while acknowledgingthat conducting elections amidstCOVID-19 was a challengingtask, exhorted the designatedobservers to ensure that a level-playing field is maintained forall political parties and candi-dates. Officers drawn from IAS,IPS, IRS and other accounts ser-vices across the country aredeployed as general, police andexpenditure observers. Kumarreminded the observers thatthey are always under strict andmicroscopic scrutiny by stake-holders and thus should becareful and discreet about theirown behaviour and conductduring the election process.Hesaid observers are representa-tives of the commission andmust be acutely aware and cog-nisant of this sacred and oner-ous duty entrusted upon them.

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Amid rise in hospitaladmissions augmented by

the transmissible Omicronvariant across the countries,the World HealthOrganisation (WHO) has rec-ommended two new Covid19treatments — Baricitinib, anoral drug, used in the treat-ment of rheumatoid arthritisand Sotrovimab, an alternativeto casirivimab-imdevimab,which is monoclonal antibodycocktail.

WHO experts said arthri-tis drug baricitinib used withcorticosteroids to treat severeor critical Covid patients led tobetter survival rates andreduced need for ventilators.The guidelines by the UNagency’s panel of internation-al experts have been pub-lished in the British MedicalJournal on Friday.

Experts also recommendedan experimental monoclonalantibody treatment, Sotrovimabfor people with non-seriousCovid at highest risk of hospi-talisation, such as the elderly,people with immunodeficien-cies or chronic diseases such asdiabetes. Monoclonal antibod-ies are lab-created compoundsthat mimic the body’s naturaldefence mechanism.

Sotrovimab's benefits forpeople not at risk of hospital-isation were deemed insignif-icant and the WHO said itseffectiveness against new vari-ants like Omicron was "stilluncertain".

Only three other treat-ments for Covid-19 havereceived WHO approval, start-ing with corticosteroids forseverely i l l patients inSeptember 2020.Corticosteroids are inexpen-sive and widely available andfight inflammation that com-

monly accompanies severecases.

Arthritis drugs tocilizum-ab and sarilumab, which theWHO endorsed in July, are IL-6 inhibitors that suppress adangerous overreaction of theimmune system to the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

Baricitinib is in a differentclass of drugs known as Januskinase inhibitors, but it fallsunder the same guidelines asthe IL-6 inhibitors. Baricitinibis produced by United Statespharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly,and while generic versions areavailable in India andBangladesh, patents are in forcein many other countries includ-ing Brazil and Indonesia.

"When both are available,choose one based on issuesincluding cost and clinicianexperience," the guidelines say.

Synthetic antibody treat-ment Regeneron was approvedby the WHO in Septemberand the guidelines saySotrovimab can be used for thesame type of patients. TheWHO's Covid treatment rec-ommendations are updatedregularly based on new datafrom clinical trials.

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Aspecially designedPranayama module com-

prising of a string of breathingexercises, every day for 28 dayscan be highly effective in pre-venting Covid-19 infection inexposed healthcare profes-sionals (HCPs), finds a studyconducted by doctors fromLady Hardinge Medical Collegeand Morarji Desai NationalInstitute of Yoga (MDNIY)under the Union AyushMinistry.

The experts said that thestudy which was conductedduring the first wave in 2020 isstill relevant as Pranaymaremains the first line of defensefor the frontline health careworkers amid the third wavethat now looms large over thecountry.

The researchers includedDr Rakesh Sarwal from (NITI)Aayog, Dr Rajinder K.Dhamija, Professor and Headof Neurology, Lady HardingeMedical College, Delhi andKhushbu Jain and Dr Ishwar V.Basavaraddi, both fromMDNIY, Delhi

Dr Basavaraddi said a fewstudies have shown the practiceof Pranayama, a component ofYoga, to be effective in improv-ing immune function andreducing infection.

However, no clinical trialon the efficacy of Pranayama inpreventing Covid-19 has beenconducted till date.

“We conducted a pilot pro-ject in five hospitals in thenational capital duringSeptember-November, 2020.280 HCPs assigned duties withCovid-19 patients who werefound negative in antibodytests in pre-intervention assess-ment were recruited and ran-

domly assigned to interventionand control groups.

The intervention grouppracticed specially designedPranayama modules twice aday (morning and evening) for28 days, while those in the con-trol group were advised gener-al fitness practices (like walk-ing, jogging, running).

The morning protocolcomprised activities likeDhyana that helped to clean thenasal passages and maintainthe sinuses and helps to get ridof pathogens whileKapalabhati is a process offorceful exhalation and normalinhalation which helps toimprove pulmonary functionsand secretions, also cleansethe frontal sinuses and easemovement of diaphragm.

“Since body’s immunityplays an important role inCovid-19 infection, non phar-macological interventionswhich have an immune-mod-ulatory effect, could serve as apreventive as well as a thera-peutic measure for patientswith infection,” Dr Basavareddisaid.

“Our study reveals thattwice daily practice of special-ly designed PranayamaModules administered bytrained Yoga instructors inHCPs exposed to active caseslead to a significant protectiveeffect in preventing Covid-19infection.

“This is the first of its kindstudy to assess the effect of thespecially designed Pranayamaprotocol in preventing Covid-19 infection,” said Dr Dhamija.

Co-author Sarwal said thatPranayama modules may bepromoted and adopted toimprove immunity in all sec-tions of the population.Considering the implications of

the study for health care pro-fessionals and the general pub-lic living in fear of COVID-19,larger studies across differentgeographical, ethnic and cul-tural backgrounds are neededto extend and verify the gen-eralization of the presentresults.

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In some settings, such as peo-ple returning to care homes

after illness, people continuingto be infectious after ten dayscould pose a serious publichealth risk.

For, a study has said thatone in 10 people may have clin-ically relevant levels of poten-tially infectious SARS-CoV-2past the 10 day quarantineperiod. The research is pub-lished in the internationalJournal of Infectious Diseases.

Led by the researchersfrom University of Exeter, thestudy used a newly adapted testwhich can detect whether thevirus was potentially still active.It was applied to samples from

176 people in Exeter who hadtested positive on standardPCR tests.

The study found that 13per cent of people still exhib-ited clinically-relevant levels ofvirus after 10 days, meaningthey could potentially still beinfectious. Some peopleretained these levels for up to68 days. The authors believethis new test should be appliedin settings where people arevulnerable, to stop the spreadof Covid-19.

The paper is entitled‘Persistence of clinically-rele-vant levels of SARS-CoV2envelope gene subgenomicRNAs in non-immunocom-promised individuals’.

Professor Lorna Harries, ofthe University of ExeterMedical School, who oversaw

the study said: “While this is arelatively small study, ourresults suggest that potentiallyactive virus may sometimespersist beyond a 10 day period,and could pose a potential riskof onward transmission.Furthermore, there was noth-ing clinically remarkable aboutthese people, which means wewouldn’t be able to predictwho they are”.

Conventional PCR testswork by testing for the presenceof viral fragments. While theycan tell if someone has recent-ly had the virus, they cannotdetect whether it is still active,and the person is infectious.The test used in the lateststudy however gives a positiveresult only when the virus isactive and potentially capableof onward transmission.

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The number of Covid-19cases in the paramilitary

forces jumped nearly four-foldin a week from 1,668 cases onJanuary 7 to 6,595 cases onJanuary 13, including one deathdue to the deadly viral diseasein CRPF and 1,254 infectionswithin the last 24 hours.

Till now, as many as 95.980paramilitary personnel havebeen infected with Covid-19 ofwhich 89,036 patients haverecovered. The forces have suf-fered 349 deaths till so far and6,595 patients continue to beactive.

As on Thursday, out of atotal of 6.595 cases, the CentralIndustrial Security Force(CISF) tops the list with 2,237active cases followed by 1,824in Central Reserve Police Force

(CRPF), 1.048 cases in BorderSecurity Force (BSF), 892 inSashastra Seema Bal (SSB),365 in Indo-Tibetan BorderPolice (ITBP), 181 in NationalDisaster Response Force(NDRF) and 48 cases inNational Security Guard(NSG), according to officialdata.

However, genomesequencing has not beenundertaken and there is noclarity if there are any cases ofthe Omicron variant of thecoronavirus in their ranks,officials said.

During the last 24 hours, asmany as 1,254 personnel weredetected with the infection,including a maximum 423 inCISF, 362 in CRPF, 187 in SSB,182 in BSF, 60 in ITBP, 21 inNSG and 19 in NDRF. This isnearly three times the number

of paramilitary personnel con-tracting the disease in a singleday as on January 7 with a tallyof 441 cases.

In a single day, the tally ofCovid cases had jacked up by441 cases from 1,227 cases onThursday to 1,668 cases onJanuary 7.

Out of the total casualtiesof 349, the CRPF has taken themaximum toll at 133 deathsfollowed by 90 in BSF, 83 inCISF, 23 in SSB and 17 in ITBP.Likewise, the NDRF lost twopersonnel and the NSG suf-fered a casualty of one person-nel due to Covid-19.

Earlier, the number ofactive Covid-19 cases in theparamilitary forces has jumpedover 11 times in just 11 daysfrom a meagre 148 cases as onDecember 28 to 1,668 cases onJanuary 7.

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More than 75 lakh peoplefrom across the globe

performed Surya Namaskaron Friday as part of the ‘SuryaNamaskar for Vitality’ pro-gramme organised by theMinistry of AYUSH under theCentre’s Azadi Ka AmritMahotsav initiative. The pro-gramme was launched virtual-ly by Union AYUSH ministerSarbananda Sonowal andUnion Minister of StateMunjapara Mahendrabhai.

Sonowal said, “Sun wor-ship is done through SuryaNamaskar to improve the phys-ical and mental well-being ofpeople. Under the leadership ofPrime Minister NarendraModi, yoga and SuryaNamaskar are being promotedfor the wellness and health ofmankind.”

Surya namaskar is a com-bination of eight asanas per-formed in 12 steps. TheAYUSH ministry has not onlyengaged other ministries andstate governments but hasinvolved all major stakeholdersin the global yoga fraternity inthis mass demonstration pro-gramme.

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Prime Minister NarendraModi will interact with 150

startups today which wouldalso include startups linked tothe sectors like agriculture,health, enterprise systems,space, industry, security andenvironment to liven up theeconomic activities in thecountry.

More than 150 startupshave been divided into sixworking groups based onthemes including Growingfrom Roots; Nudging the DNA,From Local to Global;Technology of Future, BuildingChampions in Manufacturing;

and Sustainable Development,according to the PrimeMinister’s Office (PMO).

Each group will make apresentation before the PrimeMinister on the allotted themein the interaction.

The event marks the 6thanniversary of the launch of theStartup India initiative.

The aim of the interaction,according to the PMO, "is tounderstand how startups cancontribute to the national needsby driving innovation in thecountry."

As a part of 'Azadi kaAmrit Mahotsav', a week-longevent, “Celebrating InnovationEcosystem”, is being hosted by

DPIIT, Ministry of Commerceand Industry, from January 10to January 16.

Prime Minister has beenstressing the potential ofStartups to contribute signifi-cantly to the growth of thenation.

This was reflected in thelaunch of the flagship initiativeStartup India in 2016.

Given the restrictionsplaced by the Covid-19 situa-tion, the Government hasbeen working on providing an"enabling atmosphere" forboosting the growth and devel-opment of Startups and the"startup ecosystem" in thecountry.

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The EnforcementDirectorate (ED) on Friday

said it has attached assets worthRs 2.07 crore of former DeputyDrug Controller, LicensingAuthority Solan, HimachalPradesh, Kapil Dhiman andothers under the Prevention ofMoney-laundering Act in adisproportionate assets case.

The attached assets includeeight immovable propertiesconsisting of land and buildingin Solan, Mandi, Kullu andPanchkula in the name of Kapil

Dhiman and others and mov-able properties like balance inbank accounts, fixed depositreceipts (FDRs) and insurancepolicies maintained in variousbanks/financial institutions,the ED said in a statement.

The ED had initiatedmoney laundering investiga-tion on the basis of an FIRdated December 14, 2012 andcharge sheet dated March 7,2018 of State Vigilance andAnti-Corruption Bureau,Solan, Himachal Pradesh.

The ED investigation

revealed that Dhiman thenDeputy Drug ControllerLicensing Authority Solan,Himachal Pradesh used to takebribe for issuing and renewinglicense of pharmaceutical com-panies.

He acquired movable andimmovable properties out ofproceeds of crime to the tuneof Rs 2.07 crore, in his nameand in the name of his familymembers and firm/companyand projected them as untaint-ed properties, it said, addingfurther investigation is underprogress.

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Aday after the SupremeCourt order on 'dharam

sansad' events where hatespeeches were given, seniorlawyer and a former UnionMinister Kapil Sibal onThursday wrote to authoritiesin Uttar Pradesh andUttarakhand seeking preven-tion of inflammatory speechesat more such events plannedthis month.

On behalf of the petition-ers in the hate speeches case inthe Supreme Court, Sibal wroteto the district magistrates ofAligarh and Haridwar urgingthem to take preventive mea-sures including imposition ofSection 144 to prevent holdingof such events.

"We are in the midst ofgeneral elections to the leg-islative assembly and while wedo not want to attributemotives to any person, but ifsuch speeches are made in themidst of an election, they willdestabilize the social order andhave serious consequences onthe polity of this country. Werequest you to take such pre-ventative action within yourpowers as is necessary, includ-ing under Section 144 of theCriminal Procedure Code,

1973 and Sections 3 and 5 ofthe National Security Act,1980," Sibal said in his letter.

He has also sent copies ofhis letters to chief ministers,home secretaries and policechiefs of Uttar Pradesh andUttarakhand besides the super-intendents of police in Aligarhand Haridwar. A copy was alsosent to the ElectionCommission.

"There are news reportsnow that another 'dharamsansad' is being organised nowin Aligarh on January 22-23,2022 wherein the speakers whoparticipated in the aforemen-tioned events held between17-19th December, 2021 arelikely to be speaking again,"Sibal said in his letter to AligarhDM.

In another letter toHaridwar DM, he said, "Thereare news reports now that theShankaracharya Parishad seersannounced on 06.01.2022 aprotest meeting to be held onJanuary 16, 2022 against thefirst information report (FIR)registered against speakers atthe December 17-19 meeting ofthe Dharma Sansad."

The senior Congress leadersaid the responsibility to takepreventive measures to preventany possible incident of mob

violence falls on the districtadministration, "so the respon-sibility falls on your shouldersto take preventive action toensure no speeches of thisnature are made".

"We believe if such eventsare held in the state of UttarPradesh as well and similarspeeches are made, it will notonly disturb the public orderbut will amount to variouscriminal offences," Sibal noted.He also referred to the judge-ment of the Supreme Court inthe Tehseen Poonawala versusUnion of India case, where thestate government was directedto appoint nodal officers ineach district for taking mea-sures to prevent incidents ofmob violence. These nodalofficers have not been appoint-ed in Uttar Pradesh.

The Supreme Court hadissued notice to the respon-dents and posted the matter forhearing after 10 days. The topcourt was hearing a petitionfiled by journalist Qurban Aliand former Patna High Courtjudge and senior advocateAnjana Prakash, who have alsosought a direction for an "inde-pendent, credible and impartialinvestigation" by an SIT intothe incidents of hate speechesagainst the Muslim communi-ty.

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The year 2021 was the fifthwarmest year in India since

1901, with the country record-ing its annual mean air tem-perature at 0.44 degree Celsiusabove normal. The IndiaMeteorological Department(IMD) on Friday released itsannual statement on climate ofIndia for the year 2021, whichis found to be the fifth warmestyear after 2016, 2009, 2017 and2010 during the last 121 years(1901-2021).

As per the annual state-ment, as many as 1,750 deathswere reported across India dueto extreme weather events suchas floods, cyclonic storms,heavy rain, landslides, light-ning, among others, duringthe year. Maharashtra was themost adversely affected stateduring 2021, which reported-ly claimed more than 340deaths mainly due to extreme-ly heavy rainfall, floods, land-slide, lightning, cyclonic stormsand cold-wave events.

“The annual mean air tem-

perature for the country wasrecorded at 0.44 degree Celsiusabove normal. The warm tem-perature during winter andpost-monsoon season mainlycontributed to this," it said.

“In 2016, the mean airtemperature was 0.71°C high-er than normal; 0.55°C in 2009;0.54°C in 2017 and 0.53°C in2010. In the 121 years between1901 and last year, the meantemperature rose by 0.63°Cabove normal,” the report said.

The report showed that11 out of 15 warmest years wereduring the recent fifteen years(2007-2021).The past decade(2011-2020/ 2012- 2021) wasalso the warmest decade onrecord with the decadal aver-aged annual mean temperatureanomaly ( Actual-LPA) of 0.34degree Celsius/ 0.37 degreeCelsius. The country averagedmean monthly temperatureswere warmer than normal dur-ing all the months of the yearexcept four months (April,May, June, and November).

"The winter (January toFebruary) and post-monsoon

(October to December) seasonswith all India mean tempera-ture anomalies of 0.78 degreeCelsius and 0.42 degree Celsiusrespectively mainly contributedto this warming," it said.

Also, the country last yearwitnessed a rise in the annualrainfall, which was 105% of itslong-period average (LPA).Rainfall during the southwestmonsoon season, from June toSeptember, was normal at 99%of the LPA. Notably, the north-east monsoon period saw rain-fall at 171% of the LPA - recordhighest since 1901.

Speaking on the 147thfoundation day of the IMD,Union Minister of State forEarth Sciences, Jitendra Singhon Friday said the IMD isgoing to play a major role inIndia's crusade for climatepreservation at internationalfora.

The data showed thatheavy rainfall and flood-relat-ed incidents claimed over 750lives last year, while thunder-storms and lightning killed atleast 780 people in different

parts of the country. There were five cyclonic

storms in 2021 - Tauktae overthe Arabian Sea (May 14-19);Yaas over the Bay of Bengal(May 23-28); Shaheen over theArabian Sea (September 29-October 4); Gulab over the Bay

of Bengal (September 24-28)and most recently, Jawad overthe Bay of Bengal (December2-6). The most devastating ofthem was Tauktae, whichslammed the Saurashtra coast-line on May 17, eventuallyclaiming at least 144 lives.

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The Centre is all set to makeit mandatory for carmak-

ers to provide a minimum ofsix airbags in motor vehiclesthat can carry up to 8 passen-gers for enhanced safety ofoccupants. Union MinisterRoad Transport and HighwaysMinister Nitin Gadkari said hisministry had already mandat-ed the implementation of fit-ment of the driver airbag witheffect from July 1, 2019 andfront co-passenger airbag witheffect from January 1, 2022.

"In order to enhance thesafety of the occupants inmotor vehicles carrying upto 8passengers, I have nowapproved a Draft GSRNotification to make a mini-mum of 6 Airbags compulso-ry," Gadkari said. GSR herestands for General StatutoryRules.

He further said that tominimise the impact of frontaland lateral collisions on theoccupants seated in both frontand rear compartments, it hasbeen decided that 4 addition-al airbags be mandated in theM1 vehicle category.

"Two side/side torso airbagsand two side curtain/tubeairbags covering all outboardpassengers. This is a crucial stepto make motor vehicles in Indiasafer than ever," Gadkari said ina tweet message. According tothe Minister, this will ulti-mately ensure the safety ofpassengers across all segments,irrespective of the cost/variantof the vehicle

According to latest gov-ernment data, total 1,16,496road accidents occurred onnational highways (NHs),including expressways, in 2020,causing 47,984 deaths. Lastyear, Gadkari in an interviewhad said small cars, mostly

purchased by lower middle-class people, should also havean adequate number of airbagsand had wondered whyautomakers are providing eightairbags only in big cars boughtby rich people.

His remarks had comeagainst the backdrop of theautomobile industry raisingconcerns that high taxationand stricter safety and emissionnorms for vehicles have madetheir products expensive.Mostly, lower middle-classpeople buy small economycars and "if their car won't haveairbags and when accidentshappen, then it may result indeaths. So, I appeal to all carmanufacturers to provide aminimum of six airbags acrossall variants and segments of thevehicle," he had said.

The minister had acknowl-edged that additional airbags insmall cars will increase theircost by at least Rs 3,000-4,000.

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People should brace up toface severe cold wave along

with dense to very dense fog innorth India in the next fewdays. The India MeteorologicalDepartment ( IMD) onThursday predicted dense tovery dense fog over NorthIndia during next 4-5 daysand a wet spell over east andadjoining central India during

next two days, which willdecrease significantly there-after. "A Western Disturbance(WD) would affect northwestHimalayas on 16th & 17th andanother WD affect NorthwestIndia from 18th to 20thJanuary, 2022", it saidMeanwhile, no significantchange in minimum tempera-tures is very likely over north-west and central India duringnext 4-5 days.

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on Security and Threats’found. Of those who havebeen arrested thus far, “overhalf were business owners,CEOs and from white-collaroccupations. Over a quarterhad college degrees and onlya third had criminal records,while 13 per cent belonged toextreme right-wing militiagroups”. It concluded thatthe mob was overwhelming-ly White Non-Latinos, inages between 35-50 yearsand the vast majority hadcome from pockets of Trumpsupporters in districts andStates that were either major-ity Democrat or had swungtowards the Democrats.

The most interestingaspect of the study was therevelation that the singlemost important motivationfor those who participated inthe insurrection was theirbelief in the “GreatReplacement Theory”. A con-spiracy theory first pro-pounded in France by authorRenaud Camus in whichwhite nationalists claimedthat the French white popu-lation was being demograph-ically and culturally replaceddeliberately by Non-European peoples. It hasfound much traction not just

in France but also in otherEuropean nations and in theUnited States and NewZealand. In America, it hascome to be seen as the Non-Latino White populationbeing replaced by Blacks,Hispanics and People ofColour. In essence, a growingfear of losing their privi-leged and entitled position insociety that the colour oftheir skin provided.

A fear that DonaldTrump was able to effective-ly harness not just in thepresidential campaign of2016 but also, even moresuccessfully, in his 2020campaign despite his even-tual loss. Interestingly, theReplacement Theory withappropriate modificationscan just as easily be adaptedin support of other extrem-ist ideologies as well, bothreligious and ethnic. In ourown context, for example,there are groups within theHindutva fold that use asimilar argument, not sup-ported by any scientific data,to suggest that birth rates inminority communities are sohigh that they will eventual-ly overtake the majorityHindu population in a fewdecades. There are groups

that have recently gone fur-ther in propagating evenmore radical views than this.

Clearly, one need not bea social scientist to under-stand that the motive forsuch baseless assertions iscompletely rooted in politics,and works as an effectivetool for propagating fear togarner votes. What is trulydangerous is the insidiousnature of the threat posed.The fear of the unknown, aswe all know, obliterates allreasoning and logic andbrings out a purely emotion-al response. Unfortunately,what most people overlookis that while it is relativelysimple to start a fire, theconflagration leaves noneunscathed. Those fanningthe flames of religious big-otry would do well to heed18th century English poetSamuel Taylor Coleridge’swise words that “in politics,what begins in fear usuallyends in failure”.

(The writer is a militaryveteran, who is a VisitingFellow with the ObserverResearch Foundation andSenior Visiting Fellow withThe Peninsula Foundation,Chennai. The views expressedare personal.)

�������������� �������������Sir —Since the derailment of SeemanchalExpress in February 2019 in Biharwhere six people lost their lives, and thecurtailment of the railways due toCOVID-19, the Railways was trying hardto renew its claims of safety and devel-opment. Just at that moment, at leastseven people were killed and over 40injured after 12 coaches of the Bikaner-Guwahati Express derailed in WestBengal’s Jalpaiguri district. The peopleare unable to digest the claim that dueto the pandemic, there were fewer pas-sengers on board the train. It seems tobe a wrong statement by the officials con-cerned. There were 550 passengers in theaffected coaches and 1,100 passengers inthe train; so, it's not less.

Moreover, it’s 2022 and still thesetrains are using IFC coaches instead ofLHB (Linke Hofmann Busch) coaches.Instead of inaugurating stations after sta-tions, there’s a pressing need to developthe rail compartments first. The silver lin-ing amid the tragedy was to see about 50ambulances reaching the spot in no timeat such a remote place, also thanks in nosmall measure to locals for a quick help-ing hand and all parties for overcomingpetty politics and joining hands to helpthe passengers. It shows that our medicalsystem and coordination improved.Heartfelt condolences to the bereavedfamilies and praying for early recovery ofthose injured.

Bidyut Kumar Chatterjee | Faridabad

����������������������Sir — We have too many people aroundwhose sentiments are too easily hurt bywhat happens in the advertisements butnot enough by what happens out therein reality. Added to the fact that we gen-erally lack a sense of humour and everyimagined slight is blown out of propor-tion, it has made it nearly impossible forany creative person to take a different,independent view from the accepted tra-ditional view. After 2014, there is a grow-ing constituency of eagle-eyed ‘protec-tors’ of Indian cultural and religious tra-ditions waiting to getting offended at the

slightest chance.Thanks to the attitude of the

Government in power and other ele-ments that are patronised by it extra-con-stitutionally, which offers them protec-tion from the essence of the law of theland, this creed believes they have the soleproprietary rights over Indian culture.Culture is dynamic and the fossilisedthought processes of the many ‘guardiansof Indian values’ need a changeover if thenation is to progress.

Anthony Henriques | Mumbai

�������������������Sir — While cricket has seen a lot ofinnovations over the years like colouredclothing, emergence of T20 format,introduction of pink ball, etc, ambidex-trous bowling is something that hasn’tmade its way yet into the game. Butbeing an ambidextrous bowler, andmore so a fast bowler, is highly challeng-ing and far more demanding in termsof physical fitness because the bowlerneeds to rewire his body very often dur-

ing the game. Across cricketing nations,only five cricketers have so far tested outambidextrous bowling — AkshayKarnewar (India), Kamindu Mendis(Sri Lanka), Yasir Jan (Pakistan), ShailaSharmin (Bangladesh) and JemmaBarsby (Australia.)

But how far can ambidextrous bowl-ing be really effective and sustainable atinternational level is the moot questionas these days, batsmen like Glen Maxwellare adept at employing switch-hitting atwill, a shot which is highly productive inT20 cricket. In fact, ambidextrous bowl-ing was in use long ago when Pakistan’sHanif Mohammed tried it out a fewtimes, though in desperation, like he didto Gary Sobers during his monumentalknock of 365 n.o. at Kingston, Jamaica,in 1958. It’s believed to be the first-everinstance of ambidextrous bowling ininternational cricket.

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puts it, is “utterly saturatedwith fear. We fear being attackedby religious extremists, bothforeign and domestic. We fearthe loss of political rights, a lossof privacy, or a loss of freedom.We fear being injured, robbedor attacked, being judged byothers, or neglected, or leftunloved.”

Politicians understand thiswell. With the COVID-19 pan-demic having already laid uslow and in the absence of anyreal health-revival hopes onthe horizon, they have lost notime in using fear to entice andrecruit volunteers to their ownpersonal causes.

Former AmericanPresident Donald Trump is aprime example of a politicianwho has successfully used fearto his advantage, and continuesto do so despite having lost thePresidency by approximatelyseven million of the popularvote. With absolutely no evi-dence to show, he has stillbeen able to sell the “Big Lie”that he was denied victorybecause the election machinerywas compromised and allowedincumbent Joe Biden to winfraudulently, something thatmillions continue to believeeven to this day.

This issue, as we are allaware, boiled over on January 6,2021, the day Congress was toformally certify President-electBiden’s win. An unruly mob ofTrump’s supporters, egged on byhim but he choosing not to jointhem, attacked Capitol Hill inan effort to stop Congress fromcarrying out its constitutionalmandate. In the ensuing vio-lence, two policemen werekilled and over 150 injured,leading to the arrest of overseven hundred of thoseinvolved, with many more stillat large.

One would have expectedthat the fanatics who attackedthe Capitol and unleashed uttermayhem there would belong tothe very fringes of Americansociety. Surprisingly, that wasnot the case, as a study by theUniversity of Chicago’s ‘Project

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India was earlier known for its flour-ishing trade in spices and textiles,along with precious metal and stone.AfterIndependence, India inherited

an economy that was one of the poorestin the world with no industrial base andmostlydevastated land deprived of forestand fertility. The Britishleft a poor base forthe already developed handicraftsuniver-sally acclaimed for their quality andcraftsmanship.

In Mahatma Gandhi's view,industrialcivilisation fostered by British rule was themain cause of India's social, ecological andeconomic distress. He believed that India'ssalvation lay in the restoration of itsancient civilisation where economicprogress and moral progress intertwined.

Gandhi knew that "India lives in herseven lakh villages" thereforethe eco-nomic and social revival of these villagesis a pre-condition for reconstruction ofIndia. He wanted to make the villages self-sufficient and build a rural economywhich is not solely based on agricultureand allied activities but also has strongrural industries thereby generatingemployment for the villagers.

Gandhi once said, "If the village per-ishes, India will perish too". He imaginedhis ideal village will consist of cottages madefrom locally sourced materials with suffi-cient light, ventilation, proper sanitationand produce its own grains, vegetables,fruits, and Khadi. It will have wells, placesof worship, a common meeting place, acommon grazing field, a co-operativedairy, primary and secondary schoolswhere vocational training will be impart-ed and panchayats for settling disputes.

Gandhi was againstthe concentrationof power and the system that makes theindividual subservient to the machine andmaterial. He wanted a development processwhich is harmonious, poverty free, nonvi-olent, based on cooperation and ethics.Therefore, he proposed an ecologicalmodel centered on limitation of wants incontrast to the modern civilization that pro-motes material welfare and individualprofits. He was sure that too much empha-sis onmaterialism could lead to violence,unhappiness and a culture of oppression,exploitation, and dominance.

Gandhi's concept of sustainable devel-opment is rooted in a holistic approachwhich emphasizes the development of anindividual and society as a whole in con-nection with nature.By preaching "simpleliving," Gandhi sought to curb both humangreed and mindless exploitation of natur-al resources. He said, one should know thedifference between 'need' and 'want' andtaking more than required to fulfil ourneed, in a way is theft from other species,humans and the future.

Gandhi often said,"The earth providesenough to satisfy every man's needs, butnot every man's greed".

He warned against the perils of mas-sive industrialization and unsustainable pat-terns of consumption in the west. He

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described the process of urbaniza-tion as a "double drain", i.e., it willharm the villages and the villagersand thus proving fatal toboth.Hence, in order to ensureeconomic balance, it is importantthat the urban sector does notdrainthe rural sectorand shift thefocus from centralization to decen-tralization. He argued, that a tech-nologically sophisticated economywill have two major consequences:it would disempower the econom-ic autonomy of the masses andgreatly undermine the ecologicalfabric on which millions depend.

Therefore,to increase the pro-ductivity, we should avoid indis-criminate use and non-selectiveadoption of imported technology.He foresaw that the development ofsmall-scale technology could boostefficiency in rural production with-out displacing rural labour andad-vocated an appropriate technolog-ical mix with controlled productionto maximise the social benefits ofscience and technology and tomaintain a proper balance betweenman and environment.

He emphasized the develop-ment of village and cottage indus-tries where handicrafts, spinning,weaving, and likewise remain con-stant sources of income andrevenuegeneration. This will protect the vil-lage crafts and the workers from thecrushing competition of the power-driven machinery and ensure jobsfor the villagers.

Gandhi ideas couldnot be morerelevant than today when India iswitnessing jobless growth and fac-ing the worst unemployment crisisin this pandemic situation. It is evi-dent that the current paradigm ofdevelopmentis causing serious envi-ronmental problems whichis neitherecologically nor socially sustainable.It is leading the planet into a vor-tex of inequality, widening the rift

between rich and poor, and provedinadequate to address the issues ofthe millions living in poverty.

Gandhi was well aware of thepitfalls of such developmentas wellas the consequences of unequal dis-tribution of wealth between differ-ent classes.The World InequalityReport 2022 ranked India as themost unequal country in the world.The top 10 per cent and top one percent hold 57 per cent and 22 percent of the total nationalincome,respectively,while the bot-tom half 's share has come down to13 per cent and they barely haveanything. Thomas Piketty asserts inhis influential book, Capital in theTwenty-First Century, that inequal-ity is rapidly intensifying and glob-al cooperation is desirable to preventthe wealthy from simply shiftingassets into other jurisdictions.Heproposed, an extremely highincome-tax rates on upper-incometaxpayers along with a global wealthtax.Economic progress devoid ofmoral elements will deepen divi-sions and increase dissensionsamong people.

With growing population, theincrease in food demand has con-siderably altered land-use practiceswhichhas led toagricultural inten-sification at the expense of forestsand grazing lands.Increased use ofchemicals and fertilizers are caus-ing pollution, soil and groundwater contamination, loss of bio-diversity and killthebeneficialorganisms whichincreases fertili-ty.Gandhi believed in sustainableagriculture and advised the use ofbio-manures and bio-pesticides toimprove soil fertility. Today, theexperts in the healthcare areemphasizing the importance ofchemical-free crops because exces-sive amounts of chemicals in plantsare causing health related problemsin humans as it affects kidneys,

lungs, may also cause cancer andcongenital abnormalities like mal-nourished children, etc.

Gandhi's understanding of theecological crisis was far ahead of histime and anticipated many of ourgreatest challenges of today.Knowing that afforestation can bean effective step to combat futurewater crisis, he urged people toplant trees. He also proposed,water harvesting for irrigationalpurposes to prevent droughts andfamines.

Climate change has once againshed light on Gandhi's philosophyof self-sufficiency and sustainabledevelopment and made the worldrealize the importance of practic-ing a lifestyle that has minimalenvironmental impact. These prin-ciples remain the driving forcebehind all the UN's climate agree-ments, environmental conservationtreaties, and sustainable develop-ment goals. Many of his ideas fore-shadow the holistic thinkingbehind the "Agenda 2030:Transforming Our World" forSustainable Development. The cen-tral idea of Agenda 2030 is capturedby the tagline "Leave No OneBehind." The plan aims to achieveprosperity for people and the plan-et and calls for "transformative"change, which includes changingthe way we live, produce, andconsume.

Thus, the current climate cri-sis and the need to find sustainablemeans has brought a long-sup-pressed and quintessentiallyGalbraith's unanswered question tothe fore — "How much should acountry consume?" — along withGandhian corollary — "How muchshould a person consume?". Theyhave become fundamental ques-tionsfor the 21st century and willdominate the intellectual and polit-ical debates.

(The writer is a formerIndian Forest Service

officer. The viewsexpressed are personal.)

Tobacco consumption is amenace that is worsethan the current

Covid019 pandemic and caus-es innumerable fatalities. BothFinance Ministry and GSTCouncil appear to have over-looked the causes of this mal-ady despite representations bycivil society organizations,Members of Parliament, themedical fraternity, state repre-sentatives, Ministers and citi-zens.

There have been no majortobacco tax increases after theGST council placed tobaccoproducts in the 28 per centbracket in 2017. The option oftax increase on tobacco prod-ucts gives the government agolden opportunity to raisebadly required finances.Remember, lower taxesincrease the affordability of

tobacco consumers, especiallyteenagers and children. TheUnion Government has theoption of hiking the exciseduty and NCCD in the annu-al budget while the GSTCouncil can increase the cess.This will ensure India has opti-mal tobacco taxation as man-dated by WHO.

A submission toParliament mentioned that asmall excise duty hike ensuredtax collection of Rs 4962 crores.This proves the point that rais-ing excise duty and calamityduty substantially in the com-ing budget can fetch a hand-some revenue.

The costs imposed on oursociety and our economy, bothdirect as well as indirect, havebeen huge. India has over 27crore tobacco users today andthe consumption of tobacco

kills more than 13 lakh Indiansannually. At a global level,eight million deaths are report-ed people every year.Overseven million deaths aredue to direct use of tobaccowhile the rest are caused bypassive smokers exposed tothe poisonous smoke. As perthe data of GYTS (GlobalYouth Tobacco Survey) in 2019,nearly one-fifth of the stu-

dents aged 13-15 have used anyform of the tobacco product(smoking, smokeless, and anyother form) in their life.Clearly, consumption of tobac-co isnot just about one's healthat the individual level, but asocietal problem we facenationally.

Tobacco taxes and, there-fore, the prices have to beincreased regularly, so as to sig-nificantly reduce the affordabil-ity over a period of time. Thiswas the practice in the pre-GSTera with additional options ofthe states adding VAT. Tobaccotaxes and prices have not beenincreased enough over time toreduce the affordability of theseproducts resulting in morenumbers of consumers get-ting addicted. A long, four-yeargap of no tax increase hastobacco companies share prices

soaring on the one hand, andon the other, we see rampantconsumption leading to moredeaths and spread of dreadeddiseases. The tobacco industrymay have its reason to look theother way, but the governmenthas no such option.

The annual economic costfrom all tobacco products isestimated to be Rs 177.341crores in 2017-18 amounting tomore than one per cent ofIndia's GDP. This will contin-ue to grow in the post-Covidera and the next GATS reportwill surely point out the alarm-ing rise of casualties. In acountry like India, an estimat-ed 1.3 million deaths areaccounted for by tobacco abuse.As per WHO data, the mostcommon way tobacco killsisthrough cardiovascular dis-eases (CVDs) - nearly 4,49,844

deaths such deaths occurred inIndia as of 2018. The highprevalence of non-communica-ble diseases due to tobacco useis posing a huge challenge tothe country's response toCovid-19 management, ampli-fying India's health burden insuch difficult times.

It is time that the FinanceMinistry launches a multi-pronged attack for the socialcause of tobacco control byincreasing taxes on tobaccoproducts both in the annualbudget and also in the GSTcouncil to wipe out the gap ofthe last four years. Doing thissocial good will not raise anyeyebrows and citizens will wel-come it for reasons of publichealth.

I am sure that the listeningposts in the Ministry will con-vey the right message to the

Minister and also work out themodalities of tax rationalizationwhich mandates that a sinproduct sale needs to be limit-ed and citizens be protected.We are especially talking aboutchildren and teens who aremajor contributors to our econ-omy.

A resilient healthcare sys-tem as an outcome will emergethat complements our 'AtmaNirbhar Bharat' mission, whichnot only focuses on revival ofthe economy but also on over-all improvement of the healthof our citizens. To mark theNational Youth Day which hasthe theme, 'SakshamYuva,Sashakth Yuva', by makingtobacco products unaffordablewe may save the young gener-ation from this deadly productand make them healthy andaatmanirbhar.

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IDBI 52.50 52.50 51.35 51.65SBILIFE 1259.25 1272.45 1254.70 1262.95ROSSARI 1272.95 1375.00 1262.80 1341.40FINOLEXIND 203.55 204.50 199.50 200.05HIKAL 500.50 509.30 491.55 493.40ICICIPRULI 595.00 603.35 587.30 591.00MAHABANK 20.05 20.95 20.05 20.85TATAMETALI 870.00 896.95 850.80 886.00CENTURYTEX 990.10 1021.00 980.05 988.90SUPREMEIND 2250.00 2250.05 2215.00 2215.00CHOLAFIN 590.10 594.05 582.50 586.50PIDILITIND 2730.00 2730.00 2685.00 2701.30ISEC 800.00 826.65 798.60 820.00RVNL 35.70 37.10 35.65 36.35AEGISLOG 215.70 228.30 215.55 227.15HATHWAY 23.60 23.80 23.05 23.20SPICEJET 64.20 64.60 63.65 64.05MASTEK 3212.00 3249.00 3162.25 3181.25GLENMARK 521.10 528.05 514.00 516.00MFSL 1047.75 1058.00 1020.05 1030.95EICHERMOT 2831.35 2844.80 2800.00 2816.50BERGEPAINT 782.25 783.40 766.60 771.35METROPOLIS 3123.65 3123.65 3006.05 3048.20DRREDDY 4740.00 4740.00 4662.00 4688.20APLAPOLLO 926.25 939.50 919.05 936.65TATACOFFEE 217.10 223.65 216.40 220.20BIRLACORPN 1536.00 1610.30 1512.65 1604.00TV18BRDCST 47.40 48.50 46.95 48.20PEL 2630.30 2672.05 2618.05 2638.00MGL 890.00 890.00 879.50 884.55PRINCEPIPE 710.00 743.00 710.00 731.75JSL 204.00 206.90 201.45 205.00ALKYLAMINE 3790.00 3790.00 3709.05 3720.00THERMAX 2017.60 2078.70 1994.25 2066.90NESTLEIND 19757.35 19757.35 19272.55 19390.00ECLERX 2919.00 2919.00 2818.20 2855.90CYIENT 1037.40 1037.45 1015.25 1030.00SBICARD 897.00 898.00 890.20 894.95LXCHEM 461.20 481.55 457.00 471.30PERSISTENT 4557.20 4557.20 4427.00 4450.05SUMICHEM 390.95 400.90 387.40 397.95DBL 404.00 405.00 388.05 389.25WOCKPHARMA 429.95 435.25 424.25 428.40VAKRANGEE 41.00 41.65 40.55 40.85ABBOTINDIA 17802.00 17922.00 17660.05 17700.00GSPL 318.20 324.00 305.05 313.25WHIRLPOOL 1849.95 1886.20 1825.20 1866.80RADICO 1180.55 1215.00 1180.55 1191.00KRBL 258.70 267.70 255.00 263.00BANKINDIA 54.50 54.90 53.90 54.40KEC 523.90 523.90 503.85 510.55KSCL 542.50 569.00 541.75 553.25SUNTV 514.00 522.05 514.00 517.30TATAINVEST 1469.00 1546.00 1469.00 1531.20PIIND 2834.00 2842.40 2791.85 2801.90FORTIS 292.00 292.00 283.20 286.15GODREJCP 915.50 924.00 910.00 918.00BAJAJCON 193.85 196.75 192.70 194.50IPCALAB 1068.95 1068.95 1045.85 1065.90NOCIL 260.00 262.30 256.00 258.65HAPPSTMNDS 1349.50 1349.50 1320.75 1327.00CAPPL 840.05 868.85 839.40 856.50OFSS 4154.90 4164.45 4088.70 4090.05MARICO 498.25 500.80 496.05 499.75DIXON 5237.00 5310.30 5237.00 5264.00ICICIGI 1411.00 1427.00 1401.50 1418.90MINDACORP 191.70 197.80 190.80 193.25NHPC 31.95 31.95 31.10 31.25KIMS 1420.00 1458.00 1406.40 1440.00LUPIN 954.00 962.35 949.00 950.00JKPAPER 210.10 215.75 209.45 212.20IRB 252.00 253.70 246.40 249.40INDIANB 145.00 147.95 144.30 146.15SKFINDIA 3875.00 3980.30 3875.00 3970.00LINDEINDIA 2530.00 2624.90 2530.00 2571.00TVSMOTOR 662.00 664.00 653.15 657.00STAR 454.00 460.90 453.00 456.20LALPATHLAB 3730.00 3730.00 3599.60 3637.05JKCEMENT 3460.60 3538.25 3411.20 3469.45AARTIIND 1097.75 1115.45 1089.70 1099.40KNRCON 318.00 321.50 312.40 315.00HDFCLIFE 670.00 674.90 666.25 671.95CARBORUNIV 997.25 1002.85 970.10 976.70MANAPPURAM 169.35 170.90 167.70 168.90MRF 75790.55 76250.00 75351.20 76001.05TIINDIA 1800.05 1829.70 1782.45 1798.00SPARC 317.85 319.75 311.25 312.60BAJAJ-AUTO 3471.00 3471.00 3426.05 3436.45IOB 21.00 21.30 20.80 20.90TORNTPOWER 579.00 584.85 575.70 579.85BURGERKING 145.85 145.85 142.95 143.55SHYAMMETL 350.00 355.50 348.00 350.90HDFCAMC 2458.00 2499.85 2458.00 2473.10ASAHIINDIA 552.40 581.00 551.45 578.25GICRE 141.10 145.50 140.50 141.60SOLARINDS 2277.95 2340.00 2231.00 2233.00DABUR 581.00 582.45 571.25 576.45HEROMOTOCO 2600.00 2600.00 2556.40 2566.70INFIBEAM 40.90 41.20 40.55 40.80GUJALKALI 721.00 727.00 705.75 715.20ROUTE 1919.00 1919.00 1876.10 1891.55DCAL 222.85 223.55 215.10 216.60STLTECH 274.75 277.60 270.75 274.10WELSPUNIND 155.50 155.50 149.75 151.25ABB 2297.75 2354.00 2297.75 2342.20LUXIND 3640.45 3705.80 3607.90 3697.00FLUOROCHEM 2785.00 2812.65 2742.00 2790.00IRCON 46.95 47.45 46.70 47.05UBL 1632.40 1673.40 1632.40 1651.50

ALLCARGO 364.50 371.50 358.05 365.00NAVINFLUOR 4150.05 4240.00 4131.15 4193.00BDL 412.00 444.50 411.55 438.60BRIGADE 474.10 486.50 470.80 478.50RAMCOCEM 1021.20 1030.00 1004.45 1007.35PFC 127.90 128.15 126.65 127.25SPANDANA 389.30 397.15 387.20 390.00AAVAS 2784.45 2788.40 2735.30 2769.25SIS 448.00 448.00 438.35 440.90HINDZINC 331.55 332.60 328.00 330.40UCOBANK 13.17 13.40 13.17 13.24PHOENIXLTD 1026.05 1028.70 995.90 1021.20CENTRALBK 21.50 21.90 21.50 21.60GODREJAGRO 538.65 556.40 534.60 550.10CUB 148.20 149.25 146.40 146.95PCBL 248.00 248.00 241.25 242.80BRITANNIA 3760.00 3760.00 3698.45 3702.05KALYANKJIL 71.75 71.75 69.45 69.90PAGEIND 44100.05 44692.55 43850.00 44630.70SONATSOFTW 870.00 879.45 855.00 868.00SUVENPHAR 549.00 555.00 539.65 550.00AVANTI 615.20 634.00 615.20 627.50AARTIDRUGS 523.00 529.20 523.00 527.90SCI 137.00 140.45 136.60 139.90HONAUT 43810.05 44800.00 43810.05 44461.55COROMANDEL 788.00 795.70 781.40 785.50CANFINHOME 601.10 610.70 594.00 607.00VAIBHAVGBL 535.00 545.45 533.50 542.15IIFL 311.00 314.75 306.20 313.00BLUEDART 7250.00 7253.15 7109.55 7188.15MAXHEALTH 404.80 404.80 394.05 397.05SJVN 31.40 31.55 31.10 31.35HUDCO 42.10 43.00 42.10 42.30TEAMLEASE 4106.90 4269.95 4010.00 4265.00MOTILALOFS 952.00 961.95 943.05 953.95MMTC 44.85 45.40 44.50 44.75FINCABLES 536.00 536.00 528.30 529.40GSFC 131.00 132.35 128.80 129.55BAJAJHLDNG 5312.25 5456.10 5312.25 5436.85BAJAJELEC 1225.00 1247.00 1214.80 1220.90GHCL 438.25 444.25 432.30 439.85POWERINDIA 2646.00 2693.95 2615.55 2636.00INTELLECT 734.15 761.40 734.15 748.70CROMPTON 448.25 451.50 445.00 445.35ATGL 1851.00 1851.00 1770.00 1800.05APLLTD 806.95 811.25 801.05 804.90EDELWEISS 74.45 74.65 72.35 72.75MAZDOCK 273.00 279.85 273.00 278.00DCBBANK 86.90 87.25 85.20 87.05JKTYRE 136.55 136.75 135.50 136.40CREDITACC 570.60 595.10 563.00 595.10RESPONIND 181.70 185.15 180.25 184.80JINDALSAW 104.00 105.15 103.05 104.25DALBHARAT 2005.35 2029.00 1985.00 2004.80THYROCARE 1056.50 1056.50 1029.10 1035.00NAM-INDIA 370.00 375.20 365.75 370.90TORNTPHARM 3183.75 3206.70 3145.95 3190.05OIL 222.00 222.10 218.00 218.55VIPIND 582.80 594.00 579.30 584.15ENGINERSIN 70.70 71.35 70.70 71.00ITI 119.15 122.60 119.00 119.50UJJIVANSFB 20.30 20.80 20.30 20.60CSBBANK 244.00 245.95 241.00 244.15PRSMJOHNSN 152.10 153.40 147.45 148.55UFLEX 536.65 543.80 532.15 538.50PFIZER 4915.95 4946.10 4881.50 4893.00LEMONTREE 50.70 50.70 49.05 49.95

HAWKINCOOK 5765.05 5857.00 5765.05 5820.00CCL 424.00 427.25 417.45 420.55BALAMINES 3663.00 3725.35 3630.00 3639.45GMM 5067.80 5083.60 4970.05 4993.70LODHA 1221.00 1221.40 1193.05 1204.75BASF 3140.00 3155.00 3108.00 3146.90PTC 110.40 110.60 108.75 110.05NH 629.40 636.10 614.45 624.55LAOPALA 400.50 409.20 400.00 404.00ADANITRANS 2016.95 2030.00 1930.10 2015.35TTKPRESTIG 985.00 998.00 981.45 995.15KALPATPOWR 390.85 390.85 382.35 386.20CEATLTD 1140.00 1145.05 1134.00 1142.00PETRONET 226.00 227.05 224.50 225.55JBCHEPHARM 1700.05 1738.10 1700.05 1725.00GLAND 3731.85 3755.65 3706.00 3723.35MHRIL 200.50 208.80 200.00 207.40NETWORK18 90.00 90.50 89.20 89.70GALAXYSURF 3119.50 3147.20 3100.00 3147.00KAJARIACER 1352.70 1366.00 1339.00 1363.80TCNSBRANDS 810.00 812.30 785.95 795.00GILLETTE 5270.55 5325.00 5180.05 5213.55MINDAIND 1160.00 1160.00 1130.60 1152.15RELAXO 1350.00 1350.00 1329.50 1332.30

MAHLOG 695.85 711.85 688.60 704.65FDC 314.80 316.35 306.55 308.15SCHAEFFLER 9355.75 9550.00 9319.75 9375.00TIMKEN 2070.05 2118.80 2059.25 2063.25NIACL 143.00 143.00 140.55 141.90DHANUKA 759.95 782.35 742.45 762.50CASTROLIND 124.00 125.60 123.60 125.60AMBER 3457.90 3472.15 3438.75 3446.45PNCINFRA 305.00 309.75 303.00 303.20IOLCP 465.45 465.45 459.20 462.15PGHH 15969.20 16155.55 15969.20 15972.15SYNGENE 629.40 638.95 628.60 635.35JYOTHYLAB 142.00 142.90 141.30 142.45RALLIS 280.50 284.50 280.30 282.50SUDARSCHEM 605.00 608.75 590.00 591.00SHILPAMED 561.00 570.60 557.00 564.95ADVENZYMES 329.80 333.80 327.60 332.20GPPL 101.95 101.95 99.00 99.20RHIM 410.15 426.90 410.15 420.65ASTRAZEN 3079.70 3114.05 3050.00 3070.00GESHIP* 313.80 316.30 311.30 312.80SFL 3581.10 3704.45 3581.00 3650.00JMFINANCIL 76.60 76.75 75.50 76.00CRISIL 2993.60 2995.00 2930.50 2959.60EMAMILTD 501.00 502.00 499.00 500.00EIHOTEL 133.15 138.60 132.05 134.75GLAXO 1765.10 1787.70 1733.30 1756.20JSWENERGY 309.00 314.00 303.05 308.00SWANENERGY 173.05 177.85 172.85 173.95ORIENTELEC 363.50 370.45 363.50 368.50MAHINDCIE 227.00 229.00 226.35 227.90INOXLEISUR 379.60 383.40 376.25 377.05MRPL 44.45 45.45 44.35 44.90ZYDUSWELL 1860.05 1868.25 1843.15 1859.10NESCO 612.70 612.70 595.00 595.00GARFIBRES 3335.00 3351.65 3235.00 3337.50JKLAKSHMI 588.00 603.50 586.80 595.85CENTURYPLY 648.00 652.35 644.40 648.15STARCEMENT 99.95 101.80 99.00 100.20SAREGAMA 5220.00 5323.90 5203.05 5284.70ERIS 737.80 748.90 736.55 742.70MOIL 170.05 172.75 170.05 171.70KANSAINER 614.10 623.85 604.15 609.50BLUESTARCO 1021.85 1038.00 1015.65 1034.40RATNAMANI 1980.00 1980.00 1916.05 1920.00EQUITAS 120.95 122.40 119.00 119.35JSLHISAR 390.65 391.75 378.75 383.55ELGIEQUIP 356.90 361.00 354.20 358.65MAHLIFE 265.50 266.45 262.80 265.20NATCOPHARM 935.00 935.00 915.15 921.80POLYMED 925.00 944.70 918.00 930.00ANURAS 1049.00 1049.00 1016.45 1017.00CGCL 516.05 527.05 510.15 526.00SUPPETRO 732.00 735.00 718.90 726.00IIFLWAM 1569.70 1641.05 1569.00 1632.00JUBLPHARMA 569.00 576.00 568.60 571.60SANOFI 7558.00 7593.85 7548.00 7593.85WESTLIFE 533.00 537.90 528.00 532.40BAYERCROP 5027.65 5091.40 5025.00 5065.90HATSUN 1223.50 1240.00 1215.70 1220.00AJANTPHARM 2273.65 2315.00 2273.65 2311.65INDOCO 428.70 442.80 428.65 440.05EQUITASBNK 58.80 59.95 58.80 59.00FINEORG 3755.60 3806.70 3710.00 3730.00UTIAMC 1075.70 1095.00 1073.80 1080.85DCMSHRIRAM 1021.30 1036.20 999.55 1012.00QUESS 804.20 812.20 796.15 798.85SYMPHONY 1050.00 1067.00 1037.70 1067.00COCHINSHIP 351.95 352.75 348.10 348.50KIOCL 266.75 269.55 257.90 260.20HEIDELBERG 236.30 240.00 234.20 237.00GRINDWELL 1949.95 1950.00 1943.15 1950.00ASTERDM 184.85 185.45 182.65 183.65VINATIORGA 2063.30 2085.55 2046.15 2069.25SUNDRMFAST 905.30 918.55 905.30 907.20VMART 3892.95 3960.50 3891.05 3944.15GODREJIND 638.00 643.95 629.35 632.45CHOLAHLDNG 652.15 652.55 641.30 647.00RUCHISOYA 919.95 919.95 898.55 901.05MIDHANI 182.50 183.60 181.80 182.85BBTC 1107.55 1114.45 1090.85 1100.15MAHSCOOTER 3995.00 4014.45 3983.00 3999.00TASTYBIT 14135.05 14135.10 13871.30 13871.30JCHAC 1951.05 1961.90 1931.20 1941.00KSB 1241.45 1260.00 1241.40 1250.10TCIEXP 2236.55 2249.00 2193.00 2193.95CERA 4948.10 4962.95 4894.10 4926.15INDOSTAR 273.15 277.00 267.55 267.70ENDURANCE 1684.00 1708.85 1682.25 1708.85CHALET 236.00 241.75 234.55 241.00GODFRYPHLP 1159.80 1160.00 1145.65 1145.65NILKAMAL 2677.75 2698.00 2642.30 2642.30SHRIRAMCIT 1794.05 1821.40 1785.90 1792.303MINDIA 25105.80 25154.40 25041.45 25154.40GULFOILLUB 466.90 466.90 457.15 459.05VSTIND 3210.00 3220.10 3182.30 3214.25PGHL 5181.90 5201.95 5130.50 5141.50RITES 275.30 277.75 274.00 275.65INDIGOPNTS 2076.55 2077.85 2070.00 2075.60EPL 196.75 197.30 196.00 196.95AIAENG 1860.55 1888.90 1857.15 1857.15SUNCLAYLTD 3878.70 3959.30 3878.15 3903.05IFBIND 1173.70 1184.60 1167.75 1175.50PSB 16.90 17.05 16.80 16.90AKZOINDIA 1978.00 1988.65 1978.00 1984.85ESABINDIA 3389.10 3445.15 3385.40 3417.40ITDC 372.40 382.65 372.40 377.80WABCOINDIA 8367.35 8461.10 8367.35 8461.10MASFIN 597.75 603.95 596.70 598.20

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SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGENIFTY 50 18185.00 18286.95 18119.65 18255.75 -2.05TATACONSUM 730.20 777.00 727.00 760.80 30.60IOC 121.50 124.40 121.35 123.30 2.15TCS 3877.85 3977.00 3860.05 3965.35 67.45INFY 1882.00 1933.00 1881.00 1925.00 28.20ADANIPORTS 769.00 795.00 763.65 783.50 11.30LT 2014.00 2049.95 2007.00 2042.00 23.60BPCL 395.00 399.95 392.50 398.60 4.10HDFCBANK 1530.00 1548.70 1519.00 1543.80 15.80TECHM 1714.50 1746.80 1696.50 1736.40 17.60DIVISLAB 4590.00 4636.00 4559.00 4615.30 25.25SHREECEM 26830.00 27150.00 26577.25 27000.00 144.70ULTRACEMCO 7634.00 7700.00 7566.90 7640.00 33.20KOTAKBANK 1909.00 1945.00 1898.00 1931.00 4.65NTPC 134.40 136.15 133.30 135.20 0.25SBILIFE 1259.00 1272.25 1254.50 1260.90 2.20BAJFINANCE 7775.00 7846.10 7728.50 7820.00 11.65RELIANCE 2535.00 2567.30 2525.85 2537.00 1.70MARUTI 7951.00 8145.00 7951.00 8081.05 4.00COALINDIA 164.75 166.15 163.25 164.80 0.05HDFCLIFE 668.00 674.85 666.20 670.50 0.15GRASIM 1859.90 1867.75 1832.35 1855.00 -1.85POWERGRID 207.95 209.65 206.55 207.75 -0.25HCLTECH 1320.00 1342.95 1293.00 1330.00 -4.25HINDALCO 506.00 509.50 503.00 505.90 -1.60BAJAJFINSV 18044.00 18333.45 18000.00 18161.30 -63.70CIPLA 926.05 933.00 916.30 920.60 -3.45ITC 223.95 224.80 222.30 222.90 -1.05TATAMOTORS 509.00 515.40 505.65 509.40 -2.55BAJAJ-AUTO 3451.00 3462.20 3425.00 3429.00 -22.00EICHERMOT 2838.00 2845.00 2798.75 2814.70 -18.00SBIN 509.00 510.35 505.15 507.75 -3.60ICICIBANK 821.00 822.00 811.60 818.35 -6.35TATASTEEL 1213.00 1226.30 1206.10 1211.00 -10.15DRREDDY 4720.20 4723.00 4660.55 4685.95 -40.00INDUSINDBK 919.10 926.65 913.25 918.80 -8.30SUNPHARMA 865.50 868.90 856.80 857.50 -8.00TITAN 2626.00 2639.00 2588.85 2594.00 -25.25JSWSTEEL 679.90 689.55 677.25 681.10 -6.75HEROMOTOCO 2590.00 2594.80 2555.00 2566.00 -27.60BRITANNIA 3749.05 3754.90 3695.30 3700.00 -49.05BHARTIARTL 729.95 730.90 718.45 721.55 -10.25WIPRO 649.25 649.25 636.50 640.25 -9.50HDFC 2712.00 2731.60 2687.30 2710.95 -45.05NESTLEIND 19714.40 19719.35 19270.00 19392.00 -322.40M&M 889.80 895.95 879.65 881.00 -15.00ONGC 162.95 163.30 160.20 160.90 -3.05HINDUNILVR 2420.00 2421.00 2360.80 2364.50 -49.70UPL 836.00 836.05 818.00 823.35 -17.65AXISBANK 734.80 735.95 716.05 721.25 -19.45ASIANPAINT 3462.00 3462.00 3346.00 3364.00 -92.25

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New Delhi: The wholesale price-based inflation bucked the 4-month rising trend in December2021, and eased to 13.56 percent, even though food priceshardened, and experts believethe RBI is expected to hold ratessteady in its monetary policynext month.

WPI inflation has remainedin double digits for the ninthconsecutive month beginningApril. Inflation in Novemberwas 14.23 per cent, while inDecember 2020 it was 1.95 percent.

Inflation in food articles,however, spiked to a 23-monthhigh at 9.56 per cent inDecember, against 4.88 per centin November. Vegetable pricerise rate jumped to 31.56 percent, against 3.91 per cent in theprevious month.

In the food articles catego-ry, pulses, wheat, cereals and

paddy all witnessed a month-on-month price rise, while potato,onion, fruits and egg, meat andfish saw some softening.

"The high rate of inflationin December 2021 is primarilydue to rise in prices of mineraloils, basic metals, crude petro-leum & natural gas, chemicalsand chemical products, foodproducts, textile and paper andpaper products etc as comparedto the corresponding month ofthe previous year," theCommerce and IndustryMinistry said in a statement.

Inflation in manufactureditems was lower at 10.62 per centin December, against 11.92 percent in the previous month. Infuel and power basket the rate ofprice rise was 32.30 per cent inDecember, against 39.81 percent in November.

Data released earlier thisweek showed, retail inflation

based on Consumer Price Index(Combined) rose to 5.59 percent in December, from 4.91 percent a month ago as food pricesinched up. ICRAChief Economist Aditi Nayar,said the food inflation has spikedfrom the marginal 0.1 per centin October 2021, to an unpleas-ant 23-month high of 9.6 percent in December 2021, reflect-ing the unfavourable base par-ticularly for vegetables.

"Notwithstanding the con-tinued double-digit WPI infla-tion in December 2021, weexpect the MPC to pause inFebruary 2022. The duration ofthe current wave and the sever-ity of restrictions will determinewhether policy normalisation(change in stance to neutralalong with hike in reverse reporate) can commence in April2022, or be delayed further toJune 2022. PTI

New Delhi/Geneva: PrimeMinister Narendra Modi willaddress the online DavosAgenda summit of the WorldEconomic Forum on the firstday of the five-day event begin-ning January 17, joining a hostof other global leaders who willshare their visions for 2022 onthe state of the world.

While the WEF had todefer its physical annual meet-ing in the Swiss ski resorttown Davos due to the coron-avirus pandemic, it will host the‘Davos Agenda’ summit digi-tally for the second consecutiveyear in the previously sched-uled week for the event. Ithopes to convene the 2022annual meeting later this year.

Announcing the schedule,the WEF said ‘Davos Agenda

2022’ will be the first globalplatform for key world leadersto share their visions for 2022and it is being convened on thetheme of ‘The State of theWorld’.

Heads of State andGovernment will join CEOsand other leaders for a virtualweek-long dialogue on criticalcollective challenges and howto address them, while this dia-logue will be a springboard tothe Annual Meeting in Davos,scheduled for early summer.

Mumbai: Snapping its five-day winning run, the rupee onFriday slumped 25 paise toclose at 74.15 against the USdollar, in line with otheremerging market currencies ashawkish comments by FederalReserve officials weighed onsentiment.

At the interbank foreignexchange market, the localcurrency witnessed an intra-day high of 74.05 and a low of74.21 against the US dollar.It finally settled at 74.15,down 25 paise over its previ-ous close of 73.90. US Fedpolicymakers signalled theywill start to raise interest ratesin March to combat sky-highinflation.

The dollar index, whichgauges the greenback'sstrength against a basket of sixcurrencies, was trading 0.01

per cent down at 94.78.Meanwhile, Brent crudefutures, the global oil bench-mark, advanced 1.01 per centto USD 85.32 per barrel.On the domestic equity mar-ket front, the BSE Sensexended 12.27 points or 0.02 percent lower at 61,223.03, whilethe broader NSE Nifty fell 2.05points or 0.01 per cent to18,255.75.

Foreign institutionalinvestors remained net sellersin the capital market onThursday, as they offloadedshares worth � 1,390.85 crore,as per exchange data.

According to JateenTrivedi, Senior ResearchAnalyst at LKP Securities, thedomestic currency tradedweak near 74.15 on the backof long position unwinding inrupee.

Mumbai: Bank credit grew9.16 per cent to �116.83 lakhcrore and deposits rose 10.28per cent to �162.41 lakh crorefor the fortnight endedDecember 31, 2021, RBI datashowed.

For the fortnight endedJanuary 1, 2021, bank creditstood at � 107.02 lakh crore anddeposits at � 147.26 lakh crore,according to RBI'sScheduled Banks' Statement ofPosition in India as onDecember 31, 2021, released onFriday.

In the previous fortnightended December 17, 2021,bank advances had risen by7.27 per cent and depositswent up by 9.58 per cent. InFY21, bank credit had risen by5.56 per cent and deposits by11.4 per cent. PTI

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Mumbai: The Sensex and Niftybroke their five-day risingstreak to close with slim loss-es on Friday, weighed by neg-ative global cues and foreignfund outflows.

In a largely subdued ses-sion, the 30-share BSE Sensexended 12.27 points or 0.02 percent lower at 61,223.03.Similarly, the NSE Nifty slipped2.05 points or 0.01 per cent to18,255.75.

Asian Paints was the toploser on the Sensex chart, shed-

ding 2.66 per cent, followed byAxis Bank, HUL, M&M,Wipro, HDFC and BhartiAirtel. On the other hand,TCS, Infosys, L&T, TechMahindra, HDFC Bank andUltraTech Cement were amongthe prominent gainers, climb-ing up to 1.84 per cent.

The market breadth wasnegative, with 18 declines and12 advances. "TheIndian market opened on aweak note following nervous-ness in global markets, how-

ever, it managed to erase mostof its losses to close flat, sup-ported by positive trends in IT,realty and healthcare sectors.

"Fed official's latest com-ment on a likely rate hike dur-ing March triggered selling inglobal equities. Globally, infla-tion worries worsened after theUS reported a 40 year high CPIinflation reading while a slow-er rise in producer prices pro-vided some relief," said VinodNair, Head of Research atGeojit Financial Services.

On a weekly basis, theSensex surged 1,478.38 points,or 2.47 per cent, while the Niftygained 443.05 points or 2.48per cent. S Hariharan, Head-Sales Trading, Emkay GlobalFinancial Services, said, "Strongguidance from many mem-bers of US FOMC about hikinginterest rates in CY22, along-side continuing high inflationprints globally, make for anadverse flow environment forequities in general."

"The reaction to strong

results from frontline IT namesappears to point to heavy pre-positioning in the market, andmight be a recurring theme forthe ongoing results season -- inthat good results are priced inand fresh catalysts may beneeded to push the ongoingrally further," he noted.

Sector-wise, BSE telecom,FMCG, healthcare, auto andbankex shed as much as 1.20per cent, while capital goods,realty, industrials and IT post-ed gains. PTII

New Delhi: The country'sexports in December 2021surged 38.91 per cent on anannual basis to USD 37.81 bil-lion, the highest-ever month-ly figure, due to healthy per-formance by sectors such as

engineering, textiles and chem-icals, even as the trade deficitwidened to USD 21.68 billionduring the month, govern-ment data showed on Friday.

Imports in December 2021also increased 38.55 per cent to

USD 59.48 billion, on accountof an increase in petroleum andcrude oil imports, which soared67.89 per cent to USD 16.16billion. Gold imports expand-ed by 5.43 per cent to USD 4.72billion.

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Third world nations wereoffered about 100 million

Covid-19 vaccines that werenear expiry, which countrieswere forced to dump, accordingto UN's children's fund Unicef.According to Unicef 's head ofsupply Etleva Kadilli, more than100 million vaccines were, inDecember alone, rejected bycountries as they were unable todistribute them, BBC reported.

The problem was com-pounded by many countries'insufficient storage facilities,Kadilli was quoted as saying tomembers of EuropeanParliament on Thursday.

Many of world's poorestcountries, most of them inAfrica, have been relying on UN-backed Covax scheme for theirvaccines.

The programme faced chal-lenges in accessing doses earlylast year, but situation signifi-cantly improved towards end of2021 with wealthier countriesreleasing doses they were hold-

ing. According to provisionaltracking by UNICEF, about 910million doses were deliveredthrough UN-backed initiative asof December 30. Nearly half ofdoses delivered in Decembercame from three US-backedvaccine manufacturers: Johnson& Johnson, Moderna and Pfizer.

However, many of dosesoffered have been close to theirexpiry date, and have beenrejected by recipient nations,BBC report said.Some countriessuch as Nigeria struggled withadministering vaccines forcingthem to destroy expired jabs.

Only about 10 per cent ofpopulation on continent hasbeen fully vaccinated. "Morethan 9.4 billion vaccine doseshave now been administeredglobally. But 90 countries did notreach target of vaccinating 40 percent of their populations by endof last year, and 36 of those coun-tries have not yet vaccinated 10per cent of their populations,"Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus,chief of World HealthOrganization.

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mounting leadership pressureamid further allegations ofparties

held at his Downing Streetoffice-residence by staff, cate-gorisedas a “partygate” scandaldue to the apparent serialbreaches of lockdown rules inplace at the time.

‘The Daily Telegraph'reported on two farewell par-ties made up of about 30 peo-ple drinking alcohol and danc-ing to music until the early-hours of April 17 last year, thenight before the funeral ofPrince

Philip – the Duke ofEdinburgh's funeral. DowningStreet said thetiming was“deeply regrettable” and that ithad apologised to BuckinghamPalace.

“It is deeply regrettablethat this took place at a time ofnationalmourning andNumber 10 has apologised tothe Palace," the UK PrimeMinister's spokespersonsaid."You heard from the primeminister this week, he's recog-nised Number10 should beheld to the highest standardsand take responsibility forthings we did not get right,” thespokesperson said.

It is understood that a callfrom the Prime Minister'soffice was made to the Palaceon Friday. Restrictions at thetime banned indoor mixingbetween different householdsand Queen Elizabeth II satalone during the church cere-mony for her late husband inkeeping with social distancingrules. "This event should not

have happened at the timethat it did. I am deeply sorry,and take full responsibility,"said James Slack, the UK PrimeMinister's former Director ofCommunications, at the centreof the farewell that led to theparty last April.

Slack, now deputy editor-in-chief at ‘The Sun' newspa-per, apologised"unreservedlyfor the anger and hurt caused".

While Prime MinisterJohnson was not at either of thetwo gatherings in April 2021 ashe was spending the weekendat his Buckinghamshirecountryestate Chequers, the latest rev-elations add to the saga aroundrules being broken at the heartof the UK government.

Ministers have insisted thattop civil servant Sue Gray'songoing internal investigationinto such gatherings will deter-mine the extent of wrongdoingand therefore judgment shouldbe reserved until her probeconcludes.

"If the details that are inthis story turn out to be true,clearlypeople are going to formtheir judgment," UK SecurityMinister Damian Hinds saidon Thursday, with reference tothe fresh revelations which callBoris Johnson's leadership ofhis party and country intoquestion.

"I am entirely behind thePrime Minister and the gov-ernment, and I think the lead-ership that the Prime Ministerhas shown, particularlythroughthe coronavirus, has been verystrong," said Hinds. But battlelines are being drawn withinthe Conservative Party,withmany of Johnson's own MPsdemanding he step down asleader. “I want to apologise.

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As Boris Johnson's “party-gate” troubles mount and

members of his ownConservative Party demand hestep down as the British PrimeMinister, one name is doingthe rounds as a frontrunner totake charge –his Indian-originChancellor andDowningStreet neighbourRishi Sunak. The UK-bornson of a pharmacist motherand a National Health Service

(NHS) general practition-er (GP) father is an OxfordUniversity and Stanford grad-uate. He is married to AkshataMurty, the daughter of Infosysco-founder Narayana Murthy,and the couple has two young-daughters Krishna andAnoushka. The MP forRichmond in Yorkshire firstentered the UK Parliament in2015 and has quickly risen upthe Tory party ranks as astaunch Brexiteer, who hadbacked Johnson's strategy toleave the European Union(EU).

From working in mymum's tiny chemist shop tomy experience building largebusinesses, I have seen how weshould support free enter-prise and innovation to ensureBritain has a stronger future,”Sunak had

said during the Brexit ref-erendum.He co-founded a 1-billion-pound global invest-ment firm and specialised ininvesting in small British busi-nesses before his entry intopolitics.As the first Chancellorof the Exchequer of Indianheritage, Sunak made historyin February 2020 when he wasappointed to the most impor-tant UK Cabinet post.

If the Tory party mur-murings and bookie bettingodds are anythingto go by,then the 41-year-old may wellbe in line to make historyasBritain's first Indian-originPrime Minister. "No, definite-ly not. Seeing what the PrimeMinister has to deal with, thisis a job hard enough for me todo," Sunak said back in

October 2020, when asked ifhe had prime ministerialambitions. But a lot has hap-pened since, with Sunak lead-ing the charge for the country'seconomic fightback againstthe COVID-19 pandemic.

Many of the schemes heput in place as finance minis-ter, including the furlough-based Coronavirus JobRetention Scheme andCOVID support grants forstruggling businesses over thecourse of several lockdownshave proved largely popular.

However, proposed taxhikes coming up from thisApril and consistentlyrisingenergy and cost of living costshave proved less popular with-in the Conservative Party base.The famously low-tax favour-ing Tories may find his hightax plansto recoup some of thelost economic ground duringthe pandemic hard

to digest when things real-ly come to a leadership scrum.

In fact, there is alreadytalk within the party ranks ofhim having overplayed hishand by not speaking outmore firmly in support of

57-year-old Johnson, fol-lowing his Parliament apolo-gy earlier thisweek over aDowning Street garden partyin apparent breach of lock-down rules. Sunak, who wasmiles away on a business visit,tweeted much later in eveningto say that “the PM was rightto apologise and I support hisrequest for patience while SueGray carries out her enquiry”.This was seen as a half-heart-ed show of support andviewed as reflectiveof his ownleadership ambitions.Thewealth associated with Sunakand his wife Akshata has alsooften hit spotlight for wrongreasons, with the Chancellor's95-pound pair of slippersspotted in official photographsreleased pre-Budget lastOctober the latest luxury itemto hit the headlines. This fol-lowed being pictured with a180- pound so-called “smartmug”, which was reportedly agift from his wife.

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lance systems nationwide, inthe absence of meaningful legalprotections against unlawful orabusive government surveil-lance, the Human Rights Watch(HRW) said in its WorldReport 2022.

Chinese companies withreported links to governmentcontinue to draw global scruti-ny for their data collectionpractices, the HRW reportsaid.

March 2021 marked fifthanniversary of landmark Anti-Domestic Violence Law, yetvictims continued to face anuphill battle in seeking author-ities' protection and account-ability for their abusers. InFebruary, an article by formerjournalist Ma Jinyu on violentabuses she suffered by her hus-band ignited a heated discus-sion on social media about gov-ernment's persistent failure toprosecute domestic violence.

The B elt and RoadInitiative (BRI), announcedin 2013, is the government'strillion-dollar infrastructureand investment programstretching across some 70countries. Some BRI projectshave been criticized for lackof transparency, disregard ofcommunity concerns, andnegat ive environmentalimpacts, the HRW said.

The HRW published areport last August that docu-mented economic, social, andcultural rights violations inCambodia resulting fromLower Sesan 2 dam's displace-ment of nearly 5,000 peoplebetween 2013 and 2018 andimpacts on livelihoods of tensof thousands of othersupstream and downstream.

The dam was a BRI projectfunded mainly by a Chinese-state owned bank and built bya Chinese-state owned elec-tricity generation company.China Labour Watch, an NGO,reported, in April, that overseasChinese workers working onBRI infrastructure projects inAlgeria, Indonesia, Pakistan,and other countries were vic-tims of human trafficking andforced labour, including beingdeceived into working illegal-ly, held against their will, andforced to work while infectedwith Covid-19 in early and

mid-2020. China is by farlargest emitter of greenhousegases globally, making a majorcontribution to climate crisisthat is taking a mounting tollon human rights around globe.

China's imports of agri-cultural commodities drivemore deforestation globallythan those of any other market,including imports of all 27member states of EuropeanUnion (EU) combined.

Canada, the EU, the UK,and US imposed coordinatedand bilateral targeted sanc-tions on Chinese governmentofficials and companies respon-sible for serious human rightsviolations, including interna-tional crimes, in Xinjiang.

The US also imposed sanc-tions on several senior HongKong officials for imposingthe National Security Law. InAugust, the US gave HongKong people in US a temporary18-month "safe haven."

In September, UN HighCommissioner for HumanRights Michelle Bacheletexpressed "regret" that author-ities had not given her mean-ingful access to Xinjiang, andsaid that her office would issuean assessment of human rightsin that region

Parliamentarians inBelgium, Canada, the CzechRepublic, Lithuania, theNetherlands, and UK passedresolutions accusing Chinesegovernment of committinggenocide against Uyghurs;some also called on their gov-ernments to limit participationin 2022 Beijing WinterOlympics.

The UK Parliament passeda non-binding motion sup-porting a diplomatic boycott ofGames. Members of EuropeanParliament halted EU's pro-posed ComprehensiveAgreement on Investment withChina, citing human rightsconcerns, and freezing consid-eration of deal for as long asthey are subject to Beijing'scounter sanctions.

In September, they alsoadopted a recommendationfor a new, more assertive, andbetter coordinated EU strategyon China, placing humanrights at its core.

Multinational companiescame under greater pressure towithdraw operations fromXinjiang over concerns aboutforced labor.

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action lawsuit in the UK overallegedly abusing its marketdominance and if the lawsuit suc-ceeds nearly 44 million BritishFacebook users could receive a$68 payout each. Competitionlaw expert Dr Liza LovdahlGormsen has brought the class-action lawsuit against Facebook'sparent firm Meta at the UK'sCompetition Appeal Tribunal,Daily Mail reported on Thursday.

The lawsuit claims thatFacebook should pay its 44 mil-lion UK users compensation forthe exploitation of their databetween 2015 and 2019.

"It is claimed this allowed thefirm to generate billions in rev-enues from their data, whileusers received no monetaryreturns, which the claim labels an'unfair deal', said the report.

The lawsuit alleged that

Facebook made billions by"imposing unfair terms and con-ditions that demanded con-sumers surrender valuable per-sonal data to access the network".

"In the 17 years since it wascreated, Facebook became thesole social network in the UKwhere you could be sure to con-nect with friends and family inone place," Gormsen said in astatement. "Yet, there was a darkside to Facebook; it abused itsmarket dominance to imposeunfair terms and conditions onordinary Britons giving it thepower to exploit their personaldata. I'm launching this case tosecure billions of pounds ofdamages for the 44 millionBritons who had their dataexploited by Facebook," she elab-orated. Dr Gormsen is a SeniorResearch Fellow at the BritishInstitute of International andComparative Law (BIICL) andthe director of the CompetitionLaw Forum.

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day of a "stronger and certain" response to the new US sanc-tions, South Korea's military said.

The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said the short-range pro-jectiles were launched from Uiju in North Pyongan Province,a northwestern region bordering China, and that they flewaround 430 km at an altitude of 36 km, reports Yonhap NewsAgency.

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“Now they are disinvesting and pri-vatising the Central PSUs only to scrapreservation for the SCs and OBCs. Whenthings will go to private hands there willbe no reservation. Yogi ji, I want to say thatyou are doing a sin while sitting on theCM’s chair. Are only upper caste peopleHindus in your eyes? If only those 10 percent are Hindus in your view then yourpack-up is definite. Now, all theBackwards, Dalits and everyone is againstyou. There will be further division in thoseeight to ten per cent with you as there aremany Samajwadis and Ambedkarwadis inthat percentage.”

“I thought after spending 14 years inexile, the BJP would have learnt its lessons,but it seems that once again they willreturn to what they were before 2017. Iwant to tell BJP leaders that after today,there will be a tsunami in the State whichwill devastate the BJP. I joined hands withAkhilesh Yadav as he is young, educatedand able, I will make crores of people standbehind him and will destroy the BJP. I alsochallenge that whomever I leave, they standnowhere. Behen Ji (Mayawati) is a livingexample, till the time I was with her, shewas the CM. I left her, today she isnowhere,” said Maurya.

Another former BJP Minister whojoined the SP, Dharm Singh Saini said,“Today’s programme is being held in theparty office because of the Model Code ofConduct, otherwise if there was no ban,there would have been more than ten lakhpeople. We take oath on Makar Sankrantito save the Constitution, and to save theoppressed Dalits from atrocities. We takea pledge that we will form a SamajwadiGovernment on March 10. The humani-ty and respect that I got from Akhilesh jiwas not found anywhere else because Ihave been both in the BSP and BJP. Willget you (Akhilesh Yadav) sworn in as ChiefMinister in March and will get you swornin as Prime Minister in 2024.”

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Video clips showed hundreds ofparty workers gathered at the SP officeand a majority of them not wearingmasks. “Prima facie, there was violationof COVID-19 norms, and investigations

are underway. A team of officials of thedistrict administration and police hadgone there,” a senior official of theLucknow district administration said.

The Election Commission hasbanned public rallies, roadshows and cor-ner meetings till January 15 in the fivepoll-bound states, citing the fresh surgein Covid-19 cases, and issued stringentsafety guidelines.

The Commission listed out 16-pointguidelines for campaigning as it banned‘nukkad sabhas’ (corner meetings) onpublic roads and roundabouts, limitedthe number of persons allowed for thedoor-to-door campaign to five, includ-ing the candidate, and prohibited victo-ry processions after the counting ofvotes.

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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh hereon January 5 about the findings of theinvestigations. However, no officialannouncement was then made.

On Friday, the Government said:“The Tri-Services Court of Inquiry into theMi-17 V5 accident on 08 Dec 21 has sub-mitted its preliminary findings. Theinquiry team analysed the Flight DataRecorder and Cockpit Voice Recorderbesides questioning all available witness-es to determine the most probable causeof the accident.”

“The Court of Inquiry has ruled outmechanical failure, sabotage or negli-gence as a cause of the accident. The acci-dent was a result of entry into clouds dueto unexpected change in weather condi-tions in the valley. This led to spatial dis-orientation of the pilot resulting inControlled Flight into Terrain. Based onits findings, the Court of Inquiry has madecertain recommendations which are beingreviewed,” the official statement by the IAFsaid.

The accident took place when GeneralRawat, his wife Madhulika, his Defenceadvisor Brigadier LS Lidder, staff officerto the Chief of Defence Staff, Lt-ColonelHarjinder Singh and decorated pilotGroup Captain Varun Singh and otherswere to land at the Defence Services StaffCollege (DSSC), Wellington. GeneralRawat was scheduled to give a lecture therelater in the day. The helicopter crew wasalso killed in the crash.

The CoI investigated all the aspectsincluding the possibility of malfunction inthe helicopter mechanism, any technicalor human error leading to the accident.The investigators also examined the blackbox or flight data recorder and cockpitvoice recorder, they added.

The probe team examined all likelyscenarios for the crash, including possiblehuman error or whether it was a case ofdisorientation of crew when the helicopterwas preparing for landing, sources said.

The helicopter crew had not made anydistress call to the ground station when itsuddenly encountered thick clouds indi-cating that the pilots were in control of thehelicopter. The commander of the flightwas Wing Commander Prithvi SinghChauhan and Squadron Leader KuldeepSingh was the co-pilot. Both of them werehighly skilled pilots with Master Green rat-ing, they said. The CIFT phenomenon saysthe pilot or crew is unaware of the loom-ing disaster until it is too late, and it mostcommonly occurs in the approach or land-ing phase of a flight.

Moreover, the CFIT occurs when anairworthy aircraft, while under the com-plete control of the pilot, is inadvertentlyflown into terrain, water, or an obstacle.

According to the IATA (InternationalAir Transport Association), the termrefers to accidents in which in-flight col-lisions with terrain, water, or anotherobstacle occur without indication of lossof control.

The United States' Federal AviationAdministration says CFIT is '' ... an unin-tentional collision with terrain (ground,mountain, body of water, or an obstacle)while an aircraft is under positive control."The critical distinction in such incidentsis the fact the aircraft is under control ofthe flight crew.

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Petersen walked away with both theplayer of the match as well as player of theseries honours.

India Test captain Virat Kohli rued thebatting failures in the 2-1 series loss toSouth Africa. He added that the team willcontinue to back the under-fire senior bat-ters Cheteshwar Pujara and AjinkyaRahane despite their failures in the three-match series. After leading 1-0, India wenton to lose the next two matches inJohannesburg and Cape Town to squan-der a chance of winning their first-ever Testseries in South Africa.

"The batting has let us down in the lasttwo games. We needed to step up andthere's no running away from that.Honestly, I can't sit here and talk aboutwhat will happen in the future. That's notfor me to discuss. For that, you need tospeak to selectors and ask what they havein mind because it's not my job. We havecontinued to back Cheteshwar and Ajinkyabecause of the kind of players they are,"said Kohli in the post-match press con-

ference after India lost the third and decid-ing Test by seven wickets on Friday.

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Amid a surge in Covid-19 cases, itwould be mandatory for MPs as well asthose entering the Parliament complex tohave a negative RT-PCR report and a fullyvaccinated certificate, parliamentarysources said.

A decision on whether the two Housesshould meet simultaneously or in separateshifts to ensure that not many people arepresent in the complex to ensure distanc-ing norms is yet to be taken, the sourcessaid.

The Monsoon Session of 2020 was thefirst full Session held under Covid proto-col with the Rajya Sabha meeting in thefirst half of the day and the Lok Sabha dur-ing the second half. The same was followedfor the first part of the Budget Session dur-ing 2021.

For the second part of the BudgetSession and Monsoon and Winter Sessionslast year, the Rajya Sabha and the LokSabha reverted to normal timings, but withmembers sitting in the chambers and gal-leries of respective Houses to ensure dis-tancing.

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The chargesheet had said that theaccused should stand trial for offencesunder Sections 342 (punishment forwrongful confinement) 376 (2) (k) , 376(2)(n), 376 C(a), 377 (unnatural offences)and 506 (ii) criminal intimidation of theIndian Penal Code.

This was the first case filed against aBishop of the Catholic Church in Indiaunder sections of rape, molestation andassault. While the investigation team tooktheir own time in pursuing the leads, thecivil society in Kerala staged demonstra-tions and marches demanding the arrestof the accused. A group of nuns, includ-ing the victim, sat on a fast in front of theKerala High Court demanding the arrestof the Bishop.

He was arrested on September 22,2018 by the Kerala Police. On October 15,2018, he was granted bail by the KeralaHigh Court. Though he had approachedthe judiciary with requests to dischargehim from the case, the trial court, the HighCourt and the Supreme Court had reject-ed his pleas.

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Philippines signed an implementingarrangement in March last year for theGovernment- to- Government dealsregarding military equipment includingthe BrahMos missile.

The Philippines will acquire theBrahaMos missile which can cover a tar-get range of 290 kms with a capability tocarry a 200 kg warhead. India has othervariants of this missile also having a rangeof more than 400 kms.

This deal came about in the backdropof India engaging with several SoutheastAsian countries including Thailand,Indonesia, and Vietnam for the sale of themissile system, they added. India’s ties withthe Philippines were stepped up in the pastfew years. The two countries signed a bilat-eral Memorandum of Understanding(MoU) on Defence and Logistics in 2018.In 2020, an MoU on Sharing of WhiteShipping Information (non-military/non-government shipping vessel information)was signed. In 2019, the Philippine Navyparticipated in a group sail in the SouthChina Sea along with the navies of India,the United States, and Japan.

India has inducted the land and seaversion of the BrahMos into its securityarchitecture. The supersonic cruise mis-sile can be launched from submarines,ships, aircraft, and land platforms.BrahMos missile flies at a speed of 2.8Mach or almost three times the speed ofsound. The Army and Navy have alreadyinducted the highly versatile missile.Given the effectiveness of the missile capa-ble of hitting targets at a range of more than350 kms, operational commanders havedeployed the BrahMos at various criticalpoints along the Line of Actual Control(LAC) facing China.

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While the number of people diagnosedwith Covid-19 shot up to 23,459 in TamilNadu during the last 24 hours (out of 1.5lakh samples tested), Kerala registered16,338 cases on Friday. The death toll inKerala reached 50, 568 while Tamil Nadu'sDepartment of Health Directorate said thenumber of victims succumbed to the pan-demic to date reached 36,956.

The Tamil Nadu Government,shocked over the spurt in the number ofCovid-19 cases, has tightened the rules anddeclared a partial shutdown with manyrestrictions. Schools and colleges have beenasked to stick to online classes till further

notice taking into account the warningissued by the Tamil Nadu GovernmentDoctors Association.

The Kerala Government in a reviewmeeting held on Friday decided to shutdown all schools and asked theGovernment and private establishments toopt for online mode in districts where TestPositivity Rate is more than 20 per cent.The State's TPR on Friday stood at 23.68per cent.

Uttar Pradesh too reported spike incases. It registered 16,016 fresh Covid-19cases, taking the tally of active cases in theState to 84,440, while three more fatalitiespushed the death toll to 22,949, accordingto an official statement released on Fridayevening.

With these fresh cases, the total num-ber of cases recorded in the State so farstood at 18,01,231. Of the three deaths, twowere reported from Meerut and one fromGautam Buddh Nagar, it said. Of the freshcases, 2,209 cases were reported fromLucknow, 1,887 cases reported fromGhaziabad, 1,817 cases from GautamBuddh Nagar and 1,203 cases from Meerutamong others, it said.

At the same time, Delhi and Mumbaisaw slight dip in the number of cases.Delhi recorded 24,383 new Covid cases inthe last 24 hours, 15.5 per cent lower thanThursday's 28,867. The positivity rate inthe national Capital jumped to 30.64 per-cent. It means nearly every third personundertaking the Covid-19 test is positivefor the virus.

Friday's positivity rate in Delhi is thehighest since May 1 last year, when it was31.6 per cent.

The national Capital reported 34deaths in the last 24 hours, taking the deathcount to 25, 305.

Mumbai reported 11,317 fresh Covid-19 cases and nine deaths on Friday asagainst 13,702 cases on Thursday. Nearlyeighty-five per cent of the fresh cases areasymptomatic and don't require any hos-pitalisation.

The cumulative toll in the last sevendays in India has nearly doubled to 1,096from 562 in the preceding seven days. Thenumber of confirmed cases of the Omicronvariant that is driving the latest surge ofthe pandemic currently stood at 5,753.

Meanwhile, Union Health MinisterMansukh Mandaviya on Friday visited the"E-Sanjeevani" hub at CGHS headquartersin Delhi to review services being provid-ed. He interacted with the doctors pro-viding teleconsultation and personallyviewed some sessions. "Tele-medicineservices have been very useful in Covid.This E-Sanjeevani platform is used for tele-consultation. Lakhs of people use the plat-form every day to seek doctors', experts'advice.

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An excited teenager who playedthird or even fourth fiddle toKareena Kapoor’s Geet in Jab

We Met, Wamiqa Gabbi has slowlybut steadily started charting hercourse in celebdom. Appearances inPunjabi films followed and she gotrecognition for Tu Mera 22 MainTera 22, Ishq Brandy, Nikka Zaildar,Parahuna, Dil Diyan Gaalan andGrahan, the web series on 1984 riots.The actress has appeared in manynotable Bollywood movies and manyother regional films too.

Recently, Gabbi played cricketer,Madan Lal’s, wife in the film, 83. Sheshares, “I’m grateful to get the chanceto be a part of this movie. You knowwhen the film is made on such a his-torical moment, it’s a different kindof happiness. So… when Chhabra Ji’s(Mukesh Chhabra)office called,nothing came to my mind regardinghow that part is and what it is… I justwanted to be part of this film and I’mso glad that people loved the film,”she giggled.

Talking about the reason shetook up the role, she shares, “A filmon the 1983 World Cup was a goodenough reason for me to be its part.And then, Kabir Khan was directingit! I knew that I wanted to work withhim and I was excited to be part ofa project like this. Deepika Padukone,who was the producer, played RomiDev while I was Anu Lal. The twowere like best friends and there wereseveral scenes with her. When all thisbecame clear, I was like, I’m quick-ly doing this.”

Gabbi has primarily worked inPunjabi cinema and has done filmsin other languages too. She says, “Ihave worked in Punjabi films. AndTelugu, Tamil as well as twoMalayalam films. So there were nochallenges. When you are workingwith good people, everything worksout. Challenges arise when you areworking with difficult people andwhen you feel that it’s getting too dif-ficult. But this was very pleasant, youknow, the atmosphere was such thatit was good working in this. So, I’mreally happy that I was part of 83.”

Further, while talking aboutGrahan, where Gabbi played the role

of Manu, she elaborates, “Grahanwas…. the first show, the first pro-ject I did after the pandemic. At ourmeeting, director Ranjan Chandelread paragraphs from the bookChaurasi/84 which touched myheart. He read out Manu and Rishi’slove story which gave me goose-bumps. While listening, Manu start-ed seeming to be very beautiful andI got so excited that I would get to

play this character. And Ranjan,Anshuman... all of us started prepar-ing for our characters and Ranjan sirhelped all of us in getting in the skinand bringing out the minute details.”

Galwakdi, another Punjabi filmreleased last month. She said, “Weshot in London for a month and itwas quite a ride. My co-star, Tarsem(Jassar) ji, is a very calm and patientperson, I enjoyed working withhim.” On the challenges that shefaced in the film, she expressed, “Anaccident takes place... I had neverdone that before so that seemed verydifficult to me... but I’m glad that itlooks good on screen.”

About Galwakdi, to her fans,Gabbi says, “The film is not just alove story or it’s not just about twopeople falling in love. It talks aboutlife, its way and balance.”

In addition, while talking aboutchoosing roles, she says, “Anythingthat touches my heart. Anything thatI feel, that I should be part of ... ‘Yehmere begair nahi banna chahiye, touss cheez ko mai haan kar deti hun(Wherever I feel that this should notbe made without me, I says, yes).”

Her favourite actor is IrrfanKhan. “Unfortunately I’ll never beable to work with him, that was onedream. I’ll always remember him,he’ll always inspire me as an actor.The kind of rawness that he broughtto his character, vo bohot kam dekhneko milti hai (It is not seen often)…that rawness, simplicity and thesmall things that he brought. I wouldlove to work with Ranbir Kapoor. Heis one of the finest actors, we have inour industry. I’m always excited tosee what he has to offer, the kind offilms he is doing, the characters thathe is playing and what he is doing inthose characters, so maybe in future...in the next five-six years… will geta chance to work with him.”

While sharing about her currentand forthcoming projects, she says,“Mai is also there of Clean SlateFilmz. It’s for Netflix and also starsSakshi Tanwar. Then Khufiya withVishal (Bhardwaj) sir and Tabu.Working with Vishal sir, one of thebest directors, along with Tabu is likea dream come true.”

Squid Game creator HwangDong-hyuk has said he still

believes in a humanity that movespeople to put confidence to helpeach other even under the life-and-death pressure of social sur-vival games.

“We are living in a societywhere people dare to tread onother people to survive,” he said ina pre-taped interview by the Seoul-based Corea ImageCommunication Institute. “But Istill believe that this society does-n’t have to be one where we needto kill others and override them togo up.”

He cited a quote by Sae-byeok(the character played by Jung Ho-yeon) in the eighth episode: “Don’tdo it. That isn’t you. You’re a goodperson at heart.” The words inter-rupt Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae), whotries to stab his old friend and finalcompetitor Sang-woo while he issleeping, ahead of the final roundof the deadly contest of heavilydebt-ridden people to win theequivalent of $38.2 million inprize money.

The simplicity of the children’sgames and satire of modern cap-italist society in Squid Game wonenthusiastic response across the

world, becoming the most success-ful Netflix show in history. It wasviewed for more than 1.65 billionhours in the first four weeks afterits release on September 17 lastyear.

Hwang, who wrote and direct-ed the nine-part dystopian series,said that the world has changed toa large extent since he first con-ceived the idea of making SquidGame about 10 years ago. A draftof Squid Game had been shelvedfor about a decade, as localinvestors and producers turneddown Hwang’s project.

—IANS

Actor-producer Jackky Bhagnaniasserts that the medium of cinema is

here to stay. Taking a cue from history,he opines that it takes at least two to fouryears for things to get back to normal aftera pandemic strikes.

Of course, a pandemic expedites andtriggers evolution but it doesn’t necessar-ily mean that theatres will shut downcompletely.

Sharing his thoughts on the subjectof cinemas in the era of pandemic, hesays, “History proves that once a pandem-ic hits, it takes 2-4 years for things to nor-malise, to see the socio-economic upturn.Until such time, we have to learn to co-exist with Covid-19, which I think allindustries are trying to do.”

He continues, “Asfar as theatres are con-cerned, theatres were,are and always willbe an integral partof the society’secosystem. I def-initely don’t seeit going awayany w he re ,just that theconsumptionpatterns willevolve. I fore-see a cleardivide on thekind of con-tent people willwant to watchon the bigscreens vs whatthey will like toconsume on theirdevices at home.Both mediums

will happily co-exist and thrive.”He adds, “Being a massive film buff

myself and having seen pretty much allaspects of filmmaking, I can say for surethat nothing can replace the immersivecinema experience and the joy & thrillthat it brings along with it. So yes, moviesget made – while some will be designed

especially for home screensand some for the big-

ger ones.”In his opinion,

OTT and theatreswill coexist in thenear future,“Today, we are in

an era of entertain-ment where boththese mediums

attract audiences. Thekind of cinema will get

differentiated.”“So, while the

audiences willlook forward tocertain films onthe homescreens, theywill definitelywait to watchothers only onthe big screens.I am confidentthat bothmediums willrun parallel

and successful-ly”, he concluded.

—IANS

Aside from the medical con-cerns that the epidemic pre-

sented to millions of people,there was also an overwhelmingsense of loneliness and fear thatcontributed to mental healthproblems. Humans are socialbeings, so it’s only natural thatthey want to connect with oth-ers and develop meaningfulbonds. In fact, in the 21-30 agerange, 90 per cent of men and 78per cent of women showed astrong desire to venture outduring these difficult times.

Eagerness to get out andmeet new people

Two out of every three malesin the 18-21 age group believethat they are obligated to go outand meet intriguing people; theybelieve that they no longer havea choice. Instead, it’s an absolutemust to keep them sane.

According to QuackQuackCEO Ravi Mittal, the epidemichas produced a global feeling ofagonising isolation triggered bystay-at-home standards. ‘Theyearning among people, partic-ularly young people, to return toregular conduct is stronger thanever. They’ve been glued to theirscreens for the past 18 monthsand can’t take it any longer.’

The sweet spot betweenvideo calls and restaurant dates.

While the epidemic hascaused certain mental problems,it can never be regarded casual-ly. It is necessary to maintain vig-ilance since lives are at stake. Adecent strategy would be tokeep the interactions online foras long as feasible and thenorganise for ‘meets-in-person’when the pain of nostalgiabecomes too much to bear. Menand women can communicatevia phone conversations, chats,and video calls while also plan-ning meet-ups at a favouritehangout.

At least 52 per cent of menaged 21 to 30 and 45 per cent ofmen aged 31 and up are willingto leave their homes on occasionfor brunch or dinner dates. Thefact that this population hasalready been vaccinated is oneclear reason. According to App,75 per cent of males in the 18-20 age bracket are willing to goout with their dates while adher-ing to all pandemic restrictions.

A combination of online andphysical dates, according to 44per cent of women, is the great-est option for pursuing a roman-tic relationship.

Challenges that stem fromdating the ‘hybrid’ way

In this time of uncertaintyand disease, about 55 per cent ofwomen between the ages of 21and 30 are nervous about goingout on a date. They do agree, how-ever, that if they are too lonely ormiserable to stay at home for toolong, they may reconsider theirdecision not to go on an offlinedate. Moving out of your gatesand attempting to enjoy a fewmoments with the one you loveis both exciting and terrifying.Hybrid dating may not be thegreatest option for lovers who areso enamoured with each otherthat they don’t want to be apart foreven a second. It is still the mostpractical approach that is precise-ly aligned with the current cir-cumstances.

It has the support of a largenumber of people of various ages,and as the trend gains traction, itis safe to assume that hybrid dat-ing is not risky - 83 per cent ofmales in the 30+ age group agree.People are catching on to this newtrend: in the last three months, thenumber of women who agreewith the concept of hybrid datinghas increased by 50 per cent. Afterall, mental health is at the top ofthe list of things that might assistyou in living a happy life. Thereare no questions to be asked ifanything assists you in achievingthat goal. Everything is fair andjust when it comes to finding waysto spend time with the people youcare about.

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ASouth African team goingthrough one of its toughesttransition phases embar-

rassed a star-studded Indian teamwith a clinical seven-wicket victo-ry in the third Test to clinch a mem-orable 2-1 series triumph here onFriday.

The target of 212 wasn't a toughask and starting the day at 101 fortwo, young pretender KeeganPetersen (82, 113 balls) along withRassie van Der Dussen (41 not out)added 54 runs for the third wicketto seal the match before TembaBavuma (32 not out) helped inputting the final touches.

Petersen walked away with boththe player of the match as well asplayer of the series honours.

Sunil Gavaskar termed it as a"Nightmare for India" as they werenot even close to competing in thelast two Tests and Dean Elgar's earto ear grin and the bear hugs that heshared with his teammates said it all.

It was especially sweet for thehosts who lost premier pacer AnrichNortje to injury before the series andwere then hit by Quinton de Kock'ssudden mid-series retirement.

The Indian team, meanwhile,lost it in their mind after the con-tentious DRS review of Elgar thatwent wrong on Thursday and theirfocus on using stump microphonemore to take digs at broadcasterSupersport instead of focussing ongetting Petersen out spelt theirdoom.

"It's a great spectacle of Tests foreveryone to watch; hard-foughtseries. Great first game but SA didamazingly well. In both Tests theywon, they were clinical with the ballin crunch moments," India skipperVirat Kohli admitted after the game.

With this series defeat, India'srecord of never having won a Testseries in the Rainbow Nation forthree decades, remained intact.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni is theonly India captain to have manageda drawn series back in 2010.

It was one of the strongestIndian teams on paper against oneof the weakest South African teamson paper.

However, the operative wordhere was "on paper" as Elgar'sunheralded bunch showed a lot ofcharacter in punching above theirweight and also getting heavilyrewarded for their relentless efforts.

"The way our bowling unitdelivered throughout the series isbrilliant.

I threw down the challengeafter the first game and the guysresponded brilliantly," said an elat-ed Elgar.

The mindless chatter and inces-sant sledging didn't bother the likesof Petersen and Van der Dussen asthey went about their job in a thor-oughly professional manner.

India's batters were far toodependant on bowlers to bail themout for the past few years but thisseries showed that this attack ishuman too even though they puttheir best foot forward, which was-

n't complemented at all by the wil-low wielders.

The only hope for India was thefirst spell from Jasprit Bumrah andMohammed Shami in sultry condi-tions with the semi-new ball andthey did their bit with all sincerity.

Petersen was beaten time andagain but, in between, scored his

runs to keep the scoreboard ticking.Their strategy was to see off the

first spell and capitalise whenUmesh Yadav, who is known to bowlboundary balls, was brought into theattack.

Bumrah, in his second spell, didget one to straighten but CheteshwarPujara, enduring a poor series with

the bat, dropped a crucial regulationslip catch with the batter on 59.

If one remembers, it was RossTaylor, who had got a 'life' whenPujara dropped a sitter duringWorld Test Championship finaland the bowler at the receiving wasagain, Bumrah.

It was Shardul Thakur who

finally had the young man played onbut by then Petersen had ensured aseries win for his team.

It needs to be put as it is. Indiadid not lose the Test because of oneDRS that went wrong but for theconsistent poor batting throughoutthe series save the first innings of thefirst Test.

The scores of 202, 223 and 198is the reason India lost and the sec-ond innings effort at bothWanderers and Newlands showedthat Indian bowlers could only doas much.

The heavy duty tirade againstthe host broadcasters Supersportwith their customised diatribe didnot look good in the face of a dis-mal performance.

The skipper himself led theattack and it seemed like a forcefulway of trying to put the blamesquarely on technology that "may ormay not have gone wrong".

The die-hard Kohli fans believethat the Indian skipper needs a nar-rative to spur him on and hisfavourite script is "he and his teamagainst the entire world" as hisdeputy for the series KL Rahulwould have fans believe on thestump-mic.

It's far from truth but it workswell for him to push the envelope.

Van der Dussen was subjectedto intense sledging on the fourthmorning and so was Petersen butthey remained unfazed.

Once Bavuma started hittingthose boundaries, the strokes did theanswering.

But Kohli losing his counsel andblowing his top was also a projec-tion of a man who is under immensepressure and a Test defeat against amuch lower-ranked side which hadbeen grappling with all kinds ofsocio-political issues over the pastfew years, isn't going to go downwell with the BCCI.

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Travis Head spoiled a promisingstart for England in the Ashes on

Friday with his second century ofthe series as Australia recoveredfrom 12-3 to reach 241-6 at stumpson a rain-hit first day of the fifthTest.

Head, who scored 152 in theopening test at Brisbane, counter-punched England's early successwith an aggressive 101 off 113 ballsin the day-night test as Australiacame back strongly after losing thetoss.

Cameron Green contributed anauthoritative 74 and MarnusLabuschagne scored a rapid 44before rain arrived around half anhour after tea and prevented furtherplay.

Head entered with Australia inserious trouble after a brilliant spellof swing and seam bowling fromOllie Robinson (2-24), one of thefive changes England made, andStuart Broad (2-48) on a livelygreen wicket.

Head, who missed the SydneyTest due to the coronavirus, first put

the innings back on track with a 71-run stand with Labuschagne, but notbefore Zak Crawley had droppedLabuschagne at second slip beforethe batter had scored.

That drop proved costly forEngland which has already lost theAshes after losing the first three testmatches at Brisbane, Adelaide andMelbourne before the draw inSydney. "Nice to be back and con-tributing," Head told Channel 7.

"I was really conscious of mak-ing the right decisions -- attacking

the right balls, defending the rightones, being hard to get out.

I felt like I came into this testready to go."

Labuschagne counterpunchedthe pace of Chris Woakes (1-50) andMark Wood (1-79) by clobberingnine boundaries before getting dis-missed in a bizarre fashion justbefore the first session. Labuschagnewas clean bowled in an unusual stylewhen he appeared to slip in thecrease and Broad had the middlestump knocked back with the bats-man falling over on his knees whilegoing way across his stumps. ButHead and Green continued to pros-per against Wood and Woakes in adominant middle session whichyielded 130 runs. Head played someexquisite drives on both sides of thewicket, particularly in front ofsquare as he hammered 12 bound-aries before raising his century bycutting Woakes to backward pointfor two runs. However, Head fell aball later after reaching his hundredwhen he lobbed a gentle catch tomid-on. Green didn't have troublewith the pace before he finally fellto a trap

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Virat Kohli's outburst against acontroversial DRS decision

during the third Test against SouthAfrica was "immature" and withsuch "exaggerated" reaction, theIndia skipper will never be a rolemodel for youngsters, feels formeropener Gautam Gambhir.

Kohli, his deputy KL Rahul andoff-spinner Ravichandran Ashwinmade some unsavoury commentsabout umpiring and technology instump mic after rival skipper DeanElgar got a massive reprieve due toa contentious DRS decision in thelast hour on day 3 on Thursday.

"This is really bad. What Kohlidid, going near the stump mic andreacting in that manner, that is real-ly immature. This is not what youexpect from an international cap-tain, from an Indian captain,"Gambhir told Star Sports.

Australian great Shane Warnefelt the ball was hitting the stumps.

"That's going on to smash halfway up middle though, there is noway that's going over, even Erasmus

shook his head," Warne was quot-ed as saying by Fox Sports.

Gambhir pointed out thatMayank Agarwal too had got areprieve during the first Test inCenturion but it didn't invite sim-ilar response from the SouthAfrican skipper.

"Then technology isn't in yourhand. Then you have reacted in thesame manner when there was a

caught-behind appeal on the leg-side, neither did Dean Elgar reactin that manner. During thatMayank Agarwal appeal, it lookedout from the naked eye, but Elgardid not react in that manner," hesaid.

Former England captainMichael Vaughan was critical of theIndian skipper.

"I think that is disgraceful from

the Indians personally," Vaughansaid on Fox Sports.

"Decisions go with you, they goagainst you, that didn't go the waythey think it should have gone. ViratKohli is a legend of the game, butthat's not the way to act, that is notthe way to act in a game of Testmatch cricket.

"The ICC have to stamp thisdown, they have to stamp down onthe Indian side, you can't get awaywith talking down the stumpmicrophone like Ravi Ashwin hasdone and the Indian captain hasdone,” said Vaughan.

In the 21st over, Elgar wasadjudged LBW by on-field umpireMarais Erasmus when he was hit onthe pads by an Ashwin delivery.However, the decision was over-turned on review.

Livid with the decision, a fum-ing Kohli went up to the stumps andsaid: "Focus on your team as wellwhen they shine the ball eh, not justthe opposition. Trying to catch peo-ple all the time."

Rahul and Ashwin alsoexpressed similar reactions.

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Record four-time champions India will beaiming to maintain their envious record

and unearth a plethora of talent along the waywhen they begin their U-19 World Cup cam-paign against South Africa here on Saturday.

Expectations will be high from the likes ofHarnoor Singh, Rajvardhan Hangargekar,skipper Yash Dhull and Ravi Kumar, who havealready shown glimpses of their potential intournaments leading into the World Cup.

India flew into the Caribbean straight aftertheir Asia Cup triumph and tuned up for theICC event with wins over hosts West Indiesand Australia in the warm-up games.

India have been the most successful teamin the tournament's history and getting intothe final of the last three editions is a testimo-ny to their remarkable consistency.

No player from the 2020 batch, which fin-ished runners-up to first-time championsBangladesh, has gone on to play for India andonly time will tell if someone from the classof 2022 reaches the highest level.

The current batch doesn't posses prodigieslike Prithvi Shaw and Shubman Gill (2018 passouts) but some of the players have alreadyattracted attention.

Jalandhar-born left-hand opener Harnooris expected to score a bagful of runs in the tour-nament, much like what Yashasvi Jaiswal didin the previous edition.

The 18-year-old was India's leading run-getter in the Asia Cup with 251 runs in fivegames and struck an unbeaten 100 againstAustralia in the team's final warm-up game onJanuary 11.

Right-arm pacer Hangargekar, who hasplayed senior cricket for Maharashtra, isanother player to watch out for.

He impressed with his raw pace in the AsiaCup, picking up eight wickets, and is also ahandy batter down the order.

Left-arm pacer Ravi Kumar will also beexpected to provide timely breakthroughs andhe will be high on confidence following a four-wicket haul against the Australians.

Skipper Dhull, who is a highly rated bat-ter in Delhi cricket circles, did not do anythingnoticeable in the Asia Cup but his back-to-back

fifties in the warm-up games show he is ingood touch. All-rounder Raj Bawa, who bowlsright-arm medium pace and bats left-handed,will also play a crucial role for the team.

Head coach Hrishikesh Kanitkar spokeabout India's rich legacy in the competitionahead of the South Africa game.

"There is a huge legacy since India hasdone so well in this tournament.

It doesn't help that we have won four times.There is a new team, so you have to startafresh," said Kanitkar adding that the playersare also getting used to bi-bubble life inCOVID times.

India are placed in Group B alongsideSouth Africa, Ireland and Uganda. Top twoteams qualify for the knockouts.

The game against South Africa is likely tobe the toughest one for India.

The 2014 edition winners South Africa'schances of success on home soil were endedat the quarter-final stage two years ago.

All-rounder Dewald Brevis has generatedmaximum attention in the junior Proteascamp.

He played in the CSA Provincial T20Knockout competition in October and his bat-ting style drew comparisons with AB deVilliers, while his leg-spin caused West Indiesplenty of problems in a recent warm-upseries against the hosts.

Left-arm spinner Asakhe Tsaka and cap-tain George van Heerden will also hope tomake a name for themselves in the comingweeks as South Africa look for a second title.

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New Zealand's white-ballcricket tour to Australia

later this month is in doubtbecause of extended borderrestrictions which require theteam to have isolation placesbooked for their return.

The Black Caps are due toleave for Australia on Jan. 24,to play one-day matches onJan. 30, Feb. 2 and Feb. 5 anda Twenty20 international atCanberra on Feb. 8.

New Zealand Cricket did-n't book places in managedisolation for the team inFebruary because they antic-ipated the implementationin mid-January of a policywhich would allow NewZealand citizens and resi-dents returning f romAustralia to do so withoutgoing through managed iso-lation.

The change has now beendelayed until late Februarybecause of the emergence of

the omicron variant whichNew Zealand so far has con-tained at the border.

New Zealand Cricket onFriday said it expects theAustralian tour to go aheadbut is discussing options withCricket Australia. That mightinclude rescheduling ordelaying the team's returnfrom Australia.

A spokesperson toldmedia the team will not trav-el to Australia unless a planis in place for its return.

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Ireland beat the West Indiesby five wickets in a rain-

interrupted second one-dayinternational at Sabina Park.

Ireland was chasing 230 towin and was well ahead of therun rate at 157-4 in the 32ndover when rain stopped playfor 90 minutes.

When the match resumed,the Duckworth-Lewis methodreduced Ireland's ask to 168from 36 overs, or 11 more runsfrom 28 balls. The Irishknocked them off in sevenballs, winning on a pair of noballs at 168-5.

Victory tied the series 1-1, with the deciding ODI onSunday on the same ground.

This ODI was resched-uled from Tuesday, whenIreland was too depleted tofield a side because of fivecoronavirus cases and twoinjured players. Four weren'tavai lable on Thursday,including captain AndyBalbirnie.

The West Indies successful-ly defended 269 last Saturdaybut not so much 229, which

was boosted by 30 extras.William Porterfield and

stand-in skipper Paul Stirlinggave Ireland a flying start of 37in the first five overs.

Harry Tector anchored theshow with 54 not out off 75balls, his second straight half-century and fourth in his lastfive ODIs.

Tector featured in standsof 44 with Andy McBrine,who added 35, and 53 withCurtis Campher.

McBrine also starred withthe ball when West Indieswas made to bat first.

The West Indies was cau-tious from the start and medi-um-pacer Craig Young took

advantage with the first threewickets, all cheap. He took outopeners Shai Hope, JustinGreaves and No. 3 NicholasPooran to have 3-12 off fourovers.

McBrine's offspin wasintroduced in the 18th overwith West Indies 53-3, and heclaimed Roston Chase thenKieron Pollard for 1.

Sharmarh Brooks, whomade 93 in the first ODI, heldthe innings together againuntil he was out lbw for 43 off64 balls, attempting to sweepleft-arm spinner GeorgeDockrell.

The West Indies didn'tlook like reaching 200 at 143-7 in the 40th, but OdeanSmith immediately hit twosixes over McBrine's head, hittwo more against Campher,and swatted Mark Adair overthe long off fence. Smith made46 off 19 balls in a partnershipof 58 with Romario Shepherdto get West Indies over 200.

Shepherd then hit fourboundaries and was the lastman out with two overs leftwhile trying to pull McBrine,who took 4-36.

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Ten days after announcinghis retirement from inter-

national cricket, batterBhanuka Rajapaksa has madehimself available to play for SriLanka "for years to come."The 30-year-old had tenderedhis letter of resignation to SriLanka Cricket (SLC) onJanuary 3. However, aftermeeting the Sri Lankan SportsMinister Namal Rajapaksarecently, the Southpaw haschanged his mind. "Pursuantto a meeting with the Hon.Namal Rajapaksa – Minister ofYouth & Sports and after con-sulting with the NationalSelectors, Bhanuka Rajapaksahas notified SLC that he wish-es to withdraw his resignationwhich he tendered to SLC on3rd Jan. 2022, with immediateeffect," a SLC stated in a mediarelease. "In his letter to SLCwithdrawing his resignation, hefurther states that he wishes torepresent his country.

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Prime Minister Imran Khan willbe travelling to Beijing next

month to attend the opening cer-emony of Winter Olympics, bol-ster the all-weather bilateral tiesand seek more investments invarious projects under the ambi-tious CPEC, the Foreign Officesaid here on Thursday.

The Beijing Winter Olympicswill be held from February 4 to 20,followed by the ParalympicsWinter Games from March 4-13,amid a diplomatic boycott by sev-eral Western countries, includingthe US and the UK over concernsof China's alleged human rightsabuses.

“The premier will be embark-ing on a three-day visit to Beijingfrom February 3 on the invitation

of the Chinese leadership,” ForeignOffice Spokesperson Asim Iftikharsaid during his weekly news brief-ing.

Khan will also have an inter-action with the Chinese leadershipto further strengthen Pakistan-China all-weather strategic coop-erative partnership and toexchange views on regional andinternational issues, Iftikhar said.

Khan's visit is considered sig-nificant because several westernand European countries haveannounced a diplomatic boycott ofthe event.

Tensions have risen betweenChina and several Western coun-tries over a number of issues.

The US has accused China ofgenocide in its repression of thepredominantly Muslim Uyghurminority in the western region ofXinjiang - an allegation China hasrejected.

While projects pertaining tothe China-Pakistan EconomicCorridor (CPEC) will be key to thetalks between the two sides,Iftikhar opined that Khan's visitwould help promote internation-al cooperation required to over-come the challenges faced due tothe ongoing pandemic and openup avenues of collaboration withother developing countries.

The USD 60 billion CPECconnecting China's resource-rich

Xinjiang province with Pakistan'sstrategic Gwadar port inBalochistan is regarded as theflagship project of the multi-billionBelt and Road initiative, the petscheme of Chinese President XiJinping aimed at furtheringChina's influence globally withChinese funded infrastructureprojects.

Iftikhar said that Pakistan wel-comes the Global DevelopmentInitiative put forward by ChinesePresident Xi Jinping as a timelyand good intention to facilitateimplementation of the UN 2030agenda for sustainable develop-ment.

“Pakistan and China are glob-al partners, and we look forwardto further strengthening this part-nership under China's GlobalDevelopment Initiative,” he added.

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Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu and world champi-onship bronze medallist

Lakshya Sen registered contrastingwins to advance to the women's andmen's singles semifinals, respective-ly, at the Yonex-Sunrise India Openbadminton tournament here onFriday. Top seed Sindhu, a formerworld champion, got the better ofcompatriot Ashmita Chaliha 21-7 21-18 in 36 minutes, while Sen rallied hisway to a hard-fought 14-21 21-9 21-14 victory over H S Prannoy in anoth-er all-Indian quarterfinal.

The 26-year-old from Hyderabadset up a women's singles last-fourclash with Thailand's sixth seedSupanida Katethong, who entered thesemifinals after the third seeded YeoJia Min of Singapore pulled out of thetournament due to "high fever".

Sen, seeded third, will square offagainst Malaysia's Ng Tze Yong in thesemifinals.

In the other women's semifinal,Aakarshi Kashyap will face secondseeded Thai BusananOngbamrungphan after the Indiannotched up a 21-12 21-15 win overcompatriot Malvika Bansod onFriday.

Busanan trounced USA's LaurenLam 21-12 21-8 in another last-eightclash.

Second seeded men's doublespair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy andChirag Shetty also entered the semi-finals with a 21-18 21-18 win ver

Singapore's Hee Yong Kai TerryAndLoh Kean Hean.

Haritha Manazhiyil Harinarayanand Ashna Roy also made it to the lastfour in women's doubles after beat-

ing Rudrani Jaiswal and JamaludeenAnees Kowsar 21-16 21-16 in thequarterfinals.

The last time Sindhu was upagainst Chaliha, at the 83rd Yonex-

Sunrise Senior NationalChampionship in 2019, the youngsterfrom Assam had produced a spirit-ed performance.

On Friday, Chaliha took time to

get into the groove and put up a goodfight in the second game but could-n't stop Sindhu from walking awaywith the match.

Sindhu came out all guns blazing

in the opening game, jumping to a 11-5 lead at the interval and then reeledoff the last 10 points to earn the brag-ging rights.

Chaliha gave a better account ofherself in the second game as she tied9-9 before Sindhu managed a slenderone-point advantage at the break.Sindhu zoomed to 15-11 but Chalihaagain clawed her way back to 15-15.

Thereafter, Sindhu switched gearsand grabbed four match points.Chaliha saved two match pointsbefore Sindhu closed out the tie.

In men's singles, it was the firstinternational meeting but third over-all between Sen and Prannoy as theduo engaged in a battle of suprema-cy. On a comeback trail, Prannoy,who had reached the quarterfinals atthe last world championships, dom-inated the proceedings initially tosecure a 6-2 lead. He got his actstogether in time to turn the tables at12-10 and then zoomed from 15-14to pocket the opening game.

"The pace was high in the firstgame as both of us tried to up thepace but I made errors at 13-13 andit cost me the game," Sen said.

Sen, however, roared back intothe contest in the second game as heran up a huge 12-5 lead and didn'tlook back from that point, asPrannoy crumbled. In the decider,Prannoy took the early initiative,opening up a 6-1 advantage butcouldn't sustain it as Sen moved to11-9 at the interval and then pock-eted nine of the next 11 points to sealthe match in his favour.

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No v a kDjokovic

faces deporta-tion again afterthe Australian

g o v e r n m e n trevoked his visa

for a secondtime, the latest

twist in theongoing saga

over whetherthe No 1-ranked ten-

nis player will beallowed to compete inthe Australian Opendespite being unvacci-nated for COVID-19.

I m m i g r a t i o nMinister Alex Hawkesaid Friday he used hisministerial discretionto cancel the 34-year-old Serb's visa on pub-lic interest grounds —

just three days beforeplay begins at theAustralian Open, whereDjokovic has won a

record nine of his 20Grand Slam titles.

Djokovic's lawyers were expectedto appeal at the Federal Circuit andFamily Court, which they already suc-cessfully did last week on procedural

grounds after his visa was first canceled whenhe landed at a Melbourne airport.

A hearing was scheduled for Friday night.Deportation from Australia can lead to a

three-year ban on returning to the country,although that may be waived, depending on thecircumstances.

Hawke said he cancelled the visa on"health and good order grounds, on the basisthat it was in the public interest to do so."

His statement added that Prime MinisterScott Morrison's government "is firmly com-mitted to protecting Australia's borders, partic-ularly in relation to the COVID-19 pandem-ic."

Morrison himself welcomed Djokovic'spending deportation. The whole episode hastouched a nerve in Australia, and particularlyin Victoria state, where locals went throughhundreds of days of lockdowns during the worstof the pandemic and there is a vaccination rateamong adults of more than 90%.

Australia is currently facing a massive surgein virus cases driven by the highly transmissi-ble omicron variant. On Friday, the nationreported 130,000 new cases, including nearly35,000 in Victoria state.

Although many infected people aren't get-ting as sick as they did in previous outbreaks,the surge is still putting severe strain on thehealth system, with more than 4,400 people hos-pitalized. It's also causing disruptions to work-places and supply chains.

"This pandemic has been incredibly diffi-cult for every Australian but we have stucktogether and saved lives and livelihoods. ...Australians have made many sacrifices during

this pandemic, and they rightly expect the resultof those sacrifices to be protected," Morrisonsaid in a statement.

"This is what the Minister is doing in tak-ing this action today."

Everyone at the Australian Open — includ-ing players, their support teams and spectators— is required to be vaccinated for the illnesscaused by the coronavirus. Djokovic is not inoc-ulated and had sought a medical exemption onthe grounds that he had COVID-19 inDecember.

That exemption was approved by theVictoria state government and Tennis Australia,apparently allowing him to obtain a visa to trav-el. But the Australian Border Force rejected theexemption and canceled his visa when he land-ed in Melbourne on January 5.

Djokovic spent four nights in an immigra-tion detention hotel before a judge on Mondayoverturned that decision. That ruling allowedDjokovic to move freely around Australia andhe has been practicing at Melbourne Park dailyto prepare to play in a tournament he has woneach of the past three years.

He had a practice session originally sched-uled for mid-afternoon Friday at Rod LaverArena, the tournament's main stadium, butpushed that to the morning and was finishedseveral hours before Hawke's decision wasannounced in the early evening.

An Australian Open spokeswoman saidtournament organizers did not have any imme-diate comment on the latest development inDjokovic's situation, which has overshadowedall other story lines heading into the year's firstGrand Slam event.

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The Boxing Federation of India has decid-ed to pull out of the Asian Under-22

Championships for men and women inTashkent, Uzbekistan due to the globalsurge in COVID-19 cases but is willing toparticipate if the tournament is rescheduledto a time when the pandemic subsides.

A reliable source in the feder-ation has confirmed to PTI that a let-ter has been sent to the Asian BoxingConfederation as well as the tourna-ment's organising committeeconfirming India's withdrawal.

The event was scheduledto be held from January 20 to30. The Asian event was orig-inally slated to be held fromDecember 7 to 17 lastyear but was postponedbecause of the pan-demic.

Indian boxing hasbeen hit by a COVID cri-sis of its own. The men's senior

national camp in Patiala has reported 26cases, including 20 boxers.

Boxers born in 1999, 2000, 2001 and2002 are eligible to compete in the event thatis being held for the first time in the conti-nent.

The competition was to be held in 12women's and 13 men's weight categories.

The Indian men's squad featuredthe likes of Asian youth bronze-medallist Mohammed Etash Khan

(63.5kg) and reigning national cham-pion Rohit Mor (60kg) among others.

The women's squad fea-tured the likes of world youthchampion ArundhatiChaudhary (71kg) andinternational medallistJaismine (63kg). Chaudharyhad recently made the head-lines by taking the BoxingFederation of India to courtfor not holding trials in herweight category for the world

championships in Turkey.

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Hockey India on Fridayannounced a new-look core

probable group for the seniorwomen's team which will play inmany major international tourna-ments this year. The group wasselected following selection trialsheld in Sports Authority of India,Bengaluru for a group of 60 whowere called-in on the basis of theirperformances in various nation-

al level events. "It is time for us tostart afresh and plan for thefuture. We have grown over thepast year with our experiences inTokyo and we must continue todevelop, and grow in the comingyears, ahead of Paris 2024," Indiawomen's team chief coachJanneke Schopman said in arelease issued by Hockey India.While an 18-member Indianteam, led by Savita, will be trav-elling to Muscat for the upcom-

ing women's hockey Asia Cup,the remaining players from thecore group will stay on at thecamp and continue to train forthe FIH Hockey Pro Leaguematches to be held inBhubaneswar, Odisha nextmonth. "The upcoming camp isimportant for us to recognise theplayers who are ready to show-case their skills on the biggeststages, and also to work on theareas where we need to improveupon," Schopman said. List ofplayers: Savita, Rajani Etimarpu,Bichu Devi Kharibam, DeepGrace Ekka, Gurjit Kaur, NikkiPradhan, Udita, IshikaChaudhary, Suman DeviThoudam, Akshata AbasoDhekale, Mahima Chaudhary,Rashmita Minz, Nisha, SalimaTete, Sushila ChanuPukhrambam, Jyoti, Navjot Kaur,Monika, Namita Toppo.

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The Sports Ministry hasapproved the appoint-

ment of Mauritian AveenashPandoo as the first HighPerformance Director(HPD) for weightlifting untilthe 2024 Paris Olympics.His appointment was recom-mended by the SportsAuthority of India's (SAI)Foreign Coach SelectionCommittee in conjunctionwith officials of the IndianWeightlifting Federation(IWF). According to a state-ment issued by the SAI, hisannual salary will be USD54,000 (approx Rs 40.50lakh).

The HPD has beenappointed with specific

focus on development ofjunior talent, with an eye on2028 Olympics and to createstrong coaching structurewith a capabilities

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Indian women's football teamhead coach Thomas Dennerby

said his side is well prepared andits first realistic target is to reachthe quarterfinals of the upcom-ing AFC Asian Women's Cup.

Hosts India will open theircampaign against Iran on January20. "I said from the beginningwhen we started, we said that yes,to come to the quarter-final is ourfirst target, first aim,” Dennerbysaid during a virtual media inter-action in the run-up to the con-tinental tournament on Friday.

"And if we come all the wayto the quarterfinal, everythingcan happen because when we arein quarterfinal and it's a knock-out stage, everybody, all teamswill play under pressure. But def-initely (reaching) quarterfinals isour target and we also think it'sa realistic target."

The Indian team has beendrawn against Iran (January 20),Chinese Taipei (January 23) andChina (January 26) in Group Aof the competition that consistsof 12 teams.

Talking about the opposition,Dennerby said: "It is (like) threedifferent teams with three differ-ent playing styles. I guess the firstgame against Iran will be a toughone for us because what we haveseen so far (they are) defendingvery well. They are organized andthey will play low, defending.

"They also have one reallygood striker that's always on therun. So, even if we dominate thegame, as a defender you alwayshave to be on your toes.

"They are also good on setpieces, they scored a lot of goalson free-kicks and corners, so wealso need to be very sharp on that(front). Don't give them anycorners or easy free-kicks," headded.

According to Dennerby,India's second game againstChinese Taipei will be an "equalgame" but the final match againstChina will be a tough one.

"Finally, China, I will sayfrom my point of view; classicalAsian style with a lot of shortpasses with good combinations.It is going to be a tough one, ofcourse, but still China is not atthe level they were a couple ofyears ago and they won this tour-nament. But still a very goodteam and probably the toughestgame for us,” he noted.

The 62-year-old Swede saidthat the team is well prepared forthe marquee tournament.

"We have (had) such a longpreparation time now and wehave been together for morethan five months. In total thereare over 200 different sessionsincluding football, strength, run-ning sessions and game againstproper teams and different stylesand all that. So, yeah, we finallyfeel that we are really well pre-pared now."

For Dennerby, all the 23players are important as herefused to single out a playerwhen asked who would be histrump card.

"For us, all the 23 players arevery important and I hope thatall players are prepared andready to play,” Dennerby said.

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Floodwater level rises in Krishna - Daily Pioneer

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