J oe Biden will be sworn in as the 46th President of the United States, while Kamala Harris will take oath as the first woman Vice President on Wednesday, in the midst of growing concerns over the safety of the historic inaugura- tion following the recent vio- lent attack on the Capitol Hill by pro-Trump supporters. Evoking some of the nation’s loftiest reforms helped Biden unseat President Donald Trump but left him with tow- ering promises to keep. And he will be trying to deliver against the backdrop of searing nation- al division and a pandemic that has killed nearly 400,000 Americans and upended the economy. This year, however, the transition stands out for its acrimony. The process usually starts straight after the election, but it started weeks late after President Donald Trump refused to accept the result of the November 3 election won by Biden, a Democrat. Trump has said he will not attend the inauguration. Trump, a Republican, will vacate the White House hours before the inauguration and is expected to travel to his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida. Chief Justice John Roberts will administer the oath of office to Biden just after the clock strikes 12 (local time) at the West Front of the Capitol — the traditional location — under the unprecedented secu- rity umbrella of more than 25,000 National Guards, who have transformed the capital into a garrison city, mainly because of the threat of violent protest by Trump's supporters. Surat: Thirteen migrant labourers and a year-old-girl from Rajasthan who were sleeping by the roadside in Gujarat’s Surat district were among 15 dead after a dumper truck ran over them on Tuesday, police said. Those killed include eight women and a migrant worker from Madhya Pradesh, police said. While 12 of them died on the spot, three died during treatment at a hospital, police added. Except for the 19-year- old worker from Madhya Pradesh, all the other deceased were from villages in Banswara district in south Rajasthan, police said. Tragedy took place near Kosamba village, around 60 km from Surat. The truck driver, who apparently lost control over the vehicle after hitting a sugarcane laden trac- tor, has been booked under sec- tions of the IPC and Motor Vehicles Act, police said. Detailed report on P5 A head of a meeting of a Parliamentary panel on Information technology on Thursday to discuss safety and security of users on social media, the Government on Tuesday asked WhatsApp to withdraw the recent changes in the privacy policy of the mes- saging app, saying unilateral changes are unfair and unac- ceptable. In a strongly-worded letter to WhatsApp CEO Will Cathcart, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology said India is home to the largest user base of WhatsApp globally and is one the biggest markets for its ser- vices. The proposed changes to the WhatsApp Terms of Service and Privacy Policy, without giving users an option to opt- out, “raise grave concerns regarding the implications for the choice and autonomy of Indian citizens,” it said. The Ministry asked WhatsApp to withdraw the proposed changes and recon- sider its approach to informa- tion privacy, freedom of choice and data security. WhatsApp had on January 16 delayed the introduction of the new privacy policy after user backlash over sharing of user data and information with the parent company, Facebook. Stating that Indians should be properly respected, the Ministry said, “Any unilateral changes to the WhatsApp Terms of Service and Privacy would not be fair and accept- able.” With over 400 million users in India, the changes will have a disproportionate impact on the country’s citi- zens, the letter said. It asked WhatsApp to pro- vide details of the services pro- vided by it in India, categories of data collected and permis- sions and consents sought. Also, WhatsApp has been asked to explain if it conducts profiling of Indian users on the basis of their usage, as well as explain difference between the privacy policy in India and other countries. WhatsApp has also been asked to provide policy on data and information security, privacy and encryption. T hree days after the launch of the nationwide vaccina- tion drive and reports of sev- eral adverse events following immunisation (AEFI), Serum Institute of India (SII) and Bharat Biotech, makers of anti- Covid vaccine Covishield and Covaxin respectively, released a set of “Dos and Dont’s aim- ing to help a recipient under- stand the risks and benefits of their vaccine.” Interestingly, soon after the approval of their vaccine by the DCGI early January, both firms had questioned the effi- cacy of each other’s jabs. The Bharat Biotech fact- sheet said that “it is advisable not to take the vaccine if a per- son has allergies, fever or bleed- ing disorder or is on a blood thinner. It also said that preg- nant and breastfeeding women should also avoid taking Covaxin.” Those who are immune- compromised or are on medi- cine that affects immune sys- tem, and those who have received another Covid-19 vac- cine should also not get the Bharat Biotech’s medicine, said the company whose vaccine is being refused by a section of doctors like the Resident Doctors’ Association (RDA) of RML hospital in Delhi and Karnataka to name a few. They have preferred Covishield over Covaxin. Private practitioners like Dr Rahul Bhargava, Director (Institute of Blood Disorder and Bone Marrow Transplant) Fortis Hospital, Gurugram, too, minced no words as he doubted the efficacy of the Covaxin. He also felt that the two companies should have released the factsheets prior to the mega vaccination drive so that people were not only aware of the health impacts of the vaccines but also whether or not they are eligible for it. The Hyderabad-based biotechnology firm also said that the DCGI has authorised the restricted use of its vaccine under clinical trial mode. “Individuals, who are pri- oritised under the public health programme of the Ministry of Health and Family welfare, will be covered under this endeavour. Informing the indi- viduals about the offer for vac- cination with Covaxin will rest with the respective Government programme offi- cials. Those offered Covaxin at pre-specified booths will have the options to receive or reject administration of the vaccine,” the factsheet stated. The company document further described the ingredi- ents in the Covaxin. It contains 64g of whole-virion inactivat- ed SARS-CoV-2 antigen (Strain: NIV-2020-770), and the other inactive ingredients such as aluminum hydroxide gel (250 μg), TLR 7/8 agonist (imidazoquinolinone) 15 μg, 2- phenoxyethanol 2.5 mg, and phosphate buffer saline up to 0.5 ml. “The vaccine thus has been developed by using inactivat- ed/killed virus along with the aforementioned chemicals,” it said, adding that Covaxin is administered as an injection into the deltoid muscle of the upper arm. It is a two-dose series given four weeks apart. Not keen to be left behind in the race, within minutes the SII too released its factsheet, stating that people who are severely allergic to any ingre- dient of Covishield are advised not to take it. “Pregnant and lactating mothers should men- tion it to the healthcare provider before getting the jab. Also, do not forget to take the second dose!” The SII said that one should not get the Covishield vaccine if the person had a severe allergic reaction after a previous dose of this vaccine which has “L-Histidine, L- Histidine hydrochloride mono- hydrate, Magnesium chloride hexahydrate, Polysorbate 80, Ethanol, Sucrose, Sodium chlo- ride, Disodium edetate dihy- drate (EDTA), water for injec- tion,” as its ingredients. About the possible adverse effect of the vaccine, the SII said that “some of the very common side effects of the vaccines are tenderness, pain, warmth, red- ness, itching, swelling or bruis- ing where the injection is given, generally feeling unwell, chills or feeling feverish, headache or joint aches.” However, if you feel dizzy, lack of appetite, abdominal pain, enlarged lymph nodes, excessive sweating, itchy skin or rash, then you should contact the doctor as these are not very common symptoms, the release said. B rushing aside the US threat to impose sanctions, the first batch of IAF personnel will shortly leave for Moscow for training to operate S-400 air defence systems. India and Russia had inked a deal in 2018 worth over 45,000 crore for five defence systems. The first S-400 will arrive in India by this year end and the remaining four systems will be inducted by 2023. China has already induct- ed six S-400 air defence systems and India needs it urgently to bolster its capabilities to secure its air space. The S-400 can detect an incoming hostile air- craft or missile from a distance of more than 500 km and shoot it down. Giving details of the Indian team’s departure to Moscow, Russian ambassador Nikolay Kudashev on Tuesday here described it as a “remarkable occasion” that will usher in “a new stage in our strategic part- nership.” More than 100 per- sonnel, including officers and airmen, will leave for Russia by the end of this month for the training. “S-400 supplies initiative is one of the flagship projects in the Russian-Indian military and military-technical cooper- ation, which historically con- stitutes the main pillar of the special and privileged strategic partnership between our two friendly countries,” the envoy said while hosting the Indian team at an event. A mid reports of vaccine hes- itancy among doctors and health workers, the Government on Tuesday tried to allay their fears saying that the concerns about adverse effects and serious problems, as of now, seem to be unfounded, negligible and insignificant and that the adverse events follow- ing immunisation reported “were fairly low, in fact lowest so far in the world in the first three days.” It also urged healthcare workers not to hesitate to get the Covid-19 vaccine as “it was their societal responsibility to get inoculated.” Both the vaccines — Covishield and Covaxin — are safe and a lot of effort has gone into making them, NITI Aayog member (health) Dr VK Paul said as he lamented that “It is saddening that healthcare workers, especially doctors and nurses, are declining to take it.” “We are not fulfilling our societal responsibility if a vac- cine assigned to us is not being taken. The whole world is clamouring for a vaccine. I request you to please accept the jab. Vaccine hesitancy should extinguish because Covid-19 inoculation is taking us towards the elimination of this calami- ty,” Paul said and disclosed that he himself has taken a jab of Covaxin. “We are very fortunate that we are running this vaccination drive at a time when the pan- demic looks like to be in a con- trolled situation. So in this period, by taking the jabs, we have to create a wall of vaccine- induced immunity and be ready for any kind of eventu- ality in future,” he said. Brisbane: A fearless India, dri- ven by its courageous young- sters, pulled of an exhilarating three-wicket win over Australia in the fourth Test to claim the series 2-1 and retain the Border- Gavaskar Trophy on Tuesday. Resuming at four for none on the final day, India over- hauled the target with 18 balls to spare in a match that went down to the wire. Rishabh Pant led the chase with his aggressive yet mature unbeaten 89 while Shubman Gill scored 91. Cheteshwar Pujara enduring many a painful blows on his body in his dogged 56-run knock that he raised with a 211- ball vigil. Australia had won the pink-ball Adelaide Test while India struck back with victory in Melbourne. Third Test in Sydney had ended in a draw. India had won a historic Test series Down Under two years back and now the team is cherishing back-to- back series victory. Detailed report on P12 C hief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will interact vir- tually with youth and top employers from various dis- tricts of the state in ‘Rozgar Utsav’ programme organized at Minto Hall Bhopal in the con- text of “Atmanirbhar Madhya Pradesh’. At the outset, the Chief Minister will inaugurate ‘Rozgar Utsav’ at 1 pm in Minto Hall. The programme will be telecast live from Doordarshan. Technical Education, Skill Development and Employment Minister Yashodhara Raje Scindia will be the special guest. Chouhan will also felicitate selected youths and employers in the programme. Shri chouhan will virtually interact with one youth each from Dhar Satna and Shivpuri dis- tricts,who have got employ- ment. Continued on Page 3 C hief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that the Sambal Yojana provides sup- port to the poor before birth till after death. Under the scheme,four thousand rupees is given before the birth of the child, sixteen thousand rupees after birth, then ex gratia assis- tance is provided for studies, ration, house, treatment and after death. The previous Government stopped giving benefits of the scheme to the poor. Our Government has revived the scheme and every poor is being registered and benefits are being provided under the scheme. Chief Minister Chouhan transferred ex-gratia assistance amounting to 224 crore 08 lakh to 10 thousand 285 beneficiaries of Sambal Yojana through single click in a programme organized at Minto Hall on Tuesday. Minerals and Labour Minister Brijendra Pratap Singh, MP V.D. Sharma, Principal Secretary Umakant Umrao and Labour Commissioner Ashutosh Awasthi etc. were present. Chouhan said that the gov- ernment has decided that no poor will live in a kuchha house and by the year 2024 everyone will have a solid shel- ter. Also, tap water will be pro- vided in every house. He said that the Madhya Pradesh government pays atten- tion first and foremost to the person at the bottom and the last person in the society. The government is arranging food, clothing, shelter, education and medicine for every poor. Continued on Page 3 RNI Regn. No. MPENG/2004/13703, Regd. No. L-2/BPLON/41/2006-2008
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Joe Biden will be sworn in asthe 46th President of theUnited States, while KamalaHarris will take oath as the firstwoman Vice President onWednesday, in the midst ofgrowing concerns over thesafety of the historic inaugura-tion following the recent vio-lent attack on the Capitol Hillby pro-Trump supporters.
Evoking some of thenation’s loftiest reforms helpedBiden unseat President DonaldTrump but left him with tow-ering promises to keep. And he
will be trying to deliver againstthe backdrop of searing nation-al division and a pandemic thathas killed nearly 400,000Americans and upended theeconomy.
This year, however, thetransition stands out for itsacrimony. The process usuallystarts straight after the election,
but it started weeks late afterPresident Donald Trumprefused to accept the result ofthe November 3 election wonby Biden, a Democrat. Trumphas said he will not attend theinauguration. Trump, aRepublican, will vacate theWhite House hours before theinauguration and is expected totravel to his Mar-a-Lago club inFlorida.
Chief Justice John Robertswill administer the oath ofoffice to Biden just after theclock strikes 12 (local time) atthe West Front of the Capitol —the traditional location —under the unprecedented secu-rity umbrella of more than25,000 National Guards, whohave transformed the capitalinto a garrison city, mainlybecause of the threat of violentprotest by Trump's supporters.
Surat: Thirteen migrantlabourers and a year-old-girlfrom Rajasthan who weresleeping by the roadside inGujarat’s Surat district wereamong 15 dead after a dumpertruck ran over them onTuesday, police said.
Those killed include eightwomen and a migrant workerfrom Madhya Pradesh, policesaid. While 12 of them died onthe spot, three died duringtreatment at a hospital, policeadded. Except for the 19-year-old worker from MadhyaPradesh, all the other deceasedwere from villages in Banswaradistrict in south Rajasthan,police said. Tragedy took placenear Kosamba village, around60 km from Surat. The truckdriver, who apparently lostcontrol over the vehicle afterhitting a sugarcane laden trac-tor, has been booked under sec-tions of the IPC and MotorVehicles Act, police said.
Detailed report on P5
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Ahead of a meeting of aParliamentary panel onInformation technology onThursday to discuss safety andsecurity of users on socialmedia, the Government onTuesday asked WhatsApp towithdraw the recent changes inthe privacy policy of the mes-saging app, saying unilateralchanges are unfair and unac-ceptable.
In a strongly-worded letterto WhatsApp CEO WillCathcart, the Ministry ofElectronics and InformationTechnology said India is hometo the largest user base ofWhatsApp globally and is onethe biggest markets for its ser-vices.
The proposed changes tothe WhatsApp Terms of Serviceand Privacy Policy, withoutgiving users an option to opt-out, “raise grave concernsregarding the implications forthe choice and autonomy ofIndian citizens,” it said.
The Ministry askedWhatsApp to withdraw theproposed changes and recon-sider its approach to informa-tion privacy, freedom of choiceand data security.
WhatsApp had on January16 delayed the introduction ofthe new privacy policy afteruser backlash over sharing ofuser data and information withthe parent company, Facebook.
Stating that Indians shouldbe properly respected, theMinistry said, “Any unilateralchanges to the WhatsAppTerms of Service and Privacy
would not be fair and accept-able.”
With over 400 millionusers in India, the changeswill have a disproportionateimpact on the country’s citi-zens, the letter said.
It asked WhatsApp to pro-vide details of the services pro-vided by it in India, categoriesof data collected and permis-sions and consents sought.
Also, WhatsApp has beenasked to explain if it conductsprofiling of Indian users on thebasis of their usage, as well asexplain difference between theprivacy policy in India andother countries.
WhatsApp has also beenasked to provide policy ondata and information security,privacy and encryption.
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Three days after the launchof the nationwide vaccina-tion drive and reports of sev-eral adverse events followingimmunisation (AEFI), SerumInstitute of India (SII) andBharat Biotech, makers of anti-Covid vaccine Covishield andCovaxin respectively, releaseda set of “Dos and Dont’s aim-ing to help a recipient under-stand the risks and benefits oftheir vaccine.”
Interestingly, soon afterthe approval of their vaccine bythe DCGI early January, bothfirms had questioned the effi-cacy of each other’s jabs.
The Bharat Biotech fact-sheet said that “it is advisablenot to take the vaccine if a per-son has allergies, fever or bleed-ing disorder or is on a bloodthinner. It also said that preg-nant and breastfeeding womenshould also avoid takingCovaxin.”
Those who are immune-compromised or are on medi-cine that affects immune sys-tem, and those who havereceived another Covid-19 vac-cine should also not get theBharat Biotech’s medicine, saidthe company whose vaccine isbeing refused by a section ofdoctors like the ResidentDoctors’ Association (RDA)of RML hospital in Delhi andKarnataka to name a few. Theyhave preferred Covishield overCovaxin.
Private practitioners likeDr Rahul Bhargava, Director(Institute of Blood Disorderand Bone Marrow Transplant)Fortis Hospital, Gurugram,too, minced no words as he
doubted the efficacy of theCovaxin.
He also felt that the twocompanies should havereleased the factsheets prior tothe mega vaccination drive sothat people were not only awareof the health impacts of thevaccines but also whether ornot they are eligible for it.
The Hyderabad-basedbiotechnology firm also saidthat the DCGI has authorisedthe restricted use of its vaccineunder clinical trial mode.
“Individuals, who are pri-oritised under the public healthprogramme of the Ministry ofHealth and Family welfare,will be covered under thisendeavour. Informing the indi-viduals about the offer for vac-cination with Covaxin will restwith the respectiveGovernment programme offi-cials. Those offered Covaxin atpre-specified booths will havethe options to receive or rejectadministration of the vaccine,”the factsheet stated.
The company documentfurther described the ingredi-ents in the Covaxin. It contains64g of whole-virion inactivat-ed SARS-CoV-2 antigen(Strain: NIV-2020-770), andthe other inactive ingredientssuch as aluminum hydroxidegel (250 μg), TLR 7/8 agonist(imidazoquinolinone) 15 μg, 2-phenoxyethanol 2.5 mg, andphosphate buffer saline up to0.5 ml.
“The vaccine thus has beendeveloped by using inactivat-ed/killed virus along with theaforementioned chemicals,” itsaid, adding that Covaxin isadministered as an injectioninto the deltoid muscle of the
upper arm. It is a two-doseseries given four weeks apart.
Not keen to be left behindin the race, within minutes theSII too released its factsheet,stating that people who areseverely allergic to any ingre-dient of Covishield are advisednot to take it. “Pregnant andlactating mothers should men-tion it to the healthcareprovider before getting the jab.Also, do not forget to take thesecond dose!”
The SII said that oneshould not get the Covishieldvaccine if the person had asevere allergic reaction after aprevious dose of this vaccinewhich has “L-Histidine, L-Histidine hydrochloride mono-hydrate, Magnesium chloridehexahydrate, Polysorbate 80,Ethanol, Sucrose, Sodium chlo-ride, Disodium edetate dihy-drate (EDTA), water for injec-tion,” as its ingredients.
About the possible adverseeffect of the vaccine, the SII saidthat “some of the very commonside effects of the vaccines aretenderness, pain, warmth, red-ness, itching, swelling or bruis-
ing where the injection is given,generally feeling unwell, chillsor feeling feverish, headache orjoint aches.”
However, if you feel dizzy,lack of appetite, abdominal
pain, enlarged lymph nodes,excessive sweating, itchy skin orrash, then you should contactthe doctor as these are not verycommon symptoms, the releasesaid.
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Brushing aside the US threatto impose sanctions, thefirst batch of IAF personnel willshortly leave for Moscow fortraining to operate S-400 airdefence systems. India andRussia had inked a deal in 2018worth over �45,000 crore forfive defence systems. The firstS-400 will arrive in India by thisyear end and the remainingfour systems will be inductedby 2023.
China has already induct-ed six S-400 air defence systemsand India needs it urgently tobolster its capabilities to secureits air space. The S-400 candetect an incoming hostile air-
craft or missile from a distanceof more than 500 km andshoot it down.
Giving details of the Indianteam’s departure to Moscow,Russian ambassador NikolayKudashev on Tuesday heredescribed it as a “remarkableoccasion” that will usher in “anew stage in our strategic part-nership.” More than 100 per-sonnel, including officers andairmen, will leave for Russia by
the end of this month for thetraining.
“S-400 supplies initiative isone of the flagship projects inthe Russian-Indian militaryand military-technical cooper-ation, which historically con-stitutes the main pillar of thespecial and privileged strategicpartnership between our twofriendly countries,” the envoysaid while hosting the Indianteam at an event.
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Amid reports of vaccine hes-itancy among doctors andhealth workers, theGovernment on Tuesday triedto allay their fears saying thatthe concerns about adverseeffects and serious problems, asof now, seem to be unfounded,negligible and insignificant andthat the adverse events follow-ing immunisation reported“were fairly low, in fact lowestso far in the world in the firstthree days.”
It also urged healthcare
workers not to hesitate to getthe Covid-19 vaccine as “it wastheir societal responsibility toget inoculated.”
Both the vaccines —Covishield and Covaxin — aresafe and a lot of effort has goneinto making them, NITI Aayogmember (health) Dr VK Paulsaid as he lamented that “It issaddening that healthcareworkers, especially doctors andnurses, are declining to take it.”
“We are not fulfilling oursocietal responsibility if a vac-cine assigned to us is not being
taken. The whole world isclamouring for a vaccine. Irequest you to please accept thejab. Vaccine hesitancy shouldextinguish because Covid-19inoculation is taking us towardsthe elimination of this calami-ty,” Paul said and disclosed thathe himself has taken a jab ofCovaxin.
“We are very fortunate thatwe are running this vaccinationdrive at a time when the pan-demic looks like to be in a con-trolled situation. So in thisperiod, by taking the jabs, wehave to create a wall of vaccine-
induced immunity and beready for any kind of eventu-ality in future,” he said.
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From Page 1Chouhan said that four
Shramodaya schools are beingrun to provide good educationto the children of labourers inthe state. With a view toexpanding education, moreShramodaya schools will beopened in the state.
The Chief Minister saidthat everyone has the right over
resources. We will provide allthe rights to the poor. Thosewho earn more will take taxand help those who do not.
In a virtual conversationwith Mumtaz Bano of Betuldistrict, Chief MinisterChouhan said that “Sambal,Sarkar and Shivraj are withyou”. Mumtaz Bano said thatwith the ex gratia assistance ofRs 2 lakhs, she will start rear-ing goats and open a grocerystore for livelihood. Her hus-band passed away due to can-cer.
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Chief Minister Shivraj SinghChouhan has said thatmany departments are doingbest work related to publicwelfare. Many innovations havebeen adopted. Informationregarding this should be madeavailable to the general publicby ministers who should takethe lead and apprise the pub-lic through various activities.Other departments and indi-viduals are also motivated inthis direction on getting thedetails of good works.
Chief Minister ShriChouhan was addressing theCabinet members before theCabinet meeting at Mantralayatoday.
The Chief Minister saidthat we are policy makers.Ministers should also present theidea of a particular innovationor work related to their depart-ment. If the ministers are awareof the important activities of thedepartment along with theGovernment, it would be thebest. Ministers should also be
aware of the works of otherdepartments. Decision on theideas presented by the ministerswill be taken after deliberation.All departments will give theirpresentations as per order.
Chouhan said that MadhyaPradesh broke all records inwheat procurement. MadhyaPradesh became the highestearning state in the country.Similarly, the purchase ofpaddy was also historic. Thefarmer of Madhya Pradesh issatisfied. Payments were madeto the farmers on time. Theprocurement of paddy in thestate was done systematically.Ministers also deserve to becongratulated. This achieve-ment was possible with thecooperation of all.
Chouhan said that liquormafia has to be crushed com-pletely in the state. Deaths dueto consumption of poisonousliquor in Morena are a matterof grief and misfortune. Theadministration has started acampaign against liquor mafia,which will continue. The ChiefMinister said that we will
breathe easy only after all typesof mafia are eliminated. Fromtime to time, the progress ofcampaign against various mafiaand adulterators is being soughtafter communicating with theCommissioners and IG levelofficials.
Chouhan said that he willconsider the transfer policy.The policy will be made inrational. The Chief Ministersaid that the ban on transferwill be lifted from April 1 to 30.Efforts will be made to imple-ment a transparent system onhumanitarian and administra-tive grounds. No transfers willbe made throughout the year.For this, every departmentshould review and make nec-essary preparations.
Chouhan said that theministers should study the pre-sent form, justification andnecessary amendments of theschemes of the departments.The concerned ministers andevery department shouldreview their schemes in thecontext of the upcoming bud-get.
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Adistrict court on Tuesdaysentenced a 24-year-oldaccused to 5 years of rigorousimprisonment and alsoimposed a fine of Rs 2000 formolesting, wrongful restraint ofa 10 year-old girl.
The accused was sentencedin the court of Kumudini Patelin which accused was sen-tenced 5 years of imprisonmentfor case under sections 9 and 10of POCSO Act, 3 years forwrongful restraint by trespass-ing and 1 year of imprisonmentfor case under section 354 ofthe IPC.
According to prosecution,the accused Vinod Meena,came to house regradingenquiry of house on rent whenvictim was alone and when shereplied and went inside accusedcame inside house locked the
door from inside and molest-ed her, the victim raised alertand locals rushed to her rescueand nabbed the accused.
The molester also intimi-dated her not to tell anybodyabout the incident. The accusedtried to strangulate her andthreatened that he would killher on raising alert. The casewas registered in the year 2014and presented in the court inthe year 2015.
Meanwhile, the 32nd RoadSafety month would beobserved from January 18 toFebruary 17 and under theweek traffic awareness rallywas organized by Traffic PoliceBhopal was organized onTuesday at at Motilal Stadium,Lalparade Ground of state cap-ital.
The chief guest of this pro-gram was Avinash Lavania,Collector Bhopal, ChairmanIrshad Wali CommissionerMunicipal Corporation Bhopal,Aditya Singh CEO as specialguest in the program.
Additional Superintendentof Police Sandeep Dixit said
that various programs would bejointly organized by responsi-ble departments on informa-tion, engineering, education,emergency, golden rules oftraffic, over speeding, use ofmobile during driving, wronglane driving, drunk and dri-ving, over taking, helmet, seatbelt, safe pedestrian.
These will be disseminatedthrough VMS, PA system,smart poll, banner poster,leaflets, short films, street plays,awareness chariots, socials,electronic and print media.
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Under Gamak series, BagheliGayan and folk dance formswere performed at MadhyaPradesh State Tribal Museumhere on Tuesday. Shashi KumarPandey and group from Rewaperformed 'Bagheli Gayan' andJiyalal and group from Dindoriperformed Gond tribal dance'Saila and Karma'.
The series of spellbindingperformances began withBagheli Gayan by Shashi KumarPandey and group. They began,with 'Alari Nimiya ke dar,parare jhulna'. The perfor-mance was followed byNahchhu song- 'Bolai diate hosalgi nagar ajodhya ki Basantsong-' Vedardi se kahi desandesh ' , 'Tappa- Kahna KeAhe Kahan Jaabe', Dadra- 'NainaLadi Jaaye Ude Pink Chunariya',Suagit- 'Siya Hare Ravan Jaye,Siya Romai Rathma Baithe', andVarsha Gayan - 'Jhoola JhuleJhun Kunwar Kanhaiya'.
On the stage Shashi KumarPandey was accompanied byManisha Singh, Shivani andShivangi Pandey on vocals, onbanjo by Pawan Giri, on Dholakby Sachin Vishwakarma, ontabla by Sanjeev Nagar, Nagadiaand on Manjira by Martand
Tiwari. Pandey was born in amusical family, he has beensinging Bagheli since child-hood, he took the education offolk music from his mother,Savitri Pandey. Pandey is an 'A'grade artist of All India Radioand Doordarshan. and has per-formed in many prestigiousforums in the country.
The second performancewas by Jiyalal with his fourteenfellow performers. They per-formed the Gond tribal dance-'Saila aur Karama'.
Saila Dance is performed onthe moonlight nights of autumn.It was named Saila due to thepoles of about a quarter of ahand. Saila dance is practiced toplease Adidev. Karama Saila is apopular dance of the Gondtribe.
Karma Dance is the dancethat inspires 'Karma', Karmapujais celebrated in eastern MadhyaPradesh, Karma dance is per-formed in it. Both young menand women take part in thedance. Gond Adivasis dance inalmost all seasons except therainy season. The field ofKarama dance-song is very widein Madhya Pradesh. It extendsfrom remote Chhattisgarh toGond and Baiga tribals ofMandla.
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Around 40 percent of health-care workers against theregistered beneficiaries turnedup for the COVID-19 vaccina-tion in the union territory ofChandigarh on the second dayof vaccination drive on Tuesday.
A total of 204 health careworkers were given doses ofvaccination on Tuesday againstthe upper limit of 500 benefi-ciaries and no major side effectswere reported, said an officialspokesman of UTAdministration.
Five sites were set up for thevaccination drive in the city.The spokesman said that atotal of 90 beneficiaries werevaccinated in GMSH-16, 20HCWs in CH-Sector 45, 35HCWs at GMCH-32 site one,29 at GMCH-32 at site two and30 HCWs at Air Force Stationhere. Around 100 beneficiariesare allowed to be vaccinated ateach session site.
Till now, 578 healthcareworkers (HCWs) have been
vaccinated in Chandigarh sincethe launch of vaccination drivefor COVID-19 on January 16.On the day of the launch of vac-cination, 374 health workershad received their first dose ofvaccination.
The next vaccination ses-sion in Chandigarh would beheld on Thursday, thespokesman added. TheAdministration had received12000 doses of Covishield,developed by the OxfordUniversity scientists in collab-oration with the pharmaceuti-cal company AstraZeneca.
31 FRESH CASES INCHANDIGARH
31 fresh COVID-19 caseswere detected in Chandigarh onTuesday taking the total infec-tions to 20595.
In the last 24 hours, nodeath has been reported in thecity due to the virus. The deathtoll due to COVID-19 stood at330, as per the ChandigarhHealth Department’s eveningbulletin.
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Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) onTuesday announced to jointhe ‘Kissan Tractor Parade’ onJanuary 26 in Delhi with theparty volunteers from every vil-lage set to join with tractors.
“AAP volunteers across thestate would join the paradewith tractors from every village.AAP would join this agitationnot as a political party but as afarmer, a labourer, and a vol-unteer of the party.
AAP is a party of commonpeople who are mostly farmersand labourers,” said AAP’sPunjab unit president andSangur MP Bhagwant Mann.
Mann said that today, thepeaceful agitation being wagedby the farmers for their survivaland existence had become thelargest agitation in the worldwith the participation of sucha large number of people andin a planned and peacefulmanner.
“This fight is not only torepeal the black laws but alsoto save the country’sConstitution. It is the consti-tutional right of the farmers totake out the tractor march in apeaceful manner which theGovernment is trying to takeaway,” he said.
Mann said that the ModiGovernment at the Centreshould give up its stubborn atti-tude and immediately acceptthe demands of the farmers,repealing the three black laws.
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Ahead of the proposedRepublic Day tractor rally inDelhi, farmer unions have begunholding tractor rallies at villagesin Punjab to mobilise people fortheir parade in the nationalCapital.
Farmer leaders said tractorrallies have been held in placeslike Nawanshahr and Gurdaspuras a build-up to the proposedJanuary 26 event and more areplanned over the next two days.“There is a great enthusiasmamong people in Punjab tobecome part of the tractorparade,” Bhartiya Kisan Union(Ekta Ugrahan) general secre-tary Sukhdev Singh Kokrikalan
said on Tuesday. He claimedthat five to 10 tractors are readyto leave for Delhi from many vil-lages, and in some over 50 arelined up.
We are fully geared up for atractor parade. We have given acall for taking out tractor march-es in all villages in the state onJanuary 20 and 21 in view of theJanuary 26 tractor parade,” saidKokrikalan. “We are taking outtractor marches to make peopleaware of the January 26 tractorparade,” a farmer who took partin a rally in Gurdaspur said. Hesaid the aim is to get the maxi-mum participation possible forthe Republic Day event to pressfor the repeal of the three “blacklaws” on farming.
Another farmer said theywanted to let the governmentknow that there are still manytractors left in Punjab, evenafter the massing of tractor-trol-leys by farmers protesting atDelhi’s border. "We still have alarge number of tractors backhome that will move towardsDelhi for the tractor parade,”another farmer said.
Farmer unions haveannounced that they wouldhold the parade on Delhi’s OuterRing Road as part of the protestagainst the new agri-marketinglaws enacted at the Centre.
Farmer unions have saidthey planned to hold theirparade on the periphery of thenational capital and would notdisrupt the official RepublicDay event. Bhartiya KisanUnion (Sidhupur) president
Jagjit Singh Dallewal said20,000-25,000 tractors wouldcome to Delhi from Punjabalone for the planned parade.Farmers with their tractors willleave for Delhi later this week,union leaders said. “Our batch-es will start moving towardsDelhi from January 23 and 24,”Kokrikalan said.
Kisan Mazdoor SangharshCommittee general secretarySarwan Singh Pandher saidtheir batches will head for thecapital on January 20 andJanuary 22. BKU (EktaUgrahan) vice presidentHarinder Kaur Bindu saidwomen who are camping at theDelhi border and those whocome later from Punjab will takepart in the parade. “Severalwomen will also drive tractorson January 26,” she said.
Kokrikalan said announce-ments are being made from gur-dwaras and from vehicles fittedwith loudspeakers for mobilis-ing people for the parade.Farmer leaders have earlier saidtheir tractors would fly thenational flag and also carry theflag of their organisations.
YOUNG VOLUNTEERSGIVE A HELPING HAND
Lending a hand to mobilizemore and more support for theJanuary 26 ‘Kisan Tractor March’at the national capital, ‘PunjabFirst’ — an organization by theyoung volunteers — havelaunched a campaign to coverthe State’s prominent placeswith yellow flags in solidaritywith the agitating farmers.
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order provide better livelihoodopportunities to the youth of thestate by providing job-orientedtraining in technical skills underAtmanirbhar Madhya Pradesh,the Technical Education, SkillDevelopment and EmploymentDepartment provided job oppor-tunities to thousands of youthsthrough more than 100 employ-ment fairs last month. In thisfinancial year, so far about onelakh 45,000 youths have beenprovided employment and self-employment opportunities byvarious departments.
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Gurugram: Following a court order the Gurugram police havebooked a veterinary doctor and attendant/compounder for neg-ligence that led to the death of two stray pet dogs belonging toa Sector-56 residence in Gurugram.
The complainant Anees Rahil, of Sector-56 in Gurugram, whois also a owner of the dogs stated in her police complaint thatin May 2020, she had visited the pet hospital located in the samevicinity along with a female dog after her health deteriorated.
"At the hospital, Dr. Dangi assured the complainant that herdog is undernourished and would recover soon, later the dogwas referred to 'Animalia Veterinary Policy clinic' Sector-47 forultrasound and X-rays. Thereafter the dog was admitted at thedoctor's hospital for further treatment," the complainant allegedin her complaint.
On 25 May 2020, the complainant again brought her maledog as he was too looking unwell.
"The dog was taken to the same hospital at that day the doc-tor was not available but in his absence the compounder AnupSingh started treating the dog and gave him some drugs andinjected him," the complainant told the police.
She then went home and later got a call from the hospitalthat the dog had passed away. A few hours later, a call from thehospital again that her female dog had expired too.
The complainant alleged that when she had visited the hos-pital to fetch the dog's body she was shocked as it was kept out-side the hospital tied up in a plastic bag despite the fact that thedog was in a breathing state. She called for help but in the mean-time, the dog passed away.
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The Delhi Traffic Police is organising road safety month to moti-vate commuters to obey and follow traffic rules and regulations.Police said that the initiative, which began on Monday, will con-tinue till February 16. Surendra Choudhary, the DeputyCommissioner of Police (DCP), Traffic, inaugurated a series of eventsfrom Ring Road opposite Gate No. 2 AIIMS, where the traffic staffof Defense Colony Traffic circle educated commuters. The volun-teers from JK Tyres displayed cardboards with messages on roadsafety. “The traffic police staff from the Road Safety Cell briefed thecommuters through loudspeakers, and the circle staff managed thetraffic regulations and briefed them to obey traffic rules and regu-lations for their own safety as well as for the safety of others, saidthe DCP.“Similar awareness drive was carried out in other areas ofthe city as well, where volunteers from an NGO also educated thetraffic commuters and distributed helmets to commuters found rid-ing without wearing a headgear,” the DCP said.
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Ahead of the Bengal polls,the Centre on Tuesdayannounced to celebrate NetajiSubhash Chandra Bose’s birth-day on January 23 as ‘ParakramDiwas’ (Valour Day) every yearwith Prime Minister NarendraModi all set to attend the firstday of programme in Kolkataon Bose’s 125th birth anniver-sary. He will also inaugurate anexhibition on the grounds ofthe National Library to markthe occasion in the state.
However, the decision wasslammed by the MamataBanerjee-led TrinamoolCongress which termed it aspoll gimmicks while evoking amixed response from SubhasChandra Bose’s grandnephewCK Bose, who is also a BJPleader.
TMC leader Saugata Roysaid that the declaration to cel-ebrate the day as ‘ParakramDiwas’ has been made with aneye on upcoming West BengalAssembly polls. He said thatthere shouldn’t be politics inNetaji’s name.
Roy added that if thePrime Minister wanted to doit, he could have done it sixmonths ago. “Why on the eveof Netaji’s birthday and justbefore the Assembly Electionsin the Atate?”
He added that TMC is nothappy with the Government’sdecision. “We are not satisfiedwith the Government’s deci-sion to celebrate Netaji’s birth-day as ‘Parakram Diwas’. It
should be ‘Deshprem Diwas’.We believe Netaji deservesmuch better. We will observethis day on our own withMamata Banerjee leading aprocession in the State,” saidRoy.
Earlier, West Bengal ChiefMinister Mamata Banerjee hadwritten to Prime MinisterNarendra Modi requesting theModi Government to declarethe birth anniversary of NetajiSubhas Chandra Bose as anational holiday.
Naren Chatterjee, state sec-retary of the Forward Bloc, theparty formed by Netaji in1939, said, “Instead of‘Parakram Diwas’, the dayshould be celebrated as ‘DeshPrem Diwas’. The demand toobserve January 23 as‘Patriotism Day’ was made bythe Left Front when it was inpower”.
CK Bose, a BJP leader andNetaji’s grandnephew said that“Netaji was India’s liberator. Wewelcome the announcementbut people have been cele-brating January 23rd as‘Deshprem Diwas’. It would’vebeen more appropriate, had thegovernment announced it asDeshprem Diwas. But we’rehappy about the announce-ment.”
Earlier in the day, Unionminister Prahlad Singh Patelhad at a press conferenceannounced the Government’sdecision and said that in thisregard a notification has alsobeen issued.
“The Government has
decided to observe January23 as ‘Parakram Diwas’ tocommemorate the birthanniversary of Netaji SubhasChandra Bose,” Prime MinisterNarendra Modi will participatein the first ‘Parakram Diwas’programme in Kolkata onJanuary 23 on Bose’s 125thbirth anniversary and inaugu-rate an exhibition on thegrounds of National Library tomark the occasion, Patel said.
Patel said PM Modi willalso felicitate prominent mem-bers of the Indian NationalArmy formed by Bose andtheir family members inKolkata on Saturday.
He said 200 Patua artistesfrom West Bengal will make apainting on a 400-metre-longcanvas depicting Bose’s life.
Petroleum MinisterDharmendra Pradhan will par-ticipate in a programme inCuttack, Odisha, where Bosewas born while another pro-gramme will be held inHaripura village in Gujarat’sSurat district where Bose waselected as president of theIndian National Congress in1938.
The culture ministry isalso considering building amemorial in the honour ofaround 26,000 martyred mem-bers of the INA, Patel saidadding that a 85-member high-level committee helmed byPM Modi has been formed toplan year-round programmesto mark the 125th birthanniversary of the freedomfighter.
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Former Congress chief RahulGandhi on Tuesday hit outat Prime Minister NarendraModi on the issue of nationalsecurity after reports thatChina has built a village inArunachal Pradesh. He alsoalleged that India doesn’t havea clear strategy like China toassert its dominance in theworld and unless India sendsout a clear message, Beijingwon’t stay quiet.
“Remember his (PM)promise — Mai desh jhuknenahi dunga (Will not let thecountry bow),” Rahul said.Congress leaders PChidambaram, RandeepSurjewala and Manish Tewarialso attacked the PrimeMinister on the matter.
Recalling the two recentincidents in Doklam andLadakh where Indian andChinese soldiers clashed, hesaid China will make the mostout of India’s shortcomingsand the day will come soonwhen we will suffer damages.
During a Press conferenceRahul launched a blisteringattack at the Modi governmentover the reported discovery ofChinese settlements inArunachal Pradesh.
“China has a clear strate-gic vision of shaping the worldwhich India doesn’t have. Indiadoes this and that but doesn’twork strategically. China has
tested twice. Once in Doklamand other in Ladakh.”
“If India doesn’t give aclear message to them andmake clear military, econom-ic geopolitical strategy, Chinawon’t stay quiet but will makethe most out of it. The day itwill happen, we will sufferdamages,” added the Congressleader.
Rahul Gandhi had repeat-edly attacked the ruling BJPGovernment in the Centre on
issues of China’s intrusion inIndian Territory, its stands onthe farm laws, and the Centre’shandling of the COVID-19pandemic in the country.
Earlier in the day, theGandhi scion also tweeted anews report alleging Chinahas established a village inIndian territory, with the cap-tion “Remember his promise-’I will not let the countrybow’”.
“Modiji where is that 56-
inch chest,” Surjewala tweeted.Chidambaram had demandedanswers from the governmenton the issue, alleging that BJPMP Tapir Gao has claimed thatChina has built a 100-housevillage in the “disputed area”deep into Arunachal Pradesh.He said if the allegation madeout by the BJP MP is true, willthe government again give aclean chit to China or willblame the previousGovernments for it.
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As Congress leader RahulGandhi attacked theModi-Government on theChinese border incursions andthe unresolved farmers agita-tion, BJP top leaders onTuesday hit-back sayingCongress gave away thousandskm land to China and that“dynasty-ruled party” ignoredfarmers interests and indulgedin “double-speak”.
Political temperaturesincreased as BJP’s own MPfrom Arunachal Pradesh TapirGao said that Chinese had con-structed a village on the Indianside in Arunachal Pradesh.
BJP President J P Naddaand Union Information &Broadcasting PrakashJavadekar took turns sepa-rately to attack Rahul and theCongress after the latter tookjibe at the Prime MinisterNarendra Modi on the reports
of Chinese construction ofvillage in Arunachal Pradeshand questioned him on theissues of national security.
“Now that Mr RahulGandhi has returned from hismonthly vacation, I would liketo ask him some questions. Ihope he will answer them inhis today’s Press Conference,”tweeted the BJP President.
“When will Rahul Gandhi,his dynasty and Congress stoplying on China? Can he denythat thousands of kms, includ-ing the one in ArunachalPradesh he is referring to wasgifted by none other thanPandit Nehru to the Chinese?Time and again, why doesCongress surrender toChina?” Nadda tweeted.
He accused Rahul of “pro-voking and misleading” farm-ers and alleged double stan-dards.
“Why did farmers remainpoor for decades under
Congress governments? Doeshe feel sympathy for farmersonly in opposition?” he asked.
“Why is he spreading lies?”, Nadda sought to ask.
Nadda accused Congressand the ‘dynasty’ striking anMOU with the ChineseCommunist Party and receiv-ing money in a fund con-trolled by the Gandhi family.
He accused Congressparty of demoralising thecountry on all issues be it relat-ed to border, national securi-ty or fighting Coronaviruspandemic.
“Rahul Gandhi spared noopportunity to demotivate thenation in the spirited fightagainst COVID-19. Todaywhen India has one of the low-est cases and our scientistshave come up with a vaccine,why hasn’t he congratulatedthe scientists and lauded 130crore Indians even once?”, BJPhead asked.
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Agreeing to the long termdemand, Parliament hasdecided to end the subsidy inthe canteens which may saveannually around �8 crore.
Briefing the media onTuesday, Lok Sabha SpeakerOm Birla said that Lok SabhaSecretariat which was bearingthe cost of subsidy has decid-ed to stop the practice of sub-sidised price of food items inthe canteens and the canteenswill be run by ITDC in place ofNorthern Railway.
Talking to reporters aboutpreparations for the nextParliament session, beginningJanuary 29, Birla said QuestionHour and Zero Hours will bein this session. Members ofParliament will be requested toundergo the COVID-19 testbefore the start of the Budgetsession.
While Rajya Sabha will sitfrom 9 am to 2 pm, Lok Sabhawill function in the second halffrom 4-8 pm. The QuestionHour will be allowed duringthe session for an already fixedtime of one hour.
He said all arrangementshave also been made forRTPCR COVID-19 tests ofMPs near their residence. InParliament premises, theRTPCR tests will be conduct-ed on January 27-28, whilearrangements have also beenmade for these tests of familiesand staff members of MPs.Birla said the vaccination drivepolicy finalised by the Centreand states will apply to parlia-mentarians as well.
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Former Congress chiefRahul Gandhi on Tuesdayaccused Prime MinisterNarendra Modi of monopo-lising the agriculture sector ashe renewed his attack againstthe Centre over the con-tentious farm laws. He alsoreleased a booklet to highlightthe pitfalls of the legislationenacted in September lastyear.
“ There is a tragedyunfolding today in the coun-try, Govt wants to ignore theissue and misinform thecountry,” Rahul said whileaddressing a press confer-ence after the release. “I amnot going to speak aboutfarmers alone as it is only part
of the tragedy. It is importantfor youngsters. This is notabout present but about yourfuture,” he added.
“Today, every industry isunder a monopoly of three tofive people.Be it airport, tele-com or power. ModiGovernment wants to give theagriculture sector as well tothose four to five industrial-ists,” he added.
The Congress leader alsosaid that the new farmreforms are designed todestroy India’s agriculturesector. “The biggest businessin this country is agriculture.Sixty per cent of our peopleare engaged in agricultureand in terms of value, agri-culture is by far the biggesthit. Now we are seeing is thatthe last bastion which wasprotected from monopoly isnow being overrun. Threenew laws have been passed.They are designed to destroyagriculture by destroying the
mandi, Essentia lCommodities Act, and bymaking sure that no Indianfarmer can go to court to pro-tect himself,” he added.
“We were a preeminenteconomy, now we are a laugh-ing stock,” Rahul Gandhi alsosaid.
Farmers are agitatingagainst the farm laws for over50 days now and the govern-ment has held nine round oftalks so far. However, it hasfailed to bring any resolutionto the matter. The farmers areadamant on the demand torepeal the laws which thegovernment has refused andis firm on their offer to amendthe legislation.
In the last meeting, theCentre had suggested thatthe unions constitute theirown informal group to pre-pare a concrete proposal onthe three farm laws for furtherdiscussion at their next meet-ing.
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The Supreme Court onTuesday sought a reportfrom a committee, set up bythe NGT, on its recommen-dations for improving thewater quality of the Yamunariver and the extent to whichthe authorities have imple-mented them.
The National GreenTribunal, on July 26, 2018,had constituted the monitor-ing committee comprising itsformer expert member B SSajwan and former Delhichief secretar y Shai lajaChandra on the cleaning ofthe Yamuna and had directedit to submit an action plan inthis regard.
A bench headed by ChiefJustice S A Bobde took noteof the submission of amicuscuriae and senior advocateMeenakshi Arora that theNGT-appointed panel hasbeen monitoring the cleaningof Yamuna water.
In the proceedings con-
ducted through video con-ferencing, the bench, alsocomprising Justices LNageswara Rao and VineetSaran, asked the committee tosubmit its report on recom-mendations made by it forimproving the quality of waterof Yamuna and the extent towhich they have been imple-mented.
Earlier, the top court hadtaken suo motu cognizance ofcontamination of rivers byeffluent in the country andhad decided to take up thepollution of Yamuna riverfirst.
While taking cognisanceof contamination of rivers, thetop court had said that thepollution-free water is a fun-damental right which a wel-fare state is “bound to ensure”.
It had asked CentralPollution Control Board(CPCB) to submit a reportidentifying municipalitiesalong the Yamuna which havenot installed total treatmentplants for sewage.
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The CBI has recovered anadditional �2.04 crore dur-ing further searches conduct-ed in the bribery case related tosenior officers of NortheastFrontier Railway (NFR).
It was found during furthersearches at the premises of aprivate firm located at KailashColony here that certain itemswere removed and concealed atother places in Delhi. Earlier,�2.39 crore in cash was recov-ered during searches.
On Tuesday, searches werealso conducted in Sikkim andKanpur. During earlier search-es at 26 locations, including atDelhi, Uttarakhand, Assam,Tripura and West Bengal, atotal amount of �2.39 crore wasrecovered. This includes an
alleged bribe of Rs 1 crore,which exchanged hands and isstated to be one of the biggestbribe money trapped, the CBIhad said.
Besides this, there wererecoveries of jewellery anddocuments related to propertyfrom the locations of accused.
So far, �4.43 crore have beenrecovered.
The CBI has registered acase against a ChiefAdministrative Officer of NFR,Mahendra Singh Chauhan andothers under relevant sectionsof IPC and Prevention ofCorruption Act.
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Following request from sev-eral countries for its twovaccines—Covishield andCovaxin, India is all set to pro-vide the jabs under grant assis-tance to Bhutan, Maldives,Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmarand Seychelles, to begin withfrom Wednesday.
It will also send shipmentsto Sri Lanka, Afghanistan andMauritius as well on receipt ofnecessary regulatory clear-ances.
However, India said that itwill be ensured that domesticmanufacturers will have ade-quate stocks to meet domesticrequirements while supplyingabroad.
In a tweet, Prime MinisterNarendra Modi said India isdeeply honoured to be a “long-trusted” partner in meeting thehealthcare needs of the globalcommunity and that supplies ofthe vaccines to several coun-tries will commence onWednesday, and more will fol-low in the days ahead.
India is one of the world’sbiggest drugmakers, and anincreasing number of countrieshave already approached it for
procuring thecoronavirus vac-cines.
The Ministryof External Affairssaid India will sup-ply Covid-19 vac-cines to partnercountries over thecoming weeks andmonths in a phasedmanner keeping inview the domestic
requirements.In a statement, the MEA
said India has received severalrequests for the supply ofIndian-manufactured vaccinesfrom neighbouring and keypartner countries.
“In response to theserequests, and in keeping withIndia’s stated commitment touse India’s vaccine productionand delivery capacity to help allof humanity fight the Covidpandemic, supplies under grantassistance to Bhutan, Maldives,Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmarand Seychelles will begin fromJanuary 20,” it said.
“In respect of Sri Lanka,Afghanistan and Mauritius, weare awaiting their confirmationof necessary regulatory clear-ances,” it added.
“India fulfils commitmentto give vaccines to humanity.Supplies to our neighbourswill start on 20th January. ThePharmacy of the World willdeliver to overcome theCOVID challenge,” ExternalAffairs Minister S Jaishankarsaid on Twitter.
Meanwhile, Union HealthMinistry officials said that thetotal number of persons foundpositive with UK strain of
Covid-19 is 141 while dailynew Covid cases have toucheda new low with 10,064 casesadding up to the national tallyin the last 24 hours after sevenmonths. India’s total activecaseload has dropped to 2 lakh(2,00,528), said the official.
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With the Union Territoryof Lakshadweepreporting its first ever case ofCovid-19 on Tuesday, theUnion Health Ministry hasrushed a team of medicalexperts to contain the situa-tion there. The index case isa traveler who had come toLakshadweep from Kochi inKerala on 4th January 2021by a ship. “The traveler hadreported to hospital withsymptoms suggestive ofCOVID-19 and was testedpositive. Initially 31 primarycontacts of the patient havebeen traced and quarantinedof which 14 have now beenfound to be positive andhave been isolated.
“56 contacts of positivecases detected so far havealso been traced and quar-antined. The UTAdministration has initiateddisinfection procedures andintensive risk-communica-tion activity has been oper-at ionalised,” said theMinistry.
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Members of the SupremeCourt-appointed panelon farm laws will not let theirpersonal views on these Actscome in the way of theirdeliberations with variousstakeholders, key committeemember Anil Ghanwat saidon Tuesday, while assertingthat they are not on the sideof any party or theGovernment.
After their first meetinghere, Ghanwat said the firstround of consultations withfarmers and other stakehold-ers has been scheduled forThursday.
The Supreme Court hadset up the four-member panelon January 11, but one ofthem, Bhupinder SinghMann, recused himself laterafter questions were raised bythe agitating farmer unions
about the viewsexpressed by allmembers in thepast in supportof the con-tentious laws,against whichthousands areprotest ing onDelhi bordersfor almost twomonths now.
Separately,nine rounds of talks havetaken place between the gov-ernment and agitating unionswithout any concrete resolu-tion. Ghanwat, who is thepresident of the Shetkari Sanghatana, said thepanel will hold its first roundof talks with farmers andother stakeholders on January21.
“The biggest challengefor panel is to convince agitating farmers to comeand speak with us. We will tryour best,” he said.
Ghanwat further said thecommittee will seek views offarmers and all other stake-holders on the new farm laws,besides the central and stategovernments.
“Panel members will keeptheir personal views on farmlaws aside while preparingreport to be submitted to theSupreme Court,” he said.
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The National Green Tribunalhas directed the TelanganaPollution Control Board (PCB)to recover Rs 1.55 crore penal-ty from pharmaceutical com-panies for causing pollution inthe state.
A bench headed by NGTChairperson Justice AdarshKumar Goel asked the statePCB to recover the assessedcompensation and take coercivemeasures for default in payment,including closure till complianceis made.
The NGT passed the orderafter a committee recommend-ed to impose environmentalcompensation for one year for allpharma formulation industriesand six months to Shri KartikeyaPharma which is engaged inAyurvedic Ashwagandha extrac-tion, as the pollution load is less.
“In view of the fact that theindustrial area in question is apolluted area and the industries
in question are ‘red category’industries, strict vigilance isrequired to be maintained forupholding the environmentalnorms,” the bench said.
The green panel askedTelangana state pollution controlboard to enforce the principle of‘Polluter Pays’ in respect of theunits which have been found tobe violating the environmentalnorms.
The tribunal’s directioncame on a plea filed by advocateSravan Kumar alleging pollutioncaused by the pharmaceuticalcompanies at TSIIC SEZ inJadcherla of Mahabubnagar dis-trict.
According to the plea thesepharma companies are not com-plying with the pollution laws.
The plea claimed that thecompanies are not properlymaintaining the EffluentTreatment Systems and soughtsetting aside of approvals grant-ed to them for violating causingsevere pollution.
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Future climate change willcause an uneven shifting ofthe tropical rain belt — a nar-row band of heavy precipitationnear the Earth’s equator —leading to increased flooding inparts of India, a new studywarns.
The study, published inthe journal Nature ClimateChange, examined computersimulations from 27 state-of-the-art climate models, andmeasured the tropical rainbelt’s response to a future sce-nario in which greenhouse gasemissions continue to risethrough the end of the currentcentury.
According to the research,a northward shift of the tropi-cal rain belt over the easternAfrica and the Indian Oceancould result in “intensifiedflooding in southern India,”and may impact global biodi-versity and food security by2100.
The scientists, includingthose from the University ofCalifornia (UC) Irvine in theUS, said this “sweeping shift” ofthe rain belt was disguised inprevious studies that provideda global average
of the influence of climatechange.
However, they said climatechange caused the atmosphereto heat up by different amountsover Asia.
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Aday after the CongressHigh Command appoint-ed Oommen Chandi, formerChief Minister, as the head ofthe campaign committee forthe upcoming Assembly elec-tion in Kerala, discontentmentamong a section of the partyleaders have come out in theopen.
Chandi, a two time ChiefMinister, has wide acceptabil-ity in the Congress as well as inthe cross section of the Keralasociety. Though he is knownfor his Christian spiritualism,the Hindus and Muslims in theState have no reservationsagainst him unlike other lead-ers in the party. A person withmore than six decades of cleanpolitical life, Chandi is certainto give the ruling CPI(M) a runfor their money.
But by Tuesday, groupleaders were out in the openchallenging Congress presi-dent Sonia Gandhi’s decision tofield the old warhorse as the defacto chief ministerial candi-date of the party. RameshChennithala, Leader of theOpposition, made use of hisfollowers in the party to makeknown his displeasure overthe cold shouldering hereceived from the Congresspresident.
“You cannot ignore thecontributions made by RameshChennithala during the last fiveyears. The precedence in theparty has been to appoint theLeader of the Opposition as theChief Ministerial candidate inthe next election,” saidChandrasekhar, a faction leadermore loyal to Chennithalathan the Congress.
The Congress HighCommand is worried over thepowerful Christian lobby’s dis-pleasure over the party for itsstance on issues like Love Jihadand special privileges to theMuslim community, accordingto political commentator AJayashankar. “It is to win overthe Christian community thatSonia Gandhi has recalledChandi to lead the Congress aswell as the United DemocraticFront,” he said.
This was substantiated byP C George, MLA and leaderof Jana Paksham, a politicaloutfit in Kerala. “The Marxistsregime is discriminating theChristians in the allocation offunds meant for the welfare ofminorities. The Muslims areallocated 80 per cent of theresources while the Christiansare given a mere 20 per cent.This has definitely antagonisedthe Catholic Church,” saidGeorge who is expected tocast his lot with the Congress-led UDF in the upcoming elec-tion.
Tuesday’s meeting thesenior Cardinals of the Churchhad with Prime MinisterNarendra Modi and the sub-sequent statement by CardinalGeorge Alencherry that theChurch does not have anyuntouchability with the BJP toohas to be noted in this context.
Oommen Chandi, at 77, isnot in the best of his health.Though the Marxists have leftno stones unturned in attack-ing him and his family mem-bers with allegations of allkinds, Chandi came outunscathed and strong. “At themoment he is the one and onlyleader who is respected wide-ly all over Kerala. He is the rightchoice for the chief minister’spost,” said George.
Another person to join thefray is MullappalliRamachandran, the presidentof Pradesh CongressCommittee. ButRamachandran’s day one aschief minister candidate evokedstrong reaction from theMuslim League as the formerdeclared his intention to con-test from Kalpetta assemblyconstituency in Wyandu dis-trict. Yahya Khan, the districtchief of the Muslim Leaguedeclared that his party wouldnot give up its claim overKalpetta, a traditional strong-hold of the party.
The CPI(M)-led LDFwhich is plagued by a numberof corruption charges couldheave a sigh of relief ifChennithala andRamachandran sustain theirchief ministerial dreams.
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Pre-poll war of words intensified as did headon clashes between Trinamool Congress andthe BJP as Bengal Chief Minister MamataBanerjee on Tuesday attacked the saffron out-fit calling it worse than Maoists and more ven-omous than snakes.
Apparently playing on the fears of the Redmenace in an erstwhile ultra-Red zone the ChiefMinister while addressing a mega rally atPurulia said, “the BJP is more dangerous thanthe Maoists … they will ruin Bengal, discontinueall the pro-poor schemes started by us,” onceagain raking up the outsider issue.
“Let them use terror tactic, let them issueany amount of threat but we shall not bow ourheads before these outsiders who do not knowabout the real culture of Bengal who break thestatues of Vidya Sagar, humiliate RabindranathTagore,” Banerjee said comparing the saffronleaders with cobra.
Criticising the Centre for christeningJanuary 23 the birth day of Netaji SubhasChandra Bose as “Parakram Diwas” Banerjeesaid that her government was “not happy withCentre’s decision,” adding her Governmentwould call it “Desh Prem Diwas.’’ The ChiefMinister will hold a ‘padayatra’ (foot-march ) inKolkata to mark the special occasion.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visitKolkata on January 23 to inaugurate the mainprogramme to celebrate the birth anniversaryof Bose. The celebrations will be held atVictoria Hall.
During his visit, PM is also likely to be a partof an event at the National Library, where he willinaugurate restored architectural sites and ded-icate them to the people of West Bengal,Government sources said adding GovernorJagdeep Dhankhar will also be a part of theevents that Modi is likely to attend.
Back to Purulia: Comparing the saffron out-
fit with cobra Banerjee said, “These people areas venomous as cobra … they will come, catch,swallow, eat and digest you before moving aheadas if nothing happened,” adding, “these are riot-ers, looters who create division in the society,set one community against the other, promisebut do not deliver … ask them as to what hap-pened to the Rs 15 lakh that they had promisedbefore coming to power in Delhi.”
Asking the people to “drive these outsidersaway when they come to ask for votes,” Banerjeeattacked the BJP Government for browbeatingthe media into submission. “I do not understandhow such big media houses give in to the threatsof the BJP which is forcing them to run falsenews,” she said how the “BJP is trying to terroriseeven the civil society.
“They are threatening the film people, thecivil society but I will not tolerate this inBengal… let them touch our film fraternity atTollywood and then see the consequence.” Shesaid.
Attacking the central government for itsalleged “anti-farmer policy” Banerjee said “theyare giving tall promises to farmers in Bengal buttorturing the farmers of Punjab, Haryana andUttar Pradesh who are sitting in the open inthese cold months demanding the scrapping ofthe anti-farmer laws,” adding “these laws willhelp the corporate and the rich people to lootaway your crop and reduce you into their slaves.”
Attacking the leaders like Suvendu Adhikariwho left the Trinamool Congress to join the BJPBanerjee said “some people are leaving our partythinking that this will bother us… but we arerelieved that these people are leaving the party… they are burden on us.”
Two districts away Adhikari hit back atBanerjee from a rally at Khejuri nearNandirgram saying the Chief Minister shouldget the “ex word” printed on her letter pads as“very soon she will be out of power.”
New Delhi: A girl who went “missing”from her maternal uncle's house here near-ly four years ago has been found by theDelhi Police who said onTuesday that shehad left to escape being married off as aminor and is now pursuing a nursingcourse.
Officials said she had left the house inMay 2017, when she would be around 16,and the matter was reported at theShalimar Bagh police station in northwestDelhi where a kidnapping case was regis-tered and an investigation initiated.The police had in 2019 also announced areward of Rs 50,000 for anybody provid-ing information that helped to locate her,they said.
Deputy Commissioner of Police(Crime) Bhisham Singh said, “Our (CrimeBranch) team contacted and examined the
relatives, friends and acquaintances of thegirl. After analysing Call Detail Records,we found that the girl was somewhere inBihar.” Head Constable Ramdasreceived an input Monday that the girl wascoming to Delhi by a bus and would reachAnand Vihar Inter-state Bus Terminal inthe morning, he said.
Based on this tip-off, a team was sentto the ISBT and the girl was found, he said.He said the girl told the police her parentshad passed away when she was a child andshe and her brother used to live with hermaternal uncle in Delhi.
“When she was in Class 10, hermaternal uncle was forcing her to marrya person of his choice, but she did not wantto get married as she was interested instudying further. So she left her maternaluncle's house in 2017 without telling any-
one and reached her maternal grand-mother's house in Samastipur district ofBihar,” he said. None of her relatives vis-ited her in the Bihar house and hermaternal grandmother too did not informanyone about her being there and sup-ported her in pursuing her studies, accord-ing to the DCP.
She completed her school educationand took admission in a nursing course inSamastipur, the DCP said. The girlwas not aware that an FIR had been lodgedin this regard, he said, adding the CrimeBranch handed her to the Shalimar BaghPolice Station, where the cases was regis-tered.
The police then presented here beforethe Child Welfare Committee (CWC) andfurther action will be taken in the matteron the direction of CWC. PTI
Udhagamandalam: A serious-ly injured Elephant, undertreatment at a town in Nilgirisdistrict, died on Tuesday after itwas translocated to the nearbyTheppakkadu elephant camp,forest department officials said.
The 40-year-old elephantwas found lying nearMaravakandi dam on January 15with a cut ear and was beingtreated in that town.
However the wound wors-ened and there was puss for-mation, following which forestdepartment officials and a vet-erinarian kept the pachydermunder observation and decidedto shift it to Theppakkadu camp. PTI
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Internal bickering in thePeoples Alliance for GupkarDeclaration (PAGD) came tothe fore on Tuesday afterPeople's Conference ChairmanSajjad Lone announced thedecision to pull out of thealliance, almost a month afterthe announcement of DistrictDevelopment Council electionresults.
The Peoples Alliance forGupkar Declaration was float-ed by the Kashmir based main-stream political parties aheadof the DDC polls. The PAGDcontested the DDC polls on theslogan of restoring the specialstatus of the erstwhile state ofJammu and Kashmir and
revoking Abrogation of Article370 and 35-A.
Sajjad Lone, who was madespokesman of the allianceahead of the DDC polls, alsoshot off a three page letter tothe Chairman of the PeoplesAlliance for GupkarDeclaration Dr FarooqAbdullah citing reasons behindthe pull out.
According to the letter cir-culated in the media by thePeople's Conference, SajjadLone wrote, “There has been abreach of trust between part-ners which we believe isbeyond remedy”.
“The majoritarian view inour party is that we should pullout of the alliance in an ami-cable manner rather than wait-
ing for things to get messier.And I am confirming that wewill no longer be a part of thePAGD alliance”. Sharing hisangst, Sajjad further wrote,“We fought against each otherin Kashmir province notagainst the perpetrators ofAugust 5,2019.
And those who perpetrat-ed August 5 and their minionsare now vocally gleeful “Sajjadwrote in the letter. Exposing thefacade of unity in the PAGDSajjad said, “in majority of theplaces the party fielding thecandidate on behalf of PAGDwas left to fend for itself andsecured the votes that his partymanaged.
In most places other par-ties were silent bystanders or
worst compounded the prob-lem by fielding proxy candi-dates''.
“On the face of it, PAGDwon these elections unam-biguously having won the max-imum number of seats. Wecan’t hide statistics and apartfrom the number of seats thatPAGD won, another importantstatistical variable in the con-text of August 5 is the numberof votes polled against thePAGD.
We believe that the votespolled against the PAGD aremajorly the votes cast by prox-ies of PAGD constituent partiesagainst official PAGD candi-dates. And the net outcome ofselectively voting for andagainst PAGD is a very poor
vote share. This is certainly notthe vote share that people of Jand K deserved post August 5”,Sajjad Lone wrote.
People's Conference, one ofthe constituents of PAGD, hadwon a total number of 8 seatsin the DDC polls while Jammuand Kashmir NationalConference (JKNC) had wonmaximum number of 67 seatsfollowed by the PeoplesDemocratic Party (PDP) whichmanaged to secure 27 seats.Despite contesting the DDCpolls under the banner ofPAGD, the party constituentshad failed to project a unitedface after the announcement ofpoll results. No formal eventwas organised to 'unitedly' cel-ebrate the victory of the PAGD
candidates.Referring to the internal
audit within his own party, Sajjad said, “It is difficultfor us to stay on and pretend as if nothing has hap-pened.
“ This alliance needed sac-rifice. Every party had to sac-rifice on the ground in terms ofgiving space to fellow allies. Noparty is willing to cede space,no party is willing to sacrifice”added Sajjad Lone.
''I would however want toadd that we are divorcing fromthe alliance not its objectives.We will continue to adhere tothe objectives that we set outwhen this alliance was made”, Sajjad Lone con-cluded.
Surat: Thirteen migrantlabourers and a year-old-girlfrom Rajasthan who weresleeping by the roadside inGujarat's Surat district wereamong 15 dead after a dumpertruck ran over them onTuesday, police said.
Those killed include eightwomen and a migrant workerfrom Madhya Pradesh, policesaid. While 12 of them died onthe spot, three died duringtreatment at a hospital, policeadded.
Except for the 19-year-oldworker from Madhya Pradesh,all the other deceased werefrom villages in Banswara dis-trict in south Rajasthan, policesaid.
The tragedy took placenear Kosamba village, around60 km from Surat, police said.The truck driver, who appar-ently lost control over the vehi-
cle after hitting a sugarcaneladen tractor, has been bookedunder sections of the IPC andMotor Vehicles Act, policesaid.The truck driver and thevehicle's 'cleaner' were alsoinjured in the accident and arebeing treated at a hospital.
The truck ran over themigrant construction workerson the Kim-Mandvi roadshortly after midnight, Surat SPUsha Rada said.
The truck driver lost con-trol over his vehicle after dash-ing against the tractor andveered off the road onto thepavement where the workerswere sleeping, she said.
“The truck was on its wayto Mandvi from Kim. The dri-ver lost control of the vehicleafter it hit sugarcane hangingout of the tractor trolley com-ing from the opposite direction.
“The truck's front window
pane shattered on impact,which blocked the driver'svision. The truck then veeredoff the road and crashed intothe sleeping labourers,” shesaid.
Three workers injured inthe tragedy are being treated ina nearby hospital, the policeofficial said.
Prime Minister NarendraModi announced that ex-gra-tia of Rs two lakh from thePrime Minister's NationalRelief Fund would be given tothe next of kin of each personkilled in the accident and Rs50,000 would be given to eachinjured.
“The loss of lives due to atruck accident in Surat is trag-ic. My thoughts are with thebereaved families. Praying thatthe injured recover at the ear-liest,” the PMO tweeted, quot-ing Modi. PTI
Kota (Raj): A 27-year-old man was sentencedto life in jail till death for raping three five-to-nine-year-old girls in his village under Simliyapolice station area of Kota district over threeyears ago.
A special court set up under provisionsof the Protection of Children from SexualOffences Act sentenced Mithun alias GajendraRao after convicting him of the offence of rapeand various other offences under the POCSOAct and the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities)Act, Public Prosecutor Suresh Verma said onTuesday.
Special Judge Hanuman Prasad convictedRao on Monday while observing that “nounnecessary compassion should be displayed”while sentencing such criminals who “affect theentire judicial system and also obliterate pub-lic sentiments”. The public prosecutor said thejudge also imposed a fine of Rs 25,000 on theconvict.
The case against Rao was lodged in July2017 on the complaint of the mother of a nine-year-old girl, accusing him of raping herdaughter.
During the investigation of the case, it tran-spired that Rao had also raped two other girls ofthe village, aged five and seven years respectively.The police subsequently filed the charge-sheet inthe case indicting Rao of all three rapes. PTI
Malappuram (Kerala):A 17-year-oldgirl,Who recently disclosed that she had alleged-ly been sexually abused by 38 persons, is stil-lundergoing psycho-social counselling,police said on Tuesday. The girl was beingcounselled at the state-run Nirbhaya Centrehere and there was no plan to send her backhome, considering her safety, the police said.
Based on the girl's disclosure inNovember last, a total of 29 cases had beenregistered so far and 20 persons arrested inthis connection, a top police official said.
“We have registered 13 and 16 casesseparately. Of the total 40 accused, 20 havealready been arrested and weare on a huntto trace 20 more accused,”district police chiefAbdul Karim U told PTI. Of the arrested20, 15 went out on bail and five wereremanded, he said. He said mother wasthe lone close relative the victim had and itwas not safe to send the girlback home.
“The victim continues to undergo coun-sellingat the Nirbhaya centre. Ifhigher-upsseek any report from us in this regard, wewill object to sending her back home to joinher mother due to safety reasons. We takeinto considerationher mental conditionalso,” the officer added. The teenager'sordeal came to light during a counselling ses-sion at the Nirbhaya centre recently, policesaid. PTI
Mahoba (UP): Three people werearrested in Mahoba district ofUttar Pradesh on Tuesday forallegedly raping and killing a Dalitwoman, whose body was foundhanging from a tree here, policesaid.
The 18-year-old victim, who wasin Class 12, left home to buy veg-etables on Saturday afternoon but didnot return. Later, her family mem-bers found her body hanging froma tree in the Belatal area, CircleOfficer Rampravesh Rai had said.
An FIR was registered againstthe trio, Rohit, Bhupendra andTarun, on charges of rape and underthe Scheduled Castes and theScheduled Tribes (Prevention ofAtrocities) Act, SHO, Kulpahadpolice station, Ravindra Tiwari hadsaid. Further investigation is under-way, he added.
The woman's aunt told thepolice on Sunday that she was beingharassed by a man in their locali-ty, who was making phone calls toher for the last one month. Shealleged that the victim's body washanged from the tree after she waskilled, the officer had said earlier. PTI
Chennai: After a gap of 10months, Schools were reopenedfor classes 10 and 12 in TamilNadu on Tuesday with studentsundergoing body temperatureand oxygen level checks beforeentering the premises.
Tamil Nadu governmentlast week announced reopeningof schools from January 19which were shut following theCOVID-19 outbreak sinceMarch 2020 while ChiefMinister K Palaniswamiappealed to parents and teach-ers to extend their full cooper-ation to the government in itsefforts aimed at the welfare ofstudents. With the govern-ment directing school adminis-tration to allow students notexceeding more than 25 perclassroom, those who attendedthe classes were seen adhering toall COVID-19 protocol includ-ing wearing masks and main-taining social distancing.
After being glued to moni-tors for online classes over thepast few months, students todayexpressed happiness on being
able to attend classes in person,meet friends and teachers, andprepare better for the boardexaminations.
“Instead of attending class-es online, it was good to comeand attend classes besides meet-ing our friends andteachers.Attending classes willalso help us prepare better forthe board examinations,” a stu-dent of a government higher sec-ondary school in Tiruchirappallisaid.
School authorities also fol-lowed governmenet guidelineslike allowing only those studentswho had come with the 'letter ofconsent' from their respectiveparents besides checking bodytemperature and also providingvitamin tablets to the pupils.
Palaniswami, while allowingthe students to attend classes,had said based on the opinionof public health and medicalexperts, district collectors, seniorministers and considering theview of majority of parents,schools shall open only for stu-dents of classes 10 and 12. PTI
Kohima: Nagaland on Tuesdayreported five New COVID-19cases, pushing the tally in thestate to 12,066, a senior HealthDepartment official said.
The number of activeCOVID-19 cases in the statenow is 112, the official said.
Seven more patients recu-perated from the disease, tak-ing the total number of recov-eries in the state to 11,724, hesaid.
“5 COVID-19 positivecases 3 in Dimapur and 2 inKohima were reported today,while 7 patients 5 in Dimapurand 2 in Kohima also recoveredduring the last 24 hours”, saidDirector of Health and FamilyWelfare, Dr Denis Hangsing inthe daily COVID-19 bulletin.
The recovery rate in thestate is 97.16 per cent while theactive cases are merely 0.93 percent of the total caseload, thebulletin said.
Altogether 88 people havesuccumbed to the disease, ofwhich 78 are due to contagionand 10 had comorbidities,while another 142 patientshave migrated to other states,he said. PTI
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Jammu and Kashmir onTuesday recorded 113 newcoronavirus cases that raised itstally to 1,23,538, while onemore fatality pushed the deathcount to 1,923, officials said.
Of the fresh cases, 53were recorded from the Jammudivision and 60 from theKashmir division of the unionterritory, they said.
The officials said Jammudistrict recorded the highest of40 cases, followed by 37 inSrinagar district.
While six districts --Anantnag, Ganderbal, Doda,Rajouri, Reasi and Udhampur-- did not report any new case,12 other districts had freshcases in single digits, they said.
The number of activecases dropped to 1,103 in theunion territory, while 1,20,512patients have recovered so far,the officials said.
The UT reported only oneCOVID-19 related death inthe past 24 hours from theKashmir division, taking thedeath toll to 1,923, they said,
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