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I n one of the deadliest ambushes in recent years in the north-east, a Colonel, his wife, their six-year-old son, and four soldiers were killed in a terror attack at Thinghat in Manipur on Saturday. No mil- itant outfit has, so far, claimed responsibility, but it is sus- pected that the People’s Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK) carried out the attack. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh expressed shock over the death of Colonel Viplav Tripathi and his family besides the soldiers. It was the most audacious attack by terrorists in the last several years in the State. Earlier, the terrorists had killed 20 soldiers in 2015 in an ambush here. The Army had then carried out surgical strikes against terror camps located in Myanmar. Giving details of the latest incident, officials said a convoy of the Assam Rifles was ambushed by insurgents in Thinghat, Manipur at 11.00 am. Five soldiers including Colonel Tripathi, Commanding Officer of 46 Assam Rifles were killed. The family of Commanding Officer including his wife and child also lost their lives in the inci- dent. The incident took place at Sehkan Village in Churachandpur. Militants used improvised explosive devices (IED) to ambush the convoy, sources said. In the ensuing firefight between the Assam Rifles personnel and the insurgents, Tripathi and three QRT (quick response team) personnel lost their lives on the spot. The Colonel had gone to supervise a civic action pro- gramme in the area bordering Myanmar and was returning when the attack took place. This is the first time that civil- ians have died in an ambush in this remote area of the district. The location is an extremely remote village around 50 km from Churachandpur. The injured personnel were admitted at Behianga health care centre, the Assam Rifles said in a Press statement. Hailing the contribution of Colonel Tripathi, who had also served in Mizoram before being transferred to Manipur in July 2021, the Assam Rifles said: “During his tenure at Mizoram, under his able and energetic leadership, the Battalion has been at the fore- front in border management thwarting illegal smuggling. Continued on Page 4 T he Supreme Court on Saturday expressed grave concern on Delhi’s deteriorating air quality and asked the Centre, Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh Governments to sit together and evolve solutions. The court also said it has become fashionable to blame the farmers for the air pollution. Hearing an urgent petition filed by a student Aditya Dubey, a Special Bench head- ed by Chief Justice NV Ramana said the situation is so bad that they are forced to wear masks inside homes due to the air pol- lution in the Capital. The Bench comprising senior judges Justices DY Chandrachud and Surya Kant heard the submissions of the Centre and Delhi Government and sought details regarding supply of happy seeder machines to farmers so that crop stubble burning, which causes pollution in Delhi, Haryana, Punjab and Western Uttar Pradesh, can be reined in. Continued on Page 4 T erming the officers as “very arrogant”, the Supreme Court dismissed an appeal of the Uttar Pradesh Government on Saturday and paved the way for arrest of State finance secretary and the additional chief secretary (revenue) against whom the Allahabad high court issued bailable war- rants for delayed and partial compliance of orders. The matter is related to reg- ularisation of service and pay- ment of arrears to a “collection amin” at Allahabad. The high court, on November 1, observed that the officials have been treating the court as “playground” and have refused to grant arrears of salary to a person who was ear- lier denied the rightful claim of regularisation of service. “As the respondents (offi- cers) have deliberately mislead the (high) court and flouted the undertaking given by the addi- tional advocate general in not granting arrears of salary to the petitioner, this court records its distress and anguish about the reprehensible conduct of the respondents, and accordingly, believes that it is a fit case to issue bailable warrant against addi- tional chief secretary (revenue) and Sanjay Kumar, the then dis- trict magistrate currently post- ed as secretary (finance), Government of UP, Lucknow, to appear before this court on November 15. Let bailable war- rant be issued against...,” The high court ordered. The State Government, which rushed to the top court to save the top officials from getting arrested, could not get the relief as a bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana said, “You deserve all this. More than that.” “What are you arguing here in this matter? The high court should have ordered arrest by now...we think more severe punishment was need- ed to be awarded. The high court has been gentle with you. Look at your conduct, you are depriving an employee of his arrears. You did nothing to abide by the orders. The high court has been very kind to you ...you have no respect for the court. This additional chief secretary appears to be very arrogant,” observed the bench which also comprised justices Surya Kant and Hima Kohli. Additional Solicitor General Aishwaya Bhati, appearing for the officials, said that the service of the peti- tioner, Bhuneshwar Prasad Tiwari, as ‘’collection amin’’ has been regularised and the juniors, who were given regu- lar employment ahead of him, have been removed and the only issue remained was that of payment of arrears of the salary. Continued on Page 4 T he Gadchiroli police on Saturday gunned down 26 Maoists in the forests of Gyarapatti in Korchi taluka of eastern Maharashtra, while four jawans were injured in the same ten-hour-long fierce encounter. This was the second- biggest success for the com- mandos of the Anti Naxal Squad (ANS) of the Gadchiroli police after they eliminated as many as 40 Naxalites in two separate operations in April 2018. The four injured police- men — identified as Maharu Kudmethe (35), Tikaram Katange (41), Ravindra Naitam (42) and Sarveshwar Atram (34) — were airlifted to Nagpur where they were admitted to the Critical Care Complex of Orange City Hospital and Research Institute. “We have so far recovered 26 bodies of the Maoists killed in the encounter. The injured policemen are undergoing treatment at a hos- pital in Nagpur,” Gadchiroli’s Superintendent of Police Ankit Goyal said. Described as the longest- ever gun battle witnessed in the Naxalite-infested Gadchiroli district of eastern Maharashtra, the encounter began at 6 am in the forests and continued till 4 pm. Continued on Page 4 A s the national Capital fights the toxic smog that has blanketed the city for over a week now, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday announced several key mea- sures, including closure of schools for a week, ban on con- struction activities and work- from-home for Government employees. The Kejriwal Government swung into action after the Supreme Court pulled up both the State and Central Government for failing to tack- le the menace of air pollution and suggested a two-day lock- down. Delhi’s air quality index (AQI) settled at 499 micro- grams per cubic and was “severe” on the National ambi- ent Air quality Index (NAAQI) on Saturday. Continued on Page 4 O f the world’s top 10 cities with the worst air quality, three — Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai, are in India — data from air quality and pollution city tracking service from IQAir, a Switzerland-based cli- mate group, showed. While Delhi’s Air Quality Index (AQI) at 556 made it to the top of the list, Kolkata and Mumbai recorded an AQI of 177 and 169, respectively, at fourth and sixth position, on the list. Continued on Page 4 J harkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Saturday held a high-level meeting with Union Coal Minister Pralhad Joshi on the issues related to coal mines in Jharkhand. Soren discussed the issue to opera- tionalize several coal mines in Jharkhand like Rajmahal-Taljhari, Hurra and Siyal coal pro- jects. Chief Minister apprised the minister about the official position of Jharkhand on the issue of land acquisition, compensation, rehabilitation of the displaced along with their job and the share of Jharkhand in the royalty. The minister assured Soren to take appropriate action on his demand. CM said that as the coal companies like CCL, BCCL, ECL acquire land for coal pro- duction hence the state government has decided that 75 percent of total jobs in coal mines should be given to local residents. he also said that local residents should be given preference for contractual works. He said such moves will encourage the par- ticipation of local people in mining works. He said that a contract worth Rs one crore should be given to local residents. About the Rajmahal-Taljhari project, the coal minister informed him about the problem being faced in operationalizing the coal mines. Minister said that if this coal mine is not operationalized ECL will have to shut down. The coal minister assured once Rajmahal-Taljhari mines become operational the tender worth Rs One crore will be reserved for local resi- dents for the next two years. He assured in the future other coal companies will give preference to local residents in tender work worth Rs one crore. Chief Minister said that coal compa- nies don't make proper provisions for reha- bilitation of families who got displaced fol- lowing land acquisition for the mining pro- ject. He said that coal companies shift them from one place to other. Besides, he said that acquired land remains unutilized and such land should be returned to ryots. JMM's Rajmahal MP Vijay Hansda who was also present in the meeting said that displaced families face problems in getting residence certificates after they are displaced since they don't have valid doc- uments. He said that coal companies must give them settlement papers.
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In one of the deadliestambushes in recent years in

the north-east, a Colonel, hiswife, their six-year-old son,and four soldiers were killed ina terror attack at Thinghat inManipur on Saturday. No mil-itant outfit has, so far, claimedresponsibility, but it is sus-pected that the People’sRevolutionary Party ofKangleipak (PREPAK) carriedout the attack.

Prime Minister NarendraModi, Defence MinisterRajnath Singh and ManipurChief Minister N Biren Singhexpressed shock over the deathof Colonel Viplav Tripathi andhis family besides the soldiers.

It was the most audaciousattack by terrorists in the lastseveral years in the State.Earlier, the terrorists had killed20 soldiers in 2015 in anambush here. The Army hadthen carried out surgical strikesagainst terror camps located inMyanmar.

Giving details of the latestincident, officials said a convoyof the Assam Rifles wasambushed by insurgents inThinghat, Manipur at 11.00am. Five soldiers includingColonel Tripathi,

Commanding Officer of 46Assam Rifles were killed. Thefamily of Commanding Officerincluding his wife and childalso lost their lives in the inci-dent.

The incident took place atSehkan Village inChurachandpur. Militantsused improvised explosivedevices (IED) to ambush theconvoy, sources said. In theensuing firefight between theAssam Rifles personnel and theinsurgents, Tripathi and threeQRT (quick response team)personnel lost their lives on thespot.

The Colonel had gone tosupervise a civic action pro-gramme in the area borderingMyanmar and was returningwhen the attack took place.This is the first time that civil-ians have died in an ambush inthis remote area of the district.The location is an extremelyremote village around 50 km

from Churachandpur.The injured personnel were

admitted at Behianga health

care centre, the Assam Riflessaid in a Press statement.

Hailing the contribution ofColonel Tripathi, who had alsoserved in Mizoram beforebeing transferred to Manipur inJuly 2021, the Assam Rifles

said: “During his tenure atMizoram, under his able andenergetic leadership, theBattalion has been at the fore-front in border managementthwarting illegal smuggling.

Continued on Page 4

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The Supreme Court onSaturday expressed grave

concern on Delhi’s deterioratingair quality and asked the Centre,Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, andUttar Pradesh Governments tosit together and evolve solutions.The court also said it hasbecome fashionable to blame the

farmers for the air pollution.Hearing an urgent petition

filed by a student AdityaDubey, a Special Bench head-ed by Chief Justice NV Ramanasaid the situation is so bad thatthey are forced to wear masksinside homes due to the air pol-

lution in the Capital.The Bench comprising

senior judges Justices DYChandrachud and Surya Kantheard the submissions of theCentre and Delhi Governmentand sought details regardingsupply of happy seedermachines to farmers so thatcrop stubble burning, whichcauses pollution in Delhi,Haryana, Punjab and WesternUttar Pradesh, can be reined in.

Continued on Page 4

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Terming the officers as “veryarrogant”, the Supreme

Court dismissed an appeal ofthe Uttar Pradesh Governmenton Saturday and paved theway for arrest of State financesecretary and the additionalchief secretary (revenue)against whom the Allahabadhigh court issued bailable war-rants for delayed and partialcompliance of orders.

The matter is related to reg-ularisation of service and pay-ment of arrears to a “collectionamin” at Allahabad.

The high court, onNovember 1, observed thatthe officials have been treatingthe court as “playground” andhave refused to grant arrears ofsalary to a person who was ear-lier denied the rightful claim ofregularisation of service.

“As the respondents (offi-

cers) have deliberately misleadthe (high) court and flouted theundertaking given by the addi-tional advocate general in notgranting arrears of salary to thepetitioner, this court records itsdistress and anguish about thereprehensible conduct of therespondents, and accordingly,believes that it is a fit case to issuebailable warrant against addi-tional chief secretary (revenue)and Sanjay Kumar, the then dis-trict magistrate currently post-ed as secretary (finance),Government of UP, Lucknow, to

appear before this court onNovember 15. Let bailable war-rant be issued against...,” Thehigh court ordered.

The State Government,which rushed to the top courtto save the top officials fromgetting arrested, could not getthe relief as a bench headed byChief Justice N V Ramanasaid, “You deserve all this.More than that.”

“What are you arguinghere in this matter? The highcourt should have orderedarrest by now...we think more

severe punishment was need-ed to be awarded. The highcourt has been gentle withyou. Look at your conduct, youare depriving an employee ofhis arrears. You did nothing toabide by the orders. The highcourt has been very kind to you...you have no respect for thecourt. This additional chiefsecretary appears to be veryarrogant,” observed the benchwhich also comprised justicesSurya Kant and Hima Kohli.

Additional SolicitorGeneral Aishwaya Bhati,appearing for the officials, saidthat the service of the peti-tioner, Bhuneshwar PrasadTiwari, as ‘’collection amin’’ hasbeen regularised and thejuniors, who were given regu-lar employment ahead of him,have been removed and theonly issue remained was that ofpayment of arrears of the salary.

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The Gadchiroli police onSaturday gunned down 26

Maoists in the forests ofGyarapatti in Korchi taluka ofeastern Maharashtra, whilefour jawans were injured in the same ten-hour-long fierce encounter.

This was the second-biggest success for the com-mandos of the Anti Naxal Squad (ANS) of theGadchiroli police after they

eliminated as many as 40Naxalites in two separate operations in April 2018.

The four injured police-men — identified as MaharuKudmethe (35), TikaramKatange (41), Ravindra Naitam(42) and Sarveshwar Atram(34) — were airlifted to Nagpurwhere they were admitted tothe Critical Care Complex ofOrange City Hospital andResearch Institute.

“We have so far recovered

26 bodies of the Maoists killedin the encounter.

The injured policemen areundergoing treatment at a hos-pital in Nagpur,” Gadchiroli’sSuperintendent of Police AnkitGoyal said.

Described as the longest-ever gun battle witnessed in theNaxalite-infested Gadchirolidistrict of eastern Maharashtra,the encounter began at 6 am inthe forests and continued till 4 pm.

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As the national Capital fightsthe toxic smog that has

blanketed the city for over aweek now, Chief MinisterArvind Kejriwal on Saturdayannounced several key mea-sures, including closure ofschools for a week, ban on con-struction activities and work-from-home for Governmentemployees.

The Kejriwal Government

swung into action after theSupreme Court pulled up boththe State and CentralGovernment for failing to tack-le the menace of air pollutionand suggested a two-day lock-down.

Delhi’s air quality index(AQI) settled at 499 micro-grams per cubic and was“severe” on the National ambi-ent Air quality Index (NAAQI)on Saturday.

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three — Delhi, Kolkata andMumbai, are in India — datafrom air quality and pollutioncity tracking service fromIQAir, a Switzerland-based cli-mate group, showed.

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with Union Coal Minister Pralhad Joshion the issues related to coal mines inJharkhand.

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About the Rajmahal-Taljhari project,the coal minister informed him about theproblem being faced in operationalizingthe coal mines. Minister said that if thiscoal mine is not operationalized ECL willhave to shut down. The coal ministerassured once Rajmahal-Taljhari minesbecome operational the tender worth Rs

One crore will be reserved for local resi-dents for the next two years. He assuredin the future other coal companies will givepreference to local residents in tender workworth Rs one crore.

Chief Minister said that coal compa-nies don't make proper provisions for reha-bilitation of families who got displaced fol-lowing land acquisition for the mining pro-ject. He said that coal companies shift them

from one place to other. Besides, he saidthat acquired land remains unutilized andsuch land should be returned to ryots.

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The AgricultureDepartment of

Jharkhand has issuedorders for the highestever distribution of45,485 quintals ofseeds to farmers forRabi crop cultivation.

D i r e c t o rAgriculture, NeshaOraon informed thatout of the total quan-tity of the seeds, 18,418 quintals have beenlifted and the rest ofthe seeds are beingdistributed among thefarmers of the State.

“For the first timein the Rabi season,such a large quantityof seeds has been lifted to dis-tribute among farmers.Farmers are getting economicbenefits by getting more quan-tity of quality seeds from theState Government. In order tobring transparency in seed dis-tribution, the Governmentstarted seed distributionthrough seed token for the firsttime in 2021. At the sametime, seeds were allocated forperception in Kharif 2021under the National Food

Security Mission scheme. Seedshave been allotted for all dis-tricts for Rabi 2021-22,” saidOraon.

The Director Agriculturesaid that this year also for thefirst time in Jharkhand, thework of seed distribution forKharif crops was started in2021-22 despite outbreak of theglobal pandemic from May12. “This happened for the firsttime when 37,000 quintal seedshave been distributed in thelargest quantity till date inKharif crop 2021,” she added.

Oraon further informedthat for Rabi crops in 2020-21,

2021-22, orders were issued forwheat, gram and lentil seeds inthe month of October itself.Also, out of the total allocation

of Rs 1256.44 crore in stateschemes, Rs 1092.81 crore hasbeen spent so far which is 86.97per cent of the allocatedamount, she added.

The Director said that theState Government is putting allits effort to uplift the farmersof the State in various ways. Inorder to do so the Governmentdecided to provide better qual-ity seeds to farmers’ in very reli-able price so that they can getbetter produce, she added.

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State capital Ranchi is likely toremain overcast and witness

rainy spells in the next one weekor so owing to a depression inthe Bay of Bengal, theMeteorological Centre inRanchi predicted on Saturday,further stating that the currentweather conditions mayincrease the chill in the air dur-ing daytime but make nightswarmer.

Almost all parts of Ranchiwitnessed cloudy weather withintermittent rains since theintervening night of Friday andSaturday. According to a reportshared by the RanchiMeteorological Centre onSaturday afternoon, Ranchi wit-nessed 11.2 mm rainfall in thepast 24 hours, highest amongthe Jharkhand districts that sawrainy weather durng this peri-od. The maximum temperatureduring this period in Ranchiwas 27 degrees Celsius, whilethe minimum temperature was18.4 degrees Celsius.

The deputy director ofRanchi Meteorological Centre,Abhishek Anand said that rainswere predicted in Ranchi tillNovember 15. However, over-cast weather with scanty rainswas likely on November 16and November 17, followed bymoderate to heavy rainfall fromNovember 18 to November 20.

“While the day temperature

is likely to drop by three to fourdegrees Celsius, the temperatureduring nights will either rise bytwo to three degrees Celsius orremain unchanged,” saidAnand, adding that a depressionin south Bay of Bengal wasresponsible for unseasonal rainsin Jharkhand.

However, while the IMDhas issued a thunderstorm alertin Tamil Nadu and some of itsneighbouring states, Jharkhandis unlikely to witness thunder-storms or heavy rains, officials

from the Ranchi MeteorologicalCentre said.

“This is the time whensouthern states witness rainfall.The effect of this is also seen inJharkhand,” said Anand.

Parts of Ramgarh,Hazaribagh, Bokaro, Khunti,East Singhbhum, WestSinghbhum, and Seraikela-Kharsawan also witnessed rainson Saturday. MET scientistssaid that winter chill is likely toset in once the sky gets clearafter rains.

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BJP State President and RajyaSabha MP Deepak Prakash

on Saturday demanded to holdPanchayat polls in Jharkhand assoon as possible and assuredaggressive contest by the BJP inthe elections. Addressing ameeting of party workers at theparty headquarters in Ranchi,Prakash said that BJP is focusedon ensuring 100 per centCovid-19 vaccination in thestate and will support vaccina-tion facilities at polling booths.

“People are fed up with theruling state government, whichhas failed to cater to the needsof commoners,” said Prakash.

Addressing the meeting,Leader of Legislature Partyand former Chief MinisterBabulal Marandi attacked theCongress party and said thatinstead of paying tribute toBirsa Munda, the Congress

supported dynastic politics.Congratulating Prime

Minister Narendra Modi onmaking Birsa Munda’s birthanniversary memorable by cel-ebrating ‘Janjatiya GauravDiwas’ on this day, Marandisaid that the BJP has alwaysstood in support of the tribalcommunity and gave the duerespect to tribal heroes.

“For the first time eighttribal MPs were inducted in the

Union Cabinet. Many pro-grammes are being run by thecentral government for theupliftment of the tribal society,”Marandi added.

While addressing the meet-ing, Organisation GeneralSecretary Dharampal Singhgave directions to the partyworkers regarding the expan-sion of the organisation. Hedirected to organise trainingclasses among party func-

tionaries.Direction was also given to

successfully celebrate ‘JanjatiyaGaurav Diwas’ on November15 at every booth. Along withthis, Singh also called for offer-ing vaccination at pollingbooths. He directed the districtheads to reorganize boothcommittees.

Addressing the meeting,BJP ST Morcha NationalPresident and MP Samir Oraon

said that the people of the trib-al society are feeling proudabout the Centre’s decision ofcelebrating the birth anniver-sary of Birsa Munda as‘Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas’. Hesaid that the freedom fightersof the tribal society are beinghonored in this way for the firsttime. Under this programme,tributes will be paid to all suchfreedom fighters and GauravDiwas will be a matter of spe-cial pride for Jharkhand, saidOraon.

Earlier, Deepak Prakash,Babulal Marandi, Samir Oraonand Dharampal Singh gar-landed portraits of Dr. ShyamaPrasad Mookerjee, PanditDeendayal Upadhyay and AtalBihari Bajpayee

The meeting was conduct-ed by State General SecretaryBalmukund Sahai and vote ofthanks by State MinisterSubodh Singh Guddu. Duringthe meeting, State GeneralSecretary Aditya Sahu, PradeepVerma, State Minister SubodhSingh Guddu, State VicePresident Aparna Sen Guptahonored the office bearers withflowers.

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Union Minister ofParliamentary Affairs,

Coal and Mines, Pralhad Joshichaired a review meeting ofCoal India Limited (CIL) andall its subsidiaries at CentralCoalfield Limited (CCL)Headquarter in Ranchi.

Coal India, ChairmanPramod Agrawal also joinedthe meeting virtually from CILHeadquarters. AdditionalSecretary, Ministry of Coal(MoC), M Nagaraju, DirectorTechnical, CIL, Binay Dayal,CMD CCL and BCCL PM

Prasad, CMD ECL, PS Mishra,Director Technical (Op ) CCL,Bhola Singh, Director(Personnel) CCL BCCL, PVKRMallikarjuna Rao, DirectorTechnical (P&P), SK Gomastaand other dignitaries were pre-sent during the meeting.

He reviewed the perfor-mance of the coal companiesand issued necessary direc-tives so that the coal companiesmeet their annual target and tofulfill energy requirements ofthe Nation. He directed thecompanies to further ramp upthe production and dispatch onthe priority basis.

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The count of active Covid-19 cases in Jharkhand has

crossed the 150-mark, whilethe number of Covid patientsin Ranchi alone has reachedclose to a triple-digit figure,data compiled by the healthdepartment highlighted onSaturday.

As per the latest bulletinreleased by the National HealthMission (NHM), at least 152State residents were battlingSARS-CoV-2 infection bySaturday morning, and 99 ofthem were from Ranchi. Allthese cases were active in 11 of24 districts in Jharkhand, whilethe remaining 13 districts hadzero active cases, as per recordswith the health department.

The three most populateddistricts – Ranchi, East

Singhbhum and Dhanbad –jointly accounted for morethan 80 per cent of the activeCovid cases in the State, gov-

ernment records revealed. Asper government data, therewere at least 15 active Covidcases in East Singhbhum andeight in Dhanbad. These threedistricts also have the bestroad and railway connectivitywith other states in India.

As per government data,the state has so far reportedover 3.48 lakh cases of Covid-19 and at least 98.49 per centof these patients have recov-ered, while 1.47 per cent couldnot survive. As many as 5138Jharkhand residents have diedof Covid-19 in the state so far,and 1585 deaths occurred inRanchi alone.

Despite about a dozenfresh cases of coronavirusinfection surfacing daily inthe past week or so, no casu-alties were reported duringthis period. Doctors say that

many of the people who test-ed positive for Covid-19 late-ly were either fully or partial-ly vaccinated and did not suf-

fer from severe symptoms ofthe viral infection.

However, the vaccinationpace has also slowed down inthe state lately. WhileJharkhand has set a target ofvaccinating at least three lakhbeneficiaries daily againstCovid-19, the daily vaccinationnumbers have not been any-where close to the target. Onan average, the state managedto vaccinate about 80,000 res-idents daily, with focus onsecond-dose beneficiaries.

As per governmentrecords, at least 64.18 per centof the over 2.41 crore vaccinebeneficiaries in Jharkhandhave received at least the firstdose of Covid-19 vaccine. Thesecond dose, however, wasadministered to only 25.85per cent of the total beneficia-ries.

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The Jharkhand PradeshCongress Committee

(JPCC) on Saturday held animportant meeting under thechairmanship of CongressLegislature Party Leader cumRural Development Minister,Alamgir Alam at his residenceto chalk out a plan for expe-diting welfare works in thestate.

JPCC Chief, RajeshThakur, Finance Minister Dr.Rameshwar Oraon, HealthMinister Banna Gupta,Agriculture Minister BadalPatralekh and all the MLAs ofthe party were present in thismeeting.

In this meeting of theCongress Legislature Party, theState Congress MLAs present-ed the problems of their area infront of the Legislature PartyLeader and the State President.

Problems of contractual work-ers including the delay inappointment of candidates whohave passed JTET andPanchayat Secretary wereshared.

The Legislators urged theparty to take initiative at theearliest to address the issues ofpublic interest included in itsmanifesto for the last assemblyelections.

After listening the issues ofCongress MLAs in the meeting,Alam assured them that soonunder the leadership of theState President, all the MLAswould meet Chief MinisterHemant Soren and put forththeir demands.

Alam, while assuring allthe MLAs, said that theGovernment will put in alleffort to fulfil pre pollannouncement and every effortwill be made to solve the prob-lems of the MLAs.

In this meeting, all theMLAs pledged their coopera-tion for the success of the'membership campaign'launched recently by the partyand the 'Jan Jagran Abhiyan'being run against the BJPGovernment at the Center onthe issue of rising inflation.

Working President BandhuTirkey, MLA cum AICCNational Secretary DeepikaPandey Singh, Pradeep Yadav,Dr Irfan Ansari, Kumar JaiMangal Singh, Rajesh Kachhap,Ramchandra Singh, NamanBixal Kaungadi, Bhushan Bada,Mamta Devi, Poornima NeerajSingh, Amba Prasad, AkelaYadav and Sonaram Sinku werepresent.

State Congress SocialMedia Coordinator GajendraSingh and State Congressspokesperson Dr. Rakesh KiranMahto also assisted in makingthe meeting a success.

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National InvestigationAgency (NIA) is like-

ly to question top CPI(Maoist) leader PrashantBose (75) alias Kishan Dain connection with theElgaar Parishad – BhimaKoregaon case.

Bose who was arrest-ed along with his wifeSheela Marandi, isaccused in the ElgaarParishad case related toan alleged plot for assas-sinating Prime MinisterNarendra Modi.

While JharkhandPolice has not made anyofficial announcementabout his arrest, the elderlyrebel is said to be questioned byofficials of intelligence agencies.NIA too has been informedabout this catch.

Two other persons werearrested who are said to be alocal courier and anothermember of the armed squad ofCPI (Maoist). They wereescorting Bose and his to visitSaranda from Parasnath. Oneof them has been identified asRaju.

Wanted on over 100 casesacross the country his namesurfaced in Elgaar Parishadfollowing the probe of Punepolice which was investigatingthe January 1, 2018, Bhima-Koregaon violence case. Lateron, this case was handed overto the NIA.

His name was mentionedin a secret letter recoveredfrom the possession of RonaWilson. The said letter men-

tioned a plot to kill Modi on theline of Rajiv Gandhi.

“Com Kisan and few othersenior comrades have pro-posed concrete steps to endModi Raj. We are thinkingalong the lines of another RajivGandhi-type incident,” the let-ter said.

Pune Police had claimedthat ‘Com Kisan’ was actuallyPrashant Bose and further filedby a charge sheet against himalso.

“Kishan alias PrashantBose, secretary of ERB of CPI-Maoist, and other undergroundoperatives hatched a conspira-cy to kill the Prime Minister ofIndia and also participated inthe process of procurement ofhuge arms and ammunition aspart of the larger conspiracy ofwaging a war against the demo-cratic system and Indian citi-zens,” the charge sheet said.

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Police on Saturday made sixassailants, allegedly

involved in extortion, paradethe streets of Daltonganj tosend out a message to thecommoners that they need notbe afraid of such “thugs” any-more.

Earlier in the day, copsarrested the six men facingextortion charges and recov-ered Rs.23,000 cash from theirpossession, PalamuSuperintendent of PoliceChandan Kr Sinha said.

A police official carrying amike went on telling people onthe street to have a look at theseand not be afraid of themwhile the six men paraded onthe road.

The public on the streetremained indifferent to thepronouncement of the policeand continued to pose repulsiveto the faces of apprehendedmen.

The SP said it was done fortwin purposes – to build faithin common public and to deterany youth from joining suchgangs.

Lawyers are divided onthis parade. Some said parad-ing of extortionists looks goodin the Hindi films only and thisshould be on the “not to do” listof the police.

SP added these six men areaides of gangster Dabloo Singh,and they extorted money everyweek from autorickshaw dri-vers. However, no victim ofextortion found courage tolodge an FIR, police said.

The six caught and parad-ed have been identified asTabrez, Dharmender, Manish,Mukesh, Surender and Sanjiv.

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Despite being one of theyoungest units in India,

the Jharkhand Chapter ofCardiological Society ofIndia (CSI), the apex scien-tific body of IndianCardiologists, has beenunanimously selected as thebest branch in the country.

This information reachedDr. Satish Kumar, the Presidentof Jharkhand branch CSI andAdditional Director (M&HS),Unit In-charge (Cardiology) atBokaro General Hospital inBSL on Friday.

This award is based on verystringent criteria that includesnumber of scientific publica-tions in peer reviewed journals,participation in national reg-istries and studies, awarenessprogrammes conducted by thebranch etc.

Dr. Kumar and Dr. PrattayGuha Sarkar, the secretary ofJharkhand branch would bevisiting Hyderabad onDecember 4 to receive thisprestigious award during theinaugural function of CSIannual conference. It is note-worthy that the JharkhandChapter had also received thisaward in 2015 at Chennai. Dr.Kumar was secretary of thisbody at that time whose co-

authored Paper was approvedfor Indian Heart Journalrecently.

The CSI works towardsprevention of CardiovascularDiseases (CVD) and the erad-ication of cardio-vascular mor-tality to raise awareness amongthe people about cardiovascu-lar diseases and nutrition diets.The CSI is an active member ofthe International Society &Federation of Cardiology andAsian Pacific Society ofCardiology and also SAARCsociety of Cardiology and joint-ly working with EuropeanSociety of Cardiology (ESC)and American College ofCardiology (ACC). It worktowards increasing awarenessabout the correlation betweencardiovascular diseases andthe environment & lifestyle.

The present membershipstrength of the Society includ-ing overseas members is about4400 and Jharkhand is one ofthe new units of CSI.

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World Quality Day was cel-ebrated at Bokaro Steel

Plant. On this occasion, in aprogramme organised at IspatBhawan Complex, R Kushwaha,Executive Director-in-chargeof BSL, unfurled the QualityFlag and administered theQuality Pledge to the group pre-sent. ED (MaterialManagement) VK Pandey, ED(Works) Atanu Bhowmik, ED(Personnel and Administration)Sameer Swarup, CGM IN(Finance and Accounts) SureshRangani, CGM IN (Mines) JDasgupta along with ChiefGeneral Managers of variousdepartments, other senior offi-cers and personnel were present.

During the programme,General Manager (BE)

Anupama Tiwari welcomedeveryone and informed aboutthe background of WorldQuality Day. The message ofDirector-in-Charge on QualityDay was read by GeneralManager (BE) B. Banerji, whoapprised all about BSL's com-mitment towards proper man-agement of climate change andsustainable development. Apart

from this, Executive Director(Works) Atanu Bhowmikadministered the oath of qual-ity to the steel workers in thepremises of Executive Directorbuilding . It is noteworthy thatthis year the central theme ofWorld Quality Day has beenfixed as Sustainability -Improving our products, peopleand planet.

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In protest against a statementmade by film actress Kangana

Ranaut on Nation’s freedomstruggle, All India Sikh StudentsFederation, Eastern India pres-ident Satnam Singh Gambhirhas filed a police complaintagainst the actress at Sakchipolice station. Gambhir hassought legal action against theactress.

The federation has alsosent a legal notice to her askingher to withdraw her statementand apologise to the nation.The notice has been sentthrough Jharkhand High Courtadvocate Diwakar Upadhyay.

Gambhir has protestedagainst the actress’s statement inwhich she reportedly said thatin 1947, the country got free-dom by begging, and the realfreedom was found in 2014.Gambhir said that the state-ment is an insult to thousandsof martyrs including SubhashChandra Bose, Bhagat Singh,Rajguru Sukhdev, who sacri-ficed their life to make thecountry free. Kangana shouldapologise to the whole countrywithin 15 days and if she doesnot take back her statement,then a complaint will be lodgedagainst her through JharkhandHigh Court advocate DiwakarUpadhyay.

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The wage agreement MoU ofSAIL, which includes

workers from the Bokaro SteelPlant (BSL), is stuck in a 'tug ofwar' of the unions. The Centreof Indian Trade Unions (CITU)and Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh(BMS) oppose the agreement.In contrast, the All India TradeUnion Congress (AITUC),Indian National Trade Union

Congress (INTUC), and HindMazdoor Sabha (HMS) unionssigned it on 3 November.

During the NJCS meetingin New Delhi on the 21st and22nd of October, union mem-bers signed an agreement for a13 percent MGB and a 26.5percent perks increase. Later,union members promised topay the arrears by 19November. But workers haveyet to get their arrears, and

there is increasing resentmentamong the workers for notbeing paid. BD Prasad, GeneralSecretary of CITU, describedthe wage settlement MoU asanti-labour and stated dis-crepancies in the MoU thatshould be discussed again.

CITU will stage a proteston November 16, demandingthat the Memorandum ofUnderstanding be cancelled, hesaid.

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Transport business worthover Rs.1000 crore in the

city is reeling under heavylosses these days. Already badlyhit by the Covid-19 pandemic,the heavy vehicle owners arenow facing the wrath of regis-tered vendors of Tata Steel dueto poor pay and lack of facili-ties.

The truck and trailer own-ers transporting goods for TataSteel are demanding better tar-iff and have alleged that the reg-istered vendors are indulging inhighhandedness and are notincreasing their tariff.

“Tata Steel has not

increased goods transporta-tion tariff to the registeredvendors, the latter are too pay-ing us as per the old rate. Thishas been causing a lot of prob-lems for them and our liveli-hood is at stake. Moreover, asper the new law the companyis not giving priority in loading

to 10 years old vehicles, thegovernment should make itmandatory to allow loading byfollowing the 15 years rule,”said an official of JamshedpurTruck & Trailer Owners’Association.

The official said the high-handedness of the vendors has

pushed them to the brink offinancial crisis. The companymust ensure to pay 20 per centmore fare in the new tenderthan the old rate, due to theincrease in the prices of vehi-cles and the huge increase inthe prices of tyres and diesel.

Around 5-10 thousandtruck and trailer owners workthrough registered vendors ofTata Steel. However, they allegethat the registered vendors arenot paying them fair trans-portation charges. This has ledto large scale unemploymentand loss.

They also blamed TataSteel for this situation and saidthat the company should takesteps to increase pay of thevendors. “ If Tata Steel ignoresall these demands, the associ-ation will again become instru-mental in blocking the com-pany gate,” said the official.

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Chief Electoral Officer(CEO) K Ravikumar has

directed Dhanbad districtauthorities to start verifica-tion of voters in polling boothswith low voting percentage indifferent assembly segmentsof the district.

Kumar was chairing areview meeting at Dhanbad onFriday late evening in view ofthe forthcoming Panchayatelections likely to be held inDecember. The meeting wasattended by deputy commis-sioner Sandeep Singh and otherconcerned officials inDhanbad.

The CEO expressed con-cerned over low poll percent-age at select booths and direct-ed for physical verification ofvoters of those booths.

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Prime Minister NarendraModi will land on the

Purvanchal Expressway inUttar Pradesh (UP) in an IAFplane on November 16. Later,fighter jets, including Mirageand SU-30s, will also land andtake off from the expressway.

Certain sections of theexpressways in India are nowearmarked for emergency land-ing and taking-off planes. Theconcept originated fromGermany during World WarTwo when it identified certainportions of its highway orautobahn.

Recently, Defence MinisterRajnath Singh and Transport

Minister Nitin Gadkari inau-gurated a highway near Barmerin Rajasthan by landing at theroad in a C-130 J Herculestransport plane of the IAF.The Government has ear-marked more than 20 suchemergency landing strips onthe various highways.

The same aircraft will ferrythe Prime Minister to thePurvanchal Expressway andland there.

Modi will then inauguratethe 340-km long six-laneExpressway.

Immediately after the inau-guration, Mirage and SU-30swill make multiple takeoffsfrom an 3.3-km stretch devel-oped for allowing fighter air-

craft to make emergency land-ings near the Sultanpur district.Modi and other dignitarieswill witness the event.

The expressway will con-nect State Capital Lucknowwith eastern districts, includingMau, Azamgarh, Barabankiwith links to major cities ofPrayagraj and Varanasi.

The Prime Minister hadlaid the foundation of theexpressway on July 2018.

The expressway will haveseven major bridges, sevenrailway overbridges, 114 minorbridges and 271 under passes.Police vehicles, cattle catchervehicle and ambulance will bedeployed for safety and medicalemergencies.

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Alleging a multi-croreBitcoin scam and its cover-

up by the BJP Government inKarnataka, the Congress onSaturday demanded that anindependent investigation beconducted into the matter bya Supreme Court-monitoredSIT.

Addressing a Press con-ference, Congress general sec-retary and chief spokespersonRandeep Surjewala posed a setof six questions to the PrimeMinister and asked what wasthe role of Karnataka ChiefMinister Basavaraj Bommai,who was the State’s HomeMinister when the scam tookplace.

He asked why interna-tional investigative agencies,including the Interpol, werenot informed about the stolenBitcoins.

“India’s biggest ever‘Bitcoin Scam’ has beenunearthed in Karnataka.Instead of conducting a fairinvestigation, the BJPGovernment of Karnatakaappears to be preoccupiedwith ‘Operation Bitcoin ScamCoverup’,” he alleged.

“This is not a money laun-dering crime alone, this is aninternational crime.Considering how shoddily

and compromised the inves-tigation has been done, I don’tthink that the ED(Enforcement Directorate) orKarnataka Police can do a fairjob. That is why we demandthat an SIT (special investi-gation team) should be set upand monitored by theSupreme Court which shouldinvestigate this case and bringout the truth,” the Congressleader said.

Surjewala also questionedthe silence of Prime MinisterNarendra Modi in the caseand claimed that the primeminister was told by the FBIabout it during his recentvisit to the US.

Surjewala, along withparty spokesperson GouravVallabh, alleged that analleged hacker, Sri Krishna, was arrested alongwith his associate Robin Khandelwalby the Karnataka Police onNovember 14 last year andwas kept in police custody forover 100 days by repeatedly arresting him in atleast five criminal cases reg-istered one after the other. Hewas released on bail on April17 this year.

“Despite multiple inter-national crimes of significantmagnitude, Interpol was notinformed for over f ive

months. Only on April 24,2021, more than five monthsafter the initial arrest, did theCommissioner of Police,Bengaluru wrote to InterpolLiaison Officer (CBI) askingto inform Interpol and otheragencies. Even ED/CBI/SFIOwere not informed by theKarnataka’s BJP government,”Surjewala said, adding thatBommai was the state’s homeminister between August 20,2019, to July 28, 2021.

“Should the then HomeMinister Basavaraj Bommaibe punished for not takingaction in the case,” he asked,alleging that the fraud hap-pened under his watch andwhen the accused was kept incustody.

“Who are the actors in the“Bitcoin Coverup Scam”?Were the stolen bitcoins trans-ferred from the wallet ofalleged hacker Sri Krishna?How many bitcoins and ofwhat value? How does theBengaluru police then suggest(in its third Panchnama dated22nd January 2021) that the31 and 186 Bitcoins allegedlytransferred to police walletwere lost or were found to befake transactions,” he asked.

He also asked what wasthe role and responsibility ofBommai and others in theState Government.

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The Enforcement Directorate(ED) has provisionally

attached movable and immov-able properties worth �68.77crore owned by the Directorsand shareholders of Usher AgroLtd, Vinod Chaturvedi, ManojPathak, their family membersand entities/companies ownedand controlled by them.

The attachment includesimmovable properties worth�53.46 crore situated at Mumbaiand Mathura (UP) and movableproperties like shares held withCDSL/NSDL worth �15.18crore and Bank balance of�13.46 lakhs, the agency said ina statement.

Earlier, the ED had record-ed a money laundering caseagainst Usher Agro Ltd, pro-moters Vinod Chaturvedi andManoj Pathak besides others onAugust 29, 2019 under the pro-visions of Prevention of MoneyLaundering Act.

The Proceeds of Crime inthis case is �915.65 crore.During the course of the inves-

tigation, Vinod Chaturvedi wasarrested on September 17 thisyear and presently he is in judi-cial custody. In this case, theBanks and other FinancialInstitutions had sanctioned var-ious working capital and otherbusiness loans to Usher AgroLtd. Vinod Kumar Chaturvedi,Promoter and ManagingDirector, Manoj Pathak,Promoter and whole timeDirector of accused firm UsherAgro Ltd.

The accused personsallegedly diverted and siphonedthe said working capital/busi-ness loans from Usher Agro Ltdto their other ownedentities/companies or throughmultiple shell companies exclu-sively created for the purpose ofsiphoning of funds for their ownpersonal benefit, it said.

They also withdrew hugecash from the bank accounts ofUAL and other shell companieswith a motive to divert andsiphon the funds from UAL.Further investigation is underprogress, it added.

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Prime Minister NarendraModi on Saturday met a

US Congressional delegationled by Senator John Cornynwho is the co-founder and co-Chair of the Senate caucus onIndia and Indian Americans.

The delegation alsoincluded Senator MichaelCrapo, Senator ThomasTuberville, Senator MichaelLee,Congressman TonyGonzales and CongressmanJohn Kevin Elizey Sr.

The Congressional dele-gation noted the excellentmanagement of Covid situa-tion in India “in-spite of thechallenges of a large anddiverse population”, accordingto a statement from the PrimeMinister’s Office.

The Prime Minister notedthat people’s participationbased on democratic ethos ofthe country played a key rolein managing the worst pan-demic of the last one centu-ry.

Modi appreciated theconsistent support and con-

structive role of the USCongress in deepening theIndia-US comprehensiveglobal strategic partnershipwhich is anchored in shareddemocratic values, he said.

There was a warm andfrank discussion on regionalissues of mutual interest,including those related toSouth Asia and the Indo-

Pacific region, said the state-ment.

The Prime Minister andthe visiting delegation notedthe increasing convergenceof strategic interests betweenthe two strategic partners andexpressed desire to furtherenhance cooperation with anaim to promote global peaceand stability, said the PMO

statement.The Prime Minister also

exchanged views on thepotential for enhancing thebilateral relationship andstrengthening cooperation oncontemporary global issuessuch as terrorism, climatechange and reliable supplychains for critical technolo-gies, it said.

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The Ministry of Health andFamily Welfare is learnt to

have told the Ministry of CivilAviation (MoCA) that mealservice can be resumed onflights with less than two hoursof journey and the crew mem-bers need not wear coverallsbut should continue to weargloves, masks and face shields.

MoCA had sought inputsfrom the Health Ministry foramending the existing regula-tions that have barred airlinesfrom providing food to pas-sengers whose air journey isless than two hours. The ban onserving food on flights of lessthan two hours duration cameinto effect on April 15 duringthe devastating second wave ofcoronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic. The ministryhad allowed meals for flightsflying for more than two hours,provided the airlines use dis-posable cutlery and serve onlypre-packed food.

The health ministry hassaid that the crew members nolonger need to wear coverallson the flight but they shouldcontinue wearing gloves, masksand face shields. The scheduleddomestic flights were resumedon May 25 last year followingtwo months of nationwidelockdown and in-flight mealswere also allowed under certainconditions. During the sec-ond wave of the pandemic, thecivil aviation ministry, on thesuggestion from the healthministry, allowed meals forflights flying for more than twohours, provided the airlinesused disposable cutlery andserved only pre-packed food.

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Women with long Covid-19 experience heart rate

irregularities in response tophysical exertion, and this hasthe potential to constrain notonly exercise tolerance butfree-living physical activity.

In perspective of thegreater prevalence of age-relat-ed physical disability amongwomen, compared to men,these findings highlight a needfor targeted rehabilitation pro-grammes to manage the con-sequences of persistent heartand lung problems in womenwith lingering Covid-19 relat-ed symptoms, according to aresearch published in ThePhysiological Society’s journalExperimental Physiology.

Drs Stephen J Carter andMarissa N Baranauskas, phys-iologists from IndianaUniversity Bloomington, USA,report significant differences inthe heart rate responses to andrecovery from a 6-minute walktest in women several monthsfollowing mild-to-moderateSARS-CoV-2 infection com-pared to non-infected con-trols.

Specifically, heart rate wasreduced during physical exer-tion, and recovery (i.e., theslowing of heart rate back to thebaseline) was delayed after theexertion among SARS-CoV-2participants despite a similardistance traveled and ratings-of-perceived exertion to con-trols.

Women reporting short-ness of breath, or joint / mus-cle aches, and at the time oftesting achieved a lower pro-

portion of predicted 6-minutewalk test distance compared tocontrols as well as SARS-CoV-2 participants not actively expe-riencing such symptoms.

Drs. Carter andBaranauskas studied womenliving in the US state ofIndiana, with a positive diag-nostic test for SARS-CoV-2 atleast 1 month after acute illness.

A control group was thenrecruited consisting of womenwho had never tested positivefor SARS-CoV-2 and werematched to participants in theSARS-CoV-2 group based onage and body mass index.

On the same day, partici-pants completed a series ofstandard lung function testsand a 6-minute walk test at theIndiana University –Bloomington School of PublicHealth in accordance withAmerican Thoracic Society /European Respiratory Societyguidelines.

Participants were instruct-ed to walk as far as possibleduring the test, but were notprovided with any otherencouragement.

Heart rate recovery wasthen calculated as the differ-

ence in heart rate immediate-ly post-exercise for each minuteof recovery. The distance trav-elled during the 6-minute peri-od was normalised to predict-ed values (for age, height, sex,weight, and exercising heartrate).

Commenting on the study,Dr. Stephen J. Carter said,“Given the greater prevalenceof age-related physical disabil-ity in women, as compared tomen, our findings show that atargeted rehab programmemight be especially useful towomen and other groupsaffected by persistent COVID-19 symptoms – thus promotingrecovery and minimising sus-ceptibility for deterioratingphysical condition.”

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Traditional fisheries sector inthe country is gradually

moving towards the path ofinnovation and entrepreneur-ship. Latest to join the initiativeis the National CooperativeDevelopment Corporation(NCDC) which is setting up adedicated business incubatorscosting �3.23 crore in Haryana’sGurugram to provide mentor-ing as well as grants for suchventures in the sector.

On November 16, theLINAC- NCDC FisheriesBusiness Incubation Centre(LlFlC) that aims to encourageentrepreneurial initiativesamong entrepreneurs provid-ing them handholding to movetowards ‘atmanirbharta’ willbe unveiled by Union Ministerfor Fisheries, AnimalHusbandry and Dairying,Parshottam Rupala..

The NCDC is the endimplementation agency forCooperatives for setting upsuch centres among othersunder the central flagshipPradhan Mantri MatsyaSampada Yojana (PMMSY).

“More such Centres will beformed soon across the coun-try as envisaged under thePMMSY, launched last yearwith an aim to bring about theBlue Revolution, as envisionedby our Prime MinisterNarendra Modi through sus-tainable and responsible devel-opment of the fisheries sectorin India,” said Rupala.

Union Minister of State forFisheries, Animal Husbandry

and Dairying Dr L Muruganadded that India was workingto emerge as a prominent placein the world fisheries map bynurturing innovation, entre-preneurship and invention inthe sector.

“The incubation centeraims to accelerate innovationand start-ups.”

According to SundeepNayak, MD, NCDC, “thisunique Centre at the LINACpremises in Gurugram shallprimarily focus on convertingentrepreneurial ideas into busi-ness models and then supportthe launch of business opera-tions. LIFIC shall also hand-hold the enterprises whilenegotiating a myriad of marketdynamics with the aim ofresulting in sustainable revenuegeneration and business oper-ations in the sector.”

To begin with, the NCDChas identified the first batch often incubates for LIFIC fromfour States. Out of them, 6 arefrom newly created FishFarmers ProducerOrganizations with the supportof the financial giant under thePMMSY.

The fisheries incubationcentres (FICs) under thePMMSY allow for relevantincubation support to youngprofessionals/entrepreneurs,cooperatives/federations, pro-gressive fish farmers, fisheriesbased industries and other enti-ties, for the purpose to show-case and commercialize theirinnovations and innovativeideas”, informed Jatindra Swain,Union Fisheries Secretary.

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Negotiators at the this year’sUN climate talks pored

over fresh proposals onSaturday for sealing a deal thatcould credibly be said toadvance worldwide efforts totackle global warming.

British officials chairingthe talks in Glasgow, Scotland,released new draft agreementsafter shuttle diplomacy con-tinued past the official onFriday evening deadline. USclimate envoy John Kerry andhis Chinese counterpart, XieZhenhua, both indicated cau-tious optimism late on Fridaythat the negotiations were mov-ing forward.

A proposal for the overar-ching decision retains con-tentious language calling on

countries to accelerate “effortstowards the phase-out ofunabated coal power and inef-ficient fossil fuel subsidies.”

But in a new addition, thetext says nations will recognize“the need for support towardsa just transition” — a referenceto calls from those working inthe fossil fuel industry forfinancial support as they winddown jobs and businesses.

Alok Sharma, the Britishofficial chairing the talks, saidhe hoped countries wouldclinch an ambitious agreementin Glasgow.

“I hope the colleagues willrise to the occasion,” Sharmatold The Associated Press as hewalked into the conferencevenue. Some advocacy groupssaid the current proposals werenot strong enough.

“Here in Glasgow, the world’spoorest countries are in dangerof being lost from view, but thenext few hours can and mustchange the course we are on,”Oxfam senior policy adviserTracy Carty said. “What’s on thetable is still not good enough.” Butthe possibility of having fossilfuels explicitly mentioned for thefirst time in a decision comingout of the U.N.’s annualConference of the Parties meet-ing, or COP, was well-received bysome environmentalists.

“It’s weaker and compro-mised, but we see it as a bridge-head, a bit of a breakthrough,”Greenpeace Executive DirectorJennifer Morgan said.

“We will have to fight likehell to keep it in there and haveit strengthened in the cominghours,” Morgan said, adding

that there were “a clutch ofcountries really seeking tostrike that line from the deal.”

Divisions remained on theissue of financial supportsought by poor countries forthe disastrous impacts of cli-mate change they will increas-ingly suffer in future — theUnited States and EuropeanUnion, two of the world’sbiggest historic emitters, con-tinued to have deep reserva-tions.

Mohammed QuamrulChowdhury of Bangladesh, alead negotiator for less-devel-oped countries, ticked off theways that vague wording in thelatest draft fell short of com-mitting wealthier countries toputting new money on thetable for countries strugglingwith climate damage.

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Sudanese security forces firedlive ammunition and tear

gas on Saturday to disperseprotesters denouncing the mil-itary’s tightening grip on thecountry, killing at least one andwounding several, activists said.

The violence came as thou-sands of pro-democracy pro-testers yet again took to thestreets across Sudan to rallyagainst the military’s takeoverlast month. The coup hasdrawn international criticismand massive protests in thestreets of the capital ofKhartoum and elsewhere in thecountry.

Security forces used teargas to disperse protesters in dif-ferent locations Saturday. Atleast one protester was shot andkilled in Omdurman,Khartoum’s twin city, accordingto the Sudan DoctorsCommittee. Several others werewounded, including with gun-shots, it said.

Karachi: Twenty Indian fishermen, who werereleased recently after languishing in Pakistan’sLandhi jail, will be transported to the Wagah bor-der on Sunday to be handed over to the Indianauthorities so that they can return home, a senior official said onSaturday. PTI

Sanna: Forces loyal to Yemen’sinternationally recognized gov-ernment have withdrawn fromthe strategic port city ofHodeida, allowing the rebels toretake their positions, Yemeniofficials and the UN said.

The Joint Forces, backed bythe United Arab Emirates, saidlate Friday they redeployedtroops from Hodeida becausethere was no need to stay in thecity amid a UN-brokeredcease-fire deal. AP

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United Nations: Professor Bimal Patel, V-C of theRashtriya Raksha University and Member of theNational Security Advisory Board of India, has beenelected to the International Law Commission fora five-year term, in a hard-fought election at theUN.“Hearty felicitations to Prof Bimal Patel forelection to International Law Commission by top-ping the group,” India’s Permanent Representativeto the UN Ambassador TS Tirumurti tweeted.

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democracy movement, cametwo days after coup leader Gen.Abdel-Fattah Burhan reap-pointed himself head of theSovereign Council, Sudan’s inter-im governing body. Thursday’smove angered the pro-democ-

racy alliance and frustrated theUnited States and other countriesthat have urged the generals toreverse their coup.

The Sudanese militaryseized power Oct. 25, dissolv-ing the transitional govern-ment and arresting dozens of

officials and politicians. Thetakeover upended a fragileplanned transition to democ-ratic rule, more than two yearsafter a popular uprising forcedthe removal of longtime auto-crat Omar al-Bashir and hisIslamist Government.

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Kolkata:Insolvency profes-sionals (IPs) should work on aresolution plan within a par-ticular time frame as the valueof stressed assets declines everyday, an official of theInsolvency and BankruptcyBoard of India (IBBI) said onSaturday.Speaking at a webinarorganised by MCC, whole time

member of IBBI Navrang Sainisaid the IPs should be trans-parent and they should alsoensure that the resolution plansare worked out in a time-bound manner."Value of astressed asset declines everypassing day. It has also beenobserved in some cases that theresolution value was almost

close to the liquidation value,"Saini, also the chairman ofIBBI, said.A resolution wassupposed to be completedwithin 180 days. In some cases,it had crossed more than 400days, he said, adding that thereare some hitches still left in theresolution process which willgo away with time.

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Reliance Industries Ltd(RIL) has a second and

final payment from those whowere issued 42.26 crore com-pany shares in a rights issue.And to assist shareholders, ithas re-activated WhatsAppChatbot 7977111111.

In a regulatory filing, thecompany said a notice forpayment of Second and FinalCall on 42,26,26,894 partlypaid-up equity shares of the face value of �10 eachissued and allotted on rightsbasis on May 15, 2020, hasbeen issued. Reliance hadmade a Rights Issue of 42.26crore equity shares at �1,257each. The final call of 50 percent of the amount - �628.50per share - has now becomedue. Reliance's rights issue ata total size of �53,125 crorewas the largest ever rightsissue in India.

This was the world'slargest rights issue by a non-financial company in the last10 years. The existing share-holders of the company wereoffered new shares of the com-pany in a 1:15 ratio.

November 10, 2021, wasthe record date to decide hold-ers of the Reliance Partly Paid-up shares, who need to pay theSecond and Final Call.

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India's October retail inflationinched-up on sequential

basis on the back of a margin-al rise in food prices along withhigh fuel and commodityprices.

Accordingly, data fur-nished by the NationalStatistical Office showed thatConsumer Price Index (CPI)inched-up to 4.48 per cent lastmonth from 4.35 per cent inSeptember 2021.

However, on YoY basis,the rise in last month's retailinflation was slower than the7.61 per cent rise recorded for

October 2020.The macro-economic data

assumes significance as retailinflation remained well withinthe range of the Reserve Bankof India's set target of 2-6 percent for CPI inflation.

Region-wise, the CPIUrban rose to 5.04 per cent lastmonth from 4.57 per cent inSeptember and the CPI Ruralcame down to 4.07 per centfrom 4.13 per cent.

As per the NSO data, therate of rise in Consumer FoodPrice Index increased to 0.85per cent last month from 0.68per cent in September.

The CFPI readings mea-

sure the changes in retail pricesof food products.

In terms of CPI YoY infla-tion rate, pulses and products'prices jumped by 5.42 per centin October 2021.

Besides, meat and fishprices rose by 7.12 per cent,however, eggs became cheaperby 1.38 per cent, nevertheless,the overall price of food andbeverage s category was up 1.82

per cent and oils and fats pricesrose 33.50 per cent .

On the other hand, veg-etable prices declined by 19.43per cent.

Furthermore, as per theofficial data, the inflation ratefor fuel and light was at 14.35per cent.

"Despite base effect, still-high fuel costs, input cost pres-sures and seasonal turn insome food prices in comingmonths etc. could even seeinflation rise towards morethan 6.2 per cent later in the fis-cal year," said Madhavi Arora,Lead Economist, Emkay GlobalFinancial Services.

Gurugram: Naresh Kumar,Senior General Manager,Corporate Communications ofMaharatna entity,Power GridCorporation of India Limited(POWERGRID) passed awayon November 13, 2021.

Naresh Kumar was one ofthe founding members of com-munications team in POWER-GRID who played a pivotal rolein formulation of communica-tion practices and procedures ofthe Company.An alumni of the

prestigious Indian Institute ofMass Communication, (IIMC)(Batch of 1991-92).

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The fiestiness of Australiawill clash with the tacticalshrewdness of a perenni-

ally understated New Zealandwhen the Trans-Tasman rivalsbattle for their maiden T20World Cup trophy here onSunday.

Considering how bothAustralia and New Zealand wontheir respective semifinalsagainst fancied opponents, onecan expect another dramatic fin-ish at the “Ring of Fire”.

Australia, who have won arecord five World Cup titles in50-over cricket, have surprising-ly not got their hands on the T20showpiece.

New Zealand, on the otherhand, have always been consis-tent in ICC events but now seemto have the self-belief of going allway under Kane Williamson’sastute leadership.

It will be their first T20World Cup final and if they doend up winning it, it will be aremarkable achievement for acountry of five million whichkeeps churning out world-classplayers.

Australia hold the upper-hand over the reigning worldTest champions in overall T20meetings but the Black Capswon their only meeting in theWorld Cup back in the 2016 edi-tion in India.

Their last meeting in a

World Cup final, in the 50-overformat in 2015, was bossed bythe Aussies, who have not wonan ICC event since then.

Fans of both the teams willhave to work against their bodyclock to watch the game from

their TV sets with the final start-ing well past midnight in boththe countries. New Zealand,who have been the best bowlingside of the group stage, showedtheir batting class in the semi-finals against pre-tournament

favourites.Martin Guptill enjoys a

good record against Australia inT20s and his opening partnerDaryl Mitchell goes into the finalhaving played the innings of hislife. Skipper Kane Williamson is

due for a big score and expecthim to rise to the occasion onSunday. Jimmy Neesham provedhis value in the middle-orderagainst England but NewZealand will miss the services ofDevon Conway who punchedhis bat in frustration after get-ting dismissed in the semifinal

and ended up breaking his righthand. Tim Seifert is set toreplace him.

The seasoned pace duo ofTim Southee and Trent Boultwill be expected to keepAustralian openers Aaron Finchand David Warner quiet in thepowerplay. Adam Milne has

also done a decent job as thethird pacer and leg-spinner IshSodhi has been impressive in themiddle overs. Finch, who coulddo little with fast inswingers ofShaheen Shah Afridi the othernight, will be looking to add tohis 251 runs against NewZealand, the most by an Aussie

batter against the Kiwis. In hislast two innings, Warner hasshown class is permanent andform is temporary and trust himto fire in the all important final.More is expected from GlennMaxwell and Steve Smith whoare yet to make a big impact inthe tournament.

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Nowhere close to retiring,experienced Australian

spinner Nathan Lyon says oneof his long-term goals is toplay a "massive role" in a Testseries win in India. India havewon the last three Test seriesagainst Australia includingback-to-back victories DownUnder in 2018-19 and 2020-21.

Australia, who last visitedIndia in 2017, were scheduledto tour the country in Octoberthis year but due to the disrup-tion caused by the COVID-19pandemic, the slot was used tohost the ongoing T20 WorldCup. Lyon, who will turn 34 ina week, could get a chance toplay in India in 2023.

"One of the big goals is I'dreally like to be part of anAustralian team that can wina Test series in India," Lyonwas quoted as saying by'Sydney Morning Herald'.

"I think I can play a mas-sive role in that as well. That'sdefinitely one of my big goals.I think that's one of the biggoals team-wise. That is a bigfocus." The Ashes at home,beginning next month, couldbe Lyon's last against tradi-tional rivals England but thespinner says he is still hungryand doesn't see any reasonwhy he can't go on to play onemore in 2025. "To behonest, I don't see a reasonwhy not," he said.

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Former Pakistan skipper Shahid Afridi feelsIndian captain Virat Kohli should step

down from the leadership role in all formats ofthe game to flourish as a batsman for his coun-try. Speaking on the Samaa television channel,

Afridi said that the BCCI's decision to appointRohit Sharma as India's T20 captain was a goodone. This was after Kohli relinquished T20 cap-taincy at the end of India's T20 World Cup cam-paign. "I think he has been a wonderful forcefor Indian cricket but I think it would be bestif he decided to retire as captain in all formatsnow," Afridi said.

"I have played with Rohit for a year and heis an outstanding player with a top mentality.His biggest asset is he can stay relaxed whererequired and show aggression when it is need-ed the most," he added.The Pakistani star saidthat Rohit had the mental strength to be a goodcaptain and he has shown this with his IPL fran-chise Mumbai Indians.

"He is a top level player with terrific shotselection and he has the mentality to be a goodleader of the players," he said.

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Former West Indies cricketerShivnarine Chanderpaul has been

appointed as batting consultant of theunder-19 national team for the upcom-ing high performance camp in Antiguaahead of next year's World Cup.The 47-year-old left-handed batter, who hasplayed 164 Tests, 268 ODIs and 22T20Is, scoring a total of 20,988 runs forthe West Indies, will join the preparato-ry camp to be held from November 15

to 28 at the Coolidge Cricket Groundin Antigua. With the World Cup sched-uled to be held in the Caribbean inJanuary-February next year, Chanderpaulwill join Floyd Reifer (head coach),

Rohan Nurse (assistant coach) and CurtlyAmbrose (bowling coach) in the team'spreparation.

"Shiv has a tremendous amount ofcricketing knowledge and know-howand he will be a great addition to thecoaching staff," Jimmy Adams, CricketWest Indies (CWI) director of cricket,

said in a statement."We already haveanother icon of the game in Sir CurtlyAmbrose,

who has been involved with thesquad since the camp in August, as wellas several other outstanding coaches."

The selection panel has picked 28players for this camp following the pre-vious camp and trial matches held inAugust.

This includes two newcomers whowill be assessed by the coaches and selec-tors – Jaden Leacock, a right-arm fast-medium bowler and right-hand batterand Kevin Wickham, a right-hand bat-ter and right-arm wrist spinner. RobertHaynes, CWI's Lead Selector for the WestIndies Rising Stars U19s said he is look-ing forward to meet the players.

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In the past few years, a lot of talent-ed cricketers from the national

Capital, Delhi, have switched to differ-ent States to get better opportunities indomestic cricket, and to that list, a newname can be added soon in the formof left-arm pacer Kulwant Khejroliya,who is open to playing for a differentState if he isn't selected for the upcom-ing Ranji Trophy.

The 29-year old from Rajasthan,who made his debut for Delhi in 2017and played a vital role in Delhi's runto the 2017-18 Ranji Trophy final, was-n't selected for the Syed Mushtaq AliT20 trophy this year and could face anaxe from the Ranji squad as well.

Speaking to The Pioneer ' sDritiAtri, Khejroliya said he wasshocked to miss out on the SMAT placebut is hopeful about getting selected forRanji and is working hard for it.

"I don't think there is any specificreason behind my exclusion from theSyed Mushtaq Ali squad. I was myselfwas bit shocked when it came in myknowledge that I was not in the team.But I took it very positively. I believewhatever happens, happens for good.I might have something bigger com-ing for me. Now I'm more focused

towards my training and fitness," hesaid.

"I have played a major role inDelhi's wins in the past few seasons.I've been a wicket-taker for Delhi. TheDDCA selections are on their way, andthe selectors do have eyes on the tal-ent. The one who performs gets the

opportunity to play thenext game. I have put inmy best, but I think there is always aroom for improvement, which I'mworking on. I am looking forward tojoining the camp. But yes, if one per-cent I'm not picked from Delhi thisseason, I'll try to switch and play froma different state, " he added.

The Delhi lad, who hails fromRajasthan's Jhunjhunu district andstarted playing cricket at the age of 25,was one of the star performers on thedomestic circuit. Apart from being oneof the architects of Delhi's run to the2017-18 Ranji Trophy final, he took ahat-trick against Haryana in the 2018Vijay Hazare Trophy quarterfinal,which is the biggest highlight of hiscareer so far.

Khejroliya, who used to play for Rs500 per game in his earlier days,made a name for himself in Delhi's clubcricket and soon got the chance to rep-resent Delhi in all three formats,where he formed a solid partnership

with Navdeep Saini with the ball, butwhile Saini went on to play for India,Khejroliya's career took a backseat afterhe suffered a leg injury which kept himout for some time.

He was also a member of the RoyalChallengers Bangalore, MumbaiIndians, and Delhi Capitals setups inthe IPL, which will become a ten-teamaffair with the addition of two newteams in the upcoming season.Khejroliya hopes that the addition oftwo new teams will create opportuni-ties for several other players like himto leave their mark in the biggest fran-chise cricket tournament in the world.With an aim to deliver a strong perfor-mance in the 2022 season, whichcould open the door for his entry intothe senior India team as well, Delhipacer Kulwant Khejroliya is ready togive his all.

At least 50 new players will get anopportunity with the two new teams.For me, all I want is to play. I haveplayed for Mumbai Indians, RoyalChallengers Bangalore, and DelhiCapitals and put all my efforts uni-formly.

If we talk about money, it reallydoesn't matter to me, even if I'mbought in base price, I'll be happy per-forming.

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Diwali, the festival of lights, thereturn of Lord Ram to Ayodhya,is one of the most auspicious andopulently celebrated festivals inthe nation. Historically, fire-

crackers weren’t even in existence when thefestival was initiated. For years, revellers havebeen marking the beginning of the festival bysetting off smoke bombs, sparklers and fire-crackers. Despite the beautiful light, sparksand patterns the firecrackers emanate, thepollution and harm it causes cannot be over-looked. The air post Diwali turns especiallytoxic, damaging the air quality and trappingthe pollutants in the lower atmosphere. TheGovernment of India initiated a ban on thesale and use of firecrackers this year, in anumber of states, to curb pollution. Despitethe ban, the citizens did not seem deterredand appeared eager to burst crackers. A thicklayer of smog enshrouded cities on Fridaymorning, hindering the visibility of people,troubling them with itchy throats and wateryeyes.

Air pollution has become a serious prob-lem in modern Indian cities, resulting in thedeath of several people and being the cause ofterminal illnesses for others. According toGreenpeace around 52,700 people died pre-maturely in the nation’s capital due to expo-sure to air pollution in spite of the CovidLockdown. As stated in the World AirQuality Report, 2020, twenty of the world’s30 most polluted cities are situated in India.Airborne particulate matter is the majorcause of cardiovascular and respiratory dis-eases such as lung cancer and asthma.Furthermore, the low temperatures anddecreasing wind speed during Diwali, in thenorthern states, tends to trap the pollutantsin the air for longer periods of time. Severalstates displayed an exponential surge in theAir Quality Index. On a scale of 500 certainstates measured up to 450 and more, urgingthe severity of the situation. A measurebetween 0 to 50 is considered good, whereasa measure somewhere between 51 to 100 isacceptable. India has broken all scales andhas proven how dangerous the tiny pollutantsin the air are.

People are of the belief that “green” fire-crackers are not dangerous and do not causerespiratory harm to the extent that non-greencrackers do. Though they may be considereda satisfactory replacement, they are not com-pletely pollution free. Bursting green crackersensures that the emissions are reduced bythirty percent only, as mentioned by theCouncil of Scientific and Industrial Research.Contrary to popular belief green crackers arenot a better, more reliable, safer and sustain-able alternative. They too use harmful chemi-

cals like potassium nitrate, aluminum, mag-nesium and barium. Green crackers are not asolution to the air pollution caused by tradi-tional firecrackers, as they too emit fine par-ticulate matter in the air. Such fine particleshave the ability to travel beyond the throat,occupy the lungs and cause severe healthproblems in the long run.

Toxic chemicals, particularly sulphurdioxide, carbon dioxide, monoxide, man-ganese, cadmium and carbon monoxide areejected in high and dense concentration intothe atmosphere. In a study performed byChest Research Foundation, Pune, firecrack-ers increase the levels of sulphur dioxide by200 times above the level prescribed as safeby the World Health Organisation. Suchchemicals have an immediate effect on one’shealth, and can also result in long lasting ill-nesses. Patients of asthma and bronchitis areat a greater risk of their health deterioratingdue the adverse effects of the chemicals andair pollution. Doctors have often mentioned,in interviews, that the frequency and volumeof patients complaining of breathing troublesand allergic reactions due to chemical irri-tants increases every year post Diwali. Everyyear there is an almost thirty to forty percentrise in the number of asthma cases. Besidespeople with lung infections, children andsenior citizens also face physical health diffi-culties instigated by pollution caused duringDiwali.

Since the pandemic has ensued, life itselfhas become a struggle. Mundane activitiesare also required to be performed withutmost care and concern. As of November 1,2021 India has reported a total of 34 millionconfirmed Corona cases. Thirty four millionpeople have suffered the wrath of the unde-feated disease. Considering the multitude ofpeople that have been affected, it has beenadvised that those affected by Covid-19 keepaway from bursting firecrackers. It is ironic toobserve that just a few months back peoplewere struggling to access oxygen due toshortage of oxygen tanks and now people arebursting firecrackers with no considerationfor the Covid recovered patients. Those thathave been affected by the virus are yet tobuild an invincible immune system. Therehas been a 20% increase in the number ofpatients exhibiting chronic lung conditionsymptoms since Diwali. At its peak, hospitali-sations go up by 40%. Covid patients, espe-cially those who have taken a trip to theIntensive Care Unit have higher chances ofexperiencing hyper activity due to irritants.Nearly twenty to thirty percent of recoveredCovid patients have suffered due to the aftereffects of Diwali. The lower the lung efficien-cy the greater the risks of contracting the

virus. Combining long term exposure to airpollution and the infection of the virus willhave an adverse effect on one’s health, espe-cially the lungs, heart and blood vessels,which will lead to greater vulnerability toCovid. The crisis will intensify and leave peo-ple sick and tired.

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Chemicals used in firecrackers can causeserious damage to the respiratory tract andcontribute to infectious diseases and inflam-mation. ● Copper: causes irritation to the respiratorytract ● Cadmium: affects the ability of blood tocarry oxygen, leading to anemia ● Zinc: instigates nausea, vomiting and mayalso cause fever● Lead: adversely affects the human nervoussystem ● Magnesium: fume fever ● Sodium: is the main cause of burns andwounds inflicted ● Carbon monoxide: replaces oxygen inblood therefore, depriving the heart, brainand other essential organs of oxygen ● Carbon dioxide: causes dizziness,headaches, difficulty in breathing, increasedheart rate ● Sulphur dioxide: increases the risk of res-piratory tract infection and irritates the eye

���������������������Your health is not to be taken lightly. Be

self aware and keep an eye out for the follow-ing symptoms: ● Wheezing ● Flaring nostrils● Excessive perspiration● Fever ● Tightness in the throat ● Shortness of breath ● Chest congestion

If one or any of these symptoms areobserved please contact a medical profession-al. Ignoring the obvious symptoms or pro-longing the effects will only escalate the issueand cause an even greater discomfort.

��������� �������We’re all familiar with the age old saying

‘precaution is better than cure’. Now that theair is already toxic, here’s what you can do: ● Vitamin C rich diet: If your diet is rich in

Vitamin C, you are sure to have a wellsupported immunity. Citrus fruits andjuices such as mangoes, papaya, watermel-ons, pineapples and strawberries, broccoli,cauliflower, spinach, cabbage and potatoesare rich in Vitamin C. You may also

choose to include magnesium and omegafatty acids in your diet to establish a bal-anced, well nutritioned diet.

● Do not exercise outdoors: With pollutionlevels soaring it is important to decreasethe frequency of stepping out. Stick toexercising indoors. Limit the outdooractivities of children, senior citizens andthose suffering from breathing problems.

● Keep an inhaler or medicines at reach:Those suffering from asthma, bronchitisor chronic obtrusive pulmonary diseaseshould have their inhaler or other pre-scribed medicine at arms reach. Follow allthe directions as instructed by your doctorto prevent exacerbation of your physicalailments. Try not to step out of yourhouse, especially in the evenings, whenthe air quality is at its worst untilabsolutely necessary.

● Hydrate yourself: Drink lots and lots ofwater to keep yourself hydrated and fresh.Keep water handy in case someone startscoughing or wheezing.

● Use masks: Wear one, not only to preventthe spread of the virus but also to protectyourself from the fumes released into theatmosphere. A good quality mask prefer-ably N95, N99 or N100 will surely proveeffective at filtering the tiny particulatematter from the air.

● Refrain from eating outside: Eatingunhealthy, oily food might spoil your fes-tive mood. Stomach infections, vomiting,diarrhea, food poisoning are some of theillnesses that one can experience.

● Proper ventilation: Allow air to circulatethroughout the house by opening thedoors and windows. Fresh air does won-ders for the body. Though make sure youclose all the doors and windows in theevening to prevent smoke, fine particlesand noise from invading your home.

● Air purifiers: For people suffering frompre-existing health issues, an air purifier isa worthy investment. It will serve well byremoving pollutants, toxins and allergensfrom the air, thereby improving the airquality. Celebrations do not imply risking one’s

health and safety. Prioritise your and yourloved ones’ health above all. Now that thedamage is done, take ample measures to miti-gate the harmful effects. Government is vigi-lant on the crackers which are not only limit-ed to smoke, but, also burns, noise and relat-ed health hazards. Central Pollution ControlBoard, Ministry of Environment has doneexcellent studies and suggested detailedguidelines for prevention.

The writer is Medical Director, AdityaBirla Memorial Hospital

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Kingdom and the United Statesof America) pact is a new attempt toprevent China’s rapid aggressionand expansion across the Indo-Pacific (earlier known as Asia-Pacific). The alliance is bringing theformer colonial master i. e. the UKwith its two colonial cousins togeth-er. This pact offers Australia anopportunity to counter China’s grow-ing naval aggression in the region.

For America, it demonstrates itsfull commitment to secure a peace-ful Indo-Pacific on the backgroundof an ever-asserting China in theAsia-Pacific. And for the UK, its par-ticipation in the AUKUS would cer-tainly enhance its global positionafter a devastating Brexit from theEuropean Union.

The AUKUS pact was signed onSeptember 15, 2021. This allowsAustralia to build nuclear-poweredsubmarines by using advanced tech-nology provided by the US. Theremarkable aspect of the alliance isthe involvement of the UK in theIndo-Pacific. Once a global navalgiant, probably, the UK also wants toreclaim its ground in the region andto be a part of the regional powerdynamics.

Is it good for Australia to chooseAmerica over China? Absolutelyyes. May be China and Australia havebeen longstanding trade partners,but the way the former is expandingand trying to impose its diktats mightpose a potential threat to the latter.Siding with the US is not a new pat-tern of security alliance. The US hasbeen the only dominant power in theIndo-Pacific for decades now. Withthe US, Australia could be reassuredwith a sense of renewed security andtranquility in the region. Is Australiatrying to create a security umbrellaaround? It seems so. Though it is notgoing nuclear at the moment, infuture, it may decide to do so.

China’s growing expansionism iscausing serious concern for almostover a decade or so. A quick reviewof Chinese actions makes such pat-terns easy to discern. After MaoZedong, it is Xi Jinping who has real-ly claimed the status of a paramountleader in the true Chinese sense ofthe term. After taking over powerfrom Hu Jintao in 2012, Xi has comeup with a new China Dream tostrengthen the Chinese CommunistParty (CCP) and the leadership ofthe country.

Can China be trusted? Lookingat its overtures in trade, politics anddiplomacy, one would certainly say

that Beijing is not at all trustworthy.Its opaque and deceptive nature offunctioning is to be observed care-fully. Xi’s designs have no bounds. Noone, except a cohort of his close com-munists, knows how, when andwhere Beijing will move next. In fact,this is how a closed political systemlike that of China operates.

Today the unprecedented sharedglobal challenges that are encoun-tered by all are terrorism, climatechange, massive income inequalityand a rising trend of authoritarian-ism. Clearly, conventional wisdomsays that such challenges are notsolved by only a single nation. Theydemand active cooperation amongthe various nations. It could be a bigmistake if we all accept the Sino-USrelationship solely as a zero-sum mil-itary struggle and trade war. At thismoment, what is urgent is an increas-ing sense of close cooperation frominternational organisations and pow-erful nations to address the commonchallenges faced by the planet.

The Quad (US, Japan, Australiaand India), the AUKUS and theemerging cooperation in the Indo-Pacific particularly against Chinacould simply trigger a larger conflictin the zone. As America is fast with-drawing from its traditional war the-atres like Afghanistan, Iraq andSyria (probably), it clearly indicatesthat Washington is planning to gearup and consolidate its strength in theIndo-Pacific region. In reality, this isthe most dynamic of all internationalnavigational routes around the world.And it used to be America’s tradi-tional home ground with decades oldallies like Japan, South Korea andnow, of course India and Australia.

Meanwhile the Chinese militaryexperts say the AUKUS could makeAustralia a target of nuclear war ifsuch a war breaks out in the region.It is highlighted by China’s GlobalTimes that Washington won’t armAustralia with nuclear weapons, butthe fact is that it is easy for the USto equip Australia with nuclearweapons and submarine-based bal-listic missiles when Australia has thesubmarines.

Many global security expertssay Washington’s AUKUS initiativehas the overtones of the Cold War ofthe yesteryears. And it resembles thehistoric Five Eyes Alliance (FVEY)signed in the year March 5, 1946, anintelligence sharing partnership. TheFVEY was formally founded in theaftermath of the Second World Warthrough the multilateral agreementfor active cooperation in signals

intelligence (SIGINT) formallyknown as UKUSA Agreement.

Thus, the FVEY has been regard-ed as the world’s most significantintelligence sharing agreement so far.However, originally it was an agree-ment between the UK and the USAonly but later it was expanded toinclude Canada in the year 1948 andAustralia and New Zealand in 1956.Hence the FVEY being one of themost secretive treaties of the WorldWar-II has encompassed theAnglosphere countries and helpedthem to share rare information.

Interestingly, this post-war intel-ligence sharing partnership hasenabled these countries to create aninfrastructure of surveillance formore than 75 years now. To every-one’s surprise, only a decade ago inthe year 2010, the full text of theUKUSA deal was released by theGovernments of both the UK and theUS. And, it was officially recognised!

At a time of heightened globalsecurity tensions, the AUKUS mighthave hidden motives. It may certainlyturn into a robust military alliancelike that of the North Atlantic TreatyOrganization (NATO) to countersolely the People’s Republic of China(PRC) in the days to come. It couldgradually turn out to be the NATOof the Indo-Pacific.

Is China scared of the AUKUS?Yes it is. It is highly worried about the

alliance among the three colonialpowers. The indications are that theCommunist country has just start-ed releasing worrying statementsfrom its various official agencies andconcerned ministries. Only the infor-mal partnership has been formedwith no real military drills andabout 18 nuclear submarines aresupposed to be delivered to Australiaonly by late 2030s.

And this new fleet would replaceAustralia’s squadron of six agingdiesel-powered submarines.Meanwhile, Australia has derailed anagreement with France worth near-ly USD 60 billion to purchase andbuild submarines. And it has led toa great deal of misunderstandingbetween the two countries in thecontext of signing the AUKUS fol-lowed by a deal to get nuclear sub-marines from the US or the UK.However, the damage repairing exer-cises are already on at various levelsso as to convince Paris about theurgency of the current pact betweenthe three nations in the Indo-Pacific.

Beijing has increasingly becomesuspicious. If Xi is such a powerfulleader (already he has become a life-time President), why he is wary aboutsuch moves by the new alliance?China’s global alliances, new grandplans under the Belt and RoadInitiative and constant muscle flex-ing should not make Beijing nervous

at the moment. China’s growinggreed, arrogance and the very mis-calculation of the military might ofthe global powers might herald dis-aster to the Middle Kingdom. Ximust understand the fact that Chinais an Asian power. The rise of anAsian nation to the status of globalsuperpower only to replace the USis not acceptable to the Westernnations. In the name maintaining theglobal liberal order, the US has beendominating the world since the endof the Second World War. But then,it is a democratic world powerwherein one can initiate a dialogueand can pursue a peaceful course ofaction.

Therefore, despite creatingexcesses in Hiroshima and Nagasaki,Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, and inmany other parts of the globe, peo-ple feel comfortable and safe underthe leadership of Western nationssuch as the US.

On the other hand, China’s longjourney to the institutions of globalgovernance is led by an authoritar-ian system. And the Communist sys-tem is purely opaque, devoid of allrespect to universal values of humanrights and basic freedoms. Sadly,China’s system has no takers even inits immediate neighborhood. Beijingis creating more enemies than win-ning friends in its surroundings.

Today countries like India, Japan,

the Philippines, South Korea, etc, areworried about Beijing’s growingaggression. So, Xi must look back.Instead of challenging the Westernnations, it should rise peacefully byoffering due respect to neighboursand universal democratic rights. Ina nutshell, China must learn tobecome a rule-abiding nation in theinternational sphere. Then China’srise would face a few questions andcreate little headaches for the rest ofthe world.

The AUKUS is a new war game.It is not just about making nuclearsubmarines in Australia. A NewCold War is coming up. It hasalready started. The Canberra-London-Washington Axis (CLWA)could be a new starter. It could har-binger a new game of power to theAsia-Pacific. And finally, the CLWAcould escalate a nuclear tippingpoint in the Indo-Pacific. All thethree global powers are on a dan-gerous pathway.

(Dr Makhan Saikia has taughtpolitical science and internationalrelations for over a decade in institu-tions of national and internationalrepute after specialisation in globali-sation and governance from TataInstitute of Social Sciences, Mumbai.He is the chief editor of the Journal ofGlobal Studies, an internationalresearch journal)

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The United States of Americais largely known for a sta-

ble and balanced socio-politi-cal and economic discourseand its larger fulcrum of prax-is. The three trillion dollarinfrastructure plan of PresidentJoe Biden happens to be a postpandemic economic and struc-tural-administrative plan whichis aimed at firming up thedevelopment and growth in theAmerican nation. It’s all aboutbipartisanship in the Americannation where-in the rubric ofconsonance between the twinpolitical parties of the order ofthe Republicans and theDemocrats rules the roost.

However, the inter partyconflict between the twin polit-ical outfits does not militateagainst the conjoined democ-ratic ethos of the country. Inthe words of Alex DeTocqueville, the Americanpolitical firmament is akin tothe construction work’s rotarymachine which mixes togeth-er the concrete and the mortarand spawns a paste. Thus, in asimilar fashion, whatTocqueville has written in histome “Democracy in America”happens to be a kind of all per-vading altruism for the politi-cal system in the United Statesthough the larger fracas duringPresident Donald Trump’sregime serve as a pointertowards the AmericanDemocratic experiment.

Thus, the AmericanCongress too is attempting toevade an AmericanGovernment’s shutdown andbridge the political divide toensure a smooth sailing of thenation’s political economy.America is not all about theJanuary, 2021, insurrection at

the Capitol Hill. This is a factwhich needs to be underscoredat the earliest in tandem withthe workability and efficiencywith the grandiloquentAmerican dream and itsresounding resilience.

President Biden hasattempted to evade a partialGovernmental shutdown bythe passage of a Bill in theAmerican Congress whichamounts to Government fund-ing. The Bill was passed withperforce till 3rd of December,2021, and if that would nothave transpired, then theGovernment spending wouldhave to be shutdown in theimmediate future. TheHindustan Times has reportedin a piece that, “The measure,however, doesn’t include a pro-vision sought by Democrats tosuspend the nation’s debt limit,after Republicans in the Senateblocked a version of the bill thatincluded the debt provision.Treasury Secretary Janet Yellenhas said that if lawmakers failto raise the debt limit by aboutOctober 18, the Governmentmay not be able to pay its bills,posing a dire risk to the USeconomy.” The Republicanswere against a debt ceilingwhich they vociferously strivedfor and it was this facet whichacted as a chief bottleneck tothe Democrat and PresidentBiden’s strivings in theAmerican Congress of late.

Reuters reports thatRepresentative Dan Kildee,House Democrats’ chief deputywhip, contended, “If the votewere to or be delayed, therewould be a significant breachof trust that would slow themomentum in moving for-ward in delivering the Biden

agenda. With House progres-sives warning they will voteagainst the infrastructure billuntil a deal is reached on theseparate multi-trillion-dollarplan focused on social spend-ing and climate, the vote wasnot guaranteed. The only waythe vote happens is, if, wehave the votes to pass the bill.”

Thus, the linkages whichwere drawn by the variousCongressmen between themyriad and multifaceted natureof reforms in the US have ledto the idiom of a complete andcomprehensive overhaul. As arelated fact, the intertwining ofthe Climate Change segment ofthe Biden’s reform agenda,

along with endeavours at socialengineering in the light of therace divide in the US, hasbeen the pointed standpoints ofthe Grand Old Party to derailand bring into question the actual comprehensive andwidespread planning zeal ofPresident Biden.

Akin to the TVP,Tennessee Valley Project, andthe larger New Deal initiated byPresident Roosevelt in themired days of the first eco-nomic depression, along withthe Great Society heft ofPresident Lyndon BainesJohnson, the infrastructurepalliative and remakingAmerica endeavour happens to

be the medicine which theGovernment doctor hasordered for the Americandecline. The talk and the proudbut misplaced notion duringthe Asiatic space concerningthe decline of the UnitedStates in the larger context hasto be countered and what bet-ter way do the Americans havebut to rely upon the mightyshakedown programming ini-tiated by President Biden. Hehad mentioned as a quintes-sential clarion call in hisPresidential inaugural earlierthat unity and bipartisanshipconstitute the sine qua non ofthe great American democra-cy. Though he contended dur-

ing the speech that one of themost elusive elements in a lib-eral democracy happens to bediversity and subsequent engi-neered unity which may be fur-ther translated into the nom deplume of stodgy bipartisanship.

The American President’swords echo still in our sur-roundings and the larger envi-rons as he contended victori-ously after vanquishing DonaldTrump at the Capitol Hill.“Today, on this January day, mywhole soul is in this: BringingAmerica together. Uniting ourpeople. And uniting our nation.I ask every American to join mein this cause. Uniting to fightthe common foes we face:

Anger, resentment, hatred.Extremism, lawlessness, vio-

lence.Disease, joblessness, hope-

lessness.With unity we can do great

things. Important things.We can right wrongs.”Thus, the American

Dream once again becomes thecynosure of all probing and lilt-ing eyes where-in, thePresidential address of Bidenbrings to the fore, the largerAmerican concern about look-ing inwards from war zonesand conflict hot beds all aroundthe globe and stress upon theidea of an internal and domes-tic, “Build Back Better” in tan-dem with a true blue Democratand the attendant reformist zealto assuage the hoi polloi andthe Citizen Cain’s who were rat-tled by the ways and means offormer President Trump. Road,transit, internet, the virtuosityof the reformist zeal pervadesthe spirit of President Biden’sreform package which intendsto make America escape the

industrial smog and the crassand ugly edges of rotund auto-mobiles and development.

Objectively speaking, thehistoric and stereotypicalAmerican bill postulates thebuilding of transcontinental railroads across the length andbreadth of the nation along withstrengthening the StateHighway grids. Unemploymentis also a key and administra-tively gnawing concern in apost-pandemic slowdown, sothe Biden bill envisages theaddition of 2 million jobs by theend of every year. ClimateChange in the light of PresidentBiden’s Glasgow COP speechalso finds a crucial place in theinfrastructure bill which entailsan investment of 39 billion dol-lars in structures ranging frombridges, highways, roads, larg-er transportation with the icingon the cake being an objectiveof buying zero emission and lowemission transport, namely thebuses.

The objective is to trans-form the US into the mostresilient and innovative econo-my. One can also get the feelgood sentiment that PresidentBiden’s plan is not merelyaccommodative or merely aimsto flatten the frills and thecreases, but it amounts to a gen-erating a nation changing ame-liorative to make the UnitedStates embolden its domestici-ty and prepare the nation for along overhaul in the light of theglobal spin doctors talking ad-nauseum about the term, “TheAmerican Decline”.

(The writer teaches atInternational Relations andInternational Organisations,IIPA, New Delhi)

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through the synopsis of my book: God orNo God — “Awareness enriches life”. I amnot suggesting people seek God for grantof boons. I wish them to seek their ownself, which means exploring the makingof one’s individual mind — its inherentlimitations and potential. The limitationsstand in way of potential from playingout in full. If we identify, acknowledgeand address our inherent limitations, inthe first place, the potential side will playout unhindered. Purified thus, if we fur-ther explore our mind, we could hit uponthe treasure trove, mostly lying dormantbecause of our ignorance. We may thenhave access to the full landscape of mind,whence it will know no limits.

Ordinarily, however, we seldom careto explore our mind. We just carry faithin the future, which raises our hopes andaspirations. Accordingly, one tries toexplore future prospects, not realisingthat future is uncertain. It is subject to somany variables. For, dynamics of everyemerging moment, and thereby it’s call-ings, is quite at variance with those in thepast. If future offers fresh opportunities, it

also throws unforeseen challenges, some-times difficult to contend with. Often itbecomes difficult to find answer by ourrational mind. For, rational mind is guid-ed by experiences had in the past. So,often we come under acute pressure, dif-ficult to bear with. The question now is:How to overcome such situations? Thatmakes exploring one’s mind imperative.For, mind has immense potential, whichunfolded in full could do anything.

Here, I recall Swami Vivekanand’ssaying: “History of the world is the histo-ry of few men who had faith in them-selves. Faith calls out divinity within; youcan do anything. You fail in life becauseyou have not strived sufficiently to unfoldthe immense power within.”

We are all aware that all actions onour part are steered through by mind,which defines and then drive themthrough the functional mandate of abeing. For, every act is first ideated,objectified, articulated, and then willed inmind before being put into motion. Butmind does not get going by itself. It is setinto motion primarily by in-store desiresthat are nothing but reflection of Karmicaccruals carried over from the past birth,which varies from person-to-person,

according to different sets of experiencesone would have gone through, makingeach being unique. That holds the key toour desire and thought trends, whichcome into play involuntarily. We, thus,are born with a preconditioned mind,which restricts our scope of vision andwith obvious consequences. The questionnow is: Are we to remain subservient tothe habit tendencies of mind, or could wego beyond and get better empowered?

If mind is allowed to act a sovereign,it will be really difficult to transgress itslimitations. If, however, we align our-selves with the very powerhouse, whichanimates mind, we could not only over-come its limitations, but come out withour best. Going by Indian philosophicperception, force of consciousness, ema-nating from the Primordial-Source, pro-jects mind as its instrument for engage-ment with the live world. So, mind has adependant status. The obvious choicebefore us, therefore, is either to play sec-ond fiddle to the mind, an instrument, orbecome its master by aligning with theprime-driver, the force of consciousness.

It is, however, easier said than done.For, though mind has a secondary status,as it works on borrowed strength, it

simultaneously also enjoys certain level ofoperational independence. Given thepower of freewill, the mind offers us withfreedom to make choices, carrying equalprobability of its use and misuse. Thatmakes it imperative upon us to own upthe consequences of the choices made,and the implications thereof.

Often our ego unmindfully identifiesitself with the indwelling tendencies ofmind, and then passionately pursuesthem. Also, our impressionable mind getsdrawn towards tempting influences of theglare and glitters of the seeming world.That further compounds our problem.Our mind, thus, gets so entrenched in itsown wanderings that it does not leavemuch of scope to explore beyond.

Here again, applying our freewilloption, we could first purify our minds ofits limitations and then go beyond toalign with the force of consciousness.Mind’s wholesome and omniscient powershall then be at our disposal, which mayknow no limits. Life may then turn into abeautiful experience.

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