A fter 70 years, the Tata Group on Thursday offi- cially took over the Air India, Air India Express and Air India SATS. The Government transferred 100 per cent shares to Tata’s wholly-owned sub- sidiary Talace Pvt Ltd shortly after Tata Sons chairman Natarajan Chandrasekaran called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Government also transferred the management control of the company to the new owners. This completed the process of the Government selling the debt-ridden airline to the Tata Group company. “Your arrival was much await- ed,” tweeted the Tata Group soon after the handover. Expressing his happiness over the development, Chandrasekaran said Tata Group was delighted to have Air India back and was com- mitted to making it a world- class airline. Ratan N Tata joined Chandrasekaran in expressing his “thankful recog- nition” to the Government and its various departments for the successful completion of this important transaction. Later Chandrasekaran reached out to employees of Air India asking them to work together to build the airline that the country needs, while assert- ing that the “golden age” of the carrier lies ahead. In a welcome letter, Chandrasekaran reflect- ed on the airline’s “brilliant past” and said the entire nation is now waiting to see what “we will achieve together”. Earlier, a new board of directors met formalising the management takeover. After the Government transferred its shares to the new owner of Air India, the Ministry of Finance in a state- ment said the Air India strate- gic disinvestment transaction has been completed on Thursday with the Government receiving a con- sideration of 2,700 crore from Talace Pvt Ltd. Continued on Page 11 P rime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday expressed concern on the development in Afghanistan and stressed on creating an “ambitious road map” for “regional connectivity and integration”. The PM was host- ing the first India-Central Asian countries summit. The virtual event was attended by Presidents of Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan. All of them greeted Modi on the just concluded Republic Day as India entered the 75th anniversary of its Independence. Stating that the diplomat- ic relations between India and Central Asian countries have “completed 30 fruitful years”, the Prime Minister expressed his concern about the devel- opments in Afghanistan and called for greater interaction between India and the Central Asia countries. The Prime Minister said “regional integration connec- tivity and integration” is important and there is a need to “make an ambitious road map to have regional connec- tivity and integration”. “India has deep relations with all of the Central Asian countries. Kazakhstan has become an important partner in India’s energy security. I express my condolences at the recent loss of lives in Kazakhstan,” Modi said as he welcomed Central Asian heads of states in his opening address. He said India and Central Asian nations share the same concerns and goals with regard to regional security. “We are all concerned about the developments in Afghanistan. In this context too, mutual cooperation among us has become more important for regional security and sta- bility,” he said. Modi said the summit has three key objectives. The first one is to make it clear that mutual cooperation between India and Central Asia is nec- essary for regional security and prosperity. “I want to make it clear that Central Asia is cen- tral to India’s vision of an inte- grated and stable neighbour- hood,” he said. “The second objective of today’s meeting is to give an effective structure to our coop- eration, which will pave the way for the establishment of a platform for regular interaction among all stakeholders,” Modi said. He said the third objective of the summit is to prepare an ambitious road map for our cooperation, which will enable them to adopt an integrated approach for regional connec- tivity and cooperation. The Presidents of the Central Asian countries in their address pointed to the age-old ties with India and its “unique civilisation”. Modi had paid historic visits to all Central Asian coun- tries in 2015. Following this, there has been continuous high-level dialogue at bilateral and multilateral forums. The first India-Central Asia Summit, the Ministry of External Affairs had said, is a reflection of the country’s growing engagement with the Central Asian countries, which are a part of India’s “extended neighbourhood”. T he prevalence of Omicron sub-lineage BA.2 is gradually increasing in India, but there are indi- cations of a plateau in the number of cases, with just the top 10 States con- tributing to 77 per cent of total active cases in the country. Sujeet Kumar Singh, Director, National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), said at a media briefing here that “Omicron sub-variant BA.2 is more prevalent in comparison to the BA.1 variant in India now. However, the BA.3 sub- variant has not been detected in India yet.” “The percentage of the highly transmissible Omicron variant increased rapidly in December and January and the prevalence of the Omicron subvariant called BA.2 is increasing in our community,” the NCDC director said. “Earlier, the BA.1 variant was dominant among the sam- ples collected from the trav- ellers. Now in community set- tings, we have found that the BA.2 sub-variant is gradually increasing,” he said. Talking about increasing cases of Omicron, Singh said that out of the total genome sequencing reports received so far, increasing cases of Omicron have been found in the month of January. Of the total reports received, 1,292 Omicron cases were found in December last year, whereas the number of Delta cases was over 17,000, he said. In January so far, 9,672 Omicron cases have been found against 4,779 Delta cases, which includes 3,201 AYC vari- ants and 1,578 Delta variants, Singh said. Mainly three States — Maharashtra, Odisha, and West Bengal — have reported the Delta variant on the basis of genome sequencing, said Singh, adding that it does not mean that only the Omicron variant is being reported every- where. Talking about Covid fatal- ities, he said that those unvaccinated and people with comorbidities are in the high-risk group. “Around 64 per cent of those who died in Delhi were from the unvacci- nated group with a major comorbid population,” he added. ICMR chief Balram Bhargava said that vac- cines have remained ben- eficial for India. “Vaccine reduces deaths considerably in the vaccinated population com- pared to the unvaccinated indi- viduals. Around 95 per cent of the adult population in the country have received the first vaccine dose, while 74 per cent have been fully vaccinated,” said Bhargava, as he urged the States lagging behind in vacci- nation to ramp up the drive. Recently, the Indian SARS- CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG) too had in its bulletin cautioned that Omicron is now in communi- ty transmission in India and has become dominant in mul- tiple metros, where new cases have been rising exponential- ly. BA.2 lineage is in a sub- stantial fraction in India and S gene dropout based screening is thus likely to give high false negatives.” C aught in deep political waters following rift regarding captainship, Punjab Congress’ top leaders — Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi and State party presi- dent Navjot Singh Sidhu — on Thursday exhorted party’s national vice-president Rahul Gandhi to give the stranded ship a thrust by announcing the Chief Ministerial candidate’s name in a run-up to February 20 elections. Rahul, who gave a major push to the party’s poll cam- paign in Punjab with his visit and also addressing a virtual rally, left it on the party work- ers to decide. In a clear cut departure from the party’s previous stand to contest polls under “collec- tive leadership”, Rahul Gandhi made it clear that the Congress would soon announce the name of the leader “who will lead the party in Punjab polls”. “The question here is who will lead the party in Punjab...the media calls this CM candidate...Both Sidhu ji and Channi ji told me in the car that in Punjab, the big question is who will lead Congress in Punjab....It is clear that two per- sons cannot lead, it has to be any one. Both also assured me...and I am happy...that who- ever leads, the other person would support and back him fully,” said Rahul. “Though we don’t do it (announcing CM face) nor- mally. But if the workers want, Punjab wants...We will decide on it...and for that, we will ask the party workers... Continued on Page 11 T he People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of China on Thursday handed over the missing Arunachal Pradesh teenager to the Indian Army. The 17-year-old boy was now undergoing medical examina- tion. He returned home after nine days. Miram Taron was report- ed missing on Tuesday last week. One version claimed he was abducted by the PLA while sources in the Defence estab- lishment here said the boy had lost his way in the jungles. Announcing the boy’s release, Law and Justice Minister Kiren Rijiju, who also hails from Arunachal Pradesh, said, “The Chinese PLA has handed over the young boy from Arunachal Pradesh, Miram Taron, to the Indian Army. Due procedures are being followed, including the medical examination.” He said the youth was handed over to India at Wacha- Damai interaction point in Arunachal Pradesh and thanked the Indian Army for pursuing the case “meticu- lously with the PLA and safe- ly securing our young boy.” The youth will return to his family after the completion of formalities in collaboration with the Army, police, health, and local officials, sources said here, adding all the Covid pro- tocols have also been followed. The boy hails from Jido vil- lage in the Upper Siang district and was reported missing from Shiyung La in the Indian ter- ritory’s Bishing Area. India and China on Wednesday had talked to each other on the hotline regarding the teenager and it was indi- cated he will be released soon after the weather improves. A day after he went miss- ing, the Indian Army contact- ed the PLA and the Chinese informed a few days later the boy was in their custody. Giving an update on Wednesday, Rijiju had said China indicated the release of the 17-year-old boy and will soon share the date and time. He had said, “Hotline exchanged on Republic Day by Indian Army with Chinese PLA. PLA responded positive- ly indicating handing over of our national and suggested a place of release.” A ir India will boom under the wing of the new own- ers and the airline will pave the way for a thriving and robust civil aviation sector in India, Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said after the carrier was handed over to Tata Sons on Thursday. “It is indeed noteworthy that the disinvest- ment process of @airindiain has been brought to a success- ful conclusion in a time-bound manner,” Scindia said on Twitter. This proves the central government’s ability, and the resolve to carry out disinvest- ment effectively in non-strate- gic sectors in the future, he noted. “Best wishes to the new owners. I am confident that the airline will bloom under their wings, and pave the way for a thriving and robust civil avia- tion industry in India,” he mentioned. New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Thursday expunged remarks made in an order against actress Juhi Chawla that she had filed the lawsuit challenging setting up of 5G wireless networks in the coun- try, citing health hazards, for gaining publicity. A bench of Justices Vipin Sanghi and Jasmeet Singh also reduced the costs imposed on Chawla from 20 Lakh to 2 lakh, saying that she did not take up the 5G issue in a “friv- olous and casual manner”. The court said part amount of the costs will be retained since some of the applications filed in the suit were indeed completely meritless. The division bench allowed Chawla’s appeal and set aside the single judge’s June 4, 2021 order by which the suit filed by the actress-environmentalist and two others was dismissed with the observations that it was “defective”, “abuse of process of law” and filed for “gaining publicity”. Continued on Page 11 F ive people died on Friday at a village in dry Bihar after consuming what the district administration called “a white chemical” though the locals alleged it was liquor. All deaths have been reported from Ansar village in Dumrao subdivision of Buxar district. Eight people fell ill within hours of consuming an intox- icant late on Thursday, said District Magistrate, Buxar, Aman Samir. “Five died while three oth- ers are suffering bouts of vom- iting. The boxes from which they had gulped down the white chemical are being sent for examination to ascertain the substance,” the District Magistrate told reporters after visiting the site. Residents of the village, however, claimed that the deceased and their surviving friends hand drank concoct- ed “daru” (liquor) from bottles of homeopathic medicine which they drank to get high, and not any white substance. Sale and consumption of liquor is completely banned in Bihar since April, 2016. It is a punishable act in the State. The State has, however, seen more than 50 hooch deaths in half a dozen districts since November last year. U nion Home Minister Amit Shah said on Wednesday that UP polls were not just about electing MLAs or the chief minister of the state but it would also decide the future of the country. Flanked by party candi- dates from the Braj area going to polls on February 10, Shah urged the voters in Mathura to support the Bharatiya Janata Party in the upcoming assem- bly elections. Addressing voters in Mathura, Shah highlighted the Ram temple in Ayodhya, and Kashi Vishwanath Dham Corridor, abrogation of Article 370, and also mentioned gov- ernment schemes like Ujjwala. He further stressed that the law and order situation in Uttar Pradesh had improved under the BJP government. “This assembly election is not just to choose an MLA or chief minister. The UP election is an election which will decide India’s future,” Shah said. The Union home minister said that voters in the Braj area of Uttar Pradesh had support- ed the BJP in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, 2017 UP assembly elections and also the 2019 Lok Sabha polls and appealed to the voters to support the party again to continue the develop- ment work being done across the state. “UP is the biggest state in India where over 22 crore vot- ers live. If this state is not devel- oped, India will lag behind. This election will express with which party or ideology the state will go. The state has seen Samajwadi Party, Bahujan Samaj Party governments pre- viously. While the SP regime would work for one commu- nity, the BSP would work for another. For the first time, overall development of UP has been done during the BJP regime,” he said. Shah also spoke on the Ram temple, and said, “Without the help of Narendra Modi government could Ram temple be constructed in Ayodhya? Could anyone re- design Kashi Vishwanath Dham? It is the BJP govern- ment which did not care about vote banks and restored the glory of these centres of faith.” Shah also invited Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav to visit the Ram temple. “Akhilesh used to say ‘Mandir wahi banayenge, magar tithi nahi batayenge’. Now bhoomi pujan has been done, you are also invited, you should also come,” he said referring to the SP chief. Shah paid obeisance at the Banke Bihari temple before starting his door-to-door cam- paign for the state Assembly polls. Attacking the previous SP government, he asked, “Wasn’t there a goonda raj? Didn’t the bahubalis (strongmen) trouble people? Weren’t the sisters and daughters humiliated?” “Azam Khan was arrested and CrPC sections fell short Continued on Page 11
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After 70 years, the TataGroup on Thursday offi-
cially took over the Air India,Air India Express and AirIndia SATS. The Governmenttransferred 100 per cent sharesto Tata’s wholly-owned sub-sidiary Talace Pvt Ltd shortlyafter Tata Sons chairmanNatarajan Chandrasekarancalled on Prime MinisterNarendra Modi.
The Government alsotransferred the managementcontrol of the company to thenew owners. This completedthe process of the Governmentselling the debt-ridden airlineto the Tata Group company.“Your arrival was much await-ed,” tweeted the Tata Groupsoon after the handover.
Expressing his happinessover the development,Chandrasekaran said TataGroup was delighted to haveAir India back and was com-mitted to making it a world-class airline. Ratan N Tatajoined Chandrasekaran inexpressing his “thankful recog-nition” to the Government andits various departments for thesuccessful completion of thisimportant transaction.
Later Chandrasekaranreached out to employees of Air
India asking them to worktogether to build the airline thatthe country needs, while assert-ing that the “golden age” of thecarrier lies ahead. In a welcomeletter, Chandrasekaran reflect-ed on the airline’s “brilliantpast” and said the entire nationis now waiting to see what “wewill achieve together”.
Earlier, a new board ofdirectors met formalising themanagement takeover.
After the Governmenttransferred its shares to the newowner of Air India, theMinistry of Finance in a state-ment said the Air India strate-gic disinvestment transactionhas been completed onThursday with theGovernment receiving a con-sideration of �2,700 crore fromTalace Pvt Ltd.
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Prime Minister NarendraModi on Thursday
expressed concern on thedevelopment in Afghanistanand stressed on creating an“ambitious road map” for“regional connectivity andintegration”. The PM was host-ing the first India-CentralAsian countries summit.
The virtual event wasattended by Presidents ofKazakhstan, Tajikistan, theKyrgyz Republic, Uzbekistanand Turkmenistan.
All of them greeted Modion the just concluded RepublicDay as India entered the 75thanniversary of itsIndependence.
Stating that the diplomat-ic relations between India andCentral Asian countries have“completed 30 fruitful years”,the Prime Minister expressedhis concern about the devel-opments in Afghanistan andcalled for greater interactionbetween India and the CentralAsia countries.
The Prime Minister said“regional integration connec-tivity and integration” isimportant and there is a needto “make an ambitious roadmap to have regional connec-tivity and integration”.
“India has deep relationswith all of the Central Asiancountries. Kazakhstan hasbecome an important partnerin India’s energy security. Iexpress my condolences at therecent loss of lives inKazakhstan,” Modi said as hewelcomed Central Asian headsof states in his openingaddress.
He said India and CentralAsian nations share the sameconcerns and goals with regardto regional security.
“We are all concernedabout the developments inAfghanistan. In this contexttoo, mutual cooperation amongus has become more importantfor regional security and sta-bility,” he said.
Modi said the summit hasthree key objectives. The firstone is to make it clear thatmutual cooperation betweenIndia and Central Asia is nec-essary for regional security
and prosperity. “I want to makeit clear that Central Asia is cen-tral to India’s vision of an inte-grated and stable neighbour-hood,” he said.
“The second objective oftoday’s meeting is to give aneffective structure to our coop-eration, which will pave theway for the establishment of aplatform for regular interactionamong all stakeholders,” Modisaid.
He said the third objectiveof the summit is to prepare anambitious road map for ourcooperation, which will enablethem to adopt an integratedapproach for regional connec-tivity and cooperation.
The Presidents of theCentral Asian countries intheir address pointed to theage-old ties with India and its“unique civilisation”.
Modi had paid historicvisits to all Central Asian coun-tries in 2015. Following this,there has been continuoushigh-level dialogue at bilateraland multilateral forums.
The first India-CentralAsia Summit, the Ministry ofExternal Affairs had said, is areflection of the country’sgrowing engagement with theCentral Asian countries, whichare a part of India’s “extendedneighbourhood”.
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The prevalence ofOmicron sub-lineage
BA.2 is gradually increasingin India, but there are indi-cations of a plateau in thenumber of cases, with justthe top 10 States con-tributing to 77 per cent oftotal active cases in thecountry.
Sujeet Kumar Singh,Director, National Centre forDisease Control (NCDC), saidat a media briefing here that“Omicron sub-variant BA.2 ismore prevalent in comparisonto the BA.1 variant in Indianow. However, the BA.3 sub-variant has not been detectedin India yet.”
“The percentage of thehighly transmissible Omicronvariant increased rapidly inDecember and January andthe prevalence of the Omicronsubvariant called BA.2 isincreasing in our community,”the NCDC director said.
“Earlier, the BA.1 variantwas dominant among the sam-ples collected from the trav-ellers. Now in community set-tings, we have found that theBA.2 sub-variant is graduallyincreasing,” he said.
Talking about increasingcases of Omicron, Singh said
that out of the total genomesequencing reports receivedso far, increasing cases ofOmicron have been found inthe month of January.
Of the total reportsreceived, 1,292 Omicron caseswere found in December lastyear, whereas the number ofDelta cases was over 17,000, hesaid.
In January so far, 9,672Omicron cases have beenfound against 4,779 Delta cases,which includes 3,201 AYC vari-ants and 1,578 Delta variants,Singh said. Mainly three States— Maharashtra, Odisha, andWest Bengal — have reportedthe Delta variant on the basisof genome sequencing, saidSingh, adding that it does notmean that only the Omicronvariant is being reported every-where.
Talking about Covid fatal-
ities, he said that thoseunvaccinated and peoplewith comorbidities are inthe high-risk group.“Around 64 per cent ofthose who died in Delhiwere from the unvacci-nated group with a majorcomorbid population,” headded.
ICMR chief BalramBhargava said that vac-cines have remained ben-
eficial for India. “Vaccinereduces deaths considerably inthe vaccinated population com-pared to the unvaccinated indi-viduals. Around 95 per cent ofthe adult population in thecountry have received the firstvaccine dose, while 74 per centhave been fully vaccinated,”said Bhargava, as he urged theStates lagging behind in vacci-nation to ramp up the drive.
Recently, the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium(INSACOG) too had in itsbulletin cautioned thatOmicron is now in communi-ty transmission in India andhas become dominant in mul-tiple metros, where new caseshave been rising exponential-ly. BA.2 lineage is in a sub-stantial fraction in India and Sgene dropout based screeningis thus likely to give high falsenegatives.”
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Caught in deep politicalwaters following rift
regarding captainship, PunjabCongress’ top leaders — ChiefMinister Charanjit SinghChanni and State party presi-dent Navjot Singh Sidhu — onThursday exhorted party’snational vice-president RahulGandhi to give the strandedship a thrust by announcing theChief Ministerial candidate’sname in a run-up to February20 elections.
Rahul, who gave a majorpush to the party’s poll cam-paign in Punjab with his visitand also addressing a virtualrally, left it on the party work-
ers to decide.In a clear cut departure
from the party’s previous standto contest polls under “collec-tive leadership”, Rahul Gandhimade it clear that the Congresswould soon announce thename of the leader “who willlead the party in Punjab polls”.
“The question here is whowill lead the party inPunjab...the media calls thisCM candidate...Both Sidhu jiand Channi ji told me in the carthat in Punjab, the big questionis who will lead Congress inPunjab....It is clear that two per-sons cannot lead, it has to beany one. Both also assuredme...and I am happy...that who-ever leads, the other personwould support and back himfully,” said Rahul.
“Though we don’t do it(announcing CM face) nor-mally. But if the workers want,Punjab wants...We will decideon it...and for that, we will askthe party workers...
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The People’s LiberationArmy (PLA) of China on
Thursday handed over themissing Arunachal Pradeshteenager to the Indian Army.The 17-year-old boy was nowundergoing medical examina-tion. He returned home afternine days.
Miram Taron was report-ed missing on Tuesday lastweek. One version claimed hewas abducted by the PLA whilesources in the Defence estab-lishment here said the boy hadlost his way in the jungles.
Announcing the boy’srelease, Law and JusticeMinister Kiren Rijiju, who alsohails from Arunachal Pradesh,said, “The Chinese PLA hashanded over the young boyfrom Arunachal Pradesh,Miram Taron, to the IndianArmy. Due procedures arebeing followed, including themedical examination.”
He said the youth washanded over to India at Wacha-Damai interaction point inArunachal Pradesh andthanked the Indian Army forpursuing the case “meticu-lously with the PLA and safe-
ly securing our young boy.”The youth will return to his
family after the completion offormalities in collaborationwith the Army, police, health,and local officials, sources saidhere, adding all the Covid pro-tocols have also been followed.
The boy hails from Jido vil-lage in the Upper Siang districtand was reported missing fromShiyung La in the Indian ter-ritory’s Bishing Area.
India and China onWednesday had talked to eachother on the hotline regardingthe teenager and it was indi-cated he will be released soonafter the weather improves.
A day after he went miss-ing, the Indian Army contact-ed the PLA and the Chineseinformed a few days later theboy was in their custody.Giving an update onWednesday, Rijiju had saidChina indicated the release ofthe 17-year-old boy and willsoon share the date and time.
He had said, “Hotlineexchanged on Republic Day byIndian Army with ChinesePLA. PLA responded positive-ly indicating handing over ofour national and suggested aplace of release.”
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Air India will boom underthe wing of the new own-
ers and the airline will pave theway for a thriving and robustcivil aviation sector in India,Aviation Minister JyotiradityaScindia said after the carrierwas handed over to Tata Sonson Thursday. “It is indeednoteworthy that the disinvest-ment process of @airindiainhas been brought to a success-ful conclusion in a time-bound
manner,” Scindia said onTwitter.
This proves the centralgovernment’s ability, and theresolve to carry out disinvest-ment effectively in non-strate-gic sectors in the future, henoted.
“Best wishes to the newowners. I am confident that theairline will bloom under theirwings, and pave the way for athriving and robust civil avia-tion industry in India,” hementioned.
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New Delhi: The Delhi HighCourt on Thursday expungedremarks made in an orderagainst actress Juhi Chawlathat she had filed the lawsuitchallenging setting up of 5Gwireless networks in the coun-try, citing health hazards, forgaining publicity.
A bench of Justices VipinSanghi and Jasmeet Singh alsoreduced the costs imposed onChawla from �20 Lakh to �2lakh, saying that she did nottake up the 5G issue in a “friv-olous and casual manner”.
The court said part amountof the costs will be retainedsince some of the applicationsfiled in the suit were indeed
completely meritless.The division bench allowed
Chawla’s appeal and set asidethe single judge’s June 4, 2021order by which the suit filed bythe actress-environmentalistand two others was dismissedwith the observations that itwas “defective”, “abuse ofprocess of law” and filed for“gaining publicity”.
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Five people died on Friday ata village in dry Bihar after
consuming what the districtadministration called “a whitechemical” though the localsalleged it was liquor.
All deaths have beenreported from Ansar village inDumrao subdivision of Buxardistrict.
Eight people fell ill withinhours of consuming an intox-icant late on Thursday, saidDistrict Magistrate, Buxar,Aman Samir.
“Five died while three oth-ers are suffering bouts of vom-iting. The boxes from whichthey had gulped down the
white chemical are being sentfor examination to ascertain thesubstance,” the DistrictMagistrate told reporters aftervisiting the site.
Residents of the village,however, claimed that thedeceased and their survivingfriends hand drank concoct-ed “daru” (liquor) from bottlesof homeopathic medicinewhich they drank to get high,and not any white substance.
Sale and consumption ofliquor is completely banned inBihar since April, 2016. It is apunishable act in the State. TheState has, however, seen morethan 50 hooch deaths in half adozen districts since Novemberlast year.
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Union Home Minister AmitShah said on Wednesday
that UP polls were not justabout electing MLAs or thechief minister of the state butit would also decide the futureof the country.
Flanked by party candi-dates from the Braj area goingto polls on February 10, Shahurged the voters in Mathura tosupport the Bharatiya JanataParty in the upcoming assem-bly elections.
Addressing voters inMathura, Shah highlighted theRam temple in Ayodhya, andKashi Vishwanath DhamCorridor, abrogation of Article370, and also mentioned gov-ernment schemes like Ujjwala.He further stressed that the lawand order situation in UttarPradesh had improved underthe BJP government.
“This assembly election isnot just to choose an MLA orchief minister. The UP electionis an election which will decideIndia’s future,” Shah said.
The Union home ministersaid that voters in the Braj areaof Uttar Pradesh had support-ed the BJP in the 2014 LokSabha polls, 2017 UP assemblyelections and also the 2019 LokSabha polls and appealed to thevoters to support the partyagain to continue the develop-ment work being done acrossthe state.
“UP is the biggest state in
India where over 22 crore vot-ers live. If this state is not devel-oped, India will lag behind.This election will express withwhich party or ideology thestate will go. The state has seenSamajwadi Party, BahujanSamaj Party governments pre-viously. While the SP regimewould work for one commu-nity, the BSP would work foranother. For the first time,overall development of UP hasbeen done during the BJPregime,” he said.
Shah also spoke on theRam temple, and said,“Without the help of NarendraModi government could Ramtemple be constructed inAyodhya? Could anyone re-design Kashi VishwanathDham? It is the BJP govern-ment which did not care aboutvote banks and restored the
glory of these centres of faith.”Shah also invited
Samajwadi Party chief AkhileshYadav to visit the Ram temple.“Akhilesh used to say ‘Mandirwahi banayenge, magar tithinahi batayenge’. Now bhoomipujan has been done, you arealso invited, you should alsocome,” he said referring to theSP chief.
Shah paid obeisance at theBanke Bihari temple beforestarting his door-to-door cam-paign for the state Assemblypolls.
Attacking the previous SPgovernment, he asked, “Wasn’tthere a goonda raj? Didn’t thebahubalis (strongmen) troublepeople? Weren’t the sisters anddaughters humiliated?”
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After attacking the government over abrutal attack on protesting job aspi-
rants, Congress general secretary PriyankaGandhi Vadra on Thursday spoke to thecompetitive exam candidates sufferingfrom police repression in Prayagraj andassured them of her party’s full coopera-tion in seeking justice.
After the demonstration againstRailway NTPC and Group D exam results,the police had beaten the students bybreaking the doors of their hostel rooms.Students narrated their oppression toPriyanka Gandhi.
``We stand with you. I will raise yourpoint from every forum, in every forum”,Priyanka Gandhi Vadra assured the stu-dents while interacting with them.
``Don't be afraid, ensure that elections
are held on your issues, on your employ-ment issues”, Priyanka Gandhi added.
``The government does not give youa job and also oppresses you. Now whenleaders come to ask for votes, fix theiraccountability,” Priyanka made an appeal.
“Job Calendar is the solution to savethe recruitment process from hanging foryears. We have talked about the job calen-dar in our youth announcement,” Priyankaclaimed.
She also promised the students that shewould soon reach Prayagraj and meet themto discuss their problems and help themto get it resolved.
Meanwhile, Congress spokespersonSupriya Shrinate voiced her support for thestudents. She said the manner in which thestudents were baton-charged, it seems tobe a conspiracy against the youth.
“It's embarrassing. It is like a blot on
civilised society, democracy and a hugeconspiracy is being hatched against theyounger generation”, she said.
It is worth mentioning that inPrayagraj, Uttar Pradesh and Patna, thecapital of Bihar, the candidates created aruckus alleging irregularities in the resultsof NTPC recruitment examination of theRailways.
In Prayagraj on Tuesday, studentsreached the railway track and tried to stopthe trains. After that, in a video on socialmedia, policemen were seen entering aguest house and brutally beating up thestudents. Several policemen have been sus-pended in this case.
On the other hand, in Patna, the can-didates set fire to a train coach andstopped a goods train in front of theRajendra Nagar terminal, alleging riggingin the RRB-NTPC exam.
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The Aam Aadmi Party(AAP) issued its manifesto
which it termed as KejriwalGuarantee Letter promisingattractive promises.
The AAP announced itwould restore the old pensionscheme of the state governmentemployees, provide chambersto advocates and Rs 10 lakh ofinsurance to each of them andRs 10 lakh insurance to eachjournalist among several otherannouncements, if voted topower.
The manifesto was releasedby AAP leader and MP SanjaySingh in a press conference onThursday with AAP state pres-ident Sabhajeet Singh and AAPleader Vaibhav Maheshwariflanking him.
Besides the above promis-es, the AAP promised to pro-vide jobs to 10 lakh youths ineach year of its tenure, free trav-el to women across UttarPradesh, 300 units of free elec-tricity supply, waiver of oldbills, round-the-clock electric-ity, teaching of Constitution ofIndia in all government-runschools, waiver off farmers’loans, providing crop pricewithin 24 hours in famers’bank account, hike in sugar-cane state administered priceevery year, payment of sugar-cane price immediately after itsunloading at sugar mills, Rs 1crore compensation to each ofthe martyred army man/police-man and government job to amember of the family, Rs 1crore as compensation to thosewho lost their lives in COVID-19 duty along with governmentjob to a member of the family.
Singh further said the AAPwould set up village clinics andmohalla clinics in each villageand mohalla, form a specialpolicy to resolve the issues
related to Bundelkhand andPurvanchal, give UP youths 80per cent reservation in govern-ment jobs, complete teachers’
recruitment for 97,000 postswithin a month after formingthe government, appoint eligi-ble candidates in compliance
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Altogether 623 candidatesare in the fray for 58
assembly seats in western UttarPradesh going to polls in thefirst phase where polling isscheduled on February 10.
On the last day of with-drawal of papers on Thursday,35 candidates withdrew theirnominations, ElectionCommission of India sourceshere said on Thursday.
A total of 810 candidateshad filed their nominations andpapers of 152 were rejectedduring scrutiny.
In the first phase, the high-est number of candidates (15each) are in Mathura andMuzaffarnagar while there are14 candidates each inGhaziabad, Dadri, Bah andEtmadpur assembly con-stituencies. The lowest of sixcandidates each are in the frayfrom Baraut and Baldev assem-bly seats.
Meanwhile, in the secondphase of nominations for 55seats where polling is scheduledon February 14, 412 nomina-tions have been filed till nowwith 260 nominations filed onThursday. Friday is the last dayfor filling of nominations forthe second phase polls. In thethird phase of nominationsfor 59 seats where polling willbe held on February 20, now 42papers have been filed so farwith 41 filed on Thursday.
In the fourth phase ofnominations which com-menced on Thursday,14 candi-dates have filed their papers.
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Bahujan Samaj Party chiefMayawati lashed out at the
Uttar Pradesh and Bihar gov-ernments, holding themresponsible for prevailingpoverty and unemployment inrespective states.
Attacking the BharatiyaJanata Party over protests byrailway job aspirants in UttarPradesh and Bihar, Mayawatiasked the saffron party tochange its “narrow mindset ofmaking the youth sell pakoras”.
The BSP chief took toTwitter to target the BJP overissues of unemployment andpoverty.
“There has been a hugeuproar in Uttar Pradesh andBihar over UPTNT and nowover Railways' RRB-NTPCresults, which is a proof of thefailure of the governments.Beating up poor and unem-ployed youths for protesting,and playing with their future istotally unjustified,” Mayawatitweeted in Hindi on Thursday.
The BSP chief furtheradded, “Due to the wrong poli-cies of the government, pover-ty and unemployment havereached their nadir.Government jobs and reserva-tion facilities in them havebecome secondary. In such asituation, it is unjust to not havethe examination even for smallgovernment jobs for years. TheBJP should change its narrowmindset of making the youthsell ‘pakoras' (snacks).”
Mayawati's remark was adig at Prime Minister NarendraModi's comments made duringa 2018 interview to a TV newschannel where he said that sell-ing pakoras was also a form of
employment and could be seenas a form of “job creation”.
Meanwhile, thousands ofjob aspirants, unemployedyouths and students are cur-rently protesting againstRailway Recruitment Board(RRB) and non-technical pop-ular categories (NTPC) examsfollowing the change in theexamination pattern of NTPCexaminations. On Wednesday,a passenger train was set on fireand another pelted with stonesduring protests against the‘irregularities’ in RRB-NTPCExam 2021 in Bihar.
Later, Railway MinisterAshwini Vaishnaw urged jobaspirants not to destroy publicproperty. The Railway ministryalso decided to suspend NTPCand Level 1 exams in the wakeof protests across the country.Hundreds of protestors hadsquatted on rail tracks at sev-eral places on Tuesday, ham-pering train movement acrossBihar.
Several trains had to becancelled or run on alternative
routes in view of the protests.Meanwhile, Mayawati
announced six more candi-dates for the assembly electionson Thursday.
The tickets of some candi-dates already announced havealso been changed. Earlier shehad announced 51 candidates.Till now she has announced117 candidates. Of these can-didates, 41 belong to theMuslim community.
Even before the nomina-tion for the UP assembly elec-tions, many BSP candidates arefacing setbacks.
The BSP has changed can-didates for Dhampur seat inBijnor and Kundarki seat inMoradabad.
In the list of candidatesreleased by the party,Moolchand Chauhan has beengiven a ticket from Dhampur inBijnor. Earlier, the party hadmade Kamal Ahmed its candi-date from there.
At the same time, the partyhas declared MohammadRizwan as the its candidate inplace of Haji Chandbabu Malikfrom Kundarki assembly seat ofBareilly.
BSP has fielded YusufKhan from Nawabganj inBareilly. Shalini Singh fromFaridpur reserved seat ofBareilly, Brimanand Sharmafrom Bareilly and ChandraketuMaurya from Dadraul assem-bly seat of Shahjahanpur.
Releasing the list of candi-dates, party's national generalsecretary Mevalal Gautam saidthat the list of candidates wasreleased for the second phaseof elections on January 22. Hesaid some changes had beenmade in it and a new list wasbeing issued.
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Campaigning for the firstphase of polls for 58 seats
covering 11 districts in westernUttar Pradesh has picked upand is set to decide the fate ofnine ministers in the presentYogi Adityanath government.
Thursday was the last dayfor withdrawal of nominationsin the first phase.
The ruling Bharatiya JanataParty’s campaign is being led byUnion ministers Amit Shahand Rajnath Singh. Besides,Chief Minister Yogi Adityanathand his two deputies KeshavPrasad Maurya and Dr DineshSharma, have been holdingdoor-to-door campaigning towoo voters.
Samajwadi Party presidentAkhilesh Yadav and RashtriyaLok Dal chief JayantChaudhary will hold a pressconference in Muzaffarnagaron Friday before campaigning.
On her part, BahujanSamaj Party presidentMayawati will hold a publicmeeting in Agra on February 2.
A minister in the Yogi cab-inet, Atul Garg, is in the frayfrom Ghaziabad City assemblyseat. In the 2017 elections,Garg had defeated BSP candi-date Suresh Bansal by a marginof 70,055 votes to win the seat.
Besides, BJP's candidatefrom Thana Bhawan seat inShamli, Suresh Rana isSugarcane Minister in the Yogigovernment. Rana won thisseat for the first time in 2012 bydefeating Ashraf Ali Khan ofthe RLD by merely 265 votes.
UP Power MinisterShrikant Sharma is an MLAfrom Mathura City seat. In2017, he defeated three-timeCongress MLA PradeepMathur by a huge margin.Congress had won the Mathuraassembly seat for 15 years from2002 to 2017.
In the last elections Sharmasecured 1.43 lakh votes whileMathur could muster only42,200 votes.
Also, former ChiefMinister Kalyan Singh’s grand-son and minister of state in theYogi government, SandeepSingh, has filed his nominationpapers from Atrauli assemblyseat of Aligarh which has beena pocket borough for the fam-ily as Kalyan Singh had won 11times from there. In the 2017elections, Sandeep won bymore than 50,000 votes.
UP Forest andEnvironment Minister AnilSharma is in the fray fromShikarpur assembly seat ofBulandshahr, which is consid-ered a BJP stronghold and theparty has won this seat fivetimes so far. In 2017, AnilSharma won by defeatingMukul Upadhyay of the BSP bymore than 50,000 votes, afterwhich Sharma was made aminister of state in the Yogigovernment.
Also in the fray in the firstphase is another minister inYogi government, Kapil DevAgarwal, who is trying hisluck from Muzaffarnagar Sadarassembly seat which he won in2017 after defeating GauravSwarup Bansal of SamajwadiParty by a margin of 10,704votes.
Also, UP Minister of Statefor Flood Control DineshKhatik is contesting fromHastinapur assembly seat in
Meerut. He contested the seatfor the first time in 2017 andwon it defeating BSP candidateYogesh Verma.
Minister of State for SocialWelfare Dr Giriraj SinghDharmesh won theCantonment assembly seat ofAgra by a margin of 45,000votes in the 2017 election.Earlier in 2012, he had lost theseat by a margin of 5,000 votes.
Dairy and AnimalHusbandry MinisterChaudhary Laxmi Narayan hasfiled his nomination fromMathura's Chhatta assemblyseat from where he had won in2017 defeating former ministerThakur Tejpal andIndependent candidate AtulSingh Sisodia. In 1996, LaxmiNarayan reached the assemblyafter winning on a Congressticket but in 2007, Chaudharyswitched allegiance and waselected as an MLA on a BSPticket.
Lucknow (PNS): AamAadmi Party issued the fourthlist containing 40 candidatesthat includes a doctor, a PhDscholar, five law graduatesand 13 graduates.
AAP leader and RajyaSabha member Sanjay Singhtweeted the list. As of now theAAP has announced 243 partycandidates from different con-stituencies of Uttar Pradesh.
UP AAP presidentSabhajeet Singh said that theparty was giving preference toeducated and Other BackwardClass candidates in the elec-tion.
"People are angry withthe previous governments andthe incumbent ruling party asthey did nothing except mak-ing tall claims. Our partyworkers would meet peopleand tell them about AAP’sDelhi model of governanceand development works car-ried out by the Kejriwal gov-ernment in the last five years.They will also tell the votersabout the ‘Kejriwal guaranteescheme,” Singh said.
The AAP leader furthersaid that the party was field-ing educated people to projecta clean image amid the hotdebate on inclusion of candi-dates with shady antecedentsby rival political parties.
“Our poll plank is to high-light the Kejriwal model ofgovernance instead of manip-ulating castes, splurgingmoney and showing off mus-cle power,” he said.
Meanwhile, hitting out atthe Bharatiya Janata partygovernment for trying topoliticise Pakistan and MAJinnah to reap electoral ben-efits, Singh referred to thecomments made by severalBJP leaders against SamajwadiParty leader Akhilesh Yadav.The AAP leader said that heagreed with Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath that Pakistanwas India’s enemy numberone and therefore, evenNarendra Modi should nothave made an unscheduledand uninvited stop at Pakistansoon after becoming primeminister.
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Turncoats from BahujanSamaj Party and ministers
in the Yogi Adityanath govern-ment who recently switchedsides figured in the third list ofSamajwadi Party as the partyreleased a list of 56 candidatesfor the UP assembly electionson Thursday.
Former minister DaraSingh Chauhan, who resignedfrom the Yogi cabinet andjoined the SP, has been fieldedfrom the Ghosi assembly seatof Mau district.
Besides, former ministerArvind Singh 'Gope' has beengiven a ticket from Dariyabadin Barabanki and Om PrakashSingh from Zamania inGhazipur district.
Veteran SP leader andleader of the opposition in UPassembly, Ram GovindChaudhary, will contest fromBansdih constituency in Balliadistrict. Three-time MPTufani Saroj has been fieldedfrom Kerakat seat in Jaunpurdistrict.
The Samajwadi Party hasrepeated nine sitting MLAs.Sitting MLA Dharmaraj SinghYadav 'Suresh’ has been field-ed from Barabanki, AshutoshUpadhyaya from Bhatpar Rani(Deoria), Sangram Singh Yadavfrom Atrauliya, Nafees Ahmadfrom Gopalpur in Azamgarh,Durga Prasad Yadav fromAzamgarh, Alambadi fromNizamabad (all in Azamgarh),Shailendra Yadav Lalai from
Shahganj (Jaunpur), LuckyYadav from Malhani (Faizabad)and Virendra Yadav fromJangipur (Ghazipur).
The party has named eightBahujan Samaj Party turn-coats, including two rebelMLAs, Lalji Verma and RamAchal Rajbhar. While Vermahas been given a ticket fromKatehari, Rajbhar will contestfrom Akbarpur. Both theseats are in Ambedkar Nagardistrict.
The other BSP turncoatsfielded by the SP include DaudAhmad from Mohammadi(Lakhimpur), TribhuvanDutt from Alapur, RakeshPandey from Jalalpur (both inAmbedkar Nagar district),Sayeeda Khatoon fromDomariyaganj (SiddharthNagar), Vinay Tiwarifrom Chillupar (Gorakhpur)and Ramakant Yadavfrom Phoolpur Pawai(Azamgarh).
The SP has also fielded for-mer minister YashpalChaudhary’s son VarunChaudhary from Dhaurahraconstituency in LakhimpurKheri district.
Also, veteran SP leaderBeni Prasad Verma’s sonRakesh Verma, has been field-ed from Kursi assembly seat inBarabanki district.
Among other candidates,the party has named PadamrajSingh Pammu from Sawaijpur,Rambali Verma from Balamau(both in Hardoi), MohammadNaeem Gujjar from Tiloi
(Amethi), Girijesh fromBabaganj (Pratapgarh), PujaPal from Chayal (Kaushambi),Murtaza Siddiqui fromPhoolpur (Allahabad), FareedMehfooz Kidwai fromRamnagar (Barabanki), AbhaySingh from Gosaiganj(Faizabad), KK Ojha fromMahsi (Bahraich), Dr SP Yadavfrom Gaisadi and JagramPaswan from Balrampur.
The SP has fielded VijayKumar from Kapilvastu, veter-an leader Mata Prasad Pandeyfrom Itwa (both in SiddharthNagar), Kajal Nishad fromCampierganj, AmrendraNishad from Pipraich, VijayBahadur from Gorakhpur(Rural), Yashpal Rawat fromSahjanwa, Roopwati fromKhajani, Dr Sanjay Kumarfrom Bansgaon (all inGorakhpur), Brahma ShankarTripathi from Pathardewa,Ghazala from RampurKarkhana (both in Deoria),Kamlakant Rajbhar fromDidarganj and Bechai Sarojfrom Lalganj (both inAzamgarh).
In Ballia, the party hasfielded Ziyauddin Rizvi fromSikanderpur and SangramSingh from Phephna, BabaDubey from Badlapur(Jaunpur), Prabhunath Singhfrom Sakaldiha (Chandauli),Zahid Beg from Bhadohi,Avinash Kushwaha fromRobertsganj, Sunil Singh Gaurfrom Obra and Vijay SinghGaur from Duddhi (all inSonbhadra district).
L u c k n o w ( P N S ) :Notification for the fourthphase of Uttar Pradesh assem-bly polls in the Awadh region,including Lucknow, wasissued by the ElectionCommission of India inLucknow on Thursday.
A total of 59 assemblyseats will go to the polls in thefourth phase on February 23.
With the issuance of thenotification, the process of fil-ing nomination papers for 59seats in nine districts ofPilibhit, Lakhimpur Kheri,Sitapur, Hardoi, Unnao,Lucknow, Rae Bareli, Bandaand Fatehpur has begun. Ofthese seats, 16 assembly seatsare reserved for ScheduledCaste candidates.
Chief Electoral Officer ofUP, Ajay Kumar Shukla, saidon Thursday that there weremore than 2.12 crore voters inthe fourth phase, including1.14 crore males, 98.86 lakhfemales and 972 belonging tothe third gender.
As per the election sched-ule, the last date for filing ofnominations for the fourthphase is February 3. Scrutinyof nominations will be doneon February 4 and the last
date for withdrawal isFebruary 7. The fourth phasepolling will be held onFebruary 23 and countingwill take place on March 10.
The 59 assembly seatsgoing to polls in the fourthphase are Pilibhit, Barkheda,Puranpur (SC), Bisalpur, Palia,Nighasan, Gola Gokarnath,Srinagar (SC), Dhaurhara,Lakhimpur, Kasta (SC),Mohammadi, Maholi, Sitapur,Hargaon (SC), Laharpur,Biswan, Sevata,Mahmudabad, Sidhauli(SC),Misrikh (SC), Sawaijpur,Shahabad, Hardoi, Gopamau(SC), Sandi (SC), Bilgram-Mallawan, Balamau (SC),Sandila, Bangarmau, Safipur(SC), Mohan (SC), Unnao,Bhagwantnagar, Purva,Malihabad (SC), Bakshi KaTalab, Sarojininagar, LucknowWest, Lucknow North,Lucknow East, LucknowCentral, LucknowCantonment, Mohanlalganj(SC), Bachhrawan (SC),Harchandpur, Rae Bareli,Sareni, Unch Shahar,Tindwari, Baberu, Naraini(SC), Banda, Jehanabad,Bindki, Fatehpur, Ayahshah,Hussainganj and Khaga (SC).
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He said the AAP govern-ment would ensure a mini-mum stipend of Rs 25,000 toteachers of private schools forteaching work, provide legalguarantee to MSP and name itMSP guarantee law, provide Rs50,000 per hectare compensa-tion in case of loss of crops dueto flood and other naturalcalamities, Rs 2,000 asallowance to those helping acci-dent victim in reaching hospi-tal under Farishtey Scheme,identity cards to all vendors andRs 10 lakh insurance to each ofthem and regularisation in gov-ernment jobs of agitatingShiksha Mitras by resolvingtheir demands.
Singh said the AAP govern-ment would fulfill the promis-es on forming a government inUP and appealed to the publicto give AAP a chance.
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Lucknow (PNS): On thefirst day of filing of nominationsfor the nine Assembly con-stituencies of Lucknow onThursday, two candidates filedtheir papers at the Collectorate.
They included LallanKumar, the media convener ofUP Congress who filed hispapers for the Bakshi Ka Talabseat and Ajay Kumar Singhfrom Rashtriya RashtravadiParty who filed his papers forLucknow Cantonment seat.
District Election OfficerAbhishek Prakash informed thatnine nomination forms weredistributed for the Malihabadconstituency, 14 for BKT, 15from Sarojininagar, 21 forLucknow West, 15 for LucknowNorth, 13 for Lucknow East, 12from Lucknow Central, 14 forLucknow Cantonment and 10for Mohanlalganj. Lallan Kumarwho has filed papers as aCongress candidate is a residentof River View Enclave.
As per his affidavit, thegross value of his movable assetsis Rs 1,67,46,890.60 and that ofhis spouse is Rs 82,76,814.97.The current market value of hisimmovable assets is Rs1,15,00,000 and of his wife, Rs2,15,00,000. The grand total ofhis liabilities are Rs 1,16, 23,552and of his spouse Rs 52,53,516.
Lallan, who has done man-agement development pro-gramme from IIM-Lucknowsaid that he was standing forelections because there wereseveral problems which BKTfaced. “There are several prob-lems like unemployment, farm-ers’ protests and problems ofhouses, water and we want toimprove the situation,” he said.
Talking about the cases reg-istered against him, Lallan saidthat they were primarily ofpolitical rivalry. Lallan said thathe was associated with theCongress because he was essen-tially a Gandhiwadi and hadbeen with the Congress party forthe past 14-15 years.
Meanwhile, 50 year old AjayKumar Singh, a resident ofAlambagh, filed his nominationfor Lucknow Cantonment seatas a candidate of RashtriyaRashtrawadi Party.
As per the affidavit filed byhim the total gross value of his
movable assets is Rs 15,38,750and that of his spouse, Rs8,97,540. The current marketvalue of his immovable assets isRs 90,00,000 and of his spouse,Rs 65,00,000. His liabilities areRs 35,000. He is a graduate fromDr Rajendra Prasad HindiVidyapith Devghar in Bihar.
Nominations began for thenine assembly constituencies ofthe Lucknow district amidstsecurity and Covid protocols onTuesday.
District Election OfficerAbhishek Prakash said that thenomination papers processwould continue from January 27to February 3 between 11 amand 3 pm. He said that no nom-ination would be accepted onJanuary 30 it being Sunday.
Prakash said for the success-ful and peaceful conduct ofnominations as well as maintain-ing the Covid protocols, barri-cades had been put up at sixcrossings -- near Revenue Board,Health Directorate crossing,treasury gate and all gatesincluding those inside theCollectorate and DFMDmachines had been installed.
He said no weapons wereallowed in the Collectorate anda Covid help desk was set up onthe premises. He said two video-graphers had been posted inshifts for each constituency andthey would videograph theentire process of nominationswhile CCTV cameras had alsobeen installed both inside andoutside the Collectorate and apublic address system had beeninstalled through which direc-tions for nominations would beannounced. The nominationsfor Malihabad seat would befiled in room number 19 of theDM’s court for Bakshi Ka Talabin room number 20, forSarojininagar in room Number21, for Lucknow West in roomNumber 22, for Lucknow Northin room number 2 in the courtof ADM Trans-Gomti, forLucknow East in room number3 in the court of ADM (J), forLucknow Central in room num-ber 6 of ADM 1, for LucknowCantonment in room number 4in the court of deputy collector(revenue) and for Mohanlalganjin room number 5 in the courtof ACM (5).
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students’ organisations, onThursday, staged protest atLucknow University against theRRB NTPC results and policelathi-charge on students inPrayagraj.
The AISA, NSUI and
Samajwadi Chhatra Sabhastaged a protest on Thursday atLucknow University against thealleged irregularities in theresults of RRB NTPC exams andagainst the crackdown andrepression of protesting stu-dents in Uttar Pradesh and
Bihar. A student from the protest-
ers said that in 2019, just beforethe Lok Sabha elections, theRailways had issued graduate-level vacancies on a large scalefor 21 Railway Boards, underwhich 35,277 appointments
were to be made for seven postsincluding those of station mas-ter, guard and ticket collector(TC).
The students marchingfrom LU gate No.1 towards ITCollege were stopped by thepolice forces midway.
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The death toll in the hoochtragedy in Paharpur village
of Maharajganj Kotwali area inRae Bareli climbed to almost adozen, even as eight police andexcise officials were suspendedand a probe was ordered in thematter.
District Magistrate of RaeBareli, Vaibhav Srivastava, saidthat there was a programme inPaharpur village on January 25,in which some people drankalcohol after which severalpeople got sick. As per reports,more than 15 people were illafter drinking alcohol and most
were undergoing treatment inDistrict Hospital, Rae Bareli.
According to the villagers,some locals drank liquorbought from a Paharpur liquorcontractor but soon their con-dition started deteriorating,after which every affected per-son was taken to the commu-nity health centre atMaharajganj late in the night.
Residents of Paharpur vil-lage identified as Saroj (40),Ramsumer (50), Sukhrani (45),Bansi (45), Pankaj Singh,Chandrapal, Kasim, Rambabu,Bachai and Kallu died in theCHC.
However, Lucknow
Divisional CommissionerRanjan Kumar confirmed thedeath of only six people onWednesday. He said that thevillagers said that they hadbought liquor from a govern-ment shop to consume it. Hesaid that some other peoplewho fell ill after drinking liquorwere admitted to the localcommunity health centre.
Kumar said that a casewas registered against thelicensed liquor shopkeeper andliquor samples were collectedand an investigation had start-ed. After the tragedy, the exciseinspector and the shop staffhad been found prima facie
guilty and action would betaken against them, he added.
IG, Lucknow Range, LaxmiSingh also reached the villageto take stock of the situation.Authorities have ordered thesuspension of eight officers,including five policemen ofRae Bareli and three officers ofthe Excise department.
Additional Chief Secretary(Excise) Sanjay R Bhoosreddysaid that taking cognisance ofthe incident, Narayan KumarKushwaha, in-charge ofMaharajganj police station, RajKumar in-charge of police out-post, Rae Bareli police consta-bles Ratnesh Kumar Rai,
Brajesh Kumar Yadav andShivnarayan Pal were sus-pended. He said that Rae BareliSub-Excise Officer RajeshwarMaurya, Excise Inspector AjayKumar and excise constableDhirendra Srivastava were alsosuspended after the incident.
Bhoosreddy said that anFIR would also be registeredagainst those involved in theincident under sections of 272(adulteration in food anddrink), 273 (sale of harmfulfood and drink), of the ExciseAct and Section 304 (culpablehomicide not amounting tomurder) of the Indian PenalCode.
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Accusing the opposition ofmisleading the people of
Uttar Pradesh, Deputy ChiefMinister Dr Dinesh said thatthe opposition, being issueless,was indulging itself in makingfalse statements.
Addressing media personsin Lucknow on Thursday,Sharma said, “In the last fiveyears, Uttar Pradesh has madeleaps in every aspect of devel-opment, leaving the oppositionhigh and dry. The BharatiyaJanata Party has established anew identity of the state withease of doing business. If 100mobile phones are made in thecountry, 70 of them are madein Uttar Pradesh which cannow boast of having Asia'slargest data centre.”
“We have improved theimage of Uttar Pradesh bychanging the educational envi-ronment and bringing ininvestments. Today, the migra-tion of talent has stoppedowing to ample opportunities
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The Saharanpur police on Thursdayarrested two people for allegedly
beating a journalist to death after a roadrage incident in the district onWednesday.
According to the police, the jour-nalist, who was on a motorcycle, overtooka car in which three persons were seat-ed. Enraged by this, the three menallegedly thrashed the journalist.
"The victim, a resident of Chilkanaand a reporter, was coming towardsSaharanpur on his motorcycle and over-took an Alto car in which three personswere seated. There was a fight over over-taking. The victim was thrashed by thethree men, causing serious injury," saidSaharanpur Superintendent of PoliceRajesh Kumar.
"The victim was taken to a nearbyhospital where he succumbed to hisinjuries. The occupants of the car fled thespot. We have arrested two accused, fur-ther legal action is being ensured," the SPadded.
The incident took place onWednesday evening. The victim wasidentified as Sudhir Saini while the twoaccused held by the police were identi-fied as Jahangir and Farman.
A case has been registered under rel-evant sections of the Indian PenalCode in the Sikri police station ofSaharanpur.
Taking cognisance of the incident,Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath-ledUttar Pradesh government has sought areport from the district administrationand has issued instructions to take thestrictest action against the accused per-sons, informed the Chief Minister'sOffice.
for meritorious students. In the upcoming assembly
elections, the BJP will break itsown record by winning maxi-mum seats while oppositionparties, including SamajwadiParty, Bahujan Samaj Partyand Congress together wouldnot reach even three digits.”
Sharma further said thatearlier there used to be migra-tion of talent from UttarPradesh. "Now, due to proac-tive steps taken by the YogiAdityanath government inthe education sector in fiveyears, people from morethan 14 countries are cominghere to study and teach. Happyteachers, stress-free students,employment-oriented educa-tion and fair examinationsare the four objectives thatour government workedupon," the deputy chief min-ister said.
Sharma said that earliercopying and exam centre allot-ment had become an industry.“We made the arrangementonline. As many as 1.94 lakhCCTV cameras were installedwhich resulted in a transparentexamination system. Also, atime table was prepared for thewhole year for studies in col-leges and schools. For the firsttime after independence, thecurriculum was changed to
make it employment-oriented.UP led the country in onlineeducation and examinationand created an online libraryduring the COVID-19 period.Sanskrit teachers were appoint-ed in secondary schools.Students of Sanskrit whosecured the first ten positionswere provided Re 1 lakh and atablet each while the processwas on to set up a Sanskritdirectorate in the state," he said.
“Besides, 1.5 lakh teacherswere appointed in a transpar-ent manner in basic, secondaryand higher education while theremaining posts would be filledsoon. In the secondary schools,about 6,000 posts were creat-ed simultaneously. A total of250 secondary schools, 78degree colleges have been setup and 12 universities are inthe process of being set up.What is more, for the first timesince independence, collegeteachers were given the right toconduct research.
A total of 1.3 lakh basicschools were renovated underOperation Kayakalp, 771Kasturba schools were beingrun. Uniforms, shoes, socksand copy books were distrib-uted free of cost to the children.Girls’ hostels were started in107 development blocks,”Sharma claimed.
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The positivity rate in Lucknow dis-trict for coronavirus infection has
come down to 14 per cent. It was 23 percent on January 19, 2022 and hasdecreased considerably.
A senior official from the CMOoffice said 16,000 Covid tests werebeing conducted per day in the districtand the focused testing had just beencompleted.
“This is a clear decrease in the pastone week,” he said.
On being asked whether theyexpected an increase in the number ofcases in the rural areas now that therewas a dip in the urban areas, he saidthat it was unlikely.
He admitted that the positivity ratewas just the right way of estimatingthe drop in the number of COVID-19cases because it gave the number ofpersons testing positive per hundredtests.
In case of vaccination, Lucknowhas already completed over 70 lakhCovid vaccinations with the first doseof the vaccine being given to 38.1 lakhand the second dose to 29.8 lakh peo-ple. Uttar Pradesh has administered thefirst dose to 98.58 per cent of the eli-gible population and the second dosecoverage is 66.87 per cent. Lucknowstands third in terms of the second dosecoverage after Shahjahanpur (95.4 percent) and Gautam Buddha Nagar(83.93 per cent).
Meanwhile, Organised MedicineAcademic Guild (OMAG) president DrIshwar Gilada said that the pan Indiapicture of whether the cases would risein the rural areas would become clearin the next one week.
“There has been a slight increasein the COVID19 cases in the peril-urban and semi urban areas in the lasttwo days in the country. In all the metro
cities across the country there has beena decrease in the number of cases butthe tier two cities are showing anincrease,” he said.
Dr Gilada said that with a midweekholiday and people tending to travel,there was likely to be less testing in theentire week across the country.
“Since the picture will not be cleartill then on whether there will be a rise
in the figures or not one has to rely onthe positivity rate. If the positivity rategoes down further in the next week, itwill mean that the cases are decreasingand if it increases then the cases areincreasing,” he said.
However, he stressed that in twoweeks’ time everything was likely to beover and till then it was a wait andwatch situation.
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The 73rd Republic Day wascelebrated with much fan-
fare and enthusiasm in thecity.
District MagistrateAbhishek Prakash unfurled theflag at the Collectorate.Amongst those present includ-ed officials from the districtadministration and the staff ofthe Collectorate.
He offered floral tributes toMahatma Gandhi and thenadministered the pledge to theofficials that they would takethe voting percentage of thedistrict to a record level andthat Covid protocols would befollowed.
SGPGIMS Director RKDhiman unfurled the nationalflag on the institute buildingand spoke about the achieve-ments which the institute hadmade in the past one year.
KGMU Vice-ChancellorDr Bipin Puri unfurled thenational flag on the occasion ofRepublic Day at the medicaluniversity and spoke about themanner in which the institutewas marching forward.
Uttar Pradesh Metro RailCorporation (UPMRC) cele-brated the 73rd Republic Daywith full enthusiasm at itsadministrative building. Onthis occasion, UPMRCManaging Director unfurledthe Tricolour and offered salu-tations. The managing director,directors and officials paidtributes to the freedom fightersand architects of theConstitution.
UPMRC ManagingDirector Kumar Keshav in hisaddress, expressed gratitudeto the security personnel, frontline workers, doctors and coro-na warriors for serving thecountry with full dedicationduring the pandemic. He alsopaid homage to the martyrsand freedom fighters.
As a precursor event to 75Years of Independence 'Azadika Amrit Mahotsav', LucknowMetro through an exhibitionshowcased India's ordeal fromBritish India to today's shining
India.At the Lucknow University,
Vice-Chancellor Prof Alok Raiunfurled the national flag.
The Social Work Students’Council and The Literary Clubof the LU Social WorkDepartment organised anonline quiz and an Open Micsession on Wednesday. Thename of this event was“Obeisance”. All the facultymembers, research scholarsand students participated inthis online event with fullenthusiasm through GoogleMeet platform.
Post-graduate studentShivangi Trivedi was the mod-erator and Prateek Agrahari theco-moderator of the eventwhich started with a welcomeaddress. Later, the quiz andOpen Mic session was con-ducted.
The quiz was based onquestions related to theRepublic Day of India. The par-ticipants were prepared verywell and displayed good knowl-edge on the topic. The OpenMic session was full of energyand students put forward theirviews in the session. Pankhurisang a song on the occasion ofRepublic Day while poetry waspresented by Deepak Prashantwith some other participants.
The 73rd Republic Daywas celebrated with great pompat Babasaheb BhimraoAmbedkar University inLucknow.
A yoga session was organ-ised jointly by the university'sNCC unit, Department of Yogaand Yoga Wellness Centre at 7in the morning, in which teach-ers, students and NCC cadetsof the university, along withVice-Chancellor AcharyaSanjay Singh, performed SuryaNamaskar together.
After this, the vice-chan-cellor unfurled the national flagafter garlanding the statue ofBabasaheb BhimraoAmbedkar. A march past andtableaux were taken out by theNSS Unit, NCC Unit, SecurityGuard, Azadi Ka AmritMahotsav Committee, EkBharat Shreshtha BharatCommittee, Unnat BharatAbhiyan Team, GenderChampion Team. The wel-come address was given byRegistrar Prof S Victor Babu.
Colonel Samar Vijay Singh,the chief guest at the RepublicDay celebrations, exhorted thestudents to dream and workhard to fulfill those dreams ofthe nation. He said that whenone sets a goal and puts allenergy in achieving it, then suc-
cess definitely comes andbrings immense satisfactionand joy. Sharing his life expe-riences, he spoke about theMahar regiment formed onthe suggestion of Babasahebwho served the country byserving as the captain in theMahar regiment.
Teachers and researchscholars of the university whoperformed better in variouscategories were awarded. In thecategory of Research andAcademic Excellence Award2022, Dr Aditya Khamparia, DrBabita Pandey and Prof RAKhan were awarded for com-puter, information communi-cation. Dr Sufia Ahmed andProf Sanjeev Chadha wereawarded in education, legal,HR and management cate-gories. Dr RN Bhargava, Dr PSRajnikanth and Prof RamChandra were awarded in lifesciences.
NCC Best Cadets Girls’Awards were given to HarshitaSingh, Komal Verma, SrishtiMishra. NCC Best CadetsBoys’ Awards were given toVikrant and Zeeshan Ansari.Ankur Singh, Ashutosh Kumar,Dheeraj Kumar, MohammadNoor Alam, MohammadZeeshan Ansari, PrabhatKumar, Roop Chandra Tiwari,Sanjay Kumar, Shahbaz Shahi,Vivek Kumar, Vikas Sonkar,Vikrant Deep Singh wererewarded for their better per-formance in the field of sports.Best employee (non-teaching)awards were to Sandhya Dixit,Munni Devi, Chhotey Lal,Alambusha, Pradeep Kumarand Dr Rachana Gangwar
Swati Yadav, a student ofthe National Service Schemeunit of Babasaheb BhimraoAmbedkar Central University,participated in the RepublicDay Parade at Rajpath thisyear.
The Republic Day was cel-ebrated with much enthusiasmat St Joseph College,Malihabad. The programmewas telecast live on YouTube forthe students. BSF AssistantCommandant Swadheen Naikwas the special guest.
Lucknow (PNS): Even as therecovery rate has shown an improve-ment, at least 20 people died ofCOVID-19 in the last 24 hours asUttar Pradesh logged 8,901 new caseson Thursday. However, during the cor-responding period, 16,786 peoplerecovered from the viral infection.
At present, there are 72,393 activecases in the state. “More than 98 percent of people are recovering at homewith minor symptoms,” Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath said.
During a meeting of Team 9 inLucknow on Thursday, the chief min-ister said that there was a steadydecline in the number of active casesand positivity rate. He said that morethan 25.34 crore Covid vaccinationshad been administered in the statecovering more than 98.58 per cent ofthe adult population with the first doseof the vaccine so far, while 66.87 percent of the people had received bothdoses.
"Our target is to administer thefirst dose to 100 per cent of the pop-ulation and the second dose to near-ly 75 per cent of the eligible citizensby January 31. In any case, it should
be ensured that every resident of thestate gets the vaccine cover before vot-ing," Yogi said. Of the more than 1.40lakh adolescents in the age group of15-17, 85.21 lakh or 61 per cent havegot the vaccine cover. Similarly, as perthe target till January 31, 73 per centof the eligible people will also receivethe booster dose.
Meanwhile, as many as 1,491people tested positive for novel coro-navirus infection while 2,777 COVID-19 patients recovered in the state cap-ital in the last 24 hours. Giving thisinformation, Yogesh Raghuvanshifrom the CMO office said thatamongst those who tested positivewere 962 males and 733 females.
He said those who tested positiveincluded 96 travellers, 527 contacts,401 with influenza-like illness patients,64 pre-surgery cases, 12 healthcareworkers and 16 in the CommandHospital. Among those who testedpositive, 235 were in Chinhat, 269 inAliganj, 219 in Alambagh, 144 inIndiranagar, 135 in Silver JubileeCollege area, 113 in Sarojininagar, 116at NK Road, 55 in Red Cross area and83 at Tudiaganj.
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An under trial prisonerescaped from police cus-
tody from King George’sMedical College hospital wherehe was admitted after he inflict-ed injuries in his neck onJanuary 26.
The accused was identifiedas Satveer Singh, who wasbooked for murder and loot byVibhuti Khand police of GomtiNagar and also was named ina case in Gonda district.
The police lodged a reportagainst the accused and alsoregistered a case against the twoconstables, Ravi Kumar andYogesh Kumar, who wereguarding him for dereliction ofduty.
The police teams are hunt-ing for the accused.
As per reports, Satveer hadinjured himself by slashing hisneck with a disposable blade inthe night of January 18 in theLucknow district jail. He wasadmitted to jail hospital but thehospital authorities referredhim to KGMU where he wasbrought on January 19 andadmitted for some days. For thesecurity purpose, constablesAnkur and Arvind weredeployed in day duty shift(from 9 am to 9 pm) and con-stables Ravi Kumar and YogeshKumar in night shift (from 9pm to 9 am).
However, the jail officialsreceived information around 9am on January 26 that Satveerhad escaped from the policecustody when constables RaviKumar and Yogesh Kumarwere taking charge from theirfellow constables.
A team led by Sub-Inspector Om Prakash Singhreached the KGMU for verify-ing the information and it sur-faced that Satveer escaped frompolice custody around 6:30 amon January 26.
On finding laxity on part ofconstables Ravi Kumar andYogesh Kumar, the S-I lodgeda report of dereliction of dutyagainst them.
He also lodged a reportagainst Satveer Singh.
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Five health workers wereawarded for their efforts to
train corona positive patientsand make them aware of appro-priate Covid behaviour. Duringthe Amrit Mahotsav ceremonyorganised at Pandit DeendayalUpadhyay (DDU) GovernmentHospital on the occasion ofRepublic Day here onWednesday, Chief MedicalOfficer (CMO) Dr SandeepChaudhary honoured thesefive ‘Covid Winners’ of the dis-trict with citation for their sig-nificant contribution to the‘Covid Winner Intervention’programme conducted in col-laboration with UNICEF underthe aegis of the HealthDepartment.
These felicitated five healthworkers were Rani Kunwar,Rajesh Gupta, Deepak Gupta,Ashok Kumar and DHEIOHarivansh Yadav. Their appre-ciation letters were sent byUNICEF UP chief RuthLascano Leano and DirectorGeneral (Health), UP, DrVedvrat Singh.
Speaking on the occasion,DHEIO Harivansh Yadav saidthat the main objective ofUNICEF’s Covid WinnerIntervention programme is toprovide mental solace to Covidpositive persons, provide men-tal health counseling, use ofyoga and decoction to homeisolation patients through tele-phone.
ACMO Dr AK Maurya,Medical Superintendent DrRK Yadav, Dr Shahid from
UNICEF and other doctorsand health workers were pre-sent.
In another programmeorganised at the office of theCMO, two government hospi-tals were honoured as the bestservice providers underPradhan Mantri Jan ArogyaYojana (PMJAY).
They were CommunityHealth Centre (CHC) of HathiBazar under ideal blockSewapuri and Pandit MadanMohan Malviya MahamanaCancer Hospital in Sunderpuras they have performed themaximum number of treat-
ments in the listed hospitals ofthe government sector. TheCHC Hathi Bazar, adopted bythe Chief Minister, has treated264 Ayushman Card beneficia-ries free of cost since April2021, while 5,644 beneficiarieshave been treated at MahamanaCancer Hospital.
Besides, during the day, ablood donation camp wasorganised in the Blood Bank ofDDU Hospital under the jointaegis of Kashi NetradanKutumbh and AkhilMadhyashiya Vaishya Sabha.Speaking on the occasion, theCMO said that blood is an
ingredient which cannot bemade. There is no other optionto supply it.
It is made in the body ofthe person itself. Many timesthe amount of blood in thebody of patients becomes solow that they need to takeblood from someone else. Insuch an emergency situation,the lives of many needy peoplecan be saved by making peopleaware about donating blood forthe supply of blood. On thisoccasion, pathologist Dr LPGupta said that donating bloodis a great charity. In this camp,40 people donated blood.
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The 73rd Republic Day wascelebrated with all patriot-
ic fervour at the Police Lines,Banaras Hindu University(BHU), Banaras LocomotiveWorks (BLW), various admin-istrative and other offices hereWednesday. At the Police Linespremises, DivisionalCommissioner (DC) DeepakAgrawal, along withCommissioner of Police (CP) ASatish Ganesh and other seniorpolice officers unfurled thenational flag and inspected theattractive parade. They alsohonoured some cops andoffered tributes to the martyrs.
In BHU, flag hoisting cer-emony was held atAmphitheatre grounds inwhich Vice-Chancellor ProfSudhir K Jain, while addressingthe function, said that there wasa need to look at Mahamana’sidea behind establishing a greatinstitution like BHU in the cur-rent context. Rector Prof VKShukla, Registrar Dr NeerajTripathi, directors of institutes,deans of faculties and otherswere also present. The V-C alsopresented Republic Day awardsin various categories at a prizedistribution ceremony organ-ised at Central Office.
At BLW Stadium, theGeneral Manager (GM)unfurled the tricolour and tookthe salute apart from inspect-ing the parade presented by thepersonnel and volunteers ofRailway Protection Force, CivilDefense, St John’s AmbulanceBrigade, Bharat Scouts andGuides Parade. She congratu-lated the BLW family for get-ting the Best Production Unitaward for the year 2020-21.BLW has been awarded theBest Production Unit Shieldjointly with RCF, Kapoorthala.
She also greeted all for rollingout 45 electric locomotivesand 51 loco set motorisedbogies during December 2021and informed that the BLW hasdedicated 9307 locomotives tothe nation since inception, ofwhich 8298 are diesel, 1000electric, 8 conversion and 1dual mode locomotive. Variouscultural programmes were alsoheld. The vote of thanks wasproposed by Public RelationsOfficer (PRO) Rajesh Kumar,while the function was con-ducted by senior translatorAmlesh Srivastava. Senior offi-cers and union representativeswere also present. Later, sheinaugurated the newly-con-structed gym at RPF Barrackand distributed various articlesto the patients at CentralHospital apart from donating arefrigerator to the hospital.
At divisional office, ANMof Urban Primary HealthCentre (UPHC) Rani Kunwarwas given honours to unfurlthe flag in presence of the DCDeepak Agrawal. DistrictMagistrate Kaushal Raj Sharmaadministered the pledge to theemployees at flag hoisting cer-emony at Collectorate. At DAVPG College, principal DrSatyadev Singh and managerAjit Kumar Singh unfurled theflag.
Postmaster General (PMG)of Varanasi Region KrishnaKumar Yadav unfurled the flagat the Regional Office at CanttHead Post Campus and alsohonoured 20 postmen for theirmeritorious services. At 11thNDRF Battalion, CommandantManoj Kumar Sharma high-lighted the importance of theday and gave citation to many
personnel including deputycommandant (Medical Officer)Dr Pankaj Gaurav inspectorRahul Kumar, assistant subinspector Hoshiyar Singh andchief constable Sm MohanSingh for their outstandingwork during rescue operations.
At Swami HarsewanandPublic School (SHPS) atBanpurwa branch, managerBaba Prakashdhyananadunfurled the tricolour flag. Hewas also the chief guest at flaghoisting ceremony at SwamiHarshankaranand Ji Hospitaland Research Centre. NamamiGange activists led by its con-venor Rajesh Shukla hoistedflags near Ganga ghats. AtAshoka Institute of Technology,chief guest Hiralal Mauryaunfurled the tricolour.Chairman Amit Maurya andothers were also present.
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The Varanasi district got arelief, as the cases of
COVID-19 decreased onThursday. The active cases alsodecreased and no death casewas reported. A total of 201people were tested positive(5.15%) taking the tally to10384, as per data made avail-able by the Health departmenton Thursday evening. At thesame time, a total of 574(74.31%) recovered from homeisolation as well as Covid hos-pitals taking the cumulative fig-ure of recovered patients to7716. So, the active cases alsodecreased to 2662 from 3036which was a day earlier. It islearnt that two deaths werereported in the district onWednesday taking the deathfigure to six. A total of 391 hadbeen tested positive a day ear-lier.
ONE INJURED ASCRANE OVERTURNS: Panic
prevailed in Kabirchaura areawhen a crane engaged in thediversion work of Shahi Nalanear Women’s Hospital, over-turned on Thursday. A paanseller sustained injury and amedical shop was partiallydamaged. The injured wasadmitted in the divisional gov-ernment hospital inKabirchaura where his condi-tion was stated to be out of dan-ger. According to the informa-tion, a new pipeline is beinglaid from Kabir Chauraha toChowkaghat to reduce theoverload of Shahi Nala. It maybe mentioned that the capac-ity of Shahi Nala is 80 MLD but120 MLD sewage water is cur-rently being dischargedthrough it. So, to reduce it’soverload, the work to lay thepipeline is being carried out forthe diversion of Sahi Nala. Infact, the diversion work isbeing carried out by the JalNigam for the last two years butthe work could not be complet-
ed till now. To carry the pipesa crane was engaged by theimplementing department. Itwas said that on on Thursdayafternoon, with the help ofcrane, the work to lay down thepipes was being carried outnear the divisional govern-ment hospital and in the mean-time, one of its vehicles slippedand the crane overturned. Apaan seller got injured and amedical shop was partiallydamaged. And it led to panicthere. The officers of the imple-menting department reachedthe site and took the stock offirst hand information aboutthe tragedy. The injured wasadmitted to the governmenthospital where his conditionwas said to be out of danger.The local police also reachedthe spot after receiving infor-mation. Later, the work wasagain started after straighten-ing the overturned crane.
SRISHTI INAUGURAT-ED: Annual cultural and liter-
ary festival of Institute ofAgricultural Sciences (IAS)‘Srishti’ was inaugurated inBanaras Hindu University(BHU) here on Thursday. Inthe beginning, Dean ofStudents Prof KK Singh,Director of the institute ProfRamesh Chand and StudentsAdvisor Prof Pawan KumarSingh garlanded the statue ofMahamana Pandit MadanMohan Malviya and lit thelamp. In his address, the chiefguest Prof KK Singh said thatin every field, we have tobecome the best. ‘The teachersand students of the institutehave presented an examplewhich others cannot evenimagine. Arts and sports arenecessary for the all-rounddevelopment of the students, asthey not only enhance the con-centration of the students intheir studies but also help themincrease their ability to thinkand acquire knowledge,’ headded.
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Nation's 73rd Republic Daywas celebrated with
grandeur, gaiety, fervor andenthusiasm at North CentralRailway Headquarters,Prayagraj. The program start-ed with the flag being unfurledby General Manager MrPramod Kumar. On this occa-sion, the General Managerinspected the parade of RailwayProtection Force, Bharat Scoutand Guides and St. JohnAmbulance Brigade. TheGeneral Manager also award-ed 18 Railway personnel fortheir outstanding performance.Awardees included KumarKaushlesh Sharma, Chief LocoInspector, Pramod Kumar,Constable Agra, Alok KumarTripathi, SSE/Signal, S SSisodiya Chief Loco Inspector,Ghanshyam Meena TrafficInspector, Vishnu KumarMeena, SSE/C&W, NandKishor Dy Ticket Inspector,Akeel Ahmad Helper, RohitKumar jha Loco Pilot, VirendraKumar Assistant DivisionalEngineer, Virendra KumarMishra SSE/Signal, PraveenKumar Movement inspector,Kanchan Grover SeniorNursing Superintendent,Dharmendra KumarSSE/Works, Rampal SSE, AjayKumar Srivastava SSE, SanjayKumar SSE, Mahendra KumarJE/Signal.
General Manager PramodKumar released the tricolorballoons with the banner ofRepublic day. During the func-tion, the General Manager gaveheartfelt greetings to all theemployees of North CentralRailway and their families onthe auspicious occasion of the73rd Republic Day of our greatnation.
General Manager’s mes-sage and program on 73rdrepublic Day was also web-castonline utilizing a YouTube link.Award function was followedby a colorful cultural programwhich included Desh Bhaktimedley group song, threegroup dance performances.
General Manager in hismessage to Railway men andwomen on the auspicious occa-sion of 73rd Republic Dayfunction said, “On the occasionof 73rd Republic Day of ournation, I convey my heartiestgreetings to the entire NorthCentral Railway family. Thisday commemorates the birth ofour Republic and adoption ofour Constitution, twenty yearsafter the declaration of "PoornaSwaraj". The great men andwomen, who fought tooth andnail for our independence andtheir persistent efforts due towhich the dream for having ourown Republic was realised,can never be forgotten. On thisday, when we are in the year ofAzadi ka Amrit Mahotsav,
along with recalling the sacri-fice and selfless service of thosegreat personalities with grati-tude, we take this opportunityto evaluate our immediate pastand look ahead for our future.
In our mission to serve thenation, North Central Railwayhas been contributing com-mendably as an important con-stituent of Indian Railways.Our efforts are being recog-nised at national as well as statelevel".
CORE MARKS R-DAYCELEBRATIONS AT ITSHQ: Central Organization forRailway Electrification (CORE)celebrated the occasion at itsHeadquarters here in Prayagraj.The CORE GM Mr YP Singhsaid, "On the auspicious occa-sion of our country’s 73rdRepublic Day, I extend mysincere congratulations andbest wishes to all officers,employees and their familymembers. This national festivalreminds us of the great leadersof our freedom movement andalso inspires us to remain grate-ful and committed towardsour Constitution. It is the dutyof all Railway men to alwaysuphold the basic tenets ofNation-First, Always-First, inour working system.
Our organisation is con-stantly striving to make thenation self-reliant with thedevelopment of the secure,efficient, environment-friend-ly transport system for theprogress of Indian Railways.The Ministry of Railways hasset a target of 6000 RKM ofelectrification in FY 2021-22out of which maximum electri-fication is being done byCORE. In spite of the chal-lenges of Covid-19 pandemicin early months of FY 21-22,excellent progress has beenshown in the current financialyear.
With the electrification ofthe Anand Nagar-Nautanwasection, the facility of electrifiedrail service will be available topassengers traveling fromGorakhpur to Lumbini (Nepal)via Nautanwa. With the electri-fication of the Birla Nagar-Udimore section, trains fromGwalior to Etawah will be
hauled by electric locomotives.The electrification ofYeshwantpur - Chikkabanavara-Tumkur section will enablerunning of trains with electriclocomotives up to Tumkur,which is a large suburban areanear Bangalore.
It is a matter of great hap-piness that recently, the recordof erecting the maximum num-ber of masts in one day in thehistory of CORE was createdwith the erection of 620 mastsin one day in the AmbalaProject.
The Railway ElectrificationWomen’s Welfare Organisation(REWWO) is fully committedtowards the welfare of employ-ees and their family members.The sons and daughtersemployees of RailwayElectrification Organisationwere awarded cash and otherprizes on the basis of the marksobtained by them in class X andXII. Arrangement of a tiffinsection has been made forwomen employees in theCORE office".
R-DAY CELEBRATIONSAT GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL:The 73rd Republic Day was cel-ebrated on January 26, 2022with joy and patriotic fervor inthe premises of Girls’ HighSchool And College. ThePrincipal, Rev. Dr. VinitaEusebius unfurled the flagwhich was followed by thesinging of the NationalAnthem.
The Head Girl, AnanyaAgarwal delivered the speech inEnglish and reminded theimportance of this auspiciousday. Ratnapriya also delivereda speech in Hindi and churnedpatriotic feelings. She enlight-ened with the fact that this dayplays an important role in theIndian History and defines thedemocratic structure of thenation.
The Principal Rev. Dr. V.Eusebius Congratulated andextended her heartfelt greetingon the 73rd Republic Day tothe citizens of India. Staff, stu-dents and the supporting staffof Girls’ High School andCollege. She extorted the audi-ence and enlightened the gath-ering with the importance of
the Constitution and how itwas drafted and adopted. Sheencouraged everyone presentto strive for success in everyarea of life. She also remindedand urged not to forget thestruggles and sacrifices of thefreedom fighters and leaders.
The programme conclud-ed with a special prayer by Mrs.A Sethna.
SHUATS MARKS R-DAYC E L E B R A T I O N S :Commenced with spectacularflag-hoisting and echoingNational Anthem on the cam-pus, the 73rd Republic Day wascelebrated with fervor and zestat Sam HigginbottomUniversity of Agriculture,Technology & Science. TheVice-Chancellor Most Rev.Prof. Rajendra B. Lal hoistedthe Tri-colour. Due to Covid-19 epidemic the program wasorganised in a simplistic man-ner following the guidelines. AMarch Past was organised bythe NCC cadets. Students ofTheology Institute presented adevotional song ‘DhanyawadTo Prabhu Ka Kar, Uth KarSubha Aur Sham’.
Prof. Rajendra B. Lal gaveRepublic Day greetings to allcitizens of India. In his messagehe said, "we have a democrat-ic, socialist, secular republicand we are thankful for theconstitution of India. It is theresponsibility of all of us tomaintain the glory of theConstitution. The Constitutiongives the freedom for self rulewhich needs self discipline anda sound mind. Everything thatwe do has to be within the dis-cipline and above every disci-pline is moral discipline. If weall do the self rule and containourselves in self discipline thepeace will be established in thisnation. Our conduct, behavior,conduct should not create anykind of evil in the society. Thequality that you want to see inGod is the same quality thatGod wants to see in all of us.God does not want us to befilled with greed, discrimina-tion, communalism, jealousy.
NAZARETH HOSPITALCELEBRATES REPUBLICDAY: The 73rd Republic Daycelebrations was held atNazareth Hospital School ofNursing Premises. This time itwas celebrated in strict compli-ance with all the routine Covid-19 protocols, norms and guide-lines. The Chief Guest of thefunction was Mr Tej PratapSingh Yadav, Regional PFCommissioner, Prayagraj.
The national flag wasunfurled by Mr Tej PratapSingh Yadav. The dignitariespresent for the function includ-ed Rev. Fr. Louis Mascarenhas–Director, Rev. Fr. VipinD’Souza - Administrator, Dr.Ashok Agarwal – Med. Supt.,Sr. Moncy, CSN – Matron andDoctors and Nursing fraterni-ty of Nazareth Hospital.
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The 73rd Republic Day wasorganised in the parade
ground of IFFCO Phulpurunit. In which the flag washoisted by the unit head (exec-utive director) Mr. SanjayKudesia at 09:30 am, thenational anthem was speciallypresented by the staff ofKendriya Vidyalaya. After this,the parade of security guardsand PAC was inspected by theunit head . The march past wasdone by security guards andPAC. The band attracted every-one's attention to the patriotictunes on the occasion of paradeimmersion on the RepublicDay. Subedar Kamlesh Dubey,who was leading the band ofPAC, was rewarded by the unit
chief.Unit Chief Executive
Director Mr. Sanjay Kudesiafirst remembered freedomfighters first in the series ofAmrit Mahotsav of Azadi. Hesaid in his message “IFFCOcontributes to the demand ofabout 32 per cent Phosphaticand 21 percent Nitrogen fertil-izers in India”. He told that ourtarget is to start production ofnano fertilizer at Phulpur unitby the end of 2022, which willwork towards doubling theincome of the farmers.hefocused Oxygen plant Whichcaters to the need of not onlyIFFCO but the entire Prayagrajdistrict & having capacity ofproduction of 700 bottle perday. He also supported ruraldevelopment programs by
IFFCO, Mahila Chetna Cluband Om Kalyan Samiti in thesurrounding villages andschools through various pro-grams like installation of handpumps, blanket distribution,Construction of classes, instal-lation of solar panels, trainingof youth, etc. And from time totime training to farmers byCORDET, in which themethod of spraying and usingnano urea by drone was dis-cussed.
After this, citations weredistributed to the meritoriousstudents of class 10th and 12th.Raffle draw was organized byMahila Chetna Club and prizeswere awarded to the winners.Presentation prepared by thechildren of Om Bal VidyaMandir was telecasted.Senior
General Manager(Nano Urea)Mr. GiridharM i s h r a , M r . D a n v e e rSingh(DGM P&A),JointGeneral Manager Mr. SanjayBhandari, Mr. K. Mohan Rao(JGM), Mr. PK Singh(JGM),Mr. PK Patel (JGM), Mr.AP Rajendran (JGMInstrument),Mr. SantoshKumar Shukla (JGM IT .), Mr.Santosh Kumar Singh (DGMFinance and Accounts),President of OfficersAssociation Mr. Sanjay KumarMishra and General SecretaryMr. Swayam Prakash andPresident of IFFCO EmployeesUnion Mr. Pankaj Pandey andGeneral Secretary Mr. VinayYadav and other senior officersand employees were present inthe program.
6 �,,4�;%�<��������������"�������#�������������������(�����������ALLAHABAD (PNS): Copsclaimed to have arrested twopersons identified as PradeepKumar and Mukesh Yadav,who had allegedly proved stu-dents preparing for competitiveexams to stop the passengertrain near Prayag railway sta-tion on Tuesday afternoon.
Deputy SP (Colonelganj)Ajeet Singh Chauhan told themediapersons that police havearrested two persons who hadnot only provoked studentspreparing for competitiveexams and staying in privatehostels and lodges to stop pas-senger train at Prayag railwaystation but also encouragedthem to pelt stones on policeparties when police teams hadgone for search operation.
He added that police hadvideo-graphed the entire agita-tion at Prayag railway stationwhen scores of students assem-bled at the station to stop a pas-senger train in support of theirdemand. DSP claimed thatafter scanning the videographyof the entire incident, the policehave identified those men wholed the students and establishedtheir identities includingPradeep and Mukesh .
DSP claimed that studentspreparing for competitiveexams were used as a tool kitby the two persons.
Once their identities weremade, police teams on Tuesdayevening carried out raids at aprivate hostel cum lodge andappealed to the students to
come out from their respectiverooms so that they would beable to catch the real offenders.
However, when studentsrefused to listen to them, policethen used mild force to take thestudents out from their respec-tive rooms. However, taking theissue seriously regarding theforcibly taking students outfrom their rooms and police-men using weapons to breakdoors of hostel rooms, thesenior superintendent of police(Prayagraj) has suspendedthree police constables on thecharges of dereliction of dutieson Wednesday. DSP mean-while, said that a thoroughprobe was conducted into theentire incident and agitatorshad also pelted stones on police
party when they had gone forsearch operation of the socalled student leaders who ledthe entire agitation. More thana dozen policemen were hurt inthe stone pelting, claimed thesenior police officials.Meanwhile SP (city) DineshKumar Singh told the newsper-sons that police teams hadconducted a search operationat a private hostel cum lodge tocatch those offenders who hadallegedly led the entire agitationand planned to disturb the railtraffic movement at Prayagrailway station on Tuesdayafternoon. However, it wasalert GRP, RPF and local policethat foiled the students' agita-tion and chased them awayfrom the Prayag railway station.
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In Northern Coalfields Limited (NCL), aMiniratna company of the Government of
India, the country’s 73rd Republic Day was cel-ebrated on Wednesday by complying withCovid protocol. During the programme organ-ised at NCL headquarters on the occasionChairman-cum-Managing Director (CMD)Bhola Singh unfurled the national flag andinspecting the parade took the salute. In hisremarks Singh extended his best wishes to allthe employees and beneficiaries of NCL on the73rd Republic Day. He laid special emphasis oncontinuous and acceptable mining, environ-mental protection, promotion of contract work-ers, safe work culture and development of mod-ern health facilities and along with it in the lightof the country’s energy self-reliance calledupon the personnel to discharge their respon-sibility with integrity. Referring to the newunderconstruction FMC projects of for cleancoal transportation, Singh highlighted NCL’sefforts towards environmental protection andreducing road coal transportation. He also toldabout NCL’s long term efforts like making sandfrom overburden and coal corridor. Singhurged everyone to follow the Covid guidelines.During the programme NCL Director(Technical/ Operations) Dr Anindya Sinha,Director (Finance & Personnel) Ram NarayanDubey, Director (Technical/Project & Planning)SS Sinha, JCC member from BMS, PK Singh,from CMS Ajay Kumar, from RCSS BS Bisht,from HMS Ashok Kumar Pandey, from CMOAISarvesh Singh, head of department from head-
quarters and a large number of officers andemployees were present. Earlier, in NCL head-quarters premises Director (Finance andPersonnel) Ram Narayan Dubey by hoisting thenational flag started the Republic Day pro-gramme and congratulated all employees andbeneficiaries. In the light of Azadi Ka AmritMahotsav Dubey underlined the importance ofRepublic Day and saluted the great men who hadplayed an important role in establishing thedemocratic system in the country. He appreci-ated the role of NCL in Singrauli region andnation building. Dubey gave information aboutthe work done by NCL on many issues like wel-fare of workers and contract workers, develop-ment of people living in surrounding areas andCovid vaccination. He apprised the people ofnew initiatives started recently in the companylike health awareness programme ‘Umang’ andfor contract workers ‘Samvardhan . Republic Daywas celebrated in all the areas and units of NCL.
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In Varanasi Division of NorthEastern Railway (NER) the
73rd Republic Day was cele-brated in a limited way. At afunction organised at NERRailway Mini Stadium,Lahartara, Divisional RailwayManager (DRM) RamashrayPandey by hoisting the flagtook the salute of the parade.Thereafter while congratulatingeveryone on the occasion of73rd Republic Day DRMappreciated the valour anddevotion of army and securityforces personnel posted on theborder who are making anmatchless contribution inmaintaining the unity andintegrity of the country even indifficult circumstances. He saidfor India Republic Day is notjust a festival, but it is pride andhonour. In the function thecontingents of RailwayProtection Force (RPF), StJohn’s Ambulance, MandalKala Samiti and NER BharatScouts and Guides District
Association participated.Additional Divisional RailwayManager (ADRM/Administration) RahulSrivastava, ADRM(Operations) SPS Yadav,ADRM (Infra) GyaneshTripathi, chairperson ofDivisional Women’s WelfareOrganisation (DWWO) SujataPandey and all branch officersand a large number of railwayemployees were present.Varanasi division of NER isproviding safe, secure and com-fortable travel facility to thepassengers through its 204 sta-tions. The electrification ofMau -Azamgarh and Shahganj-
Azamgarh sections has beencompleted. The doubling ofBallia-Phephna and MadhoSingh-Gyanpur Road wasdone. Besides, the doubling ofNandganj-Ghazipur City wascompleted. A new goods shedwas opened at Phephna inVaranasi division. AtDudhonda Halt located in 20km- long block section ofAunrihar-Dobhi IBS has beeninstalled. Besides the expansionand elevation of platforms ofAnkushpur, Bansdih, Revati,Bankata, Chainwan,Mohammadabad, Taraon andManjhi halt stations of thedivision was done.
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Additional General Manager(AGM), North Eastern
Railway (NER), Amit KumarAgrawal on the occasion of73rd Republic Day onWednesday at a functionorganised at Syed ModiRailway Stadium here unfurledthe national flag. On the occa-sion he took the salute of theparade presented by RailwayProtection Force (RPF),Railway Protection SpecialForce (RPSF) personnel andmembers of Civil DefenceOrganisation. On the occa-sion Agrawal also addressedthe function. On the occasionof Republic Day, the message ofGeneral Manager (GM), NER,Anupam Sharma, was distrib-uted among the railway per-sonnel present. In the messageof the General Manager, it wassaid that in the year 2021-22,despite the difficult challengesof Covid-19 infection, NER hasmade remarkable progress. Inthe current financial year up tothe month of December lastyear as many as 537special/puja/summer specialtrains were run in 13,339 trips.In various trains 93 additionalcoaches were permanentlyattached and 669 temporarily.
It has also been mentioned inthe message of the GeneralManager that the gauge con-version from Shahbaz Nagar toShahjahanpur section (fourkm.) was completed due towhich the Pilibhit-Shahjahanpur section has beencompletely converted intobroad gauge. Gauge conversionof Mailani-Shahgarh section(43.2 km) has been completed.Under Aunrihar-Jaunpur dou-bling project the doubling andelectrification of Aunrihar-Dobhi section (22.9 km) andunder Sitapur-Burhwal dou-bling project Sitapur-Parsendisection (16.75 km) has beencompleted and opened for pas-senger traffic. The electrifica-tion of Mau-Shahganj (97 km),Gorakhpur-Anandnagar-
Nautanwa (80.77 km) andLakhimpur- Bankeganj (44.76km) sections have been com-pleted. Under the NationalEnergy Conservation Award-2021, NER has got the firstprize in the transport sector.General Manager has appealedto all to complete all the pro-jects on time, give priority tothe work of railway safety andsecurity, achieve the target ofpassenger satisfaction andincrease in revenue and con-tribute fully in keeping thepremises clean. Keeping coro-na infection in mind at thevenue besides arrangement forsanitiser, compliance of socialdistancing and other Covid-19prevention guidelines presenceof a limited number of railwaypersonnel was ensured.
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The 73rd Republic Day wascelebrated in a joyful
atmosphere amid distribu-tion of prizes at Son ShaktiStadium, NTPC Rihand onWednesday complying withCovid-19 prevention guide-lines. The function was inau-gurated by Chief GeneralManager (Rihand) DebabrataPaul, who was present as thechief guest by unfurling thenational flag. Thereafter thepeople present sang thenational anthem. The chiefguest along with other guestsgave the message of peace tothe people by releasing bal-loons symbolising peace inthe sky. Earlier the chief guest inspected theteams taking part in the ceremony and tooktheir salute. In the sequel, project personnelfor their better work in various fields were
rewarded with BUHMeritorious Award.Before the programmestarted in the stadium,chief guest garlanded thestatute of MahatmaGandhi at Gandhi Park.At the end of the cere-mony, a friendly volley-ball match was alsoorganised by the SportsCouncil which wasenjoyed by the spectators.The programme wasmainly attended byGeneral Managers, headsof departments,Additional GeneralManager (HR) VJayanarayanan, office-bearers of Vartika Mahila
Mandal, representatives of various unions andassociations etc. Executive (CorporateCommunications) Shiksha Gupta conducted theprogramme and proposed the vote of thanks.
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The Kanpur DivisionalCommissioner, Dr Raj
Shekhar, while unfurling thetricolour atop theCommissionerate onWednesday said it was thebounden duty of each one of usto work as per the expectationsof the masses especially thework and duties assigned toeach one of us. He said theIndian Constitution had placedthe onus on our shoulders andthus we all had to prove wor-thy on its yardstick. He said themain objective was to ensurethat justice was extended to thepeople timely and the all needto work collectively very hardto take the country to the top-most rungs of success ladder.
He said it this day was infact a matter of pride for eachone that the President of Indiawas from Kanpur and manymore prominent personalitieswere also from Kanpur. He saidKanpur had emerged as aprominent place in mythologyas well and was also the centralpoint. He said the FreedomMovement of 1857 began fromKanpur and then paid richtributes to the freedom fighersand martyrs and later paidrich tributes to MaharaniLaxmibai, Azeemullah Khan,Tatya Tope and said manymore martyrs were fromKanpur itself.
He said Kanpur had carvedits name on the sports frontand said Green Park was onesuch stadium which wasfamous across the world. Hesaid in the times to come thereshall be all round develop-ment of the city. He said we allneed to strive for massivedevelopment and progress ofthe city. He then administeredoath to the officials and staffpresent on the occasion.Prominent present wereAdditional DC Rajaram, KunjBihari Agarwal, SP Srivastava,Brijesh Kishore and many moreofficials.
Earlier the DC carried out
an inspection of the coveredswimming pool at Nana RaoPark to take a feedback of thedevelopment and modernisa-tion work going on there. Hesaid architecture and struc-ture drawing will be vetted byHBTU, and Quality andProgress will be monitoredregularly by the committeeunder the chairmanship of aprofessor of the HBTU Kanpur.He said the CEO was instruct-ed to take the help of IIM-Indore to form the Module forOperation and Maintenanceand Return on Investment(ROI).
He said the CEO KanpurSmart City Limited wasinstructed to prepare estimatefor installing solar panels on theroof top so that the arena canbecome energy efficient. Hesaid
EPC Company wasinstructed to install a digitalscoreboard as well. He alsoadvised the
CEO to take consultancyfrom the Sports Authority ofIndia (SAI) for the dimen-sions of the swimming pool. Hesaid this project will be under
Special Category Project (SCP).He said the swimming pool
will be covered and swimmerscan use the arena for eightmonths a year. He said as pernorms of the InternationalSwimming Federation (FINA)depth of the pool will bereduced, keeping in mind safe-ty measures adopted by FINA.He added that the pool will be50 metres x 18 metres and willbe redeveloped as per norms ofthe Olympics. He added thatthe state and national leveltournaments can take place inthis arena and cater toInternational Level Practicesfor awimmer.
The DC said this pool willbe equipped with tournamentslevel equipment like touchpads, spring boards and diverlines. He said the arena willhave rooftop turbo ventilatorsto control the humidity. He saidswimming enthusiasts canpractice late evening as thearena will have sufficient light-ing provision for the same. Hesaid a splash pool and rain for-est shower will be constructedfor kids in this arena also. Hesid it will also have provision
for open café which will becatering to the needs of swim-mers and spectators. He saidthe entire area will have CCTVSurveillance System, and thewhole arena will be WiFiequipped. He said it will alsohave piped music all aroundalong with modern and latestchange rooms both for maleand females separately.
It may be mentioned herethat this swimming pool wasconstructed in the year 1968 byNagar Maha Palika and wasinaugurated by the then ChiefMinister of Uttar PradeshChandra Bhanu Gupta. Thisswimming arena was the firstof its kind in Kanpur andumpteen well-known person-alities and citizens of Kanpurlearnt how to swim in thisarena.
This swimming pool was aspecial attraction for kids ofKanpur during their summervacations. For past many years,this swimming pool becamedilapidated over the years andthe filtration plant got obsoleteand needed high maintenanceevery year. The said cost of theproject was Rs 13.71 crore.
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The District Magistrate, City,Neha Sharma unfurled the
tricolour at the Collectorate onRepublic Day and then paidfloral tributes to Father of theNation Mahatma Gandhi. Sheextended her R-Day wishes tothe entire officials, staff andtheir families and said tostrengthen democracy it wasessential that each one of usmade concerted and honestefforts to make it even morestronger. She said each one ofus had to do ones work dedi-catedly to ensure that Indiabecame one of the moststrongest and powerful anddeveloped nations. She said thiswould be the true service to thenation.
She said the freedom fight-ers had contributed and also
sacrificed their lives to wrestfreedom and make India anIndependent country. She saidthus it was the bounden dutyof every person to exerciseones franchise must on
February 20, 2022 and shouldensure that it was a national fes-tival and ensure every one castones vote. She said the turnoutshould be do that there shouldinfact be a wave of election and
every one enthusiastically votedthis day. She said the role ofwomen was important andessential. She said by voting thecountry will be strong andmove ahead on the path ofprogress.
She then administered oathto the officials and the entirepeople who had assembled onthe occasion. She said howev-er it was essential to ensure thateach person maintained theCOVID-19 protocol. She saideach one of us had to volun-tarily wear mask and maintainthe social distancing. She saidthe officials and invididuals allwill have to ensure that in thepresent COVID-19 times col-lective effort had to be made toensure that all keep safe. Laterrich tributes were paid to thefreedom fighters who had laiddown their lives for the coun-try.
KANPUR (PNS): The KanpurDevelopment Authority, ViceChairperson, Arvind Singhwhile hoisting the national flagexplained the importance ofConstitution and said this dayreminded of the freedom fight-ers who had laid down theirlives to make a country free andthus it need to be explained tothe coming generations so thatthey do not forget the conti-butions of the great patriots. Heon this day the Constitution ofIndia was fully implementedand since them India hasbecome one of the leadingnations of the world. He saidIndian Constitution was notonly an exclusive philosophybut also the biggest one.
He said to frame thisConstitution it took two yearseleven months and 18 days andincluded each and every seg-ment of the society. He said thehistory of this country clearlyindicated which direction thenation had to go and how toshape and carve its future. Hesaid the entire people of thecountry live as a family and thishad to me made a reality. He
said nation building rested onthree levels and the topmostwas nation building while atmiddle level it was institutionbuilding and finally at themicro term it was the individ-ual. He said all these three werecomplementary because it wasa person which formed aninstitution and the institutionformed the nation.
He reminded the gloriouspast of the KDA and said it was
a matter of pride more becauseof this there had been massivedevelopment. He said westernmindset made us slaves andsaid the institution had theirshortcomings and thus effortshad to be made by shunningthe weaknesses. He said thisday was one such opportunity.He appealed to the officials andstaff to give the best for itsprogress and assured that KDAunitedly will work for the uplift
and development. He said thisday we need to take oath andstrive for the nation’s progress.Others who addressed wereRenu Pathak, Rohit Khanna,Dr Gudakesh Sharma,Shatrohan Vaishya and theprogramme was successfullyconducted by the PRO, ShashiBhushan Rai.
CSA R-DAY CELEBRA-TIONS: The Vice-Chancellor,CSAUAT, Dr DR Singh afterhoisting the tricolour paid trib-utes to all the martyers andleaders who had contributed tothe freedom of the country. Hesaid this year the food grainyield has been 307.31 milliontonnes as compared to lastyear 303.34 million tonnes. Hesaid the varsity has contributedsignificantly for the food grainproduction to quite an extentand given the nation umpteenvarieties of food grains leadingto bumper production of foodgrains. He said the agricultur-al inputs provided by the var-sity has been a milestone inrapid progress in Indian agri-culture and food grain pro-duction of high nutritive value.
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Sir Padampat SinghaniaEducation Centre celebrat-
ed the glorious 73rd RepublicDay on its premises. The eventcommenced with the unfurlingof the tricolour by thePrincipal, Bhawna Gupta, fol-lowed by the national anthem.She highlighted the signifi-cance of the day and talkedabout India as a developingeconomy. She stressed on theneed to inculcate good valuesin children to be good futurecitizens of the nation. Hermotivational speech empha-sised on the relevance of thecore values and inspired thestudents to respect and abide bythe Constitution of the coun-try. She urged the gathering tojoin hands in solidarity tobuild a cleaner, brighter, health-ier and a prosperous India.
The patriotic song ‘HumSab Bhartiya Hai’ reminded allthe great leaders of the past sig-nifying our role in the makingof strong India. The SchoolCaptain (Boy), AkshatAgarwal, delivered a motiva-tional speech explaining thesoul sacrifice of the revolu-tionaries in making the coun-try republic. The SchoolCaptain (Girl), Sonakshi Bajpai,enlightened the audience byreciting a poem brimming withpatriotism. Prominent presentwere Adminstrative Manager,Surendra Yadav, the Vice-Principal, Kavita Chadha andthe Headmistress, VandanaTrivedi.
DPS SARVODAYANAGAR : Delhi Public School,Sarvodaya Nagar celebratedRepublic Day with great patri-otic fervour. The school wasdecorated with tricolours, flags,kites, balloons. The encourag-ing quotations on display moti-vated the students to work forthe betterment of their coun-try. A Special Assembly was putup on a virtual platform by thestudents of class III to sensitisethe children about the impor-tance of this day, so as tounderstand when and how theIndian Republic and itsConstitution came into force.
The assembly commencedwith the hoisting of the nation-al flag by the headmistressPratibha Shukla, followed bythe rendition of the natonalanthem. Later a special tributeto the Covid Warriors(doc-tors, medical staff, sanitationworkers, police) was paidthrough a graceful and hearttouching dance performanceby the students.
R-DAY AT WOODBINEGARDENIA: Republic Daywas celebrated at WoodbineGardenia School with pompand fervour. The function washeld virtually where the stu-dents took part and deliveredspeeches in Hindi and Englishand then performed a culturalprogramme as well. The tri-colour was unfurled by theChairman of the School,Shahid Rehman. The teachersassembled and sang the nation-al anthem. The stage had beentastefully decorated. ThePrincipal of the School SumitaMukherjee also addressed theteachers.
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KANPUR: District Magistrate,Neha Sharma addressing ameeting to assess the vaccina-tion work directed that strictaction be taken against all suchcentres where the vaccinationhad been quite low. She saidthis was mainly because themonitoring committees werenot visiting the house for doorto door survey. She cautionedthe staff involved in the vacci-nation work and said actionwill be taken against them. Shesaid all those who have beenleft out should be vaccinated ontop priority. She said the listshould be shared with theprominent persons of the areasso that they can also convincethe leftouts to take the vax.
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Hospitals and clinics cannow purchase Covid-19
vaccines — Covishield andCovaxin but these will not beavailable at medical stores forgeneral public, as per the con-dition put by the India's drugregulator, Drugs ControllerGeneral of India (DCGI), onThursday which granted regu-lar market approval for the jabsfor use in adult population.
Vaccination data has to besubmitted to the DCGI everysix months and updated on theCoWIN app.
Under the said conditions,the firms shall submit data ofongoing clinical trials and thevaccines to be supplied forprogrammatic setting.Monitoring of adverse eventsfollowing immunization will becontinued.
“"The CDSCO has nowupgraded the permission forCovaxin and Covishield fromrestricted use in emergency sit-uations to normal new drugpermission in the adult popu-lation with certain conditions,"Union health ministerMansukh Mandaviya tweetedon Thursday.
The DCGI approval wasgranted under the New Drugsand Clinical Trials Rules, 2019.
The DCGI's approval cameafter the Subject ExpertCommittee (SEC) on Covid-19of the Central Drugs StandardControl Organisation(CDSCO) on January 19 rec-ommended granting regular
market approval to the SerumInstitute of India's (SII's)Covishield and Bharat Biotech'sCovaxin for use in adult pop-ulation subject to certain con-ditions.
Prakash Kumar Singh,Director, Government andRegulatory Affairs at SII, hadsubmitted an application tothe DCGI on October 25, seek-ing regular market authorisa-tion for Covishield. The DCGIhad sought more data anddocuments from the Pune-based company, followingwhich Singh recently had sub-mitted
a response along with moredata and information. "Such alarge-scale vaccination withCovishield and containment ofCovid-19 infection is in itself atestimony of the safety and effi-cacy of the vaccine," he hadsaid.
In an application sent tothe DCGI, V Krishna Mohan,whole-time director at theHyderabad-based BharatBiotech, submitted completeinformation regarding chem-istry, manufacturing and con-trols, along with the pre-clini-cal and clinical data whileseeking regular market autho-risation for Covaxin.
Bharat BiotechInternational Limited (BBIL)took up the challenge to devel-op, produce and clinically eval-uate a vaccine (Covaxin), fromthe SARS-CoV-2 strains iso-lated from Covid-19 patients inIndia, Mohan had said in theapplication.
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The Supreme Court onThursday orally asked the
Punjab Government not totake any coercive step againstSAD leader Bikram SinghMajithia till January 31 when ithears his pre-arrest bail plea ina drugs case. In another case,the apex Court directedMaharashtra Police to not toarrest BJP MLA Nitesh Ranefor 10 days in an attempt-to-murder case registered inSindhudurg district.
A bench comprising ChiefJustice N V Ramana andJustices A S Bopanna and HimaKohli took note of the submis-sions of senior advocate MukulRohatgi, appearing forMajithia, that the plea seekinganticipatory bail plea neededurgent hearing as the accusedhas been facing "politicalvendetta". “This is politicalvendetta. He is called to policestation. This is all due to theelection fever", said Rohatgiwhile seeking urgent hearing ofthe plea of Majithia. "Is it elec-tion fever. All are rushing tothis court," the bench said.
The Punjab Police, whichis aware of the fact that a pleahas been filed in the apexcourt, is trying to arrest him, hesaid. Senior advocate PChidambaram, appearing forthe Punjab Government, said
that Majithia has gone into hid-ing and now appearing herethrough the counsel. "Is it fairMr Chidambaram, when youknow that his petition is goingto be listed,” the CJI observed,adding, "Tell your governmentto not do anything. We will liston Monday."
The pre-arrest bail plea ofMajithia, who was bookedunder the Narcotic Drugs andPsychotropic Substances(NDPS) Act on December 20last year, was dismissed by thePunjab and Haryana HC onJanuary 24 and an appeal hasbeen filed in the apex court.
In another case, sisposingof the pre-arrest bail plea ofRane, son of Union MinisterNarayan Rane, a bench head-ed by Chief Justice Ramanaasked him to surrender beforethe trial court in the mean-while, and seek regular bail inthe matter. The Bombay HighCourt on January 17 hadrefused to grant pre-arrest bailto Rane in the case, noting thata balance was needed betweenconflicting considerations ofpersonal liberty and a properinvestigation in the matter.
The high court had reject-ed the anticipatory bail appli-cations of Rane and anotheraccused Sandesh Sawant, buthad allowed a similar plea ofthe third accused in the case,Manish Dalvi.
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Congress on Thursdayextended their full sup-
port to the protesting studentswho has called a `Rail RokoAndolan’ against the RailwayMinistry’s alleged irregularitiesin a recruitment exam.
While Congress Generalsecretary Priyanka Gandhispoke on a virtual mode to fewaspirants and also those affect-ed by the police lathicharge inPrayagraj, the Congress stu-dent’s wing workers held ademonstration in front of theRailway Bhawan against policebrutality on job aspirants.
During the interaction,Priyanka assured the studentsthat she would raise their voicefrom all forums. "Don’t getafraid. Ensure that elections areheld on your issues of youremployment. The Governmentdid not give you job but com-mit atrocities on you and sup-press you," said Priyanka,according to a statement, issuedby the Congress. Priyanka also
assured students she will visitthem in Prayagraj.
"When leaders come toyou for vote, fix their answer-ability. The solution to dealwith recruitment processes thatare held for years is preparationof a job calendar. We havetalked about job calendar inour youth manifesto," she said.
The Uttar Pradesh Policehad on Wednesday arrestedtwo people and lodged a caseagainst around 1,000 uniden-tified persons in connectionwith the alleged rioting andblocking of the railway track bysome job aspirants. Six police-men were also suspended withimmediate effect for using“unnecessary force” during theincident, which took place onTuesday.
President of the NationalStudents' Union of India NeerajKundan led a protest march to
the Railway Ministry, where aneffigy of minister AshwiniVaishnaw was burnt, the out-fit said in a statement.
"The protesters whocrossed the barricades erectedby the police were detained andwas taken to the Mandir MargPolice station," it stated.Kundan said that students werethe worst sufferers of the Covidpandemic. "The government iscompletely ignoring the edu-cation sector. Before takingvital decisions the governmentdoesn't consult the studentsconcerned, instead of imposingunnecessary new rules onthem. If they protest, they arebeaten," he alleged. The NSUInational president claimed thatover 1,40,000 posts are vacantin CBT 2 group D since 2019.
At a Press conferenceCongress spokesperson SupriyaShrinate said Modi govern-ment issued the notification ofthese jobs ahead of 2019 gen-eral elections which stated thatthere will be examination forGroup-D railway posts.
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Top Congress leaders willhold deliberations on
Friday morning to discuss theparty's strategy during theupcoming Budget Session ofParliament.
Congress President SoniaGandhi will hold discussionswith senior party leaders at avirtual meeting of theParliamentary Strategy Group.
The group is headed bySonia Gandhi, who is also thechairperson of the CongressParliamentary Party (CPP) .
Other members of thegroup include former primeminister Manmohan singh,Leader of Opposition in RajyaSabha Mallikarjun Kharge and
leader of the Congress inLok Sabha Adhir RanjanChoudhary, senior party lead-ers A K Antony, KC Venugopal,Anand Sharma, Gaurav Gogoi,K Suresh, Jairam Ramesh,Manickam Tagore and RavneetSingh Bittu.
The meeting is calledbefore every Parliament sessionto decide the party's strategy.The Budget Session ofParliament starts on January 31with the president's address tothe joint sitting of both hous-es. The Union Budget will bepresented on February 1.
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The Centre is rethinkingover the relevance of the
precaution Covid-19 dose to allthe categories. Currently thejabs are being administered tothe frontline and healthcareworkers along with 60 pluspopulation in the country.
The National TechnicalAdvisory Group onImmunisation (NTAGI) forCovid-19 held a high levelmeeting with NITI Aayog a dayago and sources said that thehigh-level panel members wereskeptical about the benefits ofthe third dose being adminis-tered. "The NTAGI presentedsome research papers on thirddoses administered in severalcountries which have nothelped in curbing infection, tothe NITI Aayog in the meet-ing", a source told .
Some cases of gettinginfected even after a third dosehave also been reported inIndia. The source said that theexperts from NTAGI haveassessed the data from thecountries where booster doseshave been administered. It hasalso studied the impacts of thethird dose against the infection.
The NTAGI is expected tomeet the Indian Council ofMedical Research (ICMR) next
week with some more factfinding papers on the thirddose, source said. However, thepolicy on booster or precautiondose could be revisited for theextension of the policy amongother age group beneficiaries.As per the source, the precau-tion dose may continue amonghealthcare and frontline work-ers and 60 plus population.
The NTAGI for Covid-19also met WHO officials andsaid that India “will not blind-ly follow others” on its boost-er dose policy.
During the meeting, offi-cials assessed real-world datafrom countries across the worldthat are administering boosterdoses to their population.
“Boosters have not helpedthe cases in any country thathas administered the thirddose. Besides, we will notblindly follow what other coun-tries have done. We have tolook at our local epidemiologyand science, and our decisionshave to be based on that assess-ment,” the NTAGI membersdiscussed
Apart from local data, pub-lic health experts are also ana-lyzing the infection patterns,behaviour of the virus, emerg-ing variants and viral loadsalong with breakthrough andreinfections.
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Amid internal rumblings inthe Congress over Ghulam
Nabi Azad being awardedPadma Bhushan, seniorCongress leader Karan Singhon Thursday said nationalawards should not becomesubject of intra-party contro-versy and if “one of our col-leagues” is honoured, he shouldbe greeted with warm appreci-ation rather than “snideremarks”.
Singh’s comments comeamid a controversy triggeredsoon after the announcementof the Padma awards onTuesday evening whenCongress leader JairamRamesh, while commentingon CPI (M) leader BuddhadebBhattacharya’s refusal to acceptthe award, said, “He wants to beAzad not Ghulam”.
Several members of thegroup of 23 leaders who hadwritten to Sonia Gandhidemanding an organisationaloverhaul in the Congress con-gratulated Azad for beingawarded Padma Bhushan, say-ing it was “well-deserved”.Reacting to the row, Singhsaid he was distressed at the“unseemly controversy” overthe well deserved PadmaAward to Azad.
“These National Awardsshould not become subject ofinter-party controversy, far lessof intra-party ones,” Singh, aformer Union minister andparty stalwart, said in a state-ment.
“I have known GhulamNabi for half a century since he
first started his political careeras an active participant in mysecond election campaign forthe Lok Sabha in 1971 from theUdhampur constituency, towhich he belongs,” he said.
Since then, Singh said, hehas seen Azad rise throughsheer dint of hard work, dedi-cation and administrative abil-ity to becoming a CabinetMinister, both with P VNarasimha Rao and DrManmohan Singh.
As Leader of theOpposition in the Rajya Sabhafor seven years, he played apositive and constructive rolein our Parilamentary system,Singh said.
Azad also served as the firstChief Minister of Jammu andKashmir from the Jammuregion, and his short stint is stillremembered positively in bothregions, he said. “If one of ourcolleagues is honoured heshould be greeted with warmappreciation rather than snideremarks,” Singh said.
Congress veteran and for-mer law minister AshwaniKumar also came out in sup-port of Azad and hit out atRamesh, saying his criticism ofAzad is nothing less than a“shameful innuendo” and doesnot do justice to the ethos of theCongress.
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The active Covid-19 caseshave decreased to 22,02,472
and now comprises 5.46 percent of the total infections,while the national Covid-19recovery rate has decreased to93.33 per cent. However, morethan 400 districts are stillreporting over 10 per centpositivity rate. Also, the dailypositivity rate - the share ofcoronavirus tests that returnpositive and considered a keymarker of the pandemic's sta-tus - is up from 16.10% to19.59% while the weekly pos-itivity rate was recorded at17.75 per cent, as per the dataavailable from the UnionHealth Ministry.
The active cases havedecreased to 22,02,472 andcomprise 5.46 per cent of thetotal infections, while thenational COVID-19 recoveryrate has decreased to 93.33 percent, the Health Ministry said.
The death toll has climbedto 4,91,700 with 573 freshfatalities, the data updated at 8am stated. The number of peo-ple who have recuperated fromthe disease surged to3,76,77,328 and the case fatal-ity rate was recorded at 1.22 percent. The cumulative dosesadministered in the country sofar under the nationwide Covidvaccination drive has exceed-ed 163.84 crore. India's Covidtally had crossed the 20-lakhmark on August 7, 2020, 30lakh on August 23, 40 lakh onSeptember 5 and 50 lakh onSeptember 16.
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After Congress leader RahulGandhi wrote to Twitter
CEO Parag Agrawal last monthflagging a sharp drop in his fol-lowers, Twitter on Thursdaysaid numbers are ‘meaningfuland accurate’. Twitter alsopointed out that it does notarbitrarily censor political con-tent and elevating politicaldebate and open discourse isfundamental to its service andcore values.
Responding to him,Twitter's vice president, GlobalPublic Policy and Philanthropy,Sinead McSweeney has said,"Twitter is deeply committed toIndia" and will ensure thatpublic conversation is healthy,which includes diverse voices,diverse points of view, allowingpeople to be better informedand to participate safely andcomfortably.
The Twitter spokespersonsaid the platform has beenfighting spam and maliciousautomation strategically and atscale with machine learningtools, and as part of thoseconsistent and ongoing effortsto ensure a healthy serviceand credible accounts, follow-er counts can and do fluctuate."We remove millions ofaccounts each week for violat-ing our policies on platformmanipulation & spam. You cantake a look at latest TwitterTransparency Center updatefor more context. While someaccounts notice minor differ-ence,in certain cases no.couldbe higher," it added.
Reacting to the Twitter’sresponse, Congress chief
spokesperson RandeepSurjewala said Rahul Gandhi'sstand has been that socialmedia platforms cannot besuppressed, subjugated anddenigrated to trolls' space andthere should instead be ahealthy debate and discussionon them. "The plurality, themulti-culturalism, the opendebate, the critique of policiesand programmes of the gov-ernment and that the socialmedia patforms should behealthy forum for debates anddiscussions has been the standof Rahul Gandhi, which nowstands vindicated," Surjewalaadded.
In the letter datedDecember 27, last year, Rahulalleged that there is a shadowban on him which restricts histweets and the number of peo-ple who can follow him. “I wantto bring your attention to whatI believe is Twitter’s unwittingcomplicity in curbing free andfair speech in India,” Rahulwrote. He further wrote that hehas been “reliably, albeit dis-creetly, informed by people atTwitter India that they areunder immense pressure by thegovernment to silence” hisvoice. Along with the letter,Rahul also sent an analysis ofdata from his Twitter accountshowing that his followers havebarely increased for severalmonths since August when his
account was suspended foreight days.
"Perhaps not so coinci-dentally, it was precisely duringthese months that I raised theplight of a rape victim's fami-ly in Delhi, stood in solidaritywith farmers and fought thegovernment on many otherhuman rights issues. In fact, avideo of mine that promisedfarmers that the 3 infamousfarm laws will be repealed isamong the most watched videoon Twitter posted by any polit-ical leader in India in recenttimes,” Rahul said in the letter.
Rahul had pointed out thatthe ideological battle betweenliberal democracy and author-itarianism across the world isbeing shaped on social mediaplatforms and this places ahuge responsibility on thosethat are at the helm of compa-nies such as Twitter. As a leaderof India's largest oppositionparty, Rahul said it is his dutyto raise my voice on behalf ofour people against injustice.Rahul’s followers crossed 19.6million on Thursday morning,after being stagnant at 19.5 mil-lion for many months.
Responding to him,McSweeney said,"We under-stand increased transparency isat the foundation to promotehealthy public conversation onTwitter and to earn trust. Weknow it is critical that peopleunderstand our processes andthat we are transparent aboutwhat happens as a result. Weassure you that Twitter, Inc.Treats its role as a platform ser-vice provider with utmost seri-ousness and we are deeplycommitted to India".
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The EnforcementDirectorate (ED) has arrest-
ed CMD ComandurParthasarathy and CFO GKrishna Hari of Karvy Groupunder Prevention of Moneylaundering Act (PMLA) in amoney laundering case con-nected with the fraud com-mitted through illegal diversionof clients’ securities by KarvyStock Broking Ltd worth Rs2,873.82 crore and pledging ofthese securities with banks/NBFCs for seeking loans lead-ing to subsequent loan default.
The ED had initiatedmoney laundering investiga-tion based on the FIR filed byHDFC bank with CCSHyderabad Police under vari-ous sections of IPC for defraud-ing HDFC bank.
Subsequently, more FIRshave been filed by other banksand few investors.
The ED has recorded thestatement of various employeesof the Karvy Group, and con-ducted searches at nine loca-tions on September 22, 2021.
“The ED has uncovered thecomplex web of transactionsdesigned by the senior man-
agement of the Karvy Group tomisuse the securities of theirclients and to raise loans fraud-ulently which were then rotat-ed via multiple related compa-nies and diverted away fromthe stated purpose,” the agencysaid in a statement.
The shares of clients whodid not owe any funds to KSBLwere also transferred to themargin/pool Account of KSBLand were pledged with thebanks/ NBFCs, it said.
The Power Of Attorney(POA) given by the clients toKSBL to facilitate exchangesettlements was grossly mis-
used by KSBL at the directionsof the CMD and senior execu-tives. Comandur Parthasarathyand G Krishna Hari were themain conspirators who gaveinstructions to others, it said.
Fund trail investigation hasshown that the borrowed fundswere transferred to other groupcompanies, particularly to onewholly owned subsidiary ofKSBL---Karvy Realty (India)Limited (KRIL) and then to 14shell companies floated byKarvy Group, it said.
These have been furtherdiverted by layering donethrough complex web of trans-actions from the severalaccounts of group companieswithout any financial ratio-nale, the agency further said.
Various financial consul-tants and defunct NBFCs wereused to route the funds.Further, it was found that KSBLavailed loans from NBFCs tothe tune of Rs 400 crore in thename of five such shell com-panies by pledging shares of
clients of KSBL after illegallytransferring these shares totheir account.
The fraudulently availedloans were used to clear pend-ing loans of related companies,do massive stock transactionswhich have allegedly turnedinto complete losses and divert-ed to personally-held familycompanies.
The ED had earlier frozenshareholding of Parthasarathyworth about Rs 700 crore.
The ED is investigatingthe money trail to trace theproceeds of crime which areclose to Rs 2,000 crore.
Parthasarathy and Hariwere lodged in Central Jail,Bangalore and on productionwarrant of ED court, they wereproduced before the PMLASpecial Court MSJ Hyderabadon January 20, 2022. Throughan order dated January 25, theCourt has remanded the CMDand CFO of the Karvy Groupto four-day ED custody fromThursday to Sunday.
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The EnforcementDirectorate (ED) has pro-
visionally attached immov-able properties worth Rs 43.25crore belonging to Hyderabad-based Sheetal RefineriesLimited and its promoter andMD Jitender Kumar Agarwalunder Prevention of MoneyLaundering Act (PMLA) fordefrauding State Bank ofHyderabad and PunjabNational Bank in a bank fraudcase.
The ED had initiatedmoney laundering investiga-tion on the basis of an FIR reg-istered by Bank Securities andFraud Cell, Bengaluru forcausing a total loss of Rs 87
crore, the ED said in a state-ment.
“The ED investigationrevealed that the accused pro-moters availed various creditfacilities from SBH and PNBHyderabad, by submitting fab-ricated financial statements,invoices, etc. They got Lettersof Credit (LCs) issued fromlending Banks in the name ofrelated shell entities as if mate-rial is being purchased.,” it said
Letters of Credit were dis-counted by the related entitiesand the money so received wasrouted back to the promotersof Sheetal Refinery.
The company defaultedin payment of LCs on due dateand LCs devolvement causedloss to the banks. Sheetal
Refineries owe Rs 146 crore tothe banks.
The diverted loan pro-ceeds which are nothing butproceeds of crime were utilizedfor purchase of properties andto foreclose older loans andwere not used for the statedpurposes, it said.
In this case, the ED hadearlier attached six immovableproperties of registered valueof Rs 8.30 crore and five mov-able assets worth Rs 1.23 crore.
Now, the ED has attached15 more assets. The purchasevalue of these assets is Rs43.25 crore. With the presentattachment of 15 more prop-erties located in Telangana, thetotal attachment in this case isRs 52.78 crore.
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New Delhi: A consortium oflenders led by State Bank ofIndia (SBI) will soon provideloans to Tata Group for the oper-ations of Air India as well as toretire the airline's high cost bor-rowings.
After nearly 70 years, TataGroup on Thursday regainedownership of Air India. With thecompletion of the deal, thegroup will own 100 per centstake in Air India, Air IndiaExpress and a 50 per cent share-holding in AISATS.
Bankers said the SBI-ledconsortium has agreed to grantboth term loans and workingcapital loans depending on theairline's requirements.
All large lenders, includingPunjab National Bank, Bank ofBaroda, and Union Bank of
India, are part of the consortium,they added.
"Many banks have agreedfor refinancing of Air Inidadebt to Tatas and the process hasbegun," one of the bankers said.Existing lenders who do notwish to participate in refinanc-ing of debt to Tatas will get theirmoney repaid through the refi-nanced amount, the bankersaid. Life Insurance Corporationof India (LIC) is among the enti-ties that had given loans earlierto loss-making Air India. Now,the IPO-bound LIC has decid-ed not to extend more loans tothe airline and will not partici-pate in the current fundinground led by the SBI, thebankers said.
Talace Private Limited -- asubsidiary of the Tata Group's
holding company Tata Sons --on October 8, 2021, won the bidto acquire debt-ridden Air India.It had offered Rs 18,000 crore,including cash of Rs 2,700 crorewhich has now been paid to thegovernment. The term loans toTalace will help in retiring thehigh cost borrowings of AirIndia, the bankers said.
The amount of loans likelyto be extended by the consor-tium could not be immediatelyascertained.
"The strategic disinvestmenttransaction of Air India suc-cessfully concluded today withtransfer of 100 per cent shares ofAir India to M/s talace Pvt Ltdalong with management con-trol," DIPAM Secretary TuhinKanta Pandey said in a tweet onThursday. PTI
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response to her uncompro-mising right-wing way ofrule was to bring forth TonyBlair, but with the novel labelof New Labour, whichshunned Leftism during its 10years in power. The SovietUnion collapsed and scatteredinto 16 Republics with theadvent of the 1990s. TheFrench and Italian commu-nist parties went virtuallyout of existence just a littleearlier.
Nor did Leftism revive inthe rest of Europe after 1991.China learnt its lesson fromthe Soviet Union and con-verted itself into a pseudo-capitalist system. The Beijingexperiment is a novel onewith the Communist Party ofChina owning the armedforces and controlling, withshares, many or most ofChina’s mega enterprises.This was done perhaps withthe objective of thwartingany revolt against the regime.Citizens there aren’t allowedto set up a political party tocompete for votes. But isn’tthis a new version of fascism?
Can it last? If so, for howlong? After all, the CPCmembers are not blood rela-tions, and they cannot remainbeholden forever.Nevertheless, the Chineseexperiment is unique andhas been studied by experts,although one must add that it
is a work in progress.Until the 18th century,
religion, particularlyChristianity, provided thegoverning ideologies throughmonarchs. The FrenchRevolution shook up this ide-ological duality and gavebirth to a kind of pseudo-nationalism. To preventnationalism being used ormisused by capitalists, thecommunists supported bythe industrial classes becamethe antidote to the SovietUnion in the lead. The spec-tre of communism spreadingthroughout the continent andengulfing European civilisa-tion was very real, and it wasin order to prevent such aneventuality that fascism wasborn. It first came into beingin Italy under BenitoMussolini and was soonadopted by Adolf Hitler inGermany with all its conse-quences, particularly WWII.Today, both communism andfascism have virtually expired.Some former communistsbelieve that they lost becauseof their lack of democraticfunctioning within the party.There can be no denyingthat parties that spawned andbrought this ideology topower acquired dictatorialauthority over their respectivecountries. The result was thatthe fascist leadership did notobtain any regular feedback
nor authentic informationabout how people felt, orwhere their country washeaded. Third, people in theworld outside also did notcome to know as to what washappening in a particularcommunist country.
Regimes did not changeoften; it was only when a rev-olutionary cataclysm tookplace that everyone, insideand outside the country,became aware of what hadbeen wrong. By the time theydid become aware, they foundthat it was too late; they wereswept away by the tide ofchange. It needs no reiterationthat communism as an ideol-ogy has no future anywherein the world. Places likeChina and North Korea haveto use the State’s brute mus-cle to remain in power. Forany political future in freecountries, former commu-nists have to jettison theirhidebound mindset andembrace a democratic way offunctioning, beginning withtheir own parties.
But given the inherentcontradiction betweendemocracy and communism,this does not look like mate-rialising.
(The writer is a well-known columnist, an authorand a former member of theRajya Sabha. The viewsexpressed are personal.)
�������������� �����������Sir —Those who believe in the adage,“Coming events cast their shadow earli-er” were already perking their ears whenthe Prime Minister got emotional andbroke down during Ghulam Nabi Azad’sfarewell function in February last year dueto his long association with the latter. Now,several people, including some of Azad’scolleagues, are casting aspersions on himupon being conferred the prestigiousPadma Bhushan, though some expressedhappiness and extended their greetings.Among the G-23 members, AnandSharma heaped praise on his friend beingawarded the country’s third highest hon-our but Kapil Sibal’s tweet,“Congratulations bhaijan; ironic thatCongress does not need his serviceswhen the nation recognises his contribu-tions to the public service”, carried a sar-castic touch.
Jairam Ramesh came up with thephrase “Ghulam, not Azad” (enslaved, notfree) and simultaneously referred to for-mer West Bengal Chief MinisterBuddhadeb Bhattacharjee who refused toaccept the honour. Film star-turned-politician Raj Babbar, however, felicitat-ed Ghulam Nabi Azad, calling him anelder brother whose immaculate public lifeand commitment to Gandhian ideals havealways been an inspiration. The Congressleadership, meanwhile, has maintained astudied silence. All these scenarios havemade public the ideological fissures con-tinuing unabated among the grand oldparty members.
Azhar A Khan | Rampur
�����������������������Sir —On the one hand, the spirit of peo-ple has been just amazing and an exam-ple is the way people have been ventur-ing out in large numbers to celebrate fes-tivals and functions. On the other hand,most people have been turning a blindeye to the current COVID status, espe-cially in the wake of the Omicron vari-ant, by not wearing masks. Ignoring suchserious yet simple protocols as wearingmasks, these people pose a great threatto society. Incidentally, I see numerous
people venturing out for their dailyneeds without wearing masks. Sticking tomy own mask, I have been advising towear masks to many people in my nativeareas in Tamil Nadu.
As for the Omicron threat, it dependson us to keep away these fears. Eventhough vaccination has been a big hitworldwide, people should come out onlyafter wearing masks. Plus, the Governmentand all media houses should come forwardto churn out daily local feeds aboutimportant Corona protocols with a strongmessage and celebrity voice/word ofadvice. After all, countries have to look intotheir economic needs like agricultureactivities and industrial operations. Forthis, the international community mustcome out of the COVID loop soon.
P Senthil Saravana Durai |Mumbai
� �� ������������������Sir — This refers to three different issues,with the common agenda to defame PrimeMinister Modi, that are hitting the head-
lines in media during the last three days.I would like to repudiate these one by one.The first issue pertains to withdrawal of“Abide with me” from the Beating Retreatceremony. The Scottish-origin tune hasbeen replaced by Lata Mangeshkar’s pop-ular “Ae mere watan ke logo”.
The second controversy which shouldbe laid to rest is the shifting of Amar JawanJyoti to the National War Memorial. Theeternal flame at India Gate has still notbeen extinguished. The third dissent is therefusal to accept the Padma Vibhushanbestowed on former West Bengal ChiefMinister Budhadeb Bhattacharjee and itsacceptance by Ghulam Nabi Azad, withcastigation of the latter by his party col-leagues. The corollary of all theseuncalled-for situations is that since all thishas been done by the Modi dispensation,it is not acceptable to those who hate himad nauseum.
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It is a pity that BuddhadebBhattacharjee, WestBengal’s former ChiefMinister, has refused to
accept the Padma Bhushan hewas offered this Republic Day bythe President of India. The offerwas not from the BharatiyaJanata Party Government orthe Prime Minister. Even hisrefusal was confused; no oneinformed him or any member ofhis family, said Buddhababu, asif that was the reason for declin-ing the honour. The late JyotiBasu had declined the opportu-nity of becoming a coalitionPrime Minister when DeveGowda had to resign as the PM.Later, he described it as “a his-torical blunder”. The immediatereason given then was his party,the CPM, did not permit him toaccept the post. While onemight not question the genuine-ness of these persons in notaccepting the honour/executivepost, their refusals certainly dosay something.
With the demise of Marxismas an ideology the world over,these could be the little oppor-tunities to re-enter the main-stream of politics, at the Centreor in States. Why not seizethem like floral bouquets? Isthere something inherently dif-ferent about communists? It istrue that in Eastern Europe,some of them have managed tocreep into the mainstream.However, in Europe, politicshas swung towards the Right,especially because of a wave ofmigrants from Africa andArabia, more so from Syria. InIndia, the Left is vacant withoutany prejudicial obstruction as inEurope. In fact, in our countrythere has been increasing spacefor politicians of quality; theCongress continues its decline,which increasingly looks termi-nal, while no replacement for itas a national Opposition hascome up. The communists can-not, it appears, see this widen-ing gap.
Is this because the commu-nists are essentially trade unionleaders and not politicians?When their trade unions weak-en, they sink with their cadres.In the free world, MargaretThatcher blew the whistle andbest the Left could do in
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The Texas hostage crisis at a syna-gogue that US President Joe Bidencalled an ‘act of terror’ has beenresolved with the release of four
hostages and the death of the hostage-takerbut the dreadful situation has brought backthe focus on Al Qaeda and its Pakistanconnection.
The hostage taker identified by FBI asa British citizen named Malik FaisalAkram demanded for release of a terror-ist in the US prison called ‘Lady AlQaeda’, who is a Pakistan-born neurosci-entist, Aafia Siddiqui. The case of the so-called Lady Al Qaeda has exposed links ofPakistan government, Al Qaeda andTaliban as Islamabad has joined forces withthe terror groups to seek release of AafiaSiddiqui from the US prison.
The hostage-taker, Malik FaisalAkram, who stormed a Texas synagogueon the Sabbath and was holding hostagesbefore he was shot and killed was demand-ing the release of ‘Lady Al Qaeda,’ who isserving 86 years in a federal prison lessthan 30 miles from where the hostagestandoff took place for attempting to mur-der US soldiers in Afghanistan.
Siddiqui was arrested in Afghanistanin 2008 with cyanide and plans to attackthe Brooklyn Bridge and Empire StateBuilding. Later she was extradited to theUS and convicted in 2010. The demand forher release has brought a number of ter-ror and jihadists groups together alongwith Pakistan establishment, who havebeen plotting or negotiating to seekSiddiqui’s release. Terror groups inPakistan, Afghanistan, who have taken UScitizens hostage have tried to negotiate withthe US Government offering they wouldfree US citizens in return for Siddiqui’srelease.
This curious case of Aafia has alsoexposed how Al Qaeda, Taliban andPakistan government are operating handin glove with one another. Their causes arecommon and they work in collaborationwith each other keeping the terror networkvery much activated.
Aafia was born in Karachi, Sindh inPakistan to a Sunni family and later wentto the US to study. Aafia returned toPakistan from America for a time follow-ing the 9/11 attacks and again in 2003 dur-ing the war in Afghanistan. Khalid SheikhMuhammad, a Pakistani Islamist militantand the principal architect of the 9/11attacks, held by the US at the GuantanamoBay detention camp, named Aafia as acourier and financier for Al-Qaeda. Shewas later placed on the FBI SeekingInformation- Terrorism list and remainsthe only woman to have been featured onthis list.
Pakistanis view her as the ‘nationalsymbol of honor and victimization’ and thePakistani news media have called her triala ‘farce’ and ‘politicized’ from the start. InJuly 2019, while visiting Washington DC,Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan sug-gested Siddiqui should be exchanged for
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Shakil Afridi, a Pakistani doctoraccused of helping the Americansconfirm the identity of Osama binLaden, in advance of the raidwhere he was killed.
Earlier, the Pakistan embassy inthe US hired a three-person defenceteam to supplement Al Qaida ter-rorist Aafia’s two existing publicdefenders during her trial. ThePakistani government paid $2 mil-lion for the services of three lawyersto assist in the defense of Siddiquiduring the trial. This is a curiouscase, where a Government has soopenly come out to support an AlQaeda terrorist exposing its ownnefarious designs, how Pakistanharbours Al Qaeda militants anduses them too, all the while givingfalse assurances to the Americansthat it is helping them to finish AlQaeda, which is very much activeand calling shots more after lyinglow for some time until the Talibanconsolidated its takeover ofAfghanistan in 2021.
Terror groups carried out anumber of attacks to take revengefor Aafia’s imprisonment, whichagain exposes whether it is AlQaeda, Taliban or Tehreek e TalibanPakistan or Haqqani netwok orJeM; they all are one when itcomes to jihad or targeting foreignnationals or people of other reli-gions. They join forces with covertsupport from Pakistani establish-ment to target whom they brand asan ‘enemy of Islam.’ According toa video released by HakimullahMehsud, head of the Tehreek eTaliban Pakistan (TTP) at the time,the 2009 Camp Chapman attack inAfghanistan that killed seven CIAofficers was partly in revenge forAafia’s imprisonment. The 2010Times Square car-bombing attempt
occurred one day after Mehsudreleased another video promising toavenge Siddiqui. The perpetrator ofthe attempt was Faisal Shahzad, arecently naturalized Pakistan-borncitizen who had contacts withJaish-e-Muhammad andHakimullah Mehsud.
The Taliban threatened to exe-cute US soldier Bowe Bergdahl,whom they had captured in 2009 inretaliation for Lady Al Qaeda -Siddiqui’s conviction. Bergdahl waslater released in 2014 in exchangefor five Guantanamo Bay detainees.In September 2010, the Taliban kid-napped Linda Norgrove, a Scottishaid worker in Afghanistan, andTaliban commanders insistedNorgrove would be handed overonly in exchange for Siddiqui. Butlater Norgrove was accidentallykilled. In July 2011, then-deputy ofthe Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan,Waliur Rehman, announced thatthey wanted to swap Siddiqui fortwo Swiss citizens abducted inBalochistan. The Swiss coupleescaped in March 2012.
In December 2011, al-Qaedaleader Ayman al-Zawahiri demand-ed the release of Siddiqui inexchange for Warren Weinstein, anAmerican aid worker kidnapped inPakistan in August 2011.Weinsteinwas accidentally killed in a dronestrike in January 2015.
Al Qaeda, Taliban, TTP and ahost of other affiliated outfits havebeen kidnapping Americans,Europeans to make an exchangeoffer for Siqqiqui’s release and therecent hostage taking in a Texassynagogue is just another incidentin the long series of events for sev-eral years. Given Pakistan’s insis-tence on release of Siddiqui, nowquestions are being raised whether
all the kidnappings, hostage takingsfor Siddiqui was at the behest ofPakistan or whether Pakistan gavea tacit approval for the same?Pakistan’s role in these terror activ-ities has become more and moresuspect.
Pakistan has been disowningterrorists of Pak origin wheneverthey are arrested in other countriesbut not so in the case of Aafia. InAugust 2009, Pakistani PrimeMinister Yusuf Raza Gilani metwith Siddiqui’s sister at his residenceand assured her that Pakistanwould seek her release from the US.In 2010, President Asif Ali Zardarirequested Richard Holbrooke, USSpecial Envoy to Afghanistan andPakistan, that the U.S. considersrepatriating Siddiqui to Pakistanunder the Pakistan-US PrisonerExchange Agreement. Siddiqui,who had links to al Qaeda and thebanned jihadi group Jaish-e-Muhammad has received supportnot only from Islamic terror groupsbut Pakistan Government too andthis in itself is a clear sign of hob-nobbing between jihadists andPakistan.
The latest hostage crisis at aTexas synagogue and number ofsimilar incidents in Af-Pakdemanding release of Lady AlQaeda must be taken as a warning;the threat of Al Qaeda remainsimminent, Taliban takeover ofAfghanistan would only worsen it.Now there are no US- Nato forcesin the region to check these rogueelements and they have the entireAfghanistan to themselves to trainmilitants and suicide bombersbacked by Pakistan governmentand ISI; this is a dangerous scenarioand the sooner the world takes notethe better.
(The writer is a seniorjournalist. The views
expressed are personal.)
Good Governance is nec-essary for developmentand citizen’s satisfac-
tion. One of the indicatorsused by the World Bank tomeasure Governance is itsEffectiveness, measured interms of the quality of the civilservice and the degree of itsindepen-dence from politicalpressures, the quality of policyformulation and implementa-tion, and the credibility of thegovernment’s commitment tosuch policies. India hasimproved its Percentile Rank inGovernance Effectiveness, butremains low (66.8), much belowDenmark and Norway (98),Australia (93.8), New Zealand(93) and even a single-partyruled country like China (72.6).Did our founding fathers err intheir vision for the CivilService?
As early as October, 1945,Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel had aresolution adopted at confer-ence of Congress ChiefMinisters authorising the set-ting up of two all-India services,the IAS and the IPS, to succeedthe ICS (Indian Civil Service).Despite oppositions, SardarPatel stood his ground for var-ied reasons - avoid an admin-istrative gap and to retain thesteel frame for a diverse repub-lic as India.
A permanent civil servantisnot bound to any politicalparty or leader, its autonom-ousnature makes it stand uniqueand therefore work indepen-dently for the welfare of societyhence, is also accountable to theConstitution of India on whichthey take oath of allegiance.Patel’s public acknowledgmentof the patriotism and dedication
of public servants and hisexpression of trust in them,gave them the self-assurancewithout which they could nothave given their best.
The services need to shedthe colonial legacy that makesofficers act as the rulers ratherthan as public servants. RapidAssessment System (RAS) inwhich a generic technology-enabled platform is used forseeking real-time citizen feed-back on public services havebeen tried in many countrieswith success.
A lack of articulated andconsistent goals, mismatch
between authority and accoun-tability which loosens the scopefor fixing responsibility, duplica-tion of roles, absence of a systemof strong incentives or disincen-tives, in-adequate delegation orexcessive discretion - all thesebring slack in the system. Lean,accountable, empowered workteams with clear responsibilitiesare likely to deliver better results,as in the case of Elections,Census or disaster relief.
Interference by or collu-sion with politicians can comein the way of delivery of ser-vicesas per rules. Sometimes, cases oftransfer and posting receivegreater attention that those ofpublic policy. Tenures of officersare one indicator of the flux inthe dynamic systems of gover-nance. For example, tenures ofChief Medical Officers rangefrom eight months to three
years across the States. Whilepolitical engage-ment and par-ticipation in governance is essen-tial for ensuring accountability,trans-parency and garneringcitizen’s perceptions, the boundsand norms of acceptable con-duct are social constructs builtover time.
The New PublicManagement (NPM) in the UK,Australia, New Zealand,Scandinavian countries repre-sented an attempt to make thepublic sector more businesslikeand in order to increase the per-formance of government, privatesector management principlesborrowed. It seeks to borrowfrom the private sector principlesof flexibili-ty, transparency, min-imum Government, de-bureau-cratisation, decentralisation andmarket orientation. The mainprinciple of NPM is to empha-
sise economy, efficiency, andeffectiveness by downplayingthe importance of regulation. Itis not surprising that thesecountries score high on gover-nance effectiveness index.
Today’s government is try-ing to inject more specialists intothe bureaucracy through later-al hires at the level of Directorand Joint Secretary. Globally,countries like US, Belgium, UK,Australia have in fact institution-alized this practice as a part oftheir system. Debates around lat-eral hires have centered aroundperceived lack of rigour in theselection procedure. It is fearedthat due to the pressure of a fixedtime con-tract, the lateral hiresmight not express or put forwardtheir views freely and in an unbi-ased manner.
There is no doubt thatIndia’s permanent civil service
needs reform. This is vital to thecountry’s progress and develop-ment. While the country needstalent and exper-tise to manspecialized assignment, Patel’sideals of permanent, unbiased,indepen-dent administratorswho can work for the better-ment of county with a loyaltyto-wards the people and com-mitment to rule of law shouldbe kept alive. The ideas of theConstitution makers need to beimbibed in the process of later-al hires. In addi-tion, principlesof new public managementneed to be mainstreamed byamending our regulations tomake the administration facil-itatory, rather than regulatory toprivate enterprise and capital.This way the administrationwill be strengthened and mademore relevant to currentrequirements.
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anintern at NITI. The viewsexpressed are personal.)
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Guwahati: A total of 246 mili-tants of United Gorkha People'sOrganisation (UGPO) and TiwaLiberation Army (TLA) for-mally surrendered before AssamChief Minister Himanta BiswaSarma here on Thursday.
Welcoming the 169 UGPOand 77 TLA insurgents into themainstream, Sarma said thattwo more Bru-Reang militantoutfits in Barak Valley will laydown arms in February.
Speaking at a formal arms-laying ceremony, the chief min-
ister said that ULFA(Independent) and KamtapurLiberation Organisation (KLO)will then be the only remain-ing active insurgent groups inthe state.
"Two Bru-Reang groupsin the Barak Valley will sur-render in the coming days. Wewill try to settle them byFebruary," he said.
A senior police officer, whois involved in the surrenderprocess of the militants, told PTIthat the chief minister referredto the Bru Revolutionary ArmyUnion (BRAU) and UnitedDemocratic Liberation Front(UDLF).
The UGPO and TLA mil-itants deposited 277 firearms ofvarious types, 720 cartridgesand grenades in front of Sarma. PTI
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The Trinamool Congress isgoing to raise a host of
‘contentious issues’ in parlia-ment in the upcoming BudgetSession, inside sources saidquoting Bengal Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee.
The Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee has directedher MPs to raise the issue ofproposed amendment ofIndian Administrative Services(cadres) rules in Parliament,the party sources on Thursdaysaid.
Banerjee who on Thursdayhad called a meeting of TMCMPs ahead of the BudgetSession is known to havechalked out a battle plan for herMPs guiding them on how toraise various issues including“the most contentious” issuerelated to the mandatory dep-
utation of IAS officers in Delhi.Claiming that proposed
amendment of the IAS CadreRules, 1954 would disturb thefederal structure of the coun-try compelling the StateGovernments to release thebureaucrats once they are askedto do so by the Centre, Banerjeeearlier said that the proposedamendment is“against spirit ofcooperative federalism and thatit upsets harmonious arrange-ment between Centre andStates in the matter ofpostingof IAS and IPS officers.”
In her letter written toPrime Minister Narendra Modion the issue,Banerjee earliersaid, “I express my strongreservations to the approachfollowed by the CentralGovernment in proposing suchanamendment to the CadreRules which unilaterally man-dates the State Government tomake such a number of officersavailable for deputationas pre-scribed under (the) centraldeputation reserve.”
Apart from the IAS issuethe TMC is also likely to raiseother issues regarding “someBills sent by the State and have
been lying pending with theCentre,” sources said.
Besides, the party is alsolikely to move a resolution inRajya Sabha seeking with-drawal of Bengal GovernorJagdeep Dhankhar who hasnot been in good terms withthe Chief Minister. The twosides have been at loggerheadsever since the Governorassumed office in 2019.
The Chief Minister is per-sonally likely to take up theissue and start a movementdemanding the Governor’sremoval from Bengal, sourcessaid.
With the Governor often
raising issues like increasingviolence, lack of model politi-cal culture, alleged politiciza-tion of bureaucracy and disre-gard for the gubernatorial chairthe Bengal ruling outfit have-often accused Dhankhar ofconverting the Raj Bhavan intoa BJP party office.
One such war of wordsensued on Thursday whenBengal Opposition LeaderSuvendu Adhikari attacked theChief Minister for subvertingthe dignity of her chair ... shehas been conducting herself inmost undignified manner. Heearlier said how during theRepublic Day Parade in Kolkata
she broke the protocol by notproceeding to receive theGovernor who was the ChiefGuest.
“Outrageous protocol vio-lation by CM… She did notreceive Hon'ble Governor atRepublic Day function. But heshowed grace by walking upto-her and greeting her on thisspecial National day. Her con-duct left much to be desiredand goes against the proprietyand culture of WB”, Adhikarisaid adding “the office of theChief Minister has been dis-graced like never before.”
Adhikari staged a shortdharna at a Vikas Bhavan thathouses Education Ministrydemanding early opening ofthe educational institutions.
“TheTMC Governmenthas opened bars, liquor shops,malls and even allowed wed-dings with 200 people but haskept the educational institu-tions closed … this is becausethey do not want educatedpeople in Bengal as after gettingeducation they will want jobswhich the Government cannotcreate,” Adhikari said.
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Bengaluru: Senior Congressleader M Veerappa Moily saidon Thursday the NarendraModi Government's decision toconfer Padma Bhushan onGhulam Nabi Azad was a polit-ical one and not based onmerit.
He said the former Jammuand Kashmir Chief Ministershould not accept the award ifhe thinks that it harms theinterest of the Congress party.
"Narendra Modi took apolitical decision," Moily toldPTI here. "They have taken adecision politically; not weigh-ing on any merit or otherwise.Now, it's for him (Azad) to takea decision (on whether toaccept or decline the award).
The former UnionMinister, who was among theCongress group of 23 leaderswho wrote to the party chiefSonia Gandhi in 2020 seekinginternal reforms, said Azadshould think whether it's in theinterest of the party or notbefore accepting it. PTI
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ADivision Bench of theKerala High Court on
Thursday acquitted two allegedextremists of all charges inconnection with the twin blastcases that shook Kozhikode cityon 3rd March 2006. JudgesVinod K Chandran and AAZiyad Rehman quashed the lifesentences slapped onThadiyantevida Nazeer andShafaz by the NIA special courtand set them free.
The twin blast cases whichwas investigated by the Kerala
Police was transferred to theNational Investigating Agencyin 2009 which arrested Nazeerand Shafaz along with otheraccused persons.
The prosecution chargewas that the accused resortedto the twin blasts following thedenial of bail to the personswho were arrested for the 2003Maradu massacre in whicheight Hindu fishermen wereslaughtered by a group of per-
sons.While allowing the appeal
filed by Nazeer and Shafazquestioning the trial court ver-dict, the High Court camedown heavily on the NIA for itslopsided investigation. “Thecase has been set up by theprosecution merely on sur-mises and conjectures, whichthe Trial Court swallowedwithout further ado and throw-ing to the winds the funda-
mental principles of criminaljurisprudence. It is pointedout that the charge under theExplosive Substances Act couldnot have been levelled, since
the Act provides a consent ofthe District Magistrate, fromthe year 2001 onwards, whichhas not been obtained,” said thejudges.
The NIA came underscathing attack by the DivisionBench. “The investigatingagency has carried out noinvestigation and has put wordsinto the mouth of the accused,recorded them as disclosurestatements, which is the only
basis of the conviction. Theconduct of the Court below isseriously assailed for having notconsidered the objectionsraised by the defence, in thecourse of chief-examinationregarding the admissibility ofthe confessions; which are quitea few in number,” they said.
The Division Bench alsopointed out that the seventhaccused turned approver and
the NIA’s allegations were basedon his statement. “The onlyevidence before Court was thatof the approver and the lack ofidentification demolishes theprosecution case.
There were four persons inthe dock and each should havebeen identified separately bypointing them out from thedock by their position, dress orstand-out features,” said thejudges.
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India’s Panchayath Raj lawsneed urgent amendments
and reforms to make the localgovernment system more effec-tive and strong, according to SM Vijayanand, Chairman.Kerala’s Finance Commission.Vijayanand, former chief sec-retary to Government of Keralawho is the longest servingPanchayath Raj Secretary in theState, wanted the system of 50per cent reservation of localgovernment seats for womenand scheduled caste/scheduledtribe should be reformed at theearliest.
Interactions with thosewho get elected to the localgovernment bodies under thesecategories revealed the truththat they were not at all inter-ested in taking up major worksin their wards. This is becausethe reservation of the wardfrom where they get electedwould become general ward inthe subsequent election and thechances of them getting re-elected become bleak.
A member should get min-imum tenure of two terms toundertake major initiatives,”Vijayanand told a congregationof senior lawyers, judges,
Panchayat raj members in aseminar held to mark the con-clusion of the ninth and lastworkshop organized by CG3(Connecting Governed,Governing and Governance),an initiative launched toempower local body membersto take up causes for their elec-torate.
The veteran IAS officer,who is rated as one of the mas-ter brains in the country in thesystem of decentralisation ofpower reiterated that those inpower dare to bring in anti-people measures because of thefailure of Grama Sabhas andWard Committees which hedescribed as the Basic Units ofThe Republic.
“What former PrimeMinister Rajiv Gandhi dreamtwas transferring power to peo-ple . He had visualised GramaSabhas and Ward Committeesas institutions which were asimportant as legislatures andparliament. If these GramaSabhas and Ward Committeesdo not succeed, the concept ofdecentralisation too fail,” saidVijayanand.
While exhorting the localbody members to reject pop-ulism, he said they could playa major role in eliminating cor-
ruption. “Always bear in mindthe fact that local self govern-ments are part of federalism.
The Panchayath Raj insti-tutions should have the powerand right to tax.,” he said.
According to Vijayanand,Kerala would not have experi-enced the deluge and landslidesit suffered since 2018 had thelocal self governments madeuse of their power and freedomeffectively.
“The massive floods andlandslides in the State were fallout of the failure to implementthe recommendations of theMadhav Gadgil Committeethat was constituted to preservethe sanctity of the WesternGhats, the water tower of SouthIndia. Massive deforestationand quarrying had almostrobbed the Ghats of its rainforests.
The Local Self bodies inKerala which had the power toaccept the recommendations ofMadhav Gadgil Committee intotality failed to do so becauseof the intervention of vestedinterests. Had these local bod-ies put their foot down, theState administration would nothave been able to over rulethem,” he said.
Kylasanadha Pillay, senioradvocate, Supreme Court, whoconceived the concept of CG3disclosed that LAMP (LegalAwareness and MotivationProgramme), a mission to takelegal awareness to schools andstudents have found takersfrom Kayamkulam in Kerala toNepal. “Though the workshopfor Panchayath members hasconcluded, we are launchingthe next step of CG3. Themembers of urban local bodieswould be trained in taking upthe causes of the people,” saidDr Pillay.
The Kerala Institute ofLocal Administration underthe Kerala Government hasextended a hand of cooperationand collaboration with theCG3 and this is expected toturn a new page in the historyof local governance in theState.
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Jammu: The Jammu-Srinagarnational highway was closed forvehicular traffic for the secondconsecutive day on Thursdaydue to a landslide in Rambandistrict, sources said.
The 270-km-long stretch,the only all-weather road link-ing Kashmir with the rest of thecountry, was blocked by a land-slide in the Panthiyal area inRambam, they said.
As a result, hundreds ofvehicles are stranded at differ-ent points on the highway,they added.
Men and machinery havebeen deployed to clear the areafor the traffic, the sources said.
The highway was closedon Wednesday after a landslidein the Duggi area of the district. PTI
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Kolkata: Activists of the ABVPon Thursday staged a demon-stration outside the main cam-pus of the Calcutta Universitydemanding that schools, col-leges and universities bereopened in the interest ofstudents.
Saptarshi Sarkar, the nation-al secretary of the right-wingstudents' organisation, told PTIthat its activists had gatherednear the main gate of CalcuttaUniversity's college street cam-pus to hold a peaceful demon-stration, but the police forcedthem to vacate the spot.
"The area was suddenlycordoned off by the police. Outactivists did not get into anyconfrontation and left the spot.A woman member of the out-fit was, however, injured in themelee," Sarkar said
Sarkar said the demon-strators demanded resumption
of classes in schools, collegesand universities, given the factthat the COVID-19 situationwas showing signs of improve-ment and "everything else frommalls to restaurants and barsare in operation”.
Describing the state gov-ernment's 'Paray Sikshalay' ini-tiave as a "farce", he said nor-mal classes should resume atthe earliest as "students hadbeen suffering for about twoyears".
Under the 'Paray Sikshalay'project, the state governmenthas decided to hold classes inthe open for pre-primary andprimary students of state-runschools.
A Kolkata Police officersaid around 50 ABVP activists,who had assembled before theCU main gate around 2 pm,were dispersed without theuse of any force. PTI
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In a political coup of sortspulled off by the Sharad
Pawar-led Nationalist CongressParty (NCP) ahead of theMalegaon MunicipalCorporation (MMC) elections,all the 28 Congress corporators– including current MayorTahera Shaikh Rashid – onThursday defected to the NCP,thus causing an earthquake inthe State Congress.
In a development that thatdiminished the Congress in theMuslim-dominated town innorth Maharashtra but alsobrought about strains in theNCP and Congress which areconstituents in the Shiv Sena-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA),the 28 Congress corporatorsjoined the Sharad Pawar-ledparty in the presence of Deputychief minister Ajit Pawar, stateparty president Jayant Patil,senior minister ChhaganBhujbal and Minority AffairsMinister Nawab Malik.
At a function held at thestate party quarters in southMumbai, Malegaon MayorTahera Shaikh, her husband,former MLA and current cor-
porator Rashid Shaikh and 26corporators entered the NCP,taking the NCP’s strength fromthe 20 corporators to 48 cor-porators. Hitherto, theCongress and NCP were rulingthe MMC as an alliance.
Informed sources said thatThursday’s mass-defection wasan off-shoot of the resignationtendered by Rashid Shaikh asthe Malegaon Congress presi-dent last year. Though theState Congress had thoughtthat the crisis triggered byShaikh’s resignation had blownover, his wife and MMC MayorTahera Shaikh dropped thebombshell on the SoniaGandhi-led party and led theentire team of disgruntled partycorporators into the NCP.
Though jolted to the core,Maharashtra Congress presi-dent Nana Patole sought tounderplay the development, bysaying this kind of defectionsdid happen in politics and thatsome people from the NCPwould soon be joining his party.
“Some persons fromCongress have joined the NCP.Similarly, a few people fromNCP will also be joining us.But, I am not revealing details
now. We may be in alliance inMVA, but this is after all poli-tics,” Patole said.
With the defection of the28 Congress corporators tothe NCP, the political arith-metic has vastly changed in thepowerloom town of Malegaonin general and the MMC inparticular in the run-up thelocal civic body polls scheduledto be held next month.
Prior to the defection of the28 Congress corporators tothe NCP, the party-wise break-up in the MMC was as follows:Congress 28, NCP 20, ShivSena 12, BJP 9, AIMIM 7 andJD(S) 7. But, post- en massedefection of corporators fromCongress to the Congress, theSharad Pawar-led party’sstrength has gone to 48, whilethe Congress reduced to zero.
Earlier, welcoming 28Congress corporators to hisparty fold, deputy chief ministerAjit Pawar recalled that RashidShaikh, who was elected to theState Assembly in 1999, was tak-ing along with him all sectionsof the society in Malegaon. “Ourparty president Sharad Pawar hasbelieved and practised inclu-siveness in politics.
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Srinagar: The minimum tem-perature across Kashmirplunged below the freezingpoint with the tourist resorts of
Gulmarg and Pahalgam reelingunder extreme cold, officialssaid here on Thursday.
Srinagar, the summer cap-ital of Jammu and Kashmir,recorded a low of minus 1.3degrees Celsius – down from1.3 degrees Celsius the previousnight, they said.
Gulmarg recorded a low ofminus 10 degrees Celsius –slightly up from minus 10.4
degrees Celsius the previousnight.
Pahalgam, which alsoserves as the base camp for theannual Amarnath yatra,recorded a low of minus 10.9degrees Celsius – down fromthe previous night's minus 5.6degrees Celsius, they said.
The officials said Qazigundrecorded a minimum of minus0.2 degrees Celsius, while the
nearby south Kashmir town ofKokernag recorded a low ofminus 4.3 degrees Celsius.
The minimum tempera-ture in Kupwara in northKashmir settled at a low ofminus 3.4 degrees Celsius.
Kashmir valley is current-ly under the grip of the 40-dayharshest winter period knownas 'Chilla-i-Kalan' which began
on December 21 last year.
'Chilla-i-Kalan' is a periodwhen a cold wave grips theregion and the temperaturedrops considerably leading tothe freezing of water bodiesincluding the famous Dal Lakehere as well as the water sup-ply lines in several parts of thevalley.
The chances of snowfall are
the most frequent and maxi-mum during this period andmost areas, especially in thehigher reaches, receive heavy tovery heavy snowfall.The 'Chilla-i-Kalan' will end onJanuary 31, but the cold wavecontinues even after that inKashmir with a 20-day-long'Chillai-Khurd' (small cold)and a 10-day-long 'Chillai-Bachha' (baby cold). PTI
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New Delhi: After a hiatus ofnearly two decades, theGovernment's programme toprivatise state-owned firmsrestarted with the handing overof debt-laden national carrierAir India to the Tata Group.
With the new ownershelling out Rs 18,000 crore forthe buyout of the 'Maharaja', thiswould be the highest-everamount garnered through pri-vatisation, and is even morethan the cumulative summopped up through strategicsales from 1999-00 to 2003-04.
The Government had inOctober last year inked theshare purchase agreement withthe Tata Group for sale of
national carrier Air India for Rs18,000 crore.
Tatas would pay Rs 2,700crore cash and take over Rs15,300 crore of the airline'sdebt. The deal also includes saleof Air India Express and ground handling armAISATS.
The government had gar-nered roughly over Rs 5,000crore during that five-year peri-od by privatising 10 CPSEs.Besides, three hotel propertiesof Hotel Corporation of Indiaand 18 of ITDC were also soldoff by way of slump sale.
Here is a timeline of strate-gic sale of central public sectorenterprises
(CPSEs) to private entitiesbetween 1999-00 to 2003-04:1999-00 - Modern FoodIndustries Ltd -- Rs 105crore2000-01 - BALCO , LaganJute Machinery Co Ltd -- Rs 554crore 2001-02 - VSNL,Computer MaintenanceCorporation (CMC), HindustanTeleprinters Ltd (HTL),Paradeep Phosphate Ltd (PPL),some hotel properties of HCIand ITDC -- Rs 2,089 crore2002-03 - Hindustan Zinc Ltd(HZL), Indian PetrochemicalsCorporation (IPCL), someITDC hotel properties -- Rs2,335 crore 2003-04 - HZL(second tranche), Jessop & Co-- Rs 342 crore. PTI
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The U.S. rejection of Russia’smain demands to resolve
the crisis over Ukraine left lit-tle ground for optimism, theKremlin said Thursday, whileadding that dialogue was stillpossible.
Tensions have soared inrecent weeks, as the UnitedStates and its NATO alliesexpressed concern that abuildup of about 100,000Russian troops near Ukrainesignaled that Moscow plannedto invade its ex-Soviet neighbor.Russia denies having any suchdesigns — and has laid out aseries of demands it says willimprove security in Europe.
But as expected, the U.S.and the Western alliance firm-ly rejected any concessions onMoscow’s main pointsWednesday, refusing to per-manently ban Ukraine fromjoining NATO and saying allieddeployments of troops andmilitary equipment in EasternEurope are nonnegotiable.
The U.S. did outline areasin which some of Russia’s con-cerns might be addressed, pos-sibly offering a path to de-esca-lation.“There is no change,there will be no change,” U.S.Secretary of State AntonyBlinken said, repeating thewarning that any Russianincursion into Ukraine wouldbe met with massive conse-quences and severe economiccosts.All eyes are now onPresident Vladimir Putin, whowill decide how Russia willrespond amid fears that Europecould again be plunged intowar.
Kremlin spokesmanDmitry Peskov told reportersthat response from the U.S. —and a similar one from NATO— left “little ground for opti-mism.” At same time, he addedthat “there always are prospectsfor continuing a dialogue, it’s ininterests of both us andAmericans.” Russian ForeignMinister Sergey Lavrov notedthat U.S. response containedsome elements that could leadto “the start of a serious talk onsecondary issues” but empha-sized that “the document con-tains no positive response on
the main issue.” Those are theRussian demands for the non-expansion of NATO and thenon-deployment of weaponsthat may threaten Russia.
Lavrov told reporters thattop officials will now submittheir proposals to Putin, whohas the American response,and Peskov said the Russianreaction would come soon.
The evasive official com-ments reflect the fact that it’sPutin who will single-hand-edly determine Russia’s nextmoves. The Russian leaderhas warned that he wouldorder unspecified “military-technical measures” if theWest refuses to heed thedemands.
Peskov added that Putinand U.S. President Joe Bidenwill decide whether they needto have another conversationfol lowing two cal ls lastmonth.While the diplomacysputters on, so, too, do maneu-vers that have escalated ten-sions. Russia has launched aseries of military dril ls :Motorized infantr y andartillery units in southwesternRussia practiced firing liveammunition, warplanes inKaliningrad on Baltic Sea per-formed bombing runs, dozensof warships sailed for trainingexercises in the Black Sea andthe Arctic, and Russian fight-er jets and paratroopersarrived in Belarus for joint wargames.
Meanwhile, NATO said itwas bolstering its deterrencein the Baltic Sea region, andthe U.S. ordered 8,500 troopson higher alert for potentialdeployment to Europe.
Amid the tensions, thou-sands of Ukrainians expressedtheir resolve to stand up to theRussian pressure under thehashtag UkrainiansWillResiston Twitter and Facebook. “Noone will force Ukrainians toaccept the Kremlin ultima-tum,” wrote Andrii Levus,who initiated the online cam-paign. Beyond the fears of aRussian invasion in Ukraine,there also has been specula-tion that Moscow’s responsecould include mil itar ydeployments to the WesternHemisphere. While a senior
Russian diplomat recentlypointedly refused to rule outsuch deployments to Cubaand Venezuela, a top Putinassociate expressed skepti-cism Thursday at thatprospect.
“Cuba and Venezuela areaiming to come out of isola-tion and restore normal rela-tions with the U.S. to a certainextent, so there can’t be anytalk about setting up a basethere as happened during theSoviet t imes,” Dmitr yMedvedev, a deputy head ofRussia’s Security Council, saidin an interview with Russianmedia.
While he charged that theWest is using Ukraine as a wayto contain Russia, he somber-ly acknowledged that a Russia-NATO conflict “would be themost dramatic and simplycatastrophic scenario, and Ihope it will never happen.”
As concerns rise about apossible Russian invasion,another conflict still simmersin Ukraine. In 2014, followingthe ouster of a Kremlin-friendly president in Kyiv,Moscow annexed Ukraine’sCrimean Peninsula and threwits weight behind a separatistinsurgency in the country’seastern industrial heartland.
Fighting betweenUkrainian forces and Russia-backed rebels has killed over14,000 people, and efforts toreach a settlement have stalled.
Ukrainian and Russianenvoys and others sat down inParis on Wednesday to discussa resolution to that conflict, butMedvedev said that Moscowsees no point in talking toUkrainian PresidentVolodymyr Zelenskyy — andsuggested that only a change inleader would defuse tensions.
He expressed hope thatthe Ukrainians would eventu-ally become “weary of thatbedlam and elect the leadershipthat would pursue policies ...aimed at normal economicrelations with Russia.” Thatcomment follows a Britishclaim that the Kremlin is seek-ing to replace Ukraine’s gov-ernment with a pro-Moscowadministration — an allegationRussia denied.
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The United States onWednesday rejected
Russia's key demand to barUkraine from NATO and saidit believed Moscow was readyto invade but offered what itcalled a new "diplomatic path"out of the crisis.
Secretary of State AntonyBlinken said he would speakagain in the coming days toRussian Foreign MinisterSergei Lavrov, whom he metFriday in Geneva, as a sepa-rate initiative by Francebrought a promise by Moscowat least to keep talking toUkraine's government.
One month after Russiaput forward sweeping securi-ty proposals, having sent tensof thousands of troops toUkraine's border, the UnitedStates delivered a reply incoordination with NATOallies and said it was ready forany eventuality.
"It sets out a seriousdiplomatic path forwardshould Russia choose it,"Blinken told reporters of theUS response, which he saidwould remain confidential.
He renewed an offer on"reciprocal" measures toaddress mutual security con-cerns including reductions ofmissiles in Europe and trans-parency on military drills andWestern aid to Ukraine.
But he made clear that theUnited States would not budgeon Russia's core demand thatUkraine never be allowed tojoin NATO, the US-backedmilitary alliance.
"From our perspective, Ican't be more clear -- NATO'sdoor is open, remains open,and that is our commitment,"Blinken said.Russia, whichhas a complicated historicalrelationship with Ukraine, has
fueled an insurgency in for-mer Soviet republic's east thathas killed more than 13,000people since 2014. Russia thatyear also seized Crimea afterthe overthrow of a govern-ment in Kyiv that had resist-ed efforts to move closer toEurope. The United Stateshas warned of severe andswift consequences if Russiainvades, including possiblepersonal sanctions onPresident Vladimir Putin, andNATO has put 8,500 troopson standby.
"While we are hoping forand working for a good solu-tion -- de-escalation -- we arealso prepared for the worst,"NATO Secretary General JensStoltenberg said.
Blinken's deputy WendySherman, who led a previousround of talks with Russia,said Putin seemed ready toinvade despite the US warn-ings. "I have no idea whetherhe's made the ultimate deci-sion, but we certainly seeevery indication that he isgoing to use military forcesometime perhaps (between)now and the middle ofFebruary," Sherman told aforum.
She said Putin may bewaiting so as not to over-shadow February 4 start ofWinter Olympics in Beijing,which Russian leader willattend amid a diplomatic boy-cott by United States and sev-eral of its allies.
French-led talksIn another bid to defuse
tensions, senior Russian andUkrainian officials met foreight hours in Paris with rep-resentatives of France andGermany.Dmitry Kozak, theKremlin deputy chief of staff,said talks were "not simple"but that another round wouldtake place in two weeks inBerlin.
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Holocaust survivors andpoliticians warned about
the resurgence of antisemitismand Holocaust denial as theworld remembered Nazi atroc-ities and commemorated the77th anniversary of the liber-ation of the Auschwitz con-centration camp on Thursday.
"I have lived in New Yorkfor 75 years, but I still remem-ber well the terrible time ofhorror and hatred," survivorInge Auerbacher, 87, told theGerman parliament."Unfortunately, this cancer hasreawakened and hatred of Jewsis commonplace again in manycountries in the world, includ-ing Germany."
Commemorations are tak-ing place amid a rise of anti-semitism that gained tractionduring lockdowns as the pan-demic exacerbated hatredonline. "This sickness must behealed as quickly as possible,"Auerbacher said.German par-liament speaker Baerbel Basnoted that the coronavirus
pandemic has acted "like anaccelerant" to already bur-geoning antisemitism."Antisemitism is here - it isn'tjust on the extreme fringe, notjust among the eternally incor-rigible and a few antisemitictrolls on the net," she said. "Itis a problem of our society - allof society."
The UN General Assemblyadopted a resolution inNovember 2005 establishingthe annual commemoration,and chose Jan 27 - the day thatAuschwitz-Birkenau was liber-ated by Soviet troops in 1945.
Due to the coronaviruspandemic, many InternationalHolocaust Remembrance Dayevents were being held onlinethis year again. A small cere-mony, however, was to takeplace at the site of the formerAuschwitz death camp, whereWorld War II Nazi Germanforces killed 1.1 million peoplein occupied Poland. Thememorial site was closed ear-lier in the pandemic butreopened in June. In all, about6 million European Jews and
millions of other people werekilled by the Nazis and theircollaborators during theHolocaust. Some 1.5 millionwere children."Our countrybears a special responsibility -the genocide against EuropeanJews is a German crime," Bastold a special parliamentarysession in Berlin attended bycountry's leaders. "But at sametime it is a past that is every-one's business -- not justGermans, not just Jews."Israel'sparliamentary speaker, MickeyLevy, broke down in tears atGermany's Bundestag whilereciting Jewish mourner'sprayer from a prayer book thatbelonged to a German Jewishboy who celebrated his barmitzvah on eve of Kristallnacht.
Levy said Israel andGermany experienced "anexceptional journey on way toreconciliation and establish-ing relations and brave friend-ship between us". Auerbacherrecalled being nearly hit by astone thrown by Nazi thugsduring the anti-Jewish pogromof November 1938.
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The U.N. Chief urged nationsWednesday to greatly boost
humanitarian aid for millionsof Afghans living in "a frozenhell" and release nearly $9 bil-lion in frozen assets to pullAfghanistan's economy backfrom brink of a collapse thatcould set off a mass exodus ofpeople fleeing country. "Timeis of essence," Secretary-General Antonio Guterres toldSecurity Council. "Withoutaction, lives will be lost, anddespair and extremism willgrow." Guterres said liquiditymust be urgently restored toAfghan economy. He said thatmeans freeing up country'sfrozen currency reserves, re-engaging with its Central Bankand finding othr ways to injectmoney, including allowing
international funds to pay
salaries of doctors, teachers,sanitation workers, electriciansand other civil servants.Chinaand Russia reiterated their callsfor unfreezing Afghan assets,while U.S. Ambassador LindaThomas-Greenfield said Bidenadministration is examining"various options to ease liq-uidity crunch.
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Channels of Iran's state tele-vision broadcast images
Thursday showing the leadersof an exiled dissident groupand a graphic demanding thecountry's supreme leader bekilled, an incident state TVlater described as a hack. Thegraphics showed the leaders ofthe Mujahedeen-e-Khalq andthe name of an account on twosocial media platforms, whichclaimed to be a group of hack-ers who broadcast the messagepraising the dissidents.TheMEK, now largely based inAlbania, did not immediatelyanswer telephone calls fromThe Associated Press. The inci-dent marked a serious breachfor Iranian state TV, which iscontrolled by hard-liners in thecountry.
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The Government has retained debt of�15,300 crore in Air India and Air IndiaExpress Ltd (AIXL) while 100 per cent sharesof Air India, AIXL and the national carrier’s 50per cent shareholding in AISATS have beentransferred to Talace.
It took over two decades and three attemptsfor the Centre to finally hand over its flagshipnational carrier Air India.
In a tweet, Department of Investment andPublic Asset Management (DIPAM) SecretaryTuhin Kanta Pandey said the strategic disin-vestment transaction of Air India has conclud-ed successfully with transfer of 100 per centshares of Air India to Talace along with man-agement control.
After the Government’s statement, the TataGroup also issued a statement announcing thecompletion of the transaction for purchase ofAir India from the Government.
“The Tata Group takes over managementand control of the airline, starting today. Thetransaction covers three entities – Air India, AirIndia Express and AI SATS. Air India is India’sflag carrier and premier full-service airline. AirIndia Express is a low-cost carrier. AI SATS pro-vides a comprehensive suite of ground handlingand cargo handling services,” the Tata Group saidin a statement.
Acknowledging PM Modi’s commitment toreforms and faith in India’s entrepreneurshipspirit, which made this historic transition pos-sible, the Tata Group said, “Our Prime Ministerhas in action demonstrated what his commit-ment to minimum government, maximumgovernance means.”
After the handover of Air India, Tata SonsChairman N Chandrasekharan said, “We’retotally delighted that this process is complete andhappy to have Air India back in the Tata Group.We look forward to walking with everyone tocreate a world-class airline.”
Earlier Chandrasekaran called on PrimeMinister Narendra Modi on Thursday ahead ofthe official handover of Air India to the TataGroup. “N Chandrasekaran, the Chairman ofTata Sons called on PM @narendramodi,” thePrime Minister’s Office tweeted, along with aphotograph of the meeting. The meeting comesafter all the Government representatives of AirIndia tendered their resignations earlier. Later,Chandrasekaran also visited the Air Indiaheadquarters.
In October last year, Tata Group announcedthe winning bidder for Air India with a bidamount of �18,000 crore. Tatas would pay �2,700crore cash and take over �15,300 crore of the air-line’s debt. Tata Sons owns 84 per cent share inAir Asia which has a market share of 5.2 per cent.It also has 51 per cent stake in Vistara which hasa market share of 8.3 per cent. With Air Indiaunder the stable, Tatas could be in control of 26.7per cent market share and be the secondbiggest player after IndiGo.
Before the handover process to Tata Group,the Government has notified the frameworkagreement entered into by and between Air IndiaLtd and AI Assets Holding Ltd (AIAHL) fortransfer of non-core assets of the national car-rier post it ceasing to be a public sector com-
pany. AIAHL was set up in 2019, by theGovernment for holding debt and non-coreassets of the Air India group. Four Air India sub-sidiaries -- Air India Air Transport Services Ltd(AIATSL), Airline Allied Services Ltd (AASL),Air India Engineering Services Ltd (AIESL) andHotel Corporation of India Ltd (HCI) --alongwith non-core assets, painting and artefacts, andother non-operational assets, was transferred tothe SPV.
Meanwhile, a consortium of lenders led bythe State Bank of India (SBI) has agreed to pro-vide loans to Tata Group for the smooth oper-ations of loss-making Air India. Tata Group,which won the bid to acquire the national car-rier along with Air India Express and 50 per centstake in AISATS in October last year, is expect-ed to formally takeover the airline on Thursday.
Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy (JRD) Tatafounded the airline in 1932 and named it TataAirlines. In 1946, the aviation division of TataSons was listed as Air India, and in 1948, AirIndia International was launched with flights toEurope.
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under which cases were lodged against him,”he said referring to a Samajwadi Party leader.
He mocked Akhilesh Yadav of his criticismof law and order, says he has not right to com-plain about it. “Chullu bhar pani mein doobmaro,” he mocked in Hindi.
“Akhilesh Babu you question law and order,you should drown in chullu (handful) of water.You have no right to speak on it,” he said tar-geting the Samajwadi Party leader.
If Akhilesh Yadav comes to power, the“goonda raj” (rule of goons) will prevail, heclaimed attacking the opposition party.
But if the BJP returns to power, it will bol-ster development, he said.
The union minister stressed that his partyhas run the government in a transparent man-ner and even political adversaries cannot accusethem of corruption. “Akhilesh Babu stacks ofnotes are coming out from the houses of yoursupporters but there is no charge of corruptionagainst the BJP,” he said, apparently referring tothe seizure of cash and jewellery from two per-fume traders in Kanpur and Kannauj.
He also took a swipe at the SP’s promise offree power, saying why wasn’t it done earlier.
Earlier accompanied by party leaders, theminister distributed pamphlets in Satua villagenear Govardhan Road and got his photographsclicked with local workers.
Amidst showering of petals by women, hewas seen garlanding a beaming child in awoman’s lap.
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The actress, who was present in the virtu-al hearing, volunteered to work with the DelhiState Legal Services Authority (DSLSA) and fea-
ture in the programmes for empowering themarginalised section of the society.
Senior advocate Salman Khurshid, repre-senting Chawla, said the actress being a publicconcerned person had filed the suit highlight-ing the impact of 5G roll out on human body,and added that unfortunately the public issuewas diluted due to the hyper technical difficul-ties in the order passed by the single judgeregarding the law of pleadings.
Chawla submitted that she would be veryhappy to assist in any matter of public interestand she was thankful to the court for reducingthe costs imposed on her.
“I would like to mention that I moved thesuit for relief to my immediate family as well asall citizens of the entire country. I have beenstudying the effects of harmful radiation since2010.The aspects related to my background andactions were totally ignored. It is a serious mat-ter but it has been sidelined,” she said.
She further said she was thankful to thebench for acknowledging that the matter is seri-ous and it would be an honour for her to ren-der services by featuring in the programmes ofDSLSA.
“We see reports in newspapers that are prov-ing us correct. It would have been truly heart-ening if the costs had been struck down com-pletely since in-principle I feel that I did nowrong. But I appreciate it nonetheless. I alsorequest that the comments regarding garneringpublicity be also expunged from the records,” shesaid. The bench noted that Chawla has been tak-ing up social causes and it has no intentions todoubt her when she raised the 5G issue; how-ever, the exemptions sought by her in the suitprobably hurt the single judge as she cannot saythat court fees should not be charged from her.
“This portrays that the plaintiffs areapproaching court in a casual way which we aresure you were not. May be you could have a bet-ter counsel who could have advices you better,”it said. “We wanted her here so that she can hearus. We do not discount the fact that you wantto raise a serious issue. The problem is when youshow complete disregard to the law. You say youwill not pay the court fees as it takes years indeciding cases. You look so frivolous when youdo that,” it observed.
Sharing an instance of the days whenJustice Sanghi was practicing as an advocate, hesaid, “acha wakil bhi both kismat se milta hai’(you get a good lawyer by luck). Sometimes youland up in the wrong hands.”
Justice Sanghi said one has to use his or herown intelligence also and as a litigant, have tokeep their antennas open. On a lighter side,Khurshid said: “The whole issue is antennas havebeen put in the wrong direction. It is an attemptto put antennas in the right direction.”
The bench said unfortunately what appearsis that filing of an application for exemption fromcourt fees on the ground that cases are not decid-ed for several years, gave an impression to thesingle judge that the plaintiffs were not takingup their cause with any seriousness.
“It appears to us that the plaintiffs who donot come from legal background should not bemade to share the blame for consequences of themanner in which the applications in the suit weredrafted.
“Single judge was also disturbed by the fact
that the weblink of the hearing was shared tothe public at large which led to disruption in thehearing,” the bench said.
“Miss Chawla has appeared before us andvolunteered that she would work with DSLSA,in whose favour Rs 20 lakh costs was awardedwhich has now been reduced to Rs 2 lakh, fordeprived class of women and children who arein need of assistance,” it said.
Khurshid told the bench that the plaintiffshave learnt a lesson from their past experienceand will raise the 5G issue afresh in an appro-priate manner and liberty was granted by thecourt in this regard.
DSLSA secretary Kanwaljeet Arora said hewas a big fan of “madam Chawla” and in caseshe agrees to work for the committee, it will behelpful for the marginalised section and it willempower them. “This only shows that Arora isa big fan of hers... Yes we all enjoyed her movies,”Justice Sanghi said.
When the bench, at the fag end of the hear-ing, said “may be all this happened to bring youto DSLSA”, Chawla responded, “Universe has itsway”. The suit had sought a direction to theauthorities to certify to the public at large thathow 5G technology is safe to humans, animalsand every type of living organism, flora andfauna.
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And the right person will take Punjab for-ward...and all other leaders will fight as oneteam,” he said, while addressing the party’s firstmajor virtual rally from Jalandhar.
Till now, amidst the battle for one-upman-ship, the Congress party has been building upthe narrative of fighting polls under collectiveleadership, while projecting Channi, Sidhu andalso former State unit chief Sunil Jakhar as party’sface.
Sidhu, first to address the rally, raised thedemand to announce the CM face while mak-ing it clear that any decision would be accept-able to him, and requested Rahul to ensure thathe should have “power to take decisions...kittedarshini ghoda na bna k rakh deyo”.
Channi, who always expressed his gratitudefor elevating him to the Chief Minister’s post,also staked his claim on the seats by seeking “onemore chance” after taking into consideration his111 days performance as the Chief Minister.
Amidst apparent unease between Channiand Sidhu, an effort was made to put up a unit-ed show when Channi addressed Sidhu as“vadde veer” (big brother) and hugged him, afterinviting him to the dais during his address.“There is no fight between us... People say thereis a fight between us...we don’t want people tocome from outside (referring to AAP chiefArvind Kejriwal) and say that we are fightingamong ourselves,” he said.
Earlier, Rahul kick-started his Punjab visitby paying obeisance at the Golden Temple, alongwith party nominees and senior leaders. He alsopartake langar by sitting on the floor along withChanni, Sidhu, and other leaders. Rahul offeredprayers at Akal Takht - Sikhs’ highest temporalseat - from outside only.
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The Delhi DisasterManagement Authority
(DDMA) on Thursday decid-ed to remove the weekendcurfew and odd-even rule forshops and malls in the nation-al Capital. The night curfew,however, will remain in place.The authority also decidedthat weddings can be heldwith 200 people or 50 per centcapacity of the venue.
According to DelhiGovernment sources, cinemahalls, bars and restaurants canalso operate at 50 per centcapacity. Delhi Governmentoffices will also operate with 50per cent capacity.
A decision on the reopen-ing of schools will be taken up
in the next DDMA meeting.Thursday’s decision on easingof curbs in the national Capitalwill be implemented after a for-mal order is issued to give themeffect.
According to sources,experts in the meeting sug-gested reopening of schools ina phased manner. In the firstphase, schools from classes 9-12 should be reopened, then
classes 5-8 in the second phase,and classes 3-4 in the thirdphase.
Delhi’s Covid-19 positivi-ty rate has dipped below ten(9.56) per cent. A total of4,291 cases were reported inthe last 24 hours from 44,903tests. As many as 34 deathswere also registered.
The DDMA’s meeting wasattended by Chief MinisterArvind Kejriwal, Deputy CMManish Sisodia, NITI Aayogmember Dr VK Paul, HealthMinister Satyendar Jain, DGICMR Balram Bhargava andseveral top officials. LieutenantGovernor Anil Baijal, who isthe chairman of the DDMA,chaired the meeting.
The Delhi Governmenthas been trying for the reopen-ing of schools. Hundreds ofparents have joined ‘#BACK-TOSCHOOL” campaign andwritten to DCPCR division.Delhi Education Ministerannounced on Wednesday thathe will recommend theDDMA for reopening ofschools in Delhi as education
and mental health of studentswere being hampered due tothe curbs. Delhi schools havebeen closed since December28. BJP leaders in Delhi alsocalled upon LieutenantGovernor Baijal last Tuesdaydemanding that the weekendand night curfew should bewithdrawn, while odd-evenrestrictions should also be lifted.
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It is said that breakfast, the most important mealof the day, should ideally never be skipped. In
the pandemic, there has been a sudden changein people's eating habits where they are optingfor healthier and more nutritious food.
While breakfast looks different in differentparts of the world, it is most eclectic in India,where there are so many food choices — fromfruits and juices to oats, Indian staples like poha,idli, dosa, parathas and more. Over the last cou-ple of years, Indians have discovered ‘smooth-ies and smoothie bowls’, which are packed withhealth benefits and are known to make a personfeel fuller for a longer period.
Our body needs proteins and nutrients tofunction properly and, when it's not providedwith healthy food and fluids, it deteriorates.Smoothies and smoothie bowls are an excellentsource of vitamins, folate, minerals, dietary fibre,proteins and carbohydrates besides being a deli-cious addition to breakfast.
Eating healthily and keeping healthy issuch an overrated concept that it has been madeto appear like a difficult task when, in truth, itis as simple as returning to our origins. We havea body that, like any other machine, has to beused to maintain it. When it comes to food, it'sthe same thing as machine fuel. The tougher thefuel is for the body, the more adulterated (farfrom natural food) it is. The most significantchange we need to make is to eat more naturalfoods and avoid manufactured foods.
The simplest way to do this is by inculcat-ing the habit of increasing the fruit intake in allforms, either as cut fruits or simple blends suchas smoothies. Starting your day with smoothieswill help detox, recharge and refresh the body.Fruits and vegetables in smoothies act as detox-ifying agents and help cleanse the body. Thesesmoothies have great health benefits due to theirnutritious elements like vitamins, minerals,iron, fibre and proteins. They also help in weightloss and re-energise the body to attain a betterimmune system.
Here are some interesting smoothie ideas thatare not just tasty but rich in health while help-ing you lose weight as you kick start your daywith these. The best thing about a smoothie isthat you can include different fruits like apple,banana, pineapple and more to create yourflavours. Drinking smoothies makes it easier toabsorb water into our body helping us stayhydrated throughout the day.
Fruits like watermelon, pineapple, date,musk melon have a lot of water content in them.These fruits not only keep you hydrated but also
decrease your risk of obesity, diabetes, heart dis-ease, increase your energy levels and keep yourcells active. Bananas and apples are rich in fibre,protein and help blood glucose control.
MAKING YOUR MORNING SMOOTHIE EFFECTIVE: Liquids are a must. Water, juice, non-dairy
milk, coconut water are some of the low calo-rie, fewer sugar options that should be added toyour meal smoothie.
Add protein and natural flavours. Avocadois one option that gives great flavour to yoursmoothie.
Fill it with something fresh. Add some fruitsand vegetables like watermelon, apple, banana,muskmelon, carrots, baby spinach to make it fill-ing and nutritious.
Blend until smooth. Put all your ingredientsinto the blender jug and let it work its magic tillit looks smooth. So, just feed your body with theright nutrition and your body will love you forit. Do try replacing your morning routinebreakfast with a smoothie sometime and you willknow why people are making a switch.
Swap your regular breakfast with a smooth-ie and smoothie bowl to turn on the nutrientpowerhouse in your body. Hydrate yourself withthe abundant fibres in farm-fresh fruits and veg-etables and stay fit with power-packed smooth-ies.
Drinking a smoothie will not only keep youhydrated throughout the day but will be bene-ficial for your body with a boost of all vitaminsand proteins.
(The author is the founder, DrunkenMonkey, a smoothie delivery chain with more
than 200 options.)
If I say that there is a realdearth of Middle Easternrestaurants in Delhi/NCR,
I am confident that therewould hardly be anybodywho would accuse me ofexaggeration. There are onlya handful of eateries and I amsurprised why, over the years,Levantine food concepts havenot captured the imaginationof restaurateurs. After spend-ing a few years in Dubai, Ican safely say that Indianshave a palate for MiddleEastern flavours and texturesand it’s only a matter of timebefore the cuisine becomes arage in India. Thankfully,concepts like the newlyopened Cafe Mez in DLFCyberhub, Gurgaon rein-force my point and givemy ‘Arabic food’deprived body somerespite.
I visited Cafe Mez afew days ago and wasimmediately transportedto a different world assoon as I stepped into therestaurants. Large win-dows which allowed abun-dant natural light, casual yetcomfortable seating and asoothing blue & white colourscheme made it seem that Icould very easily be eating ata cafe in Beirut, dining at aGreek restaurant in Athens orenjoying a Lebanese meal inDubai. Well, that was theimpression if I looked at theoptics in isolation.
“I wanted to create a cafewhere you could enjoy greatbreakfast options from theMiddle East to theMediterranean and, at thesame time, use the freshest ofingredients to create a friend-ly cuisine throughout theday”, says Ashish Dev Kapur(co-owner, Cafe Mez). Super-talented chef Megha Kohli is
at the helm of affairs in thekitchen. I have known Meghafrom her time at Lavaash bySaby and she comes in witha lot of pedigree. She has anindividual style and most ofthe preparations on the menuare a nifty amalgamation ofMiddle Eastern andMediterranean elements.Almost all the dishes danceon the periphery of authen-ticity due to a unique twist.Most of the preparations
carefully thread the needlebetween creativity andauthentic flavours. And Ishall explain how.
We started with theMuhammara, Gazan guacand Fattoush salad. Red pep-pers, walnuts and pomegran-ate molasses are the mainingredients for aMuhammara along withsome olive oil and spices butI loved the way the dip is dec-orated with black olives and
cucumber peel. Even withoutthat, the dish would havebeen complete but I lovedthat little touch. Also, whenyou look at a Fattoush salad,in its original form, it istoasted pita or khubz withmixed greens, tomatoes,
cucumber, peppers andonions drizzled withsumac and pomegranatemolasses. Chef Megha’sversion is sans thetoasted pita and driz-zled with lemon herbdressing and fetawhich adds theMediterranean ele-ment to it. I must con-
fess that, at an individ-ual level, I missed the
toasted pita in the mix ofthings and feel that a fat-
toush is incomplete withoutit. The Gazan guac thoughwas a stunning preparation.So unique, so subtle but yetso familiar.
Next up was the Baconand egg pide. I have sampledthat before during a meal atLavaash by Saby a few yearsago and had very high expec-tations. It was that and muchmore. It is chef Megha’s takeon Georgian bread with anegg and cheese at the coretopped with generous chunksof bacon. When you cutthrough the bread, the runnyegg yolk oozes out of impris-onment and lusciously lacesthe bread. Gastronomic heav-en! For the mains, we
requested the ChickenShawarma roll and theIranian lamb koobideh. Theshawarma was decent withsucculent chunks of chickenand pickle engulfed in a pitaand served with fries but theshowstopper was theKoobideh. Flavourful andjuicy ground lamb kebabson a bed of thin bread witha side of spiced onions andTzaziki. Absolutely brilliant.Every bite is an experience initself. One prep that is defi-nitely for the Gods.
I culminated the mealon a sweet note with somePonchikis, an Americandoughnut filled with Nutellaor rose-scented custard. It’s aserving of two ponchikis andI chose one of each. Best deci-sion ever as the custard andchocolate provided a greatcontrast. All in all, we had afabulous meal. The restauranthas a well-stocked bar andyou can have a lazy afternoonout with some cocktails orsavour your favourite bottleof wine with the lovely food.The service orientation of thestaff is also top-notch andthey would ensure that youhave a pleasant dining expe-rience. As I was stepping outof the restaurant, my tastebuds couldn’t thank meenough for the tantalisingplay of flavours and textures.I made silent promises tomyself that I shall be backsoon. Very soon!
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Their title hopes already over,India would be desperatefor at least a podium finishwhen they take on China in
the third-fourth place play-offmatch of the women's Asia Cuphockey tournament here on Friday.
Lack of match practice due tothe COVID-19 pandemic after asuccessful 2020, where they finisheda historic fourth at the TokyoOlympics, cost India dearly as theyproduced inconsistent performancesin crucial matches to crash out of thetitle race.
After thrashing lowly Malaysia9-0 in their opener, India suffereda 0-2 defeat against Asian Gameschampions Japan before thrashingSingapore 9-1 to qualify for thesemifinals.
But in the semifinals, somesloppy defending and poor penaltycorner conversions put paid toIndia's hopes as they were beaten 2-3 Korea, who set up a clash againstJapan in the summit clash on Friday.
The Indians controlled the gamein the first two quarters to go intohalf time with a slender 1-0 lead.
But a determined Koreastunned the Indians in the 31st, 45thand 47th minutes beforeLalremsiami reduced the margin
just six minutes from the hooter butin the end it proved to be too late.
After resolute defending in thefirst two quarters, the Indian defence
led by skipper and goalkeeper Savitaconceded three soft goals to hand
over the match to Korea.And come Friday, the Savita-led
Indian defence, which also includesthe experienced duo of Gurjit Kaurand Deep Grace Ekka, will have tobe on their toes to finish on thepodium.
While the Indian forwardlinehave enjoyed decent outings in thetournament so far with the likes ofVandana Katariya, Monika, NavneetKaur and Lalremsiami finding thenet on more than one occasion, it isthe lack of co-ordination betweenthe midfield and backline that putpaid to India's hopes.
Penalty corner conversion isanother key area where Indian needto improve by leaps and bounds.
Barring a hat-trick againstSingapore, seasoned drag-flickerGurjit Kaur and her partner Ekkalooked off-colour from set piecesthroughout the tournament.
Going by world rankings andrecent head-to-head record, Indiadefinitely hold an edge over Chinain Friday's match.
While India are placed 10th inthe world rankings, China areranked 13th.
In their last three outings, Indiahad defeated China twice -- 3-1 inthe Asian Champions Trophy in2018 in Donghae, Korea and 1-0 winin the last Asian Games -- beforeplaying out a 0-0 draw in the TokyoOlympic Test event in 2019.
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Captain of India's 1964 TokyoOlympics gold medal-winning hock-
ey team, Charanjit Singh, died onThursday at his home in Una, HimachalPradesh after suffering a cardiac arrestthat followed prolonged age-related ill-nesses.
The former mid-fielder was 90 andwould have turned a year older nextmonth. He is survived by two sons andone daughter.
Charanjit suffered a stroke five yearsback and was paralysed since then.
"Dad was paralysed after suffering astroke five years back. He used to walkwith a stick but since the last couple ofmonths, his health deteriorated and thismorning he left us," his younger son VP Singh told PTI.
Besides captaining the Olympic gold-winning team in 1964, he was also a partof the silver-winning side in the 1960 edi-tion of the Games. He was also a part ofthe 1962 Asian Games silver-winningteam.
"His last rites will be performed todayafter my sister reaches Una from Delhi,"V P Singh said.
His wife died 12 years ago. While hiselder son is a doctor in Canada, hisyounger son was next to him when hebreathed his last.
His only daughter is married andbased in New Delhi.
His last rites will be performed thisevening in Una.
The two-time Olympian was a partof India's glorious days. A charismatichalfback, Charanjit had led the Indianteam to a historic gold medal in 1964Tokyo Olympics, beating Pakistan in thefinal and also featured in the Indian teamthat won silver in the 1960 Games inRome.
Charanjit was an alumni of ColBrown Cambridge School, Dehradun andPunjab University. After his illustriouscareer in international hockey, he workedas the director of the physical educationdepartment in Himachal PradeshUniversity in Shimla.
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Unseeded Mithun Manjunath stunned seventhseed June Wei Cheam of Malaysia in straight
games to storm into the men singles quarterfi-nals of the Odisha Open here on Thursday.Manjunath took 40 minutes to outclass Cheam21-11 21-18. He will next face Priyanshu Rajawat.
Third seeded Indian Subhankar Dey, whohad beaten sixth seed Xiaodong Sheng ofCanada on Wednesday, also eased into the last-eight with a 21-16 21-14 win over compatriotRahul Yadav Chittaboina.
Kiran George also moved to the men's sin-gles quarterfinal with an easy 21-12 21-13 winover compatriot Chirag Sen.
Subhankar will play George in the nextround. Continuing her good run of form, youngIndian shuttler Malvika Bansod got the better ofcompatriot and junior world no 1 Tasnim Mirin straight games to advance to the women's sin-gles quarterfinals. Bansod took just over half anhour to dispatch 16-year-old Tasnim 21-13 21-15 in the women's singles pre-quarterfinals of theBWF Super 100 tournament.
The 20-year-old Bansod, who had lost to PVSindhu in the final of the Syed Modi Internationallast week before defeating her idol Saina Nehwalat the India Open earlier this month, will takeon the winner of the clash between TanyaHemanth and Vijetha Harish.
Fifth seed Ashmita Chaliha also booked aquarterfinal spot as she got the better of compa-triot Anupama Upadhyay 21-17 21-16. She willtake on Rucha Sawant, who defeated Nikki Rapriato reach the final eight.
Chaliha will face Rhucha Sawant in the quar-terfinals. Qualifier Unnati Hooda cruised pasteight seed Disha Gupta of USA 21-6 21-9 in just20 minutes to set up a quarterfinal clash againstSamiya Imad Farooqui.
In the mixed doubles event, the India pair-ing of Dhruv Rawat and Shikha Gautam lost 11-21 14-21 to the Sri Lankan duo of Sachin Diasand Thilini Hendahewa in the second round,while Ayush Makhija and Deeksha Choudharhanded Chirag Arora and Nish Rapria a 21-5 21-16 loss to move to the quarterfinals.
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China is demanding the US end“interference” in the Beijing
Winter Olympics, which begin nextweek, in an apparent reference to adiplomatic boycott imposed byWashington and some of its allies.
Foreign Minister Wang Yi madethe demand in a phone call with U.S.Secretary of State Antony Blinken onThursday Beijing time, according toa news release posted on the ForeignMinistry's website.
The U.S. Has said it will not senddignitaries to the Games, which openFeb. 4, in a protest over China'sdetention of an estimated 1 million ormore Uyghur and other Muslims inthe northwestern region of Xinjiang,along with crackdowns on humanrights elsewhere in the country.
The boycott does not prevent U.S.Athletes from taking part in theGames, which are being held understrict anti-pandemic restrictions.
China has also protested what it
says are calls within the StateDepartment to withdraw staff andtheir dependents from the embassyand consulates around China over thetightening rules.
The news release said Wang alsocalled for an end to U.S. Support forself-governing Taiwan, which Chinaclaims as its own territory.
Wang also complained that the
U.S. Hasn't altered tough political andeconomic policies toward China underthe administration of President JoeBiden, despite its expressed wishes fora less confrontational relationship.
A brief statement from the StateDepartment said that Blinken andWang exchanged views on how tomanage strategic risk, health securityand climate change.
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World No. 1 tennis playerAsh Barty became the
first Australian woman to reachthe final at her home major since1980 by defeating a resurgentAmerican Madison Keys 6-1, 6-3, here on Thursday.
The crowd at Rod LaverArena enjoyed a rendition of'Girl on Fire' prior to the semi-finals at the Australian Open.American Keys, too, had beenon fire, tallying a career-bestwinning streak of 10 after a dif-ficult 2021 that saw her rankingsfall outside the top 50. ButBarty is on another level at themoment, showing her impecca-ble skills at the Australian Open.
The world No.1 increasedher own winning streak to 10,the last nine in straight sets.Opponents have grabbed a totalof 21 games off the Queenslandnative this fortnight. An indica-tion of Keys' night came in theopening game. Leading 30-0,Barty thwarted three gamepoints before taking advantageof a first break-point.
The serve, slice, and fore-hand all make up Barty's vastweaponry yet so does her move-ment. She scurried to a Keysdrop shot, then ripped a fore-hand cross-court. A hefty sec-
ond serve - an ace if not for agood stretch from the 2017 USOpen finalist - helped Barty con-solidate for 2-0.
But at 30-all in the nextgame, Barty's floated slice on asecond-serve return barelydropped in. There was no luckinvolved on the next point whenBarty curled a forehand for 4-1.
Still one of the hardest hit-ters around, Keys found the rightbalance between aggression andnot going for too much, whichhas been an issue throughout
her stellar career. Only once thisAustralian Open had Keys hitmore unforced errors than win-ners in a match.
On Thursday, pressed byBarty, though, she committed 24unforced errors, coupled witheight winners. Barty bypassed abreak-point with an ace to lead5-1 and sent a forehand returndown the line to seal the open-er.
Keys' defending, not thatbig-hitting, aided in escapingfrom 0-30 at 0-1 in the second.A fist pump ensued from the 26-year-old after holding at deucefor 2-2.
Barty miscued on a drivevolley after stretching the WorldNo.51 and suddenly faced abreak-point. But a fine forehandapproach close to the net -made more difficult given theslight momentum change -allowed the Australian to laterfinish at the net.
Keys, maybe and under-standably, dwelled on her oppor-tunity. Barty took advantage for4-2 after Keys decided toapproach from deep in thecourt.
Friends, both smiled at thenet after Barty caressed a fore-hand on match point for winnernumber 20 on the night, mixedwith a mere 13 unforced errors.
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Vietnam and Myanmar played a 2-2 draw in their f inal AFC
Women's Asian Cup India 2022 GroupC tie at the D.Y. Patil Stadium, here onThursday.
Vietnam came from behind twiceto salvage a point and finish third butwill have to wait till the Group Bmatches conclude later on Thursday toknow their knockout stage fate, withthe two best third-placed teams to jointhe respective group winners andrunners-up in the quarter-finals.
Myanmar, needing a win to finishabove their Southeast Asian rivals,started the more aggressive of the twosides and had a first look on goal inthe second minute after Tun WinTheingi's threaded pass found ThawThaw, whose shot failed to troubleVietnam custodian Tran Thi KimThanh.
Vietnam came close to finding thenet a minute later when Nguyen ThiMy Anh tried to catch Myanmar goal-keeper Nwe May Zin off her line buther shot from distance was denied by
the crossbar.That set the stage for a well bal-
anced game as both teams createdopportunities with Nwe denying
Vietnam's Huynh Nhu in the 13th,while Tun's header from inside the boxwas cleared away two minutes later.
However, it was Vietnam who
conceded the first goal when NguyenThi Thanh Nha brought down anadvancing Noe Khin Myat inside thebox, with Tun making no mistake inconverting the penalty.
Vietnam fought back and after sev-eral missed opportunities, they final-ly levelled the score at the stroke ofhalf-time, with Nguyen Thi TuyetDung beating Nwe off a corner set-piece. Mai Duc Chung's charges werewasteful in front of the goal after therestart with Huynh Nhu and NguyenThi Tuyet Dung both missing chances.
Myanmar, however, edged aheadagain in spectacular fashion in the 49thminute when Tun set up Tun KhinMarlar, who found space before smash-ing her effort into the back of the net.
Vietnam were given a lifeline whenMyanmar's Saw Thaw Thaw conced-ed a penalty in the 62nd minute aftershe brought down Nguyen Anh ThiMy inside the six-yard-box.
Huynh Nhu made no mistakefrom the penalty spot, sending Nwe thewrong way to level the tie for a secondtime as both teams had to settle for ashare of the points.
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Even before he hit his first ball at thisyear's Australian Open, Rafael Nadal
knew he had an open door to set the men'srecord for most career Grand Slam singlestitles.
So far he hasn't let it close.Nadal plays Matteo Berrettini in one
semifinal on Friday at Melbourne Park,knowing he's potentially two match winsfrom a 21st major title.
He's tied for the record of 20 withRoger Federer, who is recovering fromright knee surgery, and Novak Djokovic,who was deported from Australia on theeve of the tournament following an 11-dayvisa saga over his decision not to be vac-cinated for COVID-19.
In the other semifinal, DaniilMedvedev plays Stefanos Tsitsipas in arematch of their 2021 Australian Opensemifinal. Medvedev won last year's semi-final, then lost to Djokovic in the final.
After Nadal's tough five-set win overDenis Shapovalov on Tuesday, he lookedto take away some of the pressure of that
21st major. “I don't believe that my hap-piness, my future happiness is going todepend on if I achieve one more GrandSlam than the others, or if the othersachieve more Grand Slams than me,” Nadalsaid.
“For me, the fact that we are equal at20 ... The only thing that says is that weshare an amazing part of the history of oursport, and for me it's a real honor to be part
of it." Nadal spoke highly of Berrettini,among the players like Tsitsipas andShapovalov who could replace the BigThree who have dominated the sport fornearly 20 years.
“Matteo, he's one of the best players ofthe world,” Nadal said.
“I need to play my 100% and my high-est level if I want to keep having chancesto fight, to be competitive, and to try tobe in the final."
The pair have only played once —Nadal beat the Italian in the semifinals ofthe 2019 U.S. Open in straight sets.Berrettini has matured since, having lostthe Wimbledon final last year to Djokovicin four sets. Nadal gives a decade in ageto Berrettini — 35 to 25.
U.S. Open champion Medvedev willhave to overcome the fatigue from a late-night, 4 hour, 42-minute, five-set come-back win over Felix Auger-Aliassime onWednesday.
Djokovic was firmly on Medvedev'smind during his escape over Auger-Aliassime, who won the first two sets andhad a match point in the fourth.
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Seasoned pacer Kemar Roach andyoung all-rounder Nkrumah
Bonner have been recalled to theWest Indies ODI squad for thethree-match series in India begin-ning February 6. Roach, who hasnot played any List A cricket sincehis last ODI in 2019, has made thereturn with West Indies greatDesmond Haynes picking him in hisfirst squad selection since takingover as lead selector. Six additionshave been made to the squad, to beled by Kieron Pollard, that lost toIreland at home. The ODIs againstIndia will be played at the NarendraModi Stadium in Ahmedabad on
February 6, 9 and 11.The T20Is will be played at Eden
Gardens in Kolkata on February 16,18 and 20 and the Caribbean squadfor that is expected to be announcedon Friday. Besides the experiencedRoach, the 22-year-old Bonner, amiddle-order batter whose last ODIappearance was exactly a year ago,and Brandon King, an opener, havebeen recalled to the squad.
The 27-year-old King's last one-day outing in national colours wasback in 2020. Roach has so farplayed 92 ODIs with 124wicketsBonner made his ODI debutin Bangladesh a year ago and has sofar played three matches, whileKing has appeared in four matches
in this format."Kemar Roach is one of our
leading fast bowlers and we believewe need bowlers upfront to get earlywicket, and Kemar, with an econo-my rate of five, is certainly goodenough to play. "Over the last fewyears, Nkrumah Bonner's crickethas come on leaps and bounds andwe believe he should be given anopportunity to play in the 50-overformat," said Haynes in a statement."
The series will be part of theICC ODI Super League and theWest Indies will have the opportu-nity to win points to be one of thetop seven teams, excluding hostsIndia, to gain automatic qualifica-tion for the 2023 World Cup.
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Jacob Bethell's blistering batting displayhelped England advance to the semi-
finals of the ICC U-19 World Cup witha six-wicket win over South Africa here.
Bethell was one of the bowlers torestrict South Africa to 209 all out beforehitting 88 to see England set up a clashwith either Sri Lanka or Afghanistan.
South Africa endured a slow starthaving won the toss and chosen to bat,their first boundary came off the finalball of the fourth over, before JoshuaBoyden dismissed Valentine Kitime offthe next delivery.
Boyden would claim his 12th wick-et of the tournament to send the otheropener Ethan-John Cunningham backto the hutch and reduce South Africa to21 for two.
Dewald Brevis and GerhardusMaree combined to steady the SouthAfrican ship, adding 55 runs to the totalbefore Bethell dismissed Maree.
Brevis remained a familiar strong-hold for South Africa as he brought uphis fourth fifty-plus score in a row even-
tually falling just short of a century on97.
His dismissal brought about a bat-ting collapse for South Africa as threewickets fell for one run as the batterswent in search of boundaries, but onlyfound the grateful hands of fielders with
Rehan Ahmed claiming figures of fourfor 48.
The final-wicket partnership ofMatthew Boast and Asakhe Tsaka frus-trated England adding 40?runs as SouthAfrica ended on 209 all out.
Bethell came out all guns blazing in
England's chase, hitting the fourthfastest half-century of U19 World Cuphistory, reaching fifty off just 20 balls,as the Young Lions went at over 10 anover.
George Thomas was a delightedonlooker at the non-striker's end only
moving into double figures in the tenthover, before smacking a six to bring upEngland's hundred.
South Africa finally struck as Bethellwent for one heave too many but notbefore he had put on 88 from 42 deliv-eries to place England as overwhelmingfavourites.
That tag was backed up by goodpartnerships in the top order, beforeWilliam Luxton came in at five to strike47 from 41 balls and get England intothe semi-finals with a six.
Zimbabwe, West Indies win in thePlate competition
Matthew Welch's 78 helpedZimbabwe set Scotland a tricky chase of249 in their Plate quarterfinal.
Scotland were unable to build part-nerships as they slumped to 140 all outto see Zimbabwe advance to meetIreland. They will be joined in the semi-finals by hosts West Indies who were toogood for Papua New Guinea in a 169-run win. The West Indies will now facethe United Arab Emirates, while PapuaNew Guinea are set to take on Ugandain the Plate play-offs.
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The Indian women's teamwill play all its six upcom-
ing matches against NewZealand in Queenstown asNZC on Thursday announceda revised schedule to reducechances of a COVID-19 out-break.
The Indian women'steam, which is already in NewZealand, is now scheduled toplay all five ODIs and a T20I,starting February 9 at JohnDavies Oval in Queenstown.
The bilateral series, whichis key for India ahead of theWorld Cup in March-April,was earlier scheduled to beginwith with the one-off T20I atMcLean Park in Napier fol-lowed by the first ODI at thesame venue two days later.
The Saxton Oval inNelson was to host the secondand third ODIs on February14 and 16, with the final twoODIs to be played inQueenstown on February 22and 24.
Other changes in theschedule announced by NZCinclude the South Africa men'sside remaining inChristchurch for the entireduration of its visit, playingboth its scheduled Tests atHagley Oval rather than
decamping to Wellington forthe second match, as initiallyscheduled.
Australia's three T20sagainst the New Zealandmen's side will now be host-ed in Napier (subject to MIQavailability), and theNetherlands men's tour is setto be split between MountMaunganui (one T20 and oneODI) and Hamilton (twoODIs). All matches have beenkept on originally-scheduleddays. The changes in thevenues is aimed to cut downon domestic travel and theincreased likelihood of expo-sure to the Omicron variant ofCOVID-19.
“These risk mitigations
are based on avoiding knownCovid-19 hotspots, andinclude limiting air travel,limiting accommodationtransfers and, essentially, oper-ating in safer environments,”NZC chief executive DavidWhite said in a statement.
“We know the moredomestic flights we have, andthe more movement there isbetween hotels, the greater thechance of a match or even aseries being put at risk,” headded.
White added the intent isto explore the concept ofallowing multiple pods, eachof no more than 100 specta-tors, in venues in accordancewith government guidelines.
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Rovman Powell hit 10 sixes among his 107 runsfrom 53 balls to lead West Indies to a 20-run
victory over England and a 2-1 lead in the five-match Twenty20 series.
Powell, brought in for Odean Smith, formedthe backbone of the home side's 224 for five, withNicholas Pooran clubbing 70 off 43 deliveries.England finished at 202-9.
Tom Banton gave England hope of pulling offits third-highest chase ever with a 39-ball 73 buthis dismissal left the tourists needing 96 from 45deliveries before Phil Salt kept its flickering hopesalive.
Salt, one of three T20 debutants alongsideGeorge Garton and Harry Brook, brought theequation down to 36 in an over, flaying the firsttwo deliveries for six en route to a 22-ball 50before being bowled.
England was captained by Moeen Ali becauseof a slight quad injury to Eoin Morgan.
The final two matches are on Saturday andSunday, also in Bridgetown.
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When Kuldeep Yadav hadgone for a skier during a
Kolkata Knight Riders practicesession in the UAE lastSeptember, little did he knowthat within seconds his worldwould come crashing down witha twisted knee.
Those present at the Dubaitraining facility were horrifiedseeing his condition as he laythere writhing in pain, waiting tobe stretchered out.
In a week's time, he under-went a major knee surgery inMumbai, which cast doubts onhow long it would take for himto get fit for competitive crick-et. He visited Mathura with hisfamily on Thursday to offer
prayers on his comeback, forKuldeep really needed somedivine intervention to make hisway back into the Indian team.
Otherwise, all that he couldhave done was to wait at hometo hear from the BCCI if it wouldhold the now-postponed RanjiTrophy, where he was supposedto lead Uttar Pradesh.
"It will be a very tough roadahead for Kuldeep. He hasn't hadany proper domestic gamesunder his belt and it's not easy tomake an international come-back just like that," one of India'sgreatest spinners, HarbhajanSingh, told PTI when askedabout his expectations.
"He wasn't playing regular-ly before surgery and when youare making a comeback in white
ball, the first thing that's at theback of your mind is 'I don't wantto get hit'.
"So it's like striking a balanceas you are naturally dealing witha lot of insecurities. It's a test ofmental fortitude," saidHarbhajan, who saw Kuldeepfrom close quarters at KKR nets.
But Kuldeep has the skillsand the 'Turbanator' expects thathe can get a few early wickets andmake it a different ball-game.
"Let me make it clear. If hegets a couple of early wickets, hewill be a different bowler butthings may not go as per plan. Itmight take some time for him toget back the rhythm.
"My only suggestion wouldbe that stick with him since youhave shown conviction based on
his past performances and givehim enough time and confi-dence. He is a man who candeliver the goods for India,"said the holder of 700-plus inter-national wickets.
The national selectors madean exception for him as he is oneof the rare cricketers who is com-ing back without having to provehis match-fitness as there is nodomestic cricket at the moment.
The rub of green finallyseems to be going Kuldeep'sway after enduring rough timesas his exclusion from the playingXI wasn't always a cricketing oneduring the earlier regime ofVirat Kohli and Ravi Shastri.
Call it India's bare spin cup-board and injuries or poor formof some elite spinners.
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Young leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoiwas on Wednesday rewardedwith a maiden India call-up for
the upcoming Twenty20 series againstthe West Indies, while senior wristspinner Kuldeep Yadav also returnedto the white-ball setup after a kneesurgery.
Skipper Rohit Sharma on the daycleared his fitness test and as report-ed by PTI on January 17, was back in-charge for the series that starts withODIs in Ahmedabad from February6.
Among senior players,Ravichandran Ashwin has beendropped from the white-ball team,while Washington Sundar, whomissed the South Africa series due toCOVID-19, was back in the squad."Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Shamihave been rested from the series,"
BCCI secetary Jay Shah was quot-ed as saying in a press release.
While Ashwin is believed to be
injured and out for six weeks, BCCIstatement didn't mention his injurystatus so it can be concluded that evenif he is fit, he wouldn't have beenpicked after an indifferent white-ballseries in South Africa.
The other notable comeback hasbeen Baroda batter Deepak Hooda,who had changed states and didwonderfully well for Rajasthan in theSyed Mushtaq Ali Trophy as well asVijay Hazare Trophy.
Hooda is being looked as a poten-tial finisher in shorter formats and fornow in the ODI team. He was part ofthe Nidahas Trophy squad in SriLanka four seasons back but didn't geta game.
"If you go and look at Hooda'sperformances in white-ball cricket thisseason, most of his runs have comewhen the team has been in trouble.That shows he can take pressure. Theselectors would like to see more of MShahrukh Khan, who is a good talent.There are a lot of matches and if hehas a good IPL, who knows, he will
be right there," a BCCI sourceinformed PTI on condition ofanonymity.
However it is understood thatHimachal Pradesh captain RishiDhawan wasn't in consideration as hisbowling is friendly medium paceand can't be seen as a finisher in
white-ball cricket.It is also learnt that vice-captain
KL Rahul will be available from thesecond ODI onwards as he is set tomiss the first 50-over game due to per-sonal reasons.
"Ravindra Jadeja is undergoinghis final stage of recovery post his kneeinjury and will not be available for theODIs and T20Is. Axar Patel will beavailable for the T20Is," Shah added.
Bishnoi has been one of the findsof the Indian Premier League for thePunjab outfit and has been picked upby new franchise Lucknow SuperGiants from the drafts for the nextIPL. In 42 T20 games, he has 49 wick-ets at a great economy rate of 6.63. In17 List A games, he has 24 wickets andan economy rate of 5.48.
He primarily bowlsgooglies which is his stock deliveryand occasionally
bowls leg-breaks. With Kuldeep,Yuzvendra Chahal and Bishnoi, India
is again going back to the trust-ed formula of wrist spin which gave
them lot of success between 2017to 2019.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar has beendropped from the ODI squad butretained for the T20Is while formerskipper Virat Kohli featured in boththe teams.
It is understood that Kuldeep, whohad lost his mojo in the Kohli-RaviShastri era, has been called back as thecurrent team management and selec-tors feel that he has the X-factor tocontribute to the team's cause.
He underwent a knee surgery inSeptember last year.
Avesh Khan and Harshal Patel,who were part of the New ZealandT20 Internationals are predictablyback as reported by PTI.
The six-match series against theWest Indies will feature three ODIsstarting in Ahmedabad from February6, followed by as many T20Internationals in Kolkata.
Due to COVID-19 protocols, theBCCI has curtailed the number ofvenues from six cities to two.
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The International Cricket Council on Thursdayreleased 'ICC Crictos', the official range of digi-
tal (NFT) collectibles, in partnership with FanCraze.Crictos enables fans to collect and trade their
own slice of cricket history from a range of ICC events.Featuring 75 unforgettable moments from the
2015 and 2019 editions of the ICC Men's CricketWorld Cup, fans can start their Crictos collection withone of three packs: a Base Pack, a Booster Pack anda Hotshots Pack.
Fans that have reserved a pack will be the first tohave the chance to own NFTs of some of the mosttalked-about shots, catch-es and wickets in interna-tional cricket.
The roster of col-lectibles will continue togrow and will includeclassic plays from pastICC Men's and Women'sevents as well as iconicmoments created at future events.
The number of Crictos vary by pack-type andCrictos will vary in their rarity across four tiers:Common, Rare, Epic and Legendary with CommonCrictos being the most minted whilst Legendary willbe the rarest.
Finn Bradshaw, ICC Head of Digital said: "We areso excited to drop our first packs of Crictos todaywhich is a unique opportunity for fans to own andbe part of historic moments in cricket. Crictos willbe a digital record of those moments cricket fans love,and enable them to collect these legendary video high-lights. "This Beta launch is our first step into the crick-et metaverse and those lucky enough to be part of itcan start their Crictos collection today and shortlystart growing it by trading on the peer-to-peer mar-ketplace through our partners FanCraze before wemove to a full launch in the near future."
Some of the digital collectibles include GlennMaxwell whipping one over square leg for a bound-ary against Sri Lanka, Hardik Pandya smashingMohammad Amir through the covers at Old Traffordin 2019 and Joe Root drilling one over long-on in theWorld Cup 2019.
Alongside MS Dhoni and Steve Smith moments,a Lasith Malinga yorker from the ICC Men's WorldCup 2019 can be found.
Other NFT products of 2019 edition includeDavid Warner executing a checked lofted drive downthe ground for six at the 2019, KL Rahul lofting AkhilaDhananjaya over long-off for a six and AB de Villiersshowing his 360-degree range against Andre Russell.
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