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Arvind Khanna, othersjoin BJP in Delhi

AGENCYNEW DELHI, JAN 11

Ahead of Assembly polls,several leaders from Punjabincluding former MLAArvind Khanna, Shiro-mani Akali Dal (SAD)leader Gurdeep SinghGosha, and former Am-ritsar councillorDharamveer Sarin joinedthe Bharatiya Janata Par-ty (BJP) on Tuesday inthe presence of Union Minis-ters Hardeep Singh Puri andGajendra Singh Shekhawatat the party office in the na-tional capital. The term of thePunjab Assembly will end in

March. The Assembly pollsin Punjab are scheduled totake place in a single phaseon February 14, with thecounting of votes scheduledfor March 10. In the 2017

Punjab Assembly polls, Con-gress won an absolute major-ity in the state by winning 77seats and ousted the SAD-BJP government after 10years.

CIRCULATED IN DELHI, CHANDIGARH, PUNJAB, HARYANA, HIMACHAL AND J&K

Kejriwal rulesout lockdownNEW DELHI: The DelhiChief Minister Arvind Kejri-wal on Tuesday ruled outlockdown in the city.Speaking to reporters, CMKejriwal said, "We are ex-pecting that the city wouldreport somewhere around20,000-22,000 newCOVID-19 cases in Delhi.

Lata Mangeshkar hospitalised aftercontracting Covid MUMBAI: The nightingale of India, singer Lata Mangeshkar hasbeen admitted to the hospital after she contracted Covid 19. Thelegendary singer is currently undergoing treatment at the inten-sive care unit (ICU) of Mumbai’s Breach Candy hospital. Herniece Rachna confirms to IndiaTV that the Bharat Ratna re-cipient has mild symptoms. Due to her old age health issues,she has been shifted to the ICU. Giving an update on thesinger's health, her niece niece Rachna told ANI, "She is doingfine; has been kept in ICU only for precautionary reasons con-sidering her age. Please respect our privacy and keep Didi inyour prayers." Her sister Usha Mangeshkar added that thesinger was was admitted to the hospital the day before.

BJP minister Swami Prasad Maurya quits partyLUCKNOW: In a major jolt to the BJP Government in UttarPradesh, State Minister Swami Prasad Maurya left the party, andwill join the Samajwadi Party on Tuesday.In the resignation letter to UP Governor Anandiben Patel, Mau-rya said, "I served as a Minister of labour and social welfare inthe state under CM Yogi Adityanath. I am tendering my resigna-tion as the Minister because the Government did not serve themarginalised section of the people."Soon after his resignation, SP Chief Akhilesh Yadav tweeted, "Iwelcome Swami Prasad Maurya, who struggled for social justiceand equality in the State, to the Samajwadi Party. There will be arevolution for social justice, there will be a change in 2022."

Punjab Transport Minister tests COVID positiveMUKTSAR: Punjab Transport Minister and Gidderbaha MLAAmrinder Singh Raja Warring has tested positive for Covid-19,state health department official said on Tuesday.According to officials, the results were confirmed on Monday.The Minister is in home isolation at his Muktsar residence.

AGENCYNEW DELHI, JAN 11

Amid a surge in COVID-19 cases inthe national capital, the Delhi Disas-ter Management Authority (DDMA)has directed that all private officesshall be closed except those thatcome under the exempted category.

Private banks, insurance compa-nies, courier services, non-bankingfinancial corporations and companiesproviding essential services will re-main open.

Earlier, the private offices wereworking with 50 per cent of work-force.

The DDMA has also ordered thatthe dine-in service in restaurants andbars will be discontinued in the na-tional capital. Earlier, the eateries andbars in the capital were allowed torun with 50 per cent capacity to curbthe spread of coronavirus.

"DDMA directs that in the terri-tory of NCT of Delhi (outside Con-tainment Zones), the following addi-tional activities shall also be prohib-

ited/restricted with immediate effecttill further orders: (i) All Private Of-

fices shall be closed, except thosewhich are falling under the "Exempt-ed Category".

The practice of work from homeshall be followed. (ii) All Restaurantsand Bars shall be closed. However,restaurants will be allowed only for home delivery/take-away of food items," the DDMA no-tification read.

Delhi reported 19,166 newCOVID-19 cases during the past 24hours, informed the state in a healthbulletin on Monday.

Manual sewerage cleaningwork completely banned in

the state: Manohar LalBUREAU CHANDIGARH, JAN 11

Haryana Chief Minister, Sh.Manohar Lal said that in caseof death of a sewerman dur-ing sewerage cleaning, hisfamily is being given an as-sistance of Rs.10 lakh. So far,this assistance amount hasbeen given to the families of57 sewermen across the state.If private companies engagedin cleaning work are reluc-tant in giving this assistance,then strict action will be tak-en against them. The ChiefMinister was presiding over ameeting of the State Monitor-ing Committee constitutedon the Manual ScavengingAct on Tuesday. CooperationMinister, Sh. Banwari Lalwas also present during themeeting.

During the meeting, theChief Minister directed thePublic Health EngineeringDepartment that seweragecleaning machines should beavailable in rotation in allmunicipal corporations andmunicipalities. He said thatold sewers should be cleaned

with machines based on sim-ilar technology. Apart fromthis, sewers should becleaned with state-of-the-artrobotic machines at theplaces where there is a newsewerage system. The ChiefMinister directed the officersof the Urban Local BodiesDepartment to form a com-mittee of employees engagedin cleaning work and makearrangements for awardingcontracts related to cleanli-ness. Along with companiesand contractors, sewermenshould also be given priorityso that this class can alsobenefit. The Chief Ministersaid that manual cleaning ofsewerage is prohibitedthroughout the state.

AGENCYHARIDWAR, JAN 11

Amid the continuous rise in COVID-19 cases, the Haridwar ad-ministration has banned devotees from taking a holy dip in theGanga river on 'Makar Sankranti' i.e., January 14.

"There will be a complete ban on Makar Sakranti celebra-tion/holy dip on January 14 in view of a new variant of COVID-19 i.e., Omicron," the District Magistrate's order states.

Even, residents of the district will not be allowed in the areaof 'Har ki Podi' on the day of the festival.

"Night Curfew will also be imposed from 10 pm to 6 am inthe district (on Friday)," reads the order.

It further adds that if someone is found violating the above-mentioned norms then proceedings will be initiated against theviolator under Epidemic Disease Act 1897. Makara Sankrantior Maghi, is a festival in the Hindu calendar, in reference to thedeity Surya. The day marks the first day of the sun's transit intothe Makara, marking the end of the month with the winter sol-stice and the start of longer days.

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63372 No. 1 Mehna Bas t i 63372 name after marriage as I Jagsir Singh S/o Hardam 900020 Amritsar change my 10005I, Rajni W/o Rakesh Kumar (Bathinda) changed my I, Dev Raj Surta Singh Sukhwinder Kaur. Singh R/o #283, D.s.p. I, hitherto Known as name Treeja Nathanial I Vinay Kumar S/o R/o Vill: Julah Majra Teh- name to Sadha Singh. S/o Surta Singh R/o 63372 Road, Near Primary School, G U R D E V S I N G H to Tr i za Na than i e l . Balram Urao R/o Bura N a w a n s h a h r ( S B S 63372 H.No. 58 Teur (SAS I, Bahadur Singh S/o Village Dabwali Tehsil C H H I N A S o n o f Please note it. G u j j a r R o a d S r i Nagar) Punjab, India, I Prabhjot Kaur Sidhu W/o Nagar, Mohali) Punjab, Dharamjit Singh R/o Kot Dabwali Distt Sirsa Have MOHINDER SINGH 72737 Muktsar Sahib Have changed my name to Ramanjeet Singh Kehal Vill. changed my name to Gangu Rai (Ludhiana) Changed My Name From residing at H.No.56, Gali I, Daleep Kumar S/O C h a n g e d M y N a m e Rajni Bala. Sandaur Teh-Ahmedgarh Dev Raj. changed my minor son Jagsir Singh Brar To Jagsir N o . 2 , C h h e h a r t a , R a m B u j h a r a t R / O Vinay Kumar to Vinay

63372 Dist. Malerkotla have 63372 name from Dilraj Singh Singh. K r i s h n a E n c l a v e , D 1 7 / 4 7 6 , S a n d h u Urao.I Pal Singh S/O Darshan changed my name Prabhjot I, Jaswinder Kaur W/o to Dilraj Singh Matharu. 50008 K h a n d w a l a A b a d i Av e n u e , G . T. R o a d , 62647Singh R/O Vill. Duhewala Kaur Sidhu to Prabhjot Kaur Surinder Singh R/o Safi 63372 I , Devkant Prakash Khachi J h a n d p e e r C o l o n y, S a n d h u T o w e r , I, SURJIT Kaur W/O Giderbaha (Sri Muktsar Kehal. P a t t i Vi l l : S m a l s a r I, Bahadur Singh S/o S/o Rajender Prakash R/o Amritsar-143001 Punjab Chhehar ta , Amri t sa r Mohan Lal R/O Village Sahib) Have Changed My 63372 (Moga) Punjab, India, Dharamjit Singh R/o Kot Hno. E-7/7 , Ground Floor , have changed my name H a v e C h a n g e d M y Gohir Tehsil Nakodar Name To Harpal Singh. I Harpreet Kaur Brar Alias have known by both Gangu Rai (Ludhiana) Dlf Valley , Panchkula Have and Shall hereafter be Name From Da leep Distt Jalandhar Declare

63372 Paramjit Kaur W/O Hardev names Jaswinder Kaur changed my minor son Changed My Name From known as GURDEV Kumar To Dalip Kumar. That I Am Known By Singh Brar R/O Faridkot & Bharpoor Kaur one name from Sartaj Singh Devkant Prakash And SINGH. Please Concerned Note. Both Names SURJIT Distt Faridkot Have Two and the same person. to Sartaj Singh Matharu. Devkant P. Khachi To 900020 72737 Kaur And Jeet Kaur Name Of One Person. 63372 63372 Devkant Prakash Khachi. I, hitherto Known as I Kuldip Singh S/O One And The Same

63372 I hitherto known as. I, Harshvir Singh S/o Concerned Please Note. P A W I T E R S I N G H M a n g a l S i n g h R / O Person.Mamta W/o Avtar Singh Dharminder Singh R/o 84451 JAGGI S/o RATTAN Rangil Pura Pakhar Pura 100035R/o Vpo Shahpur, Teh. Vill: Kotli Teh-Morinda I , Devkant Prakash Khachi SINGH R/o 682, Guru Kathunangal Amritsar I, Sukhdev Singh S/O P h i l l a u r , D i s t t . ( R o p a r ) P b , I n d i a , S/o Rajender Prakash R/o Nanak Avenue, Majitha H a v e C h a n g e d M y Jawala Ram R/O V.P.O. Jalandhar, Pin Code- changed my name to Hno. E-7/7 , Ground Road, Amritsar Punjab Minor Daughter Name Boprai Kalan Tehsil 144410 (Punjab) have Harshvir Singh Sidhu. Floor , Dlf Valley , have changed my name Priya To Parneet Kaur N a k o d a r D i s t t changed my name and 63372 Panchkula Have Changed and Shall hereafter be And Also Her Date Of J a l a n d h a r H a v e s h a l l h e r e a f t e r b e I Harpreet W/O Satwant My Daughter's Name known as PAWITTER Birth From 17/11/2006 C h a n g e d M y N a m e known as Mamta Kumari. Rai R/O Rama Mandi From Vaibhavi P. Khachi SINGH. To 17/11/2008. Please From Sukhdev Singh To

63372 Samrala Distt Ludhiana To Vaibhavi Prakash 900020 Concern Note. S i n g h S u k h d e v A l l Changed My Name To K h a c h i . C o n c e r n e d I Navpreet kaur w/o 72737 Concerned Please Note.Harpreet Kaur. Please Note. Kamalpreet Singh Nagra I Bhupinder Kaur Maan 100035

63372 84451 residence of house no 69 D/O Piyara Singh And I, Pargan S/o Mangat I , Krishna Prakash Khachi Parvati Enclave Desu W/O Bhupinder Singh Ram R/o Vill-Sotran W/o Devkant Prakash Majra, Kharar, sector R/O Vpo. Pheruman Po. Banga Distt SBS Khachi R/o Hno. E-7/7 , 126, S A S Nagar Mohali, Road Ward No. 12, Nagar have changed Ground Floor , Dlf Valley , P u n j a b 1 4 0 3 0 1 . I Deluxe Cly, Vpo. Rayya my name from Pargan Panchkula Have Changed changed my name as Tehsi l Baba Bakala to Pargan Bot. please My Name From Krishna Navpreet kaur Nagra .Have Changed My note. Hetta , Krishna Prakash , after my marriage. Name To Bhupinder

63372 Krishna P. Khachi And 978486 KaurI, Laxmi Rani W/O Krishna Khachi To I, Veena W/O Subhash 72737Yogesh Kumar R/O Krishna Prakash Khachi. Mahajan R/O 1662 , I Kuldeep Kaur D/O H.No.237 St.No.4 New Concerned Please Note. Sector 29-B, Chandigarh Sa rwan S ingh W/O Town Moga Changed 84451 Have Changed My Name Balwinder Singh R/O Name Rashmi (After I , Nilam Saini W/o Ruldu From Veena To Veena Vi l l . Wa z i r B h u l l a r Marriage). Ram R/o Khanpur Post Kumari. Tehsi l Baba Bakala

63372 Office Sirta District & 978486 Distt. Amritsar Have I, Prabhjot Joti D/O Tehs i l Kai tha l have I, Charanpreet S/O Sh. Changed My Name To Sukhmander S ingh changed my name from Sukhwinder Singh R/O Pinderjit KaurR/O Raunta (Moga) Nilam Saini to Neelam V I L L A G E B A K A L I 72737C h a n g e d N a m e Saini. Note all concerned. TEHSIL LADWA DISTT I, Amarjeet Singh S/O Prabhjot Kaur. 84451 KURUKSHETRA Have S. Sukhchain Singh R/O

63372 I , Pushpa Devi W/o Ram Changed My Name From H.No 79, Paris Avenue I Yogesh Kumar s/o Karan VPO Padla District C h a r a n p r e e t T o S a n S a h i b R o a d Vinod Kumar chawla Kaithal have changed my Charanpreet Singh. All Chheha r t a Amr i t s a r house no 32, street no name from Pushpa Devi Concerned Please Note. H a v e C h a n g e d M y 17 basti tanka wali to Pushpa . Note all 978486 Name Amarjeet Singh have changed my name concerned. I, Jasbir Kour W/O Sh. To Amarjit Singh. All Yogesh Kumar Chawla 84451 Sukhwinder Singh R/O Concerned Note.t o Yo g e s h K u m a r I, Lakhwinder Singh V I L L A G E B A K A L I 72737concerned note alias Balwinder Singh TEHSIL LADWA DISTT I hither to known as

846213 S/o Bhag Singh resident KURUKSHETRA Have Baksho Kaur A l i a s of Village Mehmadpur Changed My Name From G u r s h a r a n Wi f e o f Teh Bassi Pathana Jasbir Kour To Jasbir Jagtar Singh resident of Distt Fatehgarh Sahib Kaur. All Concerned VPO Mallian Kalan, declare that i known as Please Note. Tehsil Nakodar, Distt. b o t h t w o n a m e s 978486 Jalandhar , Punjab , Lakhwinder S ingh I, Navraj Singh Aulakh India have changed my alias Balwinder Singh S/o Jaswant Singh n ame an d h e s h a l l Please All Concerned Aulakh R/o Village hereafter be known as note Surwind, PO Kacha Gursharan Kaur.

887213 Pacca, Tehsil Patti Tarn 72778I hitherto known as Taran have Changedmy I , Sara ju Deen S/o R a m a n K u m a r name from Navraj Singh Rehmat Ali R/o Village M e h a n d i r a t t a S / o Aulakh to Navraj P a n j D h e r a , N e a r Darshan Lal, residing at Singh Satluj Brij, Phillaur, 219, Guru Teg Bahadur 72737 J a l a n d h a r , P u n j a b -N a g a r, J a l a n d h a r - I, Jaswant Singh Aulakh 144410 have added 144003, Punjab, India, S/o Kehar Singh R/o m y S u r N a m e have changed my name Village Surwind, PO Khatana. Now I may and shall hereafter be Kacha Pacca, Tehsil be called as Saraju k n o w n a s R a m a n Patti Tarn Taran have Deen Khatana.Kumar. Changedmy name from 72778

900020 J a s want Singh Aulakh I, hitherto known as I hitherto known as to Jaswant Singh Sukanya Devi W/O Sukha S/o Swaran 72737 Tirath Ram R/oVPO Singh, res iding at i, Harjeet Singh S/o Sarih, Patti Daffer Ki, V.P.O. Kular, District Sukhdev Singh Vpo Tehsil Nakodar, Distt. J a l a n d h a r - 1 4 4 6 2 5 , Chabal Kalan Tehsil & Jalandhar - 144043, Punjab, India, have Distt Tarn Taran My Pun jab , I nd i a have changed my name and Change Given Name changed my name and shall hereafter be known Har jee t & Singh As s h a l l h e r e a f t e r b e as Santokh Singh. Surname known as Sunita.

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I Swaranjit Kaur W/o Service No.3399847L, Hav Satnam Singh of 17 Sikh C/o 56 APO S/o Late Sh. Atma Singh residing of Vpo Namol Tehsil Sunam Distt Sangrur declare that in my husband army record my name Wrongly Entered as Swaranjeet Kaur but my correct name is S w a r a n j i t K a u r A f f i d a v i t No.AP434389 Dated 10.01.2022 Notary public Sunam (Sangrur)

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Responsibilities are imposed on each other by authoritiesDINANAGAR (JASPOONAM KOJLI): Where people are made aware of the diseases causedby stagnant water by the health department.But looking at the stagnant water in Dinanagar's ESIdispensary, it seems that the health department is pushing people towards diseases.Due to the rain

that has been falling for the last several days, rain water hasstopped flowing in the dispensary. However, visitors to thecorona vaccine do have to wade through stagnant rainwa-ter.It is not that the concerned department does not knowanything, but no concrete steps are being taken for drainageof standing water.Due to which there is huge protest amongthe people.People who come to get the dose of vaccine saythat it is the responsibility of the department to clean thestanding water in the dispensary.

BUNNY SODHIJALANDHAR, JAN 11

With a view to getting informationof suspicious transactions as per theguidelines of the Election Commis-sion of India, the District Adminis-tration on Tuesday directed thebank officers to provide details ofsuspicious transactions during elec-tions.

On the directions of DeputyCommissioner-cum-District Elec-tion Officer Ghanshyam Thori, theAdditional Deputy Commissioner(G) Amarjit Bains has held a meet-ing with the bank officers to apprisethem about the instructions of theECI. The ADC asked them to reportof unusal and suspicious cash with-drawal or deposit of cash in accountexceeding Rs.1 lakh during processof election, without any such in-stance of deposit or withdrawal dur-ing the last two months. Askingthem for strict compliance of theECI directions, the ADC (G) said

that unusual transfer of amount byRTGS from one bank account to theaccounts of several persons in a dis-trict/constituency during the pollprocess without any precedent ofsuch transfer. Any deposit of cashor withdrawal of cash exceedingRs. 1 lakh from bank account ofcandidates or spouses or his de-pendents, as mentioned in the affi-davit filed by candidates, which is

available in the CEO's website, headded. Any withdrawal of cash anddeposit of cash exceeding Rs. 1lakh in the account of political par-ty during the election process be-sides any other suspicious cashtransactions, which might be usedfor bribing the elections, should bereported, he added. The informa-tion on cash deposit or withdrawalsof more than Rs. 10 lakh is also to

be reported for onward submissionto the nodal officers of income taxdepartment for necessary action un-der income tax law, said the ADCadding that all said instructions willbe circulated to all branches ofbanks in Jalandhar district so thatnecessary compliance could be en-sured. LDM Jai Bhushan and Man-ager Canara Bank Jagdish Kumarwere also present.

Banks directed to furnish informationof suspicious transactions, if any

Demand letter hands over to SDMDhuri for transfer of Tehsildar

DHURI (VIKAS VERMA): Eaders of various or-ganizations today met SDM Dhuri Ishmit Vijay Singhand demanded his release from the post due to trans-fer of Tehsildar Dhuri.The district president of AAPMinority Cell, Dr. Anwar Bhasaur, District Presidentof Arhatiya Federation Jagtar Singh Samra, Tehsil

President ofPunjab KisanSabha AmrikSingh Kanjh-la, Vice Pres-ident of Ag-garwal SamajSabha Pun-

jab Yashpal Goel, Former President of Trade WingAnil Mittal, Former Block President Naresh Singlasaid that Tehsildar Dhuri Has been transferred, butdue to political and other influences, they are not be-ing relieved. He said that corruption was rampant inDhuri tehsil. He said that there was a need to unite tochange the corrupt system. When contacted, SDMDhuri Ishmit Vijay Singh said that guidance has beensought from the Election Commission regarding thetransfer of Tehsildar Dhuri which will be acted uponupon receipt.

VERMAGURDASPUR, JAN 11

Amanpreet Singh, SDM,Gurdaspur, chaired a meetingwith the owners of the print-ing press at the local Pan-chayat Bhawan to acquaintthe printing press owners inthe district with the instruc-tions of the Election Com-mission of India.

Sukhwinder Kumar fromDutt Printing Press, PankajKumar from Pushpa PrintingPress, Vipan Mahajan fromJagriti Printing Press, Mr.Sandeep Mahajan from Pub-lic Printing Press, Mr. AnoopKumar from LK Printing,Mr. Jogi Printing Press, Mr.Rachita Printing Press.Gagan Sharma and Manjin-der Singh Election Kanungo,Sunil Kumar were present inthe meeting. In the meetinghe was briefed in detail aboutthe instructions of Hon'ble

Election Commission of In-dia. The SDM informed thepress owners that while print-ing any pamphlet / advertise-ment, the name and addressof the printer must be men-tioned on it. He said that thepamphlets /advertisementspublished by any candidateor political party should befilled up and sent to the con-cerned Returning Officerwithin three days in the pre-scribed form. He said that vi-olating the instructions undersection 127A of the Repre-sentation of the People Act1951 could result in revoca-

tion of the license of the con-cerned printing press, impris-onment for 6 months and fineof up to Rs 2,000 or both.

He further said that be-fore printing, a declarationshould be taken from theprinting publisher in Appen-dix-A, which is well knownto the publisher and certifiedby two persons, a copy ofwhich should be copied bythe Election ExpenditureMonitoring Team (Addition-al Deputy Commissioner(G). This complete informa-tion must be received withinthree days of printing.

SDM apprises press ownersabout instructs by ECI

SUKH NAHARJAGRAON, JAN 11

"Taking another step in thefield of education, CT Uni-versity has introduced CTDegree College recognizedby the Punjab School Educa-tion Board, SAS Nagar, Mo-hali," this information wasprovided by Dr. HarshSadawarti, Vice-Chancellorin a press conference. Whileaddressing the press confer-ence, he said that CTU is thefirst Non-government Uni-

versity to start a collegiateschool. JK Sharma, DirectorResearch, Industry Interfaceand Innovation, who waspresent on the occasion, in-formed that in addition to theformal education of +1 & +2in this school, students canalso acquire IELTS prepara-tion and skill education asper their interest. And thiswill also save the time of thestudent and the atmosphereof the university in theschool will further enhancetheir personality.

CT University introduces CTdegree college affiliated to PSEB

DALJEET AJNOHAHOSHIARPUR, JAN 11

District Election Officer Ap-neet Riyait directed the mar-riage palaces and hoteliers toensure advance notice of po-litical functions and meet-ings in their palaces and ho-tels to the concerned Return-ing Officer.

She said that it was im-perative for every politicalparty to seek the permissionof the Returning Officer tohold functions and meetingsat these places and only ifpermission was granted tohold political functions andmeetings at marriage palacesand hotels. She was address-ing a meeting with the own-ers of marriage palaces andhotels in the district regard-ing assembly elections in thedistrict administrative com-

plex here today. AdditionalDeputy Commissioner(ADC) Sandeep Singh wasalso present on the occasion.

The District ElectoralOfficer instructed the mar-riage palace owners to main-tain a record of booking ofpolitical functions at theirmarriage palace.

She said that if duringthe checking it was foundthat permission had not beensought from the ReturningOfficer for the functions ormeetings taking place in themarriage palace then the li-cense of the concerned mar-riage palace would be re-voked.

Assistant CommissionerExcise and Taxation AvtarSingh Kang, Tehsildar Elec-tion Harminder Singh, Ka-nungo Deepak Kumar werealso present on the occasion.

Returning officers should be given advance listof political functions and meetings to be held in

marriage palaces and hotels: Apneet Riyait

GAURAV GOELCHANDIGARH, JAN 11

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)Punjab President and MPBhagwant Mann said thatAAP has been saying fromthe very first day that Channigovernment has colludedwith Badal family in drugcase because Badals savedCharanjit Channi’s brother inCity Centre scam and nowChanni has retured the favourby saving Bikram Singh Ma-jithia in drug case.

Mann said that Channigovernment did nothing intheir 111 days regime andeven failed to maintain thelaw and order in Punjab.That’s why the people ofPunjab have made up theirminds to support Aam Aadmi

Party in the upcoming As-sembly elections. Addressinga press conference on Tues-day, Bhagwant Mann ac-cused Charanjit Singh Chan-ni of taking a light and timepass action against BikramMajithia in drug case.

He said that there was a‘deal’, between Channi andBadal family, in place evenbefore the FIR that Congressgovernment would file aweak case against Majithiaand no concrete action wouldbe taken. That’s why Con-gress government did not ar-rest Majithia even after FIRor the rejection of his antici-patory bail from Mohali Dis-trict Court.

Mann said that legal actionagainst Majithia in drug casemet the same fate as RajaWarring’s action against thebuses of Badal family, be-cause Congress leaders didn’ttake legal actions to punishmafia but to mislead the peo-ple of Punjab. He said that asa resultant today Badal’s bus-es are on roads and Majithiawill roam free as it is.

AAP roadmap for dev of Punjaband its people: Bhagwant Mann

MAHAVIR GOYALAHMEDGARH, JAN 11

The Rotary Club here haslaunched an awareness cam-paign for the general public toabide by the traffic rules dur-ing the National Road SafetyWeek which started today. Inaddition to conducting work-shops and awareness campsfor drivers and riders at vari-ous places on the first day ofthe campaign launched in co-ordination with the TrafficCell of the District Police, be-sides giving rose flowers andchocolates to the violators ofsafety rules in the future. Anappeal was made not to.

Assistant Governor Dr.Ravinder Sharma said thatunder the guidance of PoliceStation Chief Arshpreet KaurGrewal awareness campshave been organized at vari-ous places to motivate thegeneral public to follow safe-ty rules to avoid accidents es-pecially during winter.Speaking on the theme of thisyear's National Road SafetyWeek which started today,Club Secretary Bipan Sethiand Project Chairman Dr. Ra-jiv Bhakku said that roadsafety has become an impor-tant aspect of life safetynowadays as road accidentsin India every year.

ANIL VERMABATHINDA, JAN 11

Employees Federation (Cha-hal Group) Thermal PlantLahira Mohabbat held ameeting under chairmanshipof Baljit Singh Brar in whichcongratulations were extend-ed to the employees of NewYear 2022 and Lohri festivalthermal plant and 2022 calen-

dar released. In this meetingNew Year's calendar was dis-tributed to the employees.Main demands of the em-ployees in this meeting werediscussed with the manage-ment of Powercom to makethem aware of the difficultiesencountered in the offices inimplementing the recommen-dations of the Pay Commis-sion. Leaders and office bear-

ers of the organizationLakhwant Singh Badi, SeniorVice President, RajinderSingh Nimma General Secre-tary, Yadvinder SinghCashier, Damanjit Singh Au-ditor, Vikas Garg Advisor,Malkit Singh Chena Publici-ty Secretary, Gurlal SinghExecutive Member and othermembers of the organizationwere present.

Employees Federation Thermal Plant LehraMohabbat releases New Year Calendar

Police, BSF jointly takeout flag march

KULJIT SINGHJANDIALA GURU: In view ofsecurity, police and BSF jointly tookout flag march in Jandiala. This flagmarch started from Sarai Road,Valmik Chowk, Ghas Mandi,Verowal Road, Shekhfatta Gate,Tarn Taran Bypass and other partswere taken out. DSP JandialaSukhwinderpal Singh said thatthrough this flag march people wereassured that they should exercisetheir vote fearlessly. SHO JandialaInspector Balkar Singh and otherswere also present on this occasion.

YADWINDER KADGILLTARN TARAN, JAN 11

An important meeting ofShri Radhe Krishna Gausha-la Goindwal Road TarnTaran was held at TarnTaran. Which was presidedover by Jagdeep Prasar andPawan Kumar Muradpuria.The office bearers of theHouse were unanimouslyelected in the meeting. Onthis occasion 7 Patrons andPresident were unanimously

elected. In which JagdishPrasar, Bau Basant Lal, Dr.Pawan Kumar Muradpuria,Avtar Sharma, Kamal Ku-mar, Komal Vansal,Lakhwinder Singh Paagalwere elected as Patrons.Ravi Kumar was appointedpresident. On this occasionthe newly appointed officebearers thanked and said thatthey would fulfill the re-sponsibility entrusted tothem with full dedicationand sincerity.

Ravi Kumar appointedPresident of Shri Radhe

Krishna Gaushala Tarn Taran

Rotary Club Ahmedgarhcelebrates Road Safety Day

BAHADURJEET SINGHRUPNAGAR, JAN 11

Saini Charitable Educa-tion Trust, Saini BhawanRupnagar has providedL.R. Mundra memorialscholarship of Rs. 3 lakhto Shweta Saini,who is do-ing BS-MS five year dualdegree programme in Bi-ology at prestigious IndianInstitute of Science Edu-cation and Research(IIS-ER) Mohali .

Sahibzada Ajit SinghAcademy Rupnagar direc-tor Sukhjinder Singhhanded over the cheque inthis regard to Shweta Sai-ni during a function held at

Saini Bhawan. Whilespeaking on the occasionSukhjinder Singh laudeddonor of scholarship lateL.R. Mundra for his ef-forts in encouraging stu-dents to pursue higher ed-ucation.

He congratulated theSaini Charitable Educa-tion Trust for starting thescholarship. It may bementioned that the ShwetaSaini was selected for thescholarship by a fivemember committee of ex-perts. While speaking onthe occasion Shaweta Sai-ni thanked the Trust forproviding her the scholar-ship and that that she

would try to meet the ex-pectations of the Trust.

Chairman of the TrustBalbir Singh Saini alsospoke on the occasion.Trust vice chairman DrAjmer Singh,presidentRajinder Saini,secretaryAmarjit Singh Saini,legaladvisor advocate RavinderSingh Mundra.trustees DrJaswant Kaur Saini, Rajin-der Singh Giran,AjitSingh, Daljit Singh,HarjitSingh Giran, Jagdev Singh, Surinder Singh, Inner-wheel Club president Kul-winder Kaur, S.M.Singh,Kuldeep Singh Go-lia were also present onthe occasion.

SUMER GARGSANGRUR, JAN 11

District electoral officer(DEO), Sangrur, Ramvirwhile presiding over an im-portant meeting of the offi-cials of the excise and taxa-tion department and theliquor vendors at the audito-rium here today said, "Fol-lowing the instructions ofthe Election Commission ofIndia(ECI), the district ad-ministration is fully pre-pared to use all possiblemeans, so that the voters tonot be lured by the politicalparties, during the entire as-

sembly election process."Giving guidelines to the at-tendants, the DEO, said thatthe Model Code of Conducthas been implemented andnow the instructions of theECI should be followedstrictly.

He said that the co-opera-tion of one to all was neededto stop the use of alcohol,money and drugs in order toseduce the voters during theassembly elections, so thatthe anti-social elementscould not be succeeded intheir schemes and voterscould cast their vote freely,without any coercion or

greed. He said that illegalstorage of liquor was alsostrictly prohibited and vigi-lance teams were working atdifferent levels to curb it. Hestrongly directed that therecord of daily sale of liquorto be maintained and if anycase of excessive sale ofliquor was found by the con-cerned authorities than strictaction would be takenagainst such traders. DEO,instructed the officials of theexcise & taxation depart-ment that the ECI hasbanned any kind of politicalrallies, gatherings and pro-cessions till January 15.

DEO issues strict instructionsto liquor vendors

LR Mundra Scholarshipprovided to Shweta Saini

85 new positivepatients of Covid-19in districtDALJEET AJNOHAHOSHIARPUR: Giving informationabout the condition of COVID-19,Civil Surgeon Dr. Parminder Kaursaid that today with the receipt of2543 new samplings with suspectedflu-like symptoms and receivingreport of 1524 samplings, 85 positivepatients of Covid-19. Have come Shesaid that so far the total number ofpositive patients in the district hasbeen 29653 from samplings and withthe receipt of 2213 positive casesfrom outlying districts the totalnumber of positive cases of Covid-19has become 31866. The total numberof samplings of Covid-19 taken so farin the district is 1015122 andaccording to lab reports, 982334samplings are negative. While 4942samplings are awaiting report and thedeath toll so far is 1000. The numberof active cases is 799, while thenumber of cured patients is 30067.

In the 2022 elections, peopleof Pb will form Cong partygovt again: Gurbaj Singh KULJEET HONEYTARN TARAN: The people of Pun-jab are fully satisfied with the facilitiesprovided to the people of Punjab bythe Congress government led byChief Minister Charanjit Singh Chan-ni during its tenure. Will form a Con-gress-led government. These wordswere uttered by Gurbaj Singh GillKazikot, Director of Punjab WaterResources Development Manage-ment Corporation, while addressing

a meeting here. Hesaid that Congressparty under the lead-ership of Chief Minis-ter Charanjit SinghChanni and PunjabPradesh CongressCommittee PresidentNavjot Singh Sidhu

had won the trust of the people. Hesaid that the Congress governmenthad given a big relief to the peopleby waiving the outstanding electricitybills, sewerage and water bills of theconsumers up to two kilowatts. At thesame time, the Congress govern-ment has enhanced the dignity ofwomen by providing them free busfacility. He said that no matter howmany lies were told by the oppositionparties against the Congress govern-ment but the people of Punjab werewell aware that the Congress gov-ernment was the sympathetic gov-ernment of the people.

NEWS AT AGLANCE


HIMACHAL/JKTwo-day labourcamp concludesJOGINDRA DEV ARYABANGANA: By abandoning bad habits inlife, self-power, hard work, moraleducation and adopting values, successin life can be achieved by positivethinking. Jagdeep Singh, RegionalDirector-in-Charge of Parwanoo,Regional Directorate of DevelopmentBoard, Ministry of Labor andEmployment, Government of India, saidthis while addressing the workers in atwo-day special program for scheduledcaste workers in village Tanohdevelopment block, Bangana's GramPanchayat Tanoh. People present weremade aware of schemes namely PrimeMinister's Security Insurance Scheme,Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti BimaYojana, Ayushman Yojana, SukanyaSamridhi Yojana, Right to Information Act,Prime Minister Shram Yogi MaandhanYojana, Registration on the e-labor portal,Kisan Samman Nidhi, farmers andlabourers. Prosperity in your life by takingmaximum benefit of the above schemeby giving detailed information aboutprotection scheme, problems of workersand the need and importance oforganization, formation of self-helpgroups and benefits from them, educatedaughter, save daughter. On thisoccasion, Panchayat Samiti memberJoginder Dev Arya discussed aboutwelfare schemes for building constructionand other construction workers. GramPanchayat Pradhan Smt. Shanktala Deviregistered her presence and concludedthe programme and expressed specialgratitude to the officers of the departmentfor organizing the program and theinformation received from the saidprogramme proved helpful in improvingthe lives of the villagers. Vice PresidentNarendra Kumar Ward Panch Jai Veer,Madanlal, Kanta Devi, Pramila Devi andothers were present.

Take necessary steps toprevent disease ofgoats: Dr Jai Singh SenUNA: Deputy Director AnimalHusbandry Department, Una Dr JaiSingh Sen said that goats weredistributed under the Krishak GoatFarming Scheme on the grant amount tothe cattle rearers. In this regard, news isbeing published by different newspapersunder different headings, which arespreading different types ofmisconceptions in the animalhusbandry/public. Sen said that theprevention of various diseases in thegoats distributed on 24th December,such as Inter-toxemia (Fadkia), GalGhotu PPR (Goat Plague), Khur Pakka-Mouth Pakka, smallpox have beencertified to be completed by theconcerned supplier. He said that onDecember 24 health check-up was doneby the team of departmental doctors andall the goats were found healthy. He saidthat after three days of distribution,symptoms of cold and flu were found inthe above goats, whose treatment wasstarted by the departmental doctors.Some of these goats started dying. Hesaid that on December 29, a team ofexperts of Animal HusbandryDepartment was constituted and bloodsamples were sent for inspection. Hesaid that on December 30, a team ofexperts went to the spot and got thecarcasses of two goats trained andcollected the body samples of the deadgoats and sent them to the PashuVishwavidyalaya Palampur forexamination, whose report came onJanuary 4.

Himachal logs 1038 new casesSHIMLA: Himachal Pradesh on Tuesday reported 1038 new Covid-19cases due to which the positivity rate went up to 12, state healthdepartment said. As per the department, 4186 active cases wereregistered on January 10 as compared to 3148 active case on theprevious day. The positivity rate of Solan was 21 (609 active cases),Sirmaur 20.3 (321), Hamirpur 17.7 (449), Shimla 17(427), Kullu -15.4(215), Kangra 15.3 (1265), Una 8.6(281), Bilaspur 7.5(185) Mandi5.8(267) and Chamba 5.6(93) respectively. Case fatality rate of state was0.3 and Mandi district 1.3. Only 1.3 per cent Oxygenated and 10.95 percent ICU beds are occupied in the state.

SJVN to Enter Power Trading Business: CMD, SJVNDINESH AGARWALSHIMLA, JAN 11

Central Electricity RegulatoryCommission (CERC) has grantedTrading License to SJVN Limited forinterstate trading of electricity. TheCommission said that SJVN meetsthe requirements of the Act and theTrading License Regulations forgrant of inter -State trading license.

Nand Lal Sharma, Chairman &Managing Director of the companysaid that by the grant of TradingLicense, another feather has beenadded to SJVN’s Cap, giving a bigboost to its business. SJVN will nowbe trading electricity generated byany public & private generatingcompanies including companies likeSJVN Arun-3 Power DevelopmentCompany (SAPDC), SJVN ThermalPvt. Limited (STPL) and otherupcoming Subsidiaries in RenewableSector. Sh. Sharma stated thatefficient execution of electricitytrading in a competitive environment

will ultimately benefit consumers inthe spirit of the open access regimebrought about by the Electricity Act,2003 and subsequent CERC & SERCregulations.

Sharma further said that, SJVNaims to be a one-stop source for anygenerator and consumer wanting totrade power in the country and

contribute to the evolution of a robustand competitive electricity market inIndia. Sharma emphasized that SJVNhas an adequate infrastructure, withstate-of-the-art communicationfacilities and qualified andexperienced staff for this task. SJVNhas an energetic core business teamwith enormous knowledge of powersector related to renewable and non-renewable energy and tradingthereof.

Sharma further said that, SJVNwill focus on fulfilling power supplydeficiencies across various stateswhile also addressing seasonal andregional variance of demand andsupply. SJVN will also consolidatethe power of small and mediumpower generators and trade into bulkpower consumers. While SJVNcurrently has the requisiteinfrastructure and personnel to carryout trading activities efficiently, allincremental support system,manpower, and infrastructurerequirements shall be dealt with as

per need. SJVN aims to commenceintra-state trading operations in Indiaby tying up contracts to the extent of900 MW round the clock orequivalent.

Sharma informed that SJVN hasa strong portfolio of 41 projects of16432 MW capacity and has alreadybagged 1670 MW Solar Powercapacity through competitiveBidding Process. Many moreProjects in the Renewable Sector areunder bidding process, he said.SJVN has already established itsfootprints in nine States of India vizHimachal Pradesh, Bihar,Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh,Uttarakhand, Gujarat, Punjab,Arunachal Pradesh and in twoneighbouring countries namelyNepal & Bhutan.

These projects, Sharma told, willadd up to realization of thecompany’s Shared Vision of capacitybuilding of 5000 MW by 2023,12000 MW by 2030 & 25000 MWby 2040.

Indian Farmers Association sends memo to Governorover loss of damage to crops by stray animals

DAULAT CHAUHANJAWALI, JAN 11

A memorandum was sent toGovernor and Presidentthrough Naib TehsildarJawali Jagjit Singh, throughthe Block PresidentBhikham Singh Pagrotra, bythe Indian FarmersAssociation.In thememorandum, President ofthe Indian Farmers

Association, Bhikham SinghPagrotra said that thedestitute animals and wildanimals are causing a lot ofdamage to the crops of thefarmers and the production isnot being done according tothe cost of the farmers.Mostof the farmers are beingforced to leave farming dueto destitute and wildanimals. Apart from this, hesaid that farmers are not

getting the price of the cropaccording to the cost of theproduce .He has demandedfrom the Chief Minister thatarrangements should bemade to give price to thefarmers on the basis of costof produce and to save thecrops from destitute animalsand wild animals, cowshelters and cow protectionshould be constructed at theearliest.

Signature campaign launchedfor security lapse of PM

DAULAT CHAUHANJAWALI, JAN 11

Jawali BJP today started a signature campaign under theleadership of Jawali MLA Arjun Singh at Kehrian Chowkregarding security lapse during Prime Minister Narendra Modi'svisit to Punjab.Following the covid guidelines, by applying masksand following social distance, it was signed by the general publicand BJP workers. On this occasion, MLA Arjun Singh said thatthere has been a deliberate lapse in the security of Prime MinisterNarendra Modi in Punjab and it is an international conspiracy. Hesaid that the Prime Minister does not belong to any particular partybut to the entire country and it is everyone's responsibility toprotect him. He said that there should be a high level inquiry andaction should be taken against whoever is found guilty.

BUREAUUNA, JAN 11

Recently, a delegation of Gram Panchayatrepresentatives and farmers of village SanoliMazara, Malukpur, Veenewal, Poona, led byFinance Commission Chairman Satpal Satti metChief Minister Jai Ram Thakur in Shimla inwhich the delegation told the Chief Minister thatwe need electricity and water on the border. Theproblem is that the drinking water and irrigationtubules of our 5 villages have been spoiled bychemical water, mainly because of the PACLchemical factory located on the Punjab border,which is leaving the best of its chemical directlyin the ground, does not do water treatment.About 40 private and government tubules, handpumps and wells of these five adjoining villageshave been damaged, on which the Chief Ministerasked Energy Minister Sukhram Chaudhary tovisit this area and listen to the problems of thepeople. He along with Satpal Satti Visited theentire area which is suffering from chemical andthose who are not getting electricity connections

and directed the Head of all the concerneddepartments including District Collector Una toget the water of these tubewells checkedimmediately today. Team of Jal ShaktiDepartment and Pollution Department collectedsamples of 10 tubules of these five villages,which were sent to Mohali, Chandigarh,Ludhiana for investigation. This team includedJE Ashok Kumar of Jal Shakti Department, JEGurpreet Atwal Sanoli of Pollution Department.President Jasveer Corps BJP Una SecretaryRajesh Kaushal, Majra President KuldeepSandhu, Malukpur President Kamaljit Kaur,Vice President Tarsem Singh, Veenewal'sPresident Sukhraj Kaur, Vice President MazaraSatveer Singh, Vice President Veenewal JeetSingh Manjinder Singh Malukpur social workerDilbag Singh, Jarnail Singh were present.

JOGINDRA DEV ARYABANGANA, JAN 11

In view of the demand for 'cost basedremunerative price' and the demands of thefarmers at the state level, Bharatiya Kisan SanghBlock Bangana staged a sit-in demonstration. Tofulfill this demand, a memorandum was sent tothe President of India and the Governor ofHimachal Pradesh through SDM. SurendraSharma, General Secretary of Bharatiya KisanSangh, Bangana said that Centre had recentlypassed 3 agricultural laws in Parliament.Demanding amendment in those laws, a demandwas made for the farmers to get 'cost basedremunerative price' for their produce, as well asthe demand to include cost based remunerativeprice in those three laws. For this, in September2020, the proposals passed by 20,000 villagescommittees were sent to Prime Minister NarendraModi and Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh

Tomar throughout country in September 2020.But no concrete steps were taken by thegovernment in that direction. As a result, in thesecond phase, on September 8, 2021, the IndianFarmers Union organized a sit-in demonstrationat 513 district centers of the country and againpassed the proposal in the district units and sent itto the Prime Minister and the AgricultureMinister. But once again, drawing the attention ofthe government towards this, this demand hasnow reached the third phase, in this sequence,today it has been decided to hold a sit-in protestdemanding 'cost based remunerative price'. Alongwith this, a memorandum of this proposal wassent to President of India through SDM (Citizen),copy of which is also being sent to the PrimeMinister and the Agriculture Minister. On thisoccasion Yograj, President of Indian FarmersAssociation Block Bangana, State TreasurerDilbagh, Subhash, Ashwani, Ramesh and otherswere present.

Farmers seek cost baseprice for crops

Corona infected people roaming fearlesslyincreasing problems of health department

SANJAY AGGARWALDHARAMSHALA, JAN 11

The havoc of Corona is increasing in Kangra,largest district of state. District HealthDepartment has accelerated the pace of coronatest after 365 cases of corona were reported ina single day. The health department's troublesincreased when the department found that thedistrict corona infected people were roamingfreely, raising the possibility of more cases ofcorona in the coming days. The HealthDepartment believes that 10 percent of thecorona in the district is running fearlessly.Giving information to the journalists inDharamsala on Tuesday, CMO Dr.Gurudarshan Gupta said that when the team ofHealth and Police Department conductedcorona tests of many people roaming withoutmasks in bus stands, temples and othercrowded places, in which most of the caseswere found infected which is a matter ofconcern. He said that due to such carelesspeople, many other people would also havebeen hit by Corona. Gurudarshan Gupta saidthat Kangra district has been divided into three

sectors Nurpur, Tanda and Palampur afterregistering a sudden jump in corona cases.There are 53767 total cases in the district, outof which 1265 have become active. In this thirdwave of corona, the number of patientsadmitted to the hospital is less, which is alsoa matter of relief. He said that one covid caresystem is working in these three sectors. Withthis, ten other hospitals have been selected bythe Health Department. In these hospitals too,full arrangements have been made to dealwith corona disease and the hospitals can beused in case of any emergency. He said thatthe Covid care system is working in all thethree sectors. In these sectors, arrangementsfor beds including oxygen have been made bythe Health Department. He said that about150 corona cases have also been reportedfrom Tibetans living in McLeodganj inDharamsala. He said that the HealthDepartment, along with the administration ofDistrict Kangra, has also launched a campaignto make people aware of corona disease, inwhich people should be told about wearingface masks properly, washing hands frequentlyand social distancing.

Long wait for relief, butno hope in light

BUREAUMEHATPUR, JAN 11

The BPL category is being given money by thegovernment to build a house. Perhaps the governmentis giving this facility only to the people belonging tothe scheduled castes and tribes. Perhaps there are other

criteria for getting aid for thegeneral category. Thisremains a reality for SodhiRam of Raipur Sahoda.About two and a half yearsago, under the PradhanMantri Awas Yojana, theapplication was sent by thePanchayat. Even after all this

time they have not got any help. Due to the rain for thelast five days, water is dripping from the roof of thedilapidated house. Utensils were placed on the groundto collect the dripping water. It should not happen thatany accident may happen after falling down the house.He said that he had also appealed to the DistrictDeputy Commissioner, but no action has been takenso far. He has again urged Up-Pradhan provide us theamount of money under the Pradhan Mantri AwasYojana. In this regard, Raman Veer Chauhan, fromUna, said that he has not even received an applicationfor construction of a house.

Red Cross to promote Ayurveda in StateGuv emphasis on promoting junior and youth red cross activities

AGENCYSHIMLA, JAN 11

Governor Rajendra VishwanathArlekar has stressed onorganizing Ayurvedic MedicalCamps through Red Cross. Hesaid that the Red Cross should bemade a 'Janandolan' with theparticipation of the people. TheGovernor, who is also thePresident of the State Red Cross,was presiding over the GeneralAnnual Meeting of HimachalPradesh State Red Cross Societyat Raj Bhavan, today. He said theRed Cross has organizedmedical camps at district andstate levels for treatment andtherapy of the people. It shouldbe an effort that the Ayurvedamedicine system should also bepromoted besides Allopathy, headded. He said that during thecorona pandemic, we havenoticed that people have moreattraction towards Ayurveda. Hesaid that in many other states ofthe country, Ayurveda medicinewas provided to corona patientsseparately at the hospital leveland its results were also fruitful.We can take a new initiative bylinking it with the 'Azadi Ka

Amrit Mahotsav' and couldorganize Ayurveda camps at thedistrict level, he said. Arlekarsaid the District Red CrossBranches should prepare a roadmap of their activities for aboutfive-six years so that it couldbecome a resolution for everyofficer dealing with the RedCross in future. He said thatgood work was being done at thedistrict level, but we have tomake it a people's movement byinvolving more and more peopleand involving them in theactivities of the Red Cross. Hesaid that for the last two yearsalmost every area was affecteddue to the Corona pandemic. Headded that activities of the RedCross could not proceed to thatextent despite this, the 'best

practices' of some districts wereexamples for others. He said thatevery member associated withthe Red Cross needs tounderstand that it was aninternational organization andexcellent work of a branch getsinternational recognition.

He said that the Chairman ofDistrict Red Cross brancheswere working on ground leveland they were facing the realityand difficulties so, they couldtake this movement forward inthe right direction, he added.Governor stressed on conductingjunior and youth Red Crossactivities up to school, collegeand university level. He said thatfor this a uniform format shouldbe prepared for the entire state.He said that training in disaster

management should also begiven in youth and junior RedCross activities. He also directedall the Deputy Commissioners tosend their suggestions in writingto him. In the meeting, it wasdecided that health camps formedical examination of seniorcitizens, drug preventionawareness camps in schools andcolleges and awareness camps todeal with the effect of Omicronvariant of corona virus atcommunity level would beorganized during the year 2022-23. On this occasion, theGovernor felicitated District RedCross Branches Kullu, Solan andSirmaur with certificates fortheir excellent performance. ShriAshutosh Garg, DeputyCommissioner, Kullu, SmtKritika Kulhari, DeputyCommissioner, Solan and ShriRamkumar Gautam, DeputyCommissioner, Sirmaur receivedthe award. Earlier, Health andFamily Welfare Minister Dr.Rajiv Saizal stressed on the needto expand Red Cross activitiesand said that the volunteers ofRed Cross have always donegood work in the service ofsuffering humanity.

CM addresses BJP Mandal MilanProgramme of Shimla Rural

DINESH AGARWALSHIMLA, JAN 11

Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakurwhile addressing the BJP MandalMilan Programme of the ShimlaRural at Oak Over today saidthat every mandal worker mustwork with greater dedication andcommitment to ensurestrengthening the Party at thegrassroot level.

He said that Seraj assemblyconstituency before his entry tothe politics was a congressdominated constituency, but withthe hard work he had succeededin strengthening the cadre of theparty in the constituency. He saidthat he won the first electionfrom the area in 1998 by winningby a handsome margin of about6000 votes. He said that all theworkers of Shimla Ruralassembly constituency mustwork with same commitment toensure victory of party candidatefrom this constituency. Jai Ram

Thakur said that every workermust respect their leaders andwork with coordinated efforts tocome upto the expectations ofthe party leadership. He said thatthe State was fortunate to havebenevolence of Prime MinisterNarendra Modi and the Partywas headed at the national levelby son of the soil, J.P. Nadda.

Chief Minister said that theworkers must plan two to threemajor events in the constituencyin which he would participate.He said that a few majordevelopmental issues must alsobe identified so that they couldbe taken in hand at the earliest.He said that party office bearersmust ensure that theresponsibility entrusted to themwork with missionary zeal todeliver the results. Jai RamThakur said that sincegovernment has entered theelection year, it was importantthat the rank and file of the partyto work with renewed vigour.

Cyber crimes riseexponentially in HP

SHIMLA, JAN 11

Cyber Crimes witnessed an exponential rise in Himachal Pradeshas a large number of cases are being registered every day. Thisinformation was given by Additional Superintendent of Police(Cyber Crime) Narveer Singh Rathore in the weekly webinar ofUmang Foundation on Human Rights Awareness on Monday. Hesaid that investigation found that more men are victim of Cyberfraud compared to women. In the year 2021, more than 8500complaints of cyber crimes were registered with Himachal Police,out of these, 77 per cent complaints were from men. Internet andcyber security is now a fundamental right of all citizens. NarveerSingh Rathore said that more than 72 crore people use the internetin the country. Out off these, 67 per cent are males and 33 per centare females. 62 per cent of internet users are connected to socialmedia. He said that the Supreme Court and other courts have madeit clear that Internet access and cyber security is a fundamental rightof any individual or institution. He also listed several measures thatcould be adopted to protect against hacking and other cyber crimes.He said that awareness is the biggest measure to counter the cybercrime as highly educated persons such as doctors, engineers,professors and senior officers are also among the victims of cyberfraud due to ignorance towards cyber security issues.

Samples of drinking water andtubewells sent for testing

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HavanYagya organized on New Year's Eve at RR Bawa DAVCollege for GirlsBATALA (VERMA): Under the able guidance of Dr.Ekta Khosla, Principal of RR Bawa DAVCollege for Girls, Batala, a HavanYagya was performed to mark the beginning of the New Year.On this occasion, the chairman of the Local Advisory Committee, Sh. Rajesh Kawatra along withhis wife Smt.AnuKawatra were present as the chief guest. Amidst the Vedic Chantings and Shalokas

the Prayers were offered for the welfare of the nationand the world by offering sacrifices to Lord Agnidev.Wishing everyone a Happy and Prosperous New Year,Sh. Rajesh Kawatra, on this occasion, motivated theteam of RR Bawa to take care of themselves and worktogether with new zeal an enthusiasm to explore newheights even in these tough times.

Teenager dies ofheart attackVIKAS VERMADHURI : Young man from thenearby village of Calabula has diedof a heart attack. According to theinformation received, AmmitpalSingh (35) son of Roop Singh, aresident of Kalabula, who. A youngman from nearby village Kalabulahas died of a heart attack.

According to theinformationreceived, AmmitpalSingh son of RoopSingh a resident ofKalabula, wasliving in Peshawardue to bad debts.When he woke upthis morning todrink tea, he had asudden attack and

died on the spot. Already in debt theyoung man has left behind threechildren and his wife. VillageSarpanch Sukhdev Singh Binnar,Panchayat Member Bharpur Singh,District General Secretary ofShomani Akali Dal (A) NarinderSingh Kalabula, Kaur Singh Binnar,Dr. Ranjit Singh, BSP LeaderDarshan Singh Jhaloor etc.

Premature, low weight babygirl gets new lease of life

MOHALI (LK BANSAL): A 6 month prematurenewly born baby girl with birth weight of only 790gm got a new lease of life after she was treated suc-cessfully by Dr Amit Nagpal, Consultant, Pediatricand Neonatology at Ivy Hospital. Giving informationduring a press conference at Ivy Hospital on Tuesday,

Dr AmitN a g p a lsaid thatthe baby'spregnantm o t h e rcame tothe emer-gency de-partment

of Ivy hospital around 3 am in morning with a com-plaint of abdominal pain. Mother was admitted andshifted immediately to the labour room for furtherevaluation and treatment.

She was assessed and found in 2nd stage oflabour. She delivered vaginally at 4 am. The baby hadbirth asphyxia and she did not cry immediately afterbirth. The neonatal resuscitation was given and thebaby was intubated and shifted to NICU with bag andtube ventilation. Baby was admitted in NICU aftertaking consent from parents and put on ventilatorsupport.

SANJEEV TEJPALMORINDA, JAN 11

At the residence of Chief MinisterCharanjit Singh Channi at Morinda,Moga MLA Dr. Harjot Kamal, ac-companied by his supporters includ-ing the Mayor, Deputy Mayor,Councillor and Sarpanch of Moga,expressed strong opposition to theCongress party's decision to field

social activist Sonu Sood's sisterMalvika Sood as a ticket claimantfrom Moga. All the Congress func-tionaries present on the occasionsaid that if Malvika Sood was givena ticket from Moga Assembly seatby the Congress then they wouldstrongly oppose the decision of theparty. The Moga MLAs along withtheir supporters stayed at the ChiefMinister's residence for about three

and a half hours. Chief MinisterCharanjit Singh Channi had earlierasked MLA Dr. Harjot Kamal andsome of his select associates tocome inside. But when MLA HarjotKamal insisted on holding a meet-ing with his supporters, Chief Min-ister Channi called all the membersinside after about half an hour andheld a meeting which lasted forabout three hours. After the meeting,

Chief Minister Charanjit SinghChanni told reporters that he had ameeting with the MLA mayors,deputy mayors, councillors and pan-chayat members from Moga.

He said he would take up thematter with the party's electionscreening committee. He said thatthe final decision on allotment oftickets would be taken by the HighCommand.

Harjot Kamal along withhis supporters meet CM

Political boards, Flexremoved from public places

in VS constituency GurdaspurGURDASPUR (VERMA): Newly appointed SDMof Gurdaspur Amanpreet Singh spoke to the pollingstaff regarding the state assembly elections in thestate to ensure compliance with the code of conductissued by the Hon'ble Election Commission of India.Reviewed in detail and apprised the polling staff ofthe instructions of the Election Commission.

SDM Gurdaspur Amanpreet Singh said that hewas reviewing the situationin Gurdaspur constituencyand no supporter of any po-litical party would be al-lowed to violate the code ofconduct. At the same time heissued various instructionsto the officers of police ad-ministration and concerneddepartments. He said thatstandard election code ofconduct would be main-tained in Gurdaspur assem-

bly constituency at all costs. He further said that un-der the direction of Hon'ble Election Commission ofIndia, boards, posters and flexes erected by variouspolitical parties in Gurdaspu Assembly constituencyhave been removed. He said that flying squads havebeen deployed in the entire constituency, monitoringevery activity 24 hours a day. He appealed to all thepolitical parties to ensure adherence to the code ofconduct as per the Kovid protocol.

CS JOLLYCHANDIGARH, JAN 11

Under the Mission "SaddaPunjab, Swachh Punjab", aflagship program to ensureclean environment, PunjabPlastic Waste Management So-ciety (PPWMS), which is aconsortium of 48 Multination-al and Indian Companies whohave joined together tostrengthen the collection &segregation of plastic waste inthe state of Punjab and to im-plement this mission onground, they have appointedIndian Pollution Control Asso-ciation (IPCA), first recog-nized PRO by CPCB.

The Punjab PollutionControl Board (PPCB) and thePPWMS, on 2nd October 2018launched the programme foreffectively managing post-con-sumer multi-layered packaging(MLP) in the state of Punjab.IPCA is actively collectingplastic waste (MLP waste)since then on behalf of PP-WMS and in current year, col-

lected 5201 MT of plasticwaste from seven cities of Pun-jab which is 87,34,020 kg CO2equivalent. Thus, this initiativeis not only removing plasticwaste from our environment, itis also reducing CO2 emissionsand providing income sourceto waste workers. “Accordingto CPCB Annual Report 2019-20, Punjab is generating ap-proximately 92890.17 TPA,which is roughly translated togeneration of 250 Tonnes ofplastic waste per day. Plasticwaste generation share of Pun-jab is 3% of India’s total plasticwaste generation and Punjab isfollowing a unique model for

executing Extended ProducerResponsibility through PP-WMS consortium. The targetfor FY2021-22 is to collectmore than 7000 MT of MLPwaste and till December 2021,IPCAhas collected 5201.6 MTof MLPwaste in Punjab, i.e. 74% of the fixed target. With thiscollection efficiency, we willbe able to achieve our target ontime. IPCA and PPWMS arenot just collecting plastic wasteunder this mission, they arealso making people awareabout the efficient plastic wastemanagement through IEC ac-tivities” said Ajay Garg Secre-tary IPCA.

‘Sadda Punjab, Swachh Punjab’ A unique campaignby IPCA to ensure clean environment in Punjab

Hry rice millers are panicwith govt policies: Garg

SUMER GARGSANGRUR, JAN 11

In view of Vidhan Sabha Elec-tion-2022 and under the direc-tion of District election officer,Sangrur, Mr. Ramvir, Return-ing officer-cum-SDM San-grur, Mr. Charanjot SinghWalia held a meeting with therepresentatives of the variouspolitical parties, supervisorsand other polling staff.

In the meeting the Return-ing officer(RO) apprised themabout the instructions issued

by the Election Commissionof India(ECI), model code ofconduct and he also instructedthem to follow the instructionsto be issued by the ECI fromtime to time. In addition, theRO encouraged the pollingstaff to perform their dutieswith sincerity and in transpar-ent manner keeping in view

the model code of conduct.The RO said that the electioncommission for each candi-date has set a maximum ex-penditure limit of Rs. 40 lakhsand it would be mandatory forthe candidate to keep accuraterecord of election expenses af-ter the submission of his nom-ination papers.

JASPOONAM KOHLIDINANAGAR, JAN 11

The fencing team of ShantiDevi Arya Mahila College, Di-nanagar secured the third posi-tion in the two-day inter-col-lege tournament held at GuruNanak Dev University, Amrit-sar.

The members of the win-ning fencing team in the tour-nament received a warm wel-come on their arrival at the col-lege. Giving information inthis regard, College PrincipalDr. Reena Talwar said that in

three competitions of AP, Foiland Saber, the team of GuruNanak Dev University got the

first position, the team ofBBK DAV College forWomen Amritsar second,Shanti Devi Arya MahilaCollege Dinanagar andThe team of Khalsa Col-lege, Amritsar got thethird position while theteam of Hans Raj MahilaMahavidyalaya securedthe fourth position. Col-lege Principal Dr. Talwarcongratulated the win-ning team members of

the college and their teachersfor their excellent performancein the tournament.

SUMER GARGCHANDIGARH, JAN 11

National chief general secre-tary of All India Vyaparmandal and Provincial Pres-ident of Haryana PradeshVyapar Mandal, BajrangGarg, after interacting withthe rice millers, saidthat Haryana Govern-ment instead of givingtender for the supply offortified rice to theHaryana rice mills hasgiven this tender to themills of other stateslike Maharashtra, Pun-jab and Rajasthan, whichwould cause a loss of croresof rupees to the Haryanastate exchequer.

Garg alleged that thecompanies of the other state,who have taken the tenderfrom the government at therate Rs 59.60, these compa-nies after the purchasing offortified rice from themillers of Haryana at the

rate of Rs 44 and 45 weresupplying to the governmentof Haryana at the rate of Rs59.60.

In Haryana 60 mills,which are in a position toproduce fortified rice, butthe government for their per-sonal interest has disallowed

their participationon the pretext of 3years old mills, sothat the mills ofHaryana could notparticipate in thetender, whichcaused heavy lossesto them.

Garg said that to get thetenders from government theowners of Haryana state ricemills had filled rate of forti-fied rice in tender ranging inbetween Rs 45 to Rs 50, butthe government did not givethem tenders. For their per-sonal interest, state govern-ment has given tender to thepeople of other states atmuch higher rate 59.60.

RO meets with politicalparties and polling staff

SDAM College team gets 3rd positionin Inter College Tournament

C-Vigil app empowers citizens to report anyviolation of Model Code Of Conduct: DC

GURDASPUR(VERMA): District Election Officer cumDeputy Commissioner Gurdaspur Mr. Mohammad Ishfaqsaid that the C-Vigil app was developed by the Election Com-mission of India (ECI) for violating the Model Code of Con-

duct (MCC) to the general public. An ef-fective reporting platform is provided.The Deputy Commissioner said that C-Vigil is a kind of vigilance of the gener-al public. He said that this app is avail-able on Google Play Store and with thisapp citizens can upload photos andvideos along with location based detailsand any violation of Model Code fromtime to time. As soon as they upload a

photo or video, the Flying Squadron and Returning Officerstake immediate action. The Deputy Commissioner said thatas soon as a complaint is lodged on the app, it has to be dis-posed of within 100 minutes. This type of monitoring can bedone at your own level through this app.

HEMANT SHARMARAMPURA PHUL, JAN 11

Keeping in view the instruc-tions issued by the ElectionCommission and the coronainstructions, Kuldeep, Happyof village Mehraj Khurd leftvarious parties and joinedAAP during the election cam-paign in favor of Aam AadmiParty candidate Balkar SinghSidhu at village Mehraj ofHalqa Rampura Phul.

Kabaddi players, MemberKala, Member Jagsir Sira,Society Member HardevSingh, Gurpreet Singh, Amar-jit Singh, Harbans Singh,Bant Singh, Resham Singh,Daljit Singh, Balkaran Singh,Karnail Singh, Binder Singhjoined Aam Aadmi Party.Se-nior AAP leader YodhaMehraj, Dr. Jagsir Singh Kin-dri, MC Tota Singh,

Lakhwinder Singh, SukhbirSingh, Bakhshish Singh werepresent.

AAP candidate Balkar Sid-hu said that special attentionwas paid to the instructions ofCorona under the direction ofElection Commission so thatno more than 5 personsshould gather and must wear

masks. He said that Malukaand Kangar had always creat-ed factions in the villages butAam Aadmi Party wouldbring peace and harmony inthe villages. He said that peo-ple of the constituency shouldvote for Arvind Kejriwal toform AAP government inPunjab.

AAP will bring peace andprosperity: Balkar Sidhu

Organizing webinar on topic ofquality research paper writingand academic publishing

JASPOONAM KOHLIDINANAGAR: A webinar on QualityResearch Paper Writing andAcademic Publishing was organizedby the Department of Post GraduateEconomics under the leadership ofPrincipal Dr.RK Tuli at SSM College,Dinanagar. In which Assistant Prof.Punjab School of Economics GNDUAmritsar Dr. Amanpreet Kaurattended as ResourcePerson.Firstly the Principalwelcomed the keynote speaker.Thereafter Prof.Prabodh Groverintroduced the subject of thewebinar. Keynote speaker Dr.Amanpreet Kaur gave detailedinformation about the methods ofwriting a research paper, qualities ofa good research paper, importanceof research paper in the field ofresearch, plagiarism and ways toavoid it and punishment forplagiarism.In the end, Prof. NidhiThakur thanked the speaker and allthe participants .On this occasionProf. Kajal, Prof.Monica and Prof.Sakshi were present.

Covid vaccinationcampaign begins

DALJEET AJNOHAHOSHIARPUR: On 11th january thecovid vaccination campaign wasstarted at Subsidiary TrainingCentre, BSF, kharkan campus.Thedistrict health authorities underhoshiarpur administrationadministered the booster dose to207 frontline workers of BSF and 25families including children wereadministered the 1st dose of thevaccine. Madhu SudanSharma,Inspector General wasadministered the 1st booster dose.Speaking on the occasion, theInspector General highlighted theOmicron spread issue andmotivated the frontline workers tofollow all the guidelines issued bythe Govt. on the issue.

RAJIV JAINCHANDIGARH, JAN 11

Farid Mamundzay, Ambas-sador of the Islamic Repub-lic of Afghanistan to India,during his visit to Punjab onTuesday, called upon Mr.Banwarilal Purohit the Pun-jab Governor and Adminis-trator, Union Territory,Chandigarh at Punjab RajBhavan.

The discussion betweenthem pirouetted around “in-vigorating relationship” withAfghanistan and views wereexchanged on issues of mu-tual interest. Stating that In-dia enjoys mature bilateralrelations and strong socio-cultural linkages withAfghanistan, the Governoragreed upon the need for fur-ther strengthening economic

and trade ties through vibrantpartnership and joint ven-tures in different fields of ac-tivity. “There is immensescope for both to learn andgrow through mutual ex-change of each others ‘expe-rience and expertise’, saidPurohit.”

Ambassador Ma-mundzay extended his warmgreetings and affirmed hiscommitment to furtherstrengthen bilateral relations.He said that there is huge po-tential of trade with the Statethat needs to be tapped andaccelerated. Sharing that alarge number of Afghan stu-dents are studying in HigherEducation Institutions of theState, he said that he sawhuge potential for educationfor his country’s youth inPunjab.

Ambassador ofAfghanistan calls upon

Punjab Governor

SHASHI PAL JAINMOHALI, JAN 11

In view of ever increasingCOVID-19 cases in the dis-trict, Mrs. Isha Kalia, Dis-trict Magistrate has imposedaddition restrictions.

It was said in the ordersthat additional restrictionswere necessary as it has beenobserved that positivity ratehas increased to 25.15%.inthe district.

Now as per the addition-al restrictions, Non-essentialshops shall remain openedtill 8.00 PM only. However,all shops and vehicle/personsdealing in essential com-modities such as food,medi-cines, milk and milk prod-ucts, poultry etc. shall be ex-empted. Further, there shallbe no restriction on move-ment of raw materials,fin-ished goods, personnel etc

related to manufacturing ofpharmaceutical drugs, in-cluding vaccines and med-ical devices, diagnostic test-ing kits etc. All other condi-tions of my earlier orderswill remain the same. Anyviolations shall invite crimi-nal proceedings under therelevant provisions of theDisaster Management Act,2005 and the Indian PenalCode, 1860.

In view of Covid surge DMimposes additional restrictions

2-Day tournamentorganized in GramPanchayat Khad

KISHORI LAL BAINSAMB: A two-day tournament wasorganized in Gram Panchayat Khad inwhich 8 teams of Kabaddi and 6 teamsfrom Volleyball participated, winnervolleyball and runner up DaulatpurChowk in Kabaddi, winner Bhadsaliand runner up Khad in Volleyball,winner in this program is organized withthe collaboration of Nehru Yuva Centerand Adarsh Samaj Kalyan Club Khadgot it done, whose head is KrishanHeer. Gram Panchayat Khad PradhanVirender Heer, Deputy PresidentRavinder Khasru, Prem Das- Principalof Government Senior secondarySchool Khad, Lal Singh- DeputyDirector of Nehru Yuva Kendra andLakhbir, Jasveer, Pramanand,Panchayat Malkiat Singh, were presentand Gram Panchayat Head VirenderSingh Heer said that our goal is to keepthe youth away from drugs.

LPU’s School of Fashion Designget 21 unique patents publishedin a solo month

HARPREET SINGH LEHALJALANDHAR: The fashion designstudents and faculty-members at theSchool of Fashion Design andTechnology of Lovely ProfessionalUniversity have lately got 21 innovative‘Patents’ published in a single month.LPU students of M Design, MSc, BDesign and BSc Fashion Designprogrammes researched exclusivelyalong with their mentors at the schooland created societal needed designs indiverse aspects. One of these patentsis for a ‘diaper’ with removable paddingand nano coating of vitamin E toprevent skin rashes & allergies, whichalso decays fast on disposing.In fact,the School of Fashion Design at LPUhas been functioning keeping thestudents’ aspirations and industrialrequirements in mind. Theinfrastructure, curriculum, pedagogyand faculty work in synchronization tofulfil the motto and goal of theinnovative creation at the school. It hasprestigious collaborations with topfashion schools of the world,particularly in the US, UK, Italy, France,Australia and more. The curriculumdevelopment, here, involves multiplestages of refinement, and one of themost important steps is the regularadoption of industry feedback.

Truck operators flaygoods tax hike

ANWAR HUSSAINNALAGARH: In Nalagarh, truckoperators have submitted amemorandum to the Chief Ministerthrough SDM against the increase ingoods tax on trucks. Dozens of truckoperators participated in the protest. Inthe memorandum submitted, the truckoperators have said that the country'stransporter's back has been badlybroken after the Corona hit, even dueto installments, repairs, increased spareparts rate, insurance and expensive oil.Now the state government has made ahuge increase in the Goods Tax. Theoperators say that the freight rateshave been reduced in BBN and on theother hand the vehicle is being passedonly after clearing all the previousgoods tax. Apart from this, the rates ofchallan and fine have also beenincreased by the government under theMV Act, whose burden has beenplaced on us.

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Banga RO issues notice to SAD (B) districtpresident for violation of ECI's orderASHOK KAURABANGA: Banga Returning Officer (RO)-cum-Sub Divisional Magistrate (SDM) NavneetKaur Bal issued notice to SAD (B) District President for violation of poll code by party's MLADr Sukhwinder Kumar Sukhi. In the notice issued, Returning Officer said that party’s MLADr Sukhwinder Kumar Sukhi had violated the ban orders of Election Commission of India(ECI) by holding a public indoor meeting in Ghumman village on January 9. She said that acomplaint was received regarding the meeting through whatsapp following which a team ofadministration and flying squad conducted the probe and found the complaint genuine. Balsaid that the SAD president had been instructed to submit the reply within 24 hours in thisregard. A copy of the notice had also been forwarded to the District Election Officer. Shesaid that ECI had prohibited any kind of public meeting, rally or road show till January 15.

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Manipur government extendsAFSPA for another year

AGENCYIMPHAL, JAN 11

The Manipur government hasextended the “Disturbed area”status in the state for one moreyear on Tuesday. The extension isdone every year by the stateHome department. The extensionof Disturbed Area status impliesan extension of the Armed Forcesof Special powers Act 1958 tillthe end of this year. SpecialSecretary (Home) H GyanPrakash said in an order that “theGovernor of Manipur is of theopinion that due to violentactivities of variousextremist/insurgent groups, theentire state of Manipur is in sucha disturbed condition that the useof armed forces in aid of civilpower is necessary and is of theopinion that the areas within thestate be declared as a "DisturbedArea" under the provisions of theArmed Forces (Special Powers)Act, 1958." In exercise of thepowers conferred by Section 3 ofthe Armed Forces (SpecialPowers) Act, 1958 (Act No.28 of1958) as amended from time totime, the Governor of Manipuraccords ex-post facto approval todeclare the entire state of

Manipur excluding the ImphalMunicipal Area as "DisturbedArea" for a period of one yearwith retrospective effect fromDecember 1, 2021, it was added.The Imphal Municipal area washowever excluded. Most politicalparties, including Congress, Left,MPP, civil societies and victims’families have demanded therepeal of the Armed ForcesSpecial Powers Act. ChiefMinister N Biren Singh alsostated that the government isreviewing the matter. TheExtrajudicial Execution VictimFamilies Association, Manipur(EEVFAM) formed by 1958families of extrajudicialexecution has also filed a case inthe Supreme Court. The

EEVFAM and Human RightsAlert have also demanded thatthe government shouldimmediately issue pendingprosecution sanctions against allthe police personnel indicted bythe CBI/SIT in pursuanceEEVFAM v/s Union of India, SCWP (Cril) 129 of 2012. Eventhough prosecution sanctionsagainst the lower-ranking policepersonnel were issued, thoseagainst the higher-ranking policepersonnel were not issued to dateit was stated. It further demandedthat the state government shouldpursue with the Union of India toissue prosecution sanctionagainst all the armed forces of theunion found to be involved in theextrajudicially killing of the

innocent citizens of Manipur,whose prima facie evidence havebeen already submitted to theChief Judicial Magistrates ofvarious districts of Manipurfollowing the investigation of theCBI/SIT in pursuance EEVFAMv/s Union of India, SC WP (Cril)129 of 2012. Irom Sharmila ofManipur launched anunprecedented fast for 16 yearsdemanding repeal of AFSPAfrom 5 Aug 2004 to 9 Aug 2016after the Malom massacre duringwhich 8 Assam Rifles personnelshot dead ten persons who werewaiting for a bus in a bus shed atMalom, Imphal. Manipurgovernment withdrew AFSPAfrom the Greater Imphal areacovering seven Assemblyconstituencies after the publicuprising over the alleged rape andmurder of Thangjam Manoramaby personnel of 17 Assam Riflesin 2004. The AFSPA is a Britishcolonial law promulgated tosuppress Quit India Movement in1942. Only Army Officers wereempowered to kill anybody onmere suspicion during Britishcolonial time but it was amendedin 1958 to empower all armypersonnel to kill anybody onmere suspicion.

BUREAUTAHLIWAL, JAN 11

A meeting of Hindu DharmaRakshak Sanstha was heldtoday in Tahliwal area ofUna district, which waspresided over by MaheshGautam, convener of HinduDharma Rakshak Sansthaand Himachal Pradesh in-charge Amit Kumar Sharmawas present in the meetingregarding discriminationagainst Hindus and in someareas. Arocities againstHindus were discussed andthe government was warnedthat now the discriminationand atrocities on Hinduswould not be tolerated,Hindus have stood upagainst it, after the meetingthe Tahliwal unit of HinduDharma Rakshak Sanstha inwhich the responsibility was

given to Rahul Rana. HinduDharma Rakshak is such anorganization in which onlyHindus are our members andwe do the work ofpropagating religionthrough this institution andtogether with Hindus. Weoppose the discriminationbeing done with the Hindutemples and are alsofighting for not beinggovernmentised, and it isour priority to protect all theHindu temples. Amit Kumargave the responsibility of

the area to Rahul Rana ofBathri village. StateConvenor Amit KumarSharma has urged all Hindusto join more on Facebookpage "Hindu DharmaRakshak" and givesuggestions so that we canbuild good society bygathering our brothers,dozens of workers includingNikhil, Abhishek, SunilKumar Sanju, Deepak JoshiMonu, Vinay Sahod,Mukesh Pandit werepresent.

Hindu Dharma RakshakSanstha holds meet

Rs 3016 cr being spent onmodern health facilities:

Sarveen Chaudhary

SANJAY AGGARWALDHARAMSHALA, JAN 11

Social Justice andEmpowerment Minister SarveenChaudhary said that Rs 3016crore is being spent to providebetter, accessible and modernhealth facilities to every citizenof the state. Chaudhary wasspeaking after inaugurating theHealth and Wellness Centerconstructed at a cost of Rs 28.50lakh at Kyari in Shahpur VidhanSabha constituency on Tuesday.He said that along withstrengthening the health facilitiesup to the Panchayat level, theavailability of health services inremote areas has been ensured.Specialist medical facilities inhospitals, availability of modernhealth equipment, upgradation ofhospitals besides construction ofnew and grand buildings arebeing done. He informed that Rs50 lakh has been spent on tarringon Shahpur Chater road and

Shahpur Gandrup road. Anamount of Rs 5 lakh is beingspent on the construction ofMahila Mandal Bhawan in wardnumber two of Kyari. An amountof Rs 2 lakh has been approvedfor the repair of another MahilaMandal building. Seating shedhas been constructed at Rs 3 lakhin Vardan, while construction ofopen air gym at Dholiyar Kyariat a cost of Rs 15 lakh is inprogress. He said that a new 63KVA transformer was placed invillage Duliyar and along with0.450 km HT line and 0.195 kmLT line were constructed. Thiswork was done under the lowpower scheme, on which aboutRs 8.26 lakh was spent. He saidthat the sub-division officebuilding has been constructed atChadi at a cost of Rs.40 lakh.About one kilometer Lline hasbeen built under DDU scheme invillage Dazhamb and Rakh, inwhich about Rs 2 lakh have beenspent.

Media Certification and Monitoring Committee constitutedto keep an eye on election expenses of candidates

KULDEEP SOODBARNALA, JAN 11

On the orders of District ElectionOfficer - cum-Deputy CommissionerBarnala Kumar Sourabh Raj, MediaCertification and Media MonitoringCommittee (MCMC) has beenformed to keep an eye on the mediaactivities and certification ofadvertisements for all the threeassembly constituencies. The MCMChas started working since thedeclaration of Model Code ofConduct. Member of the MCMCSDM Barnala Varjeet Singh Walia,who is also currently AdditionalDistrict Election Officer (ADEO)Barnala today directed the MCMC

members to ensure that activities ofall political parties and candidates areduly monitored in print media,electronic media and social media. Ifthe MCMC members come acrossany advertisement of a candidate, itshould be sent to concernedReturning Officer for including it inpoll expenses of the concernedcandidate. He added that e-papereditions of the newspapers are alsoconsidered a part of the electronicmedia and hence any kind of contentput in form of an advertisementrequires pre certification from theMCMC set up in room number 86,second floor, District AdministrativeComplex, Barnala. Similarly, anykind of video or other content put on

social and electronic media has to becertified from the MCMC.Committee will document the script,cost incurred on making the contentand other charges.

Pre certification is requiredfor which platforms?Advertisement pre certification isrequired for electronic media thatincludes all online e papers, radio, TV,cinema hall and social media, bulkmessages on mobile and social mediaplatforms like Facebook. Beforeuploading advertisements on any ofthese platforms, a pre certification fromthe district level MCMC is mandatory.He added that the registered national/regional party will have to apply forapproval at least three days beforeuploading the content. In case ofindividual or unregistered party, this hasto be done 7 days before. Applicationshould have copy of the recording andtranscript. On coming across any kindof violation, action will be taken byconcerned Returning Officer.

Lohri of newborn daughters celebrated onbirth anniversary of Shri Guru Gobind Singh Ji

KULDEEP SOODBARNALA, JAN 11

On the occasion of the birthanniversary of Shri GuruGobind Singh Ji, Lohri ofdaughters has been jointlycelebrated by the colonyresidents, Progressive SeniorCitizens Society (Regd.) andSuryavanshi Khatri Sabha(Regd.) At Krishna Street. Theprogram started with therecitation of Sri SukhmaniSahib Ji. Chief Guest MataKiran Deva, Guest of HonorNeeraj Bala Danian, andSpecial Guest Babita Jindalwere present on the occasion.Social activists SukhwinderBhandari, Piara Lal Raiser,and Lila Ram Garg greeted thepublic on the occasion ofPrakash Purab (birthanniversary) and daughters'

Lohri. During this Lohri hasbeen celebrated by presentinghonor kits to 21 newborndaughters. Punjabi writers andsingers GS Gill Ransingh Kand Makhan Singh Dhanerraised awareness about theimportance of daughtersthrough their songs. The teamof Dream Boutique Barnalaled by Jasveer Kaur Cheemapresented a wonderful culturalprogram. On this occasionlangar Food)/was alsodistributed from morning tillevening. The programfeatured Hem Raj Verma,Rajinder Uppal, Rakesh

Jindal, Kewal Krishan Garg,Mahesh Gupta, AshwaniSharma, Asha Sharma, JagjitSingh Pasi, Asha Verma,Ramesh Kausal, UshaGiddarwaha, Jasvir SinghAmbala, Mohinder Pal, DrRajiv Sharma, Jagjit Singh Pasi,Daljit Singh Deepa, SanjeevMechanic, Randeep Singh,Rinku Khurmi, SomaBhandari,Balvir Kaur Pasi, Rakesh Garg,Baldev Singh, Ajay Bakers,Navdeep Kapoor, KultarBhandari, Kharag Singh, BrijMohan Sharma, RajinderJindal, Kamla Rani, DarshanKumar etc.

SANJAYAGGARWALDHARAMSHALA, JAN 11

The Bharatiya Kisan Sanghtoday submitted amemorandum to HisExcellency the President andGovernor Himachal Pradesh fortheir various demands throughShahpur SDM of districtKangra. Shahpur BlockPresident Rait Kishori Lalinformed that various types ofschemes and projects are beingrun by the State Government,but the farmer is deprived oftheir benefits. As a result,farmers are turning away fromagriculture. It is imperative forthe farmers to find permanentsolutions to various majorproblems. He said that the maindemand should be to get rid of

the problem by creating a cowsanctuary for destitute animalswithin a stipulated time periodfor the desolation of agricultureand for the safety of life andproperty. In view of thedesolation of agriculture andloss of life and property bymonkeys, pigs and nilgai,proper management should bedone. To take advantage of allthe schemes prevalent in thestate by the Central and State

Governments, an e-portal foronline transparent process fromapplication to acceptance shouldbe made. According to the agro-climatic condition based on thegeographical micro-climate andsoil of the state, the cultivationof suitable identified cropsshould be mapped by theagricultural research institutes.Aresearch action plan should beprepared by agriculturalresearch institutes according to

the geographical situation of thestate. Make it beneficial for thefarmers by making themconvenient and convenient forthe farmers by taking a quicklook at all the schemes runningwithin the various departmentsand departments. To promotethe promotion of cow basedorganic farming and milchanimal wealth, grants should begiven to all farmers to buyindigenous cows. Falling waterlevel due to illegal mining inrivers, irrigation schemesshould be given relief fromstalled, deterioratingagriculture, as well as reliefshould be given in case of lossof Rabi crops and apple cropsdue to natural calamity,drought, hailstorm, heavysnowfall.

Special Expenditure Monitor will keep closeeye on expenses of candidates: ADE Officer

KULDEEP SOOD/GULSHAN KUMAR BARNALA, JAN 11

The Election Commission of Indiawill keep a close watch on theelection expenses of the candidatescontesting the Punjab AssemblyElection-2022. A candidate will beable to spend a maximum of Rs 40lakh on his campaign, earlier thespending limit was Rs 30.80 lakh,which has now been increased. Inthis regard, a meeting was heldunder the chairmanship ofAdditional District Electoral OfficerMr. Varjit Walia in whichrepresentatives of various politicalparties participated and assuredcooperation to the districtadministration. Disclosing this heretoday, Mr. Walia said that theElection Commission of India (ECI)has been taking various measures to

reduce the exorbitant expenditureincurred by the candidates in theelections. He said that candidateswould be able to spend only onrallies, campaign materials,advertisements, vehicles, and othermiscellaneous activities required forelections. Therefore, they have toopen a joint bank or postal accountin their name or with their electionagent one day before filling up thenomination papers. Candidates willbe able to cover all electionexpenses from this account.Payment of up to Rs.10,000 can be

made in cash, whereas more amounthas to be paid by check. He appealedto the delegates not to use illegalmeans such as distribution of liquorand drugs, distribution of cash,distribution of gifts, etc. during theelections. Special ExpenditureMonitors will be sent by the ElectionCommission to monitor theexpenditure incurred by thecandidates and teams have also beenformed at the local level. Details ofexpenses incurred by the candidateswill have to be recorded in the dailyexpenditure register.

BKS alleges schemes are not reaching properly Satti holds bhumipujan of drinking water in BahdalaBUREAUUNA, JAN 11

President of the 6th StateFinance Commission, SatpalSingh Satti, today performedthe Bhoomipujan of drinkingwater scheme at Rs 35 lakhsin Gram Panchayat Bahdala.Satti said that 1000population would bebenefited. He said thatsufficient drinking water wasnot available to the Gaushalain the Gram Panchayat, butwith this scheme, drinkingwater would be available tothis Gaushala as well as thesettlements adjoiningChatara. He informed thatduring the tenure of thepresent State Government, 7

drinking water and irrigationschemes have been gifted inBahdala. He informed thatunder the Jal Jeevan Mission,water is being provided toevery household in the statefrom tap. About Rs 3.50crore has been spent on theseschemes. He informed that a

science block has been builtat Ravamapa Bahdala atabout 1 crore and a stadiumwill be built here at about Rs1.50 crore. He informed thatthe connectivity road fromColor Market to Bahdala hasbeen improved with anamount of Rs 2.68 crore. He

informed that developmentworks worth crores are inprogress and 87 transportersgot employment due tocommissioning of Indian OilTerminal at Pekhubela builtat Rs 500 crores. He saidthat construction of MiniSecretariat is in its finalstage. APMC PresidentBalbir Singh Bagga,Bahdala President RameshChand and Deputy PresidentAvinash, XEN IPH NareshDhiman, former DeputyPresident Suresh Kumar,Ward members BalbindraSingh, Ravindra Kumar,Ranjana Devi, Suman andAnita Rani, besides RamMurthy and Rakesh Kumarwas present.

8THE UNDERTAKING OF A NEW ACTION BRINGS

NEW STRENGTH.

RICHARD L. EVANS

IF OPPORTUNITY DOESN'T KNOCK, BUILD ADOOR.

MILTON BERLE


Literature & Health

The new COVID-19 Omicronvariant is more transmissible thanthe Delta variant. However, its

biological characteristics are still rela-tively unknown. The study about thisvariant has been published in the 'Na-ture Journal'. In South Africa, the Omi-cron variant replaced the other viruseswithin a few weeks and led to a sharpincrease in the number of cases diag-nosed. Analyses in various countries in-dicate that the doubling time for casesis approximately 2 to 4 days. Omicronhas been detected in dozens of coun-tries, including France, and becamedominant by the end of 2021.

In a new study supported by theEuropean Union's Health EmergencyPreparedness and Response Authority

(HERA), scientists from the InstitutPasteur and the Vaccine Research Insti-tute, in collaboration with KU Leuven(Leuven, Belgium), Orleans RegionalHospital, Hopital Europeen Georges

Pompidou (AP-HP) and Inserm, stud-ied the sensitivity of Omicron to anti-bodies compared with the currentlydominant Delta variant.

The aim of the study was to charac-terize the efficacy of therapeutic anti-bodies, as well as antibodies developedby individuals previously infected withSARS-CoV-2 or vaccinated, in neutral-izing this new variant. The scientistsfrom KU Leuven isolated the Omicronvariant of SARS-CoV-2 from a nasalsample of a 32-year-old woman whodeveloped moderate COVID-19 a fewdays after returning from Egypt. Theisolated virus was immediately sent toscientists at the Institut Pasteur, wheretherapeutic monoclonal antibodies andserum samples from people who had

been vaccinated or previously exposedto SARS-CoV-2 were used to study thesensitivity of the Omicron variant.

The scientists used rapid neutral-ization assays, developed by the Insti-tut Pasteur's Virus and Immunity Unit,on the isolated sample of the Omicronvirus. This collaborative multidiscipli-nary effort also involved the InstitutPasteur's virologists and specialists inthe analysis of viral evolution and pro-tein structure, together with teams fromOrleans Regional Hospital and HopitalEuropeen Georges Pompidou in Paris.

The scientists began by testing ninemonoclonal antibodies used in clinicalpractice or currently in preclinical de-velopment. Six antibodies lost all an-tiviral activity, and the other three were

3 to 80 times less effective againstOmicron than against Delta. The anti-bodies Bamlanivimab/Etesevimab (acombination developed by Lilly),Casirivimab/Imdevimab (a combina-tion developed by Roche and known asRonapreve), and Regdanvimab (devel-oped by Celtrion) no longer had any an-tiviral effect against Omicron.

The Tixagevimab/Cilgavimabcombination (developed by As-traZeneca under the name Evusheld)was 80 times less effective againstOmicron than against Delta. "Wedemonstrated that this highly transmis-sible variant has acquired significantresistance to antibodies. Most of thetherapeutic monoclonal antibodies cur-rently available against SARS-CoV-2

are inactive," commented OlivierSchwartz, co-last author of the studyand Head of the Virus and ImmunityUnit at the Institut Pasteur.

The scientists observed that theblood of patients previously infectedwith COVID-19, collected up to 12months after symptoms, and that of in-dividuals who had received two dosesof the vaccine, taken five months aftervaccination, barely neutralized theOmicron variant. But the sera of indi-viduals who had received a boosterdose of Pfizer, analyzed one month af-ter vaccination, remained effectiveagainst Omicron. Five to 31 times moreantibodies were nevertheless requiredto neutralize Omicron, compared withDelta, in cell culture assays.

EDITORIAL

Global wish listDystopia-dependent depression is too easy a

mode in which to start a new year. Perhaps weshould attempt to do the far more difficult,

counter-intuitive thing by reaching instead for madoptimism — given the sheer, mind-shuttering direnessof the multiple lunacies currently engulfing us, wemight as well deploy the counter-craziness of vividlyprojecting scenarios that go well beyond the logical,‘best-case’ models.

So, 2022 will be the year in which we will finallysee the petering out of Sars-Covid-19. Given that Cal-cutta and West Bengal have been nationally behindthe curve on most variants but are well ahead on Omi-cron, the post-Corona sun will rise first on our SonarBengal and Rupashi Kolkata. Even as the rest of thecountry is still reeling from the last tail-lashes of themonster, we will be the first state in the country to re-gain whatever counts for normalcy. This will providea much-needed boost to our economy and to the gen-eral happiness-quotient of all of us residing in the lapof Mama Bangla.

Our state government and ruling party, chastenedby their electoral misadventures in far corners of thecountry where they have no business, will return theirattention to the betterment of our state with renewedvigour. Made consultative, collegiate and sagacious inthe triple forge of the pandemic, the cyclones and thehorrendous state election battles, our leaders will havelearnt many lessons. In close collaboration with sci-entists, researchers and thinkers, the state governmentwill shift from yo-yoing top-down populist whimsy toputting into practice much-needed reforms. The cleanair periods of the last two years will be rememberedand curbs on vehicles and industrial pollution will aimfor and attain ‘Lockdown Level’ air-quality. Thewhole idea of ‘growth’ will be turned on its head. In-stead of bloating the GDP on the backs of the wealthof a very few, we will start working towards decreas-ing inequality and increasing the quality of life for themajority of the state’s inhabitants.

This, in turn, will rapidly make us the envy of therest of India, nay the subcontinent. From Quetta toKohima, they will speak of the Bengal Model withawe and emulatory avariciousness. In copycat legisla-tion, private car traffic will be chopped down acrossthe country, factories will find it increasingly difficultto pollute water-bodies with impunity, other concep-tual and actually-executed ideas — gifts given by WB— will be received by many authorities and peopleswith gratitude.

FlowerPluck this little flower andtake it, delay not! I fear lest itdroop and dropinto the dust. Imay not find aplace in thy gar-land, but honourit with a touch ofpain from thyhand and pluck it.

I fear lest the day endbefore I am aware, and thetime of offering go by.Though its colour be not deepand its smell be faint, use thisflower in thy service andpluck it while there is time..

Rabindranath Tagore

RabindranathTagore

POEMS

In 1st, US surgeons transplantpig heart into human patient

In a medical first, doctors transplanteda pig heart into a patient in a last-ditcheffort to save his life and a Maryland

hospital said Monday that he's doing wellthree days after the highly experimentalsurgery.

While it's too soon to know if the op-eration really will work, it marks a step inthe decades-long quest to one day use an-imal organs for life-saving transplants.Doctors at the University of MarylandMedical Center say the transplant showedthat a heart from a genetically modifiedanimal can function in the human bodywithout immediate rejection.

The patient, David Bennett, a 57-year-old Maryland handyman, knew therewas no guarantee the experiment wouldwork but he was dying, ineligible for ahuman heart transplant and had no otheroption, his son told The Associated Press.

It was either die or do this transplant.I want to live. I know it's a shot in thedark, but it's my last choice, Bennett saida day before the surgery, according to astatement provided by the University ofMaryland School of Medicine.

On Monday, Bennett was breathingon his own while still connected to aheart-lung machine to help his new heart.The next few weeks will be critical asBennett recovers from the surgery anddoctors carefully monitor how his heart isfaring. There's a huge shortage of humanorgans donated for transplant, driving sci-entists to try to figure out how to use ani-mal organs instead.

Last year, there were just over 3,800heart transplants in the U.S., a recordnumber, according to the United Networkfor Organ Sharing, which oversees the na-tion's transplant system. "If this works,there will be an endless supply of theseorgans for patients who are suffering, saidDr. Muhammad Mohiuddin, scientific di-rector of the Maryland university's ani-mal-to-human transplant program. Butprior attempts at such transplants or xeno-

transplantation have failed, largely be-cause patients' bodies rapidly rejected theanimal organ. Notably, in 1984, BabyFae, a dying infant, lived 21 days with ababoon heart.

The difference this time: The Mary-land surgeons used a heart from a pig thathad undergone gene-editing to remove asugar in its cells that's responsible for thathyper-fast organ rejection. Severalbiotech companies are developing pig or-gans for human transplant; the one usedfor Friday's operation came from Revivi-cor, a subsidiary of United Therapeutics.

I think you can characterize it as a wa-tershed event, Dr. David Klassen, UNOS'chief medical officer, said of the Mary-land transplant. Still, Klassen cautioned

that it's only a first tentative step into ex-ploring whether this time around, xeno-transplantation might finally work.

The Food and Drug Administration,which oversees such experiments, al-lowed the surgery under what's called acompassionate use emergency authoriza-tion, available when a patient with a life-threatening condition has no other op-tions.

It will be crucial to share the datagathered from this transplant before ex-tending it to more patients, said KarenMaschke, a research scholar at the Hast-ings Center, who is helping develop ethicsand policy recommendations for the firstclinical trials under a grant from the Na-tional Institutes of Health. Rushing into

animal-to-human transplants without thisinformation would not be advisable,Maschke said.

Over the years, scientists have turnedfrom primates to pigs, tinkering with theirgenes. Just last September, researchers inNew York performed an experiment sug-gesting these kinds of pigs might offerpromise for animal-to-human transplants.Doctors temporarily attached a pig's kid-ney to a deceased human body andwatched it begin to work.

The Maryland transplant takes theirexperiment to the next level, said Dr.Robert Montgomery, who led that work atNYU Langone Health. This is a truly re-markable breakthrough," he said in astatement. "As a heart transplant recipi-ent, myself with a genetic heart disorder,I am thrilled by this news and the hope itgives to my family and other patients whowill eventually be saved by this break-through.

The surgery last Friday took sevenhours at the Baltimore hospital. Dr. Bart-ley Griffith, who performed the surgery,said the patient's condition heart failureand an irregular heartbeat made him inel-igible for a human heart transplant or aheart pump.

Griffith had transplanted pig heartsinto about 50 baboons over five years, be-fore offering the option to Bennett. We'relearning a lot every day with this gentle-man, Griffith said. And so far, we're hap-py with our decision to move forward.And he is as well: Big smile on his facetoday.

Pig heart valves also have been usedsuccessfully for decades in humans, andBennett's son said his father had receivedone about a decade ago. As for the hearttransplant, He realizes the magnitude ofwhat was done and he really realizes theimportance of it, David Bennett Jr. said.He could not live, or he could last a day,or he could last a couple of days. I mean,we're in the unknown at this point.

Kabul women shift protest mode, writedemands on city walls at night

Afghan women and ac-tivists, who have beenprotesting after Taliban

returned to power inAfghanistan, have shiftedtheir protest mode by writingtheir demands on walls atnight to avoid violence by theIslamic Emirate forces.

The women protesterssaid they switched to writingon walls to avoid violencefrom daytime protests in thestreets and write slogans call-ing for girls' right to educa-tion, women's right to work,women's choice of clothes andthe inclusion of women in so-cial and political life, reportedTolo News.

According to them, theywant to continue demandingfor their rights by writing onwalls, which also enablesthem to avoid facing any vio-lence, reported Tolo News.

"Our protests were metwith threats and violence, sowe switched to murals toachieve our fundamentalrights and will continue theseprotests," Tamana Rezaie, aprotester said. "Murals are our

new method of protesting forcalling for our rights. Becauseour protests were often met byviolence from the Taliban,"said Leda, another protester.

"Women's rights in choos-ing their clothing style, work,and education are restricted.We will not stay silent andwill raise our voice," said AzizGul, a protester.

Meanwhile, women pro-testers and activists called onthe Islamic Emirate to grantwomen their rights andwarned they will expand their

protests in the provinces iftheir demands are not met, re-ported Tolo News. "Today'swomen are not the women of20 years ago. Our new protestmethods will expand in all theprovinces, and we will use anypossible means to raise ourvoice," said NavidaKhurasani, a women's rightsactivist. "We want our rights.We will not let them be rolledback and will continue ourprotests until we are given ourrights," Darya Neshat, awomen rights activist said.

Study finds COVID-19 Omicron variantneutralized by booster dose

Parent's genes can influence achild's educational success

According to newresearch by theUniversity Col-

lege London, a child'seducational success de-pends on the genes ofhis parents that havebeen inherited as well asnot been inherited.

The study has beenpublished in 'The Amer-ican Journal of HumanGenetics'. Funded by theNuffield Foundation,the study confirmed thatgenes a person inheritsdirectly are most likelyto contribute to theirachievements in educa-tion. But parent genesthat aren't directly inher-ited, yet have stillshaped parents' own ed-ucation levels and sub-sequently influenced thelifestyle and family en-vironment they providefor their children, arealso important and canaffect how well a persondoes at school and be-yond. Children resemble

their parents because ofnature (the genes theyinherit) and nurture (theenvironment they growup in).

But nature and nur-ture effects are inter-twined. Mothers and fa-thers each pass on halfof their genes to theirchildren, and althoughthe other half of theirgenes are not passed on,they continue to influ-ence the parents' traitsand ultimately influencethe traits in their chil-dren. For example, par-

ents with a higher genet-ic propensity for learn-ing may have a greaterinterest in activities suchas reading that, in turn,nurture learning in theiroffspring.

This concept --when parents' genes in-fluence outcomes fortheir offspring by shap-ing the environment thatthey provide for them --is called genetic nurture.It describes how parents'genes indirectly theirchildren's characteris-tics.

handigarh : vivo, the innovative global smartphone brand,today launched the all-new vivo Y33T in India. Designed to effortlessly capture your memorable Cmoments, vivo Y33T features a 50MP rear camera that redefines high-definition

photography. It is powered by the all-new Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 for a powerful gaming experience. vivo Y33T comes in a flat frame with 5000mAh battery packed into an 8.0mm thin body. A perfect amalgamation of powerful technology set in a lightweight and premium design.vivo Y33T is priced at INR 18,990 for 8GB+128GB storage. It will be available in two vibrant color options - Mirror Black and Midday Dream. The device will be available across vivo India E-store, Amazon, Flipkart, Paytm, Tatacliq, Bajaj Finserv EMI Store, and across all partner retail stores starting January 10, 2022.Commenting on the launch, Yogendra Sriramula, Director- Brand Strategy, vivo India said, “After the success of Y33S in 2021, vivo has been all set to introduce some of the biggest upgrades in its Y series this year and continue to fulfill its commitment of making innovative technology accessible to all the consumers across the country. vivo Y33T has been designed to provide a premium and seamless experience to customers with segment-leading features like 50 MP main camera, super night mode in selfie camera, erdesign and the powerful Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 processor for a seamless gaming experience. We believe vivo Y33T will be the perfect choice for consumers who look forward to a smartphone that has a stylish yet elegant design complemented by powerful performance.”

PAGE9NEWS/BUSINESS


CHANDIGARH– Tata AIG General Insurance Company Limited has been Great Place to Work-Certified in India from December 2021 to December 2022. Despite the global crisis, the certification represents TATA AIG General Insurance Company's steadfast focus on creating a workplace that fosters a sense of safety, support, and happiness for all of its employees. As an essential services provider, Tata AIG General Insurance Company Limited had the dual challenge of prioritising employee safety and wellbeing while ensuring uninterrupted operations for policyholders and prospective customers due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Right from organizing a vaccination drive for the employees and their families to launching initiatives to provide monetary relief to the deceased employees’ families, the company banded together to keep the health of their employees at the forefront. To ensure the second priority of uninterrupted operations throughout the pandemic, they introduced a wellness calendar, Health Risk Assessment survey, and multiple Health Talk webinars to fight the covid situation and reduce stress.

TATA AIG is Now Great Place to Work-Certified

handigarh / Ludhiana - Microsoft India announced the availability of the latest Surface Pro X with Wi-Fi via commercial authorized Cresellers and Reliance Digital. Designed to light up the best of

Windows 11, the new model is the thinnest and the most affordable 13-inch Surface device that merges versatility, efficiency, and connectivity.Bhaskar Basu, Country Head - Devices (Surface), Microsoft India said that

we are excited to widen our portfolio of Microsoft devices with the addition of the new Surface Pro X with built-in Wi-Fi. This new model brings together the thin, sleek design associated with the Pro X along with all-day battery life to its most affordable entry price point yet, providing more flexible

options to our customers. Weighing just 774gms, this is the thinnest and lightest Pro device. With a custom-built Microsoft processor that delivers fast, 8-core performance, the all-day, everyday device offers fast connectivity, long battery life, and ultra-quiet performance. Its built-in 5.0MP front-facing camera with 1080p HD video automatically adjusts to lighting conditions. Powered by artificial intelligence and the onboard neural engine, Eye Contact helps to adjust your gaze on video calls, so you appear to be looking directly in the camera. The dual far-field Studio Mics and optimized speakers deliver the best video calling experience. Made for master multitaskers, the device includes two USB-C ports and dedicated magnetic Surflink (with an extra USB-A).

Microsoft India announced availability of Surface Pro X

ohali :The first ever Insulin was injected injection devices, injection technique, needles On the occasion of 100th year for to a human in January 1922 in Canada, and insulin itself. This reminds us how insulin administering Insulin Injection, Pavan Mocherla, Mand 11th January every year is observed therapy has changed the lives of millions of Managing Director-BD India & South Asia said,

as Insulin Injection Day. Insulin therapy is a people around the globe as insulin is an "Diabetes is a growing chronic condition that crucial aspect of diabetes management.Even essential and life- saving drug for people with increases the risk of health complications and though, India is known to be the diabetic capital type 1 diabetes and very important in the burdens healthcare systems globally. At BD, we of the world with a whopping 7.4 crorepeople management of type 2 diabetes as well. Better are constantly working with healthcare systems to with diabetes, only a mere 37 lacpeople inject quality of life and increased longevity of patients improve safety, patient comfort, outcomes and insulin in India. The biggest with diabetes is an advancing capabilities for clinicians and patients hurdlefor insulin initiation is the outcome of optimal in diabetes management. This centenary is an fear of pain which is a result of glycaemic control with occasion to celebrate the innovation in insulin lack of knowledge on safe Insulin and/or newer oral injection delivery that BD has achieved to help &correct insulin injection hypoglycaemic agents as people with diabetes better manage their practices.Major advancement in needed and as per the condition.”Insulin therapy has paved way for treating doctor’s advice. The first specialized syringe for Insulin almost painless injections and Therefore, there should Injection was manufactured by BD in 1924. It people today can administer not be hesitation in included a 25-gauge (G) needle. Syringes and insulin without even feeling as initiating insulin therapy if needles were boiled to sterilize them before use. much as a prick or pinch when needed in people with Several modifications have been made since injected in the correct injection site diabetes for better then, to make insulin needles shorter and to most suited for this therapy. glycaemic control, provide a comfortable injection experience to

A majority of the people living reduced morbidity and people injecting insulin.with diabetes are still unequipped mortality and possibly Some of the key aspects of insulin injection with the right knowledge of insulin increased longevity.” technique recommended by FITTER are injecting administration and the correct BD’s initiative the insulin dosage into the healthy fatty layer techniques to follow. To spread FITTER- Forum for under the skin, use of 4mm pen needles and/or 6 awareness on safe insulin practices, BD Injection Technique & Therapy Expert mm syringe needles, injecting the medication into (Becton, Dickinson and Company) initiated Recommendations, is one of the major initiatives correct injection sites and practising good site Forum for Injection Technique India (FIT) in on educating people with diabetes on safe rotation, and also using a new syringe or pen 2012, which is now FITTER- Forum for Injection injection practices and runs several educational needle each time to avoid the risk of Technique & Therapy Expert Recommendations, and awareness programs. Under this initiative, developingcomplications. The benefits of these which also completes a decade of education in subject matter experts like endocrinologists and recommendations for patients are greater India this year. diabetologistsare focusing on creating injection comfort, lower risk of unexplained

Emphasizing on safe insulin injection recommendations on best practices on insulin hypoglycaemia and glycaemic variation and better techniques, Dr. Anil Bhansali, Medical Director, injection techniques for health-care providers, glycaemic management while health care Gini Health, Mohali says “Globally in the last 100 people living with diabetes on insulin and their practitioners can witness better clinical outcomes years, there have been sea changes in the caregivers. in patients.

vivo Launches Y33T with Snapdragon 680 and 5000 mAh battery

Bhupendra Singh appointed as Media Coordinator

handigarh: Bhupendra Narayan Singh, Editor, Indian National Congress TV has been Cappointed as the Media Coordinator by the

Indian National Congress for the Punjab Assembly Elections. Bhupendra will take over the charge of

Media and Communication Department of the party along with Mrs. Alka Lamba , Punjab Assembly Election Media Incharge.Bhupendra Narayan Singh is associated with the media fraternity and he is also a member of the

Film Committee of the Indian National Congress. He has been the CEO of Mahua TV and has worked with many media channels including India Today, Aaj Tak, India TV, Zee News. His documentary 75 Saal-75 Mashal has received a lot of acclaim. Bhupendra Narayan Singh has received his education at Sainik School Ghorakhal Nainital and later at Punjab University, Chandigarh.

et ready to witness the most interesting revelation of the television show ‘Nayan Jo Vekhe Unvekha’ when not only Gthe viewers but Nayan will get to know about another factor

of her supernatural visions which will later disclose many interesting twists and turns in the story. In the previous episode of ‘Nayan, Jo Vekhe Unvekha’, we saw Nayan being kicked out of her village by

the villagers when she tries to save the life of her friend and ends up in a temple. The new episode reveals Nayan now can see not only the future but can also see the dead. At the temple, she sees a dead lady who’s informing

her about an accident that is going to happen. And request her to save her son from the accident. Whereas a new face is revealed and a new character is introduced, ‘Devansh’ son of the dead lady. But the real question arises here is that will Nayan be able to save Devansh? Will she face disappointment? What next is in store for Nayan? Keep watching ‘Nayan, Jo Dekhe Unvekha’ at 8:30 p.m. only on the Zee Punjabi channel and at any time on the Zee5 App.

Can you see the dead? Now, Nayan Can!

Sresta Natural Bioproducts Limited files DRHP with SEBI

handigarh Teachmint, an education infrastructure startup and the creator of India’s largest teaching platform, has partnered Cwith the government of Punjab to provide its teaching platform

to over 500 government schools in the region and enable them to run their classrooms efficiently. With Teachmint for Institute, the schools will be able to digitize their operations and ensure their students have continuous access to teachers and digital content through Teachmint’s proprietary platform. The first phase of this partnership will be driven in Pathankot, touching the lives of 50,000+ students and helping boost their learning outcomes with advantages like: Classroom recordings: Students will have access to all their class recordings on a single application, ensuring they never miss a lesson. One of the largest question banks: The platform has 1+ million practice questions available for free. Students will be able to learn, apply and upskill at the click of a button. Punjab State board: The platform will have an exhaustive question bank catering to the Punjab state board for the educators and students on its platform. Learn in Punjabi: The Teachmint platform is available end-to-end in Punjabi, Hindi, English along with 8 other Indian languages, helping students learn comfortably in their mother tongue. Knowledge sharing made easy: With Teachmint, teachers can share tests, assignments and study materials easily with all their students. This will ensure that students will always have access to all important course materials and never miss important assignments, irrespective of their location.Commenting on this partnership, Aditya Agrawal, Vice President - Business, Teachmint, said, “We are humbled to partner with the Punjab government to empower schools, educators and students in the region with tech-enabled education.

Teachmint partners with Government of Punjab to empower

500+ schools in the region

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HDFC Bank adjudged 'Best Private Bank in India' at the Global Private Banking Awards 2021

HANDIGARH: HDFC Bank has been adjudged Best Private Bank in India at the Global CPrivate Banking Awards 2021, organised by

Professional Wealth Management (PWM). Published by the Financial Times – the world’s leading global business publication – Professional Wealth Management (PWM) specialises in analysing the growth strategies of private banks and the regional financial centres in which they operate.In its editorial, PWM says: “With clients demanding expertise in areas such as ESG, alternatives and technology, PWM’s awards celebrate success for those banks which stay one step ahead.”Here’s the winner’s profile published by PWM, further to their senior editor’s interaction with Mr Rakesh Singh, Group Head – Private Banking, Investment Banking, and Marketing at HDFC Bank. HDFC Bank Private Banking, part of India’s largest privately-owned bank, provides customers with a product suite across all asset classes for “optimal asset allocation” depending on clients’ risk profiles and goals.

handigarh,: Gurparvez Singh Shellay, a former National Vice President of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) and a strong contender for BJP ticket from Ferozepur CAssembly seat, met BJP's state election in-charge and Union Minister for Jal Shakti,

Gajendra Singh Shekhawat here. This was Gurparvez Shellay’s first meeting with the Punjab election in-charge after the model code of conduct for the Assembly elections in Punjab was

imposed. During the meeting, Shellay discussed with the Union Minister about the Assembly polls in Punjab and the incident of stopping the Prime Minister's convoy in Ferozepur district on January 5, 2022. While discussing the polls, Shellay said that after the Ferozepur incident, BJP workers are full of enthusiasm and they will try their best to make the party candidates win. He said that the workers and the people of Punjab are annoyed with the state government as the Congress government has made a big lapse in the security of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. On the other hand, the people of the state fully accept the development agenda of the BJP. In the present circumstances, the people of Punjab have faith only in the BJP and there is no other option. Talking to Shekhawat on the incident of stopping the convoy during the PM's rally, Shellay said that the security breach was preplanned. The Punjab

government gave an opportunity to the protesters to thwart the rally but the BJP workers would not tolerate it and would give a befitting answer to the Congress and the other opposition parties in the Assembly elections.

Gurparvez Shellay meets Shekhawat, briefs him about Ferozepur incident

Ada Khan, Monalisa, to star in 'Hasratein'ungama Play’s upcoming anthology Hasratein, as the name suggests, highlights real human desires and how it affects relationships. Eminent actors will be seen playing pivotal roles alongShilpa Tulaskar, Sana Sayyad, Siddharth Sharma, Ayussh Anand and Sahil Uppalin the Hindi Horiginal show. Hasratein has five stories that trace the journey of small-town women who want to experience the sexual ecstasy at least once in

their lives. Monalisa, known for working mostly on Bhojpuri films and Hindi TV shows, adds, “Each story ofHasratein is unique and presents situations that are familiar. You probably have experienced it or come to know about it from relatives or read in newspapers. It is this relatability that makes the entire show highly engaging. Every episode has elements of drama that is highly underrated in the Indian entertainment industry.” Ada Khan, who has made her mark with shows like Naagin, Behenein, among others, says, “This is not like any other show. Hasratein deals with real emotions and shows characters of all shades. When I first read the script, I was captivated by the distinct approach of the show and said yes to the character right away. My character is seen stumbling upon a very unusual solution to her problem that changes her life forever. The show presents viewers with a reality of life, one that we often ignore.” Krishna Mukherjee, who is known for her TV shows like Yeh Hai Mohabbatein and KuchToh Hai: Naagin Ek Naye Rang Mein says, “Hasratein narrates five unique tales that pivot around some real women who don’t want to die before they experience physical love. It aims to give its viewers a distinct perspective and holds an empathetic lens towards the characters and the situations surrounding them. Each story comes with a learning that will surely resonate with the audience.”

handigarh, Youth under the banner of Nada Young India Network for Good Health (NYIN) have urged Cthe Prime Minister and Finance Minister to

increase taxes on all tobacco products in the upcoming budget of 2022-23. The appeal came on the eve of National Youth Day 2022 which is themed around ‘Saksham Yuva, Sashakth Yuva (Capable Youth, Strong Youth)’ calls for enabling a healthy and tobacco-free growing ecosystem for the young people of the country. A strong nation away from addictions is possible by making tobacco products unaffordable and out of reach from young people in the country. According to NYIN members, increasing excise on all tobacco products can be a very effective policy measure to address the immediate need to raise revenue by the central government. It will be a winning proposition for generating revenue and reducing tobacco use and related diseases as well as COVID related comorbidities. Some of the major recommendations to the Prime Minister and the Finance Minister include significantly increasing the existing tax burden so that tobacco products become unaffordable by the vulnerable (especially the youths) and reduce the economic burden it imposes, minimising the discrepancies in taxation across different tobacco products and simplifying the tobacco tax structure.

Haryana Shines at the IndiaSkills 2021 National Competition

Audi India opens bookings for its legendary Audi Q7

UDHIANA: Audi, the German luxury car manufacturer, today announced the Lcommencement of bookings for its next-generation

Audi Q7 in India. Powered by a new powerful 3.0L V6 TFSI petrol engine, the new Audi Q7 promises a perfect blend of performance, style, comfort and drivability. The Audi Q7 can be booked at an initial booking amount of INR 500,000. Mr. Balbir Singh Dhillon, Head of Audi India, said, “After nine product launches in 2021, we are excited to step into the new year with another incredible offering – the legendary Audi Q7 for which we open bookings today. The Audi Q7 has always been loved by customers for its sheer magnanimous road presence and its versatile performance - on and off the road. With the Audi Q7 we are now taking this up a notch with a new design and features. I am confident that the Audi Q7 will continue to be loved by existing and potential customers who want to join the Audi family.”

handigarh / Ludhiana: Blenders Pride welcomed Alia Bhatt as the new face of the brand with a Ccaptivating campaign film, 'Made of Pride'. It

showcases Alia's relentless and never give up attitude, and her pride in being her authentic self. She takes the punishing glare of lights, symbolic of the challenges and continuous scrutiny that one confronts on the journey to success, head-on and emerges unfazed and triumphant. The multi-faceted actor with her resilience and dynamism truly represents the brand's philosophy that takes an exciting new turn with this bold and empowering campaign. The leader in its category, Blenders Pride once again creates a benchmark with this new and powerful take on pride. The brand embarks on a new journey with a refreshing tone of voice that is vibrant, aspirational & contemporary. A shift from black & white imagery to infusing colour is a refreshing move for the brand, but one that continues to enhance premium cues. Commenting on the announcement, Kartik Mohindra, Chief Marketing Officer, Pernod Ricard India, said that Alia Bhatt's story of becoming today's youth icon and one of the most talented stars in our film industry makes her unarguably the best choice for our new brand ambassador for Blenders Pride.

Tata Motors Sets New Benchmarksfor Automobile Safety in India

HANDIGARH/LUDHIANA: With increasing occurrences of accidents and road fatalities Cglobally and in India, safety has become a

significant consideration for automotive manufacturers and customers alike. Its importance can’t be overstated in a country like India, where road fatalities take around 1.5 lakh lives every year or 400 in a day. Therefore, with safety being an important pillar of mobility transformation through CESS (Connected, Electric, Safe, and Shared), the demand for it in India is only poised to grow. As a leading player in the Indian automotive industry, Tata Motors continues to emphasize its core commitment to delivering the safest vehicles in every segment. Commenting on the continued emphasis on enhanced safety standards, Mr. Rajendra Petkar, President & CTO, Tata Motors said, “Buyers today have started to look beyond traditional attributes like economy & performance, and they prioritise safety before making a purchase decision. Our growth in PV revenue reflects the traction and popularity that we are gaining amongst the Indian car buyers on this front. We have stayed ahead of the curve by building a long-term strategic road map for safety, and have realized it through expert engineering teams, making investments, incubating innovative concepts, choosing the right technology partners, and delivering solutions for mass markets through frugal engineering. Our GNCAP achievements are a testament to our firm commitment towards offering products that can deliver the highest global standards.

HIMLA: Blenders Pride welcomed Alia Bhatt as the new face of the brand with a Scaptivating campaign film, 'Made of

Pride'. Itshowcases Alia's relentless and never give up attitude, and her pride in being her authentic self.She takes the punishing glare of lights, symbolic of the challenges and continuous scrutiny that one confronts on the journey to success, head-on and emerges unfazed and triumphant. The multi-faceted actor with her resilience and dynamism truly represents the brand's philosophy that takes an exciting new turn with this bold and empowering campaign. The leader in its category, Blenders Pride once again creates a benchmark with this new and powerful take on pride. The brand embarks on a new journey with a refreshing tone of voice that is vibrant, aspirational & contemporary. A shift from black & white imagery to infusing colour is a refreshing move for the brand, but one that continues to enhance premium cues. Through the narrative of the film, Alia nudges the audience to adorn an attitude reflective in the lyrics “Watch out! I’m here to slay, Hit me with your brightest light. I’ll stare back. I’m made of pride.” The 360-degree integrated campaign will be seen across TV, Digital, Print & OOH. Kartik Mohindra, Chief Marketing Officer, Pernod Ricard India, said, “Alia Bhatt’s story of becoming today’s youth icon andone of the most talented stars in our film industry makes her unarguably the best choice for our new brand ambassador for Blenders Pride.

Blenders Pride introduces its new brand ambassador in a captivating new campaign film

handigarh: Audi, the German luxury car manufacturer, today announced Cthe commencement of bookings for

its next-generation Audi Q7 in India. Powered by a new powerful 3.0LV6 TFSI petrol engine, the new Audi Q7 promises a perfect blend of performance, style, comfort and drivability. The Audi Q7 can be booked at an initial booking amount of INR 500,000.Mr. Balbir Singh Dhillon, Head of Audi India, said, “After nine product launches in 2021, we are excited to step into the new year with another incredible offering – the legendary Audi Q7 for which we open bookings today. The Audi Q7 has always been loved by customers for its sheer magnanimous road presence and its versatile performance - on and off the road. With the Audi Q7 we are now taking this up a notch with a newdesign and features. I am confident that the Audi Q7 will continue to be loved by existing and potential customers who want to join the Audi family.” The Audi Q7 boasts features such as Adaptive Air Suspension, Audi Drive Select, quattro all-wheel drive that aids in its superior driveability and handling. Driver assist features included are Park Assist Plus with a 360-degree-view camera and Lane departure warning.

Audi India opens bookings for its legendary Audi Q7

Strengthening Multilateralism for shared growth HANDIGARH: "Multilateral cooperation, and a strong Europe-Asia relationship, is crucial for the global recovery. We believe it is important for all our Asian partners Cto work together to "build back better" – in a greener, digital, sustainable, and

inclusive way in the aftermath of COVID-19 pandemic", said Niccolo Rinaldi, Head of Unit - Asia, Australia and New Zealand, Directorate-General for External Policies of the Union, European Parliament, on Monday. Mr Rinaldi also acknowledged the importance of collaboration and exchange between the EU member states and Asian countries in the education process. He stressed the critical role of universities like Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE) as interlocutors of strengthening the EU's ties with Asia. He was speaking at the inaugural program of a Winter School on 'EU-Asia Relations in a Multipolar World' jointly organised by the Manipal Centre for European Studies (MCES), a Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence, and Nordic Centre in India from 10-15 January 2022 at Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), at Manipal, Karnataka. The 6-day Winter School is curated by Ms Priya Vijaykumar Poojary, lecturer, and Dr Yatharth Kachiar, Assistant Professor at the Manipal Centre of European Studies (MCES).

URUGRAM : Sresta Natural Bioproducts Limited, which owns Gthe largest brand in the packaged

organic food segment, ’24 Mantra’, has filed draft red herring prospectus (DRHP) with capital markets regulator, SEBI to raise funds through an initial public offering (IPO).The Initial Public Offering of the Hyderabad-based organic food company comprises fresh issue of equity shares aggregating up to ?50 crore and an offer

sale of up to 70.3 lakh equity shares by the selling shareholders.The company proposes to utilise the net proceeds from the fresh issue towards Funding the working capital requirements of the Company; Repayment or pre-payment in full or part, of certain outstanding unsecured / secured borrowings availed by the Company; and General Corporate purposes.Incorporated in 2004 by one of its promoters and MD, Rajashekar Reddy Seelam, Sresta Natural Bioproducts is engaged in the business of procuring, processing, manufacturing, marketing and research and development of organic food products. As of September 30, 2021, company has a presence in a total of 34 countries.

RenewBuy ropes in Rajkummar Rao as brand ambassador

CHANDIGARH: One of India’s leading InsurTech companies, RenewBuy launched its first 360-degree ad campaign with its brand proposition of “Smart Tech, Right Advice”. The company has roped in India’s popular and adored film actor, Rajkummar Rao, as its first brand ambassador. The ad campaign highlights the brand’s promise of addressing consumer’s insurance needs, through its digital led insurance POSP (Point of Sale Person) advisor network.

Speaking on the campaign launch, Devesh Joshi, Chief Marketing Officer, RenewBuy said, “RenewBuy recently raised funds worth USD 60 million, which is being used to scale up technology for exponential insurance advisor and consumer outreach. Through our 360-degree national campaign, we are targeting more than 700 million consumers with a focus on tier 2 cities and beyond. This campaign is our first media led consumer outreach program which stays true to our brand promise of- Smart Tech, Right Advice.“We are happy to onboard Rajkummar Rao as the brand ambassador; his brand persona perfectly matches our ethos and core proposition. Rajkummar’s mass audience connect across geography and demography will help our brand connect with our core TG across consumers and insurance advisor ecosystem. The “Smart Tech, Right Advice” themed campaign emphasises on RenewBuy’s core value of being the most reliable InsurTech platform, where consumers can avail insurance policies digitally, from any part of the country, with the support of RenewBuy’s strong nationwide network of digitally enabled POSP insurance advisors. In case of emerging markets, there is still a huge gap in terms of awareness of insurance, and

product accessibility. Digitally enabled insurance advisors have been playing an instrumental role in building awareness along with making insurance accessible. Speaking on the association, Rajkummar Rao said, “I am happy to associate with a brand like RenewBuy, which is India’s fastest growing InsurTech platform. The company has grown exponentially, due to the trust, transparency, and credibility it built amongst consumers and insurance advisors in the last six years.

Chandigarh Shines at IndiaSkills2021 National Competition

HANDIGARH: IndiaSkills 2021 Nationals, the country’s biggest skill competition, concluded Ctoday with more than 150 participants being

felicitated by Rajesh Aggarwal, Secretary, Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE), Government of India. The closed-door competition, organised by National Skill Development Corporation under the guidance of MSDE, witnessed participation in 54 skills such as concrete construction work, beauty therapy, car painting, health and social care, visual merchandising, graphic design technology, wall & floor tiling, welding, among others. In the competition, Chandigarh won total of 5 medals- 2 gold, 2 silver, and 1 bronze. IndiaSkills Competition, which raises the profile and recognition of the youth, brought together over 500 participants from 26 states/ union territories this year. The skill competitions were held at multiple locations, including Pragati Maidan and offsite locations in the National Capital Region, from 7 to 9 January under Covid-19 guidelines mandated by local authorities and the Delhi Government. Additionally, all safety protocols were followed including no entry for visitors/ spectators, adequate social distancing, and frequent sanitization of the competition premises.

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arnal : IndiaSkills 2021 Nationals, the country’s biggest skill competition, concluded today with more than 150 participants being felicitated by Rajesh KAggarwal, Secretary, Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship

(MSDE), Government of India. The closed-door competition, organised by National Skill Development Corporation under the guidance of MSDE, witnessed participation in 54 skills such as concrete construction work, beauty therapy, car painting, health and social care, visual merchandising, graphic design technology, wall & floor tiling, welding, among others. In the competition, Haryana won total of 8 medals- 3 gold, 4 silver, and 1 bronze. Ved Mani Tiwari, Chief Operating Officer and Officiating Chief Executive Officer, National Skill Development Corporation, Prakash Sharma, Director, WorldSkills India and Col. Arun Chandel, Senior Head, WorldSkills India also graced the event today. Rajesh Aggarwal, Secretary, Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE) said, "It’s been a delight to witness the quality of talent, passion and perseverance with which the candidates have

competed at the IndiaSkills National Competition. Congratulations to all the winners and participants. I have personally met all the champions and I am certain that the future of skills is in safe hands with such an efficient workforce. I must admit that the competition has been keeping pace with new evolving skill sets and includes the latest technology and techniques.

National Human Trafficking day aims at raising Awareness in society:Vikrant Rana

irector Legal Punjab International Human Rights Organization Advocate Vikrant Rana said thatNational Human Trafficking Awareness Day is observed on January 11, 2022, Dwhich is on Tuesday. The day aims at raising awareness of the plight of human

trafficking victims, and promoting and protecting their rights.Rana Further said Human trafficking is trading humans mostly for the purpose of forced labour, bonded labour, sexual slavery, commercial sexual exploitation or extraction of organs. It is a heinous crime that can occur not only within a country but also trans-nationally. Trafficking of humans is considered one of the fastest growing crimes of trans-national criminal organisations. It is a crime which involves violation of human rights by means of exploitation and coercion. Human Trafficking mostly includes women and child trafficking. The UN Office on Drugs and Crime has engaged itself in continuing efforts against human trafficking by assisting several non-governmental organisations (NGOs).Goverment must take strict action so that these henious crimes can be snubbed.

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Garg welcomes Govt'sdecision to waive offmarket fees and HRDFSUMER GARGCHANDIGARH: Provincial President ofHaryana Pradesh Vyapar Mandal andformer Chairman of Haryana CONFED, Bajrang Garg, has welcome thedecision of Haryana government towaive off market fee and HRDF, whichtotal come to be 2% on vegetables and

fruits. Now, thevegetable and fruitseller has gotfreedom from theInspectory Raj.Farmers andvegetable and fruitsellers will bebenefited bywaiving off thesefees. Garg saidthat while the

market fee and HRDF both, onvegetables and fruits were completelywaived off by the previous government,but in past, Khatter government hadreimposed these fees on vegetablesand fruits. The decision of thegovernment for the rolling back thesefees has done a commendable job,Garg added.

Maha : 22 cops testpositive for Covid-19in NagpurNAGPUR: Twenty two police personnelincluding five officers of Nagpur citypolice have tested positive for Covid-19,Dr Sandip Shinde, Chief MedicalOfficer(CMO) of Nagpur Police hospitalinformed on Tuesday. Dr Shinde furtherinformed that all these police personnelhave taken both the doses of vaccineagainst Covid-19. The CMO further saidthat all the patients are asymptomaticand have been put into home isolation asa precautionary measure. The officerswho have tested positive include a topofficial of Crime Investigation Department(CID), Nagpur and a DeputySuperintendent of Police (Dy SP), and anofficial of State Intelligence Department’s(SID) Nagpur unit also tested positive fornovel coronavirus. A Police Inspector ofKoradi Police Station, Second PI ofJaripatka Police Station, a PI attached toEconomic Offences Wing (EoW) and anAPI of Special squad of DCP Zone IVhave also tested positive for Covid, DrShinde apprised. 17 of the infectedpolicemen are attached to Jaripatka,Sadar, Sitabuldi, Beltarodi, Kalamna andpolice headquarters. These policepersonnel have been sent for homeisolation with basic medicines as none ofthem are showing symptoms so far, DrShinde said. A total of 97 per centpersonnel of Nagpur police have takenthe first dose of the vaccine while thesecond dose was given to 98.5 per centpolice staff. The one-and-a-half per centdifference in the first and second doses isshowing as the cops have beentransferred to other units in the last sixmonths, Dr Shinde added. In view ofpeople getting infected with Covid-19cases even after taking both the doses,the Nagpur police has decided to startadministering the booster dose of Covid-19 vaccine from Tuesday.

Kashmir valley,Ladakh reel undercold, Drass at -24.2SRINAGAR: Drass in Ladakhexperienced the seasons coldest nightwith temperature of minus 24.2 degreeCelsius, while the famous tourist resorts ofGulmarg recorded a low temperature ofminus 10.6 degree Celsius and Pahalgamminus 10.4 degree Celsius in Kashmir onTuesday. A Meteorological Departmentofficial said that Srinagar, the summercapital of Kashmir settled at 0.2 degreeCelsius for the second consecutive day onTuesday. It was 2.0 degrees abovenormal during this time of the season, hesaid. The famous ski resort of Gulmarg innorth Kashmir showed a further dip intemperature and was recorded at minus10.6 degree Celsius against minus 10.0degree Celsius recorded on Mondaywhich is minus 2.7 degree below normalduring this period of the season.Pahalgam, the famous resort in southKashmir recorded temperatures of minus10.4 degree Celsius against the minus 2.6degree Celsius on the previous night.

Punjabi film actors from India visit Gurdwara KartarpurSahib in PakistanLAHORE: A group of Punjabi film actors from India starring in Chal Mera Putt 2' has visited the reveredGurdwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan's Punjab province using the visa-free Kartarpur corridor, an official saidon Tuesday. Actors Harby Sangha, Anita Devgan and Hardeep Gill along with their family members onMonday visited the gurdwara where they were welcomed by Pakistani film and stage actors who co-starredwith them in the movie, Kartarpur Corridor chief executive officer (CEO) Muhammad Latif told an newsagency. Pakistani artistes Iftikhar Thakur and Qaiser Pia hugged the Indian stars warmly and together visitedvarious parts of the gurdwara, the museum, Kunwan Sahib, Missil Sahab and other parts. The actors alsohad langar and the gurdwara administration presented them with special gifts. Harby Sangha expressed hisdelight saying he was happy to visit the gurdwara and received immense love from the people here, Latifadded. The actor hoped the landmark corridor would bring prosperity in both the countries. Latif said that anaverage 200 to 250 Indian Sikhs have been coming here daily since mid-November last.

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On the call of Haryana CivilMedical Services Association,government doctors should goon strike on Tuesday and keepthe general OPD closed.During this, other emergencyservices including post-mortem were kept smooth.The doctors had also soughtcooperation from the generalpublic in this movement.Posters were already pasted inthe civil hospital regardingthis. Haryana Civil MedicalServices Association DistrictExecutive met Civil SurgeonDr. JS Poonia and PrincipalMedical Officer Dr. Anil Birlaand submitted a memorandumregarding their demands.Deputy MS Dr Rajesh Bholasaid that they are demanding aban on direct recruitment ofSenior Medical Officers(SMOs) in the HealthDepartment, creation ofspecial cadre also andamendment in the

postgraduate policy and toldthat there are 88 members ofHCMAS across the districtand they are handling otheradministrative work includingOPD at different places.Talking about Civil HospitalJind, there is OPD from 1000to 11 00 daily. And this OPDreaches up to 1200 . If thedistrict is estimated, then theOPD goes up to 3500 per day.Haryana Civil MedicalServices Association's DisttPresident Dr Bindlish, VicePresident Dr. RaghuveerPoonia, Secretary Dr. Arun,Co-Secretary Dr Rajesh Bholasaid that on December 5,government doctors fromacross the state had gatheredin Karnal and demonstrated.After this, on December 12, ameeting was held with HealthMinister Anil Vij. In which itwas agreed to implement theagreements, but till date theseagreements have not beenimplemented in writing. Dueto which there is anger amongthe doctors.

Jai Ram Thakur inauguratesNew OPD building of IGMC

BUREAUSHIMLA, JAN 11

Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakurtoday inaugurated New OPDbuilding of Indira Gandhi MedicalCollege Shimla here today.Speaking on the occasion, ChiefMinister said that this building hasbeen constructed by spending anamount of Rs. 103.18 crore, out ofwhich Rs. 73 crore has beenprovided during the tenure of thepresent State Government. He saidthat originally this building was tobe constructed at a cost of Rs. 46crore, the present StateGovernment revised it to Rs. 103crore in 2019 so that a much morebigger building could beconstructed to meet out the futurerequirements. He said that Rs. 40crore was also being spent onconstruction of Trauma Centrewhich would be completed byJune this year. He said that IGMCis the premier Medical Collegeand Hospital of the State and theState Government was committedto fully equip it by providingworld class men and machinery.He said that keeping in view therush of patients in this institution,it was felt that more infrastructurewould be provided in this

institution. He said the New OPDBlock would go a long way inmeeting this objective. ChiefMinister said that doctors,paramedical staff and other healthworkers of the State have workedwith great dedication andcommitment to contain spread ofcorona pandemic. He said that thenew variant of coronavirus wasalso a matter of concern. Heexpressed hope that with thecollective efforts and dedication ofthe doctors and health workers,the State would also succeed incoming out from this pandemic as

well. Jai Ram Thakur said thatRs. 32 crore parking was comingup near IGMC under the SmartCity Project which wouldfacilitate the patients, doctors andattendants and general public. Hesaid that apart from six medicalcolleges in Government sector,one AIIMS was also coming up inthe State at Bilaspur, which waspossible due to benevolence of thePrime Minister and National BJPPresident Jagat Prakash Nadda.He said that AIIMS Bilaspurwould be dedicated to the State inthe month of June this year. Chief

Minister said that there were onlytwo Oxygen plants in the Stateduring first wave of coronapandemic and today the State has41 oxygen plants in different partsof the State. He said that therewere only 50 ventilators in theState at that time and today theState has over 1000 ventilators.He said that it was possible due tothe focused approach of thepresent State Government. He saidthat the State Government notonly created better infrastructurein the State, but also ensured thatthe poor people get free treatmentin case of serious illness. He saidthat over Rs. 200 crore have beenspent under Mukhya MantriHIMCARE and Rs. 3000 werebeing provided per month to thefamilies with a chronically illpatient under Mukhya MantriSahara Yojna. UrbanDevelopment Minister SureshBhardwaj said that the StateGovernment has ensuredstrengthening of the IGMC bysetting up another Oxygen Plant inthis premier health institution ofthe State. He said that today theState has 41 oxygen plants in theState and the credit of this goes tothe Chief Minister Jai RamThakur.

SJVN bags 125MW two SolarProjects in Uttar Pradesh

DINESH AGARWALSHIMLA, JAN 11

SJVN Limited has baggedtwo more grid connectedsolar power projects of 125MW capacity through tariffbased ‘Competitive BiddingProcess’ conducted by UttarPradesh New & RenewableEnergy DevelopmentAgency (UPNEDA). SJVNhas been issued Letter ofIntent (LoI) by the UttarPradesh New andRenewable EnergyDevelopment Agency fordeveloping 75 MW gridconnected solar powerproject at Gurhah, in JalaunDistrict, and 50 MW grid-connected solar power

project at Gujrai, in KanpurDehat District in the state ofUttar. Nand Lal Sharma,Chairman & ManagingDirector informed thatSJVN quoted a tariff of Rs2.98 per unit for both solarprojects and powergenerated from these

projects will be procured byUPPCL for 25 years. TheGurhah Project will generate159 MU energy annuallywith Capacity UtilizationFactor (CUF) of 24.22%while the Gujrai project willgenerate 106 MU energyannually with CUF of24.20%. Nand Lal Sharmafurther said that with thisallotment, SJVN now has1670 MW of solar powerprojects under differentstages of execution. Hestated that all these SolarProjects are scheduled to becommissioned during theFinancial Year 2023-24 andwill be a gigantic leap forSJVN’s renewable energygeneration capacity.

Sharma further statedthat the Government ofIndia has envisaged thevision of ‘24X7 Power toAll’. He reiterated thatrecently at the UN ClimateChange Conference (COP26), Hon’ble Prime MinisterShri Narendra Modi hadstated India’s intent ofgenerating 500 GW ofRenewable Energy by 2030.This initiative is in line withthe target set by theGovernment of India and itwould enable SJVN inexpanding its footprint PanIndia, as well as, achievingits Shared Vision of capacityaddition of 5000 MW by2023, 12000 MW by 2030 &25000 MW by 2040.

Flag march takenout in city due to

assembly elections

VK DOGRADHAR KALAN, JAN 11

In view of the assembly elections, two armycompanies have been called for securityarrangements in district Pathankot. A flag march wastaken out in the city jointly by Punjab Police and BSFtoday. DSP Rajinder Minhas, who is leading the flagmarch, said that along with Punjab Police, companiesof BSF and SOG have reached Pathankot district. Hesaid that there should be no untoward incident duringthe elections, due to which the BSF and PunjabPolice personnel will be deployed for security. Dueto which the Punjab Police and BSF took out a flagmarch from the bus stand to Valmiki Chowk, GandhiChowk, Gaadi Aahata Chowk and through the mainmarkets of the city in view of the security in the city.

BSP chief Mayawati willnot contest UP polls

LUCKNOW, JAN 11

Bahujan Samaj Party presidentMayawati will not contest the upcomingUttar Pradesh Assembly polls, party gen-eral secretary S C Misra said here onTuesday. Misra said he will also notcontest the state elections, which will beheld in seven phases starting February10. Since elections are being held in fivestates, including Punjab, Uttarakhand,and Uttar Pradesh, the BSP presidentwill not contest the polls and help partycandidates win, he said.

Later, he told PTI, "The decision ofthe party for now is that Mayawati ji andI will not fight Uttar Pradesh assemblyelections. However, future decisions willbe taken by Mayawati ji herself."

Mayawati is neither a legislator noran MP. Misra is a Rajya Sabha member.

The BSP has decided to contest all403 seats in Uttar Pradesh alone. It has

entered into an alliance with the Shiro-mani Akali Dal in Punjab. Over poll sur-veys claiming that the BSP is already"out of the race" for power in UttarPradesh, Misra claimed his party willform government in the state andMayawati will take over as chief minis-ter for the fifth time. Mayawati hadserved as chief minister of Uttar Pradeshin 1995, 1997, 2002 and 2007. She wasa member of the legislative council in2007.

All OPDs closed, 88 doctorson strike and 3500 OPDs

affected in Jind

KU VC announces awards for research andproject funding on KU foundation day

KURUKSHETRA, JAN 11

Vice Chancellor ofKurukshetra University, ProfSom Nath Sachdeva,congratulated all theteachers, non-teaching staffand students on thefoundation day as the chiefguest at the Havan programorganized by the Departmentof Youth and CulturalPrograms under the Azadi KaAmrit Mahotsav on Tuesday.Prof Som Nath said that thisday is dedicated to all thosepersonalities with whoseefforts today KU has beenable to make a mark at thenational and internationallevels. The university has gotA plus grade by NAAC andis among top 20 universitiesgiven autonomous status byMHRD. Prof Som NathSachdeva said that thefoundation stone of theUniversity was laid by thefirst President of India, the

Late Dr. Rajendra Prasad. Onthe occasion, Prof Som Nathannounced that in order tofurther encourage researchand development in KU, anotification has been issuedto give awards in 7 categoriesto the teachers of theuniversity. Nominations havebeen sought for this and thenames of the teachers whowill receive the award will beannounced very soon. Hefurther announced that topromote research, a grant ofup to two lakh rupees will begiven to the faculty member

for minor projects, underwhich they will be able to dotheir research work withoutany constrant. Promotion ofteachers and non-teachingstaff is also being done fromtime to time and willcontinue in future also. Theproblems related to theexamination of the studentshave also been resolved andwe are developing KU as astudent friendly university,further added Prof Som Nath.The Vice Chancellor alsoplanted a sapling on thisoccasion.

Villagers seek proper discharge of dirty waterSURESH KUMARBHOA, JAN 11

Under the leadership of Mukesh Kumar, asocial worker of village Shalowal villageunder Bhoa assembly constituency,protested against the districtadministration by shouting slogansagainst the main street of the village dueto non-discharge of dirty water.Expressing anger, Rakesh Kumar,Sandeep Sharma, Ramesh Kumar, AnujSharma, Monika Sharma, Kajal JyotiSharma said that the most formidableproblem in the main temple street of thevillage was the protest against the districtadministration and the village panchayatregarding the drainage of dirty water.

Giving information about this, theresidents of the village said that for a longtime, the drainage of the entire village'sdirty water used to go to PanchayatChhappar, 4 kanal land of the villageitself, but now the thatch is completelyfilled with dirty water and mud and Forthe last about seven-eight years, thiswater overflows into the crop lands of the

landlords of the village, due to which thecrops of the poor farmers get spoiledevery year. He stands around thegovernment primary school, due to whichthe atmosphere of the whole village hasbecome smelly, while the poisonouscreatures coming out of this shed go tothe houses of the people, due to whichthere is also a fear of spreading someterrible disease in the village, due towhich the village it has become difficultfor the people of the village to getdrainage done in the drain, some peopleof the village said that 22 feet wide coolwas built for the drainage of rain water ofthe village, at a distance of about one anda half feet from the panchayat chhapparof the village.

Farmers' union hands overtwo memos to Tehsildar

DARSHAN SHARMANILOKHERI, JAN 11

Under the leadership of SuratSingh Goraya, State VicePresident of Indian FarmersUnion, the farmers handed overtwo memoranda to theTehsildar regarding theirdemands. One memorandumwas addressed to the President and the other to the Governor ofHaryana. The memoranda were handed over to Office LawyerSubhash Sharma in the absence of Tehsildar. The memorandumaddressed to the President mentioned the demands pertaining to theCenter and the one addressed to the Governor was about state-related demands. Surat Singh informed that the All India Executiveof the Union and the presidents, general ministers and officebearers of the 36 states have demanded to implement the threeagricultural reform ordinances after making five amendments.There is no mention of beneficial values in these laws. For this, bybringing the fourth law, the beneficial value should be given legalform. In 2020, the Sangh organized 20,000 gram sabhas and sentproposals to the government. But in the meantime, in the name ofthe so-called peasant movement, the Prime Minister withdrew allthe three agricultural laws. As the farmer does not get the right pricefor his produce, he is sinking into debt. The government also helpsbut due to poor implementation of policies, the condition of thefarmers is not improving. Farmers Gurnam Singh, GurmukhRajgarh, Mulk Raj Sandhir, Kewal Krishna, Sukhbir Singh, Tejpal,Balwan and Karmaveer were present on this occasion.

Special meeting of District Trade Board Pathankot heldR.SINGHPATHANKOT, JAN 11

At present, the atmosphere ishot in Punjab regarding theelections. In all these, nopolitical party makes anyeffort to bring back the traderswho have shifted there due tothe good facilities of Jammuand Kashmir and HimachalPardesh along with increasingthe business in Punjab, whichis a matter of concern. Thismatter came to the fore duringa meeting organized on behalfof District Trade BoardPathankot during the

discussion program on teaunder the supervision ofPresident Inderjit Gupta. Onthe occasion, PresidentInderjit Gupta said that due tothe presence of Jammu andKashmir and HimachalPradesh along the border ofPathankot, traders prefer to go

to both the states withoutsetting up any industry here,the main reason for this beinggiven to the traders from thesaid state. There are facilities.Many governments came andwent in Punjab but nogovernment paid any attentionto it. If we look at petrol only,

then its difference is clearlyvisible in Himachal Pardeshand Punjab. The owners ofthe petrol pumps of ourdistrict are facing the brunt ofthis. Chairman Vivek Madia,Gagan Thakur, KewalSharma, Paramjeet SainiPamma, Vipin Arora,Rameshwar, Amit Mahajan,etc. along with PresidentInderjit Gupta said thatbesides increasing thebusiness in Punjab, newavenues of employmentwould have to be created sothat the youth would get theirown opportunities.

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Tibetan bikersprotesting BeijingWinters Olympics2022 reachesChandigarh

CHANDIGARH: Regional TibetanYouth Congress which flagged offa bike rally from Bangalore to Del-hi on 10th December 2021 tomark the World Human RightsDay reached Chandigarh on Mon-day. The bikers were formally wel-comed by students hailing Tibetancommune in tricity. The Rally isaimed to bring international atten-tion to the gross human rights vio-lations committed by China in Ti-bet and East Turkestan (Xinjiang)which have been under Chineseoccupation. Bikers were appealingfor the basic human conscience ofall the people and boycott BeijingWinters Olympic 2022 as an ex-pression of solidarity with peoplein Tibet, Xinjiang, South Mongoliaand Hong Kong who are sufferingunder Chinese repression and op-pression.�Though sport ideally must be keptaway from politics in a normaltime, however, the atrocities carryout by China against Tibetan andUyghur people in the form of in-creasing police custodial deaths,tortures, forced sterilization, forceddisappearance, genocide and run-ning of mass concentration campsraise fundamental questions aboutthe basic tenets of humanity. Wecannot and should not keep sportsaway from basic moral principles.The international community can-not go on like business as usualwith China regarding its repres-sions at home and aggressionabroad from India’s Himalayanborders to Taiwan and South Chi-na Sea.� said RTYC SpokesmanKunga Tendon

West Indies, Irelandagree to postponesecond ODIKINGSTON : West Indies and Ire-land have agreed to postpone thesecond ODI, scheduled for Tues-day after two further positiveCOVID-19 cases were reported inthe Ireland camp.A joint statement from CricketWest Indies (CWI) and Cricket Ire-land said the two boards are indiscussions to review the matchschedule and are working to ex-plore all possibilities for the seriesto be completed."Cricket West Indies (CWI) andCricket Ireland (CI) issued a jointstatement after two further posi-tive COVID-19 cases were report-ed in the Ireland camp followingrecent testing, and two playersbeing ruled out due to injury, re-sulting in Ireland having a severe-ly depleted squad," the statementread."The second One-Day Interna-tional scheduled for Sabina Parkon Tuesday, January 11 hastherefore been postponed," itadded.According to Cricket West Indies(CWI), the five members of theIreland team who have returnedwith positive COVID-19 resultsremain in isolation under the careand supervision of the medicalteams. Ireland cricketers SimiSingh and Ben White were ruledout of the first ODI against WestIndies on Saturday after testingpositive for COVID-19. But thegame went ahead as planned. Inthe first ODI Shamarh Brooks andKieron Pollard starred with thebat as West Indies defeated Ire-land by 24 runs here at the Sabi-na Park on Sunday.

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AGENCYSOMERSET, JAN 11

England all-rounder Lewis Gregoryhas signed a contract extension withSomerset County Cricket Club(SCCC).

Lewis' current deal was due toexpire at the end of next season, butthe 29-year-old has put pen to paperon a deal that will see him remain atthe Cooper Associates CountyGround until at least the end of the2023 campaign.

"I've been here for a long timeand it's a great Club to play for. Ilove everything about the Club be-cause it's a very special place,"Lewis said in a statement afteragreeing his extension as per Som-erset website.

"I'm really pleased to have

signed for an extra year and I thinkwe've got a really strong squad thatcan genuinely challenge for hon-ours over the next few years. That's

why we play the game."We've got the best Members

and supporters in the country and tobe able to play in front of them isextremely special," he added.

A former England Under 19Captain, Lewis was called into theEngland ODI squad in 2015. Hewas named in the England Testsquad for 2019's clash against Ire-land and his consistently impressiveperformances were rewarded with aplace on England's T20I tour ofNew Zealand that winter.

Somerset Head Coach, JasonKerr said: "We're delighted thatLewis has extended his contract.He's an extremely talented cricketerand he's now demonstrated that onthe international stage. He's beendoing that week in week out for usfor a number of years now.

England all-rounder Lewis Gregory extendscontract with Somerset until 2023

Sri Lanka, UAE, Scotland triumphin ICC U-19 World Cup warm-ups

AGENCYGEORGETOWN, JAN 9

Sri Lanka, United Arab Emirates(UAE), and Scotland all recordedimpressive victories as the warm-upmatches for the 2022 ICC Under 19Men's Cricket World Cup continuedin the West Indies.

In Guyana, Sri Lanka notched a128-run triumph over Ireland andScotland were winners by 107 runsover Uganda, while the biggest winof the day came in St Kitts for UAE,as they were 250-run victors overPapua New Guinea.

Meanwhile, Afghanistan'sscheduled warm-up match againstEngland was postponed due to de-lays in the Afghanistan squad ob-

taining the necessary visas to enterthe West Indies.

The ICC U19 Men's CWCstarts on Friday, with all teams now

entering the final stages of prepara-tion. Despite overnight rain inGuyana shortening the match be-tween Sri Lanka and Ireland to 43overs per side, Shevon Danielhelped lead the Sri Lankans to animpressive 128-run victory.

Ireland won the toss and electedto bowl but opener Daniel attackedfrom the off as he scored 75 from 72balls, including eight fours and asix.

Opening partner ChamiduWickramasinghe being run out forfive and No.3 Sakuna Liyanage be-ing trapped LBW by pick of theIrish bowlers Nathan McGuire(2/40) couldn't slow Daniel, who re-tired not out with the score at 122for two.

AGENCYMELBOURNE, JAN 11

Former Australian cricketer ShaneWarne on Tuesday questioned themedical exemption provided to worldnumber one men's singles tennis play-er Novak Djokovic.

This comes after the tennis starwon his legal appeal on proceduralgrounds on Monday, quashing theborder officer's initial decision to can-cel his visa. Judge Anthony Kelly ofthe Federal Circuit and Family Courtof Australia quashed the cancellationof Djokovic's visa and confirmed thetwenty-time Grand Slam winner Ser-bian will be permitted to stay in Aus-

tralia.Djokovic was also ordered to be

released from detention immediatelywith his passport and "personal ef-

fects". "Are these facts true? As I'veread so many different reports in thismessy embarrassing saga. Novaktested positive to covid Dec 16 & at-

tended a public event on the 17th thatinc children. Said he hadn't travelledin 14 days before arriving in Oz buttravelled Jan 2 to Spain?" ShaneWarne tweeted.

"And did Novak have a medicalexemption ? If so - has the personwho gave it to him been identified ?What was that exemption ? Just try-ing to get the facts as I'm embarrassedas a Victorian at this situation. VicGovt are quiet ? Can someone explainto us in plain Eng please," he added.

Notably, Djokovic was granted amedical exemption to enter Australiaand compete in the Australian Openbecause he had recently tested posi-tive for COVID-19.

Shane questions Novak Djokovic's medical exemption

Indian batsmen fail tohandle SA pacers

Ross Taylor bids adieu toTest cricket with final

wicket as NZ thrash B'deshAGENCYCHRISTCHURCH, JAN 11

New Zealand batter Ross Tay-lor on Tuesday picked his thirdwicket in the longest format tohelp the Kiwis register athumping win overBangladesh by an innings and117 runs in the second Test.

It was an eventful farewellmatch for Taylor, whowrapped up the Bangladesh in-nings after dismissing EbadotHossain as he picked his thirdwicket in Test cricket.

On Tuesday, Bangladeshstarted their second inningsfollowing on New Zealand butwere bowled out for 278 as theKiwis sealed a win. The visi-tors were folded for 126 in thefirst innings.

Unlike their first innings,Bangladesh got off to a cau-tious start but Kyle Jamiesonand Neil Wagner wreaked hav-oc to dismantle the battinglineup. Liton Das (102) wasthe lone fighter for Bangladeshas tried hard to carry the visi-tors' innings.

With this win, NewZealand levelled the series 1-1and have earned 12 points intheir quest for the World TestChampionship (WTC).

On Monday, before

stumps, Bangladesh wasbowled out for 126 in the firstinnings, giving New Zealand alead of 395 runs. For the hosts,Trent Boult returned with fivewickets.

Coming to Taylor, the 37-year-old has been a mainstayin the BLACKCAPS battingorder since making his debut in2006, amassing a plethora ofrecords and achievements,most notably rising to the topof New Zealand's runs scoring(18,074) and appearances(445) charts.

AGENCYCAPE TOWN, JAN 11

Kagiso Rabada, Duanne Olivier and Marco Jansen put hostsin a strong position as India's middle order crumbled in thepost lunch session of the third cricket test match withIndianskipper Kohli made 79 and India were 218 for 9 when newslast came in.

Earlier wth India resuming the post lunch session at 75for 2, the South African pacers bowled tightly and did not al-low Cheteshwar Pujara and Virat Kohli to bat freely. The duomanaged to put up a 50-run partnership to deny Proteas anyearly breakthrough. Pujara was more aggressive of the two,capitalizing on the opportunities coming his way.

The gritty partnership was finally broken as left arm pac-er Marco Jansen dismissed Pujara caught behind by wicket-keeper Verreynne for 43 to leave India in a spot of bother at95 for 3.

Ajinkya Rahane came in to bat after Pujara's dismissaland Jansen managed to find his outside edge too but the ballwent in the third slip region where there was no one stand-ing. India reached the triple figure mark as the intriguingcontest between the bat and ball continued. Rabada went pastVirat Kohli's bat missing the edge by a whisker and the Indi-an skipper replied back with a six of the very next ball.

Rahane's lean patch continued as he was dismissed for 9by Rabada who bagged his second wicket and Verreynnetook his third catch of the innings. The Mumbai lad did takea review but it did not go his way to leave India tottering at116/4.

Wicket-keeper batter Rishabh Pant joined Virat Kohliand got off the mark with a boundary towards gully with theball going over the fielder's head. Virat Kohli hung in andkept the fight on to take his side to 141/4 at Tea. India scored66 runs in the session and lost two wickets.

Earlier in the day, Virat Kohli won the toss and despite abit of overcast conditions chose to bat first. Opener MayankAgarwal got a life on his individual score of zero as SouthAfrican pacer Kagiso Rabada got the outside edge but Kee-gan Petersen dropped a tough chance at the third slip. Theduo then batted steadily to put on 31 runs for the openingwicket.

349 new Coronapositive cases foundSHIV KUMAR SHARMAKARNAL: Deputy Commissioner Nis-hant Kumar Yadav said that 349 newpositive cases of corona were found inthe district on Tuesday while 44 per-sons were cured. According to the re-port of the Civil Surgeon, the DeputyCommissioner informed that samples of66,0321 persons have been taken inthe district so far. 2548 samples weretaken in the last 24 hours. So far 41413positive cases were reported in the dis-trict, out of which 39,636 patients recov-ered and went home.He said that 349 new positive cases ofcorona were found in the district onTuesday. So far 556 corona positive pa-tients have died in the district. 1221positive cases of coronavirus are activein the district. The DC said that all citi-zens should follow the rules of lock-down and stay at home and not panic.

Apply for sugarcaneplan by Jan 15: RajbirRAVI KUMARBABAIN: On behalf of Shahbad SugarMill, Assistant Sugarcane DevelopmentOfficer Rajbir Nkshasah said that theDepartment of Agriculture and FarmersWelfare has promoted sugarcane underthe Sugarcane Technical Objective

Scheme for theyear 2021-2022under the man-agement of SugarCane Component.The scheme hasbeen started underwhich applicantsfor Mini Sugar-cane Harvesterand Sugarcane

Leaf Remover are being invited. He in-formed that sugarcane growers can ap-ply for this scheme till January 15,2022. He said that more informationand necessary guidelines of thisscheme are available on the website ofthe Department of Agriculture andFarmers Welfare.

Sharp increase incorona cases as 441clocked in Panchkula SD SHARMAPANCHKULA: The fresh Corona casesare on the rise in Panchkula touching441 ( 258 male and 183 Female ) to-day. The consolation for the Medical au-thorities lies in the fact that out of 1903cumulative positive cases 1857 are inhome isolation while only 46 havebeen admitted to the hospital. Totalsamples collected on 10th Januarywere 3125 only.As per the medical bulletin released byCivil hospital Panchkula the recoveryrate stands at 93.16 percent and thepositivity is 14.58 per cent and the situ-ation is certainly alarming. There are 18cases of foreign passengers under in-vestigation and none is untraceable.

3 youth try to lootbusinessmanDEEPAK SHARMAISMAILABAD: Near Jhansa police sta-tion, three unidentified youth tried to roba businessman riding a motorcycle whowas supplying beedi cigarettes. Theyouth threw chilli powder in his eyes ofthe trader and tried to loot his cash. Thethree youth ran away when the busi-nessman shouted. The police regis-tered a case. Ramesh Kumar, a resi-dent of Sector 3, Kurukshetra, told thepolice that he had come to Jhansa vil-lage to supply beedi cigarettes. Fromhere he was returning to Kurukshetrain the afternoon taking cash fromshopkeepers. At some distance fromJhansa police station, near AjranaKhurd village, three unidentified youthpushed the box left behind on hismoving motorcycle which upset hisbalance. He stopped the motorcycle.The three young men started abusinghim.They tried to snatch the cash baghanging on the businessman's shoul-der. It had about Rs 35thousand.Hearing the commotionsome people rushed to the spot. See-ing this, the three young men fled ontheir motorcycles. His cash wassaved. The businessman said that thethree youth had cloth wrapped aroundtheir faces. The police are engaged inan investigation.

NEWS BRIEFS HARYANA


BUREAU CHANDIGARH, JAN 11

Acceding to one of the key de-mands of the doctors hintingstrike, Haryana Chief Minister,Sh. Manohar Lal has given in-principle approval to creation ofSpecialist cadre post for MD orMS doctors. Besides this, thedoctors will not be given anyadministrative work and willpractice in their concerned Spe-cialty.

The in-principle approvalhas been granted today whereinthe government will create aSpecial Sub Cadre for Special-ists who will be designated asConsultant or Senior Consul-tants. Earlier, a doctor withMBBS qualification andMD/MS qualification used to bein the same cadre. However, with thecreation of Specialist cadre post these

doctors will be able to focus on theirwork which will definitely protect

their interest. Moreover,the Specialist cadre doc-tors will now be posted inbig and renowned hospi-tals rather than in PrimaryHealth Centres (PHCs)which will ensure theirswift promotions therebynurturing their talent.

The landmark deci-sion will also be beneficialfor patients as they willget the consultation ofSpecialists and the doctorswill be closely able tomonitor and manage theworking of the hospitals. The Chief Min-ister said that the doctorshave a very pivotal role toplay in the society especially in the presentcrisis situation and the

Government is committed for theirwelfare.

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SHIV KUMAR SHARMAKARNAL, JAN 11

To solve the public problemsrelated to sanitation, peopleshould register theircomplaint on the sanita-tion map. The complaintlodged on this will beresolved within 24hours. The departmenthas developed an An-droid app to help peo-ple. After the problem issolved, the photo of thatplace is uploaded on this app.This information was givenby the Vice President ofHaryana Granth Akademi,Dr. Virendra Singh Chouhanand SDM of Asandh Man-deep Kumar while giving ajoint interview in the programof Radio Gramoday.

The SDM said that thesanitation work in the munic-ipal area of Asandh is beingcarried out smoothly. Door-to-door collection of house-hold garbage is being done

and cleaning work is alsodone at night. He said that ifanyone has any problem re-lated to cleanliness, then thephoto of the problem site can

be taken and uploaded on thehygiene app. Apart from this,if there is any other problem,it can be reported on this app.He said that people shouldsend their grievances to theconcerned authorities to gettheir problems resolved sothat their problems can be re-solved immediately.

Mandeep Kumar in-formed about the problems ofwaterlogging around the vil-lage Rahra. He said that theresponsibility has been given

to the concerned BDPO forproper action. He himself hasvisited the waterlogged areasand asked the Irrigation De-partment to build a recharge

well. Apart from this,the irrigation depart-ment has also beenasked to remove theoverflowing water fromthe village pond. He ispersonally monitoringthe problem of waterlog-ging in villages like Bal-la, Rahra and Chochra.

Regarding the preventionof increasing cases of coronain the area, SDM MandeepKumar said that several teamshave been formed to preventthe spread of corona. Teamsof health workers are goingfrom place to place to warn the peopleabout the danger, invoices arebeing issued to those who donot follow the Covid guide-lines even as a massive vacci-nation campaign is being car-ried out.

DC issues new Covid guidelinesRAMAN GUPTAKAITHAL: The Haryana Government has extended the period of Epidemic Alert-Safe Haryanawith new rules till 5 am on January 19 in view of increasing cases of Covid. Chairman of the DistrictDisaster Management Authority and DC Pradeep Dahiya has issued orders to implement newguidelines in the district using the powers vested in Sections 30 and 34 of the Disaster Manage-ment Act, 2005. The rule of no mask-no service will be applicable in the district. The night curfewwill also continue from 11 pm to 5 am. Markets will close at 6 pm, but essentials such as chemist,milk, etc. may remain open. Must work in government and private offices with 50 per cent atten-dance. In the orders issued by DC Pradeep Dahiya, only those who have a dose will get admissionin public places. Compliance with these orders will be the responsibility of the owner and manage-ment of the respective institutions. Vaccination is required for all persons above 15 years of age.

SHIV KUMAR SHARMAKARNAL, JANUARY 11

Rohtak MP Dr Arvind Sharma met theHaryana Chief Minister at HaryanaBhawan in Delhi today and discussed indetail the survey of South Haryana Eco-nomic Rail Corridor via Farrukhnagar toLoharu, the largest ambitious railwayproject of Rohtak Lok Sabha via Jhajjar,Charkhi Dadri and Barda. The ChiefMinister assured that he will talk to theUnion Railway Minister on this project.

Survey of Delhi toRohtak Rapid RailCorridor to start soon:

The MP informed that the rapid railbetween Delhi and Rohtak has recentlybeen approved under the second phaseof RRTS and its survey should be start-ed soon which is to be extended to Jind

in future. The Chief Minister agreed tothis and assured to discuss with the Cen-tral Government. Discussions were alsoheld on converting Jhajjar via Far-rukhnagar State Highway 15A from Gu-rugram to National Highway and con-verting the road from Bahadurgarh viaHelimandi via Badli, Yakubpur to StateHighway on which the Chief Ministeragreed.

DC holds meeting for R-Daycelebrations

RANVIR PARASHARKAITHAL: Deputy Commissioner Pradeep Dahiya said that due to theCorona epidemic, the 26th January Republic Day celebrations will beheld in a grand and splendid manner at the Police Line ground underthe Covid Protocol. Following the social distance and a single culturalprogramme full of patriotism and various folk cultures will be organised.Relatives of freedom fighters and martyrs will be honoured by the dis-trict administration by visiting their homes. All concerned officialsshould ensure timely completion of preparations so that the NationalDay Republic Day celebrations can be held with dignity. DC PradeepDahiya was giving necessary directions in the auditorium of Mini Sec-retariat by holding a meeting of officials to celebrate the Republic Daycelebrations on January 26. The grand floats displaying the advanceof various departments will be the main attraction of this event. Alsofollow all the instructions of Covid-19. The programme will be organ-ised according to the guidelines that come with celebrating the pro-gramme. DC Pradeep Dahiya said that a grand march will be carriedout by 8 platoons in the Republic Day celebrations. Troops involved inthe parade will conduct rehearsals at Police Line Grounds from Janu-ary 18 to 20 and full dress final rehearsals will be held on January 24as per schedule. Grand reception gates will also be installed at theplaces designated by the concerned departments. Special cleaningwill be done in the city by the city council and flower chakras will alsobe ensured on the martyr's memorials.

New officers should maintainconstant contact with the

general public: Anil VijBUREAU CHANDIGARH, JANUARY 11

Five newly appointed trainee officers of the Indian Police Ser-vice today paid a courtesy call on the Haryana Home Minis-ter, Sh. Anil Vij, at the HaryanaCivil Secretariat. These officers in-cluded Ms. Deepti Garg, Sh.Mayank Mishra, Sh. Logesh Ku-mar, Ms. Prabina P. and Ms. JasleenKaur of 2020 batch. Sh. Vij ex-tended his best wishes to all theseofficers and wished them a brightfuture.

The Home Minister said that allthe officers should discharge theirduties with dedication and honestyand also work to provide benefitsof policies and schemes being runby the government to the poor and needy persons. He askedthe officers to maintain constant contact with the general pub-lic, which would increase more confidence in the police andthe public. He told the newly appointed police officers thatthey will be able to experience working from the beat level toSP level in the field where situation on the ground and prob-lems faced by the public will be known. All the officers sharedtheir experiences and told that in the training they were taughtabout the priority of public service and they will work in thisspirit while discharging their duties.

JJP growing stronger due topeople’s confidence: VinodROHIT LAMSARTARAORI: Vinod Raipur, Nilokheri chief of Jananayak JanataParty, said that the tendency of the youth is towards JananayakJanata Party to fight for their rights properly and create a betterfuture. He said that today is the time of youth and they are partici-

pating in everyfield. VinodRaipur was ad-dressing ameeting ofworkers in Tara-ori. He said thatJJP is a strongplatform for theprogress andgolden future ofHaryana. Vinod

Raipur said that the Deputy Chief Minister of the state DushyantChautala is constantly working on welfare schemes for the wel-fare of all sections, in which the Deputy Chief Minister promisedto implement a 75 per cent employment bill before the election toprovide employment to the youth of Haryana and fulfilled it. Notonly this, Haryana became the first state in the country wherewomen were given 50 per cent participation in Panchayati Raj In-stitutions. He said that Deputy CM Dushyant Chautala was im-pressed by the decisions taken by the youth to give 75 per centemployment in the private sector and increased participation ofwomen in Panchayati Raj institutions keeping in view every sec-tion of the state. He said that the people of the entire state are im-pressed by the working style of Deputy Chief Minister DushyantChautala and Digvijay Chautala. Many people including MasterSuresh Raipur, Praveen Sikri, Balwinder Raipur, Sandeep Khaja-mada and Sanju Sikri were present along with Vinod Raipur onthis occasion.

CJM apprised of legal serviceprogrammesSHIV KUMAR SHARMAKARNAL: Chief Judicial Magistrate and Secretary, District Legal Ser-vices Authority, Karnal, Jasbir visited Legal Services Committee,Asandh, on Tuesday and enquired about the arrangements of legalservices programmes. On this occasion, a meeting was also held withthe panel advocates of Sub-Divisional Legal Services Committee,

Asandh. AparnaBhardwaj, Chair-person, Sub-Divi-sional Legal Ser-vices Committee,Asandh was alsopresent in the meet-ing.Advocates at themeeting also sug-gested variouspoints for imple-mentation of legalservice pro-grammess. TheCJM dealt with the

questions raised by the panel advocates on the spot and suggested tothe advocates to provide their best services to the plaintiffs while pro-ceeding with the cases on behalf of the applicants.She was made aware of the legal services programmes being providedby the District Legal Services Authority and the Sub-Divisional LegalServices Committee under the Legal Services Authority Act, 1987, rulesand regulations made under it.

Hry CM gives directions underHry Kaushal Rojgar Nigam

CHANDIGARH, JANUARY 11- The youth of Haryana,who have lost government jobs due to court cases or otherreasons, should be given priority while calculating their 'ex-perience' in employment provided through 'HaryanaKaushal Rojgar Nigam'. Haryana Chief Minister, Sh.Manohar Lal gave these directions during a meeting of sen-ior officers concerned with Haryana Kaushal Rojgar Nigamtoday.

On this occasion, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister,Sh. DS Dhesi, Principal Secretary, Skill Development andIndustrial Training, Sh. Arun Kumar Gupta, Principal Sec-retary, Industries and Commerce, Sh. Vijayendra Kumar,CEO, Rojgar Nigam, Dr. Anant P Pandey and other seniorofficers were present on the occasion.

The Chief Minister also directed the officers that SMSalerts should reach the mobile phones of the registeredyouth when applications are invited for recruitment to theposts for which they are registered in Haryana Kaushal Ro-jgar Nigam. He also said that if the candidate holds experi-ence of a post during regular or outsourced job of the StateGovernment, then that earlier experience will also be con-sidered in the application for other posts. During the reviewmeeting of 'Haryana Kaushal Rojgar Nigam', it was in-formed that so far the process of registration of 32,571youth is underway on the Nigam's portal while the registra-tion of 2,333 youth has been completed.

NIRMAL SAINIRADAUR, JANUARY 11

Under the banner of Indian Farmers Union,the union members gathered at Radaur tehsilon Tuesday. During this, the anti-governmentslogans were chanted. On behalf of the Union,a memorandum was handed over to TehsildarRadaur Suresh Kumar in the name of thePresident and the Governor in which variousdemands of farmers were listed.

In the memorandum, the government wasurged to give the right price of crops. Farmersare not getting the right price for their pro-duce. Due to which they are becoming poorand indebted. The government is importing palm oil. Its import should bebanned. Because palm oil is not good forhealth. Oilseed farmers in the country are suf-fering huge losses.

On the other hand, 15-year old tractorsshould be excluded from the law in which 15-year old diesel vehicles are banned from ply-ing. This should be increased to 25 years. Be-cause in 15 years, the farmers are in only ableto free themselves from loan raised for thetractor.

He said that the state government has

been made aware many times regarding theproblem of manure, problem related to elec-tricity as well as other problems of the farm-ers of the state. But the government is not se-rious about it.

As a result, the situation of the farmer hasbecome worse. Farmers are not getting fairprice of crops, due to which the economiccondition of the farmers is getting weaker. Onthe other hand, there are local issues doggingthe farmers like shortage of urea, need to pro-tect the crop from wild animals. Demands forproviding new electricity connections as soonas possible and construction of underpasseson NH 344 etc. have also been made.

He lamented that the political partieshave used the farmers only as a vote bank. Nopolitical party has solved their problems.

Sanitation plaints to be redressedwithin 24 hrs in Assandh: Dr. Chouhan

Govt not serious about problemsfaced by farmers: Rambir Chauhan

CM gives approval to creation of Specialistcadre post for MD or MS doctors

Mahendragarh DC,wife corona positiveSHIV KUMAR SHARMACHANDIGARH: Ajay Kumar, DC of Mahendragarh district of Haryanaand his wife Dr. Loveleen, Income Tax Deputy Commissioner havebeen found corona positive. This information was given by the DC him-self through WhatsApp. Both have isolated themselves in the official

residence of Nar-naul. People whovisit them within 2-3days have been ad-vised to undergo acorona test. On theother hand, consid-ering the increasingcorona infection, thestate governmenthas now placed Ma-hendragarh district inA category, underwhich the market willbe closed at 6 pmand all restrictions

will be imposed. District Disaster Management Authority Chairman andDC Ajay Kumar, while issuing new orders, has ordered to keep the ob-servance of rules effective till 5 am on January 19.The market will close at 6 pm except for necessities. Due to being inGroup-A category, all the shops and markets in Mahendragarh districtexcept the shops of essential services (medicine, milk, rations, fruits,vegetables) will be closed till 6 pm every day. According to the newguideline, bars and restaurants will operate with 50 per cent seating ca-pacity. DC Ajay Kumar informed that necessary guidelines have beenissued to the officers to ensure adherence to the guideline in the districtboundary. The concerned SDMs will act as the Incident Commander toensure compliance with the rules. The ADC has been made over all in-charge and the SP has been asked to act as per the instructions issuedby the government.

Thieves steal oil, partsfrom power transformerDEEPAK SHARMAISMAILABAD, JAN 11

Unidentified thieves stole expensive parts of a power trans-former in the fields of Sarpanch of Jhansa village. This hascaused a loss of Rs 89,000. The police have registered a case.

SDO of Ajrana Kalan Bijli Nigam, Ramesh Saini in hiscomplaint to Jhansa police said that a transformer was in-stalled in the fields in the name of Ramesh Chand, which isused by his son Puneet Mal, Jhansa Sarpanch.

Yesterday, I found that the shell of the transformer is lyingin the field, said the complainant. Thieves stole expensiveparts and oil from this 20 KV power transformer. Accordingto the corporation, the incident took place around midnight be-tween January 1 and 2. Police have registered a case againstthe unidentified thieves and started investigation.

HAU to organise farmerstraining programme

CHANDIGARH, JANUARY 11 – To ensure saving of timeand finances of the farmers amidst Corona pandemic, Chaud-hary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University (CCSHAU), Hisar will organise farmers training programmethrough video conferencing. For this, arrangement of modernequipment has been made at Saina Nehwal Institute of Agri-culture Technology, Training and Education under CCSHAU

While giving information in this regard today, aspokesperson of the University said that on behalf of SainaNehwal Agricultural Technology Training and Education In-stitute, various training programmes including mushroom pro-duction, bee keeping, sewing-embroidery.

Arvind Sharma meetsCM Manohar Lal

Two HPS officersreshuffled in state

CHANDIGARH, JANUARY 11- Haryana Government hasissued transfer and posting orders of two HPS officers withimmediate effect.

Rajnish Kumar, DSP, Barara, Ambala has been posted asDSP, Bilaspur, Yamunanagar. Ashish Chaudhary, DSP, Bi-laspur, Yamunanagar has been posted as DSP, Barara, Ambala.

British Dy High CommissionChd signs FoE with state govt

CHANDIGARH, JANUARY 11:

The British Deputy High Commission Chandigarh and theForeign Cooperation Department, Haryana has signed aFramework of Engagement(FoE) to enhance the bilateral co-operation between the UK and Haryana today at the residenceof Haryana Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal. The FoE wassigned by Ms Caroline Rowett, British Deputy High Com-missioner Chandigarh and Sh Yogender Chaudhary, PrincipalSecretary, Foreign Cooperation Department, Haryana. TheFoE covers broad areas of work that will help build the col-laboration between the UK and Haryana. "I’m very pleasedthat we have been able to put into action the ideas discussedby the Chief Minister and Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon inMarch 2021. The signing of the Framework of Engagementtoday between the UK and the State of Haryana gives us astrong foundation on which to build our future collaboration.I look forward to seeing our partnership in areas such as cleangrowth and climate change – priorities for both our countries",said Ms Rowett.

Private offices, dine-in facilities in restaurants closed in Delhi

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