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P rime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday held a secu- rity review meeting with Home Minister Amit Shah, NSA Ajit Doval, Foreign Secretary and top intelligence officials in the wake of the killing of four JeM terrorists in Jammu & Kashmir a day earlier. The killed terrorists were reportedly planning “something big” on the anniversary of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack. The fact that the PM himself reviewed the securi- ty scenario following the Thursday’s encounter near toll plaza in Nagrota area of Kashmir, showed that this was not just yet another killing of terrorists by the security forces. Sources confirmed that the PMO came into action after intelligence inputs indi- cated that the terrorists were planning to carry out some deadly plot on November 26. In his tweets following the meeting, Modi said, “Neutralising of 4 terrorists belonging to Pakistan-based terrorist organisation Jaish-e- Mohammed and the presence of large cache of weapons and explosives with them indicate that their efforts to wreak major havoc and destruction have once again been thwarted.” Hailing the security forces, he said they have once again displayed utmost bravery and professionalism. “Thanks to their alertness, they have defeated a nefarious plot to target grassroots level democratic exercises in Jammu & Kashmir,” the Prime Minister added. Four suspected Jaish-e- Mohammad terrorists were killed and two policemen injured in a gunbattle in Nagrota on Thursday after a truck carrying newly infiltrat- ed militants was intercepted, police had said. Inspector General of Police (IGP), Jammu, Mukesh Singh, had said after the encounter that the terrorists had come to execute a “big plan” which has now been foiled. O ffering an olive branch to dissidents, Congress pres- ident Sonia Gandhi has con- stituted three committees, each comprising former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, to accommodate four senior lead- ers who had been critical of the leadership. The move came days after senior party leader Kapil Sibal questioned the party’s decline in the wake of its poor show in Bihar. Sonia formed the commit- tee just before leaving for Goa to escape Delhi’s toxic air on medical advice. Rahul Gandhi accompanied Sonia. Sonia has approved the committees on economic affairs, foreign affairs and national security to discuss related matters and formulate the party’s position on policy matters, the most recent being India staying away from the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership. The committees have four leaders who recently wrote a letter to Sonia demanding an organisational overhaul. They are Anand Sharma, Shashi Tharoor, Ghulam Nabi Azad and Veerappa Moily. The four leaders, after flag- ging their concerns in the con- troversial letter, refrained from making critical remarks of the leadership. Anand Sharma and Tharoor have been named in the committee on foreign affairs. Sharma had recently contradicted Congress stand on India’s position vis a vis the RCEP and has argued that India should have joined the trade block. This was against the previous party line which Congress leader Rahul Gandhi articulated last year when he repeatedly made public state- ments against India joining the RCEP. Ghulam Nabi Azad and Moily have been made mem- bers of the committee on national security. Each of the three panels consists of five leaders including a convener. Continued on Page 11 D elhiites woke up to cold morning as the national Capital recorded a minimum of 7.5 degrees Celsius on Friday, the lowest in the month of November in 14 years, according to the India Meteorological Department. It is Delhi’s lowest minimum tem- perature in November since November 29, 2006, when the city recorded a minimum of 7.3 degrees Celsius, said Kuldeep Srivastava, the head of the IMD’s regional forecasting centre. The city was also on the brink of a cold wave, the first this season. For the plains, the IMD declares a cold wave when the minimum temperature is 10 degrees Celsius or below and is 4.5 notches less than normal for two consecutive days. “The criteria has been met on Friday. We will declare a cold wave in Delhi if the situation persists on Saturday,” Srivastava said. Delhi had recorded the lowest minimum tem- perature of 11.5 degrees Celsius last year, 10.5 degrees Celsius in 2018 and 7.6 degrees Celsius in 2017 in the month of November. The all-time record for the lowest minimum temperature in November is 3.9 degrees Celsius recorded on November 28, 1938. Mahesh Palawat, an expert at Skymet Weather, a private forecasting agency, said cold winds blowing from snow-laden western Himalayas have led to a dip in the mer- cury and a similar situation will con- tinue till Saturday. A fresh Western Disturbance is approaching northwest India on November 23. It is likely to increase the minimum temperature by a few notch- es, he said. The minimum temperature this month, barring on November 16, has remained 2-3 degree Celsius below normal in the absence of a cloud cover, according to IMD officials. A day after a blast in a facto- ry at Sujapur in Malda district left six people dead, the ruling TMC dared the BJP to impose President’s Rule in Bengal and face the conse- quence. The two parties trad- ed intense fire after Union Minister Babul Supriyo accused the State administration of complicity in recurring inci- dents of blasts all across the State and made indirect refer- ence of Article 356. Referring to the falling law and order situation in the State, he said, “More than 130 BJP workers have been killed in Bengal in the last three years. There is a complete law and order failure in the State. BJP does not indulge in violence. Bengal is always in news due to violence. There have been sev- eral attacks on our leaders,” adding if Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee thought that the Centre was weak in crack- ing the whip she was wrong. “If Didi thinks, she can do anything then there are con- stitutional provisions which can be used to remove her. It would be better if Mamata maintains the essence of democracy and the Constitution ahead of the polls,” Supriyo said, reminding there were enough constitu- tional provisions to tame a brutal Government. Continued on Page 11 I n a tragic incident, at least 14 people including 7 children of a marriage party were killed in a road accident in Pratapgarh on late Thursday night. Police said here on Friday that the deceased were travelling in an SUV, which collided with a stationary truck under Kunda police station area after midnight. They were returning back from the marriage function in Nawabganj area in Kanpur when the accident occurred near Deshraj village. All the occupants of the SUV were killed. Sources said the driver of the SUV probably fell asleep which led to the accident. T he Oxford AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine “Covishield” will be priced at a maximum of 1,000 for two necessary doses for the public by April 2021 and every Indian will get vaccinated by 2024, said Serum Institute of India’s CEO Adar Poonawalla on Friday. “The vaccine will be avail- able for healthcare workers and elderly people by around February 2021 and for the general public by April,” he said at a media event, even as he asserted that every Indian will get vaccinated, probably by 2024. “It will probably take two or three years for every Indian to get inoculated, not just because of the supply con- straints but because you need the budget, the vaccine, logis- tics, infrastructure, and then, people should be willing to take the vaccine. So these are the factors that lead up to being able to vaccinate 80-90 per cent of the population. It will be 2024 for everybody, if willing to take a two-dose vaccine, to be vaccinated,” he said. SII, the world’s largest vac- cine manufacturer by volume, and the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), the country’s apex body for bio- medical research, last week had announced the completion of the enrolment of participants for phase 3 clinical trials of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine candidate, Covishield, in India. Talking about its price, the SII CEO said the Central Government will be getting it at a far cheaper price (at around USD 3-4) because it will be buying in bulk. “We are still pricing it far cheaper and more affordable than other vaccines we have in the market today,” Poonawalla added. He also clarified that chil- dren would have to wait a lit- tle longer for the vaccine till the safety data is out, but the good news is that Covid-19 is not so bad and serious for them. Poonawalla said the Oxford vaccine is affordable and safe. It can be stored at a tem- perature of two to eight degrees Celsius, which is an ideal tem- perature for it to be stored in the cold storages of India. He said the SII plans to make about 10 crore doses per month from February. In an article posted in The Lancet, researchers at the uni- versity and pharmaceutical company said their vaccine had been tested on 560 partic- ipants; 240 of them were above the age of 70. The vaccine is in Phase II/III of production, meaning the phase that a vac- cine candidate enters after it has been found safe and poten- tially effective among a small- er group of participants and can be expanded to a compar- atively larger group. A mid the increasing Covid- 19 infections and deaths in Delhi, the Maharashtra Government on Friday appeared to be pushing for sus- pension of train and air trans- port services between Mumbai and the national Capital. With the fear of Covid-19 wave gripping New Delhi where the number of infections and deaths has increased alarmingly in the recent days, informed sources in the Maharashtra Government said that the Uddhav Thackeray dispensation was considering seriously taking up the matter with the Centre to suspend train and air services between Mumbai and Delhi. Talking to media persons here, State Chief Secretary Sanjay Kumar indicated that the State Government was con- sidering suspension of air and train services between Mumbai. “No decision has been taken in this regard. We are dis- cussing the issue as of now. If we are to suspend the air and train services, we will have to first take permission from the Civil Aviation and Railway Ministries. We can think of suspension of train and air ser- vices between Mumbai and Delhi only after talking to the officials of the two Ministries,” Kumar said. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Railway clarified that the Railways has not taken any decision regarding the cancel- lation of trains between Mumbai and Delhi in view of the increasing infections and deaths in the national Capital. “There have been reports in a section of the media today about cancellation of certain trains in the Delhi Mumbai sec- tor,” the Ministry of Railways said in a tweet put out in the evening. A mid a surge in coronavirus cases in Delhi, a door-to- door survey for identifying and testing people sympto- matic for Covid-19 in con- tainment and densely packed areas of the city commenced on Friday with the number of containment zones going up to over 4,550 in the national Capital, with the maximum 743 in southwest district and the lowest 148 in northeast district. According to official data, six districts out of the total 11 have more than 400 Covid-19 containment zones - 743 (southwest), 705 (south), 587 (west), 543 (southeast), 490 (central Delhi) and 445 (north- west). The survey will be com- pleted within five days and will cover over 57 lakh people in containment zones, dense areas and identified clusters of virus transmission, officials said. Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain told reporters that the survey is aimed at identifying and testing symp- tomatic people living in con- tainment zones and densely packed areas. District officials said all the containment zones and super spreader areas are being cov- ered through teams including teachers, municipal corpora- tion staff, Asha workers and civil defence volunteers. “All protocols will be fol- lowed to test all symptomatic Continued on Page 11 T he One District, One Product (ODOP) scheme of Uttar Pradesh government would get a fresh impetus as the students of technical and man- agement institutions would join hands to make the local products go global. The beginning will be made from Aligarh where these institutes will study about locks and how to improve their qual- ity by assimilation of technol- ogy. Similarly, the manage- ment mantra will be given to the Kannauj perfumers and Bhadohi’s carpet makers to take their products to global platforms. The Micro and Small Industries Department in asso- ciation with Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University will organise a Hackathon in late November to connect students with the ODOP scheme and take their suggestions. It is expected to involve students from more than 250 institutes. The ODOP is an ambitious flagship scheme of the UP government and aims to mar- ket products manufactured in different districts of the state globally and make the entre- preneurs self-reliant by pro- viding employment to locals. “It is through these arts that the districts are identified but many of these products are los- ing their identities,” an official said. The students of the uni- versity-affiliated management institutes will suggest better management of products. AKTU Vice Chancellor Prof. Vinay Kumar Pathak explains that the innovative idea of stu- dents will give products a new identity. The official said that 14 engineering colleges of the state had been made nodal cen- tres to conduct the Hackathon. In this, Government Engineering College at Kannauj will register students from institutions in adjoining districts. Students of these institutes will work to promote products like perfume of Kannauj, ghungroo of Etah and black pottery of Azamgarh. The state engineering col- leges in other districts will also become nodal centres to further promote the products in and around their districts

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Page 1: ˆ &...Nov 20, 2020  · truck carrying newly infiltrat-ed militants was intercepted, police had said. Inspector General of Police (IGP), Jammu, Mukesh Singh, had said after the encounter

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Prime Minister NarendraModi on Friday held a secu-

rity review meeting with HomeMinister Amit Shah, NSA AjitDoval, ForeignSecretary and topintelligence officialsin the wake of thekilling of four JeMterrorists in Jammu& Kashmir a dayearlier. The killedterrorists werereportedly planning“something big” onthe anniversary ofthe 26/11 Mumbaiterror attack.

The fact that thePM himselfreviewed the securi-ty scenario followingthe Thursday’sencounter near tollplaza in Nagrotaarea of Kashmir,showed that this wasnot just yet anotherkilling of terroristsby the securityforces. Sources confirmed thatthe PMO came into actionafter intelligence inputs indi-cated that the terrorists wereplanning to carry out somedeadly plot on November 26.

In his tweets following themeeting, Modi said,“Neutralising of 4 terroristsbelonging to Pakistan-basedterrorist organisation Jaish-e-Mohammed and the presenceof large cache of weapons andexplosives with them indicate

that their efforts to wreak majorhavoc and destruction haveonce again been thwarted.”

Hailing the security forces,he said they have once againdisplayed utmost bravery andprofessionalism.

“Thanks to their alertness,they have defeated a nefariousplot to target grassroots leveldemocratic exercises in Jammu& Kashmir,” the Prime Ministeradded.

Four suspected Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorists werekilled and two policemeninjured in a gunbattle inNagrota on Thursday after atruck carrying newly infiltrat-ed militants was intercepted,police had said.

Inspector General of Police(IGP), Jammu, Mukesh Singh,had said after the encounterthat the terrorists had come toexecute a “big plan” which hasnow been foiled.

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Offering an olive branch todissidents, Congress pres-

ident Sonia Gandhi has con-stituted three committees, eachcomprising former PrimeMinister Manmohan Singh, toaccommodate four senior lead-ers who had been critical of theleadership. The move camedays after senior party leaderKapil Sibal questioned theparty’s decline in the wake of itspoor show in Bihar.

Sonia formed the commit-tee just before leaving for Goato escape Delhi’s toxic air onmedical advice. Rahul Gandhiaccompanied Sonia.

Sonia has approved thecommittees on economicaffairs, foreign affairs andnational security to discussrelated matters and formulatethe party’s position on policymatters, the most recent beingIndia staying away from theRegional ComprehensiveEconomic Partnership.

The committees have fourleaders who recently wrote a

letter to Sonia demanding anorganisational overhaul. Theyare Anand Sharma, ShashiTharoor, Ghulam Nabi Azadand Veerappa Moily.

The four leaders, after flag-ging their concerns in the con-troversial letter, refrained frommaking critical remarks of theleadership.

Anand Sharma andTharoor have been named inthe committee on foreignaffairs. Sharma had recentlycontradicted Congress stand onIndia’s position vis a vis theRCEP and has argued thatIndia should have joined thetrade block. This was againstthe previous party line whichCongress leader Rahul Gandhiarticulated last year when herepeatedly made public state-ments against India joiningthe RCEP.

Ghulam Nabi Azad andMoily have been made mem-bers of the committee onnational security. Each of thethree panels consists of fiveleaders including a convener.

Continued on Page 11

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Delhiites woke up to cold morningas the national Capital recorded

a minimum of 7.5 degrees Celsius onFriday, the lowest in the month ofNovember in 14 years, according tothe India Meteorological Department.

It is Delhi’s lowest minimum tem-perature in November since November29, 2006, when the city recorded aminimum of 7.3 degrees Celsius, saidKuldeep Srivastava, the head of theIMD’s regional forecasting centre.

The city was also on the brink ofa cold wave, the first this season. Forthe plains, the IMD declares a coldwave when the minimum temperatureis 10 degrees Celsius or below and is4.5 notches less than normal for twoconsecutive days.

“The criteria has been met onFriday. We will declare a cold wave inDelhi if the situation persists onSaturday,” Srivastava said. Delhi had

recorded the lowest minimum tem-perature of 11.5 degrees Celsius lastyear, 10.5 degrees Celsius in 2018 and7.6 degrees Celsius in 2017 in themonth of November.

The all-time record for the lowestminimum temperature in Novemberis 3.9 degrees Celsius recorded onNovember 28, 1938. Mahesh Palawat,an expert at Skymet Weather, a privateforecasting agency, said cold windsblowing from snow-laden westernHimalayas have led to a dip in the mer-cury and a similar situation will con-tinue till Saturday.

A fresh Western Disturbance isapproaching northwest India onNovember 23. It is likely to increase theminimum temperature by a few notch-es, he said.

The minimum temperature thismonth, barring on November 16, hasremained 2-3 degree Celsius belownormal in the absence of a cloud cover,according to IMD officials.

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Aday after a blast in a facto-ry at Sujapur in Malda

district left six people dead, theruling TMC dared the BJP toimpose President’s Rule inBengal and face the conse-quence. The two parties trad-ed intense fire after UnionMinister Babul Supriyo accusedthe State administration ofcomplicity in recurring inci-dents of blasts all across theState and made indirect refer-ence of Article 356.

Referring to the falling lawand order situation in the State,he said, “More than 130 BJPworkers have been killed inBengal in the last three years.There is a complete law and

order failure in the State. BJPdoes not indulge in violence.Bengal is always in news due toviolence. There have been sev-eral attacks on our leaders,”adding if Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee thought thatthe Centre was weak in crack-ing the whip she was wrong.

“If Didi thinks, she can doanything then there are con-stitutional provisions whichcan be used to remove her. Itwould be better if Mamatamaintains the essence ofdemocracy and theConstitution ahead of thepolls,” Supriyo said, remindingthere were enough constitu-tional provisions to tame abrutal Government.

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In a tragic incident, at least 14 peopleincluding 7 children of a marriage

party were killed in a road accident inPratapgarh on late Thursday night.

Police said here on Friday that thedeceased were travelling in an SUV,which collided with a stationary truck

under Kunda police station area aftermidnight.

They were returning back from themarriage function in Nawabganj area inKanpur when the accident occurred nearDeshraj village. All the occupants of theSUV were killed. Sources said the driverof the SUV probably fell asleep which ledto the accident.

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The Oxford AstraZenecaCovid-19 vaccine

“Covishield” will be priced at amaximum of �1,000 for twonecessary doses for the publicby April 2021 and every Indianwill get vaccinated by 2024, saidSerum Institute of India’s CEOAdar Poonawalla on Friday.

“The vaccine will be avail-able for healthcare workersand elderly people by aroundFebruary 2021 and for thegeneral public by April,” hesaid at a media event, even ashe asserted that every Indianwill get vaccinated, probablyby 2024.

“It will probably take twoor three years for every Indianto get inoculated, not justbecause of the supply con-straints but because you needthe budget, the vaccine, logis-tics, infrastructure, and then,people should be willing to takethe vaccine. So these are thefactors that lead up to beingable to vaccinate 80-90 per cent

of the population. It will be2024 for everybody, if willingto take a two-dose vaccine, tobe vaccinated,” he said.

SII, the world’s largest vac-cine manufacturer by volume,and the Indian Council ofMedical Research (ICMR), thecountry’s apex body for bio-medical research, last weekhad announced the completionof the enrolment of participantsfor phase 3 clinical trials of theOxford-AstraZeneca vaccinecandidate, Covishield, in India.

Talking about its price, theSII CEO said the CentralGovernment will be getting itat a far cheaper price (at around

USD 3-4) because it will bebuying in bulk. “We are stillpricing it far cheaper and moreaffordable than other vaccineswe have in the market today,”Poonawalla added.

He also clarified that chil-dren would have to wait a lit-tle longer for the vaccine till thesafety data is out, but the goodnews is that Covid-19 is not sobad and serious for them.

Poonawalla said theOxford vaccine is affordableand safe.

It can be stored at a tem-perature of two to eight degreesCelsius, which is an ideal tem-perature for it to be stored inthe cold storages of India. Hesaid the SII plans to makeabout 10 crore doses per monthfrom February.

In an article posted in TheLancet, researchers at the uni-versity and pharmaceuticalcompany said their vaccinehad been tested on 560 partic-ipants; 240 of them were abovethe age of 70. The vaccine is inPhase II/III of production,meaning the phase that a vac-cine candidate enters after ithas been found safe and poten-tially effective among a small-er group of participants andcan be expanded to a compar-atively larger group.

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Delhi, the MaharashtraGovernment on Fridayappeared to be pushing for sus-pension of train and air trans-port services between Mumbaiand the national Capital.

With the fear of Covid-19wave gripping New Delhiwhere the number of infectionsand deaths has increasedalarmingly in the recent days,informed sources in theMaharashtra Government saidthat the Uddhav Thackeraydispensation was consideringseriously taking up the matterwith the Centre to suspendtrain and air services betweenMumbai and Delhi.

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Sanjay Kumar indicated thatthe State Government was con-sidering suspension of air andtrain services betweenMumbai.

“No decision has beentaken in this regard. We are dis-cussing the issue as of now. If

we are to suspend the air andtrain services, we will have tofirst take permission from theCivil Aviation and RailwayMinistries. We can think ofsuspension of train and air ser-vices between Mumbai andDelhi only after talking to theofficials of the two Ministries,”Kumar said.

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“There have been reportsin a section of the media todayabout cancellation of certaintrains in the Delhi Mumbai sec-tor,” the Ministry of Railwayssaid in a tweet put out in theevening.

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door survey for identifyingand testing people sympto-matic for Covid-19 in con-tainment and densely packedareas of the city commenced onFriday with the number ofcontainment zones going up toover 4,550 in the nationalCapital, with the maximum 743in southwest district and thelowest 148 in northeast district.

According to official data,six districts out of the total 11have more than 400 Covid-19containment zones - 743(southwest), 705 (south), 587(west), 543 (southeast), 490(central Delhi) and 445 (north-west). The survey will be com-pleted within five days and willcover over 57 lakh people incontainment zones, dense areasand identified clusters of virustransmission, officials said.

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The One District, OneProduct (ODOP) scheme

of Uttar Pradesh governmentwould get a fresh impetus as thestudents of technical and man-agement institutions wouldjoin hands to make the localproducts go global.

The beginning will bemade from Aligarh where theseinstitutes will study about locksand how to improve their qual-ity by assimilation of technol-ogy. Similarly, the manage-ment mantra will be given tothe Kannauj perfumers andBhadohi’s carpet makers totake their products to globalplatforms.

The Micro and SmallIndustries Department in asso-ciation with Dr APJ Abdul

Kalam TechnologicalUniversity will organise aHackathon in late November toconnect students with theODOP scheme and take theirsuggestions. It is expected toinvolve students from morethan 250 institutes.

The ODOP is an ambitiousflagship scheme of the UPgovernment and aims to mar-ket products manufactured indifferent districts of the stateglobally and make the entre-preneurs self-reliant by pro-viding employment to locals.

“It is through these arts thatthe districts are identified butmany of these products are los-ing their identities,” an officialsaid.

The students of the uni-versity-affiliated managementinstitutes will suggest better

management of products.AKTU Vice Chancellor Prof.Vinay Kumar Pathak explainsthat the innovative idea of stu-dents will give products a newidentity.

The official said that 14engineering colleges of thestate had been made nodal cen-tres to conduct the Hackathon.In this, GovernmentEngineering College atKannauj will register studentsfrom institutions in adjoiningdistricts. Students of theseinstitutes will work to promoteproducts like perfume ofKannauj, ghungroo of Etahand black pottery of Azamgarh.

The state engineering col-leges in other districts willalso become nodal centres tofurther promote the productsin and around their districts

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Uttar Pradesh Infrastructureand Industrial

Development Minister SatishMahana, on Friday, said thatUP had emerged as one of themost preferred investment des-tinations due to the govern-ment’s policies that focus onease of doing business.

Addressing a webinar hereon challenges in sourcingcheaper electricity for indus-tries, organised by FICCI,Mahana said, “Uttar Pradesh ison a mission to attract invest-ment, which will in returngenerate employment opportu-nities for the citizens.”

He said the IndustrialInvestment & EmploymentPromotion Policy-2017 of UttarPradesh was formulated with avision to establish UP as anationally and internationallycompetitive investment desti-

nation. He said in the recentpast, the state government hadtaken several initiatives to pro-mote industries in the state.“The state jumped to numbertwo position, from number12, in ease of doing business inIndia,” he said.

“Post-COVID-19 lock-down, industries today are fac-ing pressure to reduce theiroperating costs and overcomeeconomic contraction. Thestate government is workingwith industries to identify mea-sures required to overcomethese challenges and has also

recently issued an industrialpolicy for reviving industrialactivities in various parts of theregion. “As electricity cost isone of the major input costs formanufacturing industries, theindustries in UP must exploreall options to source competi-tive power available in thecountry,” the minister said.

Mahana urged the FICCIand industry members for ajoint meeting on the currentopen-access situation to discussthe prospects and open doorsfor industries in UP by sourc-ing cheaper electricity supplysystem, which would be a win-win situation for both theindustry and the government.

Speaking at the event,FICCI UP State CouncilChairman Sharad Jaipuria said.“Industries in UP need afford-able power to reduce the inputcost and this power should becompetitive to keep the cost of

the product competitive.”He said that open access

could help consumers to sourceelectricity competitively insteadof buying expensive electricityfrom local Discoms.

“It allows consumers tobuy electricity directly frompower generators, traders, orexchange. Consumers need topay certain open access chargesas defined in appropriate reg-ulations for using power net-works,” Jaipuria said.

FICCI UP State CouncilCo-chairman Amar Tulsiyansaid UP was on a mission toattract investment to the state,which would not only increasethe employment rate but alsocheck migration of labour toother states .

“The industry welcomesthe open access and we willsubmit a White Paper on thesame to the government at theearliest,” he added.

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The vision of Vocal for Localwas realised this Diwali in

Uttar Pradesh as the import ofChinese Lakshmi-Ganesh idolsand earthen lamps came to anought, giving boost to therural economy.

A government official saidthat sale of over Rs. 237 lakhworth idols of GoddessLakshmi and Lord Ganesh andother clay artefacts made by theartisans under the AtmanirbharBharat Abhiyan was reportedduring this Diwali.

He said out of this, sale ofRs 187.35 lakh was clocked atthe stalls of Mati Kala Board setup at various places of the stateand sale of over Rs 50 lakh wasregistered at the Mati KalaMela-2020 at Khadi Bhawan inthe state capital.

“Significantly, the sale ofimported Chinese Lakshmi-Ganesh idols this Diwaliremained almost nil and itencouraged the governmentto prepare a detailed actionplan for marketing of localproducts in the times to come,”he said. UP Khadi and VillageIndustry Minister SidharthNath Singh said this was theresult of sustained planning topromote and encourage small-time local vendors and artisans.

“It also helped in revivingthe traditional forms of arts andlocal talent in a big way,” headded.

The Moradabad divisiontopped in the sale of localproducts like Lakshmi-Ganeshidols, earthen lamps and dec-oration clay articles on theoccasion of Diwali, registeringsale of Rs 41.39 lakh. It was fol-lowed by Lucknow Division(Rs 13 lakh), Bareilly division(Rs 12 lakh), Agra division (Rs10 lakh), Aligarh division (Rs2.89 lakh), Prayagraj division(Rs 13 lakh), Ayodhya division(Rs 7.36 lakh), Gorakhpur divi-sion (Rs 6 lakh), Jhansi division(Rs 6.46 lakh), Kanpur division

(Rs 3.82 lakh), Meerut (Rs5.46 lakh). Vindhyachal divi-sion (Rs 10 lakh), Varanasi divi-sion (about Rs 4.17 lakh),Chitrakoot division (Rs 3.90lakh), Devipatan division (Rs3.60 lakh), Basti division (Rs 3lakh) and Saharanpur division(Rs 1.21 lakh).

Singh said that on theinstructions of Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath, priority wasgiven to the Mati KalaIntegrated DevelopmentProgramme to make thisDiwali Vocal for Local.

As many as 24,000 familiesassociated with the potterybusiness were allotted leases todig clay and 2,964 electric pot-ters’ wheels were distributedamong artisans under the MatiKala Tool Kits DistributionScheme.

Along with this, the POPmaster dye was made availableto the clay artisans for the man-ufacture of modern furnace,lamp (diya) making machine,spray painting machine, paint-ing wheel, idols, and sculptures.

The beneficiaries receivingthe tool kit were given training.It helped hone up the localskills and increase income bytwo-threefold besides generat-ing employment to at least1,000 persons.

The minister said thatarrangements had also beenmade to provide financial assis-tance to artisans. Loan worthRs 4,068.26 lakh were sanc-tioned to 1,415 beneficiariesthrough banks and 1,402 arti-sans out of 2,000 had beentrained so far under the MatiKala Skill DevelopmentTraining Scheme, he said.

It may be mentioned thatthe work for setting up a terra-cotta training and productionfacilitation centre in Lucknowat a cost of Rs 10 crore is underprocess. The centre will providequality training in productionand marketing of finishedgoods to the artisans under oneroof.

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Lucknow (PNS): Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohia) chiefShivpal Singh Yadav said that his party may forge an alliance withSamajwadi Party to defeat Bharatiya Janata Party in the 2022 UPAssembly elections.

“We will form an alliance with the SP to defeat the BJP inthe 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections. Our pri-ority will be to ally with the SP. We will also speak to other par-ties in the state,” Shivpal Yadav said in Etawah on Friday.

He said the BJP had not fulfilled any of its promises and noneof the decisions taken by the BJP governments in the state andat the Centre were in the interest of the country or its people.

The announcement by Shivpal Yadav comes close on the heelsof former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, Akhilesh Yadav’s state-ment that the SP would not form an alliance with any of the majorparties in the 2022 UP Assembly elections but could form a part-nership with smaller parties.

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Ateam of the Central Bureau ofInvestigation (CBI) arrested former

chief engineer of Irrigation department,Roop Singh Yadav, for his alleged complic-ity in the Rs 1,500-crore Gomti Riverfrontscam.

Soon after assuming power in 2017,the Yogi Adityanath government had setup a committee headed by retired HighCourt judge Justice (Retd) Alok Sinha toprobe into the rip off. After the commit-tee submitted its report, the LucknowPolice registered an FIR against severalengineers and contractors of the Irrigationdepartment, including Roop Singh Yadav.The investigation was later handed over tothe CBI.

Besides, the ED also filed an FIR formoney laundering against Yadav.

Meanwhile, the CBI took over theprobe into alleged illegal sale, purchase andtransfer of Waqf properties in Allahabadand Kanpur Nagar and booked former UPShia Waqf Board chairman Wasim Rizviin this regard.

The development came after theCentre gave its nod to the CBI to proceedwith the case on Wednesday. The CBI reg-istered two separate cases in Lucknow onThursday.

Last year, the state government hadreferred two FIRs registered by the UPPolice against Rizvi and others in connec-tion with the case. On August 8, 2016, acase was registered in Allahabad and onMarch 27, 2017, a case was registered in

Lucknow against Rizvi.The Allahabad case related to

encroachment and illegal construction ofshops at Imambara Ghulam Haider in2016, while the Lucknow case is about alle-gations of land grabbing in SwaroopNagar in Kanpur Nagar in 2009.

Earlier, UP Minority Affairs MinisterMohsin Raza said that the Yogi govern-ment had received a lot of complaintsregarding irregularities in sale and pur-chase of Waqf properties. He said that thegovernment would make sure that the cul-prits ended up in jail.

“The previous SP and BSP regimes didnot listen to the demands of senior reli-gious leaders and social workers which ledto huge loss of government funds,” headded.

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Close on the heels of a hoochtragedy in Lucknow that

claimed six lives, 11 personsdied during the past 48 hoursafter consuming spurious liquorin Brajpuri andGarhmukteshwar areas ofHapur.

While the local policeattributed the deaths to natur-al causes, the district adminis-tration and the Excise depart-ment officials were probing thedeaths. On their part, the localsattributed the deaths to spuriousliquor. As per reports, the deathstook place in Ganga Nagri areaand the first death was report-ed on Wednesday. The autopsyreports said that one of thedeceased suffered a heart attackwhile another had a history ofother ailments.

The cause of the deaths wasbeing verified.

The locals said that some ofthe victims had bought country-made liquor from a nearbyarea and had consumed it in thelast few days.

A local police official said,“All the deceased were habitu-al drinkers but no one died aftertaking illicit liquor. We con-firmed it with a team of doctors.Each deceased had some diseaseand deteriorating health. Alsono case of consumption of poi-sonous liquor has come tolight.”

District police chief ofHapur, Vikrant Vir, said, “Wehave been receiving informationfrom the media and locals aboutdeaths in the past 48 hours.During our probe, we did notfind evidence of spurious liquor.Eight deaths have been identi-fied. One of the deceased diedof hernia while the others diedof natural causes. However thedeaths are being probed andappropriate action will betaken.” Contradicting the policeversion, families of the deceasedclaimed that the victims diedafter consuming poisonousliquor. “My husband consumedalcohol two days back and latercomplained of headache. Hiscondition worsened towardsthe evening and his limbsbecame numb. He later frothedthrough the mouth as he did notget any treatment,” said OmVati, wife of a victim.

“If poisonous liquor had notbeen selling in the area, my hus-band would have been alive,”said another grieving wife.Similarly, a deceased’s kin, SaritaSharma, said: “I saw his condi-tion deteriorate after consum-ing liquor. There was foam inhis mouth and he had fever. Bythe time he got treatment in thehospital, he died.”

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To make the officersaccountable and people-

friendly, Chief Minister YogiAdityanath has directed districtmagistrates and district policechiefs to personally attend allcalls on their CUG numbers.

“It is mandatory for DMsand SPs/SSPs to attend to callson their CUG numbers person-ally. This way they will be ableto connect to the masses bet-ter,” the CM said in his direc-tives issued in Lucknow onFriday.

A government spokesmansaid that surprise calls would bemade from the CM Office onthe CUG numbers of the offi-cers to cross-check theirresponse and availability.

“Non-compliance with theCM’s direction will inviteaction from the government. Incase they miss the calls, theyshould call back,” he warned.

For years now, there havebeen regular complaints ofDMs and SPs/SSPs either notreceiving calls on their CUGnumbers or the calls beingattended by their followers orsupport staff.

In the past, even MLAs andMLCs have complained thatDMs and SPs/SSPs do notattend their calls.

The CM also directed theofficers to attend their officesregularly rather than operatingfrom their camp offices (resi-dences).

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Spurious liquor claimed thelives of four people in the

trans-Ganga area of Phulpur onFriday while the condition ofthree was stated to be critical.

According to reports, thevictims had consumed thespurious liquor at a countryliquor shop in Amilahvan vil-lage.

Officials have rushed to thespot and liquor contractorRambabu Jaiswal has beentaken into custody.

The local residents toldthe officials that people gath-ered at the country liquor shopas usual on Friday but afterconsuming the liquor theyfainted one by one.

They were immediatelytaken to hospital where fourbreathed their last. Thedeceased were identified asBasant Lal, Shambhu NathMaurya, Raj Bagadur andPyare Lal Bind, all residents ofPhulpur.

Those who are in seriousconditions at the hospitalinclude Tara Passi, PrabhuNath Patel, and Pawan Passi.

Meanwhile, 11 personsdied during the past 48 hoursafter consuming spuriousliquor in Brajpuri andGarhmukteshwar areas ofHapur.

While the local policeattributed the deaths to natur-al causes, the district adminis-tration and the Excise depart-ment officials were probing

the deaths. On their part, thelocals attributed the deaths tospurious liquor.

As per reports, the deathstook place in Ganga Nagriarea and the first death wasreported on Wednesday. Theautopsy reports said that one ofthe deceased suffered a heartattack while another had ahistory of other ailments.

The cause of the deaths wasbeing verified.

The locals said that some ofthe victims had bought coun-try-made liquor from a nearbyarea and had consumed it inthe last few days.

A local police official said,“All the deceased were habitu-al drinkers but no one diedafter taking illicit liquor. Weconfirmed it with a team ofdoctors. Each deceased hadsome disease and deterioratinghealth. Also no case of con-sumption of poisonous liquorhas come to light.”

District police chief ofHapur, Vikrant Vir, said, “Wehave been receiving informa-tion from the media and localsabout deaths in the past 48hours. During our probe, wedid not find evidence of spuri-

ous liquor. Eight deaths havebeen identified. One of thedeceased died of hernia whilethe others died of natural caus-es. However the deaths arebeing probed and appropriateaction will be taken.”

Contradicting the policeversion, families of thedeceased claimed that the vic-tims died after consuming poi-sonous liquor.

“My husband consumedalcohol two days back andlater complained of headache.His condition worsenedtowards the evening andhis limbs became numb. Helater frothed through themouth as he did not get anytreatment,” said Om Vati, wifeof a victim.

“If poisonous liquor hadnot been selling in the area, myhusband would have beenalive,” said another grievingwife.

Similarly, a deceased’s kin,Sarita Sharma, said: “I sawhis condition deteriorate afterconsuming liquor. There wasfoam in his mouth and he hadfever. By the time he gottreatment in the hospital, hedied.”

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Dr Santosh Verma from thedepartment of Molecular

Medicine and Biotechnology atSanjay Gandhi Post-GraduateInstitute of Medical Sciences(SGPGIMS) said they were work-ing on the therapeutics of coron-avirus and trying to find out differ-ent drug targets and moleculeswhich can be used for the treatmentof Covid-19.

“The vaccine may be comingbut we do not know what will be theoutcome. Besides, we have to lookinto alternative therapeutics to atleast stop the virus’s transferprocess,” he said. He added that theywere repurposing the drugs andbasing their findings on the latestresearch which shows that coron-avirus has an additional binding

site. “As per this study, coronavirususes dual-receptor strategy to infecthost cells. Though the research iscomputational, scientists across theworld are of the view that it actu-ally happens,” he said.

Dr Verma pointed out that theresearch has been published ininternational journals and is catch-ing the attention of scientists acrossthe globe. “It is the most accessedarticle and will soon feature on areputed scientific blog which getscontributions from well-knownscientists across the world. Thefeedback that we are getting is thatthe concept has also been sightedby a US pharma company,” headded. Dr Verma said scientistsacross the world are using this con-cept of coronavirus using dualreceptors to infect host cells fordesigning both therapeutics and

diagnostics for the disease. “It canalso help in designing the vaccine.The vaccine is primarily aboutusing antibodies to target some cellsbut these antibodies can also beused to target the additional bind-ing site. This research can help inincreasing the efficacy of the vac-cine,” he said.

Giving a background of the

findings, Dr Verma said his team ofresearchers from University ofMaryland (USA), Delhi Universityand Jawaharlal Nehru Universityidentified a new binding site inaddition to the receptor bindingdomain present in the spike-proteinof coronavirus. “We took up thisstudy when we saw that coronaviruswas not only affecting lungs but alsoother organs like gastrointestinaltract, kidney, brain heart andimmune cells,” he said.

Meanwhile, asked to commenton the course of the disease in thecoming days, RMLIMS director DrAK Tripathi said the vaccine whichis expected next year will make achange. “However, before we havethe vaccine, we need to follow theCovid-19 protocols like maskingup, washing hands and ensuringsocial distancing,” he added.

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The rehearsal for LucknowUniversity’s convocation,

which is scheduled for Saturday,was held at Malviya Hall onFriday. The convocation is also

a part of LU’s centenary celebra-tions.

The registrar led the acade-mic procession while Vice-Chancellor AK Rai took stock ofthe proceedings. PoonamTandon performed the role of

governor while Naven K Kharethat of the deputy CM.

The medals to be awarded bythe chancellor (governor) at theconvocation ceremony willinclude Vice-Chancellor’s GoldMedal for the best NCC cadet,

Chancellor’s Silver Medal forthe best student in PG,Chancellor’s Silver Medal forthe best woman student,Chancellor’s Gold Medal for thebest student in all faculties,Chancellor’s Bronze Medal forthe best student in BA (final)among others.

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an MoU with National Institute ofFashion Technology (NEFT), RaeBareli on Friday. The pact wassigned by LU Vice-ChancellorAK Rai and NIFT director BharatShah. The objective of the MoUis to encourage collaboration andexchange between the two insti-tutions at national and interna-tional level and to benefit fromeach other’s strengths. Accordingto the memorandum of under-standing, the two institutes will besharing faculty infrastructure,students and even opportunitiesof faculty training research cen-tre sharing and sharing of men-tor, guides will be available.

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Lucknow continued to see anincrease in the number of

fresh cases with 382 more test-ing positive for coronavirus onFriday. Besides, 247 patientsrecovered, taking city’s recoveryfigures to 64,251, while thedeath toll stands at 954. Thereare a total of 3,340 active casesin the state capital. The freshcases included 35 fromGomtinagar, 30 fromIndiranagar, 27 from Alambagh,22 from Jankipuram, 20 fromChowk, 18 from Talkatora, 11from Hazratganj and 10 fromHasanganj. Eight patients diedin the city and six of thembelonged to Lucknow while theother two to Ayodhya andSitapur.

Across the state, 2,858 per-

sons tested positive, including255 in Ghaziabad, 175 inGautambuddh Nagar, 139 inVaranasi and 249 in Meerut,taking the UP tally of cases to5,21,988. There were 20 deathsin the state, including three inEtawah, two in Prayagraj, andone each in GautambuddhNagar, Varanasi, Meerut, Ballia,Saharanpur, Muzaffarnagar,Bulandshahr, Pratapgarh,Ghazipur, Kanpur Dehat &Hapur, taking the UP toll to7,500. Besides, 2,220 patientsrecovered, taking the recoveryfigures to 4,91,131. There arestill 23,357 active cases in thestate.

Meanwhile, Lucknow hascrossed the 10-lakh mark inCovid testing, followed byKanpur which has tested onlyhalf as many samples, accord-

ing to a senior health official.The total number of tests con-ducted in Lucknow so far is of10,10,993.

“RT-PCR accounts for 53percent of the tests while anti-gen testing 47 percent. We areincreasing both antigen andRT-PCR testing in the dis-trict,” the officials said, addingthat the daily figures of testinghave also increased and thenumber of tests carried out onNovember 19 in Lucknow was11,000.

“A review meeting washeld to take stock of testing andcontact tracing and it wasdecided to increase the contacttracing to 25 persons perpatient,” he said. There hasbeen a slight increase in thenumber of fresh coronaviruscases in the district of late.

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The second day of LucknowUniversity centenary cele-

brations kicked off with ayoga camp organised at ShivajiStadium on Friday. The yogacamp was organised byAmarjeet Yadav from thedepartment of Yoga.Participants were trained toperform ‘tadasana’, ‘dha-nurasana’, ‘bhujangasana’,‘pawanmuktasana’, ‘ardhamat-syandrasana’, ‘padmasana’,‘nadishodhan’ etc.

Yadav said yoga is useful forlife and beneficial for holisticway of life, especially in thetimes of pandemic.

Science festival was organ-ised in front of the departmentof Hindi by Vibuti Rai from thedepartment of Geology. Notedhistorian Ravi Bhatt was thechief guest on the occasion.

Vice-Chancellor AK Rai,along with the dean of Facultyof Science Tripta Trivedi andheads of departments inaugu-rated the programme. Rairecalled many well-knownnames of the former facultymembers who contributed a lotin the field of science.

Ravi Bhatt talked aboutthe historical development ofLU and how the name ofBadshah Bagh, the place whereLU exists now, was coined. Healso provided historical struc-tural details of the university.

The Food and ScienceTechnology department dis-played quick adulteration testsfor food items such as honeyand milk products while theengineering faculty made asanitisation tunnel andLucknow Public Collegedemonstrated the use of drone.

Meanwhile, the literary festat Lucknow University saw stu-dents reciting poems of greatpoets associated with the insti-tution on the second day undercentenary celebrations. Theatreactivist Salim Arif, who concep-tualised the programme, saidthe idea was to connect the pastwith the present. He said at theoutset, he was doing a smalljourney of the poets such asKavi Pradeep, Kailash Vajpayee,KP Saxena, Ali Sardar Jafri,Raghuvir Sahai, Hasan Kamaland Manohar Shyam Joshi whohave been the students of LUand later went on to becomeoutstanding writers. “For me, ithas been a kind of workshopbecause this is a tribute by thecontemporary students to thegreat poets. There was no funin me doing my play and theidea was that these studentsshould be taken on this journey

because then it would reach 200or more students and they willget curious, get involved andfind ways to reach out to theillustrious past,” he said. Headded that some of these stu-dents knew the poets, othersfound out while the rest are stillstruggling, but the intentionwas to involve them in thisexercise.

About his own journey,Arif said he learnt a lot fromLucknow which is marked bycynicism and irreverence, thecharacteristic features of thecity. “I studied at LucknowUniversity between 1977 and1980 and my subjects wereMathematics, English andPsychology. Within a year, I lostinterest in academics and gotinvolved in arts and culturalactivities before moving toNational School of Drama atNew Delhi and then worked asa designer for many showssuch as ‘Bharat Ek Khoj’, ‘MirzaGhalib’ etc,” he said.

He recalled teachers such asRaj Bisaria from EnglishDepartment, litterateur YogeshPraveen and poet KunwarNarayan, known as institutionsin themselves.

“The assimilation of things,the perspective and the abilityto rise above mundane to amore layered way of thinkinghappened because of my inter-actions with these 10-12 peoplefrom LU. The costumes that Idesigned for ‘Bharat Ek Khoj’was a result of that,” he said,adding: “Every country that hehas visited be it New Zealand,Australia or Singapore, peopleask me within five minutes, “Areyou from Lucknow? Lucknowchhupaye nahi chhupta.” Arifsaid LU made his mind like asponge which could absorb avariety of things.

Yogesh Praveen, who wasthe chief guest on the occasion,talked about the ambience of theuniversity in the late 50’s and alsoabout the history of Urdu. “Urducame up in the south, became ayouth in Delhi and was decorat-ed as a bride in Lucknow. Thefall of Delhi in the first war ofIndependence brought manyof the Urdu poets to Lucknowbecause it was patronised by thenawabs. Those poets first cameto Faizabad and then Lucknow,”he added.

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was inaugurated as a part ofLucknow University’s cente-nary celebrations by formerUP minister and ex-president ofLU Students Union ArvindSingh Gope, along with Vice-

Chancellor AK Rai. Both ofthem played basketball.

A game was played between

Lucknow University alumniand current students. AshishSingh scored seven points three

times while Alok Shukla twice.Captain Ashutosh Shukla andAnoop also put their best footforward. The alumni won 32-20.

The second match wasinaugurated by LU’s examina-tion controller AM Saxena. Itwas played between the alum-ni and current student. Thismatch was also won by thealumni. Among the currentstudents, Mansi Prajapati wasbrilliant as also Nikita andPooja. In the volleyball match,the first two sets were won bythe current students 25-22 and26-24 while the third set byalumni 27-25. The final anddecisive match was also won byalumni by a 25–16 marginafter winning the fourth set25–23.

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With seven districts, most-ly in the National Capital

Region, registering a spike inCOVID-19 cases, the positiv-ity rate in the state has comedown, prompting the adminis-tration to issue strict warningasking people to follow theCovid guidelines in letter andspirit. Additional ChiefSecretary (Health) AmitMohan Prasad said here onFriday that the positivity rate inthe state had now come downto 94.08 percent against 94.18percent on Thursday.

“It is because of seven dis-tricts mostly in NCR where thefresh cases have been above 100per day for the past 3-4 days,”he said during his daily pressbriefing. A total of 4,91,1131COVID-19 patients haverecovered in UP, including2,220 during the past 24 hours.There are 23,357 active cases inthe state out of which 10,395are in home isolation, 2,167 inprivate hospitals and the rest ingovernment-run Covid hospi-

tals. The death toll also reached7,500 with 20 COVID-19deaths during the past 24hours. Reports said thatLucknow reported 382 freshcoronavirus positive cases,Jaunpur 162, Prayagraj 101,Ghaziabad 255, GautamBuddha Nagar 175, Varanasi139 and Meerut 249 cases.

Meanwhile, Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath directed offi-cials to maintain all the facili-ties in the Covid hospitals. Hesaid all these hospitals shouldbe well equipped with neces-sary medicines and equipmentand doctors should take regu-lar rounds and it should beensured that the paramedicsdid intensive monitoring ofthe patients.

The CM, who was presid-ing over the Unlock reviewmeeting in Lok Bhawan here,also asked officials to maintainvigil in Lucknow, KanpurNagar, Meerut, Prayagraj,Gorakhpur, Gautam BuddhaNagar and Ghaziabad districts.

Issuing directive for specialprecaution in the border areasof UP adjoining Delhi in viewof the spike in COVID-19cases, the CM asked the med-ical education minister toreview the health services inGhaziabad and the health min-ister to review the health ser-

vices in Gautam BuddhaNagar.

“People should be con-stantly made aware of COVID-19 through public address sys-tem and it should also beensured that the IntegratedCommand and ControlCentres works actively. TheCM also directed officials tomaintain the surveillance andcontact tracing systems effec-tively. The CM also directedofficials to be in constant com-munication with the people inhome quarantine/isolation andto take regular feedback oftheir health while ensuringthat they had pulse oximetersand infrared thermometers.

Home quarantine facili-ties is not be given to coron-avirus positive people of highrisk groups and they are to bekept in the Covid hospitals.

The CM also stressed onsafety and cleanliness onChhath festival.

The CM also directed offi-cials to organise programmefocusing on the preamble ofthe Constitution in all theinstitutions on November 26which happens to be theConstitution Day. He alsoasked officials to make allarrangements in time for theprogrammes to be organisedon Gopashtami.

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Police claimed to have arrested twomembers of a gang of thieves on Friday

morning. The accused were identified asSunny alias Navin Rajput (26) andShubham Singh (22). Valuables worth Rs5 lakh and Rs 72,500 in cash were recov-ered from their possession. They wererounded up by a patrolling team in GomtiNagar Extension.

The accused are said to have several jailterms and were also booked underGangster Act. As per reports, Sunny toldthe police that they worked in a local gang.He said they would conduct recce disguisedas rag-pickers or vegetable sellers. Theywere arrested after being spotted in footageof CCTV cameras installed in localitieswhere theft was committed in the recentpast. The police said their location wastraced with help of electronic surveillanceand informers.

Commissioner of Police DK Thakurannounced a cash reward of Rs 20,000 forthe police team.

Meanwhile, a youth, identified asRishabh Singh (19), was arrested from hishouse in Rastogi Nagar under Thakurganjpolice station on Friday afternoon. Alicenced revolver, live cartridges and emptyshells were also recovered. The policebooked him for celebratory firing to cele-brate the birthday of his friend by firingshots in the air. Investigating officerSanjeev Kumar said Singh went to thehouse of Gyanendra Singh, who is residentof the same locality, on October 31 to cel-ebrate latter’s birthday.

Besides, a man, identified as AshokSingh, was arrested from Neelmatha areaunder Thakurganj police station on Fridaymorning on the charges of theft. A dozengold chains and five smartphones wererecovered from his possession.

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Aman, identified asMangalesh Goswami, was

arrested on Friday on thecharges of auto-lifting. He waspicked up from Dubagga areaunder Kakori police station onThursday night. Three stolen

two-wheelers were recoveredfrom their possession.

A native of Shrawasti, hepresently stays near the veg-etable market in Dubagga. He issaid to have forayed into thecrime world last year and hasstolen 16 two-wheelers. Hewould lift vehicles from

Gomtinagar, Mahanagar,Vikasnagar, Thakurganj andGhazipur police station areas.Goswami told the police that helifted vehicles only in day timeand parked them at isolatedplaces for some time before dis-posing them of.

Meanwhile, house of an

advocate, Prem Shanker Pandeyof Mayanagar in Daliganj wasburgled some time betweenNovember 18 and 19. There wasno one in the house when it wasburgled. When Pandey cameback from out of station, hefound the locks broken andvaluables missing.

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Chhath Puja celebrations were held atLaxman Mela ground on Friday and

scores of women offered ‘arghya’ to the set-ting sun and prayed for the long lives oftheir husbands. A senior district admin-istration official said that screening forcoronavirus was carried out and samplescollected.

District Magistrate Abhishek Prakashvisited Laxman Mela ground to take stockof the arrangements. National president ofAkhil Bharatiya Bhojpuri SamajPrabhunath Rai, along with ministerBrajesh Pathak, also offered ‘arghya’ to thesetting sun. Rai said around 8,000 to 10,000devotees visited Laxman Mela grounddespite being told to celebrate the festival

within their homes.Rai said they had made all the arrange-

ments for social distancing while volun-teers of his organisation were also presentto ensure the same. “There were four pub-lic address systems through which

announcements were made to ask thedevotees to maintain social distancing,” hesaid. However, though social distancingwas maintained in the beginning when thepuja started, things turned awry in theevening as devotees removed the masks.

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After Pur vanchalExpressway and

Bundelkhand Expressway,Uttar Pradesh has chalkedout a massive plan to con-struct Rs 36,410-crore 'GangaExpressway' from Meerut toPrayagraj . Uttar Pradesh

Chief Minister YogiAdityanath has directed theconcerned departments towork in 'mission mode' tobring this mega project toground.

The foundation stone of594-km-long six-lane 'GangaExpressway', expandable to8-lane, will be laid in June2021 and 90 percent of theland acquisition should becompleted by then, the CMYogi further directed whilereviewing the preparationsfor the construction of thisgreenfield project. Even asthe work of Pur vanchal

Expressway and BundelkhandExpressway is already inprogress, this expressway willadd new chapter in the roadconnectivity of Uttar Pradesh.

Out of total cost, Rs 9255crore is estimated to be spenttowards acquisition while Rs22145 crore will go to civilworks. It will pass throughtwelve districts Meerut,Bulandshahr, Hapur, Amroha,Sambhal, Badaun,Shahjahanpur, Hardoi, ,Unnao, Raebareli, Pratapgarhand Prayagraj.

The CM has asked to setup industrial areas in all these

districts saying the infrastruc-ture development has beenone of the top priorities of hisgovernment. Uttar PradeshExpressway IndustrialDevelopment Authority(UPEIDA) ChairmanAwanish Kumar Awasthi saidthat the survey of every villagein the Western UP has beendone and a comprehensiveaction plan is ready. For thefunding, the state govern-ment has received some for-eign proposals also besidesoffers from banks. All optionsare in the process of beingexamined.

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Spurned by a 19-year-oldgirl, a youth shot the girl

and later shot himself as thepolice raided his house to nabhim at a village in Sambhal onThursday evening. Heavy forcewas deployed in the village asthe victim and the accusedbelonged to different com-munities. Babrala village in theGunnaur area

As per reports, the girl wasworking in a field at Babralavillage of Gunnaur police sta-tion area on Thursday evening,when the accused tried toconverse with her, which sherefused. Enraged at her refusal,the youth took out a country-made pistol and shot at hercausing grievous injuries.While the assailant fled thescene, the injured girl wasrushed to a Community

Health Centre by locals but shesuccumbed to her injuries.

After the police wereinformed, a team reached thevillage and tried to arrest theaccused from outside hishouse. However, the assailantshot himself at his temple withthe same pistol in the presenceof cops and locals, and died onthe spot.

Circle Officer, Gunnaur,Krishna Kant Saroj said,“Three years back, the accusedhad eloped with a minor girl,but no complaint was lodgedby the girl’s family. Now, he wasforcing a girl from anothercommunity into a relationship.When she refused, he shot herdead and later killed himselffearing police action. Forceshave been deployed in the vil-lage to ensure law and order.”

Meanwhile in anotherincident at Sambhal, the body

of a 16-year-old girl, whoeloped with her neighbourArjun (18) on Wednesday,was found hanging from a treein a forest area on Thursdaynight.

After the girl’s fatherlodged a complaint accusingArjun of abducting and mur-dering his daughter, the policearrested the accused.

While being quizzed bythe police, Arjun said that hehad attempted to end his lifebut could not gather courageto do so.

The girl was a student ofClass 9 and was in a relation-ship with Arjun, a student ofClass 10. The girl’s familywanted her to continue stud-ies while Arjun pressed her formarriage. Their families hadmet in the presence of villageelders to resolve the issue buttheir efforts proved futile.

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Lucknow: Vice-president ofAll India Muslim PersonalLaw Board and prominentMuslim cleric Maulana KalbeSadiq’s health condition con-tinued to remain critical onFriday, a health bulletin issuedhere said.

The 83-year-old is suffer-ing from pneumonia and was

admittedto the ICUof a pri-vate hospi-tal here onTuesday.

“He issufferingfrom severe pneumonia,Urinary Tract Infection (UTI)

and septic shock. His condi-tion continues to be critical,”the hospital bulletin said.“Presently he is on assistedventilation, vasopressor sup-port and optimal antibioticcoverage. In view of the AcuteRenal Failure and deterioratingkidney functions he under-went dialysis,” it added.

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After neighbouringMadhya Pradesh started

the process to draft a lawagainst love jihad, the UttarPradesh government too start-ed the process to enact astringent law against thismalaise.

A top government officialsaid that the Home depart-ment had sent a draft of theproposed law to the LawDepartment for its clearance.

Under the new law, the

punishment for love jihadwill be five years of imprison-ment and the crime will benon-bailable. Besides, there isa proposal for a hefty fine onthe accused. The UP govern-ment is likely to bring this billduring the winter session ofthe state legislature inDecember. However, the gov-ernment could also promul-gate an ordinance beforetabling the bill due to itsurgency. In the recent past,there has been a spurt in thenumber of cases in which

girls have been forced to con-vert and many of them haveeven been abandoned after themarriage. “Under the newlaw, forceful conversion will bepunishable and hiding factsabout one’s identity beforemarriage will make the mar-riage null and void,” the offi-cial said.

Law Minister BrajeshPathak said on Friday that thedraft of the new law would bemade available in publicdomain soon for getting sug-gestions from people. “Such a

law is necessary to maintaincommunal harmony in soci-ety. Several girls are being tar-geted by youth of other com-munities by changing name.This has to be stopped withstrictness,” Pathak said.

Haj Minister Mohsin Razaalso welcomed the govern-ment decision on bringingsuch a law. “There is certain-ly a need for such stringentlaw to check anti-social ele-ments from trying to takeadvantage of innocent girls,”he said.

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Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee chiefAjay Kumar Lallu hit back at Chief

Minister Yogi Adityanath and reminded theBJP of coalition government with PDP inJammu and Kashmir.

“The BJP can forge an alliance with any-one just to form their government and com-promise with anyone for power. Beforeaccusing others, the BJP should explain asto why the PM visit former Pakistan Prime

Minister Nawaz Sharif ? During whichregime were terrorists released from jail ?The BJP should stop making false accusa-tions and instead introspect,” Lallu said inLucknow on Friday.

“Yogi ji should also explain when willdaughters be safe in UP. The entire state isashamed of heinous incidents in Etah,Hathras, Kanpur, Bulandshahr, Fatehpur,Barabanki, Basti, and Gorakhpur. The peo-ple want to know where your Mission Shaktiis and what happened to the slogan of ‘Beti

Bachao Beti Padhao’? Where is your oper-ation Majnu?” he asked.

Lallu reacted after the Chief Ministerattacked the Congress on Thursday overGupkar alliance in Jammu and Kashmir.

Yogi had termed the alliance by oppo-sition parties in Jammu and Kashmir as a‘nefarious’ design towards compromising theintegrity and sovereignty of the country andsaid that the Congress owed an explanationto Indians for standing with separatistsforces in Jammu and Kashmir.

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' �������� ���$���������������������������Lucknow (PNS): Plans to celebrate theConstitution Day in a big way are afoot withthe Lok Sabha secretariat planning to hold itsregular two-day All India presiding officersconference on November 25 and 26 at Kevadia,near the Statue of Unity in Gujarat’s Narmadadistrict. The event is to be graced by thePresident, Vice President, Prime MinisterNarendra Modi and a few other Constitutionalheads. On the second day of the conference,Prime Minister Narendra Modi will read thepreamble of the Constitution and later in theday he will deliver the valedictory address.

The 80th edition of the conference wouldbe unique as it is not usual for the Presidentand the Vice President and Prime Minister toattend the event.

The two-day event would conclude onNovember 26, the day that is now celebratedas the Constitution Day.

It will be the fourth time that Gujarat willhost the event and the first at Kevadia, nearNarmada Dam close to the Statute of Unity.The state hosted the event for the first time in1955, then in 1973, 1996 and 2016 atGandhinagar.

Lucknow (PTI): Following Prime MinisterNarendra Modi's "vocal for local" call, theUttar Pradesh government promoted saleof clay idols of Gauri-Ganesh worth Rs237.67 lakh during Diwali, resulting in neg-ligible purchase of Chinese products, aminister said.

These idols and other decorative

pieces like earthen lamps were sold throughUP Mati Kala Board, MSME ministerSidharth Nath Singh said on Thursday. Hesaid to train artisans, a terracotta training-cum-production facility centre is comingup in the state capital at a cost of Rs 10crore. Besides training, it will facilitatefinancial assistance to the needy.

Lucknow (PTI): To boost tourism, theUttar Pradesh government has decidedto extend ambulance service under theemergency helpline number 112 totourists, including foreigners, visiting thestate. A senior official said the 112 facil-ity is now available in 18 languages andthe state government has roped in volun-teers proficient in foreign languages tocater to foreign tourists.

"In case a tourist falls ill, ambulanceassistance will be provided to them by 112personnel," said Asim Arun, theAdditional Director General of 112 facil-ity. "Many citizens are serving as volun-teers to speak in foreign languages.Considering the number of foreign

tourists, volunteers are offering their ser-vices for languages ?such as English,French, Spanish, Urdu, Malaysian,Korean, etc.," he said.

He also said that tourist police facil-ity is available in Lucknow, Agra,Mathura, Kushinagar and other districtsof the state. He said, "112-UP coordinateswith the tourist police in these cities toprovide assistance to tourists. PoliceResponse Vehicles act as a bridge betweentourists and administration/districtpolice." Additional Chief Secretary(Home) Awanish Kumar Awasthi saidthat 112 personnel are being trained onthe kind of help tourists may need in anemergency and how to help them.

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VA R A N A S I ( P N S ) :Enthusiast with the outstand-ing performance in the recent-ly held assembly election inBihar and byelection in UP andother states, the new BJP UPIncharge Radha Mohan Singhon Friday said that this successhas proved that the people ofcountry is with the PrimeMinister Narendra Modi whoprovided houses, toilets, elec-tricity, gas and health securitycover to poor and deprivedpeople of society for the firsttime after the independence.

Addressing the party work-

ers at a lawn in Naria, Lanka inview of the election of teacherand graduate constituencies,Singh exhorted them to partic-ipate in the election by under-standing that they are contest-ing the election. It is your dutyto take the voters to the electionbooth on the polling day, hesaid adding, more voting per-centage will ensure the victoryof the party candidate with ahuge margin. The victory ofBJP is the victory of the trustof one and all with the devel-opment of all, he said further.

Earlier, while having an

informal chat with the media-persons outside the house ofparty regional presidentMahesh Chandra Srivastava,Singh said that the moral ofparty workers is high with theresult of recently held electionsand the election of teacherand graduate constituencieswill also yield the result in thefavour of party candidates. Hehas gone to the house ofSrivastava to take a stock of hiswelfare.

The state organising gener-al secretary of party SunilBansal said that this election is

to establish personal contact tovoters and the work at groundlevel will ensure the victory ofthe party. He exhorted partyworkers to hold meetings witheach voter at least thrice beforethe voting. One in politicsearns tall stature with the workand not the post, he said, ask-ing the workers to hold voters’convention at each district ofconstituency. The voting per-centage will increase withmicro management at pollingstations and subsequently, itwill ensure the victory with abig margin, he added.

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Department of Science &Technology (DST),

Government of India (GOI),has sanctioned �125 crore tothe Banaras Hindu University(BHU) to establish aSophisticated AnalyticalTechnical Help Institute(SATHI) for catering to theneeds of the academia as wellas industry. BHU is the onlyuniversity in the country to beselected for this programmeand is now gearing up to ful-fill the expectations of thelocal industry for their require-ments by way of providingtesting, quality analysis and cer-

tification. BHU has alreadystarted procuring several highend state-of-the-art instru-ments under the SATHI as wellas other programmes and theseinstruments are being housedat the newly-constructed six-floor Central Discovery Centre(CDC) at BHU.

In order to serve theindustry better, BHU is goingto conduct an online/ offlineIndustry Meet on November22 from 2-5 pm at theMahamana Hall of theSeminar Complex, Instituteof Science to inform the indus-try representatives about itslatest instrumentation capabil-ities for the benefit of indus-

try so that they can betterutilise the new facilities. Animportant purpose of themeeting is also to have a directinteraction with the leaders/representatives of the industry,MSME and start-ups to knowtheir analytical and testingneeds so that the planning forthe purchase of future equip-ments under SATHI and otherprogrammes can be donebased on such identifiedrequirements, informed ProfAnil Tripathi, CoordinatorBHU-SATHI and Director,Institute of Science.

This meeting is expectedto catalyse academia-industrypartnership for implement-

ing the National Innovationand Start up policy (NISP) ofGOI. The Industry Meet islikely to be attended by morethan 50 academicians andindustry representatives andwill be inaugurated by ProfRakesh Bhatnagar, Vice-Chancellor, BHU. TheIndustry, MSMEs, Start-ups,especially from Varanasi andsurrounding areas, are invitedto participate in the pro-gramme meant for them tomake it a grand success.Industry representatives inter-ested in participating in thisinteraction may contact theDirector, Institute of Science,BHU ([email protected]).

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Nine pairs of trains havebeen speeded up over

North Central Railway.02417/18 Prayagraj-New Delhispecial train becomes the first24 LHB coach train on IndianRailways to operate at 130Kmph.

With its hallmark mobil-ity, North Central Railway hasdistinction of running morethan 100 trains at 130 kmphor higher speed over its threedivisions including the fastesttrain of India—GatimanExpress, and train with high-est average speed over IR

Vande Bhart Express. Thenine pairs speeded up includeprimary maintained 02417/18Prayagraj-New Delhi specialtrain and eight pairs of impor-tant passing trains which willoperate at 130 kmph for fullor part journey over NCR.Eight pairs of other trainsspeeded up over NorthCentral Railway are 02559/60Manduadih-New Delhi,02419/20 Lucknow-NewDelhi, 09038/37 Bandra-Gorakhpur, 09040/39 Bandra-Muzaffarpur, 02565/66Dibrugarh-New Delhi ,02555/56 Gorakhpur-Hisar,02553/54 Saharsa-New Delhi

and 02427/28 Rewa-NewDelhi Express currently oper-at ing as special trains.02417/18 Prayagraj- NewDelhi special, the flagshiptrain of North CentralRailway will be the first trainon Indian Railways with 24LHB coaches operating at130 Kmph from November25, 2020 over PrayagrajDivision. Introduced on July16,1984, Prayagraj Expresshas been providing qualityjourney experience and hasachieved many milestones inlast four decades. Started with17 vacuum braked redcoloured coaches it was con-

verted to 24 coach bluecoloured air braked stock in2003 and latest LHB rakew.e.f. December 16, 2016 with21 coaches. Popularity of thistrain can be gauged from thefact that it was augmented to22 coaches w.e.f December18, 2016, 23 coaches fromMay 15, 2017 and maximum24 LHB coaches w.e.fSeptember 2, 2019. Thisachievement has been possi-ble with impeccable mainte-nance of track, rolling stock,signaling and electrical assetsand strict operating disci-pline over North CentralRailway.

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Tender has been issued forthe five pontoon bridges to

be built for the forthcomingannual Magh Mela scheduledto be held next January. It hasto be prepared in a month. Itused to take two to two-and-a-half months to work on normaldays, but now this work willhave to be completed as soonas possible by putting in extralabour.

The work for Magh Mela2021 has lagged behind due tothe corona pandemic.Approval has been receivedfrom the government but nowork has started on theground so far. Recently, thePublic Works Department hadissued tenders for the roads ofthe checkered plate. Now ithas also been revised.

There will be 16 roads inthe fair. Its tender will be pos-sible by the end of this month.After the road, tender hasbeen issued for five pontoonbridges. This t ime theMahavir bridge on the Gangawill be built at a cost of �45lakh, Triveni bridge for �52lakh, Kali bridge (�55 lakh),Gangoli Shivala bridge (�41.50 lakh) and Old GTbridge will be prepared at thecost of �43.50 lakh.

The Public WorksDepartment has released thetender of all these bridgesonline. SuperintendingEngineer MK Singh said thatthe time is short this time andthe bridge has to be preparedbefore January 14. The tenderprocess for the bridge has

started. Its tender will be opened

on November 27.Construction work will bestarted soon thereafter. Thistime, in 30 days, five bridgeswill be prepared and openedfor devotees. He informedthat after the construction ofthe bridge, the contractor willalso maintain it for three-and-a-half months.

FIRS AGAINST 3 FORCELEBRATORY FIRING :Pratapgarh police registeredtwo separate FIRs withKotwali police station undersection 307 (murder attempt),and section 286 (negligentconduct concerning explo-sive substance) against threepersons after two videos ofcelebratory firing went viralon social media.

In the first case, Kotwalipolice have registered an FIRunder section 286 and 307 ofIPC against one Prince Singh,who is a resident of AwasVikas Colony.

The FIR states that theman had allegedly made cel-ebratory firing using hislicensed pistol and rifle with-out any permission whichresulted in chaos and fearlike the atmosphere in thearea. The video of the firinghad gone viral on social mediain no time.

In the second case,Kotwali police registered anFIR under similar sectionsagainst two brothers, AmanSingh and Guddu Singh, res-idents of Sadar Bazar allegingthat they were also involved incelebratory firing and had

fired several bullets sans per-mission. Their act caused dis-comfort and brief confusionamong residents in the SadarBazar area.

SP (Pratapgarh) AnuragArya said that the cops hadbeen instructed to ensure thearrest of all three personswho were involved in the cel-ebratory firing.

He also added that policehave been making efforts toobtain more details regardingthe celebratory firing inci-dent.

The SP also said thatpolice had taken cognisance ofthe videos of celebratory fir-ing that went viral on socialmedia during the festive sea-son and registered two sepa-rate FIRs with Kotwali policein this connection. He addedthat weapons would also beseized.

RSS NATIONALEXECUTIVE BOARDMEET: The meeting of theNational Executive Board(Eastern Uttar PradeshRegion) of the RashtriyaSwayamsevak Sangh will beheld in Gauhania fromNovember 22 to 24. It willalso include Sir Sangh ChalakMohan Bhagwat and SirKaryavah Bhaiya Ji Joshi. TheExecutive Board will havesuch meetings at 11 placesacross the country.

Important issues such asthe Ram temple will be dis-cussed along with an internalreview of the work during thechurning at Gauhania, about20 km from the city. Office-bearers of Kashi province,

Awadh province, Kanpur andGoraksh province will join thechurning. According to RSSsources, meetings of theRashtriya Swayamsevak Sanghhave been affected due tocorona.

The meeting of the repre-sentatives was to be held inMarch but did not happen so.The meeting of provincepracharak to be held in Junealso had to be postponed. Inview of the corona pandemic,the format of the meeting ofthe National Executive Boardhas also been changed. Now itwill be at 11 places at theprovince level instead of oneplace.

In this sequence, themeeting of the office-bearersof Eastern Uttar Pradesh willbe held on November 22, 23and 24 at Vashistha VatsalyaCollege, Gauhania. It willinclude Sir Sangh ChalakMohan Bhagwat along withSir Karyavah Bhaiyya Joshi,Sah Sir Karyawah and manyother national office-bearers.Provincial level co-ordina-tors, pracharak and Karyavahwill also be there. Sir SanghChalak will review the worksso far and guide the strategyahead.

According to sources, astrategy will be chalked out tospread wide publicity aboutthe Ram temple. The effortsbeing made by the Sangh forskill development during thecorona period will also bereviewed. Steps to be taken forbranch expansion abroad canalso be discussed, sourcesadded.

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Amidst the prevailing fear ofcoronavirus pandemic,

thousands of devotees throngedvarious Ganga and Varunaghats apart from some pondshere on Friday evening to offer‘arghya’ to Surya Bhagwan (SunGod) at the time of sunset onthe penultimate day of four-daySurya Shasthi festival, popular-ly known as Dalla ChhathPuja. Elaborate securityarrangements have been madeat various ghats and ponds. Inview of coronavirus pandemicand in response to the call ofChief Minister Yogi Adityanathand others, majority of vratispreferred to observe the ritualsat their homes.

The devotees startedthronging various ghats ofGanga and Varuna to securespace at the stairs since after-noon hours. Rush was also seenat different ghats of Ramnagarincluding Shastri and Baluaghats.

The ghats likeDashaswamedh, RajendraPrasad, Ahliyabai, ManMandir, Assi, Sheetla, Scindia,Panchganga, Nagva,Bhainsasur, Rajghat, Narad,Kedar, Hanuman, Ravidas and

Tulsi Ghat witnessed gatheringof a good number of devotees.Besides, rush of devotees wasalso seen at Shastri and otherghats of river Varuna. Rush ofdevotees was also seen at var-

ious kunds and ponds.In view of increasing pop-

ularity of the festival in therecent decades, the administra-tion ha started paying attentiontowards Chhath like other

famous festivals such as DevDeepawali, Bharat Milap ofNati Imli, Rathyatra Mela,Nakataiya of Chetganj, NaagNathaiya at Tulsighat and someothers.

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In a road accident, 14 baratiswere killed when the Bolero

car in which they were return-ing rammed into a truck afterthe driver lost control oversteering in Pratapgarh in thewee hours on Friday. Thespeeding uncontrolled Bolerorammed into the truck parkedon the Lucknow-Prayagrajhighway. Five teenagers werealso among those who died inthe accident. Pratapgarh SPAnurag Arya confirmed theaccident. The accidentoccurred as the driver took ashort nap while driving. On theother hand, Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath has expressedgrief over the Pratapgarh acci-dent. The CM Yogi Adityanathhas instructed senior officers toreach the spot and provide allpossible assistance to the vic-tims.

Uttar Pradesh Deputy

Chief Minister Keshav PrasadMaurya has also expressedgrief over the death of 14 peo-ple in a road accident inPratapgarh. He expressed hisheartfelt condolences to thebereaved family. He said thatsenior officers have beenimmediately sent by the gov-ernment for assistance on thespot. Deputy CM Keshav saidthat all possible help will beprovided by the government.The government is with thefamily in this hour of grief.

In the wee hours on Friday,a marriage procession (barat)of the son of Santram Yadavresident of Chausa Jirgapurvillage under the Kunda policestation went to Shekhawapurunder the Nawabganj policestation. Late after ‘jaimal’, somebaratis were returning in aBolero car. The speedingBolero rammed against thetruck parked near DeshrajIndara at around 4 o’clock in

the morning. The collision was so strong

that the people around the vil-lage heard the screams of theoccupants and rushed to thespot and informed the police.The police team, which arrivedon the receipt of information,took the injured to the CHC. Inthis accident 14 people werekilled including seven chil-dren. SHO, Kunda Kotwal hasconfirmed the death of 14 peo-ple. A chaos erupted at thescene due to the accident.

Some people were strand-ed in the Bolero, who wereevacuated with the help of a gascutter. Kunda Kotwal SHO DPSingh has confirmed the deathsof all 14 people sitting inBolero. Dinesh Kumar, PawanKumar, Dayaram, AmanKumar, Ram Samuzh, Ansh,Gaurav Kumar, Nan Bhaiya,Sachin, Himanshu, MithleshKumar, Abhimanyu, Parasnathhave been identified among the

dead. SP Anurag Arya alsoreached the spot on gettinginformation.

Two brothers of ChausaJirgapur village under theKunda police station fell victimto this horrific accident.Srinath’s sons Dinesh and NaanBhaiya of this village were alsoreturning from the sameBolero. While returning,Dinesh had also given informa-tion about calling the familymembers that he was reachinghome in a short time. Whoknew this was his last conver-sation with his relatives. Thesame happened to Pawan andAman, sons of Dinesh Kumar,who live in the same village,both died in the accident.

SP Anurag Arya spoke tothe relatives of the deceasedand asked to send all the bod-ies for postmortem. Bodies ofall the 14 dead were loaded ona tractor and sent to the districthospital.

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This is exactly what isexpected post-Diwali in

the corona cases. The numberof Covid infected is continu-ously increasing. The figure isstuck above 140. A total of 142new cases of corona infectionwere detected in 24 hours. Atthe same time, the number ofthose who beat Corona has alsoreduced. A total of 66 peoplebecame infection-free onThursday. One patient diedduring treatment.

According to CMO Dr GSBajpai, 24 people were dis-charged from various Covidhospitals in the district onThursday, who became infec-tion free. At the same time, 42people completed home isola-tion. He further said that till

now 18,141 people have recov-ered in home isolation.

According to the CMO, thenumber of people who losttheir lives due to Covid hasincreased to 333 after the deathof an infected person during

treatment. At the same time,the total number of infectedpeople has reached 25,686. Heinformed that testing proce-dure is being expedited.

Appeals are being made tomake people aware and come

to the testing centres. He saidthat on an average, more than5,500 tests are being conduct-ed daily.

On Thursday, samples of6,489 suspected were collectedfor testing, added Dr Bajpai.

The alert has been declaredin Covid hospitals in view ofthe possibility of increasingthe number of infected after theDiwali festival. Medical officersand nodal officers of CovidCare Centres have been toldthat the number of patientsincreases and if they do notwant to be admitted to hospi-tals or are in a home isolationsituation, then they are admit-ted on the basis of symptomsand ensure treatment.However, patients are beingadmitted to L3 SRN Hospital,L2 Beli Hospital and UnitedMedicity only, added the CMO.

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General Manager of BanarasLocomotive Works (BLW)

Anjali Goyal on Friday dedicat-ed the 150th electric locomo-tive “WAP-7” to the nation. Ata brief programme, Goyal laud-ed the officers and employeesfor their sincere efforts toachieve this achievement. BLWmanufactured 150 electriclocomotives in just 159 work-ing days since lockdown withthe sincere efforts and hardwork of the employees. Goyaladded that during this pan-demic period, all the COVID-19 guidelines were followedwhile manufacturing the loco-motives.

The indigenous equipmentworth �1,300 crore were usedin manufacturing of these loco-

motives under Atam NirbharBharat Mission of the PrimeMinister Narendra Modi.

The manufacturing process

in BLW could not be done for48 days during the lockdownbecause of COVID-19 pan-demic. The work could only

resume on May 9 last with lim-ited employees living in BLWpremises by following theguidelines of COVID-19 on thebasis of a formula of maximum33 per cent strength.

Subsequently, the first elec-tric rail engine WAP-7 of finan-cial year 2020-2021, manufac-tured in BLW Loco Test Shopduring lockdown, was flaggedoff on May 16 last. It was a his-torical moment for all of theemployees that the locomotivewas manufactured in just oneweek with the hard-workand sincere efforts of theemployees, Goyal said that the150th electric rail enginewith 6000 horsepower capaci-ty (electric loco number-37471)is to be sent to VadodaraElectric Loco Shed of WesternRailway.

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Seeing yet another rise incases of COVID-19, as

many as 125 new positivepatients have been detected inthe district on Friday, increas-ing the total number of cases to18,291. After a long gap the daysaw the cases in three figures.The day also saw one moredeath, increasing the toll to 293.During the day, the follow-upnegative reports included 67and out of them 66 have beenrecovered from home isolation,

while one from a hospital,increasing the number to14,463 and 2,851 respectively.The total number of patientswho have been recovered so faris 17,314,leaving 684 activecases. The recovery rate is94.65 per cent while the mor-tality rate is 1.60 per cent.

Chief Medical Officer(CMO) Dr VB Singh hasinformed that in the firstreport of the day, 88 positivepatients were found out of3,873 reports received. Tillthen, the total test reports

received were 3,84,681 and theresults of 5,880 are awaited.Out of them, 3,66,428 werenegative, while 18,253 posi-tive. The total number ofsamples collected was4,04,971. Earlier, a femaleaged 72 from Pandeypur suc-cumbed to COVID-19 at SirSundarlal Hospital, BanarasHindu University (SSH BHU).With the addition of sevennew red zones, the total num-ber of hotspots has increasedto 2,426 including 204 redzones.

There are 2,222 greenzones with seven new ones.Under ongoing mass/ groupantigen tests, one out of 367tests has been detected posi-tive at Shree Shiv PrasadGupta (SSPG) Hospital,Kabirchaura while two out of230 at SSH BHU. However, allthe 295 tests at GovernmentWomen’s Hospital, 105 atCHC Shivpur, 87 at SwamiVivekanand GovernmentHospital, Bhelupur and 172 atLBS Hospital,Ramnagar havebeen found negative.

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In a sensational incident agang of unidentified thieves

sneaked into a house afterbreaking and decamped withjewellery worth �5 lakh and�10,000 in cash here. The thefttook place when there was noone in the house. According toa report received here, on hear-ing about the burglary onThursday the victim,Tarkeshwar Mishra belongingto Bhiti Rawat village under theSahajanwa police station andoriginally a resident of RampurChaube village under theKaptanganj police station ofKushinagar district, he wasinformed by his neighboursthat the lock of his house wasbroken. Thereafter he returnedfrom the village. It is learnt thatTarakeshwar Bhitti had got ahouse constructed in Bhiti

Rawat village. On November 2he had gone to the village inconnection with some workand there was no one in thehouse. On Thursday when hecame to know that the lock ofhis house was broken hereturned and was stunned tofind that the thieves hadsneaked into it, stolen all theprecious jewellery which hadbeen kept in the cupboards,suitcases etc. He said that onfinding the moment opportunethe burglars had decampedwith a gold necklace, a pair of‘tika’, four mangalsutras, rings,anklets etc besides �10,000 incash from the spot. StationHouse Officer (SHO) ofSahjanwa Santosh Yadav saidthat the victim had lodged acomplaint and a case had beenregistered in this connection.He said that the accused wouldbe arrested soon.

ONE NABBED: AbhishekYadav, a resident of SurdaparRaja village under the Golapolice station, was arrested bythe police from Gola town onThursday afternoon. It is learntthat a case had been registeredagainst him and he wasabsconding for the past 15days. SHO Santosh KumarSingh said that a case was filedagainst him 15 days ago andwas absconding since then.On being tipped off by aninformer, he was arrested onThursday afternoon. A case ofrape was registered againsthim. The team which made thearrest comprised sub-inspec-tors (S-Is) Digvijay NarayanRai, Alok Rai, VivekChaturvedi and Rajesh Yadavand constables ShailendraSingh, Bachchey Lal Yadav,Santosh Yadav and VinodSharma.

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Due to ongoing farmers’agitation in Punjab, the

cancellation and short-origi-nation of trains will be done asfollows. The 05211 Darbhanga-Amritsar special train to runfrom Darbhanga on November21 will remain cancelled, ChiefPublic Relations Officer (CPRO)Pankaj Kumar Singh said.

The 05212 Amritsar-Darbhanga special train to runfrom Amritsar on November23 will remain cancelled.Likewise the 04624 Amritsar-Saharsa special train to runfrom Amritsar on November21 will remain cancelled. The04623 Saharsa-Amritsar specialtrain to run from Saharsa onNovember 22, 2020 will remaincanceled. The 05251Darbhanga-Jalandhar City spe-cial train to run fromDarbhanga on November 21 willremain cancelled. The 05252Jalandhar City-Darbhanga spe-cial train to run from JalandharCity on November 22 willremain cancelled. Besides the05212 Amritsar-Darbhanga spe-cial train to run from Amritsar onNovember 22 will remain can-celled. The 04674 Amritsar-Jaynagar special train to runfrom Amritsar on November 22will be run from Ambala.

The 04652 Amritsar-Jaynagar special train to runfrom Amritsar on November22 will be run from Delhi.

Thw 05910 Lalgarh-Dibrugarh special train to runfrom Lalgarh on November 21is being diverted viaHanumagarh-Hisar-Bhiwani-Rohtak.

UNIQUE MEDICALIDENTITY CARDS : The offi-cers and employees retiringfrom the North EasternRailway (NER) headquartersand additional units, who areyet to get their unique medicalidentity cards made should getregistration done at theUMID.digitalir.in portal andget their unique medical iden-tity card loaded. The retiredofficers and employees can getregisteration done from theirmobile phone or from the JanSeva Kendra, CPRO PK Singhsaid. Information regardingregistration can be obtained bycontacting the nearest head-quarters/divisional/unit office.At the time of registration, theretired officer and employee’smobile number, photocopies ofPPO and medical card, signa-ture or thumb impression, forUnique Medical Identity Cardpassport size photo and date ofbirth certificate of all depen-dants will be required.

CASE REGISTERED:The Railway Protection Force(RPF), North Eastern Railway(NER), makes constant effortsto protect passengers and pro-vide them better travel facilities.In the same sequence, oneperson travelling in train num-

ber-09037 had left his bag in it.The Railway Protection ForceGorakhpur later handed it overto the passenger concerned,CPRO PK Singh said. Likewisein the Railway Protection Forceoutpost Aishbagh, a womanconstable got a mobile phoneon the railway track. It was laterfound that the cell phone wasof one of the staff members ofUttar Pradesh Police and wasthen handed over by the RPFto the person concerned.Meanwhile the CrimeIntelligence Branch (CIB),Varanasi, and RailwayProtection Force, Varanasi City,members arrested two personsfrom a shop in Sarnath witheight e-tickets worth �9,884 ina case of touting and registereda case against them underSection 143 of the RailwayAct. Likewise the RPF, Pilibhit,arrested one person from ashop in Khatima along with 11e-tickets, on which the journeyhad taken place, for illegaltouting of tickets and registereda case under the Section 143 ofthe Railway Act. Besides a pas-senger who had left his trolleybag while travelling in train No05008. It was found by RailwayProtection Force, Bhatni, andhanded over to the passengerconcerned. Besides a passengerleft his bag in train No 02534.It was recovered from the trainby the RPF personnel andhanded over to the passengerconcerned.

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Padari police arrested a youthalong with a stolen motor-

cycle. As per the reportsreceived here, DheerajPrajapati, a resident of GorsarSarpati, had on August 18lodged a first informationreport (FIR) at Padari policestation regarding the theft ofhis motorcycle. The policewas investigating the matterwhen on Thursday they inter-cepted a suspect near Belwanover bridge and asked for thedocuments of the motorcycle.As the youth could not do sothe police interrogated himduring which he confessedthat the said motorcycle was astolen one and also gave detailsabout its owner too. The policethen recovered the motorcycleNo UP63/W-6812 and startedthe process to hand it over toits owner and sent the accusedto jail. The accused was iden-tified as Ajeet Pandey, son of

Ashok Pandey, a resident ofvillage Belwan under Padaripolice station.

In another incidentChunar police arrested threeaccused, recovered 11 head ofcattle and seized a pick-up onThursday. As per the reports,Chunar police was busy invehicle checking on the Gangabridge that a pick-up vehicle(UP-65/GT- 2006) driverfailed to show the documents.Considering the vehicle assuspicious when the copssearched it and found 11 headof cattle loaded on it and onewas found dead. An FIR underrelevant sections of law wasregistered. Police arrested thethree accused identified asAnul Faruqui, son of Ismail, aresident of Dulhipur underDeen Dayal Upadhyay Nagarpolice station, Irfan, son ofSallu, and Sahil, son ofNaseem, residents of Golgharnear Kutcheri under Canttpolice station in Varanasi and

seized the pick-up under theMotor Vehicles Act.

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Kachhawaan police arrest-ed three accused in connectionwith a dowry murder case onThursday. As per the reports,Raju Sonkar, a resident ofKhargasipur village underNewadhiya police station inJaunpur, had lodged an FIR atKachhawan police station onWednesday alleging that his sis-ter, Jyoti (22), was killed by herinlaws in Mahmadpur villageunder Kachhawaan police sta-tion on Tuesday night. In thecase six persons were named asaccused. Taking instant actionin the matter the police team ofKachhawaan arrested husbandof the victim, Raju Sonkar, hermother-in-law Laxmi Sonkar,and her father-in law, LalchandSonkar. The police was inves-tigating the matter, last reportsreceived here said.

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Prant Karyvahika of Rashtra SevikaSamiti Maya Pandey at a function

organised in Lakshmibai Park, AvasVikas Colony, on Thursday said thatRani Lakshmibai had sacrificed herlife for the nation. During heraddress as the chief guest she said thebest tribute to her would be not onlyto remember her on her birth anniver-sary but to emulate her too. Sheexhorted the women to teach a lessonof ethics to children and fight against injustice.

Chairing the function organisedto mark Rani Lakshmibai’s birthannivesary, Chairman NagarPalika Parishad Manoj Jaiswalsaid that we should keep ournation first to make it a superpower and the women couldplay a pivotal role in it. Amongthose who worked hard for ensur-ing the success of the programmewere Dr Gunjan Mishra, DrRekha Shukla, Dr KhushbooKasera, Sandhya Tiwari, Champa

Devi and Vimla Sharma.

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During the Jan Andolan cam-paign launched on the call of

Prime Minister Narendra Modiand in accordance with the instruc-tions of Railway Minister PiyushGoyal at Banaras LocomotiveWorks (BLW) the St John’sAmbulance Brigade made the peo-ple aware about Covid-19 at the entrance of theadministrative building and design office. It may

be pointed out here that theobjective of this campaign isto motivate the BLW employ-ees, officers along with theirfamily members to takeCovid-19 prevention mea-sures like wearing masks,maintaining social distanc-ing and take care of handhygiene. The slogan of this

campaign is ‘Jab tak dawai nahi tab tak dhilainahi.’ (No carelessness till a medicine is found).

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Kanpur Nagar reported 149more coronavirus positive

cases on Friday evening. ChiefMedical Officer Dr Anil KMishra said that 149 morepeople had tested positive forcoronavirus infection betweenThursday evening and Fridayevening taking the tally ofconfirmed cases to 29,582cases. He said that 21 caseswere discharged from hospi-tal. He said one COVID-19death in the city was report-ed till Friday evening keepingthe death toll to 762. TheCMO said at present 1072active cases were undergoingtreatment. Dr Mishra said5137 samples were sent fortesting in the city.

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Uttar Pradesh’s IndustrialDevelopment Minister

Satish Mahana has directedofficials to start vehicularmovement on Cantonment andJhakarkati railway overbridgesby March next year.

Reviewing the develop-mental works in a meeting heldat the Circuit House here onFriday, Mahana also cameacross the problems being facedby the officials concerned inthis matter.

However, the officialsassured him that movement oftraffic on both these ROBswould be started by March2021.

Chairing the meeting,Mahana asked the officials tosoon complete the work ofside interlocking on COD fly-over. The officials assured himto complete this work by theend of this month.

In view of the problemsbeing faced in the construction

of Karbigwa overbridge,Mahana asked the officials tofix his meeting with the railwayofficials within the next 10 daysto resolve the issue.

He also directed the offi-cials to widen the railway over-bridge from Ghantaghar to TatMill in consultation with therailway officials. Mahana askedthe officials to continue talkswith the Railways for removalof the railway track fromAnwarganj to Mandhana,adding that he would himselftalk to the Railway minister inthis respect.

On the dilapidated condi-tion of Jajmau bridge, Mahanadirected the officials to carryout the repairing work there.

For the sewer line coveredunder the road in Safipur, theNational Highway Authority ofIndia (NHAI) officials weredirected to allow Jal Nigam todig up the road. This directivewas issued as the Jal Nigamofficials expressed their inabil-ity to repair the choked sewer

line without the permission ofthe NHAI.

Mahana also asked theNHAI officials to provideunderpass near Ekghara villageduring widening of the Narvalroad.

At the same time, he alsodirected the NHAI to repair theservice lane from Rama Devi toJajmau within a month.

Talking to media persons,Mahana said the constructionof 25-km road from Ekgharavillage turn to GT Road viaSarsaul station, Tons, Narval,Raipur, Karbigwa and Sikathia,was going on.

He had earlier directedofficials to install solar light inall these villages to ensureproper light there.

The minister asked thedivisional commissioner not toallow people to carry out theirwork if they failed to repair theroad dug up by them. For this,a committee would be set up tomonitor the menace.

Mahana directed the

Kanpur DevelopmentAuthority (KDA) officials toallot all the 10,032 flats,equipped with all facilities,being constructed under thePradhan Mantri Awas Yojanaby December 2021.

Mahana took NHAIProject Manager DeokiNandan to task for wearing around-neck T-shirt and askedhim to maintain the protocol ofthe meeting.

He asked the DistrictUrban Development Agency(DUDA) project officer that ifthe jobs for the sanction of pro-ject and delivery of chequewere all done by him, whatwould he do? He asked him tocomplete his remaining eightmonths’ service smoothly.

Mayor Pramila Pandey,Divisional Commissioner RajShekhar, District MagistrateAlok Tewari, MunicipalCommissioner Akshay Tripathiand Senior Superintendent ofPolice Pritinder Singh werepresent in the meeting.

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Ayouth was fatally knockeddown by a speeding

dumper in Sajeti town underGhatampur police station onFriday afternoon.

After the accident, thepassers-by brutally beat up thedumper driver and handedhim over to the police.

The movement of traffic onthe road remained disruptedfor some time.

According to reports, 32-year-old Vipin Chaurasia, sonof Ramlal Chaurasia ofSonvarsha village in Rurapolice station area of KanpurDehat, along with his friendShivam, son of Ram KishanChaurasia, was going toRampur (Sajeti) on a motor-cycle to distribute invitationcards of his sister’s marriage.

Around 2 pm, as hereached Sajeti town, a dumpercoming from the oppositedirection knocked down themotorcycle, killing Vipin on thespot.

Shivam, who was on thepillion, had a narrow escape.

Station House OfficerRaghvendra Mishra said thedriver was taken into custodyand the dumper was impound-ed.

The body was sent forautopsy.

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Kanpur DivisionalCommissioner Raj

Shekhar on Friday directedDistrict Magistrate Alok Tiwarito set up a committee com-prising officials of the districtadministration and all thedepartments concerned formonitoring all kinds of roadcuttings and their repairs aftercompletion of the work.

He said that this wouldfacilitate completion of therequired work in time andwithout any compromise onquality.

He said these civil worksshould not put the people intoinconvenience.

The divisional commis-sioner also expressed concernover the blatant violation ofnorms during the civil engi-neering works being carriedout at Chabilepurwa on Fridayfor Namami Gange sewagework and directed the chiefengineer of Jal Nigam to makeadverse entries in the servicebooks of the junior and assis-tant engineer and recom-mended a heavy fine on thecontractor as well, in the nextthree days. He also issued sternwarning to the executive engi-neer.

Shekhar said that all theworks of the district, including34 wards along theriver Ganga, be accomplishedlatest by March 31, 2021 with-out fail.

He then took stock of theprogress of the Namami Gangesewer line works and inspect-ed the important points inJajmau and issued strictinstructions to the officials

concerned. He was later apprised by

the engineers of the facts thatthe whole of Kanpur Nagar wasdivided into four zones for thepurpose of laying the sewagesystem.

Shekhar also visited theongoing work site in front of ahospital in Harjendra Nagarwhere the sewage system isbeing laid on the new patternof trench-less system and thedigging was done only in 3 x 3metre pits and then the pipeswere pushed inside up to a dis-tance of 50-60 metres.

He was informed that this

system caused minimum dam-age to the road and drasticallyreduced inconvenience inmovement of the people.

The divisional commis-sioner rebuked the officialsconcerned for ignoring normsat Chabilepurva road crossingwhere the Namami Gangework was being carried out forthe past 10 days.

During the inspection, hefound that no proper precau-tionary measures like full bar-ricading, retro reflective sig-nages, warning boards. He alsofound round-the-clock dutystaff at the site absent.

The excavated soil waspiled up at the site haphazard-ly and was causing great incon-venience to the people movingon roads.

He directed the officials toensure full and proper arrange-ments of barricading with sixfeet iron sheets at the entirelength of the work site and alsoensure retro reflective stickersfor public safety.

He ordered the officials todeploy security staff at thework sites to help in trafficmovement and avert any roadmishap due to the ongoingworks.

KANPUR (PNS): UP MetroRail Corporation’s PublicRelations Officer PanchananMishra, in an official statementissued here on Friday, lashedout at the media for exaggera-tion of facts.

He said the reason forstopping traffic and diversionof vehicular movement wasfor a short while and was aminor incident which the engi-neers had handled efficiently inno time. He said the UP MetroRail Corporation was com-mitted to the safety of the peo-ple. It may be mentioned herethat the media had flashed anews on Thursday that duringthe alignment of a Metro cor-ridor pillar, a massive irongirder slipped and nearlycrashed on the traffic movingbelow. The people who wereeyewitness had supported thenews and given their eyewit-ness account, saying a majormishap was averted. The PROsaid the fact was that due to thealignment work, the route wasdiverted and the traffic sloweddown for a short while but withthe help of the marshals it hadbeen normalised. It may bementioned here that betweenRawatpur and Baghia crossing,the traffic had been diverted atmany places and the route waskept closed early in the morn-ing, forcing diversion of thetraffic on a single route caus-ing traffic jams for over 30minutes to an hour, especiallywhen the railway level crossingswere closed. Ironically, the so-called marshals who were onduty were “showpieces” andvarious ‘U’ turns near IPM andWoodbine School had beenclosed, causing great hardshipto people travelling to their des-tinations on the highway. Thisis in fact happening everydayand people are late to theiroffices and schools as the roadsare blocked nearly every day.Besides, the washing and clean-ing of the barricade is beingdone after 7 am when the traf-fic is thick and it causes bot-tlenecks as buses are unable tocross over and block the traf-fic for long hours.

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The Central road makingagency NHAI has received

“overwhelming response” frommany reputed institutes includ-ing all the IITs for the purposeof adopting road and highwaystretches to be used as a fieldof study for faculty, researchersand familiarise the students ofthe institute with the latesttrends in industry and suggestthe relevant performance para-meters and innovations.

In line with its vision toprovide world-class NationalHighway (NH) network and tocreate a bridge between tech-nical Institutions and Industry,the National HighwaysAuthority of India had intro-duced a unique initiative toassociate with these reputedTechnical Institutes andEngineering colleges to adoptnearby stretches of NationalHighways, on voluntary basisunder Institution Social

Responsibility. All the Indian institute of

Technology IITs (includingIIT Roorkee, IIT Bombay, IITVaranasi, IIT Guwahati, IITKanpur, IIT Kharagpur), 26NITs and 190 other reputedengineering colleges haveagreed to collaborate. Out ofwhich, about 200 instituteshave already signed theMemorandum ofUnderstanding (MOU). Over300 institutes are expected tocollaborate to adopt NHstretches.

Under this initiative, thepartner institutes will have tostudy improvement prospectsin Road Safety, maintenance,riding comfort, removal ofchoke points, black spots andusage of new technologies onthe adopted stretches and givesuitable suggestions to NHAI.

The institutes are alsoencouraged to associate withthe Consultants/NHAI duringconceptualisation, design and

project preparation of newprojects and suggest the rele-vant performance parametersand innovations based onexperience specific to the localclimate, topography andresource potential for bettersocio economic outcome.

The areas of collabora-tion for improving the effi-ciency of existing highways areimprovements in safety pro-visions by removing existingdeficiencies and offeringpotential solutions to oldrecurring problems based onlocal experience; improve-ments in continual mainte-nance of the stretches andimproving the riding comfortthrough cost effective mea-sures based on innovativetechnologies.

Other areas of study arelocalised solutions for removalof congestion points andthereby increasing the aver-age traffic speed; viability ofnew wayside amenities forroad users based on the exist-ing traffic pattern and userexpectations etc.

“NHAI envisions to pro-vide a world class NH networkto meet the Nation’s require-ments by building large num-ber of mega highway projectsin a cost-effective manner.Adoption of NH stretch by anInstitute would facilitate stake-holder engagement and help tomitigate the routine localproblems such as traffic hin-drance, congestion, and imme-diate identification of acci-dent-prone sites and causesthereof,” said a NHAI officialstatement.

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The NIA on Friday con-ducted searches at five loca-

tions in Mallapuram andKozhikode districts of Kerala inthe Kerala Gold SmugglingCase relating to seizure of 30 kggold worth �14.82 crore onJuly 5, 2020 at TrivandrumInternational Airport from thebaggage addressed to the UAEConsulate atThiruvananthapuram.

The searches were con-ducted at the residence of fiveaccused persons MohamedAslam, Abdul Latheef,Nazarudheen Sha, Ramzan P.and Muhammed Mansoor.These accused persons con-spired with the already arrest-ed accused and facilitatedsmuggling of gold throughimport cargo addressed to theUAE Consulate General, and itsdisposal, the NIA said.

During searches, severalelectronic items and docu-ments have been seized, theagency said.

So far, 21 accused personshave been arrested in the caseand further investigation in thecase is continuing, it added.

Meanwhile, the CBI onFriday then ExecutiveEngineer(Now Retired),Lucknow Division ShardaCanal, Lucknow (also holdingthe additional charge of then

Superintending Engineer, XIICircle, Irrigation Departmentduring the alleged period)Roop Singh Yadav and aSenior Assistant, IrrigationDepartment, Lucknow, RajKumar Yadav in an on-goinginvestigation of a case.

The CBI had registered acase on November 30, 2017on the request of UttarPradesh Government and fur-ther noti f icat ion fromGovernment of India, andtaken over the investigation ofthe case, earlier registeredvide FIR No.831/2017 atPolice Station, Gomti Nagar,Lucknow.

It was alleged that irreg-ularities were committed inimplementation of “GomtiRiver Channelisation Project”’and “Gomti River FrontDevelopment” by IrrigationDepartment, Government ofUP. The alleged irregularitiesincluding non publication ofNITs, diversion of funds andpooling of tenders in fourmajor works of Gomti RiverFront Development projectnamely Construct ion ofDiaphragm wall ,Construction of InterceptingTrunk Drain, Construction ofRubber Dam and preparationof Vision Documents are alsobeing investigated in the case.

It was further alleged thatthe accused favoured somecontractors and executed theagreements with them on thebasis of forged documentswithout the publication ofNIT in the newspapers.

Both the arrested accusedwere produced before theCourt of Special Judge, CBICases, Lucknow and remand-ed to four days PoliceCustody.

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In a bid to promote ‘per dropmore crop’(PDMC) under

the Prime Minister KrishiSinchayee Yojna (PMKSY) toencourage farmers to installmicro irrigation systems-sprinkler and drip irrigation,the Ministry of Agriculturehas given nod for subsidisedloans worth �3,971.31 crore forimplementing the projects. Themaximum loan has beenapproved for Tamil Nadu, fol-lowed by Haryana and Gujarat.

In a statement, the ministrysaid the steering committee ofMIF has approved projects forloan worth �3,971.31 crore.The interest subvented loansare being offered under MicroIrrigation Fund (MIF) createdwith National Bank forAgriculture and RuralDevelopment (NABARD) forimplementing micro-irrigationprojects.

Out of this, maximum loanof �1,357.93 crore has beenapproved for Tamil Nadu, fol-lowed by �790.94 crore for

Haryana, �764.13 crore forGujarat, �616.13 crore forAndhra Pradesh, �276.55 crorefor West Bengal, �150 crore forPunjab and �15.63 crore forUttarakhand, it said.

However, NABARD hasso far released a total loanamount of �1,754.60 crore tothe States. Of this, about �659.70 crore has been releasedto Haryana, Tamil Nadu andGujarat. About �616.13 croreloan has been released toAndhra Pradesh, � 937.47 croreto Tamil Nadu, �21.57 crore toHaryana and �179.43 crore toGujarat so far, it added.

This fund with a corpus of�5,000 crore was opera-

tionalised in the 2019-20 fiscalyear with an objective to facil-itate States in availing sub-sidised loans for expandingcoverage of micro irrigation.

Under the MIF, subsidisedloans are provided for not onlytaking up special and innova-tive projects but also for incen-tivising micro irrigationbeyond the provisions availableunder Pradhan Mantri KrishiSinchayee Yojana (PDMC) toencourage farmers to installmicro irrigation systems.

During the last five years(2015-16 to 2019-20), an areaof 46.96 lakh ha has been cov-ered under Micro Irrigationthrough PMKSY-PDMC.

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Comptroller & AuditorGeneral of India (CAG)

Girish Chandra Murmu, hasbeen elected as external auditorof the Inter ParliamentaryUnion (IPU), Geneva for athree-year term.

Murmu, the 14th CAG,will assume the charge fromSupreme Audit Institution ofSwitzerland.The election tookplace at the virtual meeting of284th session of the IPU whichis a 179 countriesParliamentarians body, alsohaving 13 Associate Members.The IPU has permanentobserver status at the UnitedNations General Assembly. Theresult of the Election has beenconveyed by Martin Chungong,Secretary-General of the IPU.

Murmu, while accepting theappointment as ExternalAuditor of IPU, has expressedhis thanks to the ExecutiveCommittee and wished for astrong partnership in fulfillingthe strategic objectives of theIPU.

The CAG of India has beenthe external auditor of variousinternational organizations.

He has earlier also been onthe UN Board of Auditors from1993 to 1999 and 2014 to 2020.Presently, he is the externalauditor of the World HealthOrganization, Geneva andFood & AgricultureOrganization, Rome. In therecent past, he has been theExternal Auditor of World FoodProgramme, World IntellectualProperty Organization,International Atomic EnergyAgency, UN World TourismOrganization, InternationalOrganization for Migration,International MaritimeOrganization and Organizationfor Prohibition of ChemicalWeapons.

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India’s Covid-19 caseloadbreached the 90-lakh mark

on Friday with 45,882 newcases, while the recoveriessurged to 84.28 lakh pushingthe national recovery rate to93.6 per cent, according to theUnion Health Ministry data.With 45,882 new cases, thecountry has witnessed a rise inactive cases after 48 days.

The total coronavirus casesmounted to 90,04,365 and thedeath toll climbed to 1,32,162with the novel coronavirusvirus claiming 584 lives in aspan of 24 hours in the coun-try, the data updated at 8 amshowed.

The Covid-19 case fatalityrate has further declined to 1.46per cent. There are 4,43,794active cases of coronavirus

infection in the country whichcomprises 4.92 per cent of thetotal caseload, the data stated.

Among most-infectedStates, Delhi continues toreport highest daily new casesin India (7,500) followed byKerala (5,700) andMaharashtra (5,500) whileother NCR cities have report-ed 1,600 new cases.

Cases per million popula-tion in India is now 6,500,while the world average is7,341.

According to the ICMR, acumulative total of 12,95,91,786samples have been tested up toNovember 20 with 10,83,397samples being tested onThursday. India’s Covid-19 tallyhad crossed the 20-lakh markon August 7, 30 lakh on August23 and 40 lakh on September5.

It went past 50 lakh onSeptember 16, 60 lakh on

September 28, 70 lakh onOctober 11 and crossed 80 lakh

on October 29, said theMinistry.

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Infectiousness peaks early inCovid-19 patients and antivi-

ral drug remdesivir is not sug-gested for patients admitted tohospital with Covid-19,researchers have said in twoseparate studies.

The study published inthe journal The LancetMicrobe, said that peopleinfected with coronavirus aremost likely to be highly infec-tious in the first week aftersymptom onset and there is aneed to quickly identify andisolate cases before the virusspreads.

The researchers usedmeta-analysis to assess 98 stud-ies on Covid-19, SARS andMERS wherein the researchersstudied all three diseases was todetermine why Covid-19 hasspread more rapidly than theearlier diseases.

“This is the first systemat-ic review and meta-analysisthat has comprehensivelyexamined and compared viral

load and shedding for thesethree human coronaviruses,”said study lead author MugeCevik from the University of St.Andrews in the UK. “It pro-vides a clear explanation forwhy SARS-CoV-2 spreadsmore efficiently than SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV and is somuch more difficult to con-tain,” Cevik added.

In another study, WHOGuideline Development Group(GDG) panel of internationalexperts pointed out in TheBMJ that remdesivir hasreceived worldwide attention asa potentially effective treatmentfor severe covid-19 and isincreasingly used to treatpatients in hospital. But its rolein clinical practice hasremained uncertain, they saidciting data from four interna-

tional randomised trials involv-ing over 7,000 patients hospi-talised for covid-19.

After thoroughly reviewingthis evidence, the WHO GDGexpert panel, which includesexperts from around the worldincluding four patients whohave had covid-19, concludedthat remdesivir has no mean-ingful effect on mortality or onother important outcomes forpatients, such as the need formechanical ventilation or timeto clinical improvement.

The panel acknowledgedthat the certainty of evidenceis low and said the evidence didnot prove that remdesivir hasno benefit; rather, there is noevidence based on currentlyavailable data that it doesimprove important patient out-comes.

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Sowing of winter crops hasstarted in the country, with

farmers planting wheat inabout 97.27 lakh hectare so farin this rabi season. Total areasown to all rabi crops hasincreased to 265.43 lakhhectare so far this season, from241.66 lakh hectare area duringthe corresponding period oflast year.

According to the agricul-ture ministry, wheat has beensown in 97.27 lakh hectare sofar in the rabi season of 2020-21 as against 96.77 lakh hectarein the year-ago period. Wheatis the main winter or rabicrop. Rice and pulses, such asgram, urad, moong as well asoilseeds like groundnut andsunflower, are other rabi cropsgrown in this season.

As per the sowing datareleased by the ministry, therehas been no impact of COVID-19 on progress of area coverageunder rabi crops as on date.Among other rabi crops, paddyhas been sown in more area at7.26 lakh hectare when com-

pared with 6.98 lakh hectare,while pulses has been plantedin 82.59 lakh hectare as against64.57 lakh hectare area in thesaid period.

Coarse creals have beensown in slightly more area at22.78 lakh hectare so far in thecurrent season, against 21.26lakh hectare in the year-agoperiod.

According to the ministry’sdata, farmers have sownoilseeds in 55.53 lakh hectarearea so far this season, against

52.08 lakh hectare area a yearago. Much of the coverage isunder mustard at 52.25 lakhhectare so far.

The ministry said thecountry received 4 per cent lessrains during the winter periodbetween October 1 andNovember 19. However, theCentral Water Commissionhas informed that water stor-age level in 123 reservoirsstands at 93 per cent as com-pared with the year-ago period,it added.

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To boost ethanol productionas part of its efforts to

achieve 20 per cent blendingwith petrol, the Governmenthas given in-principle approvalto 185 sugar mills and stand-alone distilleries to avail�12,500 crore of loans forcapacity addition of about 468crore litre of ethanol perannum. Apart from promotingethanol production from sug-arcane, the food ministry ismaking efforts to manufac-ture ethanol using surplus ricewith state-owned FCI as well asmaize. The move is aimed atboosting ethanol blending withpetrol, which currently standsat nearly 5 per cent. In the lasttwo years, 70 ethanol projectswere sanctioned loans of �3,600crore.

In the normal sugar season,about 320 Lakh Metric Tons(LMT) of sugar is producedagainst domestic consumptionof 260 LMT. This 60 LMT ofsurplus sugar which remainsunsold, blocks funds of sugarmills to the tune of about Rs.19,000 crore every year there-by affecting liquidity positions

of sugar mills resulting in accu-mulation of cane price arrearsof farmers.

“Under the ethanol interestsubvention scheme formolasses-based distilleries, thegovernment in September 2020has opened a window for 30days to invite more applicationsfrom sugar mills/ distilleries,which were examined byDFPD... “about 185 applicants(85 sugar mills and 100molasses-based standalone dis-tilleries) are being granted in-principle approval for availingloan amount of �12,500 crorefor capacity addition of about468 crore litres per annum,” theFood Ministry said in a state-ment. These projects would becompleted in another 3-4 years,thus help in achieving thedesired blending target, itadded.

In the past two years, loansof about Rs. 3600 crores havebeen sanctioned for 70 suchethanol projects (molassesbased distilleries) which involvecapacity enhancement of 195crore litres; out of these 70 pro-jects, 31 projects have beencompleted adding a capacity of102 crore litres so far. With the

efforts made by Government,the existing installed capacity ofmolasses based distilleries hasreached to 426 cr ltrs.

In the current EthanolSupply Year 2019-20 only 168crore litres of ethanol is likelyto be supplied to OMCs forblending with petrol therebyachieving 4.8% blending levels.However, in the ensuingEthanol Supply Year 2020-21,efforts are being made to sup-ply 325 crore ltrs of ethanol toOMCs thereby achieving 8.5%blending; and in the ethanolsupply year 2021-22 ending inNovember, 2022 efforts arebeing made to achieve 10%blending target which is quitepossible in view of the con-certed efforts made by theGovernment.

For Year 2020-21, bids of322 crore litres (289 crore frommolasses and 34 crore litrefrom grains) have already beenreceived in first tender floatedby OMCs and in subsequenttenders more quantity frommolasses and grain based dis-tilleries will come, thusGovernment will be able toachieve 325 crore litre and8.5% blending target.

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At a time when many stu-dents are facing fund

crunch amid Covid-19 pan-demic, Delhi-basedSasakawa- India LeprosyFoundation(S-ILF) gave a rayof hope to 40 meritoriousstudents hailing from familiesafflicted with leprosy. OnFriday, at an event heldonline, it bestowed upon them scholarships forhigher professional educa-tion.

NK Singh, Chairman,15th Finance Commission,who was chief guest at theevent which was organised aspart of the S-ILF’s 14thFoundation Day, hoped thatthese scholarships will helpthe students break free stigma and discriminationand enable them to lead a lifeof dignity.

On the occasion, TarunDas, Chairman, S-ILF saidthat the scholars symbolized

courage and success while DrVivek Lal, CEO, S-ILF saidsteps will be taken to furtherincrease the opportunities foreducation and livelihood sup-port for the persons affectedby leprosy and their families.In keeping with this, thenumber of Scholarships pro-vided this year has beenincreased, he said.

Tehseen Zaidi, ProgramManager, Communications &Advocacy from S-ILf sharedthat Nursing Scholarship(Batch X) and HolinesstheDalai Lama- Sasakawa schol-arship (Batch V) were givenrespectively to 15 and 25meritorious students fromacross the country for 2020.Till date, the organisationworking for the empower-ment of the sector has provided 115 Nursing schol-arships and 124 His Holinessthe Dalai Lama-Sasakawascholarship for higher pro-fessional education, sheadded.

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Attorney General KKVenugopal Friday gave con-

sent for initiating contempt pro-ceedings against stand-up comicartist Kunal Kamra for hisNovember 18 tweet, saying it was“grossly vulgar and obnoxious”and tended to lower the author-ity of the Supreme Court.

The top law officer had lastweek granted consent for initia-tion of contempt proceedingsagainst Kamra for his earliertweets which allegedly criticisedthe apex court, saying they werein “bad taste” and it was timepeople understood that attackingit brazenly will attract punish-ment.

The consent of either theAttorney General or the SolicitorGeneral is necessary, under sec-tion 15 of the Contempt ofCourts Act, 1971, for initiatingcontempt proceedings against aperson.

Venugopal granted the freshconsent on a request made in thisregard by Prayagraj-based advo-cate Anuj Singh. Kamra, in hisNovember 18 tweet, had made anobjectionable gesture while mak-ing a comment against the ChiefJustice of India.

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The Indian seed industry hasmade rapid progress overthe past 50 years, maturing

because of the ceaseless efforts ofthousands of men and women,who have created a strong R&Dbase and given us a competitiveadvantage in ensuring quality.India is endowed with diverseagro-climatic conditions, highlevel of technology expertise,trained and skilled manpower,suitable land and abundant sun-shine for agriculture. The country,therefore, has immense potentialto emerge as the leading providerof seeds to the world. We canexport varietals for all kinds offield crops, vegetables, foragecrops and flowers.

However, considering thedevelopments in terms of the newand emerging disruptive businessoperating models and processesaligned with innovative technolo-gy interventions, there is a need toinvest in concrete initiatives forfurther strengthening the Indianseed industry as part of“Atmanirbar Krishi.”

The Indian seed industry, as asub-sector of the agri-inputsindustry, has been the most vibrantin terms of innovation and growthover the past four decades, con-tributing to a significant increasein productivity and profitability offarmers in India. The well-bal-anced seed quality legislativeframework, set up by the Seed Act,the New Seed policy, 1988 andNational Seed Policy in 2002,boosted private sector participa-tion in a sector that had its foun-dations laid by public sector seedsystems. However, much needs tobe done in terms of furtherreforms and policy interventions.

The role of new technologies,like molecular-marker based selec-tion approaches to fast-trackbreeding programmes for develop-ment of new/superior plant vari-eties, needs to be further strength-ened as an integral part of the seedindustry. Also biotechnologicaland molecular approaches canimprove the quality assurancesystems. An emerging area, whichutilises biotechnology and nano-technologies and can contributesignificantly to productivity andprofitability of farmers, is seedtreatment with biological inocu-lants. This can also be promotedon a large scale as part of seed-applied technologies.

The Indian seed industry can

become a globally competi-tive, export-oriented and self-reliant industry, especially forseveral Asian, African, EastEuropean and South Americancountries, which share similaragro-climatic conditions likeIndia as, with respect to inter-national trade, most countriesallow seed imports subject tothe following: (a) Import per-mit based on sanitary and phy-tosanitary certificates and (b)Variety evaluation in theimporting country to ascertainits suitability to the agro climat-ic conditions.

Currently, there are no sig-nificant export incentives avail-able to the seed sector thoughthe export potential is esti-mated at more than $ 5 billionper year based on variousindustry estimates. India canoffer seeds for export to manycountries with suitable sub-tropical and tropical agro-cli-matic regions in Asia, Africa,Eastern Europe and so on ataffordable prices similar to ourpharma and agro-chemical sectors. The following incen-tives can help.

Incentive to the extent of 20per cent of the seed value thatis exported must be consideredbecause in sectors like pharmaand garments, similar incen-tives have been available for along time to encourage exportsin the initial stages. Theseincentives can be graduallybrought down to 10 per centafter five years. A provision of�100 crore may be adequate forthe next five years and �100crore for the next six to 10 years.

Reimbursement of the costof variety evaluation in any for-

eign country is a progressivepolicy. It may be consideredhere, too, as the seed companieshave to incur heavy expensesfor variety evaluation, which isa pre-condition for obtainingexport orders. This expenseneeds to be reimbursed at leastto the extent of 75 per cent bythe Government. A provision ofabout �100 crore may be ade-quate for the next 10 years formeeting plant variety evalua-tion expenses for export pur-poses. Seed manufacturers addto economies of the importingcountries and help get more for-eign reserves into the country.Hence they should be reward-ed with up to 30 per cent sub-sidy.

India has lacked a seedexport promotion council for along time. The Government,under the trade and export pro-motion council, should instituteone with industry representa-tives and ensure that seedexports amount to 10 per centof total agriculture exports.

India has three major seedhubs in the country. But givenour vast agro-climate, we cancater to demands from Africato ASEAN countries. TheGovernment needs to allowIndian and foreign seed com-panies to breed seeds for exportpurposes in special agro-zones.These zones may function likeSEZs. They need to be equippedwith dry docks, good trans-portation, seed testing facilitiesand so on to facilitate swiftexports. A single window clear-ance counter can be estab-lished for fast tracking permis-sions.

An “Atmanirbhar Krishi” or

self-reliant seed sector needs theSAARC markets and good eco-nomic relations betweenSAARC countries. TheGovernment and industry needto step forward and create aSAARC seed forum, which willhelp ease-of-doing-business inthe sub-continent and also pro-vide avenues for internationaltrading without restrictions.This body should strictly be aneconomic one for policy andregulatory advocacy among theSAARC countries. The Indianseed sector will grow immense-ly if we can spearhead this drive.

Finally, climate change iscausing a rapid shift in thedemands of seeds globally. Verysoon, many nations won’t havethe financial resources to evadethis crisis. But we can be a hubfor seed research for the world.Our versatile climate allows usto research and co-evolve newvarieties that may be suited formany countries. For even oneor two varieties at the right timecan change the fate of thenation and bring millions ofdollars into India. Hence theGovernment needs to providedevelopment grants to IndianR&D companies so that theycan track future challenges,assess demand and create a seedbank for Africa, Latin Americaand ASEAN countries. TheGovernment may also partnerwith African nations to out-source their seed R&D to us.This would boost innovationhere while providing lesserdeveloped nations an access tocheaper research and seeds.

(The author is Director,Policy and Outreach, NationalSeed Association of India)

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On-air bigotry is just as bad.Loosely describing participants inthe Tablighi Jamaat conference as“intentional superspreaders”, theinduction of Muslim youth intocivil services as “UPSC jihad” andinter-faith marriages as “lovejihad” brings the media into dis-

repute. Masquerading of vicioushate-mongers as TV anchors is acurse on Indian journalism.Dissemination of falsehoods andpost-truths cannot go on withoutdebilitating the country andwrecking its foundational values.It is in this context that “regula-tion” assumes relevance andbecomes an urgent need. Ideally,a democracy should do with the

voluntary regulation of the Press.But the way some channels goabout playing their roles justifiesthe need for some sort of regula-tory oversight by, say, a judicialbody or a parliamentary panel.The ruling party’s double standardmanifests itself in describing jour-nalists who act as their mouth-piece as “nationalists” and inde-pendent journalists as “anti-

nationals.” The country now needsmore of good and ethical journal-ism for us to be a vibrant democ-racy.

David Milton Maruthancode

����� ������������Sir — Three months ago, theCongress “letter writers” shocked

the nation by asking party chiefSonia Gandhi to revitalise theparty and restore its organisation-al democracy, indecisive leader-ship being their top concern.Sonia Gandhi did a cosmeticrejig of the party, leaving nodoubt who was the boss. Now,Kapil Sibal has fired a fresh salvo.In a newspaper interview, he hasquestioned the “nomination cul-ture” of the party. The CongressWorking Committee (CWC) ispacked with Gandhi loyalists.Independent-minded leaders haveno place in it. So an election to theCWC looks far-fetched. Till menand women with their own mindfind a place in the highest deci-sion-making body, the party willcontinue to find itself in a hole.

Sibal wants more “dialogue”within the party, a tough ask. InCongress, there are no discus-sions, only orders. After the Biharelection results, it is clear theCongress is satisfied to be an “alsoran.” How can a national partyhope to capture power at theCentre without some of the Statesin its kitty? This is something theCongress needs to think about.

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led to the beheading of a history teacher in Franceand stabbing of three innocents in Nice and so on.All these incidents are clear indicators that post-mod-ern terrorism is likely to haunt the world in gener-al and Europe in particular. These attacks are also areminder of an array of socio-political and globalissues which Europe has to come to terms with.Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has already hint-ed towards Huntington’s Clashes of Civilisations the-ory coming true. He called the recent gun attack byan Islamist terrorist “an attack of terror driven byhatred of our way of life, our democracy.” Thisupsurge in religiously-motivated hitback attacks hasmarked the beginning of the pernicious era of ter-rorism. The rising tide of immigration and humansmuggling across the borders in Europe has posedserious logistical and security challenges to France,Germany and Britain. Undoubtedly these are defin-ing moments for the leaders of Europe. It is high timecountries developed sophisticated mechanisms tohandle the problem head on as it has already causedsevere tension between various nations and com-pounded the problem of human trafficking andrefugees across the globe. In certain pockets, the prob-lems of migration and refugees have resulted in aquagmire. The influx of refugees, who have fled dueto disturbances in Afghanistan and Uzbekistan, hasadded a new dimension to the existing problem ofviolence and crime in Central Asian Republics. Inan era of globalisation, the world is becoming smalland integrated but due to its inner paradoxes, it isgetting fragmented and turning out to be a highlysectarian place.

The recent incidents cannot be viewed in iso-lation. History bears testimony to various such trag-ic events. A few years ago, the bombing of civiliansin Oklahoma City (which left more than 200 peo-ple dead) sent shockwaves around the world. A mys-terious gas attack at the main train station in a Tokyosubway, that killed 12 people and left nearly 5,000hospitalised, also sent dangerous signals. All such actswere a violent culmination of plans that were care-fully executed by terrorists. Similarly, most countriesof the world, including India, Russia , Spain, the UK,US, Italy, Israel, and China, are suffering due to ter-rorist activities in one way or another. Although vio-lence in itself is condemnable, very rarely is a ter-rorist attack a nihilistic act bereft of any deeper under-currents. And the structure of violence is more oftenthan not located in society and social conditions,which not only create them but also nourish and rein-force them. Recurrence of violence is symptomaticof a society’s body politic, torn asunder by variedthreats and tensions.

Very often, the social conditions that generateconflict and violence have external coordinates. Tomany experts dealing with the terror driven by reli-giously-motivated thinking, it is on account of newchallenges the post-modern world is experiencingbecause of the past mistakes of not calling a spadea spade till the spectre started creating havoc in theirown backyard. To many social scientists dealing withterrorism in a globalised world, the matrix of powerrests on the highly-visible, unequal structure of theinternational economy. Such inter-relations betweensocio-economic conditions in different parts of theworld are becoming more and more obvious daily.At another level, the post-Cold War internationalpolitical-economic order is still a victim of the power

game that was thrust on the world by thethen “Big Powers.” The power networkwoven by the US and its allies in the entireWest Asian region has provoked the ire ofthe opposition forces in almost every Statewhere the US has had an interest-basedrelationship. Thus, as societies globaliseand the curtains of opacity are raisedthrough increased inter-societal interac-tion at the international level, people in theunderdeveloped countries are holdingthe “Big Powers” responsible for their infe-rior socio-economic positions. There hasalways been a smooth international net-work of collaboration among the variousterrorist groups supported by a few coun-tries throughout the world. For example,take Pakistan’s involvement in orchestrat-ing terrorism in Kashmir and the JapaneseRed Army’s collaboration with Italy’s RedBrigade. It is sometimes the wide cover-age by the media which provides the ratio-nale for terrorism and increases the prob-lem by stimulating it. This is a classic exam-ple of how astute media management canreduce the level of moral opposition tocounter-terrorism. The latest has been theobnoxious nexus between the Al Qaeda,the ISIS and LeT. Their deadly combina-tion has laid siege to peace and security.

European nations alone have wit-nessed more than 8,500 terrorist incidentssince 1990, representing about 29 per centof the total global incidents. The situationhas become vulnerable since 2016 and withthe increasing rise in the cases of illegalmigration across the European coun-tries. The rise of modern terrorism withfrightening ramifications has resulted ina demand for strengthening the nationallaw and order machinery. Of late, the pres-sure on the police and security agencies hasbeen mounting. But the existing laws stillpose many problems. The use of police andparamilitary forces for combating terror-ism has created an apprehension that it

might lead to the oppression of the gen-eral populace. Surprisingly, a proper legaldefinition of terrorism is yet to be found.The widening gap between the variousgovernments regarding evolving a com-mon strategy for suppression of terrorismneeds to be viewed in the context of thepotential for threat that it holds. Even theEuropean convention on suppression ofterrorism is restricted by Article 5 andArticle 13, which refuse the extradition ofa terrorist on many grounds. In an envi-ronment where terrorist violence is endem-ic and the world stands hopelessly divid-ed on various laws, all countries shouldshun their national prerogatives for deal-ing with terrorism.

Many efforts have been made by anumber of nations to control State-spon-sored terrorism, such as through econom-ic sanctions, but so far they have notreached a consensus either at the nation-al or global level. During the last twodecades, increasing drug smuggling andthe unholy nexus between drug smugglersand terrorists have posed a serious prob-lem to the internal State-security networksand compelled various nations to organ-ise themselves and wage a relentless waragainst such a nexus. But mere implemen-tation of vigorous drug laws cannotbecome effective unless the judicial pro-cedure is modified for ensuring speedy tri-als. The continuing uncertainties withregard to terrorism have encouraged var-ious countries to launch psychological war-fare against terrorism.

The London Economic SummitConference, organised by NATO Statesand Japan a few years ago, proved to beanother landmark for the eradication ofterrorism, which decided that unless weattack the roots of terrorism, only super-ficial relief could be seen but violencewould increase in the total quantum of itsimpact. Creation of general awareness and

organisation of public support against ter-rorist acts could be of immense use.

While it is desirable to allow police andthe armed forces to employ betterinformed judgment about local problems,there is, of course, a danger that thisattempt of the Government could dilutethe benefits to those deemed deservingand, thus, any possibility of peace andnegotiation. Rapid international trans-portation and use of sophisticated weaponshave helped the expansion of terrorist net-works globally. Besides, the new suicidesquads have left the entire security appa-ratus shocked.

As religiously-motivated attacksincrease globally, the concept that oneman’s terrorist can be another man’s free-dom fighter must be done away with. Thelocal populace should cooperate with thelaw enforcement machinery even at thecost of personal misery while prompt andstrict decisions should be undertaken byvarious nations for controlling terroristspsychologically. In a changing environ-ment, the security apparatus and policeneed to diversify activities by bringingtogether technical and professional exper-tise based on many decades of experiencein maintaining internal security. In thisregard, the most crucial aspect is to devel-op the capability to anticipate securityneeds.

This is possible by conducting spe-cialised courses for monitoring security sit-uations.Unless we attack the roots of ter-rorism, we would have only superficialrelief and terrorism would magnify in thetotal quantum of its impact. The need ofthe hour is international cooperation totackle the menace and forming an integrat-ed team after minutely comprehending theinner dynamics of the problem.

(The writer is a professor of political sci-ence, Visiting Professor, University ofLeuven, Belgium)

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Keeping China out is the newtrade policy of India. Its prima-ry approach is that anything

that opens the door to Chinese prod-ucts is a “strict no-no.” So it’s no sur-prise that India is keeping out of theRegional Comprehensive EconomicPartnership (RCEP) free trade agree-ment (FTA), an initiative New Delhiwas engaged in since its inception.Theoretically, it comes at a minimumcost as India already has FTAs withall but three RCEP members.

Home Minister Amit Shah hadlast month told RCEP member coun-tries that they would have to comearound to accepting New Delhi’sterms. “Considering India’s growingstature, RCEP members can’t affordto ignore it for long and will come

around to agreeing to theGovernment of India’s terms.Meanwhile, the country has main-tained successful economic relationswith ASEAN by the means of FTAs,”he said. The RCEP, too, has kept thedoors open for India officially, if at allit wants to join the grouping withouthaving to wait for 18 months, as stip-ulated for new members. As per theRCEP’s decision, India can still par-ticipate as an observer.

India had taken the decision inNovember 2019 to keep out of theRCEP, with the partnership being seenas China-centric and due to the per-ception that it would boost sales ofcheap Chinese products and harm thecountry’s industries.

India’s approach on the deal is theresult of unfavourable trade balancesthat it has with several RCEP mem-bers, with some of which it already hasFTAs. The Commerce Ministry saysthat the Compound Annual GrowthRate (CAGR) in trade with suchcountries was a mere 7.1 per cent.India has trade deficits with 11 of the15 RCEP nations. This means thatwhile the partners have access to ourmarket, India has not penetrated

theirs. Hence, it cannot further openup its market for the advantage of oth-ers. Still India has agreements with theASEAN, South Korea and Japan. It isnegotiating deals with Australia, NewZealand and Singapore and there aretreaties with Nepal and Bhutan.However, there are apprehensions thatRCEP could impact the Australia-India-Japan network in the Indo-Pacific region. India and like-mind-ed nations, particularly the Quadcountries — Australia, the US andJapan — are keen to have resilientsupply chains. Along with NewZealand, South Korea and Vietnam,they are negotiating with each other.

External Affairs Minister SJaishankar, while delivering theRamnath Goenka Lecture in 2019,had said that India’s stance was a“clear-eyed calculation” of the gainsand costs of entering a new arrange-ment. He also said that India wouldcontinue with its “act East” policy. Itshould also be remembered that theRCEP decision is linked to China’saggressive postures in the SouthChina Sea and on the Line of ActualControl, including the June 15 Galwanincident in which 20 Indian and many

Chinese soldiers lost their lives. It maybe recalled that Jaishankar even inJanuary had said that New Delhi’sdoors to RCEP were not closed. Butin September, he said, “You cannot bea rising power without being a risingeconomy, and to do that you have tobuild your domestic capacities.” Hisviews are not very different from thatof the Swadeshi Jagaran Manch,which had been opposing most FTAsand stressing on improving thedomestic economy.

It certainly has not been an easydecision. India would have to weighthe gains of a bulk agreement andindividual treaties. A similar concernwas expressed when New Delhi choseto opt out of the Belt and RoadInitiative (BRI) in 2017. It was saidthat India might be isolating itself.Now after three years, like-mindeddemocracies appreciate New Delhi forits prudent decision, which many nowsee as an exploitative Chinese diplo-macy. Significantly, many membersare not enjoying their stay in the BRI.There is the contrary view as well. Itsays that India’s economic declineoccurred even as China’s economical-ly and strategically important BRI

went on to cover two-thirds of theworld’s population.

Beijing dominates the psyche ofpolicymakers. India is highly depen-dent on China for imports of lithiumion batteries, antibiotics, personalcomputers, colour TVs, solar cells,toys and so on. Despite the recent ini-tiatives by the Centre to improvedomestic production in many ofthese goods, concerns remain. WhatChina has done is to consolidate itseconomy since 1979. Thus, produc-tion cost is minimum and it has apricing mechanism that happens to bethe lowest in any country in the localcurrency.

India has to learn the techniqueof creating a vibrant domestic systemwith a market across the world.Chinese merchandise today decidesinternational prices. While India suc-cessfully blocked imports of idols ofGanesh, Lakshmi and other deities, itcould not succeed in lowering theprices of “Made in India” products.This cannot be considered goodeconomy. Possibly for this reason,China looms large in reports submit-ted by eight Groups of Ministers(GoMs) formed during the ongoing

pandemic. These GoMs have calledfor a balance between supporting eco-nomic performance and geopoliticsand most have focussed on ways tocounter China. They call for contex-tualising issues like Chinese aggres-sion on communication tools, needfor specialised spokespersons onissues like China and the environmentand many other dependencies onBeijing.

The obsession with China is tooapparent. Of late, despite all efforts,New Delhi’s policy approaches areChina-centric. India may have torevive the planning process it gave upin 2014 as the NITI Aayog has notbeen a proper replacement. Thecountry needs to evolve a long-termpolicy prescription. India has to con-sider moving out of the growth-cen-tric approach and replace it withprogress. So RCEP or not, India hasto have a holistic approach towardsthe economy. It needs a wider visionand approach for progress and has toimbibe policies that could give it anedge. India needs to reorient policiesfor a long-term approach withoutignoring short-term needs.

(The writer is a senior journalist)

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Script Open High Low LTPBAJAJFINSV 7900.00 8585.00 7850.00 8536.50RELIANCE 1977.80 1984.10 1894.60 1899.20BAJFINANCE 4565.00 4761.40 4516.60 4717.75IDEA 9.60 10.13 9.50 10.04SBIN 241.20 245.40 234.00 242.80INDUSINDBK 818.40 830.00 788.80 810.05INFRATEL 191.50 222.70 188.25 218.50ICICIBANK 478.65 483.25 468.30 480.20TATAMOTORS 170.00 171.55 165.55 169.00AXISBANK 614.20 616.00 592.10 607.70SPICEJET 74.60 79.75 71.05 72.75TATASTEEL 525.55 541.65 521.20 532.55TITAN 1293.15 1370.00 1293.15 1364.95INFY 1105.50 1108.85 1091.20 1103.05ITC 188.15 191.95 186.05 191.60HINDUNILVR 2140.00 2142.25 2101.25 2119.60TCS 2655.00 2675.00 2628.25 2659.60LT 1140.00 1160.00 1118.80 1132.15ADANIGREEN 1036.00 1138.00 1036.00 1135.55KOTAKBANK 1824.90 1899.00 1813.65 1889.20HDFCBANK 1374.00 1408.00 1365.65 1403.85BHARTIARTL 470.50 485.55 465.05 483.50MARUTI 6930.15 7017.00 6907.00 6967.10HDFC 2326.00 2385.50 2326.00 2333.75ADANIGAS 330.10 361.50 330.10 345.30PNBHOUSING 382.45 385.55 372.05 382.85SRTRANSFIN 919.00 949.90 904.65 934.20VEDL 113.15 113.30 109.55 111.00BEL 105.00 109.85 104.50 108.20M&M 705.00 718.00 697.35 716.00APOLLOTYRE 173.40 178.15 172.30 175.35ASHOKLEY 95.05 96.00 88.65 90.80GRAPHITE 216.00 244.25 211.00 237.00INDIGO 1691.70 1743.80 1644.55 1679.60MRF 76725.00 79538.30 76725.00 79105.95RBLBANK 212.90 215.50 207.10 211.55DABUR 509.15 513.65 505.85 508.30IBULHSGFIN 176.80 179.00 174.00 174.75EIDPARRY 300.85 311.95 300.85 309.20GAIL 93.70 97.90 93.00 97.45HINDALCO 215.80 220.00 212.45 215.30HEG 799.40 858.90 795.80 820.70NESTLEIND 17006.55 17500.00 16933.90 17470.00ASIANPAINT 2165.00 2190.00 2161.00 2163.85BANDHANBNK 352.45 355.45 339.00 349.95FEDERALBNK 58.55 59.35 56.90 58.45JINDALSTEL 237.00 244.95 231.80 236.60DRREDDY 4736.00 4755.70 4658.80 4670.70TATACHEM 359.50 367.90 350.85 356.10NAUKRI 3832.00 4057.80 3825.00 3993.80WIPRO 343.95 348.45 342.10 346.40DLF 188.45 189.10 180.00 182.00WOCKPHARMA 330.00 393.20 329.35 393.20HDFCLIFE 646.10 668.40 646.10 663.80FRETAIL 73.40 74.20 69.95 71.85APOLLOHOSP 2325.00 2399.00 2325.00 2349.35HCLTECH 815.00 823.30 804.25 819.10NTPC 90.05 92.00 90.00 91.85MUTHOOTFIN 1170.10 1190.00 1166.25 1184.00SUNPHARMA 509.00 512.50 496.05 503.00CIPLA 742.90 748.40 732.50 739.90UPL 417.00 422.30 406.80 420.65COALINDIA 123.00 123.50 120.10 121.45BRITANNIA 3527.70 3579.45 3526.10 3549.85PIDILITIND 1565.00 1574.00 1556.10 1559.25BPCL 386.00 389.65 378.45 383.35BATAINDIA 1507.00 1514.35 1453.20 1476.30TATAPOWER 59.30 59.85 56.70 58.10BIOCON 424.00 425.95 415.00 420.10IPCALAB 2087.95 2160.00 2070.50 2142.85MOTHERSUMI 137.45 139.95 135.55 139.55BALKRISIND 1596.50 1659.50 1596.35 1613.30ADANIENT 385.45 401.90 384.00 388.65ACC 1680.00 1713.90 1680.00 1687.45BHEL 29.45 29.70 28.65 29.20LAURUSLABS 270.00 284.00 266.10 282.65M&MFIN 157.00 158.65 151.70 154.60L&TFH 71.80 73.00 70.35 71.35LTI 3000.00 3107.30 3000.00 3090.50PVR 1288.00 1300.00 1213.00 1228.50BIRLACORPN 741.00 763.85 731.00 748.95TECHM 824.10 844.95 824.10 837.85ULTRACEMCO 4781.00 4875.00 4767.20 4868.40SAIL 39.90 41.35 39.60 41.10J&KBANK 18.20 20.52 18.20 20.52ADANIPORTS 382.50 382.50 373.10 375.75EICHERMOT 2555.20 2599.00 2544.35 2590.55LUPIN 891.90 891.90 873.45 878.05SUNTV 422.00 429.70 418.60 428.70INDIACEM 150.30 155.45 146.25 147.60BANKINDIA 41.40 45.00 41.10 44.00UBL 1053.50 1100.30 1051.75 1093.80POWERGRID 191.20 193.00 189.25 191.80DIVISLAB 3442.00 3489.00 3431.55 3469.35GODREJCP 691.00 708.55 685.80 698.85AMARAJABAT 833.00 863.00 833.00 859.30ALOKTEXT 22.35 22.70 21.80 22.15AUROPHARMA 830.00 849.00 825.25 833.40JSWSTEEL 334.20 339.00 329.50 335.80BANKBARODA 47.65 48.25 47.25 47.50DMART 2380.00 2437.80 2353.00 2379.35HEROMOTOCO 3009.90 3014.10 2968.00 2998.30JUBLFOOD 2511.00 2627.60 2511.00 2617.10QUESS 407.75 473.90 407.70 466.20CHOLAFIN 334.30 344.50 334.30 338.75VARROC 338.20 365.00 332.30 355.70PHILIPCARB 162.80 169.40 159.55 163.80LICHSGFIN 327.50 333.55 322.75 329.35

BAJAJ-AUTO 3036.70 3083.00 3023.80 3059.25SIEMENS 1420.00 1435.40 1416.40 1423.85INDIAMART 4857.45 5069.00 4810.00 4997.10ESCORTS 1406.55 1421.15 1374.70 1414.40PEL 1390.15 1416.25 1372.00 1394.20IOC 85.00 85.75 83.40 84.85NBCC 24.25 26.40 24.00 25.85COFORGE 2332.90 2403.60 2319.40 2353.60ZEEL 188.50 188.90 183.30 185.60GMM 3811.05 3880.15 3750.00 3765.75BHARATFORG 511.00 517.65 493.20 498.05HSCL 41.80 42.65 38.70 39.45ADANITRANS 374.00 395.20 374.00 383.90DELTACORP 126.70 133.25 126.20 129.95EXIDEIND 170.00 172.45 169.80 171.75PNB 30.00 30.15 29.55 29.75COLPAL 1507.15 1548.05 1507.15 1534.15TVSMOTOR 475.50 481.20 469.95 478.30HDFCAMC 2419.25 2440.00 2401.00 2410.25SBICARD 805.00 814.00 795.40 806.85PFIZER 5084.95 5120.05 5013.10 5059.35MINDTREE 1327.70 1372.45 1326.80 1355.75NCC 41.75 42.00 40.50 41.60TATAELXSI 1529.55 1551.90 1528.00 1532.65NMDC 95.95 96.55 92.70 93.50JUSTDIAL 627.50 627.50 604.75 617.55TATAMTRDVR 72.90 73.70 71.10 72.65GRASIM 841.00 861.85 838.95 857.85AFFLE 3001.00 3148.35 3001.00 3148.35ICICIGI 1307.80 1382.00 1307.80 1353.95CASTROLIND 119.40 124.00 119.00 123.10ONGC 72.65 72.70 70.70 71.60BLISSGVS 164.55 166.75 162.70 163.25CANBK 93.80 94.00 92.45 93.25GODREJPROP 1047.00 1083.00 1045.30 1062.50GLENMARK 484.00 486.60 478.30 481.45METROPOLIS 2061.00 2143.00 2045.60 2139.05SBILIFE 840.00 850.00 835.00 845.15AMBUJACEM 260.00 261.65 253.75 257.20PETRONET 255.00 261.90 253.50 258.95IRCTC 1385.00 1398.00 1362.00 1380.05MANAPPURAM 164.00 164.75 159.60 161.45LALPATHLAB 2169.75 2242.45 2131.90 2196.20TATACONSUM 523.00 523.75 516.85 519.10EMAMILTD 386.95 399.75 383.75 396.45BAJAJHLDNG 2944.00 3026.30 2853.75 3004.20

RECLTD 115.90 116.10 112.40 113.60IGL 442.50 452.90 439.55 443.70RAIN 114.70 118.20 113.20 114.70TV18BRDCST 30.80 31.70 29.70 30.10CADILAHC 436.00 436.00 424.00 425.45VINATIORGA 1200.00 1220.00 1160.40 1202.15ABB 1052.80 1135.00 1048.45 1122.00AVANTI 493.00 504.00 487.00 497.45THYROCARE 1017.00 1065.80 998.00 1042.40ADANIPOWER 38.35 38.80 37.85 38.00JAMNAAUTO 53.00 59.40 51.35 57.55NATIONALUM 36.70 37.40 35.80 36.55DIXON 10200.00 10537.00 10068.20 10386.15TRIDENT 7.80 8.23 7.65 8.08CONCOR 408.30 418.10 408.30 409.95MGL 926.75 938.65 922.75 931.35MFSL 613.95 623.00 611.65 618.30HAVELLS 853.90 853.90 820.25 825.00FCONSUMER 7.74 8.02 7.74 7.88IDFCFIRSTB 33.20 33.75 33.10 33.55STAR 694.05 716.65 686.75 710.30AUBANK 892.90 897.00 872.50 879.95DEEPAKNI 800.00 820.00 800.00 810.90RAYMOND 312.05 316.65 298.50 304.90TORNTPHARM 2632.15 2643.50 2601.55 2609.25HAL 771.35 784.70 768.80 772.00GRANULES 376.75 377.45 372.00 373.60KEC 346.20 369.15 346.20 348.80PFC 104.80 105.50 102.85 103.50SOUTHBANK 6.96 7.05 6.64 6.80CESC 582.35 583.25 568.50 572.10INOXLEISUR 267.00 268.45 262.75 263.85IDBI 37.35 38.45 37.00 37.40BALRAMCHIN 149.40 155.00 149.10 152.60SRF 5061.00 5171.60 5034.40 5090.75JKPAPER 95.40 100.00 95.10 98.95MINDACORP 71.50 74.50 71.15 73.65IBREALEST 60.50 61.95 60.40 61.00CEATLTD 1143.00 1168.40 1138.05 1140.05OBEROIRLTY 462.00 471.00 458.20 466.75ASTRAL 1450.25 1477.00 1396.50 1409.30LEMONTREE 35.20 35.35 32.75 33.05FORCEMOT 1129.95 1195.00 1106.05 1176.35DBCORP 81.50 87.00 79.25 80.75CROMPTON 300.00 307.40 298.90 303.65

HINDPETRO* 213.00 215.95 211.55 213.90GODREJAGRO 519.00 520.00 509.50 512.35CUB 191.00 193.85 180.60 182.90INDHOTEL 116.00 117.50 113.25 113.70BOMDYEING 68.95 70.50 67.75 68.20PAGEIND 22110.90 22320.00 21951.60 22129.65CUMMINSIND 501.40 518.85 501.40 510.10AARTIIND 1145.00 1147.30 1110.10 1121.30VOLTAS 780.70 781.75 765.75 770.05NAVINFLUOR 2640.00 2663.00 2565.10 2578.50MIDHANI 190.05 196.20 190.05 193.50RAMCOCEM 861.75 873.60 846.90 853.50AMBER 2179.00 2215.00 2153.05 2165.45JAGRAN 37.70 43.10 37.70 41.00BOSCHLTD 11927.00 12028.65 11765.05 11910.25SHREECEM 23998.00 24000.00 23647.65 23956.70CENTRALBK 11.56 11.85 11.49 11.68DISHTV 10.42 10.50 10.21 10.26TRENT 748.00 774.45 726.05 759.50TORNTPOWER 306.75 309.85 304.15 307.00HFCL 18.15 18.55 17.70 17.90ABFRL 161.65 161.65 157.75 159.55RELAXO 729.10 745.75 712.05 738.25EDELWEISS 61.30 62.80 60.00 61.30WELCORP 107.80 113.90 107.80 112.90DCAL 136.40 152.00 136.40 147.65CGCL 286.80 286.80 272.00 273.30TNPL 107.85 115.50 107.55 112.75ICICIPRULI 443.20 456.00 442.60 453.00ABCAPITAL 80.95 82.30 80.10 81.00ASHOKA 74.40 75.45 73.50 74.05INFIBEAM 80.10 83.55 80.10 82.05SUPREMEIND 1555.00 1648.00 1529.35 1627.45SUZLON 3.50 3.65 3.42 3.46MPHASIS 1349.85 1349.85 1305.30 1315.60PIIND 2352.10 2445.00 2352.10 2433.60SYNGENE 572.10 575.15 561.65 572.50GSPL 194.00 199.80 194.00 198.25CENTURYTEX 335.00 337.00 328.35 331.05PERSISTENT 1134.05 1160.00 1134.05 1144.70CHAMBLFERT 180.50 187.05 177.35 186.15NOCIL 142.20 144.80 140.30 140.70JSWENERGY 61.30 63.60 60.80 63.15GMRINFRA 25.40 25.50 25.00 25.15SWANENERGY 136.00 137.10 133.30 135.70GODFRYPHLP 910.00 947.00 910.00 928.15SHK 125.20 129.30 121.75 122.70NAM-INDIA 287.20 295.00 287.20 289.85MARICO 373.80 376.05 368.15 374.15DCBBANK 95.15 95.85 92.05 93.40ERIS 519.90 530.00 515.00 519.40ISEC 450.90 452.45 437.00 440.40CYIENT 455.35 471.20 450.65 462.55RALLIS 255.05 262.50 254.40 257.95HINDZINC 224.00 225.60 220.60 221.65COROMANDEL 760.00 789.55 752.45 773.55SONATSOFTW 344.00 347.50 341.15 345.20UNIONBANK 25.25 25.75 25.20 25.55KEI 362.40 375.00 362.20 373.35GLAXO 1489.25 1528.00 1472.00 1522.40BSOFT 184.90 184.90 179.50 182.90BEML 655.50 670.45 651.85 655.85PGHL 5770.05 6124.95 5770.05 6033.15NH 366.00 392.00 359.45 367.30ASTRAZEN 4449.00 4471.35 4381.85 4398.00COCHINSHIP 339.55 345.25 339.55 340.25FSL 75.00 76.30 73.50 75.90GICRE 127.00 127.00 125.10 125.80VIPIND 345.50 348.40 335.45 339.85FINCABLES 290.00 293.00 282.00 284.05REPCOHOME 238.00 244.20 230.35 233.20BASF 1494.00 1573.75 1494.00 1543.90HAWKINCOOK 5096.00 5142.00 5050.05 5097.05POLYCAB 940.10 941.45 920.85 922.75SOBHA 310.00 313.90 306.00 309.70BERGEPAINT 644.80 647.20 639.00 642.95RATNAMANI 1530.00 1650.00 1530.00 1642.15VGUARD 179.00 179.80 175.60 176.75SUNDRMFAST 502.00 528.55 502.00 512.10TIMETECHNO 42.95 45.85 42.05 44.55MCX 1624.80 1634.80 1605.00 1610.65NESCO 539.00 544.80 514.00 524.05NETWORK18 36.50 37.40 35.35 35.95JSLHISAR 126.60 128.65 122.90 125.55PHOENIXLTD 658.70 670.95 637.00 655.80CHENNPETRO 83.50 83.70 80.45 82.20BLUEDART 4042.95 4120.00 4000.00 4021.40SCHNEIDER 89.70 94.05 89.70 92.70JSL 65.70 67.30 65.35 65.80DALBHARAT 987.75 994.00 966.00 985.80DEEPAKFERT 141.00 142.30 139.15 139.50GSFC 65.00 67.20 65.00 66.65BBTC 1299.00 1334.95 1299.00 1326.70IEX 203.20 208.15 203.20 205.15LTTS 1665.00 1703.90 1654.00 1661.30PRESTIGE 277.00 281.00 271.05 274.50UJJIVAN 249.20 251.55 243.10 248.80VAKRANGEE 29.20 30.90 29.20 30.00ATUL 6480.00 6590.70 6470.00 6526.95GUJGAS 318.30 323.45 317.05 318.55KALPATPOWR* 307.80 311.15 305.70 307.60WHIRLPOOL 2131.00 2146.80 2121.00 2130.95TIINDIA 774.60 794.00 755.00 787.70ENDURANCE 1052.70 1098.00 1048.85 1085.45ORIENTELEC 228.20 234.25 222.00 230.10CANFINHOME 462.05 467.40 459.45 463.20WABCOINDIA 6064.70 6213.60 5705.00 5967.65UCOBANK 11.94 12.40 11.77 12.06IOB 9.39 9.85 9.35 9.57

GODREJIND 423.00 425.50 415.00 421.25OIL 92.10 92.45 90.90 91.20JKTYRE 82.00 82.55 80.10 81.10GULFOILLUB 798.85 807.60 780.40 793.15RVNL 19.50 19.70 19.15 19.20JKLAKSHMI 348.70 349.65 339.60 341.50CARERATING 430.70 440.80 420.00 432.75KAJARIACER 618.50 622.75 614.00 620.50SWSOLAR 215.50 223.60 215.00 220.25ASTERDM 173.65 179.90 162.00 170.30STLTECH 151.50 152.10 147.20 149.15RADICO 450.00 455.00 446.00 449.30TATACOFFEE 103.10 103.60 102.25 102.60KPRMILL 798.00 811.35 790.30 807.45GREAVESCOT 75.20 75.40 73.10 73.80TVSSRICHAK 1554.00 1616.95 1551.55 1580.30ALKEM 2700.00 2715.00 2656.60 2678.55HATHWAY 33.15 33.50 31.10 31.65THERMAX 840.00 855.70 830.75 841.30JUBILANT 701.00 707.00 693.00 696.35WELSPUNIND 66.95 68.85 66.40 67.15EIHOTEL 88.50 90.25 86.55 88.95GRSE 196.00 203.00 194.85 199.40JAICORPLTD 90.85 91.45 88.70 89.00GHCL 160.00 167.95 158.75 164.60INDIANB 63.80 63.80 61.20 63.05MEGH 76.75 77.20 73.55 73.85CARBORUNIV 334.90 354.70 334.35 351.25RAJESHEXPO 464.85 464.85 450.25 451.20ALKYLAMINE 3325.00 3445.40 3325.00 3427.15KPITTECH 101.85 106.50 101.85 104.15ADVENZYMES 339.00 343.75 333.40 335.40PTC 53.00 53.65 52.00 53.35LUXIND 1578.30 1598.30 1544.65 1552.55GNFC 192.15 193.35 190.10 192.65OFSS 3062.00 3067.75 3026.00 3034.15UJJIVANSFB 34.00 34.65 33.50 33.70SUNTECK 269.85 273.00 269.25 269.85ECLERX 699.00 722.80 699.00 713.95JMFINANCIL 78.10 79.60 76.55 76.90ZYDUSWELL 1842.30 1842.30 1820.00 1825.05IIFL 112.95 120.50 112.95 115.75POWERINDIA 974.80 975.45 957.05 960.70RITES 254.90 254.90 248.30 248.55AJANTPHARM 1535.00 1547.80 1524.90 1528.90EQUITAS 53.00 53.30 52.00 52.85BDL 312.00 313.00 306.60 307.60ENGINERSIN 70.95 71.50 70.50 70.65HONAUT 31733.00 31825.45 30707.45 30893.70IDFC 32.15 33.60 32.15 33.45RCF 45.35 46.55 45.05 45.90MASFIN 1011.00 1075.00 1011.00 1064.90VENKYS 1630.00 1637.85 1588.00 1603.40SUMICHEM 281.35 284.90 278.90 281.45SANOFI 8135.00 8239.75 8135.00 8214.25FDC 321.60 327.15 321.60 324.20BAJAJELEC 564.35 571.90 555.60 567.75ITI 123.05 127.40 123.05 124.20BLUESTARCO 729.50 755.00 729.50 744.90FINOLEXIND 616.00 624.20 606.70 610.95CCL 250.30 263.65 250.30 260.15IFCI 6.10 6.42 5.98 6.15SUVENPHAR 336.45 339.00 330.25 332.30ABBOTINDIA 15300.00 15375.00 15200.00 15337.70LAXMIMACH 4370.05 4452.00 4331.15 4345.25SHOPERSTOP 182.20 186.50 182.20 184.95GALAXYSURF 1918.70 1983.00 1909.60 1944.15IRB 119.00 119.25 116.60 118.60KANSAINER 535.50 541.00 525.10 534.00TATAINVEST 940.00 949.15 916.60 924.15APLLTD 975.25 980.00 962.00 971.25ARVINDFASN 140.55 141.95 135.35 136.50KNRCON 294.00 297.85 290.95 292.80FORTIS 138.20 140.00 136.65 139.30TATAMETALI 550.00 552.00 527.80 528.45PCJEWELLER 15.20 16.20 15.20 15.65TATACOMM 1020.00 1045.00 1012.35 1031.25JINDALSAW 66.65 67.30 65.15 65.55AIAENG 1794.70 1810.40 1794.70 1799.70SCI 52.15 53.00 52.00 52.65NBVENTURES 49.00 49.00 47.00 47.50ZENSARTECH 205.45 209.90 205.35 208.65HEIDELBERG 199.95 202.00 195.45 197.65HINDCOPPER 37.25 37.65 36.20 36.90

MOIL 127.10 127.55 124.40 124.75PNCINFRA 173.15 173.55 165.20 167.45JYOTHYLAB 139.90 142.05 139.00 139.40AEGISLOG 220.00 225.25 217.90 222.10NATCOPHARM 915.00 917.35 894.40 911.55GESHIP 247.50 251.20 245.75 247.35VRLLOG 181.40 183.70 174.70 176.20NHPC 20.55 20.65 20.45 20.50VAIBHAVGBL 2118.00 2142.50 2080.00 2121.85JKCEMENT 1924.95 1924.95 1897.80 1920.05BAYERCROP 4985.00 5051.50 4982.80 5001.85HUDCO 32.50 33.15 32.50 32.75DBL 370.65 370.65 355.00 362.90MAHABANK 11.34 11.36 11.17 11.24GEPIL 316.00 318.30 314.70 318.30SKFINDIA 1530.00 1578.45 1530.00 1541.45SYMPHONY 848.25 848.25 836.00 837.50KRBL 253.00 254.10 249.50 250.35WABAG 188.25 190.15 185.00 187.00MINDAIND 372.00 372.00 360.15 367.85GPPL 93.00 94.00 92.00 92.95MOTILALOFS 611.20 621.95 606.40 611.00CENTURYPLY 202.00 204.10 195.40 199.25SPARC 167.80 168.20 165.00 165.45SHRIRAMCIT 1000.00 1023.00 994.60 1003.75BAJAJCON 185.05 187.00 183.40 184.85SHILPAMED 427.40 427.80 423.00 424.80UFLEX 366.95 366.95 355.20 359.60KTKBANK 44.95 45.35 43.90 44.25DCMSHRIRAM 353.70 359.75 350.40 353.05GILLETTE 5930.00 5930.00 5752.90 5773.30CHOLAHLDNG 493.60 494.45 474.15 484.35REDINGTON 138.50 139.95 136.50 138.00JBCHEPHARM 913.30 940.50 913.30 937.20NLCINDIA 49.40 50.30 49.40 49.75SPANDANA 752.45 760.95 720.00 731.85MRPL 27.80 28.25 27.75 27.80HIMATSEIDE 118.20 119.45 116.30 117.45MAHSCOOTER 3741.65 3864.10 3709.80 3824.45VMART 1999.65 2024.75 1984.50 2018.15BRIGADE 219.60 223.00 216.70 220.95GUJALKALI 324.90 326.00 319.00 320.35SUDARSCHEM 459.00 459.75 450.25 453.85INDOCO 253.00 259.65 251.20 257.55VBL 770.00 778.30 761.20 768.90ORIENTCEM 68.20 71.00 68.20 70.05CSBBANK 252.95 265.10 252.95 260.70GARFIBRES 2136.50 2166.35 2110.65 2158.30ORIENTREF 223.80 225.95 216.75 220.753MINDIA 21650.00 21800.00 21415.50 21757.15HERITGFOOD 277.90 280.00 274.35 276.00TASTYBIT 11285.95 11340.00 11092.30 11170.80APLAPOLLO 3304.00 3304.00 3191.30 3215.95WESTLIFE 379.00 386.95 377.90 382.00TIMKEN 1151.15 1183.00 1151.15 1175.40SJVN 22.35 22.60 22.35 22.50CAPPL 478.50 481.75 469.85 473.70LINDEINDIA 894.90 896.75 883.50 891.30CREDITACC 733.00 745.75 727.30 737.05SIS 385.00 386.80 372.45 375.85BALMLAWRIE 102.20 102.65 101.95 102.20PARAGMILK 108.85 109.50 107.10 108.00IRCON 83.75 84.25 82.50 83.40EPL 256.60 269.05 256.60 264.90FINEORG 2627.80 2641.95 2555.55 2597.60TTKPRESTIG 5839.60 5879.00 5770.00 5853.30GMDCLTD 46.20 46.45 45.15 45.60LAOPALA 215.00 217.10 212.50 213.15GRINDWELL 585.00 586.60 574.40 580.30GDL 99.15 102.80 99.15 100.40MHRIL 187.10 187.15 182.35 182.95SOMANYCERA 254.90 265.30 254.90 257.60AKZOINDIA 2111.90 2122.15 2101.15 2109.75VSTIND 3535.00 3559.25 3508.30 3514.70PGHH 10529.05 10600.00 10375.00 10507.75MMTC 17.70 18.00 17.65 17.80KSB 511.00 527.70 511.00 526.15ALLCARGO 124.90 125.20 123.15 123.95NIACL 112.00 113.10 111.00 111.60ITDC 250.85 253.30 247.00 248.25CRISIL 2023.40 2033.90 1992.00 1999.60CHALET 156.20 157.20 152.10 152.35SUPRAJIT 198.00 198.00 192.35 194.70NAVNETEDUL 83.70 84.10 81.55 82.40TCIEXP 815.95 836.35 789.00 791.25SFL 1344.65 1355.20 1327.80 1342.05PRSMJOHNSN 82.75 82.75 79.80 80.20DHANUKA 709.00 712.75 706.00 706.45TEAMLEASE 2385.60 2427.90 2374.10 2415.70SCHAEFFLER 3910.00 3915.00 3859.25 3887.00OMAXE 68.80 70.00 67.60 69.50MAHSEAMLES 249.10 249.20 244.40 245.50JCHAC 2177.80 2177.80 2120.00 2125.35TVTODAY 200.15 202.65 198.90 199.40MAHLOG 385.00 392.35 381.25 385.35IFBIND 768.65 776.95 754.40 762.95CERA 3057.00 3070.00 3037.40 3057.30TCNSBRANDS 394.50 409.40 394.50 401.50AAVAS 1500.45 1500.45 1480.00 1492.65VTL 860.90 862.25 825.25 831.10FLUOROCHEM 512.15 515.45 509.60 513.95SOLARINDS 995.00 995.60 981.80 990.35NILKAMAL 1374.15 1376.95 1355.30 1366.20JTEKTINDIA 78.30 78.95 75.80 77.90INDOSTAR 294.00 296.20 293.70 293.90ESABINDIA 1402.85 1402.85 1372.55 1375.00MAHLIFE 275.50 279.15 274.45 277.80STARCEMENT 85.65 86.95 85.45 85.65IIFLWAM 998.95 998.95 993.00 993.00

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SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGENIFTY 50 12813.40 12892.45 12730.25 12859.05 87.35BAJAJFINSV 7843.00 8588.65 7843.00 8548.80 725.40TITAN 1295.95 1371.30 1295.60 1362.05 69.60GAIL 93.90 97.95 93.00 97.60 3.95BAJFINANCE 4571.95 4762.15 4515.25 4717.00 180.45BHARTIARTL 470.50 485.95 465.35 483.15 14.60KOTAKBANK 1820.00 1899.00 1812.10 1882.00 55.65HDFCLIFE 647.35 668.55 647.35 664.70 18.65NESTLEIND 17050.00 17500.00 16915.15 17400.00 465.85GRASIM 840.00 861.90 838.60 859.80 23.05NTPC 90.25 92.10 89.90 91.85 2.05HDFCBANK 1372.65 1408.40 1365.05 1405.00 30.65HCLTECH 813.95 823.50 804.00 820.00 15.45ITC 188.80 192.00 186.05 191.35 3.45TECHM 829.00 844.95 826.40 838.00 15.10ULTRACEMCO 4807.90 4871.95 4769.05 4862.55 84.55TATASTEEL 526.00 541.70 521.00 531.55 7.95M&M 710.00 718.55 697.40 714.10 10.20SHREECEM 23827.30 24010.95 23630.30 23987.00 325.35JSWSTEEL 332.00 339.00 329.30 335.60 4.40WIPRO 343.80 348.50 342.05 347.00 4.40EICHERMOT 2565.00 2600.00 2542.30 2583.10 31.85BRITANNIA 3524.95 3577.75 3521.15 3555.00 43.65DIVISLAB 3442.00 3490.00 3425.00 3472.95 37.90SBIN 241.50 245.40 233.95 242.00 2.25POWERGRID 193.50 194.00 189.10 191.50 1.70BAJAJ-AUTO 3033.00 3085.00 3022.00 3059.00 24.75TCS 2655.00 2676.00 2627.55 2657.80 20.90INFY 1106.00 1109.00 1091.10 1104.45 7.70UPL 416.50 422.40 406.55 419.00 2.50HEROMOTOCO 2999.00 3018.95 2965.65 2998.00 9.50TATAMOTORS 170.05 171.55 165.55 168.30 0.35HDFC 2330.00 2386.55 2326.55 2329.00 4.40HINDALCO 214.55 220.00 212.10 214.20 0.35IOC 84.75 85.75 83.40 84.70 0.00ASIANPAINT 2163.35 2190.05 2160.55 2160.55 -1.15MARUTI 6959.55 7020.00 6904.00 6959.00 -4.30SBILIFE 848.80 850.00 835.00 845.90 -0.85BPCL 387.70 389.90 378.55 383.00 -0.70CIPLA 742.00 748.45 732.25 740.40 -1.70ICICIBANK 479.50 483.45 468.10 477.00 -1.75LT 1140.00 1161.00 1118.50 1128.60 -5.65HINDUNILVR 2135.00 2142.00 2100.50 2117.95 -12.80DRREDDY 4730.00 4752.30 4656.30 4677.00 -30.70COALINDIA 123.30 123.50 120.15 121.25 -0.80ONGC 72.45 72.70 70.70 71.65 -0.50SUNPHARMA 510.00 512.50 496.00 502.45 -4.90AXISBANK 615.00 616.50 592.00 604.45 -7.05INDUSINDBK 818.10 829.90 788.80 806.00 -12.00ADANIPORTS 381.00 382.65 373.00 375.95 -5.95RELIANCE 1975.00 1983.80 1895.00 1901.00 -72.15

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SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGENIFTY NEXT 50 29638.65 29974.00 29634.60 29952.90 373.10INFRATEL 190.65 223.05 188.25 221.70 35.80ADANIGREEN 1051.00 1137.65 1050.00 1137.50 54.00BAJAJHLDNG 2892.00 3026.10 2853.00 3015.00 136.15ICICIGI 1304.00 1383.55 1299.00 1357.00 60.55NAUKRI 3834.20 4058.00 3815.10 3999.10 164.90LTI 3008.65 3107.10 2991.15 3104.00 121.00UBL 1057.85 1100.95 1051.50 1090.25 38.10ICICIPRULI 443.00 456.00 442.05 456.00 14.70GODREJCP 688.90 709.00 686.05 700.50 15.60MOTHERSUMI 137.00 140.00 135.60 139.50 2.75PETRONET 255.00 262.00 253.25 258.75 4.90MARICO 371.70 376.25 367.80 373.65 6.30ADANITRANS 375.70 395.40 375.00 381.90 6.20MUTHOOTFIN 1176.00 1191.45 1166.30 1185.00 15.35BERGEPAINT 640.00 647.00 639.00 645.00 8.20COLPAL 1522.00 1548.00 1519.00 1534.90 18.10TATACONSUM 520.25 523.80 515.60 519.30 3.70IGL 441.40 453.00 441.30 445.45 3.20ABBOTINDIA 15298.65 15360.00 15200.00 15345.00 106.35ACC 1684.00 1713.95 1680.00 1690.50 10.70PGHH 10482.75 10617.00 10361.00 10549.20 66.45AUROPHARMA 830.15 849.35 825.00 833.05 2.90HINDPETRO 214.10 216.00 211.45 214.00 0.65SBICARD 807.00 814.20 795.05 809.00 2.15DABUR 511.05 513.80 505.95 508.50 1.20GICRE 125.95 126.40 125.15 125.65 0.25CONCOR 410.00 418.30 408.20 409.00 0.75MCDOWELL-N 577.00 587.00 565.90 572.80 0.75PIDILITIND 1564.40 1574.35 1556.10 1560.00 1.60ALKEM 2698.90 2718.25 2656.00 2680.00 -4.60BOSCHLTD 11900.05 12020.00 11758.45 11907.00 -20.55PEL 1403.80 1417.55 1371.25 1390.50 -2.55SIEMENS 1427.65 1435.00 1415.45 1422.00 -5.60AMBUJACEM 259.10 261.90 253.75 257.45 -1.25HAVELLS 830.55 838.90 819.80 823.50 -4.30OFSS 3059.00 3067.15 3025.00 3036.00 -16.00LUPIN 887.00 891.80 873.55 878.50 -5.90HDFCAMC 2434.60 2440.00 2400.05 2408.00 -16.75INDIGO 1673.05 1743.85 1643.00 1675.35 -12.60BIOCON 423.10 425.95 415.00 419.55 -3.20PNB 29.95 30.20 29.55 29.75 -0.25BANKBARODA 47.95 48.30 47.20 47.50 -0.45TORNTPHARM 2634.95 2643.20 2601.00 2608.00 -26.60DMART 2390.00 2438.95 2350.55 2366.20 -26.00HINDZINC 225.00 225.95 220.40 221.50 -2.50BANDHANBNK 352.65 355.55 339.00 348.50 -4.10CADILAHC 434.00 434.40 423.70 425.55 -5.15PFC 104.90 105.60 102.80 103.30 -1.40DLF 187.00 189.00 180.00 181.60 -3.30NMDC 95.65 96.50 92.65 93.30 -2.90

Mumbai:The recently con-cluded IPL, played in UAEamid the coronavirus pan-demic, witnessed a 23 per centjump in television viewershipat 400 billion minutes.TheBARC, which collates data ontelevision viewing, said 405million viewers watched thetournament for 400 billionminutes as against the 326 bil-lion viewing minutes in theyear-ago’s edition. The crickettournament, which is general-ly played during the summersand had to be staged in theUAE because of social dis-tancing restrictions domesti-cally, was seen as a big succourfor the sports, which had beenstruggling with a lack of actionsince the onset of the pandemicin March. PTI

Mumbai:The rupee appreciat-ed by 11 paise to settle at overone-week high of 74.16 againstthe US dollar on Friday, sup-ported by positive domesticequities and sustained foreignfund inflows.At the interbankforex market, the domesticunit opened at 74.15 against theUS dollar and touched a highof 74.09 and a low of 74.21 inthe day trade. It finally settledat 74.16 against the greenback,registering an increase of 11paise over its previous close.The rupee had settled at 74.27against US dollar on Thursday.

“The rupee is currentlydrawing a lot of support fromequity inflows and the factthat the dollar globally is on thebackfoot,” said SugandhaSachdeva, VP-Metals, Energy& Currency Research, ReligareBroking. PTI

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Equity indices resumed theirupward trajectory on Friday

after a day’s pause as banking,finance and telecom counterssaw robust demand amidmixed global cues.

A recovering rupee andunabated foreign fund inflowsadded to the momentum,traders said.

After a choppy session, the30-share BSE Sensex ended282.29 points or 0.65 per centhigher at 43,882.25.

Similarly, the broader NSENifty rose 87.35 points or 0.68per cent to close at 12,859.05.

Bajaj Finserv was the topgainer in the Sensex pack, ral-lying 9.13 per cent, followed byTitan, Bajaj Finance, KotakBank, Bharti Airtel, NestleIndia, NTPC and HDFC Bank.

Bharti Airtel finished 3.18per cent higher after Bharti

Infratel and Indus Towersannounced the completion oftheir merger deal to create amega tower company.

On the other hand,Reliance Industries, IndusIndBank, Sun Pharma, ONGC,Axis Bank, HUL and L&Twere the losers, skidding up to3.72 per cent. During the hol-iday-shortened week, Sensexrose 439.25 points or 1.01 percent, while Nifty advanced139.10 points or 1.09 per cent.

“Domestic equities gainedamid mixed global cues. Asharp rebound in heavyweightfinancials on news pertainingto government may be consid-ering corporate and foreignbank participation in privati-zation of select PSBs led mar-ket to move higher.

“Additionally, buyingmomentum in mid-cap andsmall-caps remained visible inthe backdrop of improved

prospects of earnings improve-ment. We continue to maintainour cautiously optimisticapproach about the market asunderlying strength of marketsremains intact,” said BinodModi, Head Strategy atReliance Securities.

BSE telecom, consumerdurables, power, finance, teck,utilities, bankex and FMCGindices rallied as much as 4.73per cent, while BSE energy wasthe sole sectoral laggard.

Broader BSE midcap andsmallcap indices soared up to1.22 per cent. Elsewhere inAsia, bourses in Shanghai,Hong Kong and Seoul endedon a positive note, while Tokyowas in the red.

Stock exchanges in Europewere trading higher in earlydeals. Brent crude futures, theglobal oil benchmark, rose 0.41per cent to USD 44.38 per bar-rel.

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Oil marketing companies(OMCs) on Friday raised

the retail price of petrol anddiesel after a break of almosttwo months when auto fuelprices remained static on Covidaffected global oil market.

The price of petrol hasincreased by 17 paisa per litrein the national Capital to Rs81.23 from Rs 81.06 a litre onthe previous day. Similarly,retail price of diesel has beenincreased by 22 paisa per litreto Rs 70.68 a litre.

While India has broughtboth petrol and diesel out froman earlier administrative priceregime and their retail pricesare revised daily based onglobal movement productprices, holding the retail pricerevision for almost two months

was surprising. At a time whenglobally prices change by thehour, in India it could be keptstatic for such a long period.

Every dollar increase inprice of crude results in retailprice of petrol and diesel to beincreased by upto 40 paisa perlitre.

This would mean that thefuel prices should be up by atleast Rs 1.20 per litre by now.

However, oil companieshave kept fuel prices staticeven when there was a need torevise it downwards last month.That saving prevented OMCsfrom increasing petrol anddiesel prices by a higher mar-gin. Now that option isexhausted and regular pricerevision could restart.

With the price revision, theretail price of the two auto fuelhas also increased across the

country but the level of increaseis different in different citiesdue to variable taxation struc-ture pursued by the states.

The increase in petrol anddiesel prices was expected asglobal oil market had shownsigns of firming up after posi-tive news on successful intro-duction of a coronavirus vac-cine soon. Moreover, thedemand for oil and fallinginventory levels in major con-suming markets has alsofirmed up crude price.

The benchmark Brentcrude price is hovering over$44 a barrel for some time nowwhile the US WTI crude is alsoclose to $42 a barrel. The twohave remained firm since thebeginning of the month afterremaining soft in most parts ofOctober at close to $40 a bar-rel or less.

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porates may be permitted topromote banks after neces-sary amendments to theBanking Regulations Act, aswell as raising the cap on pro-moters’ stake in private sec-tor banks to 26 per cent.The

panel also suggested the con-version of big non-bankingfinance companies (NBFCs)into banks.

The Reserve Bank ofIndia had constituted anInternal Working Group(IWG) on June 12, 2020, toreview extant ownershipguidelines and corporatestructure for Indian private

sector banks. The central bank made

the report public on Fridayand has sought commentsby January 15, 2021 “beforetaking a view in the matter”.

The group has recom-mended that “large corpo-rate/industrial houses maybe permitted to promotebanks only after necessary

amendments to the BankingRegulat ions Act , 1949 to deal with connected lend-ing and exposures betweenthe banks and other financialand non-financial group enti-ties”.

It also made a case for thestrengthening of the super-visory mechanism for largeconglomerates, including

consolidated supervision.The approach of the RBI

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Washington: US President-electJoe Biden has said that he wantsto make sure that China plays bythe rules and announced that hisadministration will rejoin theWorld Health Organisation.

Biden was responding to aquestion on Thursday about hisremarks during the presidentialdebates that he wanted to pun-ish China over the way Beijinghas been behaving. He was askedif that could include economicsanctions or tariffs on China, theworld's second largest economy.

In April, President DonaldTrump announced that the USwould withdraw from the WHO,accusing the UN organisation forfailing to oversee the onset of thecoronavirus as it began to spreadin China.

“It's not so much about pun-ishing China, it's about makingsure China understands they'vegot to play by the rules. It's a sim-ple proposition,” Biden said dur-ing a meeting with a bipartisangroup of governors in his home-town in Wilmington, Delaware.

He said that is one of thereasons why his administrationis going to rejoin the World

Health Organisation.“We're going to rejoin on

day one as well and it needsreform, acknowledge, and rejointhe Paris Climate Accord. Andwe have to make sure that the restof the world and we get togeth-er and make sure there are cer-tain right lines the Chineseunderstand,” Biden, a Democrat,said.

President Trump's four yearsin power were the worst phase inChina-US relations as the rulingCommunist Party of Chinaheaded by President Xi Jinpingstruggled to deal with whatChinese officials say is the mostelusive and unpredictableAmerican leader ever since for-mer US president Richard Nixonin 1972 established ties with theCommunist nation.

During his tenure, Trump,a Republican, pushed aggres-sively on all aspects of US-Chinaties, including with his relentlesstrade war, challenging China'smilitary hold on the disputedSouth China Sea, its constantthreats to Taiwan and brandingcoronavirus as “China virus”after it emerged from Wuhan in

December last year.Chinese strategic experts

said Biden entering the WhiteHouse is expected to provide anopportunity for breakthroughs inresuming high-level communi-cation and rebuilding mutualstrategic trust between the twomajor countries.

A day earlier, Senator JimRisch, chairman of the SenateForeign Relations Committee,published a majority report enti-tled “The United States andEurope: A Concrete Agenda forTransatlantic Cooperation onChina,” to advance greater col-laboration between the US andEurope on the challenges posedby China.

“We must be prepared towork with our trusted allies andpartners to counter an increas-ingly confrontational China thatattempts to undermine prosper-ity, security and good governancein every region of the globe,”Risch said.

According to the report, theUS and Europe increasinglyagree that China poses signifi-cant political, economic, andeven security challenges. PTI

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Washington: US President DonaldTrump is sending an incredibly damag-ing message to the international com-munity by not conceding the electionresults, President-elect Joe Biden said onThursday.

Major news networks have declaredBiden as the winner of the November 3presidential elections, weeks ahead oftheir formal certification by the respec-tive State legislatures.

Trump, however, has refused to con-cede. He has filed multiple lawsuits inseveral states challenging the electionresults alleging that there has been mas-sive voters' fraud and electoral malprac-tice, a charge denied by state officials andnews outlets.

“I think they were witnessing incred-ible irresponsibility; incredibly damagingmessages being sent to the rest of theworld about how democracy functions.I do not know his motive, but I just thinkit is totally irresponsible,” Biden, 77, saidduring a meeting with a bipartisangroup of governors in Wilmington.

“What the president is doing now isgoing to be another incident where hewill go down in history as being one ofthe most irresponsible presidents ofAmerica,” he said in response to a ques-tion.

“We are going to end up making itclear that we won, and but it is hard tofathom how this man thinks. I am con-fident he knows he has not won and isnot going to be able to win, and we aregoing to be sworn in on January 20...,” hesaid. Responding to another question,Biden said he is “not concerned” thatpeople may question the legitimacy of hisadministration.

“The vast majority of the Americanpeople, they have already--all the pollingdata has indicated all the Republicanswho worry about it is higher, but youknow, over 78 per cent of the Americanpeople believe it is without question, itis legitimate,” he said.

“I think most of the Republicans Ihave spoken to, including some gover-nors, think this is debilitating. It sends ahorrible message about who we are as acountry,” he added.

The President-elect in response toanother question did not rule out takingaction against the General ServicesAdministration (GSA), the governmen-tal department which has refused to helphim in the transition.

Biden also said that he has alreadydecided on the name of the next TreasurySecretary and will make the announce-ment around Thanksgiving. PTI

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Barack Obama has voiced con-cern over the Republican lead-

ers' attempts to overturn the resultsof the 2020 presidential election andsaid that they are defendingPresident Donald Trump's “bogusclaims” of voter fraud because theyare “intimidated” by it.

Democrat Joe Biden wasdeclared the winner of theNovember 3 presidential election,but President Trump, a Republican,has refused to concede defeat andhas filed multiple lawsuits, chal-lenging poll results in several states.

“I have been troubled, like Ithink every American, whetheryou're a Democrat, a Republican oran independent, should be trou-bled, when you start havingattempts to block, negate, overturnthe people's vote when there's noactual evidence that there was any-thing illegal or fraudulent takingplace,” former president Obamatold MSNBC.

He also criticised the conser-vative-leaning news outlets for giv-ing a platform to Trump's unsub-stantiated claims.

“And the degree to whichyou've seen some news outlets thatcater to the right and the conserv-ative viewpoint, somehow try toprop up these, you know, bogusclaims,” Obama, the first BlackAmerican president said.

In the last phase of the cam-paign, Obama had campaignedfor former vice president Biden andKamala Harris Harris in some ofthe key battleground States ofPennsylvania, Michigan, Floridaand Georgia.

The embattled Trump cam-paign has challenged vote count inPennsylvania, Michigan andGeorgia, among other states. Anumber of their lawsuits have beendismissed.

“They've been repeatedlyrejected by the courts. I'm less sur-prised by Trump doing this; he hasshown only a flimsy relationship tothe truth. I'm more troubled thatyou're seeing a lot of Republicanofficials go along with it, notbecause they actually believe it butbecause they're intimidated by it,”Obama said.

Obama said that there is a dif-ference between 2008 and now in2020.

Washington: US President-elect JoeBiden on Thursday ruled out anationwide shutdown to fight Covid-19, but insisted on a nationalmask mandate as part of the effortsto prevent the spread of the deadlyvirus which has so far taken the livesof 2,50,000 Americans.

“No national shutdown becauseevery region, area and communitycan be different. And so there is nocircumstance which I can see thatwould require a total national shut-down. I think that would be coun-terproductive, but there are con-straints in which the degree to whichbusinesses can be open,” he toldreporters in Wilmington, Delaware,after a meeting with a bipartisangroup of governors. Biden said hewould follow the science.

“I am not going to shut down theeconomy period. I am going to shutdown the virus,” he asserted.

“For example, it is one thing tosay that you can have in a state that--where the infection rate is not ashigh, you can have a gymnasiumopen. It is another thing to say it canbe only open four hours a day withX number of people.

“The church I go to, my CatholicChurch they do not allow morethan 40 per cent of people to comeinto the church. Those are rationaldecisions. It is not shutting downeverything; it is calibrating based onwhat the threat is,” he explained.

Biden said he discussed theimplementation of a national maskmandate in the meeting with the gov-ernors. “Ten governors, Democratand Republican, have imposed mask-ing requirements and recognisedthe need for universal masking.North, South, East and West. It is nota political statement. It is a patrioticduty,” he said. PTI

Washington: A federal judgehas granted class certificationin a lawsuit challenging thealleged pattern and practice ofthe US Citizenship andImmigration Services arbi-trarily denying H-1B non-immigrant employment-based petitions for marketresearch analyst positions filedby businesses in this country.

The H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows UScompanies to employ foreignworkers in specialty occupa-tions that require theoreticalor technical expertise. Thetechnology companiesdepend on it to hire tens ofthousands of employees each

year from countries like Indiaand China.

The lawsuit — filed infederal court in the NorthernDistrict of California by theAmerican ImmigrationCouncil, the AmericanImmigration LawyersAssociation, along with lawfirms Van Der Hout LLP,Joseph & Hall PC, and KuckBaxter Immigration LLC —seeks to rein in the unlawfuladjudication practice

the US Citizenship andImmigration

Services (USCIS) uses indetermining whether a mar-ket research analyst job qual-ifies as a “specialty occupa-tion.” PTI

London: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday backedhis Cabinet Minister Priti Patel, despite a Cabinet Officeinquiry into allegations of bullying concluding that she hadbreached the Ministerial Code, albeit “unintentionally”.

While ministers are usually expected to resign if theybreach the code, it ultimately rests with the prime ministeron whether to take any action on the independent MinisterialCode adviser's findings.

Johnson, who has consistently supported Patel ever sincethe allegations first emerged earlier this year, declared thathe still has “full confidence” in the 48-year-old Indian-ori-gin minister, who holds one of the UK's highest political officesas Home Secretary.It has, however, led to the resignation ofAlex Allan, the independent adviser on the Ministerial Code,as the decision seems to go against the findings of his report.

“My advice is that the Home Secretary has not consis-tently met the high standards required by the Ministerial Codeof treating her civil servants with consideration and respect.Her approach on occasions has amounted to behaviour thatcan be described as bullying in terms of the impact felt byindividuals,” his report notes. PTI

Beijing: A leading Chinese vaccine maker said it has com-menced phase-3 clinical trials for its Covid-19 vaccine andis planning to recruit 29,000 volunteers across the world.

This is China's first phase-3 efficacy study for aRecombinant subunit Covid-19 vaccine candidate, AnhuiZhifei Longcom Biopharmaceutical, said in a statement onThursday.

Jointly developed by the company and the Institute ofMicrobiology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, thevaccine was issued a clinical research permit from the NationalMedical Products Administration on June 19.

The company said the research, which plans to enroll upto 29,000 adults aged 18 and up, was launched on Wednesdayin Xiangtan County, central China's Hunan Province.

Global trials are expected to begin in Uzbekistan late thismonth, followed by trials in Indonesia, Pakistan and Ecuador.A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian told amedia briefing on Wednesday that five Chinese vaccine can-didates are under clinical trials in countries, including the UAE,Brazil, Pakistan and Peru, and phase one and phase two clin-ical trials of some other vaccines are accelerated.

Researchers started phase-1 and phase-2 clinical trials onJune 23, which were randomised, double-blind and placebo-controlled. PTI

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The European Union issued on Friday one of its mostupbeat assessments of the state of post-Brexit trade

negotiations.EU Commission President Ursula von der

Leyen said “we've seen in the last days, betterprogress, more movement on important files.”

“This is good,” von der Leyen told reporters, incomments that contrast sharply with previous state-ments over the talks that have dragged on with littleprogress for months, despite the tight Jan. 1 deadline.

Her comment came a day after a member of theEU negotiating team tested positive for the coronavirus,which led to the talks being suspended.

She said that because legal texts had made suchprogress, further discussions by video over the nextdays could progress too “since there is now substancewhere you can go through line by line.”

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Nearly four years after a PakistanInternational Airlines' flight

crashed in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwaprovince, killing 47 people, a probereport has said that the aircraft hadthree “technical anomalies” for which the airline's engineers wereresponsible, according to a mediareport.

The plane crashed near Havelianin Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa provinceon December 7, 2016, killing all 47passengers and crew on board theATR42 aircraft of the national car-rier.

Junaid Jamshed, a singer-turned-preacher, was among the

people killed in one of the most dis-astrous air crashes in the country'saviation history.

The Aircraft Accident andInvestigation Board (AAIB) com-pleted its investigation into thecrash and revealed that the aircrafthad three “technical anomalies” forwhich the airline's engineers wereresponsible, the Dawn News report-ed.

Head of the AAIB AirCommodore Usman Ghani sub-mitted the report on Thursday to abench of the Sindh High Court(SHC) after repeated directives bythe bench in a petition filed aboutvarious incidents involving ATRplanes.

Peshawar: A Hindu temple,believed to have been con-structed 1,300 years ago, hasbeen discovered by Pakistaniand Italian archaeologicalexperts at a mountain in north-west Pakistan's Swat district.

The discovery was madeduring an excavation at BarikotGhundai. Announcing the dis-covery on Thursday, FazleKhaliq of KhyberPakhtunkhwa Department ofArchaeology said that the tem-ple discovered is of LordVishnu.

It was built by the Hindus1,300 years ago during the

Hindu Shahi period, he said.The Hindu Shahis or Kabul

Shahis (850–1026 CE) was aHindu dynasty that ruled theKabul Valley (easternAfghanistan), Gandhara (mod-ern-day Pakistan), and pre-sent-day northwestern India.

During their excavation,the archaeologists also foundtraces of cantonment andwatchtowers near the templesite.

The experts also found awater tank near the temple sitewhich they believe was used bythe Hindus for bathing beforeworship. Khaliq said that Swatdistrict is home to a thousand-

year-old archaeological sitesand the traces of the HinduShahi period have been foundfor the first time in the area.

Dr Luka, the head of theItalian archaeological mission,said this was the first temple ofthe Ghandhara civilisation dis-covered in Swat district.

Swat district is among thetop 20 sites in Pakistan whichis home to every kind oftourism like natural beauty,religious tourism, culturaltourism and archaeologicalsites.

Several places of worship ofBuddhism are also situated inSwat district. PTI

Nairobi: The United Nations refugee agency saysabout 32,000 people have fled Ethiopia's embat-tled Tigray region into neighbouring Sudan, andit is preparing to take in up to 200,000 in thenext six months if necessary.

Axel Bisschop, the agency's representativein Sudan, told reporters that “nobody at thisstage can say exactly how many will come,” butUN officials said fighting continues betweenEthiopian government and Tigray regionalgovernment forces.

Some of the refugees are arriving withaccounts of shelling or airplanes flying overhead,but Bisschop said for now authorities are ask-

ing mainly “humanitarian questions” as theyurgently seek to provide services.

The refugees are arriving in a veryremote area, and humanitarians must create a

crisis response virtually from zero even as up to 5,000 refugees continue to arrive every day.

No one knows when the flow might ease.“We have not heard specifics from the fight-

ing, but what definitely is clear is that fightingis ongoing and it is sporadic, you never knowwhere it's going to happen,” said HameedNuru, the Sudan country representative for theWorld Food Program. AP

Mexico City: Mexico passedthe 100,000 mark in COVID-19 deaths, becoming only thefourth country to do so amidconcerns about the lingeringphysical and psychologicalscars on survivors.

José Luis Alomía Zegarra,Mexico's director of epidemi-ology, announced lateThursday that Mexico had100,104 confirmed COVID-19deaths, behind only the UnitedStates, Brazil and India.

The milestone comes lessthan a week after Mexicotopped 1 million registeredcoronavirus cases, though offi-cials agree the number is prob-ably much higher because oflow levels of testing.

The coverage of the back-to-back milestones has raisedthe hackles of some govern-ment officials.

Mexico's pointman on thepandemic, Assistant HealthSecretary Hugo López-Gatell,bristled when asked aboutMexico reaching the 100,000deaths point, criticizing themedia for “being alarmist,” inthe same way he has criticizedthose who suggest the govern-ment is undercountingCOVID-19 deaths or providingcontradictory and weak adviceon using face masks. AP

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persons. The survey will be complet-ed within 5 days,” said a district magistrate.

Following a meeting betweenUnion Home Minister Amit Shah andChief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, it wasdecided that the survey in the city will beconducted by teams of AIIMS, the DelhiGovernment and municipal corporations,and all the symptomatic people found inthe survey would be tested and providednecessary treatment.

Around 9,500 surveillance teams havebeen constituted and deployed for con-ducting a door-to-door survey. Each teamhas a target to survey 50 households everyday, officials added.

The national Capital has witnessed asurge in coronavirus cases since October28, when the daily rise breached the 5,000-mark for the first time, and it crossed the8,000-mark on November 11.

On Wednesday, the infection tally inDelhi rose to over 5 lakh with 7,486 freshcases reported, while 131 new fatalities, thehighest single-day death count till date,took the toll to 7,943.

In a containment zone summary as onNovember 19, the revenue department saidthere were 4,560 such zones in the city.While New Delhi and Shahdara districtshave 264 and 249 containment zonesrespectively, there are 202 such zones innorth Delhi.

The department said east Delhi has184 Covid-19 containment zones, butnortheast district has only 148 zones.Meanwhile, a door-to-door survey foridentifying and testing people symptomaticfor coronavirus in containment and dense-ly packed areas of the city commenced onFriday.

The survey will be completed withinfive days and will cover over 57 lakh peo-ple in containment zones, dense areas andidentified clusters of virus transmission,officials said.

As many as 7,546 fresh Covid-19 caseswere reported on Thursday, taking theinfection tally to over 5.1 lakh while 98more fatalities pushed the toll to 8,041.

On Thursday, the AAP Government

announced sweeping measures includinga steep Rs 2,000 fine for not wearing masks,reservation of 80 per cent ICU beds in pri-vate hospitals, doubling testing centres inevery district and postponement of non-critical surgeries at health facilities.

The Union Health Ministry onThursday said Delhi accounted for 22.39per cent of the fatalities reported across thecountry in a span of 24 hours by record-ing 131 deaths on Wednesday and becamethe largest contributor to the single-dayCOVID-19 deaths in India.

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Hours later the Trinamool Congressreacted with equal venom daring theCentre to impose President’s Rule in theState.

“We dare them to impose Article 356.If they have the courage let them go aheadwith their plans and see the consequence,”Bengal Minister Bratya Basu said referringto Sujapur blast.

He said whenever there was an acci-dental blast in Bengal, the BJP floats anumber of theories to polarize the elec-torate but they forget that similar accidentsdo take place in Gujarat too. In June 2019there was a blast in a factory in Bharuchthat killed 4 people, he said.

“ We did not question it as we knewit was an accident… but they will alwaysraise communal questions whenever thereis an accidental blast in Bengal,” he said.

A special task force is probing the fac-tory blast at Sujapur that killed 6 peopleon Thursday.

Attacking the BJP for claiming itself aschampions of patriotism Basu said. “Theforefathers of these people were washingthe feet of the British rulers when our menlike Kshudiram Bose, Benoy, Badal Dinesh,Surya Sen and others were sacrificing theirlives in freedom struggle… today cells inAndaman and Nicobar are named afterVinayak Damodar Savarkar the allegedfreedom fighter who gave five undertak-ings of good conduct to the British where-as nothing in the names of the freedomfighters like Barin Ghosh from Bengal.”

Senior TMC MP Saugato Roy, how-ever, would not want to attach muchimportance to Supriyo’s statements saying“Babul Supriyo should not be given muchimportance because everyone knows whyhe is making such statements … He is try-ing to scare the TMC workers so as to bringdown their morale … but this tactic wouldnot work … there are provisions forPresident’s Rule following a Governor’sreport but the Supreme Court has madeit clear under what circumstances Article356 can be

imposed.”Congress MP Pradip Bhattacharya said

Bengal was not perfect case for 356 whileCPI(M) leader Sujan Chakrabarty said bymaking such statements the BJP washelping the Trinamool.

Incidentally, Supriyo’s statement wassoon modified by Bengal BJP presidentDilip Ghosh who said the party did notwant Article 356 to be imposed in the Statebut at the same time “blasts like the onethat shook Malda should be probed by cen-tral investigation agencies.

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The panel on economic affairs featuresManmohan Singh, P Chidambaram,Mallikarjun Kharge, Digvijay Singh andJairam Ramesh (convener).

The committee on foreign affairs hasManmohan Singh, Anand Sharma,Tharoor, Saptagiri Ulaka and SalmanKhurshid (convener).

The third panel on national securityhas Singh, Azad, Moily, V Vaithilingamand Vincent Pala (convener). Sonia hadearlier in August formed a few other com-mittees to advice the party leadership oncritical issues related to the governance andAICC administrative functions from timeto time.

Sonia left Delhi with her son and for-mer Congress chief Rahul Gandhi who isin line of fire of party leaders amid callsfor review of the party’s Bihar poll loss.

Congress sources said she had beenadvised by doctors to stay away from Delhito avoid pollution and stay in Goa.

Madrid:The Spanish govern-ment is ratcheting up itsresponse to the steady build-upof migrant arrivals to the CanaryIslands from Africa, including afresh diplomatic offensive.

The ministers in charge ofmigration and transportation,José Luis Escrivá and José LuisÁbalos respectively, were on

Friday visiting the archipelago,whose nearest island is around70 miles (110 kms) west ofMorocco. They are set to detaila long-awaited plan of action onhow to ensure the islands don'tbecome Europe's next migranthot spot.

Nearly 17,000 people fleeingpoverty, violence or other cir-

cumstances at home havearrived in the archipelago thisyear, half of them in the past 30days. The surge has strained res-cue services, police resources,and emergency workers.Meanwhile, migrants and poten-tial asylum seekers remainstranded in a dock for days andunder unfit conditions.

Some 6,000 migrants arebeing temporarily housed inhotels and tourist apartmentsthat are lying empty because ofa lack of visitors as a result of thecoronavirus pandemic.Normally at this time of year,the islands are one of the mostpopular holiday destinations inEurope. AP

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How did you land up in Hollywood?Was that always on the agenda?

I was in the USA and did a randomaudition for the film Life Of Pi and that tookme on a track. Later, I studied film and nowI am just trying to work here in the US.Acting was never on the agenda. I feel thatit’s been on the agenda for the past eight tonine years. When I was a kid nobody usedto think that being an actor is a real thingone could pursue. So I never thought I want-ed to act and go ahead in this field. Luckily,life gave me this chance and I realised thatI really enjoy this.

Your first film Life Of Pi became a hugesuccess? What was your reaction?

In terms of expectations, I didn’t knowanything. I didn’t think of expectations orwhat this is supposed to be. They put mein this environment, and I believed it somuch. They gave me so much guidance thatI didn’t think about the outcome. It was justtoo great to be there and be doing the thingsI was doing. Afterwards, I knew that thisfilm is going to achieve something and itdid! Then I realised that I have been giventhis chance... so I started acting.

You have worked in Hollywood as well asBollywood, how is the work culture dif-ferent?

If we talk about similarity, they are alikein the sense that if they need to get some-thing done then they get it done no matterwhat. They try to tell stories which repre-sent a life that people wish to believe.Hollywood as well as Bollywood havebegun to rise because of all the new waysto watch content. New voices are coming tothe forefront, new visions are being pro-posed and it is happening in India as muchas it is happening in the US. It is really excit-ing to see. It says that something is chang-ing. It is great to watch this change happen-ing. I would also say that they are differenttoo. In the US, things are far more sched-

uled, chances of things going wrongare far less but in India, things

are more ‘go with the flow’kind.

Are you doing thekind of roles you

want to do? If

not, then what kind of work are you look-ing for?

I think I am very lucky with what I amtrying to do. Of course, I want to do muchmore. I have certain things in my mind thatI need to get up on my list such as dark com-edy. However, I feel that gradually, I am get-ting closer to the things I really desire. I havealso started writing scripts myself so that Ican make something good. It’s somethingthat I always wanted to do. I feel super luckythat I get what I want but I wish to achievemore in life. I need to get better as an actor,learn more about this industry and touch

new heights.

You mentioned dark comedy as a bench-mark. Films that you really love in thatspace?

I do have a couple... The thing is thatthey aren’t really popular films. There’s thisfilm called Lobster by Yorgos Lanthimos, InBruges and Death at a Funeral. Bheja Fry isa good one too.

Your films have received a lot of criticalacclaim. Do you think box office hit ismore important than that?

Well, it is neither. For me, it is my timespent working with the people and the expe-rience that I gain. That’s the most impor-tant thing to me. From my first filmonwards till now, I feel really blessed to have

worked with some amazing bunch of peo-ple. Not only as professionals but as indi-viduals. So it’ll always be about the peoplewith whom I am being creative with.

Who do you look up to for inspiration inBollywood or Hollywood?

In Bollywood, I’d say Adil Hussain,Naseeruddin Shah and Manoj Bajpayee. Ifeel they can do so many different unimag-inable type of roles. Fortunately, I got towork with two of them — Adil Sir andNaseer Sir. In the US, it would be Al Pacinoor Robert Ni Ro. I look up to people whohave weight in their words as they have thepower to both destroy and heal.

You mentioned that you have worked withAdil Hussain and Naseeruddin Shah. Isthere something you took away fromthem?

Adil sir is like my mentor. I can’t evenexplain how many things I have learnt fromhim. Me, my brother and him would go toHampi, wake up around 5 am and do someslow-motion acting workshops. Thoseexperiences taught me a lot about how tobe aware, how to live in the present and howto capture the moment. From Naseer sir(Naseeruddin Shah), I have definitely learnthow to stay true to the character. No onedoes a scene like he does. He has this habitof doing everything with perfection. Iadmire that. The weight of his performanceis just commendable. I was in a scene withhim, I just kept on listening to him becausethe way he uses his voice is beyond com-parison.

What made you say yes to the film HappyDeath Day 2U? How was that experience?

The experience was lovely. It was anamazing place to be in. The people were fan-tastic to work with. What made me inter-ested was the concept of film, which was —would you change something if you wereto live the same day over and over again?What can you learn from it? And how doyou make yourself better at it? What can youtake from what you have done in the past?That idea really inspired me. Of course, Ihave watched the first part. The film wasreally endearing. I spoke to the directorChris Landon and did the film.(The film premieres on November 22 at 9 pmon Sony PIX.)

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version of Homer’s Iliad repletewith chapters dedicated toAchilles (notably, his heel),Odysseus (and a bit about histen year odyssey), and a twopager on Helen of Troy (tech-nically of Sparta). As I grew up,I learnt more about these Greek“heroes”, and the Trojan ones,notably Hector, adeptly playedby the handsome Eric Bana inthe film Troy.

A thousand ships isn’t aboutthese people and men. Not somuch about Helen either, overwhom a ten year war wasfought on earth, leading to thedestruction of an entire city andthe deaths of countless people.This book is about Hector’smother Hecabe and Odysseus’wife Penelope, it is aboutAchilles’ slave Briseis and herslave-time friend Chryseis. It isabout Oenone, Paris’ wife, whois abandoned for Helen. It is

about Cassandra with hercursed tongue, Andromachewith her life on the edge andIphigenia, the forever bride. It’sabout wives who die for theirhusbands, wives who diebecause of their husbands andwives who kill their husbands.It’s about the women left

behind, waiting behind thewalls of Troy, waiting in farawayIthaca, captured as slaves,beheaded as offerings to thegods, the list goes on.

Penelope gets the most airtime in the book, possiblybecause she suffers the longest,through the ten year war andOdysseus’ ten year drive home.The man stops at many places,battling monsters and giants,sleeping with nymphs and god-desses. Penelope’s life throughthose years, written as letters toher husband, is the wittiest andfunniest segment of the book,tragicomic though it is. The restof the book is, well, just tragic.

If mythology is your cup oftea, pick this book. If feminismis your cup of tea, pick thisbook. Either way, you will be leftdeeply satisfied but with moreaching questions than yourealised could exist at the begin-ning of the book. For, this is theIliad on the women.

Actor Mohammed ZeeshanAyyub says the forthcom-

ing dark comedy web series, ASimple Murder, gave him achance to explore new emo-tions, and he enjoyed theprocess.

“Playing the character ofManish was definitely newand exciting for me. He issomeone who is low on self-confidence and constantlystriving to find a sense of dig-nity and respect throughouthis journey,” Zeeshan said.

“This character gave me achance to be someone new, dif-ferent from the characters Ihave played earlier. I had a lotof fun playing him. We areextremely excited to see howthis turns out and we are hop-ing for the best,” he added.

The web series shows howgreed becomes instrumental indriving the characters toentangle in a chain of crazyevents.

Talking about the webshow, actor Sushant Singhsaid, “I have always believed in

playing characters which addvalue to the story, break themold, and enable me toexplore a finer nuance in me asan actor. Upon narration, ASimple Murder struck a chordwith me at one go for its fast-paced script that offered theright mix of character-buildingand humour. The show gaveme an opportunity to workwith some seasoned actorsand I definitely had an enrich-ing experience.”

For director SachinPathak, the series “dwells in aspace, not much explored onthe web and thus is novel in itsapproach.”

“I am thankful to my cast,a fine mix of age and experi-ence, for delivering such stu-pendous performances andmaking filming look so easy.Shooting amid lockdown wasanother rivetting experienceand I hope the efforts comealive on screen,” he added.

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day, then it could probably meanthat their underlying sleep qualityis not good enough. For an adult,about six to eight hours sleep ismostly recommended.

��What are some of the sleep-related issues and how can theyaffect our health?

The most common thingswhich are associated with sleep dis-orders are snoring and sleep apnea.They are the most common but it’svery important for people to under-stand the difference between them.Snoring is a kind of noise/soundthat comes from the upper airwayat the back of the throat. It is gen-erally managed by a set of muscles.For some people, the airway isslightly narrow and when they goto sleep, their body rests, their brainrelaxes and shuts off and so do theirmuscles. Everything becomes slop-py as they sleep. And for certainpeople, when the back of the throatmuscles relax, it may not be enoughfor them to keep the airway openfor the air to pass through and that’swhen we hear their snoring sound.

So the best analogy I can giveyou on is that if you if you’re on the

expressway or on a highway, andyou roll down the glasses by aninch, you get a certain noise. Andthat is because the air is passingthrough a small passage. It’s thesame with snoring. The air passesthrough resistance because theupper part of your airway is notopen enough.

��What are the top reasons thatlead to lack of sleep?

The biggest problem why peo-ple don’t get enough sleep at themoment is, unfortunately, theirlifestyle. With everyday advance-

ments and evolution, we are just sit-ting at one place and hooked on toa screen. A lot of work, whichinvolved physical movement earli-er, has now shifted to staying athome. For instance, things likegoing to the office or shopping cen-tre; these chores can very much bedone at home, online and withoutmovement. Our screen time hasexponentially increased. The bluelight that radiates from the screenis the one that highly disrupts oursleep because it stimulates thebrain to keep one awake. Thesedays, people usually switch to

watching TV or social media con-tent at night after their work. Well,that is the worst thing to do!

��Would you like to share anytips for having a sound sleepingschedule?

Here are some points to main-tain a good sleep cycle:● Sleep as much as you need to

feel fresh and healthy during theday. Don’t oversleep as it willlead you to another continuouscycle of not getting enough sleepand feeling tired. One shouldsleep as per body requirements.Try and stick to a regular sleep-ing and waking up time.

● Fixed amount of exercise every-day can help you get better deepsleep. Not necessarily at night,you should always try and exer-cise during the early part of theday.

● The ambience in your room isvery important. Avoid loudnoises. Some people are lightsleepers who can get disturbedwith even the slightest ofsounds. If you have the capac-ity, then try and soundproofyour room.

● Another important aspect is theroom temperature. It makes iteasier to have a sound sleep. Yousleep better when you are in acooler environment. Heat isknown to fragment your sleep.

● Hunger and overeating both cancause sleep problems. Makesure that you’ve had adequateamount of meal so that youdon’t feel hungry or stuffed upat night.

● Sleeping pills are not a good forthe long run. After a point oftime, your dependency on themcan increase, which can ultimateincrement your doses, too.

● Avoid consuming caffeine after4 pm.

● Avoid excessive alcohol. It mightmake you sleep very easily andearly but at the same time, it cancompletely destroy your sleeparchitecture.

● Consuming tobacco can disturbsleep as the effect of cigaretteslast for close to 40 minutes. Tryand avoid smoking or oraltobacco use in the evening orprior to bed time.

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Bellbottom alongside AkshayKumar, has praised her co-actor for his work.

Vaani said, “For me,Akshay sir is a superstar inevery possible way. He is suchan enthralling actor and I amreally grateful to be sharingscreen space with him. He isso fascinating. He can pull offaction, comedy, romance,thriller and be the best ineverything. Really, AkshayKumar can ace any genre. Heis so talented and experi-enced and one can onlyobserve and learn from himall the time.”

She added, “For me, it’sthe sheer joy of sharing screenspace with him and getting towork at least once in my lifewith him that’s making it spe-cial. The experience has beenlovely! He couldn’t have beenkinder and wonderful than hewas. He is somebody who is

very friendly on set. I amsomeone who would other-wise go back to my hotelroom and not interact toomuch because I like being inmy own space but he issomeone who ensured thatwe all sit together and havelunches/dinners, get to knoweach other and be very

involved like a close-knitfamily. I cherish this a lotbecause we actually felt likea family on the sets ofBellbottom.”

On the work front, Vaaniis currently in Chandigarhshoot ing her next withAyushmann Khurrana titledChandigarh Kare Aashiqui.

��How can one measure the quality of sleep,whether it is good or bad?

A good quality of sleep is very important.However, people often mistake quantity for qual-ity. Many complain that even after getting a sleepfor eight to 10 hours a day, they don’t feel freshand energetic enough. Well, the actual way totrack your sleep — the gold standard — is bydoing a ‘polysomnography’ or in layman’sterms, a sleep study where you attach a few wiresonto the head. It actually tracks your brain activ-ity and also monitors your eye movements, etc.We can actually see what stage of sleep you’reat and whether you’re getting deep or REM(rapid eye movement) sleep again, which is veryimportant.

Usually, the first question I ask my patientis, “Are you getting enough sleep?” Some peo-ple underestimate themselves saying that theyjust need three to four hours of sleep, post whichthey function very well. But then, you know, overa period of time, that takes a toll on your body.And, obviously, that clearly tells that you’re notgetting sufficient sleep. The other question thatwe generally tend to ask is, “Do you wake upat night for any reason?” There are multiple sleepdisorders because of which people tend to getup in the middle of the night. So, if a person hasfrequent awakenings at night during a sleep peri-od that tells us that their quality of sleep is quitepoor. Certain people tend to sleep through thenight without any problems. But if they are stillsleepy or drowsy, lethargic, tired throughout the

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new green materialscurrently being devel-oped for next-genera-tion solar panels couldbe useful for indoorlight harvesting, pavingthe way to power smartdevices using ambientlight at home or office.

In smart devices likesmartphones, smartspeakers and wearablehealth and wellness sen-sors, the can depletequickly and containtoxic and rare environ-mental ly damagingchemicals. One way topower them is by con-verting indoor lightfrom ordinary bulbsinto energy, in a similarway to how solar panelsharvest energy fromsunlight, known as solarphotovoltaics.

However, due to thedifferent properties ofthe light sources, thematerials used for solarpanels are not suitablefor harvesting indoorlight. Now, researchersfrom Imperial CollegeLondon, SoochowUniversity in China, andthe University ofCambridge have detaileda novel way in a paperpublished in the journalAdvanced EnergyMaterials. “By efficient-ly absorbing the lightcoming from lampscommonly found inhomes and buildings,the materials we investi-gated can turn light intoelectricity with an effi-ciency already in therange of commercialtechnologies,” explainedstudy co-author DrRobert Hoye from theDepartment of Materialsat Imperial. He added,“We have also alreadyidentified several possi-ble improvements,which would allow thesematerials to surpass theperformance of currentindoor photovoltaictechnologies in the near

future”.The team investigat-

ed ‘perovskite-inspiredmaterials’, which werecreated to circumventproblems with materialscalled perovskites, whichwere developed for next-generation solar cells.Although perovskites arecheaper to make thantraditional silicon-basedsolar panels and deliversimilar efficiency, per-ovskites contain toxiclead substances.

This drove thedevelopment of per-ovskite-inspired mate-rials, which are insteadbased on safer elementslike bismuth and anti-mony. The team foundthat the materials aremuch more effective atabsorbing indoor light,with efficiencies that are

promising for commer-cial applications.

Crucial ly, theresearchers demonstrat-ed that the power pro-vided by these materialsunder indoor illumina-tion is already sufficientto operate electronic cir-cuits.

Professor VincenzoPecunia, from SoochowUniversity, said: “Ourdiscovery opens up awhole new direction inthe search for green,easy-to-make materialsto sustainably power oursmart devices”.

Lead-free perovskite-inspired materials couldsoon enable battery-freedevices for wearables,healthcare monitoring,smart homes, and smartcities, the authors wrote.

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Former left-arm pacer ZaheerKhan believes bowlers will

decide the fate of this summer’sIndia-Australia contest as boththe teams boast of some of theworld’s finest bowlers in theirsquads.

With the likes of JaspritBumrah, Mohammad Shami,Mitchell Starc and PatCummins, to name a few, uptheir ranks, both India andAustralia have formidable bowl-ing attacks.

“The Australian pitcheshave always had good bounceand pace, so I think the areawhich will decide the ODIs,T20Is and Tests will be thebowlers and how well theteam bowls as a unit torestrict the opponent to alower total on the score-board,” said Zaheer,who was part of the2011 World Cupwinning Indianteam.

“ W h e nsomeone talksabout the topline bowlers inthe world rightnow, the names ofthe players that cometo our mind will all beon the pitch in thisseries,” he added.

Zaheer also saidthat India are set toface a stern test inAustralia this summerdue to the presence ofSteve Smith and DavidWarner.

India had defeatedAustralia 2-1 in their lastTest series Down Under in2018-19 in the absence ofWarner and Smith, as boththe players were serving anyear-long ban.

“Now with the return ofSteve Smith and David Warner

to the Australian side, the Indianteam is definitely going to facea stiffer competition than theirprevious tour Down Under,”the former India fast bowler said.

“There are no favouritesgoing into the series as both thesides have quality batting andbowling line-up in their squadand that is what will make theupcoming tour interesting andexciting to watch.”

Zaheer’s thoughts wereechoed by Australian pace leg-end Glenn McGrath, who alsofeels that the Virat Kohli-led sidewill face a tough competitionthis time around.

“The Indian cricket teamwill face a much tougher

Australian team now thatSmith and Warner are backbut the Indian team isequally strong and have anaggressive mentality and

determination to winthe series,” saidMcGrath, who hasstaggering 563 Testwickets.

“The currentIndian team hasgot the confi-dence of playingin Australian con-

ditions now and theyknow how to do it asthey’ve been successfulhere in the last tour.”

Former India bats-man Sanjay Manjrekartoo feels the same.

“Australia’s Testteam will be strongerthan it was on India’s pre-vious tour. The experi-ence of Smith andWarner will add muscleto the Aussie side but Ibelieve India’s bowling

attack is ready to have theirnames carved in the histo-ry of Indian cricket by win-ning a consecutive seriesDown Under,” he said.

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Rohit Sharma’s absence from theupcoming white ball series is a big

“positive” for Australia but KL Rahulis as good a player to fill in the void,feels dashing batsman Glenn Maxwell.

Rahul will be Virat Kohli’s deputyin the white-ball leg since regular vice-captain Rohit is recuperating from ahamstring injury sustained duringIPL.

“He (Rohit) is a class performer,so consistent as an opening batsmanwith a couple of (three) double hun-dreds. So anytime he is not in the line-up against you, it is a positive,”Maxwell said.

The three-match ODI seriesbegins on November 27 followed bya T20I series.

For Maxwell, KL Rahul is asgood a back-up as any team can wishfor.

“But in saying that, India have stillgot back-ups, more than capable ofplaying that role. We saw KL Rahul,the performance that he put on dur-ing the last IPL was extraordinary.Whether he opens the batting or not,I am sure he will be just as good a play-er,” Maxwell added.

In Rohit’s absence, it is expectedthat Mayank Agarwal will open theinnings along with Shikhar Dhawanas Rahul, who will keep wickets isexpected to bat middle-order.

However Maxwell is a big fan ofAgarwal-Rahul opening pair that didreally well during the first phase ofIPL.

“Well, I would say they (Mayank-Rahul) are the two lovely guys, I have

ever met. It was a pleasure to spendthe change room (with them), twovery good players, they score all-roundthe wicket and have got very limitedweaknesses,” Maxwell was all praise

for them.But Maxwell sounded out a warn-

ing for his IPL teammates thatAustralia’s bowing attack will certain-ly put them under pressure.

“I suppose ODI cricket might bea bit different (compared T20).Hopefully, with our bowling attack, wecan put some pressure on them andwith bounce in the pitches and bigger

grounds as well, they play into ourhands. They are good performers, andgood players,” a confident Maxwellasserted.

For India, key in the upcomingseries will be Mohammed Shami’sskills as both a “new ball and old ball”bowler.

“A guy like Mohammed Shami,whom I have played with in the recentIPL and played with him in Delhi, aswell. (I) saw the skill that he has.

“He has got good skills at the end(death overs) as well as with the newball. His ability to get moving on pitch-es will be key to them,” said Maxwell.

According to Maxwell, he alongwith another in-form player MarcusStoinis, would be the two all-roundersas well as designated finishers in thebatting line-up.

“...The way we are probably goingto set our team up is myself and MarcusStoinis or potentially another all-rounder making up for the other 10overs (for fifth bowler), the one with-out our four front-line bowlers.

“I suppose I can contribute wher-ever I can with the ball. With the bat,as it was against England, I will be try-ing to finish off games and do as wellas I can down the order,” he said.

Steve Smith didn’t play the awayODI series against England due to con-cussion suffered during a net sessionand his presence is sure to increaseIndian team’s headache, said theVictorian all-rounder.

“To have someone like Steve Smithcoming back to our side, it is going tobe a big plus for us, a big headache forIndia. Smith has always scored runsagainst them,” he said.

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Australia speedster PatCummins expectedly con-

siders Virat Kohli the “big”wicket he would target in theupcoming series against Indiaand said that keeping the visit-ing captain quiet would be cru-cial to the home team’s chances.

“I think every side has thatone or two batters and they arethe big wickets. Most teamshave their captain — Joe Rootfor England, Kane Williamsonfor New Zealand. You feel likeif you get their wickets that goesa long way in winning thegame,” Cummins told FoxCricket.

“He (Kohli) is always a bigone. You commentators talkabout him non-stop, so hope-fully, we can keep himquiet,” he added.

C u m m i n s ,who has beennamed in boththe white andr e d - b a l lsquads asvice-cap-tain, is one ofthe 11 Australianplayers currentlyquarantining inSydney after return-ing from the UAEwhere he played forKolkata KnightRiders in the IPL.

Their quaran-tine period will endon the eve of the

opening ODI against India atthe Sydney Cricket Ground.

Cummins said Australia iswell prepared to give India atough fight in the series.

“It’s going to be huge.Obviously, we’re back here onhome soil. Other than spendinga lot of times in hotels and bub-bles I feel like our preparationhas actually been really good.

“We went over to the UKand had a good tour there. Mostof the boys here have been play-ing 14 T20 matches in the lastfew weeks and the other guyscoming in will be playingshrewd cricket. So, it feels likewe are all firing up and got a lotof stuff behind us,” he said.

The imposing pacer saidthat over the last couple of years,he has developed as a bowler.

“I was probably a bit quick-er a few years ago but Ifeel like in the last cou-ple of years I got better,learning different tem-pos within the gameand also when I am

bowling. I feel Igot a bit morecontrol on swingand seam,”

Cummins said.“Whatever

conditions wecome up with,I have got acouple of toolsI can go to.”

Melbourne: Tickets for five ofthe upcoming six limited-overs f ixtures betweenAustralia and India begin-ning next week, have beensold out in less than a day afterbeing released, CricketAustralia informed on Friday.

The limited-overs serieswill begin with the three ODIsfrom November 27. Limitedtickets to the first ODI at theSCG, however, remain withapproximately 1,900 publicseats left.

Tickets for the fourmatches at the Sydney Cricketand two at Canberra’s ManukaOval went on sale to the gen-eral public on Friday morningand by midday the only seatsup for grabs were for the firstODI at the SCG.

It should be noted thatboth SCG and Manuka Ovalwill be at 50 per cent capaci-ty for the series due to restric-tions put in place amid Covid-19 pandemic. IANS

������� India on Thursdayslipped to the second positionin the standings of the ongo-ing World Test Championship(WTC) after the ICC decidedto rank teams “in order of per-centage of points earned”from the contested matches.

Australia (296 points from3 series) toppled India (360from 4 series) in the standingafter the revision with a per-centage of 82.22 compared tothe latter’s 75 per cent.

With the global Covid-19pandemic disrupting cricket,“just under half of the WTC

matches have been played,with that estimated to rise tomore than 85% by the end ofthe competition window.”

According to current reg-ulations, incomplete matchesare treated as draw but afterdue deliberation, the ICCCricket Committee, headed byAnil Kumble, recommendedthat the final WTC standingsshould be determined on thebasis of matches played, whichwas approved by the Board.

“Both the CricketCommittee and ChiefExecutives Committee sup-

ported the approach of rank-ing teams based on complet-ed matches and points earnedas this reflects their perfor-mance and doesn’t disadvan-tage teams that have beenunable to compete all of theirmatches through no fault oftheir own,” ICC ChiefExecutive said.

“We explored a wholerange of options, but ourMembers felt strongly that weshould proceed as plannedwith the first ever World TestChampionship Final in Junenext year.” PNS

Adelaide: The six-day lockdown inSouth Australia to contain Covid-19 cases has improved Adelaide’schances of remaining the venue ofthe first Day/Night Test betweenIndia and Australia from December17 even though the situationremains fluid, the state’s top med-ical officer has said.

South Australia has closed itsborders after a sudden surge inCovid-19 positive cases, whichstand at an overall 551 right now.

South Australia’s chief publichealth officer Nicola Spurrier, dur-ing a press conference, admittedthat there are no guarantees.

“I can’t tell you exactly...I don’thave a crystal ball,” Spurrier toldreporters.

“But what we are doing now isputting us in the best position pos-sible to be able to have that crick-et match,” she said with a note ofpositivity.

A lockdown will help get backto normal life including having acricket match of great significance.

“The reason we are doing whatwe are doing, which is pretty dras-tic...Is because we want to get backto the state of having just a fewrestrictions and to be able to dothings like have the cricket.” PTI

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“An MNC cannot have two CEOs”,said former India skipper Kapil Dev

on Friday, making his stance clear on theraging debate over whether the nation-al cricket team should go for split cap-taincy.

Ever since Rohit Sharma guidedMumbai Indians to a fifth IPL title, adebate on split captaincy has gatheredmomentum with several former playerssuggesting that the opener be handed theleadership of at least the T20 side.

“In our culture it is not going to hap-pen that way. In one company you maketwo CEOs? No. If Kohli is going to playT20s and he is good enough. Let him bethere. Even though I would like to seeother people coming out. But it’s difficult,”said Kapil.

“Our 80 per cent, 70 per cent of theteam across formats is same team. Theydon’t like captains having different the-ory. It may bring more differencesbetween the players who look up to thecaptain.

“If you have two captains, playersmight think he is going to be my captainin Tests. I will not annoy him.”

Talking about the art of fast bowling,the 1983 World Cup-winning formerskipper said fast bowlers opting for toomany variations saddens him.

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Forced to handle yet anotherdifficult situation regarding

Lionel Messi, Barcelona coachRonald Koeman demandedmore “respect” for his disgrun-tled star.

Koeman said he under-stood why Messi was visiblyangry when journalists askedhim about the criticism direct-ed at him by a former agent ofteammate Antoine Griezmannwhen Messi arrived in Spain onWednesday after a long flight.

“I need to defend Leobecause if something happenedto me after a trip of 15 hours ina plane back to Barcelona — yougo outside and there is a lot ofpress asking that type of ques-tion — I would be dangerousand hate them as well,” Koemansaid on Friday.

“We have to respect peoplelike Messi more. And fromwhat I have seen on the field andin training, there is no problembetween (Messi and

Griezmann).”Eric Olhats, Griezmann’s

agent until 2016, told FranceFootball magazine last weekthat Messi has marginalizedGriezmann in his “regime of ter-ror” at the club where theArgentine supposedly “controlseverything.”

When journalists askedMessi for his response, hewearily answered: “To behonest, I’m a bit tired ofalways being the problem foreverything in this club.”

That set off anotherround of alarm bells atthe Camp Nouabout Messi’sfuture.

Many areconcerned thatthe latestunpleasantepisode isyet anotherreason forMessi to gothrough withhis plan to leave the

club. With his contract expiringat the end of this season, Messiwill be free to negotiate withother clubs in January.

There is widespread specu-lation he could be tempted toreunite with former coach PepGuardiola at Manchester City.

Koeman said that while hedoes not feel it is his job to

convince Messi to stay, heis confident the 33-year-old forward will prolonghis 20-year stint atBarcelona.

“I hope he will stay inBarcelona,” Koeman

said. “I think it isunbelievable whathe has done forthis club, but he isthe main personto make a deci-sion about hisfuture.”

B arce lonawill visit Atlético

Madrid, the league’sonly unbeaten team,on Saturday.

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Novak Djokovic out-bat-tled Alexander Zverev to

qualify for the last four at theATP Finals on Friday, stayingon track to match RogerFederer’s record of six titles atthe end-of-season event.

The Serbian top seed,who was beaten comprehen-sively by Daniil Medvedev inhis second round-robinmatch, was again below hisbest at London’s O2 Arena butdid enough to win 6-3, 7-6(7/4).

The five-time winner fin-ishes second in Group Tokyo2020 behind Medvedev andwill play third-seed DominicThiem in the semi-finals onSaturday.

Second-seed RafaelNadal, seeking his first win atthe elite eight-man event, willface Medvedev in the othersemi-final after finishing sec-ond in Group London 2020.

Djokovic brokeGermany’s Zverev at the firsttime of asking in the emptystadium and raced into a 3-0lead, threatening to run awaywith the match — arepeat of the 2018 final,which Zverev won instraight sets.

The 33-year-oldlooked focused after hisuncharacteristic maul-ing by Medvedev, serv-ing himself out of troublewhen he found himself trail-

ing 15-40 in the seventh game.That proved to be the

last chance for Zverev in theset and 17-time Grand Slamwinner Djokovic hammered abackhand winner down theline to take it 6-3.

Djokovic handed Zverev abreak point in the fourthgame of the second set afterdouble-faulting but theGerman could not capitalise.

The 23-year-old fifth seedsaved two break points on hisserve in the following game,letting out a roar as he kept hisnose in front.

The set went to a tie-break. Zverev earned an early

mini-break but Djokoviclevelled and the pressurewas back on the German,who faltered to hand theSerbian victory.

The O2 Arena ishosting the event for the12th and final season

before the championshipsmove to Turin.

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The South African editionof the Women’s T20 World

Cup was on Thursday post-poned by three months toFebruary 2023 to avoid a clus-ter a big-ticket events in 2022and manage players’ work-load, ICC announced onThursday.

The tournament wasscheduled in November 2022but will now be held inFebruary 2023.

In August this year, theICC had postponed the 50over Women’s World Cup slat-ed in New Zealand from 2021to 2022 due to the Covid-19pandemic and women’s T20cricket is also set to make itsdebut in the 2022Birmingham CommonwealthGames..

“The Board confirmedthat the ICC Women’s T20World Cup will move from itscurrent slot at the end of2022 to 9-26 February 2023,”ICC said in a statement.

If not postponed, the yearwould have “three majorevents in 2022 with theCommonwealth Games inJuly 2022 and the ICCWomen’s T20 World Cup dueto be held in November 2022.”

“As there are currently nomajor women’s events sched-uled to take place in 2023 theBoard confirmed the switchfor the T20 World Cup to bet-ter support player preparationand to continue to build themomentum around thewomen’s game beyond 2022,”the apex body said.

The ICC said the decisionwas taken keeping in mind theworkload of the players andalso considering long terminterest of women’s cricket.

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Kapil feels variations are a waste if onedoesn’t know how to swing the ball.

“Keep your wrist straight, hold the ballseam-up. Whenever the ball moves Testsmatches become important. Wasim,Botham, Willis, Hadlee. McGrath, lookhow good he was.

“The art of swing bowling shouldcome back. Learning the knuckle ball andall is fine. If you don’t know how to swingthe ball, everything is waste,” said the greatall-rounder.

However, the battery of pacers thatIndia possesses now pleases Kapilimmensely.

“I read somewhere that Lara said he(would) rather prefer face Kapil Dev butnot Lara. Our fast bowlers are brilliant.

“Look at Shami, Bumrah. As a crick-eter, it gives me a lot of happiness to saythat today we depend on our fast bowlers.Our bowlers are capable of taking 20 wick-ets in a match. We’ve had spinners —Kumble, Harbhajan, but today no coun-try would like to say ‘give them bouncywickets’.”

“I am not happy with fast bowlers (thesedays). The first ball cannot be cross seam. Playersin IPL realised that swing is more important thanpace. Sandeep (Sharma), who bowled 120 kph,was tougher because he was moving the ball,” heexplained.

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In their new avatar, ATKMohun Bagan kicked off the

seventh season of the IndianSuper League on a high, defeat-ing Kerala Blasters by a solitarygoal here on Friday.

Fijian hitman Roy Krishna,who was ATK’s top goal scor-er with 15 goals last season,struck the all important goalafter a 67 minute deadlock togive the all important threepoints for the green-and-maroon brigade.

The Yellow Brigade playingwith a heavy defensive lineupof 4-2-3-1 managed to thwartATKMB throughout the firsthalf but after the hour markthey left a loose ball as theFijian International pouncedon it with a calm and com-posed finish.

All eyes were on the 131-year-old legacy club Mohun

Bagan as they were makingtheir ISL debut following their‘marriage’ with three-timedefending champions ATK.

The match had an interest-ing sub-plot as Kibu Vicuna,who had guided Mohun Baganto their fifth I-League title lastseason, sat in the oppositedugout in KBFC jersey, whilethe most successful ISL coachAntonio Lopez Habas was atthe helm of ATKMB.

KBFC, who were the des-ignated home team, lookedmore threatening and came outwith an attacking intent in thesecond-half.

But KBFC were made topay for it as Roy Krishna madeamends for his three misses inthe first half with his poachergoal to become the differencebetween the two sides.

That goal was enough forATKMB to sink Kerala Blasters’hearts.

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