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A fter dropping to 95 in 2019, the number of tiger deaths breached 100-figure mark again in 2020. At least 60 per cent of these deaths have taken place in the protected zones for big cats in the country, as per the data from the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA). The tiger mortality, which stood at 101, 110 and 121 in the three consecutive years before 2019, is now 105 deaths. Analysis of the data shows that last year every month more than 5 tigers were killed except in March when the number was at 4. The reason for the mortal- ity varies from natural deaths, human-animal conflict, includ- ing electrocution, and poach- ing. Developmental pressure has been already taking its toll on their habitats. India is home to about 70 per cent of the global tiger pop- ulation. Today, India has 50 reserves having 2,967 tigers. Of the 105 deaths in 2020, one has been categorised as seizure and another poaching. As per the NTCA, the country’s nodal body working on welfare and protection of tigers, in seizures, a big cat is presumed dead on the basis of the body parts seized by authorities. In 103 cases, the exact cause of the deaths is yet to be verified and investigation details are awaited. Madhya Pradesh topped the list of mortalities with 26 tigers followed by Maharashtra 17. Kerala reported 10 deaths, closely trailed by Karnataka with 9 mortalities. It is the sixth year in a row that Madhya Pradesh has topped the list of States with the highest number of tiger deaths in the country. Month-wise, April proved to be lethal for the tigers when the highest number of mortal- ities was reported with the country losing 15 tigers during the period. At least 60 per cent tigers died inside the tiger reserves, suggesting territorial infighting among the predators for space. Though the data available from the NTCA does not specify the cause of death in 103 cases, experts feel that it may be due to poisoning and electrocution due to man-animal conflicts. Forty per cent of the total mortalities were reported from outside the tiger habitats, which the wildlife experts have termed as a cause of worry. They said that this indicates that either the big cats were in search of food or were forced to move out in the fringes of the reserves due to the loss of their territories to the younger ones. This leaves them vulner- able, the experts said. The total cases of tiger deaths in four years (2015- 2018) are 418 which means on an average eight tigers died every month for the past four years. T he makers of the Amazon Prime Video series Tandav on Monday apologised uncon- ditionally after complaints that one of its episodes had hurt “Hindu sentiments”. The apology came after a case was registered against the makers of the web series in Lucknow and the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting sought the view of the Amazon Prime on a flood of grievances against the series. The statement from the cast and crew of Tandav said, “We have been closely moni- toring viewer reactions to the web series Tandav and today during a discussion, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting informed us regarding a large number of grievances and petitions received on various facets of the web series with serious con- cerns and apprehensions regarding its content hurting the sentiments of the people. “Tandav is a work of fiction and any resemblance to acts and persons and events is pure- ly coincidental. The cast and crew did not have any intention to offend the sentiments of any individual, caste, community, race, religion or religious beliefs or insult or outrage any insti- tution, political party or person, living or dead. “The cast and crew of Tandav take cognisance of the concerns expressed by the peo- ple and unconditionally apol- ogise if it has unintentionally hurt anybody’s sentiments,” the statement said. A complaint filed by an Uttar Pradesh policeman said that 17 minutes into the first episode, “people dressed up in a very bad manner to represent Hindu gods and goddesses... shown to speak in a very uncalled for language... that A mid the ongoing talks to defuse tension at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh, China has added fuel to fire by building a village inside the disputed territory in Arunachal Pradesh. India says it has taken note of the con- struction along the border there and has ramped its infrastructure development projects. The latest development has rung alarm bells in the securi- ty establishment in India. It is apprehended that China wants to maintain the pressure on India by opening several fronts along the 4,000-km LAC stretching from Ladakh in the west to Arunachal Pradesh in the east. The fresh construction detected by satellite images by Planet Labs shows that China has built a new village of about 120 homes. The village is about five km inside the Indian ter- ritory. China has all along dis- puted the claim, sources said here on Monday. Giving details about the new construction, they said the village is on the banks of Tsari Chu river in the Upper Subansiri district. Incidentally, the Chinese troops in 1959 had fired on an Indian post there. “We have seen recent reports of China undertaking construction work along the border area with India. China has undertaken such con- struction activity in the past several years,” the MEA said, adding, “The Government remains committed to the objective of creating infra- structure along the border areas for the improvement of livelihood of its citizens, includ- ing in Arunachal Pradesh.” The latest satellite images pertain to November last year. The image dated a little more than a year before that — August 26, 2019 — does not show any construction activi- ty. So, the village was set up last year. This was the same area where the Chinese army last year detained five locals. The stand-offs now in Ladakh are due to the Chinese alarmed over rapid infrastruc- ture development all along the LAC by India on its own side. However, sources said India has not built any roads or infra- structure development close to the new Chinese village. They also said the maps of the Surveyor General of India earmark that the new con- struction for the Chinese vil- lage is in the Indian zone. Reports said the new vil- lage is a Chinese military post and it was first detected by satellites, including Google Earth, about ten years back. The new pictures of November clearly indicate the post is vast- ly upgraded, thereby posing a challenge to the Indian securi- ty forces. The Indian security estab- lishment maintains that the coming up of this village is a violation of several agreements between the two countries. The pacts clearly say both countries to “safeguard due interests of their settled popu- lations in the border areas’’ and decree that pending an ultimate settlement of the boundary question, the two sides should strictly respect and observe the Line of Actual Control and work together to maintain peace and tranquility in the border areas. T he Supreme Court told the Centre on Monday that the proposed tractor rally on the Republic Day by farmers protesting against the new farm laws is a “law and order” mat- ter and the Delhi Police is the first authority to decide who should be allowed to enter the national Capital. A bench headed by Chief Justice SA Bobde, while hear- ing the Centre’s application seeking an injunction against the proposed tractor or trolley march or any other kind of protest which seeks to disrupt the gathering and celebrations on January 26, said that the Delhi Police has all the author- ity to deal with the matter. “Does the SC say as to what are the powers of police and how they will exercise them? We are not going to tell you what to do,” said the bench, also comprising Justices LN Rao and Vineet Saran. The SC told Attorney General KK Venugopal that it will take up the matter for hear- ing on January 20. “The question of entering into Delhi is a law and order matter and will be determined by the police,” the bench said, adding, “Mr Attorney General, we are adjourning the matter and you have all the authority to deal with this matter.” Continued on Page 2 W est Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has once again looked up to Nandigram for a slice of polit- ical luck and as an apparent strategy to blunt the impact of the defection of her erstwhile spearhead, Suvendu Adhikari, a powerful mass leader of the region. Mamata on Monday told a huge rally at the “ground zero” of what they call Trinamool’s “farm revolution” that she was more than eager to contest from the place as this was a lucky ground for her. “I will fight from Nandigram… Rather I will fight both from Nandigram and Bhawanipore… My soul has told me that this place is lucky for me… it is a holy place… and that I should fight from Nandigram… I have always started my campaign for the Assembly polls from this place,” Mamata said once again attacking the “turncoats” who quit the TMC before elections and vowing once again not to let the BJP capture Bengal. “You may win many elec- tions, you may become all powerful, you may be the Prime Minister of India and you may rule the world but I vow from this holy land of Nandigram that I will never allow the BJP to enter Bengal,” Mamata said, adding how some people were quitting the party as “all these years they have earned huge black money which they want to save.” Mamata’s sharp attack received an equally high-deci- bel reply from Adhikari, who led a road-show down SP Mukherjee Road, past Banerjee’s Kalighat residence. He at once took up the chal- lenge welcoming the TMC supremo at Nandigram and pre-declared the result: a “hands down” defeat for the Chief Minister. “I welcome her to Nandigram… which catapult- ed her to power and which she remembered after five years… Let her contest from Nandigram and if I am fielded by my party there I take a vow today that if I cannot defeat her by a margin of half-a-lakh votes then I will quit politics,” Adhikari said. Continued on Page 2 A fter a 46-year-old health worker died in Uttar Pradesh’s Moradabad district a day after receiving the coron- avirus vaccination, the family blamed his death on vaccina- tion on Monday. However, the autopsy report attributing the death to “cardio-pulmonary disease”, officials said on Monday. Meanwhile, nearly 3,600 healthcare workers received the Covid-19 vaccine shots in Delhi on Monday, a further dip in the figures compared to that on opening day of the immunisation drive, with sources saying just eight med- ical staff got the jabs at AIIMS. The family of Mahipal, who was working as ward boy in State-run Deen Dayal Upadhaya Hospital in Moradabad, said he was not suffering from any ailment other than fever and cough, and blamed his death on vac- cination. However, the UP Government said the man died due to septicemic shock and cardiac arrest and the death was not related to the Covid-19 vac- cination. Continued on Page 2 New Delhi: Protesting union leaders on Monday said farm- ers have a constitutional right to take out their tractor rally peacefully and asserted that thousands of people will par- ticipate in the proposed event on January 26. The reaction came after the SC said the Delhi Police is the first author- ity to decide the entry of protesting farmers into Delhi. T he parliamentary stand- ing committee on Information Technology (IT) has summoned officials of Twitter and Facebook on January 21 in connection with the prevention of misuse of social media. The panel would discuss measures of safeguarding cit- izens’ rights and ways to pre- vent misuse of social media in the light of the evidence pre- sented to it by the committee. “Evidence of representa- tives of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology and to hear the views of the representatives of Facebook and Twitter on the subject ‘safeguarding citizens’ rights and prevention of mis- use of social/online news media platforms, including special emphasis on women security in the digital space,” according to Lok Sabha Secretariat notice. This would be the agenda of the committee’s next meet- ing. The sitting will be held from 4 pm onwards on January 21, it said. The 31-member parlia- mentary standing committee on IT is headed by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor. Continued on Page 2 New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday said accepting the new privacy policy of social messaging app WhatsApp was a “vol- untary” thing and one can choose not to use or join that platform if one did not agree with its terms and conditions. “It is a private app. Don’t join it. It is a vol- untary thing, don’t accept it. Use some other app,” Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva said.

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    After dropping to 95 in 2019,the number of tiger deathsbreached 100-figure markagain in 2020. At least 60 percent of these deaths have takenplace in the protected zones forbig cats in the country, as perthe data from the NationalTiger Conservation Authority(NTCA).

    The tiger mortality, whichstood at 101, 110 and 121 in thethree consecutive years before2019, is now 105 deaths.Analysis of the data showsthat last year every monthmore than 5 tigers were killedexcept in March when thenumber was at 4.

    The reason for the mortal-ity varies from natural deaths,human-animal conflict, includ-

    ing electrocution, and poach-ing. Developmental pressurehas been already taking its tollon their habitats.

    India is home to about 70per cent of the global tiger pop-ulation. Today, India has 50reserves having 2,967 tigers.

    Of the 105 deaths in 2020,one has been categorised asseizure and another poaching.As per the NTCA, the country’snodal body working on welfareand protection of tigers, inseizures, a big cat is presumeddead on the basis of the bodyparts seized by authorities.

    In 103 cases, the exactcause of the deaths is yet to beverified and investigationdetails are awaited.

    Madhya Pradesh toppedthe list of mortalities with 26tigers followed by Maharashtra

    17. Kerala reported 10 deaths,closely trailed by Karnatakawith 9 mortalities. It is the sixthyear in a row that MadhyaPradesh has topped the list ofStates with the highest numberof tiger deaths in the country.

    Month-wise, April provedto be lethal for the tigers when

    the highest number of mortal-ities was reported with thecountry losing 15 tigers duringthe period.

    At least 60 per cent tigersdied inside the tiger reserves,suggesting territorial infightingamong the predators for space.Though the data available from

    the NTCA does not specify thecause of death in 103 cases,experts feel that it may be dueto poisoning and electrocutiondue to man-animal conflicts.

    Forty per cent of the totalmortalities were reported fromoutside the tiger habitats, whichthe wildlife experts havetermed as a cause of worry.They said that this indicatesthat either the big cats were insearch of food or were forcedto move out in the fringes ofthe reserves due to the loss oftheir territories to the youngerones. This leaves them vulner-able, the experts said.

    The total cases of tigerdeaths in four years (2015-2018) are 418 which means onan average eight tigers diedevery month for the past fouryears.

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    The makers of the AmazonPrime Video series Tandavon Monday apologised uncon-ditionally after complaints thatone of its episodes had hurt“Hindu sentiments”.

    The apology came after acase was registered against themakers of the web series inLucknow and the UnionMinistry of Information andBroadcasting sought the viewof the Amazon Prime on aflood of grievances against the

    series.The statement from the

    cast and crew of Tandav said,“We have been closely moni-toring viewer reactions to theweb series Tandav and todayduring a discussion, theMinistry of Information andBroadcasting informed us

    regarding a large number ofgrievances and petitionsreceived on various facets of theweb series with serious con-cerns and apprehensionsregarding its content hurtingthe sentiments of the people.

    “Tandav is a work of fictionand any resemblance to acts

    and persons and events is pure-ly coincidental. The cast andcrew did not have any intentionto offend the sentiments of anyindividual, caste, community,race, religion or religious beliefsor insult or outrage any insti-tution, political party or person,living or dead.

    “The cast and crew ofTandav take cognisance of theconcerns expressed by the peo-

    ple and unconditionally apol-ogise if it has unintentionallyhurt anybody’s sentiments,”the statement said.

    A complaint filed by anUttar Pradesh policeman saidthat 17 minutes into the firstepisode, “people dressed up ina very bad manner to representHindu gods and goddesses...shown to speak in a veryuncalled for language... that

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    Amid the ongoing talks todefuse tension at the Lineof Actual Control (LAC) inLadakh, China has added fuelto fire by building a villageinside the disputed territory inArunachal Pradesh. India saysit has taken note of the con-struction along the borderthere and has ramped its infrastructure developmentprojects.

    The latest development hasrung alarm bells in the securi-ty establishment in India. It isapprehended that China wantsto maintain the pressure onIndia by opening several frontsalong the 4,000-km LACstretching from Ladakh in thewest to Arunachal Pradesh inthe east.

    The fresh constructiondetected by satellite images byPlanet Labs shows that Chinahas built a new village of about120 homes. The village is aboutfive km inside the Indian ter-

    ritory. China has all along dis-puted the claim, sources saidhere on Monday.

    Giving details about thenew construction, they said the

    village is on the banks of TsariChu river in the UpperSubansiri district. Incidentally,the Chinese troops in 1959 hadfired on an Indian post there.

    “We have seen recentreports of China undertakingconstruction work along theborder area with India. Chinahas undertaken such con-

    struction activity in the pastseveral years,” the MEA said,adding, “The Governmentremains committed to theobjective of creating infra-structure along the borderareas for the improvement oflivelihood of its citizens, includ-ing in Arunachal Pradesh.”

    The latest satellite imagespertain to November last year.The image dated a little morethan a year before that —August 26, 2019 — does notshow any construction activi-ty. So, the village was set up lastyear. This was the same areawhere the Chinese army lastyear detained five locals.

    The stand-offs now inLadakh are due to the Chinesealarmed over rapid infrastruc-ture development all along theLAC by India on its own side.However, sources said India hasnot built any roads or infra-structure development closeto the new Chinese village.

    They also said the maps ofthe Surveyor General of India

    earmark that the new con-struction for the Chinese vil-lage is in the Indian zone.

    Reports said the new vil-lage is a Chinese military postand it was first detected bysatellites, including GoogleEarth, about ten years back.The new pictures of Novemberclearly indicate the post is vast-ly upgraded, thereby posing achallenge to the Indian securi-ty forces.

    The Indian security estab-lishment maintains that thecoming up of this village is aviolation of several agreementsbetween the two countries.The pacts clearly say bothcountries to “safeguard dueinterests of their settled popu-lations in the border areas’’ anddecree that pending an ultimatesettlement of the boundaryquestion, the two sides shouldstrictly respect and observethe Line of Actual Control andwork together to maintainpeace and tranquility in theborder areas.

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    The Supreme Court told theCentre on Monday thatthe proposed tractor rally onthe Republic Day by farmersprotesting against the new farmlaws is a “law and order” mat-ter and the Delhi Police is thefirst authority to decide whoshould be allowed to enter thenational Capital.

    A bench headed by ChiefJustice SA Bobde, while hear-ing the Centre’s applicationseeking an injunction againstthe proposed tractor or trolleymarch or any other kind ofprotest which seeks to disruptthe gathering and celebrationson January 26, said that theDelhi Police has all the author-ity to deal with the matter.

    “Does the SC say as to whatare the powers of police andhow they will exercise them?We are not going to tell you

    what to do,” said the bench, alsocomprising Justices LN Raoand Vineet Saran.

    The SC told AttorneyGeneral KK Venugopal that itwill take up the matter for hear-ing on January 20.

    “The question of enteringinto Delhi is a law and ordermatter and will be determinedby the police,” the bench said,adding, “Mr Attorney General,we are adjourning the matterand you have all the authorityto deal with this matter.”

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    West Bengal Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee hasonce again looked up toNandigram for a slice of polit-ical luck and as an apparentstrategy to blunt the impact ofthe defection of her erstwhilespearhead, Suvendu Adhikari,a powerful mass leader of theregion.

    Mamata on Monday told ahuge rally at the “ground zero”of what they call Trinamool’s“farm revolution” that she wasmore than eager to contestfrom the place as this was alucky ground for her.

    “I will fight from

    Nandigram… Rather I willfight both from Nandigramand Bhawanipore… My soulhas told me that this place islucky for me… it is a holyplace… and that I should fightfrom Nandigram… I havealways started my campaign forthe Assembly polls from thisplace,” Mamata said once againattacking the “turncoats” who

    quit the TMC before electionsand vowing once again not tolet the BJP capture Bengal.

    “You may win many elec-tions, you may become allpowerful, you may be thePrime Minister of India andyou may rule the world but Ivow from this holy land ofNandigram that I will neverallow the BJP to enter Bengal,”

    Mamata said, adding how somepeople were quitting the partyas “all these years they haveearned huge black moneywhich they want to save.”

    Mamata’s sharp attackreceived an equally high-deci-bel reply from Adhikari, wholed a road-show down SPMukherjee Road, pastBanerjee’s Kalighat residence.He at once took up the chal-lenge welcoming the TMCsupremo at Nandigram andpre-declared the result: a“hands down” defeat for theChief Minister.

    “I welcome her toNandigram… which catapult-ed her to power and which sheremembered after five years…Let her contest fromNandigram and if I am fieldedby my party there I take a vowtoday that if I cannot defeat herby a margin of half-a-lakhvotes then I will quit politics,”Adhikari said.

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    After a 46-year-old healthworker died in UttarPradesh’s Moradabad district aday after receiving the coron-avirus vaccination, the familyblamed his death on vaccina-tion on Monday. However, theautopsy report attributing thedeath to “cardio-pulmonarydisease”, officials said onMonday.

    Meanwhile, nearly 3,600

    healthcare workers receivedthe Covid-19 vaccine shots inDelhi on Monday, a further dipin the figures compared tothat on opening day of theimmunisation drive, withsources saying just eight med-ical staff got the jabs at AIIMS.

    The family of Mahipal,who was working as ward boyin State-run Deen DayalUpadhaya Hospital inMoradabad, said he was notsuffering from any ailmentother than fever and cough,and blamed his death on vac-cination. However, the UPGovernment said the man dieddue to septicemic shock andcardiac arrest and the death wasnot related to the Covid-19 vac-cination.

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    The parliamentary stand-ing committee onInformation Technology (IT)has summoned officials ofTwitter and Facebook onJanuary 21 in connection withthe prevention of misuse ofsocial media.

    The panel would discussmeasures of safeguarding cit-izens’ rights and ways to pre-vent misuse of social media inthe light of the evidence pre-sented to it by the committee.

    “Evidence of representa-tives of the Ministry ofElectronics and InformationTechnology and to hear theviews of the representatives ofFacebook and Twitter on thesubject ‘safeguarding citizens’rights and prevention of mis-use of social/online newsmedia platforms, includingspecial emphasis on womensecurity in the digital space,”according to Lok SabhaSecretariat notice.

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    The 31-member parlia-mentary standing committeeon IT is headed by CongressMP Shashi Tharoor.

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    Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP on Monday criticisedthe Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP’s)new excise policy claiming thepolicy is against the youth andpromotes crime.

    State BJP President AdeshGupta said that, Excise MinisterManish Sisodia reduced thedrinking age from 25 years to21 years and has allowed toopen liquor shops till latenight,, will prove to be fatal forpeople of the civil society.

    Gupta also said that, due tothe excise policy of the Kejriwalgovernment, not only will inci-dents of violence and acci-dents relating to road rageincrease, the tendency of peo-ple to drink alcohol willincrease, which can lead many families to the brink of

    destruction. He said that, the Delhi

    government could not provideclean water to the people, couldnot improve the standard ofeducation in schools, couldnot open new schools-collegesand hospitals, but has engageditself in making people drinkliquor and opening new liquorshops. With this their intentionis clear as to in which directionthey want to take the people of Delhi.

    Gupta said that, theKejriwal government shouldimmediately change the newanti-social excise policy andnot reduce the drinking age. Ifthe government does notchange this anti-people policy,then the workers of theBharatiya Janata Party will beforced to come on roads andprotest against the said policy.

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    Apilot working with a pri-vate airline was killed aftera trailer truck coming from thewrong side crashed into hisHonda accord car on theDwarka expressway nearSector-114 late on Sundaynight.

    According to the police, aresident of Sector 109 inGurugram, Anmol Verma (40),was returning to his homefrom Delhi. At around 1.30 amon Sunday, when he reachedthe Dwarka Expressway nearSector-114 a trailer comingfrom the wrong direction hitthe car from the front.

    The pilot was seriouslyinjured and was rushed to aprivate hospital by somepassersby. They also informedhis friend Pankaj Kaushal aboutthe accident by using the pilot’sphone. Kaushal is also a pilotwith another private airline.

    Police said that the accidentwas so terrible that althoughthe airbags of the car workedperfectly, the pilot was injuredcritically and later died in hos-pital during treatment. Thefront part of the Honda accordwas badly mangled after thecrash.

    "We heard a loud boomand it sounded like an explo-sion. We weren't sure what itwas and we went to the acci-dent spot and saw that it was ahorrible accident. We figuredthat there was a lot of speedinvolved. It was really terrify-ing and it was sad to see it,” apasserby told the police.

    The trailer truck driverabandoned his vehicle and isstill on the run. Police suspectthat the truck driver may havebeen coming from the wrongway on the expressway whichled to this accident.

    “We have impounded thetruck which has a Haryana reg-istration number. With thenumber we are collecting infor-mation about the abscondingtruck driver. The body of thevictim has been handed over tothe family after an autopsy onMonday,” said Sandeep Kumar,station house officer (SHO) ofBajghera police station.

    The victim was originallyfrom Ambala. The pilot wasliving in Gurugram along withhis wife and two months oldson for the last few months.Anmol had joined theMerchant Navy as an engineerand later became a pilot.

    A case of rash drivingunder relevant sections of theIndian Penal Code (IPC) hasbeen registered at Bajgherapolice station against theabsconding driver, the policesaid.

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    The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)leader and MLA fromRajinder Nagar, Raghav Chadhaon Monday visited schools in hisconstituency and distributed N-95 masks as well as hand sanitiserbottles to students and teachers.About 90 students of Class 10and 12 attended school for thefirst time after March 2020.

    According to Chadha, com-ing back to school post-lock-down will be observed with allsafety measures.

    “Students and teachers havebeen provided with high-quali-ty N-95 masks and hand sani-tisers. We must make everyeffort to ensure that teaching andlearning doesn't stop,” he said.

    During his interaction withthe students, the Rajinder NagarMLA motivated everyone toobserve COVID-19 safety mea-

    sures such as the proper wearingof masks, maintaining apt phys-ical distance at all times, andensuring regular hand hygiene.

    Chadha said, "The Boardexams are an extremely impor-tant exam for students of Class10 and 12. They're at that stage,where they'll need the right kindof guidance before sitting forsuch an exam. Students are com-ing to school for the first timesince March last year. In fact, theentire year has been extremelytough on everyone. As such, I'mhappy that students could makeit to school, and I'm certain

    everyone's efforts will bear fruit."Talking about the absolute

    importance of maintaining safe-ty norms, Chadha said, "As Ihave always maintained, the firstline of defence against COVID-19 is the proper wearing ofmasks, maintaining apt physicaldistance and regular handhygiene. By observing thesesmall steps, we can go a long wayin protecting not just ourselves,but also those in our vicinity."

    Schools in Delhi had beenshut in March 2020, so as to con-tain the spread of COVID-19. Asa result, all teaching and learn-ing had shifted to online class-rooms, to ensure the continuanceof education. Although schoolshave been reopened for stu-dents of Class 10 and 12, physi-cal attendance is not compulso-ry, and students will attendschool only with the consent oftheir parents.

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    The senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)leader and spokesperson SaurabhBhardwaj on Monday said the Delhi HighCourt has approved the allegations made byAAP that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ruledMunicipal Corporation Delhi (MCD) has col-lected Rs 221 crores from the retired employ-ees in the name of cashless insurance in pri-vate hospitals but did not pay a single pennyto the private hospitals.

    Bhardwaj said that Delhi High Courtbench of Chief Justice BN Patel and JusticeJyoti Singh has come down heavily on the BJPruled MCD saying that this is a criminalbreach of trust.

    He said that the Delhi High Courtobserved that the BJP ruled MCD has not yetregistered any of the hospitals under thisscheme this means that the BJP ruled MCDhas taken the money from the employees butin reality has not initiated the process of thescheme.

    Bhardwaj said that this shameful act ofthe BJP has created havoc among the 34,000retired employees of the North MCD and

    they are not getting any medical assistance.“On one side they take and waste money

    of the Arvind Kejriwal government and onthe other side they are doing corruption withthe money of their own employees; the sit-uation so bad that the BJP’s own CentralGovernment also doesn’t believe the MCD,”he said.

    Bhardwaj said, "Some months back theAAP raised an issue that the retired employ-ees of the BJP ruled MCD are facing a lot ofproblems related to medical assistance. Theretired employees of BJP ruled MCD hadopted cashless insurance scheme under theBJP-ruled MCD and now they are suffering.The scheme is that while retirement theemployee will pay certain money to the MCDby which they will ensure a free treatment inany hospital of Delhi.

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    The Delhi Police has arrest-ed accused persons forallegedly killing a 55-year-oldrickshaw puller to steal his vehicle and Rs 60 from hiswallet.

    The accused have beenidentified as Dilip Haldar (20),a resident of Extension AshokNagar, and Chhotan Singh(24), a resident of New AshokNagar.

    According to DeepakYadav, the DeputyCommissioner of Police(DCP), East district, on Friday,police received informationregarding an unidentified bodyof a man in the bushes nearDashmesh Public School,Vashundhra Enclave.

    “The throat of the man wasslit by a sharp weapon and headof dead body was hit by stone.On Saturday, the deceased wasidentified as Jiban Mazumdar,who was a rickshaw puller. Hisrickshaw was also missing,”said the DCP.

    “During investigation,police analysed the CCTVfootage and located the robbedrickshaw. Later, police appre-hended Singh on Monday. Onhis instance, Haldar was alsonabbed,” said the DCP.

    “Interrogation revealedthat the deceased was known toSingh. On Thursday, they invit-ed Mazumdar for a party andtook him to a ground nearDashmesh Public School,” saidthe DCP.

    “The accused killed himwith the intention to robmoney and rickshaw. Oneknife, rickshaw and victim’swallet were recovered from his possession,” he furtheradded.

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    The Delhi Deputy ChiefMinister Manish Sisodiaon Monday urged the UnionFinance Minister NirmalaSitaram to treat Delhi at parwith the Union Territory ofJammu & Kashmir in regardsto providing share fromCentral Taxes and CentralAssistance to Union Territories,and the Disaster ResponseFund.

    During the pre-budgetmeeting with the finance min-isters of all States, and the

    Union Territories, Sisodia alsopointed out that the share incapital taxes for Delhi hasremained stagnant at Rs 325crores for two decades now,since 2001-02.

    “Being the capital of thecountry, and one the fastestgrowing metropolises, theDelhi Govt. needs to maintainan infrastructure that meets theworld standard. We want toimprove the supply of civicamenities to meet the demandsof the burgeoning populationthat expects a quality standardof living to lead a wholesome

    life in the capital. Moreover, theDelhi Govt. needs funds tomake huge investments in cru-

    cial departments like education,health, social, food securities,transports, roads and hospitals

    among others,” said ManishSisodia.

    Sisodia also appealed to theUnion Finance Minister thatDelhi deserves its legitimateshare in central taxes to financethe developmental needs ofthe city, and accordinglyrequires enhanced allocation ofat least Rs 8,150 crore in RE2020-21, and Rs 8,555 crore inBE 2021-22.

    Sisodia also said that thethree municipal corporations ofDelhi are under extreme finan-cial crunch, and merit thesame consideration from the

    Central Government in receiv-ing proper financial assistanceas do other states.

    “Delhi had to also devolvefunds to the local bodies at 12.5per cent of its net tax proceedson the basis of recommenda-tions of the Delhi Finance Commission. TheFourteenth FinanceCommission allocated Grant-in-Aid of Rs 2,87,436 crore forthe local bodies for the awardperiod 2015-20 which worksout to be Rs 488 per capita perannum,” he said.

    Sisodia said that Delhi with

    a population of approx. 193.86lakh people should at least beprovided Rs 1,150 crore, alongwith an appropriate annualenhancement grant to theDelhi Govt. for its local bodies.Considering the dire financialsituation of the MCDs, ManishSisodia also requested a onetime grant of Rs 12,000 crorewhich is the legitimate share of the MunicipalCorporations of Delhi overthe last 10 years.

    Sisodia also drew the atten-tion of the Union FinanceMinister to receiving financial

    assistance from the CentralGovt. In 2000-01, Delhireceived Rs 370 crore as centralassistance but has only beenprovided with Rs 626 crore in2020-21.

    Sisodia urged the Centre totreat Delhi at par with the restof the country in providingDisaster Response Fund. “TheCentral Government releasedRs 11,092 crore to all the stategovernments towards DisasterResponse Fund in April, 2020but Delhi did not receive anysuch support,” said ManishSisodia

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    The Economic OffencesWing (EOW) of DelhiPolice has arrested former CEOof National Spot Exchange LtdAnjani Sinha for allegedly dup-ing the investors by assuringfixed returns on fictitious trad-ing.

    The accused has been iden-tified as Anjani Sinha. Policesaid that he was arrested onSunday from Mumbai.

    According to Dr O PMishra, the JointCommissioner of Police, EOW,the complainants alleged thatthe brokerage firm M/sIntegrated Commodity TradesPvt Ltd, Barakhamba Road,Delhi, through its directorshas cheated them by induce-ment and misrepresentationregarding commodity tradingon the platform of NationalSpot Exchange Ltd (NSEL).

    "The complainants wereinduced by the directors toinvest in commodity marketwhich is undertaken by themas trading and clearing mem-ber of NSEL, presenting it to becompletely safe, as being regu-lated by the governmentauthorities," said the Joint CP.

    "Being the member of theexchange, the alleged brokerwas to ensure that at the timeof issuing the delivery order,the seller of the commodity sat-isfies his clearing member thathe owns and holds adequatestocks of the required com-modity," he said.

    "The trading cum clearingmember has to ensure that thecommodities purchased by theclients or investors throughcontracts were delivered to theNSEL certified warehouses.The warehouse receipts were tobe delivered by the member toits clients at the time of the set-

    tlement of the contracts," saidthe Joint CP.

    "The alleged broker in col-lusion and conspiracy with theexchange (NSEL) and the sell-ers (trading members) did notcollect the delivery orders andthe warehouse receipts where-as the transactions were doneon behalf of the complainants,"said the Joint CP.

    "It was alleged that ficti-tious stocks were traded on theexchange as a result of whichthe settlement of contracts wasnot done on the day of matu-rity, causing loss to the com-plainants. The alleged brokerhad represented to the com-plainants that NSEL is a nation-al level electronic, transparentand institutionalised spot mar-ket which provides counterparty guarantee in respect of alltrades and which was regulat-ed by Forward MarketsCommission (FMC)," said the

    Joint CP. "Complainants alleged

    Integrated Commodity TradersPvt Ltd, NSEL, its CMDJignesh Shah, CEO AnjaniSinha and others for cheating,criminal misappropriation anduse of forged invoices. Duringinvestigation, it was found thatthe alleged persons represent-ed to the complainants thattheir business method wasunique and has all the approvalof the Forward MarketsCommission (FMC)," he said.

    "The accused causedwrongful loss of Rs 7.5 crore tothree victims through com-plainant company and misap-propriated the funds for its ownuse. The NSEL has caused agross total fraud of Rs 5,600crore to 13,000 victims. TheNSEL platform for spot tradingwas designed by the manage-ment of the exchange withassured return investment

    schemes. It was also evidentthat the officials of the NSELwere engaged in alluring andinducing the clients, brokersand public at large to invest incommodity market throughNSEL being a fixed assuredreturn platform," said the JointCP.

    "All the activities were ille-gal, unauthorised and nothingmore than that a ponzi schemein the form of money circula-tion scheme. During investi-gation, a team was sent to

    Mumbai and accused Sinhawas arrested,” said the Joint CP.

    "During interrogation,accused has disclosed that heused to report to Jignesh Shahwho was the group MD andChairman. Shah was very des-perate to generate profit in thesubsidiary companies. Hedevised introduction of newbusiness concept in the NSELeven violating conditions oflicence of NSEL given byMinistry of Consumer Affairs,"he said.

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    The Delhi Government onMonday gave Covid-19vaccines to more medical staffat various hospitals, afteradministering shots to over4,300 healthcare workers on theopening day.

    According to officials, thevaccination drive started atthe Rajiv Gandhi SuperSpeciality Hospital at 10 am.The immunisation drive inDelhi was formally kicked offon Saturday by Chief MinisterArvind Kejriwal from the LNJPHospital, the state-run facility

    which offered yeoman serviceduring the pandemic last year.

    The exercise was carriedout at 81 sites, with nearly aneven split of government andprivate hospitals, including sixcentral government facilities -- AIIMS, Safdarjung Hospital,RML Hospital, Kalawati Saran

    Children Hospital and two ESIhospitals.

    The rest 75 centres, span-ning all 11 districts of Delhi,include Delhi government-runfacilities, such as LNJPHospital, GTB Hospital, RajivGandhi Super SpecialityHospital, DDU Hospital, BSAHospital, Delhi State CancerInstitute, ILBS Hospital; andprivate facilities, such as MaxHospital, Fortis Hospital,Apollo Hospital and Sir GangaRam Hospital.

    In Delhi, a total of 4,319healthcare workers -- 53.3 percent of those registered -- gotthe vaccine shots on the firstday of the COVID-19 vacci-nation drive, Delhi HealthMinister Satyendar Jain said onSunday.

    Some people did not turnup for coronavirus vaccinationat the last moment, he said,adding that the government

    cannot ask anyone to compul-sorily take the jab.

    He also said that the num-ber of vaccination centres inDelhi will be increased from 81to 175 soon. Jain noted that asimilar trend was observedacross the country, with around50 per cent of those registeredgetting the jabs on the first day.

    The vaccine will be admin-istered on four scheduled daysof the week -- Monday,Tuesday, Thursday andSaturday. It will not be given onSunday, and two others days ofthe week, when other regularvaccination work will be car-ried out. So, January 18 is thefirst working day of the week,since the mega exercise wasinaugurated by Prime MinisterNarendra Modi across thecountry.

    The Oxford COVID-19vaccine Covishield is beingadministered at 75 centres,

    while Bharat Biotech-madeCovaxin doses given at theremaining six facilities.

    The city government hasreceived in total 2.74 lakhdoses of the vaccine so far fromthe Centre, which would besufficient to cater to 1.2 lakhhealthcare workers, Kejriwalhad earlier said.

    One "severe" and 51"minor" cases of AEFI (adverseevents following immunisa-tion) were reported amonghealth workers who wereadministered the coronavirusvaccine in Delhi on Saturday,according to official figures.

    An AIIMS security guardhad developed an allergic reac-tion after receiving the vaccine.He was kept under observationof doctors, an official had saidon Saturday. "His current sta-tus is not known... 51 otherswere discharged aftersometime," Jain said.

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    APainted stork that was beingchased by feral dogs in aMehrauli park and a bat that hadtaken up shelter in a temple inJanakpuri were rescued and keptunder medical observation.

    Two rescuers from an NGOrushed with the required equip-ment to bring the stork to safety.Medical examination by veterinarydoctors revealed that the bird wassuffering from dehydration andweakness and is currently underobservation.

    "Juvenile painted storks have abrownish plumage while the adultshave a white plumage with black

    striped markings on the wings andbright pink markings on the wingtips", they said.

    These birds reside near waterbodies such as wetlands, marshes andagricultural fields. They breed incolonies, and are often sighted nest-ing on the western bank of theYamuna river, an activist said.

    Colonies of wild storks have alsobeen recorded nesting inside The Delhi Zoological park, sincedecades.

    Afroz Alam, the concerned cit-izen who called Wildlife SOS said,“While sitting in the park, I noticeda bird that was struggling to fly beingchased by feral dogs. It looked quiteweak and scared, so I tried to chase

    away the dogs and called the WildlifeSOS hotline for help.”

    Kartick Satyanarayan, co-founder and CEO, Wildlife SOSsaid, “The Painted Stork (Mycterialeucocephala) is a near-threatenedspecies, which is found across thelarge marshes of the sub-continent.Human-induced factors have led tothe decline in their natural habitatsand furthered their invasion. It isreassuring to see that more and morepeople are taking the right steps byreporting such incidents to ourwildlife rescue hotline.”

    Wasim Akram, Deputy Director-Special Projects, Wildlife SOS, said,“The stork is under medical obser-vation and will take time to recoverfrom the ordeal.”

    Following the rescue of thepainted stork, the Wildlife SOSRapid Response Unit rushed to theaid of a bat that had taken shelter inShri Shiv Shakti Sanatan DharmMandir located in Janakpuri.

    Often the plight of urban wildlifeis dismissed because city dwellersconsider them to be a nuisance andthey are frequently met with hostil-ity. Wildlife SOS works towardschanging this attitude and sensitiz-ing the public to the presence ofurban wildlife.

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    Union Minister of RoadTransport and Highways,Nitin Gadkari, on Monday,inaugurated Road SafetyMonth where he highlightedthe central Government's com-mitment towards safety.

    "Till now, we have beenobserving National Road SafetyWeek. But from today, we willobserve National Road SafetyMonth. 70% of deaths are in theage group of 18-45 years,"Nitin Gadkari said.

    Gadkari also said that thereis a need to save lives in thecountry where 415 people aredying every day due to roadaccidents.

    "If we wait till 2030, 6-7lakhs more people will die. So,we've made a commitmentthat before 2025, road accidentsand deaths due to it will bebrought down by 50% withhelp of people's participation,"Gadkari added.

    In 2020, the CentralGovernment had participatedin a conference in Sweden,where a vision was conceptu-

    alised - to have zero road fatal-ities in India by 2030, he said.

    "We had promised toreduce such fatalities by 50%.Tamil Nadu has done it, with asuccess rate of 53%.," Gadkaristated.

    Providing details of hisministry about an increasedtarget of per day roads con-struction, Gadkari said, "Wehave achieved the target of con-structing 30 kilometres of road,I believe that by the end ofMarch, perhaps we will achievethe target of constructing 40kilometres of road per day."

    "World Bank and ADB(Asian Development Bank)approved two projects worth?7,000 crore each. We'll receiveapproval from finance ministry

    soon. So, we'll spend ?14,000crore to improve black spots -death traps - on roads," theUnion Minister of RoadTransport and Highwaysadded.

    The event at VigyanBhavan was also attended byDefence Minister RajnathSingh, Union minister VKSingh and chief executive offi-cer (CEO) of Niti AayogAmitabh Kant.

    Globally India is one of theworst-hit nations when itcomes to road accidents. Indiaaccounts for about 5 lakh roadaccidents annually, one of thehighest in the world, in whichabout 1.5 lakh people die andanother 3 lakh become crip-pled.

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    North India will continue toreel under the grip of anintense cold wave for a fewmore days. The IndianMeteorological Department(IMD) on Monday extendedthe cold wave warning in northIndia till January 22.

    According to the IMD,change in wind direction fromeasterly to westerly/north west-erly is likely to bring downminimum temperature by 2 to4 degree Celsius during thenext three days and after thatrise by 2-4 degree Celsius overthe northwest India.

    RK Jenamani, the seniorscientist, IMD, said that thewarning for the cold wave inNorth India has been extend-ed till January 22. Earlier, theIMD had issued a cold wavewarning for January 13-15 andthen extended it till January 18.A few days back, the weatherbureau had issued a cold wavewarning for 13-15 January andthen extended it till 18 January.A cold day is when the mini-mum temperature is less than10 degrees Celsius and themaximum is at least 4.5 degreesCelsius below normal.

    However, Jenamani saidthat the dense fog spreadacross northern plains inPunjab, Haryana, Rajasthan,Uttar Pradesh andUttarakhand will begin lifting

    from Tuesday. Dense fog willbegin lifting from Tuesdayover northern plains in Punjab,Haryana, Rajasthan, UttarPradesh and Uttarakhand. Thiswill lead to hotter days andcolder nights.

    “A fresh WesternDisturbance is likely to affectWestern Himalayan Regionfrom 22nd January. Under theinfluence of its interaction withlow level easterlies from 23rdJanuary; scattered to wide-spread rain/snow likely overWestern Himalayan Regionduring 22nd-24th January,” theIMD said in a tweet.

    “Under the influence oflower level wind reversal fromeasterly to westerly/northwest-erly, Cold Wave conditionslikely in isolated pockets overEast Uttar Pradesh, Punjaband Haryana, Chandigarh &Delhi during 18th-20th andWest Uttar Pradesh and northRajasthan during 19th-21st

    January, 2021,” the IMD said.In Rajasthan, the night

    temperatures dipped to near-zero, and Pilani recorded atemperature of 0.4 degreesCelsius, followed by Churu,which witnessed a temperatureof 1.9 degrees Celsius.Meanwhile, dense fog could bewitnessed in parts of UttarPradesh as major cities such asAgra, Kanpur and Jhansirecorded below six degreesCelsius temperatures, signifi-cantly below season's normal.Moderate fog is expected overisolated places in the state overTuesday and Wednesday. InPunjab and Haryana too, thetemperatures remained belownormal levels. Bathinda record-ed 3.4 degrees Celsius, whileGurdaspur and Faridkot wit-nessed 7 and 5.5 degreesCelsius respectively.Chandigarh recorded a lowtemperature of 8.3 degreesCelsius.

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    COVID-19 pandemic hasrevealed the need to investin health, and the call for sus-tainable funding to the WorldHealth Organisation (WHO)so that the global body can fullyrespond to public health needs,Union Health Minister DrHarsh Vardhan said onMonday.

    He pointed out that anyproposed increase in budgetneeds to also consider theglobal economic impact of thedisease.

    The Minister, who chairedthe 148th session of WHOExecutive Board through videoconference, said the poorestand most vulnerable are thehardest hit by COVID-19 as theimpact of the crisis will reversehard-won development gainsand hamper progress towardsachieving SustainableDevelopment Goals,

    Stressing the need toensure fair and equitable dis-tribution of coronavirus vac-cines, Dr Harshvardhan saidthe pandemic has presented anopportunity whereby “health”has been placed on the globalagenda of Governments, part-ners and donors.

    He thanked the medicalprofessionals, scientists andresearchers as well as other

    essential workers around theworld who continue workingunder difficult and challengingcircumstances to deal with thepandemic. He also offered hiscondolences to the familieswhose dear ones died due tothe disease, according to astatement by the health min-istry.

    "We all know how difficultthe year 2020 has been for thewhole world… how humanityhas battled this crisis with all itsmight, but it has also been ayear in which the wisdom andevidence of science was judi-ciously adopted. I call the year2020 as the ‘year of science' anda ‘year of incredible scientificachievement.

    “In less than 12 months,researchers have characteriseda novel illness, sequenced a newvirus' genome, developed diag-nostics, produced treatmentprotocols, and established theefficacy of drugs and vaccinesin randomised controlled tri-als," Vardhan was quoted assaying by the ministry.

    The Union minister alsoexpressed optimism that inthe current year, the unprece-dented crisis caused by thepandemic shall be mitigatedand successfully reversedthrough committed politicalleadership and sustained glob-al cooperation and solidarity.

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    Union Agriculture MinisterNarendra Singh Tomar,on Monday said that the pre-vious Governments could notintroduce these reformsbecause of pressure tactics.

    “These reforms will go along way in elevating the livingstandard of farmers. Wheneverany reform is introduced,impediments are bound tocome in the way,” Tomar said.

    The tenth round of talksbetween the Centre and 41protesting farmers' unions isscheduled for Wednesday at 12noon at Vigyan Bhawan in theheart of the national Capital.Separately, a Supreme Court-appointed panel to resolve thecrisis is also scheduled to holdits first meeting on Tuesday.The previous rounds of talksbetween the Government andfarmers have failed to reach anyconcrete results, as protestingunions have stuck to theirmain demand for repealingthe new laws, but theGovernment has refused to doso.

    “Misinformation is beingspread across the country thatMSP (minimum supportprice) is being discontinued

    but the government has madeit clear that the MSP will con-tinue. Procurement on MSPhas also been increased.Pulses-oilseeds have also beenincluded in the MSP. Theselaws were expected earlier butthe previous governmentcould not implement becauseof pressure. It was the Modigovernment that took a boldstep and brought these lawspassed in Parliament.. .Whenever a good thing hap-pens, there are obstacles,"Tomar said while addressing anational conference on recentagriculture reforms, Myths vsFacts organized byConfederation of NGOs ofrural India.

    The statement is beingseen as a reiteration of the gov-ernment's stand that it was onlywilling to discuss the laws

    clause by clause and amendthem suitably – something thathas been rejected by farmers,who called the last round oftalks “120 per cent failure”. Theminister added that the lawswere made after extensive dis-cussions between experts, sci-entists and farmer unionsbased on recommendations ofa panel led by Professor MSSwaminathan, the father of India's Green Revolution.

    He also cited agriculturebudget figures for this fiscalagainst those in 2013-14 whenthe PM Modi-led governmentfirst came to power to showcasethe government's commitmenttowards farmers' welfare.“There will be a five-foldincrease in the agriculture bud-get,” he added.

    On eve of the tenth roundof meeting, a delegation offarmers representing over 270farmer producer organizationsfrom Madhya Pradesh, UttarPradesh, Assam, Karnataka,Chhattisgarh and Odisha metMinister of State forAgriculture Parshottam Rupalaand appealed not to repeal thelaws. Minister of State forAgriculture KailashChoudhury was also present inthe meeting.''

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    The Centre on Monday saidthat avian influenza hasbeen confirmed in 14 Statesacross the country so far. Ofthem, avian influenza has beenconfirmed in five states inpoultry birds while in nineStates it is confirmed incrow/migratory and wild birds.

    “Further, avian influenzahas been confirmed in samplesof the dead heron from TisHazari, and in crow from RedFort, Delhi and advisory in thisregard has been issued to Delhifor taking necessary action,” itsaid.

    According to the ministryof animal husbandry, cullingand sanitization operationshave been completed in theepicenters of Latur district inVillage Kendrewadi,Ahmedpur, Village Sukani,and Village Tondar(Vajrawadi) in Udgir talukand village Kurdwadi in Ausataluk.

    Further, in MadhyaPradesh (Districts of Harda andMandsaur) and Chhattisgarh(District Balod), rapid responseteams have been deployed forthe culling of poultry birdsaround one km radius of epi-

    centers of the outbreak in poul-try. Culling operation of poul-try is continuing in the epi-centers of Haryana (DistrictPanchkula).

    “In Maharashtra, rapidresponse teams has beendeployed and culling of poul-try birds is underway in all theaffected epicenters,” it said.

    According to the CRISIL’sanalysis that rated 87 poultrycompanies comprising nearly30 percent of the industry’s rev-enue, the bird flu has choppedaround 30 percent off broilerchicken volume, bringing downdaily chicken demand in thecountry from 100 lakh kg inDecember 2020 to an estimat-ed 70 lakh kg in January 2021.

    Apart from this, the ratingagency added that wholesaleprices of broiler chicken havecrashed 20-30 percent from Rs105-110 per kg in December toRs 80 per kg. Following this,the overall revenue coulddecline 30-40 percent inJanuary 2021 due to a fall inrealizations and volume.

    It noted that as wholesaleprices usually correct sharplyfollowing such outbreaks, thefall in prices tends to be tem-porary.

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    Doctors have warned thatpeople should avoid drink-ing alcohol or taking immuno-suppressant drugs in the daysbefore and after receiving theCovid-19 vaccine to ensurethat it works properly.

    “People will have toobserve extra precautions dur-ing the 28 days gap between thetwo doses for the vaccine tobecome effective. The benefi-ciaries should also refrain fromvisiting crowded places, wearface masks, use sanitizers, min-imise contacts and refrain fromconsuming alcohol orimmunosuppressant drugs,"said Dr Jugal Kishore DirectorProfessor and Head,Department of CommunityMedicine, VMMC andSafdarjung Hospital in thenational Capital.

    "It's a strain on the body. Ifwe want to stay healthy andhave a strong immuneresponse, don't drink alcohol,"he said.

    Dr Ramesh Keshav, HeadCardiac AnesthesiaDepartment at the RMLHospital in the national Capital,who took the first shot on thefirst day of the roll out of thevaccine drive agreed sayingthat heavy drinking and drugabuse should in other timesotherwise also has to be avoid-ed as they compromise with thebody immunity.

    He cited the Union HealthMinistry’s guideline that saidthat protective levels of anti-bodies are generally developedtwo weeks after receiving thesecond dose of vaccines.

    Dr Kishore explained thatalcohol consumption, intake ofsteroids and tobacco may leadto impaired liver function in aperson who has been vacci-nated and the person’s immuneresponse may be compromised.

    “In such a case, the personmay not develop adequateimmunogenicity and the pur-pose of vaccination is defeated,”he said.

    In fact, existing scientificliterature on alcohol and theimmune system shows thatexcess alcohol is an immuno-suppressant so people whodrink a lot are more suscepti-ble to infections, a view sup-ported by the doctors worldover.

    “Heavy drinkers havemany problems and poorimmune function is one ofthem,” immunologist EleanorRiley at the University of

    Edinburgh, UK said.Heavy alcohol use is also

    associated with a number ofother health problems, includ-ing an increased risk of heartdisease, cancer, and liver dis-ease.

    While alcohol should beavoided, a team of researchersin their study has suggestedthat health behaviours anddepression, stress, or lonelinessalso have been known to alterthe body’s ability to develop animmune response to vaccinesincluding the new Covid-19vaccines.

    The international organi-sation Association forPsychological Science (APS)said that simple interventions,however, may maximise thevaccine’s initial effectiveness. Itquoted the study which rec-ommends exercising and get-ting a good night’s sleep in the24 hours before vaccination.The report has been acceptedfor publication in the journalPerspectives on PsychologicalScience.

    Health experts say thatwhile vaccination programmesare being rolled out in variouscountries, not everyone willgain the full benefit immedi-ately. “Environmental factors,as well as an individual’s genet-ics and physical and mentalhealth, can weaken the body’simmune system, slowing theresponse to a vaccine,” as perthe APS.

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    Out of total of 3,81,305 ben-eficiaries, who have so farbeen vaccinated for coron-avirus since the rollout of theanti-Covid jab drive on Sunday,at least 580 adverse events fol-lowing immunization (AEFI)have been reported in thecountry. The Union HealthMinistry said that seven werehospitalised but none of themwas serious.

    It also said that the death oftwo persons soon after takingCovid-19 vaccine in UttarPradesh and Karnataka was notrelated to the jab.

    Manohar Agnani,Additional Secretary in theUnion Health Ministry, whileaddressing a Press briefing

    here on Monday said that theydied due to heart related ail-ments. Agnani said “a cumu-lative 580 adverse events fol-lowing immunization (AEFIs)and seven hospitalizations have

    so far been reported in thecountry since the nationwideCOVID inoculation drivewhich began on January 16.Majority complained fever,headache and nausea, accord-ing to the provisional data ofongoing vaccination drive.

    He said that of the twodeaths reported, death of the 52year male from Moradabad,UP (who was vaccinated onSunday and died next day is notrelated to vaccination as per thepost mortem report. Deathwas caused due to cardiopul-monary disease.

    Similarly, he said that thesecond death which was of amale (43), a resident of Bellary,Karnataka was vaccinated onSaturday and died Monday.“The cause of death is anteri-

    or wall infarction withCardiopulmonary failure. Thepost mortem is being con-ducted,” he said.

    The Government howeverhasn’t given any details aboutthe adverse reactions happenedfor which particular vaccine.

    On Monday, till 5 pm,1,48,266 beneficiaries were vac-cinated across 25 states andUnion territories, taking thetotal tall of the vaccinated peo-ple to 3,81,305. On the first dayie Saturday around 2 lakh peo-ple were inoculated, saidAgnani.

    Of the 1,48,266 beneficia-ries who were administered thevaccine on Monday, 8,656 werefrom Bihar, 1,822 from Assam,36,888 from Karnataka, 7,070from Kerala, 6,665 from

    Madhya Pradesh, 7,628 fromTamil Nadu, 10,352 fromTelangana, 11,588 from WestBengal and 311 were fromDelhi.

    In Delhi, three hospitali-sations were reported, out ofwhich, two have been dis-charged, and one with faintingis under observation at MaxHospital, Patparganj.

    In Uttarakhand, one of thebeneficiaries is stable andunder observation at AIIMSRishikesh, the official stated. InChhattisgarh, one beneficiaryis under observation, while inKarnataka, two cases of hospi-talizations were reported, hesaid. "No case of serious/severeAEFI attributable to vaccina-tion till date," the additionalsecretary added.

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    The CBI has arrested a ChiefAdministrative Officer ofNorth East Frontier Railway(NFR), Maligaon (Assam), aDeputy Chief Engineer, anAssistant Executive Engineer ofNFR, an employee of privatecompany based at Guwahati(Assam) and a private person(relative of the arrested CAO)in a case related to allegedbribery of � 1 crore.

    The agency recovered�2.39 crore in cash duringsearches at 26 locations, includ-ing Delhi. Uttarakhand, Assam,Tripura and West Bengal,linked to the five accused per-sons.

    The arrested accused arethe CAO Mahendra SinghChauhan, Deputy ChiefEngineer Hem Chand Borah,Assistant Executive Engineer(AEN) Lamxi Kant Verma, anemployee of ABCIInfrastructures Pvt. Ltd.Bhupendra Rawat and privateperson Indra Singh.

    “The total amount of �2.39crore was recovered. Thesearches includes an allegedbribe of �1 crore, whichexchanged hands on Sunday.During searches, a sum of�18.5 lakh and �6.5 lakh havebeen recovered from thepremises of Deputy ChiefEngineer and AssistantExecutive Engineer (AEN)respectively. In addition, �60lakh was recovered fromDehradun and �54 lakh fromGuwahati premises of CAO, on

    Sunday. Besides this, there hasbeen recovery of jewellery anddocuments related to propertyfrom these locations,” the CBIsaid in a statement.

    Earlier, the CBI had regis-tered a case against the accusedpersons and unknown othersunder relevant sections of theIndian Penal Code andPrevention of Corruption Act.

    It was alleged that theaccused were abusing their

    official position for obtainingillegal gratification. It was fur-ther alleged that the arresteddirector of the private compa-ny was in contact with theCAO in various on-going pro-jects in the NFR region. It wasalso alleged that on hisdemand, the said Director,through his employee, deliv-ered a bribe of Rs.1 crore to therelative of said CAO at his res-idence in Dehradun. “Theaccused allegedly exchangingbribe money were caught yes-terday. The alleged bribe of RsOne crore was recovered,” itsaid. .

    The agency had on Sundaybusted a major corruptionracket. It was alleged that somesenior public functionaries ofNFR were involved in corruptpractices with private contrac-tors for the on-going projectsunder the division. The con-tractors were allegedly beingfacilitated in awarding the con-tracts, processing of subse-quent bills and release of pay-ments by the public func-tionaries in lieu of bribe, it fur-ther said adding investigationand searches are continuing.

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    Etawah (Uttar Pradesh): Eightcows were killed and six wereinjured after speeding RajdhaniExpress mowed them downnear Tamera Ki Madaiya villageon Delhi-Howrah route inJaswantnagar area of Etawahdistrict.

    The incident took place onSunday, between Jaswantnagarand Balrai railway stations.

    According to the villagers,a herd of cattle was grazingnear the tracks when 14 ofthem were mowed down by theRajdhani Express.

    Eight cows died on thespot, while six suffered critical

    injuries.The gateman and villagers

    alerted the district officialsincluding SDM JaswantnagarJyotsana Bandhu, who rushedto the spot. The SDM super-vised the rescue operation andshifted the six injured animalsto a nearby gaushala for treat-ment, said the police.

    “We have shifted theinjured cows to a nearby'gaushala' for treatment. Itappears that the incidentoccurred due to heavy fog inthe area. Further investiga-tions are underway in thisregard,” said the SDM. PTI

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    It’s time for Republic Day andcelebrities in Kerala are agogto know who are all those whohave made it to the list of thisyear’s list of civilian awards vizPadma Sri, Padma Bhushan etc.

    People in Kerala areobsessed with the titles ofPadma Sree and other Padmaawards. The year 2010 sawfilm director Ranjith making“Pranchiyettan the Saint”, amovie that set the box office onfire. The film is about a busi-nessman in Thrissur who wasduped Rs 1.5 crore by a con-man promising the former aPadma Sree award.

    The craze for these awardsis visible only in Kerala thoughthe titles come with a lot of doand don’ts issued by theMinistry of Home Affairs. Thewinner is accorded State hon-ors during his/her final riteswith police band playing theLast Post and gun salute. Thewinner is not expected to dis-play the honorifics anywhereincluding his/her visiting card.

    There are no cash incentivestoo. But there were reportsabout a celebrity in the Statespending Rs four crore for thistitle.

    Perumbavoor, a small townin Ernakulam district city hasa Padma Sree awardee whodoes not have a house to stay.Acharya Kunhol, a Sanskritscholar who works round-the-clock for the upliftment of theHarijans in the State wasawarded Padma Sree last year.But he stays in a thatched shedeven one year after the title wasconferred on him by thePresident of India.

    Though it is customary on

    the part of the State adminis-tration to congratulate theawardee, nobody from theKerala Government hadextended that courtesy to himtill date. “Chief MinisterPinarayi Vijayan issued a state-ment condemning the Centrefor not awarding the titles to atleast one person in the list ofnearly 50 persons that wassubmitted by KeralaGovernment. No need to spec-ify that all the names in the listwere strong critics of NarendraModi. But Vijayan failed tocongratulate Acharya Kunhol,”said K K Sudhakaran, secretary,Tapasya and a close associate ofthe Acharya.

    Last year, The Pioneer hadreported about the patheticsituation of the hut in whichthe Acharya stays. He hadexpressed his helplessness inoffering a cup of black coffeewhen a group of media personshad called on him. “I have nocomplaints against anybodyand am content with whatev-er the God has given me,” saidthe Acharya who keeps himself

    busy by teaching Sanskrit to thepoor children around. Thoughhe has contacts with all theleading politicians in the State,the Acharya has notapproached any one of themwith requests for help.

    His children are all namedafter persons who revolution-ized the world through selflessservices. Ambedkar, GoldaMeir, Martin Luther King, SaiLakshmi , Devadas andAmritanandamayi!

    Bobby Chemmannur, abusiness baron from Kerala’sThrissur has said that he wasapproached by people in thegovernment with the offer of aPadma Sree. “But when theydemanded Rs 50 lakh to meetthe initial expenses, I backedout. Later I heard a Keralaentrepreneur who paid Rs 4.5crore was honored with aPadma Sree,” saidChemmannur who is knownfor his friendship with lateDiego Maradonna. He refusedto divulge details about the per-sons and the year of the inci-dent.

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    Ahead of the Republic Daycelebrations in Jammu &Kashmir, Director General ofPolice Dilbagh Singh onMonday claimed there areinputs that the terrorists arekeen to carry out some mis-chief as they are desperate todisturb communal harmony,peace and order in theregion.

    Chairing a high level secu-

    rity review meeting of thesenior officers of Police, Army,BSF, CRPF and Intelligenceagencies here in the policeheadquarters the DGP saidthat the year 2021 will have itsown challenges as new strate-gies have been adopted byPakistan with new terror oper-atives emerging on groundwhich need to be countered.

    Last week, a tunnel wasdetected along theInternational border in the

    Samba sector by the BSFjawans.

    The security agencies arestill investigating whether thesame was recently used to pusharmed infiltrators inside theIndian territory or not. On theoccasion DGP also directedthat the deployments for repub-lic day may be beefed up andthe QRTs, escorts, guards willhave to be alert.

    He directed that allarrangements be made so that26th January celebrations areheld peacefully. He said thatthere are inputs that the ter-rorists are keen to carry outsome mischief as they are des-

    perate to disturb communalharmony, peace and order. Hedirected the officers to take careof vulnerable persons andplaces to thwart the nefariousdesigns of enemies.He saidthat well coordinated surveil-lance systems must be ensuredto undo nefarious plans of theenemies.

    The high level securityreview meeting was attendedby COS 16 Corps MajorGeneral Sharad Kapoor, IGPJammu Zone Mukesh Singh,IGP CRPF Jammu P. S.Ranpise, DIG Udhampur ReasiRange Sujit Kumar, DIG DodaKistwar Ramban Range Abdul

    Jabbar, DIG BSF Jammu S. K.Singh, SSP Jammu ShreedharPatil, SSP CIV PHQ RajeshBali, SSP CID CI Jammu TahirSajad Bhat, SSP CID SB JammuRohit Baskotra and othersenior officers.

    Meanwhile, in SrinagarInspector General of Police(IGP) Kashmir range, VijayKumar said that the threeyouth killed in Lawaypora gun-fight were involved in militan-cy and that the police willsoon present ‘concrete evi-dence’ to their parents.

    He said that the bodies ofslain militants aren’t beinghanded over to families in

    view of the Covid-19 pandem-ic as people would assemble infunerals and break the Covidprotocol.

    Talking to reporters on thesidelines of a road safety weekfunction in Srinagar, the IGPsaid: “We have collected 60 per-cent evidence and in next days,we will collect more evidenceincluding the technical oneand will first convince the par-ents of slain trio that their sonswere involved in militancy andwere providing logistic supportto militants.”

    IGP Kumar while replyingto a query that the father of oneof the slain youth has demand-

    ed the body of his son, said thatbecause of the Covid-19 pan-demic, bodies of slain militantsaren’t being handed over totheir families.”If we hand overthe bodies, people will assem-ble for funerals and break thecovid protocol, which wouldendanger the lives of people.The bodies of slain militants arebeing buried in the presence oftheir family members.”

    The families of the slainyouth have demanded a probeinto their killings, saying theywere innocent and were killedin a staged gunfight. Severalpolitical parties have alsodemanded a fair probe into the

    gunfight.Earlier this month, the

    families of the trio staged aprotest at the Press Enclave inSrinagar, demanding a probeand return of the bodies.

    The IGP said that, of late,youth are being lured into mil-itancy as OGWs as they arebeing provided with pistolsand grenades.

    “Yesterday, we arrested ayouth from Anantnag, alongwith a pistol and grenade whowas tasked to kill someone. Weare at it and will counter thetrend through human trackingand this is our top priority,” hesaid.

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    Kolkata: In a grim reminder forthe Election Commission of Indiathat comingAssembly elections inthe State could be splattered inblood, supporters of TrinamoolCongress and the BJP clashed atthree places with rods and brick-bats during a three-km saffronrally led by Suvendu Adhikari andBengal BJP president Dilip Ghoshin South Kolkata.

    The incident tended to mimicthe December 10 attack on NJPpresident JP Nadda’s convoy atDiamond Harbour with a groupof Trinamool supporters cap-tured on camera throwing brick-bats at the BJP rally passing downthe SP Mukherjee Road some twokm away from Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee’s Kalighat res-

    idence.The initial attack by the TMC

    men sparked the clash when theBJP men counter attacked,sources said. “The BJP workersthen chased them right insidetheir mohalla (locality) and beatthem up,” sources said adding theclashes took place near CharuMarket, a few hundred yardsaway from the Tipu SultanMosque. The police rushed to thespot and controlled the crowd,sources said.

    Subsequently the TMC mentoo gathered at different placesand attacked the BJP men whowere returning from the rally. Anumber of people were injured inthe skirmish, sources said addingmotorbikes and some shops were

    also vandalized.Reacting to Monday’s inci-

    dent Adhikari a former BengalMinister said “we had obtainedthe necessary police permissionfor this rally but still they made ascanty police bandobast makingroom for some TMC men tomount the attack… it was a pre-planned attack as a few men wereseen pelting stones before disap-pearing inside the lanes…Butthese tactics will not work becausepeople of Bengal are with us andthey want a change.”

    Bengal Minister Arup Biswashowever blamed the BJP workers“who came from outside andattacked our men who were justfixing party flags for future polit-ical programmes.” PNS

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    ANigerian drug peddler’s effort to befoolthe Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB)sleuths fell flat on his flat, as the NCB –though the doctors’ intervention --had adozen of Cocaine pellets extracted fromabdominal cavity where they had reachedafter he had gulped seeing the agency offi-cials come to arrest him.

    The NCB said here on Monday that theincident took place on January 14 when itsofficials zeroed in on the accused NigerianIfeamyichukwu Pius moving around a five-star hotel at Juhu to deliver pellets contain-ing Cocaine.

    At that time, Pius had concealed Cocainepellets in his mouth. Seeing the NCB officialsrush towards him, the accused peddler

    gulped a dozen pellets – containing 1 grameach of Cocaine and the Cocaine pellets land-ed in his stomach.

    Without losing any time, the NCB offi-cials rushed him to J J Hospital, where an x-ray and CT scan examination confirmed thatthe pellets were lodged in his abdominal cav-ity,The doctors extracted the dozen pelletsfrom his abdomen. The retrieved cocaine pel-lets were handed over to the NCB officials.

    “Accused Nigerian drug peddler was dis-charged from the hospital today. We are try-ing to ascertain his antecedents and also whoare his associates in Mumbai,” NCB’s ZonalDirector Sameer Wankhede said.

    This is the first instance where a peddlerwas carrying drugs in his mouth and dis-tributing them to the customers.

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    Bengaluru: The anti-cow slaughter ordinance cameinto effect in Karnataka on Monday, with provisionsof up to seven years in jail and (or) a fine of up toRs 10 lakh for those 'illegally' involved in cow slaugh-tering, smuggling or selling of beef in the State.

    “All provisions of the Karnataka Prevention ofSlaughter and Preservation of Cattle Ordinance,2020 to come into force from January 18,” theKarnataka government has said in an order.

    The new amended law bans transportation ofcattle within Karnataka or to other states. The trans-portation is allowed only with due permission fromthe competent authority and against the paymentof fee, if the purpose is to use cattle only for the agri-cultural or animal husbandry activities.

    The Karnataka Prevention of Slaughter andPreservation of Cattle Act, 2020, which envisagesa ban on all forms of cattle slaughter and stringentpunishment for offenders, is a revised version of aBill that was passed in 2010 when the BJP was inpower.

    Subsequently in 2013, Congress came to powerand the BJP's 2010 contentious Bill was shelved. TheCongress had reverted to the less stringentKarnataka Prevention of Cow Slaughter andPreservation of Animals Act, 1964, which allowscow slaughter with certain restrictions.

    While the 1964 law banned the killing of “anycow or calf of she-buffalo”, it allowed the slaughterof bullock, buffalo-male or female if it was certi-fied by a competent authority to be above the ageof 12 years or incapacitated for breeding or deemedsick.

    Due to lack of majority in the Upper House, theruling BJP was unable to move this Bill there anddecided to take an Ordinance route and promul-gated the Ordinance on December 28.

    After the state Cabinet passed it, the Ordinancewas sent for the approval of the Governor VajubhaiRudabhai Vala. The Ordinance was formallyapproved on January 5 and it is coming into effectin the state from Monday onwards.

    According to the order, three to seven yearsimprisonment and a fine starting from Rs 50,000to Rs 5 lakh can be imposed under this law and sub-sequent repeat offences can invite fines up to Rs 10lakh. IANS

    Lucknow: All ten BJP candi-dates for the biennial electionsto the Uttar Pradesh LegislativeCouncil on Monday filed theirnomination papers. ChiefMinister Yogi Adityanath waspresent when the candidatesfiled their nomination papers.

    Among the candidates arestate BJP chief Swatantra DevSingh, Deputy Chief MinisterDinesh Sharma, former bureau-crat Arvind Sharma, LaxmanPrasad Acharya, Salil Bishnoi,

    Govind Shukla, KunwarManvendra Singh, AshwiniTyagi, Dharamvir Prajapati andSurendra Chaudhary.

    Earlier, all the candidatesreached the BJP's state head-quarters where they were givena warm welcome by party work-ers to the beating of 'dhols'. Thecandidates offered prayers at atemple and then went togetherto the Vidhan Bhawan, locatedacross the road, to file the nom-ination papers. IANS

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    The ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi(MVA) partners – Shiv Sena,NCP and Congress – wrested powerin a majority of the Gram Panchayatsin Maharashtra on Monday, amidclaims by the Opposition BJP that ithad emerged number one party in theelections.

    Given that the Gram Panchayatelections are not fought on party sym-bols, there was no official data on thepoll outcome. However, unconfirmedreports indicated that the rulingMVA had collectively captured powerin a maximum number of GramPanchayats in the elections to 14,234local self-bodies that went to polls.

    However, as per the electionresults available till late in the eveningsuggested that of the total gram pan-chayats that went to polls, the candi-dates in elections in 1,523 local bod-ies were elected unopposed.

    From the results trends available,the ruling Shiv Sena had emerged assingle largest party with 1,900 grampanchqyats in its kitty already, whileits alliance partner NCP had also cap-tured power 1,507 gram panchayatsand the Congresss had walked awaywith 1,365 gram panchayats. On its,the BJP competing neck and neckwith the Shiv Sena by winning littlebelow or around 1900 gram panch-yarts.

    On his part, Maharashtra PradeshCongress Committee Chairman andState Revenue Minister BalasahebThorat claimed that the MVA part-ners had won 80 per cent of the14,000-odd gram panchayats thatwent to polls and that the Congresshad won a majority in 4000 grampanchyats across the state.

    “With these results, it is clear thatthe people of the state have showntheir faith in the work done by the

    Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi govern-ment in the last one year. The BJP hassuffered a crushing defeat in the stateand the BJP leaders should accept thedefeat with open heart instead of mis-leading the people by giving false fig-ures,” Thorat said.

    In a related development, formerchief minister and senior BJP leaderDevendra Fadnavis claimed that theBJP had emerged as the number oneparty in the Gram Panchayat elec-tions. “In Vidarbha, we have scoreda pheneominal victory. In Konkan weare getting good results. Especially inSindhudurg where Rane family andRavindra Chavamn worked, we havewon 80 per cent of theGrampanchayats,” Fadnavis said.

    Disputing the claims of a victo-ry by Fadnavis, Thoart said that thepeople of the state had shown greatfaith in the MVA government and theresults of today's Gram Panchayatelections have further validated theirtrust.”In Kolhapur, Nandurbar, Latur,Nanded, Amravati, Yavatmal, Nagpur,Wardha, Chandrapur, Osmanabad,Washim and Buldhana districts,Congress has emerged as the No. 1party. The people have shown faith inthe candidates of Congress, NCP andShiv Sena by defeating BJP in theseelections as well just like they did inthe recent legislative council elec-tions,” he said.

    Thorat said that in the Vidarbharegion, the Congress party hasachieved great success and has wonmore than 50 per cent of the GramPanchayats. The people of Vidarbhahave helped Congress gain unprece-dented success in these elections.Thorat also expressed confidencethat the Congress would emerge asthe number one party in Marathwada.The voting percentage and seats of theCongress had increased inMarathwada.

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    Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala on Monday reported 3,346 newCovid-19 cases, said state's Health Minister K.K. Shailaja, addingthat the test positivity rate now stands at 10.11 per cent.

    As many as 68,399 people are under treatment in various facil-ities across the state.Ernakulam has the highest number with 574cases, while Kasargod with the least numbers with 574 infections.

    As many as 2,965 positive cases are through contacts.At least17 fatalities were reported on Monday, pushing the toll in thestate to 3,480. 53 health workers have tested positive for the coro-navirus on Monday.

    2,09,786 people are under observation at various places inthe state. Of this 1,98,681 are under institutional quarantine, while11,105 under observation at various hospitals in the state. IANS

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  • After decades of intransi-gence, the UnionGovernment and policy-makers in the educationsector have come up with aNational Education Policy (NEP)which is more in tune with nation-al priorities and contemporaryrealities. This is so because the newpolicy pays special attention to threevery important areas that have beenneglected for long — holistic andmultidisciplinary education, voca-tional education and impartation ofskills and equalisation of opportu-nity for digital education.

    The Centre has drafted educa-tion policies in the past. However,like many things which werethought of earlier, these plans havefallen by the wayside for the lack offoresight, funds and commitment.Eventually they just ended up as astring of shibboleths — high sound-ing but vacuous prose — justmeant for the printer contracted bythe Government to make a killing!

    But, this time it is differentbecause it seeks to diagnose andconfront the real problems that weface in the field of education, be itearly childhood care and learning,curriculum and pedagogy inschools, language education, holis-tic and integrated learning, voca-tional education and promotion ofIndian languages, art and culture.It is difficult in a single column tocover all aspects of this policy, sobetter limit the attention to just afew aspects like holistic, multidis-ciplinary and vocational education.

    The NEP talks about the mul-tidisciplinary approach of univer-sities like Takshashila and Nalandawhere good education meant goodknowledge of 64 “kalaas” or artswhich included singing, painting,chemistry, mathematics, medi-cine, engineering and vocationalsubjects such as carpentry, cloth-making and soft skills such as com-munication and debating. In otherwords, it was holistic knowledge —complete, comprehensive educa-tion that gave an individual morethan rudimentary understandingof various disciplines of learningand equipped him/her for life’schallenges. The NEP says: “Thevery idea that all branches of cre-ative human endeavour, includingmathematics, science, vocationalsubjects, professional subjects andsoft skills should be considered artshas distinctly Indian origins.”Therefore, this ancient under-standing of education “must bebrought back to Indian education,as it is exactly the kind of educa-tion that will be required for the21st century.”

    This statement of intent inthe NEP, if implemented withutmost commitment, will revo-lutionise higher education in thecountry, which fell into the rutof clearly separating the arts andthe sciences for decades as ifthese disciplines were enemies ofone another. This policy was pur-sued with such ferocity thateven students who acquiredMasters’ and Ph.D degrees felt asense of incompleteness to theireducation and understandingof the world, and consequentlylost out to their peers in the west-ern world who were blessedwith holistic education.

    It is indeed sad that ourpoliticians, bureaucrats and edu-cationists persisted with such apolicy that segmented knowl-edge, put students into a straitjacket and virtually prohibitedthem from venturing into areasoutside their syllabus.

    All those responsible forthis short-sighted policy must beidentified and asked why theysubjected millions of Indian stu-dents to such mindless compart-mentalisation.

    The second issue is voca-tional training. SinceIndependence, Indians were toldthat blue-collar jobs like runninga lathe machine or being a fitteror turner in a factory; operating


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