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I n the absence of any break- through in the standoff at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh despite several rounds of talks, the Indian Army is rapidly enhancing its infrastructure, including pre- fabricated heated huts to sus- tain troops in winter months. These upgraded huts have ade- quate facilities like water and hygiene facilities. Not willing to take any chances against the backdrop of little progress in reducing ten- sion, the Army over the last few months was ramping up its logistical supplies. This process was undertaken to take care of troops which will remain deployed for the next few months at the LAC in Ladakh. While the Army has suffi- cient stocks of winter clothing and boots, it has now com- pleted the ongoing efforts to establish upgraded living facil- ities for troops deployed in Eastern Ladakh. This area receives up to 40 feet of snow after November every year and where temperatures fall up to minus 30-40 degrees. The stand-off sites are located at a height of more than 15,000 feet in most of the places in Eastern Ladakh. Due to paucity of oxygen at such heights, the Army has taken precautions to deploy only acclimatised soldiers well versed in surviving at such heights. In fact, many additional troops brought to Ladakh after situation worsened in the wake of a bloody brawl in the Galwan valley in June are vet- erans of the Siachen glacier. Giving details of the facil- ities now in place, officials on Wednesday here termed them as “excellent” and said the pro- ject was undertaken to ensure operational efficiency deployed in winters in that sector. They said the altitudes in Ladakh range from High to Super High Altitude. Coupled with the wind chill factor, tem- peratures dip down to minus 30-40 degrees. In addition, road access also gets affected for brief period of time. Apart from the smart camps with integrated facilities which have been built over the years, additional state of the art habitat with integrated arrange- ments for electricity, water, heating facilities, health and hygiene have been recently created to accommodate the troops. Also, troops in front line are accommodated in heated tents as per tactical considera- tions of their deployment. In addition, adequate civil infra- structure has also been identi- fied to cater for any emergent requirements. Incidentally, the Chinese have also improved their lodg- ing facilities at the LAC as they are also digging in for a long winter deployment. In October, personnel affiliated with state- run Chinese media had circu- lated visuals of the preparations being made in the region by the Chinese army ahead of winter. This included the provision of solar and wind-power facilities and 24-hour hot water supply. D elhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has called an all- party meeting on Thursday to discuss the Covid-19 situation in the national Capital, which has been seeing a spurt in the number of cases in the last cou- ple of weeks with the city recording 104 deaths in a day on November 12, the highest in five months, officials said on Wednesday. Also, the CM said, over 660 ICU beds will be added in var- ious Delhi Government hospi- tals in the next few days for Covid management. Despite such a huge surge in Covid-19 cases, doctors have managed the situation well, Kejriwal said. Leaders of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), BJP, Congress and other parties have been invit- ed for the meeting. “The Chief Minister will hold an all-party meeting to discuss the Covid-19 situation in Delhi. The meeting will be held at 11 am on Thursday,” an official said. On Thursday, Kejriwal will hold the all-party meeting to discuss the Covid-19 situation in the city, even as Opposition parties said that they would raise issues like “inadequate” testing and press for proper enforcement of precautionary measures. With medical facilities under strain, as many as 45 doctors and 160 paramedics of the paramilitary forces have also arrived in the natonal Capital to serve the people. Delhi has been witnessing a spurt in coronavirus cases since October 28 when daily cases breached the 5,000-mark for the first time. Single-day rise in cases crossed the 8,000- mark on November 11. On Tuesday, Delhi record- ed 6,396 fresh Covid-19 cases, taking the infection tally to over 4.95 lakh, while 99 more fatal- ities pushed the death toll to 7,812. The city had recorded 104 deaths in a day on November 12, the highest in five months. Interacting with reporters after visiting GTB Hospital in East Delhi along with nation- al Capital’s Health Minister Satyendar Jain, the Kejriwal said, “We had a meeting with doctors at GTB Hospital and they have agreed to add 238 ICU beds in the next two days. In all, 663 ICU beds shall be added in various Delhi hospi- tals in the next few days.” A s demand for plasma from recovered Covid-19 patients across the country continues to soar, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Wednesday cau- tioned that indiscriminate use of Convalescent Plasma Therapy (CPT) for treating virus infection should be avoid- ed, suggesting it did not reduce mortality in Covid patients. The CPT is one of several investigational therapies being tried in India in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Maharashtra, Odisha and Delhi, the three worst-affected States in India, have not only backed the therapy but have also set up plasma banks as well. However, the country’s apex medical research body did not prohibit its complete use. Instead, it issued Standard Operating Procedure (SoP) on plasma therapy and advised States to desist from its indis- criminate use. “ICMR conducted an open-label phase II multicen- tre randomised controlled trial in India across 39 public and private hospitals on use of convalescent plasma in the management of cases with moderate Covid-19 disease (PLACID Trial). “It was concluded that, CPT did not lead to reduction in progression to severe Covid19 or all cause mortality in the group that received CPT as compared to the group that did not receive CPT,” said the ICMR in its new advisory. “PLACID is the world’s largest pragmatic trial on CPT conducted in 464 moderately ill laboratory confirmed Covid-19 affected adults in real-world setting wherein no benefit of use of CPT could be estab- lished,” it said. The ICMR also mentioned that similar studies conducted in China and the Netherlands have also documented no sig- nificant benefit of CPT in improving the clinical out- comes of hospitalised Covid-19 patients, hence indiscriminate use of CPT is not advisable. L akshmi Vilas Bank has enough liquidity to pay back its 20-lakh depositors and will complete the pro- posed merger with the Singaporean lender DBS before the deadline, the RBI-appoint- ed administrator said on Wednesday. The RBI on Tuesday super- seded the Lakshmi Vilas Bank board and placed the 94-year- old Chennai based lender under a 30-day moratorium ending December 16, after its net worth turned negative and a quarter of its advances became dud loans and it failed to get capital despite many attempts. The regulator also appoint- ed the former non-executive chairman of Canara Bank TN Manoharan as the administra- tor of the crippled private sec- tor lender for the 30-day mora- torium period. LVB is the third bank to be placed under moratorium since September last year. S ocial media giant Twitter has apologised to a parliamen- tary committee for wrong geo- tagging of India’s map and showing Ladakh as part of China. Twitter has promised to correct the error by the month- end. The committee’s chairper- son Meenakshi Lekhi said on Wednesday that the Twitter’s submitted an affidavit signed by Damien Karien, Chief Privacy Officer of Twitter Inc. The Joint Committee of Parliament on Data Protection Bill had slammed Twitter for showing Ladakh as part of China, saying it amounted to treason and had sought an explanation by the US-based parent of the social media plat- form in form of an affidavit. In its affidavit submitted before the parliamentary panel, Twitter has reportedly said the issue was “caused due to a soft- ware error combined with imperfect data resulting in an incorrect geo-tag”. B ihar’s main Opposition RJD and its allies on Wednesday attacked Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for appointing JD(U)’s Mewalal Choudhary as the Education Minister even though he faces corruption charges and was suspended from the party over the issue, and demanded he be sacked. RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav said Choudhary, a former vice chancellor of an agriculture university and a first-time Minister, faces serious charges under the IPC including cheat- ing (section 420), and criminal conspiracy (120B). “Has Chief Minister Nitish Kumar awarded Mewalal Choudhary for corruption and given him the freedom to loot?” he asked in a tweet. S tolen over 20 years ago, three-feet-tall bronze idols of Lord Ram, Lakshman and goddess Sita of Vijayanagara period are now back from the United Kingdom to their home in Tamil Nadu. Union Minister of Culture and Tourism Prahlad Patel on Tuesday virtually handed over the artifacts to the Tamil Nadu Government at the headquar- ters of the Archeological Survey of India (ASI) here. The statues were stolen from the Vishnu Temple at Nagapatinnam in 1978. They were restored to the Indian Government after a collector voluntarily offered to hand it back on discovering their true history. The unnamed collector, who had acquired the statues in good faith, was informed about their dubious provenance by the London Met Police. On September 15, London Metropolitan Police handed over the statues to the High Commission of India, London after they were recovered. Patel praised the positive role played by the ASI, espe- cially over the last six years, in getting back the masterpieces of the country’s cultural her- itage. In August last year, the High Commission of India, London, was informed by India Pride Project that four antique idols of Lord Ram, Goddess Sita, Lakshman and Hanuman, were stolen from a temple built in Vijayanagara period in Tamil Nadu and smuggled out of India, may be to the United Kingdom. Forty-three of the 56 arti- facts that have been restored after India’s Independence were handed during the NDA Government, as per the ASI. G autam Buddh Nagar health officials were on Wednesday deployed at two key Noida-Delhi borders where they started random Covid-19 testing of people coming from the national Capital. The random testing of inward coming people was announced by District Magistrate Suhas L Y on Tuesday after a meeting with senior administration and health officials amid a spike in Covid-19 cases in Delhi. Gautam Buddh Nagar Chief Medical Officer Deepak Ohri said teams of health offi- cials are present at the borders at Delhi-Noida-Direct (DND) flyway and at Chilla — the two key entry points to Noida from the national Capital. “We are conducting rapid antigen-based tests on people randomly so that traffic move- ment is not impacted. This is being done to check virus car- riers and ensure that infection is contained in Gautam Buddh Nagar,” Ohri, who was himself present at DND, told reporters. Several health officials wearing personal protection equipment (PPE) are at the border locations along with policemen where they have set up desks for the rapid antigen- based test, which gives results in 15 minutes. Further action is taken based on the test result. “If anyone is found posi- tive, they are sent back to Delhi. Only those testing neg- ative are allowed to enter Noida,” Ohri said, adding all facilities for test and logistics are available at the borders. He said a similar campaign will be carried out on Wednesday at Ashok Nagar, adjoining Delhi, and at Botanical Garden Metro Station, in Noida on Thursday. Suhas had on Tuesday said only a few randomly selected commuters shall be tested. New Delhi: The AAP Government told the Delhi High Court on Wednesday that wearing masks while driving was made compulsory in April and the order remains in force till date. The submission was made on an affidavit filed before Justice Navin Chawla in response to a lawyer’s plea challenging the 500 challan issued to him for not wearing a mask while he was driving alone in his private car. M adhya Pradesh Government has decided to form a separate Cow Cabinet and the first meeting of this Cabinet has been convened on November 22. To conserve and develop cows in the State, a decision has been taken to form a cow Cabinet in Madhya Pradesh, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced on twit- ter on Wednesday. He added that dept of Animal Husbandry, Forest, Panchayat, Rural Development, Revenue, Home and Farmers’ Welfare will be included in the Cabinet. The first meeting of the Cabinet will take place at Cow Sanctuary in Agar Malwa on November 22, said the Chief Minister. The Cow Cabinet would be headed by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and its members would be Home Minister Narottam Mishra, Forest Minister Vijay Shah, Farmers Welfare Minister Kamal Patel, Panchayat and Rural Development Minister Mahendra Singh Sisodia and Animal Husbandry Minister Prem Singh Patel. Cow conservation had remained a pivotal issue in Assembly polls and then in bypolls in Madhya Pradesh with the Congress party mak- ing conscious efforts to rob BJP of this issue. Soon after coming to power, Kamal Nath Government had increased the daily allowance for upkeep of cows and also had announced construction of 1,000 modern cowsheds in the state. However, the Shivraj Government is yet to come up with more details of powers and responsibilities of this cow Cabinet. RNI Regn. No. MPENG/2004/13703, Regd. No. L-2/BPLON/41/2006-2008

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    In the absence of any break-through in the standoff at theLine of Actual Control (LAC)in Ladakh despite severalrounds of talks, the IndianArmy is rapidly enhancing itsinfrastructure, including pre-fabricated heated huts to sus-tain troops in winter months.These upgraded huts have ade-quate facilities like water andhygiene facilities.

    Not willing to take anychances against the backdrop oflittle progress in reducing ten-sion, the Army over the last fewmonths was ramping up itslogistical supplies. This processwas undertaken to take care oftroops which will remaindeployed for the next fewmonths at the LAC in Ladakh.

    While the Army has suffi-cient stocks of winter clothingand boots, it has now com-pleted the ongoing efforts toestablish upgraded living facil-ities for troops deployed inEastern Ladakh. This areareceives up to 40 feet of snowafter November every year andwhere temperatures fall up tominus 30-40 degrees.

    The stand-off sites arelocated at a height of more than15,000 feet in most of theplaces in Eastern Ladakh. Dueto paucity of oxygen at suchheights, the Army has takenprecautions to deploy onlyacclimatised soldiers wellversed in surviving at such

    heights. In fact, many additional

    troops brought to Ladakh aftersituation worsened in the wakeof a bloody brawl in theGalwan valley in June are vet-erans of the Siachen glacier.

    Giving details of the facil-ities now in place, officials onWednesday here termed themas “excellent” and said the pro-ject was undertaken to ensureoperational efficiency deployedin winters in that sector.

    They said the altitudes inLadakh range from High toSuper High Altitude. Coupledwith the wind chill factor, tem-

    peratures dip down to minus30-40 degrees. In addition,road access also gets affectedfor brief period of time.

    Apart from the smartcamps with integrated facilitieswhich have been built over theyears, additional state of the arthabitat with integrated arrange-ments for electricity, water,heating facilities, health andhygiene have been recentlycreated to accommodate thetroops.

    Also, troops in front lineare accommodated in heatedtents as per tactical considera-tions of their deployment. In

    addition, adequate civil infra-structure has also been identi-fied to cater for any emergentrequirements.

    Incidentally, the Chinesehave also improved their lodg-ing facilities at the LAC as theyare also digging in for a longwinter deployment. In October,personnel affiliated with state-run Chinese media had circu-lated visuals of the preparationsbeing made in the region by theChinese army ahead of winter.This included the provision ofsolar and wind-power facilitiesand 24-hour hot water supply.

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    Delhi Chief Minister ArvindKejriwal has called an all-party meeting on Thursday todiscuss the Covid-19 situationin the national Capital, whichhas been seeing a spurt in thenumber of cases in the last cou-ple of weeks with the cityrecording 104 deaths in a dayon November 12, the highest infive months, officials said onWednesday.

    Also, the CM said, over 660ICU beds will be added in var-ious Delhi Government hospi-tals in the next few days forCovid management. Despitesuch a huge surge in Covid-19cases, doctors have managedthe situation well, Kejriwalsaid.

    Leaders of the Aam AadmiParty (AAP), BJP, Congress andother parties have been invit-ed for the meeting.

    “The Chief Minister willhold an all-party meeting todiscuss the Covid-19 situationin Delhi. The meeting will beheld at 11 am on Thursday,” anofficial said.

    On Thursday, Kejriwal willhold the all-party meeting to

    discuss the Covid-19 situationin the city, even as Oppositionparties said that they wouldraise issues like “inadequate”testing and press for properenforcement of precautionarymeasures.

    With medical facilitiesunder strain, as many as 45doctors and 160 paramedics ofthe paramilitary forces havealso arrived in the natonalCapital to serve the people.

    Delhi has been witnessinga spurt in coronavirus casessince October 28 when dailycases breached the 5,000-markfor the first time. Single-day

    rise in cases crossed the 8,000-mark on November 11.

    On Tuesday, Delhi record-

    ed 6,396 fresh Covid-19 cases,taking the infection tally to over4.95 lakh, while 99 more fatal-ities pushed the death toll to7,812. The city had recorded104 deaths in a day onNovember 12, the highest infive months.

    Interacting with reportersafter visiting GTB Hospital inEast Delhi along with nation-al Capital’s Health MinisterSatyendar Jain, the Kejriwalsaid, “We had a meeting withdoctors at GTB Hospital andthey have agreed to add 238ICU beds in the next two days.In all, 663 ICU beds shall beadded in various Delhi hospi-tals in the next few days.”

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    As demand for plasma fromrecovered Covid-19patients across the countrycontinues to soar, IndianCouncil of Medical Research(ICMR) on Wednesday cau-tioned that indiscriminate useof Convalescent PlasmaTherapy (CPT) for treatingvirus infection should be avoid-ed, suggesting it did not reducemortality in Covid patients.

    The CPT is one of severalinvestigational therapies beingtried in India in response to thecoronavirus pandemic.Maharashtra, Odisha andDelhi, the three worst-affectedStates in India, have not onlybacked the therapy but havealso set up plasma banks aswell.

    However, the country’sapex medical research body didnot prohibit its complete use.Instead, it issued StandardOperating Procedure (SoP) onplasma therapy and advisedStates to desist from its indis-criminate use.

    “ICMR conducted an

    open-label phase II multicen-tre randomised controlled trialin India across 39 public andprivate hospitals on use ofconvalescent plasma in themanagement of cases withmoderate Covid-19 disease(PLACID Trial).

    “It was concluded that,CPT did not lead to reductionin progression to severe

    Covid19 or all cause mortalityin the group that received CPTas compared to the group thatdid not receive CPT,” said theICMR in its new advisory.

    “PLACID is the world’slargest pragmatic trial on CPTconducted in 464 moderately illlaboratory confirmed Covid-19affected adults in real-worldsetting wherein no benefit of

    use of CPT could be estab-lished,” it said.

    The ICMR also mentionedthat similar studies conductedin China and the Netherlandshave also documented no sig-nificant benefit of CPT inimproving the clinical out-comes of hospitalised Covid-19patients, hence indiscriminateuse of CPT is not advisable.

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    Lakshmi Vilas Bank hasenough liquidity to payback its 20-lakh depositorsand will complete the pro-posed merger with theSingaporean lender DBS beforethe deadline, the RBI-appoint-ed administrator said onWednesday.

    The RBI on Tuesday super-seded the Lakshmi Vilas Bankboard and placed the 94-year-old Chennai based lenderunder a 30-day moratoriumending December 16, after itsnet worth turned negative anda quarter of its advancesbecame dud loans and it failedto get capital despite manyattempts.

    The regulator also appoint-ed the former non-executivechairman of Canara Bank TNManoharan as the administra-tor of the crippled private sec-tor lender for the 30-day mora-torium period.

    LVB is the third bank to beplaced under moratorium sinceSeptember last year.

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    Social media giant Twitter hasapologised to a parliamen-tary committee for wrong geo-tagging of India’s map andshowing Ladakh as part ofChina. Twitter has promised tocorrect the error by the month-end.

    The committee’s chairper-son Meenakshi Lekhi said onWednesday that the Twitter’ssubmitted an affidavit signedby Damien Karien, ChiefPrivacy Officer of Twitter Inc.

    The Joint Committee ofParliament on Data ProtectionBill had slammed Twitter forshowing Ladakh as part ofChina, saying it amounted totreason and had sought anexplanation by the US-basedparent of the social media plat-form in form of an affidavit.

    In its affidavit submittedbefore the parliamentary panel,Twitter has reportedly said theissue was “caused due to a soft-ware error combined withimperfect data resulting in anincorrect geo-tag”.

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    Bihar’s main Opposition RJDand its allies on Wednesdayattacked Chief Minister NitishKumar for appointing JD(U)’sMewalal Choudhary as theEducation Minister eventhough he faces corruptioncharges and was suspendedfrom the party over the issue,and demanded he be sacked.

    RJD leader Tejashwi Yadavsaid Choudhary, a former vicechancellor of an agricultureuniversity and a first-timeMinister, faces serious chargesunder the IPC including cheat-ing (section 420), and criminalconspiracy (120B).

    “Has Chief Minister NitishKumar awarded MewalalChoudhary for corruption andgiven him the freedom toloot?” he asked in a tweet.

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    Stolen over 20 years ago,three-feet-tall bronze idolsof Lord Ram, Lakshman andgoddess Sita of Vijayanagaraperiod are now back from theUnited Kingdom to their homein Tamil Nadu.

    Union Minister of Cultureand Tourism Prahlad Patel onTuesday virtually handed overthe artifacts to the Tamil NaduGovernment at the headquar-ters of the Archeological Surveyof India (ASI) here. The statueswere stolen from the VishnuTemple at Nagapatinnam in1978. They were restored to theIndian Government after acollector voluntarily offered tohand it back on discoveringtheir true history.

    The unnamed collector,who had acquired the statues ingood faith, was informed abouttheir dubious provenance bythe London Met Police. OnSeptember 15, LondonMetropolitan Police handedover the statues to the High

    Commission of India, Londonafter they were recovered.

    Patel praised the positiverole played by the ASI, espe-cially over the last six years, ingetting back the masterpiecesof the country’s cultural her-itage.

    In August last year, theHigh Commission of India,London, was informed by IndiaPride Project that four antiqueidols of Lord Ram, GoddessSita, Lakshman and Hanuman,were stolen from a temple builtin Vijayanagara period in Tamil

    Nadu and smuggled out ofIndia, may be to the UnitedKingdom.

    Forty-three of the 56 arti-facts that have been restoredafter India’s Independence werehanded during the NDAGovernment, as per the ASI.

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    Gautam Buddh Nagarhealth officials were onWednesday deployed at twokey Noida-Delhi borderswhere they started randomCovid-19 testing of peoplecoming from the nationalCapital.

    The random testing ofinward coming people wasannounced by DistrictMagistrate Suhas L Y onTuesday after a meeting withsenior administration andhealth officials amid a spike inCovid-19 cases in Delhi.

    Gautam Buddh NagarChief Medical Officer DeepakOhri said teams of health offi-cials are present at the bordersat Delhi-Noida-Direct (DND)flyway and at Chilla — the twokey entry points to Noidafrom the national Capital.

    “We are conducting rapidantigen-based tests on peoplerandomly so that traffic move-ment is not impacted. This isbeing done to check virus car-

    riers and ensure that infectionis contained in Gautam BuddhNagar,” Ohri, who was himselfpresent at DND, told reporters.

    Several health officialswearing personal protectionequipment (PPE) are at theborder locations along withpolicemen where they have setup desks for the rapid antigen-based test, which gives resultsin 15 minutes. Further actionis taken based on the testresult.

    “If anyone is found posi-tive, they are sent back toDelhi. Only those testing neg-ative are allowed to enterNoida,” Ohri said, adding allfacilities for test and logisticsare available at the borders.

    He said a similar campaignwill be carried out onWednesday at Ashok Nagar,adjoining Delhi, and atBotanical Garden MetroStation, in Noida on Thursday.

    Suhas had on Tuesday saidonly a few randomly selectedcommuters shall be tested.

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    Minister for TechnicalEducation YashodharaRaje Scindia said that the useof latest skill development tech-niques and technical educationwill be the base of AtmaNirbhar Madhya Pradesh. Skilldevelopment, skilling of workforce and up-skilling will playan important role in success ofAtma Nirbhar MadhyaPradesh.

    Looking at the present sce-nario, there is a need to paymore attention to employment;therefore we have to work to agreat extent on demand basedskills. This was said by Scindiain reference to Atma NirbharMadhya Pradesh during thereview of departmental activ-ities. She mentioned that onlinerefresher training of teacherswill be conducted in all I.T.Is ofthe state.

    Scindia further stated thatthe training on which modern

    trades could be given at presentshould be found out to holdTeachers refresher course train-ing. She instructed to preparea draft within one month byformulating a STEM (Science,Technology, Engineering andMathematics) Policy in coor-dination of School Educationand Technical Educationdepartments. She directed tohold discussion with the schooleducation department on thetrades which can be linked withthe school curriculum for chil-dren. Scindia said that thePrincipals of ITIs should visitschools and encourage the chil-dren, who want to do coding,machine learning, designthinking courses, to take shortterm courses in the ITIs of thestate.

    It was informed by thePrincipal Secretary TechnicalEducation Carolyn Khongwarthat enrolment in this academicsession has gone up to 77 per-cent from 64 percent. She fur-

    ther said that more than 10placement drives and campusselections have been organizedin the last 6 months.

    Commissioner TechnicalEducation P.Narhari informedthat the first draft of STEM pol-icy has already been prepared.Draft has been sent to thePrincipals of Engineering andPolytechnic colleges for theirsuggestions and feedback. Hefurther mentioned thatTraining Calendar and FacultyDevelopment Plan has beenmade for the current academ-ic session 2020-21. Narharifurther added that Career andPlacement Cells operates in 5Engineering Colleges Jabalpur,Rewa, Ujjain, M.I.T.S.-Gwaliorand Vidisha. Director SkillDevelopment S. Dhanrajuinformed that the prevalent ITItrades have been identified forcoordination with industries.CEO of M.P.S.S.D ShanmukhPriya Mishra and officials werepresent on the occasion.

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    Bhopalites enjoyed the spontaneousperformance of Sindhi dance here onWednesday at Madhya Pradesh StateTribal Museum. The performance washeld under the Gamak series of perfor-mances. A lecture was also held under theseries.

    The event began with the lecture onArt and Culture' by Ashok Manwani andwas followed with the performance bySatya Tejwani.

    Ashok Manwani said that our cultureis quite rich and rich in folk traditions.Due to the partition of the country, somefolk arts may not be more popular now,but the time can be felt in it. Folk danceis making its development journey withthe existence of an important heritagecommunity in the form of 'Chhej'.

    It is a performing art that becamevery popular with Bhagat. While Bhagatis a folk saga like Pandwani ofChhattisgarh and Yaksha Anthem ofKarnataka, it is an art matching the Garbadance of Gujarat. The difference is thatthe speed is more in the cover. The artshave been an important medium forhuman fun.

    He further said that following theIndian Sanatan tradition, the communi-

    ty had to renounce the motherlandwhen conditions were created after thecountry's independence.

    This community, which has been re-established with its humility, efficiencyand diligence after becoming financial-ly zero, has made a significant contribu-tion to the development of the nation.Shri Manwani also threw light on manyother aspects of society.

    Manwani is associated withRangkarma, he has acted in about thir-ty plays and has written seven plays -Chakki Chalu Hai, Rakta Dosha, DumMaro Dum. He has received awards forthe play 'RaktDosh' from the Ministry ofHuman Resource Development andabout twenty awards from other institu-tions.

    Later, Satish Tejwani gave a wonder-ful performance on Sindhi folk songs,leaving the audience mesmerised.

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    Electronic goods and LPGcylinder worth �80000 wereburgled from GovernmentKhushipuri Higher SecondarySchool under Bajaria policestation area on Tuesday.

    According to the policeGovernment KhushipuriHigher Secondary School wastargeted by the miscreants andescaped with LED, CPU,print-er, cameras and LPG cylinderworth Rs 80000.

    The staff of the school Ajay

    Kumar Shrivastava found thatthe locks were broken and elec-tronic goods were found miss-ing and immediately informedthe school management andsubsequently informed thepolice.A complaint was lodgedwith the Bajaria and in the com-plaint it was has stated when hechecked in the morning theelectronic goods were foundmissing.

    In the burglary with LED,CPU,printer, cameras and LPGcylinder worth Rs 80000.Theschool was checked on

    November 11, 2022 and whenit was again checked onWednesday. The police haveregistered a case under Sections457 and 380 of the IPC andstarted further investigation.Police said that the miscreantsentered the premises by break-ing the door of the school andescaped with the valuables.

    Staff of the school would bequestioned which could help inthe investigation. The supportstaff which worked earlier andthe nearby locals would also bequestioned by the police.

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    Unveiling the statues ofthree great personalitiesand renowned litterateurs --Mahakavi Surdas, BabuBalmukund Gupt and SuryaKavi Pandit Lakhmi Chand,Haryana Chief MinisterManohar Lal Khattar onWednesday urged the younggenerations to follow the pathshown by them and work tofurther applaud our age oldrich culture and tradition.

    The Chief Minister alsoannounced that he would soon

    visit Sihi in district Faridabadthe native village of MahakaviSurdas, Gudiani in districtRewari the native village ofBabu Balmukund Gupt andJanti Kalan of district Sonipatthe native village of SuryakaviPandit Lakhmi Chand to paytributes to the great personal-ities.

    Khattar unveiled the stat-ues at the campus of HaryanaSahitya Akademi, Panchkulathrough video conferencing.Addressing the litterateurs andwriters present on the occasion,Khattar said that MahakaviSurdas, Babu Balmukund Gupt

    and Surya Kavi Pandit LakhmiChand are the sons of Haryanaand have devoted their lives toawaken the society.

    He said that statues ofthese great personalities wouldkeep their memories alive andat the same time would alsoinspire our future generationsto draw inspiration from theirlife values, ideals and principles.He said that their literature isan invaluable heritage of thecountry and society and it is theduty and responsibility of all ofus to keep it safe as it wouldbenefit not only the present butalso the generations to come.

    Throwing light on the lifeof three great litterateurs, theChief Minister said that amongthe devotional poets of Hindiliterature, the place ofMahakavi Surdas is paramount.He was an ardent devotee ofLord Krishna. Similarly, BabuBalmukund Gupt was a greatlitterateur, journalist and hero-ic soldier of the Indian freedomstruggle, who challenged theBritish rule through his writing.

    Suryakavi Pandit LakhmiChand also worked to awakenthe self-esteem of Indiansthrough folk literature, reestab-

    lishing the pride of ancient cul-ture of India at the time ofindependence, he added.

    He said that MahakaviSurdas is considered theemperor of Vatsalya Rasa. Hehas so vividly described LordSri Krishna's childhood pas-times that the person readinghis literature or listening to hispoetry gets lost in it.

    Even though they are notamong us today, their cre-ations would continue to guidepeople for ages, he said addingthat his contribution to litera-ture is considered the greatest.

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    The deadlock between thefarmers and the Centreover resumption of rail servicein Punjab continues with theprotesting agriculturistsadamant on not allowing themovement of passenger trainsas of now, while declaring tofurther intensify their agitationagainst the Centre’s farm laws.

    Asking the Centre to takean initiative by giving a greensignal to the goods trains’movement in Punjab, the state’s30 farmers’ bodies onWednesday asserted that theywould, “without delay”, con-sider the issue of allowing pas-sage of passenger trains bycalling an emergent meeting to

    discuss the same.At the same time, the farm

    unions also declared to con-tinue with their ongoingprotests at all places across theState, while claiming to befully-prepared for ‘Delhi Chalo’call at the all-India level onNovember 26-27.

    The series of decisionswere taken by the 30 farmerunions during its five hourslong meeting on Wednesday, toreview farmers meeting withthe Union Ministers and to dis-cuss the further course ofaction in the ongoing farmers’agitation.

    “The farmers’ protestswould continue at all places —whether at the toll plazas, out-side malls, multiplexes, at rail-

    way stations or outside the res-idences of state BJP lead-ers...The protest would con-tinue in the same way,” saidPunjab Kisan Union’s statepresident Ruldu Singh Mansa,who chaired the farmers’ meet-ing on Wednesday. Mansa saidthat all the 30 farmers’ organi-zations are “fully prepared”for ‘Delhi Chalo’ programme.“To galvanize the support andto ensure that all farmers dometogether for the programme, ameeting would be held at dis-trict level on November 21 byall unions,” he said. He claimedthat no less than one lakhfarmers, along with a hugenumber of tractors would reachDelhi for the programme. “Anall India level body has been

    constituted by the name ofSanyunkt Kisan Morcha, whichwill meet tomorrow(November 19) at Chandigarh,”he added. A ‘Delhi Chalo’protest call has been given bythe All India Kisan SangharshCoordination Committee(AIKSCC), a body of morethan 200 farmers' organizationsacross the country.

    Lashing out at the Centre’s“stubborn” attitude towardsPunjab and its farmers, traders,labourers, the farm bodies col-lectively condemned it whileasking the Union Governmentto first run goods trains in theState, following which a deci-sion on allowing movement ofpassenger trains would betaken.

    “First show your goodintent by allowing goods trainsto operate in Punjab, which willsignal the lifting of the state’seconomic blockade. Only then,will we consider allowing thepassenger trains to operate inthe state,” he said, adding thatit’s been more than a monthnow since the farmers hadvacated all railway tracks in theState.

    Notably, the farmers arefacing pressure from the indus-try and also the StateGovernment to relax their agi-tation and allow the passage topassenger trains also. Notably,the farmers have vacated all railtracks across the state allowingpassage to the goods trains,while declaring that passenger

    trains would not be allowed topass.

    Currently, the farmers areno longer on the tracks or rail-way platforms, but protestingon railway parking and otherlands. However, the Centrehas refused to revoke the sus-pension of trains while remain-ing adamant on resuming bothgoods and passenger trains.

    During the meeting, allfarmers’ unions unanimouslyrejected the Centre’s suggestionthat the three Farm Acts wouldbenefit farmers. At the sametime, they criticized the Centrefor disallowing them the rallyvenue at Delhi for the agitationon November 26-27, andvowed to make the agitation agrand success.

    DISAPPOINTED, SAYSCAPT AMARINDER ONKISAN UNIONS’ DECISIONNOT TO LIFT PASSENGERTRAIN BLOCKADE

    Punjab Chief MinisterCapt Amarinder Singhexpressed disappointment overthe adamant refusal of theKisan Unions to completely lifttheir rail blockade, which hadbrought the state virtually to astandstill for the past monthand a half, causing immensehardship and losses.

    Reacting to the decisiontaken by the farmer unions atWednesday’s meeting, in thelight of their discussions heldlast week with the central gov-ernment, the Chief Ministersaid he had expected them to

    back down from their unyield-ing approach in the interest ofPunjab, especially in view of thestate government’s absolute sup-port for their cause, and also inthe light of the Centre’s decisionto engage with them on the issueof the Farm Laws.The decision of the KisanUnions to maintain status quowith respect to their blockade ofpassenger trains, which wasobstructing movement of goodstrains also, was extremely unfor-tunate, said Capt Amarinder.

    They should realise thingscould not continue like this adinfinitum, and if rail trans-portation continued to remainsuspended any longer, the statewould plunge into an irreversiblecrisis, he said.

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    Tightening the noose around thoseinvolved in cattle smuggling andslaughtering, Haryana Chief MinisterManohar Lal Khattar on Wednesdaydirected the officers concerned to con-stitute an 11 member ‘Special Cow TaskForce’ at district levels. The Force willinclude government and non-govern-ment members including officers fromPolice, Animal Husbandry, UrbanLocal Bodies Department and fivemembers from Haryana Gau SevaAyog, Gaurakshak Committees andGausevaks.

    “The main objective of setting upthe task force is to collect informationabout cattle smuggling and slaughter-ing through ground-level informers andtheir intelligence network workingacross the State and further take promptaction following specific inputs receivedfrom the informers about such illegalactivities", directed the Chief Minister.

    Presiding over a meeting ofHaryana Gau Seva Ayog held with theAyog’s Chairman, Sarwan Kumar Gargand officials of Animal Husbandry andDairying Department, Khattar said thegovernment will provide grant to all theGaushalas and this amount will be pro-

    vided according to the proportion ofproductive and non-productive cattle.He said that according to the resolutionpassed in the Haryana Vidhan Sabha,Gaushala with less than 33 percent ofnon-productive cattle will not be pro-vided any grant, Gaushala with 33 to 50percent non-productive cattle willreceive a grant of Rs 100 per year perlivestock, Gaushala with 51 to 75 per-cent non-productive cattle will receivea grant of Rs 200 per year per livestock,Gaushala with 76 to 99 percent of non-productive cattle will receive a grant ofRs. 300 per year per livestock, Gaushalawith 100 percent non-productive cat-tle will receive a grant of Rs 400 per yearper livestock.

    The Chief Minister said that Rs. 400per year per livestock will be given tothe Gaushalas keeping Nandis andnon-productive cattle. He directed theHaryana Gau Sewa Ayog to prepare adetailed budget action plan as per theseterms and conditions.

    Ensuring shelter is being providedto every destitute animal, Khattardirected the officers concerned and themembers of Haryana Gau Seva Ayogthat every such animal found on theroads across the State should be veri-fied.

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    The Delhi government will setup a high-tech business parkat Rani Khera in 150-acre land,which will be just 15 minutesaway from the IGI airport. Thisfirst-of-its-kind business parkwill have various IT services,large size workspaces on everyfloor, generous landscape, pedes-trian plazas, adequate parkingfacility and high-tech industryservices among others.

    Delhi chief minister ArvindKejriwal on Wednesday chaireda meeting of the Delhi StateIndustrial and Infrastructure

    Development Corporation Ltd(DSIIDC) and directed to com-plete the first phase of this workwithin the stipulated time-line.The government is alsoworking to install modern tech-nology to treat the industrialwaste coming out from thetreatment plants. Kejriwal direct-ed the officials to conclude all theworks in a time-bound manner.

    The officials of the DSIIDCpresented the detailed plan forthe construction of the businesspark. Cabinet Minister ofIndustries Satyendar Jain andother senior officials were alsopresent in the meeting.

    The Delhi government willdevelop this first-of-its-kindbusiness park in seven differentphases. The first phase of thework will be completed by 31August 2022. In the first phase,a multistoried building of 15lakh square feet would be built.

    In the meeting, DSIIDCalso presented a detailed reporton the various ongoing devel-opment projects. In this meet-ing, the CM directed the officialsto ensure that industrial wastecoming out from the commoneffluent treatment plants shouldbe treated with modern tech-nology.

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    Delhi Police has arrested a 25-year-old man after he allegedly stolea motorcycle from Delhi's SewaNagar to send it to his native placein Bihar as a Diwali gift for his rela-tives.The accused has been identi-fied as Shiv Shankar, a resident ofBihar's Sitamarhi district. Policesaid that he used to work at a dhabain Kotla Mubarakpur.

    According to Atul KumarThakur, the Deputy Commissionerof Police (DCP), South district, onSaturday, information was received

    at K M Pur police station regard-ing the theft of a motorcycle inSewa Nagar.“During investigation,CCTV footage was scanned and itshowed a man lurking near themotorcycle. After some time, he stolethe bike. On Monday, police receivedinformation that the bike will be soldnear Sewa Nagar Nala,” said the DCP.

    “Thereafter, a trap was laid andthe accused nabbed when he camethere with the stolen bike. Duringinterrogation, the accused said hewanted to send the motorcycle tohis native place as a Diwali gift forhis relatives,” said the DCP.

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    Delhi chief minister ArvindKejriwal on Wednesday vis-ited the GTB hospital of theDelhi government to review thepreparedness and facilities in thewake of rising Corona cases inDelhi.The chief minister said thatin a review meeting held with thedoctors and the hospital admin-istration, the doctors have agreedto increase the strength of theICU beds by 232, which meansthat the total number of ICUbeds in GTB hospital willbecome 400.

    “Around 663 beds will beincreased in other Delhi gov-ernment hospitals in the next fewdays. Apart from this, with theCentre ensuring 750 additionalICU beds, around 1400 beds willbe increased across hospitals inDelhi in the next few days. Evenwith a huge spike in cases today,

    the doctors and nurses of Delhiare doing a commendable job forthe treatment of Coronapatients,” he said.

    Briefing the media after thevisit, Kejriwal said, "The Coronacases have been rising in Delhifor the past few days, but over-all, there is a sufficient numberof beds in the hospitals in Delhi.If we leave some big private hos-pitals, there are an adequatenumber of beds available ingovernment and private hospi-tals. However, there is a dearthof ICU beds in Delhi and we aremaking efforts to increase ICUbeds. I have just convened ameeting with the doctors and theadministration of the GTB hos-pital, the doctors here haveagreed to increase 232 ICU bedsin the next two days.”

    Health Minister SatyenderJain has also convened a meet-ing with other hospitals, and we

    will increase around 663 ICUbeds in other Delhi govern-ment hospitals in the next fewdays. “The Central governmenthas assured us that the DRDOwill increase another 750 ICUbeds in the Central governmenthospitals, which means that wewill have 1400 additional ICUbeds in the next few days."

    "Firstly, we have to takesteps to decrease the number ofCorona cases in Delhi, and sec-ondly, we have to provide thebest treatment to the Coronapatients in Delhi. I agree thatDelhi has the maximum numberof Corona cases, but if we lookat big cities across the world suchas Italy, France, New York,Sweden, etc, the videos that sur-faced when there were a highnumber of daily cases in thesecities showed people lying on theroads and they were not able toavail beds in the hospitals.

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    The Economic OffencesWing (EOW) of DelhiPolice has arrested a man forallegedly taking three homeloans worth Rs. 6.70 crores byforging the documents of ahouse that he had taken on rentin one of the post localities ineast Delhi.

    Police said that the accusedidentified as Sachin Sharmawas arrested on Tuesday andproduced before the court.

    According to Dr O PMishra, the Joint Commissionerof Police, EOW, the mattercame to notice after owner ofthe property approached policeand registered their complaintagainst the accused.

    “In her complaint, thewoman alleged that in 2014, shehad given her property atSurajmal Vihar to RahulSharma, Sachin Sharma and

    Mange Ram Sharma on rentand on its expiry in 2016, bothRahul and Sachin Sharmaentered into a lease deed withher and continued to reside astenants at her property,” said theJoint CP.

    “In July 2016, the com-plainant's husband received acall from officials of a financefirm informing them that RahulSharma had taken a loan worthRs. 2.25 Crore against the secu-rity of her property and that heis untraceable,” said the Joint CP.

    “She also discovered laterthat besides the mentionedloan, Rahul, Sachin and MangeRam Sharma in connivancewith others had also obtained aloan of Rs. 2.19 Crores and Rs2.25 Crores from a bank andanother from finance companyrespectively against her sameproperty in March-April 2015,”said the Joint CP.

    “Based on her complaint, a

    case was registered and duringinvestigation, it surfaced thataccused Sachin in conspiracywith his father Mange RamSharma and other accused per-sons had prepared three paral-lel forged chain of title docu-ments of the said property atSurajmal Vihar,” he said.

    “The accused persons alsoprepared fake Death Certificatein the name of one Rita Babbarto take one of the home loans.Both Mange Ram Sharma andRahul Sharma took home loansfrom a bank as well as from twofinance company. While MangeRam passed away in 2015, thehome loan taken from one ofthe finance Company was dis-bursed,” the Joint CP said.

    “During investigation, theanalysis of bank accounts ofMange Ram Sharma revealedthat accused Sachin was oper-ating the accounts of MangeRam Sharma who died in 2015.

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    In a bid to provide complete range of healthcare services for population living in remote,inaccessible, unserved and underserved areasof the state, Himachal Chief Minister Jai RamThakur on Wednesday flagged off medicalmobile unit ‘Jeevan Dhara Mobile Health andWellness Centre’ from the Ridge here.

    To begin with, 10 such mobile vans havebeen pressed into service to provide free healthcare to the people. Out of these ten vans, twoeach would be provided in Kangra, Mandi andShimla districts and one each for Chamba,Kullu, Sirmaur and Solan districts.

    Keeping in view the unfavourable topog-

    raphy and to provide better health care servicedelivery to the people, ‘Jeevan Dhara’ is anambitious step in this direction. The van wouldfunction as a Mobile Primary Health Centre,the Chief Minister said.

    Thakur said that the Health and WellnessVan would have basic facilities such as diag-nostic, testing facilities for various ailments.

    ‘Jeevan Dhara’ would also have requisitedrugs and supplies as prescribed for a PrimaryHealth Centre. The van would have one med-ical officer, one pharmacist, laboratory tech-nician and class-IV employee.

    He said that it would coordinate with theCommunity Health Officer or ANM in the SubCentre- Health Wellness Centre.

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    Infighting within theCongress intensified onWednesday with Lok Sabhaleader Adhir RanjanChowdhury slamming partycolleague Kapil Sibal over hisBihar poll debacle introspec-tion remark, saying thoseunhappy with the party’s func-tioning are free to leave insteadof embarrassing it in public. Helashed out at Sibal for “givingsermons from AC rooms” andsaid disgruntled members mayjoin other parties or float theirown outfits.

    But then even formerFinance Minister and seniorCongress leader PChidambaram went public say-ing the party may have con-tested more seats in Bihar thanit should have. “The Congresswas given 25 seats where theBJP or its allies had been win-ning for 20 years. The Congressshould have refused to contestfrom these seats.

    The party should havefielded only 45 candidates,” hesaid against the backdrop ofCongress being billed as theweakest link in the RJD-ledmahagathbandhan.

    He, however, said: “I ammore worried about the by-poll

    results in Gujarat, MadhyaPradesh, Uttar Pradesh andKarnataka. These results showthat the party either has noorganisational presence on theground or has been weakenedconsiderably.”

    For his part, wonderingwhy Sibal was not seen cam-paigning for the Congressduring the Bihar elections,Choudhury said, “Speakingwithout doing anything does-n’t mean introspection.”

    “Kapil Sibal could haveraised the issues inside a partyforum instead of making suchembarrassing remarks in pub-lic. He is a senior leader andhas access to the party’’s topbrass.

    “Those who are unhappywith the functioning of theparty have the freedom toform a new party or join oneif they feel that the Congressis not the right place for them,”Chowdhury, a member of theCongress Working Committee(CWC), told reporters here.

    His comments came inthe backdrop of Sibal criticis-ing the Congress leadership

    for the party’’s abysmal per-formance in the Bihar elec-tions, where it bagged only 19of the 70 seats it contested.

    Sibal was part of a groupof 23 senior Congress leaderswho had written to party chiefSonia Gandhi in August, giv-ing suggestions on ways torevive the grand old party.

    “He seems to be very con-cerned about the Congressand its need for introspection.Earlier also he had spokenabout it in public. But he wasnot seen campaigning for theparty in the elections in Biharor other states that went topolls last year.

    “Instead of giving sermonssitting in AC rooms, he shouldwork on the ground. Lecturingothers without doing anythingwon’’t help. Only calling forintrospection without doinganything on our own is of nouse,” Chowdhury said.

    Senior Congress leaderfrom Bihar, Tariq Anwar, anAICC general secretary, hadearlier called for introspection.

    Besides Chowdhury, othersenior Congress leaders havealso lashed out at those callingfor introspection. WhileRajasthan Chief Minister andsenior Congress leader AshokGehlot had criticised Sibal,saying his statements had hurtthe sentiments of party work-ers across the country, seniorCongress leader SalmanKhurshid has termed suchcolleagues “doubtingThomases” and said they suf-fer from periodic pangs ofanxiety.

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    The National InvestigationAgency (NIA) onWednesday conducted search-es at 43 locations in Bengalurucity including four offices ofSocial Democratic Party ofIndia, political wing of PopularFront of India (PFI), relating torioting and violent attacks onD J Halli and K G Halli PoliceStations in Bengaluru onAugust 11 this year. The search-es yielded incriminating mate-rials including weapons.

    The cases pertain to largescale rioting by people armedwith lethal weapons causinginjuries to police personnel,destruction of public and privateproperty including DJ Halli andKG Halli police station buildingsand public and private vehicles.The riot led to fear and panic inthe nearby areas and was intend-ed to cause terror in the society.

    “During the searches,incriminating materials relatingto SDPI / PFI as well as certaininstruments for attacks likesword, knife and iron rodsamong others were seized. TheNIA said in a statement here.

    Further investigation isgoing on in both the cases, theagency further said.

    So far, 124 accused personshave been arrested in DJ HalliPolice Station case and another169 have been nabbed in con-nection with KG Halli PoliceStation case, it added.

    The cases, FIR No.195/2020, DJ Halli Police Stationdated August 12 and FIR No.229/ 2020, Police Station KGHalli of August 12 were re- reg-istered as RC- 34/ 2020/NIA/DLI and RC-35/ 2020/NIA/ DLI respectively.

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    With a 32 per cent one-dayjump in the number ofnew coronavirus infections,India recorded 38,617 freshCovid-19 cases in the last 24hours, taking the case load over89 lakh on Wednesday.

    India also saw 474 Covid-related deaths during the peri-od, taking its overall fatalitiesto 1,30,993. So far, the countryhas recorded a total of 89.12lakh Covid cases so far sincethe January outbreak.

    However, in a breather,India’s daily Covid-19 recover-ies have outpaced the new infec-tions for over 1.5 months now,while less than 50,000 freshcoronavirus cases have beenreported for 11 straight days,said the Union Health Ministry.

    A total 44,739 COVID-19patients recovered the previousday as against 38,617 new cases,it said.

    This translates to a netreduction of 6,122 in the activeCovid-19 caseload which nowstands at 4,46,805 and compris-es merely 5.01 per cent of thetotal cases as on date, it said.

    “India has continued the

    unbroken trend of the dailynew recoveries outpacing thedaily new additions for morethan 1.5 months. The countryalso reported less than 50,000new daily cases for the eleventhcontinuous day,” the Ministrysaid.

    “Apart from the successfuldissemination of COVID appro-priate behaviour among thevaried population groups, thistrend assumes wider signifi-cance as many countries inEurope and America continue tosee a surge in their Covid-19positive numbers,” it said.

    The total recoveries surgedto 83,35,109 on Wednesday,pushing the national recoveryrate to 93.52 per cent.

    According to the ministry,

    10 States and Union Territories(UT) contributed 74.98 percent of the new recoveries.Kerala saw the highest numberof recoveries at 6,620.Maharashtra registered 5,123daily recoveries, while Delhireported 4,421 recoveries.

    Ten states and UTs con-tributed 76.15 per cent of the38,617 new cases. Delhirecorded 6,396 cases, Kerala5,792 and West Bengal 3,654.Of the 474 fatalities reportedthe previous day, 78.9 percent were from 10 States andUTs.

    With 99 deaths, Delhireported 20.89 per cent of thenew fatalities followed byMaharashtra (68 deaths) andWest Bengal 52.

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    The Supreme Court onWednesday issued notices ona batch of petitions challengingthe election of External AffairsMinister S Jaishankar to RajyaSabha from Gujarat.

    The pleas have also raisedthe issue of ElectionCommission’s power on issuanceof separate notifications for hold-ing by-polls for casual and reg-ular vacancies in Rajya Sabha.

    One of the petitions againstJaishankar has been filed byCongress leader Gaurav Pandya.

    A bench comprising ChiefJustice S A Bobde and Justices AS Bopanna and VRamasubramanian took note ofthe submissions of senior advo-cate Kapil Sibal that a date befixed for hearing these matters.

    “We will give you short dateand it will be listed on non mis-cellaneous day ,” the bench saidin a hearing conducted via videoconferencing.

    Senior advocate HarishSalve, appearing for Jaishankar,accepted the notice.

    Earlier, the top court hadsaid that it would like to give anauthoritative pronouncementon the issue of EC’s power onissuance of separate notificationsfor holding by-polls for regularand casual elections to fill vacan-cies in Rajya Sabha.

    The pleas pertained to 2019Rajya Sabha by-poll on twoseats from Gujarat and both seatswere won by BJP candidates.

    Earlier, the apex court hadsaid that there was no authori-tative judgement of the SupremeCourt as to whether the electionto more than one vacancyshould be held separately orjointly.

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    Bulandshahr (Uttar Pradesh):A 15-year-old Dalit girl, whowas allegedly set on fire inBulandshahr, has died inDelhi's RML Hospital, thepolice said on Wednesday. Theincident happened on Tuesdayand the girl succumbed in thenight.

    The girl was earlier alleged-ly raped by a local resident andthe family was being pressuredto withdraw her complaint.

    The FIR filed by the fami-ly says seven people enteredtheir home and set her ablazeusing petrol. In a video of thevictim in a hospital, she can beheard purportedly saying,“There was an ongoing case ofmolestation by the same peo-ple who came today.”

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    Superintendent of PoliceSantosh Kumar Singh said, “InAugust, a girl was raped by aman. He was arrested. Theaccused is currently in jail. OnTuesday, we received informa-tion that the same girl has beenset on fire under suspicious cir-cumstances. Till 11 p.m. onTuesday, it appeared she hadattempted suicide. But as perthe family's complaint, sevenpeople tried to immolate her.”

    He said seven people havebeen booked and three havebeen arrested.

    According to the victim'sfamily, those accused of settingher on fire are relatives andacquaintances of the accused,who is in jail for allegedly rap-ing the minor, under thePOCSO and SC/SC Act.

    Meanwhile, the victim'suncle said, “We were beingthreatened to withdraw therape case and accept the deci-sion in the Panchayat. OnMonday night, I received a callfrom an unknown number.They told the family to with-draw the case or face conse-quences. At 9.30 a.m. Tuesday,when the girl's parents were notat home, we were told that shewas set on fire.” IANS

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    Alaw student of Aligarh lawcollege, resident ofBulandshahr who was kid-napped, gangraped and black-mailed for a month commits sui-cide, after getting no help fromthe police department.

    Police made the first movethree weeks after the FIR waslodged and arrested one culprit,suspended two policemen whowere involved in the investiga-tion, a day after the girl died.

    SSP Bulandshahr, SantoshSingh said that the victim was aresident of Bulandshahr andwas a student of Aligarh law col-lege. She filed an complaintagainst the accused on October03. According to her, the mainaccused was Mohd Qamruddin, also a student of Aligarh lawcollege who used to harass andthreaten her.

    He further said that in the

    suicide note the girl mentionedabout the main accused apolo-gising for his behaviour after thecomplaint. She further wrote inthe note that Qamruddin askedher to meet him outside her vil-lage on october 16. She accusedQamruddin , his uncle Mubeenand friend Mohd Abrar for tak-ing her away to a house inAligarh and gang raped by thethree. She lodged an FIR forbeing gang raped on October 24.

    She further mentioned inher note that they threatened herto made the gangrape videoviral.

    Even after all this, the policeinvestigation did not reach to aconclusion and could not provethe allegations. The disappoint-ed victim who did not get anyhelp hanged herself after goingthrough all this hardship. All thishappened because the police wasnot taking any action on theaccused.

    Aligarh: two more cows havedied in the Gaushala (destitutegaushala shelter site) of theNagar Nigam located atBaraula Bypass. The numberof dead cows has risen to 7 intwo days. The condition of abull is critical. The NagarNigam administration is plan-ning for the investigation soonafter the arrival of NagarNigam CommissionerPremaranjan Singh.

    5 cows died in theGaushala at Baraula Bypass.Sick cows are being treated byveterinarians after the trau-matic event. Meanwhile, thedeath of two sick cows one byone has created tension in theNagar Nigam office. The con-dition of a bull is critical.Treatment of some other sickcows is going on. Manymunicipal officials includingAssistant MunicipalCommissioner Raj BahadurSingh went to the Gaushalaand were busy fixing thearrangements there. Fromcleanliness to broken railingsare being repaired. PNS

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    Pilibhit (Uttar Pradesh): Thehighly decomposed body of a25-year-old rape accused wasfound in Barahi forest range ofthe Pilibhit Tiger Reserve(PTR).

    Pilibhit Superintendent ofPolice (SP) Jai Prakash Yadavsaid, “Police have been lookingfor the accused for long. Evenhis father Jagdish Kashyap hadno clue about his whereabouts.”

    The accused, AnujKashyap, had been booked onSeptember 6 for kidnappingand rape of a 22-year-oldwoman. Ram Sevak, SHO,Madhotanda, said that the skullwas found detached from theneck, indicating amputation.The body had been located onMonday evening by locals whohad gone to the core forest areato collect firewood. IANS

    Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh ChiefMinister Yogi Adityanath hasremoved Lucknow PoliceCommissioner SujitPandey for his alleged failure

    to control crime in the Statecapital.

    Pandey has been replacedby D.K. Thakur who was post-ed in the Anti-Terrorism Squad(ATS) till now. Thakur tookcharge of his new assignmentat 1 a.m. on Wednesday afterPandey was given marchingorders around midnight.

    Sujeet Pandey, who was thefirst Police Commissioner ofLucknow when theCommissionerate system wasintroduced in January this year,has been posted as AdditionalDirector General of Police(ADG), Arms Training Centrein Sitapur. IANS

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    Taking the poll plunge tadearly the BJP has decided tobring two of its topmost lead-ers to Bengal every month.

    Union Home MinisterAmit Shah and BJP nationalpresident JP Nadda have decid-ed to take turns visiting Bengalseveral times every month tillthe end of the next year’sAssembly elections for whichthe saffron outfit has set a“bull’s eye-target” of “200-plus”seats out 294.

    “We have been told that ournational president JP Nadda jiwill visit Bengal thrice andAmit Shah ji will come to ourState twice every … but thedates have not been finalized…We will announce the dates oftheir visit subsequently… natu-rally the party workers will beenergized by their visit,” StateBJP president Dilip Ghosh said.

    The party top brass havehandpicked senior BJP leaders

    Sunil Deodhar,Vinod Tawde, Dushyant

    Gautam, Harish Dwivedi andVinod Sonkar to superviseorganization and campaign-ing in North Bengal, RarhBanga (Purulia-Bankura-Birbhum districts), Krishnagar-Nabadwip, Midnapore andKolkata organisational zones inthat order.

    Meanwhile, reacting to theBJP’s declaration of winning200-plus seats Bengal ChiefMinister Mamata Banerjee onWednesday said that the saf-fron outfit was trying to createdisturbance in an otherwisepeaceful state by importingoutsiders who have no inklingof Bengali culture.

    “Outsiders (read BJP cen-tral leaders) are being sent toBengal to disturb the peace inthis State,” Banerjee said whileher party MP SukhenduShekhar Roy called BJP’s 200-plus seat target a “daydream.”

    Kolkata: The Left Front andCongress are chalking out waysto counter the emergence of AllIndia Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) in Bengal.

    “We have chalked out adetailed plan,” a Congress leadersaid at the end of two-hourmeeting with the Left Frontleadership adding the alliancepartners would reach out to theMuslim leaders and eminentpersonalities besides conductingspecial outreach programme onthe National Minorities Day onDecember 18.

    In fact Bengal PradeshCongress Committee presidentAdhir Chowdhury and stateOpposition Leader AbdulMannan met Muslim religiousleader Toha Siddique of FurfuraSharief and appealed to thecommunity to stand by the sec-ular forces.

    Calling the AIMIM a BTeam of the BJP Chowdhuryalso the Congress leader in LokSabha said, “We met Toha

    Siddique and appealed to theminority community throughhim not to get confused by theforces who are B-team of theBJP.”

    Alleging that AIMIM chiefAsadudding Owaisi’s sole aimwas to divide the minority votesin Bengal, Chowdhury iterated“AIMIM is the B-team of theBJP, whose sole aim is to dividethe Muslim votes and causedamage to the secular parties.”

    AIMIM have been eyeing35 out of the 76 seats which theLeft-Congress alliance had wonfrom Malda, Murshidabad andNorth Dinajpur in 2016Assembly elections. “AIMIM’smain target is not TrinamoolCongress --- and definitely notthe BJP --- but the Left-Congressalliance which are really fightingthe saffron communalism inIndia,” a senior Congress leadersaid. According to pollsters theminorities create a decidingedge in about 125 seats in theState. PNS

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    After their failure to appearbefore them for question-ing on two earlier occasions,the Mumbai police onWednesday issued third sum-mons to Bollywood actressKangana Ranaut and her sisterRangoli Chandel to appearbefore them on November and23 and 24 in connection withthe investigations into an FIRregistered against them forallegedly creating “hatred” and“communal tensions” betweenHindus and Muslims.

    In fresh summons issued tothe two sisters, the Bandrapolice summoned Kangana toappear before them onNovember 23, while they askedRangoli to remain present atthe police station for ques-tioning on November 24.

    This time around, theBandra police have also sum-moned Kangana’s aide AmrutaDutta for questioning in thesame case on November 25.

    The Bandra police hadissued first summons toKangana and her sister Rangolion October 26 and 27.However, the two sisters hadbought time from the police bysaying that they would not beable to respond to the summons as they werebusy with their brother’s wed-

    ding. Subsequently, theBandra police issued freshsummons to Kangana andRangoli to appear before themon November 10 and 11.

    Apart from facing thecharge creating “hatred” and“communal tensions” betweenHindus and Muslims, the twosisters also face the allegationof attempting to trigger disaf-fection among the peopleagainst the Maharashtra gov-ernment. In addition,Munawwarali Sahil A Sayyed –on whose complaint a case hasbeen registered againstKangana and Rangoli—hasalso accused the two sisters ofindulging in sedition (section124 A of IPC). ComplainantSayyed’s was recorded by theBandra police last month.

    It may be recalled that onOctober 17, the Bandra policehad registered FIR againstKangana and Rangoli afterMetropolitan Magistrate JaidevGhule of Bandra 12th courtordered investigations undersection 156(3) of CrPC into acomplaint filed againstKangana and her sister RangoliChandel by Bollywood castingdirector and fitness trainerMunawwarali alias Sahil A.Sayyed.

    Sayyed had among otherthings alleged that bothKangana and Rangoli had ad

    tried to create “hatred” and“communal tensions” betweenHindus and Muslims and thatKangana had tried to lower theimage of Maharashtra chiefminister Uddhav Thackerayand created disaffection amongthe people against theMaharashtra government.

    “Perused the complaint,heard the advocate of the com-plainant along with the docu-ments filed on record. Onprima facie perusal of com-plaint and submission I havefound a cognizable offence hasbeen committed by theaccused,” Magistrate Ghule hadnoted, while directing theBandra police to register anFIR against Kangana and hersister Rangoli.

    “All allegations are basedupon comment on electronicmedia that is twitter and inter-

    views. The accused used socialmedia like twitter and thoroughinvestigation is necessary by theexpert. All offences allegedand levelled against the accusedare cognizable. Search andseizure is necessary in thiscase, in such circumstances Ihave found it to be proper topass order under Section156(3) of CrPC,” the Magistratehad ruled.

    Among other things, thesection 156(3) of CrPC readwith section 190 empowers toMagistrate – upon receiving acomplaint of facts and uponinformation received from anyperson other than a policeofficer, or upon his own knowl-edge that such an offence hasbeen committed any magistrateempowered under 190 canorder an investigation to into acomplaint.

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    Jammu: Ahead of the DistrictDevelopment Council polls,beginning from November 28,unidentified terrorists onWednesday evening targetedsecurity forces by lobbing agrenade in which at least 12 civil-ians received injuries in theKakapora area of SouthKashmir's Pulwama district.

    Local reports said thegrenade missed the target andexploded on the road. The entirearea was cordoned off andsearches were launched to trackdown the footprints of a grenadethrower. According to a policespokesman, “at about 5.45 p.ma CRPF bunker of 41 Bn wastargeted by the terrorists nearKakapora area of Pulwama.Local police teams and othersecurity personnel rushed to thespot”. The police spokesmansaid, “the grenade missed theintended target and exploded onroad. PNS

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    The Maharashtra Congress onWednesday slammed the OppositionBJP over its former Chief Minister andsenior party leader Devendra Fadnavis’claim that the Sonia Gandhi-led party wasbacking the Gupkar agenda and demand-ed to know why the BJP did not quit theJammu & Kashmir Government in 2017when then Chief Minister MehboobaMufti made controversial statements aboutIndian tri-colour.

    Reacting to Fadnavis’ charge that theCongress was part of the People’s Alliancefor Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) which wasdemanding the reintroduction of Article370 in the Constitution, MaharashtraPradesh Congress Committee (MPCC)president and senior State ministerBalasaheb Thorat charged that FadnavisFadnavis was trying to “mislead” peoplewith a “false allegation” about his party’sinvolvement in the PAGD.

    “The Congress was at the forefront ofthe Independence struggle. Indira Gandhi,

    Rajiv Gandhi and other leaders have laiddown their lives for the country. Patriotismin the Congress’ DNA. No one shouldteach patriotism, least of it an organisationthat supported the British during the free-dom struggle. Mehbooba has made a con-troversial statement about national tri-colour. Fadnavis, who is part of RSS thathad hoisted the national flag for 52 longyears, is now talking about Mehbooba’scontroversial remark,” Thorat said.

    Thorat reminded that Mehbooba hadmade a similar controversial statementabout the Indian national flag when shewas the chief minister of Jammu andKashmir in 2017. “At that time, the BJP waspart of the Mehbooba government in J &K. Then the Congress had demanded theresignation of Mehbooba as the chief min-ister then. Why did the BJP not quit the J& K government? The same BJP is nowspeaking against Mehbooba and makingall kinds of false allegations against theCongress,” the State Congress chief said.

    State Congress spokesperson SachinSawant came down heavily against

    Fadnavis for the BJP’s “double-speak”.Through a tweet, Sawant asked the seniorBJP leader: “Hon'ble Fadnavis ji, do youhave any explanation for the remarks ofMehbooba Mufti in 2017 when you werein power with her and she was CM? BJPdid not leave the alliance then”.

    Sawant recalled that the Congress hadon July 30, 2017 demanded then Jammuand Kashmir Chief Minister MehboobaMufti's resignation over her flag remarks,saying no had the right to insult the tri-colour.

    “At that time, the Congress had saidthat Mehbooba had hurt the sentiments ofthe people and asked the BJP to explainwhat kind of freedom is being advocatedby their coalition partner (PDP) in theJammu and Kashmir government and thechief minister,” Sawant said

    “At that time, we had said thatMehbooba has no right to quote the exam-ple of the national flag in any form andhurt the nationalist sentiments by insult-ing it, what so ever may be her reasoningor context,” Sawant said.

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  • In the United States of America,the civilian post of DefenceSecretary is a political appoint-ment even though it is usuallyheld by former combatants, whohave the domain experience andperspective. Yet it calls for trapezejugglery as the former DefenceSecretary and legendary warrior-scholar, General James Mattis,noted, “Remember that the DefenceDepartment stays outside of poli-tics for a reason. There’s a long-standing tradition, why you do notwant the military to be engaged inpolitics.” With such apolitical andprofessional instincts, the likes ofJames Mattis were not expected tosurvive long with the infamousDonald Trump fickleness. Andthey didn’t – Mattis joined therevolving door of axed veterans,who couldn’t lower their discourseto match the President’s impetuous-ness and crassness.

    Mattis’s predecessor asSecretary of Defence, Ash Carter,was an international affairs acade-mician, who had spent over 37 yearsin the Pentagon working across thepolitical divide, and he alwaysbelieved that the “profession of armsis honour and trust” and thatTrump’s brazenly political expecta-tions, interference and insistencewould infect the apolitical ways ofthe US military. Recently, Trumpfired his fourth Secretary of DefenceMark Esper and appointed hisfifth, Christopher Miller. As theChief Executive Officer of theUnited States Department ofDefence, the fifth appointee in lessthan four years is a self-explanato-ry narrative of Trump’s whimsical-ity, impatience and unprofessional-ism. Except that the timing of thisparticular change, just after Trump’selectoral debacle, but before Biden’sformal take-over, has sent danger-ous signals – because with Trump,anything is possible.

    Given his vanity and despera-tion, fears that he could deploy theUS military, in a last-ditch effort ofhis final two-month tenure, are real.For long, Trump has dangled andinvoked the military as a politicalprop for self-aggrandisement andeven as a tool for domestic gover-nance. What gives credence toconspiracy theorists is the tentativerelationship that Mark Esper hadwith the Commander-in-Chief,Trump, especially when the formercombatant had disagreed with theidea of using the military duringcivil unrest. Embarrassingly for

    Trump, Esper opposed theInsurrection Act of 1807 bystating the institutional belief, “Isay this not only as Secretary ofDefence, but also as a former sol-dier, and a former member of theNational Guard. The option touse active duty forces in a lawenforcement role should only beused as a matter of last resort,and only in the most urgent anddire of situations.” Earlier also,Esper had weighed in favourwith the professional view of the“uniformed” fraternity in dis-suading Trump from hasteningthe process of troops withdraw-al from Syria and Afghanistan –as this urgency was Trump’s per-sonal and political commitment,but contrary to the institutionaland sovereign interests. However,for Trump, who can readilytrade military values of restraintand apolitical stances in favourof his political self-interest, pro-fessionals like Esper are a burdenand not an asset. ReplacingEsper with a professionally lack-lustre but an avowedly Trump-loyalist has not helped opticseither.

    Even though the Trumptenure has compromised andforced many casual liberties onthe US military ecosystem, itwould not be a cakewalk to getthe institution to “fall in line”politically, despite these unprece-dented changes. The US militaryfolk have repeatedly shown thespine, moral courage and consti-tutionality in words and actionsto “call out” signs of danger.Foremost among them has been

    General Mike Milley, Chairmanof the US Joint Chiefs of Staff,who had earlier unknowinglybecome victim of a political“photo-op” by Trump during thecivic protests, pursuant to whichhe issued a very public and hon-est regret that his presence hadcreated an unwanted and wrongperception of military involve-ment in domestic politics. Later,Milley went further and bluntlydenied that he gave permissionto use his image in the Trump re-election campaign. Now, asMilley watched the ensuingdrama of the untimely change ofSecretary of Defence – which isessentially beyond his profes-sional mandate or control – hestill chose to word a very delib-erate and reassuring messagewhen he said in the midst of thenew Secretary of DefenceChristopher Miller, “We do nottake an oath to a King or aQueen, a tyrant or a dictator. Wedo not take an oath to an indi-vidual!” Milley passionatelybeseeched that duty was only tothe Constitution, which he calledthe “moral north star” for theinstitution. His statement that themilitary “will protect and defendthat document regardless of thepersonal price” was immenselyloaded and cautionary againstany attempt to politicise or mis-use the military. Milley joined theranks of his illustrious predeces-sor Marine General JosephDunford in managing the polit-ical expectations of Trump,whenever things started goingadrift.

    Esper had alluded to thenecessary public perceptions ofapolitical anchorage when itcame to matters military, whenhe had spoken about getting“ambushed” in the photo-op.“Look, I do everything I can totry and stay apolitical and try tostay out of situations that mayappear political,” he said, adding,“Sometimes, I’m successful, andsometimes I’m not as successful.”This time that effort to staysteadfast, without succumbing topoliticisation of the US military,has led to his ouster but in thatsacrifice, Esper may have savedthe US military from unimagin-able portents of a partisan force.The serving top brass of the USmilitary themselves have shownadmirable restraint in not kow-towing to the political establish-ment, especially with a dispen-sation that has thrown caution tothe winds in terms of diluting,denigrating and politicising theinstitution. The military investsincalculable emotions in profes-sional character or what we callizzat. As General NormanSchwarzkopf of OperationDesert Storm fame once said,“Leadership is a potent combi-nation of strategy and character.But if you must be without one,be without strategy.” In thismelee, it is that apolitical nobil-ity and almost Chetwodian ethosthat have been upheld by the USmilitary’s top brass, despite theprice to some.

    (The writer, a military veter-an, is a former Lt Governor ofAndaman & Nicobar Islands)

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