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The fifth round of talks
between farmer unions and
three Central Ministers failed
to break the impasse after
around five hours marathon
meeting at Vigyan Bhawan on
Saturday over the farm laws.
The Government has
sought time from unions to
present a concrete proposal
and suggested another meeting
on December 9, a day after
“Bharat Bandh” called by the
farmers’ unions.
Farmer unions’ leaders
were adamant that the
Government should repeal the
farm laws. They also rejected
the Government’s offer to
amend contentious provisions
of the new farm laws.
During the meeting farmer
leaders sought the Government
to reply in “black and white”
that whether it will repeal the
laws or not. The farmer unions
went on a silent protest (maun
vrat), holding up placards and
sought a reply in “yes” or
“no” on their key demand of
repealing the three new farm
laws. They also threatened to
walk out if the Government is
not willing to scrap the laws.
According to farmers, the
Government could not put up
a satisfactory solution to the
farmers demands and the del-
egation clearly communicated
that the protest will continue if
the Government doesn’t repeal
the three laws.
The Government has made
it clear that it won’t repeal the
farm laws but is ready to amend
the clauses as per their
demands, while the farmers’
leaders said they need a solu-
tion or commitment. After
that the Ministers informed the
farmers that they will come
back with a concrete proposal
after internal consultations.
December 9 is the next
meeting date proposed at 11
am. Agriculture Minister
Narendra Singh Tomar, how-
ever, said the Government
wanted some firm suggestions
from the 40 farmer leaders pre-
sent in the meeting on their key
concerns and hoped that a
resolution would be reached
with their cooperation.
“We discussed all aspects
(of the Acts) in detail and we
were eager to find a solution
which that did not happen. We
wanted some firm suggestions
from farmer leaders, but could-
n’t get those. We will meet again
on December 9. It would have
been easier if they had given
those suggestions today itself.
We will wait for their sugges-
tions. Agitating farmers should
leave path of protest and engage
in dialogue. The Government
is ready to listen to all their
concerns,” Tomar said after
the meeting.
The Agriculture Minister
reiterated that the Government
has assured the farmers that
procurement at minimum sup-
port price will continue and
mandis will be strengthened.
“We have said that the
MSP will continue, there is no
threat to it. It is baseless to
doubt this. Still, if someone is
suspicious then the
Government is ready to resolve
it,” he said. Tomar also appealed
to the union leaders to send
back the elderly, women and
children to their homes from
the protest sites.
Sources said that the
Government has agreed to give
major concessions to farmers,
including written assurance of
continuation of minimum sup-
port price, registration of
traders outside agriculture pro-
duce marketing committee
(APMCs), and nod to legal
recourse in higher
courts.
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Hours after Haryana Home
Minister Anil Vij tested
positive for the Covid-19
despite taking a shot of Bharat
Biotech’s vaccine candidate
around two weeks ago during
its ongoing Phase-III trial, the
Union Health Ministry clari-
fied on Saturday that the effi-
cacy of the vaccine can only be
determined 14 days after the
second dose.
It said that the Minister has
so far received the first dose
only. The Hyderabad-based
pharma company too echoed
similar justification.
“Covaxin is a two-dose
anti-coronavirus vaccine and
Haryana Health Minister Anil
Vij, who had volunteered for its
phase-three trial, was given
only the first dose,” said the
Ministry.
Vij had offered to be the
first volunteer in the phase
three trials for Covaxin, an
indigenous potential vaccine
against Covid-19 being devel-
oped by Bharat Biotech in col-
laboration with the Indian
Council of Medical Research
(ICMR).
The Ministry said, “The
antibodies against the infection
build up in a human being only
after a specific number of days
pass after the second dose of
the vaccine is taken. This is a
two-dose vaccine. The minis-
ter in question has taken only
one dose of the vaccine.”
The Haryana Health
Minister too said antibodies
start to develop after adminis-
tration of the second dose,
which is given 28 days after the
first shot, and there is no pro-
tection during this period. The
67-year-old Minister was given
the first shot on November
20.
Asked about his condi-
tion, Vij said he has sore throat,
fever and body ache. “But over-
all I am okay,” he said.
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Two coronavirus vaccine
candidates — Serum
Institute’s Covishield and
Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin that
are in the phase 3 trials —
could be eligible for emer-
gency use in India by January
2021, Dr Randeep Guleria,
Director, All India Institute Of
Medical Sciences (AIIMS),
Delhi, has said.
Sources said that emer-
gency approvals for inoculation
of vaccine can be given to
overcome the pandemic.
Guleria’s statement comes
against the backdrop of the
United Kingdom (UK)
approval of the Pfizer Inc’s
coronavirus vaccine.
Guleria is also a member of
the national task force on
Covid-19 management. He also
said that coronavirus vaccines
which would be available for
emergency use in India by
next year will first be adminis-
tered to the vulnerable and the
frontline workers engaged in
the battle against Covid-19
since the beginning of
2020.
Experts in the sector too
have maintained that vaccines
will be available only after the
drug regulator, DCGI, is con-
vinced of its efficacy against the
Covid-19.
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cine, which the company
says was recently demonstrat-
ed to have 94 per cent efficacy,
causes the human immune
system to produce potent anti-
bodies that endure for at least
three months, a study showed
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Writing in the New
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researchers at the National Institute for Allergies and
Infectious Diseases (NIAID) —
which co-developed the drug,
studied the immune response
of 34 adult participants, young
and old, from the first stage of
a clinical trial — said the anti-
bodies, which stop the SARS-
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human cells, “declined slight-
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participants 3 months after
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People have a right to
demonstrate peacefully and
authorities should let them do
so, spokesperson for UN
Secretary-General Antonio
Guterres has said on the farm-
ers’ protests in India.
“As to the question of India,
what I would say to you is what
I’ve said to others when raising
these issues is that people have
a right to demonstrate peace-
fully, and authorities need to let
them do so,” Stephane Dujarric,
Spokesman for the Secretary-
General, said on
Friday.
Dujarric was responding to
a question on the farmers’
protest in India.
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Ignoring India’s strong protest
against his remarks about the
ongoing farmers’ stir here,
Canadian Prime Minister
Justin Trudeau again backed
the agitators and said his coun-
try will continue to “stand up
for peaceful protests and
human rights.”
His reiteration came hours
after his envoy to New Delhi
Nadir Patel was summoned on
Friday and served a demarche.
India said earlier remarks by
the Canadian Prime Minister
and some of his Ministers
could impact the ties between
the two countries.
Seen as a rebuff to him in
the current backdrop, External
Affairs Minister S Jaishankar
has pulled out of a Canadian-
led global meeting on corona
pandemic next week, sources
said here on Saturday.
India informed Canada
that Jaishankar will not attend
the Canada headed Covid-19
foreign Ministers grouping
meeting. He had taken part in
the 11th Ministerial
Coordination Group on Covid-
19 in November which was the
first time India officially took
part in the meet.
A release from Canadian
Foreign Ministry that time
said, “Minister Champagne
(Canadian Foreign Minister)
welcomed Minister
Subrahmanyam Jaishankar of
India to the group, noting the
recent developments in India
and emphasising the critical
role India plays in addressing
global Covid-19 vaccine and
pharmaceutical needs.”
Other members of the
grouping include Brazil,
France, Germany, Italy,
Singapore and the UK. The
grouping will meet to formu-
late strategies to fight
Covid.
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On the tenth day of their
protest, thousands of
farmers stayed put at various
borders across the national
Capital on Saturday. The block-
ade at Tikri, Singhu, Jharoda,
Jhatikara, Auchandi, Lampur,
Piao, Maniyari, Mangesh,
Ghazipur and Chilla borders
threw traffic out of gear. The
diversion of traffic from these
border points led to long jams
on alternative routes in the
national Capital.
The Delhi Traffic Police
once again took it to twitter on
Saturday and informed com-
muters regarding the closure of
Singhu, Lampur, Auchandi,
Safiabad, Piao Maniyari, and
Saboli borders.
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Noida Link Road via Chilla
border had one carriageway
(Delhi to Noida) open until
Saturday morning, however,
the protesters blocked it at
around 11
am.
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had earlier advised commuters
to opt for the Delhi-Noida
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Kunj routes instead of the
Chilla border to travel to and
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![Q How did you come on board
for the show?
The casting directors work
all the time and are constantly
in touch with production
houses and actors. I had
previously worked with the
team for Beyhadh 2. As actors,
we do come to know of new
projects to go on the floor
much in advance. They had
called me for an audition. I had
auditioned for a positive role
but I ended up getting a
negative character to play.
Q Were you disappointed you
got this role?
Not at all. Most of us have
a positive outlook to look and
live that life. But in acting, one
can experiment and the whole
idea is that since I am in real-
life a positive person, I wanted
to try play a negative role for
once.
Q What made you say yes to
this role?
Definitely it is about the
character that I am playing
here. Also, I have old ties with
the production house. It makes
it easy to work with known
faces. One knows what to
expect and this makes working
so much more comfortable.
Q You have done shows like
Kundali Bhagya, Kavach,
Jamai 2.0 and Beyhadh 2.
Which one is your favourite?
I would say it has to be
Beyhadh 2. This is because in
the other shows I had done
cameos where I was there for a
few days like playing a cousin
of the lead character or was
there where I ended up
harassing the heroine. In
Beyhadh 2, I got to showcase my
talent. I said yes to this project
because after I landed in
Mumbai, I got my first break in
Kundali Bhagya after a year-
and-a-half. At that time, things
would happen but get cancelled
at the last minute. Things came
my way and I said yes.
Q From model to actor. How
has the journey been thus
far?
I had always wanted to be
an actor. I thought modelling
was like acting since there was
no one to guide me. In Delhi,
there was not much scope for
acting. I thought I would start
with modelling and make some
contacts and then shift to
Mumbai. But modelling is so
different and I realised this
soon enough and came to
Mumbai.
Q Viewers have a mindset
when it comes to actors
playing negative roles. Is the
same for an actor?
An actor wants to just act.
The aim is to do as many
different roles as possible. I just
act, there is no whether I am
playing a positive or a negative
character. As long as I get to do
out-of-the-box roles I will
continue to say yes irrespective
of what and how the character
is. Each character has layers to
it and one has to follow the
script. There is more scope to
experiment and bring in your
own element when you play a
negative role.
Q Does this mean there is
more creativity while playing
a negative role?
Like I said, I am a positive
person in real-life. When I am
playing a negative role, the
script is always running at the
back of my mind. I am thinking
of how I can work better on this
character. But the good part is
once the shot is over, the
character is no more and I am
back being Manish Verma. We
hardly get time to really get into
the shoes of the character, the
shots are for only five-10
minutes.
Q How difficult is it to not be
paranoid and shoot with all
the precautions that one has
to take?
Right now, we have not
started shooting but I am sure
once we do, the usual things
will be in place — wear a
mask, use sanitiser and
maintain social distancing. The
only time when we won’t be
wearing a mask would be while
giving a shot. It is all about
taking precautions and work
safety.
Q How did you get into
acting?
I have not taken any acting
course. In Delhi, I had joined
a theatre workshop but never
understood what was
happening. I went for three-
four days and then dropped the
classes. Even in Mumbai, I
learnt everything I know by
giving auditions. One can’t be
taught how to be an actor. It is
inborn. The only thing one can
learn is the technical aspect —
how to give a shot, where to
pause and diction.
Q What about Bollywood?
It is on the cards. But for
now, I am not looking at it and
concentrating on TV. There are
a few other projects on TV but
the dates for Teri Meri… have
not been finalised. Once that is
done, I will look at the time I
have on my hands and take up
other projects.
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he problem with this live-action drama
is that it had to compete with its
animated counterpart that was released
back in 1998. And that makes this one, for
those who have seen the animated version,
tough to take in since there is little that this
Mulan can offer. Who can not love the whole
animals talking and the whole magic that
surrounded the original?
Sadly, from the word go, this was slated to
not work even though it was the most
anticipated movie from Disney; they made the
animation as well. Given that they were the
ones who made the animation, for them to not
recreate some of the magic from that film is a
bit of a letdown. The movie wants to send a
message — about patriarchy and the whole idea
about what place women have in the society.
Strangely, even though Mulan does rebel
against the whole set-up, she ends up doing
exactly what others want her to do. The whole
idea for woman empowerment somewhat
falls flat.
Then there are the actors themselves. One
wondered what make Jet Li take up this project.
It is strange for the viewer to see him in three-
four scenes and then also no action that he is
known for unless one considers catching an
arrow meant to kill. Yifei Liu as Mulan does
her bit as a warrior who finally brings honour
to her family.
But those who have not seen the animated
version, this one is a treat to watch given the
exotic and beautiful locales. In fact, one can
watch the entire movie just to see these
beautiful places that have also been shot so
brilliantly that one can enjoy them. Unfortunate
that one has to watch it on the smaller screen
instead of the 70 mm where the effect would
have been awesome.
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sually sports documentaries show the journey of a player
or a team that has been successful all through and
mostly centred around the game of cricket. It is good
to see a real take on a sport that is not cricket and instead talks
about a game that finds its origins from the Vedic period of
ancient India.
This four-part 35-minute series follows the team and is
narrated by junior Bachchan. It is rather insightful to know
how passionate he is about the game, the team and the players
that he bought back in 2014 and that once a player is a Panther
he remains a panther. But he also says that this is about business
and he may have to take some tough decisions regarding the
team that one the first Pro Kabaddi League only to have gone
down since then.
It is interesting to see the lives of the players and their
humble background and the struggles they had to face to reach
where they are today. It is also interesting to note that all the
players in PKL are from Haryana — it is the land of doodh and
ghee and the youth spend their time bodybuilding and playing
the game is taken seriously. Little insight into the lives of the
players’ families gives you the whole picture and next time we
watch the team play it would definitely be with a different
perspective.
The team definitely needs to regroup and work hard in
order to even reach the play-off for the next season. We may
even see some new faces given that some of the players have
not done well or should one say not been team players.
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- 1. 20?BD;4 ³D==0>78EBDA643D4 CD=B0548=942C8=´ =Tf3T[WX) °D]bPUTX]YTRcX^] Tg_^bdaTSdaX]VcaTPcT]c bTTZX]V±P]S°aTRTX_c±^U X]caPdbRd[PaX]YTRcX^]X]cWT _PbcUXeThTPabfTaTaTPb^]b QTWX]SbdaVT^U78EX]UTRcX^]b X]DccPa?aPSTbW³bD]]P^SXbcaXRc X]! 'cWT8]SXP]2^d]RX[ ^UTSXRP[ATbTPaRW82A bPXS^]BPcdaSPh 08A@D0;8CH8=34;78 =8306I1³B4E4A4´ =Tf3T[WX) 0Xa`dP[XchX]3T[WX =^XSPP]S6WPiXPQPScda]TS °bTeTaT±^]BPcdaSPh fXcWb[^ffX]Sb_TTS P[[^fX]VcWTPRRdd[PcX^]^U °[^RP[[hVT]TaPcTS±_^[[dcP]cb bPXS8]SXPTcT^a^[^VXRP[ 3T_PacT]c83^UUXRXP[b A094B7:D0AQ =4F34;78 The fifth round of talks between farmer unions and three Central Ministers failed to break the impasse after around five hours marathon meeting at Vigyan Bhawan on Saturday over the farm laws. The Government has sought time from unions to present a concrete proposal and suggested another meeting on December 9, a day after “Bharat Bandh” called by the farmers’ unions. Farmer unions’ leaders were adamant that the Government should repeal the farm laws. They also rejected the Government’s offer to amend contentious provisions of the new farm laws. During the meeting farmer leaders sought the Government to reply in “black and white” that whether it will repeal the laws or not. The farmer unions went on a silent protest (maun vrat), holding up placards and sought a reply in “yes” or “no” on their key demand of repealing the three new farm laws. They also threatened to walk out if the Government is not willing to scrap the laws. According to farmers, the Government could not put up a satisfactory solution to the farmers demands and the del- egation clearly communicated that the protest will continue if the Government doesn’t repeal the three laws. The Government has made it clear that it won’t repeal the farm laws but is ready to amend the clauses as per their demands, while the farmers’ leaders said they need a solu- tion or commitment. After that the Ministers informed the farmers that they will come back with a concrete proposal after internal consultations. December 9 is the next meeting date proposed at 11 am. Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, how- ever, said the Government wanted some firm suggestions from the 40 farmer leaders pre- sent in the meeting on their key concerns and hoped that a resolution would be reached with their cooperation. “We discussed all aspects (of the Acts) in detail and we were eager to find a solution which that did not happen. We wanted some firm suggestions from farmer leaders, but could- n’t get those. We will meet again on December 9. It would have been easier if they had given those suggestions today itself. We will wait for their sugges- tions. Agitating farmers should leave path of protest and engage in dialogue. The Government is ready to listen to all their concerns,” Tomar said after the meeting. The Agriculture Minister reiterated that the Government has assured the farmers that procurement at minimum sup- port price will continue and mandis will be strengthened. “We have said that the MSP will continue, there is no threat to it. It is baseless to doubt this. Still, if someone is suspicious then the Government is ready to resolve it,” he said. Tomar also appealed to the union leaders to send back the elderly, women and children to their homes from the protest sites. Sources said that the Government has agreed to give major concessions to farmers, including written assurance of continuation of minimum sup- port price, registration of traders outside agriculture pro- duce marketing committee (APMCs), and nod to legal recourse in higher courts. ?=BQ =4F34;78 Hours after Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij tested positive for the Covid-19 despite taking a shot of Bharat Biotech’s vaccine candidate around two weeks ago during its ongoing Phase-III trial, the Union Health Ministry clari- fied on Saturday that the effi- cacy of the vaccine can only be determined 14 days after the second dose. It said that the Minister has so far received the first dose only. The Hyderabad-based pharma company too echoed similar justification. “Covaxin is a two-dose anti-coronavirus vaccine and Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij, who had volunteered for its phase-three trial, was given only the first dose,” said the Ministry. Vij had offered to be the first volunteer in the phase three trials for Covaxin, an indigenous potential vaccine against Covid-19 being devel- oped by Bharat Biotech in col- laboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). The Ministry said, “The antibodies against the infection build up in a human being only after a specific number of days pass after the second dose of the vaccine is taken. This is a two-dose vaccine. The minis- ter in question has taken only one dose of the vaccine.” The Haryana Health Minister too said antibodies start to develop after adminis- tration of the second dose, which is given 28 days after the first shot, and there is no pro- tection during this period. The 67-year-old Minister was given the first shot on November 20. Asked about his condi- tion, Vij said he has sore throat, fever and body ache. “But over- all I am okay,” he said. ?=BQ =4F34;78 Two coronavirus vaccine candidates — Serum Institute’s Covishield and Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin that are in the phase 3 trials — could be eligible for emer- gency use in India by January 2021, Dr Randeep Guleria, Director, All India Institute Of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi, has said. Sources said that emer- gency approvals for inoculation of vaccine can be given to overcome the pandemic. Guleria’s statement comes against the backdrop of the United Kingdom (UK) approval of the Pfizer Inc’s coronavirus vaccine. Guleria is also a member of the national task force on Covid-19 management. He also said that coronavirus vaccines which would be available for emergency use in India by next year will first be adminis- tered to the vulnerable and the frontline workers engaged in the battle against Covid-19 since the beginning of 2020. Experts in the sector too have maintained that vaccines will be available only after the drug regulator, DCGI, is con- vinced of its efficacy against the Covid-19. BC0C4B CC0;20B4B340C7BA42E4A43 PWPaPbWcaP '#!$' #$(( $ :Pa]PcPZP '( %'$ '#%'$#'% 0]SWaP?aPSTbW ' $ !#'$' $ CPX[=PSd ''(! %%!% :TaP[P %!$%' !$( $% '# 3T[WX $'($## ($#$$!(! DccPa?aPSTbW $$ ! ($!!'% FTbc1T]VP[ #((%( '%#%$% SXbWP !' ' ' $! APYPbcWP] !'#(% !#(!$!( CT[P]VP]P !! ( #!%!$ 2WWPccXbVPaW !#$$' !(!! 7PahP]P !#!(' !$%#!!%$!# 1XWPa !'$# !(! ! '%% 6dYPaPc ! #%# ('%! 0bbP ! %%! ('(!( ! 20B4B) (%'( 340C7B) ## A42E4A43) ('$$ # 02C8E4)# ( 4`gZU* :?:?5:2 CC0; 05?Q F0B78=6C= The Moderna Covid-19 vac- cine, which the company says was recently demonstrat- ed to have 94 per cent efficacy, causes the human immune system to produce potent anti- bodies that endure for at least three months, a study showed Thursday. Writing in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers at the National Institute for Allergies and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) — which co-developed the drug, studied the immune response of 34 adult participants, young and old, from the first stage of a clinical trial — said the anti- bodies, which stop the SARS- CoV-2 virus from invading human cells, “declined slight- ly over time, as expected, but they remained elevated in all participants 3 months after the booster vaccination.” ?C8 Q D=8C43=0C8=B People have a right to demonstrate peacefully and authorities should let them do so, spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said on the farm- ers’ protests in India. “As to the question of India, what I would say to you is what I’ve said to others when raising these issues is that people have a right to demonstrate peace- fully, and authorities need to let them do so,” Stephane Dujarric, Spokesman for the Secretary- General, said on Friday. Dujarric was responding to a question on the farmers’ protest in India. ?=BQ =4F34;78 Ignoring India’s strong protest against his remarks about the ongoing farmers’ stir here, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau again backed the agitators and said his coun- try will continue to “stand up for peaceful protests and human rights.” His reiteration came hours after his envoy to New Delhi Nadir Patel was summoned on Friday and served a demarche. India said earlier remarks by the Canadian Prime Minister and some of his Ministers could impact the ties between the two countries. Seen as a rebuff to him in the current backdrop, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has pulled out of a Canadian- led global meeting on corona pandemic next week, sources said here on Saturday. India informed Canada that Jaishankar will not attend the Canada headed Covid-19 foreign Ministers grouping meeting. He had taken part in the 11th Ministerial Coordination Group on Covid- 19 in November which was the first time India officially took part in the meet. A release from Canadian Foreign Ministry that time said, “Minister Champagne (Canadian Foreign Minister) welcomed Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar of India to the group, noting the recent developments in India and emphasising the critical role India plays in addressing global Covid-19 vaccine and pharmaceutical needs.” Other members of the grouping include Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Singapore and the UK. The grouping will meet to formu- late strategies to fight Covid. ?`ScVReYc`fXY_VieeR]d`_5VT* EcfUVRfReZeRXRZ_ ;RZdYR_RcS`jT`eed 4R_RUR]VU^VVeZ_X )DUPHUV LQVLVW RQ UHSHDOLQJ DOO IDUP ODZV ZDQW HV RU QR UHSO *RYW VHHNV WLPH IRU D FRQFUHWH SURSRVDO ?C8 Q ;=3= Agroup of 36 cross-party parliamentarians has writ- ten to UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab asking him to make representations with his Indian counterpart, S Jaishankar, about the impact on British Punjabis affected by the demonstrations by farmers against new agricultural reforms in India. India has called the remarks by foreign leaders and politicians on protests by farm- ers as “ill-informed” and “unwarranted” as the matter pertained to the internal affairs of a sovereign democratic country. 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The Delhi Traffic Police once again took it to twitter on Saturday and informed com- muters regarding the closure of Singhu, Lampur, Auchandi, Safiabad, Piao Maniyari, and Saboli borders. Meanwhile, the Delhi- Noida Link Road via Chilla border had one carriageway (Delhi to Noida) open until Saturday morning, however, the protesters blocked it at around 11 am. The Noida traffic police had earlier advised commuters to opt for the Delhi-Noida Direct expressway or Kalindi Kunj routes instead of the Chilla border to travel to and fro Delhi. 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- 2. Q How did you come on board for the show? The casting directors work all the time and are constantly in touch with production houses and actors. I had previously worked with the team for Beyhadh 2. As actors, we do come to know of new projects to go on the floor much in advance. They had called me for an audition. I had auditioned for a positive role but I ended up getting a negative character to play. Q Were you disappointed you got this role? Not at all. Most of us have a positive outlook to look and live that life. But in acting, one can experiment and the whole idea is that since I am in real- life a positive person, I wanted to try play a negative role for once. Q What made you say yes to this role? Definitely it is about the character that I am playing here. Also, I have old ties with the production house. It makes it easy to work with known faces. One knows what to expect and this makes working so much more comfortable. Q You have done shows like Kundali Bhagya, Kavach, Jamai 2.0 and Beyhadh 2. Which one is your favourite? I would say it has to be Beyhadh 2. This is because in the other shows I had done cameos where I was there for a few days like playing a cousin of the lead character or was there where I ended up harassing the heroine. In Beyhadh 2, I got to showcase my talent. I said yes to this project because after I landed in Mumbai, I got my first break in Kundali Bhagya after a year- and-a-half. At that time, things would happen but get cancelled at the last minute. Things came my way and I said yes. Q From model to actor. How has the journey been thus far? I had always wanted to be an actor. I thought modelling was like acting since there was no one to guide me. In Delhi, there was not much scope for acting. I thought I would start with modelling and make some contacts and then shift to Mumbai. But modelling is so different and I realised this soon enough and came to Mumbai. Q Viewers have a mindset when it comes to actors playing negative roles. Is the same for an actor? An actor wants to just act. The aim is to do as many different roles as possible. I just act, there is no whether I am playing a positive or a negative character. As long as I get to do out-of-the-box roles I will continue to say yes irrespective of what and how the character is. Each character has layers to it and one has to follow the script. There is more scope to experiment and bring in your own element when you play a negative role. Q Does this mean there is more creativity while playing a negative role? Like I said, I am a positive person in real-life. When I am playing a negative role, the script is always running at the back of my mind. I am thinking of how I can work better on this character. But the good part is once the shot is over, the character is no more and I am back being Manish Verma. We hardly get time to really get into the shoes of the character, the shots are for only five-10 minutes. Q How difficult is it to not be paranoid and shoot with all the precautions that one has to take? Right now, we have not started shooting but I am sure once we do, the usual things will be in place — wear a mask, use sanitiser and maintain social distancing. The only time when we won’t be wearing a mask would be while giving a shot. It is all about taking precautions and work safety. Q How did you get into acting? I have not taken any acting course. In Delhi, I had joined a theatre workshop but never understood what was happening. I went for three- four days and then dropped the classes. Even in Mumbai, I learnt everything I know by giving auditions. One can’t be taught how to be an actor. It is inborn. The only thing one can learn is the technical aspect — how to give a shot, where to pause and diction. Q What about Bollywood? It is on the cards. 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T he problem with this live-action drama is that it had to compete with its animated counterpart that was released back in 1998. And that makes this one, for those who have seen the animated version, tough to take in since there is little that this Mulan can offer. Who can not love the whole animals talking and the whole magic that surrounded the original? Sadly, from the word go, this was slated to not work even though it was the most anticipated movie from Disney; they made the animation as well. Given that they were the ones who made the animation, for them to not recreate some of the magic from that film is a bit of a letdown. The movie wants to send a message — about patriarchy and the whole idea about what place women have in the society. Strangely, even though Mulan does rebel against the whole set-up, she ends up doing exactly what others want her to do. The whole idea for woman empowerment somewhat falls flat. Then there are the actors themselves. One wondered what make Jet Li take up this project. It is strange for the viewer to see him in three- four scenes and then also no action that he is known for unless one considers catching an arrow meant to kill. Yifei Liu as Mulan does her bit as a warrior who finally brings honour to her family. But those who have not seen the animated version, this one is a treat to watch given the exotic and beautiful locales. In fact, one can watch the entire movie just to see these beautiful places that have also been shot so brilliantly that one can enjoy them. Unfortunate that one has to watch it on the smaller screen instead of the 70 mm where the effect would have been awesome. °BWP[X]XBPZbT]P D@?D@7E96D@:=+;2:AFCA:?A2?E96CD 2^Rk`_AcZ^VGZUV` Z_X+2SYZdYV3RTYTYR_R_UeYV;AAeVR^ CReVU+' ! U sually sports documentaries show the journey of a player or a team that has been successful all through and mostly centred around the game of cricket. It is good to see a real take on a sport that is not cricket and instead talks about a game that finds its origins from the Vedic period of ancient India. This four-part 35-minute series follows the team and is narrated by junior Bachchan. It is rather insightful to know how passionate he is about the game, the team and the players that he bought back in 2014 and that once a player is a Panther he remains a panther. But he also says that this is about business and he may have to take some tough decisions regarding the team that one the first Pro Kabaddi League only to have gone down since then. It is interesting to see the lives of the players and their humble background and the struggles they had to face to reach where they are today. It is also interesting to note that all the players in PKL are from Haryana — it is the land of doodh and ghee and the youth spend their time bodybuilding and playing the game is taken seriously. Little insight into the lives of the players’ families gives you the whole picture and next time we watch the team play it would definitely be with a different perspective. The team definitely needs to regroup and work hard in order to even reach the play-off for the next season. We may even see some new faces given that some of the players have not done well or should one say not been team players. 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- 3. RP_XcP[347A03D=kBD=30H k342414A%!! ?=BQ 347A03D= National BJP President JP Nadda has called upon the party leaders for shunning the mentality of ‘Me’ and rather work collectively for the party. On the second day of his visit in the state, the national president of the BJP, J P Nadda today interacted with the lead- ers of organisation and gave them necessary guidance to strengthen the party. He is learnt to have dwelled at length on the issues of the state and asked the leaders that instead of one-upmanship they should work collectively for the party. Nadda also met senior leaders of organisation, Members of Parliament (MP) from the state, MLAs, presidents of frontal organisations, those holding position of responsibility in the Government and district pres- idents of the party and other office bearers of the party at Bijapur guest house in the form of series of meetings. The chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat, the state BJP president Bansidhar Bhagat, National joint general secretary (Organisation) Shiv Prakash, state in charge Dushyant Kumar Gautam, co- in-charge and national Vice President Rekha Verma also attended these meetings. In these meet- ings, the national president emphasised on coordination between government and the organisation. He said that the various schemes of union and state governments for welfare of the people should be imple- mented at the ground level. Nadda was categorical that the leaders should change their working style and focus on party activities. He also gave them tips to make the organi- sation strong and stressed on booth level activity from the party workers. Earlier,Nadda on his first day of his visit yesterday met the seers in Haridwar and sub- sequently headed for the pro- visional state capital Dehradun today in the morning. He received a rousing reception all along the way. His convoy of vehicles was greeted by party workers at Raiwala, Nepali Farm, Lal Tappar, Rispana Bridge and other places where the party cadre also made human chains to greet him. The human chains were theme based. At places they gave a message of saving the environ- ment while at others they pro- vided a glimpse of the rich tra- dition and culture of the state. Nadda accepted the greetings of the party workers from an open vehicle. Huge hoardings, cut outs, banners and posters lined the areas the cavalcade of Nadda passed through. F¶YR_U3;AZ_?RUUR¶dT]Rdd`_DRefcURj CWT]PcX^]P[ _aTbXST]cPbZb [TPSTabc^ bWd]_^[XcXRb^U ³T´ ATRTXeTb a^dbX]V fT[R^T^] PaaXeP[X]3^^] ?=BQ 347A03D= The national vice president of BJP and co in charge of the party in Uttarakhand, Rekha Verma has claimed that the party would win more seats in the assembly elections of 2022 than it won in 2017. Responding to the questions of media persons at Bijapur guest house here on Saturday, she said that the party is very strong in the state and it would win more seats than 57 won by it in the last assembly elections. She added that the internal divisions in the party would be sorted out by the party leaders. Verma said that the national president has made it clear that everyone should work collec- tively for the party. FX[[fX] ^aTcWP]$ bTPcb)ETaP ?=BQ 347A03D= The number of novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) cases in Uttarakhand increased to 77573 with the state health department reporting 680 cases of the disease on Saturday. The death toll from the disease also mounted to 1281 on Saturday as death of eight patients from Covid-19 was reported. The department dis- charged 457 patients of the dis- ease after their recovery on the day. A total of 70288 patients have so far recovered from the disease. The recovery percent- age from the disease now stands at 90.61 and the sample positivity rate is 5.51 percent. Two patients of the disease each were reported dead at the Kailash H o s p i t a l Dehradun and Sushila Tiwari government hos- pital Haldwani on Saturday. One patient each was reported dead at HNB Base hos- pital Srinagar, Base hospital Almora, GDMC hospital Dehradun and Mahant Indiresh hospital Dehradun on the day. The provisional state capital of Dehradun is witnessing a second wave of the Covid-19. On Saturday 307 fresh cases of the disease were reported from here. Nainital reported 87, Almora 50 and Haridwar 38 cases of the dis- ease. The state now has 5176 active cases of the disease. Dehradun is maintaining its top position in the table of active cases with 1652 cases while with 508 active cases, Haridwar is at second spot. Nainital is at third position with 486 active cases, Udham Singh Nagar has 363, Pithoragarh 359, Pauri 344, Chamoli 341, Almora 285, Tehri 260, Bageshwar 171, Champawat 160 and Uttarkashi 156 active cases of the disease. With only 91 active cases of Covid-19, Rudraprayag now is at the bot- tom of the table. 3_fYT!)S_e^d]_e^dc d_''%'#Y^Eµ[XQ^T 4XVWcSTPcWb %'UaTbW RPbTb aT_^acTS^] BPcdaSPh ?=BQ 347A03D= Senior Congress leader and former deputy speaker of Uttarakhand assembly, Anusuya Prasad Maikhuri passed away at Max hospi- tal here on Saturday. He was 69 years old and was infected with the Covid-19. He repre- sented the Karnprayag assembly constituen- cy in last Vidhan Sabha and was elected as its deputy speaker. Born in Maikhura village of Chamoli district in 1951, Maikhuri started his political career from Panchayat politics. He represented the Badrinath assembly con- stituency in 2002 when he defeated senior leader Kedar Singh Fonia. The Uttarakhand Congress paid homage to the departed leader in a programme organised at Rajiv Bhawan on Saturday. 6_b]Ub4iC`UQ[Ub=QY[XebY TYUcVb_]3_fYT!) ?=BQ 347A03D= Using a combination of native wisdom and tech- nology can make Uttarakhand a leading mountain state exem- plifying how to live sustainably with nature. The founder and CEO of Smaart Water, Ravi Mariwala said this in an online interaction with The Pioneer on Saturday. Referring to development he said, “If you want econom- ic development, it will be sus- tainable only if you are able to respect the environment and manage it very well. I am per- sonally not happy with deno- tification of an elephant reserve- biodiversity needs to be preserved, it is one of the things attracting people to Uttarakhand. From a purely economic point of view, look at cost benefit analysis and see if we can manage with some- thing that is existing in a bet- ter way, milk the assets already on the ground. More airports and traffic mean more carbon emissions when we are looking at reducing carbon emissions. Uttarakhand thrives on tourism so having ecological- ly friendly ways of getting there is extremely important. Emissions are landing up on the Himalaya, melting the ice and glaciers much faster so increasing emissions is not good in the long run as that is the watershed on which 400 million people depend. We have to define development- whether it is airports and con- crete cities. We have enough science to provide simulations to see how such development will affect us in a few decades.” Regarding what Uttarakhand should do, he stressed on the need for increasing forest cover with endemic trees. It is good that the State is getting away from pine forests and going back to endemic trees. Apart from this, there is considerable road construction going on but focus should be laid on con- struction in a sustainable man- ner to prevent landslides and use of proper engineering methods. It is a difficult terrain and national security is also an aspect but it shouldn’t be done indiscriminately. Construction along water bodies should also be restricted as events of flood- ing will be more rampant and extreme due to climate change. This needs to be addressed very systematically. Providing very easy access to everything raises the chance of destruction so regulating access helps in managing areas better, he added, while stressing on the need to create a culture of eco friendly tourism. He further said, “Water quality in Uttarakhand is quite good but there should be some kind of water filtration to remove biological impurities. Managing human waste water is very desirous and there are many ways in which one can work to clean such sewage water which can be cleaned and be used to recharge the groundwater. There is a lot of native wisdom residing in states like Uttarakhand which should be used to ensure water flow to agriculture. Uttarakhand also has hydro electricity- Tehri dam being a classic example, though I am not a big proponent of very large dams; smaller dams are useful in recharging ground water. One can evaluate solu- tions like Bhutan has done to provide hydro electricity throughout the year without fluctuations while maintaining environmental flow of rivers.” Sharing his views on the State government’s plan to provide tap water in every home by 2022, he said that it is a great initiative. Uttarakhand goes through a number of climatic changes throughout the year so tap water at home is good as it allows personal hygiene and drinking water which is very favourable. He stressed that the source of water flowing in the taps should be clearly addressed. He cautioned that most government schemes fail as there is no way as to how they are going to be keeping up the scheme to make the whole process of water flowing in the taps sustainable from the tech- nological and economic points of view. Schemes should be thought through from begin- ning to the end, he stressed. Opining on whether there is a need to change how water resources are viewed he said, “We have ample water but we should make a target of saving two to three per cent of water from agriculture and divert it for potable or industrial use as that would augment our growth agenda. Our agricul- tural productivity with respect to water is quite poor because we do not price water so there is no incentive for any behav- ioural change. Pricing brings certain discipline and avenues to invest in modern technolo- gies. Ninety five per cent of irrigation is through flood irrigation though micro and drip irrigation has been very successful for a variety of crops. Israel is a good example of innovative use of water with 97 per cent water recycle rate.” Mariwala said that though he is not currently working on any project in Uttarakhand, he would like to work on some aspects. “It would be great if we can create local awareness through groups of water tech- nicians going from village to village checking water quality and raising awareness. It would be good to make Uttarakhand plastic water bottle free. It would be exciting to have water filling stations at every couple of kilometres. Very nice models can come up to main- tain sustainability, employ- ment, health and a positive experience. On technologies suitable for a state like Uttarakhand as the quality of water is generally very good with main contamination being from biological para- meters, I think ultra filtration would be very good as it removes dirt and biological contaminants without chang- ing salt composition like RO and the recovery is greater than 96 per cent. It would be the easiest way and quite low cost. Secondly, sustainable resources like banj (oak) trees should be used to create water resources. NEERI, Nagpur has developed phytoremediation technolo- gy- we are one of the licensees. It is a natural way using plants and bacteria to clean sewage water. Using it can create a workforce which can work in villages generating employ- ment without using electricity to clean sewage water. Gravity and slopes can be used clever- ly to transport water which can be used for agriculture and recharged into the ground.” µ1DWLYH ZLVGRP WHFKQRORJ FDQ PDNH 8¶NKDQG D PRGHO VWDWH RI OLYLQJ VXVWDLQDEO ZLWK QDWXUH¶ ?=BQ 347A03D= Uttarakhand Congress pres- ident Pritam Singh today reminded the BJP of its poll promises while taking oppor- tunity to pose five questions from the national president of BJP, J P Nadda who is on a four day tour of the state. Talking with the media persons here on Saturday Singh said that in the elections of 2017, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had assured that employ- ment would be provided to the unemployed but data released by the CMIE suggests that Uttarakhand has the highest rate of unemployment in the country. He said that the BJP in 2017 had claimed that the loans of farmers would be waived off but no action on it has been taken on it. The PCC president asked Nadda- when the One Rank One Pension (OROP) would be implement- ed as promised. On Zero tolerance on cor- ruption and the promise made by the chief minister on bring- ing Lokayukt within 100 days, Singh said that even allegation of corruption has been made against Uttarakhand CM Trivendra Singh Rawat. He added that CM should fulfill the promise of CBI inquiry in the NH 74 land acquisition scam. Raising the issue of price rise, of the PCC president said that the cooking gas cylinder which was priced around Rs 400 dur- ing the UPA government now costs Rs 800. He added that the Modi government has ensured that basic food item like onions too are now away from the reach of the common man. ?=BQ 347A03D= The Uttarakhand Congress today accused BJP of open- ly flouting Covid 19 guidelines during its national president JP Nadda programmes in the state. Congress leader Mahesh Joshi said that BJP workers, who formed human chains at many places to welcome Nadda least cared about social dis- tancing. He accused the state government for adopting dual standards in dealing with Congress and BJP on the issue of Covid-19 regulations and protocols. He said cases under epidemic act are being regis- tered only on opposition lead- ers. Joshi said that the number of cases of Covid-19 are on a rise in the state but the state government continues to remain insensitive and lax in its approach to deal with the pan- demic. 2^eXS (VdXST[X]TbQTX]V U[^dcTSSdaX]V=PSSP´b _a^VaPTb)2^]V ?aXcPaTX]Sb19?^UXcb_^[[_a^XbTb _^bTbUXeT`dTbcX^]bc^=PSSP 19?]PcX^]P[_aTbXST]c9?=PSSPVaTTcX]V_Pachf^aZTabX]3TWaPSd]^]BPcdaSPh=PSSPXb^]PU^daSPheXbXcc^ DccPaPZWP]S ?X^]TTa_W^c^
- 4. RP_XcP[#347A03D=kBD=30H k342414A%!! BC055A4?AC4AQ 670I80103 The farmers protest at UP Gate against the newly introduced farms laws contin- ued for the tenth day. Uttar Pradesh Congress president, Ajay Kumar Lallu, also reached the movement site on Saturday and assured the farmers that the Congress will fight the farmers. Apart from this, Tyagi, Brahmin Samaj performed a yagna in support of the farm- ers and wished the Central Government goodwill. The farmers made a small conces- sion and opened NH-9 from Ghaziabad to Delhi for essen- tial vehicles. The police administration, on the other hand, remained vigilant about the dharna and made necessary arrangements for peacekeeping. On Saturday, two small girls in the movement along with their father arrived here to support the farmers. The farmers sitting on the dharna were also addressed by national president of Rashtriya Kisan Mazdoor Sangathan Sardar VM Singh and announced all possible help to the farmers on behalf of their organisation. The district president of the organisation Meerut Juhi Tyagi said the havan has been done for the purification of the wisdom of the ministers of the Modi government so that the government should be empow- ered and the black law should take back what is not in the interest of the farmers. Samajwadi Party’s district president Rashid Ali Virendra Yadav and Manjit Singh came to support the farmers’ move- ment. Farmers on Saturday said they were shocked by the tweet made by film actress Kangana Ranaut. Protesters also burned a photo of Ranaut at UP Gate. BC055A4?AC4AQ =4F34;78 The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Delhi Police has arrested 47-year-old man for duping hundreds of people to the tune of C10 crore by inducing them to invest in a pony scheme “Hello Taxi”. Police said a reward of C50,000 was also declared on informa- tion leading to the arrest of the accused. Accused has been identi- fied as Saroj Mahapatra, resi- dent of Puri in Odisha and Director of SMP Impex Private Limited. According to Dr OP Mishra, the Joint Commissioner of Police, EOW, the complainant Dharmender alleged that Saroj Mahapatra and others cheated and defrauded by inducing them to invest in their company scheme Hello Taxi by promising to pay higher rate of interest up to 200 per cent on monthly basis. “But the alleged neither paid the interest nor returned the invested money. Police had received around 350 com- plaints against the company and its directors and a case under relevant sections of Indian Penal Code (IPC) was registered and investigation was taken up,” said the Joint CP. “During investigation it was revealed that the directors of the accused company actively induced the complainant and the victims on the pretext of high returns by investing their funds into Hello Taxi scheme runbytheallegedcompany.The alleged accepted bookings from the investors without taking any approval from the con- cerned authorities like RBI/SEBI. Thereafter the alleged persons fled after closing their offices,” said the Joint CP. “After receiving specific inputs, Saroj was arrested from Bhubaneswar, Odisha on December 3. He is the main accused and Kingpin to run the fraud Ponzy scheme. Saroj claims to be a Revenue opera- tions and strategy specialist, having completed his education in Revenue Management from London and Business manage- ment from Harvard Business School,” the Joint CP said. BC055A4?AC4AQ =4F34;78 With overall Air Quality Index (AQI) settling at 375 micrograms per cubic on Saturday, the air quality in the national Capital was recorded as “very poor” on the National Ambient Air Quality Index (NAAQI). Citing climatic conditions in India’s Northern region, the Union Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) said that air quality is likely to improve on December 7 and 8. According to SAFAR, MoES, values of Suspended Particulate Matters ( SPMs) Particulate Matters — PM 10 and PM 2.5 were 365 and 217. In its short range forecast, SAFAR said, “The overall air quality is at the higher end of Very Poor as forecast.” “Surface-level winds are mod- erate and East-northeasterly. Boundary layer wind direction is southerly and not favorable for Stubble fire-related trans- port. Stubble fire counts from SAFAR-multi-satellite prod- ucts are still around 296 but its 26 per cent share in Delhi’s PM2.5 is negligible.” “Air quality is likely to improve only marginally by tomorrow within the Very Poor category owing to slightly bet- ter ventilation conditions. AQI is likely to further improve on December 7 and 8 due to bet- ter ventilation. So further dete- rioration is not expected for the next three days.” BC055A4?AC4AQ =4F34;78 Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) senior leader Raghav Chadha on Saturday visited Singhu Border and distributed fruits to the farmers. Chadha said as per the directions of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, several MLAs have assembled at Singhu Border to serve them. “Wehavebeenheresincemorn- ing, doing our bit for those who are responsible for feeding all of us. I am also pleased that our sewaa was accepted. We shall continue to be engaged in this service,” he said. Interacting with the media, Chadha reiterated the resolve and commitment of the Delhi Government and of the AAP, “Until our farmers are here in Delhi to fight for their rights, every MLA of the AAP shall ful- fill the role of a serviceman. Whether it’s the arrangement of toilets, medicine vans, drinking water, I strongly believe it is the collective responsibility of each one of us to make our annadaa- ta feel comfortable,” he said. 72C6CDAC@E6DE2EFA82E66?E6CD!E952J UROG KHOG IRU GXSLQJ SHRSOH WR WXQH RI C FU 0RR^aSX]Vc^3a?XbWaPcWT9^X]c2^XbbX^]Ta^U ?^[XRT4FcWTR^_[PX]P]c3WPaT]STaP[[TVTScWPc BPa^YPWP_PcaPP]S^cWTabRWTPcTSP]SSTUaPdSTSQh X]SdRX]VcWTc^X]eTbcX]cWTXaR^_P]hbRWTT7T[[^ CPgXQh_a^XbX]Vc^_PhWXVWTaaPcT^UX]cTaTbcd_ c^!_TaRT]c^]^]cW[hQPbXb 5V]YZcVT`cUdgVcja``cRZc2XcX]VR[XPcXRR^]SXcX^]bX]8]SXP³b =^acWTa]aTVX^]cWTD]X^] X]Xbcah^U4PacWBRXT]RTb^4B bPXScWPcPXa`dP[XchXb[XZT[hc^ X_a^eT^]3TRTQTaP]S' 5DJKDY KDGKD YLVLWV 6LQJKX ERUGHU 5PaTabSdaX]VcWTXa3T[WX2WP[^_a^cTbcPVPX]bc]TfUPa[PfbPc3T[WX7PahP]PBX]VWdQ^aSTaX]=Tf3T[WX^]BPcdaSPh ?XRbQhAP]YP]3XaXk?X^]TTa :D0A274;;0??0=Q :278 With hardly 48 hours to go for the first phase of the election to local bodies in Kerala, the electorate is wit- nessing a bizarre phenomenon in the State. The CPI(M), Kerala’s largest political outfit with presence in every nook and corner, has been left leaderless and rudderless. Pinarayi Vijayan, Chief Minister and the one-time star campaigner of the party has not moved out of his high security Cliff House residence in the State capital for the last three weeks. Vijayan (76), at the autumn of his life, remains reclusive and it is the local commissars who go around the State soliciting votes. M A Baby, polit bureau member and party ideologist, said that it was the unanimous decision of the CPI(M) State Committee not to expose Vijayan to the arduous election campaigning in the backdrop of Covid-19. “There is no doubt that Vijayan is our commander- in-chief. But he has many important tasks to attend to and hence we decided not to over burden him,” said Baby. But the ground reality is dif- ferent and not in synch with facts. The Chief Minister is upset over the investigation being carried out by central agencies like Enforcement Directorate, CBI, Customs , NIA and Directorate of Revenue Intelligence against top party leaders, their family members and even against officials of the Chief Minister’s Office. M Sivsankar, former principal sec- retary to Vijayan is in prison for the last one month and chances of him coming out on bail look bleak as on Saturday. To make matters worse, C M Raveendran, the all-power- ful additional special secretary to Chief Minister is on the run from law enforcing agency. Raveendran, who is described as the “super CM” by other min- isters and party leaders, have been summoned by the Enforcement Directorate for questioning about the illegal wealth amassed by him during the last 15 years. But Raveendran, a matriculate, had managed to cock a snook at the ED officials with one claim or other. “We have the details of illegal wealth made by Raveendran over the last 15 years. But he is avoiding all notices and summons issued to him by us though his luck has run out,”, said an ED official. The CPI(M), a party once known for its military like dis- cipline and authoritarianism, has degenerated into a house divided into many units. Chief Minister Vijayan and finance minister Thomas Issac are not even on speaking terms. “The Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption raided the offices of Kerala State Financial Enterprises (KSFE), a public sector unit under the depart- ment of finance. Issac described the action as a sign of lunacy and one need not explain whom he was targeting,” said Jayashankar, a leading political commentator. The BJP, which is trying to make inroads in Kerala politics, was scathing in its attack on Vijayan. “Pinarayi Vijayan is the worst chief minister in Kerala’s political history. Since the cam- paign for local body election began in early November, the CPI(M) candidates themselves have not sought his services. Vijayan’s photographs are con- spicuous by their absence in campaign meetings,” said K Surendran,president,KeralaBJP. .HUDOD ORFDO ERG SROO 9LMDDQ QRW SDUW RI FDPSDLJQLQJ Kolkata: The ruling TMC in West Bengal has decided to extend its “moral support” to the December 8 nationwide strike called by farm- ers in protest against the new agriculture laws, and the party, in solidarity, would stage sit-ins in various areas for three days, a senior leader said. Addressing a press meet here, TMC MP Sudip Bandopadhyay said his party, during its protest programmes in Bengal, would seek immediate withdrawal of the farm laws, and that new bills be sent to the standing committee or select committee of Parliament after due delib- erations with all stakeholders. “Our leader CM Mamata Banerjee has pledged wholehearted support to the movement of farmers. Yesterday, she announced a three- day common minimum programme for street protests in solidarity. We demand immediate withdrawal of the farm laws,” Bandyopadhyay, who was accompanied by SAD leader Prem Singh Chandumajra at the meet, said. Bandopadhyay, however, underlined that the ruling party would not enforce shutdown any- where in the state or block roads during the protest. Thousands of farmers, mostly from Punjab and Haryana, have come out on the streets, seek- ing a rollback of the farm laws, which was enact- ed earlier this year. The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), which was a part of the BJP-led NDA, quit the coalition in September following the passage of the contentious legislation. Chandumajra, who was here along with other leaders of his party to hold a meeting with TMC leaders, said the protest against the “dra- conian” laws not just concerns the farmers but “it is a movement of everyone -- workers, labour- ers, transporters. Even the Prime Minister of Canada is also sympathetic to the cause.” PTI Patna: The Opposition parties on Saturday held demonstration here under the leadership of RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav in protest against new farm laws and pledged support to the farmers agitating for repeal of the legis- lations. Joined by leaders of Congress and the Left Parties at the dharna site, the RJD leader extended support to the nationwide strike called by the farmers organisations against the agricultral leg- islations on December 8. Barring CPI-ML other constituents of the Grand Alliance were present at the sit-in. The Communist Party of India (Marxist Leninsts) (Liberation) did not participate in the dharna organised by the RJD as the party had organised “road blockade” across Bihar during the day to protest against the farm laws, its state Secretary Kunal told PTI. Besides, the party did not receive any information with regard to the RJDs dharna, Kunal added. Tejashwi and others were denied permission by the district administration to hold dharna in front of the statue of father of the nation inside the Gandhi Maidan following which they held the protest outside gate number four of the sprawling ground in the heart of the cap- ital town. Later, the administration allowed a handful of the leaders including Tejashwi Yadav, RJD Bihar unit chief Jagadanand Singh, former minister Shyam Rajak,Congress leaders Madan Mohan Jha and Ajeet Sharma and those from the Left Parties to go inside the ground to garland the statue of Mahatama Gandhi where they expressed resolve to contin- ue their support to the agitating farm- ers. RJD had Friday announced that the dharna will be held in front of the stat- ue of the Mahatma Gandhi whose vision is under attack from the proposed legislations which intend to give a lee- way to big private players in agriculture sector. A senior Patna District adminis- tration official, wishing anonymity, told PTI that “dharna inside Gandhi Maidan is not allowed as it is a 'prohibited area'. PTI Salem: Extending support to farmers protesting outside Delhi against Centre's three contentious farm laws, the DMK on Saturday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to hold talks with them and demanded withdrawing the legislations. DMK president M K Stalin and senior party leaders staged protests in different partsofthestate,extendingsup- port to the farmers, mostly from Punjab, who have been agitating for nearly 10 days outside the national capital. Stalin, Leader of Opposition in Tamil Nadu Assembly, led a well- attended protest demonstration here, which happens to be the native district of Chief Minister K Palaniswami. In his address, Stalin said the farm- ers were protesting against the laws on issues including lack of assurance on minimum support price (MSP) and the “corporates enjoying the freedom to decide to whom the produce should be sold and at what rate.” “In the name of doing away with agents, these laws are enslaving farmers to big traders, firms owning large godowns and multi-national exporters,” Stalin said. He wondered if the laws would allow continuance of, among others, direct procurement centres and distri- bution of essential commodities through fair price shops. Stalin asked what was the 'haste' in passing the laws during the COVID-19 pandemic and raised a number of questions such as whether the laws had provisions for waiver of farm loans, fer- tiliser subsidy and minimum employ- ment guarantee for farm labourers. “None of these. That is why the farmers are opposing these and so are we,” he said. “Protests should continue till the three legislations are withdrawn. The Prime Minister should invite the farmers and hold talks with them,” he added. The BJP should immediately con- vene Parliament and repeal the laws.”Till then, the DMK will stand by this protest,” Stalin said. He also took a swipe at Chief Minister K Palaniswami for supporting the Central laws and demanded that the state Assembly adopt a resolution against them. PTI 06A8;0FB E4e`Y`]Uac`eVdeZ_ 3V_XR]e`dY`hd`]ZURcZej hZeYWRc^VcddeZc DUZQcXgYUQTc?``_cYdY_^`QbdYUc TXQb^QY^ce``_bd_VQWYdQdY^WVQb]Ubc 3:daVTb?c^W^[ScP[ZbfXcWUPaTab ULPH EUDQFK LQVSHFWRU UDSHV ZRPDQ 632 VXVSHQGHG @Q[fY_QdUcSUQcUVYbU Y^BQZ_ebY@__^SX Aligarh: Inspector Rakesh Yadav, posted in the crime branch of the police, has been accused of rape. The woman SPO (Special Police Officer) of Sasni Gate police station was raped by calling her in the hotel in Ramghat Road on the name of investigating the case related to dowry harassment. After this he started blackmailing the woman. Woman SPO went to the SSP to complain. Along with the complaint, audio of conversation was also present- ed as evidence. On this, the SSP ordered the immediate suspen- sion of the inspector and filed a case at the Kwarsi police station. According to the Scheduled CastewomanSPOofSasniGate, thedowryharassmentcaseofthe girlofherfamilyhasbeenlodged at Sasni Gate since the year 2018. It is being investigated by Inspector Rakesh Yadav posted in Crime Branch. The incident tookplaceontheafternoonof29 October.Theinspectorcalledher on the pretext of showing the paper in room number 102 of a hotel in Ramghat Road. During this time, he raped her and threatened that there would be no action in the case iftoldtoanyone.Incompulsion, she took silence and the inspec- tor took advantage of this and startedexplicittalkonthephone with her. PNS Sitapur: Seven people were arrested under Uttar Pradesh's new anti-conversion law for allegedly abducting a Hindu girl from her home in Sitapur district, police said on Saturday. The main accused, whose brother and brother-in-law are among those arrested, is absconding, they said. The incident took place on November 24. According to the girl's mother, Jabrael has also been missing from the village ever since, the police said. D?)BTeT]WT[S d]STaP]cX R^]eTabX^][Pf 78C:0=370A8Q 90D The Pakistan Army has once again intensified mortar shelling targeting civilian pop- ulation along the line of control inthefrontierdistrictsofRajouri and Poonch. On Saturday, two back to back incidents of cease- fire violation were reported from the Balakote and Qasba, Kiri sectors of Poonch. According to the ground reports, after initiating small arms firing the Pakistan army targeted civilian areas and for- ward locations with intense mortar shelling with an aim to disturb peace. The residents of the border areas have shown keen interest in District Development Council polls by turning out in large numbers.
- 5. [P]SPaZ$347A03D=kBD=30H k342414A%!! ?=BQ =4F34;78 Prime Minister Narendra Modi will perform the ‘bhumi pujan’ (foundation stone laying) ceremony of the new Parliament building on December 10 at 1pm. Briefing the media on Saturday, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said, “The existing temple of democracy is com- pleting 100 years. It is a matter of pride for our countrymen that the new one will be built by our own people as a prime example of Aatmanirbhar Bharat. The new building will showcase the cultural diversi- ty of the country. Hopefully, in the 75th year of independence, Parliament session will be held in the new building.” “There will be approxi- mately 888 seats for Lok Sabha members and more than 326 seats for Rajya Sabha members in the new building. The Lok Sabha hall will be able to accommodate 1,224 members simultaneously,” Birla said adding that there will be no Central Hall in the new build- ing. The increase in the num- ber of seats has been done keeping in mind the future increase in the number of members for the two houses. At present, Lok Sabha has a sanctioned strength of 543 members and Rajya Sabha of 245. The design of the new building was exhibited in the media briefing. The new Parliament building will be built in an area of 64,500 sq metre at an expense of C971 crore. The Tata Projects Limited has been given the contract for the project after Larsen and Toubro, which had submitted a bid of C865 crore, had lost the bid. The design has been prepared by HCP Design, Planning and Management Private Limited. The Lok Sabha Speaker also said that the new building will be ver 17,000 sq metre big- ger than the old Parliament building. The new triangular Parliament building will have separate offices for all MPs and will be equipped with the lat- est digital interfaces as a step towards creating ‘paperless offices’ as per the plan. It will also be earthquake resistant and 2,000 people will be directly involved in con- struction while 9,000 persons indirectly, said Birla, adding that the current Parliament building will be refurbished and will be part of the Parliament complex. The new building will also have a grand Constitution Hall to showcase India’s democra- tic heritage, a lounge for mem- bers of Parliament, a library, multiple committee rooms, dining areas and ample park- ing space, said Birla. He said invitation will be extended to all political parties. While some would attend physically, others would attend virtually, Birla said, adding that the ceremony would fol- low Covid-related guidelines. He has extended a formal invi- tation to Modi also. The existing Parliament House building will be suitably retro-fitted to provide more functional spaces for parlia- mentary events, to ensure its usage along with the new building. The existing building is a massive circular edifice of 560 feet in diameter. The Parliament House Estate is enclosed by an ornamental red sandstone wall or iron grills with iron gates that can be closed when occasions demand. The building has 12 gates. µ3Yf^Zaf[R_¶`W_Vh ARc]SfZ]UZ_X`_EYfcd?=BQ =4F34;78 As countries prepare the list of people to be given pri- ority in Covid-19 immunisa- tion, researchers have sought the mandatory inclusion of diabetic patients saying that those infected are three times more likely to have a severe ill- ness or require hospitalisation compared with people without diabetes. While studies have sug- gested that those with type 2 diabetes are at higher risk for more serious complications and being hospitalised if they get Covid-19, little is known about the risk for individuals with type 1 diabetes. Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers identified electronic health records (EHRs) of more than 6,000 patients across 137 Vanderbilt Health clinical sites who had a Covid-19 diagno- sis during the period from mid-March until the first week of August. The team then closely reviewed the patients’ medical records and contacted many individuals by telephone to identify additional risk factors and gather more information on how Covid-19 had impacted their health. They compared the over- all impact of Covid-19 for three populations: individuals with type 1 diabetes, individ- uals with type 2 diabetes and those who did not have dia- betes. However, it was discov- ered that individuals, both with type 1 and type 2 dia- betes infected with COVID-19 are severely affected. “I think these data sup- port prioritizing individuals with type 1 or individuals with type 2 diabetes for immunisation alongside other high-risk medical conditions that increase the risk of getting very sick with Covid-19, such as heart or lung disease,” said Justin Gregory, MD, MSCI, lead investigator for the study published in Diabetes Care, the journal of the American Diabetes Association. The study was a prospec- tive cohort study, meaning r e s e a r c h e r s identified the study subjects soon after their infection with Covid-19 and followed these individuals as they progressed through the illness. “People with type 1 dia- betes don’t need to live in fear and have undue anxiety, but they need to be really diligent in doing the things we all should be doing,” Gregory said. “All of us should be wash- ing our hands and staying 6 feet apart. We should be con- scientious about limiting the time spent with people outside our household. I’m not asking people with type 1 diabetes to do anything that all of us shouldn’t already be doing. I just think they need to be the most diligent about doing it day in and day out,” he added. 3XPQTcXRbdbcVTc2^eXSbW^cb^]_aX^aXch)BcdSh ?=BQ =4F34;78 In the absence of medical rep- resentatives during the Covid-19 lockdown, major pharma companies managed to reach out to doctors through digital tools to ensure medi- cines reached their patients, according to a survey by Doceree, a global network of Physician-only platforms for programmatic marketing. In fact, pharma marketers were able to get close to 2/3rd of the reach they were getting in the pre-Covid era, said Doceree. It also noted that special- ists and super-specialists engaged more with pharma- ceutical brand messaging than general physicians or con- sulting physicians. The network had analysed over 20 million impressions served through its platform from July 2020 – Oct 2020 and found that real-time developments in the Physician digital marketing space that could reflect broader trends. Of all the ads served to physicians, 68 per cent clicks were recorded from special- ists/super-specialists, while 32 per cent came from gen- eralists. “Though generalists outscore specialists in terms of pure logins and impressions being served, spe- cialists and super-specialists fare much better in engaging with the Pharma brand mes- sage by clicking on it or by completing that desired action, for instance fixing a remote detailing call, ordering a sample, or registering for a webinar, specialists and super- specialists fare much better,” said Dr. Harshit Jain, CEO of Doceree. The data was gathered from the digital marketing campaigns that pharmaceu- tical and healthcare brands run through the platform. Nearly 1/3rd of all the clicks among specialists were recorded for pediatricians, while pulmonologists, cardi- ologists and endocrinolo- gists/diabetologists made up for another 1/3rd. Among super-specialists, nearly 30 per cent clicks came from nephrologists and gastroenterologists. In terms of engagement of doctors, metros and mini metros scored better. At least, six top cities out of 10 were from North India with near- ly 20 per cent of all the clicks coming from two cities — Gurgaon and Chandigarh. However, none of the cities from the East (except for Kolkata) and South (except for Hyderabad) featured in the top 10. ?WPaPUXabaTPRWTS^dcc^S^Rc^ab cWa^dVWSXVXcP[c^^[bSdaX]V[^RZS^f] ?=BQ =4F34;78 The NIA on Saturday chargesheeted six persons under various Sections of the NarcoticDrugsandPsychotropic Substances and relevant provi- sions of IPC besides Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in a narco terror case. Thecaserelatestoseizureof 21KgNarcotics(Heroin)andRs 1,35,89,850 cash amount from the accused persons in Handwara district of Jammu and Kashmir. The chargesheeted accused are Abdul Momin Peer alias Peerzada Momen, 27, of Handwara,workingasAssistant Lineman, Handwara, Syed Iftikhar Andrabi, 50 of Handwara, working as village level worker at Block Development office, Kupwara, Islam-ul-Haq Peer, 20, running a Sanitary shop, Afaq Ahmad Wani, 40, working as Branch Manager in Baramulla Central Cooperative Bank, Handwara, Saleem Andrabi, 31, working at BalAshraminHandwaraunder Social Welfare Department (Absconding) and Muneer Ahmad Banday @ Ishfaq, r/o Banday, 30, running a cement shop in Handwara (Absconding). The case arose out of Handwara Police Station case number183/2020 of June 11 wherein during checking of vehicles at Kairo Bridge, Handwara, accused Abdul Momin Peer’s Hyundai Creta vehicle was intercepted by the Police Naka Party. The vehicle was searched and cash amount of C20,01,000 and 2 Kg Heroin were seized. Abdul Momin Peer was arrest- ed and following his disclosure, accusedSyedIftikarAndrabiand Islam-Ul-Haq Peer were arrest- ed. The case was re-registered byNIAasRC-03/2020/NIA/DLI onJune23andinvestigationwas taken up. AccusedAfaqAhmadWani, who was on the run, was arrest- edbyNIAonJuly16onthebasis of technical analysis. “Investigation revealed that accusedpersonsincludingAbdul Momin Peer and Saleem Andrabi were involved in cross- border smuggling and supply of Narcotic drug Heroin in JK and other parts of the country after procuring the same from their associates based abroad including Pakistan,” the NIA said in a statement. Accused Iftikhar Andrabi and Abdul Momin Peer visited Pakistan several times during 2016-17 to meet the operatives of terrorist organisations Lashkar-E-Taiba (LeT) and Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM), the agency said. The amount generated from the sale of Heroin was pumped by the accused to fur- ther the terrorist activities of Lashkar-E-Taiba (LeT), it fur- ther said adding, further inves- tigation in the case is continuing. 91SXQbWUcXUUdce^TUb4@C1Sd ?=BQ =4F34;78 Ajoint platform of 10 cen- tral trade unions has extended its support to a call of ‘Bharat Bandh’ by farmer organisations on December 8. The unions had called a nationwide strike on November 26 to protest against recently passed labour codes as well as farm laws, among other issues. The joint forum is of ten central trade unions — Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC), All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC), Hind Mazdoor Sabha (HMS), Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), All India United Trade Union Centre (AIUTUC), Trade Union Co-ordination Centre (TUCC), Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA), All India Central Council of Trade Unions (AICCTU), Labour Progressive Federation (LPF) and United Trade Union Congress (UTUC). The Joint Platform of Central Trade Unions and Independent Sectoral Federations/Associations reit- erate their “wholehearted sup- port to the ongoing united struggles of the farmers demanding scrapping of dra- conian agri laws”, a joint statement said. The joint platform takes note with satisfaction that from November 27, 2020 onwards, workers and employ- ees and their unions have been fully active in holding numerous agitations in soli- darity with the ongoing farm- ers’ struggles, in all the States throughout the country brav- ing arrests and intimidation from many of the state admin- istration/police. The joint platform wel- comes the firm resolve and determination of the united platform of farmer organisa- tions to intensify the struggles countrywide and extends all support to their call for ‘Bharat Bandh’ on December 8, 2020, it added. The Joint Platform and S e c t o r a l Federations/Associations call upon the workers, employees and their unions, irrespective of affiliations, to organise active solidarity to the farmer organisations’ call for ‘Bharat Bandh’. CaPSTd]X^]b[T]Sbd__^ac c^³1WPaPc1P]SW´^]3TR' ?C8Q =4F34;78 Aplea was filed on Saturday in the Supreme Court seeking a direction to the Centre to ensure refund of “exorbitant” amounts charged by private labs and hospitals for conducting RT-PCR tests to detect COVID-19. The interim application has been filed by lawyer and BJP leader Ajay Agrawal in his pending PIL in which he had sought fixing of uniform rate of Rs 400 across India, as done by Odisha, for the Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) test. A bench of Chief Justice S A Bobde and Justices A S Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian, on November 24, had issued notice totheUnionHealthMinistryon Agrawal’’s PIL and had sought its response within two weeks. The fresh plea said that when hospitals and laboratories were charging C4,500 for the test, the actual cost, including that of the testing kit, was between C800 to C1,200, and even now, “exorbitant rates” are being charged in various states when the total cost incurred is about C200 only. “This exorbitant over and above amount charged from poorandinnocentpeopleofthis country needs to be refunded immediately as it is not only unrealistic and unreasonable but shocking. “In a country like India where crores of people are liv- ing Below Poverty Line and the country’’s GDP has gone down to minus 23.9 per cent (-23.09 per cent) during the lockdown period, and therefore, this over charged amount be refunded to the affected people forthwith,” it said. The exorbitant money taken from the people is noth- ing but extortion and the responsiblepersonsbe punished and the excess amount be refunded at the earliest, it said. The plea said that Odisha has fixed Rs 400 as the maxi- mum rate for RT-PCR test after examining and analysing all aspects. “For the last several months these private labs and hospitals were looting the poor people of this country. Like in Delhi the notification was issued on 18.6.2020 fixing the maximum rate Rs 2400 and the cost of the kit and other things used in the test has gone down in the month of April-May itself, at the rate which is available at pre- sent,” it said. Agrawal, in his PIL in which the interim plea has been filed, had sought direction for fixing the maximum rate as Rs 400 for RT-PCR test for COVID-19 uniformly all over India. While issuing the notice, the top court had said that the PIL would be heard with anoth- er pending plea of Sachin Jain pertaining to the cost of treat- ment for COVID-19. ?[TPX]B2 bTTZbaTUd]S^U TgRTbbUTT^U AC?2AcTbcb ?C8Q =4F34;78 People suffering from men- tal illness deserve special care and love and are not to be exploited, the Supreme Court has said while upholding the conviction and sentence awarded to a man for raping a mentally disabled woman. Observing that the convict had exploited the victim by taking undue advantage of her mental illness, the apex court dismissed his appeal against the September 2016 judgment of the Himachal Pradesh High Court which had convicted him in the case while setting aside the trial court order acquitting him. A bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan noted in its verdict that as per the DNA report, the convict was the biological father of the child delivered by the 19-year-old victim who was found to be 31-week pregnant when the matter came to light. “A person suffering from mental disorder or mental sickness deserves special care, love and affection. They are not to be exploited. In the pre- sent case, the accused has exploited the victim by taking disadvantage of her mental sickness/illness. Therefore, no interference of this court against the impugned judg- ment and order passed by the high court convicting the accused is called for,” said the bench, also comprising Justices R S Reddy and M R Shah. “On evidence, it has been established and proved that the victim was mentally retarded and her IQ was 62 and she was not in a position to understand the good and bad aspect of sexual assault,” the bench said in its 24-page judgement delivered on December 3. The top court said the high court was justified in re- -appreciating the entire evi- dence on record and reverse the order of acquittal passed by the trial court. The high court, while set- ting aside the trial court order acquitting the man, had con- victed him for the offences of rape and criminal intimida- tion and sentenced him to seven years in jail. According to the police, the FIR was lodged by the vic- tim’s father in 2008 alleging that his daughter was found to be pregnant and she told her mother that the accused had raped her when she had gone to graze cattle. The prosecution said that due to fear and mental weak- ness, the victim had not dis- closed about the incident to anyone and when she was medically examined, she was found to be 31-week pregnant. She gave birth to a child in June 2008 in Shimla and after a DNA test it was found that the accused was the biological father of the infant, the police had said, adding that he was arrested in the case. During the trial, the accused had claimed inno- cence and denied the allega- tions. ?T^_[TbdUUTaX]VUa^T]cP[X[[]TbbSTbTaeT b_TRXP[RPaTbW^d[S]^cQTTg_[^XcTS)B2 ?C8Q =4F34;78 External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday said negotiations for a free trade agreement between India and the European Union were stuck for the last six years due to reluctance of the grouping. The talks for the FTA have been stalled since May 2013 when both sides failed to bridge substantial gaps on crucial issues, including on data security status for the IT sector. Asked during an online interactive session whether the talks were stalled due to India’s reservations against FTAs, Jaishankar vehemently dispelled it and said: “It is not a question of principle. India has nothing in principle against free trade agreements or preferential trade agree- ments.” Launched in June 2007, negotiations for the proposed agreement have witnessed many hurdles as both sides have major differences on cru- cial issues. Giving a run down of the developments relating to the proposed FTA, Jaishankar said at the 6th Edition of MED dia- logue that India was negotiat- ing on it with the European Union till 2013 but the deal could not be closed. “There was a change of Government in 2014. The Government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi offered to the EU that they would like to reopen and con- tinue those negotiations. In fact, it was the EU which took the stance from 2014 that look, right now we have other priorities, we do not know whether we are ready. “So for the last six years, and I say this as someone who sat in the room, heard my own leaders say this, heard the responses from the EU lead- ership...The reluctance to engage from 2014, this I can testify personally, is not from the Indian side. It is from the EU side, even today,” he added. The external affairs min- ister said he had visited Brussels twice in the last one year and brought up the issue with the concerned commis- sioner. “In the last one year, I have been to Brussels twice, and brought up the subject with the commissioner mandated to deal with us. And that was pretty much the answer I got which was that we need to think this through, we are not sure we want to do this at this time,” he added. Asked about India pulling out of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) last year, he said it had to take the decision as its concerns were not addressed. “The idea that there would have been great benefits wait- ing for us at the end of the rainbow, sorry I do not buy that,” said Jaishankar about observations that India would lose out for pulling out of the RCEP. The RCEP deal sealed last month comprised 10 member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and five of the bloc’s dialogue partners — China, Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand. Asked about India’s rela- tions with the US, Jaishankar said it is on an upswing because there is a structural convergence between the two countries. “I am very confident that India-US relations will con- tinue to do well,” he said. 5C0cP[ZbfXcW4DbcdRZU^a_Pbc%hab SdTc^Q[^R´baT[dRcP]RT)9PXbWP]ZPa ?C8Q 908?DA The Forest department of the Rajasthan Government on Saturday sounded a ‘Red Alert’ at all reserves, sanctuaries and parks in the State as incidents of hunting, poaching and ani- mal traps have come to the fore. The order comes against the backdrop of a camera trap footage showing a Ranthambore tiger, T-108, with a wire snare around its neck. Under the ‘Red Alert’, all forest officials have been direct- ed to intensify search opera- tions and seek local police assistance to nab hunters and criminals. The department has can- celled leaves of all field officers, and directions have been issued for effective patrolling against illegal activities in protected areas. The order said reports had earlier been received from Ranthambore Tiger Reserve about animals such as cows and buffaloes getting caught in traps laid by hunters. “Recently, five hunters were arrested in Mount Abu for hunting a sambar deer, looking to which red alert is announced till February 2021,” it stated. The sub-adult Ranthambore tiger T-108 was spotted twice on camera traps – 12.50 am on Thursday and 6 am on Saturday – with a wire around his neck which looks like a trap. 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