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Irani chides Cong over MLA’s ‘enjoy rape’ remark
New Delhi: Union
Women and Child De-
velopment Minister Sm-
riti Irani on Friday
launched a scathing at-
tack on Karnataka Con-
gress MLA K R Ramesh
Kumar over his sexist
comment in the ongoing
state Assembly session
and termed it “shame-
ful”, and dared the Con-
gress to expel the legis-
lator from the party
.
In a veiled attack at
Congress general secre-
tary and in-charge of
Uttar Pradesh Priyanka
Gandhi Vadra, Irani
said, “The Congress
leadership in Uttar
Pradesh which always
says that she is a girl
and she can fight, expel
the leader if you have
courage”. “It is shame-
ful that the Assembly
which takes a pledge to
protect the honour of
women was used by a
Congress leader to give
a shameful statement
against women,” Irani
said in Parliament. —ANI
SEXIST COMMENTS
Union Minister Smriti Irani
CONG MLA KR RAMESH KUMAR
APOLOGISES FOR HIS COMMENT
PRIYANKA GANDHI
CRITICISES MLA’S
REMARK TOO
New Delhi: Soon after
Union Minister Smriti Ira-
ni took a jab at Priyanka
Gandhi Vadra over Cong
MLA KR Ramesh Kumar’s
outrageous “enjoy rape”
remark in the Karnataka
Assembly, the Congress
leader tweeted: “I whole-
heartedly condemn the
statement made earlier
today by Sri KR Ramesh
Kumar. It is inexplicable
how anyone can ever
utter such words, they
are indefensible. Rape is a
heinous crime. Full stop.”
Belagavi: Former Karnataka Assembly speaker and
senior Congress MLA
KR Ramesh Kumar on
Friday apologised for his
‘enjoy rape’ comment.
“If it hurts the senti-
ments of women I have
no problem in apologis-
ing. I apologise from
bottom of my heart,”
Ramesh said. Ramesh
stoked controversy in the assembly on Thursday
by saying “when rape is inevitable, lie down and
enjoy it.” The insensitive remark came when MLAs
began to demand time from speaker Vishweshwara
Hegde Kageri to discuss crop loss. —PTI
KR Ramesh Kumar
CORONA CATASTROPHE
NEW DELHI
INDIA
7,447
new cases
101
omicron tally
69
new cases
00
new fatalities
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OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR, AHMEDABAD, LUCKNOW & NEW DELHI
Amarinder Singh announced an alliance with the
BJP for the Punjab polls, a move that had been
anticipated ever since he quit the Congress last
month. He made the announcement after meet-
ing with the BJP leadership in Delhi. P8
WHO granted emergency approval to Covid
vaccine Covovax, Serum Institute of India’s
version of the Novavax vaccine. Even with
new variants emerging, vaccines remain one
of the most effective tools to shield people.
China is getting more aggressive in Indo-
Pacific region and there is a need to ensure
freedom of navigation and compliance of
rules, said French Defence Minister Florence
Parly during day-long India visit.
AMARINDER
SINGH TIES UP
WITH BJP FOR
PUNJAB POLLS
NOVAVAX, SERUM
INSTITUTE’S
COVID VACCINE,
CLEARED BY WHO
CHINA GETTING
MORE AGGRESSIVE:
FRENCH DEFENCE
MINISTER PARLY
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SC stays Bengal’s Lokur
panel probe on Pegasus
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court on Friday
stayed all further pro-
ceedings before the pan-
el constituted by the
West Bengal govern-
ment under Justice (re-
tired) MB Lokur to
probe allegations of un-
authorised surveillance
using Pegasus software.
A bench headed by
Chief Justice NV Ra-
mana also granted peti-
tioner NGO Global Vil-
lage Foundation the
permission to make the
Commission a party in
the proceedings. The
NGO had challenged
the continuing opera-
tion of the Commission
despite the SC having
constituted a panel for
the probe.
The bench, also com-
prising Justices Surya
Kant and Hima Kohli,
issued notice to the
Commission.
On Friday, the CJI
asked senior advocate
AM Singhvi how the
panel had started an en-
quiry despite an earlier
assurance given to the
court. “What is this?
Last time you gave an
u n d e r t a k i n g … . bu t
again you started en-
quiry?”
ACTIVIST RONA
WILSON’S PHONE
INFECTED WITH
PEGASUS SPYWARE:
FORENSIC REPORT
An analysis by an
external forensics
firm has claimed that the
phone of activist Rona
Wilson, arrested in 2018
in the Elgaar Parishad
case, was “infiltrated”
with Pegasus spyware
before his arrest. The
recent report by the US-
based Arsenal Consult-
ing claims that two back-
ups of an Apple iPhone
belonging to Wilson had
digital traces showing
infection by the Pegasus
surveillance tool, a
Washington Post report
has stated. According
to the Washington Post
report, the backups of
Wilson’s phone were
provided to the forensic
firm at the request of his
defence team.
HARMANPREET’S DOUBLE STRIKE
OUTCLASSES PAK IN ASIAN HOCKEY
Vice-captain Harmanpreet Singh scored a brace as Olympic bronze medallists India defeated
arch-rivals Pakistan 3-1 to register their second consecutive win and virtually qualify for the
semi-finals of the Asian Champions Trophy men’s hockey tournament in Dhaka on Friday.
Harmanpreet (8th, 53rd minutes) converted two penalty corners.
How can we expect polls
to be impartial, asks Oppn
New Delhi: Opposition
leaders attacked the
BJP government over a
news report on Friday
that Chief Election
Commissioner (CEC)
Sushil Chandra and the
two Election Commis-
sioners, Rajiv Kumar
and Anup Chandra
Pandey, joined an on-
line “interaction”
called by the Prime
Minister’s Office on
November 16 despite
reservations.
Leader of Opposition
in the Rajya Sabha Mal-
likarjun Kharge raised
questions about the im-
partiality of the coming
elections. “They (the
PMO) can’t say like
that. The EC is sup-
posed to be independ-
ent… not supposed to
be, it is an independent
body… How can they
call the EC? Then how
can we expect that the
elections will be impar-
tial? Elections are com-
ing in five states… And
how can we expect that
we will get justice in all
the forthcoming elec-
tions?” the Congress
leader said.
The report had
caused a flutter since it
read like a “summons”
that breached prece-
dent and Constitutional
norms.
PMO INTERACTION WITH CEC, ECs
PM MODI CONFERRED HIGHEST
CIVILIAN AWARD BY BHUTAN
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday
expressed gratitude towards the King of Bhutan for
conferring on him Bhutan’s highest civilian honour,
the Order of the Druk Gyalpo. He also thanked his
Bhutanese counterpart Lotay Tshering for his words,
saying he was “deeply touched” by the warm gesture
on the occasion of the National Day of Bhutan. “I have
been privileged to receive the utmost love and affection
from our Bhutanese brother and sisters, and take this
occasion to convey my greetings to all of them on the
auspicious occasion of the National Day of Bhutan,” the
prime minister said in a series of tweets.
PM Narendra Modi with Bhutan PM Lotay Tshering.
—File
Photo
ONE-LAKH STRONG AMIT SHAH RALLY...
A major morale booster for BJP
Vishal Srivastav
Lucknow: Accusing
previous Samajwadi
Party government of
perpetuating criminal
and mafia regime in Ut-
tar Pradesh, Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah, on Friday
, show-
ered praise on CM Yogi
for flushing out the ma-
fia and establishing the
rule of law in the state.
“It was due to proac-
tive action by the Yogi
government which got
UP rid of mafia during
the last over four and a
half years.‘YogineUPse
gundon ko ukhaad fen-
ka’, he said while ad-
dressing a crowded joint
rally of BJP and Nishad
community in Lucknow.
Enthused over the last
turnout in the rally
, the
Union Home Minister
said that it showed BJP
would form the govt
again with 300 plus seats
in UP and the party
would fulfil the agendas
of the Nishad communi-
ty
. It is well understood
that this would also in-
clude the long pending
demand of reservation
under the SC category
.
Thanking the Nishad
community
, he said that
it was instrumental in
getting BJP two-third
majority in the state.
“BJP government stood
solidly for the rights and
welfare of Nishad and
other backward class
communities which al-
ways received a raw deal
in previous govern-
ments of SP and BSP
,”
added Shah while repos-
ing faith in alliance of
BJP and Nishad party to
wipe out SP
, BSP and
Congress from the state.
Amit Shah lashed out
attheoppositionleaders
saying that they only
‘worked for their castes’,
while the BJP worked
for all. “While SP and
BSP used to say that
they work for the back-
ward, they never did the
work of giving constitu-
tional recognition to the
backward classes. How-
ever,BJPdidgiveconsti-
tutional rights to the
backward classes”, he
further added. High-
lighting the work done
by Yogi government, the
Yogi government has
done the work of invest-
ing more than Rs 1151
crore in the fisheries de-
partment in the state.
BJP will redress all the problems of Nishad community: Shah’s joint rally with Nishad Party in poll-bound UP
Union Home Minister Amit Shah along with UP CM Yogi Adityanath, Dy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya, and Nishad Party chief Sanjay
Nishad at the rally in Lucknow on Friday. —PHOTO BY SUMIT KUMAR
BARBS AT SP, BSP
Amit Shah lashed out at
the opposition lead-
ers saying that they
only ‘worked for their
castes’, while the BJP
worked for all. “While
SP and BSP used to say
that they work for the
backward, they never
did the work of giving
constitutional recogni-
tion to the backward
classes. We gave
recognition,”he said.
PM CREATED AQUACULTURE INFRA,
LAID RAM MANDIR FOUNDATION
Union Minister Amit Shah said that maintained that
from 2015 to 2019, PM Modi got the blue revolu-
tion scheme of 5,000 crores, creating aquaculture
infrastructure of Rs 7,522 crores and new fisheries
department for more than three crore fishermen
across the country. Along with this, work has also
been done to invest Rs 7,000 crore on their infra-
structure. Shah further said that PM Modi laid the
foundation stone of Ram Temple in Ayodhya. Soon,
the temple will be constructed at the site of Ram
Janmabhoomi. On the other hand, Kashi Vishwa-
nath Dham is being built in Varanasi which is giving
back its existence to Kashi Dham.
HAILS YOGI’S COVID
MANAGEMENT
Appreciating the Covid
management done
by Yogi government,
Amit Shah said, “Yogi
Adityanath’s manage-
ment in pandemic
became a model for
the whole world.”

CAPITOL
NEW DELHI | SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2021
02
Delhi schools reopen for class VI and above
First India Bureau
New Delhi: All the
schools in Delhi-NCR
reopened for physical
classes from sixth stand-
ard on Friday, The Com-
mission for Air Quality
Management (CAQM)
said on Friday
.
After reviewing the
restrictions imposed by
the state governments,
the Commission for Air
Quality Management
(CAQM) allowed state
governments of NCR
and GNCTD to re-open
of schools, colleges and
educational institutions
in a phased manner in
the national capital re-
gion.
According to CAQM ,
the physical classes for
students upto standard 5
can commence from De-
cember 27.
“All the government,
government aided, un-
aided recognised,
NDMC, MCDs and Delhi
Cantonment Board
Schools will reopen from
December 18 for
classes 6 onwards,” read
the circular.
The state government
has earlier closed all
schools and colleges in
view of the increased air
pollution.
A large number of
representations were re-
ceived by the Commis-
sion arguing the compel-
lingnecessitytoopenthe
schools and educational
institutions with imme-
diate effect.
Following the direc-
tions of Supreme Court,
the Commission exam-
ined the requests of var-
ious organisations re-
garding relaxations on
restrictions imposed.
MATTER IN NUTSHELL
 For other classes
– up to Class 5 –
schools can reopen
from December 27
 Delhi Educa-
tion Department on
December 13 sent
two proposals to
the Environment
Ministry – schools
for the students of
Classes 6 and above
should be reopened
immediately
 Several requests
were submitted by
students and parents
saying that children
have been out of
school for about two
years having adverse
effects on studies.
 Following the
directions of the SC,
the panel has exam-
ined the requests re-
garding relaxations
on restrictions.
WILLTAKEPEOPLE’SCONSENTFOR
ALLPROJECTSIFWEWINGOA:CM
People have lost faith in Congress while BJP is breaking up, says Kejriwal
New Delhi: Delhi Chief
MinisterArvindKejriwal
on Friday assured the
people of Goa that no pro-
ject will be carried out
without their consent if
the AAP forms govern-
ment in the coastal state.
Goa is slated to go for
assembly polls early next
year.
Kejriwal also wel-
comed Alina Saldanah, a
MLA from Goa who re-
signed from the BJP on
Thursday, into the Aam
Aadmi Party (AAP).
“Iwasleftdisillusioned
with the BJP. It was no
longer the party that be-
longed to late Manohar
Parrikar ji. Now, I have
come to the right party
which is for the common
man. I was opposed to
some policies of the BJP
that were not for the com-
mon man,” she said in an
online briefing.
Alina Saldanha’s hus-
band Mathany Saldanha,
who had been a minister
in the Manohar Parrikar-
led cabinet, died in 2012,
following which she con-
testedtheby-electionona
BJP ticket from the Cor-
talim assembly constitu-
ency and won.
She had also won the
2017 assembly election as
a BJP candidate. Alina
Saldanha resigned from
the state assembly as well
as the party on Thursday,
Kejriwal, while welcom-
ing her to the party, said
she has come to the right
place.“I want to assure
the people of Goa that no
projectwillbecarriedout
in the state without their
consent. People have lost
faith in the Congress in
Goa while the BJP is it-
self is breaking up. The
AAP is an honest party,”
he said. —PTI
CHIEF MINISTER WELCOMES
ALINA SALDANAH INTO AAP
Alina Saldanha’s husband Mathany Saldanha,
who had been a minister in the Manohar Parri-
kar-led cabinet, died in 2012, following which she
contested the by-election on a BJP ticket from the
Cortalim assembly constituency and won. She
had also won the 2017 assembly election as a
BJP candidate. Alina Saldanha resigned from the
state assembly as well as the party on Thursday.
Kejriwal, while welcoming her to the party, said she
has come to the right place.
Delhi logs 10 new cases of
Omicron,count hits 20: Jain
New Delhi: Delhi Health
Minister Satyendar Jain
on Friday said 10 new
cases of the new Covid
variant Omicron have
been detected in the na-
tional capital, taking the
tally to 20. Ten of these
patients have been dis-
charged, he said.
The minister said 10
out of the 40 samples
sent for genome sequenc-
ing tested positive for the
new variant. The minis-
ter had on Thursday said
many international trav-
ellers are turning out
Covid positive upon ar-
rival at the Indira Gan-
dhi International Air-
port.
On Tuesday, he had
said the Omicron variant
of the coronavirus has
not spread in the commu-
nity so far and the situa-
tion is under control.
Delhi’s first case of the
Omicron variant -- a
37-year-old man from
Ranchi -- was detected on
December 5. He was dis-
charged on Monday.
He had travelled from
Tanzania to Doha and
from there, to Delhi on a
Qatar Airways flight on
December 2. —PTI
CRUCIAL READ
MAN KILLED, WIFE INJURED IN CLASH
WITH SHANTY OWNER IN DELHI
New Delhi: A 38-year-old man was killed and his wife
injured after they were allegedly assaulted by their land-
lord in east Delhi’s Trilokpuri
area, police said on Friday.
Three people, including the
landlord, have been arrested,
they said. Kale Khan and his
wife Mayuri (36) were living
along with their children in a
rented shanty. Late on Thursday, a heated exchange
of words ensued between Murgan and Khan over rent
and electricity bill, police said, quoting Khan’s son. He
told the police that Murgan grabbed his mother Mayuri
by her hair and in retaliation, she slapped him. Murgan
then brought along three other men Armugam, Sahil
and Ajay. According to DCP (east) Priyanka Kashyap,
Murgan hit his parents on their heads with a heavy
object, Armugam stabbed his father in his chest.
New Delhi: TheBApro-
gramme in Delhi Uni-
versity's School of Open
Learning(SOL)hasseen
the highest number of
admissions with over
75,000 students opting
for it.
The last date for se-
curing admission was
December 15.
LikeDU,SOLalsosaw
many students who
scored between 90 per
cent to 100 per cent in
their Class 12 exams ap-
ply for admission.
Students who scored
in the 90 per cent to 100
per cent bracket opted
for BA (1,132), B.Com
(1,014),B.Com(Honours)
(1,027),BA(Honours)Po-
litical Science (524) and
BA(Honours) English
(313).
According to official
data, 1,27,095 students --
57,454 women and 69,641
men -- have taken admis-
sion in SOL.
As many as 75,606 stu-
dents took admission to
the BA programme,
21,072toB.Com,15,450to
Political Science (Hon-
ours), 10,204 to B.Com
(Honours) and 4,763 to
BA (Honours) English.
SOL’s BA programme clear favourite among students
—REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE
75K PUPILS OPTING
DELHI UNIVERSITY
Gurugram: A
60-year-old tea stall
vendor was charred
to death while his
wife and three sons
sustained serious
burn injuries after
a fire broke out in
their rented room
here, police said on
Friday. Fire officials
said they are yet
to ascertain the
cause of the fire on
Thursday night but
suspect it could be a
case of short circuit.
Suresh Babu, the
deceased, and his
family, were natives
of Bihar and were
living in a rented
room in Kanhai vil-
lage. —PTI
MAN DEAD AS
FIRE BREAKS OUT
IN HOUSE
Gurgaon: Two Ni-
gerian nationals are
arrested in Gurgaon
for allegedly thrash-
ing police person-
nel after they were
asked to show their
passport and visa,
an officer said on
Thursday. They were
produced in a city
court on Thursday
and sent to judicial
custody.According to
the police, a patrol-
ling team stopped the
duo on Wednesday
night when they were
moving suspiciously.
During questioning,
they told the person-
nel that they were
from Nigeria and live
in Delhi. —PTI
2 NIGERIANS HELD
FOR THRASHING
COPS IN GURGAON
Capital shivers, air
quality at ‘very poor’
New Delhi: It was a
cold morning in the
national capital on Fri-
day as the minimum
temperature settled at
7.7 degrees Celsius
while the air quality
remained in the “very
poor” category.
The India Meteoro-
logical Department
has forecast mainly
clear sky during the
day and the maximum
temperature is likely
to settled around 20 de-
grees Celsius.
According to the
Ministry of Earth Sci-
ence’s SAFAR system,
Delhi’s Air Quality In-
dex (AQI) stood at 339
at 9 am, which falls in
the “very poor” catego-
ry.
An AQI between zero
and 50 is considered
“good”, 51 and 100 “sat-
isfactory”, 101 and 200
“moderate”, 201 and
300 “poor”, 301 and 400
“very poor”, and 401
and 500 “severe”.
The relative humid-
ity at 8.30 am was 77
per cent.
The city on Thurs-
day recorded a maxi-
mum temperature of
19.8 degrees Celsius,
three notches below
normal.
SDMC sets up
‘Nutrition Garden’
in 48 schools
New Delhi: With an aim
to make students aware
of the nutritional value
of seasonal fruits and
vegetables, the South
Delhi Municipal Corpo-
ration (SDMC) has estab-
lished “Nutrition Gar-
den” in its 48 schools.
SDMC Commissioner
Gyanesh Bharti said the
“Nutrition Garden” has
been opened in 48 schools
and it will be started in
100 more schools by the
end of December.
The SDMC has
planned to start Nutri-
tion Garden in all 568
SDMC schools and SD-
MC-aided schools by the
end of January next
year. The majority of
children report deficien-
cy of protein, vitamins,
calcium and essential
minerals. —PTI
Delhi Police tops in implementing CCTNS
New Delhi: The Delhi
Police was awarded the
first rank among major
state police forces in the
implementation of
Crime and Criminal
Tracking Network and
Systems (CCTNS) on
Thursday, officials said.
The announcement
was made at an annual
conference on good prac-
tices in CCTNS/ICJS or-
ganised by the National
Crime Records Bureau
under the Ministry of
Home Affairs, they said.
“Delhi Police has been
awarded 1st rank among
all major states police in
the implementation of
CCTNS project,” Delhi
Police PRO Chinmoy
Biswal said. According
to a statement issued by
the PRO, Delhi Police
stood first with an over-
all score of 98.6 pc among
the major states imple-
menting the project. —PTI
UP IN ARMS
Bank employees raise slogans during a protest as part of a two-day nationwide strike
called by the United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU) against the Central Government’s plan
to privatize PSBs outside the Indian Bank in New Delhi —PHOTO BY ANI
—REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE
TWO-THIRDS OF DELHI’S ELIGIBLE
POPULATION FULLY VACCINATED
New Delhi: Of the nearly 1.5 crore people eligible for
COVID-19 vaccination in Delhi, over one crore have re-
ceived both doses of vaccine, according to government
data. According to the CoWIN
portal, over 2.46 crore doses
have been administered in
the city since the inoculation
exercise started on January
16. As many as 1,00,20,014
people have received both
doses. Over 1.08 lakh
people were vaccinated against COVID-19 in Delhi on
Thursday. Authorities in Northwest Delhi district have
administered the maximum number of doses (over 29
lakh) in the capital, followed by Southwest Delhi (28.69
lakh) and West Delhi (26.57 lakh).

INDIA
03
READY TO PROVIDE MORE RAFALES IF
INDIA REQUIRES: FRANCE DEFENCE MIN
The Rafale jets are India’s first major acquisition of fighter planes
New Delhi: French De-
fence Minister Flor-
ence Parly on Friday
said her country is
ready to provide addi-
tional Rafale
fighter jets to
India if it re-
quires and noted
that the use of the same
aircraft by the two stra-
tegic partners is a re-
flection of “real asset
and strength” in their
ties. On the Indo-Pacif-
ic, she observed that
they wanted to preserve
it as an open and inclu-
sive area and free from
any “coercion” and
based on compliance
with international law
and multilateralism.
Parly, who is on a
visit to India, made the
comments at a think-
tank ahead of her wide-
ranging talks with De-
fence Min Rajnath Sin-
gh. TheFrenchembassy
on Thurs said 33 Rafale
jets have already been
delivered to India on
schedule despite the
COVID-19.I am very
happy that the Indian
Air Force is satisfied
with its Rafale and we
are very proud that de-
spite Covid, the 36 air-
craftwillbedeliveredon
time according to the
contract... It’s a real
achievement,” Parly
said. “Using the same
aircraft is a real asset
and strength. I am sure
that there is room for
new developments. She
also referred to India’s
planned induction of a
second aircraft carrier
and indicated that
France will be interest-
ed in supplying the car-
rier-based jets. India’s
first indigenous aircraft
carrier (IAC) Vikrant is
scheduled to be induct-
ed into the Indian Navy
by Aug next year.
RAJNATH SINGH HOLDS
TALKS WITH VISITING
DEFENCE MINISTER PARLY
New Delhi: Defence
Minister Rajnath
Singh on Friday
met his French
counterpart Flor-
ence Parly and held
the 3rd Annual De-
fence Dialogue be-
tween India and
France.
A wide
range of bi-
lateral, regional,
defence and de-
fence industrial co-
operation issues
were discussed in
the annual meet-
ing, said a Defence
Ministry release.
The Ministers re-
viewed the existing
military-to-mili-
tary cooperation,
which has in-
creased in spite of
pandemic challeng-
es. They discussed
ways to increase
defence coopera-
tion in all domains.
INDIA VISIT OF FLORENCE PARLY CRUCIAL READ
AIRTEL PAYS RS 15,519 CR TO GOVT
FOR SPECTRUM ACQUIRED IN 2014
New Delhi: Bharti Airtel stated on Friday that it has
paid Rs 15,519 crore to the Dept of Telecom in order to
clear all the deferred liabili-
ties for spectrum acquired
in 2014. The telecom
giant had acquired 128.4
MHz spectrum (including
Telenor spectrum) for a
consideration of Rs 19,051 crore in 2014. The liabilities
were due in annual instalments from FY2026-27 to
FY2031-32, with an interest rate of 10 per cent, which
was the highest rate amongst the deferred liabilities.
MP: BOY INJURED AS MOBILE PHONE
EXPLODES DURING ONLINE CLASS
Satna: A 15-year-old boy was injured after his mobile
phone exploded when he was attending his school
classes online in Satna district of Madhya Pradesh,
police said on Friday.The boy, Ramprakash Bhadau-
ria, a student of Class 8, was attending the school
classes online when the mobile phone suddenly ex-
ploded. He suffered injuries to his jaw, Nagod police
station inspector R P Mishra told PTI over phone.
NOVAVAX VACCINE 90% EFFECTIVE AT
PREVENTING COVID INFECTIONS
New delhi: Novavax’s Covid-19 vaccine is 90 per cent
effective at preventing Covid-19 illness, according to
results from a Phase 3 clinical trial. In addition to being
highly effective in preventing
Covid illness of any sever-
ity, the vaccine was 100 per
cent effective in preventing
moderate and severe disease
that required hospitalisa-
tion, revealed the study published in the New England
Journal of Medicine. It will be launched in the next six
months, SII CEO Adar Poonawalla has said.
PUNJAB GOVT
REPLACES
OFFICIATING DGP
Punjab: The Punjab
govt has appointed Sid-
dharth Chattopadhyaya
as the officiating direc-
tor general of police,
replacing an officer that
state Cong chief Navjot
Singh Sidhu wanted
removed from the top
post. The order to ap-
point Chattopadhyaya
as the officiating DGP
was issued late Thurs-
day night.
PUNE POLICE
ARRESTS MSEC
COMMISSIONER
Pune :Police has ar-
rested Tukaram Supe,
the Commissioner
of Maharashtra State
Council of Examination
(MSCE) in connection
with alleged malpractices
in the Teacher Eligibility
Test 2020, informed City
Police Commissioner
Amitabh Gupta on Friday.
“Tukaram Supe, MSCE
Commissioner was ar-
rested by the cyber cell.
New Delhi: The SC on
FridaypulleduptheKer-
ala, Rajasthan, and Ma-
harashtra govt over de-
laysincompensatingthe
families of those who
died because of COV-
ID-19.
The court also issued
notice to the Chhattis-
garh, Karnataka, and
Delhi govt, seeking addi-
tional data on the sub-
ject. In Oct the court ap-
proved the payment of
50,000 to the families of
those who died due to
Covid;thiswastobepaid
over amounts paid by
centre and state under
variousschemes.Justice
MRShahandJusticeBV
Nagarathna slammed
the “sorry state of af-
fairs” in Kerala, and
said:“
Asawelfarestateit
is their duty to pay com-
pensation to people who
have already suffered.”
Kerala has reported
nearly44,000Covid-relat-
ed deaths so far. 10,778
claims have been re-
ceived so far but only 548
have been paid out.The
Ashok Gehlot govt has
been told to file data on
claims received and, like
Kerala, verify and pay
outthoseclaimsinseven
days.Thackeraygovthas
been warned to make re-
maining payments in a
week, failing which
“very strict action” will
be taken, the court said.
Apex court unhappy over Covid dole delay
ANGRY

The Supreme
Court also issued
notice to the
Chhattisgarh,
Karnataka,
and Delhi
governments,
seeking additional
data on Covid
compensation
People have decided to vote BJP
out: U’khand ex-CM Harish Rawat
NewDelhi: The Con-
gress’s campaign head
for poll-bound Uttara-
khand Harish Rawat on
Friday said the turnout
at party leader Rahul
Gandhi’s rally here has
made it clear that the
people have decided to
vote the BJP out.
Taking a jibe at the
BJP’s poll slogan ‘’abki
baar 60 ke paar’’ (this
time we will cross 60
seats), he said this time
people will throw BJP
outof thestate.‘’Issbaar
log BJP ko 60 paar nahi,
tadi paar karenge,’’ he
said. The BJP
, which
came to power in Uttara-
khandin2017winning57
out of a total of 70 seats,
has set itself a target of
winning more than 60
seats this time. ‘’Unlike
Modi’s rally here in
which people were seen
snoringandyawningout
of boredom, the re-
sponse to Gandhi’s rally
was spontaneous with
people hearing him till
the end and leaving the
ground only after him.
‘Modi govt will complete all
projects pending for decades’
New DElhi: Modi govt
is committed to com-
pleting all the projects
pending for decades in
coming years, said Un-
ion Min for Information
and Broadcasting Anu-
rag Thakur.
He also said that the
Renukaji dam project
will benefit residents of
HP, Punjab, and Delhi
and also help in rejuve-
nation of Yamuna.
Thakur told IANS that
several projects pend-
ing for years have been
completed by the govt
and more will be com-
pleted in future. “While
approving new develop-
ment projects, the Cen-
tre provided all assis-
tance and funding to
several projects delayed
for long due lack of
funds and other rea-
sons.
The govt is commit-
ted to development and
will complete them by
providing all the neces-
sary assistance. Ninety-
nine such projects are
taken for completion by
the Modi govt,” Thakur
said. The CCEA has
also approved imple-
mentation of PMKSY
for 2021-26 with an out-
lay of Rs 93,068 crore.
Anurag Thakur
HIGHLIGHTS
Investment in infra will
definitely give good
returns: Nitin Gadkari
Mumbai: Union Min
for Road Transport and
Highways Nitin Gad-
kari on Friday ad-
dressed a National Con-
ference in Mumbai to
attract investment to
the infrastructure sec-
tor and said that such
investments will defi-
nitely give “good re-
turns.”
Addressing the Na-
tional Conference Gad-
kari said, “I once reject-
ed a tender from Reli-
ance for Mumbai-Pune
Expressway in 1995.
Everyone was upset
with me. But then, we
set up Maharashtra
State Road Development
Corporation Limited
(MSRDC).”Citingtheex-
ample of the MSRDC
project, the minister
said that it was built at
almost half the price.
Group Captain Varun Singh cremated
with full military honours in Bhopal
Bhopal: The mortal re-
mains of Group Cap-
tain Varun Singh, who
succumbed to his inju-
ries after surviving last
week’s helicopter crash
in Tamil Nadu, were
consigned to flames
with full military and
state honours in Bho-
pal on Friday
.
As the mortal re-
mains reached the cre-
mation ground, a cere-
monial guard of hon-
our was given by the
defence forces person-
nel, after which senior
officers of various ser-
vices paid their trib-
utes by laying floral
wreaths on the coffin of
the Group Captain.
Madhya Pradesh chief
minister Shivraj Singh
Chouhan and medical
education minister
Vishvas Sarang also
paid their tributes to
the decorated air war-
rior.
Wrapped in a tricol-
our, the mortal remains
were brought to the cre-
mation ground in
Bairagarh area from
the Military Hospital in
Bhopal in a flower-be-
decked army truck
with people raising slo-
gans of “Bharat mata
ki jai” and “Group Cap-
tain Varun Singh amar
rahe“.
Col (Retd) K.P. Singh, father of Group Captain Varun Singh, pays
tribute to the mortal in Bhopal, —PHOTO BY PTI
RBI board
discusses digital
currency, crypto
Mumbai: Various as-
pects relating to the
central bank digital
currency (CBDC) and
private cryptocurren-
cies came into focus at
the meeting of the cen-
tral board of the Re-
serve Bank of India on
Friday. This comes in
the backdrop of compa-
nies fearing a ban on
cryptocurrency if the
‘Cryptocurrency and
Regulation of Official
Digital Currency Bill,
2021’ is introduced and
passed by Parliament.
The industry is expect-
ing the government to
regulate cryptocurren-
cies and not ban them.
66 Indian-origin
fighters in ISIS:
US reports
CCI suspends
Amazon-Future
deal
Washington:There
were 66 known Indian-
origin fighters affiliat-
ed with the global ter-
rorist group Islamic
State, the latest US State
Department report on
terrorism has said as it
commended India’s
counterterrorism forc-
es, including the NIA,
for actively detecting
and disrupting transna-
tional and regional ter-
ror forces. The report
said that there were 66
known Indian-origin
fighters affiliated with
ISIS, as of November.
Mumbai: The coun-
try’s antitrust body on
Friday suspended Ama-
zon.com’s 2019 deal
with Future Group fol-
lowing a review of alle-
gations that the US e-
commerce giant had
concealed information
while seeking regulato-
ry approval. The un-
precedented step taken
by the Competition
Commission of India
(CCI) could have far-
reaching consequences
on Amazon’s legal bat-
tles with now estranged
partner Future.
Protests over Nagaland
deaths sore, demonstration
Kohima: Furious pro-
tests over the killing of
14 civilians in Naga-
land’s remote Mon dis-
trict earlier this month
during and after an
Army counter-insur-
gency op that went hor-
rifically wrong - have
now spread to state
capital Kohima.
The influential Naga
Students’ Federation
has organised a mas-
sive rally in the city,
which has seen thou-
sands take to the streets
to demand justice for
those who died and the
repeal of the controver-
sial AFSPA, or Armed
Forces (Special Powers)
Act. Protesters stood
with banners and plac-
ards that read “how
many times must bul-
lets be fired before re-
pealing AFSPA”They
have also demanded
Amit Shah to withdraw
a “false” and “fabricat-
ed” statement given in
Parliament on Dec 6.
Nitin Gadkari
—PICTURE FOR REPRESENTATION
Congress’s campaign head for poll-bound U’khand Harish Rawat.
Rajnath Singh and Florence
Parly in New Delhi
—FILE PHOTO

PERSPECTIVE
04
Vol 1 Issue No. 109
RNI TITLE NO. DELENG/2021/19840
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Editor-In-Chief: Jagdeesh Chandra.
Editor: Sharat K Verma
responsible for selection of news
under the PRB Act
Rajnath Singh
@rajnathsingh
Delighted to know that our Prime
Minister, Shri @narendramodi has
been accorded the highest civilian
decoration from the Govt. of Bhutan.
Congratulations to Pradhanmantriji.
India is grateful to the people of
Bhutan for this gesture. Tashi Delek to
them on their National Day.
Piyush Goyal
@PiyushGoyal
#IndiaAtDubaiExpo is a matter of
pride for every Indian. It is among
the most visited pavilions @
Expo2020Dubai. Would like to place
on record my deep appreciation for
the work done by @FICCI_India Hope
to duplicate the experiment at the
Pragati Maidan in Delhi.
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
The spirit is beyond
destruction. No one can
bring an end to spirit
which is everlasting.
—Bhagavad Gita
IN-DEPTH
CHACHA-BHATEEJA
JOIN HANDS BUT
WILL THEY FORGET
THEIR PUBLIC SPAT
TOP TWEETS
amajwadi Party
president Akhilesh
Yadav has reached
out to his estranged
uncle Shivpal Yadav
before the UP elections, a move
that will only improve his
chances against the BJP which
is riding high on Prime Minister
Narendra Modi’s blitz. The SP
and Shivpal’s Pragatisheel Sa-
majwadi Party (Lohia) have
agreed to ally for the 2022 elec-
tions. How much of the bitter-
ness still lingers between the
nephew and his uncle after the
public spat they had five years
ago is hard to guess but at this
juncture the two have put that
behind them for their political
survival. Shivpal is said to have
influence on at least 20 assembly
seats in Etawah and Mainpuri.
The split between the two came
after Akhilesh divested Shivpal
of all ministerial positions. The
gulf gradually widened and led
to Yadav votes moving away
from them in 2017.
By allying with smaller par-
ties like the RLD, SBSP and PSP,
Akhilesh Yadav is geared up for
an interesting poll battle.
S
ongress MLA KR
Ramesh Kumar’s
disgusting re-
mark that “when
rape is inevitable,
enjoy it” in the Karnataka
Assembly is highly con-
demnable. So is the laughter
by BJP MLAs, including the
Speaker, that followed the
remark which is an insult to
thousands of rape victims.
Surprisingly, no member of
the House condemned the
remark that made light of
the trauma which a rape vic-
tim undergoes. The remark
and the accompanying
laughter in the House show
utter lack of gender sensitiv-
ity in politicians across par-
ty lines. Kumar later issued
a half-hearted apology, say-
ing that he will do so only
because of the outrage his
remark had caused.
Kumar has given the BJP a
stick to beat his party with.
The sexist remark flies in the
face of Priyanka Gandhi
Vadra’s assurance to women
on their safety and 40 per
cent reservation for them in
politics. It also puts the party
on the back foot in poll-bound
Uttar Pradesh. Ideally the
MLA should resign if he
wants to save Priyanka the
blushes and also avoid weak-
ening the party’s position
against Ajay Mishra, the
MoS for Home Affairs.
A politician making mi-
sogynist remarks is not new.
Former Karnataka Pradesh
Congress Committee presi-
dent Mullapally Ramachan-
dran once came up with an
even more shocking remark
in which he reportedly said
that if a woman is “sexually
assaulted she must die as her
honour lies in her vagina”.
Ranjeet Shrivastava, BJP
MLA from Barabanki, said
in 2020 that “if no one sees
you being raped, it means
you had an affair with the
rapist”.
POLITICIANS NEED TO
BE GENDER SENSITIVE C
Kumar has given the
BJP a stick to beat his
party with. The sexist
remark flies in the face
of Priyanka Gandhi
Vadra’s assurance to
women on their safety
and 40 per cent
reservation for
them in politics
THE VALUE OF
PURPOSEFUL
SOLITUDE
ave you ever examined a tiny
flower and marvelled at its
symmetry and beauty, or
looked up at the stars and felt
awe at their magnificence?
These thoughts enhance
our appreciation for the sim-
pler things in life. We can en-
rich our mind with such
wholesome thoughts when
opportunity presents itself. It
can be calming and relaxing.
Who of us does not need to
relax? Most people sitting in
a doctor’s waiting room are
sick simply because they
have difficulties in coping
with life’s pressures.
Meditation basically
means to think or consider
quietly, soberly and deeply.
Meditating on universal prin-
ciples can help us to avoid,
reduce and deal with anxiety
.
It enables us to clear our
mind, organize our thoughts
and evaluate priorities.
Today, life is overwhelm-
ing and crowded. It moves
fast, and we need time to
evaluate the events that flash
by
. Being alone for a time, al-
lows us moments for neces-
sary reflection, a sheer pleas-
ure in itself.
Meditation is not lazy day-
dreaming or mind rambling
with helter-skelter thoughts,
but it is guided, purposeful
thinking in order to arrive at
some definite conclusion. It
improves our mind and in-
volves asking the following
questions in any situation,
“how does this affect my life?
Does it require I make adjust-
ments in my attitude and ac-
tions? Can I make a logical
prediction as to how a person
might react under such cir-
cumstances?”
Such wholesome thinking
gives us inner depth, quiet re-
serve and strength – all of
which add insight and under-
standing to our speech and be-
haviour. It also improves com-
prehension and memory
. Just
asadesignerturnsrawmateri-
als into an attractive design,
meditationenablestoassemble
facts into a coherent pattern.
The rush of events some-
times sweeps us along like a
chipof woodontheriver,with
no chance to guide or control
our course unless we put up a
struggle against the current
and work our way to a calm
pool for pause and reflection.
Byshuttingoutsoundsthat
assault the ear and blind our-
selves to sights that distract
the eye, the mind is free to
think of other things. It opens
the avenues of the mind to
new ideas, resulting in explo-
rations and creativity
.
What if our thoughts be-
come stagnant and stale? If a
room is full, more persons
cannot enter. Similarly, when
mind is occupied, new
thoughts cannot come. Feed-
ing upon information, expe-
rience and training and giv-
ing time for it to filter in,
through meditation – revives,
renews and replenishes us.
Keeping our mind on the
surface does not allow us to
see the deep thoughts. Time
and solitude are the “pick
and showel” for mining them
through contemplation.
Some feel alone when tem-
porarily, they are away from
others. Their first inclina-
tion may be to turn on the
music or television. But a
certain amount of solitude is
our basic need. It is restora-
tive and healthy
.
Forthosewhoareusuallyin
the company of others, isola-
tion can be a change and can
provide fine opportunity for
thinking.
It can help to better under-
stand our views, tendencies,
attitude, feelings, ambitions,
longings and the like. Creating
time for oneself and enjoying
one’sowncompanytoareason-
able degree promotes personal
self sufficiency
.
Proper meditation deters a
person from giving unbal-
anced or thoughtless replies.
One will avoid speaking rash-
ly
. Before talking to others, it
is best to talk to ourselves, to
soliloquize.
Such self preparation
guides our speech to refresh
and enliven others thus build-
ing warm relationships.
Reading is thinking. It in-
volves weighing and compar-
ing the ideas extracted from
the printed page. For most
people, reading is nothing but
a method of not thinking.
They immerse themselves in
popular novels and magazine
stories deriving emotional
thrills. Reading, without fo-
cus, is wasteful. The objective
is lost without proper reflec-
tion and understanding.
Persons facing difficult
situations treasure moments
to be alone in quiet, private
surroundings. It helps to re-
main calm and balanced
while facing the everyday
wear and tear of life. Think-
ing on facts, before taking a
tough decision, requires
time. Snap decisions are of-
ten regretted later.
Placing too much empha-
sis on privacy can create im-
balances that can seriously
jeopardize our wellbeing.
Solitude should be pursued
in moderation. It is a reward-
ing place to visit but a dan-
gerous place in which to re-
main. To isolate oneself too
much, runs contrary to our
basic need to associate and
communicate.
Clearly, we have many rea-
sons to engage in deep, con-
centrated thinking about im-
portant matters. It is vital to
reflect on our past experi-
ences, ponder over current
matters and thoughtfully
contemplate our future.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
H
Meditation basically
means to think or
consider quietly, soberly
and deeply. Meditating
on universal principles
can help us to avoid,
reduce and deal with
anxiety. It enables us to
clear our mind, organize
our thoughts and
evaluate priorities
Persons facing
difficult situations
treasure moments to be
alone in quiet, private
surroundings. It helps to
remain calm and
balanced while facing
the everyday wear
and tear of life
REKHA KUMAR
The writer is a personal development trainer
working with corporate and SME sector

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INDIA
05
New Delhi: Several Op-
position leaders moved
the adjournment mo-
tion notice in the Lok
Sabha and gave suspen-
sion of business notice
in the Rajya Sabha over
various issues during
the ongoing winter ses-
sion of Parliament.
Congress MP Manish
Tewari gives adjourn-
ment motion notice in
Lok Sabha to discuss
“propriety and autono-
my of EC and the inde-
pendence of institu-
tions” in wake of CEC
two Election Commis-
sioners’ interaction
with the principal sec-
retary to the PM on Nov
16, as reported in public
space.
CPI(M) MP, V Siva-
dasan gave suspension
of Business notice in
Rajya Sabha under rule
267 to discuss the pri-
vatization policies of
the Union Government
which is destroying the
public sector banks.
IUML MP Abdul Wa-
hab gave suspension of
Business Notice in Ra-
jya Sabha and demand
discussion on the pro-
posal to raise the mini-
mum age of marriage
for women from 18 to 21.
Congress MP Shak-
tisinh Gohil gave sus-
pension of business
notice in Rajya Sabha to
discuss Lakhimpur
Kheri incident and de-
mand immediate sack-
ing of MoS Home Ajay
Misra Teni. —ANI
New Delhi: Stating
that India needs evolu-
tion and not revolution,
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi stresses on
the need to preserve
heritage buildings
while moving towards
technological upgrada-
tion.
Addressing the All
India Mayors’ Confer-
ence, PM Modi said,
“We should believe in
evolution. India does
not need revolution to-
day. We don’t need to
demolish our heritage
buildings rather we
need to rejuvenate them
and move towards tech-
nological upgradation.
I want all the Mayors to
take an initiative to
bring their city to the
top of the cleanest city
list.”
The PM further sug-
gested starting beautifi-
cation competitions in
cities to promote clean-
liness and beautifica-
tion across the country
.
“Can we start a ward
beautification competi-
tion in every city? This
will promote a feeling
of cleanliness and beau-
tification across the
country. Every city
needs to set-up its own
jury,” said PM Modi.
“Most of the cities in
our country are tradi-
tional cities, developed
in a traditional way,”
added the PM. —ANI
Anita Hada
New Delhi: Mamata
Banerjee’s election
strategist Prashant
Kishor said in an inter-
view recently that the
Congress does not have
monopoly on being the
leader of the Opposi-
tion. In the same inter-
view, he said that other
Opposition parties
should also project
their leader. This had
the desired effect and
soon, NCP declared
Sharad Pawar as the
leader. However, Pawar
has been declared a
leader for decades and
has been called some-
times as Prime Minis-
ter in waiting. Recently,
he turned 81 and the
party organised a pro-
gram on this occasion,
in which Chhagan Bhu-
jbal praised him and
termed Pawar as a can-
didate for the post of
Prime Minister.
Bhujbal referred to
the formation of Maha
Vikas Aghadi Govern-
ment in Maharashtra
and termed it as a mira-
cle and said that such
miracles can be done at
the national level as
well. NCP leaders be-
lieve that if Sharad Pa-
war is given the task of
uniting the Opposition
across the country, he
will be successful. On
the other hand, Trina-
mool Congress and
Prashant Kishor want
Mamata Banerjee to
unite the opposition
across the country and
come out as the undis-
puted leader of a united
Opposition.
Although Pawar’s age
and health are not with
him, however he is not
one of those who give
up. If Nitish Kumar also
jumps into this politics
in some way in the com-
ing days, then the com-
petition will become in-
teresting. Arvind Kejri-
wal is already engaged
in getting himself rec-
ognised as the leader of
Opposition.
NCP implements what Didi’s adviser PK says!
New Delhi: Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah on Friday as-
serted that “India
will be the world’s
fastest-growing econ-
omy in 2022”.
The Home Minis-
ter, while speaking
after inaugurating
the 94th Annual Con-
ference AGM of FIC-
CI, said that India
emerged first in the
world from the ef-
fects of the Covid-19
pandemic due to the
policy decisions of
Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi.
Suggesting that In-
stitutions like FICCI
should make efforts
to increase Research
and Development
capital investment as
per policy decisions,
the Home Minister
stressed on the need
for the development
of the poor as an es-
sential move for the
improvement of the
economy
.
“Investment in
poor welfare increas-
es GDP,” said Shah,
adding “PM Modi
gave a humane face
to GDP”.
Shah later said
that the policy deci-
sions taken by PM
Modi will “make In-
dia number one in
the 100th year of in-
dependence”.
Noting many diffi-
culties, Shah said the
roots of democracy
have deepened in our
country
, and that “de-
mocracy has reached
every village”.
Shah said 17th Lok
Sabha elections were
held and people gave
Modi a chance with
full majority to run
the country
. —ANI
Prashant Kishor
INDIA NEEDS EVOLUTION: MODI
PM Narendra Modi addressing the All India Mayors’ Conference, through video conferencing, in New Delhi on Friday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Union Home Min Amit Shah speaks at annual Convention
of FICCI in New Delhi on Friday. —PHOTO BY ANI
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a
meeting with the Bharatiya Janata Party MPs from
Uttar Pradesh on Friday morning at 7, LKM in
Delhi, said sources. The meeting lasted for about
an hour, as per the sources. The Prime Minister had
earlier held a meeting with the MPs of northeastern
and southern States. Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls
are slated for early next year.
AHEAD OF UP POLLS: PM HOLDS
MEETING WITH UP BJP MPs
New Delhi: Making
an all-out effort to
revive a special part-
nership with India,
Russian President
Vladimir Putin, a fort-
night after his visit to
New Delhi, will hold
a telephonic conver-
sation with Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi on Monday.
Highly placed
sources told India
Narrative that the
call will build on the
substantial discus-
sions between the
two leaders that were
held in the ornate
Hyderabad House in
national Capital on
December 6.
Separately, Putin
is also dispatching
Russia’s Deputy
Prime Minister, Yury
Borisov, to India next
week. The sources
said that Borisov will
mainly follow-up,
and begin working
out the details on the
two-major military
agreements.
New Delhi: The Lok
Sabha was adjourned for
the day on Friday till 11
am on Monday, amid an
uproar by Opposition MPs
over the Kheri incident.
The MPs also demanded
the resignation of MoS for
Home Affairs, Ajay Mishra
Teni. Meanwhile, the
Rajya Sabha was also ad-
journed earlier on Friday
with an announcement
from the Chair to meet at
11 am on Monday. —ANI
New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha was
adjourned for the day on Friday with
an announcement from the Chairman
M Venkaiah Naidu to meet at 11 am
on Monday, citing a decision taken in
a meeting held earlier in the day with
the Government and Opposition lead-
ers. The meeting was held earlier in
the day to find a solution regarding the
uproar created in the upper house by
the Opposition parties MPs in previ-
ous days. —ANI
New Delhi: With the Centre all set to
raise the minimum marriage age of
a woman from 18 to 21, Samajwadi
Party MP Shafiqur Rahman Burq said
on Friday he will not support the Bill
for this, whenever it is brought for dis-
cussion. The reason, Burq said, is that
since ‘India is a poor country, parents
may want to marry off their daughters
at an early age.’ “We are a poor coun-
try, so many people may wish to get
their girls married at an early age.
PUTIN TO DIAL
PM MODI IN
FOLLOW-UP TO
DEC 6 SUMMIT
LS ADJOURNED
TILL MONDAY
AMID UPROAR
SC declines relief to scribe
jailed for abusive articles
RAJYA SABHA ADJOURNED
TILL 11 AM ON MONDAY
‘WILL NOT SUPPORT BILL
TO RAISE MARRIAGE AGE’
CLEAN RIVERS, MAKE CITIES
ECONOMIC HUBS: PM MODI
Calls for preserving heritage
buildings, rejuvenating them
PM suggests holding city
beautification contests, river fest
New Delhi: Citing the
new look Ganga river in
Varanasi, Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi on
Friday advocated a na-
tionwide campaign to
clean rivers and turn
cities into vibrant econ-
omies.
Addressing the All
Indian Mayors Confer-
ence virtually, Modi
also asked them to in-
clude citizens on vari-
ous platforms through
competitions related to
‘rangolis’ and recita-
tion depicting events
of India’s independ-
ence in the run up to
upcoming Republic
Day as part of ‘Azadi-
kaAmritMahotsav’. He
urged the Mayors to
take a pledge to make
their respective cities
clean and beautify
them. —Agencies
1 2
2022 will be boom
time for India’s
economy, says Shah
Adjournment motion in LS
over CEC meeting with PMO
1,185 HECTARE LAND
ACQUISITION LEFT
FOR NOIDA AIRPORT
Noida/Lucknow: Ac-
quisition of 1,185 hec-
tare of land from six vil-
lages in Jewar is re-
quired for the stage two
of the Noida Interna-
tionalAirport,UPChief
Secretary Rajendra Ku-
mar Tiwari was in-
formed on Friday
.
The land would be
used for building a third
runway, maintenance,
repair and overhaul fa-
cilities and other avia-
tion-related work at the
airport site, Tiwari was
told by project officials.
The information was
shared as Tiwari, who is
alsothechairmanof the
NoidaInternationalAir-
port Limited (NIAL), re-
viewed progress on the
greenfield project com-
ingupinGautamBuddh
Nagar district’s Jewar,
some 80 km off Delhi.
A presentation of the
Social Impact Assess-
ment (SIA) report of vil-
lages displaced due to
land acquisition for the
third runway on phase
one of the stage two of
the Noida airport was
made at the chief secre-
tary’s office in Lucknow
on Friday, according to
an official statement.
“The SIA for six vil-
lages of Karauli Bangar,
Dayanatpur, Kuraib, Ra-
nhera, Mudhrah and Vi-
rampur for expansion
(Phase-1, Stage-2) of the
NoidaInternationalAir-
port was presented be-
fore the chief secretary
.
The SIA report has been
prepared by the Gautam
Buddha University
,” the
statement read.
“He was informed in
the meeting that land is
being acquired for the
third runway, MRO
(Maintenance, Repair,
Overhaul) facilities and
aviation-relatedworkon
Phase-1 of Stage-2 of the
project,” it read. —PTI
Opposition MPs holding placards sloganeering in the Well of Lok
Sabha in New Delhi on Friday. —PHOTO BY ANI
New Delhi: A bill which
seeks to provide statu-
tory framework for
the functioning of the
National Anti-Doping
Agency (NADA) and
the National Dope Test-
ing Laboratory (NDTL)
besides strengthening
measures to tackle
drug abuse in Indian
sports was introduced
in the Lok Sabha on
Friday. The bill was
introduced by Sports
Minister Anurag
Thakur amid protests
by the Opposition over
the Kheri violence.
The bill is intended to
provide a framework
for the operation of the
National Anti-Doping
Agency. —PTI
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday
asked the Delhi High Court to decide expe-
ditiously, preferably within three months,
a petition seeking registration of FIR and
investigation against BJP leaders for alleged
hate speech at the time of Delhi riots in 2020.
A Bench of Justices L Nageswara Rao and BR
Gavai in the order said, “We request the High
Court to decide the writ petition expeditiously,
preferably within a period of three months.”
The order of the apex court came on a peti-
tion filed by three victims of the Delhi riots
complaining that the Delhi High Court was not
hearing their case. They sought direction for
the registration of a case against BJP leaders
for their alleged hate speech.
ANTI-DOPING BILL INTRODUCED IN LOK SABHA
DECIDE EXPEDITIOUSLY OVER
HATE SPEECH: SC TO DELHI HC
IN THE COURTYARD
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court on Fri-
day declined to grant
any relief to an Edi-
tor of a Kannada
weekly, awarded im-
prisonment for de-
famatory articles,
saying one month jail
was a liberal sentence
against him.
A bench of Chief
Justice NV Ramana
and Justices Surya
Kant and Hima Kohli
dismissed a petition
filed by DS Vishwana-
tha Shetty against the
Karnataka High
Court’s order, which
had only partly al-
lowed his plea and
reduced his sentence
from one year to one
month simple impris-
onment. —PTI
TOTAL 1,365
HECTARES
REQUIRED
Total 1,365 hectare
land is required for
the second stage of
the airport, of which
some land is already
in possession of
Yamuna E’way In-
dustrial Development
Authority (YEIDA).

New Delhi: Hindu-
stan Aeronautics Lim-
ited on Friday said it
has secured an order
for manufacturing, as-
sembly, integration,
testing and supply of
High Speed Expenda-
ble Aerial Target
(HEAT) System,
known as ‘ABHYAS’,
from Aeronautical De-
velopment Establish-
ment (ADE), DRDO.
Post successful com-
pletion of this initial
order, HAL said in a
statement it would be
identified as Develop-
ment-cum-Production
Partner (DcPP) for
supply of this target
system along with a
private firm (50 per
cent of the volume).
The platform is esti-
mated to have large
requirement from the
tri-services, and
DRDO laboratories for
evaluation trials of
missile programmes,
according to the Ben-
galuru-headquartered
HAL. ABHYAS was
first successfully
flight-tested in May
2019 and subsequent
evaluation trials are
being conducted by
ADE, DRDO.
“This order would
mark the beginning of
series production of
ABHYAS,” the state-
ment said.
ABHYAS is de-
signed and developed
by DRDO’s ADE, Ben-
galuru. —PTI
Kolkata: Banking op-
erations in West Ben-
gal were severely af-
fected for the second
consecutive day on
Friday as lakhs of em-
ployees and officers of
public sector lenders
continued their na-
tionwide strike to pro-
test against the Cen-
tre’s move to privatise
government-owned
banks, officials said.
Shutters of around
8,590 bank branches
and most ATMs in the
state were down dur-
ing the day as the Unit-
ed Forum of Bank Un-
ion (UFBU), an um-
brella body of nine
associations, observed
the two-day strike
from December 16.
In the Union Budget
for 2021-22 presented
in February, Finance
Minister Nirmala Si-
tharaman had pro-
posed to take up priva-
tisation of two public
sector banks.
To facilitate it, the
government has listed
the Banking Laws
(Amendment) Bill,
2021, for introduction
and passage during
the current session of
Parliament.
“Besides the two-
day strike, a series of
protest programmes
will be held if the gov-
ernment does not
withdraw the bill,” All
India Bank Officers
Confederation general
secretary said. —PTI
New Delhi: More
women getting ac-
cess to the internet
and technological re-
sources and embrac-
ing STEM education
will help strengthen
their participation in
the workforce as well
as the entrepreneuri-
al ecosystem in the
country, Nykaa
founder and CEO
Falguni Nayar said
on Friday
. —PTI
New Delhi: Trade
body Cotton Associa-
tion of India (CAI) has
estimated cotton ar-
rival for the month of
Nov at 77 lakh bales.
CAI has released the
November month ar-
rivals and the monthly
cotton balance sheet.
In its monthly bal-
ance sheet for Novem-
ber 2021, the CAI has
estimated total cotton
supply at 154.76 lakh
bales of 170 kgs each,
which consists of the
arrivals of 77.76 lakh
bales of 170 kgs each,
imports of 2 lakh bales
of 170 kgs each during
the month of Novem-
ber 2021 and Opening
Stock of 75 lakh bales
of 170 kgs each at the
beginning of the sea-
son on October 1, 2021.
Further, the CAI has
estimated cotton con-
sumption for the
months of Oct and
Nov 2021 at 55.83 lakh
bales of 170 kgs each
while export shipment
of cotton during the
months of October
and November 2021 is
estimated at 7.00 lakh
bales of 170 kgs each.
The CCI, Maharash-
tra Federation, MNCs,
Ginners, Traders and
Exchanges are esti-
mated to have a total
stock of about 35.93
lakh bales of 170 kgs
each as on Nov 30,
2021. —Agencies
BIZ BUZZ
06
Domestic air passenger
TRAFFIC PEAKS
MONTHLY NUMBER OF AIR TRAVELLERS
CROSSES 10 MILLION AFTER
20 MONTHS
Mumbai: Equity
benchmark Sensex
plummeted 889 points
on Friday, weighed by
an across-the-board
selloff amid a negative
trend in global mar-
kets and relentless for-
eign fund outflows.
The 30-share index
ended 889.40
points or
1.54% low-
er at
57,011.74. Similarly
, the
NSE Nifty plunged
263.20 points or 1.53%
to 16,985.20.
IndusInd Bank was
the top loser in the
Sensex pack, shed-
ding around 5%, fol-
lowed by Kotak Bank,
HUL, Ti-
tan, Ba-
j a j
Finserv and HDFC.
On the other hand,
Infosys, HCL Tech,
PowerGrid and TCS
were among the gain-
ers. “Indices suc-
cumbed to the relent-
less FII selling this
month as the Nifty
skid below 17K with
the IT Index being the
only exception,” said S
Ranganathan, Head of
Research at LKP Secu-
rities. Elsewhere in
Asia, bourses in
S h a n g h a i ,
Hong Kong
and Tokyo end-
ed with losses, while
Seoul was positive.
Similarly, stock ex-
changes in Europe
were also largely
trading in the red
in mid-session
deals. —PTI
HAL bags ADE-
DRDO supply
orderforABHYAS
target platform
Bank strike
continues for
second day
SENSEX SINKS
889
points New Delhi: Country’s largest
private sector lender HDFC
Bank on Friday said its MSME
book witnessed a 17%year-on-
year growth to over `13,000
crore as of September-end in
Uttar Pradesh.
As of September 30, 2021,
the Micro, Small, and Medium
Enterprises (MSME) loan
book for Uttar Pradesh stood
at `13,154 crore.
The Mumbai-headquar-
tered lender said it has offered
loans to more than 66,000 MS-
MEs so far, in the most popu-
lous state in the coun-
try
.
Under the ECLGS scheme
of the government, HDFC
Bank has disbursed advances
to over 5,950 MSME units in
the state.
The Emergency Credit Line
Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS)
was introduced during the
pandemic in May 2020, to pro-
vide financial assistance to
the companies hit by the pan-
demic, and envisaged to pro-
vide `3 lakh crore worth of
unsecured loans to MSMEs
and companies across the
country
.
The ECLGS scheme had
a September 2021 dead-
line.
—PTI
HDFC Bank’s loan book to MSMEs
crosses `13K crore in Uttar Pradesh
More women
need to embrace
STEM education,
says Nykaa CEO
UAE to open food park in Kerala 77 lakh bales cotton arrived in Nov
Trivendrum: The
UAE government has
promised to open a
state-of-the-art food
park in Kerala, Chief
Minister Pinarayi Vi-
jayan said.
Vijayan, after his
meeting with the UAE
Minister of State for
Foreign Trade, Thani
Ahmed Al Zeyoudi,
said the gulf nation
will set up three food
parks in India, and
one of them will come
up in the southern
state.
“The UAE has prom-
ised to open a state-of-
the-art food park in
Kerala. @ThaniAlZey-
oudi, the UAE Minis-
ter of State for Foreign
Trade, has said the
details would be dis-
cussed with the tech-
nical team. Thanks to
the Govt of UAE for
their immense sup-
port for Kerala’s devel-
opment,” Vijayan
tweeted.
The UAE minister
invited Vijayan to vis-
it the Dubai expo. The
CM has accepted the
invitation and said he
will be visiting the
gulf country in Febru-
ary 2022. The UAE
minister invited Vi-
jayan to visit the
Dubai expo. —PTI
Kerala CM P Vijayan meets with UAE MoS for Foreign Trade.
5G spectrum auctions
may be delayed to
July 2022
New Delhi: India’s
5G spectrum auc-
tions will likely
be delayed
again with
the TRAI
infor m-
ing the
De par t-
ment of
Telecom-
munications
that it is likely to
submit its pricing
recommendations
only in March.
Government offi-
cials say if that is the
case, then 5G auc-
tions will happen in
July and not April-
May, as earlier an-
nounced. As a
result, the
rollout of
mobile te-
lephony
services
based on
5G start-
ing from
urban pock-
ets may get pushed
into 2023. Telcos
have said that they
will take six months
to start offering 5G
services from when
the spectrum is allot-
ted. —Agencies
Bank employees participate in nationwide bank strike.
ABHYAS being flight-tested by DRDO from the ITR.
New Delhi: Around
1.05 crore domestic
passengers travelled
by air in November,
17.03% higher than the
89.85 lakh who trav-
elled in October, the
country’s aviation reg-
ulator said on Friday
.
While IndiGo car-
ried 57.06 lakh passen-
gers in November, a
54.3 % share of the do-
mestic market, Spice-
Jet flew 10.78 lakh pas-
sengers, accounting
for a 10.3% share of the
market, according to
the data shared by the
Directorate General of
Civil Aviation (DGCA).
Air India, Go First
(previously known as
GoAir), Vistara, AirA-
sia India and Alliance
Air carried 9.98 lakh,
11.56 lakh, 7.93 lakh,
6.23 lakh and 1.20 lakh
passengers, respective-
ly, in November, the
data showed.
The occupancy rate
for SpiceJet was 86.7%
in November, the
DGCA noted. The oc-
cupancy rates for In-
diGo, Vistara, Go First,
Air India and AirAsia
India were 80.5%, 77%,
78.2%, 82 % and 74.6%,
respectively
, in Novem-
ber, it added.
The aviation sector
has been significantly
impacted due to the
travel restrictions im-
posed in India and
other countries in
view of the pandemic.
The DGCA data
mentioned that in No-
vember 2021, Vistara
had the best on-time
performance of 84.4 %
at four metro air-
ports—Bengaluru,
Delhi, Hyderabad and
Mumbai.
AirAsia India and
IndiGo were at the sec-
ond and third posi-
tions at these four air-
ports in November
with 82.4% and 80.5%
on-time performance
respectively
, the DGCA
said. During the last
two years, all airlines
in India have opted for
cost-reducing meas-
ures such as pay cuts,
leave without pay and
layoffs in order to tide
over the coronavirus-
induced crisis. —PTI
IN NOVEMBER

07
NEWS
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The Uttar
Pradesh government’s
initiative to include
women self-help groups
(WSHG) to help in me-
ter reading and bill col-
lection has now turned
into an inspiring story
of how women trans-
formed and how this
State Rural Livelihood
Mission transformed
the lives of women.
Members of WSHGs as
‘Bijli Sakhis’ have com-
pleted collection of pow-
er bills worth over Rs
62.50 crore from rural
areas of the state.
Anita Kumar, a resi-
dent of gram panchayat
Bhasaun in Auraiya is
one of the many wom-
en, who became a part
of WSHG, engaged as
‘Bijli Sakhi’. She had to
leave her studies due to
the poor financial con-
dition. After that, she
joined the self-help
group running in the
village and started
working as a Vidyut
Sakhi (Bijli Sakhi)
since last December.
Due to social disregard,
she had to leave work in
the middle but with the
support of her family
she continued her work.
“It was only when I
had started working I
felt confident, self-reli-
ant, I am earning Rs
8000-9000 per month and
able to support my fam-
ily
.” says Anita Kumari.
The state govern-
ment’s initiative to
empower women
and help them gen-
erate extra income
by engaging them
in the collection of
electricity bill pay-
ments from the ru-
ral residents at
their doorsteps is
paying off.
Women in bill collection: Game changer in rural Uttar Pradesh
EM-POWERING
lll
Bijli Sakhi
helping rural
women; 5395
active
members
have done bill
collection
work worth
`62.50 crore
UPPCL POWERS WSHGS FOR BILL COLLECTION
Under the instructions of UP CM Yogi Adityanath, the
Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) had
signed an agreement with the National Rural Livelihood
Mission across UP to allow SHGs to collect bill pay-
ments from the citizens at their doorsteps. At present,
73 cluster level associations have been registered on
the portal of UPPCL. A total of 15310 WSHG members
have been selected for this, out of which 5395 active
members have done bill collection work worth Rs
62.50 crore. By far Bijli Sakhis’ have generated a total
commission of Rs 90.74 lakh.
On average, a monthly income of Rs 3000 to 5000 and even
more is being earned per woman from bill collection.
Channi slams BSP leadership for
‘selling’ party to Shiromani Akali Dal
First India Bureau
Jalandhar: Punjab CM
Charanjit Singh Chan-
ni on Friday said Bahu-
jan Samaj Party (BSP)
leadership has back-
stabbed the Schedule
Caste brethren by sell-
ing the party to Shirom-
ani Akali Dal (SAD).
Addressing the gath-
ering during state level
function to mark devel-
opment of the district
at grain market here,
the Punjab CM Channi
said BSP no longer rep-
resents ideology of
Babu Kanshi Ram,
which aimed at empow-
ering the SC brethren.
He said BSP has sold 15
of the total 20 seats al-
lotted to them to Akali
Dal. He said the BSP
leadership has made it-
self a slave of SAD.
AAP launches ‘Nawan ate Sunehra Punjab’ for new
and golden track of growth in state as mission 2022
Chandigarh: The Aam
Aadmi Party launched
its new election cam-
paign ‘Nawaan Ate
Sunehra Punjab’ for
Mission 2022. AAP Su-
premo Arvind Kejriwal
announced his new
campaign by releasing a
video on Friday
. Kejri-
wal called upon the peo-
ple of Punjab to come
together in this mission
for the progress and
prosperity of the state
and also issued a missed
call number 7070 23 7070
to join the campaign.
Addressing the peo-
ple of Punjab, Kejriwal
said, “Punjab is the land
of Gurus. Punjabi are
very good and hard-
working people. Yet the
condition of the state is
very bad. Due to the cor-
rupt policies of the pre-
vious governments,
leaders of traditional
parties together looted
and ruined Punjab.”
Now only the people of
Punjab can change Pun-
jab. Referring to Punjab
policy, Kejriwal said,
“Enough politics has
been done, so no more
politics, we’ll focus on
‘Punjabaniti’ only
.”
“Today, we are start-
ing our mission ‘Nawan
ate Sunehra Punjab’ for
the prosperity and pro-
gress of Punjab. This
mission ill connect 3
crore Punjabis irrespec-
tive of caste, religion
and gender. By con-
necting everyone
together we will
create brother-
hood, peace
and harmony
in Punjab.”
K e j r i w a l
added.
CONG HAS TRAMPLED ON THE
MANDATE OF PEOPLE: MANN
Chandigarh: AAP’s
Punjab Prez Bhagwant
Mann accused the
Congress govt of being
disrespectful towards
the mandate given by
the people of Punjab
in 2017 and said that
no promise made to
the people are fulfilled.
The Cong party has
no further moral right
to seek votes. Mann
said that Congressmen
had not done any-
thing in Punjab in last
five years apart from
debauchery, mafia rule
and their internal strife.
That is why today 75%
of Punjab, belonging
to different sections,
is staging strikes on
roads, water tanks and
towers. He said it while
addressing a press
conference at the party
HQ on Friday.
We are start-
ing our mis-
sion ‘Nawan
ate Sunehra Punjab’
for the prosperity of
Punjab. This will
connect 3 cr Punjab-
is together.
—Arvind Kejriwal, Delhi CM Punjab CM Channi shows off sword as victory symbol at a gathring on Friday.
‘UPNEEDSRAMRAJYANOTSAMAJWAD’
UP CM Yogi says that people in state wants BJP’s Ram Rajya
for them and not SP’s perverted socialism and communism
First India Bureau
Lucknow: With Uttar
Pradesh fast heading
toward bipolar contest
in 2022, the UP CM Yogi
Adityanath, targeting
main rival Samajwadi
Party, said the country
needed “Ram Rajya”
and not Samajwad (so-
cialism) or Samyawad
(communism).
In view of the BJP ag-
gressively pursuing
hard “Hindutav” agen-
da in the run up to the
crucial assembly elec-
tion the UP CM has
been carrying out exer-
cise to sharpen attack
on SP’s socialism by in-
voking “Ram Rajya”.
Even though “social-
ism” finds mention in
the country’s Constitu-
tionandtheprogramme
and policies of the NDA
govt also reflected it,
the CM, while speaking
in the state assembly
after announcing some
populist schemes, said
“the country neither
needs socialism nor
communism, this coun-
try wants Ram Rajya,
which means the one
which is everlasting,
universal and eternal
and not affected by cir-
cumstances.”
“We are making UP
free from poverty, cor-
ruption, communalism,
and casteism. UP is on
its way to becoming
Ram Rajya,” he said.
Yogi also used the occa-
sion to attack SP chief
Akhilesh Yadav, though
without naming him,
for his Jinnah remark.
The CM said SP’s social-
ism represented “pari-
varvad” (dynastic so-
cialism), Mafiavadi
(Mafia socialism), Ara-
jaktavadi (anarchist so-
cialism) Dangawadi
(riot socialism) and
atankwadi samajwad
(terrorist socialism).
Recalling the Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi’s “Red Cap” com-
ment, Yogi said “people
take Samajwad as red
alert now”. Interest-
ingly while running
down SP’s Samajwad,
Yogi eulogised Dr Ram
Manohar Lohia- a hard-
core socialist and an
icon of the SP. Yogi said
PM Narendra Modi had
realised dream of so-
cialist leader Lohia.
Yogi said “Lohia had
said that true socialist
would stay away from
property and progeny”.
KASHI IS NEW MODEL OF URBAN GROWTH, SAYS
YOGI AS PM MODI HAILS CITY’S DEVELOPMENT
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh
Chief Minister Yogi Adi-
tyanath said on Friday
that Kashi is an ideal ex-
ample of amalgamation
of India’s rich tradition
and a modernity, which
every city of the country
should aspire for, thanks
to PM Narendra Modi’s
vision and efforts. Yogi
said this as PM Modi on
Friday urged mayors to
work towards cleanli-
ness and beautifica-
tion of the towns and
cities they represented
while promoting local
products and preserv-
ing its heritage. The PM
was addressing mayors
virtually at the All India
Mayors’ Conference
held in Kashi. Speaking
on this occasion Yogi
said: “Seven years ago,
Kashi was much differ-
ent from what it appears
now. The lanes seven
years ago were narrow
and dirty while live elec-
tric wires hanging lose
from the poles, posed
risk to the people’s lives
in almost every locality.
It’s a transformed city
because of honourable
PM’s efforts.” He further
added that Kashi has
set new standards of de-
velopment. He also em-
phasised the importance
of having an Integrated
Command Centre for
Traffic Management in
the city.
“UP is on
its way to
becoming
Ram Rajya by get-
ting free from pov-
erty, corruption
and casteism. SP’s
socialism repre-
sented “parivar-
vad” , Mafiavadi ,
Arajaktavadi,
Dangawadi and
atankwadi sama-
jwad. People take
Samajwad as red
alert now.”
—YogiAdityanath, UPCM
BJP DO NOT
KICK THEIR
ELDERS:YOGI
‘UP TOPS IN
CUSTODIAL
DEATHS’
Lucknow: Refer-
ring to tussle within
Yadav family and
subsequent depar-
ture of Shivpal Yadav
from the SP in 2016,
the UP CM Yogi said
that “the BJP leaders
do not kick their
elders out of homes
like some political
leaders, who have
evicted their own
father and uncle not
only from their po-
litical outfit but also
their own house”.
Lucknow: Sama-
jwadi Party chief
Akhilesh Yadav
on Friday alleged
that UP CM Yogi
Adityanath led
government has
taken Uttar Pradesh
to top position
in the country in
custodial deaths,
hunger index and
farmer suicides. Ad-
dressing the people
here, Yadav said,
“Those who claim to
make Uttar Pradesh
number one in the
country have actu-
ally taken it to the
top position in cus-
todial deaths, hun-
ger index, farmer
suicides, in selling
public enterprises
and banks and in
burying cows alive.
Can anyone imaging
that live cows can
be buried?”Further
stating that there is
no ‘Ease of Doing
Business’ in Uttar
Pradesh, the former
chief minister said
that there is ‘Ease
of Doing Crime’
instead. —ANI
Congress continues
agitation for removal
of MoS Ajay Mishra
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The UP Con-
gress continued its agi-
tation demanding dis-
missal of Union Minis-
ter of State for Home
Ajay Mishra alias Teni
for the alleged involve-
ment of his son Ashish
Mishra in the killings
of farmers in Lakhim-
pur Khiri on October 3.
The Cong workers
taking out protest
march under the leader-
ship of UPCC Ajay Ku-
mar Lallu released
black balloons near
state assembly. Assert-
ing that the stir would
continue till the remov-
al of MoS Mishra, the
Cong chief said action
against him is neces-
sary for free and fair
trial in the case. The
leader of legislature
party Aradhna Mishra
Mona said minister’s
continuation had given
boost to moral of the
criminals. Lallu said
the top BJP leadership
had been protecting the
MoS Mishra. He said
the misbehaviour with
journalists the other
day in Khiri indicated
that Ajay Mishra did
not deserve to be a min-
ister.
Lallu said Congress
leader Rahul Gandhi
and AICC general secre-
tary Priyanka Gandhi
have promised to en-
sure justice to the vic-
tims families in Khiri
and the stir would con-
tinue till the comple-
tion of the demand.
Congress MLAs protest outside
Lucknow assembly by blowing
up black balloons on Friday.
—PHOTO BY SUMIT KUMAR
Congress MLAs sits outside Lucknow assembly demanding dismissal
of Union MoS for Home Ajay Mishra Teni.
Ram Rajya is everlasting universal and eternal says Yogi. —FILE PHOTO
SIDHU PUT OUT EMPLOYMENT
Chandigarh: Punjab
Congress President
Navjot Singh Sidhu on
Friday announced Pun-
jab Urban Employment
Guarantee Mission and
said that his model
of development will
guarantee that every
person in the urban
area will have the right
to be employment
even Unskilled labour.
Interacting with media
at Punjab Congress
Bhawan here on Friday
PCC chief Navjot Singh
Sidhu said his model
will work on the pat-
tern of that of MNRE-
GA for rural, had been
grand vision of Cong
that brought millions
out of poverty. Urban
Employment Guar-
antee Mission will be
focused on eradicating
Urban poverty.
SP Chief Akhilesh Yadav
Arvind Kejriwal
CM Yogi with PM Modi in Kashi

First India Bureau
Chandigarh: Haryana
CM Manohar Lal Khat-
tar has said that a de-
tailed plan has been pre-
pared to deal with the
problem of water-log-
ging in the state.
A special scheme
would be started by the
end of December and a
dedicated portal for the
same would be launched
in January
. The State
Governmenthasplanned
todealwiththisproblem
on a large scale.
Khattarsaidthiswhile
replying to a question
raised on the first day of
the winter session of the
Haryana Vidhan Sabha
on Friday
. The CM said
that the problem of wa-
ter-logging is not new to
the state, a large area is
affected due to this.
On the first day of the
Session, obituary reso-
lutions were passed to
pay tributes to those
prominentpersonalities
who passed away since
previous session.
08
2NDFRONT
Your pocket can be filled in a
hundred ways, just don’t let it be
your integrity.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
First India Bureau
Lucknow: A high-level
team led by Kanubhai
Desai Minister for Fi-
nance, Energy Petro-
chemicals, Gujarat,
held a roadshow in Luc-
know on Friday as part
of the forthcoming Vi-
brant Gujarat Global
Summit (VGGS) 2022 in
January
.
The summit is sched-
uled from January 10 to
12, 2022. The Minister
was accompanied by
PrincipalSecy
,Energy
Petrochemicals Depart-
ment Mamta Verma.
Addressing a meet-
ing, the minister said
the country had regis-
tered remarkable socio-
economic development
under the leadership
PM Narendra Modi and
evolved into a dynamic
country with a strong
standing across the
world.Desai cited the
initiatives undertaken
by the Centre that
would have a far-reach-
ing impact on India’s
future. They include
the Prime Minister’s
GatiShatki Master
Plan, Production-
Linked Incentive (PLI)
scheme, transparent
and predictable tax sys-
tem, reducing compli-
ance burden, Ease of
Doing Business and
Ease of Living and
Make in India.
The VGGS was con-
ceptualized in 2003 un-
der the leadership of
Narendra Modi (the
then CM of Gujarat).
Ever since, the Summit
has emerged as a global
forum for business net-
working, knowledge-
sharing and strategic
partnerships for inclu-
sive socio-economic de-
velopment. Desai said
the PM will inaugurate
the Summit on January
10, at Gandhinagar, Gu-
jarat, in the presence of
dignitaries from India
and abroad, ministers
from the Government
of India, global and In-
dian business heads
and thought leaders.
In 2020, the PM had
given the clarion call for
“
Aatmanirbhar Bharat”
to leverage India’s
strengths, skills and ca-
pabilitiesforgalvanizing
the country to become
self-reliant.TheMinister
pointed out that the
theme of summit is
‘From Aatmanirbhar
Gujarat to Aatmanirb-
har Bharat’. In its 75th
year of Independence in
2022, as India celebrates
the Azadi Ka Amrit Ma-
hotsav, Gujarat is com-
mitted to realizing the
PM’s vision of an Aat-
manirbhar Bharat.
Team led by Guj minister meets top industrialists in Lucknow
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Vice Presi-
dent M Venkaiah Naidu
on Friday welcomed
Vuong Dinh Hue, Chair-
man, National Assem-
bly of the Socialist Re-
public of the Vietnam
and other members of
the Parliamentary Del-
egation of Vietnam.
Welcoming the delega-
tion, Naidu said under
the leadership of Vuong
Dinh Hue, the National
Assembly of Vietnam is
playing an important
roleinshapingVietnam’s
COVID-19 responses.
Recalling his visit to
Vietnam in 2019 to at-
tend the International
Vesak Day celebration,
Naidu stated that dur-
ing his visit, he ob-
served the rich influ-
ence of Buddhism in
the daily life of the peo-
ple of Vietnam which
had truly enriched the
way of life of people
and also acting as a
strong connecting link
between the two cul-
tures and societies.
Speaking on the bilat-
eralcooperationbetween
the two countries, Naidu
said that Vietnam is an
important pillar of In-
dia’s Act East Policy and
a key partner for Indo-
Pacific Vision. He was
elated to note that India-
Vietnam's bilateral en-
gagements have diversi-
fied across a wide-range
of areas of cooperation
from political exchanges
to defence partnership,
trade, commerce and in-
vestment relations.
Speaking on Parlia-
mentary cooperation
between the two coun-
tries, Naidu said that
India-Vietnam Parlia-
mentary Friendship
Groups in the respective
Parliaments have been
contributingtostrength-
en bilateral cooperation
between two countries.
Reflecting on the visit
of Nguyen Thi Kim
Ngan, the then Chair-
person of Vietnamese
National Assembly in
December 2016, Naidu
highlighted that a Coop-
eration Agreement was
signed between the Lok
Sabha and the Vietnam-
ese National Assembly
for strengthening par-
liamentary coopera-
tion.
Water-logging problem
to be over soon: Khattar
Vietnam an important pillar of
India’s Act East Policy: Naidu
Says economic coop an important pillar
under the Comprehensive Strategic
Partnership between India Vietnam
Naresh Sharma
Dr Rituraj Sharma
Jaipur: Rajasthan
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot has said that
good governance has
beenthebasicmantraof
the state government.
“Inthecomingtimes,we
will widen the scope of
Good Governance. Our
main focus will be on
speedy service delivery,
increasingtransparency
in government work,
minimizing human in-
terventionthroughmax-
imum use of IT and im-
provingworkingstylein
offices,” Gehlot said
while discussing good
governance and better
service delivery to the
common man with sen-
ior officers of all depart-
ments in the conference
hall of the Govt Secre-
tariat on Friday
.
He said despite all the
challengesincludingCo-
ronapandemic,econom-
ic constraints and other
natural calamities, the
State Government took
more than one welfare
decisions and imple-
mented them with full
commitment. “70 per-
cent of the promises of
the Public Manifesto
were realized on the
ground and out of 1695
budget announcements
made in the last three
years,1473i.e.87percent
of the announcements
have been implemented.
Thestrengthwithwhich
our government faced
the crisis of Corona has
been appreciated all
over the country
. I am
happy that like other
sections, the bureaucra-
cy of the state also took
Rajasthan forward by
working with full dedi-
cation in adverse condi-
tions. All the officers
should work with full
devotion with their ex-
perience and service
spirit so that our resolve
of good governance is
fully realized,” he said.
Speaking about the
Chief Minister Chiran-
jeevi Swasthya Bima Yo-
jana, Mahatma Gandhi
English Medium School
Scheme and Udaan Yoja-
na along with all the flag-
shipschemesof theState,
gehlot stressed, “These
schemes of the Govern-
ment are big steps to-
wards improving the
standardof living,health
security and quality edu-
cation of the common
man.Effectiveimplemen-
tation of these schemes
should be ensured till the
grassrootlevel.Whenthe
officersgotothedistricts,
takethefeedbackof these
schemes on the ground
and review them. Also,
theyshouldbegivenwide
publicity
.”
He said that registra-
tion of every family
shouldbeensuredunder
Chiranjeevi Bima Yoja-
na. “With the thought of
change in the field of
education, the govern-
ment has opened Ma-
hatma Gandhi English
MediumSchool.Eligible
teachers should be se-
lected in these schools,
basicfacilitiesshouldbe
made available and stu-
dent-teacher ratio
should be taken care of.
The State Government
is going to organize an
important event in the
formof InvestRajasthan
Summit to promote in-
dustries in the State.
Make it successful with
full coordination of the
concerneddepartment,”
he said, further adding,
“Many times illiterate
peopleareunabletotake
advantage of govern-
ment schemes due to
lack of awareness. It
should be our goal to
reach such people with
full sensitivity
.”
Scope of good governance will be widened in Raj: CM Gehlot
L-R: Raj CM Ashok Gehlot, Niranjan Arya, Kuldeep Ranka Subodh Agarwal during review meeting.
DRAFTPLANPROPOSESTOREDUCENCRREGION
New Delhi: The Na-
tional Capital Region
Planning Board (NCR-
PB)inits‘DraftRegion-
al Plan 2041’ has pro-
posed to limit the NCR
regionto100-kmradius
from Rajghat in Delhi
for more “focused” and
“sustainable” develop-
ment of the region.
‘The Draft Regional
Plan 2041’ also said
that beyond 100 km ra-
dius and up to the ex-
isting NCR boundary,
linear corridors will
be developed which
will cover areas falling
within one km from
expressways, national
highways, state high-
ways and regional
rapid transit system.
Thiswillpavewayfor
focuseddevelopmentof
areasfallingalongthese
corridors, it said.
‘The Draft Regional
Plan 2041’ was put in
public domain on
Thursday and sugges-
tionsorobjectionshave
beeninviteduntilJanu-
ary 7 thereafter, it will
benotifiedbytheboard.
The NCRPB has giv-
en in-principle approv-
al to the ‘Draft Region-
al Plan 2041’ in its
meeting on October 12
this year. —PTI
Khattar reading obituary resolutions on the first day of Winter
Session of Haryana Assembly.
Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu at a function in New Delhi, on Friday.
UP Minister Satish Mahana (2nd from L) with Gujarat Minister Kanubhai Desai (C) and others.
Bro in arms: BJP announces
tie-up with Capt for Pb polls
Shashikant Sharma
New Delhi: In what can
be termed as the first
tactical success of Jodh-
pur MP and Union Min-
ister Gajendra Singh
Shekhawat, a new alli-
ance came to light on
Friday ahead of Punjab
elections as BJP ex-
Punjab CM Captain Am-
arinder Singh’s party
Punjab Lok Congress
announced a coalition.
On Friday, Singh
called on the BJP’s Pun-
jab incharge Shekhawat
at his residence in New
Delhi.Afterthemeeting,
they officially an-
nounced alliance be-
tween the two parties.
“Today, I want to
make it clear that the
BJP and Amarinder
Singh will contest as-
sembly elections in Pun-
jab together and we are
working together,”
Shekhawat told the me-
dia, Singh by his side.
Singh too announced
the alliance on Twitter
posting a photo of both
theCaptainandShekha-
wathugging.Shekhawat
said details of seat-shar-
ing will be announced at
an “appropriate time”.
Interestingly, the duo
maintained that the alli-
ance in itself a ‘face’,
which means parties
will not project a CM
face, at least as of now.
Furthermore, Captain
stressed that no party
stands near it.
Meanwhile political
observers believe out
of 117 seats in Punjab,
BJP will filed its candi-
dates on 80 seats while
Captain’s PLC will get
20 seats and the remain-
ing going to Akali Dal’s
kitty
.
Gajendra Singh Shekhawat Captain Amarinder Singh.

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ife changes every
decade though we
hardly perceive the
changes when they
are happening be-
cause we have devel-
oped a habit of living
either in past or imagining a
future. Living in present is
being considered somewhat
sacrilegious to the so-called
religio-historical revival plan
of many powerful people.
People are getting involved in
acrimonious debates over the
lives of long dead people and
their deeds forgetting that
they themselves are wasting
their own times this way,
thereby, missing and messing
opportunities to contribute
something positive to society
and country at this very criti-
cal juncture. As far as remote
past and unknown future is
concerned, most of the as-
sumptions of common people
border to plain naivety or
even stupidity and is not good
for mental and emotional
health. War, pandemic, fam-
ine, floods and technology
significantly change human
lifestyle by impacting the
ways we work for our liveli-
hood and rise in living stand-
ards.
Recent Covid19 pandemic
along with skyrocketing of-
fice space expenses are push-
ing corporates to move their
employees towards work
from home ( WFH) model and
small office home office (
SOHO) idea has become a re-
ality for many people. SOHO
has its advantages and disad-
vantages. A person now re-
mains in close contact with
family but misses the social
interaction and learning po-
tential of office environment,
WFH is leading to monotony,
lethargy and boredom though
improving financial health a
bit by saving on fuel and oth-
er expenses related to com-
muting which, though, ap-
pears to be a temporary phe-
nomenon as the rising elec-
tric bill may square it off
when using air conditioning
at home. So, the overall gain
to an employee working from
home is not very significant.
If we leave aside all these
points, it has become a matter
of importance that a large
number of people are either
working at office or at home
and are sitting on a chair for
a long period of time, so much
so that at an average you
spend about 2000 hours annu-
ally on a chair if you work for
five days a week but it has
been seen that employers
have become greedy to the ex-
tent of becoming exploitative
because they are sending
mails and messages even af-
ter normal office hours and
forcing the employees to re-
spond immediately. It is be-
cause of these circumstances
that you need a real good
chair to save your future pos-
ture and health. A good ergo-
nomic chair is very comfort-
able and improves your pro-
ductivity. It is but an expen-
sive chair with price ranging
from Rs. 50,000 to Rs. 1,60,000!
Work from home is quite
monotonous which makes
you languish. A cup of well
made coffee can lift your spir-
it and improve your concen-
tration, mood, memory and
reaction time. Go for an arti-
sanal coffee brand. Your
SOHO should also have some
office plants like English Ivy,
snake plants, spider plants
and aloe vera. Love them,
watch them, and in no time
you should feel the difference
as the habit grows within
you. Also buy a large beauti-
ful painting and study it
whenever you are a bit at lei-
sure and see the colours com-
ing alive. Lighting at the work
place is very important, it
should not be too bright or too
dim. A desk lamp with USB
connection can be comforta-
ble and easily adjustable and
should be supplemented with
an overhead light source for
general illumination of the
room. Florescent lights are a
big no for offices.
And finally, young genera-
tion is getting a fat salary
cheque but the working
hours are unpredictable and
unscientific. This lifestyle
keeps a person alive but takes
away many beautiful things
of life out of human experi-
ence because of this continu-
ous involvement in office
work. The society as a whole
had to awaken one day to ask
for rationalization of work-
ing hours. We should take
note of what somebody has
rightly said “ work alone is
not life, it is only a slice not
the whole pizza”.
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LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
Someone close may pay
you a visit and brighten
your day .You will get the
opportunity to acquire new
property at a good price. Health may
become a concern. Think twice before
investing in anything big. A healthy
debate with someone in the knowns is
likely to open up your mind.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
Praise of a family member
by someone will make you
proud. Getting unwell due
to changing weather
cannot be ruled out for some. You
may need to monitor your finances
closely. You are likely to win the day
on the professional front by your
original ideas.
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
Your initiative will help
mend fences with someone
you were not in talking
terms. Academic pursuits
will be fruitful. Taking up a regular
fitness routine will help you get into
shape. Increase in household
expenditure is possible, so take all
steps to cut it down.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
You may find it difficult to
convince a family member
regarding something you
want to achieve. Clarity of
mind and retentive power will help you
forge ahead on the academic front.
Some of you can safely say goodbye to
depression, as positivity enters your
life once again.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
Positive steps may be
required to be taken to
restore perfect health. It
will be in your interest to
speed up a financial transaction. You
will come out with flying colours in a
competitive situation on the
academic front. Appreciation for the
work done on the professional front.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
A new health routine may
start giving health benefits
right away. You gel well with
a new acquaintance.
Opportunities to further your career
will come only if you make efforts.
Self-discipline may help you achieve
peak physical fitness. Financial scene is
likely to stabilise once you review.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
A new plot, house or
apartment can be acquired
by some.Be more assertive
in dealing with workplace
issues, otherwise you can be taken
for granted by others. Joining an
online exercise routine is indicated
and will prove beneficial. Luck
favours you on the academic front.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
Your performance may
leave you feeling good
today on professional or
academic front. A diet plan
adopted recently will suit your
system well. Maintain confidentiality
regarding a property deal being
negotiated by you. A chance for an
outing with lover finally arrives.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
Do not misunderstand the
motives of someone trying
to help you. A friendly bet
with a friend or a colleague
may turn into a fight, so be careful.
Will power, will be your key to remain
in shape. An exciting time lies ahead
as travelling with friends is foreseen.
You are set to grow professionally.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
Getting quality time at
home will help in focussing
on activities that appeal to
you. Your efforts at work
will be richly rewarded by getting
noticed by those who matter. A
balanced diet will be the first step in
achieving good health, so stick to it.
Help people out as much as you can.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
Things are likely to move
favourably on the
professional front. Health
may become a concern. You
will need to muster all your persuasive
powers to swing a deal in your favour.
Good negotiating skills are likely to
bring a lucrative deal within your grasp
on the professionally.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
Some of you may feel the
home environment serene
and restful. There is a fair
chance of some property
getting allotted to you. Good
opportunities are likely to appear.
Good health is assured through own
efforts. A healthy bank balance will
allow you to buy a major item.
YOUR
DAY
Horoscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
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to be with someone
you love. This mani-
fests in the romance
between the main
characters, Anne
Elliot and Captain
Wentworth. It dis-
plays Austen’s ma-
turity ih her style of
writing. Persuasion
is the most lyrical and most romantic
work. —MANISHA RAMCHANDANI
JANE AUSTEN’S PRIDE
AND PREJUDICE
Contributing to the classic style of
literature, this novel recites the love
story of Elizabeth
Bennet and Mr Dar-
cy, both of whom
have to conquer
their prejudices,
pride and biases to
make things work
between them. The
book is an absolute
pleasure to read for
someone who is
really into 19th Century mannerisms
and prose. —AYUSH KHANDAL
CHARLOTTE BRONTE’S
JANE EYRE
The novel trails the story of Jane, a
seemingly pure and modest girl as
she battles through
life’s skirmishes.
Jane Eyre is a novel
that has a story
of a girl’s quest
for her autonomy.
Although a Victorian
novel, the themes
appear to be rather
contemporary. The
struggle of a wom-
an’s individuality is always contempo-
rary. —DHRUV SHARMA
VIRGINIA WOOLF’S TO
THE LIGHTHOUSE
This literature recollects memoirs of
childhood passions and highlights ma-
ture relationships.
Amid the novel’s
many figures, it
talks about loss,
subjectivity, the
nature of aestheti-
cism and difficulties
of perception. The
book carries the
struggle to obtain
Female autonomy
which is built upon the fundamentals
of patriarchy. —SHREEYA KHEMKA
CLASSIC LITERATURE
CLASSIC LITERATURE
PARTH
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