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GetBundelkhandexpresswayreadybyDec31:Yogi
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Chief Minis-
ter Yogi Adityanath on
Monday reviewed the
phase-wise progress of
the Bundelkhand Ex-
pressway project. Dur-
ing the review, the Chief
Minister directed the of-
ficials to complete the
constructionof themain
carriageway at the earli-
est and make the ex-
pressway operational by
31st December 2021. The
Chief Minister instruct-
ed the district magis-
trates of the districts
falling under Bun-
delkhand Expressway
project to give full coop-
eration to the project.
TheChief Ministerin-
structed the officials to
identify land for estab-
lishing industrial corri-
dors/clusters on both
sides of Bundelkhand
Expressway and begin
work on the same at the
earliest. He further di-
rected the officials to en-
sure installation of sig-
nage and boards along
the expressway
. The
Chief Minister during
the meeting saw a pres-
entation showing the
progress made in the
construction of Bun-
delkhand Expressway
and also reviewed its
‘Road Anthem’.
Awanish Kumar
Awasthi, Chief Execu-
tive Officer of UPEIDA,
during the presentation
informed the Chief Min-
ister that the Bun-
delkhand Expressway
willbethesafestexpress-
way in the country and
willbeconstructedinthe
shortest possible time.
The meeting was at-
tended by Industrial De-
velopment Minister Sat-
ish Mahana, Chief Sec-
retary RK Tiwari.
EXPRESS INSTRUCTIONS
CM Yogi, UPEIDA CEO Awanish Kumar Awasthi, Industrial Development Minister Satish Mahana,
CS RK Tiwari, Infrastructure Development Commissioner Sanjeev Kumar Mittal, ACS to CM, SP
Goyal, Principal Secy, Public Works, Nitin Ramesh Gokarn, Secy to CM, Alok Kumar, and other senior
officials at the meeting.
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Omicron of ‘high’ global risk,
world must prepare: WHO
New Delhi: Theheavily
mutated Omicron coro-
navirus variant is likely
to spread international-
ly and poses a very high
risk of infection surges
that could have “severe
consequences” in some
places, the World Health
Organization (WHO)
said on Monday
.
No Omicron-linked
deaths had yet been re-
ported, though further
research was needed to
assess its potential to es-
cape protection against
immunity induced by
vaccines and previous
infections, it added.
SC Pegasus panel asks
petitioners to submit
devices for ‘evaluation’
New Delhi: A three-
member panel consti-
tuted by the Supreme
Courttolookintoallega-
tions of snooping by the
governmentusingIsrae-
li company NSO’s soft-
ware Pegasus is learnt
to have sent out mails to
the petitioners asking
them to submit their
personal devices for
“technical evaluation”.
Thecommitteehas,in
the mail, stated that the
petitioners would also
be given the option of
“making submissions
under oath” before the
retired Supreme Court
judgeJusticeRVRaveen-
dran-led panel. The mail
mentions that the devic-
es, where the Pegasus
software was allegedly
installed.
CORONA CATASTROPHE
UP
INDIA
8,309
new cases
236
new fatalities
05
new cases
00
new fatalities
PLAN READY TO VACCINATE 44 CRORE
CHILDREN, SAYS COVID PANEL CHIEF
New Delhi: With the emergence of new COVID-19
variant ‘Omicron’, COVID-19 task force chairman Dr NK
Arora said that a comprehensive policy on the booster
and additional doses of COVID-19 vaccine will be an-
nounced in two weeks. He also said that a plan has been
developed to vaccinate over 44 crore children. Children
are our most important asset and we have developed a
comprehensive plan for their immunising,” Arora added.
THAROOR’S SELFIE, THEN SORRY!
OUR EDITIONS:
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3 FARM LAWS
3 FARM LAWS DONE AND DUSTED!
DONE AND DUSTED!
Lok Sabha, Rajya
Sabha pass Repeal Bill
without discussion
‘Fencesitter’ Opposition watches
as Modi govt throws Farm Bills in
and out of Parliament at great pace
Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh
Singh took up the Farm Laws Repeal Bill
2021 to be passed through a voice vote.
The Opposition protested but the protests were
ignored and the bill was passed. The House was
immediately adjourned for 30 minutes after it
1
Harivansh also did not even allow Leader of
Opposition in the House Mallikarjun Kharge
to speak before Union Minister Narendra
Singh Tomar could move the motion to pass the
bill, to which certain Union Ministers objected.
However, later Kharge was allowed to speak
2
Mohd Fahad/Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: The Farm
Laws Repeal Bill, 2021,
was passed in the Rajya
Sabha on Monday, the
first day of Winter Ses-
sion of the Parliament.
amid a ruckus by Oppo-
sition parties who
sought a discussion on
the bill. The bill was
passed earlier during
the day in the Lok Sab-
ha without any discus-
sion and similar uproar.
This is the first time
that a bill has been
passed by both houses
on the same day
.
The bill was tabled in
the upper House of Par-
liament by Agriculture
Minister Narendra
Tomar. Urging the Op-
position parites to coop-
erate, Union minister
Pralhad Joshi earlier
said there was enough
discussion on the issue
when they were passed
in Parliament.
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT SCARED OF HOLDING
A DISCUSSION ON FARM LAWS, SAYS RAHUL
New Delhi: After the bill to repeal the three farm laws was passed in both the Houses
of the Parliament, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said that it is unfortunate that the
laws were repealed without a discussion. Addressing a press conference, the Way-
anad MP said that the upcoming State elections must have also played on the Centre’s
mind. “Earlier, we had said that the government will have to withdraw the farm laws,
and today these laws were repealed. It is unfortunate that the farm laws were repealed
without discussion. This government is scared of holding a discussion,” said Rahul.
AS IT HAPPENED
12 Oppn MPs suspended
for “violent behaviour” in
previous session of Parl
New Delhi: Onthevery
first day of the Winter
Session of the Parlia-
ment,12OppositionMPs
weresuspendedfromthe
Rajya Sabha through a
motionbroughtinbythe
government.Themotion
was moved by Parlia-
mentary Affairs Minis-
ter Prahlad Joshi and
passed by voice vote,
even as the Opposition
protested. The members
will remain suspended
for the rest of the cur-
rent session.
The action was taken
due to their “unruly”
conductduringtheMon-
soon Session in August.
The MPs include six
from the Congress, two
each from Trinamool
Congress and Shiv Sena,
and one each from CPI
and CPM – Phulo Devi
Netam, Chhaya Verma,
Ripun Bora, Rajamani
Patel, Syed Nasir Hus-
sain and Akhilesh Pras-
ad Singh of the Con-
gress; Dola Sen, Shanta
Chhetri of Trinamool
Congress; Priyanka
Chaturvedi, Anil Desai
of Shiv Sena; Elamaram
Kareem of CPM; and
Binoy Viswam of CPI.
Meanwhile,leadersof
the Opposition parties
unitedly condemned the
“unwarranted and un-
democratic suspension”
of the 12 members and
said this was done in
“violation of all the
Rules of Procedure of
Rajya Sabha”.
PM: Govt ready
to answer all
questions in
the Parliament
New Delhi: Ahead
of Parliament’s
Winter Session,
Prime Minister
Narendra Modi
Monday said that
the government is
ready to discuss all
issues in the House.
Discussions and not
the disruptions
should be the yard-
stick on which the
success of Parlia-
ment should be
weighed, the prime
minister said, ad-
dressing the media
outside Parliament.
“Our Govern-
ment is ready to an-
swer all questions
during the Winter
Session of the Par-
liament. It is also
ready to answer all
questions,” PM
Modi said. Stating
that the dignity of
the House and the
Chair must be
maintained, PM
Modi said, “We
should debate in the
Parliament, and
maintain the deco-
rum of the proceed-
ings. Saval bhi
Shanti bhi.”
Congress Interim President Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi along with the party MPs stage
a protest demanding repeal of Centre’s three farms laws in Parliament on Monday.
NO PROPOSAL
TO RECOGNISE
BITCOIN AS A
CURRENCY: FM
SITHARAMAN
ALERT OVER SIKH
TERROR OUTFIT
New Delhi: In a reply to a
question asked on Bitcoin
in the Parliament on
Monday, Finance Minister
Nirmala Sitharaman said
that the government has
no proposal to recognise
Bitcoin as a currency in
the country. She also
informed the house that
the government does not
collect data on Bitcoin
transactions.
New Delhi: An alert has
been issued after the intel-
ligence inputs said banned
terrorist organization Sikh
for Justice (SFJ) can gh-
erao the Parliament House
and hoist the Khalistan
flag on it.
The members will
remain suspended
for the rest of the
current session
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor posing for a selfie with Trinamool’s Nusrat Jahan and
Mimi Chakraborty, Amarinder Singh’s wife Preneet Kaur, NCP’s Supriya Sule, Congress’s
Jothimani, and Tamizhachi Thangapandia. Tharoor’s pic comment, “Who says the Lok
Sabha isn’t an attractive place to work?” invited negative responses for using the word
‘attractive’. Tharoor later issued a clarification that the selfie was taken in great good
humour and spirit and sorry if people were offended by his earlier comment.
Indian-American Parag
is Twitter’s new CEO
T
witter CEO Jack
Dorsey is step-
ping down as
chief of the social me-
dia company, effective
immediately. Parag
Agrawal, the compa-
ny’s chief technology
officer, will take over
the helm, the company
said Monday
.
Agrawal, an IIT-Bom-
bay graduate, will have
to meet Twitter’s ag-
gressive internal goals.
The company said ear-
lier this year it aims to
have 315 million mone-
tizable daily active us-
ers by the end of 2023
and to at least double its
annual revenue in that
year. Agrawal, who’s
served as CTO since
2017, has been with
Twitter for more than a
decade. He had been in
charge of strategy in-
volving artificial intel-
ligence and machine
learning.
RIO TO DISCUSS
NAGA POLITICAL
ISSUE WITH AMIT
SHAH IN DELHI
Nagaland Chief Min-
ister Neiphiu Rio on
Monday said that he will
leave for Delhi in the next
few days to discuss with
Union Home Minister
Amit Shah the Naga
political issue as well as
matters pertaining to the
opposition-less United
Democratic Alliance.
The chief minister, while
interacting with journal-
ists on the sidelines of an
official programme, said
that during a telephonic
conversation, Shah
asked him to come to
Delhi. “I am planning
to go there for one-two
days in the first week of
December,” Rio said.

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CM BLESSES NEWLY-WEDS
MASS MARRIAGES HELP ENDING
MALPRACTICES LIKE DOWRY: CM
2503 couples tie the nupitial knot in presence of
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in Kushinagar
First India Bureau
Lucknow: More than
2,500 couples from dif-
ferent communities got
married in a mega
mass-marriage event in
the Kushinagar dis-
trict, under the CM ‘Sa-
moohik Vivah Yojana’,
on Monday
.
CM Yogi, while ex-
tending his best wishes
and blessings to as
many as 2,503 couples
who tied the knot at the
event, said that ‘kany-
adaan’ in the Indian tra-
dition is the greatest
gift and the biggest
achievement for any in-
dividual and it is an
honour for all to be a
part of such an auspi-
cious ceremony
.
Congratulating the
Department of labour
and employment, the
CM said that, “We are
working with the man-
tra of ‘Sabka Saath,
Sabka Vikas, Sabka
Vishwas aur Sabka
Prayas’ as a result of
which government
schemes are benefitting
every needy and is up-
lifting every deprived
without any discrimi-
nation.”
He went on to say that
even before 2017, the de-
partment existed, how-
ever, no efforts were
made to improve the
lives of the poor, needy,
labourers and workers.
“Jab apne aur paraye
ka bhav samapt hua
tabhi pradesh ka vikas
sambhav hua,” he re-
marked.
The CM congratulat-
ed 2503 newlyweds, in-
cluding 138 Muslim cou-
ples who tied the knot at
a mass wedding cere-
mony solemnised in his
presence at Kushinagar.
There a buzz at Buddha
Park grounds in Kushi-
nagar, where priests
chanted Vedic vows un-
der one roof, setting an-
other example of com-
munal harmony in the
state. Each couple was
given financial aid, in-
cluding insurance and
social security cover at
the event.
“Through Samuhik
Vivah not only malprac-
tices such as dowry and
child marriage are put
to an end, but also, it
conveys a message of
social harmony and
unity.” “Mass Marriag-
es invoke the sentiment
of ‘Gaon ki beti, sabki
beti’,” he added.
CM Yogi, however,
urged people across the
state to strictly follow
COVID-19 protocols and
make use of hand sani-
tisers and masks.
‘AIM OF CENTRAL, STATE GOVT IS TO
UPLIFT THE POOR, GIVE EMPLOYMENT’
CM Yogi Adityanath blesses Aditi, daughter of BJP MLA Radhamohan Agrawal, at a function in
Gorakhpur on Monday.
Lucknow: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath dur-
ing the mass marriage function organised in
Kushinagar said that the aim of the central and
state government is the same and that is to
uplift every poor, develop every village, benefit
every crop-grower, provide employment to the
youth and establish a safe environment for all
the daughters and women in UP.
PRIME MINISTER
TO INAUGURATE
AIIMS ON DEC 5
CM registers presence
@Zoo’s centenary event
Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi will inaugurate
an AIIMS branch in
Gorakhpur on De-
cember 5, according
to sources.
This will be PM
Modi’s eighth visit to
the poll-bound state
within a span of just
over a month.
Chief Minister
Yogi Adityanath,
who was in Gorakh-
pur on Sunday, re-
viewed preparations
for the PM’s visit,
(inspected the
AIIMS) and also a
fertiliser factory
which has been lying
closed since 1990.
The factory will
also be inaugurated
by PM. “Since 2004
there has been a de-
mand for setting up
an AIIMS in Gorakh-
pur,” the UP CM said.
While AIIMS is be-
ing dubbed as a flag-
ship project to ele-
vate the medical in-
frastructure of east
UP, the fertilizer fac-
tory could potential-
ly position the BJP
dispensation to esca-
late its outreach to
farmers, particularly
after PM’s decision
to repeal farm laws
which were at the
centre of a raging
stir for over a year.
Uttar Pradesh
Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath said that
the fertiliser factory,
which has been lying
closed since 1990,
will also be restarted
next month.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: From 1947 to
2017 only two zoological
parks could come up in
Uttar Pradesh, however,
a new zoological park
was established at
Gorakhpur with the
aim of not only promot-
ing eco-tourism but also
to create awareness in
children towards pro-
tecting wildlife and na-
ture, said Chief Minis-
ter Yogi Adityanath
during the centenary
celebrations of the
Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Zoo in Lucknow.
TheCMalsohonoured
the dignitaries who
made significant contri-
butions in wildlife con-
servation and distribut-
ed prizes to the students
whowoninvariouscom-
petitionssuchas‘mobili-
ography’, still photogra-
phy
, street plays, slogan
writing, face painting
and debates.
Emphasising the
need to protect wildlife
for maintaining ecolog-
ical balance, Uttar
Pradesh Chief Minister
Yogi said that, “It is es-
sential for human be-
ings and animals to co-
exist harmoniously in
to preserve nature”.
CM YOGI UNVEILS
CENTENARY PILLAR
In the event, the CM
also released a memen-
to, postage stamp, book
‘Zoo in Pictures’ pub-
lished in the Centenary
Journey of the Zoo
along with unveiling
the Centenary Pillar.
Adityanath also
named male and fe-
male tiger cubs on this
occasion.
First India Bureau
Kanpur: When there
will be all-round devel-
opment in Uttar
Pradesh, the state will
be crime free and riot
free which would lead
to creation of new re-
sources for the traders
and business will flour-
ish.
This was stated by
former Agriculture
Minister and in-charge
of Uttar Pradesh Radha
Mohan Singh while ad-
dressing the troupe con-
ference of Bharatiya
Janata Party Business
Cell held at Ragendra
Swarup Auditorium to-
day
He said when Yogi
government gave a good
environment free of
crime to Uttar Pradesh,
then even from abroad,
whether it was United
Kingdom, Germany,
South Korea etc. , capi-
tal investment from 10
countries worth Rs
66000 crore was attract-
ed towards UP.
German shoe compa-
ny Van Wacks invested
Rs 300 crores here
which became possible
because the Yogi gov-
ernment made invest-
ment process simple,
transparent and attrac-
tive by running quick
investment promotion
in the state.
Through Nivesh Mi-
tra portal, problems of
entrepreneurs were ad-
dressed in a time bound
manner, as a result, UP
jumped from 14th place
to second place in Ease
of Doing Business.
Singh further said that
the economy of Uttar
Pradesh was moving to-
wards one trillion dol-
lars with the MoU of Rs
4.61 lakh crore in the
Investors’ Summit to
accelerate industrial
development in state.
With sensible steps,
the Yogi government
has succeeded in in-
creasing the size of the
state’s economy from
Rs 10.9 lakh crore to Rs
21.73 lakh crore.
The government has
also taken care of the
interest of all sections
in the budget that has
been passed. Even dur-
ing the Corona period,
when the economy of
the whole world had de-
railed, there was invest-
ment in Uttar Pradesh.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Awanish Ku-
mar Awasthi, Addition-
al Chief Secretary
(Home) on Monday
chaired the first Board
Meeting of Governing
Body of the Society con-
stituted for Uttar
Pradesh Institute of Fo-
rensic Sciences, Luc-
know.
In the meeting it was
decided to form a com-
mittee to create a draft
of proposed rules and a
framework is also being
prepared by the Insti-
tute of Forensic Sci-
ences to start diploma
and certificate courses
from June or July 2022.
He ACS (Home) was
informed that the pro-
cess of recruitment of
the sanctioned posts for
will be started soon. A
total of 131 posts of aca-
demic and non-academ-
ic cadre have been cre-
ated by the government
for which appointments
will done on deputation
basis and via direct re-
cruitment. ACS (Home)
in the meeting also in-
structed the officials to
request NFSU to nomi-
nate three experts in
the field of forensics in
its governing body
.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: In a mile-
stone achievement, on
a day when Uttar
Pradesh recorded 5
fresh COVID-19 cases,
the State’s overall vac-
cination coverage
crossed 16 crores
which is not even the
population of most of
the states in the coun-
try. Uttar Pradesh has
administered the high-
est number of doses
across the board
among States.
The feat was accom-
plished in nearly 10.5
months since the roll-
out of the mass immu-
nisation campaign on
January 16 to vaccinate
the entire eligible popu-
lation aged 18 years and
above.
Uttar Pradesh has ad-
ministered 16,02,09,264
total doses. The State is
followed by Maharash-
tra with 11,20,16,811
doses. In terms of per-
centage, over 33 per
cent of the population
is fully vaccinated and
more than 75 percent
have received one vac-
cine dose.
In the light of the
emergence of the new
variant ‘omicron’, the
government has expe-
dited its vaccination
coverage in the state.
According to CoW-
IN App, Uttar Pradesh
has administered
11,25,53,288 first doses
and 4,90,48,738 second
doses.
‘Crime free UP helped businesses flourish’
State In-charge of UP Radha Mohan Singh attending a
conference of BJP Business Cell in Kanpur.
ACS Awanish Awasthi.
ACS Awasthi presides over first board
meet of UP Instt of Forensic Sciences
Covid vax: UP crosses
16 CRORE MILESTONE
COVID TALLY
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on visited the Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Zoological Garden in Lucknow to mark its centenary celebrations. The Chief
Minister also unveiled the centenary pillar and released the postage stamp and
centenary souvenir on the occasion. Cabinet Minister Dara Singh Chauhan and
others were also present. —PHOTOS BY SUMIT KUMAR
ZOO TURNS 100
CM Yogi
Adityanath,
after a thorough
review has asked
the concerned
officials to make
sure that the
developmental
works related to
the Bundelkhand
Expressway are
completed within
the set deadlines.
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Yogi
Yogi
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Speaks
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UTTAR PRADESH
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Lucknow: Words of
praise from PM Naren-
dra Modi and Defence
Minister Rajnath Singh
will help the art form
of Dastangoi reach
more people, storytell-
er Himanshu Bajpai
said here on Monday.
Lucknow-based Ba-
jpai and Pragya Shar-
ma were in for some
praise for their Dastan-
goi on Rani Durgavati
by the prime minister
on Sunday during his
monthly radio broad-
cast “Mann ki Baat”.
Later, the defence
minister, who is also an
MP from Lucknow, took
to social media to heap
praise on the duo.
“With Prime Minis-
ter Modi mentioning
our Dastan and Defence
Minister Singh also
tweeting about us,
we were quite con-
vinced that the art form
of Dastangoi will reach
more and more peo-
ple,” Bajpai, also
known as Lucknauwa
in poetic circles, told
PTI.
Bajpai said he and
Sharma hope Dastan-
goi, an oral storytelling
form popularised in the
medieval era especially
in Urdu, would find
more takers after the
acknowledgement from
highest echelons of pol-
itics in the country.
During the medieval
era, Lucknow in north
India was one of the
most important loca-
tions where Dastangoi
thrived, 34-year-old Ba-
jpai said.
“Lucknow has pro-
duced Dastangos who
were known worldwide
among connoisseurs of
the art, like Moham-
mad Hussain Jaah, Ah-
mad Hussain Qamar,
Amba Prasad Rasa and
Tasadduq Hussain,” he
said.
“It was the city of
Lucknow only which
introduced publication
of Dastans with Naval
Kishor Press bringing
into books in print
what were earlier long
form stories shared
orally,” he added.
Dastangoi, however,
lost its space as a popu-
lar medium of story-
telling eventually but
has again come to find-
ing feet in Awadh with
young proponents like
Himanshu Bajpai and
Pragya Sharma.
After PM Modi’s
“Mann ki Baat” on Sun-
day, Defence Minister
Singh took to Twitter
to thank him for ac-
knowledging the Luc-
know’s artists.
“I would like to thank
the prime minister for
discussing the works
of Himanshu Bajpai
and Pragya Sharma,
who grew up and set-
tled in the land of Luc-
know. Also, I send my
warmest wishes to Hi-
manshu and Pragya,”
Singh had tweeted. —PTI
‘Mention by PM will take Dastangoi to a larger audience’
ART OF STORYTELLING

Lucknow has
produced
Dastangos who
were known
worldwide, like
Mohd Hussain
Jaah, Ahmad
Hussain Qamar,
Amba Prasad
Rasa Tasadduq
Hussain
Himanshu Bajpai and compatriot Pragya Sharma at a show.
CRUCIAL READ
MAYOR, LMC COMMISSIONER REVIEW STEPS
BEING TAKEN FOR CLEANLINESS SURVEY 2022
Lucknow: Mayor Sanyukta Bhatia chaired a meet-
ing along with Municipal Commissioner Ajay Kumar
Dwivedi at the municipal headquarters to review the
steps being taken for the cleanliness of the city. The
Mayor reviewed the preparations for the Swachh
Survekshan-2022 as the city had performed excellently
in the Swachh Survekshan-2021 and on the occasion
gave necessary instructions to ensure that the stand-
ards are maintained. The Mayor congratulated the team
working under the Swachh Bharat Mission for perform-
ing excellently in Swachh Survekshan-2021.
PROFESSOR HELD
FOR RUNNING
PROSTITUTION RING
Pilibhit: A professor
has been arrested for
allegedly operating a
sex racket and harass-
ing girl students, police
said on Sunday. A
student had complained
to the police that a
professor of her college
had been harassing
the girl students, doing
indecent acts with them
and running a sex rack-
et, SP Dinesh Kumar
Prabhu said. The police
complaint was filed last
Sunday, he said.
SEC 144 IN KNP
FOLLOWING FEARS
OF PROTESTS
Kanpur: Section 144
was imposed by Addl
Commissioner of Police
Akash Kulhari in Kanpur
till December 10 after
fears of Opposition par-
ties or the examinees
who attended the TET
exam, starting a protest
against the govern-
ment due to the paper
leak. The police have
received information
that political parties, an-
archists, or people as-
sociated with the exam
can disturd peace.
Company says there are no more investors left to be paid and SEBI must acknowledge this
SAHARAINVESTORS,STAFF
PROTESTAGAINSTSEBI
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Workersand
investors of Sahara pro-
tested against SEBI at
Eco Garden, Alambagh
on Monday
.
A statement from the
company said, ‘We the
workers, and the es-
teemed investors are
linked with Sahara
through some scheme or
the other, and have been
earning from Sahara In-
dia for past 25-30 years.
But due to the embargo
imposed over the entire
Sahara Group by the
Hon’ble Supreme Court
over the past eight years
owing to the Sahara-SE-
BI dispute, a situation of
delay in payments has
arisen. This has impact-
ed our earnings in a ma-
jor way
. So much so that
ourinvestorsarenotgiv-
ing us new business as
theiroldrepaymentsare
delayed. This has led to
our income dwindling to
near negligible. As a re-
sult, lakhs of our
karyakartas are now on
the brink of starvation
and unemployment.’
It further said, ‘Over
thepast8years,SEBIhas
repaid merely Rs 125
crore, with interest, de-
spite taking out four
rounds of advertise-
ments in regional and
national newspapers. In
a status report submit-
ted at the beginning of
this year with the
Hon’ble Supreme Court,
SEBI has acknowledged
it. In response to SEBI’s
advertisementpublished
on 26.03.2018, it received
repayment applications
from 19,598 investors.
These came attached
with original applica-
tions. In response, SEBI
repaid 16,663 applica-
tions which came to,
with interest, INR 125
crore. This in itself
shows that all investors
didn’tapproachSEBIfor
repayment.’
Sahara investors and workers at the protest site on Monday.
‘SEBI’S STUBBORN ATTITUDE....’
RT-PCR, quarantine
for int’l flyers to Lko
Lucknow: All inter-
national passengers
arriving at Lucknow
airport will have to
undergo RT-PCR test
and eight-day home
quarantine, the dis-
trict administration
said on Sunday fol-
lowing the emer-
gence of the new
Omicron variant of
COVID-19.
The administra-
tion has laid empha-
sis on safety mea-
sures and issued di-
rections for adher-
ence to the COVID-19
protocols at the do-
mestic and interna-
tional terminals.
“All passengers ar-
riving at the interna-
tional and domestic
terminals will under-
go thermal scanning.
All passengers arriv-
ingattheinternation-
al terminal will un-
dergo RT-PCR test,
while passengers at
thedomesticterminal
who show symptoms
will undergo RT-PCR
test free of cost,” ac-
cording to a directive
issued by District
Magistrate Abhishek
Prakash. —PTI
6moreofexamsolvergangheld,chiefmissing
Lucknow: UP Special
Task Force (STF) has
arrested more than 40
accused in the matter
of UP Teacher Eligibil-
ity Test (TET) exam pa-
per leak till Monday.
STF nabbed six more
accused from secretari-
ate and search for an-
other accused Santosh
Yadav of Khargapur,
Gomti Nagar was on.
It was reported that
wanted accused Santosh
Yadav was contract em-
ployee in Food Security
and Medicine Adminis-
tration department and
wasassociatedwithsolv-
er gang with help of a
terminated employee of
same department.
STFhasarrestedAnu-
rag Desh, Chandu Ver-
ma,FaujdarVermaalias
Vikas and Kaushlendra
Pratap for their involve-
ment and more people
will be arrested after in-
terrogations with the
accused. Investigations
revealedthatterminated
employeeSantoshYadav
was leader of their solv-
er gang.
Santosh had duped
several candidates in
the name of help in
competitive exams and
jobs. He had fake FSDA
card which helped his
entry to secretariate.
Also, Chandu Verma
from Jhansi met San-
tosh for TET examina-
tion paper with help of
Kaushlendra.
Western
Disturbances
to bring rains
Lucknow: North and
Northwest India are set
to welcome the last
month of the year with
a fresh spell of rain
amidst the ongoing win-
ter season. This week, a
fresh western distur-
bance is expected to im-
pact the regions and
bring first winter rains
across northern states.
Westerndisturbances
(WDs) are a weather
phenomenon whose ar-
rival in winter is associ-
ated with snow and rain
in the Himalayas and
parts of Northwest In-
dia. They typically orig-
inate as low-pressure
systems over the Medi-
terranean Sea, and the
high-altitude westerly
winds push them to-
wards India. On the way
,
WDs gather moisture
from various sources,
including the Mediter-
ranean, Caspian, and
sometimeseventheAra-
bian Sea.
The India Meteoro-
logical Department
(IMD) forecast high-
lights that a fresh WD
affects Northwest and
adjoining Central India
from the night of Tues-
day
, November 30.
Raj youth protest in front
of state Cong office in Lko
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Over100pro-
testers from Rajasthan
went on indefinite hun-
ger strike in front of
Congress state office
here and warned to con-
tinue protest till their
demands were fulfilled.
The youth were de-
manding employment.
They alleged that Con-
gress general secretary
Priyanka Gandhi was
ignoring their plights
while they were facing
hardship. They said pa-
pers of competitive ex-
amination were leaked
several times in Rajas-
than and the govern-
ment had failed to pro-
vide any solution.
The protesters al-
leged that they followed
Congress in Rajasthan
and government prom-
ised them bright future
but after gaining power
youths were ignored.
They warned that pro-
test will continue till
Priyanka will meet
them.
Section of bridge on
Ramganga collapses
Shahjahanpur: A sec-
tionof a2-kilometre-long
bridge on the Ramganga
riverherecollapsedafter
a pillar sank into the
ground, days after the
structure was repaired
following a similar com-
plaint.There was no re-
port of any casualty
.
The bridge connects
Moradabad-Budaun
with the Jalalabad-Ba-
reilly-Etawah state road
and was recently re-
paired after a complaint
about a pillar of it sink-
ing into the ground, Dis-
trict Magistrate Inder
Vikram Singh said.
TheDMsaidtherewas
no traffic on the bridge.
One of its pillars sank
followingwhichasection
of the bridge came to the
ground.Immediately,
traffic was stopped and
vehicles coming from
Badaun-Moradabad
were diverted via
Amritpur and Far-
rukhabad. PTI
THREE ARRESTED IN CONNECTION
WITH UPTET PAPER LEAK IN SHAMLI
Muzaffarnagar: Three people were arrested in con-
nection with Uttar Pradesh Teacher Eligibility Test
(UPTET) question paper leakage in Shamli, police
said on Monday. The UPTET exam, scheduled to be
held on Sunday, was cancelled following the leak-
age of its question paper, Addl DG Law and Order
Prashant Kumar announced shortly before the exam
was to begin. According to Superintendent of Police
(SP) Sukirti Madhav Mishra, Dharmendra, Manish
and Ravi were arrested and one other person, who
is absconding and is accused of being involved in
the case, has been booked. The police said a search
was on to nab him. A car, 50 photocopies of the
question paper and Rs 17,000 were recovered from
the three accused, they said. During interrogation,
they revealed that they had been involved in 60
such cases and received Rs 50,000 each for solving
papers, the police said. A case has been registered
against the four accused under sections 420, 467
and 471 of the IPC in Shamli, they said. —PTI
Protesters at the Congress office on Monday.
—FILE PHOTO
—FILE PHOTO

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Dharmendra Pradhan
@dpradhanbjp
Why is the Opposition holding the
House hostage? Why don’t those who
speak of agricultural interests want to
discuss the Agricultural Law Return
Bill in the House? The opposition
must also understand that ‘dialogue’
between ‘noise’ may not be possible.
Pralhad Joshi
@JoshiPralhad
Ordinary citizen of the country is
also trying to fulfill some or the other
obligation to fulfill the dreams which
were seen by the freedom fighters.
This in itself is an auspicious sign
for a bright future for India: PM Shri
narendramodiji.
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Do not let any unwholesome
talk come out of your mouths,
but only what is helpful for
building others up according
to their needs, that it may
benefit those who listen.
—Ephesians 4:29
IN-DEPTH
US AND AFRICA:
BUILDING BRIDGES
IN FACE OF GROWING
CHINA PRESENCE
n the last 20 years or
so Africa has been an
intermittent strate-
gic interest for the
US. Successive US
presidents have attached con-
trasting levels of importance to
the continent. This has been
clear from their policies and
strategic engagement.
But with rise of China as stra-
tegic competitor in Africa the
focus on US-Africa relations has
become more closely scruti-
nised. More attention is being
given to the messaging about the
importance of Africa in geostra-
tegic craftsmanship.This has
come to the fore in wake of re-
cent visit by secretary of state
Antony to the continent through
Kenya, Nigeria and Senegal.
The question is: what does visit
signal about US evolving inter-
est in Africa and specifically its
African policy?
Visit to Africa is reset and re-
positioning attempt by the new
administration, first to mend
diplomatic fences. President
Clinton’s potentially transform-
ative African Growth and Op-
portunity Act initiative was in-
tended to help Africa close its
US trade deficit through trade
and devp via tariff free market
access. SOURCE: The Conversation
TOP TWEETS
I
cientists in South
Africa have dis-
covered a small
number of cases
of a new Covid
variant. They’re working to
understand its potential im-
plications but told a news
conference that it had a ‘very
unusual constellation’ of mu-
tations.
They’re concerned that
they could help it evade the
body’s immune response and
make the variant - named
B.1.1.529-moretransmissible.
These scientists are part
of a global network of gov-
ernment scientists and aca-
demics searching for new
strains of Covid-19, like this
and other previous variants
- like Delta.
 So how do scientists
identify and track new
Covid variants as they
arise?
Virusesaremicroscopicpara-
sites that can’t survive for
longoutsidethebodyof ahost
animal. As living organisms,
they are much smaller than
bacteria – the polio virus, for
example,is10,000timessmall-
er than a grain of salt.
 So how are they detect-
ed? Alpha as an example
The UK or Alpha variant of
the COVID-19 virus was
first seen in Kent, southeast
England, in September 2020.
Dr Meera Chand was one of
the epidemiologists moni-
toring the situation. “We
immediately knew we had
found something very con-
cerning,” she said in a post
on the Public Health Eng-
land website.
 Are all mutations dan-
gerous?
The U.S. Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention
(CDC) defines mutations as
“changes in the genetic code
of a virus that naturally oc-
cur over time when an ani-
mal or person is infected”.
 Do vaccines protect
against variants?
It’s too early to tell whether
vaccines will offer the same
level of protection against
B.1.1.529 as they do against
previous variants. But, vac-
cine makers, like Pfizer,
have been preparing for a
scenario where a new COV-
ID variant is able to evade
immunity established by ex-
isting vaccines and previous
infection.
SOURCE: World Economic Forum
S
CLIMATE CLIMAX: AN
INCONVENIENT TRUTH
conomic growth has always
been the niche target of the
socio-economic agenda. The
mechanics of this inconven-
ient truth is simple: higher
economic activity tends to go
hand in hand with additional
social power. Therefore, pow-
er balance hanged for long on
the cents minted by economic
progress. Although, through
this quest energy and natural
resource consumption went
off the charts. This also led
the climate to push its bound-
aries beyond its capacity. It
has been proposed that land
temperatures are rising fast-
er than before. Other natural
resources such as water,
clean air, and the never-end-
ing list of products that the
human race requires to sus-
tain are getting closer to the
red zone. Climate change is
an unavoidable consequence
when the greenhouse effect is
affected. With which the aver-
age temperature of the planet
would not be suitable for liv-
ing. This increase in global
temperature increase brings
disastrous results from melt-
ing of the ice mass to vanish-
ing some parts of the land
altogether through the high
rise of water.
Global warming quivers
everyone’s food and water se-
curity. In many parts of the
world, crops that have sur-
vived effortlessly for centu-
ries are struggling to survive,
making food stability more
inadequate. Disasters linked
to climate and weather ex-
tremes have always been part
of our Earth’s system. But
they are becoming more fre-
quent and intense as the
world warms. No continent is
left untouched, with heat-
waves, droughts, typhoons,
and hurricanes causing mass
destructionaroundtheworld,
the climate issue is becoming
more and more urgent.
If we reflect, humans have
negatively influenced the
natural climatic balance of
and around the earth. From
burning coal, gas, and cut-
ting down trees to increasing
livestock farming many fac-
tors contribute to this
change. In the past few years,
European countries have ex-
perienced record heat waves
that are unnatural to the cli-
matic conditions. Floods
were also part of the trail.
These are all signs that the
capacity of our planet to
fight back the imposed
threats is decreasing with
every passing day and soon
we will run out of time.
These are all climate change
indicators. We assume that
the melting ice in the Arctic
is way too far from us to
throw its negative spell but
what we fail to notice is how
this melting ice, as a result of
climate change is gradually
contributing massively to the
rising sea level that results
further in floods in the part
of the world where it is more
unlikely to occur. This is a
real concern for those living
in low-lying coastal areas. We
are currently facing the
worst-case scenario of the
climate change emergency
and its environmental dete-
rioration effects. The large-
scale measurements should
be taken care of by the gov-
ernmental institutions of the
world to withhold this inevi-
table threat to the survival of
the human race and other
forms of life. At the same
time, individual efforts
should not be belittled while
every step matters.
The youth of today’s world
plays a crucial role in it as
they are a vital segment of
our society. They are the by-
standers of the change and
extinctions. They are per-
haps more aware than any
other lot. Each one of them
can help curtail global
warming. We all make choic-
es and if we make them more
consciously we can influ-
ence the climate positively.
We can promote the youth to
adhere to sustainable life
practices which are environ-
ment friendly such as using
a bike more, generating less
waste, or maybe recouping
the source of energy at home
and to dwell more upon the
solar energy. However small
these steps seem to be they
are very mighty and can lead
the unprecedented change
and reverse the climate cri-
sis. The changes the young
people will make in their
lifestyle would contribute to
the positive steering of cli-
mate change.
A common problem, whose
consequence everyone will
bear, needs collective effort
from everyone. To achieve
the profound reduction in
greenhouse gas emissions
required to cope with the cli-
mate crisis, the world there-
fore basically needs to pon-
der upon this inevitable dis-
aster more determinedly
. On
the one hand, we are worry-
ing unremittingly, how our
generation Z will cope with
the struggles of life, on the
other hand, we are letting the
thought fall between the
cracks of how the coming
generations will survive with
this speed of climate change.
We need to be more aware
that this debate about cli-
mate is not theoretical, it’s
very real and unfortunately
more urgent than any other
progressive docket.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
E
A common problem, whose
consequence everyone will
bear, needs collective effort
from everyone. To achieve
the profound reduction in
greenhouse gas emissions
required to cope with the
climate crisis, the world
therefore basically needs to
ponder upon this inevitable
disaster more determinedly.
On the one hand, we are
worrying unremittingly,
how our generation Z will
cope with the struggles of
life, on the other hand, we
are letting the thought fall
between the cracks of how
the coming generations will
survive with this speed of
climate change.
Climate change is an
unavoidable
consequence when the
greenhouse effect is
affected. With which the
average temperature of
the planet would not be
suitable for living. This
increase in global
temperature increase
brings disastrous
results from melting of
the ice mass to vanishing
some parts of the land
altogether through high
rise of water
HOW SCIENTISTS DETECT
NEW VARIANTS OF COVID-19
DR JYOTI JOSHI
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business coach and English language
instructor in Germany, Europe

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First India Bureau
New Delhi: Lok Sabha
Speaker Om Birla on
Monday underlined the
vital role played by the
Indian Railways in up-
holding the unity and
integrity of the nation
and said that it has con-
nected every part of the
country
.
“Indian Railways is a
‘microcosm’ of the na-
tion’s inherent unity in
diversity,” Birla said,
while addressing the
probationary officers
of the Indian Railways
at the Parliament House
Complex here.
Talking about the
role of Parliament, the
Speaker said the high-
est temple of democra-
cy represents the hopes
and aspirations of more
than 130 crore Indians.
He exhorted the
young officers to work
towards ensuring that
the fruits of develop-
ment reach the last per-
son in the line. As part
of their training, the
of Indian Railway Ser-
vice of Mechanical En-
gineers (IRSME), Indi-
an Railway Service of
Electrical Engineers
(IRSEE) Indian Rail-
way Personnel Service
(IRPS) of 2018 and 2019
batches are currently
undergoing a two-day
appreciation course in
Parliamentary process-
es and procedures or-
ganised by the Parlia-
mentary Research and
Training Institute for
Democracies (PRIDE),
an official statement
said here. A total of 118
attended the session.
‘FARM LAWS REPEALED FOR POLL PURPOSE’
You got enlightenment after one year, three months: Kharge’s jibe at PM
New Delhi: Rajya Sab-
ha Leader of Opposi-
tion Mallikarjun
Kharge on Monday wel-
comed the repeal of
Farm Laws but said the
government rolled back
the laws passed last
September only to re-
pair the damage done
ahead of the upcoming
state elections.
The Farm Laws Re-
peal Bill, 2021 was
passed by both Houses
of Parliament by voice
vote amid din by opposi-
tion.
“All members of the
House welcome the Bill,
no one opposed it. It is a
farmers’ issue...”
Kharge said.
Taking a jibe at Prime
Minister Narendera
Modi, he said, “You got
enlightenment after one
year, three months....,
and took the Bill back”.
He said all MPs have
been connected with
the protests directly or
indirectly
.
“Members of Lower
and Upper House,
NGOs, farmers’ groups,
all protested against the
Farm Laws. Everyone
said it is anti-farmer, an
agitation was going on
but the government did
not agree.
“Eventually, an at-
mosphere against the
laws was created, the
impact was also felt in
the by-elections. Now
there are elections in
five states, they must
have thought that this
is the situation in bye-
elections, what would
happen in the elec-
tions... 700 people have
already died,” Kharge
said.
Opposition parties
had demanded a debate
on the repeal bill. MPs
of Trinamool Congress
and YSRCP also held
protests in the Parlia-
ment complex on the
issue.
However, Agriculture
Minister Narendra Sin-
gh Tomar said there
was no need for debate
on the Bill, as all MPs
agreed on repealing the
Laws.
The Bill was passed
in Rajya Sabha through
voice vote. —ANI
PARLIAMENT WINTER SESSION
PM holds meet with cabinet
members, addresses media
New Delhi: Ahead of
the winter session of
Parliament, Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi on
Monday held a meeting
with senior cabinet
members.
The senior cabinet
members including De-
fence Minister Rajnath
Singh, Home Minister
Amit Shah, Agriculture
Minister Narendra Sin-
gh Tomar, Commerce
Minister Piyush Goyal
and Parliamentary Af-
fairs Minister Pralhad
Joshi were present at
the meeting. While ad-
dressing media persons
ahead of the beginning
of the winter session,
the Prime Minister
called for a constructive
and productive winter
session of the Parlia-
ment and said that
there should be debate
as well as peace.
He said the govern-
ment is ready to answer
all questions during the
winter session of the
Parliament. —ANI
Never witnessed
bill passage
sans discussion
with Oppn: Jaya
New Delhi: Sama-
jwadi Party (SP)
Rajya Sabha MP
Jaya Bachchan on
Monday slammed the
Central Government
for passing the Farm
Laws Repeal Bill 2021
in the upper house
without a discussion
adding “she has never
witnessed such an
atmosphere in the
Parliament where
the Opposition was
not even allowed to
speak”. Speaking to
media, Bachchan said,
“My point is that such
an important bill was
passed in RS without
any discussions. I
do not understand
the way the proceed-
ings are going on in
Parliament.” “I have
been an MP for many
years, but this is the
first time I’m seeing
such an atmosphere
where the LoP, who
was speaking, was
interrupted in middle
by the Union Minister
and was not even
given an opportu-
nity to keep his point.
Amidst the uproar, the
bill was passed, what
is this,” she added.
Bachchan demanded
a special bill for the
security of the Parlia-
ment.
Congress MP Mallikarjun Kharge addresses media at the Parliament Annexe after an all-party
meeting ahead of the commencement of the Winter Session, in New Delhi on Sunday.
TRS MPs demand discussion
on procurement policy
New Delhi : As
the winter session
of Parliament be-
gan on Monday,
Telangana Rashtra
Samithi (TRS) MPs
held a protest at
the Mahatma Gan-
dhi statue in Par-
liament premises
demanding a dis-
cussion on uni-
form procurement
policy. The Trina-
mool Congress
(TMC) MPs also
held a protest at
the statue today de-
manding a discus-
sion over Farm
Laws Repeal Bill,
2021.
Cong moves suspension
notice to discuss MSP
New Delhi: Lead-
er of Congress Par-
ty in Lok Sabha
Adhir Ranjan
Chowdhury on
Monday moved a
notice for suspen-
sion of Question
Hour to take up a
discussion request-
ing the govern-
ment to declare
Minimum Support
Price (MSP) for all
crops backed by a
legal guarantee.”
“I want to move
the following mo-
tion before taking
up the question of
the hour. That the
Question Hour be
suspended today to
take up a discus-
sion, requesting
the Government to
declaring MSP for
all crops, backed by
legal guarantee,”
Chowdhury letter
to LS Secretary
General read.
IMPROVEMENT IN DELHI’S
AQI IN 2020, COMPARED TO
2019: CENTRE INFORMS LS
New Delhi: The AQI of Delhi in-
dicates an improvement in air
quality in 2020 as compared to
2019, said the Ministry of Envi-
ronment, Forests Climate
Change on Monday
. The reply by
the Ministry came after two Lok
Sabha MPs asked whether pollu-
tion has increased in Delhi and
adjoining areas in Nov 2021 and
whether the govt has examined
the cause. “Delhi’s AQI indicates
an improvement from 2019 to
2020, as number days in ‘Good’,
‘Satisfactory’, ‘Moderate’ catego-
ry have increased in the year 2020
as compared to year 2019,” the
ministry said in a written reply
.
Indian Railways connected every
part of the country: LS Speaker
Sharat K Verma
Jaipur : The fuel prices
remain unchanged
across major cities of
India after revision of
duties by the Centre
and state governments
on the eve of Diwali.
Since the prices are
to be determined ac-
cording to the market, it
is said that the govern-
ment has no role in
price scheduling.
Therefore, when the
price of crude oil start-
ed increasing from $65,
the domestic companies
also increased the price.
However, now that
the price of crude oil is
$78 a barrel, the price is
still stable.
The last price hike
was on November 3. At
that time also the price
of crude oil was $85 per
barrel. But after that
suddenly the process of
increasing the price of
both fuels stopped. After
that, the central govern-
ment cut the excise duty
on diesel by Rs 10 and on
petrol by Rs 5 per liter.
The government’s
cut is understandable
because it had in-
creased this fee unin-
tentionally and then cut
it when the election
came. But by what logic
have the petroleum
companies kept the
growth steady? Obvi-
ously, it is just an illu-
sion that the prices are
determined by the mar-
ket. Actually, the price
is decided according to
politics because, clearly
,
when there are elec-
tions in five states, the
price has been kept con-
stant at the behest of
the government. Simi-
larly, from March to the
first week of May
, due to
the elections of five
states, the prices did not
increase.
How are petrol and diesel prices stable now?
ELECTION DAYS
PRICE STABILITY
Ally BJP silently watches
JD(U)’s ‘commotion’
over Niti Aayog report!
‘Tremendous pressure from
public to begin int’l flights’
New Delhi : Junior Avi-
ation Minister Gen (re-
tired) VK Singh on Mon-
day said that there is
tremendous pressure
from the public to re-
sume international
scheduled flights. Civil
Aviation Minister had
recently announced to
resume international
scheduled flights on De-
cember 15 after a gap of
overtwoyearsduetothe
COVID-19 pandemic.
“We have tremen-
dous pressure from the
public to start interna-
tional scheduled flights.
We are taking all proto-
cols and cautions. Any-
body coming from out-
side, especially tourists,
are being screened and
tested at the airport.
Only after checking the
results, they are being
allowed to go,” Minister
of State for Civil Avia-
tion Retd Gen VK Singh
told media.
Days after the govern-
ment decided to resume
scheduled international
flights, Delhi Chief
Minister Arvind Kejri-
wal wrote a letter urg-
ing to suspend the inter-
national flights due to
the emergence of a new
strain of coronavirus.
Kavita Pant
Jaipur: Since Nitish
Kumar’s party, the
Janata Dal (United),
is in a coalition with
the BJP, and Nitish
became Chief Minis-
ter this time entirely
by the BJP’s ‘grace’,
his party is unable to
directly attack the
BJP, but has not
shied away from do-
ing so under the
guise of the NITI
Aayog.
The day after
JD(U) leaders cele-
brated Nitish Ku-
mar’s 15 years as
Chief Minister and
cast him as Bihar’s
saviour, the NITI
Aayog of the Central
government report-
ed that Bihar has the
poorest population,
with Jharkhand
coming in second,
but still 10 points be-
hind Bihar. That is,
even after the state
was split from Bihar,
Jharkhand has im-
proved.
JDU leaders are
enraged by the NITI
Aayog’s recent re-
port and have lev-
elled several com-
plaints against the
think tank, claiming
that the employees
who wrote the find-
ings from behind
closed doors in Delhi
are unaware of the
reality in Bihar.
Leaders of the JD(U)
also claim that the
report is being pre-
pared incorrectly.
They also allege
that such report is
being made deliber-
ately to tarnish the
image of Nitish Ku-
mar. JD(U) leaders
still believe that Nit-
ish Kumar is Prime
Minister ‘material’
and because of this
his image is being
maligned. Party
leaders are per-
plexed as to which
scale is being used,
due to which Bihar is
shown at the bottom
in terms of health,
in terms of malnu-
trition and also in
poverty.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar
VK Singh
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla addresses the newly-appointed
officers of Indian Railway Service (IRS) in Parliament Complex.
PM Modi in New Delhi on Monday.
The highest temple of
democracy represents
the hopes and aspira-
tions of more than 130
crore Indians.
—Om Birla
Lok Sabha Speaker

INDIA
06
New Delhi: PM Naren-
dra Modi on Monday
said that in a bid to
bring relief to over 80
crore people during the
COVID-19 pandem-
ic, the govt is
running Prad-
han Mantri
Garib Kaly-
an Yojana
to provide free grains
and the scheme has
been extended till
March 2022.
We are running the
Pradhan Mantri Garib
Kalyan Yojana to pro-
vide free grains to more
than 80 crore people of
the country so that they
don't face more prob-
lems. PM said. Amid ris-
ing concerns for a new
COVID-19 variant Omi-
cron, the PM urged peo-
ple to stay alert against
variant Omicron, which
is now wreaking havoc
across the globe. PM
Modi said in beginning
of the winter session of
Parliament.
New Delhi: In an inti-
mate event in Los An-
geles earlier this week,
Reliance Industries
Limited Executive Di-
rector Nikhil Meswani
and wife, Elina
Meswani, marked their
son Ishaan’s engage-
ment to Gayatri
Raheja, daughter of
real estate tycoon Sand-
eep Rajeha and Durga
Raheja.
Nikhil Meswani is
the nephew of India’s
richest man, Mukesh
Ambani, the chairman
of Reliance Industries
Limited.
Apart from members
of the Meswani and Ra-
heja families, Ishaan
and Gayatri’s high-pro-
file engagement on No-
vember23wasgracedby
Reliance Foundation
Founder and Chairper-
son Nita Ambani and
her daughter, Isha Am-
bani. Though a wedding
date has not been final-
ised by the families yet,
the power couple is ex-
pected to tie the knot in
the coming days. Mean-
while, an adorable pic-
ture of Ishaan popping
the question went viral
onsocialmedia.Theduo
has been friends since
childhood.
RIL director’s son, Raheja heiress engaged
WEDDING BELLS
New Delhi: India on
Monday has revised the
travel guidelines for in-
ternational travelers as
the new Covid-19 strain.
The govt said the new
guidelines will come
into effect from Decem-
ber 1. People arriving in
India by flights from
countries where, 'Omi-
cron', has been detected
will need to follow cer-
tain entry rules. India
announcedthistocheck
any spread of the new
strain. Those coming
from countries consid-
ered not at risk and
whose samples have
tested negative have
been advised to monitor
themselves carefully
for at least two weeks.
CENTRE TIGHTENS RULES FOR INT’L FLYERS
OMICRON ALERT: TRAVELLERS COMING TO INDIA NEED TO QUARANTINED FOR A WEEK
CH’GARH CM BAGHEL,HEALTH MIN
SINGHDEO DIFFER ON TRAVEL BAN
New Delhi : Amid re-
ports of a continued
political tussle in the
Chhattisgarh CM Bhu-
pesh Baghel and
Health Minister T.S.
Singhdeo have ex-
pressed different opin-
ions on the imposition
of an international
travel ban to contain
the new variant of cor-
onavirus ‘Omicron’.
A video that has
been going viral on so-
cial media shows
Baghel suggesting to
impose an internation-
al travel ban to contain
the spread of the new
variant of coronavi-
rus, whereas, on a sep-
arate occasion, Singh-
deo can be seen reject-
ing the idea of travel
ban dismissing any
need for such a step.
New Delhi: More than
137 crore COVID-19
vaccine doses have
been provided to States
and Union Territories
so far, of which over
24.61 crore balance and
unutilized doses are
still available with
them to be adminis-
tered, informed the
Ministry of Health and
Family Welfare
(MoHFW) on Monday.
More than 137 crore
(1,37,01,65,070) vaccine
doses have been provid-
ed to States/UTs so far
through Government
of India (free of cost
channel) and through
direct state procure-
ment category, the
health ministry said.
More than 24.61 crore
(24,61,87,131) balance
and unutilized COVID
vac doses are still avail-
able with the States/
UTs to be adminis-
tered, it added.As part
of the nationwide vac-
cination drive, the Cen-
tre has been supporting
the states and UTs by
providing them COVID
Vaccines free of cost.
137 cr vaccine
doses provided
to states, UTs
so far: Centre
Picture for representational purpose only.
BHARAT BIOTECH
BEGINS EXPORT
OF COVAXIN
New Delhi: Bharat Bio-
tech has said that it will
begin the exports of Co-
vaxin to additional
countries from Decem-
ber. The Hyderabad-
based vaccine maker
stated that it has execut-
ed the long pending ex-
port orders during No-
vember.
“Bharat Biotech has
commenced exports of
Covaxin. Long pending
orders have been execut-
ed during Nov, to be fur-
therexpandedduringthe
following months. With
the number of countries
that have granted emer-
gency use approvals for
Covaxin increasing, ex-
ports to additional coun-
trieswillalsocommence
from Dec,” Bharat Bio-
tech said in an an-
nouncement. This an-
nouncement by Bharat
Biotech comes on days
after the Centre’s nod to
allow exports.
New Delhi: While the
world is on high alert
due to the new Omicron
Covid strain, Delta var-
iant continues to be a
major cause of the pan-
demic contributing to
99 per cent of cases, the
WHO said on Monday
Last week, the global
healthbodyclassifiedthe
latestvariantB.1.1.529of
SARS-CoV-2 virus, with
the name Omicron, as a
Variant of Concern
which means it could be
more contagious, more
virulent or more skilled
at evading public health
measures, vaccines and
therapeutics. Over 99
per cent of cases around
the world are due to the
delta variant and more
deaths are occurring in
the unvaccinated, WHO
Scientist Soumya Swa-
minathan said.
‘Delta variant still responsible
for 99% of Covid cases globally’
New Delhi: Bharatiya
Kisan Union (BKU)
leader Rakesh Tikait
on Monday said farm-
ers will not leave the
protest site unless a
discussion on Mini-
mum Support Price
(MSP) and other is-
sues are held.
The govt wants that
there should be no pro-
tests in the country but
we will not leave the
protest site before any
discussion on MSP in-
cluding other issues,
Mr Tikait said. Asked
about the passing of
the Farm Laws Repeal
Bill, 2021 in Lok Sabha,
the BKU leader said, It
is a tribute to all 750
farmers who lost their
lives during the agita-
tion. The protest will
continue as other is-
sues including MSP are
still pending. The
''Farm Laws Repeal Bill
2021'' was passed by the
Lok Sabha on the first
day of the winter ses-
sion of Parliament.
‘Will not leave
protest site before
discussion on MSP’
Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait while discussing with
other leaders.
Ishaan Meswani engaged to Gayatri Raheja.
The LA ceremony was a private affair. (Image from left: Mukesh
Ambani, Nita Ambani Nikhil Meswani)
MEHUL CHOKSI
FEARS HE MAY BE
KIDNAPPED AGAIN
RBI SUPERSEDES
BOARD OF
RELIANCE CAPITAL
New Delhi: Fugitive dia-
mantaire Mehul Choksi
fears that he might be
kidnapped again and
may be taken to Guyana,
from where he may be
taken away in an unlaw-
ful and illegal manner.
In an exclusive interview
with ANI, Choksi said,
“I may be coerced and
kidnapped once again,
and taken to Guyana,
where there is a strong
Indian presence, which
may be utilized to spirit
me away in an unlawful
and illegal manner.
New Delhi: The RBI on
Monday superseded the
board of Reliance Capi-
tal Ltd (RCL), promoted
by Anil Ambani’s Reli-
ance Group, in view of
the defaults in meeting
payment obligations.
The RBI said the board
has been superseded
“in view of the defaults
by RCL in meeting the
various payment obliga-
tions to its creditors
and serious governance
concerns which the
Board has not been able
to address effectively.
CYCLONE MAY HIT ANDHRA PRADESH,
HEAVY RAINS FROM DEC 3
QUASHING SINGLE-BENCH ORDER: MALIK,
WANKHEDE SR ON SAME PAGE
Vishakhapatanam: A cyclonic storm may form over
the Bay of Bengal in the first week of Dec. Under its
influence, heavy rainfall is expected from Dec 3 to 5
over south Odisha and
North Coastal Andhra,
the weatherman said.
The director general of
IMD, Dr. Mrutyunjay
Mohapatra said a low
pressure area would be formed over South Andaman
Sea by Nov 30, move in a west northwest direction
and reach West Central Bay of Bengal. Thereafter, it
is likely to intensify into a depression by Dec 2.
Mumbai: Dnyandev Wankhede, father of Narcotics
Control Bureau Zonal Director Sameer Wankhede, said
he had no objection
to a plea by National-
ist Congress Party
Minister Nawab Malik
seeking to quash a
single-judge order
declining interim relief
to Wankhede Sr in his defamation suit against the NCP
leader. Though a single-bench order of November 22
by Justice Madhav Jamdar refused interim relief to
Wankhede Sr, Malik had filed a plea for quashing the
same as it had certain observations against him too.
Chandigarh: Former
Punjab CM Captain
Amarinder Singh on
Monday said that he
along with his allies
will form the govt in
Punjab after securing
victory in the upcoming
Assembly election.
The remarks were
made after meeting
Haryana CM Manohar
Lal Khattar at his resi-
dence in Chandigarh.
Singh said, It was a
courtesy meeting with
Haryana CMr ML Khat-
tar. Our membership
drive is going great,
wait for the time. We
(with our allies) will
form the govt in Pun-
jab. Singh had floated
his new party Punjab
Lok Cong soon after
leaving the Congress
after stepping down as
CM of Punjab. Punjab
is scheduled to go for
Assembly polls in 2022.
In the 2017 Punjab As-
sembly polls, Cong won
an absolute majority in
the state by winning 77
seats and ousted the
SAD-BJP government
after 10 years. Aam
Aadmi Party emerged
as the second-largest
party winning 20 seats
in 117-member Punjab
Legislative Assembly
.
Our alliance will form govt in Punjab,
saysCaptainaftermeetingHaryanaCM
HERE’S KEY INFO ON
INTERNATIONAL ARRIVALS
 Every international passenger coming to
India has to fill a self-declaration form and
show a negative RT-PCR test report. They
can’t enter India if any of these two conditions
are not fulfilled.
 Those coming from “at-risk” nations like
South Africa have to give samples for RT-PCR
testing after reaching India. Anyone found posi-
tive will be quarantined and the sample will be
sent for genome sequencing - a method that
checks the make-up of an organism. If the per-
son is infected with the ‘Omicron’ strain, stricter
isolation rules would apply.
 People from “at-risk” nations who test nega-
tive will, however, have to be in home quaran-
tined for seven days. They will be tested again
on Day 8.
 There will be random sampling of people for
RT-PCR tests if they are arriving from nations
considered not at risk.
BOOSTER DOSE SOON
Former Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh met Haryana CM
Manohar Lal Khattar at his residence in Chandigarh.
—PHOTO
BY
ANI
PM Modi extends PMGKY till March
PM Narendra Modi
CRUCIAL READ

NEWS
07
RETIRED
BUREAUCRAT’S
TWEET CREATES
RIPPLES
Atweet of a senior bureaucrat
retired from the UP
government has created a stir
among the state bureaucracy.
This retired bureaucrat is
capable and intelligent due to
knowledge of bureaucracy, his
tweets are constantly making
headlines. In fact, these days,
this former bureaucrat has often
attacked the government in one
way or the other. Recently, on
his Twitter account, he made a
new disclosure about serving
upper-caste bureaucrat. His
tweet mentioned that an
upper-caste bureaucrat of UP
was preparing to make a big
disclosure. This tweet of a
former bureaucrat created
ripples in the state bureaucracy
and all the bureaucrats started
to identify the bureaucrat who as
per the tweet was engaged in
such things. Presently, all the
officers have set their eyes on
Brahmin bureaucrats after the
tweet to get some information in
the coming time. Also, several
officers are keeping a tab with
the Twitter account of the retired
bureaucrat. —Ahtesham Siddiqui
POLITICAL
PARTIES
THEIR
IDEOLOGIES
It is a well-known fact that
everything that happens before
the election is a political strategy.
No matter if it is gruesome crime,
religious activity or preaching’s
of religious Guru, political parties
will use them as an agenda to
accuse others or praise their own
organisation. The state of Uttar
Pradesh is known for its crime
majorly has witnessed heinous
criminal incidents and were also
used against the government. It
was also alleged that the law and
order situation was deteriorating
in the state. Political leaders of
Opposition parties have now
started painting the picture of UP
as a criminal state following
which the government also was
failed to control the situation due
to the increasing number of
crimes. Criminal activities are
reported in every state, in every
government regime regardless of
the parties or ideologies but it
became a trend that one party
will accuse another of criminal
activity. The Association for
Democratic Reforms recently
released a detailed survey of 396
sitting legislators in the UP
Assembly that has a strength of
403 members in which it claims
that 35 per cent (140) legislators
have criminal cases registered
against them and 27 per cent
legislators have some sort of
links with crime. Of the 304
MLAs, 77 have criminal cases
against them, while 18 in the
49-member Samajwadi Party are
in the same category. In the
Bahujan Samaj Party which has
18 members, two have criminal
antecedents while the Congress
has one such member.
—Janaradan Misra
Azamgarh/Lucknow:
A 55-year-old Dalit gov-
ernment official and
his wife were found
murdered in their
house in an Azamgarh
village on Monday
morning with their
throats slit open with
some sharp-edged
weapon, police said.
Nagina (55), working
as a ‘lekhpal’ (revenue
record keeper) in the
Consolidation Depart-
ment in Mau district,
and his wife Nagina
Devi, 52, were mur-
dered on late Sunday
night when they were
sleeping in their vil-
lage home at Tithaupur
under the Tarwan po-
lice station area in the
district, Azamgarh Su-
perintendent of Police
Anurag Arya said.
Some unidentified
miscreants had barged
into the couple’s home
on late Sunday night
and killed them by
slashing their throats
by some sharp-edged
weapon and left, Arya
said. The police came
to know of the double
murder on Monday
morning on being in-
formed by the victims’
neighbours, he said.
Police subsequently
reached the spot with
the dog squad and fin-
gerprint experts and
took the bodies in their
possession and sent
them for post-mortem,
said the SP. The de-
ceased Nagina was the
eldest among three
brothers and had three
daughters, one of
whom is married, po-
lice added.
The twin murder of
a Dalit couple in Azam-
garh district took place
within days after four
members of a sched-
uled caste family were
murdered in their vil-
lage home at Gohri un-
der the Phaphamau
police station in Praya-
graj district on Wednes-
day night.
Reacting sharply
over the double murder
of the Dalit couple, BSP
president Mayawati
asked the state govern-
ment to immediately
check the recurrence
of such incidents and
take stern action
against the guilty.
“It’s an extremely
shocking, painful and
commendable incident
of the murder of a
Dalit couple by the
slashing of their
throats in Azamgarh
district within days af-
ter the Prayagraj kill-
ings. The government
must immediately stop
such atrocities on Dal-
its and take strict ac-
tion against the cul-
prits, the BSP president
said in Tweet. —PTI
THE SECOND BRUTAL INCIDENT WITHIN A WEEK
Villagers and relatives gather after an elderly Dalit couple was murdered with a sharp-edged
weapon at Tithaupur in Azamgarh district on Monday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Rakesh Tikait in Ghazipur on Monday. —PHOTO BY PTI
The twin murder of a Dalit couple in Azamgarh district took place within days
after four members of a scheduled caste family were murdered in their village
home at Gohri under the Phaphamau police station in Prayagraj district on
Wednesday night. The victims included a 50-year-old man and his wife, 45, be-
sides their 16-year-old daughter and 10-year-old son. The relatives of the slain
family members had alleged that a lingering land dispute between the victims
and their neighbour, belonging to upper caste, was behind the multiple murder.
DALIT OFFICIAL, WIFE FOUND
MURDERED IN AZAMGARH
Some ‘miscreants’ barged into the couple’s home, slashed their throats: Police
Man beaten to
death during
marriage
celebration
First India Bureau
Gorakhpur: A
youngster was
beaten to death af-
teraminordispute
over the music
playing during a
marriage celebra-
tion in the Ramna-
gar Vishnupur
area. Police sourc-
es said that the
marriage ceremo-
ny of Priyanka,
daughter of
Sheshnath Singh
was organised in
RImjhimmarriage
hall in the Gora-
khnath area. Dur-
ing celebrations,
cousin brother Ra-
hul had a heated
argument with Ba-
ratis following
which they beat
him badly
. Rahul
was rushed to a
nearby hospital
where doctors de-
claredhimbrought
dead. Police have
registered a case
against the ac-
cused on the com-
plaint of family
members of the
deceased.
Kaushambi: Bharati-
ya Kisan Union (BKU)
leader Rakesh Tikait on
Monday said farmers
will not leave the pro-
test site unless a discus-
sion on Minimum Sup-
port Price (MSP) and
other issues are held.
“The government
wants that there should
be no protests in the
country but we will not
leave the protest site be-
fore any discussion on
MSP including other is-
sues,” Tikait told me-
diapersons. Asked
about the passing of the
Farm Laws Repeal Bill,
2021 in Lok Sabha, the
BKU leader said, “It is a
tribute to all 750 farm-
ers who lost their lives
during the agitation.
The protest will con-
tinue as other issues
including MSP are still
pending.” The ‘Farm
Laws Repeal Bill 2021’
was passed by the Lok
Sabha today on the first
day of the winter ses-
sionof Parliament.Soon
after the Parliament’s
winter session com-
menced today, the Lok
Sabha was adjourned
till12noonfollowingslo-
ganeering by the Oppo-
sition members. After
the Lower House re-
sumed, Union Agricul-
ture Minister Narendra
Singh Tomar tabled the
‘Farm Laws Repeal Bill,
2021. The Bill was then
passed in the House
amid ruckus by Opposi-
tion MPs. —ANI
Ballia: Newly appoint-
ed BSP legislature par-
ty leader Umashankar
Singh took a swipe at
the Samajwadi Party
and BJP, saying they
are dreaming of com-
ing to power on the
strength of those ex-
pelled by the Mayawati-
led party for their “bad
image”. A number of
expelled BSP leaders in-
cluding its former legis-
lature party leader Lalji
Verma have joined the
ranks of other parties
in the recent past.
“The BSP MLAs join-
ing SP and BJP are the
ones who have been ex-
pelled from BSP.BSP
supremo Mayawati has
expelled them from the
party because of their
bad image in society.
There were many com-
plaints against them for
illegally occupying land
or about their involve-
ment in other illegal
activities,” Singh told
reporters here on Sun-
day night. The BSP su-
premo never tolerates
illegal activities of any-
one, Singh said, stress-
ing that all the leaders
who are joining SP and
BJP have been rejected
by the Mayawati-led
party. “Other parties
are decorating their
bouquet with the reject-
ed items of BSP and are
planning to form the
government in Uttar
Pradesh,” he said, add-
ing that the status of
these people was creat-
ed by the BSP
. The party
has only become strong-
er with these people
leaving the party, he
added. Singh was made
the leader of the BSP
legislature party a day
after Mubarakpur MLA
Shah Alam resigned as
leader of the legislative
party and also quit the
party last week. —PTI
Prayagraj: Five people
were killed after being
hit by an unidentified
vehicleontheLucknow-
Prayagraj Highway, po-
lice said on Monday.
The incident took place
at around 11 pm on Sun-
day in Gangapar
Nawabganj Police Sta-
tion area, they said. Ac-
cording to the inspec-
tor-in-charge of Nawab-
ganj Police Station, the
victims were residents
of Budauna village and
were waiting for a bus
to drop them home after
having dinner. All the
five died on the spot, the
officer said. The de-
ceased were identified
as Ram Saran Pal (65),
Lallu Pal (45), Samay
Lal Pal (35), Arjun Pal
(14) Ram Chander Pal
(60), police said. —PTI
First India Bureau
Agra: In the Saiya po-
lice station area of
Agra, a young man
woman found in an un-
conscious state near
the track in the outer
of Ja Jao station, died
during treatment after
they were admitted to
the hospital for treat-
ment by the police. Af-
ter investigation, GRP
SP Mohammad Mustaq
said that a couple first
consumed poisonous
substances in the train
and later jumped from
the moving train. In a
hurry, the police ad-
mitted them in the hos-
pital where both died
during treatment. He
also told that during
investiagtion, the
youth was identified as
Kagarol of Agra and
the girl as Basai Nawab
of Rajasthan. At pre-
sent, the police have
informed the families
of both and the bodies
have been sent for post-
mortem.
Muzaffarnagar: Peo-
ple from over a dozen
villages here have
threatened not to cast
their votes in the up-
coming state assembly
elections if their de-
mand for constructing a
road was not met. Hun-
dreds of people from
the neighbouring vil-
lages held a panchayat
(community meeting)
in this regard in Chand-
samad village under
Khatoli Block of the
district yesterday. It
was decided in pan-
chayat that if their de-
mand for constructing
dilapidated Khatoli-Fal-
vada road was not met
they will not cast their
votes in the assembly
polls, said the panchay-
at convenor Samey Sin-
gh. People from several
villages in the district
participated in the pan-
chayat. —PTI
Deoria: 2 people were
killed six others were
seriously injured when
their vehicle rammed
into a stationary truck
near Virajmar village
under Salempur Kotwa-
li area here, police said
onMonday
.Theincident
took place on Sunday
night when the driver of
the jeep lost control and
it rammed into a truck
parked on the roadside.
Will not leave protest
site before discussion
on MSP, says Tikait
Leaders rejected by BSP
joining SP,BJP: Umashankar
Umashankar Singh (L) Mayawati (R)
TROUBLE IN BSP
5 DIE IN HIT-AND-RUN ACCIDENT
COUPLE FOUND IN UNCONSCIOUS
STATE DIES DURING TREATMENT
2 die, 6 injured
as jeep collides
Dozen villages decide not to
vote if road demand not met
—REPRESENTATIONAL IMAGE
Mathura: The police
arrested three people
and recovered 193 sto-
len mobile phones
worth over Rs 19 lakh
from them in Mathura
district of Uttar
Pradesh, an officer said
on Monday. According
to officials, the phones
were among a lot of
8,990 that were looted
from a truck on the Ut-
tar Pradesh-Madhya
Pradesh border in early
October while being
transported from a fac-
tory in Greater Noida to
Bengaluru. “The ac-
cused were arrested on
Sunday when they were
going towards Agra to
dispose of the phones,”
Superintendent of Po-
lice (City) Martand
Prakash Singh said.
The arrested accused
were identified as Shah-
buddin of Mathura and
Pawan Kumar and Raju
Mandal from Delhi, the
police said. —PTI
3 arrested with 193 stolen
mobile phones in Mathura
—REPRESENTATIONAL IMAGE

08
2NDFRONT
Choose well - apply thought and
intellect - the ‘minute’ of your
choice is the beginning of hours
of a journey!
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
First India Bureau
Lucknow: With 2022
UP election fast ap-
proaching there is hec-
tic race among politi-
cians to switch over
loyalties from one par-
ty to another. The bu-
reaucracy in UP has
also not been above this
malady.
The bureaucrats
have also been com-
partmentalised among
various political par-
ties according to their
allegiance to leader of
that party.
It is in this perspec-
tive a comment of for-
mer IAS officer Surya
Pratap Singh on his
twitter handle is being
discussed in the official
circle with interest.
Singh, who is very ac-
tive on social media
with keen eye on devel-
opments in UP, tweeted
on November 24 that a
Brahmin officer has
opened front against
Yogi Government from
within and has been
maintaining regular
contact with Opposi-
tion leaders.
The officer has also
collected “Kachcha
Chiththa” (vital docu-
ments) of several scan-
dals also and is ex-
tremely unhappy with
the neglect of Brahmin
community. It would be
watched with interest
from when the impact
of his “batting” would
be visible.
There would be
fierce fight. A debate
has ensued to identify
the officer quietly rais-
ing banner of revolt.
There is no doubt
that like other states
UP’s bureaucracy has
been also highly politi-
cised over the years.
They could very well
be identified with their
colours while serving
their masters. Even
several IAS and IPS of-
ficers because of their
proximity to the politi-
cal leadership succeed-
ed in joining politics
and reaching the Par-
liament. While “who is
providing information
to whom” is also matter
of discussion among
the officers the Opposi-
tion parties seems to
have to successfully es-
tablished their links to
get inside stories to tar-
get the government in
the run up to battle.
Politicial colours in state bureucracy may swing poll dynamics
HIS MASTER’S VOICE
lll
Many IAS, IPS
officers of UP
because of their
proximity to
the political
leadership have
succeeded in
joining politics
Gyanendra Kumar Shukla
Lucknow: Amidst the
hustle and bustle of UP
elections, the process of
switching over to the
other party by changing
allegiance to the parent
party has gained mo-
mentum. Although BJP
has included a large
number of leaders of
other parties in its side,
many disgruntled MLAs
of its own side are pre-
paring to cross over to
other parties.
Mostof themarethose
MLAswhoareapprehen-
siveof notgettingtickets
this time.
Before the elections,
all the political parties
conduct ground surveys
to assess the electoral
equations. BJP has also
preparedthefeedbackof
its sitting MLAs at the
micro level. Feedbacks
of RSS officials includ-
ing affiliated organisa-
tions of Saffron Party
are also being included
in this report card.
According to highly
placed sources of the
BJP
, a thorough review
has been done on all 403
assembly seats. The
strong points and weak-
nesses have been identi-
fied on each seat. It is
believedthatonthebasis
of this feedback report,
many MLAs who do not
meet the standards may
have to lose their tickets.
This number could be in
the dozens.
BJP spokesperson
Anand Dubey said, “For
our party
, power is a me-
dium of public service;
work is done to advance
those who are with our
ideology
.Wehaveatrans-
parent system of tickets.
Onthebasisof themulti-
dimensional feedback
worthy candidates get
the ticket. Who does not
follow the policies and
principles of the party
,
who is not suitable- why
will he get a chance?” .
In such a big party
, the
arrival or departure of
anyleaderdoesnotaffect
the party
, he added
Although it has not
beenofficiallyconfirmed
by the BJP
, according to
sources, the full details
of the development
works done by the MLAs
and their public image
have been sent to the
election in-charge and
co-election in-charge of
UP. Many MLAs are
aware of their poor per-
formance report. A
large number of them
have searched for politi-
cally safe places. It is
believed that many
such MLAs will soon
join other parties.
AS ELECTIONS NEAR,
SWITCHOVERSINTENSIFY
BJP MLAs unsure of tickets mostly scurrying to change loyalties
National president of BJP JP Nadda chiairing a meeting of party’s senior office bearers including CM
Yogi Adityanath, state president Swatantra Dev Singh, Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Mauraya, state
general secretary (organisation) Sunil Bansal. —FILE PHOTO
BJP goes all out to register
win on the ‘jinxed’ 17 seats
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The
Bharatiya Janata Par-
ty’s road to winning 17
assembly seats in Uttar
Pradesh where it had
previously failed to
stamp its authority
looks difficult this time
around too.
The party during the
last time around rode on
the extreme Hindutva
and Modi wave but still
was not successful has
made the party even
more determined to
turn the situation
around in these 17 as-
semblyseatsinthestate.
The party has em-
ployed all of its arsenal
in these 17 seats which
make it interesting to
watch how things will
turnoutforBJPinthese
seats in the upcoming
assembly elections.
The 17 assembly seats
in question are Azam-
garh Sadar, Nizamabad,
Mubarakpur, Sagdi,
Atraulia and Gopalpur,
Akbarpur in Ambedkar
Nagar, Sidhauli in Sita-
pur, Mohanlal Ganj in
Lucknow, Harchandpur,
UnchaharandRaeBare-
li Sadar in Rae Bareli,
Jaswantnagar in Eta-
wah, Sisamau in Kan-
pur, Rampur Khas in
Pratapgarh, Malhani
in Jaunpur and Bhatpar
Rani in Deoria where
the BJP has not been
able win even once,
but efforts are being
taken to ensure that his-
tory is not repeated in
these seats.
The BJP has started
an all-round siege in or-
der to win these seats
with the first step being
ensuring that those who
have strong presence in
the area join the party
.
The BJP has already
taken under its fold BSP
MLA Vandana Singh
from Sagdi and Aditi
Singh, Congress MLA
from Rae Bareli Sadar
while Congress MLA
from Harchandpur
Rakesh Singh has also
been swaying towards
the saffron party
. The
party also appointed
Mohanlalganj MP
Kaushal Kishor as a
minister at the Centre
while at the same time a
lot of development work
is being undertaken in
the region.
Its noteworthy that
CM Yogi has been visit-
ing all these seats to gar-
ner support while tar-
geting those elected in
the seat of not bringing
about the best develop-
ment for the region.
UP CHUNAV2022
SEEKING RELIEF
KGMU resident doctors protest on Monday against the one-year delay in holding NEET PG 2021 counselling, which has led
to junior doctors having to perform extra hours of hospital duties for the past one-and-a-half years in absence of a fresh
first-year batch. —PHOTO BY SUMIT KUMAR
A‘MISTAKE’CORRECTEDINTIME!
Rakesh Ranjan
New Delhi: In a bizzare
development that oc-
curred during the
height of uproar in the
Lok sabha at the time of
passing the bill on with-
drawal of three farm
laws, Lok Sabha Speak-
er Om Birla found him-
self in the middle of a
‘minor slip’. Birla, who
is known for being ex-
tremely alert, attentive
and intelligent commit-
ted a mistake when he
made the motion for ad-
journment of the House
till 2 PM. Birla
said,”Adjournment of
Lok Sabha proceedings
till 2 pm on Tuesday.”
However he immedi-
ately realised that the
House would meet after
2 pm on Monday itself
therefore immediately
Birla corrected the mis-
take and said that the
proceedings would be
adjourned till 2 o’clock
for the day (Monday).
Notably, prior to be-
ing adjourned the
House passed the bill
by voice vote as Speak-
er Birla also became a
witness to these histor-
ical moments.
IN THE COURTYARD
Lakhimpur case: HC seeks UP govt’s
response on bail plea of main accused
First India Bureau
Prayagraj: The High
Court on Tuesday
heard the bail plea
filedbyAshishMishra,
the main accused in
the Lakhimpur case,
and sought the re-
sponse from the UP
government within 10
days. The Bench of
Justice Karunesh Sin-
ghPawar,afterhearing
the arguments, gave
the UP government 10
days to file its reply on
the bail application
and to file the state-
ments of all the wit-
nesses.
Mishra’s Counsels
argued that the role at-
tributed to Mishra has
not come out in the in-
vestigation. In related
news, a court in Lakh-
impur Kheri earlier
thismonthrejectedthe
bail petitions of Union
Minister of State for
Home Ajay Misra
‘Teni’s son, Ashish
Misra, Ashish Pandey
,
and Luvkush Rana in
the case registered
against them in con-
nection with the Kheri
violence.
Earlier, Misra’s bail
had been denied by the
CJM, Lakhimpur
Kheri, Chinta Ram.
Sessions Judge Muke-
sh Mishra turned
down their bail pleas
after the prosecution
presented the case di-
ary, 60 eyewitnesses’
statements, and ballis-
tic reports of 4 fire-
arms to establish their
involvement in the
crime.
Asperthereport,the
district government
counsel Arvind Trip-
athi said while reject-
ing the bail pleas of the
three accused, the
court said that the case
isof seriousnatureand
thattheinvestigationis
currently on.
Lucknow: The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High
Court has sought a reply from the UP in three weeks
on the compensation to personnel, who died of
coronavirus in the line of duty during the panchayat
elections. The court passed order while hearing a
petition filed by Kushlawati. The petition has been
filed raising challenge to paragraph 12 of the Gov-
ernment order dated June 01, 2021. It is submitted
by counsel that the government order was issued for
laying down guidelines for compensation to persons
who have passed away due to the Covid. Counsel
submitted Supreme Court in Reepak Kansal versus
Union of India case in writ petition has indicated that
compensation may be provided to persons who have
passed away within 2 to 3 months of being found
Covid positive.
Prayagraj: Granting bail to Sharjeel Imam in
the Aligarh Muslim University sedition case, the
Allahabad High Court last week noted that neither
he called anyone to bear arms nor any violence was
incited as a result of the speech delivered by him.
It may be noted that the instant case was regis-
tered against him in Aligarh last year for allegedly
delivering an ‘anti-national speech’ at AMU [Aligarh
Muslim Univeristy] during Anti CAA-NRC protests.
Essentially, noting that he has remained confined
for more than one year and two months against
a maximum punishment that he may suffer on
conviction being three years, the Bench of Justice
Saumitra Dayal Singh granted him bail on his
furnishing a personal bond of Rs 50K.
HC SEEKS UP GOVT REPLY
ON COMPENSATION
SHARJEEL’S SPEECH DIDN’T
INCITE VIOLENCE: ALD HC
Before the elections, all the
political parties conduct
ground surveys to assess
the electoral equations.
BJP has also prepared
the feedback of its sitting
MLAs at the micro level.
Feedbacks of RSS officials
including affiliated organ-
isations of Saffron Party
are also being included in
this report card. According
to highly placed sources of
the BJP, a thorough review
has been done on all 403
assembly seats
PARTIES CONDUCTS
GROUND SURVEYS
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla

LUCKNOW, TUESDAY
NOVEMBER 30, 2021
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City First in conversation with the model and budding actress Shreet Chande hailing from
Mumbai, one of the finalists of First Miss India 2021 held at Novotel, Goa on Oct 30!
ompeting with the gor-
geous beauties from all
over the nation wasn’t
an easy task but Shreet
Chande hailing from
Mumbai had the charm
and confidence to beat
all the odds. As one of the final-
ists of First Miss India 2021,
she earned a chance to groom
and grow in the path of
modelling. In an exclusive
conversation with City
First, Shreet shared, “I
always wanted to be-
come a model, the first
thought of it came to
me when I was twelve.
We weren’t allowed to
watch TV or anything
fancy where women
displayed more skin.
The more I was kept
away from it, the more
keenly interested I be-
came.”
The dive had it clear
in her mind that she
would always be a
model, as she prepares herself
for the near future, she sees her-
self as a budding actress and
she works hard to make a mark
in the industry
. Shreet is
also fond of animals
and wishes to open an
NGO especially for
the ones who are ill-
treated. She also
considers herself
as a business-
woman because
of her time
management
skills as well
as dynamic
attitude.
T a l k i n g
about her in-
spiration, “I
would say that I get in-
spired from failures. It
teaches me what had
gone wrong in the past
and further tells me
what other changes I
may do to make it bet-
ter.”
Shreet might be
someone else for her
friends and family
but where there is a
camera she changes her
avatar and follows her
heart and let it guide her.
SUSHMITA AIND
sushmita.aind@firstindia.co.in
C
—PHOTOS
BY
MUKESH
KIRADOO
Shreet gracefully walking the ramp
During the talent round
Shreet striking a pose for a photoshoot
conducted during First Miss India 2021

10
ETC
THE
THE BUDDHIST
BUDDHIST CONCEPT
CONCEPT
s a scholar of Bud-
dhist studies, I
haveresearchedthe
waysin which Bud-
dhist monks talk
about kindness
and compassion to-
ward all beings.
The Dalai Lama has fa-
mously been quoted as say-
ing “My true religion is
kindness.” Although there
is more to Buddhism than
just kindness, Buddhism’s
teachings and exemplary
figures,Ibelieve,havemuch
to offer to a world experi-
encing intense internal as-
uffering especially right
now.
BROOKE
SCHEDNECK
Assistant Professor of Religious
Studies, Rhodes College
A
S
ome of the earliest
Buddhist teachings
developed in India –
which are recorded in the
Pali canon, the collection
of scriptures in the Pali
language–emphasizedthe
idea of “metta,” or loving-
kindness. One teaching
from this collection of
scriptures is the “Karani-
ya Metta Sutta,” where the
Buddha exhorts the good
and wise to spread loving-
kindness by making these
wishes toward all beings:
In gladness and in safe-
ty, may all beings be at
ease. Whatever living be-
ings there may be; Wheth-
er they are weak or strong,
omitting none, the great or
the mighty
, medium, short
or small.
The seen and the un-
seen, Those living near
and far away, Those born
and to-be-born —May all
beings be at ease!
In order to put these
words into practice, sever-
al Buddhist teach-
ers from North Ameri-
ca teach meditation prac-
tices meant to develop
one’s own metta, or loving-
kindness.
During meditation ses-
sions, practitioners can
visualize people and
chant wishes of loving-
kindness using
variations of phras-
es based on the Karaniya
Metta Sutta. A commonly
used version is from a
well-known Buddhist
meditation teacher, Sha-
ron Salzberg.
May all beings every-
where be safe and well.
Mayallbeingseverywhere
behappyandcontent.May
all beings everywhere
behealthyandstrong.May
all beings everywhere be
peaceful and at ease.
Practitioners spread
this kindness toward
themselves, people close to
them, people they do not
know – even distant people
or enemies – and finally all
beings throughout the
world. After visualizing
this attitude of loving-
kindness, practitioners
find it is easier to radiate
kindness toward others in
real life.
In addition to metta,
Buddhists also prac-
tice compassion (karuna),
sympathetic joy (mudita)
andequanimity(upekkha)
for a peaceful state of
mind.
By spreading the man-
tra of happiness and peace
we develop a circle and a
positive energy within us
that is often experienced
by the opposite upon en-
counter. Therefore, the
mindfulness dosen’t just
remain in one corner of
our hearts but spreads.
Just like smiles when we
share with someone turns
into joy
.
The very simple man-
tras of peace and happi-
ness lead our life and leads
us to a higher purpose as
we also put importance to
others as compared to just
ourselves.
BODHISATTVAS
AND THEIR
MEANINGS
T
he Buddhist figure most focused on
kindness is the bodhisattva of compas-
sion, known originally as Avalokitesh-
vara, who became popular in India by the
sixth century A.D. A popular way to depict
Avalokiteshvara is with 11 heads and 1,000
arms, which he uses to benefit all sentient
beings. Tibetan Buddhists believe that
all Dalai Lamas are manifestations of this
bodhisattva.
This bodhisattva is known by various
names across Asia. In Nepal, the bodhisatt-
va is known as Karunamaya, and in Tibet
as Lokesvara and Chenrezig. In China, the
bodhisattvaisafemalefigurecalledGuanyin
and portrayed as a woman with long, flow-
ing hair in white robes, who holds a vase
tilted downward so she can drop the dews of
compassion upon all beings.
Throughout East and Southeast Asia this
is a popular figure. People make offerings to
seek help, especially in regards to success
in business and starting a family
.
With practices that urge people to practice
compassion toward others and with figures
who can be asked to bestow it, Buddhism
offers unique and diverse ways to think
about and express kindness.
CULTIVATING
COMPASSION
L
ater forms of Buddhism in East Asia
and Tibet developed the idea of com-
passion further through the figure of
the bodhisattva.
The bodhisattva is a practitioner who has
vowed to work selflessly for the enlighten-
ment of other beings. The development of
this state of mind is known as “bodhicitta.”
Bodhicitta provides the motivation and
commitment to this difficult path of put-
ting others before oneself.
One practice for cultivating bodhicitta
is exchanging self for others. In this prac-
tice, those on the bodhisattva path would
regard the suffering of others as if it were
their own and would offer help to others as
if helping oneself.
As the Indian Buddhist monk Santide-
va writes in his classic eighth-century work
on the path of the bodhisattva, “The Bodhi-
caryavatara,” one should meditate with
this sentiment in mind: “all equally experi-
ence suffering and happiness. I should look
after them as I do myself.”
According to Buddhist’s belief, ‘life is
suffering’, but the kind of suffering that
one must embrace instead of keeping the
thought of it at bay. Suffering is what
makes our life worth living as well as the
joy counts more because of the presence of
sorrow.
SOURCE:
WWW.THECONVERSATION.COM
LOVING-KINDNESS TEACHINGS

Just the lyrics
of That’s Life by
Remastered and
what the artist
must have gone
through, how all of
us live life in a cer-
tain way and have
different interpre-
tations of it. I really
like this artist and
especially this
song as it touches
upon the problems
all of us face in our
lives and still, find
a reason to smile
and survive.
Yes, this
song makes
me smile
on my bad
days.
ABHYUDAYA PAREEK,
RAJASTHAN
ETC
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WE’RE WILLING TO SHARE OUR
HAPPY PLAYLIST WITH YOU...HOW
ABOUT YOU TELL US THE ONE
SONG THAT BRINGS YOU JOY?
M
u
sic that makes you happy
M
u
sic that makes you happy
POORVI SINGHAL
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
sn’t it beautiful how we always,
always tie a happy memory with
some song that we absolutely
love? And, every time we listen
to that song, by serendipity or
choice, we are teleported to that
moment in its pure bliss. This
moment holds such immense joy that it
instantly sparks up our spirits and give
us a reason to smile in the middle of a
humdrum day
. Right?
For me, it could be Kavita Seth’s Ran-
gi Saari or Amit Trivedi’s Lagan Laagi
Re, Fireflies by Owl City or an original
Yellow Diary; all these marvels hold a
world of ecstasy. I am certain to smile
like an idiot at least once during this
playlist and may even start dilly-dally-
ing in my imagination.
Well, the point is that today’s good
mood is sponsored by tunes of joy and
we would love to lend an ear to the melo-
dies that bring you comfort. To add to
our playlists and amplify the happiness
quotient, City First asked its readers the
one song that is music to their ears and
trust me, the suggestions will get you
humming to the melodies.
I
There’s thing song
‘Shower’ that I
really like, it’s not
my favourite song
and not a song I
listen to often, but
whenever I’m feel-
ing low and I need a
boost and I feel like
I’m unproductive,
so I just play this
song in the bath-
room, light up a few
candles and dance
while showering. It
just instantly lights
up my mood and
makes me happy. It
makes me feel like
everything is going
to be alright. So, it’s
like a little therapy
for me, this song.
MANSI LOHIA,
RAJASTHAN
The song that I
absolutely love and
is my all time favou-
rite which lifts me
up from my lows
and makes me feel
loved is Answer :
Love Myself by BTS
from their Album
LOVE YOURSELF
‘Answer’. This
song teaches one
of the most crucial
aspects of mental
health. Apart from
making me happy,
it also soothes my
mind .Loving and
accepting oneself
with all the flaws
and beauty. It
literally accepts you
for who you are and
that instantly bright-
ens up my mood.
It’s a love letter to
yourself and BTS
as artists teach us
that which is
commendable.
AANYA KUMAR,
DELHI
The song ‘Feel it
Still’ by Portugal.
The Man is the
song that makes me
happy instantly. It’s
the perfect pick-me-
up on a gloomy day
and relief on happy
days. Music should
heal you, no matter
what and this song
perfectly does just
that. A song that fits
every mood.
SHIVALI VERMA,
UTTAR PRADESH
God’s Plan is defi-
nitely one of those
songs that lift up
my spirit whenever I
feel low. As if all my
troubles are worth
living because at
the end of the day it
will all seem worth
living because it will
be the almighty’s
plan. Nothing on
earth can stop
from what’s gonna
happen, we are just
small instruments
that work on his
command.
BIPUL PRADHAN,
AHMEDABAD
The song I love
the most is ‘Spring
Day’ by BTS. It
shows after days
in your life will
end and you will
experience the
warmth of Spring.
This song played
a huge role in my
life. My father lost
his job in 2017,
and there was
fights between my
parents because of
the financial crisis.
The environment in
my home was full
of negativity, and
then I heard this
song on YouTub,
and it made me so
happy and gave me
hope that one day
everything will get
better. And I got a
job and helping my
parents and living
happily.
SANJUKTA GHOSH,
DELHI

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