First india lucknow edition-17 december 2020

SANT(A) YOGI: IN PRAYAGRAJ, CM OFFERS
FLURRY OF GIFTS BEFORE CHRISTMAS
Owaisi’s Bihar formula may
not work in UP as BSP opts out
M Tariq Khan
Lucknow: Fresh from
its successful foray in
Bihar, the All India Ma-
jlis-e-Ittehadul Musli-
meen (AIMIM) has de-
cided to test its luck
with smaller parties in
UP elections 2022. But
with BSP, one of its ma-
jor ally in Bihar, refus-
ing to be part of the coa-
lition, the battle for the
ballot promises to be a
multi-cornered, colour-
ful contest as political
mercury heats up.
Before UP however,
the AIMIM’s incursion
into West Bengal would
be closely watched and
its electoral perfor-
mance there would have
big impact on its formal
debut in UP political
arena. The AIMIM has
decided to jointly fight
on 25 per cent of the 403
assemblyconstituencies
in the State. Turn to P6
Vishal Srivastav
Prayagraj: Just ahead
of December 25, Uttar
Pradesh Chief Minister
Yogi Adtiyanath opened
his goodie bag and gave
away a slew of gifts to
poor, farmers, youths,
lawyers, teachers and
journalists while as-
serting that the dis-
crimination on any
count does not exist in
his government.
Addressing as Chief
Guest at Lawyers Meet
inPrayagraj,hesaidthat
while the houses for the
poor will be built on the
land which got freed
from mafia, the afforda-
blehousesonano-profit,
no-loss basis will be con-
structed for lawyers,
teachersandjournalists.
The CM assured to
consider hospital facili-
ties in the High Court
while announcing to
build National Law Uni-
versity in Prayagraj.
He called upon the
lawyers community to
ensure the justice
reaches Turn to P6
Yogi announces affordable houses for
lawyers, teachers and journalists, will build a
National Law University in Prayagraj
BULLDOZING
MAFIAs
The CM said that
before his govern-
ment, the mafias ruled
the roost but now their
illegal properties are
being bulldozed. He
added that the govern-
ment will build afford-
able houses on the
land freed from their
illegal possession.
He has directed the
Gorakhpur Develop-
ment Authority in this
regard and now he has
asked Turn to P6
CM Yogi Adityanath in Prayagraj on Wednesday. He was
accompanied by Dy. CM Keshav Prasad Maurya. —PHOTO BY ANI
OUTREACH TO SMALLER PARTIES...
Asaduddin Owaisi Mayawati
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KERALA’S RULING LEFT DEMOCRATIC
FRONT (LDF) SCORES BIG WIN IN LOCAL
POLLS BEFORE STATE ELECTIONS
COVAXIN CORONA VACCINE PRODUCES ROBUST
IMMUNE RESPONSE WITH NO SERIOUS ADVERSE
EVENTS DURING PHASE 1 TRIAL RESULTS
Mohd Fahad
New Delhi: Noting that
the Centre’s negotia-
tions with farmers pro-
testing against the agri-
cultural reform laws
have not yielded any
results, the Supreme
Court on Wednesday
said it could form a
committee to work out a
solution between the
two sides. The ongoing
protests, which is now
in its third week, have
seen thousands of farm-
ers, primarily from
Punjab and Haryana,
gathering at the capi-
tal’s doorstep.
Hearing a batch of pe-
titions seeking removal
of farmers protesting
near Delhi borders, a
bench of Chief Justice
of India S A Bobde and
Justices A S Bopanna
and V Ramasubrama-
nian issued a notice to
the Centre and posted
the matter for hearing
on Thursday.
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Sambhal (UP): Eight
people died, while 21
more sustained inju-
ries on Wednesday
morning when an Uttar
Pradesh Roadways bus
collided with a gas
tanker head-on amid
reduced visibility due
to fog, police said.
The impact was so se-
vere that the tanker cut
the bus into half lead-
ing to several people be-
ing killed on the stop.
The crash took place
in the Dhanari police
station area, they added.
“Eight people have
died in the accident in-
volving a bus of UP
Roadways and a gas
tanker. All the injured
have been hospitalised.
The number of injured
persons is 21. The bod-
ies of the deceased have
been sent for post-mor-
tem examination. Traf-
fic has been diverted
since there is still some
gas in the tanker,” Mo-
radabad IG Ramit Shar-
ma said.
Earlier, SP Chakresh
Mishra said that the
head-on collision took
place on the Agra-Mo-
radabad road.
Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath directed
the district officials to
supervise the rescue
and relief operations.
Prime Minister
Narendra Modi ex-
pressed grief over the
incident. —PTI
8 KILLED, 21 INJURED AS TANKER CUTS BUS INTO HALF
The mangled remains of the vehicles
after the collision in Sambhal on
Wednesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
‘YOUR TALKS HAVE FAILED’
SC says govt talks have not worked, proposes
formation of committee to resolve deadlock
The Apex Court
said the proposed
committee would
comprise of several
representatives
from government
and farmer unions
across the country
Dressed in their tradition attire and arms, Nihang Sikhs on horsebacks taking part in the farmers
protest, in New Delhi on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Sikh Cleric
shoots self
to death at
protest site
New Delhi: A priest
from Haryana, Baba
Ram Singh, who had
joined the farmers’
protest, committed
suicide by shooting
self on Wednesday
at the Delhi border,
where he had been
staying. In a note,
he said he was
sacrificing his life
“to express anger
and pain against
the government’s
injustice”. “Have seen
pain of farmers fight-
ing to ensure their
rights and struggling
on roads... feeling
a lot of pain as the
government is not
doing justice... to do
injustice is a sin and
to tolerate it is also a
sin,” the note left by
the 65-year-old read.
CENTRE’S PLEA FARMERS REJECT GOVT’S
DECEMBER 9 OFFERHearing a batch of
petitions seeking
removal of farmers
protesting near Delhi
borders as they pose
hindrance to medical
services, a bench of
Chief Justice of India S
A Bobde and Justices
A S Bopanna and V
Ramasubramanian
issued a notice
to the Centre
and posted
the matter for
hearing on
Thursday.
On Wednesday, the farmer unions sent a written
reply to the government, rejecting its December
9 proposal in which it offered significant
concessions. An Agriculture Ministry official said
that the government received a written response
from the farmer unions.
Your negotiations with pro-
testing farmers have not
worked apparently till now.
The protesting farmer unions
should be made a party to the
case —Supreme Court Bench
TMC’s Adhikari resigns as MLA;
may join BJP during Shah’s visit
Kolkata: Disgruntled
Trinamool Congress
leader Suvendu Adhi-
kari resigned from the
membershipof theWest
Bengal Legislative As-
sembly on Wednesday
amid indications that he
would join the BJP dur-
ingHomeMinisterAmit
Shah’s visit to the state
on December 19-20.
Adhikari,whowasMLA
from Nandigram, sub-
mitted his handwritten
resignation to Speaker
of the Assembly Biman
Banerjee.
Adhikari has already
resigned as West Ben-
gal transport minister
and from other posts
and has been distancing
himself from the party
for several months now.
The party had then
rushed poll strategist
Prashant Kishor and
senior leader Sougata
Roy to placate him but
the negotiation failed.
“As of now it is ex-
pected that Adhikari
will join the BJP at the
(East Midnapore) rally,”
said a BJP source. How-
ever, sources also said
that Adhikari had ear-
lier gone back on two
dates of Turn to P6
People coming from
other states can’t be
treated as outsiders
—Suvendu Adhikari,
TMC leader
Waste of time: Rahul walks
out of Defence panel meet
New Delhi: Congress
leader Rahul Gandhi
and other members of
his party on Wednesday
walked out of a meeting
of the Parliamentary
Committee on Defence,
alleging that the panel’s
timewasbeingwastedin
discussingarmedforces’
uniform instead of the
crucial issue of national
security, sources said.
Gandhi was not al-
lowed to speak at the
meeting by the panel
chairman Jual Oram
(BJP) when he sought to
raise the issues of Chi-
nese aggression and
better equipping the
soldiers at the border in
Ladakh, they said.
The sources said the
issue of uniforms of the
Army, Navy and the Air
Force was being dis-
cussedinthepresenceof
the Chief of Defence
Staff Gen Bipin Rawat
whenGandhiintervened
tosaythatinsteadof dis-
cussingthis,thepolitical
leadership should dis-
cusstheissuesof nation-
al security and how to
strengthen the forces
whoarefightingtheChi-
nese in Ladakh. Turn to P6
Cabinet nod to
tel spectrum,
sugar export
subsidy
New Delhi: The Union
CabinetheadedbyPrime
MinisterNarendraModi
on Wednesday approved
the next round of the tel-
ecom spectrum auction,
I&B Minister Prakash
Javadekar informed in a
press briefing adding
that the cabinet has ap-
proved relief for sugar-
cane farmers and im-
provement in electricity
infrastructure in the
northeastern states.
Spectrum in 700 MHz,
800 MHz, 900 MHz, 1800
MHz, 2100 MHz, 2300
MHz and 2500 MHz fre-
quency bands would be
auctioned for a validity
period of 20 years.
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First India Bureau
Lucknow: The commit-
ment of Yogi govern-
ment to provide em-
ployment to youths is
reaping results, as some
companies are going to
launch many of innova-
tive products of the stu-
dents of the Dr. A P J
Abdul Kalam Technical
University (AKTU) and
other institutions in the
market and once the
products reach the mar-
kets, the students will
also be given a share in
the profit.
It is to be men-
tioned that the AKTU
is also proving to be
an important link in
the Àtma Nirbhar’
campaign of the state
government as it is
also organising com-
petitions among the
students to encourage
them to come up with
innovative ideas and
products.
In these competi-
tions, student share
their suggestions and
also present their proto-
types and till now, over
a dozen such prototypes
business models have
been created by the stu-
dents.
To strengthen the
Àtma Nirbhar’ cam-
paign, the state govern-
ment has also directed
seven technical insti-
tutes to establish incu-
bators. The AKTU has
also established a Kal-
am Innovation and
Startup Centre which
invites innovative ideas
from the students and
in the last three years,
the centre has received
over 2700 ideas.
Out of these, 62 ideas
have been selected and
AKTU also provides an
incentive of Rs 1200 to
students for making
prototypes of their in-
novative products.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The One
District One Product
programme aimed at
creating an ‘atmanirb-
har’ Uttar Pradesh, is
bound to set the devel-
opmental pace for the
state, said Navneet Se-
hgal, Additional Chief
Secretary, Department
of Micro Small and Me-
dium Enterprises and
Export Promotion, as
the keynote speaker at
the ‘Uttar Pradesh Sam-
vad’, a virtual meet or-
ganised by Elets under
the aegis of Depart-
ment of MSME and Ex-
port Promotion, on
Wednesday.
“The ODOP pro-
gramme launched by
CM Yogi Adityanath is
not only making the
state prosper but also
tremendously support-
ing the artisans eco-
nomically,” he said.
Highlighting impor-
tance of MSMEs, Se-
hgal said that UP has
the largest number of
MSMEs in country with
almost 14% of the total.
“We have traditional in-
dustrial bases or clus-
ters which have been
existing here for over a
century. Thus, there has
been a tradition of
small scale industries
in Uttar Pradesh, but
unfortunately it has
been ignored. Now, as a
special campaign,
Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath introduced
the ODOP scheme
which aims at promot-
ing the micro and small
industries of a particu-
lar product to help them
improve productivity,
profitability and help
artisans in these clus-
ters to improve their
livelihood,” he said.
Citing contribution
of MSMEs in export, he
said that these tradi-
tional industries con-
tribute to almost 80% of
our total export. “Our
exports are increasing.
The exports have risen
in last 2 years and
there has been a jump
of almost 38%, and
80% of exports are
from artisan-based
clusters,” he said.
“We worked on each
product and each dis-
trict as a unit to create
a kind of document
about how these indus-
tries could be helped in
raw material procure-
ment, skilled labour
availability and finance
and designing besides
packaging and market-
ing.’,” he said.
We are creating com-
mon facilities for small
units to improve their
productivity, he said
while citing Sambhal as
an example. “Artisans
here make buttons out
of animal bones and
then they used to send it
to China for polishing
for later exporting it.
But now the govern-
ment is helping them
get that machine from
China in Sambhal. We
have tied up with banks
and also BSE and NSE
to help the MSMEs
raisemoneyfrombanks
and market.”, he said.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Jewar air-
port, the dream project
of Chief Minister Yogi
Aditynath, is all to get
its new name, design
and logo on Thursday.
Final touches to the
above will be given
when officials consist-
ing of Yamuna Interna-
tional Airport Private
Limited (YIAPL), the
Special Purpose Vehi-
cle( SPV) of Zurich Air-
port International AG
meet UP CM for the first
time after the conces-
sion agreement was
signed between YIAPL
and Noida Internation-
al Airport Limited
(NIAL).
Christoph Schnell-
mann, the CEO of YIA-
PL, Kiran Jain, COO of
YIAPL, Sunil Joshi of
YIAPL and Dr Arun Vir
Singh, the CEO of NIAL
will meet the CM in the
presence of Additional
Chief Secretary, Civil
Aviation, S P Goyal and
Director, Civil Aviation,
UP, Surendra Singh.
The CM will approve
the final design, the
logo of the proposed
Jewar airport along
with its name. The Zu-
rich International Air-
port AGF, the private
company of Switzer-
land has been awarded
a contract for the con-
struction of Greenfield
Airport in 1334 hectare
land costing of Rs 29650
crore.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Attacking
Delhi Chief Minister
Arvind Kejriwal for not
being able to lead his
state well during the
pandemic, Uttar
Pradesh Chief Minister
Yogi Adityanath has
said that despite Delhi
being such a small state
(population-wise) when
compared to UP, its CM
has failed on all fronts.
The Delhi Chief Min-
ister had, on Tuesday,
announced that Aam
Aadmi Party (AAP)
will be contesting
2022 Assembly elec-
tions in Uttar
Pradesh.
Yogi Adityanath said
that despite being such
a huge state with a pop-
ulation of about 24
crores, the UP regis-
tered only 8000 deaths.
“In comparison, Delhi
with a population of
just two crore has seen
more than ten thousand
Covid deaths,’’ he said
while reminding that
this is why the World
Health Organisation
(WHO) has compli-
mented Covid manage-
ment of UP.
Yogi added that
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi’s guidance
and support of the peo-
ple of the state, made it
possible. He said the
government will ensure
that the Covid vaccine,
that is likely to be avail-
able by next month
reaches every citizen.
He reminded that his
government has pro-
vided houses to 30 lakh
rural poor and over 14
lakh urban poor. “We
transferred money into
the jandhan accounts
during Covid crisis and
that too without any
discrimination,’’ he
claimed adding “we
gave power connection
to 24 lakh people on the
basis of 2012 list with-
out even looking at the
religion or caste of the
beneficiary.’’
The UP CM futher
added that his govern-
ment has won many ad-
mirers for its model for
managing the lock-
down and the spread of
pandemic effieiciently.
“It was our team
work that we could re-
duce the number of ac-
tive corona cases from
68,000 to less than 18,000
even as Uttar Pradesh
has already become the
state with most number
of Covid-19 tests in the
nation,’’ the Chief Min-
ister pointed out.
Innovative students may get a profit share on inventions
YOGI GOVT MOTIVATES TRADITIONAL SMALL SCALE INDUSTRIES TO BOOST ECONOMY
TALENT REWARDED
Companies are ready to pay a share of profits to students, when their products reach the markets.
JUST THE BEGINNING : CM Yogi Adityanath has entrusted ACS MSME Navneet Sehgal (in frame) with framing friendly policies to set the wheel of development in motion.
UP govt’s war against COVID even garnered praise from global bodies.
Jewar airport to be a ‘Jewar’ (ornament) for Uttar Pradesh.
Many companies are pepped up about
innovative products being developed
by students of Uttar Pradesh
Jewar airport to get
its name, logo today
Delhi CM has failed on all
fronts, says Yogi Adityanath
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Keeping in
mind the interests of
farmers in the state,
the state government
and banks have
opened their coffers.
In the financial year
2020-21 till September,
over 19.62 lakh farm-
ers have been given
loans on concessional
rate on their Credit
Cards. Loan to the
tune of Rs 24,103 crore
on credit cards were
distributed.
Not only this, for
the first time 20,027
farmers have been
given loans for dairy
and 777 farmers for
fisheries on Kisan
Credit Card. For this,
a campaign is being
run across the state to
connect more and
more farmers with
the Kisan Credit Card
and the time limit of
the campaign has
been extended to 31
December.
Efforts are being
made by the govern-
ment to double in-
come of farmers. Un-
der this, along with
providing the facility
of Kisan Credit Card
to the beneficiaries of
PM Kisan, who are de-
prived of the Kisan
Credit Card facility,
security insurance
schemes, Pradhan
Mantri Jeevan Jyoti
Bima Yojana and
Pradhan Mantri
Suraksha Bima Yoja-
na are also being pro-
vided. Not only this,
15,82,941 Kisan Credit
Cards have been re-
newed in the state till
September during the
financial year 2020-21.
Along with this,
loans worth Rs 19
thousand 327 crore 31
lakh have also been
given. Apart from
this, 3,80,013 new
Kisan Credit Cards
have been made by
campaigning all over
the state and loans
worth Rs 4 thousand
776 crore 52 lakh have
been given to them.
The Ministry of Ag-
riculture and Farm-
ers Welfare, Govern-
ment of India, on 11
February 2019 had
also given instruc-
tions for Kisan Credit
Card facility for dairy
and fisheries.
` 24103-cr loan given via
Kisan credit cards in UP
Kisan credit card helps farmers get the needed economic torque.
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Royal Rumble: Sisodia ready to
lockhorns with UP Edu Minister
Sisodia says decision of AAP to contest UP polls made the govt talk education
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Delhi Depu-
ty Chief Minister Man-
ish Sisodia on Wednes-
day said he would visit
Lucknow in Uttar
Pradesh next week to
debate on the progress
made by the two respec-
tive governments in im-
proving infrastructure
provided in schools.
Sisodia’s statement
comes after Uttar
Pradesh education min-
ister Satish Dwivedi in-
vited Delhi Chief Minis-
ter Arvind Kejriwal and
his deputy Sisodia to
visitgovernmentschools
in the state.
Taking a swipe at the
Uttar Pradesh govern-
ment, Sisodia said the
decision of the Aam
Aadmi Party to contest
the Uttar Pradesh polls
in 2022 has made the
state government to talk
over issues of education
and electricity.
Sisodia on Wednes-
day said he “accepts the
challenge” of the UP
minister for having an
open debate on the edu-
cation model of Delhi
and UP. Addressing a
press conference, Siso-
dia said he will be visit-
ing Lucknow next week
to hold the debate.
“Soon after CMKejri-
wal’s announcement of
contesting assembly
polls in Uttar Pradesh in
2022, UP ministers in-
vited us for a debate on
education. I accept the
challenge and will be
visiting Lucknow next
Tuesday to debate on
Delhi and UP education
models,” Sisodia said.
According to media
reports, Dwivedi had
asked them to visit the
schools in UP after Ke-
jriwal drew compari-
sons between Delhi and
Uttar Pradesh over the
progress in educational
facilities. He did so
while announcing that
the AAP will contest in
the forthcoming assem-
bly polls in India’s most
populous state in 2022.
“I also accept the invi-
tation to see your work
done in government
schools of UP. You can
list 10 such schools,
which the BJP govern-
ment has improved in
four years. Where re-
sults have improved,
children have appeared
in competitive examina-
tions. I would like to see
your work in these
schools,” Sisodia added.
BRIEF
in
Term of 12 LC
members ends
on Jan 30, 2021
On January 30, 2021
the term for 12 mem-
bers of UP Legislative
Council will come to
an end, after which,
elections will be held
for new council. The
members include dep-
uty CM Dinesh Shar-
ma. Others are MLC
Ahmed Hasan, Ashu
Malik, Dharamvir
Singh Ashok,
Nasimuddin Siddiqui,
Pradeep Jatav,
Ramesh Yadav, Ram
Jatan, Laxman Prasad
Acharya, Virendra
Singh, Swatantra Dev,
and Sahab Singh
Saini. The EC wrote to
the Principal Secre-
tary Assembly to ap-
point a returning of-
ficer and an assistant.
Dalit man shot
dead; 2 held
A Dalit man was shot
dead in Jalalabad of
Shahjahanpur dis-
trict, while four were
seriously hurt after a
clash between two
groups over a land dis-
pute on Wednesday.
According to S Anand,
SP, the incident took
place in Kasari village
and two men Dev-
ender and Abhishek,
were arrested. A gun
was seized and a team
had beenformed for
arrest of an abscond-
ing accused.
Light showers in
eastern UP
Very light rain oc-
curred at isolated
places over UP on
Wednesday, the met-
department said.
Thunderstorm oc-
curred at isolated
places over east UP,
while dense fog en-
gulfed isolated places
over western parts of
the state. Mahroni
(Lalitpur), Chatnag
(Allahabad), Mau
(Chitrakoot) got rains.
CS RK Tiwari chairs
high-power meet for
Ayodhya makeover
Farmers’ stir: Noida to Delhi
route via Chilla border closed
First India Bureau
Lucknow: To establish
Ayodhya as a world-
class tourism city and
to plan grand and inclu-
sive development, a
meeting of the High
Powered Monitoring
Committee constituted
for the selection of
world-class consultants
under the chairman-
ship of Chief Secretary
Rajendra Kumar Ti-
wari was held. The EOI
and the RFP document
for the selection were
presented by the Ayod-
hya Development Au-
thority.
In his address, CS RK
Tiwari said a plan
should be prepared for
the overall development
of Ayodhya by selecting
the consultant to estab-
lish Ayodhya as a world-
class tourism city. He
said action should be
taken in a time-bound
manner from the selec-
tion of the consultant to
the preparation of the
overall master plan.
He said, Agriculture
Production Commis-
sioner, Commissioner
of Infrastructure and
Industrial Develop-
ment, ACS Home, ACS
Industrial Develop-
ment, ACS, Informa-
tion, ACS, Planning
should also be included
in the committee.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: One side of
the Delhi-Noida Link
Road was closed for
commuters on Wednes-
day due to the ongoing
protestbyfarmersatthe
Chilla border here amid
heavy police deploy-
ment, officials said.
Barricades have been
set up on the road, pro-
hibiting vehicular
movement from Noida
to Delhi, while the other
side (Delhi to Noida)
was open, Noida Traffic
Police officials said.
Also, traffic was di-
verted from the Dalit
Prerna Sthal, another
site of the farmers’ pro-
tests, to the Delhi-Noida-
Direct (DND) flyway in
the wake of the situa-
tion at the Chilla border,
an official said.
“The route was closed
around 11 am. The DND
and Kalindi Kunj routes
are operational and
commuters are advised
to take these routes for
travelling to and fro Del-
hi,” the official said.
The Chilla route had
remained obstructed
since December 1 when
the protest started here.
One side of the road
(Noida to Delhi) had re-
mained closed during a
large part of the period
untilDecember12,when
protesters agreed to
open it for the sake of
commuters but stayed
put at the border.
However, a disagree-
ment cropped up be-
tween groups of farmer
unions who opposed the
move that led to a brief
closure of the road on
Tuesday as well, accord-
ing to a BKU (Bhanu)
protestor.
Farmers, chiefly be-
longing to the Bharatiya
Kisan Union’s Bhanu
and Lok Shakti factions,
are staging demonstra-
tions at Chilla border
and Dalit Prerna Sthal
respectively.
Long queue of vehicles following the closure of the road
Chief Secretary RK Tiwari
ACS Awasthi oversees progress
in action against mafia
Swatantra Dev Singh slams Opposition for farm unrest
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Under the
chairmanship of Addi-
tional Chief Secretary,
Home Awanish Kumar
Awasthi, a high-level re-
view meeting was held
on Wednesday at the
Command Centre of the
Home Department to re-
view the progress in fire
prevention and taming
of mafias.
Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath has in-
structed to ensure fire
prevention and effective
action against anti-so-
cial elements and mafi-
as who commit crimes
by forming gangs. In-
structions have been
giventoreviewthecases
registered for violation
of the guidelines laid
down during Covid-19.
Awasthi said effective
action should be taken
by regularly reviewing
the pending cases for ac-
tion under the Gangster
Act. He has also given
instructions for regular
review of proceedings
against mafias involved
in various crimes.
A thorough review of
the strategy adopted by
the fire department for
fire prevention and key
efforts in this direction
was also discussed. In-
structions were given to
ensure time-bound ac-
tion for the construction
of new fire stations
along with necessary re-
sources and staff, etc. so
that accidents can be ef-
fectively controlled.
To punish culprits in
crimes against women,
it been asked to identify
and take action against
officers of the prosecu-
tion department found
lax in effective action.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Uttar
Pradesh BJP president
Swatantra Dev Singh
on Wednesday alleged
that the Opposition is
misleading the farmers
while the Centre is try-
ing to ensure that their
income increases.
He said the Congress,
which was in power for
a long time, “had set
new records of corrup-
tion”, due to which
farmers were always
upset.
“The Opposition is
misleading the farm-
ers. The BJP govern-
ment is trying to en-
sure that the income of
farmers is increased,”
Singh said.
He was addressing a
‘Kisan Sammelan’ in
Banda, one of the sev-
eral such farmer meet-
ings held by BJP lead-
ers in Uttar Pradesh to
counter opposition
claims on the agri-mar-
keting laws enacted at
the Centre.
After Narendra Modi
became the prime min-
ister, the government
has taken historic deci-
sions and is working in
the interest of the
farmers, the BJP lead-
er said.
He claimed that due
to their political rea-
sons, SP-BSP don’t want
farmers to get benefit-
ted. The parties which
are only concerned
about their families
cannot feel the pain of
farmers, the state BJP
chief said.
The BJP started
Kisan Sammelan on
Monday and the series
of meetings will con-
tinue till December 18.
Vishal Srivastav
Lucknow: Tigress Ip-
shita, one of the biggest
charmers of the Nawab
Wajid Ali Shah Zoo in
Lucknow died on
Wednesday owing to old
age complications. The
feline was nearing 20
years of age.
Ipshita, who survived
well past her life expec-
tancy, died in her enclo-
sure on Wednesday af-
ternoon. She was under-
going treatment for
various age related ill-
nesses for long. The big
cat was six years old
when she was brought
to the zoo from Nandan-
kanan Zoological Park,
Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
She was brought in 2007.
In 2009, Ipshita had
given birth to four cubs
of which three were
brown and one was
white in colour. Ipshita
had always been a major
attraction at the Zoo as
people would often gath-
er outside her enclosure
just get a glimpse of the
royal animal.
In 2019 also, Ipshita
had taken badly ill and-
had collapsed in her en-
closure. The doctors had
kept special vigil on her
for 10 days to revive her.
In normal circumstanc-
es also, the Tigress
would get special care
given her old age.
Azooofficialsaid usu-
ally Tigers’ life expec-
tancy is about 15 years
but if given really good
care, they may live up to
20 years. “Ipshita was
our baby and was given
a very special diet. She
would always get fresh
and soft meat as her
teeth had eroded. There
is an unusual silence in
the zoo at her passing
away,” said the official.
Lko Zoo loses its biggest charmer in Tigress Ipshita
2001-2020

The big cat was
six years old
when she was
brought to the
Lucknow
zoo from
Nandankanan
Zoological Park,
Bhubaneswar
in Odisha
A zoo ofﬁcial bids adieu to the majestic tigress Ipshita at
Lucknow Zoo on Wednesday.
ACS Home Awanish Awasthi
Swatantra Dev Singh said the government at the Centre under
PM Narendra Modi was only trying to increase farmers’ income.
Leaves of health officials
cancelled till Jan 2021
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Health and
Family Welfare Depart-
mentof UPhascancelled
leavesof officersandem-
ployees in view of pro-
posed Covid-19 vaccina-
tion in December 2020
and January 2021.
A departmental no-
tice said, “Everyone
working under the
health and family wel-
fare department are
aware that Covid-19 pan-
demic is still affecting
livesof peopleacrossthe
globe and norms, guide-
lines are being followed
to prevent its spread. In
this row, Covid-19 vacci-
nation in December 2020
andJanuary2021during
which cooperation of
every official and em-
ployee is needed.”
Efforts of CM Yogi bear fruit, Mega
Leather Park to come up at Kanpur
First India Bureau
Kanpur: Once known
as Manchester of the
east, Kanpur is set to get
backitslostglory,thanks
to the relentless efforts
of Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath. A mega
leather cluster in Ra-
maipur village of Kan-
pur is soon going to be-
come a reality.
Fifty thousand people
will get jobs and invest-
ment of Rs 5850 crore
will be made. It will be
built under the 235 acres
of MegaLeatherCluster
Project. This dream pro-
ject of CM Yogi Adity-
anath got the approval
of theUnionMinistryof
Commerce recently.
Very soon the CM
will lay the foundation
stone of the Mega
Leather Cluster Pro-
ject. After this, Mega
Leather Cluster Devel-
opment UP Limited
Company will start de-
velopment work there.
Kanpur, an industrial
city situated on the
banks of the Ganges in
the state, is one of the
major cities of the coun-
try. It is also known as
‘Leather City’. At one
time, Kanpur was called
‘Manchester of the East’
due to the bustling tex-
tile industry, although
duetotheneglectintime
and cold shouldering by
former governments,
the city lost its identity.
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PERSPECTIVELUCKNOW | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2020
s excited as we
all understand-
ably are about
the arrival of
the first COV-
ID-19 vaccines, the immedi-
ate road ahead remains
treacherous. The United
States, in particular, could
beonthevergeof ahorrible
scenario in which ongoing
slippages in each of four ar-
eas – public health, the
economy, policy, and house-
holdbehavior–endupmak-
ing those in the other areas
even worse. Over the next
few weeks, they risk setting
in motion a vicious cycle
that, if it materializes,
could shatter the lives and
livelihoods of many more
people, even though vac-
cines are in sight.
Fortunately, through in-
dividual and collective ac-
tion, the US has the means
not only to arrest these dy-
namics but also to trans-
form them into a virtuous
cycle. This will require a
set of sustained efforts
rather than simple repeti-
tion of one-off measures.
Notwithstanding the re-
strictions that one state af-
ter another is putting in
place, America’s current
wave of COVID-19 hospi-
talizations and deaths is
unlikely to subside in a last-
ing fashion. Yet, rather
than regarding these meas-
ures as necessary but insuf-
ficient, too many Ameri-
cans will instead be in-
clined to conclude – incor-
rectly – that restrictions are
ineffective except in their
very narrow role as tempo-
rary circuit breakers.
Moreover, the US is fail-
ing to get a handle on pub-
lic-health challenges at a
time when the economy is
already weakening. The re-
cent string of increases in
weekly jobless claims con-
firms that the recovery in
both the labor market and
the overall economy is los-
ing steam. More granular
daily indicators of eco-
nomic activity (such as mo-
bility, restaurant bookings,
and search activity) fur-
ther support this view.
A growing number of
economists now believe
that the more comprehen-
sive monthly jobs report for
December, released in early
January, may show nega-
tive job creation. It could be
only a matter of time until
westartworryingaboutthe
threat of a US double-dip
recession similar to the one
that Europe may already be
experiencing.
The third area of con-
cern is the overall US poli-
cy response to the econom-
ic crisis, which remains
unbalanced and inade-
quate. Yes, monetary poli-
cy is still in “pedal to the
metal” mode, with the US
Federal Reserve expected
to do even more at its De-
cember 15-16 policy meet-
ing to support economic
recovery. Unfortunately,
the world’s most powerful
central bank is essentially
pushing on a string when it
comes to long-term eco-
nomic well-being.
Little of what the Fed
does these days addresses
the structural impedi-
ments to short and longer-
term inclusive and sustain-
able economic growth.
Meanwhile, its ample and
predictable liquidity injec-
tions continue to decouple
Wall Street from Main
Street, worsen wealth ine-
quality, and encourage ex-
cessive risk-taking that
threatens future financial
stability.
SOURCE: PROJECT SYNDICATE
Avoiding America’s vicious COVID cycle
A
The deluded ones, who
restrain their organs of action
but mentally dwell upon the
sense enjoyment, are called
hypocrites. —Bhagavad Gita
Spiritual
SPEAK
Top
TWEET
Jagat Prakash Nadda @JPNadda
For socio-economic development
in all the six North-East States,
Rs 6,700 Crores approved
for consolidation of electricity
infrastructure. National Security
Directive on Telecommunication
Sector is also approved which will
help in keeping India safe & secure.
Mallikarjun Kharge @kharge
It has been over a fortnight since
#Farmers are protesting. They
have been called agents of Kh
alistan,Pak,China,Maoists,Urb
an Naxals & even anti nationals.
Instead of blaming everyone,
PM @narendramodi should
go & convince them on how
revolutionary the #FarmersBills are.
WHEN PANCHAYAT POLLS
GRAB HEADLINES
hentheBharatiyaJanataPartysweptthe
panchayat elections television channels
went all out to transmit the news and an-
nounced how the Congress lost its popu-
larity. A few days later there was silence
in the BJP camp when the Congress won 620 wards
in the urban local bodies elections in the state. The
BJP came third with a tally of 548. Independents
with 595 seats were placed second. In the Panchay-
ati Raj poll, BJP had won 12 Zila pramukhs with
Congress having to settle for five Zila pramukhs. On
the basis of these results one may conclude that the
BJP has a strong base in rural Rajasthan while the
Congress is better placed in urban areas but with
assembly elections still far away both the parties
have time to cover their weak spots.
Far away in Kerala also the local body elections
were making headlines. The Left Democratic Front
(LDF) government of Pinarayi Vijayan, which has
been under a cloud over gold smuggling racket and
corruption charges, found cheer in the party’s per-
formance in panchayat elections. These elections
are being seen as a litmus test for next year’s as-
sembly elections. The CPI-M-led LDF won 500 of
the 941-gram panchayats, four of the six corpora-
tions, and 10 of the 14 district panchayats. Only in
municipalities did the UDF hold an edge over LDF.
The BJP fared poorly but showed signs of firm-
ing its roots by winning a municipality and dou-
bled its tally of gram panchayats. The party lost in
Thrissur and Thiruvananthapuram corporations.
It clearly has some hard work to do.
W
IN-DEPTH
SC SHOWS CENTRE THE
WAY TO END IMPASSE
he issue of farmers’ protest reached the
Supreme Court which took up two peti-
tions against the agriculturists blocking
roads affecting their freedom of move-
ment and seeking their removal. The
Chief Justice of India SA Bobde, who headed a
bench consisting of Justices AS Bopanna and V
Ramasubramanian warned the Centre that the
agitation was threatening to snowball into a na-
tional issue and suggested forming a committee
for an early and amicable settlement of the issue.
The Bench noted that talks between the govern-
ment and farmers were not fruitful. Addressing
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta CJI Bobde said,
“Mr. Mehta we will tell you what we are planning
to do. We will form a committee to resolve the dis-
pute. It will have members of Bharatiya Kisan
Union, other farmer organizations, and the Gov-
ernment of India. We will ask farmer organiza-
tions to be part of the committee as it will soon
become a national issue.
Describing the farmers’ attitude the solicitor
general said that it was either yes or no for them.
“Their approach is either repeal the Farm Acts or
don’t repeal. It’s either yes or no for them.” When
Tushar Mehta stressed that the government will
not do anything that will adversely impact the
farmers the CJI asked, “What’s the point of saying
so when it is adversely affecting them.”
Six rounds of talks have taken place but without
any fruitful result because farmers are not ready
for a compromise because they claim the new laws
favour big corporate houses. The Centre is unable
to convince the protesters about the amendments
it proposes to make.
T
nglish inhabitants in India re-
quested the then Indian rulers
to grant them the privilege of
being governed by the English
law. Indian rulers acceded to
this request which led to the
wholesale import of English
law in India.
The law of sedition in India
is an offshoot of English law. In
the earliest English law, any
infringement of the bond of
fealty was punishable. This ele-
ment is well marked in ‘seditio
exercitus vel regmi’ – a betray-
ing of the army or of the realm.
Incitement to disorder and ex-
citing ill-will between different
classes of the King’s subjects
was a serious crime against the
state. This English criminal
law crystallised in the famous
Treason Act, 1351 III and Trea-
son Act, 1795. The picture of
the system of law prevailing in
India at the advent of the 19th
century was one of confusion
and chaos. In the words of Sir
Henry Maine India was then “a
country empty of law.” The en-
actment of the Charter Act,
1833 and the creation of an all-
India Legislative Council form
a most significant watershed in
the legal history of India. Ma-
caulay rightly observed-“our
principle is simply this – uni-
formity where you can have it;
diversity where you must have
it, but in all cases certainty.”
A Law Commission, under
the aegis of Lord Macaulay,
was appointed to enact a uni-
form criminal law for India.
Section 113 of the Draft Penal
Code, proposed by the Law
Commission, made excitation
of feelings of disaffection
against the government estab-
lished by law in the territories
occupied by the East India
Company as criminal.” The
origin of Section 124A and the
history of its introduction in
Indian Penal Code, 1860 is both
interesting and important. In
1837, it existed, in gremio, as
one of the clauses of Macaul-
ay’s draft Penal Code, but re-
mained shelved for more than
twenty years. When this Bill
saw the light in 1860, strangely
enough, the sedition clause, for
some unaccountable reason,
had been omitted.
The government of India
badly felt the need for enact-
ment of this clause when ‘Wa-
habi’ conspiracy case was going
on. It is to be noted that Sir
Barnes Peacock has appended a
substitute section for Section
113 but it was rejected by the Se-
lect Committee of the House for
being much more severe. Final-
ly, on the lines of draft Section
113,Section124Awasenactedby
the Special Act XXVII of 1870.
The first state trial for sedi-
tion on record is the case of
Queen Empress vs. Jogendra
Chunder Bose, better known as
‘Bangobasi Case,’ that being the
name of the newspaper in
which the alleged seditious
matter appeared. In 1897 three
notabletrialstookplace–Queen
Empress vs. Bal Gangadhar Ti-
lak (ILR 22 Bom. 112), Queen-
Empress vs. Ramchandra
Narayan (ILR 1898 22 Bom. 45)
and Queen Empress vs. Amba
Prasad (ILR 1898 20 All. 55). Let
us ascertain to what extent Sec-
tion 124-A had been affected by
the judicial utterances of the
learned judges who took part in
these trials. In the first place, it
seems pretty clear that the term
‘disaffection’ had proved a ‘vex-
ata quaestio’, for many defini-
tions of this word had been of-
fered which were not all exactly
alike. Besides, the ‘explanation’
to the section had undoubtedly
proved a veritable crux.
The raison d’etre of the con-
templated amendment was
stated by Mr. Chalmers, the
member in charge of the bill.
“As for the section”, he said,
“which deals with the offence
of exciting disaffection against
the government……… I cannot
say that it strikes me as model
of clear drafting. The result of
the cases was to establish that
it is a criminal offence to stir
up feelings of contempt or ha-
tred for the government and
that such conduct is nonethe-
less an offence because resort
to actual violence is not advo-
cated.” Thus, adapting these
guidelines as to the language,
Section 124-A was repealed and
the present section was substi-
tuted therefor. The amendment
affirmed in unmistakable
terms the consentient opinions
of the various High Courts
which had been called to inter-
pret the Section 124—A then
extant. The introduction of the
expression “bring into hatred
or contempt” is traceable to Sir
Comer Petheram’s charge in
the Bangobasi trial, which he
himself imported from the
English law.
Thus, it is noticeable that
Section 124-A has undergone
subtle changes. It was adapted
from time to time as a result of
the constitutional changes by
the Government of India Act,
1935, by the Independence Act,
1947 and by the Indian Consti-
tution of 1950 (Adaptation of
Laws Orders 1937, 1948, and
1950). Section 124-A has re-
mained almost the same, with
little changes, as it was in 1898.
The word ‘Sedition’ does not
appear in Section 124-A, though
it is only mentioned as a mar-
ginal note to Section 124-A. It
simplygivesthenamebywhich
the crime defined in the section
is to be known. This species of
offence against the state was
not an invention of the British-
ersinIndiabuthasbeenknown
to ancient civilizations for cen-
turies as is discernible from
the foregoing discussion. Eve-
ry state has to be armed with
the power to punish those who
disseminate such feelings of
disloyalty as have the tendency
to lead to the disruption of the
state or to public disorder.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
SEDITION IN INDIA
MODERN ERA
E
The law of
sedition in India
is an offshoot of
English law. In
the earliest
English law, any
infringement of
the bond of fealty
was punishable.
This element is
well marked in
‘seditio exercitus
vel regmi’ – a
betraying of the
army or of the
realm.
Incitement to
disorder and
exciting ill-will
between different
classes of the
King’s subjects
was a serious
crime against
the state
THE WORD ‘SEDITION’
DOES NOT APPEAR IN
SECTION 124-A, THOUGH
IT IS ONLY MENTIONED
AS A MARGINAL NOTE
TO SECTION 124-A. IT
SIMPLY GIVES THE
NAME BY WHICH
THE CRIME DEFINED
IN THE SECTION IS
TO BE KNOWN
SHRAWAN
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& LEGAL CONSULTANT

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25 HR COUNTDOWN FOR PSLV-C50/
CMS01 MISSION BEGINS
Chennai: The 25-hour
countdown for the
launch of communica-
tion satellite CMS-01
on board launch vehicle
PSLV-C50 commenced on
Wednesday, ISRO said.
The polar satellite launch
vehicle’s 52nd mission is
scheduled for lift-off at
15.41 hours on Thursday
from the second launch
pad at the spaceport
of Sriharikota ‘subject
to weather conditions’.
“PSLV-CMS-01 Mission:
Countdown for the launch
of PSLV-C50/CMS01 mis-
sion commenced today
at 1441hrs from Satish
Dhawan Space Centre,
SHAR Sriharikota,” ISRO
said. PSLV-C50 is the
22nd flight of PSLV in ‘XL’
configuration, and launch
would be the 77th launch.
1 HURT AFTER TRUCK HITS 8
VEHICLES ON HIGHWAY IN PUNE
Pune: One person was injured after a truck hit
around eight vehicles on Mumbai-Bengaluruhigh-
way in Maharashtra’s Pune district on. Traffic was
disrupted for some time on the highway after the
accident took place near a bridge, an official said.
The truck hit seven to eight vehicles near Navale
bridge on a by-pass of the Mumbai-Bengaluru
highway, he said. “One person received injuries.
The victim was travelling in an auto-rickshaw
which was among the seven to eight vehicles
damaged in the accident,” police official added.
NOT A SUITABLE TIME TO TALK
ABOUT ALLIANCES: HAASAN
Tirunelveli: Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) chief
Kamal Haasan said that many ask him about a
possible pact with Rajinikanth and added that it
is not a suitable time to talk about alliances. On
speculations over alliance with Rajinikanth, MNM
chief cleared that his party will form a third team
with the good candidates under his leadership
in the forthcoming Assembly elections. “He (Ra-
jinikanth) and I are good friends. If we form an
alliance, I would be happy,” he added. Speaking
about the alliance with (DMK), Haasan said.
SENSEX, NIFTY EXTEND RECORD RUN;
HDFC TWINS, IT PACK LEAD CHARGE
Mumbai: Equity bench-
marks raced to new peaks
for the fourth straight
session as participants
took note of continuously
improving macroeconom-
ic indicators and positive
trends in global markets.
The BSE Sensex settled
403.29 points or 0.87 per
cent higher at 46,666.46,
while the NSE Nifty
climbed 114.85 points
or 0.85 % to 13,682.70
-record closing for both
the benchmarks. Both the
indices also marked their
all-time intra-day highs of
46,704.97 and 13,692.35,
respectively. In the Sen-
sex pack, HDFC, ONGC,
Bharti Airtel, Asian Paints,
Titan, TCS and Mahindra
and Mahindra were the
prominent gainers, ad-
vancing up to 3.11%.
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi on
Wednesday recalled the
unwavering courage of
our armed forces on the
occasion of the Vijay Di-
was, a historic day that
made Bangladesh an in-
dependent country.
Prime Minister said
the unwavering courage
of armedforcesresulted
in a decisive victory for
our nation in the 1971
war. Taking to Twitter,
PM Modi said, "On Vijay
Diwas we recall the un-
wavering courage of
our armed forces that
resulted in a decisive
victory for our nation in
the1971war.Onthisspe-
cialVijayDiwas,hadthe
honour of lighting the
'Swarnim Vijay
Mashaal' at the National
War Memorial."
Prime Minister Modi
lit the 'Swarnim Vijay
Mashaal' at the Nation-
al War Memorial on
Wednesday to mark the
50th-anniversary of the
1971 India-Pakistan
war. The Prime Minis-
ter paid tributes to the
fallen soldiers at Na-
tional War Memorial.
He was received by
Union Defence Minister
Rajnath Singh at the
venue. On this occa-
sion, the Defence Minis-
ter unveiled the logo for
'Swarnim Vijay Varsh.'
Four 'Victory
Mashaals' (flames) lit
from the Eternal Flame
of National War Memo-
rial will be carried to
various parts of the
country including to
villages of Param Vir
Chakra and Maha Vir
Chakra awardees of
1971 war.
Vijay Diwas is cele-
brated every year on
December 16 to mark
India's triumph in liber-
ating Bangladesh from
Pakistan in 1971.
In one of the fastest
and shortest cam-
paigns of military his-
tory, a new nation was
born as a result of the
swift campaign under-
taken by the Indian
Army. —ANI
We recall unwavering courage of our forces: PM
Vijay Diwas is celebrated every year on December 16 to mark India’s triumph in liberating Bangladesh from Pakistan in the year 1971
Prime Minister Narendra Modi pays homage on the occasion of Vijay Diwas, at National War
Memorial in New Delhi on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
New Delhi: The Espla-
nade Court in Mumbai
granted bail to Republic
TV Chief Executive Edi-
tor Vikas Khanchanda-
ni,whowasarrestedlast
Sunday, in the alleged
TRP scam. He was earli-
er remanded to police
custodytillDecember15.
Hehasbeengrantedbail
on a surety of Rs 50,000.
Khanchandani was
questioned previously
by the investigators
twice before his arrest.
Mumbai Police regis-
tered a case of manipu-
lating television rating
pointsagainsttheRepub-
lic TV after rating agen-
cy BARC filed a com-
plaint through Hansa
Research Agency about
the rigging of TRP by
some channels. —Agencies
TRP scam: Republic
TV CEO granted bail New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court Collegium
has recommended
transfer of four Chief
Justices of different
High Courts including
the Andhra Pradesh
High Court Chief Jus-
tice J K Maheshwari
against whom a letter
was written to the Chief
Justice of India.
In an unprecedented
move, chief minister Y
S Jagan Mohan Reddy,
on October 6, had writ-
ten to the CJI, alleging
that the Andhra
Pradesh High Court led
by Justice Maheshwari
was being used to
"destabilise and topple
my democratically
elected government."
The Collegium head-
ed by Chief Justice S A
Bobde recommended
transfer of Justice Ma-
heshwari as Chief Jus-
tice of Sikkim High
Court and Sikkim High
Court Chief Justice A K
Goswami to Andhra
Pradesh HC.
According to the apex
court website, the Colle-
gium in its meeting held
on December 14 has ap-
proved the proposal to
transfer Telangana HC
Chief Justice R S Chau-
han as Chief Justice of
UttarakhandHighCourt
whileOrissaHighCourt
Chief Justice Moham-
med Rafiq has been sent
toMadhyaPradeshHigh
Court. —PTI
SCCollegiumproposestransferring
Chief Justices of four High Courts
Mumbai: Bombay
HC stayed the metro
car shed project at
Mumbai's Kanjur
Marg and asked the
Mumbai Metropoli-
tan Region Develop-
ment Authority
(MMRDA) to main-
tain the status quo.
Earlier on Monday,
the HC had asked
Maharashtra gov-
ernment to consider
withdrawing the or-
der passed by the
Mumbai Suburban
District Collector, al-
lotting 102 acres of
saltpan land for the
construction of a
Metro car shed. —PTI
Bombay HC
stays metro
car shed
project
New Delhi: Union Min-
ister of Education, Dr
Ramesh Pokhriyal on
Wednesday announced
the schedule for JEE
Mains 2021 examina-
tion. According to the
minister, the National
Testing Agency (NTA)
will conduct the JEE
Mains 2021 examina-
tion from February 23
to 26, 2021.
The NTA will con-
duct the JEE mains
2021 examination four
times, in February,
March, April and May,
2021.Earlier during a
live session on Decem-
ber 10, regarding the
dates to conduct class
10 and 12 board exams,
the education minister
had said the consulta-
tions with stakeholders
are in progress and the
schedule will be an-
nounced soon based on
the feedback from the
stakeholders.—Agencies
Thiruvananthapuram:
TheCPI-MledLDFmain-
tained its lead against
Congress led UDF and
the BJP led NDA. The
LDF led in gram, block
and district panchayat.
The UDF was ahead in
municipality and at par
withLDFincorporation.
The BJP led NDA, on the
other hand was at the
third position. It had
won 1068 wards in gram
panchayat, 37 wards in
block panchayat, 1 ward
in district panchayat,
320 wards in municipal-
ity and 59 wards in cor-
poration. Gram pan-
chayat has 15962 wards,
block panchayat has
2080, district panchayat
has 331, municipality
has 3078 and corpora-
tion has 414 wards.
BJP IT Cell head Amit
Malviya said the BJP
has made impressive
gains in Kerala. “It won
Palakkad Municipality
for the second time and
also Pandalam Munici-
pality, birth place of
Swamy Ayyappa. Re-
tains Madhur Panchayat
in Kasargod for 40th
year in a row! Does well
in other high stakes con-
tests too…”
Kerala Finance Minis-
ter Thomas Isaac said
the LDF is inching to-
wards a ‘resounding vic-
tory’ in Kerala. Target-
ing BJP and Congress,
he said that the people
of his state rejected the
slander campaign by the
opposition parties. Con-
gress was at the second
position while the NDA
struggled to make some
impact. The news is not
very encouraging for the
BJP in Kerala except for
Kochi and Thiruvanan-
thapuram where its can-
didates have defeated
Congress mayoral candi-
date and LDF candi-
dates. —Agencies
JEE main 2021 to be held
from Feb 23-26: Pokhriyal
‘Comprehensive’winforCPI-MledLDF
50TH ANNIV OF 1971 WAR
New Delhi: Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi on Wednesday
lit the ‘Swarnim Vi-
jay Mashaal’ from
the eternal flame of
the National War Me-
morial here, mark-
ing the beginning of
the 50th anniversary
year celebrations of
India’s victory over
Pakistan in 1971.
Modi was joined by
Defence Minister Ra-
jnath Singh, the
chief of defence staff
and tri-service chiefs
as he laid wreath and
paid homage to the
soldiers who made
the supreme sacri-
fice for the country.
Four victory
mashaals (flaming
torches) will be car-
ried to various parts
of India, including to
the villages of Param
Vir Chakra and
Maha Vir Chakra
awardees of the 1971
war, the defence min-
istry has said. “Soil
from the villages of
these awardees and
from areas where
major battles were
fought in 1971 are be-
ing brought to the
National War Memo-
rial (NWM),” few
sources from the
ministry said.—PTI
PM Modi lights
‘Swarnim Vijay Mashaal’
New Delhi: India
will host a Global
Media and Film Sum-
mit next year and it
will also set up a spe-
cial pavilion at
Cannes in 2022 on the
occasion of Cannes
Film Festival's 75
years celebrations,
Union Information
and Broadcasting
Minister Prakash Ja-
vadekar said on
Wednesday.
Javadekar made
the announcement
while addressing the
CII Big Picture Sum-
mit through video
conferencing in
which he mentioned
that "we are a coun-
try where growth of
c o m m u n i c a t i o n
technology is phe-
nomenal and this
presents a tremen-
dous scope for enter-
tainment and media
industry".
The minister re-
marked "Animation,
Visual Effects, Gam-
ing and Comic
(AVGC) is a sunrise
sector and our ex-
perts are providing
back-end support to
top filmmakers of
the world".
He added that it
was time that these
professionals started
doing more of this
for our own films so
that the use of ani-
mation and graphics
in Indian films grows
manifold. —PTI
‘India to host
Global Film
Summit in 2021’
Prakash Javadekar speaks during a press briefing on
Cabinet decisions, at National Media Centre in New Delhi.
Republic TV Chief Executive Editor Vikas Khanchandani was
arrested last Sunday.
MIN SPEA
IN THE COURTYARD
G7 SUMMIT
Amit Shah
@AmitShah
"On this day in 1971,
the Indian Army, with its
indomitable courage and
valour, made a historic
change on the world
map, protecting the uni-
versal values of human
freedom. This mark with
golden letters in history
will continue to make
every Indian proud.
Happy Vijay Diwas."
Rajnath Singh
@rajnathsingh
"Today, on the occasion
of Vijay Diwas, I salute
the valour and bravery
of the Indian Army. I
remember the bravery
of the brave soldiers
who wrote a new saga
of bravery in the 1971
war. Their sacrifice is a
source of inspiration for
all Indians. Nation will
always revere them."
KERALA LOCAL BODY POLLS

INDIALUCKNOW | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2020
‘YOUR TALKS...
The court said the pro-
posed committee would
comprise of representa-
tives from the govern-
ment and farmer un-
ions across the country
to resolve the deadlock
over the farm laws.
TMC’s Adhikari...
joining that he had com-
mitted to the party lead-
ership.
On Tuesday, BJP
leader Kailash Vijay-
vargiya called up
Adhikari to wish him
on his birthday, fur-
ther fuelling specula-
tion. BJP sources said
Adhikari, an influen-
tial leader with a mass
base, could influence
votes in at least 40 As-
sembly constituencies
in six districts.
Waste of...
A presentation on the
colour of uniforms in
the Army, Navy and Air
Force was being made
to the Committee when
a BJP member called
for uniformity in the
uniform colour of the
three forces as in the
United States.
Cabinet nod...
A total of 2251.25 MHz is
being offered with total
valuation of Rs.
3,92,332.70 crore (at re-
serve price), the govern-
ment said in its state-
ment.
Sant(a) Yogi...
the person on the last
rung. “ Lots of hopes
are pinned on the law-
yers for dispensation of
justice and it is your
duty to stand to all -rich
or poor,”he said urging
them to not be disheart-
ened in any circum-
stances as aspirations
of 24 crore people de-
pend upon about 3.50
lakh-strong lawyers
community. CM Yogi
said while Judiciary,
Executive and legisla-
tive are the pillars of
democracy, the bench
and bar, both have their
respective roles in im-
parting justice.
The CM was all
thankful to PM Modi
for taking the country
to the pinnacle of glo-
ry in the world. “ It is
no wonder that the
United States and the
European countries
are following India,
they used to reckon as
laggard,” he said.
He said that the state
is also moving ahead to
become ‘atma nirbhar’
Uttar Pradesh and it
will be possible by pro-
moting our traditional
products. “ how the lo-
cal artisans displayed
and sold their products
during Diwali and how
we managed to do away
with Chinese depend-
ence in terms of vari-
ous festival require-
ments is an indication
of the things to come.
A simple potter from
Gorakhpur alone sold
terracotta articles
worth Rs 8 lakh ,’’ he
said.
The UP CM said it
was the will power of
the government that the
Kumbh 2019 could be
organised at such a
large scale where the
pilgrims, devotees and
tourists from 187 coun-
tries visited. It was the
event which got UP and
India the global recog-
nition, he said.
He said that besides
will power, the govern-
ment is also distin-
guished by its vision
and pro-people inten-
tions. “ The way we
have planned to take tap
water to every house-
hold in Vindhya region
and Bundelkhand has
been an act of vision
and compassion,’’ he
said.
Bulldozing Mafias...
Prayagraj Develop-
ment Authority to
build multi-storeyed
housing colonies. It
will please journalists,
lawyers and teachers
and at the same time,
evolve a new model of
the development.
Owaisi’s Bihar...
“We will not be able to
give you an exact num-
ber about the seats as
yet as it is something
which we will finalise
after consultation with
our alliance partner,”
said Owaisi.
Sporting his typical
sherwani and skull-cap,
the Hyderabad Member
of Parliament, who has
created a renewed buzz
around his party after
it won five seats in Bi-
har, lashed out at West
Bengal Chief Minister
Mamata Banerjee for
labelling him as Team
B of the BJP.
“Mamata Banerjee
should worry about her
home, her people are go-
ing to BJP. Till date
there is no man who can
buy Asaduddin Owaisi
with money. So far you
have only dealt with
obedient Mir Jafers and
Sadiqs. You don’t like
Muslims who think and
speak for themselves,
he said adding that her
allegation were base-
less. She (Mamata) is
restless. She should
worry about her own
home, so many of her
people are going to the
BJP. She has insulted
the voters of Bihar and
the people who voted for
us,” he said.
FROM PG 1
New Delhi: Congress
leader Randeep Singh
Surjewala on Wednes-
day posed various
questions to Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi over PM CARES
Fund, including the re-
ceipt of donations to
the fund through Indi-
an Embassies.
"The intriguing case
of 'foreign donations',
including from China,
Pakistan and Qatar to
PM Cares Fund! The
Congress leader fur-
ther posed questions
including, "How many
thousand crores were
received in Fund from
27 foreign countries
and was there a quid
pro quo with NISSEI
ASB between donation
and restarting their
factory?"
"Why were the 27 In-
dian Embassies adver-
tising the Fund through
'Closed Channels, not
in Public Domain',
when Fund is not a
'Public Authority' with-
in RTI?" Surjewala
tweeted.
"Why has the Fund
been exempted from
the preview of FCRA
by the Government?
Isn't it the only excep-
tion in India for a
Charitable trust? Why
this Special treat-
ment?" he added. Why
is the Fund then not a
'Public Authority',
asked Surjewala. "Why
is Fund not audited by
CAG or GOI amd re-
port made public as
substantial foreign do-
nations were re-
ceived?" he added. —ANI
CONGRESS QUESTIONS PM CARES
FUND OVER FOREIGN DONATIONS
New Delhi: Market
regulator Sebi on
Wednesday decided to
relax profitability crite-
ria for becoming a mu-
tual fund sponsor with
a view to facilitating
innovation and expan-
sion in the MF sector.
The regulator has
also decided to segre-
gate and ring-fence as-
sets and liabilities of
mutual fund schemes,
Sebi said in a statement
after its board meeting.
This is in addition to
the existing require-
ment of segregating
bank accounts and se-
curities accounts.
The Sebi board also
approved proposals in-
cluding dispensing
with the requirement
to issue physical unit
certificates, reducing
maximum permissible
exit load and reducing
the timeline for pay-
ment of dividend.
Also, the board
cleared a proposal for
permitting other modes
for payment of divi-
dend and providing
clarity with respect to
payment of interest
and penalty in case of
delay in dividend pay-
ment.
With regards to spon-
sor eligibility, Sebi said
sponsors that are not
fulfilling profitability
criteria at the time of
making application,
will also be considered
eligible to sponsor a
mutual fund. —Agencies
Profitabilitycriteriafor
mutualfundsponsors
Cooch Behar: West
Bengal Chief Minister
Mamata Banerjee on
Wednes-
day ac-
cused the
BJP of
trying to
c o e r c e
T r i n a -
mool Con-
gress leaders to join the
saffron party.
Addressing a rally
here, Banerjee termed
detractors in her party
as "opportunists" and
blamed the BJP for try-
ing to break the TMC by
using "moneybags".
"Imagine the audaci-
ty of the BJP leaders,
they are calling up my
state president Subrata
Bakshi and asking him
to join the party. The
BJP doesn't have any
political courtesy or ide-
ology. And, there are
one or two opportunists
who only work for their
benefit. —PTI
"The old-timers of the
party are our real as-
sets. The BJP is trying
to coerce TMC leaders
to join. It is using mon-
eybags to break opposi-
tion parties... But, we
will fight and defeat
them in the assembly
polls," she asserted.—PTI
‘BJP calling up TMC leaders,
trying to coerce them to join’ New Delhi: The Minis-
try of Home Affairs
(MHA) has asked the
paramilitary forces to
create “vatika (gar-
dens)” in the name of
the martyrs and also
put their photographs
there.
“All forces should
create and dedicate a
vatika to the martyrs.
Their picture should
also be placed at the va-
tika,” the Ministry of
Home Affairs said in a
letter after a review
meeting held last
month.
The MHA directed
the forces to build the
special gardens in plac-
es, which have seen
maximum martyrdom
like Pulwama.
Dedicate gardens
to martyrs:
MHA to forces
New Delhi: Covaxin -
one of three coronavi-
rus vaccine candidates
being considered for
emergency use author-
isation in India - in-
duced an immune re-
sponse and registered
no serious adverse
events, interim find-
ings of Phase I trials
have reveale.
The vaccine induced
a neutralising antibody
(an immune response)
and was well-tolerated
in all dose groups with
no vaccine-related seri-
ous adverse events, pre-
publication data
showed. After the first
vaccination, local and
systemic adverse
events were predomi-
nantly mild or moder-
ate in severity and re-
solved rapidly, without
any prescribed medica-
tion. The most common
adverse event was pain
at the injection site,
which resolved sponta-
neously.
A patient vaccinated
July 30 had a fever and
headache five days lat-
er. Although this was
originally classified as
a “serious adverse
event”, he later tested
positive for COVID-19.
Emergency use approv-
al of a drug - which is
what Bharat Biotech
(and two other firms)
have applied for) can be
granted if there is suf-
ficient evidence to sug-
gest the drug is safe
and effective.
New Delhi: Commis-
sion deliberated upon a
report, received from
the Central Board of
Direct Taxes (CBDT),
intimating its search
operations in Madhya
Pradesh and its find-
ings of extensive use
of unaccounted cash
during the General
Elections 2019 in Mad-
hya Pradesh.
It is reported that
these entities/individu-
als engaged in unau-
thorized and unac-
counted cash contribu-
tions to individuals on
behalf of certain politi-
cal party, which is re-
ported to be corrobo-
rated during searches
against persons by In-
come Tax department
under Section 132 of the
Income Tax Act, 1961.
Commission has also
directed Union Home
Secretary to initiate ap-
propriate departmental
action against All India
Service officers and
also to Chief Secretary,
Madhya Pradesh for
similar action against
State officer.
Departmentalaction
against IPS officers
VACCINE TRIGGERS
IMMUNERESPONSE
New Delhi: Facebook's
India head Ajit Mohan
deposed before a parlia-
mentary panel and was
questioned about a re-
cent report that the so-
cial media giant is reluc-
tant to ban the Bajrang
Dalduetoconcernsover
the security of its staff.
Mohan deposed be-
fore the Parliamentary
Standing Committee on
IT, chaired by Congress
leader Shashi Tharoor.
Facebook’s
India head Ajit
Mohan deposes
New Delhi: Nearly 9
months after the four
death row convicts in
the 2012 Delhi gang-rape
case of Nirbhaya were
hanged at Tihar Jail,
Nirbhaya’ mother Asha
Devi has pledged to fight
for providing justice to
all rape victims.
Asha Devi said fight-
ing for justice for rape
victims will be a tribute
to her daughter, who
was gang-raped on this
day in 2012.
“Justice has been de-
livered to my daughter.
But it does not mean
that I will sit in silence.
I will continue to fight
for justice to all rape vic-
tims. Like this I will pay
tribute to my daughter.
‘A pledge to
fight for all
rape victims’
New Delhi: After ask-
ing publisher to stop
the publication of his
father Pranab Mukher-
jee's last memoir, Abhi-
jit Mukherjee requested
the publisher to allow
him to go through its
contents before final
rollout.
"Contrary to the opin-
ion of some, I am not
against the publishing
of my father's Memoir
but I have requested D
publisher to allow me to
go through its contents
before final roll out & I
believe my request is
quite legitimate & with-
in my rights as his Son,"
Abhijeet Mukherjee
tweeted. —ANI
Not against
publishing of my
father’s memoir,
says Mukherjee
QUESTIONS TO THE PRIME MINISTER
ENTITIES INVOLVED
MAMATA SHOULD WORRY: OWAISI
WHO ARE THE TOP FAVOURITE
SECRETARIES OF THE PM?
In the corridors of power, it is said that PM Nar-
endra Modi is very happy with the working of four
Secretaries in the GoI. One can guess the names.
WILL ANIL MUKIM GET IMPORTANT
ASSIGNMENT IN DELHI?
Insiders say that Gujarat Chief Secretary Anil
Mukim will, after his superannuation in February,
return to Delhi on an important assignment most
probably in the PMO or in the Election Commis-
sion. He is 1985 batch IAS officer.
MAJOR GEN MOGHE TO HEAD 29
INFANTRY DIVISION?
Major General RA Moghe is likely to take over
the charge of 29 Infantry Division as new General
Officer Commanding.
SURESH MADHAVAN IS ALSO CVO,
JUTE CORP OF INDIA LTD
Suresh Madhavan, CVO, MSTC, has been as-
signed an additional charge of CVO, Jute Corpora-
tion of India Limited, Kolkata.
ROHIT TIWARI APPOINTED
IGF, MOEF&CC
The ACC has approved the appointment of Rohit
Tiwari as Inspector General of Forest (IGF), Minis-
try of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, New
Delhi, on deputation basis. He is a 1993 batch IFS
officer of W Bengal cadre.
ADDITIONAL CHARGE FOR ANURAG
AGARWAL IN HARYANA
Anurag Agarwal, Chief Electoral Officer, Hary-
ana and Principal Secretary, Haryana, Elections
Department and MD, Haryana State industrial
& Infrastructure Development Corporation, has
been handed over additional charge of Managing
Director, Haryana Financial Corporation. He is a
1994 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.
CADRE OF MALIKA GARG TRANSFERRED
The Central Government has transferred the
cadre of Malika Garg from West Bengal to Andhra
Pradesh on the grounds of her marriage. She is a
2015 batch IPS officer.
B ANAND IS ALSO SECRETARY, COMMISSION
FOR SCHEDULED CASTES
B Anand, Secretary, NCM, has been assigned an
additional charge of Secretary, National Commis-
sion for Scheduled Castes till December 31, 2020.
He is a 1987 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.
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By arrangement with: http://
whispersinthecorridors.com
Mumbai: Arjun Ram-
pal was summoned by
the Narcotics Control
Bureau (NCB) today
(December 16). He was
summoned for the sec-
ond time for question-
ing regarding the drug
probe related to late ac-
tor Sushant Singh Ra-
jput's death case. Arjun,
however, did not appear
before the NCB today.
The actor has asked for
time till December 21.
According to ANI,
Arjun has sought time
till December 21. Their
tweet reads, " Actor Ar-
jun Rampal seeks time
till 21st December, to ap-
pear before Narcotics
Control Bureau (NCB)
NCB had summoned
the actor today in a
drug-related case
probe."
Arjun Rampal seeks time
till Dec 21 to appear before
NCB in drug case
Randeep Singh Surjewala

NEWSLUCKNOW | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2020
First India Bureau
Hathras: The greed to
earn more money is
making adulterers for-
get the mantra of
‘Health is wealth’. With
time, adulterated prod-
ucts cause serious dis-
eases in people.
A case of manufac-
turing fake spices and
playing with the lives
of people has come to
light in a spice factory
in Hathras.
The shocking part is
that donkey dung, ac-
ids, sawdust and inedi-
ble dyes were being
used in fake spices.
These spices were
made and packed in
wrappers of various
companies and were
being supplied in the
market.
The Hathras police
has revealed a factory
making fake spices of
local brands using don-
key dung and acid. The
FDA team along with
joint magistrate raided
a spice manufacturing
factory in the Hathras
Kotwali Sadar area in
Navipur. A large quan-
tity of fake spice mak-
ing goods was also re-
covered from here.
The factory is owned
by Anoop Varshney, co-
in-charge of Hindu
Yuva Vahini. He was
also present on the spot.
The factory was
sealed in the presence
of the joint magistrate.
The factory operator is
currently arrested for
breach of peace and
sent to jail.
More than 27 sam-
ples have been sent for
tests and an FIR will be
lodged under food safe-
ty once the reports are
received from the lab.
Joint Magistrate
Prem Prakash Meena
said that more than
300kg of fake spices
have been seized which
were to be packed un-
der local brands.
Large quantities of
spices such as corian-
der, turmeric, red chil-
li, garam masala, etc.
were found stored.
As per officials, about
1,000 empty packets of
different brands and
around 100 packets of
spices were found on
the spot during the raid.
When factory owner
Anoop Varshney was
asked for license pa-
pers of these brands,
he could not produce
any license papers on
the spot. With no evi-
dence, SDM sealed the
factory.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Before the
Lucknow bench of Alla-
habad High Court, the
CBI sought more time
for investigation in the
infamous Hathras case
inUPonWednesday.The
investigatingagencyhas
told the court that it re-
quires some more time
to finish the investiga-
tion of the case. Due to
this, the status report
cannot be filed yet. The
court has given January
27 as the next hearing
date of the case.
Takingautomaticcog-
nition in the Hathras
case, the bench of Jus-
tice Pankaj Mittal and
Justice Rajan Roy of the
Lucknow bench of Alla-
habad High Court filed a
PIL by the ‘right to the
funeral in a dignified
manner’. The case was
also heard in the Su-
preme Court earlier, but
the SC had ordered all
the cases to be heard in
the Allahabad High
Court itself.
Earlier on November
25, CBI presented the
progress report of the
investigation in Hathras
case. During the hear-
ing, CBI had told the
court that the investiga-
tion of the case is likely
to be completed by De-
cember 10. The investi-
gationisdelayedbecause
forensic reports are tak-
ing time. Senior advo-
cate SV Raju and Addi-
tional Advocate General
VK Sahi had said that
some political parties
want the DM of Hathras
removed, although he
took all the decisions in
good faith. The court,
however, expressed dis-
satisfactionwiththegov-
ernment’s response.
AMU TURNS 100: PM WILL BE CHIEF GUEST AT
ALIGARH VARSITY’S CENTENARY CELEBRATION
First India Bureau
Aligarh: The Aligarh
Muslim University
(AMU) will be celebrat-
ing 100 years of its es-
tablishment on Decem-
ber 22.
Making the cente-
nary celebrations pres-
tigious will be Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi who will be the
Chief Guest at the event
via video link.
Education Minis-
ter Ramesh Pokhri-
yal Nishank will also
accompany the Prime
Minister.
Vice-Chancellor of
AMU Prof. Tariq Man-
soor said that the AMU
community is grateful
for the approval of the
Prime Minister for par-
ticipating in 100 years
of celebrations of the
university.
The development of
the university during
this historic year will
greatly help in the
growth and develop-
ment of the university
and also in the appoint-
ment of our students in
the private and public
sectors. The President
is also expected to at-
tend the event.
Prof Mansoor ap-
pealed to the university
community to make all
efforts for the success of
upcoming events and
requested active partici-
pation from staff mem-
bers, students, alumni
and AMU well-wishers.
He appealed to all
concerned to keep cen-
tenary programs above
politics similar to Re-
public Day, Independ-
ence Day, Milad Un
Nabi, Gandhi Jayanti
celebrations, which are
kept above differences.
The Vice-Chancellor
has said that President
Ram Nath Kovind is ex-
pected to join other on-
line centenary events in
the coming weeks. “100
yearsisagreathistorical
achievement in the his-
tory of any university.
AMU and its various
units and alumni asso-
ciation, under the
guidelines of the Gov-
ernment of India to
curb COVID, are par-
ticipating in spectacu-
lar programs in various
fields through its vir-
tual and online mode.
Meanwhile, the his-
toric AMU buildings
and structures from the
administrative block to
Shatabdi Gate, Engi-
neering College Road to
Polytechnic, Morrison
Court Road, Victoria
Gate, University
Mosque, Strachey Hall
and Sir Syed House will
be illuminated in the
evening hours, VC add-
ed. It will display rich
and unique university
heritage with creative
lights and stunning,
multicoloured and eye-
catching visual projec-
tions on 17 and 18 De-
cember to observe the
centenary year.
State ashram system schools
to get better modern amenities
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The Depart-
ment of Social Welfare
has taken a big step to
provide a better educa-
tion system to the stu-
dents of poor sections
of the state. In all the 20
districts, state ashram
system schools are be-
ing constructed by the
department with all fa-
cilities. These schools
will have a smart class,
computer projectors
among other amenities.
This information was
given by Social Welfare
Minister Ramapati
Shastriatapressconfer-
ence held at the Media
Centre of Lok Bhawan
on Wednesday. He said
that the Social Welfare
Department is working
to uplift people. Luc-
know Tribal Museum
will also be established
soon.
Ramapati Shastri
said that they are work-
ing on old age pension,
Chief Minister Group
Marriage Scheme,
scholarships to SC / ST
and general class.
Under the direction
of the Chief Minister,
the department is work-
ing to provide 100 per-
cent benefit of every
scheme with complete
transparency. Shastri
said that 103 govern-
ment ashram schools
are being run in the
state. Among this, 49
are affiliated to CBSE
board and 54 to UP
board. In the financial
year 2016-17, 32,616 stu-
dents registered, which
have now gone up to
34,281 in 2019-20.
Gorakhpur to get civil
service coaching centre
worth Rs 8 crore
For the preparation
of civil service in Gora-
khpur, the construction
of a coaching centre is
being done with an
amount of Rs 8.71 crore
on behalf of the Depart-
ment of Social Welfare.
It will be operational
from 2021-22.
BUSTED – Factory in
Hathras found making
fake spices by mixing
donkey dung & acids
CBI seeks more
time from HC
to investigate
Hathras case
EX-SERVICEMEN SUPPORT FARMERS
Ex-servicemen join farmers protest against the new farm laws, at UP-Delhi border on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Prime Minister Narendra Modi who will be the Chief Guest at
the event via video link. Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal
Nishank will also accompany the Prime Minister.
NO NEW YEAR
OR CHRISTMAS
CELEBRATIONS
FOR HEALTH
AND FAMILY
WELFARE
STAFF
Babus in the health
and family welfare
department here are
sulking and for a good
reason. December
is the time when
the “burra sahibs”
pack their bags and
head off to an idyllic
destination to enjoy
their winter break.
No longer, as the
State Government
has cancelled their
leaves in view of
proposed Covid-19
vaccination in the
months of December
2020 and January
2021. On December
11, Uttar Pradesh
Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath claimed
that while a vaccine
against Covid-19 was
just about a month
away, the infectious
virus had already been
contained in the state.
A departmental notice
dated December 15,
2020, stated that the
cooperation of officers
and employees
of the Directorate
General will be
needed during the
proposed coronavirus
vaccination. The
notice has come as
great leveller, feel
the employees. “The
“sahebs” had planned
their vacations while
we were left to slog
ans bear all the brunt.
We are happy that
this time there will
be no such pick-and-
choose and everyone
will have to pitch in
this fight against the
pandemic,” said an
employee.
—M Tariq Khan
RUNNING
FROM PILLAR
TO POST FOR
A DREAM
HOME
From the past 17
years, an allottee
for a house is still
bound to run from
pillar to post in LDA.
Many people saw
the dream of owning
a house through
LDA and took steps
which they would
not have in regular
situations. Some sold
the jewellery of their
wives, broke FD, took
loans while others
sold their lands in
view to own a house
one day. However,
an era has passed
without any positive
news. Several IAS
officers came as VC
at LDA and left but
could not push the
file for home. In the
year 2003, 80 plots
were sold under the
Aishbagh Ramnagar
scheme. Out of the
80, 59 were also
registered. As the
years passed, there
are huts and garbage
stacks where concrete
houses were to be
built. For 17 years,
the plan file has
been gathering dust,
but now Abhishek
Prakash, the DM of
Lucknow and the VC
of LDA, has woken up
from sleep. He has
asked for a report
from X.En of Zone 7.
Now, let’s see if the
report is able to turn
dreams into reality
or whether Abhishek
Prakash’s report will
follow the suit of his
predecessors.
—Ahtesham Siddiqui
Prof Mansoor appealed to the university
community to make all efforts for the
success of upcoming events and
requested active participation from staff
members, students and alumni of AMU
GAZETTE NOTIFICATION WAS RELEASED IN 1920
Muhammad Anglo-Oriental College was issued a gazette notiﬁca-
tion on December 1, 1920, to become AMU. The university was
formally inaugurated by the then Vice-Chancellor Mohammad
Ali Mohammad Khan Raja Saheb on 17 December. As a premier
institution of higher education, AMU created two jewels from its
premises. These include Abdul Gaffar Khan and Dr Zakir Hussain.
WHAT THE CASE IS...
On September 14,
a 19-year-old
Dalit girl was alleg-
edly gang-raped by
four men at Boolga-
dhi village in Chand-
pa area of Uttar
Pradesh’s Hathras
district. The girl suf-
feredseriousinjuries
during this period.
The victim died on
September 29 while
undergoing treat-
ment at Safdarjung
Hospital in Delhi.

Never underestimate the
power of a sincere apology.
It is a rainbow in an
overcast sky, full of possibilities.
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2NDFRONT
Shishir Awasthi
Lucknow: Buoyedbyits
successinBihar,theAsa-
duddin Owaisi-led All
India Majlis-e-Ittehadul
Muslimeen(AIMIM)has
setitssightsonUP.Inhis
first visit to UP since his
party won a creditable
five seats in the October-
November Bihar assem-
blyelections,Owaisi,the
MPfromHyderabad,met
formerBJPallySuheldev
Bharatiya Samaj Party’s
chief Om Prakash Rajb-
har at a Lucknow hotel
on Wednesday.
The meeting lasted an
hour and a half, and the
leaders announced that
AIMIM will be part of
the Bhagidari Sankalp
Morcha, the Rajbhar-led
alliance of smaller par-
ties for the 2022 assem-
bly polls.
Owaisi and Rajbhar
also discussed the up-
coming panchayat polls
inUP,expectedtobeheld
in February.AIMIM’s UP
unit president Shaukat
Ali said, “This meeting
was about joining the
Bhagidari Sankalp Mor-
cha and form a grand al-
liance of different small-
er parties with the same
ideology.”
Owaisi himself did
not divulge too much
when he met the media
after the meeting. There
is speculation that BSP
could come together
with the AIMIM and the
SBSP, though she hasn’t
shownanyinterestsofar.
If the BSP does join in,
the alliance could take
the shape of the Grand
Democratic Secular
front led by Rashtriya
Lok Samta Party’s Upen-
dra Kushwaha, another
former BJP ally. But
since the BSP is not
showing interest, the al-
liance is looking to bring
in the Pragatisheel SP
(Lohiya) led by Shivpal,
former UP minister and
brotherof MulayamSin-
gh Yadav.
AIMIM’s Ali con-
firmed that Owaisi
would meet Shivpal Ya-
dav to ask him to join the
alliance. Arun Rajbhar,
son of O.P. Rajbhar and
general secretary of the
SBSP, said, “We are open
to talks with everyone in
the opposition. We met
SP chief Akhilesh Yadav
and UP Congress chief
Ajay Lallu also. We can
meet Mayawati too, but
thethingthesethreepar-
ties should also under-
standthatitisthetimeto
learn from the Bihar
electionresultsandunite
against BJP. That’s the
only way to beat it.”
AIMIM had fought 20
seats in Bihar, winning
five. But notably, it
bagged all seats it con-
tested in the Muslim-
dominated Seemanchal
region. Muslims make
upasignificantchunkof
UP’s population too —
19.26%— while the
Suheldev Samaj follow-
ers or Rajbhars have an
important role to play in
almosttwodozenseatsin
the Purvanchal area.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Supreme
Court on Wednesday
dismissedapleaseeking
to set aside an Alla-
habad High Court order,
which held that conver-
sions just for the sake of
marriage are invalid.
A Bench headed by
Chief Justice of India
SABobdewhiledismiss-
ing the plea said, “We
see no reason to inter-
fere (with Allahabad HC
order), dismiss.”
The PIL said if the
court does not allow a
person to freely choose
his religion, it amounts
to a violation of his or
her fundamental right
as guaranteed under the
Constitution of India.
It also sought direc-
tion for providing im-
mediate police protec-
tion to the couple whose
petition was dismissed
by the HC.
The plea was filed by
advocate Aldanish Rein
against the High Court
order declining to pro-
vide police protection to
the married couple
where a Muslim woman
converted to Hinduism
and married a Hindu
man.The High Court
hadonSeptember23dis-
missed the plea by the
coupleseekingdirection
to police and the wom-
an’sfathernottodisturb
their marriage and had
said conversion just for
the sake of marriage is
not valid.
Owaisi teams up with BJP’s
ex-ally SBSP for 2022 pollsEyeing UP assembly polls, AIMIM trying to make alliance with other parties to beat BJP
Conversion: SC dismisses
plea against Allahabad HC
Rina Dhaka praises CM Yogi’s
efforts to revitalise UP’s craft
First India Bureau
L u c k n o w : U t t a r
Pradesh’s traditional
art and handiwork are
all set to get a major
boost with famous de-
signers joining hands
with the state govern-
ment to launch a major
promotional drive un-
der the ‘One District
One Product’ (ODOP)
scheme.
Professional fashion
designers such as Rina
Dhaka, Ritu Berry,
Manish Malhotra and
JJ Balaya will not only
give art-based knowl-
edge to the artisans of
Uttar Pradesh but also
provide them with at-
tractive packaging,
branding and market-
ing of their products.
Rina Dhaka, re-
nowned as ‘The Gaulti-
er of the East’ met Ad-
ditional Chief Secre-
tary of Micro, Small
and Medium Enterpris-
es and Export Promo-
tion Department of the
state Navneet Sehgal
and made a similar pro-
posal on her behalf.
She applauded the
launch of ODOP
scheme by CM Yogi
Adityanath as an inno-
vative attempt to revi-
talise the craft.
Ahtesham Siddiqui
Lucknow: This is for
the first time in the
history of Uttar
Pradesh bureaucracy
that IAS officers have
been given an exemp-
tion from giving the
certificate of the medi-
cal summary report
along with the annual
assessment report.
Following cetre’s
decision, the state gov-
ernment has given this
exemption in view of
the the COVID-19 pan-
demic.
IAS Sanjay Kumar
Singh, Special Secre-
tary, Department of
Appointment and Per-
sonnel, has written a
letter to Chairman
Revenue Council Agri-
cultural Production
Commissioner that all
ACS, PS, Secretary,
Special Secretary,
Commissioner as well
as all the IAS officers
have been informed
about the decision of
the government.
It is to be noted that
IAS officers above the
age of 40 years are re-
quired to submit a
medical report in their
summary report, but
this year, the state gov-
ernment has given this
exemption based on
the letter of Ministry
of Personnel and
Training, Government
of India.
Officers of the Ap-
pointment Depart-
ment believe that IAS
officers are unable to
go to the hospitals
and make their medi-
cal report because
the number of COV-
ID-19 patients in the
hospitals is very high
and they might get in-
fected.
IAS officers don’t need to submit med report
FIRST TIME IN HISTORY
Covid-19: State government exempted
IAS officers from giving certificates
of medical summary report this year
WOMEN’S SAFETY FIRST
With an objective to create awareness about women’s rights and to promote a safer local
journey, UP Metro Rail Corporation observed Nirbhaya Chetna Diwas in co-operation with
UP Police on Wednesday when 125 women constables visited Metro station.
Foundation of Ayodhya
mosque to be laid in Jan
Justice Pankaj Mithal to
be next CJ of J&K HC
First India Bureau
Ayodhya: The founda-
tion of the Ayodhya
mosque complex will be
laid on January 26 at
Dhannipur village,
20km off the existing
R a m Ja n m ab h o o m i
complex.
The mosque is com-
ing up over five-acre
land given to the UP
Sunni Waqf Board, as
per the directives of the
Supreme Court in its
November 2019 judg-
ment. The foundation
would be laid exactly six
months after the Sunni
waqtboardsetupatrust
— Indo-Islamic Cultural
Foundation — for the
construction.
The trust chose Janu-
ary 26 for laying the
foundation as on this
day our Constitution
came into effect. Our
Constitution is based on
pluralism, which is the
leitmotif of our mosque
project,” said Athar
Hussain, secretary of
Indo-Islamic Cultural
Foundation.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Justice Pan-
kaj Mithal of the Alla-
habad High Court will
be the next Chief Jus-
tice of Jammu and
Kashmir High Court.
The Supreme Court
Collegium headed by
Chief Justice of India
SA Bobde has also rec-
ommended Calcutta
High Court’s Justice
Sanjib Banerjee for ap-
pointment as Chief Jus-
tice of the Madras HC.
Justice Sudhanshu
Dhulia of the Uttara-
khand HC has been rec-
ommended for appoint-
ment as the new Chief
Justice of Gauhati HC.
Justice Sanjay Yadav,
who has been function-
ing as the acting Chief
Justice of the MP High
Court, has been recom-
mended to be trans-
ferred to the Allahabad
HC. Chief Justice RS
Chauhan of Telangana
HC has been recom-
mended to be appointed
as new Chief Justice of
Uttarakhand HC.
Designer Rina Dhaka with ACS Navneet Sehgal
Justice Pankaj Mithal
COVID-19
UPDATE
UTTAR PRADESH
8,103
DEATHS
5,68,064
CONFIRMED CASES
GUJARAT
4,203 DEATHS 2,31,073 CASES
DELHI
10,147 DEATHS 6,11,994 CASES
WORLD
16,47,983
DEATHS
7,41,20,034
CONFIRMED CASES
INDIA
99,55,701
CONFIRMED CASES
1,44,375
DEATHS
MAHARASHTRA
48,339 DEATHS 18,86,807 CASES
RAJASTHAN
2,578 DEATHS 2,94,831 CASES
KARNATAKA
11,971 DEATHS 9,04,665 CASES
STAND TOGETHER
NGO MOVES SC AGAINST‘LOVE JIHAD’ LAW
AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi with SBSP chief
Om Prakash Rajbhar in Lucknow on Wednesday.
SBSP chief Om Prakash Rajbhar with Union Home Minister Amit Shah and
UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath during Lok Sabha elections in 2019.

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ajasthan’s finest
fashion show, The
Fashion Connect by
FirstIndiaorganised
its eighth season on
Wednesday, at Maha-
rani Bagh, Rambagh
Palace Jaipur. This event was
long due and was organised
almost after nine months due
to the COVID outbreak, but it
was definitely worth the wait.
The royalty of the entire
show was as such that the au-
diencewasgluedtotheirseats
from the beginning till the
end, and enjoyed every mo-
ment thoroughly.
Tollywood actress Kriti
Garg, along with various oth-
ereminentpersonalitieswere
also present at The Fashion
Connect Season 8.
The grand opening of the
show was done with the de-
signsof RajdeepRanawat,fol-
lowed by Bani Pasricha, Sakh
JaipurbyNehaKhatri,Acces-
sory Show by Cosa Nostraa
and Ranka’s by Tina Ranka.
House of Kotwara was the fi-
nale designer and ended the
show with a bang.
Brand Ambassador Rishee
Miglani and Show Director
Lokesh Sharma managed the
entire fashion show really
well.
The event was organised
keeping all the COVID proto-
cols in mind- social distanc-
ing, masks, sanitizing, and
everything possible. After all,
the health of the guests was
the biggest concern, and it
was taken care of really well,
so as to make sure they enjoy
the event throughout.
The show was supported
by House of 64 Facets, Lux-
ury Ride, Clarks Amer, Ak-
shat Builders, Gunjan Sin-
ghal Design, Vineet Jain,
Shuban Prints, Heights Insti-
tute, Shades Salon, 94.3 My
FM, Sogani Jewellers, ICC
Design, Ace Beverages,
Brown Sugar, Mathuradas
MathurPoloCup,ShubhWed-
dings Magazine, AU
Finance, Coach AJ Fitness,
Kalra Bus Service, SGM &
NS Publicity, Oliria Tea,
Trance Events, Smart
City Time Online
Magazine, Paltan
SecurityandPearl
Con Consultants,
Video Merchant
and JPIC.in.
More details
in City First
tomorrow!
SETTING THE
RAMP ON FIRE
The eighth season of
The Fashion Connect by
First India was organised
at Rambagh Palace Jaipur
on Wednesday evening,
after a wait of almost
nine months, and it was
definitely worth the wait!
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nehal.nayar@firstindia.co.in
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Kriti Garg
Jagdeesh Chandra with the team of Rambagh, First India and Fashion Connect
House of Kotwara

ANU JOSHY
he timelessness of
forts is basic to Ra-
jasthan where his-
tory commands a
compelling pres-
ence. Reverence
pervades, even in
the rustle of leaves...” The
enriching conversations
with the literary doyens of
India – Afternoons with An
Author, organized by Valley
of Words in cooperation
with Civil Service Officers
Institute and others like
Athulya Bharath and Ra-
jasthan Tourism, was in for
arealtreaton13thDecember
2020,whenMrVijaySharma
IAS and Mrs Rita Sharma
IAS,authorsof ‘TheFortsof
Rajasthan’ graced the dias
with their presence. The vir-
tualconversationmoderated
by Shri Sanjeev Chopra IAS,
Director of the esteemed Lal
Bahadur Shastri National
Academyof Administration
also had the presence of Ms.
Mugdha Sinha IAS, who is a
Secretary to the Govern-
ment of Rajasthan and has
extensive field experience
and knowledge of Forts in
Rajasthan.
As Shri. Sanjeev Chopra
rightly puts, the book is “a
labour of love, a love for the
subject, a deep analytical in-
sight into the subject, con-
necting antiquity to the pre-
sent”. The authors are no
amateursinthefield,having
already brought out a work
on the Forts of Bundelkand
enriched by their deep un-
derstanding of the region,
havingworkedthereforover
40 years. Their illustrious
journey post retirement
marked by travels all across
India and photography has
helped immensely in shap-
ing both the books into
workswithnotonlyacadem-
ic merit but also an irresist-
ible literary appeal.
People,PlacesandEvents,
are the three nudging ele-
ments that the authors ac-
knowledge as their inspira-
tion to write. Mrs. Rita Shar-
ma recalled her piece “Di-
vine Devasted Devgarh’ that
appeared in the Illustrated
Weekly of India, and re-
ceived much critical ac-
claim. She was then invited
for an event in Gwalior
where she was acknowl-
edged as a civil servant writ-
er with a lot of potential.
This, she says, was the cata-
lyst in their writing on the
Forts.Theauthorsalsofond-
ly remembered the role of
Dr. Trivedi, who was the Di-
rector in charge of the Mu-
seumof Jhansiwhoinspired
themwithhispassionforart
history. Their travels with
him on weekends rescuing
pieces of art strewn around
the landscape of Bundel-
kand inspired them later on
tohomeschoolthemselvesin
the fields of art history, ar-
cheology and more specifi-
cally the forts of India.
Responding to Ms Mugd-
ha Sinha’s query as to a pos-
sible historic link between
Rajasthan and Bundelkand
the authors shared some in-
teresting snippets of the
past.“Historyisnot
in silos, but
seamless”
said Mr. Vijay Sharma. Nar-
war in Jhansi for instance
he said was the original
home of the Kachwaha clan
who went on to establish
powerfulkingdomsandforts
in Rajasthan. On being
asked about their favourite
Fortsandthereasonbehind,
the authors to everyone’s
surprisecastasidethefamed
Fort of Chittorgarh to the
lesser-known Forts of Kum-
balgarh, Nagaur and Jais-
almer. Kumbalgarh, accord-
ing to Mrs Rita Sharma
stands out because of its
grand vision. Magnificent,
huge and impregnable, its
appearance, disappearance
and reappearance as one
travels along the wind-
ing Aravallis, is a
thingof marvel.
Its broad
ramparts, imposing portals
that dwarf everything else
around and beautiful step-
wells pays tribute to the
greatRanaPrathapwhowas
bornthere.Butthefortitself
stands in testimony to its
originalbuilderRanaKumb-
ha, who was a great warrior
and an art aficionado at the
same time. An expert in
Veena and a great literary
critic he penned the book
‘Sangeeth Raja’ which much
likethefortisrichinartistic
merit. TheNagaurFort,said
Mr Sharma is his favourite.
The often-overlooked fort is
impossible to be captured in
photo due to the close hem-
ming in of the settlements
all around. Yet the preserva-
tion work in this fort is noth-
ing less than absolutely re-
markable, according to him.
Theconversationalsosaw
some interesting questions
from the audience. Like for
instance, Dr. M A Ibrahami
IAS, who roped in fabled
ghost stories surrounding
the forts of Rajasthan much
to the amusement of the au-
thors.Theauthorsthenelab-
oratedontheghostvillageof
Kuldhara which was aban-
doned by the Paliwals over
two centuries ago following
alovefeudandapotentialat-
tack. The discussion then
steered on to the architec-
tural variations in the forts
of Rajasthan as can be seen
from their variety in terms
of being river forts, stone
forts, mud forts etc. When
askedastohowhistorycould
actuallybewritten,reconcil-
ing anniversaries, hagiogra-
phies with history, the Shar-
mas responded that one
must always be open to new
ideas and that ideas are al-
ways prone to supersession.
Theauthorsdeservemuch
acclaim not only for their lit-
erarymeritbutalsofortheir
service to the nation, docu-
menting our rich cultural
heritage for all posterity.
There is a lot of promise not
only for the Forts of Ra-
jasthan but also history and
antiquity as subjects of in-
terest in the academic and
cultural realm of India in
the years to come. As Mrs
Sharma quoting from the
bookperfectlysummedupin
the end “…Then an inner
waiting bustles today, in Ra-
jasthan’s forts, with people
havingacquireda newinter-
est in rejuvenating bygone
events and molding debate
around references from his-
tory. It is an evolving knowl-
edge demand, as you can see
from the questions coming.
The book underlines the
need for amateur history
buffs, knowledge ferreters
and scholars to come togeth-
er for enhancing our under-
standing of the past...”
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AASHNA HEGDE, Content Creator
LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
Money will not seem a
problem for those trying to
purchase a major
household item. Getting
work out of a new team may seem
tough, but you will manage it. Spouse
may ask for your time and attention
today for an important discussion. A
special treat awaits you.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
You may need a good
resource to fund your
current venture. Good
news awaits some on the
academic front. You will be able to
achieve stability on the professional
front. An invitation to a party or
function can be expected and will
enable you to meet someone.
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
Your multitasking skills
may be much in demand
as you make it possible to
juggle different jobs at
work with ease. Someone close
going abroad or out of town can
make you emotional. You will find
yourself fit and energetic. Luck
shines on your bank balance.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
If you can trust someone
with a job, then don’t
dilly-dally and get over with
it. Doors to new
opportunities will open by meeting
people. Doing up the property owned
by you is indicated and will be a step in
the right direction. Remain a little
tight-fisted on the financial front.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
A senior will appreciate
your skills in an event or a
conference. Those
planning to set up a side
business are likely to bring their
ideas in execution now. A family
youngster may look up to you for
your guidance. You are likely to take
the initiative.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
You may receive a payment
you had given up for lost.
Delegating work will lessen
your workload at office, but
do supervise the work. Today, you may
have to contend with some unwanted
guests preying on your private time.
Monetary benefits are likely to come in
a partnership venture.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
Your good performance at
work will be noticed by
those who matter. Those
debuting on television or
films may find instant fame. Singles
may make efforts to win a romantic
dinner date with the one they secretly
love. Students should get the right
coaching to regain lost grounds.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
Someone is testing your
patience, so remain cool.
Your performance at work
will remain consistent.
Total satisfaction is guaranteed in
something that you are pursuing on
the academic front. Marriage of
someone eligible in the family is
likely to be solemnised soon.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
You succeed in pacifying a
distraught family member
by your soft approach and
soothing words. This is the
day when you can struggle a bit on
the professional front. Remain up to
date with the course, as a surprise
test can be unleashed anytime. An
opportunity on the financial front.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
You may be called by
someone in authority at a
short notice today.
Professional front may
require some fine tuning; get in
action. There may be clash of
purpose between your desire to buy
quality stuff and your wish for saving
money, so take the middle path.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
You will be able to impress
all and sundry on the
professional front. Your
cost cutting measures are
likely to benefit you a lot. Maintaining
a balanced diet may begin to show
on your body earlier than expected.
Getting into a favourable situation on
the academic front is possible.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
This is a good day to
broach anything personal
to higher ups at work. Your
profession is likely to go
great guns, as you add celebrities to
your client list! Good preparation is
likely to keep you ahead of others in
a competitive situation on the
academic front.
YOUR
DAYHoroscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva

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