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All farmers skirt Delhi border roads:
Farmers are hell-bent to move in...
at Delhi border!
Police forces on alert; talk between Union Government and
farmer unions is going on
The talks between the
farmers with the 3 Union
MinistersatVigyanBhawanat
NewDelhionTuesdaywasnot
conclusive.
The farmer unions have
turneddownthegovernment's
offerofconstitutingacommittee
to consider the issues of the
agitated farmers in protest
against the new agricultural
laws.
Howeverthebothsidesmet
again on Thursday this week
and the government rejected
the demand to withdraw the
laws.
The government has asked
the farmer unions to hand
over whatever the
objections theydo surface
against the laws before to
come for the talks of next
round by the Wednesday
this week.
Thefarmerunionshave
adamant that the agitation
shall bemoreintenseifthe
government is failed to
considertheirdemands.
35 leaders of farmer
unionswereontabletotalk
withthegovernment.
All India Farmers'
struggle Co-ordinating
Committee(AIKSCC)has
said through releasing a
statement that the talks held
betweenthegovernmentandthe
farmershadnoconduciveresult
andtheproposal ofgovernment
is unacceptableto thefarmers.
"Thatgovernment'sofferof5
memberscommitteetostudythe
concern of farmers and to pay
attention over the objections of
farmer unions has been turned
down",saidinastatementbythe
farmers.
Mr Narendra Singh Tomar,
Union Agriculture Minister,
leadingthetalksonbehalfofthe
government, told that he had
talked thoroughly and will
resumethetalksinnextmeeting.
The Union Agriculture
Ministrysaid in a release that it
was assured in the meeting that
the centre had always been
committedforthewelfareofthe
farmersandalways accomplish
to discuss open mind for the
farmerswelfare.
All the renowned stars of
the sports world and the
singersfromPunjabaregoing
to support this stir and the
farmers from Punjab and
Haryana are on the move to
Delhi.
Thefarmersaregoingtobe
surgedon Delhi road.
On appeal of Panchayat of
Punjab and Haryana, the
medicines, provision (ration)
and the other essential
commodities are being
gathered forthe farmers.
Thestuffladentractors are
beingcarriedtowardstheDelhi
bordersothatthereshouldnot
be any difficulties to the
farmers.
Panchayats have appealed
that one member atleast of
every family must be sent to
Delhitoencouragethefarmers.
There is expected a heavy
march of farmers towards
Delhi from Punjab and
Haryana after the talks being
failedbetweenthefarmersand
thegovernment.
Delhi police is on alert
appalingahugecrowdswarm
on the border areas.
The security on Delhi
border was already high and
now it is going to be well
maintained.
Narendra Singh
Tonmar
Union Agricultural
Minister
International Day of Persons with
Disabilities 2020
International Day of Persons with
Disabilities 2020
Bollywood actress Sana Khan weds
mufti

2
Mr Ram Dhyan Singh
employee of Kalyan Nigam
Varanasi depot was suffering
from pancreaticcancer.
The ill, Mr Singh, was
operatedon27Decemberlast
year and later 3 days of his
treatment hedied.
Themarriage ofone ofhis
3 surviving daughter was
matched; but the paucity of
fund for the dowryestranged
the tieupof beingmarried.
ThedaughterAnushkasent
alettertotheCMnarratingthe
whole tragic story; requested
to be employed on the death
compensation to the
dependents; voicedup to pay
the outstanding dues of 40
months salary, the provident
fundand thegratuity--but no
availsofar.
The family is facing the
difficulties of economic
crunch.
It's not mere the tragedy
and difficulties of Mr Ram
Dhyan Singh's familywho is
sufferingfromtheapathyoftop
officialsofKarmchariKalyan
Nigam.
TheUnionGovernmentand
the state government both
declined to approve this
Nigam of their GST shares
relaxation in the matter of
providing tax free consumer
goods to the employees since
theGSTimposed;andNigam
shut down.
Besides the secretriate
Nigam has 160 Depot in the
different cities of Uttar
Pradesh. There are 650
employees who haven't got
their salaries for about 30 to
40months.
Theretirementbenefitsare
not being paid to the retired
and to the next kin of dead
employees.About 100 cases
likethisarestillpendingtobe
considered.
Liability of more than Rs
80croreisstillpendingforthe
working and for the retired
employees. The Employees
Federation President, Satish
Pandey, and Nigam
Employee President Manoj
Misra both are ire over the
apathy of secretriate level
officerswhoarenottakingthe
decision.
They told that in the case
of one employee Sri Kant
Dwevediandothershavebeen
heardinAllahabadHighCourt
on 26Novemberthis month.
Principal Secretary Food
and Supply Nivedita Shukla
Verma had appeared before
thecourt withanaffidavit and
said that the Government has
notapprovedtherelaxationin
theGST,theproblemofsalary
payment is under
considerationatthesecretriate
level. Court has asked to the
present PrincipalSecretaryto
submittheupdate.
On 26 November hearing
incourt PrincipalSecretaryof
government ofUttarPradesh
Beena Kumar Meena has
submittedtheaffidavitthatall
theemployeesintheNigamare
irregular;sotheycanneiterbe
re-employed nor be retired
exceptthosewhoareworking
in the head quarters.
Itisnottheresponsibilityof
the secretriate to pay the
outstanding salary and the
other dues.
Court did not listen the
pleas and asked him to solve
theproblemwithin15daysand
to filethe report.
The matter has been sent
to Chief Minister Office, but
stillunderconsideration.
No matter that today the
Internet has substituted the
essentialfacility,thereareafew
otherareaswherethewireless
connectivityisnotaccessible.
These areas can now be
easilylinked-andtheworkhas
been done by Parthsarathi
Trivedi.
Young entrepreneur and
founderofSkylo,Parthsarathi
Trivediismakingaccessintothe
far-flung areas with his
technology.
Theirstart-upmodelhastwo
characteristics:low-costInternet
services and design, which
makes people comfortable
purchasing.
Thiseffortcanmakedigital
technologyaccessibletothose
population who had been
deprived because of the
infrastructure and were in the
weakersectionofeconomy.
In this way every
information and opportunity
related to it will open every
chancesdoor.
The agriculture and the
logisticsindustriesareconstantly
changing.
Parthsarathi Trivedi is
distributing data networks
everywherethroughSkylo.
Hesaidinaprogram,"Our
aimistocreateaworldwhere
thepresenceofconnectivitylike
askyfor sensors, devices and
machines should exist
everywhere.
Thischeapesttechnologywill
replaceallindustries."
His technology will ease
manytasksinthecountryinthe
form of distribution
management, and rescue
managementetc.
Parthsarathitookthebirthin
Kolkottaandhehascompleted
hisstudyatStanfordUniversity
andMassachusettsInstituteof
Technology.afterhisdegreehe
began his company Skylo in
2017.hedevelopedapowerful
portableantena.Theantenais
connected from the satelites
internet services, and then it
provides capable internet
conectivitiestothehundredsof
otherdevices.
Specialytheantenahasbeen
developedforthefar-flung and
ruralareas.
WirelessInternet
technologyfor
far-flungareas
Since 40 months in UP
-- 650 employees
without salaries!
As the 50th anniversary of
the Liberation of Bangladesh
draws near, what also draws
near is the 50th anniversary of
a genocide so gruesome that it
ought not to be allowed to slide
intooblivion.
To begin at the beginning,
ZulfikarAliBhutto was notpart
of the deception — he was the
deception. Havingwon only85
seats, Bhutto’s Pakistan
Peoples Party (PPP) had been
a runner-up in the elections of
December 1970, losing to the
Awami League’s 167 seats. In
the political stalemate due to
then-West Pakistan’s attempt
to modify the people’s
mandate, Bhutto’s presence in
Dhaka, on 25 March 1971 for
“talks” with Sheikh Mujibur
Rahman (the legitimate Prime
Minister-Elect for the whole of
Pakistan), probably lulled
Awamileadersintothinkingthat
“the 26th would be just another
Friday, like every other Friday
before it”.
Although it was almost an
open secret that the thousands
of crew-cut youth who had
been arriving in civil clothes
onboard civil flights, day after
day for over a month, were
actually soldiers, the Pakistan
Army troops in Dhaka had
always behaved with deference
and remarkable restraint
towards SheikhMujib – at least
on the surface. Despite martial
lawbeing in force, the Pakistan
Army had withdrawn into their
cantonments on 3 March, with
nearly no indication that they
would not continue to remain
there. The sporadic clashes
were largely attributed to the
eagerness of free agents. After
all,Awami supporters were also
creatingcivil nuisance bygoing
on strikes, blocking roads, etc.
So, even after his face-to-
face talks with Pakistan’s
military ruler Yahya Khan had
failed,SheikhMujib’s calltohis
people, “to prepare themselves
for an all-out struggle”,was still
only a call for non-violent civil
resistance. While Yahya left
Dhaka, Bhutto stayed to
ostensibly ‘continue the talks’
that he had come for. A wily
deception.
An H-Hour of 01:00 am on
the 26th and the arrest of
Mujibur Rahman had already
been green-signalled at 11:00
am on 25 March, but Bhutto’s
presence had successfully
crafted the impression that
‘talkswouldgoon’,creatingthe
belief that the night would be
peaceful, and the days ahead
conducive for democratic
protests through civil
disobedience.
Evening of 25 March. The
iconic clock of St Thomas had
just struck 10, its chimes
soothing. But soldiers, many
with shawls to hide their
insignia, started streaming into
the telephone exchanges, radio
andTVStations, teleprinterand
telegraph offices, and also
around the InterContinental
hotel in Dhaka. Even as the last
of the city’s busybodies were
gettingreadyfor bed,the stroke
of 10, that night, was the sign
for the Pakistan Army to
effectively blockade any
foreign journalists who hadn’t
already been expelled or left
thecountryontheirown, tostop
everymeans ofcommunication,
and to quietly encircle Sheikh
Mujib’s residence. All of this
took them just over an hour.
Killings, thus far, remained
purposeful – limited to what
was necessary to take over
control of the communication.
By 30 minutes to midnight,
all that changed. The H-Hour
had apparently been advanced.
And the true purpose of
Operation Searchlight harshly
shone forth: to kill and show.
Each kill had to be a signal to
the other Bengalis, and
Pakistanis went out of their
way to make it so.
Mass deaths
Sheikh Mujib was fortunate
in a way, he didn’t have to
personally witness all these
killings,for at about 1:30 amon
the morning of 26 March, he
was abducted from his home,
flown to Rawalpindi and then
takento solitaryconfinement in
West Pakistan. But his people
suffered. The armed soldiers of
East Pakistan Rifles, and the
armed constables of the local
police, were not spared either,
if they were Bengalis.
Even the name for their
operationwas apt.Asearchlight
can be used either to ‘search
for’ or to ‘illuminate’. This
operationmetboth aims.Search
out every person suspected of
being a politician, a student
leader, a teacher of Bangla, or
a cultural activist. Don’t hide
the deaths, but emphasise the
gruesome details of these
deaths as symbols and signals
to illuminate the choices before
people who didn’t kowtow. It
was macabre.
“The killing began shortly
after 10 pm,” says Mashuqur
Rahman, describing the
demons of 1971, “in the first 48
hours the orgy of killing had
ravaged Dhaka city……
(but)….. the genocide had just
begun”.
Theintensityof thegenocide
inBangladesh surpassed that of
the Holocaust. The Nazis had
cruelly notched a monthly
average of over 80,000
innocent lives between 1941
and 1945, but the Pakistan
Army broke the Nazi speed-
record five times over in 1971,
with their savage murders
averaging about 400,000
Bengalis each month, not
counting their rapes and other
unspeakable atrocities. The
‘Gear 5’ intensity of the
Pakistani Genocide stands out
— the Pakistanis had
committedapproximately three
millionmurdersinninemonths,
and more than 200,000 rapes.
And mostWestern countries
looked the other way.
Had India not intervened;
had Pakistan been allowed to
continue the killings for six
years as the Nazis had, there
would have been 24 million
Bangalis dead, and the Lord
knows how many more women
violated.
Though the Nuremberg
Trials had in noway offset what
the European Jews had
suffered, they had at least
attempted to bring many of the
Nazis to justice for murdering
an estimated six million Jews.
It is one of the deepest
shames of the Seventies, that
the Pakistani officers
responsible for the murder of
nearly three million Bengalis
Indian
government
honours the
names of
three
journalists for
their courage
of conviction
and honesty

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PLA official calls for higher
level ties to jointly cope with
various risks and challenges
China and Pakistan have
signed a new military
memorandumof understanding
to boost their already close
defence relationship, as
China’s Defence Minister and
People’s Liberation Army
(PLA) General Wei Fenghe
met Pakistan’s leadership in
Islamabad and visited the
China and Pakistan sign military
deal amid tensions with India
headquarters of the army at
Rawalpindi. Gen. Wei on
Tuesday met Pakistan’s
President Arif Alvi and Prime
Minister ImranKhan. He called
on both countries to “push the
military-to-militaryrelationship
to a higher level, so as to jointly
cope with various risks and
challenges, firmlysafeguard the
sovereignty and security
interests of the two countries
and safeguard the regional
peace and stability,” Chinese
State media reported.
On Monday, the two
militaries signed an MoU
following Gen. Wei’s meeting
with Pakistan’s Chief of the
Army Staff, General Qamar
Javed Bajwa, at the General
Headquarters, according to
reports in the Pakistani media.
Both “exchanged in-depth
views on the international and
regionalsituations,therelations
between the two countries and
militaries, the equipment and
technology cooperation and
other issues”, a report in
China’s official media said.
While details of the new
MoU were not immediately
available, it follows another
agreement signed last year,
when China’s Vice Chairman
of the Central Military
Commission (CMC) General
Xu Qiliang visited Rawalpindi
for defence cooperation and
“capacity building of the
Pakistan
SBI launches RuPay JCB contactless debit
card for local and international market
State Bank of India joined
hands with National Payments
Corporation of India (NPCI)
and Japan's JCB International
Co to launch new 'SBI RuPay
JCB Platinum Contactless
Debit Card’. The unique dual
interface feature of this card
enables the customers to use it
for bothcontact and contactless
trasaction, said the lender.
Customers can use this new
debit card in the domestic
market as well as for the
transactions overseas.
This card has beenlaunched
on the RuPay network by SBI
in association with JCB, said
the bank. Hence, the users will
be able to transact onATMs &
POS terminals across the globe
under JCB network. Customers
can also use this card for online
shopping from JCB partnered
international e-commerce
merchants.
An additional payment
mode — RuPay offline wallet
based transactions — will also
available within the card. With
this card, the cosumers can
enjoy various discounts and
offers in both domestic and
internationalmarket.Moreover,
customers will have access to
JCB PLAZA Lounge (in-city
exclusive lounges for JCB
cardmembers) in prominent
travel destinations such as
Bangkok (Thailand), Orchard
Road (Singapore) and Paris
(France) which is a one-of-a-
kind feature provided by JCB,
said India's largest commercial
bank.
"SBI RuPay JCB Platinum
Contactless Debit Card holders
can now use their cards at
millions of locations in the
world.It is alsogreat to witness
RuPay strengthening its
footholdininternationalmarkets
through our networks," said
Praveena Rai, COO, NPCI.
"We believe the tap and pay
technology on the card will
simplify the everyday
purchases of customers with
secure and fast contactless
payments. With several
attractive benefits and offers
associated with this contactless
Debit Card, we are hopeful that
this Card would not only
provide a rewarding shopping
experience to the cardholders
but alsomaketheirinternational
travels worthwhile," saidVidya
Krishnan, chief general
manager, State Bank of India.
Commenting on the launch
of the new debit card, Yoshiki
Kaneko, president and COO of
JCB International Co., Ltd.
said, “We are extremely happy
and honoured to have the
largest bank in India, State
Bank of India, as a RuPay JCB
Global Debit Card issuing
partner. Together with our
esteemed network partner,
NPCI, we will bring best in
class technology, access to the
vast JCB global merchant
network, and special offers and
privileges to SBI customers. "
International Day of Persons
with Disabilities 2020
On International Day of
Persons with Disabilities
(IDPD) 2020, WHO raised
awareness on the need to
respond to the needs of people
with disability in all aspects of
society, including during the
COVID-19 pandemic, the
importance of fostering an
inclusive culture, and the
complete realization of the
human rights of all persons
with disabilities as an integral
part of all human rights and
fundamental freedoms.
Key messages for
IDPD 2020
1. Disability is part of the
human experience.
2. WHO recognizes that a
world where all people attain
the highest possible standard of
health and well-being is only
possible if health systems are
inclusive of people with
disability.
3.Peoplewithdisabilityhave
been amongst the most
vulnerablepopulationsduringthe
current COVID-19 outbreak
due to many health, social and
environmental barriers,
discriminatory attitudes and
inaccessibleinfrastructure.
4. The COVID-19
pandemic provides a unique
opportunityto build backbetter
our health systems so that they
are more inclusive and
responsive to the needs and
human rights of people
experiencing disability in all
their diversity.
5. Countries need to shift
towards a service delivery
system rooted in the
communities, reaching out and
empowering people with
disability.
Debate over International House highlights
what’s wrong with preservation in Philly
OnThursday,a Philadelphia
Historical Commission
subcommittee is expected to
recommend the designation of
InternationalHouse,thebrutalist-
style residence hall that stands
as a monument to the idealism
of the ’60s. This should be a big
deal because brutalism is
probablythemostmisunderstood
and— let’sbehonest —reviled
architectural style inAmerica.
But don’t expect the honor
to protect the former student
dormitory at 37th and Chestnut
from the city’s powerful real
estate interests. The Historical
Commission and its staff are
alreadyhavingdiscussionswith
thedevelopersoverhowtocarve
upthebuilding.
It’s amazing that the
designation of International
House has gotten even this far.
Docomomo’s Philadelphia
chapter and the University City
HistoricalSocietysubmittedthe
paperwork to list the Bower &
Fradley design on the city’s
historicregistermorethanayear
ago. The application made an
unusuallyslowcrawlthroughthe
approval process and then, just
as the commission was
approaching a decision, the 14-
story residence hall was sold to
a pair of developers, CSC
ColivingandAlterra.Whilethey
did not try to prevent the
designation, they made it plain
that they expected a free hand
toensuretheirinvestmentyielded
a nice profit. Now we know
exactly how they intend to treat
their historic nuisance. At last
month’s meeting of the Historic
Commission’s architectural
committee, Alterra’s Leo
Addimandounveiledadesignby
ALMAArchitecture that would
virtually entomb International
House inside a contemporary
addition. On the north side, the
developerswouldslama16-story
tower up against the existing
facade, obscuringthe bigsquare
windows and obliterating the
sculpturaloutcroppingsthatmake
International House such an
interestingworkofarchitecture.
On the south side, facing
Chestnut Street, they would fill
in the shady public garden with
alarge retailbox.All thatwould
be left would be a partial view
of the front facade — the
equivalent of someone being
buriedup to theirchest inbeach
sand.
Thearchitecturalcommittee,
toitscredit,rejectedtheconcept.
But that doesn’t meanAlterra’s
planisdead.Addimandotoldme
thatheintendstoappealonDec.
11tothefullcommission,which
is generally less fussy about
designintegrity.SinceHistorical
Commission staffers have
already given the proposal a
thumbs up in a written
evaluation,theoddsarehighthat
this landmark work of
architecturewill be chopped up
for parts.

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UP Cops Stop Inter-Faith Wedding, Week
After NewAnti-Conversion Law
A week after a new
ordinance by the Uttar Pradesh
government to stop unlawful
conversion became law, the
police in state capital Lucknow
stopped a wedding ceremony
between a Hindu woman and a
Muslim man, citing the
ordinance.
The wedding was supposed
to take place on Wednesday in
Lucknow's Para area. But
minutes before ceremonies
were to begin, a police team
reached the venue and asked
both parties to accompany them
to the local police station.
At the police station, both
sides were asked to first seek
clearance for the marriage from
the Lucknow District
Magistrate, according to the
police.
"On 2 December, we
received information that a girl
from one community was
wanting to get married to a boy
from another other community.
We called both sides to the
police station and handed them
a copy of the new unlawful
conversion ordinance and both
sides have given written consent
that as per law, they will inform
the DM (District Magistrate)
and get his permission before
moving ahead with things,"
Suresh Chandra Rawat, a
senior Lucknow police
officer, told the media.
While the families of both
the man and the woman have
not spoken on record ,
sources say the wedding was
taking place with the consent
and the knowledge of both
families and that therewas no
coercion involved . Sources
say both families intend to go
ahead with the wedding after
completing any legal
formalities required under law.
There was also no intention of
either side to convert, family
sources have claimed.
The Uttar Pradesh
Unlawful Religious Conversion
Prohibition Ordinance (2020)
says that religious conversions
that use falsehood, force or an
incentive, or take place solely
for the purpose of marriage will
be declared a crime. Those
who plan to convert after
marriage, the government said,
will have to inform the District
Magistrate of their intention at
least two months in advance.
The burden of proof, that
the conversion was not forced
or for marriage, will be on the
person converting,and all cases
filedunderthe ordinancewillbe
non-bailable.
Accordingto the ordinance,
forced conversion (or
conversion through fraud) will
be punished by up to five years'
imprisonment or a fine of ?
15,000. If the forced
conversion involves a woman
from the marginalised
communities, then this will
increase to between three and
10 years' jail and a fine of ?
25,000. Mass conversions will
attract a similar jail term and a
fine of ? 50,000.
Yogi lists Lucknow Municipal Corporation
bond at Bombay Stock Exchange
Uttar Pradesh chief minister
YogiAdityanath,whoisonavisit
to Mumbai, listed Rs200 crore
LucknowMunicipal Corporation
bond at the Bombay Stock
Exchange on Wednesday
morning. Later, he is scheduled
to meet prominent people from
thefilmindustryandindustrialists
toseekinvestmentinthenorthern
state.
Lucknow now becomes the
ninth city in India to have raised
municipalbondsandthefirstcity
to issue such a bond after the
launch of Atal Mission for
Rejuvenation and Urban
Transformation (AMRUT)
scheme.
AdityanatharrivedonTuesday
evening in the commercial and
entertainment capital and met
actorAkshayKumar at ahotel in
South Mumbai over dinner. On
Wednesday, he is expected to
meetfilmmakersandstudioheads
at the hotel and discuss the UP
government’s planof settingupa
filmcityinNoida.
The CM will be meeting
industrialistsandfilmpersonalities
from 10.30am till 2pm. He is
expected to speak to the press
afterwards, said a senior UP
officialwhoisaccompanyinghim
inMumbai.
Meanwhile, ahead of
Adityanath’s visit to Mumbai,
Maharashtra chief minister
Uddhav Thackeray on
Tuesday said he will not let
anybody “forcibly” take
businesses away from the
state.
“We are not jealous if
someone progresses, we do
not have any problem with
someone’s progress if one
competes.Butif youaregoing
toforciblytakeanythingaway,
then, of course, I won’t let it
happenandyou(industrialists)
will not be willing to go,”
Thackeray said at an event
organisedbyIMCChamberof
Commerce in Mumbai.
BJP wins 3 out of 4 seats in debut
Bharatiya Janata Party,
which was contesting
LegislativeCouncilelectionsfor
teachers' constituencies for the
first time, won three out of four
seats it contested on Friday. Out
of six teachers' constituencies,
Samajwadi Party won one and
two seats went to
Independents.
Counting of votes for five
MLC graduate constituencies
was going on at the time this
report was filed. Results of
these seats are expected by
Saturday morning.
After winning the Bareilly-
Moradabad division teachers’
seat bynearlyamargin of 8,000
votes on Thursday, BJP
candidates registered victories
in Lucknow and Meerut
divisions as well on Friday. Its
candidate lost in the Agra
division to an Independent. SP
candidate emerged victorious in
Varanasi while another
Independent candidate won in
Gorakhpur-Faizabaddivision.
In Lucknow division, the
sitting MLC for the teachers’
constituency Umesh Dwivedi,
who was contesting as a BJP
candidate, won the second term
with a margin of 3247 votes
against his closest competitor
Mahendra Nath Rai, an
independent candidate.
Dwivedi received a total 7,065
votes out of total 17,077 valid
votes. In 2014, Dwivedi won
the seat as an independent
candidate.
On Bareilly-Moradabad
teacherseat,Hari SinghDhillon
won with 12,827 votes on
Thursdaynight.He defeatedhis
nearest candidate Sanjay
Continued on Page 5
" Aperson relies only on his
two bare hands -- one for the
helpinghimself,andtheotherfor
theothers!"
Non Government
Organizations are working this
winter for the helpless, and one
of them 'SPREAD
HAPPINESS' which is in the
field, andthehelpingworktothe
needyis constantlygoingonisa
group of social person work in
NGO.
Mr.GauravandRahulVerma
Nilesh Singh, Abhinav Singh
came forward to save people
from this chill wave of winter.
Winter clothes collection
drivedoortodoorwasorganised
by the executive office bearers
of Spread Happiness at Eldeco
Saubhagyam under the
supervision of Rahul verma and
other volunteers.
The drive started with
collection of old winter
clothes,shoes,books,etc.
Society members were
companion to this social duty,
and eagerly took part in a brief
distributionfunctiontotheneedy
in the presence of chief guest.
Thechiefguest MrsArchana
Dwevedi(Additional Municipal
Commissioner) praised the
participants byfelicitating them
certificate of appreciation.
Winter cloths
distributed to
the needy

5
could not be tried for their
crimes. India, which had
proclaimed East Pakistan a free
nation, had to set free 93,000
prisoners of war (PoWs) in
order to obtain the release of
‘Bangabandhu’ Sheikh Mujibur
Rahman, whose presence was
central to the fledglingnation of
Bangladesh. Blackstone’s ratio
of ten criminals to one innocent,
has perhaps never in history
been skewed on a grander
scale.
The role of the media
From Governor General
Tikka Khan, the infamous
‘Butcher of Bengal’, or his
successor General Amir
Abdullah Khan Niazi, to the
soldiers who made beauty their
booty (to paraphrase Andrew
Jackson) – everyone escaped
trial.
But, even if so many
criminals got away, what
ensured that their crimes
pierced the world’s conscience?
To quote Walter Lippmann,
“News and (the) truth are not
the same thing”. Indeed, when
it comes to news about India,
Western media often chooses
authors and journalists who tell
their readers what they wish to
hear. That becomes news. That
news becomes cited history,
through the sheer perversity of
‘pervasity’(even if it’s not a real
word). Western media is so
pervasive that history cannot be
written by the victors unless
they happen to be from the
West.
The news in the West may
never have resembled the whole
truth even in the 1971 War, had
it not been for a few brave
souls, thanks to whom the truth
of the genocide got through to
theWestern media, and changed
the colour of the “News” as
being reported there.
Who are these heroes?
Foremost among them is
Archer Kent Blood, who, as the
Head of the United States
Consulate in Dhaka, sent a
series of cables to Washington,
commencing with the one on 27
March, which read, “Here in
Decca we are mute and
horrified witnesses to a reign of
terror by the Pak Military….”.
On 6 April 1971, he sent a
‘dissent cable’ (later dubbed
‘The Blood Telegram’) to the
US Secretary of State William
P. Rogers, which read: “Our
government has failed to
denounce the suppression of
democracy. Our government
has failed to denounce
atrocities. Our government has
failed to take forceful
measures to protect its citizens
while at the same time bending
over backwards to placate the
West Pak dominated
government and to lessen any
deservedly negative
international public relations
impact against them. Our
government has evidenced
what manywill consider moral
bankruptcy,… But we have
chosen not to intervene, even
morally,on the groundsthat the
Awami conflict, in which
unfortunately the overworked
term genocide is applicable, is
purely an internal matter of a
sovereign state. Private
Americans have expressed
disgust. We, as professional
civil servants, express our
dissent with current policyand
ferventlyhope that ourtrue and
lasting interests here can be
defined and our policies
redirected in order to salvage
ournation’s position as amoral
leader of the free world….”.
National Security Advisor
Henry Kissinger didn’t react,
but the Blood Telegram found
its way into the press, and the
‘truth’ suddenly became the
‘news’ in the US. The moment
of convergence came in the
Britishmediatoo. First, asmall
snippet by Simon Dring
appeared on the front page of
The Daily Telegraph on 30
March 1971. Dring had gone
underground just before the
murders began, and collected
evidence of the atrocities at
great risk to himself, but his
article failed to really alter the
tone of reporting in Western
media. Even though the BBC
subsequently carried a
broadcast made on the 27th of
March 1971 by Major Ziaur
Rahman from a small
clandestine radio station in
Chittagong (reading out
Mujibur’s declaration of
Bangladeshi independence), it
had mostly been interpreted as
the justification for a Pakistani
crackdown rather than the
right way around.
The defining change came
when Pakistani journalist
NevilleAnthonyMascarenhas,
pennedhis article,“Genocide“,
in The Sunday Times on 13
June 1971. He had originally
been embedded by the
Pakistan government with the
Pakistani forces in East
Pakistan in order to report
favourably, but was so
disturbed by what he saw that
he escaped to the United
Kingdom. His article on the
Bangladesh genocide has been
credited by the BBC as having
“exposed for the first time the
scale of the Pakistan army’s
brutal campaign …”, and
indeed even “impelled India to
look at a military option to
resolve the humanitarian
crisis”.
As the 50th anniversary of
the Liberation of Bangladesh
draws near, what also draws
near is the 50th anniversary of
a genocide so gruesome that it
ill behoves humanity to ever
forget it.
It would only be a befitting
tributetothemillionsofBengali
lives lost in the Pakistani
genocide of 1971, that in the
year 2021, the Indian
government appropriately
honours the names of three
good men: the Late Archer
Blood, the Late Anthony
Mascarenhas, and Simon
Dring, for their courage of
conviction and honesty.
Thanks to them, news
came much nearer to the truth.
The contents of this article
are the personal views of the
author and do not represent
official position of the Indian
Navy or the Government of
India.
CommodoreHari Krishnan
is currently Director of the
Indian Navy’s Centre for
Ethics, Leadership and
Behavioural Studies, and has
earlier headed the Directorate
for Strategy at Naval
Headquarters.
Mishra of Samajwadi Party by
7,960 votes. Mishra received
only 4,864 votes. Total 36,703
voters were registered for this
teachers' constituency
However, BJP candidate
Dinesh Chandra Vashisht lost
to independent candidate
AkashAgarwal inAgra.Akash
received6,690votes, whileBJP
candidate managed 4,319 votes
only.
In Gorakhpur-Faizabad,
independent candidate Dhruv
Kumar Tripathi who is sitting
MLC for past two terms, won
the election with 10,227 votes.
He is a member of UP
secondary education union. He
defeated his nearest competitor
Ajay Singh with a margin of
1,008 votes. In Varanasi
teachers' constituency, SP
candidate Lal Bihari Yadav
received 7766 votes, while his
nearest competitor,
independent Pramod Kumar
Mishra, managed to obtain
6,830 votes.
According to the Election
Commission, a total of 85
candidates were contesting
teachers’ constituency
elections in six division which
had 2,06,335 registered voters.
In graduate constituencies,
Lucknow's sitting MLC Kanti
Singh (58), whose family has
beendominatingthe seat for the
past 18 years, was leading
against BJP's Awanish Kumar
Singh by over 600 votes.
Additional chief election
commissioner,Yogeshwar Ram
Mishra, said, “The counting of
votes will continue on
Saturday.”
Continued from Page 4
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Experts believe that a
COVID vaccine "will be ready
in the next few weeks", Prime
Minister Narendra Modi said
on Friday during an all-party
meeting, asserting that India's
vaccination programme would
begin as soon as scientists give
the permission.
"Experts expect that the
vaccine will be ready within
next few weeks itself. Once
scientists approveit, the nation-
wide vaccination drive will be
started in India. Our scientists
are very confident of
succeeding in their endeavour
of making COVID-19 vaccine.
The world is keeping a watch
on the cheapest and safe
vaccine," he said during the
meeting which was attended by
about 12 leaders from
prominent political parties.
PM Modi, who, last week
visited India's top vaccine hubs
to personally review the
development of coronavirus
vaccine and the manufacturing
process also assured that the
country has the necessary
infrastructure to manufacture
the vaccine at a large scale.
Nearly eight vaccines are at
different stages of trial with
their manufacturing assured in
India, PM Modi said.
"The vaccine distribution
and administration is given to a
national experts group.Advice
will be taken from them on a
comprehensive and real-time
manner. India has the facilities
needed to manufacture the
vaccine at a large scale. In fact,
our preparation is better than
most others," PM Modi said at
the meeting, which is the
second such meet called by the
government since the outbreak
of the pandemic.
Three vaccines from India
are also at different stages of
trial, he said.
"Centre is in talks with state
governments over the price of
vaccine and decision regarding
it will be taken keeping public
health as topmost priority," he
added.
Frontline healthcare
workers, who include police
personnel and municipal staff,
and old people suffering from
serious conditions would be
inoculated on priority, he said.
From the time of fear and
apprehensions in the months of
February and March, when
India reported its first COVID
cases, to this atmosphere of
"hope and confidence" in
December, India has come a
long way, he said.
"India is one of the few
countries where the testing and
recoveryrates are veryhighand
the mortality rate is very low.
Compared to developed
countries, India has fought
against COVID much better
and has managed to save a lot
of lives," PM Modi said.
PM Modi also urged
political parties to keep the
masses aware and protect
them from rumours which, he
added, are often spread
whenever there is a mass
vaccination exercise. "We must
make sure rumours are not
spread during vaccination,
rumours that are anti-national
and anti-human," he said.
About 12 leaders from
prominent political parties,
includingLeader of Opposition
in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi
Azad (who is representing the
Congress), Sudip
Bandyopadhyay (Trinamool
Congress) and Sharad Pawar
of the NCP attended the virtual
meeting. Congress leader in
Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan
Chaudhary also attended the
meeting which started around
10:30 am.
Apart from PM Modi,
Defence Minister Rajnath
Singh, Home Minister Amit
Shah, Health Minister Harsh
Vardhan were present in the
meeting. ParliamentaryAffairs
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Ministers Pralhad Joshi and
ministers of state in the same
ministry Arjun Ram Meghwal
and V Muraleedharan, who
reached out to floor leaders for
the meeting, also attended the
virutal meet, according to
reports.
PM Modi has held four
important meetings on Vaccine
Delivery and Distribution
related preparedness in the last
two weeks.
Last week, PM Modi visited
India's top vaccine hubs in
Ahmedabad, Pune and
Hyderabad to personally
review the development of
coronavirus vaccine and the
manufacturing process. The
visit, PM Modi's office said,
was meant to help him get a
"first-hand perspective of the
preparations, challenges and
roadmap in India's endeavour
to vaccinate its citizens".
While India has logged the
second-highest number of
cases in the world after the
United States, it is one of the
countries with the lowest
deaths per million population
globally.
This morning India added
36,595 fresh infections, taking
the overall coronavirus case
count to 95.71 lakh. The
country's Covid death count
rose to 1,39,188 as 540 people
lost their lives in this period.
Continued from Page 5
Ban On Polygamy Is A
Better Option Than
Making Special Laws
Much has been written
about love jihad – the targeted
luring by Muslim men for
marriage and conversion of
non-Muslim women.
Demography is destiny is a
well-acceptedtruism. But more
than demography per se, it is
the religious nature of
demography that vastly
influences politics, economics,
social stability, war and peace.
Abrahamic religions suchas
Christianity and Islam are
doctrinally ordained as world
conquering expansionist
creeds. Which means they
have to continuously increase
their demography with which
comes the geography too. Both
religions poach from others
throughwell-oiledmultinational
conversion machinery.
To control the menace
of love jihad, a ban on the
practice of polygamy may
be one of the solutions.
Kidney disease leading risk factor
for COVID hospitalisation
Chronic kidney disease is
the leading risk factor for
hospitalisation from COVID-
19, says a study of electronic
health records.
For the study, the
researchers examined the
health records of 12,971
individuals whowere testedfor
COVID-19 within the
Geisinger Health System inthe
US.
Of this group, 1,604 were
COVID-positive and 354
requiredhospitalisation.
The team analysed the
records for association
between specific clinical
conditions, including kidney,
cardiovascular, respiratoryand
metabolic conditions, and
COVID-19 hospitalisation.
Overall, chronic kidney
disease was most strongly
associatedwith hospitalisation,
and COVID-19 patients with
end-stage renal disease were
11 times more likely to be
admitted to the hospital than
patientswithout kidneydisease,
said the study published in the
journal PLOS ONE.
"Previous studies have
identified a variety of health
conditions associated with an
increased risk of COVID-
relatedhospitalisation,including
diabetes, heart failure,
hypertension, and chronic
kidney disease," said Alex
Chang, Geisinger nephrologist
and co-director of Geisinger's
Kidney Health Research
Institute.
"What is significant here is
the magnitude of the kidney
disease-related risk."
How underlying medical
conditions increase the risk of
C O V I D - 1 9 - r e l a t e d
complications is not yet fully
clear.
However, the study
suggests that the physiological
stress caused by an excessive
inflammatory response to
COVID-19 infection could
destabilise organs already
weakened by chronic disease,
or that organ injury from the
virus could act as a "second-
hit" to these organs.
"Consistent with this
hypothesis,kidneyandheart are
among the tissues with the
highest expression of ACE2, a
SARS-CoV-2 receptor," the
team wrote.
Regular heat exposure through
hot baths may reduce risk
factors for type 2 diabetes
Youmayalreadybeawarethat
diabetes is a chronic disease that
occurs either when the bodydoes
notproduceenoughinsulin(known
as type 1 diabetes) or when the
body cannot effectively use the
insulinitproduces(knownastype
2 diabetes). Both of these
conditionsleadtohyperglycemiaor
an increased concentration of
glucoseintheblood.
Whydiabetespreventionand
treatmentmatters
Accordingtoastudy,published
inthejournalDiabetesCarein2003,
type 2 diabetes, in particular, is
reaching epidemic proportions in
urbanIndia,owingpredominantly
totheriseinoneofthebiggestrisk
factors for the disease — obesity.
The study states that there’s an
increase in adolescent obesity
acrossurbanIndia,whichisleading
to diabetes onset at a very young
age among Indians. This is
especially concerning because an
increase in diabetes prevalence is
likelytoalsoleadtoanincreasein
all the other diseases diabetes is
associated with, including
cardiovascular disease, nerve
damage, kidney damage, eye
damage,skinconditionsandeven
Alzheimer’sdisease.
The effects of diabetes can be
evenmorefar-reaching,according
to new research presented at the
annual meeting of the European
Association for the Study of
Diabetes(EASD).Themodelling
study, soon to be published in
Cardiovascular Endocrinology &
Metabolism, suggests that the life
expectancy of a person with type
1 diabetes is eight years less and
that a person with type 2 diabetes
is two years less than the average
personwithoutdiabetes.ThisUK-
based study also suggests that,
comparedtomen,theaveragelost
life years for women was much
higherthaninmenwitheithertype
1ortype 2 diabetes.
Though population and
epidemiologicalstudiesneedtobe
conducted in more countries,
including India, to find out if the
averagelost lifeyears remainsthe
same, the fact that diabetes does
lead to debilitated life quality and
lowerlifeexpectancyisundeniable.
Hotbathsfortype2diabetes
prevention?
Another research presented at
the virtual annual meeting of the
EASDsuggeststhattakingregular
hot baths may improve glycated
hemoglobin (HbA1c) levels,
therebyreducingamajorriskfactor
for type 2 diabetes. Glycated
hemoglobinisameasureofblood
sugarcontrolthatreferstotheblood
molecules to which glucose or
sugarhasstuckto.Higherglycated
hemoglobin levels indicate high
bloodsugar,whichis amajor risk
factor for type 2 diabetes.
Many studies have suggested
thatvariousformsofheattherapy,
likehotbathsandsaunas,canhelp
reducebodyfatlevelsandimprove
glycated hemoglobin levels.
However, the previous studies
lackedprecisedatatoindicatethat
hot water baths can be used as a
reliableformoftherapyforpatients
withtype2diabetes.Forthisstudy,
theresearchersfollowedthebathing
habitsof1,297patientswithtype2
diabetesattheKohnodaiHospital,
Japan,between2018and2019,and
studiedtheassociationbetweenthe
frequencyofbathingandmetabolic
parameters of the patients.
It’snecessarytobe mentioned
herethathotwaterbathsareritually
and traditionally part of the
Japaneselifestyleandamajorityof
thepopulationengagesinit.Itwas,
therefore, easier to measure the
benefitsofhotwaterbathsinsuch
apopulation.Afteradjustingforage,
sex,BMIandinsulinuse,thestudy
foundthatameanfrequencyofhot
waterbathing4.2timesaweekfor
ameandurationof16minuteswas
associatedwithadecreaseinbody
weight, body mass index, waist
circumference, diastolic blood
pressureandglycatedhemoglobin
levels.
An increased frequency of
bathing was thus associated with
decreasing levels of glycated
hemoglobin. What’s more, hot
waterbathingmoreoftenwasalso
associated with better blood
pressure control and weight
management. The researchers
therefore concluded that daily
exposure to heat via a hot water
bathcanimprovetheconditionsof
type 2 diabetes patients and may
reduce the risk factors associated
with it too. Whether hot water
baths can be recommended to
Indiandiabetespatientsorthoseat
riskofdiabetes,especiallygiventhe
higher temperatures in the
subcontinent,remainstobeseen.
Pulmonologist Shares 5
Tips To Protect Lungs
NationalPollutionControlDay
isobservedonDecember2every
year to raise awareness about
increasingpollution.Indiahaslong
sufferedfromtheperilsofpollution
and is home to six of the world’s
tenmost pollutedcitiesas perthe
World Economic Forum. Air
pollution has been a major cause
for concern with researchers
estimatingthatitisresponsiblefor
over1milliondeathseveryyear.
Winter season can take a toll
on your lungs. Dr. Arvind Kate,
PulmonologistatChembur’sZen
Multispecialty Hospital said,
“Winters can aggravate various
respiratory conditions. With
COVID-19 adversely impacting
thosewithpreconditions,wemust
takeprecautions.”Below,Dr.Kate
shares a few tips to better take
careofyourlungs.
Seasonal conditions such as
pneumonia, chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD), flu,
and common cold and cough
should be not be disregarded and
treatedmedically."Fluvaccinesare
recommendedtopreventseasonal
flu.Patientswithchronicrespiratory
illnesses,likeasthmaorbronchitis,
shoulduseinhalers.Anyprescribed
medicationsshouldnotbeskipped.
Consultyourdoctorifthereiseven
theslightestdeviationinsymptoms
or the condition", explained Dr.
Kate.
Avoidsteppingout
Airpollutionmaycauseirritation
to the lungs, it is best to avoid
exercising outdoors when the
temperature is low or there are
excessive pollen and dust.In case
you arerequired tostep out of the
house thenmonitorthe air quality
of the area or the place you are
planning to go. If you have a
precondition, keep medication
handyandtakeit asprescribedby
the doctor.
Easy practices
Basicbreathingexercisessuch
as pranayama and regular steam
inhalation goes a long way in
keeping our lungs healthy.
Remember to stay hydrated by
drinking atleast 2 litres of water
every day.

7
Juventus midfielder says joining
Premier League would be an 'honour'
The experienced World Cup
winner has fallen out of favour
at the Serie A champions and is
yet to feature for the club since
the appointment of former
midfieldteam-mateAndreaPirlo.
Khedira,33,has spentthelast
fiveyearswithJuventus,butwith
his contract due to end next
summerisopentocontinuinghis
career in England.
"When I was a child it was
always a big dream of mine to
be a Premier League player,"
KhediratoldMediainGermany.
"I am really happy and
satisfied with my career until
nowbut onethingisstillmissing
because Ialways hadthis dream
and it has never come true… to
be a part of the Premier League.
Khedira started in the first
four Champions League group
stage matches last season, but
was not registered by the club
forthis campaign
"I have watched so many
Premier League games since I
wasyoung[but]evennowIam
following the Premier League
a lot.
"I enjoyed always to play
with my teams to play in the
ChampionsLeague againstthe
Englishclubs.Theatmosphere,
thestyleandideaoffootballhas
always impressed me.
"Ifitispossibleitwillforsure
be a really big dream [come
true] andhonour to be a part of
the Premier League."
Khedira, who started his
career at Stuttgart before his
move to Real Madrid in 2010,
haswonthe domesticleaguein
Germany, Spain and Italy.
TheGermanyinternational,
who was speaking before the
national side were beaten by
Spain6-0intheNationsLeague
onTuesday,says his former boss
Jose Mourinho remains the best
manager he has played for.
Khedira was signed by Jose
Mourinhoin2010
Asked why he held the
Portuguese in such regard,
Khedira said: "Because of his
personality,He is always honest,
direct,clearinhismindandagreat
coach.
"Many people talkabout him
[being] too defensive but he is a
winner, he is achampion.That is
why he impressed me the most."
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Khedira added he believes
MourinhocanleadTottenhamto
successthisseasonbutalsospoke
highlyofEvertonmanager Carlo
Ancelotti when pressed whether
hewould like thechance towork
againwithMourinho.
"Ireallyenjoyedworkingwith
Jose Mourinho but there are
many coaches who I would like
to workwith," he said.
"I would never say no again
to Jose Mourinho but it is not the
onlyguywhoIwouldsayIwould
like to work withagain.
"There are many coaches,
even in the Premier League that
I respect a lot. (Carlo) Ancelotti
isdoingagreatjobatthemoment
and is a great personality. He is
one of the coaches who
impressedme also."
Afghanistan's Mujeeb Ur
Rahman in hospital after
positive COVID-19 test
Afghanistan cricketer and
Brisbane Heat import Mujeeb
Ur Rahman has been taken to
a Queensland hospital after
testingpositive for COVID-19.
The19-year-oldspinner,the
world’s No. 2- ranked
Twenty20international bowler,
was in hotel quarantine on
the Gold Coast south of
Brisbane after arriving in
Australia last week. Mujeeb
reported symptoms of the
illness and has since been
placed in the care of
Queensland Health to
complete his recovery.
The news comes a week
out from the Heat’s season
opener against the
Melbourne Stars in
Canberra and means
Mujeebwill almostcertainly
miss Brisbane’s two
matches inAustralia’s capital.
Queensland Cricket chief
executive Terry Svenson said
Mujeeb’s welfare was the
primary concern.
“He is a young man far from
home and we will ensure he is
looked after,” Svenson said.
Greatest CricketAll-Rounders ofAll Time
RavichandranAshwin
RavichandranAshwin is the
fastest bowler to pick up 300
wickets in Tests. He has
claimed 7 Man of the Series in
the longest format of the game,
an Indian record and fourth-
best in the world.
On Indian pitches, he is
nearly unbeatable, and his 27
fifers in 70 Tests show his
match-winning ability. His
battingprowess helpedIndia go
with a 6-batsmen strategy for
some time, by batting him at 6,
and he responded withfourTest
Experience: 2010-present
Country: India
Othermajorteams:TamilNadu,
Chennai Super Kings
Career stats in Tests: 70
matches, 2,385 runs, 28.73
batting average, 4 100s, 362
wickets , 25.36 bowling
average
Career stats in ODIs: 111
matches,675runs,16.07batting
average, 0 100s, 150 wickets ,
32.91 bowling average
hundreds.
In ODIs, he was former
IndiancaptainMS Dhoni’s go-
to man in the middle-overs,
cutting the run flow and
picking up wickets in his
heyday.
WasimAkram
Experience: 1985-2003
Country: Pakistan
Other major teams:
Lancashire, Lahore
average
average
WasimAkram is known as
the "King of Swing" as he
swung the ball in the air and
off the pitch equally well.
Along with Waqar Younis, he
formed a deadly combo for
Pakistan, and the duo was a
nightmare for batsmen all
around the world.
The left-arm bowler is the
second-highest wicket-taker
(502) in ODIs and second-
highest wicket-taker (916) as a
pace bowler in international
cricket.
Akram was a good lower-
order batsman, and his highest
score in Tests, 257*, is better
than the batting great Sachin
Tendulkar’s highest score of
248*. Akram scored these runs
after coming to bat at No. 8 and
batted with a strike-rate over 70.
Ravindra Jadeja
Experience: 2009-present
Country: India
Other major teams:
Saurashtra, Chennai Super
Kings
Ravindra Jadeja is known
for his accuracy with the ball
and completing the over in the
blink of an eye. He is the
fastest left-armer to take 200
wickets in Tests.
Jadeja has a great record
as a batsman in first-class
cricket, but his batting didn't
always inspire confidence.
Things tooka turnin 2016, and
he has been averaging 47.15
with the bat ever since.
The Indian all-rounder is a
terrific fielder, too, and can
change the course of the game
with his direct hits or
breathtaking catches.
average
Career stats in ODIs:
159matches, 2,188 runs, 31.25
average
Lance Klusener
Experience: 1996-2004
Country: South Africa
Other major teams:
Dolphins,Middlesex
average
average
Lance Klusener was a
phenomenal ODI player and a
useful Test cricketer.Although
he had a short career, he made
his markbefore hanging up his
gloves.
Klusener was on top of his
game during the 1999 World
Cup and was adjudged the
Player of the Tournament. The
southpaw scored 281 runs at an
average of 140.50 and a strike-
rate of 122.27, a dream scoring
rate in the pre-T20 era. With the
ball, he picked up 17 wickets at
an average of 20.58.
He almost won the semifinal
against Australia out of
nowherebyscoringanunbeaten
31 off just 16 deliveries.
However, the match ended in a
tie, and South Africa was
knocked out from the
tournament.
Shane Watson
Experience: 2002-15
Country:Australia
Other major teams: New South
Wales,ChennaiSuperKings
matches,3,731runs,35.19batting
average,4100s, 75wickets,33.68
bowlingaverage
matches,5,757runs,40.54batting
average,9100s,168wickets,31.79
bowlingaverage
Shane Watson was a terrific
striker of the cricket ball. He was
severe against spinners and
clobberedsomemonstroussixes.
Hisbestoutingwiththebatcame
against Bangladeshin2011,when
he scored 185 off just 96 balls,
including 15 sixes and as many
fours.Byhisheroics,Australiawon
thematchwith144ballsleft.

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Bollywood actress Sana Khan weds mufti
Bollywood actress Sana
Khan has tied the knot with an
Islamic cleric Mufti Anas
Sayied, recently.
The news of their nuptials
was announced by the
newlyweds via Instagram.
The 32-year-old bride
shared a wedding photo with a
caption that read: "Loved each
other for the sake of Allah.
Married each other for the sake
of Allah. May Allah keep us
unitedinthis Duniyaandreunite
us in Jannah."
The entry received more
than one million likes fromher
fans and followers from all
over the world.
Meanwhile, her
bridegroom, a mufti from
Gujarat, shared a video of the
solemnisation ceremony held
at a mosque, with a caption
that read: "Nikkah ceremony
was done in masjid post
jummah namaz according to
sunnah of Prophet
Muhammad (S.A.W).
Maulana Ahmad Laat Sahab
performed the Nikkah in
presence of Maulana Kaleem
Siddiqui."
Last month, Sana who stars
in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu
productions, announced that
she was quitting the
entertainment industry and
would "serve humanity and
follow the order of her
Creator."
Indian media reported that
the two met through mutual
friend, Ajaz Khan, who was
also a fellow contestant of
reality programme Big Boss,
together with Sana.
Shraddha Kapoor reveals what
her most prized possessions are
Speakingof her mostprized
possessions, she said it is her
mom and masi's (aunt's)
sarees. A source close to the
actress shared, "Whenever
she gets a chance, she goes
through sarees of her mum
and masi, and tries draping it
around her. She's extremely
close to both of them and the
sentimental value these sarees
hold are way more important
than fashion choices for her
and her heirloom will be these
sarees."
No branded handbags,
shoes, clothes but an elaborate
collection of sarees owned by
her mother and aunt. Shraddha
can have the most amazing
sarees available for her with a
wholehost of stylists aroundher,
but she prefers sarees that have
a sense of belonging.
Recently on the occasion of
Gudi Padwa, the actress was
seen flaunting her mother's
saree which was as gorgeous as
the actress, and that's what
strikes a chord in her fan's
hearts. The actress chooses to
doll up in their sarees for any
important occasion and festival.
Meanwhile, Shraddha had a
hectic 2019 with releases back-
to-back and a bumper start in
2020 with announcements one
after the other. Apart from her
recently announced Nagin
trilogy, the actress will also be
seen in Luv Ranjan's directorial
alongside Ranbir Kapoor
Legal notice sent to actress Kangana Ranaut
for tweeting fake news on Shaheen Bagh dadi
Bollywood actress
Kangana Ranaut, who is
known to express her opinion
on everything under the sun on
Twitter, has received yet
another legal notice. An
advocate in Punjab's Zirakpur
area sent a legal notice to the
actress demanding an apology
for a tweet in which she made
a false claim of identifying an
old woman at the farmer's
protest as the Shaheen Bagh's
Bilkis Dadi.
A few days back, Kangana
Ranaut in her tweet posted a
picture of an old woman and
claimed that she was the same
Dadi who was part of the
Shaheen Bagh's anti-CAA
protests and has now joined the
farmers' protest. Her claim
was proven to be false, as the
old lady was identified as
Mohinder Kaur, a resident of
Bathinda. Kangana, in her
tweet also alleged that the
woman was available for
protests for Rs. 100. After
being slammed on twitter for
making false and insensitive
comments, she deleted the
tweet.
Advocate Hakam Singh
who sent a legal notice to
Kangana Ranaut demanded
that the apology be made in
seven days. If the actress fails
to tender an apology, the
advocate will be pursuing a
defamation case.
The advocate also said that
by making such remarks,
Ranaut has not only degraded
the image of each lady and
each person but also the
farmers who are protesting for
their rights.
Meanwhile, Ranaut is in the
centre of several legal cases for
her remarks on social media.A
case has been registered against
the actress by the Mumbai
Police after a petitionwas filed
against her for making
communal statements on
Twitter. The Karnataka Police
also booked her for her tweets
on farmers protesting against
the Centre's farm law
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Actress Divvya Chouksey passes away
Actress Divvya Chouksey
passed away on Sunday. The
actress was battling cancer for
a long time. A day before her
demise, Divvya took to her
social media to inform her
followers and friends of her
medical condition.
In the note she shared on
Instagram, she wrote, “Guys,
Ihave been hospitalised, not in
the state to even talk. My
cancer is killing me. Pray for
my easy passing. Sorry just
unable to reply. love to all.” In
another post, a day before her
demise, she wrote, “Words
cannot suffice what I want to
convey, the more the less,
since it's been months am
absconded and bombarded
with plethora of messages. It's
time I tell you guys, I am on
my death bed. S**t happens. I
am strong. Be there another
life of non suffering. No
questions please. Only god
knows how much you mean to
me. DC Bye.”
Divvya Chouksey
Divvya made her acting
debut with the 2016 film Hai
Apna Dil Toh Awara. Her co-
star from the film, Sahil Anand
took to Instagram and penned a
heartfelt note for the actress.
“Ulbemissedbadlybyurbhaiya
@divvyachouksey .... ur
passion, ur dream, ur go getter
attitude,urpositivitytowardsour
industry was unmatched to
anyone I have met but maybe
god had some other plans for u
...I m sure you are in a better
place now and in peace ...ur
bhaiyalovesyou andwillalways
love you ....I miss u DC
????....you will always be alive
in my memories and in my
heart,” he wrote sharing a
picture with her.
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