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India may be witnessing a flat-
tening of Covid-19 curve, but
the virus is back with a
vengeance across the globe.
The world recorded 5.45 lakh
cases on Thursday, the biggest
single-day spike during the
last 10 months when the pan-
demic first struck the
globe.
The powerful “second
wave” has shaken the world
after the virus took a breather
for a few weeks across Europe,
the USA, and Latin America
and people were beginning to
think that the worst maybe
behind.
The global trend reversal
has a clear message for India,
where the number of new cases
has come down drastically over
the last few weeks. Any com-
placency could see the onset of
a similar dangerous “second
wave” that could impact the
nascent economic recovery
and pose a serious challenge to
health infrastructure and med-
ical fraternity.
The addition of nearly five
and a half a million cases in a
day carried an ominous por-
tend that situation could get out
of control with the onset of
winter. The dangerous dimen-
sion of the “second wave” could
be gauged from the fact that the
world took five months to add
5.45 lakh cases between
January 22 and May 24, where-
as it needed just 24 hours to
make the matching gain on
October 29.
Europe has seen a massive
rebound in coronavirus cases
after countries such as France,
the United Kingdom, Spain,
and Italy celebrated nearly
three months of respite from
the virus and number of new
cases came down to between
30,000 and 40,000 a day in the
region.
Just two months ago on
August 29, Europe recorded
just 42,000 new cases in a day.
On October 29, this figure
went up to 2.39 lakh, under-
lining the enormity of the cri-
sis staring Europe.
Three months ago it
seemed that Italy was all but
free of coronavirus. The coun-
try added just 289 new cases on
July 29, but on October 29, the
figure of new cases touches
26,000.
On July 29, France added
just 1,392 new cases, but three
months down the line on
October 29, it added more
than 47,000 new cases. The
same has been the story of the
UK and Germany.
The Latin American
nations such as Brazil, Chile,
Colombia, and Peru have also
seen a sharp rise in the num-
ber of new cases.
With the world better pre-
pared to deal with Covid-19,
the second wave is turning out
to be far less fatal than the first
one. The Thursday death toll
stood at around 7,000, which
denotes a casualty rate of
around 12 per cent on the total
count of 5.45 new cases on that
day.
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In a major decision, the
Government on Friday
allowed reservation for Other
Backward Class (OBC) stu-
dents in the Sainik Schools of
the country. This decision
comes a year after the Defence
Ministry opened the doors of
these schools for girls.
There are more than 30
Sainik Schools, which works
under the Ministry of Defence,
in India. The first school was
set up in 1960 to prepare stu-
dents for entry into the presti-
gious National Defence
Academy (NDA).
The reservation for OBC
students will commence from
the next academic session com-
mencing 2021-22.
Announcing it through a tweet,
Defence Secretary Ajay Kumar
said 27 per cent seats in Sainik
schools will be reserved for
Other Backward Classes
(OBCs).
“OBC reservation to be
introduced in Sainik Schools
from the year 2021-22,” Kumar
said on Twitter and posted
images of an October 13 cir-
cular that was sent to principals
of all Sainik schools across the
country.
The circular said 67 per
cent of the seats in a Sainik
school are reserved for candi-
dates from the State or the
Union Territory in which the
school is located and the
remaining 33 per cent is
reserved for those who come
from outside that state or
Union Territory (UT). These
two lists will be termed List A
and List B.
The circular said within
each list, 15 per cent seats are
reserved for Scheduled Castes,
7.5 per cent seats are for
Scheduled Tribes and 27 per
cent seats are for non-creamy
layer OBCs.
This decision comes an
year after the Defence Ministry
asked five Sainik Schools to
admit girls from 2020-21. This
step was taken after the pilot
project of the Defence Ministry
in Sainik School Chhingchhip,
Mizoram was a success when
six girl cadets were admitted
into Class VI in June 2018.
Defence Minister Rajnath
Singh approved five Sainik
Schools — Sainik Schools
Bijapur, Chandrapur,
Ghorakhal, Kalikiri and
Kodagu — for these admis-
sions.
It was Uttar Pradesh Sainik
School (UPSS), the first Sainik
School of the country estab-
lished in 1960 which admitted
15 girl cadets in April 2018 in
Class IX.
Students of Sainik Schools
are called cadets like the
trainees of the pre-commission
military academies. The UPSS
is the only Sainik School func-
tioning under the State
Government with the rest
being run by the Defence
Ministry.
The Ministry had issued
directives to the principals to
take steps to carry out adequate
publicity through newspapers,
websites and other means.
Monitoring the registration
strength vis-a-vis the capacity
of exam centres, recruitment
of exclusive staff, provision of
infrastructure required for girl
children and taking adequate
steps are the other instruction
to the Principals.
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The police have claimed
Pakistan-based terror out-
fit Lashkar-e-Tayyeba (LeT)
was behind the killing of three
BJP leaders in Kulgam district
on Thursday.
On a day his son complet-
ed his first year, BJP leader Fida
Hussain Yatoo was laid to rest
in his native village on Friday.
He, along with two other BJP
officer bearers, was gunned
down by terrorists in YK Pora
area of South Kashmir’s
Kulgam district late on
Thursday night.
The entire neighbourhood
in his village witnessed a sur-
charged atmosphere. Chanting
patriotic slogans, local villagers
and party workers attended the
funeral prayers. Senior BJP
leaders, including JK Chief
Ravinder Raina, too attended
the last rites and visited the
family of Yatoo to offer con-
dolences on behalf of the top
brass of the party.
The Inspector General of
Police (IGP), Kashmir range,
Vijay Kumar Friday claimed
that LeT had executed the
killing of three BJP leaders.
“The names of LeT mili-
tants — a local militant from
Dooru, Nisar Khanday; and
Abbas from Khudwani who
was previously associated with
Hizbul Mujahideen and is now
with LeT and also claims to be
from TRF — are cropping up.
The involvement of these two
is there, but there may be a for-
eign terrorist involved as well
in the attack,” he said.
IGP Kumar also appealed
to the protected persons in the
valley not to move around
without their security.
He said, “We have provid-
ed PSOs and security to 157
BJP workers, and nearly 30
have been provided with
guards and we will provide
more security to those who
have severe threat perception.”
Referring to the issue of
providing security cover to the
protected persons, IGP said
they had prepared a list of 1,619
vulnerable persons who were
lodged in secure locations
before the Centre’s decision to
revoke the special status of
Jammu and Kashmir on
August 5 last year.
“We had made a list of
1,619 vulnerable persons before
August 5 (last year) and we had
kept them in different hotels in
secure areas. We had kept Fida
in a hotel in Pahalgam where
he stayed for three weeks.
Recently, he gave an under-
taking and left the hotel. We are
investigating what they were
doing in a car in an area far
away from home,” he
said.
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The Election Commission
(EC) on Friday revoked
the star campaigner status of
senior Congress leader and
former Madhya Pradesh Chief
Minister Kamal Nath for
repeated violations of model
code. In another decision
regarding senior BJP leader
Kailash Vijayvargiya remarks
“chunnu-munnu” and “gad-
dar” against Congress’
Digvijaya Singh and Kamal
Nath, the EC advised him not
to use “any such word” in his
public utterances during the
model code period.
In its order against former
MP CM, the EC has slammed
Nath for using the word “item”
for a woman candidate and said
that the usage of the word for
a woman constitutes a violation
of the advisory issued by the
commission. The Commission
has further expressed its dis-
pleasure and said despite being
a leader of a political party,
Nath is repeatedly violating
the provisions of Model Code
of Conduct and breaching eth-
ical and dignified behaviour.
The commission said,
“...for repeated violation of
Model Code of Conduct and
for completely disregarding
the advisory issued to him, the
Commission hereby revokes
the status of leader of a politi-
cal party (Star Campaigner) of
Kamal Nath, Ex-Chief Minister,
Madhya Pradesh, with imme-
diate effect for the current by-
elections of Legislative
Assembly of Madhya Pradesh.”
It said no permission will be
granted by authorities to Kamal
Nath as a star campaigner.
“However, if any campaign
is done by Kamal Nath from
now onwards, the entire expen-
diture related to travel, stay and
visit will be completely borne
by the candidate in whose con-
stituency he carries out cam-
paigning,” it said. The EC
pulled up Nath for using words
such as “item” to address a
woman during campaigning
for the bye-elections while the
Model Code of Conduct is in
effect. Taking another com-
plaint in consideration, where
the Congress leader has spoken
against current State Chief
Minister Shivraj Singh
Chouhan and referred to him
as “mafia” and milawatkhor”,
the Commission has said that
its report confirms violation of
the Model Code of
Conduct.
New Delhi: Delhi Lt Governor
Anil Baijal has approved the
Delhi Government’s proposal
to allow buses to run with full
seating capacity even as Covid-
19 cases are witnessing a surge
in the city.
The buses are currently
running with 20 passengers in
view of the outbreak of coron-
avirus.
Baijal, who is the chairman
of the Delhi Disaster
Management Authority
(DDMA), has also approved
resuming inter-State bus ser-
vices and the process to plan a
standard operating procedure
for it is on and the service is
likely to restart from next week,
a senior government officer
said.
The issue of raising the
number of passengers in DTC
and Cluster buses was raised in
a DDMA meeting on October
23. Transport minister Kailash
Gahlot had sought permission
for full seating without any pas-
senger standing on buses.
The number of DTC and
Cluster buses seat up to 40-45
passengers. Bus stops in the city
witnessed long queues as a
result of reduced capacity of
passengers allowed in the
buses. PTI
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The Shiv Sena-led MVA
Government has made a
recommendation to
Maharashtra Governor Bhagat
Singh Koshyari to nominate
Bollywood actress Urmila
Matondekar as one of the 12
members in the State
Legislative Council that are
due to be fillled from the fields
of literature, science, arts, coop-
erative sector and social
service.
Confirming that
Matondkar’s name had been
recommended by the State
Government for nomination as
one of the 12 members of the
State Legislative Council, Shiv
Sena spokesperson and MP
Sanjay Raut said: “Chief
Minister Uddhav Thackeray
has spoken to Matondkar. She
has given her consent for being
nominated as an MLC by the
Governor”.
Informed official sources
said that the 12 nominated
members were finalised at the
weekly State Cabinet meeting
held on Thursday.
Subsequently, the 12 recom-
mended names were sent in a
sealed cover to the Governor
for formal approval and decla-
ration of the nominated mem-
bers.
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Delhi’s air quality was
recorded in the “very
poor” category on Friday
morning after a slight improve-
ment from the severe level.
However, more improvement
in air quality is likely due to
favourable wind speed on
Saturday.
According to the Ministry
of Earth Sciences’ air quality
monitoring agency, SAFAR,
the share of stubble burning in
Delhi’s PM 2.5 pollution was 36
per cent on Thursday — the
maximum so far this
season.
Delhi recorded an AQI of
380 at 9:30 am. The 24-hour
average AQI was 395 on
Thursday. It was 297 on
Wednesday, 312 on Tuesday,
353 on Monday.
On Thursday, PM10 levels
in Delhi-NCR peaked to 424
microgram per cubic meter
(μg/m3) at 10 am — the high-
est this season so far, according
to CPCB data. PM10 levels
below 100 μg/m3 are consid-
ered safe in India.
NASA’s satellite imagery
showed a large, dense cluster of
fires that covered most parts of
Punjab and some regions of
Haryana.
Chennai: Tamil Nadu
Governor Banwarilal Purohit
has assented to a Bill for 7.5
per cent quota to
Government school students
who have cleared National
Eligibility-cum-Entrance
Test in admission to under-
graduate medical courses.
A day after the State
Government took the exec-
utive route to implement
the quota regime from the
current 2020-21 academic
year itself and issued a gov-
ernment order to facilitate it,
the Raj Bhavan said “this is
to inform the people of Tamil
Nadu that the honourable
Governor has given his
assent to the Bill.”
The Governor sought
legal opinion from the
Solicitor General of India
(SGI) on September 26 and
the opinion was received on
October 29, the release
said.
“As soon as the opinion
was received, honourable
Governor has given assent to
the Bill,” the statement said.
Amid accusations that
Purohit delayed clearing the
Bill, the Raj Bhavan pointing
out that the Bill was
approved soon after the
receipt of legal opinion —
that the Bill is in sync with
Constitution — assumes sig-
nificance.
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Afive-member team of
researchers at the Indian
Institute of Technology (IIT)
Roorkee have developed the
world’s first specific reliable
bacterial biosensor to detect the
presence of common environ-
mental pollutant- Sodium
Dodecyl Sulphate /Sodium
Lauryl Sulfate (SDS). SDS is
extensively used in soaps,
toothpaste, creams, shampoo,
laundry detergents in house-
holds, agricultural operations,
laboratories, and industries.
Its subsequent disposal in
waterways causes harmful
effects on aquatic organisms,
environmental microcosms,
and associated living organisms
besides deteriorating the qual-
ity of drinking water.
Until now, there were no
specific biosensors developed
to date for the detection of SDS
with high precision. The IIT
Roorkee team has developed a
whole-cell biosensor using
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
PAO1 strain as a framework
(chassis). The system involves
a highly specific regulator along
with a fluorescent protein that
is produced only when SDS is
present in the sample. The
system can even detect 0.1
ppm of SDS in aquatic samples.
This biosensor is highly specific
for SDS and has minimal inter-
ference from other detergents,
metals, and inorganic ions pre-
sent in the environment. Unlike
conventional methods, it can
easily distinguish between
closely- related detergents-SDS
and SDBS (Sodium
Dodecylbenzenesulfonate).
“The highlight of this
research is the development of
the world's first whole-cell bac-
terial biosensor for the direct,
specific and efficient detec-
tion of SDS without involving
sample preparation steps, toxic
chemicals, sophisticated poly-
mers and sensor development
steps,” said Sourik Dey, final
year MSc student at IIT
Roorkee
SDS, if untreated, can
harm the marine biodiversity
and cause pollution of land and
water-bodies. The highlight of
this biosensor is its sensitivity
to even minute quantities of
SDS in the environment and its
ability to distinguish between
SDS and SDBS,” said professor
Naveen Kumar Navani,
Department of Biotechnology,
IIT Roorkee.
SDS has diverse applica-
tions in the industrial sector as
an emulsifier, food processing
agent, stabilizer, leather soft-
ening, foaming, flocculating,
and cleaning agent. It is the key
pollutant in the domestic dis-
charges and industrial effluents.
The constant deterioration of
the quality of drinking water
and the harm caused to marine
life are some of the major con-
cerns. SDS has harmful effects
on the survival and breeding of
organisms in the aquatic
ecosystem as it hampers their
biological processes such as sol-
ubilization of phosphate, reduc-
tion of ammonia, nitrogen fix-
ation and photosynthesis. It
can cause dermal and ocular
irritation, cardiac anomaly,
hemolysis, tachycardia, kid-
ney failure, and even death.
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Following a brief exchange of
fire, the Delhi Police has
arrested four alleged members
of Gaurav-Monti gang in
northwest Delhi’s Bawana area.
The accused have been
identified as Rinku (24), a res-
ident of Pooth Khurd village,
Vishal (24), a resident of
Muzafarnagar district in UP,
Deepak (22), a resident of
Bajitpur Thakaran, and Lalit
(24), a resident of Jharoda
Kalan, they said.
According to police, they
received information regarding
movement of four criminals of
Gaurav-Monti gang with illegal
fire arms and they may commit
robbery, carjacking and extor-
tion.
On Thursday, police spot-
ted a car, without number
plate, and signaled to stop it,
but the occupants tried to flee
from the spot, a senior police
official said.
When police blocked their
way, the occupants of the vehi-
cle fired at police. Police also
retaliated and during cross fir-
ing, a total of 12 rounds were
fired, the officer said.
During the firing, two
accused person -- Rinku and
Vishal -- sustained injuries.
The other accused persons
were overpowered.
Both injured persons were
shifted to MV Hospital, Pooth
Khurd. They were later referred
to BSA Hospital, they said.
Two semi-automatic pis-
tols, two country-made pistols,
one car robbed from Bawana
area, 10 live cartridges have
been recovered from their pos-
session, police added.
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In the continuous endeavours to devel-
op a planned and consistent water sup-
ply to meet Delhi's growing demands,
Raghav Chadha, Vice Chairman of Delhi
Jal Board (DJB) inaugurated a tube-well
at Indra Park on Friday.
Tube-wells are vertical drilled wells
thatextractwaterforvariouspurposesand
providedomesticwatersup-
ply. The newly commis-
sioned tube-well will ratio-
nalize the water supply to
Indra Park, Pandav Nagar.
In spite of the global
pandemic that is the
COVID-19, our service
towards our family here in
Indra Park has not stopped.
Despite the tremendous
financial strain we are going
through Arvind Kejriwal's
government has allocated a special fund
forthegroundwaterextractionworkhere
atIndraPark,PandavNagar,Chadhasaid.
Our government's vision to provide
24*7 water for all is certainly not a pipe
dream but a living breathing reality just
likewater.Withthisgroundwaterextrac-
tion work, my family here at Indra Park,
Pandav Nagar will have increased access
to high quality water to serve their needs.
Ifullyunderstandtheimportanceofhav-
ing continuous, unobstructed access to
water,” he said.
Chadha said, For a long time, resi-
dents have had to face unnecessary
problems because of the unpredictable
supply of water. Now, with the success-
ful completion of ground water extrac-
tion, I am certain there will be no com-
plaints, and every resident here will get
the required amount of water to serve
their needs.
DJB has nine water
treatment plants and
eight sewage testing lab-
oratories set up with ade-
quate facilities and
manned by qualified
persons for inspection
and evaluating the raw
sewage and final effluent.
Laboratories collect sam-
ples from sewage pump-
ing stations and drains in
its command area and conduct routine
surveys of river Yamuna downstream
from Wazirabad to Okhla barrage to
monitor the quality deterioration.
DJB is responsible for production of
water in Delhi and its distribution in the
area under the control of Municipal
Corporation of Delhi.
Besides, the Board is responsible for
collection, treatment and disposal of
sewage in Delhi
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The Delhi Police on Friday rescued
a Delhi-based contractor who was
abducted by one of his co-workers and
his associates from Uttar Pradesh's
Sitapur district. Police said that they
have also arrested three accused from
there. Police said that one of the
accused, who used to work with the
victim, planned the abduction follow-
ing a dispute over payment with him
The accused have been identified
as Irfan Ali (27), Aziz Ali (35) and
Bablu (24), all residents of Sitapur.
According to Atul Kumar Thakur,
the Deputy Commissioner of Police
(DCP), South district, on October 24,
a woman, who is a resident of Malviya
Nagar here, lodged a complaint with
the police.
“She alleged that her husband
Ramesh Chandra, who had gone to
Lakhimpur Kheri in UP for some work
on October 23, has been abducted by
unidentified people, who had also
demanded a ransom of Rs four lakh for
his release. A case was then registered
under relevant section at Malviya
Nagar police station,” said the DCP.
“Investigation revealed that the vic-
tim was called to Lakhimpur Kheri by
Irfan to finalise a deal related to stone
works. It was also revealed that Irfan
had earlier also got into a dispute with
Chandra over some payment issue. On
the basis of technical
surveillance, police reached Sitapur,
rescued Chandra from a jungle and
arrested the accused on Wednesday,”
said the DCP.
“During interrogation, Irfan said
he was engaged in the work of stone
polishing along with Chandra in Delhi
but a dispute had erupted between
them over some payment issue. In
order to teach Chandra a lesson, he
made a plan to abduct him. He asked
the victim to come to Lakhimpur kheri
on the pretext of finalising a deal of
some work,” said the DCP.
“When Chandra arrived at
Lakhimpur Kheri bus stand on
October 24, he was abducted by
Vakeel, the elder brother of Irfan, and
Aziz Ali, who took him to Sitapur from
there in a car, driven by Bablu, the DCP
said.
The accused also demanded Rs
four lakh as ransom. The car used in
the crime has also been recovered,
police said, adding that efforts are
being made to nab Vakeel and anoth-
er accused named Samim.
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Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)
Chief Spokesperson
Saurabh Bhardwaj on Friday
said that the Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP)-ruled Municipal
Corporations has put a massive
burden of debts on the citizens
of Delhi and it is high time the
BJP should hand corporations
to the Delhi Government for its
better functioning.
Bhardwaj said that BJP-
ruled MCD has to take Rs
18,000 crore from the central
government and must return
Rs 8500 crore to Delhi
Government.
He said that the MCDs
have sealed Delhi's big markets
and illegally taken conversion
fees and parking charges but yet
shops are sealed, shopkeepers
are devastated.
For the past several
months the BJP-ruled MCDs
were not paying the salaries of
the doctors and nurses. For this
inhuman behaviour of the BJP
ruled MCD the image of Delhi
has been maligned. But during
this whole time, the BJP ruled
MCD repeatedly blamed the
Delhi government for this cri-
sis and also quoted baseless fig-
ures against the AAP govern-
ment,” he said.
The AAP leader further
said that to expose the lies of
the BJP, Deputy Chief Minister
of Delhi Manish Sisodia on
Thursday wrote to all the three
mayors. Sisodia has noted that
as on 1st April 2020, a total of
Rs 6,008 Cr loan is outstanding
over the three MCDs.
“It is well known that the
Central Government provides
grants to all the Municipal
Corporations of our country.
The amount given to
Municipal Corporations is cal-
culated based on their popula-
tion and for every person resid-
ing in that city, Rs 488/- per
person is given as municipal
development funds. In total, Rs
2,87,636 is given as municipal
funds to all the cities of the
country except the Delhi
MCDs,” he said.
The Central government
has granted funds to Ghaziabad
and Gurugram from this fund
but none to the MCDs in
Delhi.
Based on Delhi’s popula-
tion, this amounts to a total of
Rs 18,000 Cr over the last 15
years that should have
been granted by the Centre to
the MCDs.
This means that the MCD
should return around Rs 8,500
Cr to the Delhi government
and should take Rs 15,000
from the Central government.
On behalf of the AAP, I want
to request the BJP to handover
the MCDs to the AAP. We will
run the MCDs in surplus as we
did it in case of the Delhi gov-
ernment,” he added.
Attacking the BJP leaders,
he said In the last 14 years, all
three corporations have ruined
some of the popular markets of
Delhi at South Ex, Amar
Colony, GK 2 etc. “They sealed
the shops of these beautiful
markets and took crores of
money from the shop owners
as conversion charges and as
parking tax. Despite such mas-
sive harassments to the shop
owners the BJP-ruled MCDs
have not yet allowed those
shops to run,” he said.
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Delhi Deputy Chief Minister
Manish Sisodia interacted
with the students of Ashoka
University at an online “master
class” on Entrepreneurship in
Governance and shared the
success stories of the Delhi
Government.
While interacting with stu-
dents on how they can impact
policies and get involved in
governance, Sisodia said “If you
want to be a part of the change,
we should not shy away from
joining politics. The govern-
ment needs skilled and knowl-
edgeable professionals.”
Sharing his vision on gov-
ernance, the deputy chief min-
ister said that “People like me
are dreamers and so we work
hard to make those dreams
come true,”
On policy-level-interven-
tions in governments, Sisodia
explained that it is important
for students to understand that
for a successful policy, “the
public bind” is essential.
“During the Right to
Information Act movement,
lawmakers, and policy makers
involved us. I was not in poli-
tics then but we mobilised
enough people, and stake-
holders to create a policy pres-
sure group on the government.
When the government heard
us, it was a positive sign for the
policy,” Sisodia said.
He emphasised that there
are many ways in which young
professionals can get involved
with policy-making.
Sisodia encouraged stu-
dents to not shy away from pol-
itics. He said, “You do not have
to necessarily stand in elec-
tions, but by simply becoming
a member or even a party
worker, you can engage in var-
ious departments where work
on research, analysis, and pol-
icy-drafts is being done regu-
larly. Use the skills of your edu-
cation to work at grass-roots
levels; that is where the real
changes happen.”
Citing Mohalla Clinics,
and “Door-Step Delivery
Services” as examples of how
simple ideas were adapted by
the Delhi Government, he said,
“This is another way in which
one needs to be entrepreneur-
ial while working in the gov-
ernment. How can we ease the
running of the system, and
does it help the public at-
large? The scale is important in
governance.”
Sisodia also shed light on
how the Skills and
Entrepreneurship University
in Delhi looks to fix that gap
between job-seekers, and job-
creators.
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Ateam of the Haryana State
Commission for Women
(HSCW) will soon visit the
Fortis hospital in Gurugram to
takestockofallegedrapeofa21-
year-oldpatientwhileshewason
lifesupportsystemintheICUof
the hospital.
The National Commission
for Women (NCW) on
Thursday had also taken suo
motu cognisance of the matter
andhadsoughtadetailedreport
from the police and the hospital
management.
According to the HSCW
they too have taken suo motu
cognisance of the matter and
have also sought a detailed
action taken report from the
chief minister' office (CMO)
and the police.
Thehospitaladministration
hasalsobeendirectedtosendan
action taken report in the mat-
ter. “It was a shocking incident
whichtookplaceinsidethehos-
pital premises. A team of the
HSCW will soon visit the spot
and will talk tothe familymem-
bers of the victim. As the victim
is still on ventilator we wish her
speedy recovery,” Preeti
Bhardwaj, vice-chairperson of
HSCW told The Pioneer over
the phone.
The commission is very
concerned about the incident
and the safety and security of
women, she added.
“We have written to the
Gurugram police commission-
ertocompletetheinvestigations
into the matter on time being
manner and prescribed guide-
linesofMinistryofHomeAffairs
of completing probes in two
months in cases of sexual
assault, Bhardwaj said.
Meanwhile, three days after
registering the case the police is
yettoestablishtheidentityofthe
accused.
The police said the investi-
gation was on and they were
waiting for the statement of the
victim who is still on ventilator
and unfit for the statement.
“The investigation team
have questioned a number of
staff members or outsourced
workers of the hospital in con-
nection with the matter. The
CCTV footage of the hospital is
being scanned but still didn’t
find any breakthrough, said
Maqsood Ahmed DCP (east),
adding that the police didn’t
detain anyone.”
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At least two police person-
nel were injured during
an encounter with CPI
(Maoist) rebels at Shahighat
locality under Serendag police
station of Lohardaga district
on Friday morning.
The place where the
encounter took place is situ-
ated barely half km from
Serengdag police station.
Serengdag is worst hit by left
wing extremism which the
state government last year
had claimed the area
reclaimed from extremists.
Sources in the security
agencies said that the
involvement of an armed
squad led by CPI(Maoist)
sub-zonal commander
Ravindra Ganjhu is suspected
behind the attack. Seven
police personnel were doing
foot patrolling when rebels
targeted them.
Rebels also triggered a
landmine explosion on the
main road besides opening
fire on a police patrolling
party to inflict maximum
damage. Injured police per-
sonnel identified as Upendra
Singh of Lohardaga police
and Anjani Kumar Pandey of
Special Auxiliary Police were
airlifted to Ranchi for their
treatment at Medica hospital.
So far, no casualty from either
side and the loot and loss of
fire weapon has been report-
ed. It is said that Pandey sus-
tained a bullet on his chest
whereas Singh sustained a
bullet injury on his thigh.
A constable Krishna
Oraon had gone missing dur-
ing the encounter but he safe-
ly reached the police station
an hour after the encounter
ended.
While the additional
deployment of CRPF and dis-
trict police has been done; a
massive search operation also
started. Since Serengad shares
a border with Ghaghra police
station of Gumla district;
Gumla police too has started
combing operations.
The attack on the police
force must have left Jharkhand
Police worried since rebels
planting landmines and tar-
geting police in the close
vicinity of police station indi-
cates security lapse and intel-
ligence failure.
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Like previous years, the
regional office of the
Jharkhand State Pollution
Control Board ( JSPCB) will
monitor noise and air pollu-
tion in several areas, before
and on the day of Diwali. The
regional office of the pollution
control board has identified
11 points where noise and air
level will be monitored to
ascertain the level of damage
inflicted on the environment
due to fireworks.
“Like in previous years
this year too, we will measure
the increase in the noise and
air level monitoring points,”
said the official. He said that
steps are being taken to edu-
cate people over control in
fireworks but still as precau-
tionary measure steps will be
taken to monitor.
The 11 points have been
identified at Bistupur, Sakchi,
Baridih, Telco, Gamharia,
Sonari and Mango for noise
and air level monitoring list.
Though, the traditional strate-
gic points i.e. areas near hos-
pital and nursing homes will
continue to be on top of the
said list.
The officials at the pollu-
tion control office said that
Diwali enthusiast’s interest is
gradually shifting towards
lights decoration and owing to
this there is a marginal
decrease in the bursting of
firecrackers.
Measurement of noise and
air pollution levels by JSPCB
regional offices will be tabled
and sent to the Central
Pollution Control Board
(CPCB).
Social worker Manish
Kumar said: “Despite aware-
ness drive carried out by sev-
eral organisations to shun
firecrackers or use only eco
friendly firecrackers, the city
has witnessed a steep rise in
the air and sound pollution
level during Diwali. I am of
the opinion that bursting
crackers is turning to a com-
petition and a status indicator.
Many people feel proud to
show off their wealth by
investing thousands or even
lakhs on this nonsense stuff.
I really don’t understand why
even educated persons do not
understand the ill effects of
global warming. It’s a shame
on our
education.
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Indian Army infantry reg-
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roots of origin in the city of
Jamshedpur. Moreover, Bihar
Regiment is probably the only
Army Infantry Unit to have an
aircraft carrier assigned to it.
Accordingtocity-basedhis-
torians, on 15 September 1941
an embodied Indian Territorial
Force ( ITF) was raised in
Jamshedpur by the 11 19th
Hyderabad Regiment and
named the ‘1st Bihar Regiment’
bytheCommanderLtColJ.R.H.
Tweed, MBE MC . The mem-
bers were recruited from
Champaran, Puri, Patna,
Shahabad, Gaya, Shahabad
Patna, Chaibasa, Ranchi and
Palamu. This regiment’s duties
were railway protection and
guarding the steel plant of
TISCO, Jamshedpur, the largest
steel plant in India. It was gen-
erallybelievedthattheGermans
might break through the
Caucasus and attack India from
theNorth-west.Itwasunderthis
threat perception that the 11th
/ 19th battalion was given the
roles of protecting the steel
plant with Lewis machine guns
deployed in an anti-aircraft role.
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The dangerous dimen- sion of the “second wave” could be gauged from the fact that the world took five months to add 5.45 lakh cases between January 22 and May 24, where- as it needed just 24 hours to make the matching gain on October 29. Europe has seen a massive rebound in coronavirus cases after countries such as France, the United Kingdom, Spain, and Italy celebrated nearly three months of respite from the virus and number of new cases came down to between 30,000 and 40,000 a day in the region. Just two months ago on August 29, Europe recorded just 42,000 new cases in a day. On October 29, this figure went up to 2.39 lakh, under- lining the enormity of the cri- sis staring Europe. Three months ago it seemed that Italy was all but free of coronavirus. The coun- try added just 289 new cases on July 29, but on October 29, the figure of new cases touches 26,000. On July 29, France added just 1,392 new cases, but three months down the line on October 29, it added more than 47,000 new cases. The same has been the story of the UK and Germany. The Latin American nations such as Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Peru have also seen a sharp rise in the num- ber of new cases. With the world better pre- pared to deal with Covid-19, the second wave is turning out to be far less fatal than the first one. The Thursday death toll stood at around 7,000, which denotes a casualty rate of around 12 per cent on the total count of 5.45 new cases on that day. BC0C4B CC0;20B4B340C7BA42E4A43 PWPaPbWcaP %%%%%' # #(#'( 0]SWaP?aPSTbW ' %( %%$('#$! :Pa]PcPZP ' !'# #%#%'! CPX[=PSd #!$ ('%$$ ' DccPa?aPSTbW ##$# %(###'# :TaP[P #!$ ! #$' !((# 3T[WX ' %## %##!' FTbc1T]VP[ %(% %'#!$''' SXbWP !''%#% % !'' CT[P]VP]P !!% $! #%% 1XWPa ! 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Announcing it through a tweet, Defence Secretary Ajay Kumar said 27 per cent seats in Sainik schools will be reserved for Other Backward Classes (OBCs). “OBC reservation to be introduced in Sainik Schools from the year 2021-22,” Kumar said on Twitter and posted images of an October 13 cir- cular that was sent to principals of all Sainik schools across the country. The circular said 67 per cent of the seats in a Sainik school are reserved for candi- dates from the State or the Union Territory in which the school is located and the remaining 33 per cent is reserved for those who come from outside that state or Union Territory (UT). These two lists will be termed List A and List B. The circular said within each list, 15 per cent seats are reserved for Scheduled Castes, 7.5 per cent seats are for Scheduled Tribes and 27 per cent seats are for non-creamy layer OBCs. This decision comes an year after the Defence Ministry asked five Sainik Schools to admit girls from 2020-21. This step was taken after the pilot project of the Defence Ministry in Sainik School Chhingchhip, Mizoram was a success when six girl cadets were admitted into Class VI in June 2018. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh approved five Sainik Schools — Sainik Schools Bijapur, Chandrapur, Ghorakhal, Kalikiri and Kodagu — for these admis- sions. It was Uttar Pradesh Sainik School (UPSS), the first Sainik School of the country estab- lished in 1960 which admitted 15 girl cadets in April 2018 in Class IX. Students of Sainik Schools are called cadets like the trainees of the pre-commission military academies. The UPSS is the only Sainik School func- tioning under the State Government with the rest being run by the Defence Ministry. The Ministry had issued directives to the principals to take steps to carry out adequate publicity through newspapers, websites and other means. Monitoring the registration strength vis-a-vis the capacity of exam centres, recruitment of exclusive staff, provision of infrastructure required for girl children and taking adequate steps are the other instruction to the Principals. 78C:0=370A8Q 90D The police have claimed Pakistan-based terror out- fit Lashkar-e-Tayyeba (LeT) was behind the killing of three BJP leaders in Kulgam district on Thursday. On a day his son complet- ed his first year, BJP leader Fida Hussain Yatoo was laid to rest in his native village on Friday. He, along with two other BJP officer bearers, was gunned down by terrorists in YK Pora area of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district late on Thursday night. The entire neighbourhood in his village witnessed a sur- charged atmosphere. Chanting patriotic slogans, local villagers and party workers attended the funeral prayers. Senior BJP leaders, including JK Chief Ravinder Raina, too attended the last rites and visited the family of Yatoo to offer con- dolences on behalf of the top brass of the party. The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kashmir range, Vijay Kumar Friday claimed that LeT had executed the killing of three BJP leaders. “The names of LeT mili- tants — a local militant from Dooru, Nisar Khanday; and Abbas from Khudwani who was previously associated with Hizbul Mujahideen and is now with LeT and also claims to be from TRF — are cropping up. The involvement of these two is there, but there may be a for- eign terrorist involved as well in the attack,” he said. IGP Kumar also appealed to the protected persons in the valley not to move around without their security. He said, “We have provid- ed PSOs and security to 157 BJP workers, and nearly 30 have been provided with guards and we will provide more security to those who have severe threat perception.” Referring to the issue of providing security cover to the protected persons, IGP said they had prepared a list of 1,619 vulnerable persons who were lodged in secure locations before the Centre’s decision to revoke the special status of Jammu and Kashmir on August 5 last year. “We had made a list of 1,619 vulnerable persons before August 5 (last year) and we had kept them in different hotels in secure areas. We had kept Fida in a hotel in Pahalgam where he stayed for three weeks. Recently, he gave an under- taking and left the hotel. We are investigating what they were doing in a car in an area far away from home,” he said. ?=BQ =4F34;78 The Election Commission (EC) on Friday revoked the star campaigner status of senior Congress leader and former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath for repeated violations of model code. In another decision regarding senior BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya remarks “chunnu-munnu” and “gad- dar” against Congress’ Digvijaya Singh and Kamal Nath, the EC advised him not to use “any such word” in his public utterances during the model code period. In its order against former MP CM, the EC has slammed Nath for using the word “item” for a woman candidate and said that the usage of the word for a woman constitutes a violation of the advisory issued by the commission. The Commission has further expressed its dis- pleasure and said despite being a leader of a political party, Nath is repeatedly violating the provisions of Model Code of Conduct and breaching eth- ical and dignified behaviour. The commission said, “...for repeated violation of Model Code of Conduct and for completely disregarding the advisory issued to him, the Commission hereby revokes the status of leader of a politi- cal party (Star Campaigner) of Kamal Nath, Ex-Chief Minister, Madhya Pradesh, with imme- diate effect for the current by- elections of Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh.” It said no permission will be granted by authorities to Kamal Nath as a star campaigner. “However, if any campaign is done by Kamal Nath from now onwards, the entire expen- diture related to travel, stay and visit will be completely borne by the candidate in whose con- stituency he carries out cam- paigning,” it said. The EC pulled up Nath for using words such as “item” to address a woman during campaigning for the bye-elections while the Model Code of Conduct is in effect. Taking another com- plaint in consideration, where the Congress leader has spoken against current State Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and referred to him as “mafia” and milawatkhor”, the Commission has said that its report confirms violation of the Model Code of Conduct. New Delhi: Delhi Lt Governor Anil Baijal has approved the Delhi Government’s proposal to allow buses to run with full seating capacity even as Covid- 19 cases are witnessing a surge in the city. The buses are currently running with 20 passengers in view of the outbreak of coron- avirus. Baijal, who is the chairman of the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA), has also approved resuming inter-State bus ser- vices and the process to plan a standard operating procedure for it is on and the service is likely to restart from next week, a senior government officer said. The issue of raising the number of passengers in DTC and Cluster buses was raised in a DDMA meeting on October 23. Transport minister Kailash Gahlot had sought permission for full seating without any pas- senger standing on buses. The number of DTC and Cluster buses seat up to 40-45 passengers. Bus stops in the city witnessed long queues as a result of reduced capacity of passengers allowed in the buses. PTI C=A067D=0C70Q D108 The Shiv Sena-led MVA Government has made a recommendation to Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari to nominate Bollywood actress Urmila Matondekar as one of the 12 members in the State Legislative Council that are due to be fillled from the fields of literature, science, arts, coop- erative sector and social service. Confirming that Matondkar’s name had been recommended by the State Government for nomination as one of the 12 members of the State Legislative Council, Shiv Sena spokesperson and MP Sanjay Raut said: “Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has spoken to Matondkar. She has given her consent for being nominated as an MLC by the Governor”. Informed official sources said that the 12 nominated members were finalised at the weekly State Cabinet meeting held on Thursday. Subsequently, the 12 recom- mended names were sent in a sealed cover to the Governor for formal approval and decla- ration of the nominated mem- bers. BC055A4?AC4AQ =4F34;78 Delhi’s air quality was recorded in the “very poor” category on Friday morning after a slight improve- ment from the severe level. However, more improvement in air quality is likely due to favourable wind speed on Saturday. According to the Ministry of Earth Sciences’ air quality monitoring agency, SAFAR, the share of stubble burning in Delhi’s PM 2.5 pollution was 36 per cent on Thursday — the maximum so far this season. Delhi recorded an AQI of 380 at 9:30 am. The 24-hour average AQI was 395 on Thursday. It was 297 on Wednesday, 312 on Tuesday, 353 on Monday. On Thursday, PM10 levels in Delhi-NCR peaked to 424 microgram per cubic meter (μg/m3) at 10 am — the high- est this season so far, according to CPCB data. PM10 levels below 100 μg/m3 are consid- ered safe in India. NASA’s satellite imagery showed a large, dense cluster of fires that covered most parts of Punjab and some regions of Haryana. Chennai: Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit has assented to a Bill for 7.5 per cent quota to Government school students who have cleared National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test in admission to under- graduate medical courses. A day after the State Government took the exec- utive route to implement the quota regime from the current 2020-21 academic year itself and issued a gov- ernment order to facilitate it, the Raj Bhavan said “this is to inform the people of Tamil Nadu that the honourable Governor has given his assent to the Bill.” The Governor sought legal opinion from the Solicitor General of India (SGI) on September 26 and the opinion was received on October 29, the release said. “As soon as the opinion was received, honourable Governor has given assent to the Bill,” the statement said. Amid accusations that Purohit delayed clearing the Bill, the Raj Bhavan pointing out that the Bill was approved soon after the receipt of legal opinion — that the Bill is in sync with Constitution — assumes sig- nificance. 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SDS is extensively used in soaps, toothpaste, creams, shampoo, laundry detergents in house- holds, agricultural operations, laboratories, and industries. Its subsequent disposal in waterways causes harmful effects on aquatic organisms, environmental microcosms, and associated living organisms besides deteriorating the qual- ity of drinking water. Until now, there were no specific biosensors developed to date for the detection of SDS with high precision. The IIT Roorkee team has developed a whole-cell biosensor using Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 strain as a framework (chassis). The system involves a highly specific regulator along with a fluorescent protein that is produced only when SDS is present in the sample. The system can even detect 0.1 ppm of SDS in aquatic samples. This biosensor is highly specific for SDS and has minimal inter- ference from other detergents, metals, and inorganic ions pre- sent in the environment. Unlike conventional methods, it can easily distinguish between closely- related detergents-SDS and SDBS (Sodium Dodecylbenzenesulfonate). “The highlight of this research is the development of the world's first whole-cell bac- terial biosensor for the direct, specific and efficient detec- tion of SDS without involving sample preparation steps, toxic chemicals, sophisticated poly- mers and sensor development steps,” said Sourik Dey, final year MSc student at IIT Roorkee SDS, if untreated, can harm the marine biodiversity and cause pollution of land and water-bodies. The highlight of this biosensor is its sensitivity to even minute quantities of SDS in the environment and its ability to distinguish between SDS and SDBS,” said professor Naveen Kumar Navani, Department of Biotechnology, IIT Roorkee. SDS has diverse applica- tions in the industrial sector as an emulsifier, food processing agent, stabilizer, leather soft- ening, foaming, flocculating, and cleaning agent. It is the key pollutant in the domestic dis- charges and industrial effluents. The constant deterioration of the quality of drinking water and the harm caused to marine life are some of the major con- cerns. SDS has harmful effects on the survival and breeding of organisms in the aquatic ecosystem as it hampers their biological processes such as sol- ubilization of phosphate, reduc- tion of ammonia, nitrogen fix- ation and photosynthesis. It can cause dermal and ocular irritation, cardiac anomaly, hemolysis, tachycardia, kid- ney failure, and even death. BC055A4?AC4AQ =4F34;78 Following a brief exchange of fire, the Delhi Police has arrested four alleged members of Gaurav-Monti gang in northwest Delhi’s Bawana area. The accused have been identified as Rinku (24), a res- ident of Pooth Khurd village, Vishal (24), a resident of Muzafarnagar district in UP, Deepak (22), a resident of Bajitpur Thakaran, and Lalit (24), a resident of Jharoda Kalan, they said. According to police, they received information regarding movement of four criminals of Gaurav-Monti gang with illegal fire arms and they may commit robbery, carjacking and extor- tion. On Thursday, police spot- ted a car, without number plate, and signaled to stop it, but the occupants tried to flee from the spot, a senior police official said. When police blocked their way, the occupants of the vehi- cle fired at police. Police also retaliated and during cross fir- ing, a total of 12 rounds were fired, the officer said. During the firing, two accused person -- Rinku and Vishal -- sustained injuries. The other accused persons were overpowered. Both injured persons were shifted to MV Hospital, Pooth Khurd. They were later referred to BSA Hospital, they said. Two semi-automatic pis- tols, two country-made pistols, one car robbed from Bawana area, 10 live cartridges have been recovered from their pos- session, police added. BC055A4?AC4AQ =4F34;78 In the continuous endeavours to devel- op a planned and consistent water sup- ply to meet Delhi's growing demands, Raghav Chadha, Vice Chairman of Delhi Jal Board (DJB) inaugurated a tube-well at Indra Park on Friday. Tube-wells are vertical drilled wells thatextractwaterforvariouspurposesand providedomesticwatersup- ply. The newly commis- sioned tube-well will ratio- nalize the water supply to Indra Park, Pandav Nagar. In spite of the global pandemic that is the COVID-19, our service towards our family here in Indra Park has not stopped. Despite the tremendous financial strain we are going through Arvind Kejriwal's government has allocated a special fund forthegroundwaterextractionworkhere atIndraPark,PandavNagar,Chadhasaid. Our government's vision to provide 24*7 water for all is certainly not a pipe dream but a living breathing reality just likewater.Withthisgroundwaterextrac- tion work, my family here at Indra Park, Pandav Nagar will have increased access to high quality water to serve their needs. Ifullyunderstandtheimportanceofhav- ing continuous, unobstructed access to water,” he said. Chadha said, For a long time, resi- dents have had to face unnecessary problems because of the unpredictable supply of water. Now, with the success- ful completion of ground water extrac- tion, I am certain there will be no com- plaints, and every resident here will get the required amount of water to serve their needs. DJB has nine water treatment plants and eight sewage testing lab- oratories set up with ade- quate facilities and manned by qualified persons for inspection and evaluating the raw sewage and final effluent. Laboratories collect sam- ples from sewage pump- ing stations and drains in its command area and conduct routine surveys of river Yamuna downstream from Wazirabad to Okhla barrage to monitor the quality deterioration. DJB is responsible for production of water in Delhi and its distribution in the area under the control of Municipal Corporation of Delhi. Besides, the Board is responsible for collection, treatment and disposal of sewage in Delhi BC055A4?AC4AQ =4F34;78 The Delhi Police on Friday rescued a Delhi-based contractor who was abducted by one of his co-workers and his associates from Uttar Pradesh's Sitapur district. Police said that they have also arrested three accused from there. Police said that one of the accused, who used to work with the victim, planned the abduction follow- ing a dispute over payment with him The accused have been identified as Irfan Ali (27), Aziz Ali (35) and Bablu (24), all residents of Sitapur. According to Atul Kumar Thakur, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), South district, on October 24, a woman, who is a resident of Malviya Nagar here, lodged a complaint with the police. “She alleged that her husband Ramesh Chandra, who had gone to Lakhimpur Kheri in UP for some work on October 23, has been abducted by unidentified people, who had also demanded a ransom of Rs four lakh for his release. A case was then registered under relevant section at Malviya Nagar police station,” said the DCP. “Investigation revealed that the vic- tim was called to Lakhimpur Kheri by Irfan to finalise a deal related to stone works. It was also revealed that Irfan had earlier also got into a dispute with Chandra over some payment issue. On the basis of technical surveillance, police reached Sitapur, rescued Chandra from a jungle and arrested the accused on Wednesday,” said the DCP. “During interrogation, Irfan said he was engaged in the work of stone polishing along with Chandra in Delhi but a dispute had erupted between them over some payment issue. In order to teach Chandra a lesson, he made a plan to abduct him. He asked the victim to come to Lakhimpur kheri on the pretext of finalising a deal of some work,” said the DCP. “When Chandra arrived at Lakhimpur Kheri bus stand on October 24, he was abducted by Vakeel, the elder brother of Irfan, and Aziz Ali, who took him to Sitapur from there in a car, driven by Bablu, the DCP said. The accused also demanded Rs four lakh as ransom. The car used in the crime has also been recovered, police said, adding that efforts are being made to nab Vakeel and anoth- er accused named Samim. BC055A4?AC4AQ =4F34;78 Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Chief Spokesperson Saurabh Bhardwaj on Friday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-ruled Municipal Corporations has put a massive burden of debts on the citizens of Delhi and it is high time the BJP should hand corporations to the Delhi Government for its better functioning. Bhardwaj said that BJP- ruled MCD has to take Rs 18,000 crore from the central government and must return Rs 8500 crore to Delhi Government. He said that the MCDs have sealed Delhi's big markets and illegally taken conversion fees and parking charges but yet shops are sealed, shopkeepers are devastated. For the past several months the BJP-ruled MCDs were not paying the salaries of the doctors and nurses. For this inhuman behaviour of the BJP ruled MCD the image of Delhi has been maligned. But during this whole time, the BJP ruled MCD repeatedly blamed the Delhi government for this cri- sis and also quoted baseless fig- ures against the AAP govern- ment,” he said. The AAP leader further said that to expose the lies of the BJP, Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi Manish Sisodia on Thursday wrote to all the three mayors. Sisodia has noted that as on 1st April 2020, a total of Rs 6,008 Cr loan is outstanding over the three MCDs. “It is well known that the Central Government provides grants to all the Municipal Corporations of our country. The amount given to Municipal Corporations is cal- culated based on their popula- tion and for every person resid- ing in that city, Rs 488/- per person is given as municipal development funds. In total, Rs 2,87,636 is given as municipal funds to all the cities of the country except the Delhi MCDs,” he said. The Central government has granted funds to Ghaziabad and Gurugram from this fund but none to the MCDs in Delhi. Based on Delhi’s popula- tion, this amounts to a total of Rs 18,000 Cr over the last 15 years that should have been granted by the Centre to the MCDs. This means that the MCD should return around Rs 8,500 Cr to the Delhi government and should take Rs 15,000 from the Central government. On behalf of the AAP, I want to request the BJP to handover the MCDs to the AAP. We will run the MCDs in surplus as we did it in case of the Delhi gov- ernment,” he added. Attacking the BJP leaders, he said In the last 14 years, all three corporations have ruined some of the popular markets of Delhi at South Ex, Amar Colony, GK 2 etc. “They sealed the shops of these beautiful markets and took crores of money from the shop owners as conversion charges and as parking tax. Despite such mas- sive harassments to the shop owners the BJP-ruled MCDs have not yet allowed those shops to run,” he said. µ3;AdY`f]UYR_U`gVc45de`22A8`ge¶ 8]SaP?PaZVTcbcdQTfT[[c^ TTcaXbX]VfPcTaSTP]S 0QSdRcTS3T[WXQPbTS R^]caPRc^aaTbRdTSWT[S #VP]VbcTabWT[SPUcTaTgRWP]VT^UUXaT BC055A4?AC4AQ =4F34;78 Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia interacted with the students of Ashoka University at an online “master class” on Entrepreneurship in Governance and shared the success stories of the Delhi Government. While interacting with stu- dents on how they can impact policies and get involved in governance, Sisodia said “If you want to be a part of the change, we should not shy away from joining politics. The govern- ment needs skilled and knowl- edgeable professionals.” Sharing his vision on gov- ernance, the deputy chief min- ister said that “People like me are dreamers and so we work hard to make those dreams come true,” On policy-level-interven- tions in governments, Sisodia explained that it is important for students to understand that for a successful policy, “the public bind” is essential. “During the Right to Information Act movement, lawmakers, and policy makers involved us. I was not in poli- tics then but we mobilised enough people, and stake- holders to create a policy pres- sure group on the government. When the government heard us, it was a positive sign for the policy,” Sisodia said. He emphasised that there are many ways in which young professionals can get involved with policy-making. Sisodia encouraged stu- dents to not shy away from pol- itics. He said, “You do not have to necessarily stand in elec- tions, but by simply becoming a member or even a party worker, you can engage in var- ious departments where work on research, analysis, and pol- icy-drafts is being done regu- larly. Use the skills of your edu- cation to work at grass-roots levels; that is where the real changes happen.” Citing Mohalla Clinics, and “Door-Step Delivery Services” as examples of how simple ideas were adapted by the Delhi Government, he said, “This is another way in which one needs to be entrepreneur- ial while working in the gov- ernment. How can we ease the running of the system, and does it help the public at- large? The scale is important in governance.” Sisodia also shed light on how the Skills and Entrepreneurship University in Delhi looks to fix that gap between job-seekers, and job- creators. ?0AE4B7B70A0Q 6DAD6A0 Ateam of the Haryana State Commission for Women (HSCW) will soon visit the Fortis hospital in Gurugram to takestockofallegedrapeofa21- year-oldpatientwhileshewason lifesupportsystemintheICUof the hospital. The National Commission for Women (NCW) on Thursday had also taken suo motu cognisance of the matter andhadsoughtadetailedreport from the police and the hospital management. According to the HSCW they too have taken suo motu cognisance of the matter and have also sought a detailed action taken report from the chief minister' office (CMO) and the police. Thehospitaladministration hasalsobeendirectedtosendan action taken report in the mat- ter. “It was a shocking incident whichtookplaceinsidethehos- pital premises. A team of the HSCW will soon visit the spot and will talk tothe familymem- bers of the victim. As the victim is still on ventilator we wish her speedy recovery,” Preeti Bhardwaj, vice-chairperson of HSCW told The Pioneer over the phone. The commission is very concerned about the incident and the safety and security of women, she added. “We have written to the Gurugram police commission- ertocompletetheinvestigations into the matter on time being manner and prescribed guide- linesofMinistryofHomeAffairs of completing probes in two months in cases of sexual assault, Bhardwaj said. Meanwhile, three days after registering the case the police is yettoestablishtheidentityofthe accused. The police said the investi- gation was on and they were waiting for the statement of the victim who is still on ventilator and unfit for the statement. “The investigation team have questioned a number of staff members or outsourced workers of the hospital in con- nection with the matter. The CCTV footage of the hospital is being scanned but still didn’t find any breakthrough, said Maqsood Ahmed DCP (east), adding that the police didn’t detain anyone.” ?=BQ A0=278;70A3060 At least two police person- nel were injured during an encounter with CPI (Maoist) rebels at Shahighat locality under Serendag police station of Lohardaga district on Friday morning. The place where the encounter took place is situ- ated barely half km from Serengdag police station. Serengdag is worst hit by left wing extremism which the state government last year had claimed the area reclaimed from extremists. Sources in the security agencies said that the involvement of an armed squad led by CPI(Maoist) sub-zonal commander Ravindra Ganjhu is suspected behind the attack. Seven police personnel were doing foot patrolling when rebels targeted them. Rebels also triggered a landmine explosion on the main road besides opening fire on a police patrolling party to inflict maximum damage. Injured police per- sonnel identified as Upendra Singh of Lohardaga police and Anjani Kumar Pandey of Special Auxiliary Police were airlifted to Ranchi for their treatment at Medica hospital. So far, no casualty from either side and the loot and loss of fire weapon has been report- ed. It is said that Pandey sus- tained a bullet on his chest whereas Singh sustained a bullet injury on his thigh. A constable Krishna Oraon had gone missing dur- ing the encounter but he safe- ly reached the police station an hour after the encounter ended. While the additional deployment of CRPF and dis- trict police has been done; a massive search operation also started. Since Serengad shares a border with Ghaghra police station of Gumla district; Gumla police too has started combing operations. The attack on the police force must have left Jharkhand Police worried since rebels planting landmines and tar- geting police in the close vicinity of police station indi- cates security lapse and intel- ligence failure. #T`adYfceZ_=`YRcURXR¶dR`ZdeReeRT +6: WHDP WR YLVLW )RUWLV DIWHU SDWLHQW UDSHG LQ ,8 6LVRGLD VKDUHV *RYW¶V VXFFHVV VWRULHV ZLWK VWXGHQWV5^aSTcTRcX]V T]eXa^]T]cP[ STcTaVT]c_^[[dcP]c 88CA^^aZTTSTeT[^_bf^a[S´bUXabc b_TRXUXRQPRcTaXP[QX^bT]b^a ?=BQ 90B743?DA Like previous years, the regional office of the Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board ( JSPCB) will monitor noise and air pollu- tion in several areas, before and on the day of Diwali. The regional office of the pollution control board has identified 11 points where noise and air level will be monitored to ascertain the level of damage inflicted on the environment due to fireworks. “Like in previous years this year too, we will measure the increase in the noise and air level monitoring points,” said the official. He said that steps are being taken to edu- cate people over control in fireworks but still as precau- tionary measure steps will be taken to monitor. The 11 points have been identified at Bistupur, Sakchi, Baridih, Telco, Gamharia, Sonari and Mango for noise and air level monitoring list. Though, the traditional strate- gic points i.e. areas near hos- pital and nursing homes will continue to be on top of the said list. The officials at the pollu- tion control office said that Diwali enthusiast’s interest is gradually shifting towards lights decoration and owing to this there is a marginal decrease in the bursting of firecrackers. Measurement of noise and air pollution levels by JSPCB regional offices will be tabled and sent to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). Social worker Manish Kumar said: “Despite aware- ness drive carried out by sev- eral organisations to shun firecrackers or use only eco friendly firecrackers, the city has witnessed a steep rise in the air and sound pollution level during Diwali. I am of the opinion that bursting crackers is turning to a com- petition and a status indicator. Many people feel proud to show off their wealth by investing thousands or even lakhs on this nonsense stuff. I really don’t understand why even educated persons do not understand the ill effects of global warming. It’s a shame on our education. ?^[[dcX^]1^PaSc^ZTT_RWTRZ^]]^XbTPXa _^[[dcX^][TeT[cWXb3XfP[XX]9PbWTS_da ?0AE8=34A170C80Q 90B743?DA Did you know that the Indian Army infantry reg- iment, Bihar Regiment has roots of origin in the city of Jamshedpur. Moreover, Bihar Regiment is probably the only Army Infantry Unit to have an aircraft carrier assigned to it. Accordingtocity-basedhis- torians, on 15 September 1941 an embodied Indian Territorial Force ( ITF) was raised in Jamshedpur by the 11 19th Hyderabad Regiment and named the ‘1st Bihar Regiment’ bytheCommanderLtColJ.R.H. Tweed, MBE MC . The mem- bers were recruited from Champaran, Puri, Patna, Shahabad, Gaya, Shahabad Patna, Chaibasa, Ranchi and Palamu. This regiment’s duties were railway protection and guarding the steel plant of TISCO, Jamshedpur, the largest steel plant in India. It was gen- erallybelievedthattheGermans might break through the Caucasus and attack India from theNorth-west.Itwasunderthis threat perception that the 11th / 19th battalion was given the roles of protecting the steel plant with Lewis machine guns deployed in an anti-aircraft role. bc1XWPa ATVXT]c)5a^ cWT[P]Sb^U^aXVX] c^V[^aX^db_aTbT]c
- 3. RP_XcP[347A03D=kB0CDA30H k2C14A !! ?=BQ 347A03D= Chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat has stressed that despite repeated conspir- acies against the State govern- ment, the government’s stance of zero tolerance for corruption will continue unaffected. He also averred that the mafia and corrupt elements have been orchestrating conspiracies repeatedly targeting him but will not succeed in diluting his determination in the fight against corruption. “Various types of conspir- acies are being orchestrated. Many conspiracies were hatched during these past three and a half years. The mafia and corrupt elements are uniting and trying to attack us. However, we remain undaunted and our zero tolerance for corruption on the first day remains the same now and will remain so when we complete five years in office. Nobody can move us from this path,” stressed the chief minister. Referring to former chief minister and senior Congress leader Harish Rawat, he said, “When the sting operation was con- ducted against Harish Rawat, the person responsi- ble was then a blackmailer. How come now there is friendship of sorts between you two? Please reveal this mystery instead of keeping it concealed otherwise the public will uncover it,”he added. The statements of the chief minister come a day after the Supreme Court ordered a stay on the order of the Uttarakhand high court direct- ing an investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in a petition filed by Umesh Sharma seeking the quashing of an FIR against him for a social media post accus- ing the chief minister of cor- ruption. It is pertinent to men- tion here that while the Congress had been demanding the resignation of the chief minister following the HC order, the Bharatiya Janata Party has accused the Congress of playing a role in the con- spiracy targeting the chief min- ister. ?=BQ 347A03D= Atotal of 349 persons were found positive for Covid- 19 in the state on Friday while two deaths of Covid patients were also reported. A total of 242 Covid patients also recov- ered on the day. According to information provided by the Health depart- ment the total number Covid cases in the state is now 61,915 out of which 56,771 persons have recovered whereas the total number of deaths of Covid patients stands at 1,011. While the total number of active Covid cases in the state is currently 3,634 the recovery rate is high at 91.69 per cent. While a total of 10,844 samples were sent for testing on Friday, the result of 14,798 samples is still awaited. Of the persons found pos- itive for Covid on Friday, the maximum were from Dehradun with 78 being found positive in the district. Among other districts 19 each were found positive in Almora and Chamoli, two in Bageshwar, three in Champawat, 32 in Haridwar, 51 in Nainital, 49 in Pauri, 14 in Pithoragarh, 30 in Rudraprayag, 13 in Tehri, 15 in Udham Singh Nagar and 24 in Uttarkashi. When it comes to active cases, Dehradun district has the highest at 767 cases. Among the other districts, the number of active cases is 105 in Almora, 117 in Bageshwar, 183 in Chamoli, 95 in Champawat, 400 in Haridwar, 381 in Nainital, 439 in Pauri, 201 in Pithoragarh, 235 in Rudraprayag, 232 in Tehri, 259 in Udham Singh Nagar and 220 in Uttarkashi district. ?=BQ 347A03D= Despite the State govern- ment's approval for resum- ing schools for class X and class XII from November 2, most of the parents and students are still reluctant about attending regular classes in schools. While the parents stated that it is not essential to resume schools when the course of the whole academic year is almost finished, students opined that joining the schools again might be a disturbance as they will have to be extra careful in school premises. I have been at home since the final exams of Class IX. I am preparing hard for my board exams. I attend e-classes of the school besides attending tution for maths and science which is near my house too. I have a schedule and I really do not have to go outside much and even if I go, I maintain physi- cal distance. Now it is little dif- ferent in school with all the friends for four to five hours everyday, said 16 year old Rohan Singh, a class X student. According to him, children come to schools from different areas and different families and one cannot say who could be a carrier of the contagious disease. An 18 year old class XII student, Anjali Gusain also opined that resuming regular classes in school at this time might be a distrac- tion rather than being helpful in the board exams. Everyone is already studying through private tutors or online tuition classes besides attending school's e-classes. Considering this it is not necessary for every stu- dent to go to school. The course is almost finished for this class so going to school is really not necessary for every student. Probably the sci- ence students can go occasionally for their practi- cals and laborato- ry experiments but the Commerce and Arts students can do quite well without being physically present in the class, said Gusain. Some sci- ence students also expressed their concern stating that most of the science experi- ments are done in groups and it would be difficult to maintain dis- tance in such sit- uations. They said that they do not want to take risk of getting Covid-19 or get bothered about having it during their board exams. Moreover, several parents also stated that they do not want to risk their children's health when the academic year is almost finished. They said that they might send their children to school in January after winter vacation to revise the course for board exams but not this year. When the big private schools cannot take the responsibility of the stu- dents in school, how can we send our children among hun- dreds of people who will prob- ably arrive from several differ- ent places? Also, the course is almost over and we have paid tuition fees of our children for the last several months so we are not sending them in the crowd when the board classes usually get dismissed, said a Sahastradhara Road resident, Sandhya Dwivedi. E8=3270;8Q =4FC47A8 Atreasure of Stromatolite fossil has been found in the Pidi peak near Pratap Nagar in Tehri district. This stromatolite is believed to be about 500 mil- lion years old. The fossil spec- imens have been sent to Kumaon University for further investigation. Geologist, pro- fessor Bahadur Singh Kotliya of Kumaon University, who has been researching on it said that there is evidence of more such ancient and rare organisms and that the scientists would benefit immensely from the study that will be conducted in the near future. Professor Kotlia said that some reptiles or other creatures existed on the earth billions of years ago and eons after their death their fossils are safe. It happened that over time, these fossils were lost in the soil layer. These fossils turned into rock, giving rise to natural changes over long intervals. The forest depart- ment team from Tehri had visited the moun- tain peak which is about 8,367 feet high and found this rare fossil last month. The divisional forest offi- cer immediately con- tacted the geologist Kotliya at Kumaon University and requested for a detailed study. After studying the speci- mens, professor Kotliya estimated that the fossil specimen could be around 500 million years old. A detailed study is being conducted to find out more aboutthespecimen.Hesaidthat several organisms were present 500 million years ago that have been fossilised here. The forest department officials said that they came across the stromato- litefossilduringavisittothePidi peak last month. They contact- ed the geologist from the Kumaon University who esti- mated that these fossil remains arearound500millionyearsold. ?=BQ 347A03D= Even though the Dehradun district administration is yet to display LED light strings made by women Self Help Groups (SHGs) in the market, the administration has already sold the light strings of worth Rs 50,000 from the LED train- ing growth centre in Thano. Every year mostly the Chinese made LED light strings dom- inate the market before Diwali. This year, the administra- tion took an initiative to sup- port the vocal for local cam- paign by providing training in making LED light strings to more than one hundred women of various SHGs of the district at the growth centre in Thano. In view of approaching Diwali festival, the Block Mission Manager (BMM) Rohit Nautiyal said that the administration will display the LED string lights made by these women in the main mar- ketplaces, Vikas Bhawan and Pacific Mall from November 2. He also informed that the administration has already sold several light strings worth Rs 50,000 by providing some light strings as per demand and from walk-ins at the growth centre. The officials informed that these light strings are waterproof and have better quality than the usual Chinese LED light strings. As informed by Nautiyal, the administration will display at least 4,000 light strings initially for sale in the market from November 2 and will update the stock as per the manufacturing in the center and demand in the market. ?=BQ 347A03D= The Municipal Corporation of Dehradun (MCD) is waiting for the State govern- ment's approval for the con- struction of new smart vending zones and wedding venues in the city to increase the revenue generation of the corporation. The plan of constructing 19 smart vending zones and a few wedding halls was announced earlier in January this year and then the corporation con- ducted a survey to mark the locations. However, work on the plan could not proceed due to State-wide lockdown imposed in March to check the spread of Covid-19. The municipal commissioner Vinay Shankar Pandey recently informed that the corporation has finally sent a proposal to the State Government regard- ing the same and added that the civic body will carry out further proceedings as soon as the government will approve the proposal. It is pertinent to mention here that there are about 2,700 vegetable and fruit vendors registered with MCD. This number is purport- edly way less than the actual numbers of vendors. As stated by Dehradun mayor Sunil Uniyal 'Gama' about the plan, the construction of vending zones will provide better busi- ness to vendors, cause less traffic jams and accidents on roadsides and will also gener- ate revenue for the corporation. He also stated in the last executive meeting of the MCD that he aims to provide employ- ment opportunities to about ten thousand locals of the city through various plans of the corporation like construction of new smart vending zones and wedding venues. The loca- tions marked by the corpora- tion for vending zones con- struction lie near Karnpur, Nehru Colony, Patel Nagar, Indira Colony and MDDA Colony Dalanwala among sev- eral others in the city. ?=BQ 347A03D= Stating that the Uttarakhand chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat allowed the demo- lition of religious and com- mercial structures during the recent anti-encroachment drive in the name of High Court orders rather than taking con- crete decisions for local busi- nessmen like he did for himself by approaching the Supreme Court, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) accused him of being insensitive and selfish. The state spokesman of AAP, Ravindra Anand said that the present state govern- ment is greedy for position and power but does not want to work for people and their wel- fare. He added that the BJP government just talks about zero tolerance on corruption but does not seem to pursue it. 4+7ZXYeRXRZ_deT`ccfaeZ`_hZ]] T`_eZ_fVeZ]]]RdeURjZ_`WWZTV 2^]b_XaPRXTbQTX]V ^aRWTbcaPcTS aT_TPcTS[hQh PUXPP]SR^aad_c T[TT]cbP[[TVTb APfPc 2^eXS ( )RVVLOV HVWLPDWHG PLOOLRQ HDUV ROG IRXQG LQ 7HKUL ;43[XVWcbcaX]VbQhB76bc^QT ^]SXb_[PhUa^=^eTQTa! 00?RP[[b2 X]bT]bXcXeTc^fPaSb [^RP[QdbX]TbbT] #(_^bXcXeTRPbTbcf^STPcWbaT_^acTS^]5aXSPh 23PfPXcb6^ecP__a^eP[U^abPaceT]SX]Vi^]Tb ?PaT]cbbcdST]cbR^]bXSTabRW^^[aTbd_cX^]d]]TRTbbPahPccWTT]S^UPRPSTXRhTPa ?=BQ 347A03D= Chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat toured his Doiwala con- stituency and checked the progress of various developmental works in the area on Friday. Inspecting the Lacchiwala nature park redevelop- ment work, he said that with its nat- ural environment and water source, this site will attract people across age groups with its natural beauty. A sum of Rs five crore has been provisioned for this task. All the aspects of this project should be executed in a manner which ensures that soon the nature park is opened to tourists of the nation in a grand form. The nature trail, canopy walk, multimedia foun- tain park will lend unique aspects to this nature park. Children’s gym, toy train, museum park, herbal and aromatic garden among other fea- tures will make this site a centre of attraction for the public. The CM was informed in detail about the project by the Shivalik conservator of forests and Dehradun zoo director, PK Patro. The CM also inspected the Tehsil building to be constructed in Doiwala and the girls hostel being constructed in the Doiwala degree college campus. While stressing on ensuring quality of the works, he said that these should be constructed in the traditional style of the mountains. He further said that the Tehsil build- ing to be constructed at a cost of Rs four crore should be built as a green building. The special secretary to the CM, Parag Madhukar Dhakate, Dehradun district magistrate Ashish Kumar Srivastava and other depart- mental officials concerned were also present on the occasion. ?=BQ 347A03D= During his visit to Doiwala area, the CM Trivendra Singh Rawat also interacted with the local Gram Pradhans, Block Panchayat mem- bers, councillors and party workers. Listening to their issues, he directed the officials concerned to do the needful for resolving the issues. He said that construction of the Suryadhar lake will be completed soon which will meet the drinking water and irrigation requirements of the area. It will also ensure year-round availability of water and save electricity. Road works in Doiwala area will be completed soon, he added. Rawat also informed that all district magistrates had been directed to spend 40 per cent of the district plan budget on animal husbandry, agri- culture, pisciculture, bee culture and other self employment schemes. 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- 5. ]PcX^]$347A03D=kB0CDA30H k2C14A !! :D0A274;;0??0=Q :278 Pinarayi Vijayan’s continua- tion as Chief Minister has become untenable in the back- drop of last two days’ events , according to K Surendran, president, Kerala BJP. In a scathing attack on Pinarayi Vijayan and the CPI(M), the BJP leader termed Vijayan as the chief of a mafia dealing in gold smuggling, drug trafficking and hawala transactions. “Chief Minister Vijayan heads a smuggling mafia, a mafia specialising in smuggling of gold, money laundering and hawala trans- actions. Vijayan is the prime accused in gold smuggling,” lambasted Surendran while addressing the media at Thiruvananthapuram. Quoting from statements made by Vijayan since July 2020 when the gold smug- gling scam was busted by the Customs Department, Surendran said that there were wide discrepancies and con- tradictions in the former’s stance. “Chief Minister had told in his initial reactions that he did not know who the con- troversial woman was and has not met her. But when Swapna Suresh (the controversial woman) told the Enforcement Directorate sleuths that it was Vijayan who introduced her to principal secretary Sivsankar, he retracted his earlier state- ment and said he knew her. The Enforcement Directorate in its charge sheet has said that it was with the knowledge and concurrence of the chief minister that Swapna Suresh, whose educa- tional qualification is dubious was appointed as Chief Executive of Kerala Government owned Space Park,” said Surendran. The BJP chief said that two more ministers in the Kerala cabinet and two more senior officials in the Chief Minister’s Office were involved in gold smuggling activities. “I will come out with their names at the appropriate time. But before that I ask Vijayan to submit his resignation and go home,” said Surendran. He said Vijayan while meeting the media on Thursday read out from a pre- pared statement and stayed away from sensitive questions. “There are enough evidence to link the chief minister to the LIFE Mission, the flagship pro- gramme of the Kerala Government,” charged the BJP leader. Ramesh Chennaithala, Leader of Opposition, went to the extent of calling Pinarayi Vijayan as a mafia chief. “He heads a mafia of gold smug- glers, drug dealers and hawala operatirs. Kerala has never seen in the past a group of criminals heading a govern- ment,” charged Chennithala, the frontrunner in Congress for the post of Chief Minister after the next year’s assembly elec- tion. GZ[RjR_YVRUdX`]Ud^fXX]Z_X ^RWZRdRjdVcR]R3;ATYZVW 78C:0=370A8Q 90D On a day his son turned a youth Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP), leader Fida Hussain Yatoo, mercilessly killed by the Lashkar-e- Tayyeba (LeT) ter- rorists along with two other offi- cer bearers in YK Pora area of South Kashmir's Kulgam dis- trict late Thursday night, was laid to rest in his native village on Friday. The entire neighbourhood in his village witnessed a sur- charged atmosphere while fam- ily members and his supporters bid final farewell. Chanting patriotic slogans, local villagers and party workers attended the funeral prayers. Senior BJP leaders including JK Chief Ravinder Raina also attended the last rites and visited the fam- ily of Yatoo to offer condolences on behalf of the top brass of the party. Meanwhile, Inspector General of Police, Kashmir range Vijay Kumar Friday claimed Pakistan based terror outfit Lashkar-e-Tayyeba (LeT) was behind the killing of three BJP leaders in Kulgam district. The names of LeT militants -- a local militant from Dooru, Nisar Khanday; and Abbas from Khudwani who was previously associated with Hizbul Mujahideen and is now with LeT and also claims to be from TRF -- are cropping up. The involvement of these two is there, but there may be a foreign terrorist involved as well in the attack,” he said. IGP, Kashmir also appealed to the protected persons in the valley not to move around with- out their security. He said, We have provid- ed PSOs and security to 157 BJP workers, and nearly 30 have been provided with guards and we will provide more security to those who have severe threat perception. Referring to the issue of providing security cover to the protected persons,IGP said they had prepared a list of 1,619 vul- nerable persons who were lodged in secure locations before the Centre's decision to revoke the special status of Jammu and Kashmir on August 5 last year. We had made a list of 1,619 vulnerable persons before August 5 (last year) and we had kept them in different hotels in secure areas. We had kept Fida (Hussain) in a hotel in Pahalgam where he stayed for three weeks. Recently, he gave an undertaking and left the hotel. We are investigating what they were doing in a car in an area far away from home, he said. Sharing preliminary details of theinvestigationsIGPsaid,an Alto car used by the LeT ter- rorists has been seized by the police. Three terrorists came in a car belonging to a local ter- rorist identified as Altaf. Fida Hussain was with his two col- leagues in a car when these ter- rorists fired indiscriminately on them from close range. They received grave injuries and suc- cumbed on the way to the hos- pital. Kumar said after the attack, the terrorists fled in the same car towards Achbal area, from where the car was seized this morning. Asked whether the attack was pre-planned, the IGP said it was possible. It seems so to us as well because what were they doing away from home, waiting for someone or not, then terrorists came, attacked them and then ran away to Achbal. There is a chance that it was a pre-planned attack and we are investigating it and will soon solve it, he said. On a question as to whether the attacks on BJP activists -- instances of which have increased over the last few months -- were carried out at the local level by the terrorists or did the ultras get orders from Pakistan, the IGP said this was part of Pakistan-sponsored ter- rorism. You know it all. Recently, mediapersons also received threats through 'Kashmir Fight', an online medium which is run in Pakistan, or the TRF website. They claimed the attack yester- day on 'Kashmir Fight' as well. This is Pakistan-sponsored ter- rorism and this proves that these killings take place on the orders from Pakistan,” he said. As a countermeasure to such attacks, Kumar appealed to the protected persons to follow the standard operating proce- dures (SOP) laid down by the security agencies for their move- ment and not to move around in vulnerable areas especially without their security. $XWKRULW GHPROLVKHV HQFURDFKPHQWV RQ / VTXDUH DUGV ODQG RQ $OLJDUK 3DOZDO URDG Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Police have arrested two terrorist associates from North Kashmir's Handwara and recovered arms and ammunition from them, offi- cials said on Friday. Police said on the basis of a specific information regard- ing the movement of anti- national elements, the Handwara police along with the army and the CRPF estab- lished check points at different locations in the town and start- ed searching vehicles and pedestrians. During search/checking at Chinar Park Handwara, two persons riding on a bike were found in suspicious condition, who on seeing the search party tried to escape from the spot but were chased and appre- hended by the search party, police said. Police said the apprehended persons on pre- liminary questioning disclosed their identity as Liyakat Ahmad Mir and Aqib Rashid Mir, both residents of Hyen Trehgam Kupwara. On their personal search, arms and ammunition were recovered from their posses- sion, police said. During questioning it came to surface that the duo are working with terror outfit LeT as associates and were about to distribute the arms and ammu- nition among the terrorists in South Kashmir. The police have registered an FIR and started the investi- gation. IANS !cTaa^aXbc Pbb^RXPcTb PaaTbcTSQh 9:_^[XRT 9LOODJHUV ELG DGLHX WR %-3 OHDGHU NLOOHG E /H7 ?=BQ 90D Ahead of visiting Jammu next week a delegation of the People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) led by former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Friday visited Drass area of Kargil in the Union Territory of Ladakh to take stock of the prevailing political situation in the region. The delegation included PDP leaders Ghulam Nabi Lone Hanjura and Waheed Para, Nasir Aslam Wani of National Conference, Muzafar Shah of Awami National Conference. While attending a series of meetings with the local leaders Omar conveyed a clear message to the ruling dispensation in New Delhi that we will con- tinue to fight for the special sta- tus of Jammu and Kashmir. We are united in our resolve that the pre August 5th, 2019 position must be restored in Jammu and Kashmir, Omar said during his meeting with the leaders of the Kargil Democratic Alliance in Kargil. Addressing a separate gathering in Drass Omar said that no elected assembly or Chief Minister of the state signed the August 5 order and it was forcefully implemented which we haven't accepted and will fight for the restoration of all that has been snatched and forcefully implemented He said that with support from the people of Drass and Kargil Peoples Alliance for Gupkar Declaration will fight it and achieve the goal and act as a voice for this area. Meanwhile, in Jammu National Conference leaders staged a protest demonstration against new land laws for JK and forcefully restricting the movement of the party presi- dent Dr Farooq Abdullah. Led by NC Provincial President, Devender Singh Rana, senior NC leaders protested outside their office when they were not allowed to march towards Raj Bhavan in Jammu. PaTTcb[^RP[[TPSTabX]:PaVX[e^fbc^UXVWcU^ab_TRXP[bcPcdb^U9: Mumbai: In another day of rel- atively low Covid-19 infec- tions and fatalities, as many as 127 people died of coronavirus and 6,190 others tested positive for the parts of Maharashtra on Friday. A day after Maharashtra witnessed 156 deaths and 5,902 infected cases, the daily death tally dropped to 127, while the infections went up marginally to 6190. With 127 fresh deaths, the Covid-19 toll in Maharashtra rose from 43,710 to 43,837. Similarly with 6190 fresh infec- tions, the total infected cases jumped from 16,66,668 to 16,72,858. As 8241 more people were discharged from various hos- pitals in the state, the number of people discharged from var- ious hospitals after full recov- ery since the second week of March this year went up to 15,03,050. The recovery rate in the state rose from 89.69 per cent to 89.85 per cent. Of the 127 deaths report- ed, Mumbai accounted for a maximum of 32 deaths, while there were 15 deaths in Thane and 14 in Pune. In the lower range, there were 8 deaths in Aurangabad, 6 in Solapur, 5 each in Beed and Nagpur, 4 each in Raigad, Ahmednagar and Jalna, 3 each in Sangli and Latur, 2 each in Nandurbar, Kolhapur, Ratnagiri, Akola, Yavatmal, Wardha and Bhandara and one death each in Nashik, Jalgaon, Satara, Parbhani, Osmanabad, Buldhana, Washim, Gondia and Chandrapur. In addition, one person from outside the state died in Maharashtra. With 32 deaths, the Covid- 19 toll in Mumbai rose from 10,229 to 10,261 while the infected cases shot up by 1,145 to trigger a jump in the infec- tions from 255,360 to 256,505. Meanwhile, the mortality rate in the state stood at 2.62 per cent. The number of “active cases” in the state dropped from 1,27,603 to 1,25,418. Pune district, which con- tinued to be the worst-affected city-district in Maharashtra, saw the total number of cases increase from to 3,32,354 to 3,33,106 while the total num- ber of deaths in Pune increased from 6657 to 6,671. Thane district remained in the third spot --after Pune and Mumbai – after the total number of infections rose from 2,21,770 to 2,22,507 while the pandemic toll climbed from 5,316 to 5331. Out of 89,06,826 samples sent to laboratories, 16,72,858 have tested positive (18.78 per cent) for COVID-19 until Friday. Currently, 25,29,462 people are in home quarantine while 12,411 people are in institu- tional quarantine. RYLG GHDWK WROO GURSV WR YH LQ 0DKDUDVKWUD Mumbai:Within hours after posters of French President Emmanuel Macron — who is under fire from Muslim leaders and organisations for his com- ments defending the rights to publish cartoons of the Prophet — surfaced on Mumbai’s Mohammed Ali Road in south Mumbai, the city police on Friday stepped in and removed the posters from the busy road on Friday afternoon. After the videos of people trampling upon and cars driving on the posters pasted by some unknown persons on the Mohammed Ali Road went viral, the police from the nearby Pydhonie police station rushed to the scene and removed them. Unconfirmed that the posters were part of a protest organised the Raza Academy, a Muslim organisation, against Macron who has come in for a severe flak from for defending the rights to publish cartoons of the Prophet. As the police were preoccupied with the arrange- ments for Eid Milad-un-Nabi procession taken out in the afternoon, they had neither reg- istered a case nor arrested any- one in connection with the poster incident. Macron has come in for criticisms Muslim leaders and organisation following the pub- lic beheading of a Paris teacher who had shown students in his class the cartoons. On his part, Macron said the teacher had been killed because Islamists want our future and promised that his government would intensify a crackdown on radi- cal Islam. After India expressed soli- darity with France, posters slam- ming Macron for defending the rights to publish cartoons of the Prophet surfaced in Mumbai and Bhopal late on Thursday and early on Friday. The Opposition BJP sought to make a political capital out of the controversy, by pillorying the ruling Shiv Sena for supporting Islam terrorists and demanding action against the protest- ers.When France speaks out against Islamic terror then here (in Maharashtra) the govern- ment stands behind people sup- porting fanatic Islam terrorists? BJP leader Kirit Somaiya said. Another city BJP leader and MLA Atul Bhatkalkar rooted for stringent action against those responsible for sticking posters of the French President who has stood by India solidly vis-a-vis China in recent times. @_YSUbU]_fU`_cdUbc _V6bU^SX@bUjVb_] =e]RQYµcb_QT $IWHU YLGHR RI YHKLFOHV SDVVLQJ RYHU LW ZHQW YLUDO Aligarh: A bulldozer ran from Kurana to Hamidpur on the Aligarh Palwal road in Yamuna DevelopmentAuthority.During which,manyhouses,boundaries of plots etc. were demolished. According to Yamuna Development Authority Special Executive Officer Navneet Goyal, illegal construction on 2 lakh 20 thousand square yards has been demolished by JCB. The cost of this land is about 2.25 crores. Thespecialexecutiveofficer of the authority along with the team camped in Kurana village on Thursday morning. The vil- lage is on Aligarh-Palwal road, about 3 km from the Yamuna bridge. The team demolished half- dozen houses and the boundary wall above the foundation by JCB from Kurana to Hamidpur. According to the authority offi- cial Navneet Goyal, colonizers are doing plotting by showing a dream to customers which is illegal.Withoutthepermissionof the Yamuna Development Authority, plotting cannot be done on the above-mentioned lands. Action is fixed on those who have done plotting. Those who need to pur- chase the plot should first inquire from the Yamuna Development Authority. PNS Aligarh:DozenATMsofCanara Bank running without security guards are on target of thieves these days. In Aligarh and Hathras, robbers are knocking on ATMs of Diebolt (company special) company. Masked thievesentertheATMcabinand taking out the money with the help of cards and keys. Up to 5000 rupees dispense at a time but it is not deducted from the account of the account holder. Therefore, the account holder is notawareofthistheft.Whenthe bankofficialsnoticedtheseinci- dents in a dozen ATM cabins in afortnight,theissuecametothe lead bank manager. The investi- gation has been started by puttingthetechnicalteaminthe case and cases have also been registered in many police sta- tions. In October, one day the team arrived at the ATM of Canara Bank's Gular Road SSI branch in the morning to feed money, the top part of the machine was found open. PNS B_RRUbcdQbWUd 1D=cY^1YWQbX Aligarh: It is not an easy task to encapsulate the awe-inspir- ing traits of the Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him), who propagated the final message of God in a short time, said Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) Vice Chancellor, Professor Tariq Mansoor. He was delivering the pres- idential address in the online Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi (Birth anniversary of the Holy Prophet) function in AMU. Prof Mansoor said: Despite the power and the massive following, the Prophet never led a luxurious life. Instead, he continued with spartan life. He sought no personal gains and lived by the princi- ples he espoused. PNS 4XSTX[PS =PQXRT[TQaPcTS X]0D Jammu: A day after three BJP workers were shot dead by mil- itants in Kulgam district, senior partyleaderandex-deputychief minister Kavinder Gupta on FridayaccusedthePDPandNC ofpropagatingafalsenarrative in the Valley to instigate people in resorting to violence as a means of showing resistance against the recent changes in Jammu and Kashmir. He however maintained that such cowardly acts by the mil- itants cannot deter BJP's com- mitmenttoworkforthenation- al cause. Chairingameetingof senior party leaders here on Friday, Gupta said, The killing of the three BJP workers in Kulgam is an outcome of the recentprovocativestatementsby PDPandNC leaderswhodelib- erately toed a line to incite pas- sionsof peoplepromptingthem tocommitsuchdastardlyactsto demoralize the nationalist pop- ulace in the Valley. The PDP and NC were prop- agatingafalsenarrativeinValley toinstigatepeopletouseviolence as a mean to show resistance against recent changes that Jammu and Kashmir witnessed due to the Narendra Modi gov- ernment's efforts to completely unite erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir with the country, he said.On Tuesday, the Centre, inagazettenotification,omitted the phrase permanent resident of the state from Section 17 of the Jammu and Kashmir DevelopmentActthatdealswith disposalofthelandintheunion territory,pavingthewayforpeo- ple from outside Jammu and Kashmir to buy land in JK and Ladakh,overayearafterthenul- lification of provisions. PTI ?3?=2X]bcXVPcX]V_T^_[T c^aTb^acc^eX^[T]RT)19? [TPSTa:PeX]STa6d_cP Patna: Observers have not rec- ommended Repolling in any of the 71 seats that went to polls in the first phase of the Bihar assembly elections on October 28, sources in the Election Commission said on Friday. State Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) H R Srinivas, in his report based on inputs provid- ed by returning officers and district election officers, has also concluded that repolling was not required in any of the seats, they said. General observers conduct- ed post-poll scrutiny of all the 71 seats in the presence of can- didates/political parties and concluded: The polling process was completed on poll day peacefully and in accor- dance with statutory instruc- tions in all the 31,371 polling booths spread across 71 con- stituencies in 16 districts of the state, they said. PTI QbTaeTab]^c^ aT_^[[X]VX] bTPcb ^U1XWPaPbbTQ[h Patna: The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) on Friday accused the Nitish Kumar-led state gov- ernment of not providing prop- er security to Leader of Opposition, Tejashwi Yadav. Manoj Jha, RJD Rajya Sabha MP, said the Nitish Kumar government was delib- erately not providing security to Tejashwi during rallies. The security of Tejashwi Yadav is completely compro- mised at rally venues. People are assembling in large num- bers and breaking the barri- cades. They are reaching out to him even at the helipad. It is a threat to his life apart from cre- ating hurdles in the helicopter operation. Such a situation could lead to an accident, Jha said. He said a letter was sent to the Election Commission on October 21 after a huge gath- ering was witnessed at a rally of Tejashwi Yadav. The ECI has directed the District Magistrates and Superintendents of Police of all the 38 districts of Bihar to arrange proper security for him, but no security has been given to him, he alleged. The RJD has also released a video wherein a huge crowd can be seen surrounding a helicopter with no policemen in sight. In the video, people are milling around Tejashwi Yadav to take selfies. IANS B:4QddQS[cYdYcX W_fdV_b^_d`b_fYTY^W cUSebYdid_DUZQcXgY Patna:The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) has submitted a report on the October 26 violence in Bihar's Munger to its headquarters in Delhi and the Election Commission. It has stated that the local police fired first and when the situation wentoutofcontrol,theCISFalsofiredlater in the air. When contacted, Jitendra Kumar, Additional Director General of Bihar Police, said that he has not received any report from the CISF. We are doing the investigation with a team headed by Magadh range Divisional Commissioner and the report will be submitted to the Election Commission in seven days, Kumar said. IANS has a copy of the report pre- pared by the CISF. It says that an alter- cation took place between the local police and the devotees over the slow pace of the Goddess Durga immersion pro- cession. Subsequently, some of the locals pelt- ed stones on the police party. In retalia- tion, local police fired in the air. As a result, devotees got more angry and intensified the stone pelting. In view of the tense situation, a team of the CISF comprising 20 personnel and other para military forces were deployed there to restore peace. Since, there was heavystonepeltingfromtheothersideand the situation was out of control, M. Gangaiah, a CISF personnel, fired 13 rounds from an Insas rifle in the air to con- trol the situation. After firing in the air, a mob dispersed from the Deen Dayal Upadhyay Chowk, the report said. On Friday, the Munger Police claimed that 100 bullets and two magazines were missing from the Purab Sarai police sta- tion. This police station was vandalised by agitators on Thursday who were not satisfied with the police action. Local residents claimed that the Munger Police resorted to firing on Monday night around 11.45 p.m., leaving one person dead and several others injured.Earlier, the Bihar Police had claimed that the firing was the work of some anti-social elements and not the police.The Election Commission had directed the Bihar government to conduct a high level inquiry into the violence. Asangba Chuba AO, the Divisional Commissioner,hasbeengiventherespon- sibility of the investigation. Meanwhile, a team of Congress lead- ers met the Governor and demanded strict action in the case. We have met the Governor of Bihar. During the half an hour meeting with him, he listened to our points and assured us that proper action will be taken. IANS 0XQJHU YLROHQFH ,6) UHSRUW VDV ORFDO SROLFH ILUHG ILUVW Thiruvananthapuram: The principal opposition parties in Kerala - the Congress and the BJP - have been on the warpath demanding the resig- nation of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan ever since the gold smuggling case surfaced in July. Now with two key arrests taking place, these two parties on Friday levelled more allegations about the role of Vijayan. Vijayan's trusted lieu- tenant and senior bureaucrat M. Sivasankar was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and then came the arrest of Bineesh Kodiyeri, the son of state party secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan in Bengaluru, also by the ED but in a case involving drug trafficking. Speaking to the media here on Friday, Leader of Opposition Ramesh Chennithala said the prime accused in the case is none other than Vijayan and the coming days will see more damaging news emerging about his role. The game plan of Vijayan is to place the crime on Sivasankar who is now arrest- ed and named fifth accused, but the news is that more officials attached to Vijayan's office will also be in the dock. Today Vijayan is trying to blame Sivasankar for all his woes, but the truth is both Vijayan and his party are in a shambles, said Chennithala. Starting with the Sprinklr controversy, Sivasankar's hands are there in every cor- rupt deal which includes the Bev Q App, Pamba sand min- ing, E-mobility and Life Mission and all these has had the blessings of Vijayan. The CPI-M party organ had come out with a news item that I was given 5 i-phones by Swapna Suresh (prime accused in the gold smuggling case). I gave a written complaint to the state police chief but no action has been taken. Now the news is that one of the phone was given to Sivasankar and the most expensive phone was given to another high profile person. Everything around Vijayan's office smells bad and he has no moral or ethical right to remain in power, said Chennithala. State BJP president K. Surendran said Vijayan's fam- ily and Swapna Suresh have a very good long standing rela- tionship and all of them have travelled together to the Middle East. We know precisely who is in possession of that i-phone. Vijayan is yet to reveal what the gold smuggling gang was doing in his office. The party's silence on the arrest and role of Bineesh is baffling. Apart from Vijayan, two more of his ministers have a role and hence Vijayan has no moral right to remain in office, said Surendran. On expected lines, state CPI secretary Kanam Rajendran came to the defence of both Vijayan and Bineesh and said their party has been complaining for long about the manner in which the Centre is using central agencies against political opponents. 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- 6. A stheworldispre-occu- pied with dealing with the COVID-19 pan- demic, and individual countries solve their respective specific problems, such asIndiawithitsconfrontationwith China, the fate of Afghan women has received little attention. No Government seems to be bothered by the fact that a political order in Afghanistan, shaped according to the Taliban’s dictates, may once againrelegatethemtovirtualhouse arrest and deprive them of almost allfreedoms,includingtheeconom- ic activity oftheir choice, and inde- pendent access to healthcare — as they were during the Taliban rule from 1994 to 2001. In a report titled The Taliban’s War on Women: A Health and HumanRightsCrisisinAfghanistan, Physicians for Human Rights, a respected human rights organisa- tionbasedintheUnitedStates,pre- sented a nightmarish picture of the conditionofAfghanwomenunder Taliban rule. Itwrote: “The Taliban was the first faction laying claim to power in Afghanistan, which had targetted women for extreme repressionandpunishedthembru- tally for infractions. To our knowl- edge, no other regime in the world had methodically and violently forcedhalfofitspopulationintovir- tual house arrest, prohibiting them onthepainofphysicalpunishment, from showing their faces, seeking medical care without a male escort or attending school. “It is difficult to find another Government or would-be Government that has created such poverty by arbitrarily depriving half the population under its con- trolofjobs,schooling,mobilityand healthcare.Suchrestrictionsarelit- erallylife-threateningtothewomen and their children.” Lt-Gen Kamal Matinuddin (Retd) of the Pakistan Army wrote in Taliban Phenomenon: Afghanistan 1994-97, “Girls are being denied education, women havebeenpreventedfromworking. If they leave their house, they have tobecoveredfromheadtofootwith a veil (burqa); besides being veiled, womenhavetobeaccompaniedby a male relative when they venture outonthestreets.Shopkeepershave been directed not to sell goods to unveiledwomen.Rickshawdrivers are not to pick up women passen- gers unless they are fully covered. Womencaughtviolatingtheserules are imprisoned, as are the shop- keepers and rickshaw-drivers.” Things began to change after the Taliban were booted out of power in 2001 by US-led coali- tion forces. As George R Allen and Wanda Felbab-Brown state in their paper, Fate of Women’s Rights in Afghanistan, which is a part of Brookings Institution’s 19A: Gender Equality Series, “Thepost-Talibanconstitutionin 2004 gave Afghan women all kinds of rights, and the post- Taliban political dispensation brought social and economic growth that significantly improved their socio-economic condition.” They further state that against fewer than 10 in 2003, the percentage of girls enrolledinprimaryschoolsrose to 33 in 2017. Registered female enrolment in secondary schools rosefromsixto39percentinthe same period. Three-and-a-half million Afghan girls were in school with 1,00,00 studying in universities.Theyfurthersay,“By 2020,21percentofAfghancivil servants were women (com- pared with almost none during theTalibanyears),16percentof them in senior management levels;and27percentofAfghan members of Parliament were women.” These gains are no doubt unevenly distributed. The ben- eficiaries have mainly been urban women. According to Allen and Felbab-Brown, in rural Afghanistan, where 76 per cent of Afghanistan’s women live, life has not changed much from the Taliban era, their for- mal legal empowerment notwithstanding.Thisgoespar- ticularly for Pashtun areas besides others where rural minority ethnic groups live. They have to get permission from men in their families to access health care, attend school andwork.ManyAfghanmenare deeply conservative. Typically, families allow their girls to have a primary or secondary educa- tion — usually up to puberty — andthenarrangetheirmarriage. Even if the male guardian of a young woman permits her to attend a university, she may not be allowed to work after gradu- ation.Also,ruralwomenhaveto bear much of the brunt of the devastatingconflictbetweenthe Taliban and Government forces and local militia. Loss of hus- bands,brothersandfatherstothe fightingcausesseverepsycholog- ical trauma and fundamentally jeopardises their economic sur- vival and ability to go about everyday life. As a result, attitudes differ. While women in rural areas want peace — many of them even on the Taliban’s terms — urbanwomengenerallywantthe Government not to give in and accept a political order in which theTalibancanimplementtheir retrograde gender and social agenda.Hence,thequestion:Are the Taliban prepared to moder- atetheirstanceand,ifso,towhat extent? Borhan Osman and Anand Gopal write in Afghan Views on a Future State; (With an intro- duction by Barnett Rubin: NYU/Centre on International Cooperation), “a number of interviewees emphasised that Taliban redlines lie not with female education as such, but rather with co-ed or wholly sec- ular education, which accords with views voiced even by Mullah Omar.” They said they did not object to women work- ingortotheeducationofwomen in their country. However, what they objected to and prevented by force was if this work or edu- cation breached Islamic Shari’a. Nowadays, there were scores of schools,especiallyforgirlsinthe area under the Islamic Emirate, and women performed jobs such as “teaching of girls and medicineforwomen.”Theyfur- thersaid,“Weencouragethisand we call for it on condition that hospitals for females are segre- gated from hospitals for males, and on condition that the work conditions are in harmony with Islamic Shari’a, not to satisfy instincts,whimsandlust.Wedo not care if the West or the world complainaboutusinthisrespect. AllwewantistoestablishIslamic Shari’ainAfghanistan;wedonot care who is satisfied and who is not satisfied. “Similarly, several intervie- wees presently active in the movement said that an Islamic State should not only allow women to go to school, but it must encourage them; indeed, theStateshoulduseitsresources toward this end. The condition for such education is that girls should observe the proper hijab andthatthereshouldbefullseg- regation.Thereappearstobelit- tlechangeontheviewofwomen’s right to work, however. Most intervieweesacceptedtheneedof women in the sectors of health and education, and in any Governmentdepartmentdealing with women and children. Beyondthat,thereappearstobe little enthusiasm for the idea of women holding public office or working in businesses not deal- ing with females or children.” Whatallthisaddsuptoisafar cryfromwhatAfghanwomen— at least those in urban areas — enjoy in terms of opportunities, rights and freedoms. Women in ruralareasdoubtlesslagbehind. They, however, legally have the right to the opportunities avail- ableinthecitiesand,agreatdeal of their distress will disappear whenpeacereturns—agoalthat seems distant but should not be abandoned. Besides, the most important question is whether what the Taliban means what they say or are peddling false- hoods aimed at persuading the Americanstotakealessstringent line with them. In an article titled The false inclusivityoftheTaliban’semirate (www.aljazeera.com), Mehdi J Hakimi writes, “Notwithstanding repeated claimsthattheysupportwomen’s rights, for instance, the Taliban has continued to attack girls’ schools.Also,womenandyoung people,whilecomprisingmostof the country’s population, are conspicuously missing from the Taliban’s negotiating team. Moreover, despite Afghanistan’s rich pluralism and cultural mosaic, there is extremely little ethnic, religious, linguistic, cul- tural and professional diversity within their ranks. This absence…tells us, through cali- bratedactionratherthanhollow rhetoric,whoisactuallywelcome in the Taliban’s emirate.” Referring to the “blatant inconsistency between the Taliban’s mantra of inclusion and praxis of exclusion, this early in the intra-Afghan talks,” and their reneging on their “counter-terrorism pledges to the United States by continuing tooperatecloselywithal-Qaeda,” Hakimi concludes by writing that the Islamic emirate’s recur- ring duplicity “must serve as a reminder of the perils of hastily takingaleapoffaithtowardsthe Taliban.Alastingpeace,afterall, is possible only through a gen- uinely inclusive process — not through one masquerading as such.” Clearly, there is no guarantee that the Taliban will implement even their currently professed stand on the opportunities and freedoms they would grant women—whichthemselvesfall farshortofwhatAfghanwomen enjoy now — when they are in power. Afghan women are in peril.Civilsocietiesinalldemoc- racies must press on their Governments not to abandon them. 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