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Swept by a whirlwind of
change, NDA in Bihar
seemed headed for a big set-
back in the State Assembly
polls. The exit polls on Saturday
projected the ouster of Chief
Minister Nitish Kumar and
installation of a RJD-led
Government headed by
Tejashwi Yadav.
The third and final phase
of the Bihar Assembly elections
took place on Saturday with
around 55 per cent turnout.
Out of the 243-strong
Assembly, 78 constituencies
went to polls in the final phase.
While all exit polls gave
clear edge to the Grand
Alliance, the India Today-
Axis Exit polls projected
138-161 seats to the Grand
Alliance, while Chanakya pro-
jected 180 seats to it.
The exit polls forecast serve
a grim message to the NDA
that there are few takers for
Hindutva-driven campaign if
the Opposition could flag
issues that concerned the com-
mon man.
If the exit polls projection
comes true on November 10,
then it will be a rude shock to
the NDA strategists who till
one month ago were confident
of winning over 200 seats in the
244-member Assembly. After
all, only 18 months ago in the
Lok Sabha polls, the NDA
swept the State winning 39 out
of 40 seats and logging in 54
per cent votes as against 29 per
cent by the Grand Alliance.
Apart from 15 years of
anti-incumbency, Nitish
Kumar also faced sabotage
from Chirag Paswan, who put
up candidates against each and
every JD(U)
candidates and
went to the poll
with the sole objective of oust-
ing Nitish Kumar. Throughout
the poll campaign, the BJP
could not dispel the impression
that Chirag was not fighting a
proxy battle on its behalf to cut
to size Nitish Kumar. In the
end, the LJP seemed to walk
away with 7-8 per cent votes,
which would translate into loss
of dozen of seats for the JD(U).
Political circles in Bihar
were abuzz with speculation
that the BJP wanted Nitish to
get far less seats than it so that
he himself will not lay claim to
the post of Chief Minister on
moral ground. Prime Minister
Narendra Modi, Home
Minister Amit Shah and BJP
president JP Nadda did repeat-
edly claim that Nitish will
retain his chair even if his
party were to get less seats
than the BJP, but their failure
to publically chastise Chirag
kept the pot of confusion and
distrust boiling throughout
the poll campaign.
In the end, both the BJP
and the JD(U) paid the price
as supporters of both the par-
ties tried to sabotage each
other on several seats. JD(U)
MP from Bhagalpur Ajay
Kumar Mandal was heard ask-
ing his workers not to vote for
the BJP inviting severe tongue-
lashing from Deputy Chief
Minister Sushil Kumar Modi.
He was not the lone leader to
play spoilsport for the alliance.
Several BJP leaders also tried
to sabotage the JD(U) candi-
dates. The confusion was all
the more visible on the ground
among workers from both the
parties.
With Covid-19 causing
extreme economic stress
among the lower strata of the
society and nearly 25 lakh
migrant workers returning to
Bihar under heart-rending
conditions, the burden of anti-
incumbency grew that much
heavier for the NDA.
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In a major political develop-
ment, the newly formed
People’s Alliance for Gupkar
Declaration on Saturday decid-
ed to contest the upcoming
District Development Council
(DDC) polls unitedly in Jammu
Kashmir.
The eight phase DDC polls
are scheduled to take place
between November 28 and
December 19 amid tight secu-
rity arrangements along with
bypolls on the vacant seats of
urban local bodies in JK.
It is for the first time the
Kashmir-based regional par-
ties, considered arch rivals,
have decided to contest any
polls under the same banner.
The alliance was earlier
founded to carry forward their
“constitutional” fight for the
restoration of Article 370 and
35-A in Jammu Kashmir.
The announcement was
made by the spokesman of the
People’s Alliance for Gupkar
Declaration (PAGD), Sajad
Gani Lone, soon after the
maiden meeting of all the
constituents ended here in
Jammu on Saturday. During
the day several delegations
from Jammu met these leaders
at the residence of Farooq
Abdullah and shared their
assessment of the prevailing
political situation in the
region.
Jammu Kashmir
Pradesh Congress Committee
(JKPCC) also announced that
it will contest the DDC polls.
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For the first time, the India
Meteorological Department
(IMD) will start issuing forecast
for malaria outbreaks from
next monsoon.
“The IMD studied the
phenomenon of occurrence in
malaria and its relationship
with rainfall and temperature.
The IMD first studied the
malaria data it got from
Nagpur. This can be applied to
other places as well. This can
give predictions on large scale
malaria outbreaks,” Ministry of
Earth Sciences Secretary M
Rajeevan said on Saturday.
According to the 2019
World Malaria Report, 19
countries in sub-Saharan
Africa and India carried almost
85 per cent of the global malar-
ia burden.
Rajeevan said the same
technique can be applied to
other monsoon-related dis-
eases such as dengue and
cholera. Malaria is rampant in
parts of Africa and sub-tropi-
cal countries.
According to the National
Health Portal (NHP), the
majority of malaria cases are
reported from eastern and cen-
tral part of the country and
from States which have forest,
hilly and tribal areas.
These states include
Odisha, Chhattisgarh,
Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh,
Maharashtra, and some
northeastern States like
Tripura, Meghalaya and
Mizoram.
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Delhi has reported more
than 6,000 Covid-19 cases
daily in the past few days and
13 per cent of this increase has
been estimated to be due to air
pollution, the Indian Medical
Association (IMA) said on
Saturday.
Stating that N-95 masks
and air purifiers may not pro-
vide full time protection, the
doctors’ body stressed on the
implementation of long-term
measures to bring down pol-
lution levels.
Air pollution damages the
inner lining of the lungs and
hence increases the severity of
Covid-19 infection.
In the last 10 days, the
national Capital and its neigh-
bouring areas have seen a
sharp spike in air pollution lev-
els.
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Democrat Joe Biden on
Saturday defeated incum-
bent Republican US President
Donald Trump in the closely-
fought presidential election,
according to American media
projections.
The 77-year-old former
US Vice President will become
the 46th president of the United
States, CNN reported, after a
victory in Pennsylvania, the
state where he was born put
him over the 270 electoral
votes needed to win.
With Pennsylvania’s 20
electoral votes, Biden now has
a total of 273 electoral votes.
Before becoming the
Democratic presidential nom-
inee, Biden served as vice pres-
ident under former President
Barack Obama. He is also
Delaware’s longest-serving sen-
ator.
Senator Kamala Harris, 56,
who is of Indian origin, has
become the first ever woman
vice president-elect of the
United States. She would also
be the country’s first Indian-
origin, first Black and first
African American Vice
President of the country.
Biden and Harris would be
sworn in as the President and
Vice President of the country
on January 20.
“America, I’m honoured
that you have chosen me to
lead our great country. The
work ahead of us will be hard,
but I promise you this: I will be
a President for all Americans —
whether you voted for me or
not. I will keep the faith that
you have placed in me,” Biden
said in a tweet soon thereafter.
“This election is about so
much more than” Joe Biden “or
me. It’s about the soul of
America and our willingness to
fight for it. We have a lot of
work ahead of us. Let’s get start-
ed,” tweeted Vice President-
elect Harris.
Trump was playing golf in
Virginia when major media
outlets called the race. He is
now the first incumbent pres-
ident to lose reelection bid
after George HW Bush in 1992.
Major media outlets start-
ed calling Biden the winner
after it became clear that he has
taken a major lead the battle-
ground State of Pennsylvania,
which has 20 electoral college
votes, making him cross the
benchmark of the 270 electoral
college votes.
Counting of ballots is still
ongoing in Pennsylvania,
Arizona, Nevada and Georgia.
Biden has the lead in all the
four states, which according to
major media outlets is unlike-
ly to be reversed.
“Joe Biden will become
the 46th president of the
United States”, CNN projects,
after a victory in the state
where he was born put him
over the 270 electoral votes
needed to win.
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The exit polls for the bypolls
in Madhya Pradesh,
Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh have
indicated that the BJP will
consolidate its presence in the
three States. According to the
India Today-Axis My India
exit poll, the Shivraj Singh
Chouhan Government in
Madhya Pradesh will survive
with the BJP likely to bag 16-
18 Assembly seats. The
Congress is estimated to bag
10-12 of the total 28 seats that
were up for by-election in
Madhya Pradesh.
If these estimates hold true,
the BJP’s vote share has risen by
5 per cent to 46 per cent while
the Congress’ vote share rose by
two per cent to 43 per cent. It
predicts 0-1 seats in MP going
to the BSP.
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deteriorated to “severe” cate-
gory on Saturday as Punjab and
nearby regions recorded the
highest number of stubble
burning incidents this season.
Delhi’s overall (AQI) was 427
on Saturday evening and 443 in
the morning.
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2. Q What is your role in Molkki?
I play Virender Pratap Singh, he is the
mukhiya and runs 40 villages. He gets
married toamolkkigirl,whoishalfherage.
Thereisnoconnectionbetweenthetwoand
theshowrevolvesaroundtheirstrugglesand
how he handles situation. Molkki is a
tradition in Haryana, where the man has to
buy the bride from outside the State because
women are less in number. The tradition is
good but it is being misused.
Q How is this different from Dharam
SuryavanshiinSaathNibhaanaSaathiya?
There is a major difference between the
two characters, apart from the fact that both
Dharam and Virender get married to a
much younger girl. Both the shows and the
stories are different. Dharam wanted to take
revenge from the Modi family, hence he
married Meera, but here it is a different
concept. Molkki is a tradition that Virender
hasfollowed.InMolkki,apoorgirlhasbeen
bought by a super rich family and the story
talks about how things change drastically
in their lives.
Q What is your take on shows that give
out a social message?
It is good. Even for Molkki, I didn’t
know that such a tradition does exist. I had
to do my research. Through, the show we
are getting to know about this old tradition
in Haryana. Hence, there is a need to come
up with more shows that give out a social
message to bring in awareness.
Q Howdoesitfeeltobebacktoworkafter
lockdown?
I was very excited for the show. After
spending so many months at home, it was
something I was looking forward to. When
I was offered this show, I found myself to
be lucky to be able to work after the
lockdown was lifted. Also, I am back on
Colors after Bigg Boss 5, so it does feel great.
Q From Dekh Bhai Dekh to Molkki, how
has your experience been?
Brilliant. I feel lucky to have started
working so early and that I am still
working. When I got Dekh Bhai Dekh, I
had no idea of what was happening
around me. It was like an acting school
for me. Till date, 95 per cent of my shows
have been Number 1. It has been a long
journey and I have no complaints at all.
I have got to play brilliant characters,
there is nothing I could have asked for
more. Yes, this industry is demanding
and one needs dedication to survive
here. You have to work for 12 hours a
day,buthavingsaidthatIhaveenjoyed
everybitofthisbeautifuljourney.Even
today, I feel that I have just started.
One thing that I have learnt in the
industry is that you have to be true
to your character. You can just feel
that people know me well and I will be able
to pull off a character. At least for me it is
not like that, I put in all the efforts for every
characterthatItake.EvenforVirender,Ihad
tolearnthatHaryanviaccentandworkupon
my body language a bit. If you are not true
toyourrole,youcan’tsurviveinthisindustry
for long.
Q Youhavebeenintheindustryforabout
27 years now. How do you think it has
evolved?
From having VHS recorders on sets to
now hi-tech equipments, the industry has
become huge. TV has grown and I have
grown with TV. Back then, there was no
pressure on the producer or the actors in
general. There were no daily soaps, it was
aweeklythingandeveryonehadampletime
to prepare and shoot. We used to reach our
sets at 9 am and around four hours were
reserved for improvising things. We did
rehearsals or were just randomly
listening to the script. Now things
have become fast forward. There is
pressure on the producer and the
creatives to create good content
everyday.Becausetheaudiencehas
become habitual to watching daily
soaps. Then the producer has to
get the desired TRPs, it is an
added pressure. If not, then
there are chances that the show
mightgetoff-air.Also,thereare
way more channels now. TV
has become a game changer
now and there is high
competition in it. Even film
actors come to TV shows to
promote their films, so it has
grown leaps and bounds.
Q Wasthereamomentwhenyou
felt like quitting?
Not really. But there were times
when I didn’t know what do with a
character. Like in Kyonki Saas Bhi
Kabhi Bahu Thi, I had a lot of
confusion with the makers for the
character. I have had faced situations
that were completely new and so I
didn’t have anyone has an example
forme.Infact,Ibecameanexample
for many with the choices that I
made.
Q What kind of roles attract you?
I am very clear about the
roles I do. I can’t stand uselessly in
ascene.Iliketodocharactersthathave
a spine. Hence, I always sort things out with
the makers beforehand. Not that I have to
betherein everyscene,butwhenIamthere
I should do something and play my part.
When it is the other character’s part, I won’t
mind that. But it’s just that my part has to
be clear.
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ome movies have a great subject and
story but unfortunately, they fall flat
on their face due to the manner in
which the plot unfolds and the story is
told. Directed and written by Narendra
Nath Miss India, a Telugu drama film,
loses on many counts.
First, how is it possible for a newbie
uprooted to San Francisco, US girl who
has yet to get used to coming to America
manage to get a job as a tele-marketer
after an MBA from the US? If this is what
she had wanted to do, why do an MBA
at all?
Second, how does the brother
manage to afford such a luxurious house
on his first salary even if he is brilliant?
Third, the men our heroin
encounters seemingly want only two
things — either for her to be a submissive
dutiful wife or throw her out? She takes
the latter and walks away. While Nath
time and again reiterates that our girl is
strong and independent and wants to do
things her way — no harm here — the
problem is that she sure manages to
attract the wrong kind of men and
therefore even though the entire movie
rests on her slim shoulders, the end result
is a flop show.
Fourth, Naresh, who plays
Samyuktha’s (Keerthy Suresh’s father) is
detected with Alzheimer’s. How he
behaves, belittle those who actually
suffer from the disease.
Finally, it is bizarre that a seasoned
businessman who has been in the US for
decades is outwitted and outsmarted by
Samyuktha. His strange proposals to
bring her down are downright childish
and so un-businessman-like.
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a great idea, would end up a damp squib.
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the whole idea is to spread joy
all over even to those who live
in far-flung areas and have no
access to civilization for thousands
of miles. Their only connection
with the rest of the world is the drop
of essentials they get every
Christmas.
Operation Christmas Drop is all
about spreading the joy of sharing
on, of course, Christmas. But there
has to be a scrooge. In this one, it
is a Congresswoman who is hell
bent on shutting an air base that
does the good deed — saving
taxpayers’ money is important for
the country’s strategic location
military wise.
But we all know how a feel-
good movie is going to end. From
the word go, the film is predictable.
Yet, it is sweet and cute especially
when there is romance in the air.
The smell of romance during the
holidays? What could be better.
However, if you are the kind
that finds such movies too sweet
and give you a toothache, better
avoid. But if you want your children
to learn a lesson — sharing things
with those who don’t have it — this
one is right up your alley.
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out as a psychological thriller has not even an ounce
of thrill factor and takes nearly 45 minutes into the
film of the one hour and 36 minutes of run time to get
to the point.
There are a few things that don’t make sense in this
one directed by Ratan Sil Sarma.
Which girl, who takes a cab late at night would stop
somewhere to have a bite with the cabwalla? Obviously,
Sarma has not taken into account the number of incidents
involving the cab drivers and their lady passengers. Even
if we stretch our imagination and go with the premise
that it is a movie and hence make-belief, the idea is
bizarre and alien at least in Indian setting.
Then there are the whole three bikes following the
cab and when the lone cab driver confronts the six guys
with just an iron rod in his hand, they disappear. Either,
the men were just trying to be funny or pansies. Or
maybe the director was trying to build the scare-quotient.
All it does end up doing is make the viewer bang the
head against the nearest wall.
Also, the title of the film doesn’t have any bearing
on what transpires unless one gives credence to the fact
that our villain cooks chicken for his victim.
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As the State prepares to
commemorate its
Foundation Day on November
9, it also faces various
challenges exacerbated by the
Covid-19 pandemic. On the
eve of the State Foundation
Day, chief minister Trivendra
Singh Rawat shares his views
about the situation in the state
and plans of the government
for revival and development
amidst these challenging times.
Twenty years of
Uttarakhand’s creation are
being completed. What do
you think is the biggest
achievement of Uttarakhand?
Uttarakhand took the form
of a separate state, carved out
from Uttar Pradesh in the year
2000, during the tenure of the
central government led by Atal
Bihari Vajpayee as the Prime
Minister. In the last twenty
years, Uttarakhand has
travelled a good distance but
there is a lot more which needs
to be done. The current
Bharatiya Janata Party
government is committed to
the all-round development of
the state and I can proudly say
that Uttarakhand will always be
among the fastest developing
states in the country. Our
pragmatic industrial policy has
led to a large amount of
investment coming into
Uttarakhand.
How do you see the
development of the State in
future and what is the vision
of your government in this
regard?
Our Government is
looking at Uttarakhand as a
self-reliant, prosperous and
developed state in the coming
years. For this, we have also
prepared a ten-year vision
document- Vision 2030. In
this, we are focusing on eight
areas with the whole emphasis
on development. These eight
sectors are education and skill
development, industry,
environment, infrastructure,
agriculture, tourism, health
and transport. All these sectors
will always remain at the core
of our government's policy, so
that the state can be among the
top performing ones
contributing to the country's
economy.
Tourism is considered to
be the backbone of
Uttarakhand economy. This
sector has been badly affected
in the Covid period. What is
the strategy for this in your
vision document?
It is true that the maximum
impact of the Covid-19
pandemic has been on the
tourism and hospitality sector.
But this is a temporary effect
and with conditions getting
back to normal again the
tourism in Uttarakhand has
started witnessing substantial
improvement. We want the
state to be a global tourist
destination with focus on
adventure and wellness
tourism. Our goal is to get the
state ranked in the top three
destinations of the country by
the year 2030.
In order to maintain the
pace of economic growth,
which major areas will the
government focus on in the
coming years?
As I said, the government
has prepared a vision paper for
the next ten years- Vision 2030.
Under this, our entire emphasis
is on the development of
agriculture, infrastructure and
industries. We want to reduce
dependence on fossil fuels like
coal, petrol and natural gas to
zero in the state. For this we
need to promote the use of
other energy options. The
government is working in this
direction. Apart from this, we
plan to promote diversity in
agriculture. We plan to
emphasise on horticulture and
cultivation of aromatic and
medicinal plants. At the same
time, a plan to promote animal
husbandry will also be worked
on to increase the income of
people in the agricultural
sector. This will also help in
creating employment.
Hydropower is at the heart of
government policy as far as
industries are concerned. There
is an immense potential for
hydropower in the state of
Uttarakhand. The government
plans to shift the power
demand of the entire state to
hydropower and supply power
to other states. That is why we
have set a target to take the state
to the top of the world in the
field of green energy. Also,
given the geographical location
of the state, the government
plans to give a boost to micro
and small enterprises. The
government's focus is also on
strengthening the state's
infrastructure. For this, a plan
is being made to connect all
major cities with multi-lane
highways. At the same time, the
government is also working on
strengthening the rural road
connectivity to the villages.
What is the situation of
the Covid pandemic in the
state and after the unlock,
what kind of preparation is
being done by the
government?
We have done fairly well
to address the Covid
pandemic. If you see,
Uttarakhand has been among
the top three states to stop the
spread of Covid. Our
preparations from the
beginning have led us to be
fully prepared to face any
challenge. We have recruited
doctors, trained paramedical
staff while addressing the
challenge of the lack of
ventilators in the state and
creating additional ICUs.
Therefore, we can say that in
this period since the onset of
the epidemic, we not only
prevented the number of
patients from increasing, but
also kept on strengthening our
medical infrastructure.
The economy of
Uttarakhand is based on
tourism. The Covid
pandemic has severely
affected the tourism
industry. People of
Uttarakhand living in other
states have also returned.
What is the state government
doing towards providing
employment?
We are committed to
generate employment in the
state and our government has
been consistently working on
it for the last three and a half
years. During this time, we
have brought a new scheme-
Mukhyamantri Swarozgar
Yojana under which 150 types
of work have been included.
These include work related to
agriculture, small scale
industries, hospitality,
wellness and processing
sectors. As a part of this, we
have arranged subsidy ranging
from 10 per cent to 25 per
cent. In order to motivate
people to start their own
enterprise, a loan of up to Rs
25 lakh has also been arranged
under the scheme. Thousands
of people have registered
themselves under this scheme
so far. Also, Pandit Deendayal
Upadhyay Agriculture
Cooperative Scheme is going
on in the state under which
loans up to Rs one lakh are
given without any interest
and if someone wants to start
a project under this scheme,
then we give a loan of up to Rs
five lakh.
To what extent has Covid
affected the state's economy
and what is the roadmap of
the government to bring life
back on track in the State?
The Covid pandemic has
severely affected the economic
condition of the entire world.
The Indian economy too has
not been untouched by this.
However, under the leadership
of our Prime Minister
Narendra Modi, the central
government has kept the
situation under control by
extending substantial
economic packages. We are
working on a dual approach to
bring the state’s economy on
the growth track. While on
the one hand, we are cutting
down on government
expenses and observing
austerity measures for all the
state government’s
departments, on the other
hand, we are focussing on
revival of other economic and
industrial activities in the
state. To ensure the smooth
conduct of such activities, a
cabinet sub-committee and a
committee of experts have
been formed which are
looking into this process of
normalisation. Apart from
this, many projects of the
government are underway
including works such as all-
weather road project,
extension of railway line and
road construction.
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The Tourism department is
organising MTB Heal with
Wheels, a hot air balloon
festival, and a Majestic
Uttarakhand photo exhibition
to commemorate the State’s
foundation day. Addressing
the media here on Saturday, the
Tourism secretary Dilip
Jawalkar spoke in detail about
the events planned to mark the
occasion.
He said, “The Uttarakhand
Tourism Development Board
(UTDB) is organising MTB
Heal with Wheels cycle rally.
Chief minister Trivendra Singh
Rawat will flag off the cycle
rally from CM residence on
Sunday, the eve of the
foundation day. This rally will
start from CM residence and
will reach George Everest via
Kimari, Basagath Marg. About
260 cyclists have registered for
the rally, which includes 247
men and 13 women. The top
three winners will be presented
with a cash prize of C10,000,
C7,500 and C5,000 respectively.
Discussing the major
guidelines for the event he
said, Keeping Covid guidelines
in consideration, cyclists will
proceed in groups of 10. The
police department will also
monitor road safety and traffic
to ensure the smooth conduct
of the rally. For the safety and
convenience of the participants,
medical teams including
ambulances and necessary
medicines have also been
arranged.
Speaking about the hot air
balloon festival he said, The
Hot Air Balloon Festival is
also being organised by the
team so that all the visitors can
enjoy the scenic view of
Himalaya from a certain
height. UTDB is also spending
nearly Rs 27 crore for the
beautification of George
Everest Estate to develop the
site as a tourist spot. He
further informed that the
UTDB will also organise a
Majestic Uttarakhand photo
exhibition at the Uttara
Museum of Contemporary Art,
MDDA Complex, Clock Tower.
This exhibition will be held for
three days, which will be from
November 8 to 10. The motive
behind this is to promote the
talent of the local
photographers capturing the
scenic beauty of Uttrakhand.
The photo exhibition will
feature photographs taken by
Anoop Shah, Avinash Joshi,
Bhumesh Bharti, Threesh
Kapoor and Tribhuvan
Chauhan.
Highlighting the work of
the department he said that
under the trekking traction
center home stay scheme we
have started work in the first
phase. The work of
beautification is under process
at the selected villages of
Uttarkashi and Tehri villages.
Five beneficiaries have been
selected by the district
magistrate under the scheme.
The scheme will provide a
golden opportunity for self-
employment to unemployed
people especially those who
have returned from different
places after Covid. Keeping in
view the increasing number of
tourists coming for the purpose
of trekking in the state, this
decision has been taken with
the objective of strengthening
the rural and local economy of
the state. People from many
villages located on hundreds of
trekking routes in the state will
be able to benefit from this
scheme. Under this scheme,
C60,000 will be granted for the
construction of new rooms
and Rs 25,000 will be granted
for the renovation of existing
rooms.
Emphasising the aspect of
winter tourism he said, As
winters are around the corner,
we will plan winter sports
events in the famous locations
of the state, along with Yoga
event and MTB rallies to
promote tourism.
Tourism director Prashant
Kumar Arya, deputy director
Yogendra Kumar Gangwar and
others were also present during
the Press conference.
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After lying low for many
days, the contagion of the
novel Coronavirus (Covid-19)
is showing signs of upswing
again. The State health
department reported 498 cases
of the disease on Saturday after
which the number of the Covid
cases in the state increased to
65,036. The department also
reported the death of eight
patients of the disease which
increased the death toll to
1063 in the state. a total of
59564 patients have so far
recovered from the disease
and the percent recovery stands
at 91.59 percent in the state.
Three patients of the
disease were reported dead at
Sushila Tiwari Government
hospital on Saturday while two
patients died at Mahant
Indiresh hospital. One person
each died at Government Doon
Medical College (GDMC)
hospital, district hospital
Rudraprayag and district
hospital Rudrapur.
The authorities reported
148 patients from Dehradun,
62 from Chamoli, 51 from
Pauri, 46 from Nainital, 36 each
from Haridwar and
Pithoragarh, 32 from Tehri, 21
from Almora, 19 from Udham
Singh Nagar, 15 from
Bageshwar, 13 from
Rudraprayag, 10 from
Champawat and nine from
Uttarkashi on Saturday.
Uttarakhand now has 3890
active patients of the disease.
Dehradun district with 767
active cases is at top of table
while with 514 active cases
Pauri district is on second
position. Haridwar has 431,
Nainital 357, Rudraprayag 323,
Tehri 290, Chamoli 283,
Udham Singh Nagar 196,
Uttarkashi 171, Pithoragarh
165, Almora 157 and
Bageshwar 122 active cases of
the disease. With 114 active
cases of Covid-19, Champawat
is now at the bottom of the
table.
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The Asian Development
Bank (ADB) has approved
a loan of C700 Crore which
would be paid in a period of
five years to improve the
infrastructure of Government
schools in Uttarakhand. On the
initiative of the Union
Government, Uttarakhand is
named among the five states
which would receive the loan
from the ADB. Under the
project the State Government
is planning to improve schools
located in the remote and
mountainous parts of
Uttarakhand. A total of 380
schools would be selected
under the project and would be
termed as ‘leader schools’. Out
of these 380 schools, 180
schools would be developed as
‘ Atal Utkrisht Schools’ (AUS).
The education department has
already earmarked two AUS in
every block of the State. It is
worth mentioning here that
AUS would be up to class XII
level and every AUS would be
linked with leader schools
which would be of primary and
upper primary levels.
School buildings would be
constructed under the project
and the facilities like laboratory,
smart classes, furniture and
toilets would be developed.
The education secretary, R
Meenakshi Sundaram said that
radical changes would be
brought about in the selected
schools with the budget of Rs
140 crore that would be
available for every year. The
government is planning to start
the project in five districts of
Dehradun, Haridwar, Udham
Singh Nagar, Pauri and Almora
in the first phase.
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Takingthefightrightintothe
constituency of chief
ministerTrivendraSinghRawat,
the Uttarakhand Congress has
decidedtoholdamassivetractor
rallyinprotestagainstnewfarm
laws at Doiwala on November
10. Informing about the plan of
Congress party, the Vice
President of Uttarakhand
CongressSuryaKantDhasmana
said here on Saturday that
Congress would continue to
hold protests against the three
farmlawstilltheyaretakenback
by the government. He said
that the party workers and
leaders would hold a massive
rally in the assembly
constituency of CM Rawat
undertheleadershipof Pradesh
Congress Committee (PCC)
President Pritam Singh on
Tuesday. Launching into an
attack on the Narendra Modi
government at centre and
Trivendra Singh Rawat
governments at state, the
Congressleadersaidthatbothof
them have breached the faith of
the farmers. He reminded that
in the year 2017 ahead of
assembly elections, the Prime
Minister had assured that the
loans of the farmers would be
waived off when double engine
government is installed in the
State.
Dhasmana said that the
promiseofthePMhasremained
unfulfilled in the last three and
half years. He claimed that the
conditionof farmersinthestate
is so pathetic that for the first
time in 72 years of
independence,theyareforcedto
commitsuicide.Dhasmanasaid
that dozens of farmers have
ended their lives in the last
three and half years.
He said that the Congress
party is standing firmly behind
the farmers and had fought for
their cause and for payment of
pending dues of sugarcane
farmers in the state. Dhasmana
added that the Congress party
has now decided to stand with
thefarmersintheirfightagainst
the draconian farm laws. He
added that the convener of the
proposedtractorrallyinDoiwala
would be the president of the
Parwadoon Congress, Gaurav
Chaudharyandclaimedthatthe
rally would be the historic one.
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Taking exception to the fact
that no district magistrate
(DM) has been appointed in
Rudraprayag district even after
two days of removal of DM
Vandana Singh, the Kedarnath
MLA, Manoj Rawat has
demanded that appointment of
DM should be made without
delay in the district.
In a letter directed to
Chief Minister Trivendra
Singh Rawat, the Congress
MLA said that as of now there
is no DM in the district and
in the last six months, three
ADMs were transferred.
He said that from the
last two months, there is no
whereabouts of SDM
Ukhimath. Rawat adds in his
letter that there is only one
Tehsildar out of four
posts in the district and two
trainee Nayab
Tehsildars are appointed in
the district.
The Congress MLA said
that the people of the
district are facing problems due
to absence of the officers.
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people were injured- 10 of
them seriously- after an LPG
cylinder burst in a sweet shop
in Manglaur on Saturday. Some
passers by also sustained
injuries due to the blast. The
injured persons were taken to
the civil hospital in Roorkee
from where after primary
treatment, nine were referred to
the Coronation hospital and
one was referred to AIIMS
Rishikesh while three are being
treated at the civil hospital in
Roorkee. Such was the intensity
of the blast that the three-
storeyed sweet shop building
was damaged while nearby
buildings also sustained
damage.
The Roorkee sub divisional
magistrate and the local MLA
Qazi Nizamuddin inquired
about the condition of the
injured after the accident.
According to sources,
employees of the Balaji
Mishthan Bhandar were
working in the shop as usual
when during the afternoon a
gas cylinder caught fire and
soon exploded.
The blast caused burns
and injuries to more than a
dozen people while also
causing considerable damage to
the three-storeyed building.
The 10 persons who have
sustained serious injuries have
suffered more than 70 per cent
burns.
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With the arrest of 20
accused, including Ajit,
alias, Cheetah, mastermind of
the racket and co-partner of a
Sonipat based liquor factory,
Haryana police on Saturday
claimed to have solved the
case involving the death of 40
people in Sonipat, Panipat and
Faridabad districts over the
past five days due to con-
sumption of spurious liquor.
Talking to The Pioneer over
the phone, Sonipat Deputy
Superintendent of Police (DSP)
Ravinder Kumar who is also
Special Investigation Team
(SIT) in-charge said as per
official data, nine persons died
in Sonipat due to consumption
of adulterated liquor and their
viscera report confirmed the
cause of death due to con-
sumption of adulterated liquor.
He said Sonipat Police
team members have been con-
ducting raids at different ille-
gal liquor manufacturing units
in the district and 20 persons
involved in manufacturing and
selling of adulterated liquor
have been arrested.
“On Saturday, mastermind
Ajit, alias, Cheetah
was arrested. He was a co-part-
ner of the liquor factory in
Sonipat allegedly responsible
for manufacturing and selling
illicit liquor,” the police officer
said.
Two police officers of
Mohana Police station in-
charge and Gold Complex
Police post in-charge have been
suspended.
“With the arrest of 20 per-
sons, we have stopped the
manufacturing and supply of
spurious liquor in the district
and other parts of the State”,
DSP added. Kumar further
said that SIT members are
conducting raids to arrest
more persons allegedly
involved in it.
Another senior police offi-
cer said that in the course of
investigation, it was revealed
that the liquor was allegedly
being prepared in Naina
Tatarpur village at a house
owned by Vijay Kumar, a post-
graduate teacher posted at Juan
village in the district. Vijay’s
cousin Naresh, who is yet to be
nabbed, was the alleged mas-
termind of the racket. Vijay had
allowed Naresh to put up at his
house and was aware of the
hooch racket,” he said.
The team members recov-
ered fake holograms and bot-
tles of illicit liquor
factories.
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Chandigarh: Expressing grief over the deaths of nearly 40 peo-
ple due to the consumption of adulterated liquor in Haryana’s
Sonipat and Panipat districts, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar
on Saturday announced a compensation of Rs 2 lakh to the fam-
ily of each illicit liquor victim. The money will be given from
the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund. Khattar said that the police have
made arrests in this regard and further investigation is under-
way. He said directions have been given to bust this network.
The Chief Minister added that strict action would be taken by
the state government against those officers, employees, contractors
or liquor mafia involved in the illegal sale of liquor.
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Punjab Chief
Minister Capt
Amarinder Singh on
Saturday launched the
‘’Mission Shat
Pratishat’’ for 2020-21,
aimed at empowering
schools to achieve 100
per cent results despite the
COVID-19 pandemic.
At the virtual event,
which connected him to
teachers, students and their
parents from more than 4,000
schools and ministers, MLAs,
officials and non-teaching
staff, the chief minister also
announced the creation of
8,393 pre-primary school
teachers posts and said they
would be filled up soon by the
education department,
according to a government
release.
Pointing to the challenges
in education in view of the
COVID-19 situation, Singh
said the mission is aimed at
further strengthening the dig-
ital education infrastructure
in schools through e-books,
EDUSAT lectures, e-content,
online classes, broadcast of
lectures through television
and video lectures prepared
by the teachers.
“The mission will help
further boost the standards in
government schools, which
had witnessed massive
improvement in the education
quality and performance in
the past three years, in line
with the state government’’s
decision to curb all malprac-
tices in board exams,” he said.
A National Achievement
Survey held early in 2017
had shown Punjab could not
perform on expected lines, he
recalled, adding that the
strictness brought in there-
after had led to “exceptional
improvement” in the stu-
dents’’ performance.
In fact, the chief minister
said, the increasing shift of
students from private to gov-
ernment schools is one of his
government’’s biggest achieve-
ments, and noted that gov-
ernment schools had outper-
formed private schools in
board results for two succes-
sive years.
L auding
the contribu-
tion of smart
schools to
raising educa-
tional stan-
dards in
Punjab, Capt
A m a r i n d e r
said of the total 19,107
schools in the state, 6,832 are
smart schools, to which
another 1,467 were being
added on Saturday. He said
13,859 projectors would be
provided to the remaining
schools too, in order to make
them smart schools. The chief
minister said a budgetary
provision of Rs 100 crore had
been made this year for digi-
tisation of schools.
On this occasion, 2,625
tablets were distributed to
students in 372 primary gov-
ernment schools.
To mark the conclusion of
the Punjabi Week on
Saturday, the chief minister
directed minister Tript
Rajinder Singh Bajwa to draw
out a detailed plan for the
promotion of the Punjabi lan-
guage and revival of the
Patiala Central Library, which
was facing an acute funds
shortage.
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Several farmer organisations
of Punjab protesting against
the farm laws on Saturday
slammed the Centre for not
resuming goods trains in the
State even as they stuck to their
stand of not allowing passen-
ger trains.
They also accused the
Centre of adopting a stubborn
attitude and alleged that it
wanted to cause harm to
Punjab on the economic front
for raising voice against the
three legislations enacted
recently.
The railways on Saturday
declined to resume goods trains
in Punjab, saying it will either
operate both freight and pas-
senger trains or none.
Train services in Punjab
have been suspended since
September 24, when farmers
started their “rail roko” agita-
tion against the central laws.
Goods trains had resumed
in the state briefly after farmer
unions on
October 21 announced
exempting them from their
“rail roko” stir but the railways
suspended them again, saying
farmers are still blocking the
tracks. “We strongly condemn
the stubborn attitude of the
railways and the Centre for not
resuming goods trains in the
state,” said Krantikari
Kisan Union president Darshan
Pal.
However, the 30 farmers’
bodies protesting the farm laws
maintained that they will not
allow passenger trains. “The
farmers’ bodies have already
announced they will allow only
goods trains and not passenger
trains,” said BKU (Dakunda)
president Buta Singh Burjgill.
The central government wants
to harm Punjab on the eco-
nomic front by making baseless
excuses,” he further
said.
The Punjab government
on Friday had said that the rail
network all across Punjab is
presently totally clear for unin-
terrupted movement of goods
trains. The suspension of
goods trains has led to a power
crisis as coal supplies to ther-
mal plants have been hit. It
has also adversely affected the
supply of fertilisers for rabi
crops, movement of foodgrain
stocks besides impacting the
state industry which is unable
to get raw material and send
finished goods outside.
AMARINDER PLAYING
DOUBLE GAMES IN
FARMERS’ NAME, SAYS
BJP
BJP national general sec-
retary Tarun Chugh on
Saturday flayed Punjab Chief
Minister Capt Amarinder
Singh for not responding pos-
itively to the request of the
Railway ministry to clear the
railway tracks in the state for
smooth running of passenger
and goods trains and playing
double games in the matter.
Holding the chief minister
squarely responsible for the
railway stalemate in Punjab,
Chugh said in a statement that
the Congress was playing dirty
politics in Punjab in the name
of farmers.
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Former Haryana Chief
Minister Bhupinder Singh
Hooda on Saturday asserted
that the right to recall must be
first applicable on MLAs and
MPs and only then it should be
allowed for members of pan-
chayati raj institutions.
“The right to recall
should be implemented for
MLAs and MPs first. After
that it should be taken to the
lower level,” Hooda, who is
the Leader of Opposition in
the Haryana Assembly, said.
The Haryana Assembly
on Friday passed a Bill,
which provides the right to
recall members of panchay-
ati raj institutions to those
who elected them in case
they fail to perform.
The former state CM
also criticised the role of
Haryana Assembly Speaker
Gyan Chand Gupta during
the Vidhan Sabha session
on Friday when a resolution
over the Centre’s farm laws
was passed. By not allowing
voting after a debate on the
resolution over the farm
laws, the speaker strangled
democracy, he alleged.
Hooda said the Congress
will continue to oppose the
new laws unless the Union
government brings a fourth
law that guarantees the min-
imum support price (MSP)
to farmers.
Hooda said without the
MSP, the three laws will
destroy farmers. “This will
gradually eliminate the man-
dis and the minimum sup-
port price system. Not only
this, they will have the great-
est impact on poor sections
who get ration from govern-
ment depots,” he said.
The way government
agencies are withdrawing
from the procurement of
crops, it is clear that in the
coming times, it will have an
impact on the public distri-
bution system, he added.
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Close on the heels of a com-
plete ban on crackers by
several UPA-ruled states, the
Jharkhand government too is
contemplating a blanket ban on
sale and bursting of crackers
this Diwali in the wake of the
Covid-19 pandemic and the
adverse effects of air pollution
on the respiratory system of
residents, Finance Minister
Rameshwar Oraon said on
Tuesday. A decision regarding
the same will be taken in a day
or two, the Minister added.
“We are getting sugges-
tions from different stake-
holders on whether we should
allow bursting of crackers this
Diwali or not. A decision
regarding the same will be
taken in a day or two,” said
Oraon.
He added that the govern-
ment was aware of the adverse
effect of crackers on the respi-
ratory system of the people of
Jharkhand, especially the ones
battling a Covid-19 infection.
“Doctors have already
warned against the bursting of
crackers this Diwali. The festi-
val will be celebrated on
November 14, and we will take
a decision well in advance to
ensure strict adherence to it,”
Oraon said.
Several states in India have
banned crackers this Diwali cit-
ing the effect of air pollution on
the health of Covid-19 patients.
Rajasthan chief minister Ashok
Gehlot was the first to
announce a ban on sale and
bursting of crackers on
November 2.
Later, on November 5, the
Delhi government also
imposed a ban on sale and
bursting of crackers after chief
minister Arvind Kejriwal
reviewed the Covid-19 situa-
tion in the national capital. A
day later, the Karnataka gov-
ernment announced a com-
plete ban on crackers this
Diwali. Besides, the Calcutta
High Court ordered a ban on
sale and bursting of crackers
across West Bengal owing to
Covid-19 on November 5.
Even though the number
of Covid-19 cases has reduced
significantly in Ranchi, health
experts have warned that the
air pollution caused by crack-
ers may worsen respiratory
ailments and cause breathing
problems in patients suffering
from Covid-19. While the
Covid-19 virus may show dif-
ferent manifestations in dif-
ferent people, it primarily
affects the lungs and inhaling
toxic air could trigger major
discomfort among patients.
Meanwhile, Ranchi MP
Sanjay Seth demanded a ban
on crackers till January 1 if the
government bans crackers for
Diwali.
He said that fireworks were
common on Christmas and
New Year’s Eve, and the gov-
ernment must ensure that the
ban on crackers continues till
the New Year if at all it pro-
ceeds with a ban during
Diwali.
“Why should we only ban
crackers on Diwali? Why not
on Christmas? Why not on
New Year? If a ban is imposed
on crackers during Diwali,
then it should continue on
Christmas and New Year as
well,” said Seth, a Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP) leader.
Jharkhand has reported
fewer cases of Covid-19 infec-
tion than the states that have
already banned
crackers.
However, the Covid-19
caseload in Jharkhand is above
1 lakh and the number of
active cases is down at 4,639,
highlights data with the health
department.
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Chouhan has said that the
Government is making avail-
able loan without guarantee to
street vendors to run their
businesses. Interested street
vendors should apply for
loans, they will be provided a
loan of C10 thousand, he
added.
Chouhan said that it is a
matter of pleasure that
Madhya Pradesh tops in the
country in implementation of
P.M. Swanidhi Scheme (Street
vendors scheme), but we don
not have to stop here, we have
to extend benefit of the
scheme to every eligible street
vendor of the state. Chouhan
was reviewing the Urban and
Rural Street Vendors Loan
Scheme at Mantralaya on
Saturday.
Chief Secretary Iqbal
Singh Bains, Additional Chief
Secretary Manoj Shrivastava,
Principal Secretary Manoj
Govil, Principal Secretary
Nitesh Vyas, Banks State Co-
ordinator Mahurkar (via VC)
were present at the meeting.
Chouhan said that
Madhya Pradesh is leading in
the country in implementation
of P.M. Swanidhi scheme. As
many as 3.28 lakh applications
of street vendors of the state
have been submitted on P.M.
Swanidhi portal, out of this, 2
lakh have been sanctioned by
the banks and loan to 1.37
lakh street vendors have
already been disbursed. He
instructed that loan against
sanctioned 63 thousand cases
should be disbursed soon.
The Chief Minister has
urged all the street vendors of
the state that those who wish
to avail loan of C10,000 with-
out any guarantee under the
street vendors scheme for their
business, should apply imme-
diately. Loan will be given by
the banks to all eligible street
vendors. The total number of
street vendors in the state is
about 5 lakh. Chief Minister
Shri Chouhan directed to
extend benefits of the scheme
to all eligible beneficiaries.
Chouhan said that 60,233
cases have been sanctioned in
the state so far under the
Chief Minister Rural Street
Vendors Scheme. Out of these,
loans have been disbursed to
39,233 street vendors. There
are a total of 8 lakh 52 thou-
sand 524 beneficiaries in the
state under the scheme. The
Chief Minister directed to
extend benefit of the scheme
to all eligible beneficiaries.
Chouhan said that the
amount will be transferred to
the accounts of the beneficia-
ries against the cases sanc-
tioned under the Rural Street
Vendor scheme on Dhanteras,
November 12.
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The day two of the
Vishwarang Art and
Literature festival 2020 wit-
nessed events at various coun-
tries like USA, UK,
Netherlands, UAE etc.
Vishwarang 2020 at USA start-
ed off with the greetings by the
officials of the Indian
Consulate in NewYork and by
a mesmerizing performance
on ‘Shri Ram Stuti’ by Archana
Joglekar.
The first session of the
day was a talk session about
Indian music where a discus-
sion happened on the works
and life of Lyricist Shailendra,
where his son Manoj
Shailendra and Tejendra
Sharma shared their memories
with Shailendra. Speaking on
the same Tejendra ji said that
in India its more about music,
sur and taal as the real music
comes from our land and
mother earth.
Pranjali Sirsaav was the
moderator of the event. The
event was followed by a semi
classical music performance
by artist AStha Shukla.
Showcasing the widespread
of the Indian dance forms and
how it is way more than that of
only bollywood was the anoth-
er presentation in ‘Nritya
Veethika’ of wonderful dance
by’ Pratidhwani group’- ‘Dance
beyond Bollywood’ directed
by Agastya Kohli in this event
various dances like Oddisi,
kathak, Contemporary,
Bhangra etc were performed
with a fusion of Indian and
Hollywood songs.
Hindi poems were lit for
the second day at Vishwarang
UK, a part of the Vishwarang
International Festival 2020 cel-
ebrating culture, art and liter-
ary heritage.
Richa Jindal, an eminent
poet, charmed everyone with
her poems. She narrated
many small compositions
from her book and enter-
tained and awakened the
audience.
Further in the program,
Aruna Ajitsaria also over-
whelmed everyone with her
works. Lalit Mohan Joshi per-
formed his documentary at
Vishwarang UK. This docu-
mentary was on the topic
East Mate West, Indo British
Cinemato Encounter.
The second day of the
UAE Forum of the World
Heritage International
Festival 2020, celebrating the
culture, art and literary her-
itage of more than 15 coun-
tries, was dedicated to Hindi
writers. Aarti Goyal con-
ducted the program.
The first literary talks
were held on the second day
of the world UAE. Dr.
Pradeep Srivastava was the
chief guest at the literary talk.
Pradeep Shrivastava pre-
sented his views on Hindi and
tourism journalism. He said,
Every person likes to roam
around, not all people who
walk around write it.
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Prime Minister Narendra
Modi on Saturday asked IIT
graduates to recognise the
needs of the country and con-
nect with the changes on the
ground.
Addressing the 51st
Annual Convocation
Ceremony of IIT Delhi as chief
guest via video conferencing,
the PM also asked them to
identify with the aspirations of
the common people in the
context of Atamnirbhar Bharat.
The Prime Minister
encouraged the fresh graduates
to take up the AtmaNirbhar
Campaign that he claimed
gives opportunities to youth,
technocrats and tech-enter-
prise leaders of the country.
The Prime Minister said
post-Covid world is going to be
very different and technology
will play the biggest role in it.
He said Virtual Reality was
never thought of but now
Virtual Reality and Augmented
Reality have become the
Working Reality. He said the
present batch of students has a
first mover advantage to learn
and adapt to the new norms
emerging in the workplace and
he urged them to make most
use of this. He said Covid -19
has taught Globalisation is
important but Self-Reliance is
equally important
He claimed that a
favourable environment has
been created for implementa-
tion of the ideas and innovation
of the technocrats freely and to
scale them and market them
easily. He said that today’s
India is committed to provide
‘ease of doing business’ to its
youth so that they can bring
changes in the life of crores of
their countrymen through their
innovation.
“The country will give you
‘ease of business’ you just work
for ‘ease of living’ of the people
of this country,” Modi said.
He further explained that
this has been the thought
process behind the major
reforms that have been done in
almost every sector in the
recent past. He listed the sec-
tors where opportunities have
been created for innovation
and new start-ups for the first
time due to the reforms.
The Prime Minister said
Other Service Provider (OSP)
guidelines have been simplified
and restrictions have been
removed recently, which would
reduce the Burden of
Compliance for BPO
Industries. He said BPO
Industry has also been exempt-
ed from various requirements
including bank guarantee.
The PM added that provi-
sions that prevented the Tech
Industry from facilities such as
Work From Home or Work
From Anywhere, have also
been removed. This will make
the country’s IT sector global-
ly competitive and will give
more opportunities to young
talent.
The Prime Minister said
India is among the countries
where corporate tax is the low-
est. More than 50 thousand
startups have started in India
since the Start-up India cam-
paign. He listed the outcome of
the Government’s efforts with
respect to promoting startups
like the 4 fold increase in the
number of patents in the coun-
try in the last five years, a 5-fold
increase in trademark regis-
trations. He said over 20 Indian
unicorns have been established
over the years and this number
would increase further in the
next one or two years.
The Prime Minister point-
ed out that today from incu-
bation to funding, Startups are
being helped. He said for fund-
ing of startups, Fund of Funds
has been created with a corpus
of ?10 thousand crores. In
addition for a period of 3
years, startups are offered many
facilities like Tax Exemption,
Self-Certification and Easy exit.
The Prime Minister said
today under the National
Infrastructure Pipeline, invest-
ment of more than ?1 lakh crore
has been planned. This will cre-
ate a state-of-the-art infra-
structure across the country
that will meet the needs of both
present and future. He said
today the country is working in
new ways to achieve maximum
potential in every field.
The Prime Minister also
gave four mantras to the stu-
dents for their workplace- focus
on quality; never compromise;
ensure scalability; make your
innovations work at a mass
scale; assure reliability; build
long-term trust in the market
and bring in adaptability; be
open to change and expect un-
certainty as a way of life.
He said working on these
basic mantras will bring shine
on one’s identity as well as on
brand India, since students are
India’s biggest brand ambas-
sadors. He remarked the work
of the students will give global
recognition to the country’s
product and will accelerate the
efforts of the country.
The Prime Minister said the
country has shown in the recent
past, how technology can be the
most powerful means for the
governance to reach the poor-
est of the poor.
He listed the schemes of the
government which have
reached the poorest of the poor
with the help of technology like
construction of toilets, gas con-
nections etc. He said the coun-
try is making rapid strides in
digital delivery of services and
making the lives of ordinary cit-
izens easier.
He remarked technology
has made last mile delivery effi-
cient and reduced the scope of
corruption. In the case of
Digital Transactions also, India
is far ahead of many countries
of the world and even the
developed countries want to
adopt Indian platforms like
UPI.
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In its first mission this year
amid the COVID-19 pan-
demic, India on Saturday suc-
cessfully launched its latest
earth observation satellite
EOS-01 and nine interna-
tional customer spacecraft on
board a Polar rocket from the
spaceport in Sriharikota. The
pandemic induced lockdown
‘’disturbed 10 missions being
planned by the agency.
The Indian Space
Research Organisations work-
horse Polar Satellite Launch
Vehicle (PSLV-C49) injected
EOS-01, intended for appli-
cations in agriculture, forestry
and disaster management
support and other satellites
one by one in orbit around 20
minutes after lift-off from
the Satish Dhawan Space
Centre (SDSC), about 110
km from Chennai, at 3.12 pm.
The nine customer satel-
lites are from the USA,
Lithuania and Luxembourg.
ISRO Chairman K Sivan
described the mission as a
“success” and termed it as
“unusual” for ISRO as a rock-
et launch cannot happen like
‘’work from home’’ and all
engineers and technicians had
to travel from different cen-
tres and work together at
Sriharikota for rocket launch-
es.
“Today, I am extremely
happy to declare that PSLV-
C49 successfully placed earth
observation satellite EOS-01
as well as nine customer satel-
lites precisely into 575 kms
orbit,” he said at the mission
control centre.
Subsequent to the suc-
cessful launch, the primary
satellite commenced operat-
ing its own functions includ-
ing deployment of solar pan-
els, Sivan added.
In view of the pandemic,
ISRO implemented precau-
tions for COVID-19 and sci-
entists, mission directors, pro-
ject directors, were seen with
face masks and maintaining
social distancing at the mis-
sion control centre. There
was no gathering of media
persons and the public view-
ing gallery too was closed.
ISRO made arrangements for
live telecast of the launch
through various platforms,
including its website and
social media sites.
In a text book sequence,
the four stage 44.5-metre tall
PSLV-C49, in its 51st flight,
blasted off from the first
launch pad of SDSC at 3.12
pm at the end of the 26-hour
countdown and soared into
the sky. The launch, original-
ly scheduled for 3.02 PM, was
delayed slightly as the scien-
tists before lift-off “decided to
put it on hold following debris
on the path of the rocket and
inclement weather condi-
tions.”
After the 10 minute delay,
the rocket blasted off amid
heavy rain leaving a trail of
orange fumes before vanish-
ing into thick clouds over the
spaceport. After a flawless
flight with all four stages per-
forming as programmed, the
rocket first injected primary
satellite EOS-01 into orbit
around 15 minutes after lift
off, followed by the customer
spacecraft as the mood at the
mission control centre turned
jubilant with scientists break-
ing into cheers.
PSLV Mission Director S
R Biju announced that all the
10 satellites were separated
and were placed into desired
orbits.
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The Enforcement
Directorate (ED) on
Saturday conducted searches at
the residential premises of for-
mer functionaries of
Comunidade of Serula in a
money laundering case related
to illegal allotment of plots as
well as illegal acquisition of
land belonging to the
Comunidade of Serula, Goa.
Those whose premises
were searched are Agnelo C.
Lobo, former Attorney of
Comunidade of Serula, his
brother Reginaldo Lobo, for-
mer official of the
Comunidade, Joseph D’Sa, for-
mer clerk, and Rajesh Suhas
Verenkar, under the provisions
of Prevention of Money
Laundering Act (PMLA) in
illegal allotment of plots as well
as illegal acquisition of land
belonging to Comunidade of
Serula in Goa.
PMLA investigation was
initiated by the ED on the
basis of FIRs registered by the
Crime Branch, Goa Police.
According to the FIRs, the
members of Managing
Committee of Comunidade
of Serula were involved in
illegal allotment of plots by
fraudulently citing and using
duplicate file numbers per-
taining to files of Offices of
various Administrators of
Comunidades and Gazette
Notifications of Government
of Goa, thereby cheating the
Comunidade of Serula and
other authorities.
“During the course of
searches, incriminating docu-
ments and records relating to
the illegal allotment/acquisi-
tion of plots/land
belonging to the Comunidade
of Serula have been seized,” the
ED said in a statement here on
Saturday.
The incriminating docu-
ments, the agency said, include
old blank Indian stamp papers
of 1960s, old blank papers hav-
ing Portuguese stamps used
for making forged documents
and Deeds of Sale used for ille-
gal acquisition of land belong-
ing to Comunidade of Serula.
The documents seized also
include old registers belonging
to the office of Administrator
of Comunidades, Bardez,
Government of Goa which
were being used for the pur-
pose of illegal allotment of
plots, the agency said.
The ED is conducting fur-
ther investigation in coordi-
nation with the Crime Branch,
Goa Police.
The Comunidades of Goa
were a form of land
association developed in Goa
where land-ownership was
collectively held, but con-
trolled by the male descen-
dants of those who claimed to
be the founders of the village.
It was the predominant form
of landholding in Goa before
1961.
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The Election Commission
on Saturday said that the
polling percentage recorded
in the by-elections to Lilong
and Wangjing-Tentha seats in
Thoubal district, Saitu in
Kangpokpi and Wangoi in
Imphal West in Manipur was
91.54 per cent. The by-elections
were necessitated after
Congress MLAs of the four
constituencies resigned from
the state Legislative Assembly,
quit the party and joined the
BJP.
According to the EC, the
polling percentage at Lilong
was recorded at 93.29, Saitu at
90.88 per cent, Wangjing
Tentha at 90.86 per cent and
91.19 per cent was recorded at
Wangoi. The Kuki
Revolutionary Army (KRA)
has been alleged of threatening
voters to vote for BJP. A video
that has gone viral shows a
woman from Leimakhong cry-
ing as she wasn’t unable to vote
as per her choice. The EC offi-
cial said that 11 candidates
from the ruling Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP), Indian
National Congress (INC) and
National People’s Party (NPP)
are in the fray, including three
independent candidates.
The ruling BJP is contest-
ing in three seats and support-
ing an independent candidate
in Lilong assembly segment,
while the opposition Congress
is in the fray in all four con-
stituencies.
The Wangoi assembly seg-
ment will witness an interest-
ing battle as the National
People’s Party (NPP), a coali-
tion partner of the BJP-led
Government in the state, has
fielded its candidate against the
nominees of the Congress and
the saffron camp.
The counting will be con-
ducted on November 10.
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Noting that the coronavirus
pandemic presented a
unique challenge for the poll
panel in holding safe elections,
Election Commissioner Sushil
Chandra on Saturday said var-
ious facilities were extended to
COVID-19 patients to cast
their vote in the Bihar
Assembly polls, including
postal ballot facility and exten-
sion of polling time. He said the
Election Commission cannot
remain “silent” to situations
where persons suffering from
COVID-19 are unable to exer-
cise their democratic right.
“This time, besides senior
citizens and women, we had to
make additional arrangements
for COVID patients... We
extended polling time by one
hour,” he said addressing an
event. Chandra said though
postal ballot facility was
extended, any person wanting
to cast vote at the polling sta-
tion was free to do so.
“Our polling officials were
fully equipped with PPE kits
and other measures to handle
the situation,” he said. Many
people suffering from COVID-
19 came to cast their votes in
all the three phases on October
28, November 3 and November
7 (Saturday).
“We cannot remain silent,
we cannot remain spectators
that a person suffering from
COVID ... and he be deprived
of casting vote. That is the basic
theme of EC,” he said. Chandra
said the voter turnout in the
first two phases has dispelled all
fears and doubts, adding the
voters of Bihar have defeated
the fear of virus as they came
out in large numbers.
In its broad guidelines
issued in August for holding
polls amid the pandemic, the
poll panel extended the option
of postal ballot for electors who
are marked as persons with dis-
abilities and those above 80
years. Electors who are
COVID-19 positive or are sus-
pected of having the infection
and in quarantine at home or
at an institution were also
allowed to exercise the postal
ballot option.
An official
explained that this
postal ballot facility is
different from the one
extended to service
voters. Here, those
willing to use the facil-
ity have to fill up a
form. Officials then
carry the ballot to the
residence of such vot-
ers and videograph
the voting to ensure trans-
parency.
“COVID-19 patients who
are quarantined will be allowed
to cast their vote at the last hour
of the poll day at their respec-
tive polling stations, under the
supervision of health authori-
ties... Sector magistrates shall
coordinate this in their allo-
cated polling stations,” the
guidelines said.
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TheSupremeCourthasstayed
a Delhi High Court order
asking cash-strapped airlines
SpiceJet to deposit around C243
crore as interest in connection
withasharetransferdisputewith
its former promoter and media
baron Kalanithi Maran and his
firm KAL Airways.
A bench comprising Chief
Justice S A Bobde and justices A
S Bopanna and V
Ramasubramanian also issued
notices to Kalanithi Maran and
his firm on an appeal of SpiceJet
Ltdanditspromoterfiledagainst
the September 2 order of the
Delhi High Court.
“Issue notice returnable
withinfourweeks.Thereshallbe
a stay of operation of the
impugned order until further
orders,” said the bench in its
order after hearing both parties
viavideoconferencingonFriday.
SpiceJet and its promoter
AjaySinghwereaskedtodeposit
around C243 crore as interest
payableonC579crore,whichthe
highcourthadin2017askedthe
airlinetodepositunderthe2018
arbitration award in the share
transfer dispute.
The high court had granted
six weeks to SpiceJet Ltd to
makethepaymentandthedead-
lineforpayingthemoney,asper
the September 2 order, expired
on October 14.
After this, Maran and his
firm had moved the high court
for attachment of the entire
shareholdingofSinghinSpicejet
andtakingoverthemanagement
for non-payment of C243 crore.
The top court took note of
the appeal of the Spicejet and
passed an interim order staying
the high court order.
MaranandKALhadmoved
the high court over a share
transfer dispute with SpiceJet,
demanding that 18 crore war-
rantsredeemableasequityshares
be transferred to them.
The high court on July 29,
2016 had asked both parties to
settle the share transfer dispute
under arbitration. It had direct-
ed SpiceJet and Singh to deposit
C579 crore in the high court’’s
registry.
SpiceJet was permitted to
furnish a bank guarantee for
C329 crore and make a cash
deposit of the remaining sum of
C250 crore by the high court.
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India’s COVID-19 caseload
mounted to 84,62,080 with
50,356 infections being report-
ed in a day, while the number
of people who have recuperat-
ed from the disease crossed 78
lakh pushing the national
recovery rate to 92.41 per cent,
according to data updated by
the Union Health Ministry on
Saturday.
The coronavirus death toll
climbed to 1,25,562 with 577
new fatalities, the data updat-
ed at 8 am showed.
A total of 78,19,886 people
have recuperated from
COVID-19 so far pushing the
national recovery rate to 92.41
per cent, while the case fatali-
ty rate has further declined to
1.48 per cent.
The number of active cases
of COVID-19 remained below
6 lakh for the ninth consecu-
tive day.
There are 5,16,632 active
cases of coronavirus infection
in the country as on date
which comprises 6.11 per cent
of the total caseload, the data
stated.
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Questioning the very inten-
tion behind the previous
Devendra Fadnavis
Government’s decision to
choose Aarey colony as the
venue for Mumbai Metro-III
car shed, the Maharashtra
Congress charged that the then
ruling BJP wanted to com-
mercially exploit part of the
land at Aarey colony.
Giving a dimension to the
MVA Government’s decision to
shift the Mumbai Metro-III car
from Aarey colony to
Kanjurmarg, the Congress
alleged that the previous BJP-
led Devendra Fadnavis gov-
ernment had chosen Aarey
colony as venue for the metro-
3 car shed project “only from
a commercial point of view”.
A day after he claimed
that it was the previous BJP-
led government that had
planned to shift the project to
Kanjurmarg and that there
was no dispute over the land
as was being made out by the
Opposition BJP now,
Maharashtra state Congress’
general secretary and
spokesperson Sachin Sawant
said: “The proposal for the
Kanjurmarg site was deliber-
ately rejected. It has now
been proved that a private
person will have to be paid
C5,000 crore for the
Kanjurmarg land was a lie
floated by the Fadnavis
Government”.
Sawant charged that that
despite knowing that the
metro project in Aarey
Colony required only 20
hectares of land, the previous
Devendra Fadnavis govern-
ment had allocated 62
hectares of land for the pro-
ject so that it could exploit the
remaining 41 hectares of land.
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