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T he seventh round of talks between protesting farmers’ unions and the Government failed to end the impasse on Monday as the Government ruled out rollback of the three agricultural laws and the farmer leaders refused to call off their agitation till that hap- pens. The next round of talks will be held on January 8. According to farmers’ leader Sarwan Singh Pandher of the Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee, the Union Ministers have clearly said that the laws will not be repealed. “The Ministers even told us to approach the Supreme Court for repeal of the laws,” he said. The farmer lead- ers said they will continue with their agitation till the laws are repealed. The Government, repre- sented by Union Ministers Narendra Singh Tomar, Piyush Goyal and Som Prakash, told the delegation of 41 partici- pating union leaders that it would review any clause the protesters have a problem with. The Ministers also asked the farmer leaders to point out what they considered objec- tionable in the legislations. The Government has main- tained that these apprehen- sions are misplaced and has ruled out repealing the laws. Sources said the Government has offered a joint committee on minimum sup- port price for crops to discuss the farmers’ demand for legal- ising it, but the union leaders remained adamant on dis- cussing the repeal of the farm laws. During the meeting, the Government listed various benefits from the three laws, enacted a few months ago, but farmers kept insisting that the legislation must be withdrawn to address their apprehensions that the new Acts would weak- en the MSP and mandi system and leave them at the mercy of big corporates. After the meeting, Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said the Government is sensitive about farmers’ issues and offered clause-wise discussion on the three Acts but they could not reach a conclusion. “We are hopeful that we can find a solution in the next meeting on January 8,” Tomar said but asserted that efforts need to be made from both sides for a solution to be reached (taali dono haathon se bajti hai). “The meeting was held in good atmosphere but farmers were adamant on their demands and we could not arrive at any conclusion. The Government wanted a clause- wise discussion on the legisla- tions to take forward the talks,” he said. “Several rounds of talks are held during such important issues. The Government has to decide keeping in mind farm- ers of the entire country. Both sides want to resolve the issue. The laws have been made keep- ing in mind the best interest of farmers,” Tomar added. The first two hours of talks focussed only on the three laws and the other key demand of farmers for a legal guaran- tee to the MSP procurement system did not come up for dis- cussions. Sources said before the meeting at Vigyan Bhavan began, both parties observed a two-minute silence as a mark of tribute to the 50 protesting farmers who died during the agitation. Farmer leaders, however, alleged that it was the Government’s “ego problem” that was coming in the way of resolving the issues and they insisted they would not relent on their key demands for the repeal of the three laws and a legal guarantee for the MSP (minimum support price) sys- tem for procurement of their crops. The Government is not interested in resolving the issue, claimed farmer leaders. From the very beginning of the meeting, union leaders kept on insisting on the repeal of the three contentious farm laws and the two sides took a long break after just about one hour of discussions. Farmer leaders said the Government informed them that it needs to consult internally and there- after it would come back to the unions. During the meeting, farmers categorically told the Ministers that they don’t want clause by clause discussions on three farm laws. “We have already rejected any alternative to repeal. We want quick withdrawal of these laws and it can be done through Ordinance when Parliament is not in session,” the union leaders said. Farmers’ leader of Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU), Rakesh Tikait said that ‘Kanun wapsi nahi, to ghar wapsi nahi’ (We will not go home until the laws are withdrawn). The union leaders will also have their own meeting on Tuesday to decide their next course of action. Continued on Page 11 A total of 38 people have test- ed positive for the new UK variant of SARS-CoV-2 in India so far, the Union Health Ministry said on Monday. These include the 29 cases which were announced till Friday. All these people have been kept in single-room iso- lation in designated health- care facilities by respective State Governments and their close contacts have also been put under quarantine, the Ministry said. Of the 38, the mutated UK strain was detected in eight samples at the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), New Delhi, 11 in the Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB), Delhi, one in the National Institute of Biomedical Genomics, Kalyani (near Kolkata). The other five samples were detected in the National Institute of Virology in Pune, three in Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) in Hyderabad and 10 were sequenced at the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences Hospital (NIMHANS), Bengaluru. The NCBS, InSTEM in Bengaluru, CDFD in Hyderabad, ILS in Bhubaneswar and NCCS in Pune have so far found no UK mutant virus, the Ministry said. “A total of 38 samples have been found to be positive with the new UK variant genome,” the Ministry said. It said comprehensive con- tact tracing has been initiated for co-travellers, family con- tacts and others. Genome sequencing on other speci- mens is going on, it added. “The situation is under careful watch and regular advice is being provided to the States for enhanced surveil- lance, containment, testing and dispatch of samples to INSACOG labs,” the Ministry stated. The presence of the new UK variant has already been reported by Denmark, Netherlands, Australia, Italy, Sweden, France, Spain, Switzerland, Germany, Canada, Japan, Lebanon and Singapore. L auding scientists and tech- nicians for coming out with India’ indigenously developed Covid-19 vaccine, Prime Minister Modi on Monday said world’s biggest vaccination drive against coronavirus is set to begin in the country. “World’s biggest Covid-19 vaccination programme set to begin in India. For this, the country is proud of the contri- butions of its scientists and technicians,” Modi said. He was addressing scientists at the National Metrology Conclave. Asserting that “Made in India” products should not only have a global demand but also global acceptance, the PM said, adding, “Quality is as much important as quantity, our standards should rise with our scale in our quest for Aatmanirbhar Bharat.” Modi said in any progres- sive society, research is key and effective and its effects are commercial and social. They also help widen approach and thinking. “We do not want to fill the world with Indian products, but we must win the hearts of every customer of Indian prod- ucts in every corner of the world,” he said. Quality of services in our country and products, both public or private sector will determine India’s strength in the world, he reiterated. The Prime Minister point- ed out that historically any country has progressed in direct correlation to its effort to promote science. He termed this “value creation cycle” of science, technology and indus- try. He said scientific invention creates technology and this leads to industry development. Industry, in turn, invests fur- ther in science for new research. “This value creation cycle of science to mass creation has become all the more important in today’s world when the country is moving forward with the goal of ‘Aatmanirbhar’ India. CSIR will have to play its role in this,” he said. Modi also dedicated the National Atomic Timescale and Bhartiya Nirdeshak Dravya Pranali to the nation and laid the foundation stone of the National Environmental Standards Laboratory through video conference. The con- clave was organised by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-National Physical Laboratory (CSIR- NPL), New Delhi, on its 75th year of inception. The NPL is one of the oldest laboratories in the country. Modi said metrology also sets the foundation for any sci- entific achievement and no research can proceed without measurements. “Even our achievement has to be measured on some scale. The credibility of the country in the world will be dependent on the reliability of its metrol- ogy. Metrology is like a mirror showing us our standing in the world, the scope for improve- ment,” said the PM. T he Government will have to shell out between 219 to 292 per shot of Covishield vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford and sold and man- ufactured by Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII) in the country. The SII has a licence to produce the shot and has already manufactured close to 50 million doses. The Government has plans to roll out the vaccination drive at the earliest with at least 3 crore health workers and corona warriors to be given the jab in the first phase. However, the Covishield vaccine is likely to cost 1,000 per dose when it is available in the open market and for private use. As of now, the SII cannot export or sell in the open mar- ket its Covid-19 vaccine. Adar Poonawalla, chief executive officer of the SII, has said that the vaccine manufac- turer is likely to charge a spe- cial price of 200 per dose for the first 100 million jabs, which it will supply to the Government. Indian drug regulator on Sunday approved Covishield and Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin for restricted emergency use in the country. “We want the vac- cine to be affordable and acces- sible to all. The Government of India will receive it at a far more affordable price of $3-4, since they will be buying in a larger volume,” he said. Poonawalla, said the pri- ority supplies will go to India and the GAVI (Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization) nations. Only after meeting their requirements, “the private mar- ket will open up where the pric- ing would be $6-8 per dose,” he said. Serum will have 100 mil- lion doses in a month, and will possibly double it by April. The Government has indi- cated that it may need 300 mil- lion doses before July 2021, with frontline health workers and the elderly given priority. Continued on Page 11 A day after the DCGI’s deci- sion to approve Covaxin kicked up a major row with a string of experts pointing to the lack of its efficacy data, its developer Bharat Biotech hit out on Monday at critics assert- ing that the company was in “no way” inferior to Pfizer, a US pharma MNC, in terms of coronavirus vaccine. Bharat Biotech managing director Dr Krishna Ella clar- ified the phase 3 trial in India will be over in the next two- three days and the data should be available by February or March. While claiming that Bharat Biotech is the only firm to have published five articles on the Covid-19 vaccine process, Dr Ella at a virtual Press confer- ence also questioned Serum Institute of India’s Covishield authorisation in the absence of phase 3 data from Indian trials. “They don’t have any immunogenicity data — why were they given the licence? They have been given licences based on the UK data. Where is their Indian data?” Dr Ella asked without naming SII. Dr Ella also took an oppor- tunity to slam AIIMS director Dr Randeep Guleria for his comment regarding the use of Covaxin as a “backup”. “I don’t understand what is ‘backup’. On TV, everyone can sling mud at each other. We are all now cleaning our coats. There is no backup for humans. No backup for virus,” Dr Ella said. “I have not got any Gates Foundation money. Still, we have taken the risk and man- ufactured 20 million doses. We are an Indian company struggling alone,” he said. On Sunday the DCGI granted “restricted use in an emergency situation in public interest” to Covaxin and AstraZeneca-Oxford University’s Covishield, which will be produced by Pune- based SII. The drug regulator and the Hyderabad firm has been drawing flak for getting approval for the Covaxin with experts flagging the lack of phase III trial data and others questioning the drug’s efficacy, branding it “... safe, like water”. Continued on Page 11 T he Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a chargesheet against former Chhattisgarh cadre IAS officer Babulal Agrawal in a money laundering case involving attachment of properties worth about 64 crore. Besides Agrawal, his broth- ers Ashok Kumar Agrawal and Pawan Kumar Agrawal, who are also Directors of Prime Ispat Ltd, Raipur, Sunil Agrawal (Chartered Accountant) and others were charged by the ED under Prevention of Money Laundering Act in a case relat- ing to corruption, cheating and forgery. Continued on Page 11 T ech billionaire and Alibaba founder Jack Ma has “dis- appeared” from public life and has not been spotted for at least two months amid the conflict with the Chinese regulators. The Financial Times reported that Ma was recently replaced as a judge in the final of TV show “Africa’s Business Heroes”. “His photograph was removed from the judging webpage,” the report claimed. The final took place in November, shortly after Ma “made a candid speech criti- cising China’s regulators and its state-owned banks”. Continued on Page 11 H imachal Pradesh on Monday became the fourth state to report cases of bird flu after Rajasthan, Kerala and Madhya Pradesh, with officials confirming that migra- tory birds found dead at Pong Dam Lake in Kangra district have tested positive for the dreaded avian influenza. In Rajasthan, deaths of more than 170 new birds were reported from some districts on Monday, taking the total fatal- ities in recent days to over 425. Bird flu has been confirmed only in Jhalawar (district). Continued on Page 11 T hree civic officials were arrested on Monday over the collapse of a crematorium roof that claimed 24 lives here as tension spiralled in the area with the families of the victims blocking the Delhi-Meerut highway by placing two bodies on the road to press for their demand for higher compensa- tion. They lifted the blockade and agreed to cremate the bod- ies after hours of protest as offi- cials agreed for 10 lakh com- pensation and a government job for each victim’s family, Superintendent of Police (Rural) Iraj Raja said. Continued on Page 11 I ndia’s multi-billion dollar deal to purchase the Russian- made S-400 air defence system may trigger US sanctions on New Delhi, a US Congressional report has warned. The Congressional Research Service (CRS) — an independent and bipartisan research wing of US Congress — in its latest report to Congress, said India is “eager for more technology-sharing and co-production initiatives, while the United States urges more reforms in India’s defence offsets policy and higher Foreign Direct Investment caps in its defence sector.” Continued on Page 11 U S President Donald Trump, in an extraordi- nary one-hour phone call, told Georgia’s election chief to reverse President-elect Joe Biden’s win and urged him to “find” enough votes to overturn his defeat in the swing state in the November 3 election, according to a secretly-record- ed audio of the conversation posted by a major American media outlet. The Washington Post reported that during the phone call on Saturday Trump urged fellow Republican Brad Raffensperger, the Georgia sec- retary of state, to “find” enough votes to overturn his defeat, a development that legal scholars described as a flagrant abuse of power and a potential criminal act. “The people of Georgia are angry, the people in the country are angry. And there’s nothing wrong with saying, you know, that you’ve recalculated,” Trump told Raffensperger. “All I want to do is this. I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have. Because we won the state,” he said. Trump lost the election in Georgia by 11,779 votes. Continued on Page 11
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    The seventh round of talksbetween protesting farmers’unions and the Governmentfailed to end the impasse onMonday as the Governmentruled out rollback of the threeagricultural laws and thefarmer leaders refused to calloff their agitation till that hap-pens. The next round of talkswill be held on January 8.

    According to farmers’leader Sarwan Singh Pandherof the Kisan MazdoorSangharsh Committee, theUnion Ministers have clearlysaid that the laws will not berepealed. “The Ministers eventold us to approach theSupreme Court for repeal of thelaws,” he said. The farmer lead-ers said they will continuewith their agitation till thelaws are repealed.

    The Government, repre-sented by Union MinistersNarendra Singh Tomar, PiyushGoyal and Som Prakash, toldthe delegation of 41 partici-pating union leaders that itwould review any clause theprotesters have a problem with.The Ministers also asked thefarmer leaders to point outwhat they considered objec-tionable in the legislations.The Government has main-tained that these apprehen-

    sions are misplaced and hasruled out repealing the laws.

    Sources said theGovernment has offered a jointcommittee on minimum sup-port price for crops to discussthe farmers’ demand for legal-ising it, but the union leadersremained adamant on dis-cussing the repeal of the farmlaws. During the meeting, theGovernment listed various

    benefits from the three laws,enacted a few months ago, butfarmers kept insisting that thelegislation must be withdrawnto address their apprehensionsthat the new Acts would weak-en the MSP and mandi systemand leave them at the mercy ofbig corporates.

    After the meeting, UnionAgriculture Minister NarendraSingh Tomar said the

    Government is sensitive aboutfarmers’ issues and offeredclause-wise discussion on thethree Acts but they could notreach a conclusion.

    “We are hopeful that wecan find a solution in the nextmeeting on January 8,” Tomarsaid but asserted that effortsneed to be made from bothsides for a solution to bereached (taali dono haathon se

    bajti hai). “The meeting washeld in good atmosphere butfarmers were adamant on theirdemands and we could notarrive at any conclusion. TheGovernment wanted a clause-wise discussion on the legisla-tions to take forward the talks,”he said.

    “Several rounds of talks areheld during such importantissues. The Government has todecide keeping in mind farm-ers of the entire country. Bothsides want to resolve the issue.The laws have been made keep-ing in mind the best interest offarmers,” Tomar added.

    The first two hours of talksfocussed only on the threelaws and the other key demandof farmers for a legal guaran-tee to the MSP procurementsystem did not come up for dis-cussions.

    Sources said before themeeting at Vigyan Bhavanbegan, both parties observed atwo-minute silence as a markof tribute to the 50 protestingfarmers who died during theagitation.

    Farmer leaders, however,alleged that it was theGovernment’s “ego problem”that was coming in the way ofresolving the issues and theyinsisted they would not relenton their key demands for therepeal of the three laws and a

    legal guarantee for the MSP(minimum support price) sys-tem for procurement of theircrops. The Government is notinterested in resolving the issue,claimed farmer leaders.

    From the very beginning ofthe meeting, union leaderskept on insisting on the repealof the three contentious farmlaws and the two sides took along break after just about onehour of discussions. Farmerleaders said the Governmentinformed them that it needs toconsult internally and there-after it would come back to theunions. During the meeting,farmers categorically told theMinisters that they don’t wantclause by clause discussions onthree farm laws.

    “We have already rejectedany alternative to repeal. Wewant quick withdrawal of theselaws and it can be donethrough Ordinance whenParliament is not in session,”the union leaders said.

    Farmers’ leader ofBharatiya Kisan Union (BKU),Rakesh Tikait said that ‘Kanunwapsi nahi, to ghar wapsi nahi’(We will not go home until thelaws are withdrawn). Theunion leaders will also havetheir own meeting on Tuesdayto decide their next course ofaction.

    Continued on Page 11

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    Atotal of 38 people have test-ed positive for the new UKvariant of SARS-CoV-2 inIndia so far, the Union HealthMinistry said on Monday.

    These include the 29 caseswhich were announced tillFriday. All these people havebeen kept in single-room iso-lation in designated health-care facilities by respectiveState Governments and theirclose contacts have also beenput under quarantine, theMinistry said.

    Of the 38, the mutatedUK strain was detected in eight

    samples at the National Centrefor Disease Control (NCDC),New Delhi, 11 in the Instituteof Genomics and IntegrativeBiology (IGIB), Delhi, one inthe National Institute ofBiomedical Genomics, Kalyani(near Kolkata).

    The other five sampleswere detected in the NationalInstitute of Virology in Pune,three in Centre for Cellular andMolecular Biology (CCMB) inHyderabad and 10 weresequenced at the NationalInstitute of Mental Health andNeuro Sciences Hospital(NIMHANS), Bengaluru.

    The NCBS, InSTEM inBengaluru, CDFD inHyderabad, ILS inBhubaneswar and NCCS inPune have so far found no UKmutant virus, the Ministrysaid.

    “A total of 38 samples havebeen found to be positive withthe new UK variant genome,”the Ministry said.

    It said comprehensive con-tact tracing has been initiatedfor co-travellers, family con-tacts and others. Genomesequencing on other speci-mens is going on, it added.

    “The situation is undercareful watch and regularadvice is being provided to theStates for enhanced surveil-lance, containment, testing anddispatch of samples toINSACOG labs,” the Ministrystated.

    The presence of the newUK variant has already beenreported by Denmark,Netherlands, Australia, Italy,Sweden, France, Spain,Switzerland, Germany, Canada,Japan, Lebanon and Singapore.

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    Lauding scientists and tech-nicians for coming out withIndia’ indigenously developedCovid-19 vaccine, PrimeMinister Modi on Mondaysaid world’s biggest vaccinationdrive against coronavirus isset to begin in the country.

    “World’s biggest Covid-19vaccination programme set tobegin in India. For this, thecountry is proud of the contri-butions of its scientists andtechnicians,” Modi said. Hewas addressing scientists atthe National MetrologyConclave.

    Asserting that “Made inIndia” products should notonly have a global demand butalso global acceptance, the PMsaid, adding, “Quality is asmuch important as quantity,our standards should rise withour scale in our quest forAatmanirbhar Bharat.”

    Modi said in any progres-sive society, research is key andeffective and its effects arecommercial and social. Theyalso help widen approach andthinking.

    “We do not want to fill theworld with Indian products,but we must win the hearts ofevery customer of Indian prod-

    ucts in every corner of theworld,” he said.

    Quality of services in ourcountry and products, bothpublic or private sector willdetermine India’s strength inthe world, he reiterated.

    The Prime Minister point-ed out that historically anycountry has progressed indirect correlation to its effort topromote science. He termedthis “value creation cycle” ofscience, technology and indus-try. He said scientific inventioncreates technology and thisleads to industry development.Industry, in turn, invests fur-ther in science for newresearch.

    “This value creation cycleof science to mass creation hasbecome all the more importantin today’s world when thecountry is moving forwardwith the goal of ‘Aatmanirbhar’India. CSIR will have to play itsrole in this,” he said.

    Modi also dedicated the

    National Atomic Timescaleand Bhartiya Nirdeshak DravyaPranali to the nation and laidthe foundation stone of theNational EnvironmentalStandards Laboratory throughvideo conference. The con-clave was organised by theCouncil of Scientific andIndustrial Research-NationalPhysical Laboratory (CSIR-NPL), New Delhi, on its 75thyear of inception. The NPL isone of the oldest laboratories inthe country.

    Modi said metrology alsosets the foundation for any sci-entific achievement and noresearch can proceed withoutmeasurements.

    “Even our achievement hasto be measured on some scale.The credibility of the countryin the world will be dependenton the reliability of its metrol-ogy. Metrology is like a mirrorshowing us our standing in theworld, the scope for improve-ment,” said the PM.

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    The Government will have toshell out between �219 to�292 per shot of Covishieldvaccine developed byAstraZeneca and the Universityof Oxford and sold and man-ufactured by Pune-basedSerum Institute of India (SII) inthe country. The SII has alicence to produce the shot andhas already manufactured closeto 50 million doses.

    The Government has plansto roll out the vaccinationdrive at the earliest with at least3 crore health workers andcorona warriors to be given thejab in the first phase.

    However, the Covishieldvaccine is likely to cost �1,000per dose when it is available inthe open market and for privateuse. As of now, the SII cannotexport or sell in the open mar-ket its Covid-19 vaccine.

    Adar Poonawalla, chief

    executive officer of the SII, hassaid that the vaccine manufac-turer is likely to charge a spe-cial price of �200 per dose forthe first 100 million jabs, whichit will supply to theGovernment.

    Indian drug regulator onSunday approved Covishieldand Bharat Biotech’s Covaxinfor restricted emergency use inthe country. “We want the vac-cine to be affordable and acces-sible to all. The Government ofIndia will receive it at a farmore affordable price of $3-4,since they will be buying in alarger volume,” he said.

    Poonawalla, said the pri-ority supplies will go to Indiaand the GAVI (Global Alliancefor Vaccines andImmunization) nations.

    Only after meeting theirrequirements, “the private mar-ket will open up where the pric-ing would be $6-8 per dose,” hesaid. Serum will have 100 mil-lion doses in a month, and willpossibly double it by April.

    The Government has indi-cated that it may need 300 mil-lion doses before July 2021,with frontline health workersand the elderly given priority.

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    Aday after the DCGI’s deci-sion to approve Covaxinkicked up a major row with astring of experts pointing to thelack of its efficacy data, itsdeveloper Bharat Biotech hitout on Monday at critics assert-ing that the company was in“no way” inferior to Pfizer, a USpharma MNC, in terms ofcoronavirus vaccine.

    Bharat Biotech managingdirector Dr Krishna Ella clar-ified the phase 3 trial in Indiawill be over in the next two-three days and the data shouldbe available by February orMarch.

    While claiming that BharatBiotech is the only firm to havepublished five articles on theCovid-19 vaccine process, DrElla at a virtual Press confer-ence also questioned SerumInstitute of India’s Covishieldauthorisation in the absence ofphase 3 data from Indian trials.

    “They don’t have anyimmunogenicity data — whywere they given the licence?They have been given licencesbased on the UK data. Whereis their Indian data?” Dr Ellaasked without naming SII.

    Dr Ella also took an oppor-tunity to slam AIIMS director

    Dr Randeep Guleria for hiscomment regarding the use ofCovaxin as a “backup”.

    “I don’t understand what is‘backup’. On TV, everyone cansling mud at each other. We areall now cleaning our coats.There is no backup for humans.No backup for virus,” Dr Ellasaid.

    “I have not got any GatesFoundation money. Still, wehave taken the risk and man-ufactured 20 million doses.We are an Indian companystruggling alone,” he said.

    On Sunday the DCGIgranted “restricted use in anemergency situation in publicinterest” to Covaxin andA s t r a Z e n e c a - O x f o r dUniversity’s Covishield, whichwill be produced by Pune-based SII.

    The drug regulator andthe Hyderabad firm has beendrawing f lak for gettingapproval for the Covaxin withexperts flagging the lack ofphase III trial data and othersquestioning the drug’s efficacy,branding it “... safe, like water”.

    Continued on Page 11

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    The EnforcementDirectorate (ED) has fileda chargesheet against formerChhattisgarh cadre IAS officerBabulal Agrawal in a moneylaundering case involvingattachment of properties worthabout �64 crore.

    Besides Agrawal, his broth-ers Ashok Kumar Agrawal andPawan Kumar Agrawal, whoare also Directors of PrimeIspat Ltd, Raipur, Sunil Agrawal(Chartered Accountant) andothers were charged by the EDunder Prevention of MoneyLaundering Act in a case relat-ing to corruption, cheatingand forgery.

    Continued on Page 11

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    Tech billionaire and Alibabafounder Jack Ma has “dis-appeared” from public life andhas not been spotted for at leasttwo months amid the conflictwith the Chinese regulators.

    The Financial Timesreported that Ma was recentlyreplaced as a judge in the finalof TV show “Africa’s BusinessHeroes”. “His photograph wasremoved from the judgingwebpage,” the report claimed.

    The final took place inNovember, shortly after Ma“made a candid speech criti-cising China’s regulators and itsstate-owned banks”.

    Continued on Page 11

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    Himachal Pradesh onMonday became thefourth state to report cases ofbird flu after Rajasthan, Keralaand Madhya Pradesh, withofficials confirming that migra-tory birds found dead at PongDam Lake in Kangra districthave tested positive for thedreaded avian influenza.

    In Rajasthan, deaths ofmore than 170 new birds werereported from some districts onMonday, taking the total fatal-ities in recent days to over 425.Bird flu has been confirmedonly in Jhalawar (district).

    Continued on Page 11

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    Three civic officials werearrested on Monday overthe collapse of a crematoriumroof that claimed 24 lives hereas tension spiralled in the areawith the families of the victimsblocking the Delhi-Meeruthighway by placing two bodieson the road to press for theirdemand for higher compensa-tion.

    They lifted the blockadeand agreed to cremate the bod-ies after hours of protest as offi-cials agreed for �10 lakh com-pensation and a governmentjob for each victim’s family,Superintendent of Police(Rural) Iraj Raja said.

    Continued on Page 11

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    India’s multi-billion dollardeal to purchase the Russian-made S-400 air defence systemmay trigger US sanctions onNew Delhi, a US Congressionalreport has warned.

    The CongressionalResearch Service (CRS) — anindependent and bipartisanresearch wing of US Congress— in its latest report toCongress, said India is “eagerfor more technology-sharingand co-production initiatives,while the United States urgesmore reforms in India’s defenceoffsets policy and higherForeign Direct Investment capsin its defence sector.”

    Continued on Page 11

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    US President DonaldTrump, in an extraordi-nary one-hour phone call, toldGeorgia’s election chief toreverse President-elect JoeBiden’s win and urged him to“find” enough votes to overturnhis defeat in the swing state inthe November 3 election,according to a secretly-record-ed audio of the conversationposted by a major Americanmedia outlet.

    The Washington Postreported that during the phonecall on Saturday Trump urgedfellow Republican BradRaffensperger, the Georgia sec-

    retary of state, to “find” enoughvotes to overturn his defeat, adevelopment that legal scholarsdescribed as a flagrant abuse ofpower and a potential criminalact.

    “The people of Georgiaare angry, the people in thecountry are angry. And there’snothing wrong with saying, youknow, that you’ve recalculated,”Trump told Raffensperger.

    “All I want to do is this. Ijust want to find 11,780 votes,which is one more than wehave. Because we won thestate,” he said.

    Trump lost the election inGeorgia by 11,779 votes.

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    I, Sumit Kumar Yadav brotherof No. 8039656H PNR AmitKumar Yadav have changedmy name from Sumit KumarYadav to Sumit Yadav by anaffidavit notarised at Azamgarh,Date- 29th December 2020.

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    being recruited to the Indian Army. A recruitment rally forenrollment of Women Military Police (Soldier General Duty)in Indian Army for all districts of Uttar Pradesh andUttarakhand region is being organised by the RecruitingOffice Headquarters in Lucknow at the AMC Centre andCollege Stadium from Jan 18 to 30. As many as 5,898 femalecandidates from all districts of Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhandregion are expected to attend the recruitment process.Detailed information regarding eligibility criteria, qualifica-tion, do’s & don’ts and series of tests to be conducted hasalready been furnished in the notification dated July 27, 2020.Candidates have been advised to beware of touts, frauds andavoid use of drugs.

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    School, Rajajipuram Campus I, won the gold medal at a state-level abacus competition, which was organised under the aegisof educational institute Brainobrain. Students of several notedschools participated in the contest to showcase their analyt-ical skills but Divyansh opted for various abacus tricks to solvemathematical problems and emerged victorious. He wasawarded the gold medal and a certificate of merit.

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    After drawing flak for hiscontroversial remark onCovid vaccine by calling it a‘BJP vaccine’, Samajwadi Partychief Akhilesh Yadav onMonday clarified that he didnot want to raise questions onthe competence and ability ofthe Indian scientists and theirhard work but wanted toknow how much time itwould take for the vaccinetake to reach the poor.

    Akhilesh Yadav, however,reiterated that “people do nottrust BJP’s vaccine”.

    “All I want to know iswhen will the vaccine reachthe poor people, one year, twoyears or three years? We arenot raising questions on ourscientists and their hard work.The BJP is only doing eventmanagement and projecting itas a big achievement of thegovernment,” the SP chiefsaid.

    He said the chief ministerof Haryana could revealwhich vaccine he was admin-istered as his condition haddeteriorated and he wasrushed to a private hospital.

    Akhilesh Yadav allegedthat the business communityin the country was beingexploited by the ruling party.

    “The businessmen of thenation are the worst-affected

    due to the pandemic andnow they are being looted.There were many incidentswhere businessmen were loot-ed and murdered but nothingconcrete has been done by thegovernment for their securi-ty. When our party comes topower we will maintain dataof all the businessmen andtake required measures for

    their well-being,” he said.Attacking the BJP gov-

    ernment over theMuradnagar mishap where 25people were killed after theroof of a shelter at a cremationground collapsed on Sunday,Akhilesh Yadav said that atleast Rs 50 lakh ex gratiashould be given to the kin ofthe deceased.

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    With the world dependent onIndian medicinal practiceslike Ayurveda, Yoga andNaturopathy, Uttar Pradesh ChiefMinister Yogi Adityanath said thatthe state would get global recogni-tion as the new health tourism des-tination.

    While virtually inaugurating142 health and wellness centres fromhis official residence in Lucknow, thechief minister said that the Indianmedicine systems had got accep-tance globally during the COVID-19 pandemic as a majority practisedYoga or consumed ‘kadha’ to keepimmunity strong.

    The chief minister said he wassurprised when the decision toallow ayurveda doctors performsurgeries faced criticism.

    Last month, the Indian MedicalAssociation (IMA) staged protestsagainst a government notificationallowing AYUSH streams to betrained to perform general surgicalprocedures, alleging the move willlead to “mixopathy”.

    “I was surprised to know thatrecently some doctors opposed themove. I pity on their intelligence.They need to be told that the firstsurgeon on earth was given byayurveda,” the chief minister saidwhile distributing appointment let-ters among 1,065 homeopathic andayurvedic medical officers recruit-ed by the Uttar Pradesh PublicService Commission.

    While distributing the appoint-ment letters, the chief minister toldthe physicians that ayurveda, unani,homeopathy and naturopathy med-ical systems had a lot of potential interms of treatment of various dis-eases.

    Seeking to inculcate a sense ofcontainment among the newrecruits, the chief minister said:“Making a career in this field is notjust limited to being selected for the

    post of a government doctor. Thesedoctors have been selected on thebasis of their merit through a fairand transparent process and theywill definitely follow the basic reli-gion of the doctor.”

    Interacting with the medicalofficers virtually, the chief minister

    said that our saints had given theformula of ‘Nasthi MoolamAnushadham’.

    “It means that every plant in thisworld possesses some or the othermedicinal properties. Some plantsare toxic but still they have somemedicinal usage. We should perform

    new research to find different med-icinal properties of plants,” he said.

    “The Dadi Ke Nuskhe whichwere ignored as archaic, today in theCOVID-19 period, have become thesafeguard for our health. The samekadha (decoction), asafoetida,turmeric, ginger, black pepper, basil,

    giloy etc., have proved to be life-giv-ing for us. We need to understandtheir importance and make it a pathof the future,” he said.

    Talking about 142 yoga andwellness centres set up in variousdistricts of the state, the chief min-ister said that these centres would

    play an important role in healthtourism.

    “Yoga has received global accep-tance with the continuous efforts ofPrime Minister Narendra Modi.He formed the Ministry of AYUSHand also established AYUSHUniversity and now it is our respon-sibility to promote his efforts,” hesaid.

    The chief minister also direct-ed continuous review of the worksof Yoga instructors and assistantsposted at the wellness centres.

    It may be mentioned that for thefirst time in 25 years, doctors havebeen appointed in such a hugenumber in the AYUSH depart-ment. Some of the doctors whoreceived the appointment lettersfrom the chief minister are DrShreya Pandey and Dr Wasim ofRae Bareli, Dr Rishabh Kumar ofKushinagar, Dr Parul Verma ofBarabanki, Dr Ratnesh Kumar ofSitapur, Dr Niharika Gupta ofUnnao, and Dr Babita Cain and DrAditi Sonkar from Lucknow.

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    Angry over the dreadful incidentin Muradnagar where overtwo dozen persons were killedand scores of others were injuredin a cremation ground roof collapseincident, Chief Minister YogiAdityanath said that such incidentswere the result of poor monitoringof the civil projects and issued freshdirectives, asking officials to mon-itor all construction projects..

    “What was the task force doingin Ghaziabad where such an inci-dent happened, ‘’ the chief minis-ter asked, even questioning the roleof divisional commissioner ofMeerut and district magistrate ofGhaziabad in this regard.

    “‘No such incident will be tol-erated in the future and the guiltywill be taken to task in the tough-est possible manner which includesaction under the National SecurityAct and seizure of property,” thechief minister said.

    Yogi Adityanath, visibly movedby the tragedy, has issued stringentdirections to ensure quality normsof the civil projects to save the loss

    of human lives as well as the pub-lic money. He put special empha-sis on effective monitoring by thesupervisory officers and warnedthat failure in this regard wouldinvite strict action.

    The chief minister also statedthat the divisional commissioner ofMeerut and ADG of Meerut wouldconduct an inquiry and on the basisof the report the accountability ofsenior divisional and district offi-cials would be ascertained.

    The chief minister said in atweet: “I’ve instructed district offi-cials to conduct relief operations &submit a report of the incident.Our government will provide allpossible help needed for thoseaffected by the incident.”

    It may be recalled that threegovernment officials, includingMuradnagar Nagar Palika ParishadExecutive Officer Niharika Singh,have been arrested in this regardwhile the contractor, Ajay Tyagi, isabsconding.

    The government has also paidan ex gratia compensation of Rs 2lakh each to the kin of the deceasedand Rs 50,000 to the injured.

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    The three-day-long state-wideUttar Pradesh Day celebra-tions from January 24 to 26 willshowcase the ‘Self-reliant UttarPradesh’.

    The celebrations will be dedi-cated to those who have made thepeople of UP proud by their fight-ing spirit, unique thought-processand resilience in character.

    This day is celebrated everyyear on January 24 to mark thefoundation day of UP.

    “This celebration will belong toevery citizen of the state and shouldhave mass participation. The wayUttar Pradesh has taken shape overthe last over three-and-half years byaccepting every challenge as a newopportunity and emerged as a self-reliant state is something to beshown to all during this celebration,”Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath saidwhile reviewing the preparations forthe event here on Sunday evening.

    He said that the state govern-ment would bestow Uttar PradeshGaurav Samman on all those whohad added to the pride of the stateby their sheer grit and dedicationtowards self-reliance, be it womenof self-help groups (SHGs) or theprogressive farmers or the artisanswho scripted new sagas of successby their skills. The CM directed offi-cials to ensure that the local talentswere encouraged in various varietyprogrammes ranging from localethos, folk music and culture, thatwould take place across the state.

    The Shilp Mela and other exhi-bitions will showcase the public wel-fare schemes of the government, theODOP (One District, One Product)related events, the tool kits distrib-ution under Vishwakarma Sammanbesides displaying the journey of SriRam and inspiring stories fromMahabharat.

    Band display by acid victimwomen, staging of Shabri-Ram con-text of Ramayan and the acts relat-ed to historical and mythologicalcharacters like Sita, Draupadi,Jhalkari Bai, Uda Devi etc. byKinnar artistes will be the highlightsof the celebrations which will alsohave a display of Ram Mandirmodel, the dramatisation of freedomstruggle focused around Meerut andexhibition on Vishwa Yatra of LordRam.

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    Chief Minister Yogi Adityanathlaunched the AyushTelemedicine Service on Monday,making Uttar Pradesh the firststate to launch a state-wide telemed-icine service.

    With this new service, the peo-ple of the state will now be able toget consultation from AYUSHexperts sitting at home.

    In the first phase, 384 dispen-

    saries of 16 districts of the state,including Gorakhpur, Ayodhya,Lucknow, have been attached to thistelemedicine service.

    Any person can avail this ser-vice by registering on the websitehttps://ayushup-telemedicine.in/ orthe Ayush Kavach-Covid app.

    After the registration process,the patient will have to make anappointment and then the consul-tation will be done by expertsthrough video conferencing /tele-

    conferencing at the given time. Also, people who are not so

    tech-savvy can go to the nearestAYUSH hospital and get consulta-tion.

    Speaking in the programme,AYUSH Minister Dharam SinghSaini said, “The innovative effortsof Ayush Kadha and AayushKavach-Covid during the COVID-19 pandemic protected the lives ofcrores of people. Now the appoint-ment of 1,065 physicians, Ayush

    Telemedicine Service and Yoga andWellness Centre will help in provid-ing timely, comfortable qualitymedical care to the people of UttarPradesh.

    It is worth mentioning that theprogramme was attended byAdditional Chief Secretary(AYUSH) Prashant Trivedi, SpecialSecretary Rajkamal Yadav, Secretaryto the CM, Alok Kumar, SpecialSecretary Surendra Singh and otherofficials.

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    The Institute of Wildlife,Lucknow University, is organ-

    ising a 3-day bird festival fromJanuary 21. Director AmitaKanaujia said the aim is to pro-mote bird identification andbird tourism in the region. Thefestival will be both in offlineand online modes.

    “There will be bird sight-ings by the students and work-shops witnessing the participa-tion of experts. While field vis-its will be physical, the work-shops will be online. There willbe bird sightings on theLucknow University campus onthe first day while at KukrailReserve Forest on the secondday and at Sandila BirdSanctuary in Hardoi on thethird day,” Kanaujia said.

    Experts will talk about birdidentification and bird photog-raphy while students will applythis in the field.

    Meanwhile, the vulturecensus will be held in the stateon January 15. “We havealready held workshops in thisregard for the Forest depart-ment and given them books foridentification of the vultures.The census will be a one-dayexercise,” Kanaujia said.

    3��������������������Lucknow (PNS): A 40-year-old brick kiln owner reported-ly shot himself in his car outsidehis house in Chinhat onMonday. Police claimed that heshot himself dead with hislicenced revolver. The body wassent for autopsy while furtherinvestigation was underway.

    The deceased was identifiedas Shivaraj Yadav of Khandakvillage under Goyala post officearea in Chinhat. His fatherHarinam Singh was the grampradhan and also a BharatiyaKisan Union leader while hisnephew Deep Raj Yadav is aSamajwadi Party leader. Shivarajwas sitting in his car outside hishouse. Around 9.05 am, thefamily heard a gunshot andrushed to the scene, but only tofind Shivaraj in pool of blood inthe car. His driver Sarvesh alsoreached the scene and Shivarajwas rushed to a hospital but hedied on the way. His brotherDeshraj Yadav said Shivarajdied when they reached BabaKuti locality in the area. He saidShivaraj shot himself from hislicenced revolver.

    Police endorsed the family’sclaim but failed to explain thereason. The incident came as ashock to many villagers as theydid not find any reason whyShivaraj ended his life.

    Meanwhile, a 36-year-oldfarmer was killed in a mishap atRing Road under Thakurganjpolice station area on Monday.The deceased was identified asMunne Miyan of Hardoi. He,along with his friend Pappu (alsoa native of Hardoi), was comingto Buddheswar crossing to meetPappu’s brother.

    When they reached near ahospital on Dubagga road, aspeeding truck knocked thebike. Due to heavy impact,Munne Miyan died on the spotwhile Pappu sustained injuries.Both were taken to hospitalwhere Munne Miyan wasdeclared brought dead.

    Police said the errant truckdriver fled the scene soon after.The police said they were scan-ning CCTV footage to identifythe truck and its driver.

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    Lucknow remained the mostpolluted city in the countryon the second consecutive dayon Monday with an AQI of378. On January 3, the city’sAQI was 408. Head of theEnvironment Division ofIndian Institute of ToxicologyResearch (IITR) Dr GC Kiskusaid increased traffic on roadsand weather conditions arecausing the pollution.“Bonfires, burning of coal andwood by people to keep them-selves warm are adding to thepollution,” the scientist said.

    He pointed out that about40-60 % air pollution of thecity is linked to vehicular emis-sion. “The city has becomedenser with traffic congestionand increased vehicular emis-sion which impacts the healthof public, mainly drivers, com-muters and individuals livingnear roads,” he said.

    “If we look at the fuelconsumption of Lucknow, thesales of petrol and diesel were2,32,383 kilolitres and 2,13,315kilolitres, respectively, as onMarch 31 last year. It isobserved that petrol sale hasincreased by 3.06% whereasthat of diesel has decreased by

    3%. In Lucknow, there arenine CNG filling stations andthe consumption of CNG lastyear was 4,23,59,025 kg, whichwas 9.96% less than the previ-ous year. Increased diesel andpetrol consumption has led tothe increase in air pollutionlevels in the city. The contin-uous emission of a variety ofpollutants from hundreds ofpoint and non-point fugitivesources — either unidentifiedor considered to be minorsources — are constantly dete-riorating urban air quality andadversely affecting humanhealth,” he explained.

    The scientist said that thehigher levels of air pollutantscontaining metals like cadmi-um, nickel, lead and metalloidhave adverse effects on humanand environmental health. “Airpollution creates a series of sig-nificant health problems,including premature death,aggravated asthma, acute res-piratory symptoms anddecreased lung function inthe form of shortness of breathand chronic bronchitis,” headded.

    Meanwhile, Lucknow wit-nessed overcast skies with fogin the morning and light rainsin the evening. On Monday,

    Lucknow recorded the maxi-mum temperature at 21.5degree Celsius and the mini-mum at 14.6 degree Celsius.

    MeT department officialssaid the forecast for Lucknowon Tuesday is partly cloudyskies while the maximum andminimum temperatures areexpected to be around 23degree Celsius and 14 degreeCelsius, respectively.

    There is forecast of rainsand thunderstorm at isolatedplaces over the state whilethere is warning of thunder-storm accompanied by light-ning and hailstorm at isolat-ed places over western UP.Dense to very dense fog isexpected at isolated placesover western UP.

    Light to moderate rainfallaccompanied by thunderstormand lightning is likely in sev-eral districts such asSaharanpur, Shamli,Muzaffarnagar, Baghpat,Meerut, Ghaziabad, Hapur,Noida, Bulandshahr, Aligarh,Mathura, Hathras, Etah, Agra,Firozabad, Bijnor, Amroha,Moradabad, Rampur,Sambhal, Bareilly, Pilibhit,Shahjahanpur, Budaun,Kasganj, Farrukhabad andadjoining areas.

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    District MagistrateAbhishek Prakash direct-ed CMO Dr Sanjay Bhatnagarto prepare a micro-plan fordengue and other vector-borne diseases as it is a bigchallenge and would continueto remain so in the comingdays. The DM said this onMonday while felicitating offi-cials, employees and membersof social and civil organisa-tions who contributedtowards effective control ofdengue, malaria and other

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    )�������������������Lucknow (PNS): LucknowMunicipal Corporation willrestart Lok Mangal Diwas fromTuesday. Mayor SanyuktaBhatia and MunicipalCommissioner Ajay KumarDwivedi will be present at theLMC headquarters to resolvethe problems of people living inzone-1 and zone-2.

    Lok Mangal Diwas wasstarted by the mayor in a bidto resolve the problems of peo-ple regarding hygiene, cleanli-ness, water supply, sewer, streetlights and stray animals. Thereis a direct interface between theofficials and general public. Itwas stopped owing to theCovid lockdown.

    The mayor said LokMangal Diwas would be heldon every Tuesday from 10 amto 2 pm. On second Tuesdays,it will be held for problems ofzones 3 & 4, on third Tuesdayfor zones 5 & 6 and on fourthTuesdays for zones 7 & 8.

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    Directing officials to con-duct Covid vaccinationwork as per the guidelines ofthe Government of India, UttarPradesh Chief Minister YogiAdityanath said that the dryrun across the state on Tuesdayshould be taken earnestly as theexercise would help take upactual vaccination smoothlyand in an organised manner.

    Presiding over a high-levelunlock review meeting at hisofficial residence here onMonday, the chief ministersaid that starting from the firstphase, the vaccination shouldbe taken up as per the Centre’sguidelines.

    He said that all thepreparatory work regardingthe vaccination drive was inprogress in the districts and itshould be reviewed properly.He stressed on safe storage ofthe vaccine, maintenance ofcold chain and smooth trans-portation.

    Further instructing offi-cials to conduct Covid tests tothe full capacity, the chief min-ister asked them to ensure that1.5 lakh tests were conducteddaily.

    He also put emphasis onthe effective mechanism ofcontact tracing and surveillancesystems.

    Reiterating that theIntegrated Command andControl Centres (ICCC)should remain active at districtlevel, the chief minister saidthat all the district magistratesand chief medical officersshould continue to hold theirmorning meetings in Covidhospital and the evening meet-ings at the ICCC.

    The chief minister saidthat effective treatment andprotection systems should bemaintained with all the precau-tions in place. He said thatawareness about social dis-tancing and use of masks forprotection from coronavirusinfection should be created

    through various modes of com-munication, including publicaddress systems.

    He also asked the officialsto maintain proper arrange-ments in the Covid hospitals.

    Those present in themeeting included HealthMinister Jai Pratap Singh,Chief Secretary RK. Tiwari,Infrastructure and IndustrialDevelopment CommissionerAlok Tandon, AgricultureProduction CommissionerAlok Sinha, Additional Chief

    Secretary (Home) AwanishKumar Awasthi, DirectorGeneral of Police Hitesh CAwasthi, Additional ChiefSecretar y (MSME andInformation) Navneet Sehgal,Additional Chief Secretary(Finance) Sanjiv Mittal,Additional Chief Secretary(Revenue) Renuka Kumar,Additional Chief Secretary toCM, SP Goyal, AdditionalChief Secretary (Health) AmitMohan Prasad, AdditionalChief Secretary (Medical

    Education) Dr RajneeshDube, Additional ChiefSecretar y (Agriculture)Devesh Chatur vedi,Additional Chief Secretary(Panchayati Raj and RuralDevelopment) Manoj KumarSingh, Principal Secretary toCM & Information SanjayPrasad, Principal Secretary(Animal Husbandr y)Bhuvnesh Kumar, Secretary toCM, Alok Kumar, DirectorInformation Shishir and otherofficials.

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    Ballia CMO Dr Jitendra Palsuccumbed to Covid-19 atSGPGI on Monday morning.He was 59 years old. SGPGIspokesperson said he had test-ed positive for Covid-19 onDecember 26 last year.

    “As his condition deterio-rated and he developed severebreathlessness, he was shiftedto the Rajdhani Covid Hospitalat SGPGI from Ballia onDecember 29 morning. Hewas also suffering from dia-betes, hypertension and heartdisease. Right after his admis-sion to the hospital, he wasgiven oxygen through a BiPAPmachine. However, his condi-tion continued to deteriorateand he was put on full mechan-ical ventilation on January 2but he succumbed this morn-ing,” she said.

    On Monday, 162 personstested positive for coronavirusin Lucknow while 214 patientsrecovered. There are 2,509

    active cases in the district.The fresh cases included 14each from Gomtinagar &Ashiyana, 15 from Alambagh,11 from Jankipuram, and 10each from Chowk & Rae Bareliroad. Across the state, 714persons tested positive, includ-ing 29 in Kanpur, 19 inGhaziabad, 15 in GautamBuddh Nagar, 44 in Varanasiand 29 in Meerut. There were10 deaths in the state, includ-ing two each in Lucknow,Varanasi & Mathura, and oneeach in Prayagraj, Pratapgarh,Ghazipur & Rae Bareli.

    Meanwhile, four personstested positive for the newstrain of coronavirus in Meeruton Monday, taking the UPtally to six. The new virusstrain cases include five inMeerut and one in GautamBuddh Nagar.

    A 2-year-old girl fromMeerut and a 33-year-oldwoman from Gautam BuddhNagar had tested positive a fewdays back. A senior healthofficial said that the fresh casesin Meerut include parents ofthe 2-year-old girl and twomale relatives who visited thefamily and living there. Thesetwo are a father-son duo.

    “Post the detection, weare carrying out further contacttracing and taking effectivemeasures to contain the virus,”the health official said.

    Meanwhile, from Mondayonwards, KGMU startedcharging for RT-PCR andTruNat tests for detection ofCovid. These tests were donefree of cost till now.Spokesperson Dr Sudhir Singhsaid that RT-PCR test chargeswould be Rs 600 for the nor-mal category and Rs 300 forthe subsidised category whileTruNat test would cost Rs1,500. However, spokespersonof Ram Manohar LohiaInstitute of Medical SciencesDr Shrikesh Singh said the RT-PCR tests were free for symp-tomatic patients but it was apaid facility for all others,including attendants of thepatients.

    “Those who report at thefever clinic with symptomsare tested (RT-PCR) free ofcost while others pay Rs 600for the same,” he said. Headded that the newly installedoxygen tank at their Covidhospital would be inauguratedby Medical Education MinisterSuresh Khanna on January 6.

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    Lucknow (PNS): BahujanSamaj Party chief Mayawatihas expressed grief over thedeath of 25 people after part ofa roof of a shelter on cremationground collapsed on themwhen they assembled forattending the last rites of a per-son in Muradnagar inGhaziabad district on Sunday.

    Mayawati demanded prop-er and timely investigationinto the incident.

    Mayawati said on Twitter,“Nearly two dozen people inUttar Pradesh died due to thecollapse of the roof of the cre-mation ground in Muradnagararea of Ghaziabad districtwhich is extremely painfuland disturbing. I have fullsympathy towards the familiesof the deceased victims andmay God give them thestrength to bear this loss.”

    Taking to Twitter,Mayawati said, “Uttar Pradeshgovernment should investi-gate this incident properly,timely and ensure strict pun-ishment to its culprits. Do notsave anyone and provideappropriate financial help tothe victims’ families, this is thedemand of the BSP.”

    Uttar Pradesh Congresspresident Ajay Kumar Lallualso condemned the incident,saying it exposed corruption inthe government departments.

    “Chief Minister YogiAdityanath is making tallclaims of zero tolerancetowards corruption but in real-ity corruption is rampant in allthe government departmentsand the Muradnagar incidentis a glaring example of thelarge-scale swindling of gov-ernment money that claimedover two dozen lives,” Lallu said.

    Aam Aadmi Party leaderSanjay Singh demanded that acase of murder be registered inthe Muradnagar incident.

    Singh said the incidentwas not a mishap but it was a“murder” caused by the cor-rupt practices of officials whogot the shelter constructed.

    He demanded compensa-tion of Rs 1 crore each to thefamilies of the deceased per-sons and Rs 10-15 lakh each tothose injured in the incident.

    Singh said the incidentshould be probed by a high-level committee instead of aSpecial Investigation Team.

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    vector-borne diseases in thedistrict. Prakash said they facethe problem of vector-bornediseases every year and aneffective exercise is not possi-ble without better communi-ty partnership.

    “Community partnershipis very important to makeanything successful becausewe are working for peopleand have to save those facingthe threat of the disease. Ifpeople from amongst the gen-eral public team up with the

    administration, the effect ofthe exercise multiplies, and itwas because of this we workedalong with social organisa-tions, civil defence volunteersand members of trade organ-isations to curb the spread ofdengue and malaria,” headded. The DM said thesepeople carried out theimmensely challenging job ofmoving through the lanes andbylanes of the city while car-rying fogging machines ontheir backs.

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    The Uttar Pradesh govern-ment has issued directivesthat in the New Year, the deci-sions taken for resolution ofindustry related issues in themeetings should be imple-mented in a time-bound man-ner and the officers of thedepartments concerned shouldcome well-prepared in themeetings.

    The government has alsodirected the officials to redressthe grievances of the entrepre-neurs and industries on prior-ity. UP Chief Secretary RKTiwari on Monday presidedover a high-level meeting ofInvest UP regarding the reso-lution of pending issues of thevarious industrial units acrossthe state. The chief secretarydirected the GorakhpurIndustrial DevelopmentAuthority (GIDA) to take nec-essary action by the end of thismonth to issue a new policy for

    rationalisation of the mainte-nance charges for the plots larg-er than 50 acres (bulk land).

    These directions wereissued to the chief executiveofficer of GIDA to resolve theissue of Ankur Udyog Ltd,Gorakhpur, as a result of whichmany units operating in GIDAwill be benefited.

    In the issue related tomandi fee waiver of M/s JRGFoods, Amroha, AdditionalChief Secretary (Agriculture)Devesh Chaturvedi informedthe chief secretary that provi-sion for reduction in the rate ofmandi fee had been abolished,hence, now under theIndustrial Investment andEmployment PromotionPolicy-2017 all eligible unitswould get full exemption inmandi fee for five years.

    On the issue of M/sSadhari Shakti Pvt. Ltd.,Fatehpur regarding pendingelectricity bill of the old unit,it was decided that the out-

    standing power dues on thedefaulter unit, purchased inauction under various lawsand rules or by the order of dis-trict magistrate, should berecovered from the old unit andrelated financial institution andnot from the purchaser unit.

    In this regard, the chief sec-retary directed that a govern-ment order be issued to clear-ly define all liabilities of the

    purchaser before the sale ortransfer of the old unit.

    Additional Chief Secretary(Energy) Arvind Kumarinformed the chief secretarythat the list of defaulters of thepower dues had been madeavailable on an online portal, sothe auctioneer or selling enti-ty could get the information ofpending dues on the old unitbefore the auction.

    In the meeting, seven casesrelated to departments ofInfrastructure and IndustrialDevelopment, Energy,Housing, Stamp andRegistration, AgriculturalMarketing, Revenue, UrbanDevelopment, GorakhpurIndustrial DevelopmentAuthority and UP StateIndustrial DevelopmentAuthority (UPSIDA) were dis-cussed and five issues wereresolved. Instructions weregiven to the departments con-cerned for quick disposal of theremaining two cases.

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    Lucknow (PNS): In a suspect-ed case of honour killing, thebodies of a boy and a girl werefound hanging from a tree inBudaun on Monday morning.

    Both were missing sinceSunday evening and the localpolice claimed that they wereprobably in love but due toobjection of their families totheir affair, they preferred tocommit suicide together.

    Both the bodies were sentfor post-mortem and furtherinvestigations were on.

    Reports said that 18-year-old Ratiram, hailing fromJiraulia village under UjhaniKotwali station of Budaun, wasin love with 17-year-old Preeti,residing in the same locality.

    Both belonged to the samecaste but as they both were alsodistant relatives, their familieswere against their affair andhad warned both of dire con-sequences if they continuedwith their affair. On Mondaymorning, the local villagersfound Ratiram and Preetihanging from a tree.

    After getting information,the police reached the spot andbrought down the bodies fromthe tree and sent them forautopsy. According to sources,during questioning, the rela-

    tives told the police thatRatiram and Preeti had beenmissing since Sunday evening.According to the villagers,there was a love affair betweenthe two.

    SSP Sankalp Sharma saidthat prima facie it was a case oflove affair. He said as both theyoung man and the teenagerbelonged to the same caste andwere also distant relatives, theyfaced opposition.

    Both the families have notfiled any complaint so far butthe police are making investi-gation to confirm whether it isa case of suicide or honourkilling. Sharma said that fur-ther action would be taken afterthe autopsy confirmed thecause of death.

    Meanwhile, a woman inKaushambi district was arrest-ed for allegedly thrashing her40-year-old husband to deathon Sunday for keeping a wrongintention against their daugh-ter, police said. The incidenttook place in a village underSaini police station.

    Superintendent of PoliceAbhinandan said Sunita beather husband, Suresh, with astick and he later succumbed tothe injuries. After her arrest, thewoman told police that her

    husband was a drunkard andhad wrong intentions againsttheir daughter. The coupleoften used to fight over theissue, police said.

    Meanwhile, a 60-year-oldman died allegedly after a sub-divisional magistrate’s vehiclehit his moped in UttarPradesh’s Amethi district onMonday, police said.

    Sanjeev Kumar Maurya,the SDM of Gauriganj, was onhis way to Lucknow around 11am when his government vehi-cle hit the moped nearTetarpur, leaving MohammedSarvar seriously injured,Jagdishpur Station HouseOfficer (SHO) Rajesh Singhsaid. Sarvar was rushed to thecommunity health centre fromwhere he was referred toLucknow but he succumbed toinjuries on the way, the SHOsaid, adding that the body hasbeen sent for post-mortem.

    Elsewhere, the police onMonday arrested 12 peoplefrom Bahraich for alleged ille-gal sand mining and recoveredeight tractors as well as anearth-moving machine fromthem, officials said. They werearrested from Vaivahi villagehere under Khairighat policestation here, they said.

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    Governor Anandiben Patelinaugurated the three-dayAnganwadi training pro-gramme at Institute of Science,Banaras Hindu University (IS-BHU) being organised underthe joint auspices of districtadministration and VidyaBharati here on Monday. In heraddress, she hailed the NewEducation Policy (NEP), 2020saying that in this policy, thebeginning education is a part ofAnganwadi. ‘For the betterfuture, the tiny tots should beenhanced with sacramental

    education. As one learns quick-ly in one’s mother tongue, it isincluded in the NEP. The childlearns 80% of what is taught tothe initial 8 years and gets intothe habit. Therefore, elemen-tary education is very impor-tant’, she said.

    When children come toAnganwadi, they react whathave learnt at their homes so atAnganwadi centres, theyshould be helped to overcometheir shortcomings and learngood culture and behaviour,she said asked the Anganwadicentre to make them as obser-vatories as there is no dearth ofresources. She suggested that

    the children of Anganwadi begiven a tour not in the villageitself but also in panchayatbuildings, post offices, ruralmarkets etc. should be shown.She said that the childrenshould be taught about knowl-edge of language, mathematics,science, colours, numbersthrough games, toys, exhibitionetc apart from narrating themstories about the environment,joint family, national love, goodlearning in an interesting wayand making them participate inlistening, asking and speakingof children. She also shared herexperiences taken for theimprovement of Anganwadi

    centre during her governmentin Gujarat.

    UP Minister Swati Singh,who was present at the pro-gramme, welcomed theGovernor. In his address, shesaid that this training pro-gramme of Anganwadi withVidya Bharati is being donewith the inspiration of theGovernor. Appreciating thework of Anganwadi inSewapuri block, she said that itis becoming exemplary for theentire state. On the occasion,office-bearers of Vidya Bharatiand departmental officers apartfrom about 350 Anganwadiworkers were also present.

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    Governor Anandiben Patelappealed to the Banarasisaree and Micro Small andMedium Enterprises (MSME)entrepreneurs to support thesociety by adopting tuberculo-sis (TB)-affected children andAnganwadi centres, specifical-ly emphasising ‘no one wasinvited to cooperate duringthe corona pandemic, but thepeople themselves came for-ward and supported the soci-ety at all levels due to our cul-ture which was seen by thewhole world and we were alsoappreciated for the same.’ Shewas addressing the entrepre-neurs on the second day of herthree-day visit here on Monday.

    Inspiring the entrepre-neurs to fulfill the needs of thepeople, she said that it is socialresponsibility of all of us tosupport the society as thechildren are the future of thecountry. ‘When the childrenare malnourished, how will thefuture be made,’ she asked,adding that the government ismaking a sincere effort toimprove the living standard ofthe people on a large-scale inevery field but in this task,entrepreneurs have to comeforward and discharge theirsocial responsibility. ‘Whenthe matter of construction oftoilets under Swachh BharatAbhiyan came to the fore,many NGOs came forwardand today 100 per cent toiletshave been constructed.Otherwise, it would have takenmany more years to achievethe goal,’ said Anandiben.

    According to her, whenthe UN had declared to makethe world free from TB by2030, Prime MinisterNarendra Modi went aheadtaking pledge to make IndiaTB-free by 2025 in view tosave the life of a large numberof people. ‘With the help of theexisting medical system andpeople, by 2025 India will beTB free,’ she expressed confi-dence, asking the entrepre-neurs to contact DistrictMagistrate (DM) Kaushal RajSharma for providing theirsupport and nutrient food tothe TB-affected children. ‘Ifthe children suffering from TBcontinue to receive medicinesand nutritious food on time,

    then they will be cured fullywithin next six months.

    Anandiben said that TB-affected children should not beconfined to their homes butthey should also be sent toschools so their educationalactivities continue. ‘20 percent of country’s TB-affectedchildren are in UP and if suchpatients are taken to the hos-pitals on time and properlycared of, then they will be fullycured within the next five tosix months,’ she said, addingthat the state government haslaunched a campaign to searchTB patients from door-to-door.

    UP Minister of State forSmall and Micro Industries,

    Chaudhary Udaybhan Singhalso appealed to the entrepre-neurs to adopt TB-affectedchildren and Anganwadi cen-tres. DM expressed confidencethat the inspiration of theGovernor would definitelyprove to be a milestone in thedirection of making Banaras ahumanitarian city. During themeeting, the entrepreneursassured the Governor to givetheir full support in the cam-paign. Sarvesh Srivastava, asaree trader, assured that 10per cent of his income to bemade available to TB-affectedchildren and Anganwadi cen-tres. Several senior officers andentrepreneurs were also pre-sent.

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    General Manager NorthCentral and North EasternRailway Vinay Kumar Tripathireviewed position of safety intrain operation, infrastructuredevelopment, human resoursedevelopment and expenditurecontrol measures on NorthCentral Railway. This firstreview meeting by GM Tripathiat NCR HQ Subedarganj wasattended by PHODs of NCRand DRMs from Prayagraj,Jhansi and Agra divisions whileother officers attended themeeting through video confer-encing.

    VK Tripathi working asGM NER since October 27,2020 has taken over the addi-tional charge of the post ofGeneral Manager, NorthCentral Railway on the veryfirst day of the year 2021.Tripathi has a very rich expe-rience of over three decades inRailway electrical engineeringand important general admin-istration assignments on differ-ent zonal Railways and RailwayBoard and has worked as DRMAllahabad (Now Prayagraj) in2014-2016.

    The GM stressed that safe-ty in train operation willremain the first and foremostpriority for North CentralRailway. He said that well laidout systems for maintenanceand operation of Railways areavailable and compliance at alllevel without any exceptionshall have to be ensured. Hefurther emphasised on qualityof field and technical inspec-tions for supervisors and offi-cers for safe and efficient trainrunning.

    Tripathi also reviewedworks related to 160 kmphspeed raising on New Delhi-

    Howrah and New Delhi-Mumbai Trunk routes overNorth Central Railway. Heemphasised on need of com-prehensive and integratedapproach in planning for traf-fic block so as optimum workoutput is achieved with mini-mal effect on train runningduring execution of this impor-tant work. He also reviewedother important works formobility improvement,increase in loading, passengeramenities and facilities for dif-ferently abled persons in sta-tions and trains.

    Reviewing financial perfor-mance of NCR, Tripathi saidthat while effort shall be onincreasing freight and passen-ger revenue, we also need tocritically review expenditure toachieve economy. He stressedon development of inhouseskill set for maintenance of lat-est technological systems andequipment adopted onRailways.

    On the front of Humanresource development the GMinstructed that all promotions,

    departmental selection must becompleted on time and specif-ic schedule for each activitymust be drawn out in advance.He also emphasised on seam-less and complete implementa-tion of IT application likeHRMS etc. on HQ and thethree divisions to ensure thatfull benefits of fast, paperlessand transparent working arepassed on to Railway men andwomen of North CentralRailway. VK Tripathi alsoinstructed that all preparatoryworks for safe, comfortableand efficient handling of pil-grims during Magh Mela- 2021must be completed on time andinstructed for organising a spe-cific review meeting for MaghMela works.

    COMMENDABLE JOB:Personnel department of NorthCentral Railway, Prayagraj divi-sion have done a commendablejob under the guidance of theDivisional Railway ManagerMohit Chandra and SeniorDivisional Personnel OfficerRajesh Kuma Sharma in themonths of November and

    December 2020. Keeping inmind the present time ofCOVID-19 and following allthe guidelines related toCOVID-19, the Personneldepartment of Prayagraj divi-sion has various tasks related tothe employees like pass, PTO,promotion, benefit of MACP.The tasks like recruitment,retirement and redressal ofemployees’ complaints werecompleted. In this regard,Senior Divisional PersonnelOfficer said that in the last twomonths November andDecember 2020, more than1900 employees of variousdepartments of Prayagraj divi-sion were given promotionand more than 165 employeeswere given financial benefitunder MACP by the Personneldepartment. In the panelreceived from RailwayRecruitment Board andRailway Recruitment Cell,along with the training, post-ing etc. of 146 and 77 employ-ees respectively, 12 employeeswere also appointed on com-passionate basis. Along withthe above, all the forms relat-ed to retirement to the retiringemployees, from preparation topayment to the employee, aredone within the stipulated timeframe, so that all the benefits tothe employees concerned aregiven at the appropriate time.In this series, payment of morethan 29 crores was provided to107 employees retiring in themonth of November andDecember 2020. Along with allthese tasks, more than 190complaints received by theDepartment of Personnel fromrailwaymen / retired railway-men and more than 190 com-plaints received from runningstaff were also resolved in thelast two months.

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    As many as 4,416 peoplewere tested for COVID-19in the district. And of them, thereport of 39 people came pos-itive in 24 hours. About 50 peo-ple beat the infection on thesame day. One infected diedduring treatment. According toCMO Dr Prabhakar Rai, out ofthe 50 people who have over-come the infection, eight peo-ple were discharged fromCovid hospitals. At the sametime, 42 people completedhome isolation. So far 20,782people have been healthy bystaying in home isolation.

    The prevalence of coronainfection in the district isdecreasing. On Sunday, thenumber of active patients hascome down to 464, the samefigures which stood six monthsago. At the same time, thenumber of people who losttheir lives from Corona hasincreased to 378. At present, 42Covid infected patients areadmitted to L3 SRN Hospital,16 in Beli Hospital, nine inUnited Medicity and four inKalindipuram Covid CareCentre.

    Nodal Officer for CoronaDr Rishi Sahai said that theinfected included a primaryschool teacher in Handia andinter college teacher atRasulabad. The Covid reporthas come positive for manypeople, including a constable ofRPF Prayagraj, a home guardposted at Handia police station,an assistant in the Georgetown-based Cooperative department.

    Meanwhile, the Coronainfection has knocked in theMagh Mela area, but prepara-tions of the Health departmentare still incomplete. Covid test-ing centres and general hospi-tals have not been establishedhere. The first bathing of thefair will take place on January14 on Makar Sankranti, but nocomplete arrangements couldbe made for the corona exam-ination and treatment of devo-tees in the fair area. The risk ofinfection has increased after theCovid report of five home-guards of the Mela Police Linearrived positive. In such a sit-uation, it is currently difficultto follow the Corona Protocoland the mandate in the fairarea.

    On Sunday, Health depart-ment teams conducted a Covid

    check of jawans and homeguards in the Police Line locat-ed in Magh Mela area. Therewas a stir when the report offive homeguards came positive.The order of the Corona test-ing will continue in the PoliceLine. Devotees will start com-ing to Magh Mela area from farflung areas right from Purnima.A large number of peopleincluding devotees, Kalpavasiswill visit the Mela area.

    According to the govern-ment’s guide line, the Covidtesting report has to be shownbefore entering the fair area.The Mela administration hadsaid to make Covid Hospitaland Testing Centre in everysector, but this has not beendone at the moment. Theresponsibility of testing, settingup of hospitals in the fair area

    and following the Covid proto-col, has been entrusted to theHealth department, but hospi-tals have not been prepared inany sector.

    The truth is that even ageneral hospital to be set up inthe fair area has not been pre-pared yet. The construction oftoilets near all the roads andghats of the fair area is incom-plete. Whereas three days ago,Deputy CM Keshav PrasadMaurya instructed the offi-cials concerned for getting toi-lets cleaned and establishmentof hospitals in the fair areaalong with prevention of infec-tion. At present, the Healthdepartment is very backward incompleting the preparationsin the Mela area. This maybecome a major cause of chaosin the fair in days to come.

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    As many as 47 new COVID-19 patients have beendetected in the district onMonday, increasing the totalnumber to 21,387. The day alsosaw one more death, increasingthe toll to 365. During the day,the follow-up negative reportsincluded 41and all of themhave been recovered fromhome isolation, increasing thenumber to 17,657. As nopatient has been dischargedfrom any hospital, the numberhas remained at 2,926. The totalnumber of patients who havebeen recovered so far is 20,583,leaving 439 active cases. Therecovery rate is 96.24 per centwhile the mortality rate is 1.70per cent.

    In the first report of theday, 32 positive patients werefound out of 2,665 reportsreceived. Till then, the total testreports received were 5,28,524and the results of 3,672 areawaited. Out of them, 5,07,152were negative, while 21,372positive. The total number ofsamples collected was 5,54,459.Earlier, two males aged 75 and65 from Sigra and Taktakpurrespectively succumbed toCOVID-19 at Sir SundarlalHospital, Banaras HinduUniversity (SSH BHU). With

    the addition of three new redzones, the total number ofhotspots has increased to 2,652including 185 red zones. Onegreen zone has been convert-ed into a red zone again. Thereare 2,467 green zones withfive new ones.

    Meanwhile, mass / group

    corona antigen tests continuedand all the 105 tests werefound negative at SSPGHospital Kabirchaura apartfrom 85 at District Women'sHospital, 22 at CHC Shivpur,49 at Vivekanand HospitalBhelupur, 152 at LBS HospitalRamnagar and 145 at SSH

    BHU. Apart from this, all the37 tests at Varanasi Junction(Cantt) railway station and 25at Manduadih were also foundnegative. Along with this, sam-ples of 31 from Vivekanand,133 from LBS Hospital and 132from SSH-BHU have been sentfor RTPCR investigation.

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    Nodal Officer for Vaccination, Dr RahulSingh said that six hospitals in the district havebeen prepared for mock-drill of vaccination.These include the Government Hospital at Jasra,Pratappur, Kotwa, along with the MedicalCollege, Colvin and Jeevan Jyoti Hospitals in the

    urban area. Three chambers each have been pre-pared at all these places. The first chamber willbe designed as a waiting form. In this, peoplecoming for vaccination will be seated for a while.Vaccine will be installed in the second cham-ber. After giving the dose of medicine in the thirdchamber, the person concerned will be observedfor 30 minutes. Dr Rahul Singh, the Nodal forVaccination, said that when the vaccinationstarts, two doses will be given to each person.One dose will be 0.5 ml. The second dose willbe given 28 days after the first dose is given.Every person will also be monitored to see ifthere are any adverse effects of the drug. Thisdose is to be given only to health workers in thefirst phase. In that too, the priority will be givento those Corona warriors who are battling therisk of infection first of all.

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    Yet another close associate ofmafia don Atique Ahmedwas targeted on Monday by thePrayagraj DevelopmentAuthority. JCB machines ofthe PDA demolished a hugebuilding of Aslam alias Mantriin Chakia area under theDhoomanganj police stationunder the anti-mafia drivelaunched by the Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath. Aslam is aclose associate of AtiqueAhmed and is engaged in agood number of property dealsfor the mafia don.

    Officials are looking intofiles to trace out properties ofAtique Ahmed and his gangmen in Prayagraj, Kaushambi,Pratapgarh and many otherdistricts of the state.

    One such demolition hadtaken place a day earlier in

    Sitapur district.The PDA bulldozers

    reached Dhoomanganj in themorning, and they movedtowards Chakia when ade-

    quate police force arrived onthe scene.

    The officials led the teamand gave some time to the res-idents for removing their

    belongings. After a couple ofhours and machines werepressed at work and theypulled down the buildingwithin an hour.

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    New strain of coronavirus appeared in thewhole globe and India is also one of them. It isdangerous and may affect children more so par-ents are in a state of dilemma whether they sendtheir wards to school or not but it is not true wehave to increase our innate immunity i.e. nat-ural immunity as everything depends upon yourimmunity if your natural immunity is good youface no problem or face mild problem, said theeminent hematologist and Director of KashiMedicare Dr Manoj Kumar Srivastava.

    Geriatric age group i.e. age more than 65have to take extra precautions and to be morecautious and alert. In the children, there is

    Thymus gland which is responsible for immu-nity, Dr Srivastava said adding, remember, nodrug can enhance immunity in a day or weekand so, for proper immunity, we have to do reg-ular exercise, yoga, meditation and jogging.Protein diet, hydration and proper sleep mayenhance the immunity, he said further.

    Regarding vaccine, he said, which vaccineis going to be effective is not a matter of debateand discussion as the protection rate of any vac-cine is not more than 90 per cent, he said adding,remember, along with proper vaccination, theheard immunity is also very important if 80 percent of our population affected with coronavirusthan naturally coronavirus goes from the com-munity or nation but still there is time to devel-op heard immunity up to 80 per cent.Coronavirus are dangerous in 3 to 8 days so wehave to monitor our oxygen level regularly if weare affected with COVID-19 and awareness isthe key and right answer till that we have to fol-low the norms of SMS i.e. social distancing, maskand sanitisation, he said further.

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    Schoolchildren on Mondaytook a pledge not to useChinese manjha while flyingthe kites and also decided tomake others aware about theharm from this. Meanwhile, thedistrict administrationimposed a restriction on its saleand directed the police to takeaction against those to befound engaged in its sale.

    Under a programmeorganised by the social organ-

    isation Subah-e-Banares atShree Vallabh Vidyapith GirlsInter College in Bhaironathhere, the girls took a pledge thatthey would not use Chinesemanjha while flying the kitesand also make others awareabout the harm from it. Theydecided to boycott the Chinesemanjha.

    The Chinese manjha ischeaper than local manjha andthus the kites lovers prefer toformer while flying the kites

    but it is harmful as it slit thethroat and sometimes provesdeadly, the members of clubsaid adding, this Chinesethread (used to fly the kites)had claimed the lives of manyin past.

    This is a killer thread andthe court has also imposed arestriction on its selling butdespite this, it is being sold inthe market openly, they saidand demanded the districtadministration to take strict

    action against those indulged inselling this. Meanwhile, theDistrict Magistrate KaushalRaj Sharma has also imposeda restriction on its selling anddirected the police to ascertainthe action against those to befound engaged in selling thisillegally. Among those presenton the occasion were thePrincipal of college Dr MuktaPandey, Mukesh Jaiswal, VijayKapoor, Nand Kumar TopiWale and Anil Keshari.

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    In Premchand auditorium hallof Divisional RailwayManager’s office of VaranasiDivision, North Eastern Railway(NER), Additional DivisionalRailway Manager (ADRM-Infra)Praveen Kumar on Sunday inau-gurated the VendorDevelopment Exhibition organ-ised by the Mechanical, Signal,Stores and Electric Traction departments fordisplay of safety related and important mate-rials. On the occasion the ADRM said theobjective of this exhibition was based on theinstructions of Government of India’s ‘Makein India’ and ‘Ease of Doing Business’ whileincreasing the number of authorised vendorsin Indian Railways ensure maximum devel-opment in this area. In this exhibition a spe-cial attempt to display the equipment inproper specifications with drawings is thatthese safety devices are supplied for railwayoperations and all items are limited to only oneor two vendors. Whereas through the exhi-bition, local markets and vendors are beingmotivated to supply such items, he said. With

    which the requirements ofrailway operation and safetyequipment can be obtainedfrom the local markets/ven-dors along with good quali-ty, the ADRM said. The saidexhibition has greatly influ-enced the local vendors, headded. On the occasionVaranasi Division’s SeniorDivisional Finance Manager(SDFM) Preeti Verma,

    Senior Divisional Materials Manager (DMM)AK Jaiswal, Senior Divisional MechanicalEngineer (SDME-Carriage & Wagon) SPSrivastava, Senior Divisional MechanicalEngineer (SDME-Operations & Fuel) AlokKesharwani, Senior Divisional ElectricalEngineer (SDEE)/Traction Pakanj Kesharwani,Divisional Signal and Telecom Engineer(DSTE) Ashish Kumar Srivastava and seniorsupervisors of Varanasi division were present.While interacting with local vendors on theoccasion the ADRM said that the objective ofthe exhibition which was organised in the divi-sional office here was Self-reliant India, Vocalfor Local and to connect local industries withthe mainstream of development.

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    Under the aegis of the NorthEastern Railway SportsAssociation (NERSA), in afriendly match played at SyedModi Railway Stadium of NERhere on Sunday thePatron/NERSA XI defeatedPresident/NERWWO XI byseven wickets. On the otherhand, in a neck and neck fightGM Women’s XI won thematch by defeating the AGMWomen XI by one run. Thefriendly match was inaugurat-ed by General Manager of NERand patron of NERSA VinayKumar Tripathi.

    Batting first after winningthe toss, President/NERWWO XI scored 149runs for six wickets in stipulated 20 overs. Onits behalf Amit Agarwal scored 20 runs off 22balls, VP Awasthi who hit five boundaries anda towering six contributed 33 runs off 26 balls,Yogesh Mohan hit five times to the ropes andtwo towering sixes off 20 deliveries scored 37runs, Amitabh Ojha made 10 runs, PankajKumar Singh with the help of two fours made12 runs in eight balls while AK Mishra scoredseven runs. On the other hand, chasing thetarget Patron/NERSA XI won the match byscoring 150 for three wickets in 17 overs. Onbehalf of Patron/NERSA XI captain VinayKumar Tripathi scored 23 runs with the helpof three fours and remained not out while DKKhare scored 23 with the help of four bound-aries and remained not out. Atul Srivastavascored 24 runs with the help of four boundaries,VS Dohare made 34 runs by hitting fourboundaries while SP Singh scored 19 runs. OfPresident/NERWWO XI Jai Prakash took twowickets while VP Awasthi one.

    Besides the GMWomen’s XI CaptainMeena Tripathi baggedthe ‘Woman of the Match’Award on the occasion forher outstanding battingand fielding. Earlier cap-tain of GM Women’s XIMeena Tripathi won thetoss and invited AGMWomen’s XI for batting. Inthis friendly match of fiveovers Captain VidhiAgarwal batting on behalfof AGM Women’s XI con-tributed brilliant six runs.On behalf of this teamChitra and Geeta scoredone run each. The AGMXI scored 12 runs in five

    overs. Madhumalati and Chitra were run outowing to brilliant fielding by captain MeenaTripathi on behalf of GM Women’s XI. VS Dohrebagged the Man of the Match award, Jaiprakashgot it for being the best bowler and YogeshMohan for being best batsman. GM Women’sXI won the match by scoring 13 runs in just threeovers without losing any wicket. On behalf ofGM Women’s XI Captain Meena Tripathiscored excellent five runs. Shweta contributedseven runs to make the team victorious.Prominent among those present on the occa-sion were General Manager and patron ofNERSA, Vinay Kumar Tripathi, Additio


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