12
T he Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre to put on hold the three con- troversial farm laws or the court itself will do so on the recommendation of a court- appointed committee which is to be constituted. Now all eyes will be on the court’s Tuesday order in the matter. Criticising the Government’s handling of the farmers’ protest, the court ques- tioned the Centre’s opposition to its suggestion that the implementation of three new farm laws be held back for the time being so as to help find an amicable solution to the ongo- ing farmers’ protest at Delhi borders. The Bench said that till date the Centre has not told it anything on its proposal to keep the implementation of these laws in abeyance for some time. “We are still thinking it is equally important that we stay the implementation of law without staying the laws,” the Bench said. On December 17, the SC had asked the Centre to con- sider putting on hold the implementation of the three laws. Disagreeing with the Centre’s contention that court cannot put on hold laws passed by Parliament, the court referred to its last year order staying the implementation of 2018 Maharashtra law granti- ng reservation to Marathas in education and jobs. “We don’t see why there is an insistence on implementa- tion of the law,” a Bench head- ed by Chief Justice SA Bobde said, adding, “We are not experts on economy and you (Centre) tell us whether you are going to hold on these laws or we will do this”. Attorney General KK Venugopal told the Bench, also comprising Justices AS Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian, that a law cannot be stayed unless the court finds it violates funda- mental rights or constitution- al schemes. “A law cannot be stayed by the Supreme Court unless the Lordships find that it violates the fundamental rights or con- stitutional schemes. Law has to be without the power to legis- late, only then it can be stayed. No petitioners have raised any such issues,” Venugopal said. The Bench refuted his con- tention and said, “We are doing this because you have failed to solve the problem. The Union of India has to take the respon- sibility. The laws have resulted into a strike and now you have to solve the strike”. The top court said it may stay the implementation of these laws as talks between the Government and farmers are “breaking down” because the Centre wants to discuss these legislations point by point, while the farmers want them to be repealed. The SC said it will consti- tute a committee headed by a former Chief Justice of India to resolve the impasse. It sug- gested that stay on implemen- tation of these laws will help the committee in finding solution. F armer leaders sitting along the national Capital’s border mounting pressure on the Centre to repeal new farm laws on Monday said they would continue their agitation even if the Government or the Supreme Court stays the implementation of the new agriculture laws. The reaction came after the SC indicated that it may stay the implementation of the con- tentious farm laws and refused to grant more time to the Centre to explore the possibil- ity of an amicable solution saying it has already granted the Government a “long rope”. While sharing this online on Facebook, Gurnam Singh Chaduni, Bharatiya Kisan Union (Haryana) leader, said they welcome the Supreme Court observation, but ending the protest is not an option. “Any stay is only for a fixed period of time... Till the issue is taken up by the court again,” he said. “The farmers want the laws to be repealed completely. The protest will continue even if the Government or the Supreme Court stays their implementa- tion,” he said. Bhog Singh Mansa, presi- dent of Indian Farmers Union (Mansa), said a stay on the laws is “no big deal”. “A stay is not a solution. We are here to get these laws scrapped completely...the Government has in a way already agreed to scrap the laws when it said it is willing to incorporate as many amend- ments as farmers want,” he said. “We appeal to the Supreme Court to terminate these laws as these are not valid constitu- tionally,” Mansa said, adding the protest will continue till the “the laws are repealed”. P rime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said the Central Government will bear the expenses of vaccinating nearly three crore healthcare and frontline workers in the first round and asked political representatives and VIPs not to jump the queue for getting the first dose of vaccine. Interacting with Chief Ministers, Modi announced that over 30 crore citizens will get the jabs in the next few months in India against only 2.5 crore people who have received them in over 50 coun- tries in around a month so far. The countrywide vaccination drive will start from January 16. In the second phase, those above 50 years and those under 50 years with co-morbidity will be vaccinated, said Modi. The Prime Minister did not specify who will bear the vac- cination cost for subsequent rounds. The Prime Minister informed Chief Ministers that plans were afoot to vaccinate “30 crore people in next few months.” “We should be proud that both the vaccines are made in India ...four more vaccines are in progress so that we can plan for the future,” he told Chief Ministers through video-con- ferencing. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee sought in the meeting that the States should have greater role and involve- ment in the first phase of the vaccine rollout when the Centre would send vaccines to the States. The Jammu & Kashmir Government requested for offline registration of the ben- eficiaries in the State. States across the country have designated thousands of collection, storage and distrib- ution centres for the January 16 vaccination exercise, the largest in the world. Two dry runs have already been conducted. During the virtual meet, Modi told Chief Ministers, “I’m satisfied that we worked together by standing united in Covid crisis, quick decisions were taken with full sensitivi- ty. As a result, Covid has not spread in India on the scale, on which it spread anywhere else in the world.” T he Indian Army on Monday handed back to the Chinese army one of their soldiers who was apprehend- ed on Friday for transgressing LAC. He was returned to the Chinese army at 10.10 am the Chushul-Moldo meeting point. This was the second such incident since October last year when a Chinese soldier was nabbed after straying into India in Ladakh. In the latest incident, the Chinese soldier crossed the LAC in the south of Pangong Tso (lake) near Gurung Hill in Chushul sector. The two armies are in a stand-off in this region for the past nine months. A fter announcing January 16 as the day for launching countrywide Covid-19 vacci- nation drive, the Government on Monday placed a purchase order with Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII) for 11 million doses of Covishield — anti-Covid vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University — each costing 210, including GST of 10. The HLL Lifecare Limited, a public sector undertaking issued the supply order on behalf of the Union Health Ministry in the name of Prakash Kumar Singh, Additional Director, Government and Regulatory Affairs at Pune-based pharma company. The Covishield vaccine doses would be initially shipped to 60 consignment points from where they would be distributed further. The Ministry is also likely to soon sign a purchase order for another anti-coronavirus vaccine, Covaxin, which has been indigenously developed by Bharat Biotech. India top drug regulator DCGI had recently granted emergency use authorisation (EUA) to two vaccines, Oxford’s Covishield, and Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin. Both vac- cines, according to a state- ment from the Health Ministry, have established safety and immunogenicity. Coronavirus vaccine devel- oped by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford will be priced around 1,000 in private market once such sales open up, said Adar Poonawala, CEO of its Indian manufacturer on Monday. P eople living in Jharkhand have struggled. There was a lack of education in the early days of the conflict. This is the reason why many people’s saga has not been preserved. But, there were many people in the society who saw this struggle closely, understood it and tried to cherish it. Some people leave such an impression of their struggle in the hearts of the people that it is a matter of pride to put them on paper,” said Chief Hemant Soren on the occasion of unveiling of three books on the birthday of Rajya Sabha MP and his father Shibu Soren here on Monday. The CM said indeed today is the day of Guru ji and the author of the book. The author has tried to explain the histo- ry of this heroic land to the youth as well as children. He said that there has always been a tradition of struggle in Jharkhand. A voice was always raised against exploitation, when the country did not dream of indepen- dence. From that time the peo- ple here started writing a his- tory of struggle. The style of struggle varied among the peo- ple here, in which they have won the battle by demonstrat- ing their skills. The CM said the State government is closely moni- toring the internal and external potential of Jharkhand. “It is being tried that the pur- pose, with which our ancestors fought for a separate Jharkhand State and created history, could be fulfilled. There is no lack of capacity in the State, but there is lack of consciousness. If we can awaken that consciousness, then surely the State can move ahead of the country’s leading states with internal and external poten- tial in the coming times. Things that cause pain can be eliminat- ed by themselves. Jharkhand is a small State, but there is a very strong proud power in every community and every class residing here,” he said. On this occasion, Rajya Sabha MP and former CM Shibu Soren said that the book has been written in relation to the Mahajani movement. “This practice also came to an end. Jharkhand agitated for a separate state. Today we are all in separate Jharkhand State, but till now tribals, farmers and labourers have not been bene- fited more or less,” he said giv- ing detailed information about the movement against Mahajani system. He told that hundreds of cases were fought. For years, efforts were made for the rights of the cultivators. “Then one day paddy came from the field of labourers to the barn and then from the barn to home. Many programmes relat- ed to education awareness were also organized. People were also made aware against alcohol. Work should also be done in the direction of forest conservation. Environmental protection is extremely important. Jungle Bachao Andolan is necessary,” he added. Books based on the biog- raphy of Rajya Sabha MP Shibu Soren include “Dishom Guru: Shibu Sareen” (Hindi) “Tribal Hero: Shibu Sareen” (English) and “Suno Bachcho, Aadiwasi Sangharsh ke Nayak Shibu Saren (Guruji) Ki Gatha. On this occasion, Minister Champai Soren, Minister Dr. Rameshwar Oraon, Minister Mithilesh Kumar Thakur, Minister Banna Gupta, Minister Badal, Minister Satyanand Bhokta, MLA Mathura Mahato, MLA Basant Soren, MLA Mangal Kalindi, MLA Irfan Ansari, author of the book, Anuj Kumar Sinha, Dr. Piyush Kumar, and others were present. T he National Health Mission (NHM) on Monday released weekly trends on Covid-19, which revealed that Ranchi reported 50.2 per cent of the total Covid cases that surfaced in Jharkhand from December 14 to January 10. Dhanbad accounted for 10 per cent of cases during this peri- od, while East Singhbhum reported 9.9 per cent of cases, the NHM stated in its report. Bokaro reported 5.9 per cent of cases during these four weeks, while Palamu reported 4.9 per cent of cases. However, despite reporting the highest number of cases among all the districts in Jharkhand on Monday, Ranchi reported a fall in the count of active cases on the day. At least 71 people were found infected in Ranchi during the past 24 hours, while 124 patients recovered here, bringing the number of patients down to 6 7 8 , a bulletin released by the NHM stated. At least 229 Covid recov- eries against 144 fresh cases brought the number of active cases of Covid-19 infection below 1400 in Jharkhand on Monday, figures compiled by the state health department highlighted. As per Government data, as many as 1382 people were battling the viral infection across Jharkhand by the end of Monday, and close to 50 per cent of them were residents of Ranchi. At least 157 people were infected in East Singhbhum, while all the remaining 22 districts had less than 100 active cases by Monday evening. At least nine of 24 districts in Jharkhand did not report even a single case of Covid-19 infec- tion on the day, Palamu, Bokaro, East Singhbhum, Dhanbad and Ranchi reported a double-digit- spike. East Singhbhum report- ed 15 cases against 24 recover- ies, while Dhanbad reported 14 cases against 19 recoveries. At least 12 people were found infected in Bokaro and 10 in Palamu in 24 hours. A Covid patient from Bokaro died during treatment on Monday, taking the Covid toll in the state up at 1048, the NHM bulletin highlighted. The Covid mortality rate in the state was 0.89 per cent against the national average of 1.40 per cent. The Government on Monday tested swab samples of 13058 people and more than 1 per cent of them were found infected. So far, health workers have collected swab samples of 49.70 lakh people and tested 49.62 lakh of them. As many as 116961 people have been infected by the virus in Jharkhand so far, and 97.92 per cent of them have recovered, states government data. As per Government fig- ures, the growth rate of the virus in Jharkhand was 0.14 per cent against the national aver- age of 0.15 per cent. It would take 503 days for the cases to double in Jharkhand and 459.86 days for the cases to double across India, the NHM stated in its bulletin.

2021/01/12  · Shibu Sareen” (Hindi) “Tribal Hero: Shibu Sareen” (English) and “Suno Bachcho, Aadiwasi Sangharsh ke Nayak Shibu Saren (Guruji) Ki Gatha. On this …

  • Upload
    others

  • View
    3

  • Download
    0

Embed Size (px)

Citation preview

  • ��������������������

    ������������������������� ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� �����������������������!��"����������#$����������%����������������&��"�������#

    ������������������������������������ �!"�#� ��'�����

    (�������������������������)���������������������������)������������)������������&���������������������)��������������$��*�����!�������������������������������+,��������������&�!���*�����*������������!��������������*����*��!����-������&���������������������#

    �����$������������

    ����������!�%����&'�(�������.�������������������*����������������&�������� ������������������������������������

    ���������"�&�&!���# ����"������������������$������"����&������&�&�������*����������#

    ���������$�������%��������������������� ����)(� /���������&����0�������"�����������!&������������������*��!���������������/����"��������.&���������.����-&�������1������������������������-����.&�����������������!����!0���������������������������������*����

    2����.��*�3��&�#

    �������

    ����� �40�45'/

    The Supreme Court onMonday asked the Centreto put on hold the three con-troversial farm laws or thecourt itself will do so on therecommendation of a court-appointed committee which isto be constituted. Now all eyeswill be on the court’s Tuesdayorder in the matter.

    Criticising theGovernment’s handling of thefarmers’ protest, the court ques-tioned the Centre’s oppositionto its suggestion that theimplementation of three newfarm laws be held back for thetime being so as to help find anamicable solution to the ongo-ing farmers’ protest at Delhiborders.

    The Bench said that tilldate the Centre has not told itanything on its proposal tokeep the implementation of

    these laws in abeyance forsome time.

    “We are still thinking it isequally important that we staythe implementation of lawwithout staying the laws,” theBench said.

    On December 17, the SChad asked the Centre to con-sider putting on hold theimplementation of the threelaws.

    Disagreeing with theCentre’s contention that courtcannot put on hold laws passedby Parliament, the courtreferred to its last year orderstaying the implementation of2018 Maharashtra law granti-ng reservation to Marathas ineducation and jobs.

    “We don’t see why there isan insistence on implementa-tion of the law,” a Bench head-ed by Chief Justice SA Bobdesaid, adding, “We are notexperts on economy and you

    (Centre) tell us whether you aregoing to hold on these laws orwe will do this”.

    Attorney General KKVenugopal told the Bench, alsocomprising Justices ASBopanna and VRamasubramanian, that a lawcannot be stayed unless thecourt finds it violates funda-mental rights or constitution-al schemes.

    “A law cannot be stayed bythe Supreme Court unless theLordships find that it violatesthe fundamental rights or con-stitutional schemes. Law has tobe without the power to legis-late, only then it can be stayed.No petitioners have raised anysuch issues,” Venugopal said.

    The Bench refuted his con-tention and said, “We are doingthis because you have failed tosolve the problem. The Unionof India has to take the respon-sibility. The laws have resultedinto a strike and now you haveto solve the strike”.

    The top court said it maystay the implementation ofthese laws as talks between theGovernment and farmers are“breaking down” because the

    Centre wants to discuss theselegislations point by point,while the farmers want them tobe repealed.

    The SC said it will consti-tute a committee headed by aformer Chief Justice of India toresolve the impasse. It sug-gested that stay on implemen-tation of these laws will help the committee infinding solution.

    ����������� �40�45'/

    Farmer leaders sitting alongthe national Capital’s bordermounting pressure on theCentre to repeal new farmlaws on Monday said theywould continue their agitationeven if the Government or theSupreme Court stays theimplementation of the newagriculture laws.

    The reaction came after theSC indicated that it may staythe implementation of the con-tentious farm laws and refusedto grant more time to theCentre to explore the possibil-ity of an amicable solution

    saying it has already grantedthe Government a “long rope”.

    While sharing this onlineon Facebook, Gurnam SinghChaduni, Bharatiya KisanUnion (Haryana) leader, saidthey welcome the SupremeCourt observation, but endingthe protest is not an option.

    “Any stay is only for afixed period of time... Till theissue is taken up by the courtagain,” he said.

    “The farmers want the lawsto be repealed completely. Theprotest will continue even if theGovernment or the SupremeCourt stays their implementa-tion,” he said.

    Bhog Singh Mansa, presi-dent of Indian Farmers Union(Mansa), said a stay on the lawsis “no big deal”.

    “A stay is not a solution. Weare here to get these lawsscrapped completely...theGovernment has in a wayalready agreed to scrap the lawswhen it said it is willing toincorporate as many amend-ments as farmers want,” he said.

    “We appeal to the SupremeCourt to terminate these lawsas these are not valid constitu-tionally,” Mansa said, addingthe protest will continue till the“the laws are repealed”.

    ����� �40�45'/

    Prime Minister NarendraModi on Monday said theCentral Government will bearthe expenses of vaccinatingnearly three crore healthcareand frontline workers in thefirst round and asked politicalrepresentatives and VIPs not tojump the queue for getting thefirst dose of vaccine.

    Interacting with ChiefMinisters, Modi announcedthat over 30 crore citizens willget the jabs in the next fewmonths in India against only2.5 crore people who havereceived them in over 50 coun-tries in around a month so far.The countrywide vaccinationdrive will start from January 16.

    In the second phase, thoseabove 50 years and those under50 years with co-morbiditywill be vaccinated, said Modi.

    The Prime Minister did notspecify who will bear the vac-cination cost for subsequentrounds.

    The Prime Ministerinformed Chief Ministers thatplans were afoot to vaccinate“30 crore people in next fewmonths.”

    “We should be proud thatboth the vaccines are made inIndia ...four more vaccines arein progress so that we can plan

    for the future,” he told ChiefMinisters through video-con-ferencing.

    West Bengal Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee sought in themeeting that the States shouldhave greater role and involve-ment in the first phase of thevaccine rollout when theCentre would send vaccines tothe States.

    The Jammu & KashmirGovernment requested foroffline registration of the ben-eficiaries in the State.

    States across the countryhave designated thousands ofcollection, storage and distrib-ution centres for the January 16vaccination exercise, the largestin the world. Two dry runshave already been conducted.

    During the virtual meet,Modi told Chief Ministers,“I’m satisfied that we workedtogether by standing united inCovid crisis, quick decisionswere taken with full sensitivi-ty. As a result, Covid has notspread in India on the scale, onwhich it spread anywhere elsein the world.”

    ����� �40�45'/

    The Indian Army onMonday handed back tothe Chinese army one of theirsoldiers who was apprehend-ed on Friday for transgressingLAC. He was returned to theChinese army at 10.10 am theChushul-Moldo meetingpoint.

    This was the second suchincident since October lastyear when a Chinese soldierwas nabbed after straying intoIndia in Ladakh.

    In the latest incident, theChinese soldier crossed theLAC in the south of PangongTso (lake) near Gurung Hill inChushul sector. The twoarmies are in a stand-off in thisregion for the past ninemonths.

    ����� �40�45'/

    After announcing January 16as the day for launchingcountrywide Covid-19 vacci-nation drive, the Governmenton Monday placed a purchaseorder with Pune-based SerumInstitute of India (SII) for 11million doses of Covishield —anti-Covid vaccine developedby AstraZeneca and OxfordUniversity — each costing�210, including GST of �10.

    The HLL Lifecare Limited,a public sector undertakingissued the supply order onbehalf of the Union HealthMinistry in the name ofPrakash Kumar Singh,Additional Director,Government and RegulatoryAffairs at Pune-based pharmacompany.

    The Covishield vaccinedoses would be initially

    shipped to 60 consignmentpoints from where they wouldbe distributed further.

    The Ministry is also likelyto soon sign a purchase orderfor another anti-coronavirusvaccine, Covaxin, which hasbeen indigenously developedby Bharat Biotech. India topdrug regulator DCGI hadrecently granted emergencyuse authorisation (EUA) totwo vaccines, Oxford’sCovishield, and BharatBiotech’s Covaxin. Both vac-cines, according to a state-ment from the Health Ministry,have established safety andimmunogenicity.

    Coronavirus vaccine devel-oped by AstraZeneca and theUniversity of Oxford will bepriced around �1,000 in privatemarket once such sales openup, said Adar Poonawala, CEOof its Indian manufacturer onMonday.

    �����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������

    ����������������������������������������������

    ������������������������

    ��������

    ������� ��!

    ������������������������������������������ ����

    !����"������#�$%��������������&������������#��'��� �����������������������������������������

    %���������"�()�������������������'�

    ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� ���

    � �������6������ ����!�����������7������������������&����������������������������������

    ����*�������!�����������������������*��

    � $�����������������������

    �������������!����*���*���������+89:��������������!������!�������������������������������������&�

    � $���������������������������������**�����������&���*��-���;�������

    /�����������������*�����

    � /���!!���������������*���*�������������������������������**�������

    �����!��������

    ����� (��-'/

    People living in Jharkhandhave struggled. There was alack of education in the earlydays of the conflict. This is thereason why many people’s sagahas not been preserved. But,there were many people in thesociety who saw this struggleclosely, understood it and triedto cherish it.

    Some people leave such animpression of their struggle inthe hearts of the people that it isa matter of pride to put them onpaper,” said Chief Hemant Sorenon the occasion of unveiling ofthree books on the birthday ofRajya Sabha MP and his fatherShibu Soren here on Monday.

    The CM said indeed todayis the day of Guru ji and theauthor of the book. The authorhas tried to explain the histo-ry of this heroic land to theyouth as well as children.

    He said that there hasalways been a tradition ofstruggle in Jharkhand. A voicewas always raised againstexploitation, when the countrydid not dream of indepen-dence. From that time the peo-ple here started writing a his-tory of struggle. The style ofstruggle varied among the peo-ple here, in which they havewon the battle by demonstrat-

    ing their skills.The CM said the State

    government is closely moni-toring the internal and externalpotential of Jharkhand.

    “It is being tried that the pur-pose, with which our ancestorsfought for a separate JharkhandState and created history, couldbe fulfilled. There is no lack ofcapacity in the State, but there islack of consciousness. If we canawaken that consciousness, thensurely the State can move aheadof the country’s leading stateswith internal and external poten-tial in the coming times. Thingsthat cause pain can be eliminat-

    ed by themselves. Jharkhand isa small State, but there is a verystrong proud power in everycommunity and every classresiding here,” he said.

    On this occasion, RajyaSabha MP and former CMShibu Soren said that the bookhas been written in relation tothe Mahajani movement.

    “This practice also came toan end. Jharkhand agitated fora separate state. Today we areall in separate Jharkhand State,but till now tribals, farmers andlabourers have not been bene-fited more or less,” he said giv-ing detailed information about

    the movement againstMahajani system. He told thathundreds of cases were fought.For years, efforts were made forthe rights of the cultivators.

    “Then one day paddy camefrom the field of labourers to thebarn and then from the barn tohome. Many programmes relat-ed to education awareness werealso organized. People werealso made aware against alcohol.Work should also be done in thedirection of forest conservation.Environmental protection isextremely important. JungleBachao Andolan is necessary,”he added.

    Books based on the biog-raphy of Rajya Sabha MP ShibuSoren include “Dishom Guru:Shibu Sareen” (Hindi) “TribalHero: Shibu Sareen” (English)and “Suno Bachcho, AadiwasiSangharsh ke Nayak ShibuSaren (Guruji) Ki Gatha.

    On this occasion, MinisterChampai Soren, Minister Dr.Rameshwar Oraon, MinisterMithilesh Kumar Thakur,Minister Banna Gupta,Minister Badal, MinisterSatyanand Bhokta, MLAMathura Mahato, MLA BasantSoren, MLA Mangal Kalindi,MLA Irfan Ansari, author ofthe book, Anuj Kumar Sinha,Dr. Piyush Kumar, and otherswere present.

    (�"�����������������#������"��������'����*��"�����!

    �!���������

    �"��#�����������$��!�����"������

    ���� �����!����!����������������� �"�����#��������������$������!������������%%����������� ����������������������� ���������� �����&�� �����������

    '���������(��������

    )�����������*��������)��������������������������������������������"�������������������� ���������������������� ��������� �����&�� ����������� '���������(��������

    ����� (��-'/

    The National Health Mission(NHM) on Mondayreleased weekly trends onCovid-19, which revealed thatRanchi reported 50.2 per centof the total Covid cases thatsurfaced in Jharkhand fromDecember 14 to January 10.Dhanbad accounted for 10 percent of cases during this peri-od, while East Singhbhumreported 9.9 per cent of cases,the NHM stated in its report.Bokaro reported 5.9 per cent ofcases during these four weeks,while Palamu reported 4.9 percent of cases.

    However, despite reportingthe highest number of casesamong all the districts inJharkhand on Monday, Ranchireported a fall in the count ofactive cases on the day. At least71 people were found infectedin Ranchi during the past 24hours, while 124 patientsrecovered here, bringing thenumber of patients down to6 7 8 ,a bulletin released by the NHM stated.

    At least 229 Covid recov-eries against 144 fresh casesbrought the number of activecases of Covid-19 infection

    below 1400 in Jharkhand onMonday, figures compiled bythe state health departmenthighlighted.

    As per Government data,as many as 1382 people werebattling the viral infectionacross Jharkhand by the end ofMonday, and close to 50 percent of them were residents ofRanchi. At least 157 peoplewere infected in East

    Singhbhum, while all theremaining 22 districts had lessthan 100 active cases byMonday evening.

    At least nine of 24 districtsin Jharkhand did not report evena single case of Covid-19 infec-tion on the day, Palamu, Bokaro,East Singhbhum, Dhanbad andRanchi reported a double-digit-spike. East Singhbhum report-ed 15 cases against 24 recover-

    ies, while Dhanbad reported 14cases against 19 recoveries. Atleast 12 people were foundinfected in Bokaro and 10 inPalamu in 24 hours.

    A Covid patient fromBokaro died during treatmenton Monday, taking the Covidtoll in the state up at 1048, theNHM bulletin highlighted. TheCovid mortality rate in the statewas 0.89 per cent against thenational average of 1.40 percent.

    The Government onMonday tested swab samples of13058 people and more than 1per cent of them were foundinfected. So far, health workershave collected swab samples of49.70 lakh people and tested49.62 lakh of them. As many as116961 people have beeninfected by the virus inJharkhand so far, and 97.92 percent of them have recovered,states government data.

    As per Government fig-ures, the growth rate of thevirus in Jharkhand was 0.14 percent against the national aver-age of 0.15 per cent. It wouldtake 503 days for the cases todouble in Jharkhand and459.86 days for the cases todouble across India, the NHMstated in its bulletin.

    �++��)�,��-./)�,#�

    ��0�.,�1$,.

    $�������!����+��#�*�� ������������ �,-��������,.����� �����&�� ��

    /���� � ���� ����������������������������������#�*�0,1����� �������������

    5���-�� �"�*�9,�++�� 99>����������!�4?�����������&��

    )�&������1��*�45'/5�- ��0 7'�)�57'�7��4�0�(

    (��-'/(�/)�( -'���/6�('�4'(���� '��4(�7���/;��0���

    �+,�'�(+)�-�./01�����������������������������������������������

    �����������!�2����! .3��343.5���%���.3��6

    1�%2%12�3��@'/���)�$(/�$%A

    41.(5�6'��6 ��6%��40$�);��64�(64�/�)�($/�5/$�/�-��($�

    ���1.7���

    /��/��(�0$'/(�$4�$�6�/��$���

    �������������������������������

  • ���������������� ��������� � !� " � ����� ��

    ����������������������������������

    �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� ���������!����������������"��������������

    ��������������������������������������������������������������������

    ������������������������������������������#�������������������������������

    ����$���

    �%����&����������������������������������������������������������������'��������������������������������������������������"��������������������(�����������������������������

    ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� !"�#�����$�%�����#��������������#���#����&' "!!'�(���!)* " !!* ��&���+������������,-����������������.#/01��21/��3%�/��(/40��.(��(1�����0�� "*� ""��������%����

    #��#����&' "!!'�5������2�����+����������#�������2�����+�������������#0/#�-��56�2078*!!'8**) !�#271�0��#0&9"*8*!!'��/#�3#�6�#72��#��9�!!2��+�������%�����:��0����+���;���+����<�����

    ������+%�-����<�������������+��$�����1����4�����+0��=�%�����7��

    %�:��%�������>����-�0�:1����&99!!!*������+!99&"!99!"??�������������4�����+@& 9�������=�04/1��7���%���0-�&*!9 !9�3��������+!9*!&"'A)'!!<"'A))!!�������:4�����+"��@���������������-�������@�B

    �#���������:**=!9=�(���������+!?**&* "="" �* "="""�* "=""?�

    ����� ;���'4�)�(

    East Singhbhum deputycommissioner Suraj Kumarconducted an inspection ofMGM Medical College andHospital in Sakchi and moni-tored the functioning of dif-ferent departments.

    After inspection of MGMMedical College and Hospitalby the Deputy Commissioner,it was informed that on January16, vaccination of Covid-19 willtake place at present at 7 placesbesides MGM Medical Collegein the district including TMH,Urban CHC Birsnagar, SadarHospital Khasmahal, CHCPotka, CHC Bahragowda, CHCPatmada and CHC Ghatshila.

    On this occasion, CivilSurgeon Dr. R. N. Jha, DirectorDRDA Saurav Kumar Sinha,Additional Chief MedicalOfficer Dr. Sahir Pal, DistrictTransport Officer Mr. DineshRanjan, Executive Officer ofMango Municipal Corporation,Mr. Deepak Sahai and otherofficials were present.

    The deputy commissionertook a serious note of ambu-lances lying defunct. Heordered hospital superinten-

    dent Dr Sanjay Kumar toreturn those ambulances thatare not working to the districtheadquarters.He instructed thehospital authorities to ensurethat all doctors attending dutiesat OPD and in emergencyshould attend patients on thescheduled time.

    “During the inspectiondeputy commissioner severalinstructions were given and wehave already started working onthe directive,” said Dr Kumar.

    The deputy commissionerduring the hour-long inspec-tion also visited medicine andorthopaedic wards and inter-acted with patients and tookfeedback about the treatmentand foods served at the wards.

    The deputy commissioneralso held a meeting with thehospital administration aboutshortcomings in the hospital

    and steps taken to overcome it.“We presented our action

    plan for improving the func-tioning of the hospital and thedeputy commissioner was sat-isfied with it. We will be actingon his directives and those doc-tors found absent have beenasked to explain their position,”said an official. The MGMCHis a government hospital witha facility of 540 beds. Everydayaround 1000 patients comehere for treatment. Severaltimes parts of the ceiling andwindows have collapsed fourtimes in the government hos-pital. Due to lack of repair workand attention of the authoritiesconcerned, the condition of thehospital has deteriorated to agreat extent.tion of the author-ities concerned, the conditionof the hospital has deteriorat-ed to a great extent.

    ����� ;���'4�)�(

    In an endeavour to promotefitness among youths, aCyclocity tour was conductedby FastStep organisation led bySushanto, Aparajita, DeepakChaudhary, Ajay Agarwal andMohit Jha. The cycle tour wasdesigned in a way to promotehealth awareness activity andwelcoming the New Year for ahealthier life and fitter living.The idea was also to promotecycling as a means of fitness .

    A total of 60 participantsparticipated in the tour.Peoplefrom all age groups participat-ed and the Covid 19 protocolswere also followed. The tourstarted from Dorabji Tata Parkto move to Link Road and con-cluded at the Absolute Gym.National championship cyclistAwtar Singh flagged off thecycle tour.

    Sushanto Singha, a fitnessfreak said with growing passionabout fitness in the Steel City,cycling has brought togetherthe young and old to pedal long

    and wide across the city.“We wanted to remind

    people and raise awarenessabout the perks of cycling intheir weekly schedule . Notonly does it keep you fit phys-ically it also rejuvenates andkeeps you agile mentally. Onthe other hand we spread themessage on to save water andreduce pollution,” saidAparajita Apra, a young par-ticipant from Faststep.The peo-ple were also excited to interactwith cyclists as they spoke about

    their responsibilities in protect-ing the environment and main-taining green protocol.

    “We should adopt suchhealthy practices. It will be bet-ter not only for our environ-ment, but for our future healthas well. Environment protec-tion is not something to beobserved only for programmesand functions. It is somethingthat we should imbibe in ourlives. It can easily be done if wehave the conviction and will,”said another participant.

    ����� 7� �(�

    The district animal hus-bandry department ismulling to open new ArtificialInsemination (AI) centersacross Bokaro in a bid to boostmilk production as well as therural economy.

    Department has accordedpermission to start 101 moresuch centers in the district. “Weare at work; in association withan agency— BAIF new artifi-cial insemination centers wouldbe opened,” informed Dr M KMani District AnimalHusbandry officer.

    To open centers spots havebeen identified and the list hasbeen submitted to the depart-ment for approval. After thespot verification and approvalby the agency, centers will beopened, he said.

    Facilities for injecting arti-ficial insemination for cattleand semen storage facilitieswill be available at centers. Inaddition to it, the centers willhave a small pharmacy in orderto provide first aid to animalsand cattle. Each centre will bemanaged by a LivestockInspector.

    These centers will helpconserve and develop indige-nous breeds to increase milk

    productivity, said Mani.Artificial Insemination is

    the technique in which semenwith living sperms is collectedfrom the male and introducedinto the female reproductivetract at proper time with thehelp of instruments, he said.

    There are several advan-tages by artificial inseminationover natural mating or servic-ing as there is no need of main-tenance of breeding bull for aherd; hence the cost of mainte-nance of breeding bull is saved.

    It prevents the spread ofcertain diseases and sterilitydue to genital diseases likecontagious abortion, vibriosisand others, he said.

    The progeny testing canbe done at an early age; thesemen of the desired sire canbe used even after the death ofthat particular sire; the semencollected can be taken to theurban areas or rural areas forinsemination; it makes possi-ble the mating of animalswith great differences in sizewithout injury to either of theanimal; it is helpful to insem-inate the animals that arerefuse to stands or accept themale at the time of oestrumand it increases the rate ofconception, he said.

    ���$�2�$����� �'��7��

    Afive-member committee ofprofessors has been con-stituted to hold inquiry into thealleged physical misbehaviourby HOD and another doctorwith two senior residents ofSNMMCH here. The commit-tee has been constituted fol-lowing complaints of twosenior residents of the depart-ment of Skin and VD.

    Incidentally, the seniordoctors are posted as medicalofficers (MO) in the depart-ment since long and one ofthem has been designated asHead of the department inabsence of any regular doctoron teaching posts like profes-sor, Associate/Assistant pro-fessor for holding day to dayadministrative works of thedepartment.

    Yet another interestingfact has come to fore that allteaching cadre posts of thisdepartment remain vacant as

    the government has failed tofill them since the retirementof the lone professor of thedepartment a few months ago.

    The Senior Residents, oneof the two happens to be a res-ident of Bihar and another ofChhatisgarh have levelled alle-gations that two senior doctorsused to stare at them, whenthey came for duty. One ofthem also has levelled misbe-haviour charges on HOD andother MO while on duty.

    However, the HOD claimsthat since he has issued show-case notices to both of them fortheir regular absence fromduty the two doctors have lev-elled such allegations.

    SNMMCH superintendentDr AK Choudhary said a com-mittee of five senior professors,out of which three would befemales, has been constitutedfor probe. The committee hasbeen asked to submit a reportwithin a week’s time .

    ������������

    In the history of mankind,there have been rareinstances where the introduc-tory words spoken by a personhave electrified the whole audi-ence as much as SwamiVivekananda’s groundbreak-ing speech to the 1893 World’sParliament of Religions.Beginning with the words“Sisters and Brothers ofAmerica”, the speech managedto not only eliminate the dif-ference between Swamiji’s sta-tus as a person belonging to adifferent nation and religionbut also made the audiencerealise that they were in theaudience of someone whocould really show them thepath of universal brotherhood.The speech by Swamiji hasbeen oft referred by leadersfrom across the globe in pre-sent times to remind the audi-ence of the values whichSwamiji’s speech stood for andare the most critical in today’stimes – compassion, brother-hood, tolerance, acceptance.While we see the globe beingin the throes of sectarianism,fanaticism and persecution;

    never has been a better time toturn towards Swamiji’s speechand really focus on the key val-ues highlighted therein to makethis world a better place.

    Swamiji’s speech serves as abeacon light in the moderntimes and can be a ‘source oftruth’ for entire nations and theirleadership to help them imple-ment strategies, formulate poli-cies and take corrective steps tobring their citizenry togetherand help build bridges withother nations. Across the conti-nents, we have nations fightingeach other (externally) and theirpeople divided over the notionof caste, colour, creed (internal-ly). Swamiji, in his speech,

    emphasised on two vital require-ments for world peace - broth-erhood and universal accep-tance; and it would not be anexaggeration to state that theseare what the world needs themost. If only people start imbib-ing the values which Swamijistood for, if only nations startfocusing on compassion and tol-erance can this world become abetter place for everyone.

    It would also be fair to saythat Swamiji’s whole life andteachings have been a call to thepeople to rise and become abetter version of them. Thespeech in 1893 was a smallsummary of the core valueswhich Swamiji sought toimpart. The Chicago speech isa glimpse of what Swamijitruly stood for and the onus ison all of us to ensure we ben-efit from the teachings of oneof the most revered sons ofIndia. It’s India which hasalways believed in ‘VasudhaivaKutumbakam’ (The world isone family) and can lead theworld towards universal broth-erhood and truly become a‘Vishwa Guru,’ in its true sense.

    The writer is a ResearchFellow, ICWA.

    ��������!����

    On September 5, 1893 theDaily Gazette (USA)reported that Rajah Swami ViviRananda of India spoke at theEast church on the religion ofIndia. It said that “a good audi-ence assembled but it was not solarge as the importance of thesubject or the interesting speak-er deserved. SwamiVivekananda said that the westshould send missionaries toeducate the people industriallyand socially and not religiously.The Hindus have all the religionthey want, and the Hindus reli-gion is the most ancient in theworld. This was the actual mes-sage of Vivekananda to the west,and that was the stage of Historywhen Indian needed it. It was asort of psychological war whichthe west had waged by insistingon the vainglorious message ofcivilizing the uncivilized as theholy burden of the white men.The various newspapers report-ed with such a high esteemabout this learned and exoticsaint from India which includ-ed Dubuque lowa, Times(December 29, 1893), BostonEvening Transcript (September30, 1893), Wisconsin StateJournel (November 21, 1893),Minneapolis Star Tribune

    (November 25, 1893), TheAppeal-Avalanche (January 16,1894) the list is exhaustive. Allthe reports regardingVivekananda invariably hadcommon characteristics, whichwas respect and praise for hisspiritual States, deep reverencefor his knowledge. He was notspawned free for even a momentas Americans invited him inChurches, in their houses, fordinner and discourse, asWisconsin State Journel as men-tioned earlier, stated that “Thelecture as the CongregationalChurch of Madison last night bythe celebrated Hindu Monk,Vivekananda was an extremelyinteresting one and confinedmuch of sound of philosophyand religion.”

    Pagan though he beChristianity may well followmany of his teachings. HisCreed is as wide as the universe,

    taking in all religions andaccepting truth whatever itmay be found. Bigotry andsuperstition and idle ceremonyhe declined, have no place inthe religions of India. TheDetroit Tribune on February 15,1894 published Vivekananda’sviews on India as a nationbased on the common ancestrallanguage Sanskrit which con-nected North India and SouthIndia. The paper was fantasti-cally reviewed and discussed bythe readers due to his eye open-ing coverage regarding theground tradition and culture ofIndia. This was the historicalstage when the basis of theirentire civilization, mainspringof their social, economic andpolitical life was the greatestachievement of the Indians.

    I believe that like theAdiguru Shankaracharya whounited Hinduism and Indiathrough organisational strengthand majnverated India in themiddle ages. The second great-est genius was Vivekananda ofmodern age. They both passedat very early age but have doneWonder for the uplift and selfesteem for the whole mankind.

    The writer is State president,BJP OBC Morcha, Jharkhandand the views expressed in thearticle are his own.

    �������������$���!�

    The recent development inAmerica is really alarmingfor the future of democracy.America is the mother of mod-ern democracy with a republi-can form of Government thatcame into operation in 1789.Last year’s Presidential electionin America was marred byallegations and counter allega-tions that hit the rivals belowthe belt. There never was sucha low level campaigning in thePresidential election before.Trump accused that the acad-emia, media and other businessbarons who he collectivelytermed as ‘Deep State’ hadplayed a very sinister and neg-ative role in the election.

    The democratic behaviourtouched its nadir in Americaon Thursday when Trump sup-porters barged in U.S. Capitolbreaking the steel barricadingthat was in place to prevent anyunlawful entry. The AmericanParliament was deliberatingupon the certification of thevictory of President designateJoe Biden. The Parliamentfinally certified the victory ofJoe Biden.

    The shameless incidentsent shockwaves not only inAmerica but across the wholeworld as the democratic citadelwas crumbling at the hands ofthe Trump supporters whowere nothing but a bunch oflumpens and thugs almost to

    the level of criminality. Theincident was so shocking thatthe hardest of Trump support-ers decided to call it a day.Lindsey Graham, the SouthCarolina senator, a confidant ofTrump for a long time con-demned this behaviour andlamented that he had a hell ofa journey with Trump. Herightly said ‘Enough is enough’.

    The reaction was swift andsharp. The Twitter handle andthe Facebook account of Trumpwere immediately blocked andcondemnation started pouringin from all over the world.Trump, who was basking in theglory of supporters early in themorning, looked like a buffoonin the second half of the day. Allhis loyalists were running forcover. Nobody wanted to beidentified with Trump.Whatever legitimacy was left forTrump and his possible engi-neered defeat at the hands of theso called ‘Deep State’ went in a

    smoke. Unprecedented crimeshad been committed in thename of democracy.

    America, which used tolaugh at the hooliganism of StateAssemblies and Parliament inIndia, was itself cutting a verysorry figure. Trump supportershave dealt such a powerfulblow to the system of democ-racy that is very difficult torecover from. Democracy, forthat matter, will never be thesame again in America.

    The incidents of Americagives a stern message to thedemocratic nations of theworld as to what damage can bedone in the absence of toler-ance and a healthy regard forelectoral outcomes.

    Democracy cannot sur-vive with such intolerance. Wesee unruly behaviour by theopposition members in StateAssemblies and in theParliament of India. The

    opposition benches are some-times hellbent upon denyinglegitimacy to the winningparty and accepting defeatgracefully. The defeated par-ties always cry foul play inEVMs when they are defeat-ed, but the winner never chal-lenges the functioning of theseEVMs. The electronic andprint media play to the galleryand highlight these unfound-ed allegations and therebyundermine the legality of thevictory of the winner as wellas denting the credibility ofthe Indian democratic system.The opposition keeps on alleg-ing even after all sorts ofjudicial enquiry.

    It is high time that thedemocratic world should intro-spect itself and find out why allthis is happening. The DeepState, as referred to by Trump isnot imaginary. The emergenceof China as an economic power

    has very much to do with it. TheChinese influence has infiltrat-ed the American universitieslike Harvard and Princeton aswell as the American media.The business barons have beenheavily funded by the Chinesecapital. The allegation that someclose relatives of Biden havebeen funded by China is a casein point. Such a Deep State playsa very important role in elec-tions in the democratic worldincluding America.

    The lesson of these unsa-vory developments is very clear.Either adhere to the basicdemocratic principles or let thewhole edifice of democracycrumble like a pack of cards.America has lost its moralleadership of the democraticworld and its soft power hasbeen dented beyond redemp-tion in near future. It will godown in the history of Americaas one of the darkest days.

    The democratic nationsshould strive hard to find amechanism which could savethem from this ignominy. Thesolution lies in the cardinaldemocratic principle, whichsays, ‘Though I disagree withyou, I am ready to lay down mylife to safeguard your right todisagree with me.’ Trump willbe remembered in history forall bad reasons.

    The author is the Registrarof Vinoba Bhave University inHazaribag. The views expressedby the author are his own.

    ����� (��-'/

    Ministry of Coal (MoC) onMonday launched SingleWindow Clearance Portal, aunified platform that facili-tates grant of clearances andapprovals required for startinga coal mine in India.UnionHome Minister Amit Shahlaunched the portal in presenceof Union Minister of Coal &Mines Pralhad Joshi in anevent organised in New Delhito execute agreements withsuccessful bidders of India’s firstever commercial mining auc-tions.

    Joshi announced that thenext tranche of commercialmines auction would belaunched in January 2021. “Wehave reformed the coal, andnow coal will transform thenation,” Joshi said.

    “Coal sector has witnessedmassive transformation underthe dynamic and decisive lead-ership of Prime Minister

    Narendra Modi Ji. SingleWindow Clearance Portal is inthe spirit of MinimumGovernment and MaximumGovernance.It would be a mile-stone for Ease of DoingBusiness in the Indian CoalSector,” Joshi added.

    Presently, about 19 majorapproval or clearances arerequired to be obtained beforestarting a coal mine in thecountry. Some of them includeapproval of Mining Plan andMine Closure Plan, Grant ofMining Lease, Environmentand Forest Clearances, WildLife Clearance, Clearancesrelated to Safety, Environment,Rehabilitation of project affect-ed families, welfare of workersetc. These approvals or clear-ances are granted either by cen-tral or state governments. In theabsence of a unified platformfor grant ofclearances/approvals for start-ing of a coal mine, the projectproponents are required toapproach different adminis-trative ministries andGovernment departments sep-arately to apply for the requi-site clearances leading to delayin operationalization of coalmines.

    Now, the complete processshall be facilitated throughSingle Window ClearancePortal, which will map notonly the relevant application

    formats, but also process flowfor grant of approval or clear-ances. The Mining Plan mod-ule of the portal was launchedon Monday and the modulesrelated to other clearances willbe added in phases.

    The Coal Ministry alsoexecuted agreements with the19 successful bidders of India’sfirst ever commercial miningauctions that includes VedantaLtd, Adani Enterprises Ltd,Jindal Power Ltd, HindalcoIndustries Ltd along with othersuccessful bidders. The successof India’s first ever commercialmining auctions will pave theway for the AatmanirbharBharat as it will help reduceIndia’s coal import by about 20per cent. SBI Capital MarketsLimited, sole TransactionAdvisor to Ministry of Coal forthe Commercial coal mineauction, had devised themethodology and assisted theMinistry in conducting theauction.

    “I appeal to all states tofacilitate the opening of allthese mines so that India couldmake use of its abundant coalresources. It will help ournation become Aatmanirbharin Coal,” Joshi said.

    Notably, States will garnera total revenue of Rs 6,656crores annually from thesesuccessfully auctioned 19mines.

    #��������������*���������2���������������������������!���#$

    '�*�"�����+��,314�#�� ���/����5����&���*�� ����������������

    �������������������������������������

    %&%����'(������������������)�#������"����������������

    5��������?���������

    ��**����������*�������������;�����+8+9B)������;����

    '����������������*������!��������������

    �����������������������������

    �������

    +�#�������������������������������*�

    �������������������������������

    ������������������������� ����������������������!��������������������������"��#�����#�������$�%���&��&&��������"�������������&�������� �����������#���������������#��������"��#�����������������"�������$�'�������#������������������������"��� �������������������������

    '�()�*��+��,'�*�%-*��%

    �����������*�����!

    �����������

  • ���������������� ��������� � !� " � �������.

    !,/*!�0%�!������������%���������$�����������(���������-�**����C/���������-����*���

    ����"1���C)�&���������&�����")����6���"���������������������!���������������������������*����������1-��&���4������0������������#(������

    ������!����������&���������!����&���!*����������������������������*������������!��&���!

    ����&���(��������!�����!������*�����������������������#$�����������������������������������&�*���������������&���������������������*������������������������������������&;���+8++#$�����������������������������������&�*�������������������������*������������������������������������&;���+8++#'�����������������������*�������!������*�*����*"�*�����������������&�!�������������*����

    ���!�����*���������!���-���������&����&����������������������������������#/�����(��������*����!������������!���������������������?�������*���*����������������!����������#

    ��������������������!������������������-��������������7������(���(�����"����������������'��������������!������������*&��#$�������������!���D�����������������������*���)�����5���" ����(���"�������������

    �������������������������������������������������������#��������!����������������#������)�����E-�������!���"��#� $�����./���������������"��#(���*����!�.6������)�������"��#������������E�������������"��#������ �����.�&�������������!�������!���"��#�������� �*��E�����!���"��#7���������6����E(���*�����!���"��#����(���E���*�����!���"��#;���������E���*�����!���"��#�����������E�������*���!���"��#(���(�����.�������"��#����������E�������"�$86��D���������.���������

    �������������������%�����%��������$����������!���������*��������������������"�����!��������������(�����)���������1����")���������������-��*�7�����(�����"����������������������������!���������D���������������������������������������2)�����&�������3&�������"��*��!�";��������#$��������!���*���D��FG�������������"�����������*�&����������*��*"����������������(�9"H9",HF#+G#/�������!���"����������!��������!������������������������7���)�����������(��������#

    ��������������������7��8����������������������I-����JK��)�(�����&�!!�������������������������L��D-�*����������!���D��&(�*�������������������*#/����F8��������L��D-�*�����������������1���������;�����+8+9"�������������������������*���������������;�������������������������������������������"�������������*����������!���������������&������!���1����)��D�#)��D�������&�����-���*������&���������������( ��4(/-��������'���(�������9+;�����+8+9�������������������������L��D���(���������-�*������������&�����!��D����������������#

    ��������!��%������������%��������������������!������������!����*�����!���D��&�����������/-�(./�����/���������

    �������(�������6�*I//�(6K��(�*�������!�� ��������������������"�������*����*��������*�����������!�������������#/����&�!�����!"������!��*%���.��������������������"��(���!����"������&������

    ��*������������!��*��������*���������������!������!���������#)�����������������"�6���������/����������������������������*����������M�������������������������*�����#

    ���������������������������������!���&�������-�����")����&��������7���I)�7K�����������������������&�����!����������-������#������-���D���"���������������!������������!��*�?�*�*��*��������������������&�����������������������������������������������*���#)�7�����-�����'���"����� �*�����������������������&����������*��������*��������!�����������#

    ����� (��-'/

    The Government has identi-fied as many as 129 loca-tions across the 24 districts inJharkhand for day 1 of vacci-nation drive against Covid-19wherein around 13,000 healthworkers will be administeredthe vaccine shots on January16, officials from the healthdepartment said on Monday.

    “We are prepared with allthe infrastructure and logisticsfor day 1 of the vaccinationprogramme on January 16. Onday 1, a certain number ofhealth workers will get theshots in all the 24 districts,” saidDirector, National HealthMission (NHM) Ravi ShankarShukla.

    Around 100 people will bevaccinated at each of the 129locations identified by theGovernment on day 1 of thevaccination programme, high-ly placed sources in the healthdepartment said. Each vacci-nation centre will be equippedwith a proper waiting area,washrooms, a logistics storagesection, seamless internet con-nectivity, power and other util-ities to prevent any breakdownof the established vaccinationprotocol.

    The NHM had earlier stat-

    ed that a photo identity proofwill be a must for any personto get Covid-19 vaccine shots.Voter ID cards, school certifi-cates, MGNREGA job cards,PAN cards and passports aresome of the identity proofs thatcan be used to register for thevaccination. Also, the persongetting vaccinated has to pro-duce his photo identity proof atthe vaccination centre, failingwhich he will not be adminis-tered the vaccine shot.

    The vaccine, health offi-cials said, will generate protec-tive levels of antibodies in thebody in two weeks after takingthe second dose. NHM furtherstated that people would haveto continue taking precaution-ary measures against the viruseven after getting the vaccineshots.

    For storage of the vaccine,Jharkhand already has 275Cold Chain Points and has pro-posed additional 30 ColdChain Points to enhance thestorage capacity in the state,officials from NHM said.

    Figures shared by a source inthe health department high-lighted that Jharkhand has fivewalk in coolers and four moreare being procured. The statealso has three walk in freezersand two more will be procuredsoon. Besides, there are 5505cold boxes and 41,979 vaccinecarriers available in Jharkhand.

    As per figures with theNHM, the state already has1666 electrical equipment forrunning vaccination pro-grammes. These include ILRsand DFs. ILRs, officials said,maintain a temperaturebetween 2 degree Celsius and8 degree Celsius, while DFshelp maintain a temperaturebelow 0 degrees for vaccinestorage. Deep freezers are alsoused for maintaining temper-ature during transportation ofvaccine.

    The Centre has authorisedtwo vaccines – Bharat Biotec’sCovaxin and Oxford-AstraZeneca & Serum Instituteof India’s Covishield – foremergency use in India.

    ����� (��-'/

    As Covid-19 vaccinationdrive is slated to beginacross the country fromJanuary 16, Ranchi DeputyCommissioner (DC) ChhaviRanjan conducted a reviewmeeting with the nodal officersof the various cells formed forthe same in the State capital onMonday.

    Taking informationregarding the availability ofmaterials at the vaccinationcentres from the officer incharge of the material cell, theDC directed to ensure theavailability of materials as perthe checklist. Ranjan also tookstock of the preparationsregarding the update of bene-ficiary database and portal forthe first phase.

    The DC also took infor-mation regarding the trainingof doctors, nurses, ANMs andfurther directed the nodal offi-cer to ensure that only trainedpersonnel are sent to the vac-cination centres.

    In the meeting necessaryguidelines were also issued bythe DC regarding the deploy-ment of magistrate and force ateach centre. Ranjan alsoinformed that a senior in-charge has been appointed ineach block, who will also havethe preferred charge of five tosix vaccination centres.

    Directions regarding thewebcasting arrangement fromfive vaccination centres inRanchi were also issued by theDC. Ranjan also issued direc-tives to the Civil Surgeon andDIO about the provision oftwo-way connectivity from thevaccination centre at SadarHospital.

    Ranjan also issued direc-tives to the concerned officialsto make arrangements forone-way connectivity at fivevaccination centres on January16.

    Meanwhile, the DC alongwith the Civil Surgeon RanchiBB Prasad took stock of thepreparations for two- wayconnectivity and live stream-ing from the Sadar Hospitalvaccination centre onMonday.

    The DC selected the venuefor two- way connectivity, livestreaming and also issued nec-essary guidelines to the officials

    regarding tents and broadcast-ing.

    The DC informed that inthe first phase, the vaccinewill be given to the healthworkers and frontline workers.For this a database of 25,000health workers has been pre-pared and registered on theCowin app. As many as 100patients will be vaccinatedeveryday at each centre.

    Civil Surgeon informedthat from the launching site ofCovid-19 vaccination PrimeMinister Narendra Modi willbe able to talk to the benefi-ciaries through two- way con-nectivity. All communityhealth centres have been madeinto vaccination centres andapart from the urban areaabout 10 centres have beenmade in rural areas as well.Availability of vaccinationofficers, vaccinators and nec-essary manpower has alsobeen ensured at each site.

    ����9.:

    ������������������

    ����� (��-'/

    Along with social service theDoctor’s Wives’Association has always tried tomaintain the rich Indian cul-ture and heritage. The Lohriand Sankranti celebrations tookoff in style on Monday as theDWA, Ranchi got togetheronline on Zoom. The pro-ceedings began with a heartywelcome to the new DWAexecutive and a warm gratitude

    to the outgoing one by theDWA Chairperson VinitaSharan and the co- chairpersonJhooma Sarkar.

    A pause was taken to paytributes to the departed soulsDr. D. P. Arya and Dr. RanjitSingh. The somber mood thengave way to a zingy season’sgreetings by the DWA president,Kamlesh Middha, who alsospelled out the festive theme.

    Then the typical kite-flyingwas so beautifully put up on a

    strategically made video bythe members. This was fol-lowed by the Secretary ArtiSingh’s heart-warming speechon the constant support andencouragement by the seniormembers.

    And, this was beautifullycomplimented by the blissfulmessages from the glitteringgalaxy of our veteran memberssuch as Dr ShobhaChakraborty, Dr. USHA Rani,Dr. Renuka Sinha, Dr. Sushma

    Priya, Dr. K Vasundhara,Pratibha Kumar. Towards theend the Lohri theme wasbrought on with the meticulousCrossword game which com-prised words associated withthe festival only. The grandeurand excitement had to be wit-nessed to be believed.

    The new DWA executivesinclude Kamlesh Middha aspresident, Arti Singh asSecretary and Arti Sinha asTreasurer.

    ����� (��-'/

    The JMM has reacted strong-ly to the Supreme Court’soral observation on three farmlaws and ongoing farmers’protest in Delhi. JMM generalsecretary and party spokesper-son, Supriyo Bhattacharya said,“The Supreme Court’s oralobservation on three farm lawsis a clear message to the Centrethat it is high time for theNarendra Modi Government torepeal and revoke the threefarm laws. The farmers areprotesting against the farm lawsince November but the Centrehas ignored their demands.”

    Hearing the clutch of peti-tions challenging the new farmlaws, the Supreme Courtobserved that it was disap-pointed with the way negotia-tions between the Governmentand the farmers have pro-gressed and said it will pass anorder on the matter on Tuesday.

    The Supreme Court alsodirected the Centre to stay thelaws till a committee consti-tuted by it discusses the sameand submits a report.

    The SC observation on

    three farm laws has givenweapons to non-NDA partiesto sharpen their attack againstCentre and farm laws.Bhattacharya said, “We havebeen opposing the farm laws asit is against the interest offarmers. Now, the SupremeCourt too has raised its doubtson farm laws; it has vindicatedour stand.” He further saidthat farm laws aim at protect-ing the rights of corporatehouses. He said, “The Centrehas privatized banks, insurance,aviation, railways and other

    public sector units and nowthey are targeting agriculturetoo. The three farm laws areagainst the interest of farmersas the corporate houses willstanch agriculture land fromfarmers.”

    Meanwhile, the BJP hastaken a wait and watch stand.State BJP spokesperson, PratulShahdeo said, “It is too early toreact to the oral observation ofSC. We will make a commentonce there is final order of SCon three farm laws.”

    The bench comprising CJIBobde Bobde and Justices A SBopanna and VRamasubramanian also sug-gested names of former CJIsincluding RM Lodha to headthe panel for exploring thepossibility of a solution overfarm laws protests. The benchsaid it will pass orders on theissue in parts.

    Talks between the Centreand farmer unions on the newagriculture laws failed to makeany headway even after theeighth round of talks. TheCentre and the farmer leadersare scheduled to hold their nextmeeting on January 15.

    ����� (��-'/

    This year on Republic Daycultural programmes and‘Prabhat Ferry’ will not beorganised in Jharkhand. Onlya parade and display of tableauwill be organised on the occa-sion.

    It was decided in a meetingheld on Monday at the DeputyCommissioner (DC) Office inthe State Capital. Ranchi DCcalled the meeting to discussthe preparation of the mainfunction of Republic Day cel-ebration which will be organ-ised at Morhabadi Ground ofthe State Capital on January, 26.In the meeting chaired byRanchi DC Chavi Ranjan, theconcerned officials were givennecessary guidelines related tothe preparation.

    Ranjan said that prepara-tions for the Republic Day cel-ebrations will be made this timein view of Covid infection. He

    informed that this year only aparade and a tableau demon-stration will be organized. He

    instructed to prepare the pro-gramme keeping Corona infec-tion in mind by following

    physical distance. In the meeting, the

    Executive Engineer, DrinkingWater and SanitationDepartment was directed bythe DC to make arrangements

    for drinking water supply, VIPtoilets and others.

    Ranjan told the RoadConstruction Division toensure the repair and cleanli-ness of the roads leading toMorhabadi. He instructedExecutive Engineer BuildingDivision-1 to ensure arrange-ments for gallery constructionfor visitors, barricading at thevenue, construction of towersfor stage and sound box. TheDC instructed Ranchi,Superintendent of Police toensure the arrangement ofparking of vehicles atMoharabadi ground, appoint-ment of traffic policemen in theconnecting routes and trafficroutes by ensuring publica-tion in newspapers.

    The District Nazrat DeputyCollector got responsibility toensure preparations related tominute-to-minute programs,seating arrangements of guestsand others. Ranjan told the civil

    surgeon to provide the neces-sary medical camp, and theDistrict Fire Officer to makearrangements for firefighting inMorhabadi and other officialsalso got necessary instructions.He instructed the municipalofficer to ensure cleanlinessaround Mohababadi grounds.

    During the meeting,Ranjan and SeniorSuperintendent of Police,Surendra Kumar Jha gavedirections to the officialsregarding the preparation ofthe Republic Day celebration ina peaceful environment.

    Jha said that for theRepublic Day to be concludedin a better environment, secu-rity arrangements will be madefor it. Also, special attentionwill be paid to ensure that thereis no traffic problem. He hopedthat the program would beorganized on Republic Daywith protection from Kovidinfection.

    ����� (��-'/

    The Hemant Soren-led JharkhandGovernment recently announcedfinancial aid to State archers in anattempt to help them participate in theinternational competitions. The step isin direction of fulfilling the dreams ofthree economically poor archers offer-ing them recurve archery bow.

    The archers include Komalika,Krishna and Ashrita from Chaibasawho would get an opportunity togroom their talent aiming them toclinch medals at international eventsincluding Olympics.

    Recurve bows are used in theOlympic, Paralympic Games, at WorldArchery Championships and on theHyundai Archery World Cup circuit.Recurve bows consist of a riser and twolimbs that curve back away from thearcher, linked by a bowstring that isdrawn with the fingers.

    Ashrita Biruli thanked the StateGovernment for encouragement claim-ing that she will try her best to makeJharkhand proud. According to Ashrita,the bow made of bamboo in the Indianround could only play archery in India.But now with recurve archery bow theywill also get a chance to play abroad.

    Krishna is also waiting for a new

    bow. He said that with the timely helpof the Government, the dream of par-ticipating in the Olympics will be ful-filled. “I will be able to participate ininternational level competition,” saidKrishna.

    All three archers come from poorfamily background, but specialize inpiercing the target with the bow andarrow. Komalika is the emerging inter-national archer of the state, who raised

    the country’s pride by receiving the 2018Gold Medal at World Youth ArcheryChampionship held in Sweden. She hasalso been selected for the upcomingOlympics and she is undergoing train-ing at the Olympic camp in Pune.

    In order to encourage them, theState Government provided Rs 2.7lakh to Komalika and Rs 2.5 lakh eachto Krishna and Ashrita for purchasingrecurve bow under the Sportsmen’sWelfare Fund.

    In addition to the above archersJagarnath Gagarai received Rs 2.5 lakhfor recurve bow, Gunaram Purtireceived Rs 1 lakh and Rs 1 lakh wasprovided to paralyze hockey coachPratima Barwa.

    For the purpose of promotingsports at the district level, the postingof appointments of 24 district sportsofficers in all the 24 districts has beendone. For the first time in the historyof Jharkhand, the appointment of sportsofficers in the districts was carried out.The government is working towardsimplementing sports policy soon.Under the Khel Kalyan Kosh SportsScholarship Samman Rashi, Rs69,70000 as cash prize money was dis-tributed among 260 players and Rs85,72,800 was distributed among 250players as sports scholarship.

    An official from the sports depart-ment said, “The ‘National Camp’ of 35players selected for the Women’sFootball World Cup is going to be heldin Jharkhand. Eight players fromJharkhand selected for the U-17Women’s Football World Cup were pro-vided training facilities at the BirsaMunda Football Stadium, Morhabadi.In this way, the state government is con-stantly making efforts to promotesports and sportspersons in Jharkhand.”

    &�� ����#�#���*��&��6�������� ���#7'��0,1�*� �������� ���������!���������������&�� ����������� �������������

    ����������������������"���#���������$��"����,��

    -�#�������������������"�����������������

    !�����/� ������������ �� � �������������

    ������������������������������

    #��������������$������!��������"����������������������������������#����!����!������������� �������������������+��������������������������&�� ���������� '���������(��������

    '1������/*�%����)-*!�1!%-�0�*2)�*

    �������3���&��&������� ��"����������������������3�4�������������������� #����5�"������������#�3������"����������&�������������#&�����������������������

    ��&������������

    ��

    ��������������������������������

    ������������!� ������� �!��"���������!������)����� �������

    �������������

    &�� ����#�#���*��&��6������������*��������������������������� �������#���� ����������&�� ����������� &�����8���(��������

    ,���

    �������������$��.���������������&����������������'�������

  • ��������6���������������� ��������� � !� " �

    �2����$����� �40�45'/

    Republic Day parade in 2022 will be at the newCentral Vista Avenue,” UnionHousing and Urban AffairsMinister Hardeep Singh Purion Monday said as he outlinedthat the development /rede-velopment of Central Vista isbeing undertaken with theobjective of upgradingParliament’s space, facilitiesand equipping it better.

    Work on redevelopmentof Rajpath will start soon afterthis year’s Republic Day parade.The work is expected to becompleted in the next 10months.

    As things stand, days afterthe Supreme Court’s go ahead,the Heritage ConservationCommittee (HCC) under theMinistry of Housing and UrbanAffairs, has cleared the pro-posal for the new Parliamentbuilding under the CentralVista Redevelopment Project.

    Responding to a queryduring a press conference,Ministry of Housing and UrbanAffairs’ Secretary DurgaShankar Mishra on Mondaysaid the committee discussedthe proposal of new parliamentbuilding and gave its approvaltoday (Monday). “The pro-

    posal was sent a few days ago,discussed and cleared after adetailed discussion,” he said.

    Additional secretary of theUnion Housing and UrbanAffairs Ministry is the chair-man of the 14-memberHeritage ConservationCommittee. The panel has ninegovernment officials and fouracademics from School ofPlanning and Architecture andDelhi University. “The com-mittee’s members are the oneswho look into what is provid-ed under unified buildingbylaws for preserving the her-itage based on which theyaccept, reject or suggest certainmodifications,” Mishra added.Notably, the HCC does nothold a public hearing. Askedwhether public hearing wasmandatory before granting

    approval, he answered, “No”.Last month, Prime

    Minister Narendra Modi hadlaid the foundation stone of thenew Parliament building wherethe Lok Sabha chamber willhave a seating capacity for 888members, while the RajyaSabha will have 384 seats formembers. The NationalEmblem will crown the newParliament building.

    The Central Vista revamp,announced in September, 2019envisages a new triangularParliament building, with aseating capacity for 900 to1,200 MPs, that is to be con-structed by August, 2022 whenthe country will be celebratingits 75th Independence Day.The common CentralSecretariat is likely to be builtby 2024 under the project.

    ���������������������� !"������������������#��

    ����� �40�45'/

    Adeclining number of freshCovid-19 cases and a highrate of recovery have resultedin a continuous fall in thecountry’s active caseload, whichaccounts for only 2.13 per centof the total infections, theUnion Health Ministry said onMonday.

    The number of daily newfatalities has also declined sub-stantially in the country. OnMonday, less than 170 suchdeaths were recorded after 229days, the Ministry said. In fact,in the last 24 hours, Indiareported 16,311 new cases.

    India’s total active case-load has fallen to 2.25 lakh(2,22,526) on Monday with16,959 infected people recov-ered and discharged. This hasled to a net decline of 809 fromthe total active caseload.

    The total recovered casesstand at 10,092,909. The gapbetween recovered cases andactive cases, that is steadilyincreasing, is nearing 99 lakhsand presently stands at98,70,383.

    The recovery rate has alsoimproved to 96.43 per cent on

    Monday. This is amongst thehighest the world over. TheMinistry said that 78.56 percent of the new recovered casesare observed to be concentrat-ed in 10 States/UTs.

    Kerala has reported themaximum number of singleday recoveries with 4,659 newlyrecovered cases. 2,302 peoplerecovered in Maharashtra fol-lowed by 962 in Chhattisgarh.Similarly, 80.25 per cent of thenew cases are concentrated in9 States and UTs.

    Kerala has also reportedthe highest daily new cases at4,545 followed by Maharashtrawith 3,558new cases.

    Six States/UTs account for69.57 per cent of the dailydeaths with Maharashtra wit-nessing the maximum casual-ties (34). Kerala and WestBengal followed with 23 and 19daily deaths, respectively.

    $'4(4-��4(�(�$4/�)(��4�$�HN#,G)4(-4�$

    ��������

    ���������������������#�*�0,1� ����5���������������� �*��� ����� �40�45'/

    Researchers from IITMadras have found thatholding one’s breath canincrease the chances of aCovid-19 infection. They saidthat the process of virus-ladendroplets being transportedinto deep lung increases withdecreasing breathing fre-quency.

    The research team led byProf. Mahesh Panchagnula,Department of AppliedMechanics, IIT Madras, withhis research scholars ArnabKumar Mallik and SoumalyaMukherjee, IIT Madras mod-elled the breathing frequencyin a laboratory and foundthat low breathing frequencyincreases the time of resi-dence of the virus and there-fore it increases chances ofdeposition and consequentlythe infection.

    Also, the multiscale lungstructure has a significanteffect on a person’s suscepti-bility to Covid-19, said thestudy which is published inthe journal Physics of Fluids.

    Elaborating on the needfor such research, Prof.Panchagnula, said, “Covid-19(the disease caused byCoronavirus) has opened agap in our understanding of

    deep pulmonological systemicdiseases.”

    “Our study unravels themystery behind how particlesare transported and deposit-ed in the deep lung. The studydemonstrates the physicalprocess by which aerosol par-ticles are transported into thedeep generations of the lung,”he added.

    Prof. Panchagnula’s teamworked to gain a deeperunderstanding of how the rateof flow of droplet laden withvirus determines the deposi-tion of the virus in the lungs.

    In their research, the teamreported that holding thebreath and having low breath-ing rate can increase chancesof virus deposition in thelungs.

    The study was conductedto pave the way for develop-ing better therapies and drugsfor respiratory infections.

    Previous work from thegroup has also highlightedthe significant variability inaerosol uptake from individ-ual to individual, suggesting areason why some people aremore susceptible to airbornediseases than others.

    The IIT Madras researchteam imitated the dropletdynamics in the lung bystudying the movement of

    droplets in the small capillar-ies which were of a diametersimilar to bronchioles.

    They took water mixedwith fluorescent particles andgenerated aerosols from thisliquid using a nebulizer.

    These fluorescent aerosolswere used to track the move-ment and deposition of parti-cles in the capillaries.

    The researchers studiedthe movement of the fluores-cent aerosol particles in cap-illaries of size ranging from0.3 to 2 millimetres whichcovers the range of bronchiolediameters.

    They found that the depo-sition is inversely propor-tional to the aspect ratio ofcapillaries, which suggeststhat the droplets are likely todeposit in longer bronchi-oles.

    The scientists also studiedhow the ‘Reynolds Number,’ aparameter that quantifies thenature of flow - steady or tur-bulent, determines the depo-sition in the capillaries.

    They found that when theflow of aerosol movement issteady then the particlesdeposit via the process of dif-fusion, however, if the flow isturbulent then the particlesdeposit via the process ofimpaction

    $��������+��������� ����� ����� ��� ������#�*������ ����9�&����� �

    ����� �40�45'/

    With the impasse continu-ing at the Line of ActualControl (LAC) for the last ninemonths, Chief of Defence StaffGeneral Bipin Rawat reviewedthe operational readiness of thearmed forces on Monday inLadakh. He is also likely to visitsome forward areas along theborder.

    Incidentally, the CDS hadan extensive tour of ArunachalPradesh some days back tocheck readiness. He interactedwith the Army and Indo-Tibetan BorderPolice(ITBP)troops on some ofthe posts maintained by air. Healso reviewed some air forcebases and advanced landinggrounds in the State facingChina in the east. The top brassbriefed him about the situationin the eastern sector.

    As regards the ongoing

    Ladakh tour, officials said hereon Monday he was apprised ofthe current situation on the1,700 km LAC in Ladakh by thecommanders of the Leh based‘Fire and Fury Corps’.

    He was also updated aboutthe army’s preparedness toremain fighting fit during theharsh winter months. The brief-ing included logistical situationof winter clothing and prefab-ricated heated huts to enable thetroops to withstand temperaturedipping to minus 30 degrees.

    As multiple rounds of talksat the military and diplomaticlevels have so far failed to breakthe logjam, the Indian army was

    all geared up for a long haul dur-ing the ongoing winter season.At present, more than one lakhtroops of India and China arefacing each other in Ladakhthereby heightening tension.

    During his tour of Ladakh,Rawat was also likely to inter-act with troops at some bases inan effort to boost their morale,officials said. He was also like-ly to review the readiness ofsome of the fighting formations.

    His visit came at a timewith all the three Services haveramped up their war fightingmachinery. The Army hasdeployed crack mountaintroops in Ladakh besides gear-ing up its formations all alongthe 4,000 km long LAC stretch-ing from Ladakh in the west toArunachal Pradesh in the east.The IAF has also increased itsalert on all the forwards basesfacing China and deployedmost of its frontline fighter jetsthere.

    #�!�&�������*������������������������������������ ������8��"�

    ����� �40�45'/

    The NIA on Monday filedfirst supplementary charge-sheet before a Special Court,Ranchi under various IPCSections relating to criminalconspiracy and provisions ofUnlawful Activities(Prevention) Act against fouraccused persons in the CPI(Maoist) case of Jharkhand.

    The four are Manoj Kumaralias Manoj Kumar Yadav(arrested), Krishna Da aliasKrishna Hansda (Absconding),Sunil Manjhi alias SunilMurmu (Arrested) and ManojKumar Choudhary (Arrested),all residents of district Giridih,Jharkhand.

    On January 22, 2018, aftercollection of levy amount,accused Manoj Kumar, whilehe was en-route to deliver theextorted funds to the cadres ofCPI (Maoist), was arrested byState Police and levy amount of

    �6 Lakh along with otherincriminating documents wereseized from his possession.

    The NIA took over theinvestigation of the case on July21, 2018 and re-registered it toprobe the case.

    “Investigation has estab-lished that arrested accusedManoj Kumar Yadav, wasworking as an associate/ OverGround Worker (OGW) ofthe CPI (Maoist), a proscribedterrorist organization, and wasthe conduit between the con-tractors and the banned orga-nization.

    With no clue available ini-tially, break-through in theinvestigation was achieved sub-sequently after extensive andmeticulous examination of sev-

    eral witnesses and rigoroustechnical analysis,” the NIAsaid in a statement here.

    Investigation has alsorevealed that arrested accusedSunil Manjhi, RegionalCommittee Member of CPI(Maoist), and abscondingaccused Krishna Da, RegionalCommittee Member andSecretary, North ChotanagpurZone of CPI (Maoist) wereinvolved in raising funds bycollecting levy through extor-tion for commission of terror-ist activities by way of attack-ing security forces, damagingpublic and private property,disrupting public peace andkilling innocent people.

    It was further establishedduring investigation that ManojKumar Choudhary was alsoCPI (Maoist) cadre who usedto collect the levy amounts andhand over the same to the othersenior members of the pro-scribed organisation, it added.

    ������������������������������������������������

    %��,!���