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A head of a meeting of a Parliamentary panel on Information technology on Thursday to discuss safety and security of users on social media, the Government on Tuesday asked WhatsApp to withdraw the recent changes in the privacy policy of the mes- saging app, saying unilateral changes are unfair and unac- ceptable. In a strongly-worded letter to WhatsApp CEO Will Cathcart, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology said India is home to the largest user base of WhatsApp globally and is one the biggest markets for its ser- vices. The proposed changes to the WhatsApp Terms of Service and Privacy Policy, without giving users an option to opt- out, “raise grave concerns regarding the implications for the choice and autonomy of Indian citizens,” it said. T hree days after the launch of the nationwide vaccina- tion drive and reports of sev- eral adverse events following immunisation (AEFI), Serum Institute of India (SII) and Bharat Biotech, makers of anti- Covid vaccine Covishield and Covaxin respectively, released a set of “Dos and Dont’s aim- ing to help a recipient under- stand the risks and benefits of their vaccine.” Interestingly, soon after the approval of their vaccine by the DCGI early January, both firms had questioned the effi- cacy of each other’s jabs. The Bharat Biotech fact- sheet said that “it is advisable not to take the vaccine if a per- son has allergies, fever or bleed- ing disorder or is on a blood thinner. It also said that preg- nant and breastfeeding women should also avoid taking Covaxin.” Those who are immune- compromised or are on medi- cine that affects immune sys- tem, and those who have received another Covid-19 vac- cine should also not get the Bharat Biotech’s medicine, said the company whose vaccine is being refused by a section of doctors like the Resident Doctors’ Association (RDA) of RML hospital in Delhi and Karnataka to name a few. They have preferred Covishield over Covaxin. Private practitioners like Dr Rahul Bhargava, Director (Institute of Blood Disorder and Bone Marrow Transplant) Fortis Hospital, Gurugram, too, minced no words as he doubted the efficacy of the Covaxin. He also felt that the two companies should have released the factsheets prior to the mega vaccination drive so that people were not only aware of the health impacts of the vaccines but also whether or not they are eligible for it. The Hyderabad-based biotechnology firm also said that the DCGI has authorised the restricted use of its vaccine under clinical trial mode. “Individuals, who are pri- oritised under the public health programme of the Ministry of Health and Family welfare, will be covered under this endeavour. Informing the indi- viduals about the offer for vac- cination with Covaxin will rest with the respective Government programme offi- cials. Those offered Covaxin at pre-specified booths will have the options to receive or reject administration of the vaccine,” the factsheet stated. The company document further described the ingredi- ents in the Covaxin. It contains 64g of whole-virion inactivat- ed SARS-CoV-2 antigen (Strain: NIV-2020-770), and the other inactive ingredients such as aluminum hydroxide gel (250 μg), TLR 7/8 agonist (imidazoquinolinone) 15 μg, 2- phenoxyethanol 2.5 mg, and phosphate buffer saline up to 0.5 ml. “The vaccine thus has been developed by using inactivat- ed/killed virus along with the aforementioned chemicals,” it said, adding that Covaxin is administered as an injection into the deltoid muscle of the upper arm. It is a two-dose series given four weeks apart. Not keen to be left behind in the race, within minutes the SII too released its factsheet, stating that people who are severely allergic to any ingre- dient of Covishield are advised not to take it. “Pregnant and lactating mothers should men- tion it to the healthcare provider before getting the jab. Also, do not forget to take the second dose!” The SII said that one should not get the Covishield vaccine if the person had a severe allergic reaction after a previous dose of this vaccine which has “L-Histidine, L- Histidine hydrochloride mono- hydrate, Magnesium chloride hexahydrate, Polysorbate 80, Ethanol, Sucrose, Sodium chlo- ride, Disodium edetate dihy- drate (EDTA), water for injec- tion,” as its ingredients. T amil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi Palaniswamy, who is also the co-coordinator of the AIADMK, said in New Delhi on Tuesday that there was no possibility of VK Sasikala, the jailed aide to late Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, returning to the party. The TN Chief Minister met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday and Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday. During his meeting with the Prime Minister, Palaniswami extended the for- mer an invitation to visit the State for inaugurating a slew of projects there. Ruling out Sasikala’s inclu- sion in the AIADMK-led front, Palaniswamy said, “There is no chance… She is not with the party now. I can say that ...100 per cent…there is no chance of Sasikala returning to AIADMK.” The fact that he shut the door of Sasikala after his meet- ing with Modi and Shah is sig- nificant. Sasikala is serving a four- year-jail term in Bengaluru’s Parappana Agrahara Central Jail in connection with the disproportionate asset case in which she was an accused along with late Jayalalithaa, and two others. All the accused were sentenced to four-year rigorous imprisonment by a special court in Bengaluru which was upheld by the Supreme Court. Sasikala’s prison term is coming to an end on January 26 and she would be released on January 27, said her lawyer S Pandian. Sasikala was elect- ed General Secretary of the AIADMK by its general coun- cil on December 29, 2016. Edappadi and O Panneerselvam convened a General Council meeting of the AIADMK in August 2017 and abolished the post of general secretary. Brisbane: A fearless India, dri- ven by its courageous young- sters, pulled of an exhilarating three-wicket win over Australia in the fourth Test to claim the series 2-1 and retain the Border- Gavaskar Trophy on Tuesday. Resuming at four for none on the final day, India over- hauled the target with 18 balls to spare in a match that went down to the wire. Rishabh Pant led the chase with his aggressive yet mature unbeaten 89 while Shubman Gill scored 91. Cheteshwar Pujara enduring many a painful blows on his body in his dogged 56-run knock that he raised with a 211- ball vigil. Australia had won the pink-ball Adelaide Test while India struck back with victory in Melbourne. Third Test in Sydney had ended in a draw. India had won a historic Test series Down Under two years back and now the team is cherishing back-to- back series victory. Detailed report on P12 T he State Government is making every effort to con- trol extremism in Jharkhand. It is the effort of the government that people who are deviated from the mainstream, join the mainstream of society and cooperate in the State's recon- struction. For this, an initiative is being taken to make the option of surrender to the Naxalites and to make them skillful with a view to provid- ing them a better life. In the year 2020, the Government has also approved the proposal to give the amount of rehabilitation grant to 14 mil- itants surrendering from various militant organisations and under the policy of rehabilitation. Three of these surrendered militants are being given 4L each, 2 lakh each to nine militants and an amount of Rs one lakh each is being given to two militants as rehabilitation grant. Of these mil- itants, 11 are from CPI (Maoist), 2 are of the People's Liberation Front of India (PLFI) and a member of the Tritiya Prastuti Committee (TPC). In addition, more than a dozen other surrendered mili- tants have been given an amount of two lakh each. On the other hand, the government has approved an expenditure of 34 crores in the financial year 2019-20 for the construction of an ITI in Ranchi, Khunti, Ramgarh, Simdega, Dumka, and Giridih under the skill development scheme for the youth in the militancy affected districts so that the youth can be linked with self-employ- ment by making them skilled. The Government announced new prize money for the arrest of banned Naxalite organisation CPI (Maoist) and six active Naxalites, who are absconding with PLFI. The pro- posal related to increasing the prize money by retaining the already announced prize money against 120 Naxalites was also approved. At present, the award is declared against 279 Naxalites. CM Soren has approved the pro- posal regarding the formation of Special Court in Jharkhand. A special court is to be set up in Ranchi under the NIA to hear cases related to terrorist / left- wing extremists. A special court of NIA will be set up on the lines of CBI. A t least three more Covid-19 patients died in Jharkhand on Tuesday, taking the number of Covid casualties reported in the past 48 hours to seven in the state, figures compiled by the health department highlighted. Ranchi, Ramgarh and Dhanbad reported one Covid casualty each on Tuesday, tak- ing the Covid toll in Jharkhand to 1057 and that in Ranchi to 226, a bulletin released by the National Health Mission stated. Meanwhile, recoveries out- numbered fresh cases on the day, causing a drop in the number of active cases of infec- tion. As many as 141 recover- ies against 101 fresh cases brought the number of active cases in the state down to 1147 in the past 24 hours, the NHM stated in its bulletin. Ranchi once again report- ed more than half of the Covid cases that surfaced in Jharkhand on Tuesday, but recoveries outnumbered fresh cases here as well. As many as 53 people were found infected in Ranchi, while 85 Covid patients recovered here, bring- ing the number of active cases in the district down to 575. Among other districts, Dhanbad reported 15 cases against three recoveries, while East Singhbhum reported only five cases against 19 recoveries. As many as nine people were found infected in Bokaro and five patients recovered there. As per figures with the NHM, at least nine of 24 dis- tricts in Jharkhand did not report fresh cases of Covid-19 infection on Tuesday. Only Ranchi and East Singhbhum reported a double-digit-spike in cases on the day. The government on Tuesday tested swab samples of 13,886 people and less than 1 per cent of them were found infected. So far, the government has collected swab samples of 50.96 lakh people and tested 50.72 lakh of them. As per the NHM, as many as 1,17,887 people have been infected by the virus in Jharkhand so far and more than 98 per cent of them have recovered. As per Government data, the growth rate of the infection in Jharkhand was 0.08 per cent against the national average of 0.12 per cent. At current pace, it would take more than 881 days for the number of Covid cases to double in Jharkhand. The doubling rate in India was 588.91 days.

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    In a strongly-worded letterto WhatsApp CEO WillCathcart, the Ministry ofElectronics and InformationTechnology said India is hometo the largest user base ofWhatsApp globally and is onethe biggest markets for its ser-vices.

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    Three days after the launchof the nationwide vaccina-tion drive and reports of sev-eral adverse events followingimmunisation (AEFI), SerumInstitute of India (SII) andBharat Biotech, makers of anti-Covid vaccine Covishield andCovaxin respectively, releaseda set of “Dos and Dont’s aim-ing to help a recipient under-stand the risks and benefits oftheir vaccine.”

    Interestingly, soon afterthe approval of their vaccine bythe DCGI early January, bothfirms had questioned the effi-cacy of each other’s jabs.

    The Bharat Biotech fact-sheet said that “it is advisablenot to take the vaccine if a per-son has allergies, fever or bleed-ing disorder or is on a bloodthinner. It also said that preg-nant and breastfeeding womenshould also avoid takingCovaxin.”

    Those who are immune-compromised or are on medi-cine that affects immune sys-tem, and those who havereceived another Covid-19 vac-cine should also not get theBharat Biotech’s medicine, saidthe company whose vaccine isbeing refused by a section ofdoctors like the ResidentDoctors’ Association (RDA)of RML hospital in Delhi andKarnataka to name a few. Theyhave preferred Covishield overCovaxin.

    Private practitioners likeDr Rahul Bhargava, Director(Institute of Blood Disorderand Bone Marrow Transplant)Fortis Hospital, Gurugram,too, minced no words as he

    doubted the efficacy of theCovaxin.

    He also felt that the twocompanies should havereleased the factsheets prior tothe mega vaccination drive sothat people were not only awareof the health impacts of thevaccines but also whether ornot they are eligible for it.

    The Hyderabad-basedbiotechnology firm also saidthat the DCGI has authorisedthe restricted use of its vaccineunder clinical trial mode.

    “Individuals, who are pri-oritised under the public healthprogramme of the Ministry ofHealth and Family welfare,will be covered under thisendeavour. Informing the indi-viduals about the offer for vac-cination with Covaxin will restwith the respectiveGovernment programme offi-cials. Those offered Covaxin atpre-specified booths will havethe options to receive or rejectadministration of the vaccine,”the factsheet stated.

    The company documentfurther described the ingredi-ents in the Covaxin. It contains64g of whole-virion inactivat-ed SARS-CoV-2 antigen(Strain: NIV-2020-770), andthe other inactive ingredientssuch as aluminum hydroxidegel (250 μg), TLR 7/8 agonist(imidazoquinolinone) 15 μg, 2-phenoxyethanol 2.5 mg, andphosphate buffer saline up to0.5 ml.

    “The vaccine thus has beendeveloped by using inactivat-ed/killed virus along with theaforementioned chemicals,” itsaid, adding that Covaxin isadministered as an injection

    into the deltoid muscle of theupper arm. It is a two-doseseries given four weeks apart.

    Not keen to be left behindin the race, within minutes theSII too released its factsheet,stating that people who areseverely allergic to any ingre-dient of Covishield are advisednot to take it. “Pregnant andlactating mothers should men-tion it to the healthcareprovider before getting the jab.Also, do not forget to take thesecond dose!”

    The SII said that oneshould not get the Covishieldvaccine if the person had asevere allergic reaction after a

    previous dose of this vaccinewhich has “L-Histidine, L-Histidine hydrochloride mono-

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    The TN Chief Ministermet Prime Minister NarendraModi on Tuesday and UnionHome Minister Amit Shah onMonday. During his meetingwith the Prime Minister,Palaniswami extended the for-mer an invitation to visit theState for inaugurating a slew of

    projects there.Ruling out Sasikala’s inclu-

    sion in the AIADMK-led front,Palaniswamy said, “There is nochance… She is not with theparty now. I can say that ...100per cent…there is no chance ofSasikala returning toAIADMK.”

    The fact that he shut thedoor of Sasikala after his meet-ing with Modi and Shah is sig-nificant.

    Sasikala is serving a four-year-jail term in Bengaluru’sParappana Agrahara CentralJail in connection with thedisproportionate asset case inwhich she was an accusedalong with late Jayalalithaa,

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    Sasikala’s prison term iscoming to an end on January26 and she would be releasedon January 27, said her lawyerS Pandian. Sasikala was elect-ed General Secretary of theAIADMK by its general coun-cil on December 29, 2016.Edappadi and OPanneerselvam convened aGeneral Council meeting of theAIADMK in August 2017 andabolished the post of generalsecretary.

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    Ranchi once again report-ed more than half of the Covidcases that surfaced inJharkhand on Tuesday, butrecoveries outnumbered freshcases here as well. As many as53 people were found infectedin Ranchi, while 85 Covidpatients recovered here, bring-ing the number of active casesin the district down to 575.

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    Kaal Bhairav (25), a captiveelephant of the BetlaNational Park, was killed onMonday night in the elephantshed in Palamu Fort. KumarAshish, Deputy Director, NorthDivision of the Palamau tigerreserve said the two wildtuskers of the park killed KaalBhairav.

    The two wild tuskerspierced their tusks into thebelly of Kaal Bhairav and theprimary count of the piercingholes in the stomach of thedeceased elephant are said to be20.

    Such was the fiercenessand severity of the piercingsthat intestines of the diseasedelephant came out of thecorpse. The two tusks of Kaal

    Bhairav are intact. Ashish saidthe deceased's tusks have beentaken out of the corpse andthen it will be preserved prop-erly. Tusks are not buried withthe corpse.

    Government veterinarysurgeon Chandon De con-ducted the post mortem.Viscera has been preserved forthe forensic examination.Ashish said the fight was most

    ferocious between the two wildtuskers and this captive tuskerin the elephant shed in PalamuFort.

    He said the captive was inthe chains. The attacking ele-phants took advantage of this.The chains finally broke downbut by then the attacking wildtuskers had full command overthe captive Kaal Bhairav.

    Kaal Bhairav was pushed to

    some distance where it felldead. Shock and loss of bloodtook the toll said sources.Sources said this is the firstsuch episode of its kind here.

    Fight for supremacyamong the wildlife is too com-mon but two tuskers killing onetusker is the rarest of the rarehere in Palamu tiger reserve inthe last forty years. Betlanational park has five captive

    elephants. Now, one KaalBhairav is no more. There arenow left three female and onemale captive elephants in Betlanational park.

    Sources said there are morethan four dozen wild elephantsin Betla national park.

    Bhairav Sita and Muruganwere brought here by roadfrom Karnataka in the year2018.

    Ashish said our Bhairavwas all fit and healthy but thissudden attack just puzzledhim. He said eight staff includ-ing the Mahout Lal BihariSingh did try hard to driveaway the attacking two wildtuskers but in vain.

    These staff exploded highsounding crude crackers butthe attacking two wild tuskerscared not a fig for it.

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    Bokaro Steel City is all set toemerge as a sports hub. Thedistrict administration, in coor-dination with Bokaro Steel Plant(BSL) management, is at work topromote sports and events forthe well being of masses, saidRajesh Kumar Singh, DeputyCommissioner Bokaro.

    The district administra-tion will provide office, infra-structure, and all logistic sup-port for the development, saidSingh. He was talking to themedia persons at CollectorateHall to mark the completion ofone year of getting the ‘GlobalActive Partner City’ tag toBokaro Steel City.

    "Our aim is to build ahealthy city and healthy soci-ety through sports so that ourcitizens and the coming gen-erations can become the top-pers in every field," said theDC.

    Last year on 19 January,Bokaro was honoured withthe ‘Global Active Partner City’(GAC) standard and becamethe first city in India and thesecond in Asia to get this pres-tigious standard. AfterKarasiyaka in Turkey (the firstcity), Bokaro is the secondcity in Asia to get the tag.

    Well known as‘Educational’ and ‘Steel’ hub,Bokaro Steel City is a plannedcity established and maintainedby Bokaro Steel Plant. It is alsoan urban agglomeration, amajor industrial center, and thefourth-largest city inJharkhand.

    Mani Kant Dhan, Chief ofCommunications, BSL, said,under the ‘nucleus mission’protected and supported by theInternational OlympicCommittee (IOC), Bokaro SteelCity is connected to the GlobalActive City (GAC) network.

    “This nucleus project(through the IOC) is an attemptto give a new direction to thesociety by connecting theBokaro city under the Olympicsin action so that residents ofBokaro district can be pre-pared in different areas througha healthy and functional envi-ronment,” added Dhan.

    "We are ready with a

    ‘Calendar of Events’ to promotesports and well beings. It wouldbe released very soon, might beon 24 January on the eve of theSAIL Foundation Day," saidDhan.

    “On this move we are alsoplanning to felicitate allOlympians residing across theJharkhand. In near future we willorganize an event where all ofthem will be honoured,” headded.

    Expressing happiness overgetting the prestigious GACtag to the city, BSL Director-in-charge Amrandu Prakashsaid, we are on the move togive a strong boost to Sportsin and around the city includ-ing periphery and commandareas of BSL, especially during2021.

    Following the Coronavirusprotocol and maintainingsocial distancing norms, severalsports events, includingMarathon, Cycle Race, OnlineChess Competition, would beorganised very shortly.

    He appealed to each andevery resident of the city tocome forward and participatein all sports events for the wellbeing.

    On this glorious achieve-ment, while talking to theLead Officer Jaideep Sarkar,the Project Director, of theGlobal Active City Programmeand Evaleo Michael Gross,congratulated theAdministration & the SAILManagement of Bokaro SteelPlant for the cordial collabo-ration to pivot the significantfirst ever "Sports Culturing"mission in India.

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    Who is the greatest crick-eter in the world?'. Thequestion came up before authorVS Naipaul in a GK test oneday in 1940 when he was infourth standard at a school inPort of Spain. LearieConstantine was arguably thegreatest cricketer in all of WestIndies during the time. Despitebeing aware of Constantine'stowering reputation as a crick-eter, Naipaul wrote: 'Bradman'.The boy went by vox populi.His Negro teacher didn't agreewith the answer and pencilledlarge and angry cross on hisanswer-sheet. 'Constantine' wasthe answer.

    'Who will win the seriesdecider Gabba test?', my sonasked me yesterday. 'Australia',I said. Here I hadn't gone onlyby popular perception. Myinstincts relied more on histo-ry, on past performances. TheIndian test teams have beennotorious in caving in whenfaced with 300 plus targets infourth innings on Australianpitches. In my heart of hearts,however, I wished for a mira-cle win for India. I betted onmy hopes.

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    note that the Gabba fortress hasbeen breached by this grittyIndian team that chased down327 runs in fourth innings toscript history. And history hasbeen proved all wrong atBrisbane Cricket Ground today.David has slain Goliath. I kindof feel rewarded for betting onmy hopes.

    Naipaul had sensed racialprejudices in his Negro teacherwhile finding a fellow black asworld's greatest cricketer. Buthere's me, approving fully ofmy son's cricketing chauvin-ism, notwithstanding that myassessment of the results havebeen proved woefully wrong.

    Three Cheers for TeamIndia !!!

    The writer is a JointSecretary rank Officer in theGovernment of Jharkhand.Singh is a bibliophile having avoracious appetite for reading.

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    Ahead of the Bengal polls,the Centre on Tuesdayannounced to celebrate NetajiSubhash Chandra Bose’s birth-day on January 23 as ‘ParakramDiwas’ (Valour Day) every yearwith Prime Minister NarendraModi all set to attend the firstday of programme in Kolkataon Bose’s 125th birth anniver-sary. He will also inaugurate anexhibition on the grounds ofthe National Library to markthe occasion in the state.

    However, the decision wasslammed by the MamataBanerjee-led TrinamoolCongress which termed it aspoll gimmicks while evoking amixed response from SubhasChandra Bose’s grandnephewCK Bose, who is also a BJPleader.

    TMC leader Saugata Roysaid that the declaration to cel-ebrate the day as ‘ParakramDiwas’ has been made with aneye on upcoming West BengalAssembly polls. He said thatthere shouldn’t be politics inNetaji’s name.

    Roy added that if thePrime Minister wanted to doit, he could have done it sixmonths ago. “Why on the eveof Netaji’s birthday and justbefore the Assembly Electionsin the Atate?”

    He added that TMC is nothappy with the Government’sdecision. “We are not satisfiedwith the Government’s deci-sion to celebrate Netaji’s birth-day as ‘Parakram Diwas’. It

    should be ‘Deshprem Diwas’.We believe Netaji deservesmuch better. We will observethis day on our own withMamata Banerjee leading aprocession in the State,” saidRoy.

    Earlier, West Bengal ChiefMinister Mamata Banerjee hadwritten to Prime MinisterNarendra Modi requesting theModi Government to declarethe birth anniversary of NetajiSubhas Chandra Bose as anational holiday.

    Naren Chatterjee, state sec-retary of the Forward Bloc, theparty formed by Netaji in1939, said, “Instead of‘Parakram Diwas’, the dayshould be celebrated as ‘DeshPrem Diwas’. The demand toobserve January 23 as‘Patriotism Day’ was made bythe Left Front when it was inpower”.

    CK Bose, a BJP leader andNetaji’s grandnephew said that“Netaji was India’s liberator. Wewelcome the announcementbut people have been cele-brating January 23rd as‘Deshprem Diwas’. It would’vebeen more appropriate, had thegovernment announced it asDeshprem Diwas. But we’rehappy about the announce-ment.”

    Earlier in the day, Unionminister Prahlad Singh Patelhad at a press conferenceannounced the Government’sdecision and said that in thisregard a notification has alsobeen issued.

    “The Government has

    decided to observe January23 as ‘Parakram Diwas’ tocommemorate the birthanniversary of Netaji SubhasChandra Bose,” Prime MinisterNarendra Modi will participatein the first ‘Parakram Diwas’programme in Kolkata onJanuary 23 on Bose’s 125thbirth anniversary and inaugu-rate an exhibition on thegrounds of National Library tomark the occasion, Patel said.

    Patel said PM Modi willalso felicitate prominent mem-bers of the Indian NationalArmy formed by Bose andtheir family members inKolkata on Saturday.

    He said 200 Patua artistesfrom West Bengal will make apainting on a 400-metre-longcanvas depicting Bose’s life.

    Petroleum MinisterDharmendra Pradhan will par-ticipate in a programme inCuttack, Odisha, where Bosewas born while another pro-gramme will be held inHaripura village in Gujarat’sSurat district where Bose waselected as president of theIndian National Congress in1938.

    The culture ministry isalso considering building amemorial in the honour ofaround 26,000 martyred mem-bers of the INA, Patel saidadding that a 85-member high-level committee helmed byPM Modi has been formed toplan year-round programmesto mark the 125th birthanniversary of the freedomfighter.

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    Former Congress chief RahulGandhi on Tuesday hit outat Prime Minister NarendraModi on the issue of nationalsecurity after reports thatChina has built a village inArunachal Pradesh. He alsoalleged that India doesn’t havea clear strategy like China toassert its dominance in theworld and unless India sendsout a clear message, Beijingwon’t stay quiet.

    “Remember his (PM)promise — Mai desh jhuknenahi dunga (Will not let thecountry bow),” Rahul said.Congress leaders PChidambaram, RandeepSurjewala and Manish Tewarialso attacked the PrimeMinister on the matter.

    Recalling the two recentincidents in Doklam andLadakh where Indian andChinese soldiers clashed, hesaid China will make the mostout of India’s shortcomingsand the day will come soonwhen we will suffer damages.

    During a Press conferenceRahul launched a blisteringattack at the Modi governmentover the reported discovery ofChinese settlements inArunachal Pradesh.

    “China has a clear strate-gic vision of shaping the worldwhich India doesn’t have. Indiadoes this and that but doesn’twork strategically. China has

    tested twice. Once in Doklamand other in Ladakh.”

    “If India doesn’t give aclear message to them andmake clear military, econom-ic geopolitical strategy, Chinawon’t stay quiet but will makethe most out of it. The day itwill happen, we will sufferdamages,” added the Congressleader.

    Rahul Gandhi had repeat-edly attacked the ruling BJPGovernment in the Centre on

    issues of China’s intrusion inIndian Territory, its stands onthe farm laws, and the Centre’shandling of the COVID-19pandemic in the country.

    Earlier in the day, theGandhi scion also tweeted anews report alleging Chinahas established a village inIndian territory, with the cap-tion “Remember his promise-’I will not let the countrybow’”.

    “Modiji where is that 56-

    inch chest,” Surjewala tweeted.Chidambaram had demandedanswers from the governmenton the issue, alleging that BJPMP Tapir Gao has claimed thatChina has built a 100-housevillage in the “disputed area”deep into Arunachal Pradesh.He said if the allegation madeout by the BJP MP is true, willthe government again give aclean chit to China or willblame the previousGovernments for it.

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    As Congress leader RahulGandhi attacked theModi-Government on theChinese border incursions andthe unresolved farmers agita-tion, BJP top leaders onTuesday hit-back sayingCongress gave away thousandskm land to China and that“dynasty-ruled party” ignoredfarmers interests and indulgedin “double-speak”.

    Political temperaturesincreased as BJP’s own MPfrom Arunachal Pradesh TapirGao said that Chinese had con-structed a village on the Indianside in Arunachal Pradesh.

    BJP President J P Naddaand Union Information &Broadcasting PrakashJavadekar took turns sepa-rately to attack Rahul and theCongress after the latter tookjibe at the Prime MinisterNarendra Modi on the reports

    of Chinese construction ofvillage in Arunachal Pradeshand questioned him on theissues of national security.

    “Now that Mr RahulGandhi has returned from hismonthly vacation, I would liketo ask him some questions. Ihope he will answer them inhis today’s Press Conference,”tweeted the BJP President.

    “When will Rahul Gandhi,his dynasty and Congress stoplying on China? Can he denythat thousands of kms, includ-ing the one in ArunachalPradesh he is referring to wasgifted by none other thanPandit Nehru to the Chinese?Time and again, why doesCongress surrender toChina?” Nadda tweeted.

    He accused Rahul of “pro-voking and misleading” farm-ers and alleged double stan-dards.

    “Why did farmers remainpoor for decades under

    Congress governments? Doeshe feel sympathy for farmersonly in opposition?” he asked.

    “Why is he spreading lies?”, Nadda sought to ask.

    Nadda accused Congressand the ‘dynasty’ striking anMOU with the ChineseCommunist Party and receiv-ing money in a fund con-trolled by the Gandhi family.

    He accused Congressparty of demoralising thecountry on all issues be it relat-ed to border, national securi-ty or fighting Coronaviruspandemic.

    “Rahul Gandhi spared noopportunity to demotivate thenation in the spirited fightagainst COVID-19. Todaywhen India has one of the low-est cases and our scientistshave come up with a vaccine,why hasn’t he congratulatedthe scientists and lauded 130crore Indians even once?”, BJPhead asked.

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    Agreeing to the long termdemand, Parliament hasdecided to end the subsidy inthe canteens which may saveannually around �8 crore.

    Briefing the media onTuesday, Lok Sabha SpeakerOm Birla said that Lok SabhaSecretariat which was bearingthe cost of subsidy has decid-ed to stop the practice of sub-sidised price of food items inthe canteens and the canteenswill be run by ITDC in place ofNorthern Railway.

    Talking to reporters aboutpreparations for the nextParliament session, beginningJanuary 29, Birla said QuestionHour and Zero Hours will bein this session. Members ofParliament will be requested toundergo the COVID-19 testbefore the start of the Budgetsession.

    While Rajya Sabha will sitfrom 9 am to 2 pm, Lok Sabhawill function in the second halffrom 4-8 pm. The QuestionHour will be allowed duringthe session for an already fixedtime of one hour.

    He said all arrangementshave also been made forRTPCR COVID-19 tests ofMPs near their residence. InParliament premises, theRTPCR tests will be conduct-ed on January 27-28, whilearrangements have also beenmade for these tests of familiesand staff members of MPs.Birla said the vaccination drivepolicy finalised by the Centreand states will apply to parlia-mentarians as well.

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    Former Congress chiefRahul Gandhi on Tuesdayaccused Prime MinisterNarendra Modi of monopo-lising the agriculture sector ashe renewed his attack againstthe Centre over the con-tentious farm laws. He alsoreleased a booklet to highlightthe pitfalls of the legislationenacted in September lastyear.

    “ There is a tragedyunfolding today in the coun-try, Govt wants to ignore theissue and misinform thecountry,” Rahul said whileaddressing a press confer-ence after the release. “I amnot going to speak aboutfarmers alone as it is only part

    of the tragedy. It is importantfor youngsters. This is notabout present but about yourfuture,” he added.

    “Today, every industry isunder a monopoly of three tofive people.Be it airport, tele-com or power. ModiGovernment wants to give theagriculture sector as well tothose four to five industrial-ists,” he added.

    The Congress leader alsosaid that the new farmreforms are designed todestroy India’s agriculturesector. “The biggest businessin this country is agriculture.Sixty per cent of our peopleare engaged in agricultureand in terms of value, agri-culture is by far the biggesthit. Now we are seeing is thatthe last bastion which wasprotected from monopoly isnow being overrun. Threenew laws have been passed.They are designed to destroyagriculture by destroying the

    mandi, Essentia lCommodities Act, and bymaking sure that no Indianfarmer can go to court to pro-tect himself,” he added.

    “We were a preeminenteconomy, now we are a laugh-ing stock,” Rahul Gandhi alsosaid.

    Farmers are agitatingagainst the farm laws for over50 days now and the govern-ment has held nine round oftalks so far. However, it hasfailed to bring any resolutionto the matter. The farmers areadamant on the demand torepeal the laws which thegovernment has refused andis firm on their offer to amendthe legislation.

    In the last meeting, theCentre had suggested thatthe unions constitute theirown informal group to pre-pare a concrete proposal onthe three farm laws for furtherdiscussion at their next meet-ing.

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    The Supreme Court onTuesday sought a reportfrom a committee, set up bythe NGT, on its recommen-dations for improving thewater quality of the Yamunariver and the extent to whichthe authorities have imple-mented them.

    The National GreenTribunal, on July 26, 2018,had constituted the monitor-ing committee comprising itsformer expert member B SSajwan and former Delhichief secretar y Shai lajaChandra on the cleaning ofthe Yamuna and had directedit to submit an action plan inthis regard.

    A bench headed by ChiefJustice S A Bobde took noteof the submission of amicuscuriae and senior advocateMeenakshi Arora that theNGT-appointed panel hasbeen monitoring the cleaningof Yamuna water.

    In the proceedings con-

    ducted through video con-ferencing, the bench, alsocomprising Justices LNageswara Rao and VineetSaran, asked the committee tosubmit its report on recom-mendations made by it forimproving the quality of waterof Yamuna and the extent towhich they have been imple-mented.

    Earlier, the top court hadtaken suo motu cognizance ofcontamination of rivers byeffluent in the country andhad decided to take up thepollution of Yamuna riverfirst.

    While taking cognisanceof contamination of rivers, thetop court had said that thepollution-free water is a fun-damental right which a wel-fare state is “bound to ensure”.

    It had asked CentralPollution Control Board(CPCB) to submit a reportidentifying municipalitiesalong the Yamuna which havenot installed total treatmentplants for sewage.

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    The CBI has recovered anadditional �2.04 crore dur-ing further searches conduct-ed in the bribery case related tosenior officers of NortheastFrontier Railway (NFR).

    It was found during furthersearches at the premises of aprivate firm located at KailashColony here that certain itemswere removed and concealed atother places in Delhi. Earlier,�2.39 crore in cash was recov-ered during searches.

    On Tuesday, searches werealso conducted in Sikkim andKanpur. During earlier search-es at 26 locations, including atDelhi, Uttarakhand, Assam,Tripura and West Bengal, atotal amount of �2.39 crore wasrecovered. This includes an

    alleged bribe of Rs 1 crore,which exchanged hands and isstated to be one of the biggestbribe money trapped, the CBIhad said.

    Besides this, there wererecoveries of jewellery anddocuments related to propertyfrom the locations of accused.

    So far, �4.43 crore have beenrecovered.

    The CBI has registered acase against a ChiefAdministrative Officer of NFR,Mahendra Singh Chauhan andothers under relevant sectionsof IPC and Prevention ofCorruption Act.

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    Following request from sev-eral countries for its twovaccines—Covishield andCovaxin, India is all set to pro-vide the jabs under grant assis-tance to Bhutan, Maldives,Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmarand Seychelles, to begin withfrom Wednesday.

    It will also send shipmentsto Sri Lanka, Afghanistan andMauritius as well on receipt ofnecessary regulatory clear-ances.

    However, India said that itwill be ensured that domesticmanufacturers will have ade-quate stocks to meet domesticrequirements while supplyingabroad.

    In a tweet, Prime MinisterNarendra Modi said India isdeeply honoured to be a “long-trusted” partner in meeting thehealthcare needs of the globalcommunity and that supplies ofthe vaccines to several coun-tries will commence onWednesday, and more will fol-low in the days ahead.

    India is one of the world’sbiggest drugmakers, and anincreasing number of countrieshave already approached it for

    procuring thecoronavirus vac-cines.

    The Ministryof External Affairssaid India will sup-ply Covid-19 vac-cines to partnercountries over thecoming weeks andmonths in a phasedmanner keeping inview the domestic

    requirements.In a statement, the MEA

    said India has received severalrequests for the supply ofIndian-manufactured vaccinesfrom neighbouring and keypartner countries.

    “In response to theserequests, and in keeping withIndia’s stated commitment touse India’s vaccine productionand delivery capacity to help allof humanity fight the Covidpandemic, supplies under grantassistance to Bhutan, Maldives,Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmarand Seychelles will begin fromJanuary 20,” it said.

    “In respect of Sri Lanka,Afghanistan and Mauritius, weare awaiting their confirmationof necessary regulatory clear-ances,” it added.

    “India fulfils commitmentto give vaccines to humanity.Supplies to our neighbourswill start on 20th January. ThePharmacy of the World willdeliver to overcome theCOVID challenge,” ExternalAffairs Minister S Jaishankarsaid on Twitter.

    Meanwhile, Union HealthMinistry officials said that thetotal number of persons foundpositive with UK strain of

    Covid-19 is 141 while dailynew Covid cases have toucheda new low with 10,064 casesadding up to the national tallyin the last 24 hours after sevenmonths. India’s total activecaseload has dropped to 2 lakh(2,00,528), said the official.

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    With the Union Territoryof Lakshadweepreporting its first ever case ofCovid-19 on Tuesday, theUnion Health Ministry hasrushed a team of medicalexperts to contain the situa-tion there. The index case isa traveler who had come toLakshadweep from Kochi inKerala on 4th January 2021by a ship. “The traveler hadreported to hospital withsymptoms suggestive ofCOVID-19 and was testedpositive. Initially 31 primarycontacts of the patient havebeen traced and quarantinedof which 14 have now beenfound to be positive andhave been isolated.

    “56 contacts of positivecases detected so far havealso been traced and quar-antined. The UTAdministration has initiateddisinfection procedures andintensive risk-communica-tion activity has been oper-at ionalised,” said theMinistry.

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    Members of the SupremeCourt-appointed panelon farm laws will not let theirpersonal views on these Actscome in the way of theirdeliberations with variousstakeholders, key committeemember Anil Ghanwat saidon Tuesday, while assertingthat they are not on the sideof any party or theGovernment.

    After their first meetinghere, Ghanwat said the firstround of consultations withfarmers and other stakehold-ers has been scheduled forThursday.

    The Supreme Court hadset up the four-member panelon January 11, but one ofthem, Bhupinder SinghMann, recused himself laterafter questions were raised bythe agitating farmer unions

    about the viewsexpressed by allmembers in thepast in supportof the con-tentious laws,against whichthousands areprotest ing onDelhi bordersfor almost twomonths now.

    Separately,nine rounds of talks havetaken place between the gov-ernment and agitating unionswithout any concrete resolu-tion. Ghanwat, who is thepresident of the Shetkari Sanghatana, said thepanel will hold its first roundof talks with farmers andother stakeholders on January21.

    “The biggest challengefor panel is to convince agitating farmers to comeand speak with us. We will tryour best,” he said.

    Ghanwat further said thecommittee will seek views offarmers and all other stake-holders on the new farm laws,besides the central and stategovernments.

    “Panel members will keeptheir personal views on farmlaws aside while preparingreport to be submitted to theSupreme Court,” he said.

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    The National Green Tribunalhas directed the TelanganaPollution Control Board (PCB)to recover Rs 1.55 crore penal-ty from pharmaceutical com-panies for causing pollution inthe state.

    A bench headed by NGTChairperson Justice AdarshKumar Goel asked the statePCB to recover the assessedcompensation and take coercivemeasures for default in payment,including closure till complianceis made.

    The NGT passed the orderafter a committee recommend-ed to impose environmentalcompensation for one year for allpharma formulation industriesand six months to Shri KartikeyaPharma which is engaged inAyurvedic Ashwagandha extrac-tion, as the pollution load is less.

    “In view of the fact that theindustrial area in question is apolluted area and the industries

    in question are ‘red category’industries, strict vigilance isrequired to be maintained forupholding the environmentalnorms,” the bench said.

    The green panel askedTelangana state pollution controlboard to enforce the principle of‘Polluter Pays’ in respect of theunits which have been found tobe violating the environmentalnorms.

    The tribunal’s directioncame on a plea filed by advocateSravan Kumar alleging pollutioncaused by the pharmaceuticalcompanies at TSIIC SEZ inJadcherla of Mahabubnagar dis-trict.

    According to the plea thesepharma companies are not com-plying with the pollution laws.

    The plea claimed that thecompanies are not properlymaintaining the EffluentTreatment Systems and soughtsetting aside of approvals grant-ed to them for violating causingsevere pollution.

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    Future climate change willcause an uneven shifting ofthe tropical rain belt — a nar-row band of heavy precipitationnear the Earth’s equator —leading to increased flooding inparts of India, a new studywarns.

    The study, published inthe journal Nature ClimateChange, examined computersimulations from 27 state-of-the-art climate models, andmeasured the tropical rainbelt’s response to a future sce-nario in which greenhouse gasemissions continue to risethrough the end of the currentcentury.

    According to the research,a northward shift of the tropi-cal rain belt over the easternAfrica and the Indian Oceancould result in “intensifiedflooding in southern India,”and may impact global biodi-versity and food security by2100.

    The scientists, includingthose from the University ofCalifornia (UC) Irvine in theUS, said this “sweeping shift” ofthe rain belt was disguised inprevious studies that provideda global average

    of the influence of climatechange.

    However, they said climatechange caused the atmosphereto heat up by different amountsover Asia.

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    Aday after the CongressHigh Command appoint-ed Oommen Chandi, formerChief Minister, as the head ofthe campaign committee forthe upcoming Assembly elec-tion in Kerala, discontentmentamong a section of the partyleaders have come out in theopen.

    Chandi, a two time ChiefMinister, has wide acceptabil-ity in the Congress as well as inthe cross section of the Keralasociety. Though he is knownfor his Christian spiritualism,the Hindus and Muslims in theState have no reservationsagainst him unlike other lead-ers in the party. A person withmore than six decades of cleanpolitical life, Chandi is certainto give the ruling CPI(M) a runfor their money.

    But by Tuesday, groupleaders were out in the openchallenging Congress presi-dent Sonia Gandhi’s decision tofield the old warhorse as the defacto chief ministerial candi-date of the party. RameshChennithala, Leader of theOpposition, made use of hisfollowers in the party to makeknown his displeasure overthe cold shouldering hereceived from the Congresspresident.

    “You cannot ignore thecontributions made by RameshChennithala during the last fiveyears. The precedence in theparty has been to appoint theLeader of the Opposition as theChief Ministerial candidate inthe next election,” saidChandrasekhar, a faction leadermore loyal to Chennithalathan the Congress.

    The Congress HighCommand is worried over thepowerful Christian lobby’s dis-pleasure over the party for itsstance on issues like Love Jihadand special privileges to theMuslim community, accordingto political commentator AJayashankar. “It is to win overthe Christian community thatSonia Gandhi has recalledChandi to lead the Congress aswell as the United DemocraticFront,” he said.

    This was substantiated byP C George, MLA and leaderof Jana Paksham, a politicaloutfit in Kerala. “The Marxistsregime is discriminating theChristians in the allocation offunds meant for the welfare ofminorities. The Muslims areallocated 80 per cent of theresources while the Christiansare given a mere 20 per cent.This has definitely antagonisedthe Catholic Church,” saidGeorge who is expected tocast his lot with the Congress-led UDF in the upcoming elec-tion.

    Tuesday’s meeting thesenior Cardinals of the Churchhad with Prime MinisterNarendra Modi and the sub-sequent statement by CardinalGeorge Alencherry that theChurch does not have anyuntouchability with the BJP toohas to be noted in this context.

    Oommen Chandi, at 77, isnot in the best of his health.Though the Marxists have leftno stones unturned in attack-ing him and his family mem-bers with allegations of allkinds, Chandi came outunscathed and strong. “At themoment he is the one and onlyleader who is respected wide-ly all over Kerala. He is the rightchoice for the chief minister’spost,” said George.

    Another person to join thefray is MullappalliRamachandran, the presidentof Pradesh CongressCommittee. ButRamachandran’s day one aschief minister candidate evokedstrong reaction from theMuslim League as the formerdeclared his intention to con-test from Kalpetta assemblyconstituency in Wyandu dis-trict. Yahya Khan, the districtchief of the Muslim Leaguedeclared that his party wouldnot give up its claim overKalpetta, a traditional strong-hold of the party.

    The CPI(M)-led LDFwhich is plagued by a numberof corruption charges couldheave a sigh of relief ifChennithala andRamachandran sustain theirchief ministerial dreams.

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    Pre-poll war of words intensified as did headon clashes between Trinamool Congress andthe BJP as Bengal Chief Minister MamataBanerjee on Tuesday attacked the saffron out-fit calling it worse than Maoists and more ven-omous than snakes.

    Apparently playing on the fears of the Redmenace in an erstwhile ultra-Red zone the ChiefMinister while addressing a mega rally atPurulia said, “the BJP is more dangerous thanthe Maoists … they will ruin Bengal, discontinueall the pro-poor schemes started by us,” onceagain raking up the outsider issue.

    “Let them use terror tactic, let them issueany amount of threat but we shall not bow ourheads before these outsiders who do not knowabout the real culture of Bengal who break thestatues of Vidya Sagar, humiliate RabindranathTagore,” Banerjee said comparing the saffronleaders with cobra.

    Criticising the Centre for christeningJanuary 23 the birth day of Netaji SubhasChandra Bose as “Parakram Diwas” Banerjeesaid that her government was “not happy withCentre’s decision,” adding her Governmentwould call it “Desh Prem Diwas.’’ The ChiefMinister will hold a ‘padayatra’ (foot-march ) inKolkata to mark the special occasion.

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visitKolkata on January 23 to inaugurate the mainprogramme to celebrate the birth anniversaryof Bose. The celebrations will be held atVictoria Hall.

    During his visit, PM is also likely to be a partof an event at the National Library, where he willinaugurate restored architectural sites and ded-icate them to the people of West Bengal,Government sources said adding GovernorJagdeep Dhankhar will also be a part of theevents that Modi is likely to attend.

    Back to Purulia: Comparing the saffron out-

    fit with cobra Banerjee said, “These people areas venomous as cobra … they will come, catch,swallow, eat and digest you before moving aheadas if nothing happened,” adding, “these are riot-ers, looters who create division in the society,set one community against the other, promisebut do not deliver … ask them as to what hap-pened to the Rs 15 lakh that they had promisedbefore coming to power in Delhi.”

    Asking the people to “drive these outsidersaway when they come to ask for votes,” Banerjeeattacked the BJP Government for browbeatingthe media into submission. “I do not understandhow such big media houses give in to the threatsof the BJP which is forcing them to run falsenews,” she said how the “BJP is trying to terroriseeven the civil society.

    “They are threatening the film people, thecivil society but I will not tolerate this inBengal… let them touch our film fraternity atTollywood and then see the consequence.” Shesaid.

    Attacking the central government for itsalleged “anti-farmer policy” Banerjee said “theyare giving tall promises to farmers in Bengal buttorturing the farmers of Punjab, Haryana andUttar Pradesh who are sitting in the open inthese cold months demanding the scrapping ofthe anti-farmer laws,” adding “these laws willhelp the corporate and the rich people to lootaway your crop and reduce you into their slaves.”

    Attacking the leaders like Suvendu Adhikariwho left the Trinamool Congress to join the BJPBanerjee said “some people are leaving our partythinking that this will bother us… but we arerelieved that these people are leaving the party… they are burden on us.”

    Two districts away Adhikari hit back atBanerjee from a rally at Khejuri nearNandirgram saying the Chief Minister shouldget the “ex word” printed on her letter pads as“very soon she will be out of power.”

    New Delhi: A girl who went “missing”from her maternal uncle's house here near-ly four years ago has been found by theDelhi Police who said onTuesday that shehad left to escape being married off as aminor and is now pursuing a nursingcourse.

    Officials said she had left the house inMay 2017, when she would be around 16,and the matter was reported at theShalimar Bagh police station in northwestDelhi where a kidnapping case was regis-tered and an investigation initiated.The police had in 2019 also announced areward of Rs 50,000 for anybody provid-ing information that helped to locate her,they said.

    Deputy Commissioner of Police(Crime) Bhisham Singh said, “Our (CrimeBranch) team contacted and examined the

    relatives, friends and acquaintances of thegirl. After analysing Call Detail Records,we found that the girl was somewhere inBihar.” Head Constable Ramdasreceived an input Monday that the girl wascoming to Delhi by a bus and would reachAnand Vihar Inter-state Bus Terminal inthe morning, he said.

    Based on this tip-off, a team was sentto the ISBT and the girl was found, he said.He said the girl told the police her parentshad passed away when she was a child andshe and her brother used to live with hermaternal uncle in Delhi.

    “When she was in Class 10, hermaternal uncle was forcing her to marrya person of his choice, but she did not wantto get married as she was interested instudying further. So she left her maternaluncle's house in 2017 without telling any-

    one and reached her maternal grand-mother's house in Samastipur district ofBihar,” he said. None of her relatives vis-ited her in the Bihar house and hermaternal grandmother too did not informanyone about her being there and sup-ported her in pursuing her studies, accord-ing to the DCP.

    She completed her school educationand took admission in a nursing course inSamastipur, the DCP said. The girlwas not aware that an FIR had been lodgedin this regard, he said, adding the CrimeBranch handed her to the Shalimar BaghPolice Station, where the cases was regis-tered.

    The police then presented here beforethe Child Welfare Committee (CWC) andfurther action will be taken in the matteron the direction of CWC. PTI

    Udhagamandalam: A serious-ly injured Elephant, undertreatment at a town in Nilgirisdistrict, died on Tuesday after itwas translocated to the nearbyTheppakkadu elephant camp,forest department officials said.

    The 40-year-old elephantwas found lying nearMaravakandi dam on January 15with a cut ear and was beingtreated in that town.

    However the wound wors-ened and there was puss for-mation, following which forestdepartment officials and a vet-erinarian kept the pachydermunder observation and decidedto shift it to Theppakkadu camp. PTI

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    Internal bickering in thePeoples Alliance for GupkarDeclaration (PAGD) came tothe fore on Tuesday afterPeople's Conference ChairmanSajjad Lone announced thedecision to pull out of thealliance, almost a month afterthe announcement of DistrictDevelopment Council electionresults.

    The Peoples Alliance forGupkar Declaration was float-ed by the Kashmir based main-stream political parties aheadof the DDC polls. The PAGDcontested the DDC polls on theslogan of restoring the specialstatus of the erstwhile state ofJammu and Kashmir and

    revoking Abrogation of Article370 and 35-A.

    Sajjad Lone, who was madespokesman of the allianceahead of the DDC polls, alsoshot off a three page letter tothe Chairman of the PeoplesAlliance for GupkarDeclaration Dr FarooqAbdullah citing reasons behindthe pull out.

    According to the letter cir-culated in the media by thePeople's Conference, SajjadLone wrote, “There has been abreach of trust between part-ners which we believe isbeyond remedy”.

    “The majoritarian view inour party is that we should pullout of the alliance in an ami-cable manner rather than wait-

    ing for things to get messier.And I am confirming that wewill no longer be a part of thePAGD alliance”. Sharing hisangst, Sajjad further wrote,“We fought against each otherin Kashmir province notagainst the perpetrators ofAugust 5,2019.

    And those who perpetrat-ed August 5 and their minionsare now vocally gleeful “Sajjadwrote in the letter. Exposing thefacade of unity in the PAGDSajjad said, “in majority of theplaces the party fielding thecandidate on behalf of PAGDwas left to fend for itself andsecured the votes that his partymanaged.

    In most places other par-ties were silent bystanders or

    worst compounded the prob-lem by fielding proxy candi-dates''.

    “On the face of it, PAGDwon these elections unam-biguously having won the max-imum number of seats. Wecan’t hide statistics and apartfrom the number of seats thatPAGD won, another importantstatistical variable in the con-text of August 5 is the numberof votes polled against thePAGD.

    We believe that the votespolled against the PAGD aremajorly the votes cast by prox-ies of PAGD constituent partiesagainst official PAGD candi-dates. And the net outcome ofselectively voting for andagainst PAGD is a very poor

    vote share. This is certainly notthe vote share that people of Jand K deserved post August 5”,Sajjad Lone wrote.

    People's Conference, one ofthe constituents of PAGD, hadwon a total number of 8 seatsin the DDC polls while Jammuand Kashmir NationalConference (JKNC) had wonmaximum number of 67 seatsfollowed by the PeoplesDemocratic Party (PDP) whichmanaged to secure 27 seats.Despite contesting the DDCpolls under the banner ofPAGD, the party constituentshad failed to project a unitedface after the announcement ofpoll results. No formal eventwas organised to 'unitedly' cel-ebrate the victory of the PAGD

    candidates.Referring to the internal

    audit within his own party, Sajjad said, “It is difficultfor us to stay on and pretend as if nothing has hap-pened.

    “ This alliance needed sac-rifice. Every party had to sac-rifice on the ground in terms ofgiving space to fellow allies. Noparty is willing to cede space,no party is willing to sacrifice”added Sajjad Lone.

    ''I would however want toadd that we are divorcing fromthe alliance not its objectives.We will continue to adhere tothe objectives that we set outwhen this alliance was made”, Sajjad Lone con-cluded.

    Surat: Thirteen migrantlabourers and a year-old-girlfrom Rajasthan who weresleeping by the roadside inGujarat's Surat district wereamong 15 dead after a dumpertruck ran over them onTuesday, police said.

    Those killed include eightwomen and a migrant workerfrom Madhya Pradesh, policesaid. While 12 of them died onthe spot, three died duringtreatment at a hospital, policeadded.

    Except for the 19-year-oldworker from Madhya Pradesh,all the other deceased werefrom villages in Banswara dis-trict in south Rajasthan, policesaid.

    The tragedy took placenear Kosamba village, around60 km from Surat, police said.The truck driver, who appar-ently lost control over the vehi-

    cle after hitting a sugarcaneladen tractor, has been bookedunder sections of the IPC andMotor Vehicles Act, policesaid.The truck driver and thevehicle's 'cleaner' were alsoinjured in the accident and arebeing treated at a hospital.

    The truck ran over themigrant construction workerson the Kim-Mandvi roadshortly after midnight, Surat SPUsha Rada said.

    The truck driver lost con-trol over his vehicle after dash-ing against the tractor andveered off the road onto thepavement where the workerswere sleeping, she said.

    “The truck was on its wayto Mandvi from Kim. The dri-ver lost control of the vehicleafter it hit sugarcane hangingout of the tractor trolley com-ing from the opposite direction.

    “The truck's front window

    pane shattered on impact,which blocked the driver'svision. The truck then veeredoff the road and crashed intothe sleeping labourers,” shesaid.

    Three workers injured inthe tragedy are being treated ina nearby hospital, the policeofficial said.

    Prime Minister NarendraModi announced that ex-gra-tia of Rs two lakh from thePrime Minister's NationalRelief Fund would be given tothe next of kin of each personkilled in the accident and Rs50,000 would be given to eachinjured.

    “The loss of lives due to atruck accident in Surat is trag-ic. My thoughts are with thebereaved families. Praying thatthe injured recover at the ear-liest,” the PMO tweeted, quot-ing Modi. PTI

    Kota (Raj): A 27-year-old man was sentencedto life in jail till death for raping three five-to-nine-year-old girls in his village under Simliyapolice station area of Kota district over threeyears ago.

    A special court set up under provisionsof the Protection of Children from SexualOffences Act sentenced Mithun alias GajendraRao after convicting him of the offence of rapeand various other offences under the POCSOAct and the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities)Act, Public Prosecutor Suresh Verma said onTuesday.

    Special Judge Hanuman Prasad convictedRao on Monday while observing that “nounnecessary compassion should be displayed”while sentencing such criminals who “affect theentire judicial system and also obliterate pub-lic sentiments”. The public prosecutor said thejudge also imposed a fine of Rs 25,000 on theconvict.

    The case against Rao was lodged in July2017 on the complaint of the mother of a nine-year-old girl, accusing him of raping herdaughter.

    During the investigation of the case, it tran-spired that Rao had also raped two other girls ofthe village, aged five and seven years respectively.The police subsequently filed the charge-sheet inthe case indicting Rao of all three rapes. PTI

    Malappuram (Kerala):A 17-year-oldgirl,Who recently disclosed that she had alleged-ly been sexually abused by 38 persons, is stil-lundergoing psycho-social counselling,police said on Tuesday. The girl was beingcounselled at the state-run Nirbhaya Centrehere and there was no plan to send her backhome, considering her safety, the police said.

    Based on the girl's disclosure inNovember last, a total of 29 cases had beenregistered so far and 20 persons arrested inthis connection, a top police official said.

    “We have registered 13 and 16 casesseparately. Of the total 40 accused, 20 havealready been arrested and weare on a huntto trace 20 more accused,”district police chiefAbdul Karim U told PTI. Of the arrested20, 15 went out on bail and five wereremanded, he said. He said mother wasthe lone close relative the victim had and itwas not safe to send the girlback home.

    “The victim continues to undergo coun-sellingat the Nirbhaya centre. Ifhigher-upsseek any report from us in this regard, wewill object to sending her back home to joinher mother due to safety reasons. We takeinto considerationher mental conditionalso,” the officer added. The teenager'sordeal came to light during a counselling ses-sion at the Nirbhaya centre recently, policesaid. PTI

    Mahoba (UP): Three people werearrested in Mahoba district ofUttar Pradesh on Tuesday forallegedly raping and killing a Dalitwoman, whose body was foundhanging from a tree here, policesaid.

    The 18-year-old victim, who wasin Class 12, left home to buy veg-etables on Saturday afternoon but didnot return. Later, her family mem-bers found her body hanging froma tree in the Belatal area, CircleOfficer Rampravesh Rai had said.

    An FIR was registered againstthe trio, Rohit, Bhupendra andTarun, on charges of rape and underthe Scheduled Castes and theScheduled Tribes (Prevention ofAtrocities) Act, SHO, Kulpahadpolice station, Ravindra Tiwari hadsaid. Further investigation is under-way, he added.

    The woman's aunt told thepolice on Sunday that she was beingharassed by a man in their locali-ty, who was making phone calls toher for the last one month. Shealleged that the victim's body washanged from the tree after she waskilled, the officer had said earlier. PTI

    Chennai: After a gap of 10months, Schools were reopenedfor classes 10 and 12 in TamilNadu on Tuesday with studentsundergoing body temperatureand oxygen level checks beforeentering the premises.

    Tamil Nadu governmentlast week announced reopeningof schools from January 19which were shut following theCOVID-19 outbreak sinceMarch 2020 while ChiefMinister K Palaniswamiappealed to parents and teach-ers to extend their full cooper-ation to the government in itsefforts aimed at the welfare ofstudents. With the govern-ment directing school adminis-tration to allow students notexceeding more than 25 perclassroom, those who attendedthe classes were seen adhering toall COVID-19 protocol includ-ing wearing masks and main-taining social distancing.

    After being glued to moni-tors for online classes over thepast few months, students todayexpressed happiness on being

    able to attend classes in person,meet friends and teachers, andprepare better for the boardexaminations.

    “Instead of attending class-es online, it was good to comeand attend classes besides meet-ing our friends andteachers.Attending classes willalso help us prepare better forthe board examinations,” a stu-dent of a government higher sec-ondary school in Tiruchirappallisaid.

    School authorities also fol-lowed governmenet guidelineslike allowing only those studentswho had come with the 'letter ofconsent' from their respectiveparents besides checking bodytemperature and also providingvitamin tablets to the pupils.

    Palaniswami, while allowingthe students to attend classes,had said based on the opinionof public health and medicalexperts, district collectors, seniorministers and considering theview of majority of parents,schools shall open only for stu-dents of classes 10 and 12. PTI

    Kohima: Nagaland on Tuesdayreported five New COVID-19cases, pushing the tally in thestate to 12,066, a senior HealthDepartment official said.

    The number of activeCOVID-19 cases in the statenow is 112, the official said.

    Seven more patients recu-perated from the disease, tak-ing the total number of recov-eries in the state to 11,724, hesaid.

    “5 COVID-19 positivecases 3 in Dimapur and 2 inKohima were reported today,while 7 patients 5 in Dimapurand 2 in Kohima also recoveredduring the last 24 hours”, saidDirector of Health and FamilyWelfare, Dr Denis Hangsing inthe daily COVID-19 bulletin.

    The recovery rate in thestate is 97.16 per cent while theactive cases are merely 0.93 percent of the total caseload, thebulletin said.

    Altogether 88 people havesuccumbed to the disease, ofwhich 78 are due to contagionand 10 had comorbidities,while another 142 patientshave migrated to other states,he said. PTI

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  • Impeachment is essentiallysymbolic, but the sort ofsticky symbolism with amoral dimension that standsthe test of time. History booksthat transcend time and lives bearthe impeached person’s namewith an unflattering asterisk oftransgression. Only threePresidents of the United States(US), out of the 45 that preced-ed Joe Biden, were tainted withthis blot, with Donald Trumpgoing down in posterity as theunique one, with two impeach-ments! The Constitution of theUS describes acts that are deemed“treason, bribery, or other highcrimes and misdemeanours” tobe impeachment-worthy. Beyondthe legality of formal convictionin a classic justice sense,impeachment is tantamount toabuse of public and constitution-al trust, with possible intersectionof legal criminality, subsequent-ly. But the man whom the usual-ly reserved Dalai Lama suggest-ed had a “lack of moral principle”,i.e. Trump, remains brazen andunrepentant.

    Others like Richard Nixon,who had faced a near-certainprospect of getting impeached,had resigned from office justbefore impeachment. The othertwo impeached US Presidents,Andrew Johnson and BillClinton, had in hindsight consid-erably less deleterious and viola-tive portents to democracy ascompared to the ingloriousnessof Trump’s acts. Andrew Johnson,arguably a racist himself who hadsucceeded the colossus of democ-racy, Abraham Lincoln, wasimpeached for a technicality ofviolating the Tenure of Office Actwhen he removed a federalappointee without consulting theSenate. History reflects thatimpeachment as more of a par-tisan act that seized upon anunacceptable presidential actionbut perhaps not warranting theburden of impeachment.Similarly, Bill Clinton had per-jured himself by lying to theinvestigators about his relation-ship with Monica Lewinsky, asalso encouraging the WhiteHouse staff to toe the said line.The undeniable dereliction andmisconduct was perhaps stillshort of breaching the high railsof “treason, bribery, or otherhigh crimes and misdemeanours”.The fine difference was illustrat-ed by a rival Republican Senator,Susan Collins, who agreed thatClinton had conducted himselfdisgracefully, but perhaps short of

    a crime, when she still votedagainst the impeachment bystating: “In voting to acquit thePresident, I do so with gravemisgivings for I do not meanin any way to exonerate thisman.” Bill Clinton was visibly,and admittedly, embarrassedand repentant.

    Trump was, on the otherhand, first impeached for theabuse of power and obstruc-tion of Congress. He hadallegedly pushed Ukraine tosnoop into the commercialaffairs of his ultimate nemesis,Joe Biden, and therefore enlist-ed a foreign power in corrupt-ing the democratic elections.Trump had also withheld mil-itary funds from theUkrainians in order to coercethem to do so. But Trump’smisdemeanours had continuedwith his denialist approach byfurther ordering the ExecutiveBranch to not comply with theCongressional subpoenas forthe trailing documents andtestimonies. However, unlikethe bipartisan expressions thatsurrounded the Clinton orNixon build-up, Trump hadmanaged to polarise and dividethe nation into extremitiesthat ensured that, barring oneRepublican Senator, all hadacquiesced blindly to Trump.The second Trump impeach-ment was unprecedented in its

    seriousness of accusativeimport, “incitement for insur-rection”. The self-interest ofRepublicans, which was inplay to defend Trump duringthe first impeachment on par-tisan lines, was equally visiblein the second impeachment,with 10 Republican Senatorsdisassociating themselves fromsupporting Trump, owing toworse consequences in repeat-ing their partisan decision.The Joint Chief of Staff hadissued an internal memo thatsought to remind the uni-formed fraternity of their solefidelity to the Constitutionand alluded to the potentialdisruption of the Biden inau-guration as “against the law” —further suggesting the grave-ness of the unconstitutionali-ty that Trump was accused of.

    The weight of the 10Republicans who bolted out ofthe Trump bandwagon is muchmore than its arithmetical sig-nificance, as it is about theassertion of bipartisan courage,democratic values and basiccommon sense. In many ways,this internal dissenting notehas allowed the Republicans ofabsolve and permanentlycleanse themselves ofTrumpism, post-January 20,2021. While the impeachmentprocess was rushed throughthe last days of Trump’s presi-

    dency, its necessity is contex-tualised to the public healingof the shame of “coup” andoffering a restorative opportu-nity and agenda for bipartisanpolitics hereinafter. The singu-lar Republican who had yield-ed to the dictates of his person-al conscience in voting againstTrump’s first impeachment,Mitt Romney, noted evocative-ly in Trump’s second “coming”that there must be “meaning-ful consequences” when aPresident incites an attackagainst the Congress and, moreimportantly, against all knowntenets of democracy.

    Opinions now abound thatthe new President, Biden, neednot federally prosecute Trumpand sustain the divisive andinflammatory ‘Donald Trumpshow’ to linger, irate passionsand sustain dangerous rumours.Trump’s descent into indefensi-ble infamy and notoriety that had toyed withreckless ideas like attackingIran before elections, imposingquasi-martial law or actuallytriggering social unrest by insist-ing upon his allegations of“fraudulent elections”, “can’t playin the hands of these people”,“elections that were stolen” andsuchlike, has already broughtthe US to the unthinkable brinkof anarchy and civil war. Theisolation of Trump among his

    own party leaders and ostensi-ble loyalists has shifted gearsfrom private murmurs behindclosed doors to open calls forintrospection within. The trig-gers for the much-neededcourse correction have not beenthe legality, but the loss ofmorality, surrounding Trump’sindefensibility. In a shifting signof times, Republican leaderMitch McConnell had freedRepublican Senators from toeing any party line and,instead, urged them to “votewith their conscience”; the subliminal writing on the wallfor Trump is unmistakable.Indeed, Trump will be expect-ed to continue his slanderousrants, unsubstantiated false-hoods and desperation to retainthe centre-stage but the loss ofmoral high ground for theRepublican Party, going for-ward, will drop Trump from theonly political anchorage thatsustains his relevance. It is notthe electoral triumphs, unchal-lenged dominance or legality inthe court, but the diminishmentof morality as captured in this symbolic impeachment thatended a destructive streak and individual.

    (The writer, a military veteran, is a former Lt Governorof Andaman & Nicobar Islandsand Puducherry. The viewsexpressed are personal.)

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