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B haratiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait on Saturday said that the farm- ers will stay put at borders of the national Capital till October 2, demanding to repeal the Centre’s agri-marketing laws. “We will sit here till October 2,” said Tikait, who is leading the ongoing farmers’ protest at Ghazipur border, one of the protest sites. Tikait also said that they had received inputs regarding some miscre- ants who will try to disrupt peace during the chakka jam on Saturday. “Because of these inputs, we had decided to call off the ‘chakka jam’ in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand,” the 51-year- old Tikait, credited with reviv- ing the farmers’ stir, said. “Nobody can touch the farmlands, the farmers will protect it. Both farmers and soldiers should come forward for it,” Tikait said. Interacting with security personnel who were on the other side of the barricading, Tikait said, bowing his head and folded hands, “My pranaam (a respectful saluta- tion) to you all. Now you all will protect my farms.” Loud rustic protest songs blared from speakers, the Tricolour fluttered atop trucks and tractors, and commuters mostly waited patiently as farmers blocked the KMP Expressway on Saturday as part of their three-hour “chak- ka jam” to press their demand for repeal of the three new agri- cultural laws. The call for the nationwide “chakka jam” between 12 pm and 3 pm was given by the farmer unions protesting at the Delhi borders the Centre’s agricultural laws. “I came to the stretch at 11 am. There were very few peo- ple then, but the number swelled in no time. The pur- pose is to peacefully do just what is instructed to us by our leaders — block the road till 3 pm,” said Mukesh Sharma, a local farmer supporting the movement. Biscuits and fruits were distributed among the protest- ing farmers sitting on the road. Those coming to the stretch with their vehicles were polite- ly informed about the protest and requested to turn back. “We don’t want to cause any inconvenience to the peo- ple,” said Ajit Ahluwalia (29), from Haryana’s Hisar. “That’s precisely the reason why the call given was for three hours only. Security forces have been blocking ours and theirs passage for so many days. We expect the ‘aam aadmi’ to cooperate with us for some hours at least. And the truth is they are,” he said. Some vehicles, carrying people with emergency health conditions, were allowed to pass without any delay. The 136-km Kundli- Manesar-Palwal (KMP) was built to decongest the ever-busy roads of Delhi, especially by reducing the number of trucks entering the national Capital, thus helping to curb pollution. The commuters, mostly wait- ing patiently, said they knew about the “chakka-jam” but had to be out due to social and professional engagements. While Satnam Sandhu (42), a private contractor, had to attend a business meeting; Sonu Ahuja and his family were going for his cousin’s wedding. “We are farmers ourselves, and support the farmers’ move- ment completely. I have gone to the Singhu Border many a times for the protes,” said 36- year-old Ahuja. I ndia has so far supplied Covid-19 vaccine to 15 coun- tries and another 25 nations are in the queue at different levels for the jab, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said here on Saturday. He said there are three categories of countries which are keen to get the vaccine from India — poor, price sensitive nations and other countries which directly deal with phar- maceutical companies that make the antidote. “I think right now we have already supplied to about 15 countries (as per my recollec- tion). I would say there would be another about 25 countries which are at different stages in the pipeline. But what it has done is today it has put India on the map of the world,” Jaishankar told reporters in a Press conference. The Minister said some poor countries are being sup- plied the vaccine on a grant basis while some nations want- ed it on par with the price that the Indian Government pays to the vaccine makers. Some countries have directcontractswith the Indian vaccine producing companies and have negotiated commer- cially, he said. The Centre has already given the nod for two Covid- 19 vaccines — Covaxin of city- based Bharat Biotech and Covishield of Oxford, being manufactured by Serum Institute of India in Pune, which are being administered to frontline workers from January 16, under Emergency Use Authorisation. Drug maker Dr Reddys recently said it will approach the Drug Regulator for the EUA for Russian vaccine Sputnik V in March. Jaishankar said Prime Minister Narendra Modis idea was to establish the country as the “Pharmacy of the World”, taking advantage of the domes- tic capabilities and the way India emerged as IT leader dur- ing the Y2K issue. T he CRPF women warriors broke the proverbial glass ceiling on Saturday as the first batch of 34 women personnel entered the elite CoBRA Battalion, an exclusive anti- Naxal force under the Central paramilitary force. The CRPF also formed an all-women brass band on Saturday. These women will under- go three months of strenuous pre-induction training before joining operations on the ground for the Combat Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA). “The Central Reserve Police Force has yet again taken another step toward women’s empowerment by allowing entry of its Mahila personnel in the elite CoBRA wing during the 35th Raising Day celebrations of 88th Mahila Battalion. Notably, 88th Mahila Battalion of CRPF has the dis- tinction of being the first all Mahila battalion in the world. In another first, an all Mahila brass band was also formed on this occasion of momentous significance,” the CRPF said in a statement. M yanmar’s new military authorities appeared to have cut most access to the Internet on Saturday as they faced a rising tide of protest over their coup that toppled Aung San Suu Kyi’s elected civilian Government. Numerous internet users noted a slow disappearance of data services, especially from mobile service providers, that accelerated sharply late Saturday morning. Broadband connection also later failed, while there were mixed reports on whether landline telephone service and mobile voice connections were still working. Netblocks, a London-based service that tracks internet dis- ruptions and shutdowns, said Saturday afternoon that “a near-total internet shutdown is now in effect” in Myanmar, with connectivity falling to just 16% of normal levels. The broad outage followed Friday’s military order to block Twitter and Instagram because some people were trying to use the platforms to spread what authorities deemed fake news. Facebook had already been blocked earlier in the week — though not complete- ly effectively. The communication block- ages are a stark reminder of the progress Myanmar is in danger of losing after Monday’s coup plunged the nation back under direct military rule after a nearly decade-long move toward democracy. During Myanmar’s five decades of mil- itary rule, the country’s com- munication with the outside world was controlled. T he registration process for the H-1B visa application for the next fiscal year will begin on March 1 and the suc- cessful applicants through a computerised draw of lots would be notified by March 31, a federal agency has announced. The notification by the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on Friday came a day after the Biden administration announced that it is delaying the H-1B policy of the previous Trump admin- istration on the allocation of the popular foreign work visas by continuing with the lottery system until December 31, 2021, to give the immigration agency more time to develop, test and implement the modi- fications to the registration system. The USCIS announced that the initial registration period for the fiscal year 2022 H-1B cap will open at noon Eastern on March 9 and run through noon March 25. The H-1B visa is a non- immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in specialty occupa- tions that require theoretical or technical expertise. The technology compa- nies depend on it to hire tens of thousands of employees each year from countries like India and China. A rtificial intelligence (AI) cannot replace a doctor’s assessment of medical condi- tion of a person infected with deadly virus, but it can defi- nitely help the fraternity with up to 90 per cent certainty to determine whether an unin- fected person will die of Covid- 19 on catching the infection, a study has said. Also, once admitted to the hospital with the infection, the computer can predict with 80 per cent accuracy whether the person will need a respirator, researchers at the University of Copenhagen have found. In doing so, the computers can also help decide who should be at the front of the line for the vaccines. T wenty-two people have so far died after taking the Ciovid-19 vaccines in India, but the Government has claimed that they didn’t succumbe to any complication arising from vaccination. Making this claim, the Health Ministry on Saturday said so far over 56 lakh persons have been inoculated. “There have been 22 deaths subsequently, but these are not linked to the vaccination,” the Health Ministry said. The Government has also asked States and UTs to com- plete the first dose adminis- tration to all health-care work- ers by February 20 and mop-up rounds by February 25. Of the 56,36,868 benefi- ciaries vaccinated, Additional Secretary in the Union Health Ministry Manohar Agnani said 52,66,175 are health-care work- ers and 3,70,693 are frontline workers. He further said that 54.7 per cent of the healthcare work- ers registered on the Co-WIN app have been vacci- nated. “No new case of hospital- ization or death reported in the past 24 hours,” he said. RNI Regn. No. CHHENG/2012/42718, Postal Reg. No. - RYP DN/34/2013-2015

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    “We will sit here tillOctober 2,” said Tikait, who isleading the ongoing farmers’protest at Ghazipur border,one of the protest sites. Tikaitalso said that they had receivedinputs regarding some miscre-ants who will try to disruptpeace during the chakka jamon Saturday.

    “Because of these inputs,we had decided to call off the‘chakka jam’ in Uttar Pradeshand Uttarakhand,” the 51-year-old Tikait, credited with reviv-ing the farmers’ stir, said.

    “Nobody can touch thefarmlands, the farmers willprotect it. Both farmers andsoldiers should come forwardfor it,” Tikait said.

    Interacting with securitypersonnel who were on theother side of the barricading,Tikait said, bowing his headand folded hands, “Mypranaam (a respectful saluta-tion) to you all. Now you allwill protect my farms.”

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    Tricolour fluttered atop trucksand tractors, and commutersmostly waited patiently asfarmers blocked the KMPExpressway on Saturday aspart of their three-hour “chak-ka jam” to press their demandfor repeal of the three new agri-cultural laws. The call for thenationwide “chakka jam”between 12 pm and 3 pm wasgiven by the farmer unionsprotesting at the Delhi bordersthe Centre’s agricultural laws.

    “I came to the stretch at 11am. There were very few peo-ple then, but the numberswelled in no time. The pur-pose is to peacefully do justwhat is instructed to us by ourleaders — block the road till 3pm,” said Mukesh Sharma, alocal farmer supporting themovement.

    Biscuits and fruits weredistributed among the protest-ing farmers sitting on the road.Those coming to the stretchwith their vehicles were polite-ly informed about the protestand requested to turn back.

    “We don’t want to causeany inconvenience to the peo-ple,” said Ajit Ahluwalia (29),from Haryana’s Hisar.

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    Some vehicles, carryingpeople with emergency healthconditions, were allowed topass without any delay.

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    While Satnam Sandhu(42), a private contractor, hadto attend a business meeting;Sonu Ahuja and his family

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    He said there are threecategories of countries whichare keen to get the vaccine fromIndia — poor, price sensitivenations and other countrieswhich directly deal with phar-maceutical companies thatmake the antidote.

    “I think right now we havealready supplied to about 15countries (as per my recollec-tion). I would say there wouldbe another about 25 countrieswhich are at different stages inthe pipeline. But what it hasdone is today it has put Indiaon the map of the world,”

    Jaishankar told reporters in aPress conference.

    The Minister said somepoor countries are being sup-plied the vaccine on a grantbasis while some nations want-ed it on par with the price thatthe Indian Government pays tothe vaccine makers.

    Some countries havedirectcontractswith the Indianvaccine producing companiesand have negotiated commer-cially, he said.

    The Centre has alreadygiven the nod for two Covid-19 vaccines — Covaxin of city-based Bharat Biotech andCovishield of Oxford, beingmanufactured by SerumInstitute of India in Pune,which are being administeredto frontline workers fromJanuary 16, under EmergencyUse Authorisation.

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    These women will under-go three months of strenuouspre-induction training beforejoining operations on theground for the CombatBattalion for Resolute Action(CoBRA).

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    Notably, 88th MahilaBattalion of CRPF has the dis-tinction of being the first allMahila battalion in the world.In another first, an all Mahilabrass band was also formed onthis occasion of momentoussignificance,” the CRPF said ina statement.

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    To provide a market forforest produce andprocessed products,Chhattisgarh Forest MinisterMohammad Akbar onSaturday inaugurated an out-let of the Forest ManagementCommittees at AranyaBhawan in Atal Nagar here.

    The Minister said that all

    the products kept in the out-let are packed with naturalqualities, with their purity aboon for good health.

    The government is work-ing to provide employment andadditional income for the localpeople through forest produce.

    The government's ambi-tious Narva, Garuva,Ghurwa, Bari scheme isbeing linked to the ForestManagement Committees to

    enhance the protection offorests. Locals can earn extraincome by growing vegeta-bles and more along thebanks of rivers, the Ministeradded.

    In this outlet, the materi-als made from forest manage-ment committees are market-ed under the banner ofChhattisgarh Herbal. Around120 forest as well asprocessed products are

    available, said RakeshChaturvedi, the PrincipalChief Conservator of Forests.

    RAIPUR | SUNDAY | FEBRUARY 7, 2021

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    e-PROCUREMENT TENDER NOTICEeProcurement Portal: https://eproc.cgstate.gov.in

    (1st Call)System Tender No. : 71244/NIT No. : 23/SAC/2020-21, Raipur, Dated : 03.02.2021Online Tenders are Invited for The Following Works up to24.02.2021 at 17:30 Hour (IST) :-Name of Work : RENOVATION OF HEAD WORK, WASTE WEIR &

    HEAD SLUICE AND REMODELING & C.C. LININGFROM R.D. 0 TO 1620 M. OF MAIN CANAL, CONSTRUCTION OF 08 NOS. STRUCTURE (04 NOS.V.R.B., 01 NO. AQUADUCT, 02 NO. SYPHON & 01 NO. FALL), 02 NOS. INLET AND REPAIR OF OLD STRUCTURES OF GOTIYARDIH TANK SCHEME IN ABHANPUR BLOCK OF RAIPUR DISTRICT.

    Probable Amount : Rs. 120.26 Lakhsof Contract

    The details can be viewed and downloaded online directly fromthe Government of Chhattisgarh Integrated e-Procurement Portal(https://eproc.cgstate.gov.in) from Date 10.02.2021, at 17:31Hours (IST) onwards.NOTE :- All eligible/interested contractors/bidders are mandated

    to get enrolled on the Integrated e-procurement portal(https://eproc.cgstate.gov.in) and get approval on specific vendorclass from PWD under Centralized Contractor/SupplierRegistration in order to download the tender documents andparticipate in the subsequent bidding process.

    GOVERNMENT OF CHHATTISGARH, WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENTOFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDING ENGINEER

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    for, Superintending Engineer, Water Resources &Ground Water Survey Circle, Raipur (C.G.)G- 86894/5 Ryp/Dtd 5.2.21

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    (1st Call)System Tender No. : 71245/NIT No. : 37/SAC/2020-21, Durg, Dated : 03.02.2021Online Tenders are Invited for The Following Works up to 24.02.2021 at 17:30 HourName of Work : STRENGTHENING OF RIGHT BANK CANAL OF TANDULA MAIN CANAL AND CONSTRUCTION

    OF W.B.M. ROAD FROM MILE 26 TO MILE 44 IN BLOCK PATAN OF DISTRICT DURG.Probable Amount of Contract : Rs. 574.30 Lakhs

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    STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR

    The Chhattisgarh Congresson Saturday unanimouslypassed a resolution to againappoint Rahul Gandhi as theIndian National CongressPresident.

    The ChhattisgarhCongress CommitteeExecutive and DistrictPresidents passed the resolu-tion seeking the services ofGandhi to again head thecountry's oldest politicalparty, a press release said.

    The meeting was held atRajiv Bhawan in Raipur.

    This resolution wasproposed by ChiefMinister BhupeshBaghel and supported bystate in-charge P.L.Punia and stateCongress PresidentMohan Markam.

    The meeting wasprominently attended byChhattisgarh CongressIn-charge Secretary DrChandan Yadav, HealthMinister T.S. Singh Deo,Agriculture MinisterRavindra Choubey,other Ministers andsenior party leaders.

    STAFF REPORTER nRAIPUR

    Coronavirus vaccination isin full swing inChhattisgarh. Along withhealth workers, DistrictCollectors andSuperintendents of Police(SPs) have got vaccine shots.

    On Saturday, CollectorsRitesh Agrawal (Bijapur),Pushpendra Meena(Kondagaon), S.N. Rathode(Korea), Shiv Anant Tayal(Bemetara), NeeleshKshersagar (Gariaband) andTopeshwar Verma(Rajnandgaon) took the firstdose of vaccine, an officialpress release said.

    Likewise, JashpurCollector Mahadev Kavre

    and SP D. Shravan, RaigarhCollector Bheem Singh andDeputy Collectors besidesother revenue officers gotthemselves vaccinated on

    Thursday.The officers said later that

    the vaccine is safe and askedpeople to get themselves andtheir family vaccinated.

    C’garh Congress wantsRahul as party President

    District Collectors, SPstake Covid vaccine shots

    STAFF REPORTER nRAIPUR

    Despite the Covid-19 cri-sis, `1,621.67 crores wascollected as registration rev-enue in Chhattisgarh in2020, or 23.28 percent morethan in 2019.

    In the current fiscal tillJanuary 31, 1.82 lakh docu-ments were registered and`1,087.19 crores have beencollected as stamp and regis-tration fee.

    In the interest of com-mon people, the govern-ment has lifted the ban onsale-purchase of small landplots. So, the number ofdocument registrations fortransaction of small landplots has nearly doubled in

    the last two years.In these two years,

    nearly 1.86 lakh small plotsof land were registered.

    The government’s deci-sion to reduce guideline rateby 30 percent has largelybenefited the people.

    Reduction in guideline rateof property and liberty tosell-purchase small plots ofland has made it easier forthe middle class to buyhouses and other immov-able assets.

    The government is pro-viding a concession of 2 per-cent in the rate of registra-tion fee for deeds related tothe sale of houses and build-ings up to `75 lakhs sinceAugust 2019.

    This has been continuedin 2020-21 as well.

    To save parties frominconvenience and to ensurethat the registration workruns smoothly, the e-reg-istry procedure has beensimplified to buy and sellproperties in Chhattisgarh.

    Registration revenue `1,621Crin Chhattisgarh in 2020 STAFF REPORTER n RAIPURStates need to carry out eco-nomic activities and devel-

    opment works on a missionmode to improve the slow paceof the economy, the NITIAayog said on Saturday.

    The NITI Aayog convenedthis at a joint meeting of theChief Secretaries of the statesand the Principal Secretaries tothe Chief Minister via videoconferencing.

    At the meeting, the ViceChairman of NITI Aayog, Dr.Rajiv Kumar, and NITI AayogChief Executive Officer (CEO)Amitabh Kant gave informa-tion about important pointsand areas related to develop-ment works, a press releasesaid.

    On the basis of thesepoints, the states will have toformulate and implement acomprehensive strategy to

    accelerate and improve theeconomic activities and devel-opment works, it added.

    Chhattisgarh ChiefSecretary Amitabh Jain,Additional Chief Secretary tothe Chief Minister SubratSahoo, Principal SecretaryPlanning Gaurav Dwivedi and

    Secretary level officers of thedepartments attended themeeting.

    The NITI Aayog focussedon developing India as a globalmanufacturing hub, promot-ing sustainable agriculture,building infrastructure, devel-oping human resources and

    providing comprehensive lev-els of health and nutrition.

    The NITI Aayog desiredspecial efforts to promotecommunity participation.

    The Chief Secretaries gavesuggestions for improving theeconomy and speeding up thedevelopment work and these

    will be incorporated into theNITI Aayog's action plan.

    A meeting of the SixthGoverning Council of NITIAayog under the chairmanshipof Prime Minister NarendraModi will be held on February20 which will be attended bythe Chief Ministers.

    Carry out economic activities with zeal: NITI Aayog

    In the current fiscaltill January 31,1.82 lakhdocuments wereregistered and`1,087.19 croreshave beencollected as stampand registration fee

    STAFF REPORTER nDANTEWADA

    Security forces shot dead aNaxalite who carried areward of `1 on his head inChhattisgarh's Dantewada dis-trict on Saturday, police said.

    A gunfight took placearound 10 am in a forestbetween Surnaar and Tetamvillages when the DistrictReserve Guard (DRG) was onan anti-Naxalite operation,Dantewada Superintendent of

    Police Abhishek Pallava said."After the exchange of fire,

    the body of a Naxalite, identi-fied as Muchaki Masa, wasrecovered from the spot alongwith a weapon," he added.

    Masa, who was active as aJan Militia commander, wasinvolved in a number of vio-lent incidents in the area,Pallava said. A search opera-tion was launched at the site,around 400 km away fromRaipur.

    STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR

    The Chhattisgarh Yoga Commission isgoing to hold a three-day seminar-cum-webinar on yoga from February 7 atthe State Resource and RehabilitationCenter in Mana Camp here, it wasannounced on Saturday.

    The objective holding such aprogramme is to present the ideological

    and scientific aspects of yoga for healthylife and overall personality development,

    especially of youths, a press release said.The programme will have technical

    sessions related to yoga, discourse, pres-entation of research papers and lectureson subject experts.

    The webinar will be inaugurated bythe keynote address of yoga guru DheerajVashistha of Vashistha Yoga Ashram,Ahmedabad.

    Minister inaugurates forestproduce, products outlet

    Seminar-cum-webinar on yoga from todayThe programme will havetechnical sessions related toyoga, discourse, presentationof research papers andlectures on subject experts

    Naxalite gunneddown in Dantewada

    STAFF REPORTER nRAIPUR

    Arecent study byrenowned medicaljournal Lancet has statedthat face mask is very usefulin preventing the spread oftuberculosis (TB).

    A press release from theChhattisgarh HealthDepartment quoted thestudy as saying that TB hasclaimed about 5 lakh morelives globally than corona in2020. Several studies haveindicated that TB's spreadcould be considerablyslowed down by masks.

    The study said thatcommunity level accept-ance of the use of face maskwill be of great help in slow-ing down TB's spread, espe-cially in a country like Indiawhere large number of TBpatients exist. Cloth masksare also effective.

    The study said that it isnecessary to ensure who,when and where should theface mask be used. TB

    particles disappear easily inair, therefore in TB proneregion it use should be pro-moted even in indoor envi-ronment.

    If said that thoughCovid has affected the TBhealth care system,increased use of face maskdue to the pandemic couldbe a help.

    The Lancet is a weeklypeer-reviewed general med-ical journal. It is among theworld's oldest and bestknown general medicaljournals. It was founded in1823 by Thomas Wakley, anEnglish surgeon.

    Face mask effective instopping tuberculosis: Lancet

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    Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmiron Saturday recorded 65 newcoronavirus cases that raised itstally to 1,24,850, officials said.

    The union territory did notreport any death due to theinfection in the past 24 hours,they said.Of the fresh cases, 15were recorded from the Jammudivision and 50 from theKashmir division, the officialssaid.They said Srinagar districtrecorded the highest of 26 caseswhich included 11 travellers.

    While eight districts of theUT did not report any fresh case,10 others had fresh cases in sin-gle digits, the officials said.Pulwama reported 10 COVID-19 cases. PTI

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    Kanpur: Senior BJP leader and Union MinisterMukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Saturday said “reject-ed politicians” and the “bogus Bharat bashingbrigade” are involved in a criminal conspira-cy to defame the country.

    Speaking to reporters here, Naqvi said,“Such criminal syndicate of misinformation andBharat bashing has always been defeated by thecommitment of the people of India.”

    “Such people created a ruckus on the so-called intolerance in the country, raised ques-tions on surgical strike on Pakistan, created con-fusion over CAA, and opposed steps taken forthe well-being of people during the COVID-19 pandemic,” Naqvi said.

    Now, the ‘gumrahi' (misleading) gang hashijacked the farmers' agitation and doing pol-itics over it, he said, adding that some people in the country still have “feudal arro-gance”.

    In a statement, Naqvi said the people ofthe country, while rejecting all criminal con-spiracies and political hypocrisies of some vest-ed interests, have expressed trust in the lead-

    ership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. People gave a massive mandate to the BJP-

    led NDA in 2014 and again in 2019. The mass-es have supported the policies of the prime min-ister by giving “tremendous support” to the BJPin assembly, panchayat and local bodies elec-tions in different states and union territories,he said.

    “On one hand, the Bharat bashing brigaderaised false and fake propaganda of so-calledinsecurity among minorities, on the other handPM Modi worked tirelessly to make all sectionsof society including minorities an equal part-ner of mainstream development,” he said.

    “Prime Minister Modi's commitment to‘sabka sath, sabka vikas' has always exposedthese characters. The entire world is admiringModi's commitment towards inclusive devel-opment,” he added.

    Naqvi said, “When our security forcesdestroyed terrorist camps by conducting a sur-gical strike, then some people outside the coun-try and leaders of the grand old party, demand-ed proof. It was an amazing 'jugalbandi'.” PTI

    Jammu: Asserting that the “negative pow-ers” attempting to create misconceptions overthe new agri laws would fail, Union MinisterJitendra Singh on Saturday said the Centreis working with an open heart to address theongoing farmers' agitation.

    He, however, insisted that the new lawsare “pro-farmer” and can never result in loss-es to them.

    “The government is working with anopen heart to address this issue (farmers agi-tation). All the laws which have been enact-ed are pro-farmer and even the earlier gov-ernments were discussing implementingsuch types of laws in the country,” the min-ister of state in the Prime Minister's Officetold reporters at the BJP headquarters here.

    He said several Opposition leaders hadspoken in Parliament in support of suchtypes of laws earlier.

    “Now they are raising concerns on suchthings which are not part of these laws.Nobody can say that these laws can result inlosses to the farmers,” Singh said.

    Responding to a question about manyinternational personalities like pop starRihanna speaking about the farmers' agita-tion, he said, “Nobody can say these laws canresult in losses to the farmers.

    “Government is prepared to address themisgiving and misconceptions and this is the

    directive from the Prime Minister. I have fullfaith that the misunderstanding of thefarmers will be addressed and the attemptsto create misconceptions by negative pow-ers will fail,” he said.

    Asked whether IAS officer Shah Faesalhas a genuine change of heart or some typeof backdoor talks are going on with him sincehe had started showering praises on PrimeMinister Narendra Modi in the recenttimes despite being vocal in his criticism ofabrogation of Article 370 and bifurcation ofthe erstwhile state into two Union Territoriesin August 2019, Singh said, “There is no issuediscussing such a thing. The important thingis that there is heart transformation.”

    Singh congratulated the people ofJammu and Kashmir for getting back 4Gmobile internet service after 18 months andsaid “media and students suffered becauseof lack of this facility”.

    Praising the Union budget for focusingon key sectors like health which was givena grant of over Rs two lakh crore by 137 percent enhancement and infrastructure devel-opment like highways and railways, he saidat a time when Modi's New India will illu-minate at the global level, Jammu andKashmir has also been in the focus to ensurethat it will shine alongside other parts of thecountry as well. PTI

    Thiruvananthapuram/Kottayam:Ahead of the State assembly polls, theCongress-led United Democratic Frontin Kerala said on Saturday if the UDFwas voted to power, it would pass a leg-islation on Sabarimala to protect thecustoms of the shrine, a move dubbedby the ruling Left front as to “fool thepeople of the state”.

    Senior Congress leader and MLAThiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan“released a draft law”, saying it wouldbe passed if the UDF comes to powerafter the elections.

    “We will enact the law if we cometo power.Under this proposed law, theban on unauthorised entry intoSabarimala will be ensured in consul-tation with the Tantri Violation of cus-toms/rituals can attract imprisonmentof up to two years,” Radhakrishnan toldreporters at Kottayam.

    The Congress had recently askedthe Left government to seek legal reme-dies to “heal the wounds” created insociety due to its alleged “hasty deci-sion” to implement the Supreme courtverdict of September 2018 allowing

    women of all age groups to enter theLord Ayyappa shrine at Sabarimala.

    The southern state had witnessedprotests by right wing and BJP work-ers against allowing women in thebanned 10-50 age group being allowedin the shrine.

    Numerous review petitions arepending in the apex court. However,CPI(M) state secretary in-charge AVijayaraghavan claimed the UDF wasfooling the people as it was not possi-ble to formulate a law in a matter whichis under the consideration of theSupreme Court.

    “The UDF announcement that anew law will be formulated against thewomen's entry into Sabarimala is justto fool the people of the state.First ofall, the UDF is not going to come backto power.”

    “Secondly, it's not possible to makea law in a matter which is under theconsideration of a larger bench of theSupreme Court.There is no legalauthority to do so,” Vijayaraghavansaid. PTI

    Guwahati: Assam Congress onSaturday Staged protests infront of petrol pumps across thestate against rising prices ofpetrol, diesel and LPG.

    Protests were held in dif-ferent blocks of the state by thedistrict Congres committees,party sources said.

    Assam PCC general secre-tary Bobbeeta Sharma said whenUPA was in power the price ofinternational crude was high butthe Congress government led byDr Manmohan Singh ensuredthat it did not affect the commonma. It had kept petrol and dieselprices low and affordable.

    The international crude oilprice is low during PrimeMinister Narendra Modi's rulebut its benefit has not reached

    the common man, she said.The skyrocketing prices of

    petrol and diesel have led to theincrease in the price of essentialcommodities, she said. “Peopleare devastated by the prevailingsituation of increased joblessnessdue to the sudden demonetisa-tion and the Covid-19 drivenlock-down”, she said.

    The BJP government at theCentre has proved to be “anti-poor and anti-people” and hasmade no effort to controlincreasing petrol and dieselprices and that of essential com-modities, Sharma alleged.

    “The prime minister whois arriving in Assam tomorrowhas to answer all these questionsthat affect each and every com-mon man”, she added. PTI

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    Union Minister RaviShankar PrasadonSaturday contributed Rs 11lakh for the construction of theRam temple at Ayodhya.

    Prasad handed over thecheque to Mohan Singh andRajesh Pandey, representativesof Sri Rama JanmabhoomiTeerth Kshetra trust.

    Singh, who is RSS region-al general secretary (kshetrakaryawah) of Bihar andJharkhand and Pandey, theprant Prachar Pramukh ofSouth Bihar RSS, received thecheque at the organisation'sstate headquarters here.

    Prasad, the union ministerfor law and justice, electronics

    and information technologyand communications, said I amextremely happy that I ammaking an announcement ofcontributing Rs 11 lakh for theconstruction of a grand Ramtemple at Ayodhya, Prasadsaid.

    I was the lawyer for RamLalla in Allahabad High Courtwhere we won (the case). Itwould be great if I had theopportunity to argue the casein Supreme Court but since Iwas the (union) law minister, Icould not argue the case,Prasad said.

    Its a matter of pride that Iwill be going out to collectdonations for the purpose ofconstructing a grand Ram tem-ple, he added.

    Fatehpur (UP): A headless body of anaround 22-year-old woman was found in anagricultural field of a village under Asotharpolice station near here on Saturday, policesaid. On being informed about the body, thepolice reached the village and sent the bodyfor post-mortem, Fatehpur's AdditionalSuperintendent of Police Rajesh Kumar said.

    The body was found lying around 200metres from a canal, Thariyaon's CircleOfficer Anil Kumar said.

    Prima facie, it appears that the womanhad been murdered elsewhere around two tothree days ago and the body was disposed ofhere, he said, adding efforts are on to identi-fy the woman. People from nearby villageshave been called to identify the body of thewoman, wearing a pair of blue jeans, a yellowT-shirt and a sweater but to no avail so far, theCO added. PTI

    Guwahati: Assam Finance MinisterHimanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday saidthe Government will issue a notificationin the next 10 days to increase the mini-mum wage of tea garden workers in thestate.

    Addressing a public rally here in thepresence of Union Finance MinisterNirmala Sitharaman and Chief MinisterSarbananda Sonowal, he said the propos-al to raise the minimum wage of tea labour-ers will be approved in the next cabinetmeeting.

    “Wait for 10 more days. We will issuea notification to increase your wages. Afterthe next cabinet meeting, you'll hear goodnews,” Sarma told tea garden workers.

    The opposition Congress had criticisedUnion Home Minister Amit Shah after hisrecent visit to the state, alleging that thegovernment did nothing to grant ST sta-tus to tea garden workers.

    The party also alleged the governmenthas failed to ensure that tea workers in thestate get the minimum daily wage of Rs351.Countering these allegations, Sarmaslammed the Congress for not openingbank accounts of tea garden workers.

    He claimed that the BJP-led govern-ment opened over 6.33 lakh bank accountsin three months after the announcementof demonetisation in 2016.

    Sarma also mentioned that the stategovernment has spent Rs 1,400 crore forbuilding roads inside gardens and openedhigh schools there.

    He said the Sarbananda Sonowal dis-pensation offered Rs 12,000 each to 47,000pregnant women in the estates. Ahead ofthe assembly polls in Assam, Sitharamanon Saturday distributed Rs 3,000 each to7.47 lakh tea garden workers in the stateunder the Assam Chah Bagicha DhanPuraskar Mela Scheme. PTI

    Amaravati: In rare occurrence, the AP StateElection Commission on Saturday issuedorders to the Director general of Police toensure that Minister P RamachandraReddy is “confined” to his home tillFebruary 21 for his alleged remarks againstthe commission.

    Panchayat polls in the state are sched-uled to begin from February 9 and will goon till February 21 in four phases.

    SEC Ramesh Kumar, in his order saidthe Commission had carefully looked atvarious alternatives and avenues of reme-dial action and was invoking its plenarypowers under Article 243K of theConstitution and directing the DGP to“confine” the Minister for Panchayat Rajand Rural Development to his residentialpremises till completion of gram panchy-at elections, which would conclude onFebruary 21.

    The orders issued are in the nature ofreasonable restrictions and are essentially

    preventive measures, taken recourse toensure free and fair elections and to enablethe voters to exercise their franchise freely“uninfluenced by threats and intimidation”,the Order said.

    According to the SEC Order, theMinister, in a press conference on Thursday,warned that Collectors and ReturningOfficers not to obey the instructions of the“madcap Election Commissioner” and ifthey do so (preventing forced unanimouselections), action will be taken against thoseofficials and they will be blacklisted afterthe polls are over.

    Reddy also allegedly attributed polit-ical motives to the SEC, saying RameshKumar is favouring the opposition TeluguDesam Party with view to get its MP orMLC seat in future.

    Reacting to SECs order, Reddy said hejust watched the news in TV channels andif the DGP has to implement the SECsOrder, he can do it. PTI

    Ahmedabad: Gujarat reported 252 freshCoronavirus positive cases on Saturday, tak-ing the count of infections to 2,63,200, thestate health department said.

    With one death in Mahisagar district,the overall COVID-19 death toll in the staterose to 4,394, it said.

    A total of 401 patients were dischargedduring the day, taking the count of recov-eries in Gujarat to 2,56,315, the departmentsaid in a release. With this, Gujarat's caserecovery rate improved to 97.38 per cent.The state now has 2,491 active cases, it said.

    At 81, Vadodara recorded the highestnumber of new COVID-19 cases in the statein the day, followed by 41 in Ahmedaabd,33 in Rajkot, and 31 in Surat.

    Among other districts, Anand andPatan recorded six new cases, Sabarkanthafive, while four cases each were reportedfrom Gir Somnath, Kutch, and Narmada,the department said. PTI

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    Punjab & Sind Bank onSaturday said its net loss inDecember quarter 2020-21 spi-ralled to �2,375.53 crore onhigher provisions for bad loans.

    The lender had posted anet loss of �255.49 crore in thesame period a year ago. InSeptember quarter also, thebank had a loss of �401.27crore.

    Total income in the quar-ter under review also fell to�1,982.52 crore from � 2,077.01crore in the same period of2019-20, Punjab & Sind Banksaid in a regulatory filing.

    Net income fell 9.1 percent to �1,763.10 crore andincome on investments wasdown 12.1 per cent to �455.42crore.

    The bank's gross non-per-forming assets (NPAs)remained high at 13.14 per centof the gross advances as ofDecember 31, 2020, comparedto 13.58 per cent by the year-ago same period.

    In value terms, gross NPAsor bad loans stood at � 8,489.89crore by the end of December2020 as against �8,923.49 croreearlier.

    Net NPAs came downsignificantly at 2.84 per cent(�1,638.25 crore) as against8.71 per cent (Rs 5,417.79crore). Provisions for badloans and contingenices spikedto Rs 2,924.69 crore during thequarter, as against Rs 494.30crore. Of this, provisions forbad loans were Rs 1482.17crore, which was higher thanRs 464.01 crore a year ago.

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    Ahead of the assembly pollsinAssam, Union FinanceMinister Nirmala Sitharamanon Saturday distributed �3,000each to 7.47 lakh tea gardenworkers in the State, totalling� 224 crore.

    The Union finance minis-ter was in the city to participatein the programme to offerfinancial assitance to tea work-ers under the third tranche ofthe Assam Chah Bagicha DhanPuraskar Mela Scheme.

    Before 2014 Lok Sabhapolls, Narendra Modi ji hadwished to work for the uplift-ment of tea garden workers andaccordingly several schemeswere launched after the NDAcame to power, the Unionminister said.

    As part of the third trancheof the flagship scheme, anadditional amount of �3,000each will be credited to thebank accounts of 7,46,667workers.

    Each tea worker had ear-

    lier received �5,000 in twophases.

    The incentive was madethrough direct benefit transfer(DBT) mode to 6,33,411 bankaccounts of tea gardens in2017-18 and 7,15,979 accountsin 2018-19 across 752 tea gar-dens.

    Sitharaman said, all mid-dlemen have been eliminatedwith introduction of the DBTmode in various schemes andthe Centre will continue to sup-port tea gardens in Assam infuture.

    "PM Modi favoured usingtechnology for the benefit ofpeople while implementing theschemes and so the concept ofDBT was introduced. Due tothis, middlemen were totallyeliminated and the benefitsreached directly to the benefi-ciaries," she said.

    Sitharaman said that theUnion budget for 2021-22 hasallocated Rs 1,000 crore for thewelfare of women and childrenof tea gardens in Assam andWest Bengal as per the request

    of the BJP-led government inthe northeastern state.

    "After bank accounts wereopened for tea garden labour-ers, some issues cropped up.But when I instructed thebankers in February last year tocorrect the anomalies theyworked tirelessly, even duringthe COVID-19 crisis, andeverything is on track now," shesaid.

    Speaking on the occasion,Assam Finance MinisterHimanta Biswa Sarma saidthat Rs 224 crore will be spenton transferring the thirdtranche of the scheme to thebeneficiaries.

    "We spent Rs 158 crore inthe first year and it increased toRs 202 crore during the secondyear.

    The scheme won't stophere at Rs 3,000 each as we havealready begun the process tosend such an amount everymonth," he added.

    Elections to the 126-mem-ber Assam Assembly are due inMarch-April this year.

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    The National Bank forAgriculture and RuralDevelopment (Nabard) onSaturday said it has sanctioned�30,200 crore and disbursed �16,500 crore for various ruralinfrastructure projects acrossthe country under the RuralInfrastructure DevelopmentFund (RIDF) in the first 10months of the current financialyear.

    The RIDF, which was setup in 1995, is a dedicated fundto create social assets in ruralIndia.

    "In FY21, the sanctions tothe RIDF stood at �30,200crore as against the corpus of�30,000 crore. The disburse-ment for the current financialyear as on January 31, 2021stands at �16,500 crore,"Nabard chairman G R Chintalasaid in a statement.

    Since the inception of thefund, Nabard has disbursed�3.11 lakh crore for differentrural infrastructure projects, itsaid.

    Chintala said this fund has

    constituted around 10 per centof gross capital formation inrural areas. Over the years,the RIDF has become adependable source of fundingfor states and union territoriesfor building.

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    The start of vaccination dri-ves in several countriesglobally along with higher fleetdeployment levels will sup-port the recovery of the airtransport sector in the comingmonths, India Ratings andResearch (Ind-Ra) said.

    Accordingly, the agency'sIndia logistics sector reportsaid: "While passenger num-bers for airlines are still downon a YoY basis, the start of vac-cination drives in several coun-tries globally and the Indiangovernment allowing 80 percent of fleet to be deployed arekey positives recently."

    "While both these devel-opments should be supportiveof a recovery in operating cash

    flow and liquidity in comingmonths, this will likely be off-set at least partly by ongoinghigher fuel prices."

    According to the report,since resumption of opera-tions on May 25th, domestic airtraffic continued to sequentiallyimprove in December 2020.

    The domestic passengertraffic rose 15 per cent MoM inDecember 2020, although wasdown 43 per cent YoY.

    "In the domestic opera-tions, passenger load factorstood at 65-78 per cent during

    December 2020.""However, approval for

    vaccines and governmentsundertaking vaccination drivesin major countries will likelyraise consumer confidence inair travel and be supportive ofa recovery over the mediumterm."

    On an overall basis, inDecember 2020, key metricsfor the wider logistics sectorcontinued to report a sequen-tial recovery.

    "India's port volumes grew4 percent YoY, while E-way billgeneration increased 16 percent YoY during the month."

    "Railway volumes also rose9 per cent YoY in December2020, though they remaineddown 2 per cent YoY in April-December 2020."

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    The large fiscal deficit thathas been proposed inUnion Budget 2021-22 couldbe inflationary in nature butnot an immediate threat, saidCrisil Research.

    Accordingly, the budgethas replaced fiscal consolida-tion as a priority with expan-sion, well into the mediumterm.

    Besides, the fiscal glidepath "itself has become foot-loose" with a deficit at 9.5 percent for FY21, 6.8 per cent inFY22 and 4.5 per cent by fiscal2026.

    "A large fiscal deficit couldbe inflationary but given thereare under-utilised capacitiesand the economy continues togrow below potential, this maynot be an immediate threat,"Crisil Research said in a note.

    "But sticky inflation, espe-cially core, and surplus liquid-ity sloshing around can poten-

    tially breed trouble."In terms of the growth,

    Crisil Research said the thruston public investment will bepositive for growth, not only inthe short but also the mediumterm as it has a higher multi-plier effect than revenue spend-ing and augurs well for jobs.

    Besides, the note said thequality of expenditure isimproving, with capex risingand revenue expenditure stay-ing below trend.

    "Receipts, on the otherhand, are estimated to remain27 per cent below the trend infiscal 2022. To be fair, this alsopartly reflects the somewhatconservative revenue targetsfor fiscal 2022."

    "Government revenue, par-ticularly tax collections, go updue to either base effect or rateeffect.

    Nominal gross domesticproduct (GDP) in fiscal 2022 isestimated at 10 per cent belowthe trend seen before the pan-

    demic."According to Crisil

    Research, the government, forgood reasons, has also notintroduced tax proposals. Thus,while the base has shrunk,rates have not changed.

    "This will lead to under-performance of revenue con-tinuing beyond fiscal 2022,unless compliance goes upsubstantially."

    In addition, the note citedoff-budget expenditures such asFood Corporation of India'sloans from the National SmallSavings Fund and govern-ment's fully serviced bondswill now be accounted forwhen calculating the fiscaldeficit.

    "Excluding these two items,the fiscal deficit could havebeen lower by 0.5-1 per cent infiscal 2021 and 0.6 per cent infiscal 2022. That is to say, in themore transparent schema, thefiscal consolidation path maystretch longer."

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    The Union Budget 2020-21proposal to reduce cus-toms duty on gold and silverwill curtail the increasing trendof smuggling of these preciousmetals in the country, IndiaRatings and Research has said.

    Accordingly, the Budgethas proposed to reduce the cus-toms duty on gold and silver to7.5 per cent from 12.5 per cent.

    "The move will alsoimprove the government'soverall revenue from the sec-tor," Ind-Ra said in a report.

    "The duty reduction willsupport sectoral demand in thelong term, as jewellery costswill come down and customers'purchasing power willimprove."According to thereport, the erstwhile duty struc-ture gave incentives for goldsmuggling into India.

    In July 2019, as part of therevenue-raising budget, thecustoms duty on import of goldwas increased to 12.5 per cent

    from 10 per cent.As per Ind-Ra's estimates,

    unofficial imports of gold rangebetween 150-180 tonnes com-pared to the official goldimport numbers of 600-700tonnes for FY20.

    "Ind-Ra believes thatreduction in import duty thusis favourable for the domesticorganised jewellery players."

    "The move will alsoimprove the government'soverall revenue from the sector.The duty reduction will sup-port sectoral demand in thelong term, as jewellery costswill come down and customers'purchasing power willimprove."

    Besides, the report saidthe majority of the gold jew-ellery demand in India is pricesensitive."Overall demand stallsfor any sharp rise in goldprices. Consequently, amid asharp rise in gold prices, rev-enue for the top organisedplayers declined by average 32per cent YoY in 1HFY21."

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    Four more States - Assam,Haryana, Himachal Pradeshand Punjab have undertaken"Ease of Doing Business"reforms stipulated by thefinance ministry.

    With this, these States havebecome eligible to mobiliseadditional financial resourcesand have been granted per-mission to raise additional�5,034 crore through OpenMarket Borrowings.

    The total number of statethat have undertaken the stip-ulated reforms to facilitate easeof doing business has gone upto 12.

    Earlier, Andhra Pradesh,Karnataka, Kerala, MadhyaPradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan,Tamil Nadu and Telanganahave also reported completion

    of this reform, which was con-firmed by the Department forPromotion of Industry andInternal Trade (DPIIT).

    On completion of reformsfacilitating ease of doing busi-ness, these twelve states havebeen granted additional bor-rowing permission of Rs 28,183crore.

    The ease of doing businessis an important indicator of theinvestment friendly businessclimate in the country.Improvements in the ease ofdoing business will enablefaster future growth of thestate economy, a finance min-istry statement said.

    Government in May lastyear had decided to link grantof additional borrowing per-missions to states that under-take the reforms to facilitateease of doing business.

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    Petrol and diesel price risewent on the pause mode onSaturday after two consecutivedays of sharp increase wherepump price of the auto fuelsrose by 65 paise per litre.

    The pause came on a daywhen global crude prices roseby close to 1 per cent to reachthis years' high level of $60 abarrel.

    Petrol, diesel and other oilproduct prices in India aredetermined on the basis ofpetroleum product price inthe global markets and notcrude price. But movement inbenchmark crude has a bearingon pricing across the productcategories.

    With price on the pause on

    Saturday, the retail price ofdiesel remained at Rs 77.13 alitre in Delhi while petrol pricesremained at new high level ofRs 86.95 a litre in the capital.The retail price of the twoproducts had risen on February4 and 5, increasing the pricesby 65 paise per litre.

    Across the country as well,the fuel prices remained atFriday's level.

    Though firm global crudeand product price is the reasonfor the increase in retail priceof petrol and diesel in past days,it is interesting to note that eventhough crude has been hover-ing just over $55 a barrel for along time, OMCs had gone infor both a pause in price of autofuels as well increase in its retailprices on consecutive days.

    Crude price have remainedfirm for last few weeks in wakeof unilateral production cutsannounced by Saudi Arabiaand a pick up in consumptionin all major economies global-ly.The petrol and diesel priceshave increased 12 times in2021 with the two auto fuelsincreasing by Rs 3.24 and Rs3.26 per litre respectively so farthis year.

    The last few increases inpump prices in petrol anddiesel has taken its price torecord levels across the coun-try in all major metro cities andother towns. The last time theretail price of auto fuels werecloser to current levels was onOctober 4, 2018 when crudeprices had shot up at $80 a bar-rel.

    Ghaziabad: At present, about355 acres of GDA land in themetropolis is occupied by theland mafia. The GDA admin-istration has prepared a blue-print to get this land occupied.To mark the land, the landacquisition department ofGDA is presently engaged inscrutinizing the land records.After the land washout fromthe occupation of landfields,the GDA will create a landbank where the entire record ofthe land will be kept with due

    diligence. After this land will beused in various schemes ofGhaziabad. The GDA is churn-ing with its subordinate officersto washout the land with theuse of land and occupation ofland mafia. In this regard,GDA Vice President KrishnaKarunesh has issued instruc-tions to the Engineers of GDAEnforcement Zone EngineeringDivision to instruct them thatnot even one inch of GDA landshould be in the possession ofmafias.

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    Washington: The impeach-ment trial of Donald Trump ismore than an effort to convictthe former president of incitingan insurrection. It’s a chance fora public accounting andremembrance of the worstattack on the US Capitol in 200years.

    In the month since the Jan.6 siege by a pro-Trump mob,encouraged by his call to “fightlike hell” to overturn the elec-tion, defenders of the formerpresident say it’s time to moveon.

    Trump is long gone,ensconced at his Mar-a-Lagoclub, and Democrat Joe Bidenis the new president in theWhite House. With the trial setto begin Tuesday, and a super-majority of senators unlikely toconvict him on the singlecharge, the question arises:Why bother? Yet for manylawmakers who were witness-es, onlookers and survivors ofthat bloody day, it’s not over.

    One by one, lawmakershave begun sharing personalaccounts of their experiences ofthat harrowing afternoon.

    Some were in the Capitol flee-ing for safety, while otherswatched in disbelief from adja-cent offices. They tell of hidingbehind doors, arming them-selves with office supplies andfearing for their lives as therioters stalked the halls, pur-sued political leaders andtrashed the domed icon ofdemocracy.

    “I never imagined whatwas coming,” said Rep. MarkTakano, D-Calif., recounted ina speech on the House floor.

    Memory is a powerful tool,and their remembrances,alongside the impeachmentproceedings, will preserve apublic record of the attack forthe Congressional Record.

    Five people died and morethan 100 people have beenarrested in a nationwide FBIroundup of alleged ringleadersand participants, a dragnetunlike many in recent times.While that is sufficient forsome, assured the perpetratorswill be brought to justice, oth-ers say the trial will forceCongress, and the country, toconsider accountability. AP

    Cairo: Aid agencies working inwar-torn Yemen on Saturdaywelcomed plans by PresidentJoe Biden’s administration torevoke the terrorist designationof Yemen’s Houthi rebels inorder to mitigate one of theworld’s worst humanitariandisasters.

    David Miliband, head ofthe International RescueCommittee, said thoe designa-tion would have done nothingto address terrorism in theArab world’s poorest country,and would only hinder much-needed aid deliveries toYemenis living in Houthi-heldareas.

    “This is a further, vital, cor-rect decision to bring hope toYemen’s crisis-stricken popu-lation,” he said. “The next steps

    are to raise aid flows, negotiatea permanent cease-fire, and getthe diplomatic process movingto establish a sustainable polit-ical settlement.”

    For years, the Iranian-backed Houthis have ruled thecapital and Yemen’s northwhere the majority of the pop-ulation lives, forcing interna-tional aid groups to work withthem. Agencies depend on theHouthis to deliver aid, and theypay salaries to Houthis to do so.

    Mohamed Abdi, Yemendirector for the NorwegianRefugee Council, said themove represents a “sigh ofrelief and a victory for theYemeni people,” that sends a“strong message” that the USCares first about the interestsof Yemenis. AP

    United Nations: In a first con-tact between the UN andMyanmar Army since generalsseized power in a bloodlesscoup, the Secretary General’sspecial envoy on Myanmarspoke with the country’s deputymilitary chief and expressed“strong condemnation” of itsaction and called for the imme-diate release of all detainedleaders.

    Special Envoy of theSecretary-General onMyanmar, Christine SchranerBurgener, spoke overnight withDeputy Commander-in-ChiefVice-General Soe Win in cap-ital Nay Pyi Taw, StephaneDujarric, Spokesman forSecretary-General AntonioGuterres, told reporters at thedaily press briefing on Friday.

    Through the virtual meet-ing with the DeputyCommander-in-Chief of thearmed forces of Myanmar,Burgener “reiterated theSecretary-General’s strong con-demnation of the military’saction that disrupted the demo-cratic reforms that were takingplace in the country,” Dujarricsaid.

    Dujarric said Burgener alsoreiterated her call for the imme-diate release of all detained per-sons.

    She emphasised the need toadvance progress on key areas

    on the safe, dignified, voluntaryand sustainable repatriation ofthe Rohingya refugees, thepeace process, accountabilityand particularly engaging withthe International Court ofJustice (ICJ) on the ongoingcase.

    Dujarric added thatBurgener and the deputy mil-itary chief had “quite a long”and “a very important” con-versation since it was the firstcontact the UN had with themilitary authorities since thecoup on February 1.

    The 15-nation SecurityCouncil, the most powerfulorgan of the world organisa-tion, issued a press statementThursday on the situation inMyanmar three days after themilitary seized power in theSoutheast Asian nation.

    The Council membersexpressed “deep concern” at thedeclaration of the state of emer-gency imposed in Myanmar bythe military on February 1 andthe arbitrary detention of mem-bers of the Government, includ-ing State Counsellor Aung SanSuu Kyi and President WinMyint and others.

    “They called for the imme-diate release of all thosedetained,” the press statementsaid.

    Dujarric described theCouncil statement as a “very

    positive first step” in terms ofa “unified” voice from theorganisation’s body entrustedwith keeping peace and secu-rity. He added that theSecretary General continuesto have various contacts and hisSpecial Envoy also continues tohave her contacts.

    Burgener has spoken tovarious representatives of theASEAN (Association ofSoutheast Asian Nations),including the bloc’s Secretary-General to “ensure that we’re allworking with the same goal.”

    As the Security Councildeliberated a statement on thesituation in Myanmar, India

    played the role of an “impor-tant bridge” among variousviews and engaged very con-structively to ensure a “bal-anced” outcome that stronglyunderlined the importance ofthe democratic process andtransition while not being con-demnatory in nature, sourceshave said.

    An initial draft statement,prepared by the Council pres-ident for the month ofFebruary the UK, had called onthe Security Council membersto “condemn the military coup,”according to a report in thePolitico.

    In the final Council state-

    ment, the language waschanged to not have any men-tion of a coup.

    India, into the secondmonth of its tenure as non-per-manent Council member,engaged “very constructively”during deliberations over thepress statement.

    Sources told PTI that Indiaplayed the role of an “importantbridge”, bringing together vari-ous views and wanted to ensurean outcome which was bal-anced. It also wanted a statementwhich was not “condemnatory”in nature, but one which helpedthe process and not becomecounter-productive. PTI

    Nairobi: Life for civilians inEthiopia’s embattled Tigrayregion has become “extremelyalarming” as hunger grows andfighting remains an obstacle toreaching millions of peoplewith aid, the United Nationssaid in a new report.

    And the UN special advis-er on genocide preventionwarned Friday that withouturgent measures the risk ofatrocity crimes “remains highand likely to get worse.”

    The conflict that has shak-en one of Africa’s most power-ful and populous countries —a key US security ally in theHorn of Africa — has killedthousands of people and isnow in its fourth month.

    But little is known aboutthe situation for most ofTigray’s 6 million people, asjournalists are blocked fromentering, communications arepatchy and many aid workersstruggle to obtain permission toenter.

    One challenge is thatEthiopia may no longer controlup to 40 per cent of the Tigrayregion, the UN SecurityCouncil was told in a closed-door session this week.

    Ethiopia and allied fightershave been pursuing the now-fugitive Tigray regional gov-ernment that once dominatedEthiopia’s government for near-ly three decades. AP

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    Beijing: In its first contactwith the Biden administra-tion, China on Saturday askedthe US to rectify the “mistakes”of former President DonaldTrump’s aggressive policiestowards Beijing and flaggedTaiwan as the most importantand sensitive core issue for it.

    China resents US supportfor Taiwan, which Beijing viewsas a rebel province that must bereunified with the mainland,even by force.

    During his tenure, Trumppushed aggressively on allaspects of US-China ties,including with his relentlesstrade war, challenging China’smilitary hold on the disputedSouth China Sea, its constantthreats to Taiwan, the massdetention of Uyghur Muslimsin Xinjiang, branding coron-avirus as “China virus” after itemerged from Wuhan inDecember 2019 as well asXinjiang and Tibet issues.

    Newly-appointed USSecretary of State AntonyBlinken and senior Chinesediplomat Yang Jiechi onSaturday held what observershere say as blunt and outspo-ken conversation over thephone during which both sidessought to highlight the issues ofconcerns that will shape the tiesbetween the top two economiesof the world in the next fouryears.

    Yang, a member of thePolitburo of the ruling

    Communist Party of Chinaand director of the Office of theForeign Affairs Commission ofthe CPC, is Beijing’s point manfor Washington.

    While Blinken told Yangthat the Biden administrationwill hold China accountable forits abuses of the internationalsystem and raised with him theissue of human rights violationsin Xinjiang, Tibet and HongKong and Myanmar, theChinese diplomat said bothsides should respect eachother’s core interests and choic-es of political system.

    Yang said the US “shouldrectify its mistakes made overa period of time,” in an appar-ent reference to hardline poli-cies pursued by the Trumpadministration towards China,pushing the ties between thetwo countries to a new low.

    He said the US shouldwork with China to uphold thespirit of no conflict, no con-frontation, mutual respect andwin-win cooperation.

    The Taiwan question, themost important and sensitivecore issue in China-US rela-tions, bears on China’s sover-eignty and territorial integrity,state-run Xinhua news agencyquoted Yang as telling Blinken.

    China considers Taiwan aspart of its mainland and appre-hends that the US is stepping itsengagement with Taipei withmilitary and political assistance.

    The US should strictly

    abide by the one-China prin-ciple, Yang said, adding thatHong Kong, Xinjiang andTibet-related affairs are allChina’s internal affairs andallow no interference by anyexternal forces.

    Any attempt to slanderand smear China will not suc-ceed, and China will continueto firmly safeguard its sover-eignty, security and develop-ment interests, Yang said.

    He urged the US to play aconstructive role in promotingpeace and stability in the Asia-Pacific region involving thedisputed South China Sea,where America looks to step upits engagement with allies tocontain Beijing.

    China claims almost all ofthe 1.3 million square-mileSouth China Sea as its sover-eign territory. China has beenbuilding military bases on arti-ficial islands in the region alsoclaimed by Brunei, Malaysia,the Philippines, Taiwan andVietnam.

    On the Myanmar coup,Blinken and Yang presenteddifferent views.

    While Blinken condemnedthe military coup in Myanmarand threatened sanctionsagainst the military govern-ment, Yang stressed that theinternational communityshould create an enablingexternal environment for theproper settlement of theMyanmar issue. PTI

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    Istanbul: Turkey’s presidenthas ordered the establishmentof two new departments in thecountry’s most prestigious uni-versity, which has been rockedby weeks of demonstrationsprotesting his appointment ofa new rector with governmentlinks.

    President Recep TayyipErdogan’s decision, publishedin the Official Gazette Saturday,says law and communicationsfaculties are to be launched inBogazici University. Critics saythe establishment of newdepartments would allow thepresidentially appointed rectorto staff them with government

    loyalists.For over a month, stu-

    dents and faculty have ledmostly peaceful protestsagainst the new rector, MelihBulu, who has l inks toErdogan’s ruling party. Theyare calling for Bulu’s resigna-tion and for the university tobe allowed to elect its ownpresident.

    In an open letter toErdogan, protesting Bogazicistudents called the decision toopen new departments intim-idation and “petty tricks.”

    “Your attempts to pack ouruniversity with your own polit-ical militants is the symptom of

    the political crisis you have fall-en into,” the letter said.

    Police have detained hun-dreds of demonstrators at theuniversity and in solidarityprotests elsewhere, some takenaway following raids of theirhomes. Most were laterreleased.

    Top government officialshave said terrorist groups areprovoking the protests, andErdogan has called the protest-ing students terrorists. Istanbulgovernor’s office press state-ments have listed detentionnumbers with alleged links tooutlawed leftist and Kurdishmilitant groups. AP

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    China will provide 5,00,000doses of Covid-19 vac-cines to Nepal on a grant basis,officials here said on Saturday,supplying the first batch of vac-cine aid for the Himalayannation.

    During a telephonic con-versation with his Nepali coun-terpart Pradeep Gyawali onFriday evening, ChineseForeign Minister Wang Yiassured that China wouldaccord priority to Nepal in vac-cine cooperation, according toa press statement issued by theMinistry of Foreign Affairshere.

    Wang announced that China will provide5,00,000 doses of Covid-19vaccine to Nepal on a grantbasis, it said.

    According to a report bythe official Chinese newsagency Xinhua, during thephone conversation withGyawali, Wang said Chinaattaches great importance toNepal’s urgent need of Covid-19 vaccines and has decided toprovide the first batch of vac-cine aid for the country.

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    Washington: President JoeBiden’s administration is mov-ing to revoke the designation ofYemen’s Houthis as a terroristgroup, citing the need to mitigateone of the world’s worst human-itarian disasters.

    President Donald Trump’sadministration had branded theIranian-backed Houthis as aforeign terrorist organisation, amove that limited the provision

    of aid to the beleaguered Yemenipeople, who have suffered undera yearslong civil war and famine.

    A State Department officialconfirmed the move Friday aftermembers of Congress were noti-fied of the admin’s plans. Theofficial, who wasn’t authorizedto speak publicly and spoke oncondition of anonymity, said theremoval changed nothing aboutthe Biden administration’s views

    of the Houthis, who have tar-geted civilians and kidnappedAmericans.

    “Our action is due entirelyto the humanitarian conse-quences of this last-minute des-ignation from the prior admin,which the UN and humanitar-ian organisations have sincemade clear would acceleratethe world’s worst humanitariancrisis,” the official said. AP

    Gaza City: The father of aPalestinian boy killed in anIsraeli missile strike in 2014expressed renewed hope forjustice Saturday after theInternational Criminal Courtpaved the way for a possiblewar crimes probe into Israelimilitary actions.

    The court ruled Fridaythat its jurisdiction extends tothe territories occupied byIsrael in the 1967 Mideast war,including the Gaza Strip whereSubhi Bakr’s 10-year-old sonMohammed and three of theboy’s cousins were killed as theyplayed soccer on a beach.

    “Better late than never,”said Bakr, walking Saturday onthe beach where the boys werekilled during the 2014 warbetween Israel and Gaza’srulers, the Islamic militantgroup Hamas.

    The ICC ruling openedthe door for possible war crimesprobes into Israeli militaryactions during that war andIsraeli settlement constructionon war-won land. Hamas couldalso come under scrutiny forindiscriminate rocket fire intocivilian areas of Israel.

    The international tribunal’schief prosecutor, FatouBensouda, has yet to launch anofficial investigation. In 2019,Bensouda said there was a“reasonable basis” to open awar crimes probe, but she

    asked the court to determinewhether she has territorialjurisdiction before proceed-ing. That came after the five-year preliminary inquiry todetermine whether war crimeswere committed during the2014 fighting.

    Hamas, which has ruledthe Gaza Strip since 2007, wel-comed the ICC’s finding, call-ing it “an important step”toward justice for thePalestinian people. HazemQassem, a Hamas spokesman,urged the court to take “prac-tical measures on the ground”to hold Israel accountable forwhat he said were its crimes.

    Hamas declined to com-ment on the possibility that itcould also be the subject of anyfuture probe. Bakr, thebereaved father, is anxious tosee quick action by the court.

    “The most important thingfor the investigation is to start;if it did not, then there is nojustice in the world,” he said.

    The story of the Bakrcousins, who were all between10 and 11 years old, grabbedthe world’s attention as manyforeign journalists witnessedthe 2014 incident from theirseaside hotels. Images showedthe children desperately run-ning away from a jetty as themissile falls, and then the boysfalling to the ground one afterthe other. AP

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