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T he BJP’s poll promise of free coronavirus vaccination to everyone in Bihar triggered a major row on Thursday. The Opposition came down heav- ily on the ruling party for making the life-saving drug a tool for political gains and charged it with linking the vaccine’s access with elections. The BJP countered the charges saying it has taken up a public health issue and the Opposition should not be upset over it. The BJP also promised 19 lakh jobs in the next five years. “As soon as a Covid-19 vac- cine is available for production at a mass scale, every person in Bihar will get free vaccination. This is the first promise men- tioned in our poll manifesto,” Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said, announcing the BJP’s 11-point “sankalp patra” (draft of com- mitments) for the Bihar polls. Soon after, AAP convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal took to Twitter to question: “What about non- BJP ruled States? Indians who didn’t vote BJP will not get free Covid vaccine?” The Congress as well as the RJD besides former Jammu & Kashmir and Uttar Pradesh Chief Ministers Omar Abdullah and Akhilesh Yadav hit out at the BJP. “GOI just announced India’s Covid access strategy. Kindly refer to the State-wise election schedule to know when will you get it, along with a hoard of false promises,” Congress leader Rahul Gandhi tweeted. Omar termed it blatant populism and asked: “Will BJP be paying for these vaccines from the party treasury? If it’s coming from the Government treasury then how can Bihar get free vaccines while the rest of the country has to pay? There is so much wrong with this bla- tant populism that shamefully exploits Covid fears.” Akhilesh Yadav asked why such a declaration was not made for Uttar Pradesh and other States? “The people of UP and the country will respond to such opportunistic narrow pol- itics to the BJP in the upcom- ing elections,” he asserted. Union Minister of State for Health Ashwini Chaubey said, “Every State will be given free coronavirus vaccine.” And the BJP came out strongly defend- ing its announcement. Bihar incharge Bhupender Yadav said, “Every political party goes into the election with a mani- festo. Someone talks about employment, someone talks about farm loan waiver, some- one talks about pucca houses. Why is the Opposition upset if we are going with a public health issue?” BJP’s IT cell chief Amit Malviya said like all programmes, the Centre will provide vaccines to States at a nominal rate and since health is State subject, it is for the State Governments to decide if they want to give it free or otherwise. “Bihar BJP has decided to give it free,” he stressed. Congress MP Shashi Tharoor reacted on the issue and wondered if the Election Commission “will rap her (Sitharaman) and her shame- less Government on the knuck- les” while party spokesperson Jaiveer Shergill said the BJP would be the only political party in the world which thinks Covid vaccine is an election lollipop instead of life saving measure to be adminis- tered as matter of right and not matter of conditional political privilege. “BJP’s vicious mentality needs cure along with Covid,” he added. Patna: Just a few days ahead of the Bihar Assembly elections, an Income Tax raid was con- ducted at the Bihar Congress office in Patna on Thursday. Congress Bihar in-charge Shaktisinh Gohil told reporters that an I-T team had come at the office and informed that few lakhs in cash had been recovered from a vehicle. Reports say that around 8 lakh cash was recovered from a vehicle inside the campus of the Congress office. “We told the team how we could know whose vehicle had come at the state party office and what was inside it. Somebody can put anything inside a vehicle and come to our party office. We are nowhere responsible for it,” the Congress Bihar incharge told mediapersons. I ndia on Thursday further eased visa and travel restric- tions imposed amid the coro- navirus pandemic. Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) and Persons of Indian Origin (PIO) card holders and all other foreign nationals intending to visit India for any purpose, except on a tourist visa, have been permitted to enter by air or water routes through authorised airports and seaport immigration check posts. This includes flights oper- ated under Vande Bharat Mission, Air Transport Bubble arrangements or by any non scheduled commercial flights as allowed by the Ministry of Civil Aviation. All such travelers will, however, have to strictly adhere to the guidelines of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare regarding quarantine and other health/Covid-19 matters, the Home Ministry said in a statement. “Under this graded relax- ation, the Government of India has also decided to restore with immediate effect all exist- ing visas (except electronic visa, tourist visa). If the valid- ity of such visas has expired, fresh visas of appropriate cat- egories can be obtained from Indian Mission/Posts con- cerned. Foreign nationals intending to visit India for medical treatment can apply for a medical visa, including for their medical attendants. “Therefore, this decision will enable foreign nationals to come to India for various pur- poses such as business, con- ferences, employment, stud- ies, research, medical purpos- es, etc,” said the statement. Continued on Page 2 T he Narendra Modi Government has written a strongly-worded letter to Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey con- veying its strong disapproval over the misrepresentation of map of India by his micro- blogging platform and making it clear that disrespecting the country’s sovereignty and integrity is totally unacceptable. In his stern letter, IT Secretary Ajay Sawhney point- ed out that such attempts not only bring disrepute to Twitter, but also raises questions about its neutrality and fairness as an intermediary. Twitter had shown the geo- location of Leh in Jammu & Kashmir as People’s Republic of China. The warning to Twitter comes days after the social media platform landed itself in controversy after users shared screenshots of its blunder. Twitter’s blunder triggered a wave of angry outbursts on social media, with most requesting the Government to take strict action against the social media platform and some seeking total ban on it in India. The IT Secretary, in his let- ter, reminded Twitter that Leh is the headquarters of Union Territory of Ladakh and both Ladakh as well as Jammu & Kashmir are integral and inalienable parts of India, Governed by the Constitution of India. The Government asked Twitter to respect the sensitiv- ities of Indian citizens, and also made it clear that any attempt by Twitter to disrespect sover- eignty and integrity of India, which is also reflected by the maps, is totally unacceptable and unlawful. The Government’s warning to Twitter comes amid the tense standoff with China along the LAC. Indian and Chinese soldiers have been locked in a standoff at the LAC, or the de- facto border between the coun- tries, in Ladakh since May. Tension peaked in June when 20 Indian soldiers were killed in the line of duty in a clash with the Chinese at Galwan Valley. This is not the first time that the Government has expressed displeasure and warned the micro blogging sites in the country. During the riots in Delhi, the Ministry of Home Affairs warned the rep- resentatives of social media platforms for not blocking objectionable content, hate messages and videos flagged by the police during the commu- nal riots in North-East Delhi. T he University of Oxford says the late-stage trial of its Covid-19 vaccine in Brazil will continue following reports of a participant’s death. The university said it can’t comment on specific incidents but an independent review found no reason to be con- cerned about the safety of the Brazilian trial. It says an “independent review, in addition to the Brazilian regulator, have rec- ommended that the trial should continue.” The Oxford vaccine is being developed in conjunction with the international phar- maceutical company AstraZeneca. Trials are under- way in the United States and the UK, as well as Brazil, to determine whether the poten- tial vaccine is safe and effective in humans. Meanwhile, independent study claimed that Oxford Covid-19 vaccine is doing “everything expected”, which means good news in the fight against the deadly virus. A team at Bristol University used recently devel- oped techniques to validate that the vaccine accurately fol- lows the genetic instructions programmed into it by the Oxford University team. The experts say that the novel analysis provides even greater clarity and detail about how the vaccine successfully provokes a strong immune response. “This is an important study as we are able to confirm that the genetic instructions under- pinning this vaccine, which is being developed as fast as safe- ly possible, are correctly fol- lowed when they get into a human cell,” said Dr David Matthews, Reader in Virology from Bristol’s School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, who led the research. A Pakistani parliamentary panel has approved a Government Bill that seeks a review of the conviction of death-row prisoner Kulbhushan Jadhav, complying with the directives of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), according to a media report on Thursday. The draft Bill titled “the International Court of Justice (Review and Reconsideration) Ordinance” was discussed and approved by the National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Law and Justice on Wednesday despite stiff resistance from the Opposition. Taking part in the debate, Federal Minister for Law and Justice Farogh Naseem said the Bill has been introduced in compliance with directives of the ICJ. He warned that in case the Bill was not adopted by Parliament, Pakistan could face sanctions for not complying with the ICJ’s verdict. Fifty-year-old retired Indian Navy officer Jadhav was sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on charges of espionage and ter- rorism in April 2017. In 2017, India approached the ICJ against Pakistan for denial of consular access to Jadhav. Continued on Page 2 P ollution levels in the nation- al Capital dropped to ‘very poor’ category on Thursday evening and is likely to wors- en in the coming two days, Government agencies said. Delhi’s Air Quality Index (AQI) have been recorded at 302, which is in the “very poor” category. An AQI between 0 and 50 is considered “good”, 51 and 100 “satisfacto- ry”, 101 and 200 “moderate”, 201 and 300 “poor”, 301 and 400 “very poor”, and 401 and 500 “severe”. Though the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and other agencies had predicted an improvement in air quality for Thursday, the AQI turned out to be worse than Wednesday. Delhi’s AQI was in “poor” category on Thursday morning at 254 and it deteriorated to “very poor” at 302 by evening. The System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR), a unit of Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), advised people to stop outdoor activity early morning and after sunset and avoid prolonged or heavy exertion. According to SAFAR, Delhi’s air quality will remain very poor till October 24. The pollution monitoring agency recommended for short walk instead of a jog and suggested to take more breaks during walk. It also exhorted people to use masks N-95 or P-100. SAFAR said, “A significant increase in stubble fire count observed around Haryana, Punjab, and neighbouring regions. Stubble fire counts stood at 1,428 on Wednesday the highest of this season.” Additional Director General of IMD Anand Sharma said, “Air quality will deteriorate in the coming two days till October 24. There are factors other than farm fires which are worsening the air quality, such as vehicular pol- lution and waste burning. PM 2.5 will increase and PM 10, which is now in ‘poor’ catego- ry, will be ‘very poor’ by October 24.” Values of Suspended Particulate Matters (SPMs) on Index for PM2.5 and PM 10 were 265 and 125 which may shoot up to 306 and 147 for Friday, as per SAFAR forecast. After three days, Delhi may get slight relief from nox- ious air quality as marginal dip noted in pollutants values. P rime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday blew the poll bugle rolling out a list of his Government’s women- centric achievements as he vir- tually inaugurated a number of BJP-backed Durga Pujas in Bengal. Modi who made part of his persuasive speech in Bengali bringing to mind the contri- bution of Bengal in freedom struggle and its cultural reawakening said that it was his honour to inaugurate Durga Puja which is essentially a wor- ship of “Nari Shakti” or women empowerment for which his Government too had taken a whole range of steps. “Bengal and Durga Puja have always enmoured me. This festival is a festival of unity and strength of all of India … inspired by the ideal of Nari Shakti our Government has taken a number of steps from opening Jan Dhan accounts for 22 crore women, giving soft loans to them under the Mudra Yojana, Ujjwala Yojna, launch- ing Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao initiative, granting permanent commission to women in the armed forces, to extending maternity leave from 12 to 26 weeks, we have taken a num- ber of steps for their empow- erment,” he said, adding his Government has brough in laws against rape making them more stringent “by including death penalty to the culprits.” Reminding “Atmanirvar Bharat” is not far away the PM said Bengal too would play an important role in making India self-reliant as it had done in the past by taking the lead role in Independence movement and cultural reawaking of the country. Continued on Page 2 B JP’s election campaign in Bihar was hit hard on Thursday with Bihar’s Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi and former Union Minister and star campaigner Shahnawaz Hussain announc- ing on their own about having tested positive. The status of State’s Health Minister Mangal Pandey and former Union Ministers Rajiv Pratap Rudy has not been con- firmed but reports said the two have gone in isolation. The instances of the BJP leaders testing positive coinci- dentally came on a day when their party in its poll manifesto promised to provide free vac- cination to the State’s resi- dents. “Tested positive for corona. All parameters perfectly nor- mal. Started with mild temp. No temp for last 2 days. Admitted to AIIMS Patna for better monitoring. CT scan of lungs normal. Will be back soon for campaigning,” Sushil Modi tweeted. Shahnawaz, who had addressed rallies a couple of days ago, also took to Twitter to announce: “I had come in contact with a few people who tested positive for Covid 19. I got myself tested today & my report has come positive. Request all who came in con- tact with me in last few days, kindly get yourself tested according to Govt guidelines. I have admitted myself into AIIMS trauma centre. I am feeling fine, nothing to worry about.” The number of Covid cases in Bihar stands at 2.08 lakh, of which a little over 11,000 are active cases. The State has so far carried out over 95 lakh tests and there have been 1019 deaths due to the infection. Pudukottai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami on Thursday assured free immu- nisation against coronavirus for all sections of people in the state as soon as a vaccine is made available. New Delhi: The Narendra Modi Government has set aside about 500 billion ($7 billion) to vaccinate people. The Government estimates an all- in cost of about $6-$7 per per- son, sources said.

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    The BJP’s poll promise of freecoronavirus vaccination toeveryone in Bihar triggered amajor row on Thursday. TheOpposition came down heav-ily on the ruling party formaking the life-saving drug atool for political gains andcharged it with linking thevaccine’s access with elections.The BJP countered the chargessaying it has taken up a publichealth issue and the Oppositionshould not be upset over it. TheBJP also promised 19 lakhjobs in the next five years.

    “As soon as a Covid-19 vac-cine is available for productionat a mass scale, every person inBihar will get free vaccination.This is the first promise men-tioned in our poll manifesto,”Union Finance MinisterNirmala Sitharaman said,announcing the BJP’s 11-point“sankalp patra” (draft of com-mitments) for the Bihar polls.

    Soon after, AAP convenerand Delhi Chief MinisterArvind Kejriwal took to Twitterto question: “What about non-BJP ruled States? Indians whodidn’t vote BJP will not get freeCovid vaccine?”

    The Congress as well as theRJD besides former Jammu &Kashmir and Uttar PradeshChief Ministers OmarAbdullah and Akhilesh Yadavhit out at the BJP.

    “GOI just announcedIndia’s Covid access strategy.Kindly refer to the State-wiseelection schedule to knowwhen will you get it, along witha hoard of false promises,”Congress leader Rahul Gandhitweeted.

    Omar termed it blatantpopulism and asked: “Will BJPbe paying for these vaccinesfrom the party treasury? If it’scoming from the Governmenttreasury then how can Bihar getfree vaccines while the rest ofthe country has to pay? Thereis so much wrong with this bla-tant populism that shamefullyexploits Covid fears.”

    Akhilesh Yadav asked whysuch a declaration was notmade for Uttar Pradesh andother States? “The people of UPand the country will respond tosuch opportunistic narrow pol-itics to the BJP in the upcom-ing elections,” he asserted.

    Union Minister of State forHealth Ashwini Chaubey said,“Every State will be given freecoronavirus vaccine.” And theBJP came out strongly defend-ing its announcement. Biharincharge Bhupender Yadavsaid, “Every political party goesinto the election with a mani-festo. Someone talks about

    employment, someone talksabout farm loan waiver, some-one talks about pucca houses.Why is the Opposition upset ifwe are going with a publichealth issue?”

    BJP’s IT cell chief Amit Malviya said like all programmes, the Centre will provide vaccines to Statesat a nominal rate and sincehealth is State subject, it is forthe State Governments todecide if they want to give itfree or otherwise. “Bihar BJPhas decided to give it free,” hestressed.

    Congress MP Shashi

    Tharoor reacted on the issueand wondered if the ElectionCommission “will rap her(Sitharaman) and her shame-less Government on the knuck-les” while party spokespersonJaiveer Shergill said the BJPwould be the only politicalparty in the world which thinks Covid vaccine is anelection lollipop instead of lifesaving measure to be adminis-tered as matter of right and notmatter of conditional politicalprivilege.

    “BJP’s vicious mentalityneeds cure along with Covid,”he added.

    Patna: Just a few days ahead ofthe Bihar Assembly elections,an Income Tax raid was con-ducted at the Bihar Congressoffice in Patna on Thursday.

    Congress Bihar in-chargeShaktisinh Gohil told reportersthat an I-T team had come atthe office and informed thatfew lakhs in cash had beenrecovered from a vehicle.

    Reports say that around �8lakh cash was recovered froma vehicle inside the campus ofthe Congress office.

    “We told the team how wecould know whose vehicle hadcome at the state party officeand what was inside it.Somebody can put anythinginside a vehicle and come toour party office. We arenowhere responsible for it,”the Congress Bihar inchargetold mediapersons.

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    India on Thursday furthereased visa and travel restric-tions imposed amid the coro-navirus pandemic.

    Overseas Citizen of India(OCI) and Persons of IndianOrigin (PIO) card holders andall other foreign nationalsintending to visit India for anypurpose, except on a touristvisa, have been permitted toenter by air or water routesthrough authorised airportsand seaport immigration checkposts.

    This includes flights oper-ated under Vande BharatMission, Air Transport Bubblearrangements or by any nonscheduled commercial flightsas allowed by the Ministry of

    Civil Aviation.All such travelers will,

    however, have to strictly adhereto the guidelines of theMinistry of Health and FamilyWelfare regarding quarantineand other health/Covid-19matters, the Home Ministrysaid in a statement.

    “Under this graded relax-ation, the Government of Indiahas also decided to restorewith immediate effect all exist-ing visas (except electronicvisa, tourist visa). If the valid-ity of such visas has expired,

    fresh visas of appropriate cat-egories can be obtained fromIndian Mission/Posts con-cerned. Foreign nationalsintending to visit India formedical treatment can apply fora medical visa, including fortheir medical attendants.

    “Therefore, this decisionwill enable foreign nationals tocome to India for various pur-poses such as business, con-ferences, employment, stud-ies, research, medical purpos-es, etc,” said the statement.

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    The Narendra ModiGovernment has written astrongly-worded letter toTwitter CEO Jack Dorsey con-veying its strong disapprovalover the misrepresentation ofmap of India by his micro-blogging platform and makingit clear that disrespecting thecountry’s sovereignty andintegrity is totally unacceptable.

    In his stern letter, ITSecretary Ajay Sawhney point-ed out that such attempts notonly bring disrepute to Twitter,but also raises questions aboutits neutrality and fairness as anintermediary.

    Twitter had shown the geo-location of Leh in Jammu &Kashmir as People’s Republic ofChina. The warning to Twittercomes days after the socialmedia platform landed itself in

    controversy after users sharedscreenshots of its blunder.

    Twitter’s blunder triggereda wave of angry outbursts onsocial media, with mostrequesting the Government totake strict action against thesocial media platform andsome seeking total ban on it inIndia.

    The IT Secretary, in his let-ter, reminded Twitter that Lehis the headquarters of UnionTerritory of Ladakh and bothLadakh as well as Jammu &Kashmir are integral andinalienable parts of India,Governed by the Constitutionof India.

    The Government askedTwitter to respect the sensitiv-

    ities of Indian citizens, and alsomade it clear that any attemptby Twitter to disrespect sover-eignty and integrity of India,which is also reflected by themaps, is totally unacceptableand unlawful.

    The Government’s warningto Twitter comes amid thetense standoff with China alongthe LAC. Indian and Chinesesoldiers have been locked in astandoff at the LAC, or the de-facto border between the coun-tries, in Ladakh since May.Tension peaked in June when20 Indian soldiers were killedin the line of duty in a clashwith the Chinese at GalwanValley.

    This is not the first timethat the Government hasexpressed displeasure andwarned the micro bloggingsites in the country. During theriots in Delhi, the Ministry ofHome Affairs warned the rep-resentatives of social mediaplatforms for not blockingobjectionable content, hatemessages and videos flagged bythe police during the commu-nal riots in North-East Delhi.

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    The University of Oxfordsays the late-stage trial of itsCovid-19 vaccine in Brazil willcontinue following reports of aparticipant’s death.

    The university said it can’tcomment on specific incidentsbut an independent reviewfound no reason to be con-cerned about the safety of theBrazilian trial.

    It says an “independentreview, in addition to theBrazilian regulator, have rec-ommended that the trialshould continue.”

    The Oxford vaccine isbeing developed in conjunctionwith the international phar-maceutical companyAstraZeneca. Trials are under-way in the United States andthe UK, as well as Brazil, to

    determine whether the poten-tial vaccine is safe and effectivein humans.

    Meanwhile, independentstudy claimed that OxfordCovid-19 vaccine is doing“everything expected”, whichmeans good news in the fightagainst the deadly virus.

    A team at BristolUniversity used recently devel-oped techniques to validatethat the vaccine accurately fol-lows the genetic instructionsprogrammed into it by theOxford University team. Theexperts say that the novelanalysis provides even greaterclarity and detail about how thevaccine successfully provokes astrong immune response.

    “This is an important studyas we are able to confirm thatthe genetic instructions under-pinning this vaccine, which isbeing developed as fast as safe-ly possible, are correctly fol-lowed when they get into ahuman cell,” said Dr DavidMatthews, Reader in Virologyfrom Bristol’s School of Cellularand Molecular Medicine, wholed the research.

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    APakistani parliamentarypanel has approved aGovernment Bill that seeks areview of the conviction ofdeath-row prisonerKulbhushan Jadhav, complyingwith the directives of theInternational Court of Justice(ICJ), according to a mediareport on Thursday.

    The draft Bill titled “theInternational Court of Justice(Review and Reconsideration)Ordinance” was discussed andapproved by the NationalAssembly’s StandingCommittee on Law and Justiceon Wednesday despite stiffresistance from the Opposition.

    Taking part in the debate,Federal Minister for Law andJustice Farogh Naseem saidthe Bill has been introduced incompliance with directives ofthe ICJ.

    He warned that in case theBill was not adopted byParliament, Pakistan could facesanctions for not complyingwith the ICJ’s verdict.

    Fifty-year-old retiredIndian Navy officer Jadhavwas sentenced to death by aPakistani military court oncharges of espionage and ter-rorism in April 2017. In 2017,India approached the ICJagainst Pakistan for denial ofconsular access to Jadhav.

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    Pollution levels in the nation-al Capital dropped to ‘verypoor’ category on Thursdayevening and is likely to wors-en in the coming two days,Government agencies said.

    Delhi’s Air Quality Index(AQI) have been recorded at302, which is in the “verypoor” category. An AQIbetween 0 and 50 is considered“good”, 51 and 100 “satisfacto-ry”, 101 and 200 “moderate”,201 and 300 “poor”, 301 and

    400 “very poor”, and 401 and500 “severe”.

    Though the CentralPollution Control Board(CPCB) and other agencieshad predicted an improvementin air quality for Thursday, theAQI turned out to be worsethan Wednesday. Delhi’s AQIwas in “poor” category onThursday morning at 254 andit deteriorated to “very poor” at302 by evening.

    The System of Air Qualityand Weather Forecasting AndResearch (SAFAR), a unit ofMinistry of Earth Sciences(MoES), advised people to stopoutdoor activity early morningand after sunset and avoidprolonged or heavy exertion.

    According to SAFAR,Delhi’s air quality will remainvery poor till October 24. Thepollution monitoring agency

    recommended for short walkinstead of a jog and suggestedto take more breaks duringwalk. It also exhorted people touse masks N-95 or P-100.

    SAFAR said, “A significantincrease in stubble fire countobserved around Haryana,Punjab, and neighbouringregions. Stubble fire counts

    stood at 1,428 on Wednesdaythe highest of this season.”

    Additional DirectorGeneral of IMD AnandSharma said, “Air quality willdeteriorate in the coming twodays till October 24. There arefactors other than farm fireswhich are worsening the airquality, such as vehicular pol-lution and waste burning. PM2.5 will increase and PM 10,which is now in ‘poor’ catego-ry, will be ‘very poor’ byOctober 24.”

    Values of SuspendedParticulate Matters (SPMs) onIndex for PM2.5 and PM 10were 265 and 125 which mayshoot up to 306 and 147 forFriday, as per SAFAR forecast.

    After three days, Delhimay get slight relief from nox-ious air quality as marginal dipnoted in pollutants values.

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    Prime Minister NarendraModi on Thursday blewthe poll bugle rolling out a listof his Government’s women-centric achievements as he vir-tually inaugurated a number ofBJP-backed Durga Pujas inBengal.

    Modi who made part of hispersuasive speech in Bengalibringing to mind the contri-bution of Bengal in freedomstruggle and its culturalreawakening said that it was hishonour to inaugurate DurgaPuja which is essentially a wor-ship of “Nari Shakti” or womenempowerment for which hisGovernment too had taken awhole range of steps.

    “Bengal and Durga Pujahave always enmoured me.This festival is a festival of unityand strength of all of India …inspired by the ideal of NariShakti our Government hastaken a number of steps fromopening Jan Dhan accounts for22 crore women, giving softloans to them under the MudraYojana, Ujjwala Yojna, launch-

    ing Beti Bachao-Beti Padhaoinitiative, granting permanentcommission to women in thearmed forces, to extendingmaternity leave from 12 to 26weeks, we have taken a num-ber of steps for their empow-erment,” he said, adding hisGovernment has brough inlaws against rape making themmore stringent “by includingdeath penalty to the culprits.”

    Reminding “AtmanirvarBharat” is not far away the PMsaid Bengal too would play animportant role in making Indiaself-reliant as it had done in thepast by taking the lead role inIndependence movement andcultural reawaking of the country.

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    BJP’s election campaign inBihar was hit hard onThursday with Bihar’s DeputyChief Minister Sushil KumarModi and former UnionMinister and star campaignerShahnawaz Hussain announc-ing on their own about havingtested positive.

    The status of State’s HealthMinister Mangal Pandey andformer Union Ministers RajivPratap Rudy has not been con-firmed but reports said the twohave gone in isolation.

    The instances of the BJPleaders testing positive coinci-

    dentally came on a day whentheir party in its poll manifestopromised to provide free vac-cination to the State’s resi-dents.

    “Tested positive for corona.All parameters perfectly nor-mal. Started with mild temp.No temp for last 2 days.Admitted to AIIMS Patna forbetter monitoring. CT scan oflungs normal. Will be backsoon for campaigning,” SushilModi tweeted.

    Shahnawaz, who had

    addressed rallies a couple ofdays ago, also took to Twitterto announce: “I had come incontact with a few people whotested positive for Covid 19. Igot myself tested today & myreport has come positive.Request all who came in con-tact with me in last few days,kindly get yourself testedaccording to Govt guidelines.I have admitted myself intoAIIMS trauma centre. I amfeeling fine, nothing to worryabout.”

    The number of Covid casesin Bihar stands at 2.08 lakh, ofwhich a little over 11,000 areactive cases. The State has so farcarried out over 95 lakh testsand there have been 1019deaths due to the infection.

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    In last 24 hours, two incidentof sexual assault on minorgirls were reported in nation-al Capital. In the first incident,an eight-year-old girl wasallegedly sexually assaulted byher relative in northwest Delhi’sAshok Vihar area.

    Police said accusedDharmendra (25), a resident ofDarbhanga district in Bihar, hasbeen arrested. He is a relativeof the victim.

    According to a seniorpolice official, on Wednesday at9.55 pm, police received infor-mation regarding the sexualassault on a minor girl inAshok Vihar area.

    “The victim was rushed to

    BJRM Hospital. A case underrelevant IPC sections and 6POCSO Act has been regis-tered,” said the senior policeofficial.

    In the second incident, a16-year-old girl was allegedlyraped by her neighbour insoutheast Delhi’s Sarai KaleKhan area.

    Police said that the accusedis also suspected to be a minorand police are verifying it.Police said that both are neigh-bors and known to each otherfor more than three years.

    “The girl is fine. She hadminor medical issues. The boyhas been detained,” said thesenior police official addingthat further investigation isgoing on.

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    Delhi Deputy Chief MinisterManish Sisodia has said5+3+3+4 model recommendedin the National Education Policy(NEP) can attain its full poten-tial if the existing one year pergrade system is removed.

    Speaking at the 57thGeneral Council meeting ofNCERT on Thursday, he saidthat instead of existing classsystem where all children ofa class move together in allsubjects despite being at dif-ferent learning levels, multi-year stage will help childmove as per their learningneed in different subjects attheir own pace.

    Sisodia also said that astage-wise curriculum with aclearly stated learning goal interms of knowledge, skills and

    values be created.Going by the logic of the

    stage, Sisodia said that after thefull roll out of NEP, class 10 and12 board exam should also dis-continue. "The existing boardexams made sense in 10+2model but not in 5+3+3+4.Retaining the two board examsin one last stage will dilute thesignificance of first three stagesin the school life of children," hesaid.

    The Deputy Chief Ministeralso gave some important sug-gestions to realise the vision ofNEP- 2020. He also gave inputson current academic sessionwhich is seriously disrupteddue to COVID crisis.

    Concurring with UnionEducation Minister on “trans-formative value of NEP 2020”,Sisodia added that “transfor-mation should be holistic and

    not piecemeal”. Elaborating thepoint, he said that “it is abouttime that we introduce muti-year stage wise classes and exter-nal assessment at the end of eachstage replacing the existing yearwise classes and two boardexams in 10th and 12th.

    Further, when the mandateof the National Testing Agency(NTA) is to conduct entranceexams for admissions in highereducation institutions, there isno need for class 12 boardexams. Hence, class 12 boardexam should not be a highstake exam anymore, he added.

    On the current academicsession, which is seriously dis-turbed due to ongoing Coronacrises, Sisodia said that the syl-labus on all classes be reducedto 50 per cent because of thecontinued loss of school days.He also suggested that next

    year’s entrance exams like JEE,NEET should also be based onthis reduced syllabus to alignwith the current year’s class syl-labus.

    Sisodia further suggestedthat CBSE should not hold class12 board exams before May2021 so that students get somemore time to study.

    The Union EducationMinister DrRamesh Pokhriyal“Nishank” who chaired theonline meeting, asked the offi-cials to consider Sisodia’s sug-gestions.

    Sisodia also expressed hisgratitude to all the teachersacross the country for leadingthe relief efforts of the govern-ments from the front. He saidour teachers are the real heroesin these difficult times.

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    Keeping in mind the hard-ship of the employees dueto the Covid pandemic andlockdown, the DelhiGovernment has decided togive a mega festive package forthe Delhi Government employ-ees in a bid to boost the con-sumption expenditure.

    The Finance Minister ofthe Delhi Manish Sisodia onThursday announced a specialcash package in lieu of LeaveTravel Concession Fare (LTC)for the Delhi Governmentemployees during the block

    2018-21. "The Delhi Government

    has always been very sincereand empathetic towards itsemployees. In the time of theCovid-19 pandemic theemployees of the DelhiGovernment have showcasedextraordinary work and haveshown great courage to workfrom the frontline," he said.

    Keeping in mind the ser-vice and the efforts of itsemployees the Delhi Govern-ment has decided to come upwith these incentives, he said,adding that the government isvery hopeful that through these

    steps it will bring some ease tolives of the employees and theywill be able to happily celebratethe upcoming festival withtheir family.

    In the view of Coronaviruspandemic and nationwidelockdown which has created adisruption of transport andhospitality sector, the DelhiGovernment has observed thata number of its employees arenot in a position to avail theleave travel concession farefor travel to any place in Indiaor their hometowns in thecurrent block of 2018–21, headded.

    With a view to compensateand incentivise consumptionby the Delhi governmentemployees thereby giving aboost to consumption expen-diture, the Government hasdecided that cash equivalent ofLTC will be given to its employ-ees by way of reimbursement ifan employee opts for this in dueof 1LTC in the block of2018–21.

    The Delhi Government hasalso decided that the employ-ees who are entitled to businessclass airfare will get Rs 36,000LTC followed by Rs 20,000 forthe employees who are entitled

    to an economy class of airfare.Lastly, the employees who areentitled to rail fare of any classwill get Rs 6,000 LTC.

    On the other hand with aview to enabling governmentservants to meet expenses relat-ing to festivals and to encour-age spending thereby giving aboost to economic activities, inpursuance of the decision takenby the government it has beendecided that a special festivalpackage of advance will beaccorded to all the Delhi gov-ernment employees for anyimportant festivals up to March31, 2021, he said.

    Under this initiative, theamount of the package isRs.10,000 and it would beinterest-free. This amount willbe paid as advance to the gov-ernment employees. Earlierthis provision was only therefor the non-gazetted employeesnow it would be applicable toboth gazetted and non-gazettedemployees, he added.

    The Finance Minister fur-ther said that from day one ofthe pandemic, the DelhiGovernment employees havestayed at the frontline andworked for the people ofDelhi.

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    Vice-Chairman of Delhi JalBoard (DJB) RaghavChadha met with HardeepPuri, Minister of Housing andUrban Affairs and requestedhim to intervene in recoveingexorbitant arrears due worth�216 crore from the CentralPublic Works Department(CPWD) and DelhiDevelopment Authoritytowards the DDA.

    Chadha apprised theCentral Minister of how theBoard is planning to expand itsoperations and to bring somevast technological advance-ments and changes in the cur-rent structure of water supplyas well as water management,which require proper flow offinances.

    As a result, releasing thedues owed to DJB would go along way in meeting with rel-evant necessary expenditure.

    The Vice-Chairman hadearlier said that around sevengovernment agencies had not

    paid their long-pending dues tothe DJB, the CPWD and DDAhad cleared dues up to Rs 102crore. However, CPWD stillowes Rs 110 Cr and DDAowes Rs 106 Crore to theBoard.

    "While it is commendablehow all government depart-ments have come together tofight COVID-19, we cannotoverlook the paucity of funds,which is a huge challenge forthose every governmentdepartments. If the DJB gets itsdues from CPWD and DDA,we can perhaps cross one tinyhill," he said.

    Chadha also informed theUnion Minister of financiallyprecarious situation the DJB isin resulted in delay in carryingout developmental works.

    "I am glad that the Ministergave us time and patientlyheard us out and assured us ofhis help. I am certain that DJBwill now be able to recover itsrelevant dues and begin theseveral projects that are in thepipeline," he said.

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    The lowering work of the first ever‘Tunnel Boring Machine’ (TBM)of Delhi Metro’s Phase 4 work hasbeen started at Vikaspuri on theJanakpuri West — RK Ashram Margcorridor. As part of this tunnellingdrive, two tunnels (for up and downmovement) of a length of 1.4 kilo-metres will be bored betweenVikaspuri and Krishna ParkExtension.

    A senior DMRC official said thatthe tunnelling work with the TBM isexpected to start next month, after thelowering and assembling of the giant73 metre long machine is completed.

    “These tunnels will be located betweenthe Janakpuri West and Krishna ParkExtension stations of the corridor. Thetunnelling will start from Vikaspuriarea in continuation of the Magentaline tunnel that has been already con-structed for the presently operationalBotanical Garden – Janakpuri Westcorridor,” he added.

    “The tunnel will be constructedapproximately at a depth of 14 to 16metres. About 2,040 concrete ringswill be installed in these tunnels. Eachtunnel will have an inner diameter of5.8 metres. The entire tunnellingwork on this stretch is expected to becompleted in about 15 month’s time.The alignment of the tunnel will be

    along the Outer Ring Road,” he said.As part of the Phase 4 work

    approved so far, about 27 kilometresof underground lines will be con-structed. The Janakpuri West – RKAshram Marg corridor will haveunderground sections of 7.74 kilo-metres in total.

    A TBM, is a machine used toexcavate tunnels with a circular crosssection through a variety of soil androck strata. They can be designed tobore through anything from hard rockto sand. TBMs have revolutionised theway tunnelling work is done all overthe world as now tunnels can be boredwithout disturbing the buildings andother structures on the surface.

    TBMs are especially useful forunderground tunnelling work in con-gested urban areas. DMRC has beenusing TBMs for its tunnelling worksince Phase 1. In Phase 3, whenabout 50 kilometres of undergroundsections were built, about 30 TBMswere pressed into service in thenational Capital.

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    With an aim to let the pas-sengers know aboutavailability and non-availabil-ity of seats, Delhi TransportCorporation (DTC) has decid-ed to display the seat availabil-ity and non availability positionin its buses.

    The conductor will beissued two A-4 size placards orboards with information, “SeatAvailable” and “Seat NotAvailable” for displaying itthrough side window glassfrom the conductor's seat. Theseat availability board will be inGreen Colour and non-avail-ability board will be in RedColour, the DTC said in astatement.

    “The conductor will dis-play the placard to the passen-gers waiting for the buses at thebus stop at the time ofapproaching the bus stop as perthe position of seat in the busat that time,” it said.

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    The Delhi Police has nabbedtwo women on Thursdayfor allegedly robbing a seniorcitizen of �50,000 in SouthDelhi. The accused have beenidentified as Renu (36) andJyoti (34), both residents ofRajgarh district in MadhyaPradesh.

    According to Atul KumarThakur, the DeputyCommissioner of Police(DCP), South district, a 62-year-old man withdrew Rs50,000 from a bank in the Tigriarea on October 14 and visit-ed a nearby dispensary, wherehe realised that the moneyhad been stolen from his bag.

    “He suspected two womenwho followed him from thebank to the dispensary to beinvolved in stealing the money.A case was registered andinvestigation was taken up.During investigation, policechecked the CCTV footageand noticed two women nearthe complainant with suspi-cious movements,” said theDCP.

    “On Thursday, police afterreceiving specific inputs appre-hended the accused womenfrom near NBCC Plaza,Khokha Market, Pushp Vihar,at 8.35 AM,” said the DCP.

    “Police recovered Rs 20,000from their possession. Duringinterrogation it was revealedthat there were three womeninvolved in the crime. Thethird accused, identified asKali, has left for her native vil-lage after taking her share of theloot,” said the DCP addingthat further investigation isgoing on.

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    Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) onThursday alleged thatBharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-ruled North MCD wants toimpose a steep 34 per centhouse tax burden on the peo-ple of Delhi amid the Covidpandemic under pressure fromparking and advertising con-

    tractors.AAP senior leader Durgesh

    Pathak said the civic bodyintends to propose hike inhouse tax by 34 percent andwaive off the tax on parkingand advertisements.

    "North MCD gets crores ofrupees as tax from advertisingand parking, BJP should usethis money for salaries of doc-tors but they are waiving it," he

    said.Pathak said that due to the

    corrupt nexus between BJPleaders and builder lobby theNorth MCD wants to waive offthis tax.

    "People are extremelytroubled during the ongoingpandemic. They have lost jobsand lives. People working inhospitals, doctors, nurses whoare putting their lives at stake

    to serve the nation are notbeing given proper dues fortheir services. It is their rightto get the salary, but the BJPrun MCD is unable to do so.On one hand, corruption inBJP and financial misman-agement has led to completedestruction of MCD but onthe other hand, to repent fortheir own misdeeds, BJP isplanning to increase the tax

    levied on Delhi citizens," hesaid.

    The AAP leader furthersaid, "I want to enlighten doc-tors and nurses protesting inHindu Rao Hospital, KasturbaGandhi Hospital, Rajan BabuHospital, Balak Ram, that thereason behind them not gettingsalaries is BJP waiving off thecrores of revenue they get fromcontractors."

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    As Delhi’s air quality deteri-orated, the Delhi Govern-ment has planned its cam-paign “Red light on, Gaadi off "in all the 70 Legislative Assem-bly of Delhi from October 26.

    Environment MinisterGopal Rai said under this exer-cise people, in all the 70 con-stituencies will be made awareabout the importance of thiscampaign.” There is an appeal

    to the residents of Delhi thatthey should take part in themega campaign.”

    The political capital ofIndia is fighting tough battleagainst pollution, all publicrepresentatives- Members ofLegislative Assembly ( MLAs)and Members of Parliament (MPs) have been made part ofthis campaign.

    "The Delhi Governmentalong with the people of Delhihas started the "red light on,

    gaadi off " campaign againstpollution. This campaign callsfor a collaborative effort for thebetterment of the citizens ofDelhi.

    As mentioned earlier, 15-20% vehicle pollution can bereduced by way of mass par-ticipation. This campaign willgo on until November 15,2020. On Thursday the MLAsof Delhi joined the campaignand on Friday the councillorsof Delhi will join the campaign

    at the Barakhamba road cross-ing.", he said.

    "To make this a massmovement, the campaign willbe carried out at all the 70assembly constituencies fromOctober 26. On that day we willlaunch a mega campaign inDelhi to make people aware ofthis initiative to combat vehic-ular pollution", Rai added.

    He said, "The Delhi gov-ernment has already launchedanti-dust pollution campaign.The decomposer produced byPusa Research Institute whichcan turn straw and stubbleinto manure for further use, hasbeen produced at a large scaleand is being sprayed in variousparts of the city to cease pol-lution caused by stubble burn-ing and at the same time pro-

    viding an effective alternativeto the same. I am very happythat the people of Delhi areactively participating in thiscampaign. I want to requestevery citizen to join the cam-paign at their respective assem-bly constituency on October26."

    “The Delhi government isworking round the clock tocombat the air pollution ofDelhi. But we cannot controlthe stubble burning at theneighbouring states andbecause of the stubble burningthe air pollution is increasingin Delhi. We are repeatedlyrequesting the Central gov-ernment and state govern-ments to cooperate and to stopthe stubble fires,” the ministersaid.

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    The Economic Offences Wing(EOW) of Delhi Police hasarrested a man who used tocheat people on the pretext ofproviding tender of the FoodCorporation of India (FCI) andagency of Toyota company.

    Police said the accused hascheated people to the tune of Rs4.62 crores.The accused hasbeen identified as PraveenKumar Singh. Police said that heis also found involved in twocases of cheating.According toDr O P Mishra, the Joint

    Commissioner of Police, EOW,a complaint was received fromSunil Vikram, a resident ofPunjab in which he alleged thatPraveen Kumar Singh alongwith his associates had inducedthe him on the pretext of arrang-ing tender of Food Corporationof India and agency of Toyotacompany in Punjab region andcheated the complainant for asum of Rs 4.62 crores out ofwhich Rs 1.62 crores was giventhrough banking transactionsand Rs 3 crores in cash.

    “A First Information Report(FIR) under relevant sections of

    Indian Penal Code (IPC) andinvestigation was taken up,” saidthe Joint CP.“

    During the investigation,the police team found thatPraveen had introduced himselfas well connected with politi-cians and residing in Membersof Parliament (MP) Flats inNorth Avenue.

    He had promised the com-plainant that he will makearrangements for getting FCItenders and agency of Toyota forthe Punjab region in his favour,”said the Joint CP.“The accusedhad taken Rs 4.62 Crores for this

    job from the complainant.However, neither any FCI ten-der was allotted nor any agencywas given in the name of thecomplainant.

    Later on, it was found thatthe accused was a fraud and hadcheated the complainant,” saidthe Joint CP.“Initially, accusedPraveen Kumar Singh hadjoined the investigation of thecase, but later on, he stoppedjoining investigation at EOWand was absconding. Finallythe accused was arrested, whilehe was visiting his lawyer’soffice.

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    Besides free Covid-19 vacci-nation, the BJP onThursday released its manifestofor the Bihar Assembly polls,promising 19 lakh jobs in thenext five years, almost doublethe numbers that RJD leaderTejashwi Yadav’s promised.Interestingly, Chief MinisterNitish Kumar had wonderedabout how Tejaswi could pos-sibly raise the money to pay for“10 lakh Government jobs”.

    The manifesto, titled‘Paanch sutra, ek lakshya, 11sankalp’, was released by UnionFinance Minister NirmalaSitharaman in the presence ofsenior leaders BhupenderYadav, Nityanand Rai, AshwiniChoubey, and Pramod Kumarin Patna.

    The manifesto envisions aself-reliant Bihar and lists outthe roadmap for the next fiveyears. The manifesto States:“Atmanirbhar Bihar KaRoadmap 2020-25. Lakshya(objective) — AtmanirbharBihar. 5 Sutra — developmentof villages, cities, industries,education and agriculture.”

    Sitharaman stressed thatally Nitish Kumar will be ChiefMinister for the next five years

    and appealed the people to votefor NDA and make it win.

    Interestingly, job hasbecome a major poll issue inthe state after opposition leaderTejashwi promised 10 lakhgovernment jobs to lure theunemployed youth voters. BJP’sBihar chief Sanjay Jaiswal saidof the 19 lakh jobs listed in themanifesto, only four lakh -three lakh teachers and onelakh in health sector - are in thegovernment sector. The rest arelinked to promises to makeBihar an “IT hub” and to cre-ate an agriculture hub in thestate.

    Among others, the BJPpromised to introduce Hindi asa medium of instruction formedical, engineering and othertechnical courses.

    The BJP also promised theappointment of three lakh newteachers in one year in all typesof schools, universities andinstitutes of higher education,30 lakh pucca houses for poorby 2022 and one lakh jobs in thehealth sector.

    The party proposed todevelop the state, which has sofar remained largely untouchedby the boom in informationtechnology, into an IT hubholding out the promise of five

    lakh jobs in the sector. Themanifesto further said a largenumber of people will be pro-vided employment in the healthsector which is in for a majorfacelift through projects like theAIIMS at Darbhanga.

    The manifesto promised todevelop supply chain of specialcrop products like maize, fruits,vegetable, chuda, makhana,paan, masala, honey, mentha,medicinal plants across thestate. It will add 1000 new farmproducer organization in Bihar.It also promised a fresh impe-tus to the dairy sector with set-ting up of 15 milk processingunits. The manifesto said thatthis will create 10 lakh employ-ment opportunities in the state.

    “Bihar is a politically sensi-tive state. Here people cannot befobbed off with empty promis-es. Claims made by parties arelikely to be weighed against theirpast track record. This is wherethe BJP scores,” Sitharamansaid.

    “GDP in Bihar has seen asharp rise under NDA rule, ithas grown from 3 to 11.3 percent in the State in the last 15years of NDA Government andnot during the 15 years of jun-gle raj. It was made possiblebecause our Government gavepriority to good governancefor people,” Sitharaman added.

    Soon after Sitharamanreleased the party’s manifesto,Tejashwi took a jibe at the BJP,saying it doesn’t have a face inBihar and the Finance Ministerhad to come to release thevision document. “Since she’shere, Sitharaman Ji should firsttell why she never gave a specialpackage and special state statusto Bihar,” Tejashwi added.

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    As good wishes poured infrom across the politicalleaders for Union HomeMinister Amit Shah, whoturned 56 on Thursday, LokJanshakti Party (LJP) presidentChirag Paswan described himas an “inspiring” figure and his“guardian”, in what is per-ceived as another indirectattack on Bihar Chief MinisterNitish Kumar against whom hehas opened a front.

    Even though he haswalked out of the NDA refus-ing to accept Nitish as theNDA’s chief ministerial candi-date in Bihar, Chirag has,interestingly, continued toshow his allegiance to the BJPand Prime Minister NarendraModi who, he said, resided inhis heart.

    This has been Chirag’sstrategy in Bihar poll as BJPhas cautioned him againstusing the PM’s name for hisown ends saying JDU is theparty with which it wouldform the Government. BJPhas been trying to allay JD(U)’sapprehensions that LJP is its‘B-team’ in Bihar polls.

    But Chirag again usedShah’s birthday to demonstratehis loyalty to the BJP. “Bestwishes to the country’s HomeMinister, guardian Amit Shah

    on his birthday. Sir you inspirelakhs of youth like me to dosomething for the country.May god always keep youhealthy,” Chirag tweeted.

    The 37-year-old LJP MPalso spoke to Shah on thephone.

    Shortly before the birthdaygreetings, Chirag had, in threetweets, targeted Nitish Kumarover what he alleged were “fiveyears of scams”. He assertedthat if he came to power, hewould have all those responsi-ble jailed.

    Chirag’s Paswan’s strategyto underscore his continuedties with the BJP while fight-ing the JDU in the Bihar elec-tion has become a huge chal-lenge for Nitish. The BJP’smultiple pronouncements thatNitish Kumar leads the NDAin Bihar have not convinced hissupporters that the ruling partyis not secretly backing Chiragin his mission to oust the five-time Chief Minister.

    As Chirag rained accusa-tions on Nitish, Shah had tostep in to mollify the upsetChief Minister and reassurehim that he remained the faceof the NDA.

    The LJP leader, however,has played on Nitish’s insecu-rities by stressing that heremains devoted to PrimeMinister Narendra Modi and

    hopes to form a government inBihar with the BJP.

    The Prime Minister andseveral other political leaderswished Home Minister on hisbirthday.

    The Prime Minister tookto Twitter and lauded Shah forhis contribution in nationdevelopment. “Birthday wish-es to Shri @AmitShah Ji. Ournation is witnessing the dedi-cation and excellence withwhich he is contributingtowards India’s progress. Hisefforts to make BJP strongerare also noteworthy. May Godbless him with a long andhealthy life in service of India”,Modi tweeted.

    Union Minister PrakashJavadekar said. “HappyBirthday to the Home MinisterAmit Shah. You have played animportant role in making thecountry strong and secure.May God grant you a healthylife and long life.”

    BJP leader Varun Gandhitook to Twitter and wished theHome Minister on his birth-day: “Shri @AmitShah Ji’s lifehas been one of great tyaag andtapasya towards making Indiaprouder, stronger & more self-reliant. He is a perfect mix oftradition & modernity. May alldivine blessings protect him &fill his path with happiness &peace. Happy birthday, Sir.”

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    In the ongoing drive to honeoperational readiness, Indiaon Thursday successfully testfired the Nag anti-tank guidedmissile(ATGM). It was thefinal user trial of the indige-nously designed lethal weaponsystem and will shortly bedeployed at the Line of ActualControl(LAC)facing China.

    The missile system will actas a major force multiplier andhelp the infantry to take outenemy tanks at range of five toseven kms. At present, Chinahas amassed its tanks in theplains of Depsang valley andsome other places in EasternLadakh since the stand-offsbegan in early May.

    Moreover, the latest test bythe Defence Research andD e v e l o p m e n tOrganisation(DRDO)comes ata time when it has ramped upits efforts by conducting near-ly back to back tests of variousmissiles in the last one month.These validations on the onehand exemplified rapid self-reliance and on the other thecapabilities to meet any chal-lenge in the backdrop of ongo-ing tension at the LAC in east-ern Ladakh.

    Giving details of the Nagtest, officials said here the finaluser trial of third generationNag was carried out at 0645 hrsfrom Pokhran range. The mis-sile was integrated with theactual warhead and a tank tar-get was kept at designatedrange. This was launched fromNag Missile Carrier NAMICA.The missile hit the target accu-rately defeating the armour.The missile underwent morethan ten trials before the finalclearance on Thursday.

    The missile was developedby the DRDO to engage high-ly fortified enemy tanks in dayand night conditions. The mis-sile has “Fire & Forget” “TopAttack” capabilities with passivehoming guidance to defeat allMain Battle Tanks(MBT)equipped with composite andreactive armour.

    The NAG missile carrierNAMICA is a BMP II basedsystem or armoured personnelcarrier with amphibious capa-bility. With this final user trial,the Nag will enter into pro-duction phase. The missilewill be produced by the pub-lic sector Bharat DynamicsLimited (BDL), whereasOrdnance Factory, Medak will

    produce the NAMICA.Defence Minister Rajnath

    Singh congratulated theDRDO and Indian Army forthe successful trial of NAGMissile. The DRDO chief GSatheesh Reddy appreciatedthe efforts of the DRDO,Indian Army and industry inbringing the missile up to theproduction phase.

    The sophisticated missilewill be soon be inducted intothe Army and deployed at theLAC in the first phase, sourcessaid adding the missile is fit-ted with an advanced seeker tohome on to its target.

    At present, the army isequipped with the second-generation Milan 2T andKonkur ATGMs and has beenlooking for about third-gen-eration missiles, which areimportant for stoppingadvancing enemy tanks. Thegovernment in 2018 had giventhe nod for procurement of300 Nag missiles and 25NAMICAs for the IndianArmy.

    When the face-offs beganfive months back, the Indianarmy got the go-ahead to pro-cure more than 300 SpikeATGMS from Israel to bolsterthe firepower of the infantry.The imported missile like theNag can be fired from shoul-der and has a range of morethan five kms.

    Meanwhile, the series ofsuccessful tests in the last fewweeks include Brahmos super-sonic missile fired from awarship, Nirbhay subsonicmissile and Akash air defencemissile. Incidentally, all thesemissiles are deployed at theLAC. The missiles were sta-tioned at critical locations tocounter the threat posed by theChinese long range missilesdeployed in the Tibet region.

    Stepping up the momen-tum of readiness, the DRDOin the last one month also test-ed Rudram -1. Also, the laserguided anti-tank guided mis-sile and nuclear capable hyper-sonic missile ‘Shaurya,’ weretest fired. The successful testfiring of Rudram-1 was seen asa major milestone as it isIndia’s first indigenouslydeveloped anti-radiationweapon.

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    This message came in thebackdrop of China’s growingmaritime prowess and muscleflexing in the Indian Oceanbesides the South China Sea.The increased Chinese navalpresence in the Indian Oceanhas strategic implications forIndia.

    Commissioning theindigenously designed andbuilt INS Kavaratti inVisakhapatnam, the Army

    Chief said the “commissioningof INS Kavaratti marks yetanother significant step insecuring our country’s mar-itime goals. I congratulate andextend my best wishes to TeamKavaratti,” said Naravane.

    “The ship derives thename from the beautiful cap-ital of the Lakshadweep island,Kavaratti. This indigenouslybuilt Anti-Submarine Warfare(ASW) vessel is equipped withadvanced weapons, compositesuperstructure and stealth fea-tures is a beauty by itself. It hasbeen constructed with numerous novel design fea-tures and indigenous equip-ment fit is demonstrative ofcollective abilities in realisingthe aim of making IndiaAtmanirbhar Bharat,” headded.

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    Secretariat. When contacted Lekhi

    said, “Whosoever is required,whether an individual or anentity, will be asked to deposebefore the panel on the issue ofprotection of data and its pri-vacy and their respective socialmedia platforms will be thor-oughly examined by the panel.

    “It would be inappropriateand unfair to look at the call-ing of social media platformfrom the political prism. Thecommittee has representativesfrom across the political spec-trum and the deliberations onthe bill are being held from thenational interest perspective,”she said.

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    A Ballia court had onWednesday remanded the BJPleader in police custody for twodays.

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    took Dhirendra Singh’s custodyfrom the district jail, officialssaid without elaborating fur-ther.

    He was later taken to hishouse in Durjanpur village,sources said.

    Chief Judicial MagistrateRamesh Kushwaha had

    remanded the BJP leader inpolice custody to enable thepolice to recover the murderweapon, a country-made pistol,from the accused and for hiscustodial interrogation as partof the ongoing probe into thecase.

    The court had remandedDhirendra Singh in police cus-tody for only two days, reject-ing the prosecution demand forseven-day custody. The BJPleader was arrested fromLucknow on Sunday.

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    Residents of Jammu & Kashmir on ThursdayObserved 'Black day' to mark the 73rdanniversary of Pakistan's invasion of Kashmir in1947. The streets of Srinagar were seen dottedwith king size hoardings exhibiting images ofatrocities committed by the Pakistani invaders.

    In Srinagar, small groups of residents also tookout protest rallies shouting slogans againstPakistan. A separate Symposium & Exhibition tocommemorate the memories of October 22, 1947was inaugurated by Lt-Governor of Jammu &Kashmir Manoj Sinha in the virtual presence ofMoS (IC) Culture & Tourism Pralahad Patel atSKICC, Srinagar.

    Large number of events including webinars,seminars and discussions were also organised bydifferent institutions and study groups in Jammu.The main event was organised by the NationalMuseum Institute of History of Art, Conservationand Museology at SKICC, Srinagar. The

    Exhibition on the ‘Memories of 22 Oct 1947’ wasalso inaugurated, comprising graphic panels andvideos showcasing a chronology of events as wellas prominent narratives of the invasion on 22 Oct1947 and the subsequent unfolding of actions.

    The organisers of the event in their conceptnote informed the audience, “The consequencesof this water-shed event are still affecting the coun-try. It is necessary to portray such a historic nar-rative in order to create a dialogue among the peo-ple. The aim of such an initiative would be to bringabout awareness among the people about thisphase of our history. It will help in rememberinghow the country fought in the very first conflictfaced by (independent) India”.

    Meanwhile, addressing the audience afterinaugurating the symposium the Lt Governorobserved that the two-day Symposium andExhibition is a medium to expose the atrocitiesinflicted by the Pakistani government and its armyupon innocent women, children, and men ofJammu & Kashmir on October 22, 1947.

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    Aligarh: There is an outrageamong the Dalits (Valmiki) afterthe Hathras rape case and seeingthe soft corner for rapists amongthe Government and the admin-istration. Discussion among theValmiki community for conver-sion into Buddhism is going onin full swing. Valmikis are beingunder seige in Aligarh, Hathras,Bulandshahr etc. Just as theValmikis of Ghaziabad haveembraced Buddhism, in thesame way, there is also the fra-grance of conversion toBuddhism here also.

    Valmikis say that due tothe extremely backward society,the high society still looks at usin a doubtful vision even after70 years. Therefore, they havemade it a decision to leave theValmiki community and adopt

    Buddhism. This has started inGhaziabad. It may be recalledthat a dalit girl was raped inHathras by four upper castemen after which the victim'sfamily was being accused ofhonour killing because ofwhich they are also thinking toadopt Buddhism.

    Hurt by Hathras incident,on 14th October, in the area ofKarheda village of Sahibabad,236 people of 50 Valmiki haveembraced Buddhism in a pro-gram chaired by the great-grandson of BhimraoAmbedkar Mr. Raj RatanAmbedkar.

    Pawan Budh, who firstadopted Buddhism in Karheda,alleged that the victim’s family isbeing tortured in the Hathrascase. PNS

    Aligarh: Iqra Shamim, MYaqoob and M Umair receivedthe first, second and third prizesrespectively in the recently con-cluded online essay writing com-petition on 'Sir Syed AhmadKhan and Modern education'.

    The competition was organ-ised by the Centre for DistanceEducation (CDE), AligarhMuslim University (AMU) tomark the centenary year ofAMU. PNS

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  • In the US, the Volstead Actwas passed in 1920 to banalcohol. This prohibitionstretched for nearly 14 yearsand established a parallelillegal economy, which led to theemergence of the mafia and pro-mulgated a State-sponsored struc-ture that protected the rich andpowerful but came down heavilyon the poor. Media reports of thetime in the US noted that in a par-ticularly amusing incident, whenthe police raided a bar in Denver,they found the local Congressman,the mayor and the sheriff sharinga drink. Who would have thoughtthat Denver of the 1920s and theBihar of today would have somuch in common?

    The interesting point is that evenif you had not read the end of thefirst paragraph of this piece, youwould have known that we are talk-ing about Nitish Kumar’s Bihar andmore specifically his prohibition.I use the two terms interchangeablybecause prohibition and the reck-less and arrogant manner in whichit has been introduced and imple-mented in Bihar is also a summa-ry of the National DemocraticAlliance’s (NDA) rule in the State.Prohibition, just like the NDA’s rulein Bihar, has been chequered withproblems of administration andgovernance, and has led to a diver-sion of resources that could havebeen used elsewhere.

    Let us start with the arroganceof the move. Nitish, almost whim-sically, decided one fine day thatBihar would be a prohibition State.Any rational Government wouldhave done some research on theeffectiveness of the ban prior totaking such a huge decision orwould have at least examined theabject failure of the policy on theground and admitted that it hadmade a mistake. However, thecurrent NDA Government lacksthe foresight to make deliberateddecisions and the humility toacknowledge its mistakes.

    Why do we say that Nitish’s pro-hibition is a barometer of his gov-ernance in Bihar? Let us start withthe suddenness of the move.Reminiscent of the catastrophicdecision of demonetisation takenby Prime Minister Narendra Modi,the ban was absolute. One wouldhave hoped that the Governmenthad already checked whether pro-hibition had popular support onthe ground or not. No such delib-eration was, however, done. As a

    result, what this policy has ledto, is a rise in what Gary Becker,a Nobel prize-winning econo-mist, calls “rational crimes.”That is, crimes committed byrational people since they weighthe possible penalty for beingcaught against the chance ofactually being caught. In Bihar,while the penalty is severe, thechances of being caught areactually minimal. Let merephrase. In Bihar, your chancesof being caught are minimal ifyou can oil the palms of thepolice and the relevant author-ities or if you are a VIP. But ifyou are a common citizen, yourfortune rests with the Almighty.

    In reality, there is no real pro-hibition in Bihar. Yes, liquor isbanned as a concept but in prac-tice, it is available when onewants to get it. As a travelagent told a reporter of a largenational daily — “What prohi-bition? Daru (liquor) is availableeverywhere…even at localpolice stations.” What Nitish’sprohibition has introduced ismob violence between competi-tors who supply liquor to theircustomers. Since you cannottake another distributor to courtfor supplying liquor, the onlyoption is to establish a localmonopoly through violence. Inthe US, this violence was large-ly perpetrated by mobsters,who profited heavily due to theban. In Bihar, it is often thepolice and Government officialswho help establish monopoliesand tend to profit heavily fromthem. The ones who suffer arenot the suppliers of liquor but

    the consumers. According to thelatest records of the police head-quarters in Patna, a total of2,12,323 arrests were made withrespect to possession of illegalliquor, between April 2016 andJanuary this year. Out of thesearrests, only 19,500 were suppli-ers. Most of those arrested werepoor, who could not afford topay bribes, while the officialswho made money off themsuffered few ill consequences.The widespread proliferation ofthis corrupt system of bribingfor liquor is well-known andmany have complained about itand even more, have suffereddue to it.

    Another issue with prohibi-tion is that it leads to dangerousforms of spurious liquor beingwidely available. This is becausesince possessing liquor carries acertain amount of risk, bootleg-gers tend to make the spuriousdrink more potent so that it hasthe desired effect in a smallamount. Therefore, it is no sur-prise that reports of deaths dueto consumption of hooch havebeen on the rise, especially inthe rural areas, where many can-not afford the fancy liquor thatthe rich and powerful con-sume.

    Going back to the example ofthe US, if Bihar is to be com-pared with Denver during theprohibition era, in a raid, youwill probably find police officialsand senior politicians drinkingin bars but will also stumbleupon the poor dying outsidethat very same public house.

    The resources and attention

    allocated to this flawed schemehave come at the cost of otherinitiatives. If liquor was regulat-ed and taxed, it would haveraised the revenues of the StateGovernment and would haveallowed it to use these fundstowards education and employ-ment. Instead, what we havetoday is a disproportionate por-tion of the State’s resources, bothmonetarily and in terms ofmanpower, being divertedtowards the Chief Minister’sflagship cause. The absence ofpolice power has led to morecrimes being committed sincepolice officers would ratherhave the chance to earn easymoney from alcohol consumersthan face the prospect of check-ing crimes like rape and murder.

    You may be of the view thatthe BJP would try to check thisbehaviour of Nitish and coursecorrect but the party is support-ing him. And going by theexample of Gujarat, a State thatalso follows strict prohibition, itis obvious that the ban in Biharcomes with the blessings of theCentre.

    This heady cocktail (excusethe pun) of ill-planning andarrogance displayed by the NDAis ultimately only at the cost ofthe common man of Bihar. Thesituation in the State is soappalling that one can say thatthe Nitish Government in itsenthusiasm to ban liquor mayhave actually driven a fair fewtowards alcoholism.

    (The writer is a former IPSofficer and a member of theCongress Party)

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    corporate tax rate last year from35 per cent to 25 per cent. Thetrickle-down theory has turnedout to be a mirage, as the growthgenerated by “those with theresources and skills to increaseproductive output” has neverrisen to the level which couldhelp eradicate poverty and fuelthe economic development of thepoor. India needs to re-evaluateits economic reform strategy

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    cities for its Smart City Mission,launched in June 2015, but totake it further, it needs Australiafor new and innovative technol-ogy. The latter, on the other hand,seeks qualified engineers anddoctors from India to augmentits technological needs and nour-ish its healthcare system. Hence,India’s decision to includeAustralia in the naval exercisesmarks an important inflexionpoint in the bilateral relationsbetween the two countries.

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