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IND VS AUS
Day
1
To push for ‘one nation, one election’, BJP to hold 25 webinars
New Delhi,
To build consensus for
by the model code of con-
duct, imposed due to fre-
party leaders, and will be at-
tended by academics and
has on development work is
known to all. Therefore, it is
simultaneous elections in quent elections. To allow a legal experts. Since coming a must to have deep study
the country, the Bharatiya level playing field, during to power in 2014, PM Modi and deliberation on‘one na-
Aus: 195/10 Janata Party (BJP) will the implementation of the has advocated simulta- tion, one election’, ” Modi
organise 25 webinars over MCC, incumbent govern- neous elections. Recently, had said.
Ind: 36/1 the coming weeks on the ments are forbidden from while addressing the con- In 2016, the government
merits of one nation, one making new announce- cluding session of the 80th think tank, Niti Aayog in a
election, people aware of ments of schemes and poli- All India Presiding Officers discussion paper,‘Analysis of
News Brief the details said.Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi has
cies. The MCC, however,
does not prohibit the
Conference, the PM pitched
for one nation, one election,
Simultaneous Elections: The
What, Why and How’, also
pushed for conducting si- completion of ongoing pointing out it is the need of lent support to the idea of
multaneous elections to the work. the hour as elections are simultaneous elections,
Israeli midnight Lok Sabha and the state as- According to a senior being held every few stating that frequent polls
semblies over the last few BJP leader, the webinars that months, impacting develop- change the focus of policy
strikes in Syria kill years on the ground that it are aimed at creating aware- ment work. making because “short-
does away with the obstruc- ness about the benefits of “Elections are held at dif- sighted populist” and“politi-
6 fighters tion in carrying out develop- simultaneous elections will ferent places every few cally safe” measures are ac-
Damascus, ment work that is hampered be addressed by senior months and the impact it corded higher priority over
A total of six pro-gov- difficult structural reforms.
ernment fighters were killed Instead of holding elec-
during an Israeli airstrike
that targeted positions in
Farmers’ group seek resumption of tions in two to five states
every year, the report pro-
posed elections in two
central Syriat, according to a
war monitor .
The Israeli missile strike
talks on Tuesday over new farm laws
New Delhi, ers is similar to what the the freedom,” Modi had said
cycles with an interregnum
of 30 months: 14 states to go
on Friday targeted the de- Farmers’ groups on Sat- farmers have earlier de- during the event. He also to polls along with that of
fence factories where a sci- urday proposed to hold an- manded as they continue to highlighted that farmers will the Lok Sabha in one phase
entific research centre is lo- other round of talks with the press the government to continue to get assured and the remaining states in
prices for their produce un- the next cycle two-and-a- Union Home minister Amit Shah addressing a public meeting after laying the
cated in the city of Masyaf in Centre over the three farm withdraw the recently foundation of a Medical college and Law collages at Amingaon,in Kamrup District.
Hama province, Xinhua bills on Tuesday, listing the passed laws. Though the der his government. half years later.
news agency quoted the demands they have out- agitating farmers have de-
UK-based Syrian Observa-
tory for Human Rights as
lined for the government
ahead of the discussions.
manded a legal guarantee
on minimum support price, More muscle to IAF with at least 3 Xi Jinping sending team to
saying in a statement.
The Bwatchdog group
Farmers’ rights activist and
Swaraj India leader
the Centre has on several
occasions assured the farm-
more Rafales flying-in next month stop the Nepal party split
said the strike destroyed Yogendra Yadav said that ers that the MSP system will
weapon depots run by Ira- the farmers are ready to not be disturbed because of origin aircraft to the air force, batch of the IAF’s three New Delhi,
nian fighters. New Delhi,
hold another set of discus- the new laws. Prime Minis- The Indian Air Force’s which has ordered a total of Rafale fighter jets had China’s President Xi Jinping has ordered a high-level
For its side, the Syrian sions at 11am on Tuesday. ter Narendra Modi on Satur- 36 warplanes (equivalent of reached the Jamnagar team of communist party officials to travel to Kathmandu
army said its air defences solitary Rafale squadron will
“The first two points in day highlighted that the add more muscle with the two squadrons) at a cost of airbase in Gujarat from to stop the Nepal Communist Party from splitting. Presi-
had intercepted most of the our agenda for talks are MSP system will continue to Rs 59,000 crore. France in early November dent Xi’s decision to rush the four-member team to
Israeli missiles that were arrival of at least three more
modalities to repeal the run while disbursing funds fighter jets in January, a shot “At least three Rafale jets before they flew to their Kathmandu comes after an SOS message from ambassa-
fired on Masyaf. three farm laws and mecha- to farmers under the PM- will arrive in India next homebase in Ambala. The dor Hou Yanqi who hadn’t succeeded in her attempts to
Throughout the Syrian in the arm for the IAF that is
nism and procedure to KISAN scheme at a virtual grappling with a shortage of month. The dates are still first batch of five Rafale jets stop the key players in the Nepal Communist Party (NCP)
crisis, Israel has carried out bring a law for providing a event on Friday.“The Oppo- being worked out. The of the 36 ordered by the IAF from pulling the party in different directions, people famil-
hundreds of airstrikes combat planes, people fa-
legal guarantee on MSP sition is misleading farmers miliar with developments planes will be flown to reached the Ambala airbase iar with the matter said.
against Syrian military sites, (Minimum Support Price),” regarding MSP. If farmers Jamnagar from France with- on July 29 after a stopover The team led by Guo Yechau, vice minister of the Inter-
including Iranian targets. said on Saturday on the con-
Yadav was quoted as saying want to sell at MSP, they can dition of anonymity. out a stopover on the way. at the Al Dhafra airbase near national Department of the Central Committee of the Com-
by news agency ANI. go to mandis. If they think This batch of Rafale Refuelling support will be Abu Dhabi, although a for- munist Party of China, will land in Kathmandu on Sunday
Brazil’s Covid-19
CMYK
Yadav’s proposal on be- they are getting a price from fighters will be the third set provided by Indian and mal induction ceremony and is scheduled to spend the next four days in the Hima-
half of the protesting farm- private traders, they have of deliveries of the French- French tankers,” the people took place later on Septem- layan nation.
death toll tops said.The jets were ordered ber 10. The arrival of more According to sources based in Kathmandu, Ambassa-
190,000 from France in September fighters will further boost dor Hou has already scheduled their meetings with promi-
2016 under a government- the IAF’s capability to rap- nent players in Nepal’s ruling party from both sides. It is,
Brasilia, to-government deal. The idly deploy the advanced however, not clear yet if Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, who
Brazil’s coronavirus delivery of the three jets in jets in the Ladakh theatre had earlier turned down requests from Ambassador Hou
death toll has increased to January will take the num- amid military tensions with to meet her, would meet the Chinese delegation. Chances
190,488 after 482 more pa- ber of Rafales in the IAF’s in- China, as previously re- of PM Oli, who has taken a staunch Nepali nationalist role,
tients died due to the dis- ventory to 11. The second ported by Hindustan Times. meeting the visiting delegation are slim.
ease in the last 24 hours, ac-
cording to the Ministry of
Health.
Besides the new fatali-
ties, the country on Friday
also detected 22,967 new
Indian security agencies concerned
cases, raising the nation-
wide infection tally to
7,448,560, Xinhua news
about increased Turkish influence in J&K
New Delhi. “One of the most separatist elements” said a NGOs controlled by
agency reported. Taking his anti-India prominent and powerful senior officer deployed in Diyanet and has been
Currently, the South stance on Jammu and Turkey-based NGO, which the Central security estab- tasked with promoting
American nation accounts Kashmir (J&K) matter a has a worldwide presence lishment. Erdogan’s geopolitical
for the world’s second high- notch further, Turkey Presi- and most of its units are lo- Observers of Islamist agenda. The IDSB also is-
est Covid-19 death toll, sec- dent Recep Tayyip Erdogan cated abroad, was found to charity organisations be- sued a statement criticizing
ond only to the US, and the is raising his efforts to influ- be indulging in anti-India lieve that the NGO has been India’s move to abrogate
third largest caseload, after ence the issue. activities. During last floated by Turkey's Reli- Article 370 and termed it a
the US and India Brazil has a Many Turkey-based Is- Ramadan,the organisation gious Directorate, Diyanet ‘threat to global peace and
Covid-19 mortality rate of 91 Farmers raising slogans in protest against the Farm Laws at Singhu border, in distributed food and — an organization aggres- stability’. It has also pulled
Delhi. lamist charity organisations
deaths per 100,000 inhabit- and Turkish NGOs have money in the form of zakat sively promoting Erdogan’s in a number of Indian Is-
ants, and its case rate stands launched a blitzkrieg in in J&K. It also organised a religious agenda. The lamic NGOs in its fold,
at 3,544 per 100,000 inhab- Jammu and Kashmir, espe- charity programme on Eid. organisation is also a mem- thereby working to subvert
itants. Meanwhile, 13 of
Brazil’s 27 states are witness- Finance ministry allows Rajasthan to borrow Rs cially after the abrogation
of Article 370. Their activi-
Organisation's unit in Ger-
many also conducted char-
ber of the Union of NGOs of
Islamic World — IDSB.
and converge entities for
furthering Erdogan's inter-
ing recent resurgences. ity for Kashmir and ex- The IDSB is an umbrella ests in India, along with the
Russia thwarts
2,731 cr more post ease of doing business reform ties intensified in the Union
Territory during Ramadan. tended its support for the organisation of Islamist world.
New Delhi, ing. These six states have the country. The govern-
bomb attack in city been granted additional ment had in May decided to New strain of
of Tambov
The Finance Ministry on
Saturday said it has permit-
ted Rajasthan to borrow an
borrowing permission of Rs
19,459 crore.“Thus, the state
link grant of additional bor-
rowing permissions to
coronavirus
detected in 8
MNS workers allegedly vandalise
(Rajasthan) has become eli- states who undertake the
Moscow,
The Russian Federal Se-
curity Service (FSB) said it
additional Rs 2,731 crore af-
ter the state successfully
undertook ease of doing
gible to mobilise additional
financial resources of Rs
reforms to facilitate ease of
doing business. The reforms European nations
Geneva: The new
Amazon warehouse in Pune
has detained a teenager business reforms. 2,731 crore through open stipulated in this category Pune, on adding Marathi lan- Maharashtra,” said MNS
Rajasthan has now market borrowings. Permis- include completion of first strain of the coronavirus
plotting a bomb attack in a has been detected in eight An FIR (First Information guage on Amazon’s worker Amit Jagtap, who
building in the city of joined the five other states sion for the same was issued assessment of ‘District Level Report) has been registered website. was allegedly leading the
namely, Andhra Pradesh, by the Department of Ex- Business Reform Action European countries, the re-
Tambov. Explosives and gional director of WHO Eu- on Friday allegedly against “The notice sent to Raj group which vandalised the
other components used in Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, penditure on December 24,” Plan’, elimination of the re- 8 to 10 Maharashtra Thackeray by Amazon yes- godown. The e-commerce
Tamil Nadu and Telangana, the ministry said in a state- quirements of renewal of rope said, adding that the
the making of an impro- World Health Organisation Navnirman Sena (MNS) terday (Thursday) is illegal. If company had approached
vised explosive device as which have completed the ment. The ease of doing registration certificates/ap- workers for vandalising one has to do business in Dindoshi court in the city
reform facilitating ease of business is an important in- provals/licences obtained ( WHO) is continuing to
well as instructions for its as- monitor the situation. Amazon’s Godown in Pune, Maharashtra they must pro- after which a notice was is-
sembly were seized from doing business to be eli- dicator of the investment by businesses under various police said. vide an option in Marathi sued to MNS chief Raj
gible for additional borrow- friendly business climate in Acts. While stressing the need
the suspect’s rented apart- to boost the protective MNS workers allegedly language and if they don’t Thackeray directing him to
ment, the FSB said in a state- measures, Hans Kluge, vandalised godown of Ama- do it in future as well....then appear in court on January
ment on Friday, Xinhua news the way this (Amazon’s 5. MNS had recently written
agency reported on Satur-
day. According to another
40 companies of central paramilitary WHO`s Regional Director
for Europe said the new
zon based warehouse in
Pune’s Kondhwa over notice
sent by Mumbai court to Raj
godown)
vandalised
has been
similarly
a letter to Amazon chief ask-
ing him to include Marathi
strain seems to be spread-
statement released by the
Russian Investigative Com-
forces to be deployed for Kumbh
will be received on February Har ki Pairi ghat should be
ing among younger age
groups, unlike the previ-
Thackeray asking him to re-
main present in court on
Maharashtra Navnirman
Sena will not let their shops,
language as an option on
their website for
mittee, the suspect, 17, New Delhi, January 5 over controversy vehicles operate in Maharashtra customers.
Forty companies of cen- 1, Gunjyal said. declared a shoe-free zone ous strains WHO is con-
planned to use an impro- On the main bathing during the event.Devotees tinuing to monitor and will
vised explosive device to tral paramilitary forces will
be deployed for the Kumbh days or ‘Shahi Snan’ days, staying at hotels and provide updates," Hans
commit a terror act in one of twelve-fourteen companies dharmashalas during the Kluge tweeted.The variant
the city’s buildings.The com- Mela starting here next
month, a senior police offi- of the central paramilitary event should by asked by also seems to be spread-
mittee has opened a criminal forces will be deployed in their managements to visit ing among younger age
case against the offender. cial said.
The Centre has given its the mela area, the IG said. Har ki Pairi without their groups, unlike previous
approval for the deploy- Besides these, he said, shoes on, he said. strains.
4 injured in Berlin ment of 40 companies of the Centre is also sending
paramilitary forces, includ- NSG commandos, snipers
shooting
Berlin,
At least four people
ing seven companies each
of the Sashastra Seema Bal
(SSB) and the Central Indus-
and bomb disposal squads
with anti-sabotage sniffer
dogs on the state
RLP pulls out of NDA
were injured in a shooting New Delhi,
trial Security Force (CISF), six government’s request. After Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), Rashtriya Loktantric
incident in the German capi- of the Indo-Tibetan Border Gunjyal also attended a
tal city of Berlin on Saturday, seminar with Ganga Sabha Party (RLP) chief Hanuman Beniwal also walked out of Na-
Police (ITBP), 10 each of the tional Democratic Alliance on Saturday. While addressing
local media reported. Border Security Force (BSF) representatives to review
Local news outlets cited the preparations for Kumbh farmers’ rally in Shahjahanpur in Rajasthan’s Alwar district,
and the Central Reserve Po- Beniwal said, “Bye-bye. We are quitting NDA. Nothing is
police sources as saying that lice Force (CRPF), for the and invited suggestions
the incident occurred in the from them on how to im- above the pride of farmers in the country.”State Bharatiya
mela, Inspector General (IG) Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Mukesh Pareekh said that
Kreuzberg district, reports of Police (Kumbh Mela) prove the arrangements,
Xinhua news agency It is calling them one of the prin- Beniwal’s party is an independent party and a one man’s
Sanjay Gunjyal said.Five unit. “Just because of him, the BJP left the parliamentary
currently unclear who fired companies of the central cipal stakeholders in the
the shots. More details on organisation of the event. seat from Nagaur and helped him in winning the election,”
paramilitary forces will ar- he said.Earlier, he had supported the agri laws but now just
the incident were awaited. rive on January 1. The next Ganga Sabha president People pouring milk at sea to pay tribute to Tsunami victims to mark 16th anni-
—IANS Pradeep Jha suggested that to gain political mileage he had quit the alliance,” Pareekh versary at Marina Beach, in Chennai.
batch of seven companies added.
Conversations
ecution wing for the organisation.
The proposal aims at redesigning the governance
architecture of NCB, its capacity of investigation and
intelligence and making it more professional and ef-
with Time
fective. The bureau comes under Ministry of Home
Affairs and is currently headed by 1984-batch IPS of-
ficer Rakesh Asthana.
The government has planned to create 3,689
posts in various grades up to level-15, thereby rais-
Shamsur Rahman Faruqi spent a ing the strength of NCB from existing 1,107 to 4,751.
lifetime in conversation with Urdu There is also plan to create four new regional offices,
thus raising the number of regional offices from ex-
poets and poetry, and reclaiming its isting three to seven.
Creation of 17 new zonal offices and upgrading
modernist spirit. all existing 12 sub-zonal offices into zonal offices
Shamsur Rahman Faruqi rejected, like the char- thereby raising the number of field offices to 42, in-
acter from his majestic novel, Kai Chand thé Sar-e cluding 13 existing regional offices, has also been
Aasman (2006),“the notion that the past is a foreign planned.
country and strangers who visit there cannot com- There are plans to set up a dedicated prosecution
prehend its language”. His lifetime’s work, as a poet, wing to provide for in-house expertise for legal ad-
critic, translator and theorist of Urdu literature, was vice and taking up all cases filed under Narcotic Drugs
spent in conversation with this rich terrain, especially and Psychotropic Substances Act, a Canine Wing to
the culture of poetry that flourished in 18th and 19th identify drugs and Drug Intelligence Unit.
century Delhi, and to recall and reincarnate a lost Setting up of a Cyber Technical Cell is also planned
age of eloquence for a contemporary Indian audi- to tackle the challenges arising out of modern tech-
ence. In his death on Friday, the world loses one of nological methods used by drug traffickers.
the last great writers of Urdu, a language birthed in A Turkish Airlines plane, carrying evacuated passengers from United Kingdom, arrives at Istanbul Airport, Turkey.
the mash-up and synthesis of subcontinental cul-
tures.
Faruqi took the Urdu literary establishment by
storm in the late 1960s with a literary journal,
Shabkhoon, that was as uncompromisingly high-
brow as it was irreverent. He sought to wean away
literary criticism from ideas of social purpose and
themes to a tough-minded modernist consideration
of form and structure, much like T S Eliot did in his
MP cabinet’s nod for Bill against ‘love jihad’
Bhopal, Minister, the “MP Religious be able to indulge in abet- there would be a fine of Rs It has been decided in that those voluntarily con-
expositions on Elizabethan poetry. Nearly a quarter The Shivraj Singh Freedom Bill- 2020” was ment or conspire to carry 50,000 and a jail sentence the bill that after religious verting to other religions
of a century’s work went into a four-volume exege- Chouhan cabinet on Satur- passed by a voice vote. forceful religious conver- of three to 10 years would conversion, the child born to would have to give informa-
sis on the life and works of Mir, freeing his works day approved the “Madhya Strict provisions have sions. be imposed for indulging in the couple would inherit the tion to the District Magis-
from limiting, moral analysis. But if he was a connois- Pradesh Religious Freedom been made in this law to As per this Anti-Conver- religious conversions se- property of the father and trate 60 days in advance.
seur of literary excellence, he was also a translator Bill-2020 to check the rising prevent forceful religious sion law, a provision has cretly. the wife and the child would Failure to provide the cor-
of pulp detective novels of Ibn-e-Safi, and a late con- cases of “love jihad” in the conversions. According to been made that in violation As per the Bill passed in have the right to claim rect information would lead
vert to the adventures of the medieval oral romance state. this law, it is considered un- of the prescribed provisions, the state cabinet, indulging maintenance. Along with to a jail sentence of three to
Dastan-e Amir Hamza, on which he ended up writ- The Bill will be intro- lawful for any person to lure, a person would be punished in collective religious con- this strict action would be five years and a fine of Rs
ing a multi-volume analysis. duced in the upcoming As- threaten and indulge in with rigorous imprisonment version of two or more taken against those associ- 50,000.
Faruqi came to fiction late — first through a col- sembly session, and once forceful religious conver- of one to five years and pay people it would amount to ated with running an This Anti-Conversion Bill
lection of stories on Urdu poets, and, then, through passed will become a law. sions. a fine of Rs 25,000. punishment with rigorous organisation aiding reli- passed in the state cabinet
his magnum opus, Kai Chand, which he translated Under this law, there is a State Home Minister At the same time, for the imprisonment of five to 10 gious conversions and would be tabled in the up-
into English in 2013 as The Mirror of Beauty. The provision of awarding a Narottam Mishra said no forceful religious conver- years and a fine of Rs 1 lakh. people associated with such coming session of the state
novel plucks the story of Wazir Khanum, an uncon- maximum of 10 years im- person shall directly or oth- sion of a woman, minor, On the other hand, the of- organisations, and there is a Legislative Assembly start-
ventional 19th century woman, from the footnotes prisonment and a penalty of erwise attempt to convert or Scheduled Castes (SC) and fence related to forceful re- provision of jail imprison- ing from December 28. The
of history to create a heroine of erotic power. It is, Rs 1 lakh for forceful conver- convert to another religion Scheduled Tribes (ST), a rig- ligious conversions would ment and fines against the MP Religious Freedom Act,
also, a celebration of a poetry that is inseparable sion of any person under the in the name of inducement, orous punishment ranging be cognizable and non-bail- accused person. 1968 would be repealed as
from the business of daily life, and a Delhi that is a pretext of marriage. threat, force, influence, un- from two years up to 10 able, the cases of such reli- Words such as love jihad soon as the MP Religious
baitul-mamur, a teeming house of beauty and According to official in- der the pretext of marriage years and a fine of Rs 50,000 gious conversions would be are not mentioned in the Freedom Act, 2020 comes
bawdy, love and betrayal. It is a plenitude that is also formation, in the cabinet or in any other fraudulent would be imposed on the heard in the Sessions Court anti-conversion bill. How- into effect.
the legacy of Faruqi. meeting chaired by Chief manner. No person would accused. Along with this, only. ever, it has been decided —IANS
New Delhi, played a guessing game and “There you’ll be” (Faith
Singers like Celine Dion, with her fans on Instagram Hill) have been featured in
Cher, Beyonce, Lady Gaga,
Demi Lovato and Justin
where she had posted a
photo of her with an artiste
Hollywood films.
Asked about the process
Bigg Boss: Pool of high drama Bidita Bag: ‘Good actors are getting
Mumbai,
Bieber have breathed life
into her words. Veteran
American songwriter Diane
whose face was covered
with a mask.
Asked if that was AJ
of writing songs for films,
she shared: “It’s all about
writing a great song.
The pool has traditionally been one area in the Bigg
Boss house where some of the most dramatic incidents
their due because of OTT platforms’
McLean of the popular band Whether it’s for a movie or have happened. Season 14 is no exception, with pool drama Mumbai, because of so many shows will think twice. There is a
Warren says she is working released within a short span
with some of the best Backstreet Boys,Warren said: writing a song on my own, taking centrestage was between Arshi Khan and Vikas Actress Bidita Bag re- risk factor on returns, and
“Yes, that’s AJ. I am not sup- it comes down to writing Gupta. Arshi was seen bullying Vikas in the show and he turns on screen in the OTT of time,” she told IANS. the number of screens we
artistes in the world, and She notes how OTT plat-
that she loves collaborating posed to talk about it till the the perfect song.” retaliated by pushing her into the pool. Arshi has previously series, The Missing Stone, newcomers get. OTT plat-
song comes out, but there “You want that song to shared she is phobic of water. However the next day after her third digital show this forms have emerged as a forms give us a chance, and
with new talent. boon for industry outsiders
In her nearly four-de- might be more than one be right for that movie like I the incident, she was seen leisurely swimming. year after many good actors are get-
cade career, she has penned (Backstreet Boys member wrote ‘Free’ that Charlie Puth She also made headlines in the 11th season, when she Bhaukaal and ting the due they deserve
songs for some of the great- singing the song).” sings (for the film ‘The One ditched her usual swimwear and chose to wear a red saree Abhay 2. because of these platforms,”
est singers. Asked how dif- She didn’t share details and Only Ivan’). That’s one of paired with a black blouse and plunged into the pool to Bidita is she said.
ferent it is to team with about the song, but said it my favourite songs I have give ‘desi’ sassy a whole new twist. happy with About her new show,
young artistes, Warren told won’t be part of her upcom- written in my life. It is prob- The pull of the pool has never diminished, over the sea- the visibility, The Missing Stone, Bidita
IANS: “I just think that I am ing album “Diane Warren: ably my favourite movie sons. In season 13, it was girl power galore in the water. though she added:“The story starts with
working with another The Cave Sessions Vol. 1”, song and I am really proud Shehnaaz Gill, Mahira Sharma, Arti Singh and Devoleena says her happy couples and then
singer. It’s no different. A which is scheduled for re- of it. I wrote it like a theme Bhattacharjee had temperatures soaring as they frolicked steady flow slowly gets into a space
great artiste is a great artiste lease in 2021. song for animals. I love ani- in the water. Right from the first season of“Bigg Boss”, which of perfor- where it explores layers of
whether they are 20 or 40 “It’s not on my album mals, and I am a big animal is now hosted by Bollywood superstar Salman Khan, the mances in relationships. Every indi-
years old. I love working yet. I’d do a song with them activist,” she added. pool area has been very popular among the contestants. the web do- vidual is like an onion, with
with new and upcoming (Backstreet Boys). I think In addition to the new On season one, smitten by each other, Anupama Varma main is many layers. Each of them
artistes — keeps it fun and they are great,” said the Disney movie, she also had looked sizzling in hot bikinis, striking chemistry with Aaryan something has a different equation
fresh.” iconic songwriter. a song in the 2020 film “The Vaid. Rahul Mahajan and Payal Rohatgi, who were a part of that has been with another human being.
Without revealing Her upcoming album in- Life Ahead”. the second season were mostly seen cosying up in the pool. happening Things go to a different level
cludes vocals of stars likes “I did a song (‘lo Si’) for Their picture, where Rahul hugged Payal from behind in by chance over the past like her. with elements that are said
names, she said some of “For actors like us, digi-
them are difficult to work John Legend, Celine Dion, Sophia Loren movie ‘The the pool went viral for weeks. One of the most unforget- months. and unsaid.”
Mary J. Blige, Jason Derulo Life Ahead’. It’s another fan- table pool outings have to be of Sunny Leone in the fifth “I have been working on tal entertainment is actually Directed by Vishal Furia
with, but most artistes are way safer a place to prove
“cool”. “I am working with and Darius Rucker. tastic movie. I got lucky. I got season. She made her debut in Indian showbiz with Bigg these projects over the last and Alok Naik, The Missing
Warren’s hits like “I don’t to write for some of the Boss. Although her pole dance in the show made headlines, one year, and it is a coinci- our talent, so that we get Stone also features Rashi
some of the best artistes in more work. We are outsiders
the world right now,” she want to miss a thing” great movies,” said Warren, Sunny, coming into the Bigg Boss house from the world of dence that one by one these Mal, Saqib Ayub, Vitthal Kale,
(Aerosmith), “Can’t fight the whose songs have made it adult films, grabbed them by the eyeballs whenever she have all released this year. and before investing money Pallavi Patil, and streams on
said with a smile. in us, naturally, producers
A while ago, she had moonlight” (LeAnn Rimes) to over 100 movies. took a dip in the pool. Yes, I have gained visibility MX Player.
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Popular Builders: Owners get bail in Corporates propose to bear Check ‘textile’ definition : HC to Centre
City-State
Ahmedabad, tice Vikram Nath and Justice The high court ordered
one case
Ahmedabad,
The Gujarat high court on Thursday granted bail
cost for vaccinating workforce
Surat/Ahmedabad, employee by bearing the 19 vaccination issued by the
In an important order,
the Gujarat high court has
directed the Centre to check
J B Pardiwala noticed that
the excise commissioner re-
fused to believe that the
the Union of India to re-look
into its definitions with ob-
servation,“Prima facie, it ap-
to owners of Popular Builder, Raman and Dashrath vaccination cost. The gov- Union health ministry re- its definition of ‘textile’ for material was textile even af- pears that the understand-
Patel, in connection with an offence registered against Even as the government ter the department chemi- ing of the word :’textiles’ in
is preparing for mass vacci- ernment is well capable of cently, the vaccine will be the purpose of levying ex-
them for not vacating a rented premise in Thaltej area. meeting every challenge, offered first to frontline cise duty after the revenue cal examiner’s opinion that common parlance has not
The brothers have been ordered to be released nation drive against agro shed net is knitted fab- been considered by the
coronavirus, some corpo- but we would like to partici- workers, including authority treated agro
on furnishing Rs 15,0-00 bail bond. However, they can- pate a bit in this gigantic healthcare professionals, shade net and geo-grid as ric and geo grid fabric are Board as well as by the
not come out of jail because they are facing various rate companies have of- woven fabric and polyster Ahmedabad Collector while
fered to bear the cost of in- task,” said Jaysukh Patel, people above 50 years, and plastic material.
other offences, which include charges of attempt to managing director, Ajanta those below 50 but with as- The issue reached the yearn is used for the weav- issuing the impugned Order
murder and criminal conspiracy as levelled against oculate their workforce in ing. and the Trade Notice re-
Gujarat. Oreva Group. sociated comorbidities. Fi- HC after the central excise
them by Raman Patel’s daughter-in-law, Fizu. Surat-headquartered nally, the remaining popula- commissioner in The court further said spectively. Instead of con-
After the allegations of domestic violence, the The companies willing that the raw materials used sidering the method of
to vaccinate employees on Pratibha Textile Group, too, tion will be immunized Ahmedabad issued notice
brothers were booked in several other offences re- wants to provide free vac- based on the disease epi- in June 2020 to one CTM for the products include weaving as a relevant factor,
lated to land grabbing and cheating. their own cost are Ajanta High Density Polyethelene the nature of the raw mate-
Oreva Group, Pratibha Tex- cine to its employees. “I have demiology and availability Technical Textiles Ltd to
sent a letter to the Prime of vaccine. shell out Rs 3.65 crore duty (HDPE) strips, which is a rial seems to have been
tile, Dharmanandan Dia- plastic material. But, plastic
Efforts on to trace two UK returnees mond Ltd, Shree Minister’s Office stating that Industry experts said and penalty of equal
is used in textile fabric --
taken into consideration
while issuing such Order
Rajkot, Ramkrishna Export and we are ready to provide that the workers and staff amount for manufacturing
coronavirus vaccine free-of- employed in the industries agro shade nets and geo polyester, telelene, nylon and Trade Notice.”
The district health department is keeping a close Laxmipati Textile Group. fabrics etc.The HC reminded The high court pulled up
As responsible corpo- cost to more than 2,000 should be vaccinated along grids since 2007. It said
watch on people who have returned from the UK in these goods could be the revenue authority that it the revenue authority for
the last one month in wake of the new coronavirus rate entities, these compa- workers in our factory at with the frontline workers,
Pandesara GIDC,” the so that there is a smooth termed as articles of plastics is not the material that is seeking to levy duty only on
strain. nies want to contribute to used that defines textile, but one company and that too
the mammoth Covid-19 Group’s chairman Pramod working of the units in the because both the products
Three people who returned have competed their are made of the HDPE strips it is the process of manufac- by not following proper pro-
mandatory 14-days incubation period, while health vaccination programme Chaudhary added. coming days.
Hitesh Patel, Managing Sanjay Saroagi, manag- of less than 5mm width. turing that defines what is cedure. It quashed the no-
teams are tracing addresses of two others. Of the and share within their ca- textile. The HC cited the tice and ordered the excise
pacity the burden of execut- Director of Dharmanandan ing director of Laxmipati They hare not made out of
three, one was from Dhoraji and two from Shapar- textile material. The central definition of textile as made commissioner to take a
Veraval. ing this challenging effort. Diamond Private Limited Textile Group said,“We have
told, a staff of 5,000 people in government relied on a cir- by the Supreme Court for fresh decision on the issues
Sources said that the department has got the list Morbi-based wall clock the purpose of taxation. after hearing the company.
electronic and electrical “We have seen diamond the company. We feel it is cular issued in 1992 by the
of people who arrived in Rajkot district from Novem- Central Board of Excise and
ber 23 till date. The officials have asked the govern- products maker Ajanta workers getting Covid-19 in our responsibility to vacci-
ment to provide specific addresses of two others who
have recently come to Rajkot.
Oreva Group has already
written to the Gujarat gov-
ernment expressing the
huge numbers. If there is a
vaccine, we will bear the en-
tire cost of vaccinations for
nate every workers and em-
ployee in our company on
our own expense.
Customers and a 1994 trade
notice issued by the
Ahmedabad district collec-
PPEs better now but skin
District health officer, Manish Bhanderi, said, “As
per the guidelines , we keep all those who returned
from the UK under observation and home isolation.
company’s intention to bear
the vaccination cost for its
our 1,500 employees includ-
ing the diamond workers. It
The survey of the resi-
dents in the city is going on,
tor.
The company argued
that both the items were
issues persist, say doctors
If anybody develops symptoms, we have to collect employees and has also is our request to the govern- but we would like to pur- Ahmedabad,
sought the state’s guidance ment that if we are buying chase the vaccine in bulk exempted from excise duty. Hundreds of citizens, who work in close office settings,
and send their samples for testing to NIC, Pune. Moreover, it is the only com-
on taking the company’s the vaccine in bulk quantity, quantity to administer to use the double masks -- one made of fabric and another
proposal forward. we are entitled for discount our employees. The gov- pany out of hundred others triple-layer or N-95 mask. What does it do to the skin?
2 virus mutations per mth, no need for “Ajanta Oreva Group has for vaccinating the employ- ernment must give us the producing these materials Dr Anshul Warman, a city-based dermatologist, said,
ees on the mass scale.” vaccine on subsidized rate, to have been asked to pay
alarm: Guleria workforce of around 3,000
employees and we have According to the opera- if we purchase it in bulk duty.
“Prolonged use of masks has resulted in bacterial infection
Pune, in several patients. Skin rashes, contact dermatitis around
proposed to vaccinate each tional guidelines for Covid- quantity.” The bench of Chief Jus- the areas of the strap, itching are also common complaints,”
Delhi AIIMS director and member of the national she said, adding that use of the right mask for the right set-
task force on Covid management, Dr Randeep Guleria, ting is important.
said here on Friday that the coronavirus had under-
gone several mutations, an average of two per month,
and that new strains should not warrant unnecessary
concern.
Man who abused NCW chief arrested
Ahmedabad, of Lakshmidham society in case against the stand up reads the statement.
Experts pointed out that N-95 mask is not required in
all the settings. Even when wearing such masks in non-
medical settings, regular break -- approximately every three
Gorwa area of Vadodara, comic Kenneth Sebastian -- An FIR regarding this to four hours -- is recommended.
“The mutations have not led to any change in The cyber crime police Dr Vineet Mishra, director of IKDRC, said that PPE kits
symptoms and treatment strategy. According to cur- on Thursday arrested a man was arrested on Thursday who abused one of his fol- was filed at the cyber crime
from his home after he con- lowers on twitter,” states a police station reads that the have been like a second skin for the doctors working with
rent data, the vaccines in the trial phase (which are from Vadodara for allegedly Covid-19 patients for the past nine months. “We still re-
up for emergency authorization) should also be ef- using abusive language fessed of writing obscene statement issued by cyber NCW chief on July 15 had
comments on Twitter. crime police. written a latter on then member that the earliest PPE kits were literally like a rain-
fective against the new (UK) strain,” he told. against the national com- coat. As they are made of non-woven polypropylene, they
He added that the next six-eight weeks were cru- mission for women (NCW) According to officers of “Sebastian, in one of his Gujarat DGP Shivanand Jha
the cyber crime, Jain, on July videos, abused one of Jain’s about the comments and are not breathable. A lot of colleagues reported skin is-
cial in India’s battle against the virus as cases and fa- chairman in July on a social sues, especially in areas where the sweat gets accumulated
talities have been declining. media platform. The ac- 15 had posted objection- follower which did not go cops were directed to file a
able comments against well with Akash who had complaint against the ac- including the masks, but now we have found ways to cir-
Guleria said the UK strain was red-flagged solely cused had vented his anger cumvent issues,” he said. Dr Warman said that those wear-
because the mutated virus was more infectious. “It, on the NCW chief for not NCW chairman Rekha made an appeal before the cused. The cyber cell took
Sharma. “In his comment on NCW to file a complaint around five months to file a ing face shields and protective gears have also reported
however, does not require extended hospitalization. taking cognizance against a hair loss in some cases due to constant pressure and fric-
Neither does it cause more deaths. There have been stand-up comic who had Twitter, tagging the NCW against Sebastian. But NCW complaint and nab the ac-
chairman, he used exple- did not act, Jain in anguish cused who is a commerce especially gloves -- which results in skin diseases,” she said,
many mutations during the last 10 months and it is abused his follower. adding that about a quarter of the parents with skin issues
quite common,” he said, while ruling out the impact The accused identified tives against her asking on posted abusive statements graduate from MS Univer-
why she did not register a against NCW chairman,” sity in Vadodara. could be identified as healthcare workers.
of the mutations on the vaccines. as, Akash Jain, 25, a resident
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BIHOLA to new name
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BIHOLA
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PRABHATSINH ADIOL to new
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Add.: B-37, Omkar Flat,
Isanpur, Ahmedabad
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CHANGE OF NAME
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DESAI
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Mutant strain: Over 800 tourists Kerala Guv working on directives of RSS: Baby
Thiruvananthapuram, cial session of the Assembly overstepped his brief.
from UK land in Raj in a week BabySenior CPM leader M.A. on December 23 for passing CPM leader and state
has alleged that Kerala a resolution against the law minister A.K. Balan had
Jaipur, Governor Arif Mohammed farm laws.The Governor had also come out against the
The new corona strain in the UK is keeping the Khan is “acting on the direc- shot down the proposal and Governor stating that he
Rajasthan government on edge as over 800 British tour- tives of RSS headquarters in stated that there was no ur- does not have any right to
ists have entered the 28 districts of the state in the last one Nagpur”. gency for convening a spe- scuttle the recommenda-
week. Tracking them will be a nightmare. The senior CPM leader cial session of the house as tion of a democratically
A bulk of these British (333) visitors have arrived in who was a former education already a special session elected government.
Jaipur which is followed by Jodhpur (73), Ajmer (70), Alwar minister of the state and a was scheduled for January Meanwhile CPI leader
(48), Udaipur (43), Kota (39), Jhunjhunu (24), Ganganagar former Rajya Sabha mem- 8. and state Agriculture minis-
(38), Rajsamand (35) and many more, said health officials. ber said that the RSS head- The state Cabinet had ter V.S. Sunil Kumar and
Rajasthan has been victim of tourists spreading the vi- quarters is giving directives two days ago decided to Balan met the Governor on
rus. The first Covid case in Rajasthan was an Italian tourist, to the Union government approach the Governor Christmas day and tried to
who had come on a tour to India when his country was in which are conveyed to the again with a recommenda- mellow down the situation.
the throes of the pandemic. This first case was reported Governor. He also said that tion for a special session on Both the
on March 2, when this 69-year-old Italian tourist who was the Governor knows the December 31, for passing ministers told media
part of a group of 23 tourists tested positive for Covid-19. ground situation of Kerala the resolution against the that the meeting was “posi-
“The screening and sampling work of these UK tour- and he is feigning ignorance farm laws. Things reached a tive”. Sources in the Kerala
ists have started. We are monitoring all those who have on this following directives major point of friction after Raj Bhavan also indicated
arrived from the UK. In three-four days, we shall be able to of the RSS. the CPI mouthpiece that the Governor was con-
reach out to every single tourist from the UK who entered Khan had disallowed a ‘Janayugam’ lashed out sidering the possibility of a
the Pink City,” said Jaipur’s Chief Medical Health Officer recommendation of the against the Governor in its special session on Decem-
Narottam Sharma. state government for a spe- editorial stating that he had ber 31
Tourists enjoying horse riding in the pleasant weather at the Ridge in Shimla.
Shah reaches Guwahati to kick start Delhi AQI improves
BJP’s Assembly poll campaign slightly as winds pick up Lakhs of Raj farmers set to march
Guwahati,
Union Home Minister
and senior BJP leader Amit
charge for the saffron party,
state party President Ranjit
Kumar Dass among other
Churachandpur Medical
College and meet the civil
society leaders.
New Delhi,
Air quality in the na- with RLP’s Beniwal to Delhi
gions - Ghaziabad, Greater
Noida and Noida recorded
‘very poor’ quality of air, Jaipur, which they believe will ruin hence PM Narendra Modi
Shah, who arrived in leaders received Shah at the He said that Shah during tional capital improved
slightly on Saturday and leaving aside Gurugram and Responding to a call their livelihood. should show a big heart and
Guwahati on Friday mid- airport. his three day visit to Assam An RLP worker told IANS: withdraw the three farm
Over 3,000 artists of vari- and Manipur would also stood in‘very poor’ category Faridabad which have given by NDA ally and
night, would formally slightly better AQI. Nagaur MP, Hanuman “We shall leave here at 11.30 laws.”
launch the ruling saffron ous communities greeted meet allies of BJP in Assam as surface-level winds
helped in dispersal of pollut- Ghaziabad and Greater Beniwal, thousands of farm- a.m. for Delhi. Farmers from Beniwal had earlier writ-
party’s campaign for next Shah after he came out from including Asom Gana different parts of the state ten to Union Minister Amit
the Gopinath Bordoloi Inter- Parishad (AGP), Gana Shakti ants. It is likely to deteriorate Noida have the most pol- ers are gathering at Kotputli
year’s Assam assembly luted amongst all at 352 and near Jaipur to march to are gathering here. we will Shah threatening he would
polls on Saturday. national (LGBI) airport and Rabha Jatiya Aikya on Sunday.
Delhi’s air quality index 335 micrograms per cubic Delhi on Saturday. be on Delhi borders to stand reconsider his alliance with
Braving the cold shortly after Friday mid- Manch. in solidarity with our breth- the BJP if the farm laws were
night. According to Sarma, Sarma said that the stood at 324 micrograms metre. Beniwal, who is the
weather thousands of SAFAR has issued a strin- convenor of Rashtriya ren who have been protest- not withdrawn.
people, Assam Chief Minis- after attending the series of Union Home Minister dur- per cubic metres at noon.
On Friday, it was 357 micro- gent warning, asking sensi- Loktanrtik Party that has ing for a month demanding There are theories being
ter Sarbananda Sonowal, government and party ing a meeting with Assam the rollback of controversial floated that Beniwal might
programmes in Assam, Shah Chief Minister would review grams per cubic metre and tive groups of people to formed an alliance with the
Finance and Health Minis- avoid all physical activity BJP at the Centre, had farm laws.” announce to break his alli-
ter Himanta Biswa Sarma, on Sunday would visit the law and order situation 425, 433, 418, micrograms
per cubic metre the previ- outdoors and move activi- claimed at one of his gath- A statement issued by ance with the BJP if the farm
BJP’s National Vice-Presi- Manipur and before leaving of the state. The Chief Sec- the RLP on Friday said that crisis does not get resolved.
Imphal he would lay the retary and Director General ous days. ties indoors. If asthmatic, erings that over 2 lakh farm-
dent Baijayant Jay Panda, keep relief medicine handy. ers shall march with him to people and farmers from On Friday, the Jaipur-
who is also the Assam in- foundation stone for the of Police. According to the Central
Pollution Control Board Meanwhile, the India Delhi. different districts of Delhi highway was fully
(CPCB), the pollution moni- Meteorological Department They will march up to Rajasthan would gather in blocked in the wake of farm-
toring station in North-West stated that the cold condi- the national capital and Kotputli and would travel ers protesting at
Delhi’s Jahangirpuri area tions have persisted in the stand by the protesting towards Shahjahanpur bor- Shahjahanpur which is lo-
logged severe air quality in- national capital as the mini- farmers in solidarity of their der under the leadership of cated on the Rajasthan-
dex reading at 404 micro- mum temperature re- demands to withdraw three MP Hanuman Beniwal. Haryana border.
grams per cubic metre, mained below 5 degrees contentious farm laws Beniwal then said, In the wake of rising
while 27 others across the Celsius for the fourth con- passed by the central gov- “Annadata (farmers) of our number of protesters, the
city showed the AQI in ‘very secutive day. ernment in September, country are on streets and Haryana police.
poor’ category.
“The air quality has im-
proved to middle-end of
very poor category as fore- Man injured in MIM leader’s firing in Telangana succumbs
casted. Good surface winds Hyderabad, when MIM Adilabad district cricket in Tatiguda area. to be the source of conflict
helped to disperse accumu- A man who was injured president Mohammed A video of the attack between the two parties,
lated pollutants,” said the in the firing by a leader of Farooq Ahmed opened fire went viral over social media. police said The families of
System of Air Quality and Majlis-e-Ittehadul from his licensed revolver Farooq was seen opening Farooq and Zameer are said
Weather Forecasting and Muslimeen (MIM) in and also attacked them with fire from his weapon while political rivals.
Research of Ministry of Earth Telangana’s Adilabad town a knife. Zameer and holding knife in another Farooq’s wife is the coun-
Sciences. on December 18, suc- Mohtesin had sustained bul- hand. cilor from Tatiguda. In the
The surface winds are cumbed on Saturday, police let injuries while Mannan re- Police had arrested the elections held last year she
likely to slow down for a said. Syed Zameer, 52, a ceived stab wounds. As accused and booked for at- had defeated a woman rela-
shorter period on Sunday former councilor from Zameer’s condition was criti- tempt to murder. With tive of Zameer, who had con-
and marginal deterioration Tatiguda in Adilabad, cal, he was shifted to Zameer’s death, he will be tested on Congress party’s
in air quality is forecast, the breathed his last at Nizam’s Hyderabad for treatment. booked for murder. Police ticket.
weather forecasting agency Institute of Medical Sciences Mohammed Farooq, also recommended to the Following the incident,
said, adding that it will again (NIMS) in Hyderabad. former deputy chairman of collector and district magis- MIM dissolved party’s
improve on December 28 He along with his brother Adilabad municipality, at- trate to cancel accused’s Adilabad unit and an-
Thanka Anki, the attire in gold to be adorned on the idol of Lord Ayyappa on and 29.
Mandala Pooja day, being received at Sabarimala temple. Syed Mannan and nephew tacked his rivals after a tussle gun license. nounced that a new presi-
Delhi’s neighbouring re- Syed Mohtesin were injured between two groups playing Previous grudge seems dent will be announced