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E ven as drug manufacturers are racing to develop a vac- cine to combat Covid-19, India has already used its manufac- turing capability to pre-order 600 million doses of the coro- navirus shots and is negotiat- ing for another billion doses. This will be enough to vaccinate at least half the pop- ulation, according to an analy- sis of purchasing agreements for Covid-19 vaccines by the US-based Duke Global Health Innovation Center. After the US, India is the only country in the world which has pre-ordered such a large number of doses under negotiation. The point about India was made by Andrea D Taylor, assistant director of pro- grammes at the Duke Global Health Innovation Center. “In terms of numbers of confirmed doses, the USA has pre-ordered the largest number (810 million confirmed, anoth- er 1.6 billion doses under nego- tiation), followed by India (600 million doses confirmed, with another 1 billion doses under negotiation), and the EU (400 million doses confirmed, another 1.565 billion doses under negotiation),” said Andrea D Taylor. She went on to add that in terms of per cent of population covered by confirmed pur- chases, Canada has pre-pur- chased enough vaccine to cover 527 per cent population, fol- lowed by the UK at 277 per cent population. “Of course, it is important to remember that most likely only some of the vaccine purchases will come through, depending on regu- latory approval,” Taylor said. The three potential vac- cines undertrials in India are Bharat Biotech and ICMR’s Covaxin, Zydus Cadila’s ZyCoV-D and Oxford- AstraZeneca in partnership with Serum Institute. Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech on Sunday said that it is planning to launch its vaccine for Covid-19 in the second quarter next year if it gets the requisite approvals from the Indian regulatory authorities. A high-level meeting chaired by Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla on Monday attributed the sudden surge in Covid-19 cases in Delhi to the festive season, greater move- ment of people along with lax- ity in adhering to safe Covid behaviour. The Home Secretary said efforts will be made for testing, contact tracing and treatment, especially in critical zones of the city. The meeting emphasised that Metro travel should be carefully regulated as per the strict Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) as Delhi is witnessing a third surge in cases.. “The recent surge in the number of active cases was attributed to the festival season, which has witnessed greater movement of people, accom- panied by laxity in adhering to the basic principles of safe Covid behaviour,” said MHA in a statement. The hospital bed situation was reported to be comfortable with 57 per cent of the 15,789 dedicated beds being vacant, it said. While the new Covid cases and total active cases are going up, the administration is focus- ing on testing, contact tracing and treatment. I n an election fought by the participants with the aggres- siveness of a real war, every seat and every phase matters, and yet the second round of the bat- tle of Bihar holds far greater significance than the other two phases. After all, the Tuesday’s sec- ond phase has the highest number of seats, 94, at stake. The round will also decide the fate of Grand Alliance chief ministerial candidate Tejashwi Yadav, who is contesting from Raghopur in Vaishali. The round is most crucial for the RJD, which had won 33 of the 42 seats it contested in 2010 polls in alliance with the JD(U) and Congress. The JD(U) had won 30 seats. On the other hand the BJP won 20 of the 63 seats it contested in 2010. The RJD has 56 candi- dates in the fray this phase, the BJP 46, the JD(U) 43, the RLSP 36 and the Congress 24. CPI, CPI(M-L) and CPI(M) are contesting 14 seats. Mukesh Sahini-led Vikasheel Insaan Party (VIP), an ally of the NDA, is contesting 5 seats out of total 11 seats allotted to them. While Tejashwi Yadav is in the fray from Raghopur in Vaishali, his mercurial brother Tej Pratap is contesting from Hasanpur in Samastipur dis- tricts. Tej Pratap won from Yadava-dominated Raghopur in 2015. Incidentally, his moth- er and former Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi had lost from there in 2010. Tejashwi should easily retain his seat, but Tej Pratap has a tough contest on his hand against two-time sitting MLA Rajkumar Rai of JD(U). I n a move which could help in addressing increasing pollu- tion in the national Capital, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Monday no manufacturing unit will be allowed in new industrial areas of the city and only service and hi-tech industries will be per- mitted there. Addressing an online Press conference, he said the Centre has okayed the Delhi Government’s proposal by changing the definition of industry in the Delhi Master Plan 2021 and issued a notifi- cation to implement it. Kejriwal said the existing manufacturing units, which cause pollution, will be given the option to shift to service or hi-tech industry. However, no action will be taken against the existing man- ufacturing units and they will be encouraged to make the shift, an official clarified. The Chief Minister expressed hope that there would be no manufacturing industry in Delhi as they cause pollution significantly. Asserting that Delhi’s econ- omy is mainly based on service industry, he said, hi-tech and service industry will be pro- vided more space at cheaper rates in industrial areas. “The service and hi-tech industry were, so far, covered under office category in the Master Plan and could open only in commercial areas. So, due to very high rates in com- mercial areas, these were not opening in Delhi and were going to Gurugram, Noida and Faridabad instead,” Kejriwal said. Now, such establishments need not to go to other cities as they will get more space at cheaper rates in industrial areas of Delhi, he said. In service and hi-tech industry category, charted accountants and lawyers can also open their offices, which currently fall under office cat- egory in Delhi’s Master Plan. That is why they were only allowed in commercial areas, the Chief Minister said. Offices of media, software industry and IT service indus- try, ITES, BPOs, vocational and educational institutions, Internet and e-mail service providers, television pro- gramme production, research and development, offices of architects and placement ser- vices and the likes can also be set up in new industrial areas, he added. Kejriwal thanked Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, saying this “historic step” will prove decisive in reducing pol- lution. “I thank Hardeep S Puri for approving our proposal to amend master plan to change definition of industrial activi- ty. Earlier, manufacturing was permitted which led to pollu- tion and filth. Now, only hi- tech and service industry will be permitted. Industrial areas will become neat, clean and green,” he tweeted. Kejriwal hoped that the face of industrial areas in Delhi will change and pollution-caus- ing manufacturing industries like steel and plastic will be gradually replaced by the ser- vice and hi-tech industries. T he Supreme Court on Monday stayed the Election Commission order which revoked the “star campaigner” status of former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath for model code violation during the campaign for bypolls in 28 Assembly con- stituencies in the state. The counsel appearing for the poll panel told a bench headed by Chief Justice SA Bobde that Nath’s plea has become infructuous as the campaigning has ended and the voting is to take place on Tuesday. “We are staying it,” said the bench, also comprising Justices AS Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian. The SC was hearing Nath’s plea challenging the October 30 order of the EC revoking his star campaigner status. While a political party pays for the expenditure of its star cam- paigner, the candidate con- cerned bears the expense of other campaigners. The SC issued notice to the EC seeking its response on Nath’s plea. T he Supreme Court on Monday refused to extend the security of former special judge SK Yadav who had pro- nounced the verdict in the Babri Masjid demolition case and acquitted all 32 accused, including BJP veterans LK Advani, MM Joshi and Uma Bharti. A bench, headed by Justice RF Nariman and also com- prising Justices Navin Sinha and Krishna Murari, was con- sidering the former judge’s request to continue his per- sonal security in view of the sensitivity of the case decided by him on his last day in office. “Having perused the letter, we don’t consider it appropri- ate to provide security,” the bench said. On September 30, the special court had acquitted all 32 accused in the case say- ing there was no conclusive evi- dence that they were part of any conspiracy to bring down the disputed structure in Ayodhya.The 16th century mosque was demolished on December 6, 1992 by “kar sevaks” who believed that it o c c u p i e d the site where Lord Ram was born. T he security forces in Jammu & Kashmir have scored a “hat-trick” by eliminating more than 200 terrorists for the third time in one calendar year in the last one decade. Earlier 220 terrorists were killed in anti-terrorists operations in 2017 and the highest number of 271 was gunned down in 2018 by the security forces in J&K. This year more than 200 ter- rorists, including over two dozen top commanders of Lashkar-e- Tayyeba, Jaish-e-Mohammad, Hizbul Mujahideen and other terror outfits, have been killed by the security forces till October. Director General of Jammu & Kashmir Police Dilbagh Singh late on Sunday told the media, “Since January 1, 2020 more than 200 terrorists have been gunned down which included 190 in Kashmir and over a dozen in Jammu region”.Over 30 top com- manders — who were either number one or number two — have been eliminated in the last 10 months, after which their leadership structure has been broken to a great extent. G unmen stormed Kabul University on Monday as it hosted a book fair attended by the Iranian ambassador to Afghanistan, sparking an hours- long gun battle and leaving at least 25 dead and wounded at the war-torn country’s largest school. The ministry’s spokesman, Tariq Arian, would not break down the casualty numbers for the attack at the campus in the Afghan capital, though local media reports were saying there may be as many as 20 killed. Arian also said there were three attackers involved in the assault, all of whom were killed in the ensuing firefight. As the sun slowly set over the Afghan cap- ital, there were few details though the Taliban issued a statement denying they took part in the assault. The attack came as the insurgents are con- tinuing peace talks with the US- backed government. Those negotiations, taking place in the Gulf Arab state of Qatar, aim to help the US. Finally withdraw from America’s longest war, though daily bloodshed contin- ues and an Islamic State affiliate launches its own attacks on Shiites in the country. Five hours into the fighting, sporadic grenade explosions and automatic weapons fire echoed down the empty streets sur- rounding the university’s fenced compound. Afghan troops stood guard. Earlier, students were fleeing for their lives from the site. “Unfortunately, there are casualties,” Arian said as the assault unfolded, without elabo- rating. Ahmad Samim, a uni- versity student, told journalists he saw militants armed with pistols and Kalashnikov assault rifles fir- ing at the school, the country’s oldest with some 17,000 stu- dents. He said the attack hap- pened at the university’s eastern side where its law and journal- ism faculty teach. Afghan media reported a book exhibition was being held at the university and attended by a number of digni- taries at the time of the shooting. While Afghan officials declined to discuss the bookfair, Iran’s semiofficial ISNA news agency reported Sunday that Iranian Ambassador Bahador Aminian and cultural attaché Mojtaba Noroozi were scheduled to inau- gurate the fair, which would host some 40 Iranian publishers. New Delhi: At least 19 Indian passengers from New Delhi to Wuhan Air India flight test- ed Covid-19 positive on arrival in Wuhan on October 30. Among the 277 passengers who came on the flight, at least 39 were suspected to be “potentially asymptomatic” Covid-19 patients as tests found antibodies in them. P olling will be held on November 3 from 7 am to 6 pm for the by-elec- tions to be held in 28 assembly con- stituencies of 19 districts of the state. Chief Electoral Officer Madhya Pradesh has appealed to voters to vote in max- imum number to strengthen democra- cy. Joint Chief Electoral Officer Mohit Bundas informed that all necessary arrangements have been completed at polling stations for safety from Covid- 19. To ensure that no voter is left out from polling, voters have been made aware through Systematic Voter’s Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP) activities. Voting is very important to strengthen democracy. Voting is not only your right but is also your duty. All voters including men, women, dis- abled, youth, senior citizens, transgen- ders, labourers, farmers and traders have been inspired to take part in polling. E ven as farm fires con- tinued to rage in neigh- bouring States, the nation- al Capital witnessed a dip in pollution levels on Monday with high wind speed aid- ing dispersion of pollu- tants. The city recorded a 24-hour average air quality index (AQI) of 293, which falls in the “poor” category. It was 364 on Sunday, with stubble burning con- tributing 40 per cent to Delhi’s pollution and negat- ing the effect of better ven- tilation. An AQI between 0 and 50 is considered “good”, 51 and 100 “satisfactory”, 101 and 200 “moderate”, 201 and 300 “poor”, 301 and 400 “very poor”, and 401 and 500 “severe”. The Air Quality Early Warning System for Delhi said a “significantly” large number of fires were observed over Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh on Sunday which is likely to impact the air quality in Delhi-NCR and northwest India. Higher wind speed and better ventilation index will be favourable for dispersion of pollutants on Tuesday, it said. According to the Ministry of Earth Sciences’ air quality monitor, SAFAR, the share of stubble burning in Delhi’s pollution was 16 per cent on Monday. It had soared to 40 per cent on Sunday, the maximum so far this season. RNI Regn. No. MPENG/2004/13703, Regd. No. L-2/BPLON/41/2006-2008

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    Even as drug manufacturersare racing to develop a vac-cine to combat Covid-19, Indiahas already used its manufac-turing capability to pre-order600 million doses of the coro-navirus shots and is negotiat-ing for another billion doses.

    This will be enough tovaccinate at least half the pop-ulation, according to an analy-sis of purchasing agreementsfor Covid-19 vaccines by theUS-based Duke Global HealthInnovation Center.

    After the US, India is theonly country in the worldwhich has pre-ordered such alarge number of doses undernegotiation.

    The point about India wasmade by Andrea D Taylor,assistant director of pro-grammes at the Duke GlobalHealth Innovation Center.

    “In terms of numbers ofconfirmed doses, the USA haspre-ordered the largest number(810 million confirmed, anoth-er 1.6 billion doses under nego-tiation), followed by India (600million doses confirmed, withanother 1 billion doses undernegotiation), and the EU (400million doses confirmed,another 1.565 billion dosesunder negotiation),” saidAndrea D Taylor.

    She went on to add that interms of per cent of populationcovered by confirmed pur-chases, Canada has pre-pur-chased enough vaccine to cover

    527 per cent population, fol-lowed by the UK at 277 percent population. “Of course, itis important to remember thatmost likely only some of thevaccine purchases will comethrough, depending on regu-latory approval,” Taylor said.

    The three potential vac-cines undertrials in India areBharat Biotech and ICMR’sCovaxin, Zydus Cadila’sZyCoV-D and Oxford-AstraZeneca in partnershipwith Serum Institute.Hyderabad-based BharatBiotech on Sunday said that itis planning to launch its vaccinefor Covid-19 in the secondquarter next year if it gets therequisite approvals from theIndian regulatory authorities.

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    Ahigh-level meeting chairedby Union Home SecretaryAjay Kumar Bhalla on Mondayattributed the sudden surge inCovid-19 cases in Delhi to thefestive season, greater move-ment of people along with lax-ity in adhering to safe Covidbehaviour.

    The Home Secretary saidefforts will be made for testing,contact tracing and treatment,especially in critical zones ofthe city.

    The meeting emphasisedthat Metro travel should becarefully regulated as per thestrict Standard OperatingProcedures (SOPs) as Delhi is

    witnessing a third surge incases..

    “The recent surge in thenumber of active cases wasattributed to the festival season,which has witnessed greatermovement of people, accom-panied by laxity in adhering tothe basic principles of safeCovid behaviour,” said MHA ina statement.

    The hospital bed situationwas reported to be comfortablewith 57 per cent of the 15,789dedicated beds being vacant, itsaid.

    While the new Covid casesand total active cases are goingup, the administration is focus-ing on testing, contact tracingand treatment.

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    In an election fought by theparticipants with the aggres-siveness of a real war, every seatand every phase matters, andyet the second round of the bat-tle of Bihar holds far greatersignificance than the other twophases.

    After all, the Tuesday’s sec-ond phase has the highestnumber of seats, 94, at stake.The round will also decide thefate of Grand Alliance chiefministerial candidate TejashwiYadav, who is contesting fromRaghopur in Vaishali.

    The round is most crucialfor the RJD, which had won 33of the 42 seats it contested in2010 polls in alliance with theJD(U) and Congress. TheJD(U) had won 30 seats. Onthe other hand the BJP won 20of the 63 seats it contested in2010.

    The RJD has 56 candi-dates in the fray this phase, theBJP 46, the JD(U) 43, the RLSP36 and the Congress 24. CPI,CPI(M-L) and CPI(M) arecontesting 14 seats. MukeshSahini-led Vikasheel Insaan

    Party (VIP), an ally of theNDA, is contesting 5 seats outof total 11 seats allotted tothem.

    While Tejashwi Yadav is inthe fray from Raghopur inVaishali, his mercurial brotherTej Pratap is contesting fromHasanpur in Samastipur dis-tricts.

    Tej Pratap won fromYadava-dominated Raghopurin 2015. Incidentally, his moth-er and former Bihar ChiefMinister Rabri Devi had lostfrom there in 2010. Tejashwishould easily retain his seat, butTej Pratap has a tough conteston his hand against two-timesitting MLA Rajkumar Rai ofJD(U).

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    In a move which could help inaddressing increasing pollu-tion in the national Capital,Delhi Chief Minister ArvindKejriwal said on Monday nomanufacturing unit will beallowed in new industrial areasof the city and only service andhi-tech industries will be per-mitted there.

    Addressing an online Pressconference, he said the Centrehas okayed the DelhiGovernment’s proposal bychanging the definition ofindustry in the Delhi MasterPlan 2021 and issued a notifi-cation to implement it.

    Kejriwal said the existingmanufacturing units, whichcause pollution, will be giventhe option to shift to service orhi-tech industry.

    However, no action will betaken against the existing man-ufacturing units and they willbe encouraged to make theshift, an official clarified.

    The Chief Ministerexpressed hope that therewould be no manufacturing

    industry in Delhi as they causepollution significantly.

    Asserting that Delhi’s econ-omy is mainly based on serviceindustry, he said, hi-tech andservice industry will be pro-vided more space at cheaperrates in industrial areas.

    “The service and hi-techindustry were, so far, coveredunder office category in theMaster Plan and could openonly in commercial areas. So,due to very high rates in com-mercial areas, these were notopening in Delhi and weregoing to Gurugram, Noida andFaridabad instead,” Kejriwalsaid.

    Now, such establishmentsneed not to go to other cities asthey will get more space atcheaper rates in industrial areasof Delhi, he said.

    In service and hi-techindustry category, chartedaccountants and lawyers canalso open their offices, which

    currently fall under office cat-egory in Delhi’s Master Plan.That is why they were onlyallowed in commercial areas,the Chief Minister said.

    Offices of media, softwareindustry and IT service indus-try, ITES, BPOs, vocationaland educational institutions,Internet and e-mail serviceproviders, television pro-gramme production, researchand development, offices ofarchitects and placement ser-vices and the likes can also beset up in new industrial areas,he added.

    Kejriwal thanked UnionHousing and Urban AffairsMinister Hardeep Singh Puri,saying this “historic step” willprove decisive in reducing pol-lution.

    “I thank Hardeep S Puri forapproving our proposal toamend master plan to changedefinition of industrial activi-ty. Earlier, manufacturing waspermitted which led to pollu-tion and filth. Now, only hi-tech and service industry willbe permitted. Industrial areaswill become neat, clean andgreen,” he tweeted.

    Kejriwal hoped that theface of industrial areas in Delhiwill change and pollution-caus-ing manufacturing industrieslike steel and plastic will begradually replaced by the ser-vice and hi-tech industries.

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    The Supreme Court onMonday stayed the ElectionCommission order whichrevoked the “star campaigner”status of former MadhyaPradesh Chief Minister KamalNath for model code violationduring the campaign forbypolls in 28 Assembly con-stituencies in the state.

    The counsel appearing forthe poll panel told a benchheaded by Chief Justice SABobde that Nath’s plea hasbecome infructuous as thecampaigning has ended and thevoting is to take place onTuesday.

    “We are staying it,” said thebench, also comprising JusticesAS Bopanna and VRamasubramanian.

    The SC was hearing Nath’splea challenging the October 30order of the EC revoking hisstar campaigner status. Whilea political party pays for theexpenditure of its star cam-paigner, the candidate con-cerned bears the expense ofother campaigners.

    The SC issued notice to theEC seeking its response onNath’s plea.

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    The Supreme Court onMonday refused to extendthe security of former specialjudge SK Yadav who had pro-nounced the verdict in theBabri Masjid demolition caseand acquitted all 32 accused,including BJP veterans LKAdvani, MM Joshi and UmaBharti.

    A bench, headed by JusticeRF Nariman and also com-prising Justices Navin Sinhaand Krishna Murari, was con-sidering the former judge’srequest to continue his per-sonal security in view of thesensitivity of the case decidedby him on his last day in office.

    “Having perused the letter,we don’t consider it appropri-ate to provide security,” thebench said. On September 30,the special court had acquittedall 32 accused in the case say-ing there was no conclusive evi-dence that they were part of anyconspiracy to bring down thedisputed structure in Ayodhya.The 16th centurymosque was demolished onDecember 6, 1992 by “karsevaks” who believed that ito c c u p i e dthe site where Lord Ram wasborn.

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    The security forces in Jammu& Kashmir have scored a“hat-trick” by eliminating morethan 200 terrorists for the thirdtime in one calendar year in thelast one decade.

    Earlier 220 terrorists werekilled in anti-terrorists operationsin 2017 and the highest numberof 271 was gunned down in 2018by the security forces in J&K.

    This year more than 200 ter-rorists, including over two dozentop commanders of Lashkar-e-Tayyeba, Jaish-e-Mohammad,Hizbul Mujahideen and otherterror outfits, have been killed bythe security forces till October.

    Director General of Jammu& Kashmir Police Dilbagh Singhlate on Sunday told the media,“Since January 1, 2020 more than200 terrorists have been gunneddown which included 190 inKashmir and over a dozen inJammu region”.Over 30 top com-manders — who were eithernumber one or number two —have been eliminated in the last10 months, after which theirleadership structure has beenbroken to a great extent.

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    Gunmen stormed KabulUniversity on Monday as ithosted a book fair attended bythe Iranian ambassador toAfghanistan, sparking an hours-long gun battle and leaving atleast 25 dead and wounded atthe war-torn country’s largestschool.

    The ministry’s spokesman,Tariq Arian, would not breakdown the casualty numbers forthe attack at the campus in theAfghan capital, though localmedia reports were saying theremay be as many as 20 killed.Arian also said there were threeattackers involved in the assault,all of whom were killed in theensuing firefight. As the sunslowly set over the Afghan cap-ital, there were few detailsthough the Taliban issued astatement denying they tookpart in the assault. The attackcame as the insurgents are con-tinuing peace talks with the US-backed government. Thosenegotiations, taking place inthe Gulf Arab state of Qatar, aimto help the US. Finally withdrawfrom America’s longest war,though daily bloodshed contin-ues and an Islamic State affiliate

    launches its own attacks onShiites in the country.

    Five hours into the fighting,sporadic grenade explosions andautomatic weapons fire echoeddown the empty streets sur-rounding the university’s fencedcompound. Afghan troops stoodguard. Earlier, students werefleeing for their lives from thesite. “Unfortunately, there arecasualties,” Arian said as theassault unfolded, without elabo-rating. Ahmad Samim, a uni-versity student, told journalists hesaw militants armed with pistolsand Kalashnikov assault rifles fir-ing at the school, the country’soldest with some 17,000 stu-dents. He said the attack hap-pened at the university’s easternside where its law and journal-ism faculty teach. Afghan mediareported a book exhibition wasbeing held at the university andattended by a number of digni-taries at the time of the shooting.While Afghan officials declinedto discuss the bookfair, Iran’ssemiofficial ISNA news agencyreported Sunday that IranianAmbassador Bahador Aminianand cultural attaché MojtabaNoroozi were scheduled to inau-gurate the fair, which would hostsome 40 Iranian publishers.

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    Polling for Assembly Elections 2020will be held from 7 am to 6 pm onNovember 3 in 28 Assembly con-stituencies of 19 districts of the state.Polling parties that were sent along withvoting material have reached the pollingstations.

    Additional Chief Electoral OfficerArun Kumar Tomar informed thatpolling in the by election will be held attotal 9 thousand 361 polling stations onNovember 3. The counting of votes willbe done on November 10th at therespective constituencies / district head-quarters. A total of 355 candidates arecontesting the by-election. For polling,13 thousand 115 ballot units, 13 thou-sand 115 control units and 14 thousand50 VVPATs have been made available inthe districts. Voting slips have been pro-vided to voters by the Commission.

    Joint Chief Electoral Officer MohitBundas informed that all necessaryarrangements have been completed atpolling stations for safety from Covid-19.To ensure that no voter is left out frompolling, voters have been made aware

    through Systematic Voter’s Education andElectoral Participation (SVEEP) activities.

    A mock poll will be held in the pres-ence of polling agents of the candidates90 minutes before polling on the day ofpolling. All the candidates have beenappealed to send their agents in the mockpoll. Similar Polling teams have beenarranged accordingly for 9 thousand 361polling stations in the by-election. Also30 percent polling teams have been keptas reserves.

    Tight security arrangements havebeen ensured. Officers have beenempowered as special executive magis-trates. Police, magistrates, mobile teamshave been deployed. All arrangementsfor prevention from Covid-19 havebeen ensured. After voting, the EVMswill be brought to the strong room. EVMmachines will be videographed andsealed in the presence of a centralobserver.

    The security arrangements of thestrong room will be handed over toCRPF. CCTV, videography arrange-ment will be made near the strong room.No outsider will be able to enter thearea.

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    Bhopal police have registered a caseagainst three persons for threat-ening Madhya Pradesh AssemblyProtem speaker Rameshwar Sharmawho had opposed the protest organ-ised in the city against FrenchPresident Emmanuel Macron recent-ly.

    On the complaint received fromMP assembly security in charge JKSharma, three persons—Javed Akhtar,A Khan and Md Suleman, have beenbooked by the Crime Branch for post-ing objectionable posts on the protemspeaker on social media. Addl SPGopal Dhakad told those commentingon the post too have also been bookedunder section 506 and 507 of IPC, asthe main accused.

    Assembly security head had sub-mitted a complaint to Director Generalof Police Vivek Jauhri on Sunday.

    The Protem speaker was amongMP leaders who had taken to socialmedia to oppose the protest held inBhopal against French President on lastThursday in which thousands ofMuslims had gathered in Iqbal Maidan

    and slammed the French presidentEmmanuel Macron’s alleged views onProphet Mohammad.

    Soon after the MP assembly pro-tem speaker Rameshwar Sharmaslammed the protesters, several onsocial media threatened him and cau-tioning him that he could meet thesame fate as VHP leader KamleshTiwari.

    The assembly security in chargehad sought additional security forSharma and action against the accused.

    “Whoever backs radicalism wouldbe opposed openly. If you wish toprotest against France, then visitFrance and protest there, don’t vitiateatmosphere in Bhopal,” Sharma toldthe media in Raisen. He also slammedUrdu poet Munawwar Rana for hisremarks on the France incident.

    Sharma affirmed that legal actionwill be taken in connection to Bhopalprotest and added that if any officersif found shielding such elements, hewill also be punished.

    If anyone holds protest related toFrance in Bhopal, he will be thrown injail, he added.

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    A28-year-old youth diedwhile another youthescaped with injuries after theirbike rammed into a tractortrolley at Depot square underKamla Nagar police stationarea on Monday.

    According to the police,two injured youths were rushedto a hospital where one ofthem was declared dead whileanother escaped with severeinjuries.

    The deceased, identifiedas Vicky Vishwakarma whileinjured was identified as MohitSen. In the initial investigation,it was found that Vicky was rid-ing bike while Mohit as sittingpillion rider.

    The body was sent for thepost mortem after the prelim-inary investigation. The policeregistered a case under section304 A of the IPC and havestarted further investigation.

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    found that bike was behind thetractor near Depot square andit applied brakes at a speedbreaker and bike which wasmoving hit the tractor trolley inwhich two got injured.

    The tractor driver escapedfrom the spot leaving the trac-tor. Search for the tractor dri-ver has been started in theinvestigation.

    Meanwhile, a 21-year-oldyouth died under suspiciouscircumstances at Sonagiriunder Piplani police stationarea on Sunday.

    Police said that thedeceased, Sunil Kumar Sainiwas found unconscious anddeclared dead when taken tohospital. The reason of thedeath remained unknown.

    The body was sent for thepost mortem after the prelim-inary investigation.

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    A35-year old woman wasallegedly sexually exploitedfor the past five years on thepromise of marriage at LaxmiNagar under Ayodhya Nagarpolice station area; a case wasregistered on Sunday.

    According to the police, thevictim was sexually assaulted andexploited by the accused LavBajaj of Idgah Hills and assuredher of marriage and continued tosexually exploit her for the pastfive years.

    Based on the complaintpolice have registered a caseunder section 376 of the IPC.

    The victim came into con-tact with the accused when sheused to work for a private insur-ance company and later devel-oped friendship. The accused

    proposed of marriage and whenthe victim accepted the propos-al of marriage sexually assault-ed her and on the promise ofmarrying her accused continuedto sexually exploit her.

    Victim claimed that theaccused developed relationshipwith the victim but after whenshe asked for marriage accusedescaped with excuses and frus-trated over the excuses the vic-tim lodged a complaint with theAyodhya Nagar police.

    Police said that the accusedused to run a juice centre inIdgah Hills area and other detailsof the accused would besearched. The accused remainedabsconding after the case wasregistered and remainedabsconding when police raidedfew places in search of theaccused.

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    Piplani police have recovered10 kg Cannabis worth Rs50,000 from a car nearIndrapuri on Sunday night.The police arrested two drugpeddlers; drugs were hidden insecret chamber inside car.

    Police said that acting on atip-off regarding a man carry-ing drugs was nabbed nearIndrapuri and when he wassearched 10 kg of Cannabis wasrecovered from their posses-sion. Five packets of 2 kg eachwere recovered.

    The two accused wereidentified as Vikas Kaithwasand Zuber Khan who failed toprovide details of the drugsrecovered from their posses-sion.

    Police said that the detailsof procurement and delivery ofthe drugs would be searched in

    the further investigation. Afterthe initial investigation policehave registered a case undersections 8 and 20 of the NDPSAct.

    The drug peddlers wouldused to bring drugs fromAndhra Pradesh and would sellin the state capital and nearbyarea.

    Accused were carryingdrugs in the car bearing regis-tration number MP20FA 6052.The car recovered was worthRs 2 lakh.

    During the initial investi-gation it was found that theVikas was booked for 19 vehi-cle theft cases while Zuberwas released 10 days ago fromVidisha jail in case of drug ped-dling. In the initial investiga-tion drugs were not found andwhen checked minutely drugwas found in hidden chamber.

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    Under the latest and popu-lar online series of IndiraGandhi Rashtriya ManavSangrahalaya entitled 'Exhibitof the Week’, the Thoni, awooden grain bin a large bar-rel-shaped grain bin collectedfrom1999, The rural commu-nity of Kollam, Kerala ItsMeasurement - Length-258cm, Width–94 cm, Sphericity-302 cm displayed in the audi-ence as The First Exhibit of themonth of November, 2020through official website,Facebook, Instagram and twit-ter page of the IGRMS.

    In this regard PraveenKumar Mishra, Director,IGRMS said that Indira GandhiRashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya(National Museum ofMankind), said that initiallythis series will focus on the

    masterpieces from its collectionwhich are considered as uniquefor their contribution to thecultural history of a particularethnic group or area. This is alarge barrel-shaped grain bincarved out of a single log ofwood of a local species knownas Anjali. It has an opening on

    the top surface with a rigidwooden flap. Earlier, thesekind of wooden bins were usedto store food grains by the ruralpeople of Kerala.

    Regarding this objectSudeepa Roy said that espe-cially used by the economical-ly sound families to safely storetheir grains for a long time andprotect the grains from insects,rodents, birds, and thieves.The bin is generally kept in thestoreroom to secure the storageof food and edibles.

    With the imposition ofstrict forest policies, cutting offthe tree is prevented and con-sidered an unlawful activity.Now a days this kind of a colos-sal object has become rare tothe community and is nolonger prepared or used. Nowit is replaced by relatively small-er bins made of wood andother materials.

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    Miscreants targeted anautomobile spare partsshop at Imami Gate underKotwali police station area andescaped with Rs 60000 cash onSunday; shutter of the shopwas broken to enter the shop.

    According to the police, acomplaint was lodged byMahendra Kumar regardingburglary of cash from hisshop.In the complaint victimclaimed that the locks werebroken and on entering theshop cash was found burgled.

    The police have regis-tered a case under section 457and 380 of the IPC and havestarted further investigation.

    Police said that apart fromthe cash, other things were notdisturbed which raises suspi-cion that the workers might beinvolved in the burglary.

    The CCTV camerasinstalled in the area and near-by areas would be investigat-ed in the investigation, saidpolice.

    Meanwhile, electricalgoods worth Rs 30000 werestolen from river bank atAgaria village under Eithkhedipolice station area on Sunday.

    Shyamlal Gaur lodgedcomplaint with the policeafter he found water pumpand cables stolen from theriver bank.Police have regis-tered a case under section 379of the IPC and started inves-tigation.

    The victim alleged thatBhagwan Singh and his aideshave stolen water pump andcables from the river.

    Based on the details policehave started search for theaccused who remainedabsconding.

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    Sensation prevailed in CentralJail Bhairavgarh after a pris-oner committed suicide byjumping from the terrace of thejail; on Monday morning, theprisoner committed suicide byjumping from the jail.

    After this accident, JailSuperintendent Alka Sonkarsuspended two guards includ-ing two chief guards immedi-ately after the incident. On theother side the DistrictAdministration and the District

    and Sessions Judge have rec-ommended a magisterialinquiry.

    The incident took place onMonday morning when all thedetainees in the central jailwere taken out of the lockup asusual, when the prisoner whocame out of the lockup Siraj-ud-din climbed to the terrace of thecontrol room inside and jumpedleading to his death. The pris-oner hailed from Helawadi,who was jailed on charges of thecity's Kashyap murder case.

    As soon as his death wasreported, his family reachedjail and protested on his death.

    The relatives said how the pris-oner could commit suicide by

    climbing on the terrace amidsuch tight security arrange-ments inside the jail's walls,although the jail superintendentAlka Sonkar assured them thatthe prisoner had just jumpedfrom the roof and left.

    She has suspended twoguards including two mainguards who have been negligentin this case with immediateeffect and sent information tothe Collector, SP and Districtand Sessions Judge for a mag-isterial inquiry into the incident.

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    To strengthen fight against pollution,Environment Minister Gopal Rai onMonday launched Red Light On, Gaadi Off cam-paign in all the 272 wards in Delhi.

    Conveying to the masses about collectiveefforts to deal pollution problem, Rai appealedto the Central Government to analyse bio-decomposer as alternative to the issue of stub-ble burning in the neighbouring States of Delhi.

    He said that through initiatives such as 'RedLight On, Gaadi Off ', the Delhi Government iscombating internal sources of pollution in theCapital. "To curb rising pollution levels in Chief

    Minister of Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal on October5, launched the “Yuddh, Pradhushan keViruddh” campaign.

    “Under this umbrella campaign, initiativesto combat pollution caused by dust, stubbleburning or vehicles were launched. Anti-dustdrive was also launched under this campaign.'Red light On, Gaadi Off ' campaign is beingimplemented within Delhi till November 15. Weare taking it to 272 wards as the pollution lev-els are increasingly rising."

    "But, we have always maintained that we willdo everything in our capacity to make sure pol-lution is contained, but we cannot do anythingto stop the toxic haze from stubble burning to

    pollute the city. Union Minister PrakashJavadekar says stubble burning contributes 4 -6 per cent whereas the statistics clearly state 40percent contribution," said Rai.

    Rai said Delhiites are working hard day andnight to curb pollution levels. Stubble burningis the biggest contributor of pollution in Delhiespecially ahead of Diwali season. "How shouldDelhi deal with that? I request the CentralGovernment to take some action rather than justmaking a commission, because pollution com-bined with the current pandemic can cause cat-astrophic consequences for the people of Delhi,"he added.

    He further said, “Pollution is not defined bystate boundaries, it is defined by air sets. It hasan air set of around 300 kms, which means pol-lution will affect the radius of 300 kms. Peopleare being ignorant of this fact. In order to com-bat pollution, there is a requirement for actionto be implemented on the ground. Collectiveeffort is required to deal with this issue.

    But, we in Delhi, have decided to createawareness against pollution and its damagingeffects, amongst Delhiites with their participa-

    tion. We are launching the Red Light campaignin all 272 wards to reduce the local sources ofpollution in Delhi."

    On the issue of ban of crackers by Rajasthan,Rai said, “Pollution is defined by the air set.Individual effort is not enough to fight pollu-tion.

    There is a need to implement collectiveaction. All ministers need to take cognizance ofthis fact. In Delhi, it was repeatedly being saidthat the rising pollution level is due to stubbleburning in neighbouring states, and the responsewe received from the central government andstates was that there is no alternative to stubbleburning."

    "In Delhi, we have used the bio decompos-er developed by Pusa Research Institute.

    The report of the same has been extreme-ly positive. On November 4, CM ArvindKejriwal shall be inspecting the ground realityat Hiranki. We want to tell the states and the cen-tral government that there is no cheaper alter-native than this for stubble burning. We requestthem to physically witness the bio decompos-er at work," he added.

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    The Delhi Government onMonday appealed to theCentral Government to analysebio-decomposer as an alterna-tive to tackle the issue of stub-ble burning in the neighbour-ing States of Delhi, saying thatthe share of farm fires in Delhi'spollution has soared to 40 percent.

    Launching the 'Red LightOn, Gaadi Off ' campaign in allthe 272 wards in Delhi,Environment Minister GopalRai said collective action onground is required to counterthe effects of pollution in Delhi.

    “Stubble burning in neigh-bouring States is behind the 40

    per cent pollution in thenational Capital.

    The Delhi Government iscombating internal sources ofpollution in the capital throughthe initiatives such as 'RedLight On, Gaadi Off,” hesaid.

    According to the Ministryof Earth Sciences' air qualitymonitor, SAFAR, the share ofstubble burning in Delhi's pol-lution rose to 40 per cent onSunday, the maximum so farthis season. It was 32 per centon Saturday, 19 per cent onFriday and 36 per cent onThursday, the second highestthis season so far.

    “Pollution is not defined bystate boundaries but by air

    sets. It has an air set of around300 kms, which means pollu-tion will affect the radius of 300kms. People are being ignorantof this fact. In order to combatpollution, there is a require-ment for action to be imple-mented on the ground.Collective effort is required todeal with this issue," hesaid.

    On the issue of ban ofcrackers by Rajasthan, Rai said,“Pollution is defined by the airset. Individual effort is notenough to fight pollution.There is a need to implementcollective action. All ministersneed to take cognizance ofthis fact. In Delhi, it was repeat-edly being said that the rising

    pollution level is due to stub-ble burning in neighbouringstates, and the response wereceived from the central gov-ernment and states was thatthere is no alternative to stub-ble burning.

    "In Delhi, we have used thebio decomposer developed byPusa Research Institute. Thereport of the same has beenextremely positive. OnNovember 4, chief ministerArvind Kejriwal will beinspecting the ground reality atHiranki.

    We want to tell the statesand the central governmentthat there is no cheaper alter-native than this for stubbleburning. We request them to

    physically witness the biodecomposer at work," headded.

    Addressing the media atChandgi ram akhara, he fur-ther said, "To curb rising pollution levels, an ini-tiative the “Yuddh, Pradhushanke Viruddh” campaign waslaunched on October 5.”

    Under this umbrella cam-paign, initiatives to combatpollution caused by dust, stub-ble burning or vehicles werelaunched, he said, adding thatanti-dust drive was alsolaunched under this campaign.

    The campaign is beingimplemented within Delhi tillNovember 15.

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    As many as 1,201 of the3,722 candidates (over 32per cent) in the Bihar Assemblyelections have criminal casespending against them, of which915 are serious. Atleast 73 can-didates have declared casesrelated to murder (IPC Section-302) while 278 candidates havedeclared cases related toAttempt to murder (IPCSection-307). Tejaswavi Yadavled Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD)had maximum candidates withcriminal cases, followed by theBJP, Congress and LJP. Thereare 1,231(33%) are crorepatis inthe fray.

    According to theAssociation for DemocraticReforms (ADR) report onBihar Assembly polls, a total of98 of the 141 RJD candidateswhose affidavits were analysedface criminal cases, followedby the BJP with 76 out of 109candidates. The report saidthat 45 out of 70 candidates ofthe Congress have pendingcriminal cases, followed by 70of 135 from Lok JanshaktiParty (LJP), 56 of 115 fromJanata Dal-United, and 29 of78 candidates from BahujanSamaj Party (BSP). As per thereport, 72 out of the 141 RJDcandidates face serious crim-inal cases, followed by 55 ofthe 109 BJP candidates, 33 ofthe 70 Congress candidates, 55of 135 LJP nominees, 36 of the

    115 candidates from JanataDal-United and 23 of the 78BSP candidates. Of the totaltainted candidates, 115declared cases related to crimeagainst women, including 12who declared cases related torape. A total of 73 candidatesdeclared murder cases and278 others attempt to murder.

    All major parties contest-ing the Bihar Assembly elec-tions gave tickets to 37 per centto 70 per cent candidates whohave declared criminal casesagainst themselves.

    During the 2015 assemblypolls, 1038 (30 percent) haddeclared criminal cases. Ofthem, 796 (23%) candidateshad declared serious criminalcases. Serious criminal casesare non-bailable offencesattracting over five years ofimprisonment.

    According to report, 1231( 33 percent) of the total 3722candidates, are crorepatis. In2015 860 (25%) crorepatishad contested the polls.“Among the major parties94(86%) of 109 candidatesfrom BJP, 120(85%) of 141candidates from RJD, 96(84%)of 115 candidates from JD(U),99(73%) of 135 candidatesfrom LJP, 51(73%) of the 70candidates from the Congressand 33(42%) of 78 candidatesfrom BSP have declared assetsworth more than �1 crore,” thereport said.

    In the third phase, of the

    1,195 candidates, 31 per centhave declared criminal casesagainst themselves.

    About 282 or 24 per centhave declared serious criminalcases against themselves. Asmany as 361 or 30 per cent ofthese candidates have statedtheir financial assets to beworth crores of rupees, thereport said.

    Out of 1,195 candidatesanalyzed, 371 or 31 per centhave declared criminal casesagainst themselves, it said.According to the report, 32 (73per cent) out of 44 candidatesanalysed from the RJD havedeclared criminal cases againstthemselves and 22 (50 per cent)of them have declared seriouscriminal cases against them-selves in their affidavits.Thereport said 20 candidates havedeclared cases related to mur-der (IPC Section-302) againstthemselves and 73 candidateshave declared cases related toattempt to murder (IPCSection-307) against them-selves.

    The Bihar assembly elec-tions are being held in threephases for a total of 243 seats— the first phase for 71 seatson October 28, the secondphase for 94 seats onNovember 3 and the thirdphase for the remaining 78 will be held onNovember 7. The results willbe announced on November10.

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    The National InvestigationAgency (NIA) has arrestedAl-Qaeda conspirator of WestBengal, Abdul Momin Mondalof Murshidabad district, WestBengal, in connection with theAl-Qaeda case of West Bengaland Kerala.

    “Yesterday (01.11.2020),NIA arrested accused AbdulMomin Mondal, aged - 32years, son of Rejaul Mondalresident of village Nazrana, PSRaninagar, DistrictMurshidabad, West Bengal inconnection with the Al-Qaedacase of West Bengal andKerala,” the NIA said in astatement here on Monday.

    The NIA further said, “Thecase was registered onSeptember 11, 2020 and relatesto anti-national activities by agroup of Jihadi terrorists con-sisting of more than 10 mem-bers inspired by globally pro-scribed terrorist organisationAl-Qaeda, who were planningto carry out anti-national andterrorist activities at differentlocations in India including butnot limited to West Bengal,Delhi and Kerala.”

    Investigation revealed thataccused Mondal was working asa teacher in Raipur Darur HudaIslamia Madrassa inMurshidabad district and wasallegedly found to be involvedin a series of conspiratorialmeetings convened by themembers of the Al-Qaeda mod-ule, the agency said.

    He was also trying to recruitnew members for the group andwas raising funds for furtheringits terrorist activities, it alleged.

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    Aconsortium of 62 leadingnational farmer organisa-tions under the aegis of theRashtriya Kisan Mahasangh(RKM) has written to all ChiefMinisters of India and to thePrime Minister of India tobuild up a dashboard which canhelp the Government to planand improvise the whole sup-ply chain. This can provide allservices timely with precisionand support distribution ofvarious essential inputs likefertilisers, seeds, water arrange-ment. Talking about the impor-tance of this mulling up of cre-ating this dashboard ofAgriculture, Rashtriya KisanMahashangh founder memberBinod Anand said that theMahashangha demands to cre-ate constructive dialogueamong all stakeholders withfarmers at core. The organisa-tion has undertaken a nation-wide consultation among them-selve to seek farmer opinionespecially across 22 States of theUnion of India.

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    The Department RelatedParliamentary StandingCommittees (DRSCs) of RajyaSabha have reported a markedimprovement in their function-ing in respect of duration ofmeetings and attendance during2019-20, as per an analysis doneby the Parliament of function-ing of its eight committee.

    The secretariat has analysedthe functioning of theCommittees of Rajya Sabhaduring the last three years asdesired by the ChairmanM.Venkaiah Naidu. Naidu hasbeen regularly reviewing thefunctioning of these committeesand shared some of his concernswith the Chairmen of thesecommittees.

    “The average attendance inthe total 117 meetings of these8 committees comes to 49.20 %during 2019-20, again the bestof the last 3 years. The averageattendance crossed the halfwaymark with 50.73% for the firsttime during the first half of2019-20,” said a Parliamentsource.

    It has, however, come downto 41.15% in the meetings heldin the second half during thepandemic period, marking adecline of over 9.50%. However,the committees met for an aver-age duration of 2 hours 23 min-utes during the pandemic.

    During this year, the num-ber of meetings held with atten-

    dance of 50% or more membersin each committee increased to46.15% of the total as against14% and 30% during the previ-ous two years respectively. Thenumber of meetings held with-out the required quorum hasdeclined to 10% this year, thelowest of the last 3 years.

    These 8 committees met fora total duration of 254 hours 27minutes this year, the longest ofthe last 3 years. During the 3year period of 2017-20, the 8committees of Rajya Sabha helda total of 300 meetings over aduration of 571 hours 22 min-utes. The 3 year average dura-tion of meetings has been 1 hr54 minutes and the averageattendance being 45.35%.

    During 2019-20, theCommittee on Home Affairsmet for the longest duration of47 hours 27 minutes followed bythe Committee on Health &Family Welfare-42 hrs 22 min-utes and the Committee onHRD-40 hrs 44 minutes.

    During 2017-20, theCommittee on HRD met for thelongest duration of 100 hrs 05minutes followed by HomeAffairs -87.17, Transport,Tourism & Culture-80.11,Health & Family Welfare- 76.15,Commerce- 70.17, Science &Technology and Environment,Forests & Climate Change-68.47, Pensions, PublicGrievances, Law & Justice-52.19hours and Industry-36 hours 11minutes.

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    Retail prices of essential veg-etables, especially tomato,potato and onion, have sky-rocketed across India in the lasttwo months, upsetting house-hold budgets. According to asurvey by community socialmedia platform LocalCircles,71 percent households say theyare paying more than �50/kgfor Tomato, �40/kg for Potatoand �50/kg for Onion. As perthe daily rate quoted by theMinistry of Consumer Affairson November 2, if you buy onekg Aloo (potato), Pyaz (onion)and Tamatar (tomato) each, it

    will cost Rs 150-235 dependingon the cities.

    LocalCircles conducted asurvey to understand howmuch extra are people spend-ing to purchase per kilogram ofonions, potatoes and toma-toes. This comes as consumersshow discernment over therising price of these vegetablessince the last two months.

    To the first question thatasked, “What best describes theper kilogram price that yourhousehold paid for buyingonion, potato and tomato inthe latest purchase?”, 8,273responses were received fromcitizens. Notably, 71% citizens

    said they are paying morethan �50 per Kg for tomato,�40 Kg for potato, and �50 perKg for onion. In comparison toa similar survey byLocalCircles published onSeptember 11, 2020, 61%households had said they werepaying more than � 60 per perKg for tomato, �30 per Kg forpotato, and �25 per kg foronion. This means that whilean average retail price major-ity of households paid perkilogram for potatoes rose by30% and onions rose by 100%,while the price for tomatoes fellby 15% in just one month.

    The individual data onthese three vegetables suggeststhat 42% citizens bought“tomato at �60 or higher, pota-to at � 60 or higher, and onionsat �70 or higher.” Whereas,29% citizens said they boughtper Kg of “tomato at INR 50-59, potato at �40-59, and onionat �50-69”, while 11% said tohave bought “tomato at Rs 30-49, potato at �20-39, and onionat �30-49”. Only 6% citizens

    said they bought “tomato at�20 or lower, potato at �19 orlower, and onion at INR 29 orlower” in some places.

    The report further notedthat 70 per cent of householdssaid they paid 25-100 per centhigher prices this year for buy-ing per kilogram of tomato,potato, and onion. Whereas,only 5 per cent of citizens saidthey “paid the same as last year”,while 1 per cent of citizens saidthey paid less in comparison tolast year. 11 per cent voted for“can’t say.”

    This comes as many house-holds have faced a significantloss of earnings or loss ofemployment during the pan-demic. Sectors like tourism,hospitality, and restaurants havealso faced severe cutbacks.

    While the price per kilo-gram for tomato paid by major-ity of the citizens marginallyreduced in the last 30 days, theprice per kilogram for potatorose by 30% and the price perkilogram for onion rose by100% upsetting the household

    budget for essentials. The sec-ond question asked citizens,“Overall, in 2020, how muchhigher price has your house-hold paid on average for toma-to, potato and onion in com-parison to 2019?” 7,904 citizensresponded. Notably, 70%households said they paid 25-100% higher prices this year forbuying per kilogram of toma-to, potato, and onion. Whereas,only 5% citizens said they “paidthe same as last while 1% citi-zens said they “paid less incomparison to last year,” and11% voted for “can’t say”.

    This is indicative of a sig-nificant squeeze given the factthat many households havefaced significant loss of earningsor loss of employment duringthe pandemic.

    Sectors like tourism, hos-pitality and restaurants havefaced severe cutbacks as peoplecontinue to limit movementbecause of the fear of COVID-19. Those employed in manysuch sectors are dipping intosavings, taking high interestloans just to make ends meet.

    The survey received morethan 16,000 responses from cit-izens across 242 districts ofIndia. Of which, 58% werefrom tier 1, 23% from tier 2,and 17% respondents werefrom tier 3, 4 and rural districts.

    It also tried to understandan average amount a householdpaid this year for buying thesevegetables as compared to2019.

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    Aday before the bypollsfor eight GujaratAssembly seats, the Congresson Monday demanded aninquiry by a Supreme CourtJudge into the resignations byparty MLAs “ in l ieu ofmoney” ahead of the RajyaSabha elections in that Statein June.

    A Congress sting alleged-ly showed Somabhai Patelclaiming in a video that hewas paid money to resign inMarch ahead of elections tothe four Rajya Sabha seats in

    Gujarat.State Congress leader

    Arjun Modwadia told themedia: “All central agenciesare working at the behest ofthe Union government. So, aninquiry by a Supreme CourtJudge should be done into thematter.” The 45-second videowas earlier released by GujaratCongress in Ahmedabad.

    “It is a big issue. Electionlaws should be amended tosuch defections through res-ignations,” Congress leaderAbhishek Manu Singhvi saidat a Press conference.

    He also demanded a case

    be registered under thePrevention of Corruption Actand the Indian Penal Code.

    Congress state affairsincharge Rajeev Satav allegedthat the BJP was misusingcentral agencies and adoptingother methods to get MLAsinto its camp.

    The eight Congress MLAshad resigned, which led to thedefeat of one Congress can-didate in the Rajya Sabhapolls. Eight Assembly seatswill go to the bypolls inGujarat on November 3, whilethe counting of votes willtake place on November 10.

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    Researchers from AIIMS inDelhi have concluded thatthe rapid antigen test showedan excellent specificity to ‘rule-in’ Covid-19 patients within thefirst five days of illness with amoderate sensitivity.

    The overall sensitivity andthe specificity of the test was81.8 percent and 99.6 percentrespectively, and the test accu-racy was 95.4 percent. Thesensitivity of the test was high-er (85.9 percent) in participantswith the duration of illness less-er than five days, said thecross-sectional study pub-lished in the Indian Journal ofMedical Research.

    The study was done on 330patients admitted at AIIMS,Delhi, between May 31 and July24. Researchers included symp-tomatic patients and asympto-matic/pre-symptomatic con-tacts of laboratory-confirmedcases with exposure between 5and 10 days.

    “The analytical perfor-mance…depends on the mix-ing of NP swab with buffer andthe viral load in the sample, butclinical performance of thetest may be variable whichdepends on the technique ofsample collection and durationof illness of patients. Hence, thesensitivity will be average inasymptomatic patients becauseit is difficult to analyze pre-testprobability in asymptomaticpatients,” stated the paper.

    Of the 330 participants, 77were RT-PCR positive forCovid-19. Sixty-four of themalso tested positive in the rapidantigen test. The most com-monly presented symptomsamong screened participantswere fever (31.5 percent),cough (25.4 percent),fatigue/malaise (11.8 percent),headache (3.3 percent) andrunny nose (3.3 percent). Asmany as 57 participants pre-sented with sore throat but onlytwo of them (3.5 per cent) hadCovid-19.

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    Delhi, Jaipur, Indore,Amritsar, Pune, Srinagar,Kolkata, Bengaluru, Mumbai,Kozhikode andVishakhapatnam are amongthe 30 cities in India which willface increasing water risks inthe next few decades owing torapid urbanisation, climatechange, and lack of appropri-ate infrastructure , according toa World Wide Fund (WWF)study.

    The WWF has called foran urgent action to mitigateand adapt to climate change.China accounts for almost halfthe cities plaguing with acutewater shortage, said the WWF’sreport as it estimated that hun-dreds of millions of people incities across the globe could beat danger. Other cities areJakarta, Johannesburg, Istanbul,Hong Kong, Mecca and Rio deJaneiro.

    According to the scenariosin the WWF Water Risk Filter,the 100 cities that are expect-ed to suffer the greatest due torise in water risk by 2050 arehome to at least 350 millionpeople, including importantnational and globaleconomies.

    Globally, populations inareas of high-water risk couldrise from 17 per cent in 2020to 51 per cent by 2050.

    “The future of India’s envi-ronment lies in its cities. AsIndia rapidly urbanizes, citieswill be at the forefront both forIndia’s growth and for sus-tainability,” Sejal Worah,

    Programme Director, WWFIndia, said.

    “For cities to break awayfrom the current vicious loopof flooding and water scarci-ty, nature-based solutions likerestoration of urban water-sheds and wetlands could offersolutions. This is our chance tore-evolve and re-imagine whatthe future of the cities couldbe,” Worah said.

    The Smart Cities initiativein India could offer an inte-grated urban water manage-ment framework combiningurban planning, ecosystemrestoration and wetland con-servation for building future-ready, water-smart and cli-mate-resilient cities.

    Urban watersheds andwetlands are critical for main-taining the water balance of acity, flood cushioning, micro-climate regulation and pro-tecting its biodiversity. Thefuture of our cities and sus-tainability lies in the efficien-cy in closing the loop by inte-grating water supply, demandmanagement.

    “Cities across the worldhave paid a high price inrecent years due to worseningwater risks. From acute risksthat have seen historic floodsto chronic risks that have seentheir taps running dry, thewater challenges cities are fac-ing are only going to increasein the coming decades becausethe impacts of climate changewill primarily be felt throughwater,” said Alexis Morgan,WWF Global WaterStewardship Lead.

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    Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan onMonday lambasted the Centralagencies investigating various cor-ruption charges against hisGovernment and alleged that all theseprobes were as per script prepared byforces outside the State.

    “Certain forces want to tarnish theimage of my government and they arediscrediting the good works done byus during the last five years. This isagainst federalism and an open viola-tion of the Constitution,” said Vijayanwho read out a statement from a pre-pared speech.

    Addressing the media as part ofbriefing the Covid-19 situation in theState, Vijayan came down heavily onEnforcement Directorate for exceed-ing its brief and interfering in theaffairs of the State. The ED is probingcharges of money laundering andgold smuggling scam in which theChief Minister’s Office is allegedlyinvolved.

    M Sivsankar, the former principalsecretary to the Chief Minister who isalso his close confidante has beenarrested in connection with the caseand is under the custody of theagency. Bineesh Kodiyeri, son of partysecretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan toowas arrested by the agency for his rolein narcotic smuggling and moneylaundering. The two arrests havebrought the opposition parties to the

    streets and has put the CPI(M)-ledgovernment in a dilemma.

    Chief Minister blamed both thecentral agencies and the media forselective leaking and publishing of cer-t a i nreports which he said was against allnorms. “The State Government isobserving the norms specified in theConstitution. But these agencies areinvestigating the cases with ulteriormotives as they have a hidden agen-da,” charged Vijayan.

    He read out a list of encomiumsbestowed on his government by someNGOs and media houses and said thatit proved that Kerala was the best man-aged State in the country. Though theChief Minister did not point out thekind of trespass made by the centralagencies, he alleged that certain forceswere behind the the attempts to sab-otage LIFE Mission and K-Phoneprojects, two flagship programmes ofthe State.

    The K-Phone Project (Kerala FibreOptic Network) is a joint venturebetween two public sector undertak-ings, Kerala State Electricity Boardand Kerala State IT Infrastructure Ltd,which envisages internet connectivi-ty to 2 million houses free of cost.

    There were reservations expressedby the Kerala State ElectricityRegulatory Commission which ques-tioned the viability of such a projectwhile the Centre’s Bharat Net missionwas on the verge of completion.

    KOCHI: A day after Sobha Surendran, vice-president and senior BJP leader came out in theopen accusing V Muraleedharan, UnionMinister of State for External Affairs and KSurendran, president of the Kerala unit of con-spiring to finish her political career, P MVelayudhan, senior BJP leader and national exec-utive member too lambasted party leadershipfor insulting him.

    Velayudhan started sobbing while describ-ing the humiliation he is undergoing in thehands of the party leaders. “I joined the partyonly to serve Bharat Matha and not expectingany position or power in return. After dedicat-ing my entire life for the growth of the party inthe State, I feel that I have been dumped in anold age home,” said Velayudhan who was seensobbing uncontrollably.

    Speaking to reporters on Monday,Velayudhan, a Dalit leader, compared himselfto aged parents dumped to old-age homes bytheir children who consider them a burden.“Surendran became party president because Ivoted for him. But he started ignoring me the

    day he was appointed as party president.Though he comes to my town regularly, he neverbothers to call me or even attend my calls,” saidVelayudhan who was seen weeping despite theefforts of his aides to console him.

    According to party insiders, Kerala BJP isa house divided along caste and communal lines.While Muraleedharan and Surendran representthe powerful Eezhava lobby, leaders like KrishnaDas and former Mizoram Governor KRajasekharan lead the Nair faction in the party.Sobha has said that Muraleedharan, who couldnot win any election from anywhere in the State,is out to destroy the emergence of new leaders.

    “Despite his indifference to party cadre, westood with him when scams involving ArunRaveendranath, a fraudster from Kottayam and reportedly a close friend of theminister and a woman by name Smitha Menonjolted the party. But both Muraleedhatran andSurendran have their own interests and partyworkers feel let down,” said a senior BJP leaderin Kerala. PNS

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    Aligarh: Currently there is arelief from the Governmentlevel for the detainees releasedduring corona lockdown. Afterthe parole is over, it will againextend for an 8-8-week basis,although the police are keepingan eye on their activity outsidethe jail.

    On March 23, the Hon’bleSupreme Court had suggestedthat the number of prisonersshould be minimized in the jaildue to the Coronavirus. TheBench of Chief Justice SABobde and Justice L NageshwarRao had asked all the state gov-ernments to form a high-levelcommittee and said that theprisoners sentenced less thanseven years punishment can bereleased on parole. After thisorder, the state government hadissued guidelines related to therelease of prisoners on parolein all the districts. PNS

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    One thousand volunteershave been invited to enrolin a series of large-scale clin-ical trials aimed at evaluatingthe safety and efficacy ofCovaxin, Hyderabad-basedBharat Biotech-led coron-avirus vaccine at theJawaharlal Nehru MedicalCollege (JNMC), Aligarh Muslim University(AMU).

    The clinical trials will begin

    from November 14 and con-tinue till the end of January.

    JNMC has enhanced thepreparations for the trails aftera nod from the IndianCouncil of Medical Research

    (ICMR).AMU received the confir-

    mation to begin the clinical trials from ICMR on Fridayafter several days of corre-spondence, said the ViceChancellor, Professor TariqMansoor.

    Agra: With 48 fresh cases in the dis-trict, Agra's Covid-19 tally now standsat 7,281. So far there have been 148deaths while the number of dis-charged was 6,763 as per the statehealth department.

    District Magistrate P.N. Singhsaid the recovery rate in the districtwas 92.89 per cent. This is above thenational recovery rate of 91.54 per

    cent.He said the number of samples

    collected for testing had reached2,68,718 .

    The health department officialssaid the statewide campaign to ran-domly test groups of people by theirvocations, continued on Sunday. Ofthe 549 restaurant workers testedonly two were found positive. IANS

    Bahraich (Uttar Pradesh): Six personswere killed and 10 injured in a road acci-dent in Bahraich district on Mondaymorning. The accident took place near theShivdaha crossing when the SUV theywere travelling in crashed into an uniden-tified vehicle. Six persons died on the spotand ten have been admitted to the hospi-tal in a serious condition.

    All the passengers belonged to

    Lakhimpur Kheri and were returning froma shrine in Ambedkar Nagar.

    Station officer of Payagpur, MukeshSingh, said the bodies had been sent forpost mortem and their families had beeninformed of the incident. Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath has expressed grief at theaccident and has directed officials toensure proper treatment of the injured per-sons. IANS

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    Three infants, all under six months of age, died at an UttarPradesh government-owned children's home and pre-adop-tion centre between October 24 and 26, almost a month afteran inspection at the centre revealed that the children were notbeing provided adequate nutrition.

    According to an official communication, four-month-oldSunita died on the way to SN Medical College on October 24,three-month-old Prabha and two-month-old Awani, died with-in hours of being admitted to the hospital on October 25.

    At present, two workers take care of 44 children for eighthours in each shift a day.

    An additional district sessions judge had conducted aninspection at the Siroli village centre in mid September. Therewere 13 children then all below five years of age. He had senta letter to the district probation officer (DPO) citing lack ofproper care or nutrition for them.

    However, the superintendent at the centre has blamed thesudden weather change in the city and the premature birthsof the babies for the deaths that started on October 24.

    “I was told by the centre management that two childrenwere lodged there in a critical condition. They were thrownaway by their parents. Another child was having health com-plications and died during treatment,” District MagistratePrabhu N. Singh said.

    At present, 44 children below 10 years of age are lodgedat the state government's shelter facility in Agra for childrenwho have no known guardians to look after them.

    There are six women contractual workers on duty at thecentre to take care of kids in three shifts which means that ata given time, there are only 2 workers to look after 44 kids.

    “I have asked chief development officer J. Reebha to con-duct an inspection at the centre. We will ascertain if the deathof the children is due to nutritional deficiency or certain med-ical conditions. I have also ordered medical check-up of all thechildren lodged at the centre,” Singh added.

    In his letter dated September 19, Additional District SessionsJudge Sarvjeet Kumar Singh had written, “By looking at chil-dren, it does not seem that they are getting an adequate amountof milk/nutritious powder.

    “The children look extremely weak. The centre in-chargewas not able to give any satisfactory answer when asked aboutthe lactogen powder and food purchase register. Children arenot provided milk and nutritious food as per the norms, whichis objectionable.”

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  • The decision of the FrenchPresident EmmanuelMacron to defend free-dom of speech in hiscountry, following thebarbaric beheading of a schoolteacher and some others by radi-calised Muslims, has led to violentprotests across Islamic nations. Theperpetrators of these violent acts inFrance, it is believed, were seekingto avenge the caricaturing of ProphetMohammed in a French magazine.So it has become a blasphemy ver-sus free speech issue in a nation thatrests on the foundation of liberty,equality and fraternity.

    Most of the protesters in theIslamic world are justifying thebeheadings and baying for theblood of the French President. Thebiggest culprit is the formerMalaysian Prime Minister, MahathirBin Mohamad, who said thatMuslims have the right “to be angryand to kill millions of French peo-ple for the massacres of the past”.This is an open encouragement tobloodshed and must easily be themost outrageous and irresponsiblestatement made by a person who hasheld an important public office in abig nation. It is surprising thatTwitter has only deleted Mohamad’stweet and restrained itself from tak-ing more severe action.

    While all this is on in the Islamicworld, how should citizens of Indiarespond to the developments inFrance? Several Indian cities haveseen angry protests by Muslim cit-izens against the caricaturing of theProphet. There is legitimacy forthese protests so long as they arepeaceful and non-violent and do notcause any disturbance to the normalrun of life. That is why the conductof Farhan Zuberi, a student leaderfrom Aligarh Muslim University(AMU), who has justified thebeheadings in France and held outan open threat to behead anyonespeaking against Islam, deserves tobe condemned.

    India, given its democratic cre-dentials, has taken the right standagainst this kind of violence. TheForeign Ministry condemned thebeheading of the school teacher inParis and said there can be no jus-tification for terrorism “for anyreason or under any circumstances”.For once, the Ministry put aside itsweakness for prevarication and“strongly deplored” the personalattack on the French President andsaid it is a violation of the most basicstandards of international discourse.

    Prime Minister Narendra Modihas also taken a firm stand. In atweet, he strongly condemnedthe terrorist attacks, including theheinous attack in Nice inside achurch. “India stands with Francein the fight against terrorism”, hetweeted.

    This is where all Indians haveto draw the line. They cannotbehave like the citizens in theIslamic States where everythingrevolves around religion and thespace for public discourse isseverely constricted.

    For the moment, it can be saidthat the violent outbursts of theAMU student leader are an aber-ration. It is not the rule. All thosewho value democracy speak adifferent language. That is whythe statement of one hundredIndian personalities, who“unequivocally and uncondi-tionally” condemned the recentkillings in France by fanatics inthe name of faith, is important.The signatories to this state-ment, who included actorNaseeruddin Shah, formerIndian Police Service Officer,Julio Ribeiro and lyricist HussainHaidri, said: “We are deeply dis-turbed by the convoluted logic ofsome self-appointed guardians ofIndian Muslims in rationalisingcold-blooded murder anddeplore the outrageous remarksof some heads of state.” The sig-natories attacked whatabouteryand condemned attempts torationalise crimes by comparingthem with other similar crimes.They said this was irrationaland absurd. “No god, gods, god-desses, prophets or saints may beinvoked to justify the killingand/or terrorising of fellowhuman beings.”

    India is the world’s largest, sec-ular, liberal, democratic republic

    and all of us who care for the freeair we breathe must unite againstindividuals who defend suchbrutality.

    As citizens of the most demo-cratic and diverse nation in theworld, our future lies in thepreservation of the core values inour Constitution and our demo-cratic way of life. Secular, liberaldemocracies cannot survive, let

    alone flourish, if any section ofthe population offers justificationfor violence in order to assert thecorrectness of its stand. Thisapplies to all Indian citizens and,in the present context, especial-ly to citizens who are adherentsof Islam. No citizen of India cantake lessons from Islamic nationswhich have no respect for plural-ity and equality. We are different.In fact, we are unique, and wemust assert our uniqueness andthe exalted status that ourConstitution has given us.

    Co-existence within a pluralsociety demands a high degree oftolerance. Our Constitution mak-ers recognised this and it is herethat our constitutional arrange-ment is slightly different fromthat of France. Our “freedom ofexpression” is subject to “reason-able restrictions.” We cannot useit to disturb, among other things,“public order, decency, morality”or resort to “defamation or incite-ment to an offence.” This is fur-ther reinforced by provisions inthe Indian Penal Code, such asSection 153 A, 295 and 295 A,which prohibit any activity whichpromotes enmity between differ-ent groups or amounts to “delib-erate and malicious acts intend-ed to outrage the religious feel-ings of any class by insulting itsreligion or the religious beliefs”.Therefore, we are distinct and weshould completely stay clear ofthe violence that is being promot-ed by the Islamic nations againstFrance.

    As the campaign for a separateMuslim nation started buildingup in the 1940s, Dr BRAmbedkar, after much delibera-tion, came to the conclusion thatthe creation of Pakistan wasinevitable. In his book, Thoughtson Pakistan, he said, “The alle-

    giance of a Muslim does not reston his domicile in the countrywhich is his, but on the faith towhich he belongs. To the MuslimUbi Bene Ibi Patria is unthink-able. Wherever there is the ruleof Islam, there is his own coun-try. In other words, Islam cannever allow a true Muslim toadopt India as his motherlandand regard a Hindu as his kithand kin.” Dr Ambedkar said this75 years ago and in a certain con-text — when Muslims in Indiasaid that they constituted a sep-arate nation — and establishedPakistan. About 35 millionMuslims stayed back in Indiaafter Pakistan was born becausethey believed that life in a liber-al, democratic environment wasfar better than in an Islamic State.In these Muslim families, thethird generation is growing upwith the protection and safe-guards offered by India’sConstitution.

    These citizens, like all othersbelonging to other faiths, whohave grown up under this secu-lar, democratic umbrella, cansee that Pakistan is a failed Statethat is weighed down by its ownfailures and has cross-borderterrorism as a single-pointnational agenda. The issues thatprompted the creation ofPakistan are no longer relevant.That being the case, they need toprove Dr Ambedkar wrong. Thetimes have changed and peace-ful co-existence offers all of us thebest chance. As Indians, we allneed to stand by France and allother democracies and wage aunited war against terrorism andagainst all those who are opposedto secular, democratic values.

    (The writer is an author special-ising in democracy studies. Viewsexpressed are personal)

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