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Exit polls predict win for RJD-led alliance in Bihar
NEW DELHI, NOV 7 (PTI): Several exit polls on Saturday gave the RJD-led opposition alliance in Bihar an edge over the ruling NDA while at least three of them predicted a clear majority for the ‘Mahagathbandhan’ which has projected Tejashwi Yadav as its chief ministerial face. Most of the exit polls also predicted RJD to again emerge as the single largest party in the 243-member assembly along with a clear dip in the seat tally of Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar-led JD(U).
Counting of votes for the three-phase Bihar assembly polls, which ended on Saturday, will be held on November 10. Exit polls are typically based on feedback from a limited number of voters in select areas and none of them have a 100% accuracy record.
Today’s ChanakyaCNN News18 projected 180 seats for the RJD-led grand alliance, 55 for the NDA and eight for others. The majority mark is 122. India TodayAxis My India poll showed the RJD-led block winning 139-161 seats, as against 6991 for the NDA. It predicted 3-5 seats for LJP and also 3-5 for others. The ABP-CVoter Hornbill Fest 2020 to go ahead as ‘completely virtual’
DIMAPUR, NOV 7 (NPN):
Against the backdrop of several organizations objecting to holding of the annual Hornbill Festive due to COVID-19 pandemic, the tourism department has informed that the state government has decided to celebrate the Hornbill Festival 2020 in a completely virtual mode only through various audio visual media channels and social media platforms.
According to DIPR, the content for the same would be sourced from government archives. Nov 10: DTHF meet to resolve NCD imbroglio
DIMAPUR, NOV 7 (NPN):
Against the backdrop of the court’s verdict concerning Naga Council Dimapur (NCD) and to amicably settle the issue, the Dimapur Tribal Hoho Forum (DTHF) has called for a meeting on November 10, 2 p.m. at Tourist Lodge.
In a statement, DTHF sessional convenor, L. Wati Jamir and sessional secretary Wangthang Rengma have requested the presidents of all tribal hohos to attend the meeting on “first priority.” exit poll predicted NDA to get 104-128 seats and 108131 seats for the opposition grand alliance. It projected Chirag Paswan-led LJP to get 1-3 seats.
A similar trend was predicted by Times NowCVoter, which projected 116 seats for the NDA, 120 for the opposition alliance and a single seat for the LJP. It predicted six seats for others. Republic TV-Jan Ki Baat exit poll also gave a clear majority to the RJD-led alliance with 128 seats, while it projected 104 seats for the
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NOV 7 (NPN): Re-polling at Singrep polling station 11 and Kipongya Ward A Kiphire Town polling station no. 8, both under 60 Pungro-Kiphire assembly constituency, passed off peacefully on Saturday with 71.84% voter turnout.
With this the total voter turnout for the by-poll to 60
DIMAPUR, NOV 7 (NPN):
Nagaland’s sample positivity rate continued to remain higher than the national average at 9.2% but the weekly positivity rate was slowly decreasing. In its weekly COVID-19 bulletin, State Health &Family Welfare (H&FW) department said that October reported the maximum number of critical cases needing ICU care and invasive ventilation.
The department said that it took an average of 13 days for every 1000 cases.
The most affected age group was between 21 to 30 years at 26% (824/3188) and 31-40 years at 26% (820/3188), it said. There was also a 1% increase in cases among 61-98 years age group in the past one week which was a big concern, the department stated.
Positivity rate among cases attending flu clinics
ruling NDA, seven seats for LJP and four for others.
TV9 Bharatvarsh projected NDA to win 115 seats, the grand alliance 120 and four each for LJP and others. In terms of vote share, Today’s Chanakya projected 44% for the RJD-led opposition alliance and 34% for the NDA.
However, ABP-CVoter projected a higher vote share for NDA at 37.7% followed by the grand alliance with 36.3% and 26% for others. India Today-Axis My India poll showed 44% of responPungro-Kihpire assembly constituency was 91.57%, CEO’s office stated.
According to state chief electoral officer (CEO) office, the voter turnout at PS 8- Kipongya Ward A Kiphire Town was 74.71 % (76% male and 73.34% female) while polling at PS 11- Singrep witnessed 69.48 % voter turnout (Male: 70.30% and female: 68.68%.)
It may be noted that was 8% (267/9327) in the last four weeks. These cases either had or have symptoms or got tested for travel/ surgery purposes. They had or have no history of travel or contact with a confirmed case, it added.
Meanwhile, the department said that household and workplaces continue to
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dents prefer Tejashwi Yadav as the next chief minister, while 35% would like to give another chance to Nitish Kumar. It projected 44% vote share for the RJD-led alliance and 39% for the NDA.
In the last assembly elections held in 2015, the RJD had won 80 seats with a vote share of 18%, while JD(U) won 71 seats with vote share of 11%. The BJP had won 53 seats with 24% vote share and Congress had 27 seats and 7% votes.
At that time, the JD(U) November 5 said that the Election Commission had ordered re-poll in both the polling stations-- 11 Singrep and 8 Kipongya ward ‘A’ Kiphire town under 60 Pungro-Kiphire assembly constituency after declaring the November 3 polling as void “on the basis of the reports submitted, and after taking all material circumstances into account”.
Meanwhile, counting of votes for the by-polls to the two assembly constituencies- 14 Southern Angami-I and 60 Pungro-Kiphire will take place on November 10 and results declared the same day.
The by-poll to Pungro-Kiphire was to fill the vacancy after the demise of sitting MLA of NPF, T Torechu. By-election to the 14 Southern Angami-I constituency was ordered after the demise of sitting NDPP legislator and Speaker NLA Vikho-o Yhoshü. be the most common places of infection (55%).
With 48 deaths being recorded in the state, the department said that 39 were COVID-19 deaths, six not COVID related and three under investigation. The department further said that 62% of deaths were below 60 years of age. had fought the election in alliance with RJD and Congress among other parties, while LJP was in the NDA alliance. LJP had got two seats with 5% vote share.
This time, JD(U) is back in the NDA, while LJP fought the election alone. During the 2019 Lok Sabha elections when both JD(U) and LJP were in the NDA, the alliance had won 39 out of 40 seats in the state.
Exit polls also predicted results for by-polls held in several states. According to India Today-Axis My India exit poll, the BJP government in Madhya Pradesh will survive as it projected the party to win 16-18 seats, and Congress is estimated to bag 10-12 of the total 28 seats that went to polls.
Similarly, for bypolls in Uttar Pradesh, the exit poll predicted BJP to win 5-6 seats, SP 1-2 seats and BSP 0-1 seat, out of the eight seats for which polling was held on November 3.
In Gujarat where voting happened for eight seats on November 3, the same exit poll projected BJP to win 6-7 assembly seats and Congress a single seat. BJP is in power in Gujarat as well as in Uttar Pradesh.
Joe Biden elected US President, Kamala Harris as first woman VP
(PTI): Joe Biden, who triumphed over incumbent US President Donald Trump in a divisive, bitter and closelyfought presidential election, appealed to fellow Americans on Saturday that it is time to put the anger and the harsh rhetoric behind and come together as a nation.
The 77-year-old Democrat, who became the oldest man ever to be elected to the White House, will be the 46th president of the United States, after securing a major victory in Pennsylvania, the state where he was born put him over the 270 electoral votes needed to win.
With Pennsylvania’s 20 electoral votes, Biden now has a total of 273 electoral votes. “I am honoured and humbled by the trust the American people have placed in me and in Vice President-elect Harris,” Biden said in his first statement after America’s major news outlets declared him the winner.
“In the face of unprecedented obstacles, a record number of Americans voted. Proving once again, that democracy beats deep in the
File photo- Joe Biden and Kamala Harris during Democratic National Convention in August 20.
heart of America,” he said.
“With the campaign over, it’s time to put the anger and the harsh rhetoric behind us and come together as a nation. It’s time for America to unite. And to heal,” Biden said.
Before becoming the Democratic presidential nominee, Biden served as vice president under former President Barack Obama. He is also Delaware’s longest-serving senator.
Senator Kamala Harris, 56, who is of Indian origin, has become the first ever woman vice presidentelect of the United States. She would also be the country’s first Indian-origin, first Black and first African American vice president of the country.
Biden and Harris would be sworn in as the President and Vice President of the country on January 20. Biden ran twice unsuccessfully for president - in 1988 and 2008.
Counting of ballots is still ongoing in Pennsylvania, Arizona, Nevada and Georgia. Biden has the lead in all the four states, which according to major media outlets is unlikely to be reversed.
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Pungro-Kiphire: 71.84 % voter turnout in re-poll
Voters outside Kipongya Ward A Kiphire Town polling station. (NP)
the CEO, Abhijit Sinha on
WASHINGTON, NOV 7
ENPO to host ‘historic summit’ on November 10
galand Peoples’ Organization (ENPO) on Saturday informed that the organization is scheduled to hold another “historic summit” on November 10 at Tobu Town.
According to media cell of ENPO, the summit, which is expected to be attended by duly authorized representatives of all Naga political groups from Eastern Nagaland including CKS, KTC, KU, PPC, USLP, YTC, ENLU, ENGOA, ENWO, ENSF, ENGBU and ENDBU, ENPO will jointly reaffirm the December 18, 2007 “Tuensang Summit Resolution”.
ENPO reminded that the Tuensang Resolution stated that-- “There should be no bloodshed, threat, intimidation or any form of violence within ENPO jurisdiction.”
ENPO said that in addition, another important resolution was likely be incorporated in order to avoid any form of violence pre and post Naga political solution both amongst the groups/factions, and on ENPO & tribal leaders and on innocent public.
In this regard, ENPO said that the summit would be a prayerful call to the Naga national workers from Eastern Nagaland to seriously deliberate on peace and tranquility pre and post Naga political solution.
Trump refuses to accept defeat, says ‘this election is far from over’
WASHINGTON, they don’t want the NOV 7 (AGEN - truth to be exposed. CIES): Minutes af- The simple fact is this ter nearly all major election is far from networks projected over,” Trump said in Joe Biden as the next his statement. president, President He added, “I Donald Trump said will not rest until on Saturday his cam- the American People paign would begin have the honest vote challenging U.S. elec- count they deserve tion results in court Donald Trump and that Democracy next week, saying demands.” “this election is far from over.” Earlier, Trump declared him-
“Beginning Monday, our cam- self as the winner of the November paign will start prosecuting our 3 presidential election. “I WON case in court to ensure election THIS ELECTION, BY A LOT!” laws are fully upheld and the right- tweeted Trump. ful winner is seated,” Trump said. Twitter immediately flagged “The American People are entitled Trump’s tweet saying that “official to an honest election: that means sources may not have called the counting all legal ballots, and race when this was tweeted.” not counting any illegal ballots,” President Donald Trump also he said, adding that “Legal votes repeated his allegations of electoral decide who is president, not the fraud by claiming without evidence news media.” that “bad things happened” inside
“We all know why Joe Biden the counting rooms and tens of is rushing to falsely pose as the thousands of votes were illegally winner, and why his media allies received in the key battleground are trying so hard to help him: state of Pennsylvania.
DIMAPUR, NOV 7 (NPN): Eastern Na-
COVID-19 STATUS AS ON NOVember 7, 2020 ACTIVe CASeS
District Asymptomatic mild moderate Symptomatic Severe Critical-ICU Without With OxyOn Ventirecovered Death Death under Investigation migrated Total Cases Oxygen gen lator
Dimapur 649 28 5 1 0 0 0 4501 32* 3 52 5271
Kiphire 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 0 0 23
Kohima 219 3 6 7 2 0 4 2538 9 0 11 2799
Longleng 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 9 18
Mokokchung 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 97 1 0 3 117
Mon 101 3 0 0 0 0 0 443 2 0 9 558
Peren 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 305 0 0 0 311
Phek 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 0 0 0 37
Tuensang 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 141 0 0 0 154
Wokha 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 1 0 0 29 Zunheboto 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 133 0 0 3 138
Total 1012 34 11 8 2 0 4 8249 45 3 87 9455 *6 deaths not due to Covid-19 *3 deaths in under investigation
Nagaland COVID-19 tally 9455
Nagaland on Saturday include 4074 cases from the reported 128 new COVID-19 armed forces/police, 1675 repositive cases detected-- 61 turnees, 3245 traced contacts in Dimapur, 54 in Mon, 11 and 461 frontline workers. in Kohima and 2 in Peren, PTI: India’s COVIDtaking the tally to 9455. 19 caseload mounted to
Further, out of 9455 84,62,080 with 50,356 inpositive cases, the distribu- fections while the death toll tion across various categories climbed to 1,25,562.
Mutated variant of Covid linked to minks found in Denmark
COPENHAGEN, NOV 7
(AGENCIES): As many as 214 people have been infected with a mutated COVID strain that has been linked to minks in Denmark from June to mid-October, the country’s Ekstra Bladet newspaper reported on Friday, citing a research institute.
More than a quarter million Danes went into lockdown in the northern region of the country where the mutated variation of the coronavirus has infected minks being farmed for their fur, leading to an order to kill millions of the animals.
The newspaper cited the Statens Serum Institute, based in Copenhagen, which said that the mutated form of the virus had been found in 214 people, with 200 of these individuals based in the North Jutland region.
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen told reporters on Wednesday that a mutated strain of coronavirus, which was identified on mink farms in the north of the country, had subsequently spread to humans.
Denmark is the world’s largest producer of mink fur. Cases of the coronavirus disease have also been identified at mink farms in other countries, including the Netherlands and Spain, since the start of the pandemic. Last month, Denmark started culling millions of minks in the north of the country after Covid-19 infections were reported among the stock there. Nationwide, at least 216 out of the 1,139 fur farms in Denmark have now been infected. K Y M C
