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One or fewer daily deaths in 18 states, UTs for 7 days Eighteen of India’s states and Union Territories (UTs) have reported one or fewer Covid-19 related deaths a day on average in the past week, and eight have not seen a single person die of the viral disease in the same period — statistics that underline a remarkable turnaround in the country’s coronavirus trajectory.At the other end of the spectrum, Maharashtra alone reported nearly a third (32%) of all Covid-19 deaths in India in the last seven days, according to data analysed by HT. Seven out of every 10 people (70%) who have died of the coronavirus disease in the country over the past week have been residents of just six states — Maharashtra, Kerala, Chhattisgarh, Punjab, West Bengal, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh.The seven-day average of deaths, also known as the death trajectory, in India on Thursday touched 140 — the lowest this number has been in 250 days.“India has flattened its Covid-19 graph,” Union health minister Harsh Vardhan said on Thursday after chairing the 23rd meeting of the group of ministers (GoM) on Covid-19.“A total of 146 districts across the country have no new cases for the last seven days, 18 for the last 14 days, six for 21 days and 21 districts have not reported fresh cases of the coronavirus infection in the last 28 days,” Vardhan said. Of the over 700 districts, 20% have not reported any Covid-19 case in the last one week. Average daily deaths have dropped to one or below in 18 states and UTs. While a majority of these are UTs.
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Bengal govt moves Tensions surge between farmers, resolution against farm laws in Assembly govt as UP wants protest site vacated Agency News: New Delhi
Following the footsteps of several other states, the West Bengal government led by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday moved a resolution in the Assembly against the three contentious farm laws passed by the Centre. It is the sixth nonBJP ruled state to do so.Until now, five non-BJP-ruled states—Punjab, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Kerala and Delhi—have passed resolutions in their respective assemblies against the contentious laws that have led to thousands of farmers, primarily from Punjab and Haryana, protesting at Delhi borders.The TMC is at loggerheads with the BJP ahead of the Assembly election scheduled in the state in AprilMay. Both the parties are trying to woo the voters.Bengal govt demanding withdrawal of farm lawsThrough the resolution, the government has demanded the withdrawal of the farm laws. The resolution was tabled by Bengal’s parliamentary affairs
minister Partha Chatterjee and provides that the laws are favourable to corporates and anti-farmer.The moment the resolution was tabled, BJP MLAs rushed to the Well of the House to protest and later walked out of the Assembly chanting ‘Jai Shri Ram’.The resolution said the laws would create a situation where the government would be forced to stop the purchase of farm produce, leading to the collapse of the public distribution system and a surge in hoarding and black marketing.What CM Mamata Banerjee said? Speaking in the Assembly, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said the BJP pushed the farm laws in the Parliament using “brute force” and urged the Centre to repeal the legislations.“BJP always maligns every agitation as terrorist activity. The laws are totally anti-farmer. They pushed it (in Parliament) using brute force. We will not accept farmers being branded as traitors,” she said amid protest by BJP MLAs
Farmers are planning to file a petition in the Supreme Court against the order from Ghaziabad administration to vacate the Ghazipur protest site. Agency News: New Delhi Two days after the violence that erupted in the national capital by protesting farmers during the tractor rally, the Uttar Pradesh government has asked the Ghaziabad district administrations to end the farmers’ protest at Ghazipur border and vacate the roads and sites occupied by them by tonight.Farmers, however, have refused to abide by the government order and not
ready to vacate the protest site. Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait went on to say that he is ready to face bullets, but he would not budge. The situation at other borders where the farmers were protesting including Tikri and Singhu remains tense with heavy deployment of security forces.A few farmer groups have already left the protest saying they cannot support the violence that happened on Republic Day. Over 25 FIRs have been registered in connection with the violence and close to 400 cops were injured.Farmers are planning
to file a petition in the Supreme Court against the order from Ghaziabad administration to vacate the Ghazipur protest site. Farmers said that even Supreme Court has approved their peaceful protest. Hence, the order is illegal.Locals demand eviction of famersA huge security build-up has started at the Delhi-Haryana border at Singhu. But despite the huge police presence, tension rose as a group of 100 people managed to get past the security cordon and demanded that the farmers be evicted.The intruders, who raised “Jai Shri Ram
slogans”, claimed to be locals. “We demand that the farmers vacate this place. They have insulted the national flag at Red Fort by replacing it with their religious flag. They removed the national flag. Also we are inconvenienced due to this protest here,” one of them said.In neighbouring Haryana, farmers who had been protesting for nearly two months in Karnal were told to leave. The locals gave them a 24-hour ultimatum, saying they were facing inconvenience because of the protests.Farmers’ violent tractor rallyThe farmers’ tractor rally that was supposed to be a peaceful march turned violent on Tuesday, with farmers deviating from the approved route, entering the national capital, breaking police barricades, damaging police and public vehicles, and attacking policemen who were deployed to control the crowd.
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18,855 COVID-19 cases, 163 deaths reported in a day in India Agency News: New Delhi The health ministry on Friday informed that 18,855 fresh cases of COVID-19 have been reported in India in the past 24 hours. The addition of the fresh cases has taken the COVID-19 case tally past 1.07 crore.The ministry also informed that over 29.28 lakh healthcare workers have been vaccinated so far. Of it, over 5.72 lakh people were vaccinated on Thursday.So far, the biggest single-day surge of 97,894 COVID-19 cases was reported in India on September 17. The second-highest surge of 97,570 COVID-19 cases was recorded on September 12. It is followed by 96,551 cases reported on September 11.Notably, India has already surpassed Brazil in terms of cases. It is now the second-worst hit nation due to the coronavirus pandemic after the US. 163 COVID-19 related deaths were reported by the ministry during this period. The addition of the fresh fatalities has taken India’s death toll due to the deadly virus to 1,54,010. Previously, biggest surge of over 97,894 cases.
PM pitches PLI plan to Bharti Airtel tests 5G, races ahead of rivals global businesses Agency News: New Delhi Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday invited global firms to take advantage of the $26 billion worth production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme announced by the government and expand their manufacturing in India, assuring that India’s aspiration to become selfreliant will strengthen globalism.“In the $26 billion worth PLI scheme, you get incentive on incremental production. And these incentives are worth 5% of the production value. This means that due to the PLI scheme, around $520 billion worth of production is going to happen in India.”
Modi told top global CEOs at the Davos Dialogue 2021 through a video conference organized by the World Economic Forum. Last March, the government announced PLI schemes for three sectors—mobile manufacturing and specified electronics components, drug intermediates and active pharmaceutical ingredients, and medical devices—worth ₹51,355 crore. In November, it added 10 sectors to the list with additional committed incentive worth ₹1.46 trillion in a bid to boost local manufacturing.Modi said the Atmanirbhar Bharat programme that India is running is committed to strengthening the global supply chain. “We are moving ahead with
the promise of becoming self-reliant. India’s aspiration to become self-reliant will strengthen globalism in new ways. India has the capacity, capability as well as reliability to strengthen the global supply chain. India has a very large consumer base and the more it expands, the better it is for the global economy,” he added.Ahead of the FY22 budget, to be presented on 1 February, Modi said he wants to assure the business world that the situation will now change rapidly for India on the economic front. “During the time of corona also, by starting infrastructure projects worth trillions of rupees, by running special schemes for employment.
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Bharti Airtel Ltd became the first telecom service provider to demonstrate its capability to roll out 5G wireless services in India, stealing a march on rival Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd, which plans to launch the service later this year but hasn’t completed trials.On Thursday, Bharti announced that it has conducted on-field trials in Hyderabad to establish its ability to launch 5G, or fifth generation, services. The next-generation wireless service will pave the way for blazing fast internet speeds and power internet of things (IoT) applications, such as
driverless cars and smart cities.Airtel’s ability to run 5G services over its existing commercial network is a win for the company, which has been struggling to play catchup with Mukesh Ambani’s Jio for the past few years and has ceded its leadership in the Indian telecom market. Ambani, chairman of Reliance Industries Ltd, claimed in July
Parliament set to see a AAP To Contest Elections stormy Budget Session From Six States In Next 2 Years, Says Arvind Kejriwal
Agency News: New Delhi Seventeen opposition parties on Thursday announced that they will boycott President Ram Nath Kovind’s address to both houses of Parliament on Friday, the inaugural day of the Budget Session, to protest against three contentious farm laws passed by the Centre, setting the stage for a confrontation with the National Democratic Alliance (NDA).Only Mayawati’s Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) will not take part in the boycott, which parliamentary affairs minister Pralhad Joshi said the Opposition should reconsider.“I appeal to leaders from all parties not to boycott the President’s address. The
government is ready to discuss all issues threadbare and as much time as is required will be set aside when the business advisory committees of both Houses meet,” Joshi said. Opposition parties intend to demand the repeal of the three farm laws passed in September that seek to ease restrictions in farm trade, allow traders to stockpile large quantities of food stocks for future sales and lay down a national framework for contract farming based on written agreements. Farmers say the laws will erode their bargaining power and leave them at the mercy of powerful agribusinesses. Opposition parties will use the Budget Session to target the
The government is ready to discuss all issues threadbare and as much time as is required will be set aside when the business advisory committees of both Houses meet,” Joshi said.
government on its handling of the Covid-19-ravaged economy and the India-China border staff.The parties announced full support to farmers, claimed the government played a “nefarious role in orchestrating” the violence that marred protest rallies by farmers on Republic Day and said their main aim in the session would be to have the laws repealed.Lok Sabha
Speaker Om Birla, who will chair an all-party meeting on Friday, said that the session will offer “ample opportunity” for MPs to raise issues. “This will be a long session with Question Hour and Zero Hour. The lawmakers will get enough opportunities to raise all issues. Disrupting the session will not benefit them,” Birla said, pointing out that the debate on the President’s address allows MPs to raise “any issue under the sun”. The session will run from January 29 to April 8 with a recess from February 15 to March 7. The budget is to be presented in Parliament by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on February 1.Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Ghulam Nabi Azad of the Congress, reached out to different political party leaders on behalf of Congress president Sonia Gandhi to bring them together on the farmers’ issues. BSP chief Mayawati refused to come on board, but the Congress, Trinamool Congress, Left parties, Nationalist Congress Party, National Conference, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam.
Agency News: New Delhi Delhi chief minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday said that his party will contest elections in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat over the next two years — a decision that indicated another attempt to expand its national footprint. This is the second time the AAP is undertaking such an exercise — after getting little success, except in Punjab where it is the main opposition party in the state assembly — between
2015 and 2017. “People across the country are talking about the good governance of the AAP in Delhi. Across the country, people want welfare schemes and subsidies on amenities such as power and water, and good schools and hospitals like the ones in Delhi. We need to reach out to them. For that, we need to build up a strong organisation… In the next two years, our party will contest elections in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat,” said Kejriwal at the national council meeting of the party.
last year that Jio has built an indigenous 5G solution and was ready to launch the service in the second half of 2021. It has not shared details of its 5G solution.“We are the first telco to successfully demonstrate and orchestrate a live 5G service over a commercial network in Hyderabad. This demonstration emphatically validates the 5G readiness of Airtel’s network across all domains—radio, core and transport,” Airtel chief executive Gopal Vittal told reporters at a press conference. The differing timelines apart, both telcos have said that a full-fledged 5G rollout will be possible only with adequate spectrum availability.
Delhi University To Reopen For Final Year Students From February 1 Agency News: New Delhi The Delhi University (DU) announced on Sunday that it will reopen all its colleges for final year students with 100 per cent staff strength from February 1.The decision of reopening colleges of DU for final year students was taken after a meeting where all the heads of the departments of the university and principals of colleges were present.“Only final year students, in small batches, are allowed to visit their respective colleges, centres and departments for their laboratory, practicals, skill, library and related activities, as per the discretion of the respective principal, director or head in line with the UGC guidelines and SOPs,” University said in a notification.The university said the section in-charge or unit head may plan the timings of the staff in a staggered manner to avoid crowding at entry and exit gates.“Accordingly, the staff may be called to discharge the duties in the slot of 09.00 am to 05.30 pm and 09.30 am to 06.00 pm,” it added.
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29.01.2021, Friday
Supreme Court seeks Centre’s response on uniform adoption & guardianship law
Re-Shifting Focus To Smart Testing And Tracing: Lessons For Kerala t has been nearly a year since Kerala registered the first cases of the novel coronavirus in India, with its first positive case reported on January 30, 2020, when a student living in Wuhan returned home. Although Kerala had the initial head start in quelling the surge of active coronavirus infections, which earned the government worldwide accolades, the flagrant complacence during Onam and continuous mismanagement thereafter has been a cause of distress among epidemiologists and health authorities.With the detection of new mutant strain of Covid-19 and the steady spurt in the number of cases in Kerala adding to the woes --- especially when there is a rapid decline in the overall fresh infections across the country, calls for a thrust on a smart testing and tracing strategy which is effective and equitable. As Kerala now stands at the fifth position in the list of states with highest confirmed cases and tops the chart with the highest number of active cases in the country, the government ought to up its game and move towards a strengthened approach to manage the pandemic. The government’s ineptness to control the pandemic has resulted in the gradual increase of fresh infections in the state. The recent spike in the caseload can be ascribed to the justconcluded local body elections at the district level where the turnout was reported to be approximately two crore.But, this was not the first time where the government lost sight of the plausible increase in cases. Before this, it had failed to control the infections during the Onam celebrations and repatriation operation as the strategy and technology deployed by the government to curtail its first wave was ineffective in the subsequent times.To conceal its failure, the government is also reported to have indulged in the fabrication of the Covid-19 data as evident from the numbers presented below. The figures uploaded on the state dashboard are manifestly incongruent with the data released by the district collector’s office in several districts.Taking examples of Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Wayanad, and Kasargod districts- the state dashboard has ignored more than 400 deaths in these 4 districts as evident from the discrepancy in the data released by the district authorities and the state government.Apart from the glaring discrepancies pointed out in the reported data, a group of local volunteers led by a general physician have collated a datasheet which suggests massive undercounting of Covid-19 deaths by the government. The data bank which is exclusively based on reliable news reports suggests that Kerala’s actual death toll is at least 4,396 (as on December 29, 2020). It is pertinent to note that these volunteers were able to track only media reported deaths and that there is a great likelihood that the data for many more deaths is absent from public glare. This investigation has even led a former bureaucrat to confess the under reportage which completely strips away the transparency that the government vouches for.The state is reportedly leveraging antigen kits to test its populace, even when its reliability is low as compared to the RT-PCR tests. As of January 5, 2021, the antigen tests constituted approximately 66 per cent of the total testing samples taken by the Kerala government. Since these kits are stated to be more prone to indicate false negatives, the official data released by the government remains questionable. In October 2020, the government was planning to enhance the testing numbers to one lakh per day but have not yet done so. As of January 6, 2021, Kerala has cumulatively tested 81,60,890 samples which accounts for roughly 23 per cent of the population. While on one hand, states like Delhi, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu have kept their testing consistent, Kerala still lags behind with its testing numbers going down sharply on weekends and the numbers oscillate between 30,000 and 65,000. To add to this distressing situation, private labs in Kerala continue to charge Rs 2,100 for RT-PCR tests (at the time of writing) while other states like Delhi, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, etc. have significantly slashed the prices to Rs 800. This has enabled more people to take tests on a voluntary basis making tests accessible and reliable.As India gears up for the rollout of vaccines, testing will remain crucial in detecting the new cases of coronavirus. Since at the outset, we plan to vaccinate healthcare and other frontline workers, it is essential that tools of testing and tracing are continued for the rest of the population, especially in cluster zones and rural areas. Additionally, the new strain of coronavirus with greater transmissibility has made it patently clear that the virus will continue to mutate and may potentially pose challenges to the current crop of vaccines. Even if the vaccines prove - Kapilkumar M. Hirpara to be safe and effective.
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The Supreme Court on Friday sought reply from Centre on a PIL demanding a uniform adoption and guardianship law for all citizens irrespective of gender and religion.
Agency News: New Delhi The Public interest litigation filed by Advocate Ashwini Upadhyay states, “ Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhist and Jains are being governed by Hindu
Adoption & Maintenance Act 1956 but Muslim, Christians, Parsis are still being governed by un-codified, primitive personal laws which are not at all capable to serve needs of progressive democratic
liberal society which is governed the Constitution and enshrines and cherishes the value of justice, equality, fraternity, unity and national integration.” The bench headed by the Chief Justice of India agreed to hear the petition along with the pending PIL also seeking uniformity in divorce laws.The petition has
also sought direction to the Law Commission of India to prepare a report on “Uniform Grounds of Adoption & Guardianship in spirit of Articles 14, 15, 21, 44 within 3 months, while considering the best practices of laws of ‘adoption & guardianship’ and international conventions.
Nation pays homage to Mahatma Gandhi on his 73rd death anniversary Agency News: New Delhi The day is also observed as Martyrs’ Day. He was assassinated on this day in 1948.An inter-religious prayer is organised on the occasion at Rajghat every year where the President, Vice President and Prime Minister lay wreaths at Bapu’s samadhi. President
Perovskite: A New Ray of Hope Agency News: New Delhi Imagine light poles on the street generating their own electricity. Or, the façade of buildings producing power for our daily use. And the batteries in cars and buses getting recharged without being plugged into a source of power. These are not science fiction scenarios but on the verge of becoming a reality. These surfaces will indeed generate solar power if they are coated with a solution containing a wonder material that goes by the name of perovskite. Perovskite may be the Holy Grail that the solar power industry has been seeking for the last two decades. The silicon-based solar cell that constitutes the bulk of the present photovoltaic market is close to reaching the theoretical limit of efficiency. To boost efficiency.
Ram Nath Kovind today paid tributes to Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi who embraced martyrdom this day. In his message, President Kovind said people should adhere to his ideals of peace, non-violence, simplicity, purity of means and humility. He asked everyone to resolve to follow his path of truth
and love.The nation will also observe a two-minute silence at 11 AM in remembrance of those who sacrificed in the country’s independence.Films Division is paying tribute to the father of Nation Mahatma Gandhi by screening a film. Films being streamed is ‘Gandhi Rediscovered’. It is a 27 Min documentary in Hindi
and English and discusses the scope of Swadeshi
2 Indian-origin paediatrician kills doctor, himself Agency News: Houston A 43-year-old Indianorigin paediatrician recently diagnosed with terminal cancer stormed into a medical facility, took five people hostage and shot dead another paediatrician before turning the gun on himself in the Texas capital of Austin on Tuesday, police said. The armed man was identified as Dr Bharat Narumanchi, police said, adding that he was recently turned down for the position of a volunteer at the medical facility. Police received a call at 4:30pm on Tuesday, saying a man walked into the offices of Children’s Medical Group (CMG) with a gun, and held hostages inside the building, reported, citing the Austin Police Department. “He displayed a gun and told the hostages to tie themselves up,” Austin Police lieutenant Jeff Greenwalt said, according to US media reports. Four of the five hostages — all employees at the facility — managed to escape, except Katherine Dodson, also a 43-year-old paediatrician. The hostages who escaped told officers at the scene that the man was armed with a pistol in what appeared to be a shotgun, police said.
Police received a call at 4:30pm on Tuesday, saying a man walked into the offices of Children’s Medical Group (CMG) with a gun, and held hostages inside the building, reported, citing the Austin Police Department. He was also carrying two duffel bags.Dr Narumanchi had visited the CMG office a week before and applied for a position. Other than his recent visit to the office, there did not appear to be any relationship or other contact between Dr Narumanchi and Dr Dodson, police saiHe was recently diagnosed with terminal cancer and had been told that had just weeks to live, Greenwalt told reporters on Wednesday.
Many more made-in-India Covid vaccines soon: Modi Agency News: New Delhi Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday hailed India’s progress in tackling the Covid-19 pandemic, said that India’s success in saving lives has been a global good, and pledged a commitment to help other countries with more “made-in-India” vaccines. Speaking at the World Economic Forum’s Davos Agenda, the PM also asserted that India’s campaign for self-reliance — the Aatmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan — would strengthen globalism, and spoke of India’s “reliability” as a part of global supply chains in a climate where China’s reliability as a global supplier has come under question. The PM outlined access, inclusion, empowerment and user privacy as key pillars of India’s
digitisation drive; highlighted the importance of new technologies but with human-centric vision; and called global investors to participate in India’s story, in the backdrop of structural reforms across economic sectors.The PM was speaking at what has become a mega event of global political and economic leaders — held virtually this year — with a focus on the postpandemic world and harnessing the
technologies of the fourth industrial revolution.Tracing back India’s journey against the pandemic, Modi said: “I remember how in February, March and April, many global experts and institutions had made many predictions. It was said that India would be the most affected by Covid-19; that there would be a tsunami. Someone said 700-800 millions Indians would get infected while others said 2 million Indians would die.”But, the PM said, India did not get demoralised and instead adopted a “proactive approach” with public participation, boosted its Covid-19 infrastructure, ramped up testing, trained human resources, adopted appropriate behaviour as a mass movement, and in the process saved innumerable lives.Underlining the scale of India’s challenge, Modi
pointed out that India is home to 18% of the world’s population. “By managing Covid-19, India has saved the world from a disaster.”The PM then highlighted India’s vaccination plans, and said that while taking care of its domestic needs, India has — through this period — fulfilled its global responsibilities, from helping citizens reach their countries of residence when air space was closed, to distributing medicines to showing the world how India’s alternative medicine system, Ayurveda, boosted immunity, to now supplying vaccines. “Right now, there are two made-in-India vaccines — but in the coming days, many more vaccines will come. This will help us support other countries at scale and speed.”The other key focus of the PM’s prepared remarks.
‘The next 12 months are going to be very tough’ Agency News: Panaji Serafino Cota looked forlorn at the edge of his 18-room hotel, standing a stone’s throw away from south Goa’s Cavelossim beach. His once-vibrant Dona Maria Sa hotel has been closed since March, when the government imposed a
nationwide lockdown to arrest the spread of Covid-19, and fear of the virus drove tourists away from the dunes of the beach, once a favourite haunt of foreigners.December and January were his busiest months, but this year he’s written off this season, saying it will be better to reopen by October. Still, he is unsure if his
pristine property overlooking the ocean, far from the noisy beaches of north Goa, will generate enough revenue to pay salaries and running costs.“Even before the lockdown, tourism was witnessing a slowdown but we managed to survive owing to foreign tourists. We would get around 10-15 families or couples
per month and the hotel managed to remain afloat based on that,” Cota,59, said.The 18-room hotel was the sole source of income for his family of five. Additionally, there were 10 employees dependent on him. “I’ve had to lay off all members of my permanent staff with the promise that I will re-employ them once the
‘Can’t hurt feelings’: Faruqui denied bail
Bollywood actress Malaika Arora shared some of her sultry pictures in a fusion ethnic look in designer Arpita Mehta’s couture.
situation improves,” he said. With bigger properties slashing rates owing to the pandemic, Cota found himself competing with branded hotel chains. “The situation is such that small and medium hotels have been squeezed out by starred hotels, who have slashed their rates even during the peak season.
An overview of justice delivery across all states
Agency News: New Delhi
Agency News: New Delhi
The Madhya Pradesh high court on Thursday refused to release stand-up comic Munawar Faruqui on bail, holding that he was prima facie (on the first impression) guilty of hurting others’ religious sentiments “under the garb of stand-up comedy” during a public show staged in Indore on January 1.In his 10-page order dismissing Faruqui’s bail plea, justice Rohit Arya also urged the states to strive to ensure that the “ecosystem and sustenance of coexistence in our welfare society is not polluted by negative forces”. The court emphasised that
The second edition of the India Justice Report by Tata Trusts, compiled in collaboration with civil society organisations to assess the capacity of various states to deliver justice, was released on Thursday. The report uses statistics compiled by states to rank 18 large and mid-sized states, and seven small states, and compares their performance based on parameters across what it calls the four pillars of the justice delivery system: judiciary, police, prisons, and legal aid. Using a quantitative measurement of budgets,
“liberty of an individual has to be balanced with his duties and obligations towards his fellow citizens”, adding that “mutual respect, faith and trust amongst all citizens of India are basic tenets of coexistence, in a welfare society governed by the principles of rule of law”. Senior advocate Vivek Tankha,
who represented Faruqui, said: “I am disappointed with the order, to say the least.” Faruqui was arrested on January 1 on the complaint of Hindu Rakshak Sangathan convener Eklavya Singh Gaud in Indore, just before he was about to start his performance at a restaurant.
The report uses statistics compiled by states to rank 18 large and mid-sized states, and seven small states, and compares their performance based on parameters across
vacancies in human resources, diversity in gender, workload, and infrastructure, the report uses 87 indicators to rank a state against other states, many of them over the last five years as well as since the previous report. Here’s a look at the highlights on how states performed in 2019-2020.
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29.01.2021, Friday
Priyanka Chopra spends a blissful weekend as she chills in a pool in a red bikini
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Amit Khatri rewrites National U20 Record in 10000m Race Walk For the second day running, a walker stole the limelight in the 18th National Federation Cup Juniors U20 Athletics Championships with a National Record time.
on February 6 in Guwahati. The 17-year-old Amit clocked 40 minutes 40.97 seconds, winning by nearly half a minute from his State-mate Paramdeep Mor, to improve on the National Record of 40:37.78 set by Akshdeep Singh, in Ranchi in 2018 and the meet mark of 42:09.44 registered by Sanjay Kumar in Coimbatore in 2018. The Rohtak lad was only living up to his reputation as a recordbreaker.Amit marked his
presence first in 2018 when he claimed the U16 5000m Race Walk National Record in 21:17.63 and set a new meet mark of 40:28.00 in the winning U20 10000m race in the National Open Race Walking Championship on Ranchi roads in February last. He previous best on track was 43:36.26 in the National Youth Championships in Raipur in February 2019. Rajasthan Hammer thrower Bhagwati Choudhary missed
the National U20 record and the meet mark by a mere centimeter when she sent the ball and chain soaring over 52.33m. It was the closest anyone got to Seema Jhakar’s mark set in Lucknow in July 2009 and will mark the 19-year-old as one to look out for when she soon moves into the senior ranks. Tamil Nadu Triple jumper Praveen Chithravel, a Youth Olympic Games finalist in 2018, went past the 16m mark for the first time since March 2019 and got the meet mark with a 16.01m jump on his fourth try. Bhupender Singh (Haryana) laid down the gauntlet with a 15.81m effort, but Praveen was equal to the task and breached the 16m mark to suggest that his injury woes are behind him.Chatru Gumnaram (Rajasthan) was another who rewrite a meet record. She won the 3000m in 9:45.87 to improve on the 9:47.28 set by Maharashtra’s Sanjivani Jadhav in Chennaj in 2014.
help the other doubles team supported under the Target Olympic Podium Scheme
i.e. Satwiksairaj RankireddyAshwini Ponnappa and Ashwini Ponnappa-Sikki Reddy.Boe has a distinguished doubles career, in which he also won the All-England Championships twice in 2011 and 2015 and was a silver medalist at the 2013 World Championships. Chirag Shetty, who has partnered Boe
in some events in the past and trained with him in Mumbai when the Badminton Tour was suspended, mooted the idea of bringing Boe on board.“I have played with him and he is a mentor, having guided me earlier. Working with him will definitely help us in the Olympic year,” Chirag Shetty said.
Agency News: New Delhi Haryana’s Amit Khatri stamped his presence as the best among the country’s crop of U20 race walkers by winning the 10000m title on the final day at the TT Nagar Stadium here on Wednesday. The curtain thus came down on the first National-level track and field competition in a year and some of the performances were indicative of how the athletes had not stopped training and were eager to test the outcome of their hard work. This showing raises expectations from the National Junior Athletics Championships which begins
Olympic silver medalist Mathias Boe to coach badminton players Satwiksairaj Rankireddy & Chirag Shetty Agency News: New Delhi
Chirag Shetty has expressed delight that the Mission Olympic Cell today approved their idea. Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty are currently ninth in the Race to Tokyo with 16 pairs eligible. During his tenure, Boe will also
ICICI Bank’s Q3 net profit increases 17% to Rs 5,498 cr
Agency News: New Delhi ICICI Bank on Saturday reported a 17.73 per cent jump in its December quarter consolidated net profit at Rs 5,498.15 crore, as against Rs 4,670.10 crore in the yearago period.On a standalone basis, the country’s second largest private sector lender by assets showed a 19.12 per cent rise in the post-tax profit at Rs 4,939.59 crore for the reporting quarter, up from Rs 4.146.46 crore in the OctoberDecember 2019 period.Its total income increased to Rs 24,416 crore from the year-ago’s Rs 23,638 crore,
while the total expenditure was lower at Rs 15,596 crore as against Rs 16,089 crore. The reported gross nonperforming assets ratio was at 4.38 per cent, but would have been 5.42 per cent if not for the Supreme Court order asking banks not to classify non-paying loan accounts as NPAs after the end of the loan repayment moratorium.Its overall provisions increased to Rs 2,741 crore from the yearago period’s Rs 2,083 crore, but lower when compared to the preceding quarter’s Rs 2,995 crore, as per its exchange filing. It made a contingency provision of Rs 3,012.16 crore for borrower accounts not classified as NPAs pursuant to the interim order of the Supreme Court and utilised Rs 1,800 crore of the Rs 8,772.30 crore in provisions for the pandemic made earlier.
Khelo India Zanskar Winter Sports and Youth Festival 2021 concludes
Agency News: New Delhi The festival, first of its kind was organized by the Department of Sports & Youth Services under the Khelo India banner in collaboration with the Ladakh Tourism Department. The festival was organised to showcase potential in adventure tourism and sports and aims to open a new arena in Ladakh for adventure and economy. It is one of the biggest events that has been organised to promote winter tourism in Ladakh. The 13day long festival was started on January 18th and concluded on Saturday, January 30th 2021.Member of Parliament (MP) Ladakh Jamyang Tsering Namgyal was the chief guest on the occasion while Councillor Cha Constituency Stanzin Lakpa was guest of honor. Member of Parliament Ladakh Jamyang Tsering Namgyal said that the event is a great achievement towards promoting winter sports and tourism in Ladakh. He elaborated that so far tourists would visit religious places and other sites only, but this event will change the scenario in terms of expansion of economic activities and tourism.
When finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman tables the annual Economic Survey in Parliament on Friday, policy wonks, researchers and those who track the Indian economy will be keenly watching out for one number: the growth projections for 2021-22 The annual Economic Survey is usually presented a day before the presentation of the annual budget. It serves as the official report of the economy. This year, Finance
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Meet Ruhee Dosani, Famous Digital Content Creator Who Is Ruling Social Media With Her Videos Agency News: Mumbai During the lockdown, when the world was dealing with the ongoing pandemic, light-hearted and fun content turned out to be a saving grace. Be it entertainment on OTT platforms or apps such as Instagram, the content creators made sure we get through the tough time.These digital content creators rose to fame during this time – When people were low on creativity and couldn’t pull themselves to be productive, Ruhee Dosani kept
churning videos after videos to keep her followers entertained. If you are someone who loves watching foreigners groove to
peppy Bollywood music, Ruhee Dosani’s social media page is the place to be. Described as a ‘Punjab di kudi living abroad’ on Instagram, she and her ‘We Desi’ friends are quite popular for taking on songs ranging from Bhojpuri to Punjabi and even Yashraj Mukhate’s mashups! In an exclusive interview with Outlook’s Eshita Bhargava, Ruhee Dosani spoke about her journey, what inspired her to come up with innovative content, how content creators stay monetarily afloat in the initial stages, and much more.
When Khoker asked Vikas Gupta to meet him the next time, Vikas made an excuse about body.
Roadies 9 Winner Accuses Bigg Boss Contestant Vikas Gupta Of Sexual Misconduct, Says Latter Asked For Nudes Agency News: Mumbai Winner of popular reality show Roadies 9, Vikas Khoker has accused Bigg Boss 14 contestant Vikas Gupta of sexual misconduct. Recalling the incident, Khoker claimed that Gupta had asked him to “fulfil his sexual desires” and demanded intimate images from Khoker including those of his private parts. He also slammed Gupta for trying to gain sympathy by shedding fake tears.In an interview with NavBharat Times, Khoker alleged that Gupta tried to sexually assault him by luring him on the pretext of providing him work.Vikas Khoker told the news portal, “After I won Roadies in the year 2012, many people asked me to get involved with them physically and one of them was Vikas Gupta, who had approached me to fulfil his sexual desires.”
India Needs Bold, Multifaceted Policy Response Kangana Ranaut To Play The Role Of Into Secure Robust Economic Recovery: IMF Securing a robust and sustained economic recovery will require a bold and multifaceted policy response, including investment in health infrastructure to further contain the pandemic and to ensure the availability and effective distribution of vaccines and treatments, he said. Agency News: New Delhi India must ensure that the COVID-19 pandemic is well contained and the distribution and rollout of vaccines are well managed if it wants to achieve a double-digit growth rate for the next fiscal year, the IMF said on Thursday, insisting that securing a robust and sustained economic recovery will require a bold and multifaceted policy response. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday projected an impressive 11.5 per cent growth rate for India in 2021, making the country the only major economy of the world to register the doubledigit growth this year amidst the catastrophic coronavirus pandemic.“To achieve a doubledigit growth rate for the next fiscal year, it would be important to ensure that the COVID-19 pandemic is well contained and
dira Gandhi In Upcoming Political Drama Agency News: Mumbai
the distribution and rollout of vaccines are well managed in a timely manner,” Paolo Mauro, Deputy Director of the Fiscal Affairs Department at the IMF, told PTI in an interview. Securing a robust and sustained economic recovery will require a bold and multifaceted policy response, including investment in health infrastructure to further contain the pandemic and to ensure the availability and effective distribution of vaccines and treatments, he said.The IMF projection reflects a faster than expected recovery in mobility, a rapid decline in active COVID-19 cases, and recovery in various high-frequency economic indicators in recent months, he said.The upward revision for FY21/22 to double-digit growth reflects carryover from a stronger-than-expected recovery in 2020 and a potential improvement in economic confidence from the distribution and rollout of vaccines.
What Will Economic Survey’s Growth Projections be After Pandemic? Agency News: New Delhi
Priyanka has been rather busy, promoting her new film, The White Tiger. The response has been positive. Writing about it, Hindustan Times wrote: “Based on Aravind Adiga’s Booker Prize-winning novel, The White Tiger is a cynical movie -- an angry antithesis to the crowdpleasing Slumdog Millionaire. That it has been directed by a foreigner, Ramin Bahrani, is somewhat fitting. Although the situation is changing, with Serious Men and Sir, two other films about servitude that released in the same year, mainstream Indian filmmakers generally lack the cultural perspective to tackle relevant themes such as casteism.
Minister will table it in Parliament on January 29, Friday — two days before she presents the Union Budget for 2021-22 on February 1.It was first presented in 1950-51 and submitted in the Lok Sabha along with the Union Budget until 1964. In 1964, the ministry started to release the survey a day before budget day. This practice has continued till last year. However, this year’s Economic Survey will be presented two days before the Budget, which is scheduled for February 1.The Economic Survey is
authored by Chief Economic Adviser (CEA) Krishnamurthy Subramanian and his team. In his first Survey in 2019, Subramanian had set an agenda of achieving 8% sustained Gross domestic product (GDP) growth to
make India a $5-trillion economy by 2024-25, as envisioned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. However, the coronavirus pandemic severely impacted the Indian economy in 2020. It contracted by a massive 23.9% year-on-year (YoY) in the April June quarter. This was the first GDP contraction in more than 40 years. For the July-September quarter, India’s GDP contracted 7.5% year-on-year, as per estimates released by the National Statistical Office.
Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut is all set to play the role of India’s one and only female Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. While the actress confirmed the news about her upcoming project on social media she hasn’t yet revealed the name of the proposed movie.While talking about her upcoming project, Ranaut said that the movie will not be a biopic adding that it will be set around the time of Operation Blue Star Agency News: Mumbai Bollywood actor Jacqueline Fernandez is gearing up to woo an international audience. The star will make her Hollywood debut with the upcoming anthology project “Women Stories”, which also stars the likes of Cara Delevingne, Eva Longoria, Margherita Buy, Leonor Varela and Oscar winner Marcia Gay Harden. The movie will feature six shorts, ranging from drama to comedy, docu-drama to animation, from six women filmmakers.Fernandez will star in filmmaker Leena Yadav’s short, titled “Sharing A Ride”, sharing the screen with transgender model Anjali Lama, reported Deadline.Yadav is known for directing movies such.
and the Emergency.The film will be directed and scripted by Sai Kabir.According to recent reports Kangana Ranaut mentioned in a statement, “Yes, we are working on the project, and the script is in its final stages. It is not the biopic of Indira Gandhi. It is a grand period film. To be precise, it is a political drama that will help my generation to understand (the) socio-political landscape of current India.” Taking to social media, the actress shared a n image of
herself dressed up as Indira Gandhi.
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75-yr-old man killed in leopard attack in Dhari Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad A 75-year-old man was killed in a leopard attack in Dhari taluka of Amreli district early on Wednesday morning. This is the fifth such incident reported from the Gir and nearby areas in over a month.Local reports said the victim Manubhai Savaliya, a resident of Amrutpur village was attacked by the cat while he was at his farm. He was reported mentally challenged.Forest officials are waiting for the postmortem report. Local media reports quoting forest officials said that the man lived alone in a cottage on his farm and was found dead on Wednesday morning. Leopard pugmarks were found near the area.Earlier this week, a cattle herder was attacked by a lion in
Fake call center busted in Rajkot, police on the lookout for mastermind
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Do Muslim clerics supporting AIMIM care about community’s problems? Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad
Madhupur village in the same area. A four-yearold boy was killed by a leopard in Nava Ugla village in Gir Somnath on January 7 this year. The child was attacked when he was on the farm with his parents.On December 21, a 17-year-old girl from Dahod district was killed by two lions on a farm in Dhanfuliya village of Vanthali taluka of Junagadh district. On December 24, Arti Makwana, another teen was attacked and killed by a leopard in Kasan village of Mahuva taluka of Bhavnagar district.
With the declaration of election dates for the local body polls in Gujarat, political parties are busy making tall claims about their victory in an attempt to woo the voters. But this election is going to be different as perhaps for the first time two other political parties—AIMIM and AAP— are in the fray apart from the BJP and Congress—the two major political fronts in Gujarat. Muslim clerics supporting AIMIMAhead of the polls, the BJP, Congress and AAP are trying to understand the ground realities on one side and working on the booth level to understand the spatial issues and problems of the local residents. On the other hand, Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi’s AIMIM is seen trying to win elections with the help of clerics and ulemas. Muslim clerics supporting AIMIMThis is so because the AIMIM is yet to form a local body of the party in Gujarat, but its leaders
It is learnt that after the arrival of Owaisi, many veteran Congress leaders can join AIMIM. These seasoned leaders are currently adamant that they will join the party only when Owaisi arrives. Muslim clerics supporting AIMIM According to political experts.
are trying to strengthen their political position by seeking the support of clerics. In such a situation, the question arises whether the clerics of Ahmedabad are concerned only about Owaisi and his party or even about the troubles that Muslims are facing.With AIMIM entering the political scene of Gujarat, there is a lot of enthusiasm in Muslim youth. Interestingly, around 50 Congress workers left the party to join AIMIM in Aravalli’s Modasa. It holds significance as Owaisi’s party has been able to make a dent
PIL wants Gujarat govt to upload its gazetted notifications online
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A fake call center was busted in Rajkot city and four youth, who originally belong to Ahmedabad, were nabbed for allegedly duping US citizens by promising them loans at low-interest rates.Media reports said all the accused are in their 20s and they called up US citizens with the help of contact details shared by the mastermind who is yet to be traced. They would offer loans on low interest and get the victims to share their social security numbers.The arrested youth has been identified as Manoj Sharma, Ratan Karan, Vicky Singh, and Sahil Oad, all residents of Ahmedabad, who had recently moved to Rajkot. The call center was operating in a village on the outskirts of the city.
The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday has asked the state government to file an affidavit within six weeks about the e-publication of the gazette on its website.A PIL filed before the Gujarat High Court has sought a direction to the state to upload the official gazette on the e-portal. The advocate appearing for the petitioner submitted that 22 state governments along with the Centre upload their notifications online, while the Gujarat government is not complying with the same.Government pleader – Manisha Lav Kumar on behalf of the state submitted that they are aware of the issue and it has already got the attention of the concerned department. A committee is already constituted which has submitted its preliminary report and very soon the government would be coming up with relevant rules, regulations, and the website, placing all gazetted notification on e-portal, the pleader said.We are in coordination with the NIC, as the volume of gazetted documents is huge, the pleader said. The state has sought six weeks to respond to the matter.What court said about gazetted notificatioReacting to the government
pleader’s request to grant six weeks the Gujarat High Court asked “Why has Gujarat not done this earlier, the state is ahead in technology, why so much delay?”Responding to the court’s oral observation the advocate appearing for the petitioner argued that it could be because of transparency as the government is not happy to disclose everything.Replying to the petitioner’s advocate Gujarat High Court said, “Why would the state do that as gazetted notifications are public documents?”The petitioner’s advocate said that before coming to the high court, he wrote multiple times to the concerned departments about the issue but did not get any response.The Gujarat High Court suggested that the state could in the initial stages of setting up an e- portal put up at least what is new including future documents. Previous gazetted notification may be uploaded within the next 4 to 6 months, it said. The gazette notifications are authorised legal documents of the government of India and uploaded on the e-gazette website. These gazetted documents include notification, orders, statutory rules among others. There are two types of gazette – weekly gazette and extraordinary gazette. This matter is likely to be heard on March 8.
Civic body polls: 1227 aspirants seek tickets from Congress for 192 seats in AMC! Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad There is a surge in Congress candidates seeking a ticket for the upcoming civic body polls in Ahmedabad. The civic body polls for the six municipal corporations in the state are scheduled to be held on February 21.The Congress has seen 1,227 ticket aspirants for the 192 seats in 48 wards of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC).The highest number of
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aspirants are in the Saraspur-Rakhial ward which has 56 aspirants. The other wards that have over 50 aspirants include Asarwa (52) Bhaipura (50) and Saijpur Bogha (49). The lowest number of aspirants are in Naranpura (9) and Navrangrpura (8).As the numbers suggest, more members are keen to represent the Congress in the eastern part of the city.Congress to release the first list for civic body polls on Feb 1 The Congress is likely to release the first list of
candidates for the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation elections on February 1. The final list will be declared by February 5. Given that those who will not get a ticket may create problems, the party plans to give the mandate at the last moment. In the 2015 civic body polls of AMC, BJP won 142 seats and Congress had 49. An independent got one seat. Overall there has been a 6.61 lakh increase in eligible voters for the civic body elections.
in Modasa, which is considered a Congress stronghold.The Modasa municipality has been under BJP rule for the last 25 years. It has a significant Muslim population. However, this time the Muslim votes are going to be divided into Congress, AIMIM and AAP. As a result, BJP is expected to easily win the election.There are reports that Asaduddin Owaisi is going to visit Gujarat on February 4. During this visit, he is expected to address a huge public meeting at the Ahmedabad Riverfront. According to information received from party sources, earlier this meeting was
going to be held at JP Chowk in the Khanpur area. But the party hopes that a large number of people will be present in it, so now preparations are being made to organise the meeting at the riverfront. Muslim clerics supporting AIMIMNot only this, but AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi will also visit Bharuch where his party has decided to contest elections with Chhotu Vasava’s party BTPApart from all these developments, the real game will start at night when Asaduddin Owaisi will meet the ulemas of Gujarat as well as the Congress leaders who are
currently unhappy with their party. It is learnt that after the arrival of Owaisi, many veteran Congress leaders can join AIMIM. These seasoned leaders are currently adamant that they will join the party only when Owaisi arrives. Muslim clerics supporting AIMIM According to political experts, there is no political built up regarding AIMIM in Gujarat. Also, leaders depending on whom the party is planning to make inroads in the state are missing in action. But if Asaduddin Owaisi visits Gujarat and addresses public meetings, then it is obvious that he will try to spark his politics only by buoying the religious sentiment of Muslims. In the current political scenario, it will be interesting to see whether AIMIM’s state president Sabir Kabliwala, who is missing from Jamalpur these days, will be able to make AIMIM a third front or not? Muslim clerics supportin.
Rajasthan government has high hopes from PCPIR Agency News: Rajasthan
Gifted with a massive oil and gas reserve in its underbelly, Rajasthan is now aiming to become a prosperous state through its refinery and the proposed petroleum, chemicals and petrochemicals investment region (PCPIR). Rajasthan has high hopes from the Rs 44,000 crore oil refinery—a dream project of the Congress government that suffered several hiccups but has started rolling now. The refinery will come at Pachpadra village in the border district of Barmer. It will be a joint venture of the Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd
(HPCL) and the government of RajasthanBarmer refinery and petrochemical complex is a new facility that is currently being developed for the production of clean fuels in the Barmer district of Rajasthan, India. It is commonly called
Barmer refinery.Crude derivativesThe new refinery and petroleum complex will have a total processing capacity of nine million metric tonnes per annum (mmtpa). It will be used for the production of BS-VI grade motor spirit and
diesel fuel, as well as other products including ethylene and propylene derivatives. The derivatives will be used as feedstock in industries, such as textiles, packaging and petroleum. Thus, it is expected that with the derivatives available, it would lead to the setting up of more industrial units and thousands of job opportunities. The project is the first of its kind in Rajasthan and is being developed by a joint venture (JV) between Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL, 74%) and the Government of Rajasthan (26%) known as HPCL Rajasthan Refinery Limited (HRRL).
Several transgenders in Gujarat join BJP in presence of Rajpipla’s gay prince Manvendrasinh Gohil Agency News: Rajpipla A large group of transgenders has in the presence of gay prince Manvendrasinh Gohil joined the BJP. The transgenders were welcomed by Dr. Vijay Shah, Vadodara city president of the BJP.This is the first instance of transgenders joining a mainstream political party in Gujarat.The gay prince from Rajpipla Manvendrasinh Gohil, who has fought for the rights of transgenders, told Gujarat Exclusive that a big group has joined the BJP as an SC ruling decriminalizing homosexuality came while
the party was in power.What Manvendrasinh Gohil said He said the transgender bill was also passed in the Loksabha and the Rajyasabha by the BJP. He said it was during the
BJP rule that a shelter home for transgenders was built in VadodaraHe said transgenders got their rights under BJP and not the Congress and hence they have joined the former.
Manvendra Gohil said earlier whenever the community approached Dr. Vijay Shah he has shown enthusiasm in addressing their concerns.He said the party should also have a transgender wing and they have made a representation to the party about the same. Manvendrasinh Gohil has said that transgenders also have a right to fight elections and political parties should give them tickets too It however remains o be seen if the BJP will offer a ticket to any transgender in the VMC elections scheduled in February.
‘Matajino Mandvo’ held every year between January 28 to January 30, 2021, many goats are sacrificed at the temple in Ranagadh in Surendranagar. What the trust said about the sacrifice? The trust wanted that authorities should issue circulars or resolutions/orders to ensure that no animals are
sacrificed during the religious celebration The legal notice further sought that sufficient police be deployed to prevent individuals from sacrificing animals. It said if animals are brought to the temple precinct for the sacrifice they should be rescued.It said the Gujarat Animals and Birds Sacrifices (Prohibition) Act, 1972 has been specifically enacted to ensure that animals and birds are not sacrificed as a ritual in temples or their precincts, the notice said. Earlier the High Court of Himachal Pradesh had held that sacrifice causes immense pain and suffering to innocent animals. The innocent animals cannot be permitted to be sacrificed to appease the God/deity in a barbaric manner.
Visaka Industries Ltd. donates ATUM (solar powered) street vendor carts to 13 beneficiaries in Hyderabad. NGO issues legal notice to save animals from Agency News: sacrifice at ‘Matajina Mandva’ in Surendranagar Mumbai
Visaka Industries Limited donated 13 ATUM (Solar Powered) Street Vendor Carts to beneficiaries in Hyderabad as part of its social responsibility programme to support marginalized communities as well as promote sustainable and eco-friendly products. With this, the total ATUM Street Vendor carts, donated by Visaka Industries Limited, now stands at 75.Each ATUM (solar powered) street vendor cart is fabricated at a cost of INR 40,000/-. It takes 6 hours for the ATUM Street Vendor Carts to be charged and this power can be used for 48 hours with one full charge. Visaka Industries Limited has provided a tube & socket to charge mobile. The ATUM powered Street Vendor Carts will allow each beneficiary to save up to INR
2500/- per month which they would have otherwise used for renting Cart & Battery powered LED lights. This will allow him to recoup the cost in one and half years.Speaking at the occasion, Mr. Vamsi Gaddam, Joint Managing Director, Visaka Industries Ltd, said, “We have donated a total of 75 ATUM Street vendor Carts. The ATUM (Solar Powered) Street Vendor Carts are a boon
for street vendors. Not only will they benefit financially by not having to spend on battery-powered LED lights, but they will also be using clean power which will benefit the environment. The ATUM (Solar powered) street vendor carts further strengthen our vision to innovate and focus on sustainable and green technologies Visaka Industries Limited remains committed
to promote eco-friendly products and all our business segments are testimony to our commitment towards the environment.” Established in 1981, Visaka Industries Ltd. (NSE: VISAKAIND, BSE: VISAKAIND) is the secondlargest manufacturer of cement roofing sheets in the country. The company has multiple product portfolios ranging from corrugated cement sheets, fibre cement boards, hybrid solar roofs, and manmade yarn. Visaka also manufactures and is a global supplier of its Wonder Yarn, a manmade spool that has carved a niche for various fabric applications across garments, apparel, furnishings, automotive fabrics, and other technical textiles. Visaka has 12 manufacturing units, 13 marketing offices, and a PAN India distribution channel of over 7000 dealer outlets.
It said if animals are brought to the temple precinct for the sacrifice they should be rescued. Earlier the High Court of Himachal Pradesh had held that sacrifice causes immense pain and suffering to innocent animals. Agency News: Rajpipla A legal notice has been issued by the Animal Welfare Foundation to the Director
General of Police (DGP), secretary, home department, and others to stop the illegal sacrifice of animals at the temple of Ranagadh in Surendranagar during the ‘Matajina Mandva’. Animal Welfare Foundation, a trust that works for animals through their advocate Nisarg Shah said that during the
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