The Asian Chronicle

Vol-I, Issue XXIII 01-15 March, 2017

Summer is the season of happiness and weight loss Summer is the best time to start your weight loss plan

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Faridabad (NCR) | 01-15 March 2017 After a walk, as your calories are burnt in walking and exercising you need to have a good breakfast.

Sandwich, fresh fruit salad, cucumber and carrot salad, beautiful red tomatoes and many veggies to start your day. Then you have sprouts which are also the best to start your day with. You have then milk and fruit custard, ice creams and smoothies and shakes.

Some lucky people love gardening and have a small piece of land for this purpose and this simple act of gardening actually boosts your weight loss program. The big cities dwellers can also have this pleasure of gardening in small pots where they can grow herbs. This job will certainly be a new thing in your lifestyle which can add freshness and a nice feeling while seeing them growing.

Coriander, mint, onion leaf, chili, parsley etc. are the best examples which you can grow in your small pots and these herbs can add a ton of fresh flavor in your cooking and add marginal calories but it can also help you to slim down.

A study suggests that people eat less of a stronglyscented food than the mildly scented one that means less calories intake. Above all these herbs like parsley are natural diuretics, which can help flush excess water from the body.

“The best part of the summer is that people start to have place for salads that gives them amply amount of fiber,” says dietitian Sheela Seharawat. During winter your plate is full of so many spicy foods that there is no place for salad but in the summer you have a lot of salad that contains important fibers. These macronutri-

“Summer is time when day is longer and full of light and that actually helps you make healthier choices in eating,” says dietitian Sheela Seherawat.

India is a country of all seasons and here summer starts

by March and day starts to be longer and brighter. As the season starts to change so the lifestyle also starts to change.

By Dietitian Sheela Seharawat

Summer is the best time to start your weight loss plan

It really seems wonderful to eat outside in the open or open the window of your room and let the natural light to flood in. At such a lovely weather it is really wonderful to eat while seeing the light and certainly all of this makes you happier from within and that helps in making healthy eating selections.

A study, published in the Journal of Marketing Research, found that those who dined in well-lit rooms were about 16-24% more likely to order healthy foods than those who noshed in dimly lit rooms.

Indeed, summer is a great time to start your day earlier and weather looks so pleasant that you intend to go for a walk and soon it becomes a habit to start your day with the morning walk and light exercises which is certainly a very good start of the day.

It is very healthy to catch the fine rays of early summer morning that helps in increasing your serotonin levels in your body. This hormone is responsible for happiness and proper sleep.

According to a study, it was found that Vitamin D which is produced by your skin under the exposure of sun does not just help you in maintaining a healthy mood but also helps keeping slimmer waistline and better weight loss.

It is a season when your market is full of flat belly friendly fruits and your whole attention comes to a different line of fruits like peaches, cherries and berries.

As you know berries like raspberries, strawberries, blueberries are full of polyphenols which is a very powerful antioxidant that helps you lose weight and stop fat forming. Above this, all these fruits are low in sugar and high in satiating fiber.

“As the season changes, winter is gone and people are feeling more fresh as their warm clothes are off now and their skin is directly coming into a contact with sun rays people like to get back to their fine shape,” says

dietitian Sheela Sheharawat.

As the sun becomes brighter and temperature starts to shoots up your body requires more water to maintain hydration. Indeed your sweat doesn’t burn your calories but helps you in maintaining the right weight. You can eat fruits like banana and kale which are high in electrolytes.

You have plenty of herbs like mint and basil, slice of fruits and cucumber to water your glass with nice flavors. Again, it is wonderful to sip ice tea or ice green tea. Ice green tea is full of EGCG which is also an antioxidant which boosts your metabolism so you can speed up your weight loss program.

Summer actually gives you longer days than winter that means you have greater degree of chances to stay active throughout the day and sleep early to catch the morning sun shine which is certainly a lovely experience to start your day with. As you get in a habit of leaving your bed early soon your attention will come on light exercise and morning walks.

A study published in Environmental Science and Technology says that exercising in natural environment improves your energy levels greatly and reduces stress more. That will certainly boost your weight loss program.

It is also very healthy to start your day with a lot of water intake and during summer it is easier to drink a glass or two of water which certainly has the best effect on your body.

It helps you start your day fresh. It energizes your body and helps in detoxing your body.

ents can keep you filled for a longer, maintain your energy and hydration level.

People miss to eat fiber which is not correct. They are full of anti–inflammatory probiotics and so they help in keeping your weight loss program easier. The best way to stay healthy is to stay slim and allow less fat and more muscles.

Stay healthy and contact us for your best weight loss program and live with you healthy environment. Eat right and fresh and stay fine and well. Your farm fresh, seasonal foods are not just taking good care of your money bag but also adding higher nutritional value to your food.

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Universities or Battlegrounds?

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Dheeraj Kale

Universities or Battlegrounds?

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Why is the common sense of common man so uncommon?

Every student of this university loves the country. We are being accused of indulging in violence but the truth is it was the others who beat up common students,” said Ankit Singh Sangwan, general secretary DUSU. In the midst of the Ramjas imbroglio, another name came under media glare. Gurmehar Kaur, daughter of Kargil martyr Captain Mandeep Singh and a Lady Sri Ram College student triggered a national level political storm through her Facebook profile picture holding a placard which read “I am a student from Delhi University. I am not afraid of ABVP. I am not alone. Every student of India is with me. The brutal attack on innocent students by ABVP is very disturbing and should be stopped. It was not an attack Isn’t there a sudden surge of on protesters, but an attack on every notion of democracy that is held dear in every In- messages on social media platImage courtesy:scoopwhoop.com dian’s heart. It is an attack on ideals, morals, forms, mocking, criticizing, takWhen did it all start? Where did all these year. The state of things took an ugly turn at freedom and rights of every person born to ing pot shots, and at times, spitting fire on political people come from? What are they doing on the Ramjas college campus when ABVP this nation,” she said in her Faceparties, politicians, the college campuses? These are some baffling members allegedly attacked the students book status. “The stones that you Government not even barquestions which often crop up in the minds supporting the seminar. Violent clashes pelt hit our bodies, but fail to ring the Prime Minister of of general people when they read reports of broke out at Ramjas college campus between bruise our ideas. This profile picthe country? Well, it has mob violence and agitations at DU college members of ABVP and Left Wing student ture is my way of protesting become a worldwide phecampuses. What is the point these groups organisations along with students from dif- against the tyranny of fear,” she nomenon lately and the added. trying to make? Why are they using the col- ferent DU colleges. most powerful naIt is utterly shocking to The Delhi University Students Union lege campuses for their nefarious activities Dheeraj Kale tion in the world and turning these sacred temples of educa- (DUSU) led by ABVP took out a “Tiranga see that students from retion into battlefields. When universities and Rally” and marched from Ramjas College to spected families studying dheerajkale@gmail.com too hasn’t gone unscathed from it. But colleges are meant for nothing but gaining Arts Faculty on Monday, 27th Feb. “This at these prestigious eduknowledge and education to earn a stable ca- rally is by common students who had asked cational institutions are compromising with why do we abhor politicians so reer in the highly competitive job scenario DUSU to lead it. Students are against those their studies and precious time to indulge in much? Is it because we think aren’t these so called student unions or asso- who organised the event and called Umar these activities. Whether it is the ABVP or they are not running the Governciations ruining the future of thousands of Khalid. We want action against those from AISA or any ABCD group, they should have ment the way it should be run or students who go to the college to study and the Left student organisations who indulged no right to hold any kind of rally, procession they are corrupt or illiterate or not participate in a rally or seminar even if in violence and beat up common students,” or seminar inside the college disrupting stud- criminals or what? After all they said Satinder Awana, former DUSU presi- ies and normal functioning of the education are from amongst us only. It’s it’s a peaceful march? institute. It is equally disturbing that even just that they are the chosen ones For those ignorant of the prevailing cam- dent.

Awana also said that they also want action teachers and professors encourage such ac- and by whom? Aliens didn’t depus cacophony, it all began as a protest against a two-day seminar by the name of against teachers who had allegedly raised tivities by participating in them. These anti- scend from space to vote them “Cultures of Protest” organised by Delhi anti-national slogans at Ramjas college. At social elements in the name of their farce out. We do not give a second University’s Ramjas College. Akhil Bhartiya the march, students raised slogans against ideologies and pseudo philosophies are pol- thought before forwarding a Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), a right-wing all Left-leaning students organisation such as luting the susceptible minds of young stu- message to our friends or family India student organization which is linked All India Students Association (AISA) and dents and toying with their futures. They showing the face of our Prime with BJP, was not in favour of JNU students, alleged that students from JNU had come to should be stopped immediately as in the Minister morphed on a donkey Umar Khalid and Shehla Rashid Shora being campus on Wednesday and indulged in vio- name of democracy and freedom of speech or a dog. What if someone forthey are turning our universities into nothing wards the same message to us a part of this seminar as they were accused lence. with the face of our father, “We won’t let DU become JNU Part 2. but sheer battlegrounds. of anti-national sloganeering at JNU last mother or our own morphed on the animal? Will we forward it too? Isn’t it so pitiable to come stunned to see this number... I across instances of complete disbelieve that, with a lag, we regard towards the leaders will see an impact on GDP whom we chose ourselves?

How can things like safety of numbers."

Saugata Bhattacharya, a others on the street or cleanliness chief economist at Axis Bank, at public places or following said "big rises" in agriculture traffic rules or being courteous to India's economic and manufacturing "show that senior citizens etc. be expected growth slowed in the the impact from demonetisa- of people who have no regard December quarter of tion on growth has been less for the leaders of the country?

En route to the office on a 2016, but the pace of than expected". lovely, cheerful Friday morning, However, Rupa Rege Nitexpansion still beat sure, chief economist at L&T with the sun shining lazily over expectations.

Holdings, said the current the wintery haze, there are still economy to take a bigger hit year's growth "appears to be some things which often spoil from Prime Minister Narendra overstated as our National Ac- my mood to no bounds. While Modi's decision last Novem- counts Statistics does not ade- waiting at the traffic signal the ber to withdraw old 500-rupee quately capture activities from door of the car next to me opens slightly. The head of the driver and 1,000-rupee banknotes, the unorganised sector".

"While the numbers make pops out and splatters blastaking 86% of the currency out of sense in terms of direction of phemy on the road. I feel nauseThe 7% rate was slower than knotes as part of an anti-cor- circulation virtually overnight. change, their actual magnitude ated at the sight and angry the previous quarter's rate of ruption drive.

"Perhaps this data is not cap- appears to be overstated," she because this filthy act means nothing but a routine affair for 7.4%, but beat analysts' expecThe federal statistics office turing the impact of demoneti- said.

The so-called "unorganised him. He is not only unconcerned tations of 6.4%. retained its growth forecast for sation," said Aneesh Economists had expected the the year ending in March 2017 Srivastava, chief investment sector" - made up of informal about the basic ethos of keeping economy to suffer from the at 7.1%. officer at IDBI Federal Life workers - is believed to ac- the city clean but also has no recount for about 40% of India's gard to what others may feel or government's decision to withThe figures surprised econo- Insurance. think about him. He closes the draw high-denomination ban- mists, who had expected the "I am totally surprised and economy. (courtesy BBC)

People’s total disregard for the society and fellow citizens is evident in various other forms such as smoking openly in public places, littering on roads, violating traffic rules, abusing in public places, drinking and driving and much more.

Indian economic growth slows in December quarter of 2016

door completely calm and composed and continues chewing on to paint the road red at the next traffic signal. I feel uncomfortable seeing people violating their basic rights and yet appearing so relaxed and at ease. Unfortunately this is common site mostly with auto rickshaw wallahs and cab drivers on Indian roads. But it doesn’t end here.

People’s total disregard for the society and fellow citizens is evident in various other forms such as smoking openly in public places, littering on roads, violating traffic rules, abusing in public places, drinking and driving and much more. Shockingly enough, this uncultured behavior is not only limited to auto rickshaw, truck or cab drivers but can be seen amongst well educated professionals and the elite class of the society too.

What differentiates us from animals is our common sense which is our ability to judge what’s right and what’s wrong on the basis of our sensory perceptions. Yet, actions like these by humans displaying no moral obligation towards the society do not only manifest their lack of concern but lack of common sense. While crossing the road during one of my evening walks, a loud horn made me almost jump with panic. Before I could realize what has happened I heard abuses being hurled at me by a man behind the wheel of a black SUV. He appeared to be in his mid thirties and was wearing dark shades matching the colour of his vehicle. He was staring at me with scorn as if I am a worm who needs to be squashed immediately. I was taken aback by the audacity of this man who looked at me with contempt and abused me while he drove on the wrong side of the road at high speed without bothering least about the safety of people on the road who do not expect SUVs coming at high speeds from the wrong side.

This and many such incidents happen in our lives on a daily basis forcing us to ponder that why have the people become so callous and unconcerned towards others who are part of the same society they live in.

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CM reiterates commitment to provide water for all

Take off view of the Advanced Area Defence Endo-Atmospheric Interceptor Missile of the DRDO successfully test fired, at Abdul Kalam Island, Odisha, on March 01, 2017.

Sports Authority of India to get a 350 crore boost

TAC Chandigarh: Central Government would spend Rs 350 crore for providing high-quality facilities to sportspersons, and 200 trainers would soon be recruited in the Sports Authority of India. This was disclosed by Executive Director (Finance), Sports Authority of India, Mr. Hira Ballabh, who was interacting with sportspersons and trainers after inspecting Sports Authority of India Training Centre, Kurukshetra. Lauding the management and trainers of the Training Centre for providing excellent facilities to the sportspersons and preparing national and international-level competitors such as hockey players, Mr. Surender Palad and Mr. Manpreet Singh, and others in disciplines such as volleyball, judo and cycling, Mr. Hira Ballabh said that recovery physiotherapy centre would soon be established at the Centre for helping sportspersons recover from injuries. The Central Government would also provide all possible help for laying Astroturf for hockey in the premises of the Training Centre. He said that the State and Central Governments would promote sports in every village on the pattern of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. The Central Government has also approved CSR fund with budget of about Rs 6,500 crore to involve companies in the promotion of sports and sportspersons.

High police presence during Jat agitation TAC News: The Haryana Government has ordered all DCs and SPs to deploy adequate police personnel at vulnerable points in view of the Jat agitation and ensure that normal life is not disrupted and all essential services continue uninterrupted in the state. Duty Magistrates should be deployed at all places and videography carried out to ensure that peace is not disturbed. These directions were issued by the Additional Chief Secretary, Home, Mr. Ram Niwas, while addressing DCs, Commissioners of Police and SPs through video-conferencing, here today. Planning has been done to divert traffic wherever required and adequate paramilitary forces are available in the state, he added. Everyone in a democracy has the right to

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express his opinion in a peaceful manner but he cautioned that any attempt to disturb the law-and-order situation in the state would not be tolerated. Mr Ram Niwas directed the SPs to resolve the grievances raised by the agitators, and urged the Jat leaders to meet the SP concerned along with evidence, if any. Action would be taken against those found guilty, irrespective of caste. Investigation in such cases would be carried out within 24 hours. The Director General of Police has also directed the SPs in this regard, he added. A four-member statelevel committee comprising ADGP (Law and Order), Additional Advocate General and two representatives of the agitators had been constituted for redressal of grievances, he said.

TAC Chandigarh: The Haryana Chief Minister, Manohar Lal, has appealed to the leaders of Opposition parties not to policitise the SYL issue as everyone had fought together for the construction of the canal. He expressed the hope that the Supreme Court would deliver its judgment in favour of Haryana on March 2.

The Chief Minister was addressing a gathering at the Regional Agricultural Research Station, Bawal in Rewari district, after inaugurating the College of Agriculture and laying the foundation stones of nine projects. Related to education, technical education, skill development, health, drinking water and railway overbridge, these will be completed at a total cost of Rs 257 crore. Reiterating the state government’s commitment towards supplying water to the tail-ends in southern Haryana, he said work was underway on the Rs 143-crore project to enhance the capacity of JLN Lift Irrigation Project to ensure ad-

Dialysis centres in 14 districts of Haryana for better treatment facility

TAC: With a view to provide affordable dialysis facility, the Haryana Government has decided to open dialysis centres in 14 districts in the first phase under Public Private Partnership mode. The remaining districts would be covered in the second phase. This was disclosed by Haryana Health Minister, Mr. Anil Vij after inaugurating four such dialysis centres at civil hospitals in Gurugram, Panchkula, Jind and Sirsa, from Panchkula near here today. The other ten civil hospitals that would be covered in first phase included Ambala Cantonment, Bhiwani, Rewari, Panipat, Sonepat, Faridabad, Hisar, Yamunanagar, Jhajjar and Bahadurgarh. He said that these centres would provide dialysis facility at Rs 959 and Rs 1,130 as compared to Rs 2,000 or more being charged in the private sector. He said that this facility would be given free of cost to BPL and urban slum patients of the state, patients receiving handicap allowance from the State Government, poor patients who do not belong to any free category, those belonging to Scheduled Castes in Haryana, patients belonging to economically weaker sections in the state, unattended victims of road accidents and state government employees, pensioners and dependents. Mr. Vij said that 10bedded unit for patients of Hepatitis-B, Hepatitis-C and HIV/AIDS, have been established in dialysis centre at Panchkula. Apart from this, minimum eight-bedded facility would be provided in such centres to be set up in other districts.

equate availability of water in canals. On completion, the project is expected to ensure availability of water in Nangal Chaudhary and the surrounding areas, he added. Listing the various steps taken for the welfare of farmers, including the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana, Mr. Manohar Lal said while the previous governments had failed to adequately compensate the farmers for their losses, the present government had provided relief to them by disbursing Rs 2,400 crore as compensation during its two-year tenure.

Asking the farmers to take up organic farming, he said the College of Agriculture would assist them in the surrounding areas to improve their income level and production by developing better seeds and providing technical know-how. The Chief Minister said that 3,500 announcements had so far been made throughout the state, and work on these would be completed this year. Pucca roads would be built from

Kaulana to Bohka, Bhatsana to Nikhri and Kishanpur to Alawalpur, besides establishing veterinary hospital in Kaulana village. He also announced Rs 10 crore for development works in the rural areas of Bawal Assembly constituency and Rs 5 crore for Bawal city. Lauding the present government for successful appeal of the Presidential Reference on the construction of SYL Canal, the Union Minister of State for Urban Development, Rao Inderjit Singh, advised the Chief Minister to pursue the possibility of getting water from Dohan and Krishnawati rivers in Rajasthan. He said that he, along with MPs from Haryana, would meet the Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi, in this regard after March 11. He also urged the Chief Minister to appeal for establishing a branch of AIIMS at Manethi in the next Budget, besides preparing a scheme for providing drinking water in villages of Rewari area.

Medical Insurance is important not for getting a tax rebate but for you and your family

Sanjay Chopra Chartered Accountant

chopraca@hotmail.com

There is an old saying “Health is wealth”. It becomes even more important to take care of one’s health because of the busy and stressful lifestyles we are living. It is in your hands to take care of your health but in case of an unexpected health problem, a life insurance can save you a lot of hassle arising out of hospital bills. Today, a mediclaim or a medical insurance is as important as a regular life insurance policy. A medical insurance benefits the insured in a dual manner; it offers protection against heavy medical bills of the hospital and also lessens the burden of tax at the end of the year. By the end of the fiscal year, instant tax saving schemes and options become a necessity and Health Insurance can be a good option. If a suitable medical insurance is opted for with a little wisdom then it will not only safeguard your family members but will also get you your last month’s salary of the financial year without heavy tax deduction.

That’s what medical insurance is all about. Health insurance premium up to Rs.25000 under section 80D (for Senior Citizens this limit is Rs.30000)

gets you a special tax rebate.

Senior citizens coming under the 30% tax bracket can save up to Rs.9027 by taking a medical cover for Rs.30000.

Therefore, while going for a medical insurance policy one should focus on their requirements rather than tax saving.

The reason behind this is health insurance premium should be considered an expense and not an investment.

Although people do save money separately for any untoward and unexpected mishap yet a medical cover is still recommendable.

Now the question arises that how much should be the value of cover. The answer to this question depends on one’s age and family’s medical history. A young person does not require a very high value medical cover. But if he has a family history of health issues such as Diabetes or hypertension then he should opt for a higher medical cover.

Then the question arises that what type of medical cover should be opted for? Benefits under section 80D are also met on products like critical illness cover and top-up plan etc. So, it is not necessary to go for a med-

ical cover to avail benefits under section 80D. This question is important because most people can have similar type of medical cover. For instance, government provides healthcare facilities to their employees. Most people working in the organized sector are covered with group insurance. But is this sufficient? No, health insurance policy through your company is not enough because this covers your medical expenses only till you are working with that company. After quitting from your job, this medical cover is over and then you are only left with the hope of a sound medical insurance policy to cover your medical expenses.

There are two types of base covers in medical insurance policies. One has sub-limits and the second one, doesn’t. According to experts, a medical cover without sub-limits is always better to opt for. If you use a top-up plan than investment can be reduced without compromising on the risk cover.

You will have to pay around Rs.7500 for a cover of Rs.10 Lakh. Whereas base cover for 2 Lakh can be met in Rs.2700 and at an additional cost of Rs.3800 you can get a top-up of 8 Lakh.

The total cost in this case will come to Rs.5500 only.

Then the question arises whether you need a base plan or critical illness cover would be sufficient? As per experts, both of these have different purposes. Therefore, you need both. You may require a long leave if someone in your family becomes seriously ill. Under such circumstances, losses in your income can be met under critical illness cover.

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THE ROLE OF LAWS, GOVERNMENT SCHEMES AND SUPREME COURT Sparsh Upadhyay

Email ID -13bal055@nirmauni.ac.in

Faridabad (NCR) | 01-15 March 2017

For the refined tackling of the problems of the Manual Scavengers, the parliament passed The Employment of Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry Latrines (Prohibition) Act in 1993, and it was under the act it was mandated that whosoever employs manual scavengers shall be imprisoned up to one year and a fine of 2000 rupees could be imposed upon such person. Later in 2000, the Government’s Data shows that 6, 79,000 manual

themselves in the act of Manual Scavenging since 1993. But, the directives have not been taken seriously by the Governments as the record of deaths have not been available with the Governments and whatever data that is available is vague and is not correct.

Even between “March 2014 to March 2016, around 1268 deaths have been reported from various states of India”.

The 2013 Act, was revolutionary in many sense as it not only prohibited

human waste management and have come up with many schemes that are closely related to sanitation. But the schemes have not been able to transform the situation in India. Open defection is still prevalent and there is no strict Implementation at the local level, while the researcher interviewed people it came into the knowledge that the governments have allocated resources that are to be utilised at the local level but due to the prevalent corruption no proper implementation is seen. The primary intention of the act was to eradicate the practice of making “insanitary latrines”, meaning those without water. But at least 7 states have 72% of insanitary latrines in India.

Rehabilitation Schemes

Till now, the Indian Government has extended the decline to fully eradicate manual scavenging several times yet there is improvements form the side of the states. It is to be noted “institutions and municipal corporations continue to hire people to manually clean excrement, laws requiring conversion of dry toilets and prohibiting manual scavenging have not been enforced”, and the funds allocated for their rehabilitation is not instrumental in their upliftment either because of corruption or inadequacy of implementation efforts.

Analysis of the 2013 Act

(This article is a part of a series on ‘The problems of manual scavengers’, Part 1 of which was published in the previous issue.

The present Part 2 further discusses the problem in terms of the role of law in their social rehabilitation)

scavengers were still manually cleaning the human excreta but various Unions and NGOs reacted the Data and it was claimed that close to 1.3 million manual scavengers exist. Further, “public interest litigation in the Supreme Court seeking a directive to end the deaths caused in sewer lines, septic tanks and manholes was filed” .

During the pendency of this PIL in the court the parliament re-enacted the said act as “The Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and Their Rehabilitation Act” in 2013.

Later on in 2014 when the Supreme Court finally gave the Judgment it made strict guidelines and gave instructions regarding prevention and control of the practice of employing manual scavenger and with the aid of the act termed such practice as illegal and it was sought by the court that such employee be punished strictly. The court also deemed it fit that the state Governments to pay compensation of 10 lakh to then embers of family of those who got killed while indulging

the employment of Manual Scavengers, it went one step ahead and made provisions for manual scavengers to “one-time cash assistance, scholarships for their children, housing, alternative livelihood support, and other legal and programmatic assistance”. But during the research, the researcher didn’t find many people who were aware of the benefits and even those of them who were aware didn’t receive its benefits.

Government Programs

Along with the legislature, there have been constant efforts by schemes from the governments and policies that are administrative in nature. However, the responsibility to implement these programs lies with the authorities who often do not co-ordinate with the Government and employ workers despite the act and Supreme Court’s ruling.

Sanitation Schemes

The governments have constantly allocated resources to modernize the

The law came into being for many purposes, but the most important was the demand from the social organisations who wanted a law which ensures accountability, widening the scope of Manual Scavenging and reinstating human dignity and thus this law came into being. The important factor that this law looked promising was that this was a central act and didn’t require ratification by states; it was by default binding on the states. This act was unique in the way that it, for the first time included under its ambit, railways and sewage and prohibited employment in that area of Manual Scavengers. The earlier law fell weak on the cases whereby Railways employed Manual Scavengers to clean excreta from railway tracks and also in the sewer department, the people were employed to get into sewages and clean it.

Under the new law, this was all prohibited. It is too early to say that the new law works in reality; it might be true that the law has been made such that it prohibits any contact of human with any form of excreta but railways still employs people to clean excreta and same is the case with sanitation department. The main lacuna under the act is the provision for protective gear, which becomes handy for the departments to claim that they are employing manual scavenger and providing them protective gears and so they can employ

without any hassle and without facing any prohibition.

The truth is that municipal department as well as the railway department has not yet become technologically advanced. However the local authorities under the act have been given the task to do regular survey and checking of insanitary latrines and manual scavengers under its own jurisdiction. But the most shocking thing is that states and local authorities have been in the practice of under showing the Data and do not indicate correct figures of insanitary latrines and manual scavengers.

At many instances, it has been found that the survey conducted by the social activists and the survey conducted by the local authorities do not match with each other and this shows that there is some misrepresentation of Data.

The crux of the whole act is that it has not been seriously implemented, with the railways and municipal corporations regularly violating its mandates and with the growth of technology the departments have not grown up. The safety measures are not taken up and which results into the situation where the law does not have any impact. The situation further worsens when the central, states and local authorities do not spend properly on public investments, rather they discourage such investments as human labour is cheap as mostly the manual scavengers are from lower strata of the society and they do not have any other option but to work as manual scavengers.

Important Points under the present Law:-

m The law prohibits 3 things, (a) employment of people as manual scavengers, (b) employment of people for hazardous cleaning (without protective gear), (c) and the making of insanitary latrines. m Manual scavenger is one who “manually cleans or disposes human excreta in insanitary latrines, an open drain or a railway track”. m Overriding effect upon the 1993 law on the same subject matter m The act is fine on the point of Rehabilitation as it prohibits any further employment of manual scavengers and the ones who have been on a contract with the employer would be given some other work on the same salary.

One time cash assistance scholarships and money for constructing house shall also be given. The senior most members shall be trained for skilled labour and would also be given 3000 rupees monthly. m “Employing manual scavengers attracts one-year prison term and a fine of 50,000 rupees. For repeated violations, the prison term is two years and a fine of 100,000”.

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I remember a question once asked

People are gaining weight due to several reasons and unfortunately we know its answer but we are doing nothing.

Someone had asked me why people are becoming fat. Its answer surely can’t be given in one or two sentences.

Definitely after winter it is easy to push blame on winter; of course people gain a lot of weight during winter and holidays but this gained weight never gets fully reduced so it accumulates each year which is making people overweight. But IS THE ANSWER SO SIMPLE? No, people are gaining weight due to several reasons and unfortunately we know its answer but we are doing nothing. Let’s start with the winter itself and then move on and have a look at the reasons which have made even scientists crazier to study them all.

m Winter, holiday & vacation

time: It is the time when Indians and people all around the world eat a lot of sugary food in the form of cakes, sweets, deserts and several other things. Added sugar is the single worst ingredient in the modern diet according to The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

m Soda, Energy drink and

Juices: Sugar is bad but sugar in liquid form is even worse. Studies found that our brain regulates energy balance and accumulates fat levels. But it is found that our brain doesn’t register liquid sugar calories as it registers solid calories.

m Multiple cuisine: Studies have found that variety of foods give people more options and that makes them glutton. And this multiple junk food options are certainly very risky options.

m Less Physical activities: today’s job market is allowing more sedentary nature of job that burns less calories and that constitutes obesity. m Processed Food: Now people

don’t want to spend much time in cooking so they are using precooked food or processed food in their kitchen

which is not good for health and mostly it constitutes obesity.

m Social get- together: When we

are eating with many people then certainly we are in good mood and talking while eating so we are eating more than is our requirement. Studies say that people increase their calories intake by 72 % or 310 extra calories intake during their single meal.

m Less Sleep: As we know several hormones are secreted only in the night and modern lifestyle is impacting our sleep. It is a major cause of weight gain and obesity. Studies say that sleep deprivation increases obesity in children by 89% and by 55 % in adults. m Larger calories intake: Large

portion eating is very dangerous thing but this tendency has increased very drastically in the recent years. Studies say that it is one of the biggest reasons of obesity.

m Lower price of food: Yes, it

may sound incorrect but it is the truth that the prices of junk foods and processed foods are cheaper than our normal real foods that we eat at home.

m Sedentary lifestyle: Our life

consists of going from the office home and then sitting before TV watching it for long. It is also found that commercial advertisement of foods makes a demand of eating while watching and people eat more than required.

m Stress and related issues: In-

come and expenditure ration is seeing hard time so now both parents are working so they hardly get time to cook daily at home. Also, they are around the clock exposed to news which are full of crime and other harsh news which is further adding stress so parents do not allow kids to play far from their home that means less physical activity for children right from the childhood.

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m Eating Irregularly: according

to the some researches this is also a big reason of having obesity. Our brain gives signals that it is time to eat but the irregular eating habit checks its proper functioning.

m Emotional disorders: It is very

natural when you are stressedthatit affects your sleep as they are closely connected and its proper balance is very important for the right psychological wellbeing. Under such condition diet and appetite get badly affected.

m Dieting weight again: people

eat more and burn less so they gain weight. It is natural but the situation gets worst when they go to a diet plan and they lose some weight and then again gain the same then they get more frustrated. This struggle is very bad and that causes worsen anxiety and depression which leads to great obesity.

m Side effects of certain drugs:

the list is really long so it is hard to tell but any antidepressants, antibiotic, anti-allergic drugs have side effects and one of them is causing obesity.

There are several drugs which are used in several medical conditions like cancer, diabetes, blood pressure etc. that actually increase appetites or slow metabolism.

m Your Genes: It is probably con-

sidered as one of the main reasons. If one or both of your parents or several other blood relatives are overweight, then there is nearly 80% chance that kids will also be overweight. But it doesn’t mean you can’t be slim. Certainly you have to work and plan for this like any other. m Genetic disorder: There are some people who are having obesity due to complex genetic defects.There are somesuch disorders like PraderWilli syndrome, Bardet-Biedl syndrome. But they are very rare to find, say in about 1 in 25,000 people.

Well, the above list is really long and I believe there are still some more which still need to be included but certainly these lists can help you understand clearly that factors can be many but the solution is in your hand. Feel free, live free, eat healthy portions and enjoy and create good moments for yourself and others and redefine your life with better living.

Happiness is the biggest asset that shears off many overweight pre- existing reasons. Never go for any bad selection of diet plan. Prefer a good diet and maintain your body weight as you now know that there are some factors that help you to gain weight fast so eat the right portions under the right guidance of the correct dietitian and smile carefree.

m Some illnesses: Nobody likes to

be sick but certain medical conditions exist and you are helpless before them and that creates a lot of hormonal imbalances and affects your weight. Endocrine glands are one of the conditions that increase your weight then there are PCOD, Thyroid (hypothyroidism – under active thyroid) and certain unusual tumors of the pituitary gland, adrenal glands, or the pancreas. Weight loss with PCOD is not easy and treatment of thyroids by medicine doesn’t usually cause significant weight loss.

By Dietitian Sheela Seharawat

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Summer is the season of happiness and weight loss

By Dietitian Sheela Seharawat

“Your looks never lie about your weight.” Says dietitian Sheela Seharawat. Your weight is all about the selection of your timing to eat and the quantity to eat. Indeed this is not as simple as quantity can be bigger or smaller according to the foods macro and micro nutrients.

The whole inside structure of nutrients is very complex as your body requires so many things and in the right proportion. Actually this proportion is the challenge else everyone is eating and living.

In order to life fine, it is very important to eat the right portion which you call portion eating. Portion eating helps you in eating all at the right time and in the right quantity.

There is nothing like one size fits all. It solely depends on your gender, body weight, height and medical condition.

“The days of curling up in the blanket have gone now. Ahead are the big days of summer and people are ready to shed all their excess weight and replace their rich hot chocolate cups and bolls of creamy soups with smoothies and shakes,” says dietitian Sheela Seharawat.

Winter is the right time to put on weight and summer is the best time to lose it. This process is very natural. You may have also noted that several people complain about Seasonal Affective Disorder, in short SAD. Nearly 6 % of the USA population complains about SAD during dark and winter months and another 14% of the population suffers from the lesser form of seasonal mood changes known as “winter blues”.

SAD is a type of depression and researchers and doctors found that during this period people start to eat a lot due to depression. They feel their energy level has decreased and so they tend to eat more especially sweets and starches and they put on a lot of weight.

In a study conducted at the University of Pittsburg researchers found that 27 % of people with SAD reported binge eating during the dark months. This phenomenon is also prevalent in India. Here also it is reported that people feel depression during dark seasons. It is more common in women than in men. It is estimated that by the year 2020 in India depression ratio will increase by 5.7 % and it will be the second most risky thing in the adjustment with life.

“We often fail to understand the magnitude of this problem but as a dietitian I often come across people struggling badly in their closed room. They are often misunderstood and winter season makes them stay longer within their troubles.” Says dietitian Sheela Seharawat.

Manisha Malhotra says: “I had acute depression and I was not aware of it which resulted into a heavy weight, high BP, heart issue and many more. I was living in complain and anger without realizing that it was silently killing me. Having a time with dietitian Sheela helped me to bring my problems into light and made me realize that I need help. I need to understand that my real problem is the depression and I have to come out of it and that diet is one of the ways. When your body is fine soon your mind will work fine. You can see things in new light. I follow her tips and methods and it works well with time. Now my other medical complications are under control as well as my weight.”

Things improve and many bigger issues can be solved if taken care of on time. Your body and mind also need time and a free space to grow. It is very important to see your surrounding and how things are changing. If it is winter no matter what you like to do but your attention to food and eating will naturally go higher.

According to Loughborough University researchers in the UK it was found that people who exercised in a 20 degree Celsius eat more than those people who work out at 30 degree Celsius. Again, those who work out at 10 degree Celsius feel hungrier.

Our weather changes our mood as well as the hungry level. It is not very difficult to adjust but it is important to be careful and manage things wisely.

Priyanka Gupta from Chandigarh says: “Sheela had asked me to continue my diet plan and take no break during the winter but at that time I had a marriage in my relation so I took a short break but within this small

time I had gained significant weight. I had not realized that having lovely food can make my tummy big and rounded. I found my waist size bigger in my jeans. I run to diet clinic to manage my weight else it will become tough like before. Having a break in the winter is not a good idea especially for me as I put on weight very fast.”

People don’t realize that body gains weight faster than you realize and winter weather is so right when outside temperature is so low that you like to start your day late. Sleep and lazy day allows more deposition of calories. In fact, you have your fatty foods which are enough to put on your weight and less physical activity further helps your carbohydrates and proteins to get converted into fat. So no wonder you put on so much weight without realizing it.

A study says that athletes from the colder countries feel hungrier than the warmer countries athletes even though there are no differences in appetite-related hormones.

“With the start of the summer when mountain is again clear and green people love to go out on vacation,” says dietitian Sheela Seharawat. Going out with friends and family or with kids is a perfect fun activity and a much needed escape to restart your life. You can go to ocean side to luxuriate on the beach or on the mountain to feel the best wind.

Summer is the best time to feel relaxed and enjoy your life, create and capture happy moments and also start your weight loss program. Your active life will burn good number of calories and our diet plan will help you further to get in shape sooner.

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This was the opening performance for the Japan Foundation New Delhi in 2017, The Year of Japan-India Friendly Exchanges, and “will be a representation of the great relationship between the two countries”, says

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Misako Futsuki, Director of Art & Cultural Exchange at the Foundation.

This Will Only Take Several Minutes was set in a city not far from yours. Six strangers confronted themselves and each other, sought out their place and

Welcoming Spring with Fun, Food & music– that’s the German way and this is what everybody witnessed at the just concluded 5th edition of the annual German Springfest held at the Indo-German Chamber of Commerce, New Delhi.

The two-day fest was supported by the German School & Federation of Indo-German Societies in India and was a complete Family Entertainement & Shopping extravaganza. The Spring-Summer trends in Fashion, Food & Luxury Lifestyle were evident at this two day fest which had over 80 exhibitors and was visited by more than 10,000 visitors this year.

“This was the fifth edition of the German Springfest and we at the Indo-German Chamber of Commerce were delighted to continue this tradition this year. It was a perfect platform to welcome and celebrate the spring season and promote Indo-German business & cultural relations. The event witnessed the presence of the entire expatriate community here, including senior representatives of International and Indian Companies, said Sonia Prashar, Deputy Director General, Indo-German Chamber of Commerce.

The highlights of the event were traditional Easter Egg Decoration coupled with Treasure Hunt, Multi Cuisine Food, Spring-Summer Collection of Designers, German confectionary products, stationery, garden accessories and much more! The beautifully decorated venue was abuzz with a pulsating kids zone, art and craft activities, music, dance, icecream & a colourful juggling clown. The evening came alive with colourful lights & a live band performance.

“The German Springfest has over the years proved to be a successful launch base for companies to test market their products and gain a hands on experience by interacting with their target clients. German Auto giants like Audi have exquisitely presented their state of the art cars regularly at the German Springfest alongside many other well-known companies participating at the event”, added Sumati Sud, Director Events, Indo-German Chamber of Commerce.

purpose. They grappled with hunger and sickness, love and solitude, through their shadowy pasts and the foggy present. In all of this there was but one certainty – that they were not able to escape that place and tried anything they can to bear

it.

Tadpole Repertory is a theatre collective of actors, writers, musicians and designers. The group is dedicated to presenting original written and devised performances on subjects that are relevant and compel the audiences today.

The approach to stagecraft seeks to rise above the limitations of independent theatre in the country, and to push its boundaries and conventions. Tadpole's productions includes Taramandal (2010), winner of the Hindu MetroPlus Play-writer Award in 2010; a critically acclaimed production of William Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale, A Brief History of the Pantomimes and NDLS, a variety sketch show about life in Delhi.

Hanchu-Yuei, based in Tokyo, tours nationally and internationally.

Renowned director and playwright Suguru Yamamoto writes and directs all productions for the theatre collective. His works focus on the boundary of reality and unreality, and the story travels between each side of the boundary and aims further to access universal questions.

Futsuki added: “It's a great pleasure for me to organize this project. As a director of Arts & Cultural Exchange programme at the Japan Foundation, New Delhi, I strongly felt the necessity of cultural projects in more mutual ways to learn each other, not just showcase from one side only nor one time only in this emerging global society.

The play is the result of a three-year journey from Tadpole founder Neel Chaudhuri’s first encounter with Suguru’s practice in Japan in 2014, Suguru's research trip to India in 2015, to Sug-

uru's group Hanchu Yuei's first performance in India in 2016. While there has been an endless exchange of thematic material in the interim period, the production has come together during a fourweek process in Delhi over the past month.”

“Collaboration sounds beautiful, but not always so beautiful. There are some difficulties when different cultures meet.

However, as the two theatre groups do in this project, if you try to understand and learn from each other, there will always be something wonderful there.”

Futsuki said.

A lively & Joyful German Springfest 2017

Young voice for peace or another pawn???

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A social media initiative against ABVP by the 1999 Kargil war martyr's daughter, Gurmehar Kaur went viral all over the country creating questions about the safety of students in Delhi and has also inspired many to go against the horror created by the Akhil Bharitya Vidyarthi Parishad. The Lady Shri Ram college student, posted a picture on facebook with herself holding a pla card written “I am a student from Delhi University. I am not afraid of ABVP. I am not alone.

Every student of India is with me. #StudentsAgainstABVP” in account of recent violence in DU. The students of Ramjas College broke out in protest for not allowing Umar Khalid and Snehal Rasheed to speak in a seminar. Stone pelting and violence were shown by the ABVP calling the protesters antinationals injuring many students and three professors as well.

Gurmehar Kaur requested DU students on social media to change their profile picture with a similar pla card like hers, a status message was attached allegedly stating, "The brutal attack on innocent students by ABVP is very disturbing and should be stopped. It was not an attack on protesters, but an attack on every notion of democracy that is held dear in every Indian's heart.

It is an attack on ideals, morals, freedom and rights of every person born to this nation. The stones that you pelt hit our bodies, but fail to bruise our ideas. This profile picture

is my way of protesting against the tyranny of fear."

Though lately she is been trolled by a BJP MP comparing her to Dawood Ibrahim. "Atleast dawood did not use the crutches of his Fa-

ther's name to justify his anti slogan stand", tweeted Pratab Sinha, Mysore MP. Kaur has been getting many rape threats since she took up the protest.

And was also trolled by Virendra

Sehwag, cricketer and Randeep hooda, actor. Kaur smartly answered back to the tweets, tweeting "Don't call me a martyr's daughter if that bothers you. I never claimed anything otherwise. You can call me Gurmehar."

Lately, this has started becoming more of a political issue rather than an academic issue. The congress vice president tweeted from Gorakhpur, "Against the tyranny of fear we stand with our students.

For every voice raised in anger, intolerance and ignorance, there will be a Gurmehar Kaur." Whereas several BJP leaders are accusing her of being anti-national. Junior home minister Kiren Rijiju tweeted "Who is polluting her mind?"

The political leaders have taken this opportunity to to speak against each other, and for or against anti nationals. DU has always been an institution of conflicts and provocative slogans.. This is yet again another one!

Valentine's Day redefined: Old is the new young!!!

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February is a month where love is in the air or in fact everywhere. But young romance is too stereotype. So this Valentine's Day, the Team Being Social-Ek Nai Shruwaat decided to celebrate it in a distinct way. As it is said, the young buds cannot blossom without the blessings and shade of the old trees.

The organization took up the initiative to light up smiles on the faces of the golden heroes this Valentine's Day. From dental check-up camps, physiotherapy sessions, Yoga, Dance, Singing, Guitar performance to interaction with the old souls reliving their good days, sharing their inspiring life stories, struggles and laughing their heart out with the young volunteers. It even included cake-cutting with the beloved, presenting & proposing love with roses, balloons and handmade cards was sheer joy to watch out for.

Being Social is non-government and non-profit organization founded in November, 2015 with the prime goal of empowering children, senior citizen & the underprivileged using a comprehensive approach of education, health, life skills & leadership. The organization also has its presence in Mumbai, Jaipur, Pune, DelhiNCR, Hyderabad, Bangalore and Ludhiana.

In our fast paced daily routine, looking at such acts of kindness make us realise that how immensely blessed are those who have grandparents in their lives who share their priceless experience & knowledge which no book in the Universe can impart. The above thought captivated my mind throughout while covering this story.

The gist is love & care for them unconditionally for this time will never come. Build heaven for them on earth in their last days. So, let's turn the proverb Old is Gold true in real sense.

BJP - Shiv Sena tug of war in Mumbai elections Prachi Jain

One of most awaited time in Mumbai is the BMC election (Brihan Mumbai Municipal Election) and this time it was for 227 seats. It took place on 21st February, witnessing a turnout of 55% voters. In fact, it was the biggest response in civic polls so far in the past 25 years.

The biggest attention gainer was the fact that the Bhartiya Janta Party and Shiv Sena were contesting the election separately. This scenario was being witnessed after almost two decades.

Shiv sena were putting up rampant corruption allegations, regarding the BMC, on the BJP. The Shiv Sena also threatened to take their support back because of few other reasons as well. As known to everyone, Shiv Sena has been ruling the BMC since 1997.

These polls are a matter of honour for the sitting Chief Minister DevendraFadnavis in order to retain his goodwill.

The battle is on between the BJP and Shiv Sena as they continue loading charges and counter charges on each other and trying to prove their worth for swaying votes in their favour.

The internal survey portrays a figure of an average 110 seats out of 202 coming in Shiv Sena’s kitty (which was Shiv Sena's own internal survey) and on the other hand BJP's own internal survey gave them an average of 108 seats in their kitty.

To rule the Civic body, a party needs a minimum of 114 seats in their favour. The party superemos are also rumoured to be planning to withdraw support from the existing government if Shiv Sena wins.

Well it was also very exciting to witness elections which were taking place in the other parts of the country.

According to the people's point of view, one part wanted Shiv Sena to win and the other wanted to see BJP’s victory.

Now what's left to be seen is whether the BJP and Shiv Sena will call a truce and form a government or will the Shiv Sena join hands with some other party or will there be another surprise for people. Every formation is being predicted by the people as to who all can come together to prove their majority in these elections.

Team India jersey to get a new logo Sneha Pandey

Star India, the current sponsor of Indian team jersey declined to join the race for the future sponsorship rights due to "lack of clarity" in the game in coming years. Uday Shankar, Star India, CEO, spoke on this saying "We have been very proud that our name is carried on the jersey of Team India. But, given all the uncertainties, we have decided not to bid for it again. The commitments being asked for are too onerous without any clarity”.

The board is to take out its tender for sponsorship after the ongoing India-Australia tour. The current deal with Star India ends this march,2017 and they refused to be in the bid due to “consensual leadership”, basically as the CEO believes ICC and BCCI is not clear about its individual stands and this is hampering the development of the game.

Believing the market experts, a number on online market sponsors may be the part of the bidding. India is expected to get a new logo for the jersey before the Championship Trophy, due to be held in july, 2017.

This is the biggest blow to BCCI along with its already ongoing crisis. Star India took over the initiative of logo since 2013 after Sahara was dropped out if league. It would be interesting to see who would portray in the coming years as the proud logo in the jersey.

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Division is a major problem that India is facing on various scales whether it is land confrontation, State division, Religious confrontation, or Regional, it is very difficult to count that on how many parameters we are divided, i.e society or say whole world. To mention here is water confrontation is a major crises area and may be a cause in coming years of another world war to happen.

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Pakistani audience threw stones on Indians

SAI/Amritsar: The uneasiness between India and Pakistan is not cooling down. Sunday evening at Attari border stones were thrown from Pakistani side when beating retreat formality was going on at the border.

ACCORDING TO THE SOURCES, there were Kashmir slogans also raised during the Beating Retreat ceremony. Sources have told that in the VVIP gallery there were few stones thrown but nobody were injured.

On 29th September, India had asked the people who come in 10 kms range of International border with Pakistan to vacate their houses. On Sunday, BSF had allowed some people to witness Retreat Beating.

BSF sources also told that anti-Indian slogans are also being raised from other side of the border.

Sources also told that, BSF officials and Pak Rangers also held meeting in which BSF raised its objection for raising of such slogans. Further, they assured that there will be investigation but Indian believes that it will not be done. The strained relationship has been in place, since the killing of Burhan Wani in the Kashmir valley.

After this, 19 army men were killed in an attack at Uri army base in Kashmir, after this India had also done Surgical Strike in PoK region.

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or are illegal, flourish right under the very nose of our legal system and our administrative authorities, well within the public domain. Everyone, from the police, the administration, the law enforcement

New Delhi: China has stopped the water of Brahmaputra tributary, it is making a hydro project. It raises concerns for India, as this step of China may affect many countries including India China has did this after India’s decision to cancel the Indo-Pak Sindh river inspection meeting, in the wake of Uri attack. It was India also hinted at re looking at the agreement. This is why; China’s step is seen as a response to India’s decision. This could be a way of China to put pressure on India.

China’s has set up its project over Brahmaputra River’s tributary Yarlung Tsangpo in Tibet. Around 750 million US dollar has been invested in the said project. This information has been given by China’s government news agency Xinhua. The place is quite near to international border with India, near Sikkim. It is from this place that Brahmaputra River enters Arunachal Pradesh.

It is China’s costliest project. According to reports, this project started in 2014 and

it was expected to be completed by 2019.

It is however not clear as to it will have an impact over India and Bangladesh and on the flow of Brahmaputra.

Last year, 1.5 billion dollar worth of project was started by china, India had raised its concerns, and China has been kept on saying that it knows India’s concern. China’s 12th five year plan indicates that in the autonomous territory of Tibet, China proposes to set up three more Hydro projects.

This year, Central Water resources Minister Sanwar lal Jat had said that the probable problems, due to the setup of China’s Hydro set up, to India has been informed to China India and China are not signatory to any water agreement however both nations have have together made an Expert mechanism related to river flowing on either side of the border. In 2013, a Memorandum of Understanding has also been signed between the two countries.

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The situation in the country is much tensed these days, currently the nation is divided between two sects of people, one who believe that whatever the Government does is right and the other group of people who oppose each and every deed of the Government. The one who are pro Government are always ready to defend the acts of Gov-

TAC News: Mathura | Superinten- firmed a total of 24 people were TAC: Afterdent theofuneasiness at the Police, Mukul Dwivedi and killed. Eight bodies were found durIndo-pak border, is Station uneasiness Farahthere police House Officer, ing a search operation conducted at in the cinema industry as well be- killed in night. These are the bodies of three were amongst those tween the two nations. clashes that Bollywood erupted on Thursday women who died from burns. actor, Nana Patekar, talking More bodies are feared to be betweenwhile the Netaji culttoand the poJournalists said NationJaved comes lice. that UP DGP Ahmed con- found at Jawahar Bagh which first than anything else. Journalists had asked this questioned related to the issues with working of Pakistani actors in Bollywood. Replying to this question, Nana said, he feels that Pakistan and its actor come after my country. I know no one other than nation and don’t even want to know anything either.

He said, that we actors have no value in front of our nation. When asked that some are asking to ban Pakistan actors from Bollywood, he said that he has spent 2.5 years in army and according to him there is no hero other than army personnel. He further said that real heroes are these army men and all else are fake.

After the attacks on army bases in India by Pakistan, Maharashtra Nav Nirman Sena and other organisations had urged to ban all Pakistan actors and asked them to leave the country.

A group of Indian Film producers have banned Pakistani Actors. Also in Pakistan, there has been ban imposed on Indian films and in Lahore High Court, a plea has been filed to ban all the Indian Films.

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COP 22 shouldintransit fromNearly 20 policethe morning. men were injured in the firing and political negotiations to stone pelting. While locals claim the number of injured could be over enforce implementation!

At the opening of the United Nations climate change conference, the first since the international community reached the historic Paris Agreement last year, Thoriq Ibrahim, Minister of Environment and Energy for the Maldives and Chair of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), released the following statement on behalf of the coali50.

Golden Haryana glittered on the occasion of Swarn Jayanti launch celebrations

I woke up the morning after Diwali to witness a strange, uncanny blanket of smog covering the sun and the sky as if draped with a dull grey sheet, which had faded down on the streets of the city reducing visibility to barely a few hundred meters. Even though it was a holiday after Diwali on the occasion of Govardhan Pooja on Monday; a reason enough to rejoice, yet the climate outside turned the festive mood to gloomy and morose.

By Dheeraj Kale

Haryana is celebrating Haryana Swarn Jayanti from 1st November on the occasion of completing 50 years. The celebrations commenced in the form of a grand opening ceremony hosted in Tau Devi Lal Stadium in Gurgaon. Country’s Prime Minister was the chief guest at this majestic program and the presence of millions of people became a testimony to it.

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