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I ndia launched its mammoth vac- cination drive on Saturday to bring the pandemic under control with two locally-produced vaccines — Covishield and Covaxin — with nearly two lakh out of tragetted three lakh taking shot against the pathogen on the first day on Saturday. Launching the “world’s largest vaccination drive” against Covid-19, Modi congratulated citizens and sci- entists for the feat but cautioned peo- ple against being careless and not tak- ing precautions after taking the first dose of the vaccination. The Prime Minister also alerted people against the rumours spread about the vaccines. He said Indian vaccines are the “cheapest and the best in the world”. Modi, in a televised address before the vaccine rollout, said there are several nations whose entire population is less than 3 crore, but India will be vaccinating as many people in just the first phase. He saluted scientists for developing the vaccines in such a short span of time. The PM cautioned people to ensure that they take both the doses at one month’s gap and show patience as the country begins to give the anti- dote to its huge population. “Don’t make the mistake of tak- ing one dose and then forgetting about dose two and don’t forget coro- navirus appropriate behaviour after getting the dose. The patience with which you fought coronavirus, show the same patience during vaccination now,” Modi said. As the PM kicked off the vaccine rollout with a click of a button, a video message played the Sanskrit chant — sarve bhavantu sukhinah, sarve santu niramaya (All be happy, all be free of illness). The Covid-19 vaccination drive was successfully conducted on the first day, Additional Secretary in the Union health Ministry Manohar Agnani said during a press briefing here organised late evening after the drive was wrapped up for the day. Of three lakh planned to be inoculated, around 1,91,181 beneficiaries were given the shot of Covid-19 vaccines on first day involving 16,755 per- sonnel at 3,351 vaccination sessions. Agnani said that Covid-19 vac- cines Covaxin and Covishield (developed by Bharat Biotech and Serum Institute of India (SII) respec- tively) were given at 3,351 session across the country. He refused to take any questions from the reporters. I t was neither the age, nor the way to go. Usha Srivastava, 59, who headed the Hindi Pioneer since its birth in 2011, passed away at 11.30 at the Max hospital, Saket, in New Delhi on Saturday. She left behind a grieving fami- ly, shell-shocked colleagues, a large number of friends, well-wishers, and acquaintance who would found it difficult to accept that the cheer- ful, friendly, demure face of Hindi journalism is no more. Usha was suffering from a liver ailment and had undergone a liver transplant. She could never recover from the post-operation complica- tions. A host of political leaders and journalists have mourned her death. An emotional Chandan Mitra, the Editor-in-Chief of The Pioneer, nearly broke down on hearing the news of Usha’s demise. “She nurtured the Hindi Pioneer like her own baby. She was a spirited, committed, and lively colleague, whose absence can- not be filled easily. I’m speechless with grief,” he said. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath mourned Usha’s death and conveyed his condolences to her family. Union Minister Nitin Gadara and Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar were among those who mourned Usha’s death. The Pioneer CEO Shobori Ganguly described Usha as a “valu- able” colleague who also cared for everyone around her. “I find it so dif- ficult to come to terms with her pass- ing away. She was such a noble soul,” she said. When her wait for a liver donor ended on December 25 after nearly a fortnight of a wait during which she was bedridden in the hospital, in and out of the ICUs, at The Pioneer we took a sigh of relief. Many of us met her before she was wheeled into the operation the- atre the next day. Little did we know that it would be the last time we would see her. Her valiant fight for survival, our prayers, and doctors’ efforts could not change what destiny had in store for her. She left us without a word, without even opening her eyes for nearly three weeks. O n day one of the launch of India’s historic nationwide vaccination drive against Covid-19, Delhi, Maharashtra and Haryana recorded cases of adverse events — though none of them fatal — even as the Centre asserted that the inoculation drive was successfully conducted and no case of post-vaccination hospitalisation report- ed so far. In Delhi, 52 healthcare workers developed minor adverse event follow- ing immunisation (AEFI), while 1 severe case was reported as per data available from the Government. Haryana recorded 13 adverse event cases following the immunisation. Officials from Maharashtra said they are further investigating the 14 cases of adverse events. At some sites like RML hospital in the national Capital, a section of doc- tors were apprehensive of an adverse event as they doubted the efficacy of the Covaxin developed by the Bharat Biotech, which is yet to complete the phase three trials. The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) had earlier this month approved Oxford Covid-19 vaccine Covishield, manufactured by the Serum Institute, and indigenously developed Covaxin of Bharat Biotech for restrict- ed emergency use in the country. The Resident Doctors’ Association (RDA) of the Central Government hospital, RML refused to take the shot and requested the Medical Superintendent to vaccinate them with Oxford Covid-19 vaccine Covishield. In a letter to the MS, the associa- tion said the resident doctors were “a bit apprehensive” about Covaxin and might not participate in the immunisation drive in large numbers. T he Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has given approval to Dr Reddy’s Laboratories to conduct phase 3 clinical trials of Russia’s Covid-19 vaccine candidate, Sputnik V, in the country. The phase 3 trial will be conducted on 1,500 subjects as part of the randomised, double-blind, parallel group, placebo controlled study in India, Dr Reddy said in a statement here on Friday. Earlier, the Data and Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) reviewed the safety data from the phase 2 clinical trials of the vaccine and rec- ommended phase 3 recruitment. In its report, the DSMB concluded that no safety concerns were identified and the study met the primary endpoints of safety. Dr Reddy’s Laboratories co-chairman and MD GV Prasad said, “This is an important mile- stone in the progress of this pivotal clinical trial of the vaccine. We expect to commence phase 3 study within this month and will continue to fast-track our efforts to bring in a safe and efficacious vaccine for the Indian popula- tion”. In September 2020, Dr Reddy’s partnered with the Russian Direct Investment Fund to conduct the clinical trials of the Sputnik V vac- cine and for its distribution rights in India. Serum Institute CEO Adar Poonawalla was administered the first dose of the Covishield coron- avirus vaccine on Saturday afternoon, hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched India’s nationwide vaccination drive. ❝ ❝ ❝ ❝ RAIPUR: A total of 10,500 poultry birds were culled in Chhattisgarh's Balod dis- trict on Saturday following the confir- mation of bird flu. Chhattisgarh is the 11th state where avian influenza has been confirmed. As a part of preventative action, the department eliminated 10,500 poultry birds in Gidhali, said K.K. Dhruv, Additional Director, Directorate of Veterinary Sciences. To a query about cases of bird flu reported in other districts, he said by Saturday his department had not received reports of any further spread of the avian influenza. But if samples confirmed the infection, further action will be taken, Dhruv said. Meanwhile, after the bird flu was con- firmed, movement of poultry birds in the contaminated zone was banned at Gidhali and steps to curb human movement in the contaminated zone were implemented. A 10-km range in Gidhali was noti- fied as an area under observation, Dhruv said. SR T he much-awaited vaccination against Covid-19 began on Saturday in Chhattisgarh, with a health worker, Tulsa Tandi, work- ing at the Pt JLN Memorial Medical College in Raipur becom- ing the first to receive the Covidshield dose. Tulsa Tandi works in the oper- ation theatre of the college. Director AIIMS Raipur Dr Nitin Nagarkar received the first dose of vaccine at AIIMS Raipur, a press release said. “By Saturday late evening at 97 centres across the state, 5,592 per- sons had received the first dose of vaccine,” Chhattisgarh immu- nization officer Dr Amar Singh Thakur said.He added that all the parameters set by Union Health Ministry were followed. The department had planned to vaccinate 100 persons in every vaccination centre. However only 62 percent of the set target was achieved, Dr Thakur said. Vaccination will be conduct- ed on four days in a week and will not be held on Sunday, Tuesday and Friday, he said. He said that the state has received 60 percent vaccine doses. No cases of vaccine reaction or side effects were reported on the first day. In Raipur, vaccine was administered in five places includ- ing AIIMS, Pt JLN Memorial Medical College, NHMMI Hospital, District Hospital and Mission Hospital Tilda. After receiving the dose, the person was kept under observation at the vaccination centre so that in case of reaction medical aid could be quickly administered. RNI Regn. No. CHHENG/2012/42718, Postal Reg. No. - RYP DN/34/2013-2015

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    India launched its mammoth vac-cination drive on Saturday to bringthe pandemic under control with twolocally-produced vaccines —Covishield and Covaxin — withnearly two lakh out of tragetted threelakh taking shot against the pathogenon the first day on Saturday.

    Launching the “world’s largestvaccination drive” against Covid-19,Modi congratulated citizens and sci-entists for the feat but cautioned peo-ple against being careless and not tak-ing precautions after taking the firstdose of the vaccination.

    The Prime Minister also alertedpeople against the rumours spreadabout the vaccines. He said Indianvaccines are the “cheapest and thebest in the world”.

    Modi, in a televised addressbefore the vaccine rollout, said thereare several nations whose entirepopulation is less than 3 crore, butIndia will be vaccinating as many

    people in just the first phase. Hesaluted scientists for developing thevaccines in such a short span of time.

    The PM cautioned people toensure that they take both the dosesat one month’s gap and show patienceas the country begins to give the anti-dote to its huge population.

    “Don’t make the mistake of tak-ing one dose and then forgettingabout dose two and don’t forget coro-navirus appropriate behaviour aftergetting the dose. The patience withwhich you fought coronavirus, showthe same patience during vaccinationnow,” Modi said.

    As the PM kicked off the vaccinerollout with a click of a button, avideo message played the Sanskritchant — sarve bhavantu sukhinah,sarve santu niramaya (All be happy,all be free of illness).

    The Covid-19 vaccination drivewas successfully conducted on thefirst day, Additional Secretary in theUnion health Ministry ManoharAgnani said during a press briefing

    here organised late evening after thedrive was wrapped up for the day. Ofthree lakh planned to be inoculated,around 1,91,181 beneficiaries weregiven the shot of Covid-19 vaccineson first day involving 16,755 per-sonnel at 3,351 vaccination sessions.

    Agnani said that Covid-19 vac-cines Covaxin and Covishield(developed by Bharat Biotech andSerum Institute of India (SII) respec-tively) were given at 3,351 sessionacross the country. He refused to takeany questions from the reporters.

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    It was neither the age, nor the wayto go. Usha Srivastava, 59, whoheaded the Hindi Pioneer since itsbirth in 2011, passed away at 11.30at the Max hospital, Saket, in NewDelhi on Saturday.

    She left behind a grieving fami-ly, shell-shocked colleagues, a largenumber of friends, well-wishers,and acquaintance who would foundit difficult to accept that the cheer-ful, friendly, demure face of Hindijournalism is no more.

    Usha was suffering from a liverailment and had undergone a livertransplant. She could never recoverfrom the post-operation complica-tions.

    A host of political leaders andjournalists have mourned her death.

    An emotional Chandan Mitra,the Editor-in-Chief of The Pioneer,nearly broke down on hearing thenews of Usha’s demise. “She nurtured

    the Hindi Pioneer like her own baby.She was a spirited, committed, andlively colleague, whose absence can-not be filled easily. I’m speechlesswith grief,” he said.

    Uttar Pradesh Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath mourned Usha’sdeath and conveyed his condolencesto her family. Union Minister NitinGadara and Haryana Chief Minister

    Manohar Lal Khattar were amongthose who mourned Usha’s death.

    The Pioneer CEO ShoboriGanguly described Usha as a “valu-able” colleague who also cared foreveryone around her. “I find it so dif-ficult to come to terms with her pass-ing away. She was such a noble soul,”she said.

    When her wait for a liver donorended on December 25 after nearlya fortnight of a wait during which shewas bedridden in the hospital, in andout of the ICUs, at The Pioneer wetook a sigh of relief.

    Many of us met her before shewas wheeled into the operation the-atre the next day. Little did we knowthat it would be the last time wewould see her.

    Her valiant fight for survival, ourprayers, and doctors’ efforts couldnot change what destiny had instore for her. She left us without aword, without even opening her eyesfor nearly three weeks.

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    On day one of the launch of India’shistoric nationwide vaccinationdrive against Covid-19, Delhi,Maharashtra and Haryana recordedcases of adverse events — though noneof them fatal — even as the Centreasserted that the inoculation drive wassuccessfully conducted and no case ofpost-vaccination hospitalisation report-ed so far.

    In Delhi, 52 healthcare workersdeveloped minor adverse event follow-ing immunisation (AEFI), while 1severe case was reported as per dataavailable from the Government.

    Haryana recorded 13 adverse eventcases following the immunisation.

    Officials from Maharashtra saidthey are further investigating the 14cases of adverse events.

    At some sites like RML hospital inthe national Capital, a section of doc-tors were apprehensive of an adverseevent as they doubted the efficacy of theCovaxin developed by the BharatBiotech, which is yet to complete thephase three trials.

    The Drugs Controller General ofIndia (DCGI) had earlier this monthapproved Oxford Covid-19 vaccineCovishield, manufactured by the SerumInstitute, and indigenously developed

    Covaxin of Bharat Biotech for restrict-ed emergency use in the country.

    The Resident Doctors’ Association(RDA) of the Central Governmenthospital, RML refused to take the shotand requested the MedicalSuperintendent to vaccinate them withOxford Covid-19 vaccine Covishield.

    In a letter to the MS, the associa-tion said the resident doctors were “a bitapprehensive” about Covaxin and mightnot participate in the immunisationdrive in large numbers.

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    The Drugs Controller General of India(DCGI) has given approval to Dr Reddy’sLaboratories to conduct phase 3 clinical trialsof Russia’s Covid-19 vaccine candidate, SputnikV, in the country.

    The phase 3 trial will be conducted on 1,500subjects as part of the randomised, double-blind,parallel group, placebo controlled study in India,Dr Reddy said in a statement here on Friday.

    Earlier, the Data and Safety MonitoringBoard (DSMB) reviewed the safety data from thephase 2 clinical trials of the vaccine and rec-ommended phase 3 recruitment. In its report,the DSMB concluded that no safety concernswere identified and the study met the primaryendpoints of safety.

    Dr Reddy’s Laboratories co-chairman andMD GV Prasad said, “This is an important mile-stone in the progress of this pivotal clinical trialof the vaccine. We expect to commence phase3 study within this month and will continue tofast-track our efforts to bring in a safe and efficacious vaccine for the Indian popula-tion”.

    In September 2020, Dr Reddy’s partneredwith the Russian Direct Investment Fund toconduct the clinical trials of the Sputnik V vac-cine and for its distribution rights in India.

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    Chhattisgarh is the 11th state whereavian influenza has been confirmed.

    As a part of preventative action, thedepartment eliminated 10,500 poultrybirds in Gidhali, said K.K. Dhruv,Additional Director, Directorate ofVeterinary Sciences.

    To a query about cases of bird flureported in other districts, he said bySaturday his department had not receivedreports of any further spread of the avianinfluenza. But if samples confirmed theinfection, further action will be taken,Dhruv said.

    Meanwhile, after the bird flu was con-firmed, movement of poultry birds in thecontaminated zone was banned at Gidhaliand steps to curb human movement in thecontaminated zone were implemented.

    A 10-km range in Gidhali was noti-fied as an area under observation, Dhruvsaid. SR

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    Tulsa Tandi works in the oper-ation theatre of the college.Director AIIMS Raipur Dr NitinNagarkar received the first dose ofvaccine at AIIMS Raipur, a pressrelease said.

    “By Saturday late evening at 97centres across the state, 5,592 per-sons had received the first dose ofvaccine,” Chhattisgarh immu-nization officer Dr Amar SinghThakur said.He added that all theparameters set by Union HealthMinistry were followed.

    The department had plannedto vaccinate 100 persons in everyvaccination centre. However only62 percent of the set target wasachieved, Dr Thakur said.

    Vaccination will be conduct-ed on four days in a week and willnot be held on Sunday, Tuesdayand Friday, he said.

    He said that the state hasreceived 60 percent vaccine doses.No cases of vaccine reaction orside effects were reported on thefirst day. In Raipur, vaccine wasadministered in five places includ-ing AIIMS, Pt JLN MemorialMedical College, NHMMIHospital, District Hospital andMission Hospital Tilda.

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    STAFF REPORTER nRAIPUR

    ‘‘We now have the weaponagainst coronavirus. Withprecaution, we have to end

    this pandemic," ChhattisgarhHealth Minister T.S. SinghDeo declared on Saturday.

    Singh Deo visited Pt JLNMemorial Hospital and methealth workers who received

    Covid vaccine on the firstday of the Covid vaccinationdrive, a press release said.

    “We now have theweapon against coronavirus.By following rules and with

    precaution, we have to endthis pandemic. The vaccineis completely safe and it hasbeen certified by scientists,”he said.

    No one should hesitate in

    taking it, the Minister added."If there are any side

    effects, then under propermedical observation and carethey will be resolved. I amalso waiting for my turn to

    get the vaccine," he said.He also met Padma Shri Dr

    A.T. Dabke, who had voluntarilycome to get the vaccine. Heinquired about his health.

    On the occasion,

    Additional Chief Secretary(Health) Renu Pillai andDirector National HealthMission Dr Priyanka Shuklawere present.

    The Covid vaccination was

    held in five places in Raipur dis-trict including AIIMS Raipur, PtJLN Memorial Medical CollegeRaipur, NHMMI HospitalRaipur, District Hospital Raipurand Mission Hospital Tilda.

    We now have the weapon against coronavirus: Singh Deo

    Renowned paediatrician and Padma Shri Dr A.T. Dabke (78)being administered the Covishield vaccine at Pt Jawahar LalNehru Memorial Medical College, Raipur, on Saturday.

    AIIMS Raipur director Dr Nitin Nagarkar being administeredthe Covishield vaccine at AIIMS on Saturday.

    Manendragarh MLA Dr Vinay Jaiswal at Urban Primary HealthCentre, Doman Hill, administered the first Covishield vaccineto senior Medical Officer Dr Jayant Yadav on Saturday as part ofcommencement of vaccination drive in Chhattisgarh.

    STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR

    In broad daylight, three bike-bornemasked turbaned robbers onSaturday robbed and injured thecashier of a steel plant of `31 lakhnear Sarora in Urla industrial area ofRaipur, police said.

    The injured man was admitted ina private hospital while the accusedare at large.

    Raipur Senior Superintendent

    of Police Ajay Kumar Yadav toldThe Pioneer that the incident tookplace in the morning whencashier Nityananda Chura aliasAmit (32) was on his way to theplant in Sarora.

    Eight to nine masked robbersturned up on three separate motor-cycles. One of them hit him with asteel rod. They also tried to throwchilli powder in the cashier's eyes.

    As the cashier lost control over

    the wheels and fell from the bike, therobbers looted the money totaling`31 lakh kept in a bag and escaped,Yadav said.

    The victim had withdrawn Rs 20lakh from the bank for paying thelabourers, contractors and truckdrivers while he had Rs 11 lakh, theofficer said.

    The police are exploring allangles and have reportedly ques-tioned some suspects, Yadav added.

    STAFF REPORTER n Bijapur

    Ahardcore Naxalite carry-ing a cash reward of Rs 8lakh on his head was killed onSaturday in a gun battlebetween security forces andMaoists in a forested patch inChhattisgarh's Bijapur dis-trict, police said.

    “The encounter happenedbetween Kutru and Ketulnarin the Kutur police stationlimits around 4:30 pm,”Bijapur Superintendent ofPolice Kamlochan Kashyapsaid in a press release.

    A joint team of BijapurDRG (district reserve guard)and police launched an anti-Naxalite operation fromKutur police station, about440 km south of Raipur, hesaid.

    During the drive, thepolice force had a face-offwith Maoists which result-ed in fighting. Soon the

    Maoists disappeared intothe jungle. While search-ing the spot, the policefound the body of a Maoistidentified as Saybo aliasRanu.

    Ranu was commander ofthe Maoist Farsegarh ActionSquad and DeputyCommander of Farsegarh

    LOS (local operating squad),the officer added.

    Pistol rounds, arrowbombs and daily use itemswere found at the spot. Ranucarried a reward of Rs 8 lakh,he said, adding a search oper-ation was on in Kutru.

    Ranu was wanted in abouta dozen violent crimes.

    STAFF REPORTER nRAIPUR

    As part of discussions onthe budget preparation,Chhattisgarh Chief MinisterBhupesh Baghel for a secondday on Saturday had discus-sions with Ministers andofficials of Women andChild Development, SocialWelfare, Public HealthEngineering andGramudyog, CommercialTax (Excise) and Industriesdepartments.

    Baghel discussed in detailthe budget provisions concern-ing women and child develop-ment and social welfare withMinister Anila Bhediya andother officials, said an officialcommunication.

    Later, he met PublicHealth Engineering and

    Gramodyog DepartmentMinister Guru Rudra Kumarand officials.

    The Chief Minister thenchaired a meeting with

    Commercial Tax (Excise) andIndustries DepartmentMinister Kawasi Lakhma.

    In-charge Chief SecretarySubrat Sahoo, Finance

    Secretary Alarmelmangai D,General AdministrationDepartment Secretary DrKamalpreet Singh and otherofficials were present.

    Masked robbers loot `31L

    CM holds pre-budget discussions

    Chhattisgarh Health minister T. S. Singh Deo interacting withhealth worker, Tulsa Tandi who received the first shot ofCovishield vaccine at Pt Jawahar Lal Nehru Memorial MedicalCollege, Raipur.

    STAFF REPORTER nBILASPUR

    A CRPF constable wasamong four people arrested inChhattisgarh's Bilaspur dis-trict and 11 cartons of IndianMade Foreign Liquor (IMFL)worth Rs 3.69 lakh wereseized, the Excise Departmentannounced on Saturday.

    Bilaspur Deputy ExciseCommissioner Neetu Notanisaid the four, includingCRPF’s 65th Battalion consta-ble Ganesh Kumar Jain as wellas Manoj Khanna, AmitYadav and Sarojani Bai Soniwere taken into custody.

    Acting on a tip, officialsheld Manoj for illegally trans-porting a carton of liquor on

    his two-wheeler from NehruNagar area in Bilaspur city.

    He confessed he got

    liquor from Madhya Pradeshand West Bengal and suppliedto high-profile clients in

    Bilaspur. He said that his nextconsignment of three car-toons of IMFL would arrivefrom Raipur.

    After this, the excise offi-cials nabbed the CRPF con-stable Ganesh and his accom-plice Amit. The officials alsoseized three cartons of liquor,four travel bags and a car(CG-04, B-7535).

    Notani said the CRPFconstable, posted in the IGP'soffice, confessed that hecrossed all checkposts andnakas on the way by present-ing himself as a CRPF jawan.

    Meanwhile, the exciseofficials seized seven cartonsof liquor and arrested Sarojanifrom her house in connectionwith illicit liquor trade.

    CRPF constable amongfour held with illicit liquor

    Hardcore Maoistkilled in Bijapur

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    AThane Special Court onSaturday granted bail to asmany 89 accused in the much-discussed Palghar lynchingincident, in which two Sadhusand their driver were killed byan irate mob near Kasa town inMaharashtra’s Palghar districtin April last year..

    Having heard argumentsby Special Public ProsecutorSatish Maneshinde and defensecounsels Amrut Adhikari andAtul Patil on January 6, SpecialJudge S. B. Bahalkar grantedbail to the 89 accused againsta deposit of Rs 15,000 each.

    The judge scheduled thenext hearing of the case forFebruary 15.

    Earlier in their defence ofthe accused, counsels AmrutAdhikari and Atul Patil hadtold the court that the appli-cants had no role to play in theattack and the police hadarrested them on mere suspi-cion. They had also questioned

    the validity of the three FIRSfiled against them.

    As many as 251 adults and16 juveniles are being tried onvarious charges of rioting,attempt to murder and murderin connection with the April16, 2020 Palghar lynchingincident which created publicoutrage across the country.

    Till date, a total of 176accused and 11 juveniles havebeen granted bail while the bailapplications of 36 more havebeen rejected.

    On July 16, this year, thestate CID filed a comprehensivecharge-sheets against theaccused before a Dahanu courtin connection with the April16, 2020 Palghar lynchingincident.In its charge sheet –running into 4955 pages -- filedbefore the court of JudicialMagistrate First Class (JMFC)at Dahanu in Palghar district,the CID sleuths had named 126accused in connection withthe incident that took place onthe night of April 16.

    The investigation team, ledby Deputy Superintendent ofPolice (CID) Vijay Pawar, filedthe charge-sheet after examin-ing 808 suspects and 118 wit-nesses to collect strong evi-dence against the accused.

    It may be recalled that onthe night of April 16 last year,three persons were lynched bya 200-strong mob of villagersnear Kasa town inMaharashtra’s Palghar districton suspicion that they werethieves.

    The villagers first hurledstones at the van, promptingthe driver to stop the vehicle.Later, they pulled three personsout of the vehicle and beatthem to death inGadhchinchale village onDabhadi-Khanwel road, withsticks and rods.

    The deceased ---identifiedas Chikne MaharajKalpavrukshagiri (70),Sushilgiri Maharaj (35) and dri-ver Nilesh Telgade (30) weretravelling to Surat. Of them one

    was the diver, while two are res-idents of Kandivli in northMumbai. The place where theincident took place is approximately 120 km fromMumbai.

    In their charge-sheet, theinvestigators have said that theincident had taken place amidrumours that child-lifters wereroaming in the area during thelockdown. The villagersallegedly suspected the threedeceased to be child-lifters.

    The accused arrested inconnection with the incidenthave been charged under var-ious sections of the IndianPenal Code (IPC) for murder,armed rioting and using crim-inal force to prevent a publicservant from doing is dutyand relevant provisions of theDisaster Management Act, theEpidemic Diseases Act (sincelockdown was in force duringthe incident), the MaharashtraPolice Act and the MaharashtraDamage to Public Property(Prevention) Act.

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    They may be rationalists andatheists but the leaders ofDravidian ideology selected theauspicious Pongal day to declaretheir election promises to thepeople of Tamil Nadu. MKStalin, president of the DMKwho is also the Leader of theOpposition, made it known thatthe ‘crisis ridden’ farm sector inthe State stands to gain a big for-tune if they vote him and hisparty to power in the upcomingelection to the legislative assem-bly. Even Kamal Haasan, thecine actor-turned founder ofMakkal Neethi Maiam chose thePongal day to declare his plan ofaction for Tamil people.

    “We will write off all farm

    loans and jewel loans. Youshould remember that the lasttime we came to power in 2006,the first thing done by Kalaignar(late Chief Minister MKarunanidhi) after the swearingin of his government was to issuean order waiving of cooperativeloans worth Rs 7,000 crore.This time we will waive of allagriculture loans including jewelloans,” declared Stalin on Friday.

    He also made it known thatthe DMK was not againstHindus as made out by theFascist forces like the RSS, BJPand other Hinutwa forces. “TheDMK is a political party whichbelieves in the ideology of onegod, one race that was pro-pounded by party founder C NAnnadurai. People will notbelieve the allegations made by

    the Hindutwa leaders,” saidStalin.

    The AIADMK is on amedia blitzkrieg issuing jacketadvertisements to all majornewspapers in the State. A pro-Left daily in English has beencarrying full page advertise-ments for the last few days list-ing the achievements made bythe AIADMK Government dur-ing the last five years. The inter-nal power struggle in the partyis visible in the advertisementswhich feature pictures ofAnnadurai, MGR, Jayalalithaaand Chief Minister EdappadiPalaniswamy. There is no men-tion about AIADMK steeringcommittee coordinator anddeputy chief minister OPanneerselvam in these public-ity series running into crores of

    rupees.A hurt Panneerselvam

    chose to strike back, withoutmuch fanfare. His followers putup advertisements in all friend-ly vernacular dailies and TamilTV channels eulogizing thechosen heir of Amma (JJayalalithaa). Interestingly, therewas no mention of Palaniswamyin the advertisements.Panneerselvam, it is reliablylearnt that, is sad that the campfollowers of Palaniswamyignored and blacked out his con-tribution in getting the ban onJallikkattu lifted by the Centrethrough ordinances. He is yet toforget the unceremonious man-ner in which he was evictedfrom the chair of the chief min-ister.

    Kamal Haasan said he

    would launch a Ministry ofPossibilities, once he was swornin as chief minister. “As part ofmy plans to usher in IndustrialRevolution 4.0, it is a must thatwe should have a ministry likethis to cater to science andtechnology, start-ups, and inno-vation. Also in my agenda is thedevelopment of less developedregions in Tamil Nadu,” said theactor. While the AIADMK andDMK offer more IT Parks in theState, Hassan declared that hewould set up skill developmentparks in all districts in TamilNadu.

    The AIADMK, BJP, theCongress, the PMK, the HinduMakkal Katchi, and other fringeparties are expected to declaretheir plans of action in thecoming days.

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    The CBI has re-registeredJ&K ACB FIR in connec-tion with the alleged irregu-larities committed in transferof land under the RoshniScheme against 13 persons ofPulwama, including seventhen officials posted in the dis-trict l ike the DeputyCommissioner, Pulwama andhis subordinates.

    The then DeputyCommissioner, Pulwama,Mehraj Ahmad Kakroo, thethen Additional DeputyCommissioner, PulwamaIftikhar-ul Hasnain, the thenAssistant Commissioner,Revenue, Mohammad RajabBhatt, the then TehsildarMohammad Hussain, the thenNaib Tehsildar, Kakpora,Mohammad MaqboolAhanger, the then Girdawar,Kakpora, Ghulam AhmadSheikh and the then PatwariHalqa , Kakpora, Abdul RazakWagey have been named inthe FIR.

    In addition, private per-sons named in the FIR areAhmad Pandith, Nabi Naikoo,Mohammad Amin Pandith,Dr Farhat Pandith, Abdul

    Majid Sheikh and GhulamRasool Wani.

    The accused have beenbooked under Section 120-B(criminal conspiracy) of theRanbir Penal Code and rele-vant provisions of thePrevention of Corruption Act.

    “In pursuance of the J&KHigh Court, FIR No 29/2015OF Police Station-VOK, nowACB, J&K is re-registered,”reads the FIR.

    An audit report of thePrincipal Accountant General(Audit) alleged irregularitiescommitted in the transfer ofland under the Roshni scheme.The report revealed that theoff icers and off icials ofRevenue department ofPulwama have by abuse and

    misuse of their official positionas public servants conferredundue pecuniary benefit uponthe illegal occupants of stateland by arbitrarily fixing theprice of land which was lowerthan the prevailing marketrate of the area, incorrectapplication of rates and unau-thorised change of classifica-tion of land from residential toagricultural.

    Verification revealed thatthe ownership rights of thestate land measuring sixKanals, 10 Marlas and fourSirsai was transferred in thename of the six accused per-sons under Jammu andKashmir State Land (vesting ofownership) Act, 2001, itadded.

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    With the RBI raising con-cern over the issuance ofzero coupon bonds for recap-italisation of public sectorbanks (PSBs), the FinanceMinistry is examining otheravenues for affordable capitalinfusion including setting up ofa Bank Investment

    Company (BIC), sourcessaid. Setting up a BIC as a hold-ing company or a core invest-ment company was suggestedby the P J Nayak Committee inits report on ‘Governance ofBoards of Banks in India’.

    The report recommendedtransferring shares of the gov-ernment in the banks to theBIC which would become theparent holding company of allthese banks, as a result of this,

    all the PSBs would become‘limited’ banks. BIC will beautonomous and it will havethe power to appoint the boardof directors and make otherpolicy decisions about sub-sidiaries.

    The idea of BIC, whichwill serve as a super holdingcompany, was also discussed atthe first Gyan Sangam bankers’retreat organised in 2014,sources said, adding it wasproposed that the holding com-pany would look into the cap-ital needs of banks and arrangefunds for them without gov-ernment support.

    It would also look at alter-native ways of raising capitalsuch as the sale of non-votingshares in a bid to garner afford-able capital.

    With this in place, the

    dependence of PSBs on gov-ernment support would alsocome down and ease fiscalpressure.

    To save interest burdenand ease the fiscal pressure, thegovernment decided to issuezero-coupon bonds for meetingthe capital needs of the banks.

    The first test case of thenew mechanism was a capitalinfusion of Rs 5,500 crore intoPunjab & Sind Bank by issuingzero-coupon bonds of six dif-ferent maturities last year.These special securities withtenure of 10-15 years are non-interest bearing and valued atpar.

    However, the ReserveBank of India (RBI) expressedconcerns over zero-couponbonds for the recapitalisation ofPSBs.

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    The country’s largest privatesector lender HDFC Bankon Saturday reported a 14.36per cent jump in consolidatednet profit to �8,760 crore forthe December quarter, drivenby a surge in core income.

    At the standalone level,net profit for the three-monthperiod grew 18.09 per cent to�8,758.29 crore, on the back ofa 15.1 per cent growth in thecore net interest income at �16,317 crore. Its deposits grew19.1 per cent and the share oflow-cost current and savingsaccount deposits was 43 percent. HDFC Bank is the firstmajor lender to declare itsresults for the December quar-ter. This is also the maidenearnings declaration under

    new chief executive and man-aging director SashidharJagdishan, who succeededAditya Puri as the head of thebank.The bank’s credit growthcame at 15.6 per cent, while thenet interest margin was 4.2 percent. The non-interest incomegrew 11 per cent to �7,443crore, largely on the back of again or revaluation in an invest-ment at �1,109 crore, whichstood at �676 crore in theyear-ago period.

    The results showed animprovement in the asset qual-ity with the gross non-per-forming assets ratio stood at0.81 per cent of the total assetsas against 1.42 per cent in theyear-ago period and 1.08 percent at the end of the preced-ing September quarter, thebank said.If one were to

    exclude the benefit of theSupreme Court order askingbanks not to classify stressduring the moratorium periodin NPA computation, theGNPA ratio would have beenat 1.38 per cent, it added.Itsoverall provisions and contin-gencies for the reporting quar-ter, which saw the economytrying to recover from thereverses of the pandemic, grewto �3,414 crore as against�3,043 crore in the year-agoperiod.

    It held contingent provi-sions of �8,656 crore and float-ing provisions of �1,451 croreas of Dec 31.It said 0.5 per centof its �10.82 lakh crore inadvances have been restruc-tured under the special schemeannounced by the RBI to han-dle the COVID-related stress.

    New Delhi:Newsprint cost hasjumped 20 per cent in the lastthree months due to demand-supply imbalance post pan-demic, prompting news pub-lishers to petition the govern-ment for waiver of 5 per centimport duty to help cut cost.

    The industry has been hithard due to COVID-19 led dis-ruptions and the most news-

    papers havestopped send-ing newspapersto rural areaswhere there isless than 50copies toreduce the dis-tribution cost,said the IndianN e w s p a p e rSociety (INS)President LAdimoolam.

    In a repre-sentation to theF i n a n c eM i n i s t e r

    Nirmala Sitharaman onThursday ahead of the forth-coming union budget, INS hassuggested to take steps as toreduce the customs duty onimport of newsprints, a stim-ulus package for the industry orat least to help the publicationsby releasing advertisement withan increased tariff of 50 percent “If working out a stimu-lus package for print media isdifficult at this juncture, DAVP(Directorate of Advertising andVisual Publicity) may pleaseconsider releasing advertise-ment for all its departments toall publications with anincreased tariff of 50 per cent,which would be highly helpfulfor the industry as a whole,” theINS representation said. It hasalso asked to extend the valid-ity of RNI (Registrar ofNewspapers for India)Circulation Certificates up toMarch 31, 2022 which willenable DAVP rates to remainthe same till next year.

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    Traders’ body CAIT onSaturday filed a petition inthe Supreme Court, making aplea to direct WhatsApp towithdraw its new privacy pol-icy The body issued a statementclaiming that the newWhatsApp privacy policyencroaches upon various fun-damental rights of the citizens.

    About the petition, thetraders’ body said it “has alsoprayed that Union of Indiamust frame guidelines to gov-ern big technology companieslike WhatsApp and frame poli-cies which would protect theprivacy of citizens and busi-

    nesses”.“The Confederation of

    All India Traders (CAIT) hastoday filed a petition in theSupreme Court with the prayerto direct WhatsApp to with-draw its new privacy policy,which is encroaching uponvarious fundamental rights ofthe citizens granted byConstitution of India,” thestatement said. Meanwhile,WhatsApp has announceddelaying by three months theimplementation of the newprivacy policy that has faced amassive backlash with tens ofmillions of its users movingfrom the platform to rivals likeSignal and Telegram.

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    Reserve Bank of India (RBI)Governor Shaktikanta Dason Saturday said the centralbank remains steadfast to takeany further measures as may berequired to support growthwithout compromising onfinancial stability.

    Delivering the 39thPalkhivala Memorial Lecture,the governor said the principalobjective during the pandem-ic period was to support eco-nomic activity; and lookingback, it is evident that policiesof the RBI have helped in eas-ing the severity of the economicimpact of the pandemic.

    “I would like to unam-biguously reiterate that theReserve Bank remains steadfastto take any further measures, asmay be necessary, while at thesame time remaining fullycommitted to maintainingfinancial stability,” he said.

    In a bid to maintain finan-cial stability, Das emphasisedthe need for banks to raiseresources in advance as abuffer.

    Going ahead, he said,

    financial institutions in Indiahave to walk a tightrope in nur-turing the economic recoverywithin the overarching objec-tive of preserving long-termstability of the financial system.

    The current COVID-19pandemic related shock willplace greater pressure on thebalance sheets of banks interms of non-performingassets, leading to erosion ofcapital, he said, adding build-ing buffers and raising capitalby banks – both in the publicand private sector – will be cru-cial not only to ensure creditflow but also to build resiliencein the financial system.

    “We have advised all banks,large non-deposit takingNBFCs and all deposit-takingNBFCs to assess the impact ofCOVID-19 on their balancesheet, asset quality, liquidity,capital adequacy, and workout possible mitigation mea-sures, including capital plan-ning, capital raising, and con-tingency liquidity planning,among others,” he said.

    Prudently, a few large pub-lic sector banks (PSBs) andmajor private sector banks

    (PVBs) have already raisedcapital, and some have plans toraise further resources takingadvantage of benign financialconditions.“This process needsto be put on the fast track,” headded. The governor saidrecent experience across coun-tries during the pandemic sug-gest that banks, non-banks,financial markets and paymentsystems remain at the core offinancial stability issues, therewas a need to work much clos-er at the system in its entirety.

    “In this sense, the overallobjective of financial stabilitypolicies should be closely inter-twined with the health of thereal economy,” he noted.

    The financial stabilityneeds to be seen in a broaderperspective and must includenot just the stability of thefinancial system and price sta-bility but also ‘fiscal sustain-ability and external sector via-bility’, Das said.

    Noting that good gover-nance will have to be support-ed by effective risk manage-ment functions and assurancemechanisms, he said banksand non-banking finance insti-

    tutions need to identify risksearly, monitor them closelyand manage them effectively.

    The risk managementfunction in banks and NBFCsshould evolve with changingtimes as technology becomesall-pervasive and should be insync with international bestpractices. In this context, instill-ing an appropriate risk culturein the organisation is impor-tant,” he said.

    A robust assurance mech-anism by way of internal auditfunction was another impor-tant component of sound cor-porate governance and riskmanagement, Das said, addingit provides independent evalu-

    ation and assurance to theBoard that the “operationswere performed in accordancewith set policies and proce-dures”.

    He said the central bankhas already taken a number ofmeasures and would continueto do so.“Recent efforts in thisdirection were geared towardsenhancing the role and statureof compliance and internalaudit functions in banks byclarifying supervisor expecta-tions and aligning the guide-lines with best practices.

    “Some more measures onimproving governance in banksand NBFCs are in the pipeline,”he said.

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    As the Union Budget forFY21-22 nears, stockbro-kers have sought rationalisationand streamlining of the struc-ture for the capital market.

    The industry body stock-brokers Association of NationalExchanges Member of India(ANMI) has written to CentralBank Direct Taxation (CBDT)on doing away with the multi-

    ple classification system forcalculating tax on capital mar-ket income.

    In a statement, ANMInoted that financial marketsworldwide play an importantrole in garnering growth cap-ital for the economy. In theyears following the coronaviruspandemic, catalysing equitymarket participation will holdthe key to reviving India’s GDPgrowth, it added.

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    Petrol and diesel pricesremained unchanged forthe second consecutive day onSaturday.

    In the national capital,petrol was sold at the recordhigh level of Rs 84.70 per litre.Prices in Mumbai, Chennaiand Kolkata were Rs 91.32, Rs87.40 and Rs 86.15 per litre,respectively.

    Across the country, pumpprice of petrol and dieselremained static on Saturday.

    In Delhi, Mumbai,Chennai and Kolkata, dieselwas sold for Rs 74.88, Rs 81.60,Rs 80.19 and Rs 78.47 perlitre, respectively.

    Auto fuel price rise was onhold for the last five days afterpetrol and diesel prices hadincreased on two successivedays last week on Wednesday

    and Thursday taking gasolineto record high levels in Delhiwhile keeping prices very closeto record high levels in othermetro cities.

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    Prime Minister NarendraModi on Saturdayannounced the launch of Rs1,000-crore ‘Startup India SeedFund’ to support startups andhelp budding entrepreneurspursue innovative ideas.

    Addressing the ‘Prarambh:Startup India InternationalSummit’, Modi exuded confi-dence that the growth of star-tups will help in generating jobsand improving lives of peoplein the region.

    “In order to provide initialcapital for startups, the nationis launching a Rs 1,000 croreStartup India Seed Fund. Thiswill help in setting up new star-tups and promote theirgrowth,” the Prime Ministersaid.

    The summit marked thefifth anniversary of the StartupIndia initiative launched byModi on this day in 2016.

    The government, Modiadded, has been implementingthe Fund of Fund Scheme tohelp startups raise equity cap-ital. Going forward, the gov-ernment will also help startupsin raising debt capital, headded. India, the PrimeMinister said, is home to theworld’s third largest startupecosystem which has helpedseveral budding entrepreneursto come up with innovativetechnologies and become bigcorporations.

    He further said that star-tups in India are not limited tobig cities and about 40 per centof such budding entrepreneursare coming from tier-II and -III cities. Modi said in 2014there were only four startups inthe unicorn club, but todaythere are more than 30.

    He informed that 11 star-tups entered the unicorn clubin 2020 itself. India is theworld’s third largest startupecosystem. There are over41,000 startups in the country.

    Jaipur:Chief MinisterShri Ashok Gehlot saidthat due to efficientmanagement of coronaby the state govern-ment, limiting thenumber of Covidpatients in the state andintroduction of vaccinetoday is a happy coin-cidence. Just as we have fought thecorona in the best way with thecooperation of all, similarly wewill set an example by makingthis vaccination campaign asuccess. To ensure that the corona iscompletely eradicated despitethe vaccine, everyone shouldensure continued adherenceto other health protocols,including masking, social dis-tancing, and more.

    Shri Gehlot was addressingthe state-level inaugurationceremony of corona vaccina-tion through video conferenceat the Chief Minister’s residenceon Saturday. On this occasion

    simultaneous vaccination wasstarted at 167 sites in the state.Along with Dr. SudhirBhandari, Principal of SMSMedical College, doctors ofmajor medical institutes gotvaccinated on these sites on thefirst day. The CM congratulat-ed all the scientists, experts andother personnel associated withpreparing the vaccine in ashort time and said that every-one is proud of them. He saidthat this vaccine, which cameafter many trials and investi-gations, would help us in con-quering the corona.

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    Washington: US President-elect Joe Biden has announcedan ambitious goal of inoculat-ing 100 million of total 331 mil-lion Americans with Covid-19vaccines in the first 100 days ofhis administration, noting thevaccine rollout in the country,the worst hit by the pandemic,has been a “dismal failure.”

    Ahead of his inaugurationon January 20, Biden on Fridayheld a briefing with his team onaddressing the major healthcrisis that has engulfed thenation for nearly a year now.

    The US is the worst-affect-ed country in the world withmore than 23,523,000 COVID-19 infections and 391,955deaths, according to the JohnsHopkins Coronavirus tracker.

    During his election cam-paign, Biden, a Democrat,made tackling COVID-19 andthe economic hardships it hadput on Americans a core pitchto voters.

    “The vaccine rollout in theUnited States has been a dismalfailure thus far and in today’sbriefing we discussed fivethings, five things we will do inan attempt to turn things

    around, five things to turnfrustration into motivation,five things to help us meet ourgoal of 100 million shots by theend of our first 100 days inoffice. Some wonder if we arereaching too far for that goal.Is it achievable? It’s a legitimatequestion to ask,” Biden toldreporters in Wilmington,Delaware.

    “Let me be clear; I am con-vinced we can get it done, andthis is the time to set big goalsto pursue them with courageand conviction because thehealth of the nation is literallyat stake. First, we will imme-

    diately work with states toopen up vaccinations to morepriority groups,” he said.

    Biden said that the processof establishing priority groups isdriven by science, but the prob-lem is the implementation hasbeen too rigid and confusing.

    “If you were to ask mostpeople today, they couldn’t tellyou who exactly is gettingvaccinated. What they doknow is there are tens of mil-lions of doses of vaccine sittingunused in freezers around thecountry while people whowant and need the vaccinecan’t get it,” he said. PTI

    Washington: Outgoing US VicePresident Mike Pence has calledhis soon-to-be successorKamala Harris to congratulateher and offer his full co-opera-tion in the transition of power,according to multiple mediareports said.

    However, there has been nocommunication between out-going President Donald Trumpand president-elect Joe Biden,which is unprecedented inrecent memory.

    “Vice President Mike Pencetelephoned Vice President-electKamala Harris Thursday tocongratulate her and offer hisbelated assistance — filling aleadership role all but abdicat-ed by President Trump, who isplanning to fly out of the capi-tal shortly before Joseph RBiden Jr is sworn in next week,”The New York Times reported.

    Friday’s call was the firsttime Pence, 61, and Harris, 56,had an one-to-one conversationsince their vice presidentialdebate in October last year. Itwas also the first direct contactbetween the two leaders sincethe November 3 presidential

    election.The traditional in-person

    meeting between the outgoingpresident and the president-elect has not happened. Same isthe case with the outgoing vicepresident and his successor.

    In a rare departure from thetradition, Trump hasannounced that he will notattend Biden’s inauguration onJanuary 6. Trump would departthe White House for his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida justbefore the inauguration.

    Though Trump has stillrefused to actually concede his2020 election loss to Biden, hepromised that a “peaceful tran-sition” of power would takeplace.

    He was impeached onWednesday for inciting theCapitol Hill riot that stemmedfrom his unsubstantiated claimsof voter fraud. The deadly insur-rection at the Capitol on January6 by Trump’s supporters, whounsuccessfully tried to stopCongress from certifying Biden’swin, resulted in the deaths offive people, including a policeofficer. PTI

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    Dustin Higgs, convictedin the killings of three womenin a Maryland wildlife refuge in1996, was the third to receivea lethal injection this week atthe federal prison in TerreHaute, Indiana.

    President Donald Trump’sJustice Department resumedfederal executions last year fol-lowing a 17-year hiatus. Nopresident in more than 120years had overseen as manyfederal executions.

    Higgs, 48, was pronounceddead at 1:23 am on Friday.

    The number of federaldeath sentences carried out under Trump since 2020 is more than in the previous 56 years combined, reducingthe number of prisoners onfederal death row by nearly aquarter. AP

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    ADallas-area real estateagent who is facingcharges for allegedly beingpart of the pro-PresidentDonald Trump mob thatstormed the U.S. Capitol lastweek said she’s a “normal per-son” who listened to her pres-ident.

    Jenna Ryan, 50, is accusedof “knowingly” entering orremaining in the restrictedbuilding or grounds withoutlawful authority and disorder-ly conduct on Capitol groundson Jan. 6, according to a crim-inal complaint filed by the FBIin a Washington federal court.

    Matt DeSarno, specialagent in charge of the FBIDallas office, confirmed thatRyan had turned herself in andthat her Carrollton apartmentwas searched Friday. No per-sonal telephone for Ryan wasavailable, and court recordsdidn’t list a lawyer for her as ofFriday.

    Ryan shared photos andvideos on social media, includ-

    ing a video in which she says,“We’re gonna go down andstorm the Capitol,” in front ofa bathroom mirror, accordingto the FBI criminal complaint.

    The agent who signed thecomplaint also noted that Ryanlive-streamed a 21-minuteFacebook video of her and agroup walking toward theCapitol.

    “We are going to (exple-tive) go in here,” Ryan said inthe video as she approachedthe top of the stairs on the westside of the Capitol building.“Life or death, it doesn’t mat-ter. Here we go.” She thenturned the camera to exposeher face, the complaint noted,and said, “Y’all know who tohire for your Realtor, JennaRyan for your Realtor.”

    Nearly halfway through,Ryan appears to have made itto the front door, chanting,“USA, USA” and “Here we are,in the name of Jesus.” In aninterview with KTVT-TV inFort Worth, Ryan said shehoped that Trump would par-don her.

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    Berlin: Germany, France andBritain pressed Iran on Saturdayto back off the latest plannedviolation of its 2015 nuclear dealwith world powers, saying thatTehran has “no credible civilianuse” for uranium metal.

    The International AtomicEnergy Agency said ThursdayIran had informed it that it hadbegun installing equipment forthe production of uraniummetal. It said Tehran maintainsits plans to conduct researchand development on uraniummetal production are part of its“declared aim to design animproved type of fuel.”

    Uranium metal can also beused for a nuclear bomb, how-ever, and research on its pro-duction is specifically prohib-ited under the nuclear deal —the so-called JointComprehensive Plan of Action

    — that Tehran signed withGermany, France, Britain,China, Russia and the UnitedStates in 2015.

    Since the unilateralAmerican withdrawal from thedeal in 2018, the other mem-bers have been working to pre-serve the accord. Iran has beenusing violations of the deal toput pressure on the other sig-natories to provide more incen-tives to Iran to offset cripplingAmerican sanctions re-imposedafter the US pullout.

    A joint statement from theGerman, French and Britishforeign ministries said theyare “deeply concerned” by thelatest Iranian announcement.

    “Iran has no credible civil-ian use for uranium metal,” itsaid. “The production of urani-um metal has potentially gravemilitary implications.” AP

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    Tehran: Iran’s paramilitaryRevolutionary Guard conduct-ed a drill Saturday launchinganti-warship ballistic missiles ata simulated target in the IndianOcean, state television reported,amid heightened tensions overTehran’s nuclear programmeand a US pressure campaignagainst the Islamic Republic.

    Footage showed two mis-siles smash into a target thatIranian state television describedas “hypothetical hostile enemyships” at a distance of 1,800 kilo-meters (1,120 miles). The reportdid not specify the type of mis-siles used.

    In the first phase of the drillFriday, the Guard’s aerospacedivision launched surface-to-surface ballistic missiles anddrones against “hypotheticalenemy bases.” Iranian state tele-vision described the drill as

    taking place in the country’s vastcentral desert, the latest in aseries of snap exercises calledamid the escalating tensionsover its nuclear programme.Footage also showed fourunmanned, triangle-shapeddrones flying in a tight forma-tion, smashing into targets andexploding. Tensions betweenWashington and Tehran haveincreased amid a series of inci-dents stemming from PresidentDonald Trump’s unilateral with-drawal from Iran’s nuclear dealwith world powers.

    Amid Trump’s final days aspresident, Tehran has recentlyseized a South Korean oil tankerand begun enriching uraniumcloser to weapons-grade levels,while the US has sent B-52bombers, the USS Nimitz air-craft carrier and a nuclear sub-marine into the region. AP

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    Kampala: Uganda’s electoralcommission says longtimePresident Yoweri Museveni haswon a sixth term while topOpposition challenger BobiWine alleges rigging and offi-cials struggle to explain howpolling results were compiledamid an internet blackout.

    In a generational clashwidely watched across theAfrican continent, with abooming young populationand a host of aging leaders, the38-year-old singer-turned-lawmaker Wine posed arguablythe greatest challenge yet toMuseveni. He had strong sup-port in urban centers wherefrustration with unemploy-ment and corruption is high.

    The electoral commissionsaid Museveni received 58% ofballots and Wine 34%, andvoter turnout was 52%.

    The top United States

    diplomat to Africa has calledthe electoral process “funda-mentally flawed.”

    Thursday’s vote followedthe East African country’sworst pre-election violencesince the 76-year-old Musevenitook office in 1986. Wine andother opposition candidateswere often harassed, and morethan 50 people were killed

    when security forces put downriots in November over Winesarrest. Wine petitioned theInternational Criminal Courtthis month over alleged tortureand other abuses by securityforces.

    While the president holdson to power, at least 15 of hisCabinet ministers, includingthe vice president, were voted

    out, with many losing to can-didates from Wines party, localmedia reported.

    Wine claimed victoryFriday, asserting that he hadvideo evidence of vote-riggingand saying “every legal optionis on the table” to challenge theofficial election results, includ-ing peaceful protests.Candidates can challenge elec-tion results at the SupremeCourt.

    Hours later, he tweetedthat the military had enteredhis home compound and “weare in serious trouble,” which amilitary spokeswoman denied.Wine, whose real name isKyagulanyi Ssentamu, wasroughed up and arrested sev-eral times while campaigningbut was never convicted, andeventually he campaignedwearing a flak jacket and saidhe feared for his life.

    A heavy presence of secu-rity forces remained around hishome, where he has said he wasalone with his wife and a sin-gle security guard. AP

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    Dakar: A United Nationspeacekeeper from Egypt waskilled in Mali’s northern Kidalregion on Friday, and anotherwas seriously injured, aftertheir vehicle hit an explosivedevice during a logistics con-voy, the UN said.

    It brought the toll to fiveUN peacekeepers killed in

    northern Mali in just a week.Another explosive device

    was found at the scene inTessalit and disabled, the UNmission in Mali said late Friday.

    UN Secretary-GeneralAntonio Guterres on Saturdaystrongly condemned the attackand said attacks against peace-keepers may constitute war

    crimes, spokesman StephaneDujarric said.

    Four peacekeepers fromIvory Coast died from animprovised explosive deviceand an attack Wednesday byunidentified gunmen in theTimbuktu region.

    The UN said six werewounded. AP

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    Berlin: Chancellor AngelaMerkel’s center-right party onSaturday chose ArminLaschet, the pragmaticGovernor of Germany’s mostpopulous state, as its newleader — sending a signal ofcontinuity months before anelection in which voters willdecide who becomes the newchancellor.

    Laschet defeated FriedrichMerz, a conservative and one-time Merkel rival, at an onlineconvention of the ChristianDemocratic Union. Laschetwon 521 votes to Merz’s 466;a third candidate, prominentlawmaker Norbert Roettgen,was eliminated in a first roundof voting.

    Saturday’s vote isn’t thefinal word on who will run as

    the center-right candidate forchancellor in Germany’s Sept.26 election, but Laschet willeither run for chancellor orwill have a big say in who does.

    Merkel, who has beenchancellor since 2005,announced in late 2018 thatshe wouldn’t seek a fifth term.She also stepped down fromthe CDU leadership.

    The decision ends an 11-month leadership limbo inGermany’s strongest partyafter outgoing leader AnnegretKramp-Karrenbauer, who hadfailed to impose her authori-ty on the party, announced herresignation. A vote on her suc-cessor was delayed twicebecause of the coronaviruspandemic.

    There had been no clear

    favorite going into Saturday’sconvention, but the election ofMerz would have marked atleast a symbolic break with theMerkel era. Laschet will nowhave to work to strengthenparty unity — somethingKramp-Karrenbauer struggledwith.

    Laschet, 59, was elected in2017 as governor of NorthRhine-Westphalia state, a tra-ditionally center-left strong-hold. He governs the region ina coalition with the pro-busi-ness Free Democrats, theCDU’s traditional ally on theright, but would likely be ableto work smoothly with a moreliberal partner, too.

    Laschet pointed Saturdayto the value of continuity andmoderation. AP

    Cairo: Sudanese authorities onSaturday imposed a round-the-clock curfew in the entireWest Darfur province aftertribal clashes between Arabsand non-Arabs killed at leastsix people and wounded atleast 28 others.

    Gov. Mohammed Abdallaal-Douma said the curfewbegan Saturday and wouldlast until further notice, andincludes the closure of allmarkets and a ban on gather-ings across the province. Al-Douma also granted securityforces and soldiers a mandateto use force to control the sit-uation, according to decreesobtained by The AssociatedPress.

    The violence comes twoweeks after the U.N. SecurityCouncil ended the joint U.N.-African Union peacekeepingforce’s mandate in the Darfurregion, following pressurefrom Sudan’s transitional gov-ernment, Russia and otherAfrican nations. The Darfurregion remains scarred by warafter a rebellion in the early2000s was brutally suppressed.

    The clashes erupted Fridayin Genena, West Darfur’sprovincial capital, when a manwas killed at a market in theKrinding camp for internallydisplaced people. AP

    Islamabad: A team ofNepalese climbers on Saturdaymade history by scaling theworld’s second highest peak —Pakistan’s K2 — in the winterseason, a local Alpine Clubofficial said.

    The secretary of Pakistan’sAlpine Club, Karrar Haideri,said 10 Nepali Sherpas reachedthe summit around 5 pm.

    At 8,611 metres (28,251feet), K2 is the most prominentpeak on the Pakistani side ofthe Himalayan range, and theworld’s second tallest afterMount Everest. Winter windson K2 can blow at more than200 kilometers per hour (125miles per hour) and tempera-tures drop to minus 60 degreesCelsius (minus 76 Fahrenheit).

    “This was never done byanyone before in winter,” saidHaideri.

    He added that four inter-national climbing teams hadarrived about a month ago totry scaling K2 — the last peakabove 8,000 meters in theworld to not be climbed in thewinter. Of these dozens ofclimbers, the group of 10Nepalis have so far been theonly successful team, saidHaideri.

    Since the maiden attemptback in 1988, just a handful ofwinter expeditions have beenattempted on the storied8,611-metre peak in theKarakoram range along theChinese border that leads intothe Himalayas.

    Haideri said no moun-taineers had reached higherthan 7,750 metres, untilSaturday when fair weatherconditions allowed theclimbers to push ahead. AP

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    Rohit Sharma’s indiscreet shotselection pegged India backafter rookie bowling attackrestricted Australia to 369 on a rain-curtailed second day of the fourthTest on Saturday.

    With heavy thundershowerspreventing any play in the post teasession, India ended the day at 62for two.

    Rohit was elegant as ever in his44 off 74 balls before Nathan Lyonin his 100th Test enticed him tocome down the track but the half-chip-half-loft was safely pouched byMitchell Starc in the deep.

    India also lost Shubman Gill (7)who edged one off Pat Cummins toSteve Smith.

    Cheteshwar Pujara (8) andAjinkya Rahane (2) added onlytwo runs in the 6.1 overs before thebreak.

    There were six boundaries fromRohit but he did not fiddle at deliv-eries in and around the off-stumpchannel even as Cummins and JoshHazlewood bowled a testing spellunder overcast conditions.

    The shot of the session was anon-drive off Cummins which cameafter a streaky boundary through theslips in the same over. Anotherdelightful stroke was an off-drive offCameron Green as 49 runs wereadded for the second wicket.

    There wasn’t much swing onoffer but the pace off the track hasincreased compared to the first dayand it only helped that theAustralian pace attack is a more wellbuilt one with average speed beingat least 6-7 kmph more than theirIndian counterparts.

    Pujara, at the other end wasplaying his usual ‘grinding out’game but it didn’t look too arduous

    till Rohit kept the scoreboard tick-ing at the other end.

    It wouldn’t be an over statementto say that among all top order bats-man across both sides, Rohit lookedthe most comfortable and till his dis-missal never looked like being trou-bled by the four-pronged attack.

    However as has been his wontin SENA countries, Rohit just before

    the tea break went after Lyon whenthe situation demanded that hecould have played for session-end.

    It was very similar to his dis-missal off Moeen Ali at the strokeof tea during the 2014 series and thatwas also after being set in the mid-dle-order.

    India, who have been forced tofield a depleted side won’t mind an

    inclement weather which effective-ly makes the home team more jit-tery as a draw would be enough forAjinkya Rahane to lift the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.

    In the first session, India’s rook-ie bowling line-up did put up a lion-hearted effort, getting the last fivewickets for 95 runs.

    Shardul Thakur (3/94) alongwith debutants Washington Sundar(3/89) and Thangarasu Natarajan(3/78) got the breakthroughs whileMohammed Siraj (28-10-77-1) gotone on the opening day.

    For an attack as thin on expe-rience as India, the effort in adversetimes can only be commended.India lost five main bowlers throughthe three Test matches and wereforced to hand Test debuts toNatarajan and Washington.

    Nathan Lyon (24 off 22 balls)and Mitchell Starc (20 off 35 balls)counter-attacked the inexperiencedIndian attack with a brisk 39-runpartnership to take Australia past350-run mark.

    Going by statistics, Australiahave never lost a Test match at theGabba after scoring 350 in the firstinnings.

    Resuming at 274 for five, TimPaine (50) and Cameron Green (47)extended their stand to 98 beforethe home team encountered a mini-collapse.

    Thakur bowled a fuller deliverythat shaped away and Paine’s lazydrive without going to the pitch ofthe delivery saw Rohit Sharma takea regulation catch at the second slip.

    Paine was just getting into thegroove with some good drives

    when Thakur provided the break-through.

    With the partnership broken,Green probably lost his concentra-tion as he played for the turn to an

    angle delivery from Sundar whichstraightened after pitching andbreached through his defences.

    Pat Cummins (2) was adjudgedleg before as he yorked himself to

    a fuller delivery from Thakur asAustralia slumped from 311 for fiveto 315 for eight before the tailwagged once again to beef up thetotal.

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    India’s vice-captain RohitSharma is extremelyimpressed with ThangarasuNatarajan’s “solid character”and believes that the TamilNadu left-arm seamer is hereto stay with his insatiablehunger to succeed at the toplevel.

    Natarajan, who came inas a net bowler, joined fellowrookies Mohammed Siraj,Washington Sundar andShardul Thakur to restrictAustralia to 369, whichaccording to Rohit is no

    mean feat.“Natarajan bowled pret-

    ty well, to be honest. Playingoutside the country (interna-tionals) for the first time andbowling to such batsmen, itwasn’t going to be easy andhe was not under any pres-sure,” Rohit said about thedebutant, who was the pickof the bowlers with 3/78 in24.2 overs.

    “From ball one, he wasright up there. He showed a

    lot of composure, is a strongcharacter who doesn’t speakmuch but we all know he hasa solid personality. He wantsto do well for the team andalso for himself. He is here tostay,” he said.

    For Rohit, consideringthat cumulative experience ofthe bowling attack was fourTest matches, they need to belauded for keeping Australiaunder check on a good bat-ting wicket.

    “Most of these guys areplaying first time in Australia.Siraj has played a couple ofgames and Saini played inSydney. Obviously, there’snot a lot of experience there.

    “They showed a lot ofdiscipline and overall if Ihad to analyse the perfor-mance of these bowlers, Iwould say they bowled pret-ty well. It’s a good pitch still.This is a great experience forthem bowling against the

    best batters, and test them-selves,” he said.

    Rohit believes that eachand every youngster in thisset-up knows that with somuch competition for places,there aren’t too manychances that w


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