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T wo days after the Government offered to keep in abeyance the three farm laws, the rift widened between the Government and farmers’ unions on Friday. In the 11th round of meet- ing, farmer unions rejected the Government’s offer and insisted on complete repeal of the three laws. Both sides hardened their stands and could not even reach a decision on the date of the next meeting. In the very beginning of the meeting, farmer leaders said that they have decided to reject the proposal to put off farm laws for 18 months. Hardening its stand, the Government asked farmers’ unions that the next round of talks will only continue if they agree to accept the proposal by Saturday. Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said the Centre has asked farmers to consider its proposal on the temporary suspension of the implemen- tation of the farm laws. The Minister added that the next meeting would be scheduled only after farmers’ unions come back with a response. He blamed external “forces” for their rigid stand and said no resolution is pos- sible when the sanctity of agi- tation is lost. Meanwhile, farmer leaders alleged even as the meeting lasted for nearly five hours, the two sides sat face to face for less than 20-25 minutes and for the rest of the time, they were in a separate rooms. Farmers’ lead- ers said they felt “insulted” by the manner in which the Ministers treated them. “The Minister made us wait for three and a half hours. This is an insult to farmers. When he came, he asked us to consider the Government’s pro- posal and said that he is end- ing the process of meetings,” said SS Pandher of Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee, adding that the agitation will continue peace- fully. At the meeting, the Union Ministers told farmers’ unions that they have been given all possible options and they must discuss internally the propos- al of suspending the laws. Sources said the Ministers were not happy with the farmers’ decision to continue their demand to hold tractor rally on Republic Day in Delhi. “The Government has given the best, solution-ori- ented proposal to farmer organisations. We asked them to reconsider our proposal as it is in the interest of farmers and the country. Talks remained inconclusive as farmers’ welfare was not at the heart of talks from the unions’ side. I am sad about it. Farmers’ unions said that they only want the repeal of the laws despite the Government asking for alter- natives. We should remain hopeful. We asked them to convey their decision tomor- row (Saturday). Let’s wait to hear farmer unions’ final deci- sion,” Tomar said after the meeting. Taking a hardline posi- tion, the Minister said some external force was definitely trying to ensure that the agita- tion continues and those were obviously against the interests of farmers. “The Government gave many proposals to end the protest, but no resolution is possible when the sanctity of an agitation is lost,” he said. Asked whether he expects farmers to agree to the Government offer, he said, “I don’t want to speculate, but we are hopeful that farmer unions will consider our proposal pos- itively.” On whether he saw any division among the union lead- ers on the Government pro- posal, Tomar did not give a direct reply but said, “We thanked all farmer leaders, including those who support our proposal and those who are against it.” During the meeting, farm- ers alleged the Delhi Police is trying to harass their leaders. One of the union leaders alleged that the rear wind- shield of his car was smashed by the Delhi Police. The car belongs to one Ruldu Singh Mansa. Darhsan Pal one of its leaders received a threatening phone call while Hannan Mollah was manhandled by police. As the 11th round of talks remained inconclusive, farmer leaders have threat- ened to intensify their protest. The break, during which farmer leaders had their langar (community kitchen) food, lasted for more than three hours. The break also saw 41 farmer leaders holding con- sultations among themselves, at times in smaller groups, while the three Union Ministers wait- ed in a separate room at Vigyan Bhawan. Farmer leader Shiv Kumar Kakka who was the first to leave the talks said there was no headway in the discussions and the Government asked unions to deliberate on its pro- posal again. After the meeting, Bharatiya Kisan Union (Ugrahan) leader Joginder Singh Ugrahan said the dis- cussions have broken down as the unions rejected the Government’s proposal. Harpal Singh, president of Bhartiya Kisan Union Asli Arajnaitik, said, “Even if we accept the Government’s offer, our fellow brothers sitting at Delhi borders will not accept anything other than a repeal of the laws. They will not spare us. What achievement will we show to them?” He also ques- tioned the Government’s cred- ibility, alleging it was difficult to believe that they will keep their word on putting the laws on hold for 18 months. W hile a section of health experts have raised ques- tions about the efficacy of the Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech’s anti-Covid-19 vac- cine, Covaxin, a report in The Lancet Infectious Disease jour- nal has said the vaccine showed enhanced immune response without any serious side effects in the participants enrolled for the phase 1 trials. Bharat Biotech has devel- oped the vaccine in collabora- tion with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and the National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune. Covaxin has been granted emergency use authorisation (EUA) in clinical trial mode by the Government. Covaxin, which is now undergoing phase-3 trials, had raised concerns among experts over its emergency approval earlier this month by drug regulator DCGI. The vaccine, codenamed BBV152, was well tolerated in all dose groups with no vac- cine-related serious adverse events, noted the authors of the study funded by Bharat Biotech. The same results were ear- lier published in the preprint server medRxiv in December. However, there has been no new data released in the public domain which could demonstrate further safety and efficacy of the preventive. The authors said all adverse events were mild and moder- ate, and were more frequent after the first dose, adding that one adverse event was report- ed but was unrelated to the vac- cine. The randomised phase 1 trial to assess the safety and immunogenicity of BBV152 was carried at 11 hospitals across the country. Adults aged 18-55 years who were deemed healthy by the investigator were eligible. Between July 13 and 30, last year, 827 partici- pants were screened, of whom 375 were enrolled. Among the enrolled par- ticipants, 100 each were ran- domly assigned to the three vaccine groups, and 75 were randomly assigned to the con- trol group. Two intramuscular doses of vaccines were administered 14 days apart. “BBV152 led to tolerable safety outcomes and enhanced immune responses. The vaccine was well tol- erated in all dose groups with no vaccine-related serious adverse events,” the authors of the study said. A week after the first dose of anti-coronavirus vaccines was given to front-line health workers, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday interacted with those involved in the Covid-19 vaccination drive in Varanasi, his Lok Sabha constituency, and assured those anxious about the safety of the desi vaccines. Instilling confidence among those who were vacci- nated in the first phase of the vaccination drive in the coun- try, the PM said there are no major side-effects of the vac- cine and that India is absolute- ly self-reliant in regard to jabs. The beneficiaries said they have experienced no side effects, mental or physical. “If anything it feels like a normal injection,” they said. The Prime Minister, Ministers and other elected leaders or “key functionaries” are expected take shot of the vaccine in the second phase to boost the public confidence in the ongoing vaccination . The second phase of vac- cination would focus on the priority group above the age of 50 in the country. Of the two available vaccines — Civaxin or Covishield — every beneficia- ry will need to receive two doses of the same vaccine, 28 days apart. Addressing the beneficia- ries and those administrating the shots through video con- ference, Modi also expressed pride over the development of two vaccines in the country to tackle coronavirus pandemic. “The biggest vaccination programme in the world is going on in our country. Today, the nation has the willpower to manufacture its own vaccine - not one but two Made in India vaccines. Vaccines are reaching every corner of the country. India is absolutely self-reliant in this regard,” the PM said. Modi sought to dispel fears and misconceptions over the efficacy and safety of Covid vaccines in an interaction with health workers in Varanasi, his Lok Sabha constituency. “When doctors and health workers give a clean chit to the vaccine, it sends a very strong message among people about the efficacy of the jab,” he said. The PM said politicians or politics has no role in deciding the efficiency of the vaccine. T he Congress on Friday announced that the grand old party will have an elected president by this June. The schedule announced by the party’s working committee will ensure that the new president will escape responsibility for the outcome of the five State Assembly elections that will be held in May or before. After three and a half hours meeting, the CWC authorised incumbent interim party chief Sonia Gandhi to schedule the internal election after the con- clusion of Assembly polls in five States. Addressing a joint Press conference to brief details of the CWC, Congress leaders KC Venugopal and Randeep Surjewala said elections to the CWC will also be held, but it remains to be seen whether they can be scheduled before or after the election to the Congress chief’s post. AICC sources said the Central Election Authority has proposed the holding of polls for electing the party president and AICC session on May 29 and the working committee discussed the dates but autho- rised Sonia Gandhi to schedule them after the Assembly polls. The CWC passed three resolutions demanding a repeal of the three agriculture laws, a time-bound JPC probe into the alleged violations of national security and Official Secrets Act and another to ensure that the Government ensures free time-bound Covid-19 vacci- nation for the poor and oppressed sections. “The CWC decided that there will be an elected Congress president by June 2021 at any cost,” AICC general secretary KC Venugopal said. He said the little change in schedule depending on the State elections will be decided soon. “The CWC discussed the schedule of Congress presi- dent’s elections in May-end, proposed by its election author- ity. All CWC members unani- mously requested the Congress president that the internal elec- tions should not interfere with the Assembly elections.” He said the Congress pres- ident was requested unani- mously to reschedule AICC Plenary Session to the end of June 2021 and the Congress chief’s election would be con- cluded by June 2021. “We will conduct elections as per the Constitution of the party. We need a change of schedule due to Assembly polls as counting would be under- way in May,” he said. Asked about any dissenting notes on the holding of elec- tions, Surjewala said, “There was no dissent at the meeting.” P opular “bhajan” singer Narendra Chanchal, best known for his songs “Chalo bulawa aaya hai” and “Tune mujhe bulaya sherawaliye”, died following prolonged illness at a hospital here on Friday, sources in the hospital said. Chanchal, 76, breathed his last at 12:15 pm at the Apollo Hospital after suffering from brain complications, the sources said. The singer, who is survived by his wife Namrata, had been admitted to the south Delhi hospital on November 27, they said. Born to a Punjabi family in Namak Mandi, Amritsar, Chanchal’s growing up years in a religious atmosphere inspired him to start singing “bhajans” and “aartis” (devotional songs) from a very young age. In Hindi cinema, he found fame with the song “Beshak Mandir Masjid” for the 1973 film “Bobby”, the blockbuster debut of Rishi Kapoor and Dimple Kapadia. He won the Filmfare Best Male Playback Award in 1974 for the song. One of his most popular tracks was “Chalo Bulawa Aaya Hain Mata Ne Bulaya Hain” from Rajesh Khanna’s 1983 drama “Avtaar”. Noida (UP): Noida Police on Friday claimed to have busted an illegal kidney transplanta- tion racket involving foreigners and Indian citizens with the arrest of two persons, includ- ing a Bangladeshi citizen. The Bangladeshi national was allegedly being forced to donate his kidney and an Indian person had facilitated his travel and stay in the coun- try, the police said. An FIR was lodged against five persons at the Phase 3 police station following a com- plaint by the Gautam Buddh Nagar district health depart- ment, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Central Noida, Harish Chander said. “Some people were brought in from Bangladesh in exchange for financial benefits but were involved in kidney transplants. Two people have been arrested in connection with the racket,” Chander said. “We are investigating in detail how these foreigners were brought into the country and who else is involved in this racket. We are also verifying in detail the documents provided by these people,” the officer said. Those held have been iden- tified as Bangladeshi citizen Ahmed Sharif and Bazulhaq, a native of Siwan district in Bihar and currently living in Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh, police said. The others booked in the case included a man who was supposed to be getting the kidney harvested illegally from Sharif, a Bangladeshi travel agent Abdul Mannan, and one more person, they said. The FIR has been lodged under Indian Penal Code sec- tions 420 (cheating), 468 and 471 (all related to forgery of documents) besides the Foreigners Act, 1984, and the Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Act, 1994, police added. PTI P utting her own party, BJP, on a sticky wicket on liquor issue, former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Uma Bharti here on Friday said a campaign and political will was needed to ban liquor in the state. Nobody died out of liquor ban during lockdown, said the firebrand leader addressing the media at her bungalow. Though after unlock came into being, liquor availability led to road accidents, deaths, murders and sexual assaults, said Bharti. Bharti’s remarks come at a time when Shivraj government is pondering over a plan to increase liquor shops in Madhya Pradesh to counter spurious liquor and related mortalities. Bharti said liquor ban is easy in Madhya Pradesh as public here supports this and CM Shivraj carries an approach against addiction and also car- ries socio-political approach. Claiming that political will is all required for banning liquor in the state, Bharti claimed that a campaign will be launched for the same. She will be meeting CM Shivraj short- ly on the matter. The former Chief Minister though underlined state gov- ernment’s revenue constraints saying MP being a landlocked state has limited revenue options and excise duty from liquor is a key component of state’s income.Claiming that the liquor mafia cast influence on politicians and bureaucra- cy, Bharti the former union minister said that revenue could be earned from other sources as well. Minting money isn’t prop- er at the expense of people’s lives, she said. On Thursday, Bharti had taken to twitter to urge BJP president JP Nadda for banning liquor in BJP- ruled states. Possible revenue loss from liquor ban could be made up by forming a committee of min- isters, she opined. It (liquor ban) can’t be done out of pres- sure or intimidation but through a consensus, said the former MP. On Rajya Sabha MP Jyotiraditya Scindia getting a bungalow allotted close to hers in Bhopal, Bharti reiterated that he (Scindia) was always like a nephew to her and she never campaigned against him even if her party wanted her to do so. “If any problem approach- es him, I will stand like a shield,” affirmed the saffron robed politician. She did not forget her old adversary Digvijay Singh say- ing he has donated for Ram temple with faith but erred while seeking account of old temple donations. “His unre- strained tongue is his biggest enemy.” RNI Regn. No. MPENG/2004/13703, Regd. 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Two days after theGovernment offered tokeep in abeyance the threefarm laws, the rift widenedbetween the Government andfarmers’ unions on Friday.
In the 11th round of meet-ing, farmer unions rejectedthe Government’s offer andinsisted on complete repeal ofthe three laws.
Both sides hardened theirstands and could not evenreach a decision on the date ofthe next meeting.
In the very beginning ofthe meeting, farmer leaderssaid that they have decided toreject the proposal to put offfarm laws for 18 months.
Hardening its stand, theGovernment asked farmers’unions that the next round oftalks will only continue if theyagree to accept the proposal bySaturday. Union AgricultureMinister Narendra SinghTomar said the Centre hasasked farmers to consider itsproposal on the temporarysuspension of the implemen-tation of the farm laws.
The Minister added thatthe next meeting would bescheduled only after farmers’unions come back with a
response. He blamed external“forces” for their rigid standand said no resolution is pos-sible when the sanctity of agi-tation is lost.
Meanwhile, farmer leadersalleged even as the meetinglasted for nearly five hours, thetwo sides sat face to face for less
than 20-25 minutes and for therest of the time, they were in aseparate rooms. Farmers’ lead-ers said they felt “insulted” bythe manner in which theMinisters treated them.
“The Minister made uswait for three and a half hours.This is an insult to farmers.
When he came, he asked us toconsider the Government’s pro-posal and said that he is end-ing the process of meetings,”said SS Pandher of KisanMazdoor SangharshCommittee, adding that theagitation will continue peace-fully.
At the meeting, the UnionMinisters told farmers’ unionsthat they have been given allpossible options and they mustdiscuss internally the propos-al of suspending the laws.Sources said the Ministers werenot happy with the farmers’decision to continue theirdemand to hold tractor rally onRepublic Day in Delhi.
“The Government hasgiven the best, solution-ori-ented proposal to farmerorganisations. We asked themto reconsider our proposal as itis in the interest of farmers andthe country. Talks remainedinconclusive as farmers’ welfarewas not at the heart of talksfrom the unions’ side. I am sadabout it. Farmers’ unions saidthat they only want the repealof the laws despite theGovernment asking for alter-natives. We should remainhopeful. We asked them toconvey their decision tomor-row (Saturday). Let’s wait tohear farmer unions’ final deci-sion,” Tomar said after themeeting.
Taking a hardline posi-tion, the Minister said someexternal force was definitelytrying to ensure that the agita-tion continues and those wereobviously against the interests
of farmers.“The Government gave
many proposals to end theprotest, but no resolution ispossible when the sanctity of anagitation is lost,” he said.
Asked whether he expectsfarmers to agree to theGovernment offer, he said, “Idon’t want to speculate, but weare hopeful that farmer unionswill consider our proposal pos-itively.” On whether he saw anydivision among the union lead-ers on the Government pro-posal, Tomar did not give adirect reply but said, “Wethanked all farmer leaders,including those who supportour proposal and those who areagainst it.”
During the meeting, farm-ers alleged the Delhi Police istrying to harass their leaders.One of the union leadersalleged that the rear wind-shield of his car was smashedby the Delhi Police. The carbelongs to one Ruldu SinghMansa. Darhsan Pal one of itsleaders received a threateningphone call while HannanMollah was manhandled bypolice. As the 11th round oftalks remained inconclusive,farmer leaders have threat-ened to intensify their protest.
The break, during which
farmer leaders had their langar(community kitchen) food,lasted for more than threehours. The break also saw 41farmer leaders holding con-sultations among themselves, attimes in smaller groups, whilethe three Union Ministers wait-ed in a separate room at VigyanBhawan.
Farmer leader Shiv KumarKakka who was the first toleave the talks said there was noheadway in the discussionsand the Government askedunions to deliberate on its pro-posal again. After the meeting,Bharatiya Kisan Union(Ugrahan) leader JoginderSingh Ugrahan said the dis-cussions have broken down asthe unions rejected theGovernment’s proposal.
Harpal Singh, president ofBhartiya Kisan Union AsliArajnaitik, said, “Even if weaccept the Government’s offer,our fellow brothers sitting atDelhi borders will not acceptanything other than a repeal ofthe laws. They will not spare us.What achievement will weshow to them?” He also ques-tioned the Government’s cred-ibility, alleging it was difficultto believe that they will keeptheir word on putting the lawson hold for 18 months.
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While a section of healthexperts have raised ques-tions about the efficacy of theHyderabad-based BharatBiotech’s anti-Covid-19 vac-cine, Covaxin, a report in TheLancet Infectious Disease jour-nal has said the vaccine showedenhanced immune responsewithout any serious side effectsin the participants enrolled forthe phase 1 trials.
Bharat Biotech has devel-oped the vaccine in collabora-tion with the Indian Council ofMedical Research (ICMR) andthe National Institute ofVirology (NIV), Pune. Covaxinhas been granted emergencyuse authorisation (EUA) inclinical trial mode by theGovernment.
Covaxin, which is nowundergoing phase-3 trials, hadraised concerns among expertsover its emergency approvalearlier this month by drugregulator DCGI.
The vaccine, codenamedBBV152, was well tolerated inall dose groups with no vac-cine-related serious adverseevents, noted the authors of thestudy funded by Bharat
Biotech.The same results were ear-
lier published in the preprintserver medRxiv in December.
However, there has beenno new data released in thepublic domain which coulddemonstrate further safety andefficacy of the preventive.
The authors said all adverseevents were mild and moder-ate, and were more frequentafter the first dose, adding thatone adverse event was report-ed but was unrelated to the vac-cine.
The randomised phase 1trial to assess the safety andimmunogenicity of BBV152was carried at 11 hospitalsacross the country. Adults aged18-55 years who were deemed
healthy by the investigatorwere eligible. Between July 13and 30, last year, 827 partici-pants were screened, of whom375 were enrolled.
Among the enrolled par-ticipants, 100 each were ran-domly assigned to the threevaccine groups, and 75 wererandomly assigned to the con-trol group.
Two intramuscular dosesof vaccines were administered14 days apart. “BBV152 led totolerable safety outcomes andenhanced immune responses.
The vaccine was well tol-erated in all dose groups withno vaccine-related seriousadverse events,” the authors ofthe study said.
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Aweek after the first dose ofanti-coronavirus vaccineswas given to front-line healthworkers, Prime MinisterNarendra Modi on Fridayinteracted with those involvedin the Covid-19 vaccinationdrive in Varanasi, his LokSabha constituency, andassured those anxious aboutthe safety of the desi vaccines.
Instilling confidenceamong those who were vacci-nated in the first phase of thevaccination drive in the coun-try, the PM said there are nomajor side-effects of the vac-cine and that India is absolute-ly self-reliant in regard to jabs.
The beneficiaries said theyhave experienced no sideeffects, mental or physical. “Ifanything it feels like a normalinjection,” they said.
The Prime Minister,Ministers and other electedleaders or “key functionaries”are expected take shot of thevaccine in the second phase toboost the public confidence inthe ongoing vaccination .
The second phase of vac-cination would focus on thepriority group above the age of50 in the country. Of the two
available vaccines — Civaxin orCovishield — every beneficia-ry will need to receive twodoses of the same vaccine, 28days apart.
Addressing the beneficia-ries and those administratingthe shots through video con-ference, Modi also expressedpride over the development oftwo vaccines in the country totackle coronavirus pandemic.
“The biggest vaccinationprogramme in the world isgoing on in our country. Today,the nation has the willpower tomanufacture its own vaccine -not one but two Made in Indiavaccines. Vaccines are reachingevery corner of the country.India is absolutely self-reliant inthis regard,” the PM said.
Modi sought to dispel fearsand misconceptions over theefficacy and safety of Covidvaccines in an interaction withhealth workers in Varanasi,his Lok Sabha constituency.
“When doctors and healthworkers give a clean chit to thevaccine, it sends a very strongmessage among people aboutthe efficacy of the jab,” he said.
The PM said politicians orpolitics has no role in decidingthe efficiency of the vaccine.
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The Congress on Fridayannounced that the grandold party will have an electedpresident by this June. Theschedule announced by theparty’s working committee willensure that the new presidentwill escape responsibility forthe outcome of the five StateAssembly elections that will beheld in May or before.
After three and a half hoursmeeting, the CWC authorisedincumbent interim party chiefSonia Gandhi to schedule theinternal election after the con-clusion of Assembly polls infive States.
Addressing a joint Pressconference to brief details ofthe CWC, Congress leaders KCVenugopal and RandeepSurjewala said elections to theCWC will also be held, but itremains to be seen whetherthey can be scheduled before orafter the election to theCongress chief ’s post.
AICC sources said theCentral Election Authority hasproposed the holding of pollsfor electing the party presidentand AICC session on May 29and the working committeediscussed the dates but autho-rised Sonia Gandhi to schedulethem after the Assembly polls.
The CWC passed threeresolutions demanding a repealof the three agriculture laws, atime-bound JPC probe into thealleged violations of nationalsecurity and Official SecretsAct and another to ensure thatthe Government ensures freetime-bound Covid-19 vacci-nation for the poor andoppressed sections.
“The CWC decided that
there will be an electedCongress president by June2021 at any cost,” AICC generalsecretary KC Venugopal said.
He said the little change inschedule depending on theState elections will be decidedsoon.
“The CWC discussed theschedule of Congress presi-dent’s elections in May-end,proposed by its election author-ity. All CWC members unani-mously requested the Congresspresident that the internal elec-tions should not interfere withthe Assembly elections.”
He said the Congress pres-ident was requested unani-mously to reschedule AICCPlenary Session to the end ofJune 2021 and the Congresschief ’s election would be con-cluded by June 2021.
“We will conduct electionsas per the Constitution of theparty. We need a change ofschedule due to Assembly pollsas counting would be under-way in May,” he said.
Asked about any dissentingnotes on the holding of elec-tions, Surjewala said, “Therewas no dissent at the meeting.”
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Popular “bhajan” singerNarendra Chanchal, bestknown for his songs “Chalobulawa aaya hai” and “Tunemujhe bulaya sherawaliye”, diedfollowing prolonged illness ata hospital here on Friday,sources in the hospital said.
Chanchal, 76, breathed hislast at 12:15 pm at the ApolloHospital after suffering frombrain complications, thesources said.
The singer, who is survivedby his wife Namrata, had beenadmitted to the south Delhihospital on November 27, theysaid.
Born to a Punjabi family inNamak Mandi, Amritsar,Chanchal’s growing up years ina religious atmosphere inspiredhim to start singing “bhajans”and “aartis” (devotional songs)from a very young age.
In Hindi cinema, he found
fame with the song “BeshakMandir Masjid” for the 1973film “Bobby”, the blockbusterdebut of Rishi Kapoor andDimple Kapadia. He won theFilmfare Best Male PlaybackAward in 1974 for the song.
One of his most populartracks was “Chalo Bulawa AayaHain Mata Ne Bulaya Hain”from Rajesh Khanna’s 1983drama “Avtaar”.
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Noida (UP): Noida Police onFriday claimed to have bustedan illegal kidney transplanta-tion racket involving foreignersand Indian citizens with thearrest of two persons, includ-ing a Bangladeshi citizen.
The Bangladeshi nationalwas allegedly being forced todonate his kidney and anIndian person had facilitatedhis travel and stay in the coun-try, the police said.
An FIR was lodged againstfive persons at the Phase 3police station following a com-plaint by the Gautam BuddhNagar district health depart-ment, Deputy Commissionerof Police, Central Noida, HarishChander said.
“Some people werebrought in from Bangladesh inexchange for financial benefitsbut were involved in kidneytransplants. Two people havebeen arrested in connectionwith the racket,” Chander said.
“We are investigating in
detail how these foreignerswere brought into the countryand who else is involved in thisracket. We are also verifying indetail the documents providedby these people,” the officersaid.
Those held have been iden-tified as Bangladeshi citizenAhmed Sharif and Bazulhaq, anative of Siwan district in Biharand currently living in Delhi’sShaheen Bagh, police said.
The others booked in thecase included a man who wassupposed to be getting thekidney harvested illegally fromSharif, a Bangladeshi travelagent Abdul Mannan, and onemore person, they said.
The FIR has been lodgedunder Indian Penal Code sec-tions 420 (cheating), 468 and471 (all related to forgery ofdocuments) besides theForeigners Act, 1984, and theTransplantation of HumanOrgans and Tissues Act, 1994,police added. PTI
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Putting her own party, BJP,on a sticky wicket on liquorissue, former Madhya PradeshChief Minister Uma Bhartihere on Friday said a campaignand political will was needed toban liquor in the state.
Nobody died out of liquorban during lockdown, said thefirebrand leader addressing themedia at her bungalow.Though after unlock came intobeing, liquor availability led toroad accidents, deaths, murdersand sexual assaults, said Bharti.
Bharti’s remarks come at atime when Shivraj governmentis pondering over a plan toincrease liquor shops inMadhya Pradesh to counterspurious liquor and relatedmortalities.
Bharti said liquor ban iseasy in Madhya Pradesh aspublic here supports this andCM Shivraj carries an approachagainst addiction and also car-ries socio-political approach.
Claiming that political willis all required for banning
liquor in the state, Bharticlaimed that a campaign will belaunched for the same. She willbe meeting CM Shivraj short-ly on the matter.
The former Chief Ministerthough underlined state gov-ernment’s revenue constraintssaying MP being a landlockedstate has limited revenueoptions and excise duty from
liquor is a key component ofstate’s income.Claiming thatthe liquor mafia cast influenceon politicians and bureaucra-cy, Bharti the former unionminister said that revenuecould be earned from othersources as well.
Minting money isn’t prop-er at the expense of people’slives, she said. On Thursday,
Bharti had taken to twitter tourge BJP president JP Naddafor banning liquor in BJP-ruled states.
Possible revenue loss fromliquor ban could be made up byforming a committee of min-isters, she opined. It (liquorban) can’t be done out of pres-sure or intimidation butthrough a consensus, said theformer MP.
On Rajya Sabha MPJyotiraditya Scindia getting abungalow allotted close to hersin Bhopal, Bharti reiteratedthat he (Scindia) was alwayslike a nephew to her and shenever campaigned against himeven if her party wanted her todo so.
“If any problem approach-es him, I will stand like ashield,” affirmed the saffronrobed politician.
She did not forget her oldadversary Digvijay Singh say-ing he has donated for Ramtemple with faith but erredwhile seeking account of oldtemple donations. “His unre-strained tongue is his biggestenemy.”
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Chief Minister Shivraj SinghChouhan has said thatWipro chief Azim Premji, isdoing unique work in the fieldof social service along with thefield of industry. His social ser-vices can be considered as anexample and role model. Theinitiative taken by the AzimPrem Ji Foundation for estab-
lishment of a university inMadhya Pradesh is commend-able.
For this, the Governmentof Madhya Pradesh will extendall possible support to theFoundation. Along with this,the Wipro Group’s consent toset up a software developmentcentre in Bhopal is importantfor Madhya Pradesh.
Chief Minister Chouhanwas holding a discussion withPremji of Wipro through videoconference on Friday. TheChief Minister discussed aboutPremji’s partnership in theimplementation of educationschemes, new education poli-cy, establishment of model
Anganwadi in Bal Bhavan anderadication of malnutrition inthe state.
Chief Secretary Shri IqbalSingh Bains, PrincipalSecretary to Chief MinisterManish Rastogi, DirectorPublic Relations AshutoshPratap Singh were also presentin the video conference.
In the video conference,discussion was held regardingthe establishment of Wipro’sSoftware Development Centrein Bhopal. Premji toldChouhan about his consent toset up this centre. All necessarywork will be started in thisregard. Chouhan said thatmore employment is being
generated for the youththrough their skill developmentin Madhya Pradesh. Suchdevelopment centres will go along way in providing moreopportunities to the youth inthe IT sector. In today’s dis-cussion, Premji said thatMadhya Pradesh will get fullcooperation from the WiproGroup.
Azim Premji Foundation(APF) in Bhopal has beenallotted 50 acres of land for theuniversity. Its first phase willstart soon. The goal is to startthe university in the next 18months. Chief MinisterChouhan assured Premji thatall the works related to the set-
ting up of the university will becompleted on time. This uni-versity will emerge as animportant institution in thefield of higher education inBhopal.
Chouhan urged Premji thatWipro Group should become aknowledge partner in the con-text of new education policy atthe level of implementation toensure good results.
The Azim PremjiFoundation can provide spe-cialist services ranging fromtraining to other activities.Premji accepted the ChiefMinister’s request and agreed tobecome knowledge partner.
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Yono SBI – NLIU CorporateLaw Moot, 2021 started offwith a positive note on the vir-tual platform on Friday.
The event was organised incollaboration with Yono SBI asthe official name partner alongwith Taxmann as the officialresearch partner and The IndianInsolvency and Bankruptcy LawPost (TIIBLP) as the officialknowledge partner.
The Inaugural Ceremonytook place on Friday. The three-day event beginning from Fridaywill be witnessed by the 24
teams from all across the coun-try, including NLSIU, NALSAR,WBNUJS NLUJ and SLS. TheOrganizers strive to make thisedition of the competition amemorable and excellent learn-ing experience for all the partic-ipating teams through virtualplatform.
The Inaugural Ceremonybegan with the welcome speechby the Faculty in Charge of MootCourt Association Dr. SanjayYadav. All the dignitaries, facul-ty, participants and studentswere welcomed by him. He stat-ed that in every competition oneteam wins and other losses but
what actually matters is thethings that one learns from thecompetition. The ceremony washosted by Ms. Mahak Saxena.
Raghav Singh, DeputyManager (Law), State Bank ofIndia (Guest of Honour) saidthat these events brings out thebest from someone.Competitions like this providesimmense opportunities to theparticipants. Just remember onething – the competition will pro-vide two results, one is immedi-ate i.e. who is the winner andanother is a long term effect thatwe will experience later in ourlives.
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The upcoming budget ses-sion of the fifteenth leg-islative assembly would startfrom February 22 and wouldconclude on March 26, 2021,notification for the budget ses-sion has been issued after theGovernor's approval onThursday.
According to the PrincipalSecretary of the LegislativeAssembly, AP Singh, there willbe a total of 23 meetings of theHouse in this 33 day session ofthe Legislative Assembly.
The session will begin with
the Governor's address. Duringthis period, the budget for thenext financial year 2021-2022will be presented and govern-ment and non-governmentalworks will be done.
For this session, the infor-mation of non-government billswill be accepted in theLegislative Assembly Secretariatby February 24, 2021 and theinformation of non-govern-ment resolutions by February11, 2021. Whereas the adjourn-ment motion, calling attentionand information under Rule-267 will be received in theLegislative Assembly Secretariatfrom the 16th February, 2021 inthe official hours.
This will be the eighth ses-sion of the Fifteenth LegislativeAssembly of Madhya Pradesh.
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After holding rehearsals andpreparations for the pastfew days, several batches offarmers from Punjab andHaryana will set out onSaturday to participate in theproposed tractor parade onJanuary 26 in Delhi.
Farmers unions protestingthe Centre's three farm lawshad said they would go aheadwith their tractor parade inDelhi on the Republic Day.They had announced to takeout the tractor parade on theOuter Ring Road in Delhi.“We all are geared up for par-ticipation in a tractor parade.Our first batch will move fromKhanauri (in Sangrur) andanother from Dabwali (in Sirsadistrict),” Bharti Kisan Union(Ekta-Ugrahan) general secre-tary Sukhdev Singh Kokrikalansaid on Friday.
Considering the kind ofenthusiasm among people, over30,000 tractors owing allegianceto our union will be part of theparade, he said. Tractors willcarry flags of the union andposters with slogans of “Kisan
Ekta Zindabad”, “No Farmer NoFood” and “Kaale Kannon RaddKaro”, said Kokrikalan. He saidthey will also take some trolleysto accommodate women duringthe tractor parade. Severalwomen will drive tractors as partof the parade.
Many batches of farmersowing allegiance to differentfarm bodies will also leave forDelhi on January 24, farmerleaders said on Friday. Farmerunions have held several trac-tor rallies across the state tomobilise people and prepare forthe proposed parade in the pastfew days. Farmers have alsoannounced to display tableausduring the parade to showcasethe plight of the farming com-munity, they said. One suchexample was seen during atractor march in Moga onThursday where a tableau wasmounted on a trolley, showinga farmer ploughing a field witha pair of bullocks.
“Along with bullocks, amodel of farm expert M SSwaminathan was also createdto seek the implementation ofthe Swaminathan commissionreport. We will take this tableau
to the tractor parade,” saidMoga-based artist Manjit Singhwho made the tableau.
As farmer bodies havegiven a call for a peaceful trac-tor parade, farmer unions haveissued directions to their villageand block-level leadership toensure discipline during themarch. “Our union's block-level and village-level leaderswill lead the tractor marchand rest will follow them,” saidKokrikalan, adding that vol-unteers will be deployed tokeep a check on the situation.
In Haryana, farmers fromKarnal, Ambala, Rohtak,Bhiwani and Kurukshetra willleave for Delhi, said farmerleaders. Meanwhile, ahead ofthe proposed tractor parade,the demand for flags of differ-ent farm bodies has also goneup. Several vehicles sportingthe flags could be seen inPunjab and Haryana. In thewake of the farmers' agitationand their plan to hold a trac-tor parade on the Republic Day,the Haryana Police onThursday decided to cancel theleave of its personnel till furtherorders.
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On the first day of the massiveculling operation to stop thefurther spread of the AvianInfluenza, as many as 11,200birds were culled at Alfa PoultryFarm in Bhera village of DeraBassi on Friday.
“About a hundred men wereengaged in the operation whoworked for around eight hoursto conduct the exercise,” saidMohali Additional DeputyCommissioner (General)Aashika Jain.
She said: “The team beganthe job with sedation of birds, fol-lowed by culling via cervical dis-location. Thereafter, the birdswere buried in deep pits and cov-ered with lime.”
The culling would continuein the same farm on Saturday aswell, during which a similarnumber of birds are expected tobe culled.
“After the completion of theexercise at Alfa poultry farm, theteams would move to RoyalPoultry farm in the same areaand conduct a similar exercise,said Jain. Jain added that once theculling is complete, a massivesanitization exercise is to beconducted and the entire oper-ation is expected to be complet-ed in seven to 10 days. In all,more than 50,000 birds in thetwo affected poultry farms areexpected to be culled to stop thespread of the avian flu. For thepurpose, the district adminis-tration has constituted 25 teams— comprising of five memberseach.
Mohali DeputyCommissioner Girish Dayalanon Thursday informed thatculling of over 50,000 birds is
expected to be undertaken at theaffected epicenter. “Requisitesafety gear, including the PPE kitsand face shields as well as the JCBmachines, have been provided tothe culling teams and adequatequarantine arrangement is inplace,” he had stated.
The District Administrationhas also declared “the 10 kilo-meter radius of the affected epi-center the containment area toput a tab on any commercialpoultry farming activity beingconducted therein”.
Besides, surveillance andsampling has been stepped upand two Rapid Response Teams(RRTs) have been deployed tokeep a tab on any deaths of birds(crows, migratory or wild birds)in the district.
The Deputy Commissionerhad stated that the virus involvedin the Avian influenza is zoonot-ic, the pathogen can be trans-mitted from animals to humansas per preliminary reports. “So,to detect symptoms of plausibleinfection in humans, the birdhandlers in the affected poultryfarms would be examined by thedoctors for detection of symp-toms, if any,” he had added.
Notably, the reports of sam-ples taken from two poultryfarms at Behra village in DeraBassi were received from theNational Institute of High-Security Animal Diseases lab inBhopal on Wednesday. The sam-ples had tested positive for H5N8strain.As per the Government ofIndia guidelines, the birds ofpoultry farms located withinone km of an infected farm haveto be culled. The official main-tained that there was no otherpoultry farm other than thesetwo within one km radius.
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The MeteorologicalDepartment has issued ayellow weather warning forthunderstorms in HimachalPradesh on Saturday.
The Shimla Met Centre hasforecast thunderstorms andlightning at isolated places inplains, low and mid hills onSaturday. It has forecast rain inthe plains and low hills, andrain and snowfall in the midand high hills on Saturday andSunday.
Thunderstorm and rainfallis also predicted at isolatedplaces in Punjab and Haryanain the next 24 hours.
Notably, the MetDepartment issues colour-coded warnings to alert thepublic ahead of severe or haz-ardous weather. Yellow is theleast dangerous among theweather warnings, while orange
is for weather conditions thathave the capacity to impact sig-nificantly.
Meanwhile, Keylong, Kalpaand Manali in Himachal shiv-ered at sub-zero temperatureon Friday.
The tribal Lahaul andSpiti's administrative centreKeylong continued to be thecoldest place in the state atminus 4.9 degree Celsius. Kalpaand Manali recorded a low ofminus 0.7 and minus 0.2degrees Celsius.
The minimum tempera-ture in Kufri and Dalhousie wasrecorded at 7 and 6.8 degreesCelsius, respectively. The state’scapital - Shimla registered a lowof 7.6 degrees Celsius. In neigh-boring states of Punjab andHaryana, the minimum tem-perature remained below nor-mal limits at many places.
Adampur in Punjab reeledunder intense chill recording a
low of 4.1 degrees Celsius,while Amritsar recorded a lowof 5.8 degrees Celsius.
Gurdaspur, Bathinda,Halwara, Ludhiana and Patiala,also braved the chill recordingrespective minimums of 5degrees, 5.5 degrees, 5.8 degreesCelsius, 6.4 degrees Celsiusand 7.5 degrees Celsius.
Chandigarh, the commoncapital of Punjab and Haryana,recorded a low of 7.8 degreesCelsius.
In Haryana, Hisar reeledunder a biting chill recordinga low of 4.2 degrees Celsius.Narnaul registered a low of 5degrees Celsius while Bhiwanirecorded a minimum of 6.6degrees Celsius.
Among other places,Rohtak, Ambala and Karnalrecorded respective minimumsof 5.2 degrees Celsius, 7.9degrees Celsius and 5.6 degreesCelsius.
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A55-year-old womanRajwanti, who was work-ing in a primary health care(PHC) center at Bhangrola vil-lage died under mysteriouscircumstances on Friday morn-ing.
The family of the deceasedhave filed a police complaint atthe New Colony police stationin which they alleged that shedied due to Covaxin dosewhich she had administered onJanuary 16 at the PHC centerat Bhangrola village inGurugram.
However, the postmortemof the woman conducted onFriday which report is awaited.
The woman's husband LalSingh a resident of KrishnaColony stated in his complaintthat his wife slept on Thursdayevening after dinner but onFriday morning she didn't getup till 7 am for her work.
"When she didn't get up onFriday morning, I immediate-ly took her to a private hospi-tal where the doctor declaredher dead. My wife was admin-istered with Covaxin onJanuary 16 at the PHC centerand was dead due to the vac-cine dose," Singh said in his
complaint.Meanwhile, the health
department claimed that theactual cause of death would becleared after a viscera report ofthe deceased will come.
"The preliminary symp-toms suggest that the womanpassed away due to cardiacarrest. For further confirmationwe have sent her viscera reportwhich is awaited. We have alsoinformed the central ministryabout the matter. Whether shedied due to Covaxin or someother reasons, it will be clearedafter we receive her report,"said Virender Yadav, chief med-ical officer (CMO) Gurugram
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At least 266 fresh cases ofCovid-19 reported in thenational capital on Friday whilethe daily positivity rate stayed at0.37 per cent.
According to the health bul-letin issued by the DelhiGovernment, the total numberof people infected with life-threatening COVID-19 hasreached 633542. With this, thedeath toll rose to 10789 withseven new fatalities reported onFriday.
The number of cases and thesingle-day fatality count nowindicate a marked improvement
in the situation since the thirdwave of the pandemic had hit thecity in November
The highest single-day spike8,593 cases till date was report-ed on November 11. The situa-tion in Delhi has improved in thelast several days, with a low num-ber of cases and reduction indeath count,Besides fall in activecases, the count of home isola-tion cases have also registered asustained fall, dropping to below825-mark, indicating improve-ment in the COVID-19 situation,as per the bulletin.
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“The Covid-19 vaccina-tion programme was conduct-ed successfully on the seventhday of the countrywide massiveexercise. The cumulative num-ber of healthcare workers vac-cinated has surpassed 12.7 lakh(12,72,097) (till 6 p.m. today)through 24,397 sessions, asper the provisional report,” theUnion Health Ministry said ina statement.
A total of 267 cases ofAdverse Effect AfterVaccination (AEFI) have beenreported till 6 pm on the sev-
enth day of the vaccinationdrive.
On Friday, 2,28,563 bene-ficiaries were vaccinated till 6p.m. through 6,230 sessions.On Thursday, 1,92,581 peoplewere vaccinated and 1,12,007 aday before.
In Karnataka, 1,82,503have been vaccinated so far,highest amongst all states,followed by 1,27,726 inAndhra Pradesh, 1,21,004 inOdisha and 1,02,724 inTelangana, according to thedata avai lable from theGovernment.
On the testing front too,India continues to registergrowing numbers. The cumu-lative testing has crossed 19Crore, said a statement fromthe Union Health Ministrywith 8,00,242 samples testedin the last 24 hours itself.
The Ministry also saidthat steadily following thetrend set over the past weeks,India’s active caseload has
fallen to 1.78% of the totalactive cases. India’s activecaseload presently stands at1,88,688.
18,002 new recoverieswere registered during thepast 24 hours. This has led toa net decline of 3,620 casesfrom the total Active Caseloadin the last 24 hours.
The total recovered casesare 10,283,708 as on Thursdaypushing the growing gapbetween the recovered and theactive cases to 1,00,95,020 (
54.5 times). The RecoveryRate has improved to 96.78%.
Around 85 per cent of thenew recovered cases are con-tributed by ten States/UTswith Kerala reporting 6,229persons recovering from theinfection. Maharashtra andKarnataka reported 3,980 and815 new recoveries, respec-tively.
At least 14,545 new posi-tive cases were registered in thelast 24 hours. Eight States/UTshave contributed 84.14 per
cent of the new cases. Keralareported 6,334 cases in the last24 hours. Maharashtra record-ed 2,886 new cases whileKarnataka registered 674 dailycases on Wednesday.
As many as 82.82 per centof the 163 case fatalities thathave been reported in the past24 hours are from NineStates/UTs with Maharashtrareported the maximum newdaily deaths at 52. Kerala alsosaw a fatality count of 21, asper the statement.
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Bharat Biotech has suc-cessfully administered thesecond dose of its COVID-19vaccine Covaxin to 13,000volunteers as part of its ongo-ing phase-3 clinical trials ofthe jab, Suchitra Ella jointmanaging director of BharatBiotech said on Friday.
She said in a tweet,“13,000 volunteers have beensuccessfully administered the2nd dose in the phase-3 clin-ical trials of Covaxin. Myheartfelt thanks to all of themfor their pro-vaccine publichealth voluntarism.
The city-based vaccinemaker has successfully com-pleted enrollment of25,800volunteers for the Phase-3 tri-als of Covaxin, Ella had ear-lier said.
The DCGI has grantedpermission for the sale or dis-tribution of Covaxin forrestricted use in emergencysituations in public interest asan abundant precaution, inclinical trial mode.
The vaccine-maker in thefact sheet on Covaxin, post-ed in its website, had said the clinical efficacy of thevaccine is yet to be estab-lished and is being studied in
Phase 3 clinical trial andhence it is important toappreciate that receiving thevaccine does not mean otherprecautions related toCOVID-19 need not be fol-lowed.
Covaxin is India’s totallyindigenous COVID-19 vac-cine developed in collabora-tion with the Indian Councilof Medical Research andNational Institute of Virology.
The inactivated vaccine isdeveloped and manufacturedin Bharat Biotech’s BSL-3(Bio-Safety Level 3) bio-con-tainment facility, one of itskind in the world.
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New Delhi: The Centre onFriday told the Supreme Courtthat it was not in favour ofgranting one extra opportuni-ty to those civil services aspi-rants who could not appear intheir last attempt in the examsconducted by the UPSC lastyear due to the COVID-19pandemic.
A bench headed by JusticeA M Khanwilkar took note ofthe submissions of AdditionalSolicitor General S V Raju,appearing on behalf of theDepartment of Personnel andTraining (DoPT).
“We are not ready to giveone more chance. Give me thetime to file an affidavit... lastnight I received instructionthat we are not agreeable,” Rajutold the bench, which alsocomprised justices B R Gavaiand Krishna Murai.
The bench has now post-ed the plea of a civil servicesaspirant Rachna Singh forhearing on January 25 and
asked theCentre to file anaffidavit duringthe period andserve it to theparties.
E a r l i e r ,S o l i c i t o rGeneral TusharMehta had told
the bench that the governmentwas considering the issue ofgranting one more opportu-nity to those civil servicesaspirants who could notappear in their last attempt tocrack the UPSC exam.
The top court, onSeptember 30 last year, hadrefused to postpone the UPSCcivil services preliminaryexam, which was held onOctober 4, because of COVID-19 pandemic and floods inseveral parts of the country.
However, it had directedthe Central Government andthe Union Public ServiceCommission to considergranting an extra chance tocandidates who otherwisehave their last attempt in 2020,with corresponding extensionof the upper age-limit. Thebench was then told that a for-mal decision can be taken bythe Department of Personneland Training (DoPT) only.
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The Centre has accordedthe top category ‘Z+’ VIPsecurity cover to former ChiefJustice of India (CJI) RanjanGogoi, official sources said onFriday.
They said Gogoi, 66, will beprotected by armed comman-dos of the Central ReservePolice Force (CRPF) during histravel all across the country.
A Rajya Sabha membernow, Gogoi was earlier beingprovided with a security coverof Delhi Police
He retired in November,2019 and was later nominatedto the upper house ofParliament by the Government.
The CRPF has a VIP secu-rity unit and Gogoi is its 63rdprotectee, sources said.
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The EnforcementDirectorate (ED) on Fridayattached assets worth �5.45crore of Ramanand Divya, for-mer Chief Engineer, WaterResources Department,Chhattisgarh and his familymembers under money laun-dering charges.
The attached assets are inthe form of agriculture landand plots in Raipur, Bilaspur,Korba and Janjgir-Champa dis-tricts and bank balances to thetune of �55.95 lakhs held by theaccused Ramanand Divya andhis family members.
The ED had initiated inves-tigation under Prevention ofMoney Laundering Act(PMLA) on the basis of FIRregistered by ACB,Chhattisgarh under relevantsection of Prevention ofCorruption Act which dis-closed the disproportionateassets to the tune of �5.45crore amassed by Divya and hisfamily members.
“Investigation underPMLA revealed that most ofthe immovable properties werepurchased in the name ofPriyadarshini Divya wife ofRamanand Divya, few being inthe name of accusedRamanand Divya himself aswell. The properties wereacquired through various waysof money laundering. In fewcases, property was purchaseddirectly in cash or through cashdeposits in bank accounts ofself as well as other relatives,”the ED said in a statement.
In some cases, routing offunds was done throughaccounts of relatives and per-sons with meagre sources ofincome in the form of gift orunsecured loan. For purchasingsome properties, fake sale agree-ments of other properties show-ing receipt in cash were also pre-pared, to project the source ofcash as untainted, it said.
Also, there were frequentsale and purchase of propertiesto project the source of moneyfor purchase as genuine where-as the very source of initial pur-chase was unexplained andtainted money, it further said.
Investigation furtherrevealed that �2.13 crore waspaid in cash for purchase ofproperties.
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Agra: About 21 prisoners from Jammu and Kashmir,presently lodged in various jails of Uttar Pradesh, havebeen shifted to the high security Agra jail.
This is being done on the orders of the Union HomeMinistry (MHA). The prisoners being shifted now arebelieved to be “pro-Pakistan” separatists, of which 10are associated with Hurriyat leader Syed Ali ShahGeelani.
These inmates were booked under Public Safety Act(PSA) and were arrested in the wake of the revocationof special status to the erstwhile state of Jammu andKashmir under Article 370 of the Constitution in August2019.
According to Senior Superintendent of Agra cen-tral jail, V.K. Singh, “While eight prisoners werealready lodged in Agra Central Jail, 17 more have beenshifted from Naini, Bareilly and Ambedkar Nagar jails.Four more are scheduled to be transferred fromVaranasi Central Jail. All of them will be kept in a high-security cell, away from the other prisoners.”
The entire cell is soundproof and under constantCCTV surveillance. Sources said that the jail staff onduty at the special cell have been strictly directed notto speak to any prisoner. Only senior officials wouldcommunicate with them, if needed.
They would be taken out of the lock-up one by oneat a fixed time every day and allowed to walk for a fewminutes.
Visitors and staffers would be thoroughly checkedat the main gate. The entire premises is being monitoredby police and provincial armed constabulary (PAC)round-the-clock.
In 2019, over 200 prisoners booked under the PSAwere transferred to the Agra Central Jail. A year later,most of them were 'temporarily' released on the direc-tives of the MHA.The high-security cell at Agra cen-tral jail was constructed 23 years ago and has a capac-ity to lodge 30 prisoners. IANS
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Mathura: An organisation herehas demanded the installation ofa statue of demon king Ravan atthe Ram temple in Ayodhya.
In a letter to Prime MinisterNarendra Modi, the LankeshBhakta Mandal made thedemand.
“The Lankesh Bhakta
Mandal will bear the costincurred on the installation ofthe statue,” Omveer Saraswat,president of the outfit said onFriday.
A similar letter has alsobeen dispatched to the presidentof the Ramjanmabhoomi Nyas,he said. PTI
Coimbatore: Panic gripped residentsof Madukkarai, near here, when theysaw a leopard attacking a dog in theearly hours of Friday, police said.
The visuals of the attack and ear-lier incidents have gone viral in thesocial media.
At least 20 goats and five dogs werekilled by the big cat in the last one year,though the forest department person-nel denied the presence of any leopardin the area, the police said.
Adding to the fear of straying wildelephants, the movement of the leopardhas made the residents anxious.
The incident, wherein the leopardwas seen attacking a dog at 1 AM onFriday near the house of a governmenttransport driver, made them even morescary, they said.
The residents managed to scare theleopard away while the dog with deepinjury in the neck is battling for life, theysaid.
The leopard then entered a near-by house and killed three out of 17 goats,they said.
The residents fear the leopard maykill them too, as the human habitats areon the foothill with the easy access towildlife, they added. Meanwhile, for-est officials visited the spot and noticedthe pugmarks of the leopard. Theyplaced a cage to trap it and cameras tomonitor its movement. PTI
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Bengaluru: Karnataka ChiefMinister B S Yediyurappa onFriday said five people werekilled in the powerful explosionof a truckload of gelatin sticksat a stone crushing unit inShivamogga district andassured action against unlaw-ful mining and those respon-sible for the mishap.
Conceding illegal miningin Shivamogga, his native dis-trict, Yediyurappa said thequarry owner and two of hisassociates have been arrestedfor the explosion that occurredon Thursday night and hewould inspect the blast site onSaturday. While police lastnight said at least six labourersin the truck were killed in theexplosion that left the bodiesdismembered beyond recogni-tion, Yediyurappa toldreporters that five people weredead.
Announcing an ex-gratiaof Rs five lakh each to the fam-
ilies of the victims, he said aprobe into the explosion was onand a team of officials, includ-ing those from bomb disposal,mines and geology depart-ments, were on the job. Aclear picture on the casualtywas expected to emerge soonwith the authorities not rulingout the possibility of the deathtoll increasing, citing reportsthat there may have been morepeople at the site when themishap occurred.
In a tweet, the ChiefMinister said: “My deepestcondolences to the bereavedfamily members. I wish aspeedy recovery to the injured.”
He told reporters here thathe would direct the deputycommissioner of Shivamoggadistrict to release a solatium ofRs five lakh to the families ofthe victims. “Tomorrow I amgoing there. There are illegalmining activities going on. Iwill try to take steps to prevent
the repetition of such incidentsin future,” he said.
Yediyurappa assuredappropriate action againstthose responsible for the explo-sion, the cause of which wasunder investigation. To a ques-tion on allegations of increasein illegal mining, he said suchactivities have been stopped atfour to five places and stringentaction would be initiated to endthe menace altogether.
The chief minister said thenewly inducted Mines andGeology Minister MurugeshNirani would soon inspect thearea. Yediyurappa''s son andShivamogga MP B YRaghavendra has already visit-ed the spot.
The booming sound of theblast initially made local peo-ple mistake it for an earthquakeand it was heard in nearby areasin neighbouring Davangere,Chikkamagaluru and UttaraKannada districts too. PTI
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Chitrakoot (UP): A 15-year-old girl was hacked to deathwith an axe allegedly afterbeing raped and her four-year-old nephew killed in a villagehere, police said on Friday.
A 30-year-old man fromthe girl's village has been arrest-ed in connection with thecrime which took place onThursday, they said.
“The body of the girl wasfound in a village on Thursday.She was hacked to death withan axe,” Superintendent ofPolice Ankit Mittal said.
Her nephew was alsoattacked. He was rushed to the
hospital where he died duringtreatment, he said.
Circle Officer SubodhGautam said the girl wasattacked when she was return-ing home after giving food toher father in the field.
“Accused Chilua has beenarrested by the police. Themotive behind the crime isbeing probed,” the officer said.
Gautam said the teenager'sfamily has alleged that she wasraped before being murdered.It will be confirmed after thepost-mortem examination.
“The post-mortem reportis awaited,” he said. PTI
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The Administrative Council (AC), whichmet here under the chairmanship ofLieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha on Fridayapproved the adoption of Jammu & KashmirIndustrial Land Allotment Policy, 2021-30 toevolve a highly structured industrial landbank for promoting equitable industrialgrowth in Jammu and Kashmir.
The new policy attempts to address var-ious land-related issues impeding industri-al development in J&K by laying down aframework to regulate zoning of industrialareas, project appraisal and evaluation, andthe subsequent process flow.
According to the official spokesperson,“Under the policy, land will be allotted to theinvestors on lease for an initial period of 40years, extendable to 99 years.
The allotted land will be liable to be can-celled in case of failure of the investor to takeeffective steps within the stipulated time of2 years, failure of the industrial unit to comeinto production within 3 years, violation ofprovisions under the lease deed, and non-cooperation of an enterprise for a period of5 years”.
Further, the policy also provides rentingout of 60% of the built-up area of a businessenterprise for setting up an ancillary indus-
trial enterprise through a tripartite agree-ment.
The spokesperson said, “the policy aimsat achieving inclusive growth through sus-tainable industrialization and employmentgeneration, and includes provisions forevolving a fair and transparent mechanismfor land allotment for industrial use”.
“The new policy proposes zoning ofindustrial areas at block/ municipality levelafter taking into consideration various fac-tors including the existing level of industri-al development, location of the proposedzone, and level of urbanization. The Jammuand Kashmir Industrial Land AllotmentPolicy, 2021-30 will also cover land allotmentfor health institutions/medi-cities and edu-cational institutions/edu-cities”, officialspokesperson added.
The policy provides for constitution ofDivisional Level Project Appraisal andEvaluation Committees to scrutinize appli-cations received for allotment of industrialland within 30 days; Apex Level LandAllotment Committee, High Level LandAllotment Committee and Divisional LevelLand Allotment Committee to decide andallot industrial land to the applicant within45 days in cases of projects worth Rs. 200crore, Rs. 50-200 crore and up to Rs. 50 crore,respectively.
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Commission of India on Fridayasked the Bengal political partiesto exercise restraint while choos-ing their words particularly forarmed forces.
While it termed the allega-tions made by TrinamoolCongress against the BorderSecurity Forces without producingevidence as “unfortunate” andavoidable, it also called the BJP’contentions that the names of 4-5 lakh Rohingyas had been ille-gally included in the electoral rollsas unsubstantiated.
Describing allegations madeby a political party against the BSFas “unfortunate,” Chief ElectionCommissioner Sunil Arora saidthat it was “one of the finestforces in the country,” adding thepolitical party concerned shouldcome up with facts to support itsallegations.
Earlier the TrinamoolCongress alleged that the BSF wasthreatening people living (within15 km) of the international bor-der to make them cast their votesin favour of a particular politicalparty.
On BJP’s allegations that thenames of 4-5 lakh Rohingyas hadbeen incorporated in the electoralrolls he said such allegations werebaseless adding the full bench ofthe EC which was currently trav-eling Bengal had asked the StateChief Secretary and HomeSecretary to look into the issues offake information in the socialmedia raised by political parties.
Talking tough on the bureau-crats particularly the police topbrass the CEC said that poll panelhad “zero-tolerance” insofar as“money and muscle power andmisuse of the government machin-ery” was concerned. He also said nocivic police volunteers will bedeployed during the elections.
Sources said that the ECI wasmulling “transfer, suspensionsand even charge-sheets” againstofficials acting with bias. “TheCommission may blacklist offi-cials and even suspend, transfer orcharge-sheet them,” sources said,adding, “like on earlier occasionsany complaint, instead of beingresponded with show causenotices will be followed up withprompt removal.” PNS
Raipur: Breaking thepaddy procurementrecord of last 20years, ChhattisgarhState has recordedhighest quantity ofpaddy procurementthis year. In the ongo-ing procurement sea-son this year, nearly 84 lakh 44thousand metric tons of paddyhas been procured till January21, which is 50 thousand met-ric tons more than the quanti-ty of paddy procured last year.It is noteworthy that nearly83.94 lakh metric tons of paddywas procured in the season oflast year.
Under the leadership ofChief Minister Mr. BhupeshBaghel, the quantity of paddyprocurement as well as thenumber of farmers and agri-culture yield has consistentlyincreased in last two years. Asa result of State Government’s
pro-farmer policy,Chhattisgarh isemerging as amodel state for thecountry in the agri-culture sector.C h h a t t i s g a r hGovernment’s RajivGandhi Kisaan
Nyay Yojana has boosted thecrop production in the state. Inthe current fiscal year, StateGovernment has distributedthe incentive amount of Rs5750 crore to 19 lakh farmers ofthe state under Rajiv GandhiKisaan Nyay Yojana. Till date, 19lakh 54 thousand 332 farmershave sold paddy at supportprice till date.
DO of 27 lakh 70 thousand693 metric tons of paddy hasbeen issued to the millers forcustom milling, against whichnearly 25 lakh 45 thousand512 metric tons of paddy hasbeen transported already.
Amaravati (AP): At least 22people Fell ill in Eluru city anda nearby mandal headquarters inWest Godavari district ofAndhra Pradesh on Friday butDeputy Chief Minister (Health)A K K Srinivas suspected therecould be a “conspiracy” behindit.
This comes more than amonth after several hundredpeople in Eluru fell ill withsymptoms of nausea in the firstweek of December last year.
The Deputy Chief Minister,who visited Poolla in WestGodavari district and enquiredabout the situation from the vic-tims' families,said they could not
rule out a conspiracy behind theoutbreak of the mysterious ill-ness. “We are thinking if thereis a conspiracy.We have this sus-picion, going by what the peo-ple here said.So, we can't rulethat out.But we can't confirmthat as well,” Srinivas told aTelugu television news channel.
Official sources said the 22persons suddenly fell uncon-scious as froth oozed from theirmouths and they complained ofgiddiness.
“Six of these patients havebeen discharged after treatmentwhile 15 were admitted to theDistrict Hospital inEluru.Another person was get-
ting treated in the local hospi-tal in Poolla mandal headquar-ters,” a senior official said.
“We have collected waterand food samples from thehouses of the victims and alsonearby hotels and the wholesalevegetable market atGundugolanu.We are collectingsamples of meat, chicken, milk,rice and fertilisers used in paddycultivation,” he added.
Chief Secretary Aditya NathDas, Principal Secretary(Health) Anil Kumar Singhal,Health CommissionerKatamaneni Bhaskar rushed toEluru to take stock of the situ-ation. PTI
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Aday after a massive fireclaimed five lives and gut-ted its equipment and productsat the proposed BCG andRotavirus vaccine manufac-turing facility, Serum Instituteof India (SII) on Friday peggedthe losses suffered by it at Rs1,000 crore, even asMaharashtra chief ministerUddhav Thackeray visited thefire ravaged SII premises.
Addressing a joint newsconference with the chief min-ister, SII’s Chief ExecutiveOfficer (CEO) Adar Poonawalasaid that there was no damageto the place where Covishieldwas manufactured and stored.“The mishap took place at abrand new facility. It was for thefuture production of BCG andRotavirus,” he said.
“Equipment and products
worth Rs 1,000 crore weredamaged in the fire... The lossis mainly financial. There is noloss to supplies as such,”Poonawalla said.
Poonawala said that at theplace where the fire broke out,“no actual vaccine was actual-ly being produced there, sothere was no damage to anyvaccine”.
While the fire sweptthrough the third and fourthfloors of the upcoming facilityin Manjari that was scheduledto become operational withina month, the CovishieldVaccine that is currently beingmanufactured at its other plantwhich is one km away.
The chief minister, accom-panied by Tourism MinisterAditya Thackeray, DeputyChairperson of MaharashtraLegislative Council NeelamGorhe, Pune MP Girish Bapat,
visited the SII facility and metthe company Chairman CyrusPoonawalla and his son Adar.
Declining to comment onthe progress of investigationsinto the circumstances leadingto Thursday’s fire, Uddhavsaid: “We have ordered a thor-ough probe. There cannot beany conclusions till the fullinvestigations are complete andthe report is available. It is thenwe will know whether it was anaccident or sabotage” the chiefminister said.
The chief minister saidthat Poonawallas had repeat-edly assured him that therewould be no impact on theCovishield Vaccine produc-tion, stocks and rollout whichwould continue unhindered.
After the chief minister’svisit to the mishap-hit SII facil-ity, Adar Poonwala tweeted:“Thank you Shri Uddhav Ji@ C M O M a h a r a s h t r a a n d@AUThackerayfor visiting@SerumInstIndiaand extend-ing your help and support dur-ing this terrible crisis. As you
have seen, the production of#COVISHIELD is on scheduleand remains unaffected by thistragedy.
Meanwhile, the SII hasannounced a compensation ofRs 25 lakh to the next of kin ofeach of the five labourers,including 3 migrants, killed inthe blaze.
On his part, the chief min-ister said that if any moreassistance was needed to beextended to the bereaved fam-ilies, the state governmentwould consider it.
In a related development,Pune’s Hadapsar Police haveregistered an accidental death,the Pune MunicipalCorporation, PuneMetropolitan RegionDevelopment Authority andMaharashtra IndustrialDevelopment Corporationhave launched simultaneousinvestigations into the fire.
It may be recalled that fivepersons were killed and othersevacuated safely after a massivefire broke out in an under-con-
struction building at the Covid-19 vaccine manufacturerSerum Institute of India (SII) inPune on Thursday afternoon.
The fire, which broke outat around 2.30 pm, sweptthrough the fourth and fifthfloors of an under-constructionbuilding at Manjari, which isone kilometer away from theSII facility where Covid vac-cines are being manufactured.Manjari is a complex in SpecialEconomic Zone where SII’shalf a dozen buildings arebeing constructed. The firewas brought under controlwithin three hours.
The five deceased labour-ers were identified as RamaShankar Harijan and BipinSaroj, both from Uttar Pradesh,Sushil Kumar Pandey, whohails from Bihar andMahendra Ingle and PratikPashte, both residents of Pune.All of them were contractuallabourers. They were carryingout some electrical work at thesite, when the mishap occurred.
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As part of its ongoing inves-tigations into the Punjab &Maharashtra Cooperative(PMC) Bank Ltd. scam, theEnforcement Directorate (ED)on Friday raided five premisesbelonging to the Viva Groupand its associates in Mumbaiand Palghar and seized a cashof Rs 73 lakh.
Following upon the leadsgot it by that a large amount ofmoney had allegedly beentransferred from HDIL toMehul Thakur-controlled com-panies and trusts the ED raid-ed Viva Group’s offices atAndheri and Virar in Palghardistrict, residences of its topofficials at Andheri, Juhu andChembur in Mumbai.
In the raids conducted onthree premises linked to theViva Groups’ head and twoothers connected with char-
tered accountants/financialconsultants, the ED seized Rs73 lakh in cash and incrimi-nating documents.
It may be recalled thatafter the PMC bank scam brokeout in September 2019, theEconomic Offences Wing(EOW) of Mumbai Police hadarrested two promoters of theHousing Development andInfrastructure Limited (HDIL)Sarang Kumar Wadhawan andRakesh Wadhawan in connec-tion with 5366 crore PMCBank scam.
Subsequently, the EDlaunched a probe againstHDIL’s promoters RakeshWadhawan and SarangWadhawan, PMC Bank’s for-mer Chairman Waryam Singhand MD Joy Thomas, in con-nection with the same scam.
The ED seized severalproperties of RakeshWadhawan and Wadhawan
Family Trust worth Rs.293crore, while it also seized jew-ellery worth Rs.63 crore wereseized and attached andlaunched proceedings againstthem under the Prevention ofMoney-laundering Act(PMLA).
The investigations hadrevealed that the Wadhawansand Viva Group connived todivert over Rs.160-crore fromHDIL to many companies ofthe latter (Viva Group) dis-guised as ‘commission’, thoughthe funds were apparently anillegal diversion from the PMCBank.
Simultaneously, the EDstarted probing another caseagainst Rakesh Wadhawan andSarang Wadhawan for siphon-ing off a long of Rs.200 croresanctioned by Yes Bank to theMack Star Marketing Pvt. Ltd.,by allegedly showing some fic-titious purposes.
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What explains the factof tens of millions ofDonald Trump’ssupporters remain-ing fiercely loyal to him even afterhis role in the deplorable storm-ing of the Capitol Hill on January6? The question is important. Thearmy of supporters is numerical-ly huge and, reports say, theRight-wing extremist groups intheir ranks are likely to continueto resort to violence and terror onan escalating scale.
Any search for an explanationmust begin by identifying thoseinvolved in the January 6 outrage.A Reuters report by Ted Hesson,Ned Parker, Kristina Cooke andJulia Harte, datelined January 8,cites Devin Burghart, executivedirector of the Institute forResearch and Education onHuman Rights, which tracksextremism, as saying that protest-ers at the Capitol building onJanuary 6 included some of themost extreme elements of Trump’sbase, including White nationalists,militia groups and QAnon con-spiracy theorists.
The last-named perhapsplayed the most important part inthe storming as well as in organ-ising it. As a report, by DrewHarwell, Isaac Stanley-Becker,Razzan Nakhlawi and CraigTimberg in The Washington Post— datelined January 13, 2021 —puts it: “The siege on the USCapitol played out as a QAnonfantasy made real: The faithfulrose up in their thousands, sum-moned to Washington by theirleader, President Trump. Theyseized the people’s house as politi-cians cowered under desks.” It fur-ther states: “Born in the Internet’sfever swamps, QAnon played anunmistakable role in energisingrioters during the real-worldattack on Jan 6.” A report by MikeWendling, datelined January 6, inBBC, states: “Supporters of theQAnon movement were amongthe crowd that stormed the USCapitol building on Wednesday.Several prominent activists werespotted inside the building….”
According to these reports,QAnon propagates the baselesstheory that Trump is waging asecret war against a cabal of deepState operators, entrenched in theGovernment, business and media,who are paedophiles worshippingSatan and trafficking in childrenfor sex. They, according to TheWashington Post report, hold thatthere will be a final day of reck-oning when “prominent peoplesuch as former presidential can-
didate, Hillary Clinton, will bearrested and executed”.
The other Right-wingorganisations involved includ-ed the Boogaloo movement,which comprises Right-wingextremist groups whose ideolo-gies and stand on issues likeracism sometimes differ. Someof them are White supremacists,some are not. Many of thembelieve in Neo-Nazism. Themovement’s adherents, knownas Boogaloo Boys or BoogalooBois, are, however, united intheir opposition to gun controlmeasures and in workingtowards a second civil war tobring down the US FederalGovernment. Also involvedwas the far-Right, anti-immi-grant, all-male group calledProud Boys, which has a histo-ry of street violence against itsLeft-wing opponents. It standsfor glorifying entrepreneur-ship, ending welfare, every-one’s right to own guns andwomen playing traditional gen-der roles, like being housewives.
One now returns to thequestion: Why do people insuch massive numbers contin-ue to support Trump, withmany joining the Right-wingextremist groups advocatingviolence to achieve their goals?According to Erich Fromm inFear of Freedom, the search forsecurity is the most powerfulfactor drawing people to mili-tant mass movements. He addsthat despite the biological sep-aration caused by birth, a child“remains functionally one withits mother’s world for a consid-erable period”. The primary tieswhich link a mother to a child“offer security and basic unity
with the world outside oneself”.Slowly, the child becomes
aware of its separateness fromits mother and others. Withphysical, emotional and men-tal development, an “organisedstructure guided by the individ-ual’s will and reason develops.If we call this organised andintegrated whole of the person-ality the self, we can also saythat the [sic] one side of thegrowing process of individuationis the growth of self-strength”.(The italics are Fromm’s). Onthe other side, one, on becom-ing an individual, and facingthe world with all its threatsand perils alone, experiences anincreasing feeling of “alone-ness” and insecurity.
Fromm believes that toovercome the feeling of loneli-ness and insecurity, one needs“to relate to the world in loveand work; in the genuineexpression of one’s emotional,sensuous and intellectualcapacities”, becoming “one withman, nature and himself, with-out giving up the integrity andindependence of his individualself ”. Not all can do this. Thosewho cannot, resort to sadismand masochism.
Fromm holds that theinfliction of pain is not theessence of sadism. “All the dif-ferent forms of sadism” arerooted in the simple impulse tohave complete mastery overanother person, “to make hima helpless object of one’s will, tobecome the absolute ruler overhim….” The feeling of strengthand power arising from theexercise of absolute controlenables the sadist to overcomehis/her feeling of insecurity.
Masochists “attempt tobecome a part of a bigger andmore powerful whole outsideoneself, to submerge and par-ticipate in it. This power can bea person, or an institution,God, the nation, conscience ora psychic compulsion”. One“surrenders one’s own self andrenounces all strength andpride, one loses one’s integrityas an individual and surrendersfreedom” but gets a new secu-rity and a new pride in the par-ticipation in the power in whichone submerges. One also “getssecurity against the torture ofdoubt”. Clearly, masochismplays a critical role in drivingpeople to totalitarian extremistorganisations — whether ofthe Left or the Right —demanding total, unquestion-ing acceptance or its creed.
Two questions arise here.What causes insecurity amonglarge sections of people in a richdemocracy like the US? A feel-ing of insecurity need not becaused by actual physical threatsor apprehensions thereof. It is apsychological phenomenoncaused by social, economic andcultural conditions. Success, forexample, is highly valued in theUS — perhaps more than in anyother country. Failure to achieveit often leads to a feeling of inad-equacy, triggering a feeling ofinsecurity. The fear of failure canhaunt even the very successfulas an uninterrupted continuityof upward progression cannotbe taken for granted.
A more specific cause ofinsecurity — certainly a factorin the emergence of the Whitesupremacist groups — is thefear of a large section of White
Americans of being margin-alised by non-Whites —African-Americans, Asians,Latin Americans and others.They see in Barack Obama’selection as the President, andKamala Harris’s as Vice-President, both celebrations ofAmerican democracy and acorroboration of their fears.There are other causes of inse-curity — fear of an economicdownturn, job loss, violence inthe streets and, more recently,the COVID-19 pandemic,among others.
The Right-wing variety of it,however, is not the only kind ofextremism the US has seen. Thehippie movement of the 1960sand ’70s, albeit of a harmlessand peaceful variety, was anoth-er. It stood for the wholesalerejection of the American wayof life with all its values andsymbols — the pursuit of suc-cess and wealth, the culture ofconsumption, personal cleanli-ness, living in comfortable hous-es and so on. Its cause was sim-ilar but a tad different from thatspawning Right-wing extrem-ism. Eric Hoffer identifies it inThe True Believer: Thoughts onthe Nature of Mass Movementsand says: “A rising mass move-ment attracts and holds its fol-lowing not by its doctrine andpromises but from the refuge itoffers from the anxieties, bar-renness and meaninglessness ofan individual existence. It curesthe poignantly frustrated not byconferring on them an absolutetruth or by removing the diffi-culties and abuses which madetheir lives miserable but byfreeing them from their ineffec-tual selves, and it does so byenfolding and absorbing theminto a closely-knit and exultantcorporate whole”.
What is to be done? Acomprehensive congressionalinvestigation into all aspects ofthe January 6 outrage shouldbegin even as the identificationand arrest of the perpetratorscontinue. It must cover a widerange — failure to prevent thestorming, causes of securityand/or intelligence failure, pos-sible extremist infiltration of thearmed forces and intelligenceagencies, and any other matterthat may come up during hear-ings. Simultaneously, the social,economic and cultural causes oflarge-scale alienation need to beprobed and corrective educa-tional measures and the estab-lishment of an extensive net-work of counselling services,discussed. Finally, there has tobe a global view. The challengeof violent extremism is a glob-al menace.
(The author is ConsultingEditor, The Pioneer. The viewsexpressed are personal.)
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