First india lucknow edition-16 january 2021

Darshan Desai
Ahmedabad: Spring-
ing surprises is Nar-
endra Modi’s special-
ity — either as a chief
minister or as the
prime minister. The
latest is Arvind Ku-
mar Sharma, who
was on Friday named
among the four BJP
candidates for the
January 28 elections
to the Uttar Pradesh
Legislative Council,
amid widespread
speculation that he
might be made a Dep-
uty Chief Minister.
There is little doubt
that Modi’s trusted
lieutenant won’t be
pitchforked on Uttar
Pradesh’s firmament
just to become a Mem-
ber of Legislative
Council. Sharma is
Modi’s man in Uttar
Pradesh and he won’t
be uprooted from the
top echelons of the cen-
tral bureaucracy to
join the BJP in UP or
just become an MLC.
“Let me tell you, this is
not a great piece of
news for the UP Chief
Minister,” a senior
leader asserted, re-
questing anonymity.
Small wonder then
when AK Sharma
flew in to UP to join
the BJP, posters and
hoardings welcoming
him came up all over
Lucknow, beginning
with the city’s van-
tage Hazratganj. His
joining the BJP on
Makar Sankranti be-
came quite an event
with the State’s Who’s
Who being in attend-
ance to welcome him.
Sharma and Modi go
a long way back, to the
time when Modi took
over the reins of Guja-
rat as Chief Minister.
The 1988 batch Gujarat
cadre IAS officer has
served as secretary to
the then Chief Minister
Narendra Modi and af-
ter Modi moved into the
Prime Minister’s Of-
fice, Sharma was called
in as additional secre-
tary in the PMO and
then promoted as joint
secretary.
Hailing from a small
village in Mau district
of Uttar Pradesh, Shar-
ma was later made Sec-
retary in the Micro,
Small and Medium En-
terprises (MSME) Min-
istry from where he
took voluntary retire-
ment recently. Interest-
ingly, his ‘quickfire’ ap-
proval from his parent
cadre is also adding fuel
to the fire to the claim
that he will be accorded
a high seat in UP poli-
tics since the VRS was
approved in merely
twenty four hours on
January 11. Sharma
was due to retire in
July 2022. Turn to P8
AK Sharma : Emergence of a new ‘power centre’ in UP
‘MODI’FYING UP?
Modi’s Man Friday lands
in Yogi’s applecart
Narendra Modi AK Sharma Yogi Adityanath
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PM to launch inoculation drive
while addressing 3,006 sites
CEC Arora launches book on
‘Electoral Reforms in India’
Dr Anita
New Delhi: Chief Elec-
tionCommissionerSunil
Arorareleasedabookon
‘Electoral Reforms in In-
dia’ written by Dr Komal
Jain, on Friday. Election
Commissioners Sushil
Chandra and Rajiv Ku-
mar were present on the
occasion of unveiling of
the book at Nirvachan
Sadan in New Delhi. Dr
KomalJainisadoctorate
in Law and a bureaucrat
by profession.
Commending Jain’s
effort, Arora noted that
Election Commission
of India has been build-
ing upon series of
measures taken since
1950s to ensure free, fair
and robust elections
keeping the primary
stakeholder—the Com-
mon Man—in focus. He
cited the most recent
reforms undertaken by
ECI to provide postal
ballot facility to octoge-
narians Turn to P6
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 The world’s biggest drive against coronavirus will begin
with vaccination of three crore frontline workers
 In the first phase, two indigenous vaccines, Covaxin
and Covishield, will be administered to priority groups
INDIA VACCINATES TODAY
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi
will virtually launch
India’s vaccination
drive against the coro-
navirus disease (Cov-
id-19) on Saturday as
around 100 beneficiar-
ies will be vaccinated at
over 3,000 session sites
across the country, the
government has said.
The Prime Minister’s
Office (PMO) has said
that adequate doses of
the two made-in-India
shots have been deliv-
ered to all states and
Union territories for
the world’s largest vac-
cination programme.
“This vaccination
programme is based on
the principles of prior-
ity groups to be vacci-
nated and Health Care
workers, both in gov-
ernment and private
sectors including ICDS
(Integrated Child Devel-
opment Services) work-
ers, will receive the vac-
cine during this phase,”
the PMO said in a state-
ment on Thursday.
The Drugs Controller
General of India (DCGI)
had approved the Ox-
ford University-Astra-
Zeneca Covid-19 vac-
cine, which has been
manufactured by the
Serum Institute of In-
dia (SII) and marketed
as Covishield, and in-
digenously-developed
Covaxin of Bharat Bio-
tech for restricted emer-
gency use in the coun-
try earlier this month.
HOW WILL THE
VACCINATION DRIVE
BE CONDUCTED
Given India has a popula-
tion of 130 crore people,
the country is drawing on
its experiences of holding
elections to conduct the
vaccine drive. The Min-
istry of Home Affairs has
even requested the Elec-
tion Commission (EC) to
share the latest electoral
roll data for Lok Sabha
and Legislative Assem-
bly elections to identify
people belonging to the
priority groups.
WHAT HAPPENS
AFTER YOU ARE
VACCINATED
As people are vaccinated,
their data will be uploaded
in real-time on the Co-Win
platform. The government
plans to use Aadhaar to
help identify and monitor
beneficiaries.
WHO ALL WILL RECEIVE
THE COVID-19 VACCINE
The priority groups in-
clude health workers, safai
karmacharis, the Army
and disaster management
volunteers. The government
has said around 100 people
will receive shots at each of
the 3,006 vaccination sites
in the country on Saturday.
The first phase of vaccina-
tion is likely to be complet-
ed in a few months.
IS INDIA PREPARED TO CONDUCT
THE VACCINATION DRIVE
India has conducted three mock drills
in preparation for the vaccine rollout.
The nationwide exercise was done to
understand the best way to adminis-
ter the vaccine and plug loopholes in
logistics and training. The government
has also created a dedicated 24X7 hel-
pline number — 1075 — to address
queries related to the vaccine rollout
and the Co-WIN software.
New Delhi: The ninth
round of discussion be-
tween farmers demand-
ing repeal of the three
agriculture laws and
the centre -- held days
after the Supreme Court
stayed their enactment
“until further orders”
-- ended today with no
progress towards end-
ing the stalemate.
“It was a 120 per cent
failure. We suggested
that the government re-
move the changes made
totheEssentialCommod-
itiesActinsteadof scrap-
pingitaltogether.Butthe
AgricultureMinisterhas
not said anything on
this,” farmer leader Dr
Darshanpal said.
The next round of
talks would be held on
January 19, the day the
court-appointed com-
mitteewaslikelytostart
consulting stakeholders
to end the impasse.
To increase pressure
on the government, the
farmer unions have de-
cided to go ahead and
intensify their stir with
a tractor rally on Janu-
ary 26. Turn to P6
“120% Fail”, says farmer leader
after 9th round of talks with Centre
CEC Sunil Arora releasing the book with Election Commissioners Sushil Chandra and Rajiv Kumar,
also seen are Director ECI Mona Srinivas, Dr. Nandita Jain and Hemant Kumar (parents of the
author), Dr. Komal Jain, Secretary General ECI Umesh Sinha. DG ECI Dharmendra Sharma and
Deputy Election Commissioner Sudeep Jain.

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UP is all set to witness the first phase of major inoculation drive against the pandemic
FINALLY JAB OF LIFE: STAGE SET FOR THE BIG
SHOT IN ARM FOR 32K HEALTH WORKERS
First India Bureau
Lucknow: In what could
prove to be a shot in the
arm in literal sense, close
to 32,000 health workers
willbevaccinatedagainst
the Covid-19 on the first
day of inoculation drive
whichbeginsonSaturday
in Uttar Pradesh.
Meanwhile, in Luc-
know,thedistrictadmin-
istration is on its heels
with regards to the first
phase of the CO-WIN
vaccination drive. Dis-
trict Magistrate Ab-
hishekPrakashsaidthat
all necessary arrange-
ments have been taken
care of.
As many as 12 cent-
ers including, CHC
Chinhat, CHC Mall,
CHC Mohanlalganj,
Balrampur Hospital,
Veeranga Avantibai
Hospital, Era Medical
College, KGMU, Ram
Manohar Lohia Hospi-
tal, Medanta Hospital,
Sahara Hospital, SGP-
GI and TS Mishra Hos-
pital have been set up
as vaccination centres
across Lucknow, the
officer said.
Each of these centres
will have a booth each
where 1200 beneficiaries
will be vaccinated. The
whole process of vacci-
nationdrivewillbeover-
seen by 24 Sector Magis-
tratesand6ZonalMagis-
trates,theseofficialswill
ensure that no mishap
takes place and the vac-
cination drive is done
successfully.
As many as 12 teams
have been formed com-
prising of 6 members
each. The team consists
of one police constable,
one home guard, two
Auxiliary Nursing Mid-
wifery (ANM), one
ASHA worker and one
Anganwadi worker. At
the same time one ANM
istobekeptasbackupat
each center.
Prakashaddedthatall
12 centers will be moni-
tored through live feed
and one-way communi-
cation will be done in 11
centers and two-way
communication at
KGMU. Headdedthatall
the centers have been
connected to the Inte-
grated Covid Control
and Command Center
(ICCC)whichwillcollect
thereportsfrom allcent-
ers every two hours.
The Nodal officers
will be responsible for
the success of the vac-
cination drive at the
centers. All the vaccina-
tion centers have been
equipped with CCTV
cameras for supervi-
sion.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Giving a big
pushtodevelopmentand
acting upon the demand
of entrepreneurs, Chief
Minister Yogi Adity-
anath has decided to set
up industrial parks
along various express-
ways in Uttar Pradesh.
Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath has given di-
rections for creation of
land banks along ex-
pressways for setting up
industrial units.
Initially, land banks
will be created along the
Agra-Lucknow Express-
way and the Purvanchal
Expressway.
While the Agra-Luc-
know Expressway is al-
ready functional, the
Purvanchal Expressway
willalsobeopenforlight
vehicles by the end of
March 2021, official
sources said.
Expressways provide
speed in movement of
goods. Setting up indus-
trial units along these
two expressways will
help in transporting the
goods within 10 to 12
hours across any corner
of the state.
Being a land-locked
state,transportationhas
been a major challenge
forentrepreneursinvest-
ing in UP. This is the ma-
jor reason that the gov-
ernment is now prepar-
ing to develop industrial
parks on the sides of ex-
pressways. Investors
who have invested in
the state have been de-
manding for industri-
al units along the ex-
pressways for a long
time. Places that have
been marked for the
construction of Indus-
trial parks are Har-
gaon Village, Firo-
zabad (Agra-Lucknow
Expressway), Buhana
Village (connecting
Agra-Lucknow Ex-
pressway and the Ya-
muna Expressway),
Pohara Village, Chi-
trakoot (Bundelkhand
Expressway), Bara
Village, Barabanki
(Purvanchal Express-
way) and Mohabbat-
pur, Mainpuri.
Currently five ex-
pressways are being de-
veloped in UP.
Apart from Purvan-
chal Expressway, con-
struction has started on
Bundelkhand Express-
way, Gorakhpur Link
Expressway. Two other
expressway projects in
pipeline include Ganga
Expressway and Ballia
Link Expressway work
on which too is sched-
uled to commence soon,
accrding to officials.
BIZ BOOST: Industrial parks along express ways planned
CM Yogi, Kalyan Singh handover cheques
for construction of Ram Temple in Ayodhya
Guv talks onTB eradication,
combating malnourishment
First India Bureau
Agra: Uttar Pradesh
Governor Anandiben
Patel who was on visit to
Agra on Friday, met doc-
tors and discussed steps
to be taken to eradicate
Tuberculosis.
She emphasized that
Asha and Anganwadi
workers should be
trained for this task so
that they can go from
house to house to identi-
fy malnourished chil-
dren and women.
The Governor stated
her view that if “you get
rid of malnourishment,
then the possibility of
diseases like TB will be
reduced”.
The Governor prais-
ing the doctors said that
their collective work is
the result that India de-
spite having a popula-
tion of 130 crores has far
less issues to worry
about when compared
with many other coun-
tries with lesser popula-
tion.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: UP Chief
Minister Yogi Adity-
anath donated Rs 2 lakh
from his personal ac-
counttoShriRamjanmb-
hoomiTeerthKshetrafor
the construction of Ram
Temple in Ayodhya. The
UP CM handed over the
cheque to the office-bear-
ers of the Shri Ram
Teerth Trust at his offi-
cial residence here on
Friday.
FormerUPchief minster
Kalyan Singh also donat-
ed Rs 2 lakh from his per-
sonalaccountforthecon-
struction of the Ram
Temple. The Vishwa
Hindu Parishad has
started a 44-day nation-
wide funds collection
drive to build the grand
temple. The first phase
will be from January 15
to 31 during which the
outfit will call only on
prominent people con-
nected with the move-
mentandidentifiedbyits
cadre. Majority of these
calls on eminent people
includingcorporatesand
government servants,
however,willnotbemade
public.
The second phase will
commence from Febru-
ary 1 and last till Febru-
ary 27 during which the
organisation will reach
out to ordinary people.
PRO-INDUSTRY
The Agra-Lucknow Expressway.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath meeting office bearers of Shri Ramjanmbhoomi Teerth Kshetra. Former Chief Minister Kalyan Singh
hands over a cheque as his contribution for the construction of Ram Temple in Ayodhya.
Governor attending a handicraft fair aimed at boosting SHGs.
lll
Setting up
industrial units
along
expressways will
prove to be
beneficial for
transportation of
goods and
services in
landlocked
Uttar Pradesh
10.75L DOSES OF
VACCINE FOR 9L
HEALTH WORKERS
NODAL OFFICERS TO BE
RESPONSIBLE FOR
SMOOTH VACCINATION
CENTRAL COLD CHAIN
POINT ESTABLISHED IN
AISHBAGH AREA
Additional chief secretary,
heath and family welfare,
Amit Mohan Prasad, said
that 10.75 lakh doses of
vaccine have been received
by the state and the stock
has been supplied to all
districts in the state.In the
first phase, more than nine
lakh health workers across
public and private hospi-
tals will be vaccinated.
The Nodal officers will
be responsible for the
success of the vaccination
drive at the centers. All the
vaccination centers have
been equipped with CCTV
cameras for supervision.
The whole process of
vaccination drive will be
overseen by 24 Sector
Magistrates and six Zonal
Magistrates
District Magistrate of
Lucknow Abhishek Prakash
also added that a Central
Cold Chain point has been
set up at Aishbagh. Steps
were taken to maintain the
Cold Chain of the vaccine
by creating 21 Cold Chain
Points so that the vaccine
can be delivered to the
centers across the state
safely.
Administration leaves no stone unturned to ensure
that the vaccination drive is conducted smoothly
Yogi government had been working well in advance to
prepare for the much awaited step against Covid-19
Yogi urges people
to follow protocol
First India Bureau
Lucknow: UP CM
YogiAdityanathurged
people to follow proto-
col during the first
phase of nation-wide
Covid-19 vaccination
drive starting on Sat-
urday under the guid-
ance of PM Narendra
Modi. He said the vac-
cine was fully safe and
the vaccination drive
will help in breaking
the chain of coronavi-
rus. The UP CM said
there were less 10,000
active cases in the
State. “We have suc-
cessfully managed to
control the virus be-
cause of the joint ef-
forts of both the Cen-
tre and the State Gov-
ernment,” he said.
The drive will be car-
ried out as per the
guidelines of the Gov-
ernment of India. The
guidelines state that
all the government
and non-government
health workers will be
vaccinated. While one
lakh health workers
will be vaccinated in
thefirstthreedays,the
peopleof thiscategory
whoareleftbehindfor
anyreason,willbevac-
cinated on the fourth
day.
Inthesecondphase,
the police, jail person-
nel.homeguards,sani-
tation workers of ur-
ban bodies, revenue
personnel engaged in
the work of civil de-
fense and surveillance
ete,willbevaccinated.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
Martyrs tales
to be available
online
Lucknow: Brave sto-
ries of the martyrs, who
have laid down their
lives for the country’s
independence, will now
be accessible from any
corner of the world at
one click. The Yogi Adi-
tyanath government
will now bring all the
state events related to
the Freedom Movement
on the digital platform
so that the heroic sto-
ries of these freedom
fighters of the country
can be read online. The
UP CM has given in-
structions to collect and
compile such incidents
of the freedom move-
ment and the literature
related to them and
make it available on-
line. Here it is pertinent
to mention that the CM
has already given di-
rectives to organise
the ‘Chauri-Chaura’
centenary celebrations
for a full year from
February 4 onwards
and also mark the oc-
casion on the martyr
memorial sites of all
the districts by organ-
izing different pro-
grammes.

UTTAR PRADESHLUCKNOW | SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 2021
NEWSat a glance
CBI ARREST IN MULTI-CRORE SCAM
A CBI team investigating a bogus firm registered at
Shillong, capital city of Meghalaya, and its fraud-
ster activities, has arrested Ranjeet Gupta from his
house in Bajrang Nagar area of Sonbhadra. The
team has taken him to Shillong on transit remand.
Ranjeet was involved in scam of crores of rupees
while working with Meghalaya government.
GTC SALUTES CORONA WARRIORS
Jawans of 39 Gorkha Training Centre (GTC)
presented band performance to salute Corona
warriors in a special event on Army Day at Super
Specialty Complex in Banaras Hindu University on
Friday. The melodious tunes of national anthem,
Vande Mataram and other performances boosted
up the morale of doctors, supporting medical staff
and patients admitted there.
2 HELD FOR ‘INFLAMMATORY’ SLOGANS
Two men were arrested in UP’s Bulandshahr
after a video purportedly showing them raising
“inflammatory” slogans against people of a
community during a motorcycle rally to collect
funds for the Ram Temple was shared on social
media. VHP distanced itself from the accused
saying they don’t belong to the outfit.
FOUNDATION DAY CELEBRATED
Lucknow Police Commissionerate celebrated its
foundation day on Friday. Police Commissioner
DK Thakur presented a 3-year comparison on
how the newly implemented system has turned
tables on the miscreants. The top cop said in
Lucknow in 2019. Thakur also inaugurated the
E-Malkhana Scheme from Vibhutikhand Police
station as part of a pilot project.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Lucknow
commissioner of po-
lice suspended 15
cops for dereliction
of duty on Friday.
Fifteen police per-
sonnel of Wazirganj
police station were sus-
pended by Lucknow
commissioner of police
(CP) DK Thakur, police
officials said.
Thakur confirmed
that all 15 police per-
sonnel, including a
sub-inspector, were
suspended for re-
maining absent from
their duty points at
the Lucknow district
and sessions court.
He said they were
suspended on the re-
port of a court security
committee which found
them absent from their
duty points.
CP Thakur said the
suspensions will send a
strong message to po-
lice personnel over the
issue of dereliction of
duty.
Another senior of-
ficial said the list in-
cluded a sub-inspec-
tor and fourteen head
constables and con-
stables. He said the
sub-inspector was
posted as in-charge
of district judge
court police outpost.
The official said
complaints regarding
these police personnel
were made in the past
too and they were
warned about their
negligence. He said the
security of the court is
a priority following the
high court’s order to
ensure proper security
at all district courts af-
ter multiple incidents
of crime and attack on
court premises in re-
cent years.
In February 2019, Ad-
vocate Jagnarayan Ya-
dav was shot dead on a
court campus in Basti
district. Two assailants
opened fire on him
when he was working
in his chamber.
Three armed assail-
ants shot dead an ac-
cused of the murders
of property dealer and
BSP leader Haji Ehsaan
and his nephew Shadab
in Najibabad on May
28, 2019, inside a court-
room in Bijnor district
in front of the chief ju-
dicial magistrate.
In June, first-ever
woman president of UP
Bar Council Darvesh
Yadav was shot dead on
Agra civil court prem-
ises, two days after her
election to the post.
Photo for representative purpose only
15 policemen suspended for
lapse in court security duty
Lucknow Police Commissioner DK Thakur sends strong message against dereliction
WOMAN OF SUBSTANCE
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav joined the birthday celebrations of wife Dimple
Yadav, former MP from Kannauj, at the party headquarters in Lucknow on Friday. A large
number of women, party leaders and members of Sant Samaj congratulated Dimple Yadav
on her birthday.
First India Bureau
New Delhi: An illumi-
nated riverbank, a
grand temple, scores of
people and rituals fea-
tured in a photograph
shared by a Twitter ac-
count. However, there
was a question with the
beautiful photo. “Can
you identify that great
city?” asked the ac-
count called Lost Tem-
ples. There was an an-
swer soon from Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi who correctly
identified not only the
city but also the temple.
The city in the photo-
graph was Uttar
Pradesh’s Kashi and the
temple was Ratneshwar
Temple, the prime min-
ister tweeted.
“I surely can. Had
shared this picture a
few years ago. This is
Kashi’s Ratneshwar
Mahadev Temple, in its
full glory,” PM Modi
wrote and shared his
old tweet where he had
tweeted the photos. Var-
anasi, also known as
Kashi, is PM Modi’s
constituency.
The account Lost
Temples had shared a
quote from American
author Mark Twain on
ancient India with the
photograph.
PM Modi, who fol-
lows the Lost Temples
account, had shared
maginificent photos of
Kashi in 2017 from the
Dev Deepawali festival.
The PM’s tweet was
liked thousands of
times within minutes.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The gov-
ernment has approved
Rs 104 crore for 145
projects under its bor-
der area development
pogramme.
Thestate-levelscreen-
ingcommitteeheadedby
Chief Secretary RK Ti-
wari cleared the funding
andtheprojectproposals
submitted.Heinstructed
the officials for time-
bound completion of all
the works to be done in
Maharajgunj, Shravasti,
Lakhimpur Kheiri,
Pilibhit and Siddharth
Nagar.
Principal Secretary,
planning, Amod Kumar,
the border management
department of home
ministry has launched
this programme as a
part of its holistic ap-
proach. The objective is
to provide special devel-
opment needs of remote
areas on the borders.
The programme was
going on in seven dis-
tricts and 21 develop-
ment blocks in border
areas. Till 2016 the pro-
gramme was cent per-
cent Centre-funded but
now40%costisborneby
the state. As per the new
guidelines the four/five
year work plan has to be
submitted for 2020-21.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: ACS Home
Awanish Awasthi dis-
cussed the Purvanchal
Expressway project at a
meeting on Friday.
It was told that the ex-
pressway will connect
economically less devel-
oped eastern districts
likeAzamgarh,Mauand
Ghazipur to Lucknow.
The Expressway which
will connect Sultanpur,
Ambedkar Nagar, Ame-
thiandAyodhyawilladd
the previously men-
tioned districts. The ex-
pressway is slated to be-
gin from Chandrausi of
Lucknow district which
falls on the NG-731 and
gouptoHaidariaonNH-
31.It is estimated to be
340-kmlonganddistricts
like Lucknow, Baraban-
ki, Amethi, Ayodhya,
Sultanpur, Ambedkar-
nagar, Azamgarh, Mau
and Ghazipur are to ben-
efit from it.
The expressway will
be of 6 lanes, which can
beexpandedto8lanes.A
service road of 3.75-me-
tre width will be built on
either side. The express-
waywillhave18flyovers,
7 railway over bridges, 7
long bridges, 118 mini
bridges, 13 interchanges
(including 6 toll plazas),
5rampplazas,271under-
passes and 503 culverts.
A landing strip of 3.2 km
isalsobeingconstructed
in Sultanpur district for
emergency landing of
fighter jets.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Additional
Secretary, MSME
Navneet Sehgal said
that UP Day will be cel-
ebrated from January 24
to 26. During the event
250 stalls of various de-
partments will be set up
in Avadh Shilpgram.
There will be 75 stalls
for One District One
Product(ODOP)andCM
Yogi Adityanath will
distribute tool kits, loan
sanctioned letter, etc. to
various beneficiaries.
The event will also
have programmes based
on farmer welfare mis-
sion, Mahila Shakti and
Mission Employment.
He instructed the offi-
cials of various depart-
ments to make sure the
programme is organ-
ised uniformly across
the state and all prepa-
rations be completed in
time.
Sehgal said the De-
partment of Khadi and
Village Industries will
be honouring the works
of individuals/ institu-
tion doing good work
with various gifts. A
grand fashion show
based on Khadi gar-
ments will also be or-
ganised along with dis-
tribution of tool kits
and loan distribution
documentsunderODOP
and other schemes. Var-
ious other benefits and
awards will be given un-
der Departments like
Youth welfare, Social
Welfare, etc.
He said short films
based on 1 year achieve-
ments of Noida, Greater
Noida and Yamuna au-
thority be made.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: There is
good news for youths
and sports enthusiasts.
There will be no dearth
of sports infrastructure
and venues in 2021 with
Yogi Adityanath Gov-
ernment setting a tar-
get to build 37 new sta-
diums in the State. In
fact, work is going on
in full swing in 35 stadi-
ums.
While the Yuva Kaly-
an and Pratiya Raksha
Dal Department will be
constructing 18 stadi-
ums under Centre’s
‘Khelo India,’ 19 new
stadiums will be con-
structed by the State
Government.
Out of the 18 stadi-
ums that are being con-
structed on the direc-
tions of the UP CM, one
each is being construct-
ed in Ayodhya, Hardoi,
Kanpur Dehat, Gorakh-
pur, Kaushambi, Agra,
Banda, Pratapgarh,
Bijnore, Hathras, Pray-
agraj, Kushinagar, Gon-
da, Banda, Badaun and
Mirzapur, two each sta-
diums are being built at
Unnao and Hamirpur.
Those being con-
structed under the ‘Kh-
elo India,’ include one
each at Sonbhadra,
Meerut, Lucknow, Ma-
harajganj, Far-
rukhabad, Etah, Mu-
radabad, Mainpuri,
Basti, Kanpur Nagar,
Mirzapur, Barabanki,
Kannauj, Pilibhit, and
Aligarh and three stadi-
ums in Pratapgarh.
PM nails it by identifying ‘lost’
Kashi temple, twitterati joyous
ACS Sehgal reviews
preparations for
UP Day events
Khelo UP: Yogi govt sprints to
build 37 stadiums in state
The image posted by PM Narendra Modi
ACS MSME Navneet Sehgal chairing the review meet on Friday
ACS Home and UPEIDA CEO Awanish Awasthi chairing the meeting on Friday.
Picture for representative purpose only.
CS-led panel clears
border dev projects
Purvanchal Exp’way to uplift backward regions
First India Bureau
Kanpur:A man alleg-
edly torched his in-law’s
house, over family feud
inRattupurvacolonyun-
der Juhi police station
area here on Friday. Six
persons sustained burn
injuries but all were out
of danger, police said.
SP (South) Deepak
Bhuker said “The ac-
cused Mukesh, a resi-
dent of Hardoi district,
was married to Manisha
for last three years.
Mukesh knocked on the
door early in the morn-
ing. When his in-laws
refused to open the door,
he set the door on fire.”
Seven members of the
family were present in-
side when the incident
took place, he said.
Manisha, wife of
Mukesh, their one and
half year-old son, her
father Heera Lal, her
mother Shiv Kumari,
her sisters Radha Van-
dana and Uma were pre-
sent in the house at the
time of incident. All
family member except
young child received
burn injuries.
“Accused Mukesh is
still absconding and
four teams have been
formed to arrest him,”
the SP said.
CS RK Tiwari chairing the meet
Six injured
as man
sets fire to
in-law’s house

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PERSPECTIVELUCKNOW | SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 2021
re too many on-
line meetings
and notifica-
tions getting
you down?
Online communication
tools – from email to virtual
chat and video-conferenc-
ing – have transformed the
way we work. In many re-
spects they’ve made life
easier. Without them we
could not have made the
shifttoremoteworkingdur-
ing the COVID pandemic.
But are we now overly
connected?
MORE ONLINE
FATIGUE
Our respondents also re-
ported increased fatigue
from being online all the
time, and from being ex-
pected to send and respond
to messages. As one of in-
terviewee put it, the old
problemof lackof informa-
tion has been overtaken by
how to keep up with all the
information we are expect-
ed to take in and provide.
Online meetings were
cited as particularly ex-
hausting.Thisconcurswith
research showing the de-
mandsof constantlyobserv-
ing ourselves as performers
leads to “Zoom fatigue”.
3 TIPS TO MANAGE
DIGITAL OVERLOAD
You may not have much in-
fluence over the number of
tools you use. But you can
control how you use them.
The key is to reduce “goal
interference” – anything
that interrupts or distracts
you from the task in front
of you.
Here are three simple
principles to manage the
load.
SWITCH BETWEEN
TASKS LESS OFTEN
Research shows the idea
of multitasking is a myth.
Maybe we can cope with
two things at time, such
listening to music while
working. But for any task
requiring focus we have to
make a cognitive switch.
Studies show the more we
switch, the worse we get at
focusing on what’s rele-
vant to the task before us.
Make fewer switches to
maximise your ability to
filter out interference
from thoughts about other
tasks.
SCHEDULE SET TIMES
FOR REGULAR TASKS
Behavioural experiments
show those who check
emails just a few times a
day report lower stress
than those who constantly
check throughout the day.
Make the effort to do relat-
ed tasks in set times blocks
(say 30 minutes). Give your-
self the opportunity to re-
ally concentrate. Switch off
unnecessary notifications
and other distractions.
LIMIT UNNECESSARY
COMMUNICATION
Sharing information is im-
portant – knowledge is pow-
er, after all. But too much
information becomes just
another distraction. As an-
other adage goes, data isn’t
information, information
isn’t knowledge, knowledge
isn’tunderstanding,andun-
derstanding isn’t wisdom.
Information in the digital
age is a bit like food. Tens of
thousands of years of scar-
city has conditioned us to
crave it. But abundance
meanswehavetoconscious-
lycheckourselvesfromcon-
suming too much.
SOURCE: THE CONVERSATION
COVID work revolution has increased digital overload
A
The life of this world is
only the enjoyment of
deception. —Quran 3:185
Spiritual
SPEAK
Top
TWEET
Prakash Javadekar
@PrakashJavdekar
I congratulate @DRDO_India &
@adgpi for jointly developing
India’s first indigenous 9mm
machine pistol, in a record time
of four months. In line with PM
Shri @narendramodi’s vision of
#AtmanirbharBharat, this weapon
has immense potential for both
domestic & export markets.
Dharmendra Pradhan
@dpradhanbjp
Nurturing our domestic market
will help our steel industry. Steel
can be a catalyst for the well-being
of people and a major driver of
employment generation by making
it a material of choice. Driving
mass consumption of steel will
bring greater strength to society.
he world’s second-largest, In-
dian Army celebrates it’s 72nd
Army Day, remembering it’s
glorious past, paying homage to
it’s valiant soldiers and show-
casing its battle readiness. The
nation of 130 crores stands up
to applause the achievements
of their finest Army on this
Day. However, there is also a
segment of so-called intellectu-
als who are questioning the
need of such a large Army and
the babus are considering De-
fence spending as an extrava-
gance. Some strategic thinkers,
across the globe, are also ques-
tioning the relevance of war
itself, in the 21st Century.
RELEVANCE OF WAR
Army has been the most effec-
tive instrument of national
power for furtherance of Na-
tional interests. After WWII,
the national boundaries have
almost been firmed in and
there are very few disputed bor-
ders in the world. Some ana-
lysts feel that the use of force to
alter the frontiers is outdated in
21st Century and suggest that
the concept of war itself, is ob-
solete. In my view, though the
war is not obsolete, certainly
there is a paradigm shift in na-
ture and spectrum of future
war. However, the relevance of
the military might as “Force of
Deterrence” will always exist.
CHANGING NATURE
OF CONFLICTS
Theopeningdecadesof 21stcen-
tury have revealed that, in prin-
ciple, war has become not only
politicallybutalsoeconomically
unattractive for the developed
countries.Theopeningsalvosof
21st-century war may not be
armed the attack, but a range of
other hostile actions designed to
weaken a state, cyberattacks
from unidentified sources, engi-
neered economic crisis, bio-war-
fare, or even manmade natural
disasters. Thus, it’s safe to pre-
sumethatanationmaybeatwar,
without even knowing about it
and also not knowing the enemy
precisely. Contemporary wars
require a much more integrated
use of all elements of national
power.Theymaylastlongerthan
previous wars, involve more ci-
viliancasualtiesandentailrapid
action by combatants. Some of
thekeyfactorsof futureconflicts
are highlighted, hereinafter.
z REVOLUTION IN WARFIGHT-
ING: The next war will be high
tech and emerging technolo-
gies could prove revolutionary.
Artificial Intelligence is going
to alter the decision making
to a great extent and robotics
may advance to the point of
combat use, challenging hu-
man resources in war fighting.
z UNPRECEDENTED DEVASTA-
TION: One thing is a certainty
that fire and fury in next war
will be of very high intensity.
The high intensity of future
wars where lethality delivered
with high precision will mani-
fest into heavy devastation The
enormity of this destruction
has to sink into the decision
makers because war should be
avoided at all costs.
z JOINT WARFARE: The nature
of modern and future wars
makes it imperative to fight
in an integrated manner, in
all dimensions from sea to
aerospace. An enhanced level
of joint manship would lead
to synergized military effec-
tiveness and maximisation of
combat power, leading to a
win-win situation.
z TERRORISM: Terrorism and
proxy war by religious extrem-
ists will be used to make the
dynamics of war complex.
In the last few decades, the
destructive power of strong
conventional and nuclear capa-
bilities has resulted in weaker
states and non-state groups
adopting sub-conventional
warfare to achieve their politi-
cal objectives.
z CYBER ATTACKS: Future war
may see attacks via computer
viruses, worms, logic bombs,
and trojan horses rather than
bullets, bombs, and missiles.
Information technology might
provide a politically usable
method to damage an en-
emy’s national or commercial
infrastructure and attain victory
without having to defeat mili-
tary forces.
z BIO AND CHEMICAL WAR-
FARE: The experience of the
current pandemic can give us
insight into future biological and
chemical warfare challenges,
for which we need to prepare.
Future development in genom-
ics promise sophisticated
biological or chemical weapons,
which will be used without the
adversary knowing about it.
z NUCLEAR DETTERENCE: With
the development of nuclear
capability, there are differ-
ing perceptions on whether
or not, space remains for
conventional conflict between
nuclear powers. Nuclear capa-
bility may limit the objective,
scope, and intensity of the
war, but the nuclear threshold
would not be as fragile and
low, as made out to be. Of
course, nuclear saber-rattling
may continue.
z WAR TELECAST LIVE: Future
conflicts will be covered live
by the media and dished out to
us on a platter, in the comfort
zone of our living rooms. The
war will be streamed live like a
cricket match and will beat any
thriller or fiction. On the posi-
tive side, the live reporting will
help the populace to see the
horrors and devastation of war,
resulting in war avoidance.
It is almost certain that the
next war in 21st century will be
intense, having global spread
and highly devastating. A
strong, well equipped and
trainedArmyisaforceof deter-
rence for a nation having hawk-
ish neighbours with unsettled
borders. The political decision-
makers will have to re-learn the
art of weaving force into state-
craft, as a force of deterrence
and coercion. The expenditure
incurredontheArmy,as“Force
of Deterrence” should be taken
as insurance for unhindered
growth of the nation and never
questioned.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
STRONG ARMY
FORCE OF DETERRENCE
T
Army has been
the most effective
instrument of
national power
for furtherance of
National
interests. After
WWII, the
national
boundaries have
almost been
firmed in and
there are very
few disputed
borders in the
world. Some
analysts feel that
the use of force to
alter the frontiers
is outdated in
21st Century and
suggest that the
concept of war
itself, is obsolete
MAJ GEN
CP SINGH, RETD
The writer is a scholar soldier
accredited with MA, MSc, LLB,
MBA, M Phil (Def Mgt) and M Phil
(International Strategic Affairs)
IN-DEPTH
nother round of talks between the Cen-
tre and farmers has ended in deadlock
making the entire exercise look farcical.
We are once again assured of the two
sides making headway in the next,
tenth, round of talks on January 19. The date was
proposed by farmers and accepted by the Centre.
With the agenda for the forthcoming round being
the same as the ninth round---repeal of the three
farm laws and a written guarantee on Minimum
Support Price---the outcome of the meeting on
January 19 can be easily foreseen. The reason for
the outcome being predictable is that neither the
Centre nor farmers’ unions are ready to soften
their stands. Such is the resolve of farmers and the
Centre on their respective stands that the Supreme
Court had to intervene to end the impasse.
The Apex Court did not crown itself with glory
when it first stayed Central legislation and then
formed a committee of “experts” to talk to farmers
and based on that submit a report to the court. The
experts were denounced as being pro-farm laws
and farmers refused to appear before the panel. So
much so, one of the members---Bhupinder Singh
Mann--- has recused himself from being part of the
panel giving a boost to farmers. In a way, his rec-
usal checkmated the government but the farmers’
refusal to appear before the panel leaves only the
Centre for them to negotiate with.
The only silver-lining of the day was the two
sides agreeing to meet again despite zero prospects
of the imbroglio being resolved.
A
ANOTHER ROUND,
BUT NO OUTCOME
SATABDI ROY ALL SET
TO SNAP TMC TIES
amata Banerjee’s ship is sinking as if it
had a gaping hole in it. And if the claim
of Kailash Vijayvargiya, the BJP in-
charge for Bengal, is not a political hy-
perbole the Trinamool Congress govern-
ment is teetering towards collapse even before the
first vote is cast. Vijayvargiya claimed that 41 TMC
legislators were ready to switch sides but the BJP
will sift the grain from chaff and take those with
a clean image. There have been a series of defec-
tions from Bengal’s ruling party with the latest
hint of defection coming from the party’s Birbhum
MP Satabdi Roy. Roy, who made her debut with
Mamata Banerjee’s party, conveyed her disen-
chantment at being sidelined by the TMC to her
fan club in a post which said she felt saddened at
not being informed about party events in her con-
stituency. On her possible decision to join the BJP,
she said she will announce it on Saturday (January
16) at 2 p.m. She is expected to meet Union Home
Minister Amit Shah on the same day.
Another important person to criticize Mamata
is her own brother Kartik Banerjee over dynasty
politics. Mamata has been accused of promoting
her nephew Abhishek in state politics. In recent
months, TMC has seen an exodus of senior lead-
ers. After transport minister Suvendu Adhikari,
Sunil Mondal, and Barrackpore MLA Shilbhad-
ra Dutta also resigned from the party. The gen-
eral-secretary of TMC’s minority cell Kabirul
Islam also resigned from his post and said he will
follow Adhikari.
In this context, Vijayvargiya’s statement sounds
ominous. If 41 legislators resign, the Mamata gov-
ernment will fall. Is that the game plan?
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CBI ARRESTS ROSE VALLEY GROUP
CHIEF’S WIFE IN CHIT FUND CASE
Kolkata: The Central
Bureau of Investigation
on Friday arrested Subhra
Kundu, wife of Rose
Valley Group chairman
Gautam Kundu, from the
city in connection with
the probe into the multi-
crore chit fund scam,
sources in the investigat-
ing agency said. Sleuths
of the Economic Offences
Wing of CBI apprehended
Kundu for her alleged
role in the ponzi scam,
they said. She had been
wanted by the CBI and
another investigating
agency - Enforcement
Directorate (ED)- in con-
nection with the case.
The group has allegedly
cheated thousands of de-
positors, promising high
returns on investments in
its illegal schemes.
SENSEX TUMBLES 549 PTS;
NIFTY DROPS BELOW 14,450
Mumbai: Equity
benchmark Sensex
plunged 549 points
on Friday, dragged
by losses in index
majors Infosys, HDFC
and ICICI Bank amid a
largely negative trend
in global markets.
Profit-booking at
higher levels kept
benchmark indices
volatile, traders
said. The 30-share
BSE index ended
549.49 points or 1.11
per cent lower at
49,034.67. Similarly,
the broader NSE Nifty
tumbled 161.90 points
or 1.11 per cent to
14,433.70.
SPL TEAM TO PROBE INDIGO
MANAGER’S MURDER: NITISH
Patna: Bihar Chief
Minister Nitish Kumar
informed that a special
team has been formed
to probe the murder
of an IndiGo airlines
manager and assured
that strict action will
be taken against the
culprits. Speaking to
ANI, the Chief Minister
said, “I spoke with the
DGP, a special team
has been formed.
Don’t demoralise
Police, if someone
doesn’t carry out their
duty, action is taken.
What used to happen
before 2005? There
was a lot of crime. Is it
the same today?”
RANJAN INVITES DIDI TO JOIN
CONG TO DEFEAT BJP IN WB POLLS
Kolkata: Congress leader
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
on Friday suggested that
West Bengal CM Mamata
Banerjee should join Con-
gress and fight against
BJP in upcoming West
Bengal Assembly election.
Congress Party President
in WB, Chowdhury said
West Bengal CM can-
not fight against the BJP
alone in the upcoming
polls. “She (Mamata
Banerjee) should join
Congress because it’s not
possible to stop BJP from
coming to power in West
Bengal without Congress.
Congress had single-
handedly kept a secular
atmosphere in India by
combating parties like
BJP for nearly 100 years
in India. History is proof
as well,” said Chowdhury.
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court transferred
the criminal defamation case filed by Vivek Dov-
al, son of National Security Advisor Ajit Doval,
against The Caravan Magazine and others to Pa-
tiala House District Court. A single-judge bench
of Justice Mukta Gupta transferred the case to
the Patiala House District Court. As one of the
accused, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on De-
cember 19, 2020, tendered an apology to Vivek
Doval before Additional Chief Metropolitan
Magistrate Sachin Gupta marking the case to
District Judge Rouse Avenue District Court for
passing appropriate order as the matter now per-
tains between private parties. —ANI
New Delhi: A single-
judge bench of Delhi
HC Justice Prathibha M
Singh recused from
hearing a plea seeking
direction for an injunc-
tion against the updat-
ed Privacy Policy of
WhatsApp with imme-
diate effect. The court
listed the matter for
hearing on January 18
before another bench
subject to orders of Del-
hi HC’s Chief Justice.
During the short
hearing, Justice Prathi-
bha M Singh took
strong objection to an
email sent by What-
sApp to the court.
“I was in any case not
going to hear it,” the
court clarified and sent
the matter to another
bench recording that
the email sent by What-
sApp should be with-
drawn unconditionally.
During short hearing,
Justice Prathiba M Sin-
gh suggested the matter
be treated as public in-
terest litigation. —ANI
IN THE COURTYARD
Delhi High Court
transfers case against
Caravan magazine
Delhi HC Judge recuses
herself from hearing plea
DOVAL’S CRIMINAL DEFAMATION CASE WHATSAPP’S NEW PRIVACY POLICY
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court dismissed
a plea seeking immedi-
ate action against man-
ufacturers and users of
hybrid rickshaws, also
known as ‘’jugaads’’,
which are cobbled to-
gether from parts of
various vehicles. A
Bench headed by Jus-
tice RF Nariman re-
fused to entertain the
plea saying, “Heard the
petitioner appearing in
person. We find no mer-
it in the Writ Petition.
The Writ Petition is, ac-
cordingly, dismissed.”
Hybrid vehicles
known as ‘jugaads’, are
rickshaws made using
old parts of the differ-
entautomobiles,mainly
decrepit scooters, &
pedal rickshaws, used to
carry goods & people.
New Delhi: In view of
public safety and secu-
rity during the Republic
Day celebrations, Delhi
Police on Friday issued
an order banning the
use of sub-conventional
aerial platforms like
para-gliders, unmanned
aerial vehicles (UAVs),
unmanned aircraft sys-
tems (UASs), hot air bal-
loons and others with
effect from January 20
till February 15.
“Flying of sub-con-
ventional aerial plat-
forms like para-gliders,
para-motors, hang glid-
ers, UAVs, UASs, micro-
light aircraft, remotely
piloted aircraft, hot air
balloons, small size
powered aircraft, quad-
copters, & para jumping
from aircraft is banned
on Republic Day Func-
tion and doing so shall
be punishable under
section 188 of the IPC.
SC drops plea
seeking action
against hybrid
rickshaws
Delhi bans
flying UAVs
for R-Day
celebrations
FARMERS’ PROTEST
FARM LAWS WILL FINISH FARMERS:
RaGa AT ‘KISAN ADHIKAR MARCH’
New Delhi: Congress
leader Rahul Gandhi on
Friday said the newly
enacted farm laws will
‘finish the farmers’.
“The three (farm)
laws have been brought
to finish the farmers. If
we don’t stop this now, it
will continue to happen
in other sectors too.
Narendra Modi does not
respect the farmers.
The farmers will nei-
ther deter, nor fear,”
said Rahul Gandhi dur-
ing the Congress party’s
‘Kisan Adhikar March’
in the national capital.
He, along with Pri-
yanka Gandhi Vadra,
led the protest to show
solidarity with the
farmers’ agitation
against the farm laws
by gheraoing the Raj Ni-
was in the capital.
They also met Con-
gress party Member of
Parliaments who were
protesting against the
three farm laws at Jan-
tar Mantar.
Bhupinder Singh
Mann, National Presi-
dent of Bharatiya Kisan
Union recused himself
from a four-member
committee appointed
by the Supreme Court
onthefarmlaws.Speak-
ing on the matter, Rahul
Gandhi said, “Have you
ever heard about the
word Maya? Everything
is Maya, media-created
Maya and this myth
will soon end. Just wait
and watch what will
happen the day this
Maya will end.”
Congress Party held
protests across the
country demanding a
repeal of the farm laws
brought by the Central
government, against
which farmer organisa-
tions have been protest-
ing at the various bor-
ders of Delhi for 50 days
now.
Meanwhile, the talks
between farmer leaders
and the government at
Vigyan Bhawan has
temporarily been halt-
ed for the lunch break.
Both the parties are
holding the ninth round
of talks over the farm
laws after the Supreme
Court stayed their im-
plementation. —ANI
CONG OBSERVES ‘KISAN ADHIKAR
DIVAS’ AGAINST FARM LAWS
‘FARMERS WILL WITHDRAW R-DAY
PROCESSION IF SC ORDERS’
‘FARMERS NOT HAPPY WITH SC
PANEL & WILL CONTINUE TALKS’
New Delhi: As Congress is observing a ‘Kisan Adhikar
Divas’ against the farm laws across the country, party
leaders including Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi
Vadra here on Friday gheraoed Raj Niwas, Civil Lines to
express solidarity with the farmers. In Delhi, Himachal
Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh, protestors raised slogans
against the Centre, demanding the rollback of the three
farm laws. KC Venugopal, the Member of Parliament
said, “The apex court intervened, constituted a commit-
tee but came into controversy as one of its members
has resigned. This is not going to solve the situation. We
demand that the government should repeal these laws.
We and farmers are not going to withdraw the protest till
all the demands of the farmers are met.” —ANI
New Delhi: The national spokesperson of Bhartiya
Kisan Union (BKU) Rakesh Tikait said the farmers
would withdraw the Republic Day tractor parade if SC
orders. In response to the proposed procession to
be held by the farmers on Republic Day, Tikait said,
“If the SC will order, farmers would not hold the pro-
posed parade on Republic Day.” “We would conduct
the rally on some different day,” he further added.
“The bill was passed by Parliament so only govern-
ment should repeal it, not the committee made on the
orders of SC,” BKU Spokesperson said. —ANI
New Delhi: Representatives of farmers told the Centre
on Friday that the four-member committee formed by
the Supreme Court to redress their grievances on new
farm laws was “not acceptable” to them though they
will continue to hold parleys. “During our meeting
with the government representatives, we made it clear
that the committee formed by the Supreme Court is
not acceptable. The farmers will however continue to
hold talks with the Centre and try to find out a solution
to their demands through dialogue,” Bhartiya Kisan
Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait said. —ANI
Congress leader led a protest
against Centre’s new farm laws
in & said these laws are
intended to “finish farmers”
JOIN CAMPAIGN:
RAGA TO PEOPLE
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi once again
targeted the Prime Minister Narendra
Modi-led government on Friday and asked
people to be a part of the ‘Speak Up For
Kisan Adhikar’ campaign. “The ‘annada-
ta’ of the country are doing Satyagraha
against their arrogant Modi government
for their rights. Today, entire India is
raising its voice against the atrocities on
farmers and rising prices of petrol and
diesel. You too join and become a part
of this Satyagraha. #SpeakUpForKisan-
Adhikar,” said the Congress leader.
DON’T BE OBSTINATE, DISCUSS
& RESOLVE ISSUE: MOS AGRI
New Delhi: Minister of State for Agriculture
Kailash Choudhary said farmer unions should not
be adamant & change their demand of repeal-
ing the farm laws. He asked the farmers not to
boycott the SC mandated committee. “There are
a lot of farmers who are supporting farm laws.
I would request the Kisan unions to understand
their emotions and listen to them. Even the SC
has formed a committee & their decision is above
everything, we have to abide by it. Only talks will
resolve this issue,” Choudhary said. —ANI
Procurement of 83
LCA Tejas is a big
step:RajnathSingh
Bengaluru: Noting the
approval of the largest
indigenous defence
procurement deal to
buy 83 LCA Tejas, De-
fence Minister Rajnath
Singh on Friday said
that the purchase fight-
er jets is a big step in
the direction of At-
manirbhar Bharat Ab-
hiyan, which will gen-
erate 50,000 job oppor-
tunities.
“Recently, purchase
of Rs 50,000 crores
worth 83 Tejas fighter
jets has been a big step
in this direction (Aat-
mnirbhar Bharat Ab-
hiyan). It will generate
50,000 job opportuni-
ties. Participation of
500 MSMEs and private
companies like Tata,
L&T and Vem-tech has
given a boost to the
synergy of govern-
ment and private sec-
tor,” said Defence Min-
ister at an event in
Bengaluru.
On the role played by
public sector undertak-
ings since independ-
ence, Singh said, “Pub-
lic sector undertakings
have had an important
contribution in socio-
economic progress In-
dia has made after in-
dependence. Be it capi-
tal formation, employ-
ment opportunities or
encouraging R&D,
PSUs have played a vi-
tal role.” —ANI
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and persons with disa-
bilities as also ensuring
safe elections amid Cov-
id concerns. He compli-
mented Jain for spell-
ing out many more fu-
turistic reforms in her
book besides the vast
span of other topics
handled by her.
On the other hand Su-
shil Chandra said it was
a moment of pride for
ECI to be releasing
Jain’s book on Electoral
Reforms. He noted that
elections in India have
become really festive
given the enthusiastic
participation from peo-
ple from all walks of
life.
He added that further
reforms to better the
electoral processes are
the need of the hour
and Jain’s book con-
tains some practical
recommendations.
Rajiv Kumar too com-
plimented Jain for pre-
senting her work on
very relevant and con-
textual issue helping
ignite informed debate
on the subject of Elec-
toral Reforms in India
with comparative anal-
ysis of UK and Ameri-
can systems.
Dr Komal Jain’s book
titled “Electoral Re-
forms In India—A Com-
parison With UK & USA
Legal System” deals
with the issue of intro-
duction of electoral re-
forms in the present
democratic scenario
including constitution-
al checks and safe-
guards exercised by ju-
diciary on electoral
process and on constitu-
tional bodies associated
with it like the Election
Commission.
To obtain a broader
perspective, various as-
pects of judicial review
on election laws in In-
dia as well as those of
Europe (with particular
emphasis on United
Kingdom), United
States of America and
their impact on promot-
ing electoral reforms
have been studied and
their impact and after
effects are analysed as a
part of this book.
Dr Komal Jain is a
lawyer by education
and is an alumna of Gu-
jarat National Law Uni-
versity, Gandhinagar.
She went on to complete
her doctorate on Elec-
toral Reforms in 2019
from Mohanlal Sukhad-
ia University in
Udaipur and has
worked as an Assistant
Professor of Law at
Jaipur National Univer-
sity, Rajasthan and Ma-
nipal University, Jaipur.
“120% Fail”...
“Our proposed Tractor
rally will be held, will
be held, will be held,”
Dr Darshanpal added.
Leaders of the 40
farmers’ unions negoti-
ating with the centre
also said they want con-
tinued direct communi-
cation with the centre,
“not brokers”.
They maintain they
will not appear before
the panel since the
members were already
in “favour of the farm
laws”. The government
has agreed to engage
directly with farmers,
but said that if they
want they can go to the
court-appointed com-
mittee as well.
—ANI
FROM PG 1
‘Pregnant women should
notbegiven Covid vaccine’
No clinical trial conducted so far says, Health ministry
New Delhi: Inter-
changeability of COV-
ID vaccines is not per-
mitted & pregnant and
lactating women should
not be administered the
shots as they have not
been part of any anti-
coronavirus vaccine
clinical trial so far,
health ministry said.
In a letter to all states
and Union territories,
the ministry highlight-
ed that under the emer-
gency use authorisa-
tion, coronavirus vacci-
nation is indicated only
for 18 years and above.
If required, COVID-19
vaccine and other vac-
cines should be sepa-
rated by an interval of
at least 14 days. “Inter-
changeability of COV-
ID-19 vaccines is not
permitted. Second dose
should also be of the
same COVID-19 vaccine
which was adminis-
tered as the first dose,”
the letter written by
Manohar Agnani, Addi-
tional Secretary, Union
health ministry said.
“Pregnant and lactat-
ing women have not
been a part of any COV-
ID-19 vaccine clinical
trial so far. Therefore,
women who are preg-
nant or not sure of their
pregnancy & lactating
should not receive vac-
cine at this time,” the
letter stated. —PTI
ARUN KUMAR JOINS AS CHAIRMAN, IGL
Arun Kumar Singh, Director (Marketing), Bharat
Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (BPCL), has taken
over the additional responsibility as Chairman of
Indraprastha Gas Limited (IGL). He replaces P.K.
Gupta, Director (Human Resources), GAIL (India)
Ltd., who has relinquished the charge upon com-
pletion of the two-year Chairmanship tenure of IGL
by GAIL (India) Ltd.
49 ACCOUNTS OFFICERS, SENIOR
ACCOUNTS OFFICERS SHIFTED
As many as 49 Accounts Officers and Senior
Accounts Officers of the Government of India have
been shifted to various Ministries and Departments
in Delhi. Shubhanjan Das promoted to Super Time
Scale in WB (UPDATED) Shubhanjan Das has been
promoted to the Super Time Scale in West Bengal.
He is a 2005 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre
KEY APPOINTMENT IN 2021: RBI GUV
Who will be new RBI Governor this year end. There
are indications that present RBI Governor Shakti
Kanta Das will get another term.
179 IAS PROBATIONERS ALLOCATED
CADRES
As many as 179 IAS Probationers of 2019 batch
have been allocated cadres.
FIVE IAS PROBATIONERS ALLOCATED
HARYANA CADRE
Pradeep Singh, Deepak Babulal Karwa, Pankaj,
C Jayasharadha and Harshita Kumar have been
allocated Haryana cadre.
AGMUT CADRE
Jatin Kishore, Vishakha Yadav, Navneet Mann,
Shishir Gupta, Yahni Nagarajan, Priyank Kishore,
Yashaswini B, Sarjana Yadav, Egna Cleetus, Giri
Sankar R, Cheemala Siva Gopal Reddy, Azharuddin
Zahiruddin Quazi and Namgyal Angmo have been
provided AGMUT cadre.
MADHYA PRADESH CADRE
Himanshu Jain, Abhsihek Saraf , Anil Kumar
Rathore, Anshuman Raj, Prakhar Singh, Vivek K
V, Agrim Kumar and R Anjali have been allocated
Madhya Pradesh cadre.
SIX IAS PROBATIONERS ALLOCATED
JHARKHAND CADRE
Ravi Jain, Dipankar Choudhary, Piyush Sinha,
Aniket Sachan, Ashish Agarwal and Reena Hansdak
have been allocated Jharkhand cadre.
NINE IAS PROBATIONERS ALLOCATED
MAHARASHTRA CADRE
Sanjita Mohapatra, Bhosle Neha Prakash, Patki
Mandar Jayantrao, Narwade Vishal Tejrao, Muru-
ganantham M, Richard Yanthan, Jangam Kuladeep,
Karthikeyan S and Jithin Rahman have been
provided Maharashtra cadre.
FOUR IAS PROBATIONERS
ALLOCATED PUNJAB CADRE
Chandrajyoti Singh, Nikas Kumar, Ojasvi and Har-
jinder Singh have been provided Punjab cadre.
ASSAM-MEGHALAYA CADRE
Abhishek Jain, Simi Karan, Ayushi Jain, Aranyak
Saikai, Roma Srivastava, Hema Nayak, Preeti
Kumari, Abhishekgowda M J and Abhinva Kumar
Singh have been allocated Assam-Meghalaya cadre.
TELANGANA CADRE
Mayank Mittal, Apurv Chauhan, Abhishek Au-
gustya, Manda Makarandu, Ashwini Tanaji Wakade,
B Rahul, Pratibha Singh, Praful Desai and P Kadhi-
ravan have been given Telangana cadre.
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Covishield will
be administered
at 75 hospitals
New Delhi: As India
awaits the vaccine
roll-out anxiously,
the Delhi government
on Friday announced
that the Serum
Institute of India
(SII)-manufactured
Covishield vaccine will
be administered at
75 Delhi government
and private hospitals
while Bharat Biotech’s
COVAXIN will be given
at six hospitals run by
the Central govern-
ment in the national
capital.
Construction work of
new Parl building begins
New Delhi: The con-
struction work of the
new Parliament build-
ing started on Friday,
over a month after
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi laid the foun-
dation stone for the pro-
ject under the govern-
ment’s ambitious Cen-
tral Vista redevelop-
ment plan. The new
Parliament building
will have a triangular
shape and is expected to
be completed by the
75th anniversary of In-
dia’s independence in
2022. The government
plans to hold the mon-
soon session of Parlia-
ment in 2022 in the new
building. “The con-
struction work of the
Parliament building
has started,” an official
said. PM Modi had laid
the foundation stone for
the new Parliament
building on December
10 last year. Earlier this
week, a 14-member her-
itage panel gave its ap-
proval to the new Par-
liament building while
also giving the go-ahead
to the Central Vista re-
development project.
Prez donates `5 Lakh for Ram
Temple as drive for funds begins
New Delhi: President
Ram Nath Kovind today
donated 5 lakh and one
hundred towards the
grand Ram Temple at
Ayodhya as the Trust
set up to oversee the
construction launched
a nationwide donation
drive. Leaders of vari-
ous political and quasi-
political outfits joined
the bandwagon, flag-
ging off regional drives
that will continue till
February 27.
On behalf of the Shri
Ram Janmabhoomi
Teerth Kshetra Trust,
its co-president Govind
Dev Giriji Maharaj, to-
day met President Ko-
vind. He was joined by
VHP working president
Alok Kumar and tem-
ple construction com-
mittee’s chief Nripen-
dra Mishra, and RSS
leader Kulbhushan
Ahuja.
“He is the first citi-
zen of the country so
we went to him to initi-
ate this drive. He do-
natedasumof 5,00,100,”
VHP’s Kumar said, ac-
cording to media. —ANI
RS 1 L BY MP CM
‘New H-1B Visa rules
negative for IT services’
New Delhi: The pro-
posed changes in H-1B
application selection
process by US Citizen-
ship and Immigration
Services (USCIS) are
prospective in nature
but will have a minor
adverse impact on the
margins of Indian IT
services companies, in-
vestment information
agency ICRA has said.
The H-1B application
selection process will be
based on wage levels
compared to an earlier
selection method based
on lottery. Under the
new rule, the USCIS will
select applications of-
fering the highest wag-
es proffered vis-a-vis
selected occupation
level or position to at-
tract the highest skilled
labour. ICRA said this is
likely to be a mild nega-
tive for the Indian IT
services as H-1B visa of-
fered wage levels are
generally in line or mar-
ginally higher than the
prevailing wages asso-
ciated with the position.
Compared to same,
international compa-
nies offer substantially
higher wages and are
likely to garner a high-
er share of such H-1B
visas unless Indian IT
services companies in-
crease wages offered
substantially. About 20
to 30% of Indian IT ser-
vices employees work
onsite with nearly 40 to
50% dependent on the
H-1B visa. —ANI
‘No coercive
action against
Arnab till January
29 in TRP case’
Mumbai: The Mumbai
police told the Bombay
High Court on Friday
that it will not take any
coercive action till Jan-
uary 29 against Repub-
lic TV editor-in-chief
Arnab Goswami and
other employees of
ARG Outlier Media Pvt
Ltd in the alleged fake
TRP scam case. A divi-
sion bench of Justices
S S Shinde and Manish
Pitale also extended till
January 29, the interim
relief for employees of
the complainant com-
pany in the case, Hansa
Research Group, by di-
recting the police to en-
sure they are called for
inquiry for not more
than two days a week.
Minimum temperature to fall by 2 - 4
degree celsius in northwest: IMD
New Delhi: The mini-
mum temperature is
very likely to fall by two
to four degrees Celsius
in most parts of north-
west India during the
next two days, informed
the India Meteorologi-
cal Department (IMD)
on Friday. “Due to the
prevalence of dry
north/north-westerly
winds, minimum tem-
peratures very likely to
fall by two-four degree
Celsius over most parts
of northwest India dur-
ing next 2 days,” it said.
Due to the influence of
dry north/north-west-
erly winds in northwest
India, a dense to very
dense fog at isolated/
few pockets are very
likely over Punjab, Har-
yana, Chandigarh, Del-
hi, Uttar Pradesh, north
Rajasthan, Sub-Himala-
yan West Bengal, Sik-
kim and Bihar during
next three days. —ANI
Students ride bicycle amid the dense fog and cold weather, in Lucknow on Friday. —PHOTO BY ANI
TMC MP Satabdi hints
at problems with party
Kolkata: Amid an on-
going exodus from the
TMC, Birbhum MP Sa-
tabdi Roy hinted that
she is having problems
with the ruling party in
West Bengal and may
take a “decision” on
Saturday.
The actor-turned-pol-
itician, in a Facebook
post, claimed that she is
not being informed
about party events in
her constituency and
this has caused “mental
pain” to her.
The three-time Birb-
hum MP, who is on her
way to New Delhi, said
she will inform the pub-
lic at 2 pm on Saturday
if she takes any “deci-
sion”.
Her post has created
ripples in the TMC,
which promised to
reach out to Roy.
As per party sources,
Roy is having differ-
ences with Birbhum
district TMC chief Anu-
brata Mondal.
“I have a close con-
nection with this con-
stituency. But recently
many people have been
asking me why I am
missing from several
party programmes.—PTI
Shah to lay foundation stone of
Bhadravati RAF centre in Karna
New Delhi: Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah will lay the foun-
dation stone of campus
of a newly-raised bat-
talion of CRPF’s Rapid
Action Force (RAF) at
Bhadravati in Shi-
vamogga district of
Karnataka during his
two-day visit to the state
beginning Saturday.
After laying the foun-
dation stone, the Home
Minister will flag off
Emergency Response
Support System (ERSS)
vehicles and will also
inaugurate police quar-
ters under the Police
Gruha-2020 scheme. On
Sunday, Shah will inau-
gurate ethanol project
of Kedarnath Sugar
and Agro Products Ltd
followed by the inaugu-
ration of KLE Hospi-
tal’s advanced simula-
tion centre. He will also
address a public rally at
Belagavi.
The newly-raised bat-
talion of the Rapid Ac-
tion Force has been al-
lotted land for its cam-
pus at Bhadravati in
Shivamogga district of
Karnataka, CRPF said
in a press release.
Karnataka Chief
Minister BS Yediyurap-
pa will also be present at
the ‘bhoomi poojan’ cer-
emony at the campus.
RAF is a specialized
Force of CRPF to main-
tain public order and
handle riots and riot-
like situations. —ANI
Amit Shah

NEWSLUCKNOW | SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 2021
First India Bureau
Moradabad/Amroha:
Mumbai STF conducted
raidsinAmrohaandMo-
radabad and recovered
goods worth Rs 2 crore
stolen from Mumbai 2
months ago. The stolen
goods were hidden in a
rented warehouse in
Amroha. The raid con-
ducted was a confiden-
tial one where only top
officials of the depart-
ment and a handful of
police personnel had in-
formation about it.
The Mumbai STF
team reached Mo-
radabad on Wednesday
afternoon and later in
the night raided the
residence of an LIC
agent in Subodhnagar.
On searching the ware-
house built in his home,
the goods ranging from
costly bedsheets, chem-
icals, copper and nickel-
based gift items and oil
drums.
The landlord of the
house was questioned
and later released. The
items were then packed
and loaded onto a truck
and along with the team
left from Amroha on
Thursday. The informa-
tion on the exact value
of the items is still not
clear but it is being esti-
mated to be worth more
than Rs. 2 crore.
According to CO Sa-
dar Vijay Kumar Rana
the Mumbai STF
reached Amroha along
with a youth from Mo-
radabad.
The items recovered
were to be supposedly
sent overseas via ship
but was stolen and in-
stead items were re-
placed with stones in
the Container. The
Mumbai STF based on a
complaint by the affect-
ed company began the
investigation. It is be-
ing said that the stolen
items were brought to
Moradabad and then
brought to Amroha and
hidden.
The warehouse at the
residence of the LIC
agent’s house was rent-
ed to unknown people
by a local BJP leader
about a month and half
ago, the local BJP lead-
er in absconding from
the region.
Janardan Mishra
Ayodhya: Paving way
for new era of social
harmony, Babri mosque
litigant Iqbal Ansari
has commended to do-
nate for Ram Temple
construction with open
heart. “It’s for Ram
Temple, for Ayodhya
and for faith, even Al-
mighty gets pleased if
our honest income goes
for religion” he under-
lined.
Mr Ansari is son of
oldest litigant Hashim
Ansari, in the decade-
long Ram temple case
that was finally settled
by Supreme court in
November 2019. The
Apex Court had granted
verdict in favor of Hin-
du litigants. But after
decision of Court Iqbal
Ansari praised the ver-
dict and he attended
Bhumi Pujan Ceremo-
ny of Ram temple few
months back.
Mr Ansari said that
donation can be of Rs 1
or Rs 1 lakh but its only
devotion and intention
matters. He said that
there should not be
show-off in donation.
He suggested that dona-
tion should be private
and he confirmed that
he will also give dona-
tion for temple con-
struction.
He said there should
not be any dispute in
donation for the temple
construction as dispute
creates distances and
rivalry. “Ayodhya is city
of religion, faith. Here
people give donation to
temple-mosque con-
struction irrespective
of their cast or religion,
he pointed out.
Mumbai STF recovers
stolen goods worth `2 cr
from Amroha, Moradabad
Babri plaintiff Iqbal
Ansari appeals for
Ram temple donation
Iqbal Ansari
BEFORE HOLY DIP!
Devotees perform rituals before taking dip in Ganga during ‘Magh Mela’ at Sangam in Prayagraj. —PHOTO BY PTI
Kanpur police installing artificial
intelligence cameras to nab criminals
First India Bureau
Kanpur: In the foresee-
able future cameras in-
stalled at intersections
will be able to automati-
cally recognize the face
of the criminals and the
information will be
passed on to the control
room. Kanpur police
has begun preparations
of installing artificial
intelligence cameras in
the city. These cameras
will be connected to the
Crime and Criminal
Tracking Network Sys-
tem (CCTNS), which
has the ability to match
previously uploaded
photos of criminals. To
identify and track crim-
inals Artificial intelli-
gence-equipped face
recognition technolo-
gies are being used in
different cities. The in-
stallation of the cam-
eras at various intersec-
tions is being taken un-
der the Smart City
Schemes.
Over the years, 3000
photos of criminals
ranging from gamblers
to liquor mafia have
been uploaded to the
CCTN and Trinetra
app.
SP Traffic Basant Lal
said that by using Inte-
grated Traffic Manage-
ment System (ITMS) it
has become easy to
track stolen vehicles
with the help of cam-
eras at intersections.
Mohit Aggarwal, I.G.
has lauded the advance-
ment in Artificial intel-
ligence technology for
the improvement of law
and traffic system.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Amid the in-
creasing tension be-
tween India and China
Defense Minister Ra-
jnath Singh and Chief
of Army Staff General
MM Narvane are com-
ing to Lucknow for a
day’s trip.
They will be in the
city to attend the Bhoo-
mi puja ceremony for
the construction of the
new Super Specialty
Central Command Hos-
pital in the cantonment.
The meeting is to be
held at the Central Com-
mand Headquarters
with the main topic be-
ing the Army’s prepara-
tion along the Chinese
border in Uttarakhand.
In view of the arrival of
the Defense Minister
and the Chief of Army
Staff the security of
cantonment has been
increased and a Quick
Reaction Team (QRT)
has been formed.
The 17-storey Central
Command Hospital to
be constructed in the
Cantonment area of
Lucknow’s original
Bhoomi puja was pro-
posed for December 22
but Ministry of Defense
postponed to January.
The 17-storey high hos-
pital will have OPD,
Labs, Radiology De-
partment and wards
and be built on the va-
cant land of the base
hospital.
A fund of Rs. 500
Crore will be spent for
the construction of the
super specialty hospital
in four phases. The
whole project is expect-
ed to be completed in 4
years of time span. As
per the design of the
hospital, OPDs will be
on the ground floor.
Rajnath, Narvane to lay
stone for new Command
hospital in Lucknow todayFirst India Bureau
Sant Kabir Nagar: Ro-
hingyas, who have ille-
gally entered various
countries are now try-
ing to set their roots in
Uttar Pradesh, having
entered the country il-
legally through Bangla-
desh. The recently ar-
rested Rohingya Azizul
Haq from Sant Kabir
Nagar who at the time
of arrest had various
fake documents on him
and who arrest has in-
creased the vigil of the
ATS. The Rohingyas
have been actively send-
ing money to their rela-
tives/friends through
Hawala network in var-
ious countries like
Bangladesh and Myan-
mar. They are also in-
dulging in illegally
smuggling people into
the country through
Bangladesh and help
them set their roots
while charging exorbi-
tant commission in re-
turn.
The ATS analyzed
data from the mobile
phone recovered from
Rohingya Azizul Haq
and a thorough investi-
gation has revealed that
the Rohingyas enter In-
dia illegally from Bang-
ladesh through the Ba-
sirhat border. They
travel through the
banks of the Ichamati
River and reach the out-
skirt of the country. It is
currently being specu-
lated that close to 3000
Rohingyas’ are trying
to change their identi-
ties in various districts
of Uttar Pradesh.
According to a senior
official, the numbers of
Rohingya who opt for
the UN’s Rohingya Ref-
ugee Card are limited.
It is being said that the
Rohingya who enter the
city in thousands stay
with their community
for some time, break
away in due time and
rent residences in Mus-
lim-dominated areas
after which they try to
procure fake docu-
ments like birth certifi-
cates and others.
Educated Rohingya
youths are able to read
and write Hindu and
Urdu. Interrogation of
Azizul revealed that Ro-
hingyas’ have taken
shelter in districts like
Sant Kabir Nagar, Sid-
dharthnagar, Aligarh
and Meerut. These Roh-
ingyas’ stay in contact
with each other and
even raise funds
through various means.
Reports say that Roh-
ingya Azizul Haq has
admitted to bringing
many Rohingya to India
while taking his com-
mission from them, his
Brother-in-law Noor
Alam is also a part of
this network. Azizul
Haq has travelled to
Bangladesh and Saudi
Arabia after getting 2
passports issued under
the name Azizullah dur-
ing his stay in Sant Ka-
bir Nagar. It was found
that money was depos-
ited in 5 of his bank ac-
counts. The financial
transactions have
forced ATS to trace the
flow of terror funding
due to the deepening
network of Rohingya.
ROHINGYAS IN UP SENDING
MONEY HOME VIA HAWALA
Rajnath Singh Army Chief Gen MM Narvane
First India Bureau
Lucknow:Incollabora-
tion with the officers
andemployeesof Direc-
torate of Training and
Employment accredita-
tion of private industri-
alinstitutiondonebased
on fake bank guaran-
tees,complaintsagainst
59 institutions have
been received on the
Chief Minister’s portal
and investigations have
revealedthat160Institu-
tion’s bank guarantee is
supposedly not proper.
The Directorate of
Training and Employ-
ment has now sought
the government’s per-
missiontodoFIIagainst
the institutes.
As per reports as
more and more fake
bank guarantee cases
started popping up in
the verification report,
departmentofficersand
employees were put un-
derinvestigation.Fortu-
nately only 60 Institu-
tions have been recog-
nized and close to 100
were ready for accredi-
tation. In many cases
the applicant was to get
their bank guarantees
verified and this lead to
submission of bank’s
fake verification report
to the directorate.
The rule is such that
private institution has
to provide a bank guar-
antee of Rs. 50 Thou-
sand for a unit of 20 stu-
dents.Thisnumberfluc-
tuates as per trade-wise
categories. On an aver-
age an institution takes
accreditation for 4 units
in2differenttrades,soa
total of Rs. 2 Lakh as
bank guarantee has to
beprocuredandthiscer-
tificate from bank is to
be submitted to the di-
rectorate. The recent
incidenthasalsoputthe
roleof bankunderscru-
tiny.
The role of a clerk
posted in the Directo-
rate of Training and
Employment depart-
ment is being investi-
gated. The clerk’s close-
ness to a Minister is
making the officials shy
away from taking any
action of the clerk. On a
previousincidenttoono
actions were taken
against the clerk owing
to this closeness to the
Minister.
Neeraj Kumar, Addi-
tionalDirectorTraining
said that investigation
was being conducted on
the bank guarantees
produced by the private
institutions. Till date
bank guarantee of 160
private institutions has
been produced and the
State Vocational Train-
ing Council has sent a
file containing the nec-
essary information to
the government so that
anFIRcanberegistered
against them.
Complaints on CM portal reveal 160 private
industrial institutions’ bank guarantee fake

When everything is lost we
will still have one thing under
our control- our attitude!
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2NDFRONT
Ahtesham Siddiqui
Lucknow: Pandit Rad-
ha Krishna Sharma, an
MLA from the ruling
Bharatiya Janata Party
dropped a bombshell
when he alleged that
the Managing Director
of UP Bridge Corpora-
tion Arvind Kumar
Srivastava was involved
in a Rs 100 crore scam.
Srivastava is officiat-
ing managing director
of corporation for the
last nine months
against the laid down
norms. He technically
holds the position of
joint managing direc-
tor.
It is said that he mis-
led the government to
keep himself firmly in
the saddle despite the
fact that a committee
headed by the Chief
Minister himself de-
cides the head of corpo-
ration.
Sharma, an MLA
from Bilsi in Badayun
district, has written to
Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath alleging a
scam in corporation’s
Bareilly unit.
The BJP MLA al-
leged that a sum
amounting to Rs 100
crore was embezzled
through a fake supply
order issued in name
of PRW. The MLA has
demanded an investi-
gation into this scam
by Economic Offences
Wing (EOW).
According to sources,
Chief Engineer of Pub-
lic works department
(PWD) PK Saxena tried
to cover up the scam un-
der pressure from MD
Srivastava.
Angered about the al-
leged scam being put in
cold storage the MLA
wrote to the Chief Min-
ister Yogi Adityanath
seeking action against
Srivastava.
The MLA infact com-
plained twice with re-
gards to the case, but to
no avail.
This is a dichotomy
of sorts as on one hand
the Chief Minister has
maintained zero toler-
ance on corruption and
has acted tough against
the corrupt officials, on
the other certain offi-
cials were trying to save
skin of Srivastava by
bending the rules and
by being indifferent to
complaints.
The MLA has sought
action from the Chief
Minister with regards
to the alleged embezzle-
ment of funds.
‘Bridge Corp MD misled government, involved in `100cr scam’
WHISTLE BLOWER
Arvind Kumar Srivastava (MD, UP Bridge Corporation),

Bilsi MLA from
BJP alleged that
MD, UP Bridge
Corporation was
involved in a
Rs 100 crore
scam by the
means of a fake
supply order
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Turning 65
on Friday, the former
Chief Minister and BSP
supremo Mayawati
made it clear that her
party would go solo in
assembly elections in
Uttar Pradesh and Utta-
rakhand next year.
She believes her par-
ty like 2007 would
emerge as the winner in
UP and Uttarakhand.
Question that pops up:
would BSP going alone
be able to dislodge the
mighty from the power.?
The BSP hasn’t gone
into alliance with any
other party in 2012 and
2017 assembly elections
and 2014 general elec-
tions. The party alone
had registered a re-
sounding victory and
faced a equally crush-
ing defeat in 2012 after
it went as a ‘loner’ for
polls. It failed to open
an account in 2014 elec-
tions and was reduced
to just 17 seats in 2017
assembly elections.
Learning lessons, the
BSP and SP came to-
gether in 2019 and
Mayawati gained politi-
cally before she fell out
with Akhilesh Yadav.
Presently, Mayawati is
going solo and SP was
cobbling an alliance
with smaller parties of
Uttar Pradesh.
The BSP’s graph has
been diving since 2012
and saw the party per-
forming its worst in
2017 elections. Howw-
evr, BSP got a breather
when it bagged 10 seats
in 2019 elections and SP
could get only five.
It was believed BSP
could be the alterna-
tive to SP but BSP
failed to hit the
streets. On the con-
trary Mayawati broke
the alliance with SP.
After this the leaders
who helped build the
party including the
likes of Dayaram Pal,
Mithailal, Bhureylal,
Indrajeet Saroj, Ka-
malkant Gautam, RK
Chowdhary kept de-
serting her.
Recently former BSP
MP Trubhuvan Dutt
and former MLA Asif
Khan Babbu have
joined SP.
The dalit voters con-
stitute 22% of UP popu-
lation. The Dalits tradi-
tionally sided with the
Congress till 80s but
rise of BSP saw them
switching loyalties. Of
late the BSP vote base
has shown signs of dis-
integration and stands
divided in Jatav, which
is 14% and non Jatav
that largely was with
the BJP. Mayawati con-
tinues to hold sway over
Jatav votes, a caste she
belongs to.
BSP’s move to go solo
in polls may backfireOn her B’day, Mayawati decides to
prepare her party to ‘fight’ on its own
Looks forward to repeat ‘year 2007’
performance of a lone comeback
DIVING GRAPH
First India Bureau
L u c k n o w : U t t a r
Pradesh Congress pres-
ident Ajay Kumar Lallu
and several Congress
workers were allegedly
taken into custody
while trying to march
towards the Raj Bha-
wan against the Cen-
tre’s farm laws here on
Friday.
A senior police of-
ficer, however, denied
the claim, saying that
they were shifted to a
place earmarked for
the agitation to main-
tain law and order.
The protest march
was part of the party’s
Kisan Adhikar Diwas
programme against the
new farm laws.
Led by Lallu, party
workers started their
march to gherao Raj
Bhawan when they
were taken into custody
in the Dalibagh area, a
Congress spokesman
said.
Deputy Commission-
er of Police (DCP)
Somen Barma said,
“Neither Congress lead-
ers were arrested nor
detained. To maintain
law and order, they
were sent to the Eco
Garden, a place ear-
marked for agitations.
Now, their agitation has
ended and they have left
for their homes.
In a statement issued
here, the Congress
claimed that as soon as
Lallu came out of his
residence, he was taken
into custody.
Besides him, party
MLC Deepak Singh, for-
mer minister RK
Chowdhury and others
were also taken into
custody by police, it
said.
Lallu said he and oth-
er workers were re-
leased in the evening
after police officers
noted their names and
addresses.
First India Bureau
Noida: Former Union
minister and sitting
Lok Sabha MP Ma-
hesh Sharma on Fri-
day said he would
take the COVID-19
vaccine on Saturday,
becoming one of the
first parliamentari-
ans to get jabbed for
coronavirus in the
country.
Sharma, a trained
MBBS doctor and MP
from Gautam Buddh
Nagar district in Uttar
Pradesh, will be getting
the vaccine on the very
first day of the mega in-
oculation drive for his
role as a “frontline
healthcare worker”
during the pandemic.
“The government has
decided that healthcare
workers will be vacci-
nated first. I, as a doc-
tor, will also get vacci-
nated tomorrow at 11
am,” the BJP leader
tweeted in Hindi.
“This vaccine is com-
pletely safe. The gov-
ernment has approved
its use only after it
cleared tests success-
fully and met scientific
standards.”
UPCC chief, workers ‘detained’ during protestMP Mahesh Sharma among
1st politicos to take C vax
Ajay Kumar Lallu being detained by cops.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Former IAS
officer Arvind Kumar
Sharma, considered
close to PM Narendra
Modi, was on Friday
named by BJP as its
candidate for the up-
coming legislative
council polls in UP.
Sharma had joined
the BJP on Thursday.
Besides Sharma, the
BJP also named Dep-
uty Chief Minister
Dinesh Sharma, its
state president Swa-
tantra Dev Sing and
Lakshman Prasad
Acharya as its candi-
dates for the polls.
The party is yet to an-
nounce the names of 6
more candidates, which
it said it will do in a day
or two. January 18 is the
last day for the filing of
nominations.
Meanwhile, Sama-
jwadi Party candidates
Ahmed Hasan and Ra-
jendra Chaudhary, also
filed their nomination
papers on Friday in the
presence of party presi-
dent Akhilesh Yadav.
Polling for 12 legisla-
tive council seats in UP
will be held on January
28. In the 100-member
UP Legislative Council,
SP has 55 MLCs, BJP
has 25 MLCs, BSP has
eight MLCs, Congress
and independent
groups have two MLCs
each and Apna Dal (S)
and ‘Shikshak Dal’ have
one MLC each.
BJP, SP name
a few MLC
candidates
61-yr-old Sharma
will get vaccinated at
Kailash Hospital of
Gautam Buddh Nagar
AK MAY PROVE TO BE
KK OF GUJARAT IN UPFrom p1...
Butitisnothis‘win-
ning’ the poll rath-
erwhatisinstoreafter
it, that has got the
tongues wagging. By
all measures, Sharma
is likely to be accorded
an important portfolio
in Yogi cabinet at Luc-
know, and thereby the
word doing rounds
that he could be made
the third deputy chief
minister or that depu-
ty CM Dinesh Sharma
may be dropped.
And a deputy chief
minister,whowould,in
fact,bethe‘thirdpower
centre’ in UP politics,
after CM Yogi Adity-
anathandstategeneral
secretarySunilBansal,
whose ‘consent’ is re-
quired for all impor-
tant political and bu-
reaucratic decisions in
UP. Also considering
thatthestatewillgofor
elections in March
2022, just 14 months
from now, the ‘appoint-
ment’ of ‘high profile’
Sharma, does draw
considerable attention
and draws new politi-
cal lines.
The bureaucratic
circle is abuzz with the
word that Sharma has
always enjoyed clout
in UP affairs, which
was evident from the
factthathegotabatch-
mate from UP cadre,
who was placed in a
considerably ‘outcast’
position, back to the
mainstream during
thefirst3yearsof Yogi
government. The
same bureaucrat has
now become instru-
mental in fortifying
Yogi’s image from a
hardcore Hindutva
leader to a develop-
ment oriented leader.
Andaftertwohighly
important bureau-
crats in UP - Avanish
Awasthi and Navneet
Sehgal - AK Sharma’s
elevation is going to
bring an interesting
setof eventsforthebu-
reaucracy in the most
populous and politi-
cally volatile state of
the nation.
In the end, it goes
without saying that
Sharma will remain
PM Narendra Modi’s
watchdog who will call
the shots in Yogi gov-
ernment, which is ap-
parent from the state-
ment he gave to the
media on Friday that
himbeinggivenaplace
in politics without any
background or any ex-
perience, “could not
have been possible
without the blessings
of Narendra Modi sa-
heb.”
OnmorebuzzinLuc-
know bureaucracy is
that AK (Sharma) may
prove to be another KK
(Kailashnathan)of Gu-
jarat in Uttar Pradesh.
I n t e r e s t i n g l y,
Kailashnathan, after
serving Modi CMO for
14 years, even after his
retirement, was given
a crucial assignment
inVijayRupani’sCMO
asChief PrincipalSec-
retary, as a Modi nomi-
nee and his tenure
nowhasbeenextended
to co-terminus with
Rupani’s 5-year tenure
up to 2022. The 1979
batchGujaratcadreof-
ficer, KK, who hails
from Kerala, enjoys
the reputation of a
hardcore Modi loyal-
ist, a low profile and
an extremely efficient
bureaucrat.
Ex IAS Arvind Kumar Sharma (Gujarat cadre) joins BJP in
presence of state president Swatantra Dev Singh, Deputy
CM Dr Dinesh Sharma at the party office in Lucknow.
Mayawati
—FILE PHOTO
COVID-19
UPDATE
UTTAR PRADESH
8,543
DEATHS
5,95,142
CONFIRMED CASES
GUJARAT
4,360 DEATHS 2,54,849 CASES
DELHI
10,732 DEATHS 6,31,884 CASES
WORLD
20,09,441
DEATHS
9,38,61,080
CONFIRMED CASES
INDIA
1,05,42,068
CONFIRMED CASES
1,52,094
DEATHS
MAHARASHTRA
50,336 DEATHS 19,84,768 CASES
RAJASTHAN
2,744 DEATHS 3,14,372 CASES
KARNATAKA
12,158 DEATHS 9,30,668 CASES

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fter the pandemically inclined
2020, 2021 needed a special input
to make it happening, cool and
something to look forward to.
Well, we at First India took it
upon ourselves to bring one of
the hottest things to make 2021
super cool!
The First India Fashion Calendar fea-
turing gorgeous alluring beauties from
Rajasthan will make every month a page-
turner. The sensual display is a testimony
to the fact that beauty and glamour is not
just the prerogative of large metros and
international ramps but can bloom from
any garden or desert!
Jagdeesh Chandra said that First India
always promotes local talent and gives a
platform to youth and beauty to shine on
a national platform. The unveiling was
done by Jagdeesh Chandra, with Kriti
Garg, Yasheel Pandel, Rishee Miglani,
Gaurav Gaur, Syed Umar, Nishchal
Bhandari and the bevy of beauties.
We bring you unseen bewitching wom-
en from across Rajasthan in a never-be-
fore-seen avatar. The concept of the Fash-
ion City First team, the calendar was
brought to life by Shaan wielding magic
with his lens ably supported by Gaurav
Gaur who took care of the styling.
Nishchal bhandari, Director Siddharth
Buildcom, the chief sponsor saud that T
company believes that Rajasthan and the
world of glamour have immense potential
which should be brought forth and pro-
moted hence they decided to become a
part of the amazing annual calendar be-
ing released by First India.
The bikinis by Moon Bohra were the
perfect wardrobe to bolster the confidence
of the models and Bharti Aggarwal did
the right make up to bring out the beauty
of the girls! The launching of the calen-
dar at a glittering ceremony has definite-
ly set the stage for this super addition to
the new year and is already much awaited
by the elite and who’s who.
Catch more glimpses of the Fashion Cal-
endar launch on January 17, in City First.
A
DARINGDYNAMIC
DIVAS 2021!2021 just got spiced up with the launch of the Fashion
Calendar by First India. A one-of-its-kind calendar
featuring beauties from the desert state, was launched
amid fanfare on a cool zestful evening on Friday at D Three!
Jagdeesh Chandra launches the calendar; seen here are all the guests holding the First India Fashion Calendar 2021
Jagdeesh Chandra kickstarts the launch ceremony
Jagdeesh Chandra with Gaurav Gaur, Kriti Garg and Anita Hada just before unveiling the Calendar
Divija Gambhir
Jagdeesh Chandra felicitates Divija Gambhir
The unveiling of the Calendar
Jagdeesh Chandra with the calendar girls
—PHOTOSBYSANTOSHSHARMA

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ADAYINTHESUNSAND TANNU
HIMANSHI
SUMITRA
RIYA
SONI
AKANKSHA
KARISHMADIVIJA
DEEPIKA
ARPITA
AKSHITA
MUSKAN
KHUSHBOO
RAGINI
(From left) Riya, Himakshi, Muskan,
Khushbu, Deepika, Divija, Akanksha,
Arpita, Karishma, Tanu, Soni, Akshita,
Sumitra, Rishika and Ragini —CONCEPT PHOTOS BY SHAAN

Tanu
Choudhary
is a rising
star of Elite
Miss
Rajasthan
2020 who
believes that
destiny and hard
work goes hand
in hand.
Moon Bohra, designer
of Dungri Studios,
whose each piece is
carefully crafted by
skilled hands and
personally overseen
by the designer
before it leaves the
atelier.
work goes hand
Moon Bohra, designer
before it leaves the
atelier.
Karishma
Tak is a 22 year
old B.com final year
student. She is a
finalist of Elite Miss
Rajasthan 2020
whose dream is
to become an
actress.
Khushboo Dahiya is
a model of Elite
Miss Rajasthan
whose dream
is to make
her mother
proud by
becoming
an actress
and a
super-
model.
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Akshita Dutta, a 21-year old girl
from Ajmer, Rajasthan is a final
year student of B.com from
Delhi University. She is one
of the finalists of Elite Miss
Rajasthan 2020 who aspires to
become an inspiration for young
girls and wants to represent India at
international platform.
Sumitra Godara is a 20
year old and 5’7 tall girl
from Nagaur who strongly
believes that success
begins in mind. She is the
3rd runner up of Elite Miss
Rajasthan 2020 and her
dream is to become Miss World.
First India has just spiced up 2021 with its
annual glamorous Fashion Calendar. We bring
you the team which brought forth this
absolutely unique calendar for 2021!
Riya sain is the 2nd runner up
of Elite Miss Rajasthan 2020
who wants to make her family
and nation proud of her by
getting the crown.
A blend of creativity, innovation and
fervor, Shiv Kohli envisages himself as
ad maker and director while continuing
to savor photography as his
first love.
Ashok Singh
from Big Boss
Studio said Big
Boss is one of
the pioneers
of fashion and
glamour in Rajasthan
and it has been a
pleasure to be associated
with the first ever super glamour
calendar by First India.
Ragini is a 20 year old professional
dancer and model from Delhi. She
loved the experience of working for
this super glamorous calendar.
Bharti Aggarwal is the co-
founder of Hair Trends- A luxury
salon in Model town, Central
Delhi. She is an inspiration
for many artists due to her
knowledge of makeup, creative
ideas, usage of tools and
color techniques.
Gaurav Gaur is the director and
founder of Elite Miss Rajasthan,
Jaipur couture show, Jodhpur
Souture Show, Udaipur Couture
Show Kota couture show. He is a
supporter of women empowerment
and his focus is to generate a hope
inside the girls.
Akanksha
Bhalla is
a 24 year
old model
and actress
who believes
that a
person should
become a role
model for inspiring
others. Her dreams
inspires her to work hard
and achieve.
Akanksha
Bhalla is
Tanu
dream is to become Miss World.
glamour in Rajasthan
pleasure to be associated
with the first ever super glamour
inspires her to work hard
Akshita Dutta, a 21-year old girl
girls and wants to represent India at
become a role
model for inspiring
others. Her dreams
Soni Kumari is a model from Jaipur whose
dream is to be in the list of top supermodels of
India and the world.
Shaan,
the man behind
the concept and shots said
that, ‘Shooting for the fashion
calendar was an unforgettable
experience for me. To coax these
beautiful models to give their sensual
best was a challenge and I am indebted to
the beautiful girls for the trust they put in
my ‘camera’ and vision to put forth their
best. I believe the First India fashion
calendar is truly of international
standards and sets a
benchmark for years
to come.’
2021 Spiced2021 Spiced
up for you!up for you!
Arpita Singhania is
a model and dance
instructor. She
wants to represent
India on an
international level.
She loved the idea
of this Fashion
calendar and feel
privileged to be a
part of it.
Deepika Singh
is one of the
finalists of Elite
Miss Rajasthan
2020 who wants
to become an
inspiration for
woman.
Himakshi Choudhary
is a model from
Sikar, Rajasthan and
a finalist of Elite Miss
Rajasthan 2020. Her
dream is to become
Miss India.
Divija Gambhir is a CA
student and the 1st runner
up of Elite Miss Rajasthan
2020 whose dream is
to to bring equality by
empowering women and
fostering well-being of
voice less creatures.

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