First india lucknow edition-03 february 2021

UP to imbibe mantra of ‘Minimum Government
and Maximum Governance’: Yogi Adityanath
M Tariq Khan
Lucknow : In a tryst
with technology, UP
CM Yogi Adityanath
has given the go-
ahead for implement-
ing a new paperless
policy to push effec-
tive governance in the
country’s most popu-
lous state. The new
technology model
will ensure transpar-
ency and also en-
hance accountability.
A beginning in this
regard was made on
Tuesday when the UP
CM held a training
session for all his cab-
inet colleagues to ac-
quaint them with his
idea of paperless gov-
ernance. For a change
instead of carrying
pouches and hand-
bags, the officials and
‘mantrijis’ came to
the training session
with their laptops and
tablets.
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CM Yogi chairing a meeting through video conferencing on e-cabinet at CMR on Tuesday afternoon.
All MLA-
MLCs to be
equipped with
tablets, UP’s
budget likely to
be paperless
TAINTED EX-IAS OFFICER
SATYENDRA SINGH IN CBI NET
Lucknow : In a move that was being seen in anticipation
for quite some time, retired IAS Satyendra Singh was
booked by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) sleuths
for graft. Singh has charges against him for giving leases
to facilitate illegal mining of minor minerals in Kaushambi
when he was posted as a district magistrate during the
years 2012-14. The sleuths searched at nine locations,
including residential premises of the tainted ofﬁ cer. The
searches, as per the ofﬁ cials, have led to heavy-weight
ﬁ ndings including recovery of documents of 44 properties
worth crores in the name of the ofﬁ cer and his relatives in
Lucknow, Kanpur, Ghaziabad and New Delhi.
—Also see P7
COVID HOSPITALS TO FUNCTION
AS NORMAL OPDS IN EAST UP
LUCKNOW : With vaccination against Corona having
begun in Varanasi and the count of new cases
witnessing signiﬁ cant decline in last few days leading
to drop in death graph, the district administration is
gearing up to restart normal OPD in government and
private hospitals in district by withdrawing anti Covid
arrangements, ofﬁ cials said.In Varanasi, less than 50
new patients per day were received in last ten days
while in past three days, the count declined to less
than 20 per day. Most of the patients are staying in
home isolation.
—Also see P3
E-CABINET ON CARDS
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VANDE MATARAM RECORD
SETTING FEAT TO UNITE 50K
VOICES ACROSS UP
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NO PLANS TO ENACT CENTRAL
ANTI-CONVERSION LAW TO CURB
INTERFAITH MARRIAGES: MHA
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TIKAIT WARNS! FARMERS TO STAY PUT,
STIR WON’T CONCLUDE BEFORE OCTOBER
Ghaziabad: Bhartiya
Kisan Union (BKU)
spokesperson Rakesh
Tikait on Tuesday
warned that the farm-
ers’ agitation will not
conclude unless govern-
ment repeals the three
newly enacted agricul-
ture laws and it may go
on till October.
“Our slogan is ‘Ka-
noon Wapsi Nahi toh
Ghar Wapasi Nahi’.
This agitation will not
conclude before Octo-
ber, it will not end any-
time soon,” said Tikait
while addressing a rally
at Ghazipur border.
Reacting to the heavy
deployment of security
personnel and fencing at
the borders of Delhi, he
said, “The government’s
strategy to stop the
farmers is going to back-
fire as it will restrict
movements of farm pro-
duces to various places
and in turn harm com-
mon people. I urge all of
you to be prepared to
carry this movement till
October/November. Let
the government do as
much fencing as they
want to do.”
Tikait said the youth
who hoisted the flag at
Red Fort was given way
by the authorities them-
selves. “All this was
done to malign the im-
age of Punjabi commu-
nity and paint the im-
age of farmers as anti-
national,” he added.
Security has been
beefed up at Ghazipur,
Singhu
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Barricades, boulders, drones!
Security beefed in New Delhi
New Delhi: Security
has been beefed up at
the three borders and
barricades, boulders,
barbed wires have come
up as additional forces
made their way to Ghaz-
ipur, Singhu and Tikri
borders amid the appre-
hensions of more farm-
ers joining the protest
from Punjab, Haryana
and Western UP.
Drones are being used
to keep surveillance and
intense checking is be-
ing done at the border
areas which has resulted
in massive traffic snarls
in the capital. The Traf-
fic was affected on Road
no. 56 from ISBT Anand
Vihar to Ghazipur due to
closing of border. Traffic
jam were also noticed at
ITO and other places in
Delhi amid heavy police
checking.
The Delhi Police
blocked roads near Ak-
shardham and vehicular
movement was restrict-
ed between Delhi and
Ghaziabad on National
Highway-24.
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SAYS, OUR SLOGAN IS ‘KANOON WAPSI NAHI TOH GHAR WAPASI NAHI’
BKU’s Rakesh Tikait having his meal at Ghazipur border during farmers ongoing protest against the
new farm laws, in New Delhi on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
New Delhi: Congress
and other Opposition
parties on Tuesday
forced adjournments of
Rajya Sabha proceed-
ings twice in pre-noon
session as they insisted
on taking up a discus-
sion on the issue of
farmers’ protest over
the three new farm bills.
The House was first ad-
journed for about 40
minutes till 10.30 am.
As soon as the House
met again, similar
scenes were witnessed
leading to another ad-
journment till 11.30 am.
Congress, Left, TMC,
DMK and RJD mem-
bers first walked out
from RS after their de-
mand for suspension of
business of the day for
taking up the discus-
sion was rejected by the
Chairman M Venkaiah
Naidu. The leaders gave
notice for suspension of
business under Rule 267
of Rules
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New Delhi: The government
on Tuesday asserted in Lok
Sabha that it was ready to dis-
cuss issues related to farmers
both inside and outside Parlia-
ment amid vociferous protests
by the Opposition which
forced the House to adjourn
twice, first for almost an hour
and then for nearly two hours.
Agriculture Minister Nar-
endra Singh Tomar said dur-
ing Zero Hour, which began at
5 pm, that the Modi govern-
ment is always committed to
discuss the farmer’’s issues.
“Government is ready to
discuss issues related to
farmers inside and outside
Parliament,” he said amid slo-
ganeering by opposition mem-
bers.
Tomar’s reply came after
Congress leader in Lok Sabha
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
claimed that 170 farmers have
died during the ongoing agita-
tion against the three conten-
tious farm laws.
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OPPN STAGES WALKOUT
AFTER NAIDU REJECTS
SUSPENSION NOTICE
‘PRIME MINISTER ARE YOU ON
WAR WITH FARMERS?’
BUILD BRIDGES, NOT WALLS:
RAHUL GANDHI SLAMS CENTRE
New Delhi: Amid the stale-
mate between the central
government and protesting
farmers, AICC GS Priyanka
Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday
questioned PM Modi whether
he is on a war with the farm-
ers. “Honourable PM, are you
on war with your farmers?”
tweeted Vadra in Hindi.
New Delhi: As security was
beefed up at different borders
of the national capital in
light of the ongoing farmers’
protest, Congress leader
Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday
advised the BJP-led central
government to ‘build bridges
and not walls’.”GOI, Build
bridges, not walls!,” tweeted
Gandhi on Tuesday.
Barricades set up at Delhi-UP Ghazipur border to stop farmers
from marching towards in New Delhi on Tuesday.
Govt ready to discuss issues
inside & outside Parl: Min
BJP SKIPS ALL-PARTY
MEET CALLED BY CAPT
CONG LEGAL DEPARTMENT TO GIVE
LEGAL ASSISTANCE TO FARMERS
Chandigarh: An all-party meeting was
held at Punjab Bhawan chaired by
Punjab Chief Miniter Captain Amarinder
Singh on the issue of Central Farmer
Legislations, however, Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP) skipped the meeting. The
meeting had been called to discuss the
farmers’ agitation against agricultural
laws in the light of the recent develop-
ments in the national capital.
New Delhi: Amid reports of Delhi Police ﬁ ling FIRs against many
farmers and their leaders, Congress legal dept headed by Vivek
Tankha on Tuesday formed teams to assist them for any legal
help. A resolution passed by dept says, “Delegations of legal dept
from Punjab, Haryana and Delhi will be visiting farmer leaders at
protest-sites at borders of Delhi to apprise them of legal services
already taken to help farmers and journalists regarding relief and
redressal.” The department will display in public a list of lawyers
in each district of the four states who will visit jails and ﬁ nd out
about the persons missing and also visit police stations.
CBSE Class X, XII
Exams from May 4
New Delhi: The CBSE
board exam for Class X
and XII will begin on
May 4, the Education
Ministry said on Tues-
day, as it released a
datesheet for both
classes.
Class X exams will
finish on June 7, while
Class XII exams will
conclude on June 11.
Practical exams will
begin from March 1.
On four days the Class
XII exams will be held
in two shifts - the first
will be from 10.30 am to
1.30 pm, and the second
will be from 2.30 pm to
5.30 pm. All Class X ex-
ams will be held from
10.30 am to 1.30 pm. All
exams will be held in
the offline-written
mode, and with COV- ID-19 safety protocols in place. These include wearing face masks at all times, the use of hand sanitisers and maintaining social dis- tance.
The CBSE has also
said that on the four days Class XII exams will be held over two shifts, staff working in the morning will not be given afternoon duty.

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U
P CM has directed
officials to send a
proposal to Centre for
extending the ‘Ganga
Expressway’ project to
Haridwar and Varanasi
and connecting the
‘Purvanchal Express-
way’ to Ballia.
C
M directed officials
to expedite estab-
lishment of Institute of
Virology in Lucknow
adding that it should
be developed on the
lines of National Insti-
tute of Virology, Pune.
C
M thanked NIti Aay-
og CEO Amitabh
Kant for declaring
Shrawasti as the top
aspirational district in
making rapid progress
on health and educa-
tion index.
Yogi SpeaksYogi Speaks
Videos of singers across 75 districts will be uploaded to the Guiness World Records site
Vande Mataram record setting
feat to unite 50K voices across UP
First India Bureau
Lucknow: After get-
ting an entry into the
Guinness World Re-
cords for lighting over
5.50 lakh lamps during
Deepotsav Program in
Ayodhya last year, the
Yogi Adityanath gov-
ernment is all set to
add yet another world
record in its name this
time by getting 50,000
artists to sing India’s
national song ‘Vande
Matram’ in all 75 dis-
tricts of the state.
Their videos will
be uploaded on the
website of Guinness
World Records to
mark centenary cel-
ebrations of Chauri
Chaura incident on
February 4.
The centenary cele-
brations will be inau-
gurated virtually by
the Prime Minister
Narendra Modi on Feb-
ruary 4. The PM will
also release a postal
stamp on the occasion
through video confer-
encing.
To make the year-
long centenary cele-
brations memorable,
the state government
has made special ar-
rangements for sing-
ing of Vande Matram
in all 75 districts. The
event is being organ-
ized by the state’s cul-
tural department and a
rehearsal of the event
was done on Tuesday.
After rehearsal,
singers will sing the
first few lines of
Vande Mataram in
saluting position
which will be video-
recorded for upload-
ing. The Guinness
Books of World Re-
cord will provide a
link on its website to
upload 30-second
videos from different
districts of Uttar
Pradesh.
Earlier, China held
the record when 10,369
videos of people in sa-
luting positions were
uploaded in December
2019 in Beijing.
Principal Secretary
Culture and Tourism
Mukesh Meshram
said that selected singers across the state of UP will recite Vande Matram in schools and other suit- able places that are well connected with the internet facility. They will record the video in saluting pos- ture to set the unique world record.
Guinness technical
team will examine uploaded videos on February 5 and de- clare the result the next day.
RESUME CLASSES!
The world record to-be will be Yogi’s symbolic salute to India’s National song.
Chauri Chaura to be shaped
as heritage tourist attraction‘UP govt better than others
at clearing farmers’ bills’
Cabinet meets to go digital
Cont’d from page 1
“From Cabinet meet-
ings to all the Legisla-
ture Proceedings in Ut-
tar Pradesh, every ac-
tivity in the Legislative
Assembly and the Leg-
islative Council will be
taken forward through
digital means. There
will only be a provision
of e-cabinet meetings in
the state and even the
Budget of the state is
expected to be present-
ed in a paperless for-
mat. After that, the pro-
ceedings of state legis-
lature will also be pa-
perless.”, the CM said
“The Pandemic has
taught us of numerous
benefits of being well
equipped with technol-
ogy. UP will imbibe PM
Modi’s resolution of
‘Minimum Government
and Maximum Govern-
ance’ which will be UP’s
way of bringing into
force the Digital India
Programme.”, he said.
There was a time when
people made fun of
PM’s initiative of ‘Jan
Dhan Yojana’, however,
now it is highly appreci-
ated by everyone, the
CM added.
The UP Secretariat is
already following an e-
office system.
With 217 services avail-
able online, the state
government is to shift
the cabinet meetings on
a digital mode.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The Yogi
Adityanath govern- ment has planned to de- velop the ‘Chauri Chau- ra’ Martyrs’ Memorial’ in Gorakhpur as a her- itage tourist spot and hold yearlong celebra- tions to mark 100 years of the historic incident.
The UP CM has em-
phasised that the pro- grammes should be or- ganised with the objec- tive of instilling a sense of patriotism in the minds of the young gen- eration and expressing gratitude to the free- dom fighters who had made several sacrifices for the country’s inde- pendence.
“Make this country your own, live those dreams for which the freedom fighters sac- rificed themselves. Develop passion and devotion for the coun- try you are living in,” the Chief Minister
said.
Munshi Premchand
and Firaq Gorakhpuri of this region gave up their jobs to express re- sentment towards the British Rule. The historic incident derives it name after
the place (Chauri Chaura) in Gorakhpur district where it took place on February 4, 1922. There was a mass demonstration of peo- ple against the brutal measures of the Brit- ishers in response to which the police opened fire on them. This led to the death of three civilians and twenty-three police- men. The incident shook the foundation of the British Empire in India. Mahatma Gan- dhi, who was strictly against violence, halted the Non-cooperation Movement on the na- tional level on February 12, 1922, as a direct re- sult of this incident.
First India Bureau
Lucknow:Amid the farmers’ protest over the new agri-marketing laws, an Uttar Pradesh minister on Tuesday said the state’s BJP gov-ernment has done bet-ter than the previous ones at settling the bills of sugarcane growers and opening new sugar mills.
Sugar Industry Min-
ister Suresh Rana claimed that in the past four years the Yogi Adi-tyanath government paid out Rs 1.2 lakh crore to cane farmers who bring their pro-duce to state-owned sugar mills, compared to the Rs 95,000 crore during the Samajwadi
Party’s five-year term.
He accused the pre-
vious SP and Bahujan Samaj Party govern-ments of selling off 21 sugar mills at throwaway prices .According to him, 19 mills shut down be-tween 2007 and 2012 when the BSP was in power and 10 closed from 2012 to 2017 during
the SP period.
But the BJP govern-
ment has set up new sugar mills at Ramala in Baghpat, Munderwa in Basti and Pipraich in Gorakhpur, Rana said.
He also rejected
claims by SP president Akhilesh Yadav on the neglect of the Sathia-nav sugar mill in Azam-garh district.
Yogi Adityanath. —FILE PHOTO
Sugar Industry Minister Suresh Rana.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Converting
challenges into oppor-tunities, the Yogi Adity-anath government has achieved yet another milestone in the MSME sector by achieving the stipulated target in dis-tributing loans and em-ployment generation ahead of the deadline.
According to govern-
ment statistics, loan worth Rs 62000 crore has been distributed to MSME units of the
state from April 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020. The task has been ac-complished not only three months ahead of March 31, 2021 deadline but it has also sur-passed many sectors in the process.
“Buoyed by the
achievement, the state government has now set a revised tar-get of Rs 76000 crore for the current fis-cal,” said Additional Chief Secretary, MSME Navneet Se-
hgal, who presided over a meeting of State Level Banking Committee (SLBC) to review the progress.
“The credit to
MSME units helped them continue with their activities even during the trying times of Corona and generated additional
employment of 30 lakh,” he said adding “‘by the end of cur-rent financial year, the total employment through MSME units is likely to cross 80 lakh mark.”
UP accounts for
about 14 percent of MSME units in the country. CM Yogi has been projecting it as the growth engine of of the state in terms of in-dustrial activities and generation of employ-ment.
MSME sector achieves loan target, sets new one
FULFILLING
Three-day Sunahri
Kand Mahotsav soon
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The Uttar
Pradesh Government is
all set to organise a
three-day Mahotsav on
Sunahri Kand (also
known as Orange-
Fleshed Sweet Potatoes)
in Gorakhpur in the
third week of February.
A proposal has also
been sent to the govern-
ment to include OFSP,
loaded with Vitamin A,
fiber, potassium, pro-
tein, etc into the Hot
Cooked Scheme of An-
ganbari and Mid Day
Meal Scheme of prima-
ry schools so that it
helps fight the deficien-
cy of Vitamin A and
malnutrition in chil-
dren.
The event is expected
to be held between
February 19 and 21.
In a meeting chaired
by Additional Chief
Secretary, Horticulture
Manoj Kumar Singh,
the action plan of the
Mahotsav was dis-
cussed. The main aim
of the Mahotsav will be
to give farmers, who
cultivated Sunahri
Kand, the fair price of
their produce. People
will also be made aware
of the benefits and nu-
tritional values of this
super fruit.
Enriched with antioxi-
dants, Sunahri helps in
promoting skin health
and reduces the risk of
cancer. This fruit can be
consumed in the form
of vegetables, fritters,
cutlets, pickles, or des-
sert. Apart from these,
many different delica-
cies can be made from
this wonder fruit.
Apart from eye diseas-
es, the deficiency of vi-
tamins also accounted
for a high number of
deaths because of diar-
rhea as antibiotics
failed to act in Vitamin
A-deficient children. To
tackle this situation,
the cultivation of Su-
nahri Kand was
planned- the best and cheapest source of Vita- min A.
SOARING HEIGHTS
Mountaineer Nitish Singh from Gorakhpur unfurled the National Flag at the Mt Kilimanjaro
peak, the highest mountain in Africa on January 26. “People have supported me to
overcomedifﬁ culties. Now I aim to scale the top seven highest peaks of the world,” he said.
Proposal sent
for four more
Eklavya Schools
First India Bureau
Lucknow: UP govern-
ment has sent a propos-
al to the Centre to build
four more Eklavya Mod-
el residential Schools in
the state.
The places where
these schools have been
proposed include Luc-
know, Sonbhadra, Bi-
jnor and Shravasti dis-
tricts.
Eklavya schools are
currently running at
Bahraich and Lakh-
impur in the state as
well as one is under
construction in Lalit-
pur.
The Central and the
State Government in
UP are collectively mak-
ing efforts to improve
the level of education in
tribal areas.
GOVT FOR MSP
Sunehri Kand
ACS, MSME Navneet Sehgal,

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NEWSat a glance
COURT GRANTS 24-HR CUSTODY OF SEN
The Special Court of Prevention of Corruption
Act on Tuesday granted 24 hours’ custody of IPS
Arvind Sen to Gomtinagar police in an animal hus-
bandry department scam. Special Judge MK Singh
further allowed the police to collect his voice sam-
ple. The court passed the order on applications
moved by Investigating Ofﬁ cer Shweta Srivastava.
PLEA ALLEGING DETENTION DISMISSED
Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad HC dismissed a
habeas corpus petition ﬁ led by a man who alleged
that his wife was detained by her parents after
she converted to Islam and married him.Passing
the order, Justice Dinesh Kumar Singh said the
petitioner had alternative remedy to approach the
proper court under the Civil Procedure Code.
SAMPOORNA SAMADHAN DIVAS HELD
Sampoorna Samadhan Divas was organised in
Mohanlalgnj Tehsil in the presence of DM Abhishek
Pradhan. The DM said it’s the government’s priori-
ty to solve the grievances of the public at the local
levels, which is why Sampoorna Samadhan Divas
is being organised. He instructed the ofﬁ cials to
make sure that all complaints are resolved and in
case of delay, proper reason be to be present.
GIRL INJURED IN FIRE SUCCUMBS
A second daughter of a man, who had set ablaze
his six children and wife before setting himself too
aﬁ re in a desperate bid to save a piece of his land
in Kanpur dehat area, died of her burn injuries on
Tuesday. The 7-yr-old daughter of Gulfam, 35, a
resident of Kanpur dehat’s Moosa Nagar, died of
her injuries at KGMU in Lucknow.
MASCOT DESIGNING CONTEST
Amit Rajan Rai, Assistant Divisional Transport
Ofﬁ cer (Enforcement) Lucknow said under the
National Road Safety Month that started January
21, a mascot designing competition has been
organised, which is open for students of colleges
(technical, law and medical) of UP. The terms and
conditions for the contest can be found in ‘What’s
New’ section of website uptransport.upsdc.gov.in
GHAZIPUR BORDER TENSE AS MORE
TROOPS REACH SITE, FARMERS DIG IN
Unprecedented barricading at and around site,
that includes barbed wires, nails on the road
First India Bureau
Ghazipur: With multi-
layered barricading,
iron nails on road,
barbed wires, rods be-
tween cemented barri-
ers and deployment of
extra personnel on
ground, the tremen-
dous security cover at
and near the farmers’
protest locations have
now become sites of
unusual attraction.
The strengthened se-
curity measures come
after the violence dur-
ing the Republic Day
tractor parade by pro-
testing farmers’ in
which 394 security per-
sonnel were injured.
A BKU office-bearer at
Ghazipur border, said
despite the odds, sup-
porters from far-off plac-
es are reaching the site
to express solidarity
with farmers.
“Andolan to hota hi
hai mushqil mein,
aaraam se kaun sa an-
dolan hota hai (Move-
ment happens in adverse
conditions only, it never
happens in comfort),”
BKU’s UP unit spokes-
man Pawan Khatana
said. He said supporters
from UP, Haryana, Pun-
jab, Rajasthan, U’khand
have come to Ghazipur,
while small groups from
Maharashtra, K’taka
and Bihar too have
reached here. “But what
does this security mean?
Forget humans, nobody
keeps even animals in
this manner,” he said.
BKU office-bearer says despite the odds,
supporters from far-off places reaching site
(Clockwise from left) Multiple layers of barricading seen at Ghazipur border that include concrete
barriers built on order in 24-hrs, especially for the purpose. Unrelenting farmers seen in aggressive
mood near the border. Iron nails put up on the road near the border to stop farmers’ movement.
First India Bureau
Kanpur: In one of the
significant moves on
the occasion of World
Wetlands Day, Kanpur
Commissioner Raj
Shekhar visited the
wetland area of Kan-
pur Zoo and took stock
of the persisting wet-
land areas there.
A wetland is an area
of very wet, muddy
land with wild plants
growing in it. Wetlands
have great ecological
significance. They are
natural habitats of
hundreds of species of
birds, reptiles, fish and
other species. The com-
missioner was accom-
panied by KK Singh,
Conservator of Forest,
Arvind Kumar DFO
and DD Kanpur zoo.
Raj Shekhar said
Kanpur Division
doesn’t have a Notified
Wetland as of now. But
there are many places
which have potential to
be considered wet-
lands.
“Under “Namami
Gange Project” of Gov-
ernment of India, all
such places along the
sides of the River Gan-
ga which have poten-
tial to be considered as
wetlands are being
identified by the Forest
Department & Irriga-
tion Department Joint-
ly. As of now around 35
potential areas (Kan-
pur 13, Farrukhabad 17
and Kannauj 5) have
been short listed . The
survey works are in
progress which will be
completed in next two
months,” Raj Shekhar
added.
The commissioner
also interacted a young
team of volunteers who
are working selflessly
for the conservation of
wild life.
35 potential wetland areas along the Ganga in state under survey
WORLD WETLAND DAY

Kanpur
commissioner
Raj Shekhar
says 13 areas in
Kanpur division
have been short
listed for
consideration as
designated
wetland areas
Kanpur Divisional Commissioner Raj Shekhar with ofﬁ cials at Kanpur zoo wetland area on Tuesday.
Summit building sealed after video of clash
in bar goes viral; manager, 5 others booked
Janardan Misra
Lucknow: The police
have sealed Summit
building here, includ-
ing closure of all bars
and pubs after a video
of girls fighting with a
man went viral on so-
cial media. FIR was also
registered against the
bar manager and man-
hunt was launched to
nab the culprits in-
volved in the clash.
Assistant deputy
commissioner of police
Kasim Abdi here said
that taking clash be-
tween two groups in My
Bar at Summit building
on serious note, Boom
Box bar, Farzi Café and
Bar, My Bar, LBW bar,
Lord of Drinks bar,
Downing Street bar and
The Beer Café bar at
13th and 15th floor of
Summit building here
were sealed. Police have
also launched vehicle
checking drive near the
building, he added.
DK Thakur, Commis-
sioner of police told
First India “We have
instructed bar owners
and building owners to
deck up their security
arrangements if they
want to continue their
business. They should
also increase number
of bouncers along with
sufficient number of
lady-bouncers to avoid
such situations.”
Apart, Thakur also
directed to open a police
outpost inside the build-
ing premises. “Women
police officials will be
deployed in adequate
numbers in this police
out post,” he said add-
ing that number of po-
licemen at outpost will
be decided according to
the need.
In the case, FIR was
also registered against
Hamza, Rohit, Akank-
sha Pandey, Rashmi and
Dolly on complaint of
bar manager Rajendra
Maurya.
2 PAC jawans killed as truck rams tent
First India Bureau
Bulandshahr: In a
tragic incident, two UP Provincial Armed Con- stabulary (PAC) jawans were killed while two other were griev- ously injured in the Si- kandrabad area here after a truck ran over them early morning on Tuesday.
What is ironical in
this unfortunate inci- dent is the fact that the jawans were on duty and were in their tent placed at a pavement on the roadside. The truck
that rammed into their tent first collided with another truck head on and them smashed the
tent, killing two of the jawans.
Surendra Nath Ti-
wari, SP City Buland-
shahr said, “Two PAC jawans on duty lost their lives after a truck ran over them in Sikan- drabad area of Buland- shahr early morning on Tuesday. The truck lost control after colliding with another truck. A case has been regis- tered.”
Meanwhile, Chief
Minister Yogi Aditya- nath expressed grief over the death of police- men and instructed se- nior officers to provide all the possible help.
The police are inves-
tigating the incident.
Khushinagar aerodrome
to be developed into
an international airport
First India Bureau
Kushinagar: Kushi-
nagar has its own signif-
icance in Buddhism due
to it being the place
where Lord Gautam
Buddha attainted ‘Pa-
rinirvana’. Buddhists
from all the over world
consider their life will
be blessed if they visit
Kushinagar.
Currently Kushi-
nagar is not connected
by train, or airport as
the Kushinagar Express
from Mumbai has its fi-
nal stop at Gorakhpur
due to lack of rail route.
In 1995, then CM May-
awati decided to develop
the airstrip built during
the English rule into an
international airport.
The foundation stone
was laid by then Avia-
tion Minister Ghulam
Nabi Azad.
The project which
saw various hiccups
over the years has final-
ly found the right direc-
tion under the BJP rule
and will soon be added
to the list of interna-
tional airports in the
state.
Waning corona: Many
covid hosps to be shut
Continued from page 1
Lucknow: Total 15 hos- pitals, including gov- ernment and private hospitals, were turned into covid hospitals having 1,518 beds of which 1,476 beds are presently unoccupied.
Presently covid pa-
tients are admitted in BHU, Apex and Max- well only while efforts were on to close many covid hospitals, official announcement for which would be made soon. As per plans, only two hospitals would be retained for covid pa- tients and incase the count increases, the same would be admit-
ted in two alternate hos- pitals.
For the time being
Deen Dayal Upadhya Hospital would be re- tained for Covid pa- tients while apart from Apex Hospital, normal OPD would be resumed gradually in other hos- pitals.
My Bar in Summit building where the incident took place.
BIODIVERSITY PARK
Amrit Yojana: CS asks
DMs to update by Feb 5
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Reviewing
implementation of Am- rit Yojana at a meeting Chief Secretary Rajen- dra Kumar Tiwari di- rected officials to con- duct on-the-spot inspec- tion of construction works besides ensuring use of high quality ma- terial. He directed DMs to provide information about status of work by February 5, 2021.
It was informed Am-
rit Yojana was imple-
mented in 60 urban local bodies of which 7 have population over 10 lakh and 53 have between 1 to 10 lakh.
The dumper truck ran over the pavement and crushed the jawans.
CS RK Tiwari chairing the meet
on Tuesday.

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PERSPECTIVE
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n increase in the healthcare
budget of 137%, increase in the
budgeted infrastructure spend-
ing by 32%, which excludes the
2 lakh crores budgeted for states
and autonomous bodies, privati-
sation of two public sector banks
and an insurance company, a
bad bank in the private sector to
clean up the balance sheets of
the banks, no increase in taxes
combined with significant
streamlining of the tax system,
significantly enhanced fiscal
spending to further the econom-
ic recovery that is underway
even while providing a medium-
term fiscal consolidation frame-
work, including a plan for mon-
etisation of assets. After the
Pujarasque work done by the
Atmanirbhar Bharat packages
1-3, which has ensured that India
got through the historical pan-
demic with minimal damage
and generated a V-shaped eco-
nomic recovery, the Finance
Minister played a Rishabh Pant
like a knock on Monday as she
delivered a budget that will be
remembered by history.
In an economy, the factor in-
puts comprise of the soft and
hard infrastructure, labour, and
capital. Traditionally, labour
and capital are regarded as the
key factor inputs. However,
since the soft and hard infra-
structure increases the produc-
tivity of labour and capital, for
purposes of analysing the budg-
et, we can regard them both as
factor inputs as well. While the
soft infrastructure stems from
human development, the hard
infrastructure comprises of the
physical assets. Given the pan-
demic that has highlighted the
key role of health, it has become
a critical element of soft infra-
structure. Similarly, the hard
infrastructure enables private
investment and thereby acceler-
ates the virtuous cycle of invest-
ment, growth and consumption.
This year’s budget will be re-
garded historic because it posi-
tively impacts each one of these
factor inputs.
In India, an NIPFP study
shows that the fiscal multiplier
from investments in physical
infrastructure has been very
high – 2.5 in the year when the
investment is made and 4.5 over
a few years. Therefore, if we
just consider the impact of the
5.54 lakh crores allocated for the
implementation of the National
Infrastructure Pipeline, this cu-
mulates to 2.5% of GDP. Taking
the multiplier of 2.5, 2.5% * 2.5
= 6.25% of GDP growth can be
expected to stem from the
spending on the infrastructure.
This is above and beyond the
significant ramp up in the Gov-
ernment’s capital expenditure
since the months of October
this year, as a result of which
the revised estimate for the
same would be 4.39 lakh crores
instead of 4.2 lakh crores that
was set out in the budget of FY
20. This increase of 4.5% when
compared to the budgeted esti-
mate is expected to manifest
despite the washout in capital
expenditure spending during
the months of the lockdown.
The significant outlays that
have been provided for roads and
railways will especially enable
better logistics infrastructure in
the country and thereby reduce
the costs of doing business for
Indian companies. These add to
the several reforms that have
been launched in Atmanirbhar
Bharat 1-3, including the labour
reforms, the MSME definitional
changes, the Production Linked
Incentives scheme, and will en-
able the manufacturing sector in
the country. The bill that will pro-
vide for the infrastructure fi-
nancing corporation in the pub-
lic sector is intended to enable
the setting up of the infrastruc-
ture financing institutions in the private sector too, which will add
financing options to the public
spending that has been provided.
The impact of the gigantic in-
crease in the healthcare spend-
ing would of course manifest
over time. But, the Rs. 35000
crores budgeted for vaccination
together with the promise for
providing all necessary amounts
during the year act as a vaccine
for the economy as well. The im-
pact of this will be felt in the
contact-sensitive service sec-
tors, where pent up demand can
be expected to come back with a
vengeance. Therefore, this
spending on vaccination will
have its impact this year itself.
The streamlining of the expend-
iture through the Atmanirbhar
Bharat Swasthya Yojana, fo-
cused on the full value chain of
healthcare from primary
through secondary to tertiary
care, can be expected to help in-
crease the productive impact of
the healthcare spending. The
significant increase in health-
care spending signals a key de-
parture in the emphasis placed
on health and will benefit the
common man over the medium
to long-term. The improvement
in human development that this
is likely to herald should mani-
fest in higher productivity of
labour and thereby improve-
ment in the overall productivity.
Apart from the signal change
in healthcare, this year’s budget
could mark the start of the
transformation of the financial
sector in India. Three key initia-
tives stand out in this regard.
First is the setting up of a bad
bank, where the implementa-
tion will be done via a private-
sector structure to enable deci-
sion-making that is critical for
value generation in stressed as-
sets. Second, is the proposed pri-
vatisation of two public sector
banks and an insurance com-
pany with the necessary legisla-
tive changes that would be made
to enable the same. Finally, the
increase in the threshold for FDI
in insurance from 49% to 75%
with the necessary safeguards.
Overall, the first budget of
the decade has provided a sig-
nificant roadmap for the Indian
economy to not only return
back to the pre-Covid growth
path but also accelerate growth
over the decade. Madam Fi-
nance Minister, You have deliv-
ered what you promised… a
budget for history to remember!
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
A DREAM BUDGET THAT LAYS THE PATH FOR NOT ONLY IMMEDIATE POST-COVID
RECOVERY BUT ALSO HIGH GROWTH OVER THE DECADE
‘DREAM BUDGET’ 2021
A
The significant
outlays that have
been provided for
roads and
railways will
especially enable
better logistics
infrastructure in
the country and
thereby reduce
the costs of doing
business for
Indian
companies. These
add to the several
reforms that have
been launched in
Atmanirbhar
Bharat 1-3,
including the
labour reforms,
the MSME
definitional
changes, the
Production
Linked Incentives
scheme, and will
enable the
manufacturing
sector in the
country
THE SIGNIFICANT
INCREASE IN
HEALTHCARE SPENDING
SIGNALS A KEY
DEPARTURE IN THE
EMPHASIS PLACED ON
HEALTH AND WILL
BENEFIT THE COMMON
MAN OVER THE MEDIUM
TO LONG-TERM
DR KV
SUBRAMANIAN
CHIEF ECONOMIC ADVISOR
recent model-
ling study paint-
ed a reassuring
picture of a post-
pandemic future
in which SARS-CoV-2 transi-
tions, over “a few years to a
few decades”, from danger-
ous pathogen to just another
common-cold coronavirus.
This predicted loss of viru-
lence, the authors stress, is
based on a specific idiosyn-
crasy of the virus, namely
that it rarely causes serious
disease in children.
Still, many experts agreed
that we should not be in the
least surprised by the au-
thors’ conclusion, as all vi-
ruses “become more trans-
missible and less pathogen-
ic over time”. After all, the
seductive logic goes, from
an evolutionary perspective
it makes no sense for a path-
ogen to harm the host on
which it depends for its sur-
vival. According to this rea-
soning, virulence is little
more than a temporary evo-
lutionary imbalance.
This comfortable chain
of reasoning was rudely
broken by the announce-
ment of “a realistic possi-
bility” that the new highly
transmissible B117 variant
“is associated with an in-
creased risk of death”.
Although the evidence is
still accruing, early esti-
mates from Nervtag, the
UK’s New and Emerging
Respiratory Virus Threats
Advisory Group, suggest
that B117 may be around
30% more deadly.
But perhaps this is a sin-
gle exception to an other-
wise well-observed rule,
and we can still be confident
that SARS-CoV-2 will slowly
fade away to obscurity. So
what is the evidence for this
view? And how confident
can we be in predicting how
evolution will shape the re-
lationship between a patho-
gen and its host?
LAW OF DECLINING
VIRULENCE
It was the bacteriologist
and comparative patholo-
gist Theobald Smith (1859-
1934) who began the narra-
tive of the “law of declin-
ing virulence” in the late
19th century.
Studying tick-borne dis-
ease of cattle during the
1880s, Smith realised that
the severity of the disease
was determined by the de-
gree of prior infection.
Cattle that had been re-
peatedly exposed to the
pathogen suffered from
much more moderate dis-
ease than cattle encounter-
ing it for the first time.
Smith reasoned that this
was because host and path-
ogen conspired over time
towards a mutually benign
relationship.
The story then takes a
distinctly antipodean turn.
In 1859, the year Charles
Darwin published his Big
Idea, European rabbits
were introduced to Aus-
tralia for sport, with devas-
tating consequences for
the indigenous flora and
fauna. Having turned
down Louis Pasteur’s offer
of mass délapinsation us-
ing fowl cholera as a bio-
logical control agent, the
Department of Agricul-
ture turned to the myxoma
virus that causes the le-
thal, but highly species-
specific disease, myxoma-
tosis in rabbits.
By the 1950s, the myxo-
ma virus was spreading
rapidly among the rabbit
population. Recognising
the opportunities provided
by this unique experiment,
the virologist Frank Fen-
ner documented how the
virulence of the disease
decreased over a few years
from 99.5% mortality to
about 90%. This was taken
as strong empirical evi-
dence in support of Smith’s
law of declining virulence
– and occasionally still is.
Source: The Conversation
Will coronavirus really evolve to become less deadly?
A
Approach those who have
realized the purpose of life
and question them with
reverence and devotion; they
will instruct you in this
wisdom. —Bhagavad Gita
Spiritual
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Rajnath Singh @rajnathsingh
Tejas is not only indigenous, but
it is also better than its foreign
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and also comparatively cheaper.
Many countries have shown interest
in Tejas. India will achieve the target
of Rs 1.75 lakh Cr in the field of
defence manufacturing in few years.
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Disallowing debates & discussions is
no way to run a democracy! The cold
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to the Opposition in Parliament
- for raising genuine concerns of
annadatas- clearly shows the BJP is
in power not for a billion Indians, but
for a handful of billionaires.
IN-DEPTH
UPROAR OVER FARM
LAWS IN HOUSES
arliament on Tuesday witnessed uproar-
ious scenes over the three farm laws. As
the din persisted, both the Houses were
adjourned. The Opposition stormed the
two Houses demanding a discussion on
the farm laws. Agriculture Minister Narendra
Singh Tomar told the Lok Sabha that the govern-
ment is ready to discuss issues related to farmers
inside and outside the House. Demanding repeal
of the laws the Opposition forced the Lok Sabha to
be adjourned twice. The attack was led by Con-
gress’ Adhir Ranjan Chaudhary. Before the start
of the session, the Opposition had made it clear
that it will raise the farmers’ issue and force the
government to withdraw the laws. Boycott of the
President’s address to the joint session by 16 op-
position parties over the contentious laws was the
prelude to their action plan.
If the Opposition raised the heat in the Rajya
Sabha and the Lok Sabha, the police in Delhi and
Uttar Pradesh were busy putting up layer after
layer of barricades to make it virtually impossible
for more farmers from Uttar Pradesh, Haryana,
and Punjab to join protesters at Shinghu, Tikri,
and Ghazipur. Farmers have been at these three
sites for almost two months and are resolute on not
moving from there till the laws are repealed. The
State has shown its might also by cutting off pow-
er and water supply to the protesters’ camps, leav-
ing many of them without food and water. With
most democratic institutions being in awe of the
government, farmers will find it difficult to hold
the fort for long. If they do, it’ll be historic.
P
THE SASIKALA FACTOR
IN TN POLITICS
he release from jail of Sasikala Natara-
jan, a close aide of former Chief Minister
J Jayalalitha, is expected to spice up Ta-
mil Nadu politics. Immediately after her
release from prison after four years of
simple imprisonment, Sasikala required hospitali-
sation for Covid-19 treatment. There was no politi-
cal chatter until Sasikala stepped out of the Victo-
ria Hospital and got into a car flaunting the AIAD-
MK flag. She was expected to go with her nephew
TTV Dinakaran who floated a new party, the
AMMK, after his expulsion from the AIADMK. That
set pundits guessing. Will she join and then take
over the party established by MG Ramachandran
and nurtured by his protégé? Since the AIADMK
has already aligned with the Bharatiya Janata Par-
ty, it cannot take a decision on its own. The BJP has
provisioned Rs 1.03 lakh crore worth investment for
3,500 km of National Highway work. For Chief Min-
ister, Edappadi K. Palaniswami could find himself
on a slippery slope once Sasikala starts making her
moves. To avoid that, Tughlaq Editor S. Gurumur-
thy, believed to be a BJP strategist, has advised AI-
ADMK to admit her to avoid a split in the party.
The Congress, which was the ruling party in
Tamil Nadu in the first 20 years after Independ-
ence, consistently lost the plot thereafter. Now the
party’s shambolic state doesn’t offer much, while
the BJP is on the ascendant. Congress’ hopes rest
on the DMK, its political ally in the state. Senior
Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar has predict-
ed a “strong walkover” for the Congress-DMK al-
liance. The situation may change after PM Naren-
dra Modi goes on the offensive.
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2 INCLUDING A WOMAN INJURED
IN ACID ATTACK IN KOLKATA
Kolkata: Two persons,
including a woman, have
sustained critical burn
injuries when a youth al-
legedly threw acid on them
at Ultadanga area, police
said. The suspect, with
whom the woman had a
relationship before her
marriage a few years back,
had been trying to befriend
her since the coronavirus
lockdown, but she was
avoiding him. It appears
that she was attacked for
this reason, the ofﬁ cer
said. The youth allegedly
splashed acid on the wom-
an when she was returning
home on Monday evening
from a bulb factory where
she was employed. A man
who was accompanying
the woman was injured
when he tried to save her,
according to police.
NCB SEIZES MEPHEDRONE
WORTH RS 15 LAKH IN MUMBAI
Mumbai: The Narcot-
ics Control Bureau has
seized mephedrone,
a banned drug, worth
around Rs 15 lakh in
Mumbai and appre-
hended three persons
in this connection, an
NCB ofﬁ cial said on
Tuesday. Based on a
speciﬁ c information,
the NCB arrested
two suspected drug
peddlers at Mahim
railway station around
Monday midnight
and seized a “com-
mercial quantity” of
mephedrone, weighing
136 gram and valued
around Rs 15 lakh,
from them, he said.
NO DECISION YET ON NRC, MHA
TO PARLIAMENTARY PANEL
New Delhi: Centre has
not taken any decision
on the roll-out of the
NRC for the whole
country, the Ministry
of Home Affairs has
told a parliamentary
panel. “It has been
clariﬁ ed at various
levels in govt time and
again that till now no
decision has been tak-
en to create National
Register of Indian cit-
izen,” MHA told Par-
liamentary Standing
panel on Home Affairs
headed by Congress
leader Anand Sharma,
according to a report
tabled in Parliament
on Tuesday.
WE HOPE WE WILL BE ABLE TO RE-
OPEN SCHOOLS SOON: DELHI CM
New Delhi: While inter-
acting with the princi-
pals and management
authorities of private
schools, Delhi Chief
Minister Arvind Kejriwal
on Tuesday expressed
hope that the schools in
the national capital will
be able to re-open in full
capacity soon following
the arrival of COVID-19
vaccines.Mr Kejriwal
said, “Children want to
go back to schools and
colleges but parents and
teachers are worried.
Since vaccines are here,
we hope we will be able
to open schools soon.”
Talking about the nursery
admissions for this year,
the Chief Minister said,
“We will start the process
of nursery admission
soon.”
New Delhi: The central
government has no
plans to enact an anti-
conversion law to curb
interfaith marriages,
the Lok Sabha was in-
formed on Tuesday.
Union Minister of
State for Home G Kis-
han Reddy said issues
related to religious con-
versions are primarily
the concerns of state
governments, adding
that law enforcement
agencies take action
whenever such instanc-
es of violation occur.
Reddy said in a writ-
ten question that the
central government has
no plans to enact a cen-
tral anti-conversion law
to curb interfaith mar-
riages. “Public order &
police are state subjects
as per the 7th Schedule
to the Constitution &
hence, prevention, de-
tection, registration,
investigation & prose-
cution of offences re-
lated to religious con-
versions are primarily
the concerns of state
governments & Union
Territory administra-
tions.
“Action is taken as
per existing laws by law
enforcing agencies
whenever instances of
violation come to no-
tice,” he said.
The issue came in the
wake of widely-criti-
cised laws that target
interfaith marriages
enacted by both Uttar
Pradesh & Madhya
Pradesh ruled by the
BJP. Several states gov-
erned by the party in-
cluding Haryana, As-
sam & Karnataka have
also announced plans
for such laws.
No nationwide anti-conversion
law planned, says Centre in Parl
New Delhi: The Delhi
High Court has ad-
journed a plea, seeking
direction to Ministry of
Home Affairs (MHA)
and Delhi Police to take
action against perpetra-
tors of violence that
marred Republic Day
celebrations till Febru-
ary 4. The Division
Bench of Justice DN Pa-
tel and Justice Jyoti
Singh on Tuesday ad-
journed the hearing as
the counsel for the peti-
tioner could not join a
video conferencing due
to connectivity problem.
Additional Solicitor
General Chetan Shar-
ma appeared for the
Union of India in the
matter. The plea was
filed by Shubham
Awasthi and two oth-
ers, who are residents
of Delhi-NCR, through
advocate Vivek Naray-
an Sharma. The peti-
tioners said that inci-
dent of Republic Day
unfurled & create a
sense of panic and hys-
teria in national capi-
tal.The petition sought
a direction to respond-
ents to investigate the
incidents which hap-
pened during the farm-
ers’ tractor rally on
Republic Day & arrest
the individuals who
disrespected the na-
tional flag at Red Fort
and ITO and other plac-
es in Delhi under sedi-
tion laws.
R-Day violence: HC
adjourns plea seeking
directions to MHA
New Delhi: A Delhi
court Tuesday granted
bail to freelance jour-
nalist Mandeep Punia
who was arrested by
Delhi Police from
farmers’ protest site at
Singhu border.
The complainant,
victims and witnesses
were police personnel
only, “hence, there is no
possibility that ac-
cused/ applicant can
able to influence any of
the police officials ,
Chief Metropolitan
Magistrate Satvir Sin-
gh Lamba said while
granting the bail.
Punia was arrested
by police on Sunday in
an FIR registered under
various sections includ-
ing 186, 353 and 332 of
IPC. The judge also not-
ed in the order that the
alleged scuffle incident
of case was of around
6.30 PM, however, the
present FIR was regis-
tered at around 1.21 AM
on the next day .
He further said, Ad-
mittedly, the accused is
a freelance journalist.
Moreso, no recovery is
to be effected from the
accused person and
keeping the accused
further in Judicial Cus-
tody would not serve
any cogent purpose.
He said it was well
settled legal principle
of law that bail is a rule
and jail is an exception.
—PTI
Farmers’ protest: Delhi
court grants bail to
journo Mandeep Punia
New Delhi: The Parts
of north and central In-
dia are likely to receive
rains from February 3
to 5, the IMD said on
Tuesday. “A gradual
rise in minimum tem-
peratures is very likely
over most parts of
northwest & adjoining
central India during
the next 3 to 4 days &
the current spell of
cold wave conditions is
likely to abate in the
next 24 hours. Isolated
heavy rainfall/snow-
fall is likely over Jam-
mu & Kashmir on Feb-
ruary 3 & 4, & over
Himachal Pradesh on
February 4,” IMD said.
North India to
witness rains
in Feb: IMD
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court on
Wednesday will hear a
batch of pleas pertain-
ing to tractor rally vio-
lence in the national
capital on the Republic
Day, including the one
which has sought set-
ting up of a commis-
sion headed by a retired
apex court judge to in-
quire into the incident.
The tractor parade
on January 26 that was
to highlight the de-
mands of farmer un-
ions to repeal three new
agri laws dissolved into
anarchy on the streets
of the national capital
as thousands of pro-
testers broke through
barriers, fought with
the police, overturned
vehicles and hoisted a
religious flag from the
ramparts of the iconic
Red Fort.
The petitions would
be taken up for hearing
by a bench comprising
Chief Justice SA Bobde
and Justices AS Bopan-
na and V Ramasubra-
manian.
One of the pleas filed
by advocate Vishal Ti-
wari has sought setting
up of a three-member
inquiry commission
under the chairman-
ship of a former apex
court judge and com-
prising of two retired
high court judges for
collecting and record-
ing evidence and sub-
mit a report on the
January 26 violence to
the top court in a time
bound manner.
—PTI
SC TO HEAR PLEAS ON R-DAY VIOLENCE
RAGA SLAMS CENTRE POST TWITTER BANS
ACCOUNTS OVER PROVOCATIVE CONTENT
C
ongress leader Rahul
Gandhi slammed
the Central government
after Twitter temporar-
ily blocked accounts
related to farmers’
agitation on the direction
of the Union Ministry
of Electronics & IT
(MeitY). Citing a article
about the microblogging
site’s action, Gandhi
Tweeted, “Modi style of
governance- Shut them
up. Cut them off. Crush
them down.” Twitter
on Monday temporarily
blocked 250 accounts
after MeitY directed the
microblogging platform
to take action against
accounts for making
‘fake, intimidatory and
provocative’ Tweets.
Farmers tractor rally on Jan 26 created anarchy on streets of Delhi
Punjab: A clash broke out between SAD and Congress workers in Punjab’s Jalalabad on Tuesay in which SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal’s car was damaged, ofﬁ cials said. Although Badal escaped unhurt, four
other persons sus- tained injuries in the incident. The incident occured when Badal was accompanying Akali candidates for ﬁ ling of nomination papers for the Febru- ary 14 civic polls.
SUKHBIR BADAL’S CARS ATTACKED;
FOUR INJURED IN CONG-SAD CLASH
The tractor parade on January 26 that was to highlight the demands of the farmers.
New Delhi: The Na-
tional Investigation
Agency (NIA), which
deals with terror cases
in India, will now probe
the Israel embassy blast
case. The Ministry of
Home Affairs (MHA)
has issued an order to
hand over the case,
sources said.
Following the order,
NIA will register cases
under appropriate sec-
tions and will start an
investigation. The Del-
hi Police’s Special Cell
will need to handover
all relevant evidence
and documents to the
agency.
NIA officials had al-
ready visited the spot
when the blast took
place.
So far, Delhi Police’s
Special Cell has failed
to get any lead in the
case and no suspect has
been identified.
Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi on Monday
assured his Israeli
counterpart Benjamin
Netanyahu of punish-
ing the perpetrators of
the minor bombings
near the Israeli embas-
sy on January 29.
Probe into blast near Israel
embassy handed over to NIA
NIA ofﬁ cials had already visited the spot when the blast took place. —FILE PHOTO
Falakata (WB): West
Bengal Chief Minister
Mamata Banerjee on
Tuesday accused the
central government of
doing nothing for the
people of the northern
districts despite having
“so many” BJP MPs
from the region.
Banerjee said before
every election, BJP
leaders make promises
of reopening defunct
tea gardens in North
Bengal, but “flee” after-
wards.
“They had promised
to reopen all the seven
closed tea gardens be-
fore the Lok Sabha elec-
tions, but not a single
one has resumed opera-
tions. There are so
many (BJP) MPs who
have won from North
Bengal, but tell me what
have they done for this
region... Nothing,” she
said.
The Trinamool Con-
gress supremo was
speaking to reporters
on the sidelines after
inaugurating a mass
wedding event here.
Later, she also handed
over land pattas (deeds)
to several tea garden
workers.
“Our government is
for the people, for the
farmers, for the sched-
uled tribes. We will not
do anything that is anti-
farmer or anti-people.
We have already reo-
pened nine closed tea
gardens and will try to
get the others to func-
tion again, too,” she
said. Banerjee set out
on a four-day tour of
North Bengal from
Monday.
—PTI
BJP MPs have done nothing for
North Bengal, says Mamata Banerjee
ANOTHER TMC
MLA JOINS BJP
Mamata Banerjee
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court Tuesday
refused to grant pro-
tection to Rajya Sabha
MP Sanjay Singh
against whom a non-
bailable warrant
(NBW) has been issued
on an FIR lodged in
Lucknow after his
press conference on
August 12 last year at
which he alleged that
the UP government
was favouring a cer-
tain class of society.
The AAP leader has
moved the apex court
seeking quashing of
multiple FIRs lodged
against him in various
districts of Uttar
Pradesh after the press
conference, saying they
have been “maliciously
instituted to unleash
political vendetta”.
In a separate peti-
tion, Singh has also
challenged the January
21 order of the Alla-
habad High Court
which refused to quash
the FIR in Lucknow.
The matter came up
for hearing on Tuesday
before a bench, com-
prising Justices Ashok
Bhushan and R S Red-
dy, which said it would
not pass any order
without going through
the high court verdict.
Apex Court declines
Sanjay ’s plea seeking
protection from arrest
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TIKAIT WARNS!...
and Tikri borders, as
farmers continue to
make their way to the
protest sites for the past
two to three days.
The Delhi Police have
blocked roads near Ak-
shardham and vehicu-
lar movement has been
restricted between Del-
hi and Ghaziabad on
National Highway-24.
BARRICADES,
BOULDERS...
Meanwhile, a day after
Shahdara district po-
lice distributed 60
lance-like metal batons
to police personnel in
their district, senior of-
ficials from Delhi Police
Headquarters Tues -
day asked them to
rollback the decision
to use them as anti-
riot equipment and
wait for their ap -
proval.
A senior police of-
ficer said 60 sword-
like metal batons
were distributed in
Shahadara district on
Monday to protect
themselves from riot-
ers armed with
swords. “The decision
to use the metal baton
was taken after many
security personnel
were injured by pro-
testers armed with
swords during their
recent clashes with
the police,” an officer
said.
However, after
some pictures were
shared on social me-
dia on Monday after-
noon, senior officials
at Delhi Police Head-
quarters asked offi-
cials to withdraw the
decision to distribute
the batons immedi -
ately.
GOVT READY...
“Atrocities are being
committed on farmers.
Situation is similar to
British rule,” he al-
leged.
As opposition mem-
bers, including from
Congress, DMK, Trina-
mool Congress, SP and
BSP, trooped near the
well, Speaker Om Birla
appealed to them to go
back to their seats so
that House can taken up
normal business.
“This House is for de-
bate and discussions.
Please go back to your
seats,” he said.
However, the unrelent-
ing opposition contin-
ued their protests, lead-
ing to the Speaker an-
nouncing the second ad-
journment till 7 pm.
—PTI
OPPN STAGES...
and Procedure and
Conduct of Business.
Naidu, the Rajya Sab-
ha Chairman, said
that the discussion on
farmers’ protest will
start tomorrow not
today. “The President
has referred to farm-
ers’ agitation in his
address. I wanted the
discussion to start to-
day but I was told
that the discussion
first starts in Lok
Sabha. Keeping this
in mind we have
agreed to have a dis-
cussion on Presi -
dent’s address tomor
-
row,” said RS Chair-
man M Venkaiah
Naidu.
Earlier, Parliamenta-
ry Affairs Minister
Pralhad Joshi said op-
position members
themselves were de-
manding Question
Hour and the govern-
ment agreed.
Opposition parties
including the Congress,
Left, TMC and DMK
had given a notice un-
der rule 267 that calls
for setting aside of busi-
ness of the day to take
up a discussion on the
issue pressed.
Chairman Naidu
had, however, disal-
lowed the motion say-
ing the members were
free to raise the issue
during the discussion
on Motion of Thanks
to the President’’s ad-
dress.
When the House
met for the day, Naidu
said he has received
notice under rule 267
from various mem -
bers but the issue can
be raised during the
discussion on Motion
of Thanks to the Pres-
ident’’s address to the
joint sitting of both
houses of Parliament.
Naidu, however, al-
lowed members who
gave notices to make
very brief mentions.
Leader of the Oppo-
sition and senior Con-
gress leader Ghulam
Nabi Azad said the
farmers have been
camping for more
than two months and
the issue needs to be
discussed.
However, Naidu did
not agree to their mo-
tion after which the
members of Congress,
Left, TMC, DMK and
RJD staged a walkout.
“No one is stopping you
from discussing the is-
sue tomorrow. Tomor-
row you will get an op-
portunity,” he said.
Naidu said 10 hours
have been allocated for
discussion on Motion
of Thanks to the Presi-
dent’’s address and an
equivalent amount giv-
en for discussion on
Budget.
“Please take the op-
portunity tomorrow,”
he said.FROM PG 1
AK MADHESHIYA MOVED TO NER
Ashish Kumar Madheshiya has been transferred
from Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW) to
North Eastern Railway (NER) on his own request.
He is an Indian Railway Service of Electrical
Engineers (IRSEE) officer.
8 IPS OFFICERS GET NEW
ASSIGNMENTS IN DELHI POLICE
As many as eight IPS officers have been given fresh
assignments in Delhi Government. Accordingly,
Deepak Purohit has been promoted to Addl CP had
posted at the Headquarter while Chinmoy Biswal
was posted as DCP, Crime and Gaurav Sharma is
DCP, Security. Rajiv Ranjan Singh has been ap-
pointed as DCP, Outer North district DCP; Esha Pan-
dey as DCP, PCR; Urjiva Goel as DCP, West district;
Ghanshyam Bansal as DCP, Traffic and Manoj C was
made Addl DCP, Outer North Delhi district.
MS RAJNI HASIJA LIKELY TO GET
ADDITIONAL CHARGE OF CMD, IRCTC
Ms Rajni Hasija, Director (Tourism & Marketing),
is expected to get an additional charge of CMD,
Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation
(IRCTC) after the vacancy of this post with the
retirement of incumbent CMD M P Mall.
SANGEETA BAHADUR APPOINTED
HIGH COMMISSIONER TO MALTA
Ms Sangeeta Bahadur, presently Ambassador of
India to Belarus, has been appointed as the next
High Commissioner of India to the Republic of
Malta. She is a 1987 batch IFS officer.
RAGHU GURURAJ IS AMBASSADOR
TO SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE
Raghu Gururaj (YOA:2006), presently Consul
General of India to Medan, has been appointed as
the next Ambassador of India to the Democratic
Republic of Sao Tome and Principe.
SILENCE ON CBI FRONT?
Deaf silence about the appointment of new CBI
Chief is being talked about in the corridors of
power. Tenure of present CBI Chief Rishi Kumar
Shukla is coming to an end on Feb 3.
DEPUTATION TENURE OF
SHAILENDRA SINGH EXTENDED
The deputation tenure of Shailendra Singh,
working as Additional Secretary, Department of
Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, has
been extended upto July 21, 2021. He is a 1988
batch IAS officer of MP cadre.
MAJ. GEN. RK SINGH MAY HEAD HAWS
Major General RK Singh could be considered for
the position to head High Altitude Warfare School
(HAWS), Gulmarg in Kashmir.
AIS OFFICERS TO GET HOME
STATE CADRE IN J&K
All India Service officers hailing from Jammu
& Kashmir will be allocated Jammu & Kashmir
cadre in order to meet the shortage of officers.
A MESSAGE TO JUDICIARY?
The Government has last month given subtle
message to the Judiciary – ‘don’t flex your mus- cles beyond a point’.
MOHANTY IS NEW CHAIRMAN
OF ODISHA PSC
Satyajit Mohanty has been appointed Chairman of the Odisha Public Service Commission. He is 1988 batch IPS officer.
JAN E ALAM IS ACTING CHIEF
SECRETARY OF NAGALAND
Jan E Alam has been appointed acting Chief Sec-
retary of Nagaland. He is 1991 batch IAS officer
of Nagaland cadre.
RAJIV KUMAR TANDON APPOINTED DG,
SPL POLICE ESTABLISHMENT IN MP
Rajiv Kumar Tandon has been appointed as Di-
rector General, Special Police Establishment, Lo-
kayukta Organization, Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh.
He is a 1988 batch IPS officer of MP cadre.
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New Delhi: The PM-
CARES fund, which has
been set up to provide
relief during the corona-
virus pandemic, has
contributed over Rs
2,200 crore for the first
phase of vaccination
drive, which is looking
to inoculate frontline
healthcare workers, the
Expenditure Secretary
said on Tuesday.
Set up in March 2020,
the exact collections
made by the fund
through voluntary con-
tribution by individuals
and corporates, are not
known but the corpus
managed by the PMO
has been providing re-
lief to pandemic-hit sec-
tors.
With the Budget for
current fiscal, which
was presented before the
onset of the pandemic,
making no separate al-
location for vaccination,
more than 82 per cent of
the cost of the same dur-
ing January to March is
being borne by PM
CARES Fund.
Finance Minister Nir-
mala Sitharaman in her
Budget for the next fis-
cal beginning April 2021
has set aside Rs 35,000
crore towards COVID
vaccination.
Expenditure Secre-
tary T V Somanathan
said the cost of vaccina-
tion of frontline and
healthcare workers in
the current fiscal is be-
ing borne fully by the
central government and
the money is coming
from PM CARES fund
and Health Ministry.
Meanwhile, a Nation-
al Expert Group on vac-
cine administration for
COVID-19 (NEGVAC)
has been established for
providing guidance on
all aspects of COVID-19
vaccination including
prioritisation of popula-
tion groups, procure-
ment and inventory
management, vaccine
selection, vaccine deliv-
ery, and tracking mecha-
nism, Union Minister of
State for Health Ashwini
Kumar Choubey in -
formed on Tuesday.
According to a written
reply in the Rajya Sabha
today, Choubey said,
“NEGVAC has the repre-
sentation of Secretaries
from MEA, Department
of Expenditure, Depart-
ment of Biotechnology,
Department of Health
Research, Department
of Pharmaceuticals,
Ministry of Electronics
and Information Tech-
nology, a representative
from five state govern-
ments and technical ex-
perts.” —Agencies
PM-CARES Fund to foot over 80%
cost of 1st phase of Covid vax drive
THE FUND WAS SET UP TO PROVIDE RELIEF DURING CORONA PANDEMIC
INDIA REPORTS
8,635 NEW
COVID-19 CASES
TALLY OF ACTIVE COVID-19 CASES
SHRINKS TO 1.63 LAKH; TOTAL 39.50
The tally of active COVID-19 cases in India has shrunk to
1.63 lakh which is just 1.52 per cent of the total instances of
the infection reported so far, while 39.50 lakh beneficiaries
have received vaccine jabs till Tuesday morning, the
Union health ministry said. It also said that India’s daily
new coronavirus cases has been consistently following a
downward slope. After reaching a peak of 95,735 daily cases
on September 10 last year, India on Tuesday recorded 8,635
new instances of the infectreported so far, while 39.50 lakh
beneficiaries have received vaccine jabs till Tuesday morning.
India registered 8,635
new coronavirus infec-
tions in a day, the lowest
in eight months, while
the daily deaths fell below
100 after almost nine
months, according to
Union health ministry data
updated on Tuesday. The
country’s COVID-19 tally
stands at 1,07,66,245 and
the death toll increased
to 1,54,486 with 94 new
fatalities, the data updated
at 8 am showed. The
number of people who
have recuperated from
the disease surged to
1,04,48,406 pushing the
national recovery rate to
97.05 per cent, while the
COVID-19 case fatality
rate has dropped to 1.43
per cent. The COVID-19
active caseload remained
below two lakh for the
14th consecutive day.
DEFENCE MANUFACTURING
India can’’t remain
dependent on other
countries: Rajnath
Bengaluru: Defence
Minister Rajnath Singh
said on Tuesday that In-
dia cannot remain de-
pendent on other coun-
tries for its defence and
that the indigenously
developed Tejas was
better than its foreign
equivalents on several
parameters and also
comparitively cheaper.
Under the ‘’Aatmanirb-
har Bharat Abhiyan,
India is looking forward
to increase its defence
manufacturing capa-
bilities, said Singh, who
inaugurated Hindustan
Aeronautics Limited’’s
second LCA-Tejas pro-
duction plant here. “In-
dia cannot remain de-
pendent on other coun-
tries for its defence”, he
said. Singh said Tejas is
not only indigenous,
but better than its for-
eign equivalents on sev-
eral parameters and
also comparatively
cheaper. “Many coun-
tries have shown inter-
est in Tejas. India will
achieve the target of Rs
1.75 lakh crore in the
field of defence manu-
facturing in (a) few
years”, he said. The de-
livery of the Tejas LCA
to the Indian Air Force
under a Rs 48,000-crore
deal will begin from
March 2024 and around
16 aircraft will be rolled
out annually. —PTI
Franklin Templeton to pay `9,122
crores to investors in 20 days: SC
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court on Tuesday
ordered that Rs 9,122
crore be disbursed with-
in three weeks to the
unitholders of Franklin
Templeton’s six mutual
fund schemes which are
proposed to be wound up.
A bench of Justices S
A Nazeer and Sanjiv
Khanna said that the
disbursal of money
would be done in pro-
portion to unitholders’
interest in the assets.
In the proceedings
conducted through vid-
eo conferencing, the
bench entrusted State
Bank of India (SBI) Mu-
tual Fund to disburse
the money as all the
counsels gave consent
to the court’s order.
The bench granted lib-
erty to the litigating par-
ties to approach the court
in case of any difficulty
in the disbursal of mon-
ey to the unitholders.
The court also gave the
parties liberty to move
applications in case of
any difficulty arising out
of the process.
The lawyer, repre-
senting Franklin Tem-
pleton Trusts Services
Limited, told the bench
that the company would
render cooperation
with SBI Mutual Fund.
The bench on Janu-
ary 25 had said it would
first deal with the is-
sues related to objec-
tion to the e-voting pro-
cess for winding up of
the six mutual fund
schemes and distribu-
tion of money to the
unitholders. —PTI
Nadda’s 2-day visit to poll-bound
Kerala begins from today
New Delhi: BJP Na-
tional President Jagat
Prakash Nadda will be
on a two-day visit to
Kerala from Wednesday
to review the election
preparations ahead of
upcoming state Assem-
bly polls. He will also
address a public rally at
Vadakkunnathan Tem-
ple Ground, Thrissur
on Thursday. The public
rally would be the first
major rally of BJP in
Kerala, kick-starting
the assembly campaign.
According to Nadda’s
schedule, the party
president will reach
Trivandrum Interna-
tional Airport on Feb-
ruary 3, where the state
party leaders will ac-
cord a grand welcome
to him and a motorcade
rally is also planned.
Nadda will attend
state BJP core commit-
tee meeting ahead of
seat-sharing discus-
sions & candidates se-
lection regarding Kera-
la Assembly polls. He
will also address newly
elected Councilors and
Block, Zilla Panchayat
members of BJP at an
event in Kowdiar.
—ANI
BJP appoints in
charges for
Assam, TN, Pondy
New Delhi: BJP on
Tuesday appointed Un-
ion ministers Narendra
Singh Tomar, G Kishan
Reddy & Pralhad Joshi
its Assembly poll in-
charges for Assam, Ta-
mil Nadu and Kerala
respectively.
Arjun Meghwal is in-
charge for the assembly
polls in Puducherry, the
party added. Jitendra
Singh & VK Singh will
be co-incharges for As-
sam & TN. —PTI
Didi’s
Santhali
dance video
goes viral
West Bengal: A video
of West Bengal Chief
minister Mamata Ba-
nerjee dancing at a mass
marriage ceremony in
Falakata of Alipurduar
district has gone viral
on social media.
The 45-second clip,
which is being widely
circulated online, fea-
tures the 66-year-old
politician matching
steps with the Santhali
dancers at the ceremo-
ny. Clad in masks, the
dancers are seen hold-
ing Banerjee’s hand and
dancing to the beats of
the dhol.
The video comes al-
most a month after a
picture of Banerjee
cooking at a tribal vil-
lage had gone viral on
social media. Since be-
ing shared online, the
clip has garnered over
13,000 views.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh addresses during inauguration
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Killing two
birds with one
stone
A
ctions speak louder
than words. And  if
Monday’s bureaucratic
reshufﬂ e and allotment
of a nondescript
bungalow to former IAS
ofﬁ cer and BJP MLC AK
Sharma is anything to
go by - the message is
loud and clear, nothing
happened by accident
but then nothing is
also certain in politics.
A senior IAS ofﬁ cial
had been eyeing the
plum Infrastructure and
Industrial Development
Commissioner post ever
since it became vacant
following Alok Tandon’s
elevation as Secretary to
Government of India.
Grapevine has it this
civil servant had left no
stone unturned to lobby
for the coveted position
and even tried to use
the ofﬁ ce of a power-
broker at the Centre to
pursue his case. But by
giving Chief Secretary
RK Tewari, the addi-
tional charge of IIDC,
the UP CM has snubbed
all such overtures. Last
seen, the IAS ofﬁ cer
was trying to maintain
a low-proﬁ le and busy
himself with the job
at hand. On the other
hand, the allotment of
an ordinary accom-
modation to Sharma
seems to have come as
a dampener to all those
who were trying to build
a ‘powerful’ narrative
about his perceived
role not to mention an
important berth in the
Yogi cabinet.
—M Tariq Khan
Officer’s secret
of balancing
with 3 begums
A
mong the
bureaucracies of
the country, ofﬁ cers of
different calibers can
be found. But to ﬁ nd an
ofﬁ cer who knows the
secret of balancing work
along with responsibility
of his begums would be
improbable.
One such ofﬁ cer is
posted in Lucknow, who
has not one or two but
3 begums and while
lovingly takes care of all
them, makes sure that
his personal life does
not come in-between
duty for the job. The
ofﬁ cer who has worked
in both Mayawati’s as
well as Akhilesh Yadav’s
government is known to
be a shrewd ofﬁ cer who
captivates the hearts
of all with his work. He
is also known to be in
the good books of the
incumbent government.
Not only is he a favorite
of the government but
also a favorite in his
department. There is a
general opinion that, a
person who can handle
government’s work
along with the respon-
sibility of 3 begums can
handle anything thrown
at him.
—Ahtesham Siddiqui
Shelter to Ansari:
BJP MLA Alka
writes to Priyanka IIT’s ‘EndureAir’ to
be showcased at
Aero-India 2021
Etawah records lowest
temp of 2.8 degrees Celsius
Lucknow: Cold to se-
vere cold day condi-
tions occurred at iso-
lated places over east-
ern Uttar Pradesh with
Etawah recording the
lowest minimum tem-
perature at 2.8 degrees
Celsius, the Meteoro-
logical Department
said on Tuesday.
“Dense to very dense
fog occurred at isolat-
ed places over east UP
and dense fog occurred
at isolated places over
west UP,” it said.
“Cold day to severe
cold day conditions oc-
curred at isolated plac-
es over east UP,” the
department said.
The highest maximum
temperature over the
state was 28.4 degrees
Celsius at Jhansi ob-
servatory. The lowest
minimum tempera-
ture was 2.8 degree
Celsius at Etawah ob-
servatory. The day
temperature rose in
Ayodhya and Mo-
radabad divisions and
there was no large
change in the other
parts of the state.
Night temperatures
rose appreciably in Al-
lahabad and Agra divi-
sions and there was no
large change in the re-
maining divisions of
the state, it said.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: BJP’s Mo-
hammadabad MLA Alka Rai has written to Congress leader Pri-yanka Gandhi Vadra, accusing her party’s governments in Punjab and Rajasthan of shielding gangster-turned-politician Mikhtar Ansari and his son Abbas Ansari.
Alka Rai is the wife
of the slain MLA Krish-nanand Rai, who was shot dead in 2005.
Mukhtar Ansari was
accused of killing her husband but was later acquitted in the case. Currently, Mukhtar An-sari, a BSP MLA from Mau, is lodged in a Pun-jab jail in an extortion case and have several criminal cases regis-tred against him. ‘I have to tell you with grief that your governments in Punjab and Ra-jasthan have given guest status to my hus-band’s killer Mukhtar Ansari and his son Ab-bas Ansari, who carry reward for their ar-rest,” Rai alleged in the
letter to Priyanka Gan-dhi on January 30.
The letter was shared
with the media on Tues-d a y.
Pointing at some pho-
tos said to be published in newspapers, the Mo-hammadabad (Ghaz-ipur) MLA alleged that the Abbas’s marriage took place under the Ra-jasthan government’s patronage.
‘After seeing these
pictures, my family and I felt pain,” she said, claiming that earlier the Uttar Pradesh gov-ernment had sent vehi-cles 32 times to bring Mukhtar Ansari back to the state but the Pun-jab government shield-ed him.
‘Being a woman, I
thought you will feel my pain. You talk against crime and criminals regularly but you nei-ther replied me nor took any initiative to ensure justice to me. It is clear that you and your governments are standing with Muktar and his crime. I will wait for your reply,’ Rai said in the letter.
First India Bureau
Kanpur: IIT Kanpur
has built a helicopter which could be used to locate enemies on the border, control crowd and also capture photo and record video. The specialty of the helicop- ter is its weight; Weigh- ing at only 4 Kg, the helicopter can stay air- borne for long duration of time. The announce- ment of the helicopter was made by IIT Kan- pur via a tweet and will be showcased at the Aero-India 2021 to be held in Bengaluru.
The helicopter was
made by a start-up of IIT Kanpur named ‘En- dureAir’, which will help the army with their operations, may it be rescue or offensive missions. The helicop- ter was made under the guidance of Prof. Ab- hishek Senior Scientist
of Aerospace Engineer- ing Department.
The helicopter ‘En-
dure 15’ is fitted with the latest sensors like CBRNE and various state of the art technol- ogies like LIDAR, etc. The key features in- cludes vertical take-off and landing, long range and endurance, ob- struction avoidance, video streaming and precise navigation.
The helicopter has
been made completely from the scratch and can work efficiently in transporting medical supplies, crowd man- agement as well as search and rescue op- erations.
The specialty of the
EndureAir helicopter is that it can operate at minus 20 to 50 ° C as well so that it can be used in wide range of environment condi- tions.
Alka Rai and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. (inset letter).
The specialty of the helicopter is its weight.
CTET paper leaked in Agra two
hours before start; six detained
First India Bureau
Agra: The Central
Teacher Eligibility Test
(CTET) exam which
was held on Sunday had
its question paper
leaked 2 hours prior to
the start of the exam.
The question paper was
leaked in a WhatsApp
group. Police have de-
tained 6 persons in sus-
picion of leaking the
question paper and in-
terrogating them while
the leader of the group
is suspected to be based
from Prayagraj. Police
teams have been formed
to nab the kingpin of
the racket.
The CTET exam was
held in all districts of
the state on Sunday. In
Agra, the examination
was conducted in 96
centers in two shifts
one in the morning and
one in the evening and
was attended by 50
thousand candidates.
The Agra police had
inkling that the CTET
paper could be leaked
before the examination
and were in wait for
solid proof. With
enough proof in their
hand, the police began
their operation and de-
tained 6 persons associ-
ated with leaking the
question paper. The
racket had shared the
question paper in the
WhatsApp group chat.
When the detainees
were interrogated, it
was found that the king-
pin of the racket is from
Prayagraj and the rack-
et had members from
Etawah and Agra.
SP City, Botre Rohan
Pramod said that a case
of CTET paper leak has
come to his view and
police have detained
some people and inter-
rogation is on to get to
the base of the case.
The CTET exam was held in all districts of the state on Sunday.
HIGHWAY MISHAP
Three
passengers
traveling in an
SUV were
killed after it
collided head-
on with a truck
at Lucknow-
Prayagraj
highway in
Rae Bareli
district on
Tuesday.
ILLEGAL MINING: CASE HAS BEEN REGISTERED AGAINST THEN DM OF KAUSHAMBI
CBI BOOKS RETD IAS OFFICER FOR GRAFT
First India Bureau
Lucknow: CBI has
booked a retired IAS
officer for alleged
corruption in giving
leases to facilitate il-
legal mining of mi-
nor minerals in
Kaushambi when he
was posted as a dis-
trict magistrate dur-
ing 2012-14, officials
said Tuesday.
Searches at nine
locations, including
the residential prem-
ises of accused officer
Satyendra Singh, led
to recovery of docu-
ments of 44 properties
worth tens of crore in
the name of the officer
and relatives in Luc-
know, Kanpur, Ghazi-
abad and New Delhi.
“During searches
at the premises of
then district magis-
trate, cash of Rs 10
lakh (approx); docu-
ments relating to
around 44 immovable
properties; fixed de-
posits worth Rs 51
lakh (approx); around
36 bank accounts, in
the name of said pub-
lic servant and his
family members at
Lucknow, Kanpur,
Ghaziabad, New Delhi
and keys of six lockers
were found. Gold and
silver jewellery of Rs
2.11 crore(approx) and
old currency of Rs one
lakh (approx) were
also found in the lock-
ers,” CBI spokesper-
son RC Joshi said.
He said it was al-
leged that during 2012-
14, the then district
magistrate, Kausham-
bi had awarded two
fresh leases and re-
newed nine existing
leases to the other ac-
cused to facilitate ille-
gal mining of minor
minerals without fol-
lowing e-tendering
procedure as men-
tioned in the orders
dated May 31, 2012 of
the Uttar Pradesh gov-
ernment.
The case is part of
a probe into illegal
mining in UP during
the SP government
that was handed over
to the CBI by the Alla-
habad High Court in
which a former minis-
ter of the state was
also booked by the
agency.
According to a
source, the probe
was launched
against Singh after Special Secretary RP Singh issued order for the probe on Oc- tober 1, 2019. The probe was ordered following two com- plaints received against Singh from an advocate of the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court.
SEARCHES HELD
Accused former IAS ofﬁ cer Satyendra Singh

Over the years I have realised
that only once we act as if our
actions make a difference, then
they do.
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PARTIES HUDDLE AROUND PURVANCHAL POLL LAB
Focus on projecting leaders from the region to woo voters who have always played a decisive role in govt formation
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The road to
power in UP passes
through Purvanchal
but voters here have
been changing their
choice after every five
years for past three de-
cades.
This has led to polit-
ical parties focussing
on the region with Sa-
majwadi Party having
already established its
residential party head-
quarters here for 2022
assembly elections
while BJP is banking
upon CM Yogi Aditya-
nath as-well-as Arvind
Kumar Sharma, mem-
ber of Bhumihar com-
munity for strengthen-
ing its political base.
Likewise, the BSP, Con-
gress and AIMIM are
depending upon lead-
ers from the region.
Purvanchal region
comprises 28 districts
and 162 assembly seats
having a significant say
in political scene of
state.
The BJP won 115 of
164 seats in Purvanchal
in 2017 while 17 went to
SP, 14 to BSP 14, 2 to
Congress besides 16 to
others. In 2012 elec-
tions, SP won 102 seats,
while BJP 17, BSP 22,
Congress 15 while 8
seats went to others.
Similarly, in 2007, BSP
managed to win 85
seats while SP won 48,
BJP won 13, Congress
won 9 while others got
4 seats.
This proves that Pur-
vanchal region was nec-
essary for a win.
Despite SP performing
well in 2012 and BSP in
2007, they could not re-
tain grip while Yogi Adi-
tyanath hailing from
Purvanchal got his share
in 2017. The BJP knows
it well that for a win in
2022 in absence of Manoj
Sinha, Purvanchal was
the way for which it has
roped in Arvind Kumar
Sharma.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Thanks to
the farmers’ agitation, after sulking for nearly five years the older gen- eration Jats in Western UP are once again in reckoning to regain the mantle of leadership from the younger gener- ation. Riding on com- munal clashes wave in 2013 the GenNext had completely grabbed the socio-political space leading to massive vic- tory of the BJP in 2014
Lok Sabha election.
The trend continued
even in 2017 and 2019 as- sembly and Lok Sabha elections respectively, as the younger generation
refused to listen to the old people in Baliyan Khap- a powerful social organisation in 84 vil- lages in western UP.
But the farm protests
causing unrest against the NDA government have brought smile on the faces of ‘Taus’ as the elderly are called in ru- ral areas. They have not only succeeded in re- gaining lost socio-politi- cal ground but have tamed the younger lot. This has also reinforced the ‘Hookah politics’ in villages to mobilise the well-entrenched Jat community. In two pre- vious polls the older generation tried to bring balance by also
making efforts to ensure victory to RLD headed by Chaudhury Ajit Singh but could not suc- ceed. The GenNext un- der the spell of the BJP frustrated all efforts of Ajit Singh to pacify the agitating Jat communi- ty to restore normalcy.
“Now the situation
has drastically changed. Hookah Panchayats were being held in al- most all the villages to set the agenda for the region,” said Anuj Bali- yan of Soram village.
‘Taus’ regain centre stage as farm stir unites young Jats
NEW FARM LAWS

They have not
only succeeded
in regaining lost
socio-political
ground but have
tamed the
younger lot who
have also now
gathered around
the agitation.
UNITE WITH OLD GUARD
Samajwadi Party MPs Mulayam Singh Yadav, Jaya Bachchan, Akhilesh Yadav, Ram Gopal Yadav, Dr. ST Hasan, Vishambhar
Prasad Nishad during the budget session of Parliament on Tuesday.
‘Three held en route to meet Hathras rape
victim’s family, can meet counsel in Jail’
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The UP Gov-
ernment has told the
Allahabad High Court
that Atiq Ur Rehman
and two others arrested
by the UP Police last
year, along with jour-
nalist Siddiqui Kappan,
while en route way to
meet the family of the
Hathras gang rape vic-
tim would be allowed to
meet their counsel in
jail.
Apart from Rehman
and Kappan, the police
had also reportedly ar-
rested activist Masood
Ahmed and Moham-
mad Alam, the driver of
the taxi taken to Hath-
ras.Earlier, the Court
was orally informed by
the State that the ac-
cused could meet their
lawyers, but no order
was passed. When the
matter came up on Jan-
uary 28, the Court was
told that the jail author-
ity is not allowing the
counsel to meet the ac-
cused in jail. The Divi-
sion Bench of Justices
Surya Prakash Kesar-
wai and Shamim
Ahmed has also taken
on record that the
State’s counter-affidavit
in the habeas corpus
plea moved by the three
accused has been served
on them. The matter is
expected to be taken up
for hearing again on
February 4.
SC refuses to grant protection to AAP
MP Sanjay Singh against arrest warrant
First India Bureau
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court on Tues-
day refused to grant
protection to MP San-
jay Singh against
whom a non-bailable
warrant has been is-
sued on an FIR lodged
in Lucknow after his
press conference on
August 12 last year.
An FIR was lodged
against the AAP leader
after he had accused the
Yogi Adityanath gov-
ernment of being
‘pro-Thakur’ in a press
conference. Singh had
also claimed in his press
conference that the
BJP had insulted the
Dalits by not inviting
President Ram Nath
Kovind for the ‘Bhoomi
Pujan’ of Ram Mandir
in Ayodhya.
Following multiple
FIRs against him, Singh
had approached the
apex court to quash all
the charges or alterna-
tively transfer them out-
side of the State.
He had also filed a pe-
tition against the order
of Allahabad High
Court, which refused to
quash the charges on
January 21 this year.
However, the SC refused
to pass any verdict with-
out going through the
HC’s order first.
Singh’s lawyer Sumeer
Sodhi said, “In the said
press conference, the pe-
titioner had merely
raised certain social is-
sues, namely neglect
and apathy of the gov-
ernment towards a cer-
tain class of society.”
Youth collecting money in
name of PM’s brother held
First India Bureau
SULTANPUR: A youth
was arrested for al-
legedly collecting mon-
ey in the name of the
prime minister’s broth-
er, police said on Tues-
d a y.
Police had received
information from the
Prime Minister’s Office
that one Jitendra Ti-
wari alias Jitu was in-
volved in forgery in the
name of the PM’s
brother, Station House
Officer, City police sta-
tion, Bhupendra Singh
said.
Acting on the input,
Tiwari was arrested
near Vikas Bhavan on
Monday, he said.
Tiwari’s car had a
poster of a proposed
programme of prime
minister’s brother
Prahlad Modi in Mad-
havpur, Gujarat, on
February 4, police said.
BJP district president
R A Verma said a youth
had come to him but he
did not entertain him.
Police said they are
probing the matter.
AAP leader Sanjay SIngh (R) Supreme Court.
FOLLOW NORMS
MLC Arvind Kumar
Sharma allotted
bungalow in Dalibagh
First India Bureau
LUCKNOW: Putting
all speculations to
rest, bureau-
crat-turned-MLC
Arvind Kumar Shar-
ma has been allotted
a bungalow in Dali-
bagh colony by the
estate department.
A spokesman of
the state confirmed
the allotment of the
bungalow to Sharma
by the estate depart-
ment. Chief Minister
Yogi Adityanath had
constituted a com-
mittee headed by par-
liamentary affairs
minister Suresh
Khanna for taking
the final decision on
allotment of bunga-
lows to ministers,
MLAs and MLCS.
The estate depart-
ment has allotted the
bungalow to Sharma
in the capacity of a
BJP MLC and with
this, the government
has scotched all ru-
mours of Sharma
being allotted a bun-
galow at Kalidas
Marg. Now, since the
bungalow has been
decided, it is being
hotly debated what
portfolio would be
given to Sharma by
the CM in the minis-
try rejig expected
very shortly.
Sharma, who re-
signed as secretary,
MSME at Centre to
join BJP, is a known
Modi loyalist having
worked with him for
nearly 20 years in Gu-
jarat and Delhi, and
hence it is being said
that he would get a
plum portfolio in the
state cabinet.
Arvind Kumar Sharma
GAME CHANGERS
UP govt drops
“Breach of
peace” notice
sent to farmers
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The Uttar
Pradesh government on
Tuesday told the Alla-
habad High Court that it
is dropping proceedings
against 162 farmers is-
sued “breach of peace”
notices asking for expla-
nations why they should
not have to furnish per-
sonal bonds of `10 lakh
each. The notices were
issued January 19 mostly
to tractor-owning farm-
ers in Sitapur on “appre-
hension that they would
violate law and order in
light of farmers protest
in the district”. Last week
the court asked state and
district officials to ex-
plain how and why poor
farmers had been issued
these notices.
CM Yogi Adityanath BSP supremo Mayawati SP chief Akhilesh Yadav

K
atrina Kaif is
paired for the
very first time with
Siddhant Chatur- vedi and Ishaan
Khatter for the up-
coming horror
comedy, Phone
Bhoot. The
trio seems to
enjoy their
time with each other
as they pre-
pare them- selves for
the film in
Udaipur. The film is
much awaited for the
fresh pairing of the trio.
Siddhant Chaturvedi has
taken to Instagram as they invite Katrina Kaif in their
intense workout session.
—Agency
T
he first ever pairing on-screen, Rakul Preet Singh and Ayushmann Khur-
rana have joined the cast of Doctor G directed by Anub- huti Kashyap and produced by Junglee Pictures. The film is a campus-comedy drama and the shooting is awaited. The film is estab- lished in a campus of a mdi- cal institute, wherein,
Ayushmann will
be seen as Dr
Uday Gupta
and Rakul
as Dr Fa-
tima.
—ANI
A
lia Bhatt who had been shooting for the Sanjay Leela Bhansali film, Gangubai Kathi-
awadi, has taken a break from shooting, as she is rehearsing her dance moves for 2 dance songs featuring in the film be- fore calling it a wrap.
The tracks are going to be
filmed in the grand Sanjay Lee- la Bhansali’s demeanour as 200 dancers background dancers are being trained for the same along with the lavish set. Mean- time, the actress recently spent some quality time with her beau, Ranbir Kapoor, in New Delhi. Alia Bhatt was also seen playing the game of Truth or Dare on her Instagram with her fans, where she revealed her love for aloo, chocolates and the fact that she actu- ally hates shopping!
—Agency
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MAGICAL
MALDIVES
isha Patani has shared a throw-
back picture on her Instagram
where she is seen soaking the
sun in Maldives. The actress
stuns in the white bikini.
The actress took a break
and has spent leisure
time in Maldives. Fans have
been appreciating the
picture as well as Tiger
Shroff ’s sister Krishna
Shroff couldn’t stop
herself from dropping a
comment. Disha Patani
was last seen in Ma-
lang with Aditya Roy
Kapoor, Anil Kapoor
and Kunal Kemmu.
Her upcoming pro-
ject is Radhe:
You most wanted
Bhai alongside
Salman Khan,
Jackie Shroff and
Randeep Hooda.
The film is set to
release on Eid
2021. Apart from
this, Disha has an-
other upcoming
project, Ek Vil-
lain-2.
—AgencyD
NEED A
BREAK
A
fter wrapping up the shoot of Rakshmi Rocket, Taapssee Pannu has revealed the first look of her next film, ‘Looop
Lapeta’. With one after the other
projects in her hands, Taapsse has shared on her Instagram the
character Savi who is question- ing herself how did she end up
here! The film is a hindi remake
of the German 1998 film Run
Lola Run. Taapsee had been
shooting in Goa for the film. The 1998 German film featured
Franka Pontete and Mortiz
Bleibtreu in the lead role. It por- trays the story of a woman who has to arrange 1,00,000
Deutsche Mark in 20
minutes to save her
boyfriend.
—Agency
Run Savi
RUN
Doctor G NOTHING
LIKE HOME
W
hile the shoot life takes you to a lot of places
around, there is no place like home, but Parineeti Chopra has earned the privilege to shoot at her hometown as she is soon to begin shooting for a brand campaign. The actress is thrilled to spend some quality time with
her family as she is soon to return to Mum- bai for the promotion of her upcoming film, The Girl on The Train. The Girl on The Train which also features Aditi Rao Hydari and Kirti Kul- hari is a mystry thriller film and is based on British author Paula Hawkins’ 2015 debut novel of the same name.
—Agency
FUN AND
WORKOUT
Disha Patani
Rakul Preet Singh
...her post
Parineeti Chopra
Alia Bhatt Taapssee Pannu
Katrina Kaif

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RIDDHIKA SONI, Fitness Trainer
LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
Money will not seem a
problem for those trying to
purchase a major
household item. Getting
work out of a new team may seem
tough, but you will manage it. Spouse
may ask for your time and attention
today for an important discussion. A
special treat awaits you.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
You may need a good resource to fund your current venture. Good news awaits some on the
academic front. You will be able to achieve stability on the professional front. An invitation to a party or function can be expected and will enable you to meet someone.
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20Someone close going abroad or out of town can make you emotional. You will ﬁ nd yourself ﬁ t and
energetic. Luck shines on your bank balance. Cupid may strike its arrow across those looking for it lately. A stranger you meet while travelling may become a good friend.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22Doors to new opportunities will open by meeting people. Doing up the property owned by you is indicated
and will be a step in the right direction. Remain a little tight-ﬁ sted on the ﬁ nancial front to conserve money. Key to your good health is in remaining regular in your workouts.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21A senior will appreciate your skills in an event or a conference. Those planning to set up a side
business are likely to bring their ideas in execution now. A family youngster may look up to you for your guidance. You are likely to take the initiative in getting something.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19You may receive a payment you had given up for lost. Delegating work will lessen your workload at ofﬁ ce, but
do supervise the work. Today, you may have to contend with some unwanted guests preying on your private time. Monetary beneﬁ ts are likely to come in a partnership venture.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20Your good performance at work will be noticed by those who matter. Those debuting on television or
ﬁ lms may ﬁ nd instant fame. Singles may make efforts to win a romantic dinner date with the one they secretly love. Students should get the right coaching to regain lost ground.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20Someone is testing your patience, so remain cool. Your performance at work will remain consistent.
Total satisfaction is guaranteed in something that you are pursuing on the academic front. Marriage of someone eligible in the family is likely to be solemnised soon.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23You succeed in pacifying a distraught family member by your soft approach and soothing words. This is the
day when you can struggle a bit on the professional front. Remain up to date with the course, as a surprise test can be unleashed anytime. A budding romance may arise.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23You may be called by someone in authority at a short notice today. Professional front may
require some ﬁ ne tuning; get in action. There may be clash of purpose between your desire to buy quality stuff and your wish for saving money, so take the middle path.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20You will be able to impress all and sundry on the professional front. Your cost cutting measures are
likely to beneﬁ t you a lot. Maintaining a balanced diet may begin to show on your body earlier than expected. Getting into a favourable situation on the academic front is possible.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22This is a good day to broach anything personal to higher ups at work. Good preparation is likely
to keep you ahead of others in a competitive situation on the academic front. Wealth comes to some by way of inheritance. Your wait is over for receiving gifts.
YOUR
DAY
Horoscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
he human brain is
a very unique or-
gan. It is highly
complex and pre-
cisely crafted. A
person can die if a
small portion of it
is damaged but, surpris-
ingly, can survive even
when half of it is surgi-
cally removed by a process
called hemispherectomy
and that person can con-
duct almost normal life!
The brain weighs be-
tween 2-3 per cent of body
weight and 75 per cent of it
is water with 60 per cent of
the total brain made of
fats. Your brain is the fatti-
est organ of your body and
it needs plenty of omega-3
and omega-6 fats. This
means that the naive con-
cept of zero fat food is a
costly mistake. Like every-
thing else in life, one has to
know good fats and bad
fats - there can be no life
without fat. The maximum
growth of the brain hap-
pens during the first year
of life and it grows three
times in its size during
this period. The main food
of the brain is glucose and
oxygen. This explains ex-
treme cravings for sweets
and sugar during infancy
and early childhood. Do
not deny your baby of glu-
cose, just select the healthy
and natural sources of glu-
cose but offer the baby
plentiful of it. Why has
nature provided human
babies milk teeth? The
first set of teeth would be
damaged by sugar intake
during the first 7-8 years of
rigorous brain activities.
There used to be a com-
mon belief that excessive
thinking makes the brain
wrinkled and many people
still believe so but it is
nothing more
than a myth.
The brain
of a hu-
man baby
is wrin-
kled
even be-
fore birth
and it goes
on become more so
till the age of 18 years.
The lower end of each
wrinkle is called sulcus
and the uppermost a gyrus
- there being many sulci
and gyri. This is being
done to accommodate
more brain tissue in a lim-
ited area of the skull. So,
you can go on learning
more and more without
fear of getting a wrinkle
on your brain.
Many people believe
that what you learn dur-
ing your sleep is regis-
tered better or your brain
makes files during sleep
so that you could find
things easily later on.
Nothing of that
short has been proved. We
don’t learn while asleep
but a good sleep makes
your brain function, learn
and remem-
ber better.
There are claims that al-
cohol kills brain cells and
may lead to dementia. No,
alcohol doesn’t kill brain
cells but it makes the brain
function abnormally espe-
cially if consumed rapidly
and excessively. The
speech, logic, inhibitions,
gait and sleep may be ad-
versely affected.
There is a common be-
lief amongst a significant
majority of peo-
ple that we use
only 10 per
cent of our
brain and
some even
believe
that Al-
bert Ein-
stein
used
more
than
this and
became
a su-
per
genius. Nothing is far
away from reality. When
we use our brain we use it
fully even when we are
performing as simple a
task as lifting a glass of
water. This small act of
lifting a glass activates nu-
merous pathways. Brains
recognise if the glass is
empty or contains what
ingredient, how not to
spill it, what to do with it
and how finally where to
place the glass back. The
brain takes all these deci-
sions in a nanosecond!
Einstein focused on one
aspect of science and dedi-
cated his whole life to that
area. His great success in
that area as a result of
hard work, not some extra
powerful brain otherwise
why did he fail in manag-
ing his money and died as
a pauper? The same thing
happened with Issac New-
ton who lost everything in
some stock transactions
and was supported by soci-
ety because of his scien-
tific status. So, every-
one should feel com-
fortable that we all
use our brain in its
totality irrespective
of the importance of
the task. The brain is
like a computer - it
will activate all the
pathways when per-
forming a task. The
main thing is how logical-
ly we use it and the extent
of dedication for the task
we wish to perform.
Messages travel in brain
pathways with lightning
speed - about 150 miles per
hour. Here, most of us be-
lieve that the nerves alone
are responsible for these
extraordinary works but
the brain is the most com-
plicated structure of the
human body and consisted
of maximum varieties of
cells. The glial cells are
the least recognised cells
which perform some im-
portant tasks. They insu-
late the nerve pathways,
nourish them and supply
them with oxygen, they
are like unknown scien-
tists involved in making a
spacecraft and putting it
in orbit.
The brain needs a con-
tinuous supply of glucose
and oxygen for its innu-
merable functions and
any drop of either of them
below a critical level
might stop the functions
of the brain leading to
permanent damage or
death of the body. But this
doesn’t mean that brain
needs no other foods. The
brain contains a maxi-
mum of the body choles-
terol which is essential
for its formation and re-
generation. The foods that
keep the brain fit and fru-
gal include fatty fish, cof-
fee, blueberries, green
tea, turmeric, broccoli,
dark chocolates, nuts,
pumpkin seeds, oranges
and eggs.
But the “poor” brain is a
victim of one more myth.
They say that love develops
in heart and this misbelief
has prevailed over time im-
memorial. Recent live
MRIs have concluded that
it is actually the areas in
the brain which “ light up”
when one remembers or
sees once beloved and dear
ones. The heart only re-
flects what the brain feels
but takes all the credits,
poetry and prose and the
poor brain becomes just a
hapless witness.
HUMAN BRAIN:
Myths and Mysteries
DR RAMAWTAR
SHARMA
ﬁramawatarf132@
gmail.com
T

G
al Gadot has thanked
her fans for making
her latest DC mov-
ie Wonder Wom-
an 1984 the most-
watched movie on
any streaming ser-
vice this Christmas.
The film beat Pixar’s
Soul on Disney+ to
achieve this feat. View-
ers watched 2.25 billion
minutes of Wonder
Woman 1984 as com-
pared to Soul’s 1.67
billion. Warner
Bros released the
movie in thea-
tres and on HBO
Max the same
day. —
Agency
ETC
LUCKNOW | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2021
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G
wen Stefani and Blake Shelton’s wedding may be way into the future, but they do have one thing sorted! Singer Miley Cyrus offered the couple her services as a wedding singer via a series of tweets
on Tuesday. The exchange between Gwen and Miley began when the Hollaback Girl singer saw the 28-year- old artist perform “Prisoner” on NPR’s Tiny Desk Con-
certs series and commented “Talented geeezzzz,” Ste-
fani wrote. “gx.”
—Agency
Miley’s crazy gift!
J
ohn Cena broke his si- lence on the possibility of making an appear- ance at Wrestlemania 37
amid busy shoot schedule for
James Gunn’s series Peace-
maker. With Royal Rumble
2021 now behind us, the WWE
Universe is on the road to
Wrestlemania 37. Many are
curious to know if John
Cena, who rarely misses The Show of Shows, will be making a highly-anticipat-
ed appearance during
WWE’s. The last time
JohnCena had a match
in WWE was his stel-
lar outing against
Bray Wyatt at
Wrestlemania 36
which was in- deed epic.
—Agency
REMARRY EX-WIFE?
BREAKING THE SILENCE
BIG LOSS FOR HOLLYWOOD
TWITTER ACCOUNT GONE?
A
fter re-
ports
emerged
that Brad
Pitt and Jennifer
Aniston may be
reconciling that
spread around the
grapevine last year,
on Tuesday Brad’s
mother Jane want-
ed the two to re-
marry. After Brad’s
divorce from Ange-
lina Jolie and his
moving run-in
with ex-wife Jen-
nifer Aniston, the
world had hoped that the exes would get back
together but that wasn’t the case.
—Agency
W
estworld star Evan Rachel Wood
came forward to accuse her for-
mer fiancé Marilyn Manson of
abusing her for years on Monday,
February 2. After her allegations, at least
four more women also accused the interna-
tional singer of abuse. Manson has broken
his silence about the claims against him. The
52-year-old singer took to Instagram and is-
sued a statement where he deemed the claims
are “horrible distortions of reality.” He add-
ed that his intimate relationships have al-
ways been “consensual with like-minded
partners.”
—Agency
C
omedian and actress Amy
Schumer recently posted a
tasteful nude selfie and trans-
formed it into something very
sweet! The comedian, who gave birth
to her son Gene in 2019, took to Insta-
gram to
share a mir-
ror selfie
where she is
naked. The
photo was
shared with
the thought
of appreci-
ating her
postpartum
body, her C-
section scar
from deliv-
ering her
first child
nearly three years ago. The actress
wrote alongside the picture: “Feeling
like my c section looks cute today!
#hotgirlwinter #csection.”
—Agency
D
ustin Dia-
mond has
unfortunate-
ly suc-
cumbed to lung
cancer at the age of
44 on Monday. The
actor’s representa-
tive has confirmed
the news while stat-
ing that he was
fighting with carci-
noma for the past
three weeks. Ac-
cording to his man-
ager, Diamond died
on Monday morn-
ing. His condition
worsened since the last week and was taken
off the breathing machines in an attempt to
provide hospice care. The actor’s girlfriend
Tash Jules and another friend were by his
side.
—Agency
T
witter users
recently dis-
covered and
revealed
that Ana de Armas
has deleted her
Twitter account af-
ter her breakup
with Ben Affleck.
Eagle-eyed fans re-
cently noticed that
actress Ana de Ar-
mas‘ had deactivat-
ed her Twitter ac-
count over the
weekend. Many fan
sites and Twitter
users began tweet-
ing that the 32-year-old actress’ account was
no longer active. The actress is still there on
other social media sites like Instagram
though.
—Agency
Angelina in Angelina in
EternalsEternals
ngelina Jolie shared her thoughts on starring as Thena in Chloe Zhao’s directorial Eternals, reveal- ing it to be a “good crazy” experi- ence. If the pandemic hadn’t hap- pened last year, MCU (Marvel Cin- ematic Universe) fans would have
been formally introduced to Eternals on the big screen with the likes of Angelina Jolie, Richard Madden, Salma Hayek and Kit Harington making their Marvel debuts in Chloe Zhao’s highly-awaited directorial. However, Eternals became a victim of one too many delays and will now hit theatre screens on November 5, 2021.
—Agency
A
John Cena
REVEALED
Amy’s tasteful selfie!
Gal Godot
expresses
Gratitude
Amy Schumer
Miley Cyrus
...her post
Gal Gadot
Angelina Jolie
John Cena
Marilyn Manson
Brad Pitt
Late Dustin Diamond
Ana De Armas
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he world wan-
derlust comes to
mind when you
think about a
Lucknowite go-
ing on expedi-
tions everyday
to find out more about
their own city.
And when there’s
something as unique as
the ‘Hunar Haat’, an ex-
hibition of handicrafts
and traditional products
made by artisans from
the minority communi-
ties. The Haat aims to pro-
vide market exposure
and employment oppor-
tunities to artisans,
craftsmen and traditional
culinary experts.
While it provides em-
ployment and exposure,
it also stands alone as a
recreational front for the
people visiting.
Today, City First is in
conversation with some
Lucknowites in order to
hear their experience at
this one of a kind fair.
Mohd Amaan, a life-
style vlogger, says, “I had
a pleasant and culturally
rich experience at the Hu-
nar Haat. Best part of this
place is the variety of cui-
sines available. If you’re
a gastronome like me,
this place is heaven for
you. Delicacies like Ra-
jasthani Ghevar, Leba-
nese Shawarma and Fire
Paan are a must try. We
came across a lot of hand-
made artifacts from all
over the country which
was new to me.”
‘Hunar Haat’, an epi-
thet of #vocalforlocal
showcases all that’s
swadeshi and Muskan
Dubey, a city rover, thinks
just that.
She says, “The most
unique thing for me at
Hunar Haat was the
group that was drum-
ming and dancing around
the haat, I found it so
beautiful that I couldn’t
stop stop myself dancing
with them. And of
course, buying stuff for
which I had to spend lots
of money in going to dif-
ferent places to buy the
same, if this Haat wasn’t
organised in my city. So
everyone should at least
visit atleast once to sup-
port #VocalForLocal.”
The 24th Hunar Haat
at Lucknow Awadh
Shilpgram is taking for-
ward the legacy of “Vo-
cal for Local” to provide
market and opportuni-
ties to indigenous prod-
ucts of artisans and
craftsmen.
DIVINE DIVAS
MONICA
PRABHAKAR
[email protected]
City First in conversation with some
Lucknowites in order to hear their
experience at this one of a kind fair!
T
he finale of
Miss Teen Diva
2020 by Nikhil
Anand was held re-
cently in Gurugram,
where Wachi Pareek,
Sayali Ayre, Aishwar-
ya Vinu Nair and Rashi
Parasrampuria bagged
the titles of Miss Teen
India Universe, Miss
Teen India Multina-
tional, Miss Teen India
Earth and Miss Teen
India International,
respectively. In an ex-
clusive interview with
City First, the winners
revealed their goals,
ambitions and mind-
set, which definitely
proves they are beau-
ties with brains.
On being asked
about what motivated
her to be a part of this
pageant, Wachi stated,
“I took my first step in
the pageant industry
because I was bullied
in my school. I wanted
to tell young adults
that it’s only you who
can determine who
you want to be.” Wachi
aspires to raise aware-
ness of ‘good touch bad
touch’ amongst chil-
dren, in the future.
Sayali Ayre during the
interview stated that
Priyanka Chopra Jo-
nas happens to be her
role model. She said, “I
have always looked up
to Priyanka as my role
model. From being an
aeronautical engineer-
ing aspirant to becom-
ing Miss World, and
then conquering mak-
ing a prominent im-
pression on the people
across the globe with
her acting skills, she
has excelled in all
walks of life.”
For Aishwarya Vinu
Nair, success is accom-
plishing her dreams
and goals by control-
ling her actions and
thoughts. On be-
ing asked about
what would be
that one thing she
would like to change in
the world, she stated,
“If I could change one
thing, it would be get-
ting rid of injustice
happening with people
in the name of gender,
racial discrimination
and poverty.”
While in words
with Rashi Paras-
rampuria, she
mentioned, “If I
had to convey a
message to all
the aspiring
girls out
there who
want to be a part
of the fashion
industry, I
would say ‘just
be you’.” Rashi as-
pires to empower HIV
affected girls in the fu-
ture.
The organiser of the
event, Nikhil Anand,
on being asked about
what motivated him to
enter the beauty pag-
eant industry, said,
“My journey began in
the year 2014 when I
sent the first repre-
sentative from Gla-
manand to an inter-
national pageant.
There was no look-
ing back after
that, and the rest
is history.” He
added, “Organ-
ising this pag-
eant this year,
amid the COVID
pandemic was really
difficult. The events
kept postponing for
months until we de-
cided to finally con-
duct it with utmost
precautions.”
MANSI
BACHANI
[email protected]
Astounding Ayodhya!
Ayodhya is not just a tourist
favourite it’s also immensely
famous for its produce of jaggery!
CITY FIRST
The sacred birthplace of Lord Rama
is now a prominent and one of the
most ancient cities in history. It’s the
setting of the great epic Ramayana.
Ayodhya is not just a tourist favourite
it’s also immensely famous for its
produce of jaggery and its deriva-
tives. Ayodhya has a large number of
sugar refineries and mills for extract-
ing oil from seeds. The Ayodhya stall
at Hunar Haat saw heaps of enthusi-
astic customers ready to take jaggery
aka the original sweetener home.
APPOINTED!
IPS Abhishek Verma
got appointed as ADC
to Governer of UP,
Anandiben Patel. We
wish him all the best!
CITY FIRST IN AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH THE WINNERS OF MISS TEEN
DIVA 2020, WACHI PAREEK, SAYALI AYRE, AISHWARYA VINU NAIR AND RASHI
PARASRAMPURIA -AND THE ORGANISER OF THE SAME, NIKHIL ANAND!
ODOP!
Muskan Dubey
Mohd Amaan
Muskan happily posing in front of Hunar Haat
Aishwarya Vinu
Nair
Sayali Ayre
Rashi Parasrampuria
Wachi Pareek
Nikhil Anand
T
CRICKET BUZZ!
At the Inter-media Cricket Tournament (T20) being held at the KD Singh Babu Stadium and Chowk Stadium in Lucknow,
Electronic Media beat Dainik Jagran by 150 runs while, The Times of India beat Amar Ujala by 8 runs & Combined Media
beat Rest of Media by 9 wickets.
—PHOTOS BY SUMIT KUMAR
A cricket tournament was held between Police-Administration / HDFC Bank at the Dr Sampurnanand Sports Stadium Sigra,
Varanasi on Sunday. IAS Deepak Agarwal, Varanasi Commissioner, Gaurang Rathi Municipal Commissioner, SSP Amit Pathak
were seen batting brilliantly. IAS Gaurang Rathi, Municipal Commissioner VaranasiIAS Deepak Agrawal, Commissioner Varanasi
AN EVENING OF BLESSINGS!
A beautiful evening of blessings and loveGayatri and Adwitiya
Malini speaks lovingly to her daughter-in-law Gayatri during the occasion
A welcome - ‘Bulauwa Ceremony’ of the newly wedded couple Adwitiya and Gayatri was held at 11 Gautampalli, Lucknow, the residence of ACS Home Awanish Kumar Awasthi and Malini Awasthi, on Tuesday evening. The wedding of Adwitiya, son of Awanish and Malini, with Gayatri, daughter of Rashmi and Jayendra Mishra was solemnised in a ‘family only’ wedding ceremony on January 31 at The Lake Resort, Ranikhet, Uttarakhand. The family plans to hold two receptions for all their family and friends to meet and bless the newlyweds, the first Reception will be held on February 5 in Lucknow at the Awasthi residence while the second reception is planned for a lovely winter afternoon on February 7 at 5 Ashok Marg, New Delhi.

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