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K ick-starting his poll cam- paign by raising the devel- opmental pitch in three back- to-back rallies in Bihar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday contrasted it with the “jungle raj” under Lalu Prasad, though without naming him or his party, and said the lantern (RJD’s election symbol) has given way to electricity under Chief Minister Nitish Kumar- led NDA regime in the State. He hit out at the Opposition on issues of nation- alism, security and Ram Mandir and accused it of mis- leading the farmers on the farm laws brought in by his Government. Extending his congratula- tions in advance to the people, he said the voters have taken a resolve that they would not vote for those “who have a history of making the State Bimaru” and “did not allow” Nitish to work for 10 years. Modi said all surveys pre- dict that the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) would return to power in the State. “I want to congratulate the people of Bihar, as they have announced their decision well in advance. Some people try to spread rumours at times and suggest that some “new power” is emerging, but people of Bihar are not going to be befooled by such acts,” said the Prime Minister. He said the NDA rule has ended lawlessness in Bihar, which is far developed now with electricity doing away the need for lanterns for lighting homes. “People who are voting for the first time, they don’t know how far Bihar has come. But, there was a time when people wouldn’t go to their homes after deboarding trains in the night. There was a time when elec- tricity was only available to rich people. Poor people in Bihar were dependent on diyas. But now, there is no need for lanterns in Bihar,” Modi said in his second rally at Gandhi Maidan , Gaya, complimenting BJP-JDU Government in the State. The Prime Minister kicked off his election campaign from his first rally at Sasaram and later addressed rallies in Gaya and Bhagalpur for the first phase of poll, next week. Kumar and top BJP and JD (U) leaders were in attendance. H itting the ground in Bihar to campaign for the Mahagathbandhan in the upcoming Assembly polls, former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Friday targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi over issues ranging from the migrant crisis to the Chinese aggression to farm Bills, and the BJP over its election promises like of providing 19 lakh jobs which, he said, was similar to that of depositing 15 lakh in the bank accounts of the people. Rahul and RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav, who is the leader of the Opposition alliance, addressed a joint rally at Nawada, coin- ciding with Modi’s first day of rallies in Bihar with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. With the PM citing the bravery of the jawans from Bihar in their clash with Chinese soldiers at the Galwan valley, Rahul accused Modi of having “insulted” the soldiers with his comment that nobody had intruded into Indian terri- tory in Ladakh, and demanded that he tell the country when will the Chinese “be thrown out”. Addressing his first rally during the Bihar Assembly elections, Rahul claimed the Chinese army had indeed intruded into Indian territory. He said, “They have seized 1,200 km of our land. But when the Chinese army intrud- ed, why did our Prime Minister insult our soldiers by saying that nobody entered into the Indian side?” “The question is, Modi, when will you throw out the Chinese soldiers sitting in our territory,” the Rahul said. “Don’t lie to the people of Bihar, Modi. Did you give jobs to people of Bihar? Last elec- tions, PM promised 2 crore jobs, no one got them. In pub- lic, he says I bow my head to Army, farmers, labourers and traders. But once he reaches home, he only works for Ambani and Adani,” the Congress leader said. He also attacked the Centre over the migrant crisis trig- gered by the pandemic- induced lockdown, alleging when workers from Bihar were being “chased away” from other States the Prime Minister did nothing to help them. He demanded that the Prime Minister tell people of Bihar how many jobs he gave them and when. A huge gathering was seen at the Hisua rally venue, with people also crowding the roof a college building where it was held. RJD’s Yadav, the chief min- isterial candidate of the Mahagathbandhan, said the elections that were under way will not be fought on the issue of caste or religion but unem- ployment and poverty. I ndia on Friday crossed the 10-crore Covid-19 tests mark after testing a record nearly 14.50 lakh samples, the highest in a single day. The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said 5 crore samples were tested in the last 45 days with an average testing of more than 10 lakh samples per day in the last 17 days. Terming the record testing as “a positive indication that we are moving in the right direc- tion”, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, however, warned that the next three months are going to be decisive in determining the coronavirus situation in the country and urged people to follow Covid- appropriate behaviour in the coming festival season and winter months. The Minister said that high level of comprehensive testing on a sustained basis has also resulted in bringing down the national positivity rate. In the last 24 hours, 14, 42,722 sam- ple were tested taking the total tally to 10,01,13,085. Vardhan, who reviewed the Covid-19 preparedness with the Health and Medical Education Ministers and other senior officials of Uttar Pradesh, also highlighted that the number of active coron- avirus cases in the country are less than 7 lakh and the dou- bling rate has increased to 97.2 days. He said in the last three months, the country has seen significant improvement in the Covid parameters but next three months are crucial. “From recording over 95,000 Covid-19 cases in a day, they have been substan- tially reduced to less than 55,000 per day. The recovery rate of India is nearing 90 per cent. The Case Fatality Rate (CFR) is also declining. CFR stands at 1.51 per cent and is moving towards the target of being less than 1 per cent,” he said. “For a big State like Uttar Pradesh, it becomes important that maximum thrust is given to simple precautionary mea- sures which are effective in pre- venting the spread of the dis- ease to a large extent like wear- ing masks/face cover, especial- ly in public spaces, and fol- lowing hand and respiratory etiquettes,” he added. As many as 15 States and Union Territories, including Maharashtra, Kerala, Chandigarh, Goa, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal and Delhi, are exhibiting higher Covid-19 positivity rate compared to the national figure, indicating the need for higher levels of com- prehensive testing in these regions. Higher testing across wide regions has resulted in early identification of positive cases, prompt tracking through effi- cient surveillance and tracing, and timely and effective treat- ment in homes/facilities and in hospitals for the severe cases. These measures in tan- dem eventually lead to lower mortality rate, said a senior official from the Ministry. E -commerce giant Amazon has refused to appear before a Joint Committee of Parliament looking into the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 on the grounds that its “subject matter experts are overseas” and that there are travel risks. Taking it very seriously, the Committee has warned that if Amazon does not appear before the panel on October 28, “coercive action will be initiat- ed” against it. “The panel is unanimous in its opinion that coercive action can be suggested to the Government against the e- commerce company,” said panel head Meenakshi Lekhi, reacting to Amazon’s non- cooperative stand. “Amazon has refused to appear before the panel on October 28 and if no one on behalf of the e-commerce com- pany appears before the panel it amounts to breach of privi- lege,” she added. The Committee is looking into the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019, following concerns expressed by the Congress. It has called all stakehold- ers, including Facebook and Twitter, to get an overview. The Committee is trying to seek “oral evidence” on the issues of data protection and privacy. Facebook officials gave their presentation before the panel on Friday while Google, Twitter and Paytm have to do so on October 29. Facebook’s public policy head Ankhi Das appeared before the Committee and was asked some tough and searching questions by the panel, sources said. W ith onions now more expensive than some exotic vegetables and fruits, including apple, grapes, goose- berry and orange (imported) across India, the Ministry of Consumer Affairs on Friday imposed a stock limit of two tonnes for retailers and 25 tonnes for wholesalers till December 31 to improve the domestic availability of the commodity and provide relief to consumers. The Ministry has also supplied 35,000 metric tonnes of onion to State and Union Territories to maintain certain stability in prices. Despite a ban on export, onion prices have seen a sharp rise over the last few days with staple vegetable now retailing for 100-110 per kg in Hyderabad, Mumbai, Nashik, Pune, Adilabad, Bengaluru, Pallakad, Puducherry, Suryapet, Thrissur, Panaji, Kota, Chennai, Cuddalore, Dharwad and Kozhikode. In Thiruvananthapuram, Jammu, Srinagar, Ludhiana, onions are at 90 per kg. Besides, the prices of pota- to touched 50 a kg while tomato is selling at 70-80 a kg across metros. Consumer Affairs Department Secretary Leena Nandan on Friday said that retailers can stock onion only up to 2 tonne, whereas whole- sale traders are allowed to keep up to 25 tonne till December 31. She said the Government had to invoke the Essential Commodities (Amendment) law — which was passed last month in Parliament — that allows it to regulate perishable commodities in the extraordi- nary price rise situation. T here has been no respite from hazardous air quality for Delhiites as the National Ambient Air Quality Index (NAAQI) plunged to 364 on Friday, the highest of the sea- son. It’s predicted to get worse in next two days. Ten monitoring stations in Delhi entered the “severe” zone, according to the AQI monitoring mobile application SAMEER, developed by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). These include Alipur with AQI of 447, Shadipur with 441, Mundka with AQI of 419, Wazirpur with 432, Anand Vihar with 405, Bawana with 413, Vivek Vihar with 422, Rohini 401, Jahangirpuri with AQI of 418 and Patparganj with 405. According to the Ministry of Earth Sciences’ air quality monitor System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR), a signifi- cant increase in stubble fire count was observed around Haryana, Punjab, and neigh- bouring regions which stood at 1,213 on Thursday. “However, as the boundary layer wind direction is not fully favourable for pollutant transport towards the Delhi region, the SAFAR model esti- mate of stubble burning share in PM 2.5 is 17 per cent for today,” it said. An AQI between 0 and 50 is considered “good”, 51 and 100 “satisfactory”, 101 and 200 “moderate”, 201 and 300 “poor”, 301 and 400 “very poor”, and 401 and 500 “severe”. C iting lack of time for prepa- rations and pending per- missions amid Covid-19 pan- demic, major Ramleela com- mittees in the city have shelved burning of Ravana effigies, while others plan to employ light and sound effects to recre- ate “Ravana Dahan” this Dussehra. Also the Ramleela Ground at Red Fort, the hub of Dussehra festivities attracting commoners as well as digni- taries, including the Prime Ministers and Presidents every year, will be deserted this Dussehra “We had applied for book- ing the venue at Ramleela Maidan about three months back, but the permission has not yet been granted by the Archaeological Survey of India. It is impossible to cele- brate Dussehra with burning of Ravana effigy on October 25 this year as there was no time for preparation due to Covid-19,” said Ravi Jain of Shri Dharmik Ramlila Committee. Some organisers, however, are trying their best to celebrate the day by cutting down on the scale of festivities as per the standard operating procedures for holding big gatherings amid the pandemic. I ndia’s first World Cup-win- ning cricket captain Kapil Dev underwent an angioplas- ty after suffering a heart attack here on Friday but is “well on the road to recovery” and like- ly to be discharged in the next couple of days. The 61-year-old, who is based in Delhi’s Sundar Nagar area, complained of chest pain on Thursday following which he was taken to Fortis Escorts Heart Institute emergency department in Okhla. “Kapil Dev suffered a heart attack. He was evaluated and an emergency coronary angio- plasty was performed in the middle of night...Currently, he is admitted in ICU and under close supervision of Dr Atul Mathur. Kapil Dev is stable now and he is expected to get discharged in a couple of days,” the hospi- tal said after only mentioning chest pain in its initial state- ment. P akistan’s hopes of satisfying the global watchdog on ter- ror financing and money laun- dering, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), were dashed on Friday as it ruled against taking Pakistan off the “grey list” and gave February 2021 deadline to comply with its 27-point action plan. The decision was taken on Friday during the virtual ple- nary meeting of the FATF. “Since June 2018, Pakistan made a high-level political commitment to work with the FATF and the APG to strength- en its AML/CFT regime and to address its strategic counter- terrorist financing-related defi- ciencies. Pakistan’s continued polit- ical commitment had led to progress in a number of areas in its action plan. “Taking action to identify and sanction illegal MVTS, implementing cross-border currency and BNI controls, improving international coop- eration in terrorist financing cases, passing amendments to the ATA to increase the sanc- tioning authority, financial institutions implementing tar- geted financial sanctions and applying sanctions for AML/CFT violations, and con- trolling facilities and services owned or controlled by desig- nated persons and entities,” read the FATF decision. T he Maharashtra Govt on Friday announced a 10,000 crore relief package for the farmers who suffered huge crop losses during the heavy rain and the consequent floods witnessed in various parts of the State between June and October. Talking to media per- sons after reviewing the situa- tion arising out of heavy unsea- sonal rain and consequent floods in various parts of the State, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray unveiled a relief package for the affected farm- ers in western Maharashtra, Marathwada and Konkan regions in the State. He said that the relief package would be disbursed to the farmers before the Diwali festival. Detailed report on P5

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    Kick-starting his poll cam-paign by raising the devel-opmental pitch in three back-to-back rallies in Bihar, PrimeMinister Narendra Modi onFriday contrasted it with the“jungle raj” under Lalu Prasad,though without naming him orhis party, and said the lantern(RJD’s election symbol) hasgiven way to electricity underChief Minister Nitish Kumar-led NDA regime in the State.

    He hit out at theOpposition on issues of nation-alism, security and RamMandir and accused it of mis-leading the farmers on thefarm laws brought in by hisGovernment.

    Extending his congratula-tions in advance to the people,he said the voters have taken a

    resolve that they would not votefor those “who have a historyof making the State Bimaru”and “did not allow” Nitish towork for 10 years.

    Modi said all surveys pre-dict that the NationalDemocratic Alliance (NDA)would return to power in theState.

    “I want to congratulate thepeople of Bihar, as they haveannounced their decision wellin advance. Some people try tospread rumours at times andsuggest that some “new power”is emerging, but people ofBihar are not going to bebefooled by such acts,” said thePrime Minister.

    He said the NDA rule hasended lawlessness in Bihar,which is far developed nowwith electricity doing away theneed for lanterns for lighting

    homes.“People who are voting for

    the first time, they don’t knowhow far Bihar has come. But,there was a time when peoplewouldn’t go to their homes afterdeboarding trains in the night.There was a time when elec-tricity was only available to richpeople.

    Poor people in Bihar weredependent on diyas. But now,there is no need for lanterns inBihar,” Modi said in his secondrally at Gandhi Maidan , Gaya,complimenting BJP-JDUGovernment in the State.

    The Prime Minister kickedoff his election campaign fromhis first rally at Sasaram andlater addressed rallies in Gayaand Bhagalpur for the firstphase of poll, next week.Kumar and top BJP and JD (U)leaders were in attendance.

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    Hitting the ground in Biharto campaign for theMahagathbandhan in theupcoming Assembly polls,former Congress chief RahulGandhi on Friday targetedPrime Minister Narendra Modiover issues ranging from themigrant crisis to the Chineseaggression to farm Bills, andthe BJP over its electionpromises like of providing 19lakh jobs which, he said, wassimilar to that of depositing �15lakh in the bank accounts of thepeople.

    Rahul and RJD’s TejashwiYadav, who is the leader of theOpposition alliance, addresseda joint rally at Nawada, coin-ciding with Modi’s first day ofrallies in Bihar with ChiefMinister Nitish Kumar.

    With the PM citing thebravery of the jawans fromBihar in their clash withChinese soldiers at the Galwanvalley, Rahul accused Modi ofhaving “insulted” the soldierswith his comment that nobodyhad intruded into Indian terri-tory in Ladakh, and demandedthat he tell the country whenwill the Chinese “be thrownout”.

    Addressing his first rallyduring the Bihar Assemblyelections, Rahul claimed theChinese army had indeedintruded into Indian territory.

    He said, “They have seized1,200 km of our land. Butwhen the Chinese army intrud-ed, why did our Prime Ministerinsult our soldiers by sayingthat nobody entered into theIndian side?”

    “The question is, Modi,when will you throw out theChinese soldiers sitting in ourterritory,” the Rahul said.

    “Don’t lie to the people ofBihar, Modi. Did you give jobsto people of Bihar? Last elec-tions, PM promised 2 crorejobs, no one got them. In pub-lic, he says I bow my head toArmy, farmers, labourers andtraders. But once he reacheshome, he only works forAmbani and Adani,” theCongress leader said.

    He also attacked the Centre

    over the migrant crisis trig-gered by the pandemic-induced lockdown, allegingwhen workers from Bihar werebeing “chased away” from otherStates the Prime Minister didnothing to help them. Hedemanded that the PrimeMinister tell people of Biharhow many jobs he gave themand when.

    A huge gathering was seenat the Hisua rally venue, withpeople also crowding the roofa college building where it washeld.

    RJD’s Yadav, the chief min-isterial candidate of theMahagathbandhan, said theelections that were under waywill not be fought on the issueof caste or religion but unem-ployment and poverty.

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    India on Friday crossed the10-crore Covid-19 tests markafter testing a record nearly14.50 lakh samples, the highestin a single day. The IndianCouncil of Medical Research(ICMR) said 5 crore sampleswere tested in the last 45 dayswith an average testing of morethan 10 lakh samples per dayin the last 17 days.

    Terming the record testingas “a positive indication that weare moving in the right direc-tion”, Union Health MinisterHarsh Vardhan, however,warned that the next threemonths are going to be decisivein determining the coronavirussituation in the country andurged people to follow Covid-appropriate behaviour in thecoming festival season andwinter months.

    The Minister said that highlevel of comprehensive testingon a sustained basis has alsoresulted in bringing down thenational positivity rate. In thelast 24 hours, 14, 42,722 sam-ple were tested taking the totaltally to 10,01,13,085.

    Vardhan, who reviewedthe Covid-19 preparednesswith the Health and MedicalEducation Ministers and othersenior officials of UttarPradesh, also highlighted thatthe number of active coron-avirus cases in the country areless than 7 lakh and the dou-bling rate has increased to 97.2days.

    He said in the last three

    months, the country has seensignificant improvement in theCovid parameters but nextthree months are crucial.

    “From recording over95,000 Covid-19 cases in aday, they have been substan-tially reduced to less than55,000 per day. The recoveryrate of India is nearing 90 percent. The Case Fatality Rate(CFR) is also declining. CFRstands at 1.51 per cent and ismoving towards the target ofbeing less than 1 per cent,” hesaid.

    “For a big State like UttarPradesh, it becomes importantthat maximum thrust is givento simple precautionary mea-sures which are effective in pre-venting the spread of the dis-ease to a large extent like wear-ing masks/face cover, especial-ly in public spaces, and fol-lowing hand and respiratoryetiquettes,” he added.

    As many as 15 States andUnion Territories, includingMaharashtra, Kerala,Chandigarh, Goa, Karnataka,Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh,West Bengal and Delhi, areexhibiting higher Covid-19positivity rate compared to thenational figure, indicating theneed for higher levels of com-prehensive testing in theseregions.

    Higher testing across wideregions has resulted in earlyidentification of positive cases,prompt tracking through effi-cient surveillance and tracing,and timely and effective treat-ment in homes/facilities and inhospitals for the severe cases.

    These measures in tan-dem eventually lead to lowermortality rate, said a seniorofficial from the Ministry.

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    E-commerce giant Amazonhas refused to appear beforea Joint Committee ofParliament looking into thePersonal Data Protection Bill,2019 on the grounds that its“subject matter experts areoverseas” and that there aretravel risks.

    Taking it very seriously, theCommittee has warned that ifAmazon does not appearbefore the panel on October 28,“coercive action will be initiat-ed” against it.

    “The panel is unanimousin its opinion that coerciveaction can be suggested to theGovernment against the e-commerce company,” saidpanel head Meenakshi Lekhi,reacting to Amazon’s non-cooperative stand.

    “Amazon has refused toappear before the panel onOctober 28 and if no one onbehalf of the e-commerce com-pany appears before the panelit amounts to breach of privi-

    lege,” she added. The Committee is looking

    into the Personal DataProtection Bill, 2019, followingconcerns expressed by theCongress.

    It has called all stakehold-ers, including Facebook andTwitter, to get an overview.

    The Committee is trying toseek “oral evidence” on theissues of data protection andprivacy.

    Facebook officials gavetheir presentation before thepanel on Friday while Google,Twitter and Paytm have to doso on October 29. Facebook’spublic policy head Ankhi Dasappeared before the Committeeand was asked some tough andsearching questions by thepanel, sources said.

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    With onions now moreexpensive than someexotic vegetables and fruits,including apple, grapes, goose-berry and orange (imported)across India, the Ministry ofConsumer Affairs on Fridayimposed a stock limit of twotonnes for retailers and 25tonnes for wholesalers tillDecember 31 to improve thedomestic availability of thecommodity and provide reliefto consumers. The Ministry hasalso supplied 35,000 metrictonnes of onion to State andUnion Territories to maintaincertain stability in prices.

    Despite a ban on export,onion prices have seen a sharprise over the last few days withstaple vegetable now retailingfor �100-110 per kg inHyderabad, Mumbai, Nashik,Pune, Adilabad, Bengaluru,Pallakad, Puducherry,Suryapet, Thrissur, Panaji,Kota, Chennai, Cuddalore,Dharwad and Kozhikode. In

    Thiruvananthapuram, Jammu,Srinagar, Ludhiana, onions areat �90 per kg.

    Besides, the prices of pota-to touched �50 a kg whiletomato is selling at �70-80 a kgacross metros.

    Consumer AffairsDepartment Secretary LeenaNandan on Friday said thatretailers can stock onion onlyup to 2 tonne, whereas whole-sale traders are allowed to keepup to 25 tonne till December31. She said the Governmenthad to invoke the EssentialCommodities (Amendment)law — which was passed lastmonth in Parliament — thatallows it to regulate perishablecommodities in the extraordi-nary price rise situation.

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    There has been no respitefrom hazardous air qualityfor Delhiites as the NationalAmbient Air Quality Index(NAAQI) plunged to 364 onFriday, the highest of the sea-son. It’s predicted to get worsein next two days.

    Ten monitoring stationsin Delhi entered the “severe”zone, according to the AQImonitoring mobile applicationSAMEER, developed by theCentral Pollution ControlBoard (CPCB).

    These include Alipur withAQI of 447, Shadipur with441, Mundka with AQI of 419,Wazirpur with 432, Anand

    Vihar with 405, Bawana with413, Vivek Vihar with 422,Rohini 401, Jahangirpuri withAQI of 418 and Patparganj with405.

    According to the Ministryof Earth Sciences’ air qualitymonitor System of Air Qualityand Weather Forecasting andResearch (SAFAR), a signifi-cant increase in stubble firecount was observed aroundHaryana, Punjab, and neigh-bouring regions which stood at

    1,213 on Thursday.“However, as the boundary

    layer wind direction is notfully favourable for pollutanttransport towards the Delhiregion, the SAFAR model esti-mate of stubble burning sharein PM 2.5 is 17 per cent fortoday,” it said. An AQI between0 and 50 is considered “good”,51 and 100 “satisfactory”, 101and 200 “moderate”, 201 and300 “poor”, 301 and 400 “verypoor”, and 401 and 500 “severe”.

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    Citing lack of time for prepa-rations and pending per-missions amid Covid-19 pan-demic, major Ramleela com-mittees in the city have shelvedburning of Ravana effigies,while others plan to employ

    light and sound effects to recre-ate “Ravana Dahan” thisDussehra.

    Also the Ramleela Groundat Red Fort, the hub ofDussehra festivities attractingcommoners as well as digni-taries, including the PrimeMinisters and Presidents everyyear, will be deserted thisDussehra

    “We had applied for book-ing the venue at RamleelaMaidan about three monthsback, but the permission hasnot yet been granted by the

    Archaeological Survey ofIndia. It is impossible to cele-brate Dussehra with burningof Ravana effigy on October25 this year as there was notime for preparation due toCovid-19,” said Ravi Jain ofShri Dharmik RamlilaCommittee.

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    India’s first World Cup-win-ning cricket captain KapilDev underwent an angioplas-ty after suffering a heart attackhere on Friday but is “well onthe road to recovery” and like-ly to be discharged in the nextcouple of days.

    The 61-year-old, who isbased in Delhi’s Sundar Nagararea, complained of chest painon Thursday following whichhe was taken to Fortis EscortsHeart Institute emergencydepartment in Okhla.

    “Kapil Dev suffered a heartattack. He was evaluated and an

    emergency coronary angio-plasty was performed in themiddle of night...Currently, heis admitted in ICU and underclose supervision of Dr AtulMathur.

    Kapil Dev is stable now andhe is expected to get dischargedin a couple of days,” the hospi-tal said after only mentioningchest pain in its initial state-ment.

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    Pakistan’s hopes of satisfyingthe global watchdog on ter-ror financing and money laun-dering, the Financial ActionTask Force (FATF), weredashed on Friday as it ruledagainst taking Pakistan off the“grey list” and gave February2021 deadline to comply withits 27-point action plan.

    The decision was taken onFriday during the virtual ple-nary meeting of the FATF.

    “Since June 2018, Pakistanmade a high-level politicalcommitment to work with theFATF and the APG to strength-en its AML/CFT regime and toaddress its strategic counter-terrorist financing-related defi-

    ciencies. Pakistan’s continued polit-

    ical commitment had led toprogress in a number of areasin its action plan.

    “Taking action to identifyand sanction illegal MVTS,implementing cross-bordercurrency and BNI controls,improving international coop-eration in terrorist financingcases, passing amendments tothe ATA to increase the sanc-tioning authority, financialinstitutions implementing tar-geted financial sanctions andapplying sanctions forAML/CFT violations, and con-trolling facilities and servicesowned or controlled by desig-nated persons and entities,”read the FATF decision.

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    The Maharashtra Govt onFriday announced a�10,000 crore relief package forthe farmers who suffered hugecrop losses during the heavyrain and the consequent floodswitnessed in various parts ofthe State between June andOctober. Talking to media per-sons after reviewing the situa-tion arising out of heavy unsea-sonal rain and consequentfloods in various parts of theState, Chief Minister UddhavThackeray unveiled a reliefpackage for the affected farm-ers in western Maharashtra,Marathwada and Konkanregions in the State. He saidthat the relief package would bedisbursed to the farmers beforethe Diwali festival.

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    Taking on the ShiromaniAkali Dal (SAD) over yetanother U-turn on the farmlaws, Punjab Chief MinisterCapt Amarinder Singh onFriday lashed out at SukhbirSingh Badal for repeatedlycompromising the interests ofthe farmers with his brazen liesand petty political games,which were clearly aimed atpromoting the Centre’s anti-farmer agenda.

    In rejecting the State’samendment Bills, which hisparty had backed in the VidhanSabha, Sukhbir had not justexposed his lack of moral scru-ples but had also echoed therecent statements of variousBharatiya Janata Party (BJP)leaders, said the Chief Minister.This showed a clear collusionbetween SAD and BJP, sug-gesting that the entire drama ofHarsimrat’s resignation from

    the Union Cabinet and thewithdrawal of the Akalis fromNDA was nothing but a totalfarce aimed at befooling thefarmers and sabotaging theirfight against the central laws, headded.

    “First you actively andwholeheartedly supported theCentre’s malicious FarmOrdinances, then quit the NDAcalling their Bills anti-farmer,then indulged in a whole lot ofpolitical drama through protestrallies and yatras across thestate in purported support ofthe farmers, then openly votedfor the state government’samendment Bills, and are nowrejecting the same,” the ChiefMinister pointed out, citing theentire sequence of Akali actionsover the past few months.

    The spate of SAD about-turns on such a vital issuecritical to Punjab and its farm-ers showed that they hadabsolutely no compulsions in

    signing a deal even with thedevil if it could help protecttheir political interests, he said.

    “After all this, do you real-ly expect the farmers to believein the sincerity of yourtrumped up claims of caringabout the farmers’ interests,”Capt Amarinder asked Sukhbir,daring him to give one reasonwhy the people of Punjab,especially the farmers, shouldtrust SAD. The Akalis hadmade farmers a pawn on theirpolitical chess board, he said,expressing shock at the pathet-ic levels to which the Badalshad fallen in their desperate bidto protect their vested interests.

    The Chief Minister trashedSukhbir’s argument that theAkalis did not get the time tostudy the state government’sBills, quipping that this was notpossible considering the mas-sive legal and other infrastruc-ture at the disposal of SAD. Hetook a jibe at Sukhbir’s claim

    that his party MLAs voted forthe Bills without properly goingthrough them, saying “thismight explain why the Akalishave been stamping theirapproval on all kinds of anti-people, anti-India and anti-Punjab legislations of theUnion Government over thepast 6 years.”

    Slamming the SAD chiefover his blatantly shameless liewith regard to the resolutionpassed in the Assembly, CaptAmarinder pointed out thatnowhere was it mentioned thatthe Punjab Government wascommitted to declaring theentire state as Principal MarketArea, as claimed by Sukhbir.“Are you trying to say that yourMLAs had trouble reading andunderstanding the 370-wordResolution, of which around100 words were just names ofOrdinances/Acts?” said theChief Minister, termingSukhbir’s argument as ludi-

    crous.In any case, he said, what

    was important was not declar-ing the state as PrincipalMarket Area but to protect theMSP and ensure that the stateretained control with no puni-tive action, which were themain concerns of the farmers.The state government had,after taking legal and expertopinion, chosen the bestmethod to do so, but the Akalisseemed stuck on a particularmethodology, irrespective ofwhether it would work or not,he added. Also, even if theentire state was sought to beconverted into a principal mar-ket area, such approach wouldnot have been free from therequirement of Presidentialconsent, which, in the back-drop of the central farm lawsalready in force, was the mostexpeditious way of imple-menting the will of the State ofPunjab, he added.

    The CM also lashed out atSukhbir for persistently mis-leading the farmers by lyingabout the Constitutional andlegal position of the state. TheConstitution gives the stateclear and unequivocal rightunder Article 254 (II) to seekamendments to central laws, hepointed out, adding that thelegislations of the Governmentof India also fail to standscrutiny on grounds of beinganti-federal.

    CAPT TRASHES BJP’SDALIT YATRA, SAYS PARTYTRYING TO DIVIDE SOCIETY ON CASTE

    A day after police stoppedthe state BJP from taking out arally against “injustice” towardsDalits, Punjab Chief MinisterCapt Amarinder Singh onFriday accused the party of try-ing to play politics over caste."They are trying to divide soci-ety on caste lines to promote

    their political interests," hesaid in a statement.

    “I will not let them disturbthe peaceful atmosphere ofPunjab at any cost", he said,referring to the oppositionparty’s “futile attempt” to takeout the rally “without due per-missions. These divisive tacticswill never succeed in Punjab,whose people are happily livingtogether for their collectiveprogress, the chief ministersaid.

    Police had on Thursdaystopped the BJP from takingout a “Dalit Insaf Yatra” fromJalandhar to the CM’s residencein Chandigarh, saying theorganisers did not have per-mission. BJP state chiefAshwani Sharma was amongthe party leaders brieflydetained. The planned yatrawas in protest against allegedatrocities on the ScheduledCaste community and over a“scam” in a scholarship scheme

    for post-matric ScheduledCaste students.

    Capt Amarinder said theBJP had no moral authority totalk about Dalit rights, whichit was “brazenly trampling”wherever it is in power. ThePunjab CM said Uttar Pradeshhad recorded the highest num-ber of cases in the country ofatrocities against the ScheduledCastes in 2018. “Is this yourdefinition of justice for Dalits?Is this what you are offering theSC people of Punjab?” heasked.

    He said the BJP isindulging in “theatrics” todivert public attention afterfinding itself totally corneredover the “draconian, anti-farmer and unconstitutionalfarm laws”. He claimed the BJPwas rattled over the state gov-ernment’’s successful launchof its own scholarship schemefor SC students after the Centrewithdrew a similar scheme.

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    To preserve the rich sportingheritage and dominance ofthe State in sports, the PunjabGovernment will establish asports educational institute ofinternational eminence, withan ultra-tech campus of thefirst sports university of thestate Maharaja BhupinderSingh Punjab Sports University,Patiala. This would come up on92.7 acres of land with the costof around �500 crore.

    Addressing a news con-ference here on Friday, PunjabSports, Youth Services andNRI Affairs Minister RanaGurmit Singh Sodhi, said, theown campus of the MaharajaBhupinder Singh Punjab SportsUniversity, the brainchild ofChief Minister CaptainAmarinder Singh, will be com-ing up on the Patiala-Bhadsonroad at village Sidhuwal andadjacent to the Rajiv GandhiNational Law University, where92.7 acres of land has beenacquired to establish the cam-pus equipped with the ultra-modern sports facilities.

    The Minister also releaseda booklet with complete detailsabout the university on theoccasion.

    "The Chief MinisterCaptain Amarinder Singh willlay the foundation stone ofMBS Punjab Sports Universityon October 25", the ministersaid, adding that the architec-tural plan of the universityhas been prepared by the ChiefArchitect, PWD Punjab.

    The Minister said a mod-ern campus with world classtraining and academic infra-structure to promote sportseducation in sports sciences,sport technology, sports man-agement and sports coaching ofinternational standards, will

    be established with an esti-mated cost of Rs.500 Crore byPublic Works Department(B&R).

    The Sports Minister addedthat currently, the University isfunctioning from the Annexeof the Mahindra Kothi, Patialaand the Gursewak College ofPhysical Education, Patiala andrecently completed its firstyear.

    Sodhi, who was accompa-nied by Olympic ChampionShooter Abhinav Bindra,Hockey Olympian Ajit Singhand Prabhjot Singh, MBSPSUVice Chancellor LieutenantGeneral (Retd.) Dr. JagbirSingh Cheema, PrincipalSecretary Sports & YouthServices K. Siva Prasad,Director Sports D.P.S.Kharbanda, MBSPSU RegistrarCol. Navjit Singh Sandhu,amongst others, said thatbesides imparting education insports sciences, technology,management and coaching,the university will also functionas a training center for selectdisciplines by incorporatinginternationally establishedpractices.

    The Sports Minister saidconstruction work of the cam-pus of Maharaja BhupinderSingh Punjab Sports Universitywill comprise of state-of-the-art sports facilities such as; out-

    door sports playground toinclude synthetic Athletic sta-dium, Astro-Turf hockeygrounds, basketball, handball/volleyball courts and shootingcum archery range, IndoorMulti-purpose Halls for boxingand wrestling, weightlifting,Badminton, Squash,Gymnasium and Yoga, state-of-the-art Fitness Centerequipped with latest scientificapparatus and technology,Academic Block comprising ofspecialized scientific labs forsports science and biome-chanics courses, auditorium,separate residential areas forgirl and boy students, officeblock. Apart from this, the uni-versity will house a Museum topreserve the rich sportingglory, tradition and heritage ofthe Punjab.

    Speaking on the occasion,Olympic Champion ShooterAbhinav Bindra said that set-ting up of the specialized sportsuniversity in Punjab will proveto be a game changer andwould act not only as an insti-tution providing State of the arttraining in sports but would bean inspiration for the young-sters of the State as well as thecountry. He also thanked theSports Minister for playing apivotal role for the establish-ment of the prestigious uni-versity.

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    Indian Forest Service officer AlokVerma on Friday took oath as the newchairman of the Haryana Public ServiceCommission (HPSC). HaryanaGovernor Satyadeo Narain Arya admin-istered the oath of office to Verma at aceremony held at Raj Bhawan here.

    Chief Minister Manohar LalKhattar, Speaker Gian Chand Gupta andEducation Minister Kanwar Pal were

    among others who were present at theevent.

    The 1989 batch IFS officer, a resi-dent of Bihar, took premature retirementto join the coveted post. HPSC isresponsible for the recruitment of‘’Group A’’ officers in state governmentdepartments. The 56-year-old officer,who was Khattar’s aide-de-camp (Tour)during his first term as chief minister,will have a six-year term as HPSC chair-man. He succeeded R K Pachnanda.

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    Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij onFriday inaugurated a new COVID-19 Molecular Laboratory set up atDistrict Hospital Yamunanagar throughvideoconferencing. This will be theeighth laboratory set up in GovernmentHospital of the state, which will increasethe total figure of laboratories, includ-ing the ones in medical colleges to 17.

    Vij said the state government isnow providing COVID-19 testing facil-ity at 19 government laboratories.Apart from these, this facility is alsobeing provided to people by six privatelaboratories in the state. He informedthat presently 14,950 tests are beingconducted on a daily basis in govern-ment hospitals. Similarly, 5,620 tests areconducted in six private hospitals of thestate.

    The Health Minister said that dur-ing the early stages of the Corona pan-demic there were no such laboratoriesin the state, due to which samples weresent to laboratories in Pune.Subsequently, the state governmentstrengthened the health infrastructurein Haryana at a fast pace. Sharing moredetails on the steps being taken by thegovernment he said that the state gov-ernment is ensuring that modern facil-ities like MRI, CT scan, dialysis, digi-tal X-ray is provided at all governmenthospitals in the state.

    Vij also launched the DistrictVaccine Store at Charkhi Dadri andwith this, all the 22 districts of the statehave these stores now. He explainedthat the vaccine store has a significantrole in maintaining the cold chain ofmedicines and vaccines. There are 15cold chain points in the district, whichwill be supplied with vaccines from thisstore. Earlier, these chain points werelinked through Bhiwani district.However, with the launch of the newvaccine store the burden on theBhiwani vaccine store will be reduced.

    ANDROID APPLICATION ASHAPAY LAUNCHED

    The Health Minister also launchedan Android application and web por-tal called ‘Asha-Pay’ for digital paymentand monitoring of the state’s authorizedsocial health workers (Asha workers).This will benefit 20268 Asha workersworking in the state.

    Vij said that Asha workers are amajor strength of the department andwith the help of this app, the paymentof their monthly honorarium andincentive amount will be digital andfaster. He said that along with this, ver-ification and acceptance of the perfor-mance and evaluation report of Ashaworkers will also be digital. This wasearlier done in person, due to which thesubmission of the report and paymentof the amount was delayed, he added.He said that with the launch of this app,the old demand of Asha workers willbe fulfilled. With the help of this app,the process will be fully monitored byAdditional Chief Secretary and MDlevel officers themselves. He congrat-ulated the officers over the creation ofthis application by the National HealthMission itself.

    The Health Minister said that allAsha workers will be provided CUGSIMs with facility of unlimited calls and30 GB of 4G Internet monthly data sothat this process can be linked to GeoLocations soon. Through this app,Asha workers will upload their dailyand monthly activities. Asha workerswill also be able to view their incentiveclaims and find out about the approvaland payment and incentive amount. Hesaid that with the help of the app, Ashaworkers can also track their pendingpayments at various levels. Not onlythis, information about the approvaland acceptance of activities can beobtained in the app and there will alsobe a provision to resubmit the reject-ed activities.

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    Haryana on Friday registered 17more Covid-19 fatalities as thedeath toll due to the coronavirus inthe State reached 1705, the Statehealth department said in a healthbulletin. A total of 1270 fresh casespushed the total infections to1,55,765, bulletin stated.

    Of the fresh deaths, three eachwere from Faridabad, Hisar; twoeach from Bhiwani, Gurugram andone each from Karnal, Palwal, Jhajjar,Kurukshetra, Fatehabad, Kaithaland Jind, the state health departmentsaid in a health bulletin. A total of1180 Covid-19 patients were curedand released from the hospitals inthe State, taking the total count to 1,43, 978. Among the districts whichreported a big spike in the cases wereGurugram (351), Faridabad (188),Hisar (125), Mahendergarh (66),Rewari (64) and Sonipat (53). Thereare 10,082 active cases in the stateand the recovery rate is 92.43 per-cent.

    2 DEATHS, 72 FRESH CASES INCHANDIGARH

    Two city residents succumbed tothe COVID-19 as 72 fresh positivecases were reported in Chandigarhon Friday. “The death toll reached214 and the total case tally stood at13920 in Chandigarh”, statedChandigarh Health Department’sevening bulletin.“There were 697active cases till the evening. 85patients have recovered in the past24 hours taking the total number ofrecoveries to 13009. The recoveryrate increased to 93 percent while the

    active ratio of cases was recorded at5 percent which means for every 100confirmed cases, 5 are currentlyinfected in the city,” as per thehealth bulletin.

    Till now, 100045 samples have sofar been tested in the city. 1064 testswere conducted in the last 24 hoursand the result of 131 was awaited, thebulletin stated.

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    To further boost industrialdevelopment and invest-ment in the State, Punjab ChiefMinister Capt AmarinderSingh took a slew of importantdecisions, including allowingindustry in agricultural andmixed-use areas, subject tocertain conditions, besidesreduction in non-constructionfee by allottee if he does notconstruct on estates developedby Government andDevelopment Authorities with-in three years.

    The decisions, also aimedat generating employment,were announced after a virtu-al meeting of the PunjabRegional and Town Planningand Development Board(PRTPD) and DevelopmentAuthorities headed by theChief Minister.

    A 30-day public noticewould be issued by the gov-ernment, after which thesedecisions will be finalized, saidan official spokesperson.

    As per these decisions,industry shall be allowed inagricultural areas beyond 3Kms. of the MunicipalCorporation cities and beyond2 Kms. of the smaller towns,provided the land has a 19-22feet access.

    Further, red categoryindustries should be at least 500meter away from the villagepopulace for the purpose ofestablishment of such industry.

    On the mixed land areause, it was decided to permit

    industry only along majorroads.

    The meeting also decidedon the development of indus-trial hubs in 1100 acres inRajpura and in another 1000acres near Ludhiana. In anoth-er important initiative, theGreater Mohali AreaDevelopment Authority(GMADA), also headed by theChief Minister, decided to setup an Industrial Estate inMohali. The estate will havetwo parts, with about 530 acresto be developed by GMADAand comprising smaller plots,while another 250 acres will beallowed to be developed by pri-vate players.

    Further, to give fillip to theresidential sector in NewChandigarh, a decision wastaken to allow affordable hous-ing colonies in 25 acres andabove, and other residentialcolonies in 50 acres or above,from the existing requirementof 100 acre minimum.

    Coming on the heels of theaffordable housing policy, noti-fied recently by the state gov-ernment, the move will providehomes to tens of thousands ofpeople.

    Meanwhile, the ChiefMinister also approved twokey projects for Patiala,including cleaning up andbeautification of the Chottiand Badi Nadi by seweragesystem along its length andcreating a Water Body by theCheck Dam, at a total cost ofRs 180 crore.

    In addition, Rs 42 crore has

    been approved for beautifyingPatiala’s main bazaar throughits redevelopment as HeritageStreet.

    The meeting also decidedto allow development ofapproximately 200 acres nearthe airport by land owners onpayment of external develop-ment charges, with the aim ofpromoting development in thearea.

    PUNJAB CM APPROVESADDITIONAL RS.55 CRFOR BHAGWAN VALMIKITIRATH STHAL

    In another decision, CaptAmarinder approved addi-tional funds to the tune ofRs.55 crore for sprucing upthe Bhagwan Valmiki TirathSthal at Ram Tirath inAmritsar, while directing theCultural Affairs Departmentto develop the historic shrineas a world-class tourist attrac-tion.

    The funds are in additionto the Rs.195.76 crore alreadyspent on the prestigious projectat the holy shrine. Of the Rs. 55crore, Rs. 30 crore will bespent for the completion of theshrine’s panorama, depictingthe life and teachings ofBhagwan Valmiki ji, who com-posed the epic Ramayana.

    The rest will be spent onseveral development works,including installation of filtra-tion plant for sarovar, comple-tion of parikarma, facade light-ing, furnishings of Sarai fordevotees, solar power systemetc.

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    Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) PresidentSukhbir Singh Badal on Friday saidit was condemnable that after playing ahoax on the farmers of Punjab inleague with the central government,chief minister Capt Amarinder Singhwas now trying to sell the fraud as anachievement.

    In a statement here, the SADPresident said it was shameful that evenafter Capt Amarinder Singh’s fraudhad been discovered and it had beenproved that he had colluded with thecentre simply to get the ‘rail roko’ agi-tation of the farmer organizations lift-ed, he was trying to mislead Punjabis bytrying to shift the blame of his own fail-ures on others.

    Asking the chief minister to comeclean and tell Punjabis why he had cho-sen to legislate on a subject on the con-current list which would require centralassent, Badal asked “isn’t this a clear signof collusion with the BJP government atthe centre?”.

    You could have taken the advice ofthe SAD and chosen to legislate on the

    subject of Agriculture by turning theentire State into a single ‘mandi’ tonegate the three Agri laws but you choseto legislate on the subject of Trade overwhich the centre has the final say”.Asking the chief minister not to resortto street talk and instead rely on factswhile speaking on serious issues, theSAD President said “it is a fact that theresolution you moved in the VidhanSabha said you were repealing the threeActs. However the Bills you moved wereonly amendments in the Acts whichhave spoiled Punjab’s case even furtherlike in the case of the river waters ter-mination act in which you strengthenedthe case of Rajasthan and Haryana”.

    Mr Badal said it was also a fact thatthe chief minister had refused to sharethe proposed legislation with anyoneincluding his own cabinet colleagues.“However you lied that the Bills hadbeen framed in consultation with farmerbodies which have since denied thisclaim and called them ‘tutte futte’.Similarly you took a u turn by saying thespecial session would not serve any pur-pose and then called it when you facedthe heat from the farmers”.

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    Haryana Deputy Chief Minister DushyantChautala on Friday said shops of HaryanaKhadi and Village Industries Board will be oper-ational in all the district headquarters of the statein the next six months.A big shop will also beopened at the Rest House of the Public WorksDepartment in Chanakyapuri in New Delhi sothat Khadi products of Haryana can be sold toforeign tourists, he said, adding that all theseshops will be attractively designed in the samestandard, size and design.

    The Deputy CM, who also has the portfo-lio of Development and Panchayats Departmentduring a review meeting being held under hisChairmanship directed the officers of ‘HaryanaKhadi and Village Industries Board’ to encour-age the villagers of the rural areas of the stateto start manufacturing biscuits made of Bajra,Kurkure and various new products other thankhadi jacket, kurta - payjama, bedsheet, quilt,pickle, honey, soap, oil, shampoo and spices.

    He said that Micro, Small, and MediumIndustries (MSMEs) manufacturing the saidproducts will be given Mudra-Loan under the‘Atmanirbhar Bharat Yojana’ of the CentralGovernment.

    Chautala said the State government wantsto promote products made by ‘Haryana Khadiand Village Industries Board’ in a big way, addingthat the products will be sold with a ‘logo’ of theBoard on it so that ‘Haryana Khadi and VillageIndustries Board’ emerges as a brand.

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    Punjab on Friday reported 23COVID-19 related deaths as481 fresh positive cases surfaced inthe state.

    With this, the total tally ofinfections reached 130157 and thedeath toll stood at 4095 in the state,according to the Punjab HealthDepartment’s medical bulletin.

    In the past 24 hours, threedeaths each were reported inAmritsar, Bathinda, Hoshiarpur,Ludhiana, two deaths each werereported in Patiala, Ropar, TarnTaran and one death each wasreported in Fazilka, Gurdaspur,Sangrur, Mansa and Muktsar.

    According to the health bulletin,a highest of 98 fresh positive caseswere reported in Jalandhar, 75 inHoshiarpur, 53 each in Ludhianaand SAS Nagar, 38 in Amritsar, 25

    in Bathinda, 18 in Kapurthala, 15 inMuktsar, 14 in Fazilka among othercases.

    The state has 4327 activepatients, of which 110 patients areon oxygen support and 27 are crit-ical and on ventilators.

    Till date, 121735 patients havebeen cured of the virus in the state.

    In the state, Ludhiana leads thecase tally of positive patients with19890 cases, followed by Jalandharwith 14671.

    Patiala 12585 cases and SASNagar 11971 cases. Of the 4095COVID fatalities in Punjab so far,a maximum of 828 deaths have beenregistered in Ludhiana district, 459in Jalandhar, 438 in Amritsar, 373in Patiala and 229 in SAS Nagar, asper the bulletin.

    A total of 2433133 sampleshave been collected for testing so farin the state, the bulletin added.

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    Against the backdrop of con-frontation at the Line ofActual Control(LAC), theArmed forces have enhancedtheir readiness. The Navy in ademonstration of its combatpreparedness in strategic sealanes around India carried outexercises and released a video ofan anti-ship missile destroyinga sinking ship. The Navy willcontinue high tempo of opera-tions in the coming months toogiven the security situation atpresent.

    Giving details of the exer-cise, the Navy said here onFriday the target was hit with“deadly accuracy” somewhere inthe Arabian Sea. The missilewas fired from the frontlinecorvette INS Prabal. This firingwas part of a mega naval drillinvolving aircraft carrier INSVikramaditya and a number ofwarships, attack helicopters,aircraft and other assets of theNavy.

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    Spokesperson tweeted that themissile homed in on its target,an old ship, hitting with dead-ly accuracy at its maximumrange. “#AShM launched by#IndianNavy Missile Corvette#INSPrabal, homes on withdeadly accuracy at max range,sinking target ship,” he said.

    Navy chief AdmiralKarambir Singh on Thursdayreviewed the operational pre-paredness of his force at variousshore-based locations as well asat sea.

    He also addressed a selectgroup of combatants of theNavy’s Carrier Battle Groupover a broadcast from the INSVikramaditya, India’s only air-craft carrier, and reviewed theforce’s overall combat readi-

    ness, officials said.In his remarks, Admiral

    Singh complimented his forcefor continuously maintaining“peak combat-readiness” and“high tempo” of operations overthe past few months, they said.

    The Indian Navy has sig-nificantly increased its deploy-ment in the Indian OceanRegion, in an attempt to sendacross a message to China in thewake of escalation in tensionbetween the two countries.

    Giving an overview of theprevailing security situation,the Navy chief said the force willcontinue to maintain a high-tempo of operations in comingmonths.

    “He also complimented theCarrier Battle Group and its

    combatants for accurate andeffective weapon firings, whichleft no doubt about the Navy’sreadiness to meet any emergentcontingencies,” the Navy said ina statement.

    A carrier battle group is amega naval fleet comprising anaircraft carrier, accompaniedby a large number of destroyers,frigates and other ships.

    “Indian Navy continues tomaintain a high tempo of oper-ations and combat-readinessdespite the COVID-19 pan-demic by adhering to stringentprotocols onboard warships,submarines and aircraftsquadrons and bases, and is fullyprepared to tackle challenges inthe maritime domain,” the Navysaid.

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    The Chinese soldier, whowas apprehended inLadakh on Monday andreleased a day later by India,was found carrying a sleepingbag, an empty data storagedevice and mobile phonebesides his military identitycard. He was identified asWang Ya, an armourer in thePeople’s LiberationArmy(PLA).

    Giving this informationhere on Friday, sources said thesoldier was caught in Demchokarea of Eastern Ladakh. He wasprovided immediate medicalassistance including oxygen,food and warm clothes giventhe harsh climatic conditionsand high altitude. Both thearmies have deployed morethan one lakh soldiers besidesheavy weapons all along the1,800 km long LAC in Ladakhincluding Demchok.

    The army on Monday hadsaid the Chinese soldier had“strayed” into India fromacross the Line of ActualControl(LAC). Various secu-rity agencies interrogated himthoroughly for nearly one and

    half days and later handed himback to the Chinese at theChushul-Moldo border meet-ing point.

    This goodwill gesturecame ahead of the proposedeighth round of CorpsCommander level talksbetween the two armies to findways to quickly disengage fromthe stand-off sites now on forthe last five months.Incidentally, the last sevenrounds since the face-offsbegan in early May were heldat the same border meetingpoint where the soldier washanded over to the PLA.

    The last round was heldon October 12 where both thecommanders agreed to con-tinue the process of dialogueto ease the situation at thevolatile border. The sixth

    round onSeptember 21saw both thesides issuing astatement stat-ing they wil lrefrain fromsending moretroops to theborder.

    On Monday,the army also said theChinese army had requestedit on the whereabouts of themissing soldier. It also saidthe soldier will be returned asper established protocols aftergoing through all formalities.

    Following the handingover of the PLA soldier toChina, Chinese newspaperGlobal Times reported thatthe Indian army’s decisionwas viewed as a positive signahead of the eighth round ofmilitary talks.

    Despite the diplomaticand military level talks overpast few months, there wasno breakthrough on the dis-engagement of troops fromthe friction points so far.

    India has all along main-tained that the onus is onChina to carry forward the

    process of disengagement andde-escalation at the frictionpoints in the mountainousregion.

    Following the sixth roundof military talks, the twosides had announced a slewof decisions including not tosend more troops to thefrontline, refrain from uni-laterally changing the situa-tion on the ground and avoidtaking any actions that mayfurther complicate matters.

    This round was held witha specific agenda of exploringways to implement a five-point agreement reachedbetween External AffairsMinister S Jaishankar andhis Chinese counterpartWang Yi at a meeting inMoscow on September 10 onthe sidelines of a ShanghaiCooperation Organisationconclave.

    The pact included mea-sures like quick disengage-ment of troops, avoidingaction that could escalatetensions, adherence to allagreements and protocols onborder management andsteps to restore peace alongthe LAC.

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    Covaxin, the coronavirusvaccine being developed byHyderabad-based drug pharmaBharat Biotech in collaborationwith the Indian Council ofMedical Research (ICMR), hasbeen cleared for the third phaseof clinical trials.

    The vaccine manufacturehad applied to the DrugsController General of India(DCGI) on October 2, seekingits permission to conduct Phase3 trials for its Covid-19 vaccinecandidate.

    “After successful comple-tion of the interim analysisfrom the Phase 1 & 2 clinicaltrials of Covaxin, BharatBiotech received DCGIapproval for Phase 3 clinical tri-als in 26,000 participants in

    over 25 centres across India,”said Bharat Biotech in a state-ment here.

    Covaxin is being devel-oped byBharatBiotech in col-laboration with ICMR’sNational Institute of Virology(NIV).

    The pharma firm hadsought the DCGI’s permissionto conduct Phase 3 randomiseddouble-blind placebo-con-trolled multi centre trial of itsCOVID-19 vaccine, the state-ment added.

    In July, the DCGI hadgiven permission to BharatBiotech to conduct Phase 1 and2 clinical trials of its COVID-19 vaccine.

    The primary end-point ofthe late-stage trial, used todetermine the efficacy of avaccine, will be to see if the

    two-dose shot can prevent apatient from developing symp-toms of covid-19.

    Bharat Biotech’s vaccine isone of three candidates that are

    currently in human trials inIndia, with the other two beingSerum Institute of India’s‘Covishield’--which was devel-oped by the University of

    Oxford and Astrazeneca plc—and Zydus Cadila’s ZyCoV-D.

    While Serum’s Covishieldis in phase 3 and is consideredthe frontrunner among the

    vaccines in India, Zydus Cadila,like Bharat Biotech, is in phase2 and is expected to soonmove into late-stage trials.

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    Hospitalised Covid-19patients who were takinga daily low-dose aspirin toprotect against cardiovasculardisease had a significantly lowerrisk of complications and death,compared to those who werenot taking aspirin, researchershave said.

    Aspirin takers were lesslikely to be placed in the inten-sive care unit (ICU) or hookedup to a mechanical ventilator,and they were more likely tosurvive the infection comparedto those who were not takingaspirin, the researchers said.

    In their study published inthe journal Anesthesia andAnalgesia, they said that theobservation provides “cautiousoptimism,” for an inexpensive,accessible medication with a

    well-known safety profile thatcould help prevent severe com-plications.

    “This is a critical findingthat needs to be confirmedthrough a randomised clinicaltrial,” said study leader JonathanChow from the University ofMaryland in the US.

    “If our finding is con-firmed, it would make aspirinthe first widely available, over-the-counter medication toreduce mortality in Covid-19patients,” Chow added.

    To conduct the study, theresearch team culled throughthe medical records of 412Covid-19 patients, age of 55

    on average, who were hospi-talised over the past fewmonths due to complicationsof their infection.

    About a quarter of thepatients were taking a dailylow-dose aspirin (usually 81milligrams) before they wereadmitted or right after admis-sion to manage their cardio-vascular disease.

    The researchers foundaspirin use was associatedwith a 44 per cent reductionin the risk of being put on amechanical ventilator, a 43 percent decrease in the risk ofICU admission and - mostimportantly - a 47 per centdecrease in the risk of dying inthe hospital compared to thosewho were not taking aspirin.

    The patients in the aspiringroup did not experience asignificant increase in adverseevents such as major bleeding

    while hospitalized.Doctors often recom-

    mend a daily low-dose aspirinfor patients who have previ-ously had a heart attack orstroke caused by a blood clotto prevent future blood clots.

    Daily use, however, canincrease the risk of majorbleeding or peptic ulcer dis-ease.

    “We believe that the bloodthinning effects of aspirinprovides benefits for Covid-19patients by preventing micro-clot formation,” said studyco-author Michael AMazzeffi.

    “ Those at increasedbleeding risk due to chronickidney disease, for example,or because they regularly usecertain medications, likesteroids or blood thinners,may not be able to safely takeaspirin,” he added.

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    Widely used for treatmentof intestinational para-sites and scabies, anti-parasticdrug, Ivermectin, may be offfrom the list of Union HealthMinistry’s ClinicalManagement Protocol forCovid-19 with a high-levelpanel of the ICMR citing lackof sufficient evidence on its effi-cacy based on randomised tri-als held in India and abroad.

    Some states including UttarPradesh are already using thedrug-off label not only as atreatment option but also as aprophylaxis against the virulentvirus that has caused havocacross the world.

    Already widely usedagainst intestinational para-sites and scabies, it is said to berelatively a safe and cheapdrug.

    The experts of the ICMR’sNational Task Force forCOVID-19 and the JointMonitoring Group held itsmeeting recently to deliberateon whether the drug should beincluded in the national treat-ment guidelines.

    “Following deliberations,experts decided not to includeIvermectin in the national clin-ical management protocol forCovid-19 because of lack ofsufficient evidence on its effi-cacy based on randomised tri-als held in India and abroad,”said a senior officer from theMinistry.

    The Health Ministry hasallowed the use of remdesivirfor restricted emergency usepurposes in moderate casesunder “investigational thera-

    pies” in the ClinicalManagement Protocol forCovid-19.

    Interestingly, a white paperon Ivermectin drug as poten-tial therapy for Covid-19 pre-pared by head of King George’sMedical University’s (KGMU)respiratory medicine depart-ment Prof Surya Kant andother senior doctors from dif-ferent states of India in July2020 had found recognition bythe World Health Organization(WHO). The paper publishedin the Indian Journal ofTuberculosis Elsevier is now apart of the global literature onCovid-19, getting space onWHO’s website.

    The abstract of the articlestates that “A group of seniordoctors with vast clinical expe-rience met on July 19, 2020,under the aegis of the Academyof Advanced MedicalEducation. The panel looked atIvermectin, one of the oldmolecules and evaluated itsuse in Covid-19 management.

    “After critical panel dis-cussion, all the attending doc-tors came to a conclusion thatIvermectin can be a potentialmolecule for prophylaxis andtreatment of people infectedwith novel coronavirus owingto its “anti-viral properties cou-pled with effective cost, avail-ability and good tolerability andsafety.”

    Along with KGMU, DrVK Arora (Delhi), Dr D Behera(Chandigarh), Dr Agam Vora(Mumbai), Dr T MohanKumar (Coimbatore), DrNarayana Pradeep (Kerala) anda team of other doctors pub-lished the white paper.

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    Afirst-of-its-kind systemfor South Asian coun-tr ies—India, Sr i Lanka,Bangladesh, Nepal andBhutan — that will providealerts for flash floods 6-24hours in advance waslaunched at the IndiaMeteorological Department(IMD) on Friday. India alsoshares cyclone warning alertswith neighbouring countries.

    The WorldMeteorological Department(WMO) has entrusted Indiawith the responsibility of theRegional Centre of SouthAsia Flash Flood GuidanceSystem for coordination,development and its imple-mentation.

    IMD director generalMrutunjay Mohapatra said atthe online launch that the sys-tem will enable the membercountries to issue impact-based forecasting of floodswhich are very sudden and ofshort duration at watershedand also city level .

    Representatives of the mem-ber countries attended theevent.

    Flash floods are highlylocalised events of short dura-tion with a very high peakand usually have less than sixhours between the occur-rence of the rainfall and peakflood.

    There is a general lack offlash flood warning capabili-ties and capacities amongcountries across the world.Recognising that flash floodshave a particularly disastrousimpact on lives and propertiesof the affected populations,the 15th WMO Congress hadapproved the implementationof a Flash Flood GuidanceSystem (FFGS) project withglobal coverage.

    The system has beendeveloped by the WMOCommission for Hydrology,joint ly with the WMOCommission for BasicSystems and in collaborationwith the US National WeatherService, the US HydrologicResearch Centre (HRC).

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    India is making all efforts forrelief and safe return of 33Indians including 25 labourersfrom Uttar Pradesh fromMogadishu, Somalia, ExternalAffairs Minister S Jaishankarsaid here on Friday. They werereportedly held hostage by acompany there for the lasteight months.

    Giving this assurance in atweet message, Jaishankar said“MEA and our HighCommission in Nairobi areworking on relief & return of33 Indians stuck in Mogadishu,Somalia. High Commission ofIndia in Nairobi, Kenya hastaken up their predicamentwith Somalian authorities. Weare in touch with the SomaliEmbassy in India.” He also saidwe “hope for an early resolu-tion.”

    Sources said the Indianshad joined the company 10months ago.

    In the first two months, thecompany treated them well, butfrom the last eight months, theworkers were allegedly notpaid their salaries.

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    The Delhi High Court hasdecided that its blanketorder extending all interimstays and bails granted prior toand during the COVID-19lockdown would not remain ineffect after October 31.

    All undertrials whose bailperiod was extended have tosurrender in a phased mannerbetween November 2 andNovember 13, it said.

    The court also said thatthe order would also be applic-able to 356 prisoners whowere granted bail by the highcourt and they would have tosurrender before the jailauthorities on November 13.

    The high court on August24 had extended till October31 all the interim orders whichwere to expire on or afterAugust 31 in cases that arebefore it as also the district

    courts in view of the COVID-19 pandemic.

    A full bench of ChiefJustice D N Patel and justicesSiddharth Mridul and TalwantSingh said that bail granted bythe trial court to 2,318 under-trial prisoners involved inheinous crimes and whichwas being extended from timeto time on the basis of the highcourt’s blanket extensionorder, would come to an endon October 31 and all of themhave to surrender in a phasedmanner between November 2and November 13.

    The surrender processwould start on November 2with the prisoners of CentralDistrict, Tis Hazari Courtsand would culminate onNovember 13 with the sur-render of prisoners fromRouse Avenue CourtsComplex, New Delhi, the highcourt said in its order ofOctober 20.

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    The Central Bureau ofInvestigation (CBI) has reg-istered a case against a privateperson of Delhi and unknownothers under relevant provi-sions of the Protection ofChildren from Sexual Offences(POCSO) Act and theInformation Technology Act,2000. The accused had alleged-ly created three accounts andaround 20 channels / groups onTelegram App for sale ofobscene/objectionable materi-al (videos/photos) includingCSAM (Child sexual abusivematerial).

    It was further alleged thatout of these, two accounts werefor advertising posts / messages

    for sale of obscene videos /photos including the CSAM,the CBI said in a statement.

    It was also alleged that inresponse to the advertisementand after bargaining with thecustomers / seekers, theaccused received the paymentsvia Paytm / Google Pay amongothers.

    On receipt of payments,the accused allegedly sharedthe link(s) of various group(s)/channel(s) of Telegram, inwhich objectionable materialincluding CSAM, was beingshared with members, theagency further said.

    The accused allegedly soldthe obscene videos / photosincluding CSAM for anamount of �250 by adding the

    customer(s) / seekers into thesegroups / channels.

    Searches were conductedrecently at the premises of theaccused at Delhi. The mobilephone recovered during thesearches is being analysed andfurther investigation is contin-uing, it added.

    A Special Unit “OnlineChild Sexual Abuse andExploitation Prevention/Investigation (OCSAE)” hasbeen created in CBI, New Delhifor matters pertaining to onlinechild sexual abuse and exploita-tion. Apart from receiving var-ious references/information,the unit is undertaking inves-tigation of various offencesrelating to online child sexualabuse and exploitation.

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    The construction of the newParliament building willcommence in December 2020and is likely to be completed byOctober 2022. The existingParliament House building willbe suitably retro-fitted to pro-vide more functional spaces forparliamentary events, to ensureits usage along with the newbuilding. Lok Sabha SpeakerOm Birla chaired a reviewmeeting regarding the con-struction of the new ParliamentHouse on Friday along withUnion Minister Urban AffairsHardeep Singh Puri.

    The new Building will have

    separate offices for MPs.Among other facilities for theMembers, each seat for them inthe Chambers will be com-fortable (with blocks of twoseats) and equipped with dig-ital interfaces, which will be astep forward towards a paper-less office.

    Besides Chambers of LokSabha and Rajya Sabha, thenew Building will have agrand ‘Constitution Hall’,which will house, amongother things, the original copyof the Constitution, digitaldisplays for showcasing India’sdemocratic heritage, etc. Itwas informed that the visitorswill be given access to this

    Hall to help them to appreci-ate and understand India’sjourney as a parliamentarydemocracy. The new Buildingwill also have a MP’s Lounge,a Library, six Committeerooms, dining areas and park-ing space.

    During the meeting, Birlawas briefed about the progressmade in the shifting of facil-ities and other infrastructurefrom the area proposed for theconstruction of the new build-ing. The barricading plan andthe various mitigating mea-sures to control the air andnoise pollution during theconstruction process wereelaborated.

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    Amaravati: Andhra PradeshsCOVID-19 tally crossed theeight lakh mark on Friday butthe infections declining trendwas clearly evident as the lastlakh cases came in a longerspan of 23 days.

    A record 80,238 sampleswere tested in 24 hours ending9 am on Friday, turning out3,765 fresh cases of the pan-demic and taking the cumula-tive to 8,00,684.

    Also, 4,281 patients gotcured while 20 more suc-cumbed, the latest bulletinsaid.

    The state now has 31,721active cases after 7,62,419recoveries and 6,544 deaths, it

    said.Andhra Pradesh is only the

    second state to log over eightlakh COVID-19 cases afterMaharashtra which has record-ed more than 16 lakh infec-tions.

    The total infection count ofAndhra Pradesh crossed theseven-lakh mark on October 1,taking 14 days to rise from sixlakh. It had breached five lakhcases on September 17 afterreaching the first one lakh onJuly 27.

    The state so far tested 74.28lakh samples for the infection,at the rate of 1,39,101 per mil-lion, with an overall positivityrate of 10.78 per cent. PTI

    Patna: Bihar on Friday report-ed 1,093 new Cases ofCOVID-19, taking the state'stally to 2,10,388, as per a bul-letin issued by the HealthDepartment.

    The state also recordedeight more COVID-19 deaths,following which the toll rose to1,034, it said.

    Two of the latest deathswere reported from Patna,while one each fromMuzaffarpur, Nalanda,Jehanabad, Begusarai, Purneaand Saran, it said.

    The Patna district, whichhas reported 34,055 cases so farwith 2,532 patients undergoingtreatment at present, has reg-istered the highest number ofCOVID-19 deaths in the stateat 256. The recovery rate hasincreased to 94.32 per cent inthe state, the bulletin said.

    Total 1,41,869 sampleswere tested for COVID-19 onThursday. PTI

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  • India completed the year-long celebrations of the150th birth anniversary ofMahatma Gandhi onOctober 2. One had theprivilege of participating in sever-al learned deliberations on the rel-evance of Gandhian ideas in thepresent context. In most of these,it was rather a unanimous conclu-sion that Gandhi’s principles, val-ues and his life could give a heal-ing touch to suffering humanity ina world characterised by wars, vio-lence, distrust, hatred, fundamen-talism, terrorism, arms race,hunger, poverty, ill-health andmuch more. Peace, non-violenceand religious harmony remainelusive commodities. And Gandhisuccessfully demonstrated a non-violent path to human dignity, har-mony and liberty. He could influ-ence leading personalities withinand beyond India, who plungedheadlong into creating a peacefulworld by following his values andsuccessfully achieving attitudinaltransformation within their com-munities and nation.

    The life of Khan Abdul GhaffarKhan, also known as Bacha Khanand Frontier Gandhi, presentsone of the most scintillating exam-ples of achieving a rare communi-ty transition from violence as a cultto the path of peace and love as thevalue of total commitment. Hisname may appear just as unfamil-iar to most young Indians as hisrole as a stalwart in the Indian free-dom struggle, and afterIndependence, as a fighter for hispeople in Pakistan, that he wagedtill his last breath on January 20,1988. He finds little resonanceeven in India for various reasons.

    In July 1942, Jawaharlal Nehruissued a statement on the happen-ings in the Frontier Province —now in Pakistan — clearly indicat-ing how scarce the news fromthere was, and that too, was “oftentainted and contained many wrongallegations.” Nehru had personal-ly experienced difficulty, duringhis own visits to the FrontierProvince, in sending out propernews through normal agencies orotherwise. He further observedthat restrictions on such newsbeing sent out were stricter in theFrontier Province than elsewherein India. He then revealed apainful truth: “The result is thatthe people in the rest of Indiaknow little of what is happening inthis highly important part of the

    country.” In this very statement,Nehru wrote about FrontierGandhi. He said: “Few peopleknow about the work that KhanAbdul Ghaffar Khan has beencarrying on during the last sixmonths. He does not believe inostentation but he has gone tovillages seeing his people,organising them and encourag-ing them in every way. Thus, hehas covered the entire province.”

    Apart from numerousimpediments from variousquarters, Khan also had to facefalse propaganda of vestedinterests. Born in 1890, he wasgreatly touched by the devastat-ing misery of his own peoplewhich, he concluded, was dueto the lack of education andconsequent ignorance. He start-ed schools and the British didnot like it. He was 19 when hewas first imprisoned and thenit was a life in and out of jailsof the Britishers, and then theGovernment of Pakistan. Hishistoric movement, KhudaiKhidmatgar, was launched toovercome poverty and banishthe British from India. He was,till the end of the freedomstruggle, for a united India.

    Khan was inspired byGandhi’s message of non-vio-lence and he knew how difficultit would be to convince his“freedom-loving” Pathans toexecute the idea. He had thecourage and conviction toaccept the challenge and heachieved this miracle. The typeof attitudinal transformationachieved by this charismatic

    personality could only betermed unparalleled. He gave anew interpretation of force,courage and valour to his peo-ple and the community. This, hecould do through his creativeleadership, deep and thought-ful interpretation of Islam as areligion of peace. He was a manwith a universal message ofbrotherhood and camaraderie.He knew how vibrant the cul-tural heritage of his people andthe region was, and how thiscradle of learning and culturesank “into a state where therewas no room left for such goodwork such as education andlearning.”

    While India was celebratingthe birth anniversary ofMahatma Gandhi, an eruditescholar of post-Independencehistory, RNP Singh, was search-ing literature and sources inlibraries and institutions to putup an authentic account of thegreat Gandhian, Khan AbdulGhaffar Khan. And how Indiaignored his contributions whichhad the potential to bring forthpeace not only to the erstwhileNorth-West Frontier Province(NWFP), Afghanistan andBaluchistan but to the entireMiddle East region, and evenbeyond.

    Singh has established, basedon his study, how great was themeasure of wrong done to thisfrontline freedom fighter andan exceptional devotee ofGandhi. In his seminal work,Durand line: Did India FailFrontier Gandhi, Singh very

    succinctly summarises: “Hewas among the very few lead-ers of undivided India who, bydint of their sincere effort andselfless service to their people,rose to eminence and earned aniche for themselves in the toppolitical hierarchy of the coun-try. Yet in spite of having earneda place among the galaxy ofeminent leaders, Khan AbdulGhaffar Khan never advancedhis claims to recognition in theIndian context.” One could saywithout hesitation that Indiafailed Bacha Khan, hisPakhtoon people and theNWFP. There is no other wayout of this but to follow the pathshown by Gandhi and BachaKhan.

    During the freedom struggle,Gandhi tried his best to per-suade the Muslim League andMohammad Ali Jinnah to giveup the two-nation theory. Hefailed in his persuasion andIndia suffered the ghastlytragedy of the Partition. And westill need persistent efforts tostrengthen our efforts to cementthe age-old mutual harmonybetween the two major com-munities.

    Inspired by the increasinginfluence of Gandhi, whosepersona and ideas had begun toinfluence the remote North-Western part of the empireand Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,young Bacha Khan openedschools for both boys and girls.He organised young peopleunder the banner of servants ofGod — Khudai Khidmatgar —

    who, contrary to the prevalenttradition, decided to follow theGandhian path to achieve free-dom for India and its people. Tothese highly motivated andcommitted people, his messagewas, “The fundamental princi-ples of all religions are thesame though the details differbecause each faith takes thecolour and flavour of the soilfrom which it springs… I can-not contemplate a time whenthere will be one religion for thewhole world.” And this camefrom a devout Muslim whonever missed a namaaz andwho also had “the spirit ofbrotherhood” innate in himselfmore than many so-calledorthodox Muslims.

    Religious fundamentalistsand protagonists of the two-nation theory, expectedly, dis-liked him and his approach andinflicted numerous crueltieson him and his followers oncethey came to power. The per-sona of this Frontier Gandhi,sufferings that he endured evenafter Independence, must berevealed to young Indians, whoare working for religious amityas the core value that could leadIndia to its destination of hon-our and acceptability in a strife-torn world.

    What happened to BachaKhan or what was done to himis summed up by MohammedArif Khan in the foreword tothe treatise by Singh: “As anIndian, I feel that what we didto Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khanand the Pashtuns in 1957 wasvery unfair. The Pashtuns hadvoted in 1946 for a unitedIndia but the decision of theIndian leadership reduced themto being subservient to thebreakers of Indian unity. Theresult was that Khan and his fol-lowers were treated as traitorsand he spent more time in jailsof Pakistan after 1947 than inBritish jails before 1947.” All thishappened in spite of the factthat the top Indian leadershipof the freedom struggle wasfully aware of the significanceof Bacha Khan’s contributionand his unflinching commit-ment to a united India. Sadlyenough, India was divided.Even Gandhi, who had declaredthat Partition could take placeonly over his dead body, accept-ed it. All that the great BachaKhan could say to the Indianleadership that had accepted thePartition of this great countrywas: “You have thrown us towolves.” He and his peoplewere left at the mercy of thosewho never liked him for his lib-eral stance on Indian culture,history and his progressiveideas about religious harmonyand social cohesion.

    (The writer works in educa-tion and social cohesion)

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