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Farm protest- Centre appeals SC to stop tractor rally on Republic Day

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Neha Kumari
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The Center has appealed to the Supreme Court to stop a tractor rally of farmers protesting on 26 January, Republic Day. If his demand to repeal the controversial agricultural laws is not met, the farmers plan to hold a huge rally in Delhi on 26 January. Farmers in Haryana are also planning to organize a rally, which will include a tractor from each village. The farmers had said that they were expecting at least 20,000 tractors.

In an affidavit filed in the court, the Center noted the constitutional and historical significance of Republic Day, which is surrounded by a set of events.

The Center said: Law and order, public order, public interest will not be there, but it will also be a big problem for the nation.

The Center told the court that farm laws were not implemented quickly, but were “the result of two decades of deliberations”. The farmers of the country are happy because they are currently given more than one option… no rights have been taken away.

The Supreme Court on Monday lashed out at the Center over how to deal with the farmers’ protests over the three agricultural laws and said it was’ very disappointed ‘with the way it interacted with farmers. The Supreme Court can hear the matter today.
The Center told the court that it was not hasty in the matter of agricultural laws, rather it was “the result of two decades of deliberations”. The farmers of the country are happy because they have been given an additional option with the existing options … No vested rights have been taken away. “
The government said that it has tried its best to connect with the farmers to remove any kind of misunderstanding going on in the minds of the farmers. The affidavit stated, “There has been no reduction in efforts by the Center.”

Jasprit Bumrah ruled out of Gabba Test with abdominal strain

By
Harshit
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Scare of injuries continues for the Indian cricket team and their search for the best eleven is becoming a matter of concern.

A day after Ravindra Jadeja was ruled out from the last Test, Hanuma Vihari, and now Jasprit Bumrah has also been ruled out of the last Test match.

India managed to draw the Sydney Test match with the heroics of Ravichandran Ashwin and Hanuma Vihari. As of now, both the players are injured but Ashwin is fit to play till now.

Meanwhile, according to an official statement by BCCI, Jasprit Bumrah will play the final Test even if he is 50 percent fit.

If Bumrah will not play the final Test match then T Natarajan will make his debut in the Test format. The fourth Test is set to begin from January 15 and the Indian side is with fewer options.

First consignment of Corona vaccine leaves from Pune, 3 trucks arrive at airport from Serum Institute

By
Neha Kumari
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The first flight of the Covishield vaccine has arrived in Delhi for the proposed vaccination process from 16 January in India. Earlier, the first batch of vaccine was released from the Serum Institute of India, Pune. During this, the employees of the serum gave a farewell by clapping, while the drivers sitting in the truck also showed the victory sign. They were loaded into three trucks and taken to Pune Airport. From here the vaccine will be delivered to different parts of the country. from January 16, Saturday, vaccine will start in India too. India has two vaccines – the first Covaxin and the second Covishieldof Oxford Austrazenica, which was manufactured at the Serum Institute of India, Pune.

Pune zone-5 DCP Namrata Patil said, amidst adequate security arrangements, the first batch of vaccine has been dispatched from the Serum Institute of India, Pune.

The chairman of the airline Ajay Singh tweeted and informed about this. Ajay Singh wrote, I would like to say with pride that SpiceJet aircraft has reached Delhi from Pune with the first consignment of Covid vaccine this morning.

PTI quoted a source as saying that the vaccine will be dispatched from Pune via eight flights. It also includes two cargo flights. The first cargo flight will cover Hyderabad, Vijayawada and Bhubaneswar while the second flight will cover Kolkata and Guwahati. The vaccine will be sent by road to Mumbai.

On this Republic Day India will not have any Foreign Chief Guest

By
Neha Kumari
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In the midst of a worldwide outcry due to Corona, India has almost made preparations that this time the country’s 72nd Republic Day will be celebrated without any foreign guests. According to sources, after the decision of the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson not to attend the ceremony due to Corona, India has now thought of not inviting any foreign guests.

This will be the first Republic Day in the last five decades, with no foreign guests as chief guests. Earlier, no foreign guests could attend the Republic Day Parade in 1966, when Indira Gandhi was sworn in as PM on January 24 following the sudden demise of Lal Bahadur Shastri on January 11.

“We do not want to put any foreign guests in an uncomfortable situation,” the official said. PM Boris Johnson had expressed his inability to visit India in view of rising corona cases due to new strains in the UK.

In the year 2018, 10 Asian countries attended the Republic Day celebrations as the chief guests. This was the first time that the heads of so many countries had participated in the 26 January parade.

This will be the fourth time that there will be no chief guest at the Republic Day celebrations of India. This has happened before in 1952, 1953 and 1966. At the same time, there were many occasions when two or two guests also attended the Republic Day celebrations of the country. In 1956, 1968 and 1974, two chief guests attended.

A Downing Street spokesman said, “The Prime Minister (Johnson) spoke to Prime Minister Modi this morning to express regret for not being able to go on his India visit later this month.” “In the light of the national lockdown announced last night and in view of the new type of outbreak of the corona virus, the Prime Minister has said that it is necessary for him to be present in Britain, so that he can focus on the domestic response against the virus.”

Dr Reddy’s seeks DCGI permission for Phase-3 trials after successful mid-stage trials

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Shivani Negi
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In yet another progress on vaccine front, Hyderabad based Pharma major Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories on Monday informed that they have safely conducted the Mid-stage trials of Russia’s vaccine Sputnik V. Up next, they have sought the permission from Drug Controller General of India to conduct late stage trials in the country.

“The phase 2 study was conducted on 100 subjects as part of the randomized, double-blind, parallel-group, placebo-controlled study in India. The DSMB concluded that no safety concerns were identified and the study has met the primary endpoints of safety. Further, the safety data has been submitted to the DCGI for review and approval to continue phase 3 clinical trials,” Dr Reddy’s said in a statement.

Dr Reddy has collaborated with Russian Direct Investment Fund to develop Sputnik V in India. G.V. Prasad, co-chairman and managing director of Dr Reddy’S laboratories, said that the clinical trial being conducted is an adaptive design phase 2/3 trial.

He said the “phase-2 study in India showed a very good safety profile. This further reinforces our confidence in the safety of Sputnik V, which has now been administered to more than one million people in Russia and more than 300,000 people in Argentina. We are working closely towards fast-tracking the launch of the Sputnik V vaccine in India.”

Developed by the Gamaleya National Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, Sputnik-V has already been approved in Russia. It has been touted as the world’s first approved vaccine against coronavirus.

VHP releases documentary on Ram Mandir

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Harshit
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The Vishwa Hindu Parishad has released a video on social media, highlighting the hardship and struggle for Ram temple in Ayodhya.

The video is of 13-minute duration which is titled ‘Sri Ram Janmabhoomi Vijay Gaatha’. The video begins with the struggle for the Ram Temple since 1528 when the temple was demolished by the Mughal emperor Babar.

“The documentary has been made by actor and director Chandra Prakash Dwivedi. But he has not given his name to the documentary’s credit. He has made it as a service to Lord Ram,” said VHP spokesperson Vinod Bansal.

The documentary was launched ahead of Vishwa Hindu Parishad’s campaign for the Ram temple which is scheduled for January 15

Indian Navy to begin two-day pan-India coastal defence exercise

By
Jyoti B
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The Indian Navy will hold a pan-India coastal defence exercise starting Tuesday. The two-day mega defence exercise will kick start on Tuesday and cover the country’s 7,516 km coastline and exclusive economic zone, as per officials.

The exercise which is being coordinated by the Indian Navy will be involving all the 13 coastal States and Union Territories, other maritime stakeholders, and this includes the fishing and coastal communities.

The entire coastal security set-up was reorganised after the 26/11 terror attack in Mumbai, which the Pakistan-backed terrorists carried out by the sea route.

“The scale and conceptual expanse of the exercise is unprecedented in terms of the geographical extent, the number of stakeholders involved, the number of participating units, and objectives,” the Indian Navy said.

It said the scale and conceptual expanse of the exercise are “unprecedented” in terms of the geographical extent and the number of stakeholders involved, units participating and objectives to be met.

“The exercise is a build-up towards the major theatre level exercise TROPEX which Indian Navy conducts every two years,” it said.

All the assets of the Indian Navy, Coast Guard, Customs and other maritime agencies will be participating in SEA VIGIL.

The conduct of Sea Vigil is also being facilitated by major ministries including of Defence, Home Affairs, Fisheries, Customs, Shipping, Petroleum and Natural Gas, State Governments and other agencies of Centre/ State.

This exercise which is being conducted for the second time is expected to provide a realistic assessment of strengths and weaknesses in coastal security. And at the end of the drill, there will be an analysis of the findings and actions will be initiated for further strengthening maritime and national security.

Union Minister Shripad Naik ‘seriously’ injured in car accident in Karnataka

By
Jyoti B
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In a tragedic incident, Union Minister Shripad Y Naik met with an accident in Karnataka on Monday.

While minister was injured, his wife Vijaya and personal assistant Deepak, died.

The unfortunate incident happened while the union minister of state for defence, wife and the personal assistant was returning to Goa from Dharmasthala in Karnataka.

The incident took place near Hillur-Hosakambi village in Ankola taluk of Uttar Kannada district on Monday.

The car diverted from the NH-63 to a sub-road, which is a shortcut to Gokarna. The road was not in good condition and suddenly car driver lost control and the car turned upside down.

Naik’s wife Vijaya suffered head injuries and died while being brought to a private hospital in Ankola.

Condition of Naik is stable and has been shifted to Goa Medical College after preliminary treatment in Ankola as per the officials.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has spoken to Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant to ensure proper arrangements for the treatment of Mr Naik in the state. The 68-year-old is a BJP MP from north Goa.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh also spoke to Pramod Sawant and asked him to provide best treatment, and if need arises, fly Mr Naik to Delhi. Mr Sawant has reached the hospital.

Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa expressed condolences over the death of Naik’s wife.

“The death of Vijaya Naik is very unfortunate. May her soul rest in peace and God give strength to her family to overcome their grief,” he said. The Chief Minister wished quick recovery for the Union minister, who also holds charge of the AYUSH ministry.

10,000 PLA troops steps back near LAC in eastern Ladakh

By
Jyoti B
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China has moved back around 10,000 troops from positions inside Chinese territory near the Line of Actual Control border (LAC) in eastern Ladakh where the Indian and Chinese armies have been engaged in an eyeball to eyeball confrontation, two people familiar with the matter said on Monday.

“There has been a reduction from the rear echelons in the Ladakh area, but we have to see what happens. Are they going to come back in the spring?” a high-level source said.    

A senior government official confirmed that there have been visual confirmation of troops going back in trucks, but there is no report of a reduction in the number of tanks and artillery pieces.

The PLA has about 350 tanks in different parts of East Ladakh, particularly in the Depsang and near the Spanggur Tso area. The PLA has a lot of artillery and air defence equipment in the area.

The traditional training areas are around 150 km and beyond from the Indian side of the LAC, according to the report.

The Army has deployed around 50,000 troops in addition to heavy equipment to match the Chinese deployment.

“The area is witnessing temperatures below – 40 degrees. In such conditions there is almost no scope for military manoeuvres as even equipment fail to function,” officials said.

The Ladakh standoff is in its ninth month, with soldiers holding forward positions at friction points in extreme weather conditions. The two armies have held eight rounds of military talks so far, with dates yet to be announced for the delayed ninth round of dialogue between corps commander-level officers.

Even as the ground situation remains unchanged in the Ladakh sector, chief of defence (CDS) staff General Bipin Rawat on Monday reached Leh for a security review of the sensitive area. Indian Air Force chief Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria also visited forward areas in eastern Ladakh on Monday.

Union Minister Shripad Naik injured; wife, close aide dead in an accident

By
Shivani Negi
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Union Minister Shripad Naik was severely injured in an accident on Monday evening while his wife and close aide died. All of them were rushed to a hospital wherein his wife and his personal secretary were declared dead, several media reports confirmed.

The minister was travelling from Yellapur to Gokarna in the state when the tragic accident took place. Reportedly, the occurred in Ankola in Uttar Kannada district of Karnataka. The car hit a tree, toppled and fell into a ditch, the police said. Three other people — a personal guard of the minister, the driver and a friend of the minister — who were in the car suffered minor injuries, police added.

 “It was not a collision between vehicles. Prima facie it appears to be the case of the driver losing control of the car,” a police officer told PTI

Mr Naik, who is the Union Minister of state for AYUSH (independent) and defence, is being treated at the Goa Medical College and Hospital in Bambolim and is fine now, reports added.

“The accident occurred between 7.45 pm and 8 pm. Two people suffered serious injuries —the wife of the minister and an aide. The minister also had multiple injuries,” Indian Express quoted additional SP for Karwar region S Badarinath as saying. He further added that the minister was moved to Bambolim Hospital in Goa on directions of the Goa government One of them, who is a local resident, was treated at a hospital in Ankola and the other two in Goa, police said.

Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa expressed his grief on Twitter and wrote, “Shocked to know that the car which Union Minister Shripad Niak ji was travelling met with an accident in Uttara Kannada and the death of his wife. My heartfelt condolences on the tragic death of Smt Naik and prayers for the speedy recovery of Shri Naik and those injured.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has spoken to Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant to ensure proper treatment of the Union Minister.

Herd immunity can not be achieved in 2021: WHO

By
Shivani Negi
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The arrival of vaccine has raised hopes across the world with many countries already starting the inoculation. While the vaccine has arrived at a rate faster than expected, it will still take us time to get back to the world as we knew it. To get rid of a pandemic, it is important to achieve herd immunity. However, the World Health Organisation on Monday warned that herd immunity can not be achieved this year.

“We are not going to achieve any levels of population immunity or herd immunity in 2021,” WHO’s chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan told a briefing. He further added that we need to continue taking strictest measures like physical distancing, hand washing and mask wearing control the spread.

“Even if it happens in a couple of pockets in a few countries, it’s not going to protect people across the world,” she added.

Meanwhile, Swaminathan lauded the progress made by scientists on the vaccine front and hailed them for developing not only one but several vaccines against the brand new virus in less than a year.

Talking about vaccination drive, she said that rolling out vaccines takes time and asked people to be a little bit patient. “It takes time to scale the production of doses, not just in the millions, but here we are talking about in the billions,” she said.

“The vaccines are going to come,” she said. “They are going to go to all countries … but meanwhile we mustn’t forget that there are measures that work,” she added, pointing that guidelines are still relevant.

Meanwhile, setting yet another grim milestone, the overall global coronavirus caseload surpassed the 90 million mark on Monday, while the deaths have surged to more than 1.92 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.

The United States, which remains the worst hit country by the pandemic, has distributed over 25.4 million vaccine doses.

Anushka Sharma and Virat Kohli’s newborn baby girl’s first pic is all hearts, see here

By
Shivani Negi
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Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma and her cricketer husband Virat Kohli welcomed their first child — a baby girl — on Monday, January 11. Asking everyone to respect their privacy, the cricketer shared in an Instagram post that both Anushka and baby are healthy. The news brought a ray of happiness among everyone as netizens including couple’s friends and followers flooded social media with the choicest blessings. However, no picture of the newborn was shared from couple’s official social media accounts. But, we finally have a glimpse of Virat and Anushka’s little angel, courtesy Virat’s brother Vikas Kohli.

Vikas took to Instagram welcome the little angel as he posted a pic of tiny feet along with the caption, “Happiness overboard …. angel in the house.”

Meanwhile, Virat’s sister Bhavna Kohli Dhingra also took to her Instagram account and shared a picture of newborn’s feet held by an adult, perhaps it was a wallpaper. Sharing the pic, she had written, “so happy to be bua of a little angel. Congratulations proud parents Virat and Anushka.”

See the pic here:

Earlier, sharing the news in an official statement, Virat posted, “We are thrilled to share with you all that we have been blessed with a baby girl this afternoon. We thank you all for your love, prayers and good wishes. Anushka and the baby are both healthy and we are feeling beyond blessed to start this new chapter of our lives. We hope that you can respect our privacy this time. Love Virat.”

In an interaction with Vogue, Anushka had said that she and Virat would like to keep their child away from the limelight for the time being.


“We’ve thought about it a lot. We definitely do not want to raise a child in the public eye – we don’t plan on engaging our child in social media. I think it’s a decision your child should be able to take. No kid should be made to be more special than the other. It’s hard enough for adults to deal with it. It’s going to be difficult, but we intend to follow through,” she said.

Virat and Anushka had announced in August 2020 that they are expecting their first child. The couple had posted a pic wherein Anushka was seen flaunting her tiny baby bump and written, “And then, we were three! Arriving Jan 2021.”

India is all set for mass vaccination says PM Modi while interacting with CM of various states

By
Neha Kumari
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi discussed with the Chief Ministers of various states on Monday about the corona vaccination. The PM said that the coronation of Corona vaccination is going to start on January 16. Three crore people will be given the corona vaccine in the first phase. In his address, he tried to tell that the preparations for vaccination are complete and there is no question about it.

The PM said that India is entering a decisive phase of vaccination in the fight against Covid. We are starting the world’s largest vaccination program from 16 January.

He said that the two corona virus vaccines that have been allowed emergency use by the country’s drug regulator are both ‘Made in India’. He said that four more vaccines are also in the works. The PM said that our vaccines are the most economical in the world.

Prime Minister Modi said that I am satisfied that during the Covid crisis we worked together, decisions were taken immediately with full sensitivity. The result of this is that the corona infection in India did not spread to the level at which it spread to other countries of the world.

The Prime Minister said that we have to take care that the rumors regarding the vaccine should not be aired. There should be no talk on ‘if’ and ‘but’. Many mischievous elements can act as a hindrance to it. Every such attempt has to be thwarted by conveying the right information to every citizen. Religious and social institutions will have to take help in this.

Modi said that from January 16, we are going to start the world’s largest vaccination campaign. About three crore health workers and frontline workers will be vaccinated in the first phase. In the second phase, they will be given vaccine who are more than 50 years of age and who are less than 50 years of age and suffer from serious diseases.

The Prime Minister said that so far only 25 million people have been vaccinated worldwide. We will achieve the target of immunization of 300 million citizens in the next few months. India has completed the rehearsal of vaccination in almost all districts, which is a major achievement.

He said that the increased confidence among people in our campaign to deal with the Covid-19 epidemic has positively affected economic activities. The Prime Minister said that the representative of the people is not included in the three crore Corona warriors, the first will be vaccination of the personnel of the Front Front.

SC set to deliver the verdict on Farm Laws tomorrow

By
Harshit
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The Supreme Court is all set to pronounce the final verdict on the petitions challenging the validity of farm laws on Tuesday.

A bench of three-judges headed by Chief Justice of India Sharad Arvind Bobde, DMK MP Tiruchi Siva, RJD MP Manoj K Jha is hearing the petition against the farm laws.

The Chief Justice of India has rapped the Central government over their stand on the farmer’s protest and entire row.

“We do not think the Centre is handling this issue correctly. We have to take some action today. This is a very serious matter. We are proposing and facilitating to try to form a committee and we are also thinking that we will hold the implementation of the laws till further orders,” the CJI suggested to one of the petitioners.

“You have made a law without enough consultation resulting in a strike,” he added.

“We are suggesting staying the implementation of farm laws only to facilitate the talks before the Committee,” the CJI said.

“We don’t want to say anything, the protests can go on, but who is going to take the responsibility?” he asked.

The CJI asserted, “If the Centre does not want to stay the implementation of farm laws, we will put a stay on it… The Union of India must take responsibility for all this. You (Centre) are bringing the laws and you can do it in a better manner.”

The Supreme Court’s order is significantly important as it can raise an outrage in the entire nation on either of the side.

Farmers have been protesting across the Delhi borders since November 2020, against the newly enacted Farm Laws and more than 100 farmers have died.

Janhvi Kapoor starts shooting for Anand L Rai’s Good Luck Jerry, see first look

By
Shivani Negi
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Bollywood actor Janhvi Kapoor will collaborate with Anand L Rai for her next film, titled Good Luck Jerry. The director took to social media to unveil Janhvi’s first look from the film. The picture shows Janhvi dressed in a simple salwar suit with her hair tied in a pony while she flashes her brightest smile. Going by the looks, it paints Janhvi in a typical small town girl picture.

Written by Pankaj Matta, Good Luck Jerry is being directed by Balika Vadhu fame Siddharth Gupta. Good Luck Jerry is produced by Colour Yellow Production, LYCA Productions and Sundial Entertainment.

The film will also star Deepak Dobriyal, Meeta Vashishth, Neeraj Sood and Sushant Singh in a pivotal role. The shooting of the film has started today and the first schedule will wrap up till March.

Janhvi has several projects lined up, for their releases this year. Besides ‘Roohi Afza’ with Rajkummar Rao, the actress has ‘Dostana 2’ that is also slated for its release later this year. She was last seen in Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl which was released on Netflix.

Meanwhile, Anand L Rai recently wrapped up the Delhi schedule of his upcoming film Atrangi Re, starring Akshay Kumar, Dhanush and Sara Ali Khan.

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