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Delhi increases fine to Rs 2,000 for not wearing mask in public

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Shivani Negi
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Tightening the covid-19 measures in the city, Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday announced that people who step out in publiac places without wearing a face mask will now be fined with Rs 2,000. The violators were earlier charged with Rs 500.

The announcement was made at a press briefing after an all-part meeting which was held at Delhi secrertrait to dicuss the deteriorating covid-19 situation in the city.

Kejriwal said, “A lot of people are wearing face mask but some are still not adhering to the rules. The fine has now been increased for ₹500 to ₹2,000.”

The chief minister also urged all the religious heads and other administrators to ask their staff to promote wearing masks as well as ditribute the masks to those who cannot afford.

During the press conference, the chief minister also requested people to be extra cautious during the ongoing festive season outlining how it have worsened the already vulnerable situation.

Asking people to celebrate chhath puja at home, the chief minister states the hazardous effects of venturing into ponds.

“You can imagine that COVID-19 will be spread on a large scale. So, celebrations are not banned. What is banned is the entering of a large number of people in a pond or river at once. Let’s celebrate at homes.”

Talking about the all part meeting on Thursday, Kejriwal said that it is not the time for politics and all we want is to ensure the safety of Delhi’s residents.

 “Delhi is going through a tough phase. This is not the time to play politics and issue statements against political parties but to work together and serve,” he said.

 “According to experts if 200 people enter a pond and even if one person is infected with the virus then all those who are in the water will 100% get the virus.” 

Measurements for Private Hospitals:

The Delhi CM also announced measures for private hospitals to deal with the third wave of covid-19 cases in the city. He said that all the private hospitals have been asked to reserve 80 per cent of ICUS beds for covid-19 patients while 60 per cent of non-ICU beds shall also be dedicated to those infected with the deadly virus. Until the peak of covid-19 cases passes, Private hospitals have been asked to postpone all non-critical surgeries planned for a few days.

The chief minister also thanked all the doctors and healthcare workers for their tireless services in this difficult times.

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South Australia imposes world’s strictest lockdown, only one family member allowed to step out

By
Shivani Negi
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In what appears to be the world’s toughest lockdown, violators in South Australia were slapped with fines as soon as they stepped out of their homes. The one-week lockdown began on Thursday with even outdoor exercses and dog-walking restricted in an attempt to curb the cluster of recent covid-19 infections.

Earlier this week, 22 new infections related to covid-19 infection were identified which led to the imposition of the strictest lockdown in the state.

According to a dailymail.co.uk report, seven people were fined for $1080 infrinment notices after they violated the guidelines on Thursday night.

Two beach goers, who went out to seek sun as temperatures soared high to mid 30s, were also hit with the fine, the report said.

For six days, only one person per house is allowed to step out to buy essential goods. From school to universities to wedding and everything that make up for our daily activities is banned and mask wearing is mandatory.

State Premier Steven Marshall urged people to stay inside thier houses even as no new infection in the state was reported on Thursday.

“We want to go in early, we want to knock this on its head. We do not need 112 days of lockdown like they had in Victoria. This is six days and working together we can get on top of this,? Marshall said.

“It’s a real worry, especially because people who become infected are not showing the typical symptoms that we are used to,” he added.

While other countries announced the lockdown in stages, Australia was the first nation to impose a six-month long nationwide lockdown in March. Even then it was one of the world’s toughest lockdowns with strictest measures to mitigate the virus.

Thanks to hard lockdowns, Australian state Victoria, which reported over 700 infections daily in August, saw no infection on Thursday.

Meanwhile, in South Australia, there are 35 active cases as of know, including those who have been quarantined while 4,000 people are in isolation.

Traditional Hindu Festival ‘Chhath Parva’

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Jyoti B
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Chhath is a traditional Hindu festival that is celebrated with a lot of joy and enthusiasm in north India, especially in Bihar and Jharkhand. Also known as ‘Chhath Parva’ or ‘Dala Chhath’, this festival is celebrated six days after the auspicious festival of Diwali in India.

This ancient Hindu festival, dedicated to Lord Surya and Chhathi Maiya (known to be the sister of Surya), It is the only Vedic festival that is dedicated to the Sun God, who is supposed to be the source of all powers and Chhathi Maiya (another name for Goddess Usha from the Vedic period).

The god of light, energy and life force is worshipped in order to promote well being, development and the prosperity of human beings.

Through this festival, people aim towards thanking the Sun God for a period of four days. The devotees who observe the fast during this festival are called Vrati.

The word chhath translates to ‘sixth’ in Nepali, Maithili and Bhojpuri languages. Celebrated on the sixth day of the month of Karthik, the first day of the festival is known as Nahay Khay when devotees go to holy water bodies and take a dip and also observe fasts.

On the next day, known as Kharna, devotees observe fast without drinking water from sunrise to sunset. The fast is broken only after offering food to the Sun after 36 hours.

Significance

There are several legends that explain in detail the origin of Chhath Puja. It is believed that in ancient times, Draupadi and the Pandavas of Hastinapur used to celebrate Chhath in order to solve their issues and gain their lost kingdom again. A few mantras from the Rig Veda texts are chanted by worshippers while offering prayers to the Sun.

According to another legend, Chhath Puja was first performed by Karna, who is considered to be an offspring of Lord Surya and Kunti. He ruled over the Anga Desh which is the modern-day Bhagalpur in Bihar, during the age of Mahabharata.

As per a legend, Chhath Puja is being performed from the Early Vedic Period. The legend has it that the sages of that era used to perform the puja by exposing themselves to direct sunlight to gain energy from the rays of the Sun and did not consume any eatables.

Interesting & Unique Facts Associated with Chhath Puja

Chhath Puja is the only Vedic Festival which is celebrated in India

Chhath Puja is associated with Hindu epics involving Ramayana and Mahabharata with more than 1 character of Mahabharata associated.

Chhath Puja is the only Hindu festival where all the rituals of the festival have some scientific reasons and all of them altogether represent a rigorous scientific process for detoxification.

Chhath Puja are crafted in a way which involves optimum absorption of Calcium & Vitamin D into the body which is really beneficial for the women.

Chhath Puja also helps increasing the immunity of the body.

The four days of Chhath Puja offers great mental benefits to the devotees. Chhath Puja calms the mind of devotees and reduces the negative energy like hatred, fear and anger.

The custom of offering prayer to the Sun god was also prevalent in the Babylonian civilization and ancient Egyptian civilization.

26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed sent to jail for 10 years

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Harshit
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Hafiz Saeed, Hafiz Saeed jail,

The mastermind of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks and Jamat-ud-Dawa leader Hafiz Saeed has been sent to 10 and half years imprisonment by Pakistan Terror Court.

Along with Hafiz Saeed, three more are also held for charges of terrorism financing.

“An anti-terrorism court in Lahore sentenced ten-and-a-half years imprisonment to chief of Jamaatud Dawa Hafiz Saeed, his deputy Zafar Iqbal, and spokesman Yahya Mujahid on charges of terror financing,” said Saeed’s lawyer Imran Fazal Gill.

“Since the convict has already been convicted … by this court vide judgment dates 12.02.2020, so the punishment awarded to him in this case shall also run concurrently with punishment in said cases,” said the court order.

This is not the first time Hafiz Saeed is convicted in 2020, he has been convicted number times but the reality is the Pakistan government is continously holding his back.

India tour Australia full fixtures and squads

By
Harshit
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The Indian cricket team has left for a two-month tour of Australia. The tour is taking place between the Covid-19 epidemic. Rohit Sharma, who won a record fifth title for Mumbai Indians and Ishant Sharma, who is recovering from an injury at the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru, will later join the team. These two are only part of the test team. The Indian team will play three ODIs, three T20s and four Test matches from November 27. The ODI and T20 series will be played in Sydney and Canberra from 27 November to 8 December. The Test series will begin in Adelaide from the Day Night Test match on 17 December.

ODI series

First ODI – 27 November, Sydney
Second ODI – 29 November, Sydney
Third ODI – December 1, Manuka Oval

T20 series

First match – 4 December, Manuka Oval
Second Match – 6 December, Sydney
Third match – 8 December, Sydney

Test series

First Test – 17-21 December, Adelaide
Second Test – 26–31 December, Melbourne
Third Test – 7-11 January, Sydney
Fourth Test – 15–19 January, Brisbane

Indian ODI team – Virat Kohli (captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Shubman Gill, KL Rahul (vice-captain and wicketkeeper), Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, Mayank Agarwal, Ravindra Jadeja, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Jaspreet Bumrah, Mohammed Shami , Navdeep Saini and Shardul Thakur.

Indian T20 team- Virat Kohli (captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Mayank Agarwal, KL Rahul (vice-captain and wicketkeeper), Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah , Mohammed Shami, Navdeep Saini, Deepak Chahar and T Natarajan

Indian Test team: Virat Kohli (captain), Mayank Agarwal, Prithvi Shaw, Lokesh Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane (vice-captain), Hanuma Vihari, Shubman Gill, Wriddhiman Saha (wicket-keeper), Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Jaspreet Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohammad Siraj and Rohit Sharma.

Australia’s Test Team: David Warner, Joe Burns, Steve Smith, Cameron Green, Sean Abbott, Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Marnus Labuschen, Nathan Lyon, Michael Naser, Tim Paine (captain), James Pattison, Mitchell Starc, Matthew Wade, Will Pukoski and Michelle Swapson

Australia ODI and T20 teams: Aaron Finch (captain), Sean Abbott, Ashton Egger, Alex Carrie, Pat Cummins, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Moises Henriques, Marnus Labuchange, Glenn Maxwell, Daniel Samms, Kane Richardson, Steven Smith, Michelle Starc, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade, David Warner and Adam Jumpa

Rohit Sharma starts fitness training at NCA

By
Harshit
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Rohit Sharma, who was in the Indian Test team for the Australian tour, started his fitness training on Thursday at the National Cricket Academy (NCA). Rohit is not part of India’s limited overs team for the Australian tour.

The selectors included Rohit Sharma in the revised Test squad after playing in two Indian Premier League (IPL) matches besides the final for Mumbai Indians.

Although Rohit Sharma said that he is fine, but the BCCI felt that he needed more time to recover from the hamstring injury suffered during the IPL, which started a debate about his fitness.

Mumbai’s team won a resounding victory in the final, in which Rohit played a fast-paced inning of 68 runs. Rohit’s fitness has become very important, as regular captain Virat Kohli will not be available after the first Test in Australia.

Chris Gayle took his name back from Lanka Premier League

By
Harshit
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Chris Gayle of the West Indies will not be seen playing in the Lanka Premier League (LPL). Gayle was to play in the team of Candy Tuskers along with Irfan Pathan, Munaf Patel, Kushal Perera, Kushal Mendis, Nuwan Pradeep and Liam Plunkett.

The Tuskers, however, reported on Wednesday that Gayle has withdrawn his name from the league for personal reasons. The franchise wrote on its Facebook page, ‘Chris Gayle has withdrawn from the franchise-based tournament due to personal reasons.’

The option of Universe Boss has not been announced yet. Chris Gayle recently represented Kings XI Punjab in the 13th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL).

Chris Gayle had played seven matches for Punjab and scored 288 runs. The Tuskers will face the Colombo Kings in the first match of the league starting on 26 November.

Ponting: Indian Test team looks weak in absence of Virat Kohli

By
Harshit
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Former Australian captain Ricky Ponting believes that the Indian team will not be sure about their batting order when the charismatic captain Virat Kohli returns home after the first Test against Australia. The Cricket Board of India (BCCI) has granted paternity leave to 32-year-old Kohli so that he can be with his wife during the birth of their first child.

“The one thing we haven’t spoken enough about is yes India were really good here last time, but with those guys (Smith and Warner) missing at the top of the order, that leaves a big gap in any team,” Ponting told cricket.com.au.

“India will feel that without Kohli there (for three Tests), for his batting and leadership, that will put all sorts of pressure on different players. You’d think (Ajinkya) Rahane will take over the captaincy, which will put extra pressure on him, and they’ve got to find someone to bat at that really important No.4 spot, “he added.

The Indian bowling attack will be led by Jaspreet Bumrah and Mohammed Shami. If Ishant Sharma recovers from an injury suffered during the Indian Premier League, India will give him a place in the team, while Umesh Yadav and Navdeep Saini are also part of India’s Test team.

Boycott Zomato: Food delivery giant receives major backlash from netizens for THIS reason

By
Shivani Negi
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There hardly passes a day when Swara Bhasker isn’t a part of a Twitter trend and Thursday was no different. While Swara herself remains in trends often, this time one of her tweets pushed zomato into the trolling world.

Zomato, who itself is infamous of controversies, irked social media when the food delivery gianst responded to tweet by actor Swara Bhasker.

Swara had taken to Twitter to urge zomato to stop advertising its business on Republic TV, saying that she doesn’t want to be funding even indirectly to a channel who she said promotes “communal bigoted hate”.

Hey @zomatoin @zomato @deepigoyal I’m your regular customer.. do u plan to #DefundTheHate & pull your ads from hate espousing channels like @Republic_Bharat ? I’m not okay with my money even indirectly funding this kind of communal bigoted hate! Pls let your consumers know,” she had tweeted.

Replying to her, Zomato tried to separate itself from the institution and said, “Hi, Swara, please note, we don’t endorse any content except our own. That being said, we are looking into this.”

However, Zomato’s “looking into this” did not go down well with a section of netizens who started trolling the food delivery firm with the hashtag ‘boycott zomato’.

Zomato refrained from making any further comment into the matter.

This is not the first time when a brand has come under public eye. For the last two months, jewellery brand Tanishq has been at the center of trolls for its marketing campaigns and advertisements.

Taapsee Pannu revelas she was once replaced from a film because hero’s wife didn’t ‘like’ her

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Shivani Negi
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Bollywood actor Taapsee Pannu was caught candid by Filmfare in an interview wherein she talked about some never heard before incidents.The Badla actress while being her fearless self told the magazine about her struggles and how she dealt with the deep rooted misogyny in the film industry.

It’s 2020 and women are still dragging other women down. Don’t believe us? Let’s hear Taapsee Out. “I was once replaced from a project because the hero’s wife didn’t want me to be a part of it,” she said.

Taapsee also revelaed that once a male actor asked the makers to change her introductory dialogues as he felt she could overpower him. When I refused to change it, they got a dubbing artiste to do it behind my back,” she said.

There was a time when I was told the hero’s previous film didn’t work, so you slash your price because we need to control the budget. There was some hero who wanted my introduction scene changed because he felt it would overpower his introduction scene. These are the things that have happened in front of me, I don’t know what’s happened behind my back. I decided that from now on, I will only take up films that will make me genuinely happy to go to work,” she added.

Over the last few years, Taapsee has done some commendable job in portraying female characters without overpowering other actors. Thanks to Taapsee, we have films like Pink, Naam Shabana and Thappad that speak volumes about women empowerment.

Meanwhile, Taapsee has a number of other female-centic projects in her pipeline which include Rashmi Rocket, Haseen Dilruba and Shaabash Mithu among others.

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Delhi woman head constable Seema Dhaka gets out-of-turn promotion for tracing 76 missing

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Jyoti B
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In a first, a Delhi police officer – Seema Dhaka – has been promoted before time for finding 76 missing children in nearly three months under a new incentive scheme.

“When we join police force, we’re aware of the challenges involved, and we’re aware of the risk to our lives. That doesn’t deter us,” Ms Dhaka told NDTV today as she shared that the acknowledgment of her efforts has greatly motivated her. 

The incentive scheme promised out-of-turn promotions for constables and head constables who rescue more than 50 children below the age of 14 within a year. As many as 56 of the children rescued by Dhaka were under the age of 14.

“I am a mother and never want someone to lose their child,” Dhaka told The Indian Express. “We worked round the clock every day on missing reports to rescue children.”

Also, Asadharan Karya Puraskar was announced for any constable or head constable who rescues 15 or more missing children below the age of 14 years — five out of them aged less than eight years — within a period of 12 months, reported PTI.

Dhaka is the first police personnel of the force who has been given the out-of-turn promotion for tracing missing children under the incentive scheme.

Jitan Ram Manjhi, Protem Speaker made for the first session of the 17th Assembly

By
Neha Kumari
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Former Bihar Chief Minister and President of Hindustani Awam Morcha party Jitan Ram Manjhi was appointed as the Protem Speaker of the Bihar Legislative Assembly on Thursday. Governor Fagu Chauhan administered the oath of office to Manjhi at Raj Bhavan.

According to the statement issued from the Governor’s Secretariat, ‘Governor Fagu Chauhan administered the oath to Jitan Ram Manjhi, MLA from Imamganj, to discharge the duties of the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. In exercise of the powers conferred by the Constitution of India, the Governor has appointed Jeetan Ram Manjhi, Member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly to perform the duties of the Speaker from 23 to 24 November till the election of the Speaker.

For the selection of a member for this post, the State Governor convenes a brief session for a majority test in the Assembly. Here the appointment of a Protem Speaker, or the occasional Speaker, is done through a fixed process. For this, a majority is proved on this post in the House. Then the MLA elected on the Protem Speaker has the responsibility to administer the oath. The constitution empowers the Governor to appoint a Protem Speaker (occasional Speaker). According to this article, when the chair of the Speaker becomes vacant and there is no Deputy Chairman to fill the post, the duties of the office are performed by a member of the Legislative Assembly who is appointed by the Governor.

He has been given this responsibility for the first session of the 17th Assembly. Manjhi as the pro tem speaker will administer the newly elected MLAs to the Assembly.

Why Bihar’s Education Minister forced to resign from his post

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Neha Kumari
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Mewalal, who recently became the education minister in Bihar’s Nitish Kumar government, has resigned from his position. Mewalal took over the responsibilities of the position today. It is being told that he had to resign due to allegations of corruption.

4 years ago in 2016, the Agricultural University Tacrurri Scam was exposed. 166 people were distressed after the advertisement was issued for 281 positions. The charge is that the candidates who got the lower number were passed and the candidates with higher number were failed.

New government in Bihar Chief Minister Nitish
It has been formed under the leadership of Kumar, but the dispute is still not missing. Dr. Mewalal Chaudhary, who became Education Minister in the new government, resigned from the post on Thursday due to allegations of corruption. Mewalal could not remain a minister even for 72 hours. Mewalal Chaudhary took charge on Thursday. While he received the department on Tuesday.

The entire RJD, including Lalu, attacked Mewalal –
RJD national president Lalu Prasad Yadav attacked the appointment of Mewalaal Chaudhary, accused of recruitment scam in Bihar-led NDA government led by Nitish Kumar. The tweet from Lalu Prasad Yadav’s official Twitter handle said, “While Tejashwi was committed to giving 10 lakh jobs in the first cabinet with the first pen, Nitish made Mewalaal, who scam the appointment in the first cabinet, his priority. See the irony that the BJP who were searching for Mewalal till yesterday, have assumed silence today after getting dry fruits. ” After this, other RJD leaders including Tejashwi Yadav started attacking the Nitish government over Mewalal.

BREAKING NEWS: One more strike of Indian Army, devastated launchpad in POK

By
Neha Kumari
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India has once again attacked the PoK giving a befitting reply to the terrorists. Most Pakistani and foreign terrorists have been killed in the attack. India attacked select launchpads at PoK.

According to PTI, the Pakistani Army wants to get more and more terrorists into India before winter. Because of this, India has made a surgical strike.

Although it is not clear yet how many terrorists have been killed in this strike, but it is being told that this is the largest operation in India in POK.

For the last few weeks, the Pakistan Army has been shelling the LoC and making residential areas of India a hideout. They were helping the terrorists infiltrate under the cover of shelling with heavy cannons. In 2019, 18 generals were killed in Pakistan shelling. This time the figure is 21 deaths.

Pfizer Vaccine Delivery Could secure Before Christmas

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Jyoti B
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Pfizer Inc and BioNTech could secure emergency US and European authorization for their COVID-19 vaccine next month after final trial results showed it had a 95% success rate and no serious side effects, the drugmakers said on Wednesday.

“If all goes well, I could imagine that we gain approval in the second half of December and start deliveries before Christmas, but really only if all goes positively,” Ugur Sahin said.

Sahin told CNN that the firms will seek emergency approval from US on Friday itself. He expressed hope that the coronavirus may be brought under control by the middle of 2021, if everything goes according to the companies’ plans.

“Depending on how fast this [review] is really accomplished, we might get an authorization, or conditional approval already in 2020 which might help us start distribution of the first vaccine batches already in 2020,” Sahin said.

There have been no serious side effects among the 41,135 adults who received two doses, the companies said in a joint statement. The most common reactions were that 3.7 percent of participants experiencing fatigue and 2 percent had a headache, it added.

The study reached 170 confirmed cases of COVID-19, with the vaccine candidate BNT162b2 demonstrating 95 per cent efficacy beginning 28 days after the first dose, Pfizer said.

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