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  • COVID-19 Outbreak Is Serious But ‘we Need To Be Ready For More Severe’ Pandemics: WHO

    The novel coronavirus has had a catastrophic impact around the globe, but the World Health Organization (WHO) warned that “worse pandemics” could happen in future. Speaking at a recent press briefing WHO emergencies Chief Michael Ryan urged the global communities to take “preparedness” seriously. This comes just two days after the UN agency marked the first-ever International day of pandemic preparedness, highlighting the lessons learnt from the ongoing health crisis.

    The coronavirus crisis which began a year ago in the Chinese city of Wuhan has now spiralled to infect over 81,278, 435 people and kill 1,774,395 out of them, as per latest tally by John Hopkins University. However, terming it as a “wakeup call”, Ryan warned that it was “not necessarily” a big one. Stressing that the fatality rate of COVID-19 is “reasonably low” in comparison to other diseases, he warned that people to need to prepare for “something more severe” in the future.

  • Bangladesh Pays Tribute To Indian Army Heroes Who Fought 1971 Liberation War, 50 Years On

    Commemorating its 50th Victory Day, that marked the culmination of its freedom movement from Pakistan, Bangladesh on Wednesday paid rich tributes to the Indian Army’s war heroes and its own freedom fighters.

    Bangladesh remembered the December 16, 1971 war that led to the liberation of East Pakistan and the birth of Bangladesh as an independent nation. The day is celebrated as ‘Vijay Diwas’ in India.

    In a Facebook post, the Foreign Ministry of Bangladesh said: “We remember those who fought for us. We remember those who came to our aid at the darkest hour of our nation.  In particular, we remember the thousands of Indian soldiers who stepped forward at the call of the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi to fight alongside our Muktibahini…

  • Pt Modi Lights Up ‘Swarnim Vijay Mashal’ 50th Anniversary of 1971 Indo-Pak War

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi lights up ‘Swarnim Vijay Mashaal’ at the National War Memorial (NWM) in Delhi on Wednesday and kickstart the 50th-anniversary celebrations of the 1971 India-Pakistan war, the Ministry of Defence said.

    In an official release on Tuesday, the Ministry said, “In December 1971, the Indian Armed Forces secured a decisive and historic Victory over Pakistan Army, which led to the creation of a Nation – Bangladesh and also resulted in the largest Military Surrender after the World War – II. From 16 December, the Nation will be celebrating 50 Years of India-Pak War, also called ‘Swarnim Vijay Varsh’. Various commemorative events are planned across the Nation.”

    Vijay Diwas is celebrated every year on December 16 to mark India’s triumph in liberating Bangladesh from Pakistan in 1971.

    In one of the fastest and shortest campaigns of military history, a new nation was born as a result of the swift campaign undertaken by the Indian Army.

    After facing defeat in the 1971 war, the then Army Chief of Pakistan General Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi, along with his 93,000 troops, surrendered to allied forces which also comprised of Indian Army personnel.

  • The national capital’s air quality remains in the ‘very poor’ category.

    Delhi’s air quality remained in the ‘very poor’ category on Friday as a thick layer of smog spread across many parts of the city this morning, according to the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research.

    Under the influence of fresh western disturbance, isolated and improved ventilation conditions for scattered precipitation are expected on 11 and 12 December, and AQI will improve on the lower end of the ‘very poor’ category on 11 December. According to the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR), there is a possibility of further improvement in the 12th ‘bad’ category in the event of adequate rainfall. The overall AQI of the national capital stands at 302 hrs around 9:00 am. Was, while some parts of the city reported an AQI between the ‘very poor’ and ‘severe’ category.

    An AQI between 0–50 is marked good, 51–100 is satisfactory, 101– 200 is moderate, 201– 300 is poor, 301–400 is very poor and 401–500 is considered severe.

    Last month, Delhi’s Environment Minister Gopal Rai urged the NITI Aayog for air quality management to make bio-decomposer technology mandatory for all states by increasing pollution levels in the national capital with an increase in burning sewage in neighboring states. be made. (ANI)

  • Chhattisgarh is planning to give farming status to fisheries: CM Baghel

    Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has said that his government will take initiative towards providing farming status to pisciculture.

    Addressing a conference to mark World Fisheries Day, Baghel asked the fishing community to focus on scientific methods and better management of sale of produce to improve their economic condition, a release issued by the state public relations department said. “The state government will take initiative to give status of farming to fisheries. Directives have been issued to the officials to make a plan in this regard,” the release quoted Baghel as saying.

    Like agriculture, initiative of providing interest-free loans from cooperative banks for fisheries and rebate in electricity rates to the Nishad, Kenwat and Dhimar communities engaged in fishing will be taken, he added.

    “The fishermen community is being given grant-in-aid in various schemes, but this has not changed their economic condition much. It is necessary they adopt scientific methods of fish farming and focus on better management of sale of produce,” he said.

    This will not only improve their economic condition, but Chhattisgarh will also emerge as the top State in the country in terms of fish production like paddy production, the CM added.

    On the occasion, Baghel distributed motorcycles fitted with ice boxes to 15 fishermen and autorickshaws equipped with ice boxes to two fishermen, the statement said.

  • Delhi government’s decision: Fines of Rs 2000 will be imposed without holding masks

    If a person is caught without a mask in Delhi, the government will impose a fine of Rs 2000. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that in view of the increasing cases of Corona virus in Delhi, the government has decided to motivate people to wear masks so that the infection of Corona can be prevented. Earlier, a fine of Rs 500 was imposed for not wearing a mask in Delhi, but now it has been increased to Rs 2000.

    Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that last week, after the permission of the court, 80 percent of the ICU beds of about 30-32 hospitals were identified for the corona, now this order is being applied to all private hospitals in Delhi. With this, 300-400 more ICU beds will be available in private hospitals. Apart from this, 50 percent of the normal beds were reserved for corona patients in private hospitals, which has now been increased to 60 percent.

    In the same way, all hospitals have been asked to stay for non-serious illness. The Delhi government is arranging 663 additional ICU beds inside its hospitals, the center has also assured to provide 750 ICU beds. Both 1413 and new ICU beds will be available. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has thanked all the doctors and employees of Delhi and said that the way he has managed the corona inside Delhi, the management is not seen in the big countries and cities of the world.

    In fact, cases of corona virus are increasing rapidly in Delhi. On Wednesday, 131 people have died due to Corona virus in Delhi, which is the highest number of deaths in one day due to this virus inside Delhi. So far in Delhi, this virus has killed a total of 7,943 people. According to Delhi Health Department, 7486 new cases of corona virus have been reported in Delhi on Wednesday.

  • Central Pollution Control Board says air quality in ‘poor’ category

    The air quality in the national capital remained in the ‘poor’ category, as per the data from Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) on Wednesday.

    According to experts, the poor category affects the health of people and seriously impacts those with existing diseases. An AQI between 0-50 is marked good, 51-100 is satisfactory, 101-200 is moderate, 201-300 is poor, 301-400 is very poor and 401-500 is considered severe.

    To tackle the rising air pollution, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had launched the “Green Delhi” app last week, which would enable people to register complaints about violation of anti-pollution norms

  • Assam government to stop marking Gorkhas as foreigners

    The Assam government has decided to stop marking members of the Gorkha community as suspected foreigners and referring them to foreigners tribunals, a top state official familiar with the development said. The state government will also move the high court for relief to members of the community whose cases are pending with the tribunals, said the official who did not wish to be named.

    The move comes after a federal ministry of home affairs circular to the Assam government that members of the community who are citizens of India or who have Nepalese documents cannot be marked as suspected foreigners and referred to foreigners tribunals to prove their citizenship.

    “The electoral registration officers (ERO), in case they are not satisfied with the documents of a member of the Gorkha community, will not include that name in the electoral rolls. They will be directed to not refer it further as a suspected foreigner,” the government official said on Monday.

    The official explained that there are two ways in which a name is marked as a suspected foreigner or a Doubtful Voter (D Voter)and referred to one of the 100 foreigners tribunal in the state where the suspect has to prove his citizenship.

    “One way is if the ERO thinks someone’s documents are suspect, it refers it to the superintendent of police, Border Organisation, who in turn refers it to the FT (foreigners tribunal). Or the Border Organisation itself finds suspects in its survey and refers them,” the official said.

    In case of the Gorkhas, this official explained, the names were being marked as suspected foreigners or Doubtful Voters (D voters) through the EROs.

    “As for those whose cases are already pending with the tribunals, the state government will make an assessment and move the high court citing the home ministry circular. We will seek relief that those names be referred back to the EROs who can then decide to include or exclude them from the rolls,” the official said, adding this could ensure they don’t face the harassment of going through tribunals.

    Asked how the government will identify Gorkhas, the official said, “From their names and by taking the help of the Gorkha organizations.”

    In July, the All AssamGorkhaStudents Union (AAGSU) had submitted a memorandum to home minister Rajnath Singh. According to Prem Tamang, the president of AAGSU, the memorandum demanded relief for the community as they were being marked as D Voters and facing harassment at the tribunals.

    The home ministry then wrote a letter to the state government on 24 September. The ministry of home affairs on 10 October issued a statement quoting from the letter: “The letter dated 24thSeptember, 2018, stated that the members of theGorkhacommunity who were Indian citizens at the time of commencement of the Constitution, or those who are Indian citizens by birth, or those who have acquired Indian citizenship by registration or naturalization in accordance with the provisions of The Citizenship Act, 1955, are not “foreigners” in terms of section 2 (a) of The Foreigners Act,1946 as well as The Registration of Foreigners Act,1939, therefore, such cases will not be referred to the Foreigners Tribunals.”

    Marking people as suspects by the Border Organisation of the Assam Police or the EROs and referring their cases to foreigners tribunals is a parallel citizenship determination exercise which has been going on beside the ongoing exercise of updating of the National Register of Citizens.

    According to the NRC rules and orders of the Supreme Court, D Voters and those whose cases are pending with foreigners tribunals cannot be included in the NRC till their cases are resolved.

    Meanwhile, those whose names will be out of the final NRC list, too, will have to go to the foreigners tribunals for determination of citizenship.

    “There are more than 20,000 Gorkhas who were wrongfully marked as D voters despite having all documents,” said Tamang, adding that 150,000 Gorkhas are out of the NRC draft because of various reasons, including the fact that many have been wrongly marked as D voters.

    “We demand that all those who have documents prior to 1971 their names should be removed from the list of D Voters and they should not face harassment at the foreigners tribunals,” Tamang said, adding the matter has been discussed at the highest level including in tripartite meetings which also included central and Assam government officials. “NRC and foreigners tribunals are to keep out Bangladeshis,” Tamang said, adding “if the government has decided that Gorkhas cannot be marked as D Voters that would eventually solve the problem of 1.5 lakh who are out of the NRC draft, too.”