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Tension in several Manipur districts, curfew relaxed for 3 hrs in Churachandpur

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Imphal: Even as tension prevails in several Manipur districts and the Army and central para-military forces continued their vigil in the strife-torn areas, the administration in the most volatile Churachandpur district relaxed the curfew on Sunday for three hours from 10 a.m.
Churachandpur District Magistrate Sharath Chandra Arroju in a notification said the subsequent relaxations will be reviewed and notified based on the assessment of the prevailing law and order situation.
Chief Minister N. Biren Singh in a tweet said: “With the law and order situation improving in Churachandpur district and after talks were held between the state government and various stakeholders, I’m pleased to share that the curfew will be partially relaxed…”

Defence release on Sunday said that “Ray of hope due to efforts of 120-125 Army and Assam Rifles columns, who are working tirelessly for the past 96 hours to rescue civilians across all communities, curb violence and restore normalcy, has emerged with no major violence being reported, and curfew, therefore being relaxed from 7-10 a.m. on Sunday in Churachandpur followed by flag march by security forces immediately thereafter”.
The past 24 hours also witnessed the Army significantly enhancing surveillance efforts through aerial surveillance through the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) and Army helicopters within Imphal Valley.
Over 23,000 civilians have been rescued till now and were moved to their own Army operating bases and military Garrisons, the sources said.
In the wake of the ongoing unrest in Manipur, over 2,000 men, women and children have crossed the border into Assam’s Cachar district and sheltered in seven government-sponsored camps and more than 200 people, mostly women and children took shelter in Mizoram’s Saitual and Vairengte districts.
Manipur government’s newly-appointed security advisor Kuldiep Singh, a former CRPF chief, said that at least 28 to 30 people were killed in the series of ethnic violence in different districts of Manipur.

However, local media quoting hospital sources said that at least 50 to 55 people, including women, have been killed in the attacks and counter attacks by the rival ethnic groups in at least six districts since May 3.
“Over 100 people have been injured in these attacks. More than 500 houses, along with a large number of vehicles, shops and other properties were either burnt down or damaged in these attacks since May 3,” Singh told the media in Imphal.
He said that 23 police stations in different districts have been identified as most vulnerable and the Army and Central Armed Police Forces were adequately deployed in these areas.
Flag marches by the Army and Assam Rifles are continuing in over six districts, especially in the most volatile Churachandpur district, Singh said.
In view of the prevailing unrest in Manipur, the Central government has already imposed Article 355 in the state to bring the situation under control.
Article 355 is part of emergency provisions contained in the Constitution that empowers the Centre to take all necessary steps to protect a state against internal disturbances or external aggression.
On May 3, unprecedented violent clashes, attacks and arson broke out at various places during a ‘Tribal Solidarity March’ called by the All Tribal Students’ Union of Manipur (ATSUM) to oppose the demand for inclusion of the Meitei community in the ST category.
Acting on a writ petition filed by the Meetei (Meitei) Trade Union, the Manipur High Court acting Chief Justice M.V. Muralidaran on April 19 had directed the state government to submit the recommendation for inclusion of Meitei (Meetei) community in the Scheduled Tribes (ST) list to the Union Tribal Affairs Ministry.
The High Court order said: “The issue of inclusion of the Meetei/Meitei community in the Scheduled Tribes list of the Constitution is pending for nearly ten years and above. No satisfactory explanation is forthcoming from the side of the respondent state for not submitting the recommendation for the last 10 years.
“Therefore, it would be appropriate to direct the respondent state to submit its recommendation to the Ministry of Tribal Affairs within a reasonable time,” the order said.
Meanwhile, various influential organisations, including All Manipur Christian Organisation, Global Naga Forum while saying that they would cooperate with the government to restore normalcy and urged the people to maintain peace and ethnic harmony.
Manipur Chief Minister once again urged the people to shun the path of violence.
“I appeal to everyone in Manipur to restrain from any form of violence. The state police and the para military have been given strict instructions to take action against those who create disturbances in the law and order of the state,” the Chief Minister tweeted.
In another tweet, he said : “In light of the prevailing situation in Manipur, held a meeting with the representatives of Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI) to highlight the crucial role of civil society organisations in bringing peace in the state at this hour.”
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

May 7, 2023
48 hrs after Shiv Sena (UBT)’s plea, Maha govt bans open-air rallies

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Mumbai: In a major decision, the Maharashtra government has banned all open-air public meetings/rallies between 12 noon to 5 p.m., state Tourism Minister Mangal Prabha Lodha said here on Wednesday.
The move came three days after the deaths of 14 people, ‘Shrisadasyas’, who died hours after Union Home Minister Amit Shah conferred the ‘Maharashtra Bhushan Award’ 2022 on social reformer Dattatreya Narayan Dharmadhikari, revered as Appasaheb, at an open-air event which attracted an estimated 20 lakh followers.
The development also came 48 hours after Shiv Sena (UBT) Kishore Tiwari made a strong plea to the Centre and state governments to come out with a set of standard operating procedures (SOPs) for all such mega-events and prevent recurrence of such calamities with loss of precious human lives.

Lodha said that the decision has been taken after the “unfortunate disaster in Navi Mumbai and to avoid similar tragedies in future”.
State Congress President Nana Patole said on Wednesday that given new social media photos/videos, the government must clarify whether the deaths took place due to a stampede at the award venue.
“What is the truth, and what is the government suppressing? Both the Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis must resign. I am appealing to Governor Ramesh Bais to sack this regime,” Patole said sternly.
On Tuesday, Nationalist Congress Party’s Leader of Opposition Ajit Pawar had demanded a judicial probe by a retired judge into the tragedy, and lodging culpable homicide cases against all those found guilty for the shortcomings.
Pointing out that the state government had sqaundered Rs 13 crore for the Rs 25-Lakh Maharashtra Bhushan Award, Tiwari asked Shinde-Fadnavis to give compensation of at least Rs 1 crore to the kin of each deceased who hailed from very poor families.

Senior leaders of other political parties including Atul Londe, Clyce Crasto, Dr. Raghunath Kuchik, Trade Unions Joint Action Committee state convenor Vishwas Utagi, NGOs and social activists have slammed the state government for the lapses leading to the tragedy.
Moved by the tragedy, Shah expressed his condolences to the families of those who lost their lives after he gave away the Maharashtra Bhushan Award to Appasaheb Dharmadhikari on Sunday.
“My heart is heavy with the passing of the ‘Shrisadasyas’ who lost their lives due to heatstroke while attending the Maharashtra Bhushan Award ceremony held yesterday I pray for the speedy recovery of those who are undergoing treatment,” said Shah.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

April 19, 2023
India reports 27 COVID-19 deaths in 24 hrs, highest in 6 months

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New Delhi: In the last 24 hours, India reported 27 Covid-19 deaths, the highest single-day fatalities in the past six months, according to official figures issued by the Union Health Ministry on Saturday.
The last time India recorded 20 or more Covid deaths was on October 15, 2022.
The country’s overall death toll has now increased to 5,31,091.

According to the data, Delhi reported six deaths, followed by four in Maharashtra, three in Rajasthan, and one each in Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh.
The figure also includes six deaths that were reconciled by Kerala.
Also in the same period, there were 10,753 fresh cases, taking the number of active infections to 53,720, the Ministry figures revealed.
The daily and weekly positivity rates were recorded at 6.78 and 4.49, respectively.
Since the pandemic first erupted in early 2020, India has so far reported a total 4,48,08,022 Covid-19 cases.

The active caseload now comprises only 0.12 per cent of the total infections, and the national recovery rate has been recorded at 98.69.
The number of people who have recovered from the disease rose to 4,42,23,211, and the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.19.
“The nationwide Covid-19 vaccination drive has administered 220.66 crore vaccine doses so far,” the data stated.
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April 15, 2023
Tejashwi leaves ED headquarters after 8 hrs questioning in ‘land for jobs’ case

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New Delhi: Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav on Tuesday left the Enforcement Directorate headquarters here after being questioned for eight hours in connection with the alleged land for job case involving his father and former Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav and other family members.
He reached the ED headquarters at 11 a.m. and left at around 9.10 p.m.
The CBI had questioned Tejashwi Yadav in the matter on March 25, and on the same day, his sister and Rajya Sabha member Misa Bharti was questioned.

In March, the ED claimed unaccounted cash of Rs 1 crore, $1,900, 540 gms gold and 1.5 kg of gold jewellery and other incriminating documents were recovered during the raids conducted at 24 locations in Delhi, Mumbai, Patna and in Ranchi based on specific intelligence inputs.
The ED had said that they detected around Rs 600 crore in “proceeds of crime” which were in the form of immovable properties of Rs 350 crore and transactions of Rs 250 Crore routed through various benamidaars.
It alleged that the PMLA investigation conducted so far has revealed that several pieces of land at prominent locations in Patna and other areas were illegally acquired by the family of Lalu Prasad in lieu of jobs provided in Railways. The current market value of these land parcels is more than Rs 200 crore and several benamidars, shell entities and beneficial owners for these lands have been identified.
“A property situated at D-1088, New Friends Colony, Delhi (independent 4 storied bungalow, registered in the name of A.B. Exports Private Ltd, a company owned and controlled by Tejashwi Prasad Yadav and family) was shown to have been acquired at a value of mere Rs 4 lakh, the present market value of which is approximately Rs 150 crore,” the ED claimed.
An official claimed that huge amount of cash/Proceeds of Crime were infused in purchasing this property and few Mumbai-based entities, dealing in the gems and jewellery sector, were used to channel ill-gotten proceeds of crime in this regard.

“The property has been though, on paper, declared as office of A.B. Exports Private Ltd and AK Infosystems Pvt Ltd, is being exclusively used as residential premises by Tejashwi Prasad. During the searches, Tejashwi Prasad was found to be staying at this house and was found to be using this house as his residential property,” the ED alleged.
The ED said that their investigation has found that 4 parcels of lands acquired by the family of Lalu Yadav for just Rs 7.5 lakh from poor Group-D applicants were sold to former RJD MLA Syed Abu Dojana by Rabri Devi with huge gains at Rs 3.5 crore.
It said that their investigation has further revealed that a major portion of the amount thus received, was transferred to the account of Tejashwi Prasad.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

April 11, 2023
Mannat trespassing: Accused hid in SRK’s makeup room for 8 hrs, says Mumbai police

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Mumbai: Two men arrested last week for trespassing inside Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan’s bungalow here last week hid inside the actor’s makeup room for nearly eight hours, before being caught, police said.
The duo identified as Pathan Sahil Salim Khan and Ram Saraf Kushwaha who claimed to have from Bharuch in Gujarat to meet the ‘Pathaan’ star were caught by security guards and handed over to police. A case of trespassing and relevant offences has been registered against them under the Indian Penal Code (IPC), and the investigation is ongoing.
The accused had concealed themselves inside the makeup room located in the third floor of Mannat, the actor’s bungalow, and the actor was shocked when he saw them.
“Both the accused sneaked into Khan’s Bungalow to meet him and kept waiting for the actor in his make-up room for about eight hours. They had entered at around 3 am and were caught at 10:30 am the next day,” said police.
Colleen D’Souza, the manager of Khan’s bungalow, told police in her statement that the security guard called her at 11 am on February 2 to inform her that two people had manage to enter the bungalow.
According to the FIR, the trespassers were discovered by Satish a staff from the housekeeping.
“Satish took both of them from the make up room to the lobby and. Shah Rukh Khan was shocked to see strangers there. Mannat’s guards handed over both of them to Bandra Police,” the FIR stated.
According to Mumbai Police, the trespassers entered Mannat’s premises by scaling its outer wall.

During the police enquiry, the men, aged between 20 and 22, claimed that they had arrived from Gujarat and wanted to meet the ‘Pathaan’ star.
Meanwhile SRK is now preparing for his upcoming films ‘Jawan’ and ‘Dunki’.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

March 8, 2023
Hyderabad: PC-7MKII aircraft sets record by clocking 2L flying hrs

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Hyderabad: Pilatus PC-7MkII, a basic trainer aircraft clocked a major milestone of two lakh accident-free flying hours on February 20.
According to a press release from the Indian Air Force on Monday, the aircraft was inducted in 2013. All aspiring pilots of the Indian Armed Forces are trained in managing this aircraft.
It presently operates from Air Force Academy, Dundigal as well as Flying Instructors’ School, Tambaram in Tamil Nadu.
“The fleet has facilitated a transformative evolution of training flying from the erstwhile HPT-32 aircraft. The accident-free record of the fleet since its inception is a noteworthy testimony of the professionalism and dedication of the operational and maintenance crew,” the press release stated.
Acknowledging the role of past commandants, aircrew, maintenance engineers, technicians, and administrative personnel, Air Marshal B Chandra Sekhar praised their contribution.
PC-7MkII fleet has set a new benchmark in flying and the platform has to-date trained more than 2,500 cadets, many of whom are themselves qualified flying instructors. The fleet has also trained pilots of the Indian Navy and Indian Coast Guard, apart from trainee cadets from friendly foreign countries.
The Air Force Academy has the largest flying task as compared to any other IAF station and a total of about 25,000 hours are flown at AFA every year.

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February 20, 2023
3 miraculous rescues from rubble 261 hrs after quakes hit Turkey

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Ankara: Two men were rescued from debris, 261 hours after two major quakes hit Turkey.
Mehmet Ali Sakiroglu, 26, and Mustafa Avci, 34, were rescued from the rubble in Antakya district on Thursday night, Anadolu Agency reported.
A 12-year-old boy was rescued from the rubble in Hatay province on Thursday night, 260 hours after the tragedy.
At least 38,044 people were killed by two strong earthquakes that rocked Turkey on February 6, the country’s disaster agency said on Friday.
(Except for the headline, the story has not been edited by Siasat staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
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February 17, 2023
Turkey earthquake: Teenager forced to drink own urine to survive for 94 hrs

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In a story that reflects the scale of the tragedy of those trapped under the rubble following the two devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria, a Turkish teenager was forced to drink his own urine in order to stay alive.
17-year-old Adnan Muhammet Korkut was rescued from the rubble of a 5-storey building in Gaziantep, southern Turkey, on Thursday night, after 94 hours of being trapped under the rubble.
People who waited for Adnan to be rescued wept, clapped and chanted his name as he was pulled out of the rubble.
In a video clip, Korkut is heard telling rescuers that he reportedly drank his urine to stay alive and waited for them to rescue him.
“I drank my own urine to survive and I survived thanks to my God,” the teen told TRT World.
“I waited for you guys (rescuers) to come, and you came, Thank God. I thank all of you,” he added.
It is noteworthy that the two devastating earthquakes that struck southern Turkey and northern Syria with a magnitude of 7.7 and 7.6 has claimed nearly 35,000 lives so far, and displaced millions in Syria and Turkey, and hundreds of children have also been orphaned in the country.

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February 13, 2023
Women spend 7.2 hrs on unpaid domestic work compared to 2.8 hrs spent by men

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Ahmedabad: Women in the working age category of 15 to 60 years spend 7.2 hours on unpaid domestic work compared to 2.8 hours spent by men, indicating they have “time poverty”, as per a research conducted by a professor from the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad.
Even wage-earning women spend twice the amount of time on unpaid domestic work in comparison to wage-earning men in fulfilling basic needs of the household such as cleaning, preparing meals and caregiving, says the research which is based on the Time Use Survey (TUS) of the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO).
Though it is a known fact that women spend more time in unpaid household activities, the research paper “Time Use Data: A Tool for Gendered Policy Analysis”, claims that it for the first time quantifies the time that women in India spend on domestic work.
“The new thing about this survey is based on the first TUS by the NSSO, we can now point out the exact hours women in the working age category spend on unpaid domestic work. On an average, Indian women spend 7.2 hours of their daily time for such work while men spend 2.8 hours,” IIMA Prof Namrata Chindarkar told PTI.
Over the years, time use data has gained significance as a tool to examine gender inequality. Studies based on harmonised time use surveys conducted in Europe reveal that time use data have been instrumental in understanding the allocation of time between women and men across various activities, she said.
“These studies particularly find that, across countries, women spend more time on fulfilling basic needs of the household such as cleaning, preparing meals and caregiving,” Chindarkar said.
“The TUS conducted by the NSSO in 2019 is the first national time use survey for India (with the exception of Andaman and Nicobar Islands). It collects data using a 24-hour time diary (4 am to 4 am the next day) on a normal day of the week,” she added.
The paper has examined the TUS data to assess whether expectations from gender roles shape the allocation of time between men and women in India.

It further finds out that “even wage-earning women spend twice the amount of time on unpaid domestic work in comparison to wage-earning men”.
It also says that “men spend nearly 150 minutes more per day on paid employment relative to women.”
“By itself, the average time spent on activities does not provide a sense of severity of the time burden. To capture the severity, we examine time poverty,” Chindarkar said.
She said they measure time poverty in terms of overwork based on the OECD definition of working more than 50 hours per week.
“We find that women are 24 per cent more likely to have less leisure time in comparison to men. In contrast, we find that wage-earning men are 72 per cent more likely to be overworked compared to wage-earning women. This could plausibly be because of the differences in the nature of jobs and occupations held by men and women,” the research paper said.
The analyses highlight certain gendered patterns. A greater proportion of women’s time is devoted to fulfilling domestic responsibilities irrespective of their employment status. For women in employment, this often results in a “second shift”, it said.
It is now a stylised fact that effective public services, such as access to electricity and clean cooking energy, can alleviate women’s time burden. However, the research paper finds that the magnitude of this difference is small.
“The TUS data suggests that, on an average, women in households that use LPG or other clean cooking fuels spend less time on domestic unpaid activities, which includes meal preparation time, compared to those using traditional fuels. We observe that women in households that use LPG or other clean cooking fuels enjoy an additional leisure time of 41 to 80 minutes compared to those using traditional fuels,” the research said.
Looking again at the TUS data, individuals who reported that electricity is the primary source of lighting for the household, reported, on an average, less time spent on domestic unpaid activities. For women, the time spent on domestic activities was less by around 20 minutes, it said.
“In addition, the average time spent on leisure by women in households having electricity as primary source of lighting was about 35 minutes more compared to those not having electricity as their primary source of lighting,” it said. The research paper suggested that TUS can be used effectively to form government policies for women.
“As observed from our analysis, by pointing to how women and men allocate their time on various activities, time use data can enhance our understanding of the effects of social norms and gender roles. The time use data can therefore form an effective feedback loop to strengthen policy design,” it said.
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February 12, 2023
Turkey-Syria earthquake instills hope; survivors found after 100 hrs

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Although it has been four days since the two powerful earthquakes that shook southern Turkey and northern Syria on Monday, February 6, hope for survivors is still not lost, as many people have survived under the rubble, even after waiting for help for more than 100 hours.
The camera lenses have documented remarkable rescue stories that have been described as miraculous, and below are some of these highlight stories.
On Friday, Anadolu Agency and TRT Haber Canli’s account on Twitter published a set of videos documenting the rescue operations of survivors of the devastating earthquake after 100 hours.
Anadolu Agency wrote in a tweet, “60-year-old man was pulled out alive from the rubble of a collapsed building, in another miraculous rescue in southern Turkey 104 hours after powerful earthquakes shook the region.”
In another tweet, Anadolu Agency wrote, “A toddler and his seven-year-old brother are rescued from the debris in Hatay province 105 hours after earthquakes shake southern Turkey.”
A toddler and his seven-year-old brother are rescued from the debris in Hatay province 105 hours after earthquakes shake southern Türkiye pic.twitter.com/bW9phZ5fhQ
— ANADOLU AGENCY (@anadoluagency) February 10, 2023
A 32-years-old man was pulled out alive from under the rubble of a collapsed building after 100 hours had passed in Hatay province.
3.5-year-old Zeynep Ela was pulled out from debris in Hatay province, 103 hours after earthquakes shook Turkey.
A newborn baby and her mother was pulled alive from quake debris in Turkey.

A 30-year-old Turkish civil engineer was pulled out after 101 hours.
A mother and her son were pulled out in Diyarbakir and another person in Hatay from under the rubble 100 hours after the earthquake.
It is noteworthy that the two earthquakes that struck southern Turkey, on Monday, were of magnitudes of 7.7 and 7.6 on the Richter scale.
According to the Turkish Disaster Management Authority, 19,388, bodies have been recovered from under the rubble so far, while 3,162 bodies have been officially counted in Syria, bringing the death toll to 20,296.

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February 10, 2023