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In a letter to states and UTs on Monday Additional , Secretary in the Union Health Ministry Arti Ahuja advised them to pay attention to this aspect immediately and increase the testing in a strategic manner keeping in view the trend of case positivity in specific areas. She highlighted that Omicron, which has been designated by the World Organization Health (WHO) as a variant of concern, is currently spread. ing across the country Referring to the ministry's earlier letters and the Home Ministry advisory of December 27 last year laying out the broad framework of pandemic manage- New cases decline for 2nd straight day 3).& <.93*88*) & 8:'89&39.&1 )*(7*&8* .3 +7*8- 4;.) (&8*8 7*5479.3, 3*< .3+*(9.438 .3 9-* 1&89 -4:78 &3) & 949&1 4+ )*&9-8 8&.) 9-* #3.43 2.3.897> 4+ -*&19- &3) +&2.1> <*1+&7* 43 ":*8)&> %.9- 9-* &)).9.43 4+ 9-* 3*< )*&9-8 9-* 9411 -&8 7*&(-*) NATIONAL PEAK OF COVID CASES MAY COME IN 2-3 WEEKS: SBI RESEARCH *< 4;.) 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CHANNI IS CONG CHOICE State cabinet in its meeting on Tuesday approved a Composite Excise and Heritage Liquor Policy with an aim to effectively control manufacture, transportation, storage and sale of illegal and non-standard liquor, as per the state government spokesperson. Under the new policy foreign liquor shops can be opened at all airports in the state and counters for selling wine can be operated in selected super markets in Indore, Bhopal, Jabalpur and Gwalior. As per the state government’s spokesperson, the new policy- Composite Excise Policy 2022-23 and Heritage Liquor Policy 2022 aims at reducing retail sale rates of liquor by about 20% to bring down it a practical level. of “Execution liquor country/foreign shops of all districts can be done on the lines of small Explosion on board destroyer kills 3 NEW DELHI: Three naval personnel died of injuries caused by an explosion on board Indian Navy's destroyer ship INS Ranvir. "In an unfortunate incident today at Naval Dockyard Mumbai, three naval personnel succumbed to injuries caused by an explosion in an internal compartment onboard INS Ranvir," a Defence Ministry release said. No major material damage has been reported, it added.Sources say the explosion occurred around 4:30 pm and had nothing to do with weapons or ammunition explosion. 47*.,3 1.6:47 8-458 (&3 '* 45*3*) &9 &11 &.754798 .3 9-* 89&9* &3) (4:39*78 +47 8*11.3, <.3* (&3 '* 45*7&9*) .3 8*1*(9*) 8:5*7 2&70*98 .3 3)47* -45&1 &'&15:7 &3) <&1.47 *7.9&,* .6:47 41.(> &.28 &9 7*):(.3, 7*9&.1 8&1* 7&9*8 4+ 1.6:47 94 '7.3, '> &'4:9 )4<3 .9 & 57&(9.(&1 1*;*1 11 1.6:47 8-458 <.11 '* single clusters. All liquor shops will be composite shops, which will not create conditions for selling illegal liquor”, states the policy as per the spokesperson. As per another important provision, the high level district committee of collectors and MLAs of the districts will have the right to change the location of liquor shops geographically according to the local needs of their district. There will be no duty on wine made in the state using grapes produced by the farmers of the state. In the country liquor supply system, district wise tender can be called among the distilleries of the state. This year the rate of tetra packing can also be called. E-excise system will be implemented to prevent loss of revenue. In this, track and trace of liquor, scanning of QR codes, test. ing of validity will be easy The Congress has indicated in a tweet that CharanSingh jit Channi will be the first Dalit Sikh to be projected as the party’s chief minister nominee. Not many are aware that Dalits constitute 30% of the state’s population and tend to vote en masse. Channi (58) has endeared himself to his Dalit constituency by getting the Punjab Assembly elections deferred, which will enable them to travel to Varanasi to join the Guru Ravidas Jayanti celebrations. All other political parties took a cue and followed suit after Channi wrote the letter to the Election Commission. Besides, the CM has loosened the purse strings and enhanced the grants to various "deras" (sects) in the state, which have a large following among Dalits. The Supreme Court on Tuesday set aside the judgment, order of conviction and life imprisonment of Mukesh and ordered his release forthwith from the Barwani central jail where he is undergoing the sentence. The Bench of Justices MR Shah and B V Nagarathna held that the judgments of the Indore Bench of the High Court and the trial court are not sustainable and hence it allowed appeal of Mukesh. The victim Vesta was hacked to death in the house of his elder brother Sekadiya and his son Mukesh after Higher edu dept to hold exams offline Succumbing to students’ demand, the High Education Department on Tuesday decided to hold exams in an offline mode. The decision was taken at a meeting presided over by higher education minister Mohan Yadav here on . Tuesday Vice chancellors of all universities were present. At the meeting, a decision was taken to allow students suffering from Covid for exams later. They will have to submit medical reports and a medical certificate. Notably, students across the state have been protesting against the higher education department’s decision to hold exams offline. They have been demanding to conduct exams through online mode. 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In another case of the murder of a minor girl in April 2017 at Dindori in Madhya Pradesh, another Bench of Justices L Nageswara Rao, Bhushan R Gavai and B V Nagarathna upheld the appeal partly by one Bhagwani and converted the death sentence to life imprisonment for 30 years without remission. Teacher posts indecent pics in students' online group, suspended A school teacher was suspended for allegedly objectionable posting pictures in the WhatsApp group for online classes of students in Sheopur district, an offi. cial said on Tuesday The teacher, identified as Insaf Mohammed, is working in the government primary school at Kila Sheopur. He posted indecent and objectionable pictures in the WhatsApp for created group students, parents and teachers on Monday morning, said the order issued by District Education Officer (DEO) SK Solanki. The teacher was suspended immediately for violation of the MP Civil (Conduct) Services Rules, it stated. Rs 4 lakh assistance to victims of domestic violence Cabinet, on Tuesday, approved an assistance scheme for girls and women victims of domestic violence, according to state government official. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan presided over the meeting at Mantralaya. Home minister Narottam Mishra said, "District collector, Superintendent of Police and CMHOs have been authorized to look into matter in case of domestic violation." The scheme provides for assistance of Rs 2 lakh to the victim of domestic violence with less than 40 percent disability in any part of the body and Rs 4 lakh for disability caused by more than 40 percent injury . Along with this, provision has also been made to arrange for the actual cost of transportation to and from the court etc. or the destination (including the period of the case pending in the court). The proposal of the Women and Child Development Department for a new assistance scheme for the victims of domestic violence has been approved. Under this, if the loss of any part of the body is less than 40 percent, assistance will be given to the victim up to Rs 2 lakh and if it is more than Rs 4 lakh. Probe sheds new light on Anne Frank's betrayal The Jewish family of Anne Frank hiding in Amsterdam during World War Two was most likely betrayed by a notary in Amsterdam, says a new cold case investigation. The results were summed up in the book entitled "The Betrayal of Anne Frank. A Cold Case Investigation", written by Canadi- SC QUASHES MURDER CHARGE STUDENTS WERE demanding offline exams COUNTERS FOR selling wine in selected super markets in Indore, Bhopal, Jabalpur & Gwalior (42548.9* 8-458 <-.(<.11 349 (7*&9* (43).9.438 +47 8*11.3, .11*,&1 1.6:47 .,- 1*;*1 ).897.(9 (422.99** 4+ (411*(9478 8 4+ 9-* ).897.(98 &3) <.11 -&;* 9-* 7.,-9 94 (-&3,* 9-* 14(&9.43 4+ 1.6:47 8-458 ,*4,7&5-.(&11> &((47).3, 94 9-* 14(&1 3**)8 "-*7* <.11 '* 34 ):9> 43 <.3* 2&)* .3 9-* 89&9* :8.3, ,7&5*8 574):(*) '> 9-* +&72*78 4+ 9-* 89&9* Finance Minister Nirmala on•Tuesday Sitharaman said the Supreme Court's order on the 2005 AntrixDevas deal was “proof of the Congress’s misuse of power.” The case involves a satellite deal in 2005 between the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO's) commercial arm Antrix and the Bengaluru-based startup Devas Multimedia. The deal was cancelled later. A decade-long legal battle between Antrix and Devas ended with the Supreme Court on Monday ordering the winding up of Devas Multimedia saying, “It is a case of fraud of a huge magnitude which cannot be brushed under the carpet.” The Supreme Court dismissed the appeal filed by Devas Multimedia. “It was a fraud on the people of India, fraud against . the country The fraud in the Antrix-Devas deal was obvious and the Supreme Court's order was proof of the Congress' misuse of power,” the Finance Minister said on the verdict that comes as a boost to the government. an author Rosemary Sullivan. It was published on Monday, reports Xinhua . news agency The investigative team that had analysed the betrayal of Anne Frank and her family for years came to the conclusion that Jewish notary Arnold van den Bergh had given away their hiding place to the Nazi German occupiers in the Netherlands along with the addresses of others in hiding to save his own fam. ily No definitive proof was found, but according to the team Anne Frank's father Otto Frank, the only family member who survived the war, himself seemed to have taken the theory seri. ously Anne Frank, born on June 12, 1929, is one the most famous Jewish vic- tims of the Holocaust during World War II. Her diary has been published in several languages and adapted for stage and screen alike. During the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands between 1940 and 1945, Anne Frank and her family went into hiding in Amsterdam in 1942 to escape persecution. COMEDIAN MANN HAS THE LAST LAUGH The Aam Aadmi Party, keen to shrug off the ‘outsider’ tag, has nominated a son of the soil, Bhagwant Singh Mann, as the party’s chief ministerial face in Punjab. A twice sitting MP from Sangrur, Mann is a satirist, , poet and Punjabi TV film comedian; his onscreen witticisms and rustic appeal have endeared him to the public, but owing to his lack of administrative experience, the AAP was a trifle reluctant to name him the chief ministerial face. To ward off criticism, an ingenious dial-a-phone opinion poll was conducted under the tagline ‘Janata Chunegi CM.’ Speaking at a press conference, AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal said that unlike other parties, which pick their nom- inee behind closed doors from among pre-determined official choices, AAP had, in an unprecedented move, ascertained the people’s preference by opening telephone lines to the public. “We received over 21 lakh responses of which 93% favoured Mann as CM’s face’’, Kerjriwal said, making it out to be a far more democratic exercise than detractors would concede. The AAP has pinned its hopes on Mann as he represents the Malwa region, which has the maximum -69 assembly seats and where the party won 18 seats in the 2017 polls.