INDIA THIS WEEK FRIDAY NOVEMBER 18, 2022 1 A W e e k l y N e w s p a p e r Fe a t u r i n g N e w s & Tr e n d s f r o m t h e I n d i a n S u b - C o n t i n e n t P u b l i s h e d f r o m t h e U S C a p i t a l Website: www.indiathisweek.online Vol. 30 No: 46 • WASHINGTON D.C • Phone: 301-445-0200; 301-917-4800 • e-mail: indiathisweekads@gmail.com • Friday • November 18, 2022 G20 Summit: PM Modi, Biden review India-US strategic partnership in Bali New Delhi [India], November 15 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Joe Biden expressed satisfaction about the close cooperation between India and US in new groupings such as the Quad, I2U2 and reviewed IndiaUS strategic partnership on the margins of G20 Summit in Bali on Tuesday. Both sides discussed close cooperation in futureoriented sectors like critical and emerging technologies, advanced computing, and artificial intelligence, an official statement by Prime Minister’s office read. The two leaders also exchanged dialogue on topical global and regional developments. As per the official statement, Prime Minister Narendra Modi thanked US President Joe Biden for his constant support for strengthening the India-US partnership and expressed confidence that both countries would continue to maintain close coordination during India’s G-20 Presidency. Indonesia’s President will hand over G20 Presidency to India at the closing ceremony of the Bali summit. India will officially assume the G20 Presidency on December 1, 2022. PM Modi will extend personal invitations to G20 members and other invitees at the G20 summit scheduled to be held in India in 2023. The 17th edition of the G20 Summit will extensively focus on key issues of global concern under the theme of ‘Recover Together, Recover Stronger’. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Joe Biden on Tuesday also shared a warm hug as the G20 Summit began in Bali. “PM @narendramodi and @POTUS @JoeBideninteract during the @g20org Summit in Bali. G20 working session on Food and Energy Security,” PrimeMinister’s Office tweeted. Earlier today, PM Modi was greeted by Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo at the venue. Upon his arrival in Bali on Sunday night, PM Modi received a traditional welcome. “Grateful to the Indian community for the warm welcome in Bali!” the Prime Minister tweeted. (ANI) Indonesia hands over G20 presidency to India Bali [Indonesia], November 16 (ANI): Indonesia on Wednesday handed over the G20 Presidency to India, which will officially assume office on December 1, 2022. Indonesian President Joko Widodo officially handed over the G20 Presidency to Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the closing ceremony. During the closing ceremony, PM Modi said, “It’s a matter of pride for every Indian as India takes over the presidency of the G20. We will organize G20 meetings in different states and cities in India. Together we will make G20 a catalyst for global change.” “India’s G20 presidency will be inclusive, ambitious, decisive, and action-oriented. In the next one year, it will be our endeavor that G20 works as a global prime mover to give impetus to collective action,” he added. Earlier, PM Modi addressed the G20’s last working session, Digital Transformation where he said that India is making “digital access public.” He also noted that there is still a “huge digital divide” at the international level. PM Modi said that only 50 countries have digital payment systems. In his statement at the third session of the G20 Summit, he called on world leaders for making a pledge to bring digital transformation into every person’s life in order to keep no one deprived of the benefits of digital technology. “In India, we are making digital access public, but at the international level, there is still a huge digital divide. Citizens of most developing countries of the world do not have any kind of digital identity. Only 50 countries have digital payment systems. “Can we take a pledge together that in the next ten years we will bring digital transformation in the life of every human being so that no person in the world will be deprived of the benefits of digital technology,” PM Modi said at the G20 summit,” he added. As India assumes the G20 presidency on December 1, PM Modi stated that his nation will work jointly with G20 partners for achieving the objective. He announced that the principle of “Data for development” will remain an integral part of the overall theme of India’s presidency ‘One Earth, One Family, One Family.’ Calling digital transformation the “most remarkable change of the era,” PM Modi said that its proper use can be a “force multiplier” in the global fight against poverty.
November 18, 2022 Friday K’taka: Tap water to every house in Tarikere, says CM Bommai Chikmagalur (Karnataka) [India], November 16 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday said that every house in Chikkamagaluru’s Tarikere will get tap water under the Jal Jeevan Mission scheme. Speaking after launching a multi-village drinking water scheme under Jal Jeevan Mission in Tarikere village on Tuesday, he said, “the government had earmarked a Rs 9,000 crore grant for this project. In the coming days, every house in Tarikere will get tap water and the government is ready to provide the required money for this project.” “Under Jal Jeevan Mission, drinking water to 156 residential layouts will be supplied at a cost of Rs 375 crore. Besides, under the Ghar Ghar Ganga scheme, a mega project worth Rs 669 crore has been taken up to provide drinking water to houses in 172 villages at the cost of Rs 249 crore,” he added. Bommai said under the Amrit scheme, a new program which will benefit 16,000 women as part of the subsidy for the INDIA THIS WEEK Delhi’s AQI improves to ‘moderate’ category with 176 AQI today New Delhi [India], November 16 (ANI): New Delhi’s air quality further improved on Wednesday to the “moderate” category. According to the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR), the overall Air Quality Index (AQI) in Delhi stree-shakti scheme, was launched on Tuesday. With this, Chikmagalur district will become a model district. The funds for Stage 2 works for the Lift Irrigation scheme under the Upper Bhadra scheme in Tarikere part, have been released. Even the money required for the Stage-3 works will also be released soon. Tarikere MLA D.S.Suresh is working silently for the allaround development of this constituency. Union Minister Shobha Karandlaje, Minister Byrati Basavaraj, MLA D.S.Suresh and others were also present. (ANI) stood at 176 this morning. The air pollution levels in Delhi came down to the ‘poor’ category from ‘very poor’ on Tuesday as the national capital recorded an AQI of 221. Air Quality Index is a tool for effective communication of air quality status to people in terms, which are easy to understand. It transforms complex air quality data of various pollutants into a single number (index value), nomenclature and colour. The Air Quality Index from 0 to 100 is considered as good, while from 100 to 200 it is moderate, from 200 to 300 it is poor, and from 300 to 400 it is said to be very poor and from 400 to 500 or above it is considered as severe. Delhi’s air quality improved due to the decline in farm fires in its neighbouring states. The SAFAR said, farm fires in Delhi’s PM 2.5 pollution dropped to 3 per cent on Tuesday. In view of the improvement in the overall air quality of the DelhiNCR seen in the past few days, Stage III of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) was revoked in the entire NCR on Monday. However, actions under Stages I to Stage II of the GRAP shall, however, remain invoked and be “implemented, monitored and reviewed by all agencies concerned in the entire NCR to ensure that the AQI levels do not slip further to the ‘severe’ category”. (ANI)
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INDIA THIS WEEK PM Modi says India’s “United by friendship, ek mazboot dosti”: Rishi G20 Presidency will Sunak on UK-India ties after talks with PM Modi Bali[Indonesia], It was their first focus on bridging November 16 (ANI): UK meeting after Sunak, the first global digital divide Prime Minister Rishi Sunak Indian-origin British Prime on Wednesday highlighted Minister, assumed office last At its upcoming G20 presidency, India will focus on bridging the digital divide, especially in the developing countries and ensuring digital access is truly inclusive and the use of digital technology is really widespread, Prime Minister said on Wednesday. Addressing a session on digital transformation at the G20 Summit in Bali, PM Modi urged other G20 leaders to pledge that they will work together and that in the next decade bring about a digital transformation in the life of every human being, so that no person in the world will be deprived of the benefits of digital technology. “Can we take a pledge together that in the next ten years we will bring digital transformation in the life of every human being, so that no person in the world will be deprived of the benefits of digital technology,” he said. The prime minister described Digital transformation is the most remarkable change of our era and stated that the proper use of digital technologies can become a force multiplier in the decades-long global fight against poverty. “Digital solutions can also be helpful in the fight against climate change – as we all saw in the examples of remote-working and paperless green offices during Covid. But these benefits will be realized only when the digital access is truly inclusive and when the use of digital technology is really widespread,” he said. “Unfortunately, till now we have seen this powerful tool only from the criteria of simple business, keeping this power tied in the ledgers of profit and loss,” he said. PM Modi said that it is the responsibility of us G-20 leaders that the benefits of digital transformation should not be confined to a small part of the human race. India’s experience of the past few years has shown us that if we make digital architecture inclusive, it can bring about socio-economic transformation. Digital use can bring scale and speed. Transparency can be brought in governance, PM Modi said, emphasising that India has developed digital public goods whose basic architecture has inbuilt democratic principles. These solutions are based on open source, open APIs, open standards, which are interoperable and public. “This is our approach based on the digital revolution that is going on in India today,” he said PM Modi cited the example of India’s Unified Payment Interface (UPI) to note that last year, over 40 per cent of the world’s realtime payment transactions took place through UPI. “Similarly, we opened 460 million new bank accounts on the basis of digital identity, making India a global leader in financial inclusion today. Our open source CoWIN platform made the biggest vaccination campaign in human history, a success even during the pandemic,” PM Modi said. (ANI) the strong bonds between India and Britain during his meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the two leaders discussing areas where the UK and India are working increasingly closely including defence and security. In the meeting held on the sidelines of the G20 summit here, Rishi Sunak passed on his thanks to Prime Minister Modi “for the overwhelming response of the Indian people to his appointment as Prime Minister”. A statement by the British Prime Minister’s Office said the two leaders looked forward to the agreement of a UK-India free trade deal, “which has the potential to unlock investment and increase jobs in both our countries, as well as expanding our deep cultural links”. “United by friendship. ek mj’buut dostii,” Rishi Sunak said in a tweet after his meeting with PM Modi. The tweet had a photo of the two leaders warmly shaking hands. month. The statement said the leaders agreed on “the enduring importance of the UK-India relationship, and of the living bridge between our countries”. “The leaders discussed the range of areas where the UK and India are working increasingly closely and have the opportunity to further develop our links, including defence and security,” it said. “They looked forward to the agreement of a UK-India free trade deal, which has the potential to unlock investment and increase jobs in both our countries, as well as expanding our deep cultural links,” it added. The statement said the two leaders agreed that UK and India’s shared values, “not least our commitment to democracy, are a huge asset in international forums like the G20 and the Commonwealth”. “The Prime Minister welcomed the opportunity to work together on challenges like From The Poet’s Pen INDIA THIS WEEK- November 18, 2022 Some Days Author Unknown They tell me life’s a journey That will take me many years Some days are filled with laughter And some days are filled with tears Some days I think my heart will break That I can’t persevere Some days I have to don a mask And hide beneath its veneer Some days I turn and look for you with thougts I’d like to share Some days I just can’t understand The reason your not there Some days the sadness leaces me And my smile will reappear Some days I close my eyes because Your memory is so clear Some days I struggle to go on Just wishing you were near Most days I spend in gratitude That you were ever here! ending the war in Ukraine and tackling climate change under India’s presidency of the G20 next year,” it said. Speaking on the sidelines of the G20 Summiti, Sunak had said the UK is committed to Free Trade Agreement with India. “We remain committed to the trade deal with India, but we need to get these things right... There’s excitement about India taking over the G20 presidency,” he said. President of Indonesia Joko Widodo handed over the G20 Presidency to India at the closing ceremony of the Bali summit. India will officially assume the G20 Presidency on December 1. In his remarks at the closing ceremony of the G20 summit, PM Modi said India is taking charge of G-20 “when the world is grappling with geopolitical tensions, economic slowdown, rising food and energy prices”. INDIA THIS WEEK Address: P.O. Box 352, Bryans Road, MD 20616 Phone: 301-445-0200; 301-917-4800 www.indiathisweek.online India This Week is published every Friday by ADV Solutions Inc, Views expressed in this paper are those of the individual writers and not necessarily of India This Week. 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November 18, 2022 Friday INDIA THIS WEEK Cervical Cancer Elimination Day Religious conversions, separation of tribals from of Action: India will soon introduce forefathers would break India: HPV vaccination, says WHO BJP’s Prabal Pratap Singh a s h p u r (Chhattisgarh) [India], November 16 (ANI): Religious conversion and separation of tribals from their forefathers would break India, said BJP Yuva Morcha vice president Prabal Pratap Singh on Tuesday. He made the remark while speaking to ANI on Tuesday. Prabal Pratap Singh is the son of late Dilip Singh Judev. Notably, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat unveiled the statue of late Dilip Singh Judev in Jashpur on Monday. Singh said, “The people of the city are thinking about the arrival of the RSS chief in various ways. But I would like to say that the RSS chief’s message was that tribal pride is needed not only in India but in the whole world. The pride of tribes is the pride of India.” “The arrival of the RSS chief gives the message that the entire area in the time of cultural revival, especially Vananchal, which has our roots, has to work together strongly. Because conversion efforts are going on to weaken these roots. By respecting our forefathers, we should not fall into the temptation of other religions, imposed cultures and imposed thoughts,” Singh added. On the other hand, Kunkuri MLA U D Minj said, “Late Kumar Dilip Singh Judev has been a brave man of the region. Judev had put his honour at stake to bring BJP to power. After that he was ignored. After his death in 2013, the then Chief Minister announced to install his statue even after that it was not installed till 2018. This is painful for the people of this place. Lakhs of rupees were spent on the garden but torn polythene was put on his statue. It used to be a painful thing.” Notably, the RSS chief said, “All the religions of India have been given to India by the farmers and forest dwellers. The pride of that religion is the pride of the tribal people, therefore it is the pride of India.” (ANI) Ujjain (Madhya Pradesh) [India], November 11 (ANI): A youth was allegedly hung from a chain and beaten up with a stick at Sijawata village in the Ingoria police station area of Ujjain district, the police said. In a video of the alleged incident, which went viral across social media platforms, the youth is spotted hanging after being tied to the chain of a boring lifter. The visuals also purportedly show him being thrashed by an unknown person. After the video went viral, the local police station in charge Prithvi Singh Khalate was lineattached in connection with the matter. Ujjain SP Satendra Kumar Shukla told ANI, “A video has come to light showing a man mercilessly assaulting a youth in the Ingoriya police station area. The police station in-charge was aware of the incident but he did not take any action. He was immediately line attached. The matter is now under investigation by the sub-divisional police officer (SDOP). Action will be taken.” According to reports, the video is said to be around about a month old. The victim did not lodge any police complaint as she panicked and left the village, police said. (ANI) Youth hung from chain and thrashed in Ujjain: Police New Delhi [India], November 16 (ANI): India will soon introduce the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination to eliminate cervical cancer as a public health problem, said Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for South-East Asia. Globally, cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer among women, with an estimated 604000 new cases and 342000 deaths in 2020, of which the Region accounted for 32 per cent and 34 per cent, respectively. “ Va c c i n a t i o n of girls against human papillomavirus (HPV), screening and treatment of pre-cancer lesions, and improved access to diagnosis and treatment of invasive cancers are critical, cost-effective measures that policymakers should urgently apply to eliminate cervical cancer as a public health problem,” said Dr Singh. Countries of the Region continue to make steady and sustained progress against cervical cancer, in line with the region’s flagship priority on preventing and controlling non-communicable diseases, as well as the 2021 Regional Implementation Framework on eliminating cervical cancer as a public health problem. “Five Member States – Bhutan, Maldives, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Thailand – have introduced nation-wide HPV vaccination, which Bangladesh, India and Timor-Leste will soon also introduce. HPV vaccination has been introduced in several provinces of Indonesia, protecting tens of millions of girls,” said Dr Singh. Almost all countries of the Region continue to carry out population-based cervical cancer screening, and several have also included cervical cancer screening in essential services or universal health coverage packages. In 2017, the Region became the first WHO region to publish a training package for health workers on cervical cancer screening and management of cervical pre-cancers. Amid the COVID-19 response, WHO has continued to carry out Regional health worker training in colposcopy and cervical cancer prevention. Ten of the Region’s 11 Member States provide tertiary care services for cancer diagnosis and treatment – including surgical and chemotherapy services – and nine also offer radiotherapy services. Gaps and challenges nevertheless persist, which if unaddressed, will prevent the Region from achieving the global 90-70-90 targets: that is, by 2030, ensure that 90 per cent of girls are fully vaccinated with HPV vaccine; that 70 per cent of women are screened using a high-performance test by 35 years of age, and again by 45 years of age; that 90 per cent of women identified with cervical disease or pre-cancer are treated; and that 90 per cent of women with invasive cancer are effectively managed. On the elimination of cervical cancer, Dr Singh said, “WHO is calling for action in several key areas to achieve the elimination target of four or fewer cases per 100000 women. First, in all countries of the Region, political commitment must be strengthened, and efforts to eliminate the disease accorded the highest priority at the highest levels, mobilizing domestic, international and global financing. Second, in countries that already provide routine HPV vaccination, coverage must continue to expand, even above the 90 per cent target. Countries which are yet to provide routine HPV vaccination should do so without delay. All countries should shift to HPV DNA testing, strengthen timely management of pre-cancer lesions, and ensure access for all to quality, appropriate and timely diagnosis and care for invasive and advanced cancers, including palliative care.” “Third, efforts to eliminate cervical cancer must be better integrated with other key health services and programmes, such as for HIV/AIDS, sexual and reproductive health, family planning and cancer control. Women living with HIV are six times more likely to develop cervical cancer compared to women without HIV, and an estimated 5 per cent of all cervical cancer cases are attributable to HIV. Fourth, national, international and global partners must continue to support national priorities and plans, prevent duplication and fragmentation, and provide adequate, predictable and sustained technical, operational and financial resources,” she said. Delayed and/or inadequate action will cause additional morbidity and mortality. Globally, almost 90 per cent of all cervical cancer deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries – a tragedy for most of the world’s women and girls, and yet another reminder of how global inequities adversely impact health and well-being, and sustainable social and economic development. WHO reaffirms its commitment to support all countries of the Region to eliminate cervical cancer as a public health problem, making it a disease of the past, consigned to history.
FRIDAY All people of India are Hindus irrespective of religion, says RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat S u r g u j a (Chhattisgarh) [India], November 16 (ANI): Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat said on Tuesday that all the people of India are Hindus and that whoever considers India as his motherland is a Hindu, irrespective of religion. While addressing a public meeting at Ambikapur in Chhattisgarh’s Surjuga, he said, “All the people of India are Hindus. Whoever considers India as his motherland is a Hindu. Be it a follower of any religion, whatever the dress. This is the truth and Sangh speaks this truth out loud. This is because we have been united for hundreds of years.” “In order to understand the Sangh, joining the Sangh is the best way. One can only know the Sangh by coming to the branch. There is no fee to come to the Sangh’s branch, sweetness can only be known by tasting it.” “The talk of separation goes on, but everyone has to remain one. Everyone has different gods and goddesses. There are people who do not believe in any God. There are people in India. This is going on since the Vedas, small-minded people quarrel among themselves. India is neither one worship, nor one language, there are many castes, yet India is one. Kings kept changing, but India remained the same,” he added. He added, “The Sangh cannot be compared, just like the sky cannot be compared. The meaning of Sangh cannot be guessed even by reading and writing.” He further stated, “We all have one ancestor. We all have had the same DNA for 40,000 years. Everyone should be firm in their worship. Do not try to change anyone’s worship. All the way out to one place. Everyone should walk on one path. Sangh has no selfinterest, Sangh doesn’t need popularity.” A road show and a public meeting were organized by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on Tuesday in Chhattisgarh’s Ambikapur. Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat participated in the programme as the chief guest. BJP state president Arun Saw, Leader of Opposition Narayan Chandel, and Raipur South MLA Brijmohan Agarwal were also present at the programme. (ANI) NOVEMBER 18, 2022 9 Uttar Pradesh: Man commits suicide after firing 6 times at female teacher Etawah (Uttar Pradesh) [India], November 16 (ANI): In the Ikdil area of Etawah district, a young man commits suicide after shooting six bullets at his female teacher in a primary school, informed police officials on Tuesday. As per police officials, the case seemed to be of killing the woman by firing bullets. The woman was admitted to a private hospital in Etawah, where the doctors informed her that the woman had been shot 6 times. The doctors at the hospital said that the woman’s condition was critical and is undergoing treatment. The woman’s relatives said that they were informed about her lying on the road in an injured state by a passer-by, on which the police swung into action. District’s top officials and police department gathered at the spot, and the forensic team also reached the spot and engaged in an investigation. Etawah Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Jayprakash Singh, the police force of several police stations reached the spot, while DM Avnish Kumar Rai also reached the spot with his convoy to inspect the spot. Given information about the case, Etawah SSP Jaiprakash Singh said, “First a woman being gunned down was coming to light, but when the young man’s dead body was recovered, many secrets of both incidents were revealed.” SSP Etawah said that the injured woman and the deceased youth were known to each other. The matter is being investigated, action will be taken on the basis of whatever facts come out after the investigation. Further details are awaited.
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