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250 peace promoters cycled for peace and harmony in Nagpur on the International Peace Day today
250 cyclists enthusiastically participated in ‘Peace Cycle Rally’ organised by India Peace Centre to mark the International Peace Day today (September 21). The rally was flagged off by DCP Deepali Masirkar, eminent chartered accountant Dr Tejinder Singh Rawal and President of Rotary Club of Nagpur Downtown Virendra Patrikar at Civil Lines at 7 am.
Speaking on the occasion, Masirkar, who herself is a cyclist and an athlete, encouraged all present to adapt to cycling as a pollution-free and fitness-oriented means of transport. She applauded the efforts of 40-year-old organisation India Peace Centre in using bicycle as a vehicle to spread the message of peace.
Dr Tejinder Singh Rawal, who’s the director of India Peace Centre, addressed the participants and the volunteers on the relevance of International Peace Day and various peace initiatives taken up by India Peace Centre. He even declared that the cycle rally, which started last year, would be organised every year on International Peace Day in Nagpur. When Nation Next asked Dr Rawal about how hopeful is he about the peace against the backdrop of constant terrorist activities like Uri attacks, he said, “It’s very difficult to forcefully instill peace in somebody; it has to come from within. Still, we keep trying to educate people about the importance of peace and harmony. We have to be loving and caring towards each other.”
The rally, which started from Civil Lines, ended at Samvidhan Square. Then, the participants walked up to Mahatma Gandhi statue at Variety square, where they paid homage the Father of the Nation.
The event was supported by YMCA Nagpur, Rotary Club of Nagpur Downtown, Lions Club of Nagpur and Tirpude College of Social Works.
International Peace Day was established by the United Nations General Assembly in 1981 to strengthen the ideals of peace among people and nations. With the theme – Right to Peace of People – International Peace Day was observed for the first time in September 1982.
Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) added 25 additional beds in Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Hospital Kalwa apart from arranging a special ward dedicated to COVID-19 patients. The total number of active patients in the city stood at 252 while five succumbed to the virus. Meanwhile, TMC Commissioner Abhijit Bangar said a ‘death audit’ of patients who died of COVID would be conducted. The TMC has ensured it has additional stock of oxygen concentrators, testing kits, medicines, to name a few. Bangar told HT, “Due to the increasing number of Covid patients, it is necessary for everyone to be alert.”
He added, The number of Covid tests should be increased to stay one step ahead of the disease. As a result, the number of patients is likely to increase due to increased testing. However, as per the ‘test, isolate, treat’ protocol for Covid, it becomes necessary to isolate and treat more and more patients. The testing centres will not remain closed even for a single day. At the same time, more arrangements for testing will be made immediately in public places, markets, railway stations, malls.”
India recorded 3,095 new COVID cases and five deaths in last 24 hours.
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Politics
After Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification, his namesake who contested from Wayanad disqualified
Rahul Gandhi
An independent candidate for Lok Sabha elections named Rahul Gandhi was disqualified from contesting polls for failing to lodge account of election expenses. Gandhi, who’s name figures as ‘Rahul Gandhi K E S/o Valsamma’ in an Election Commission list of persons, had contested the 2019 Lok Sabha elections as an Independent and had received 2196 votes from the Wayanad seat in Kerala – a constituency from where ex-Congress MP Rahul Rajiv Gandhi had won with over seven lakh votes.
However, since it is mandatory for all contestants to submit their account of election expenses among other mandatory requirements under EC rules and the Representation of the People Act.
Rahul Gandhi K E S/o Valsamma stood disqualified to contest polls from September 13, 2021 till September 13, 2024. According to Section 10A, the Election Commission can disqualify a contestant for a period of three years from the date of the order if he/she has failed to lodge an account of election expenses within the time and in the manner required by law and has no good reason or justification for the failure.
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A total of 22 patients tested positive for COVID-19 in Nagpur in past 24 hours on Thursday. Almost 242 people were tested in the city, out of which 15 belonged to urban area while and 6 were from the rural areas, and one from outside Nagpur district.
At present, there are 72 active patients in the city. Three new cases of the new XBB.1.16 variant of COVID-19 were detected that took the total tally to five in the district.
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