AMN

Three Maoists, including a female rebel were killed in an encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh today, November 26.

The exchange of fire took place in the jungle of Pomra at Bijapur district in Bastar division when a joint team of CRPF, Special Task Force, and District Reserve Guard was on a search operation in the Mirtur area. After the encounter, the bodies of three Maoists have been recovered along with two rifles from the spot.

AMN

BJP today took a jibe at Aam Aadmi Party following its convenor Arvind Kejriwal’s comments over the CBI chargesheet in the Delhi excise policy case. Mr. Kejriwal claimed that Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia got a clean chit in the case as CBI did not name him in its charge sheet.

Briefing the media in New Delhi, BJP spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia pointed out that the investigative agency was bound to file a charge sheet within a stipulated time and there is also a provision for a supplementary charge sheet in the law. He underlined that the agencies are working in an independent and impartial manner and they are free to take steps in the matter of corruption. Mr Bhatia also alleged that the AAP convenor is providing self-certification and does not have faith in the investigative agencies.

AMN

BJP today, November 26, mounted its attack on the Aam Aadmi Party after another purported video of jailed Delhi Minister Satyendar Jain came to the fore.

In the video, he is seen holding a conversation with the recently suspended superintendent of Tihar jail. Talking to the media, BJP MP Parvesh Verma said, today is Constitution Day and some people sitting on constitutional posts in the Delhi Government are openly violating it.

He added that this is happening for the first time in the history of the country when a Minister jailed on corruption charges is not being sacked. He alleged that AAP leaders are telling lies about the health of the Minister to defend the wrongdoings inside the jail.

Reacting to the video, AAP Convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal linked it to the upcoming MCD polls and said people have to decide between ten videos of BJP and ten guarantees of AAP in the polls. He said, one should wait till 4th December when the MCD elections will happen and the people of Delhi will give a reply to all those videos.

Meanwhile, BJP, AAP, Congress, and other political parties have intensified their campaign for civic polls in the national capital. Campaigning in the city, senior BJP leader and Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Singh Thakur said people want to give a clear message to Mr. Kejriwal in this election that false promises will not work.

AMN

With the rise in cases of measles in Mumbai and parts of Maharashtra, the state government is planning to intensify the vaccination drive for those children who have not been immunized yet.

Maharashtra State Surveillance Officer, Dr. Pradip Aware said, Some children are yet to be vaccinated, as a reason they are contracting the disease.

The spread of measles is higher than that of Covid-19. In the case of Covid-19, one infected person use to transmit the disease to 3-4 persons. However, the R-Naught in measles is more severe as it can infect 12-15 persons.

R-naught (R0) is a value that can be calculated for communicable diseases. It represents, on average, the number of people that a single infected person can be expected to transmit that disease.

In other words, it is a calculation of the average spreadability of an infectious disease. He also emphasised tracking and vaccinating those children who have not been immunized with the measles vaccine. Saying that those who have been vaccinated can also contract the disease, he added that the severity will be less among such children.

Meanwhile, in Mumbai, eight new cases of measles were detected yesterday taking the cumulative total to 260 in the island city. The health department has said that around 13 children have died due to measles in Mumbai alone.

Areas that have reported a spike in measles outbreaks are Kurla and Govandi in Mumbai, Bhiwandi in Thane district, and Malegaon in Nashik district.

AMN

Aggressive poll campaigning is going on in full swing in Gujaratas only four days left for the campaigning of the first phase of assembly polls.

The ruling BJP released the party’s manifesto for the assembly elections at Gandhinagar today. BJP President JP Nadda said the party would implement the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in the coming five years and set up an anti-radicalization cell to curb the anti-social elements.

Mr. Nadda said the party is aiming to take Gujarat’s economy to one trillion dollars in coming years. He said a first of its kind Parikrama Path of 3000 kilometers will also be developed which will encircle the whole state. The party made 40 promises related to health, education, and infrastructure development in the manifesto.

In the manifesto, the BJP promised 10 thousand crore rupees in future investment in the agriculture infrastructure while 25 thousand crore rupees in strengthening the irrigation network.

Among the other features of the manifesto include the creation of 20 lakh new jobs in five years, free education to females from KG to PG, development of 20 thousand government schools as schools of excellence, doubling the health cover under the Ayushman Bharat scheme from 5 lakh to 10 lakh and the launch of Gujarat Olympics Mission with an aim to host Olympics in 2036.