"Political Chameleon": Karnataka's HD Kumaraswamy's Swipe At Amit Shah

JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy on Saturday called BJP a party full of "hypocrisies and lies" and Union Home Minister Amit Shah "a political chameleon" and "reincarnation" of Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels.

The former Chief Minister through a series of tweets has reacted to the saffron party leader's attack against JD(S).

"The fact that BJP-Bari Bootatike Party (a party full of hypocrisies) is a party of liars was made evident by your yapping lies. @AmitShah You are a political chameleon! This is the true face of your party. You're a reincarnation of Joseph Goebbels. You're disgraceful," Kumaraswamy said.

Pointing at Shah's allegation that Karnataka will become the ATM of the JD(S) party if it wins, he said if the regional party forms the government, it will become the ATM of the crores of Kannadigas, farmers, labourers, the oppressed, and the disabled.

"JD(S) is the people's ATM. ATM means Any Time Manushyatva (Humanity) to us. To you, it means Any Time Mosa (Cheating). You've forced the nation into the path of destruction through your lies. Let's set the matter of the nation aside..." he added.

The fact that BJP-Bari Bootatike Party (A party full of hypocrisies) is a party of liars was made evident by your yapping lies. @AmitShah You are a political chameleon! This is the true face of your party. You're a reincarnation of Joseph Goebbels. You're disgraceful. 1/11

— ಹೆಚ್.ಡಿ.ಕುಮಾರಸ್ವಾಮಿ | H.D.Kumaraswamy (@hd_kumaraswamy) December 31, 2022

Hitting the ground running in poll-bound Karnataka, Shah on Friday had called Congress and JD(S) "parivaarvadi" (dynastic politics) and "corrupt", and had urged the people of Mandya and Old Mysuru region to support the BJP in forming a government with majority in the State.

Hitting back at allegations of corruption, Kumaraswamy said: "Karnataka BJP government is not a 40 per cent government, but a 55-60 per cent government! Isn't Karnataka an ATM of your party? You must definitely know this. Why hide the truth? Realize that your bravado will not work in front of the Mandya people, Shah." Responding to Shah's attack on the JD(S) for 'parivarvaad' (dynasty politics), Kumaraswamy referred to BCCI secretary Jay Shah without naming him.

"Aren't you aware of the extent of family politics in your party? Is your son any cricket pundit? Why is he a part of BCCI? Does your son's position satisfy the guidelines laid by the Supreme Court? Now, tell me whose ATM is BCCI?" he asked.

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Covid Deaths Hit 9,000 Per Day In China, Finds UK-Based Firm: Report

Deaths attributed to Covid in China have increased to 9,000 people per day, according to a data firm, reported news.com.au, an Australia-based publication.

The news.com.au report also says, "British-based research firm Airfinity has doubled the number of people it estimates are dying from Covid in China as the number of infections soar. It comes after Beijing lifted draconian zero-Covid health measures in November that had been in place for years."

Protests erupted across China due to the harsh lockdowns after 10 people died in an apartment fire. There were allegations that firefighters were stopped from coming inside the apartment block due to the quarantine orders.

The country reversed its Covid policy due to widespread protests in its nine cities.

"Airfinity said its model was based on data from China's regional provinces before changes to reporting infections were implemented, combined with case growth rates from other former zero-Covid countries when they lifted restrictions," the report said.

The total number of deaths in China linked to Covid in December may hit 100,000, with at least 18.6 million cases. By mid-January, there could be as many as 3.7 million COVID cases in a day. By January 23, a total of 584,000 deaths are expected in China.

According to news.com.au, "Beijing has been accused of withholding health information so it's hard to accurately assess the numbers. However, China's National Health Commission (NHC) last week confirmed that the country's current outbreak is the largest the world has ever seen."

"More than a billion Chinese could be infected with Covid by March. And more than 30 per cent of the population may have already been infected, that is up to 400 million people," according to a The Australian report.

The virus is continuing to spread rapidly in China. Workers, however, are being called to go to work unless they have extreme symptoms.

Since China relaxed its controversial zero-Covid policy last month, the second-largest economy is struggling to deal with the meteoric rise in coronavirus cases throughout the country which is putting a burden on its healthcare system.

British virologist and biologist Jonathan Latham, Executive Director of the Bioscience Resource Project, said that Beijing is not being open and transparent about case numbers or deaths and that only accurate data can lead to good decisions in China and elsewhere.

"China is not being open and transparent about case numbers or deaths. This is true for many countries though. It would be great to have truly accurate information on those points, however, since only timely and accurate data can lead to good decisions in China and elsewhere. Good data would also test the theory that newer variants such as Omicron have a lower inherent death rate," Latham told ANI.

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सिडनी में उतरने से पहले साउथ अफ्रीका के कप्तान ने जताया आत्मविश्वास, क्या WTC में होगी टीम की वापसी?

ऑस्ट्रेलिया और साउथ अफ्रीका के बीच टेस्ट सीरीज का आखिरी मैच 4 जनवरी को खेला जाएगा. इस मैच से पहले ऑस्ट्रेलिया के कप्तान डीन एल्गर ने अपनी बड़ी प्रतिक्रिया दी है. मेजबान टीम ने सीरीज में अब तक 2-0 से बढ़त बना रखी है.

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VIDEO: 'जब WC सेमीफाइनल हारे थे, तो बहुत रोया था...' हॉस्पिटल में नन्हे फैन से मिलने पहुंचे बाबर को सुननी पड़ी शिकायत

Pakistan vs New Zealand के बीच चल रही टेस्ट सीरीज के बीच पाकिस्तान के कप्तान बाबर आजम एक फैन से मिलने अस्पताल पहुंचे. अपने इस खास फैन से मिलकर बाबर थोड़ा भावुक नजर आए. इस फैन ने बातों-बातों में पिछले टी20 विश्व कप सेमीफाइनल में ऑस्ट्रेलिया के हाथों पाकिस्तान को मिली हार का जिक्र भी छेड़ा. तब बाबर का रिएक्शन देखने लायक था.

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PAK vs NZ: मेहमानों के सामने पाकिस्तान टीम का बुरा हाल, अब दर्शक बचाएंगे जान! पीसीबी ने दिया ऑफर

Pakistan vs New Zealand: पाकिस्तान और न्यूजीलैंड के बीच टेस्ट सीरीज का दूसरा और आखिरी मैच भी कराची में ही 2 जनवरी से खेला जाएगा. इस टेस्ट मैच में दर्शकों को लेकर पाकिस्तान क्रिकेट बोर्ड ने बड़ा फैसला लिया है. दोनों देशों के बीच पहला टेस्ट मैच खराब रोशनी की वजह से ड्रॉ हो गया था.

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बाबर आजम पर चीफ सेलेक्‍टर शाहिद अफरीदी ने कह दी बड़ी बात… बोले, कप्‍तानी पर नजम सेठी करेंगे फैसला

पाकिस्‍तान क्रिकेट बोर्ड में बदलाव के बाद पूर्व कप्‍तान शाहिद अफरीदी को अंतरिम चीफ सेलेक्‍टर बनाया गया है. अफरीदी ने कुर्सी संभालते ही न्‍यूजीलैंड के खिलाफ टेस्‍ट सीरीज के लिए घोषित पाकिस्‍तानी टीम में बदलाव किया है. वह टीम में युवा प्‍लेयर्स को मौका देना चाहते हैं.

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Up To 70% Of Those Under 19 Globally Susceptible To Covid: Study

Fifty to 70 per cent "children" below 19 years globally were susceptible to the SARS-CoV-2 infection by the end of 2021 and before the Omicron wave, showing a need for more effective vaccines and better vaccination coverage, according to a study.

It also found that worldwide seroprevalence estimates varied from 7.3 per cent in the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic to 37.6 per cent in the fifth wave and 56.6 per cent in the sixth wave.

The highest seroprevalences in different pandemic waves were estimated for South-East Asia -- 17.9 to 81.8 per cent -- and the African region -- 17.2 to 66.1 per cent -- while the lowest seroprevalence was estimated for the Western Pacific region between 0.01 and 1.01 per cent, the study said.

Seroprevalence estimates were higher in children at older ages, in those living in underprivileged countries or regions, and in those of minority ethnic backgrounds, the study published in eClinicalMedicine said.

Seroprevalence was defined as the number of children who tested positive for specific anti-SARS-CoV-2 serum antibodies, using a well-designated threshold in the assay, divided by the total number of children tested, it said.

Scientists conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis in which they searched international and pre-printed scientific databases from December 1, 2019, to July 10, 2022, said the study, conducted to assess SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence and determinants in children worldwide.

They searched databases such as PubMed, Embase, Web of Science Core Collection, and Scopus and preprint repositories such as MedRxiv, BioRxiv and SSRN for articles.

The higher hospitalisation rates of those aged zero to 19 years, referred to as "children" by the study, observed since the emergence of the immune-evasive Omicron variant and sub-variants along with the persisting vaccination disparities, highlighted a need for in-depth knowledge of SARS-CoV-2 sero-epidemiology in children, scientists involved in the study said.

Pooled seroprevalences were estimated according to World Health Organization (WHO) regions using random-effects meta-analyses, the study said.

"Findings indicate that, by the end of 2021 and before the Omicron wave, around 50-70 per cent of children globally were still susceptible to SARS-CoV-2 infection, clearly emphasising the need for more effective vaccines and better vaccination coverage among children and adolescents, particularly in developing countries and minority ethnic groups," it said.

The study said associations with SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence and sources of heterogeneity were investigated using sub-group and meta-regression analyses. The protocol used in this study has been registered in PROSPERO (CRD42022350833).

The study included 247 publications containing 302 datasets involving 7,57,075 children from 70 countries in six WHO-defined regions. Most of the datasets, 144, were from Europe, and the least, 14, were from the Western Pacific region, the study said.

The rapid transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant has led to unprecedented COVID-19 cases and hospitalisation, especially among children.

The lower risk of disease in children "pre-Omicron", combined with concerns about vaccine safety and parental hesitancy, led to limited vaccine uptake and slow implementation of vaccination in children globally, particularly for children under 12 years of age.

Vaccines for children were also largely inaccessible in many parts of the world that were lagging behind in the vaccination of adults, particularly in low and middle-income countries. To date, children remain the largest unvaccinated group worldwide, the study noted.

With the emergence of Omicron, an increasing number of children requiring critical care have been observed in developed countries such as the US, England and Germany, with sufficient vaccine supplies, it said.

There is evidence that available vaccines do not protect children adequately against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron infection and the waning of both natural infection and vaccine protection are well documented.

The scientists said against this background and the race for the development of a new generation of vaccines that protect against a wide range of variants, including new ones, "we aimed to provide estimates for the proportion of children with detectable antibodies and to identify sources of heterogeneity in SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence in children for various regions of the world".

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IND vs BAN: कुलदीप यादव के बाहर होने पर कोच के आए थे आंसू, बोले- वह समय के साथ बहुत.....

बांग्लादेश के खिलाफ टीम इंडिया ने टेस्ट सीरीज को 2-0 से अपने नाम किया था. वहीं, टीम इंडिया के शानदार गेंदबाज कुलदीप यादव ने पहले टेस्ट में शानदार प्रदर्शन किया था और प्लेयर ऑफ द मैच रहे. लेकिन दूसरे मुकाबले के दौरान उन्हें टीम से बाहर कर दिया गया था.

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GRETA Played A Key Role In Arrest Of Andrew Tate, But It Is Not Thunberg

As news of controversial media personality Andrew Tate's arrest and Twitter spat with Swedish climate change activist Greta Thunberg made headlines, internet users were quick to point out that it was ultimately GRETA that brought the far-right celebrity to the Romanian authorities' radar.

GRETA, which stands for the Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings, is a European body that monitors the implementation of the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings by the Parties.

This 15-member body is currently in the spotlight for Andrew Tate's detention, after a year old press release by the group has gone viral. Civil rights attorney and Twitter user Alejandra Caraballo posted a tweet of a screenshot of the Council of Europe website. The screenshot referred to a press release dated June 3, 2021 in which GRETA (the council, not the activist) urged Romania to ensure that human trafficking offences lead to effective sanctions.

You can't make this up. Romanian authorities were urged last year to effectively prosecute human traffickers by GRETA, the Group of Experts Against Trafficking Human Beings. pic.twitter.com/rPsX2PD244

— Alejandra Caraballo (@Esqueer_) December 29, 2022

Now, a year and half later, Romanian authorities are in the limelight for detaining four people on suspicion of human trafficking, one of which was Andrew Tate.

The irony of an organization named GRETA bringing down Andrew Tate was not lost on netizens, who responded to Caraballo's tweet with memes and laughter. As Twitter user viralsmile remarked, "The writers really did a great job with this 2022 finale".

The writers really did a great job with this 2022 finale

— Law (@viralsmile) December 29, 2022

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PAK vs NZ: खराबी रोशनी ने बचा ली पाकिस्तान की लाज, नहीं तो लगातार चौथा टेस्ट हारने का लगता दाग

PAK vs NZ 1st Karachi Test: पाकिस्तान और न्यूजीलैंड के बीच कराची में खेला गया 2 टेस्ट की सीरीज का पहला मैच ड्रॉ हो गया. मैच के आखिरी दिन न्यूजीलैंड को जीत के लिए 138 रन का टारगेट मिला था. लेकिन कीवी टीम 1 विकेट पर 61 रन ही बना सकी. इसके बाद खराब रोशनी के कारण मैच रोकना पड़ा.

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NASA Pays A Special Tribute To Pele With A Spiral Galaxy Image

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) of the United States paid a heartfelt tribute on Friday to the late Brazilian football legend Pele, who died at the age of 82 and is widely regarded as the greatest and most beloved footballer in history.

The space agency posted a unique picture with the caption, "We mark the passing of the legendary Pele, known to many as the king of the "beautiful game." This image of a spiral galaxy in the constellation Sculptor shows the colours of Brazil."

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This proves that he was a hero not only for the entire football fraternity and for scores of fans, not just in Brazil but all over the world, but also for the worlds of science and space.

The space agency described the image as "an image of a spiral galaxy with spiral arms dotted with blue stars of varying intensity."

"The core of the galaxy is brightest, and the stars appear yellow-green. The image was taken by the Galaxy Evolution Explorer satellite, or GALEX," it added. 

Pele, a three-time World Cup winner who is widely regarded as the greatest player of all time, died on Thursday at the age of 82, triggering a wave of tributes from the sports world and beyond. His death after a long battle with cancer was caused by "multiple organ failure," the Albert Einstein hospital in Sao Paulo said in a statement, confirming the news from the legend's family.

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Accused Throws Stone At Judge In Gujarat Court, She Escapes Unhurt

An accused in an attempt-to- murder case threw a stone at a sessions judge at Navsari in Gujarat during court proceedings on Friday, police said.

Luckily, additional sessions judge A R Desai escaped unhurt as the stone thrown by Dharmesh Rathod, the accused, missed her and hit the wall at the back, Navsari Police said in a statement.

Three police personnel who had escorted Rathod from Lajpore jail in Surat to the Navsari sessions court were suspended for dereliction of duty, said the press release.

A fresh First Information Report (FIR) would be registered against Rathod in connection with the incident, it added.

Rathod is already facing cases of attempt to murder (Indian Penal Code section 307) and 'assault using dangerous weapons' (section 326) among others, said the release.

The police personnel escorting him -- an assistant sub-inspector and two constables -- should have frisked him thoroughly while taking over his custody from the Lajpire jail authority in Surat, it said.

Lawyer Pratap Mahida who witnessed the incident said Rathod had earlier hurled a shoe at a magistrate.

"Police should have taken extra care when they knew his record," said Mahida.

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4 Covid Positive Cases Detected From 1,926 Samples At Maharashtra Airports

Four persons have tested positive for coronavirus after samples of 1,926 of the 97,805 passengers who arrived in Mumbai, Pune and Nagpur international airports were examined since December 24, a Maharashtra health department official said on Friday.

This includes an international flyer from Pune who was detected with the infection in a test conducted at the airport there during the day, he added.

The four positive cases detected at these airports comprise two from Pune, one from Navi Mumbai, and one patient from neighbouring Goa, he said.

Samples of all four have been sent for genome sequencing to find out the variant that has caused the coronavirus infection, he said.

The screening of a percentage of travellers arriving at international airports in the state started on December 24 as a precautionary measure against the surge in cases in countries like China, South Korea, Brazil, and the United States of America.

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Chinese Woman Caught In Bihar: A Spy Story That Never Was

Mysterious Chinese woman suspected of spying on the Dalai Lama – screamed media outlets in Bihar on the day His Holiness began his annual discourses at Bodh Gaya, returning to the pilgrim town after a gap of two years.

As the word went out that police has released sketches of Song Xiaolan, gaunt and scalp covered with closely cropped hair, along with her passport and visa numbers, headline hunters could have been excused for thinking that they had found something "big".

However, after a thorough investigation, police found that it was a simple case of a lady who had inadvertantly overstayed in the country on an expired visa.

“She has been slapped with a Leave India notice following visa violation. We are going to hand her over to the authorities concerned for repatriation”, said J S Gangwar, Additional Director General of Police (Headquarters), as he sought to ward off queries from journalists who were refusing to believe that it was a case of much ado about nothing.

The Nobel Peace Prize winner, after all, remains a persona non grata in China, a country with which India has along standing border dispute. Security concerns accompany the messenger of peace wherever he goes ever since he escaped Tibet in 1959 after Chinese bloodily put down an uprising in the 'Roof of the World'. His visit to Bodh Gaya a few years ago was marked by a low-intensity blast carried out by a Bangladesh-based terror outfit.

Nonetheless, a statement issued by the Gaya police makes it amply clear that Song was never suspected of espionage, leave alone terrorist activities, though she is evidently not a regular traveller from abroad either, landing on Indian soil for mundane reasons.

According to the Gaya police, the woman was self-willed enough to have fallen in love with spirituality, despite having been born in an avowedly atheist country, and she arrived in the land of the Buddha, way back in October, 2019 and simply forgot that visas are things of the world, governed by laws laid down by nations.

According to the police, she was supposed to have stayed for not more than three months. She, however, has stayed back for more than three years. In the meantime, she briefly visited Nepal, apparently on a spiritual quest, where she befriended a local woman and, with her, returned to India.

The two women, both of whom were picked up by the police from a guest house in Bodh Gaya, have confessed to having settled down in Mc Leodganj, a town in Dharamshala district of Himachal Pradesh, often called a “mini Tibet”, apparently driven by a desire to be close to the Dalai Lama.

They came to Bodh Gaya on December 22, the date on which the Dalai Lama also arrived on his annual retreat, but by the time the police had been sounded off by the foreign department that Xiaolan was a persona non grata.

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Best Of 2022: Top 10 Satellite Photographs Of Events That Defined The Year

The year 2022 soon draws to a close after being marked by extraordinary upheaval caused by war in Ukraine, the impacts of climate change and pressures of rising inflation.

Towering figures like Queen Elizabeth II and Mikhail Gorbachev as well as film icons such as actor Jean-Luc Godard were among notable deaths.

It was also a year where Elon Musk's chaotic Twitter takeover pushed the phrase "blue tick" into headlines and UK prime minister Liz Truss's tenure was measured by the shelf-life of a head of lettuce.

Here are a series of satellite images that capture the top events of the year:

The opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics at China's Beijing that were held in February.

Massive trucker-led protestors that jammed roads in Canada's Toronto in February.

Several large deployments of Russian ground forces, containing hundreds of military vehicles, seen just kilometres from the Ukranian capital.

The theatre in Ukraine's Mariupol which Kyiv claims was bombed by Russia. At least 300 people died in the attack.

Saudi Arabia welcomed nearly 1 million people for the biggest Hajj pilgrimage since the Covid pandemic.

The Burning Man Festival that was held in the Black Rock Desert in Northern Nevada.

Thousands gathered in London streets to pay their respects to Queen Elizabeth.

The world's largest volcano, Mauna Loa erupted for the first time in nearly four-decades.

A shot of the International Space Station, taken from space.

Trucks waiting at the Pakistan-Iran border.

As 2022 draws to an end, a fresh surge in Covid cases in China has brought back grim memories, and the world has its fingers crossed for 2023.

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