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20/12/2019
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450 tear gas shells
fired : Jaising to HC
in Jamia hearing
New Delhi : The Delhi High Court was
on Thursday appraised that "450 tear gas
shells were fired" at the protesters who were
staging a protest against the Citizenship
Amendment Act on December 15.
This is the most significant attack on the
students since Independence, lawyers said as
an appeal was made to the Solicitor General
to become amicus curiae. A Division Bench
of the High Court led by Chief Justice D.N.
Patel along with Justice C. Harishankar
began the hearings into a bunch of petitions
seeking inquiry into Sunday's violence
involving Delhi Police and Jamia Millia students.
Lawyers arguing on behalf of the petitioners
included Sanjay Hegde and Indira
Jaising. The petitioners stated that police
entered the campus and the library without
permission. The petitioners represented by
their counsel submitted that the chief proctor
of Jamia Millia had also issued a statement
that contrary to police claim, he had not
given permission to the police to enter the
campus. The petitioners contended that 450
tear gas shells were fired by the police and
one of the student who received injuries at a
police action, had lost sight in one of his
eyes. Hegde and Jaising also cited medical
reports issued by AIIMS confirming that one
of the students had suffered bullet injuries.
FIRs were being registered against the students
and they were being potrayed as criminals,
they said. "It is a serious case of violation
of fundamental rights." Representing
petitioners Sanjay Hegde questioned the
police actions like entering the mosque and
the library on campus. "Was there trouble in
the hostels, toilets which justify the lathi
blows, tear gas and bullets?" he asked.
"There are apprehensions on all sides and
on those circumstances what action should
be taken," Sanjay Hegde stated.
Lawyer Indira Jaising appearing on behalf
of petitioners said that pursant to the new law
there have been protests all over the country.
This is a country which was founded on the
fundamental of non violence. "Why are we
here before you is because Supreme Court
found that it is a matter for fact finding," she
added. All of us would like to see peace
restored in the city and the nation but peace
requires peace making measures and these
measures should come from the authorities
and it should not be by words but by actions,
she said. The matter was shortly adjourned
and was again taken up post-lunch. "This is
not a case of protest against newly passed
law, it is against the police brutality on the
students. It was said that the students were
rioting,... "When they started to walk to
Parliament from Jamia they were singing
songs, that was the first attack. On 15th at 4
p.m. the students were inside the campus,
they were attacked by the police in the
library, in the mosque inside the campus,"
Colin Gonsalves said. "Chief Proctor has
said that Police entered campus without permission.
VC also said that the police entered
the campus, vandalised property, used lathis.
There was massive damage to the property
and not only this, what about the emotional
loss that students suffered." After no interim
protection was given and the Delhi High
Court judges left the dias, advocates started
shouting "Shame Shame".
Boeing Starliner set
for 1st uncrewed
flight test on Dec 20
Washington : Boeing's passenger spacecraft, the CST-100
Starliner, is all set to make its first uncrewed trip to the International
Space Station (ISS) on December 20.
The spacecraft is set to lift off on a United Launch Alliance Atlas
V rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air
Force Station (CCAFS) in Florida.
Data from the flight test will be used as part of NASA's process of
certifying Boeing's crew transportation system for carrying astronauts
to and from the space station, the US space agency said on
Wednesday. The flight test will provide valuable data about the endto-end
performance of the Atlas V rocket, Starliner spacecraft, and
ground systems, as well as in-orbit, docking and landing operations.
In addition, the Starliner spacecraft will carry about 272kg of crew
supplies and equipment to the ISS and return some critical research
samples to the Earth. Boeing's uncrewed Orbital Flight Test (OFT) is
the second uncrewed test flight of NASA's Commercial Crew
Programme, a partnership with the aerospace industry to launch
astronauts on US rockets and spacecraft from US soil for the first
time since 2011. Earlier this year, the SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule
completed its historic unmanned flight test to the space station.
NASA selected SpaceX and Boeing to create integrated spacecraft,
rockets and associated systems to carry astronauts on NASA
missions in September 2014.
Now these companies are building and operating this new generation
of human-rated vehicles.
UP: Children here study
in 'Swachhta Express'
Sensex in the
red, Nifty
holds 12,203
Mumbai : Indian markets traded lower during the early trade on
Thursday. The Sensex fell 60 points while the Nifty trade at 12,203.
At 10.04 a.m., the Sensex traded at 41,497.63, over 60 points lower.
It opened at 41,571.82 from its previous close of 41,558.57. The
Nifty was down by 17.90 points to 12,203.75.
Sant Kabir Nagar
(Uttar Pradesh) : A
government-run school
in UP's Sant Kabir
Nagar district has come
up with an innovative
idea to attract more students,
the school building
is painted like a
train and the classrooms
look like train coaches.
The children in this
school happily get on a
'train' and then get
down from it every day.
The 'train' is called
'Swachhta Express'.
Painted like a train, it is
actually a government primary school in the
Manjharia village in UP's Sant Kabir Nagar
district.
The school has been designed like a train
and the various bogies serve as classrooms.
One of the bogies is named "Balak-kulit", a
synonym for "Vataan-kulit" (air conditioned).
Other bogies are named after historical
figures like Rani Laxmibai. One of the
teachers, Anita Singh, said that the idea of
making a train-like classroom
hit upon them when some
children told them that they
had never seen a train.
"We had got some money
from the government and
then some people also donated
for this project. We have
painted the walls in bright
colours in order to make it
attractive for the students.
The dropout rate has fallen
and more and more children
are coming in," said another
teacher, Deepak Rastogi. The
children are apparently so
excited about the makeover
and help in keeping the
school spotlessly clean.
Rastogi said that children now want a bus
shaped classroom. "We will try and realise
this dream too, as and when the finances
allow," he added.