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The photo that named a Holocaust survivor
Leah Herschman, wouldn’t even know her name if it wasn’t for this precious faded photograph. "This is a historic photograph for me (CLOSE OF PHOTO OF LEAH AS A BABY). This is a photograph that my mother sent to her mother, who hadn't seen me. (VIEW OF LEAH TALKING) and she writes: 'A souvenir from the war, to my beloved grandfather and grandmother', and she signs as if she was me: 'Leah Herschman', and that's how I learned my name that was given to me by my parents. This is the only source. That's why this is a historic photograph." Leah was a baby when her parents, Pipha and Zvi Herschman, were murde red in Nazi-occupied Poland. Wednesday marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Leah is one of the few remaining survivors. "In this photograph, since there is no writing on its back... there is no doubt that I am the baby (CLOSE OF PHOTOGRAPH OF LEAH AND A WOMAN SHE BELIEVES TO BE HER MOTHER) and I assume that the woman who holds me is my mother (VIEW OF LEAH TALKING) but it's not very clear because nothing was written (on the back of the photo)." The Jewish infant was rescued by a priest who placed her in an orphanage run by nuns. "He (a Polish policeman) took me and placed me on the railroad tracks and ran to his priest to confess what he had done. The priest told him: 'Go quickly and bring her to me', and apparently it wasn't much of a distance because he made it. The priest handed me over to an orphanage, war orphanage, that was run by nuns where local villagers who didn't have children came to adopt children. This is how I arrived at a childless family at the age of 9 months." The stories and photos of Jewish youngsters, many of them orphans like Leah, are part of a new online exhibition called "My Lost Childhood". It's showing at Israel's Yad Vashem Holocaust museum. Many were reunited with relatives and went on to live their lives in Israel, the U.S., Canada, Latin America and other destinations. After the war, Leah's aunt learned that her sister had given birth. The aunt won a court custody battle against the adoptive parents in Poland and brought the child to Israel in 1949. Leah now faces new risks from a coronavirus pandemic. But holds fast to her life's motto. "I took upon myself, even though I don't always know how, to turn darkness into light and bitter into sweet, and it is possible, this is my life's motto because I have learned that in the course of life, things, which we have no control over, happen to us, but we can control and choose what we do with them and how we see them."
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Trying to run traffic smoothly as farmers’ protest ended at Chilla border: Noida ADCP
Chilla Border, Jan 27 (ANI): Members of Bhartiya Kisan Union (Bhanu) removed their tents from the Chilla border after its leader announced withdrawal from farmers’ agitation following Republic Day’s violence that happened during tractor rally in Delhi. Noida ADCP Ranvijay Singh said, “The Bhartiya Kisan Union (Bhanu) has put an end to the agitation against the agrarian laws by breaking police barricading. The traffic which was blocked due to the performance of farmers, are now trying to run it smoothly.”
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EU demands AstraZeneca contract after delays
The European Union is asking pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca to publish its COVID-19 contract on vaccine supplies, in the latest escalation of the on-going dispute over its delivery timetable. The move comes after AstraZeneca’s CEO said on Tuesday that the EU contract was based on a best-effort clause and did not commit the company to a specific schedule. An EU official said that the best-effort clause was standard in contracts for products that are in development and don't yet exist. AstraZeneca previously announced that it would cut supplies to the EU in the first quarter. An EU official told Reuters last week that that amounted to a 60% reduction to 31 million doses. Vaccine rollouts in the European Union have been slow and fraught with problems compared with other countries, including former EU member Britain. The EU contract with AstraZeneca is an advance purchase agreement for the supply of at least 300 million doses provided that the vaccine is approved as safe and effective.
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Farmers denied police’s request to not to hold tractor rally on R-Day: Delhi CP
New Delhi, Jan 27 (ANI): Delhi Commissioner of Police SN Shrivastava held a press briefing regarding the violence that took place during the tractor march by the farmers on Republic Day. SN Shrivastava said that after knowing about the tractor march, police told farmers to not to hold the march on Republic Day but they denied. He also said that the Delhi police come to know about farmers tractor march on January 02 and after that five meetings were held.
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Rs 1 lakh cr announced for building of agriculture infrastructure: Narendra Tomar
New Delhi, Jan 27 (ANI): At World Economic Forum, Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said, “As far as agriculture is concerned, we are also laying emphasis on Research and Development for production and productivity. It is our effort to see that the crop can be managed in a proper manner after harvesting. Today, India is superlative as far as food-grain is concerned but sometimes due to lack of infrastructure, crop gets damaged which also affects environment. To combat this, Rs 1 lakh crores has been announced in AatmaNirbhar Bharat package for building of infrastructure,” said Narendra Singh Tomar. He further said, “India is concerned due to the climate change. Our effort in this direction is to make plans beforehand and work, while keeping in mind the indications for future so that we will be able to combat the crisis of the future.”
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COVID: ‘23,28,779 beneficiaries vaccinated till Jan 27,’ reports Health Ministry
New Delhi, Jan 27 (ANI): Union Health Ministry Additional Secretary Manohar Agnani informed that 23,28,779 beneficiaries have been vaccinated for COVID-19 till January 27 across country. He further informed that so far 16 people have been admitted to the hospital. “23,28,779 beneficiaries have been vaccinated for COVID-19 till January 27 across the country, including 2,99,299 people vaccinated today. Vaccination drive was held across 28 states and UT today. Total of 16 people have been hospitalised and in the last 24 hours, there was one hospitalisation who has been admitted in the Chennai’s Apollo hospital,” said Additional Secretary Manohar Agnani during a press conference on January 27.
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Holocaust survivor on 'horrific' Capitol insurrection
Wednesday (January 27) marks the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp, where more than a million people, predominantly Jewish, were murdered during World War II. In total, around six million Jews were killed during the war in Nazi-occupied Europe. Harvey told Reuters via Zoom from his Los Angeles home, "I'm very disappointed that after I lost 37 members of my family. It was my mother, my father, they all perished in the Auschwitz concentration camp and anti-semitism is so strong. It's unbelievable how much hatred we experience right now so I'm very sad and disappointed." "Very, very sad what I witnessed particularly on the sixth," he said, adding "I never thought I was going to live in this country and witness something like that and those are highly educated people, very highly educated people and they knew that (election) wasn't rigged. It was definitely a democratic way to elect a president and look at it. They still, there is a few who are in the Senate who denies it. Sad. Very sad." Some of the rioters at the capitol wore clothes with anti-Semitic messages, as well as symbols of Nazi Germany. The images shocked people like Michele Gold, who runs the Holocaust Museum L.A. and whose mother was a Holocaust survivor. "When we reflect back on January 6th at the insurrection, it was horrific," she told said. "It wasn't the tipping point but I think it was a very strong reminder of what can happen if education and memory and history goes unchecked. When you look at the characters who were wearing sweatshirts that said 'Camp Auschwitz' and the back of them said 'Staff', this wasn't just a random sweatshirt that was made up, it was obviously well prepared ahead of time for the day," she added.
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Watch: BKU (Bhanu), RKMS members start packing stuffs after withdrawal from agitation
Chilla Border (Uttar Pradesh), Jan 27 (ANI): Members of Bhartiya Kisan Union (Bhanu) and Rashtriya Kisan Mazdoor Sangathan were seen removing tents and other stuffs after their leaders announced to withdrawal from farmers’ agitation following yesterday’s violence that happened during tractor rally in Delhi. The peaceful tractor rally turned into violent act after protesters went off the routes in Delhi unlawfully on January 26. Farmers took out tractor rally against Centre’s three farm laws on Republic Day.
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Russia's Putin queries growing clout of U.S. social media giants
Addressing a virtual meeting of the World Economic Forum, Putin cited the behaviour of U.S. social media giants in recent events in U.S. politics and questioned whether what he called their monopoly position coincided with society's interests.
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Police search Navalny's Moscow flats, office ahead of fresh rallies
IMAGESRussian police are present at a Moscow apartment of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny. A key Navalny aide reported that the apartment was being searched on grounds of violating sanitary and epidemiological measures, along with a second Moscow apartment owned by Navalny's wife Yulia and the Moscow office of his Anti-Corruption Foundation.
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Boeing 737 MAX cleared for return - EU regulators
Boeing's modified 737 MAX airliner is safe to return to service in Europe. The EU's Aviation Safety Agency - or EASA - made the announcement Wednesday (January 27). It lifts a 22-month flight ban for the plane after two crashes of the jet. EU regulators said they had 'every confidence' the plane was safe. It comes after an independent European review of changes to the plane, ranging from cockpit software to maintenance checks and pilot training. The EASA did say, however, that 'the journey does not end here' and they will keep monitoring MAX operations closely. The 737 MAX was grounded by regulators all over the world in March 2019. It happened when an Ethiopian Airlines jet crashed just five months after one flown by Indonesia's Lion Air. 346 people died in the crashes. The U.S. lifted its ban in November, followed by Brazil and Canada. But China, which made up a quarter of MAX sales, has not said when it will act.
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Retired police officials hold protest in Delhi against violence during tractor rally
New Delhi, Jan 27 (ANI): Retired police officials and families of cops on January 27 held a protest outside Shahidi Park against the violence that took place during the tractor rally in the national capital. They demanded arrest of farmer leaders, who organised the massive rally. The peaceful tractor rally turned violent after protesters went off the routes in Delhi unlawfully on January 26. Farmers took out tractor rally against Centre’s three farm laws on Republic Day.
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Farmers hold protest at Ghazipur border against VM Singh’s announcement
Ghazipur Border, Jan 27 (ANI): Farmers held a protest at Ghazipur border on January 27 following Rashtriya Kisan Mazdoor Sangathan’s national convenor Sardar VM Singh’s announcement. VM Singh during a press conference announced that he has withdrawn from farmers’ agitation following Republic Day’s violence that happened during tractor rally in Delhi. Farmers’ protest against farm laws entered 64th Day today.
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Entrepreneur brings water wellness to Nigeria
Water therapy is helping Nigerians to relax Location: Lagos, Nigeria Wellness entrepenuer Tayo Orekoya has set up the country's first floatation therapy center to boost wellness in the bustling city of Lagos {Tayo Orekoya/Wellness coach} "When I went on the pool it felt magical because nobody should know how to swim, nobody should float without knowing how to swim so once I lay on the salt, I felt like I was in space, I did not feel my weight again, I became weightless so I thought to myself: Tayo, you need to bring this to Nigeria." Orekayo says his business has over 360 regular customers One float session costs about $38
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Abhay Singh Chautala hands over his resignation to Haryana Assembly Speaker
Chandigarh (Haryana), Jan 27 (ANI): Indian National Lok Dal MLA Abhay Singh Chautala handed over his resignation to Haryana Assembly Speaker on January 27. Chautala drove a tractor to reach the assembly. After the resignation, he said that now he will work on ground in making people aware of the flaws in the new agriculture laws.
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Electric blankets selling like hot cakes in chilly Srinagar
Srinagar, Jan 27 (ANI): Demand for electric blankets is on rise in Srinagar as city continues to struggle through the harsh winters. Manufacturers are working round the clock to meet the demand. Blankets are selling like hot cakes in the city. Temperature in city plummeted to -2 degree Celsius.
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Budget 2021: Here's how to watch budget telecast
The Union Budget for the 2021-22 fiscal year is set to release on February 1. The Economic Survey 2020-21 will be tabled in the Parliament on Friday, January 29, 2021, by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, two days before the Union Budget gets presented.
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Is MSP harmful for the Indian Agriculture in the long run? | Episode 1 | The Bottom Line
On this episode of The Bottom Line, we are going to talk about something that nobody addresses for political reasons or otherwise. The issue of MSP - Minimum support price, and whether it is actually feasible or bad for the Indian farmers and the Indian agriculture in the long-run. Minimum support price (MSP) was brought in 1966-67 to ensure that Indian farmers get a basic minimum amount for their produce even if the price of a crop falls in the market, the central government used to step in and procure that crop from farmers at a fixed Minimum support price (MSP) so that they are shielded against losses. Another idea behind Minimum support price (MSP) was to provide income support. Watch this episode of #TheBottomLine for complete information on Minimum support price (MSP).
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Delhi cop recalls ‘scary moment’ of violent tractor rally at Red Fort
New Delhi, Jan 27 (ANI): Delhi cops who injured during violent tractor rally incident, admitted in Tirath Ram Shah Hospital. One of the cops Constable Ritu recalled the incident at Red Fort and called it a “scary moment”. She said, “I was on duty at Red Fort yesterday, when a huge crowd of farmers reached there with swords, stones, lathis and spears. As the crowd moved in our direction, a grill fell on my leg and another on my colleague's ribs. We couldn't move. It was a scary moment.” The peaceful tractor rally turned into violent act after protesters went off the routes in Delhi unlawfully on January 26. Farmers took out tractor rally against Centre’s three farm laws on Republic Day.
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National martial art winter camp begins in Srinagar
Srinagar (Jammu), Jan 27 (ANI): A four-day long Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Unified Martial Arts (JKAUMA) winter camp was flagged off at World famous health resort of Pahalgam on 27 January.The 4th edition is being held under the theme ‘Drugs out, Sports in’.The camp aims to enhance a healthy lifestyle through martial arts and to raise awareness on the effects of drug addiction. A total of 160 players from central, north, and south Kashmir are participating in the camp.
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TikTok owner facing layoffs after India ban
China's ByteDance is cutting the size of its 2,000-plus India team and is unsure when it will make a comeback, the company told employees in an internal memo on Wednesday (January 27), months after India banned its popular TikTok video app. Wednesday's cuts came after India decided to retain the ban on TikTok and 58 other Chinese apps over concerns about compliance and privacy. The ban dates from last year, when political tension between the neighbors rose over their disputed border. "We initially hoped that this situation would be short-lived... we find that has not been the case," ByteDance wrote in the memo, which was seen by Reuters. The memo said the team couldn't stay fully staffed while the app was banned with no word on when that will change. It didn't specify how many people would lose their jobs. Before the ban, India was one of TikTok's largest markets and ByteDance in 2019 had laid out plans to invest $1 billion in India. At the time of last year's ban, the Indian government described the apps as prejudicial to the "sovereignty and integrity of India," following a skirmish with Chinese troops on their Himalayan border.
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Those using farmers’ name wanted anarchy, ashamed R-Day: Naqvi on violence during tractor rally
New Delhi, Jan 27 (ANI): Union Minister of Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi reacted on violence during tractor rally on Republic Day. He said that people who used farmers’ name wanted anarchy and ashamed Republic Day. Tractor Rally was organised by farmers, who are protesting against farm laws. Several violent incidents have been reported in several parts of Delhi. Several police personnel were also injured.
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Camera captures male seahorse giving birth
Video shared by the aquarium on January 13 shows the male White's Seahorse, with the species also referred to as the Sydney Seahorse, giving birth at the Seahorse Nursery. According to the Sea Life Sydney Aquarium each of the babies is "smaller than a grain of rice" and the species can give birth to as many as 100 babies at a time. The female places eggs in the male's pouch where they are fertilised and the male gives birth to the offspring, according to Encyclopaedia Britannica. Once they are older the seahorse babies are set to be released into the wild in April or May, Sea Life Sydney Aquarium told Reuters in an email. The White's Seahorse is listed as endangered species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
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Two farmer unions withdraw from protests after tractor rally violence
The Bharatiya Kisan Union (Bhanu) and Rashtriya Kisan Mazdoor Sangathan on Wednesday announced their decision to withdraw from the ongoing farmers' protest, a day after violence at the Republic Day tractor rally.
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Amit Shah responsible for violence during tractor rally, should resign: Congress
New Delhi, Jan 27 (ANI): Indian National Congress General Secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala on January 27 slammed Centre by saying that Home Minister Amit Shah is responsible for the violence in Delhi during tractor rally by farmers. Congress also demanded Shah’s resignation.
