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China’s hospitals are flooded with dead bodies and long queues are seen at crematoria, with 400 million people losing their lives to the epidemic, The Epoch Times reported citing the founder of Falun Gong.

Master Li Hongzhi, the founder of Falun Gong, said as many as 400 million people have been killed in China due to the epidemic and the Chinese Communist Party has been trying to cover up.

He also said when this wave of epidemic ends, 500 million people will have died in China.

Master Li said when SARS claimed 200 million lives in China, the report said, adding that many years later, the CCP discovered that the population had decreased, and immediately released the two-child and three-child systems.

Since November last year, Covid-19 cases have been reported across China and the authorities said that since December 7, the number of Covid death cases has increased.

Earlier, after lifting the Covid restrictions, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention announced that no new deaths had been reported for 11 consecutive days.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced on January 8 that only 37 people died from the epidemic between December 7 last year and January 8 this year but the new report has punctured the claim.

The CDC stated that nearly 60,000 deaths were reported in China.

The National Health Commission of China revealed a total of 59,938 Covid-related deaths were reported between December 8, 2022 and January 12 this year, claiming that the spike in cases could be attributed to lifting of the Covid policy on December 7, as per The Epoch Times report.

NHC official Jiao Yahui, who revealed the Covid-19 data, said the average age of those who died in the period was 80.3 years old, with 90.1 per cent of the fatalities above 65 years old, 56.5 per cent aged above 80 years old; and more than 90 per cent suffered from underlying conditions, according to Global Times.

Sinologist and military strategist Ben Lowsen (Ben Lawson) wrote an article in the ‘Diplomat’ magazine on January 5, saying that the Chinese may now face “the largest death incident since the Great Leap Forward”.

Between 1958 and 1961, Mao’s policies resulted in the death of 20 million or more people in famines, and amidst the chaos and tragedy, Chinese authorities decided not to provide statistics on the number of deaths in the famines, he said.

“In an ominous contrast, today’s Xi Jinping administration has also largely given up on providing Covid-19 statistics,” The Epoch Times quoted Lawson as saying. (ANI)

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Actor Ananya Panday on Wednesday penned a sweet note for her parents Chunky and Bhavana Panday on their 25th wedding anniversary, along with throwback pictures.

Taking to Instagram, Ananya treated fans with family pictures.

Sharing the pictures, she wrote a sweet message, “happy 25th anniversary Mama and Papa. thank you for showing us how easy love can be (and for ur gorgeous genes) also the last picture is here because I think @apnabhidu is the coolest and also my expression hasn’t changed in the last 24 years and also I love the kids expression in the second last picture idk who he is but it’s too good.”

In the first picture, Chunky and Bhavana can be seen posing with their little ones Ananya and Rysa.

The picture of a couple from their young days.

In the third image from the couple’s wedding day. And they were seen performing the wedding rituals.

The last picture features Jackie Shroff with Chunky and Bhavana.

As soon as the pictures were uploaded, the actor’s fans and industry friends dropped their wishes in the comment section.

Actor Zoya Akhtar wrote, “Happy Anniversary you two are pure.”

Dia Mirza wrote, “Happy Anniversary.”

Jackie Shroff also commented, “Love ya and ur sweetest maa papa.”

Sanjay Kapoor wrote, “Happy 25th anniversary darlings. Well done.”

On the work front, Ananya was last seen action film ‘Liger’ alongside south superstar Vijay Deverakonda in a pan-India release. Produced by Karan Johar, the film failed to impress the audience at the box office.

She will be next seen in the comedy ‘Dream Girl 2’, alongside Ayushmann Khurrana. The film also stars Paresh Rawal, Rajpal Yadav, Annu Kapoor, Manoj Joshi and Vijay Raaz in prominent roles and is all set to hit the theatres on July 7, 2023.

Apart from this, she also has Farhan Akhtar’s ‘Kho Gaye Hum Kahan’ opposite actors Siddhant Chaturvedi and Adarsh Gourav in her kitty. Helmed by debutant director Arjun Varain, the official release date of the film is still awaited. (ANI)

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Even while being virtually forced to designate Abdul Rehman Makki as a global terrorist, the Chinese Government has tonight placated Pakistan by saying that ‘this designation is a recognition of Pakistan’s staunch fight against terrorism,’ according to a statement released by China’s Foreign Ministry site.

Responding to a media query over China’s decision to lift the hold on designating Lashkar-e-Taiba deputy chief Abdul Rehman Makki, Beijing’s Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin said, “The individual you mentioned has been convicted and sentenced by Pakistan, and this designation is a sign of recognition of Pakistan’s staunch fight against terrorism.”
“Terrorism is a common scourge for humanity. As an important international counter-terrorism mechanism, the 1267 Committee of the Security Council is mandated by the UN body’s resolution to put terrorists or terrorist organizations on its sanctions list, which is conducive to strengthening international counter-terrorism cooperation and the joint fight against terrorist threats,” the statement quoted Wang Wenbin as saying.

Interestingly, China has placed holds to prevent the listing of as many as five Pakistani terrorists including Makki, and now took a complete U-turn.

Earlier, on Tuesday, China finally lifted its ‘technical hold’ on the designation of Makki as a global terrorist under the 1267 UN Sanctions Committee after the country was left isolated in the Security Council.

“It also needs to be pointed out that the committee has clear guidelines regarding the designation of terrorist organizations and individuals and related procedures. China takes part in the work of the committee in a constructive and responsible manner in strict accordance with these rules and procedures,” he further said.

A total of five names were submitted by India for designation under 1267 in 2022: Abdul Rehman Makki (LeT), Abdul Rauf Asghar (Jaish-e-Mohammed, JeM), Sajid Mir (LeT), Shahid Mahmood (LeT), and Talha Saeed (LeT). And each of these five names was initially placed on technical hold by only one member state while all other 14 members of the Council agreed to their listing.

This listing comes after China last year put a ‘technical hold’ on India’s bid to name the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) leader a global terrorist. In June 2022, India slammed China after it blocked the proposal to list terrorist Abdul Rehman Makki under the Sanctions Committee, also known as the UNSC 1267 Committee.

“On 16 January 2023, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015) concerning ISIL (Da’esh), Al-Qaida, and associated individuals, groups, undertakings and entities approved the addition of the entry specified below to its ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions List of individuals and entities subject to the assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo set out in paragraph 1 of Security Council resolution 2610 (2021) and adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations,” the UN said in a statement.

India and the US have already listed Makki as a terrorist under their domestic laws. He has been involved in raising funds, recruiting and radicalizing youth to violence, and planning attacks in India, especially in Jammu and Kashmir.

Makki has performed various leadership roles within the LeT, a US-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO), while also playing a role in raising funds for LeT operations, according to sources.

In 2020, a Pakistani anti-terrorism court convicted Makki on one count of terrorism financing and sentenced him to prison, according to the US State Department.

China had earlier placed hurdles to the listing of known terrorists, particularly from Pakistan. It had repeatedly blocked proposals to designate Maulana Masood Azhar, chief of the Pakistan-based and UN-proscribed terrorist entity, the JeM. (ANI)

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Bharat Jodo Yatra led by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will enter Jammu and Kashmir on January 19.

J-K Congress Incharge of Bharat Jodo Yatra Rajni Patil said that Farooq Abdullah, Omar Abdullah Sanjay Raut, MY Tarigami, Mehbooba Mufti will join the yatra at diffrent locations.
“On January 26 the National Flag will be hoisted,” said Rajni Patil.

Rahul Gandhi will also address a public rally and meeting delegations in Lakhanpur and Udhampur.

“On January 30, a big gathering is planned at ‘Sher-e-Kashmir’ Stadium we have invited 23 Party leaders and other leaders will join. We will hoist the National Flag in our office in Lal Chowk,” said Rajni Patil.

She further said that hoisting the national flag in Lal Chowk is a narrative set up by the RSS while a flag will be hoisted at the Congress office located in Lal Chowk.

“We have been hoisting the national flag in Srinagar for many years,” she said.

Meanwhile, a security breach emerged at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra when an unknown man came out of the crowd and embraced Rahul in Tanda in Punjab’s Hoshiarpur district.

Congress’ Bharat Jodo Yatra resumed at Jhingar Khurd village of Hoshiarpur’s Tanda in Punjab on Tuesday. During the yatra, an unknown man rushed in and hugged Rahul Gandhi.

IGP GS Dhillon, Law and Order Wing, Punjab told ANI that it looks like a security breach prima facie.

“It looks like a breach. The video I have seen looks like a security breach. I have walked 100 kms with Rahul Gandhi and we have 300 security men in the ring,” said IGP Dhillon to ANI.

However, the Wayanad MP said the incident should not be termed as a ‘security lapse’ as there is a lot of enthusiasm among the people over the march.

“I could see a person who came to hug me. I do not know why you are calling it a lapse. There is a lot of enthusiasm in this Yatra and it happens. Security people checked him and he was just excited,” Rahul Gandhi said. (ANI)

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China’s population is shrinking for the first time in more than six decades in 2022, which is a serious demographic crisis for the country with significant implications for its slowing economy, CNN Business reported.

According to China’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), the population fell from the previous year by some 850,000 people as it recorded to 1.411 billion in the year 2022.
Analysts believe that the decline was the first to be recorded since 1961. In 1961, the main cause of the decline was the great famine which was triggered by former leader Mao Zedong’s Great Leap Forward, according to CNN Business.

“The population will likely trend down from here in coming years. This is very important, with implications for potential growth and domestic demand,” said Zhiwei Zhang, president, and chief economist at Pinpoint Asset Management.

Not only has the total population shrunk, but the birth rate fell to a record low of 6.77 births per 1,000, down from 7.52 a year earlier and the lowest level since the founding of Communist China in 1949.

Some 9.56 million babies were born, compared with 10.62 million in 2021 — despite a push from the government to encourage more married couples to have children, as per the CNN Business report.

The new data came out alongside the announcement of one of China’s worst annual economic performances in nearly half a century, with the economy expanding by just 3 percent for the year — far below the government’s target — underscoring the steep economic challenges the country faces as its labour force shrinks and retired demographic grows.

China’s birthrate has been in decline since 2017, despite easing the ‘one-child policy’ to avert an incoming demographic crisis.

Earlier, in August, Chinese authorities issued a guideline, introducing a raft of policies for prenatal and postnatal support to promote balanced long-term population development.

These measures include better maternal care services and public-benefit childcare services, and improved maternity and parental leave policies, according to the guideline released on Tuesday by the National Health Commission.

The measure also includes preferential policies on housing and taxation, and the fostering of fertility-friendly workplaces, Xinhua news agency reported.

The Chinese state media said the newly released guideline said local governments may explore ways to expand the coverage of maternity insurance to include workers in flexible employment.

In 2021, Beijing issued a new Population and Family Planning Law which allows Chinese couples to have three children, ostensibly responding to couples’ unwillingness to have additional children due to rising costs.

The decision to allow the third child was implemented after the once-in-a-decade census in 2020 showed that China’s population expanded at the slowest rate in history, reaching 1.412 billion people. (ANI)

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Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday exuded confidence that the BJP would win the 2024 Lok Sabha elections by an even bigger majority.

On the final day of the two-day National Executive meeting on the BJP on Tuesday, members of the top party panel arrived at a consensus on extending BJP national president JP Nadda’s tenure till June 2024.
Addressing a press conference on the sidelines of the National Executive meet at the NDMC Convention Centre in the national capital on Tuesday, Shah said, “I am confident that under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and (JP) Nadda-ji, the BJP will win the 2024 Lok Sabha elections by an even bigger majority. Modi-ji will return to lead the country as the Prime Minister.”

Lauding the efforts of Nadda in his role as the party’s national chief, ever since assuming his office on January 20, 2020, the same year the Covid-19 pandemic gripped the entire country, Shah has the party made significant strides under his leadership.

“During the pandemic, our party did significant work under Nadda-ji’s leadership, be it providing food and ration to the poor for free or taking people affected by the virus to hospitals for check-ups and treatment,” Shah added.

He further claimed that of the political parties in the country, the BJP is the only one which works to further democracy.

“BJP is the most democratically run party in the country. From the establishment of the Bharatiya Jan Sangh to this day, the elections in the BJP — from the booth level to the national president — have always been in accordance with the party’s constitution,” Shah added.

The Union Home Minister further said under Nadda’s leadership, the party organization has worked on the principle of ‘Seva Hi Sangathan’ (service is an organization), right from the booth to the national levels.

According to sources, the proposal for Naddda’s extension was mooted by Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and was agreed upon unanimously by the members of the National Executive. (ANI)

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