First India-Jaipur Edition-3rd December 2022

POLLS: MODI STEPS UP ATTACK ON CONGRESS

THEY WORKED WITH BRITISH FOR SEVERAL YEARS’

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The second phase voting in Gujarat will take place on December 5

Ahmedabad: PM Narendra Modi on Friday accused Congress of disowning Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and said it absorbed a “slave mentality” after working with the British prior to Independence.

He was speaking at a campaign rally at Sojitra town in Gujarat’s Anand district where voting will take place in the second phase of the state Assembly elections on December 5. The Congress’s “policy” of inciting one community, caste or religion against another weakened Gujarat, Modi said.

“The Congress has a problem not only with Sardar Patel but also with the unity of India because their politics is based on the policy of divide and rule while Patel believed in uniting everyone. Due to this stark difference, Congress never considered Sardar Patel as their own,” the PM said. P5

Mumbai:

Mumbai:

Just because the statue has been built by Modi, Patel became untouchable for you? I am sure that people of Anand district will punish Congress for insulting Sardar Patel.

—Narendra Modi, Prime Minister

WILL SUPPORT ‘FRIEND’ MODI DURING INDIA’S G20 PRESIDENCY, SAYS BIDEN

New Delhi: US President Joe Biden on Friday said he is looking forward to “supporting his friend” PM Narendra Modi during India’s G20 presidency. “Together we will advance sustainable and inclusive growth while tackling shared challenges like the climate, energy, and food crises,” he said, calling India a “strong partner” of the United States.

KEY ROLES FOR FORMER CONG LEADERS IN BJP

SHERGILL NATIONAL SPOKESPERSON; CAPTAIN, JAKHAR ARE EXEC MEMBERS

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Chief!

Hardworking, humble: Modi, Shah, others greet JP Nadda

New Delhi: The BJP on Friday appointed Jaiveer Shergill as the party’s national spokesperson. He resigned as the Congress national spokesperson in August this year. Further, former Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh and Sunil Jakhar were made BJP national executive members. Sunil Jakhar joined BJP in May. P5

BJP GOVT MEANS DEVELOPMENT & PEACE, SAYS SHAH

Gandhinagar: Union HM Amit Shah while addressing rallies in poll bound Gujarat said on Friday that BJP govt means devp, peace. If the

With CJI next to him, VP Dhankhar asks questions over SC undoing NJAC Act

New Delhi: Amid standoff between Govt & Collegium over judicial appointments, VP Jagdeep Dhankhar on Friday raised questions over undoing of NJAC Act & wondered if a constitutional amendment unanimously passed by Parl reflecting will of people can be undone by SC.

CJI DY Chandrachud

Jagdalpur: Seven persons were killed after some portion of a limestone mine collapsed on them at their village in Bastar district of Chhattisgarh on Friday, police said. The deceased included six women, they said. The incident took place in Maalgaon vil-

lage under Nagarnar police station area, around 12 km away from Jagdalpur, the headquarter of the district, a police official here said. “The victims were digging soil in the mine when a part of it caved in, due to which they got trapped under the debris,” he said.

WHAT ISSUE WILL WE HAVE IF THE BJP-RSS PEOPLE JOIN BHARAT JODO YATRA?: GEHLOT

should be maintained in the country. There should be no violence.

Jhalawar: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday said that Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra’s is theme-based and there is enthusiasm in Rajasthan for the yatra. He said people from the whole country know that there is problem of price rise, unemployment, and people wanted love and harmony

The yatra will enter Rajasthan from Madhya Pradesh via Jhalawar on December 4, for which Gehlot reached Kota and Jhalawar on Friday and reviewed the preparations for the yatra.

When some activists joined the yatra in Gujarat, the BJP raised an objection. “What issue will we have if people

from BJP-RSS join the yatra. If they believe in the issues raised by Ra-

hul Gandhi, then let them also join the yatra. This yatra is of that

kind,” he said while exclusively speaking to the First India News

“If these are the objectives, then the yatra’s aim becomes different. This is not a political yatra,” he said.

After Independence, a yatra at such a large scale is happening for the first time, he said. “It is tough, about 25 km daily. It is Rahul’s strength that he has taken such a large scale initiative. The yatra has so far covered 2,000 kms. Rahul himself believes that if the aim is pious then nature helps in completing it,” he said.

DOUBLE TROUBLE!

SpiceJet & IndiGo int’l flights divert due to tech snags

New Delhi: Snags led 2 int’l flights being operated by Indian carriers on Friday to divert to alternate airports.

SpiceJet: Boeing 737 MAX flying from Jeddah to Calicut safely landed in Cochin after carrying out three low pass, which allowed ATC to verify whether the landing gear lever was down and locked, say sources. IndiGo: Airbus A320 winging its way from Kannur to Doha diverted to Mumbai because of one of the three hydraulic systems failing. DGCA is probing both the cases.

OTHER TOP RAJ STORIES

A temple priest’s 19-year-old disciple Shravan Das was found hanging in the temple premises in Bhinay police station limits of Ajmer district on Friday P3

An Indian Army truck carrying ammunition caught fire about 60 km from Udaipur reportedly due to a technical malfunction, official said on Friday. Truck was on way to military station P7

Two women Mamta Kumawat and her aunt Sarti Devi were killed in Bansur town of Alwar district on Friday after their scooty was hit by a speeding jeep.

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Tripti Gautam and Arif Mansoori

Rahul Gandhi has maintained sanctity of yatra, there is enthusiasm in Raj too: CM

CM Ashok Gehlot briefs party workers for Bharat Jodo Yatra in Kota on Friday. Also seen here are Shanti Dhariwal, Parsadi Lal Meena, Ram Lal Jat, Rafeek Khan, Zahida Khan, Rehana Riyaz and other leaders.

The Bombay HC on Friday postponed the hearing on the bail petition filed by former Maharashtra Home Minister and NCP leader Anil Deshmukh till December 6 in connection with `100 crore extortion case filed by the CBI.

The Supreme Court on Friday quashed the Kerala High Court order granting anticipatory bail to four people including a former DGP in the case related to the alleged frame-up of scientist Nambi Narayanan in the 1994 ISRO espionage matter.

ADANI GROUP MOVES HC SEEKING CENTRAL PROTECTION AT PORT

Thiruvananthapuram: Adani Group on Friday moved Kerala HC seeking the assistance of central forces to continue with construction at the Vizhinjam seaport in Thiruvananthapuram which was marred by protests.

GUJARAT

Manish Desai

Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets while being garlanded by BJP leaders, workers during a public rally for the second phase of the Gujarat Assembly elections, in Patan on Friday. —PHOTO BY ANI

young generation of Gujarat has not seen curfew then behind it is the rule of law and peace established by the BJP. People of Gujarat stand firmly with the BJP.

P M Modi and several top leaders on Friday greeted BJP chief JP Nadda. PM Modi wished him, “a long and healthy life” and praised him for infusing “new enthusiasm and energy” in the ruling party. HM Shah greeted him saying, Happy Birthday Nadda ji, party is continuously getting stronger due to your efficient leadership and organizational skills.

JAIPUR, NEW DELHI & MUMBAI

ED ARRESTS CHHATTISGARH CM’S DEPUTY SECY SAUMYA

California: Singer-politician Sidhu Moose Wala’s murder mastermind Goldy Brar has been detained in California. Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann has confirmed that Goldy has been detained and he will be brought back to India soon. P6

Raipur: ED on Friday arrested Saumya Chaurasia, a deputy secretary rank officer posted in Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel’s office, in connection with a money laundering investigation into an alleged coal levy scam in state, sources said.

ACTOR NORA FATEHI APPEARS BEFORE ED IN SUKESH CASE

New Delhi: Amid ongoing probe in `200 cr extortion case linked to conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar, actor Nora Fatehi on Friday appeared before the officials of the ED. The 30-year-old has been earlier questioned in the case linked to the conman.

MOOSE WALA MURDER MASTERMIND GOLDY CAUGHT

6 women among 7 people die as part of limestone mine collapses in C’garh

CJI SAYS, INDIAN CONSTITUTION IS A FEMINIST DOCUMENT

said every form of elite understanding of democratic process that educated people are better decision-makers must be rejected. “In this sense, our Constitution was a feminist document, as well as an egalitarian socially transformative document,” he said.

VP Jagdeep Dhankhar, CJI Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud & Abhishek Singhvi at 8th Dr LM Singhvi Memorial Lecture in Delhi on Friday.

Rescue and search operation underway after the collapse of a limestone mine, in Bastar on Friday.

—PHOTO BY ANI

BJP ups ante against Cong with more ‘Aakrosh Yatras’ on Day 2

First India Bureau

Jaipur: Going all out against the State Con gress and to counter Ra hul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra, which is scheduled to enter Ra jasthan on December 4, the BJP continued to flag off statewide Jan Aak rosh rallies on Friday.

Launching a rally in Pali, BJP State presi dent Satish Poonia at tacked the Congress over poor electricity, wa ter, and roads.

Addressing a gather ing at the rally, Poonia said, “On the unem ployment front, the state remains number one. Problems contin

ue to ail the common man in the Congress government.”

Similarly, in Jodh pur, Bharatpur, Kota, and Alwar, Union Jal

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Jaipur: Health Minister Parsadi Lal Meena, while talking to report ers at Circuit House in Kota, made serious alle gations against the BJP.

He said that BJP State president Satish Poonia, Union Ministers Gajen dra Singh Shekhawat, Rajendra Rathore are all brokers. “They are en gaged in toppling the Congress government. Why do they talk about the internal affairs of the Congress? Our lead ers do not speak about BJP,” he said.

Meena mentioned that Rahul Gandhi has

Blood

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Jaipur: A huge blood donation camp was or ganised at Ankur Mar riage Garden Sikar Road on the occasion of 65th birthday of PCC Treas urer and Director RIC CO, Sitaram Agarwal. 997 blood donors donat ed blood in the camp.

Ministers Dr Mahesh Joshi, Pratap Singh Khachariyawas, and MLAs Amin Kagzi, Gan ga Devi, PCC Secretary Pushpendra Bhardwaj, Archana Sharma, Vipra Welfare Board Chair

called Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot “assets” for the party. “Everyone obeys his orders. There is no contradiction in the party and all are one.

Rahul Gandhi is every one’s leader. We will take out the yatra together. There will be complete unity in Rahul’s yatra. Every leader of the par ty is an asset,” he said.

Shakti Minister Gajen dra Singh Shekhawat, Ghanshyam Tiwari, Bhajan Lal, and Arun Singh launched the Jan Aakrosh rallies and at

WILL PUBLICISE GOVT

FAILURES: ARUN SINGH

Alwar: While speaking to media persons on this occasion, BJP leader Arun Singh said, “The failures of the state government will be publicised during the Yatra. What more can happen than Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot calling his party leader a traitor to save his chair?,” said BJP Rajasthan In-Charge Arun Singh.

Flames engulf three trailers in Beawar, none injured

Friday. Fire tenders were rushed to the spot and the blaze was brought under control after three hours.

It has been learned that the trailers parked on the road side were filled with

asphalt, bundles of plastic wire, and some other items.

The administration heaved a sigh of relief as the fire was brought under control after a lot of effort and there was no loss of life.

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Jaipur: Mercury dipped to 4.2 degrees Celsius in Fatehpur town in Sikar district on Friday, making it the coldest place in Ra jasthan.

The night tempera ture was 5.0 degrees, ac cording to the Met de partment.

Jalore, Bhilwara, Ka rauli, and Sikar record ed a minimum of 6.4, 6.9, 7.0 and 7.0 degrees respectively, whereas the night temperature at other places was

tacked the State Con gress Government on various fronts.

“The schemes of the centre government are not being implemented

on the ground. The vot ers will teach Congress a lesson in the coming election,” Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said in Jodhpur.

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Pal Singh Jadaun and hundreds of Con gress workers congratu lated him. On this occa sion, the stage was oper ated by councillor Rajesh Gurjar and Sub hdesh Singh Chauhan.

above 8 degrees.

The weather condi tions would remain the same during the next 24 hours.

According to the IMD forecast for the week of December 1-7, mini

mum temperatures are likely to be slightly be low normal by one to two degrees Celsius over most parts of the country except East In dia, where these are likely to be below nor

mal by two to four de grees Celsius during the week.

Winter rain and snowfall over Western Himalayas usually oc cur due to the impact of Western Disturbance.

First India Bureau

Jaipur: A Nationallevel Khadi Gramodyog Exhibition began at Ramleela Maidan on Friday. The exhibition, being organised by Ra jasthan Khadi and Vil lage Industries Board, is held till December 12 at Ramleela Maidan lo

cated at New Gate. The exhibition was inaugurated by Indus tries Minister Shakun tala Rawat, while Chairman of Khadi Board Brij Kishore Sharma presided over the ceremony. Rawat appreciated the efforts of the Khadi Board in promoting Khadi.

Protesters gherao Waqf Board over decision to include outsiders in mosque committee

First India Bureau

Jaipur: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has ap proved an additional fi nancial assistance of Rs 129 crore for the con servation and mainte nance of cattle in the State’s shelters.

Notably, in the budg et of 2022-23, a provi sion of Rs 724 crore was made by Gehlot for the maintenance of cows in the state. An amount of Rs 557.59 crore has been allocat ed to gaushalas until October this year.

SAFETY PROGRAMME

Jaipur: The protest of the Muslim community against the decision of the Waqf Board has in tensified in Jaipur where the community members held protests again at the Masjid Res idency Raiyan in C Scheme area. The pro test was held after Fri day prayers.

Even before this, peo ple had protested against the decision of the board to include out siders in the new com mittee of the mosque

Govt organises health camps for miners

Financial assistance is also being provided to the silicosis victims through from the DMFT fund set up at the district level

Jaipur: Health camps are being organised on priority in mineral ar eas across the State, a senior official said.

“Through camps, ar rangements are being made for awareness among the workers, mo tivating them towards the use of mining safety resources, distribution of essential kits like masks etc.,” Additional Chief Secretary Mines Dr Subodh Agarwal

said. He said that finan cial assistance and treatment on the ap

pearance of symptoms of diseases like silicosis is also being provided.

Agarwal said that the state government is se rious about the health of mining workers.

He had instructed the field officers to ensure compliance of mine safe ty and health standards in the state in the depart mental review meeting held on November 18.

Around 600 health check-up camps have been organised by the department from April till now and around 20,000 laborers have been benefitted.

who had closed the ma drassa of the mosque. When there was no positive response from the Government, the lo cal people left the mosque to gherao the Waqf Board during the

protest on Friday.

Former Chairman of Ajmer Dargah Commit tee Amin Pathan said that if the committee is not changed, a protest at the CM Residence will be held. Also, an

agitation to change the Waqf Board will also be started. The locals are demanding that people of criminal nature and non-Namazis should not be included in this committee.

First India Bureau

Jaipur: Alleging discri mation in the develop ment work of Kishan pole assembly constitu ency, MLA Amin Kagzi along with councillors protested against UDH Minister Shanti Dhari wal at DLB office on Friday. “UDH minister is surrounded by 2-3 people from Jaipur,” he said. Kagzi had staged a sit-in at Parsadi Mee na’s bungalow in the past over doctors’ transfer issue.

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Bureau

Jaipur: A media work shop was organised on the topic ‘Gender Equality’ on Friday at a private hotel in Jaipur. The workshop, jointly organised by the Directorate of Women Empowerment and UNFPA, witnessed the participation of government officials, subject experts and representatives of print, radio and elec tronic media.

Women and Child

Mahesh Sharma, Pukhraj Parasar, Lalit Toonwal, Jaswant Gur jar, RC Chaudhary, Rajesh Chaudhary, Ma hesh Agarwal, Dhapa Devi, Laduram Dulari ya, Pradeep Tiwari, Rajesh Gurjar, Naren

Vashishtha, Haren dra

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Development Secre tary Dinesh Kumar Ya dav while addressing the gathering empha sised on the rights re lated to women and said that due to the gender-based norms, women have been de prived of their rights.

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Ajmer: A trailer parked on a roadside service centre caught fire and engulfed oth er vehicles parked nearby at Ajmer Link Road in Beawar on

Nirmal Tiwari

Satish Poonia and (inset) GS Shekhawat flag off BJP’s Jan Aakrosh Yatra in Pali and Jodhpur on Friday.

PS Khachariyawas and Mahesh Joshi extend birthday greetings to PCC Treasurer and Director RICCO, Sitaram Agarwal on Friday.

A protester is seen locking the office of Waqf Board in city.

Protesters hold march from Masjid Residency Raiyan to Waqf Board in Jaipur on Friday.

Shakuntala Rawat, Brij Kishore Sharma, Kailash Soyal, Murad Gandhi, Parmanand Pawar and others during Khadi Mela.

Parsadi Lal Meena

A flock of ducks paddle at Man Sagar Lake in Jaipur. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA

Additional Chief Secretary Subodh Agarwal during the meeting.

Smoke billows from burning trailers parked at a service centre in Beawar on Friday.

—PHOTO BY HIMANSHU SHARMA

Rajasthan’s first automatic rope-way to come up in Jpr

Jaipur: Construction of State’s first automatic ropeway and district’s has started at Khole Ke Hanuman Temple, an official said.

The service — Annapurna Mata Ropeway — will be the fifth in the state and the second in Jaipur after Samod Hanumanji Ropeway, District Collector Prakash Rajpurohit said.

He said the 436-metre ropeway will connect the Annapurna Mata Temple to the Vaishno Mata Temple on the hill housing the Khole Ke Hanuman Temple.

The 85-metre-high ropeway will be supported by five towers and have a capacity of 24 trolleys. It will be able to ferry 800 passengers per hour, an official statement said.

PASSENGER SAFETY UTMOST, FREE RIDES FOR KIDS, SAYS COLLECTOR

Rajpurohit said passenger safety was the biggest priority and special attention should be paid to the quality of construction.

The construction company has been directed to provide free rides to children below five years of age and adults above 70 years as well as persons with disabilities once the operating licence is granted, Rajpurohit said.

Cleaning of Dravyavati river front re-starts after 2 months

First India Bureau

Jaipur: The maintenance work of the Dravyavati river front in Jaipur has resumed on Friday after a gap of nearly two months. People visiting the river front park were facing problems because due to the lack of maintenance, there were piles of dirt and debris in the river causing foul smell.

JDA officials said that it will take 25 to 30 days to clean the river. About 69 days ago, Tata Projects, which made this project, had stopped maintenance work because of nonpayment of dues and some other

technical issues.

An MoU was signed between Jaipur JDA and the company after which the company today started work by using its resources. The work of removing debris and garbage has started by machines

from Maharani firm in Durgapura. JDA engineers said that cleaning work will be completed in about a month. Apart from Durgapura, machines have also been pressed into service at two three other locations.

PEOPLE ALLEGE MURDER, SEEK PROBE

Disciple of priest found hanging in Ajmer temple

Ajmer (PTI): The body of a temple priest’s 19-year-old disciple was found hanging on the shrine’s premises in Bhinay police station limits of Ajmer district, police said on Friday.

Shravan Das had been living with Laxman Das, the mahant of Yogeshwar Dham temple, for 8-10 years. His body was found hanging on Thursday, the police said.

During interrogation, Laxman Das said he had gone out on work after having lunch on Thursday. When he returned, Shravan Das was found hanging, Bhinay police station SHO Mahavir Prasad Meena said.

Terming the death suspicious, the deceased’s mother has lodged a complaint with the police.

Meena said a case had been registered under Section 174 (enquiry and report on suicide) of the CrPC, adding that the

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Passport Seva Kendras to open today

First India Bureau

Jaipur: On Saturday, all Passport Seva Kendras in Jaipur, Sikar, Jodhpur, and Udaipur will be kept open to attend the applicants.

Contempt notice to Principal Secy Finance from Rajasthan HC

Jaipur (FIB): In a contempt petition filed by Public Against Corruption organisation headed by Advocate Poonam Chand Bhandari, the High Court issued a contempt notice to the then Principal Secretary of the Dept of Information Tech & Communication, now Principal Secy Finance, and sought his reply within three weeks in a matter related to irregularities in installing Wifi devices.

The division bench of CJ MM Srivastava & Justice Vinod Bharwani ordered this while hearing the petition and informed that Raj Comp Info Services Limited floated a tender and issued work orders to buy 17500 WiFi devices for Rs 240 crores.

RCA elections schedule released

Naresh Sharma

Jaipur: After a struggle, the elections of Rajasthan Cricket Association will be held on 24th December. Chief Electoral Officer Sunil Arora released the election schedule today under which counting will be done after voting on December 24. This time also, Vaibhav Gehlot will file nomination for the post of president from

GIRL HANGS SELF IN KOTA DUE TO STUDY & EXAM PRESSURE

Kota: A coaching student allegedly committed suicide on Thursday night by hanging herself from the ceiling fan of her house in Kota. Police informed the victim has been identified as Kamya Singh, a native of Alwar and was presently residing with her family in the Kishorpura area of Kota.

MAYOR

CP Joshi faction. At the same time, there can be changes in the posts in the executive body. In such a situation, Vaibhav Gehlot is likely to

be elected as the president again with the support of Joshi faction. Joshi faction has the support of more than 20 district unions.

The applicants can book new appointments or reschedule their already booked appointments to 3 Dec under both the Normal and Tatkaal categories. Those wanting fresh

appointments should first submit the form online at www.passportindia.gov.in and make the payment online.

After that, the applicant should log in again

to verify the schedule the appointment. Please note that applicants, who have already booked their appointments, will be able to reschedule their appointments.

BOYCOTT OF JUDICIAL WORK TO CONTINUE IN SUBORDIANTE COURTS

The elections will be held for six posts of President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Joint Secretary and Executive Member.

mortem report

the actual cause of death. The body has been

handed over to family members of the deceased after post mortem by a medical board on Friday.

RECENT KILLINGS OF PUJARIS IN RAJ

Babulal Vaishnav was burnt alive at Bukna in Karauli district

Shanbhu Pujari was killed in Dubri, Bundi district

Vivekanand Pujari was killed by

unknown assailants at Deogarh, Rajsamand

Mukesh Prajapati in Ghugharia, Jalore was attacked

Recently, Brahmin fronts have been asking for “Pujari Act”

Hundreds of people gathered at Yogeshwar Dham after getting the news of death of disciple Shravan Das (Inset).

Due to lack of maintenance, there are piles of dirt and debris in the river causing foul smell. —FILE PHOTO

There will be a traffic diversion on Saturday also in front of Bella Casa

PSKS: JMCG

Dr SOMYA DISTRIBUTES LAND DEEDS TO PEOPLE

Jaipur: JMC Greater mayor Dr Somya and Commissioner Mahendra Soni on Friday distributed lease deeds and land deeds under the ‘Prashasan Shehron Ke Sang Abhiyan’ campaign. Mayor Dr Somya handed over deed letters, transfer letters, sub-division letters, and maps to 34 people in the Nagar Nigam HQS. “Maximum efforts are being made to complete the public work on time,” she said.

Jaipur: Judicial work in subordinate courts across State will continue to be boycotted for some more days due to a pen-down strike by the court employees following the call of the Rajasthan Judicial Employees Association demanding a CBI probe into the death of an employee, Subhash Mehra.

trolleys

be stopped twice to give tourists a bird’s eye view of Jaipur

First India Bureau

Jaipur Collector Prakash Rajpurohit along with other officials inspecting the rope-way construction works in the Khole Ke Hanuman ji temple on Friday.

UKRAINE-RUSSIA WAR WORSENING SITUATION

ahead in the south towards Odesa, the one vital port on the Black Sea which the Ukrainians still hold. The likelihood of a renewed Rus sian offensive is high, though one cannot predict the gains it could make, or in what time frame.

A successful Ukrainian counter offensive aided by NATO (an additional $400 million in military aid by US including refurbishing 45 T-72 tanks and missiles for HAWK air defence systems for Kyiv) pushing the Rus sians back to their own terri tory. The Ukrainian offensive has made sizeable gains both in the east and in the south. Buoyed by their success, and replenished with western arms and freshly trained re servists, the Ukrainians could continue their offen sive to recapture the lost ter ritory. A complete Ukrainian victory, in the near term, at least, could be difficult.

IN-DEPTH

CHANCE FOR NEW DELHI TO PLAY A PIVOTAL ROLE IN WORLD AFFAIRS

Chinese President Xi Jinping and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz oppose Russia’s threats to use atomic weapons in Ukraine. Scholz even warned that Moscow risked “crossing a line” in the international community by resorting to nuclear force. As the G- 7 leaders reiterated its stand against Moscow’s war in Ukraine, the foreign ministers of the group said any use of chemical, biological or nuclear weapons by Russia would be met with severe consequences. Most members of G- 20 and India also suggest for a diplomatic solution, through talks to the Russian-Ukraine conflict.

Russia’s broad interests in Ukraine: Russia has deep cultural, economic, and po litical bonds with Ukraine that go back centuries with approximately more than ten million ethnic Russians liv ing in Ukraine. Ukraine go ing NATO or Western orbit way is viewed as a security threat to Russia as well as its standing as a great power. The city of Sevastopol is home port for Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, the dominant mar itime force in the region and any loss of control over it is detrimental to Russian stra tegic interests. Russia and Ukraine have been largest trading partners with Russia having relied on Ukrainian pipelines to pump its gas to customers in Central and Eastern Europe for decades, and it paid Kyiv billions of dollars per year in transit fees. Russia was keen to pre serve its political influence in Ukraine but the current President Zelenskyy definite ly isn’t the right man. The Russo-Ukrainian conflict has been ongoing since February 2014, when Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine and supported pro-Russian sepa ratists. The conflict escalated on 24 Feb 2022 when Russian

President Putin sent troops into Ukraine from the north, south and east claiming to “demilitarise and de-Nazify Ukraine. In reality it was framed as an attempt at en suring neutral status and preventing NATO from gain ing a foothold in Ukraine.

Current situation and Impact: After months of war, both armies are ex hausted and depleted. The continual attrition has taken a toll on men and equipment, even though Ukraine has re ceived aid and trained re servists to make up their losses and Russia’s partial military mobilization would make another 2,00,000 or so conscripts available to fill their tired and ragged lines. The civil population is suffer ing with Millions of civilians unable to return home. Many still in the country are forced to live without access to food, water, health care, and other essential supplies. With Over 17,000 causalities, in cluding 6,500 killed and 6.5 million people internally dis placed, the war is getting hei nous. Increasing food and fuel prices have an immedi ate impact on the poorest people in developing coun tries, causing hunger and suffering for families. Ukraine is historically a large exporter of grain and the current war is increasing food insecurity and contrib uting to the risk of famine in the world.

Some possibilities in the current scenario with im

After months of war, both armies are exhausted and depleted. The continual attrition has taken a toll on men and equipment, even though Ukraine has received aid and trained reservists to make up their losses, Russia’s partial military mobilization would make another 2,00,000 or so conscripts available to fill tired, ragged lines

plications: With winter set ting in and then the melting snow and slushy ground of spring a pause can be expect ed around December or so till March. Both sides may like to make maximum gains and perhaps even bring the war to a conclusion before that but it seems difficult to pre dict the timelines or even the manner in which the war could end. The war is swing ing between extremities with no clear evidence where it’s heading. But some of the likely possibilities are: - Rus sians launch a renewed offen sive with 200,000 recently mobilized conscripts to at tain their military aims and regain the territory lost to Ukrainian counter-attacks have pushed them back from some of the occupied territo ries. They could even push

Another possibility is that the war becomes an intermi nable frozen conflict, with neither side being able to change the status quo. Both sides dig in along the posi tions they hold which be comes the Line of Contact. There could be a stalemate along the line held by Rus sian and Ukrainian troops along which low intensity fighting could continue in terminably. Ukraine may not like it, but would be un able to change the overall picture.

In another possibility of worst case scenario is a NATO - Russian conflict wherein in the fog of the war crossing of a “Red Line” which could be the use of a chemical, biological or a nu clear weapon, or maybe even a particularly devastating at tack on a civilian target could draw NATO into the conflict. A more pragmatic view sug gests NATO will continue to prop up Ukraine with infu sions of arms and aid, which will keep the conflict going. After all, this state suits them where they can continue to weaken Russia “to the last Ukrainian” without being directly involved. Neither does Russia want a direct confrontation with NATOone in which they may lose. This scenario may be seri ously viewed by both sides but the last G- 20 Summit where the world leaders in cluding China have stressed “the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons is inadmis sible” makes the chances of this scenario dim.

DIGITAL INDIA MARCHES AHEAD

Five years after Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Digi tal India initiative in 2015, the country contin ues to make steady progress in the digital world. That it can be an enabler and benefi ciary was best proved by the COWIN app which tracked all vaccinations during the Cov id pandemic. They later be came useful documents for travelers in particular and also for people in general.

Now comes the Digi Yatra app which will enable flyers to forget about collecting their boarding passes at the airport. From Thursday, pa perless entry to select air ports has been introduced.

Seven airports will be cov ered in the first phase of the

Seven airports will be covered in 1st phase of the paperless entry initiative starting with New Delhi, Bengaluru and Varanasi.

Remaining 4 airportsHyderabad, Kolkata, Pune and Vijayawada - will get the facility in March 2023

initiative starting with Del hi, Bengaluru and Varanasi. Remaining four airports - Hy derabad, Kolkata, Pune and Vijayawada - will get the fa cility in March 2023. Subse quently, all the airports will have this technology. This will be made possible by Digi

Yatra, facial recognition soft ware, for entry into airports. The technology will gradu ally make ID cards and board ing passes redundant.

DigiYatra envisages con tactless and paperless move ment of travellers through various checkpoints includ ing entry, security check ar eas and aircraft boarding. The technology uses facial features to establish identity.

To avail the facility, a passen ger will have to register his/ her details on DigiYatra app using Aadhaar and a photo.

The government has also introduced the E- rupee as a form of transaction. The ecurrency is not much differ ent from other UPI based wal lets except that the limit on holding digital rupee is much more than in other wallets.

Having taken over the G20 Presidency from Indonesia for the first time, India will host 19 of the world’s largest economies and the Euro pean Union in September 2023. India occupying the top seat at the summit will affirm its im portance in global affairs. While making India’s image more lus trous, the G20 Presidency will also make the BJP stronger for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

What India can achieve during its G20 Chairmanship, however, is much more than that. This of fers New Delhi the best opportu nity to showcase its ancient Hindu culture and philosophy.

It can narrow the North-South divide by emerging as the “voice of the global South”, which broadly refers to regions in Asia, Latin America, Africa and Oce ania, for inclusive development.

The External Affairs Minister has said that New Delhi will work to “depoliticise” the global supply of food, fertilizers and medical products. “As the moth er of democracy, India’s G20 Presidency will be consultative ... collaborative… and decisive.

SPIRITUAL SPEAK

‘Kuwa Tok’ locality residents

a trail-like raw path

In rainy weather, this road was impassable due to excessive mud and soil erosion. As a result, crops could be damaged and accidents could occur. #MGNREGA was used to facilitate this inaccessible path.

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Editor-In-Chief: Dr Jagdeesh Chandra

Editor:

THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL

Anita Hada Sangwan responsible for selection of news under the PRB Act

Dharmendra Pradhan @dpradhanbjp

The world trusts and acknowledges the prowess of this #NewIndia. There’s no spin to it. One can ignore it due to his/her political alignment. 130 crore+ Indians see India’s G20 Presidency as an opportunity to showcase their best. Congress is free to show what it is best at.

Shandilya

Giriraj Singh @girirajsinghbjp

had to travel

to get there.

Those who cling to perceptions and views wander the world offending people.

Buddha

COL RAJESH BHUKAR

The author is a Post Graduate in International Studies, Alumni of Defense Services Staff College, Wellington and College of Combat, Mhow

CONG HAS ACCEPTED DEFEAT: MODI

Ahmedabad (PTI): Prime Minister Naren dra Modi on Friday said the Congress alleging tampering of Electron ic Voting Machines is an indication that it has already accepted defeat in the Gujarat Assem bly elections.

Voting for 89 seats in the first phase of the Gujarat elections took place on Thursday.

“The way Congress has started blaming EVMs after yesterday's voting in Kutch, Sau rashtra and south Guja rat, it is evident the op position party has con ceded defeat and has accepted that the BJP will win the election.

Alleging EVM tamper ing is an indication the Congress is on its way out,” said Modi.

He was speaking at a rally in Patan where voting will be held along with remaining 92 seats on December 5.

“The Congress knows only two things, abuse Modi ahead of polls to please the voters and then blame EVMs after voting. This proves the Congress has accepted defeat,” he said.

He also slammed past Congress governments for ‘widening' the rift between the rich and the poor in the country and “looting” the funds meant for the welfare of the poor.

SC: COLLEGIUM SYSTEM SHOULD NOT BE DERAILED

New Delhi: The apex court has said the colle gium system should not be derailed on the basis of statements of “some busybody”. Amid divi sions in judiciary and its dispute with govt over the system under which judges appoint judges to courts, it said it does not want to comment on what a few former SC judges are now saying about the mechanism.

Ahmedabad (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday alleged that the Congress only believed in ‘atkana, latkana aur bhatkana’ (stalling, delay ing and misleading), and said those who looted poor people in the coun try were now abusing him for putting an end to corruption. He also alleged that the previous Congress govern ments never showed any interest in bringing the Narmada river water to the parched regions of Gujarat as the party was only interested in doing those works where there was scope to indulge in corruption. Modi was addressing a rally in Kankrej village of Banaskantha district, where voting for the second phase of Gujarat Assem bly polls will be held on December 5.

NOD TO CBI FOR LR AGAINST NIRAV MODI’S KIN

New Delhi: The CBI on Friday told the Su preme Court it has got the Centre’s go ahead to move a Mumbai court for issuance of letters rogatory (LR) to a Singapore court for obtaining evidence against Mainak Mehta, the brother-in-law of fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi, who is an accused in the PNB fraud case.

New Delhi (PTI): The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Manipur government to pay Rs 200 crore as environmental compensation for improper management of solid and liquid waste. A bench headed by chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel said remedial action cannot wait for an indefinite period, nor loose-ended timelines without account ability can be a solution. It said the responsibility of the state is to have a comprehensive time-bound plan with tied-up resources to control pollution. The bench, also comprising Justice Sudhir Agarwal and expert member A Senthil Vel, said it is high time the state realised its duty to the law and to citizens and adopts further monitoring at its own level.

TELANGANA MLAS

POACHING: 3 GET INTERIM RELIEF

Kochi: The Kerala High Court on Friday granted interim protection from arrest to three persons who are co-workers of a person facing probe in the case of alleged conspiracy to poach TRS MLAs. The three persons, all employees of a private hospital here, moved the High Court seeking bail, anticipating their arrest by Telangana police.

QUTUB MINAR ROW: COURT TO PASS ORDER ON DEC 12

New Delhi: A court here will on December 12 pass an order on the review plea to its earlier order dismissing an intervention application on the Qutub Minar row. The intervention appli cation, filed in an appeal seeking the restoration of Hindu and Jain deities in an alleged temple complex inside Qutub Minar, was dismissed by the court on Sep 20.

Vadgam (PTI): Vad gam, an SC-reserved Assembly segment in Gujarat, is considered an easy seat to win for the Congress owing to its demographic profile with high number of Muslim and Dalit voters. But retaining it will not be easy for sitting MLA Jignesh Mevani, who is contesting from the grand old party this time, as it has become a four-cornered fight with the entry of AAP and AIMIM. Although Mevani himself is confident of his victory, the BJP and political analysts feel otherwise.

Ahmedabad (PTI): An intense battle of prestige is on between the BJP and the Congress over the control of the minor ity and Dalit-dominated Danilimda Assem bly constituency in Ahmedabad, which the saffron party has never won since the seat came into existence a decade back. The BJP is hopeful of breaking the jinx this time as it is pinning hopes on the division of Congress's votes in the seat that is all set for a four-cornered contest with the entry of the AIMIM and the AAP into the fray.

Mehsana (PTI): BJP leader and for mer deputy chief minister Nitin Patel’s name features prominently in poll ral lies in his home turf Mehsana ahead of the Gujarat assembly elections, despite the Patidar heavyweight not being fielded by his party this time. The party’s banners across the state usually have five faces on it Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the front, Amit Shah and JP Nadda on one side, and Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and CR Patil on the other. But in Mehsana, Nitin Patel also features in the posters, a proof of his popularity in the district. The BJP has fielded its Mehsana city unit president Mukesh Patel from the segment for the up coming assembly elections.

MAINPURI BYPOLLS

UP Minister hits out at Akhilesh & Shivpal for remarks against BJP

Mainpuri (ANI): Akh ilesh Yadav will turn old but never return to pow er, said Tourism and Culture Minister of Ut tar Pradesh, Jaiveer Singh, on Friday react ing to the Samajwadi Party chief’s alleged jibe at Deputy Chief Minis ters Keshav Prasad Mau rya and Brajesh Pathak.

The Samajwadi lead er has alleged that both the deputy chief minis ters of UP have been eyeing an opportunity to become CM, but have “failed”. Addressing a public rally supporting party candidate Asim Raza in Rampur ahead of the bypolls, Akhilesh Yadav said: “There are two Deputy CMs in the state. Both of them are

looking for an opportu nity to become CM. We have come to give them an offer.”

“Take 100 MLAs from us, we are with you, be come CM whenever you want,” the Samajwadi Party chief offered Maurya and Pathak.

He also said the BJP government of the state

should not be so harsh on the Opposition party believing it would be come “vindictive” when it returns to power.

Reacting to the SP leader's statements dur ing an election cam paign, Jaiveer Singh mocked Akhilesh Yadav for having fallen on hard times.

Lucknow (PTI): Akhilesh Yadav will neither become chief minister nor will he be able to make anyone get that position, Ut tar Pradesh Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya said Friday responding to the SP president’s “offer”. At a rally in Rampur a day earlier, Yadav claimed the two deputy CMs — Kes hav Prasad Maurya and Brajesh Pathak — wanted to become CM. He offered to support them if they joined the Samajwadi Party along with 100 BJP MLAs. “What is the use of holding the deputy CM position when you can not even transfer a chief medical officer,” he said.

INDIA AT WORLD STAGE

Ahmedabad (PTI): A voter turnout of 63.14 per cent was recorded in the first phase of Gujarat Assembly elections covering 89 seats across 19 districts of Saurashtra-Kutch and southern regions of the state, the Election Commission said on Friday. In the 2017 Assembly election, the voter turnout in the first phase covering the same 89 constituencies stood at 66.75 per cent. Polling for the first phase, in which the electoral fate of 788 candidates was locked in Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), was held on Thursday.

Shergill thanks PM after being appointed BJP’s national spokesperson

New Delhi (ANI):

Newly appointed BJP spokesperson and For mer Congress leader Jaiveer Shergill on Fri day expressed his grati tude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP president JP Nadda and Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday.

Earlier on Friday, the BJP appointed former Congress leader Jaiveer Shergill as its national spokesperson. “I express my heartfelt gratitude to Prime Minister Naren dra Modi, BJP national president JP Nadda and Home Minister Amit Shah for appointing me as the national spokes person of the world’s largest party,” Jaiveer Shergill tweeted.

The BJP appointed nine senior leaders for key national roles in the party, including Capt Amarinder Singh, with immediate effect.

As per the statement, former Punjab CM Ama rinder Singh, former MP Sunil Jakhar, and Minister of Jal Shakti in the UP govt Swatantra dev Singh have been ap pointed as members of the National Executive.

“India ready to take its place at global top tables”

New York (ANI): India is ready to take its place at global top tables nclud ing G-20 and the UN Se curity Council presiden cy as the country is will ing to bring solutions to the table, India’s Perma nent Representative to the UN Ruchira Kamboj said on Friday.

During the press briefing, when asked about UNSC reforms and India’s permanent seat at the security coun cil, Kamboj said, “India is ready to take its place

at the global top tables as a country that is willing to bring solutions to the table. One of the central

tenets of our foreign policy is human-centric and which will remain the same.” India has

PRESIDENCY ROTATIONAL, INEVITABLE; GOVT INDULGING IN ‘HIGH DRAMA’: CONGRESS

of the countries that held the responsibility earlier staging a “high voltage drama” as is being done now. India on Thursday assumed the Presidency of the G-20 with Prime Minister Narendra Modi making a strong pitch for “fundamental mindset shift” to benefit humanity as a whole and saying the country will work to further promote “oneness”.

been one of the leading voices for the long-stand ing reforms due in the UNSC, stating that it

surely deserves a posi tion at the highest level of the UN as a perma nent member. Proposals

to restructure the secu rity council which now has five permanent members and ten elected to two-year terms, have been around for over two decades, but have hit a stalemate in the UN General Assembly.

Ambassador Kamboj told reporters that even as the world grapples with a pandemic and multilateralism is un der stress, India has emerged on the interna tional stage as a rally ing point of hope.

MANIPUR GOVT TO PAY `200 CRORE FOR IMPROPER SOLID & LIQUID WASTE MGMT

THE COURTYARD

India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ruchira Kamboj.

G20

GUJARAT RECORDS 63.14% TURNOUT IN FIRST PHASE, DOWN FROM 66.75% IN 2017

CONGRESS ONLY BELIEVES IN STALLING, DELAYING, MISLEADING, SAYS PM MODI

MEHSANA MLA NITIN PATEL NOT CONTESTING BUT STILL A FACTOR IN DISTRICT

New Delhi (PTI): A day after India assumed the leader ship of the G-20, the Congress on Friday attacked the Modi government, saying the presidency was rotational and inevitable with none

PM says that Congress alleging tampering of Electronic Voting Machines is an indication that it has already accepted defeat

Samajwadi Party National President Akhilesh Yadav addresses an election rally, in Jaswantnagar, on Friday. —PHOTO BY PTI

PM Narendra Modi addresses BJP’s Vijay Sankalp convention for Assembly polls at Sojitra, in Anand, on Friday. —PHOTO BY PTI

Jaiveer Shergill

“YOU WILL NEITHER BECOME CM, NOR BE ABLE TO MAKE ANYONE”

MEVANI CONFIDENT OF WINNING FROM VADGAM SEAT AGAIN

BJP HOPES TO TROUNCE CONGRESS IN DANILIMDA SEAT

BJP supporters wave party flags during PM Narendra Modi’s election campaign roadshow for the Gujarat Assembly elections, in Ahmedabad, on Friday. —PHOTO BY PTI

VP visits WW-II memorial in Kohima memorial in Kohima

Kohima (PTI): Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar visited the historic World War-II memorial here on Fri day and paid his tribute to the valiant soldiers who made their su preme sacrifice in the line of duty.

Dhankhar, who is ac companied by his wife, is on his maiden visit to

the north east state af ter assuming office in August this year.

“Humble tributes to the valiant soldiers who laid down their lives fighting here in 2nd World War. This memorial is reminder of innumerable sacri fices. Their act of brav ery and selflessness will continue to inspire

BHARAT JODO YATRA

generations,” Dhankhar wrote in the visitor’s dairy at the war memo rial. He left for Delhi Friday after visiting the war memorial. Dhankhar inaugurated the 10-day-long 23rd Hornbill Festival on Thursday evening at Kisama. He also held closed door meetings with state Governor

People who have left Cong should not be welcomed back: Ramesh

Jairam Ramesh, who is Congress’s media head, also termed Union Minister Scindia as a 24 carat traitor

New Delhi (PTI): Con gress leader Jairam Ramesh on Friday said people like Kapil Sibal who maintained a “dig nified silence” after leaving the party could be allowed to return, but not the ones like Jyotira ditya Scindia or Him anta Biswa Sarma.

Ramesh, who is the Congress’s media head, also termed Union min ister Scindia as a “24 carat traitor.

Asked what would be the party’s stand if any of the renegade leaders wished to return, Ramesh told PTI, “I think the people who have left the Congress should not be welcome back. “There are people who left and abused the party, so they should not be taken back. But there are people who left the

party with dignity and have been maintaining a dignified silence on the Congress party and its leadership,” he said.

Ramesh was speaking on the sidelines of Con gress leader Rahul Gan dhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra which reached Agar Malwa in MP on Friday.

“I can think of my for mer colleague and a very good friend Kapil Sibal who left the party for some reason, but he has maintained a very dignified silence on the Congress party, unlike Mr Scindia and Mr Him anta Biswa Sarma,” Ramesh said.

Goldy Brar to be brought to India: Bhagwant Mann

Ahmedabad (PTI): Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said here on Friday that gangster Goldy Brar, the mastermind behind the brutal murder of singer Sidhu Moosewa la has been detained in the US, and he will “def initely be brought to India” and be in the cus tody of the Punjab Po lice “very soon”.Brar was detained by the California police which have contacted the In dian govt and Punjab police about it, he said.

MOOSEWALA’S

FATHER

WELCOMES

DETENTION OF BRAR

Chandigarh (PTI):

Murdered Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala’s father on Friday welcomed the news of detention of gangster Goldy Brar, the prime accused in the case, by the US authori ties. Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann con firmed in Ahmedabad that Brar has been detained by the police in California and that he would “definitely be brought to India”.

TWO DOGS WELCOME RaGa WITH BOUQUETS IN MP’S AGAR MALWA

New Delhi: A pair of dogs wel comed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi with bouquets when he stopped for tea during the party’s ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ in Madhya Pradesh’s Agar Malwa district on Friday. The dogs, Lizho and Rexy, held a basket of bouquets with the messag es “Chale Kadam, Jude Vatan” and “Nafrat Chhodo, Bharat Jodo,” and handed it over to Gandhi.

AICC asks Cong Assam chief to send names of absentees

Guwahati (ANI): A let ter from the AICC may have brought to light a brewing internal rift in the Assam Pradesh Con gress Committee as it has revealed that many state Congress leaders are choosing to keep themselves away from the state’s ongoing ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’.

In the letter, under signed by AICC member and senior Congress leader Jitendra Singh, the president of Assam

Pradesh Congress Com mittee (APCC), Bhupen Kumar Borah, has been directed to draw up a list of party leaders who skipped the ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’, Assam.

“I have been joining the Yatra from time to time and have noticed that some APCC office bearers, executive members, DCC, block president, OBs and leaders have neither at tended this Yatra nor have not made any ef

forts to make this his toric march a success,” Singh wrote in his let ter.

Citing the AICC let ter, the Congress’ state unit has issued a letter to all leaders and execu tive members of the APCC, saying that AICC general secretary Singh and APCC president Bo rah were not satisfied with the non-participa tion of some state party leaders in the ongoing ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’.

Prof Jagdish Mukhi, Chief Minister Neiph iu Rio and his cabinet colleagues at Raj Bhavan.

Mukhi and Rio bid farewell to the vice president at the Assam Rifles helipad. “Thank you for visiting Naga land, Hon’ble Vice President of India Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar Ji

@jdhankhar1. Your gracious presence at the opening of the #HornbillFestival2022, the #FestivalOfFesti vals, made the occasion more special. We hope you will visit us again,” Rio posted on Twitter conveying gratitude to the vice-president on behalf of the people of the state.

Humble trib utes to the val iant soldiers who laid down their lives fighting here in 2nd World War. This memorial is reminder of innumerable sacrifices.

—Jagdeep Dhankhar Vice President

Shraddha case: FSL team in Tihar for Aaftab’s post-narco test analysis

New Delhi (ANI): A four-member team of the FSL on Friday reached Tihar Jail for a post-narco test analysis of Aaftab Poonawalla, accused in the Shrad dha Walkar murder case. Official sources said that a team of four including two senior scientists and two sup porting staff along with the case investigating officers arrived at Cen tral Jail No.4 for a ‘posttest interview’ with Aaftab at around 11.30 am, and the exercise was on.

Ludhiana blast conspirator Singh arrested: NIA

New Delhi (ANI): The NIA has arrested ab sconding Dec 2021 Lu dhiana Court building blast conspirator and wanted terrorist Har preet Singh from Delhi airport soon after his ar rival from Kaula Lum pur, Malaysia, the agen cy said on Friday. An as sociate of Lakhbir Singh Rode, a Pak-based selfstyled Chief of the ISYF, Harpreet was one of the conspirators of the De cember 2021 Ludhiana Court Building blast.

33 senior officers to go on foreign tour

Ahtesham Siddiqui

Lucknow: To make the UP Global Investment Summit 2023 a grand success, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is sending a team of officers from the bureaucracy on a foreign trip.

As many as 33 senior officers going on for eign tours have to bring more foreign investors to UP by promoting the development works and schemes of the state along with holding road shows abroad.

USA and UK from Dec 9th to 15th: IAS officers

Shashi Prakash Goyal (ACS CM), Arvind Ku mar (ACS Infrastructure and Industrial Develop ment), Prashant Trivedi (ACS Finance), IRTS Amit Singh (Secretary CM)

Australia and Singa pore from December 13 -14 : IAS officers

Deepak Kumar (Prin cipal Secretary Basic Education), Subhash

FIFA WORLD CUP

Germany crash out despite win over Costa Rica

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The win however could not save the four-time champions from an early departure as Germany suffered its second straight exit

Qatar (ANI): Costa Rica and Germany played a see-saw encounter in a Group E clash that saw Germany beat Costa Rica 4-2 at the Al-Bayt Stadium on Friday in the ongoing FIFA World Cup.

The win however could not save the fourtime champions from an early departure as Ger many suffered its second straight exit. They had also failed to reach the 2018 edition’s round of 16. Germany were ahead with a 1-0 lead over Cos

ta Rica but the central American team came out all guns blazing in the second half as they

found the back of the net twice through Yeltsin

gas in the 70th minute.

A late resurgence from Germany led by Kai Lu kas Havertz saw them score three goals in the last 20 minutes to win the match. Havertz scored in the 73rd and 85th min utes while Niclas Full krug found the back of the net in the 89th min ute to secure a 4-2 win.

The Germans took the lead almost immediately after the kickoff, with Jamal Musiala testing Kaylor Navas from out side the box.

IPL

New Delhi: The BCCI is planning to introduce tactical substitutions and could make an ap pearance in the upcom ing IPL 2023. The tactical substitutions concept was introduced by the BCCI for the first time during this year’s Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy in October-Nov. “Also note that from IPL 2023 Sea son a strategic concept will be introduced to add a new dimension to IPL, wherein one substitute

POLYGRAPH AND NARCO TEST RESPONSES SAME: DELHI POLICE

New Delhi (ANI): Both the narco analysis and a polygraph test of Aaftab Amin Poonawala, who is accused of murdering his live-in girl friend Shraddha Walkar and dismembering her body has revealed similar responses to the information gathered by Delhi Police so far in its investigation of the case, officials said on Friday. Delhi police sources said that Aaftab was fully cooperative during his narco as well as his polygraph tests.

The team during the post-test interview was carrying out a detailed analysis of replies he gave in his polygraph

and narco tests earlier. He was also cross-ques tioned on the replies to eliminate the possibility of any lie, said sources.

CRUCIAL READ

4 CHARRED TO DEATH IN LORRY-CONTAINER COLLISION IN ANDHRA PRADESH

Kakinada: Four persons were charred to death after a sand-laden lorry collided with a diesel container in Andhra Pradesh’s Kakinada district, police said. The accident took place on the Chennai-Kolkata national highway near Dharmavaram village of Prathipadu block in the wee hours of Friday. The driver of the lorry lost control and crossed the road divider on the national highway and rammed into a stationary diesel container, resulting in the accident. The impact of the collision was so intense that it resulted in the explosion and the drivers’ cabins of both trucks were completely gutted in the fire, said police.

MAN BOOKED FOR KEEPING ELEPHANT WITHOUT LICENCE

Uttar Pradesh: A man has been booked for keeping an elephant in UP’s Jaunpur district without taking a proper licence, an official said on Friday. Divisional Director (Forestry) Praveen Khare said Dubey was rearing an elephant without a licence in Sidhavan village under Rampur police sta tion area. Khare said on the basis of this information, Forest Inspector Nandlal Yadav reached the spot & asked Dubey for the licence and other documents is sued by the Chief Conserva tor of Forests, but he could not present the documents.

MAN IMPALED ON IRON ROD ON BOARD DELHI-KANPUR TRAIN

New Delhi: A passenger onboard the Nilanchal Express from Delhi to Kanpur was killed after an iron rod broke through the glass window and pierced his neck. The incident took place around 8.45 am Friday between Danwar and Somna in Aligarh, in the Prayagraj division of the North Central Railways. The passenger, Harikesh Dubey, died on the spot. The rod had pierced through his neck and through the wall into the next compartment, narrowly avoiding further injuries to the passengers seated there.

CBI ARRESTS ONE FOR BLACKMAILING US-BASED ECONOMICS PROFESSOR

New Delhi: The CBI has busted a racket of “sextor tionists”, arresting one who allegedly blackmailed an economics professor at California University into shelling out USD 48,000 threatening him with making public his sexually explicit video chats with a female gang member, officials said. Based on information received from the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the US, CBI arrested Rahul Kumar, a resident of Delhi’s Asola, while the search for his purported girlfriend who lured the professor into sending explicit videos on Facebook chat is going on, the officials said on Friday.

player per team will be able to take a more ac tive part in an IPL

match. The regulations pertaining to the same will be issued shortly.”

Chandra Sharma (Principal Secretary Provisional Education), Mayur Maheshwari (CEO UP SIDA), Ritu Maheshwari (CEO Noida), Prathamesh (ACEO Invest UP) Mexico, Brazil, Argenti na from December 9 to

December 14: IAS offic ers Manoj Kumar Singh (APC), Dr. Rajneesh Dubey (ACS Livestock), Sanjay R Bhoosreddy (ACS Sugar, Sugar cane), Sanjay Prasad (Principal Secretary CM), Kumar Harsh (Special Secretary CM)

Tejeda in the 58th min ute and Juan Pablo Var

VP Jagdeep Dhankhar and his wife Dr Sudesh Dhankhar, Jagdish Mukhi and Neiphiu Rio in Kohima on Thursday.

as a player, but he will continue his journey with the league and his franchise Chennai Super Kings (CSK) as a bowling coach for next season of the league. Chennai Super Kings had parted ways with veteran all-round er Dwayne Bravo and released the West Indian ahead of the IPL mini-auction.

Jairam Ramesh addressing media on Friday.

SP Goyal Durga Shanker Sanjay Prasad

OFFICERS GOING ON FOREIGN TOUR

Germany’s Serge Gnabry celebrates with teammate Thomas Müller after scoring a goal during the match against Costa Rica.

—PHOTO BY ANI

PASSING OUT PARADE OF CONSTABLE RECRUITS

Shivendra Parmar

Jaipur: The convoca tion parade ceremony of Constable Recruits Batch No 92 was organ ised at Rajasthan Police Academy on Friday. DGP Umesh Mishra took the salute of this parade. A total of 174 constables including 112 male and 64 female constables participated in the convocation.

DGP Mishra present ed the trophy to parade commander and best all-rounder constable Anita Meena. He also presented trophies to Ranveer Singh for Best Outdoor, Constable Raj pal Singh for Best Shooting and Anita for Best Indoor.

Director of Rajasthan Police Academy, Rajeev Sharma administered oath to trainees and constable also took the oath of arms. Mishra appreciated convoca tion parade of trainee.

Lover climbs tower, patches with partner

Rohit

Bhilwara: Vexed after a break up with his girl friend, a 17-year-old mi nor boy climbed a mo bile tower in Badnore town of Bhilwara dist on Friday and threat ened to kill himself un til girl herself comes to bring him down.

Police informed that the boy was identified as Prakash Prajapat, a resident of Patan area in Bhilwara. “Prakash

climbed the mobile tow er in an inebriated state, he reportedly had an affair with a girl, but the girl had stopped talking to him owing to a dispute,” police said.

Largest field training exercises conducted by Indian Army

First India Bureau

Jaipur: Indian Army carried out one of the largest field training ex ercise involving all enti ties of war fighting in cluding civil agencies in the western borders of Rajasthan, validat ing their actions in line with the resolve of “Whole of Nations” ap proach for decisive vic tory. Training exercise culminated on Nov 30.

There were many firsts in this exercise which cemented the jointness and synergy between Indian Army , Indian Air Force and BSF.

During the week long exercise, there was on ground application and usage of numerous in digenous technologies and equipments vali dating their fusion in enhancing operational capabilities . The syner getic actions have also validated new concepts of war fighting in an integrated theatre.

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Finish construction works on time: CS

Jaipur: CS Usha Shar ma while presiding over a meeting organ ized here on Friday in connection with the pending construction works at the level of various executive in stitutions & budget an nouncements at Gov ernment Secretariat.

She instructed the officers concerned to complete the construc tion work on time in all

16 school children fall ill after drinking milk at govt school

First India Bureau

Hanumangarh: 16 chil dren fell ill on Friday after drinking milk at Rajkiya Balika Umavi. 287 children of Classes 1 to 8 were fed milk un der Mukhyamantri Bal Gopal Yojana. Shortly after drinking milk, 15 girls and one boy fell ill. They complained of ab dominal pain & nerv ousness & were immedi ately taken to hosp.

Children were ad mitted to trauma cen tre. When condition of children stabilised, they were discharged. Milk samples have been taken for testing. Prima facie it is being said children had stom ach ache.

Army truck carrying ammunition catches fire, inquiry ordered

First India Bureau

Udaipur: An India Army truck carrying ammunition caught fire about 60 km from here reportedly due to a technical malfunc tion, an official said on Friday. Truck was part of a five-vehicle con voy en route to mili tary station here.

A Quick Reaction Team of Army swung into action and cor doned off the vehicle, stopping traffic on the highway, Defence Spokesperson Am itabh Sharma said.

There were two jawans including the

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driver in truck. The truck had ammuni tion and weapons. Af ter about 2 hours of effort, fire was brought under control.

There was no loss of life. Sharma added that civil administra tion had also assisted with its resources for traffic management. Inquiry ordered.

for completed tenders should be issued soon so that common man is benefited.

CS discussed with of ficials of departments whose cases are pend ing, directed officials to complete ongoing projects in state soon and work with coordi nation of departments related to projects.

Sharma also directed to complete cases re lated to land acquisi tion at earliest.

2 PTIs suspended in death case of 12-yr-old student

Jaipur (PTI): A 30-yearold man from Rajasthan was found dead on a railway track in UP’s Mirzapur district a day after marrying a wom an there, police said on Friday. Family mem bers suspect that Shrawan Kumar, a resi dent of Nagaur district, was murdered and reg istered an FIR against three persons, includ ing the bride.

Kumar was married twice earlier. His first wife died and the other left him. He went to Ut tar Pradesh without family members to mar ry another woman on the advice of his friends. After his body was found, bride went missing.

Musical treat by Pt Vishwa Mohan Bhatt

Jaipur: On the sec ond day of Kumbhal garh Festival folk artists from across the state enthralled visitors with their talent. Events includ ing the Padharo Mhare Des, Sahariya dance based on the tribal dance of Gopal Dhanuka, Kachi Ghodi dance & folk songs. Day ended with performance by Grammy award win ner Padma Bhushan Pt Vishwa Mohan Bhatt.

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(1) DGP Umesh Mishra inspecting the parade

taking salute.

DGP Umesh Mishra

constables and their families.

DGP Umesh Mishra saluting the parade. (4&5) Constable Anita Meena & Rajpal Singh receiving awards.

DGP Umesh Mishra took the salute of this parade. A total of 174 constables including 112 male and 64 female constables participated in the convocation parade

Dr Rituraj Sharma

executive institutions whose construction work is pending in compliance with budg et announcements.

She also directed de partments concerned to complete tenders for construction works on time and work orders

CS instructed officers of JVVN to work on electrification in the rural areas of district

CS Usha Sharma, Vaibhav Galriya, Dinesh Kumar, Jogaram, Bhawani Singh Detha during a meeting on Friday.

First India Bureau

(L) Padma Bhushan Pt Vishwa Mohan Bhatt performing (down) Gopal Dhanuka and group performing tribal dance (Centre) Mohiniyattam performance by Jayaprabha Menon and group.

GEHLOT

REVIEWS PREPARATIONS

FOR RAHUL’S BHARAT JODO YATRA

BJP’S JAN AAKROSH YATRA TURNS OUT TO BE A FAILURE ON 2ND DAY, GEHLOT

Huge antiincumbency wave in Gujarat, thus BJP & PM Modi held so many rallies in Guj

Bhanwar S Charan & Gul Mohammad

Kota/Jhalawar: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, on Friday, reached Jhala war regarding Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra and went till the Rajasthan border to oversee the prepara tions. The Yatra will en ter Rajasthan from MP via Jhalawar on Decem ber 4. He reached Chan wali border on Friday and took stock of prepa

rations with Rahul Gan dhi’s five member team. He also held discussion with minister Pramod Jain Bhaya regarding the management of the yatra during which UDH Minister Shanti Dhari wal was also present.

The CM termed BJP’s Jan Aakrosh Yatra, to be taken out in 200 Raj as semblies, as a failure on the 2nd day. “Nadda’s visit is not getting any response from public. It has been heard that he is feeling extremely frus

trated. They have 5-7 CM candidates and their quarrels aren’t being settled. The Congress runs on orders of party leaders. Petty differenc es go on within every party group in country. All leaders of Rajasthan

LEADERSHIP ROW IN RAJASTHAN Organisation & not individual will be key factor in resolving tussle: Jairam Ramesh

Agar Malwa (PTI): Ahead of the Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra entering Ra jasthan on December 4, Congress General Sec retary Jairam Ramesh on Friday, said any solu tion to the leadership tussle in the western state to be chalked out by Party President Mal likarjun Kharge will be based on the principle that organisation is su preme and not an indi vidual.

“Whatever formula Khargeji and other leaders will come up will be based only on one principle - that the

organisation is su preme. So, whatever formula is implement ed, it will not be imple mented from the view point of individual A or individual B, but from the viewpoint of the or ganisation,” Ramesh told PTI during a ‘walk

Whatever will be implemented will be in the interest of the organisa tion. It is not the ques tion of individual A or individual B. It is the Congress party.

—Jairam Ramesh, Congress General Secretary

the talk’ interview on Friday.

He added that Con gress leader Rahul Gan dhi has clearly said that both Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot are assets to the party.

“Gehlot is a senior and experienced leader,

while Pilot is a young, popular and energetic leader. Both are assets and we need both of them in the party,” said the former Union min ister who is in Madhya Pradesh as part of the Congress’ Bharat Jodo Yatra.

Jairam Ramesh was leading a Congress Sewa Dal march that started at 6am in Agar Malwa district in the presence of Rajya Sab ha MP Digvijaya Singh and the latter’s MLA son Jaivardhan Singh, holding the tricolour ahead of the Bharat Jodo Yatra.

will stand jointly and the people will see. We are unitedly dedicated to issues of the country. Congress is making the Bharat Jodo Yatra a suc cess. The nation’s wel fare is the theme of the Congress,” Gehlot said.

Rahul may attend govt’s 4th anniv event

First India Bureau

Jaipur: The Rajasthan Government is likely to hold an event to cele brate its fourth anni versary in the presence of Congress leader Ra hul Gandhi.

At the same time, dis trict level programmes are also being planned in which various min isters would take part.

Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot will highlight the achieve ments and works done by the government in these four years. The Chief Minister may also make some major announcements.

RaGa’s BharatJodoYatra to kickstart in Raj from December 5 at Jhalrapatan

First India Bureau

Jaipur: Cong leader Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra will enter Jhalawar on the even ing of December 4 and will be in Rajasthan for a total of 15 days and will cover a dis tance of 520 kms. Many leaders including CM Ashok Gehlot, State Congress President GS Dotasra, ex- Dy CM Sachin Pilot will wel come the leaders. The Yatra will enter Jhal rapatan ’s Chaunli vil lage at 7 pm on Dec 5.

Pramod

BHARAT JODO YATRA: THE ITINERARY

The Bharat Jodo Yatra will formally start on December 5 at 6 am and it will con tinue further. During this, meetings will be held at Kali Talai, Surajpol Naka.

On December 6, there will be a Nukkad Sabha at Hiriya Khedi and in the evening, the Yatra will reach the playground of Moru Kalan. Night halt will be done here.

Rahul Gandhi’s Yatra will start from Kota on December 7 and 8, only after holding Nukkad Sabha in the city, he will take night rest at Jagpura in the evening.

On December 9, the Yatra will reach Gudli village located in Keshoraipatan of Bundi district and reach Bajdli via Balapura crossing. During this also street meetings will be held.

The Yatra will reach Sawai Madhopur via Tonk border after leaving Borip in Bundi on December 10.

The Yatra will start from Sawai Madhopur on December 11 &12. During this, after

The Grand Old Party’s ‘One man, One Post’ formula, but with conditions applied!

Jaipur: To provide bet ter medical facilities and services to people of the State, CM Ashok Gehlot approved the proposal to open new Sub Health Centres in 284 gram panchayat headquarters of the state and create a post of women health work er in each new Sub Health Centres.

Under the proposal, 284 women health work er posts will be created.

A provision of up to Rs 30 lakh has been made for construction works of each new SHCs. Till the building of new sub-health centres are constructed, alterna tive arrangements will be made to operate them.

In the budget of the year 2022-23, Gehlot had announced plans to open 1,000 Sub Health Centres in Raj. With new centres, health ser vices will expand in the rural areas.

Aditi Nagar

New Delhi: Congress party’s ‘One-man-onepost’ formula seems to be ignored as the Party President Mallikarjun Kharge would continue as Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha.

The party has not yet decided on his replace ment in the Parliament and Kharge would con tinue to hold both the responsibilities.

Questions are being

raised whether the for mula was for Rajasthan only because it has al ready been implement ed in the cases of Go

ON A SPIRITUAL TRAIL

vind Singh Dotasra, Raghu Sharma and Harish Chaudhary. It was also in discus sion when Chief Minis

ter Ashok Gehlot was in the race for Party Presi dent’s post in Septem ber, but outside Ra jasthan, the formula appears to be sidelined.

The Congress imple mented ‘One Man One Post’ rule at the AICC and state level after the party’s ‘Nav Sankalp Chintan Shivir’ held in Udaipur in May, where in, the person with dual or more charges will be given one assignment at a time.

Om Birla pays obeisance at Beneshwar Dham

Birla along with LoP GC Kataria visited the Radha Krishna temple & spoke about its development as well

Aspur (Dungarpur):

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla was on a day-long tour of Dungarpur dis trict. During this, he visited and worshiped at the Radha Krishna temple at Prayag Be neshwar Dham and par ticipated in the temple’s Swarna Shikhar Prat

ishtha Mahotsav and 1008 Kundiya Vishnu Mahayagya. While ad dressing the Dharma Sabha, he described Be neshwar Dham as the centre of spirituality and faith and also talked about making ef forts for its develop ment.

Birla along with Leader of Opposition

Gulab Chand Kataria visited the Radha Krishna temple at Be

neshwar Dham and per formed aarti while wor shiping there. After this

Birla got the Swarna Shikhar Pratishtha Ma hotsav done with Ma

hant Achyutanand Ma haraj under the Swarna Shikhar Pratishtha Fes tival of Radha-Krishna Temple.

During this the Dham area resounded with the praises of Mavji Maharaj and RadhaKrishna. Birla said that all the predictions made 300 years ago by Saint Mavji Maharaj, who did penance in Beneshwar & was an incarnation of Krishna, are turning out to be meaningful in the present times.

Nukkad Sabha in Dubbi, night halt will be held at Dahlod. Then on December 12, this yatra will hold Nukkad Sabha in Bagdi village.

The Yatra will reach Nayawas via Lal sot on December 13. On December 14, a day-long break has been planned.

Rahul Gandhi will reach Mukurpura on Decem ber 15 via Sikandra where Nukkad Sabha will be held. All participants will spend the night at Colona Court on December 16.

The last stop of Bharat Jodo Yatra will be in Alwar district. After entering from Malakheda, a big public meeting will be held here on December 17. After the meeting, there will be night halt at Radha Swami Ashram located in Mahua village.

On December 18, the journey will start from Bijwa in Ramgarh. After this, at 7 am on December 19, this yatra will enter the Haryana Border.

New Delhi: Three se nior Congress leaders, UDH Minister Shanti Dhariwal, PHED Minis

ter Mahesh Joshi & RTDC Chairman Dhar mendra Rathore are likely to get reprieve from the Congress High Command in the matter related to them conven ing a parallel Legisla

ture Party meeting on September 25.

As per talks in Con gress circles, now no disciplinary action will be taken against the trio. They may be given reprieve but with a warning. This decision holds importance as Ra hul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra is likely to enter Raj from Jhala war on Dec 4 night.

First India Bureau

Alwar: Former Union Minister Bhanwar Ji tendra Singh has said that if any expelled leader apologises, he will also be included in the Bharat Jodo Yatra.

For this, the leaders

of the state and the committee that has been formed will de cide. Singh told report ers that efforts are be ing made to connect all areas of district with Bharat Jodo Yatra and for this, 20 committees have been formed.

Puneet Chaturvedi

CM Ashok Gehlot interacts with labourers while inspecting the under construction Chambal River Front Project during his visit to Kota on Friday.

CM Ashok Gehlot inspects the venue for night stay of participants during the Bharat JodoYatra in Kota on Friday. Also seen here are Shanti Dhariwal, Parsadi Lal Meena, Ramlal Jat and Rafeek Khan.

Om Birla greets the gathering at the Swarna Shikhar Pratishtha Mahotsav at Shri Krishnahari Temple in Beneshwar Dham.

Om Birla participates in the 1008 KundiyaVishnu Mahayagya during the Shikhar Pratishtha Mahotsav at Shri Krishnahari Temple in Beneshwar Dham.

Shanti Dhariwal Dr Mahesh Joshi Dharmendra Rathore

Dhariwal, Joshi, Rathore may get reprieve from Cong High Command!

With CM’s nod, 284 gram panchayats to have SHCs

Ousted leaders can join BJY after apology: Bhanwar Jitendra

Jain Bhaya briefs the AICC Team from New Delhi about the venue and the route for the Bharat Jodo Yatra at Chaunli village in Jhalawar district on Friday.

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Alwar

Kota

JOSEPH IS NODAL OFFICER FOR BJY SECURITY, DGP MISHRA REVIEWS

Jaipur: Senior IPS Biju George Joseph will be nodal of ficer for security arrangements in Bharat Jodo Yatra.He held a meet via VC with SPs & Range IGs of concerned districts. DGP Umesh Mishra said that arrangements in Jhalawar should be such that other districts follow suit.

Aditi Nagar

First India Bureau

Giving does not only precede receiving it is the reason for it. It is in giving that we receive believes, Apoorva Sharma who is also one of the finalists of the First India Queen shares her shared her uphill adventure of being a hero from zero.

“I’m 21 years old and currently pursuing a Master’s in clinical psychology.

I am a professional singer, sports person, dancer and model. As a sports freak, I have learned leadership qualities that took me forward towards my projects. Each one of them teaches me something and providing knowledge to underprivileged children is one of them” the diva expressed. Like every other girl from a small town, Apoorva has also faced many barriers, speaking more about it she said, “In Gwalior, women are not able to choose any thing for themselves, So, I decided to provide self-employment for women with the help of our Aviation Minister, Jyotiraditya Scindia. I believe in being a helping hand to people who are not fortunate enough. I am also a brand ambassador of Swachhata Sarvekshan by Nagar Nigam Gwalior.”

Stated about her achievements diva added, “I started my journey in 2019 when I won my first pageant, JCI Miss Gwalior. But it was very difficult for me to pursue my passion. Then I won Rubaru Miss Cosmopolitan World India 2021, giving me the opportunity to represent our country, India, on a global stage. I am blessed with one more achievement this year, which is Miss Body Beautiful in First India Queen 2022 and I am very thankful to Dr Jadeesh Chandra Sir for providing me with this golden opportunity to be a part of First India Queen.”

“I believe in being a helping hand to people who are not fortunate enough” stated Apoorva Sharma, one of the finalists of First India Queen during a chit-chat session with City First

MRIDULA

SHARMA cityfirst@firstindia.co.in

A LOOK INTO INVISIBLE DISABILITIES

This year the focus is on Non-Visible Disabilities (NVD).

The majority of people suffer from NVD as they go unnoticed, or unattended, even if suspected to exist. For 13 years I have been the Executive Director of DISHA, a leading institution for children with disabilities. These years gave me an insight into visible & invisible disabilities, but at the same time, they have also raised myriad questions, some of which I will attempt to address.

Though difficult to accept by most people, NVD is an inveterate illness that impairs day-to-day activities such as going to school, work or socializing. 80-90% of people have NVD in some form. Being invisible to normal perception, they are not easy to spot. Such people do pursue successful lives/careers but at a reduced potential. The very concept of “disability” is fallaciously looked upon as some sort of “stigma”, although such denials are a disability in themselves.

As common examples of NVD, I can mention Laziness, Compulsive lying & Hypochondria limit creativity and cause abnormal anxiety.

Some suffer from obsessive-compulsive disorder

(OCD) where recurrent & persistent thoughts and feelings cause repetitive ritualized behaviour.

OCD can be caused by fear, superstition or insecurity, to name a few.

Most such NVDs are picked up at an early age and their causes are too many to mention. These drawbacks are mostly ignored because parents prefer to stay blind to any deficiency in their “loved ones”. Untreated, such blind biases only go to stunt their ward’s full potential.

A dyslexic child with normal intelligence loses many opportunities to progress, suffering silently from this puzzling learning disorder. It can be easily diagnosed as it reflects in late talking, slow learning of new words, feeling confused with similar sounding words or getting perplexed when handed several instructions at once. India detects more than one crore dyslexic cases every year, with millions being pushed under the desk.

Half the US population

(165 million) suffers from such chronic conditions, with 88% of these not willing to discuss their own or their child’s disability. Consequently, better employment opportunities evade such people !!

It takes smart guardians to look consciously and objectively into their children’s behaviour, output and social interaction to detect & understand NVD’s debilitating force.

For instance, to think that laziness is only a bad habit can be a cruel misjudgement.

Having said that, we must also look at the flip side of NVD. Could it be that humans are designed by Nature to be like that ??

For example, some plants from identical seeds pollinate with different intensities. We don’t say they suffer from Botanical nymphomania.

Pups from the same litter respond to train-

ing differently. Do we cast away the slow learner from the kennel for being a cur ?? 1.5% of the world’s population is diagnosed with Dissociative Identity Disorder. We don’t deal with half of that split personality !?

Very often pursuit of perfection can impede creativity. Is it better to accept such vagaries of Nature and move on.??

Many of those who were dealt this invisible hand by Nature, played with resilience to come up with trumps. To follow the example of Celebrities, Sports Persons etc with such disabilities is the answer for now !!

ARIES

MAR 21 - APRIL 20

Your innovative ideas on the professional front are likely to be well received.

Good health will keep you fit and energetic.

Spirituality will have a special allure for you. You are likely to expand your social circle. You are likely to get immense fulfillment in your current relationship.

TAURUS

APR 21 - MAY 20

You succeed in putting an ambitious project on the tracks and cross all hurdles in making it a success.

Homemakers can exceed budget in doing up their homes. An old friend or a relative is likely to pay you a visit. Love beckons and promises to give immense joy and fulfillment.

GEMINI

MAY 21 - JUNE 21

LIBRA

SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22

Homemakers will get a chance to implement their ideas. You are likely to be recognised for your efforts on the professional front. Chance of a raise is possible for some. Timely and correct decision will help you in saving a lot of money. You will be able to de-stress yourself completely today.

SCORPIO

OCTOBER 23 - NOVEMBER 22

Speculation may not be profitable and you can very well burn your fingers. A major purchase may make a dent in your savings, but will help in keeping up with the flow .Some of you may get hard pressed to find a good match for someone eligible in the family.

A romantic outing is on the cards.

SAGITTARIUS

NOV 23 - DEC 22

A job switch needs to be considered taking all aspects into consideration.

Those days when you will feel satisfied with whatever you do today on the social front. Those seeking love may not get lucky, but persistence will pay .A friend or relative can touch a sensitive nerve and get you all upset.

CANCER

JUNE 22 - JULY 23

You will put in extra efforts to complete a task entrusted to you. Your academic aspirations may take some time to get realised.

A contentious property issue may not show any signs of getting sorted out amicably, have a backup plan ready. Financial worries evaporate as new avenues of earning.

LEO

A profitable day for entrepreneurs is envisaged. You may be played upon for spending on someone else’s needs and desires.

Homemakers are likely to enjoy the day in the company of neighbors and friends. Fatigue threatens in a long journey, but adequate breaks will keep you going.

CAPRICORN

DEC 23 - JAN 20

Money coming from various sources will keep you in a happy state of mind.

A new fitness regime that you have adopted promises to keep you in the pink of health. Getting an old furniture upholstered may be at the top of the mind of some homemakers.Overall health remains satisfactory .

AQUARIUS

PISCES

FACEOFTHEDAY

SHILPA SASWANI, Nutritionist

Horoscope by Saurabbh Sachdeva

nternational Day of Disabled Persons”.

FEW CREDITS :

Morgan Freeman -Hollywood Actor/Director.

Venus Williams- Star Tennis Player.

Ira Singhal - UPSC topper.

Abhishek Bachchan, Hrithik Roshan, Boman Irani - Bollywood Actors.

Thomas Edison - greatest inventor.

RAINU SINGH

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VANESSA HUDGENS

The “High School Musical” star was born on December 14, 1988. Hudgens was featured in an episode of the Nickelodeon show Drake & Josh. After the taping, Hudgens, then16, reportedly took a nude photo of herself and sent to show star Drake Bell. The photo resurfaced on the internet two years later and caused a controversy for the young actress.

HOLLY MADISON

The Playboy model and reality TV star was born on December 23, 1979. Since she was 9 years old, Marilyn Monroe was her idol and ultimately the inspiration behind her wanting to be an actress. Her favorite Marilyn movie was How to Marry a Millionaire.

Jesus Christ made the entire month pious by choosing December as his birthday month. Apart from Christmas, December is a star-studded month for birthdays. These final-month-of-the-year-born kiddos are little beacons of light, thought to be endowed with good fortune and good health. City First brings to you some interesting facst over extra ordinary stars born in the month of Christmas!

the youngest golfer to win the

BRITNEY SPEARS

The pop music icon was born on December 2, 1981. Fact: The famous singer started singing into a hairbrush at just 2 years old, but she made her real debut singing “What Child Is This” at her kindergarten graduation.

V

World Most Handsome Man in this world Kim Taehyung was born on December 30, 1995, In 2017, V’s face was picked as the most handsome

ZOE KRAVITZ

JIN

The mega super star Kim Seokjin was born on December 4, 1992. According to BTS’ Japanese fan club, Jin thought of becoming a journalist until his first year of high school. The following year, he changed his plans and set his sights on acting after being moved by Kim Nam-kil’s acting on the Korean drama “Queen Seondeok.” His was picked as the “world’s most handsome male face” in a poll conducted by Czech doll company CzDollic in 2018. He beat 18,000 competitors from 58 countries. Of the 1.5 million people who voted, more than 1 million voted for Jin.

NICKI MINAJ

in the world, topping TC Candler’s, on the annual list of the 100 Most Beautiful Faces of the Year. Loving V is like loving two different men at once. The first one is our ideal man - the cool and handsome guy. His name is V. He dances and sings passionately on stage and he makes the group complete their perfect hip hop image with his killer eyes and dead serious look. The other guy is the unique. His name is Kim Taehyung and he is the most handsome and most wonderful man today on earth.

The “Big Little Lies” star was born on December 1, 1988. Fact: The Batman is actually Zoe Kravitz’s second time playing Catwoman, after voicing the same character in The LEGO Batman Movie in 2017. However, The Batman could have been her third Batman film if she hadn’t failed her audition in The Dark Knight Rises which released in 2012.

UTTKARSHA SHEKHAR uttkarsha.shekhar@firstindia.co.in

BIRTHDAY Celebrations

The celebration for the Bharat24 employees whose birthdays fell in the month of November was held in channel office at Noida on Friday. The occasion was all the more special as Dr Jagdeesh Chandra graced the celebrations and greeted all of them amid cake cutting and cheers, he also gave birthday gifts to each.

EXPLORING THE ART! A

CITY FIRST

unique learn ing program, ‘Phad Se Padh’ is being con ducted by Roof top, a platform bridging au thentic Indian art forms to the world through curated art experiences and maestro courses. This program, which is being organised in association with the Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II Museum, enables stu dents to indulge in an innovative method of learning and demon strating their creative abilities.

Designed in accord ance with the New Edu cation Policy (NEP) 2020, this program inte grates the traditional arts with a modern classroom curriculum.

Through this, the stu dents have not only ex plored the legacy of the art form but have looked at new ways to understand the aca demic curriculum.

Kartik Gaggar, CEO

and Founder of Roof top, said that through this project, teachers and students of various schools have been con nected with the master

Spirit of the SEASON

artists of Phad paint ing. This learning pro gram has been organ ized with the aim that the new generation should get information

about this beautiful folk painting of Rajasthan and this form of art can be preserved forever.

Students have also been made capable of mak ing Phad paintings by giving them training in this art form. The chil dren have created their own Phad paintings on many exciting topics from their curriculum, such as the story of Em peror Ashoka, the Chip ko Movement, Buddha and his teachings, and the evolution of wealth in India.

More than 30 schools participated in Phad se Padh, at the City Palace in Jaipur.

CITY FIRST

Delhi-based Abra ham & Thakore launched their latest collection, an Autumn-Winter 2022/23 finally took place at Jaipur Modern, C-Scheme Jaipur on Thursday. The astonish ing winter collection of Abraham & Thakore will be displayed at Jaipur Modern the next month.

The Pop-up store was co-hosted by Rishee Miglani, Youth Icon along with Shaan Agar wal, owner of Jaipur Modern.

During the launch, famous designer Rake sh Thakore interacted with fashion lovers and said, “This collection

taps into the spirit of the season. We have always believed in a style that transcends seasons. We would want our customers to use what we design over the years and seasons.”

The event was graced by vari ous who’s who of the city including Vishal Mathur, Caul dron Sisters Ratika and Riccha, Farha An sari, Designer Haneet Singh, Dr Anirudh and Dr Bhawna, among others were present on the occasion.

The three-day Jaipur Surgical Festival began on Friday at the Mahatma Gandhi University of Medical Sciences and Technology. On this occasion, the founder Chairman of the university, Dr ML Swarankar, Chairperson Dr Vikas Swarankar, Vice Chancellor Dr Sudhir Sachdev, and Pro-Vice Chancellor Dr GN Saxena among others gave detailed information on new experiments in the world of surgery. During the event, Dr VK Kapoor said that if there is any kind of defect in the liver in a sonography test, then the possibility of cancer can be detected immediately through tests like a CT scan or MRI. A simple lump can turn into cancer.

On the occasion of World Disability Day, a Therapy Assessment Disorder Press conference was organised on Friday. A street play by Treasure Land Special School was staged at Triton Mall to make people aware of the problems related to Dyslexia and Autism. In this street play, special children got an opportunity to recognize the problem of Dyslexia (Learning disability) and autism in children and how to deal with these disabilities.

The administrators of the 1982 batch celebrated their reunion after 40 years on Thursday at the Fort-Kitchen & Banquet at the JLN Marg, Jaipur with much joy and fervour.

Jazba Foundation, SM Fly High and Ideal Computer Institute organised the final of the Talent Hunt in Jaipur on Thursday, students from different schools in Jaipur city participated in Talent Hunt. During the audition, the finalist students gave a performance in different categories in the Project Sapphire Project of SSB and Limra Contractors located at MD Road.

DURING THE DAY!

Jagdeesh Chandra with (L-R) Syed Umar, Manoj Jagyasi, Pramod Raghavan,Shamsher Singh and Sandeep Mishra

Jagdeesh Chandra along with Shamsher Singh and Manoj Jagyasi cuts the ceremonial cake, also with them are Neeraj, Amit Suman, Sandeep Mishra, Vivek Bhandari and others

Paintings during the exhibition

Rishee, Shaan and Rakesh

Vishaal Mathur and Rishee

Shaan, Tusharika, Jagdeep Singh and Reena

Ratika and Riccha

Doorva, Rishee and Ammy

Kartik, Anudita, Shradha and Shivani

Priyambi and Ishita

Rishee, Anirudh, Bhawna and Kartik

Radhika and Vriddhi

Nishal, Meghuljeet and Meghna Honey and Haneet Neha

—PHOTOS BY MUKESH KIRADOO The designer collection