Mumbai: Film actor Akshay Kumar met Chief Minister
Adityanath on Wednesday. During the 35 minute meet, the actor expressed his enthusiasm about Uttar Pradesh’s much-awaited film city project. While discussing his recently released film ‘Ramsetu’, he urged the UP CM to watch it.
l UP government, which had earlier challenged the HC’s order, told SC that the OBC Commission has already been formed, will complete its task by March
Pali: President Droupadi Murmu inaugurated 18th Nat’l Scouts and Guides Jamboree at Rohat in Pali district on Wednesday. Welcoming more than 37,000 Scouts & Guides from different countries including India, she said that there is unique enthusiasm and energy in this conference of youth.
“This gathering of youth is Mini Young India. Scouts work wholeheartedly for humanity and social service. It is a matter of pride that the highest number of Scouts in entire country are from Rajasthan, a symbol of courage and valor,” President Murmu said.Murmu unfurled flag of Bharat Scouts, Guides, viewed Parade & band.
pride.
Jamboree is giving the message of unity in a country with different culture, language and tradition. Coming generations will get great values from Scouting.
New Delhi: In a big relief for UP CM Yogi Adityanath, SC on Wednesday put a stay on the Allahabad HC order directing the state government to hold urban bodies elections by January 31 without reservation for the Other Backward Classes (OBCs).
A bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha took note of the submissions made by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for State, and directed that a panel appointed by State will have to decide the OBC quota-related issues for local bodies poll by March 31, 2023.
The Supreme Court permitted State govt to appoint administrators to run the affairs of the local bodies after the expiry of the tenure of the elected representatives. It said that administrators will not be empowered to take major policy decisions.
l Apex Court directs State Election Commission to hold polls by January 31 after transferring OBC seats in the draft notification to general category
UP CM Yogi Adityanath has welcomed the Supreme Court verdict on civic body elections in Uttar Pradesh and said his government will cooperate in holding the polls within the apex court time limit while implementing reservation for the OBC.
l The Supreme Court has rejected to hear a plea by Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan in which he had requested to transfer the cases against him out of Uttar Pradesh. The apex court ruled this on 4th January 2022.
l SC judge Justice Bela M Trivedi on Wednesday recused herself from hearing pleas challenging pre-mature release of 11 convicts, who had gang-raped Bilkis Bano. Bench of Justices Ajay Rastogi and Bela M Trivedi ordered that matter be listed before bench of which Justice Trivedi is not a part.
l The Apex Court will hear today a petition challenging the Uttarakhand High Court’s order to vacate 29 acres of railway land in Haldwani as residents of the 4,000-odd home continue to protest, pray, and beseech officials not to go ahead with the demolition.
Sandeep ShuklaMumbai: Addressing a gathering of migrants from Uttar Pradesh settled in Mumbai on Wednesday, UP CM Yogi Adityanath, who is on a two-day visit to Mumbai for a roadshow and interaction with representatives from industries and Bollywood ahead of the Global Investors Summit (GIS23) scheduled next month in Lucknow, said that residents of the northern state are now proud of their “UP identity” and flaunt it wherever they go in the country and abroad, which was not the case five years ago.
Referring to the 2022 victory, Adityanath said it was the first time that a government in UP was voted back to power after five years with a two-thirds majority.
“This became possi-
ble because of the work done by my government and leadership of PM Narendra Modi,’’ he said.
“Infrastructure including expressways, air connectivity, and metro and railway networks are being created. Rivers are being converted into waterways. We have a fourlane interstate connectivity, airports, and metro networks,’ the BJP leader said.
He said no communal riots took place under his government in UP.
“The law and order situation and the security of women have improved. People have faith in the government and administration,” he said, adding more than 5 lakh youths have been given government jobs through a transparent process without a bias of caste and religion.
Kartikey Dev Singh
Mumbai: On Wednesday, CM Eknath Shinde gave a jolt to the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) when he held a press conference with People’s Republican Party chief Jogendra Kawade and announced an alliance with Kawade’s party.
“Eknath Shinde was not born with a golden spoon. Today, the leadership that rose from bottom is heading the state of Maharashtra. During the MVA rule, Uddhav Thackeray did not pay attention to our statements”, Jogendra Kawade said.
CM Eknath Shinde said, “It has been decided to combine Bala-
saheb’s Shiv Sena with Jogendra Kawade’s People’s Republican Party. We welcome it.
Jogendra Kawade has contributed a lot in the movement during the struggle. Kawade’s aggressiveness was the cause of that the wealthy people used to worry. His long march has now reached its rightful place.”
Elaborating how Shinde govt is better
than Uddhav led MVA government, Kwade said, “A cultural building was constructed in honour of Babasaheb Ambedkar in Nagpur. The MVA govt handed this twenty acre land to tourism department. The then Tourism Minister Aaditya Thackeray had driven a bulldozer on that spot. When this happened, we met with senior ministers in the
government and Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray four times. But they didn’t pay any attention to our state ment. But as we put this demand before the Shinde government, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde gave us a posi tive response,” said Jo gendra Kawade.
“Maharashtra has got a very daring chief minister. There is a feel
ing that this is a government of everyone. We are very impressed by him,” said Kawade.
Kavade is an educated and studious leader. During his movement, he played the role of providing justice to the people. At one point, Kavade’s speeches were banned. This shows how aggressively he approaches a subject. His aggression used to make people sweat. The people are the real decision-makers. The third longest march in the world was taken out by Jogendra Kawade. The position we have taken has an ideological basis. He is working to provide justice to the common people. We will work to provide justice to the general public of this state.
Minister
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet, chaired by PM Modi, has approved National Green Hydrogen Mission. Cabinet has approved an expenditure of ₹Rs 19,744 crore for implementing National Green Hydrogen Mission, I&B Minister Anurag Singh Thakur said on Wednesday.
“Under the NGHM, 50 lakh tonnes of green hydrogen will be produced per annum by 2030,” Minister Thakur said.
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Mumbai: NCP leader
Ajit Pawar clarified his position by holding a press conference on Wednesday and reiterated that he will stand firmly with his remark of calling Sabhaji a Swarajya Rakshak and not Dharmaveer.
Ajit Pawar said, ‘Some time back, the Governor had literally insulted the men of the country. He used words that should not have been used. Now BJP has ordered all its workers to oppose me and demand my resignation. BJP has not given me the post of leader of opposition. 53 MLAs of NCP have given me the post of Leader of the Opposition. That’s why they do not have the right on keeping or removing the leader of opposition. Others have no right to demand it.”
‘RAM’ MILAYE JODI: AKSHAY’S ‘RAMSETU’ INVITE TO ‘RAMYOGI’
The production of green hydrogen through various sources would lead to a reduction in carbon emissions of 50 mn metric tons, and our import bill of ` lakh crore would be significantly reduced as well.
Singh Thakur, I&B Minister
Won’t resign, BJP didn’t make me LoP: Ajit PawarSandeep Shukla
l National Jamboree begins in Rajasthan after 67 years l ‘Mahakumbh’ of 37k Scouts, GuidesRajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot has said that it is a matter of pride to host the National Jamboree in the presence of the President. “Being a Scout-Guide is a matter of I myself have been associated with scouting since childhood. Here one learns to be disciplined, do social service and follow the great culture of the country. National PANT AIR-LIFTED TO MUMBAI HOSPITAL FROM DEHRADUN Mumbai: India wicketkeeper batter Rishabh Pant was on Wednesday air-lifted to Mumbai’s Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital on Wednesday from Dehradun’s Max Hospital. During the day, BCCI said Pant will undergo surgery and subsequent procedures for ligament tears and will continue to be monitored by their medical team. Union Minister Anurag Singh Thakur speaks to media in presence Dr L Murugan and Satyendra Prakash in New Delhi on Wednesday. DOORDARSHAN AND AIR GET BIG BOOST OF `2,500 CRORE INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADE Central government on Wednesday approved a scheme of more than ₹2,500 crore for Doordarshan and All India Radio (AIR) in a bid to upgrade Prasar Bharati’s broadcast infrastructure and network. The budget was approved by the CCEA. The scheme, Central Sector ‘Broadcasting Infrastructure and Network Development (BIND), for infra upgrade of Doordarshan and AIR, was announced by Anurag Thakur.
now spoken up in support of her cousin and
of the Opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, Ajit Pawar.
Mumbai: Amid clamour against his recent remarks on ‘Dharmaveer’ Sambhaji Maharaj, Nationalist Congress
ITaking a dig at the ruling dispensation, she said: “When BJP governors, ministers and other leaders make wrong statements or insult great people, their party looks the other way,” adding, “If any statement has been given, it should be discussed by history experts.”
Notably, just last month, the opposition was in a vocal uproar over Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari’s comment that referred to Shivaji Maharaj as an “icon of olden times”.
“The BJP is protesting according to the rights given by the Constitution, even if it is the first time the ruling party is protesting on the streets. However, we should not forget that we are representatives of all people. It is my humble request to BJP to also take to the
streets with us when Ajit Pawar talks about problems like unemployment and inflation,” she urged.
In the state Assembly last week, Pawar had allegedly said that Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj was not ‘Dharamveer’ (protector of religion). Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena MLA Sanjay Gaikwad has joined the chorus against Pawar’s alleged “insult”.
“They are not at all ashamed to say that the emperor, who did many a cruel things, was good
and not cruel. By doing this they are insulting our two great kings,” Gaikwad said.
Someone says Samb haji Maharaj was not a religious hero, someone says Aurangzeb was not cruel. Sambhaji Maha raj was killed on someone’s or ders. Was that not cruel? These people should be ashamed of this statement,” he said.
Mumbai (PTI): Senior Indian Police Service officer Deven Bharti was on Wednesday appointed as “special commissioner of Mumbai police” which is a newly created post, an official said, adding that the state Home Department issued the appointment order, the official added.
IPS officer Vivek Phansalkar is currently the Mumbai police commissioner.
Bharti, an IPS officer of 1994 batch, is considered to be close to Depu-
CM. Subsequently, he
The 1994-batch officer is known to be close to Dy CM Devendra Fadnavis and was JCP (Law & Order) when the latter was CM
When the Maha Vikas Aghadi government came to power in 2019, Bharti was made joint managing direc -
tor of the Maharashtra State Security Corporation, considered to be a relatively insignificant posting.
On December 13, 2022, Bharti was replaced by joint commissioner (traffic) Rajvardhan, and since then he had been awaiting new posting along with former ATS chief Vinit Agarwal, former Thane police commissioner Bipin Kumar Singh and former AntiCorruption Bureau chief Prabhat Kumar, the official said.
Mumbai: The Shiv Sena - Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray on Wednesday said the courts have not been set up to validate “illegal decisions” of the government.
Mumbai: The clouds of allegations over corruption in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) do not seem to take a hold as now, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has alleged corruption in the allotment and running of Aarey milk stalls in Mumbai.
“It is an open secret that Aarey stalls are controlled by local politicians in cahoots with the BMC, with the stalls being sublet to other people. Since the Aarey stalls don’t serve the purpose they were allotted for, they need to be dismantled and the footpaths need to be reclaimed for pedestrians.
Those running Aarey stalls, however, should be rehabilitated,” said Preeti Sharma Menon, AAP Mumbai chief.
“Since Aarey has stopped production, there are no Aarey products there. These stalls offer all kinds of things ranging from gutkha, and snacks to fast food. So the natural question is, ‘why then are these stalls allowed to function?’,” said Ruben Mascarenhas, AAP Mumbai working president.
Notably, Aarey stalls started selling other Aarey products along with milk in the early 1960s. But over time, the market share of Aarey’s products began to decline.
An editorial in the party’s Marathi newspaper ‘Saamana’ hailed Justice BV Nagarathna-“who recorded it bluntly that it was a highhanded move”--even as four other judges of the Supreme Court bench held the 2016 demonetisation carried out by the Narendra Modi government to be valid.
Justice Nagarathna’s dissenting judgement was “the public opinion of the country”, it said.
“The courts have not been set up to validate illegal decisions of the government,” the editorial said, listing the recent decisions including the Pegasus spyware and Rafale fighter jet cases which
went in the government’s favour.
“To say that demonetization was valid is to defend the economic massacre in the country,” the editorial said.
The Supreme Court in a 4:1 verdict on Monday gave its stamp of approval to the Centre’s 2016 decision to demonetize Rs1,000 and Rs500 denomination currency notes, saying the decision-making process was neither flawed nor hasty.
The Saamana editorial, meanwhile, also said that none of the stated goals of demonetization were achieved.
Ajit Pawar has not given any wrong statement. If you listen to his speech in silence, it becomes clear that there was no intention to insult Sambhaji. It is unfortunate that they are protesting against Ajit Dada because they have no other issue as they have failed to reduce inflation and unemployment.
—Supriya Sule, NCP leader
First India Bureau
Mumbai: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday agency provisionally attached assets worth Rs10.20 crore belonging to Shiv Sena - Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray leader and ex-minister Anil Parab.
The investigation began on a complaint filed by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change for the violation of the Environment (Protection) Act, and a First Information Report was also registered by the Dapoli Police Station for deceiving and causing loss to the state.
The attached assets are in the form of land at Dapoli, Ratnagiri, valued at ₹Rs2.73 crore, and the resort, namely, Sai Resort NX, constructed over the said land, valued at Rs7.46 crore.
“Parab in connivance with businessman Sadanand Kadam got illegal permission for the conversion of use of land from agricultural to non-agricultural purpose and constructed a resort in violation of coastal regulation zone (CRZ) norms. Parab acquired illegal permission from the Revenue Depart -
ment for the construction of a twin bungalow over a piece of land falling under CRZ-III, i.e., no development zone. After acquiring permission, Parab illegally constructed ‘Sai Resort NX’ and with the deliberate intention to hide his identity as owner obtained permission in the name of the earlier owner namely Vibhas Sathe from the Revenue Department, Government of Maharashtra by forging his signature on the application made in this regard.
Parab also deliberately hid the fact that the said land falls within CRZ-III before the gram panchayat and pressured the gram panchayat to transfer the said land along with the building in his name although there was no mention of any construction in the original sale deed,” the ED said in a release.
Aurangabad: Nationalist Congress Party leader and former minister Dhananjay Munde suffered a minor chest injury when his car met with an accident near Parli city after midnight on Wednesday, his office said. The incident happened around 12.30 am near Parli when the driver lost control of the car leading to the accident, Munde’s office tweeted. He was returning after the completion of his daily engagements and meetings in his constituency Parli, it said. Doctors have advised him to take rest, the tweet said.
Mumbai: Engineers from the BMC’s Bridge Department and railway officials along with Andheri West MLA Ameet Satam conducted a site inspection of the Gokhale bridge. The bridge was shut for public on November 07, after being declared unsafe. It might take three months for the complete demolition, which is to be carried out in three phases, BMC has said.
Mumbai: A shocking video has surfaced, showing the negligence of a gateman at the railway crossing near Mothagaon which could have caused a serious accident. The incident happened late at night on Tuesday. In it, a train can be seen approaching the railway crossing. The rail crossing gate is seen wide open, leaving anyone who is trying to cross the track’s life at risk. The citizen recording video reached the cabin to alert the gateman and found that he was asleep during his duty hours.
Palghar: A 29-year-old labourer died of electrocution while working on a bridge on the Surya river in Palghar district, police said on Wednesday. The incident took place on Tuesday when the bridge renovation work was underway on Chillar Boisar road, an official from Manor police station said. The deceased, hailing from Bihar, got electrocuted when an iron rod accidentally came in contact with a hightension wire passing over the bridge, he said.
Mumbai: There has been a rise in cases of respiratory disorders in the city due to rising air pollution, doctors have said. The air quality index (AQI) across Mumbai has been in the ‘poor’ category for a few days now. As the air pollution in the city remains in the poor category, doctors are seeing an increase in the number of respiratory disorders cases. Speaking about the increase in cas-
es, Dr Jeenam Shah, chest physician and consultant pulmonologist at Bhatia Hospital, “On average, there is an increase in almost 3040% of patients having respiratory disorders. These are people who never had respiratory problems earlier. Patients who are asthmatic or have some kind of lung disorder are coming in with flare-ups. There is a rise of about 30% in number of cases.”
Dr Tanvi Bhatt,
Pulmonologist, SRV Hospital said, “At present, there are increasing numbers of admissions and outpatient department visits due to viral respiratory diseases and bacterial pneumonia. Viral infections present with acute symptoms of fever, cold, sore throat are seen to be visiting more often.”
As a preventive measure for viral infections, Dr Bhatt advised people to wear masks and stay hydrated. She add-
ed, “ People should avoid crowded airconditioned places, and should go for walks during the evening.”
According to the doctor from Terna Specialty Hospital and Research Center in Nerul, pregnant women, children and senior citizens with asthma, pneumonia, bronchitis and throat diseases have started to suffer more.
Mumbai: A 20-year-old man died after a lift crashed in a 25-storey building at Vikhroli on Wednesday afternoon, civic officials said. There were four occupants at the time of the accident which occurred at around 1.30 pm in Siddhivinayak Society, they said. They got trapped inside the lift car on the ground floor after the fall. “Of the four (occupants), three men came out of the lift by themselves,” said an official from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation. The firemen used rescue tools to pull the fourth person out.
Mumbai’s AQI was 280 on Wednesday morning. That in Mazagaon and Chembur were recorded at 300 and 333, respectively.Wear masks, stay hydrated, avoid crowded spaces, specialists advise as city sees slew of bad air days First India Bureau Party MP from Baramati Supriya Sule has Leader
Supriya Sule tries to justify cousin’s ‘Dharamveer’ remark on Sambhaji a day after Sharad Pawar attempted damage control
Palghar: Two fishermen drowned and one went missing after their boat capsized in the Arabian sea off the Ratnagiri coast, an official said on Wednesday.
The official said all the fishermen belonged to Patkar Pada from Talasari in Palghar. He said four boats set out for fishing in the Arabian sea from Mangrol port in Junagadh district of Gujarat on December 30. On January 2, seawater gushed in one of the four boats anchored near Dikshi, 80 nautical miles off the Ratnagiri coast, the official said.
Of the seven fishermen, four were saved by fishermen from other boats, he added.
department
Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Tuesday razed more than 50 illegal encroachments to widen a road in Bhandup, as a part of the Goregaon Mulund Link Road (GMLR) project.
BMC’s S ward razed unauthorized constructions spreading over half a kilometre of road between Sudarshan Hotel and the Tulshet Pada area in Bhandup. The land, cleared of the unauthorized structures, has been handed over to the bridges department of the civic body. After this demolition, the width of the road increased to 45.75 meters from 30 meters.
The GMLR is a nearly
12-km-long under-construction east-west connector with 5+5 lanes, from near the Western Express Highway at Goregaon to the Eastern Express Highway near Airoli toll plaza.
“Two bulldozers and a team of 25 persons were formed to act against the unauthorized structures. This action by our team will help in the implementation of the GMLR project,” said Ajitkumar Ambi, Assistant Commissioner of the ‘S’ ward.
As a part of the GMLR, the BMC had proposed 4.75 km long and 1.6 km long tunnels that will run under Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) and the remaining stretch of about 6 kms will be covered via two flyovers.
Mumbai: Staff of the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Co. Ltd (Mahavitaran), Maharashtra State Electricity Transmission Co Ltd (Mahapareshan) and Maharashtra State Electricity Generation Co Ltd (Mahanirmiti) called off their three-day strike hours after it began on Wednesday, following the government’s assurance that the utilities will not be privatized.
Thane: A breach in the walls of the left bank canal of the Bhatsa dam located in Thane district has led to inundation of farmland in some downstream villages, officials said on Wednesday.
Shahapur tehsildar Neelima Suryavanshi said the breach was wider on Wednesday than on Tuesday evening, when it was reported for the first time.
She said that while efforts are underway to plug the breach, the water gushing through the cracks of the canal wall cannot be stopped at the moment.
“The Revenue depart-
ment is assessing the crop loss. The concerned department will decide about the compensation,” she added.
Villagers and the local MLA say the walls of the left bank canal had developed cracks in the past as well.
Shahapur MLA Daulat Daroda said the walls of the canal of the Bhatsa dam develop cracks at least once a year.
“But nothing can be done as funds are not provided for repairs,” he claimed.
The Bhatsa dam, located near Shahapur, is the major source of water for the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai and Thane Municipal Corporation.
Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who also holds the energy portfolio, said the government had no intention to privatize state-run power utilities.
Sanjay Thakur, president of the Subordinate
One private firm (of the Adani group) has applied for ‘parallel distribution licence’. I want to make it clear that we are not supporting privatization of (power) companies. the strike wouldn’t have happened if the state and union representatives had met earlier.
Engineers Association, one of the unions participating in the
lowing a meeting with Fadnavis, who said the state doesn't want any state-run company to be privatized.
In November last year, Adani Electricity Navi Mumbai Ltd, a subsidiary of Adani Transmission, had applied to the Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) for a parallel licence for power distribution under the jurisdiction of Mahavitaran in Bhandup, Mulund, Thane, Navi Mumbai, Panvel, Taloja and Uran areas.
Mumbai: A 24-year-old man posing as a CBI officer has been arrested by the Mumbai Police, officials said. The accused was identified as ‘Deepak’. He used to conduct searches in Ghatkopar hotels by showing a fake CBI ID card, the police said. He used to search the registers of the hotel and checked the customer details who were staying there. A customer suspected him and informed the hotel manager about it who in turn told the police. Police reached the spot and verified Deepak’s ID card which was found to be fake.
Thane: A case was registered against a couple and another person for allegedly manhandling an advocate in Thane, an official said on Wednesday. The police are yet to ascertain the reason behind the incident which took place on Tuesday afternoon and no arrest has been made so far, he said. The couple, allegedly forced their way into advocate Aniruddha Nandkumar Jadhav’s office.
Thane: A 32-yearold woman allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself from a ceiling fan at her home in Thane district, police official said. The incident took place at Betavade village in Diva area, official added. Based on a complaint filed by the woman’s brother, the Mumbra police registered a case against her husband on the charge of abetment of suicide under Section 306.
Palghar: A man was allegedly cheated of Rs11.25 lakh through an online offer to “work from home” in Palghar district, police said. The police arrested one person in this connection. The victim had come across an advertisement for the job offer. He was asked to make certain payments for the job offer, a police release said. He made payments worth Rs11.25 lakh from time to time, and when he still did not get the job, the complainant approached the police, an official said.
— Devendra Fadnavis, Dy CM72-hour-long stir, announced the decision to call off the strike fol-
The striking staffers demanded that the government not issue this licence to the Adani firm, as they feared that it would pave the way for the eventual privatization of staterun power firms.
Thane (PTI): A special court here has sentenced a 52-year-old man to rigorous imprisonment for three years for molesting a 7-yearold girl in Bhiwandi town of Maharashtra in 2020.
Special judge for the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act court, V V
Virkar, convicted the accused Chananmal Jain on December 26.
The judge also imposed a fine of Rs1,000 on
Jain. A copy of the order was made available on Tuesday.
During the trial, Special Public Prosecutor Rekha Hiwrale told the court that the accused molested the girl during “bhandara” or a communal meal organized at a hall in the powerloom town on January 17, 2020, under the pre-
text of offering her chocolates.
After the mother raised an alarm, Jain hid in a toilet and was pulled out by other people present in the hall and later handed over to the police.
The judge noted the accused pleaded guilty to the offence and repented of the act.
Palghar: Police raided a flat and have arrested three persons on charges of gambling, an official said on Wednesday. The police seized Rs7.95 lakh cash, mobile phones and a printer from the accused, the Mira Bhayander-Vasai Virar police said. Acting on a tip-off, the police raided the flat in Padmavati Nagar and arrested three persons, in the age group of 40 to 47 years.
Thane: Police registered a case against a couple for allegedly insulting and manhandling a woman in Kalwa area, an official said. The incident happened when the woman saw her neighbour’s two daughters fighting over an ice cream. When she asked the neighbour to attend to his daughters, the man and his wife then allegedly abused the complainant and pushed her aside, he said.
Units were evaluated on performance in maintaining law and order, use of modern technology, evolving community policing and administration
Nagpur (PTI) Jalna district police and Nagpur city police in Maharashtra have bagged the 'Best Police Unit' awards for 2021 in the state under different classes for maintaining law and order, use of modern technology, evolving commu -
nity policing and administration.
The Jalna police got the award in 'Class A' and the Nagpur police in 'Class B', as per the winners announced on Tuesday by Additional Director General of Police (law and order) Kulwant Sarangal.
Police units with less than 6,100 Indian Penal Code cases are grouped in 'Class A', while those with more than 6,100 IPC cases are grouped in 'Class B', according to a police circular.
In 'Class A', Raigarh district police got the second best police unit award, while Sindhudurg district police won for the best unit for conviction in session trial cases, Beed district police for best unit in technology for policing, and Gadchiroli police for best unit in community
policing initiatives.
In 'Class B', Pune city police bagged the second best police unit award, Mira-Bhayandar-Vasai Virar police won for the best unit in technology for policing, while Solapur rural police won two awards--best unit for conviction in session trial cases and for community policing initiatives.
The police units were evaluated on the basis of their performance on 45 pre-selected parameters, a senior
official said.
Jalna police force comes under the Aurangabad range.
The Aurangabad rural police from the same range had won the best police unit award for 2020 in 'Class A'.
Special Inspector General of Police Mallikarjuna Prasanna, incharge of the Aurangabad range for the past two years, told PTI that police units under the range were tasked to improve policing practices along with disposal of pending cases.
First India bureau
his karyakarta from Gujarat shares with us how Narendra bhai is the perfect karyakarta and how he lives by his ideals.
Narendra bhai has been the guiding light for her when it came to ways of accomplishing work at the ground level with precision. What stands out about Narendra bhai is his humility and sense of gratitude for every single person who has touched his life in a positive way.
Once an Akhil Bhartiya Sammelan had to be organized in Karnavati. Narendra bhai was working with us, I would say in the capacity of an advisor and he would guide as about the fundamentals of organizing such an event. At that time, I was a total newbie, a novice in such work. I had no idea how to proceed in this regard and had not taken up a lot of responsibility.
Soon it was time for the baithak to commence. We would get information and guidelines about all the work that had to be completed and we would accomplish all of that at the ground level. Now Narendra bhai used to be present in the meetings and we were all answerable for our tasks and of course, to the questions that Narendra bhai would put up to us. So it happened, Narendra bhai asked
me, “Saroj ji, so what about the mahila baithak (meeting of women)? Was it convened?” I replied in the affirmative.
Next question, “So Saroji ji, how many behene (sisters) attended the meeting?” “About 20-22”, I answered cheerfully.
Suddenly he asked me, “Were there 20 or 22?” Now I was confounded. I did not have the exact answer for this question. In my notes I had jotted down 20-22 women attended the meet. But I just did not remember exactly if they were 20 or 22. So this is the first lessons he taught me. Always be prepared with an exact answer. Narendra bhai is not someone who will take terminological inexactitude or imprecision in work lightly. If you are not prepared, you are sure to flounder.
I am happy that I got a lot of guidance and support from him. It was Narendra bhai from whom I learnt how to take down meeting notes, how to take down numbers with accuracy in the meeting register and how to meet work expectations. If I have been allotted some work, then how I am supposed to accomplish with perfection, this is something I learnt from him. Narendra bhai was never satisfied with work done at a superficial level. He expected us to dive deep down in our allotted tasks, understand the specifics and come up with details that were exact and precise.
I can never forget the way he guided us with the minutest details possible for the sammelan. Often, we would be scratching our heads, wondering how we missed out on some minute but vital aspects that Narendra bhai would point out to us with such simplicity and in a matter-of-fact tone!
I remember in 1980s there was an event in Aurangabad and Narendra bhai was one of the speakers in that event.
The subject for discussion was “Karyakarta” – what are the qualities of a good karyakarta, the duties and responsibilities of a karyakarta, who actually is a karyakarta, what is the differ-
ence between a swayamsevak and a karyakarta- and the way Narendra bhai dealt with each of these minor aspects was stupendous. His talk was remarkable for not just rhetorical finesse but for the way in which he explained and defined the concept of karyakarta. And you know what, Narendra bhai’s speech is never something that would appeal to you at just the intellectual level. It will stir your soul, in fact your entire being will be captivated to the point of numbness when you listen to him. This happens because when he speaks, he speaks
from his soul. Narendra bhai, during this talk, became so full of emotion himself, it was as if someone had immersed fully in the waters of duty, service and responsibilities of a karyakarta that every word of his talk was coming straight from the depth of Narendra bhai’s core. He had become the spirit incarnate of karyakarta!
It is indeed rare to someone as eloquent, spontaneous and deep like Narendra bhai. Also, this speech by Narendra bhai about karyakarta was so impressive because every drop of his blood is steeped in the
his ideas and his actions.
selfless duties and devotion of a karyakarta. These quintessential qualities of a karyakarta that Narendra bhai enumerated in his speech that day have served as the lighthouse for him, irrespective of his stature in politics. Whether as CM or as PM, he has always served the country as the perfect karyakarta. When Narendra bhai says that a karyakarta behaves with equanimity with only his goal in sight, irrespective of whether he is praised or censured, we know he has lived by this quality practically every day of his life.
There is a saying in Marathi which translates to “Go and serve Brahmgyaan to people. But within your own being you are as blank as a rock.” We use this often to refer to people who do not practice what they preach. But Narendra bhai stands apart from everyone as the lone stalwart who will never utter a word that is untrue to his own persona, his thoughts, his ideas and his actions.
Last but not least, with great fondness I recollect the lunch at CM house for which he had invited all the prominent women karyakartas. No prominent dignitary had ever invited us to their residence in the past, not even the Mayor, who had eventually become my friend. So after presenting a bouquet to Narendra bhai, we shared with him our happiness and our sense of disbelief that a CM should invite us. Do you know what his response was to this? My eyes filled with tears when I heard him say, “When I was a pracharak, every one of you has served me food at your home. And from each one of those interactions, I gained one valuable thought. This lunch today is my way of expressing my gratitude to each one of you for helping me develop mentally, physically and spiritually.” I only pray that Narendra bhai continues to serve our country with his selfless sense of devotion and may he be blessed with success in all his endeavours!
‘NARENDRA BHAI STANDS APART FROM EVERYONE’
Go and serve Brahmgyaan to people. But within your own being you are as blank as a rock.
SAROJ MUJUMDAR
Uttar Pradesh: The Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra resumed from Uttar Pradesh’s Mavikala village Wednesday morning. The Yatra began following a fireworks display at the village in the early hours. The Yatra, which entered Uttar Pradesh Tuesday afternoon, will pass through Niwara, Saroorpoor, and Baraut and will halt for the day in Ailum. As the yatra resumed in Uttar Pradesh, Congress said it aims to uproot hatred from the state.
Rahul will walk through Uttar Pradesh for the next two days.
His Yatra will re-enter Haryana on January 6, after which it is likely to be in Punjab from January 11 to 20, with a day in Himachal Pradesh on January 19.
According to party leaders, the Yatra will arrive at Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district on January 20 and conclude in Srinagar on January 30.
Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra reached Uttar Pradesh’s Mavikala village on Tuesday night. After the night halt, the yatra resumed its journey from Baghpat district at 6 am today with a grand fireworks display. Farmers from nearby areas welcomed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who is leading the yatra, with tractor trolleys filled with flowers.According to the farmers, Rahul
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday moved a plea in the Supreme Court challenging a Gujarat High Court’s decision granting anticipatory bail to Additional Commissioner of Income Tax Ahmedabad, Santosh Karnani, who has been accused in a corruption case.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta mentioned the plea before a bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, who agreed to list the matter. Mehta apprised the bench that there is tutoring of witnesses and even CBI officials are being approached.
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Gandhi should walk not on the streets but on a path of flowers, and so they got 4 quintals of flowers to the yatra. Congress
Baghpat district unit Chief Yunus Chowdhary said the yatra will enter Baraut town later in the day where Rahul Gandhi will address a gathering of people before leaving for Shamli district. The foot march entered Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday via Ghaziabad’s Loni border.
New Delhi: Samajwadi Party on Wednesday filed a SLP in the SC, opposing the Allahabad High Court’s Lucknow bench order to hold the urban body elections without reservations for Other Backward Classes.Advocate Rajpal Kashyap, representing the party, said, “On the direction of Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, we have filed SLP in SC. We hope that the court’s verdict would preserve reservations for OBC.”
Uttar Pradesh: Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra resumes from Mavikala in Baghpat District in Uttar Pradesh today morning. Rahul Gandhi’s look-alike Faisal Chowdhury who is a party worker from Meerut Congress also joined the Yatra today. The Yatra will cover the stretch from Mavikala to Baraut today. The Yatra was initiated with a fireworks display.Bharat Jodo Yatra entered its Uttar Pradesh leg on Tuesday afternoon after starting from the Marghat Hanuman temple, in Delhi.
New Delhi: The Congress on Wednesday set up a three-member fact-finding committee to evaluate the party’s performance in the recently concluded Gujarat assembly elections and suggest corrective measures. The committee will be chaired by former Maharashtra minister Nitin
New Delhi (ANI): BJP National President JP Nadda will connect with 119 assembly booth-level presidents and workers through video conferencing, on January 7 in Telangana, according to party sources. The BJP National President aims to connect with the workers, who are expected to be in thousands. All participants will connect from their respective centres through video conferencing and approximately, three to four thousand people will join in each assembly.
A senior BJP leader informed that the party is gearing up to overthrow the KCR govt in Telangana and this is the reason why BJP is continuously doing one program after another in Telangana. Many important programs and schemes have been set by BJP for Telangana. BJP is completely focused on the upcoming assembly elections.
New Delhi: Ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections in nine states and the Lok Sabha elections in 2024, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has decided to deploy a force of about 3,000 ‘Vistaraks’ (expansionists) across the country to strengthen the party, sources said.Assembly elections are going to be held in Madhya Pradesh, Tripura, Karnataka, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Mizoram, Rajasthan, Telangana, and Chhat -
tisgarh. Out of these, the BJP or its allies rule all, save Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh (Congress) and Telangana (Bharatiya Rashtra Samithi).
As per sources, these Vistaraks will work closely with the organisation at the local level in each assembly and Lok Sabha constituency and will report directly to the central leadership. They are also expected to prepare a ground report for the party ahead of the polls.
Karnataka: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, hitting back at opposition leader Siddaramaiah’s statement comparing him to a puppy, said that the people of the state would give a fitting reply to the Congress leader in the upcoming assembly election.
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted regular bail to Khushi Dubey, widow of Amar Dubey, an aide and relative of the slain gangster Vikas Dubey. A bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud while granting bail took note of the fact that Khushi Dubey was 16-17 years of age at the time of the commission of the offence. It said the trial court would be setting the terms for her release.
New Delhi: In a setback for Google, an appellate tribunal on Wednesday refused an interim stay on the competition regulator imposing a Rs 1,337-crore penalty on the US tech giant and asked it to deposit 10 per cent of the amount. The NCLAT admitted the search giant’s challenge to the CCI slapping a Rs 1,337.76-crore fine for abusing the dominant position of its Android smartphone operating system in the country.
New Delhi: Supreme Court judge Justice Abdul Nazeer, who retired on Wednesday, in his farewell function, said that representation of women in the judiciary is still very low. During his farewell function, SC Bar Association President Vikas Singh recalled that Justice Abdul Nazeer was part of the Ayodhya land dispute. He said that Justice Abdul Nazeer, being the only Muslim judge on Constitution Bench decided the controversial Ayodhya land dispute and he agreed to pronounce a unanimous verdict, which demonstrated his commitment to secularism and his willingness to serve judicial institution.
Bengaluru: A married daughter remains a daughter in the same manner that a married son remains a son, the Karnataka HC has ruled while quashing a Sainik Welfare Board guideline that barred married daughters from availing dependent cards.
Reacting to Siddaramaiah’s statement comparing the Karnataka CM to a puppy, CM Bommai told reporters that it shows the personality of the Congress leader.
Gujarat (ANI): In a major reshuffle in the party’s Gujarat unit, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Wednesday appointed Gopal Italia as the national joint secretary.
New Delhi: Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud on Wednesday said Justice S Abdul Nazeer, who is demitting office, always stood for right and ensured justice is done.The CJI, who was sitting along with justices Nazeer and P S Narasimha in the ceremonial bench, commended the outgoing judge for his dedication and said he never allowed stress to get to him.“Justice Nazeer doesn’t belong to the class which would be neutral between right and wrong but he would find the right and stood for it and ensured justice is done. Unfortunately, I could not appear before him,” Justice said.
Maharashtra: In a strong dissent to the Supreme Court’s decision on demonetisation, Shiv Sena in its mouthpiece ‘Saamana’ on Wednesday said that calling the government decision “valid” means to “support the economic massacre of the country”. The editorial termed the demonetisation “economic terrorism” and said, “To say that the decision of demonetisation is valid is like supporting the economic massacre of the country. One has to bow before the decision of the Supreme Court, saying, in the case of demonetisation, Modi is right.”
Kolkata: The Calcutta HC rejected a bail prayer of TMC leader Anubrata Mondal, who was arrested by the CBI in connection with an alleged cattle smuggling case.Mondal had prayed for bail, submitting that he has been in custody for over 145 days. The CBI opposed the prayer, claiming that he may derail the investigation into the cattle smuggling case by trying to influence witnesses being probed by it.
New Delhi: The SC on Wednesday set aside an order of the Uttarakhand High Court which directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to investigate corruption allegations against former chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat.
According to the official statement of the party, Gopal Italia who was the state president of Gujarat AAP has been made the national joint secretary. Italia will also be a co-in charge of AAP in Maharashtra. Isudan
Gadhvi, the CM face of the party in the latest state assembly elections, has been appointed as the state president of the party. Apart from the President, the Aam Aadmi Party has divided Gujarat organizationally into six zones with separate working presidents for each zone. After winning five seats in Gujarat, the AAP got the status of a ‘national party’.
Karnataka:
Minister Basavraj Bommai on Wednesday hit out at the Leader of Opposition Siddaramaiah and said that the people of Karnataka will give a fitting reply
paring the CM to a puppy, Bommai told reporters here on Wednesday, “It will show the personality of the Congress leader. The dog is a faithful animal and it’s doing its job faithfully. I will save by faithfulness for the sake of people. I have not divided society as Siddaramaiah did. We have given happiness and not the misfortune given by them. This kind of job is not done by us”.On Siddaramaiah inviting him for an open debate, Bommai said there is no big forum than the Vdiahana Soudha.
Vienna: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar advised the European countries on the new world order, the Ukraine war, and the Chinese challenge and apprised that they need a wake-up call to understand the shaking up of international order, reported Die Presse. He said, “ Europeans needed a wake-up call to understand that the difficult aspects of life are
not always taken care of by others, adding, no region will be stable if dominated by a single power.”
New Delhi : External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met Microsoft Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Satya Nadella on Wednesday and discussed several issues including governance and security in the digital domain.“Great to meet Chairman and CEO of Microsoft Corporation @ satyanadella. Discussed delivery, governance and security in the digital domain,” Jaishankar tweeted.
Himachal Pradesh (ANI): Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Wednesday launched ‘Haath se Haath Jodo Abhiyan’ in Dharamshala’s Kangra district, calling the campaign an extension of Congress’ Bharat Jodo Yatra.
CM Sukhu asked the party workers to orchestrate strategies for Abhiyan’s advertising, involving print and electronic media in its
promotion, including creating Whatsapp groups at the village level.
The campaign will commence in the state on Republic Day, i.e. January 26 and is expected to reach upto the village and block level in two months.
“At least one meeting must be ensured in every village under ‘Haath Se Haath Jodo’ Abhiyan,” Sukhu said.
Co-in charge of Congress for Himachal
ing to ANI, Digvijaya Singh told that the preparations have been made for the ‘Haath se Haath Jodo Abhiyan’ and a door-to-door cam-
paign will be held after January 30. “We will spread the message of Rahul Gandhi and his yatra among everyone,” said Singh.
Sukhu, on his first visit to Dharamshala on January 3, addressed the ‘Jan Aabhar Rally’, where he expressed gratitude to the people of Kangra district for their massive mandate in favour of the Congress Party in the recently held assembly elections.
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“The dog is a faithful animal and it’s doing its job faithfully. I will save by faithfulness for the sake of people. I have not divided society as
Siddaramaiah did. We have given people happiness and not the misfortune that was given by them. This kind of job is not done by us.”Rahul Gandhi during the party’s Bharat Jodo Yatra, at Mavikala, in Baghpat on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY ANI FARMERS WELCOME RAHUL Raut, who also heads the party’s SC department. The other members of the committee are Shakeel Ahmad Khan and Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka, an official communication from the party said. “The Congress president has constituted a fact-finding committee to evaluate the results of the recently concluded assembly elections in Gujarat and suggest measures to be taken, with immediate effect,” it said. BJP National President JP Nadda Karnataka Chief to Siddaramaiah in the Assembly elections. The statement comes in the backdrop of Senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah stroking a controversy after he said CM Bommai and BJP leaders shiver like “puppy” in front of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Reacting to Siddaramaiah’s statement of com- Basavaraj Bommai
New Delhi (ANI): The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) will send additional 18 companies to Jammu and Kashmir in the wake of recent killings of civilians in two fresh terror attacks in Rajouri district, sources familiar with the development said.
The 18 CRPF companies - approximately 1,800 personnel - will be rushed to the Jammu region for deployment mainly in Poonch and Rajouri districts. As per inputs, eight CRPF companies will be deployed very soon from nearby locations of deployment in Jammu and Kashmir while 10 CRPF companies are being rushed from Delhi. The move followed a recent order issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs amidst intelligence input about the terror attack in the
Jammu region, said the source.
Six persons, including two children, were killed and many more injured in two separate terror attacks in Upper Dangri village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district on Sunday
evening and Monday morning.
In the latest terror attack, two children were killed and several others injured after a suspected Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast took place in Rajouri’s Upper Dangri
village on Monday morning.
ADGP Mukesh Singh cautioned people as another suspected IED was spotted in the area near Upper Dangri village, which is about eight kilometres from Rajouri town.
Srinagar : Days after six civilians were killed by terrorists in J&K’s Rajouri, People’s Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday accused the BJP of running a “narrative against minorities” in the country. “The BJP is benefitted when innocent people are killed in Kashmir as they run a narrative against minorities in the country and demonise Kashmiris. There is no accountability to the question of why did this incident happen?” Mufti said while addressing a press conference here today.
Srinagar: A night curfew has been imposed along the International border in the Samba district of J&K in view of the increasing movement of terrorists on the border, informed officials on Wednesday.
Jammu (PTI): The bandh against the twin terror attacks in Rajouri that killed six people and injured 11 others entered its second day in the border town of Poonch on Wednesday while protests were held across the Jammu region. Security was beefed up in the border districts of Poonch and Rajouri in view of the bandh, of-
ficials said. Shops and business establishments remained closed in the district as hundreds of people, braving cold weather, came out to hold protests.
Raising anti-Pakistan slogans, the protestors burnt tyres and demanded enhancement of security in and around minority places in districts of the Jammu region.
As per an order from the District Commissioner of Samba Anuradha Gupta, the night curfew will be applicable from 9 pm to 6 am in areas up to 1 km from the International Border. “Appeal to people not to move unnecessarily,” said Deputy SP, Garu Ram Bhardwaj, SOG, J&K police.
Madhya Pradesh (ANI): Cold conditions continue across Madhya Pradesh and the weather department issued an alert regarding cold waves in the state, a meteorologist said on Wednesday.
China’s COVID-19 data is not giving an accurate picture of the situation there and underrepresents the number of hospitalisations and deaths from the disease, a senior official at the World Health Organization said on Wednesday.
The U.N. agency was preparing to meet Chinese scientists again on Thursday as part of a wider briefing among member states on the global COVID-19 situation as concerns grow about the rapid spread of the virus in the world’s No. 2 economy.
On Tuesday, China’s top scientists presented data to a WHO technical advisory group showing no new coronavirus variant had been found in the country of 1.4 billion people.
That might ease some concerns about the outbreak since Bei-
West Bengal: Four cases of Omicron subvariant BF.7 were detected in West Bengal, a health official said on Wednesday. Genome sequencing of the four people, who have recently returned from the US, confirmed that they were infected with the new variant of the coronavirus, he said.Of the four people, three are from Nadia district, while one person hails from Bihar.
jing abruptly reversed its “zero COVID” policy last month.
But comments by WHO officials on Wednesday were the clearest criticism yet of China’s recent handling of the pandemic. It underscored worries about the accuracy and availability of Beijing’s data.
Gwalior has been the coldest in the state as it recorded the lowest temperature at 4.5 degree celsius. This time Guna became the second coldest region in the state where the dip in mercury was recorded at 5.7 degree celsius. Similarly, Bhopal recorded the minimum temperature at 7.4 degree celsius. Me-
teorologist S N Sahu told ANI, “There can be cold days in Bhopal, Sagar, Gwalior and Rewa division of the state. Gwalior
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has been the coldest region in the state where temperature was recorded at 4.5 degrees.”
“If we talk about fog
Agartala (PTI): Two persons have been injured following the BJP-CPI (M) supporters’ clashes near former Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb’s ancestral house in Gomti district, police said on Wednesday. The incident occurred on Tuesday night after a group of priests arrived at Deb’s residence at Rajdhanagar in Jamjuri area of Udaipur to perform a Yajna in the annual Shradh ceremony of Deb’s father, Hirudhan Deb.
Starting Wednesday, a four-day yagna was to
be held on the death anniversary of Deb’s father at their ancestral home Jamjuri for which BJP activists decorated the house and the nearby area.
Meanwhile, a group of CPI(M) supporters also put up party flags in the
area for their programme.
“Some of CPI(M) flags were allegedly found torn and thrown away”, following which the clash broke out near the BJP Rajya Sabha MP’s residence.
“One vehicle owned by a guest of Deb was allegedly torched by the CPI(M) supporters during the clash and two BJP activists suffered injuries. Angered BJP activists then set four shops of CPI(M) workers in the village on fire,” said Udaipur SubDivisional Police Officer Nirupam Dutta.
then there will be fog in the northern parts of the state. The fog will also be seen in western areas of the state. The
New Delhi (PTI): The CBI has filed a charge sheet against CG Power & Industrial Solutions Ltd and its former promoter Gautam Thapar in an alleged bank fraud of ₹ 2,435 crore, officials said on Wednesday. The agency has alleged that the accused had availed loans from a consortium of 13 banks against the same securities without disclosing finances taken from other banks. The CBI has alleged that the accused also borrowed funds from the bank by misrepresentation.
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The Aerospace company has launched 114 satellites in the first mission of 2023 crossing the milestone of the 200th successful launch
New Delhi: After successfully launching one satellite every week in 2022, Elon Musk’s SpaceX is in no mood of taking any breaks. The Aerospace company has launched 114 satellites in the first mission of 2023 crossing the milestone of the 200th successful launch in its space exploration history.
The Transporter mission was the sixth dedicated smallsat rideshare mission for the
company, which lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. SpaceX
used its Falcon-9 rocket to launch the satellites into Low Earth Orbit and said that this was the fifteenth launch and
landing of this Falcon 9 stage booster.
“Falcon 9 carried 114 spacecraft to orbit that was set to deploy across 82 deployments, 78 of which have been confirmed. Teams are continuing to review data for the remaining payloads, though it may take customers some time to provide additional information on the status of their payloads,” SpaceX said in a statement. Among the 114 satellites, about
three dozen were Earthobserving satellites, which are the size of a loaf of bread. These satellites are built and operated by the San Francisco-based company Planet. While the company launched 114 satellites, it still lags behind its own record of lifting off 143 satellites to space in a single mission.
The first launch of the year comes on the back of 61 successful launches in 2022.
Madhya Pradesh: A man died allegedly due to cold weather under Tukoganj police station limits in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore district on Wednesday, police said.The man was identified as Ramakant (40). The residents of the locality saw the body in the lanes on Wednesday morning and they informed the Tukoganj police about the incident. The police rushed to the spot and sent the body for post mortem. Assistant Sub Inspector Rakesh Singh Parihar said, “In the preliminary investigation, it seems that Ramakant died due to cold.”
weather conditions will remain the same for the next two days whose temperature will revolve around 7 degree
celsius,” he said, adding that after two days, the temperature will increase gradually by 1 and 2 degrees.
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Kshetra Trust held its meeting in Ayodhya to discuss the progress of the construction of the Ram Temple. The meeting held at the Circuit House was presided over by Nipendra Mishra, chairman of the building construction committee. As per sources, on January 4, Ram Janmabhoomi Trust Board will have another meeting on the subject.
New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency on Wednesday carried out searches at 17 locations in West Bengal in connection with the Ekbalpore-Mominpur clashes that occurred in the state on October 9 last year, sources said.The raids are being conducted at the house and office premises of the suspects, an official source privy to the development told ANI.
New Delhi : The government’s paddy procurement for the central pool rose 9.58% to 541.90 lakh tonne so far in the ongoing 2022-23 season.
Punjab, Chhattisgarh, Haryana and Telangana were the top contributors to the central pool. Normally, paddy procurement begins from October. However, in southern states, especially in Kerala and Tamil Nadu, it begins from September. The government aims to procure 775.72 lakh tonne of paddy in the 2022-23 season.
New Delhi (PTI): The Indian services sector growth touched a six-month high in December, supported by a robust intake of new work and favourable market conditions, a monthly survey said on Wednesday.
The seasonally adjusted S&P Global India Services PMI Business Activity Index rose from 56.4 in November to 58.5 in December, highlighting the strongest rate of expansion since mid-2022.
For the 17th straight month, the headline figure was above the neutral 50 threshold. In Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) parlance, a print above 50
means expansion while a score below 50 denotes contraction.
“December saw a wel-
New Delhi: Gold price rose by `378 to `56,130 per 10 gram in the national capital on Wednesday amid a rally in the precious metal prices globally, according to HDFC Securities. The yellow metal had settled at `55,752 per 10 gram in the previous trade. Silver, however, declined by `147 to `70,675 per kilogram. In the overseas market, gold was trading higher at US Dollar 1,859 per ounce while silver was flat at US Dollar 24.24 per ounce. —PTI
SALES GROW 85% TO 1,01,270 UNITS
New Delhi (PTI): Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella on Wednesday highlighted the importance of driving inclusivity and empowerment through technology and economic growth and asserted that the company is “very committed to India”.
Nadella interacted with people who are making a difference in the society, by leveraging various Microsoft programs, initiatives.
“Looking at what you all have done, your passion, imagination and ingenuity is truly inspiring. One of the things that keeps me grounded is seeing our mission in action,” Nadella said. He urged the participants to think of growth in terms of social inclusivity.
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come expansion in Indian services activity, underscoring the resilience of demand as 2022 came to an
New Delhi (FIB): Citigroup lowered its projection for India’s current account deficit (CAD) to 2.9% of gross domestic product (GDP) for the current fiscal year, citing the growth in the country’s service exports and a lower oil price forecast.
“The key surprise came from the phenomenal growth in services exports in the first half of the current fiscal year, which goes beyond just software services,” Samiran Chakraborty, chief economist for India at Citi, said in a note.
z The seasonally adjusted S&P Global India Services PMI Business Activity Index rose from 56.4 in November to 58.5 in December, highlighting the strongest rate of expansion since mid-2022
end,” said Pollyanna De Lima, Economics Associate Director at S&P Global Market Intelligence.
Lima further noted that “as we head into 2023, companies signalled strong optimism towards the outlook for output. Around 31% of panellists forecast
z In December, more jobs were created and companies remained strongly upbeat towards the year ahead outlook for business activity
z On the inflation front, input costs at services companies rose further, with companies mentioning wage pressures
growth, while only 2% anticipate a contraction.”
Meanwhile, in December, more jobs were created and companies remained strongly upbeat towards the year ahead outlook for business activity.
“Positive sentiment and ongoing growth of new
New Delhi (FIB): Adani Group’s chairman Gautam Adani has been planning to roll out an enterprise 5G services and consumer apps this year, according to a TOI report.
As the Indian industrialist looks to expand his business outside the country, he will be focusing on building AI-ML (artificial intelligence & machine learning) and industrial cloud capabilities, and expanding data centres.
“While we are fully invested in building India, it is an opportune time to contribute to nation-building outside India,” TOI quoted Adani as saying in his New Year address to employees. In 2022, during the 5G auctions, Adani had stressed that it does not intend to enter the consumer
New Delhi: German automotive group Volkswagen’s sales in India grew 85.48% to 1,01,270 units in 2022, ŠKODA AUTO Volkswagen India Pvt Ltd said on Wednesday. The group’s sales in India stood at 54,598 units in 2021. “While challenges around the ongoing chip shortage and increasing input costs continued, we successfully re-calibrated, taking action with agility and speed to minimise the impact of these,” SAVWIPL Managing Director and CEO Piyush Arora said in a statement. The group’s exports from India stood at 33,397 units last year. —PTI
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Mumbai (PTI): Market benchmarks Sensex and Nifty tumbled 1% on Wednesday amid continuous foreign fund outflows and a weak trend in index majors Reliance Industries and HDFC Bank.
The 30-share BSE Sensex slumped 636.75 points or 1.04% to settle at 60,657.45.
The broader NSE Nifty ended lower by 189.60 points or 1.04% at 18,042.95.
From the Sensex pack, Tata Steel, Tata Motors,
Wipro, Power Grid, Infosys, HDFC Bank, Reliance Industries and HDFC were the major laggards.
Maruti Suzuki and Tata Consultancy Services were the only winners on Wednesday.
Mumbai (PTI): The rupee recovered from its all-time low level and settled 18 paise higher at 82.82 (provisional) against the US dollar on Wednesday, supported by easing crude oil prices. At the interbank foreign exchange market, the local unit opened at 82.87 and touched an intra-day high of 82.74 and a low of 82.91 against the greenback. It finally settled at 82.82, registering a rise of 18 paise over its previous close.
Mumbai (PTI): The Reserve Bank on Wednesday said it has received an application from Bhubaneswar-based Annapurna Finance for setting up a universal bank. Annapurna Finance, according to the company’s website, was established in 2009, and is one of the top 10 NBFC-MFIs in the country. It provides loans to economically weaker sections of the society with a view to bringing them to the mainstream banking system.
New Delhi (FIB): Motorola on Wednesday announced that it has signed an agreement with Reliance Jio to ensure that its 5G smartphones in India support Jio’s advanced standalone 5G technology. The joint statement said Motorola provides Jios’ True 5G support in all its 5G smartphones, which includes support for 11-13 5G bands, by far the highest in the industry.
mobility space currently dominated by the likes of Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel.
business continued to support job creation, but there were areas where capacities were reportedly adequate to cope with current requirements,” Lima said.
On the inflation front, input costs at services companies rose further, with companies mentioning wage pressures and higher prices for energy, food and transportation.
“Inflation trends were mixed, as input prices rose at a faster pace and the upturn in charges moderated. On the expense front, services firms reported pressure from energy, food, staff and transportation costs,” Lima said.
New Delhi (PTI): In a setback for Google, an appellate tribunal on Wednesday refused an interim stay on the competition regulator imposing a ` 1,337-crore penalty on the US tech giant and asked it to deposit 10% of the amount.
The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) admitted the search giant’s challenge to the Competition Commission of India (CCI) slapping a ` 1,337.76-crore fine for abusing the dominant position of its Android smartphone operating system in the country.
New Delhi: The monthly domestic air passenger traffic touched 1.29 crore to cross the pre-COVID level in December 2022, with Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia terming it as a healthy trend and a good sign for the industry. In December 2019, the domestic air passenger traffic stood at 1.26 crore. “2022 sets new record in air passenger movement,” according to a graphic shared by the minister on his Twitter handle.
New Delhi: Reliance Consumer Products Limited (“RCPL”), the FMCG arm and a wholly owned subsidiary of Reliance Retail Ventures Limited. (“RRVL”), on Tuesday announced it will acquire 50% equity stake in Gujarat-headquartered Sosyo Hajoori Beverages Private Limited (“SHBPL”), which owns and operates a beverage business under the flagship brand ‘Sosyo’.
The existing promoters, Hajoori family, will continue to own the remaining
stake in Sosyo Hajoori Beverages Private Limited . Sosyo is a heritage Indian brand with around 100
years of legacy in carbonated soft drinks (CSD) and juices. Established in 1923 by Abbas Abdulrahim Ha-
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New Delhi: Power regulator Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has decided to fully compensate the power producers running imported coal-based plants for higher running costs required for supplying electricity under forced circumstances. The CERC order will come as a relief for imported coalbased power plants which ran to full capacity under the directions of the Ministry of Power for meeting demand. The order was passed by the CERC on a petition filed by Tata Power Company Ltd. —FIB
New Delhi: The Indian residential market demonstrated resilience and total progress in the year 2022.
The mixture residential demand, indicated by searches, elevated 19% from year in the past led by main cities similar to Mumbai with 52.1% rise, Noida 35.8%, Gurgaon 34.5%, Delhi 14.8% and Bengaluru with 33% progress, confirmed the Magicbricks’ PropIndex report for the December quarter. The common property rates elevated 13.9% from a year in the past. —PTI
Kolkata: The governmentbacked National Asset Reconstruction Company Ltd has taken lead in taking over two stressed entities of the Srei group as it submitted the “highest net present value bid of `5,555 crore” among bidders.
NARCL’s net present value bid, submitted in the 10-hourlong “challenge mechanism” conducted by the CoC on Tuesday, constitutes `3,200 crore in cash, a `1000-crore jump from the previous plans offered, he said.
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New Delhi: The Indian tyre industry will be able to scale a turnover of `1 lakh crore in the next three years on the back of new capacities available, Automotive Tyre Manufacturers Association said on Wednesday. The industry has completed investment of `35,000 crore in the last three years in new capacity creation and debottlenecking. “The new capacity will help the industry notch a turnover of `1 lakh crore in the next 3 years from `75,000 crore currently,” ATMA said in a statement.
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Nagpur: BJP MLA Nitesh Rane fiercely hit Nationalist Congress Party MLA Jitendra Awhad on Wednesday and stressed that he would sing praises for the Mughal rule since NCP's top leadership has already sung praises for the Mughal rule.
“Awhad never once bowed at the tomb of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, the founder of Hindu swaraj ya, nor did he set foot towards Raigad. Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj, who sacrificed his life for the Hindu religion like his uncle, was also declared not a Dhar-
maveer. Although Aurangzeb subjected Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj to hellish torture to convert him, the
(Sharad Pawar) that Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj was not a ‘dharmaveer’. These leaders have never vis-
MUGHAL EMPEROR AURANGZEBbudge even an inch and sacrificed his life for Hindus,” Rane added.
“For your information, I am giving you the list of Hindu temples destroyed by Aurangzeb along with this letter,” mentioned Rane in the letter. He added, "I am sure, you will not accept this fact for the sake of our Mughal Empire."
hero Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj sacrificed himself for Hinduism,” said Rane.
Attacking NCP leadership, Nitesh Rane said, “Even the nephew (Ajit Pawar), believes just like his uncle
Mumbai: After Maharashtra BJP leader Chitra Wagh and Uorfi Javed’s Twitter feud, Wagh is now questioning the State Women’s Commission’s resolve.
Wagh said on Wednesday, “Women’s Commission need not just say things but also act on it. Is it culture of Maharashtra to walk naked in public places? Why doesn’t Women’s Commission answer this question? I am not against Uorfi, but manner in which Women’s Commission has presented its position, means that commission supports such things.”
“Law will do its work and our Shinde-Fadnavis government will also do its job. But the question is does the Women’s Commission think on this issue or not? We will not tolerate this kind of nakedness in Maharashtra. This is the Maharashtra of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj,” added Wagh.
Chairperson of Women’s Commission Rupali Chakankar said, “Chitra Wagh has warned that her life may also be in danger. Therefore, if Uorfi has any complaints about her safety, the SWC will take note of those complaints.
ited Raigarh fort which was capital of Shivaji Maharaj to pay tributes to the founder of ‘Hindavi Swaraj’. Though Aurangzeb tortured Sambhaji Maharaj forcing him to convert, the Chhatrapati did not
Rane thereafter provided a list of 13 temples destroyed by Aurangzeb - Somnath temple, Krishna Janmabhoomi temple, Kashi Vishwanath temple, Vishweshwar temple, Govinddeo temple, Vijay temple, Bhimadevi temple, Madan Mohan
The people of ‘Tillya’ need not say this. I will answer them about their height and jump (political power and prowess). My spokesperson will answer them.
temple, Choushathyogini temple, Elora temple, Trimbakeshwar
temple, Narshingpur temple, and Pandharpur temple.
The SSLV, aimed at launching up to 500 kg satellites in planar orbit, was unsuccessful in its first development flight on August 7 last year.
The second development flight of the SSLV is likely to be held next month, which if successful would allow ISRO to provide on demand launch services for smaller satellites weighing from 10 kg to 500 kg.
“I cannot give you a specific date, but we are planning a test flight
next month,” ISRO chairman S Somanath told reporters here on the sidelines of the 108th Indian Science Congress.
He said India was also planning scientific missions to Mars and Venus besides attempting a land rover to the moon sometime this year.
“The Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft is almost ready. The orbiter, lander and rover. But we are waiting for the right time to launch the mission, which is sometime in June. We will try to meet that launch window,” he said.
A senior ISRO official said the space agency will also test the satellite-based Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADSB) receiver system onboard the SSLV next month.
First India Bureau
Mumbai: On Wednesday, Shiv Sena (Thackeray) leader and MP Sanjay Raut reacted to minister Deepak Kesarkar’s statement that he should be ready to go behind bars again. Raut hit back saying that kesarkar should be jailed in 2024, a hint that Shiv Sena will win the assembly elections due later next year.
When media representatives asked about Deepak Kesarkar’s statement that ‘Sanjay Raut should be ready to go to jail again’, Raut reacted to Kesarkar’s statement. “For our party, for Maharashtra, we will go to jail again. We are not lazy like you. If Deepak Kesarkar has really said that, then he should be jailed in 2024. Preparation should be done, everything is ready,” Raut said.
Meanwhile, Sanjay Raut confirmed the reports that the Shiv Sena is in talks for an alliance with Prakash Ambedkar’s Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi. “Talks are
We wanted Shivashakti and Bhimshakti to come together. If we want to overturn the existing system of power in Delhi and Maharashtra, it is necessary for these two forces to come together. We are all ready to welcome Prakash Ambedkar.
—Sanjay Raut, Shiv Sena (Thackeray)
going on between Prakash Ambedkar and Shiv Sena. An official notice of talks between Prakash Ambedkar and Shiv Sena has been given to MVA leaders. Who will protest and who wont, only time will tell. But in Maharashtra, the power that honors Babasaheb Ambedkar is united under the leadership of Prakash Ambedkar. If Prakash Ambedkar and his or-
ganization come with us, it will be the beginning of change in Maharashtra and the country,” he said, further adding, “We wanted Shivashakti and Bhimshakti to come together. If we want to overturn the existing system of power in Delhi and Maharashtra, it is necessary for these two forces to come together. We are all ready to welcome Prakash Ambedkar.”
Pune: NCP supremo Sharad Pawar on Wednesday said that tough times can be overcome not through begging, but by hard work.
Pawar inaugurated the Janajagar Yatra of NCP Mahila Congress and hitting at state government he said that crisis of inflation is looming in front of the common man due to the economic policy of the government.
“Government is not ready to make policy and take a decision regarding removal of unemployment. The leaders of the state are giving statements that great men beg. But the common man overcomes the crisis with great courage and hard work,” Pawar said.
During this, National
“NCP Mahila Congress has started a good program. Fifty percent reservation should be given to women in Vidhansabha and Lok Sabha also. On this occasion awareness will be raised against unemployment and inflation. After becoming the agriculture minister, i found that Mahatma Jyotiba Phule and Savitribai Phule did good work in the field of agriculture. Phule adopted modern thinking,” the NCP Chief said.
MP Rahul Shewale described this one page calendar as something unique and praised the integration of English dates with Hindu dates and times
Mumbai: A unique onepage calendar, produced under the aegis of Adarsh Hotels Group and India Press, was released on Wednesday by Member of Parliament (MP) Rahul Shewale.
After inspecting the
calendar, Rahul Shewale described this one page calendar as something unique. He further praised the integration of English dates with Hindu dates and times and said that the release of the calendar on the birthday of Savitribai Phule is a matter
of tribute to her too.
While speaking about the calendar, Jagdish Purohit, Creator, informed about showing auspicious days like Sankashti Chaturthi, Ekadashi, Poornamasi, Amavasya along with the regular format of dates in the calendar. It also prominently displays the birthdays of great personalities and various festivals have also been marked through pictures.
Important days like
Journalist day, Hindi day, Gujarati language day, Marathi language day, among others are also mentioned in this calendar.
Vijendra Bhatia, Girish Sharma and Rajendra Kherwada have also contributed a lot in giving a complete shape to the creation of this calendar. Mithalal Sethia, Prince Surana, CA Amar Bafna and Praveen Jain played a major role in the release of the calendar.
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Uorfi, but nakedness will not be tolerated:First India Bureau
Even the nephew believes just like his uncle that Sambhaji was not a ‘dharmaveer’. These leaders have never visited Shivaji’s Raigarh fort to pay tributes to the founder of ‘Hindavi Swaraj —Nitesh Rane, BJP MLA
Globalization has made it possible to recognise and incorporate other fashion cultures and moods. Indo-Western fashion, which combines Western and Indian fashion, is one example of this combination. City First brings to perfect attire to carry your every mood!
becoming more common in Indian culture and are now preferred for both formal and casual occasions as well as for business attire. There are several designers that specialise in creating Indo-Western fusion clothing. As a result, the market is filled with various items of this clothing.
Like many other things, Indian attire has also been influenced by Westernization. A sizeable portion of Indians now favours Western apparel over traditional outfits like sarees and dhotis, including jeans, trousers, skirts, T-shirts, suits, and shirts. However, a substantial segment of the populace likes
Indo-Western fusion clothing typically combines Indian motifs with Western-style patterns. Usually, ornate stoles are worn as an accessory to enhance the look of salwar kameez in Indo-Western fashion.
Another kind of fusion that is prevalent nowadays is the employment of regionally specific Indian ethnic embroidered designs, like Punjab’s phulkari and Rajasthan’s mirror work, on clothing with Westernized patterns. There are other instances when more ornate embroidery techniques like Meenakari, Kundan, Resham, and Zardozi work are employed. In India right now, denim jackets and pants with embroidery and other decorations done in Indian style are all the rage. Both men and women like wearing the shorter form of the kurta, known as the “Kurti,” which is typically worn with a pair of denim slacks or trousers.
Bridal clothing has progressively caught on to the IndoWestern fusion fashion trend. Grecian-style draping of sarees is getting more popular, and the design of saree blouses is becoming more and more Westernized. Another example of Indo-Western fusion clothing that is becoming acceptable for a wedding dress is lehengas worn with halter tops.
Accessories also contain this blending of aspects from Indian and Western civilizations, particularly jewellery. Indian traditional jewellery typically receives a slight Westernization so that it may be used with fusion clothing. In addition, big, hanging earrings, beads, and elaborate bracelets are popular with fusion clothing.
hen we published a pioneering paper about the pragmatic action plan for the treatment of COVID-19 through Ayurveda, the world was already at the clench of the pandemic. People laughed at us when it appeared online ahead of print on 23 April 2020. Our team of three included two of the greatest Vaidyas of India—Prof. Dr Sanjeev Rastogi of Lucknow and Padmshri Prof. Dr Ram Harsh Singh of Banaras Hindu University. After having saved tens of thousands of lives, today, it is the world’s most cited paper on COVID-19 and Ayurveda. It has been referred by almost all the leading clinical trials related to Indian systems of medicine. Indeed, it has also been cited by the practitioners of modern medicine, including Dr Naresh Trehan, in their research. Our paper also became a leading source of evidence for the Ghar Ghar Aushadhi Yojana (GGAY) of the Government of Rajasthan. Here, in this reappraisal of evidence that accumulated since, I deal with the question if GGAY herbs—Tulsi, Kalmegh, Ashwagandha and Guguchi—can confer good health in general, and help us overcome COVID-19 in particular.
Does a question arise that how can these plants be used by the families?
With the help of the Department of Ayurveda, information has already been made available. Vaidyas can provide information, but we must be careful not to get into the clutches of the medicalization of Ayurveda. It is the science of life practised in every household. In many viral and other diseases people not only rely on their traditional knowledge and plants available at home.
Grandmother's remedies based on local traditional knowledge have been saving lives
for generations.
GGAY should not be misunderstood as a plant distribution programme. It also provides ideas related to healthcare and personal protection. It also takes us close to nature. It also helps us prevent multimorbidity by empowering people to take charge of their long-term preventive healthcare. Ayurveda can keep us healthy through herbs, Rasayanas and many non-phar maceutical in terventions such as physical activity and healthy lifestyles.
A fear has been raised that promoting Ayurveda may increase self-medica tion and thus hamper public health efforts. These are valid assumptions, but discriminatory against Ayurveda. The knowledge here is not limited to medicine. It is a way of life for all in society. Medicalization and condemnation that selfmedication is entirely a problem of traditional medicine constitute an epistemic injustice.
Blaming Ayurveda alone and ignoring the widespread self-medication in conventional medicine is flawed and inconsistent with the global misuse of drugs. Educating the population at large to take charge of their preventive health is the way forward.
Let us explore the clinical evidence base of both Ayurveda and modern medicine. By now, 4,23,600 research papers have been published on COVID-19. There are 12,267 papers on GGAY herbs, and 2,314 of these are particular about the treatment of COVID-19.
Furthermore, there are 5,189 papers that employ Ayurvedic medicinal
plants against COVID-19, but often conveniently forget to cite Ayurveda. To give you a little more descriptive statistics, clinical trials published to date have 4,598 papers, including 114 trials in Ayurveda. Beyond COVID-19, there are about one million research papers on the medicinal plants of Ayur-
veda against enumerable diseases. The basket of facts presented here may or may not give you confidence. For, confidence comes through faith and faith is a personal preference that doesn’t care about evidence; it simply cares about personal predilection.
Guidelines promoted by the conventional medical establishment have limited support in published science—including more than 4000 clinical trials and 217 meta-analyses of clinical trials—yet. To our knowledge, no metaanalysis of clinical trials provides any conclusive evidence whatsoever that one can quote unequivocally. Indeed, the evidence for the contrary is now large. For example, the world’s largest and most talked about SOLIDARITY Trial, coordinated by the World Health Organization has failed to provide
unequivocal evidence to save lives. There is neither any evidence for the efficacy of medicines tested through SOLIDARITY Trials, nor they are necessarily safe.
On the other, there is evidence to note that Ayurveda classics, contemporary scientific studies, and experiential knowledge have all found Tulsi, Kalmegh, Ashwagandha and Guduchi as life-saving selections against numerous diseases and comorbidities.
They also enhance overall immunity and confer good health and wellbeing. Ayurveda restores the equilibrium of bodily functions, not just the removal of disease. If Indians fail to extensively employ the world’s longestsurviving healthcare system to treat COVID-19, it will be a great loss to humanity. There are now more than 100 clinical trials that provide reasonable guidance and evidence that Ayurvedic plants such as Tulsi, Kalmegh, Ashwagandha and Guduchi are indeed helpful in the treatment of COVID-19.
On prophylactic or preventive aspects, scientific evidence based on long-term research indicates that Ayurveda Rasayanas such as Chyavanprash, Ashwagandha and Guduchi are helpful. Kalmegh is a powerful antiviral herb. A protocol along with supporting evidence has also been presented on prevention and treatment by the Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India.
The pandemic has played havoc with more than 65.9 crore confirmed cases and 66.9 lac
deaths worldwide as of 29 December 2022. There have been 4.47 crore cases and 5.30 lac deaths during the same period in India. Despite large research and 4,23,600 research publications, there is still no known, clinically proven and completely evidencebased medicine against COVID-19. The widespread failure of socalled mainstream conventional medicine is evident globally now.
First, known cases of COVID-19-positive patients treated entirely with Ayurveda should have actually encouraged healthcare policymakers to quickly use Ayurveda. Since then, a large number of publications as noted earlier have confirmed the usefulness of Ayurveda medicines, containing mainly Tulsi, Kalmegh, Ashwagandha and Guduchi, among others.
Overall, prompt clinical improvement in all clinical features has been found in both standalone Ayurveda groups and add-on groups that also received modern medicines. The duration of hospital stay in Ayurveda groups gets substantially reduced.
Even the widely promoted non-pharmaceutical interventions against COVID-19 including quarantine, cordon sanitaire and social distancing and healthy lifestyles have their origin in Ayurveda. These are erroneously thought to date back to 14th-century Europe. In reality, these originated in India back in the 5th century BC. In a city now known as Varanasi, a legendary teacher and king of Kashi, Lord Dhanvantari explained to a class of his students how infectious diseases spread, and what needs to be done to contain the social spread of infections. The renowned scholar of Ayurveda and surgery, Sushruta, was one of the students in the class. He
compiled one of the most ancient scientific treatises of surgery known to humanity. This treatise now known as Sushruta Samhita made Sushruta the father of Surgery. About the infectious diseases, Sushruta notes: Contact with the body of the infected person, breathing in the air containing the exhaled air of the patient, eating, sleeping and sitting together, using cloths, garlands and cosmetics used by an infected person - all these actions transmit diseases such as skin infections, fever due to infections, pulmonary tuberculosis, ophthalmia or conjunctivitis, and other contagious diseases from one person to the other. Consequently, complete avoidance of these actions is necessary to prevent the transmission of infectious diseases in the community.
So, what’s the way forward? Scientific advancements occur only when the knowledge produced by a scientific enterprise is robust, irrefutable and unequivocal. This applies equally to both Ayurveda and conventional medicine. This is important to understand that every healthcare system existing and practised in the world has a primary motive of providing optimal healthcare to their followers. A health care system has an uninterrupted history of its practice and knowledge transference for, over five millennia, itself speaks about the potential utility it may possess. Perpetual animosities between vaidyas and allopaths should end for the common good of humanity. The solutions against COVID-19 are complex, multifaceted and recalcitrant. We, therefore, require evidence-based decision-making on multiple fronts. A way forward is to acknowledge that scientific research has strengthened the evidence base, yet if Ayurveda was non-scientific, it wouldn't have survived 5000 years. Denial of the generations of practice-based evidence, as well as evidence from contemporary studies, is indeed a form of pseudoscience.
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Sidharth Malhotra and Kiara Ad vani jetted off to Dubai a few days ago to celebrate New Year with Karan Jo har, Manish Malhotra and Rani Mukerji. Pic tures from their New Year celebration went absolutely viral on social media. Now, Kiara and Sid harth have re turned, and they were spotted at the Mumbai air port in the wee hours on January 3. While neither Kiara nor Sidharth have openly confirmed their rela tionship, the two have been rumoured to be dating for quite a while now.
Reports of their upcoming wedding in February have also taken so cial media by storm! Now, we came across some more exciting up dates about Sidharth and Kiara’s highly-an ticipated wedding.
Scroll down to find out.
Sidharth Malhotra and Kiara Advani’s wed ding will be a grand Punjabi wedding, com plete with band-baja and elaborate ceremonies. A source informed the pub lication that the wedding ceremonies will take place over two days, while a grand reception will be hosted by the couple in Mumbai for their indus try friends after the wed ding festivities in Jaisalmer.
Tamannaah has turned enough heads with her style statement. One of her looks that grabbed a lot of attention was the sequin co-ord set that she wore at Karan Johar’s 50th birthday party. Known for experimenting with her fashion choices.Tamannaah Bhatia is flaunting her toned legs in neon pink sequin attire that gives a perfect blend of boldness with chicness.Tam opted for this sheer tulle covered in light-catching sequins that gave a liquid-like shine which makes it perfect for a party number. The outfit, in total costs worth Rs. 2,27,830 from David Koma’s shelves.
Keeping yourself warm kind of a season and Shanaya Kapoor just bundled up like chocolate. Her outfits are accented in shades of brown and this is a dream colour. The
oured Bottega Veneta mini Jodie.
She textured and knotted handbag has been a staple in her looks earlier on a movie screening night to a birthday bash. Not exaggerating, we’re pretty fond of its size. For her outing at the Palais Garnier, she kept her hairdo
Most Bollywood celebrities live luxurious, lavish lives, and own multiple properties for investment as well as for self-use. In 2022, a lot of celebrities such as Vivek Agnihotri, Janhvi Kapoor, Ranveer Singh, and others bought expensive properties in Mumbai. Sonam Kapoor, who bought a property in Bandra Kurla Complex in Mumbai in June 2015, sold it last week. As per documents obtained by SquareFeatIndia, Sonam had bought the flat in June 2015 for a whopping Rs 31.48 crore, and the actress sold it on December 29 for Rs 32.5 crore. The flat was located on the 3rd floor of a building called Signature Island, and it has a built-up area of 5,533 square feet. The buyer of the property has reportedly paid Rs 1.95 crore as stamp duty for this deal. Apart from the flat, the new owner will also have access to 4 car parks in the building.
The Bollywood actress arrived back in Mumbai dressed in a denim coordinated set. Sported by this stylish star post her New Year beach vacation, the Bhediya actress opted for a Shahin Mannan thin-washed denim ensemble. What is as satisfying as an outfit that brings with it a message, glitter, hearts, and rainbows to embrace? Believe in a casual look as easy to pull off as this. The 32-year-old’s jacket featured colourful sequin and thread embroidery, flap pockets, snap buttons, three-quar
Nora, who recently made India proud at the FIFA World Cup 2022, is currently in Dubai. She wel comed the New Year with her friends while enjoying fireworks at Burj Khalifa. Nora and Aryan’s dat ing rumours started doing the rounds after their pictures with a fan were shared on social media.
In the pictures, the duo was seen posing with a fan indi vidually. The pictures raised eyebrows after everyone noticed that the pictures were taken at the same venue. A user took to Red dit and shared a col lage featuring them.
Along with the pic ture, the user wrote, “Saw a post earlier say ing that Nora seems to all of a sudden be super close with KJO and his friends...she was also re cently spotted hanging out with Aryan at din ner and was also at the New Year’s party.
Kriti is a slayer in a Shahin Mannan comboSonam Kapoor Sidharth Malhotra and Kiara Advani Tamannaah Bhatia Shanaya Kapoor Kriti Sanon Kiara Advani Nora Fatehi Spotted
Mouni Roy and rapper Rapper Yo Yo Honey Singh have released their new song Gatividhi. The rap track has been composed and sung by Honey Singh and Mouni can be seen adding the zing to the party track with her dance moves and edgy styling. Mouni recently returned from her vacation for New Year sharing same she shared, “This new year was indeed special I spent it with my dear husband and friends. Before the vacation, I was working non stop so this was a much-needed break for me and now when
Kartik Aaryan, who was busy holidaying in London, has shared many pictures and videos from his album on Instagram. He has revealed his 2023 resolution, which is not about work but about travelling. He wrote, "More and More Travel... that's my 2023 resolution. Photos of him visiting places in London, talking to his fans and eating delicious food. He recently jetted off to London from Paris to ring in the New Year. Kartik shared a video on his Ins tagram page with the caption, “Paris to London.”He has frequently been sharing photos and videos from his overseas trip. Kartik Aaryan had a great year as both his films Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 and Freddy.
I am back in the bay I am all set to start working again”. She has become an audience favourite speaking on the same she shared, “I am just grateful for all my fans, I believe the love I receive from my fans is a gift of god and never will I take this for granted”. Speaking on Gatividhi Mouni shared, “ The biggest success is the love from the audience that means people are watching and loving the song. I am a big Honey Singh fan and getting an opportunity to work with him was indeed a special moment for me to feature in his song. When you get love in return for the hard work you put it feels great”. The actress spoke about dealing with negativity and trolling “I don’t bother on the negativity and trolling especially on social media they are faceless phantom people they don’t exist I
feel pity for them that there’s something wrong with them. Initially, it affected me but now I am completely over it, so if we want positivity and success in your life it’s important to focus on the positive things in life”. Sharing her thoughts on the criticism she shared, “I believe in selective criticism, I work on the feedbacks to improvise but not all of them are important so one should always look after what’s best for them. I believe it’s very crucial to check up on people. Also, I feel in our education system we should involve Spirituality it will help people tackle difficult situations in life”. “Making films is creating art, and one film is made efforts of a lot of people is involved I respect every aspect of this industry and indeed I am so proud for being part of it.
Actors Vijay Devera konda and Rashmi ka Mandanna's re cent posts on their social media accounts have left netizens and fans won dering if the two are vaca tioning together. The Liger star shared a shirtless pic ture in which he was seen enjoying a drink in a pool. In the caption, he summed up his 2022 and wrote, “A year where we all had moments, when we laughed hard, cried quietly, chased goals, won some, lost some We need to celebrate everything cuz that is life. Happy New Year my loves Have a great new year!”
Soon Rashmika too wished her fans with a picture in which she was seen enjoying the sun. “Hello 2023…” she wrote and added a white heart emoji in the caption.
The two pictures have lefts fans wondering whether both actors are vacationing together. While some even thought these pictures might be from earlier this year, which also
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